NOTICE OF SALE w v u ..... power oi sa.e contained in that ceiiam eras 3 Deed executed on tee S-n cay of November, 1908, fc" H W. P"” ford et als, to the Chatham _.ank, said Mortgage deed being reror lin the registry of Chatham Ccu.i.y in Book iiiK, page 10, na.ing been prop erly assigned by the Chatham Bank to E. Roy Brafford, which assign ment is properly recorded in registry in Chatham County, default having been made in the payment of the in debtedness described in said Mortgage Deed, E. Roy Bratford will on, SATURDAY. THE 15TH DAY OF JANUARY, 1927, at 12:00 o’clock noon, in front of the Courthouse door in Pittsboro, North Carolina, offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash, a one-fourth undi vided interest in and to that certain tract of land lying and being m H cle ery t township, Chatr mu County, North Car > inn, adjoining the la id.? of 1. 11. Hadley, J. W. Poe et als, and BEGINNING at a maple cn the bank of Landrum's Creek thence sou to 15 west 54 poles to a vita oak , on the east side of the road; thence south 50 west 61 poles to a gum on the ast side of the road thence south 18 vest 30 poles to a post oak on the west side c.f the mad; thence south 24 poles to a post in the old Burke line; thence with the said Burke line poles, southerly di- j rectioii to J. W. Poe’s corner or line; i thence with said Poe’s line to I an drum’s Creek; thence up said Creek with its various meanderings to tne Beginning, containing 100 acres more ox* less. This 13th day of December, 1923. E. R. BRAFFORD, Assignee of Chatham Bank, Mortgagee. Siler and Barber, Attys. 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A quick relief for the c.old troubles of all the family. UjCMS w Vapoßubl Zionism Jjuis l/seo YsAzur 1 file Cnatftam litcoru. oTpeteksox Editor a>nl Publisher Subscription Price s Year $1.50 •>ix Months 75 THE COUNTY STATEMENT Last week we advised ail our read ers to study the county statement and n’om.sed to comment upon it this week. We were in hopes to learn from it how the county came out last year. But v/e cannot. There are several •h’.nrs that the people should know that they cannot learn from the state pent. Cue is, Is the county making ends meet? We neve held all along that the 3cn niissioncrs of this cr any of the ess wealthy counties have an almost hr.possible task to meet the expenses if this day and time out of the smai. Proportion of the tax fund allowed them for county purposes, and it will not be surprising to lea. n that they have failed to do it. But we want to know if they have failed and how much. We note big borrowings am some note paying. But how many notes (not bonds) are outstanding*: And how much money and uncol ected taxes is there to meet the obliga tions ? It is supposed that interest on all bonds was paid, and there seems to have been S2OOO of bonds taken up. But there is no account of a sinking fund. Is there such a thing? If so, how much and how invested? More than a million dollars of bonds are outstanding. They will come due as sure as gun’s iron. Is there a sink ing fund to take care of even a part of them? If so, is it kept inviolate or is it spent for county purposes ann stands as a debit against the county ? Another thing. The people want to know who has got the money that has been paid out. The law, if we un derstand it, requires the publication of the names of the recipients of county funds, with amount and purpose. For instance, who got the SI3OO paid out for collecting back taxes? The reg ister’s own office did not meet ex penses. Who are the clerks and whai. salary are they getting? Down ir. Sampson a few years ago the kind of report required by law showed that the chairman of the board was trad ing with himself and he was indicted. The report made last week would not give such information. Similar, reports are due from the School Board and from the Roai Commission. True, it will cost money to publish them. But all the adver tising done in the Record for a yeai by the county scarcely amounts tc half the overpayments to two or three of the registrars last June. Has that overpayment made good by the registrars ? The short of it is, the statement ar published does not give the status of county finances nor does it give the information as to details that peo pie want, and we do not believe that it meets the legal requirements. If so, other counties are doing more thar. Ihe law requires. The closing of the doers of th( Banking Loan and Trust Compan; yl Sanford is of considerable concern to many Chatham folk. Yve have n means of knowing how many Chat hmnites are involved as stockholdei er depositors, but probably quite .