North Carolina Newspapers

■Crushed September 19, ms. lIISTON news H preached an ex- at the Methodist H v. Ellis and Etha El ients at N. C. C. W., were Faster, as was also Miss Jnble from G. C. W. ifilma Garner, one of the teachers, spent Easter here parents. Fugene Goldston and Joe me in from Wake Forest [olidays. isic recital given Friday eve ’tjiss Cox s class was a suc ie pupils played in a credi nner and the two choruses utiful. closed at noon Monday and ,1 had an enjoyable picnic •noon. On Friday afternoon sntary grades enjoyed egg -en by the teachers. 3 ton from the University Inez Goldston from Guilford )e nt the holidays at home, gh school society gave its mm for the session Friday, loaght better to discontinue "rams that the Students ve their time to practicing lencement. The j_?usy i>ees jurth and fifth grades also ir last program. We were to have Miss Wilma Garner ior. She gave an interest :day evening Mr. ar.d Mrs. Watson had as dinner isses Dessie Roberts, Oia Vlr. and Mrs. A. M. Womble s Louise and Linda Womblc. i Mrs. J. J. Harris spent th the former’s parents near annie Core spent the week- Miss Pearl oohnsen at By as that the conference at of the Goldston school h the county board with re i new school building here Less. Goldston needs a new and the board and people mined to have one or keep 'or it. ildred Jenkins, Mr. and I.lrs. [night,, of Winston-Salem, week-end with Miss - Jen nts, Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Jen ellie Stinson after spending ?re has returned to her •i*k at Guilford College. HALIFAX DAY Next Monday, April 12, is the 150th anniversary of the Halifax declaration of independence and will be peaerall celebrated throughout North Carolina. Pittsboro is no ex ception. The event at Halifax 150 years ago will be celebrated at Pitts boro school at 9 a. m. by the pre sentation of a state flag' to the school by the Daughters of the Confederacy and by an address by some invited speaker. The flag bears the date April 12, 1776 in everlasting recogni tion of the early resolution cf the representatives of the people of North Carolina in favor of a contin- declaration of independence. The declaration came only 2 months and six days after the victory of the patriots over the Scotch Tories at Moore’s Creek Eridge. The public is invited to attend the celebration next Monday morning. mother dies for daughter A . | •Julia Green Receives Bullet Intended for Charlie Alston’s Wife Charles Green, colored, a denizen ? Hickory Mountain, is a fugitive because of the killing of his mother in-law, Julia Green, Monday night, we was threatening his wife with the f stol w hen her mother stepped be- Uveeii them and received the bullet m her body. Alston was accusing his wife of aving- gone with another negro on -aster Monday. The quarrel reached i N point, but the wife was ► saved at the cost of that of her mother Alston took to the woods nd could not be found by the sheriff’s earnestly! 11011 S ° Ught him long and Alston has the reputation of being persistent blockader. health department meets -t n 'f ay even i n ? at the home of -sr; Evelyn Alston, Mrs. E. R. Hin hLh’ 111 r? ISS Alston entertained the Club Departmenfc of the Woman’s has been active at effi ■ y^ rs - Addie McManus, the TV« ent Chairman bah■ ave re cently sponsored a Dr "p C + lC, i Secur^ the services of fortv!/°\ kaby specialist, at which Crn«s« U i bles were examined. Red froir fP- j Were sold b y a committee nished pi departme nt. They also fur frudV Ch J lstma s stockings filled with of and presen ts for the inmates At ' county hom o and jail. b ealth P^d! en + tl l ey are workin £ on a Tubei-pjfi given prior to the At tv, ° SI ? ln * c to be held in May. salad wnti, C ° Se of tbe me eting fruit th e hostess aC Tk S ° rieS WaS served b y Mrs v*n Tr hose P resent were: Mann, Mrs. Hunt, Mrs. 'Evel™ E - K- Hinton, Miss fin pL^ 1 ?V nd Mrs. J- L. Grif ’ Pres,de »t of the Woman’s Club. N. P. J„ Pub. Chairman. I THE CHATHAM RECORD BRICK HAVEN NEWS Brick Haven, April s.