ESTABLISHED SEPTEMBER 19, 1878 Merry Oaks Items lfic- -Li the Sandhill section m ite i 'Lae/ season. I would not be called Qni for nothing, but when I first Lreed the oranges hanging on the Lees i could not figgsr out what tney 7 se2 to myself that they couldn’t be peaches, coz they were too vailei. a id men it dawned cn me wot they wuz and I felt like a ninny— DO2ll ten, hear! And, hot! Ye Gawds! V»hen I steppe a off the trane pepul stared at j i ; ee I wuz an eskimo and no won c’L.. Rapped in that there blanket looKing coat of mine and a winter hit 1 did not fit into the skeme of things. Honest! pepul were dressed like it wuz July. I didn’t anymore care tho\ I guess them folk tho’t another storm had hit Floridy. There is tragedy lurking ail over this p.ace. I am compelled to relate a little adventure —or not exactly ad \ Aiture: just an incident —which be ieiied me on the trane. I was a sit ting calmly looking out the winder at the beautiful scenery wnen I was dis turbed irom my contimpiation by someone sitting beside 'of me. i didn’t speak a word, nor did she for several minutes. ii.©wever, the omi nous silence wuz broken by her ask ing of me if I wanted to see a bird. 1 never knowed then what s..e meant --of course I thunk it wuz a species o: the winged creture she wan a snaking of—But, I was mistook. She bended me a pictur of a gent in over alls and sed he wuz her nusbafid. I was perlite and sed he wuz very good i looking, whitch wuz a lie. And sne sed he wuz but that he tho’t more of another woman than he did of her ana they had tied the country togeth er. The more agitated she grew the nijiG agitated a feather grew what was pim.ed on her hat. I wuz sorry, but I wuz tickled at the feather and w was a.l I could do to keep from I laughing. If Jennie Connell hadda ■been along we wud have had hys ■w ryes. She must have been a high liociai light because she told me in ■her confessions that she was working ■ ’ui the packing house (that’s where ■L’-sy crate oranges) in Oriandy. ■However, my ant didn’t no her; so B- don’t gess I’ll step out in hign so ■c’ety. Wuss luck. B -Hr. Editor and paw, I hope you B' 1 -c the best success in the world Bwlu your paper and git along K. G. B -thout I. Make Bruce, Nathaniel and Pete work hard. B. ; ' w edo not high-hat me an: j B ;°y' this in Mr. Waste Basket oc- Wt H * am rhure your worthy bunch of ■ -escribers will be intrusted in Flor- ; ; Land of Flowers, Apple ■ Ty CG £ nd Oranges. I must say ttial , ■ - ywhere I go I am dumfounded ai i By. r ‘*aivellous views and scenery. f e dicaiion has been increased 5t ■' ;Ur cent. I est regards to all, * ; ESSIE. ' OFFICERS SWORN IN ■ ~;; Gnda y saw Chatham’s officers for B J tXt two years sworn in. There ■ y one new one —Dr. C. D. Moore 1 le board of county commissioners, ■, a0 SUcc eeds Mr. C. C. Hamlet, who ■ 13 n °t a candidate. Mr. R. J. John- J' - Tvas elected chairman of the ‘ of Court Hatch was ■ n L ‘ n m by ’Squire J. R. Blair and I 9 othcr officers by Mr. Hatch. The Chatham Record SCIENCE ASKS WHAT MAKES BABY GURGLE Picked Group to Be Studied in Ideal Home. ew York.—ln all the thousands of years that fathers and mothers have . watched their children they have never explained how a gurgling babj masters tile sounds that make up hu- I man speech. They have never under- I stood the mysterious process by which one baby blossoms out into a social sort of person liking everybody, while another becomes a shy child, that clings only to a few trusted relatives. They have studied and,, loved and worried over their childrens but even in a nourishing family of lr the par ents could not tell you in what man ner each child’s development was be ing shaped by factors of heredity or environment. Plan to Observe Closely. A systematic attempt to supply Some of the missing information about human development in a normal home is to be started by three specialists In child research here, it has just been announced. Dr. Mary Cover Jones, Miss Edith M. Burdick, a graduate . nurse, and Dr. Harold E. Jones, as l sistant professor of psychology at Co lumbia university, are arranging to assume the care of a group of nor mal and superior children, under con ' ditions as nearly Ideal as possible. The children may in this way be ob r served both day and night, as in an - ordinary household. A wide assort - ment of scientific records of the physi - cal, mental and emotional develop l ment of the children will be made. The number of babies to be ob served will be small, in order that con ditions may be kept like those in a . real home