ESTABLISHED SEPTEMBER 19, 1878.
william a. M’CLENNAHAN
found dead in his room
Was Former Pittsboro Citizen—Had
Many Friends Here.
i Friday morning when Mr.
| Viliam McClennahan was called to
i breakfast by his aunt, Mrs. Aurelia
f vior, it was found that he was dead.
Mr McClennahan was an early riser
nrd usually shaved himself every
orning before breakfast. On this
particular morning it appeared as he
had gotten up, dressed himself, lit
J: s i am p and was preparing to shave.
Feeling badly it is supposed that he
t down in a chair and when his
a U nt found him he was lying on the
floor dead, but his body was still
«arm showing that he had not been
* lead very long. Dr. Cathell was sum
moned from Moncure, and said that
the deceased came to his death as a
re .ult of a stroke of paralysis. Mr.
McClennahan had two strokes pre
vious to this time.
\fter his second stroke of rvaraly-
t |je late Dr. and Mrs. Marina McClen
nahan and was about 57 years of age.
He left Pittsboro about 30 years ago
?n d went to Norfolk, where he went
Into the drug business under the firm
name of Powell & McClennahan.
Mr. McClennahan was the son of
sis he gave up his business and twice
a year visited his aunt, Mrs. Taylor,
and was on his fall visit when he
died. . . ,
Deceased is survived by two ,
brothers, Mr. James T. McClennahan,
of Washington, Mr. Spence McCle^ka
lian, of Pittsboro: two sisters, Mrs.
Pattie Ware, of Shelby and Mrs. T.
H. Calvert, of Raleigh, and many oth
er relatives. j
The funeral sendees were held from j
the Methodist church in Pittsboro Sat- t
urday afternoon, conducted by Rev.
J. J. Boone and was attended by a '
very large number of relatives and
friends.
He was a model for the young men
to follow and was held in high es
teem by all who knew him. \
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A lady friend of the editor sends
' us the following paragraph and we
highly appreciate the little verse. We
Vthat will say mama, with hair. and
pre wontd be' Tb Jmblish Tiername
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to do so, we are omitting it. Here is
the salutation she sends:
“Stand firmly by your cannon,
Let grape and buckshot fly;
Trust in God and The Record
And keep your powder dry.
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GREAT INTEREST SHOWN *
I IN PUZZLE LAST WEEK
[ Over a Hundred Replies, Only a Few
Correst—Bynum Wins.
The correct sentence to our puz
, zle last week is as follows:
, “A vile oldv woman with evil intent,
Put on her veil and to market went.
“Levi,” said she, give me, I pray,
The wherewithal to live this day.”
A great interest has been manifest
j ed in the puzzle for last week. There
were more than a hundred replies.
Numbers of them by mail, many by
hand and a few by telephone.
Many of those sending in answers
had the right word but inserted it
at the wrong place. Some began the
sentence by “a evil” old woman; oth
ers by a “live” old woman, etc.
Others had good words substituted
but they were not the correct sen
tence.
The first to send in the correct re
ply on Monday morning was Mr. Hen
ry A. Bynum, and he wins the prize j
of six months subscription to The j
Record.
We received a correct answer from !
Mrs. Fred Nooe on Friday and one j
from Mrs. E. A. Clark on Saturday,
but as they reached us before the ap
pointed time they lost the premium.
In another column is a puzzle for
this week to be solved and we hope
that someone who tried the last one
i will be successful.
1 Those sending in correct answers
to the puzzle last week, in addition to
the winner, are as follows:
Mrs. E. A. Clark, Corinth; John A. i
Gunter, Vass; Mrs. H. L. Coble, Pleas- j
ant Garden; R. W. Clegg, Hamlet; J
j J. B. Stinson, Goldston; T. S. Harris,
( Frosty; Mrs. A. Clay Thomas, Rt. 2,
j Siler City; Miss Swannie Daffron, Rt.
2, Siler City; Miss Twiman Andrews,
Rt. 2, Siler City; Mrs. R. H. Overby,
Merry Oaks; W. H. Garner, Goldston;
Miss Ethel Johnson, Rt. 1, Pittsboro;
Mrs. O. A. Tysor, Rt. 3, Pittsboro;
Miss Lennie Neal, Rt. 1, Pittsboro; :
: J. R. Gilbert, Rt. 3, Siler City; Miss I
Eva M. Hackney, Rt. 1, Pittsboro;
Miss Nenah Jones, Manndale; Mrs.
