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The Chatham Record
ESTABLISHED SEPTEMBER 19, 1878.
FRIDAY AFTERNOON CLUB
*1 O Hound Dozen Hold Meetings—
Also K Delightful Time.
Qiler City, Jan. 26.—The Friday Af
ternoon Book Club held a delightful
meeting this week with Mrs. J. J. Jen
kgooks were exchanged and a very
• program was rendered.
Srf L L Wrenn read the life of Car
rie Jacobs Bond. Mrs. S. J. Husketh
\ on(r one of Mrs. Bond’s most popular
'on-- “A Perfect Day.” Mrs. L. P.
Dixon gave a humorous reading which
ras verv much enjoyed.
Games were played after which re
freshments were served. Favors were
a bouquet of white carnations. Present
mere Mesdames L. L. Wrenn, W. S.
Durham, Rosa Stout, W .H. Hadley,
S J. Husketh. L. P. Dixon, J. D. Dor
,ett’ W. S. Edwards, J. Q. Seawell,
D. H. Jordan. J. D. Gregg and Miss
jovee Edwards.
The Womans Club helds its regular
meeting Friday in the school audito
rium. Mrs. C. L. Brower, the presi
dent, of the literary deoartment, had
charge of the meeting. An interesting
debate was given by Mesdames J. C.
Gregson and Junius Wren on the af
firmative and C. L. Broker end Olive
B. Webster on the relative, the query
bping. “Resolved That Women Do
More Work Than Men.” The mdg*s
xverp Mesdames O- I. Hinson, W. H.
and Henrv Pike, they rendered
tbpir decision in favor the negative.
Mrs. L. L. Wrenn a on
current events and Mrs. J. S. Wrenn,
a mading.
Mrs. Dalton Cooner charmm<dv en
fpvtamed the member and other in
vited guests of the Rooster Clvß at
tbe home of her mother. Mrs. J, C.
Greg’son Thursday afternoon.
After the usual business, tables
were arranged for the game of rook.
Guests found their places by dainty
hand-painted place cards. At the con
clusion of the last round of the game
the high score prize, a lovely hand
painted perfume bottle was presented
to Miss Emily Cole; the consolation, a
dainty compact, fell to Miss Joyce
Edwards. Lettuce roll salad, sandwich
es, coffee, charlotte russe and mints
were served. Misses Thelma Spier,
Emilv Thompson, Emily Cole, Alice
Straughan, Grace Reitzel, Joyce Ed
wards and Annie Lamfce, Mesdames
Wade Hadley, O. I. Hinson, J. S. Dor
sett and Clvde Fore were present.
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with Mrs. M. M. Fox Monday after
noon and had a most delightful meet
ing. The entire lowm floor was thrown
together and beautifully decorated
with long leaf pines.
Mesdames J. C. Gregson and Olive
B. Webster had charge of the meet
ing. Mrs. Webster read a paper on
Longfellow, while Mrs. Gregson de
lighted the members by reading “The
Courtin’,” by Lowell.
Mrs. Fox, assisted by Mesdames
T. D. Bynum, J. B. Marley, Junius
Wrenn and Henry Pike, served chick
en salad, hot buttered rolls, peach
pickle, coffee and whipped cream.
Those enjoying Mrs. Fox’s hospitabtv
were Mesdames J. C. Gregson. Olive
B. Webster, L. L. Wrenn, T. D. Bv
f'um. Junius Wren. C. L. Brower, C.
N. Bray, J. B. Maarley and J. S.
Wrenn. Mesdames Jas. L. Griffin, W. i
S. Edwards. W. H. Hadley and Henry ;
Pike were invited guests.
A FEW WORDS OF PRAISE
Verbally and by letter everybody
continues to praise Tne Record as
being one of the best papers they
ever saw, and we are proud of the
good opinion the folks have of us.
-.lrs. J. R. Beal , at Gulf, says: “I
think it a grand paper.” Mr. Mike j
Harris at Allendale, S. C., says: “We
are sure pleased with your paper, and
nope you will have a prosperous
year.” Mrs. J. W. Bland of New Hill,
says: “I like to read the Record and j
think it is better than it ever has 1
been before. My grand father, Wil
liam Moore, was a subscriber to The
Record during his life time, and I
always looked forward each week for
the paper to come.” Mrs. Henry A.
