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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 ES TABL ISHED SEPTEMBER 19,1878. 7 ITK KU)R court adjourns. vinetv-Five Cases Were on Docket— * Nineteen Liquor Cases Tried. Chatham superior court adjournec . Saturday at noon after a stren la? . %ve ek *at noon. Judge Henry „ uoU ,* presided and solicitor Clawson f ra \VilUams was on the job, both of .hem proving that they were capable ! ery particular. This was Judge C- dy’s first visit to Chatham and he \ - Itlv impressed the populace of the ie ltv as an ideal presiding officer. T° Un much praise cannot be given to },° r Williams for the vigorous man iVir‘ n which he prosecutes the docket. S in* manner, determined to do ? duty vet he is not prone to prose tP anyone that should be given any nsideration whatever. He is certain ? 1 most excellent prosecuting at b a n( j the folks of this district Tlud of him. He is the best so ?Jfto P i the fourth district has had in a number of. years. The following cases were disposed f during the term. State against Buster Teal, liquor. Vined SSO and costs. State against Ernest Needham, liq uor k Not guilty. ' State against Ben Grimes, Sr., Ben Grimes, Jr., and Grover Bynum, af frav. Judgment suspended upon the payment of c° sts - State against Reese Cates an as sault on George Lumsford, SSO and °State aginst Lucien Clark, assault. aginst Lessie Emmerson, Buck DeGraffenreidt, Bennie Alston and Will Farris, liquor. Costs. State aginst Harvey Pritchard, man slaughter. Two years on county roads. State against Louis Waddell, liquor. SIOO fine and costs. State against Ernest Cook, Fred Cook and Arley Cook, still found near premises. Fined the costs. State against Murd Class, man slaughter. Guilty. This is the case in which young Class, a boy about 17 years of age, shot Leonidas Joses, five years old, from the effects of which the young boy died four days later. Judgment that Class pay the doctors’ bill, funeral expenses an.d all the costs in the case. State against Hamby Phillips, liquor. There were two cases against the defendant and he was taxed with the costs in both cases. He wasajso required to remain out of the state for four years. "• . State against Roger Coley, liquor. Fined $200.00 and costs. State against Ed .Jones, liquor. Sen tenced to 22 months on county roads. State against Henry Scott, liquor. Sentenced to 21 months on county roads. State against Clifton Dorsett, liq uor. Sentenced to pay costs. (State against Joe Johnson, liquor. , Fined SIOO and costs. A two-year sen tence is suspended on good This is the case in which the officers found 8 gallons of liquor on a search of the premises a few weeks ago. State against Charlie Farris, Wal ker Alston, Horton Weaver and Joe Rogers, gambling. Costs. State against James Alston, carry ing concealed weapons. Judgment con tinued on payment of Oosts. State against Bertice Rowland. Al lison Rouse, assault, rot guilty. Th”-e two young men were charged with assaulting and robbing F. M. Hadley at Siler City several weeks ago. T ie %s proved a complete alibi and were discharged. State against M. C. Mcßayner, liq uor. Fined SSO ard costs. State against Willie Kitcheh, car rying concealed weapon and assault, 60 days on county roads. State against D. Fearrington, Wil lie Lutterloh and Lonnie Lambeth, liquor. Lambeth was fined SSO and costs and in the case of the other two defendants, they paid the costs. State against Tom Parker, 'trans porting liquor. Fined the costs. State against Sandy Romie, manu facturing liquor. Sentenced to 18 months on county roads. State against Herbert Cotton, trans porting liquor. Fined $2,500 and sen tenced to roads for six months. The f°ad sentence was suspended by the • u, ’ge upon payment of the fine and costs within fifteen days. A five year sentence in the state prison was en tered upon misconduct in any particu iar by this defendant. The Ford car tantured at the time was ordered sold. State against Guemey Farrell, as sault. Pay costs. State against T. J. Terry and John mte, assault. Not guilty, state against Edmund Jordan. Let ,° n Payment of costs. This case e .ted from abuse by Mr. Jordan of . witness who had testified against «is son in law, Herbert H. Cotton, ptate against Lawrence Terry, car ‘ J}? concealed weapon. Judgment unued on payment of costs. o ni ,,; at ® against Adam Peoples, as- Pay costs. ; against Ollie Weaver, liquor. Sri , n two years on roads or S2OO fine dn « costs. au5 te gainst George Foushee, <fefft l 5 >nn ? en *. Costs in case provided livp x would toke his wife and WithiU 1 ** 1 er > behave himself and c su it for divorce. Colored with l- decided he would live ‘ “ ins wife. homXf against Garland Boylan, usebreakmg. Sentenced to two on road. Kosts ate *^ ames Culverson, assault. * 4qu(* t as ' a ‘ ns t ; Kearney Mauldin, * Sf n f a lw ° years on •^i^^sahs^loberMaeadenJiq* § § MORE PRAISE FOR GRADY. Cape Fear Folks Attend Pittsboro Ex ercises—Local and Personal. Brickhaven, kay 19.