, nB LISHEO SEPTEMBER 19, 1878
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*% DAY;
Crowd'Attends Siler
’ itv Celebration of Fourth
__ Ma jor McLendon Makes:
Good Speech' '
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, ritv ’* celebration of the |
to have equalled the
f Sand the program as publish-;
' n r*kvva S carried out m|
d lasi
C - d p of the day was the ,
l( Major McLendon, of j
Sam, -hich is favorably com-,
’ L upon by competent hearers.
* recreation and sports events
successfully executed.
1 y u< o ne of the largest crowds
father in Chatham in many a
' v .
ThP baseball game resulted m a |
,; f . o ry for the Siler City team j
. the Greensboro team with i
rhich they played.
iible League Hears
Speech By Richards
I
;-v;th Carolina Governor Raps A1
pith's Candidacy Evolu
r tionisis Attacked
Charlotte. July I—Featured by
in adores? by Governor RiChaius, |
-• south Carolina, in which he took |
evaal shots at A1 Smith’s pros- i
(ective presidential candidacy, the !
forth Carolina Bible league, a |
faknorua'.ist organization, met j
lere today.
G v rr. r Richards was elected
iiinoran* m. mber of the organiza
tion. The meeting consisted main
ly or a series of addresses belabor
ing evolutionists and modernists.
After a m rning session, the dele
gates had lunched and reconvened
this afternoon to formulate plans
for a campaign to educate North
Carolinians against the theory of
tvolution.
Another speaker was the Rev.
JlcWhit* of Raleigh, who also
attacked the assertions of the so
iled ev lutionists.
Toe Bible league, originally the
( mini:toe of 100,” today.for the
3 - time announced the definite
i'-' l ': to which it is committed, a
: giam for increasing the “love
• :iw Bible” and rigid opposition
ai! J' d.eory or any persons who
tugonistic to the Bible. *
Governor Richards expressed the
; pe that ‘‘the American people will
n.tr elect for President of the
nite d States a man who stands
tot die sale of liquor.”
ST TEACH TRAFFIC LAWS
T0IIIg « SCHOOL STUDENTS
tthefcem rv.,-«;
J - l{ courier.
' : ' Lt laws must be read
explained in weekly lessons to
school students, it is pointed
( > • Roberts, secretary to
Car lin a -Motor Club. Not only
. ' 1 ta' v with reference to
jj,°° s ? es be read and explain
ut ah j-tate laws relating to au
yaffic. The law limits
0 01 ' of school busses i
> per hour and provides
e to a full stop
° a^
r 6>< y arc ar e forbidden to
Either ,Hlsses xy bile they are
lb < n ° ad!n - or unloading pupils,
k% h il m sc hool zone
-o miles per hour,
1R C HI SOx [>EUNION
lhii , ,
L- " 1 Man had their an
i.r *" ' ; R- Vernon Springs
a great time for
v ’ 1 ! *at good Chatham
/ ' iJI! - the Murchisons,
; umilies, have scat
-l' winds and the vis
everaj . :,n Hver al states and
>lr. \ :s bv’orth Carolina.
; bosen rm ;rchlson was again
President.
Edison sav-
Harry. ' ' m an should
mari 7 young. He is
’^inventor' 1 'I! 1 increase our
°rs 0 f a s ‘ *°u know—inven-
-The Chatham Record
Separk Reveals Huge 7
Operations in Liquor
I
Hakes Disclosure At Trial Os '
Himself and Stephenson For
Forsythe’s Death
Raleigh, July I.—Raleigh law
yers, policemen and civilians gen- j
erally were figuring tonight on the |
magnitude of rum operations dis-ii
closed at Smithfield today, where <
Robert Separk ar.d Robert Stephen- ‘
son, tendering pleas of manslaugh-j ]
cer in causing the death of Mighty
F-masythe November last, took (
sentences of four to eight years, j;
Judge Harris, who is a life longj
friend of the boys who were with
Forsythe the night that he was
killed, opened his court to the de
fendants and what Separk told was
quite aplenty. Judge Harris told
the defendants that he had hoped
many years to be able to avoid
passing judgment upon them. “I j
i gave you a chance once, Robert,”'
| the Raleigh jurist told Separk “I!
