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Ci)e Ct)atl)am I&ecorb ""Independent in politics. Established in 1878 by H. A. London. Entered at Pittsboro, N.C., as Second Class mail matter by act of Congress. S T JBSCRIPTI ON: One Year, $1.50. Six Months, Colin G. Shaw, Owner and Editor. Chap. A. Brown, Associate Editor. Advertising: 25c. 30c. and 35c. net. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1924. j >C—FOR TODAY—I 1 Bible Thoughts memorised, will prove a | priceless heritage in after years. Commit Thy Way unto the Lord; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.—Psalm 37 ; 3, 5. . HOW WE^rITGRADED. It is singular but true in regard to the manner in which we are judged by outsiders. Recently • the editor made a trip to Union county and while stopping in Monroe we were in conversation with Mr. T. A. Ashcraft, a splendid gentlemen from the Rock Rest section. He said to us: “You have a good live, wide-a-wake section in Chatham county.” ‘'Have you ever visited there?” we asked him. “No,” he replied, “but I have traveled the state pretty well and I have always judged a county by the weekly papers published in the various towns.” Then it was that he told us'that frequently he read The Chatham Record at the office of r ihe Enquirer and he observed that it was liberally patronized in its advertising columns by the business men of the entire district. “When I see that condition,” re marked Mr. Ashcraft, “then I know the entire community is wide-awake. 1 Any county, community or settlement : can easily be judged by the patronage | the local paper gets.” Since that time I have observed papers that come in on our exchange list and we have learned thaT it is a fact. Communities that we know to be progressive are liberally patroniz ing the papers, while some we know are lagging behind is readily reflected in the papers. We are proud of the fact that old Chatham has builded so rapidly and that due credit has been given her abroad because The Record has been enabled to make a good showing, and it is appreciated away from home as well as locally. THINK THIS OVER” The farmers’ and manufacturers’ convention recently held in New York was a practical step in working out the theory of unity of interest be tween these two groups. * John M. Kelley or Barabco, Wis consin, vice-president of the National Holstein association, in discussing co- ' operative marketing and emphasizing the necessity of modern business methods in farming, said: “No in dustry can survive and follow the methods that obtain in farming. If Rockefeller handled his business as farming is conducted, gasoline would sell at five dollars a gallon to pay j cost of operation. “America’s greatest problem is to teach the farmer how to produce on a quality and sell on a paying basis. Commenting on the harm of taxes, George F. Heindel, vice-presi dent of Phoenx Trust Coir>r>ar»v of Ottuma, lowa, said in some localities taxes on farm lands have increased in ten years three, four and five-ioiu. In speaking of the Treasury’s plan for tax reduction, he said:— “This is not Secretary Mellon’s problem; it is not your problem O’- my problem; it is not the problem of the banker or the farmers, the manu faturer or the mechanic, the landlord or the tenant. It is the problem of all of us. It reaches into our pockets and takes twelve and one-half cents out of each dollar it finds there; it reduces every ton of coal to 1,760 pounds; it cuts a slice from a ten cent loaf of bread and two ounces from a pound of meat. It will not be solved by political bickering, by crimination or recrimination, by dema gogs or radicals; but by the sane, sober thought and political action of the sane, sober, honest people of this nation.” Nus ALWAYS THE CASE It is not infrequent that a few in- j dividual s will concentrate upon a ! proposition and determine to carry it j through, disregarding whether it is worthy or not, and then wonder to ! themselves why it failed. It is alright to come together in common counsel and unite forces. We have always preached this but to un dertake an objective that is not al together wholesome or desired, it will never carry to perfection. In glaring headlines it is sometimes proclaimed that “I represent a certain principle.’' Then it is that the advo cate himself is belittled by a friend l v thinking public mind. It does not al ways pay to be too hasty. There is many a slip betwixt the cup and the lip. It were better to determine the advisability of events, take circum stances to task and pool the best in terest before making a leap into deep water. The Record is desirous of helping all good motives in Chatham and it has done its bit. We must know the objective in all communications be fore they are published and we can not fathom the thoughts of a man that has worded in a letter that is without argument or for the best in terest of the common people. Let all your correspond once stand out to mean something; express it in t ! e English language and determine y u? point and your contributions will be given publicity, whether in accord \yith our thoughts or r.ot. We many answer it and