ESTABLISHED SEPTEMBER 19,1878.
fjjjufl COMMISSIONERS
’ transact MUCH BUSINESS
Claims Against the County Are
Allowed,
L * • ’ ..... = t
rvhp county commissioners met m
;l r session Monday, November *»,
transacted the following business:
nr’w Clyde Thomas, salary
;l [, Gunler, S. A. L. agent,
1 still com. 20.00
ft D. Gunter, telegrams and
f|. Blair, stamps, office sup-
Southern 'stamp and Station-
Co., offices supplies, 9.70
J G. Hamlet, collecting 1921
an d 1922 taxes . s ‘ lu
u M. Nicholson, services as
court officer,
j Dcwev Dorset!, Paragon
press, printing, i^*ou
Southern Stamp and Station
ery Co., supplies for C. S. C.
Sherman Alston, remittance j
! for sheriff’s deed for tax 1.54 ;
Ir. M. Connell, supplies for j
: county home, j
! Glasscock Stove and Mfg. Co.,
stoves for court room, oo.lh (
Pittsboro Case and Meat Mar- t
ket, supplies for county home .
C B. Fitts, services as County 1
Commissioner r
J Dewey Dorsett, C. b. c.,
costs in case of State vs. Click
Carter,
G. G. Pickett, still,
C. T. Desern, worm, 5.00
C. T. Desern, still, 10.00
G. G. Pickett, still,
J. R. Lasater, still and cap 15.00
L. N. Womble, mattress for
jail s
Mrs J. B. Burns making sheets
for jail, .
Chas. Crutchfield, conveying
Odell Brower to jail, 5.00
H. G. Johnson, witness fees in
State vs. Pugh, 4.00
W. Clyde Thomas, 53 teacher’s
certificates, ...
J. T. Desern conveying prison
er to State penitentiary, 7.50
C. C. Hamlet, services as coun
missioner, _ 10.00
Mrs. J. J. Carroll, work on
tax hooks, 24.00
T. M. Bland & Co., supplies for
county home, 31.13
Paragon Press, printing tax
notices, < 5.00
Will L. London, premium on
policy 12,371, county home 309.00
W. L. London & Son, supplies
for court house and jail, 30.85
Chatham Hardware Co., sup
plies for courthouse and jail, 7.01
G. R. Pilkington, drugs for
county home and jail inmates, 12.00
C. C. Poe, extra work on tax
hooks and clerk hire, 325.00
C. C. Poe, salary as register
of deeds, 150.00
C. C. Poe, postage, express
and parcel post postage, 10.00
Mrs. Ernest Williams, work on
tax hooks, 75.00
The Worrell Mfg. Co., disin
fectants for court house, 21.00
G. W. Blair, salary as sheriff
and clerk hire, 358.33
Dix Hill State Hospital, expen
ds for lunatic, Blanche Mims, 10.07
W. L. London & Son, supplies
far county home, 58.52
Chatham Record, advertising
tax rounds, 14.70
C. A. Maynard, police, arrest
in? and jail fees, Harvey
Pritchard, 2.70
Taura Johnson, cook at county
home, 16.00
Willie Johnson, work at county
home, 25.00
Mrs. J. W. Johnson sewing for
county home, 10.25
J- W. Johnson, supplies and
york at county home, 14.10
Johnson, salary as sup
erintendent of county home, 75.00
Mrs. J. m. Farrell, hauling
coal, 10.00
J. Dewev Dorsett, C. S. C„
clerk hire, stamps, etc. 201.00
Luther Riddle hauling coal to
county home, 12.00
R - R* Ramsey, hauling coal
to county home, 14.00
L. E. Wilson, service as coun
-v commissioner, 21.00
R- L. Bryan Co., supplies for
register of deeds, office, 68.00
Ernest W. Teague, tax calcula
tor, & 65.00
J: R- Blair, J. P., half fees in
vs. Jas. Clark, 6.15
. • J. Johnson, officer of grand
. 15.50
• received, at office of regis-
p 1 ’ °f deeds for October, 142.20
V es received at office of clerk
t- c furt for October, 268.80
• • Dewey Dorsett, insolvent
fee T s October term court, 791.18
la OeGrafTenreidt was allowed
, ~ a month, and J. B. Thompson
' a * appointed her agent.
a, .?f v , era l citizens had their taxes re
mitted.
