BUSHED SEPTEMBER 19, 1878
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Ford to
I Stop 'l‘-' vish Articles
v rU \mericaiTDeclares Man-
I y, o f«tarer Has Retracted
His Attacks
..York, July 7.-The New
I fwerican. in a copyrighted
I'- says Henry Ford haS ° r "
■ ,',t,e Dearborn Independent
permanently all
fL, hostile to the Jewish peo
■ art ! withdrawn from publica-
l ple ' Ihe pamphlet in which such
I** eK being distributed and,
| IWDI! signed statement, has ex
■in a j dccp regret for any in-
hurt caused by the series.
■ Mr Ford's statement, according
American, includes the an-
I; that “henceforth the
tatborn Independent will be con
lt,ctea under such auspices that
I reflecting upon the Jews
|will never again appear in its col-|
I -Let me add. this version of
■rhe statement concludes, “that this
■ traitment is made on my own initi-
Eve and wholly in the interest of
m r ,r; and justice and in accordance
■with what I regard as my solemn
■duty, as a man and as a citizen.”
I The Detroit manufacturer vas
■quoted as being “deeply mortified
Eiiat this journal has been the me-
Ejn for resurrecting exploded
Bfor.s. for giving currency to;
HTt so-called protocols of the wise
Een of Zion, which have been de
■ki,!>:rate(i. as I learn, to be gross
Erini'hs. and for contending that
■the Jews have been engaged in a
■ . t<. control the industries
Hand capital of the world.”
I "Had I appreciated even the gen- j
■c.. nature, of tiwse articles,” Mr. '
■Fod is quoted as declaring, “I
H haw* toroidden their circula-1
■riot, with mt a moment's hesitation,
■because I am fully aware of the '
■virtues of the Jewish people as a
■ten le. or what they and their an
■cest.irs have done for civilization j
land for mankind, their be-!
Hnevoler.ee and their unselfish in- j
Merest in the public welafre.
m D'd >irc; that William Randolph
■Hnir-t. publisher of the American,
Hud oiiered >1.000.000 for the Dear
■Vrr. hakpendent. the article quotes
as saying in reply:
I “Xo, I won't sell it, but I’m go
make it a house organ, and
K JI - St' mg- to stop absolutely ev-j
that could possibly cause |
■complaint or hurt the feelings of
jl Ford’s Statement.
I The signed statement of Mr.
begins:
I Tn the multitude of my ac-
E Vu ‘ cS d has been impossible for
' devote personal attention to
W** management, or to keep in
■'jrrntd as to their contents. It has,
■‘‘t.einre, inevitably followed that
f ll6 conduct and policies of these
HP ,J b.cations had to be delegated
I . Utn w hom I placed in charge
\ tntn b and upon whom I relied
■%icitly.
| L}niy ? re at regret,” the state-
H.^ L “I have learned
I] ■ J, ' w> generally, and particu
°f this country, not
■c' - n " tn ese publications as
■ *|- ung anti-Semitism, but re-
Kle nd m£ ‘ their enem y. Trusted |
Ecu ‘ S V !til ' v^ lom I have confer
|i/j !" Cenil ‘ v ’ bave assured me in i
L J CeiiL '' tna t in their opinion!
ftsim* - I& ! acter 01 the charges and }
a aons made against the Jews,
e&, r .„;J ‘ 1‘ U:i! ' !v an d collectively,
R 'nioh' many the articles
icailv; * Xen c ‘h'culated period-
L)earborn Independent j
and hair - mentione d, justifies |
lh eriJl been reprinted in the
> dignation entertain-J
toward me
ntal anguish oc
unprovoked reflec
ptrsonai '!: : ‘ Ime t° direct my j
co this subject, |
ru.in the exact na- j
V*:;? of this survey, I
tbat
Kconq?^ l wb * cb is intended
r Ve > has 1 / tlVe and not destruc-
Nrrectir f 1 made the medium for
wing ciir S CXploded Fictions, for
so-called'
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The Chatham Record
48 Hours Grace
Given Testing Lights
Forty-eight hours grace can be
claimed by any automobile driver
who fails to have his headlights ad
justed in conformance with the
“motor vehicle act.” His lights
might be out of adjustment because
of jolting or other cause for which
he could not be blamed, and the
law gives him 48 hours to adjust
his lights after he learns about it.
