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The Chatham Record
ESTABLISHED SEPTEMBER 19, 1878.
s T 0 THAT SCHOOL DECEIT.
. T o Have Been Complication
Ap! of Decisions by State Officers.
• as t week we enumerated some of
V trials and tribulations of the |
'f'i'ool patrons in lower Cape Fear
as t 0 the P r °P° sed sch ° oli
iwtfon for the consolidation of dis
and the establishment of a jun- j
'‘r hi°-h school at or about Brickhaven ;
which an election had finally been j
called. . , , ,
>wce that issue we have had a con
ve Nation with superintendent Reid
; , o roson. Mr. Thompson has in his
mo session a letter written by A. T.
‘V’en, the state superintendent of
-v-bHc instruction, to Mr. T. B. Bray,
Chairman of the local board of educa
tion. dated July 14, in which he says:
• I call attention to section 73-a of
r ,l e new school code, which requires,
•reparation for a county wide plan be
fore consolidation of any kind can
take place.”
Mr. Thompson has another letter
iated July 24, in answer to a letter
i'e had writen to James S. Manning,
attorney general of the state, after
Jhe Allen letter had been received.
The Manning letter says: “This office
has ruled that since the new’ school
eode became effective, consolidation
of new school districts in the county
must be in accordance with section
73-a of the code.”
So it appears that the call for the
election consolidating Truth, Cross,
Corinth and Brickhaven is proper in
every detail but lacks considerable au
thority as to whether it will operate
or not. Mr. Thompson evidently is
ivithin his rights of decision from first
to last and will no doubgt be upheld
in it. It appears that he acted on the
best of motive, and it would be far
better to stay the matter until some
thing definite can be accomplished.
As to the placing of the advertis
ing in a Siler City paper this seems
to have been done by county attorney
ey Wade Barber at the suggestion of
the county commissioners. This in it
self would make the election illegal,
because the school code plainly says
that the advertisement must be insert
ed in some paper generally circulated
in the territory involved. It is rather
a small thing to take up, but the prin
ciple is of great magnitude and thor
oughly demonstrates that Wade Bar
ber i stoo small a man to hold public
office. If animosity and hatred will
force a man to do little things of this
kind that would jeopardize the best
interests of a good people, then he is
not suitable to represent them.
This same man Barber is now on
the ticket to offer Tor the next leg- ;
islature and the folks will do well to
remember these things when it comes
to voting next November.
The opinions offered by the state
officers in the letters quoted must
have been in variance with the verb
al opinions expressed or else there was
a misunderstanding as to statements
made by ’them to the Corinth folks.
At any rate the folks in the pro
posed district are wasting time to
register and vote because the prop
osition will never operate. The Rec
ord regrets this because this paper
was thoroughly in accord with the un
dertaking and was anxious for the
plan to be carried out.
MARRIAGE* RAY.
Becomes Bride of James Lester Wall
Make Home at Ledgerwocd.
A marriage which came as a sur
prise to many friends occurred
at the home of Mayor and Mrs. A. C.
Ray on Monday morning, August 4th,
1924, at 9 o’clock, when their daugh
ter, Miss Evelyn Ray, became the
bride of Mr. James Lester Wrl 1 for
merly of the Extension Staff of State
College, but now a member of the
faculty of Patterson school for boys
at Ledger wood, near Lenoir.
The home was artistically decorated
for the occasion, green pi e being
combined with yellow and white flow
ers.
Just before the ceremony “Souve
nir was softly rendered on the piano,
followed by “At Dawning” which was
very sweetly sung by Mrs. Henry A.
Bynum.
Wearing white, accompanied by
Miss Emily Thompson in a peach-col
ored dress .and hat, the maid of hon
or > Miss Lillian Ray, then entered to
Lie strains of “The Bridal Chorus,”
vearing a dainty frock of yellow with
- lut to match. The bride, becomingly
gowned in a handsome gray crepe
‘ ress, with accessories to match, then
entered with the groom, standing un
‘er a white wedding bell, before a
bank of pine, in front of which the
bride’s pastor, Rev. Jonas Barclay,
awaited them. The impressive ring
ceremony of the Presbyterian church
'vas used.
