ESTABLISHED SEPTEMBER 19,1878
»jf,'f iSiiOHO BOY
125 YEARS AGO
Lad Who Was To
Distinction As
Educator
A hun dred and twenty-five years
‘ a barefoot lad who was to
a % disinction as educator and j
V in -rpr might have been seen plod- j
f?aH.ng the uust covered roads!
\at Pitwboro. His name was'
f l Brantiy, and he was!
u iii.ani 1
, numaous progeny ot par- i
olid v/» •i*i
i - u . ss ,a with lew ot tms |
tjrds goods, according to a
sktren written oy one son. i
Whether his ianihy Lved in the'
)Lv s chapei neighoorhood, or in j
Siting community is not |
LCcertain. Biake Brantiy was I
thJ deacon at Rock Spring, and i
V>'m 1., may have been his son. But
the indications are stronger that
i K - was a res.dent of the May s
Ciiaoei neighborhood. Purefoy’s
fci-t'ry of the Sandy Creek Baptist
Association states that Wm. T.
Erantly was a member ot that
church, then known as George's
£^ e k. And there was another
William Brantiy who was a mem
i),: ci that church, and who is re
( d- Q as a delegate to the Sandy
(. -.ck association ir. 1807 as Wil-
U;:i Brantiy; the next year he is
tr’censeu minister, and'the next’
Hforcai’A. minister. Whether
\ws the i nner of Wm. T., and ■
entered tne ministry after his son
he cam .1. rial student is not
• t 1. a.t .mined from the informa
t; .i at hand. Wm. f. at that j
y--vn.s sfudont a: S. C. College,!
tv.:.iv he graduated in 1808. .
these early years of the nine
teenth century was the era of a re
m. rkabie revival that spread over
the whole country. It is noted in
the sketch of Rock Spring church
that that church enjoyed a great
revival in ISOO. That was probab
ly about the time Wm. T. Brantiy
W 3; converted,* which was at the
age of fourteen,
The boy was so bright and so re
ligious that he soon began to speak
in public. Alter the pastor had
preached he would ask to be al
l to speak and it is related
that more than one man attributed
hi' conversion to “that boy who
sp"ke after the minister was done.”
_ There lived at Pittsborough in
Bse days one William Warden,
- wealthy Scotchman but a mem
m no church, who was so im
pressed by the talent of the boy
diat he offered him the funds nec
essary to prepare him for college,
“ d the youth gladly accepted the
prorfered aid. Afterward, as stat
es above, he attended S. C. College,
"meh Jonathan Maxcy, a for
®er scholarly president of Brown
diversity, was president, and be
tAveen whom and the young Pitts
°m student sprang up a deep
friendship.
his college course in
. me. young man became “rec-
Kichniond Academy, in Au-
a ’ ,a ’’ P re aching to the desti-
of that section
€« oiirufov ••»
, a - - while residing at Au
„ ra ‘ ,ni « l a sister of Gov-
Ha ® McDonald.
iwln'v TT pastor of the
j..., , '‘ • I ■’ baptist church. In
to the rectorship
kaci-bi °° ] iU . Augusta an d while
u , * f ? an; zed the first Bap
'!aau^h °f that city.
coantv the former Chatham
ate +• '■ U . as ca ßed to the pastor-
Philade'pvT "T B , aptist church of
has C r ' ,Uj v, ’h lc h was at that
t: ‘ <; most distinguished
the Union. While
ipbia he edited
ding Baptist papers
f -dit years. At
years,, his health
northern climate, he
c: v . an d became pastor
rtist church of
• ( ■, and also served
‘ irlestor • the Colle^e of
fce kad , i llle double work that
tiftidow,, . ' (ione finall y broke
Paraly si; , "v, K Was str i c ken with
c las s reoif\- i C bearing the senior
never n ° n 13 > *844.
r recovered.
<C ° ntinued <>n Pa S e eight)
The Chatham Record
memorial Meeting
At Rock Springs
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Mr. P. T. Farrell has reported
the memorial day services at Rock
Spring cemetery, just out of Pitts
jero, quite a success. Besides the
pastor’s sermon, addresses were
maae by Mr. J. L. Griffin and Mr.
