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Established in 1878 by H. A. London.
O. J. PETERSON
Editor and Owner
Subscription Price
One Year - $1.50
Six Months - 75
Advertising Rates
Very reasonable and furnished
upon request
Entered at Pittsboro, N. C., as Second
Class mail matter by act of Congress.
Walker walked all over his Repub
lican opponent for the mayorship of
New York.
Our friend and contemporary edi
tor, Louis Graves of Chapel Hill, is
receiving well deserved commendation
of his sprightly and unique Weekly.
It is different.
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The Monroe Journal surprised and
gratified its subscribers and ex
changes last week by sending them
along with the regular Journal a 44-
page magazine chuck full of inter
esting matter about Union county.
A view, in colors, of Monroe graced
the front page. And now here comes
the Journal again with another grat
ifying surprise: Rowland Beasly has
decided to overcome his editorial le
thargy, or laziness, and pay more at
tention to the editorial page. Good.
Beasley is one of the most thoughtful
as well as entertaining writers in the
state, but he has been “lazy,” sure
enough.
President Harper of Elon College
in last week’s Christian Sun, most
aptly defined the difference between
the conception of education thirty
years ago and that of today. “Thirty
years ago,” say Dr. Harper, “the
schools were supposed to prepare for
life; today they are life.” He is
quoted from memory, but the idea is
there, and there is little question as
to which is the more worthy concep
tion of what a school should be. The
■writer himself used to try to inspire
boys “to grind their axes” before go
ing into the woods to cut trees. But
a better conception of what the
school should be and do is now con
veyed by this illustration: When a
boy on the big old sand hill farm we
never saw a plough or a hoe carried
to the grindstone. However dull it
might be when bought, the tool be
came bright and keen-edged before
many days by mere cutting its way
through the sand. Work sharpened
its tool, without the “preparation” at
the grindstone. But the schools of
thrtiy years ago were grindstones, 1
not sand-loam fields. But most of the
schools of today have yet far to go
before they accord with Dr. Harper’s
conception of them as “life.”
Editor Archie Johnson has ad
vanced in his old age in his conception
of how to make a country weekly read
able. We recall when he advised edi
tors to rely upon cross roads corre
spondents and “get as many names
in the paper as possible.” We knew
better then and in those old Lum
berton Argus days could arouse
more interest with a three-inch live
piece of audacity than all the items
about Tdm, Dick, and Harry’s goings
could have aroused in a year.
We saw a Robesonian a few months
ago whom we hadn’t seen in 19 years
and he was ready to quote our get-off
on the town council when there was
a furor because of their cutting the
shade trees. Governor McLean was
a member of the council and we
greatly regret that we spared him
and did not embalm his first official
dom in the parody of “To whit, to
whit, to wheel” But A. E. White, i
then mayor, now chairman of the 1
state prison board, is in it all right.
But Robeson offered a vast field for 1
a dare-devil young editor to play his
deflation pranks. But with all our ■
outrageous conduct, only one man got
mad and stayed so," and he was an- i
gered by an article written by Bob
Lawrence in our absence. We had
told Bob to write anything he pleased
for the editorial column, but when we
saw the we knew the fat was in
the fire. There were two of those
upper-enders hot as blazes but one of
them died a few years later. Bob
was tlm other’s attorney and one day
we walked into the lawver’s office and
found the writer of the article and
the man angered in friendlv converse.
But the gentleman wouldn’t sneak to
the poor innocent editor who had
shouldered it all. The editoriourneved
on to Georgia and Louisiana. The
years flew by, more than a dozen of
them, and one day the editor found
himself face to face at the Fayette
ville depot with his former enemy.
Poking out his hand, he said, “Howdv,
Mr. Marley?”, and Mr. Marley gave
the hand a hearty shake and spoke
affablv, but looked puzzled. “You
don’t know me, do you, Mr. Marley?
This is O. J. Peterson.” And one
more thing we had learned —that you
can get a man to sneak to you by
e*oing away and staying till he hm?
forgotten vnu. But Mr. Marlev did
look sshoeoi'h when he discovered the
■Mck that, had been nlaved upon h’m.
V George McLeod was the
pditor’s own kind—liked a fellow a
the more af+er a lively bout with hm
YOU ARE WANTED a 4 -
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Home Sites to go at your price.
A FRANK STATEMENT
Preparing Our Subscribers for Any
thing that May Happen the
Next Few Days.
