ESTABLISHED’ SEPTEMBER 19,1878.
rZrY EXPLOSIONS ~ v
E deep river field.'
r Chatham Lady Recalls
Tragedies of Earlier History
0 f Cor.il Mining in County. -
additional to that interesting story
‘ coa i mining in Chatham county |
..i, by Hon. W. D. Siler a few j
m o, it is gratifying to be able ;
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+(i p U i,iish the following reminiscence i
v u,;! cr Chatham lady, which is |
d The Record by Dr. Clar
ence Poe. Dr. Poe writes:V ;
“Editor Record:- —Your readers
, aV be interested in the following
intonr.ation about former explosions j
t the Cumnock mine as sent me by I
1 rr - a unt. Mrs. Alice E. Brown, for- (
r ,vily of Chatham County, but now j
n f VidaMa, Ga. She writes me:
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-• ‘The first explosion was in March (
1556. It was about nine o’clock in
the morning. Father and the hands
were in the field. They heard a loud
sound like a cannon, and looking,
they saw the awful smoke coming
out of the shaft. Father and my
brothers all went and when they got
there they said of all the cursing
and swearing, those boss men were
doing it. From what I can remember
there were elven killed and one was
blown up to the mouth of the shaft
and caught on a nail and wTien he
was brought to the top someone said
to him, “You ought to thank the
Lord.’’ He said he didn’t thank the
Lord, he thanked the man that put
the nail there. In a little while he
went back down and a piece of
timber fell on him and he was killed.
The next explosion was just before
the war;; and right after the war
in 1866 another explosion occurred.”
- A BRIEF FOR PUBLIC HEALTH.
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Moore County News, t >
Not all work is graft,
as a farmer living near Columbus,
Ga.ji believed. That was ten years
ago. His especial contempt was re
served for tubercular inspection of
cows, and when two of the herd of an
adjacent dairy farm were branded as
suspicious by the milk inspector, he
purchased one of them. He didn’t be
lieve there was 'such thing as
tuberculosis in cows.
That farmer lose his wife from tu
berculosis; his son is permanently
disabled from bone tuberculosis, and
his two daughters are in a tubercu
losis hospital.
Here’s his (statement:
“In the fall of 1912 a dairy herd
near me was tested for tuberculosis
and two cows were put out of the
dairy. One was killed as a reactor
and one was called suspicious, ana
the suspicious cow was taken to my
premises and milked. I felt that the
office of milk inspector was a graft,
to £ ive some man an easy job, and
ffid not believe that there was any
such thing as tuberculosis in cows.
, This cow was fed just as those in
>e dairy was fed, and in one month
she looked so bad that I was afraid
niilk her. She was given back to
‘ e 111 an who formerly owned her.
% son developed tuberculosis the
rjSx t year and has had it until the
present time, and my wife, I be
i® ve ’ contracted it from the boy
T ' ,e ! • was kept in the. hospital at
, f atur » Tor four years, and on
16 o ac k Tor nine months, where
art " The bone of the neck was re-
J lO ? 1 and a P ar t of the leg bone
, >e< to replace the neck bone. My
J? dau ?hters are now in the tuber- |
J? SIS hospital at Alto, Ga., and I,
' le ' e That they contracted the dis- j
Se Trom their mother, who was
' ri ed here today.”
a a h This might have been
wW *he farmer had believed
d * the inspector of the state de
the 'health told - him about
tie, Tuberculosis in cat
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W°V J * S * Hardaway, one of the
state baptist ministers of the
Oxford l;< V U€sda y a T his home in
Oxford/ >rr * Ha rdaway served the
year. 1 C i ch as P ast or a total of 20
hi s has lived a t Oxford Since :
nt from pastoral work.
Sal U( ] COr ; tlact a £ reat dam near :
700000 f been let rt will cost sl,- .
Pel, . com plete dam, water tun
dam to be erected. The '
ter the 1 • ee t high. The wa-
I°ot t n n he conveyed by a ten
ne ; o °. feet lower down the
aleat f ln> rna idng a pressure equiv- 1
pi a 00 foot, head of watery
1 wiTl generate 50,000 horse
THE CHATHAM RECORD
DESTRUCTIVE STORMS
IN UPPER CAPE FEAR.
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Mr Matthews Loses Barn; Lady
Shocked by Lightning—Lo
cal and Personal Notes.
