ONLY WEEKLY NEWSPAPER IN THE WORLD HAVING A CIRCULATION THAT IS FOUR TIMES THAT OF THE POPULATION OF TRE TOWN IN WHICH IT IS PUBLISHED 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 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 - /" ... 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. BUILD A HOMF NOW! j