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THE HOME NEWSPAPER THAT HAS THE CONFIDENCE OF MORE THAN TWELVE THOUSAND PEOPLE. LARGEST CIRCULATION OF AN WEELY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA' The Chatham Record ESTABLISHED SEPTEMBER 19,1878. tax money is wasted. County Commissioners Repay a Seven Thousand Dollar Claim. TVe tax payers of Chatham county , e repaid to ex-sheriff-treasurer t pon T Lane the sum of seven thous- L a seven hundred and ninety nine Inllars and fifty three cents, a claim that he had demanded as having ov rnaid the commissioners more than tlo years ago, when his books were ~ Led and it was found that he was fanv thousands of dollars behind ith Chatham county in his accounts. This is a pure and simple case of acting the money paid into the by the tax payers of Chat “ ; countv. The commissioners al lied this rebate of $7,799.53 at their meeting on Monday, May sth, as it had been shown by an audit of the by G. S. Harrill, auditor in charge and W. B. Pegram, represent ing Baxter Durham, state auditor. This refund has been made for the vears 1914 and 1919 exclusively. ‘ Previous to this time Mr. Lane had cmoloved T. L. Guilfoil, an auditor, to check the books and ascertain if there was not an error in a former audit. It appears that the state auditors have found a greater sum due Mr. Lane than his private auditor. The books were originally audited bv Scott, Charnley & Co., a reputa ble auditing firm of Charlotte, and they found that sheriff Lane was due Chatham county several htousands of dollars* and Mr. Lane paid it, but un der protest. Now what we want to know is why these new auditors did not audit the books at the court house 7 Whv did not the county com missioners notify Scott, Charnley & Co., that a new audit was to be made and give them opportunity to have a representative here to protect them selves ? ' Scott, Charnley & Co. were paid several thousand dollars to make a complete audit of the books for Chat ham county and it was done thorough ly. he question arises now, that. if it was worth the price to have this re liable firm audit the books, then why should not they be demsmded to veri fy their audit or reimburse the coun tv for the large fee they charged fox their work. , , . The Chatham Record has no doubt, but that Scott. Charr*ev & Co. would have gladly protected their interests had they been notified. Summing up the whole matter, it is to be seen that after paying the Charlotte firm many hundreds of dol lars to audit our books, then have them audited again by the state audit or and reimburse sheriff Lane Hr & sum bordering on eight thousand dol lars, it looks as though Chatham county is about where she started be fore the first audit. This child’s play, is taking a, lot of the tax payers money and it is about time that a business like method was •employed. The Chatham Record does not pre tend to say that sheriff Lane is not entitled to the amount for which he was reimbursed; it does not prete d to say that he was ever behind with Chatham county; it does not pretend to say that there is anything irregu lar about these subsequent audits, but we do know that when a large sum of money was paid to Scott, Charnley & co. to audit the books of the **o "n --tv that they should have been held re sponsible for their findings. No individual or private corporation would pretend to do business in a lox method of this kind and it is certaMv °oli?atory upon the tax payers of this county to put someone at the head of affairs in Chatham county that will exact or »ve for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. , yade Barber, the countv attorney, nar ‘ full information of this subse luent audit. Why should he permit a Payment before the original auditors riven a chance to stand to their iwut. Did he recommend this reim plement to sheriff Lane ? Would the ■»" I , ————————^———— I o J!L7ci>Z \ O W* llKltloro o *‘ n ‘ O oW.a. y o **>-«*. v ■«wp n^'Z*' LGYINCmTON 11 7?4L£/<*# nf£»>»)P* 7 . *gg? ,*•""«*** / n=* * = =SC? i ®^^ = Jso==<W : ==d''' , ‘!!S^ s ” < O i;».US B O **»'*••" O e»«c.r«L. O S 0^ M a«>« #nrt » T/ 1 ?' '■■ i „ ° ■> , ■ « *...- v ■ „. f -' °e.*w • -v., :> V • , " ' •'■' O Pinthi/r4t II CENTRAL HIGHWAY. plate of the Central Highway, more recently named the Zeb Vance Highway, shows the most direct route from Raleigh to Asheboro, High Point, Lexington I u ** is °nly 66 miles from Asheboro to Raleigh, through the Jenks short cut from Pittsboro. This route is destined to become one of the most popular in the I Je ftersm!V V( ? ry effort should be made to encourage the State Highway Commission to take over the road through New Hope from Pittsboro to the intersection of the n uavis highway above Apex. We are enabled to print the above illustration of the highway through the courtesy of Mr. John W. Clark at Franklinville, Igg , ' / ' ; " ' ' ~ : * * ' ‘' : 4 r r ?