Immediately after the ceremony,
Mr. and Mrs. Wall left for a motor
trip to Blowing Rock and other places
in western North Carolina, Mrs. Wall
was wearing a traveling dress of
Mack with blue and gray trimmings.
. The bride is a young lady of charm
]ng disposition and was educated at
‘ ea <~e Institute. She taught in the
graded schools of Lillington last year.
.. Mr. Wall graduated at North Caro
nna State College and has been con
nected with the college Extension
c.m k since that time.
many friends of Mr. and Mrs.
a > wish for them a most happy
beaded life.
LEFT FOR NEW YORK.
Miss Bessie Caviness, of Siler City,*
Miss Cordia Harmon of Pitts
'<>r°’ left by motor car for New York
v buy their fall and winter goods.
J:- bom Dark was the chauffer on
occasion.
MISS HARRIS WINS PRIZE.
Given Six Months Subscription as
Winner in Puzzle Contest.
Miss Ruth Harris, Rt. 1, Bynum, N.
C., is awarded the prize of six months
subscription to Record
Iby Joe Snyder. Miss Harris sent in
the best prepared solution of all of
j them, having drawn a splendid dia
gram of the sign, painting it in blue
; background and making the letters
j white, with the correct title, which is
as follows:
I Parking |
A number of young people an
swered this puzzle. There were 29 an
| swers in all and every one of them
j had the wording correct: “No Park
j ing.” Samuel Gunter, of Fayetteville,
j was another young friend that had
i drawn a good design and painted it
J but he made the lettering red in
! stead of white. The drawing was not
! necessary to an answer but the
; scheme appealed to Snyder and the
I award is made on preparation and
i arrangement. Miss Oda Ferguson, of
j Teer, deserves mention also. She sub
| mitted a diagram but the background
j was left white, encircled with a blue
. marking.
I We appreciate the great interest
■ that is being taken by the young folks
i in tese contests and we shall offer an
other one in our next issue.
NEWS FROM CAROLINA SECTION
Cumnock, Rt. 1, August 11.—As I
have seen nothing from Carolina in
sometime I will write a few news
itmes for The Record.
Mr. C. G. Sharpe is now ready to
move into his new store. He has just
completed an ice house and is keep
ing ice at all times. Mr. Sharpe has
also made arrangements for a bar
ber shop.
A prayer meeting has been organ
ized and a meeting is held every Sun
; day night at 7:30 o’clock. Large
' crowds assemble and great interest
is being manifested.
Protracted meeting will begin on
the third Sunday afternoon and will
continue for one week. Services will
be held at 3 o’clock in the afternoon
and at 7:30 in the evening. We hope
all that can, will conie and have a
good meeting. The Evangelistic Club
from Sanford will be there all through
the meeting.
The next term of school will be
taught by Mr. Clyde Stinson as prin
cipal and Miss Nellie Stinson, as as
sistant. We are glad to have these
splendid young people to come into
our midst.
We miss Mr. and Mrs. G. N. Smith,
also Mrs. Georgia Blair at Sunday
school. We hope they will soon be
well and back with us.
Mrs. W. H. Gilmore is on the sick
list. We hope she will soon be out
again.
Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Burke were in
Carolina community Saturday after
noon shopping.
Mr. A. F. Gunter has had his sis
ter visiting him. He had not seen
them in ten years.
Capt. F. M. Farrell has been on his
summer vacation and went to see his
son in Moore county.
ZEKE.
HAD RELAPSE.
One day last week Mr. David Wom
ble received a message from the fam
ily of his son, Mr. Cleveland Womble,
stating that he was seriously ill. < It
will be rememberd that about nine
weeks ago Mr. Womble was serious
ly hurt when he was hit on the head
by a heavy weight which incapacitat
ed him from work for several weeks.
Mr. Womble recovered sufficiently to
spend awhile here and returned home
about three weeks ago.
On receipt of the message Mrs.
George Meyers and Miss Margaret
Womble, his sisters, went to Dunn td
be at the bedside of their brother. Mr
Womble grew better and is now con
valescing. As soon as he is able he
will go to a specialist in Richmond to
be treated. __
GETTING RID OIT MOSQUITOS
There is no breeding places in Pitts
boro for mosquitos except through
the weeds in back lots. The mayor of
Sanford has issued orders to the ef
fect that all weeds in back lots must
be cut down. The Record notices that
in one back lot within 100 feet of the
business section of Pittsboro, weeds 12
feet high are allowed to grow. An
ounce of prevention is worth its
weight in gold. The above is only a
hint. |
OUR NEW SUBSCRIBERS.
