The Chatham # Record
HAS MORE READERS THAN ANY PAPER EVER PUBLISHED IN CHATHAM COUNTY—OFF i AL COUNTY PUBLICATION—ONLY $1.50 A YEAR.
ESTABLISHED SEPTEMBER 19,1878.
ml THAN A HUNDRED i
' NEW ONES THIS WEEK
K ecord List Growing, Paper Praised—
More Than Two Hundred.
* ‘ paper in North Carolina can
, a faster growing subscnp
oaSt Hst than can the Chatham Rec
tlo,n T ere th efolks subscribe for the
or “'/ purely on merit. There may
fT e been subscribers to papers
j h the means of a contest that
Eclipsed our numbers, but we are
tvcll of the list we are building.
P Invariably every remittance con
t ‘ a letter that is higly complimen-
T r an( l the Record is praised. It
“iw U s feel good and we hope to
continue to improve The Record from
I; me to time and give the folks of
Hrham county the very best weekly
\'a' e v in North Carolina. It takes
time and effort, energy and untiring
act” : ty» as well as a volume °f ex "
produce a paper like The
neco’d We have some fourteen thous
dollars invested in equipment.
Sll ive are not saitsfied with it and
\ve will improve the paper from time
to time.
Thi? week we print the largest list
0 f names that we have ever printed
in any one week. There is consider
able’ more than one hundred among
them that are new, some never having
subscribed for the paper before, while
a number of them are old subscribers
coming hack. We higly appreciate ev
enone of them and hope to please
them with our weekly visits to their
homes.
All of the following list, more than
two hundred in number, entitled to
receive the Southern Planter ,wi!l be
placed on the list of that paper at
once and will get the current issue.
Read the list over with us, as follows:
T. R. Green, Paul T. Lemons, Essie
Headen, M. E. Rives, Thos C. Ruth,
Joe Tvsor, A. B. Roberson, J. K.
Crissman, J. M. Ellis, W. T. Mann, H.
K. Webster, F. K. King, O. F. Mann,
Mrs. 0. M. Buckner, W. W. Lutter
loh, T. M. Clark, Foy Johnson, T. 0.
Justice, F. R. Henderson, Mrs. I. H.
Straughan, Gradv P. Whitaker, J.
Anon Perry, W. C. Henderson, J. F.
Carter, 0. B. Mann, C. N. Justice, F.
L. Carroll, John R. Goodwin, Mrs.
G. M. Clark, Edwin Perrv*,
James Clark, A. L. Johnson. G- W.
Jones. J. A. Marshall, J. W. Penning
ton. *W. L. Griffin, Joe A. Ellis, Mrs.
E. W. Tripp, Mrs. J. A. Thomas. Al
fred Johnson, W. F. Beard. C. S.
Melvin, J. B. Hatley ,R. B. Burnett,
H. M. Poe, Mary Jane Burnett, L. J*. I
Riddle, R. C. Cox, Rufus Jones, L. L.
Perrv, Vet Clark, Mrs.Frark Hudson,
W. W. Dark, Mrs. M. A. Dark, John
R. Gilbert, T. R. Lambert, Viola Hart,
Ula Beale, Mrs. Oren Marsh, Mrs. A.
B. Dark, Fred D. Perry, W. N. C.
White, J. W. Jones, T. H. Harris, R.
D. Smith, Joe H. Johnson. K. A.
Buckner. W. A. Hinshaw, Ernest F.
Moore, J. C. Andrews. E. G. Perrv,
W. J. Thompson, L. G. Andrews, L.
H. Fox, James M. Teague, W. C. Cot
ner, Johnson Buckner, H. W. Webster.
B. E. Dowd, James W.
Elder, Mrs. J. W. Brewer, Z. C. John
son, Kenneth Rives, J. E. Beane, C.
■y. Johrson, W. A. Glenn, C. W. Thom
■as, J. A. Dowd, Wm. W. Andrew, J.
■R. Gilbert, Miss Ella Willett, Mrs. J.
