ESTABLISHED SEPTEMBER 19,1878. FROM UPPER cape fear. iu7 2, March 23.—Miss and Robert Beckwith Nina & tul i jays in Durham last spent a week- Beckwith and Maybelle Mrs- \- l l ; nt Wednesday night on \Vindhani ■ » • . th lVli , aiu t Mrs. \v. \peN, h L : , ’ eigh e .!;! lC verv * glad to know Mrs. V Heame, ‘who was injured sev- I. H. H . e i s getting along nice eral da *." V le to git up and we sin- I ly Siie will soon be able to I ce rely 110 i,L ‘ . - vnlk- T^e Saul? 0 f Cary, is visit . ‘ vr‘ L H. Hearne. r Mann is building a small Mr-/ * ' ve rv near his home, anu r,tme neciir-g to* be ready for “shop li C V; a few days. \Teda Bell Goodwin, of Dur- | .J. a r ecent guest of relate esi ht |,l .. v in this section. ’'''nf Mrs. J. C. Hatley. Odell j rilfiV-u’d Mrs. Addie Webster, ac-; fJatiey . t - 1 ‘ . j jj # Webster to her riayton Sunday and spent ffvonie at j oe Trotter and chil , Mrs. Lacy Trotter spent the ; mm Murphy School. Those on the honor roll at the Murphy school ,in spelling, are: Third grade—Georgie Jones, Jos yKn Johnson, Walter Hugh Camp- and Leon Clark. Sixth grade—Wyatt Jones. Seventh grade—Josie Lindley. Those who are on the honor roll Jor perfect attendance are as fol lows: First grade—Walter Reid Clark, Howell Campbell. Second grade—Welford Campbell. Srade—Mozelle Clark, Mabel j !J y tJ°selyn Johnson, Leon Clark • L Johnson and Leaton Thomas. p°HHi grade—lsaac Womble. lita grade—Dwight Mann. I obeth grade—Edwin Perry. aiuMr n , th ra( fe— Margaret Clark Viola Webster. . avera ?e attendanqe for /the iolt 1S w Hh only 46 the HOOKING up ancestry. s***s gentleman from Ohica* a few 100I 00 Hy name, • was down here in the , s a s° searching the records Bis aT^° U + rt ous e for information of in Mr. Diy c , n said that c cmuri? 1804 fourteen families countr' f 8 persons, left Chatham b;v ( T ; u or ta e west. His ancesor i* * non ß them. Other baueY 0: ers v,ere Hay, Wilkinson ,and *4ion r n JU ' (I rf> * vet much inf >r 011 ° n the subject. The Chatham Record CORINTH NEWS. Corinth, March 23. —Mrs. D. A. Clark spent Sunday at Star, visiting her daughter, Mrs. W. A. Allen. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Horton spent Sunday visiting relatives at Chalybe ate Springs. Mi. A. M. Pollard, who was very sick for a few days last week, is much beter. If you ask Mr. Joseph Dickens how he is getting along he always says, “not much,” but we always note that he is up and about as well as any man for his age. They say that one day last week someone sat picking a banjo, and all at once Mr. Lonnie Mims jump ed up and went thru some fancy steps that would do credit to a profession al buck and wing dancer. One day last week Ed Marks who operates a store at Corinth missed 1 some money and merchandise from his store. On looking around he found j where some one had gained entrance ! into his store by crawling through a ■ window. A few hours later evidence came in from someone that a quan tity of nickels and dimes and cigars had been displayed by a 16-year old boy of the neighborhood. Armed with this and other convincing evidence, Ed and a friend drove down to the boy’s home. The father and brother ; in-law of the boy came out with rocks and pitch forks, so the story goes, and were very abusive. Did not wait for Ed to say that if he could get | his goods and money back that would end the trouble. Ed then got papers out for the parties arrest. Then it seems that the father woke up and offered apologies, but a preliminary trial was ordered anyway. When time came for the trial the boy had disap-' neared, and so the unfortunate mat ter stands. Mrs. W. H. Mims,- who was killed jin the awful motor accident near Sanford Sunday, was a sister of Mrs. L. H. Mims, of Corinth. This acci dent was not the result of the reck lessness of anyone as they were all j highly respected, law abiding citi zens. —m • BEULAH CHURCH NEWS. Bear Creek, Rt. 3, March 23.—Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Powers and daughter, Clara, and Mr. Street Williamson and family spent Sunday with relatives and friends at Hemp. Miss Estelle Leonard, who is teaching school at Phillips school, spent the week-end with her parents, at High Falls. Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Jones and son, Arnold, have removed their member ship from Beulah Baptist church to Asheboro, where they have been liv ! ing for the past sixteen months. We shall miss them at our churdh. Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Powers and little son spent Saturday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Jones, at Asheboro. Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Browm »of Bennett, spent Saturday at the home of Mr. Stacey Rush at Asheboro. Mrs. Sheldon, who has been sick ; for some time is better. * rm m , SPELLING MATCH. I An Old-Fashioned Spelling Bee to be | ■ Held at Court House. • * The U. D. C. has planned an old time spelling match for Thursday ev ening, April 2. It will be held in the court house and there will be “cutting down” and “going up” in it.' The speller who stands head at the end of the specified time will be account ed the winner and will receive a prize. Much fun is expected. Old and young are expected to >.participate. The charge for admission will be on ly 10 and 15 cents. - • -•^ Everybody is urged to go and see the fun and try to win the prize. It will begin as early after 7:30 as pos sible. BROWNS CHAPEL ITEMS. Pittsboro, Rt. 2, March 24.—Farm ers are busy these times plowing and preparing land for their various crops. Mr. Leaton Mann and Obia Thom as spent Sunday at Lexington with friends. We are very sorry to learn of the misfortune of Mr. Lee Wright. He is the sop of Mr. J. T. Wright of this community, and we hope he will soon recover. Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Hargrove of Burlington spent Saturday and Sun day with Mrs. J. J. Thomas. Miss Pauline Wright spent Tuesday at Durham with her brother, Lee. Little Charles Willis Mann,' of Gibsonville, has been on a visit to his grand mother, Mrs. J. Taylor Mann, for several weeks. His mother, Mrs. Osborne Mann, is in a hospital for treatment. Misses Elizabeth Herndon and Le one Eubanks, of Gum Springs, spent the week-end with Mrs. Keener Mann. Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Durham and children spent Saturday in Burling ton. Misses Mary Francis and Lorene Perry spent Saturday night at Siler City with Mrs. Matthews Self. Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Lindley spent Sunday with Mrs. J. T. Mann. Misses Francis Perry, Alva Lind sey, Verdie Thomas, Yelna and Edna Glosson, students at Pittsboro high school, spent the week-end at theii respective homes. Mr. and Mrs. Numa Perry and Mr and Mrs. Walter Henderson spen Sunday wifcn M • H. C. Clegg, nea Pittsboro. Read the letter of Mr. I. 31. Dun lap in this issue and heed his advice. PITTSBORO, N. C., CHATHAM COUNTS', THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1925. HURT WHEN ANTOS MEET. Jitney With Nine Passengers Turns Completely Over. Chapel Hill, March 21.—Four per sons were injured, one probably fatal ly. in a coUission between a Stude baker jitney and a Ford touring car four : miles from here ,on the Dur ham-Chapel Hill road early this af ternoon. The jitney, with nine pas sengers, overturned, completely pin ning the occupants underneath, while the Ford turned on one side, all three occupants escaping injury. The injured, all white, are: Ennis Johnson, 25, electrician, of Goldsboro, fractured skull and not ex- i pected to live. J. E. Horne, 35, jitney driver, Carr- j boro, broken shoulder. L. D. Wright, 25, carpenter, Carr boro, lacerations about head. D. V. Gray, 19, University student, New Bern, lacerations about the head and face. D. W. Lockey, 30, mechanic, Wil mington, who was driving the Ford, is being held by the Chapel Hill po ! lice on the charge of assault with a ! deadly weapon, pending further in ■ vestigation of the accident. Riding j with Lockey were A. J. Stokes and I. T. Yopp, both of Wilmington, all three escaping with minor bruises. Reports of the accident were con flicting. The Studebaker was trailing , the Ford and the smash occurred when the driver of the smaller car attempted to turn into a road inter secting the main highway. The jit j ney driver jammed on his brakes