New Hill, Rt. 2, June 22.—A se
vere cloud passed over this section on
■Thursday afternoon. Lightning struck
; the feed barn of Mr. J. R. Matthews, ’
destroying it ,also a lot of feed. It
| will he remembered that Mr. Mat
thews lost his home a few years ago,
and he has not yet completed his
new home since the destruction. He
has the sympathy of all in his finan
cial loss. '
J . On the same afternoon, we are in
' formed, Mr. Kendrick of Merry Oaks
| was standing against the Wall of an
j old house and lightning knocked him
ito the floor, but he soon recovered.
Friday afternoon another cloud pass-I
ed over and much rain, wind and
lightning with it. Mrs. G. F. Carr
was standing on the porch at her
home when lightning struck the tel
ephone pole. She received a severe
shock in her left limb and foot, but
has recovered.
Miss Charlotte Copeland has re
turned after a visit to her sister,
Mrs. Bill Poe, at Chapel Hill.
F. M. Lasater, of Durham, spent
the week-end with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. C. Lasater.
One evening recently Misses Grizell
j and Alice Copeland were at home to
I a number of their friends. Those
; present enjoyed the occasion.
Miss Carrie Lassiter jhas returned
after spending three weeks in San
ford with her sister, Mrs, Addie Hil
> liard.
• Mrs. Annie Walker, Paul and Wil
lard Walker, Messrs William and
Henry Carter and little Curtis Car
ter, of Greensboro, \yere Friday night
guests of Mrs. Addie Webster, .
Mrs. O. M. Goodwin,, of Sanford,
( Mrs, C. B. Thomas and son, v Fred,
of Siler City, were Friday guests of
| their sister, Mrs. G. L. Mann. - •
Due to preaching services at New
. Liam, the New Hope baseball team
di<| not play Saturday, but quite a
number attended the' game at Brick
haven after services! were over^
Mrs. Carrie Ellis and little daugh
ter!, Aileen, of Varina, and Miss'Em
ma Johnson, of South Carolina, were
week-end guests of Mr. E. H. Holt
and family.*
La§t Saturday night Mis Dora
Holt entertained a host of friends at
the home of her mother, Mrs. W. S.
Brown. Outdoor games were enjoyed
The hostess served delicious ice
cream.
Saturday afternoon and Sunday
morning Rev. J. F. Johnson filled his
reguplar appointment at New Elam
Christian church. At each service he
delivered excellent Sermons, and on
Sunday there Was ah unusually
crowd present.
Miss Annie Poole spent Sunday
with her aunt, Mrs. Bettie Goodwin.
Miss Alma Kendrick, of Merry
Oaks, was the dinner f guest Sunday
of Miss Rose Sturdivant.
Quite a number of people from
this section attended the Horne Com
ing at Gum Springs Baptist church
Sunday, and report a. very good time.
Mr. and Mrsi Clarence Lasater, of
Durham, speni Saturday night With
Mr. .and Mrs. J; C. Lasater/and at
tended the Sunday.^
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NEWS FROM BEAR CREEK*
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Bear Creek, RL 3, June 22.—AQuite
ja large crowd present atySun
day school at JBeJdaiht Baptist chVirch
- Sunday, where 4n Excellent gospel
(message was plainly delivered by the
pastor, Rev. A. G;\Lassiter, of Star.-
| Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Myrick were
visitors in the\ home olj her sister,
Mrs. Mary J. of Bear .Creek,'
Rt. 1, Sunday. \ . v
Mr. and Mrs. Furvis, of
Greensboro, were Visitors in the home,
of her parents, M*. ’and Mts.' j/' T.
Powers, of Rt. 3, Saturday night.
Mr. Avery Powers, of Greensboro,
spent Saturday night and Sunday
with home folks.
Misses Mary Kidd and Annie My- ,
rick, was a Sunday visitor in * the
home of Miss Clara Powers.
We regret to report that Mrs.
Mary Purvis is quite sick.- We hope
she will soori be well again. - •
Mr. and Mrs. Wesl y Powers and
Mr. and Mrs. Huey Powers, of Ashe- ;
boro, Were visitors in this community
Sunday and attended preaching at :
Beulah. • y' ;
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Purvis and
children visited Mrs. Purv?V parents,
Ms. * Ambrose -Brewer, at*
High Fulls Sunda^C"
BROWN EYES."
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PITTSBORO, N. C., CHATHAM COUNTY, THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 19:25.
REV. WILLIAM STEWART.
A revival at the Pitteboro Meth
odist church will begin next Sunr
day, June 28th. Rev. Wm. Stewart
will do the preaching and Rev. ]& C.
Goodchild will lead the singing.
A cordial invitation is extended to
each of the pastors of the town, and
j their congregations to cooperate with
CAROLINA COAL MINE .
