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Established in 1878 by H. A. London.
Entered at Pittsboro, N.C., as Second
Class mail matter by act of Congress.
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Colin G. Shaw, Owner and Editor.
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THURSDAY, 7ULY 31,1924.
! THOUGHT I
I '^ r —FOR TODAY—I
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Gracious, Merciful God.
Thou art a God ready to pardon,
gracious and merciful, slow to an
ger, and of great kindness. —Nehe-
miah 9:17.
OUR OFFER TO THE PUBLIC.
During, the past few months The
Chatham Record has purchased and
now has on file at its office various
and sundry reference books and en
cyclopedias that are invaluable for
research work or to gain informa
tion upon any known subject whatso
ever. Foremost among these are The
New International Dictionary of the
Merriman series and The Home and
School Reference Work, the latter
being perpetual in character, compiled
by more than 200 of the world’s fore
most educators, while the former is
inexhaustive in its sphere.
In addition to these leading influ
ences sor 1 information that cannot
be questioned, we have The American
Dictionary, compiled by the most emi
nent Philologists and contains many
thousands of new words used in mod
em literature, science and art. Then
we have the Universal Encyclopedia
or Ready Reference work by the John
C. Winston Co.
All these books are illustrated
throughout with colored photo en
gravures and there is absolutely no
subject, event historical, or secular
that is not fully discussed and ex
plained in them. These books collected
at various times within the last eigh
teen months have cost several hun
dred dollars, but they are worth the
price to anyone.
Our reason in going into detail
about them is for the purpose of of
fering them to anyone in our terri
tory at any time that they may feel
the need of such work or can use
them for research activity of any na
ture whatsoever. Many school stud
ents or perhaps teachers or profes
sional men could use them at times to
a great advantage, and we offer their
use to you and will be glad for you
to take advantage of the proposition.
Os course we would prefer to keep
them in our office, but in case of an
emergency we would let them go to
the home.
Many folks are perhaps like the
editor of this paper; not having had
th advantage of even a high school
education, much less that of college
it is necessary many times to call
on printed auhorities, and these booKs
referred to are thoroughly reliable
and have never been disputed. One
can depend upon the information se
cured from their pages. As stated
in these columns before, the editor
attended common school but a few
weeks in his youth, being compelled
to work in his earlier life, but ref
erence works, reading current litera
ture continually, as well as the secu
lar press, has been very helpful and
we feel that it has qualified us to a
great extent and we know that these
books will be valuable to someone else.
We offer you the opportunity at
any time to use them that you care
to come to our office and you can
find any information that you seek
from one or the other and the con
clusions given by them is fully war
ranted in every particular.
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EVIL OF ABSENTEE VOTE.
Edward E. Britton, Washington
correspondent of The News and Ob
server, says that more is known in
the capital city about the evils of
the absentee vote and the absentee
voters’ law than in any of the states.
As each election comes along, he says,
there are special organizations which
set to work getting out the absentee
vote. There are democratic organiza
tions doing this and there are repub
lican organizations, and in the cam
paign at hand it is supposed that
fort to have a national organization
tion at the same thing.
Britton says that there is an ef
fort to have a national organizaztion
take our manner of handling the ab
sentee vote in hand.
In our opinion the absentee voters’
law is one of the greatest frauds ev
er perpetuated upon a civilized coun
ty It stands to reason that the “ma
i! n fu y --r,? r , dominating influences,
whether it be in a section ruled by
democrats or republicans, will always
count the absentee vote. They manip
thfl th ® m , att€r L »> that it makes
the average for the faction in charge.
It should be abolished at once If a
man or woman is not sufficiently in
terested in going to the polls to of
fer their will and influence by a vote
they should not be given suffragl’
Til® s J9 k an< J those honestly detained
P° s wou ld be negligent.
a F athy and unconcern among
voter r, however, has reached an
/"Portion and something
fnfhp iff d -° ne ;° * ntere st people more
’ r *•**«■» of their country, wheth
er it be local in nature or of nation-
NortW^ 1 * r The 1920 figures for
JJJL™ Carolina show that for every
100 votes cast there were 86 absen
i?™°™ tay ' at ' hom ? votes in the na
•tion The census of 1920 gave North
Carolina a population of 1,207 174
people 21 years old or older and there
was a population of 207,745 unnat
uralized citizens .21 years old or over.
