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The Chatham Record ESTABLISHED SEPTEMBER 19, 1878. Californians Here jyo Former Chatham * Youths Drive from Los Angeles—Correspon d ent Discusses Columbus Day and Cole Case Brick Haven, Oct. 12. — Today, in many of the schools throughout our couni ry, will be observed as Colum bus Day. It is well too that in the rus h and confusion of today’s chaos we take time to honor the traits of the to whom is due the honor of the discovery of the Americas. Os course, there is historic proof that Columbus was not the first man to discover the new land, but those ear ly discoveries left the country un crown and the result of Columbus’ voyages was the opening of two great continents for civilization. When we observe Columbus Day, we honor courage, faith, determination, i persistence —traits that make men 4 and women so needed by the world to -day. All honor to the schools that (fmake a break in the regular routine to observe Columbus D^y. The diphtheria cases mentioned last week are better and no other case has developed. The community is grateful that an epidemic has been prevented, and we hope there will be no recurrence of this dreaded disease. Rev. and Mrs. C. L. Dowell and Miss Della Dowell of Forestville spent Thursday and Friday here with Mrs. 0. C. Kennedy. Mrs. Dowell will be here until the latter part of the week. Misses Mabel Andrews and Mary Roberts Seawell of Meredith College were week-end guests here of the Misses Seawell. Messrs. James and Albert Thomas of Los Angeles, California, spent a while here last week. They made the trip by motor, taking the southern route by Miami, Florida. It is quite interesting to hear them tell of the experiences encountered along the route. These boys were born and Teared here, and it is always a pleas ure to see them and to know that they are happy and successful. Mrs. N. T. Overby and little Jewell Lane Overby has been spending a while with relatives at McCullers. The Cole trial has been the chief topic of conversation here for the past two weeks and now that the jury’s decision has been discussion has not yet abated. Few, if any, wished capital punishment, but none has been heard to stand for en tire acquittal. It does seem that jus tice has been weighed in the balance and found wanting. The blame is upon the jury for the miscarriage of justice, but even though that be the case, a black spot has been placed upon the judicial records of North Carolina that is not going to be easily erased in the minds of a ma jority of those who have followed the case closely. f Mr. and Mrs. Phyl Harrington and little Mrs. Mildred Harrington spent the week-end with Mrs. Harrington’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Buchanan of Bonsai. • Planning Bridge" at . Avent’s Ferry Would Serve Sections of Two Coun ties, Also Shorten Raleigh- Sanford Distance (By F. M. Nash) The principal item of news this week is in regard to the proposed bridge over the Cape Fear river at or near Avent’s Ferry. This move took definite shape and made a real start on last Monday in Pittsboro. The Commissioners of both counties held a joint meeting in Pittsboro, at which they approved unanimously a proposal that each county should go “fifty-fifty” in the cost of building the bridge. Furthermore, they passed a resolu tion asking Mr. Hill, the highway commissioner, for this district, for an engineer to make preliminary plans a nd survey this bridge. It seemed to be the general opinion of all pres ent that if the engineering depart ment of the state highway commis sion will assume the task of engin eering and supervision of construc tion and will secure bids for the work, that the two counties will in turn place the bridge funds along with necessary guarantees in the hands of the state commission for carrying on the work. This bridge will furnish a long needed outlet for large sec tions of both Lee and Chatham. Fur thermore, it will be on a direct line between Sanford and Raleigh, and be seven miles shorter than any other present or proposed route. Let’s go after it! IT IS JUDGE SILER Walter D. Siler, Appointed Emer gency Judge, Holding Two- Weeks Term at Ruth erf ordton Walter D. Siler had been appointed an emergency judge by Governor Mc- Lean and assigned to hold the two- We eks term of court at Rutherford toD and was over there on the bench before it became generally known that Ur townsman had been so honored, it