The Chatham Record
■ ESTABLISHED SEPTEMBER 19, 1878.
[YORK TO BEGIN SOON
ON PITTSBORO SILK MILL
[GoiiM of Pomton Lakes*
Weaving Co., of New Jersey,
I Here and Giving Orders
For Materials.
I Pittsboro’s silk mill is soon to ma
| aii e Mr. Gould, a member of the
||■ l-ship of Gould and Zeigler, who
te the Pomton Lakes Weaving
*nv’s mill in New Jersey, ar-
Suriday and is making the pre
jfy preparations for erecting the
on the site on the northern edge
wn bought of Mr. A. H. Lon
-50 months ago. Mr. London, who
rtn to New York on a business
returned in company with Mr.
: * first unit of the plant is to be.
r 50 feet the Record is informed, j
.- 0 r the heavy timbers needed!
|een made out and are in the
j of mill men for filling, and!
ontract for the brick work
led to 0. Z. Barber of Goldston.
steel gashes and other material
danot be supplied locally were
e : d before Mr. Gould left New
y, and the indications are that
ion the structure will begin at|
jlv date and be pushed to com
h. A second unit is in prospect
coming of this enterprise to
)bro is the result of a visit of
•tion and inspection to several
Carolina towns last November
j»ssrs. Gould and Zeigler. Their
| included Pittsboro and here
*ound a cheaper site, potential
of high quality, and, above all,
t at a rate astoundingly low as
red with the cost in the New
- plant.
j outcome was the purchase of
Lutiful and convenient site on
last of the Chapel Hill road,
jeyond the town limits, and the
that they would erect,
It the first of the year.
|?rs. Gould and Zeigler are not
Successful manufacturers, but
jiost genial gentlemen whose ac
ton as citizens mean much to the
land the county ,and The Record,
•half of the whole county, wel
| them to the community.
\ stated before the product of
Sant will be silk label bands and
fas, such as the trade-mark rib
j>n a man’s coat. The product is
jquently light and of little bulk
jnipraent will be chiefly by par-
I -OWNS CHAPEL NOTES.
boro, Rt. 2, Jan. 19. —Another
i our lives has ben passed and
ord has been made with the
of nineteen hundred and twen
• In reading my good Book I
says we spend our years as a
at is told. In looking back ov
year I find in my section many
ings to think of—some of the
t I have ever had to record in
section with the Record.. Some
neighbors have had the mis
-5 to have their homes burned—
a‘‘ they possessed; others have
broken bones—there was al-
in our good community,
there is the brighter side and
thankful for the blessings that
°f us have enjoyed,
and Mrs. J. R. Goodwin and
n ’ Louise and Elizabeth, spent
ay ni sht with Mr. Taylor
ar -d Mrs. J. J. Thomas spent
ay w *th Mrs. Cammie Jones of
anndale. Mrs. Jones is in poor
L)tie Durham and children,
,e > Gargaret and Berta, and Mr.
am spent Saturday in
Perf y is putting on the
es to his new home
ien complete he will
utiful home,
days of the New
(,i them have been clear,
. f oid five of these rainy,
' < ' l(i indicate that 1925 will
, r ec l«ally divided along
'***• also tmeans that
i no , 1 un abundance of rain,
g v.ater for operation of the
1 county and rather much
farm.
y lIVO hseal has introduced
ni Sht to abolish the
SILER CITY ITEMS
Siler City, Jan. 14.—Friends here
of the family learned yesterday with
regret of* the death of Mrs. George W.
Coble, a former resident of this
place, but who for a number of years
has resided at Burlington. It was
following an illness of several months
that her death occurred at the home
of her son, M. A. Coble. Surviving
this most estimable woman are four
daughters, Mesdames C. A. Albright
of Graham; E. W. Fox of Newton;
Will Thompson of Burlington; T. C.
Lloyd of Kentucky; and one son M* A.
Coble of Burlington. The funeral
service was conducted late yester
day afternoon from the Protestant
j church at Burlington and interment
! made in the city cemetery by the side
of her late husband.
Attending the funeral from this
place were Mr. and Mrs. P. H. El
! kins.
A committee from the Methodist
I church here are today soliciting funds
to 1 supplement an amount already in
hand to install a modern heating
plant in the handsome edifice which
for two years has been under construc
| tion.
John G. Clark one of the most pro
gressive citizens of the Snow Camp
section was here yesterday. Mr.
