LISHED SEPTEMBER 19, 1878.
c . jiill Machinery
• : i\g Rapidly Placed
•. New Enterprise Soon to
*“■ Operation —Several Him—
; Streams of Label To
ri, r \v from Machines
at Same Time
,vY silk mill will soon be in
ilr. Zeigler, one of the
"...motors and the technical
• o enterprise, has been here
‘ 0 time now with a force of
the machines and head
toward the early beginning
, :i machines are to be placed
»-,t, though the floor of the
planned to contain 21 of the
However, till
• < ;ire erected, part of
,f the main building will be
ft i- offices and other pur-
N v - chine is multiple,- making
( 4 . • ; label bands at a time.
make labels of' two
.... of three, and some of
V.... , of the machines have
. i>i ugl from the factory at
I i ,iv te i Lake, X. J., and have the
j equipment already in place.
Ti ...st label made at Pompton
| j iK- each is attached, so that one
rU - r, get an idea of what the
,/rP are to do. These multiple
I t ,i- - chines are quite complicated,
j jvwev and one will have to see
them i: operation before he can get
a how a four-color ribbon
Iw -ding and figures is woven.
tion, though, is almost al
together automatic.
The pos are in for steam heat-
L O . : tic. furnace house has already
j,.,-, n waited, a neat building of ce
jnt -ks, and placed so as to be
i ;di: i for the other buildings to be
(.w-c l Liter. A • store room of ce
(!. eks has also been built.
A,:: . the home folk working at
I hit are Mr. Henry May, who
f . with them from the laying
■ •/. foundation for the building
j : vv*.*.■ expects to learn the business
the ground up, and Mr. Roland
[Aiiv.l. v.iio, too, expects to learn the
UUglor Ifimseif is srperintend
- .c installation. Mr. Go-flu, one
* : \\s original promoters, has sola
IT ; Acrcsts, the Record is informed,
j.: other gentlemen are now inter
ggted.
Bitting of woman’s
MISSIONARY UNION
■ . • rmuel meeting of .the W. M.
■ , ■ sandy Creek Association will
h V: at Bear Creek Baptist church
H. . --. October 10th. We are very
in having Mr. tusenhurst
H •T-myhai, China to address us at
■ ..thig. Miss Dorothy Kellam.
18. ’ -..i r of young people’s work,
■l .-’so be present. A full attend
■ v.rged. Churches that ha\e
Mr sized societies are urged also
■ C representatives.
MRS. E. D. WALL, Sec.
Bj-TALN FRED MERRITT DEAD
Ho - , ; Chatham Passes ot Wash-
I j;-, -t; n Cjtv Home —Buried in
A-Lngten Cemetery
Rve h - lav’s dailies carried the
T One death in Washington
--t. Fred L. Merritt, a native
fi t :: county. The death of
K V. rrilt is of personal interest
. . of the Record as well as
• ot his boyhood irienas and
B jt.. yeas a member of an
: 1 class at Wake Forest Col
the writer entered that
■■ | -a freshman in 1888. Fred
H wished as a speaker, win
highest honors in his so
■>-. graduation, he turned to
Brn: ( . r work and served as editor
■rr.rr.her of North Carolina pa
■ ~i U>U > tune being managing
■ , n-jo News and Observer.
B has lived in Washington for
H » rof years. He W%n the
B- "nt,,in during the World War,
he entered the service and
! in the ordinance bureau and
n;irate division.
I vVinTE ELEPHANT SALE
V
B•• ] r.t-Teacher Association is
,v: fin a rummage sale next Sat
■v. It will be held in the old
of Pittsboro building. The ob
■ t to raise funds to continue the
Em w-enwnAs of the school grounds,
wore greatly improved last
airier Ihe auspices of the Pa-
B'-Tcuchor Association. Every
anything useless to liim-
B iter ■’ f, yet, which might sell
I real money is urged to bring it
a contribution to the school
Btivf-i fund. Buyers will find
J.;; knacks, and sundry
on sale.
B TWO NEW LAWYERS
Bj-‘.- vus glad to meet Mr.
i'uo-h Vr-re with his brother
B fU U Paschal Tuesday. Mr. I
B : jy received license to i
IH j will, we believe,
B!’’' 1 E- brother R- F. in the!
of • ~version. He gradu-
V- degree at
BBfer.-t last .* o ari d was one
-uccossful a >;dicants for 11-
l' r the recor. examination be-j
th sunveme court. Mr. R. H.!