—Mr. J. C. Seawell and sisters, Misses Cecil and Geneva spent the holidays with their father at his home near Carthage. ™ Mr Mrs - W * °* Mills and Mrs Mary Mills Johnson spent Sunday and Monday with relatives in Moore coun ty- _ _M**. and Mrs. O. C. Kennedy and Miss Ruth Kennedy were holiday guests of Mrs. Kennedy’s parents, Rev. and Mrs. C. L. Dowell of Forest ville. Mr. W. J. Hannon left Saturday to 3 spend Easter with his brothers and 1 sisters. ( ■^■ mon IT the holiday guests here were t Mr. and Mrs. aJmes Hunnicutt and I children of Charlotte, Mr. and Mrs Overby of McCullers, Mr. and Mrs. 3 Henry Brown of Fuquay, Mrs. Fuquay and Mr. Henry Fuquay of McCullers. Friends here and elsewhere of Mr. T. J. Harrington, who is taking treat ment at the Sanatorium will be glad to know that he is getting on very well indeed and seems to be improv ing rapidly. We shall be glad when he returns for he is greatly missed. Mr. Harrington is one of those for tunate men who is born with a smile so to speak, and always has a pleas ant greeting for those with whom he comes in contact. The following pupils were present every day the past school month: Ist grade—Emma Dickens and W. -. Stephenson. 2nd grade—Charles Harrington and Chas. Thompson. 4th grade—Eileen Harrington and Sam Overby. 6th grade—Tom Thompson, Ben Mims and Joe Overby, Jr. 7th grade—Grace Harrington. Mrs. Kennedy wishes to meet the j Junior Endeavorers at the school building directly after school hours Thursday. Do not forget your ma terial for the scrap book work, Ju niors. If the Editor could have heard the many questions about the Record last week (the paper did not come until Tuesday, and some subscribers did not get the paper until Wednesday) he would know that the people in this community at least look forward quite eagerly to the coming of the county weekly. The Junior Christian Endeavorers enjoyed an egg hunt last Friday af ternoon after school. The eggs were hidden in the spacious grove at Mrs. Miss Ethel Farrell Victim of Accident Miss Ethel Farrell, an employee in the Bynum mill, was the victim of a serious accident. Monday when a car turned turtle with her and its driver, a son of Mr. Emory Thomas of By num. Miss Farrell received a compound fracture of the left collar bene. Daughters of the Confederacy to Meet The Winnie Davis Chapter of Daughters of the Confederacy will hold its April meeting with Misses I Lizzie and Callie Clegg, on Saturday | cf next wedk, the 17th at 3:30 o’clock. NOTICE OF SALE DEED OF TRUST Under and by virtue of the power conferred upon me in a certain deed of trust, executed to me by W. H. Hearne and wife, Sarah E. Hearne, dated Jan. 6th. 1926, recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Chatham County, North Carolina, in Book G. N., Page 49, to secure the indebtedness therein described, and default having been made in the pay ment of said indebtedness, and hav ing been requested to do so by the holder of the note evidencing said in debtedness, I will offer for sale at public auction, to the highest bidder, for cash, at the court house door in Pittsboro, at 11 o’clock, A. M., on FRIDAY, MAY 7TII, 1926 the following described land to wit: Adjoining the lands of J. B. At water, and others, beginning and be ing on the West side of Haw River and beginning at the mouth of first branch below and Southeast of By num bridge, running due South to J. B. twater’s line; thence due East to a cedar stake, L. B. Bynum and J. B. Atwater’s line; thence due East to Ward’s branch, Knight’s line; thence with said branch down and to wards River to a point 50 feet from said River, Ervin’s corner; thence up the River, Ervin’s line (right bank) o the beginning. This being the same tract of land conveyed to G. E. Moore by W. L. London, Mortgagee, by deed registered in the office of the Regis ter of Deeds for Chatham County in Book “EX” at page 544. SECOND TRACT: A tract of land lying and being in Center Township Chatham County, North Carolina, be ginning at stake and pointers on the Bynum branch, Northeast corner of Lot No. 4, thence South 3 degrees West with the line of Lot No. 4, 86 poles to a stake and pointers cor ner of Lot No. 8, thence North 3 de grees East 86 poles to a sweetgum on the Bynum branch, thence up said branch to the beginning, estimated to contain 24 acres, more or less, and being Lot No. 7 in the division of the lands of the late G. W. Knight allotted to Burke, said divi sion being duly recorded in the of fice of Register of Deeds for Chat ham County in Book “ED” at page 558 et seq. Sale will be held open for ten days to receive increased bids. This April 7th, 1926. ALEX. H. KOONCE, Trustee. PHTSBQRO, N. C„ CHATHAM COUNTY. Thursday, April 8, 1926 SUER CITY NEWS POPULAR SILER CITY BOY DIES Siler City, April I.