|am going to give you another j
j chance, but you must go to the pen- j
; itentiary first.” The judge did not i
\
| desire to hear any character wit
nesses. He knew Separk and;
Stephenson, who were driving a j
rum car that carried Forsythe the
: night of his death. Evelyn Britt, i
! Durham girl, was also with them, j
i The death of Forsythe was dra-|
marie enough. After taking the
dead man to the hospital they left
for parts unknown, but a wreck of
i the automobile gave Separk trou
j ble between Raleigh and Durham.
The killing of Forsy .h eoccurred in
I Clayton. The evidence is strong
; that it was an accident and tliatj
j the car threw drunken Forsythe
i out. The court does not believe
! :he rival rum runner was murder
! od.
But the liquor business appall
ed. Judge Harris asked Separk
what he had been doing and Separk
admitted that he hauled liquor. The
justice asked how often he carried
a cargo and Separk said every day.
‘How much at a time? ’ Judge
Harris continued, and Separk de
clared from 66 to 75 gallons at a
time. “How many trips did you
make?” Judge Harris asked.
“About 500,” Separk replied He
told Judge Harris that he ran his
liquor car every day for 14 months.
If that is true, he transported
something like 35,000 gallons in
that year and a fraction.
Judge Harris th ught, of course,
that the community all about Ral
eigh absorbed this liquor, but not
so. Separk declared that he brought
it all to Raleigh and distributed it
1 among negroes. “Who were they?”
Judge Harris asked. “I know every
' negro in Raleigh by his first name,
1 and none by his last name,” Se-
park said. He told the court that
he convened his patrons by blowing
a whistle. Sometimes the police
got on his trail, but he threw them
cff with a smoke serene. This was
done in self-defense, he said. He!
did not think it was unlawful, for
the police were going to shoot him
and he was dodging their bullets.
The thing appalled. Separk was
confident that he spoke conserva
tively when he said he made 500
trips to New Bern and back. No
body here can understand how he
avoided so long the police. -They
were after him always, but he said
he brought his booze into Raleigh
and distributed it here and here
only.
Separk had a great time today.
The natives looked on him with un
disguised envy There is nothing
commercial-minded about Separk.
He made no money hauling liquor.
He loved to transDort it and to ride
in his automobile. When he was
finally taken he "had saved nothing.
He went into Johnston county jail,
remained there a season and bored
himself out. He never appeared
to seek money. He was chasing
fame always.
Evelyn Britt, Durham girl, who
also faced trial on the murder
charge, decided to fight the case
and her case went over to August
term of court and her bond reduc
ed from SIO,OOO to $3,500.
V
It isn’t where you live or how
you do things that makes you civil
ized—but the distance you think
beyond your immediate horizon.
PITTSBORO, N. C., CHATHAM COUNTY, THURSDAY, JULY 7,1927
Traffic Fatalities
Last Year Were 453
This Number Represents 13 Per
Cent Increase in State —New
York Led Country
Raleigh, July 1. —Motor vehicle
fatalities in North Carolina in 1926
totaled 453 as compared with 401
during 1925, it was announced to
day by the state board of health.
The percentage cf increase was 13
per cent.
Fatalities at highway crossings
claimed 54 lives last year as against
31 in 1925.
New York, statistics show, had
the greatest number of motor fu
tilities, while Nevada had the least.
A total of 2,234 lost their lives in
New York, while 31 died in Ne
vada.
The total number of motor fa
talities in the United States, ac
cording to statisics furnished the
board of health, was 21,111 in 1926,
! as compared to 19,977 in 1925
Fatalities at highway crossings
; in all the states in 1926 totaled 2,-
j 064 compared to 1,784 in 1925.
Ten per cent of the 21,111 in
1926 were killed at highway and
railroad crossings, compared to
nine per cent in 1925.
Twelve per cent of those killed in
i motor accidents last year in this
! state died at crossings, as com
pared to eight per cent in 1925.