A. C. Ray. A big dinner was ser
ved. Mr. Griffin’s address was of
a historical nature. Mr. Farrell
has k aned one of the rare volumes
of Purefoy’s history of the Sandy
Creek association, from which we
give here tho story of Rock
church.
Ihe Sandy Creek church, in Ran
dolph county was the parent of the |
Baptist churches of a large part of i
the south. The old chur h started |
w.th sixteen members who moved
t the Sandy Creek community ;
from Virginia. Shubal Stearns j
was <.he notable leader of the little ■
oa. u which was to revolutionize i
ho church life of so large an area. ;
,n a comparatively little while the
members of the church had grown i
from sixteen to 606. The associa
tion soon embraced churches in a
terri ory extending as far as New
River in Onslow county, and in
South Carolina. A little later and
the membership of the church itself
which covered a large area began
to withdraw and establish new
churches. It is supposed, you note,
tha. Rock Springs existed for a
. me as a mere arm of the Sandy
Creek church. But here is what
cure toy's history, published in
1859, nearly seventy years ago, j
says;
“Rock Springs Church.
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This church is located two miles
north cf Pittsborough in Chatham
county. It was known probably by
he name of “Haw River Church
at first, then by the “Old Fork,
and linally when it moved to its
present site it took the name of
Rock Spring. It was no doubt an
arm of Sandy Creek church, at the
formation of the Sandy Creek
Association, in 1758, and was soon
afterward constituted into an in
dependent church; consequently,
it may be considered the second
ldest church in this association,
that is in 1858, the centennial of
the organization of the Sandy
Creek Association —Ed.), and Bear
Creek the third oldest. The church
records, previously to 1817, cannot
be found. In 1800, or during the
next year, this church enjoyed an
extensive revival of religion, under
the * ministerial labors of Rev.
George Pope. Elder Elnathan
Davis, it is supposed, succeeded
him in the ministry at this place.
From 1816 to the present time,
1859, the following ministers, in
the order in which their names
ccme, having been the pastors of
the church; Elders Robert T. Dan
iel, George Brown, Hezekiah Har
mon, Thos. D. Armstrong, Wil
liam H. Merritt, Geo. W. Purefoy,
Jesse Sowell, and William Line
berry.
'The deacons have been Robert
Ward, Blake Brantiy, Stephen
Moore, Richard Webster, Willie B.
Straughan, Ransom C. Poe, Guil
ford Petty, Elisha H. Straughan,
Geo. W T . Dismukes, and C. C. P.
Dismu'kes.
The clerks have been, since 1816,
Basil Manly, William Lightfoot, W
B. Straughan, S. Mcore, E. H
Straughan, and Joseph G. Dis
mukes.
j Brethren Basil Manly was licens
ed to preach by this church April
25, 1818, and Brethren Edmund A.
Poe and Richard R. Moore were li
censed in 1854.”
Note that the ancestor of the no
tably influential Manly family was
clerk of this old church. The edi
tor himself studied Latin at Wake
Forest under Dr. Geo. W. Manly,
a grandson of this Basil Manly,
while hundreds of the most promin
ent preaches in the south studied
under Basil Manly, Jr., son of the
old clerk of Rock Springs, at the
- Louisville, Ky., Seminary.
—
Many a man’s good reputation
is due to what isn’t found out
; about him.
Writing has one great advant
age. It makes no noise to annoy
people. - %
S PITTSBORO, N. C„ CHATHAM COUNTY, THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1927
Farm-Grown Sausage
Pays Large Profits
Minnesota Man Wfth 10-Acre Farm
Sells Minneapolis Hotel $6,800
Worth of Sausage in Year
More than S6,SQQ worth of farm
grown and farjn-manufactured
sausage was sold to Minneapolis
hotels, clubs ajpl housewives last
year by William J. Gregg, a hog
raiser at St. Bonifacius, Minn., who
jelieves that the day of big oppor
tunity has ccme for the li.tie farm
er who puts out a high quality pro
duct.