and i for a moment the two embraced then ! | parted, toppling toward opposite sides j |of the highway. Lackey, driver of, ; the. Ford, claims he held out his hand | in warning before trying to turn. Victims Much Improved. Durham Herald, March 24. Victims of the automobile accident of Sunday on the Chapel Hill-Durham highway carried to Watts hospital were'reported Monday night from the institution as “resting well and show ing improvement in conditions.” Ernest Horn, driver of one machine, sustained a fractured skull and brok en collar bone; Darius Gray, Duke University,, suffered a concussion of the brain; Lee Wright’s left collar bone was‘ broken ,and Ennis John son’s frontal bone near the right eye was crushed. All were said to be con scious and practically out of mortal danger. * * ****.* ************ > -■ * * * ARE YOU ONE? * * * * • "'" ’ ■*'" * * The subscription of a batch of * * subscribers, expires with this is- * * sue; Are you "one* of them? Look * *. at } our Jabty and .see if iz has * ’* March 25 on it. If so, this is your * * last paper, unless send re- * * newal or ask us you on * * the list till it is more convenient * * to pay. We have furnished you * * with the papers ordered. To send * *it on without further orders * * would be like a dealer’s continu- * * ing to. pour in gasoline when you * *- had. ordered only- a definite * N * amount. * * If you wish to be entered as a * subscriber .say so, and * *** we* will put a star by your name * * and thus know not .to cut it off * * when the date comes to which * i * you have paid. * ** A Warning: The Chatham News, * * a paper published at Siler City, * * has a dontest on and agents in * * the field. Quite a number of peo- * * pie wishing to subscribe or re- * * new for the Chatham Record * * have mistakingly subscribed for * * the Chatham News. Don’t be * * fooled. See that you are getting * * The Record if that is what you * * want. * * * ******************* — i ESTABLISHING MOVIE SHOW. , Pittsboro, unique in not having a moving picture show, is to lose that distinction, and that soon. Messrs Moffitt and Phillips, of the Asheboro Wheelbarrow Company, have already secured a room for such an enter (prise, have ordered the screen, chairs, and even engaged the pictures. The show will occupy the building near the court house, recently occu pied by Lanius Brothers and form erly the home of The Chatham Rec ord. The building is being renovated for the purpose. The first show will be Harold Bell Wright’s “The Mine With an Iron Door.” The day for the opening can not yet be set, but will be within three weeks, if nothing happens. Mr. Moffitt says that there will be a name contest held, a free season ticket to go to the person whose suggestion for a name,is accepted. So get on your thinking caps. . * Mr. C. L Lasater was here Wed nesday asking for help for Mr. Wel don Merritt of Williams township who lost his home by fire last week. In addition to losing practically ev erything he had by fire, Mrs. Merritt s in verv poor health. By the way, j Mr. Las?let- is one of the original übscribers to The R'-.cord 48 yea: s go ana says never to stop it. LOOK AT HHTB LABEL REVIEW OF GOVERNOR’S ECONOMICAL PROGRAM. Securing Needed Information for Budget Committee to Be Appointed at Early Date. Raleigh Times, March 25. ■ “Day by day in every way” Gover nor McLean is advancing his econo my program. The latest development along this line is memorandum No. 4 of the Budget Bureau, issued by His Ex cellency today as director of the bud get. The memorandum is the first step towards putting into effect the law enacted by the recent session of the General Assembly to require per sons who are able, to bear the ex pense of their care and treatment in such institutions as the State Hos pital and the School for the Deaf and Blind. Mr. McLean issued memorandum No. 3 of the Budget Bureau Tuesday afternoon. It directs the heads of the various institutions and departments to sumit to him by April 20 classified statements of salaries paid subordi -1 nate employes. The information is requested for the Salary and Wage Commission, the fife members of which Mr. McLean said he would