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Page Four i .1 _'J.i Uiidiii fll O. J. PETERSON Editor and Publisher Subscription Price One Year $1.50 Six Months 75 The serious mistake in the report of the story of the killing of Mr. Fogleman cost Chatham county dear ly. It would not have been half as difficult to get a jury if the report had not gone out as it did. The Rec ord assumes its part of the blame, but the fleeter dailies had already created a psychology that not only made it difficult to find a man who had not already decided that Mitchell was guilty of first degree murder but wouM also have possibly caused trouble if the culprit had got off with a less penalty than death. There seemed once a disposition to criticise Attorney W. P. Horton for his ardor in the defense of Pearl Mitchell. On the contrary, in the opinion of this writer, the man has never done a more creditable thing. Appointed to defend a friendless negro, with a hostile sentiment great ly prevailing, without hope of re ward, Mr. Horton put his w nolo neai. and all his energies into the defense. : If you have ever tried the child ish stunt of trying to rub your fore head with one hand and pat your stomach with the other at the same time, you can conceive of what a masterly co-ordination of mind and muscles Pearl Mitchell must have, who when surprised in the Cheek store, instantly threw up one hand in surrender, cried out don’t shoot, felt in his pocket with the other hand for a pistol, running as if to get away when shot at but still holding up one hand in surrender and fishing for the pistol with the other. If he could perform the numerous things he is al leged to have done while under the excitement of being unexpectedly dis covered at his game and when being pulled down upon with a 45 auto matic, wouldn’t the fellow be a mar vel with practice and in quiet? Pittsboro is in a deplorable condi tion with regard to postal facilities. When the schedule of the S. A. L. train was changed a few weeks ago, the usual morning mail for the S. A. L. was taken to Moncure by car. But a few days ago the postmaster had orders to discontinue that program. Consequently, this week there is only one mail a day over the railroad. A letter or a copy of this paper mailed to New Hill Wednesday night here would not reach its destination till Friday near noon, and would not go out on a New Hill rural route till Saturday morning. The situation makes the already difficult matter of promptly getting the Record to sub scribers more difficult. Subscribers on the rural routes in the eastern part of the county cannot expect their pa pers before Saturday. Something should be done about it. If the John son truck ran from Durham to San ford instead of Siler City, it would put Pittsboro in touch with both the railroads within a few minutes. The gentleman who got a hat too big for him at the court house Satur day night will do the Record man a favor by swapping back. His, even when the lampwick is taken out is still too small for us. SILER CITY MASONS TO CELEBRATE 4th ANNIVERSARY Siler City Lodge will celebrate its 4th anniversary tomorrow night, Jan. 28, with the following program: Music Invocation Rev. W. L. Maness Solo Mrs. J. Q. Seawell Address: “Forty Years of Masonry in Siler City” M. M. Fox Address Hon. V. R. .Johnson, D. D. G. M. Music Mrs. Frank Brooks Introduction of Speaker Hon J. Dewey Dorsctt Address Judge Francis D. Winston Past Grand Master of Grand Lodge of North Carolina Music Announcement MERRY OAKS NEWS D Miss Elva Gunter of Merry Oaks went to Pittsboro Thursday on bus iness. We are very sorry to state that Mrs. S. E. Holt, who has been on the sick list several weeks, is not much im proved. Mrs. Adelaide Holt has been spend ing several days with relatives in and around Merry Oaks. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Pate spent Sat urday night in Merry Oaks. They left Sunday to go to Liseville where they will make their home. We are very glad to see Mr. T. H. Windham out again. He was one on the sick fist last week. Ralph Hipp, son of Mr. and Mrs Lloyd Hipp was cut by an axe wher his little brother was cutting wood. The axe struck his head. Mr. Bill Case of Detroit is visit ing his brother Mr. C. H. Cass oi Merry Oaks. HALL’S STORE IMPROVED Visitors to Mr. C. C. Hall’s store note a marked improvement in hir store since he has cut out a section of the partition between his former store room and the room recently occupied by the Chatham Hardware Company i ecu- ying both these good rooms -•hich he bought a few months ago. The two rooms together make t commodious store, and the goods hav* been arranged very convemently ii the two apartments. Mr. Hall is nov prcpa:ed to carry a larger and more varied stock, and it is expected'he wi! do a considerably enlarged business. | j. Aiv^:. T-TilACi: LR k Encyclopedia Reviewed Carolina i Playmakcrs to Come —Plans lor Washington’s Birthday. The Parent-Teacher Association of j 'ittsboro school held it regular meet- i ng Friday night January 21. After the minutes of the last meet ng were read, reports from the dit erent committees were read. Prof, toian, publicity chairman, reported j . iie buying of new song books for the ; chool; the association received $11.86 ji* sealing magazines by school chil- j ren and $5.00 from the proceeds of | . show given at the school. ■ Prof. Waters reported that he had ecured the Carolina Playmakers to j ;ive an entertainment February 12. i . Vc feel very fortunate in securing j hese entertainers. Mrs. Brooks, re- ! sorted that she had received the En- j yclopedia Brittanica, which cost J 99.33. The Ass’n paid $73.00 of this ; ’mount. It has been placed in. our j chool library for the benefit of the •ntire community. Mrs. Horton reported that a colon- ; al entertainment would be given at .he school on February 22, as was dc- j jided at the December meeting. The ; medicine cabinet in the first aid room j ias been replenished with the nec :ssary medicines to be used in case ; .1 emergency. It was decided that he P. T. A. would serve sandwiches ; md coftee to the county teachers ai ts next meeting which will be Feb •uary 5. This will be sponsored by file chairman of the social committee, ; Mrs. G. W. Blair. Mrs. Mattie Lan- | us, the central grade mother, report- j 2d that the objective for the grades I from one to six would be to secure j supplementary books for the library n each room, which was much need id in each grade. Mrs. Hayes, our president, contrib uted one dollar each for the first five grades as a beginning fund. We i ire very grateful to Mrs. Hayes for j this and with this good beginning ; fund we hope to be abie to accomplish ; much toward filling in the necessities j )f the grades. The eleventh grade j won the dollar for having the most parents and friends present to repre- j uent their grade. Special mention j should be made of tne untiring es- i forts of their capable grade mother, J Mrs. C. C. Poe. New members added I .o our list are Mesdames A. V. Nolan, j Lat Poe, Sykes. A growing flower j .vas sent to Mr. Arthur London, a member of the executive board of the P. T. A. We are very glad to have him back with us. Mrsj Shannon muse distributed leaflets on the child labor law. The main speech of the evening was made by Hon. W. D. Siler, who dis ussed the history of Chatham coun .y. In the beginning Mr. Siler stated ! .hat the purpose of education is to prepare boys and girls for iife, to .rain them in habits of industry and j ionor so that they will grow into cit izens who love their country, arc j proud of its institutions, and who j :>bcy its laws. To obey it is neces- ! ary to know something of the his- ; :ory of one’s country, state and coun- ; :y. Chatham is venerable with age. Before 1750 white people were dwell ng m this section of the state. In i 771 the county had its birth. It is .he daughter of Orange and the granddaughter of Granville. The first Clerk of Court was Wil iam Hooper and the first Sheriff WS | < Elisha King, both being appointed by he royal Governor. The first court vas held at what was known as the Stephen Poe place, 4 miles northwest ■ >f Pittsboro. At the end of the first ! 