—The heavy rains of last week caused the farm ers and gardenrs to expect a very busy time for the next few days. The crops are all doing very well in this section, but the continued cool nights are not very good for growing vege tation. Mrs. Dowell, of Franklinton, is spending a while here with her daugh ter, Mrs. O. C. Kennedy. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Overby and children left Saturday for a several week’s stay with relatives at Char lotte. Mr. Overby will return Wednes day. . Mr. J. A. Mims, Miss Claire Eve Mims, Howard Mims and Zeb Utley motored to Durham Sunday. Mrs Mims is able to be out of the hospital and will be home in about two weeks. Mrs. N. T. Overby who has been sick for several days, is able to be out again. Mrs. Overby is one of Brickhaven’s most attractive, best loved women, and we are very glad to know she is well again. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Curtis and children, of Ahoskie, are the guests here of Mrs. O. C. Kennedy. Mr. Cur tis will be here only a short time. Mrs. Curtis and the children expect to remain several days. Mr. Clinton Seawell, accompanied by his sisters, Misses Bertie and Mary Roberts Seawell, of Raleigh, spent the week en<J at Pittsboro with Mrs. R. R. Gordon. • Quite a number of people from the lower Cape Fear section will enjoy the play, “The Wren,” which will be staged at Pittsboro tonight. Several motored over Friday evening for Mrs. Bynum’s recital. The program was an unusually interesting one. The Pitts boro commencement exercises are al ways good, as is well shown by the very large crowds always present. Mr. J. H. Lawrence has been at tending. the sessions of court at Pitts boro this past week. From all reports there has never been a more wise or efficient judge presiding over a Chat ham court than Judge" Grady. It is thrilling, to say the least, to hear with what speed and accuracy he disposes of cases. Would that North Carolina had more men of Judge Grady’s type! Men who are not afraid to stand for the right, regardless of public opin ion. Mrs. A. F. Harrington has been very ill for several days, but she is somewhat better today. Miss Mae Dickens was the guest of Mrs. Kelly, of Phoenix Hill, last week. Mr. J. W. Purvis attended the mem orial services at New Elam Christian church Saturday. It seems the pro gramme this year was more elaborate than usual. A very large crowd was in attendance and the entire seivice was a very interesting and helpful one. ' ..*■■■ HE CAPTURED A WHAT-IS-IT J Last Saturday night or early Sun day morning Sheriff Blair and depu ties F. P. Nooe, Lacey Johnson and C. T. Desera went over into Gulf town ship, near Goldston, and arrested Ruffin Harris, who, with two or three others, were making liquor. The still was located where a saw mill had been, the boiler being left on account of old age and the fear of it blowing itself to pieces. This old boiler was being used in some way to boil the water to make the liquor. The still proper, which sat or stood alongside the boiler, was made of tin, copper and probably glue, and was no account. The officers threw it away. This one, the officers say, beat any thing they have ever yet seen in the shape of a liquor still, and we expect there was enough poison in a gallon of the stuff the blockaders were making to kill a dozen men. That’s why this article has the above fad ing -on it, as the men, who have cap tured many stills of all shapes, nev er saw anything like this one before. Harris was brought to Pittsboro and Monday was given a preliminary trial before Squire John R. Blair, who put him under a SSOO. bond, and Harris and his wife did not do a thing but puli' out the cash money and put up the bond. — • LOCALS SILER CITY NO. ONE Siler City, Rt. 1, May 17. —The farmers in this section are geting be hind with their crops on account of rain. There are many cases of measles in this community. Miss Luella Thompson is at home from Staley, on account of illness in the family. Miss Lillian Curl is visiting at Mr. R. W. Johnson, of Durham, for the week. Mr. Carl C. Thompson and Miss Nellie Thompson were married a few days ago and are off on a trip to Southern Pines. Miss Eliza Rives, of Bear Creek, Rt. 