ESTABLISHED SEPTEMBER 19, 1878
MANY thousand
are homeless
Flooded Waters Crush Bar
riers. t oss of Life and Prop
erty Increases.
Memphis, Tenn., April 27
I Qweep ing man and his works scorn-
J u ‘jly before it the mighty flocd wa
k , ' ri f t be Mississippi river and its
f f ,. buta ries rolled mercilessly on to
hrd the sea today, inundating
w territory in Mississippi, Ar
nsas and Louisiana, rendering
I additional thousands homeless and
•readily increasing the toll of death
and destruction.
• Behind the advancing waters
swift forces of relief, marshalled
bv an entire nation, moved by every
available means to give succor to
thousands concentrated in refugee
camps, or marooned on high places
t 0 which they fied when the waters
engulfed their homes.
With the known death list
steadily climbing above the one
hundred mark, and varying esti
mates of from 200 to 500 dead in
the whole stricken area, every pre
caution was being taken to pre
vent additional casualties from
disease, hunger and exposure.
While boats and aircraft scoured
the flooded districts for marooned
persons, other vessels and planes
m sped to concentration centers and
f stricken towns with food, clothing,
medicines and assurances cf con
tinued relief.
Refugees fleeing from newly
inundated towns and communities
in the three states swelled the
ranks of the- homeless which al
ready had been estimated at 150,-
000.
In southeastern Arkansas nearly
a dozen small towns were receiving
backwaters from old breaks in the
Arkansas river, the inhabitants
either climbing to the levees or re
moving to nearby towns which re
mained dry.
The southern Mississippi delta
through which the waters from the
Stops Landing breaks in the main
Mississippi levee must course be
fre rejoining the parent stream
near Vicksburg was another scene
of evacuation as the flood waters
from the mighty river joined with
the backwater of the Yazoo.
In northern Louisiana small tri
| butanes of the Mississippi added
their waters to the peril from the
swollen flood of the winding Red
river.
Sections cf the southern Louis
iana delta below New Orleans re
ceived more water from the Dia
mond crevasse.
T amvhile, with urgent warnings
red on nearly every hand men
labored to rear higher the main
Mississippi levees from Vicksburg
to New Orleans. *
the crest of the flood past
M> mphis and the belief that the
r *' dll ‘ -Mississippi levees for a good
distance south are in rapidly di
minishing danger, Secretary of
Commerce Hoover and Major-Gen
( -lad win, chief of army engi
!have expressed grave con
( n oil what may happen when
b-gnest waters reaches the low
er delta.
In a statement issued from the
it i ( hisca, on the Mississip
pi' “ i .ast night Secretary of
oninioi'ce Hoover, personal repre
sentative of President Coolidge de
nut while the present pro
i!‘ ! r °lief forces had chief re
u 1 lor the succor of refugees the
T "Uestion is what will happen
, ‘ h\ees in the lower river
“ Me crest arrives,
general Jadwin asserted that the
nace to New Orleans will
joining of the Red River
1 the swollen Mississippi
L the full danger of the re-
Mooo can only be gauged
v !lfcn they meet.
f:iarheel says that his alfalfa
L ‘ le most popular place on
, e /' U m w ith the livestock and
chickens.
Wanting soybeans after the small
" ain cut this spring will insure
good supply of legume hay for
thls winter.
The Chatham Record
Town of Clarendon
In 28 Feet of Water
Property Loss of Millions Being
Doubled and Trebled As Addi
tional Dykes Break
Memphis, Tenn., April 22.—Over
coming the heroic efforts of man
to keep the raging torrents damned,
the flocd waters of the Mississippi
and Arkansas rivers were rushing
tonight over an ever-widening ter
ritory, rendering more thousands
homeless and adding to the millions
in property loss. v
While hundreds of refugees fled
before the walls of water, leaving
practically their all behind them,
additional toll of life was taken
both in Arkansas and Mississippi,
increasing to 38 the number of
known dead since the floods began
on the upper reaches of the Miss
issippi and its tributaries two
weeks ago. „
Lhis number included the 19
who perished with the swamping
of the government steamer Peli
can, loaded with refugees, which
was caught in the swirl of water
as the fast flowing Mississippi
broke through the dykes at Knowl
ton’s Point, north of Greenville.