During the past week we have had
the pleasure of entering the names of
the following good people on our sub
scription list: _
W. A. Gilmore, Fred Stedman, T.
A. Ausley, J. A. Jones D. D. De-
Gratfenreidt, C. R. Beal, James Par
do J W. Bowman, Allison Norwood,
MrsW. S. Burt, Willis G. Horton,
and Miss Ruth Harris. u
PITTSBORO, N. C., CHATHAM COUNTY, THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 1924.
CRIMINAL COURT PROCEEDINGS
Adjournment Called on Thursday Af
ternoon—No Civil Actions.
Superior Court for Chatham county
adjourned late Thursday afternoon,
August 7th, after continuing through
the week with the criminal docket, all
the civil cases having been continued
by the court.
In the ten days that the court was
in session seventy-five cases were dis
posed of by solicitor Clawson L. Wil
liams, despite the great amount of
time consumed by lawyers on frivo
lous argument. This is a splendid rec
ord, an average of seven and a half
cases each day. Very few solicitors
could have accomplished this fact, es
pecially with a new judge on the
bench.
Some provision, should be made by
the legislature to prevent lengthy ar
guments by attorneys on frivolous af
fairs, thereby wasting the money of
tax payers who assume the costs of
the courts. At present arguments are
limited to two hours only, but in a
great many instances only ten min
uets would be required. The solicitor
offered to submit some of the cases
tried, but this was declined by coun
sel for defense.
There is a significant fact, however,
to the record of Clawson Williams as
solicitor. That is, more money has been
paid to the school fund in Chatham
county since he has been solicitor than
has been paid out by the commission
ers in the insolvent list.
Judge Barnhill, although a young
jurist, holding his second court at
Pittsboro, favorably impressed the cit
izenship as well as the court officers,
and it is fully believed that experience
on the bench will ripen, him into a
most excellent presiding official.
Since our last issue and to the close
of court, the following cases were dis
posed of:
Claude Hicks, liquor, not guilty.
Eddie Alston, liquor, continued.
Henry Fletcher, Roy and Ricks
Rogers, larceny, Henry Fletcher giv
en six months in jail; Roy Rogers and
Ricks Rogers, judgment continued on
payment of costs. Both gave SIOO
bond each for appearance at January
term of court to show good behavior.
J. R. Gilbert, Albert Terry and
Charles Terry, trespass; continued to
next term.
Joe Brooks, liquor, continued to
next term.
Dunkin Thompson, liquor; continued
to next tenq.
Jim Harden, driving auto reckless
ly; bill of indictment ordered quashed.
Defendant was held under bond to ap
pear at October term oreourt; **
Charles Purvis, driving car while
intoxicated, capias and continued.
J. A. Lanier, defrauding; capias and
continued.
Lee Bivens, violation prohibition
laws, capias and continued.
Lee Bivens, second case, violation
prohibition laws, capias and contin
ued.
Dee Fearrington, driving auto while
intoxicated, capias and continued.
Joe Meacham, assault on female,
not guilty.
Dan Oldham, larceny, not guilty.
John Watson and Hattie Mills, forn
ication and adultery, court withdrew
juror and mistrial ordered and case
continued to next term of court.
Josiah Gilliland and Henry Gilliland,
larceny, judgment continued and bond
of SSOO required for appearance at
October term of court court.
Frank Bivens, liquor, six months on
road; allowed to October term to be
gin sentence. Bond for SIOOO. required
for his appearance at camp.
Alfred Tysor, wine for purpose of
sale, fined SIOO and costs. Capias to
issued at request of solicitor.
Jim Crutchfield, liquor, continued
for term.
George Gray, affray, continued for
term.
Tom Burke, liquor, continued for
term.
Elmer Perry, liquor, continued for
term.
Viede Headen, larceny, three months
on county roads.
Roosevelt Marsh, larceny, three
months on roads.
James Allen, larceny, three months
on roads.
Joe Siler and Henry Gilliland, tem
porary larceny, nolo contendre, prayer
for judgment; a bond of SSOO each for
their appearance at the October term
of court was required. This is the
case in which defendants were charg
ed with the temporary larceny of the
automobile of Miss Walters.
