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X HIS PAPER HAS THE CONFIDENCE OF NEARLY THREE THOUSAND SUBSCRIBERS AND FIFTEEN THOUSAND READERS EVERY WEEK THAT IT IS PUBLISHED The Chatham Record PUBLISHED SEPTEMBER 19,1878. " vvH Y DECEIVE anyone? Fear School Proposition Smacks * aP t> wire Pulling by Someone. v r sometime the patrons of the / , Truth, Corinth and Brickhaven Cl i°v)i= have made an effort to deciph ?cl e m eans whereby they could con €Vy\\ te a district and secure a stand school, or in some way better Sir facilities to meet the require -1 of that particular foward and Winced section of Chatham county. and sundry suggestions have in made and methods undertaken. recent weeks it was gener ,i-'agreed by practically everyone section to unite on the estab , foment of a junior high school. The Lmerintendent of public instructor *'7veed to give them an election anc a ; en -c]iing was running pretty to tha 4 Li until' county attorney Wade Bai* Sr a rd superintendent of public in~ -f r ction. Reid Thompson made a trip TmJe ~ection in question and inform i Y ie * people in general that this e l'„ -ait be done as it would be illeg £!\’turallv those folks were over .w*mir»*lv disappointed. However £ "w 'the attorney genjfcl and others supposed to know a m opm were expressed that W would be"perfectly legitimate for the people ri) v ote on* the question. Again their o!ea W as presented but they had lit r\e encouragement. > T o\v an election has been called. J. n Mclver has been appointed as reg •,rrar and T. F. Ragland and A. M. y-*rks as poll holders, with the elec p; oun 0 u n I 0 be held on Monday, Septem ber S. 1924. The notice of the elec don is being printed in a paper in the western part of Chatham that has a negligent circulation, recently estab !idied and has no readers whatever ir the territory involved.’ Xow. then, why should this appar erd secrecy nrevail ? Is it an effort to call the election, let the dav pass - an d declare the result u^satisfactory and yet hold to the fact that the dutv Ie in authority was performed ? >e not. There *|s absolutelv little n autocracy in any matter in the general welfare of the peo concemed. is been suggested that perhaps ertisement was sent to the pa th e western part of the coun far removed as possible from trict involved, as ( the paper is edge of Randolph county line, e place of election is on ake and Harnett county line, i of the ill feeling toward The m Record bv little office-hold irely this could rot be the case ( involves a v p ry r mall amount , monetary standpoint and the j does rot cater, to small ac iis should be true it is i put somebody (wt and change •m of procedure, because these >r.rUp in lower Cape F°?r rtainly deserve more c« ns clera- Rn has -been give'* them. It an :hat those in the ?x4 r 4 ass are med to force these good people ee county whether they want )r not. Patience cannot always > r S ITEMS FROM FROSTY. tv, August 4.—Little LovT 1 i a Mann - week w • lunt. Mrs. J. F. Thompson in Hdl. Alma Meacham has returned home near Teer. ° tv r Y visit to her aunt, Mrs. W. A. Oda Fergus mi. of near Miss Ruth Harris last Thuis- T. S. Harris spent last week er sister, Mrs. Ewe P' l tr c ’. S u e n, Emory, and little grand chi’- H-onas Evie Bland T <"i Ppo.bl and spent last Tuesday in P:t P-nth yp + nrned from a visit to. her graiicknoth g Bynum. ter Jerome Durham, of near s Chapel, is visiting friends and in this neighborhood. RUSTIC. dogs IN PITTSBORO. are too many loose dogs sbr ro. Mad dogs have been seen e *al places in the county re am! one or two have been When a dog runs amuck here A’h authoritives generally put tus on the dogs of the street tting a fine on the owners of unless the dogs muzzled jyith the owners. Consequently this is done dogs get scarce, now there are too many worth 's allowed to roam the streets, ■;’ m £ hens nests and making it ous for grown people to go out 1 streets after dark. To put an these backyard night prowlers, Cl *t’zens have banded together ?oing to end the lives of °t tnese dogs by giving them : ° U va * ue y° ur dog, keep 0F readers. ■foh owing good people have sub lo> ’ the Chatham Record dur- D We appreciate ev ot -hem, and welcome the new 3 . am °ng them to our list of Slrt'w a l t * rs ' Mrs ' M - C - Mc ‘ T?