• -' ' -■ RAY'S STORE ROBBED AGAIN. News From Moncure About People You Know—Entertain at Corinth. > Moncure, May 12-—Misses H&lda Wilkie and Clara Bell spent last week end at Raleigh visiting Misses Pau line Ray and Nellie Dickens. Dr. W. B. Chapin, of Pittsboro, was m town last Friday. Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Nash, of Cor inth, entertained the following young people at their home last Friday night; Misses Willie Bostian, Hilda Wilkie, Catherine Thomas, Bernice Womble, Flora-and Julia Johnson and Audrey Thomas. Mr. Nash came over for Thomas. Mr. Nash came over for them Friday artemoon and they return ed Saturday morning. They report a grand time. Mr. C. E. Brown, one of the Vir ginia Bridge and iron workers, had three of his fingers on his left hand badly mashed last Wednesday, while working at the camp. Dr. J. E. Cathell returned from the hospital at Washington, D. C., last week. He is very weak, but thinks he is improved. He is now at Linwood, N. C., spending a while with relatives, where he will recuperate before tak ing up his medical practice here again. Phoenix baseball team played. Gulf team last Saturday afternoon, but was defeated. The score was 16 to 9. Last Saturday afternoon at the store of Mr. J. R. Ray at Lockville, while everyone was in a rush to be waited on, someone slipped one hun dred and fifty dollars from the cash register and then last Sunday night some one broke in the window at the rear of the store and took all the change they could find and also a check. This is the third time Mr. Ray's store has been broken into. An investigation should be made and the thief caught. Rev. J. J. Boone preached a good sermon last Sunday morning at the Methodist church, suitable for Moth eris Day. His text was taken from the Bible reading I Kings 3:16-28. As it was such a rainy day, services were not held’ Sunday night. We are sorry to state that Mr. E. E. Walden, of Haywood, has been very sick. Hope that he will soon be able to attend to business. Mr. Tr B.’ Lambeth reached home Monday night, after being called to Hernando, Miss., to visit his brother, Will, who was very ill. He spent three weeks in Mississippi, and while there his brother died. MT. ZION ITEMS Moncure, Rt 2, May 12.—Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Griffin spent last Sunday and Monday with her parents in Dur ham^ Mr. and Mrs. Carey Griffin and Mrs. J. W. Griffin visited Mr. and Mrs. Sam B. Griffin in Pittsboro last Sunday. Mrs. Turner Petty has been very sick for several days, but glad to re port that she is now improving. Miss Isabel Petty has been detained at home from school several days with a severe sore finger. It is better at the present and she hopes to be back in school this week. Mr. W. B. Thomas, of. Raleigh, spent the week end at home. 'mi m ■ Mr. Jack Lindley, of Hickory Mt.. is playing ball this season with the Winston-Salem team. county commissioners repay Mr. Lane without his recommendation? If so, what are the emoluments of the office of county attorney, figure head or what ? This article is not written in a spirit fairness, without any effort whatever, to reflect on anyone. It is simply a business proposition in which every tax paver in Chatham county is in terested in and wp want them to take a more vital interest in public affairs, especially where they are so intently concerned. PITTSBORO, N. C., CHATHAM COUNTS! THURSDAY, MAY 15,1924. LIQUOR DEVILS AT BUCKHORI Residents Having Trouble With Thoi Who Use Whiskey—Nuisance. H Corinth, May 12.—Christian Chapel held its annual memorial service Sunday, conducted by its Rev Fuller Johnson. The hard, steady rain prevented a large attend&Me. Mr. Dewey Dickens and wife, of Raleigh, spent the week end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. N. Dtikens. Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Mims enter tained ? a number of theft friends at their home in Corinth last Saturday night. Mr. R. A. Chappelle mid daugh ter, Miss Clara, furnished Mr. i Chappelle with violin and Miss Clara at the piano. After the splendid mu sic, Mrs. S. W. Harrington, assisted Mrs. Mims to serve and everybody around Corinth is acquainted wife the pound cake of Mrs. Mims. At 12 o'clock the guests departed for their homes, hoping to meet again soon under the same roof. Ray Cross, of Raleigh, spent Sun day at home. J. A. Ausley is off duty at Buck horn for a two week’s vacation. He may be going “on duty” elsewhere but he would not commit himself at the time he left. At any rate people have begun to inquire