■ pushed SEPTEMBER 19,1878.
lady
I i ii Bvnum Was Laid to
Hrs. a* 1
Kest in Cemetery Here.
■ . |jj|] Evening Herald, Jan. 22.
If H. Bynum passed away
■ 11-45 Wednesday night at her
I * „ -Rpid street, following an
OTI i*
■ n f several weeks of influenza
Hiess oi
Hi pneumonia.
K, Bynum was one of the most
t-ei women of the city, and her
Kw brings widespread sorrow and
■ C gj ie was bom in Pittsboro,
If February 7th, 1850, and would
H//sobn reached her seventy-fifth
Bthday. She was the daughter of
late Aaron Gaston Headen, and
Hyy Kives Headen, prominent citi-
H/of Chatham county, and of dis-
Hg-uished ancestry. Her fahter was
Rallant Confederate soldier, a mem-
K of Company I, Chatham Rifles. He
Is wounded at Gettysburg, having
m n un der fire in most of the import-
H battles up to that time. The moth
-1 was a close relative of the fa
|us Virginia authoress, “Amelia
Hk. s »
K n December Ist, 1869, Mrs. By-
M was married, her husband hav-
H been the late Alvin Jesse Bynum,
lo a native of Pittsboro. An ideal
■ happy life followed, nine children
Hthe union surviving. A sad coin-
H e nce connected with Mrs, By-
Hn's last illness is the fact that her
lest son, Judge Ernest Bynum,
Hd suddenly this week at his home
(Oklahoma City, Okla. The other
Hldren surviving are: A. Headen By-
Hm, Mrs. F. C. Poe, Mrs. Peter Ih-
H and Misses Mary and Ida Bynum
H Rock Hill, Fred W. Bynum, of
Hckingham, N. C., W. E. Bynum-and
in Bynum, of Sumter. A number
relatives also mourn this loss,
\mg them being Mrs. T. A. Craw-
HLMrs. J. E. Roddey and Messrs.
Ht. and 0. S. Poe, of this city.
B’pon the death of Mr. Bynum, De-
Hnber 23, 1907, the family removed
■ Rock Hill and have lived here con-
Huously since, taking an active part
■ civic, social and church affairs.
■ Braum and younger daughters
Hre members of St. John’s Methodist
Burch, active in its work and devot-
B its interests.
■A short funeral service will be held
Bs afternoon at 5, at the residence,
■ at an early hour tomorow mom
■ the remains will be taken to Pitts-
B f° r interment in the family
Accompanying the funeral par-
I will be the following: A. H., W.
B and F - W. Bynum, F. C. Poe, and
■Mrs. Bynum was typical of t(he
of Southern womanhood.
gentle in manner, she was
■ptheless possessed of that poise
strength of character which
B rked women of the sixties,
■° Passed through and were enobled
B trials of the war between the
Btfions. Her passing marks the
Baking 0 f another of the tender
B° rds which a ™te the Old and the
R ew South, but her memory will lin
■ on £ i p - the hearts of those who
BV *° carr y on the lofty ideals
■ he? life.
W* Artiest T. Bynum,' eldest son
■ * r s- Bynum, died suddenly in his
■^ e in Oklahoma City, Okla., Mon
os last week, upon hearing
If e illness of his mother at her
IT C k Bynum was
H e^ e following a severe
■! C ,. n ii ue nza last fall. Heart
caused his death.
ft P * ynurp lived in Oklahoma City
WL* m years and had an exten-
pract * ce > figuring largely in
•niTi affairs of the state * He is
Ha rd ed by hAs wife, two sons, Ed
urner. and one daughter,
Bynum.
I ESTMENT OPPORTUNITY.
I" thequarter I ,a ? ea <L"*r-
R 25,000 . Weelc the offer °f
lessrs Ck w in a new enterprise by
II and W H * R MitCh_
on of Burling
ur ZZ \ m the P leasure - it is
ommend’tb 0 Correct the error and
-no the investment.
1200 lasf Ce . s^ares was printed
leen when it should have
be advert* ° U see corr ect in
The lsemep t this week.
'uaranteeTA 6^Cn mention ed above
t e rt;isempn4- ae statement s of the ad
dnce their tkat means much,
id. Pliability is unquesti m-
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MR. F. M. NASH AGITATED.
Our Corinth Corespondent Ex
presses Views on School
Question —Local Items.
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Corinth, Jan. 26.—A meeting was
called at Corinth school house Satur
day night to discuss the proposed
consolidation of our four schools with
Moncure. There was a unanimous op
position shown against consolidating
with Moncure. Our people still wait
to keep at least the grade work here.
