CRUSHED SEPTEMBER 19, 1878. ■any suits up in ■past two weeks Irt Lasts Two Weeks But ■ Larqe Part of Time Taken I |jp with Sturdivant and Bean Cases Iher important SUITS ■Court adjourned Friday afternoon Ith a good many of the cases dock- K>d untried because of the disruption ■ t he docket by the drawing out of Bn or three cases. The Sturdivant M se took up a large part of the first BTae case eliciting the most interest Be lasi week was that of Postmaster B A* Purvis of Bennett against for- B. :. postmaster J. W. Bean for the ■duction of a daughter. The case Bnsumed a good deal of the court’s Hr.e and was not completed when ■e' Record went to press. Purvis suing for SIO,OOO. He was Qyfrded 3.000. A large number of litizens of the western part of mty were here as witnesses, ng other cases disposed of were Against Carolina Power and Company for the death of Fred who was killed while in the of the company. The power iv was represented by Euark letcher, Pou and Pou, W. L. and R. F. Phillips of Raleigh, j this array of attorneys, the ly agreed to compromise, and itate of Griffin was awarded damages. Siler and Barber ;nted the plaintiff. , the suit of Lillie Mims a- G. C. Morris for injuries in omobile accident was compro with the award of $2500.00 to intiff. By the same compromise dims got nothing, county school board and the )ity school board won in a suit it by the A. T. Griffin Co. ior | >2, an alleged balance due on j al for the Siler City school, case of the Goidston Manufac- j Company against J. R. Elkins ;ferred to Cleik E. B. Hatch to his findings at the next term th parties objected to the refer md demanded a jury trial. Edwards had to pay $87.50 1 county for damages to one of may ears in a collision. Ed got nothing for damages to FR OTATHAMTTE HOLDS | MILY REUNION AT VASS f: .lowing clipping from the hot will interest old friends ci hn A. Gunter: he 31st of July, the children and-children of John A. Gunter, ; the home of T. K. Gunter, lildren are Nina Bryan, Dur- T. Rennie Gunter, Vass: Kar unter, Tampa, Fla.; Edward Gunter, Richmond, Va.; Alon 3unter, West Palm Beach, Fla. management of the occasion urned over to Mrs. Johanna n, of Aberdeen. All present most enjoyable time, talking dildhood Pays and recalling in- the days that are gone. At 1 clock supper was announced filed into the dining room and Bats around a table laden with indance of good things to eat. Hardin Gunter, in returning for the blessings which had bestowed upon the gathering, y ery feelingly and expressed Pe that those present would be to meet in other reunions. The luer of the evening was devot music, singing, dancing, plays, general good time. • H K. Gunter was given much tor the bounteous repast, praise was shared with Mrs. 1 hunter, who ably assisted, present at the reunion were irl A * J* Gunter and Jit - T ’rr A^ ne ’ West Palm Beach, » p » Bt ?’ Tampa ’ Fla - : M, -i • L. A. Gunter and children, Lanie Ruth, Aber- and Mrs. T. K. Gunter and Eess ie, Mildred, T. K„ Jr., S ret > Vass; Mrs. J. J. Bryan }/ en , Grace and Pauline, Dur f'v-'. a ? d rs - E. F. Gunter and S dolyn ’ Richmond, Va.; Mrs. j ? n ’x Aberdeell » alld th e n A gU p S L J °hn A. Gunter. ! ‘ Gu . n t er is justly proud of substanr 1 h - a^ e devel °ped into* 'ogr made s P len - 1 v-or T } n their choseen lines of; Ay® hoys are members of! u part^ de i- A]l •» ™-! being £ t ? e cburcb > the five nd ar tUr es hyterians and the urch l/ in the Method-! id-Pn n » r ® c tionately knoWn as at a?\ J ° hn A * Gunter has ar to look ? n °f able old age, privi vell snnnf upon a youth that ’ecasioJn and t 0 gather around :omma*vi A, a B’ rou P of children i them* u res P ect °f ah who I bego a L *f e experiences a joy I increase! deSCripti ° n * May his uad x OUr Men Captured ;sf u fe and de Puties made a Mondav Eear Creek town n Pbiliip s W p er V th *? ca Ptured st PhiPm?’ Eufus Phillips, and ast twn'Z at a still in operation, ’ Cs «P«l b hnf' JUniUS A!lCn - a peu but wag captured that aliens oftl a . r ° in iai! ' Abcut' - otci was poured out. The Chatham Record FIND MORE WONDERS OF ANCIENT EMPIRE i! Explorers Dig Up Fascinating Mayan Art. ~ El Paso, Texas.