While the motor vehicle act re- j
quires head lamps and auxiliary I
driving lamps to be constructed so
as to reveal a person on the high
way 200 feet away, it gives any
person arrested for its violation 48
hours within which to have automo- \
bile lights brought into conform- j
ance with the requirements of the j
act.
Violation of this section of the
motor vehicle act is made a misde
meanor, punishable with a fine of
i not more than SIOO or by imprison
| ment in jail for not more than ten i
days for the first offense, and
j doubling the penalty limit for a
j second violation.
The Legislature made it manda
tory for automobile headlights to
be adjusted and authorized the
State Highway Commissioner to
supervise official stations for ad
justing head lamps and auxiliary j
driving lamps to conform with the ;
requirements including a red light i
in the rear and a white light mak-;
ing the number plate visible for 50
feet.
While the Legislature also speci
fied that when lights are adjusted
at these stations, a certificate shall
j be provided, it put in a saving sub- j
j section to prevent undue hardships j
I being imposed on automobile driv- ;
ers. It put in this section the pro- ;
vision that the offending driver j
shall have 48 hours in w’hich to !
make his lights conform with the ,
statute, and that this shall be a !
complete defense, if a certificate j
is presented to the prosecuting at
j torney.
j
3 State Prisoners
Make Their Escape
Raleigh, July 7.—Escapes of J
three state prisoners, one from ;
Caledonia prison farm and two
from Camp Incorrigible, Stokes- i
dale, last night, were reported to- i
! day by Prison Superintendent I
George Ross Pou.
The escapes were D. G. Lewis,,
serving three to five years from i
|
Cleveland county for breaking and
entering; Victor Frye, Lincoln j
county, serving three years for lar- j
ceny and Roscoe Snyder, Forsyth j
county, three years for larceny and !
receiving.
Lewis escaped from Caledonia
and the others from Camp Incor
rigible.
CONSCIENCE HURTS UNTIL
MAN REPAYS OLD ACCOUNT
Ashevme, July 7.—J. F. Sims ran
a grocery here 12 years ago. At
that time he hired and fired many
grocery boys. One o fthose boys,
now’ a prominent young Asheville
buusiness man, called on him
I today.
“I am going to join the church,
! Mr. Sims, and I have something I
| want to get off my mind first,” the
I young business man said. “Twelve
years ago, whom I worked foi
you, I stole 75 cents. I also drank
some soda water and ate some fruit
that you never knew about, I fig
ure that I ewe you $1.50. Here it
j is. lam deeply sorry.”
Mr. Sims refused to take any
i money for the soda water and fruit.
He said the young man was wel
come to that. He did accept the 75
cents on the young man’s insistence
I that it would relieve his conscience,
j Mr. Sims related the story to
| newspaper men with a broad smile
|of satisfaction. “Just print that
| for the benefit of cynics,” he said.
“All men are honest at heart.”
It doesn’t pay to hold a fair in
June for farmers of North Carolina
found officials of the Wallace Fair
in Duplin county. Not a single
farmer attended the event and none
made exhibits, states County agent
L. L. McLendon.
PITTSBORO, N. C., CHATHAM COUNTY, TUESDAY, JULY 14, 1927
Army-Navy Forces
Hunt for Flier’s Body
Report Williams Was Fiance of
Mrs. Horace E. Dodge, of
Automobile Family
Honolulu, July 7.—Search for
the body of Lieutenant Charles L.
Williams, army aviator who lost his
life while participating in an aerial
farewell demonstration here for
Lieuts. Albert Regenberger and
Lester J. Maitland, Pacific flier’s
* occupied army and navy forces
here today.
Williams, said by the Star-Bul
letin to have been the fiance of
Mrs. Horace E. Dodge, recently d%j
j vorced wife of the son of the weal-
I thy automobile manufacturer,was
j drowned in the deep waters off
Fort De Russey when his plane,one
of the many used in the “Aloha”
to the flight heroes, failed to re
cover from a diving position and
plunged into the sea.