—Funeral sear vice for Colon Howard Fox, who died March 30 at 10 o’clock p. m. was held at the home of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Carmey Fox, here yes terday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock and was attended by a large number of friends and relatives. The death of this little boy which occurred in his sixth year, was the result of pneu monia following an attack of influ enza. The service was conducted by Rev. W. L. Maness assisted by Rev; W. L. Fountain, the music being in charge of singers from the Methodist and Methodist Protestant choirs. Pall bearers were Will Wrenn, John Crutchfield, Tom Hilliard and Tom Dark. Unusual and beautiful were the floral designs. 1 Surviving this child, who was such i a favorite with all who knew him, are < his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Colon H. Fox, one sister, Clarice, two brothers, Banks Parker and Glen Thomas Fox and his devoted grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Carmey Fox, with whom the little lad made his home. Os especial interest is the appear ance about the streets here of civil engineers, who have been employed by the commissioners to make a sur vey of the proposed sections to be paved during this year. Siler City has been long enough regarded as “the muddiest town in North Caro lina and its citizens are looking for ward with satisfaction to the exe cution of this paving idea so that this stigma against our rapidly growing town may be removed. It is ex pected by those in charge that actual work will be well under way by May 1. An unusual number of visitors are expected here for the Easter holidays. Among these will be Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Durham and little daughter of Mid dleburg, Miss Sallie Ferguson of Vass, Wade Durham of Charlotte, Misses Mary, Margaret and Peggy Wrenn of Greensboro College, Evelyn Fox of Duke University. Work is progressing rapidly on the brick hotel building of Mr. and Mrs. 1 D. L. Johnson and the modern build-1 ing of the Economy Motor Company. Dewey Fox is erecting an attractive bungalow on Chatham Heights, which he and his family will occupy when ! completed. Mrs. J. T. Ferguson will go to Top sail the latter part of this week iyber.o she will , visit liar, daughter, Mrs. Hugh L. Stone. MRS. P. H. ELKINS CHATHAM FARM NEWS Pittsboro, April 2,1926. —0 n Mon day, March 22, terracing demonstra tions were held by the agent on the farms of Mr. W. A. Snipes of Bynum, and Mr. Lee Harmon of Pittsboro, and on Thursday, April 1, one was held on the farm of Mr. C. H. Griflin near Pittsboro. These men intend to do the job right, and plow up their ter race banks at least fifteen feet wide, I and as high as possible. Siler City An interesting terracing demonstra tion was held at the farm of Mr. John Fesmire on Wednesday, March 24. Those present displayed much inter est in the demonstration and plans are under way for the conducting of further demonstrations in that com munity. The next day, demonstra tions were held on the farms of Mr. T. B. Bray and Mr. T. W. Green. The latter has prepared one acre of land and seeded it in a pasture mixture recommended by the Agent for de monstration purposes. The last ter racing* demonstration this week was held on the farm of Mr. R. G. Buck ner near Siler City on Thursday morning, April Ist. The Agent will be at the following places for terracing demonstration , during the week of April sth; Mon day, April 5, Mr. B. N. Welch, Bear