■M. White, Mrs. W. J. Calvert, J. W.
■Gunter. Joe E. Gunter, A. W. Gold- :
■ston, Miss Mattie Burke, Donah Old-
Kiam, G. R. Fogleman, W. T. Powell,
IJ. D. Jones, W. L. Smith, C. V. Gil
more, Mrs. A. E. Nall, W. D. Bums,
T. Y. Mims, L. A. Copeland, A. H.
brooks. Hugh Elkins, Mrs. Ada Brew
er, J. L. Scott, Mrs. Martin Brewer,
R. P. Hilliard, J. W. Poe, A. L. Blake,
H. A Burke, W. A. Phillips. F. S. *
tally, The Railroader, Dr. J. H. Ihrie,
Mrs. C. W. Neal, Roy Riergsbee, E.
C. Churchill, J. E. Bryan, F. M. Far
rell, Miss Emma Kate Bums,. J. L.
Owen, E. L. Stinson, L. F. Thrailkill, ;
Miss Maggie McClennahan, Ernest
'Vllhams E. C. Yow, R. B. Clark, G.
G. Cheek, Miss Nannie A. Carter, T.
•J. Gilliland, W. M. Holmes, A. M. Lar
kins, Isaac Farrar, Mrs. Mary Bar- !
ringer, H. A. Harrington, T. J .Couu- ;
cil, S. B. Adcock, G. C. Womble, W. 1
A. Womble, Mrs. P. R. Louthan, R.
H. Andrew, J. N. Atwater. J. H. I
Brooks, A. B. Yow, R. R. Dunn, T.
»■ Elkins, Mrs. L. K. Smith, Jas. H.
Alexander, J. T. Paschal, W. W.
Burke, J. L. Straughan, Austin F.
Willett. A. D. Coggins, D. M. Fisher,
Airs. N. R. Sanders, J. D. Moore, C.
C. Poe, Will Snipes, J. M. Maddox,
A- J. Cook, T. B. Burke, A. G. Mann,
J- H. Gilliland, Mrs. Mila Gilliland, J.
Womble, W. H. Gamer, Brother-
Company, Rev. J. R. Edwards, W.
Mrs. R. H. Hayes, J. C.
Blake, W. H. Woodell, Winnie Lee
yk e , H. C. Clegg, Rev. E. R. Clegg,
' • L Siler, Mrs. Pearle Hearne, N.
E Mann, L. H. Hearne, Mrs. William
Bell Mrs. Minnie Belle Johnson, Mrs.
p P- Johnson, Mrs. Joe Bryant, A.
J. G. Paschal, Mrs. T. J.
faroer, Robt. T. Farrell, Mrs. J. W.
i t!e y, C. S. Harrington, Mrs. G. G.
A. M. Pollard, Mrs. J. R. Mat
p^’s. Gaston Siler, D. H. Fogleman,
t'ii brewer, N. M. Brweer, C. V.
p ai J y >T._F. Goins, F. P. Andrew, Mrs.
J Mrs. Janie Andrew, Mrs.
ir\JaHy, J. c. Smith, J.T. Sharpe,
PMoody, Mrs. A. J. Richardson,
!wL Perr y> Rev. E. W. Sloan,
i\\- Thomas, Miss Minnie Moffitt, I.
bi‘J. B. Hammond, Frank
iAnrbQ Beal, John Bums, W. H.
Xm Miss Sallie Ann Stanley, H.
Rw^ tch ? eld » J - R. Paschal, D. F.
f C v IrS - R - L - WilSO »- G - F -
I t ■?' Knight, Mrs. J. W. Mc
’J - T - Farrar, H. B. Stedman,
BOX PARTY NEXT SATURDAY. |
Other Items That Will Interest Rec
ord Readers From Corinth.
Corinth, Jan. 14.—Mr .and Mrs. S.
W. Harrington spent Sunday with
their daughter ,Mrs .M. J. Ellis at
Siler City.
Miss Lelia Johnson spent the week
end with relatives at Bonsai .