1, is visiting in the Flint Ridge community. Mr. Alfred Wright is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Wright, on Siler City, Rt. 2. FOR COMMISSIONERS VOTE FOR BLAND. HACKNEY. HESTER. uor. Costs. A Buick automobile was ordered to be sold. Three men were called out during the term of court under ni sci fi ca pias. Two of them put in their ap pearance, but the third man did not. It was learned that he was dead. PITTSBORO, N. C., CHATHAM COUNTY, THURSDAY, MAY 22,1924 GRAND JURY REPORT TO SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE. I J ' v' 1 ; . Thinks $700.00 Spent at County Home Unwise. Recomifiends 10 Hours Work For Convicts and Repeal of Law Permit ting Sale of Bonds Without Vote of People. . M "/✓. * * *r . • "V. yj ■■ 4 - %k . V North Carolina, Chatham County# In The Superior Court, May Term, 1924. To His Honor Judge Hery A. Grady—Grand Jury Report: * • We, the Grand Jury, beg leave to report that we have passed on all bills and papers sent us by the Court and have duly consid ered and made proper return of same. We hav in a body visited the County Home, the Jail and all the County Officers and find them all right in so far as we could learn in the short time we had to investigate. At the County Home we find it neatly kept with eighteen in mates, nine white and nine colored, who seem to be well cared for. Mr. Johnson, the superintendent, and his wife seem to be doing their duty. There was about six hundred pounds of bacon, two mules, twelve shoats, three sows, three milk cows, four yearlings, about ten acres in cultivation and eight or ten acres in pasture. The steps on the east side have given away and we recommend that they be repaired and that all the trees within reach of the building be removed. The upkeep of the County Home has been exceedingly large for the past year and we think the seven hun dred dollars spent for shrubbery unwise. We find the Jail well kept, sanitary and as comfortable as con ditions will permit. The prisoners say they are well fed and cared for. The Road Camp was visited by committee, who find everything in good condition with the exception of two cases of tuberculosis. The Health officer, Dr. Thomas, recommends they be removed. Their diet seems to be the same each day and we recommend a change of same. We recommend that the County Commissioners ask the governor to parole Oscar Mitchell. We also recommend that the prisones be worked only ten hours each day. We find our finances in the county in bad shape. The county indebtedness seems to be over one million dollars with no sinking fund as the law provides. We recommend to our Representative in the Legislature to repeal the law empowering the County Commissioners to issue bonds without the consent of the votes of the people. We, as Grand Jurors, are in favor of economy in all transac tions. We recommend that the Grand Jurors be drawn for a term of six months instead of one term as at present. We desire to compliment Judge Grady and solicitor Williams for the manner in which they dispatch business and to thank them for the courtesies they have shown us as Grand Jurors. Signed: F. M. FARRELL, Foreman. CLOSING PITTSBORO SCHOOL. Exercises Began in the School Audito rium on Thursday Last Week. v 4 The commencement exercises of the Pittsboro high school, closing the ses sion of 1923-24, began on Thursday night of last week and ended on Mon day night with a play, “The Wren.” The opening exercises began with the primary department on Thursday and although the evening was very in clement, the auditorium was crowded to its capacity by the parents and citizens and friends of the school. Too much credit cannot be given the teachers who had ' charge and many exclamations of surprise were uttered by those who attended, at the excellent manner in which the young pupils had progressed. It was a worth while exhibition and was highly en joyed by everyone present. Friday night Mrs. Henry A. Bynum with her music class, gave a recital and this was attended by another very large audience. Mrs. Bynum deserves all the credit she has received for such an enjoyable entertainment. Much favorable comment has been given her music class. Sunday morning at 11 o’clock Bish op Penick of the. Episcopal church, Charlotte, delivered a most excellent sermon to the graduating class at the auditorium to a large audience. Monday morning at 10:15, class day exercises took place. This was fol lowed by the commencement address, delivered by Prof. A. M. Proctor, of Trinity College, and at night the high school gave the play, to an audience that was the largest ever seen in the new school building. There were eleven to receive di plomas this year and the average of all of them was up to a high stand ard. Foliowing are those who were in the graduating class: Edward Avent, Carney Bynum, George Brooks, Virginia Connell, Lu dle Farrell, Sadie Johnson, Catherine Johnson, Luman Overacre, Elizabeth Riddle, Effie Thomas, Renard Shan nonhouse. m i NEWS FROM ROUTE NO. THREE. Bear Creek, Rt. 3, May 17.