The number of votes cast in North
Carolina in 1920 were only 538,785.
Therefore, there were 464,224 per-
' sons in North Carolina entitled to vote
who remained at home or were so ,
unconcerned that they failed to go
to the polls. Just how many absen
tee votes were cast among the 538
thousand, there is no record but it
can be figured that at least ten per
cent were cast as absentees. Then
what are we to do about this negli
gence and apathy? No person who is
entitled to vote should remain away
from the polls, regardless of his
political faith; it is only a privilege
but a sacred duty to participate in
the elections. Let’s get busy.
We trust that every Chatham coun
ty citizen, man or woman, who is
entitled to be registered, shall see
that their name is on the registra
tion books at the next election and
cast a vote of their own choice. It
is your duty to yourself and to your
neighbor and we will not have good
government until you do.
IS NOT A CANDIDATE.
Dr. Denson writes The Chatham
Record that he must decline to run
for coroner, and desires this paper to
announce it to the public for him.
Dr. Denson says: “I cannot become
a candidate for coroner, or any other
office. I have neither the time nor the
inclination. I am very grateful for
the honor shown me, and am sorry
that I cannot make the race. For any
thing beyond my every day work, I
am on the shelf.”
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Every day the Raleigh Times pub
-1 lishes articles from its files ten years
backwards. On Tursday, July 24th, it
printed the following: “Chief deputy
collector H. M. London is dff on his
vacation. He and his father, Maj. H.
A. London, of Pittsboro, and his
brother, lieutenatnt London, will visit
the battlefields of Virginia.”
TRIBUTE TO A NEIGHBOR.
Death of a Splendid Woman and Her
Baby at Buckhom Sunday.
Corinth, July 28.—There is a tense
feeling of sorrow and heartache
abroad in our community tonight for
we have suffered an abundant, un
bearable and very untimely loss. It
has come so suddenly and so swiftly
that it is hard to realize as yet. For <
just within the last 48 hours a young,
capable, attractive, Christian mother
and her infant son have suddenly
sickened, died and passed on to their
rich reward, leaving a bereft, heart
broken husband, two small motherless 1
sons, a bereaved mother and father, ,
an only sister, three brothers and a
great throng of sorrowing and sym
pathetic relatives and friends. It is ;
indeed with sorrow and regret that j
we have to chronicle the death of Mrs.
W. Hubert Cross and her infant son.
Mr. and Mrs. Cross were a devoted
couple and had been our next door
neighbors at the Buckhom Power
Plant for the last six years, where
Mr. Cross is employed as an opera
tor. She died at the home of her pa- j
rents, Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Harrington,
at which place the burial ceremonies
were held by her pastor, Rev. Piland.
Mr. Piland’s talk was short but very
touching and most appropriate and
comforting to the many there, bowed
down in sorrow and grief. .
The mother with her babe clasped
in her arm at her side, were placed
in one beautiful, gray casket and laid
to rest in one grave at the small cem
etery on the site of the new Buck
horn church.
At the time Mrs. Cross died, Mr.
Cross was at the Rex hospital in
Raleigh with Edwin, his second son,
who is dangerously sick with colitis.
He reached the bedside of his wife on- i
ly a few minutes before she breathed
her last. Her husband’s sorrow is 1 1
perhaps the greatest, but we can as
sure him that he is not alone in his •
bereavement for all who had com-; .
to know her, admired and respected
her. i
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LOCAL NEWS ORE HILL ONE. ■
Ore Hill, Rt. 1, July 28.—Misses, ]
Gwendolyn and Bettie Phillips, of ;
Greensboro, are visiting this- week
and next, relatives in this section. i
Messrs B. A. Phillips, A. A. Lambe i
and Vernon Phillips motored to ;
Greensboro Saturday, and came back ]
Sunday.
Visitors at the home of Misses Val
lie and Sue Talley Sunday were Miss- i
es Callie Brewer, Ruby Phillips, La
lah and Florence Andrews. * <
Visitors at Mr. D. A. Phillips Sun- ;
day were Mr. and Mrs. Isaac D. Stone, J
Miss Beatrice Welch and Mr. and (
Mrs. W. T. Brewer.
