i The; a | j household word in , Chatham for forty- J seven years. ESTABLISHED SEPTEMBER 19, 1878. c B. FITTS DIES SUDDENLY SUNDAY Chairman of Board of County Com missioners Victim of Stroke of Paralysis BURIED MONDAY AFTERNOON It was a surprise and a shock to the people of Chatham county to /hear p„ at r c. B. Fitts had died Sunday afternoon. The man was the picture of health, big, hearty, and apparently robust, in only verging upon what plight be termed old age, being 56 or 57, according to information given Ip’ Record by one who has known him %e ?m, when he first went to Bear Creek as a clerk. Death came suddenly as a result of a stroke of paralysis or apoplexy. The news spread rapidly and a great throng from various sections of the county attended the funeral and V burial, which occurred Monday af [f ternoon. Mr. Fitts was one of the most ca pable and progressive business men in the county, and as such was elect ed a member of the board of county commissioners three years ago and was re-elected last year. This term he was chosen chairman and has had opportunity to manifest his business qualifications. He has made a good official. He and his colleagues have been as liberal and as progressive as the funds at their disposal would al low. They have within recent months employed a county farm agent and have provided for a program of elimi nation of bovine tuberculosis. In his death Chatham county has lost an upright and progressive citizen and a conscientious official. But his home and his village are the real losers. His wife and daught er. Mrs. Brooks, are those upon whom the death of this good man falls as a stunning blow. No attempt is made here to give a sketch of Mr. Fitts' life. That we hope to publish later from the hand of some one who has known him long er. MOVING TIME FOR METHODIST MINISTERS Bishop Denny at M. E. Conference at Fayetteville Monday Assigns Charges for the Coming Conference Year » It is moving time for many Meth odist preachers, but, fortunately, not for Pittsboro’s beloved Lance. He is assigned to this circuit for the com ing "year. But Brother Hinson, the affable and handsome pastor at Siler City, must move along. However, he does not have to go far, only down to Jonesboro. His successor at Siler City is Rev. M. L. Mason. The Gold ston circuit draws Rev. G. H. Riggs. An interesting session of the Con ference was held at Fayetteville, with jJishop Denny presiding. The ap pointments were read in conference Monday. Below is found the list of assignments for the Fayetteville and the Durham Districts: Durham District: Presiding, M. Bradshaw; Burling ton —Front Street, J. B. Hurley; Webb Avenue, J. W. Autrey; West Burling ton, E. G. Overton; Burlington Cir cuit; R. A. Bruton; Brooksdale, W. L. Lay, Carrboro; J. F. Starnes, Chapel Hill; Walter Patten, Durham; Bran son, W. F. Elliott; Cavalry, D. E. Earnhardt; Carr, R. R. Grant; Creg son, D. M. Sharp; Lakewood, J. W. Dimmette; Memorial, H. G. Smith; Trinity, W. W. Peele; West Durham, ,T. W Martin; Graham and Haw River, G. W. Starling; Hillsboro, S. F. Nicks, Leasbursr. E. R. Clegg; Mebane, B. T. Hurley; Milton Circuit, W. L. Jones; Mt. Tirzan Circuit, H. E. Lance; Person Circuit, J. W. Brad ley; Roxboro: Long Memorial, F. M. Sham burger; East Roxboro and Long burst, M. C. Ellerbe; Rougemont, J. Eascom Hurley; South Alamance, F. A. Lupton; Yanceyville Circuit: W. C. Merritt, Duke University; H. E. Spence. Duke University: J. M. Or mond, Duke University: H. E. Myers, Cedar Grove: Grove Circuit. E. C. Durham; Durham Circuit W. F. Cra ven; Secretary School Work, L. V. Harris: Student Duke University, West Durham Quar. Con., C. D. S. Barcliff: Student Duke University, Trinity Chiar. Con., H. C. Blackwell; Student Duke University, West Dur ham Ouar. Com, W. G. Pratt; Student Duke University, Trinity Quar. Con., H. R. Ashmore. Fayetteville Circuit: Fayetteville District: Presiding Eldar. J. D. Bundy; Bladen Circuit, S. S. Ellington; Superintendent Carthage Circuit, J. M. Wright; Duke Circuit, L. C. Brothers; N. W. McDonald; Superintendent Dunn Circuit, G. B. Starling; Elizabeth Circuit, C. H. Cav iress: Fayetteville* Hay street, J. H. Shore; Person Street and Calvarv. M. P. Hodges: Fayetteville Circuit. J. C. Humble; Glendon Circuit; Goldston Circuit. G. H. Riggs, Haw River Cir cuit. W. J. Watson: Hemo Circuit, G. C. Wood, supply: Jonesboro Circuit, G. T. Hinson; Lillington Circuit, G. E- Forbes, suuply; Hamers Circuit, L. Chaffin: Newton Grove, M. J. Un berwood; Parkton 'Circuit, J. J. Ttoore; The Chatham Record 1 ATTENTION, DELINQUENTS, f PLEASE I You -ecall that during the j I summe uonths we wrote you j | a lett Addressed you through | I € , * 'i° r d, stating that we j ! wou’i. train a point and send i I the rper on till the fall if it | | wa.J ncomienrent for you to i | pr hen. You recall, too, that i ! v 3ld you we were not trying j i t 1 ush the paper off on you a- [ nst your will, and advised I | .. uif you actually didn’t want f f >ur subscription continued, to i .* rop us a card or leave the pa- | I per in your box marked “re- I fused,” and that if you didn’t | I do one of those things you i | would be expected to pay for it. 1 Well, you didn’t do either and ! we have sent you the paper. [ ( Some of those thus favored ■ I | have sent in their subscriptions , j j and have thanked us for send- j i ing the paper on when they had i I no money. You haven’t even ,| | thanked us, but we can < get along very well if you’ll on- J ly pay. Please don’t let us have i i to send you a personal reminder. L j We are busy and it-costs sev- : j eral cents to send you a special I J notice. Just look at your label y S and see your date and send a- f I long the money. We are offer- ! I ing a fine premium combina- I | tion this week. Take advantage j ■ of it and get all the reading | I matter you need for $2.25, The | S Record and five magazines of < * your choice from the list in the ! I advertisement. I Please let’s not see anybody j I else act as little as two or < three fellows have, who after j [ getting the paper several | I months, have recently written to | j discontinue and haven’t said a f word about paying. Yes, we I throw their names out. We I I don’t want as little and mean | 1 j folk as those on the list. It’s I 1 | a good riddance. If you are I that size, .iust say so and off j i I you go. We expected there j. ‘ | would be a few scalawags like f l ! that, but preferred to risk it I . 1 in order to help you and to keeo I | our list intact till the fall, j There are always some sorry I ■ folk among any several hundred I thus grouped. Let them act ac- j > | cording to their nature. The j j rest of you, pay as soon as 1 you can. and if you really are [ I not ready yet but expect to pay, j j drop us a card and say so that • | we mav know what to count on , ®! and that you may not he thrown \ off the list pnd rut on the dead- j | h««t list not to be favored a- : ; | pain. - j THE MITCHELL TRIAL t ! The trial of Col. Mitchell by a court martial for insubordination inJ making very strong charges against J the management of the air forces by; the Army and Navy is furnishing more than the expected in sensations. Mitchell won first in getting Gen eral Bowley ofiF the bench on the ground of previously expressed opin ion. His greatest victory, however, was in securing permission to try to prove the correctness of his charges by the introduction of witnesses tes tifying to the inefficiency of the air forces. And the most sensational of all the witnesses was the widow of Col. Landsdowne, who lost his life when the great dirigible Shenandoah was wrecked. She charged that her husband had virtually been murdered in being compelled to make the fatal trip against his wish and judgment. But the charge that the president of the court had tried to influence her testimony was the most sensational charge, resulting in his voluntary withdrawal from the court in order to save the court embarrassment and to be able to answer Mrs. Landsdowne’s charge of attempted corruption. There is no telling when the trial will end. New Orleans was the scene of a million dlolar fire Tuesday night. An immense amount of coffee was in the fire zone. Pittsboro Circuit, C. M. Lance; Rox boro Circuit, E. L. Hill; Sanford Cir cuit, G. T. Adams; Siler City Circuit, 1 M. L. Mason; Stedman Circuit, E. W. Hurst, Jr.; St. Paul Circuit, J. A. Daily. We note that Rev. G. W. Perry, a Chathamite, is assigned to the Wel don church. But of all the appoint ments none gratifies the editor of the Record ipore than that of his boyhood friend Richard Royall to the first church of Washington. Richard