comment upon it, yet it must be expressed in plain ‘Unit ed Statbs.” It is said that McLean’s got the machine, but Bailey’s got the plat form. i - Did you ever think that if you judge others by yourself it wouldn’t be fair to them? Lots of mental ovens work overtime, which accounts for so many half-bak ed judgments that we get. Many folks can fatten on criticism and this may account for some of them doing such queer things. Grease spots are not going to _be any recommendation for men seeking office since the Teapot Dome reve lation. Editor Saunders, of the Elizabeth City Independent, quotes Mr. Mc- Lean as saying that he is deeply hu miliated on account of the Machines’ supporting him for nomination for governor. This is strange talk. The Machine crowd hereabouts had given this as a reason he couldn’t be beat. And now, Mr. McLean is ashamed of ’em! This indeed, is “the most unkind est cut of all.” ’S’too bad, Mr. Siler. ’S’too bad Mr. Lane. Editor Saunders, of The Elizabeth City Independent, says the local Ki wanis Club played a “miserable trick” on Mr. McLean in putting him on the same speaking program with Mr. Ike Meekins, republican candidate for gov ernor. He says further that “Meekins gave the Kiwanians such a show that many of them must have forgotten • that Mr. McLean was on the program i at all.” Better look out, you Machine j Politicians in close counties. If Ike Meekins gets on your neck next fall, if Editor Saunders is to be believed, it will take more than Mr. McLean’s efforts to pull him off. A WORD FROM MR. BAILEY Editor Chatham Record; —I see in the papers an article entitled “Mr. Bailey’s Tax Controversy”—being an editorial from the Wilmington Star. I take it that you will permit me tp say in your columns that this edito rial does not represent my view’s — now, or at any time in the past. My ! views on taxation were presented in j the first article of my announcement, which reads as follows; “The demand of justice and the common welfare, that land shall be relieved of the unjust share of the burden of taxation now imposed upon it. This may be done, and must be done. Land ought to bear its fair share of taxation, and no more. The burden now upon our farms and smali homes is greater than can be borne.” It is (I hope) well-known through out the state, that I have for years consistently fought against the over valuation and over-taxation of farm ing lands. In this fight I was asso ciated with Mr. R. W. H. Stone, presi dents of the Farmers Union; his ad dress is Greensboro, N. C.; and aiv one doubtful on the subject may write ! to him. I protested with all the power T had against the Revaluation Act, and was about the only public man in the state that did, when it was on its pas sage in 1920. I have never been in favor of the state valuing property for taxation. One of the chief objects of my cand didacy is to remove from farms and small homes the unjust burden of taxation that they are now bearing. The state has taken over all the sour ces of taxation, except property, and has put upon property the burden of •maintaining the schools, cour.ty-rosds, [ county and city government. The consequence is that land is bearing very much more than its share of the cost of government. Not only so; the state in the last Legislature exempted from taxation over $100,000,000 of stocks in foreign corporations. In ad dition, the wealthier classes escape taxation by purchasing tax-exempt bonds. Just why anyone should be inter ested to misrepresent my views, I must leave to the reader to determine for himself; and I must ask those who know me throughout the state to correct these false representations w’herever they see them. I will say that I have seen the ed ; toriel from i th Wilmington Star, as printed in the i papers and the editor of one paper | has informed me that it was paid for as advertising in his paper. Who is paying for this advertising ? I do not know. Certainly, I cannot afford to pay for advertising an answer to it, as the law allows candidates for governor to expend only S6,oUU, and 1 shall spend this sum, and no more; and this shall be spent in po. and printed matter, with a moderate al lowance for advertising in the last I period of the campaign, j I intend to treat my opponent fairly \ | and I hope the newspapers and the , j people of North Carolina w’ill see that ! I am treated fairly. Respectfullv, J. W. BAILEY. ; i Raleigh, N. C., Feb. 18. I ABOUT BROWNS CHAPEL FOLKS. | Pittsboro, Rt. 2, Feb. 25.—Mr. M. K. Perry visited his daughter, Mrs. W. M. Lindsey Sunday, j Rev. C. B. Way, Mrs. Way and * their two daughters, Mildred and Louise,, spent Friday and Saturday at the home of Mrs. Wav’s father, | Mr. J. J. Thomas. Miss Blanche. Lindley, one of the teachers of Pittsboro high school, and Mj. and Mrs. Milton Lindley and daughter. Virginia, were callers at Mr. R. H. Lindley’s Sunday. . I Mr. and Mrs. Carma Hargrove and sons, Dewey and Clyde, of Burling -1 , vOn, were visitors of J. J. Thomas | Saturday and Sunday. Miss Leo!a Riggsbee, teacher in the • school at Browns Chapel, scent the : week end with her father, near By num. Miss Elizabeth Goodwin is on the sick list this week. Mr. John Durham and sister, Jean it iirT I*' 1 *' Sunday afternoon with Mrs. W. W. Lutterloh. Gnats Go in Droves • ' who cannot mcieed with. neing in a herd ought to organize ivs own herd. My advice to a young man is to learn to pitch in and fight his cattles single-handed. Sheep ami goats run in drnvos Unt Rons ard 4 tigers do not.”