rather than an institution. The group is expected to consist of - six, two of them the young children e of Doctor and Mrs. Jones. The child ¥ personnel of the home has not been 5 finally completed. Doctor Jones said. Sonic are being obtained from par ents who are contributing toward the 3 child’s maintenance, while others are e obtained from charitable organiza- tions. The throe sper'lfir* rr!m® of the proj ect, according so Doctor Jones, are the study of human development in a controlled superior environment: the determination of the best methods of handling children of nursery age. and the educational ends to he achieved in the interest of the children them selves. Secure Special Housing. A home for the babies lias been purchased in New York, and financial arrangements for the project have been made, so that the experiment may be continued for at least the next three years. Plans are being developed by the ( psychologists whereby individual mothers and institutions throughout the country can co-operate and in re turn receive reports on the experl ,l mental findings. The importance of establishing a home in which a large group of nor mal children might be observed from infancy, in order that complete rec ords of their behavior could he made, was stressed several years ago by Dr. John Watson, well-known psycholo gist of this city. The project just started is, in some respects, the firsf approach toward a realization of this proposal, Doctor Jones said. Chicken Blood “Flows” in Fake German Duels Berlin. —Fake student duels, staged for the benefit of tourists who want t«j see the “real” German university life have sent the police on a cleanup campaign throughout the Rhineland An American, visiting his formei home in the Rhineland, exposed the fraud to the police. ‘ Six roadhouse keepers near Heidelberg. Frankfori and Cologne have been arrested They are charged with collecting ad mission fees ranging from 25 cents tc sl, to witness the duels which tourists were told were regularly fought* in thf her parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Holt. The guests were greeted by the f mstess and all assemb’ed in liv ing room where “progressive conver sation” began. Miss Holt, assisted by tiss Blancn Holt, served fruit. There .vere about fifty present. We are sorry to report Mr. W. T. Mann on our sick list and we are loning he will soon recover. , Mrs. Julia Jones is also ill. She ’ suffered a slight Stroke of paralysis 1 art week and hasn’t sat up any since, >ue we understand she is slowly im > moving. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Goodwin, Mrs. i Ernie Durham and children, Mr. Jdhn : Holt and family were in Sanford last ' week shopping. Messrs. A. M. Goodwin and G. B. 'turdivant motored to Raleigh Friday m business. Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Hearn and ’ Misses Mary and Rennie Webster i notored to Raleigh Mondav shopping. I -as + hat Mrs. J. Jeter Hackney is I steadily improving. She is able to s:t up a short while each day, but no ( /isitors are allowed as her heart is n bad condition. ! The Christian Endeavor will meet • -t Henderson Christian church Sat ) rday and Sunday December 11 and ! 2. Some of our jmung peonle are planning to attend this worth while ;st-tcgcther. All officers of the Christian Endeavor are especially ‘ urged to be present, and learn more bout this work. Miss Maggie Marks is visiting her -uism, Mrs. G. L. Mann. Miss Marks is a trained nurse and has been ‘ mpioycd at Siler City. NEW PRINT SHOP Mr. H. C. Gregson, of Sanford, and 7 . B. •I'mes. of Broadway, have o]pen -3d a job print shop in the Record iiuing and are prepared to print etter heads, envelopes, circulars, and ither ordinary printing jobs for the übiic. This shop should prove a con enience to the community, as well s adding two citizens to our popula ion. . Two-horse farm one mile South of kttsboro, on hard surface road. Ap i ly to P. 0. Box No. 186. Nov 4, 2tp. Bynum News i ' Mr. A. E. Brown, the new -pastor of Haw River circuit, preached h.s j first sermon Sunday night, which was j bn joyed by everyone. Mrs. T. M. Bland has been very mck, but we are glad to state that she is improving. Miss Ruth Burnette spent the week end with Miss Mary Smith. Miss Fannie Riddle of Durham was : i visitor in Bynum Saturday night, j Mrs. Bob Klapp has returned homo I Crom Durham, where she has been visiting her mother. | It was reported that the store of i Mr A. R. Williams was broken into ! Saturday night. Nothing was missing . except the slot machine, con- j Gained thirty-five dollars in nickms. | We are giad to state that Mr. Am- ; Vrose Brazmgton, who has been very j sick with pneumonia, is steadily im-, proving. _ v. , I There v/as a carnival at the emb j ■oon in Bynum Saturday night. The i ir.rnival consisted of a box party, a j ishing game and the “cake walk.” i The carnival was gotten up by the iirections of the teachers. The ai- j lair seemed to be enjoyed very much ! >y those present. The receipts were -.bout 835.00. The money will be used for the benefit of the school. * Mr. Marvin Riddle and Mr. John ( Atwater of Durham were visitors in ; Bynum Sunday. 