as to his where abouts, but we can't tell them a thing. A second successful slumber party was pulled off at Buckhom Friday night. The party was preceded bv a fish fry down on Parker's Creek. The party was given by Mrs. F. M. Nash in honor of the graduating girls of the Moncure high school and of the members of the prize winning Mon cure singing class. They seemed to have had a jolly good time, but let them tell you about that. We thor oughly enjoyed their excellent singing and also enjoyed repairing screens, doors and furniture and so on all next day. At last! Our much needed road work has begun. About 15 &ad of mules, a caterpillar tractor, road ma chine, six 2-horse wheelers, a “doz en dusky county road builders” under Mr. Alfred Johnson are occupied at Goff Creek and have started grading and widening Shattucks Creek bot tom. We are indeed all glad to see this work started and truly hope that nothing will come up to hinder the work until the last load of gravel or good top soil has been placed on aR the soft “mirey” places. Never in years have we seen peo ple become so completely lost in their infatuation for fishing as has "been and is being manifested this season* Many cma*'«ok tfc* real sport of wS* ing and enjoying ‘‘Gods out of doorft” but many more come sot no other reason it seems to us than to find a place where they can bring their liquor, get drunk, then proceed to make all the trouble they can. They seem to bcome imbued with the idea that they are especially privileged characters, subject to no laws and can go anvwhere and trespass as they please. Thus it often happens that the real sportsmen, the outdoor lov ing, law abiding citizen, finds himself subjected to restrictions that are due solely to the drunken or ill-willed jackass that seems to be ever present. Plenty of rain down this way Sun day. Rained all day. Farmers and power plants needed it. Another wedding in our community last week. Mr. W. W. Horton, our popular railway agent at Corinth and Miss Eva Penny, of Duncan, were married at the home of Rev. R. E. Adkins in Raleigh. We welcome them into our midst. They will make their home temporarily with Mrs. D. A. Clark. mm • Mrs. Alice Guinn ar»d Mr. Joe Bland have returned from Lamar, S. C., where they went to be at the bed side of a very sick sister, Mrs. D. D. Guinn. Miss Mary Bland, also a sis ter, remained with Mrs. Guinn. She was taken to the hospital at Florence where it is said she is greatly im proving. PELIGHtED WITH ROAD WORK, i Urges Baseball Team—Local and Per sonal Items From Brickhaven. Brickhaven, May 12.—Everyone here is delighted over the fact that we are to have a good road at last. The road force has pitched camp and work on the roads has begun in ear nest, and in time we hope to have a splendid outlet to the National high way. We are grateful and apprecia tive accordingly it is hoped. What has become of our ball team this season ? We have good material here, - but thus far there has been no organization. A good baseball team is an asset to any community, it stands for community interest, and cooperation along many lines, and af fords wholesome pleasure and recrea tion for the entile community—young ; and old and we hope we can -have a ■ wide awake team again this season, j At the beginning of the season last year, interest and enthusiasm in ball activities ran high, but both waned later. We proved good beginners, but poor finishers, so to speak. Let’s or ganize a team this time and endeav or to hold the interest to the end of the season—let’s be expert finishers. We can for we know the material for a splendid team is right here. Moncure Corinth and Brickhaven could com bine and form a community team. How about it? Messrs Hannon and Seawell spent the week end with relatives near Carthage. Mr. J. W. Purvis and Mr. Grady Truelove attended the memorial ser vices at Ebenezer church, near Bon sai, last Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy, Mrs. T. J. Harrington, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Ov erby and children, Mr. Russell Over by and Mr. J. H. Lawrence were among the number who motored to Sanford Saturday. | Miss Grace Harrington is on an extended visit in Graham with her aunt, Mrs. W. B. Greene. Mrs. H. T. Johnson, of Morris ville, is spending a while here with friends and relatives. Miss Mary Mims and Mr. Herman Mims, of Durham, accompanied by several friends, spent a short while here last week. Mrs, Mims, who is still a patient at a hospital in Dur ham, is getting on very nicely, and expects to be home in 4 couple of The annual commencement ex«*v' rises of the Pittsboro high school will begin Thursday, May 15th and end with the high school play on Monday night, May 19th. The Complete pro gram is as follows: Thursday, May 15th, 8 p. m., exer cises by the primary department. Friday, May 16th, 8 p. m., annual musical recital. [ Sunday, May 18th, 11 a. m., sermon to graduating class by Bishop Penick,' of the Episcopal church, Charlotte. Monday, May 19th, 10:15 a. m., class day exercises. 