I ’• is another Siler City boy |
”e license at the same tame, j
too, Ea graduate of Wake
taking the law degree.
The Record wishes both these fine-
esters/wonderful success in their
Profession./
B -L ■
cow that produces 30 pounds of
Bk or more per dav requires a ra-
in lime. Clovers or other
Bocs will supply this need.
THE CHATHAM RECORD
A Beautiful Home
Wedding
Mr. Robert Ward and Miss Mary Lee
Strowd Plight Troth—To Make
Home at Durham
Frosty, Sept. 21.—A quiet, but very
pretty, wedding was solemnized at
the home of the bride’s mother, Mrs.
a. . Morgan, Saturday at three-thir
tj, when Miss Mary Lee Strowd, of
Frosty, became the bride of Mr. Rob
ert Ward, of Bynum. Rev. C. H.
C aviness, pastor of the bride, per
formed the ceremony. Only the near
relatives of the bride and groom were
present.
rhe home was beautifully decorated
with fern, goldenrods, and candles,
carrying out the color scheme of yel
low and green.
Prior to the ceremony, Mr. Eugene J
Strowd, brother of 'the bride sang,
“I Love You Truly.” The’accompani
ment and the wedding music was
played by Miss Ruth Harris, who
wore a lovely dress of pink crepe de
chine.
To the strains of Lohengrin’s
bridal chorus, the bridal pai’ty en
tered. The ring bearer, little Miss
Annabeile White, cousin of the bride
m a clainty dress of white voile and
lace, entered carrying the ring on a
white . satin pillow. Then came the
groomsmen; Messrs. Ben Rose
Strowd, cousin of the bride, John
Strowd, brother of the bride, anc
Mathew Snipes. After these came
the best man, Robert Sturdivant, un
cle of the groom.
came the bridesmaids, Mis r
Julia Bynum Ward, coushy of the
rrocm. wearing white crepe de chine
Miss Lenora Ward, sister of th(
groom, wearing white crepe de chine
nd Miss Lou Pearl Mann, wearing
ky blue crepe do chine. After thc ;<
erne the maid of honor, Miss Mari
Asor, of Seagrove, wearing a beaut :
il dress of light blue georgette.
The bride entered on the arm o
ha ggoorn. She was attired in f
h-oauiiful cress of white geovgett
1 lace, with accessories to match.
The ring ceremony of the M<?tho
fist church was used, during whirl J
Miss Harris softly rendered Schu
bert’s Serenade. '
Mrs. Ward is a very attractive ar,
acceir.ulished young woman. She wa r
educated at the North Carolina Col
lege for women.
Mr. Ward, iy’ o is the son of Mr. anc
Mrs. P, L. Ward. of. Bynum, is ;
popular young business man. F
attended the University of North Car
a
After the delicious buffet luncheor
which was served immediately afte"
the ceremony, the bv’dal party motor
cd to the home of the groom’s fathe
?nd mother. There an informal re
cent ion was given them.
After a few days. Mr. and Mrs
Word will go to Durham, where the
will make their home.
Fon Burke Again In
Limbo
Under Charge of Committing Secret
Assault upon J. M. Ragsland
of Cape Fear Township Two
Months Ago
Fen Burke who recently escapee
trial on a capital charge through the
backing down of a girl and his con
sent to marry her, was up for a pre
liminary hearing Wednesday on an
other charge almost, if not quite, as
serious.
Readers of the Record will recal -
the report some time ago of a secret
assault upon J. M. Ragsland of Caps
Fear township; hew he was persuaded
to go with one man one night upon
some pretext and when some distance i
from his home was set upon and beat
en severely by one whom he took to
be a negro and who came into the
’•cad when his guide stopped with his
victim.
It is said that something that Burke
said while in jail led to suspicion of ’
him in the assault case, also highway
robbery, for Mr. Ragsland lost his
purse at the samje time. The case
was removed from the jurisdiction of \
Mr. Joe Mclver and was tried by
’Squire dinger of the same section, ,
though the trial was held in Pittsboro ,
This story had to go to the printer
before the trial, but we are informed
that Mr. Ragsland had identified
Burke the morning of the trial as the
man who persuaded him to leave his
home and led him to the place where
he was so. cruelly assaulted. The
probability at this writing is that the
evidence will justify holding the
young man for the grand jury. He
has been under a $2,000 bond for two
or three weeks.