The tragedy occurred within full
view of Maitland and Hegenberger
from the decks of the liner Maui
and thousands who had assembled
to see them off for San Francisco.
: A navy seaplane alighted on the
water just after the accident but its
pilot found only a tire and a piece
! of a wing from Williams’ machine.
Lieutenant Williams was a native
; of Arizona, 29 years old.
Highway 90.
The Chatham county commis
sioners and Supt. A. T. Ward went
down to Raleigh last week to dis
cuss with the Wake commissioners
| the routing of the new state high
way, No. 90, from Pittsboro to
route 50 near Apex. The Wake
i commissioners have preferred a
, route leading from Apex to Olive
Chapel church, which would ne
! oesitate a new road for two or three
miles westward from Olive Chapel,
through an unpopulated country,
leaving the section of the old Ral
j eigh to be kept up by Chatham
county, or if the new section should
not be built, would necessitate the
loss of a mile cr two in going to
Apex by the old route to the coun
j ty line and then south to meet the
! intersecion at Olive Chapel. The
i Wake commissioners agreed to
have the upper route surveyed and
! then decide the question.
The exit from Pittsboro seems
to be determined upon. Several
t Pittsboro citizens who went down
, to ask the state highway commis
| sion to change the routing out by
way of the northward street in
! Pittsboro to the depot street or the
; street at the court house, got no
I encouragement. The highway will
j follow the street just above the H.
i A. London home to Mr. Williams
residence, where it will turn to
the left, cutting across the corner
of his yard and through the B.
Nooe grove, striking the old Ral
eigh road above the Geo. Brewer
place.
It is understood that this section
of the new highway will be graded
and, possibly, paved while the for
ces paving the Pittsboro-Chapel
Hill highway are here.
FORSYAH COUNTY WANTS
HIGHWAYS MADE SAFER
Winston-Salem, July 7. —A move
to make the streets of Winston-
Salem and the highways of Forsyth
county safer for the automobile
driver and pedestrains was
launched at an enthusiastic meeting
of the Winston-Salem Automobile
club.
As the first steps in this direc
tion the association voted it was
the sense of the meeting that all
applications for chauffeur license
should be required to stand an ex
amination, showing they are men
tally, physically and morally fit to
be licenced to drive a car before
the license is issued. Another
means for making the highways
safer is to be through a campaign
of education, which is to be carried
on in the public schools as well as
in other agencies.
A local farm association in Pam
lico county shipped 92 cars of Irish
potatoes for which they received
from $9 a barrel for firsts down to
$2.05 a barrel for No. 2’s.
Virgil Davis Again
At His Old Trade
Virgil Davis has been back again
at his old trade of robbing stores,
if he has ever left it off. It will
be recalled that he was caught com
ing out of one of the stores near
the depot one night a year or so
ago. He had then quite a bunch of
keys, Those -were taken away
from him, but he evidently secur
ed another set.
Several months ago Brooks and
Eubanks noticed that the key on
the inside of the door on the south
side of the building would be
pushed out of the keyhole when
they owuld return in the morning.
Passage through that door was
stopped by putting on an extra
bolt. For the last several weeks
indications of entrance and loss of
goods have appeared, and the
entries seemed to occur at the
week-ends. Mr. Brooks set for the
marauder Friday,, Saturday, and
Sunday nights last, and was re
warded for his vigilance by the
capture of Virgil early Monday
morning in the act of helping him
self.
Mr. Brooks and Deputy Fred
Nooe sat in the commissioners’
room at the court and Mr. Brooks
kept a lookout for the thief. About
one o’clock a form appeared’ on the
street and wandered about in one
direction and another for some
time. Finally, it approached the
south side of the store. A window
on that side into the basement was
opened and the form glided into the
darkness of the basement.
