THE CHATHAM RECORD
I vcU SHED SEPTEMBER 19, fB7B.
■runaway BUYS fIAVt
I A NARROW ESCAPE
I V res tliiig Bout at Corinth —An
Ode To Chatham County
Commissioners.
„ March '9.—Mr. and Mrs.
forint n,
n sp- 'lit Sunday with Mrs.
p. ' , v .ts Mr. and Mrs. S. W.
n.
y ' \\r Allen is in charge of
si Corinth postoffice while her
\’,, r Airs. D. A. Clark, is in
' and Mrs. C. D. Dixon of
[oT-lumy, spent the week end with
Dixon’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
p, N. Dickens.
i Air. E. E. Woo dell of Sanford spent
FSnnday with Mr. A. M. Pollard. .
Air. and Mrs. W. W. Horton spent
Sunday in Apex with Mrs. Horton’s
sister. Airs.. Raymond Baker.
Airs. R. S. Parker returned Sun
,lav after a two weeks visit with
he r mother, Mrs. M. A. Avery at Al
bemarle.
Our friend W. W. Horton and his
friend Yow of the local N. & S.
height crew are some wrestlers. They
staged a match at the depot not long
a? 0 that would do for the sport col
umns of the Chatham Record, but
they failed to notify the sport edit
or in time to report on the match
round by round.
Two high school boys from near
Apex, left home one day last week
in a Ford to go to school. But in
stead of going to school played hook
ey and went to Buckhosn. After
wasting the day around the Buck
horn dam, they left in a big hurry
to get home in time to avoid any
suspicion as to where they had been.
In their haste and recklessness they
turned their Ford upside down off
the narow fill near Buckhom bridge.
One of the boys was pinned under
neath the car in about 8 inches of
water and could not get out. The
ither boy happened to be thrown
fee, and in seme way, he managed
6 move the Ford just enough for
■ his pal to free himself and crawl
lout. Neither boy 'As hurt, but look-
I out boys for next time you start
lout on a trip like that you both
■ may both ride back in a hearse.
Mrs. F. M. Nash is back from a
I weeks stay in Washington, D. C.,
■ where she took in the i '°ugural,
■ saw the President and n . u n
I make a speech. She says hr i
■ not sandy or auburn, but st pi .n
■ every day red and that he looks L-.e
I a man that would be boss of his own
I official affairs. But, shucks, that can’t
■be possible, for Deacon Potts up on
■ Hickory Mountain will tell you that
■ nobody but a Southern Democrat can
Ido the like of that.
■To The Commissioners of Chatham
County, with due Apologies
to Rudyard Kipling and
Mr. Brimley.
■jjr-it me somewhere close to Buckhom
■Where the roads are never hard,
■Sphere the Chatham fabbits ramble,
■ A ith wild turkeys ’cross your yard;
■ hliere the fishermen are calling,
it’s there that I would be,
inhere the chub and shad are run
■ ning,
Bf n d Cape Fear is flowing free.
IA- the rt,A_. -o Buckhorn —ee
■''here the „jt is thick and free,
■h r the mud like salad dressing
■ caches half way to the knee;
■ '.? the road to Buchom —ee
I . Cape Fear flows to the sea,
■ Ana we cry out in our anguish,
I or a road to Buckhom! See.
| p ROF. MEYER TO DELIVER
COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS.
Principal Nolan of the Pittsboro
I !l °ol announces that he has se
■ c ured Prof. Meyer of the department
: sociology of the State University
I to deliver the commencement ad
■ tress - Prof. Meyer is reputed to be
■ a Wonderful speaker, and Prof Nolan
■ |°flriders the community fortunate in
a ' in .g him. The date of commence
ment is April 27.
Passing along the road from
Wf™? to Goldston will note the
■ oundation laid for a store just be
]'["f Creek * Mr. W. N. Smith is
■®d t l,U i er * aS recen^y purchas
m } a1 on both sides of the road
■ a °m v] le t i
■ q L c v>iUve Lumber Company!
