ESTABLISHED SEPTEMBER 19
Moncure News Letter
Horoe-Ccming at Haywood—lmprove
-11 „. pn t of Church and Grounds—
Personal Notes
Misses Lois Boone and Julia Wom
,/ n f bunn are spending the week
Jvith their aunt, Mrs. A. B. Wom-
Ul Migs Nellie Womble spent last week
with her sister, Mrs. Jesse Boone of
Mary Womble and Elma
tv \ «pent last week-end with Miss
Teona Johnson of New Hill.
u %rj sS Myrtle Crutchfield spent last
. pk-end with Miss Christine Wat
"en 0 f Osgood.
Miss Stella Womble is spending
wee k with relatives at Bynum.
Mr Worth Wilkie of Winston-Sa
. m luent last week-end with his
Mrs. Florence Wilkie,
iU The revival is going on at the Bap- |
• st c hurch here this week. Rev. !
V^g S e Blalock the pastor, is doing the
' rpsching. Services at 6:30 o’clock in
|'j, c nio rning and at 8:00 o’clock in
the evening.
Mr. T. B. Maddox, progressive mer
chrnt ci Moncure motored to Sanford
uiid* Hamlet today on business.
‘ jr r> \y. M. Holmes, who has spent
sometime with his son, Rodger, here
this summer is in Charlotte this week.
Little Misses Dorothy and Bertha
Lee Poe of Pittsboro spent last week- |
end with little Misses Ruth and Came- j
lia Stedman. . !
The “Home Coming Day” which ,
► was held at Haywood Presbyterian
church yesterday (Sunday) July 26,
"■£- a success in every way. j
The program was fine and the sing
ing good. !
Mr. P. V. Budd had the program in
charge. The following men made
ialks appropriate for the “Home
Coming* Day”: Messrs. J. E. Bryan,
C. D. Wilkie, Mr. Jeffries, Rev. Mr.
Underwood, a Mr. Harris of Jones
boro, and Mr. Joe Mclver.
The choirs represented were Chris
tie:. Chapel choir, Hank’s Chapel, and
the home choir. Each choir did good
singing and was enjoyed by all.
Kc-'.c Mr. Barclay, the pastor of
.; ;e church was present and gave the
huge crowd a hearty welcome and he
g• s o in the afternoon expressed his
iU'precirticn of the work that his
•• V ’ 3 and community had aceom-
U -hed. Mr. P. V. Budd, who is the
■... nnan of a committee of five and
treasurer reported that SIOOO had
kw. raised and spent on the wire
hue. that had been erected and rock
p ilar . which gave it a nice appear
fncc-.: o.:nd the church and cemetery.
A co— ction was taken yesterday
(Sunday) to install a heating plant
and electric lights but did not hear
what amount was received. Haywood
cemetery is the burying ground of
the churches, Methodist, Baptist and
PvesU erirws so this day can well
be said, “A Home Comma- Day” for it
i was uude up of all denominations.
There was a long table in the
grove :.nd the good ladies of the
community filled it with good things
to ear at the noon hour. Os course
this hour was enjoyed by every cne.
Ice cold water was handy for every
body, even though it was a hot day.
t-uch hearty welcome and hospitality
were extended to all, that it was an
ideal day in every respect.
Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Wissler and
their son and daughter. Miss Eliza
beth Wissler and Mr. Frank Wissler
have returned to their home at Lin
coln, Pa. today, July 27, after a visit
to Capt. J. H. Wissler.
Mr. J. K. Barnes spent Sunday and
Monday with his mother at Jones
boro.
Mr. W. W. Stedman and little
■ daughters, Camelia and Ruth spent
I Tuesday visiting the peach orchards
■ around Candor, Vass, and Pinehurst.
Moncure school will open Septem
■ ber 6th.
The teachers for the high school
■ will be Prin. H. G. Self, mathematics
■ and Science; Miss Jessie Strickland,
■ Dunn. English and French; Miss Min
■ nie Bell, Pittsboro, History and
■Science.
The teachers for the grammar
■grades: Miss Mamie Sockwell, North
HWilkesboro; Miss Virginia Cathell,
■Moncure, Mrs. H. G. Self, Moncure.