The Blue Book.
Blue Book of Southern Prog
lin ’ ls .trouted by the Seaboard Air
John h as been sent us by Mr.
ent /-West, district passenger ag
'rith° The book is complete
of L much comprehensive information
to all people living in the
Tvlth !S CO Py of it could be read
Profit by any one and if you care
The Chatham Record
BUY CHAUTAUQUA STOCK
THIS WEEK; GO OVER TOP
Live Local N>ws From Our N«*£a*oors
at Corinth.
Corinth; Nov. 12.— Let’s talk Chau
tauqua and buy chautauqua stock this
week and put the thing over the top.
The Truth school is lining up lur ©iie
or more grouped. The Chatham Record
has started a list in Pittsboro since
they are not going to have a chart'
tauqua next year. Now Brickhaven is
only fourteen miles from Pittsboro on
good roads, 35 minutes drive, and we
will surely be glad to have a few
Pittsboro people cn our list. Corinth
and Brickhaven people patronize
Pittsboro’s plays and entertainment?
and we would sure appreciate a re
turn favor now in time to insure os
our chautauqua for next year.
Mr. and Mrs. T. V. Sexton snent a
few days last week vsiting in Fuquay
Springs.
Mr. and Mrs. N. M. Thomas are
spending a couple of weeks visiting
relatives in Lee county.
If anyone, who has not already done
! so, wants to see the big steam plant
i being built by the Carolina Power Co.,
j on the Cape Fear river, 2 miles be
i low Moncure, before it is started up,
: they had better come along soon.
This is a big plant and there is some
| interesting work going on there now.
Corinth school closed its first month
! with an average of 37.6 daily attend
ance for the month. Let’s get that
; above 40 and keep it above the rest
of the term.
Misses Lelia Johnson and Audrey
Maynard and Messrs J. A. Ausley and
Harry Laun spent Sunday with rela
tives and friends in Apex.
W. W. Horton says to tell the Rec
ord that he went to Duncan last Sun
day instead of Wendell.
Mr. Walter Williams, of Corinth, j
and Miss Fannie Austin, of Holly
Springs, were married last week.
Walter is the second son of our neigh
bor and good friend, J. W. Williams.
They will make their home at Cor
inth.
A REAL GOO© SHOW -
COOPER BROS.’ SHOWS will vis
it Pittsboro Saturday, November 17,
for two performances. With each
successive esason one looks forward
to the visits of the various tented ag
gregations that travel the country
for the amusement of the people and
no show is ever more heartily wel
come than Cooper Bros. They have
made a reputation for themselves by
giving the people a good, high-class
entertainment which appeals to all
as interesting, amusing, and instruc
tive. Everybody loves horses and
ponies. More especially does this ap
ply to the ladies who, with the little
ones, are the most loyal patrons. They
are assured of the highest form of
entertainment free from everything
at all calculated to offend the most
sensitive. In addition to the trained
animal features, Cooper Bros, have
the very best of lady and gentlemen
performers. The performing ele
phants and rare wild beasts, Banty
Bunny, the cute little baby elephant,
the good night pony, together with
the many prancing ponies in military
drills and marches are especially
pleasing to the little ones. The fun
ny clowns, the many beautiful lady
artists, the feature acts by the world’s
greatest gymnast, Mile. Roberts, in
her death-defying act in mid-air, the
like of which has never been witness
ed, will live long in memory when
• many other shows have faded into
forgetfulness. Two complete perform
ances daily.
FROM NEAR KIMBOLTON.
' Pittsboro, Rt. 2, Nov. 12.—Rev. R.
R. Gordon preached a good sermon
Sunday at Emmaus. He took his text
from the 51st psalm ail'd the 17th
verse.
Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Woody, Mr.