The two watchers took their
stands by the doors of the store ]
and when the rouge had loaded up i
with a variety of goods and got
what little money was to be found, *
they walked in upon him. He was j
unarmed, except for a weli-used \
pocket knife that had b - n taken i
from the store some time ago. He
immediately blamed the woman,
saying that “Carrie” was as much
to blame as he, that he didn’t want
to come in the store that night but
she said he must. And, sure enough
“Carrie” was found to have on a
pair of shoes from the store and a
number of other things in her pos
session.
Virgil making a clean bone of it
and “Carrie” were both turned over
to jailor Burns.
It seems that Virgil will have to
be put away for keeps, as no
store is safe while he is free.
Mrs. A. G. Burke, 75
Dies at Her Home
Gulf, July 9.—Mrs. A. G. Burke,
75, died at her home July 4, fol
lowing an illness of several years.
She was confined to her bed for
only three days before her death.
Less than two months ago Mrs.
Burke’s husband died after tnany
years of bad health. Since their
youth Mr. and Mrs. Burke have
been consistent members of the Be
thany Baptist church at Gulf,
where their bodies were laid to rest.
Mrs. Burke is survived by two
sons and one daughter. A. A.
Burke of Greensboro, C. W. Burke
and Miss Mattie Burke of Goldston.
EDWARDS GOES TO
A FLORIDA RAILROAD
I
H. P. Edwards, former president
of the Edwards Railway Motor Car
Company of Sanford, has resigned
to accept the vice-presidency of a
Florida railroad, and has been suc
ceeded by E. R. Buchan. Mr. Ed-
w T ards report of the condition of
the Motor Car Company is en
couraging. A period of adaptation
of cars to varied and changing
conditions has passed and there is
work ahead for several months,
with prospects of orders from
South America. This company,
with its small capitalization, has
sold more railway motor cars than
any other company except the J.
G. Brill Company of Philadelphia,
which has a thirteen million dollar
capital.
The nitrogen top-dressing to corn
gives best results when applied at
the time the corn is between knee
and waist high. Applied when the
plants are bursting into tassel is
too late. i
Largest Active Vol
cano Belches Lava
Native Hawaiians See Huge Kil
auea Active Again in Beautiful
But Awe Inspiring Display
Hilo, Hawaii, July 7. —The huge
Kilauea volcano, slumbering for
ages, awoke today and poured
streams of lava from its crater,
Haleftmaumau, 4,000 feet above the
earth trembled as the giant roused
to activity.
Native Hawaiians cast berries
and other offerings into the fire
pit to appease Pele, gooddess of the
volcano.
Warning of the impending erup
tion was registered by the seismo
graph of the observatory at the
crater rim which recorded four
slight tremors of the earth in the
two hours preceding last midnight.
An earthquake at Hilo, thirty
miles from the volcano, awoke a
few residents at 3:21 a. m., and
they gazed upon a beautiful but
awe inspiring sight.
Four huge fountains of fire 125
feet high were spouting upon the
lofty slopes, and from the fire pit
ran three rivers of lava, forming
a blazing lake of rock 1,000 feet
across.
Crowds that rushed toward the
pit to watch the display were driven
back by the bursts of sulphur
fumes, dust and sand.
A tremor, accompanied by rumb
ling sounds, at 12:30 a. m., a sure
indication of activity in the pit,
forewarned watchers at the obser
vatroy that lava was in motion un
derground. Eruptions began within
! thirty minutes.
During the morning two foun
; tains of fiery rock formed big cones
' at the base of the deep pit. A
i small peninsular between them was
! still uncovered.
R. M. Wilson, colcanologist in
charge of the observatory, estimat
ed the depth of lava at other places
in the pit to be from fifty to seven
ty five feet. The volcano was be
stirring itself vigorously, spouting
flame and steam from the boiling
lava.
Several times Pele has sent
streams of molten rock toward the
sea, burning forests and turning
the land to desert. The chief erup
tions within a decade took place in
1917, 1919 and 1921.
Kilauea, largest active volcano
in the world, has a main crater that
is eight miles around and 600 feet
in depth. It is on a slope of Mauna
Loa, a volcano, 13,675 feet high
which erupted in May of last year.
Contract For Bridge
Let To Kizer & Yonts
The contract for the bridge on
route 90 across New Hope Creek,
or river, at Seaforth, was let a few
days ago to Kiker & Yonts, of
Reidsville, for the sum of $30,-
170.25.