Creek, Tuesday, April 6. Mr. C. S. j Burke of Pittsboro in the morning, and Mr. W. W. Lutterlough in the afternoon, Wednesday, April 7, Mr. 0. B. Mann of Pittsboro in the morning, and Mr. W. A. Robertson in the afternoon, Thursday April 8, Mr. J. T. Harris in the morning, Friday April 9, Mr. John Fesmire in the morning, and Mr. R. F. Fitts in the afternoon. Soy Bean Fertilization As a rule, there is not much at tention paid to the fertilization of this crop, some people having the idea that it does not need it. However, on clay soils, the Division of Agronomy at Raleigh recommends about 400 pounds per acre of a fertilizer ana lysing 12 per cent phosphoric acid, and 4 per cent potash. On soils in a high state of fertility, it may not be necessary to use the ammonia, but for soils in a medium or poor state of fertility, it would be a good prac tise to use 3 per cent ammonia in this fertilizer. Soy Bean Seeding, and Cultivation The general, and best practice in seeding soy beans is to plant in rows four feet apart with the plants two t;o three inches in the row. By em ploying this method, only twenty to t thirty pounds of seed are required per acre, whereas if sown broadcast or drilled, sixty to ninety pounds of seed per acre are required. Row planting can be done with a cotton, earn or bean planter or by hand, and when drilled, the ordinary grain drill is' used. Give about three cultivations per season. N. C. SHIVER, County Agents Mr. C. B. Griffin, who has been visiting • his brothers here, has re turned to Chapel Hill. MONCURE NOTES MONCURE NEWS The banks of Deep River were full of people fishing Easter Monday. ! Luck varied. Miss Olivia Harmon spent Easter with her friend Mias Edna Stallings at Rocky Mount. Little Miss Marcy Beddoes of Ra leigh spent Easter with Miss Loiis Ray. Mrs. J. E. Moore, accompanied by Mesdames J. R. Ray, G. M. Womble, W. B. Moore, H. D. Strickland and E. F. Watkins, gave her little folk of the Methodist Sunday school an egg hunt Monday. Mrs. W. W. Stedman gave her class of twenty junior girls, and boys a picnic and egg hunt Easter Mon day. Mrs. Stedman, Miss Daisy Lam beth, and Miss Marcia Foust were the chaperones. Besides the 20 members of the class there were six visitors. Misses Lucile Brady and Hattie Moore with their company from Ra leigh enjoyed a pleasant Easter. Misses Janice Carr and Annie Lambeth spent Easter visiting friends at Lenoir, Snow Hill and other places. Moncure Baseball team played with Eli Whitley Baseball team of Saxa pahaw last Friday afternoon. ' The score was 5 and 4 in favor of Mon cure. . The Junior boys cf Moncure play ed with Brick Haven Junior boys last Saturday afternoon. The score was 4 and 7, in favor of Brick Haven. The S. S. C. club went on a picnic last Saturday. Miss Marcia Foust was chaperone. The members en- 1 joyed an outing, played some games, gathered wild, flowers and a picnic dinner. Mrs. John Bell, Jr., the music teach er of Moncure school, will give her recital next Friday, April 9 <v sight o’clock in the school auditor um. Ev erybody invited to attend, Mrs. Sprowler and Hm. Snyder and son, Freddie, of New York City are visiting Mrs, B. G. Womble for a while. Mrs. H. D. McPherson and two little I sons of S. C. are also visit ing Mrs. B. G. Womble. j Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Self spent Easter at Siler City with their pa rents. I Miss Lillian Jourdan spent Easter at home at Merry Oaks. Miss Daisy Bland spent Easter at her home at Sanford. Miss Beatrice Wilkie spent Easter at PfttsbOro ‘ With Mtsfs BdrtTm Poe. Mr. Claude Worthington of C. P. & L. Co., has returned from a trip to his home at Washington, N. C. ARCHIE MASHBURN CAUGHT Archie Mashburn, who escaped from the penitentiary a year or so ago, was caught in Sanford Saturday night and was later lodged in the Chatham jail. Mashburn, a tough youngster of twenty-odd, was convicted of steal ing an automobile, or of some such charge, two or three years ago and was sentenced to the penitentiary. Escaping, he is said to have been the ring leader of the Red Hillers who have born accused