Or. his little 10-acre farm 28
mix s rem Minneapolis last season
Mr. Gregg and his son Walter rais
d 250 Berkshire shoats and put
them through the sausage mill,
.•ays the Minneapolis Journal. This
year they plant to convert nearly
. purebred pig’s .nco sausage and
realise 510.000 profit. In order to
mar■ u-aeture his sausage under
Alter cond.tions Mr. Gregg now is
ju iding a small m.dern plant on
his farm.
No hog ra : sed by Mr. Gregg is
.lowed to reach a weight of more
lian 180 pounds before going into
.m-. sausage grinder, “for he won’t
make as good sausage if permitted
ui get fatter than that.” The pigs
P'ow up in plentiful alfalfa pas
.ures leased nearby and get a little
shorts and shelled corn in the sum
mer. They are then finished on
Canada field peas, boiled barley
and a little corn.
Mr. Gregg contributed much of
his success methods
of growth and feeding of the an
imals, to the fact that he tried to
make sausage that is better than
his competitors’, and lets trucks or
the mailman do most of his deliv
ering. x
“i have Mr. Gregg said,
“that the farmer who puts out a
high quality product for which
.here is a regl public demand be
cause of its better quality, and
who avoids the high costs of trans
portation, handling and manufact
upring that intervene between the
farmer and consumer, is the one
who has made the most money.”
GARDNER WILL OPEN
DURHAM EXPOSITION
Durham ,May 9.—0 Max Gard
ner, conceded by many to be the
next governor of North Carolina,
has accepted the invitation extend
ed him to open the Durham exposi
tion, which will be held in this
city during the week of May 16.
The Shelby man, probably* one of
the best known orators, and offi
cials of the exposition feel that he
will attract an enormous crowd on
the opening night of the exposition.
The exposition being staged un
der the auspices of’-the Durham
merchants’ association with the
view of showing to. the people of
this section of the ; state the wide
diversification of products made
and sold here. One of the most el
aborate programs ever presented in
this section of the state has been
prepared for the week and includes
musicians and speakers of note, in
addition to other features.
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CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THE
FLOOD VICTIMS
The following contributions to
the flood relief fund are reported
by Mrs. N. M. Hill of the Red
Cress:
Supplies .... $139.00
Rev. R. G. Shaunor.house .... 1.00
Mr. J. L. Griffin 1.00
Baptist S. S. Pittsboro 15.00
Rev. Mr. Brown of Ebe
• nezer church 20.00
Mrs. J. E. Morgan 1.00
SANFORD BANK MAN
TAKES NEW POSITION
Sanford, May 8. —John R. Jones,
Jr., who has been cashier of the
Sanford branch of the Page Trust
company for the past three years,
has resigned to become Southern
representative of the National Bank
of Commerce, New York.
. Mr. Jones is one of Sanford’s
prominent young business men and
lenders in civic affairs.
REGARDING KNOWLEDGE.
(Henry Ford in Dearborn Inde
pendent.)
Knowledge is something that
somebody once knew and left in
a form which enabled anyone else,
who wanted to, to know it.
If a man is born with normal hu
man faculties, if he is equipped
with enough ability to use the tools
which we call ‘ietters’ in reading or
writing, there is no knowledge
within the possession of the race
that 112 cannot have —if he wants
it!
The only reason every man does
not know everything that the hu
man mind has ever learned is that
no one has ever yet found it worth
,vhiie to know that much.
Men satisfy their minds more
by finding out things for them
selves than by heaping together
the things which somebody else
has found cut.
You can go out and gather
knowledge all your life, and with
all your gathering you will not
catch up even with your own times.
You may fill your head with all
the ‘facts’ of all the ages and your
head may be just an overloaded
fact-box when you get through.
The point is. this: Great piles
of knowledge in the head are not
the same as mental activity. A
man may be very learned and very
useless. Any college professor will
tell you that. And then again, a
man may be unlearned and very
useful, very wide awake in his
mind —ar.d any professor of phy
chology will tell you that, too.
The object of education is not to
fill a man’s mind with facts; it is
to teach him how to use his mind
in thinking.
Just how much knowledge must
be held in common by everybody
is a matter of fashion. It is large
ly a matter.of the class of peopl:
you want to associate with.
