esT A^ sHED SEPTEMBER 19,1878.
I tains PASESS OFF
I P THE WORLD'S STT GE
I pied Suddenly at Dayton Tenn. Whi’e
X kluu' Afternoon Nap-Was Planr-
n ,r Campaign Against Evo uticn.
: p ay ton. Tenn., July 26. (AP)—Wil-
I jjam Jennings Bryan known the w.rd
I ve r for his eloquence died here this
]H v
I eiu’i came while the great com-
■ Joner’T'as asleep and was attr.bubcd
I his physicians to appeplexy. He
| had retired to his room shortly after
■ eat ing a large dinner to take a short
H Tyii'g. Bryan sent the family
■ chauffeur, Jim McCartney, to wake
about 4:30 and it Was lcar. eJ
■ ihen that he was dead. . .
I p r , \V. F. Thomssen and Dr. f A. C.
■ Br.it-. who examined the body, ex
-iaed the opinion Mr. Bryan had
■■7 s j ea d between thirty and forty
■five minim's before they arrived.
I pie death occurred in the res den;e
Bf Rieka id Rogers which had been as
■igned to the Bryans du.ing \he r
■stay here.
I p u neral arrangements had not been
■completed hue tonight, but M.s. Bry-
L intimated that interment would l e
Bn Arlington cemetery. Mr. Bryan,
B W as the colonel of the third Ne-
volu. teers during the Spanish
■merican war, on several occasio. s
Bad expressed a desire to be buried
Bn Arlington.
I Mr. Bryan’s death came on the eve
H another crusade he had planned
B carry before the American p:o-
Bje-a battle against modernism. He
Burned to Dayton this mornlrg
Bfter having made addresses yester-
By at Jasper and Winchester
Bun., and after having completed
Bran, cements for the early publica-
Bon of the speesh he was to have
Bade in closing the trial of John T.
■copes who was recently found guil-
B o: violating Tennessee’s anti-ev:-
fltion law. .
’
■Dayjce the strenuous program
van had been foil owing as a
■jflfbr of the prosecution staff in
He icopes case and as laeder of
He nndamentalists, he appeared i.i
Heilent health.
Hsrtly before Mr. Bryan cn ered
Hroom to rest he told his wife
Hiad never felt better m h(s life
Hd was ready to go before the
Hniry to wage his'fighc in behalf
'■fundamentalism. j
■About 4:30 o’clock, Mrs. Bryan
Hii-it her husband had slept
Hg enough, so she sent the
HuTu’. who als o was his personal
HttTr.t * wake him. McCartney
B chaw Tut. shook Mr. ißryati |
Bn he notice the latter was
B Breathing. The physicians and
m ■■ .a neighbor then wee
Btw; hurriedly. *
was s'tting on th2
B- V\ her husband pa c sad
■■•'• Effrts are being made to
B- ' en, William J nnin s
B L, who is in California, also
■ ■ . ; resides in California.
B- hr; was preparing to leave
B- r - r;1 - the next day or so for Ida- 1
' Ishe expected to spend the j
B-i veth her son, Mr. Bryan was
■ s °e Payton on Tuesday for Kn x 1
Bh.c-fe he would cle iver two'
then go to Naslrvi le for
■•-..ai' engagement before going
■j ;a - Be expected to join Mrs. j
B in the fall.
H p„ Tr
■ F ;an This- in Chattanooga
■ g morning, after having
■; < liiU:; i t the Ross hotel, en
■ w arrived Sat-
B : f ) from Winches
: hen twice during
®h' l!i4 1 speech’Saturday
■%- fl .
■i '‘' '3. s; er, Tenn., follow
. at noon to the
- f ! !n v .'isChester. F f
B;; ' akc;i Fo Day ten Sunday j
B Fv. Lossly, owner of .
H L°teT, and they reach'd
■ a.m. Mr. Bryan
(had me (^LU^n S Hie morning
B ar arngenients for the
B; n f ßF v ered at the coui t-
Bb r a^°n tomorrow night
Ite a?enient °F importance
Hat Aqua tomor
■ v l; . c ' be would
■ e Progressive Davtcn
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Ted Chatham Record
j BENNETT NEWS LETTEH
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l Bennett, July 2<th A big day
was pulled off here Saturday, it be
ing the sale day of the Forkner Ho
tel property. At least fifteen hundred
attended the sales. In fact, the peo
ple had an enjoyable gathering to
gether. The hotel property was bid
off by Mr. S. Gr Rudd, of Greens
boro. We learned that he will come!
here and run the hotel, if the sale
is confirmed. The prizes drawn by
the lucky members, were: P. C. Brady
of Bennett, presented the tweny-five
dollar silk dress. Miss Dorothy Phil
lips, of Siler City received the wrist
watch. Mr. Dan Stokes' son received
the rifle. While it seems money
is a little tight, the hotel property
was bid off at four thousand dollars
I The baseball team here defeated
Gulf yesterday score eight to two.