The publisher of the Record is pre
pared to satisfy the Farmers’ Bank,
which holds a note given by the for
mer owner and assumed by the pres
ent publisher. Already it has been
cut down SI,OOO approximately, while
for two years it had stood before
the present publisher assumed the"
obligation without a cent of reduc
tion. Frankly, the present publisher
expected to have a fairer show in
paying this note, but he has no par
ticular complaint to make of the bank.
On the other hand, we did confi
dently expect to have a reasonable
time to pay off the second mortgage
note, given Mr. Shaw but now in
another’s possession. But we have
been mistaken, and find the holder
unwilling to renew, though the money
is in the bank to pay the interest for
the next year, and the security as it
now stands has been improved by the
large payment on the first mortgage.
Frankly, we cannot pay both notes
now and do not believe that any party
to the contracts, when we bought, ex
pected them to be paid in a single
year or contemplated pressure.
Under the circumstances, the pay
ment to the Farmers Bank is being
withheld, since there is no use in
pulling one’s hand out of one fire to
stick it in another. However, we hope
that the reasonable proposition to pay
the interest in advance will be ac
cented and the note renewed, thus
giving another fall and another vea v
to get the business on its feet. Biff
one need not' be surprised at all at
anything that may happen the next
ten days.
A WORD TO BOYS
Boys have had a fine opportunity j
here in Chatham to learn the im- i
portance of a good reputation. Men
can scarcely outlive the reputation
made as boys. When trouble comes a
good reputation may save one. In
deed, the excellent reputation of Fon
Burke’s mother was his only hope of
acquittal—so it is possible for it to
save others. On the other hand, a
bad reputation may damn its posses
sor and others too.
See the list of those punished last
week for dealing in liquor and for
acts committed while under the influ
ence. Read of over a half hundred
dying in this state within a year
from alcoholism; simply view the ac
cursed stuff in any light and one
must conclude that the best thing for,
a youth to do is to follow Solomon’s I
advice, and touch not and taste not.
Quitting is much harder than not be
ginning. The editor as a youth would ,
no more have gone into one of the I
dozen barrooms of Clinton than he
would have gone into a hornet’s nest.
The consequence is he has never had
to try to quit drinking. Boys, don’t
begin, apd to be sure you don’t, don’t
go about stills or go out hunting
bootleggers. Barrooms were lawful
in the days of which we spoke, yet the
boy that was wise shied round them.
Any sale or even giving of liquor is
unlawful and that is a second reason
why a fellow that hopes to be a good j
citizen should shun the stuff and
those who deal in it.
Virginia elected a Democrat gov
ernor, but that is scarcely news. How
ever. it is interesting to note that the
new governor bears one of the aristo
cratic names of Virginia’s Colonial
days—Byrd; but two to one he is de
scended from one of the humbler
barnyard fowls of the celebrated
Colonel’s day.
Foy Roberson Saw Red Grange
(From the Chapel Hill Weekly)
Dr. Foy Roberson of Durham,
formerly of Chapel Hill, went to
Philadelphia last week to attend
a national convention of sur
geons. At least, that’s what
he says he went for, but the
fact that the Illinois football
team was scheduled to play
Pennsylvania may
have stimulated his enthusiasm
for the knifers’ confab. He sat
in the rain for two hours and,
utterly amazed, as were many
thousands of other onlookers,
saw the super-ground-gainer,
Red Grange, work* his magic on
the Pennsylvanians. Dr. Rober
son reports that Grange is a
marvel plus—worthy of all the
eulogies that have been shower
ed upon him. The wonder of
his performance on Saturday
was such that the Pennsylvania
crowd, instead of sorrowing
over the home team’s defeat,
were lost in admiration of the
man who administered it. At
the end of the game, as he pro
ceeded to the dressing room in
the gymnasium, a cheering mob
swarmed upon the field to get
a closer look at the hero.
WE WANT YOU TO KNOW That
the paving on Highway No. 75 cost
the state more than $40,000.00 per
mile- Is that worth anything to a
Home Site in North Pittsbora, N. C.?
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FINDS CULTURE
IN KAMCHATKA
Petropavlosk, in Eastern Si
beria, Up-to-Date City.
Seattle, Wash. The impression*
that Kamchatka, Siberia, is a land of
desolation, inhabited only by Eskimos
and bears, is far from the truth, Capt.