If you move in cne class you
will discover that you are expected
to be able to talk about art, and
music, and poetry and similar sub
jects. Thousands of people are
chattering about those things who
don’t know anything about them at
all, but they have learned the
phrases and they pass for “educat
ed.’ A scholar of wide fame said
just a little while ago; ‘lt is now
possible in our best society to ex
press opinions about a book with
out having read it, or to gabble
about without knowing a single
fundamental principle.’
People do this because it is ex
pected of them and because it is the
fashion. Most of the fads of so
ciety are intellectual fads, which
change like the style of hats.
Os course, if you want to gather
knowledge like pebbles and exhibit
it, all right. That is one form of
human vanity. But to flatter your
self that you are learned, while the
man who does not follow your fad
is unlearned, is to add a vicious
flavor to your self-flattery.
There is a young fellow stand
| ing before you. His skin is clear,
his eyes are bright, he understands
1 what he sees, and his mind is
| awake. He doesn’t know every
! thing. As educational fashions go
nowadays may ‘know’ compar
atively little. That is, his head
1 may still be unburdened by a load
of facts out of books.
No, he doesn’t know everything.
| But as you look at him, as you
1 note his comprehending gaze, as
' you mark the cool glance of his
; eyes, this thought comes to you:
1 ‘He doesn’t know everything, but
| there is nothing he could not know
!if he wanted to; and when he
! chooses his work in life, he will
i learn it clear through to the end
and beyond.’
| He doesn’t have much knowledge,
but he has a lot of brains.
Please note! if you are ever
given a choice between brains and
knowledge, choose brains.
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With brains you can get any
form of knowledge yo,u need. But
better than that with brains you
can use any kind of knowledge
that you have. Without brains, no
amount of gathered knowledge will
ever amount to a straw.
The best thing a book does for
a man is to make him think. All
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(Continued on Page eight)
Legion Auxiliary.
The American Legion Auxiliary
met with Mrs. C. E. Bryan Thurs
day evening, May sth, 1927.
The meeting was opened .with
allegiance to The Flag. After
which the secretary read the pre
amble.
It was decided to send our sol-.
dier at Oteen a year’s subscription
to the Saturday Evening Post, as
a gift for Mother’s Day.
The medal given by the auxiliary
to the eighth grade girl in the
Pittsboro high school was won by
Miss Elsie Riddle. It was voted
by the auxiliary to give this medal
annually.
Mrs. C. E. Bryan gave a splen
did report of the meeting in Ral
eigh.
The following program arranged
by the president was then given:
Memorials and memorial Day,
Mrs. W. G. Johnson.
Poem—“Poppies”— Mrs. Geo. W.
Brewer.
“The Message of the American Le
gion Auxiliary Poppy,”—Mrs. W.
P. Lathum.
“In Flanders Field”, —Mrs. Ros
coe M. Farrell.
Mrs. Walter C. Johnson and
Mrs. C. E. Bryan were appointed
chairmen of the Poppy sale.
A delicious ice course was ser
ved by the hostess, assisted by Mrs.
H. D. Gunter.
SHERIFF ENJOINED.
Judge W. C. Harris, on the plea
of J.N. People's,represented by at
torney Daniel L. Bell, ten days ago
granted a temporary injunction
against Sheriff Blair, forbidding
him from advertising Chatham
county lands for sale for 1926
(axes. The hearing on the matter
is to be held by Judge Harriss at
Sanford today. If the injunction
s made permanent, the matter may
5c carried to the superior court.
W. P. Horton, as attorney for the
county, will represent the commis
sicners at the Sanford hearing.
The plea of Mr. Peoples is based
on the ground that the context of
the bill under which the land is to
be advertised indicates that the law
was not intended to apply to 1926
taxes.
The injunction is serving the
good purpose of giving the people
more time to raise the money for
their taxes, but Sheriff Blair in
sists that they do not take too
much for granted in this matter of
the injunction, since he has to make
his settlement according to law,
and it is possible that the supreme
court may set aside the injunction
if made permanent by Judge Har
ris, and that the hardship on the
delinquent tax-payers would be all
the greater, since a delay might
prevent his being able to collect all
the taxes even if the people are
prepared to pay them. A similar
injunction has been secured in
Wake and Johnston.