London, who is visiting in New Jer
sey, says: “Hope this will be a fine
year for you and yours.” C. C. Burns
at Proctorville, says; “I am an old
Chathamite, have been away for 23 j
years and have not taken a home
paper in many years.”
Almost every day we receive letters j
that make us proud and with the en
couragement we are receiving, we are
determined to make every man,
woman and child in Chatham county
and the natives who are scattered
abroad, proud of The Chatham Re
cord.
ON S LER CITY NUMBER THREE.
Local and Personal Items About Folks
v Known to Record Readers.
Siler City, Rt. 3, Jan. 28.—Mr. F. j
L- Teague went to Greensboro on a
business trip Tuesday, the 22nd.
Mr. Teague was accompanied home j
by Mr. and Mrs. Romie Edwards.
Mr. Jessie Dunlap visited his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Dunlap Sat
ur% and Sunday.
the many friends of Arthur McDan
et will be glad to learn that he can
i again ,after having both his
xL broken. j
Miss Sallie Fogleman, the Meadow
p J elf school teacher, spent the week
ber parents, Mr: and Mrs.
• W. Fogleman at Siler City.
, iss Edna Clark, of Raleigh, visited
d, p j* Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Clark,
iaot week.
lev Li? au y friends of Johnnie Stan- j
to hai A to learn that he had
10 his leg amputated.
! PROBLEM FOR OLD AND YOUNG
Free Subscription of Six Months For
The Correct Answer
As stated last week we are offer
ing this week a puzzlimr proposition
for you to answer and to the one
sending in the best arranged, correct
answer, will be given a six months
free subscription to The Chatham Re
cord.
Following is the Riddle man’s latest.
Read it carefully:
“I am not so very big, nor yet so
very small,
Sometimes I am flat and then again
I’m tall,
Sometimes I am stout, but often I
am lean,
And I come in any shade at all from
bottle blue to green.
“L don’t like life indoors, I much
prefer outside,
And yet I never, never walk, I always
take a ride,
My fortune’s always good, it seldom
takes a drop,
My friends say it’s remarkable how
I come out on top,
“I can not run, I never race, but if
the truth be said,
No matter where I promenade, I’m
always on the head,
I’m quiet in my habits, on sea or air
or land,
But then again I must confess I often
have a band.
“Now this no doubt, will make you
laugh, I have’nt any head,
But wait, my friends, and spare your
chaff, I have a crown instead,
1 1 never eat, I never drink to keep in
proper trim,
And yet in nice times out of ten, I’m
filled up to the brim.
Now decide what this strange thing
can be and send your answer to Joe
Snyder, care The Chatham Record,
j Pittsboro, N. C. Any one is eligible,
old and young, rich and poor. Give
your full name, rural route ayd post
office. The award will not only be
given to the correct answer, but best
arrangement, penmanship, punctuation
and general construction of the answ
er will be considered.
[ i This has become a very popular de
partment of The Record and hundreds
of young people enjoy it. Let every
body make a try at it this week. All
answers must reach us not later than
Monday, February 4 th, .1924
CHATHAM BANK MAKES GAIN.
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Stockholdres Meet and Have Lunch- j
eon at Feedwell.
i The annual meeting of the stock- '
holders of the Chatham Baqjs at Siler
City, was held on the 15th of January, j
» The financial statement submitted I
indicated that the bank had done a j
good volume of business during the
past year. A dividend of eight per
cent was declared and a substantial
sum was carried to the surplus col
umn.
i Officers for the ensuing year were
elected as follows: J. C. Gregson,
president; W. A. Teague, vice-presi
dent; J. J. Jenkins, cashier,
j Board of directors as follows: —J.
C. Gregson, W. A. Teague, W. B.
j Teague. W. R. Fox, A. A. Self and
: June Wren.
j After the transaction of business, a
! splendid luncheon was served at the
j Feedwell Case in their splendid way.
The Chatham bank is one of the
older institutions in Chatham county,
having been established twenty-two
years ago and it enjoys the full con
fidence of the / people of western
Chatham who esteem it sufficiently to
give it a liberal patronage.