I The teachers for the primary
■grades, Miss Effie Thomas, Moncure;
■Miss Daisy Bland, Sanford, music;
■>lrs. John Bell, Jr., Moncure.
building at silk mill
BThe owners of the silk mill are
three cottages on the mill
■operty for the use of employees.
■lso Mr. Matthews, the superintend
ed is building a good home on Lan
■U & rov e lots. There was a rumor
■ ednesday that a contract had been
■ enlarge the mill building, but
■>e rumor could not be substantiated.
■, ls seated that the enlargement will
■ ace ’ as Mr. Kluge is in the
■oith no definite date could be se
■ired.
merry oaks news
■ Mis. Clyde Maynard and children
■ concure have been spending a few
s m Merry Oaks with her sister,
H. H. Cotten. |
■-v rs. R. F. p a t e j Monday to go
■ her home.
■H. and Mrs. Jack Little of Gulf
■ rl ‘-uaday afternoon with Mr. John
■tie of Merry Oaks. i
■f* . Bstller Partin spent several'
K?r W1 a , her sister ’ Mrs - Ben Jones - i
■ s ’ /Adelaide Holt of near New
■b v i lu - * s spending this week
■T’ t l Ves Merry Oaks. I
■ f. * L Reynolds of Merry Oaks \
■U *s brother of Moore county are :
■u llg at Wrights-ville Beach this
THE CHATHAM RECORD
BRICK HAVEN NEffS |
| Brick Haven, July 26.—Mrs. Mary
1 Mills Johnson spent the week-end
with Misses Cecil and Geneva Sea
vveli of Carthage.
Mrs. A. R. Lawrence who has been
taking treatment at Mary Elizabeth
Hospital will return to her home
here today much improved.
Mrs. Hettie Richardson after a two
weeks stay here with her sister, Mrs.
N. f. Overby, returned to her home at
Raleigh yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Farrell and chil
dren of Aberdeen were week-end
guests of relatives here.
Mr. David Thomas of Durham
spent a while with friends here re
cently.
Messrs J. C. Seawell, W. O. Mills,
tnd C. S. Harrington employees of
j the Cherokee Brick Co. here narrowly
■ escaped serious injuries one day last
week in a near-accident with some
, runaway cars. Mr. Harrington who
I has not been able to resume his work
j will go to the hospital today for an
'X-Ray. We hope there will, be no
serious trouble found, and that he will
soon be ail right.
Miss Ruth Kennedy spent Sunday
j with Miss Olivia Harmon of the Uni
, versify summer school of Chapel Hill.
| Quite a number from here attend
! ed the all-day services at the Hay-
I wood Presbyterian church yesterday
'and enjoyed the program very much.
! Mrs. A. P. Harrington who has been
spending the last few days with her
parents of Bonsai has returned home,
i The C. E. Society which was held at
Buckhorn last Wednesday afternoon
and evening was one of the most
pleasant so far. Mrs. Parker was the
hostess. The girls met in the after
noon and did some serving for the
family of Mr. Farrell who lost his
home and all the furniture and wear
. ing apparel by fire recently, then came
the swimming party. Later in the
evening the boys and ether members
of the C. E. were present. Delicious
refreshments were served by the so
cial committee.
Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Cotten are all
smiles—its a laughing girl!
FEASTING ON ROUTE TWO
(Contributed)
Mr. and Mrs. G. G. Lutterloh had
200 or 300 people at their home ja st j
Friday night to enjoy themselves eat
• ng ice cream, talking, laughing and
listening to fine string music. Mr. |
; Lutterloh is a big hearted man, a good
; farmer, and a man who loves his
church and preacher, pays well, and j
believes in having a good time. ITe
had $5 worth of ice.
Monday evening Mrs. D. E. Crutch
field gave her Sunday school class six j
gallons of ice cream, and Mrs. H. M. J
Marshall likewise gave a treat of i
cream and lemonade to her class of lit -1
tie folk. Also on Monday evening;
Mrs. R. G. Terry’s class had an ice
cream supper at the home of Mr. C.
W. Lutterloh.
I There cannot be many in this com
munity who have not been cooled oft*,
and all who went to these social gath- j
erings had a good time and feel near
i er to each other.
