The Chatham Record
.STASHED SEPTEMBER 19, 1878.
schools in
FU THE EARLY DAYS.
i <hltur e Authorizes Lottery For
lid of School —Bingham’s School
Located Here.
(By Walter D. Siler.)
Those familiar with Pittsboro’s
v history know that the celebrated
gtnff ham’s School had its birth in the
•• Indent Borough,” and that William j
Bing ham, the great educator, was !
conducting one of the leading schools
of the State here prior to the year
ISO o. but it is likely that a few are
no w advised of the plans adopted by
our forefathers to promote the cause !
0 f education, and very unlikely that
all these plans would be sanctioned
by this age.
The General Assembly of the State
at the 1797 Session duly authorized
the Trustees of the Pittsborough I
Academy to raise the sum of $700.00
bv way of a Lottery. This interesting 1
measure is in the following language: j
“Whereas, the Trustees of the Pitts
borough Academy have represented
to the General Assembly that the
raising of seven hundred dollars
would be of great benefit to that in
: stitution:
“Be it enacted by the General As
sembly, etc., That the Trustees of
the Academy aforesaid shall have
leave to raise byway of lottery the
sum aforesaid; and that John Ram- !
sey, James Taylor, Charles Chalmers,
John Henderson, James Bradley, John
Dabney and William Warden shall be
and they are hereby appointed Com- j
missioners for the purpose of opening
and completing a scheme of lottery,
calculated to raise the sum aforesaid,
in the following manner:
3,500 Tickets at $2.00 each is $7,000.
1 prize of four hundred dollars is
: 3400.
2 prizes of one hundred dollars is
S2OO.
4 prizes of fifty dollars is S2OO.
8 prizes of thirty dollars is S2BO.
18 prizes of twenty - five dollars is
$450.
200 prize of ten dollars is $2,000.
490 prize of three dollars is $1,470.
400 prize of five dollars is $2,000.
1,123 prizes; 2,377 blanks.
And the said Commissioners or a
majority of them shall be managers
of said lottery u.id accountable for
the prizes and profits thereof.”
Further provisions of the act re
quire the Commissioners to execute
and deliver to the trustees good and
sufficient bonds for the faithful per
formance of their duties; notice of the
drawing to be given thirty days by
publication in the Fayetteville Ga
zette, etc.
With what success the lottery was
conducted and who were the fortunate
winners of the major prizes, tradition
gives no account, but at any rate the
school prospered, for we read from
the introduction of Coon’s North Car
olina Schools and Academies 1790-
1840:
!► “During this period the Pittsboro
Academy was one of the leading
\ schools in the State. In 1800 it was in
charge of William Bingham. Mr.
Bingham was a graduate of the Uni
versity of Glasgow. In 1801, its prin
cipal for a short time was a Mrs.
Poe, who was succeeded by David
Caldwell, Jr., and German Guthrie.
Caldwell was th eson of David Cald
well, the famous Guilford County
teacher. In 1805 William Bingham re
turned to Pittsboro and continued the
school until 1812. In 1820 Jacob Gil
lett, from New York, became princi
pal. Three years later Rev. Nathaniel
71. Harris took the school. In 1825 a
Lalor taught for a year, followed
John D. Clancy, a graduate of the
State University. From 1831 to 1834
the school was conducted by Peter
TeMessurier. In 1838 J. M. Lovejoy,
a graduate and a first rate mathema
tician and linguist, took charge of the
school. Air. Lovejoy was said to be a
native of Vermont.
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Get License Plates at Sanford.
y #
i°u can get your auto license plate
‘d the Brown-Buick garage in San
°i(l The secretary of the state has
! "taonshed branch stations in a num
ei ° r the towns of the state. That at
is, as stated, at the Brown-
Ulc k garage. Those are clever folk
ler e and will be glad to serve you.
- ever > the branch stations are for
-ICf en to accept personal checks for
ac' mens cense and if they
SUC k c^ec^s I s at their own
tak Consec l ue ntly, you would better
e ca sh along wfth you. Plates
e been on sale since June 15.
KENNEDY MADE RECEIVER
Carolina Coal Co. Goes Into Re
ceivership to Protect Right
of Families of Victims.
Carolina Banner, Sanford.
That operations will be resumed in
the mine of the Carolina Coal Com
pany seems assured by the appoint
ment of John H. Kennedy as receiver,
with A. A. F. Seawell. as attorney,
i John R. McQueen, president i>s the
company, says that the receivership
was made to protect the families of
the miners who were killed in the ex
plosion which cost 53 lives..
| Mr. McQueen asserted that some of
the bereaved might get priority judg
ment through some of th* 1 well-known
| blood-sucking attorneys, and thus de
prive the others of their proper pro
portion.
| A number of the families of the
dead minors are still making their
| home at Coal Glen, in the expectation
that the operations will soon begin
again.
