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The Chatham Record ESTABLISHED SEPTEMBER 19,1878. HAIL carrier dies SUDDENLY ON ROUTE Bennett Citizens Buy Railroad — pastor Called. —Surprise Par ty for Mrs. Denson. Relatives and friends of Dr. and k Denson, on unexpected and short r.-'p to each other, pleasantly sur nLl Mrs. Denson Sunday noon Spring at their home with dinner, S occasion being Mrs. Denson’s birth 1 v Thev had just finished eating np noon meal but they ate again. The nnrtor began at pumpkin and persim on pie The Doctor and Mrs. Denson Xh are* cheerful and entertaining and "tended a cheerful welcome to the as hling crowd. If the originator of ■ surprise had let us all know in nanv others would have been ‘ ¥ ,ent. Rev. J. C. Kidd pastor of the j aP tist church, briefly spoke words • p ra i se for the occasion. Mr. Arthur Bart'ette, brother of Mrs. Denson, who j. at their home, actively enjoyed the occasion also. The Baptist church met at'the wa ters at Mr. J. E. Jones’ creek Sunday ot’temoon, the pastor baptizing the candidates while it was raining. A t. ir <re crowd attended. Mr. Wiley Au »‘an and Miss Foy Scott, the latter daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Scott, were baptized. . The Baptist church unanimously called Rev. J. C. Kidd for their pas tor Also Fall Creek Baptist Church, iwo weeks ago called Mr. Kidd for their pastor, Rev. Mr. Lasater, who has been serving the Fall Creek church for four years or more, declin ed to serve longer. The graded school will start next Monday, Oct. 6, the teachers are Mr. lane Forrester, of Ramseur, Princi pal, Mrs. R. L. Dorsett, Ore Hill, Miss Sue Ellis, Parks Cross Roads, Miss Alma Burgess of Ramseur. Patrons of the district are requested to meet with the teachers Monday morning for the opening of the school. • ' Misses Swannie Jones and Nellie Brady who entered school at Buies’ Creek were home during the week-end Mr. W .C. Brewer informs us that he and Mr. J. M. Gamer, both of this place and Mr. Will Brown, of Hemp, and other parties have bought the Epiolph and Cumberland R. R. The road, from Camron to Hallisow known heretofore as the Petty road. Later this road will be extended to McCon nell two miles south of High Falls. We cope that some dav this road will be extended to Bennett. A very sad death occurred here last on the edge of town. The mail arrier on star route from Kemp’s till to Bennett, Mr. Byrd, who was iccompanied by his wife in a Fox’d, stopped the car and Mr. Byrd, step ping out to himself and coming back, ■was telling his wife something which she does remember, threw up his hands and fell over against th car and died. Dr. H. A. Denson was quick ly hurried to the scene but Mr. Byrd was already dead. The body was car. Hed to his home. Mr. Byrd has been carrying this mail since July last. The mail is to be let out •» 1 v new con trac from here, beginning Oct. 27. Rev. J. C. Kidd is called to go to Greensboro and aid Rev. C. M. Strick land in a ten day revival meeting at Koma Baptist church, beginning next Suday. Mr. ad Mrs. Gordon Bartlett and their son Robert of Vero Florida, who have been visiting Dr. and Mrs. Den son, startde for home last week.. . The health of Mrs. Thomas Brown b still poor, keeping her ini bed. It is said, most of the time. Mr. and Mrs. Graham Scott are the PToud parents of a bouncing baby girl. After several week’s illness Mrs. fames Monroe Gardner is up and about. The little son of Mr .and Mrs. Lacy Toffitt is recovering from a severe oa?e of intestinal infection. .Mrs. Lila Brown is back at her store <;ter several days sickness. Ene mail route from Siler City to Bennett is one of the pleasing factors I Ip. °ur daily life here. Our mail to I btsboro goes, or comes, in a day, ■ Pereas on the old Bonlee route it I to go over four railroads to reach |J ur county seat. The old star route I ; r °mt Kemp’s Mills, in Randolph I .. T enn ett is now being turned round I !/ Gnde Sam, to start from Bennett, | T ? stipulations of the new con- I ma ke it a real rural delivery | Jf e \Thus the people all around Ben ■ . ei will be reading their early mom |]A? apers long before our good and |w; esteemed friend Ross Brewer | *?! ever thought of cleaning the clink | tr!i his engine at Bonlee. News J a T_ xv ill be history tomorrow. I PLEASANT SCHOOL NEWS. ■ Sept. 26. brought to a close l ; Hv„ rirs * mon th of our school. We I avpv on r °R sixty eight. The I a ttendance for the month was lam ■ n T ee - The following children ■ Holi eruit et * a Pl ace on the Honor Grade: Curtis Hamlet. I« Grade: Dorsie Lee Hamlet, ■ % Gattis. IGrade: Ruby Clark. Clara ■ Ola Mann, Wallace Clark. ■A ' i l- th Grade: Jeanett Norwood, Erp;f! al! Hai «let, 1! Grade: Lovetta Mann, Ben Ben Jones. I Clem Gattis. see your* label CORINTH NEWS ITEMS. Two Ford Trucks Now Loaded With Students.