ESTABLISHED SEPTEMBER 19,1878. PITTSBORO, N. C., CHATHAM COUNTY, THURSDAY,
more th an three
HUNDRED NEW ONES
More Than Two Hundred New Sub
scribers —Others Renewal.
Last week we stated that the list of
nexv subscribers pubiisned was tne \
largest that any paper ever had under
hojahul circumstances, and that it was
the largest list that The Record had
ever had at one time. This weetc we (
h i\e three hundred and seventeen, be- j
in<r the largest list yet.
More than two hundred of these
subscriptions are new, some never,
having subscribed to the paper before,
lumbers of the old subscribers were
loud in their praise of the paper, and
elsewhere in tnis issue we are publish
ing extracts from a number oi letters
we have received.
There never was nor never will be
a newspaper publisher any more
orateful to its patrons than is the
editor of The Chatham Record. We
are proud of everyone of our support
ers and we shall do everything in our
power to merit the confidence they ,
have in us. ■> , !
We have carefully cheated each
name and made every effort to avoid
error, but we ask our subscribers to
examine their labels and check us
up to see that it is correct. It may be
that we got a name duplicated or on
the wrong rural route. However, *ve
believe everything is correct.
The Record now has one of the
largest subscription lists of any week
ly paper in Central North Carolina,
making it one of the very best ad
vertising mediums.
We expect to continue to improve
The Record from time to time, and
it is very probable that it will be
made a semi-weekly before the end of
the year.
Here are the names of those who
were put on our list this week:
Mrs. C. C. Wright, Mrs. J. i r . Ezzell,
A. F. Womble, Mrs. D A Harmon,
Mrs. J. Ed James, Mrs Lina Cheek,
Ralph B. Johnson, Mrs. Ada O’Neal,
Joseph B. Goldston, L. B. Gardner,
W. R. Harrington, F-oyd Brooks, Rev.
L. P. Coggins, P. 11. Coggins, H. F.
Richardson, N. P. McLaughlin, G. A.
Sizemore. H. A. Richardson. L. H. .Fox
Mrs. J. F. Greene, Jas R. rox; W. J.
Bare, C. M. Hudson, J .G. Pike, C. B.
Fox. O. B. Pike, H. J. Straughan, G.
\V. Perry, Mrs. L. H. Short, J. R.
Smith, Mrs. J. A. Mendenhall, W. A.
Buckner, J. C. Murchison, W. C. Sieg
nor, Mrs. Lola Andrews, W. F. Pike r
M. W. Duncan, T. L. Wrenn, J. M.
Jordan, N. A. Wright, J. E. Welch,
Miss Rosa Willett, Gus, Andrews, L.
P. Phillips. E. M. Leonard, S. S. An
drew, W. D. Brown, Mrs. W. B. Dor
sett, J. I. Lindley, J. J. Johnson. Miss
Comie Ray, E. M. Lindley, P. A
Thomas, Mrs. Billie Brown, L. L
Woody, B. S. Lindley, Joseph E,
Boggs, S. R. Johnson, W. J. Jones,
Archie Dorsett, H. H. Moody. D. H.
Hart, W. C. Braswell, Miss Eva M.
Johnson. J. M. Lemmons, Elmer
Moore, Miss Jennie Covert, Mrs. G.
R. Brafford, S. J. Clark, G. L. Budd,
T. J. Moody, Mrs. G. S. Norwood, W.
G. Bowers, J. L. Johnson, R. C. Pick
ard, Tony Andrews, Pratt Smith, C.
P. Fox, Mrs. D. M. Fox, Thomas Car
roll, H. I. Carter, Bonlee School Li
brary, P. H. Nance, A. R. Glosson,
H. A. Brooks, J. L. Carter, Mrs. R.
C. Fesmire, W. V. Cheek, Mfss Min
nie Smith, Mrs. W. Ivey Budd, J. J.
White, Mrs. 0. B. Stroud, N. E.
lhom pson, E. M. Bray, Mrs. W. R.
