ESTABLISHED SEPTEMBER 19, 1878
MOUNT ZION NEWS'
Miss Lizzie Clegg has returned
* a visit to her aunt who
home lr« m
; n .\sheboro.
,ves hi ** ...
Rev C M. Lance, the pastor, will
' v, -At hi* usual time at Mount ;
oreacn at
io n Sunday afternoon. _
Surprises are always enjoyable. ,
", -if,, j. Lee Harmon received!
W ell? , i i
j those enjoyable surprises,
one w 1,1 ' . , ~
t Saturday evening when quite L
bunch of people entered his home.
L was his birthday or rather June
t r he second was the date, but it was
Celebrated at this time. It was all ,
jlanned by Mrs. Harmon, his wife, ;
and it was indeed an enjoyable af
r, • t} h . cr U ests were seated in
kpair. 1 *
j.j ie inception room where old sash
ed games were played. Music ;
vas enjoyed by all, with Miss Ola
Harmon at the piano.
The quests were now shown to the
dining room. The birthday cake
was in the center of the table. It
was beautiful. It was white with
the green candles, in pink holders
surrounded with sweet peas.
Hr. Harmon blew the candles
out. the cake was cut and was ;
served with delicious home made »
ice cream by the hostess, assisted
bv 3liss Ola Harmon and Mrs.
Clyde Griffin.
Mr. and Mrs. Harmon’s home
was most attractive. The decora
tions for the evening were sweet i
peas. i
Near eleven o’clock the guests 1
departed, saying and showing they
bid a good time, and wishing Mr.
.armon many more such happy
birthdays.
Mr. Turner Petty says that he
has a turkey that has sixteen
r ang turkeys. At four weeks old,
sik- began to lay' again, and has
been laying every day. When she
g: es ; the nest, the little ones sit j
around her. This is something
unusual, isn’t it ?
Mr. Fred Lilly 7 who was taken
seriously ill sometime ago is re
ported very much better, we are
glad to report.
Mrs. J. Lee Harmon and Miss j
Oia Harmon are leaving this after- \
noon for Durham, where they are
expecting to attend the union re-1
ception at Duke University tonight!
and also be there for the address ;
tomorrow.
EXECL TOR’S NOTICE,
Having qualified as executor of
the last will and testament of Mrs.
Matilda Straughn, late of Chatham
> -tty, I warn all persons having I
skims against the estate to pre i
Lent them duly proven on or be- j
Me the first day of May, 1928, or j
tms notice will be pleaded in bar
c - their recovery. All persons ow- i
ing the estate will please make ear
ly payment.
This May 2, 1927.
IRA A. SMITH,
Executor, Siler City, N. C.
May 5 —6tp.
NOTICE
Sealed bids will be received by j
■a r> ( ai d of County Commission-
L‘ rs in cure oi the undersigned at
U.eii ( ffite in Pittsboro, N. C.. un
hl twehrc o’clock noon, June 22,
850.000. Funding Bonds j
y-ham county, N. C., dated j
f 1 • L*27, bearing interest at;
<1 o percent per annum,!
' in S annually April Ist, j
!: '- s f° 1937, inclusive, and!
to 1957, inclusive, *
option of prior payment.'
omination 81,000, coupon J
r • registerable as to inter- j
Principal, interest A. and :
. a y a >>ie in gold in New York 1
•al county obligations; !
mp livery at place of
The bonds will :
the highest price of- 1
tint of premium to j
award. The pur
, i
u. tor bond forms, and
mtornf.v’ +• ’
ie enclosed in a sealed [
marked “Proposal for
i
t( . i)e accompanied by a
!ck for 81,000. (or
B to the order of the j
an inr- 1 >u: er an d drawn upon j
p anv hank or trust com- j
ject al ] J;', ,4ght is to re- j
OW p C - C * P 0E >
sione rs °‘ lr ' 1 ° f County Commis-j
TV." Chatham Record
Products of Old-Time
And Modern Schools
Are Compared
Superintendent of Schools In Eliza
beth City For 20 Years Gives
His Opinion
D. V. Meekins in News & Observer
Elizabeth City, May 28—Are the
schools of North Carolina today,
with their investment of millions
in modern buildings, with all con
veniences and equipment, gymna
siums, laboratories, domestic
science departments, worship, and
a 10-months school term and high
ly-paid teachers, turning out better
citizens or more learned scholars
than the old-fashioned schools of
yesterday ?
