The Chatham Record
I ESTABLISHED SEPTEMBER 19,1878.
7HSS CROSS IS MARRIED^ 1
, on Another Jamboree «
About The
C#f Chatham Schools.
! r „ ri „th, Feb. 2. Mr. Charles Lang
i (1 ]\ir. Hepburn who were here
retime Pepper and Register were
at the Buckhorn power plant
‘ are ago, spent a day or so with
1 st week, renewing old acquaint-
U? 2 They traveled in a new Lincoln
was equipped with a freak
. it blew like the angel Gabriel
h °j!?', all mortals to judgment. Some
C he colored folks would hardly
® elieve that it was not Gabriel or the
devil one.
The colored folks pulled off anoth
jjk one of their so-called oyster sup-'
Saturday night down, in the
Voung Prince section. The oysters
must have been mighty bad or else
the “stew” was too “strong.” They
<rot into an argument and Boy Prince
combed George Pattridge’s head with
a cocoa cola bottle and came near
scalping him. George was unconscious
for three hours. They called in deputy
sheriff H. A. Harrington but Boy was
too fleet-footed and outran even the
bullets that the deputy shot at him,
and got away—oyster stew and all.
Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Marks are all
smiles now. IPs a boy and arrived on
January 23.
Mr. M. I. Ellis and family of Siler
City spent the week-end with rela
tives at Corinth.
Mrs. Marley, the music teacher at
■Jdoncure, was a caller in the commu
nity Sunday.
We are glad to see Mr. T. F. Rag
land up and about again after his
;siege of pneumonia.
Rev. Mr. Duvall filled his regular
i first Sunday appointment at Buck
horn church. The circuit is building a
parsonage at Holly Springs and Mr.
, Duvall is exceedinly anxious to get it
| started.
I This will he the property of the
afxrcuit and Buckhorn church will
R&it to do her part in the work. Mr.
flhvall heads the circuit list with- a
Subscription of $500.00, which it
■seems to us is most liberal amount
for a pastor to give. Wonder if any
members will do as much?
We had another wedding in our
community last week. Miss Audrey
Cross, oldest daughter of Mr. and
Mrs T. F. Cross, of Corinth, was mar
ried to Mr. William Couzins. They
were married in Pittsboro at the Pres
byterian parsonage by Rev. Jonas
Barclay. Mr. Couzins is a valued em
ployee of the Phoenix Utility Co., and
Mrs. Couzins is one of the attractive
and popular young ladies of our com
munity. Their Corinth friends wish
them happiness and prosperity in
their journey through life.
When the Old Codger and the
R’hamkatt Roaster get thru ruminat
on Cam Morrison and that sur.-
»us that was a deficit we would like
to have him “stump in” some likely
foment and tell us what he thinks
a| tout schools and the county unit
plan in Chatham county.
Mr. Proctor made a splendid and
oxftaustive presentation of our school
Problem last Monday but when it
came to putting the plan on foot it
made a poor start. But it is not dead
Jot—not by a long shot —unless we
ure badly misinformed. It’s coming
J u 't as sure as death and taxes. We
0 astonished beyond measure to
llote that even mothers and pastors j
v en t on record as being against any j
would give the children of;
° ur county a chance at an eight
: (Tool. We do not yet believe
bev realize even a small part of
a ■ this new school plan would
*° place our children on equal
, 0odn » with the children of neigh
counties. The plan is new; was
in a moment of time, so to
but it is a good one, and we
*, set believe that the time is not far
lstant when many of those to dis
approve will be clamoring the Houd
for its adoption.
.^ r ' S* Rhodes Moffitt, who has
at Asheboro Wheelbarrow Co.
home plant in Asheboro for
er al years, has come to take the
j), Sl^on as head of the Pittsboro
Mr p w *^ c h is being relinquished by
* •B. Hatch who is now clerk of
jsjf" 1 ’ succeeding Mr. Dewey Dbr-
Mr. Moffitt is married
Ig ‘ n . as one child. This good family
Huin’t* 6 an acqu^“^on *° the com
tJf 1 and we hope they are here
wmanently.
