THE CHATHAM RECORD
SmSHED SEPTEMKT
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’Sews From The Good
8 a ‘“‘ l L JV uo f Bennett.
u g. 3.—Rev. J. C. Kidd,
BeiUlC - ’ are away this
meetings at their
lW o reporting much interest
on Sunday, the beginning.
H powers, known as Jack
fYh cancer on side of his face
le , ee n blind for seven months,
jtetTuesday, 28th, and was bnr
churcn cemetery at Beulah
on Wednesday. Mr.
®' ,r was seventy eight years old
"fdealh and had always lived
"V died, had lived a Christian
‘ eli |lliie( l with Fall creek Baptist
\ about forty years ago, and
1 e of the charter members who
ai T t 0 institute Beaulah Baptist
He reared twelve children,
% and six girls, all who are
\ J are married, raising a family
% own and own their own
a nd live within five miles of
. Jeer’s home. He leaves a wife,
elf -o' Miss Cynthia Ritter, daugh
bo ” Capt John Ritter, who was
during the Civil Wen:.
.. . ons who are living are J. i., J.
15 Y C. H., E. S,. and Bennie H.,
! ' ’.lest son, who lived with him.
k"daughters are Mrs. J. E. Jones,
b j Cheek, Mrs. John Jones,
g g. Cheek, Mrs. R. B. Kidd,
d Mrs. W. A. Moffitt
He had thirty-nine grand children
- eicht great grand children He
ves one brother, Mr. ames Bowers,
UV t.s near him, and is eighty
I Aid v large crowd attended the
Stdce, which was conducted
, hi> pastor, Rev. A. G. Lasater, as
hev. J. C. Kidd, Rev. E. A.,
vingstone, Rev. G R Underwood,
,d Kev. Mr. Picket.
Mi. Garrett Smith, who lives near
dl Creek Baptist church and whose
He died a few years ago, died at
e home of his daughter, Mrs. Ritter,
st Thursday. He had lain uown for
st in the aiternoon and passed away
e was aoout seventy-nine years old
id had been - faitnful member «i
s church, nis pastor, Rev. J* C*
M crated that he was among the
iMithial members, and was al
ms\, ins post, oe is a brotoer to
■r. Ldiii Smith and Mr. Corner
tithe treasurer of the Sandy
ii'Baptist Association.
IHe was buried Friday at Fall Creek
|apt cemetery, the services being
Inkted by his pastor, Rev. J. C.
E. He belonged to the High Falls
tier Cider and they rendered acer-
Hnony. .
■ Q;..:e an enjoyable time occurred
l E John Bray’s Saturday evening
tea ins relatives and friends sur-
Iri-eu him by Jmedting there and
■reading a big sapper in the yaid
|e king up at Bennett at the time
■it teaching home and finding the
■aid gull of people and the supper
■repared. It made him feel good thus
■m: hi.' relatives and friends.
■•'.: an enjoyable time with all.
Imßeu.iett base ball team won
Eo pines last week, defeating Col
three to one, and High Falls
E to four. They have challenged
■oie better and stronger teams than
Ey cave played heretofore, but some
can't get a game. Probably they,
m afraid they will get beaten. The
■*! team will play Ramseur here
B® Saturday afternoon. ,
■ The crops through out this section
offering for rain, while in sec-
ccrn has a gocri chance so far
Ptoldirg its own very well. Cotton
■ looking very good. A good many
■ Manners are busy hauling ties
■ : ‘Umber to the markets here.
w* is also a good deal of cedar
Put on the market.
Meeting cf W. M. U.
E 5 I\l. U. of Sandy Creek As-
Vi;: ;-::Ul its annual meet
■' “' k Baptist church
V" a ' !I C v iber, 17th. Ail church
■Y l ‘ le Arscciation are urged to
■‘ ie Pro.'mh.atives whether they
an ov -d society or not.
B’-O. Davis,.of Upper Halifax, in
■ tu “i farms and found the boll
Itlig • (01ng <lama^e i n a majority of
visited. Mr. Davis states
■ the farmers of Halifax are now
■ to make infestation counts
m l
0 tell when dusting is nee’ded.
I' ACCIDENTALLY KILLED
Mr. H. A. Fields Tree
Which He Was Cutting Lived
Two Hours.
Mr. H .A. Fields, one of the good
citizens of White’s Bridge communi- I
ty died last Thursday as a result of
being struck by an o d pear tree
which he had sawed down. He lived
only two hours after being struck,
but was conscious to the very last.