■ r /.‘ • ■ °t Raleigh, and will build a
01 lke ilol ’tb side of the
■ arif i p; C ,itor t°und Messrs C. F.
i Dart and a Mr. Covert at i
If the store Saturday.
ir ‘ , k ; Rockefeller, Jr., has giv-I
■ , 1 dollars to the Tuske- ;
uan '?ton negro schools. j
i
DEATH OF A HOOD WOMAN
Mrs. Nora M. Bynum Dies After
A Short Illnes.
Mrs. Nora M. Bynum died at the
home of her sister, Mrs. Clara Cal
vert, with whom she resided for the
past two years, Saturday at 6 o’-
clock, after a few hours’ illness, fol
lowing a stroke of paralysis. She was
■Jhe widow of the late L. B. Byrium,
of Bynum, and was the mother of
four children, Mrs. W. R. Jones, who
died several years ago, Mrs. Stal
lings, of Raleigh; Miss Mary Bynum,
of Washington, D. C.; and Prof. Jeff
H. Bynum, of the North Carolina
University.
Mrs. Bynum was a woman of un
usual energy, being left a widow with
her young children to support and
educate, she did both successfully.
Her younger daughter, Mary, grad
uated at Trinity College, with about
the highest honors the college con
ferred and is now interpreter of for
eign markets for the government at
Washington. Her son graduated from
the University of North Carolina and
for several years held a most prom
inent position with the Standard Oil
Company in Texas until his health
failed and he is now a professor of
geology at the University. She is al
so survived by the following sisters:
Mrs. Eugenia Hearn, Pittsboro, Rt.
1; Mrs. Calvert, of Pitsboro,
■ and Mrs. Alice Heath, of Charlotte.
She was a devoted member of the
Methodist church and her kindness
and cheerfulness was a source of ::n
--■ spiration wherever she was known.
The funeral was held at the Meth
■ odist church in Pittsboro on Mon
- day afterhon at 3 o’clock. Rev. C. M.
Lance, her pastor, conducted the ser
r vices. The remains were laid away
• in the cemetery at the church here.
— r*LM
NEWS NOTES FROM GULF.
Gulf, March 9.—Mr. and Mrs. G.
! L. Mernell, of Thomasville Orphan
age. have into their beautiful
new home. We are very glad indeed
to have them here with us.
Mr. Merrell will make a talk next
Sunday at Sunday school on the way
things are carried on at the Orphan
age. Hope a good congregation will
be present to hear him, because ev
eryone should be interested in the
, Orphanage work.
Miss Virginia Carter, of Hemp,
spent last week with her aunt, Mrs.
Robena Mcßae.
Mr. and Mrs. John Freeman and
children, and Mr. and Mrs. E. E.
Murchison and daughters, of Sanford,
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. D.
E. Murchison.
Messrs J. V. Ray and Raymond
Wilkie, of Moncure, N. C., and Clyde
Thomas, of Moncure, Rt. 2, were vis
itors at the new plant last week.
Mr. Harry Jones who has been here
for some time visiting his bffother-in
law, leaves today for Chicago, to
stay two weeks after which he will
be back to spend the rest of ; the
year. Mr. Jones is a fine man and
we are glad to know he will be with
us.
There will be a play entitled “The
Old Fashioned Mother” given at the
school building next Saturday night,
March 14th, by the school girls and
boys. Everybpdy is invited to come.
Mrs. J. M. Mclver leaves Tuesday
for Savannah, Ga., where she is ex
pecting to visit her brother for some
time.
Sorry to report Nancy Mclver and
June Little are sick at this writing,
but hopethey will soon be well again.
Mr. E. B. Wilkie, of Fayetteville,
spent the week-end at home.
Miss Robena Mcßae visited Mrs.
Mamie McLeod, at Carbonton and
Mr. Jim Gilliam, at Pocket last week.
