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ESTABLISHED SEPTEMBER 19,1878 Sapiro Drops Libel Suit Against Ford . vow Satisfied; Declares He S t' r " Attained Everything He Was Fighting For rhicag o, July 1® Aaron Sapiro “ abandoned his $1,000,000 h ttf i, against Henry Ford on the “ cement that the automobile SC in a second apology f“ 'traded all personal charges : , t the Chicago attorney prmt ® ford-owned weekly, the Corn Independent has with tbp allegation tnat a Jewish rri - the Ameri rl'farrier and had indorsed the Jcialc of co-operalive market '“glhe exact terms of the settle ,nf rh a <uit were not announc mcni Hi - . . , . “•or publication but it was stated L Martin C.Ansorge, former con 2res,man of New York, and j. Kos jnr,r. who acted for Ford in the negotiations with Sapiro at Chica o-Tthat “Mr. Sapiro made no de mand whatsoever for any damages, jn v iew of the retraction.” “I got everything I was fight ing for,” said Mr. Sapiro. “I am entirely satisfied. In the second statement by Ford and the De arborn Independent, the blame for the allegations against sapiro was placed up on Robert ik-gan. of Berkeley, Calif., who » ri te under the name “Harry |in.” .. r . Henry Ford did not par ticipate personally in the pubiica lioi: 1 1 tna articles and had no per sonal knowledge of what was sain in them." read the statement upon which settlement of the protracted lav, suit was based. "He. of course, deprecates greatly tk: •:.r.y facts that were published in a periodica! so closely associated with his name in the minds of the public should be untrue ” Without mentioning Morgan’s name, this explanation of the pub lication of the alleged libelous ar ticles was made: “They were prepared and writ ten by a contributor to the Dear born Independent whose works and writings have in the past appeared in the various periodicals in this country. They were accepted at th:r face value by the Dearborn Publishing company. "It has since teen found that in curacies of fact were present in ® articles and that erroneous oi.ciusions were drawn from these inaccuracies by the writer. a result of this, Mr. Sapiro have been injured and reflec ts cast upon him unjustly. Such statements as may have reflected upon Mr. Sapiro’s honor r Li egrity, impugned his motives, challenged the propriety of his Pcc^Lul or professional actions are Withdrawn. «T E.Kewise the charge that there t a Jew oh ring which sought to *‘ a 'be American farmer co-operative associations 15 Withdrawn.” 10 as devoted virtually his u *‘ ■ proiessionai career to the Jciiaers co-operative asso tj, if was testified at the ed iM- dl thc Ir ° el suit * has act »gr;, capacity in the or “at;on of co-cperatives virtual a’ jb 6 United States nj Canada. nt dearborn Independ his J ? ‘ ntation oun d possible *tat e^ St satisf action in this c P®ent^ e *‘ aC ' and hevel bas c °-operative marketing licatir.r a / ( ! l,y reason o± ' the pub hr; cc,v.',. lne * se articles, then we e v regret it co-operative mar rtibi t ( ' Vl '" m:se °f substantial urnier and grower.” ciiiered a very great ‘b-; said Mr .Sapiro. W. u ‘ 4 0 m .v training in the j UOWevt-r -xv, i t --art ~]j ( t ’ an(i lam going to 1 vigain and rebuild.” tile Norfh r 6 n ! nety who Passed eXatr ‘inati 0 ar °^ na -^ et iical board Cerse to Dr n Und Were awarded li was . "f Ce medicine the other “ is 4 D , H - London ’ Jr - So I y Ur - London. The Cfeuham Record jE. A. Farrell Mayor; i Wrenn Gilmore Chief ! | We failed to get in the result of I last week’s mayoralty election. As j reported, there was little interest in j the election. Os the 201 on the re -11 gistration book, only 66 voted, j Messrs. W. F. Bland and E. A. Far ; rell, who were the contestants in | the abortive election two months j ago, were again run by their j friends, neither personally making any effort. It was understood that j Mr. Bland wouldn’t accept. Far rell won, receiving over forty of the votes cast, and was sworn in Saturday morning. Immediately thereupon Chief of Police Lacey | Johnson surrendered his badge of | officer to