Albert Grove, commander Qt a fishing
schooner recently returned from the
region, declared here.
“I was very much surprised at the
conditions existing in Petropavlosk,”
Captian Grove said, “for I had an en
tirely different idea of the place be
fore we arrived there last May. They
have fine schools, splendid sanitary
conditions, well-paved streets, modern
machinery, radio, motion pictures and
practically everything any metropolis
enjoys.
“Their schools are particularly effi
cient. I was told that nine years ago
only 30 per cent of the population
could read and write, whereas now
over 90 per cent of them, both adults
and children, are well advanced In
the rudiments of schooling.
“So efficient were the schools there
that Kenneth Price, a Seattle high
school boy in my crew, requested per
mission to remain in Petropavlosk for
a year to study special branches, and j
I allowed him to do it. |
“The people of Petropavlosk are
strong for outdoor sports, and per
sons of both sexes, young and old,
take a keen delight in the almost week
ly contests waged in the city stadium.
“The fisheries of Kamchatka are a
Japanese concession, but the agree
ment seems to be administered most
amicably.”
OUR ROYAL VISITOR
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Nana Amoah 111, king of Cape Coast
on the Gold Coast of West Africa, who
rules a country of 130,000 people, is
making a tour of the United States.
He wears his native costume and car
ries gold-handled knives.
“Black Glass” Enables
Photograph in Darkness
Tokyo.—After several years’ investi
gation, Jusei Sugiye, a scientist of the
experimental station of Osako, is re
ported to have invented a black glass
of special kind which is expected to
prove of great military value. It is I
said the glass is opaque to all but
ultraviolet rays, and by its use, battle
formations or the movements of an
enemy can be easily photographed in :
darkness without detection. Moving j
pictures, it is claimed, can also be '
taken in the dark by its use.
Experiments witli the new glass
made recently in the presence of Rear
Admiral Muto are said to have proved
a complete success. i
The inventor declares the glass will
be found valuable in medical treat
ment.
Realtors Used Modern
Ad Methods in 79 A. D. ;
New York. —The to let “ad” in 79 i
A. D. was not totally unlike our j
in phraseology, but painted conspicu- ]
ously in red and black letters on the |
sides of buildings, and was in vogue j
in Herculaneum and Pompeii, accord- j
ing to reports of excavators who have j
been uncovering ruins of the ancient <
cities buried in 79 A. D. One such j
• advertisement is said to have been j
translated as follows: , j
“On the estate of Julia Felix, j
daughter of Spurius are to let ;
from the first to the sixth of the ides ;
of August on a lease of five years, a :
bath, a venereum and ninety shops, ;
bowers and upper apartments.
Birds Feast on Plan®
Wenatchee, Wash. —A flight of mi- i
grating grasshoppers encountered the :
airplane of Leo Waldron, fire ranger, i
while soaring over the Wenatchee j
forest and clung to every portion of j
the machine. Large numbers of :
swallows immediately began to feast j
off the stowaways.
Swims Niagara
Niagara Falls, N. Y. —William (Red) j
Hill, a veteran riverman, swam across |
tfce Niagara river just below the falls.
He made the distance of a little more j
£ha« a half mile in eleven minutes.
This was the first time the feat wai
< ever accomplished. It Is believed.
THE CHATHAM RECORD
Displeased with October
(From the Chapel Hill Weekly)
October 1925 didn’t seem to
satisfy. The New York Times
denounces it roundly under the
heading, “A Rude October.”
The Greensboro News handles it
in a dispassionate scientific man
ner, setting down in detail the
temperature and rainfall record.
“The mean maximum tempera
ture was 67.9,” it says, “and the
mean minimum was —and so
on. We like the way the word
mean occurs again and again in
this analysis. October was
mean, alj right.
This part of the country, it
seems to us, never before got
such shabby treatment in the
way of weather as it has had
these last few months. Through
the blistering summer the har
ried soul sought to cheer itself
with hopes of pleasant autumn
days when it would be neither
j hot nor cold. But there was al
most no midway season—we
passed quickly from sweltering
to shivering husbands who may
usually leave their furnaces for
gotten till near Thanksgiving
time had to descend into the
cellar and begin shoveling coal
when they should have been loll
ing happily on a
Oh, all my days I’ll sing
' the praise
Os brown October ale.
sang the yeomen in “Robin
Hood.” If we had this bever
age at hand we might console
ourselves while the rain falls
and the wind whistles at the
windows, but October ale, or any
other kind, is not permitted to
us now.