—Mr. Harrington Lib eral to Buckhom Church. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Cross of Ral eigh spent the week-end visiting Mr. Cross’ parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Cross. Mrs. Cross is a very attractive young lady, a bride of only a few weeks. We hope Ray will bring her to our community often. People we meet up with so often ask how our roads are down about Buckhom. We have to tell them we don’t know; we haven’t seen any roads for almost two weeks, but just a long winding, twisting mud lane where the road used to be. We now have two Ford trucks car rying children to Moncure and still one of them is much overloaded, as it has to carry about 21. Hope we can have a good International truck to handle the children from Truth, Corinth, and Brickhaven and still let the Ford truck take care of those from the Cape Fear Steam plant. That bunch of determinedly licent ious Greek Case (so called,) operators in Raleigh seem to be highly indig nant that any one dare interfere with their nefarious operation. It would seem to us that if any one is to be run. out of Raleigh it should be those dirty Greeks and not the magistrate or other officer or citizen, who at tempts to rid his neighborhood or his home town of a notorious Greek brothel. Miss Zeffie Cross is back at home again after a week’s stay at Durham, undergoing treatment for an alarm ing case of bad tonsils. A. L. Wilson and family of Broad way spent Sunday with Mrs. D. A. Clark. Well drillers have just completed drilling a well on the site of the new Buckhom church .They struck water at 56 feet. The land and the well is contributed to the church by our good townsman, Mr. T. W. Harrington. If any man wants to know what a governor of North Carolina told a would be governor of North Carolina, go to Mr. S. W. Harrington and J. D. Mclver. We he&rd them swapping old campaign yams one day while waiting for the 9:30 train that never comes before 10:30. But you had bet ter see them for the joke—we njight not tell it just right. Mr. A. E. Rollins, and son, Newell of Duncan, spent the week-end with his mother, Mrs. C. W. Cross. CITY NtJWS. ' Siler City, September 26, 1924. — A four months old child of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Hicks, who live near Ben nett, died suddenly Wednesday after noon at 4 o’clock and was buried yesterday at Brush Creek by the side of her sister, little Beulah, who met such a tragic death only fiv days previous by a wheat drill falling on her. This double sorrow, within a week’s time, falls very heavily on the young parents. The revival services in progress at the Methodist church are attracting large congregations despite the in clement weather. The pastor Rev. O. I. Hinson is being assisted by Rev. J. Vincent Knight ,of Edenton, whose forceful and earnest sermons are being heard with appreciation Four services will be held Sunday one at 10 o’clock for children under 15 years; at llo’clock a sermon for evervbodv the subject of which will be “The Hidden Life”; at 3:30 o’clock a service for men and at 7:30 Mr. Knight will close the day’s program with a sermon to the young people using as his subject, “Our Aim In Life.” Miss Ava Stout, Mesdames Hattie and Rosa Stout attended the funeral Thursday at Kemp’s Mill of Elliot Byrd, a brother of Mrs. Rosa Stout, he having died suddenly at Bennett Wednesday morning. Mrs Margaret Crutchfield of Greensboro is visiting her son, De- Witt Roberts, and other relatives. Mrs. W. C. Collins, of Kayford, W. Va., was a recent visitor of Mrs Jun ius Wrenn. Miss Pauline Fox, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Fox, was recently taken to Greensboro to undergo an operation. Her many friends will be glad to know that she is recuperating satisfactorily. _ Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Jordan, Miss Linda Hoskins, Mesdames Olive B. Webster and P. H. Elkins attended the Randolph county fair at Ashe boro Wednesday. . Announcement has been received here of the birth of John Charles Morrow, 3rd., to Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Morrow, of Henderson. Mrs. Morrow was Miss Margaret Jenkins, of this Pi 2lo ®* „ Ml A. J. Dorsett and family will ar rive tonight fom Columbia, S. C., to spend several days with relatives. JURY LIST. The following jury list for the term of court beginning October 20, Judge Barnhill, presiding: A. L. Cheek, Ram dolph Buckner, J. Ed Marsh, W. O. Petty, H. J. White, Frank