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY THE
CHATHAM COUNTY BAR AT A
MEETING HELD ON FRIDAY,
FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 1925.
Whereas, the adjournment of the
present term of Chatham Superior
I Court concludes the courts of the 4th
Judicial District for the Spring term,
1925, and His Honor Judge William
M. Bond, who has presided so satis
factorily in the district for the past
! six months, under the law, will not be
assigned to our district again for five
years;
And, Whereas: The able, impartial,
courteous and expeditious manner in
which he has dispatched all matters
coming before the court, has not only
been pleasing and satisfactory to
members of the bar, but to the public
at large:
Now, Therefore, Be it Resolved:
That the membmers of the bar tender
to the Honorable William M. Bond our
most hearty thanks for the courteous
treatment that he has uniformily ac
corded to- the bat, litigants and the
public generally of our county: That
in Judge Bond we recognize the finest
and most splendid type of the learned,
merciful, upright, and capable jurist,
and that we shall look forward with
pleasure to his return to our district.
Respectfully submitted,
Walter D. Siler.
Daniel L. Bell.
Wade Barber.
W. P. Horton.
A. C. Ray.
J. Elmer Long.
WALTER BUDD *WILL
SPEAK IN ATLANTA.
Will Be One of Principal Speakers at
Sheet Metal Contractors Meet.
Durham Herald.
Walter Budd, president of the Dur
ham chamber of commerce, will be
one of the principal speakers at the
21st annual convention of the Nation
al association of sheet metal contract
ors at the Atlanta Biltmore hotel, At
lanta, Ga.
Mr. Budd is recognized as one of
the city’s prominent civic leaders* as
well as a sheet metal contractor of
high repute through the south.
According to reports from Atlanta
convention committee more than 600'
delegates are expected s to attend the
four-day meeting;
PENSION MONEY HERE.
Vouchers for between six and seven
thousand dollars has been received
by clerk of court Hatch for Chatham
county Confederate pensioners. There [
are 62 men and 54 widows on the list.
Every one of them gets S6O each. A
similar voucher is given each in De
cember, making the pension $l2O a
year. It happens that there is not a
single first-class pensioner on' the
Chatham list—by first-class is meant
those who draw a larger pension be
cause of wounds' ’ ■
It would be interesting to know if,
as it was found to be the case in
Sampson county, some well-to-do
people disqualified by the property
limit, are on this list while others
more needy but regardful of their
oath have not applied for help because
of the proviso that S2OOO Worth of
property disqualifies one for a pen
sion. The S2OOO limit includes gifts
to children. An old soldier cannot give
away his property and thus impover
ish himself and then legally get on
the pension list.
PITTSBORO, N. C., CHATHAM COUNTY, THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1925.
DEATH OF A LITTLE GIRL
Epworth League Meeting—Lo
cal and Personal Items of In
terest From Moncure.
Moncure, June 15.-'Messrs R. A.
Moore and Salter Utley motored to
Durham Sunday.
Miss Willie Bostian, who has been
visiting Miss Catherine Thomas and
other friends in Moncure for the past
two weeks, left today for Wake For
est, where she will attend the Sum
mer School.
Mis Catherine Hackney, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Hackney, also
left this morning for Wake Forest,
where she will attend Summer
School.
Mrs. R. L. McVicar received a tel
egram one day last week that her 1
brother at Providence, R. 1., was
dead. She left on the first train for
her old home. We miss Mrs. McVicar
and will be glad when she returns
to Moncure. She has our sympathy
in her hour of bereavement.
Capt. J. H. Wissler is visiting rel
atives and friends at Harrisburg,
Pa.
Mr. A. S. Hicks spent today in
Raleigh on business.
Mr. John Upchurch’s mother of
the Mt. Olive Church community, is
visiting him this week..
Mrs. Daisy Lambeth and little
daughters, Roberta and Mary Helen,
will leave Thursday for Fayetteville
to spend two weeks with relatives.
The Epwoith League met last Sun
day evening at 7:30 o’clock. It was
the time for the Home Department,
so Mrs. W. W. Stedman was the lead
er.
The subject for the evening was,
“Where and How Should we Spend
our Sabbath?”
The subject was interesting and
helpful. Those participating in the
program were Mr. S. W. Womble,
Mrs. R. A. Speed, Mises Annie Lam
beth and Eva Phillips.