Charlie Miller and Bessie Mills, for
nication and adultery, not guilty.
Next term of court will convene in
Pittsboro on October 20th and Judge
M. ,V. Barnhill will again preside.
i— i» am-..
NEWS NOTES FROM FROSTY.
Frosty, August 11.—The men folks
are rebuilding the bridge on Terrells
Creek that was washed away Sunday.
They hope to complete it soon. This
misfortune caused the postponement of
Cedar Grove meeting until the third
Sunday in August.
Mr. John Strowd, of Cooleemee, Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Mann and daughters
Catherine, Elizabeth and Mary, of
Greensboro, visited in the home of C.
H. Strowd Sunday. .Mrs. Mann and
daughters are visiting friends in the
community this week.
Mr. Matthew Snipes has been on
the sick list, but we are glad to note
that he is much improved.
Mrs. R. W. Morgan and children
visited Mrs. C. H. Strowd Monday.
Mesdames W. A. Snipes and T. S.
Harris visited Mrs. F. M. Mann Mon
day afternoon.
Misses Lou Pearl Mann and Lau r a
Harris spent Tuesday with Mrs. K.
H. Hackney.
i _ RUSTIC.
ROAD FORCE HAS VACATED.
£?
More Work Needed in ’ er Cape I
Fear—Local and Pd lal.
Corinth, August 11.-; o-’rs. E. F.
Drewery, and children 4? & Mr. and
Mrs. S. W. Harringtop . / ent Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. M. I. illis at Bon
lee. From there Mrs. ywery will re
turn to her home i ,’lifton Forge,
Virginia.
W. H. Cross and two boys, Hu
bert, Jr., and Edw' .* Accompanied by
his mother, Mrs. • & W. Cross, and
his sister, Miss Carrie Lee Cross,
spent Sunday with his sister, Mrs. E.
A. Rollins in Duncan.
Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Buchanan and
family, spent Sunday attending a re
union of the descendants of Mrs. H.
S. Buchanan at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Merriman Harrington,
; at Holly Springs.
J. D. Mclver spent Sunday attend
ing the Buchanan reunion at Holly
1 Springs.
The county road workers have
’ moved out. We surely hope it is not
for good, for they did not do two
thirds of the work that Mr. Wilson
‘ had laid out for them to do. We are
looking for them back just as soon
• as the flood damage in the upper end
1 of the county is completed.
1 A four-day meeting was held at
1 Buckhom church last week, conducted
1 by the pastor, Rev. Piland, assisted
' by Rev. Hendricks, of Lillington.
Some splendid sermons were preached
; and the people attending thoroughly
' enjoyed the meetings and profited
' much thereby.
’ Mr. J. M. Jeffries who has been
8 sick, is much improved.
1 Messrs J. A. Jones, Monte Yearby,
and Misses Gertrude Yearby and Kate
8 Hamilton, all of Raleigh, spent the
■ week end with Mr. and Mrs. Frank
M. Nash at Buckhom.
We have been accused by some of
writing the editorial in the last week’s
5 1 Record, concerning the school prob
!! lem down here in our section. We
8 i highly appreciate the confidence that
| i these good people seem to have in
‘ our ability as an editorial writer, but
[ we hasten to say that not being the
! editor of the paper we do not write
j its editorials or in anyway direct its
8 editorial policies. However, we do
| think that it was a blunder to put the
8 * school election in a paper that, so
j far as we know, does not come to
■; our community at all, and further we
'think that this was done at no sug
gestion at all from Mr. Thompson,
■ and still further we do not think that
I Mr. Barber is in any way opposed to
our school election.
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REUNION OF GRIFFIN FAMILY.
Editor Record: —Friday, August Bth,
i the relatives and friends gathered at
the home of Mr. Bob Griffin to cele
brate the birthday of Mrs. Betty
i Griffin, being her seventy-fourth an
| niversary. Mrs. Griffin is a . wonder
i ful person, full of life and vigor. Be
[ fore her marriage she was Miss Bet
, ty Bland, daughter of William Bland
I In 1866 she was married to Mr. T.
J. Griffin, son of William Griffin. To
! this union was bom seven children,
five boys and two girls.