W * World spent on
' tor cars last year.
| MONCURE NEWS.
Moncure, Feb. 2.—Miss Zula Pat
terson, one of the high school teach
ers, spent the week-end at home with
her parents at Frank linville.
Miss Pauline Ray spent last week
end visiting Mr. and Mrs. D. R.
Perkins of Greensboro.
We are very sorry to state that Mr.
and Mrs. Junius Hackney’s baby,
Kitty Mae, is very sick at this writ
ing. We hope it will soon be better.
Mrs. S. V. Holt donated to Mon
cure school library a book in mem
ory of Mr. T. B. Lambeth, who re
cently died. Mrs. Holt is always do
ing good deeds.
(Mrs. Holt also contributed L. sub
scription to The Record to the Mon
cure school in honor of the same good
man.—Editor.)
Miss Mary Olinger of Sanford spent
last week-end with her sister, Mrs.
J. E. Moore.
Mr. R. F. Burns, of Georgia, is
spending some time with his broth
er, Mr. Moody Bums.
Mrs. T. B. Lambeth spent one day
last week in Raleigh shopping.
Mr. P. S. Kelly who has been
spending sometime in Cuba with the
Phoenix Utility Co. there, has been
walking the streets of Moncure shak
ing hands with his many friends here,
who are glad to see him. While in
Cuba he contracted fever, so after
he got better he went up north and
spent a month in New York City. Mr.
Kelly is looking well, but he has
not fully recovered from the effects
of the fever. On leaving Moneure he
will go to California to spend some
time for his pleasure and health, and
also to visit one of his friends there.
Mr. W. C. Cousins, who was re
cently married to Miss Audrey Cross,
of Corinth, has resigned his position
with the Phoenix Utility C 0.,, and the
happy young couple have gone to
their new home at Florence,
bama. * #
• and Mrs. J. L. Womble motor
ed to Pittsboro Sunday and spent
the day with his brother, L. N.
AjSTomble.
The delegates of the Baptist Sun
day school and choir attended the
meeting of the B. Y. P. U. at Pttts
boro Baptist church Sunday after
noon. Special program and music
were prepared. /
Mr. and Mrs. Roy N. Knight have
moved to Gulf. Mr. Knight had a
position with The Deep River Store
Co. at Lockville for a year or more.
He has moved back to his home town.
We are sorry that they have left
Moncure, but hope them much success,
i Miss Kathryn Marley, the music
teacher in Moncure school, spent last
week-end with her pupils at Corinth.
SEAFORTHNEWS^
New Hill, Rt. 2, Feb. 2.—lt has
been very cold here. We had about an
inch and a half of snow to fall last
Wednesday night.
Mrs. I. R. Seymour and daughters,
jeneverette and Jessie, spent last
week with her daughter, Mrs. D. E.
Bowling.
Mr. D. E. Bowling and family ac
companied by Minnie Belle Goodwin,
spent Sunday with Mrs. Will Ward,
Pittsboro.
Mr. P. G. Farrar, principal at Bells
high school, had the misfortune Sun
day afternoon of being in an auto
mobile wreck. He was slightly in
: jured.
Mrs. F. L. Honeycutt and son, F. L.
Jr., of Hamlet, are visiting in the
; home N os her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. G. Goodwin.
The many friends of Mr. Trubie
Thrailkill are very glad to know that
she is improving after an attack of
pneumonia.
Mr. Garland Goodwin, of Hamlet, is
visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. G. Goodwin, after undergoing an
operation at a Charlotte hospital. He
is expected to return to his work in
Hamlet soon.
ELI WHITNEY*HIGH SCHOOL
TO BRING A PLAY.
Saxapahaw, Feb. 2.—On Saturday,
February 7th, at 7:30 p. m., the* Eli
Whitney high school senior class will
present a play, “The Dust of The
Earth,” in the auditorium of the By
num school.
