The Chatham Record
KTABLISHED SEPTEMBER 19,1878.
810 THINGS A’DOINB
IN CHATHAM COUNTY
plants Costing Millions Complet
ed and Under Construction
A Village Rises in a
Month at Tile Plant.
]3i£ things are afoot in good old
Chatham. The great power plant near
Moncure is complete with the outlay
of and the work of beauti
fying the grounds is in progress.
Over near the Deep river, a mile
or so below Gulf, the great brick and
tile plant is being built with remark
able rapidity. It has been only a
f eW weeks since the announcement
of the organization of the company,
which proposes to establish a plant
costing hundreds of thousands, and
ultimately millions, probably, was
announced. Yet at this time the resi
dence section is dotted with a score
0 f cottages and great headway has
been made in the building of the
kilns.
T!here are two rows of brieklined
cylindrical kilns for the brick with an
excavation between the row's for a
gas pipe to supply gas for burning
the brick. While a few yards to the
east is a great quadrilateral kiln for
tiling. The kilns are all below the
surface, and have required the re
moval of vast quantities of earth. A
visit to the plant last Friday reveal
ed a busy scene. One hundred and
seventy-one hands have been em
ployed in the development. The su
perintendent of construction is a
hustler from the middle west. The
writer couldn’t tarry for the inter
view he was promised after the hus
tle of work hours should be over, but
his eyes alone sufficed to convince
him that there is to be no delay in
completing the plant and that the
extraordinary good weather of the
past month has been a boon to the
workers.
And looking out The Record’s own
office door, one may see the practi
cally completed walls of the Pitts
boro silk mill, a wo" 1 -, too, that has
been greatly forwr.:d Y d by the fine
weather conditions. This is the first
unit of a plant which within a few
years will probably assume large
proportions, and the forerunner, it
is hoped, of other enterprises to be
established at the old county seat
town.
But Siler City, w T ith its already
considerable industrial start, with!
its cotton mill and furniture factor- i
ies, is to have another plant in the
near future, as well as a modern
laundry.
And down the Sanford road a few
miles a young mountain of crushed
..stone is rising to furnish the material
for paving the stretch of highway
I through Pittsboro to the Lee county
Pline. while the great white bridge
across Deep river is already complete
ull(1 foi'k is about to begin on anoth
-1 cement bridge a bit above Cum-
as a crossing for highway No.
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Altogether there are to be busy'
'C ues in the old county, and main i
nreet in Pittsboro will not fail to
hie picture of activity, as Mon
rnm J 5 *aw work begin on the
luee brick buildings to occupy the
JUrned c °rner site, and the founda
,lon Voi 'k on Dr. Farrell’s building
ls under way.
W NEW* BUILDINGS.
Qn a trip over the Jenks road
a^° m Pittsboro to Apex a few days
f"’ 0 ’ ' vas seen many new dwelling
,oj>es the farmers are building,
*ome of them being nice, substantial
lx and seven room houses. Much
land is beinff cleared up and get
rCat*y or Piling tin\e. Over
_ *at part of Wake, which joins
■ , ' a ' ,clin » is a veritable tobacco coun
ts? tobacco plant beds are
along the roadside. From
£ to Apex the eoun
-0 ‘ th iekly settled with prosper
a armers and tenants and from
wnu ranCeS a humper tobacco crop’
year ' ra * se< * in that section this
S teachers"meet.
S i_ e c °unty teachers were in ses- ]
Dr. E. W. Knight, of
Tho^ ity ’ P res *nt. Supt
ito « n s Poke of the laws affect-
! C}>ools P asse d at the late
VsWvv tile iegislatune. Principali
the Siler ity is President of
association. V
PAY A VISIT TO PITTSBORO
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Teachers Atteii|[ Y
ers ? Meet—Moncure?i.ocal
kews of liiterest.
Moncure, March 16. —The flu is still
spreading in and around Moncure. >
Mr. J. K. Barnes, cashier of the
bank, has been sick several days with
the flu, but is better today. We hope
he will soon be out again.
Mr. Edwin Cathell, who had a po
sition with Wade & Co. at Pineview,
had the misfortune of dislocating his
shoulder again. His uncle, Dr. Sow
ers, of Jonesboro, put his shoulder
in place, and Edwin is getting on
nicely.
Brick work for the new drug store
is nearing completion.
