North Carolina Newspapers

I ESTAf- LISHED SEPTEMBER 19, 1878. B VQg«v/>7 <bo//c&e h<3S ° Jd>v ' e ( I IHE v were elected by an overwhelming majorities. , i;E MARRIAGES IN WESTERN CHATHAM Jordan and Cara Frances m. Ross Hargrove and Lillie ckner, Victor Hanner and Fannie B. Jones Citv Nov. 3. —Announcements been’ issued by Mrs. Robert in Wrenn announcing the mar of her daughter, Miss Cara s, to Harry Lane Jordan on av evening, November 1, at six * The ceremony was perform her home here by the bride’s Rev. 0. I. Hinson. There present only the immediate >rs of the families. Mr. and lordan left immediately for h to make their home for the t. The groom is a student at College. 1 1* _ # Another wedding of interest oc orrod Saturday afternoon at 5 'dock at the Methodist parsonage,, hen Miss Lillie Buckner became lie bride of B. Ross Hargrove, both irties living on Siler City route 1. Coming as a surprise to their any friends is the announrement of stmarriage of Victor lianner, soil f Mr. and Mrs. John G. Hanner, 'Ore Hill, and Miss Nannie Belle sues, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. N. Jones, of Guilford College. The lemony was performed at Burling a and the happy couple returned itne home of tne groom’s parents Hit night. Hjisitors in the home of John T. Huson for the week-end were Miss WMa Ferguson, who is a member Hthe Farm Life School faculty, of Here county, Miss Mary Alice ■ttguson, a student, of Louisburg Hlege, and Mr. and Mrs. Hugh L. jßoue, of Coma. fU- coming here to vote to- Hrrow will find ample provision Hde for both dinners and suppers. H ladies c; the Methodist and churches, both 'gipups of I™ reputations as l vy Carolina Light and Power IS ,y —;. c -;in H ;ve -'t or here, between the resi 'imfkT'ude Silei and E. ‘ v ”*ch v, ! completed will not 1 xH, lui ’nhh additional power but company to employ vie H? 1 switches lor the various lines Hw oll t to the towns in this sec- _ I truck TURNS TURTLE ft* Ortb • ' ,r truck which brings the . In > v the Gum Springs ryA' earned over Tuesday , n ?.- The most seriously in- | % ere Elizabeth Herndon . and j tt- . n right. The former was i C 1 e head and arm, while the i , - ceived a severe cut on the 1 JO. Aii. , | , i-uer children were bruised j h, ' T ightened. The in \ tie two girls mentioned, ot serious. L - rt occurred about two I; r 1 -boro. The driver, L; 1 is not blamed .for L' p ! is said that he was s is supposed that A radius rod caused | ol of the ' truck, j 11 nek was right 1 the glasses., brok- i t rv ~ hVVRY SURVEY MADE finery survey has been v. McCrary Corpora ' ai u or the porpose of cost of water and U Terns for . Pittsboro. e, t 'imates will be presented s .vst, ni and then the coun of the town can de -stem prac tibility of putting in a Marquette *ijr d in bills in a ter]’j-iC y a bootlegger. When ier mone y to the owner The Chatham Record f MONCURE NEWS Miss Virginia Catihell, after spend ing ten days with her parents at Moncure, returned last Sunday to Frederiscksburg, Va., where she is attending the Training School. Messrs. Jennings Womble and Sam and Clarence Crutchfield, who are attending Elon College this year, spent last week-end with their par ents at Moncure. Mr. Wonth Wilkie, who has a posi tion at Winston-Salem, spent last week-end with his mother, Mrs. Florence Wilkie. Mr. C. D. Orrell, of Yemasse, S. C., was in town one day last week. Mr. Joe Self, a salesman for a New York concern now, but who once held a position with Phoenix Utility Co., spent last Saturday in town. Mrs. C. L. Gunter and children, of Sanford, spent last week-end with her father, Mr. J. J. Womble, of Haywood. The Hallowe’en party which was given at the School Auditorium last Friday evening was a success in every way. The school boys and girls, were dressed suitably for the occasion and seemed to enjoy it to the fullest extent. The “cake Walk’* was enjoyed, by all and the aider folk remarked that.. it was the first cake walk that they had seen in a long time. Mr. S. G. Marshall and Mrs. L D. Wilkie won the most votes on the cake, so they received ihe cake. The pretty and nice boxes that were auc tioned off by Mr. E. E. Walden brought a good price. The only thing that mapped the occasion was a cold Auditorium for the school and visitors. Something