- W. L. Goldston, Dr. W. M. ; 0 * u^er Collins, Miles Med- & ny A Arthur D - Teague, C. ■liams B. F. Wilkie, A H. Lon- Hackney, W. J. Blwfc,J. .S-Rwy Clark, S. M. Wfim, -I- B. Fearri on.. CRIMINAL COURT PROCEEDINGS Additional Cases Disposed of Since Last Issue of Record. The following cases were disposed of last week, after The Chatham Rec ord had been printed: Lewis Fox, possession of material for the manufacture of liquor, 12 months on the road. Peeley McClennahan, assault, three months on the road. Thomas Farrar, possession and transporting liquor, six months on the roads. Virdes Headen, Roosevelt Marsh and James Allen, larceny of chickens, property of C. K. Wrenn, costs and six months suspended sentence on roads. William Siler, possession and trans porting whiskey, three months on i roads. William. Siler, carrying concealed weapons, thirty on roads. Alfred Tysor, possession and sell ing wine, not yet sentenced. George Jacobs, continued under form of order. William Mitchell, possession and transportation of whiskey, judgment suspended on payment of costs. W. H. Gilbert, possession and trans porting whiskey, judgment suspended j on payment of the costs. • George Brewer, Son Powell, Cal j Range, Dude Martindale, Carey Stin j son, Vannie Dowd and Tom Dowd. I receiving stolen goods, knowing them | to have been stolen; not guilty as to 1 Dude Martindale and Carey Stinson, Vannie Dowd be confined in Stonewall Jackson Training School for the min-- imum period of time; George Brewer, Cal Range, Son Powell and Tom Dowd pay one-fourth each of the costs and Tom Dowd pay the prose cuting witnesses—E. V. and J. H. Lawrence—the sum of S4OO. j Sam Brown, six months on road. ! Jessie Johnson, assault, fined ( SSO and costs. Eugene Farrar, possession of whis key, judgment suspended on paymer.t of costs. ’ Oscar Thompson, called and failed, judgment ni sci si fa and capias. Romie Chambers, Lonnie Chambers and Merritt Womble, larceny and re ceiving, judgment as to Romie Cham l bers and Merritt Womble that prayer I for judgment be continued and that j they pay the costs and enter into a j bond in the sum of S2OO for their ap pearance at each term of criminal j court held in Chatham and show three I competent witnesses that they have been law abiding. Judgment as to Lonnie Chambers is that he pay a fine of SSO and costs and be confined in the county jail for a period of three ! months and assigned - w>>, work j the roads. Capias and tommitment for jail sentence not to*issue as long as he remains law-abiding and that he further enter into a bond in the sum of S2OO for his appearance at each term of court for two years and show by three competent witnesses that his behavior has been good. Shelley Brooks and Prince Mat thews, larceny, solicitor takes a nol pros as to Slellev Brooks. Prince Mat thews to pay a fine of $lO and costs. John D. Cameron, carrying con cealed weapons, $75. fine and costs. Haywood Walden and Gerald Wal den, assault with deadly weapon, prayer for judgment continued on j payment of costs. i Tommie Scurlock, assault % with ' deadly weapon, prayer for judgment on payment of costs. Bennie Grimes, Jr., assault with deadly weapon, $lO and costs, capias to issue for jail sentence when he be comes not law abiding. Tommie Scurlock, carrying conceal ed weapons, fine of SSO and costs. Bennie Grimes, Jr., disturbing relig ious worship, nol. pros., Harvey' Green and Tommie Scur lock, carrying concealed weapons and assault with deadly weapon, Scurlock not guilty; Green fined SSO and costs. Robert Smith and Percy Palmer, assault with deadly weapon, Smith discharged upon payment of costs; Palmer fined $lO and costs. Bill Jordan, liquor, prayer for judg ment continued until October term of court; bond of SIOO for appearance. Luke Sprewill, assault on female, prayer for judgment be continued up on payment of costs. Jesse James, broken contract, court orders bill of indictment quashed as it does not charge criminal action in same. Claude Beckwith and Ashe Sloan, enticing laborers, not guilty. Bill Judd, liquor, eighteen months on road, appeal to supreme court. Frank Bivens, aiding and abetting in manufacture of whiskey, six months on road. Burgess Webster, liquor, nol pros. Cora Williams, prostitution, two years in jail, capias to issue Septem ber Ist. Erwin Jackson, assault with deadly weapon, twelve months in jail with privilege of being hired out to C. L. Henderson. The grand jury found true bills against the following persons: Harvey Green, Tommie Scurlock, Bennie Grimes, Jr., Jesse James, Luck Sprewill, Cora Williams, Fon Burke, Bonnie Burke, Shelley Brooks, Prince Matthews, Jim Crutchfield, Duncan Thompson, George Gray, Frank Biv ens, Lee Bivens, Dee Fearrington, Percy Palmer, Robt. Smith, W. F. Briggs, E» L. Savage, Herman Ov erton, Jim Harden, Son Rogers and Roy Peoples. Court adjourned on Friday after noon until Monday, when other crim inal cases were heard, before the civil docket was taken up. Next week we will publish a complete list of the remainder of the criminal docket and also of civil actions. PITTSBORO, N. C„ CHATHAM COUNTY, THURSUc , AUGUST 7,1924. ST THE GRAND JURY REPORT. Find