Oldham, R B. Oldham, J. W. Oldham,
N. J. Elkins, Mrs. W. B. Vaughan,
S .W. Lambe, Mrs. Sallie M. John- |
son, E. M. Harris, J. T. Waddell, j
Jacob Dixon, Ralph Reives, J. T.
Goins, Mrs. R. L. Goldston, D. H. (
Stinson, Lee Elkins, M. D. Stinson,
J. E. Goldston, Mrs. Hettie Goins, C.
L. Wicker, Robt H. Beal, R. M. Riggs
bee, A. L. Brooks, W. J. Johnson, R.
W. Johnson, Paul T. Farrell, I. P. I
Coggins, James Campbell, T P. Beav- ,
er, W. W. Fields, C. J. Rives, Mrs.
G. A. Loyd, J. H. Watkins, Mrs. Hugh
Smith, N. P. Hammer, M. G. Fields,
N. T. Smith, J. J. Moon, T. D. Brooks,
J. A. Purvis, E. M. Phillips, B. F.
Cox, H. C. Watson, Mrs. W. F. Nor
wood, R. D. Fields, D. E. Rives, Mrs.
F. C. Straughan, W. H. Murray, Mrs.
D. H. Johnson, Miss Lou Fields, Miss
Annie Bright, J. B. Foushee, M. F.
Norwood, W. S. Cheek, Mrs. E. C.
Brewer, W. R. Jones, Miss Vaie Scott,
C. T. Dowdy, A. F. Gunter, Walter
N. Dixon, Shelton Burns, Miss Bea
die Oldham, Mrs. J. T. Rosser, V. C.
Simerson, L. D. Johnson, Henry Doug
lass, Pete Dowdy, W. B. Oldham, R.
B. Oldham, Walter Clark, R. H. Bob
bitt, J. R. Dowdy, Mrs. George Moore,
A. L. Pendergrass, J. C. Gunter, N.
R. Bright, Oren Dowdy, G. M. Dor
sett, E. B. Beale, J. D. Jones, D. E.
Mclver, 0. H. Welch, C. F. Hart,
C. G. Green, Mrs. Elberta Tysor, Jno.
W. Griffin, Pett Oldham, Tommie
Murdock, J .N. Mclver, D. H. FieMs,
Oscar Hart, Mrs. Henry A. London,
Will T. Johnson, George Thompson,
Miss Lillian White, Miss Louise Pet-
Sid N. Jordan, Walker Bynum.
G. Johnson, Carl Brassington,
0* L. Williams. Elwood Smith, A. R.
Griffin, 0. T. Cooper, J. N. Hackney,
5* .JJ- Sanders, S. M. Johnson, J. W.
Griffin. Mrs. W. F. Bland. R. T. Mann,
at Oopeland, W. A. Cooner, A. J.
J- B. Ward, Joe J. Hatley, A. i
n’o , ‘ lo ™ a s> I. A. Durham, Zeb L.;
a r ~’ T. C. Perry, E. J. Dark. Mrs. |
Dark. Frank Perry, E. A.
P mppon, H. C. Dark, I. L! Creed,
Thrt Bu l ke > H * M - Marshall, J. J.
I. p* 1 /?! ?%*“'• Whitaker. J. T. Mann,
W L Miss Dora Daffron,
• Jones, Jas. M. Perry, A. M.
The Chatham Record
HAS MORE READERS THAN ANY PAPER EVER PUBLISHED IN CHATHAM COUNTY—OFFICIAL COUNTY PUBLICATION—ONLY $1.50 A YEAR.
j CHATHAM ROAD COMMISSIONER.
Hold Regular Monthly Session and
Pass on Many Bills. ’
The Chatham county road commis
sioners met in regular session Mon
day, January 14th ,and transacted the
following business:
C. W. Cross, gas and oil, $5.10.
B. M. Meadows, repairs to iflat,
; $13.00.
W. W. Langley, oak.lumber, $19.91.
Walter Wilson, lumber and work*
$29.28.
i J. T. Rosser, road work and boxes,
j $41.00.
i R. A. Wilson, salary and paid to
hands, $77.00.