1 /ear there was a deficit of over $40.00 ! n the treasury and it is the opinion ! if the speaker that this deficit has j lever been collected. j The county court had extensive jur sdiction. It probated will, adminis- , ered financial affairs and fixed the , prices of food. The form of punish ment was rather severe, for perjury, me had an ear clipped. John Wil cox and Isaac Brooks were the first representatives to be sent to the col mial assembly. In 1774 representa- i fives were sen£ to New Bern and in 1775 a big delegation was sent to Hillsboro at this time the military plans for the state were taking def nite form. The speaker next gave i brief sketch of the activities of Chatham county during the Revolu tion stating that more people were killed at Sutphin Mill, then a part of Chatham, than were killed at Lexing ton or Bunker Hill. Judge Siler traced the history of the county through the Revolution and the members of the Parent Teacher Association hope to secure him for another lecture at a later date. 1 Mrs. Henry A. London, Who never :aiis to pay tribute to the memory of < the Confederate Soldiers, spoke brief ly of the Confederacy. Judge W. C. Harris, who was pre siding over court here, told of the I good work that the Parent Teacher I Association may do in bringing the j community into closer relations and j m creating a right atmosphere in the i school vicinity. The parent and the teacher working together for the good of the child may do what neither could accomplish alone. < Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Faison and O. J. j Peterson, Jr., came up from Sampson Sunday to visit their parents. I J. M. FARRAR DEAD AT 109 Native of Chatham County Dies in Birmingham, Ala., at Age of 109. James M. Farrar, a native of this :cunty, but for many years a resi ient of Birmingham, Ala., passed a- ; ! .vay last week at the age of 109 years. A dispatch from Birminghaim, dated fanuary 21, says: “Bom in Chatham county, N. G., '■ September 7, 1817, Mr. Farrar came ] o Birmingham with a number of j orr panions from that state during he early boom of this city and likeu he place so well he returned to j Carolina and brought his wife j md nine children here to live. “His wife died several years ago. More than 100 descendants survive. “He was an active worker in the Presbyterian church and his last years •vere spent in attempting to develop i perpetual motion machine.” The old gentleman had numerous ' relatives- in this county. I * • * f —'o.ms : . Muj w'l JO iv FOR OLD NORTHWEST ; Caho’da, II!., to Be Scare of Brave Doings Again. Cahnkia, lll.—The historic old North vest territory will live again here ; A lien the Northwest Territory Sesqui j centennial exhibition will be held in j !928. Plans are now under way for i the sesquicentennial, following the or ! ganization of the Northwest territory i commission of 100 residents of Caho kia, direct descendants of the early j French settlers, and the preparation ! of incorporation papers by State Rep | resentative Thomas L. Fekete of East St. Louis. Under three flags, the fleur de Hs of France, the union Jack of Great Brit ain and the stars and stripes of the United States, the destiny of the ter ritory has been formed for more than 200 years. The states of Ohio, Indi ana, Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin now comprise what was then an un broken wilderness, inhabited by sav ages, wild beasts and a few traveling missionaries and tradesmen. France There First. France was there first and stamped her policy and personality so firmly on the region that they were continually cropping out to harass the luter Amer ican advance. Government under the French and English regimes w T as main ly paternal and military, but within a very short time after Gen. George Rogers Clark had won the country northwest of the Ohio, the state of Virginia, on the basis of its claim to that region, pussed an act establish ing the “county of Illinois,” for the purpose of providing a temporary 'form of government and affording necessary protection to the inhabitants. On December 12, 1778, Patrick Henry, who was then governor of Vir ginia, appointed Col. John Todd as county lieutenant; In the spring of 1779 Todd set up his government, but diffi culties arose and he left the country in the fall of 1779 or 1780. Virginia had been forced to with draw’ its support of the Northwest ter ritory because of difficulties at home and the necessity for some sort of gov ernment for the unorganized western country had become very urgent. Government for the territory was contained in the ordinance of 1787, passed July 13 of that year, and on October 5 Gen. Arthur St. Clair was elected the first governor of the Con gress of the Confederation at the time the ordinance was passed. Ohio Sliced Off. Congress desired to admit Ohio to the Union as soon as possible, so In May, 1800, an act of congress sliced away that state, and all that part lying west of a line beginning at the Ohio opposite the mouth of the Ken