In case the proposed consolidation
plan does not get through then the
Corinth people feel that the consoli
dated building here should be near
the center of the territory in question.
Then our Brickhaven neighbors came
forth with the sane and reasonable
statement that if they have to be
trucked at all they don’t want to be
trucked any further away from A
standard high school than they now
are and in that case they had rather
go to Moncure. All of which is just
more evidence that the county board
of education will have to step in,
look the situation over frst-hand and
then be the judges as to what we
most need and then give it to us.
Most of us are agreed that this is
the best way, if not the only way, to
get the vexing problem settled.
With all respect to our editor, we
believe that he has revived a line of
thought in the county that is going
to throw a monkey wrench into the
wheels oi progress of Chatham coun
ty. Very few states are left in this
union that still cling to the old six
months idea of schools. Just now
Chatham county is making an effort
to build—up her educational system
to keep pace with the demands made
upon her by her own people, to say
nothing of keeping in line with edu
cational progress, but since Mr. Pet
erson’s two editorials (and this will
probably prompt a third one) we have
heard those few that you sometimes
find in any community, harping the
old uncivilized song that six months
schooling is enough for anyone; it’s
more than they had and it’s all the
children need now. We know that
those editorials have prompted these
statements. We further know that
the editorials are being used in the
county to discredit the efforts of our
county board of education in the
present effort to establish the county
unit plan.
We wonder if Mr. Peterson really
has this idea of opposition to the
county unit plan in view? He might
recall that $28,000.00 or nearly half
the cost of the county schools in
Chatham is given us by the state and
that Mr. Allen is anxious to make it
$42,000.00 if we will first establish
the county unit plan.
If we were classed as a rich coun
ty and did not draw from the equali
zation fund then we could have a real
dollars and cents reason for opposing
better educational advantages if we
cared to be that penurious. We won
der if Mr. Peterson still says: “Yes,
If?”
If Mr. Thompson and Mr. Prhctor
care to try a cross word puzzle, right
hot off the bat, in solving our school
problem we can sure furnish them a
whole dictionary full of “cross
words” that they can use.
A wag walked up yesterday and
said to us: “Well, if you know enough
about that new ‘disease* to name it,
you ought to know enough about it
to cure it.” We had it most of last
week or rather it had us down and
in” (the bed.) It left us with a pain
ful pair of eyes so now we are con
vinced that it should be spelled just
as it is pronounced, namely, stoma-flu
grip-eye-tis. > ,
Mr. R .S. Parser made a flying
Ford trip to Albemarle Saturday and
brought back his mother-in-law, Mrs.
M. A. Arey for a few weeks stay
at Buckhom.
Mrs. F. M. Nash is sick this week
with whatever it is that everyone
is having—cold, headache, backache,
eye ache, etc. Give it your own name.
It’s quite a fad just now.
Mrs. Mclver is still improving.
She has been up and about her room
of late.
We asked Marvin Mclver to give
us some news this momingand just
got the usual reply. But he was ac
commodating enough to add that he
was going off som£ Sunday to call on
a young iady just to give us some
news. Good! What better news could
he “have related?
Rev. Mr. Duvall preached his regu-
PITTSBORO, N. C., CHATHAM COUNTY, THURSDAY, JANUARYL29,I92S,
SILER CITY NEWS.
Philathae Class Hostess to Baraca
Class—Officers For Year Elected.
Siler City, Jan. 21.—A social event
of more than usual interest occurred
last night when as a result of It re
cent contest for membership the Phil
atea class of the Methodist Sunday
school were the losers and thus be
came hostesses to the members of
the Baraca class. The evening’s pro
gram included a bountiful fish supper
with the most appetizing accessories
and there could be no question be
yond the assurance that every one of
the large number of Baracas pres
ent appreciated the choice of food
made. During the social hour speech
es were made by R. A. Williams, Mrs.
T. D. Bynum, Junius Wren, M. M.
Fox, Rev. O. I. Hinson, Mrs. J. C.
Gregson, Mrs. P. H. Elkins, W. S.
Durham, C. K. Wrenn, J. F. Lambe
and P. H. Elkins.
At a business meeting of the Phil
atheas the following officers were
elected: President Mrs. T. D. Bynum;
vice president Miss Stella Siler* secre
tary Mrs. Ira Smith; treasurer Mrs.
Lydia Campbell; teaeher of class Ju
nius Wren.