This is a good play, and its perfor
mance at home was enjoyed by a full j
house. • ’ -vHu ' |
The admission will be .15 and 25 j
cents. ‘ ? j
Eli Whitney high school is .}
accredited high school of Southern!
Alamance, and it's senior class is ex
pected to give an excellent program.
PITTSBORO, N. C., CHATHAM COUNTY, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1925.
CAROLINA COAL COMPANY
TO MINE ON LARGE SCALE.
New Machinery to be Added and The
Output to be Doubled— No
Finer Coal to be Found in
the Country For Do
mestic Purposes.
Sanford Express.
Messrs H. W. Sullivan and N. E.
Dillingham, contractors for the Caro
lina Coal Company, spent a short time
in this office last Monday. They tell
The Express that a large program is
being planned for the operation of the
Carolina Coal Company at Coal Glen.
There are four experienced contract
ors from the coal fields of Alabama
in charge of the operations at this
mine. Three of these contractors came
to Coal Glen and are now busy plan
ning for the extension of the work
ings of the mine.
A new 150-horse power engine for
hoisting coal will be installed at the
mine soon. This will double the capac
ity of the plant for handling,coal. The
present daily capacity is 200 tons.
Four hundred tons per day will be
hahdling coal on a large scale. There
are now some 75 men employed at the
mine and to operate the mine as
planned it will require more than 100
laborers. There are about 30 dwellings
in the mining village and others will
be built as needed.
A first aid safety first club will be
organized at the mine to safeguard
the lives* of the miners and others in
charge of the mine. There is perhaps
no mine in the country clearer of gas
than the. Carolina mine, but there is
always more or less danger of acci
dents of one kind or another around
coal mines.
These contractors tell The Express
that there is not a finer quality of
coal to be found anywhwere in the
country , than is mined at the Carolina
mine. It is not only good for operat
ing alt kinds, of manufacturing plants,
hut* it is first class coal for domestic
purposes. It is good for heater, stove
or furnace. These contractors were
surprised that no more of this coal
is being Used in Sanford. They say it
would be an easy matter to drive a
truck to Coal Glen and get a ton of
this coal at a cost of $5.00 or $6.00.
By doing this one would save from
$2.00 to $3.00 per ton.
These mining experts see great
future for Sanford and this section
and they say the coal interests in the
Deep river valley will prove-a great
asset in the development of the re
sources in this part of North Caro
lina. They want to see our people get
j busy and do everything possible to
make this section better known
through its coal interests.
PITTSBORO SCORES ANOTHER
VICTORY.
The Pittsboro basket ball team is
winning laurels these days. Last week
the team registered a victory of 44.
to 13 against Siler City team. Tues
day evening the boys added another
victory to the team’s record by de
feating the battling Moncure high
school team. At the end the score
stood nineteen and nineteen but in
order to break the tie another five
minutes was played. Each team threw
every effort into the breathless race
to be ahead when the time was fin
ished, resulting in a score of 25 to
21 in favor of the local team. The
line up was as follows:
Moneure: Pittsboro:
Right Forward
Beard
Deft Forward
Harrington Snipes
Center
Womble (Capt) Harper (Capt)
Right Guard
Ray • Shannonhouse
Left Guard I
Utley ' Bell |
Score: Moneure, 21*; Pittsboro. 25.
Points scored for Mbncure—Wom
ble, 6; Harrington 11; Womble, 2;
Utley 2. Pittsboro—Beard, 10; Har
per, 13; Bell, 2.
Referee —Walters, Pittsboro coach.
Methodist Laymen’s Rally.
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Next Sunday is set for a rally of
Methodist laymen 'of the
district. The rally will ”be held at
Sanford, beginning at 11 a. m.- An
j interesting program has been pre
| pared. Z. *. V. Snipes is . district lay
I leader. The speakers for the occasion
j include R. W." Herring, of Fayette
j ville, Miss Fannie Vann, of Clinton ;
l Dr. M s L; Matthews, of Sanford, D. U
Sandlin,' Fayetteville, ft. L. Bums.