Miss Marie Phillips spent Sunday
at her home in Bonlee .
Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Dickens, of
Raleigh spent Sunday with relatives
at Corinth.
J. E. Dickens dropped in Sunday
to spend the day with home folks .
Miss Reffie Mims, of Merry Oaks,
spent the week end with Miss Carrie
Lee Cross at Corinth.
The “Reds” will entertain the
“Blues” at a Betterment affair at
the school house on Wednesday, Jan.
23rd. Come on out and join the colors.
Mrs. R. L. Wilson, of Broadway, is
visiting her mother, Mrs. D .A. Clark.
Mrs. L. G. Wilder snent Sunday at
her home in Mt. Gilead.
Mrs. W. J. Stephenson returned last
Wednesday from a weeks visit with
relatives in Rockingham.
Miss Mitchell Ferguson, of San
ford, spent a few days last week vis
iting in the home of Mr. and Mrs.
W. J. Stephenson.
Material has begun to arrive and
excavation for foundation has started
on the second 20,000 h. p. steam tur
bine unit for the Carolina Power and
Light Company at Moncure. The work
is being done by the Phoenix Utility
Co., with the same organization and
equipment that has just built the first
unit. This second unit will be ready
for operation in less than a year. ,
Mrs. M. A .Arev, of Albemarle, is
spending a week or so with her
daughter, Mrs. R. S. Parker at Buck
horn.
A box nartv is scheduled for Cor
inth school next Saturdav night. 'T'he
Corinth teachers want to get th°ir
Chautauqua money up and ready
when the call comes to pav in.
Now remember that ALL the pro
ceeds of the party will go right back
i~to tickets to help guarantee the
Chautauqua pledge.
Come out. enjoy yourself .and buv a
box. We will state the details of the
nlan of usinv the funds before the
boxes are sold.
Our neighbor, Mr. T. H.
is granpa again. It is Glenn Shelbert
Harrison ,son of Mr. and Mrs. Con
Harrison, at Corinth,. He arrived
January 5. The mother-anti tittle boy
are doing nicely and Con has recov
ered sufficientlv to be back at work
at Phoenix Hill.
j GLAD TO HEAR MR. BOONE.
Local News From Neighbors at Mon
cure and Vicinity.
Moncure, January 14.—Mr. V. H.
Hilliard, who has been running a
case and meat market near Mrs.
Womble’s hotel, has moved up town
on Main street, opposite Hackney &
Thomas store. He is now running a
case, grocery store and meat market.
Mr. J. L. Womble, a successful and \
prominent business man and merchant
is building an annex to his store,
where Mrs. J. L. Womble may run
a Cafetria.
Mr. J. K. Barnes is preparing to
erect several residences on the Nat
ional highway and Pittsboro railroad,
which is northeast of Moncure and he
will rent them.
; Messrs Howard Bingham, Dallas
Cottrell and E. G. Gragg ,of Boone,
spent Sunday night at Moncure camp
ing ground enroute to Florida. We
were glad to see these young men
who were students of Prof. W. W.
Stedman when he taught matemat
ics at the Appalachian Training
School. They will f pend three months
in Florida and will return to Boone
sometime in March. They said that it
was fourteen degrees below zero at
Boone last Sunday, January 6th ,and
they wer ehunting a warmer climate.
We are always glad for the second
Sunday in every month to come, so
that we can hear the excellent and in
structive sermon of Rev, J. J. Boone.
He requests that every member of the
j Methodist church be present next
: Sunday ,Januar ,r for a business
meeting immediately after Sunday
school.
1 Mr. John J. Douglass, of Hamlet
spent the week end at Moncure vis
iting friends .
| The basket ball team of Moncure
i High school expects to play Apex
i next Friday afternoon,
i The girls of Moncure high school
j have organized a basket ball team
! and will play competitive games in the
, future.
A little snow fell at Moncure this
morning.