will be Judge Siler when the Hon orable Walter D. returns to his home town. Old South Building at Chapel Hill, Which May Be Razed or Remodeled - • V BuOding Committee Will I Definitely Decide Its Fate (From the Chapel Hill Weekly) The committee on buildings of the University’s board of trustees is expected to decide, at its next meeting, what shall be done about the South build ing—the next oldest structure on the campus. There are two alternatives: tear it down and put up a new building in its place; or, save the exterior and reconstruct the in terior. As is usual when such a prob lem must be solved, money is a big factor. It is reported that the interior reconstruction plan, which involves strengthening the foundations, calls for a greater expenditure than would the erection of a new building. At the last meeting of the build ing committee, one or two of the members said they were op posed to trying to save the South for the sake of sentiment; that, if the partial reconstruc tion cost more, they favored tearing it down. President Chase is known to be strongly of the opinion that the exterior of the South should be preserved. W. C. Coker thinks likewise. Without doubt opinion in Chapel Hill is heavily against demolition, and people here believe that a vast major ity of the alumni, if they had an Opportunity to express them selves, would oppose it. Although the chances seem to be that some way will be found to save the shell of the South, The Chatham Fair Now In Progress—Five Exhibits but Attendance Cut By Long Deferred Rain. The long deferred rain has come, but just in time to spoil the prospects of a large attendance at ttfe Chatham Fair, now in progress aWSiler City. The fair got a good start Tuesday. The exhibits are exceedingly credit able. The agricultural department, however, is not what it would have been if the seasons had been more propitious. The officers have worked hard; a new building has been erected; com munity exhibits have been introduced as a new feature. The fair deserved a better fortune in weather, but may be the last day or two will be more favorable. The fire works Tuesday night were good. The midway is reported good and clean. Go today or tomorrow if you can. Mr. H. N. Butler, superintendent of the Carolina Coal Mine, in Pittsboro Tuesday, stated that the nftne is pro ducing about 100 tons a day. Mr. Butler himself has been at the mine comparatively little since the explo sion in the summer. It has been his task .4*6 undertake to bring about settlements with the families of the victims of the disaster, and he has succeeded in making satisfactory set tlements. He says that the danger of bankruptcy has passed. By the way, Mr. Butler did what few men in the state has ever done, if any at all, placed the publication of administra tion notices by wholesale. We are printing a dozen of them this week. We gave the harassed mine and mine folk wholesale rate on the batch. PITTSBORoTn. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1925 the fact that its destruction has been suggested seems to justi fy the assumption that the old building is actually in danger. Those who don’t want it torn down say that, if the first re construction plan is too expen sive, it should be abandoned and a less costly plan should be devised. The case of the Old East, while it may not be paralell in all details, is generally paral lel. The engineers found away to save the Old East by building a concrete structure on the in side of it. The cornerstone of the Sou#i was laid April 14, 1798, more than 127 years ago. It reached a height of a story and a half, and then the-work had to be stopped for lack of funds. In those days lotteries were regarded as a perfectly respect able way of raising money. As Kemp P. Battle phrases it in his history, “the public conscience of the day saw no harm in call ing the aid of the goddess For tuna for promoting religion, education, or any other desirable end.” The trustees held a lot tery. The prizes amounted to $5,500, and the net profit to $2,215. A second lottery raised the profit io $5,080. Still there was far from e nough money to complete the building. In 1803 Colonel Polk, president of the board of trus tees, issued a public appeal. This brought only $1,664. In 1809 and again in 1811 Presi dent Caldwell traveled through the state solociting contribu tions. He got $8,220. In 1814 the South was completed. Dr. Battle, in one of his pas “WHAT