tucky river and running thence to t Fort Recovery and thence north to the Canadian border was called Indi ana territory. The census of that year showed only 4,875 persons, exclusive of Indians, living In the territory. A further division occurred in 1805, when congress detached all that part of the Indian territory north and east of the southern extreme of Lake Mich igan and called it the Territory of Michigan. It was not until February 3, 1809. that the Illinois territory was set off by congress. It was an isolated strip of frontier, extending north from the Ohio to the Canadian border and stretching from the Wabash river to the Mississippi in width, with Kas taskla as its capital and with prac tically all of its settlements in the southern part. Ninlan Edwards, chief justice of Kentucky, was appointed its first ter ritorial governor by President Madison in June of the same year. Butter Used in 450 B. C. to Keep Hair Smooth Sioux Falls, S. D. —Sleek hair, the pride of modem youth, was “old stuff” to the Greeks and Romans around 450 B. C. Only the ancient Greeks and Romans w r ent the moderns one better and used butter fat to do the trick, according to Prof. W. B. Combs of the dairy division of the University of Minnesota, speaking at the National Butter Makers’ association annual con vention here recently. “After study ing the history of butter,” Prof. Combs said, “I have concluded that butter substitutes must have been Introduced in the year 2000 B. C., w’hen the tribes of East India, who used butter in their holiest sacrifices, used substi tutes for tlielr less holy sacrifices. Man Uses Vicar’s Phone to Place Bet on Horses London. —Rev. George Potter, vicar of St. Chrysostom’s, Peckham, who has always permitted all of his 8,000 parishioners to use his telephone, has announced that he will censor all calls in the future. He declared youths’ lengthy calls to girl friends and “delayed at the of fice” calls cannot be permitted from his home. “One man came in recently,” he said, “and asked if he might use the phone. He called his bookmaker and 1 asked him to ‘put $1.25 each way on that horse.’ ” Latest Fad Pittsfield, Mass. —The latest fad for girls is to take a stroll wfith a hopping white rabbit held by a leash. Worst Lie Oxford, England. -The worst lie, In j opinion of Gilbert K. Chesterton. Is j that an American worships money. rHH rwatham RFrop : THE BOY’S LINCOLN By DOUGLAS MALLOCH - ‘T INCOLN, I love you most for this: I never knew u boy to miss: The glory of your story. He Could be the boy you used to be, In his imagination. You Were one he understood and knew. Though history was often dim, You were no mystery to him. With you, because he understood, He worked the garden, c>:t the wood, Or drove the wedges for his sire. With you he lay before the tiro And saw strange fancies in the blaze, The dreams God grants in boyhood days, Or on some little journey took Along some well-beloved book. He had the bruise, the blow, the fail, Vet had a mother through it all, A second mother, wise and kind. Yes, every hoy could somehow find Himself in Lincoln, could behold Within himself the hoy of old. < Could hear his voice, and touch his hand, A boy a boy could understand. Lincoln, for this I love you best: You struck a spark in boyhood’s breast And lit in boyhood hearts the lire Os high ambition, that desire (What flags are folded or unfurled) That yet must somehow save the world. For, if a lad could be the lad That Lincoln was, if boyhood had That common kinship, knew the truth Os Lincoln’s dreams in Lincoln’s youth, .Yes, felt his pain and lived his joy, If Lincoln was another boy, Then boyhood, making manhood’s plan, Could think of Lincoln as a man— Could dare to dream his dreams, and know .A boy may rise, however low To any heights, however high, If he, like Lincoln, dares to try. Lincoln, for this I love you most: That boyhood loves you. Men may boast, But this is greatness. And today, Whatever orators may say, In this your greatest greatness lies: I see your dreams in boyhood’s eyes. (© bv McClure Moyspaper Syndicate.) The young lady . ACROSS THE WAY Xw/f TO X 1 j I ft 1 I 1 l\\\ ' \ The young lady across the way say> the appendix must he of some use in the human body or it wouldn’t have beea put there and she supposes the same thing is true of gall sto: s. (© bv McClure Newspaper Syndicate.) o Probability “What will the traffic problem