leads all local papers in local news, advertising and largest subscription list of any weekly IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLlNA—everybody reads IT The Chatham Record ESTABLISHED SEPTEMBER 19, 1878. CHATHAM FAIR IN OCTOBER WHAT IS STRANGE THING Mr. W. C. York, Manager; Mrs. Elkins, Secretary Again The directors of The Chatham County Fair Association have re-elect ed Mr. W. C. York, of Asheboro to again manage the fair this year and Mrs. Elkins as secretary. Under the Management of these splendid exe cutives last year the Fair association made some money above all expenses for the first time in it.s history. The selection to have them as managers again is indeed a wise one. It has been decided to hold the Chatham on October 7,8, 9 and 10, the week preceding the Greens boro fair. Mr. York has already contracted with amusement companies for the season and he has made a se lection that will merit the approval of the general public. Preparations are in store for the improvement of every feature of the Fair in Chatham and the year 1924 will surpass any thing that has ever been held in the county. Action has already been started to get up the premium list and it will be distributed at an early date. It is hoped that every farmer in- Chatham county will begin now to make prepa rations to have an exhibit of sv.me character at the fair this fall. f7ant your crop, raise your hogs, cows and chickens with this in view. Chatham already has an enviable reputation with adjoining counties in this par ticular and let’s show them we can excel in everything. The directors for this season are a splendid lot of men, there beirg on the board Messrs E. K. Jordan, J. D. Gregg, Ernest Brewer, C. L. Brower, Jacob Dixon, O. A. Clapp and N. J. Dark. Mr. John S. Teague is the president. With these men in charge and Mrs. Elkins as secretary and Mr. York manager, there can be no possi bility of failure and the Fair for this year will go down in history as the best ever held in any, small county in the state. FUNERAL SERVICES Funeral services over the remains of little .'ey - C ; n, d ugh- : ter of . »• Ch too 1- ‘ ::e at ti € la] lurch last T! Vic. moLi.in:, a a-conducted b “VR. R. Gordon a-sisted by J. * . VS. iv. G. b *-1 e Record. Many of them send us £Shcouraging letters, telling us what a Y£ood paper we are publishing and it does makes us feel good. We hereby thank one and all for the many pleasant things they have said about us and we shall do every thing we can to continue to merit your approval. » The following good people have been placed on our list during the past few days: Mrs. N. T. Maxwell, Alvis J. Old ham, A. F. Goldston, Mrs. J. Guy Smith, Mrs. W. A. Allen, Marshville Home, Mrs. J. R. Barnes, Norlina Headlight, C. J Goldston., Africa Siler, Mrs. L. P. Dixon, Allen Willett, Frank Teague, W. C. Albright, Mrs. J. A. Carter, Lewis H. Fogleman, J. C. Crutchfield, Mrs. Annie Johnson, D. T. Poe, Fred R. Dark, Miss Maide Kidd, H. M. Barber, Mrs. R. H. Poe, Carl J. Rives, Haywood Siler, Phil Lea, T. C. Moody, E. S. Baker, Miss Cleo Cotten, Sophia Cross, Master Lester Farrell, Charles B. Moore, Carson Johnson, Gordon Keck, Mrs. W. Z. Crews, L. E. Cole, J. J. Wom ble, E. C. Cheek, Fred Thrift, Hick ory Mt. Gun Club, Mrs. James Cooper, J. L. Womble, J. K. Barnes, W. Lee Hipp, J. A. Thomas, Int. Cartoon Ser vice, Selders’ Weekly, Mrs. Ella A. Clark, H. G. Gulley, Mrs. W. E. Morgan, Jarvis E. Johnson, Ben Wil son, Ira Lassater, E. T. Mann, W. T. Mann, E. F. Baldwin, W. L. Beck with, Mrs. Burt Holt, C. R. Hargrove, : Rev. C. H. Caviness, J. C. Abemathv, ! W. A. Eubanks, Bud Goodwin, W. J. ! Hacknev, D. J. O’Connell, Mary B. Fields, D. E. Boone, Mrs. R. L. Wil son, Guy Cox and Mrs. J. B. ’Wil j liams. PLAY BE GIVEN IN MARCH' ! : ! ; News Notes .About People You Know Around Truth. Truth, Feb. 25.