E. J. Dark, Roscoe; Miss Lydia Gil
bert, Danville, Va ; Mrs. N. E. Bland,
Rt. 2, Moncure; Mrs. Garl Harward,
Rt. 2, Moncure; Kemp Riddle* Rt. 2,
New J. H. Inrie, Wendell;
and Miss Pauline Thomas, Rt. 2, Mon
cure. •
Mrs. Frank Thomas, formerly Kate
Mclver, daughter of D. E. Mclver,
died at her home in Oakland Tuesday
morning. Burial Wednesday at Center
Grove Christian church at 1 o’clock.*
PITTSBORO, N. C., CHATHAM COUNTY, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20,1923.
ANOTHER PUZZLE TO SOLVE.
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Young Men.
i
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than once. Begin at either corner and
work at any direction you choose to
-form four words. Here is the square
and letters:
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ed so as to reach us no earlier than
Monday, Dec. 24th and the first one
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scription. is offered to only one per
son. The competition is open to any
• young man or woman between the
! ages of sixteen and twenty years.
| All answers must come to us
I through the mail. No phone answer,
1 nor one presented at the office will be
considered.
In awarding this prize, the sentence
must be the same as that on record
in our office, and the manner in which
it is written, neatness and arrange
ment being elements that will deter
mine the winner.
No previous winner will be credit
ed with the premium. We will be glad
jto have them compete, but only one
| prize will be awarded same per
-1 son during the year.
| Winning in last week’s puzzle is an
nounced in another column.
A LIST OF OUR FRIENDS.
During the week the following good
people have renewed or subscribed
new for The Record. They are all
good people and we highly appreciate
their patronage:
I Mrs. A. J. Clapp, Miss Josie Smith
A. J. Clark',* Dr. J. M. Harper, J. F.
Glosson J. H. Benner W. H. Ferguson,
S. J. Fields John S. Hart, J. S. Wrenn,
U. S. Adv. Corp., J. V. Willett, H. W.
Mims, Rufus Bridges, Henry Hill, G.
B. Emerson->Lee Copeland,
Brooks, Woody Bros., J. D. Moore, W.
W. Brown, Miss Drpsilla Dare, Ed.
Bryant.
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Record when the writer’s name does
not accompany it. We have made
this statement nuthbers of times, btrc
we continue to get them.
LOSS OF A GOOD CITIZEN
r Mr. J. S. Wrenn to Make Future
| Home in Durham.
Mr. X S. Wrenn left Pittsboro last
1 Monday for Durham where he will
| make his future home. Mr. Wrenn
j has sold his home here to Mr. Daniel
, L. Bell and has been selling his house
k hold and kitchen furniture for the
past several weeks and leaves Pitts
boro \jrfthout any identity to draw him
back.
Mr. Wrenn is a splendid man and
will add to the business Dur
ham where he goes to engage in the
real Estate business. Primarily he
will bpild houses and sell them, giv
ing opportunity to those who are un
* able to build a home to buy one on
i easy terms and at the same time bene
fit by the advantage himself.
He has many friends in Chatham
i County that regret to see him leave
! Pittsboro. Mr. Wrenn has been un
> tiring in his efforts for all that was
of advantage to the public or in any
■ instance that would benefit anyone.
To him can be ascribed the greater
1 honor in the establishment of the Dur
ham-Siler City star mail route. Bv lfis
determination and untiring efforts,
with assistance from a few reliable
men, he finallv succeeded in his ef
forts at establishment.
Right now Mr .Wrenn is prosecut
ing an effort for a fourth rural route
out of Pittsboro and the likelihood is
that it will be established. He* has
spared" neither time nor expense for
the upbuilding of his community and
he is a dependable man.
Like many other men who are frank
in expression and plain in their mod 6
of living, he has some critics, but he
will ever be remembered bv many
here who regard him for his true
worth and capacity.
Decorating Windows.
Never before in the history of Pitts
boro have the merchants of the town
taken any interest in the decoration
of their shop windows, but it is dif
ferent now since we have electricity.
The store windows of The Chatham
Hardware Company, C. H. Lindley,
Brooks and Eubanks, Mfe- J. T. Hen
derson, J. J. Johnson & Son, G. R. Pil
kinton are nicely decorated, especially
windows of Lindley and Johnsop. All
.ar* pieaging to see and we are glad
to £ee tne merchants are taking some
pride in making their windows pretty
Write to Chears.
If you want a good calendar write
to W. F. Chears, Sanford, N. C., and
to send you a calendar that
was advertised in The Record. He will
also send a price list. It’s all free.