The locals let the visiting team
score the two runs by an error in
the last inning. Our boys will play
some other team here on Saturday.
- While the dry weather through
out this 1 vicinity jhps checked the
growth of corn it is holding its col
or very well ,though they won’t be!
as good a crop as was expected. We'
have had a few good showers of rain■
the pst week. Mr. J. E. Jones re- j
ports tht the small grain that he
threshed on his) /usual round was j
about one third less this year than
last. Last year he threshed over ten !
thousand bushels; this year six *
thousand five hundred bushels, the
largest yields reported by Mr. Jones 1
are: Mr. Jim Hill 371 bushels, C. R.
Jones 184, J. A. Brady, 185, J. E.,
Jones 441; all parties mentioned had
both wheat and oats.
I Cross ties and lumber are being
put on the local market in very
large quantities this summer. There
are now about thirty cars of ties
here ready to be shipped. The mer
chants trade begins to pick up nd
air seem to be very well satisfied. .
AMBASSADOR CANCER VICTIM
!
j Tokyo, July 29.—(AP) —Edgar j
Addison Bancroft, American Ambas-;
sador to Japan, died this (Wednesday
morning) at Karuizawa.
' Ambassador Bancroft was tken ill
at Karuizawa, a popular mouniaiu re
sort in cenrtal Japan where'he was i
■ spending the summer about three
weeks ago. At first it was though
he was suffering from indigestion, but
his trouble was diagnosed as a small
duodenal ulcer.
I :
About Route 73.
J
Asheboro Courier.
It is understood Jthat contract for
the completion of that pari: oiJßoute |
75 from Asheboro to Lexingon wdl te
let in the fall or winter, that this
route is not in the list of contracts
to be let this summer. What the peo
ple inerested in the route want, how
ever, in the immediate letting of the
. contract so as to provide a central
‘ highway across Nortja Carolina.
Bryan’s Funeral
A simple funeral service was held (
'for Mr. ‘ Bryan at Dayton,. Tenn., j
where he died. The principal service j
will be held in Washington City,
Friday.. The sermon will be preaefy- j
ed. by Doctor Sizoo, pastpr of th£ ,
New . York Avenue . Presbyterian ;
churelpThe body was fakeu to Wash
ington Tuesday, where it has lain in
state and been viewed by throngs.
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cTuo and lay plans for the Bryan
college movement which-r was to he
definitely launched with, the dim O' <
meeting .tomorrow night.
He had planned ‘taCleave Tuesday
morning for-Knoxville.
The town was shocked by Che!
tragedy and within five minutes j
after the doctors' eramir.ation rt- .
vealed that Mr. Bryan was dead, the
streets near the home were thronged
with people, Mrs. Bryan is said to be
entirely composed, and is he)jr ng up
wonderfully under the terribljjj blow. ,
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PITTSBORO, N. C., CHATHAM COUNTY, THURSDAY, JULY 80, 1925.
OUR BRICK HAVEN LETTER
Miss Utley Says Frequency of Ap- |
pendicitis Alarming Suggests !
Study of it Worthy Objective for
Young Medicoes.
—Brick Haven, July _27.—Mr. _and
Mrs. Kennedy, of Carthage, are
visiting their son, who lives here,
Mr. 0. Kennedy. They will also
\
visit their daughter, Mrs. W. 0.
Mills here before returning to their
home.
_ _ / V
Rev. Mr. Stanfield , of Jonesboro,
who conducted revival services jat
Memphis Methodist church last Sun
day, visited in the home of Mr. C. H.
Thompson Tuesday and Wednesday.
He (attended the Masonic meeting
at the Moncure lodge Tuesday even
ing Inspiration and enthusiasm al
ways accompany Mr. Stanfield and
his visits are eagerly welcomed.
Mr. C. S. Harrington and children
Grace and Charles, spent Sturday
and Sunday at Graham as the guests
of Mrs. W. B. Green.