of so many depre dations in the Carbonton section. More than one attempt has been made to catch him. Only a few days ago Sheriff Blair and a big band of depu ties spent a night in that section seek ing him and possibly others wanted for general cussedness, but without avail. Two or three days later, he stood off with a drawn knife a son of the Chatham deputies, who had at tempted to arrest him and take him to his father. It is supposed that Mashburn will be taken back to the penitentiary to finish his term, and that afterward he will stand trial for alleged recent violations of the laws. l ' FOR LUTTERLOH AND HATCH . (Political Advertising) , This being election year and an ! nouncements for men who have held . office for six years coming out, I fee? i it nothing but right to speak up for i the man that is as equally good as , the office holder, and who has lain , quiet for six years and has given i his opponent full support ever since i his defeat in the race six years ago, when only a little over 100 votes kep' him out. I As you all know, Mr. Chas. H. Lut , terloh ran the race along with Mr. ! C. C. Poe six years ago for the of fice of register of deeds. His name now appearing again with that of Mr. Poe for the same office, I ask you to stop and consider things well. Open your Bibles at Phillipians 3:13, ; 14 and act accordingly. Lutterloh has been the faithful superintendent of Brown’s Chapel S ] S. for eight years. . \ All who have ever owned a paii ] of good mules, one equally as good as • the other, will not hitch up one anc ] expect it to receive all the rich feed. < and enjoy the pleasures of such a 101 ] for six years and not think it time j to take this one out and hitch uj ; the other. So now be fair with youi ; , fellow man and do unto as you would \ like to be done by. I believe the majority will cast ( their votes for Mr. Chas. H. Lutter loh in the primary on June 5 and give us one office holder in northern Chat ham. Turn about is fair play, you know. For Mr. Ed. B. Hatch for clerk of a court who is only filling the unex- c pired term of another, why not give a him at least one term by ballot? He ] has faithfully kept his office and d®- f server the approval of the people. f HENRY F. DURHAM. 1 Z *?H j, VOL. 48. NO. HELD UNDER PEACE BOND Former Editor of Record who Posed Here as Reformer and Strict Prohibitionist Before Dur ham Recorder The following article appearing in the Durham Herald Sunday morning caused a good deal of talk in Pitts boro, where Mr. * Shaw as editor of this paper posed as a staunch prohi bitionist and reformer in general, and assailed most harshly the charac ters of several of the staunch citizens of. this county. Mr. Shaw began drinking again, if he had ever quit, soon after selling the Record. The present editor on one occasion at least advised him that he was ruin ing himself, as probably did a num ber of his friends. Accordingly, it I was no great surprise to learn that, the treacherous drink, which he had fought here with such apparently great zeal, had got in its devastating work. The Herald article fallows: “C. G. Shaw Placed Under Peace Bond by Judge Paul C. Graham For Thretening to Kill Wife” “A storm which began about 11 o’clock Friday night on the matri- 1 monial sea of Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Shaw, and which raged for approxi mately 12 hours, was calmed down I is Judge Paul Graham’s recorder’s court Saturday morning. Mr. Snaw | was arrested by local police officers i said to have threatened his wife with : bodily harm, and after he had knock 1 - i ed out the glass in the front door of a neighbor’s house where Mrs. Shaw. had fled for safety. | “When his case was called yester- , day, charging boisterous cursing and complaint and peaee warrant, Mr, Shaw declined to offer any evi dence in his behalf, allowing Judge | Graham to base his decision on the testimony of Mrs. Shaw and John Hutchins, to whose house Mrs. Shaw' escaped after her life is alleged to have been threatened. Mrs. Shaw was the first witness to take the stand, she testifying that she had been married for 24 years, that her husband came home about 11 o’clock Friday night in a highly intoxicated condition, that she suc ceeded in putting him to bed, after which he threatened to kill her. ‘“Are you afraid of your husband?’ ' Prosecuting Attorney William B. Umstead asked Mrs. Shaw. ‘l’m' des ; perately afraid of him,’ she replied in a nervous voice, Mrs,. Shaw ioiu • the court ♦ that. she could • not live . -with her ’husband again, and due to . the fact that she was physically un -11 able to make her own living, she wanted some provision made by the court, which would insure her of an income. > Mrs. Shaw was very nervous during the trial, and at time*: cried. , ; “Mr. Hutchins testified that'Mrs. Shaw came to his house .early Friday morning and asked him if he would | not try to get her husband , back to ! bed. He succeeded in getting him i back to bed, and remained with him until a son of Mr .and Mrs. shaw came home from work. He testified that Mr. Shaw later knocked out the glass in his front door. Mr. Shaw’s hand was badly cut where he smashed the glass out of the door. After hearing the evidence in the case udge Graham ordered a fine of $5 and costs on the charge of boisterous cursing, and ordered the defendant to give bond in the sum of SSO for his appearance in court the first Tuesday in each month for a period of six months to show good behavior to all, and especially to Mrs. Shaw.” Daughters of Confederacy Convention The 10th district of N. C. Daughters 1 of Confederacy will hold its spring Convention in Louisburg next Tues day, the 13th. It is hoped that a lorge delegation will go from Pitts boro. The towns in the district are Raleigh, Cary, Smithfield, Lillington, Wake Forest, Louisburg, Sanford, and Pittsboro. The meeting will be held in the college. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT North Carolina: Chatham County: BEFORE THE CLERK Martha White and Husband, J. R. White, Charlie Farrell, Barlile Brink ley and Husband, J. L. Brinkley, Ethel Williams and Husband, Fred Williams, Chester Bowling and Sam Hatch Vs. Will Farrell and Andrew Farrell SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION NOTICE The defendant, Will Farrell, will take notice that an action entitled as above has been commenced in the Superior Court of Chatham County, North Carolina, for the partition of lands to make'real estate assets; and that said defendant will further take notice that he is required to appear at the office of the Clerk of the Su perior Court of said County in the Courthouse in Pittsboro, North Caro lina on the Bth day of May, 1926, and answer or demur to the complaint of the plaintiffs in said action, or the plaintiffs will apply to the court for the relief demanded in the complaint. Witness my hand this the 3rd day of April, 1926. E. B. HATCH, C., S. C. of Chatham County, N. C. FIDDLER’S CONVENTION There will be a fiddler’s convention at the Pittsboro school building Fri day evening, April 9, held under the auspices of that veteran of the bow F* K. King: A large number of fiddlers are expected. Prizes are of fered for fiddlers and banjo players. Every old-timey fiddler, old or young, is invited to participate. f ■ 1 BYNUM ITEMS Easter Monday passed off very pleasantly here. We had aa& unusu ally large crowd, only one accident occurred to mar the pleasures of the day. Miss Ethel Farrell had a very serious, but we hope not fatal, acci dent. She and some other young peo* pie were on their way to Durnam when the car in which they were rid ing was overturned by another car running into it. Miss Ethel got her collar bone broken and was somewhat bruised up. The other occupants at the car were not ignored. The car was a total wreck* Miss Ethel was unconscious till Tuesday afternoon. She is at her father’s near Farring ton. Mr. and Mrs. C W. Abernathy and children of Mebane spent Easter here with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Abernathy and Mrs. E. Riggsbee. It has been reported that whiskey was found here in the barber shop about two v/eeks ago. This is a mis take. It was found down the river. It