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jShw*biished in 1878 by R. A. London.
Entered at Pitts bore, -N.C., as Second
liass mail matter by act of congress.
SUBSCRIPTION:
Year, $l5O. ;
tsix Months, —. ' -75
O. J. Peterson, Editor and Owner.
,THURSDAY* .JULY 2, 1925.
It ,is reported That every . one of
the recent 137 graduates of State
College has found a job. That is
probably more than can be said oi
the graduates of the other schools.
.The world wants men who know
how to do things. The schools that
furnish that kind of men will have
little trouble in finding jobs for their
graduates. .
Scarcely had the country been in
formed of the Montana earthquake,
-which did a half million of damage
hut seems to have killed nobody, than
.Santa Barbara and much of the state
of California .are rocked by a more
terrible quake. Yet, Wm. Bowie, chief
of the division .of geology of the
coast and geodetic survey, says that
the two quakes were not related, and
that any community nfay at any time
be subjected to a shake-up.
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The Southern Railway Company’s
gross income was eight millions less
in 1924 than in 1923, yet the net in
come was over two millions greater
last year than the previous year
Nearly ten millions were saved in
operating expenses. Taxes jumped in
one year from $6,994,407 to $7,702,-
699. Thete was a two million loss in
income from passenger fares, with lit
tie chance to reduce operating ex
penses for passengers. The forego
ing facts glenaed from the annual
report of the company indicates that
the Southern is making every pound
of energy expended in transporta- j
tion of freights count for more than :
ever before. Wages haven’t decreas- j
«d; more is being accomplished per
.man and machine than formerly.
The Universityof Virginia has sus- j
pended the professor who was convict!
ed of having liquor. He may be rein- I
stated after a year if he has quit j
drinking. Fair enough. No school
Should retain ca man who drinks
liquor, especially when he caii drink
it only by flaumting the law of. the
state and the nation.'Yet to give him
a chance to quit is only fair. If it
saves the professor 'from drink and
returns a capable teacher to his work,
two good ends have been served. j
There is hardly a question that there
are men teaching in ‘.North Carolina
schools who deserve a similar treat
ment. The state cannot afford to have
drinking men on its faculties, even if
they .shaulS be the 'best teachers in
the schools. Example is worth more
than precept. Booze has been outlaw
ed by the state and every good cid-;
zen should respect the state’s decree.!
Not to do so is to encourage anarchy, ;
and the schools are not supported for
any such purpose. '
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l The Sampson County huckleberry,
crop is estimated to have brought j
close on to a half million dollars into I
that county this season. If huckle-.
berries are a joke, it is a profitable
one. The editor of the Record under
took to enlist the interest tof the
Sampson folk in the cultivation of ;
the berry while he edited the Samp-'
son Democrat. In New Jersey and
Florida the cultivation of huckleber
ries has proved profitable. At Wash
ington choice plants are being gross
ed and larger berries developed. An
attempt is being made to give the
New Jersey berry the Sampson blue’s
fine coloring. Sampson and adjoining
counties could create an industry that
would put the peach industry of the
sandhills in the shade. Huckleberries i
wil stand shipping when carefully
picked and pacieed to any part of the
country. If they beeome dry, they
are as good as ever. In fact, dry
huckleberries are superior to raisins
or dried currants. If cultivation,
not practiced fires .and growing clear
ings will one practically destroy
Sampson’s distinctive prop. Think ©f
»SSO received last year for three
crates —96 quarts! And of SBSO rel
ceived by one shipper for 102 crates.
Yet the general run of woods ber
ries contain many berries of poorer
quality. The cultivation of plants de
rived from the bushes bearing excep
tionally large and well flavored ber
ries would naturally insure much
Higher prices. The result of calj£va
tion should be comparable with that
of the cultivation of the pecan, a
half dozen; exceptional forest pe
cans have? been the source of the
~*Oards of paper shells growing all
uth, and already plants
Blues are being culti
' -re Southern States. A
priz~ of- :d bv a representative ox
the Southern Railway two years ago
brought berries that covered a cop
per cent with the -exception o. the
rim, A crate of similar bernes would
Bell for an almost fabulous J>rice.
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LET’S HAVE FARM AGENT
For six years Chatham county
has not had a farm agent. .The Rec
ord believes that it has been a grave
error. In the earlier days, before ex
perience had served to develop more
, valuable schedules for these agents
j and when a county was likely to
‘ get a man who could not deliver the
i goods, there probably was good reas
’ on for the dissatisfaction that led to
the discontinuance of the agencies iR
many of the counties. Yet time
would have corrected the faults.
Certainly, we are convinced that
Chatham's agriculture has not made
the progress of that of .counties
which have had the agents. One need
go no further than Alamance to find
convincing evidence of that fact,
while Union, with its Broom, stands
■ out as a signal example of what may
be accomplished by an agent of the
right type. At first, the agents wer;
concerned only with the production
end of farming. Bat in recent years
it has become the fixed policy of
the agencies to concern themselves
with the marketing, end of the farm
-business.