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FREE TYPHOID VACCINATION ,
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All Physicians in County Authorized
by Commissioners to Vaccinate
at County’s Expense
All the physicians in the county (
| are authorized by the county commis- j
sioners to give typhoid fever vacci- \
nation free to applicants. The coun- j
j ty has agreed to pay the pby sicians
25 cents for each subject. But as 1
there are three injunctions at vary
j ing times, it reduces the cost per in
• jection to 8 1-3 cents, a price that does
j not justify the physicians in losing
much time at the business. Accord
ingly, they will probably fix certain
days and h.-urs for the work and Dr.
|W. B. Chapin has already fixed his
places and dates as follows:
! Pittsboro, Wednesdays, August 4,
,' 11, 18, and 25, 10 to 12 o’clock.
| Bynum, Thursdays, August 5, 12,
1 19, and 26, Ito3p. m. j
j Tell everybody about this, as it is
an important matter. One case of
tyuhoid fever in a community is a
serious thing.
THE MIMS REUNION
Corinth, N. C.—On last Thursday
afternoon, with baskets filled with
everything good to eat, we' all loaded
| up our cars and drove up above the
Lockville bridge near the dam for a
picnic.
All the children and grandchildren
were present except the oldest son,
J. Avery Mims and his five children,
who are in New Mexifco.
This reunion was quite an enjoyable
one.
The grown people enjoyed talking!
while the younger ones waded and
made dams in the edge of the water.
About 5:30 o’clock was when the
real picnic began. While some were
: making lemonade others were spread
! ing the table.
The youngsters vtere not long get-J
ting out of the writer when the ice
began to jingle in the buckets of lem
onade.
! After supper delicious nut cream
was served.
| Such reunions help to promote hap
pier acquaintanceship and love a
mong kinsfolk. Let us hope to have
I one each year. i
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Mrs. L. N. Womble and children
spent Tuesday of last week at
Wrights Ville Beach,
PITTSBORO, N. C., CHATHAM COUNTY, THURSDAY, JULY 29, 1526
MISS STURDIVANT HONORED
The following clipping from the
Wilmington Star will be of interest to
friends of Miss Nell Sturdivant, for
merly of Bynum, who was married
Tuesday to Mr. Ernest L. Eakins:
“Miss Oneida Hewlett charmingly
entertained at a miscellaneous shower
Friday evening honoring Miss Nell
Sturdivant, whose marriage to Earn
est Linwood Eakins takes place on
July 27. Each guest was provided
with rice when the bride-elect entered
she was showered completely with a
down pour of rice. A color scheme of
rose, white and green was carried out.
“A Cupid Pie” contest was played,
and the prize, a box of linen handker
chiefs was won by Miss Berneta
Aman. To the strains of Lohengrin
little Miss Eleanor Mae Simpkins en
tered pulling an express wagon draped
with white crepe paper, and filled to
capacity with many useful and beau
tiful gifts, which she so gracefully
pi esented to the bride-elect. Little
Miss Simpkins dressed as a bride,
wore a lovely dress of white organdy
with a long veil draped across her
Head with a wreath of orange blos
soms and carried a small bouquet of
sweetheart roses. A delicious ict
course was served.
Miss Hewlett’s guests included
Misses Nell Sturdivant, Nina Spoon
er, Hazel Smith, Lucille Smith, Vera
Stanley, Florence Jones, Berneta
Aman, Margaret Aman, and Mes
dames J. M. Simpkins, E. A. Eakins,
E. L. Spooner, H. C. Davis, S. C. Hew
lett, A. L. White, W. f>. Lennon and
C. M. Kelly.
Quarterly Meeting At Mt. Zion
The quarterly meeting of the Pitts
boro circuit will be field at Mt. Zion
church Sunday and Monday. Rev. J.
D. Sunday, P. E., will preach Sunday
afternoon at 3:30, also Monday at 11
a. m. There will be dinner of the
ground. Business session after din
ner.
TONSIL AND ADENOID CLINIC
Under Auspices of State Board of
Health at Pittsboro August 17-20
There will be held a clinic for chil
dren between the ages of six and
twelve inclusive, at Pittsboro on Aug
ust 17, 18, 19, and 20, for operation cn
tonsils and adenoids. The clinic will
.be held under the auspices of the
! State Board of Health. There will be
present eight registered nurses, a
competent physician to give ether and
j a specialist to operate. Total cost
$12.50 for each child, but absolutely
free in needy cases.
School building at Pittsboro.
! Make engagement early with Coun
ty Superintendent Thompson.