< Jim Woody and Mr. Walter Clark and
family visited Mr. and Mrs. W. A.
1 Daffron Sunday. .
Miss Lou Bell Cheek spent the
1 week end with her sister, Mrs. N. J.
f Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Perry and Ed
ward Brooks spent Sunday afternoon
i with Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Johnson.
Mr. Rov Carroll, a student at
’ Pittsboro high school, spent the week
end with his grand mother, Mrs. T.
M. Carroll.
Miss Annie Mann, primary teacher
1 at Battle school, spent the week end
.with her parents. , ,
I Mr. John Clark and family, and
Mrs. Ellen Clark ?prrt Sunday ,wtb
i Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Clark,
i Miss Bertha Clark and Mr. Lewis*
j Carroll spent the week end with their
I respective parents on this route.
I Mr. Jessie Justice visited his uncle.
Mr. C. N. Justice, Sunday.
We are very glad to report Mrs. C.
! S. Burke much improved, after hav
pip* a severe cold.
Miss Eulalia Clark spent Saturday
nieTvt with her aunt, Miss Dora Daff
ron. , „ . _
Mrs. T. M. Carroll and Mrs. A. L
Johnson visited Mrs. C. S. Burke last
Friday.
Misses Mabel and Ida Woody spent
, the wee end with their parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. A. Woody. _
i Misses Bessie and Juanita Johnson
l visited their sister, Mrs. R. L. Camp
! bell last Tuesday.
s The first oil pine in America was
PITTSBORO, N. C., CHATHAM COUNTY) THURSD jr, NOVEMBER 15, 1923.
ANOTHER SAD HOME AND !
EVIL THAT LIQUOR DOES
A Mother and a Friend Longs For
Same Penalty—Editor’s Views*
Mr. Editor:—Mrs. AnfliS Brown’s
letter has caused much comment
among the Is4y readers of The Record
in this section, and all with o? e ac
cord agree with Mrs. Brown, that it
is not right to punish her boy and let
; another (for the same offence) go un
punished. But it seems there is lit
tle justice in this land of ours. It ap
pears that if a person has social
standing, or money, they can get by
with many unlawful things that the
poor man, that has’nt either influence
or money, but is punished.
A man that knows how to make j
whiskey, also knows that it is against j
the law, and should be punished ac
cordingly, but it is not right that some J
should pay the penalty and others,
not.
I have in mind the family of Sexton!
Sauls. I believe he is guilty of deal
inig in whiskey, but do not think it i
is right to put him on the road, while j
his wife and children are wholly de- j
pendent upon him for their living.
Since he has been away from his
home, the stork has left a dead baby,
there, and a helpless wife who has j
been all these weeks entirely de
pendent on the neighbors, even the
calling of a physician from Raleigh
in hopes he might relieve her suffer
ing, but it seems there is no relief
for her and this poor woman sighs
daily for her absent mate.
I say treat all the same, whether
they live in the country or the town. ,
Mrs. ADDIE WEBSTER, i
New Hill, N. C., Nov. 12, 1923.
- I
The foregoing also illustrates the
love in a mother’s heart for those in
distress. Mrs. Webster has but told of
a circumstance wherein the evil of
liquor is shown to be a burden on the
innocent rather than the guilty. Sauls
but little realized when he was vio
lating the law that it would agonize
the heart of his family, bring physL ;
cal suffering upon his wife, wholh Tie
promised to love, honor and cherish.
His conduct may have caused the
death' of his child, and if this be
true, who shall answer for the tragedy
on the day of judgment ? No man ever
drank or handled whiskey in any con
dition whatsoever but that it brought
! tears to the eyes of love ones, heart
aches to those near them, and if fol
lowed to the end, it brings disgrace
and suffering to many folds of people.
The man who makes and sells liquor
does not realize, he cannot compute
the sorrow he is causing, it reaches
out into the homes of his customers,
and into the homes of his customers’
friends and even beyond. It races on
; for miles and covers the homes in a
terrritory like the dew, evil and sor
;• row follow in its wake and suffering
j is untold.