Folks in this section are busy prim-
ing tobacco and curing. |
Miss Flossie Phillips visited rela
tives in Moore county Sunday. ,
Miss Nora Joyce spent last Monday :
night with Miss Vallie Talley. ,
Mr. and Mrs. Colon Yow called in -
at Mr. W. M ; Joyce’s Saturday night. ,
_ Mrs. Fannie Lambe has been very .
sick. We are very glad to state that j
she is improving.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Grubbs, of Win
ston-Salem, visited their parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. P. Grubbs, Sunday.
news from^sanfordlTve.
Sanford, Rt. 5, July 28.—Misses
Nellie and Dallie Woody spent Satur
day night and Sunday with Miss
Mary Dixon.
i Mrs. Rena Johnson spent a part of
j last week with Mr. H. D. Johnson.
' Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Johnson and
family spent Wednesday afternoon
with his brother, Mr. W. R. Johnson,
i Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Johnson, Mrs.
Rena Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Bird
motored to Durham Sunday afternoon.
■ M. Joe Campbell spent the week end
' with his daughter, Mrs. Carrie Eu
’ banks, near Moncure.
1 , Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Ray spent a
> while with her mother and father,
5 Mr. and Mrs. Joe Campbell Sunday.
‘ i Mr. Joe Campbell spent Thursday
■ 1 night with his daughter, Mrs. Lizzie
* Johnson.
T f Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Smith spent
* Saturday night with their son, Mr.
■ Marvin Smith.
1 Mr. and Mrs. Alvis Pendergrass
1 spent Friday night with his mother,
' Mrs. A. L. Pendergrass.
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. Barnum said there was one born
i every minute, but the successs of get- j
. rich-quick schemes inclines us to the •
* belief that the birthrate is increasing. I
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There are no teachers’ pets in the
school of experience.
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Luck isn’t everything, but it’s an
item to be considered when added to
hard work.
Don’t scold if the garage bill is
high. It may include the grease rub
bed on the cushions.
So many people are working for
peace these days that they are begin
ning to fight over^it.
No community is going to go for
ward so long as some of its citizens
continue to go backward.
“Try it for six days in your home,”
says an advertisement for saxaphones
—and lose your home, neighbors and
friends.
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The new books on etiquette seem to
answer every question except whether
it is etiquette to read books on eti
quette.
The fellow who opposes a public im
provement is often among the first
to compliment it when he finds that it
is popular.
The neighborhood busybody is called
a snoop, but the person who gets paid
for the same thing is called an in
vestigator.
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It was president Grant who first
used the words, “Let no guilty man
escape,” It was a big order for his
day, much less in present times.
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Will Run in Second Primary.
Mrs. Miriam Ferguson, wife of the
impeached governor of Texas, in a
statewide primary Saturday, ran sec
ond for the nomination of governor of
that state, she receiving 72,419 votes,
her highest opponent 91,155. She will
run in the second primary.
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BRING US YOUR CROSS TIES,
Chickens, eggs, hams and shoulders
and side meat. We pay highest cash
prices. Connell *& Johnson.
DON’T KEEP YOUR PICTURES hid
away, have them framed at Brooks &
Eubanks.
FOR RENT—3 room house and 20
acres of land near Pittsboro. See
Annie Scurlock, Pittsboro. ltp
NEW LOT TRUNKS and Suit Cases
at Brooks & Eubanks; trunks from
$5.00 to $18.00; suit cases $1.50 to
$8.50. It.
BABY CARRIAGE FOR SALE—
Cheap. Mrs. George Brewer, Pitts
boro, N. C. • ts-c
OUR STOCK OF MERCHANDISE
is replenished often, and we’ll keep
the best, try us and see. Brooks &
Eubanks.
JUST RECEIVED TWO SOLID Cars
sweet feed of the very best qual
ity, one car timothy hay and two cars
oats expected daily. See us, we have
the goods at reasonable prices. Con
nell & Johnson.