Carthage, aifd James Best, Dunn.
MEETING OF C E, SOCIETY.
Bad Roads For Rural Carrier—
Local and Person Notes
From Brickb^^n.
A
Brickhaven, Feb. 2 ( cs’ di ss Kathryn
Marley of .is the week-end
guest of Misses lice and Frances
Thompson.
Mr. W. J. H ion spent the week
end with hip .ther who lives near
Carthage, fa
Miss Bland was a week-end
visitor in Pittsboro.
Mrs. A. M. Cotten expects to go
to Morrisville tomorow to spend a
while with Mrs. Exie Cotten whose
two year old baby is suffering from
meningitis and tuberculosis of the
spine. Raleigh specialists say there
is no cure for the child and that it
can live only a few weeks, at the
most. The little fellow is pretty and
intelligent and the parents have the
sincere sympathy of many.
Messrs. W. A. Griffin and Zeb Ut
ley left this morning for a week’s
stay at Acme, where they are mem
bers of a hunting expedition.
Mrs. H. A. Harrington had as her
dinner guests last Thursday evening,
Mr. and Mrs. Phyl Harrington, little
Miss Mildred Harrington and Misses
Mary Bland and Hilda Wilkie.
There will be a regular meeting of
the Betterment Association at the
school next Wednesday at 3:30 p. m.
This is to be a very important meet
ing and every member is urged to
be present. Miss Wilkie will sing. Re
freshments will be served.
A larger ertowd than usual attend
ed C. E. Sunday evening Miss Mar
ley sang and the program was de
cidedly more interesting than the pre
vious impromptu one. Miss Eunice
Thompson is leader next Sunday.
The nominating committee also made
a report—all former officers were
unanimously re-elected for the next
term of six months.
The cecent rains have- made some
parts of our roads almost impass
able. Mr. Cotten the mail carrier was
forced to change his route two days
last week. His Ford refused to “take”
tfhe little red hill, and now he is
driving the car that neither sticks nor
skids, namely the faithful horse. Mr.
Cotten is an efficient mail carrier,
and we know that no people can get
better or more satisfactory service
than he gives to those on his route.
We should appreciate his'"faithfulness
by making an effort to get he roads
in better condition, especially that
stretch of road that, connects the
Brickhaven road with the Merry Oaks
road. If all those who live on this
road would unite in doing this much
needed work the results would be
most satisfactory, and we know that
Mr. Cotton would feel that we do ap
preciate his efforts to give us the best
possible service.
We heartily agree w T ith the man
from Robersonville who, in a letter
to the News and Observer, speaks of
the time wasted by the Legislature
in discussing worthless laws. A law
which is disregarded by even the
officers of the government and unob
served by the general public is worse
than no law, for a law not executed
tends to breed contempt for all laws.
If a law is not to be enforced it
should, by all means be repealed. We
need respect for laws ,and then the
law will be obeyed. To be a member
of the legislative body should be con
sidered a sacred trust and those who
represent the people there should be
of the type that recognize a duty—
and who above all should have the
good of the people .of the state at
heart.
DEATH OF MR.YTf. H. WHITE.
Bonlee, Jan. 29. —C. F. H. White,
who lived near here, died from the
| infirmities attendant upon old age.
Mr. White was a native of this
county. At the time of his death he
was 75 years old. He was a large
property holder in this section. In
Shis younger years he was associated
with almost every progressive move
in the community. In his death this
section suffers the loss of one of its
most widely respected and valued cit
izens.
Surviving are three sons, Messrs. S.
J. A., W. N. C. and R. R. White, and
two daughters, Mesdames Elizabeth
Andrews and J. R. Cheek. With the
exception of Mrs. Cheek, who lives in
Bamesville, S. C., all of these children
live in Chatham county.
i tm
Miss Bessye Caviness leaves Satur
day night for the northern cities to
purchase her spring . and summer
stock of goods.
► MT. ZION NEWS. *
Moneure, Rt. 2, Feb. 2.—Surely ev
erybody enjoyed the snow last week,
especially the young people. It was
just hard enough for skating and the
1 school children, as well as teachers,
were fond of the sport.