—More wonders of the long-buried Mayan empire have been revealed. Although many square' miles still are blanketed by soil and i jungle growth at Chichen Itza, Yuca-i; tan, the expedition of the Carnegie in stitution of Washington has just ac complished there its greatest year’s work in baring the splendors of the:; Mayau empire after centuries of aban-, i don men t, according to Prof. Sylvanus ! G. Morley, director of excavations. .! He told of the season’s discoveries in passing through here on his way to Santa Fe, N. M., to complete his formal report. After the third sea son of excavation Prof. Morley lias suspended work until the end of the rainy season next January. The expedition discovered some j marvelously colored, well preserved ! mural carvings, the brilliant yellow, green and red shades of which had ; retained their beauty for seven cen- ! turies. j Carved human figures, which in an- i eient times adorned the cornices of ■ temples overlooking what Prof. Mor- | ley asserts was one of the greatest civilizations tiie world has ever known, were lifted from where they i crashed to the ground as time de- i stroyed the magnificent temples and 1 were carefully pieced together by the j scientists forming the Carnegie stats at Chichen Itza. The Temple of Warriors there, Prof. Morley said, is one of the finest speci mens of the beautifully proportioned, ! esthetic ancient architecture of North j America. Excavations about it were 1 practically completed. Striking fig ures of giant serpents were replaced in their original resting places again surrounded by friezes of grotesquely shaped eagles and jaguars, just as they stood in ancient times. More than fifty carved columns, forming a portion of a giant colon nade flanking the Temple of Warriors, were cleaned of the dense growth which had Covered them for centuries. CAPITOL DECORATED Now that congress has vacated the capitol, the work of redecorating the , interior Is under way. Charles A. Whipple, noted artist, has been re tained to retouch many of the valu able paintings that adorn the walls of the building. No Girl Too Young to Teach, Nebraska Edict Lincoln, Neb. —In Nebraska a girl Is never too young to teach. That is the dictum of the Supreme court in its ruling that Anne Joyce, fifteen, and Mrs. Darline Johnson, seventeen, are entitled to teachers’ certificates from the department of public instruction. The young women carried their case to the Supreme court after Superin- 1 tendent Masteen of the department; had declined to issue certificates cause of their youth, although both were recognized as properly qualified in training. Miss Joyce was fourteen when she applied for her certificate, after hav ing been graduated from high schooL and completed two years’ work at the state normal school. — » Roast Pig and Dressing j National Dish of Cuba : Havana, Cuba.—Cuba’s national dish is roast pig. The pig, 20 to 40 pounds on the hoof, is stuffed with a dressing made with a bread base, to which is added ' spices to suit the individual taste. It ■ takes the place of honor on “Noche j Buena” (Christmas eve) instead of i the familiar American turkey on \ Christmas day. The most popular dish is chicken i and rice. The chicken is stewed and j the rice steamed separately. They j are combined with a few strips of a j mild red pepper grown in Cuba and ; placed in an earthenware dish and baked. Sometimes eggs or saffron are added to the rice. __ PITTSBORO, N. C., CHATHAM COUNTY, THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 1926 VINCENNES TO BUY FT. SACKVILLE SITE Want Land for Geo. Rogers Clark MemoriaL Vincennes, Ind. —The city of Vin cennes has just taken the first formal action for purchase of part of the site of old Fort Sackville, in the pass age of an ordinance by the city coun cil, under suspension of the rules, for the issuance of $40,000 of bonds with ■which to make the purchase. Several weeks ago the Vincennes citizens leading in the movement for the George Rogers Clark sesqui cen tennial obtained, options on the prop erty for the city of Vincennes. Mayor Claude Gregg and his board of public works has now ordered the options closed, and notice has been given to the owners that the purchases will be consummated. The property to be bought by the city of Vincennes includes the Eml son warehouse at First and Vigo streets and all the property of the same depth between Vigo and Barnett streets, including the St. John’s hotel. As soon as the city acquires the titles to the property, the buildings will be razed, and