The first* topic taken up was “Je
sus’ Attitude toward the Sabbath.”
a. A Day for the Highest.
b. A Day for God.
c. A Day for the Family.
d. A Day for Good Books.
e. A Day for Friendship.
f. A Day for Service.
How may the churches Make The
Sabbath a Blesing to the Commun
ity?
Recreation and The Sabbath.
We were very glad to have Rev. C.
M. Lance with us at the meeting.
Rev. C. M. Lance preached two
good sermons at the Methodist
church Sunday. His subject at the 11
o’clock service was “Hie Need of Di
vine Power.” At the evening ser
vice, “The Need of Enlargement of
Faith.”
Sacrament was administered at
the morning service.
Last Thursday evening at a hos
pital in Raleigh, little Mi-* r Bell,
four-year old daughter of the late
T. B. Lambeth, died with pneumonia.
Although Minnie Bell had been taking
treatment under Dr. Root at Raleigh
for sometime, her death was a shock
to everyone. She became seriously
sick on Thursday morning and was
imediately taken to the hospital and
was not able to be brought back to
Her Home.
Minnie Bell was a sweet little girl
and the life of the home. Her mother,
Mrs. T. B. Lambeth, and two little
sisters, Roberta and Mary Helen, and
brother Alfred, were devoted to her.
Her fond parents were ever attentive
to her. Her nurse, “aunt” Kitty Hill,
and who SHRDLU CMFWYPPYW
who had been with the family for
years, was greatly attaached to the
little girl.
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| Minnie Bell was a very affectionate
child and every one loved her. It is
sad for the loved ones to part with
her, especially the dear mother, but
God saw best to lake :;er in infancy
and purity. Although it is sad an j we
do not understand the will of our
Heavenly Father, but it is sweet to
know U f-.i .her soul took flight tc
heave", where she will meet Jesus,
the Saviour of the world, and be Stn
angel around the heavenly throne.
The lovely little corpse was carried
to the cemetery in Mr. E. E. Walden’s
new Dodge and her body was laid tq»
rest at Gum Springs Baptist church
Friday afternoon beside her father,
who recently died. Rev. Jonas Barclay
Presbyterian minister of Pittsboro,
conducted the funeral services. All
the little girls of Moncure were
flower girls and the grave was laden
with beautiful flowers. ,
Mrs. S. V. Holt spent Sunday at
COURT PROCEEDINGS.
Quite a Number of Liquor Deal
ers Go To Roads.
There were no important cases
last week, that is from the public
viewpoint, though any case was
doubtless important to the fellow who
faced a period on the roads. Below
are' the cases disposed of and not re
ported in last week’s Record:
John Palmer, not guilty of embez
zlement of church funds.
J. M. Mashburn, not guilty in liquor
case. Also Amas Spruill.
Willis Clark, guilty in liquor case;
appeals.
Jason Leonard, guilty; SSO fine and
costs.
Levi Tolliver, abandonment, judg
ment suspended for 12 months on
payment of costs.
W. O. Stephens, liquor; six months
on roads; appeals. F. A. Stephens not
guilty. A. J. Stephens, guilty; 4
months on roads.
Judgment of October term against
Son Rogers et al was vacated and or
dered canceled. * • >
Cooper Harris, charged with assault
and who had fled the State, presented
himself before the court, showed that
he had been sober while in South Car
olina, and submitting had judgment
of four months suspended upon pro
viso of good behavior, he to appear
before the court at the next January
and June terms and prove good be
havior. Defendant pays costs and
gives $l5O bond for appearance as di
rected.
Jim Harden’s case was nol prossed,
also Grover Bynum’s.
C. D. Wilson not guilty of driving
car while drunk.
Brooks McMath, nol pros.
Bud Cummings submits to liquor
charge; fined $25 and costs.
Harvey Green pleads guilty to mak
ing whiskey; 4 months on roads.
Ihrie Small pleads guilty to making
liquor; 4 months on roads.
In case against Jack Wood, D S.
Barber and Gertrude Elkins, nol pros
was taken as to Barger and Elkins
and Wood was not guilty.
Lemm Wood and Marvin Fields
plead guilty to an affray; judgment
suspended on payment of costs.
L. Overacre pleads guilty to possess
sion of concealed weapon and liquor.
Judgment in concealed weapon case
suspended 12 months, $25 and costs in
liquor case.
A. L. Dunn gets Verdict not guilty
of larceny.
Marion Breeks goes to roads gfx
months on a liquor charge.
Eddie Alston draws 4 months' off
roads on liquor charge; appeals.
Case against W. E. and Harvey
Glass for assault, thrown out of
court.