Scott, John Burke, W. J. Bare. K. H.. Hackney, J. S. Wren, W. H. White. J. V. Camp bell, H. C. Watson, J. M. Councilman, B. D. Phillips, L. A. Copeland, John C. Abernathy, W. Z. Brooks, R. L. Ward, C. M. Hudson, Herbert Cross, T. H. Buchanan, E. J. P- D. Harris, W. J. Durham, Walter C. Hen ’ derson, W. B. Dorsett, G. A. Lloyd, , C. H. Strowd, John T. Brady, G. G. Dark, B. Nooe, Sr, Alex Cockman, Frank Trailkill, T. Y. Mims, R. A. Seagrovs, T. O. Johnson, B. C. Ed \ wards. PITTSBORO, N. C., CHATHAM COUNTY, THURSDAf fiCTOBER 2,1924 MESSAGE TO COTTON GROWERS A Strong Argument For the Systematic Sale of Cotton by Chatham Farmer We have watched the textile indus dry in this country for more than one hundred years! Great Britain would not sell cotton manufacturing machinery to us in the early days; so it fell upon the boys who had the best recollection and mechanical skill to recast the cotton machinery of Eng land from memory. Thus greatly han dicapped began the manufacturing of coton goods in America. From these pioneer beginners the industry has rapidly developed until today it stands out as a leading American industry. We have watched the conton manu facturers accumulate great fortunes, and develop a lucrative business, all of which redounds to their glory and credit. It is a wonderful business and one we cannot do without. Now, let’s analyze and see how and why the textile manufacturers have been so prosperous. To sum it up, they have used common sense business methods in all of their operations. In other words, they have applied brains to their business. They have bought the raw material at the lowest price, manufactured the finshed product, with competent, well trained labor, and sold their finished product at a good profit. The selling end is the one that we need to look into more fully, for as cotton farmers we are as good producers as the cotton manufacturers. We note that the manufacturers have always been able to keep the store shelves of our country filled with finished coton goods, which would indicate that they sell systmatically throughout the year. Again, we have noticed that, if there seemed to be an over stock generally of a given kind of goods these goods were kept in storage until there was a demand for that partiiular kind. Good business sense, isn’t it? As cotton farmers we have creditably kept apace with the manufacturer in producing our product, without which 1 the latter could not produce his fin- j ished fabrics. Therefore we could very j easilv make a sucess financially of ( our business, since the textile indus try is dependent upon our products, if we would only inject sane business principles into the marketing of our cotton and sell systematically through out the year. This would assure fi nancial sucess. The old method of selling cotton dumps it all on the market at one time and forces the over-stocked buy -1 er to buy whether he wants it or not, and we take whatever the buyer of fers. Cooperative marketing means putting cotton on the market from our warehouses as there is a good demand for it throughout the year—the same system the manufacturer uses in sell ing his product.. It has brought good returns to the manufacturer and will bring good reutms to the farmer if put into practice. As a rule, we sell our cotton at or below cost of production. Hence we are a poor class of people, all of which is attributable to our inefficient system of marketing. To day we could have all been independent livers living in modern homes, equipped with mod em conveniencs, had we adopted the i cooperative marketing system when cotton growing first became an indus try in the South. Had the manufac turers used the same method of selling their products that we have used in selling our product all these years, the textile industry would have disanpear ed long ago. We are going out of busi- MARRIAGES IN SEPTEMBcR Register of Deeds C. C. Poe issued marriage licenses to the following couples during the month of Septem ber: .. , Eugene Dark, of Siler City, and Margaret E. Harris, of Ore Hill. J. A. Clark, of Carrboonton, and Messie Tillman, Goldston. . Cleveland Foushee and Modie Gray Gregory, both of Pittsboro, route 3. Octavia Jones and Addie Beal, both of Pittsboro. , Willie Esteridge and Lillian Bright, both of Bonlee. Kemp P. Goodwin, Apex, route 3, and Nellie Hearne, New Hill, route 2. Trelon H. Burns and Louise Wad dell, both of Ore Hill. John Robert Medlin, Apex, rt. 3, and Viola Hearne, New Hill. Colored!. Willie Matthews ahd Sallie Brooks, both of Siler City. George Sanders and Mattie Brown, both of Pittsboro. Jeff Norwood and Dorothy Alston, both