The answer is no, if one may
take the opinion of a man who has
been an educational leader in the
state for a half century. That
man is Prof. S. L. Sheep, who re
tires this week as superintendent
of the Elizabeth City schools, a po
sition he has held for 20 years.
In an interview given this week
Prof. Sheep assigns the chief cause
of our failure to produce masterful
students to the growing tendency
to broaden the curriculum and
teach the child a multitude of stud
ies, of which he may only gain a
smattering, and the mastery of
none.
Another reason for this failure
to turn out finished students is the
fact that many of them are not
college materials, he says. Too
much attention has been paid to
the quantity of education we can
cram into a child’s head, and so
little to the quality of it. Too
many parents have been slaves to
the ambition to see their child in
college; when they should be see
ing that the child gets quality edu
cation in the high school —a few
things learned well.
And too many of the students
sent away to college are not even
college material. They would be
far better employed in learning a
trade, or entering business.
A deplorable condition, but
proven by the fact that less than
50 per cent of the students who
enter high school during the first
year, ever graduate. This is large
ly the result of a lack cf interest
in the studies pursued, indicating
more than anything else the out
come of poor teaching.
A.nd it all gets back to the high
for these teachers went
to their normal schools or col
leges, where they were accepted as
having mastered the work of the
high school; and because they
were accepted, they didn’t get the
right kind of training in these in
stitutions. With minds yet imma
ture, they are sent out in the world
to make interesting a multitude of
subjects, of which they know no
thing but must try to cram into
minds that see no need or feel no
desire for such subjects.
Professor Sheep cties noted edu
cational authorities to sustain his
statement.
Prof. Sheeps’ statement, granted
this week, has behind it the experi
ence of a man who is known as one
of the educational leaders of North
Carolina. He has taught four gen
erations of Elizabeth City people,
since he came here 49 years ago to
teach a private school, which he
conducted for 29 years. As Sup
erintendent of the Elizabeth City
schools he has guided the education
of more than 1,500 students for
many years in the mysteries of a
complex curriculum specified by
the State Department of Educa
tion. For 14 years, he has held
the chair of Arithmetic, Algebra,
and Geometery at the Summer
school of the University of North
Carolina. Here is what he says:
“We Should Strive For Quality.”
“Dr. Edgar W. Knight has cre
ated something of a sensation
throughout the State by his discus
sion of the need of longer school
terms but another item needs equal
emphasis—the quality of instruc
tion given. The spreading of our
curriculum over a great number of
subjects gives the student a smat
tering of a great many things, and
a mastery of none.
“This fact has been recognized
loy leading colleges for many
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PITTSBORO, N. C., CHATHAM COUNTY, THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 1927
Miss Pearl Johnson !
Writes From Japan
Miss Pearl Johnson, missionaryl
to China, who, as noted in these 1
columns, took refuge in Japan j
months ago when the Chinese trou- j
bles about Shanghai were at their I
height, has written several letters j :
to her sisters and brother from]
Japan. 1 1
In a letter dated April 8, just as- ;
ter their arrival in Japan, she, 1
j writes: ‘“Today at eleven the
I Japanese school girls who felt so
| sorry for us that they took up a j
| collection for us are coming with j
| their dishes. That is a bit amus- j 1
ing, though touching. We haven’t 1
felt a bit like refugees and hardly j 1
■ know how to act when treated as j !
such.” j
; A little later she announces that
1
six girls with their teacher, mak- J
ing quite a ceremony of it,brought ;
the beautiful china, 163 pieces, and '
how she and her four companions
enjoyed dividing them out. Pitts- ‘
' boro will probably see Miss Pearl’s
share some day, for she does not *
know but that she may have to 1
ome home if the troublous times in
China continue.