It was a most ancient pear tree and
was dying. Mr. W. W. Fields, son of
the deceased says that Mr. Porter
Stedman when 92 years old said that
the tree was as large then as it
when he was a boy. The ancient land- i
mark was only cumbering the ground, !
and Mr. Fields and his little grand- i
son Henry Fir.lips went out to cut it
down.
l*«-n the nee was aboup to Ta.ll, '
Mr. Fi-rkls duelled the boy to run i
ami ho :mseb' stepped away, but, un- j
fortunately, made a mistake in the di
rection, and when he discovered it, 1
it was falilng toward him and he
didn’t have time to get out of the I
way. A limb hit him upon the right i
shoulder, bursting his collar bone and
otherwise crushing him. Mr. W. W.
Fields was called and he and Henry
. carired the stricken man to the house!, !
where he soon passed away.
Mr. Fields was 73 years of age.
He married Miss Clara White, a sis- j
ter of Rev. J. M. White, father of I
Dr. John E.. White. Mrs. White and
one son survive. He had been a mem
ber of Mays Chapel Baptist church
many years. The funeral was preach- j
ed by Rev. R. R. Gordon at Mays ,
Chapel and the body was laid away j
in the church cemetery, in the pres
, ence of a large crowd of sorrowing
friends and relatives.
BRICHAVEN Ys FORT BRAGG
Chatham Team to Cross Bats Satur
day With Army Team at Sanford
The Brick Haven Baseball team,
which has made quite a record this
summer in its games with local
nines, has cut out for itself a more
ambitious program It has arranged to
tackle the Fort Bragg team at San
ford Saturday.
The game will begin at 3:30, and
will be played on the Sanford dia
mond the Chatham team is compos- 1
ed of Tyler Dewar, pitcher, Brooks
Snipes, catcher, Thomas Hamlet Ist.
base, Leo Buckner, second base, Zeb
Harrington, 3rd base, Frank Gattis,
short stop, Hugh Buckner, left field,
Sam Utley, center field, Salter Utley,
right field.
This game should enlist more than j
the local interest about Brickhaven
and Corinth. The fans throughout the
county should take a pride in being •
l here and cheering the county team.
CRACK SECOND NINE
WINS OYER NEW HOPE
Moncure’s Winning Team of Young-
sters score another victory.
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Moncure August3.—Moncure s 2nd
nine , composed of boys under four
teen, won over New H Hope Saturday
afternoon by a score of ,14 to 11. The j
winning pitcher was Julian Ray. The
first five were pitched by John Worn
ble, at the end of which the game
stood tied ,11 to 11. But after RdV
was put in he held the New Hopcrs
rather now the hopeles-s, hitless to
the finish.
j Frank Morrison caught a fault.ess
game. Frank Morrison hitting a two
bagger with two men on . the bases,
cl anged what appeared to be defeat
in ■victory. Capt. Pete Sasser ti J
locking for some other team
i at and asks that boys ha wig «
t am write him.
Visiting Hdfoe Fo’k. •
Mr. and Mrs. .P. A. Rudd., of Co
lumbia, S. C., have been visiting Mrs.
Rudd’s relatives in the Fearrington
■ community. Mrs. Rudd was a -Will
iams. They left this county ten or
twelve years ago and seem to be
. prospering in the state of their adop
tion. While here thety took the op
! portunity to run up to Richmond to
visit a sister. >)>■ i
PITTSBORO, N. C., CHATHAM COUNTy, THURSDAY^m^SOr-1925.
SIMON’S BUNCH ROUNDED UP.
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Sheriff and Posse Capture Five Ne
• groes, Long Time Booze Makers
Out on $2200 Bond.
# The Sheriff has had his eye for
some time upon Simon Alston and
his boys, who have apparently been
doing a land-slide business in booze.
Yet till last Saturday the officers had
not been able to get them with the
goods or to get definite evidence'.
Last Saturday, Sheriff Blair, play
ed a strategy upon them. He had
gathered a group of fourteen officers,
among whom were five good runners.
H g divided his forces into three group
leaving Pittsboro a few minutes
apart. The one went the direct road
to Simon’s, while the group starting
earlier made their way around and
came up from the other side, thus cut
ting off both approaches to the house
| So well-timed were the goins of the
i two groups that they arrived at Si
mon s the same minute with no warn
; to the booze-makers and dispens
ers.
There was a scurrying to and fro.