Clark has been appointed sergeant
at-arms of the general assembly and
spent last week in Raleigh at his new
post of duty.
Junius Wren, who is spending two
weeks in Chicago and other western
cities, on business is expected home
in a few clays.
Miss Bessys Caviness will leave in
a few days for a week’s vacation,
a part of which time will be spent
' in Raleigh with relatives.
Mrs. Clara Clark spent yesterday j
with friends in Greensboro.
C. M. Staley of Staley was here !
1 today on business.
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NEWS FROM UPPER CAPE FEAR.
New Hill, Rt. 2, Jan. 19. —Mrs. Wil
lie Seagroves has been seriously ill
for several days. She has been in de
clining health for sometime. We hope
she will soon recover. She is at the
home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
G. T. Holt.
Craig Parrish has returned to his
home in Randolph county after work
ing several weeks in this section.
Frank Robins has been ill a few
days with neuralgia.
Bennie Beckwith is slowly improv
ing after a serious attack of the in
fluenza. He is yet confined to his bed.
Bom to Mr. and Mrs. David Good
win recently, a daughter.
A little son was born to Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Gilmore one day last
week. Mrs. Gilmore before marriage
was Miss Grace Holt of this route.
Miss Swannie Drake spent last
week in Greensboro having dental
work done. While there she was the
guest of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Drake.
Judd Godwin and William Farrar
left by motor for Atlanta, Georgia,
last week. Mr. Farrar will take a
ber course while in Atlanta.
Mrs. Magie Thomas and Mrs. Lu
la Sturdivant, William and Ray
Mann are also on the sick list. We
hope they will soon be well again.
Bailey and Floy Sturdivant spent
the week-end with Tallie Goodwin
on Apex, Rt. 4.
Rev. J. F. Johnson filled his reg
ular appointment at New Elam Chris
tian church Saturday afternoon and
Sunday morning. Owing to the incle
ment weather tihere were not very
many in attendance.
Worthington Wins in First Round.
Kinston, Jan. 19.—Both of Lenoir
county’s sheriffs were on hand to op
en the first term of Superior court
of the year today. Presiding Judge
Midyette, over the arguments of
counsel for Arden Taylor, said Heber
Worthington should officiate.
Taylor was ousted by ,the commis
sioners early in the month after a
squabble over his accounts, in defiance
of the board.
Worthington was named by the
commissioners to succeed him. The
Judge said he would go by the rec
ords of the board and recognize Wor
thington for the term. Taylor with
drew to his office next door to Wor
thington’s.
The court room was packed to wlt
the court’s decision. —Greensboro
News.
PITTSBORO, N. C., CHATHAM COUNTY, THURSDAY, JANUARY >^925.
CHATHAMITES INVEST
IN C. P. & L. CO. STOCK.
Various News Items and Com
ments From Our Corinth
Correspondent.
Corinth, Jan. 19.—The people of
Chatham county are to be congratu
lated for the splendid way in which
they responded to the invitation to
become part owners of the Carolina
Power and Light Co., during their
stock selling campaign which closed
at midnight Saturday. The response
was three times as great as on last
year’s campaign and that with little
more effort on the part of the 21
Carolina employees now having their
homes in Chatham county. It is with
particular pleasure and satisfaction
that the Power Co. welcomes the good
people and customers of the Deep
River and Sandhill sections into our
rapidly growing list of customer own
ers. Many investors took only one or
two shares but the object back of the
whole campaign, namely, that of es
tabMshing the customer-ownership
plan, was gained. In all about sixty
five sales were made by the Chat
ham boys, and one of the Buckhorn
boys led the entire list of 640 regular
employees in the greatest number of
individual sales made. Good for
Chatham county. Now then, save your
dimes and dollars, for altho the annual
campaign is over the employees will
continue to see you from time to
time on the regular sales work. The
Company is growing rapidly and new
growth or new development of course
requires new capital all the time..
Pittsboro mud is real mud but Buck
horn mud is about as bad. Chatham
roads may be good roads but Buck
horn roads are not to be had. After
three long weeks of rain we have
only a mud lane down here on Cape i
Fear where the road should be. With ;
pontoons for keels and paddles on
the wheels, our Fords still run where
the roads used to be.
Mr. J. H. Lawrence has been ap
pointed to administer on the estate
! of the late E. V. Lawrence
Mr. W. Hubert Cross and Ihis sis
ter, Miss Carrie Lee Cross, spent
Saturday in Raleigh shopping and
“stocking. Hubert landed in the
“Hauls of Fame” on Carolina stock
sales.