Mr. Griffin has been dead near twen
ty-five years. .»
, Mr. C. E. Griffin, oldest son, who
lives in Ford Cliff, Pennsylvania,
; i came to attend the celebration. With
I him were his wife and Mr. and Mrs.
• Frank Camp. The other children pres
• j ent were Mrs. Jesse Franks, of Ral-
I. eigh, Mr. Bob Griffin* and Mrs. Mc-
I Clure, of Graham. Seven grand chil
' dren were present.
1 J Several nieces and nephews also
' attended. They were: Mrs. Ernest
i j Dark, Mrs. Jeter Griffin, Miss Mary
I Griffin, Mr. Coley Griffin, Mrs. Robert
’ Moore, Mrs. Ed. Hinton, Mrs. Cook
and Will Bland. "
“ The spacious table was laid on the
porch. It was loaded with foods of ev
' ery description: meats, cakes, pies,
j sandwiches, pickles, and many other
; things. The weather being so warm
| the lemonade and iced tea was greatly
i relished by all.
I The lovely birthday cake was placed
in center of table in the dining room.
It was banked in green and white,
on top of the white cake gleamed
seventy four pink candles.
The many nice gifts received show
I the love and high esteem in which
: Mrs. Griffin is regarded. Everyone
! who knows cousin Betty will agree
“that to know her is to love her.”
Late in the afternoon the many
relatives and friends departed, wish
ing her manv more happy birthdays.
ONE WHO ATTENDED.
RELAYING OF CORNER STONE.
Siler City, August 11. —The front of ;
Wrenn Brothers store, under repairs ;
was tom out this morning, and the ;
comer store was found to contain in ,
perfect condition the many documents •
placed therein 22 years ago, the 7th
of last May.
The metal box contained photo
graphs of members of the firm, a
written sketch of same, a small testa- i
ment and a number of state papers of ]
current date. Os special interest was i
a copy of The Messenger, that being ]
the local paper of that time edited l
by W. F. Morris, a small four page c
publication, only two pages of which t
were printed in the home office. t
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MISS JEWEL SMITH MARRIED.
r
Siler City, Rt. 1, August 11. —The i
many friends of Miss Jewel Smith, c
attractive daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 1
R. D. Smith, were surprised to learn
of her marriage to Sidney Williams, i
the ceremony occurring at the home \
of friends at Nashville, where Miss i
Smith had gone for a visit. i
BILLY WRIGHT IS MARRIED.
Short Paragraphs of Interesting News
About Friends at Siler City.
Siler City, August 9. —Friends here
were surprised Friday night when
William M. Wright, better known as
“Billy” returned with his bride, the
wedding having occurred Thursday
night at York, S. C. Mrs. Wright was
before her marriage, Miss Myrtle De
rie Penniger, daughter of Mr. and Mrs
W. F. Penniger, of Charlotte. They
were accompanied here, where they
will ive, by Mr. and Mrs. J. Ed
Wright of Charlotte.
Mr. and Mrs. Everett Brady, of
Siler City, Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Amick
and G. L. Amick, of Burlington, and
Claude Spoon and family, of Lioerty,
have returned from a camping trip
to Lake Waccamaw, near Wilmington.
Mrs. George J. Gilliland and son,
Max, have returned from a visit to
relatives at Greensboro.
The Farmers Gin Company are in
stalling a third gin in their plant, the
addition being made necessary on ac
count of the expected increase in bus
iness this fall.
Work on the remodeling of
Brothers store building is well under
way and will be rapidly pushed to
completion. For the present the firm
have moved their stock into the new
room adjoining which will be also oc
cupied by it for its future enlarged
business.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence E. Brady
and little son, Billy Dalton, are spend
ing several days at Norfolk as the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Wilson.
F. Foster Williams, of Biscoe, vis
ited friends here recently.
Tom Dark and Miss Bessye Cavi
ness, accompanied by Miss Cordie
Harmon, of Pittsboro, left Friday by
motor for a trip to New York.
Mrs. Dewey Fox and daughter, Do
ris, are spending some time with rela
tives at Chapel Hill and Durham.
Mrs. M. M. Fox and daughters, Ev
elyn, Jenny Lind and Mary Newlin,
and Miss Louise Marley have returned
from a trip to Raleigh, where they
visited relatives.