WILL BE?” (By Henry F. Durham) . What will become of Chatham coun ty if after a man is submitted by his attorneys as being guilty of aiding and abetting in the sale and manufac ture of strong drink, be turned loose and not have to pay the penalty a long with the poor white man and the negro. After we people who wish to see our county made so that we can feel it safe to raise the young and rising generation, and have elected the best sheriff ever, along with his deputies to help eradicate it of the law break ers, and have elected a well qualified solicitor and one that stands strongly against any violator of the law, yet our good lawyers and business men of Pittsboro and that have their names on the church records go strong hand ed against our solicitor before the Governor and ask that a moneyed man be turned loose, when the poor white man and the negro has had and will continue to have to go to the roads. I ask that you, as readers of this, open your Bibles and read carefully and prayerfully the first nine verses of the second chapter of James. Now I have known Mr. Ambrose Woody all my life and was raised up my first boyhood days with him an 3 have nothing in this world against him, but I say where will we be if we al low a man who pleads guilty to go footloose, and furnish him who has no money or friends to defend him. May God help him to so realize his mistake in back life that he will com pletely surrender his life to God for we cannot serve both God and Mamon. We should love our neighbor as ourself and lend a helping hand to him in trouble and I, for one, will do I sages about the hostility to the University in the early part of the century, says: “It seems strange that it should have been seriously at tempted to bring odium on the authorities of the University be cause of the beginning of the South building. A person writ ing to the newspapers, signing himself ‘Citizen,’ denounce it as ‘a palace-like erection!, which is much too large, for usefulness and might be aptly termed “The Temple of Folly,” planned by the Demi-God Davie.’ (It was not planned by Davie but by Gov ernor Spaight.) “Caldwell answers this sar casm by showing that it was ab solutely essential to the progress of the University. He closes his discussion of the charge of ‘Citizen’ thus: ‘As soon as the light of truth is thrown upon “Citizen,” the visage from which issued such noisy and imposing declamation appears nothing more than one wretched blank of inanity and dullness. Malignity and lust of sway are, his guiding principles and his composition unites with the boisterousness of a stentor the hardihood of cal lous feelings.” For 1909 years the life of the University has centered about the South building. Through all the expansion it has remained, as it were, the hub of the wheel. When the layout of new buildings was adopted four or five years ago the consulting architecs, McKim, Mead, and White, agreed with the Univer sity authorities that the South should be the dominating struc ture on the campus. CHATHAM RED CROSS SENDS 13 CHRISTMAS BAGS (Contributed) Mrs. N. H. Hill, chairman of the Chatham county chapter of the A. R. C., has made and filled a dozen or more Christmas bags for, soldiers. Corinth anxiliary sent eight bags. Too much cannot be said of this labor of love and sacrifice on the part of our beloved chairman as well as the Corinth auxiliary of which Mrs. O. C. Kennedy is chairman. Every one is earnestly requested to contribute to this good cause. Mrs. Hill or Miss Margaret Womble, Treasurer of the Chatham county chapter, will be glad to receive funds to cover the expense of filling these bags. The amount is small and you’ll never miss the money you give for this worthy cause. The field direc tor writes Mrs. Hill that the bags from Chatham were among the most attractive received. They will be sent to the service men at Port Au Prince, Haiti. The First Frost The first frost of the season fell Saturday morning October 10. It was not a real killing frost but has dark ened the tenderer vegetation. The dry weather continues as we write Tuesday evening, but it looks as if it might rain. But looking like rain this year and raining are quite two different things. all I can for to and tv t t' o lit; Pittsb' Mm:. fl I m HI I Moncure News Letter S. S. Conference a Success—7s Men Arrive at Power Plant in an Emergency. Mr. C. W. Womble, of Golston, spent last week-end with his mother, Mrs. Lois