The church members in the Jap-
anese town with the unpronounce-
able name in which Miss Johnson;
is refugeeing also were kind and j
presented fruits.
She visits two cherry blossom 1
parks and is enriched with the
beauty of the flowers for which
Japan is so famous. She also
notes attending two baptisms,which
were performed in the Pacific j
ocean.
It is good to know that she is
pleasantly located and perfectly;
safe, and among friends. She j
hopes to be able to continue her
work in China, for she “loves the j
Chinese,” but “always wants to do ■ .
what the Lord wishes her to do.” j
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CANNELL AND JOHNSON
DISSOLVE PARTNERSHIP '
Messrs. Connell and Johnson jj
have dissolved partnership. Mr.
Johnson has bought Mr. Connell’s ,
interest in the business and will
■ conduct both the Pittsboro and the
‘ Moncure store. On the other hand,
| Mr. Connell has bought Mr. John
i son’s interest in the store building 1
| here, which, however, will still be
j occupied by Mr. Johnson. This ar
! rangement releases Mr. Connell
; from the store and gives him more 1 (
time to devote to the other irons ]
he has in the fire. ;
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MRS. GEORGE SMITH
VICTIM OF STROKE
Mrs. George Smith died at her
home just beyond Bear Creek on 1
the Goidston road, Sunday as a ]
result of a stroke of paralysis
which she suffered a few days be
fore. The burial was at Goidston
Monday afternoon.
Mrs. Smith was before marriage
Miss Nannie Burke. She was a
sister of Mr. W. H. Burke of,/
Goidston. She leaves a devoted
husband to mourn her untimely i
end. (
Father And Son
In Same Jail
Wes Carroll, who was exiled last
January from Chatham and ad
joining counties, was captured a
week or two ago in Durham with
49 gallons of liquor, was tried and
sentenced to a year on the roads.
He appealed and bond was fixed at
SIOOO.OO, but Sheriff Blair’s depu- i
ties appeared on the scene Satur- <
day and brought Wes back to Pitts- ,
boro, where he was lodged in jail. ';
Pity to say, his aged father was ,
in the jail. It will be recalled that ,
the father, Charles Carroll, a for-!,
merly respected citizen of Gulf j i
J township, was sentenced at the last ' j
term of court to spend a month or j
two in jail and to pay a consider- j i
able fine. Thus father and son, 1
both men of capacity and who
might be respected and useful citi
zens, have become the victims of
the booze business and habit.
Cotton dealers _nd manufactur
ers must be delighted with these
cotton festivals all over the state
since the farmer has sold his cotton
to them at a very cheap price.
Sandhill 16 School Au
ditorium Tuesday 14
Pittsboro to Have Songfest Di
rected by a Noted Vocalist;
Everybody Invited
The people of Pittsboro and the
surrounding community will have
the apportunity of hearing at the
school house, on Tuesday evening
at eight o’clock, sixteen male voices
under the direction of E. Ellsworth
Giles, who has sung in “Old First”
Presbyterian church, Fifth Avenue,
New York Central Congregational,
Brooklyn, and other New York
churches. He was called from this
city to the First Presbyterian
church, Pittsburgh, at the highest
salary paid a church singer at that
time.
Mr. Giles is at present located in
Pinehurst, and he and his trained
singers come to us highly praised
by those who have heard them.
The following is an extract from
Mr. Giles’s letter:
“We have a varied program, |
comprising serious and popular
songs, mixing in a generous sup
ply of the negro spirituals and bal
lads, songs which men everywhere
have sung and popularized.
We have sung five times in Pine
hurst and return engagements in
Laurinburg, Raeford, Aberdeen,
Carthage, Hamlet and other sur
rounding towns.”
Adults, 35 cents.
Children 20 cents.
The Pittsboro school gets 50 per
cent of the proceeds.
PROSPECT OF BETTER
MAIL FACILITIES
I
Postoffice Inspector Dawson was
here Tuesday, and it begins to look
as if the Durham mail truck will be
turned to Sanford, thus giving
Pittsboro and Bynum better mail
facilities. Two trips a day from
Pittsboro to Sanford will obviate
the necessity of mail by train at
all. The railroad is carrying com
paratively little cf the mail now,
but is probably getting pay for the
same weight estimated as carried
by it before the morning R. R. mail
lian cf Sanford met the inspector
here.