Mr. Wrenn Gilmore. Mr. j Johnson had resigned two months ago, but was persuaded to hold on till the new administration began. He is with Sheriff Blair. Here’s hoping that Mayor Far rell will have a peaceful and suc cessful administration. j Young Teacher Faces Numerous Obligatio’s I ! r There Are More Stumbling Blocks Than Bobbed Hair, Warren Points Out—Jobs Are Hard to Fill ;i Chapel Hill, July 16—Bobbed hair is onlj one of the many stum bling blocks in the way of a young ; teacher locking for work. Jule B. I Warren, secretary of the North Carolina Teachers association, told the conference on elementary edu cation in session here today. Relig ious affiliations the selectiveness of [ both teachers and superintendents are other difficulties in the way of . placing teachers. “There is a side to the question which hits directly to the young teacher who is just graduating,” he said. “Superintendents are select ive, also, as they should be. > “1. They want teachers with A certificates and two to four years’ experience. “2. They want one who does not bob her hair, who is not a fiapper, “3. They want one to teach more subjects than any teacher can carry well. “4. They want one with certain denominational affiliations. “This is not criticism, but merely a statement of the facts as they have come out. All of these things, however, makes it seem to the ap plicant that there are now more teachers than the state can em ploy.” The figures, he said, of the edu cational commission on the de mand for more teachers in the state are confusing. During the summer months the appointment bureau of the state teachers’ asso ciation always seemed to have more teachers listed than could possibly be placed. “It should be remembered that one teacher may apply to as man;* as ten or 20 places. With the col leges turning out about 1,000 new teachers, and all of these writing around for places, it can easily be seen that the apparent supply of teachers is much in excess of what it really is.” It takes from one to 16 notifica tions of vacancies to place a teach er in a position that she suits and that suits her, was his conclusion based on records of the employment bureau of the state association. NOTICE OF HEARING OF LAND VALUES. Notice is hereby given to those who have any complaint to make concerning the value placed on their property by the Board of As sessors, to file same with the Clerk, C. C. Poe, their complaints in writ ing on or before Thursday the 4th day of August, 1927, and the same will passed on by the Board of County Commissioners on or af ter said date. It is absolutely necessary that all complaints be filed with Mr. C. C. Poe, Register of Deeds and Clerk to the Board of County Commis l sioners, on or before the above mentioned date. Very respectfully, R. J. JOHNSON, i. Chairman, County Board of Com missioners. PITTSBORO, N. C., CHATHAM COUNTY, THURSDAY, JULY 21, 1927 iMr. T. J. Wilkes Died July 14th, 1927 Mr. T. J. Wilkie died at his home near Gulf Thursday, July 14th at the age of seventy-four. He had been a sufferer for several months with cancer of mouth, which caused his death. He was baptized on Sunday July the tenth by Rev. E. W. Byerly, pastor of Bethany Baptist church and was received into this church. Funeral services were held at Bethany church Friday afternoon at three-thirty by Rev. Byerly, as sisted by Rev. C. L. Wicker. In terment was made in the cemetery. Mr. Wilkie is suivived by his , wife who was Miss Della Dourty i and eight children. The floral of j rerings were numerous and beauti- Iful. Young Man Dies By His Own Hand Many friends of Mr. Marvin Knight, who represented the Dur ham Herald, in this section, regret i ne rash act which ended his life I Saturday. He shot himself twice, dying in the woods in the upper part of Durham county. Letters ; loft indicated his fate. J BELATED ANNOUNCEMENT ; The marriage of Miss Nell M. Perry, daughter of Mr. D. N. Perry, jof Siler City, to Mr. James L. Smith, on June 15, was announced only a few days ago. The marriage \ took place at the home of Mn E. D. ; Woody, the