should be done to heat the Auditorium now, this fall and not wait until -Hie children and others have bad colds and even pneumonia. Hallowe’en party was given last Saturday evening, November 1. Miss Raffie Mims in ’•tonor of the Moncure Senior class. The ones invited met .at the Moncure high school brilding at 6:30 o’clock Several cars were there to carry the jolly adventurers to an old haunted house near Merry Oaks. A glow ing fire was built in a large fire niece. All circled around the fire to tell jokes and ghost stories 1 After this music from the Victrola was enjoyed, then the crowd joined in singing while Miss Tula Mims played the Ukelele. After the fire burned low weenies I were roasted lon the coals. Those enjoying Miss Mims’ hospitality were Misses Lula Patterson, Daisy L. Northcutt, Alice Weber, Mabel Self, Tula Mims, Flora Johnson, Rav, and Julia Johnson; M essrs. J. K. Barnes, Allen Moore, j William Womble, Glenn Womble, i Evan Ray, of Moncure, and Sam ! Crutchfield and Jennings Womble, of j Elon College, and O’Conner Maynard, | Carlyle Lassiter, and Browdie Bell, |of Apex. Mrs. E. G. Crews, of j Durham chaperoned. Mr. V. H. Hilliard is now having a modem hotel built on main street. He hopes to have it completed by Christmas. MISS NANCY THOMAS DEAD Miss Narcy Thomas died Monday, November 3, at the home of Mr. D. Thomas, a cousin, with whom she had lived for the last three years ! Miss Thomas was 85 years old. She ! was a consecrated Christian, for many years a member of Gum Springs Baptist Church. She was liked by everybody. She seemed as well Sunday as usual but was strick en with paralysis Sunday evening and died Monday at 1:30 p. m. The burial was at Gum Springs ceme tery? the funeral services being con ducted by the pastor, Rev. Mr. Norris, of Cary. » —MB # Wff . - - j; Parent-Teacher Association The Parent-Teacher Association will meet in the Pittsboro school Auditoriom Friday, November 7, at 3:30 p. m. It is said to be an im portant meeting and all the parents and others interested in the school are regard to attend. . PITTSBORO, N. C., CHATHAM COUNTY, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER, 6, 1924 BEAR CREEK NEWS Bear Creek, Nov. 4. Mr. and Mr.s C. T. Yarbrough, of Win ston-Salem, spent Monday night in the home of T. B. Beal. Mr. and Mrs. Yarbrough were married in Winston-Salem last -Saturday. Mi*. Yarbrough holds a position there as a traffic cop. Also Miss Alma Holt, of Kemersville, spent the night at Mr. Beal’s. Mrs. Mary Dowdy, of Danville, Annie Brafford and Keith Fields, of West Durham, were Sunday visitors at Miss Belle Beal’s. Mr. and Mrs. D. Perrel and son, Elvid, spent last week, visiting re latives and friends on route 2. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Loyd, and son Victor and Mrs. G. A. Loyd spent the week-end visiting relatives in Burlington. Misses Nellie, Louise and Clara Brooks, of Siler City, spent the week end with grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Mclver. Womble school opened Monday with Miss Ida Dorsett, of Siler City, route 3, as teacher. Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Holt, of Salis bury, were weekend- visitors at T. B. Beal’s. Mrs. W. M. Snipes, of Portland, Oregon, Mrs. F. R. Snipes, and fam ily, of Sanford, Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Snipes, of Durham, Mrs. R. G. Gains and family, of Harpers Cross Roads, and Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Thomas, of route 2, Bear Creek, were last week’s visitors at J. H. Snipes’. Joe J. Thomas was bom June 21, 1896, being 58 years, 4 months fmd 4 days old at his death October 26. Mr. Thomas was married on Scfc>- tember 23, 1888 .to Miss Mary Susan Glosson, oldest daughter of the Ist* Mr. and Mrs. «■ W. ,M. Glosson. To this union were born 8 children; seven of which *are now living, 4 boys, Harry, John and Charlie, of Haw River; 3 girls—Mrs. E. W» lIc&NBV of B««r Creek, route HrSmia JMarjf Lou and Maggie, of Maw River. He is also sorri—dvky m brothers— Aymie Thomas, as Ram suer; Isaac Thomas, of Asjheboro; Ciserij Thom-, as, of Greensboro? Mrs.'Lydia-Brady, of Ramsuor; and Mrs. John Stout, of South Carolina, and one sister whose address *is unknown. 