Messrs. Johnson, Jones and Glenn
j Saunders, of Apex, spent Sunday
with friends at Corinth.
Mr. E. V. Dickens has purchased
the home and lot in which he has
been living for the past year, from
his father, B. N. Dickens.
Mr. B. N. Dickens will soon begin
the construction of a new home near
the depot to be occupied by Mr. and
Mrs. W. W. Horton. Mr. Horton is
the N. S. agent at Corinth.
Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Ashworth of
Fuquay spent Sunday in Corinth.
We were very glad to hear on last
Wednesday that the Page Trust Co.
had established a bank in Chatham
county. It seems that everywhere
the Pages have established a bank
that it has resulted in greater and
more substantial development for
that community. Last fall the Caro
lina Power people extended their lines
into Siler City which gives that thriv
ing little city all the power they can
use and now the coming of the Page
Trust Co. places the resources of an
other million dollar organization
right in the midst of Chatham peo
ple. Oh, you Leevites you may be
having your day alright, but now
watch your Chathamite neighbors
that they don’t get busy and give you
a run for your money in this race
for progress and development.
Mrs. D. A. Clark has' been in Char
lotte for the past week with her
daughter, Mrs. Morgan, who is quite,
ill with flu, complicated with asthma.
JOHNSON’S SALE.
Chatham county folk have right
here at the county-seat the opportu
nity of real bargains for the next ten
days. J. J. Johnson and Company,
is throwing its big stock on the mark
et with prices cut to the quick. Mr.
Stanley Jenkins, of Winston-Salem,
representing the Combination Sales
Co. is engineering the sale and he
is an expert. See advertisement.
The Johnson sale and the dollar
sale at Hall and Burns good store
make Pittsboro an attractive trading
place these days. Come to Pittsboro
and buy goods at a bargain, and visit
The Record office.
Lee’s and Jackson’s birthdays were
generally celebrated throughout the
State Monday.
THE REPORT OF GRAND JURY.
The following is the report of the
grand jury rendered last week:
“To His Honor W. M. Bond, Judge
Presiding:
We, the Grand Jurors for the Jan
uary 1925 Term of Court, report as
follows: —
We have investigated and acted up
on 39 bills presented to us and made
returns of same as per attached list.
We inspected the county jail and
found it well kept, safe and sanitary.
An old burnt out stove in jail is
smoky and unsafe ,and we recommend
that a new stove be put in and all
stove pipes replaced with new joints
where needed.
The fence around the jail is rotten
and down in several places. We rec
ommend that it be replaced with
new stockade as early as possible.
A committee of our body visited
the offices of the Clerk of Superior
j Court, Register of Deeds, Sheriff and
| Supt. of Public Instruction. We found
| them all in sylendid shape, records
neatly kept, and supplied with mod
em equipment.
We wish to call especial attention
to the Grand Jury room:
On going to this room, we found
it in such condition that we had to
hold our session in the Commission
ers’ room. The public closet in the
Grand Jury room had flooded the floor
and the room was filthy, offensive
and unsanitary.
We suggest that this room be thor
oughly renovated, filled with suitable
furniture for a Grand Jury room,
kept and used for sessions of Grand
Jury only.
We recommend that two public
closets be put in at some convenient
place ,one for white and one for col
ored.
A committee visited and inspected
1 the Convict Camp, and found their
I quarters in good shape, comfortable
sleeping places, ample supplies of
feed and supplies on hand. We found
three pigs to take care of scraps, we
found 17 head of stock, all in good
condition. We found 18 prisoners, 2
white and 1 6colored. The men were
well clothed and said they have plen
ty to eat, good places to sleep; no
one had any complaint to make.
We wish to commend Mr. J. .W.
Harmon, the superintendent, for his
efficient management.
Twelve Jurors visited the County
Home and found 20 inmates, twelve
white and 8 colored. The building and
surounclings are in excellent condition,
furnished with every necessity and
attention.
We found 3 milk cows, 5 head of
cattle, 75 hens, which furnish all
eggs, 13 hogs about 250 each, 1
brood sow, 5 pigs, 2 mules, 50 bar
rels of corn, enough feed raised on
the farm to last until May.
Our committee was served with an
excellent dinner by Supt. Johnson and
his good wife. We most heartily com
mend Mr. Johnson for his splendid
supervision and management.