11 a. m., commencement address by Prof. A. M. Proctor, of Trinity Col-j lege. * 8 p. m., high school play, “The Wrenn.” The public is urged to attend all the exercises of the commencement. ; On Monday night an admission of 10 and 25 cents will be charged for the high school play. | EARL R. FRANKLIN, Principal. I We are in receipt of a letter from a friend on Rt. 1, Cumnock, enclosing a letter purported to have been writ ten by Jesus Christ. A few weeks ago we published this letter and cannot see the advisability of publishing it again. It is good reading alright, but we have serious doubts as to whether it was written by Jesus or not. It is possible, but not at all probable. j BAILEY WELL RECEIVED. Largest Audience Ever Given a Candidate—Good Speech. Last Tuesday was a red letter day in the history of Chatham county, when Hon. Josiah W. Bailey spoke to the largest audience ever accorded a candidate in Pittsboro. Mr. Bailey was presented by Mr. Frances M. Farrell, a prominent dem ocrat of Gulf township, in a few well chosen words and Mr. Bailey held the , assemblage of people spell bound for about two hours. So well did he pre sent facts to them, that anyone scare ly realized, that they had been in the audience so long. The court house was packed beyond its capacity and there were more than : three hundred people that could not ! gain admission to the court house to i hear the speaker. Hundreds of auto ! mobiles, wagons, buggies and other vehicles were here and people came from every direction. During the day a Chatham county Bailey Club was organized and there were more than five hunderd to join. If you were not one of them-to join, and you would like to become a mem ber of the club, send your name in at once, either by phone, letter or verbal ly. It is desired to complete the list as early as possible. Mr. Bailey’s speech was somewhat different in character to other speech es he has made in the stiite, and while he discussed the tax proposition and made reference to criticisms that has been made of him, he was at his best throughout the two-hour dis course and his stentorian voice was ( audible throughout the building. J Mr. Bailey declared that he felt perfectly at home in Chatham coun ty, he was given such a corlial wel- < , come and the folks were sa friend i ly toward him. fife is acquainted with 'many people in Chatham county and hundreds appreciate him for his gen uine worth and ability. He has visit ed the Baptist Associations in and j adjoining Chatham so frequently that there is scarcely a Baptist church member that does not know him. The vigor placed in his talk and the enthusiasm he displayed was induced by the large and attentive audience that he had. Despite the fact that the hearers were in the building for two hours, the time passed rapidly away i and no one could scarcely realize that he had spoken so long. | Mr. Bailey stated at the outset that it was not necessary for fyinMjq defend his recotd as a democrat against the . whisperings and mutterings of a few I who would attempt to injure him; he epitomized a few of the things that had occurred in his life as a repre sentative of the party, proving there could be no disloyalty on his part, among them being the fact that Sen ator Simmons had sent out 75,000 cop ies of the first speech he ever made throughtout the breadth of North Car olina. * j Mr. Bailey emphasized the fact that officeholders were the servants of the people and not the democratic party, encouraging his hearers to real ize that they were the party them selves. He said that the democratic primary on June 7th would determine the destiny of the commonwealth and 1 that the general election simply deter mines another defeat for the republi can party. In the primay we simply review the record of the office-holders ; and determine the policy of the party and whom should represent the dem ocratic party as office holders for the i years before»the succeeding primary. I Mr. Bailey Qleary proved that the : tax burden of North Carolina was up on the farmers, small home owners and the laborer. He was loudly ap plauded at this juncture and also all through his speech. Taxes on land has increased during the past ten years 182 per cent and land pays 65 per cent of the taxes in North Caro lina. He showed that the farmer pays 100 cents on the dollar in taxes be- j cause he is taxed 100 cents on the . ♦ nkUNv/ll£ »S ** NTTM'RT?.'B AQ Tfllj MEMORIAL AT EBENEZER. Other News of Interest to all Read* ers From Upper Cape Fear. New Hill, Rt. 2, May 12.