There are already three big
bridges under construction in the
county, two by the state highway
commission, and one across the
Cape Fear by Lee and Chatham
counties. It is not known when
work will begin on the New Hope
bridge. The large sums being
spent on these constructions and
in paving the Pittsboro-Chapel Hill
road is helping the county consid
erably these dull days. It is hard
to see how Moncure could have got
through, with its hard luck in addi
tion to poor crops for three years
if it had not been for the structures
across the Haw, the Deep, and the
Cape Fear, all within a few miles
of that town.
Charles C. Brooks
Died Last Sunday
Mr. Chas. C. Brooks, a half
brother of Mr. Geo. H. Brooks of
Pittsboro, died at his home in Dal
las, Texas, Sunday morning. Mr.
Brooks left Chatham in his young
manhood and has been in Dallas
more than 30 years, where he has
long been engaged in the mail
service of that city. He was 57
years of age.
Farmers of Bladen county pur
chased ten pure Guernsey bulls dur
i ing early June.
Mr. Coolidge Confers
On Mexican Problems
He and Ambassador Sheffield Talk
Over Situation But No An
nouncement Is Made
Rapid City, 5.. D., July 7—A
firsthand report on the troubled re
lations between the United States
and Mexico was given to President
Coolidge at the summer White
House today by James R. Sheffield,
ambassador to Mexico ,but details
were withheld pending further con
versations.
The ambassador had indicated,
before departing from Rapid City
to be a guest at the state game
lodge, that in his opinion there
would be no change in the Ameri
i can attitude toward the Mexican
oil and land laws.
Pressed for a statement regard
ing frequent rumors that he intends
to resign, Mr. Sheffield declined to
comment, saying that he would not
discuss the Mexican situation in
any way until he had conferred
with Mr. Coolidge.
Reaching Rapid City shortly af
ter midnight, the ambassador was
driven immediately to the summer
, White House and retired without
seeing the President. He arose
just before Mr. Coolidge left for
the executive offices, remaining in
seclusion until the President’s re
turn at noon, when the two held
their first conference.
At the executive offices it was
stated that some time before Mr.
Sheffield’s visit is over he will
make some announcement regard
ing his future plans and his impres
sions of the Mexican problems.
Aside from his conference with
the ambassador, the first on for
eign affairs he has had since reach
ing his summer residence, Mr. Cool
idge put in a busji morning at his
I desk and with Mrs. Coolidge in
spected the Rapid City Indian
school —a government institution.
There he saw the native
American is being tutored in the
ways of the white man, and was
presented with a peace pipe of
cherry wood, decorated gaily in
beads, porcupine quills and buck-,
skins.
J. T. Standing Elk, who made the '
pipe, told the President to smoke it
and think of the Black Hills’ In
dians when he did and Mr. Cool
\ idge, accepting it with a smile, not
ed how the old life had been inter
woven with the new in the Ameri
!
can flag which shared in the pipe’s
decoration with native Indian de-
I signs. *
Mrs. Coolidge was presented with
a hand embroidered pillow by
Norma Silver Thorn.
At the Indian school the Presi- I
dent and Mrs. Coolidge heard a
copper skinned lad extol the record I
of the Republican party during the
civil war and saw exhibitions of
Indian dances and songs. Both ap
plauded generously when a tiny In
dian in full native dress danced a
war dance with Charleston varia
tions.
They also looked on attentively
when Rosebud Yellow Robe, daugh-!
ter of Chauncey Yellow Robe, a i
well known chieftain, danced in In
dian interpretation of an elk hunt
and thanks to the great spirit.
Returning to the summer White
House for luncheon, President and
Mrs. Coolidge welcomed troop five
of the Sioux City, lowa, Boy Scouts
which is making a tour of the hills
and then the President sat down
with Ambassador Sheffield for a
discussion of Mexican affairs.
Man Is Jailed On Charges
Os Beating His Children
Goldsboro, July 7. —L. B. Strick
! land white man of Goldsboro is in
j Wayne county jail charged with un
j mercifully beating his five children,
i Cira, Velma, Willie, Chille and
Woodrow.