John Watson and Charlie Miller,
charged with larceny and receiving
stolen goods, guilty; judgment sus
pended upon payment of costs and $7
to A. B. RobersOii'.
An order is made directing the
sheriff to destroy all liquor held as
evidence in cases disposed of.
The solicitor reports that he has
examined the office and books of the
clerk of court and finds them neatly
kept and in excellent condition.
The compromise in the case of
Mary Rives, next friend to Carey
Rives, against the Carolina Coal
Company, was entered as the court’s
judgment in this case. This was for
an accident preceding the recent dis
aster. The compromise settlement was
$425.
Former judgment against John
Watson stricken out and case nol
prossed; case against Watson and
Hattie Mills also nol prossed. Also
case against Cornelia Mills, Hattie,
Bessie Mills and Charlie Miller for
larceny were nol prossed; also case
against Charlie Miller and Bessie
Mills nol prosed.
At the last, Joe Brocfcs’ six months
is changed to five and he is let off on
bond till August 1, when sentence is
to begin. Harry Green, Rob Elkins
and Ihrie Small are also freed under
bond till August I—this presumably,
that they may give attention to their
crops.
About forty of the 58 cases placed
on the calendar for this term were
finally disposed of; not bad for a
busy time of the year.
Raleigh with her mother.
Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Self are attend
ing the Summer School at Chapel
Hill. They are motoring back and
forth each day from Moncure. •
LOOK AT*YOUR LABEL
DEATH OF A GOOD WOMAN.
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Mrs. Jasper Foushee Buried at Pleas
ant Hill Methodist Church Friday.
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Mrs. Addie Foushee, widow of the
late Jasper Foushee, died at the home
of her nephew, Mr. I. M. Gilmore, Pa.
3, Pittsboro, on Thursday night, June
11th ht ten o’clock.
Mrs. Foushee was in her 67th year,
having celebrated her 66th anniver-1
sary last October 26th.
Mrs. Foushee before her marriage
about 16 years ago, was Miss Addie |
Covert, a sister of C. M. Covert, Rt.
5, Siler City, and Mrs. Gaston John
son, of Pittsboro. In addition to these
| relatives she leaves a number of
i nieces and nephews ajid otherrelatives.
The funeral was at Pleasant
Hill Methodist church last Friday af
ternoon, and in the absence of her
pastor, Rev. C. M. Lance, the ser
vices were conducted by Rev. R. R.
Gordon, pastor of the Baptist church
at Pittsboro.
Mrs. Foushee has left many hearts
sad. For many years of her life, in
fact all her younger days’were spent
in ministering to the sick and needy
of her community. She was never
tired or weary when the call came for
help and she gave of her time freely,
without money and without price.
Day after day, week after week, and
month after month she has spent in
many homes at the beside of the sick
and afflicted, ministering to their
wants and needs, and she was recog
nized as a very capable and lovable
woman in the sick room.
The Record joins her loved ones and
hundreds of friends in love and sym
pathy at her passing. She was indeed
a good woman and she was a true
Christian and exemplified her religion
every day of her life.
PE*N KILGORE RESIGNS
FROM COLLEGE WORK.
Raleigh, June 15.—After service to
the agricultural educational work of
North Carolina for a period of nearly
36 years, Dr. B. W. Kilgore, Dean of
the School of Agriculture at State
College, has resigned his position ef
fective July Ist. Dr. Kilgore came to
rforth Carolina from Mississippi in
1889 and except for a period of three
years has been engaged in agricultur
al work in this State since that time
During one year, he was a student at
Johns Hopkins University and for
two others,. he was Professor of
Chemistry at the Mississippi A. &
M. College. For twenty years, he was
State Chemist for North Carolina;
for nineteen, director of the Agricul
tural Experiment Stations and for
ten years Director of Agricultural Ex
tfciifeiolfl Work. .
At the reorganization of the Col
’ lege,* when* Dr. E. G. Brooks accepted
the Presidency, Dr. Kilgore was made
’ dean of the school of agriculture. One
year later, he‘ \Vas relieved 1 of actual
administration 1 of extension work,
this being puit under the supervision
of I. 6? Sch'aub. x Di Kilgore continued
„ to exercise general supervision of the
work, however, by virtue of his posi
tion of Dean.' He also retained active
charge of the research work.
During most of the period when
. Dr. Kilgore was in charge of the re
search and extension activities of
State College and the State Depart
ment of Agriculture, control of this
work was invested in a joint commit
tee representing the two institutions.
Under this leadership, the agricultur
al development to a leading position
in the South and Nation.