! R. G. Beckwith, salary and paid to
hands, $76.65.
M. H. Moody, drag blades, $6.97.
C. B. Fitts, cash for lumber, S3O.
Alfred Johnson, pay roll for Decem
ber, $815.56.
C. B. Fitts ,for Odell Hardware Co.,
cable, $58.80.
D. T. Brooks, overalls, etc., $73.50.
C. S. Machine Co., gas, etc., $2.35.
W. A. Phillips, nails, SI.OO.
J. W. Andrews, December salary,
$75.00.
J E. M. Phillips, salary and labor,
$76.00.
John Hanmer, labor, $22.10.
Vann Scott, labor, $9.00.
Colonel Smith, labor. $2.00.
J. W. Harmon, pay roll, $1,024.62.
J. W .Harmon, salary, $125,00.
Mann’s Garage, oil and gas, $82.59.
Perry & Jones, lumber, $113.06.
K. H. Hackney, building bridge,
$16.10.
R. W. Morgan ,bridge work, $8.25.
Marvin Mann, bridge work, $6.25.
T. S. Harris, bridge work, $3.13.
E. E. Wilson ,commissioner and
mileage, $30.25.
F. P. Nooe, lumber, $66.22.
Frank Gattis, salary, $75.00.
Birch Phillips, salary, $75.00.
Brodie Johnson, labor, $14.00.
L. D. Johnson ,salary, $85.00.
D. C. Beard, salary, $75.^0.
H. J. Stedman, lumber, $30.72.
W. B. Harper, work on truck, $6.80.
Chatham Hardware Co., dynamite,
etc.. $41.30.
Chatham Hardware Co., dynamite,
etc., $136.21.
Chatham Hardware Co., dynamite,
etc., $7.83.
Chatham Motor Co., S2J)O.
j J. C. Benjamin, drag blades, $24.00.
Standard Oil Co., statement to date,
$129.15.
i E. F. Craven ,two bills, $21.00.
j Connell & Johnson, supplies, $406. 4 6 1
Thos. C. Hunt, rebuilding truck,
$1,129.01.
C. C. H; miet, commissioner, clerk
and cash naid for freight and ex
press, $64.30.
TVap Hardware Store, dynamite, etc.,
$24.32.
W. L. London & Son, supplies, $33.
Connell & Johnson ,supplies, $28.45.
A. W. Mann, lumber,s 18.00.
Gone to Raleigh to Live.
Mr. Johnnie Clark, who has been
such an efficient clerk in the store of
J. J. Johnson & Son, left last Monday
to make Raleigh his future home. Mr.
Clark has many friends who will
hate to see him leave Pittsboro. Mr.
Coley Riggsbee, of the Riggsbee sec
tion, succeeds Mr. Clark in the store
of Mr. Johnson. He is a well known
young man of clean habits and will
make friends here.
FOUR PAPERS TO FAMILY.
We have referred to the fact sev
i eral times that the Record has sev
eral families that subscribe so rtwo
I and three papers to the family, but
j so far Mr. L. H. Mims had been the
. only one where four papers had been
i mailed to the same family. However,
the family of Mr. Taylor Mann row
comes under the same heading, there
being four members of the family
to take the Record.
i Webster, Lacy Beal,- E. G. Womble,
M. M. Buckner, Capt. J. H. Wissler,
M. A. Moore, R. H. Fitchett, W. H.
Foushee, C. D. Wilkie, J. N. Holt,
Duncan Thomas, S. W. Thomas, N.
E. Bland, C. T. B. Clegg,
C. E. Lassiter, Mrs. Frank Maness,
Mrs. N. R. Hussey, Capt. B. Nooe,
Cara Lee Cross, Mrs. N. T. Overby,
A. R. Lawrence, A. P. Harrington, T.
H. Buchanan, T. J. Harrington, Hilda
R. Utley, Mrs. Annie Mitchell, Mrs.
M. D. Holt, H. W. Mims, C. B. Moore,
Miss Fannie S. Dark, John W. Wil
liams, W. S. Johnson, W. G. Wood
ell, R. A. Chappell, A. M. Goodwin,
Mrs. G. L. Mann, W. J. Bland, N. A.