Two negroes are spotted as the con
spirators with Burke, and are being
closely watched.
* Burke w»s
Ragsland
anil was put under
$2500 bond furnish
| by bis mother and Mr.
I Alex. Fesmire.
EXECUTOR’S NOTICE
Having qualified as Executor of the
inct will and testament of the. late
Laura E. Horne, deceased, this is te
i notify all Persons T',™ £
: fore the 27th day ox August IJ-o oi
to exhibit the sam£ to me-on or be
j this notice will be plead in bar oi
a their recovery.
! All persons indebted to the estate
! are requested to make prompt settle-
This August the 26th, 1925.
.[ C. W. HANKS, Executor.
• Siler and Barber, Att’ys.
‘ Sept. <>, b t. c.
PITTSBORO, N. C., CHATHAM COUNTY, Thursday, September 24, 1925
Agricultural Program
Planned for Year
The Agricultural Board of Chatham
county met at the Courthouse in
Pittsboro at 11 a. m., Friday, Sept,
18. In addition to the forty-two
members of the board, about twenty
five others were present.
The meeting was called to order
by Mr. Horton, and the purpose of
the meeting explained by him. After
this, the meeting was turned over to
Mr. N. C. Shiver, the county agent.
Talks were made by Mr. O. F. Mc-
Crary, District Agent, Mr. FS. H.
Mende-rhall of Burlington,
Kerr, Scott, county agent of Ala
mance county, Mr. R. F. Paschal,
President of the Chatham county
Fair Association, and Mr. Ernest
Brewer, Manager of the Association.
At the conclusion of these talks, Mr.
Shiver outlined his yearly program
of work with the members of the
Board, and an executive committee
was organized, with Mr. Brewer as
president and Mr. Shiver as secreta
ry.
In outlining a general program of
work for the county, marked interest
was shown by those present in certain
projects, and it was decided to plan
the work with the idea of stressing
+hese main projects as much as pos
sible during the balance of this year
and the coming year. Following is
the tentative program, which may or
may not be altered from time to time
as conditions direct:
Soils and Crops
1. Co operative buying of lime and
distribution of plans for an econom
ical lime spreader.
2. Experiments with various ferti
’izers, with a view of securing a lar
rer return on money invested.
3. A more widespread use of win
er cover crops, as rye, oats, and
vheat and legumes, such as clovers,
•etch, soybeans, etc.
4. Terracing demonstrations.
5. Tobacco seed selection and elimi
nation of sand drawn through th’e
ise of magnesium limestone.
Forestry
1. Thinning demonstrations.
2. Timber estimations.
Animal Husbandry
1. Tubercolosis eradication-resolu
ion favoring this work was passed
>y members present.
2. Work on sheep.
3. Introduction of more and bette:
’airy stock, and beef cattle.
Marketing
1. Establishment of milk routes.
2. Co-operative purchasitu*—py
•otol for blasting.
3. Carlot shipments of turkevs.
4.. Carlot shipments of beef cattle
Farm Engineering
1. Drainage.
Miscellaneous
1. Introduction of pure-bred sires
2. Organization of -Junior Clubs.
3. Planning and assisting with
'’ommunity and County fairs.
- IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
BEFORE THE CLERK
NORTH CAROLINA,
JHATHAM COUNTY.
U M. Morgan, Fannie J. Morgan, and
Taliie G. Morgan through and by her
Guardian, S. M. Morgan
vs.
\V. A. Morgan and others.
SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION
TO T. G. MORGAN AND HIS WIFE
3ETTIE MORGAN GREETING:
You, T. G. Morgan and your wife
Bettie Morgan, will take notice that a
proceeding entitled as above has
been instituted in the Superior Court
if Chatham County, North Carolina
for the purpose of obtaining an ordei
if the Court to sell that certain tract
as land in Williams Township, Cha
ham County, North Carolina, convey
ed by S. A. Morgan to Fannie J
Morgan and Hallie G. Morgan and
others in order that the present cash
/alue of their life estates may be
•laid to the life tenants and the rest
if the proceeds from said sale may
be reinvested in other real estate;
and you, T. G. Morgan and your wife.