Miss Grace Lindley, of Bynum,
spent last week end with her sister,
Mrs. H. G. Self.
All members of the Mbncure school
faculty attended the Teachers meet
ing at Pittsboro Saturday.
Miss Kathlyn Marley, teacher of
music, entertained her pupils at a
weinie roast Saturday evening, be
ginning at 6 o’clock. Eaoih pupil in
vited one friend. The jolly crowd
gathered at the school building and
as it was a windy evening, they did
not go very far, but stopped in a
meadow beside a branch of water
near the highway and built a bonfire.
By the light of this fire they enjoyed
the roast and also music given by
Miss Hilda Wilkie on the guitar.
When time came to disperse and go
home, all thanked Miss Marley for
the good time that they had.
Miss Kathlyn Marley, music teach
er, and her class will give a mimical
comedy, “Footlight Revue,” Saturday
evening, March 21, at the school au
ditorium. Everybody cordially invit
ed to come.
Miss Esther Womble, who }ias been
sick with a cold, is able to be up,
we are glad to state. -
Mrs. E. E. Utley who has been at
a hospital in Raleigh for two weeks,
after an operation for appendicitis,
will be able to come home Tuesday,
we are glad to hear.
Mrs; :R. H. i Walls, who has been
sick for several weeks, has resigned
as teacher of the third and fourth
grades at Moncure high school. Mrs.
W. T. Utley has been secured to fill
the vacancy. We are glad to nstate
that Mrs. Walls is some better.
Miss Maggie Marks, who has been
| nursing many flu patients in Mon
| cure, has returned to her home on
j route one. Miss Marks is a success
ful and efficient nurse.
Mrs. J. R. Dodson, who is board
ing with Mrs. J. L. Womble, has
secured a position as stenographer
at the bank.
Mr. J. F. Morrison is spending this
week at Norlina on business.
CO-OPS PAID IN THREE STATES.
Sum of $1,890,000 Distributed in Set
tlement of Two Crops to Organ
ized Growers.
Tobacco farmers in three states
shared in the payments of $1,890,000
! made from the warehouses of the
Tobacco Growers Co-Operative Aso
ciation Monday of this week.
The Tobbacco Association has now
paid for the last pound of bright to
bacco delivered by its members In
1922. It has completed final setle
ment with all of its members in
South Carolina and Eastern North
Carolina for their deliveries in the
1923 crop and has paid the Virginia
and North Carolina members of the
old bright tobacco belt in full for 35
grades of the 1923 crop, before all
> of its warehouses have closed the re
ceiving tobacco of the crop of 1924.
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IN MEMORIAM.
In loving memory of my dea*
brother, Woodson Lea Powell, who
departed this life March 20, 1924:
One long year has passed and gone,
A voice we loved is still, •
A place is vaeant in his home
Which sever can be Ailed*
the «mve yard, softly
Where file flowers gently
lies a bcautifal character
In a eoM and silent grave.
Lone is the home and long the hours
Since your sweet smiles have gone, •
But, Oh, a brighter home than ours,
For Heaven is now thy own.
Good bye, dear brother, but not for
ever, ' *
For we will meet again, ere long,
Where there will be no parting
On the resurrection morn.
—His devoted b ther, R. J. Powell,
Roahoke, Va.
PITTSBORO, N. C., CHATHAM COUNTY, THURSnBfMARCH 19,1925.
A BOOST FOR THE RECORD
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Brickhaven— A Commerit on
Cotton and Prices.
Brickhaven, March 16.—Mrs. O. C.
Kennedy is spending this week in
Ahoskie with her sister, Mrs. WT L.
Curtis.
Mrs. NL T. Overby and. little Jew
el Lane Overby, left Sunday for a
week’s stay with relatives at Mc-
Cullers.
Mrs. Nannie Long is staying a
while with relatives in Bonsai.
Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Harrington
and children were week-end guests
of relatives at New Hill.
The community was shocked and
saddened when it was learned that
Mr. W. J. Hannon had received a
message stating that his sister had
died, after a very brief illness of
pneumonia. Mr* Hannon left imme
diately for his home near Carthage.
Other members of the family are also
ill. Sincerest sympathy is felt for
the grief-stricken family.
Mr. C. S. Harrington, who has been
confined to his bed for several weeks,
is getting on very nicely indeed, and
hopes to be able to be out again
soon. Mr. Harrington holds re
sponsible position with the Cherokee
Brick Co. and has many friends and
relatives whjo will be eager to see
him well and back again at his post.