Its resources are on the increase
and its patronage is gaining ground
every year. The officers are business
men who have the confidence of the
entire county.
| The Chatham bank is a regular ad
vertiser in The Record and guarantees
to our patrons safety and service. To
those living in coutigious territory to
Siler City, we would highly recom
mend the Chatham Bank as an insti
tution worthy of your patronage.
DOINGS ON SILER CITY ONE.
Siler City, Rt. 1, Jan 28.—Miss
j Eliza Rives spent last week end with
Miss Lena Wright, of Siler City,
| route 2.
i Miss Gladys Overman has returned
home after a two weeks visit in Ram
seur.
| The fifteen months old baby of Mr.
and Mrs. Gaston Murchison, who has
been sick with pneumonia, is better,
, we are glad to state.
Rev. W. B. Pike filled his regular
! appointment at Flint Ridge Sunday,
the 27th.
! Miss Eliza Rives and Miss Evelyn
Teague spent Saturday afternoon
(with Misses Evie, Mabel and Eunice
j Thompson.
i Mrs. G. W. Wright is confined to
her bed with rheumatism.
HAVE FIDDLERS CONVENTION
Town Hall in Siler City Next Satur
day Night.
An Old Fiddlers Convention will be
held in the town hall in Siler City
next Friday night, February 2nd. Ev
j ery indication points to this event
as being the best of its kind ever
held in Chatham county, as the most
skillful players in the vicinity of Siler
City are to be present.
The public is asked to be present
and enjoy a night of genuine fun and
, pleasure.
Have faith in your friends if you
will keep them faithful.
PITTSBORO, N. C., CHATHAM COUNTY, THURSflfcfeY, JANUARY 31,1924.
A GOOD LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS.
Record List Continues to Grow and
Everybody is Delighted.
Despite the fact that the Record is
now on a full pay basis, the people
generally do not mind it and we con
tinue to get a good list of subscribers
, each week. Most all of them express
some satisfaction with the Record and
elsewhere in this paper we are print
ing some extracts from letters of good
people who praise us in tjhe letters.
No newspaper man in the United
States appreciates his subscribers
any more than does the editor of The
Record. We have the very best people
in Chatham county on our mailing
list and those who were reared in
Chatham and who have moved away.
All of them seem to like our paper be
cause they praise it, and we will make
every effort to continue to merit their
approval. The following good people
are entered on our list this week:
M. L. Harris, R. R. Richardson, A.
R. Dowdy, R. P. Beal, Rev. W. W.
Long, N. H. Heritage, Luther Pierce,
Fred R. Dark, James Henry Webster,
N. D. Hilliard, J. H. Gunter, Mrs.
J. R. Beal, J. R. Wilkins, Miss Dena
Perry, S. B. Burke, R. H. Thomas,
Elmer Moore, J. D. Paschal, A. Clay
Thomas, J. H. Hancock, G. G. Han
cock, R. A. Browning, Charlie N.
Goodwin, Mrs. J. A. Marks, T. W.
Green, K. B. Riddle, Fred Lilly, Am
erican City, Mrs. John W. Bland, C.
C. Burns,' John W. Sanders, W. R.
Griffin, Rev. A. H. Andrew, I. P.._
Straughan,, Dr. C. R. Sears, George
S. Mclver, J. F. Haith, R. S. Clark,
Tom Leach, Mrs. James Causey, Miss
Nina Sturdivant.
SUNDAY SCHOOL REORGANIZED.
Interesting Locals and News Items
From Bear Creek Friends.
Bear Creek, Jan. 28. —J. J. Ivey,
who has been at a hospital in Greens
i boro for about three weeks, has re-
I covered sufficiently to return to his
i home last Sunday. His many friends
j will be glad to learn of his splendid
progress. _ _
Bom to Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Emer
son, the 27th, a son.
Robert, the small son of S. T.
I Moody, is very sick,
j B. F. Moffitt, Southern agent, has |
installed a radio in Jiis home. j
Charles W. Holt, of Kemersville;
Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Yarborough, of'j
Littleton,; Mrs. W. I. Williamson and j
sons,, of Sanford, were visitors the j
past week at the home of T. B. Beal, j
j L. I. Moore, of Greensboro, was a
i visitor on route two last week.