ceremony being per formed by Rev. F. L. Gibbs. The bride has been bookkeeper and stenographer for the Gregson ! and Dorsett grocery firm of Siler City. The groom comes from Bur -1 lington, but was located for sever al months in Siler City as a mem : her of the Hedrick construction j force. They are domiciled at the i Chatham Inn for the present. LICENSE TO MARRY The following couples have pur ' chased marriage license the past two or three weeks: i M hite —R. J. Johnson of Ben nett and Millie Trogden, Ramseur; j Archie Hughes and Lillian Lee ! Jones, Moncure; Hiram Petty and Lerine Perry, Siler City, Rt. 4; ' John M. Farrell and Nellie Crab j tree, Bynum; Wm. G. Whitlock and i Fannie Nooe, Colin Cheerchill and j Mildred I. Dorsett, Siler City; Wil lie R. Lindley and Daisie T. Mann; Robert Williams and Kathleen Bridges. Colored—Wm. Bynum and Pear line Baldwin, Bynum; John Dunlap, j West End; and Annie Walden, Bennett, Paby Price and Lugenia j Sikes, Siler City; Eddie Headen, Goldston, and Marguerite Street, Gulf. NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF LAND AT TAX SALE You, J. J. Burt, J. F. Brewer, J. F. Hutchins, Dr. A. W. Mann, West Forshee, Tom Harrington, Gertrude Jones, H. C. Phillips, J. C. Martin, Tom Cotton, T. B. Howard, J. W. Williams, Mrs. Francis Cole, J eoHolland, Mattie Alston, Annice Alston, and Carson Alston, will take notice that the , county of Chatham, did, on the 6th day of September, 1926, buy at a tax sale certain tracts of land situate in Chatham county and listed in your name; and that unless you come forward and pay to the said coun ; ty of Chatham the amount of tax, together with cost and interest as by law provided, the undersigned will apply to the Sheriff of said county of Chatham, one year from the date of the sale of said land for a deed for the same. June 27th, 1927. THE COUNTY OF CHATHAM. June 30 —4t. NOTICE OF LAND SALE Under and by virtue of the pow ers of sale contained in that cer tain deed of mortgage executed by C. G. Green and others to James L. Griffin and W. H. Griffin, and duly recorded in the registry of Chatham county, North Carolina, in Book FS, page 52 et seq., default having been made in the payment of the notes secured thereby, we will sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash at the court Criminal Carelessness Is Called An Accident What is called an accident but is really the natural result of criminal carelessness occurred last week when Haywood Snipes, colored, who was bringing “Aunt” Della Taylor to the county home, ran into the car of a Mr. Chappell, practically ruining the Chappell carr, almost fatally wounding “Aunt” Della and hurting himself and another col ored woman with him. Dr. Chapin dressed the wounds and the old colored woman was carried on to ihe horns, where she is recovering from her harsh experience. The Chappell car is still sitting on the court house square, altogether out of commission. The accident occurred when Snipes tried to pass a car at a curve and met Chappel in a head on collision. Hanks Congregation To Build New Church The congregation of Hanks’ Chapel, three miles east of Pitts boro, are preparing to begin the erection of a new house of worship within a very few weeks. This is one of the oldest Chris tian churches in the world, dating back to the days of O’Kelly, the founder of the denomination, who used to preach there, we believe, and whose body lies in the O Kel ly churchyard in the upper part of the county. It was only a few days ago that the 150th anniversary of the founding of the first church of the Christian denomination was celebrated. Mr. O’Kelly lived in Virginia at that time, and it was at a Methodist conference held in that state that Mr. O’Kelly’s revolt J against the assumption of the bi j shopric by Asbury led to a division of the forces, the minority follow ing O’Kelly, who afterward moved to this county, where he long la bored, establishing several churches within a radius of fifty miles of his home in Williams township. TRIBUTE TO MRS. OLDHAM Mrs. Katie B. Oldham, wife