1 Mr. Thomas had lived in Haw Riv er for the past five years. He left Chatham in 1912, and lived near Graham for several years. The funeral was held at Meronies Church Tuesday 28th, being conducted by Rev. John Pamar, of-the Friends’ Church, at Graham. His wife preceded him on Septem ber 11, 1922. . MT. PLEASANT"NOTES The Hallowe’en Carnival held at the school house was a success. Everybody seemed to enjoy them selves in every way. The total pro ceeds amounted to $58.29, two-thirds of which will go to the piano fund and the other to the school. The cake for the most attractive young lady brought $26.00, Mrs. Lonnie Stroud getting the highest number of votes, Miss Ruth Avent second, and Miss Laura Harris third. The lucky ones in the cake walk were John Stroud and Mary The fish ing pond wias the greatest attrac tion of the evening. There were al so several stunts. Misses Avent and Powell deserve much credit for such an ideal entertainment. Edward Avent, of the University accompanied by his friend, E. L. Miincey, spent the week-end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Avent. Among those visiting in the neigh borhood for the week-end were: Miss Pattie Petty, of Durham, Miss Margaret Gattis, of Chapel Hill. Annie and Garland Fowler, spent the week-end with Miss Nell Powell. PROTRACTED^MEETING AT . PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Rev. Mr. Stork, of Mt. Gilead will assist the pastor, Rev. Jonas Bar clay in a meeting at Pittsboro Presbyterian Church, beginning on November 9th at 11 a. m. Mr. Stork has been blessed in evangelistic work and his coming at this time should be welcomed by our town and community. All denomi nations are cordially invited to co operate in this campaign for right eousness and * soul-training. ■r r Smuggled in a packing case, 3 Chinaman starved to deathoa hlaway to America. PITTSBORO SCHOOL NEWS Th Great Hallowe’en Carnival and Boxing and Wrestling Bouts—The Honor Roll—A Patriotic Program High School Honor Roll 'Bth Grade—Lester Farrell, C. C. Hamlet. 9th Grade—Sadie Brooks Johnson, Mary Frances Perry. 10th Grade—Mary Dell Bynum, Louise Brooks. * 11th Grade Miriam Chapin. Patriotic Chapel Program On last Tuesday morning a very interesting patriotic chapel program was conducted by the teachers Trfaininlg Class. The program was enjoyed as follows: Song—There are many Flags in Many Lands. The Scripture, 2 Tim. 2-15, was taught to the school in a very in teresting way by Miss Perry. Song—Our Flag—Class. Poem—The , Flag—Miss Mabel Cheek. ; A talk on flag etiquette, in the abence of Miss Laura Harris, was given by Miss Berry. Flag Salute and Pledge—taught by , Miss. Lelia Johnson. Fairy Story of the Flag—Miss Carter. Song—Star Spangled Banner— School. In the talk on flag etiquette, the public might be interested to know that flags may be used to decorate ' any public assembly halls provided they are hung vertically or horizon tally, and with the blue field always t.o the observer’s Test. Itis a breach of propriety to use the flag for de corative purposes as clothing or pil low cushions, or for advertisements. The flag should never be draped ex cept over a casket. . Carnival and Exhibition The Carnival and athletic exhi bition at the Pittsboro High School Auditorium on the .night of Octo ber . 3f was refreshing and. enter taining. Ghostshol-goblins, witches gypsies, pumpkin-freaks and' even stranger char&cers composed a . gay, Hallowe’en erowd of laughing, teasing, noisy masqueraders. Horns blared and children i: cri«H, Confetti rained everywhere and' was eaten in ice cream, cake and hot dogs in happy ignorance. > ’'v'/Miss Edna Hackney won first p . e *® r costume. She was qiite ckfcfridrtg and sweet in her corn husk dress representing the harvest season. Miss Emily Taylor, the i wise,,gypsy foutune teller won se cond, prize. 