Mrs. Tyler’s Sister
Drowned at Badin
Mrs. R. E. Lee, a sister of Mrs.
;W. H Tyler of Goldston, died last
i Thursday while trying to rescue
j her niece, Miss Ida Lee Rowe of
i Newton who was about to drown
in Badin Lake. Mrs. Lee had a
heart attack while attempting the
rescue. The burial took place at
Badin Friday, the funeral being
ecyiiducted by her pastor Rev. G. H.
Rhodes of the Lutheran church.
i Veteran Stedman
Dead at Age of 83
i •
Mr. O. W. Stedman, who former
ly lived near Asbury church, but j
has in recent years resided with j
his daughter, Mrs. O’Connor, at
Jonesboro, died Sunday, and was j
L_ ' ,
| buried at Asbury Monday. The j
funeral services were Conducted
by Pastor Chafin, of the Asbury i
church, and Revs. O. A. Hinson of j
Jonesboro, and Rev. Mr. Stanfied,
a former Jonesboro pastor.
, i Mr. Stedman was a Confederate
veteran. He served four years in
i the armies of the sixties. Pie was
a member of Asbury Methodist j
church for many years, and was
highly esteemed.
S. S Convention
At Brown’s Chapel
The Hadley Township Sunday
school convention meets at Brown’s
Chapel Saturday, July 16. A com
mittee composed of representatives
of the four churches comprising the
convention met and made out a full
program for the occasion. Selected
as speakers and leaders are Mr. J.
T. Mann, Prof. H. G. Self, Rev.
H. G. Dorsett, Mr. W. F. Jones, Mr.
J. L. Griffin, Rev. C. M. Lance,Prof.
W. R. Thompson.
LINDBERG
Paris Lindbergh’s visit
cost France a lot of money.
The lights alone, to show the way
to Paris, cost a nice sum. The big
gest searchlight in the world, on
j Mont Valerien, west of Paris, sent
its rays 200 miles all that Saturday
; evening. All the airfield lights of
j northern France were kept burning
long aftr Lindberg landed.
The furniture bill, if it could be j
calculated, also would be high. At
the city hall and at the chamber and
senate receptions the crowds clam
bered wildly onto rare old tapes
tried chairs and divans, fragile con
soles and desks, and left torn fa
brics and broken and marred wood
work.
r Besides this, the expense of pub
■ lie displays, “wine of honor” cere
: monks, medals, flowers and
! flags was considerable. .
Work In Full Swing
At Duke University
More Than 500 Men Now at Work
On 5,000-Acre Campus Getting
Ready For New Buildings
Dqrham, July 2.—The dream cl
James B. Duke, which captured the
imagination of the world when it
was made knewn in December,l924,
through his magnificent endow
ment, is now something more than
a dream—it is approaching reality.
Few people today realize th*
great amount of work that has beer,
tone toward the realization of the
plans that the great benefactor hau
for Duke university. Even the ole
grads who returned for the 75th
; mmencement were so engrossed
ver the dozen new buildings on the
old campus to pay a visit to the
new campus of 5,000 acres, a mile
away, where hundreds of men are
preparing the foundations for two
score' or more beautiful buildings.
For many weeks scores of three
mule wagons, many tractors, and a
Battery of steam shovels have been
engaged in what is possibly th.
greatest dirt-moving pproject ever
I undertaken in the state of North
; Carolina. The entire surface of a
mile-long plateau is being leveled,
i graded, and prepared for (the gi
; gantic building program th:.: is to
- start shortly. Visitors who have
cared to ride over a newly-laid con
crete highway through the Duke
• mpus to the scene of the opera
tions have been astonished at the
r ast amount of work done in con
verting a wooded plateau into a
cleared, leveled area where dozens
of ston'> buildings w’ll be erected a -1
a cost that may exceed 820,900.000
Here more than two dozen engi
neers and surveyors, under the di
rection of W. S. Lee, chief engineer J
fcr cir* Duke endowment, are lo
cating building sites, marking off a
dozen miles ‘of roadway, and com
pleting the preliminary work for
ihe greatest single construction
project ever attempted in the south.