When Deputy Sheriff Grant went
to arrest him, Strickland came out
of his house with a shot gun in his
hand and ordered Grant off his
place, the officer said. However
he was arrested and placed in jail
in default of a S3OO bail and is
awaiting trial in county court on
Monday.
Pastures form the foundation of
a successful livestock industry.
VOLUME NO. 49
Hopkins WiffToße "
Held For Disposition
700 Alleged Heirs In North Ca»» '
lina and California Have Cases
Pending in Courts
New York, July 7. —The will of
Emily B. Hopkins, widow of Mose*
Hopkins, a brother of the late
Mark Hopkins, California railroad,
magnate was filed today but hte
45 heirs may not receive their por
tion of her $3,474,881 estate until
suits started b ysome of the 700 ‘
alleged heirs in North Carolina and
California have been adjudicated.
Mark Hopkins died itestate. Hi*
estate passed to his widow and tw<r
brothers, Moses and Samuel Hop
kins. Moses was administrator of
the estate. On his death, his widow,
inherited the bulk of his property.
Soon after Moses died, a group,
of alleged heirs started suits in the
federal court of the western dis
trict of North Carolina, Mrs. Hop
kins being the defendant. The al
leged heirs contended that Moses
was not a brother of Mark and that
Mark’s estate had been fraudulent
ly distributed. This action is pend
ing.
Another attempt to share the
tate followed the report of the
finding of an alleged will in Cali
fornia. An attempt was made to
probate the will in the California
superior court, but probation was
refused. Under this will, the
bulk of the estate would have pass- *
ed from Moses and his wife to oth*
I er claimants.
Following the rejection of the al
leged will, between four and five
hundred claimants filed suit in fed-*
eral courts of California. This ac
tion also is pending.
1 Mrs. Hopkins, who died in May*.
' 1925, made only one bequest to
charity, $5,000 being left to a New
York day nursery. The largest be
neficiary is a neice, Florence L.
Redfield, of Glen Ridge, N. J., whu
was bequeathed $116,860 outright, a
five-year estate in $108,852 and a
ten-year estate in $217,645.
Charles W. Benedict, of River
side, Cal., was left a life estate in.
I $217,645 and $250. Among the
1 properties Mrs. Hopkins owned in
■ California was the Rancho Sotoy
ome, valued at $500,000. She spent
much of her time in California, but
maintained a residence here. There
were no children.
School Faculty Is
Now Completed
Principal Waters reports the
complete faculty is as follows:
I J. S. Waters, principal; Mrs.
Geo. H. Brooks, assistant principal,
! high school history; Mrs. W. P.
; Horton, high school Mathe
matics; Miss Frances Thompson,of
Mt. Gilead, English; Miss Mattie
Louise Long, of Durham, French
and Latin; Mrs. H. A. Bynum,
music; Miss Ila Hoover, Charlotte,
seventh grade; Miss Della Wilson,
sixth grade; Miss Campen, fifth
grade; Miss Louise Joyner, Louis
burg, fourth grade; Mrs. Waters,
! third; Mrs. E. E. Williams, second
grade; Miss Ethel Lee Lowry, Mo*<
rven.
Misses Long, Thompson, Hoover,
Joyner, and Lowry are new ones.
Miss Joyner is,a graduate of Saint
Mary’s; Miss Hoover is a graduate
of Queen’s College; Miss Thompson
of Duke; Miss Lowrie of N.C.C.W.,
j and Miss Long of Duke.
At least seven members of the
| faculty are college graduates.
J It is assumed that Miss Coltrane
! will return to direct the teacher
| training class.
CHATHAM MINE PRODUCING
THREE CARS OF COAL DAILY
The Carolina Coal Company at
Coal Glen, is now getting out about
three cars of coal per day and
working 100 miners. This is more
coal than has ever been gotten out
in the history of this mine, and
the pay roll is larger than ever be
fore. A large force of men are
putting the Erskine Ramsey mine
at Cumnock in better shape and
preparing to mine coal on a larger
scale than ever before.
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