—Miss Cleo Cotten 1 spent the week end with her teacher Hiss Mai v Lee Utley, at Brickhaven. i Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Mims and chil- ; ! dren spent Saturday and Sunday with j her mother, Mrs. J. H. Cotten. ! it seems as if Mr. Lamont Reynolds j oi Merr.v Oaks, doesn’t break his' standard Saturday and Sunday dates, j We are going to lose our most popu i lar young lady. Mr. J. T. O’Connell and son, Del ! mas, motored to Fuquay Springs Sat | urday and purchased a new Ford. | We are very glad to see so many ■of the parents and patrons of the 1 | school out to witness the basket ball games and hope they will come to all the games. A play, “The Path Across The ; Hill,” will be given some time in the month of March. Announcement will be made later in The Record, j Dropping shot after shot into the basket in swift succession, the Truth j school quint won over Corinth last Thursday by a score of 42 to 14. The Truth boys were in fine shape and stayed in the lead from the be ginning to the end. The stars for Truth were Delmas O’Connell, Robert Cotten and Arthur Stephens. Stars for the visitors were Leon and Hugh Buchanan. BOX SUPPER AT BRISCOE , There will be a box supper at Bris coe school house in Bear Creek town ship on Saturday night, March Ist. j The proceeds are for the benefit of the school and the public is invited to attend. |HOLOIDKnONVENTION To Be Held in Pittsboro on Saturday Night, March Bth | " . An old time Fiddler’s Convention : will be held in the auditorium of the ! Pittsboro high school on Saturday night, March Bth, beginning at 8 o’clock. ! Many handsome prizes have been ! set for the most competent players ! and the event promises to be one that will furnish much entertainment for the whole of Chatham county. Many fiddlers, banjoists, guitar players and buck dancers will be on hand to furnish entertainment for the ; audience. Mr. Cecil Lindley, who has the event in charge tells The Record that a large number of splendid mu j sicians and dancers have already promised to be here and he wants to get in touch with any others that de , sire to be here. j A per centage of the proceeds will go to the high school in Pittsboro : and the balance to the cost of the en tertainment and for the. prizes. The I admissioft is to be nominal, children I under 6 years old being admitted free and from 6 to 15 years old at half price, 25 cents. Adults will be charged 50 cents. The best fiddler will get $10; the second best $5.00. The best ban joist, will get $lO and the second best $5.00. The best Guitar picker will get $lO and the second best will get $5.00. The best buck dancer will get $5 and the second best $2.00. Don’t for- j get the date and time and be on hand, because you will enjoy this event bet- I ter than any that you have attended , in Chatham county in several years. | SEE YOURLABBL PASCHAL MAKES A KECOED Native Son of Chatham is Boosted in Texas Paper. Wake Forest, Feb. 24. —The unique record of Robert Lee Paschal, a na tive of North Carolina and a graduate of Wake Forest college, is set iorth in a quarter-column news story, topped by the picture of the man, appearing in The Dallas, Tex., News, of Janu ary 23. For 30 years Mr. Paschal has been connected with the Fort Worth, Texas schools. Mr. Paschal has grad uated 2,500 children from his school during his long service, says the story in the Texas paper. He is a twin brother of Dr. G. W. Paschal, exam iner and professor of Greek at Wake Forest. The story in the Dallas paper says: “Mr. Paschal was president of the Texas State Teachers Association in 1914, when the convention was held in Houston, and since that time has been prominent in its activities. “He was bom in Chatham county, near Siler City, N. C., July 7, 1869. He attended country school and Mount Vernon Academy, and thence went to Wake Forest College, Wake Forest, N. C., where he completed the four year course for his bachelor of arts degree in three years. Mr. Paschal has a twin brother who is now pro fessor of Greek in this school. “In September, 1892, Mr. Paschal came to Texas and assisted in the organization of Simmons College at Abilene and taught in the school a year and a half. Mr. Paschal came to Fort Worth in January, 1894, and was made principal of the' Fifth Ward school and remained in that capacity for twelve years. In 1906 he was named principal of the old Fort Worth high school at Jennings avenue and Daggert