I Mr. and Mrs. L. K. Smith were
business callers in Siler City last
i week.
| Mrs. D. A. Maness has moved from j
.T. H. Wilson’s to the Wilkie place.
Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Stewart were
Sunday visitors in Siler City.
Dewey and Thomas Carppbell are on !
the sick list this week.
Mrs. D. W. Smith, who underwent
an operation at a hospital in Greens- |
, boro, has improved enough to return
to her home on Pittsffioro, Rt. 3.
Sandy Branch Baptist Sunday school
was reorganized Sunday, the 27th,
with Charles J. Webster, of Bonlee, as
Superintendent and G. T. Dunn, of
Bear Creek as secretary-treasurer.
PHIL.
FROM GOLDSTON ROUTE ONE.
Goldston, Rt. 1, Jan. 28. —Mr. Hor
ace Barbee, of Greensboro, spent last
week end with his sister, Mrs. N. R.
Goins.
Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Oldham and son,
Virgil, spent last Saturday night with
her mother, Mrs. Lucy Phillips, on
Bear Creek, Rt. 1.
Mrs. J. T. Waddell, of Goldston,
spent a few days last week with rel
atives on this route.
Mrs: R. H. Oldham and son, Elbert,
spent last week with her mother,
Mrs. J. E. Andrews, on Bear Creek
route 1.
Mr. Dan Fox, who is working in
Siler City, spent the week end at
home.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Oldham and
children, were visitors in the home of
his sister, Mrs. Teal Hart, near Gulf,
Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. O. B. Andrews and
children, Herman and Helen, of near
Sanford, were visitors in this route
Saturday.
W. H. GILMORE HAS BIRTHDAY.
Cumnock, Rt. 1, Jan. 28.—A1l who
attended the birthday dinner at the
home of M!r. W. H. Gilmore, in honor,,
of Mr. Gilmore, seemed to enjoy it
thoroughly.
It is expected that the Sunday
school at Carolina will be reorganized |
next Sunday afternoon. Everybody is j
requested to be present.
Mrs. R. B. Johnson, who has been
very sick, is much better, hen many
friends will be glad to know.
Mr. Johnnie Pilkington and Allen
White, were callers in the home of
Mr. Jim Johnson Sunday night.
Mr. Clyde Johnson from Sanford,
is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Jim Johnson.
SICK IN JAIL
There are five prisoners in Chatham
jail, one of them, Louis Carpenter, a
white man about 16 years of age, has
a serous case of pneumonia. Camen
ter was sent up from Cape Fear
township for assault, but owing to
the sickness of Judge Pittman at last
court the case was not tried, and
now the young man will probably
have to lay in jail until next court
which meets in May. Carpenter is j
Iso irick he cannot be moved. 1
WHqgjgFFFERS THE MOST
Billy Has a Few Remarks
XfimM The Liquor Drinker
We/ . Sfi been reading quite a few
of Bf Sunday’s sermons printed in
The Lm jrlotte Observer, but none!
us as the one deliv
erelqjp' Sunday, January 20th, in
which he so vividly portrays the
true nature of a drunkard, in his
characteristic style. If space per
mitted we would print the entire ser
mon but we must be content to give
you the following extract from that
fcermon:
“Look at that old mother. She
weeps and prays for the coming
footsteps of him whom she brought
into the world in pain and suffer
ing. She builded high her hopes,
he has proved himself an iconoclast
to her prayers and tears and when
at last he staggers and reels and
vomits and spews and mutters and
sputters and pukes into her arms
and presence, to damn her for just
rebuke of his infamy, and then he
reels and staggers to his bed and
he is snoring in his drunken stu
por, filthy in his excrement, she
worries all night long and wets her
pillow with her tears of anguish,
wrung from a broken heart while
he snores in his drunken stupor.
Who suffers the most? That drunk
en bloated loafer, sleeping off a
drunk, or that innocent, broken
hearted mother, praying for a drunk
en boy?
You only have to be unfortunate
enough to be the mpther of a
drunken wretch like that to know
who suffers the most, the guilty
or the innocent. So don’t you
charge it upon God to be a piece
of foolishness to have His Son suf
fer for us reprobates, the sinners.