—E. W. Howe.' • o—O-" O— — o—O0 —O O —O —Q-—q—0 O 0 o WISE AND OTHERWISE o O Some Our’n —Some Their’n o O O O —O—O —O —O O —O —O —O —C 1 Watch Out can beat Luck. O— — The road hog never sees his shadow. O ? Your worries can be smiled out of existence. ,i A thin man may be thick-headed ! on occasions. : —o— | A lazy man never gets too tired to dig up an alibi. L j . O Men who bluff never had full confi dence in themselves. ■ j O . I , Wine is now literary — to be used ■Hn fiction, poetry, or books. O • I You may not have any servants but is costs more to keep your car up - —o_ After you meet some people it leaves you flapping like a broken kite. O ! When the devil doesn’t bother you, he is satisfied with your moral con duct. O If some folks had two ideas in their heads they woud fall out with each ! other. ! Plain way to help—when writing about anything in this paper mention The Chatham Record. O , * The fact that some of the great men have gone is not so bad as* hav ing to buy books about them the bal ance of our lives. IF McADOO~LS NOT AVAIL RLE WHY IS McLEAN AVAILABLE Catawba-News Enterprise. It is said that McAdoo is not avail able because he smells of oil, and it is intimated that McLean smels of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad—a railroad that secured valuable prop erty worth four million dollars that North Carolina is now trying to set aside, and restore. If Mr. McAdoo is not available for President because he was on the pay roll of the big oil grabbers, then why is McLean available for Gover nor, if he has been division counsel for the Atlantic Coast Lire for twen ty years. It is also alleged that he was president of one of the Coast Line subsidiaries from 1912 to 1924. It is reported that Mr. McLean has resig ed as division c'”nse d is no longer president of the subsid iary railroad. Mr. McAdoo has also resigned his position as counsel for the big oil company. We believe Mr. McAdoo and Mr. McLean are both honest, honorable upright men, but we want to know what sort of logic will rule McAdoo out of the class of available candi dates for public office because he was on the pay-roll of the oil peoole, and will make McLean an available can didate, when he was on the pay-roll of the big railroad that is charged with grabbing millions worth of rail road property. LOCAL ITEMS FROM BENNETT. Bennett, Feb. 25. —Mr. and Mrs. Elsie Stanley and daughter, Miss Effie, were visitors at Mr. Ed. John son’s Sunday; also Mr. J. D. Stan ley. Mrs. J. D. Stanley ard children, of Siler City, spent Sunday with her mother, Mrs. Mila Gilliland. Mi ss Anna Gilliland, a student of the Bennett school has been confi e l to her room for four weeks re count of measles. She is now able to be out again. Those having to stop school on ac count of measles were Misses Anna G’Uiland Eva B"°wer, Ella Brewer, Nellie Brewer, Wilma Phillips, Har vey Jones, and Leon Welch. Sevei-al cases of measles have be°n "" - families of several people, in addition to the school children. 1 i Record best paper in North Carolina. ►■ J ! ► 3 ! ► _/ —* l lj [ At Your Service! ] ► * J i Our store is now located in the old Little & Farrell ◄ ► store building- in the Blair Hotel building, in the compart- J ► ment recently occupied by Cecil Lindley. After selling out < t our old stock we have purchased an entirely new stock of ◄ ► Both—DßY* GOODS, NOTIONS AND GROCERIES. 3 ► We have this store filled with new, fresh goods and we J ; ► propose to sell at a nominal price. We want your trade ► and if the right price, quality and prompt delivery will in- 1 ► fluence you we have it. ◄ : ► We will also conduct the fountain and serve drinks and ◄ ► also all kinds of bottled soft drinks. Give us a call. 3 i I MRS. J. T. 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Republican Conven tion Notice is hereby given that the Re publican County Convention will be held in the court house in Pittsboro on Monday, March 17th, at 11 a. m., for the purpose of selecting delegates to the State Republican convention to be held in Raleigh on Wednesday, March 19th. The precinct committee meetings will be held on Saturday, March 15th, to select delegates to the county con vention. Each precinct is urged to select a township committee or five, designating one as chairman. Each precinct is requested to bring a full list of the committee to the county convention. W. B. Chapin, ACTING CHAIRMAN. ADVERTISING IN THE RECORD BRINGS RESULT | ThePageTrustCo., j! Sanford Branch I J! The Agent of Prosperity for Middle North Carolina 1 !► The Page Trust Company is not merely a banker as f many folks interpret that word. It is the assembler of | o the idle money of the region that that money may be I ! 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