Surrounded by woodland of rare
natural beauty and a scene of quiet
peacefulness a completed university
plant will rise up within a few
years to prove that dreams come
true, that the visions of a far
sighted and generous man can be
converted into useful and service
able materials The realization of
Ills daring dream has begun.
“We are going to build as econo
mically as possible,” said Mr. Lee
recently. “Loss of tinfe and delay
mean loss of money, therefore we
are going to build as rapidly as pos
sible, but build well.” It ha's
been Mr. Lee, who, as chief engi
neer for the Southern Power com
pany, has superintended the con
| struction of some of the south’s
most powerful hydro-electric sta
tions. He is now prepared to de
vote his full time to the Duke uni
versity project.
COMMISSIONERS IN
SESSION TUESDAY
The county commissioners and
the board of education met Tuesday
instead of Monday. The commis
sioners devoted that day to the us
ual routine and set another day
for the consideration of the budget,
which is quite a job. Mr. Rigsbee
has the various items of the budget
worked out and the sum total va
ries only about SIOO.OO from the
expenditures of the past year. The
budget and the levy will have to fit,
by the requirements of the new
county government law. At least,
money cannot be appropriated that
is not provided for in the levy.
Thera are no be no more deficits.
ICE CREAM SUPPER
AT MOUNT PLEASANT
The ladies’ of Mount Pleasant
church, in Baldwin township, will
serve ice cream and other refresh
ments, on the church grounds Sat
urday, July 9, beginning at four
o’clock p. m. The proceeds will
be used for repairs of the church;
house'. Your presence and co
operation will be genuinely appre
ciated.
If women’s skirts keep on get
ting shorter we for one are going
to quit worrying about this ever be
coming a petticoat government.
Compass Solely Re
sponsible for Failure!
Would Have Easily Reached Paris <
But For the Accident l9
Hours in Crossing Ocean
Ver-Sur-Mer, France, July 2. —
This tiny seaside village of Nor- *
mandy sprang into world wide fame *
today, because it marked the end i
of as romantically adventurous 1
and hazardous a trial as ever was 1
cut through the air in the history 1
of aviation. i '
Commander Richard Evelyn Byrd
and his three* companions in scien-; !
tific aerial adventure were compel!- j
ed to land here at three-thirty 1
o’clock this morning (French stan- 1
dard time), bringing their great!
transatlantic plane “America” down j
out of a pitch black rainy night j
onto the shore line in water which
.hoy could not see.
The machine, in which they had
left Roosevelt field, New York, 42
hours earlier, was badly damaged
in striking the water and was quick
-1 j ly flooded up to the aviator’s shoul
ders.
Shaken up and bruised, the four I
airmen—Byrd, Lieutenant George ■
Noville, Bert Acosta and Lieutenant j
Berndt Balchen —quickly pumped ;
up the pneumatic air raft carried
frr such an emergency, and made'
their way to shore, 200 yards dis-j
tant.
i Tonight their three-motored
plane rested on the beach lake a
stormbattled bird, its landing gear
torn away, its wings badly damaged
a r a everything about it soaked
from lying ip the water most of
the day.
The brave four, terribly fatigued
—having had only a few hours
sleep since the end of their trip—
] enjoyed the comfort of ur.tram
meled rest at Caen, capital of the
department of Calvados, as guests
f that city, it was decided that
they should not be forced tc un-
dergo the rigors of the reception i
awaiting them in Paris, before hav-!
ing at least one good night’s sleep, j
The successful landing here—
successful in that the crew mira-!
culously escaped serious injury— i
brought an end to long hoprs of ■
circulating over France in v the
blackness of a rainy night, with!
compass out of order, fuel tanks
draining fast, and visibility so poor
that any .attempt to land was al
most suicidal.
The America, which was meant!
to land at Le Bourget field, Paris,
and then go back to the United
States the first round 1 trip flight
between New York and the French
capital, did her part nobly, and so
did her part nobly, and so did the
did the men who steered her j
through the long hours of fog, rain |
and darkness.