Bettie Morgan, will further take no
tice that you are required to appear
before the Clerk of the Superior
Court of Chatham County, North Car
olina, at his office in Pittsboro, N. C.,
on the 19th day of October, 1925 and
answer or demur to the complaint of
the plaintiffs or the relief prayed by
■Ee plaintiffs in said complaint will
be granted.
This the 12th day of September,
1925.
Clerk Superior Court.
Roberson and Whitfield, * and
Long & Bell, Att’ys. for Plaintiffs.
Sept. 17, 41. c.
ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE
Having qualified as administrator
of the estate of H. A. Fields, deceased,
this is to notify all persons holding
claims against the said estate to pre
sent them on or before August 21,
1926, or this will be plead in bar
of their recovery.
All persons indebted to the estate
will please make immediate payment.
W. W. FIELDS, Administrator.
August 21, 1925.
EXECUTOR’S NOTICE
Having qualified as Executor of the
Rebecca L. Alston, deceased, this is
to notify all persons who may have
claims against the estate of the said
testator to exhibit the same to me
on or before the 27th day of August
1926, or this notice will be plead in
bar of their recovery.
All persons indebted to the estate
are requested to make prompt pay-
This August the 27th, 1925.
inis ALSTON, Executor
! Siler and Barber, g
- ' /
i
Bennett PrincipaPs
r Bride To Be Teacher
1 School to Open Next Monday; Lar
ger Attendance Expected. Meet
ing Continues
a Bennett, Sept. 21 Large crowds
are attending the Caviness meeting
at the Christian church, where he
f has been preaching for the past
t - week. The meeting continues this
j week. He preached a timely sermon
„ on evolution Sunday evening. Prof.
. R. L. Forester, principal of the Ben
nett school, was married to Miss Al
ma Stewart two weeks ago. Mr. and
Mrs. Forester will arrive this week
t to make ready for school opening
j next Monday. Mr. Forester wifi be
t assisted by his wife, by Mr. Eli Sea
well, and Miss Foushee, the latter of
Bynum. Probably a fifth grade
i teacher will be employed, as it is ex
» pected that the enrollment will be
; larger than that of last year. All
■ the patrons of the school are expected
to be present next Monday morning
at 9 o’clock to meet the teachers and
> be present at the opening of the
: school. Rev. W. A. Elam of Ram
, seur is invited to be present and to
make a speech at the opening. Oth
ers also are expected to speak.
Mr./and Mrs. W. W. Allman visi
ted Mr. Allman’s parents at Either
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Jones visited
Mrs. Jones’ parents at Randleman
Sunday.
Miss Swannie Jones, a student at
Buies’ Creek, visited her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Jones, during the
week-end.
Mr. Artie Smith, who holds a po
sition at Charlotte, visited his home
here last week and this. ,
Rev. J. C. Kidd, pastor of the Ben
nett Baptist church, is assisting in
a meeting at High Fqlls this week.
Rev. Noah King, of Seagrove, vis
ited his daughter, Mrs. J. M. Yow
last week. Mrs. Yow has returned
from a stay at the Asheboro hospital
but is still taking a prescribed
treatment.
GOOD PASTURE MIXTURES
FOR CHATHAM COUNTY
(By County Agent Shiver)
It seems possible that a large per
:entage of the land lying idle in this
county, or land that has failed to
make good crops of cotton or corn
may be utilized as pasture. Foliow
-4*»g cnrtLT* mir+iiirnn tllr J nw■"**«•— -
:ommended by Mr. S. J. Kirby, Pas
( ure Specialist at the North Caro
ina Experiment Station. These mix
tures are recommended by Mr. Kir
by after long periods of observation
ns to which grasses and legumes are
best for certain localities of the
state:
Mixture N. 1: B!bs Red Top, 81b.
Orchard Grass, Gibs tall meadow
Oat Grass, 4lbs White Clover.
If the land is limed, 4!bs Alsikr
and 4lbs Red Clover may be added
Ts the land is medium upland, 61br
Dallas Grass and 15-20 lbs Japan
Clover may be added in the spring
on lowlands Blbs Carpet Grass may
be added.
Orchard grass and Red Top seem
to be our best grasses for low lying
wet lands. Japan Clover appears to
be native to this county, and is ap
oarently standing the dry weathei
better than any other clover or
grass. In addition to this, it will uti
lize extremely poor land, and is not
so sensitive to lack of lime as are
other clovers. Where some nurse
~rop as rye or oats is added to the
hove mixture, it should be grazed
off as soon as possible If the nurse
crop is allowed to mature, the pas
ture will be seriously injured.