If you pay now as the Sheriff
asks, the thing is over, whatever
else happens.
FRED EXPECTS TO KEEP
, S. C. MONEY SAFE
Mr. Fred Paschal, newly elected
Mayor, and Mr. Mann, both of Siler
City, were here Wednesday and
consummated a trade for the big
iron safe that was used in the
Clerk’s office for nearly forty
years. It was sold at auction whe»-
the new court house was occupied
and purchased by Mr. J. S. Cook.—
Alamance Gleaner.
LOOKING BACK 72 YEARS.
Sanford, Rt. 4, May 4.
Editor Record:
I was at Pittsboro 72 years ago
today, May 4, 1855, and saw
Sheriff Richard Paschall hang Wil
lis Hester, the first man in North
•Carolina to be hanged for stealing
negroes? Jack Williams was
sheriff, but Paschall as deputy was
present and assisted in the execu
tion. It was a rainy day, but there
were thousands of people there. I
do not know another that was there
who is living. Major William
Guthrie and I were together, but
he is dead. If any one who was
there that day sees this, I would be
glad to have his name and address.
Respectfully,
J. R. BRIGHT.
Road-Bridge Work
1 In Progress In County
v Work is in progress on tHe re
pair of Moore’s bridge preljminsry
co the turning of the Chapel Hijl
ar.d Durham traffic through the
jaeiour being prepared in view of
I the early beginning of paving work
i on the Pittsboro end of the Pittfc
, boro-Chapel Hill highway. The
j cost of the repairs to the bridge
! will be considerable, and then, we
, believe, that a new bridge is con
templated at another point on the
: Haw when the Pittsborc-Raleigh
highway is constructed. But the
work done on the old bridge and
that done in making the deour fit
cor extensive traffic, will benefit
the several communities in which
the work is being done. The best
way to Raleigh at present is by
way of Durham, as a detour on
route 50 lengthens the trip by Mon
cure, and the repair of Moore’s
bridge cuts off traffic on the Jenks
road. When the bridge is repair
ed, the Jenks route can be resumed.
A rock cruhser just out of Pitts
boro is crushing stone for the pav
ing work on the Chapel Hill-Pitts
boro project, and a considerable
sum is being expended in the pur
chase of stone. Several of our
citizens hauling great quanti-
ties of the rocks that have been a
nuisance about their places. The
price is 65 cents a ton delivered,
but it doesn’t take many stones to
weigh a ton. It lo'oks like slow mo
ney at first. glance, but a good
truck can haul many a ton a short
distance in a day.
Also work begins this week on
the Lockville Bridge across the
Deep. That means that three
fridges are under construction
a very few miles of Mon
cure. The Haywood bridge across
Haw and the Lockville bridge
?.re state projects on route 50, but
the bridge across the Cape Fear
just below the confluence of the
*iaw and the Deep is a joint pro
ject of Lee and Chatham county.
The paving work, the engineer
ing on both the Pittsboro-Raleigh
and the Pittsboro-Chapel Hill
routes, the construction of the de
tour, and the building of these
three bridges, all together, are dis
tributing quite a lot of money in
the county. Moncure is peculiarly
favored, and at a time when the
good little town needs help to push
it over the difficulties arising from
the failure of the bank, and of the
Mill and Ginning Company.
Club Notes
The Civics department of the
Woman’s club held its regular
meeting Friday evening May 6th,
at the home of Mrs. Reid Thomp
son, with the Chairman, Mrs. Ar
thur Hill London, presiding.
Following the reading of the
minutes of last meeting, etc., it was
decided to ask all who would to
contribute a book for the club li
brary.
A Better Garden Campaign was
discussed and an exchange day,
cf shrubs, flowers and plants of all
kinds will be held at an early date.
It was also (lecided to have a flower
show in the early fall.
Mrs. N. C. Shivar and Mrs. Wal
ter Johnson will have charge of the
program, which will be given at the
next regular meeting of the club.
At the close of the business ses
sion delicious strawberry cream and
cake were served by the hostess.