the ground pre pared for beautification. The George Rogers Clark sesqui centennial commission, headed by William Fortune of Indianapolis, is planning for the sesquicentennial ob servance of the capture of Fort Sack ville by George Rogers Clark, in 1928 and 1929, as the major part of its program for observance of the one hundred fiftieth anniversary of the conquest of the old northwest terri tory by Clark. Capture Came as Climax. The capture of the fort at Vin cennes was the great heroic and im portant military event of the whole revolution west of the Allegheny mountains. It was the climax of the campaign led by Clark which shat tered British control of the region north of the Ohio river. It Is the purpose of the commis sion to purchase the remainder of the old fort site, and the erection thereon of the national memorial to Clark. Other plans of the commission pro vide for a historical pageant portray ing the important events of the Clark campaign, as well as early pioneer life, and for celebrations at other places in Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky and Illinois where events of the Clark expedition occurred. —j Collie Hikes 1,700 Miles in Returning to Home ITenton Harbor, Mich. —A distance of 1,700 miles, a journey of a day and a half through mountains and across two river courses were not enough to prevent Pal, a four-year old collie, from returning to his Ben ton Harbor home from Florida, where he had gone With his master. The trip to Florida was made last spring. Three Weeks after arriving there, Pal disappeared. Four weeks later he reappeared in l Benton Har bor. Pal had dropped in weight from 72 to 55 pounds, and his claws Were worn smooth from his travels, but he was as glad to get home as though he merely had been making a night’s journey. U. S. Offer# 1,196,353 Timber Acres for Sale Washington. — Offering for sale of ripe timber on 1,196,353 acres of re maining land formerly a part of the grant to the Oregon & • California railroad and of approximately 93,000 acres of land formerly a part of the Coos Bay Wagon company grant in Oregon was announced by the Inte rior department. Sale of the timber lands will be made at auction' when prospective purchasers request that any particular tract be offered. The land included in the j Oregon & California grant is located In 18 counties and contains nearly 84,000,- 000,000 feet of timber, board measure. Earth Slowing Up New York. —The earth is slowing up. Tidal friction acts on it like brake shoes on a car wheel, but Prof. Richard S. Lull says there’s no rea son to worry. Healthy Triplets New York.—The healthiest triplets that the stork ever left at Bellevue hospital are the daughters of Mrs. Irene Small, twenty-six. Each weighs five pounds. Yawn Locks Jaws Beacon, N. Y. —Miss Josephine Smith yawned and something happened. Her jaws locked and for two hours her mouth remained wide open. Dr. George Jennings tried ordinary meth ods to make her shut her mouth, but finally sent her to a hospital, where she was given an anesthetic and her jaws dosed by force. She suffered no permanent injury, Graded Tamworth-Duroc Pigs, eight v-eeks old, for sale. J. R* Milliken, Pittsboro. Moncure News Letter Born to Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Hohnes, a boy. Mr. E. Beddoes of Raleigh, N. C., was in town one day last week. Mr. J. R. Ray, the prosperous mer chant of Lockville, will attent the “Ford Speeders” at Charlotte, N. C., this week. Mrs. J. R. Ray clerked for sometime this summer at Mr. Ray’s store, but Miss Lizzie Sasser of Mt. Gilead, N. C., has been secured in her place. Rev. Fletcher Womble of Newton, N. C., is visiting his sister, Mrs. Mary Barringer, and brother, Mr. J. J. Womble this week. Capt. J. H. Wissler returned home today, Monday, after spending some time at Cedar Springs, Va. Mrs. Nell Brown and children of Liberty, N. C., are visiting Mrs. Daisy Lambeth this week. Mrs. W. R. Lawson and little son, Billy, are visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Brady, this week. There was a fire in town last Fri day about six o’clock. The building that contained the boiler of the plan ing- mill caught from spark? of the smoke-stack which ignited rhe shav ings of the lumber, ine building was covered with tin on top and on the sides, so it seemed to crush and check s he fire considerably, so