N. C. SHIVER, County Agent
A BATCH OF PERSONALS
Brick Haven, Sept. 21.—Miss Fran
ces Thompson v/ho was carried tc
Mary Elizabeth Hospital last Fri
day afternoon, stood the operation
for appendicitis well and is getting
on very nicely indeed. Her mother
who has been staying at the hospita 1
since Friday will return home tomor
row. .
Misses Cecil and Geneva Seawell,
accompanied by their brother, Mr.
J C Seawell, spent Saturday in Ra
leigh with Misses Bertie and Mary
Roberts Seawell. The latter is a
junior at Meredith College.
]Vl r# Jarnes F. Johnson, of the Chor
okee Brick Company, Raleigh, was a
business caller here week. Mr.
Johnson is a young manTof sterling
character and is very popular with
the employees here.
Mrs. J. H. Overby and little daugh
ters, Martha Mary and Billy, j^e
■ spending a while at Charlotte. The
, critical illness of a brother called
• Mrs. Overby home.
Mr. and Mrs. N. T. Overby and
, little Newell Lane spent the week-end
• with Mr. Overby’s parents at Mc-
Cullers. - c
; There was a meeting of the bun
day school officers and teachers at
; the home of Mrs. O. C. Kennedy last
Thursday evening. Plans were made
for the betterment of the school here.
However, the entertainment which
was to have been given next Friday
evening will have to be postponed be
i cause of conflicts.
3 Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Marks and
5 little Luther Marks, little Miss Jose
• phine Harrington, and Mr. and Mrs-.
3 A. B. Wicker and Master Gordon
Blake were week-end guests of rela
-1 tives of New Hill. _
g
Six new water systems have been
■ installed by farmers of Lee county
■'.this summer, reports' county agent
•. E. O. McMahon. Two surveys for
ir-otnfiing hydraulic rams were made
. e recently, he states.
Three Youths Jailed
On Robbery Charge
Several Store Robberies Charged Up
on Jack and Joe Henderson and
Vance Crews —Goods Found
A series of store robberies m Pitts
boro culminated Tuesday morning in
the arrest, trial, and jailing of Jacx
and Joe Henderson and Vance Crews,
three youths of outlying farm dis
tricts
The robberies had been kept fairly
secret in order to give the police a
chance to find the guilty parties.
From the beginning Mr. L. N. Womble
had suspected the three youths named
It was a month or so ago when the
store w r as first entered. A lot of
socks were missed and severaL dol
lars in money from the money diav/-' 1
er. A second time the store was
known to have been entered. As thc
rogues had got a key the first time
they entered it was difficult to tell
when they did go in, as they took
apparently, only such things as they
might dispose of readily or weai
without suspicion, socks, for instance.
Connell and Johnson’s store was
entered even earlier by a window and
goods were missing. The Chatham
Motor Company was entered at leasl
twice. On one occasion $75 was
missed from the safe, the safe prob
ably having been left unlocked.
The three youths in limbo could
be observed about the town almost
any night Policeman Johnson asserts
That officer said nothing, but watched
Tuesday morning, late, he was in
formed that they were asleep in a
hay loft in a little barn south of thr
vacant area behind the eastern busi
ness block. He disturbed their slum
bers and found a bunch of keys
i which were identified by Mr. Wombh
as his. A pair of new Ford curtain
was also found, while a later searc’
’•evealed 16 pairs of brand new sill
socks and several pairs of soiled one
racked away in the hay. The sock:
were identified by brand by Mr. Wom
ble and are held with other materia
evidence for court.
The youngsters were tried before
Mayor Ray, who required bonds o'
>2,000, on failure to give them thej
were placed in jail.