—Mrs. G. L. Mann had the misfortune of fall ing one day last week and painfully injuring her arm, but it is not be lieved any bones were broken. Mrs. N. A. Gardner has purchased a new Ford touring car. Mrs. Gard ner and R. C. Beckwith made a bus mess trip to Raleigh Monday. Mr. G. F. Carr, who has been ill for sometime, is now on the road to recovery. The Fearrington baseball team de feated the New Hope team Saturday afternoon. This was New Hope’s first game this season and they have had very little practice. A number of Misses Blanche and Ruth Holt’s friends gave them a sur prise party Saturday night. Games were played and those present enjoyed the social gathering. Messrs Donnie and Robert Beck with were in Durham Saturday shop ping. The annual memorial services were held at Ebeneaser Methodist church Saturday. Many were present on this occasion. Mr£ R. F. Sturdivant, Misses Da Copeland and Bettie Sturdivant, and Mr. Jim Sturdivant spent one day in Raleigh last week. The farmers in this section were very glad to see the gentle rain which fell Sunday, as crops were sering for rain. ' * Mr. and Mrs. J. 0. Beckwith and daughter, Miss Myrtle, of Anex, Rt. 3. were week end guests of Mrs. Ad die Webster. \ Miss Bettie Sturdivant spent the week end with her aunt, Mrs. Wins- * ■ low Goodwin. Mrs. Thereon Lasater and children, of Cary, are guests of Mrs. W. A. Mann. Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Mann and chil dren attended the memorial at Chris tian Chapel Saturday and were week end guests of relatives in that sec tion. , l^^^i"an%)rator. The Salisbury Post says: "Mr. Mc- Lean is not an orator, his best friends say, but he speaks with sincerity that onsets the popular defect. Salisbury people who heard him Were impress ed with his earnestness, and that is worth much to him.” MISS AMN HfeNDEßaow niiarn f » 'J .. ■ >'. i!.—.»■?' J. ■ - Siler City, May 13.—Mrs. Winnie Ann Henderson, aged 75 years, widow of John H. Henderson, died last night at 9:30 o’clock at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Fox, east of Siler City, following an illness of several weeks. The funeral service was held Mon day afternoon, May 13, at 4 o’clock at Mount Vernon Methodist church, of which the deceased was * a devoted member and- interment made there in the cemetery. The service was con ducted by her pastor, Rev. 0. I. Hin son, and attended by a large number of friends and relatives. Surviving her are one son, George Henderson, of Siler City, three daughters, Mrs. C. B. Fox, of route 1, Siler City, Mrs. I. E. Self, route 4. Siler City and Mrs. John Clark, of Snow Camp, and a number of grand children. dollar. One of the many things that he has heretofore called attention to was the legislative enactment enabling the A. C. L. railway, Standard Oil Co., R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., Liggett-Myers and American Tobacco Co., to escape taxation, except for visible investment m the state of North Carolina. .Mr. Bailey said that county com missioners were victims of circum stances and could not always be criti cised for increases in taxes. Mr. Bailey was in favor of the school j improvements, good roads and all oth er matters of progress. He is also in !_ favor of getting the necessary tax for them from the gang that has been escaping the payment of taxes. The R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company is worth 204 million, Mr. Bailey said, and they pay tax of 53 million. All the corporations in North Carolina, escaping taxation, are combined at more than three million dollars taxable values. There is in sight eight hun dred million of taxable value not taxed 'in North Carolina. The democratic primary is the place for the tax payer to said interest ’ Mr * Bailey By figures and statistics Mr. Bailey proved that the average net product of the farmer an nU!ry^°uld not exceed three a si c a f per cent and yet they L y 65 *?? r cent of total taxes of North Carolina. total bonded indebtedness of North Carolina, Mr. Bailey said was now two hundred and forty million dollars and the of ficials are trying to borrow 20 2fin a total of 260 million dollars that the state would owe. e With reference to the state ment that the governor has no power, Mr. Bailey referred to the moral suasion that the office of governor carried, while he may not have the physical or statutory power to combat in fluences against him, he could use his moral power, referring m a beautiful manner the victory of Woodrow Wilson in New Jersey and his liter accomplish-' meats. . -. I
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