Gardner, Miss Viola Hearne, Cornice
Toomer, N. J. Jones, Fred Johnson,
W. M. Goodwin, A. G. Burgess, E.
W. Holt, David Goodwin, Mrs. N. W.
Beckwith, Ruffin Farrar, C. S. Good
win, P. M. Mills, J. C. Hammond,
E. F. Mulholland, G. B. Elkins. K.
N. Hackney, C. H. Stroud, F. M. Mann
Helton Hackney, Miss Blanche Wilson
Paul Jones, J. A. Norwood, Mrs. Ru
fus Smith, Mrs. Byrd Gainey, J. L.
Steele, J. S. Sanders, J. P. Griffin, D.
M. Atwater, T. E. Williams, L. D.
Thompson, Mrs. C. V. Pickett,. I.
Newton Andrews, T. J. Wilson, Junius
W. Stone, J. B. Atwater, G. C. Ivev,
W. G. Fields, W. N. Fields, W B
Cheek, J. G. Daniels, Mrfe. Delma
Wall, Mrs. W. R. Highfill, J. H. Wad
dell, and Carl Coggins.
I There were five who requested that
their names be ndt published.
! This list was checked up to Satur
day noon, January 19th. If your name
is not among the list, it will apnear
next week, if it has been received by
us. All those who have ordered the
Progressive Farmer will receive it in
due time for twelve months.
MORE THAN A THOUSAND
DOLLARS FOR SCHOOLS
Superior Court Was Profitable
Schools—Solicitor Wins Cases.
Chatham superior court, for the
trial of criminal cases only, convened
in Pittsboro on Monday, January 14th,
and continued until Saturday noon,
when Judge John M. Pittman became
so ill that it was necessary for him
to return to his home.
Judge J. M. Pittman succeeded Judge
Kerr to the bench when the latter re
signed after being elected to Congress
to succeed the late Claude Kitchen.
Judge Pittman made a fine impression
on the officials and the public gener
ally in Chatham, and despite his ill
ness he dispatched the business of the
court in an admirable manner.
Clawson L. Williams, the solicitor
sustained his reputation by winning
every case that was tried, not losing
a single verdict. .
It will be interesting to the general
public to know that the court furn
ished more than a thousand dollars
for the school fund of Chatham
county.
Many things contributed to the hin
drance of the dispatch of business,
nevertheless a great deal was done
and the following cases were dispos
ed of at the term:
Case of Tom Fearrington, the jury
found defendant guilty of second de
gree burglary, punishment not more
than ten years and not less than eight
years. Deefndant appealed.
Charles Forrester, charged with all
the crimes that pertain to the hand
ling of liquor, was found guilty of
aiding and abetting and possession,
sentenced to six months on road. De
fendant appealed case. This is the
case coming from Bear Creek, near
Sandy Branch, in which Forrester and
Hicks were caught at a liquor still
by deputy H. M. Nicholson, Forrester
having in his possession a bottle of
liquor which he made effort to es
cape with but was overtaken by the
son of Mr. Nicholson. Hicks furnish
ed a doctors certificate from Dr.
Thmas at last term of court, while
out on bond and at this term of coui£
he could not be located.
The case of Leon Morgan, charged
with driving an automobile while un
der the influence of liquor, was pre
sented to the court under a plea of
guilty. Sentenced to pay SIOO.OO fine
and costs and appear at each term of
court for two years and show goo:* be
havior.
Charged with driving ah automo
bile while drunk, George Jacobs also
plead guilty. He was asked to pay
SIOO.OO and costs.
Buster Couch was charged with as
sault and driving an automobile while
drunk. He was found guilty and was
ordered to pay $125.00 fine and costs
and leave Chatham county.