The best comfort we can get
is from ungenerous gloating
over people who fared still
worse. “With anthracite at
$24 a ton, below zero-weather in
South Dakota, football teams in
I Bargain Week at Siler City!
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I Closes Saturday Night* Nov, 7th. |
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You have Two Full Days to take advantage of the splendid bargains offered. It is your
I loss if you do not come and buy while the Bargain Week Prices prevail. The following
merchants are cooperating in this big bargain event. £
IT IS SILER CITY’S BIG BARGAIN WEEK f
I THE HARDWARE STORE, INC.
is offering a number of useful articles
at greatly reduced prices.
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FOX & CO.
are selling 3 lbs. of 40 cent coffee for
a Dollar.
|| ISAACSON-HUNT >
1 Siler City’s newest store, will sell you
men’s and ladies’ ready-to-wear at
prices that will please you.
I The Siler City Hardware Store
invites you to price. their stoves and
heaters. Full line of electrical sup
plies.
WOODY BROTHERS
** offer real bargains in ready-to-wear
8 and piece goods. Dress up at
8 Woody's.
IMARLEY S FURNITURE STORE
is making a 10 per cent cut on all
their furniture. That means “ whole
8 lot when you consider that their
prices are not as high as those in the
p cities to start with.
| WRENN BROS. CO.
Will make big cuts on furniture
8 these two days, i. e., as big as their
usual low prices will justify.
| Gregory’s Five and Ten Cent Store
| will surprise you by the number of
beautiful and useful articles it will
8 sell you from a nickel to $2.00.
I It Is Clear It Will Pay You to Go To Siler City Friday and Saturday 1
1 and Do Your Trading |
Indiana, Michigan, and Illinois
forced by fields to
practice indoors,” says the
Times, “no self-respecting poet
can sing the old songs” of a
beautiful and friendly October.
Frederick H. Koch came back to
Chapel Hill from lowa Sunday
evening and told of how, at
lowa University, the rain-soaked
leaves of the trees had frozen
before the summer green had
given way to the tints of fall,
and had then shriveled up, giv
ing the campus an aspect barren
and ghastly.
“But nature has her compen
sations,” the Times has the opti-
J WIIXIAMS-BELK COMPANY’S I
| WEEK-END SPECIALS |
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56-in. bordered flannel $1.69 |
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New Lot ladies’ sport hats $1.25 I
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| Big table ladies’ and children’s shoes, a
I SPECIAL I SI.OO I
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136-in. heavy outing flannel, solid colors
and stripes 25c yd. |
Good quality outing flannel, dark and
light shades 19c yd. 1
1 ' JUST IN |
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New lot ladies’ and children’s underwear |
j Men’s heavy union suits $1.25 suit |
| Williams-Belk Company [
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Steele Street / Sanford, N. C. jj
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SILER CITY DRUG COMPANY g
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will offer bargains in every depart
ment.
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For Bargain Week coats and dresses H
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THE S-A CASH GROCERY §
The Pure Food Store
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Sell good groceries cheap; H
Cheap groceries they do not keep.
WRENN BROS. CO. 1
Sell almost everything, but call at- H
tention to their specials in clothing
and shoes. H
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J. M. MARLEY & CO.’S
Specials should mean many dollars H
saved lor you .See big poster for
particulars. They sell clothing, dry
goods, etc. H
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WIGGINS & NYE
Prescription Druggists, want you to
make yourselves at home at their
store. They have comfortable quart- S
ers.
The Farmers’ Alliance & Union Store
offer special values in ready-made
clothing. They carry a general line H
of merchandise at their usual low
prices. 3
BROWERS’ I
Has hundreds of bargains for you in
Men’s and . ladies’ wear and dry £
goods. They will gladly show you
what they have whether you buy or «
not. §
Thursday, November - 1925
misrnto remark,” and
may be kind to us, smile on u ?
be gracious and beguile us with
Indian Summer days once more ”
Well, we hope so. But we don’t
bank on it. We have found 1
self-help student who is a e J,
and faithful coal-shoveler, and
are prepared for the worst.
WE WANT TO Serve You rTI
possible. To do this we will sell v
your future home if you wilfcoone?
ate with us just a little Fridav
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