We wish to express our sincere ap
preciation for all assistance and cour
tesies extended to us by the Judge
presiding, solicitor, and all officers
and officials.
W. H. HADLEY, Foreman.
POULTRY PROJECT PAYS.
Pupil in Negro School Has Big Suc
cess with Turkeys.
Chapel Hill Weekly.
Martha Reaves, a pupil in the sixth
grade of the Orange County Training
School, Chapel Hill’s negro institu
tion, has made an unusual success
with her project, a
task which she undertook in connec
tion with her school work.
■ She started two years ago with
three turkeys. When the second year
ended she had 54. They were sold in
Chapel Hill and Durham at prices
ranging from $3.74 for the smallest
to $lO for the largest. Altogether
the flock brought $270. After deduct
ing $17.50 for the cost of food and
$22.50 for labor (estimated 75 hours
at 30 cents an hour,) the net profit
came to $230.
The girl’s father, Joseph Reaves,
has a -54-acre farm, and on this she
had a small plot of ground on which
to grow food-stuffs for her turkeys.
B. L. Bozeman, principal of the
school, says that projects such as this
carried on by pupils at their homes,
are affording proof of the value of
the training the boys and girls re
ceive in the agriculture classes.
Retail food prices rose 1 per cent
in December.
WOULD CURB JUDGES.
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Representative Wade Barber
Introduces Three Bills.
We clip the following from the
News and Observer of Tuesday, but
we are inclined to believe that Barker
of Surry is the man who introduced
the bills, rather than our Wade Bar
ber:
Representative Wade Barber, of
i Chatham dropped in several bills last
j night relating to courts. He wants to
| amend the law authorizing recorders’
courts so as to allow towns of 2,000
population or more to have them.
The present law permits cities of
5,000 or more to have them.
Judges would be barred from criti
cising the verdicts of juries by anoth
er bill introduced by Mr. Barber.* An
other bill introduced by him related
to procedure in judicial sales and the
fourth one would authorize clerks of
Superior Courts to purchase grave
stones in certain cases.
Representative Watson, of Yancey,
would make witnesses in bribery cases
immune from indictment in certain
cases. As matters now stand if the
giver of a bribe testifies against the
receiver of a bribe, he is liable for
indictment and vice versa. Mr. Wat
son would allow either to turn State’s
evidence under promise of immunity.
MONCURE NEWS.
Moncure, Jan. 19.—We are having
much rain and the streets and roads
in and around Moncure are very, very
muddy. Everyone is wishing for fair
weather, but winter is not half gone
yet.
I .We are very glad to state that Mrs.
, C. B. Crutchfield, who has been suffer
i ing intensely with neuralgia is some
better at this time. We hope she will
continue to improve. .
Mr. and Mrs. O. G. Skipper have
moved to Asheville, where Mr. Skip
per has a position with Phoenix Util
ity Co. We regret to give them up, j
but we hope them much success in I
their work.
; Mrs. L. E. Cole has been sick for'
i! a few days but is some better, we j
are glad to state. Her daughter, Mrs. j
, Ella Clark of Corinth spent the week- j
j end with her. Her husband, Mr. L. E. j
Cole, is teaching near Corinth and did
; I not go to his school on Monday, on
I account of her condition.
! Mr H. R. Stedman motored to
j 1 High Point one day last week on
business.
1 Mrs. Aurelia Taylor has been con
fined to her room with cold for some
time, but we are glad to state that
she is getting on nicely.
We hope that she will soon be able
to come back to Moncure for we miss
her greatly. We are always glad to
see her.
Mrs. Taylor had her home on route
two painted last fall and everything
| looks so nice. She makes a success
of everything she undertakes in farm
ing and business.
Mr. Dee Sasser and family, after
spending two years with us, have
moved to their old home at Mt. Gil
ead. We are sorry that they have
, moved and miss them.
Miss Bertie Sasser, the eldest
daughter, has come back and resum
ed her position as clerk with The
Deep River Store Co., under the su
pervision of Mr. J. R. Ray.
Mr .and Mrs. R. L. Mac Vicar have
rented a house from Mr. J. L. Wom
ble and are now house-keeping. We
are glad that they have decided to
stay with us this winter and we hope
that they will like us as well as we
like them and build a permanent
( home here.
The Pittsboro boys basket ball team
played the Moncure team last Wed
nesday afternoon. The score was 44 to
14 in favor of Moncure boys. Come
again, Pittsboro.