Jack Henderson is said to be nine
.‘eeen years old, Joe between fifteei
and sixteen, and Vance Crews abou’
20. They are of good families.
Give the cow a rest period befor.
time for her to freshen again, advi
se dairy extension workers of Stat*
SALE OF VALUABLE LAND
Under and by virtue of the powe
>f sale contained in a certain deed c
rust executed to me on October £
1919, by R. M. Pittard and wife an
iuly recorded in the Office of the Reg
ster of Deeds of Chatham County i'
Hook “F S of Mortgages for sail
bounty” on page 77, default havinj
been made in the payment of the bon
secured thereby, and at the reques"
ff the holder and- owner of said bond
{ shall on
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER, 21, 192- r -
AT TWELVE O’CLOCK, NQON
aall to the highest bidder by pubii
auction for cash at the Court Hous
ioor of Chatham County a certaii
tract or parcel of land, lying am
being situate in Williams Township
’ounty of Chatham and state of Nortl
Carolina, adjoining the lands of W. A
Marcum, Elizabeth Horton anc
athers and described as follows:
Beginning at a stake near th<
rraveyard; thence cast 144 poles to :
-•■take and pointers, corner of lot Nc
3 in Elizabeth Horton’s'line; thenc*
south 13 west 160 poles to a stake an
nointers, in W\ A. Marcum’s Lne
thence west 144 poles 2 pointers
corner of lot No. 5; thence
north 3 east 160 poles to the first sta
L ion, containing 144 acres, more oi
’ess, the same being a tract of Ian 7 ’
conveyed to Charley McGhee by R. P-
Murrell, Commissioner, the convey
nice being recorded in Book of Deed-
FB, page 232, in the office of the Reg
ister of Deeds of Chatham County
N. C. See special proceedings in the
Superior Court of Chatham County
N. C., entitled “R. B. Murrell and
ethers, vs. Cassie Yates,” Judgment
Docket H., Page 202. See also deed
to J. H. Murrell by J. W. Beavers and
others dated April 6 1891
and recorded in Book of Deeds DT
nage , Register of Deeds Office r
Chatham County, N. C.
This September 14. 1925.
B. S. ROYSTER, Trustee.
Royster and Rovster, Att’ys.
PLEASE POST.
NOTICE OF SERVICE BY PUBLI
CATION
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT,
August 28th, 1925.
NORTH CAROLINA:
CHATHAM COUNTY:
Alexander Wall
V*. yi ; t.N 'i ! v-.-W
Mary Wall.
The defendant above named, Mary
Wall, will take notice that an action
has 7 been instituted in the Superior
Court of Chatham County against
her by Alexander Wall, for an abso
lute divorce; that a complaint has
been duly filed and she is hereby re
quired to bs and personally appear
at the office of the Clerk of the Su
perior Court in and for Chatham
County, North Carolina, at the
Court House in Pittsboro, N. C., on
the 30th day of September, 1925, to
answer or demur to said complaint,
or the relief demanded therein will
be granted.
1 This the 28th day of August, 1925.
E. B. HATCH,
' C. S. C. in and for Chatham County,
, North Carolina.
Siler and Barber, Att’ys.
Siler City Man .
- 1 Brings Home Bride
- W. Harold Edwards and Miss Kluttz
of Albemarle Married—Pareat-
Teacher Association Receives
Siler City, Sej)t. -W.— Os interest
i throughout the state where the con
: tracting parties are widely known, is
, the announcement just issued of the
. .marriage.on August tenth at Chester
field, South Carolina of W. Harold
r Edwards of this place to Miss Lewis
i Kluttz of Albemarle, N. C. Mr. Ed
, wards is the son of Dr. and Mrs. J.
: D. Edwards of this place, who during
his college days at Wake Forest and
■ ater played professional baseball be
came widely known among a large
■ circle of friends. His bride, who was
* i student of N. C. C. W. at Greens
boro last year, is a daughter of Mrs
Joseph Ransom Kluttz of Albemarle
Mr. and Mrs. Edwards will arrive here
u he early part of next week, where
they will make their home, the groom
being engaged in the insurance pro
fession.
The Parent-Teachers Association
rave a. most pleasing reception last
evening in the auditorium of the
school building complimentary to the
faculty. During the hours from Bto
10 o’clock a large number of natrons
and friends called to meet the new
members and extend greetings to
those who taught last year. Music
hreughout the evening was furnished,
by a number of the high school girls
supplemented by several piano num
bers by Miss Vera CamrbeU and Mrs.
Junius Wren. The refreshments of
: ced fruit juices and sandwiches were
served by members of the domestic
science class under the direction of
Miss Nell Thomasson, instructor.
CHATHAM BORN
It v/as only the- other day that we
earned, through the medium of an
article in the Greensboro News, that
iur old friend of Wallace, Mr. C. J.