ASBURY NEWS
I There will be a Home Coming at
J Mays Chapel church Sunday all day
j services. Dinner on the ground.
I Everybody invited.
' Mr. V. C. Simerson who has been
seriously ill is somewhat improved.
i Mr. Durant Simerson, of Philadelphia, ;
■ was called home today (Tuesday) to j
' see his father, Mr. V. C. Simerson,!
| who has been very ill.
i Mr. Willie Johnson will leave for
! Boston, Mass, Friday.
There was a family reunion at Mr.
'W. B. F. Johnson’s Sunday. A nice
• time was reported.
! Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Woody gave an
ice cream supper Tuesday night in
honor of thefr sister, Miss Bessie Rey
nolds of Carthage. The following j
were present: Messrs. Walter Moffitt, i
Walter Goldston, George, Edgar and
' Hughey Alexander, Wade Goldston,
! William Ellis, Houston Alexander,
i Hurley Cheek, Hubert and T. M. John
' son, Lawson Fields, Ben Burke of
i Goldston; Clarence Johnson, Lawson
Johnson, Roy Stedman, Ralph Phil
lips of Asbury; Misses Nannie Maud
Dunlap, Oma Andrews of Bonlee;
■ Margaret Goldston, Louise and Fran
ces Ellis, Ina Goldston, Kriebel Tyson,
Mary Womble and Bernice Elkins of
Goldston; Bronna and Estelle Johnson
of Asbury.
Little Miss Smantha Gunter who
has been sick is better.
Miss Viola and Eva Smith of
Greensboro has been visiting their sis
; ter, Mrs. C. F. McCormick has re
! turned to their home in Greensboro.
Mr. Colon Pattishall and Mr. Brant
* ley Myers were visitors in Sanford
Sunday evening.
Miss Ethel Williams has returned
home from Durham.
Misses Bronna and Estelle Johnson
spent the week-end at Goldston with
Miss Elizabeth Hester.
Mrs. J. H. Williams is leaving for
S. C. the last of this week to visit
her daughter Mrs. Hubert Brown.
Mr. and Mrs. Marsh Johnson has
moved to Farmville.
Mrs. Eva Woody spent Monday af
ternoon viath Mrs. L. D. Johnson.
Everybody was glad to see the nice
rain Friday and Saturday.
There will be Epworth League at
Asbury Methodist church Sunday eve
ning at seven o’clock. Everybody in
vited.
FORMER CHATHAMITE DEAD
Nev\(s has reached relatives here of
the death on July 8, at Fayette, Mo.,
of Mr. C. S. Neal, a native of this
county and the last surviving uncle
of the late T. M. Bland. Mr. Neal
left the county when quite a young
man. He leaves two sons and two
daughters, but no grandchildren. His
wife, who was Miss Lizzie Brown of
this county, survives her husband. It
has been twenty years since Mr. Neal’s
last visit to his old home.
Miss Evelyn Alston is visiting her
sister at Littleton.
BONLEE NEWS ~
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Woman's Club Has Busy Meeting—A
Surprise Picnic—Old Timers i
Back for Summer—Play To
morrow Night
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The Woman’s Club of Bonlee met 1
with Mrs. A. P. Brooks Wednesday
afternoon, July 21 at three-thirty.'
Even though it was one of the hot- i
test days of the year, there were 17 j
of our 21 members present. The
meeting was presided over by our
president, Mrs. C. C. Brewer, and all
records kept by Miss Myrtle Phillips,
our secretary. Many business mat
ters had to be attended to. After the
business session, ithe meeting was i
thrown open for a general discussion
of the last book in our series, which
was “The Life of Christ” by Giovani |
Papini. The discussion was not very
general, for only a few had read the
book as it is rather large and came
to us at a very busy time with the
average housewife.
At the close of our regular meeting,
little Miss Helen Brooks passed a
round the napkins, and then she, as
sisted by our hostess and her sister,
Miss Ida Dark, very bountifully serv
ed us with tomato sandwiches, cake,
pickle and iced tea. As a favor on
each plate there was a lovely little
pink basket, decorated with pink rose
buds and filled with delicious mints.
Throughout the whole meeting, the
interest of each member in our club
was very evident.