no other bidding caught from it and the air was very still too. It was a great loss, but insurance will about cover it. The water truck from Pittsboro was phon ed for and much water was used to keep the fire from spreading. The Epworth League n et last Sun day evenng at eight o’clock with the president, Miss Catherine Thomas in the chair. Miss Amey Womble was leader for the evening and the sub ject for the evening was the “Charac ter of God.” A nice crowd was pres ent and the meeting was enjoyed very much. Mr. Robert Clegg of Hrlet, N. C., spent last week-end with his brother, Mr. A. 3. Clegg and sister, Mrs. R. A. Speed. Misses Olis and Lucile Addison are visiting relatives at Toccoa, Ga., for sometime. BRICK HAVEN NEWS Mr. and Mrs. 0. C. Kennerly ac companied by their guests, Mr. and Mrs. Penick Smith of Raleigh, spent the week-end at White Lake. Misses Mary Bland and Mabel Thomas of Pittsboro were the week end here of Mrs. A. P. Har rington. Mrs. J. H. Overby and children spent Sunday with relatives of Mc- Culters. They were accompanied also by Mr. and Mrs. N. G. Overby and little Jewell Lane Overby. Mr. O. C. Kennerly is spending this week at Norfolk and other interesting points on the Atlantic Coast. Mrs. A. H. M?.rks and family of Acme were here during the week-end attending the Avent reunion. Miss Ruth Kennedy has returned S:om a week’s stay with her aunt, Mrs. VV. L. Curtis of Ahoskie. Misses Annie Utley, Louise Har rington and Mr. W. A. Griffin will leave tomorrow for Wrightsville Beach whre they expet to spend a few days. Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Harrington and j Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Overby and chil ' dren will also leave fer Wrightsville i the latter part of the week. The revival services will begin at Buckhorne Methodist Church tonight at 8 o’clock. Services on other days at 3 P. M. and again in the evening. The pastor, Mr. Duval will conduct the services. Mrs. Griffin, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Barbee, and Miss Petty of Durham were week-end guests here of Mr. W. A. Griffin. Little Roland Cross, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Cross of Corinth, seems to be getting on nicely following an operation for appendicitis, 'fh'e little fellow was seriously ill for a few days but relatives and friends are now hopeful of his recovery. Roy Dickens, the eldest son oF Mr. Coley Dickens, who lives near here, died at Mary Elizabeth hospital aftd was buried at Christian Chapel ceme tery last Friday. Roy was a quiet, good boy and we shall miss him in our school here. Blush Is Rare Munich. —Blushing is rare nowa days and may arouse suspicion, in the words of a Bavarian judge, but it is not evidence of guilt. And so the con viction of a shy youth, who was much confused when . a stenographer ac cused him of theft; has been reversed. t Sober, Brave, Agile, J I Free, Is Bedouin Code T T Salkhad, Djebel Druse. —So- X ber as a camel, brave as a lion, X T agile as the gazelle, and more j] X than all of them free and inde- X T pendent, is the description T X which the Bedouin, son of the X T desert, applies to himself. .j. X “True as a die,” is an addi- J *L tion which Naekri Bey, one of J. t tiie most powerful chiefs of the t X Bedouin tribesmen in Trans- X T jordania, would like to have *f* added to the description. X T For centuries the Bedouins r X have conducted raids on their X neighbors, playing no favorites T •j* and sparing no one. The Druses X themselves, great warriors that T they are, receive frequent vis- X X its from tiie flying horsemen. X *l* i U ■l—— - GAS WILL PROPEL largest zeppelin; ___________ Germans Start Drive forj Funds to Complete It. Friedrlchshafen, Germany.