Charles Andrew, of Mt. Airy, was
here this week on a visit to his pa
rents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Andrew.
Lynn Durham, of Burlington, is the
guest this week of Max Gilliland.
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Carrick, of New
port News, Va., are here to visit Mrs.
Carrick’e parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A.
Teague.
Mrs. R. F. Paschal and children
have returned from a visit to rela
tives at Winston-Salem.
* Guests of Mrs. J. W. McAdams are
her daughters, Mesdames S. J. Black
burn, of Summerfield, H. W. Coble, of
Burlington, and Misses Nancy and
Lola Carolyn Reed, of Charlotte.
Mr. and Mrs. N. R. West, of Dur
ham, were guests this week of Mr.
W. S» Durham.
’Miss Doris McKennie, of Louisburg,
is the guest of Miss Sallie Ferugson.
W. S. Durham agd family are to
day visiting relatives at Asheboro,
and attending a reunion of the Kearns
family.
Mr. and Mrs. Hobart Stout and lit
tle daughter, of Camp Eustis, Virgin
ia, are guests of his mother, Mrs. Hat
tie Stout.
Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Elkins and sons,
Karl and Hal, visited Dr. and Mrs. J.
D. Gregg, who are camping at Lake
view, Thursday, returning late that
night after a visit through the peach
orchards.
Miss Mary Moore Dorsett is spend
ing her vacation at Norfolk, Va.
RECEPTION BRIDE* AND GROOM.
More Than Hundred and Fifty Friends
Greet Them During Evening.
Siler City, Aug. 9.—A reception
was given by Mr. and Mrs. W. S.
Durham Thursday evening, honoring
their son, Mr. Lee B. Durham and his
bride, who was Miss Bettie Louise
Collins, of Middleburg, the wedding
having occurred on July 30.
The home was most attractively
decorated with a profusion of ferns
and golden glow, this color scheme of
yellow and green being eeffectively
arranged throughout the entire house.
Receiving the guests were Mrs. Ju
nius Wren and J. Q. Seawell, Junius
Wren introducing them to the receiv
ing line, composed of Mr. and Mrs.
W. S. Durham, Mr. and Mrs. Lee B.
Durham, Mr. and Mrs. Hobart Stout,
Mr and Mrs. Clyde Fore.
Delicious refreshments were served
by Misses Nell Perry and Annie Sell
Brooks, the guests being directed by
Mrs. W. H. Hadley after which they
wpro bidden good night by Mrs. «LB.
Marley.
Mr. Durham has always been one of
Siler City’s most popular young men
and more than one hundred and fifty
friends called during the evening to
meet him and his bride, who is one of
eastern Carolina’s most talented and
attractive women.
THE BRIDGE GAVE WAY
The bridge over the race which
furnishes water to run the electric
plant at Lockville, gave way last Sat
urday night about one o’clock. The l
plant shut down to make some minor
repairs and after the water had
drained from the channel, the founda
tion to the abutments gave way and
the bridge was precipitated to the
ground, some fifteen feet below.
The bridge was guarded during the j
night to prevent anyone from being
injured and work was commenced at
once by the highway commission to
have it repaired.
The bridge was completed late last
night. Traffic has been diverted by
way of Woodwards bridge since the
accident to Sanford and also that go
ing north from Sanford. , ~
DEATH OF MR. GUS WOMBLE.
Passing of a Splendid Young Man,
Son of Mr. David Womble.
Mr. Gus Womble, son of our towns
man, Mr. David Womble, and a most
prominent resident of Sanford, died -
late Sunday afternoon near Fairmont
while driving his car, enroute to
Lakeview, S. C., where he was engag
ed for the season in buying tobacco.
The deceased has been closely iden
tified with public life in Sanford since
he moved there several years ago. He
operated the Sanford hotel for many
years, also the Planters Warehouse
and was a successful real estate man.
Mr. Womble had been in poor
health for many months, but his death
came as a shock as he seemed to be
feeling good.
He is survived by his wife and two
children, five sisters, Mrs. R. L. Gold
ston, Goldston, N. C., Mrs. W. J. My
ers, Brooklyn, N. Y., Mrs. C. K.