County Home, County Offices, Jail and Prison Camps Alright. The grand jury for the criminal term of July court made their report on Thursday of last week and were discharged for the term. The report is as follows: To His Honor, M. V. Barnhill: We, the grand jury, beg leave to make the following rqaort: We have examined and passed up on all the bills presented to us and returned the same. We visited in a body all the county offices and found them well and neat ly kept. The books are well kept and everything about the offices seem to be in good shape. So far as we are able to find the tax money seems to be wise and judiciously spent. A committee of nine visited the county home and found eighteen in mates, nine white and nine colored. They are being well cared for and i seem to be satisfid tnd enjoying their I new home and appreciative for what is being done for them. We also find two mules, seven cattle, sixteen hogs, eleven acres of good corn, five acres of soy beans, garden and truck patch es, all in excellent condition. We find the grounds well kept and the trees within reach of the building has been removed as recommended by the May grand jury. We wish to commend su perintendent and Mrs. Johnson for their excellent *care for these unfortu nate people. We visited the jail in a body and find the prisoners well fed and cared for. We found the jail clean and in a sanitary condition. A committee of six visited the county convict camp and find there are eighteen prisoners, fifteen colored and three white. They have a good location and comfortable quarters. There are seventeen head of stock all of which is in good shape. The prison ers were examined privately and made no complaint of being abused or mis j treated in any way by the superin tendent. We would like to commend Mr. Harmon for his program of road i building in the county. We wish to commend all the county officers for their faithful performance of duty and especially do we com mend sheriff Blair and his deputies for their untiring energy and fearless performance of duty in ridding the ; county of the illicit liquor traffic and we most earnestly ask the cooperation of all law abiding citizens in aiding the officers in the performance of | their duty. We most heartily commend His Honor M. V. Barnhill, judge presiding, in his wisdom and faintess in meting out justice to the criminals and his -endeavor to suppress crime. We most heartily commend solicit or C. L. Williams for his fearless and faithful performance of duty. We do hereby express our most sin cere thanks to the presiding judge, so licitor Williams and all the other court and county officers for the cour tesies shown us and the cooperation given us in our work. , N. J. WILSON, Foreman. NEWS FROM NEAR KIMBOLTON. Pittsboro, Rt. 2, Aug. 4.—Mr. John Clark and family spent the week end' visiting relatives in Greensboro. Mr. George Johnson is spending a while with hife parents, Mr. and Mrs. | S. T. Johnson. Mrs. Ellen Clark spent Sunday with her son, Mr. Walter Clark. Mrs. Lacy Peoples spent the week end with Miss Cora Cockman. .Miss Eulalia Clark spent Monday with her grand mother, Mrs. Ellen* Clark. Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Cockman spent. Sunday with her parents, Mr. and* Mrs. W. H. Ferguson. The revival will start at Emmaus Baptist church Sunday next, August 10th. Dinner will be served on the*’ ground and everybody is invited to come. EASTERN STAIT OFFICERS. # Officers elected and recently install ed by Goldston Chapter O. E. S., No. - 153, are as follows: Worthy Matron—Mrs. J. H. Alex- ■ ander. Associate Worthy Matron—Mrs. J.' H. Tyler. Worthy Patron—Percy Murchison. Secretary—Mrs. P. Murchison. Conductor—Miss Vadie Barber. Associate Conductor—Mrs. Ferrebee Barber. Marshall—Mrs. J. D. Willett. Guard—Budd Ellis. Organist—C. F. Hart. The Chapter meets every 2nd and 4th Tuesday nights in the month. —.f '* mm i m NEWS ITEMS BROWNS CHAPEL. Pittsboro, Rt. 2, Aug. 4.—Miss Vel ner Glosson entertained a few of her friends Saturday night at her home near Manndale. Ice cream was served and all present had a good time. Miss Winnie Belle Goodwin return ed home near Apex, after a visit to her cousin, J. R. Goodwin and friends. Mr. and Mrs. John Goodwin and family are visiting relatives in Ham let. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Thomas and daughter, Rosa, spent Friday in Or ange county. Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Perry, Misses Berta Durham, Anie v Lutterloh and Camelia Henderson spent Friday at Pinehurst and Lakeview. , Mr. John Morris and Dean Poe, Colie Woody and Robert Campbell were visitors at the home of Mr. J. J. Thomas Sunday afternoon. Ml > mm ■ Cotton sold in Pittsboro on Tuesday at 28 cents. A HEAVYjfiIN STORM SUNDAY. Much Dai gb to Crops and to High ways Bridges in Chatham. Saturd light there was consider able rail the proximity of Pitts boro, spj .ing on Sunday morning to section h and west of the county seat. For l* ral hours Sunday morning there a constant, heavy down pour of rain, and the creeks and riv ers suddenly became a roaring mass of flood waters. The road to Siler City, route No 75, was damaged some two thousand dollars worth between Pittsboro and Kimbolton. The top soil was washed away and the approach to bridges left badly damaged, while the crops in this section were damaged fearfully. There was much wind, although not of great velocity, yet it damaged the corn crop badly. The scope of the cloud tended north of Pittsboro and the section between Chatham and Orange counties suffer ed the greatest of any report we have received. Haw river at Bynum rose to within four feet of the high water mark made in the freshet of 1908. Pokeber ry creek, two miles north of Bynum, rose over the concrete highway bridge and Jfehe approaches were badly wash ed away, taking the guard rails with the water and leaving the road sides filled with debris and destroying the low land crops adjacent thereto. At Obeys creek, three miles south of Chapel Hill (Pittsboro road) the fill on each side of the bridge was washed out. - - - The greater damage was done to the bridge, however, at Morgan’s creek, two miles of Chapel Hill. Here the big fill was washed away for a distance of 30 feet on each side of the concrete bridge, and this will block traffic for several days, pending re pairs. Water flowed to a depth of four feet over this bridge and washed completely away the famous old Purefoy’s grist mill that had with stood the freshets and storms for the past 75 years. Two hundred yards be low the concrete bridge stood the county steel bridge in use before the new highway was built, and this steel bridge was washed away. This is the worst storm of rain that has visited this section since 1908, and the damage in money value is far in excess of the former freshet. No serious damage to stock or crops has been reported to this office at the time of going to press on Tuesday. A BIG MEETInVaT BONLEE. Dr. if. D. King, of Sanford, Florida, Will Assist The Pastor. Beginning next Sunday, August 10, a series of meetings will begin at the Bonlee Baptist church, at Bonlee, N. C., and will be continued for several days. Services will be held each day at 3 o’clock p. m., and at 8 o’clock p. m. i ’ The Evangelistic Club of Sanford will hold the meeting on Sunday, the 10th, an all day service being con- graj KEV. F. IK KING. ducted and dinner will be served on . the ground. Rev. F. D. King, of Sanford, Flor ida, will assist the pastor, Rev. J. H. Broom, during the meeting. He has conducted meetings in some of the largest cities in the south with great j success. Everyone will be delighted j with Rev. King, and the pastor and | members of the Bonlee Baptist church , have publish ahi invitation to the people of Chatham county to be- present. Remember the time—beginning on next Sunday, August 10th. CARS TURN SUNDAY. Sunday afternoon Mr. J. M. An drews came very near having a se rious wreck near the home of Mr. Rufus Johnson, when he made too quick a turn to leave the road and r ran off the bridge, the car turning over. His sister, Miss Irena and two other ladies were in the car at the time. Miss Andrews was bu& , quite seriously, it was, thought. She was taken to the residence of Mr. Johnson and friends tried to get a physician but were unable to do so. We learn that the lady was later taken to her home near Riggsbee and that while she is suffering some, she is not in immediate danger. None of the rest of the passengers in the car were hurt aside from the shock. A life without a friend is like a life without a sun. SEE SCRIBE RAPS ON DRUNKENNESS Childrens Day at Buckhorn Quite a Success—Mr. Skipper Injured. Corinth, August 4.—Mr. M. I. El lis and family, of Bonlee, spent Sun day with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Harrington. Two year old Edwin Cross, son of W. H. Cross at Buckhorn, has left i the hospital at Raleigh, but is still un der the care of his doctor. We are in deed glad to say that he will soon be able to come back home. Edwin and Hubert, Jr., will now make their home with their grand mother Harrington. Hays Harrington in his stoical way, usually accepts matters as they pre sent themselves and does not worry about any of them. He is 13 years old. Last week he got mixed up in two Ford shakeups—one tfme he ran through a fence and climbed part way up a big tree before he “came to.” Then he climbed out of what was once a Ford, shook