It has been the observation of the
; editor all the while that the man who
! does time on the road, is not the one
j who pays the penalty. It is the ones
who have long pleaded with him on
bended knee, with tears in their eyes
and prayed to their God for help and
strength.
No one but a mother or father can
appreciate the circumstances, one who
. can love and is interested in humanity; j
one who can look into the face of a
; little child and wish for it the best
that this life can give it. But to look j
, on the form of an infant just brought
into this world dead and denied the
, short span of years on earth, would
, melt the hardest heart and cause any
, of us to look up to God and ask that
the little piece of immortality be tak- j
en into His bosom and given a place
back in Heaven from which it had de
scended.
We have no sympathy for the man;
| slinging a pick on the road, guilty of
I handling liquor, except that he is,
' probably paying a penalty for which I
1 someone else escaped. No violator of
the law is entitled to more considera
j tion than another, and we think that
those serving a sentence should be put
on good behavior with the rest of I
, them and given a chance to become
better citizens. If any fail in this at
’ any time let them pay the price.
, LOCAL ITEMS FROM CAPE FEAR.
New Hill, Rt. 2, Nov. 12. —Mrs.
Geoige Culberson, of Raleigh, spent,
last week with her sister, Mrs. W. A.
Mann.
Messrs O. M. Poe, C. D. Webster, G.
B. Sturdivant spent Thursday in Dur
! ham. I
[! Messrs Donnie Beckwith and Tom
Reynold! were recent business visitors
; in Hamlet.
j-i Mr. W. A. Mann spent a few days.
■' last, week at Cary with relatives.
Miss Bertha Poe, of Bells Commun
| ity, spent the week end with Miss
: Mozelle Foe.
( Douglas Puryear, of Raleigh, spent
,! the week his grand parents.
j Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Sturdivant and
■! children visited Mr. and Mrs. J. J.
. Hackney, Jr., Sunday.
Mr. A. L. Ellis, of Raleigh, was the
guest of his parents Sunday.
: Miss Flonnie Goodwin is suffering
from a scald she received from hot
; coffee. We hope she will soon be well
, again.
t Do you want to invest in some Ca
. rolina Power and Light Co. preferred
stock? If so just call or write to F.
M. Nash, Corinth, N. C. He will an
; swer all your inquiries and will be
Mfi.Bor SLASTSER
VH7 J MT. ZION CHURCH
flood u k on Armistice Day by Mr. j
Harmon—Local Matters.
.... Moncure, Rt. 2, Nov. 12.—Mr. A. O.
Harmon, of Raleigh, spent last Sun
day with his mother, Mrs. J. C. Har
ttjoih
Mr. Obie Harmon, of the Univer
sity, spent a short while at home
Sunday with hi£ father, Mr. J. E.
Harmon.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Bynum, of Sil
er City, visited Mr. and Mrs. G. L.
Bynum last Sunday.
Mr. Colin G. Shaw, the estemed ed
itor of the Chatham Record, Mrs.
Shaw and Mrs. C. A. Brown, of Pitts
boro, were welcome visitors at Mt.
Zion last Sunday.
Rev. J. J. Boone preached a good
sermon on “Here Am I, Send Me,”
Sunday afternoon. He emphasized the
thought that all churches were handi
capped because of the lack of conse
crated leadership. This was Mr.
Boone’s last sermon before Confer
ence.
Mr. and Mrs. Talmadge Harper, of
Durham, are at home visiting his pa
rents, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Harper.
They will remain two or three weeks.
| Mr. Alvis Thomas, Mr. Paul Thom
as, Mr. Tommie Harmon, of Raleigh,
visited their father and grand father,
Mr. John Thomas, last Sunday. Mr.
Thomas continues quite ill.
Miss Claytie Harper is making a
splendid record at a business college
in Raleigh, which is worthy of note.
The first examination was given a
few days ago and Miss Harper led
the class in English and mathemat
ics, receiving ninety-nine on English
and ninety-six on mathematics. They
are the only two subjects she had been
advised about when the news reached
the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
W. B. Harper.
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Farrell, of Pitts
boro, visited her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. W. Griffin, last Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Thomas, Mrs.