A social and business meeting of
the senior B. Y.\ P. U. was held last
night at the Baraca room of the Bap
tist church. Contests and games were
enjoyed during which time seasonable
refreshments were served. The of
ficers elected for the present year are:
President Grace Cockman; vice presi
dent Gladys Patterson; corresponding
secretary Gladys Riggsbee; secretary
Myrtle Ellen Leßarr; treasurer L. P.
Dixon; director Rev. R. S. Fountain;
quiz leader S. J. Husketh; pianist
Margaret Pendergraph; song leader
Mrs. H. A. Richardson; group leaders
Annie Petty and Pauline Jordan..
A. A. Richardson and family are
today moving from the property of
Mrs. W. R. Thompson to the Fesmire
house in the eastren part of town.
Dr. Frank R. Wren, who has been
here on several days visit to his
mother, Mrs. Alice Wren, returned to
day to his home at Anderson, S. C.
Mrs. J. W. McAdams and little
granddaughter, June Carol Alexan
der, of Charlotte, are here on a visit.
It will be of interest to their friends
here to know that Mrs. McAdams’
daughter, Mrs. Frances Alexander,
was recently married to Dewey Es
tridge, of Charlotte.
W. B. Cooper and family moved
this week to their new home in the
southern part of town. Mr. Cooper
has also erected three other houses
in that vicinity for rent.
H. Elton Stout arrived last night
from East St. Louis, where he has
been employed, to spend two weeks
vacation with relatives.
ANOTHER STRONG BANKING IN
STITUTION.
The Recoi.l has had considerable
to say recently about several of Chat
ham’s prosperous banking institutions
and especially of the advantage of
the coming to the county of the Page
Trust Co. But one we desire to men
tion today that is as worthy as the
worthiest. Refer here to the statement
in this issue of the Banking, Loan &
Trust Co., o: Sanford and
and you will find stated conditions
that should be particularly gratifying
to the friends and patrons 6f that
strong institution.
The parent bank at Sanford is
manned by a most capable set of of
ficers. Mr. J. W. Cunningham is pres
ident and W. W. Robards cashier. The
Moncure branch is under the efficient
management of Mr. J. K. Barnes.
While another branch at Jonesboro
has Mr. I. P. Lasater as cashier.
The Association of the Moncure
bank with the strong and progressive
Banking, Loan & Trust Co. gives the
southeastern part of the county the
finest kind of banking facilities, while
the splendid personel of both the pa
rent institution and the Moncure
branch should make doing business
with either a pleasure.
The children of the Confederacy
will meet with Miss Bessie Chapin
Saturday afternoon at 3 o’clock.
lar flourth Sunday afternoon sermon
at Buckhom church yesterday. Mr
Duvall is a splendid preacher and had
a good congregation.
Several Corinthians attended church
at Haywood Sunday, it being Mr
Barclay’s regular day there. He madi
a delightful and helpful ta*k to c
good audience. ***
J. D. DORSETT RESIGNS
AS CLERK OF COURT.
Goes With Chatham Bank—-E.
D. Hatch Appointed by Judge
Daniels as His Successor.
J. Dewey Dorsett has resigned as
clerk of court for Chatham coun
ty and has been succeeded by Mr E.
D. Hatch.
Mr. and Mrs. Dorsett rode over to
Raleigh Monday, where Mr. Dorsett
tendered his resignation to Judge
Daniels, who accepted it and imme
diately appointed Mr. E. D. Hatch
clerk.
Mr. Dorsett has had this resigna
tion under copsideration for some
weeks, and to those in the know the
news was not altogether unexpected.
He had offers of positions by two or
three banking institutions at salaries
much better-Ulan the SISOO a year
paid him as clerk. However, he hesi
tated to accept* but did finally consent
to go with the Chatham Bank of
Siler City, of which Mrs. Dorsett’s
father, Mr. J. J. Jenkins, is cashier.
As suggested in an editorial para
graph last week, it would be difficult
to retain a man of Mr. Dorsett’s fine
personality and buliness capability
in so responsible an office at the
measly alary of $125 a month.
The Record, With a host of other
friends, regrets to see Mr. and Mrs.
Dorsett leave Pittsboro, though the
Record ,which considers itself a Chat
ham publication, feels that it has not
lost this fine couple from its baili
wick. Both of them are delightful peo~
•pie, *-and their loss to is a
.distinct e»e. Yet tlieir friends will be
glad to see them better their pros
pects in every way they can.
Mr. Dorsett was reared in Siler
City. Accordingly, he and Mrs. Dor
sett are both going back home. He
was appointed clerk to succeed Mr.
J. L. Griffin, who resigned about two
years ago. Last fall he was reelect
ed by a big majority over his repub
lican opponent.