One son seized a fruit jar of booze
| and started for the barn. He had his
| eye upon Deputy Desern and had not
! yet seen the sheriff and his coterie.
The Shriff was watching him, how
ever, but was some little time in get
-1 ting the attention of Deputy Harring-
I ton who was looking at another fel-
I low being endangerd by Mr. Desem’s
party. The! black saw the sheriff
■ about the time Harrington saw the
! negro. The latter started across the
field jumping a wire fence. Harring
ton heeled it after him and overhaul
ed him.
The father and three sons and one
of the negroes working with the Hag
! edorn Company on the road paving
! job were captured. The last named
had a gallon which he had presum
ably brought, but he the jug
down and broke it. Plenty of evidence
of dealing in the stuff was found,
booze in the house and out "of the
house, empty kegs with the smell of
booze, etc.
The five were brought to Pittsboro
but were released upon a combined
bond of $2200.00. A preliminary trial
will be held August 15, before ‘Squire
Blair.
GULF NEWS
Miss Mary Lacy Palmer is giving
a house party at Lakeview.
Mrs. Taimage Johnson and Miss
Katherine Humprey, of Charlotte, are
staying this week with Mrs. Walter
Johnson. .
Mr. and Mrs. Coy Cole, and Mrs.
Martha Ann Cole of near Sanford
visited Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Gaines,
Sunday.
Miss Virginia Murchison who is at
tending summer school at Wake For
est snent the week-end at home.
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1 Mrs. F. O. Smith and children and
Mr. Altan Jordan, of Durham and
Mr. and Mrs. Gus Murchison and chil
dren, of Vass, spent Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. E. H. Jordan.
The revival that was held here last
week at the Baptist church, in which
Mr. J, A. Honeycutt did the preach
ing, accomplished much good in the
few days he was here. He was com
pelled to return home on account of
sickness in his family. Nine were
baptized and one joined by letter. . j
Mrs. Jack Vann Laudingham and
son Joseph, Jr., of Raleigh, and M iss ,
Margie Murchison, of Sanford, were
! the week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs.
D. E* Murchison.
Mr. and Mrs. A J. Little, attended j
the Brooks-Little reunion at Marsn
ville last Thursday
’ Miss Fannie Beal, who has been
spending her vacation with her sister
Mrs. W. H. Hill, returned to her nome
in Durham, last Sunday.
Mr. Archibald Palmer, of Sanford,
is here, spending his vacation with
his parents, Dr. and M'rs. R. W. Palm
er. ' * -
Soil fertility is still the biggest
problem to be solved by Tarheel farm
ersi says one investigator who claims
that if our acre yields were as good
as the average of the county, we
would have added $50,000,000 to our
income in 1924.
CHATHAM COUNTY ASLEEP ,
I
That is Conviction of the Record’s
Fair Correspondent After Attend
ing Farmer’s Convention.
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Mr. and Mrs. Will Thomas and Mr.
and Mrs. Pickett, of Durham, were
visitors of Mr. .and Mrs. Clyde Grif
fin last Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Bynum and chil
dren and Miss Lizzie Clegg attended
tr-e Farmers’ Convention at State
College last Tuesday and Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ivey P. Harmon ard
little daughter Hilda, and baby, John
Harold, of Hartsville, S. C., spmt
from Wednesday until Satur lav with
his father, Mr. .J. E. Harmon
Mr. Floyd S Harmon returned wi s h
Mr Harmon to South Carolina and
spent a few days
Our revival began last Sunday. A
large crowd was present and heard
Rev. C. M. Lance preach a strong and
forceful sermon. Rev. Mr. Goodchild
led the singing. He is a fine singer..
The offertory song, The “Savior With
Me,” was very impressive.
Messrs. Grady S. Patterson, Bev
erly Lake, Misses Elizabeth and Vir
ginia Lake, of Wake Forest, Mr.
George D. Harmon, and Mrs. Cald
well, of ort Smith, Arkansas, motor
ed to Pinehurst and Aberdeen last
Thursday. They reported a pleasant
trip.
Mr. George D. Harmon left last
Friday for a two weeks’ stay in
Washington City where he will spend
most of his time working on his
thesis in Library Congress*
The twenty-third annual session of
the North Carolina Farmers’ and
Farm Women’s Convention held at
State College of Agriculturee and En
gineering, Raleigh, July 28, 29 and
30, 1925, was one of the most suc
cessful conventions that has been
held. It was a real vacation for the
farmers as well as an instructive one.