ap point in the near future. Wake Body’s Powers. The act to establish the Salary Commission gives it power to regu : lace the pay of subordinate employes of the government. The members of the commission are to be named by I the goverior on or before April 1. ! Memorandums Nos. 1 and 2of the I Budget Bureau came out last week. Ore provided for putting into effect the law tc prohibit the private use cf aott■moliles and institutions to se cure automobile supplies Irjm the State Highway Commission garages, j I instead of buying such supplies inde- j pendently at retail prices. The other ; was designed to better the? purchasing j systems of the numerous state agen- j cies. It ordered the appointment of j official purchasing agents and the ap- j proval or disapproval of all vouchers by the proper authorities before they are issued. Aside from all this, the governor i has requested Secretary of State W. N. Everett to furnish him with sta tistics concerning the amount of ! printing done at his direction. New Memorandum. Memorandum No. 4, issued today, is directed to the executive officers and directors of the State Hospitals at Morganton, Raleigh, Goldsboro, Cas well Training School, State Home and Industrial School, Morrison Training School, School so rthe Deaf and Blind j and the Tuberculosis Sanatorium.’ “The directors of the budget re quests that, within the next sixty days, each of the above named insti tutions make careful investigation as to the dependency of eacji patient, pu pil and inmate, in each, institution and ascertain which are financially able, in I 'their own right, or through others who are legally liable, to pay for these dependent patients, pupils and inmates,” reads the memoran dum. Attention is called to the new law to require each patient to bear their own expense. “This act,” contiues the memoran dum, “specifically provides that the patient, pupil or inmate, or his parent (whether father or mother), guar dian, trustee or other person legally responsible for the patient’s mainte nance, shall pay monthly, the whole or such portion of the cost incurred in the care of the patient, pupil or inmate, as they are able to pay. The full powers and duties of the board of directors and trustees of the above institutions are set forth in the act and there is sufficient legal machinery to enforce the rights of the state against all persons solvent and liable.” No Assistant Yet. His Excellency has not yet appoint ed the assistant director of the bud get, but Carl K. Hill, of the auditor’s office is assisting him in the work of the newly-established bureau. The information requested of the Secretary of State relative to the number of copies of the laws printed and distributed is desired for the purpose of decreasing the State’s printing bill, if possible. Expenses along this line will have to be cut somewhere in order to come within the printing appropriation, which has been lowered from approximately $191,000 a year to $150,0000. After reviewing the bill to estab !lish the Salary and Wage Commission MT. ZION NEWS. Moncure, Rt. 2, March 23.—Mr. A. O. Harmon, of Raleigh, spent last Saturday with his mother, Mrs. J. C.- : Harmon. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lilly and chil dren spent last Friday visiting rela tives in Durham. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Luiterloh ana little daughters, Elizabeth and Merle, i and Miss Kara Andrews, of Gum, Springs, were pleasant visitors at the home of Mrs. J. C. Harmon and Miss Ola Harmon Saturday. Mrs. Spence Woody, Mr. and Mrs. Bud Eubanks and son, Johnnie, vis ited relatives in Chapel Hill Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Petty and chil dren, of Pittsboro, spent the day re cently with his brother, Mr. Turner Petty. Mr and Mrs. Bridges Atwater and children visited her parents recently. Mr. J. Lee Harmon is carrying the mail a few days this week on Mon cure, Rt. 2, substituting for Mr. Jack J ohnson. We are very sorry that Mr. J. E. Harmon has not ben quite so wed for some time. We hope that he will soon be well again so that he can be pres- i ent at Sunday school. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Stedma.i and ih.lle daughters, Camelia and Ruth, visited her mother, Mrs. J. C. Har mon, Sunday. Mrs. W. B. Harper spent Sunday with her son, Mr. Talmadge Harper, in Durham. Remember folks, that next Sunday is the fifth Sunday ind not the first Sunday. There will be preaching at Mt. Zion church the first Sunday in April at three o’clock. March is considered to be a long month, but we have been blessed with ; beautiful, sunshine and and warm j weather, fragrant flowers and every-1 thing which has been closed up as if they were dead, have burst forth with new life. We have all these things to enjoy and the month should not seem so long. —iMl) ■ COURT PROCEEDINGS. Very few cases were tried during last week’s court. In fact, Judge Bond quit Friday at noon ,and as , three long cases consumed practi j cally the first four days, there wasn’t , much time left for the trial of pther | cases. ! The jury which, at the time The j Record went to press last week, had j the case of Edmon Snipes vs. The I Atlantic Bridge Co., could not agree. | One man held out for an award of $2500,- -whiifr eleven voted for s7s‘o. At nopn Thursday, Attorney Horton, representing Snipes ,agreed to accept the award of the $750 rather than f i have a new trial. Snipes sued for $25,000 for injuries received while the Company was building the Rocky River bridge. George Eubanks won over Tommie DeGraffenreidt, in a case of the own ership of a mule. In the case of E. E. Walden J. { K. Barnes, .administrators vs. The; Puoenix Public Utility Company and j The Carolina Power & Light Co. for | damages for the death of Leon H. j Chestnut ,the jury, decided in every | ! point against the Phoenix Public Util j ity Co., the Carolina Light & Power j Co., having been released from the action as being responsible. The jury awarded damages to the extent of $6,500. Expert witnesses in the .case were Drs. Cathell, C. L. Scott, T. C. Kerns, W. B. Chapin. The case of W. M. Scott vs. N. & S. R. R. Co., for.-fire damages, was compromised, Scott receiving $170.00. W. B. Wilson in a similiar suit or case received $125. Also, in a second case, Scott was awarded $55,00. In a case of Rollins vs. Truelove it was adjudged that neither owed the other. There will be a regular meeting of the Chatham County Branch of the North Carolina Educational Associa . tion held in the Pittsboro School Au ditorium at ten o’clock, Saturday, March 28th, 1925. A fat woman in New York slashed her husband’s throat with a razor because he teased her about being fat - and outlining its powers, Mr. McLean said in his order es yesterday: Wage Information. “The Governor will, in a few days, apoint the Salary and Wage Com mission, and in "order that the Com mission may be properly informed and not lose time when it convenes, it is requested that each department institution, commission and other agency of the State; “(a) Prepare a list of all its sub ordinate officers, clerks, and employ ees, by divisions, classifying each as to occupation and salary, such as: Assistants chief clerks, subordinate clerks, secretaries, stenographers, copyists, filing clerks, mailing clerks, stamping clerks, receiving clerks, of fice messengers, telephone operators, ■ .bookkeepers, typists, janitors, labor ers, and all other employees, accord ing to experience, qualifications and .general efficiency. “(b) That six copies of these lists shall be completed and filed with the Governor by April 20, 1925, so that the Salary and Wage Commission can begin to function at the earliest J possible moment” NEWS FROM BRICKHAVEN. Brickhaven, March 23,-r-Mrs. W. B. Moore was the week-end guest of' her sister, Mrs. R. H. Overby. Mrs. W. O. Mills, who has been spending a while with her son, Mr. Herbert Mills, ox Fayeteville, has re turned to her home here. Quite a number from here attend ed the musical comedy, “Footlight Revues,” which was given under the auspices of the music department of the Moncure school Saturday evening. Those present seemed quite delighted with the program. Mr. J. C. Seawell, acompanied by his sister, Miss Bertie Seawell, of Raleigh, was the week-end guest of his sister, Mrs. R. R. Gordon at