(Clark and Miss Pickett, o£- Durham,
visited at the home of Mrs. J. C.,
Harmon last Sunday.
Mr. J. Lee Harmon made an inter
esting and impressive talk at Sunday
school last Sunday on the signing of
the Armistice, and the conditions at!
that time. We have much to make us \
sad; yet there is a great deal to be
thankful for.
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Stedman and
daughters, Camelia and Ruth, of Mon
cure, visited her mother, Mrs. J. C.
Harmon, last Sunday.
Miss Eva Brooks has returned from
a visit to her sister, Mrs. Willis
Pleasant, of Durham.
NEWS ITEMS FROM APEX FOUR.(
1 Apex, Rt. 4, November 12. —Miss
Beatrice Burgess delightfully enter
tained a host of her friends at her
home Saturday night, Nov. 10. Those;
present were as follows: Misses Bell
Ellis, and Beedie Bowling from Dur
ham, Misses Jessie Horton, Pattie
Stone, Annie Baldwin, Hallie and
Maggie and Ruth Bryan and Lila
Horton. Messrs W. L. Beckwith, Hal
Baldwin, Cary Horton, Bernice Lasa
tec, John Fearrington, Garland Mc-
Coy, Bunn Thrailkill and Monroe Poe.
j After playing games, a delicious
course was served. Everyone seemed
to enjoy it very much,
j Misses Ila Copeland and Lelia Jus
tice spent the week end with Miss An
nie Mann.
i Mr. W. L. Beckwith and Miss An
! nie Baldwin returned to Apex Satur
day on a business trip,
j Misses Esper and Annie Baldwin
were dinner guests at Mr. J. N. Bry
an’s Sunday.
Messrs G. D. Thrailkill, N. J. Thrail
kill and Becker, of Hillsboro, were
guests at the home of Mrs. W. J.
' Thrailkill s Sunday.
1 Mr. John Horton and Miss Annie
Beckwith were united in marriage at
, the home of the bride Saturday after
noon. Their many friends are wishing
them success and happiness.
| Mr. Cary Horton was dinner guest
at the home of Mr. Hal Baldwin Sun
day.
LIFE OF A COMMUNITY.
Chas. N. Hunter, a leading negro
• educator, who has charge of the Pitts
boro colored schools, in renewing his
i subscription to the Record, says:*
j “The local newspaper is a power
in the life of every community and
richly deserves the generous support
of all the people of every class. I
i am glad The Record offers me an op
j>ortrrit T ’ of doing this, as well as de
riving the benefit of its v/eekly vis’ts.”
Postoffice Receipts.
Postmaster Johnson tells The Re- ■
cord that the receipts in the post of
fice at Pittsboro during the month o'.
October, 1923, were $3,234.55, ad
during the month of October, 1922,
they were $3,215.42, an increa e of
$19.13 during the month of Octobe *,
1923, which is a gain of over six per
cent for the month this year.
County Home Land to Sell.
The old county home property will
be sold at public auction on next
Tuesday, November 21st, on the .pre
mises, by Allen Brothers, Real Estate
Agency, in Raleigh. .
This place has been cut up into
small farms and will be desirable for
those seeking small farms near Pitts-
AN OLD FIRM TO RETIRE
FROM BUSINESS HERE
i W. L. London & Son Known in Pitta
boro For Nearly Sixty Years.
yt ~ 7 r * • -j
The firm of W. L. London and Son,
general merchants and hardware deal
ers, who have been in Pittsboro for
more than half a century, will re
tire from business when the stock now
on hand has been sold out.
In another column will be found an
advertisement from this firm, offering
their entire stock at greatly reduced
prices, and the announcement that as
soon as it is sold, they will retire
from the mercantile field.
The business interests of Mr. Ar
thur London, head of the firm, is such
that he does not have the time to de
vote to the store that he would like.