—Work Is progressing favorably on the world’s largest Zeppelin-type dirigible, half again as large as the Los Angeles and designed to test the feasibility of trans-Atlantic passenger and packet service. The dirigible will be the first to be propelled by gas instead of a liquid fuel, an epoch-making invention cred ited to the Zeppelin works chemist, Doctor Lempertz. It will be named the ,4 L. Z. 127.” Dr. Hugo Eckener, commander of the Los Angeles on the flight from Fried richs!) afen to Lakehurst in October, 1924, is in charge of the construction. The air giant will cost approximately $1,300,000, being raised by popular subscription. Doctor Eckener said the hydrogen content of the gas bag will be 3,800,- 000 cubic feet, exceeding that of the Los Angeles by 1,400,000 cubic feet. It will be slightly longer than the Los Angeles and propelled by five 420- horse-power Maybach motors. The gas fuel, the exact composition of which remains secret, Doctor Eckener said, is more efficient than gasoline or benzol and will simplify navigation by eliminating difficulties arising from carrying heavy loads of liquid fuel and from manipulating the gas-bag content or ballast to make up for fuel consumption. The dirigible is expected to be com pleted about August, 1927, though less than half the cost has been raised. A renewed patriotic effort to raise the remainder of the money is to be made this summer. Boy Battles Seal to Save Life of Pet Dog New York.—The almost boundless affection of a boy for his pet dog, coupled with a fight for life between the dog and a young seal that almost resulted in the drowning of both dog and master, furnished the material for a thrilling afternoon for Nelson Hoeft,' fourteen-year-old student, and his dog Dignity Kid. Dignity Kid and his young master for a romp along Baker’s beach. Just off shore near some rocks • a young seal was disporting Itself, and Dignity Kid made for the seal. With a joyful yelp he swung onto the seal’s starboard flipper. • *s. There was a series of quick canine yelps of pain, then the seal and dog disappeared. In a moment the dog’s head appeared above water and he started struggling toward the beach. The seal had fastened its teeth in his hind leg. • ’*?."*» wvRSkJ* Nelson plunged in the surf, armed with a short stick. Unmindful of the facial scratches he received as Dig nity Kid’s paws struck him while struggling to shake the seal off, Nel son wrapped one arm around the dog and with the stick reached down and made a quick lunge that broke the seal’s hold. Nelson was sixty yards from shore and tiring rapidly. He was unable to make lt r but he refused to let go his pet. He called for help. Jack Bernstein and Louis Texter, both members of Company L, Thir tieth infantry, were swimming at the other end of Baker’s beach. They heard tiie cries and in a moment had both boy and dog ashore. SwoYcl That Opened Way Info Florida, 1565, Back New York.—-The sword that led the way of civilization into Florida came back to America recently, after an absence of more than three centuries. The sword is that carried by Pedro Menendez de Aviles, Spanish mariner, who founded St. Aqgustine in 1565. It was carried down a gangplank from the liner Manuel Arnus by Cesar de Madariaga, royal commissioner gen eral from Spain to the Sesquicenten nial exhibition at Philadelphia. The weapon, with a blade feet long, has been in the Naval museum at Madrid since its owner died. With the sword came a collection of tapestries and Spanish art, valued at $30,000,000, all- to be exhibited in the Andalusian pavilion at the ses quicentennial. Plane’s Right to Fly Over Farm Upheld Lincoln, Neb.—A temporary injunc tion to prevent an aircraft corpora tion’s planes from flying over the premises of Emil Glatt, whose farm adjoins the flying field, has been de nied by District Judge Stewart. In addition to the injunction Glatt asked SIO,OOO damages. He com plained that noise of the airplane motors frightened his chickens, dis turbed his rest, produced nervousness and was detrimental to his general health. The Brooks Reunion The annual reunion of the Brooks family will be held August 26 at the old Marion Brooks place off the Siler City-Pittsboro highway. All family connections are invited to come and bring baskets. VOL. 48. NO ROBBED AND WOUNDED WHILE COMING HOME Robert A. Tysor, on Way from New York to His Old Home Near Cumnock, Falls Into the Hands of Bandit Youths A dispatch from Richmond of Aug ust 11 tells how Robert A Tysor, a native Chathamite, came near losing his life at the hands of two scoun drels whom he had given a ride. The young man was on his way to the home of his father Robert Y. Tysor, neear Cumnock. The dispatch fol lows : Richmond, Va., Aug. 11.