* number of the people about Moncur rod in the lower townships in gen eral were depositors. Loans thf couldn't be liquidated are ascribed z .he cause of the failure, and one c them is that to the Moncure Mill ar din Co., and possible the throwing < that institution into the hands of ecceiver has had the effect of bi*in. ng the bank to the point of havir ;o close its doors, this together wit lie withdrawal of funds of the Mor :ure depositors when the branch •' Moncure was discontinued last wee Phe failure is a severe blow to 50... ’ord, and it will be fortunate if th- r thriving young city has no merer :ile failures as a consequence of t mnk’s failure. Assuming that tlte teaching of evo ast week? There is more of evolu is to be done about such articles a. c those that appeared in Ford's Maga ine and the Saturday Evening Post ast week? There si more of evolu tion in those two magazines, one issue, than the writer ever heard from ak the teachers in the state, and he had •* full year in Doctor Poteat’s biology class. The Bible League is doubtless incere in its determination to havf the teaching of evolution discontinued n the state schools, but granting that such a course would be proper, what use would it be when every intelligent boy or girl will in the course of time read whole volumes that are based on the assumption of evolution ? The doctrine is interwoven in the litera ture of the past quarter of century and ultimately every intelligent per son will meet the issue face to face, and, perhaps, in an atheistic form. To the average man of intellect, the question of God’s method of creation .ias nothing to do with the fact of reation and the being and relations ; the Creator. Those feeling that - d and religion are at stake a l ’? curse disturbed, but there seems lit e tnat, they can do about it. it it nevitable that the intelligent will infront the doctrine of evolution, and ie unintelligent, the non-reader, wii ot be bettered by legislation censer ng the school work of the state. FOUNDING APPRECIATED to thank our frood friends vs the Pittsboro and Mt. Zion churches lO.,1: part in the ‘-pounding ' las*, r-day evening. We are espaciall '-‘/■EM to Mr. and Mrs. Ernest For 11 1 who “delivered the goods.” Wc ■ .date the thought that prompted tho arli hioh will mean much to us. MR. AND MRS. C. M. LANCE. Old Chinese Money Had Shape of Toy * It Is pretty definitely settled that i the Chinese were the first to make I use of the token idea in 1 metal coins , for the convenient interchange of com* i modifies. When first working with metal money they tried to shape the metal to indicate what one could buy with It. For example, some of. the early coin money was shaped like a human body. It was given this shape to indicate that it would buy clothing. Another shape was that of a modern razor—not a safety—which indicated that the coin would buy a weapon. A third shape was that of a spade. The Chinese did not have coin shapes of sufficient variety to indi cate everything in which they traded. They had a few shapes only, and the theory is that these would cover all the different articles one might wish to lniy. For example, the body-shaped money would cover everything per taining to clothing and shelter; the razor-shaped would cover all weapons, implements and tools which men use, and so on. The brass “cash ’ (round coin with a square hole in the middle), which has been used for 4,000 years or more, is still the common money in tiie interior of China. Condition cf Nerves Cause of Stammering Almost every movement of our body is due to the involuntary obedience of our muscles to the directing will of the brain. This generally happens with our talking. We will to make certain sounds, and the proper muscles auto matically force the wind from the bel lows of .our lungs here and there, against the roof of the mouth, through the teeth, and so on. It sometimes, however, happens that the nervous connection between the , brain and the various sets of sound ( making muscles is weak or has been | damaged by some shock. Then the brain must either give its > orders very stowly, something like playing an organ with one finger, or if it goes faster must risk playing the wrong notes or getting the whole ma chine so tied up as to make gaps be tween the movements. In other words, the sufferer stammers and stutters more so when he is excited and tries to “play” quickly. Nor will he be cured till his nervous system is strengthened and he has educated his speech-muscles to obey him without question. Springtime on Mara It seems almost useless to specu late upon the conditions existing on the planet Mars when we realize that under the most favorable circum stances the best views and photo graphs show the planet smaller than the butt end of a lead pencil. So that the “markings” seen on the planet can not be very pronouncetjjjhior the changes of color place from time to time. opin ion grows that the dark patches wluYch appear on the red disk when spring time comes to Mars and the polar snows melt, can now be declared much more certainly than before to be plants or shrubs or moss, or, at any rate, something green that grows. When the polar snows melt on Mars, the water flows into the dry places and the deserts become alive with veg etation. All this happens very quick ly and we may reasonably speculate great marshes are formed. Izaak Walton 9 a Wife The recent sale in London of the dower chest of Anne Ken aroused con siderable interest among curio hunt ers. Anne Ken, who was half-sister to the famous Bishop Ken, was Izaak Walton’s second wife, and he refers to her in “The Compleat