Many Additions to Durham
Churches
Durham, May 8. —Scores of peo
ple have been converted in Durham
during the past several weeks and
many have joined the church as
the result of a series of revival |
meetings which have been in pro-1
progress for some time. Several |
denominations are included in theT
churches holding special services.;
A number of outstanding church
men have been brought here for the
meetings, including Bishop E. D.
Mouzon, head of the two North
Carolina Methodist conferences;
Dr. H. M. Wharton, of Baltimore,
Md.; Rev. H. W. Connelly, of Roa
noke Rapids, Va., and others. Sev
eral services are still in progress.
VOLUME NO. 49
MEMORIAL DAY
IN PITTSBORO
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The Occasion One of the Most
Delightful - Only Blerwi
Veterans Answer to Roll-
Call
Memorial Day in Pittsboro was
one of the most delightful in the
history of the day. Only eleven
veterans reported, but each of them,
seemed hale and hearty, and car
ries his eighty odd years mere like
a man of sixty than eighty.
Present were: G. T. Hart, G. S.
Williams, H. M. Lewter, T. H. Gil
more, W. H. Cross, T. Y. Mims, J,
Dan Dorsett, A. D. Burnett, J. B,
Thomas, Richard M. Jones, J. R.
Bright. Present also were Mes
dames. T. Y. Mims, J. R. Bright,
Carson Johnson, Isaac Morris.
The ladies had prepared a most
excellent and abundant dinner, and
the youngsters of the sixties en
joyed it. After dinner, the boys
were seated on benches in the court
house hall and had a jolly good
time, telling yarns and singing old
war songs. The occasion was more
social and had less of formality
about it than any the writer ever
witnessed in this, or any other
county.
At one-thirty the crcwd assem
bled in the court room to hear
Senator W. B. Horton, of Caswell
county, but a brother of our Sena
tor W. P. Horton delivered an ad
dress upon the service of the Junior
Reserves, especially with reference
to the Battle of Bentonville.
After prayer by Rev. Jonas Bar
clay, the ladies sang the Bonnie
Blue Flag. Mayor Ray then intro
duced Mr. Daniel L. Bell, who in
roduced most fittingly the speak
er of the hour. Mr. Bell attributed
to Mr. Horton the credit for the
passage cf the pension bill allowing
the veterans a dollar a day.
Senator Horton, in his first
words, identified himself with this
county. He was glad to come home
and have the honor of speaking on
this occasicn.
He paid glorious tribute to Mrs.
H. A. London, and stated that he
only did his duty in fighting for
increased pensions for the veterans.
Mrs. London deserved more credit"
than any one, and the D. D. C. of
the state the whole credit. It was
a real grief to him that Mrs. Lon
don could not be present on this
occasion.
The speaker, before proceeding
to the discussion of his ' subject,
“The Junior Reserves,” jpaid tri
bute to the North Carolina soldiers
and to Governor Zeb Vance, the
war governor who foresaw the
needs of the Confederacy and pro
vided blockade runners to bring in
the needed goods from Europe.
Mr. Horton, as know*} to our
readers, spent his boyhood in Chat
ham. He joined the navy as a
youth. Served in it through the
world war, and later retiring stud
ied law and settled at Yanceyville,
where his talents and high charac
ter won him the senatorship last
fall. , r
He was chairman of the pension
committee in. the senate, and from
the very beginning fought for the
increase in pensions, and making
the most celebrated speech of the
whole session in behalf of his bilL
With him was his bride of Jan., a
charming young lady who married
him at the very opening of the ses
sion of the legislature in which he
v/on his spurs as a statesman.
He is a good speaker and his ad
dress was thoroughly enjoyed by
the appreciative audience.
While he was here as orator of
the day, his brother who fought
with him for the increase of the
pension fund, was in Raleigh,
where he was the Memorial Day
orator. The Horton brothers cer
tainly have won the hearts of the
old soldiers and the U.D.C.
Just Too Dead
Judge (about to sentence a pris
oner) —You have a pleasant home,
a good wife and happy children?
Prisoner (hopefully)—Yes, yer
Honor.
Judge—Well, you won’t see them
for two months—Sydney Bulletin.