—Mr. Archie Shields departed this life Sat urday afternoon about 4:30 o’clock. He had been sick for about nine months. Surviving are his wife, nine children, five of whom were married. Also seven grand children. We all mourn the loss of our neighbor and friend. Yet we cannot bring him back, but the thing for all of us to do, who are enjoying life today, is to prepare for death, so that when our dear Sa vior calls us, we will be ready to go home to glory. Several from this community at tendd the Bonlee commencement on Wednesday. Miss Bertha Purvis spent Sunday afternoon in the home of Misses Mary and Flissie Kidd. Miss Nellie Williams, of Carthage, spent Saturday night with Misses An ni 4 and Nettie Myrick on route 3. Mr. Fred Brewer and Miss Sadie Wilson, both of High Falls, motored to South Carolina, where they were married on May 4th. BROWN EYES. mm t mm The weather is warming up these days in Chatham and sq is politics. MR. NOOE A CANDIDATE. far Nomination «£ • tslwnfiun Representative Mr. Louie Nooe needs no introduc tion from the Chatham Record. He is a native grown son of the county; a man of some thirty years of age and fully equiped for the discharge of the duties as representative from Chat ham. He is a self willed able mail; good business judgment and capable m every particular of looking after the needs of Chatham county in the next legislature. After Mr. Ray decided not to enter the primary, it was seriously consid ered by a great many citizens who want Chatham to have a creditable representative in the next legisla ture, to select a man that was not in a professional line. There appears to be a great demand for a man other than a lawyer especially. Mr. Nooe was solicited and was reluctant to un dertake the contest, but he has de cided to go into the primary. Mr. Nooe is the son of Capt. Ben nett Nooe, of Pittsboro, and has an nounced himself in this paper as a candidate for the legislature ard says he will fight to win. So far he is the only candidate to announce for the legislature and it is probable that he will be declared the nominee. How ever. we ask our democratic readers to take notice of the fact arid if there should be opposition, we besoeak sup port for ouf good friend Nooe. Do all you can for him, because w* will be proud of his record in the legis lature. FEDERATION AT BUCKHORN. News That Will Interest You From The Truth Neighborhood. Truth, May 19.-—Mrs. J. H. Cotton, her two sons, Witt and J. H. Jr., spent a few days last week with her daughter, Mrs. A. McDougal, of Ham let. Miss Alma Buchanan, of Jonesboro, spent a few days last week with rel atives around Truth. Mr. T. J. Johnson, of Greensboro, spent the week end with Mr. J. T. O’Connell. Miss Mary Lee Utley spent a few days with Miss Clara Cotton. Mr. T. A. Ausley and family are rejoicing over the new lights they have recently installed. We all learn with regret of the accident of little Jay, Jr., Cotton, who was hurt when a mule ran away with him. Misses lola and Norma O’Connell and Esther Ausley and Mr. Aubrey Ausley motored to Jonesboro Satur day . •We are very glad to know that Miss Norma O’Connell is successfully re covering from an attack of acute in digestion. We were very glad to have so many present at Sunday school. We appre ciate the presence of everyone. The Evangelistic Federation com mittee will hold a meeting at Buck horn church Sunday, June Ist at 3:30 o’clock p. m. Hope everyone may at tend. They seem to be doing a great good. j ! * Don’t forget to send that dollar be fore the first of June and get a real-. Chatham paper for a year. THE MEMORIAL® NEW ELAM. Other Local and |||ponal News rom Upper Cape ar Section. New Hill, Rt. was an ideal the annual mem orial service that was held at New Elam Christian church, of which Rev. B; J. Howard is pastor. There were many people present on this occasion; no vacant seats in the church. “All Hail the Power of Jesus Name,” was the opening song. Rev . G. R. Underwood was preseiit and made a talk during the morning service. Mr. W. A. Drake delivered the welcome address. Misses Dora Holt and Swan nie Drake sang a beautiful song about “Mother.” There were a number of recitations by the small