Mr. Roy Self, of Siler City, Rt. 4,
| was a guest here this week of his
j brother, Prof. H. G. Self and he also
! visited Miss Edna Hedrick of the high
! school.
•J. C. Lasater, Miss Efiie Seagroves,
jR. W r . White, L. F. Gorrell, N. McK.
Buie, G. G. Burke, Mrs. H. W. Mur-,
ray, W. A. Coggins, and seven that
request that their name be not pub
lished.
This new list has been checked
three times, but we may have gotten
some liwie mispelled or an initial
wrong. We ask you to help us.. If
your name is not right or you got on
the wrong postoffice, please drop us a
postal card and we will get it fixed.
So far as we have been able to rec
ollect only*seven requested that their
name be not published and we hope
that we are not putting any name in
print that was so requested,. w< *
have it is an error of the head and
not of the heart.
PITTSBORO, N. C., CHATHAM COUNTY, THURSDAY, J/ JARY 17, 1924.
FOR THE -YOUNGER FOLKS.
Six Months Subscription for Boy or
Girl Under Fourteen.
This week we offer a six months sub
scription to The Record free to the
boy or girl under fourteen years of
age, who will send us a correct solu
tion of the following:
“A man said in three years my
son will be three times as old as he
was three years ago.”
Tell how old the son is now.
In answering tell your age, the
school you are attending, and certify
on your honor that no one helped you
to solve the question.
You may answer in mathematical
methods, or you may merely tell hovf
old the boy is at this time and why?
The award of the subscription will be
made according to the arrangement
construction of the letter, the answer
itself and the general neatness of
the letter.
No one heretofore winning a prize
will be awarded another prize, but we
invite them to compete.
All answers must reach us rot lat
er than on Monday, January 21st.
JVinner of last week’s puzzle will
be found in another column. Many
answers were received and great in
terest is being shown by our young
friends.
THREE LITTLE LADIES WIN.
Much Interest in Our Geographical
Contest in Last Week’s Record.
More answers perhaps were receiv
ed to our contest last week than ever
before, more than a hundred girls
and boys sent in answers to the geo
graphical contest. This provjs several
things. It shows that mariv T Chatham
county boys and girl sare deeply in
terested in their school work; it al
so shows that they are close readers
of The Record and it is conclusive
that they are adept scholars.
It is interesting to note that every J
letter received was correct in answer i
to the state ,teiritory or country. The
deficiencies came with the most of
them in arrangement and neatness in
preparation. The answer was as fol
lows:
Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas and
Canada.
The judge this week worked hard to
select the best answer and finally he
came to us and said that tht~e ‘
three so near perfect tnat ne couidj
not decide on the very best oVie. These
three were from Miss Hilda R. Utley, I
Merry Oaks, Miss Beadie Oldham,
Cumnock and Miss Louise Petty, j
Pittsboro. We have examined these
1 ourselves and find them so near per
fect that we have decided to givs
each of them the six months sub
scriution to The Record and the pa
per will be started with this issue.
Others deserving favorable men
tion are Max Dixon, Lax Ragland,
Ruth Hackney, Karen Rives, Ed
ward T. Ward, Louise Pugh, Mamie
Burke, Louise Waddell, Edna Wrenn,
Horace Thompson, Vaie Scott. Linden
i Elkin, Eunice Clark, Lowe Mauldne, i
Flossie Clark, Ada Webster, Nettie
Cook, Lillian Webster, Charlie Coup- ;
cilman, Fred T. Tysor, Clyde Avent
Roland Goldston and Byron Phillips.
DEATH OF MRS. GILLILAND.
Coles Store, Jan. 9.—The entire
community was greatly shocked at
the sudden death of Mrs. Huddah J.
Gilliland, which occured at her home
near Brush Creek church.
Mrs. Gilliland was in her usual
health at the time and in fact semeed
unusually cheerful up to a few mo
ments before her death. She was born
March 16, 1858, and was therefore,
in her sixty-eighth year. She was born
in the neighborhood in which she died.
When a young girl she united with
Brush Creek Baptist church, of which
she was a faithful member as long as
she lived.