It was the failure of their com- ;
pass to do its part after the French
coast had been reached, at Cape
Finisterre, that made it impossible
for them to locate their goal and
caused them to wander about until
only a few gallons of fuel sloshed
in the great tanks.
There was no chance for them to
get a course and keep it, nor oppor
tunity in the circumstances to know 7
where they were. A dismal, blind
ing rain beat down upon them, and
they could see no land, no lights—
nothing but a sky of inky black
Except for the mechanical ac
cident of the compass ceasing to
function, Commander Byrd has no
doubt thaf he would have achieved
his goal before midnight last night, j
The motors functioned perfectly j
during the whole trip through i
fog, rain and wind; over land and
sea.
The airmen were 19 hours in
crossing the Atlantic, but not once
did they catch a glimpse of the wa
ter, so dense was the fog through
which they flew; nor could they
during those hours see the sky or
anything except their plane, and
sometimes the mist was so thick j
that their eyes could pierce it no 1
further than the ends “of the wings.
' :.s
A correspondent for the Asso
ciated'Press who flew here from
Paris as soon as the news of the
landing became known asked Com
mancer Byrd whether he was satis
fied from his experience that com
mercial transatlantic aviation was
feasible.
“It is possible,” the commander
The Figures Must
Be Made Public
County Commissioners Must Pub
lish Report of Budget In the
Newspaper of County
Raleigh, July 4 —Now that the
board of county commissioners has
adopted the budget estimates get
ing the amount of money expected
to be spent ,in the counties during
the year ending next June 30, the;
board must take steps to make;
ihese figures public.
The new law provides that a
summary of the budget estimates,
that is, the money the depart-.
ments and subdivisions of the coun- I
ty propose to spend, be published
in at least one newspaper published
in the county This statement
must show at least the toal appro
priaion recommended for each sep
arate fund or function.
Other figures must be made pub
lic, so that the taxpayers may
know what is being proposed in the
way cf activities and expenditures.
For example, th*e rate of taxation
j for county purposes and the rate
1 for each subdivision wihch will be
i necessary to levy in the current
!
! fiscal year must be worked out by
! the county accountant and , pub
l'shed.
I The publicity now required of all
I county affairs involving money will
j put a new responsibility on the
1 county commissioners and other of
ficials. The people will not only
have an opportunity of seeing how
' their money is being spent, but they
; will be able to make comparisons
| between the efficiency of their of
| ficials and those of other counties.
Full and complete settlement by
the sheriff or tax collectors for the
j 1926 tax levy was due to be made
i to the Board of County Commis
sioners last Monday. Reports re
j ceived at the county government
i advisory commission indicate that
; rm st of the counties have had their
j_ _ 1
tax sales.
! As soon as the settlement is
made with the board, the tax sales
certificates should be turned over
! to the county accountant or other
designated officer for collection.
1 When this is done the sheriff be
! comes automatically relieved cf
; further tax collecting until the tax
list for the 1927 taxes and receipt
books are put in his hands on Oc
tober 1, after he has properly
qualified.
In the few counties having
injunctions against the sale of land
for taxes until the early fall, the
sheriff or tax collectors must con
tinue to collect the 1926 taxes, so
that these officials will be required
to spend nearly the entire year in
tax collecting and fail to get the
| three months’ relief from this work
! that the sheriffs of the other eoun-
I ties do.
The tax certificates under the
new law bear a rate of 20 percent
per annum for the first year on the
amount of the tax due and the
sheriff’s cost.
President Coolidge’s lame wrist
has been attributed to a handshake
with a newly appointed U. S. mar
shal from North Dakota. One
might say from “being in the
clutch of the law.”
replied. “It will surely come, but
it will come more slowly, for it is
all a matter of evolution.
“I haven’t any doubt that we
j would have reached Paris had it
| not been for the behavior of the
i compass, due to some local affec
tion. Perhaps it was something
in the plane with magnetic quali
ties that threw the needle off.”