Mr. James L. Ascough, of Welch,
W. Va., visited Mr. and Mrs. W. H.
Hill last week.
Busy Bee Sunday School Class.
Friday night, March" 10th, from 8
’to 10 o’clock Miss Louise Henderson
delightfully entertained the I>usy Bee
Sunday School Class. Many games
were played and Annie Bynum ren
dered some very good selections on
the piano. All present joined in the
singing. After the singing and
games were over Mrs. Henderson
and Mrs. F. L. May served ice
cream and cake. Those present at the
j party were Misses Sankie Perry,,
| Pearl Johnson, Elizabeth Blair, An- j
: nie Bynum, Margaret Brpoks, Louise !
Ray, Elizabeth Womble, Mary George
j Blair, and Marie Farrell.
PITTSBORO, N. C., CHATHAM COUNTY, THURSDAY, MARCH 12„ 1925.
JUDGE J. LLOYD HORTON QUITS
Youngest of State’s Judges Goes
Back to Private Practice—
Dunn Is Successor.
Wilmington, March 9.—J. Lloyd!
Horton, of Farmville, today resigned
as judge of the superior court.
Judge Horton announced his res- ;
ignation shortly after noon today ;
and made public the folowing tele- ;
gram which he had sent to Gov
ernor McLean:
“I hereby tender my resignation
as judge of the Superior Court of i
the Ffth Judicial District to take f
effect March 15.” ( |
Poor pay. a desire to re-enter the j
private practice of law and objec- j
tion to spending a greater part of j
his time away from his family were
assigned by Judge Horton as among
the reasons for his decision to quit
the bench.
“I am desirous of getting back to
active practice,” he said. “I have cov
ered the Eastern Districts on the
bench for the last four and a half!
years. I found that the duties keep
me almost constantly fiom my fam
ily and I feel that it is my duty
to them to return to private practice
: where I can be with them.
“I find orr taking an inventory of
my wordly possessions that I am
much poorer financially now than I
was when I first became judge four
and a half years ago.”
Judge Horton announced he will
form an association with the Raleigh
law firm of Armistead Jones & Son.
The name of the new firm will be
Jones, Jones and Horton.
In 1920 Judge Horton was elected
to fill an unexpired term on the
bench and two years later was chos
en without opposition for a full term
of eight years. Previous to becoming
judge he was solicitor of Pitt County
from 1915 to 1918, and district so
licitor from the latter date until he
was advanced, to the h^nch^
t Dunn to Sui*:eed Horton.
Albion Dunn, prominent member of
the Pitt county bar was yesterday
appointed pu 890fL_ TAOINu LU
appointed judge of the Superior
courts for the fifth district to suc
ceed Judge J. Lloyd Horton, also of
Pitt county, who yesterday resigned
in order to enter the Raleigh law
firm of Armistead Jones and Son.
“One of the ablest lawyers in the
entire State,” was the description of
Judge Dunn by Governor McLean,
who announced his appointment af
ter a conference with Judge Dunn
and former Judge Whedbee yester
day afternoon. Judge Dunn will hold
his first court at Burgaw, Pender
county, Monday, March 23.—News
and Observer.
MUCH-TRAVELED CHATHAMITE.
To find a native Chathamite living
quietly on a Chatham farm who has
resided in London as well as in New
York, and at various other points
in America, is quite a surprise. The
man is Mr. Charles F. Hart, who
lives about half way between Pitts
boro and Goldston.
Mr. Hart left home when a boy
and returned only twelve years ago,
settling down and marryipg after
his many years of wandering to and
fro on the earth.
Mr. Hart is a student, not so
much of books of men and life. Ask
ed what .he was doing in London,
he said that he went there and lived
for a period simply to study sociol
ogy. He had made a stake and spent
SI4OO of it in living just a plain,
every day life in the largest city
the world. He has lived also on
the Columbian River, where he was
employed in the salmon fisheries, and
has visited several points in South
America.