came of a long line of Baptist forbears on both sides of his family, but through the establishment of a M. E. church in his neighborhood when he was a child, the Methodists now have a fine preacher, and by the way a rich qne. He married rich and when the land boom was on a few years ago borrowed money, his wife’s, we be lieve, invested in real estate and cleaned up. He is a first cousin of Rev. V. A. Royall, who. we believe, was once pastor of the Pittsboro Cir cuit and goes this year to the Frank lin Circuit. PITTSBORO, N. C., CHATHAM COUNTY, THURSDAY; “NOVEMBER 19,1925 Moncure News -Letter t ■ t A Batch of Interesting Personal Notes Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Dowd and chil dren of Carthage, spent last Sunday with her brother Mr. and Mrs. V. H. Hilliard. Miss Lelia Cox, who has been clerking in Mr. Hilliard’s Case and store for the past year, went home with Mr. and Mrs. Dowd, where she has secured a position with them for the next year. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Ray and daughter, Miss Pauline, motored to Elon Sunday to visit Evan, Mr. and Mrs. Ray’s son, who is in college there. From there they motored to Greensboro, and returned home by way of Liberty and Siler City. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Womble and son, J. L., Jr., motored to Asheboro yes- ’ terday (Sunday) to attend the fun eral of Mrs. Rush, the mother of Mr. T. E. Lassiter, who resides at Ashe boro. Mr. Womble states that he had several blow-outs, had to get out in the mud to change tires and got stuck in the mud. He reached Siler 9 City about dark and did not reach home until after dark. Mr. Womble wishes to thank the man (whose name he did not find out) who pushed him out of the mud, as the road was so slick and sticky that he did not stop to inquire who the gentleman was, for fear he would get stuck again. (If the editor had to convey all such thanks it would be a busy editor.) Mrs. J. R. Jenks and little daugh ters, Doris and Chubby, spent last Sunday at Apex with friends. The basketball game that was play ed between Moncure and Pittsboro last Thursday resulted in the score of 31 to 18 in favor of Moncure. The members of the Basket-ball Associa tion -were given an entertainment at the school building last Saturday eve ning. MRS. W. W. STEDMAN. ( UPPER CAPE FEAR NEWS New Elam Church News—Miss Mann entertains—Pie Supper Satur day Night—Personal Notes New Hill, R 2, Nov. 16.—Last Sat urday was regular preaching service at New Elam. Rev. J. Fuller John son delivered an excellent sermon on “The Attitude of the Disciples to Jesus.” Beginning the third Satur day in December, which is the first of the coming conference year, Mr. | Johnson will begin a series of ser | mons upon “Salvation” or “Re : coemption.” He urges all members to be present each service so as not to m;ss any of his messages. Last Saturday was also time for a busi ness meeting of the church. Officers were elected for the coming year as follows: Treasurer. A. G. Mann; Sec retary, Miss Alice Webster: the same sexton, leader and organist were re elected. Delegates were elected to attend the Christian conference at Liberty church, Vance county, the week following the fourth Sunday in November. Those elected were Misses Rose Sturdivant and Marv Webster, Messrs. K. B. Riddle, A. G. Mann and G. F. Carr. On the evening of November 14th Miss Maudie Florence Mann cele brated her 20th birthday anniversary at the home of her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Mann. The guests were met at the door bv Miss Mann and ushered into the living room, which was decorated with white and colored chrysanthemums. After sit ting around the fire, enjoying “Pro gressive conversation,” games were played in which all the quests parti cinated. Assisted by Miss Blanche Holt, the hostess served a tempting sweet course. Miss Mann received many useful and appropriate gifts. There were about thirty guests pres ent. Mr. r and Mrs. E. H. Holt went to Winston-Salem last week to see Dr. Capps who is treating a goitre on Mrs. Holt’s neck. He stated she was "et.tinp’ along nicely. She will go to the twin citv again in January. There will be a pie supper at Gardner’s school house roxt Saturday mVht. November 21. The proceeds will c’o for benefit of New Elam church and will he used for buying naint for + he new addition of the The public is cordially in vited. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Drake and little son, John Drake, Jr., of Greensboro, were week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Drake. Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Beckwith and little son, and Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Halley and children were Sunday guests of Mr. W. H. Beckwith and family. ALICE WEBSTER, Cor. Quite a number of Pittsboro folk attended the Carolina-Davidson foot ball game at Chapel Hill Saturday. SUER CITY NEWS i Mr. and Mrs. Marley Celebrate 40th Anniversary—J. H. Hicks Dead » Prominent Citizen Weds . ' r \ - ■ 1 ■■■■■' '■ Siler City, Nov. 16.—Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Marley celebrated their fortieth wedding anniversary at their home here > yesterday with a reunion of their children and the serving of a most sumptuous dinner. Present to enjoy the happy occasion were S. J. Marley and family, J. M. Marley, Jr., and family, Misses Pearle, Bronno and Kathleen of Greensboro, J. C. Phillips and family of Franklinsville, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Carrick, David Marley, W. J. Richardson and J. B. Marley and families of this place. A number of citizens from here 1 attended the funeral this afternoon of C. B. Fitts which was held at Bear Creek chapel at 3 o’clock. Mr. Fitt’s sudden death yesterday afternoon at his home at Bear Creek came as a distinct shock all over the county, he being chairman of the board of county commissioners and a promin ent merchant of his native section. Misses Ava Stout and Nell Spence returned yesterday from a short visit to Richmond. J. B. Richardson and family of Greensboro were guests here yester day of relatives. Miss Alma Wrenn and Lee Mat tocks of Wendell were week-end guests in the home of C. K. Wrenn. L Mr. and Mrs. John C, McCauley and family of Chapel Hill spent yester day here with relatives. Mrs. J. W. Perry and daughter, Mrs. Lenora Stalker of Sheridan, In diana will return to their home this week, following a visit of several days to relatives in the community. ' Mr. and Mrs. Junius Wren and children, James Clay and Parker, re turned yesterday from Fayetteville where they attended the session of the Methodist conference. A wedding of unusual interest oc curred Nov. 7 when John F. Lambe of this place was married in Chapel Hill to Mrs. Mary Ellen Elliott, the ceremony being performed at the home of the bride’s daughter, Mrs. Brown, wife of Professor Brown of the university faculty. Immediately following the ceremony, Mr. and Mrs. Lambe returned here where they will make their home, Mr. Lambe being an extensive dealer in lumber. Jas. H. Hicks, a farmer of western Chatham died at his home 7 miles from this place last Thursday night at 12:30 o’clock after having been a sufferer for several months from tuberculosis. The funeral service was conducted by Rev. T. W. Siler of this place at Rehobeth Methodist church in Randolph county Saturday morning at 11 o’clock. Surviving are his wodow, who was before her marriage Camelia John son, one brother, Oran Hicks of Asheboro, and three sisters, Mrs. Manley Jones of the Big Meadow community, Mrs. W. H. Mann of Coleridge and Mrs. May Allred of High Point. Mrs. Emma Wrenn is spending a few days with her brother, W. E. Woody and family at High Falls. Lynn Jordan who holds a position in Charlotte spent the week-end here with relatives. Born to Rev. and Mrs R. S. Foun tain, November 14, a son. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Dorsett and children and W. B. Dorsett and daughter, Miss Lottie Lee Dorsett of Raleigh, were guests of relatives here yesterday. CLEVELAND SELF CAUGHT 1 Cleveland Self, who failed to answer when his name was called on a liquor charge at the October term of court, was captured Monday night by Sheriff Blair and his officers. Mr. Self was out under S6OO bond furnish ed by Messrs. I>bwey Dorsett, on whose farm he lives, and Mr. W. A. Headen. These gentlemen seemed in the way to lose that sum, but the presence of Self in the home commun ity being reported to the sheriff, he and several deputies surrounded the house Monday night and called for him to come out, which he did with out any attempt to flee or resist.. The booze-maker at this writing, is in jail, and it is doubtful whether he will be so fortunate again as to se cure bondsmen. ! The small size of the Record last week caused a delay in the publica tion of some news matter that appears this week. „ ........ GOLDSTON NOTES Good Sermons—Young Chinaman Speaks at School—Armistice Day Observed—Rev. J. H. Broom Seriously Hurt Rev. Jonas Barclay preached a fine sermon at the Presbyterian church Sunday morning. His text was taken from II Cor. 2:14 “For the love of Christ xonstraineth us.” Sunday evening Mr. Barclay preach ed to only a few' people on account of the rain. He preached a very fine sermon from Acts 20:24, “The Grace of God.” . A little rain doesn’t stop Mr. Bar clay from going to church and preach ing a sermon. Mr. So, a Chinese young man, made an interesting talk at the school au ditorium Monday morning at the chapel exercises. Everybody especial ly enjoyed his singing in the Chinese language. * Mr. So is a senior at Duke Uni versity. Mr. So’s father is a pro fessor in a college in China. This young man won a scholarship to Duke University out of eighty-five applicants. Miss Mary Hammond, one of the teachers here, sp€nt the week-end at her home in Rowland. Misses Louise Ellis, Margaret Goldston, and Etha Elkins, students at N. C. C. W., spent the week-end at home. The Goldston high school girls and Bonlee High School girls played bas ket ball at Goldston last Wednesday afternoon. The score was 10 to 9 in favor of Goldston. The Goldston high school boys play ed Pittsboro high school boys at Pittsboro last Friday evening. The score was 24 to 18 in favor of Pitts boro. Miss Eliza Rieves of Broadway, is spending this week with her sister Mrs. H. H. Stout. The fifth and sixth grades had a \tery impressive service 'Armistice Day. After school the children marched two by two to the cemetery and carried flowers and placed them on the grave of a world war veteran. As they approached the grave in single file with U. S. flags and each placed flowers on his grave. Each stood in silence and reverence. Then all sang ‘Tenting Tonight,” after all repeated in concert the twenty-third Psalm whidi was followed by a prayer by their teacher. All joined in singing “America” and were dis missed. Rev. J. H. Broom, the pastor of the Baptist church here, met with a very painful accident in an automobile ac cident when he got his leg broken. He is now in a hospital at Winston- Salem. ARBOR DAY CELEBRATED Celebrating the planting of twelve sugar maple trees, Pittsboro High School met with a .small number of the parents in the auditorium Friday, November 13th to listen to the fol lowing program presented by chil dren from the grades: The Governor’s Proclamation, Prof. Nolan Song—“ Arbor Day” Primary grades Scripture lesson 4 Fourth graders Song—“Ho, For Carolina Audience Reading—“A Tree” Margaret Guinn, Fourth grade Story Leon Gilmore, sth grade Reading"—The Tree’s Dream Louise Ray, 6th grade Song—“ Tree Planting” Grammar Grades From the first moment, when two adorable first graders rushed excited ly onto the stage ahead of their fel lows, until the last song had been sung the audience showed that it was interested in the subject, “Tree Ap preciation.” That each believed with Margaret, “only God can make a tree” is sure; that each one caught some of Mr. Nolan’s enthusiasm is certain; and that each person should have gone away glad of the promise of campus shade in some future year is expected. To the students and teachers who lived through the past September the word “shade” sounds as musical as “water” does to a man in the Sahara. Each grade in the school gave money for a tree. As the children come and go through many more scorching, perspiring September days may there be cool v delightful bits of shade, steadily growing larger, to refresh and please them. May they learn to love trees and properly appreciate them. Mrs. Pat Tucker of Oakland town ship had to be hurried off to a hospital Saturday for an operation for appen dicitis. She is at Sanford and is do ing very well. >■*«■■■< —A IThe Best Adver- j tising Medium for I reaching the homes I Os Chatham county., ! VOL. 48. NO. 9 ROBBER RUNS RIOT IN RALEIGH Holds Up Clerks and Robs Store- Shouts at Pursuers—Cornered, Shoots Officer Mangum PAYS WITH MORTAL WOUND A few years ago