children, also several songs. Mr. and Mrs. J. Jeter Hackney sang a duet, which was enjoyed im mensely. Kathleen Noah, a little Miss of Greensboro sang “My Mother’s Bible.” Dinner was served at the noon hour and there seemed to be plenty of it too. Just before the dinner hour the children marched to the cemetery, carrying the flowers. The choir lead the procession, singing an appropriate selection. , In the afternoon there were several interesting talks, among them being ’ Mr. J. B. Whitley, of Siler City, dwelling upon “Service.” The pastor 1 of Shady Grove Baptist church talked for twenty minutes and that time was certainly enjoyed, and there were several others whom the writer did ’ not know, but all the talks were en joyed. , Those buried in the cemetery at this church since our last memorial are as follows: Mrs. Bettie Eubanks* an infant of Mr. and Mrs. Sexton Sauls, Monroe Jones, little son of Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie 1 Jones, Mrs. Effie Williams and Dr. Davis. Memorials were read by Miss Blanche Holt about Mrs. Eubanks and Monroe Jones. ,• _ Mr. and Mrs. Claud Bland, Miss Ethel Goodwin and O. L. Webster, all of Durham, were week end guests of Chatham relatives. - Rev. and Mrs. G. R. Underwood spent Saturday night with Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Drake. v Misses Maggie Bryan and Lila Horton, of Apex, Rt* 4, were week end guests of Mrs. W. R Beckwith. Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Noah and five children, Mrs. Annie Walker and son, all of Greensboro, returned to their home Sunday afar a visit to their aunt, Mrs. Addie Webster. Mr. and Mrs. G. N. Thomas and children, of Raleigh, were recent guests of Mrs. Bettie Thomas. Mrs. Ollie Poe and children, of Dur ham, are guests of their aunt, Mrs. R. F. Sturdivant. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Webster, of Clayton, were recent guests of their parents in Chatham. Miss Rennie Webster spent Satur day with Misses Ometa and Edna Hatley. Miss Rose Sturdivant and Mr. Eu gene Johnson, accompanied Miss Ethel Goodwin to her home in Durham Sun day afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Mann and lit tle daughter, of Raleigh, were Sun day guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Mann. Miss lola Seagroves is the guest of Mrs. W. A. Drake. \ ANOTHER BIG*LIST THIS WEEK. The Record Continues in Ponularity as Being Best Paper Published. We are indeed proud of the list of subscribers that we have to record this week, and we want to publicly thank all of those who have sent us such nice letters and told us verbally during the week how much they ap preciated The Chatham Record. Many have reiterated that The Record is the best paper published in this section of the state, and they substantiate their expressions by giving us subscrip tions. Since we 'published the paper last week, we have received the following names to be entered for subscriptions and we are proud of every one of them: Mrs. E. B. Bailey, B. W. Harris, H. M. Nicholson, John W. Bynum, A. B. Campbell, Dewey Budd, J. T. Dark, M. C. Yow, Z, B. Hicks, W. L. Welch, J. W. Carter, Rufus Harper, L. H. Hilliard, J. M. Oldham, J. L. Sizemore, J. J. Ivey, C. R. Jones,. J. N. Nall, W. C. Gunter, Robert Sea groves, T. R. Green, Mrs. A. W. Daw kins, D. J. Boylan, A. B. Clegg, L. A. - Buchanan, Miss Ruth Bryan, James A. Knight, W. A. Gilmore, Mrs. Sam Hancock, Wade Speagle, H. L. Over man, Carey Griffin, Mrs. J. M. Dis mukes, Miss Dora Welch, A. O. Har mon, W. Sumner, W. M. Buie, J. Minter Johnson, E. E. Phillips, H. S. Parrish, T. fi. Tyser, O, D. Poole, Marvin Mclver, Frank L. Thomas, C. R. Gaines, Miss Mossie Dowd, W. C. Culberson, Van E. Ellis, J. Bailey Gil bert, Mrs. D. L. Wilson, Mrs. C. B. Kirkman, Mrs. T. W. Poe, Rev. C. H. Norris, W. S. Hackney, and Miss Min nie Hackney, as well as three who did not want their names made public. DONT FAIL TO REGISTER. The registration books have been . open for three Saturdays. Next Sat urday, May 24th, they will close. If vou have not registered* it is your duty to do so and take part in the coming primary. Let every lady go to the registrar and get on the books. It will be the last chance and you should not let anything interfere with you about registering. If you fail to register and someone is nominated that you do not approve, you will not | be in position to grumble. It is your j duty to take part in voting. NUMBER 50. RAILROAD WRECK AT APEX. » Six Killed and Eight Wounded—One Expected to Die From Injury. Sunday afternoon about five o’clock Seaboard passenger train, No. 44, commonly known as the