Wrenn, Siler City, Mrs. G. W. Blair
and Miss Margaret Womble at Pitts
boro; also four brothers: Cleveland
Womble, Dunn, N. C., James D. Wom
ble, Raleigh, Will Rose Womble, of
Richmond, Va., and Ralph Womble,
Sanford, N. C.
Mr. Womble joined the Methodist
church in early manhood and at the
time of his death was a member of
Steele street church in Sanford. He
was a member of the Masonic lodge
and was active in the commercial and
social life of his adopted city. He was
an active member of the Chamber of
Commerce and his interest will be
1 missed in Sanford.
Funeral services were held at the
Methodist church at Sanford on ’.l’ues
day afternoon at four o’clock and the
interment followed in the cemetery
; at Jones Chapel church a few miles
north of Sanford, beside the body of
his child, who preceded him to the
' grave some time ago.
Mr. Womble was 42 years of age
and had innumerable friends in Chat
ham county, who will regret to learn
of his sudden death.
He was a member of a sturdy fam
ily of boys and girls and was held in
high regard for his excellence of
character and splendid virtues.
HONORING MRS*BUCHANAN.
Editor Record: —There was a re
union over in Wake county on Sun
day, August 10th, that will be remem
bered for many years to come, at the
residence of Mr. A. M. Harrington.
Under the shade of a beautiful
grove the people gathered at about
ten o'clock and by. noon there were
more than one hundred and twenty
present.
Upon a long table, filled with ev
ery good thing to eat, the crowd filed
around and enjoyed a sumptuous-din
ner.
In a rocking chair close by sat the
real reason for this dinner and the
crowd of friends—it was the widow
of the late H. S. Buchanan, who has
passed her 85th mile post, and is not
enjoying the best of health at this
time. But as this writer sees it she
could not have come into better hands
than her faithful son-in-law,Mr. A.
M. Harrington and his splendid wife,
and lovely children.
Mrs. Buchanan is the mother of
Mrs. J. H. Cotten, Mrs. A. M. Har
rington, T. H. Buchanan, J. H. Buch
anan and the grand mother of 28 chil
dren and the great grand mother of
35 children
All in all it was a splendid day. The
crowd, made up of relatives and
friends from Durham to Raeford.
Mr. T. B. Upchurch, of Raeford, is
a nephew of Mrs. Buchanan and was
present with a part of his family.
Mr. Clyde Lawrence, of Durham, is
also a nephew and was present.
Mr. Harrington moved from the
Corinth community to Holly Springs
about 15 years ago,-and Mrs Buchanan
continued to make her home with him.
ONE PRESENT.
REVIVAL AT PLEASANT HILL.
Pittsboro, Rt. 3, August 11.—Miss
Christy Williamson and little Miss
Mabel Johnson were guests of Mis 3
Cora Cockman for the past week.
Misses Mira Burns, of Troy, and
Wanda Lane, of Mt. Vernon Springs,
are spending this week with Miss Ca
milla Gilmore.
Revival meeting was held at Pleas
ant Hill last week. Rev. B. J. Bocne,
of Whitakers, conducted the services
in the absence of the pastor (his
brother) Rev. J. J. Boone, who is at
the state sanitorium.
The meeting was very well attend
ed and each member seemed to take
interest in the services and a great
deal of good was accomplished. Mr.
Boone is a splendid preacher and his
sermons were thoroughly enjoyed by
everyone who heard him.
Mr. and Mrs. Talbert Johnson and
baby, Mrs. Mabel Johnson and little
daughter, Mary Ella, of Albemarle,
were Sunday visitors in the home of
Mr. M. A. Cockman.
Mrs. Myma Straughan Wright, of
Raleigh, is visiting her mother, Mrs.
I. H. Straughan.
Miss Atheline Williams and Mr.
Harvey Stedman were the guests of
; Miss Camilla Gilmore one day last
week.
Miss Cora Cockman entertained a
few of her friends in honor of her
guest, Miss Williamson, of Aberdeen,
Saturday night. Games were played
on the lawn, after which refreshments
were served. All present had a good
time.
Mr. and Mrs. Grover Foster were
recent visitors in the home of Mr.
and Mrs. J. B. Burke.
i— ■
Miss Dixie Lee Wood, of Mt. Ver
non Springs, is visiting her cousins,
Missse Dora and Edith Clark, near
Kimbolton.
NUMBER 10.