Mr. Hart is a member of the
school committee of the Carolina dis
trict and is much interested in school
affairs, but he doesn’t approve of
breaking up the rural districts and
carrying the children to the town
schools.
—»p.
Delegate tor R.- Convefitioh.
Mrs. Henry A. London, ho has 1
spent the last several weeks in Ral
eigh, where she has worked hard in
the interest of increased pensions for
the Confederate veterans, is this j
week attending the Convention of the !
i Daughters of the American Revolu- ’
tion in Asheville, going as a repre
| sentative of the CaswelLNash chap
ter. Sb” will come directly home from
' Asheville. i
HONOR PUPILS SEE PICTURES
Local and Personal Happenings At
And Around Brickharen.
Brickhaven, March 9.—Miss Mary
Bland, principal of the school here*
spent the week-end in Pittsboro.
The following pupils made a per
fect attendance record for a month,
and were carried to the moving
picture show at Moncure Friday ev
ening: Louise Nash, Tom Thompson,
Grace and Eileen Harrington, George
and Joe Dickens, Madys and Mayo
; Cotten, Joe and Sam Overby, Billy
i Harrington and Ben Mims. The
! youngsters seemed ideally happy ov
jer winning the free trip to the
( “movies,” and we predict that there
[ will be fewer absences next month.
Mrs. W. O. Mills is staying a
while .with her son, Mr. Herbert Mills
of Fayetteville.
Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Harrington
spent Wednesday and Thursday of
last week in Greensboro.
Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Kennedy, ac
, companied by Mrs. Mills and Mrs.
Johnson, motored to Fayetteville one
: day last week.
Mrs. H. T. Johnson, of Morris
! ville, is expected here Wednesday to
| stay a few days with her grand
| children, Pauline and Forest Law
! rence.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Lawrence, Mrs.
T. J. Harrington and Mrs. A. R. i
j Lawrence motored to Raleigh to
day. Mrs. J. H. Lawrence and Mrs.
IA. R. Lawrence are both taking
treatment under Drs. Wright and
Hicks.
Salter Utley, who has been at
home sick for the past week, will
resume his studies at the Moncure
school tomorrow.
Quite a number of the pupils are
out of school nursing sick arms, as
a result of last week’s vaccination.
Mr. Seawell spent the week-end
with relatives in Moore county
, Zeb Utley, srady Triieltove,
R. H. Overby and W. J. Hannon
were among the week-end visitors
at Cumnock.
Misses Aileen, Leone, and Louise
Luther have been on a short visit
here to Mrs. O. C. Kennedy.
Mr. W. J. Stephenson again con
ducted services, in the absence of
the pastor, at Christian Chapel last
Sunday. The congregation was a
large and interested one.
Cecil Beddoes had an interesting
meeting of Christian Endeavor Sun
day evening. The leader next Sunday
will be Louise Harrington.
Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Dickens will
motor to Raleigh tomorrow. They will
take their nephew, Willie Dickens, to
a hospital there.
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JUNIOR-SENIOR RECEPTION.
The senior class of the Pittsboro
high school was delightfully enter
tained with a reception given by the
junior class at the Woman’s club
room last Thursday evening. This is
the only affair of this kind ever
given by the juniors in honor of the
senior class in the history of Pitts
boro high school. '*
The guests were met by Miss Mary
Dell Bynum and Mr. John London.
Misses Mary Dell Bynum, Bessie
Chapin and Louise Brooks had ar
ranged the room suitably for the oc
casion and had selected a series of
interesting games and contests which
were very much enjoyed by all.
Ice cream and cake was served by
Miss Mary Dell Bynum and Miss
Louise Brooks.
Those attending this delightful en
tertainment were: Seniors —Carrie
Guinn, Alva Lindsey, Camilla Gil
more, Fannie Beard, Pauline Wright, !