Mrs. W. W. Stedman and little \
daughters of Moneure spent Sunday
and Sunday night with her nfother,
Mrs. J. C. Harmon.
Rev. C. M. Lance preached for us
last Sunday at three o’clock, the usu
al hour. His sermon was interesting
' and helpful, and was enjoyed by all
present.
Mr. Lance was present for our
Sunday school. We feel that he is go
-5 ing to be of great help in the Sunday
! schools.
; We were deeply grieved when we
1 learned of the death of our beloved
1 presiding elder, Rev. R. H. Willis. He
! preached for us at Mt. Zion several
times during his tenure in office and
his sermons were powerful and inspir
-1 ing; why such a man, who was do
ing so much good should be taken
from us, God in heaven only knows
best; so we are resigned to His will.
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COMMISSIONERS IN SESSION.
The county commissioners were in
session February 2nd and transacted
: the following business:
Obed Moses, burial Alice Foushee,
SIO.OO.
L. N. Womble half dozen chairs,
$15.00.
T. M. Bland & Co. merchandise,
$112.63.
Pittsboro Beef Market, meat lfor
county home, $27.62.
John Buriis, jailer, fees for Jan
uary, $115.80.
John Burns, Roinie Phillips to hos
pital, $11.40.
C. T. Desera, still, cap and worm,
$20.00.
R. C Campbell, still, _
' IT'D. Teague, sSilf SIO.OO.
F. P. Nqoe, still complete, $20.00.
J. M. Wombles, still complete, S2O.
Sherman Alston, janitor, $25.00.
Connell & Johnson, merchandise for
county home, $101.20.
C. T. Desem, John Bums and oth
ers in Will Bass case, $42.50.
Mrs. J. W. Johnson, sewing at coun
ty home, $10.25.
Martha Snipes, washing at ebunty
home, $13.15.
Robt. Brown, work at county home,
$25.00. ;• * *
Maggie Brown, cook at county
1 home, $16.00.
A. C. Ray, premium on bond E. D.
Hatch, $97.50.
P. T. Farerll, summoning witness
es, SI.OO.
F. P. Nooe, poll holder, $3.00.
N. R. Bright, 3 days poll holder,
$9.00.
J. W. Johnson, salary, supt. county
home, $88.33.
E. E. Wilson, commissioner 3 days,
110 miles, $20.50.
Hanford Brothers, part payment on
bridge, $2000.00.
Taylor Johnson, meal for county
home, $5.00.
R. A. Dean, poll holder, 1 day, $3.
C. B. Fitts, commissioner and 160
miles, $33.00.
E. E. Kidd, burial Nancy Gausay,
SIO.OO.
J. Dewey Dorsett, insolvent bill,
$612.20.
J. Lee Harmon, wood, $9.00.
James & Marcus Harris vs John
Farris, $7.60.
J. Dewey Dorsett, salary, help, one
week of court, $280.33.
Paragon\ Press, printing, $2.75.
Edwards & Broughton, printing,
$6.26.
C. C. Hamlet, commissioner, miles
traveled, etc., $29.15.
National Office Supply Co. station
ery, $7.17. * •
Pilkington Pharmacy, drugs, $11.65.
Chatham Record, advertising, $14.70
C. C. Poe, January salary, $150.00.
F. M. Holleman, poll holder, $3.00.
C. D. Moore, registrar, etc. $21.90.
J. R. Copeland, poll holder, $2.00.
R. W. Seymore, election boxes, sl.
Chatham Hardware Co. merchan
dise, $7.9.
R, G. Perry, prisoner to jail, $lO.
- / Paid In.
J. Dewey Dorsett, fees for Janu
ary, $420.72.
C. C. Poe, fees for January, $159.15.
1 Miss Lillian Marguerite Ray has
1 returned to Raleigh after spending
last week with her parents here. Miss
■ Ray has been doing research work at
> State College, and has recently been
• promoted to Librarian for the Bureau
of Economic and Social Research.