She was married to Wesley D. Gil
liland, who survives her, with seven
children as follows: C. R. Gilliland, of
Greensboro; J. E. Gilliland, of Coles-i
Store; C. D. Gilliland, of Jacksonville, !
Fla.; J. C. Gilliland, of Greensboro;
Mrs. Addie Dixon, Mrs. Maud Fox
and Mrs. Fannie Brady, all of near
Brush Creek. There is also one broth
er, Capt. James Gilliland, of the
Southern railway.
The deceased was a highly esteem
ed woman in her neighborhood and
will be sadly missed by all. She was
a good, motherly woman whom every
one loved.
LOSES ITS COURSE.
Sanford Carolina Banner.
It is not often that one hears of
an airplane getting suck in the mud
but this was the case last Wednesday
as a government airplane was making
a trip from Washington to Camp
Bragg at Fayeteville ,and was follow
ing the main line of the Seaboard for
a guide. Upon reaching Colon where
the Norfolk Southern and Seaboard
crosses, the pilot of the plane became
confused and took the Norfolk and
Southern, going up toward Greens
boro. Feeling that something was
wrong, he brought the plane to the
ground to seek information ,making
a landing in an old cotton field, near
Cumnock.
After getting his course straight
ened out it was sometime before the
plane could be made to rise as the
wheels were buried in a sea of mud.
Several men were required to push the
plane out arid finally, after reaching
hard ground ,the pilot was able to
get away and continue his trip to
Fayetteville.
BUILD A HOME IN PITTSBORO.,
> PAY BILLS.
_ 4*
In Session on Monday, January 7th— J
Regular Meeting.
The county commissioners were in
regular monthly session on Monday,
January 7th, and ordered the follow
ing accounts: |
C. C. Poe, fees for December,
$215.15.
Riggsbee Electric Co., labor on sew
er, $12.00.
C. Ck Poe, extra clerk hire and
computing special tax for 25 districts
in Chatham, $150.00.
C. C. Poe, postage and express and
parcel post, SIO.OO.
C. C. Poe, salary for December.
SIO.OO.
Seaman printery, bal acct. $7.00.
National Office Sup. Co., bill render
ed. $32.85.
J. Dewey Dorsett ,salary, clerk hire,
stanips, etc., $195.00.
Henry Harington, witness $4.80.
Carl Elder, witness, $3.00.
J. Dewey Dorsett state vs. Lassiter,
half costs, $85.00.
J. M. Smith, witness, $3.50.
Cole Printing Co., acct rendered,
81c.
J. W. Goldston, witness, $6.50.
Ipdwards C Broughton Co., acct.
rendered $4.15.
C. C. Hamlet, services as commis
sioner, $15.00.
R. L. Bryan Co., acct. rendered,
$27.73.
J. W. Johnson, superintendent of
county home. $58.48.
G. W. Blair, salary December,
$358.33.
Chatham Record advertising, $8.40.
Paragon Press, printing, $10.25.
Chatham Hardware, sup. county
home $1.85.
Chatham Hardware groceries coun
ty home, $14.54.
G. R. Pilkington, drugs, $12.45
. Turner fcetty, sawing wood. $lO.
W. L. London & Son, merchandise,
$3 50.
i W. L. London & Son, merchandise,
1 $40.02.
Bonlee Telephone Co. rental, $20.70.
L. J. Riddle, work county home,
$5.55.
Laura Johnson, cook at county
home, $16.00.
J. W. Johnson, supplies at county
home, $39.38.
Willie Johnson, work at county
home, $25.00.
Mrs. J. W. Johnson, sewing for
county hpms, $10.25.
j, it- W. Johnson, salary superintend
ent’ county home, $75.00.
! A. W. Farell, work at county home,
$7.40.
! Kimrey & Miller, work at county
home, $i00.55. j
Pittsboro Case and market, meats
etc., at county home, $39.95.
J. D. Womble, 5 cords of wood,
$15.00.