The closing out of this store takes
away a firm name that has been iden
tified with almost every person end
industry in Chatham county. There
are patrons of this store today, who
are grand children of the first folks
to patronize them. There are folks
who have a feeling of pride in trading
there because of the long years of as
sociation with the men who have con
ducted the business, and the newer
customers will also regret its pass
ing.
NEWS FROM BROWNS CHAPEL.
Pittsboro, Rt. 2, Nov. 12.—Miss
Pearle Foushee spent the week end
with Mrs. Earl Dark.
Mr. Boyd Hargrove, of Burlington,
spent several days last week near
Browns Chapel.
Messrs Jossie and Verdie Thomas
have entered Pittsboro high school.
Miss Ila Copeland was the guest of
Miss Annie Mann Saturday and Sun
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Lacey Thomas and
son, James, sDent the week end with
her father, Mr. J. J. Thomas.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Davis and fam
ily and Miss Alice and Mr. Jim Poe
were visitors at Mr. John Glossons
Sunday.
Mr, and Mrs. W. K. Mann and chil
dren and Mr. Rufus Mann and soil,
Walter, spent Sunday at Mrs. Fogle
man’s, near Staley.
Miss Lela Mann and brother, Os
borne, spent Sunday with their fath
i er, Mr. J. T. Mann, Sunday.
I Mr. Alton Bridges and Mr. Mitchell
Laning were pleasant callers near
Browns Chapel Sunday.
WITH PAGE TRUST COMPANY.
Mr. J. Darden Edwards, formerly
cashier of the Farmers Bank of Pitts
boro, has accepted a position with the
i Page Trust Company of this place,
j Mr. Edwards succeeds Miss Holmes,
I who has been employed by this bank
| for the past several months. Miss
Holmes is to be married on the 21st
of this month.
Mr. Edwards is well experienced in
I the banking business, having been in
the employ of the Peoples Bank.—
Carolina Banner.
Mr. Edwards is well-known in Pitts
boro, and is a young man who has
many friends here.
AUCTION SALES.
On Friday, November 16th, there
will be an auction sale, conducted by
Dortch & Hines, of the Harris farm
between Pittsboro and Moncure. An
advertisement will be found in anoth
er column.
On Thursday, November 22nd, there
will be an auction sale of the person
al property of the late N. B. Justice,
near Kimbolton, consisting of house
hold and kitchen furniture, farming
tools, livestock and many things of
value. Read the ad in another col
umn.
Funeral Services.
The funeral services held over the
remains of Mrs. W. E. Brooks took
place last Thursday at 11 o’clock and
were conducted by Rev. Opie, of the
j Church of the Holy Comforter, Burl
| ington. Many sorrowing friends at
i tended the services and her grave was
banked with many pretty flowers. The
pall-bearers were Messrs. R. G. Pilk
ington, Jacob Thompson, Jas. L. Grif
fin, Fletcher Mann, Geo. B. Brooks,
and Louis Nooe.
The Moline Tractor.
In another part of this paper will
be found an advertisement of the Mo
i line Tractor, being handled by The
Chatham Hardware Company, Pitts
boro. This splendid tractor is now be
ing sold with a disc or gang plow
attached for oniy $550. This is the
! lowest price that any tractor has ev
:er reached before. This sale price is
for a limited time and it is expected
that the sales will be immense.
Won Their Suits.
, There was a case in Superior court
some time ago that involved the land
of the Carolina Light and Power Co.,
that it did not have a good title to
the land upon which the big plant at
Phoenix is being built. The company
took the matter before the state Su
preme Court which affirmed the lower
court, giving the company a bona
fide title to the property.
The case of Mike Harris and A. C.
j Ray against the Seaboard Air Line
Railway in which about SI,OOO was in
volved has been decided in favor of
Messrs. Harris and Ray.
DRUNKEN FATHER KILLS
SEVEN OF HIS CHILDREN
* -t
Wife Makes Escape After Running
Several Miles*
Chateanooga, fehn£sse£, Nov. 12.—- »
Buck Garrison, a farmer, shot and
killed seven of his ten children at his
home near Dayton, Tennessee, Sunday
afternoon, according to advices re
ceived here today. Garrison’s wife and
three other children escaped death.