of Pittsboro. Leo Womble and Alberta White, both of Haywood. A recent statement shows Durham’s indebtedness to be $6,775,000, with 1 credits to be allowed to the extent ■ of $3,772,626 for sinking funds on de • posit and assessments to be colected > The city is reported by the Herald to • have got good values for its big in ■ vestments. ii m ■ . Contract has been let for the ex , cavation and stone and steel work . for a $500,000 building for the use ■ of the enlarged business of the State department at Raleigh. ness unless we adopt saner methods of marketing. The depleted acreage of the cotton belt can produce en ough cotton to supply the demand now only by a greatly increased acreage, which is possible by modem methods of cultivation. When our soil is gone we are out of business. How can we build our soil when we get no re turns to put back into it? When the manufacturers’ machinery wears out, he can easily buy new ,which is more modern and up-to-date, for under his systematic system of selling his pro ducts he has laid by a nice sum of money. But when a cotton farmer wears out his soil, which he is doing under the present system of opera tion, he can not buy new land for two reasons. First, the new land has large ly been taken up and cannot be had at any price. Second, if the new land should be plentiful, he does not have the price, due to his inefficient sys tem of marketing his product. What would it profit me should I produce enough bales of cotton to cov er the state of Texas and sell it at seven cents per pound less than cost of production? But if I produce en ough bales to cover Chatham county, which is about one five hundreth of the size of Texas, and sell at seven cents profit per pound then I would have a very comfortable fortune. Today cotton is selling on the open market at seven cents per pound less than it costs to produce. This means financial disaster to the grower. My outside brother, if your cotton was worth thirty two or three cents per pound in July, it is worth it now, and you can very materially help bring it back to a living price, and help bring financial success to your own home by signing up with the Co-ops today. Do it now. A few days ago 1 was talking with <jne of my Hickory Mountain neigh bors who said in part. “Two years ago l sold my Vbtton as (fast as I (got .it ■out and lost SSOO ojn my j crop.” “Then”he said “I decided tht I if the Go-ops know how and when to , sell cotton, thy can sell mine, so I signed up.” He stated further, “I am sure glad now that I signed my cotton up. for if I hadn’t, I would have to sell some of it as I picked it out, and I surely would hate to sell it at the present price; but since I get a substantial advance on delivery I can get along all right and don’t have to sell.” My brother, you don’t have to sell your cotton at seven cents per pound Sign up, and let it be sold as there is a strong demand for it.. Let’s pay more attention to the selling end of our game ,and put some system into it. Th rceiving agents at Siler City, Goldston, Pittsboro and Moncure, would be glad to submit contracts for your signature. Sign up the first op portunity and let your cotton be sold systematically from the farmer’s pool. Manufacturers link themselves to gether in production and selling, and it brings success to them. Thirty six thousand North Carolina farmers have linked themselves together l to sell their cotton systematically and for the past two years it has netted us an i average of two cents per pound more than the outsider received for his on the average. If you are not a “Co-op”, link up with us and let’s give systematic sell ing a fair deal. Yours for a fair profit on cotton. N. J. DARK. dealgcaajVvropetaoinshrdlucmfwypcm MONCURE NEWS. Mr. V. H. Hilliard, the live and energetic market and case man of Moncure, has purchased th late Dr. Strickland’s property on Main street, which was Dr. Strickland’s office and garage. Mr. Hilliard states that he expects to tear down the old buildings and next spring build a nice and up to-date store. This property is oppo site Maddox Brothers. Mrs. B. G. Womble and little daugh ter, Hettie, spent last Sunday with her friend, Mrs. Upchurch, at Apex, Bom to Mr. and Mrs. Junius Hack ney, September 15th, a girl. On acount of the muddy roads the school truck from Truth, chaufered by Delmas O’Connell of the same town failed to come last Monday morning. Several of the old citizens of the town say this is the worst spell of rainy weather they have ever seen at this season of the year. CARD OF* THANKS. We hereby express our sincere thank® to relatives and friends of John Thomas Rosser for their ma