Look at that young wife. She
prays and waits and longs and
hopes until the small hours of the
morning, waiting for the coming
footsteps of him whose name she
bears, whose image is woven into
the fibers of her heart, who swore
to love, honor, cherish and obey as
long as the sky was blue, and when
at last he comes into her presence,
stamped with the foul stench of |
1 his unfaithfulness and his sin, look
|at her eyes go bloodshot, look at
her lips become ashen, look at her
cheeks become anaemic, look at her
I form totter and reel.
Who suffers the most, that inno
j cent, virtuous, pufe wife, who has
been true to the man she swore to
honor at the wedding of that infa
mous, God-forsaken, white-livered,
weasel-eyed, black-hearted, rapa- j
i cious, mendacious buffoon ? Who !
j suffers the most, the innocent or the j
guilty ?
Oh, hear me! You only have to i
Ibe unfortunate enough to be yoked
up to a God-forsaken, triple ex
tract of hell like that to know who
suffers the most, the innocent or
the guilty. I have your sympathy
l right now. It is the rule in life
i that the innocent suffer with and
j far more than the guiltv and if you
; repudiate Jesus Christ because He
was innocently suffering for the
guilty, God have mercy on you.”
LYCEUM COURSE MONDAY.
Last Concert For The Season and it
Will be a. Good One, Too.
The next Lyceum course for Pitts
boro, The Henry Duo, will be held on
next Monday night, in the new school
auditorium, February 4th, at 7:30 o’-
clock.
The concert will consist of music,
readings, impersonations and charac
ter sketches.
It comes highly recommnded by
the press and from critics in other j
towns, and no one should miss the
opportunity to attend.
The admission will be only 50 cents
and 25 cents to this concert and it !
is worth far more than the pried asked j
for admission. The public of Chatham !
county is indeed fortunate to have j
the opportunity to attend a high class i
entertainment at a nominal cost.
Remember hte date, Monday night,
February 4th, at 7:30 o’clock and be
there if you can possibly get there.
PREACHED AN ABLE SERMON.
Oakland News and Personals That '
Will Interest our Readers.
Pittsboro, Rt. 3, Jan. 28—Mrs. H. C.
Clegg, Sr., who has been spending
some time in Sanford with her son,
Frank, who has pneumonia, has re
turned home.
We regret to hear that Mr. C. J. ,
/Knight is again ill. . I
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Mclver visited, j
j in the home of Mr. Frank Thomas ,
Sunday. •
• Mr. W. A. Griffin spent the week ‘
end in the home of Mr. W. M. Bums.
Miss Stacey Eddins was absent
from school last week on account of
illness.
Mr. Marvin Bums has been spend
ing a few days with his parents, Mr.. >
and Mrs. C. D. Bums.
Mr. Kinnon Eddins spent last Sat- i
urdav night with Mr. Lacy Bums .
Rev. J. J .Boone preached an able
sermon at Chatham church last Sun
dav afternoon.
Mr. Ralph Knight’s bird dog has
left home and it is feared that he has ;
rabies, as he bit several other dogs, i
The dog had not been killed up to j
today, (Monday.)
Miss Lula E. Beal, of Siler City,
route 5, was in Greensboro Saturday
j In consultation with Dr. Banner in re-
Igard to eye troubles.
THE MAN IN OKLAHOMA
Conditions in Adopted State of a
Native Cnathamite
We stated a week or so ago that
Mr. A. J. Cook, a former resident ol
Chatham county, was here on a visit
for the first time in 32 years. Mr.
Cook came to the Record office and
we had a long conversation with him.
When he was a young man he left
the Browns Chapel neighborhood and
went to Lone Grove, Oklahoma. He
prospered an continued to stay there
until a few weeks ago, when that in
satiable desire to see old faces and
renew youthful acquaintances obsess
ed his system and he came home.
He tells us that the transformation
in the country in Chatham, both rural
and in the towns, has been wonderful.
He was amazed at the good roads,
the nice homes and the general ap
parent prosperity of the people. He
remained longer, perhaps, than he
otherwise would but he just couldn’t
pull himself away from good people
and he naturally wanted to stay.