King cotton is still at low ebb, so
to speak, and the market still un
certain. We do not understand wjhy
the price of this commodity, which is
most a necessity rather
than a luxury, is so unsatisfactory
and so uncertain. Something is wrong
somewhere, for the work and expense
taken to produce cotton is too great
for the staple to bring such a low
price. Can it be that dealing in
/“futures” and speculations is one o?
the causes ? it is time., something is
being dohe for the cotton growers of
the country. It is neither fair nor
just that conditions can be such that
one who knows nothing of the needs
of the average cotton farmer may
within a few short hours, clear
thousands of dollars by gambling in
cotton “futures,” and the producer
barely receives a living price for his
labor.
Os course the farmers themselves
are partly to blame because of lack
of cooperation, but still, something
should be done to relieve the situa
tion.
How about your County paper,
folks? If you think there is a slump
and you are thinking seriously of
not renewing your subscription, re
member both the editor and the con
tributors will appreciate your help
in making this paper a representative
county paper of the highest type.
How about it?
Cooperation is the basis of success
in every undertaking.
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J. M. GARNER PASSES.
Mr. James M. Garner, one of Chat
ham’s oldest citizens, died at the
home- of his son-in-law, Mr. James J.
Hackney, Monday night, aged 73
years.
The deceased leaves a widew, Mrs.
Mary Gamer, two daughters, Mrs.
J. J. Hackney and Mrs. Clarence
Hackney, and five grand children to
mourn his demise.
Mr. Gamer had been in ill health
for the past four years.. He was a
faithful member of the Rock Spring
Baptist church and has been a Sun
day school teacher for the past eight
years, up t.o last ' summer when one
of his eyes were put out accidentally.
A good man has gone and he will
be missed by those who have known
him for many years.
Mr. Garner was indeed a conscien
tious Christian"and he prayed without
ceasing, not only for himself but for
his fellowman. His neighbors give
him profound praise for his fidelity
to hia church, his home and his com
mbH* % good mb has en
tmd into impd,
r weiat. heM at Mt.
Baptist church Wednesday
afternoon, Rev. R. R. Gordon conduct
ing the services. A large concourse of
sorrowing relatives and friends at
talded.
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Moonshine beer is killing cattle
near Wiiljamston.
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FiYe applications have been - re
ceived by Warden Busbee as execu
tioner at the State penitentiary.
MRS. I. D iRNE IS INJURED
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News of £» rest to the Record
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ReadefPi Tom Upper Cape
Fear Section.
New Hill, Rt. 2, March 16. —Mr.
D. A. Jones has purchased a new
Ford touring car.
Mr. and Mrs. Claud Bland and lit
tle daughter, Virginia, of
vilLe, were week-end guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Willie Bland.
Quite a number of friends gave
Mrs. Ernie Durham a surprise party
| Saturday night at the home of her
( parents, Mr. and Mrs. ’ Willie Bland.
i, All who attended had a delightful
time.
Mrs. J. R. Matthews and Miss
Ethel Johnson spent Saturday in
Pittsboro, Mrs. Matthews attending
the teachers meeting.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Beckwith, Myr
tle and Robert Beckwith, Dwight,
Alice and Rennie Webster spent
Tuesday in Clayton with Mr. and
Mrs. J. H. Webster. They were ac
companied home by Mrs.
and little daughter, Evelyn.
Her many friends will learn with
deep regret that Mrs. I. H. Hearne
had the misfortune to fall from a
wagon, breaking the small bone in
her leg and lacerating one side of
her face. Dr. Chapin attended and
dressed the wounds. While the fall
was not serious, the wounds are
very painful. Mrs. Hearne is getting
along nicely and her many friends
hope she will soon be out again.
Mrs. R. L. Trotter is visiting her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Drake.
Mr. land Mrs. Milton Holt, Mr.
and Mrs. Lacy Wilson were living in
the same house (known as the Joe
Boling place)at Bonsai. Early Monday
night while botih families were in
New Hill the house was destroyed
; by Are; add all of their household
property destroyed. This was a nice
home and it is not known how the
fire originated. Mrs. Wilson is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Holt
Mr. William Farrar has returned
to his home after spending several
weeks in Atlanta, Ga., where he at
tended a barber college.
Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Beckwith and
Claud, Jr., of Morrisvile route one,
spent the latter part of last week
with relatives on this route.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Lasater .and
children, of Durham were week-end
guests of Mr. and Mrs. J, C. Las
ater.
We are sorry to know that Mr.
W. M. Goodwin is ill. He was unable
to attend church services Sunday. He
is the teacher of the Bible class.
Miss Elizabeth Riddle was tfce week
end guest of Misses Blanche and
Ruth Holt.
F. M. Mann, of Raleigh, spent
Sunday with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. W. T. Mann.
Rev. J. F. Johnson filled his regu
lar monthly appointment at New
Elam Christian church Saturday af
ternoon and Sunday morning. Mr.
Johnson is an excellent minister and
the large congregation enjoyed the
fine sermon he delivered.
J. C. Thomas, of Durham, visited
his mother, Mrs. Bettie Thomas, dur
ing the week-end.
W. L. Beckwith, of Rt. 4, Apex,
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. W.
H. Beckwith.
A SURPRISE BIRTHDAY.
The brothers, sisters and children
of Mrs. T. B. Burke surprised her by
going to her home Sunday morning
with well-filled baskets, where they
gave her a bountiful birthday dinner
with good things to eat, too tedious
to mention. She also received several
nice and useful presents.
The birthday cake was made by
her daughter, Mrs. C. R. Gilmore,
and contained 41 candles.
Those present were Mr. and Mrs.
J. W. G'oldston, Mr. and Mrs. C. R.
Gilmore and son, of Siler City; Benj,
F. Burke, Goldston; Mr. and Mrs.
Clev* Johnson and four daughters,
Rt, 4 f Sanford; Mr. and Mrs. H. A.
Burke and family, Mr. and Mrs. A.
W. Golston and two children, Mr.
and Mrs. T. W. Goldston, Margaret,
Herbert and Walter Goldston, all of
Goldston; Mrs. J. R. Bright, Rt 4,
Sanford; Mrs. A H. Jones and son,
Siler City; Mr. Frank and Minter
Johnson, Sanford.
All went away having spent a most
pleasant day and wishing her many
more happy birthdays.
ONE PRESENT.
CdltF JUSTICE W. P. STACY
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Chief Justice Hoke Resigns—
Justice Stacy Appointed Suc
cessor—L. R. Varser Elevat
ed to Supreme Court
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Like a flash came the news Mon
day that Chief Justice Hoke had re
signed and that Governor McLean
had immediately promoted Justice W.
T Sacy to bs chief justice, and u* i
appointed L. R. Varser, of Lumber
ton* a law partner of the governor,
; as, successor to Justice Stacy.
Judge Hoke resigned because of
;the burden of the position upon one
of his age, 74. He has served many
years as superior court judge and jus
tice of the supreme court. His health
has been poor for several weeks but
his resignation came without warn
ing to the public. Judge Hoke has
long been considered an exceptionally
able jurist and a most lovable gen
tleman.
Chief Justice Stacy’s rise has been
phenomenal. It was less than 20
year ago that Judge Stacy was a
country school teacher at Ingold,
Sampson county. Fifteen years ago
he began the practice of law at Wil
mington. Six or eight years ago he
was elected judge from the sixth dis
trict, but resigned to serve as attorn
ey for the Flagler-Kenan estate. A
vacancy occurring on the supreme
bench, however, he, in all his youth
fulness made the race for it and
v on. He las wur plaudits as su
preme court justice and now has
become the*' youngest chief justice
in the United States. He is a most
genial and likable gentleman, utterly
unspoiled by his high honors.
Justice Varser has never served as
judge of any court. However, he
ranks unusually high as a lawyer
and has Won distinction as a state
senator. He was a member of Gov
ernor McLean’s own law firm and the
Governor has appointed to this high
position a man whom he thoroughly
knows.
The installation or inaugural cere
mony occurred Tuesday morning at
the assembling of the court. Chief
Justice Stacy’s oath was administer
ed by Justice Adams and that of
Justice Varsar by the new chief jus
tice. Judge Stacy’s career was re
viewed in an address by Hon John
D. Bellamy of Wilmington, while
Hon. S. Mclntyre of Lumberton spoke
words of commendation of Justice
Varser. Chief Justice Stacy himself
paid tribute to the retired Chief Jus
tice Hoke. ’
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REV. B. TOWNSEND.