Along the lower reaches cf the
Arkansas and down the rich Yazoo
delta were pictures of suffering and
desolation such as seldom before
have been presented in territory of
soparadic floods. Cities, towns and
rich eocton and other plantations
were inundated; refugees were hud
dled in a score or more of concen
tration points to be cared for by
the Red Cross, and the fate of hun
dreds caught in the flood area was
jn the balance.
Memorial Day On
May The Tenth
Address By Dr. Andrew W. Seawell
Is Heard Agricultural
Cup Is Awarded.
Will be celebrated in Pittsboro by
a dinner and speaking in the court
house. After which will be the
decoration of our heroes’ graves.
The weather promises to be fine
and it is hoped that our Confed
erate Veterans will all be able to
attend the exercises.
Senator W. B. Horton of Caswell
will deliver the main address on
“The Junior Reserve” of North
Carolina. From Fort Fisher—the
Battle of Bentonville—tell their
Surrender to Sherman’s Army at
Jimtown, near High Point, May 2nd
1855.
The Daughter’s of the Confed
eracy of dinner committee ask
that every Confederate Veteran
and his wife that can be here, noti
fy Mrs. Henry A. London at once.
Also the widows of Confederate
Veterans. This is necessary in or
der for the committee to know
how much dinner to prepare for
that occasion.
PROGRAM FOR MEMORIAL
DAY AT PITTSBORO THE 10
The following program has been
arranged for Memorial Day at
Pittsboro, May 10:
Master of ceremonies—A. C.
Ray.
Chief marshal—V. R. Johnson.
Assistants, —Fred Nooe, Sam
Griffin, Will London, D. B. Nooe,
Ivey Gilmore, Ernest Williams.
Dinner for Confederate veterans
and wives or widows at noon.
Invocation —By Rev. C. M.
Lance; Children sing “Dixie.”
After a recess, march to court
room to strains of “Dixie”, played
by Miss Carrie Jackson.
Prayer—Rev. R. G. Shannon-
house.
Singing, “Bonnie Blue Flag.”
Introduction of speaker—Dam’l
L. Bell.
Address by Senator W. B. Hor
ton of Caswell county.
Singing by all.
Presenting Confederate flags to
veterans.
Music.
Benediction—Rev. R. R. Gordon.
March to church yards to the
tolling of church bells.
Decoration of graves.
Subscribe to The Record, $1.50
for 12 months —In advance, please.
PITTSBORO, N. c., CHATHAM COUNTY, THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1927
jiVatioTi to Relief of Mississippi Homeless
Trloovoif'
More than 300 dead and 200,000 homeless are in the Mississippi,
Missouri and Ohio valleys as waters recede on the most destructive river
flood the nation has ever known. Secretary of Interior Herbert Hoover
has been assigned by the President to personally direct all relief work as
the nation contributes funds. Upper photo is an airplane view of Green
ville, Miss., under 20 foot of water. Lower photo a typical tent city
which now dot the highlands, St. Louis to New Orleans.
Nation to Relief of Mississippi Homeless
Calls For Arrest Os
Drunken Auto Driver
Told Grand Jurors That Law En
forcement was Possible When
Peop!e~Saw to It That Officers
Carried Out Their Duties
Concord, April 27 —Cabarrus
County Superior court convened
with Judge Michael Schenck of
Hondcjrsonville, presiding. Judge
Schenck in his charge told the
grand jurors that law enforcement
was possibie when people saw to
it that officers carried out their
duties. “We can enforce any law
we want enforced,” he said. He
urged that drunken drivers be ar
rested, declaring that any one con
victed of such a charge before him
would not be allowed to drive again
for at least a year.
Woman In Hospital
Not Yet Identified
Has Her Skull Fractured When
She Jumped From Automobile
At Wilson.
Wilson, ApriJ 25—A young wom
an, whose identity has not yet £een
established, is in a local hospital
suffering from a fracture of the
skull received Monday afternoon
when she leaped from an automo
bile in which she was riding with a
man and another woman. In leap
ing from the car which was travel
ing out west Vance street she fell
and struck her head on the curbing
inflicting an ugly wound.
Eye witnesses of the accident
gave all the details but were unable
to recognize or identify any of the
trio. The man stepped into his
car and drove away after seeing
the extent of the woman’s injuries
and is alleged to have exclaimed, “I
would not have had that happen in
my car for anything in the world.”