R. B. Farrar, still and worm, sls. j
G. G. Pickett, three stills, 2 worms, j
1 cap, $45.00. • I
G. H. Hancock, 1 still, SIO.OO.
C. T. Desem, still, SIO.OO. !
A. M. Webster, still, worm and'
cap, $20.00.
S. T. Johnson, jitill, worm and cap, i
$20.00. m
C. T. Desern, still, worm and cap,!
$20.00.
Wess Lynn, cord wood, $3.00.
Dr. J. E. Cathell, patient to Ral
eigh, SIO.OO.
John Bums, jailer, fees, $191.10.
Virgil Davis, janitor, $25.00.
J. Dewey Dorsett, fees for Decem
ber, $107.04.
A special district school tax elec
tion on the SIOO valuation of all
propertv, real and personal, to supple
ment the funds for the six months
public school fund for the Siler City
school district was ordered. Announce
ment of date of election will be offic
ially made in a few days.
J. T. Ferguson was appointed reg
istrar, H. C. Reece and Van B. Elkins
judges of election.
IN MEMORIAM.
Our Heavenly father who doeth all
things well, took to Himself the soul
of Willie Gertrude Williams, the baby
j daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Wil
liams. She was born January 18th,
1921 and died January 10, 1924. Her
body was laid to her rest in Mt. Gil
ead cemetery.
Willie was a beautiful bud just be
ginning to unfold, filling the home
with sweet fragrance. We must re- j
member that the ones we love most, j
God loves even more. This is a loan j
fond parents have made to the Lord, ;
and as she cannot return, rich be the ,
blessings ,for where the treasure is
there the heart be also .
Sad the hour and weary the day
That plead for a member away,
Now her soul is safe at rest;
She sleeps securely on the Master’s
breast;
But sorrowing tears for her shall
wane
For earthly loss is Heavenly gain, ,
To In’ ’crease Capital Stock
The directors of the Farmers Bank
of Pittsboro held their semi-annual
meeting at the banß on Tuesday, Ja- ;
nuary 1, and declared a three percent j
semi-annual dividend in addition to !
setting aside a g:od sum to the sur«
plus.
Mr. R. C. Griffin and Mr. W. F. ;
Bland were added to the directorate ,
of the bank. . j
It was decided to increase the capi
tal stock of The Farmers from $lO.- j
000 to $15,000 and this stock will be
sold at Once, a great portion of it al
ready having been t^ken.
The aFrmers Bank made a splen- ,
diet showing during - 1923 and its-)
strength is being recognized more ful
.ly. ... - 1
V
NEGRO KILLED POLICE
OFFICER AT ABERDEEN
Robbed Stores at Siler City and at
Goldston—Reward Offered.
Chief of Police W. P. Page, of Ab
rdeen was instantly killed by a one
; armed negro last Thursday morning
after he had been arrested and was
being taken to the city jail.
The negro was named Kelsey Ken
nedy and hailed from Danville, Va.
The week previous he had robbed two
stores at Siler City, going from there
to Goldston where he made two more
robberies. He gave the officers in both
towns the slip and had gone to Rae
ford, where it is said he robbed still
another store.
The towns of Siler City and Gold
ston had offered a reward for the ne
gro of fifty dollars, and chief Page
had located him, walkirg along the
railroad track, coming from Raeford
to Aberdeen.
The negro made no resistance and
willingly snubmitted to arrest. Mr.
Page commandered the Ford sedan
of Mr. M. B. Genes, who was pass
ing at the time, and put the negro on
the back seat, Mr. Genes and the of
ficer occupving the front seats of the
car. They did not take the precaution
to search the negro, and when near
the city limits, the neirro fired four
shots into the bodv of Mr. Page and
before he could do further damage
Mr. Genes drew the dead man’s pis
tol and shot the negro de*d.
It is a distressing tragedy and one
in which great sympathy has been ex
presed for the family of Mr. Page. He
was a fearless officer and had made
an enviable reputation in Aberdeen.