Posses are scouring the hills for Gar
rison.
News of the tragedy was brought to
Dayton by his wife, who had run for
miles to escape. Breathless, she gasp
ed the details of the crime. Her hus
band shot seven of the chiludren one
by one with a shot gun, stopping each
time to reload the weapon, his wife
said. Garrison had been drinking heav
ily for several days.
This is a terrible tragedy as the re
sult of drinking illicit whisky. Perhaps
Garrison had manufactured it himself
and he may have bought it from a
neighbor who made it. Someone will
be responsible in the final accounting
for the terrible death these innocent
children endured.
Just as long as folks stand by and
allow other people to make and sell
poison liquor, a liquid that does not
produce drunkenness, but a substance
that runs folks wild and crazy, just so
long will bloodshed be had and other
deplorable tragedies like this one.
The next time the lives of innocent
children is snuffed out, it may happen
in Chatham county. Will it be your
boy? Will it be a neighbor’s son or
daughter? We can prevent these
things and it must be done.
In another column is an acount of
a baby born dead, the mother lying ii
extremis from pain and sorrow;
her husband doing time on the road.
Decipher the consequences for your
self and then and there determine
that you will give your influence to
the abolition of liquor.
BIRTHDAY AT HOME OF EDITOR.
At the home of the editor last
Thursday evening from 6 to 7:30,
there was a happy throng of young
friends who came together to cele
brate the birthday of Mr. Gilbert
Shaw, son of Mr. and Mrs. Colin G.
Shaw, this being the eighteenth anni
versary.
Decorations of the dining room were
white, yellow and green, each of the
guests and members of the home
wearing a chrysanthemum.
The supper was elaborate havirg
been prepared by a devoted mother
for an only son, and the young boys
and friends of the lad seemed to en
joy the ocasion to the fullest extent.
The gifts were both plentiful and
expensive and the recipient was de
lighted with the company of his boy
friends.
His pastor, Rev. J. J. Boone, and
his Sunday school teacher, Mr. E. E.
Williams were also present, so were
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Brown, Miss Lil
lian Ray and Mrs. E. E. Willims, Miss
Ray, Mrs. Brovvn and Mrs. Williams
assisting in the serving.
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil H. Bindley were
honorary guests, the same date hav
ing been the birth anniversary of Mr.
Lindley.
SALE OF POWELL PROPERTY.
The sale of the Powell property
took place last Friday and was well
attended, many being attracted by the
giving away of a Ford car. The sale
was under the control of Daniel L.
i Bell, as commissioner, and Allen
! Brothers Real Estate Agency, of
Raleigh, as selling agents.
The house plot, containing about 38
acres, brought $49 an acre, and was
bid in by Mr. Jas. L. Griffin, this be
ing the first tract solcC
Nearly all of the 800 acres were
disposed of and brought a pretty
good price, averaging around S3O. an
acre. Mr. “Dock” Gunter, of Moncure,
route 2, drew the Ford car.
i Another sale, conducted by Allen
Brothers will take place on next
| Tuesday, Nov. 20th. This is the old
county home property, located on the
Goldston road.
A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY
We have recently had something to
say about the sale of preferred stock
of the Carolina Power and Light Com
pany. On another page will be found
a full-sized advertisement telling some
thing about this stock. If you have
| a few surplus dollars and want to
put them to work at seven percent in
a tax-free stock it will zr-v .1/ pay
| you to see Mr. Frank Nash, of Cor
inth. White him for information.
Clip the coupon in the advertisement
and send it to Raleigh or to Mr. Nash.
At any event when you v-rite >ll them
that you cut the coup o" >.rom The
Chatham Record.
A BIG PAPER FROM DUNN
The Dunn Dispatch co»>? to our
office this week with near half a hun
dred pages of well printed matter. It
was an industrial edition and proves
that Dunn has made much progress
within the past few years.
London’s Big Stock.
On another page you will find a big
ad for W. L. London & Son in The
Record. Read it and profit by the ad»
vantages that are offered therein. Ik
NUMBER 23.