. The people of Chatham county are
a good sort of folks; they are friend'
ly; they are true; they are honest
The majority of them don’t mind do*-
ing you a good turn if they like you,
and if you are not worthy of their
friendship they don’t mind telling you
so, therefore it is no wonder that our
friend Cook wanted to stay the limit.
Mr. Cook told us all about his home
in his adopted State. According to
his version it is a wonderful farming
section, but subject to many vicissi
tudes and contrary weather conditions.
It is necessary to plant grain early
there in order to get sufficient mois
ture to make a crop. In July, August
and even in September at times, prac
tically no rain falls and unless the
crops are gotten to maturity before
this calamity comes upon it, there
will be a failure. He has known com
to bum up and shrivel in 24 hours
time, on account of the dry, hot winds.
However, the weather conditions on
man and beast, is ideal. There is an
even temperature, good water, healthy
conditions and a splendid lot of peo
ple. Mr. Cook’s physical condition
bore out the statement that it „was *
good place to live. He is a stalwart.
. strong, well developed man, splendid
physique and muscular in every re
spect. He had accumulated the brogue
in voice that is characteristic of
the people of Oklahoma nnd he is a
good conversationalist.
It was a pleasure not only to The
Record to have Mr. Cook call, but
to his many old boyhood friends, the
acquaintances of his ancestors and
his relatives in Chatham county. He
i was too wise to return to his home
! without having The Record to follow
! him and we shall remind him every
I week for the balance of his natural
| days what is going on in Chatham
I county, whether he comes to see us
again or not.
MEASLES BREAKS THE SCHOOL
Many Cases on Route Five Siler City
Local and Personal.
Siler City, Rt. 5, Jan 28.—We are
having plenty of cold weather now.
Lots of sickness in this neighbor
hood at present.
The children of Mr. Pearl Justice
all have the measles, but they are
improving. __
The children of Mr. Bernice White
also have the measles.
Mrs. Emma Mclver was confined to
her bed a few days but is out again,
her many friends will be glad to
know.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Burke,
a son, Clyde, Jr.
Mr. Ben Dorsett broke the record
with hogs in our section. He killed one
that weighed 660 pounds.
The school at the Burke school
has been closed on account of measles.
Miss Thompson, the teacher, has re
turned to her home on route 2. She
was accompanied home by Mr. Walter
j Bowers.
j Misses Allie and Vallie Burke and
j Kate Mclver visited Miss Mallie
: Dowdy last week.
Mr. J. A. Cooper, of Mebane, visit
ed relatives on route 5 last Sunday.
MATILDA.
READ IT BETTER
Our good friend, W. P. Farrell, of
Haw River postoffice, sends us a nice
letter this week in which he is brag
ging on The Record. We highly ap
preciate all these gopd letters. Mr.
Farrell says: “I have had the plea
sure of reading every word in The
Record and the more I read it, the
better it seems to me. Some people
kick about a newspeper and it is
because they do not read it. They
pick up a newspaper, glance over it
and throw it down and say the pa
per is no good. I see so many new
subscribers to the good paper you
are publishing. I ask them to read
The Chatham Record as carefully as
I do and thev will be so well
that they will think as I do, that Mr.
Colin G. Shaw would send The Record
every day. I am glad to know that
j so many are reading The Record. It
makes me feel that they love the
editor for sending us the news from
the good old county of Chatham.”
The children and grand children are
are invied to a birthday dinner in hon
or of Mrs. Charity Scott, near Harpers
Cross Roads, on Sunday, Februarv
i 3rd. A few of the older friends will
be present, but owing to the indefinite
state of the weather, the general pub
lic will not participate this year. Mrs.
Scott will celebrate her 91st anniver
sary on this date.
BUILD A HOME IN PITTSBORO.
NUMBER 34.
A SHORT HISTORY OF AN
OLD PITTSBORO LANDMARK
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Last of the Old Ramsay Hotel Has
Been Tolu Down
It is really interesting to sit down
with some old person and talk of some
of the bygone days of Pittsboro, the
old Pittsboro of long ago.