Mr. Hatch was bom in Chatham
and has spent practically his entire
life in the county, except a few years
in Randolph county. He has been Con
nected for quite a while with the
Asheboro Wheelbarrow Co., in more
recent years directing the Pittsboro
branch. He is a most genial gentle
man and, the ’Record believes, will
make a high-class official.
The new clerk takes charge Mon
day, Feb. 2.
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AN ATTRACTIVE OFFER TO *
• THE SCHOOLS . •
* *
* We are making an attractive of- *
* fer to the teachers and boys and *
* girls of Chatham county schools. *
* It should be an easy matter for *
* almost any school to pick up in a *
* day or tWo $lO to $25 for the *
* benefit of athletics or for any *
* other purpose for which such a •
* sum is desired. *
* It costs money to keep up a big *
* subscription list and we prefer *
* the schools to have it. *
* A day or two should serve to *
* canvass the whole district if the *
* boys and girls get busy. *
* We thought of offering basket *
* ball and other athletic goods as *
* premiums, but decided to pay *
* money and let each school supply *
* its own peculiar needs. *
* Show this to your teachers, boys *
* and girls, and get busy. *
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SAVE YOUR DOLLARS.
We like for our readers to have ad
vantage of every opportunity of sav
ing a dollar. Accordingly, we call
their attention to the advertisement
of suits at half price at Wilkins-
Ricks big Sanford store. We have
seen some of the goods and prices
and it is a real cut.
Likewise J. J, Johnson & Co. here
at Pittsboro, are continuing their big
overbought sale and are offering
goods at great reductions, and they
are going like hot cakes. It is a real
sale.
Also Hall & Burns, fine
young firm, are continuing their offer
of reduced prices and will sell you
goods at a great saving. Patronize
vour paper’s advertiser j. They make
it go.
r> CK TITtTaBF
VOTED AGAINST COUNTY
WiiJE SCHOOL TAX.
Mass Meeting of School Commit
tees and Citizens Disap
prove of County-Wide Tax.
At the instance of Supt Reid
Thompson, the school committeemen
of the county and numerous other
citizens met at the court house Mon
day at 10 a. m. to discuss the county
wide school plan worked out by Prof.
A. M. Proctor, professor of educa
tion at Duke University, who, on a
year’s leave of absence, is working
with the State Board of Education.
Mr. Proctor surveyed the county
during the fall and worked out a
comprehensive scheme for the consol
idation of the schools of the county,
under section 73-A of the codification
of the schol laws. The meeting heard
Mr. Proctor explain the scheme for
ten consolidated schools in the coun
ty instead of the 64 that now are
under operation.
There were really two propositions
but after long discussion, the vote
was 110 to 57 against submitting to
a vote of the people a county-wide tax
for, the support of the ten schools
proposed on an equal basis.
The law requires, and properly,
that a county system shall be worked
out before any other consolidation
can take place. Under the former hap
hazard method of consolidation it
frequently happened that a big con
solidated school would be established
without reference to any general
scheme that would assure the "ult£
mate inclusion of every nook and cor
ner of any county within a strong dis
trict, with the result that it became
more and more difficult to find a just
location for a new consolidated school.
Yet it seems that the real proposi
tion of the location of the schools of
the county was not brought to a vote.
It is necessary for the final location
of every school in the county to be
determined before a single other con
solidated school can be established,
and that point is utterly independent
of the question of a county-wide
tax for the equilization of terms and
opportunities.
Supt. Thompson seems rather dis
tressed about the failure of the mass
meeting Monday to approve a coun
ty-wide tax. He doesn’t know what
is the next step.
.A FRANK STATEMENT.
In buying The Record I failed to
go through the mailing list and note
the time of expirations, assuming
that they would at least expire pro
portionately during the twelve months
of the year, if not, as usual, largely
in the fall months. But it turned out
that very few expired in the fall, with
the consequence that I have had to
carry a big list five months with very
little chance of securing subscription
money. In fact, the most I have had
came from new subscribers. The con
sequence is that only an unusually
fine run of advertising has saved me
from' the rocks.
This week the subscriptions of 400
put on at the bargain price last Jan
uary expire, for as the credits were
all marked simply “January 1925”
without the day of the month, all
had to be carried to the very last
of the month. Unfortunately it is a
hard year and these subscriptions are
expiring at a time more difficult for
renewals tlhan if they had expired
last fall. But may I not count upon
every one who appreciates the paper
doing his best to renew promptly. I
have run, because of the circum
stances cited, seven or eight hundred
dollars short of the subscription mon
ey we should have received if the
usual proportion of subscriptions had
expired in the fall months ,and that
makes it hard to meet obligations and
live.