Shoofly, go ing north ran headlong into the ex press section of train No. 11 going south at Apex, resulting in the wreck of several cars and the death of six people and the injury of eight others. Only one of ,the dead was white, this being the news butcher on the pas senger train, a young man named Henry Jones, whose home was in Ra eigh. Among the most • seriousiy injured is the engineer of the passenger train, W. G. O’Daniel, of Raleigh. He saw the possibility of a iollision and left the engine, striking his head on a cross tie. Those more severely injured and un der treatment are W. G. O’Daniel, Raleigh, George Cross/ Raleigh, Ike Staten, (colored) Raleigh. Mrs T. V. Gordon, Raleigh, Ed Porter. Raleigh, D. E. Shell, (colored) Raleigh, George Napier, Hamlet, Celia Williams, (col ored) Raleigh. George Cross is an engineer for the Seaboard and was dead head ing to Raleigh and he was at "the throttle for O’Daniel, the regular en gineer, and this is presumed to figure cause of the wreck. Seaboard officials have not determined the real cause of the head-on collision. The trains were scheduled to meet at Apex and pass there, and why the orders were not read correctly is not known. It was an unsightly wreck and distressing in every detail. Many hun dreds i? f P e °P le went there to see it. Traffic was resumed on the road at midnight Sunday. I THAT MAN HENRY A. GRADY An Ideal Judge and Oen That Has Proven His Ability to Chatham. During court week and again on Saturday afternoon, there were sev eral callers at The Record office from various sections of Chatham countv, and it was suggested that a set of resolutions be gotten up by the citi zens and presented to Judge Grady, included among whom were several jurors. The purpose was not fulfilled, but never have we heard so many compliments paid to a judge in all our experience. Jpdge Grady was drat'With all con cemedi ne those who were guilty and he adjusted the judgments to suit the occasion in a satisfactory manner. His ability to administer punish ment so that it will neither injure or deny the fulfillment of the law, is re markable. In a number of suspended judg ments, quite a severe penalty rests upon the defendants, yet it is in a nature that the violators of the law may preserve their liberty if they abide by their opportunity. Judge Grady is the type of man' that will enforce his decisions when those who have been given privileges abuse them, and he knows how to ad •1 us t. sentences to meet demands for justice and yet vindicate the law. His stay in Chatham was a pleasant one, enjoyed by both himself and the citizenship. He was gracious in his re sponse on Saturday afternoon when he stated that he always wanted to be associated with folks when off the bench as plain Henry Grady, and that there was no cause to stand away i because he was a judge. Welcome to our fair county at any leisure time you may have, Judge. A FIDDLERS’ CONVENTION Moncure Local and Personal Happen ings Tersely Written. Moncure, May 19.—Miss Inez Holt, daughter of Mrs. S. V. Holt, is spend ing some time with her uncle, at Ral eigh. Trhe play, “Aunt Jerushy on the War Path,” given last Saturday ev ening in Moncure school auditorium, by the Goldston high school students, was a success in every way. The play was interesting, well presented and had a good moral. There will be a fiddlers convention at Moncure school auditorium next Thursday night, May 22nd. Everybody is cordially invited to be present. Come and enjoy yourselves. Miss Elizabeth Farrell, efficient stenographer for Orrell-Maddox Lum ber Co., spent last week at Yemas see, S. C., putting their books in first class shape and helping them catch up with their work. Mr. and Mrs. M. T. Wilkie and chil dren motored to Durham Sunday af ternoon and brought back little Miss Frances Sue Poe, daughter of D. B. Poe. Messrs W. B. Moore and H. R, Stedman have completed their filling station, north-east of town and it is a nice brick veneered building. It has the proper name—Moncure Supply Company, for they feed the cars, the mule and the man. Miss Mary Olinger, of Sanford, spent last week end with her sister* Mrs. J. E. Moore. We are glad to state that Mr. E. E. Walden, of Haywood, who has been suffering so much recently with rheumatism, is improving. The Presbyterian church of Hay wood is being painted, and it will add a great deal to its appearance. Many from Moncure motored to Apex to view the wreck between No. 44 (Shoofly) and the express section of No. 11. Mrs. R. A. Speed and two little I sons of Mr. A. B. Clegg spent the week end with frierds at Franklinton. -r : ■ ' \ "