On Friday evening, July 30, there
will be a play given in the Bonlee
High School auditorium, under the
auspices of the Woman’s Club. The
play is being worked up in Siler City
by a noted trained coach who chose
her characters from home talent. The
play, “The Flapper Grandmother,”
will be given at Siler City Thursday
evening and here Friday cv-rfing.
Thursday afternoon, July 22, uc
thirty o’clock, the ladies es the T. E.
L. Sunday school class o” thj Baptist
church gave a surprise pkrr'c supper
to Mrs. Sallie Edwards at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. H. I. Carter.
Both are members of our Home De
partment but have been unable to at
tend Sunday school for some time, and
i the class wanted them to know we
are thinking much of them and hope
they can soon join our active list.
Mr. Taylor Dorsett and daughter,
Mrs. R. J. Watson, cf Durham, came
to the old home here a week or so ago,
where they have opened up “camp”
for a while. Practically ali the chil
dren and grandchildren have joined
them there and are enjoying real
camp life. The people of Bonlee give
them a hearty welcome to our little
village and hope they will stay a
long while.
- TAX RATE THE SAME
In addition to paying the usual bills,
the commissioners at their last ses
sion fixed the same tax rate as that
of last year. They are doing well un
j der the circumstances to keep it at
j the same rate. Several counties are
! confronted with increased school de
, mauds that make higher rates neces
sary.
DEATH AT GOLDSTON
Siler City, July 21.—Coming as a
shock to his family was the death
Monday night of Processor C. L.
I Parker which occurred at his home in
| Goldston at 9 o’clock. Early last
! spring Professor Parker had to re
sign as principal of the Goldston high
school on account of a slight stroke of
paralysis from which he had appar
ently recovered and was attending to
his home affairs as usual until 4
o’clock Monday afternoon when he
was again stricken. The funeral ser
vice was conducted at the home yes
terday afternoon at 4 o’clock by Rev.
E. W. Byerly assisted by Rev. J. L.
Briggs. Interment was made in the
cemetery at the Methodist church, the
pall bearers being high school stu
dents: William Ellis, Samuel Cheek,
Wade Goldston, Walter Moffitt, Edgar
and Ernest Alexander.
Surviving are the widow, who was
Miss Ada Lee Chambers, both she
and Professor Parker being natives of
Illinois, three children, Jean, Patsy
and Gilbert Parker and one brother,
Earle Parker of Decatiir y Issi
Mrs. C. K. Wrenn was called to
Pittsboro early this morning on ac
count of the tragic death of her fa
ther, J. David Womble. The fwieral
service will be conducted tomorrd# af
ternoon at 4 o’clock at Pleasant Hill
Methodist churCh.
MRS. P. rs. ELKINS, Cor.
BIRTHDAY PARTY AT FROSTY
(Intended for last week)
Ben Mann, of Frosty, delightfully
entertained at a birthday party at his
home Saturday evening. Games were
enjoyed after which lemonade, cake
and candy were served.
There were twelve boys and girls
present. They were:
Misses Elizabeth Morgan, Clara and
Mildred Hackney, Kathrine Durham,
Elizabeth and Blanche Mann; Messrs.
Sheldon White, Chapel Hill, Ralph
Morgan, James Strowd, Robert and
Glenn Harris.
MRS. BEN JORDAN DEAD
Mrs. Ben Jordan, of New Hope
township, died Sunday and was buried
at Mount Gilead church Monday at
3 p. m., Rev. R. R. Gordon conducting
the funeral services.
Mrs. Jordan leaves her husband and
three little daughters, aged 13, 10,
and 5.
She was 42 years of age and had
been a member of Mt. Gilead church
a number of years.
OLDER NEW YORK
BEGS FOR LIFE
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( Seeks to Preserve Charm of
Washington Square.
New York.—Hidden away in Wash- !
ington square—one of the iast old
I residential sections of Manhattan—
| are n,an y places of historic interest
i w bK‘h are fighting to retain their ori
! giual state. |
Skycrapers of near-by streets rear
their heads into' the clouds around the
square, but until a few months ago
none dared an invasion. Now its resi
dents and! those of Fifth avenue, which
j begins at the famous Washington
! arch and- is known as the child of
• Washington square, are seeking a zon
ing law amendment to save the cen
ter’s quaint charm.