A series of services will begin at
Buckhorn Methodist Church next
! Sunday afternoon. The annual reviv
' al is always the first week in Aug-
ust. It has not been announced wheth
j er the pastor, Rev. Mr. Duvall, wiil
j condu t *l' services or whether he
j will ; t*e an assist a” h
The Avent family reunion will al
| so be held at the church on Saturday.
Everyone who wishes to attend this
reunion is cordially invited to do so.
i Well-to-do farmers, successful* busi
ness men, college teachers, in fact,
. represntatives of practically all the
professions from the successful home
maker to the gifted musician will be
found in this gathering, for the
Avent family is a talented and dis
tinguished family in many respects,
and all wflio are so fortunate as to
present will enjoy the day.
Mrs. J.W. Utley and Misses Anne
and Hilda Utley spent Saturday and
Sunday with Mrs.. Mary Marks,
whose dughter, Mrs. W. R. Marks !
was carried to Mary Elizabeth llos- ;
I
| pital on Friday night for an append
icitis operation. The last news was
that Mrs. Marks was doing nicely.
Miss Elizabeth Stephenson, of
who we wrote in last week’s
i ' '
items is still seriously ill. The num- i
ber of appendicitis patients in this 1
and the surrounding communities for
the last few months is alarming to
say the least. An ounce of prevention !
is worth a pound of cure.” It seems
there is a great opportunity for the
medical '"student who takes his pro
fession seriously and is desirous of
serving mankind to make a special
study of this particular disease, its
causes and preventive. Naturally ev- j
eryone expects his physician to be j
able to help him in sickness, and i
the faith and confidence that peo
ple as a rule have in their physicians
is touching. May the doctors. every
where have a divine conception of
this confidence and of the great serv
ice that they may render humanity.
May the day never dawn when this
most useful, most helpful of profes
sions, loses its ideals of service and !
becomes mercenary, as so many of i
the professions seem to havebecome
and as so many individuals *ecfm Lo :
"he (f cers, teachers, *Vnd assis t- ;
ant «? ; r. os and tea-diets 6i. the
?;riek E.v ei Sunday Seoul are: ask
ed to meet with Mrs. Kennedy at 8
clock..
Mr. J. C. Seawell, accompanied by
his sister,* Miss Bertie Seawell, of Ral
• i
eigh, spent the weekend nar Carthage
Miss Mary Mclntosh, Miss Nell
Yarbrough, of Sanford, are spending
a few days here with Mrs. C. H.
Thompson.
—-2 - —w • Jin -
Oscar Turlington, a Sampson coun
ty farmer, files a voluntary petition
of bankruptcy, giving his assets ata
$2,110 arid his liabilities ,3|42d70f;
The question is how did Oscar tman-f,
•&£s%(> £et all thfrfcreditj
LOWER CAPE FEAR
j SCHOOL PROBLEM UP
! Batch of News Items from Corinth—
Some Food for Thought.
Corinth, July 27.—Mr. E. V. Dick
ens and family, Mr. and Mrs. W. W.
Horton and Mrs. Penny spent last
Sunday at Lakeview.
Mrs. Ollie Penny, of Duncan, spent
the week end with her daughter, Mrs.
W. W. Horton.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilden ,of Mount
Gilead, are spending a few days at
Mr. S. W. Harrington’s.
Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Dickens, of 1
Raleigh, spent Sunday with their pa
rents, Mr. and Mrs. B. N. Dickens
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Cross were
out from Raleigh Sunday with their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Cross.
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Wilson have
a baby at their house. It arrived on
last Thursday.
Mrs. Besse Marks underwent an
operation for appenditis at Muj y
Fb/.abeth Hospital last S-iixir iay
iyc is repor ed to be getting aim..:
a I right.
We are glad to report Miss Eliza
• c 4: '- Stepho i :on is out of danger as
a result of m operate)i at Mar/
ETzubeth Hospital iast Sunday* In
a day or so now she will be allow
ed to see a few friends and visitors.
We hope our young people who can,
will call to see Elizabeth. She likes
company and it will help her to
while away the weary hours.
W. H. Cross, Jr., drove in to
camp one day last week with a new
Ford. !
Another of those gulley washers j
swooped down on us at Buckhorn
on last Saturday, and the ground
is moist again. It will do much goodj
but crops have already dried up and
will not revive.