Womble, and Mrs. Mary Barringer. Miss Mabel Self, of Pittsboro, spent last week-end with Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Self. Mr. and Mrs. John Bell, Jr., spent last week-end with his uncle, Mr. R. F. Dixon and family at Snow Hill. While there they attended Kinston Fair Friday evening and then Satur day spent the day at New Bern. They reported a nice trip in the eastern part of the State. Messrs. Jennings Womble and Evan Ray, who are college students at Elon, spent last week-end here with their parents. The Sunday School Conference of Pittsboro District was is s<*ssion at the Methodist Church here last Sat urday, Oct. 10th, 1925. The meeting opened promptly at 10:30 o’clock with Rev. C. M. Lance in the chair. Mr. J. J. Womble was elected Secretary. The following program was carried out and thoroughly enjoyed by the good congregation: Song—Moncure Choir. Devotional Exercise—Rev. C. M. Lance. Song—Moncure Choir. Address of Welcome—Mr. H. G. Self. Response to Welcome Address, Supt. W. R. Thompson. # Song—Mt. Zion Choir. Address: “The Aim and Task of Sunday School”—Mr. L. L. Gobbel, Field Secretary. Song—Moncure Choir. Address: “How to Teach an Adult Class”—Supt. W. R. Thompson. Song—By Moncure Girls. Address: “How to Teach the Pri mary and Junion Classes”—Miss Georgia Keene. Song—Mt. Zion Choir. Dinner: a long table was full of things to eat and many nice compli ments were made about i^. At two o’clock the evening service opened with song by Moncure Choir and devotional exercise be Rev. C. M. Lance. 1 Song—Mt. Zion Choir Song—Moncure Choir. Address: “Worship and Reference in the Sunday School”—Miss Georgia Keene. Song—Mt. Zion Choir. Song—Moncure Choir. Round Table Discussion. Song—Mt. Zion Choir. Song—Moncure Choir. Benediction—Rev C. M. Lance. Everyone had a word of praise for the speakers and singers and said it was an enjoyable and helpful day. The Epworth League met last Sun day evening at 7 o’clock with the president, Miss Amey Womble, pre siding. Miss Pauline Ray, the Sec retary, then called the roll and the minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. The subject for the evening was, “Strength from God,” and Mrs. W. W. was leader for the evening. Scripture lesson II Cor. 6-10; Phil. 4:11-13 read and then prayer by the leader. Next was song: “Growing Up for Jesus,” by little Misses Annie and Dorothy Lambeth, Inez Holt, Camelia Stedman, Lois Ray, Margaret Strick land, and Roberta Lambeth. Then next the subject was taken up and discussed be the following: I. What is strength and the dif ferent kinds of strength—Miss Vir ginia Cathell. 11. Getting Strength from God— Mr. Evan Ray. 111. Do We Know Our Weaknesses —Mrs. R. A. Moore. IV. Do We Know the Sources of Strength?—Miss Amey Womble. V. How do we get Strength from God? —Mrs. W. W. Stedman. Song—By All. Closing Prayer—Mrs. R. A. Moore. Miss Virginia Cathell will be leader for next Sunday evening Rev. C. M. Lance preached at the Methodist Church last Sunday morn ing at 11 o’clock. His subject was, “The Superannuated Preacher.” There have arrived from Badin at the Carolina Power and Light Co. about 75 men. The crane has broken down, which necessitates the carry ing of coal from the cars to the stok ers in the boilers in wheelbarrows. Os course this is only temporary until the broken parts are replaced. The Fourth Quarterly Conference of the Methodist church of the Pitts boro district will be held at Chatham church October 25 and 26. All mem bers should get busy if they have not paid up and let us send our beloved pastor, Rev. C. M. Lance, to the North Carolina Conference at Fayetteville, November 11th with a clean sheet and paid up in full. * , The 11th grade English class and their teacher, Miss Olivia Harmon, motdred to Raleigh to look over the News and Observer’s office last Fri day evening. They had an enjoyable and instructive trip. Uncle T ee Headen, an aged colored man of New Hope township, was para lyzed while walking along the road Saturday and lay there all Satur day night and the greater part of Sunday, we are informed by Mr. O. M. Poe. Yet he is said to be improv ing. The paralysis was only on one side. The Cole Case A Resume of the Principal Points in the Great Trial that Ended with the Acquittal of the Slayer of Ormond The Cole case ended with the ac quittal of Cole. For two weeks the interest of the state had been center ed in Rockingham where nearly a score of the best lawyers