was not even on the lands of the Odell Mfg. Co., but was brought up and locked in the barber shop for safe keeping until sheriff Blair could get here and take charge of it. | The play at the school building Monday night was quite a success. , The amount realized was between 80 and 85 dollars. Wo had a large and | well-behaved audience, j The mill boys and Pittsboro and ! Bynum school boys had a game of ball yesterday. The mill boys won ! the game. The score was 8 to 10 in favor of the mill boys, i Among the visitors here Monday was Mrs. L. J. Andrews, Mrs. W. A. Poe, Mr. O. J. Poe and children of West rturham, Mr. and Mrs. H. 8., and Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Durham and children of Carrboro. Mrs. 0. S. Allford has returned ftf* ter a two weeks visit with friepdj gud relatives at Burlington, A series of meetings was begun here in the M, E. church last Sunday night, and will continue for two weeks. The public is cordially in vited. The pastor, Rev. J. W. Watson will do the preaching. , PARENT-TEACHER MEETING The Parent-Teacher Association held its first meeting of the year at the auditorium April 2nd. The larg est attendance of tlu year ~::.s re i corded,... Twenty-seven parents were j present. The out trending discussions of the evening : entered around the [play “RosetM::c’ which the organi zation will stage May 18th and in voting for the grades. Owing to the fact that the fourth and seventh grades were tied and each wanted the* five dollars promised to the grade getting most dollars in parent-atten dance during the year there was un usual interest manifested in getting people to come to the April meeting. The fourth was represented by eighteen mothers and fathers. Mrs. Brewer, the vice-president, was in charge of the meeting. . r 4* THE LEE HARDWARE COMPANY The Lee Hardware Company, one of the leading mercantile concerns of Sanford, has had a sad and serious loss in the death of its founder Mr. J. R. Bowers, but is still in capable hands. The other members of the company are Mr. T. A. Wicker and Mr. Henry C. Roberts, the latter an old Robeson boy whose family the editor of the Record knew well. These gentlemen, with Mrs. Bowers, will will continue the former broad and liberal policy of the company, and many be counted upon to give their patrons a real and efficient service. Only recently the company secured a contract from the government for the lease of a new building they are erecting across the street from the present Sanford post office as a new seat for that institution. The death of Mr. Bowers is not in any manner interfering in the execution of this plan. The building will be a consider able improvement over the present one occupied as a post office. MOUNT ZION NEWS We are very glad to state that Mrs. W. B. Harper, who has been - critically ill is somewhat improving. She is now in Watts Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Stedman and i daughters, Camelia and Ruth, spent Sunday with Mrs. Stedman’s mother, Mrs. J. C. Harmon, j Mr. W. B. Thomas of Raleigh spent | the Easter holidays with his family : here. Mr. Claibourne Harmon of Raleigh spent the Easter * holidays with his mother, Mrs. O. O. Harmon. Miss Elizabeth Eason of Selma is spending sometime with Mrs. A. O. Harmon. Rev. C. M. Lance preached an ex cellent sermon last Sunday at Mount Zion’s Methodist church which was appropriate to Easter and was very inspirational. The choir sang songs appropriate to the sermon and the day. The offer tory song “Christ Arose” was effec tively sung by the choir. During the Sunday school hour, Mr. Lance presented a banner to the adult class, who made the highest per cent in attendance during the last quarter. Miss Janie Clegg is the ef ficient teacher of the adult class. Which class is going to be the winner at the end of the next quarter? \ In Mrs. J. Lee Harmon’s class Miss Dally Woody was presented a new testament for the most regular at- ' tendance in this class. > We were very glad to have Mr. J. . Obie Harmon of the University of ; North Carolina a visitor in the com** munity Sunday. , , I