WILL PITCH A TENT TO LIVE IN.
Personal and Local Items of People
In and Around Brickhaven.
Brickhaven, Jan. 14. —Mr. Witt
Maiivb ,u student «,t Trinity college,
and Mr. Herman ivrims, or Durnam,
were guests or Mr. and Mrs. lr. Mims
bunua^.
Mrs. Nannie Long hus go„e to iiai
i eign to visit mrs. xuiia inu.tiiews
! Lmery. , ,
mis. Hettie Richardson is at home
again alter a visit to friends ana
relatives in Raleigh and Zeouion .
Mr. Harvey- bKipper lias turned
from a visit to nis nome in bouth
Carolina .
Messrs Cliff and Albert Mims aijd
Miss Lida Mims of Raleigh, spent
| Sunday with their parents, Mr .and
Mrs. Eddie Mims.
Miss Mary Bland spent the week
end in Pittsboro .
Miss Mae Dilckens has arranged to
| board in Haywood in order to be
i nearer the Moncure school which she |
[ is attending.
I Mr. George Cross ,of Raleigh, was j
| down one day this week to hunJL the
1 famous “Chatham rabbit.” We are
i sure the trip netted him big results.
Mr. T. J. Hurrington has a new
| Ford .We hear there are to be some
! more in the community cuiite soon.
Mr .and Mrs. Avery Marks were
dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. B.
Wicker on Sunday.
Rumor has it that Mr. Avery
Marks has purchased a tent and that
he and Mrs. Marks will pitch it in
Moncure and keep house until more
suitable quarters can be secured.
Should they really try it, we hope
the weather man will not order any
more January sths, this winter.
Miss Eunice Thompson spent a few
hours in Sanford yesterday.
Mrs. Rosa Lawrence went to Ral
eigh Tuesday for the day.
Mr. Clinton Seawell ,of Brickhaven,
and Miss Bertie Seawell ,of Raleigh,
spent the week end with thier sister,
Mrs. R. R. Gordon, of Pittsboro.
The Brickhaven Betterment Asso
ciation meets Wednesday afternoon.
This meeting is always a forerunner
of something interesting in the social
| life of the community, so don’t make
I too many engagements ahead. They
J might conflict with a party.
O, yes, we. are going to have some
new bridges—at least indications point
that way, ?s lumber is scattered
! around at different places. Shaddock’s
I Creek Bridge has long been an eye
| sore and we hope to see it replaced
! quite soon.
| Master Billy Harrington had a big
! surprise Saturday when he went to
! visit his trap and found an eight
pound ’possum. A pound for each
year of Biilly’s age.
A BAD Wfc£ECK.
Sunday night there’ occurred near
! Riggsbee, between Mr. Cole s store
and Chapel Kill, near the store, an
almost fatal wreck between two au
tomobiles, one drjven by Mr. Roy*'
| Eubanks and th£ other by a; negro,
j there being two or three colored pas
! sengers in the negro’s car.
Besides the car being badly dam
aged, Mr. Eubanks had his collar
bone broken and other injuries;. Young
j Harlowe Thomas, who was in the car
with Mr. Eubanks had one of his
legs badly bruised, besides other in
! juries. Mr. Eubanks was taken to his
j home at Bynum and is under the
; care of a physician. The car driven
!by the negro was headed towards
Pittsboro. It was not learned whether
| any of the colored folks were injured
or not, and the cause of the wreck has
not been learned here.
| There are two sides to eveiy ques
i tipn until it comes to the two sides
of the American dollar. You can get
1 either accepted without question.
PERSON’S GREAT FIGHT
FOR STATE TAXPAYERS
Man From Franklin County Battle fer
Tax-Payers—Lose.
Col. W. M. Person, of Franklin
County, brought suit against R. A.
Doughton, commissioner of revenue,
on behalf of themselves and other
taxpayers of North Carolina, but it
was thrown out by the Supreme Court
just before Christmas.