Evangelist of the Baptist State
Mission Board who will conduct
a protracted meeting at the
Pittsboro Baptist church, begin
ning the frst Sunday in April.
SHOT AT OFFICERS.
Deputies Robert Campbell and
Floyd Quackenbush were ordered off
the place by Cleveland Self when he
met the officers on the farm which
he rents of Mr. Dewey Domett. Self
had a rifle and a bucket at the time
and it is thought to have been on his
way to the still which the officers
were looking. On leaving the farm
they passed Self’s bouse and were
ffired open by Self and his son, we
are informed, the son having used a
shot guh. No serious hit occurred,
we jure told that a shot or
two perhaps hit the officers. They
heard the bullets whistle, However,
The officers renewed the searefti Sun
day and found the distillery. Self
was bound Over to court by ’Squire
Blair Tuesday.
GEORGE ROSS POU 4
UNDER STEADY FIRE
Superintendent of Penitentiary
Pays For Goods For Family
With State Funds.
POU APPROVED BY BOARD.
George Ross Pou, superintendent
of the penitentiary during the Morris
pn administration, has been under
fire for sbme weeks. First, it devel
oped that the penitentiary had fallen
nearly half-million dollars behind
during the last four years, while the
institution under former manage
ments had been self-sustaining. Pan
explained this, deficit by showing that
a large percentage of the prisoners
are dead heads, utterly unahle to. do
manual labor, by bad crop years on
the state farm, and by the fact that
improvements ordered had cost more
than the estimated cost in the ap
propriation bills authorizing the im
provements.
Defenders of Pou’s management
have stated that the penitentiary can •„
never again be self-sustaining since,
the prison reforms demanded by the
moral sentiment of the State. On the
other hand, Capt J. J. Laughinghouse,
a former superintendent and others
say the penitentiary can be and
should be self-sustaining.
This large deficit served to turn
the attention of people to the char
acter the management of the pen
iteptu|jgi It developed that, not only
uStidlr'ytfti, but under former super
intendents, convicts have been em
ployed as house servants, that the
compensation of the superintendent ..
and other officials include their homes
and food, and that such officials have
not been over modest in their charges
upon the state.
Certain store bills came to tight
in which numerous items that could
have been purchased only for the pri
vate use of members of the official
family were paid for with state
funds. The daily papers held off
publication till the Elizabeth City In
dependent published anarticle which
was copied by "the d'Tfcws* and .Obser
ver. Later that paper dug up a drug"
store account upon which such items
as rouge, gold fish food, and many
others of the same character had
been paid for with state funds.
These matters developed
diately before the final meeting of
the old board Monday and the organ
ization of the new hoard,;.when the
election of a superintendent for the
next four years was scheduled to take
place.
Pou Edorsed by Old Hoard.
The new board posponed the elec
tion of a superintendent until April
7, six days after Pou’s term expires.
The old board took cognizance of the
charges and in a long resolution re
viewed the charges, •Ve^MT&fa'them,
showed that the items 1
had been discovered 'AWI ' Pou
had reimbursed the state for the
goods accidentally charged to the
state’s account, and unqualifiedly en
dorsed Mr. Pou and his administra
tion of the state prison. All bills, at
the suggestion of Governor McLean,
had been gathered together and
scanned, and the sum total of charges
for personal items had amounted to
only $219.62 for the four years and
this sum had been paid back by Su
perintendent Pou on March 3. Fur
ther all bills have been tendered the
men in charge of the several depart
ments of the prison for approval, and
the bills in question had been approv
ed by Warden S. J. Busbee and not
by Supt. Pou, and, further, that they
had not been paid till approved by
the president of the board, thus in
dicating that the non-detection of the
charges for personal items was .due -
to those officials and not to Supt.
pou, who, presumaly, would not be
aware that the itmes had been charg
ed to the state and not to his per
sonal account.
Ecploftrf AriiafiSHife
Another eritkU* towMNi iffo*
Supt. Pou In tuateylk Hewn end
Observer is that he employed rela
tives to do certain remunerative
work for the prisoners. The instance
of the employment of his uncle, Dr.
J. H. Ihrie, es Wendell, to do the den
tal work for the prisoners is cited
and the statement made that Dr.
Ihrie received for this werk for the
six months beginning with June 1,
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