J. C. Norwood Died
Tuesday Evening
Mr. J. C. Norwood died Tuesday
evening, after suffering for several
months with tuberculosis. The
burial occurred Wednesday after
noon at the Presbyterian church.
Mr. Norwood leaves his devoted
wife.
He was known by thousands
throughout the state, as the pro
prietor of the Exline hotel.
H. F. Durham Com
pliments Rev. Lance
Mr. Henry F. Durham writes:
Rev. C.M. Lance at Brown’s Chapel
last Sunday certainly had the at
tention of his congregation. You
could have heard a pin drop. His
text was “Man looketh on the out
ward appearance, but God looketh
upon the heart.” Some who do
not take much isterest in the
church say that Mr. Lance is the
best man and preacher that
Brown’s has had in quite a while.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
Notice is herby given that in an
action pending in the Superior
court of Chatham
county, entitled “Spoon and
Brewer et al. vs. Goidston Sash
& Door Company et al.” wsa de
clared inslovent and all of its as
sets were placed in the hands of
the undersigned receivers: all cred
itors will take notice that they shall
file all claims against said Goids
ton Sash & Door Company with the
undersigned receivers on or before
sixty days from the date hereof, as
required in the above mentioned
order, or else this notice will be
pled i nbar of their participation in
the assets of said insolvent corpora
tion.
i This the 21st day of May ,1927.
| V. O. OLDHAM & C. C. BREWER,
Receivers Goidston Sash & Door
Company.—May 26—4tc .
Rays In Serious . i
Automobile Wreck
Mrs. R. J. Saville, of Raleigh,and
her mother and sister, Mrs. A. C.
Ray and daughter, were in what
might easily have been a tragic ac
cident Sunday evening. They had
been to visit relatives near Jack
son Springs and the accident oc
curred when they were entering
the highway from a side road en
tering the highway from the west.
Mrs. Saville, who was driving,
could not see up the highway, and
drove to the very edge of it before
j she could see a car approaching j
from the left. She immediately |
stopped her car, when she saw a j
j car approaching, leaving plenty of !
; room in the broad highway for it J
!to pass. But the young man driv- !
ing the approaching car, though!
advised by his mother, who was :
with him, that there was a car
j ahead, got his eyes and mind fixed
upon a car approaching a little dis
! tance beyond the Ray car, and ran
! plumb into the Ray car without 1
i aqj jo juomoui oqj JITJ uaas SuiAuq j
! crash.
Though the striking car was an ;
old Ford it strightened ou'c Mrs.
| Saville’s new Chevrolet roadster in '
j the road and sent it flying down
the road forty feet. The Rays
the mother of the driver of the
were only severely shaken up, but
other car was right badly, though
not dangerously, hurt.
A telegram informed Mr.
Ray of the accident and he went
down for the family. The Saville ;
car was taken over by the Chevro- |
let agency at Raleigh, from whom
it had just been bought, with the
j promise that it should be made as
good as new in short order, but at
Mr. Saville’s expense. While the
driver of the other car was un- ;
doubtedly and admittedly at fault, j
he is ,a poor man and no damages
are be:: ** asked cf him. His car
was not seriously injured.
THE JOHNSON FIRE.
Last week’s news item about the
; loss of Mr. and Mrs. Walter John
son’s home by fire was written ;
while the house was still burning.
Since that time we have learned
that the home and furniture was
insured to the amount of $5,500.00.
The piano and part of the other j
furniture was saved, thus reduc- j
ing the sum that will be paid on j
the 51,500.00 policy on the furni
*
ture.
It seems that the rapid spread
of the fire was due to an explosion
of an oil can or the oil stove after
the fire had made some headway.
Some one passing heard an ex
plosion and immediately saw the
flame spread to the back porch.