The School Problem
The School problem in lower Cape
Fear will come up again on next
first Monday, August 3, at Pitts
boro. At least the boar J d has promis
ised to say whether or not they con- 1
sider our school consolidation election
; last year legal. Mr. Barber, who rep-
presented the signers of the petition :
calling for Die con
tends .that in all lai*nesa and gc (
faith -the will of the people as ex
carried out. Mr. Bell attorney so
the school board contends that the
! elections as carried does not comply
with our state school laws, and can
.
be contested in court by any tax
payer and the contest be successful
-1 ly sustained by the hi ( her courts and
|
be declared not legal.
We do not believe that any one
plan that can be offered that’ll suit
all concerned, We do not think that
any more elections will clarify the
j situation. Least of all do we believe
that allowing the matter to get into
I the courts should ever be consider
| ed by either side. We know that the
county unit plan in this state is com
ing just as sure as death and taxes.
It is a progressive, foward move
ment and North Carolina is a pro
■ i
gressive and foward moving state.
The schools have got to grow along
with other instituions. The county
wide plan has been proposed and
minutely worked out in Chatham
| County. It hits some of us hard just
now but it has an end in view 4 that
:s as far above the present obsolete,
fast failing system as the heavens
are above the earth.
We can •>i blame the imrvictim
communities fir waa f !*..g to de«' »op
their own pvticuiur centers *H tbev
can, we admire their- efforts, but the
time has come —is now here Upon us
when the small community inter- (
ests will have to £ive way to ai larg
er and mere comprehensive plan. In
other words some of us are going to
have to give up something. It may j
be you or it may be I. Now, let’s
all that are interested be on; hand
Monday, August 3, state briefly our
side of the problem, and say (;o the
board you have heard our plea; you
he the >ry, and we w’U abide by your
verdict What do you sty?
Food for Thought
wo great minds clashed last week
"in a heated argument over God and
Prohibition Officers Seize $250,000
Ship. ,
' NEW YORK, July 28.—(AP).~
The government blockade off the
Atlantic coast has been run by the
largest liquor laden vessel ever
seized in New York harbor. Cham
; pagne, whiskey and cordials valued
at $250,000 wree landed and gobbled
up by bootleggers before customs
officials knew what was happening
When they arrived at the busy dock
at Dykman street, on the Hudson
River early yesterday morning, they
found the 2,000 ton steamer Augusta
empty except for fifteen Dottles of
! liquor in officer’s quarters. The
crew was lolling about the deck j
kid gloves.. Acting Captain Charles
Wilson and twenty four men were
arrested. The ship, a $250,000 twin
screw freighter, was seized.
Howard Barnes, assistant solicitor
to the collector of the port, said Wil
son should haul down the America
flag and hoist the black banner of
the pirate. The ship had no custom
papers; none of the officers had a li
cense; no log was kept and there
were no ship’s articles giving the
names of the crew.
While the cutter towed the ship to*
anchorage off the statue of liberty
the helmsman fouled the wheel in an
attempt to beach the vessel dff Ho
boken, N. J. The cutter’s captain,
detecting something wrong, swung
so sharply towards the middle of
the river that the Augusta listed to
!an angle of 40 degrees. Customs
officials described the landing of the
2,500 cases of liquor as the most dar
ing rum running feat in the history
:of prohibition enforcement. Two
weeks ago they were tipped off that
the Augusta had taken on its liquo
| cargo from a vessel eight miles off
New. Orleans and was headed for
New York.
Sold to Retailers
Despite precautions the Agusta
slipped by the scores of coast guard
ships through the busy harbor and
transferred the cargo to an uniden
tified lighter and sold the liquor to
retailers.
At the court of inquiry conduct
ed by Mr. Barnes aboard ship, Cap
, tai n Wilson admitted selling the
, cargo. Tally slips found aboard
confirmed his story. Other papers
that Augusta had been
chartered from A. M. Aversole, Mi
ami, Fla., by James V. Williams and
Son, for 50 per cent of the profits.
The Augusta was a freighter engag
ed in a coastwise trade. She is the
second coastwise ship seized in a
month. Custom officials indicated
that the seizure might result in the
establishment of a custom inspec
tion service for coastwise vessels
which are now free from it.
episcopXl*^ch Ultch news
' There will ffie services at the Epi
scopal church next Sunday August,
2, at 11 o’clock in the morning and
in the evening at eight o’clock
( The members are reminded that
the Communion service will be given
at the morning hour.