DEATH OF MRS. RUFUS
DEAL OF SILER CITY
i
Land Sale of Note in Siler City—Oth
er Locals of Interest.
Siler City, December 15.—The body
of Mrs. Rufus Beal, whose death oc
{curred in a Greensboro hospital early
Friday morning, passed through here
this afternoon enroute to Gulf, where
it was interred at Bethany Baptist
church at 4 o’clock, the service being
conducted by Rev. Richard S. Foun
tain of this place and Rev. Mr, Boone,
j of Bonlee.
I The death of Mrs. Beal comes as a
j distinct shock to her relatives and
friends, she having gone to the hos
pital only last Monday at which time
her condition was not considered crit
, ical.
Since moving here a few months
ago from Gulf Mr. and Mrs. Beal and
their family have made a number of
friends who are grieved to hear of
, her death.
Surviving are her husband, two
daughters, Misses Ollie and Gussie,
and one son, Percie, her father and
mother, Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Oldham,
of Gulf.
The parent-teacher Association held
an interesting meeting last night at
the school auditorium, with the presi
dent, Mrs. J. C. Gregson, presiding.
A program was rendered by the va
rious grades, reflecting much credit
upon those participating.
An especially entertaining feature
were the exercises by the sixteen
members of the kindergarten depart
ment under the training of Mrs. 0.
I. Hinson.
The little folks presented their
roles in a manner which would have
reflected credit on high school stu
dents.
This exercise closed the department’s
work until March 1, 1924. Prizes for
perfect attendance were awarded
Katherine Dorsett Marley, Ruth Bray,
Raphael Johnson, Victor Williams,
Jack Seawell, Talton Crutchfield,
Mary Lee Richardson, Edna Greg on,
Mary Lyall CriStts and Phoebe Phil
lips.
The class voted a prize, to little j
Miss Elizabeth Brooks as being the
sweetest of its members; the scholar
ship honor went to Miss Edna Greg- •
smi,"she hf?ving* 71 gold stars to her f
cfedit, while another signal honor was !
won by little Miss Dorothy Elkins j
for a record of perfect deportment. I
After having been kept in doors on I
account of a painful wound caused by
a nail in his foot, H. Zeb Terry, who
lives north of here, was able to be
in town again today. }
Mrs. D. G. Fox has returned from a
MRS. E. S. THOMAS DIE§
AFTER FEW DAYS ILLNESS
Was Mother of Mr. T. W. Hackney
of Pittsboro.
Mrs. E. S. Thomas died at the home
of her daughter. Mrs. J. B. Marks, in
Harnett county last Thursday, - Dec
ember 13th, and was buried at Gum
Springs Baptist church Friday after
noon, the funeral services being con
ducted by Rev. R. R. Gordon.
About ten days ago Mrs. Thomas
fell and broke her thigh and from
the effects of this, combined with old
age, caused the death of this esti
mable old lady.
Mrs. Thomas had been married
twice, her first husband being William
JTackney, better known as “Buck,"
and to this union there were three
children bom, they being her daugh
ter, with whom she made her home,
and two sons, Joe J. Hackney,
Moncure and T. W. Hackney, Pitts
boro. She was married the second
time to E. S. Thomas
Mrs. Thomas was in the 82nd year
of her age and was a consistent mem
ber of the Baptist church at Gum
Springs and had been from early
childhood.
Up to the time of the accident that
caused her death, she was as active
as many younger women at half her
age, and for the past fifty years she
was never known to miss a meal.
visit of several weeks in Statesville
to her son, Rev. E. W. Fox, who ac
companied her home for a few days
to enjoy the hunting season.
Clarence Stuart, Mrs. C. K. Wrenn,
and R. H. Dixon attended the funeral
of Mrs. Rufus Beal at Gulf this after
noon.
Mrs. Sallie Blue and Miss Bess Blue
of Raleigh, were guests this week of
Mrs. T. A. Kennedy.
Miss Opal Hartley, of West Virgin
ia, was a recent guest of Mrs. C. B.
Thomas.
A recent business change was that
to the Gem theater ' having been
bought by T. A. Kennedy, from
George Roberts who has owned it for
the past several years.
A part of th€ old Samuel Siler es
tate was solhere today real es-
Ore Hill
and has been in the hands of the Siler
heirs for upward of a century.
The tract contained 83 acres, and
was the property of Miss Mattie Sue
Hatch, of Charlotte. The lots were
sold at good prices, the gross amount
ing to $11,915. Many of the buyers
were farmers, living nearby, who ex
pect to locate in town.
NUMBER 28.