of R. B. Oldham died Mon day, June sixth, 1927, in her forty-first year. She had been af flicted three or four years but bore \ her afflictions with Christian for titude and resignation. The funeral was conducted by her pastor, Rev. J. S. Carden and her body was laid to rest in the cemetery at Antioch Christian church, where she had been a faithful member since early child hood. The great esteem in which she was held was reflected by the immense congregation that over flowed the church at her funeral and by the floral tributes that cov ered the casket and her grave. She leaves a devoted husband and seven loving children and other relatives and friends to mourn their loss. A precious one from them is gone, Her voice is hushed and still; A vacant place is in the home, That never can be filled. A SISTER. house door in Pittsboro, North Carolina, on Saturday, August 13th, 1927, at 12 o’clock noon, that cer tain tract or parcel of land lying and being in Chatham county, North Carolina adjoining the lands of A. G. Mclver, T. M. Mclver et als., and Beginning at A. G. Mclver’s southeast corner; thence south 52 1-2 degrees east 58 poles to white oak; thence south 10 degrees east 120 poles near big white oakjthence west 4 1-2 degrees north 224 poles to a stake; thence north 41-2 de grees east 72 poles to a stake or stone; thence north 18 degrees east 25 poles to a stake; thence north 27 degrees east 14 1-2 poles to stake; thence north 40 degrees east 20 poles; thence north 27 degrees east 12 poles; thence north 12 de grees west 12 1-2 poles to A. G. Mc lver’? southwest corner; thence east 9 degrees south 128 poles to the beginning, containing 183 acres, more or less. This the 12th day of July, 1927. JAMES L. GRIFFIN AND W. H. GRIFFIN, Mortgagees. Siler & Barber, Attorneys. Criminal Carelessness Booming Suggestion By A Live Citizen New Owners of Bonlee and West ern Railroad Vitally Concerned in Development of County A citizen who has the interest of Chatham county at heart and who sees its possibilities as an indus trial area, reading of the purchase of the Bonlee and Western R. R. by Messrs .Andrews and Brewer and the ownership of the other half by the Dunlaps, all vitally concerned in the development of the county as well as their railroad property, and noting their suggestion that the road may be one day extended to Pittsboro, suggests a proposition that has in it the seed of a great boom for the old county. The suggestion is that the coun ty vote bonds to the extent of half the cost of the extension of the road from Bonlee through Pitts boro, on by the Ervin waterpower property on the Haw, to Seaforth on the Durham and Southern, only eight miles from Pittsboro. This would make the total addition to the road 24 miles, would give it an outlet by the Seaboard Air Line at Pittsboro, the Durham and South ern at Seaforth,and the A. & Y. at Bonlee. It would cut across the county in a direction in which no railroads run, every mile of it through a country rich in agricultural and forest potentialities. It would give transportation direct to and from the water power which was first chosen as the site for the developin git which resulted in the booming town of Ervin (for merly Duke) in Harnett county. It is said that the county commsision | ers declined to build a good road i from Pittsboro to the power site, the only requirement of the Ervin and Duke interests that founded the Harnett county town. That error, so costly to Chatham county, might now, our quoted citizen ’ thinks, be corrected in a measure by the building of the railroad, which almost as sure as fate would lead to the development of the wa ter power for utilization by a fac tory. He sees factory after fac tory established in the county through the building of the road | from Bonlee to Seaforth, and his | predicition seeirj reasonable ij|i ! view of th general advantages of | the county as an industrial area. J having an abundance of cheap power, sites that are practically | *‘ r ee, and possessing an abundance j jof raw material in the shape of j