The rector, will get a suers rest
during the month o e August with
during the month of August with
a few days spent at Buffalo Springs,
and probably a short period in the
mountains.
! spiritual matters, One fearlessly ex
pounded his belief, in God. The oth
er openly and publidly refused to ac
cept belief in any such Deity. Sunday
afternoon the one passed quietly and
peacefully from earth to meet his
1 God. and we suppose that the other
is still standing out against God and
in future life Death could just as eas
• ily have claimed Clarence Darrow as
’it did William Jennings Bryan. If
Bryan does not come face to facer, with
his God as he literally believed he
would do, there can be no such place
as Hell for him and he has pothing to
be ashamed of or to lose. If Darrow
had been called to face a God that he
had denied and if there is a hell who
can picture the extremity of his soul.
, FROM UPPER CAPE FEAR !
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New Hill Rt. 2, July 27...—SClar
. ence Holt had a severe attack of
; appendicitis last week but we are
s glad to know he is improving.
Messrs Bynum, Glenn and Ray
■ mend Tysinger, Vance Harris and
L Roby Seaford spent the week-end at *
their nome near Lexington.
Messrs F. L. Robbins and Guy
’ Poole were recent visitors to Ashe
k boro.
1 The Beil’s baseball nine and New
Hope had gathered at the latter's
, diamond on Saturday afternoon for ;
game but the welcome rain stopped
the game. '
. There will be an all-day children's
> exercise at New Elam church the
L first Sunday in August or rather
(Children’s exercises in the morn-
I ing and singing in the afternoon.
Two choirs have been invited to sing
Mount Gilead and Gum Springs.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Webster had
I I as their guests Sunday. Mr. and
Mrs. Charlie Barnes, Mrs. D. H.
! Williams and James Houst, of .Clay
ton, and Mrs. Addie Webster.
| Mrs. W. A. Drake spent the week- „
1 1 y
| end with her mother, Mrs. Bettia
Thomas, on Pittsboro Route 1.
him on many questions but aways
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Walker spent
, Sunday in Pittsboro with Mr. and
Mrs. Bright .
Messrs. E. H. and B. C. Holt, K.
B. Riddle and Tavice Jones motored
to Chapel Hill Sunday to hear Rev.
B. J. Howard, the former pastor of
New Elam church, now pastor of
Chapel Hill Christian church.
Mr. and Mrs. N. A. Gardener, Hur
ley and Nellie and Alice
! Hodges motored jo Duncan Sum
day to visit their relatives.
| Miss Hilda Lasate'r was a recent
guest of relatives and friends in
Durham.
Mr. and Mm Clarence Lasater
and chidden of Durham spent last
week with Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Lasa
ter.
| Mrs. Willie Seagroves who ha 3
been {coking treatment jfrom Dr.
1 Brown at Sanford is slowly improv
ing.
BROWNS CHAPEL n*
Dr. P. W. Lutterloh returned to
his home in Arkansas After spending
a week with his mother Mrs. C. W.
Lutterloh who has been on the sick
list.
! Mr. and Mrs. John Goodwin and
children spent last week with relativ
es at Seaforth.
| Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Bailey and
children, of Burlington, spent last
! Sunday wiht Mrs. Bailey’s father,
■ Mr. J. J. Thomas.
j Misses Lilia and Annie Mann, and
I
brother, Leaton attended the party
at the home of Miss Ollie Ivey at
| f
Snow Camp.
| Mr. and Mrs. Henry Durham and
children, Junius, Jerome and Cather
ine, were dinner guests, of Mr. and
Mrs. Avon Ferry, Sunday,
j Several men near Browns Chapel
belonging to the Junior Order of
Manndale attended the funera.l serv
ice of Mr. Jim Johnson at Mount
! Pleasant Sunday. Mr. Johnson ran
' a black smith shop near Baldwin’s
mill severai
Miss Hortense Mann spent Satur
' day night, and Sunday with her pa
was accompanied home by Adelt
Nance* Lillian Horn, and Hazline
Cook.
' Misses Walter Mann and Turner
Perry and Leonnie Bailey are Spend
ing a few days. in Asheville sight
seeing. *
The Sunday School at Brown’s
Chapel spent Sunday at Lakewood
1 Prk t Durhm on picnic.
A jury at Lexington has awarded
a verdict of $2500 .against a Talahas
see Power Compny for injury (jaused
, by mosquitoes bred in the company’s
lake. • •: x £*
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