Early in the 1830 s John Johnston
a Scotchman who lived in Greenwich
street, began looking for a place to
build a new home and selected the
square. He and several friends built 1
a block of houses running from the
northeast corner of Fifth avenue to
University place, and for this reas. «
the .Washington Square association
credits him with being the founder of
the center.
Later, W 7 illiam C. Rhinelander of th*»
famous New York family, built hi-i
home on the opposite side of the avtv
nue, facing the square. These resi
dences of the Georgian style of archi
tecture still stand, though >
have been made in some of them.
Home of Cooper.
The Rhinelander home has been j
converted into an apartment building. ,
Johnston’s granddaughter, Mrs. Rob- !
ert De Forest, resides in his old horn* *
at No. 7.
William Draper, who made the first j
image of a human face on a photo- j
graph, and S. F. li. Morse, who de- j
veloped the telegraph, were faculty ;
members of the New York university,
whose old building stood in the square
many years.
A No. 1 Fifth avenue, is a three- j
story brick house, which once was
Miss Lucy Green’s private school for
girls. On the faculty were Elihu Root,
then a bashful young man; Lyman
Abbott, John Fiske arid John Bige
low.
Mark Twain and Washington Irv
ing lived at No. 27, which now is a
lodging house. Richard Watson Gil
der, editor of the Century, and T. B.
Aldrich, the poet, also lived in the
neighborhood. President Tyler mar
ried Julia Gardner in the First Pres
byterian church at Twelfth street.
The first big town house of Com
modore Vanderbilt was between
Greene and Mercer streets, just oft 1
the square, where business buildings
now stand.
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Paris Police Now Use
Rad IQ i n Their Work
Paris.—The Paris police force UaS
for some time employed radio as au
auxiliary weapon for bringing law
breakers into line. Wireless has taken j
a still more important part In the po- ;
lice system since the f new prefect
came into office. j
The detectlye force of the Seine,
department, wherein the capital is sit- j
bated, now has made special provision
for the newest type of radio apparatus ;
to be and efficient operators
are on constant duty. The new system '
set up In the Palais de Justice, the
vast pile of court buildings on the
banks of the River Seine, which
flows through the heart of Paris, com
prises a central receiving and trans
mitting station, four transmitting re
ceiving stations mounted oh specialty
built automobiles and two ambulance
statteui* power employodf on the
iFSTSTTmitting side Is about 50 Watts.
With the new instrument only a
couple of seconds are required in or
der to get into working trim, where
as with the older instruments some
twenty minutes were necessary ere a
message could be sent A fine per
manent aeriai is in use and in the
police garage nearby in the transmit
ting room is another auxiliary aerial
system.
The four mobile stations have the
flat type of aerial, which can be raised
over the car roof, thus permitting
communication with headquarters
while the brigade Is on the move. A
loud speaker is also attached so that
the operator need not sit all the time
with the head phones on.
WOman’s Speech Restored
by Visit From Sister
Corning, N. Y.—The shock of see
ing a sister from whom she had been
separated for 45 years, restored speech
to Mrs. Betty Lundgren of this city,
who in consequence of two paralytic
shocks, had been unable to talk.
When Mrs. Lundgren met her sister,
Mrs. Anna Bloomquist of Chicago, she
was so startled that she began to
speak. Her restored speech is nearly
normal.
Prof. George Harmon, who has been
teaching history in the Lake Junalus
ka branch of the Duke summer
school, is at his mother’s home for a
short while. His sister Miss Ola, who
attended the session at Lake Juna
luska, is also at home.
VOL 48. NO.
MARSH-JOHNSON REUNION
Or Sunday July 25th, the Marsh-
Johnson reunion was v held at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. F. John
| son in Oakland township.
Mrs. Johnson is the youngest child
I of the late Absalom and Mary Butler
Marsh of Cumberland county and she
and a brother, Mr. Marcus Lafayette
Marsh of Cumebrlanm are the only
surviving members of a family of
eight.
j Mr. Rbsalom Marsh, the father,
served in both the Mexicon and Civil
wars. He saw Santa Anna, the Mex
ican general, several times. In the
Civil War he was past the fighting
age but was active as a deserter hunt
er and as a commissary sergeant; he
was in service during the whole time
getting home after a band of Sher
man’s men had raided his home. The
mother had remained at home and
with the help of the small children
and one or two servant girls, who
were faithful till the close, had raisedi
sufficient crops to feed the family and
I stock during the war and had quite
an amount of corn carried off by the
raiders from the North.