Sam Curtis, drunkenness, guilty.
SIO.OO fine and costs.
Tom Johnson, affiliated with liquor,
guilty. Sentenced to pay a fire of 200.
and capias to issue in Chatham and
adjoining counties, if he is found in
any of the counties, then he must
serve one year on county roads.
John McAdams, also liquor charge,
guilty. Fined SIOO.OO and costs.
Jesse Nunn, Cal. Webb, A. C.
Moore, Joe Givens and Dick Jones,
were charged with transporting, car
rying concealed weapons and being
intoxicated. All plead guilty and Jes
sie Nunn was sentenced to eight
months on the county roads; other
defendants were let off with payment
of fine of $12.00 each and the costs.
These negroes were arrested some
weeks ago by th Pittsboro officers on
the Bynum road after they had over
turned an automobile and narrowly
escaped serious injury. The car was
wrecked and had whiskey concealed
therein.
Nath Dorsett, liquor charge, guilty,
sentenced to eighteen months on the
county roads.
Jim Stovall, charged with assault,
guilty, sentenced to six months on
county roads.
Adam Peoples and Zack Headen,
charged with transporting and posses
sion, guilty as to Headen. Sentenced
to three months on roads. Defendant
appeals case. This is the case in
which Headen had a pint bottle of
whiskey and called Peoples behind a
store and gave him a drink. When
Peoples had taken the drink .officers
arrested both the men.
Tom Sutton, liquor charge, guilty.
Pay SIOO.OO fine and costs.
James Coverson, liquor. Guilty. Sen
tenced to roads for twelve months.
Alton Prince, manufacturing and
handling liquor, guilty. Sentenced to
twelve months on roads.
Prince is an old offender and it is
a pleasure to the good people in
lower Cape Fear to know that he will
not bother them again soon.
Tom Couch, liquor, guilty. Sentenc
ed to roads for eight months.
Augustar Judd, another liquor case,
guilty; sent to roads for twelve
months.
Tom Phillips, handling liquor, was
guilty. Sentenced to pay SIOO.OO fine
and costs.
Jessie Pratt, also dealing in liquor,
guilty. Sentenced to six months on
roads.,
Lee Perry, before the grand jury.
Not a true bill.
Walter Jeuries, charged with as
sault. found guilty. Sentenced to pay
$25.00 fine and costs.
After a man gets married he has
less to say about what he can or can
not afford. ' I
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MR. DAILEY
CANDIDA IAND PLATFORM
Launches ack on the “Machine”
—Say4 pe is Ready to Fight It.
Josiah William Bailey, candidate
for the Democratic nomination
lor governor of North Carolina in
the June primaries, intends to show
the voters that taxes in this State may
be reduced without impairing the
State's progress, to disclose the “terri
ble handicap” of freight rates under
which North Carolina is laboring, de
velop “practical plans for agricultural
relief” and show that the political or
ganization in the state known as “the
machine” not only is fighting to de
feat him, but also to “perpetuate
themselves in a political dynasty,” ac
cording to his platform and an accom
panying statement he released for the
press. These points will be made the
outstanding issues of Mr. Bailey’s
campaign, he declared.
Tne candidate will undertake to
canvass the State between now and
the primary, his statement said.
With view to taxation as an issue,
Mr. Bailey said he intended to show
“the unjust measure of taxes imposed
upon land, especially farms and small
homes,” adding* that he thought that
by a just tax policy taxes could be
reduced without slowing up North
Carolina’s foward movement.
Freight Rates.
Referring to freight rates, he said,
“I propose to disclose to the people
the terrible handicap under which
they have labored and are laboring
in the matter of unjust freight rates
and I shall show them a state
of affairs that will astonish the State.
I intend to show the record of railroad
imposition upon this State stretching
over 30 years and costing us tens of
millions of dollars. We are now ap
proaching a crisis in this matter. I
have the evidence to show that every
effort of the State for just freight
rates has been defeated by the rail
roads and I think I can show the At
lantic Coast Line has taken a leading
part in blocking every plan to bring
about a fair freight rate situation
and now that the crisis is approaeh
'Sng it is proceeding with a . view of
blocking us again.