—Robert Avon Tysor, 25, of 118 West 97th street, New York city, was held up md robbed today by two Philadel phia youths whom he had given a ift in his car while he was motor ing from New York to his old home near Cumnock, N. C. The affair was staged on the Bowl ing Green road, eight miles north of Ashland, Va. After releiving him of lis gold watch and $26 in cash, the youths bound and gagged Tysor, eaving him on the roadside and drove off in his car toward Richmond. Just is they were leaving him one took a zrack at his head with a revolver, grazing his scalp. They were inter cepted here as they drove into the jity, police having been notified of he holdup. The youths made a clean oreast of the affair. They gave their names as George Walsh, steam fitter, 19, of 5644 Montrose avenue and Lin icas Prince, 19, of 1102 South Fifty- Seventh street, Philadelphia. They were seated in a park at Fifty-seventh and Baltimore avenue, west Philadelphia, when Tysor pass ed, asking the road to Baltimore. They requested him to give them a lift in the same direction and he readily agreed to accommodate them. Tysor was found on the roadside by a delegate enroute to the Mystic Order of Samaritans in convention here and was brought to Richmond. The wound on his head bled rather irofusely and it was necessary for him to receive medical treatment here at Memorial hospital. He has been working far the past year and half for Sheffield Farms, a dairy concern of 524 West 57th street, New York, and was en route to North Carolina to spend a vacation of several weeks. His father, Robert Y. Tysor, is a well to do farmer of Chatnam coun ty, near Cumnock. Tysor hoped to be able to proceed cn his journey to North Carolina tomorrow. The two youths will be taken to Hanover county for trial. A black jack was found on one and a pistol on the other. Police recovered Tysor’s watch and money from them. They had not molested his suitcase in the back of his car. y. • s New Elam News ' * »-■ . —TiTf The revival which had been in progress at Ebenezer Methodist church for a week closed Friday night. Rev. Mr. Watson the pastor did all the preaching through the meeting, delivering two able sermons each day. His sermons were impressive, yet people would not heed them enough to decide to live as he was asking them to. Friday night his touching address was “The End of the Trail.” This was a sad message as he in a touching manner spoke of how hard he had tried to preach the olain gos pel to the people in and around Ebe nezer for the past week. In conclu jion he pictured the “End of the Trail” .—the blind trail. Mr. John W. Drake and his Sunday ichool scholars from Greensboro Christian church were in Chatham Friday and Saturday. They were small boys, they camped in the oak grove at the home of Mr. D. L. Thom as. They went fishing and found plenty of attractions. Mr. Drake is the only son of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Drake of this section. Saturday evening Miss Janice Carr entertained a few friends at the home >f her parents Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Carr. Floy Sturdivant celebrated his eighteenth birthday by inviting quite a number of friends to the home of his parents Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Stur divant. There was a community ice cream supper at the home of Mr. W. S. Brown. Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Mann and chil dren of Broadway are spending the week with Chatham kinsfolk. Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Fonville and children of Durham were Sunday guests of Mr. E. H. Holt and family. Misses Nina and Velma Sturdivant and Mr. Glenn Tysinger motored to Raleigh Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Bynum Tysinger spent Wednesday down in the peach section Thursday. Messrs. S. Jj and E. C. Beckwith visited the peach orchards. Bliss Lois Copeland of Cary visited Miss Inez Ellis last week. Mrs. Paul Farral and little daught er Mary and Miss Jane Moore of near Durham visited Chatham relatives last week. Mrs. Linwood Crowder and two lit tle daughters of Richmond, Va., are guests of relatives in this section, in cluding her aunt Mrs. E. H. Holt. J. R. Sturdivant of Pittsboro spent last week with his parents M. and Mrs. R. F. Sturdivant. Mr. and Mrs. Calvin R. Hearn and Mr. and Mrs. Kemp Goodwin of Lit tle Rock, S. C., are guests for sev eral days of Chatham relatives and friends. Mr. Sandy Marks of Acme spent the week-end with John and Rastus Trulove.- Mrs. Wade Speagle and three chil dren are spending two weeks in Win ston-Salem. A