The North Pole hero was dead
tired from his three sleepless
| nights. He accepted in modest fa
shion the congratulations showed
on him and seemed to feel keen dis
appointment at net having achieved
j his goal. But he tried his best to
j hold his head high, smile and ac
cept what had happened at its pro
per value—in that it was merely a
technical accident.
When he first was congratulated
by the correspondent, he said:
“You congratulate me, but I feel
that may-be I need kicking more
than congratulations.”
The other fliers also kept up
• their good humor.
VOLUME NO. 49
BUCK OLDHAM IN
JAIL AGAIN
Leads Long Chase Sunday
But Was Caught Thai
Night Ordered Back os
Roads by Governor.
Buck Oldham, a youngster wha
! eems bent and determined to spend
j a goodly part of his life on the
! roads or in the penitentiary, is back
i in jail after being paroled on con
dition of good behavior,
j The Governor having withdrawn
his parole and ordered him put
back in prison, Dpputy Emory
Thomas of Bynum, catching sight
of him and Henry Hearne and Will
Brasington in a car Sunday gave
chase. Oldham led the chase
through Pittsboro and on to the
l edge of Siler City, where the offi
cer shot his tiros down. Oldham
jumped out and fled, escaping in
the woods on the skirts of town.*
Hearne and Brasington did not at
tempt to escape, and were arrested
on the charge of aiding and abet
’ ting in the escape of Oldham and
i lodged in jail for a few hours,
j Sheriff Blair and several depu-
I j ties surrounded the Oldham home
! that night and caught Buck as he
j tried to escape, and lodged him in
5 j
I Hearne and Brasington were giv
|en a suspended sentence at the June
7 1 term of court, but the suspension,
! as well as the Record recalls, was
31 upon condition that they keep the
peace as far as Mr. Thomas, whom
they had assaulted, is concerned.
>T However, we are informed that
their case will be presented to
" | Judge Harris, and if the suspended
sentence does not go into effect
hey will be held accountable only
* tor what appeared to be the aid-
L ing and abetting of the escape of
1 : Oldham. 1
Five People Drowned ,
In Draggy Undertow
I Husband Gives Life In An Effort
To Render Aid to His
Young Wife
Elmore’s Inlet, Topsail, July 4.
j Caught in the vortex of a whirlpool
| that swirled and eddied in the
| rough ocean breakers a short dis
tance off shore this afternoon, five
(persons, members of a picnic party,
I were drawn to watery graves by an
i undertow that was as tenaciously
i irresistible as it was deadly. Other
| members of the party, including the
J nine year old sen oi two of the
j whirlpool’s victims, succeeded in
j freeing themselves from the suc-
I tion and regaining safe water but
|w r ere powerless to aid their friends
I who were drawn down and swept
' out to sea. Tonight no trace of
the bodies had been found but sea*'
soned salts who largely compose
the searching party, worked grimly
into the night, hopeful that the
bodies would be washed ashore
when the tide turned.
Those drowned included Troy
Woodcock, 35, of Rocky Point and
his wife, Mrs Nettie Woodcock, 30,
of Rocky Point Miss Susie E.
Bloodworth, 22, of Charlotte, for
merly of Rocky Point; Miss Annie
Wake Bloodworth, 18, of Rocky
Point, her sister, and Leon Barnhill,
15, of Hamstead. Mr. and Mrs.
Woodcock’s son, heeding the advice
of .the father only a few minutes
before he sank beneath the waves,
fought his way back to safety. The
father gave his life in an effort to
aid Mrs. Woodcock.
; The party which included several
others set out from Rocky Point
early yesterday for a day on the
beach across from Elmore’s inlet.
They carried their dinner to enjoy
: picnic fashion. Harllee Crews who
{operates a gas boat in Topsail wa
iters was employed to take the party
{across the sound to the beach. The
boat was piloted by J. W. Hunt,
However, engine trouble develop
ed before the party had been put
across the sound and it was neces
sary to tie the small craft up to
remedy the trouble. The party im
patient to get in the surf complet
ed the journey on foot, walkings
(Continued on page four)