NEWS NOTES FROM SILER CITY
Brick Store Building To Be Erected
Funeral of Mrs. Henry Siler
Siler City, Feb. 2.—Active work has
been begun by H. L. Terry on his new
business lot recently purchased on
i Main street. The plans include the
erection of a modern brick building
25 by 80 feet. It is expected that the
building will be ready in 60 days.
The moving of the bakery from its
present location will vacate the prop
erty recently purchased by the Page
Trust Company, who will replace the
old brick structure with a new home
for their bank, this being the insti
tution formerly known as the Citi
zens Bank and Trust Co.
The funeral service held for Mrs.
Henry Siler, whose death occurred
Saturday, was attended at Loves
Creek church yesterday dy one of
the largest crowds ever seen at this
old historic church. Rev. Richard S,
Fountain conducted the services, the
choir from the Baptist church here
and other singers furnishing the mu
sic.
Attending from a distance * were
Percy Siler, of Greensboro; Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Clapp, of Spencer; Mr.
and Mrs. John W. Curtis, of Liberty;
A. L. Gilliland, of Vass; Mr. and Mrs.
E. A. Green and W. H. Council, of
Council; G. L. Whitaker and daughter,
Miss Pauline, of Julian.
Mrs. Rufus Brewer was- operated
on for appendicitis at a Greensboro
hospital Saturday morning. Her con
dition is reported as fairly satisfac
tory. Mr. Brewer returned from
Greensboro last night. Saturday, her
father, W. H. Andrews, and his
daughter, Miss Cara, visited Mrs.
Brewer.
Messrs- Gilbert Shaw, Roland Far
reH, Royal Shannonhouse and Hairy
-Bell, of are visitors here
today.
piroißOßaSEFEA'rs sileroty
In spite of inclement weather, mud
slush and bad roads, a good crowd
from Siler City and Pittsboro gather
ed in the school auditorium Friday
evening to witness one of the best
games of basket ball of the season.
The spirited contest resulted in' a
score of 44 to 13 in favor of Pitts
boro. The victory was due to better
team work and faster passing on the
part of Pittsboro boys.
The visitors seemed unable to find
the basket. Clayton Bean, Siler City’s
center, led his team in scoring, shoot
ing 3 field goals. Sam Beard, Pitts
boro’s little right forward, was the
high scorer for his team, shooting
goals from all angles of the field
with the precision of an old- timer.
Capt. Lacy Harper followed next
in scoring, shobting 12 goals.
- Basket ball is a new sport at Pitts
boro this year which necessitated
starting at the bottom.
Our boys have made a wonderful
showing against schools of athletic
experience, taking the small end of
20-29 score against the strong Chap
el Hill team.
The lineup for the game was as
follows:
Pittsboro, 44. Siler City, 13
Right Forward
Beard (28) McLaughlin (4)
Left Forward
Snipes (2) Dark
Center
Capt Harper (14) Bean (6)
Right Guard
Shannonhouse Clapp (2)
Left Guard
Bell Brooks
Substitutions: Siler City, Ferguson.
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MRS. ELKINS SUCCEEDS MRS.
WEBSTER ON WELFARE BOARD
Mrs. P. H. Elkins, the Record’s ca
pable Siler City correspondent, has
been appointed to the vacancy on
the county board of welfare made by
the removal of Mrs. Olive Webster to
Greensboro.
The board as now organized con
sists of Rev. Jonas Barclay, Mr. J.
Q. Seawell ,and Mrs. Elkins, a most
competent trio.
An interview with Mr. Barclay in
dicates that there are serious social
'problems in parts of the county, that
the tribes of subnormals in some sec
tions are threatening to become* a
real menace through the productive
inbreeding of half-wits. He feels that
the eugenic marriage law is not ef
fectually serving the purpose, and
that a radical step is needed to stop
the increase of mental weaklings.
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Mrs. C. M. Lance returned a few
days ago from a visit to her mother,
in Clinton. „
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