The position of Dean made vacant
by Dr. Kilgore’s resignation has not
yet been filled by the Board of Trus
tees. It was felt by the Board that
time should be taken to find the man
best fitted for this position and that
there should be no hurry in making a
selection so that the best interests of
the State wqpld be served. Dr. R. Y.
Winters of the Agronomy Department
was elected as Director of the Agri
cultural Experiment Station; Mr.
Schaub will continue in charge of the
Agricultural Extension Service and
Dr. Z. P. Metcalf will continue as di
rector of teaching in the School of
Agriculture.
Warren F. Stone Dead.
Warren F. Stone, president of the
brotherhood of engineers and long
prominent in labor councils, is dead.
He was buried Monday at Cleveland,
■ Ohio. Wm. B. Porter, vice president,
is said to be in line for the presidency
of the brotherhood.
NUMBER 2.
BIG LEAGUE SECOND NINE.
Corinth Community Puts Out an
Additional Ball Team—Com
ment, Local and Personal.
Corinth, June 15.—Mrs. D. A. Claric
and children returned Saturday from
a four weeks stay in Asheville, where
Mr. Clark is at work for the Phoenix
Construction Co.
| Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Dickens, of
Raleigh, spent Sunday with their pa
rents, Mr. and Mrs. B. N. Dickens.
I Mr. W. J. Stephens and Mr. E. V„
Dickens attended the Haln-Ramsey
services at Smithfield Sunday.
Mrs. R. S. Harrison is spending a
few weeks with relatives in Clayton.
Roy Cotton is at home recuperating
from an operation for apendicitis. He
has a position in a machine shop in
Portsmouth.
Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Mims, acompa
nied by Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Wicker
and Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Marks spent
Sunday with their sons J. G., and
Vesta Mima at New Hill.
The Brickhaven-Corinth ball team
beat Gulf Saturday to the tune of 12
to 2. •• -m: ! •
On next Saturday our team will
cross bats at Brickhaven against the
Moffitt Iron Works of Sanford.
We have another ball team down
our way now. No one over .13 or un- ■
der 5 years of age allowed to join We
will call it the Big League second nine
until such time as Mr. O. C. enedy,
the promoter, owner and manager, #
announces the official title. They play
ed the Moncure boys last week and
did some fine work; 8 to 6 in favor
of the home team. Give these young
f sters a challenge and see what kind
of a game they can put up.
The banks are now offering all cit
izens the opportunity to secure Stone
Mountain Memorial coins. These are
special half dollars minted by the
government; two and a half million
pieces in all, and that will be all. They
are to sell for SI.OO each, the extra
50c. to go to the Stone Mountain
Memorial fund. In times to come these .
coins will be rare. Better get yours
now.
Another term of court gone by and
two more of our citizens have suffer
ed at the hands of the law. Mr. W.
O. Stephens was given 6 months term
on the roads, from which he appealed
to the supreme court. Armour Ste
phens submitted and was given a
four months road sentence.
Boy Prince was taxed with fine and
costs for the privilege he exercised in
hitting George Pattridge with a coca
cola bottle and George disturbed
about as much “colored folks peace**
as Boy did and by rights should vol
unteer to help Boy pay out.
AUTOMOBILE BUREAU
SHOWS A BIG SAVING.
Expenshms $18,808.23 Less in April
and May This Year Than Last.
News and Observer*
A report made to Governor A. W.
McLean and State Auditor Baxter
Durham shows that collections were
increased and expenses decreased in
the automobile bureau of the State
j government during April and May of
this yfear, the first two months that
the transfer of the bureau from the
Secretary of State to the Department
of Revenue was effective.
The buereau, which collects all au
tomobile license taxes and all gaso
line taxes was made a part of the
general revenue machinery of the
which is presided over by Com
missioner R. A. Doughton on on
April J.
The report shows that from April
1 to May 31, 1925, collections totaled
$1,107,868.31 as against $769,579.24
for the same period in 1924, or an in
crease of $338,289.07.
For the two months of 1925 expens
es amaounted to $64,774.85 as against
$83,583.05' last year, or & decrease of
$18,808.23, or over 20 per cent.
Enjoyable Lawn Party.
Mrs. Brewer’s class of girls in
the Pittsboro Baptist Sunday school
gave a lawn party on the Hayes lawn
Friday evening, realizing a sum of
neary sl4 from the sale of cream and
other refreshments. The young folk
enjoyed the party, but as in most
cases the expenses came near taking
up the entire income. Money for a
good cause from such a source is
usually hard-earned.
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Mrs. *W. A. Brooks, two daugh
ters, Ina and Ethel, one son, Morris,
were the visitors during the week-end
of Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Petty.
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