GIVEN RECEIVERSHIP.
Judge Bryson Grants Permanent Re
- ceivership to Company Despite
Attorneys’ Plea.
Greensboro Daily News.
Rockingham, June 18.—On Junieß
a temporary receivership for the
Carolina Coal company was secured
before Judge Daniels in Raleigh with
J. H. Kennedy made temporary re
ceiver. Judge Daniels set June 18th
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as time for haying a hearing before
Judge Bryson at upon
the question of making the receiver
ship permanent. Ijt was at the mines
of this coal company that 53 men
were killed several weeks ago in
Chatham county. The petition for a
receivership followed so that the
company could keep the pumps work
ing and eventually sell the mtge fund
liquidate to its creditors.
Nbefore Judge Bryson
here today for the coal company was
D. B. Teague and for the receiver
was A. m A. F. Seawell, all of Sanford.
Present also were J. R. and
C. M. Reeves, of the mining company.
At the conclusion of Attorney Sea
well’s request that the temporary re
ceivership be made permanent, Attor
ney K. R. Hoyle addressed the judge
and asked that the receivership not
be made permanent. E. L. Gavin also
spoke against the receivership, these
two lawyers then asked that an ad
ditional receiver be appointed.
* Judge Bryson declined to do this
and signed an order making the tem
porary receivership permanent and
John H. Kennedy as sole receiver. It
is understood that Mr. Hoyle stated
after the hearing that he intends
starting proceedings throwing the
company into bankruptcy.
KILLING OF ROBED ATTACKER
JUSTIFIABLE, COURT DECIDES.
Russellville, Ala., June 23.—At a
preliminary hearing' here today 'John
Jackson, farmer,- was acquitted of the
charge of killing Lee v Martin in re
pelling an attack of robed and mask
ed men on his hon3£ a few weeks
ago. Judge Sarfgent, pf the law and
equity court, held, .the killing justi
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Jackson testified that, he fired on
the men whp his home at
night and attempted to break down
the front door. Martin died shortly
rw£rds at his home b.e was
carried 1 ' by companions. Neighbors of
Jackson testified to the robed
men pajss alon£..the road.
‘Afteij k|s a-cquittal Jackson stated
he^ x Wp#4| movK. to Naomi} Ten’n.,'
where Jiis wife’s relatives live. Neigh
bors agreed so finish working
his crjzp free of charge. Jackson
stated that, lie had been warned be
fore .1 be;killing so quit his ‘‘way of.
doing!’ ; f iw H \
Present is apparently in
real earnest about cutting down ex
penses of, government and lowering i
taxes. Gratifying progress has been
riiade in the payment of war debts
and in decrease of operating ex
penses of the government. Coolidge
is proving, too, that he is a bigger
man than some of us imagined him
to be.
Coolidge is' off for a two
months sojourn to Swampsoott on
the New England coast. * 1
REV. R, C. GOODCHILD.
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We also extend an invitation to
the people of tbe surrounding com
munities. ,
Services onl Sunday at 11 a. m* and
8 p. m. Through the week services
will be held 10 a. m. and 8 p. m.
THE PASTOR.
MR. B. N. GILMORE PASSES,
The many friends of Mr, B. N. Oil
more, of Goldston, wllb be grieved
to learn of the death of that good
man. He passed away at his home
in Goldston last Saturday at 12:30
p. m., after two months of confine
; ment to hjs room with heart trou,-
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jble.
j Mr. Gilmore was skventy-three
years of age. He married Miss Deli
lah Gaster, of Moore county, in Sep
tember, 1874. The celebrated
their golden wedding last September.
There were twelve children bom
'to the union, of whom eight are still
. living, namely: Messrs W. A. Gil
more, of Yemassee, S. C., R. S., of
j Charleston, S. C., C. F., of Charles
ton, S. C., L. N.} v of Fort Bliss, Tex
as, Mesdames O. R. Freidell, Charles
ton, S. C., H. A. Ferrebee, Savannah,
: lGa., D. K. WarreibCharleston, S. C.,
J. A. Williams, of Goldston. All were
present at the funeral except R. S.
and L. M. Gilmore.
Mr. Gilmore became blind several
years ago and since that time has
had to lead an inactive life, being
cared for by his good wife and dau
ghter. However, he was able to go
about town and greet his friends and
was always cheerful and had a good
word for everybody.
The burial was at Goldston ceme
tery Sunday, after a funeral service
conducted at the home by Rev. Jonas
Barclay of Pittsboro. An immense
throng of friends and neighbors was
presents to pay their last respects to
their friend. , • j j
Mr. Gilmore was long a member
of Corinth Methodist church. He was
not an educated man but was strong
intellectually and strove to give his
children the education which he him
self failed to receive.