Raleigh could not, or would not have been conceived as the possible scene of a daring day light robbery, followed by a pistol duel between the bandit and a city officer. But the following story from Monday’s Raleigh Times is evidence that “movie,” material is not confined to the “wild west.” Customer Turns Bandit The Times’ story follows: “A bandit, giving his name as “Slim” Anderson, of Memphis, Tenn essee, and Deputy Sheriff Will Man gum were seriously wounded her* early this afternoon in a street gun battle following a daylight robbery of King and Holding clothing store of SIOB in cash. “Both men were rushed to Rex Hos pital, where the bandit is not expected to live. Mangum has a better chance, being shot through the stomach. “Reports from the hospital operat ing room were that both men were living at 3 o'clock. Bandit Opens Fire “Pedestrians were sent scurrying from the path of the fleeing bandit. “ ‘l’ll get somebody,’ he is report ed as saying just before he dived to shelter in the cellar. “A large crowd gathered about the entrance. Mangum was greeted with a volley just before he entered but was able to return the bandits’ fire. May Be Ex-Convict “The bandit entered the clothing store and tried on several suits. He waited until the store was empty ep cept for three people, when suddenly he brandished an automatic demand ing: ‘Hands up!’ “He rifled the cash register and fled. “Employees described the man as being a tall man, of slender build, and Very well dressed. He left his old clothes in the store. “The man is thought to be an ex-' convict, and officials from the State Prison were seeking to identify him Monday afternoon. “Another fugitive was seen to es cape across Nash Square while the shooting was in progress. “‘You all have got me; let me out for I’ll get one of you before I go,” said the bandit to Deputy Will Man gum as the officer covered him with his gun. Officers Fire “Before Mangum could reply, the stranger began firing, and simultan eously the pistols of Mangum and policeman Saunders, Pearce and Gat tis began barking. Mangum - was struck in the stomach, but the others were not hurt. Ffres at Boys “The first intimation that the stranger was desperate came dur- n ing the chase from the clothing store and the place where the man was cornered. He fired at James Briggs, Jr., and Cleveland Gill, two young men chasing him, as he tried to take refuge behind the new Professional building at Hargett and McDowell streets. The shots wen wild and the young men continued to chase the stranger. “Tyree Poole joined in the chase as the man went under the house and went into the cellar, but the stranger did not harm him. The officers ap peared on the scene shortly after ward, with the shooting coming as the climax to the chase. “The first intimation of the hold up in the store came w T hen the strang er, after dressing up in a new suit of clothes and hat, ordered Willis 1 Holding, Clerks Tucker and McCain, and Archie Brown, the firm’s tailor, to back up against the rear wall. “The stranger stuck the barrel of bis pistol under Willis Holding’s chin. The four men retreated to the rear of the store while the robber went through the cash register. “ ‘l’ll shoot the first one who fol lows me,” the stranger warned as he quietly left the store and started down Martin street. Holding Gives Chase “Willis Holding then followed him to the Capital Club corner and up Salisbury Street, calling for help as he chased the man. James Briggs joined in the chase. “Going into the basement of the professional building, the stranger found his way barred and he emerged from the building by taking a pair of feteps that led to the main entrance. At the entrance he turned and fired at Cleveland Gill and Holding as they advanced toward him. “ ‘The unfortunate thing about the robbery was the absence of my regu lar army pistol which I have always ■ kept at the store.’ said Holding. He explained that Frank King carried the weapon home a few nights ago to keep off burglars there. “The stranger would have obtained more money by visiting the office of the store on the mezzanine floor. Mr. Holding had just prepared his re ceipts for a deposit before the strang er entered the store. That deposit) money was on the desk in the office.

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