Agriculture Relief.
With regard to agricultuar'l relief,
Mr. Bailey simply said, “I shall de
celop practical plans so ragricultural
relief.”
Outlining the last issue of It's cam
paign, the candidate declared, “I real
ize that certain administration lead
ers and their henchmen, who desig
nate themselves “the machine” are
and have for months been in battle
array not just to encompass my
defeat, but to perpetuate themselves
in a political dynasty.”
In his platform Mr Bailey elaborat
ed on all of these prospective issues,
especially on the last, and in no tame
phrase.
Expressing the belief that his only
opposition would be that of “the ma
chine,” Mr. Bailey said he was ready
to reckon with it, and he began im
mediately to launch an attack on it,
declaring that it had circulated re
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party gubernatorial nomination again*
st “the machine” “save for the pur
pose of remarking that this announce
ment is an acceptance of that chal
lenge.”
He defined a political machine as
an “organization of politicians holding
office and controlling patronage, who
seek to maintain themselves in power
by organization and patronage, rather
than bv'' freely expressed will of the
people.”
Speaking further of agricultural re
lief, he said, “The next great public
sten in this State will be that of es
tablishing our farmers in a system
of just and sure rewards for honest
toil; of encouraging land ownership;
of making rural life attractive.”
Addressed to the Democratic voters
of the State. Mr. Bailev’s statement
which accompanied his platform read:
“I shall be a candidate in the pri
mary on June 7, 1924, for the nomi
nation of the Democratic party for
Governor of North Carolina.
Post of Service.
“The office of governor is a post of
service, not a personal prize. It would
be better not to aspire to it than to
obtain it by means other than the
voluntary selection of the people in
the interest of the common good. I
ask them carefully to consider and
conscientiously to vote, and I shall
have no complaint to make of any
one’s decision.
“A candidate in a primary must re
ly upon the impression he has made
and the cause he represents. He can
not reccommend himself. I have been
active in public affairs for 30 years,
have all of my life been interested j
in public questions, have always been i
a Democrat, and since 1908 have had j
the honor to be one of the party’s
speakers in every campaign. This
fact imposes no obligation. I mention
it as evidence of my interest in the i
party and in our commonwealth. If j
the service was rendered in expecta
tion. of office, it was unworthy. But
there has been no such expectation. I
am now a candidate because I
believe there is a service to be ren
dered—a cause to represent.
“I have not been thrust foward as
the candidate of any group or faction.
I hope that one consequence of my
candidacy will be to put an end to fac
tional away in the party , and to
reveal the power of the voters them
selves in the primary. 1
“The primary, rather than the elec-
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MANY PLEASANT SAYINGS.
Subscribers Continue to Compliment
The Record On Improvement.
Almost every mail brings us letters
•that are indeed pleasant to read. Al
most every remittance contains a let
ter that makes us proud of our ef
forts and stimulates us to greater
activity.
We have worked hard every week to
make the Record a good paper, and
we have been fearless in publishing
the news; regardless of where the
chips may fall, we make every effort
to hew to the line, and it is indeed
gratifying to learn that we have so
many loyal supporters in our work.
During the past week several people
have sent us many new subscribers
and we feel under great obligations
to them for it. Mr. Roy Riggsbee
sent us a good number; Mr. T. B.
Beal at Bear Creek sent us a batch
every day for several days and Miss
Mary Lee Utley at Merry Oaks has
been doing the same thing for the
past month or two. There were others
that sent us from two to four at a
time and our list has greatly expand
ed.