RIDE THE EASY WAY—Take the
mail route. Good seats. Beats the
train and cheaper. Fare from Siler
City to Durham $1.50; Pittsboro to
Durham, $1.00; Pittsboro to Chapel
Hill, 50c.; Pittsboro to Siler City 50c.
W. T. Johnson, contractor.
WILL PAY sl.lO CASH FOR A FEW
hundred bushels corn delivered to
our store. Connell & Johnson.
FOR RENT OR SALE old county
home farm. See J. A. Woody, Rt.
2, Pittsboro, or call at Record office
for information.
IF YOU HAVE LAND TO SELL we
are in a position to help you if
you will write us giving description
of the farm, lots or business property
you wish to sell. Address Mr. Land,
care of Chatlrtsm Record, Pittsboro,
N - C. ts.
SECOND HAND INTERNATIONAL
8-horse power gas engine for sale
Inquire at The Record office. ts
MONEY TO LOAN—We have $50,000
to loan to the farmers of Chatham
county within the next ninety days
at 5 1-2 per cent interest and from 1
to 33 years time. Chatham Realty Co
V. R. Johnson, secretary, Pittsboro ts
SEND ORDERS*~FOR JOB PRINT
ING of all kinds—letter heads! en
velopes, etc., to the only exclusive
shop in the county. We are equippen
or - ers promptly and at
reasonable prices. Paragon Press
Siler City, N. C. ts
FOR QUICK REPAIRS on motors or
tire», and general repairs to vour
car, go to the Square Filling Station
Also gas, oil, tires and accessories*
We answer trouble calls at anv time
and ex ? ert mec hanic to your
assistance any time. your
FOR SALE—Fine Pedi e-rep
Pigs, 3j months old, $lO to sl2 50*
llplgppffi
present ?fme b^expecT
I ust ym g“ gain around the first of Aue£
Uiven Xen e T r ’ amp,e notice willfe
1&- b" Nooe, Vittsboro”*' 61 ' “
Education Invaluable
L a wi for the liberal education of
youth are so extremely wise and use
-1 ful that, to a humane and generous
1 mind, no expense for this purpose
> would be thought extravagant
'I Auction Sale!! ||
I Saturday, August 2, at 10 A. H. |
I 1 Ml We Offer Our Entire Stock of j|l
II j
Shoes, Dry Goods I
jj And Notions |j
|J to highest bidder. We are discontinu- jj
ing handling dry goods and shoes and I i
want room for our big stock of I
IPall Hardware I
Come and buy high class merchan- 1
dise at your own price.
Connell & Johnson.
j H. T. HORNADY, Auctioneer. jj!
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|3 While riding on a train recently William Wrigley, of j ;
< * chewing gum fame, was approached by a man who ad- < -
3 I dressed him thus: “Pardon me, Mr. Wrigley, but do you 3 3
31 know you’re wasting money?” Mr. Wrigley, always anx- ];
<; ious to learn anything about his own business, asked in o
1 > return: “How ?” ! J
Z . “Why in advertising,” the man replied. “Your product ;;
| is so well known now you don’t need to advertise.” “My <[
o good man,” Mr. Wrigley answered him, “do you know 3>
3! what would happen if we were to cut the engine off from J 3
3! this train?” 3;
J “The train would coast along for a while and then stop, . * < ■
| I suppose.” “Exactly,” replied Mr. Wrigley, “and that’s 3 3
just what my business would do if I cut off my news- j J
;; paper adevertising. Newspaper advertising is the engine < ►
< > that furnishes the motive power for my business.” !3
3 3 Mr. Advertiser—nearly three thousand homes—with ; [
J 3 an average of five people to the family—or approximately j:
<> fifteen thousand Chatham Record readers are the grades 1 >
31 you negotiate by the persistent and continuous use of 3!
3} the engines—advertising columns—The Chatham Record j [
;; whose vast army of readers you cannot afford to ignore.
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Another Fish Story
Scientists have discovered a fish
that shouts, and are likely to receive
praise and fame for doing so. Now
what would we say of a plain fisher
man who reported such a discovery?
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A Self-Medicator
Francis Bacon, the phii o sope r
another self-medlcator. When it L*
he would ride out in an o
with bared head to receive the ben
fit of irrigation, as he put it Ue *