As he disappeared another car
turned the corner, pulled up to a
stop at the scene and a man alight
ed, picked up the woman, placed
her in the car and drove away.
Her injuries were first attended
by a local physician and later she
was taken to a local hospital where
authorities will only say her condi
tion is serious and will not divulge
her name. None of the parties in
volved are known.
The woman is -reported to have
said “I don’t care to live now” as
she leaped from the car. It is re
ported that while riding in this
car she saw another car approach
ing from the opposite direction
with either her husband or sweet
heart driving and accompanied by
another woman, and it is thought
that this prompted her rash act.
Liars need good memories.
Chinese Laundryman
Slain At Wadesboro
M. B. Howell, Meat Market And
Dry Cleaning Man, Surrenders
After Shooting.
Wadesboro, —M. B. Howell, well
known meat market man and pro
prietor of a dry cleaning establish
ment here, is in jail charged with
killing Tom Wong, Chinese laun
dryman and resident, of Wadesboro
for four years. Wong was shot
four times, it is alleged, dying with
in a few minutes. The shooting oc
curred about thiree-thirty this af
ternoon.
Howell went to the court house
to give himself up to Sheriff J.
Flake Martin, but Martin was out
on a liquor raid and Howell sur
rendered to Chief of Police H. W.
King. He is now in jail awaiting
the coroner’s inquest, which will be
held by Coroner H. W. Clark Sun
day afternoon at three o’clock.
Wong’s laundry and Howell’s
dry cleaning plant are in adjoining
rooms of a building belonging to
W. W. Bennett. Repairs have been
in progress on the building, and on
the wall between the two rooms.
Tarley Howell, son of M. B. Howell,
claimed that the Chinaman dis
turbed him by hammering on the
dividing wall, but it is not known
what passed between Harley How
ell and Wong.
LEXINGTON TO RALEIGH
News and Observer.
Take down your map of North
Carolina and you will find that the
direct line between the east and the
west would run from Raleigh to
Pittsboro, through Asheboro to
Lexington. C. H. Julian’s letter in
the Open Forum pointed out the ad
vantages of the construction of this
line.
It is a piece of interesting his
tory as showing how influence ope
rated in the location of roads. When
the North Carolina Railroad was
enterprised there were two routes
suggested from Raleigh via Pitts
boro and one via Hillsboro and
and Greensboro. The first was
many miles the shortest, and, as
far as population was concerned,
Pittsboro and Asheboro were as im
portant as Hillsboro and Greens
boro. There was no Durham or
Burlington or any other important
town between Raleigh and Greens
boro. Manufacturing on Deep
river in Randolph was about as im
portant as on the Haw in Ala
mance. But the men of Hillsboro
and Greensboro had the most in
fluence and were ready to subscribe
for more stock in the road than the
Pittsboro and Asheboro people.
(Continued on Page eight)
Pittsboro Stages Wet
Versus Dry Election
Will. F. Bland Independent Candi
date in Favor of Town Water
System Defeats E. A. F. Farrell,
Opposed.
Since the last issue of the Record
a contest between wet and dry de
veloped in the town election and
the thing was fought out with
ballots Tuesday. The Record told
last week how the town meeting
called to nominate town officers
had named E. A. Farrell for mayor.
At the time the wet and dry Issue
had not developed. However, it
turned out in a day or so that Mr.
Farrell was opposed to the issue
of bonds for the installation of a
water system for the town, and
the opposition arose, resulting in
the candidacy cf Will F. Bland as
an independent candidate for
mayor.
Unfortunately, the registration
books had already closed and there
was little opportunity to stir up the
natives on the vital question. How
ever, there were considerably over
a hundred names on the registration
book, and as this is written at two
p. m. Tuesday, the ballots stand 37
to 38 in favor of the wets, with the
prospect that the Bland ticket will
hold the lead throughout the day.
It will be recalled that the town
council passed an ordinance to is
sue §40,000 in bonds for the instal
lation of a water system, and un
der the municipal act of the re
cent legislature, advertised the
ordinance, to the effect that the
bonds would be issued without the
question being put to a vote unless
25 per cent, of the qualified voters
of the town by petition should call
for an election. Mr. Farrell took
the stand that if chosen mayor he
would not sign the bonds, nor, pre
sumably, call the election. And
here the opposition arose.