Mr. McCrary, district agent for 21
counties in the central belt, was here
Friday evening and Saturday, talking
with .a number of citizens and seek
ing to gauge the interest of the
Chatham Folk in a restoration of
the agency. He will be here on Mon
day and wil make an interesting
proposition to the county commis
sioners. He says that he would send
an experienced man here, if provis
ion should be made for one.
; Town people are as vitally con- j
cemed in a progressive agriculture j
as are the farmers themselves. Chat
ham has great agricultural poten
tialities. A well developed agricul
ture means prosperous towns, as well j
as prosperous and happy country !
homes- Apropos this point, we here
introduce a clipping from the Em
poria Gazette, as follows:
‘‘Agriculture, said Herbert
Hoover the other day, is a bet
ter town builder than industry
The remark is one that deserves
more than a passing notice. The
chambers of commerce in nine
out of every .ten towns in the
United States should have this
very fact drilled into their sys
tems- The majority of the Amer
ican towns which now are
straining their suspenders in an
effort to pull factories in their
direction will make more health
ful progress if they forget the j
factories and extend a coopera- i!
tive hand to the farmer.
Agriculture is the backbone 1
of the average small town, but
the town boosters are inclined
to forget this fact. They labor
under the mistaken notion -that
a good town means a bigger i ]
town and that a bunch of >fac- <
tories would solve their prob <
lems. The good will and noble
hearted support of the farmers <
in that town’s trade territory i
are vastly more desirable than j,
factories for the average town.
This good will and this support
will not come unsought and un- j 1
invited. The boosting of a com
munity's agriculture will be bread ;
cast upon the waters. The town !
will prosper without belching
smoke stacks.”
If each of the editor’s live children ,
should proffer to borrow ten thous- ,
and dollars each for hina to spe
upon them witn the understanding ■
that he shoula pay it back when ho |
got rich, the proposition would be |
similar to that of counties borrow
ing ior tne state highway commis
sion for road construction in said j
counties with the understanding that
the highway commission will pay it
back when it has the funds- In the
first case, the writer would have
very little expectation of ever hav- ~
i ing the fifty thousand dollars to / r
pay back the loans, and if he did, he jj
would not feel disposed to mortgage J
the future in such a way. In the case l
jof the highway commission, howev- l
.er, we fear that there is good reas- *
>on to expect it to have the money.
F.or the representatives from the
"! counties loaning it to the state will
? ! doubtless see that the bonds are forth \
J coming to secure it. In fact, as we •
- see it, the bars are thrown down and
. the McLean limitation upon the
- amount of bonds to be sold these two
• years has become null and void. The |
• legislature under recent ruling of the |
- supreme court that such loans are I
• legal, would just as well go ahead
l and issue all the bonds needed to |
grade and pave all the leading roads |
, of the state. North Carolina’s debt i
may be expected to reach $500,000,- I
000 within the next few years. The I
smpreme court may know law, but I
its decision is oertainly unfortunate, fl
Mr. McLean’s economic program has |
been knocked into a cocked hat. Good *
bye, millions. I
! The annual conference of governors
which was inaugurated by President I
Roosevelt in 1907, has been in session *
this week at Portland Maine. Govern- I
or McLean did not attend. . ' 3
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The cost of- feeding, clothing, and
educating a child at the Baptist or
phanage is about $285 a year. The
Caswell Training school found it hard
to do the same for morons at S4OO
each a year. Yet the orphanage is
spending far more per child than the
average North Carolina family can-,
spend on each of its children. Ine
Orphanage has 602 in the orphanage,
allows $5.22 a month to eacn of th;
367 other children who are still with
their mothers. The latter method,
is seen, is much cheaper, and when
there is a good and competent moth
er should prevail. Mother s aid, by
state and benevolent agencies, will
’ undoubtedly prove one of the most
efective agencies for the relief of or
| phans and widows and the develop
i ment of a strong and worthy ciYzen
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The paving of the highway from
• I Pittsboro to Deep River and from
Sanford to a point above the over
head bridge across the Norfolk &
Southern Railroad, from which a new
section of the Moncure road will be
constructed so as to avoid a grade
crossing of the Norfolk and Souxiiein
will leave only a mile or two of un
paved road on the Pittsboro-Sanford
I highway. The section northward from
Sanford serves both routes 50 and 75,
and was probably let as a part of
route number 50, thus leaving the
j gap between the new junction point
i and Deep River. It' seems unreason—
! able to have that small section left
| unpaved even for One season. Un
fortunately, it lies in one of the most
diffcult parts of the Sanford-Pitts- (
j boro highway, and in very bad weath !
I er might hinder traffic on the whole
il7-mile stretch. Sanford should give
attention to this matter and see that
by some hook or crook this short see- j
--tion is paved before the winter j
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BRIEFLY TOLD
Dearborn Independent.
The parent of the naval orange
! tree stands on the head of scenic
Magnolia avenue, Riverside, Californ- ,
ia. It is protected by an iron grill; j
in summer awnings protect it Irom !
the full glare of the sun; in winter
a smudge pot stands beside it to
guard against chill.