Lena Burns, Verdie Thomas, Mary j
Poe, Miriam Chapin, Lacy Harper, I
Royal Shannonhuose, Roland Farrell,:
Lonnie Neal, Edward Ward, Harry j
Bell and Wyeth Ray. Juniors—Mary i
Dell Bynum, Bessie Chanin. Louise j
Brooks, Ruth Harris, Edna Hackney,
Elizabeth Herndon, Lucy Pierce. John
London, Lawrence London, Frank
Barclay, Louis Carroll, Brooks
Snipes, Grady Snipes, James Thom
| as, Wilbur Straughan, Dollie Neal
i and Sum,' Beard. Mr. Nolan, princi
pal, and Mr. Waters, athletic coach,
, were also present.
While out riding Wilburn C.
j Thompson, aged 66 years, a promi
; nent business man of Hickory, re
turning from a fishing trip, died sud
j denly.
LOOK Al" I *OUR LABEL
THE LEGISLAIfp ADJOURNS
Completes Its ark Tuesday
Night—A Rfl me’ of Im
portant LaJSf Enacted.
The Legislature completed its
work and adjourned sine die Tuesday =
night at 11:30.
'l,‘ie session has ben marked by
the ease with which Governor McLean
has impressed his views upon the
body and secured practically cVery
law he has backed.
The body was confronted with a
serious financial problem at the out
: A it. A deficit of $9,000,000 in accounts
of former administrators was con
firmed. More money was needed for
administration purposes than ever
and provision for part payment of
the deficit was desired. The Budget
Committee figured and cut till they
reduced the amounts asked to a to
tal of $14,000,000. The appropria
tions committee worked for weeks to
find that sum. Failing by $2,000,000
another slash was made in the appro
priations to bring the total within
$12,000,000...
The cuts were chiefly in the equili
zation school fund and the amount
devoted to payment on deficit; cuts
were also made in college and uni
versity appropriations budgeted. Then
began a fight to allocate the bus tax
to the equilization fund, led vigor
j ously by senator Seawell of this dis
trict, and a fight for an increase of
pensions, by the levying of a tax on
theater and circus tickets, which was
killed at the very last by the senate.
A number of important bills failed
to pass, but space permits only a res
ume here of the important measures
actually enacted. We copy from the
News and Observer:
The enactment of an executive bud
get.
The increase of the general reve
nue of the State from to
twelve millions and the increase of
apropriations from eleven to twelve
millions.
The funding of over one million of
the accumulated deficit which was in
herited and the payment of one-tenth*
of the remainder by amortized pay
ments of $400,000 and $450,000, re
spectively.
The issuance of $20,000,000 in State
highway bonds as compared with
$50,000,000 in 1921 and $15,000,000 in
1923, and raising of the gasoline tax
from three tk) four cents.
The issuance of $3,780,000 in bonds
for new permanent improvements at
the institutions as compared with
$7,000,000 in 1921 and $10,000,000 in
1923.
The issuance of $5,000,000 in bonds
as a loan fund to the counties for
school buildings as compared with
the same amount at each of the two
preceding sessions.
The re-submissibn to the people of
a $2,000,000 bond issue for home loans
to veterans of the World War which
was submitted in 1923 and approved
at the last election, the Supreme
Court having held the proceedings in
valid on technical grounds.
The enactment of a law regulating
motor buses and placing them under
the supervision of the corporation
commission.
The consolidation of all tax col
| lections in the Department of Reve
nue, including the entire automobile
department of the office of the Sec
retary of State and the collection of
i insurance taxes from the Insurance
Department.
The strengthening of the. Blue Sky
law and the transfer of its enforce
; ment from the Insurance Depart
ment to the Corporation Commission.
The consolidation of all bank de
; posits of State funds in the office of
| the State Treasurer.
The creation of a commission of
five to be appointed by the Governor
with full authority to fix the. com
pensation of all subordinate State
i officials and employees,
i The creation of a commission of
five to be appointed by the Governor
with full authority to distribute ar
bitrarily the increase of $250,000 in
the equilization funds for public
schools.
The creation of a commission of
twelve to be appointed by- the Gover
nor to inquire into the costs of ed
ucation both in the public schools and
the higher institutions.