1 Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Bowling of Durham were visitors in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Luther Smith Saturday. Bynum basket ball team will play ;he strong Whitney team at Bynum Friday, December 10. Everybody ( come and bring a friend. “TRIXIE” i JOHN H. DARK DEAD Mr. John Headen Dark, one of the ■ oldest citizens of the county, died ; it the lib me of his son, Mr. Zeb Dark, ( ■ near Brown’s Chapel Tuesday and * ■ was buried at Brown’s Chapel Wed nesday afternoon. He was well on his ninety-first j ■ year. He had been married three * times, but leaves no widow. Two j > children survive him, Mr. Zeb. Dark ; * and Mrs. Crawford, the latter of j 1 Fayetteville. Mrs. Crawford was . present for the funeral. Mrs. A. P. J Terry of Pittsboro is a step-daugh ter of the deceased. ’■ Wo have not oeen able thus far to j secure full data of the life of the i * aged and respected citizen. It is j yrcirrraoble that he was a Confeder- j ate veteran, making the second of the j oi-ave old boys to pass within t-.„ > week. [ Goldston News 5 The members of the faculty attend- 1 , ;d the county-wide- teachers' meeting r at Pittsboro last Saturday. The ad : dress in the morning by Dr. Cook, Dean of North Carolina College for j vVcmcn, was exceptionally interest ing on “Professional Ethics.” This - address was different from any tnat i :he writer has heard in a teachers’ r meeting, it was indeed the most prac . :ical oi any, and no doubt the teach -5 srs who heard it went back to their - mho'ois more determined to be better - ;eachers, doing better team work in j me school, more loyal to their iel j dw teachers, and holding better atti tude toward ail the pupils and also i me community, and unless these are 'ractical we are not at all profes i sional. L»r. Odum, head of the sociology ’apartment of the University of 7 Morth Carolina, made a very brief s iddress in the afterno n. His sub s’ ject was “The Good Life.” He said i ,hat the key to a good life was growth. . Me emphasized the growth of a child, chool and the community. ; The Daughters of the Confederacy - jave their bazaar on the day of the - teachers’ meeting in the club room. t They had many attractive things to » sell. Dinner was served, and a num ber of the teachers took advantage . >f it, and enjoyed it very much. ; Mrs. Henry, A. London who is the beloved president of the Daughters » if the Confederacy, is an energetic ; woman. She certainly can do things , and she enjoys doing them. The Goldston girls’ basketball team von over the girls’ team at Siler City . here last Friday. The score was 15 i and 17. It was a very interesting game. The girls go to Siler City friday afternoon to challenge them , in another game. * The boys played Jackson Springs '.t Candor last Friday evening. Gold- I iton lost 11 to 13. After a game with Bonlee Tues , lay afternoon, the boys and girls will ; lot play any more until after Christ » mas. Prof. Moore expects them to » put their full time on their books, i getting ready for examination’s which vill be given before the holidays. Dr. Galcpsie, of Greensboro, is as * listing Rev. Jonas Barclay in the ro- I rival at the Presbyterian church i which began Sunday. * Misses Edith and' Dessie Roberts. i teachers in the Goldston school, spent the week-end with Miss Ola Harmon. i Miss Kate Roberts and Mrs. Cole man, of Shelby, visited the Miss Rob ■ erts’ sisters Misses Edith and Dessie i Sunday. She stopped over for the night. The bazaar given by the members of the Baptist church last Saturday was a success. There were a large number of attractive articles on ex hibition. Meals were served during the day in an attractive manner. The oroceeds from the bazaar were sixty jix dollars. ■ This will go to benefit the Baptist ihurch. The editor thanks the ladies of the U. D. C. for a good dinner sent him on the occasion of their rummage sale and dinner served to the public at ■j so much per. Quite a handsome sum , was realized. TINY ANIMAL QUICK CHANGE SENSATION Can Transform Into An other Animal and Back. Philadelphia.