Angler”—- “Hear, hear my Kenna sing a song,” while her epitaph, written by Walton himself, is in Worcester cathedral. It reads as follows: “Here lyeth buryed soe much as could dye of Anne the wife of Izaak Walton, who was a woman of remarkable prudence, and of the Primitive Piety; her great and general knowledge being adorn’d with such true Humility, and blest with soe much Christian meeknesse as made j her worthy of a more memorable mon ument. She dyed (Alas that she is I dead!) the 17th April, 16G2, aged 52. Study to be like her.” The Hidden Gift I know all about that wonderful, perfected voice. I knew a man once who pursued it until he was within j six months of conquering the world J with it. He used to practice in Broad wood's piano stores in Pulteney street, secretly and at night. He had not been satisfied with opera engagements —with Sarastro and Marcel and ap ; plause. On the very brink of the real j ization of his dream the Truth stepped in with scythe and hourglass; and lo! an old man lying dead in University College hospital, and an elegantly dressed young Parisian in tears and perplexity saying: “I am his son—if only I had known!” —Viola Tree’s “Castles in the Air.” Blankets From Trees The paper-bark trees of northern Australia provide natural mattresses and blankets for benighted wander ers, according to the Sydney Bulletin. The bark consist of several layers, : which combined are about an inch | thick. The bark is stripped with the i tree and split, part of it serving as a | mattress and the remainder as a I blanket, both of which .are water ; proof. Being very oily this bark j also burns when other barks and woods are water-soaked. riE CHATHAM RECORD MOTHER! Child’s Best Laxative is “California Fig Syrup” Hurry Mother! „easpoonful of \ California Fig: Syrup ’ now will thor ; ug'hly clean the little bowels and in a ! w hours you have a well, playful ! did again. Eve a if 'cross, feverish licus, constipated or full of cold, lildren love its peasant taste. Tell your druggist you want only be genuine “Caduo nia Fig Syrup” Wh ha* directions for babies and of all ages printed on bottle. " ? Von sav “Califor nia’’ -n; you may get an imitation fig syrup. k SK-98 *X m H 'Piajnnooia 'aiuaoa uods V] j m**n-p. D. Bright, one of the plaintiffs and fcher defendants with reference to :he fourth tract of 75 acres described .1 tns complaint Therefore, in accordance with said rdor as relates to said tract of land j between the parties thereto, the under i signed commissioner*, wni, on ivioii J day, February 7th. 1027, at 12 o’clock noon, at the court house door in Pitts boro, Chatham county. N. C. export to public sale to the highest for cash, the folowing tract of land: 1 Fourth tract of land consisting r 1 75 acres, more or less, allotted to F - zabeth Gunter in the division of the I'm'** of John W. Gunter, deceased, l made by Nathaniel Clegg, Alexander i wxoan and Calvin uattisnail on August • TSSi *■*--*' »***?♦♦ ♦«?****♦*♦*♦*•?** j Perry’s Garage, j Phone 400 SANOFRD N. C j: —Dealers In— § | l Dodge Brothers Msior Car | y J* I ParU and Service. § if NEW MACIM SHOF The Alex Riddle Iron Works Company is ready for business. I The plant is located on the S. A. L.R. R. between, the Oil Mill and the Asheboro Wheelbarrow plant. The shop is thoroughly equipped for first-class work. The machinery is high-class and up-to-date. A high class mechanic is in charge, and no Chatham county citizen in need of iron work need go elsewhere. The shop can handle anything up to a boiler. Acetylene Welding and Soldering are two of its operations. Bring along your broken machine parts and your leaky radiators. A REAL MACHINE SHOP We wish it thoroughly impressed upon the minds of the people that ours i$ a real machine shop. We have installed fifteen modern machines, totaling thousands of dollars in value. We ask your patronage and will try to deserve it. The ALEX RIDDLE IRON WORKS, PITTSBORO, N. C. I When It’s Time To I Buy Booling. I For Chatham and surrounding coun ties, Budd-Piper Roofing Company in Durham is headquarters for all kinds ! of roofing. The Budd-Piper Roofing Company can supply you, and supply you at the right price, with anything from 5-V Crimp Galvanised Roofing to the betiv.;' i grades of roofing for good homes, I churches schools, factories, stores and C other structures. Get our prices before you buy. I * t l 'i The BUDD * PIPER j ROOFING CO. j DURHAM N-C --# 4 v | H H M | *" 71 3 *** fi 8 r: 8 Anyone Who Spends Money 8 I At Ail Should Pay 7 By Check | i* The onjy persons who have no use for a cheek account in a j j & bank are those who never handle any money and never have any fi* jj bills to pay. H No matter if your bills are small—they are better paid by check. The United States Government draws checks for as little *t .j as one cent. And thinlr of the convenience and the safety. T Start An Account With Us 1 The FARMERS BANK 1 « PITTSBORO. N. C. Thursday, January 13, 1927 22, IZZj, to which division I'elererx < is hereby made Tor a full and com- I plete description of said tract of land I This 4th day of January, 1927. D. L. BELL and R. x,. gLiVIN, Com