be five years from now?” “Oh, we’ll commute from the park* Ing spaces to the office.” History of Pop in Poplin came from Avignofct, and the reason for its name is not initnediat vly apparent until we remember that, until 171)1, Avignon was a papal town, and therefore the silk manufactured there was called by the Italians papalino. and by the French papelin, so that when it vas introduced into England In 1693 by the Huguenot refugees It automatically became poplin. Today, most poplins are of worsted and flax or wool and cotton, and those of Irish manufacture are deservedly popular. Readers of Jane Austin will recall the delightful confession In “Emma”: “I have some notion of put ting such a trimming as this to my white and silver poplin.”—Exchange. O The throne in the Swedish royal palace in Stockholm is a massive hijh seat in solid silver. Piano Tuning E. S. VanAlstyne. Cross-Marks Monger Buildirig, SANFORD, v. c. PROFESSIONAL NURSE i am located in PitNboro and offe’ ri> j services as a Professional nurs< t.. the people of Chatham countv. F».sIE LUCILF. PETERSON, R. N | OR. LUTHER C. ROLLINS DENTIST * Siler City, N. C. 1 ALLAYS FEAR OF QUAKE INCREASE Director of Georgetown “IT* Replies to Inquirers j Washington.—The earth is not shak i Ing any more than it used to, but peo j pie are noticing it more. This is the answer of Director Ton dorf of the Georgetown university ob servatory to the flood of inquiries i reaching him as to whether earth quakes are increasing in number and frequency. Because of the precision of instru ments which record tremors, the pub lic is informed constantly through their newspapers of disturbances of the earth’s crust in all parts of the globe. The lay belief that the shocks are becoming close together is a re sult of this publicity. “The layman, unofficially Interested i in the restlessness of the earth’s crust, should know the truth,” says Doctor Toudorf. “The problem of computing earthquake frequency was first sci entifically undertaken by Count de Montessus de Ballore, one-time director of the seismoiogical observatory of the government of Chile. In 1900, after a close analysis of the then available earthquake records, 131,2p2 in number, he placed the an nual average earthquake occurrence at 3,830, equivalent to an ear shock every two hours and twenty-seven minutes. Four years afterward Dr. August Sieberg of the University of Jena ques tioned the estimate as too low. A re calculation made by him in 1923 lifted the annual average frequency to 9,000, or about one every hour. Five thousand of these quakes he Indicated as being felt sensibly on some part of the earth’s surface in varying intensities. Violent quakes, classified by others as world-shaking, occilr at intervals of every three and one-half days, either on the'continents or on the ecean’s bottom. Those on land, however, average every fifth day. “California, the least immune of all United States territory, is visited by a shock on an average of 81 times an nually. The liability of one of these shocks being heavy is about eight tenths of 1 per cent.” “Rent Party” Staves Off Collector in Harlem New York. —Two novel easy-money schemes have grown up in Harlem, haven of the negro in New York. The “rent party” is the most unique. When the visit of the rent collector is Imminent and the family treasury is low, comes the happy thought of turning the living quarters into an impromptu place of entertain ment for a night. The box office is the sidewalk, where tickets to the “rent party' 1 ” are sold to whomever among the passers-by can be Impor tuned - into the home. The price of admission Is 25 cents upward, accord ing to the “swankiness" of the house hold. The motley room of guests occasion ally get boisterous, leading the revel ers into the toils of the law. The other scheme, in which the re wards are uncertain except for the promoters, is a sort of lottery, known as “numbers” or the “policy game,” operated with the dally figures of to tal stock market sales as a basis. Al though contributions of as little as a nickle are solicited, considerable sums are involved. Burglar Discusses Art as He Takes Jewelry New York. —A burglar with a pen chant for discussing art with his vic tims, If they happen to meet him, robbed Mrs. Adelaide O'Donohue of Brooklyn of $15,000 in jewels. Mrs. O’Donohue, police said In revealing the burglary, was awakened by a flash light in her face just before daybreak and called out, “Who are you?” “I’m a burglar,” was the reply. “I want your money and your Jewelry.” She told them they were In the bu reau, but he paused to Vemark: “That's a corking fine painting you have there. Is it genuine?” Mrs. O’Donohue assured him It was and that It was called “Out of Chaos Comes the Dawh.” The thief, glanc ing out of the window, remarked that sure enough it was dawning. He then went to the bureau arid selected gems, conversing the while. The burglar remarked upon vol umes of Byron, Shelley and Keats on a table. fISSS " = , ‘Sleeping-Car Sirens' Bilk American Tourists London.