Mrs. Johnson was upstairs anti
did not know the house was afire
till she happened to look out the
window. Without the explosion
and the consequent rapid spread of
the flames, possibly the fire might
have been checked. The oil stove,
we are informed, had not been
lighted in a week. Hence, it is
supposed that the fire originated
j from the kitchen stove flue.
In addition to the loss sustained
by Mr. and Mrs. Johnson, Miss
Jennie Connell, a sister of Mrs.
Johnson, lost several nice dresses
and other garments which were in
the Johnson home, and Messrs.
Harris and Brooks, two of the
highway engineering crew, who
had a room in the home, lost their
j Sunday fixings.
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TO THE ESTATE OF MRS. W. D.
HOOKER:
This is to notify you that 116
I acres of land located in Hickory
| Mountain Township, Chatham
county, North Carolina, listed in
I your name, was sold for taxes for
| the year 1924 at the court house
j door in Pittsboro o nSeptember 6th,
! 11926, when the undersigned became
| the purchaser thereof and holds re-
I ceipt therefor. Unless such taxes,
cost and interest, as by law provid
ed, be paid to me, I will as soon
hereafter, as by law permitted to
do, apply to the Sheriff of Chat
ham County for a deed therefor.
, This May the 12th, 1927.
A. D. DORSETT.
June 2, 4tc.
Mr. Joseph Campbell
Died Last Thursday
Highly Respected Citizen ofHick
ory Mountain Township; Result
of Stroke of Paralysis
Mr. Joseph Campbell, a highly
respected citizen of Hickory Moun
tain township, died last Thursday
as a result of a stroke of paralys
is which , occurred Wednesday
about one o’clock.
The burial was at Hickory Moun
tain Methodist church the follow
ing day. The funeral was preached
by Rev. W. L. Maness, pastor. A
large crowd was present to express
their respect for the esteemed
gentleman.
Mr. Campbell was over 70
years of age. He had been in
good health up to three or four
months ago, but had not been
confined to his bed till tbe stroke
Wednesday.
Pie married Miss Phronia Ray,
of the same section of the county.
There are six living children, Mes
dames H. K. Eubanks, J. A. Woody,
Henry C. Johnson, and Marvin
Ray, and Messrs. A. J. and Ki
Campbell. There are two dead,
Mrs. J. M. Ellis and Hattie, the
latter of whom died when a child.
Pie was a good man and will be
greatly missed by his family and
many friends.
A Pittsboro Boy
Wins Distinction
A real distinction has been won
by C. C. Hamlet, Jr., of Pittsboro.
Some months ago the State De
partment of the American Legion
Auxiliary offered a prize of S2O to
the youth writing the best essay
on the subject “An American Citi
zen’s Duty to His Government.”
The contest was state-wide, and
young Hamlet has won the prize
over all contestants from a hun
dred counties.
The award will be presented to “C
C.”, as the brilliant youth is gen
erally known, at the next meeting
of the Pittsboro Legion Auxiliary,
which will be held at the home of
Mrs. W. R. Thompson on Friday
evening, June 10, at eight o’clock.
All members of the Auxiliary are
urged to be present.
EXECUTOR S NOTICE
Having duly qualified as exe
cutor of the last will and testament
of the estate of T. J. Harrington,
deceased, late of Chatham county,
I hereby warn all persons holding
claims against his estate to pre
sent them on or before the first
day of May, 1928, or this notice
will be pleaded in bar of their re
covery. All persons owing the es
tate are requested to make immed
iate payment.
This May 1, 1927.
MRS. CLARIE L. HARRINGTON,
Executrix.
Long and Bell, Attorneys.
May 6—6tc.
NOTICE OF LAND SALE
By virtue of the powers con
tained in a certain mortgage deed,
executed on the 13th., day of Jan
uary, 1925, by John Bynum, to W.
G. Fields, the same being recorded
in the office of the register of
deeds for Chatham county, in book
FX, page 189, and default having
been made in the payment of the
bond secured therein, I will on,
TUESDAY, JULY STH, 1927,
at the court house door in Pitts
boro, sell for cash to the highest
bidder the following described
tract of land in Hadley Township,
Chatham county, North Carolina,
being more fully-described as fol
lows:
Beginning at stake and pointers,
Justice line, thence North about
3* east 110 poles to oak and point
ers; thence East 71 poles to branch,
stone and pointers, Durham’s line;
thence as the Hugh Crutchfield
line to pointers; thence west 89
poles to the first station, contain
ing 74 3-4 acres more or lass, the
same being lot No. 3, in the sub
division of the Hugh Crutchfield
farm.