expressions of kindness and help dur ing his sickness and death. May God’s richest blessings rest up on each of you. Mrs. J. T. Rosser and children Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Bums. Supt. and Mrs. Thompson have both, been sick with grip or influenza. Mr. E. A. Thompson came in from the farm and spent Monday night and Tuesday with them. They are report ed better Tuesday. BUILD A HOME NOW! TIME TO REGISTER. Registation Books to Be Opened Next Saturday. ~v Mr. Fletcher Mann, chairman of the County Board of Elections, is giving out notice this week that the registration books for the November elections will be opened on Saturday Octber 4th, and will remain open to and including Saturday, October 25th, every day with the exception of Sundays. Saturday, November Ist, will be challenge day. All persons becoming of age be fore the books close will be entitled to register provided they are other wise qualified as an elector under the law .Those who are already regis tered wil not need to register anew The notice is given for the espec ial benefit of women also, it being understood that they are not so thor oughly conversant with the law in . regard to suffrage. It is especially desired to have a full registration of all women voters at the November election. ~ NEW HILIToCALS. New Hill Rt. 2. September 29. Misses Beatrice Burgess, Jessie Hor ton, and Mary Webster and R. S.. Beckwith motored to Durham Tues day. Miss Hilda Lasater spent last week with relatives in Durham. Mr. J. C. Puryear received a tele gram Tuesday stating his younger brother, Mr. Sam Puryear, was dead. It had been only a few days since Mr. Puryear was in Virginia to visit his brother and thought he was slowly improving. Mr. Johnnie Puryear, of South Bos ton, Virginia, has been on a brief visit to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Puryear. • Owing to the inclement weather last Sunday many were prevented from attending the “Home Coming” at Mer ry Oaks Methodist Church. We regret this as many from this section were anticipating an enjoyable day. There is a continued talk of school, of “where and how they shall be con ducted.” This year we thought there would be no disturbance about school in this district, as Professor Thompson agreed that the children in the lower part of the district would have the opportunity of going on the Moncure- Merry Oaks, trpck to Moncure, while those who dedr d so might go to Bell’s Consolidated School. In both in stances they have accepted the offer; yet we are not all satisfied because we are due a one-teacher school at Gardner and some of the patrons I are tryir g to do away with the Gardner | school entirely and send all of the children away. Trucking larger chil dren is perfectly all right, but small er children are safer elsewhere. So why not have a one-teacher school at Gardner’s for small children, and let those in advanced grades go to Moncure and Bell’s? Owing to the continued rain, the road from Johnson’s bridge to Merry Oaks is almost imaassable. The road crowd worked the roads and hauled in dirt, and now the rains have put them in bad condition. Mrs. Dewey Smith and little son, of Raleigh, were week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Puryear. The children, grandchildren, and the other near relatives, and friends were planning to celebrate the seven ty-eighth birthday anniversary of Mr. W. .L Mann last Sunday but due to the inclement weather we doubt if the plan was fulfilled. Mr. Mann has nine living children, five daughters and four sons and thirty grandchil dren and two great-grandchildren. - I I— >1 PI ■— A SUCCESSFUL MONTH. The Record has enjoyed a first month of remarkable prosperity un der its new management. The co operation of the Pittsboro people and, indeed, all of the Chatham friends of j the Record has been superb. The ad vertising patronage has been most gratifying and we thank all our pa trons for their business, but regret that weather conditions have so large ly counteracted the good that the lib ! era ladvertising should have effected. Elsewhere we have written of our Sanford patrons, but fully as much may be said of our Pittsboro business houses. Chatham folk can find right here at their county seat some of the best business houses in all this section. We mention as advertisers at this time the good firms of J. J. Johnson & Son, Connell and Johnson, T. M. Bland and Co., The Farmers Bank, the Bank of Pittsboro, the Caviness Millinery Store, the Chatham Hardware Store, Mrs. J. T. Henderson, Lanius Bros., The Chatham Motor Co. and The Square Filling Station. These and Sil er City, Chapel Hill, Goldston, Dur