WRENN BROTHERS SALE.
The bigest store in Chatham coun
ty is that of Wrenn Brothers Co., i
j of Siler City. The Wrenns are pioneer I
, 1 merchants in that good town and have
grown up with it. The handsome ad
dition to their former store has giv
en them an abundance of room for'
, every department of their big busi- j
i ness.
They are advertising their January
j Clearance Sale, in which they are of
; sering real bargains in Men’s and La
dies’ ready-to-wear, shoes, etc.
p *■ •
Half the session of Congress is
gone and not one important legisla
tive act completed. Not one of the
t regular appropriation measures has
i been sent to the President.
TAKE INTEREST IN SCHOOL.
Pupils and Patrons Lend En
couragement—Local and
Personal Notes.
Brickhaven, Jan. 19.—Little Pauline
Lawrence who has been quite ill with
pneumonia, is geting on very nicely.
The epidemic of colds that has been
prevalent in the community for the
last four weeks, instead of subsid
ing, seems to be on the increase. We
are very glad, however, that no se
rious cases have developed thus far.
Mrs. Hettie Richardson, who for
the past two years has made her
home here with her sister Mrs. N. T.
Overby, left last week for Raleigh,
where she will make her future home.
Mrs. Richardson is a gracious, kind
ly woman, and her many friends here
wish her success and happiness in her
new home.
Mrs. H. T. Johnson of Morrisville
is spending sometime here with her
grand-children, Pauline and Forest
Lawrence.
Miss Mary Bland, the poular and
efficient principal of our school spent
the week-end in Pittsboro with her
father, Mr. T. M. Bland. Despite tire
very inclement weather this month
the attendance at school remains
good. Those pupils who make perfect
attendance this month are to be giv
en a trip to “the movies,” and the in
ducement is strong enough to make
effort worth while. One little fellow
who is teased by his elder brother and
sisters for missing a day says, “I
guess daddy will have to take me.”
Anyway the teachers are to be com
mended for the interest that is being
manifested in the school by both the
pupils and the patrons. The school
spirit seems to be of an unusually
high order and the parents are lav
ish with praise for the school manage
ment.
There were quite a number from
here who motored to Sanford last
week to witness the great war pic
| ture, “Powder River.” While we do
not care for promiscuous pictures, we
do think there are some pictures
which are instructive as well as in
! teresting, and again we wish to say
j that “Powder River” is worth while,
j Let everyone who has an opportun
! ity see this picture, and tell others
I about it.
j Severe colds as well as rain and
! mud kept some from being at the
j school house tonight to hear Mr. Proc
tor’s report of the school survey of
the county. It is quite unfortunate
that the meeting could not be held
when the community could be better
represented, for the school question
is a much discussed subject, and es
pecially in this section of the coun
ty. The long term promotes debate,
yet it does seem that one way to
meet the needs of the child who has
to help with farm work, and the child
who is so unfortunate (?) as to have
nothing to do except attend school, is
to teach six days to the week, and
thus gain time .Even if all the pa- •
rents were financially able to hire the
work done—labor is too scarce. View
ed from either standpoint there re
mains a problem needing solution.
COURT PROCEEDINGS.
The Record reported last week the
proceedings of the court up to noon
Wednesday. After that hour the fol
lowing cases were disposed of:
Jim Elkins and Cleveland Goins,
liquor, nol pros.
Fon and Barney Burke, liquor, non
suit as to Fon, not guilty as to Bar
ney.
John Vestal, liquor case, $250 and
costs.
Ben Beaver, liquor, $l5O and costs.
Elmer Perry, liquor, non-suit.
Will Briggs, liquor, bond forfeited
in October; SSOO to school fund, rest
from sale of land to go to family of
Briggs.
Judd Newton and Hubert Brown,
liquor; Newton not guilty; Brown
! SSO and costs.
Archie Overby, rape, plead guilty
to assault on female; 12 months on
roads.
Weldon Watson, liquor, SIOO and
costs.
j Romie Phillips, charged with rape;
| jury passed on sanity and found him
insane; sent to the hospital for the
dangerous insane.
Julius Andrews plead, guilty to
| murder in second degree and was sen
! tenced to 18 years in penitentiary at
i hard labor.
Mayor Harvey W. Moore of Char
i lotte is reported seriously ill follow
i ing an operation on an ulcer.
NUMBER 33.