It was a losing fight but it was
an honest effort and Mr. Person de
serves all the commendat'on that he
has received, as well as the satisfac
tion that Chief Justice Walter Clark
was on his side. While the case has
been settled and there is no hope of
the relief that was sought, it is not
out of consistency to let the peopie
of the State know something of the
fight that Mr. Person made.
We have before us his argument to
the court, and for the satisfaction of
the people of Chatham County we are
printing it verbatim and practically
complete, as follows:
“In my humble, crude, feeble and
futile way, I stood before this Court,
twelve months ago this day and argu
ed the question that I am going to
argue today. It might be called the
first act in the Passion Play—not
the Passion Play of Oberammergau
in Germany (portraying the crucifi
xion in Gethsemane—but a passion
play that is taking place right now,
instead of two thousand years ago;
and today I propose to have the sec
ond. act in that play—the Crucifixion
of the taxpayers of North Carolina.
Although the matters that were dis
cussed and those issues that were
raised upon that occasion have been
settled, so far as the present ques- 1
tion is concerned, it is yet to be set
tled.
“The relators in this action, may it
please the cout, say:
“That respondent is the duly ap
pointed Revenue Commissioner for the
Stats of North Carolina and, under
the provisions of the law of North
Carolina, has power, authority and
general supervision of the system of
taxation throughout the State, and to
have and to dxercise general super
vision over the administration of all
assessments and tax laws —-over all
county,* township and city tax assess
ments and boards of equalization—to
the end that all assessments of pro
perty (real, personal and mixed) be
made relatively just and uniform and
at its true value in money; to require
all county, township and city asses
sors, boards of equalization, and levy
and assessment officers, (under penal
ty of forfeiture and removal from of-
I fice) —such assessors and boards of
j equalization—to list and assess all
i property, of every kind and character
at its true value in money.
“Article 5, Section 5, provides:
That laws shall be passed, taxing by
a uniform rule, all moneys, credits, in
vestments in bonds, stocks, joint stock
companies, or otherwise; and all real
and personal property —according to
its true value in money.
“Under the law and according to
the power and direction of the Con
stitution (as I have just set out), it is
defendant’s duty to have listed in the
various counties of Nor th Carolina
(for purposes of taxation) all moneys,
investments in bonds, stocks, joint
Stock companies, or otherwise, and all
real and personal property according
to its true value in money.
“It has long been the settled law
of North Carolina that the individual
stockholders of foreign corporations
should list and pay ad valorem tax
upon such stock and bonds, as upon
other personal property—which ques
tion was settled in the case of Brown
Ys. Jackson, 179 NC 363; and that
stockholders in foreign corporations
(unless it appear that two-thirds in
value of its entire property is situated
and taxed in this State, and that the
corporation pays a franchise tax on
its entire issued and outstanding ca
pital stock, at the same rate paid by
domestic corporations) should pay tax
upon their stock.
“ This case is brought upon the in
terpretation of Article 5 of the State
constitution and we (the relators) de
sire such interpretation.
“This court held, in Person vs.
Watts (in decision handed down in
December, 1922,) that stocks in do
mestic corporations were not subject
to taxation; and the exempting sta
tutes of North Carolina since 1887,
were constitutional and did not con
flict with Article 5, Section 3, of the
State constitution.
“Artile 5, Section 5, provides that
property belonging to the State or to
municipal corporations shall be ex
empt from taxation; and the Gen
eral Assembly may also exempt ceme
teries and property held for educa
tional, scientific, literary, charitable
or religious purposes; also wearing
apparel, arms for muster, household
and kitchen furniture, mechanical ancT
agricultural implements of mechan
ics and farmers; libraries and scien
tific instruments, or any other person
al property to a value not exceeding
three'hundred dollars.
The General Assembly of North
Carolina ratified an act (No. HB 456,
SB 1,003) on March 3, N 1923, (at the
end of Section 4 of that act—after
the clause exempting from taxation
the stocks in domestic corporations,
which had recently been declared con
stitutional by this Court by a divid
ed court in Person vs. Watts, reve--
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