1 • Shannonhouse, the chairman of the 'Parent-Teacher Association deserves *, a,* great * deal of upraise A for her efficient management of the Carnival. ! The financial proceeds of sales , from the booths has not been totaled j but the workers are well pleased with the result. The value of the Hal lowe’en noise, and frolics is meas- I ured in terms of new youth for over j serious adults. The -pupils of Pitts | boro school and - the - parents re ; sponded beautifully in helping make I the booths a success. I The boxing and wrestling exhibi bition was watched by a large audi ence-of people who found the bouts interesting and exciting enough to j bring them to their feet continually, j Hearty cheering and open support i of high school leaders kept the hall j in a roar continually. The Carolina boys who helped j Waters put the exhibition across ; were fine, clean athletes who gladly | gave themselves and their time to : come to Pittsboro and ‘“lend a ; hand” to our young athletic asso ciation. They showed real interest ■ in the work of the high school boys, i several of whom exhibited remark i able skill. Outstanding' features of the even ing were:' A speech by C. C: Poin dexter, Carolina’s all-round athlete; the boxing of “Kid” Galfitgher, champion lightweight of North Carolina; the training -stunts .and wrestling of Captain Zack Waters, .of Carolina’s Wrestling 'team' and : ah cl the exhibits of training for j boxers, by Charlie Thomas, j. Quite worthy of mention was the .amusing “speech” “My ’Possum and Coon Skin Hunt” by C. . Poindex ter who provoked the aud em o laughter with his original and ini mitable dollerv. . 1 Pittsboro High School is proud of Coach Waters. He has shown his | leadership and executive ability in I the promotion of the athletic exhi bition. The bouts were as follows: Boxing. Lee Burns vs. Lee Powell. Decision a draw. Fouts vs. Shannonhouse. Decision, a draw. Barkley vs. Straughn, Straughn won by referee’s discision. Thomas vs. Gallagher, Gallagher won on points. Wrestling. Harry Bell vs. Wyeth Ray, Bell won on rime. Zack Wa- i ters vs. C. C. Poindexter, Poindex ter won on fall. Roland Farrell vs. Lacy Harper, Harper won on fall. Royal Shannonhouse vs. Leary. De cision, draw. Poindexter vs. J. S. Waters. Decision, a draw. Manager Bill » Cox refereed the boxing in a capable manner. J. S. Waters refereed the wrestling, ee os.vbCe-8h rhrer rtrdadaluu Chicago surgeons cut 59 pounds of flesh from the body, of Miss Early Shatterick. Her waist line is now 34 Ihthes. ' ,tv ;...r ' • Ji« v * Qhsti& > U?&!ydn-- j ] jjlj THEY'WERE DEFEATED—SECURING ONLY THE VOTES OF THE SOUTHERN STATES' l • ’• \ THE ELECTION IN THE COUNTY The Democrats won by an in creased majority in Chatham. The I biggest majority was that of Sheriff Blair, nearly a thousand, with Re ! gister of Deeds Poe a close second. Mr. Wade Barber, for representa , tive, won by 432, unofficial count Sheriff Blair’s vote was greater than the State Democratic vote, and Barber’s less. Barber had in Fred Paschall, one of the finest fellows in ithe county as an opponent. The port bill was beaten by 1298. The Soldiers’ loan was carried in the county. > Davis led the Democratic ticket in the county with 3447 votes. Grist led the ;State ticket with 3436, Sim mons and Everett got 3430 eac McLean ran behind, getting only 327 J to MeeJdns 2752. La Follette got 15 in the county; Coolidge 2755. . O. A. HOLLEMAN PASSES Sunday morning about 3:30, Mr. ( O. A. Holleman, one of Center township’s most respected citizens, parsed away ,at his home in the east ern part of the township, snrrounded by his family. Mr. Holleman was 56 years of age a&d ; 'W*s -a good neighbor, .husband and father and. was a consistent member of Pleasant Hill Baptist ; Church, at which pace the .funeral services were held Monday after noon, conducted by the pastor, Rev. , Mr. Norris, the interment taking place at the cemetery there. He leaves a wife and three small children, three brothers, F. J M. i Holleman, and Raymond Holleman to mourn their loss. WALTERS-PERRY From the Raleigh Tmes l of Octo ber 31, is clipped the announcement of the marriage of Mr. C. H. Wal ters, son of . Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Walters, of Siler City. The groom himself formerly lived at Siler City ' and his' . Chatham friends will , doubtless be glad_ to learn_ of his i good fortune. The announcement ! follows: j Mr. T., L. Pace, of Durham, an ! nounces the iharrage of his niece, ; Miss Perry, of Texas to C. j H. Walters, of Raleigh, October 25, at Raleigh. Mrs. Walters has made her home here for the past few months, com ing from Helton, Texas. She is an accomplished young _ woman, having received-, her education- at_ Baylor College, Belton, ; Texas. Mr. Walters is a young business man of this city. -■ - —BU* i 11 WINNIE DAVIS CHAPTER ; > CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY The Winnie Davis Chaptes of the U. D. C. celebrated its 20th birthday ! last Thursday afternoon. Mrs. H. ! : A. London was the hostess. A birth day cake graced the occasion. ..It was a very pleasant and-'profitable meeting. JVlrs. H. M. London, of Raleigh, who was elected vice-president of the State organization at the Rocky Mount meeting, was an ; honored guest, as was Mrs. James Cordon, of Raleigh, a daughter of the hos tess. Other guests of the occasion besides the mefnbers, were Mesdames Shannonhouse and Peterson. CATAWBA REPUBLICAN Hickory, Nov. 4.—Catawba county elected a full set of Republican off- j icers with the exception of George Bost, who won by 37 votes over his opponent for sheriff in the closest election in the history f the-couaity. i LOOK AT YOUR LABEL FEATURES OF THE ELECTION! Coolidge made a clean sweep of the country except the Southern states, which, of course went to Davis, and Wisconsin, and possibly one or two North western states, which went to La Follette. Coolidge wins by even a bigger majority than Harding did. Senator Brookhart, the Reupblican nominee for the senate in Indiana, who attacked the Republican na tional ticket, was defeated by his Democratic opponent. Two women were elected gover nors, Mrs. Ferguson, of Texas, and Mrs. Rowe, of Wyoming. Davis ran third in a number of states. A1 Smith beat Theodore Roosevelt for the governorship of New York, though the state went overwhelming ly for Coolidge. All the Democratic candidates for Congress in Carolina wpre elected. r ; The port bill was beaten in the State, despite the hardest effort of Governor Morrison and others for it. mm I HALLOWE’EN IN PITTSBORO (Contributed) __ The Pittsboro High School cor ridors presented a gay and festive scene last Friday evening with bril liant lights, and a proa. 01 j. al lowe’en decorations, black cats, the wise owls, goblins and all the tnings that go with the season, the occas ion being a Hallowe’en carnival un der the auspices of the Parents- Teachers Association, a newly organ ized department oi tne Woman’s Club, and with Mrs. R. G. Shan-* nonhouse as the efficient chairman. | The young lady teachers in the ! school, are to be congratulated on their splendid- management- of the separate booths and for the artistic decorations. Miss Dunlap had charge of the Hallowe’en booth, which was decorated in yellow and black, with pumpkins and all the guesome char acters of Hallowe’en. She sold Hal owe’en articles of all sorts** , - Miss Edwards’ booth was prettily decorated in autumn leaves; she sold pies and candy. Miss Showalters was in charge of the sandwich and soft drinks booths which she had artistically decorated in Hallowe’en colors, with black cats, as was, also, Miss Large’s booth, where she dispensed coffee , and “hot dogs.” j Miss Skinner managed the ice 1 cream and cake booth. This she had daintiy decorated in pink and white, with numerous black cats in contrast. Two cakes, decorated for the occasion, were sold at auction. | Quite a number came dressed in fancy costumes. Miss Edna Hack ney, of Bynum won first prize, a' ; large cake. Her costume was made l of corn shucks. Miss Emily Tay lor won second prize, a pie. She i wore a gypsy costume. Little Miss ! Conneil Hamlet won third prize, a basket of candy; she wjas dressed as a big black cat. ! Billy Chapin as a beggar girl ! won fourth- prize, a box of candy The most exciting and interesting ready to aid in promoting improye , was a wrestling and boxing bout | conducted by Prof. J. S. Walters, who has charge of the school ath letics. A nice sum was realized from the evenings program, which will be used for school improvements. The Woman’s Club has always been greatly interested in every phase of school work and is ever ready to aid in promoting improve ments. # ~ Every club woman is, highly in i terested in the * much needed im- Iprovements and is behind this newly organized department in full strength and determination to make it a success. * i Dr. J. C. Mann will be in Pittsboro for his monthly appointment on November 18, the third Tuesday, in stead of the fourth Tuesday as tun uaL This change because o£ Thanksgiving. See ad. NUMBER 22