ham, Burlington, and Raleigh houses, with the liberal Sanford patronage, have made September a good month, while nearly 100 new subscribers have helped both the paper, and the adver tisers. We thank you all, and shall do our best to make your patronage pay you handsomely. It is hoped that several hundred other names will be added to the list the next few months. Mr. Cleveland Womble, of Dunn, is here on a visit to his father, Mr. J. D. Womble. It will, be remembered that some months ago Mr. Womble received a very serious injury on the head while at work. He later went to a hospital at Richmond for treat ment. He is gradually improving since I he left there. PROGRAM OF SANDY ! CREEK ASSOCIATION To Meet With Aberdeen Church Thursday, Oct., 2, The following is the program pre pared for the Sandy Creek Baptist Association, which meets today, Oct. 2, with the Aberdeen Church. Thursday 10:30—Song Service. Prayer and Praise, Rev. Jesse Bla lock. 11:00—‘Introductory Sermon—Rev. J. H. Broom, Bonlee. Enrollment of delegates. Enrollment of ordained ministers. Reception of visitors.; Election of officers.. Report of program committees Announcement of committees. Afternoon Session. 2:oo—Devotional Exercises, Rev. W. H. H. Lawhon, Carthage. 2:ls—Historical Letter, Aberdeen Baptist Church, Mrs. A. E. Yates, Ab erdeen. 2:3o—Christian Education—Rev. C. H. Norris, Cary. 3:ls—Christian Literature—Rev. R. H. Herring, Sanford . 4:oo—Miscellaneous business. FRIDAY Morning Session. 10:00—Devotional Exercises, Rev. L. C. Lee, Sanford. 10:15—Enrollment of delegates. Miscellaneous business and an nouncements. 10:30—Young People’s Society— C. C. Poe, Pittsboro. 10:45—Law enforcement—Rev. Richard S. Fountain, Siler City. 11:00—Associational Missions, D. B. Teague, Sanford. 11:15-—Orphanage—Rev. R. R. Gor don, Pittsboro. 11:45—Woman’s Work—Mrs. P. H. St Clair, Sanford. 12:00—Miscellaneous business. Afternoon Session. 2:oo—Devotional Exercises, Rev. John C. Kidd, Bennett. 2:ls—State Missions, H. F. Sea well, Carthage. 2:4s—Home missions, Rev. Jesse Blalock, Aberdeen. 3:ls—Foreign Missions, Rev. J. E. Ayscue, Carthage. 3:4s—Sabbath Observance, Rev. J. H. Broom, Bonlee. ■ —* .... - 4:oo—Miscellaneous business and announcements. ! ** SATURDAY. Morning Session. ■; 10:00 —Devotional Exercises, H. A. Teague, Siler City. 10:11—Sunday Schools, J. R. Lov ing, Cameron, and W. T. Hurst, Mann dale. 10:45 —Ministers relief, W. I. Brooks Jonesboro. 11:15—Hospitals, J. H. Henly, San ford. 11:30—Seventy Five Million Cam paign, Rev. C. E. Byrd, Manndale. 12:00 —Miscellaneous business. Afternoon Session. 2:oo—Devotional Exercises, H. R. Harward, Moncure. 2:15 —Prohibition, C. C. Jones, Cam eron 2:4s—Prayer Meetings, O. J. Peter son, Pittsboro. , 3:ls—Miscellaneous business. DON’T BE FRIGHTENEED. Talking with a farmer Monday he said he didn’t know what he was go ing to do, berause so much rain had fallen that his coton was rotting on the stalk, and that young sprouts had began to shoot out from the com shucks. Furthermore, he said, all his neighbors were in about the same predicament. He was told not to get frightened that he wouldnjt starve; that if Chat ham county didn’t make a bale of cotton or an ear of com, other parts of the United Staes would make plen ty. Why, said the listener just think of how much wheat the state of Kan sas will make—4oo,ooo,ooo bushels And Texas has the largest com and wheat crops ever raised in that state* Don’t get uneasy, said the listener, there will be plenty made for you and me, and millions of bushels of grain will be shipped to foreign ports to people who are not fairing half as well as you and others in Chat ham county today. ma 9 DIED AT HOSPITAL. Mrs. Lucy West, wife of Mr. Ar mond West, of Carrboro, died at Watts Hospital, Durham, Wednesday of last week and was buried at Carrboro Sat urday. Mrs. West was about 41 years of age. She was operated on for appendicitis, which was successful, but she died from pneumonia which followed the operation. She leaves a husband and five chil dren to mourn her death besides sev eral relatives in Pittsboro and else where in the county. She was a sister to the first wife of Mr. Joe Bland, of Pittsboro. Before her marriage she was Miss Lucy Cook of Bynum Funeral services were held, at Mt. Pleasant Methodist church Friday. WEATHER REPORT. Three weeks past—rain. September 27—rain. September 28—rain. September 29—probably rain. September 30—looks like rain. September 31—do your chores early it looks like rain. October I—Frost just around the comer. October I.—As everybody knows it has been raining, this was written to fill out space. • —■ NUMBER 17