—Sleeping-car sirens are a menace to travelers In some parts of Europe. Wealthy Americuus are said to be fre quently their victims. Good looks, beautiful clothes, a mixture of tears and coquetry, a card case containing names of famous persons of Europe and a tearful tale of a lost pifrse or railway ticket enable these ad venturesses to extract large sums of money from male ’ travelers. Yugo-Slav police recently ar rested a young woman of twen ty-four who for the last three years has been levying toll from wealthy travelers on the famous j Simplon Express, which rushes across the continent from Paris to Constantinople. . _______ i —— >« Thursday, January 27 r 1927 MONEY TO LOAN—iluu.uuo to loan the farmers of Chatham county ' within next ninety days. Loans from 1 to 30 years at 5 1-2 per cent. V P’l Tsbniw Print? us your crossties. We p av highest cash prices for all kinds of oak, ash and hickory ties. A fair in. , spection guaranteed and a man on the yard to help you unload. CONNELL & JOHNSON. PECANS will help to pay y OUr taxes and debts if you will let thorn Learn why and how\ Write J. Wright, Cairo, Ga. NOTICE TO CREDITORS Margaret H. Womble having re signed as adnrinistratrx of the es tate of J. D. Womble, deceased, and I having been appointed and qualified i as admin’strator, d. b. n„ of the es tate of the said J. D. Womble. de ceased, all persons holding claims a gainst the said estate are hereby noti fied to present them to the undersign ed on or before the 6th day of Janu ary, 1928, or this notice will be plead in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to the said es / tate will please make immediate set • tlcment. This the 6th day of January. 1927 G. W. BLAIR, Admr., d.b.n., J. D. Womble, deceased. Long & Beil, Attys. Jan. 20, 6t. For tlat next order of Letterheads, Envelopes, Billheads, Statements in fate most anything in job printing. Just call at THE CHATHAM PRINTSHOP Record Bldg. Pitishorn Sale of Land Under and bv virtue of authority conferred by an order of the court in the matter of: Matitin Gunter, 0. J. Gunter, et als. vs. J. E. Gun ter, b red Gunter, et als, entered on August 17, 1926, wherein the undersigned were appointed commissioners to sell said land for a division among the plaintiffs and the defendants; and whereas, all of me matters have been adjusted be W. D. Bright, one of the plaintiffs and other defendants with reference to the fourth tract of 75 acres described in the complaint. Therefore, in accordance with said order as relates to said tract of land between the parties thereto, the under signed commissioners, will, on Mon day, February 7th. 1927, at 12 o'clock noon, at the court house door in Pitts ooro, Chatham county, N. C. expose lo public saie to the highest bidder for cash, the folowing tract of land: Fourth tract of land consisting of 75 acres, more or less, allotted to Eli zabeth Gunter in the division cf the j ands of John W. Gunter, deceased. . made by Nathaniel Clegg, Alexander g - oav o n( j Calvm Pattisnad on August I! 22, 1860, to which division reference is hereby made for a full and com plete description of said tract of land. This 4th day of January, 1927. A. u. Bell, and R. u. GaVIN, Com. Hastings’ Seeds l6i&|Catai©g/ Mg] Free / Flower Seeds for Yen You can have “ packetb of seeds of 5 different and very beautiful flowers free. Hastings' 1927 Seed Catalog tells you all about it. Hastings' Seeds are ‘‘The Standard of the South ’’ They give the best re sults in our Southern gardens and on j our farms. Hastings' new 1927 Gala log has 112 pages in all, full of P 1 1" tures from photographs, handsome covers in full colors, truthful, accurate descriptions and valuable culture d; rections. 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