We had a nice leter from Mrs. Ada
0 Neal at Salisbury in which she says;
“I am more than glad to boost your
paper at' any time because it is so
newsy, and I am glad to have it in
my home.” Mr. J. C. Holt at Merry
Oaks says; “I never saw a paper im
prove so.” Mr. J. F. Ezzell, who is
now in Florida, states that he and
his good wife enjoy the Record and
says “We want to say that you are
getting out the best paper published
in the county and is a credit to any
community. We commend you for the
fearless manner in which you go af
ter evil doers.” Mr. R. A. Chappell, of
New Hill came in to say that “to
avoid a whipping when he returned
home, his good wife had commanded
him to come in and renew for the Rec
ord.” J. L. Johnson, Siler City, says:
“We think lots of your paper.” Mr.W.
F. Jones, form No. 2 Pittsboro, says:
“I don’t see how we could get on with
out the Record. It is so much better
than it used to be that one would nev
er think it was the same paper.” Mr.
James M. Perry says: “It is the best
paper I ever saw and you certainly
have lots of friends in Chatham.”
Capt. J. H. Wissler, of Mor.cure says:
“I have taken the paper ever since
Mr. London first started it, and must
say you have improved it very much.”
Mrs. J. F. Greene, Siler City, says:
“I am proud of The Chatham Record
for it tells us news that if we didn’t
take it, we would never know. I can
not praise The Record too much.”
Mr. A. R. Glosson, Bonlee, says: “Al
ways best wishes to you and your bus
iness.” Mr. J. T. Goins, Golaston, says:
“I y send renewal for your valuaole
paper. I am always glad to see it
come,” Mr. A. M. Goodwin, New Hill,
Rt. 2, saysc I don’t see how anybody
can miss such an opportunity as you
are giving. I don’t see how I could do
without The Record now; it gets bet
ter every issue, and it is the'best pa
per ever been published in Chatham
county.” Capt. Bennett Nooe, Allen
dale, S. C., says: “Best county paper
I know.” Mrs. Billie Brown, Siler
City, says: “Since reading your val
uable paper I feel that I can’t do
without it, so I am taking advantage
of your special offer.” Mr. Jacob Dix
on, Goldston, says: “I think your pa
per the best that has been published
in the county.”
With all of this encouragement we
are energized to do even harder work
and will improve the paper at every
opportunity. We want to please our
subscribers and if we fail it will be
the weakness of the flesh, because
our heart is in our work.
BUILDING THE NEW BRIDGE.*
Just south of Pittsboro are two
creeks which run together just a few
yards below the Moncure road. In
surveying the new Pittsboro-Sanford
road last fall ,the surveyors laid off
a new road out of town, this new road
starting from the southwest comer of
the court house and runs out through
the pasture of the late Harlowe Tay
lor.
It was thought that the new ce
ment bridge, now being built over
the creek, would be erected 20 or 30
yards below where the creeks come
(together. Why they did not put the
bridge lower down, where it ought to
to have been, has got some of our
citizens guessing. As it is, the bridge
is being built over a small creek
which empties into Roberson Creek
below the new bridge.
It is said that the road builders
propose to change Roberson Creek
and run it into the smaller creek, ov
er which the bridge is being erected.
LEAP~YEAR PARTY.
! A leap year party was given by I
| the civics department of the Womans
1 Club of Pittsboro last Friday even- j
ing in the club rooms. Leap year I
games were played, and fiddlers added
to the Spirit of the evening their en
i tertaining music. An old-fashioned
| square dance proved quite popular.
Light refreshments were served by
the department.
Mr. John Griffin, Pittsboro. Rt. 3,
brought us a nice bag of delicious
sweet potatoes last week and we had
a nice pie as well as some real baked
potatoes.
tion determines the State’s policy. So
far as I am concerned, we shall have
a contest, not for a personal honor or
reward, but a contest for public
causes.” _
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LEE-JAGKSON PROGRAM AT
PITTSBORO HIGH SCHOOL
Greatly Enjoyed by a Large Audience
on Last Friday.
Those who did not attend the Lee-
Jackson exercises at the Pittsboro
school auditorium last Friday after
noon missed an opportunity to attend
something quite worth while.
Besides several good numbers by
students, two chief features were the
addresses on Stonewall Jackson by
Rev. J. J. Boone and Robt. E. Lee
by Prof. E. R. Franklin.