There were about 1400 farmers pres
ent and 520 were farm wonum These
people represented different countis
in the state. Sorrfe of the most dis
tant counties had the largest num
ber or representatives. Forsyth coun
ty led in number,/with one hundred
and forty present. Hyde county next,
eighty. There was a silver cup pre
sented to Forsyth county for the larg
est number. j
The writer regretted that Cnatham
county was not represented with a
larger number of men and women.
Probably there were a dozen from
Chatham.
Some one asked the writer “If she
learned anything new Vhile at Ral
eigh?” The reply was, “Yes, that
Chatham county is asleep and not do
ing anything comparable to other
counties with reference to the more
progressive and scientific methods of
farming. The counties that were real
ly doing things had county agents and
home demonstration agents and were
organized in farm and home clubs and
were doing first class work.
Chatham county was not mention
ed in the convention at all. Chatham
county has some of the finest peo
ple within the state, but they should
realize the needs of cooperative farm
ing and. less individualism; therefore
Dr. Brooks and the other people <sf
state college. Dr. Brooks is certainly
a fine man and is one of the best
orators in the state. State College is
fortunate in securing him as presi
dent. I
Governor McLean lectured at Hie
Convention and a number of other
prominent men, and also women,
made fine lectures. |
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Clark and daugh
ter, of Apex, spent last Sunday v.tii
his sister, Mrs. W. B. Harper.
Opposed to Investigation.
Shanghai, Aug. 2—(AP)— A dis
patch received here from Peking says
the foreign office has cabled Chinese
ministers abroad instructing them te
inform the governments to which
they are accredited that the Chinese
government is opposed to another in
vestigation into the recent Shanghai
disordrs. * • ! dj- j,_ j L"..
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v MONCURE NEWS
Miss Wilkie Bride of Mr. John Bell,
Jr„ Beautiful Home Wedding at
Moncure —Other Moncure Items.
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Mrs. J. R. Jenks and little children
and Miss Eva Phillips, who have been
at Rutherfordton, N. C., for the past
ten days, enjoying the mountain seen
ery and air returned home last Sau* {
urday for a few days. Miss Fmmps
will go to Montreat to enter school
for fall term.
Miss Catherine Thomas, who has
been at Apex, for the past ten days
visiting relatives returned home last
Saturday.
Last Saturday morning at the home
of Miss Florence \viiKie, at 11 o’-
clock Miss Hilda Wilkie, the oldest
daughter of Mrs. Florence Wilkie
was married to Mr. Johnnie Bell Jr.,
the son of Mr. John Bell.
It was a very quiet and beautiful
home wedding. Rev. R. R. Gordon, of
Pittsboro, I\. G., officiating, it was an I
impressive ceremony. The parlor was j
beautifully decorated with ferns and j
potted plants intermingled with bowls
of rosebuds. Mrs.. J. W. Utley, sis
ter of the groom, played the piano
while Miss Willie’ Brown, a cousin of
the bride, beautifully sang, “The
Sweetest Story Ever Told.’ ’Then the|
strains of the Lohengrin Wedding
Wedding March burst forth, while tjhe
bride and groom entered. Little Miss
Lois Wilkie, sister of the bride, dress
ed in pink voile and lace, carried the
ring on a silver tray, showered with
lilies of the valley. The bride was!
lovely in an ensemble suit of green j
charmene and crepe black satin with
tan accessories carrying a shower
boquet of bridal roses and lillies of
the valley.
Immediately after the ceremony the
young couple left for Richmond and!
other points. After the 10th of Aug- |
ust they will make their home in Mon
cure.
Mrs. Bell is the popular, attractive
and refined daughter of Mrs. Flor
ence Wilkie, who taught school one
year after compluteing the High 1
School course at Moncure High School
1922-1923. Mrs. Bell is very talented
in music, both piano and voice anu i
has secured the position as instructor
of the music department of Moncure
High School next year.
Mr. Bell, a former State College
Student and who made a successful
year l on Moncure Route one, is the
son of Mr. John Bell, Sr., and is now
a promising salesman of the Quaker
Oats Company.
There were no services at the Bap
tist Church last Sunday, as the pas-
tor, Rev. Jesse Blalock, of Aberdeen,
was taking his vacation.
The Epworth League met at the
Methodist church last Sunday evening
at 8 o‘clock, Miss Catherine Thomas
the president, in the chair after the
Bible reading ‘by the president and;
prayer by Mrs. W. W. Stedman, roll!
was called by the secretary, Miss
Pauline Ray, and then the minutes j
of the last meeting read. The sub
ject for the evening was ,‘Tne Friend
liness of God as Seen in Nature.”
following took part in the pro
gram:
Song: Onward Christian Soldiers —
By All.