Time of sale twelve o’clock, noon.
This June the 4th, 1927.
W. G. FIELDS, Mortgagee.
A. C. Ray, Attorney-
VOLUME NO. 49
NEW ELAM NEWS
(Delayed)
Etheleen, the attractive little
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. F.
Carr celebrated her seventh birth
day anniversary Tuesday afternoon
from two to five o’clock by inviting
quite a number of little friends t>
the home of her parents.
The charming little folks were
cordially received by the hostess,
they all presented their useful and
appropriate gifts they had select
ed for her.
After the arrival of all the
guests they began playing out-doo :
games that all children delight in.
Misses Janice Carr and Inez An
drews participated in all tho
games. After this they were invit -
6d into the dining room which was
beautifully decorated with sweet
peas and Easter lilies, in the cen
ter of the lovely arranged table
was a birthday cake with seven
tiny candles. Mrs. Carr, assisted
by Misses Lillie Hackney and Lil
lian Olinger Mesdames. Dewey
Olinger and David Goodwin served
banana ice cream and cake. Cutting
the cake caused much merriment.
Roy Holt cut the lucky piece and
received the prize, which was a box
of crayons.
Those present to enjoy Etheleen’s
delightful party and present gifts
were Katherine Riddle, Ethel
Moore, Francis and Wilma Good
win, Melba Moore, Nancy Ann
Womble, Rubbie Cowan, Pearl
Hackney, Magdaline and Marjie
Goodwin, Hazel and Mary Gladys
Upchurch, Roy Holt, Bill Olenger,
Ray Mann, and L. B. Olinger.
We were indeed fortunate to
have with us in our Christian En
deavor society at New Elam church
Mr. John C. Luther, our capable
; mail carrier, a person in whom we
; have the utmost confidence, by our
everyday dealings with him. We
have found him to be an ideal
Christian man, and a dependable
■ friend. We have never listened to
a better and more inspiring mes
sage than the one Mr. Luther in a
most beautiful manner delivered.
He used as a subject “and when the
south wind blew softly.” This is
recorded in Acts. 27, .Chapter, and
13 verse. We are all familiar, I
I am sure, with this chapter as Paul
| foretold of the danger, that lay be
| fore them if they attempted to sail
j to Rome, yet he was not believed,
i the judgment Master and owner of
| the ship being more trusted than
, Paul’s prophecy. The south wind
blew softly and all went well until
a tempestuous wind arose, and
the ship was wrecked. Mr. Luther
j classed us all as on a voyage Life,
he said, it is a voyage with many
perils. There are so many things
to allure, they all seem so sweet,
and finally have, as the south wind
did, a temptestuous ending. He
said, one might finally be saved as
were Paul and all on the ship and
yet lose our personality, and pres
tige, one may be critisized by man
and that was nothing compared to
our own conscious condemning
ourselves. Our subject was “China”.
Miss Alien Luther also spoke a few
well chosen words on China and
the condition which exist there in
regards to the Missionaries. I
would that our local society could
train the young people to become*
just such men as we believe Mr.
Luther is.
Coley Goodwin who was a stud
ent at Elon College the past session
has returned home to spend his
summer vacation.
Misses Rose Studivant and Vada
Goodwin, in their usual graceful
manner, entertained about twenty
’ of their friends at the hospitable
' ; home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. L. Goodwin on the evening of
May 28th.
We are indeed sorry to note the
' illness of Mrs. G. L. Mann, who. is
our efficient and much loved Sun
’ | day school teacher, and we are
anxious for her complete
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There are a lot of cave-men in this
> nation of ours. You can always
. know them. When trouble starts
l they run to a cave.
It is a cinch the farmers were
desperately in need of help—-else
they never would have gone to Coi*
gress for it.