himself, smiled his usual smile and walked on home as unconcerned and undisturbed as tho he had only ran over a com stalk. H. S. Skipper had a serious mishao near Vass on his way home to South Carolina last Saturday night. He was brought back with a broken hand and a badly bruised leg but will not be permanently injured. Harvey says he i was not driving fast and that a big, new truck, with a drunken driver, was passing him (not meeting him) and struck his Ford square in the center. Why are these liquor crazed, human devils, allowed to try to drive cars, and then let off with a small fine, when they strike terror, destruction and death to a peaceful, unsuspecting people on our public highways? In the first place, the wretch can i not obtain his liquor at all when one j half or even less of the people of our land see fit to do ALL THEY CAN to uphold our national and state laws, and stamp out the liquor ' traffic. ! In the second place, the wretch will j think twice before he tanks up and , starts out on his death dealing tirade , if he knew that to be caught under the influence of liquor meant a term on the chain gang. Our present laws ' provide this penalty but our preseiit officers and courts do not often en force it. Children’s Day at Buckhorn church turned out to be quite a success in spite *of the rain and the absence of the superintendent, Mr. Mallie Rol lins. The promised speakers did not all show up, so some “local second, ‘'choices” had •to be worked into the program. We were looking for V. R. Johnson and Daniel L. Bell from Pittsboro, but they did not show up. We can assure these distinguished gentlemen that they sure missed a sumptuous and jdelightful dinner that was spread in the church yard. , Mr. J. E. Gunter, of Durham, whose people all came from this section, was the principal speaker and his talk was splendid. The children came up with their parts in great shape, as they always do, for it was “Chil drens Day.” The surprise to us was the music class, conducted by Mr. Gardner, a music teacher who is now teaching in our community. The sing ing under his leadership was an in spiration. NEWS FROM GUM SPRINGS. ' Pittsboro, Rt. 2, August 4.—80 m to Mr. and Mrs. G. P. Whitaker, July 28tH, a son, William Straughan. Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Hatley, of Ral- aiwLMrst T ?fc W. Herndon, of near Bynum, were' recent visitors at the home of Mr. F. K, King. Mrs. Fannie Abernathy and Misses Eleanor and Alta Hamiltbn, of Wash ington, have been visiting relatives here. Mr. Lee Wright, formerly of this community, but now of Chapel Hill, has returned from a trip to the moun tains of western North Carolina. He was accompanied by Messrs C. B. Wright, Dwight and Gilbert Ray and Roland Blake, all of Chapel Hill. Mrs. C. C. Hamlet and little daugh ter, Cammie, of Pittsboro, and Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Whitaker and Mr. A. F. Whitaker of this community, were visitors at the home of Mr. G. P. Whitaker on Friday. Misses Pauline Wright and Annie Lutterloh spent the week end with friends in Chapel Hill. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Ellington have moved to the residence formerly ac ; cupied by Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Cheek, j Miss Betsy Wright has returned af ter an extended visit to relatives at Chapel Hill. v/u 3r, Sfcraughan and children spent afternoon at Mr. G. P. Whitakers. Mr. and Mrs A. E. Webster and children visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Wright Sunday. Mrs. Walter Ray, of Carrboro, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Perry. Mr. Johnnie Creed entertained a large number of friends Wednesday night home of his parents. Many games were played, after which ice cream was served. Every one enjoyed the occasion very much. Mr. and Mrs. Auburn Meacham and litle daughter, Lula Francis, of near Bynunr, recently visited ;her grand mother, Mrs. F. K. King. FARRELL REUNION POSTPONED. On account of the heavy rain which fell Sunday it drowned out the Far rell reunion, which was to have taken place at Hanks Chapel Christian church Sunday. Some 200 or more braved the weather and came to en joy the day, but the reunion was post poned until the second Sunday in September. , BRICKHAVEN TEAM WINS GAME. Endeavorers Wil! Hold Consecration Meet Sunday—Local and Personal Brickhaven, August 4.—Miss Mary Bland, of Pittsboro, was the guest last week of friends here and at Corinth. Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy, Miss Ruth Kennedy, Master Walter Curtis, Jr., and Miss Annie Utley, spent Saturday afternoon and evening at Carthage and Lakeview. Misses Mabel Thomas and Cordie Harmon, of Pittsboro, spent the week end here with Miss Mary Lee Utley. Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Marks and chil dren, of Acme, arried here Friday in order to be present at the Avent re union which was held at Buckhorn church Saturday. They will be the guests of relatives here for the next few days. Mr. and Mrs. John Morris and two children, and Mr. and Mrs. R.' C. Marks, of Acme, spent sometime here last week with relatives and friends. Mr. Morris is a very intelligent and industrious farmer—one of the “Pro gressive’’ type of farmer—and spends his vacation by taking a motor trip through the rural sections of the state. Both Mr. and Mrs. Morris are natives of Germany and are refined, interest ing people. Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Thomas, Mr. James Thomas and Miss Elizabeth Thomas, of Rt. 2, Moncure, were among the visitors attending the ex ercises at Buckhorn church Sunday. Mrs. Kennedy was leader for the Christian Endeavorers Sunday even ing and under her efficient leadership we had a very interesting hour of service. Next Sunday night will come consecration meeting—and every member is asked to respond at roll call with a Bible verse. Miss Eunice Thompson conducts the meeting next time. The ball season is in full blast now r , so to speak. Our boys played Fear rington team last Saturday, wining with the score of 2 to 11. However, the Brickhaven team lost the game which was playjed on the home dia mond the Saturday before. The score then was 8 to 11 in favor of the Fear rington boys. The team from Bells will meet our team here next Satur day, This seems to be an unfortunate summer for the dogs in this section. Nearly everyone has been sick, and several have died. A valuable bird pup belonging to Mr. C. S. Harring ton; Mr. Dickens also lost a splendid buff collie; Oshkosh, the pretty white collie, belonging to Miss Annie Ut ley, has been almost helpless for more than a doesn’t seem as if the little fellow can Stand it much longer, but he is being carefully tend ed, and we sincerely hope that he m«y recover. Oshkosh is an unusually beautiful collie and a much loved one. . AN OLD LADY SEES A TRAIN. Much Business Prosperity and Social Enjoyment Around Bennett. Bennett, Aug. 4.—Wheat threshing is about over in this section and the report is that the yield has been good. Mr. S. W. Maness probably the largest crop, he having threshed 618 bushels from 33 acres. Others also made good crops. Tobacco and cotton reports are good so far. Corn crops on an average are not so good on account of the rains. Generally speaking farmers are in better shape than they thought they would be earlier in the year. Business among the merchants and the industrial plants is picking up. Mr. Ward has started his sash and door plant and is already making sash, door frames. In fact,, Mr. Ward has installed machinery with which he can finish any material for a house. A baseball league was recently formed here with Bennett, Coleridge, High Falls and Putnam teams. They will play a game each Saturday until September 29th. Bennett will play with Caleridge today at Coleridge; Putnam with High Falls. High Falls will play Bennett here' next Saturday. The Christian church Sunday school motored to Jackson Springs Friday on a Sunday school picnic and made the trip through the peach belt. A nice time is reported. Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Yow and Mr. and Mrs. Monroe Gardner, each have a fine boy at their homes. Mr. Dock Moffitt, who suffered a stroke of paralysis severalyears ago, had another stroke this week which resulted in his death. He was buried Friday at Pleasant . Grove cemetery. Mr. J. T. Brooks, of Brush Creek, accompanied by his wife and mother, visited Mrs. E. S. Phillips Thursday. Mrs.,Brooks is the widow of the late Haywood Brooks. She is at the age of 86 and has been confined to her room for several months, until re cently. This was her first trip out for a long time. The- twenty months old son of Mr. Johnnie Caviness, died ar meningitis on Sunday and was buried at Mt. Zion Methodist church on Monday, July 28. Mrs. Neill Kidd, an aged lady, liv ing one and a half miles of Bennett, never saw the little town or a rail road train (probably saw a freight at Bear Creek several years ago when the old C. F. & Y. V., first came into that section.) She is able to be up and traveling around. Revival meetings are in progress throughout this vicinity, commencing at Tysors Creek and Brush Creek on Sunday. Meetings will begin at Fall Creek on the second Sunday; at Beu lah on the third Sunday and at Ben nett on the fourth Sunday. Rev. W. A. Elam, pastor of the Baptist church at Ramseur, will assist Rev. J. C. Kidd in a ten days meeting a+ the B*»nHst church. BEN—NET. NUMBER 9.