Fully 90 per cent of the non-game j
birds taken in New Y ork were kill- J
ed by unnaturallized, foreign-born |
persons. x
Less than a half a pound of rad- !
ium has been produced in the world !
since Madam Curie discovered this
precious element in 1898.
There are 3,141 islands and islets
in the Philipine Archpelego, of which
only 1,668 are named and only 342
are inhabited.
The turnip occupied an important
place in Roman agriculture, one writ
er stating that some of them weigh- ,
ed forty pounds.
Eric, the Red, called the land he
discovered Greenland because men j
would be more easily persuaded tbith j
er if the land had a good name.
The wild dog, sleeping in the op
en, had first to beat down the thick
grasses to make his bed! He did this |
by turning round again and again,
his weight pressing down a nest for
7., "e1f, as he does today through in
stinct, inherited through the ages.
A sunken Roman city in the Med
l iterranean will be- pictured by means 1
:of a newly invented undersea cam- j
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| Flowers will retain their original
i bloom much subjected to
the rythmic strains of music, says
an experimenter in Milwaukee.
| The average cost per man paid
the British Government for trans
porting American soldiers to Europe
was SB3.
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One third of your life is spent in bed why not spend
jS it on our mattresses. • *
Just received a solid car load of mattresses and springs
k ranging all the way from a straw mattress to a sealy and
H Southern Queen Felt Mattress. Box springs with mattres
| and pillows to match, Big assortment to choose from, \
| come in and look them over.
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Also porch furniture, Oil stoves and refrigerators are
|j mighty nice for this weather. A refrigerator to save the
food and a oil stove to save the cook. j
y Make our store headquarters while in town.
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lr A NOTABLE RECORD
i Captain Alston For 38 Years Runs
i Pittsboro-Moncure v Locomotive
i With only One Serious
Accident
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Captain Alston, the long time and
faithful engineer on the Moncure-
Pittsboro train, is taking a few days
of welU deserved rest. Captain Al
ston has had a unique career as a
raiiroa U r. He has been on the same
run since the lirst train pulled into
Ilitbuoro in 1 887, and for scmi-sime !
wis engineer and Conductor im., if |
11«• mo •*
tight years is a ** • n ’i'» o j
on one job, but his/riends hope that
he is just getting a good start, and
th?,t many more summers will find
him ready for his annual rest.
The * Captain’s work, always ardu
ous, has been particularly so the J
past few months since the hauling I
lof the road material began. He has
had some hard pubs up the winding
track from Monciue with several
cars of rock atatched to his lignt
engine, but he always makes the !
grade, even if sometimes tardily.
During these nearly two-score ■
years, Captain Alston we are inform- j
ed, has had only one serious acci
dent, a notable record, particularly
when the character of the roadbed
is considered.
: Despite long hours and thousands
of tedious pulls, the Captain is as big
and portly as ever, weighing possibly
125 pounds, May his shadow never
grow less. .
A VACANT JUDGESHIP
Statesvilel Daily.
| Judge Charles A. Woods, of South
Carolina, of the United States Cir
cuit Court, few days ago and j
I many lawyers are now looking to-
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I ward the vacancy, which will be fill- j
! ed by Mr. Coolidge when he gets to i
it. Charlotte has endorsed John J.
Parker, Gfeensboro puts toward
Judge Bynum, and other North Car
j olinians are suggested, including
I United States District Judge Webb
and District Attorney Linney. Ex-Sen,
ator Marion Butler puts out the word :
that a North Carolinian should have 1
the job and incidentally remarks that
his brother, George, at Clinton, would
{ not be adverse. Mr. Butler also in
j sists that she job must go to a Re
publican. 6pinion here is that a Re
publican will get it, and it is not ex
-1 pected that a North Carolinian will
be the fortunate one, although that j
is a guess. Mr. Meekins won the east
tern district judgeship on his merits
as a lawyer in part, the fact that he
was his party’s candidate for Gov
ernor no doubt being large facton
From that angle, Mr. Parker, of
Charlotte, reputed a lawyer of parts,
should have a chance. He was his j
partys candidate for governor in 1920 l
Judge Bynum is big lawyer and of '• j
judicial capacity and experience, and
his politics square with the adminis
tration. But objection will no doubt I
be made to his age, because he is in §
the 60s and as he’s a lawyer rather j
than a politician his chances will j
hardly be so good as those of law- j j
yers of smaller caliber.
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'NORTH CAROLINA: j
CHATHAM COUNTY:
Having qualified as executors of
the last will and testameqjt of T. M.
Bland, deceased, late of the County [
of Chatham, North Carolina, this is I
ito notify all persons having claims j
against the estate of said deceased j
to exhibit thqm to the undersigned ”
|at Pittsboro, North ' Carolina, 'on or
before the Ist day of July 1926, or
i this notice will be plead in bar of
their recovery. All persons indebted
to the estate will please make immed
iate settlement.
This the Ist day of July, 1925.
J. T. BLAND
Wm. F. BLAND
Executors
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