Williams, was born in Chatham coun
ty. So long have we known him as
issociated with Sampson and Durum
hat we had naturally assumed that
he was a native. He is over' ninety
•ears of age, yet rides to the fox
lounds like a youth of twenty-five.
He is the father of Rev. Murphy Wil
iams, of Greensboro. Robert gets the
Murphy from his mother, who was
i of one of Sampson’s most
irominent citizens of fifty years ago.
| The wi'iter would be .glad to locate
he early home of tils pairiereh of
Juplin and Sampson.
•SUPERINTENDENT THOMP
SON AT BROWN’S CHAPEL
(By H. F. Durham)
Pittsboro, Route 2.—Prof. W. R.
Thompson filled the pulpit for Pastor
Nance at Brown’s Chapel last" Sun
lay. Mr. Nance is taking his vaea
ion after a hard summer’s work in
neetingsr Mr. Thompson held the
attention of his congregation well.
The scripture reading was from the
third chapter of Genesis, about the
fin of Adam and Eve. He a’so men
tioned other Bible characters s-wli
' ilustrated so well human nature rv
we know it today .a its readiness tc
lay the blame on someone else.
This . seems to be true over the
Pittsboro circuit. Some say, “Oh, 1
lon’t like the way So and So does”:
>thcrs, “I don’t like the preacher anc
f am not going to pay him.” Bui
: ust as Mr. Thompson'said, and a
the Bible teaches, every one bas i f
answer for his own sin, and so lone
as we commit sin by not meeting
our obligation at church in both con.
rtibutions *to missions and to the
preacher’s»salary ns» we have the pas 1 '
two years, we may not expect to keep
on getting things we do not.
BIRTHDAY PARTY
Master Fletcher Mann was host t:
thirty children and a dozen grown
ips op. the occasion of his fourtl
birthday. A beautiful white cakr
with four candles war. a feature o‘
ho occasion." Ice cream and cthei
delicacies were served.
Parenis-Teachers Meeting
There wore about thirty member:
present at the first session of th.
Parent-Teacher Association last Fri
lay afternoon. Miss Edwards’ grade
the fourth, won the dollar prize of
sered for the greatest number of pa
rents present.
The government has notified Amer
[can airmen serving with the Fro net '
md Spaniards against the Riffian
of North Africa that they are vio
lating the U. S. lav/. One thing it
sure, they are violating the law c
humanity. Any American who feu
hire or thrill will voluntarily droi
bombs upon defenseless men, women
and children is not one to be prou:
of. No vital social or political prin
. eiple is at stake in the revolt of th
Riffians and Americans who’ slaugfc
; ter those innocents for slaughter’
r sake are in all essentials cold-hearte
t murderers.
——
5 ADMINISTER!'OK’S NOTICE
" Having qualified a:; administrate
of the of W. C. Maddox, cc
j ceased, late of Chatham county, N.C’
a klflf is to notify all persons holdin
j claims against the said estate to pre
sent them on or b e f c - e the 10th da>
of September, 1926, or this notice wib
j loe plead in bar of their recovery.
All persons indebted to the estate
will please come forward and make
• immediate settlement
This 10th day of September, 1925.
’ T. B MADDOX,
Administrator.
Sept 17, 6 t. p.
NUMBER 1 £
“Saying II With
Flowers”
By 3. B. M. CLARK
(©, 1335, Western Newspaper Uniba.) /
-
- TJJTHLN-the box of American Beauty
s V V r °ses arrived at Gladys Wilder’s
; ’°dyings with the blunt question on
_ the accompanying card, “Will you
marry me?” and no Indication of the
3 sender, her first thought was of Mr.
. Cosgrove. But it might have been
. Doctor Osborne himself, she reflected,
> or (> ' eii George Butler, although
i Butler didn’t seem so likely.
handwriting’s disguised, I’m
sure, ’ she confided to hex 1 roommate,
Jean Travers.
“It’s George Butler, I’ll bet you/”
•said Jean decisively. “He’s just bold
ing off because he knows Cosgrave is
paying attention—thinks it wouldn’t
be fa if to spoil your chance with a
rich invalid. I’ll bet lie’s sorry he got
you the job at Doctor Osborne's, the
way things have turned out. And ns
for old Osborne, you wouldn’t want
him, surely?”