street, which since has burn ed. He has served as principal since that time. “Byway of celebrating his anni versary Tuesday, Mr. Paschal put in a hard day of work.” Mr. Paschal is well remembered in ! Chatham county. He is the son of the i late R. B. Paeschal and Matilda Pas- I chal, and was born at the old home stead about two and a half miles south west of Siler City. Mrs. Matilda Paschal, his mother, died on the Bth day of August, 1922, after a short illness, resulting form a 1 fall and and an injury. She was in her 100th year and would have celebrated that anniversary on the following March had she lived. Robert Lee Paschal is a brother to Mr. J. R. Paschal,. father of attorney Fred Paschal at Siler City, and who lives at the old homestead near Siler City. He was also a brother of Mrs. Mary (Stephen) Brewer of Pittsboro, mother of Mrs. Jacob Thompson, and who died during the year 1922. Mr. John T. Paschal another broth er, died at his home in Goldston just a few days ago. Mr. Paschal came from a family of sturdy, honest, energetic people and his many friends and relatives in Chatham county are not surprised to learn of his progress in his adopted home in Texas. CELEBRATES HIS BIRTHDAY. Friends Gather at Home Mr. Murchi son—Local Items. Siler City, Rt. 1, Feb. 25.—Miss Eliza Rives, teacher of Flint Ridge school spent from the 22nd to the 24th with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Rives, near Goldston. The friends and neighbors of Mr, Theodore Murchison met at his hoirue on Sunday, February 24th, with bas* kets filled with something good to eat, and celebrated his sixty-sixth birth day. Among those present were Mr. and Mrs. Willie Murchison, Mr. and : Mrs. Gaston Murchison and family, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Murchison, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Overman and family, i Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Curl and family, ! Mr. James M. Jeague and family, Mr. i and Mrs. Gaston Andrews and fam ily, Miss Eliza Rives, Mr. Paul | Wrenn, Mr. Winfred Wright, Mr. Clay Stevens, Mr. and Mrs. George Nor wood, and daughter, Mr Will John son and Mr. Carl Thompson. All en joyed the day and went away wishing Mr. Murchison many more happy birthdays. Little Miss Sarah Johnson, who had the misfortune to break her arm sev eral days ago, is improving, we are glad to state. DOINGS OF FLINT RIDGE FOLKS. Siler City, Rt. 1, Feb. 25.—Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Thompson and Miss Liz zie McVey were visitors at Mr. J. L. Thompsons Saturday night and Sun day. Messrs Edward and Leonard Kel ler, Clay Whitehead and Dewey Scott visited Messrs Horace and Marvin Thompson Sunday morning. Mr. S. P. Duncan is visiting his pa tents, Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Duncan. Misses Mabel and Eunice Thompson visited Miss Eula Thompson Sunday. Misses Madeline and Wilma Duncan visited Misses Ludle and Mabel Richardson Sunday afternoon. Messrs Edward and Leonard Keller and Clay Whitehead, visited Mr. Darrell Teague Sunday . Mr. and Mrs. 'Willie Wicker visit ed her parents Saturday and Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Keller visited their son, B. M. Keller, Sunday. Mr. Willard Richardson, Red Cross, visited Flint Ridge school Mon day. Mr. Paul Wrenn is at home on rovte 2, when he is net filling a regular engagement at the home of his best girl. FOUR BASHFUL GIRLS. SUPPLANTED JYGRAY RACES Old Colored Man in Poor Condition— Local and Personal Notes. Corinth, Feb. 25. — Miss Marie Phil lips spent Sunday at her home in Bonlee. T. H. Buchanan and family spent Sunday with relatives at Fuquay Springs. Mr. Maynard Tally, of Fuquay Springs spent Sunday with friends at Corinth. E. V. Dickens little boy, we call him “Buster,” has been quite sick but is improving now. Mrs. Margaret Morgan, of Raleigh, Mrs. Bety Allen, of Charlotte and Mrs. Blennie Wilson, of Broadway, j all spent Sunday with their parents, ! Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Clark. Mr. A. M. Pollard, who was hurt at the Phoenix Hill last week, is. in a Sanford hospital, but is improving and will soon be out again. Mrs. R. S. Parker returned to Buckhom Saturday from a two weeks visit with her mother, in Albemarle. We are very sorry to hear of the serious illness of one of our good col ’ ored neighbors and friends, “Uncle Steve Thomas.” He is very sick with 1 pneumonia. The colored people of the community should know this so they | can render his people any assistance that they may need, i Corinth has a basket ball team now ; and has begun playing. They had their ’ first game with Truth last week, and ’ will play other nearby schools during | the season. Miss Marie Phillips, our primary teacher is a basket ball player and will make a winning team out of 1 our Corinth bunch before long. Try This on Your Carbureor. L We sure do miss Jim Dickens, And his Roadster bright and gay, For he’s on the railroad and He’s working nie-ht and day: We’d like to see his smile again, And hear what he’d say— —Them days are gone Forever! No, not exactly that. Not gone for ever, for in place of the Red Road ster we now have the Gray Racer, and it is some racer. It took its owner, Wilbur Clark, to ride one day last week, right down thru one of the main streets of Corinth. Dogs, chick ens, pigs, people, and all gave the racer the whole road, but the little I flivver would not be outdone so at a convenient point in the road, it made a lunge at a good sized pig pen close by. It went right on thru, posts and ail, splintered it up and laid it fiat, scared the pigs so they broke out and left the place; puffed, and chugged a few times, backed out and came quietly back down the street: Ntrone hurt but with Wilbur somewhat scared and much the wiser as to what his racer could do when it got on a tear. Mrs. A. E. Rollins, of Duncan, is spending a few days with her pa i rents, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Cross. DEATH MRS.WALTER WILLIAMS Mrs. Thomas Gives an Old-Fashioned Quilting—Personal Notes. New Hill, Rt. 2, Feb. 25.—Mrs. Walter Williams died at her home in Dunn Monday, February 18th, and her body was laid to rest in the New Elam cemetery Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Williams before her marriage was Miss Effie Lasater, youngest i# daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Lasa ter, deceased. She had been in ill health for some time. Mrs. Williams is survived by her husband, five children, two brothers and several sisters. She was about 38 years of age. Funeral services were held in Dunn on Wednesday, February 20th. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Beckwith, Claud Jackson, Jr., Mrs. Beckwith before marriage was | Miss Vera Lasater. Mrs. R. F. Sturdivant and son Las sie, spent Monday and Thursday in Raleigh on business. Last Saturday Mrs. Battle Thomas gave an old-fashioned quilting at her ! home on Pittsboro, Rt. 1. While the ! ladies were busy v/ith their needles, the men were getting in wood for her. On last November 20th, (1923,) Mrs. Thomas celebrated her 70th birthday. Mrs. W. A. Drake, Misses Swannie Drake, Mary and Rennie Webster spent Friday night at the home of Mrs. Bettie Thomas. Eugene Partin, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Partin, has been confined to his bed for several days with pneumonia, but is slowly improving. Miss Ella Smith spent Saturday night with Miss Rose Sturdivant. Miss Swannie Drake spent Sunday with the Misses Webster. Mr. Batchelor and children from near Apex, were Sunday guests in the home of Mr. William Bland. R. C. Beckwith spent Friday night with his sister, Mrs. Hattie Hatley. DOLLAR DAY IN SANFORD. On another page will be found a large advertisement by the member ship of the Sanford Merchants Asso ' ciation, announcing a Dollar Day to be held in Sanford on next Thursday, March 6th. All the business concerns in Sanford will unite on many bar gains that interest shoppers and we especially commend them to you for consideration. — • Woman Club to Meet. The regular meeting of the Wo mans Club of Pittsboro will be held at the Club rooms on Monday, March 10th. A full attendance is requested, and all members are urged to bring their dues and money for the bazaar. NUMBER 38.