At this writing it seems to be
a victory for those in favor of the
bond issue. However, the drys still
fiave the privilege of petitioning
.for the election and of defeating
the proposed issue if they can gar
ner enough votes to do so in case
the election should be called.
No one, of course, opposes a wa
ter system per se. The contention
i"f the drys is that the town can
not afford, particularly at this
stage cf affairs when the whole
country has been through a three
year period of hard times, to issue
bonds to the amount of §40,000.
They point out that the interest it
self would be §2,000 or more, and
that the amount necessary to build
up a sinking fund and the cost of
upkeep and operation would be a
sum exceedingly burdensome for
the village to raise annually, when
all citizens are already burdened
yvith the tax load; that it would
necessitate an additional tax levy
of about fifty cents on the hun
dred dollars.
The wets see all that but think
the installation would be worth it,
and would be of great value in re
ducing the insurance rate and in
putting the town on the map and in
a position to attract new citizens
and enterprises.
That’s the case, but the end is
not yet.
There was no opposition to the
four councilmen nominated at the
town meeting, who are the. same
as those of last term except that
Newton Moore fills the vacancy
paused by resignation of D. L. Bell
when he was elected to the legis
lature
As the evening drew on the con
test became warm. It developed
that the registratioi bonds had
been burned two years agD and the
new opes being used were
written from memory by the town
clerk and the names of some of the
oldest citizens did not appear. Affi
davits that they were registered
were not accepted by the poll hold
ers. Bland finally won by one
majority. The defeated party was
rather angry as more Farrell vot
ers had been turned down than
Bland voters. On Wednesday the
old council met and declared the
election as to Mayor null and void.
By agreement of all parties the
election of the commissioners was
(Continued on page 8)
Fine Commencement
At Pittsboro H. S.
Every Number on the Program En
joyable House Delivers Ad
dress to Graduates.
The annual commencement of
the Pittsboro school began Friday
evening at eight o’clock in the
school auditorium, where a most
enjoyable recital was successfully
rendered by the music pupils of the
Pittsboro high school, assisted by
the pupils in violin and expression.
.Although it was the first time
some of the pupils had appeared in
public, they performed with credit
to themselves and their capable
teacher, Mrs. Henry A. Bynum.
The class exercises, Saturday ev.
ening, was an original play written
by Prof. J. S. Waters, member of
she faculty, and coached by Mrs.
Geo. H. Brooks. The curtain rose
on a class meeting in the home of
one of the seniors. The second act
represented a woodland scene of
pines, dog wood, and azalea—a
most fitting setting for a weiner
roast and fortune telling; the third
act pictured a class reunion four
years later.
Many deserved compliments were
paid the seniors by those present.
All parts were taken without a
word of prompting and several
players shewed dramatic ability,
j The songs which, with one excep
| tion, had been written by the mem
; bers of the class, most of whom are
musical were rendered exception
ally well. Perhaps the most
characteristic feature of the en
tire evening was the abandon of
those who took part in the' play.
Ease and naturalness prevailed.
The commencement sermon was
I preached Sunday morning at eleven
j o’clock by Dr. Charles E. Maddry
lof Raleigh. The texts which served
j for his helpful discourse were:“For
What Is Life?” and “I Am Come
That They Might Have Life and
Have it More Abundantly.” The
old idea was to be good in order
that you might die right; the idea
is salvation for living.
The three main divisions of Dr.
Maddry’s sermon were: First, God
gives life; therefore it should be
made worthy of Him. Second, the
Divine possibilities wrapped up in
every human should be lead out and
cultivated. Instances were cited
showing that one single soul has
often wrought wonders. Third, we
are living in a marvelous hour. God
has brought the great big world
together into one neighborhood.
The world is plastic, waiting to be
made over in the image of Jesus.
The literary address was deliv
ered Thursday morning in a de
lightful and inspiring manner by
Mr. R. B. House, executive secre
tary, of the University of North
Carolina. He reviewed our his
torical back ground in order to
show that our civilization was bas
ed upon human welfare, giving the
early founding of our university as
an example of such an ideal. He
spoke of what had been done in the
span of one human life; some
thing to be proud of, but not the
end of our efforts. He said that
there is no fixed and crystalized
system for all ages. We carve our
own destiny. Education is a grow
ing institution. He mentioned our
pending school election as an op
portunity to show our devotion to
the ideal of our great founder,
William Pitt to set his spirit above
the dollar and place greatest value
upon human welfare.