“Doctor Osborne’s only forty-five,”
said Gladys abstractedly.
“I’ll tell you what to do,” said Joan,
suddenly. “Offer each of the three
men one of the roses and you’il soon
find who sent them. Teil each one you
got them from an admirer.”
Gladys placed the open box on her
desk-next morning and waited results.
Doctor Osborne was the first comer.
His eye caught the roses. “Something
special here surely,” he said, bending
down to sniff at the flowers.
“Yes, a present from a good friend.”
‘‘Have’ one,” she said.
“Much obliged,” said the doctor,
graciously. “I couldn’t refuse.”
Then it was Mr. Cosgrove's turn. lie,
too, stopped to express his admiration
for the flowers. “Have one jf you
like,” said Gladys brightly. “A very
good friend sent them to me —a gen
tleman of course. But I don’t mind
giving you One.”
“Thanks,” said Mr. Cosgrave flush
ing slightly. “I never wear flowers.”
“Oh, hut I’ll be quite peeved if you
don’t make an exception in my favor,”
said Gladys laughing and giving him a
swift glance. “And besides— these
came anonymously, so nobody’s feel
ings will be hurt about it.”
“Anonymously?” said Mr Cosgrave,
flushing again. “That sounds interest
ing. Since you press me to break my
fiiTe I suppose there is no help for it.”
Gladys helped to pin it in place. Once
or twice their fingers met in the op
eration, and Mr. Coo rave’s eyes
gleamed behind their big horn glasses.
But Gladys didn’t appear to notice it.
She felt convinced that he was the
donor. Yet he, too, departed without
further parley.
When George Butler turned up in •
the late afternoon there were only one
or two of the roses left, and these re- y-v
posed in a small vase at ore corner of
Miss Wilder’s desk. “Do hav<y one of
my roses, Mr. Butler,” she said. “A
good friend sent me a whole box cf
them yesterday evening.”
“Thanks,” said Butler curtly. “I
don’t wear flowers — and in any case I
wouldn’t dream of taking another fel
low’s."
In the light of Butler's display cf
temper the girls agreed that either he #
or Mr. Cosgrave was the guilty party.
Several days passed without develop
ment and then Gladys, in order to nar
row down the field of inquiry,■•asked
Doctor Osborne point-blank if he had
sent the roses. The doctor seemed
surprised at the question and said that
he hadn’t. Gladys withdrew in some
confusion, and returned to' find Mr.
Cosgrave standing by her desk. Obey-j
ing a sudden impulse she said
“Thank you for the roses, Mr. Cos-j
grave,” blushing very prettily at the ,
same time.
“Don’t mention it,” said Mr. Cos-3
- grave blushing in turn. “I thought*
you were joking when you talked
about an anonymous, donor —then I
thought they had forgotten to put the
card in.”
“Oh, no, they didn’t,” said Gladys,:
her color mounting again. ‘‘But the’
answer to the question is In the nega-j
tlve.”
“Good God!” said Mr. Cosgrave go- ■
ing pale.
“But we can still be good fiends,; s
I’m sure,” said Gladys hopefully.
“It’s not that,” said Mr. Cosgrave in]
great confusion. “There must have
been some mistake. That was the]
wrong card.” He clutched at the tele- r
phone and called a number.
It was now Gladys’ turn to be con-j
fused, and It did not make her any-,
more comfortable to see George But-,
ler observing her from afar with a;
lowering brow. He came forward look-;
ing very stern. Mr. Cosgrave, unable
to secure his number, stood helplessly
by.
“I think,” said dladvs choking back
a sob, “you ought to knock Mr. Cos
grave down or something. He lias in
suited me.”
“Good God!” repeated-Mr. Cosgrave
unhappily. “I’in trying to explain.
There must have been some hideous
blunder at the florist’s. . • • Ln<u
here,” he stammered, ‘Til let the r» ro *
posal stand, if that will help mat
“ Well, the answer was No,” said
Gladvs, apparently greatly relieved,
i- «it's all right” said Butler calmly.
“Miss Wilder is going to marry me.
We weren’t just ready yet, that’s all.”
? “I’m not going to marry anybody,"
; said Gladys' 5 showing fresh signs of
distress. “The assurance of the man,”
• she confided biter to Jean Travers,
.-“was just too awful for words.” But
die did marry him ultimately just the
' <s«»ue. ■ _