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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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.
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nia’’ -n; you may get an imitation fig
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*! Dr. J. C. Mann, the well known *
iyesigljt Specialist and Optician
♦♦ vill be at Dr. Farrell’s office in j<
j|.-'-tsboro, N. C.. every fourth Tues-g
|| lay and at Dr. Thomas’ office, SilerW
j* dity, N. C., every fourth Thursday g
*|'n each month. Headache
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*he fits you w’th glasses you have ft
$ ho satisfaction of knowing thatfj
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k"he date and see him if your eyesjf
v ire weak. ft
tjTTis re\t visit to Pittsboro will heft
Sj on Tuesday, January 25. 8
3 His next visit to Siler City will beH
.» on Thursday, J amif ry 27. ill
How Doctors Treat
Golds and the Flu
To break up a cold overnight or
to cut short an attack of grippe, in
fluenza, sore throat or tonsillitis, phy
sicians and druggists are now recom
mending Calotabs, the purified and
refined calomel compound tablet that
gives you the effects of calomel and
salts combined, without the unpleas
ant effects of either.
(One or two Calotabs at bed-time
with a swallow of water, —that’s all.
No salts, no nausea nor the slightest
interference with your eating, work
or pleasure. Next morning your sold
has vanished, your system is thor
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fine with a hearty appetite for break
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Get a family package, containing
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Sale of Land
Under and bv virtue of authority
:onferred by an order of the court in
he matter of: Matitin Gunter, O. J.
Gunter, et als. vs. J. E. Gun
,er, j. red Gunter, et ais, entered
a August 17, 1323, wherein
.ie undersigned were appointed
vmmissioners to sell said land for
t division among the plaintiffs and
ie defendants; and whereas, all of
be matters have been adjusted be
ween the parties, except as between
>. 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 •
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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
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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