Prof. A. V. Nolan with elequent
and appropriate remarks presented
the graduates with their diplomas,
numbering twenty.
County Supt. W. R. Thompson
gave to the seventh grade grad
uates their certificates and presen
ted them as living examples as a
reason why we should vote for an
eight months school term.
The following prizes were pre
sented: the scholarship medal to
Mary Frances Perry. A medal and
a certificate of honor to Elsie Rid
dle as a girl from the eighth grade
who represented the highest type
of citizenship. A $5.00 prize from
the Henry London Chapter of the
U.D.C. for the best essay on “The
Immortal Six,” won by C. C. Ham
let.
(Continued on page 8)
VOLUME NO. 49
MISTRIAL IN
F-SAPIRO CASE
Subjects of New Trial Is Dis
cussed but no Agreement
Reached for Present
Detroit, April 25—Aaron Sapiro'*
$1,000,000 libel suit against Henry
Ford and the automobile man
ufacturer’s weekly, the Dearborn
Independent, fell by the wayside to
day when Federal Judge Fred M-
Raymond declared a mistrial.
He held with the Ford attorney*
that the jury had been contaminat
ed by newspaper publication of an
interview with a juror, Mrs. Cora
Hoffman.
“Apparently this case must fall
at this time” the court regretfully
announced. “It falls to a large ex
tent because justice has been cruci
fied upon the cross of unethical and
depraved journalism.”
He discharged the jury and im
mediately called John A. Baxter,
acting federal district attorney, and
instructed him to investigate and
if his findings warranted, file con
tempt proceedings against the pub
lishers of the Detroit Times, the re
porter who interviewed Mrs. Hoff
man and any others involved in the
publication of her statement in that
newspaper.
Judge Raymond stated from the
bench that there seemed to be noth
ing to support other charges
against Mrs. Hoffman and Sapiro,
made in 15 affidavits, mostly by
Ford detectives in support of the
motion for a mistrial.
The outstanding allegation was
that Mrs. Hoffman frequently had
been seen and overheard in conver
sation with J. “Kid” Miller, who in
turn had been observed talking
earnestly with Sapiro and that
Miller had been heard to say to
Mrs. Hoffman that by doing cer
tain things she could earn “thou
sands of dollars.”
After Judge Raymond announc
ed his ruling he met the attorneys
in chambers to discuss a new trial
but no agreement was reported
and they separated to meet for a
further discussion Saturday, April
30th.
EPISCOPAL CHURCH NOTES
During May and June the rector
will have services every Sunday
at St. Bartholomew’s church; first
and third Sundays at eleven, as
usual, and other Sunday’s at five
p. m. Visitors are welcomed at
all services.
A Men’s supper, ducth style, will
be given at Burlington at the Ala
mance hotel next Monday .night,for
laymen from all the churches in the
Diocese. One dollar a plate. Spe
cial speaker, Rev. L. M. McAllister,
executive secretary,diocese of New
ark. Mr. A. H. London, D. L. Bell,
and the rector will attend.
The diocesan convention meets
in Burlington next Tuesday and
Wednesday. Delegates, as above.
The woman’s auxiliary conven
tion met in Salisbury, St. Luke’s,
last Tuesday and Wednesday. Mrs.
Shannonhouse and Mrs. A. H. Lon
don represented St. Bartholomew’s
auxiliary.
The local auxiliary is having ex
tensive improvement made on the
chui ch grounds, with clearing up
and new fencing.
And St. Bartholomew’s annual
report indicates very gratifying
improvement along all lines.
Mr. G. R. Pilkington and Mr.
Alex Riddle are alternate-delegates
to the convention. Other officers
are: W. L. London, Treas.; D. L.
Bell, clerk; A. H. London, warden;
R. G. Shannonhouse, rector; Mrs.
N. M. Mill, vice-pres. of the aux
iliary; Mrs. Victor Johnston, or
ganist.
On account of choir members go
ing off to school next fall the or
ganist and choir leader are looking
around for more members to take
their places. Young ladies and
men are needed. '
The rector visited his mother'
and his daughter in Charlotte two
days last week.
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Many a man who declares hi*
opinion has none.