Nature Reveals God’s Glory—Lo-
Miss Lucile Wicker. #
God’s Providence Seen in Nature —
Camila Stedman.
Nature Reveal’s God’s Glory—Lo-
Lift Up Eyes to the Hills—
is Ray.
Roberta Lambeth.
! Learning from Nature—Margaret
Strickland.
Song: Win Them One by One—By
che Leaguers. . • UYjll’l
Reading: If" God Cares iof the les
nay the very grass—will be not muen
ser things—the birds, the flowers,
I more care for you, his children?”
Mrs. W. W. Stedman
Song: “I am so Glad ?That : Jesus
Loves Me.”—By all Present..
—u^aoure r £ vffisreQ 'sapj ‘osiumj _
1 Closing Prayer—Miss Arvey Wo|
bid. •• ■'!
Everybody invited to attend
j Epworth League meeting-.next Sjiifc
NUMBER 9« 1
CHARGED WITH RAPE
Fon Burke Taken to Penitentiary for
Safe-Keeping—Charged with Crim
inal Assault Upon Young White
Girl. ■>
Fon Burke, a young man of good
parentage but not unknown to the
court records, was taken to the pene
tentiary Monday afternoon to pre-
He was charged with rape upon a
sixteen-year old white girl, living
within a few miles of Pittsbero.
elude the possibility of mob Tiorenee.
While there were no indications of
the formation of a mob, it is
said that the people in the girl’s com
munity were rather wrought up, and
it is a fact that the father declared
that he would shoot Burke if he saw
him, and expressed regret when he
learned that he had been spirited
awav to the penexentiary.
| The story of the alleged crime as
| h comes to the Record is something
I like this:
Young Burke had been going with
the girl and the father had threaten
ened to whip her if she did so again
But last Friday afternoon, rather late
the girl was at her grandmother’s a
j few hundred yards from her own
home, and Burke came up. They went
to ride.
When the girl came home she was
crying and cried practically all night,
refusing to tell what had happened.
But at last she was persuaded to
j tell the story. According to the story
| as reported to the Record, Burke be
gan to hug and kiss her after they
started to ride. She urged him to quit
and take her back home. Instead of
quitting or returning home, she says
he whirled into a woods road, stopp
ed, dragged her from the car and ac
complished his purpose. The state
ment is made thath her underclotjhes
were 4< as bloody as a stuck hog.
Officer Desem was early informed
of the matter and was on the watch
out for Burke. On Monday a warrant
was sworn out.
Officer Desem found his man in
Cape Fear township Monday and ar
rested him and brought him to Pitts
boro. Burke declared his innocence,,
but -wanted time to get his witness
| es . No trial of any kind was held,
| but the young man was hurried off
to the penetentiary.
It is not known when a preliminary
hearing will be held, but probably not
till time has served to cool down
the temper of the wronged family
day evening at 7:30 o c.oc^.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Moore and lit
tle daughter, Melba, spent last week
end at Goldsboro, N. C. with relatives
Miss Mae Watson, of Osgood N. C.
spent last week-end with relatives
| Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Crutchfield, here,
Mrs. R. P. Johnson and little neph
| e w, Harry Bell and Miss Minnie Bell
of Pittsboro attended the Wilkie-Bell
wedding, last Saturday, also Mr.
Worth Wilkie, of Raleigh.
Rev. C. M. Lance will preach at the
Methodist church next Sunday morn
ing and evening.
Miss Willie Bostian, who spent last
week with Miss Catherine Hackney
has gone to her home at Peak S. C.
Capt. J. H. Wissler is now at Cedar
Springs, Va., visiting relatives there.
' Mr. I D. Wilkie, wife and child are
spending their vacation in Virginia
with relatives.
| Mrs. Hillary Marks and children, of
! Carrboro are visiting her parents, Mr,
. and Mrs. S. W. Womble.
Miss Catherine Thomas is spending
’ Tuesday (today) in Raleigh shoppin;
We are glad that Mr. C. C. Thom
as, the efficient depot agent, who has
3 been sick is able to be up and
out again.
Methodic Sunday School is
fckjanfting to go on- a picnic at Lake
tlllaorParfe:, /Durham next Wednesday
%eek. Everybody invited to go and
r take! a basket.' ' . j