in the state battled for and against the slayer of young Ormond. The defense was based on the plea of both insanity and self-defense. The insanity plea was based upon the peculiar behavior of Cole after re ceiving a letter from young Ormond in which he stated that he and Cole’s daughter, Elizabeth, had lived as “man and wife” for a year, and that she would not be happy marrying an other under the circumstances. He in timated that if he would make her 1 marry her he would not expose her. ’ He asked his daughter whether this ’ was rtue and she not only denied this i was true but expressed a willingness ■ to submit to a physical examination - to prove her innocence, and during the 1 trial physicians did examine her and ! declare her in their opinion as inno cent as a babe. Cole replied to this letter with one • in which he called Ormond a cur and a liar and threatened him. Ormond responded with a threatening letter. • Cole laid the matter before his at torney, Fred Bynum. Cole, Bynum, • and another man went to Raleigh to see Ormond and settle the matter. , Ormond was not there. When ad vised by a Raleigh attorney to in ’ diet Ormond for slander, Cole said he did not want to make the matter public. Bynum journeyed on to Nashville where Ormond’s father lived. There he found young Ormond, who with his , father, agreed to drop the matter and to annoy the Coles no more. By num rode back to Raleigh with young > Ormond, who on the way, while the agreement was in Bynum’s pocket, according to Bynum, said if Cole ever , crooSed his path he should shoot him. In the meantime, it seems, Miss Cole continued to write to her former lover. Ormona saved these letters and they were ready to be placed in evidence the state’s lawyers stated, to indicate that Ormond had told the truth in the “man and wife” letter and was trying to do the manly thing. Cole’s wife testified that she had said she believed her husband was crazy. He would pray nearly all night. Others testified to having made similar remarks about Cole. Cole testified that he was’ afraid when he would hear a Ford horn toot lest it be Ormond ready to carry out his threat. He said he prayed for guidance and felt that he was doing no wrong when he shot Ormond. He blurted out that he didn’t expect to be tried. The state’s evidence of the shoot ing was practically undenied by any witness except Cole, who said that Ormond started for his Ford when he saw him and that he rushed to the car to get him before he could get the pistol which was in evidence Ormond carried regularly and which was ac tually found in the car after his death. The state insisted that Miss Cole’s character had nothing to do with the case, but the defense stubbornly in sisted that she is innocent and that the slander and the repeated annoy ance of Ormond’s had unbalanced her father’s mind. It was a battle royal. Two days were largely devoted to the speeches of the lawyers. Saturday Judge Finley charged the jury and the twelve men picked from a venire of 200 brought from the neighboring county of Union, retired to consider the case. On the first ballot 8 voted for acquittal and four against them. Later Saturday eve ning three more came over to the eight. One man stood alone. When begged to vote with the eleven with tears in his eyes, he asked to be given the night to think and pray over it. Sunday morning he voted with the eleven and Cole was pronounced not guilty of any crime. The jury prayed before each ballot. After the verdict was rendered Judge Finley ordered the sheriff to take Cole back to jail and produce hin* at Wilkesboro Tuesday to show cause why he should not be confined in the criminal insane hospital. So the scene was shifted to Wilkesboro and the hearing resulted in his being set free as sane now, whatever the state of his mind when the killing oc curred. BARN BURNED James Dunn Loses Barn—Blockaders Suspected of Burning It Mr. James Dunn, who lives near Rives’ Chapel, had the misfortune to get his barn burned last Saturday morning. It was discovered on the point of falling in about day. It seems Mr, Rives had a warning a few weeks ago to move from the community. A still had been dis covered near hi 3 home by officers some time ago and it is supposed that the blockaders suspected Mr. Dunn of having reported its location to the sheriff. Since the warning, Mr Dunn had tied his stock out from the barn and thus when the fire occurred saved them. VOL. 48. NO. 4