The creation of a commission of
12 to inquiry into and report on the
(Continued on page fcur.)
BIG LUMBER AND TIE MARKET
Railroad Buying Cross Ties—Bennett
Local and Personal Notes.
M
Bennett,. March 7.—Much lumber
and many cross lies have been plac
ed on the local market here within
\ne last two or three weeks, the buy
ers keep busy. There has been an av
erage ox five or six cars of’ ties
bought each day for the last two
| weeks. Mr. E. D. Brady, wLb meas
ures lumber for the W. A. Ward
plant, said that he received some 40
odd wagon and truck loads of lumber
last Friday. Infact, about the big
gest business that has ever been in
Bennett, is now going on. *■ -
Mr. M. H. Birknead, superintendent
of the B. & W n Ry. Co., purchased a
large lot of ties for his road and will
put the road in much better condition.
It is runlored 4nat the Bonlee & Wes
tern and the Moore Central railroad
will some time in the not distant fu
ture consolidate, making a through
line from Cameron to Bonlee, a dis
tance of over forty miles. This would
open up this part of western Chat
ham and northern Moore county, giv
ing this section an incoming and out
going with the S. A. L. Ry., at Cam
eron, Norfolk Southern at Hallison,
and the Southern at Bonlee. It is only
about eignt miles from Bennett to
the end of the Moore Central rail
road.
The town commissioners have or
dered all streets in the town limit to
be put in proper condition, and urge
everybody to make a general clean
up around business places and their
homes. At the town meeting it was
suggested that we have a Fourth
of July celebration here this year and
have a bigger program and a better
time than we ever had before. The
business men and others will meet
at a call mass meeting very soon
and decide and select the officers.
Mr. Hobert Forkner is, confined to
his room from sickness. He has been
in declining health for several weeks,
and his physician and friends are do
ing all they can to help him.
Mr. Vance Marley and family of
franklinville visited her brother, Mr.
J. M. Scott Sunday.
Mrs. W. C. Brewer visited her pa
rents at Mitchfield Sunday.
Mr. J. M. Yow of Seagrove, whfo
moved to town several days ago, has
opened a store on Raleigh street.
The graded school here is planing a
big commencement this year and ex
pects to get out a good program.
Mr. R. L. Forrester, the principal and
his corps of teachers, are teaching a
fine school.
Prof. W. R. Thompson, superin
tendent, and Mr. T. B. Bray, one of
the educational board, visited our
School the other day in the interest of
the school. They tell us that better
school arrangements will be made
through the cfounty in the future and
this we are glad to know. If the peo
ple throughout this section would get
busy we could have a high school
here which would build up our neigh
borhood and save sending our chil
dren off, leaving our mpney here at
home.
ENGAGEMENT 1 ANNOUNCED.
The Mecklenburk Times, published’
at Charlotte, under date of February
18, carries the following interesting
announcement, under a date line from
Cornelius:
| “The engagement of Miss Ruth
Beard to Mr. Dewey Boone of Pitts
boro was announced by her sisters,
I Misses Meek and Josie Lee Beard, at
a Valentine party last Saturday af
ternoon.”
, Speaking further of the announce
ment that paper says: “Miss Beard is
one of the most popular and attract
j ive young women. She attended Dav
j enport College where she graduated
in voice. Since leaving college, she
has been employed in the Cornelius
Bank where she has added to her
scores of friends. N
Mr. Bbone who is originally from
Pittsboro, is employed with his broth
er in road construction work. He is
now located at Raleigh.”
“ELON BOOSTERS” COMING.
The “Elon Boosters’ Club” will
give a free entertainment at the
Pittsboro school auditorium on Tues
day evening, March 17. They will
bring an orchestra and will perform
a number of gymnastic stunts. Af
ter the Club’s entertainment the
school will give a box supper, the
proceeds of which will go to the
benefit of school athletics.
NUMBER 40.