Help us by renewing promptly. If
your sdhool gets up a club, g‘/e the
boys and girls your renewal.
Respectfully,
O. J. PETERSON.
Teachers Meet.
Quite a number of the county’s
teachers were in session here Satur
! day afternoon. Prof. Husketh, presi
. dent of the county association, presid
! ed* Among other business matters
i was the election of delegates to the
, meeting of the State Association at
Raleigh, beginning today.
BUILD A BOMB NOWI
nLEE-JACKSON CELEBRATION.
Held at Pittsboro School Auditorium
Friday Afternoon, Jan. 23.
The program celebrating the birth
days of Lee and Jackson was delight
fully rendered at the school auditor
ium last Friday aftemon.
The exercises opened with “Amer
ica,” sung by all present. Rev. Jonas
Barclay read the fourth chapter of
Phillipians, after which Rev. C. M.
Lance led in prayer. The beautiful
song, “How Firm a Foundation,”
which was sung at the funerals of
Lee and Jackson was then sung.
Mr. James L. Griffin made a beauti
ful talk on Robert E. Lee, in which
he said that Lee was in every way
worthy of the tribute we pay to him
every year. He gave- us many facts
of Lee’s life and brought out the out
standing qualities of Lee’s character.
Mr. Griffin praised Mrs. H. A. London
very highly for her work in the U.
D. C. He also praised Mrs. London’s
late husband who was deeply inter
ested in the cause of the Confederacy.
Mr. Griffin’s talk was enjoyed by ev
ryone.
A solo, “The Sword of Lee,” was
sung by Mrs. Shannonhouse.
Miss Mary Dell Bynum told of
Lee's devotion t oduty, which she
said was the key note of Lee’s life.
Miss Martha Ray told us of Lee's
great love for children.
The next number on the program
was superintendent Thompson’s praise
worthy talk on Jackson, Thomp
son gave the many good qualities of
Jackson, his honesty, his sincerity,
his bravery, his cleanliness, and his
habit of doing just a bit more than
was just his duty. Mr. Thompson also
commended the Daughters of the Con
federacy.
A quartette, “Shall we Gather at
The River,” was beautifully sung
by Miss Camilla Gilmore, Miss Lou
ise Riddle, Miss Nannie Lanius, and
Miss Truman Fields.
Mrs. Henry A. London made a very
enthusiastic talk on the Confederacy
and the work of the United Daugh
ters of the Confederacy.
Mr. Thompson presented to Miss
Carrie Jackson a beautiful gift—a
gold flag pin surrounded by a small
wreath of gold. Miss Carrie seemed to
be very gratefully surprised. This gift
from the local Junior Order of the
U. D. C., was giventoMiss Jackson
in appreciation of her work in the
Junior U. D. C.
v The song “Dixie” was then sung •
enthusiastically by all.
A quartette, “Tenting To-night” by
Mrs. Bynum, Mrs. Shannonhouse,
Mrs. Chapin and Mrs. Hayes, was de
lightfully rendered.
The program in every way was in
teresting to all.
i m
JOHNSON'S SALE AND THE
ECLIPSE.
It is a question whether to recall
the eclipse of the sun as occurring
at the opening of Johnson’s great
sale or vice versa. One minute be
fore the scheduled opening Saturday
the eclipse had reached its climax
and the shadow immediately began to
diminish ts the doors opened. It ap
peared as if old Sol might be hiding
his face from the sacrifice of goods
at the prices marked, but he squinted
at the eager throng pressing to get
advantage of the bargains, began to
spread his smile and soon to glow
with his usual effulgence.
BUILDINGS FOR PITTSBORO.
There seems a building boom com
ing for Pittsboro. The Silk Mill is
the biggest proposition. In addition,
however, Dr. R.. M. Farrell is plan
ning to erect a two-story brick store
and office building on the lot where
the big pecan tree has been cut.
Again, Mr. A. H. London will build
an office on the site of the one re
cently burned. Also it has been re
ported that the recent purchaser of
Mr. J. A. Woody’s comer lot will
build a filling station.
Mr. Ernest Williams has completed
a small store on the comer of West
street «and Goldston Avenue.
Mr. A. L. Manley, who is connect
ed with the Combination Sales Sys
temof Winston-Salem, has been here
this week pushing the big Johnson
i sale. He and Mr. Johnson are much
pleased with results and are inviting
, the people in a page advertisement to
take advantage of the remaining days.
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NUMBER 34,