—Th4 result of two years of intensive research, Dr. Martha Bunting, working in -the zoological laboratory of the University of Penn sylvania, has discovered a rare form of unicellular animal which can change into another animal and then change back again, it was revealed at" the laboratory recently. It resembles a minute drop of jelly and has a body only one 1,500th of an inch in length, but to the trained pro tozoologist with a microscope it pre sents some unusual and extremely in- ! teresting features. Th£ animal belongs to the amoeba, ' one of the most familiar types of pro tozoa, or unicellular / animals, and claims attention through its ability to transform itself into a complicated flagellate and then effect a retrans formation which again makes it an amoeba. The transformation of tadpoles into i frogs, caterpillars into butterflys and other similar transformations among the lower animals are well known. None of these animals, however, can reverse the transformation process as can the rare amoeba which Doctor i Bunting has found, and it is this abil ity which makes it distinctive. Found In Rat Intestine. According to Doctor Bunting, the animal was first seen as a flagellate In a culture which had been taken from the intestine of a rat and in ! which there had been nothing but sim ple amoeba. The appearance of the ! flagellate was entirely unexpected, j and it was at first thought to have gotten into the culture accidentally. I Its presence, however, w:w. nuffi ! cient to awaken the curiosity of Doc -1 tor Bunting, and when evidence tend ! ed to show that the appearance of the flagellate stage v/as not accidental j but the result of an unusual trans i formation, she began the two years of tedious research work that has now ended with a definite contribu ! lion to biological knowledge. The flagellate stage of'the amoeba studied by Doctor Bunting was dis covered by Perty in 1852 and called by him tetramitr.s roGratus. It has a top-shaped body, only one 1,500th cf an inch in length, from the broad I end of which project four of the vvhip j like lashes of flagella which provide the animal with means of locomotion. Like most of the protozoa, this changeable animal in its amoeba phase can round itself up and surround itself with a protective membrane within which it can rest but remain alive even if the water surrounding it dries up. Divide Into Others. In a typical life history, as worked out by Doctor Bunting, some of these cysts, if placed in the proper culture medium, will hatch out into the sim ple amoebae which move about, feed oti smaller organisms about them, grow, and, divide into other amoebae. After a few hours or days, however,, if the culture medium is sufficiently fluid, some of these amoebae will change into a typical tetramitus flagellate by growing four flagella, developing a mouth and a gullet and assuming the typical top-shaped form. These flagellates will swim about rapidly, feed on other organisms sriialler than themselves, and divide into others. Evidently, they change hack into amoebae, and the amoebae can then move, feed, and divide in their turn, until, after a time, they round themselves up and assume the resting stage. Owing to the minute size of the amoebae and the necessity of actually observing at first hand the successive stages through which the animals passed, Doctor Bunting was frequent ly forced to sit many hours at the microscope without relaxing her vigil either for food or rest. Cow Has Triplets Denison, Texas. —Triplets were horn to a cow owned by J. C. Martin, wealthy dairyman. Each is of nor mal size and in good condition. OOOOOOOOOOCODOOOOOOOOOOOOO o Men Yield to Color: § imge Suede Coats! 8 >n. —Any man who would Q be a hero to his valet Q ippear in one of the new o jackets shown at the x id leather fair. O are made of black suede § with orange lapels, with O anying suede waistcoats X let and other brilliant 0 -The men’s section also q y suede shoe with cross- Q nzzle squares worked in 0 md black glace kid on p ers. x shoes in colored patent p led heels on rainbow-col- 0 nee shoes. § OCXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXOOO VOL. 44. iMw U. D. c. BAZAAR A GREAT SUCCESS (Reported The Confederate Bazaar on Dec. 4th was a great success. Not only .nancially, out it was really a de lightful occasion, when friend met riend, and “all went merry as a marriage bell.” Cleared $161.10 for >ur Confederate activities; The