The descendants of this brave and
courageous couple can not fail to
show what their foundation is.
At noon a most bountiful dinner
was spread on the lawn where rela
tives and friends mingled together
and as they enjoyed the good food,
recalled reminiscences of the family..
In the afternoon the company
broke up into groups, the children
playing games, the older ones sitting
|by conversing’, while some of the
i young people visited places of inter
| est in the vicinity.
1 The families decided to make this
\ reunion an annual meeting which will
| be held at the different homes. Next
: year it is going- to the home of Mr.
! S. J. Rowell in Brunswick county.
J Those attending this most happy
| occasion were:
j Mr. Marcus L. Marsh, Miss Mar-*
j garet Marsh, Mr. Pogue Marsh, Mr.
and Mrs. Vance Marsh and sons, Al-
Mr. and Mrs.govwherevae3ur-J.HTHT
j len, J. V., Wilson, and Franklin;
| Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Pate and children,
Jewel, Elizabeth, Mary, Alige, G. C.,
Jr., and William Verdery, and Miss
Leta Pate, all of Cumberland; Miss
Swanie Haire, Cedar Creek; Mrs. Wal
ter McDonald and daughters, Mildred
; and Margaret and son, Hansell of
! White Oak; Dr. and Mrs. L. M. Fox
and Mr. Guy Fox of Ashebcro; Mrs.
Samantha Gilmore, Mrs. Lilias Brown
and daughters, Misses Annie, Lilias
and Mabel Currie ,of Sanford; Mr. and
Mrs. Stout, Ramseur; Miss Annie
Howell, Peachland; Mr. Lawson Fields
Goldston; Mr. Robert Goodwin, Apex;
Mr. W. R. Johnson, Hingham, Mass.;
Mr. and Mrs. J. Lee Harmon, Pitts
boro; Mr. and Mrs. W. B. F. Johnson;
Miss Margaret Johnson, Mr. and Mrs.
A. M. Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Johnson and children, Lestor, Virginia
j Winfred and Linwood, Miss Florence
' Stedman and Mr. Roy Stedman all of
| Oakland,
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; Mrs. Ferguson is almost as good as
i her word. She dared Moody, her
youthful opponent for the Democratic
. nomination for governor, to resign as
! attorney-general if she beat him by
; 25,000, assuring him that she would
resign if Moody beat her by even one
|vot.e. Moody beat her the other day
by more than 100,000, and Ma has
! stated that she will resign about Nov.
i 1, after a special session of the leg-
I islature which she is calling has ad
i journed. But Moody says she should
| quit right now according to the terms
of her dare.
. '■*'**!
RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT
By the Missionary Society of Em
maus Baptist Church
To write properly of Sister Eleanor
Copeland Daffron would require the
best there is in literary ability. None
of us feel equal to the task. Hence,
these lines can afford only a partial
picture of this quiet peaceable good
woman. ’*4}
Sister Daffrofi Was .feofifi December
8, 1853. She professed faith in Christ
about thirty-five years ago and joined
Emmaus Baptist church, and has been
a meek and lowly follower of our
blessed Savior ever since. She was
quiet, peaceable, and unassuming in
her home and community. Never
harming any one by word or act, but
walking humbly before God, and with
no enmity in her heart towards any
one, her desire to love and help every
one she knew and could.
She passed quietly away from us
May 7, 1926 in her 73rd year to join
her devoted husband, who had pre
ceded her to the better land only about
two months previous. She, as well as
Brother Daffron, are missed greatly
in our church and community. They
were on time at church at every
preaching service unless providential
ly kept away, always willing to help
support the church and aid in any way
. Hey could. They were married Sep
tember 3, 1871. To this union were
born 5 children.
In the light of the foregoing facts
we, as the Missionary Society of their
chfirch, submit the following resolu
tions:
First, That we have sustained a
great loss in the death of Sister Daff
ron.
''Second, That we bow in humble sub
mission to our Heavenly Father who
doeth all things well.
Third, That these resolutions be
written on our church minutes, pub
lished in the various papers and that
a copy be sent to the family.
MRS. W. F. JONES
MRS. C. N. JUSTICE
MRS. G. M. CLARK,
Committee.