Last week workmen began tearing
down one of the old landmarks of the
town, and the memories of this old
building fades away as the last ves
tige of the old house is removed.
For over one hundred years there
stood an the main business street of
Pittsboro what was known in the
younger days of the town as the Ram
, say Hotel. Today the remains of the
, old house has been moved away and
: in a few weeks will be built into a
, more and better looking dwelling
house, Mr. W. Z. Crews having
> bought the old building and moved
it to his plantation to be erected for
a tenant, the same having been bought
from the W. L. London estate.
During or before the Revolutionary
9 war Mr. Joe Ramsay built and owned
( what is now known as Greene’s Mill,
• on Rocky river. After that war he
sold the mill and bought the entire
[ block on the east side of Hillsboro
[ street in Pittsboro,and built the
. Ramsay Hotel, then the only house in
/ the town that resembled a hotel. Later
as the town grew, he added smaller
r buildings to the larger building, which
accommodated more people. Still later
. two stories were built to this as an
[ annex to the main building. Some
, years after this Mr. Ramsay died
' leaving several sons and daughters.
Z They were Dr. Henderson Ramsay,
Matthew, Alexander, Brockwell and
, Ed, five sons. There were also four
’ daughters, Misses Euphenia, Patty,
May and Mary Ann Ramsay. Miss
; Euphenia married a Mr. Headen, Miss
May married Dr. John Page, Miss
Mary Ann married Rev. Wm. P.
Taylor, a Methodist minister and
moved to Texas. Whether Miss Patty
ever married it is not known.
This property was later bought by
Harrison Pope, who married Mrs.
David Turner. This was Mr. Pope’s
third wife and Mrs. Turner’s second
I husband. < -
i After the death of Mr. Pope his
I widow sold part of the land to the
jW. L. London estate. Also John
Council a colored barber, bought about
I 30 foot front for which he paid $7
i a front foot. There is a big difference
in the price of land today than it
was 30 or 40 years ago.
Mrs. Pope lived in this old hotel
for many years, she had as a com
panion, Mrs. Della Lutterloh, the
mother of Mrs. Henry A. Bynum,
and two nieces. Misses Margaret and
Charlie Creel, Miss Margaret married
Mr. W. R. Jones, who was superinten
dent at one time of the Chatham Oil
mill. His wife died a few years ago
and her remains were laid away in the
Methodist Cemetery here.
About ten years ago the Londons
became the owners of the land on
which the hotel was situated and tore
| down part of it and built or
two dwelling houses with tne lumber.
The other part of the old building
was moved to the rear, probably 200
feet from the street, where it has
been standing for several years. Part
of this time the lower floor was used
as a beef and fish market and the
second story as a pool room, there
being a social club in town at one
time and this room was the club’s
headquarters. The Boy Scouts met
there also for a long while.
The old people of long ago, if they
were living, could tell some tales of
the good eats and drinks that they
got at this old hostelry.
It is said that Dr. Henderson Ram
say at one time in his life was a
pretty hard drinker, and an one of
his “periodicals” bought a live rattle
snake from some colored men. The
doctor kept his snakeship in a box in
his office. When he would get on
his sprees the doctor would handle the
snake, but was never bitten by it.
His friends, fearing the snake would
bite him, chloroformed it.
There are other old houses in Pitts
boro today that were built in the
long ago. Part of the Bums Hotel
was built in 1796. And it is the first
house that this writer ever saw where
the windows were built on the inside.
All of the Ramsays and all of
their descendants are either dead or
are living in other states, but if any
of them were to come back today
they would not recagnize the place,
for on the site the old hotel stood is
a meat market, case, a bank and three
store buildings.
DO YOU KNOW THE RECORD
Os Thomas Browning in The War
Between The States?
The Chatham Record has a query
from one deeply interested in the re
cord of one Thomas Browning in the
war between the states. The party
desiring the information is a near re
lative and wants to know the com
mand, where and when enlisted, full
name and any information about
Thomas Browning. The late Thomas
Browning left Chatham county soon
after the war and located in a west
ern state. If you know anything
about this matter or the war record
of the man, it will be greatly appre
ciated if you will communicate with
the editor, Colin G. Shaw.
Any information will be greatly ap
preciated.
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