He was a good man and will be
greatly missed in his community.
The Record with a host of friends
express^-their sympathy for the be
raved wife and children.
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PRISON POPULATION
SHOW BIG INCREASE.
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Associated Press. ;
Raleigh, June 23.—The poulation
of the state prison on June 22, 1925;
was 1,387 prisoners, an increase of
658 prisoners within a period of four.)
years. This announcement was made
today by George Ross Pou, prison su
perintendent; in an official statement 1
to' the' press.
The statement shows that during
the month cf May, 1925, a total of !
64 prisoners were committed to the
prison, while 21 were released, an''
increase during the month of 43.
From June-1, J 925, to June 22, 1925, i
a totel of 45 prisoners were receiv-i
ed at the prison -and 24 ' released. ;
This shows an increase inthe pris? S
on of 65 prisoners in 52 days,
Confederate Veteran Passes,
v Mr. John D, Smith, a Confederate 1
veteran, died at his home near Siler j
City, Friday, June 12, and was bur- j
ied in the Siler City cemetery the
following day. Mr. Smith was 81
years of age. He was a member of,
the notable Company E, 26th N. C.
regiment,-of which the only survivor
no>v ; hti CpL J. Darsett of Siler
Crty/ :
r The funeral services was conducted
by Rev. O. I. Hinson. . .
BIRTHDAY DINNER EVIL*
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News of General Interest to Our
* Readers From Bennett.
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Bennett, June 22.—Bennett and !
surrounding territory has been bless
ed with good showers of .rain during
the last few days* and corn, cotton !
and gardens are showing the effect ’
of it. Farmers are busy getting the j
small grain housed.
The local baseball team won two j
games last week.’ Thursday Bennett j
defeated High Falls 1 lto 0. Saturday
Bennett defeated Ramseur on the I
latter’s ground 8 to 6. Gulf team
will play the local team here Satur
day. An effort is being made to get
a double-header for the Fourth 1 of
July. A plan wak on foot to have a
general celebration here on the
Fourth, but 'definite action was not
prompt enough to make necessary
arrangements in order to have a good
program and the idea "has been
abandoned. We trust that a greater
interest will be taken next year and
that a well arranged program will
be presented in Bennett on the 4th
of July. )
Rev. E« A. Livingston will preach
at Blue Rock School house near the
home of Mr, C. V. Tally next Sun
day at 3 p, m, k
Mr. E. E. Johnson, who recently
sold his Gafe outfit 'here, is moving
j to; Troy, where he will sofiduet a
case. ~ A*
l Mr. and Mrs. Wilburn Moses, of
Goldston, visited at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Ed. S. Phillips Sunday. Mr.
and Mrs. J. P. Forrester, of Greens
boro, visited in the home of Mr, and
Mrs. C. E. Jones Saturday and Sun
day. Mr. Forrester is an employee of
the Southern Railway, as engineer.
Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Routh, of Ran
dlemaii, visited Mr. and Mrs. C. E.
Jones Saturday and Sunday; Mr.
Routh is a brother to Mrs. Jones and
holds a position as professor in State
College. » . j
Mr. M. A. Routh has been given the
contract for an addition to the Ben
nett Motor Company garage, and raa
terial is being placed on the let for
the improvement. The garage will be
an up-to-date structure when com
pleted, having a plate glass front.
Messrs J, B. Powers and C. E. Jones
owners of the building, have done a
good business since taking hold tgvo
or three years ago. Four mechanics
are employed besides working them
selves.
Bom to Mr. and Mrs. William
Oats, of near Bennett, a daughter.
Before marriage Mrs. Oats was Miss
Adelaide Kidd. She is the second j
wife of Mr. Oats and the little girl
just arrived makes the nineteenth
child for Mr. Oats.
Did you- ever hear of so many
birthday dinners being held through
out the county? It appears that most
of these anniversaries fall on Sun
day. This scribe believes in due re
spect to loved ones and relatives, but
it would be more appropriate to vis
it them on their birthdays and pre
sent them with such gifts and tokens
as we might choose, and for that
matter, have a general picnic cele
bration, but it is not a good thing to
have them on Sunday. Especially is
this true should there be an appoint
ment at a nearby church on the- Sab*-
bath day, which is calculated to keep
many from the church. Why not have
them late in the afternoons, if they
must be held on Sunday? Let’s go
to Sunday school and religious wor
ship in the mornings, and we will en
joy the birthday celebration all the
more when ,we go after a visit to
the service at the church.