Comparing the life of Jackson to
the words of Christ, “He that loseth
his life shall find it,” Mr. Boone laid
aside the war achievements of the
great soldier, stating that he did not
believe in holding up swords before
the youth, but rather the laying down
of arms, for peace. Reminding the
students of Jackson’s boyhood motto,
“A man can be whatever he wills to
be”, Mr. Boone urged them to strive
to achieve as Jackson did, overcoming
the physical defects which nature had
unkindly bestowed upon him and
reaching the top of the ladder. “Most
of you hav§ good eyes, but he did not;
most of you have good health, but he
did not.” The closing hours of Jack
son’s life were beautifully spent. Call
ing his Chaplain on the Saturday that
he lay passing away, he asked if his
orders for Sabbath observance by the
men were being carefully carried out
He was told they were.
Mr. Boone’s address was not merely
a sketch of a great man, but was one
filled with most excellent advice to
young people..
In beginning his discussion of the
life of Lee, Mr. Franklin stated that
if ancestry gives a young man any
thing, we have a right to expect some
thing of Lee. His father a governor of
Virginia And afterward its congress
man. as bom Jan. 19,
1807, in the same county of Virginia
which gave us Washington and Mon
roe, with a line of noble heroes for
his ancestors. The story of his early
life, education and military - training
is full of interest. He perhaps had no
more difficult decision to make than
when Virginia seceded, ceHirig him to
her aid, while the flag of the nation,
under which he was serving as a high
officer, of the U. S. Army would have
held him. Several Virginia officers.
General Scott included, remained with
the army, but Lee gave up the honors
which it offered to go with his state.
Although his war record is studied
much, Lee’s life as a college presi
dent at the close of the war, shows
him just as noble, just as great, and
quite as willing to sacrifice as does
the story of his battles.
One could not this comprehen
sive discourse without realizing how
deen a student of history Prof. Frank
lin is .
NEWS ITEMS FROM MONCURE.
Moncure, Jan. 21.—Mrs. S. W.
Womble spent last Tuesday in Ral
eigh shopping.
Miss Nellie Dickens, who has a
position in Wachovia Bank at Ral
eigh, spent last week end with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Dickens.
Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Bums, who
were reared between Pittsboro and
Siler City, have bought a lot and
house on Jones* street. They moved
here from South Carolina. We wel
come them to our town.
Mr. Emmerson Cole has bought a
lot in Moncure and expects to build
in the near future.
The basket ball game that was
played last. Friday afternoon between
Moncure high school and Apex high
school was exceedingly interesting.
The boys ,on both sides played good.
The score was 34 to 28 in'favor of
Apex.
Moncure boys will go to Apex next
Friday evening to play a game at
7 o’clock.
Lay Reader for St. James Church.
Colored.
noon missed an opportunity to attend
H. B. Delaney, Bishop E. A. Penick
has appointed and licensed Prof. Chas.
N. Hunter, the principal of the Hor
ton colored school, as Lay Reader
for St. James Episcopal church.
Lay services are being held regular
ly every Sunday, beginning at 11:30.
The public is invited.
The congregation of St. James i 3
making a great effort to raise funds
to. purchase an organ and is meeting
with encouraging success.
WILL MEET IN RALEIGH.
The Republican State Executive
Committee has called a convention to
; mee t in Raleigh on Wednesday, March
19th. The convention will be the first
of the party held in Raleigh since
I 1916, and will meet several weeks
earlier than the usual time.
Bachelors Take Notice.
News and Observer.
Otis Horton, of Zebulon, R. F. D.,
sued before Roy Banks, justice of the
peace, on an account alleged to be
due Dr. A. T. Russell, formerly of
Wendell, for services at the time of
the confinement of his wife, won the
action when he proved that he had
no wife and had never had one.
' The Auxiliary of St. Bar
tholomews church will give w game
tournament at the club rooms of the
Womans Club in Pittsboro tonighL
(Thursday, 24th.