Pittsboro. Mrs. H. T. Johnson, who has been spending a while here with her grand children, Pauline and Forrest Law rence, will return to her home at Morrisville this week. Mr. W. J. Hannon, who was called home last Sunday on account of the death of a sister, has not yet return ed. During the week another sister has died, and his father is quite ill. The community is with Mr. Hannon in spirit, and the deepest sympathy is felt both for him and for the oth er members of the family. Misses Rosalie Rosser, of Jones boro, and Wilma Buchanan, of Bon sai, spent the week-end with relatives. Mr. C. D. Harrington will go to the hospital at Sanford today to have his tonsils removed. Again the community is shocked and saddened to learn of the very serious accident that has occurred. A message came to relatives here late Sunday afternoon that Mr. and Mrs. Walter Mims and four daughters i were seriously hurt in an automobile ! wreck which occurred near Sanford. Mrs. Mims was killed—three daugh ters are in a hospital at ganford se riously hurt, while, .one daughter and Mr. Mims; escaped serious injury. Full particulars of the accident have not been learned. - fcMl HIAWATHA FRIDAY EVENING. Under Auspices of Pittsboro Womans Club by Talented Performers. This community is to have a treat tomorrow evening, when the Womans Club will present Alga Leavitt and Henrietta Snyedes in Hiawatha at the Pittsboro school auditorium. The readings will have an appropriate musical setting. The ability and rep utation of the justify, a fine attendance. The' prices fer ; ad mission are 50 and 25 cents. The following data as to the ar ! tists should quicken the desire of the reader to be present: . 1 Alga Leavitt —Graduate of Nation al School of Oratory, Philadelphia; special student at the Curry. School.. of Epression, Boston; student vand member of the staff at the Outdoor | Players’ Colony, Peterboro, 'Ni.yH.*-* ! member of the Advisory Conimittee | and Community Speaker for-. Percy j Mack aye’s “Caliban,”- -■ ; drama given in Boston iiM49ls'with * ja cast of 5J)00 people;: state chair- ■ ! man of Literature, 1921-1923,'in the.'-- North Carolina Federation .. of* W&£• •- men’s Clubs; editor of “Stories? andv* Poems from the Old North State”; : member of Carolina Playmakers, leading roll in “When, Witches Ride,” first state and first- southern ‘tours.' / Miss g 1 - % ton, D. C.; organist, Chapel'i of*--the• ■’« Cross, Chapel Hill, where the new . three manual Skinner Organ is son- * to be installed. "THE NEW SALARY BILL. f In giving the Record a list -of-' the pew laws affecting Chatham cefinty directly, Representative Barber inad vertently omitted the county officer salary bill but reported it to us this week, lest some one should think the omission intentional. The bill was introduced at the request of the county commissioners who wirfhed to be relieved of the respon sigility of making allowances for uepuues and clerk hire, and the pres ent dost of help was the basis upon which the salaries were figured. The sheriff’s salary has been $2,000 with an allowance of $2,300. for as sistance. The law makes the salary $4,300 and the sheriff to pay his own deputies and clerks. The clerk of court now gets $2,500 and pays his own clerks. His salary before waa $1,500, rather too little for a com petent man. The register of deeds gets $3,200 and pays his help except the extra help needed on tax books. DEATH OF MRS. BAKER. Mrs. Lillie H. Baker, wife of Mr. David Baker, died at her home in By num Tuesday morning after a short illness. Mrs. Baker was about 24 years of age, was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Heame, of Bynum. Funeral services were held at Hanks Christian Chapel church Wednesday, and her remains were interred in the cemetery there. PROGRESSIVE FARMER CHEAP. Subscribers to The Record may get The Progressive Farmer a year for 25 cents extra. We will even give those terms with a half year’s sub scription to The Record. $1.75 gets both papers a full year. A dollar will bring you The Progressive Farmer a full year and the Record six months. George Troutman, of Geneva, N. Y., has kept a jar of cherries 55 years.' NUMBER 42,