large jaby doll, that has been ’given to us, vas voted and won, by little Bci ie 3ell. Little Eleanor Johnson, :ame within five votes of getting it. lany firms from neighboring towns ontributed to our Bazaar—and those rviclos were shown in a “Ad or thing Booth.” We thank all of hesQ for their generosity. A bountiful dinner was served, by he dinner committee. Y/e were glad to have the teachers of the county | with us. ■ Airs. Henry Armand Lcndon, Presi j dent of the Winnie Davis Chapter, i wishes to thank the Bazaar Commit tee, and the Dinner Committee, and all the Daughters who worked so faithfully to make our Bazaar a suc cess. Cne New York man at din ner, gave SI.OO to help our Confed erate work, and we all agreed that he was a nice “Yankee mart.” IN MEMORIAM Tho death of Mr. Charlie Shirley by a gas explosion at the Cumnock mine a few days ago came as a dis tinct shock to his many friends. It was only recently that he return ed to the mine to work, having been out most of the summer. He was raised in Davidson cduny. He mar ried Miss Mollie Jones of near Ashe ville, to which union were born seven children. • He was a kind father, a faithful friend, and a good neighbor, and was always ready to help in time of trou ble. The funeral service was held at Cumnock Presbyterian church and was conducted by Rev. Mr. Wicker. A largo number of friends gathered to pay their last respects to his mem ory. He was iaid tenderly to rest by the side of his little daughter, who preceded him to the grave. Much sympathy is felt for his bereaved family. COUNTY TEACHERS MEET About one hundred of the white teachers of the county were in Pitts ooro Saturday for the meeting of the county teachers’ association, of which i Principal Nolan oi the* Pittsboro j school, is president and Miss Coltrane, jof the teacher-training department . zl the Pittsboro school, is secretary. It was pronounced a good meeting, j Prof. John H. Cook, of the N. C. C. I TV., Greensboro, spake in the mern {i :" on the subject of professional ethics; while Prof. Howard Odum, of the University, speke in the after noon. Both addresses were consid ered valuable. The teachers were lib eral patrons of the U. D. C. dinner at noon, and thus added cheer to the ladies of that organisation. BR. BLACKMAN ARRIVES Dr. R. A. Blackman arrived Mon day to take up the work of tuber culosis eradication among the cattle of this section of the county. It will be recalled that the county commis sioners made an appropriation for that v/ork in the early part of the year. Dr. Sullivan has been working " out from Siler City several months and has discovered a number of in fected cattle thus, possibly preventing whole families from becoming infected with the deadly germs. Dr. Blackman says it will be helpful if the people will realize the importance of the work and the fact that full co-opera tion will hasten the business and save money to the county, the state and the national government, all of v/hich are cooperating in this important work, Get up your cattle as prompt ly as possible when the inspector ar rives. It is your money that is pay ing him. Dr. Blackman and Mr. R. M Connell worked together for two years back in tick eradication days. Accordingly, Dr. Blackman finds an old chum here. {Reported) - The Parent-Teacher Association held its regular meeting December 3 in the school auditorium. The membership has grown to one hundred and fourteen very active members. The large attendant* was evidence *that the association is growing into one of the most worth-* while organizations of Pittsboro. Reports were made by the following committees: Ways and Means re ported plans for an entertainment February 22; Library Committee re ported an order for an Encyclopedia Britannica. Program C. reported an interesting meeting for the next meeting. Judge VV\ D. Siler will give a history of Chatham County. The central grade mothers report ed a meeting of the grade mothers’ plans to cooperate in necessary ac lifities with the grade teachers.- The 11th grade, with their grade mother, Mrs. C. C. Poe, are securing iunds to light the driveway in front es the school building. The organization is very proud of •:he fact that Mrs. Shannonhouse vas elected Ist vice-president of the state. Mr. W. B. Chapin and Mrs. Shan nonhouse made full and interesting reports of the state' organization, which met in Burlington. After the close of ’the* business meting a play, “Eduoatin’ Mary” was presented in quite a striking manner :>y Miss Vivian All good apd pvas en ' joyed by every one present.