There are so many things in this
day and time to draw the young peo
ple and a great many of the older'
ones away from the church. and es
pecially the v Sunday school. We be
live many people are making a great
•mistake in having these special oc
casions t on Sunday at the hour that
we should worship at the churches.
Nothing should prevent anyone from
attending Sunday school, and preach
ing on Sunday, except Providential
hindrance, such as sickness, deaths,
funerals' and misfortunes heyond opr
control. We, wha profess to be'lead
ers, ought to be very ca&ful as to
the example we set, and we should
Arrange for the Sabbath and. use it
as .Christ tanght us to do, leaving an
example for the younger people to)
ffollow. L . ; •
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*1 The world is getting uneasy about
the trouble in China.- Americans have
been ordered to leave Canton, where
the hostility- 7 to foreigners’ is mark
ed.y
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NUMBER 3.
STATE NEWS
It is stated that there are prob
! ably four thousand negroes in the
I North Carolina summer schools for
that race.
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Durham county’s county -1 home is
nearing ( completion and it is report
]cd as being one of the best in the
| state. j
I A severe hail storm Sunday did
! much damage in Gates and Bertie
i counties. At Windsor the hail is re
i ported as covering the streets to the
depth of five, inches,
Mrs. J. J. White, of Rockingham
county* is reported as having made
SI3OO extra money on the farm last
year by the sale of potato slips, eggs,
poultry, etc,
Jimison, recently deposed
Methodist minister, is studying law
at Wake Forest College. Jimison is
a liye wire and his entry of the bar
will mean hot old times in the courts
in which he shall practice. *
Deputy sheriff D. F. Wooten of
Wautauga county, is under charge of
killing a young man, after an upsuc- a
cessful whisky raid Saturday night
* Much indignation tiaj, been expressed
• in the st&i*,-. but Wooten will plead
: Self-defense.
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judicial conference provided
; for by the recent session of the' leg
islature, meets today in Raleigh.
The conference somprises all the su
premel and superior court judges of
the state and is presided over by
Chief Justice Stacy. „ x /
Frank Parker, agricultural statis
tician, recently made a trip Over cer
tain counties of the cotton section in
an airplane, taking 102 pictures of
the cotton crop at various points. He
i thinks that this kind of observation
gives a more exact idea of the crop
k prospers than any formerly used.
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Dr. R. H. Lewis, of Raleigh, and
Dr. E. J. Tucker, of Roxboro, have
been reappointed for a term of six
years as successors to themselves
on the state board of health. Dr. W.
L. Best, of Greenville, succeeds Dr.
Fred Day, of Winston, on the .board
of examiners in optometry, v
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Claude Wheatley, of Beaufort, a
Republican, has been appointed as
successor to John E. Cameron of
Kinston as highway commisgiofier fdr '
the second district. Mr., CamefOrt d
few weeks ago voluntarily entered
the state hospital for mental treat
ment. Mr. Cameron is a Republi
can.
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A motion was denied by Judge
Daniels in the Wake Superior Court
Monday to postpone the trial of Jes
se Wyatt charged with killing At
torney S. S. Holt of Smithfield a few
weeks ago until the July or Septem
ber term. A special term for the trial
has been called. Judge Daniels gave
attorneys for Wyatt till July 1 to
prepare their case.
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A thorough investigation into the
Caswell Training school is to be
made by n commission to be appoint
ed by Governor McLean. Dr. Ran
kin will be an advisory member of
the committee. It is desired to de- *
termine the real scope of the woifc
that has been attempted by the
school and also what can be wisely
attempted by it.. Dr. McNairy, su
perintendent since the inception of
the school, has been replaced by Dr.
Dixon of Ayden. ,
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STATE NEWS.
Rev. G. M. Daniel, pastor of Red
Springs Methodist church, was
drowned Monday while swimming in
a pool between Raeford < and Fay
etteville. The children of his - Sun
day school with whom he had gone
to the pool recalled seeing him dive
into the pool but did not notice him
any more. When discovered he had
been dead probably a half-hour. The
water whepe he dived was only four
feet deep and it Was not determined
on first report whether he had hurt
himself in diving or not.
. Dr. Mike Roberson, one of the six
Durham physicians under indictment
for the sale of narcotics, was con- /
victed in the Federal court at Ral
eigh Tuesday. The case of Dr. E. H.
Boling next went to trial. Judgment
was withheld by Judge Meekins in
the Roberson case tiU the completion
of all the six cases. J