clays, woods suitable for furniture,! etc. The assumption of half the cost by the county would be upon the condition that the present owners finance the rest of the enterprise. There is your suggestion, one to make people sit up and talk. Bonds | are not popular, but since the coun ty has luxuriated in them to the extent of a million dollars, it would not, we believe, be an altogether unpopular proposition to the people in view of the apparent advantages to be derived from -the invest ment. MISS DORSETT A BRIDE Miss Mildred Dorsett, daughter i of Mr. V. M. Dorsett, of Siler City, was married last Thursday morn ing tc Mr. Colon F. Churchill. The marriage took place at the home of the bride’s parents, with Rev. W. L. Maness, pastor of the Siler City Methodist church officiating. The bride is a charming young lady and has many friends who wish her the greatest happiness in her married life. ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE Having qualified as administra- | ; tor of the estate of Mrs. Passie B. j Richardson, deceased, late of Chat-; ham county, I hereby warn all per sons holding claims against the es tate to present them duly proven on or before the 6th day of July, 1928, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons owing the estate will please make immediate payment. This the Ist day of July ,1927. J. D. RICHARDSON. Administrator. Seeking Location For A Creamery County Agent Shiver is in re ceipt of a letter from a Charlotte company stating that they are seeking an available location for another creamery, and inquiring about the possibilities of a suffi cient supply of cream in Chatham county. Mr. Shiver replies that there are about 4,000 milk cows in this coun ty and that his effort to increase the interest in dairying has been hindered by lack of market facil ities. He does not assure the com pany that a creamery would be a success, but feels quite certain that the location of such an institution in the county would give an imp pulse to the dairy business in the county that nothing else would,and would probably result immediately in such an increase of dairy cows as to supply the requisite of cream for the plant. Sinclair Metes Stern Justice to Offenders Eighteen-Year-Old Trio Get Three to Five Years in the Pen— Robbed Stores Raleigh, July 16—Convicted Wednesday in Wake Superior court of breaking into and stealing a con siderable quantity of merchandise from the stores of A. V. Baucom and R. P. Beasley, both of Apex, J. T. Bland, S. T. Davis and Paul Da vis were each sentenced Friday by Judge N. A. Sinclair to serve from three to five years in State Prison. “With young white men commit ting more crimes now than they ever did before, it is time youth ful criminals were given to under stand that they will be accorded the same treatment by the courts as that meted out to other and profes sional criminals,” said Judge Sin clair in pronouncing sentences. Not one of the three youths ap pears to be more than 18 years of age. Jones gave his residence as Clinton, S. C.; Davis lived in Charlotte; and Bland’s home is in Winston-Salem. JURY LIST The following names were drawn for the jury list for the term of court to begin Monday, August 1, Judge Grady presiding: First Week. Center Township—Ralph B. Ben nett, Walker R. Perry, J. N. Mc ! Iver, B. M. Pope. New Hope Township—J. J. Hat ley, J. E. Lasater. Hadley C. N. Justice, H. F. Durham, J. D. Rogers. Gulf—N. T. Smith Haw River—Wesley N. Thomas. Cape Fear—M. E. Mann. Oakland—O. W. Williams, H. L. Fields. Baldwin—E. W. Durham. Bear Creek—D. H. Ellis, W. Russ i Jones, John D.Lane. Matthews—R. C. Dixon, A. J. Gilliland, John Burke. Williams—T. J. Lawrence, T. E. Wilson. Second Week. J. R. Dowdy, E. R. Cotten, J. B. Foushee, J. D. Paschal, Lewis Nor wood, J. E. Goodwin, J. Lee Har mon, E. W. Avent, S. M. Moore, W. E. Brooks, W. A. Griffin, W. E. Hart, J. L. Copeland, A. C. Perry, J. W. Harris, J. N. Hackney, Chas. C. Andrews, J. W. Lloyd. PITTSBORIANS ASSIST IN INSTALLING PASTOR Sanford, July 18—At old Buffa lo Presbyterian church near San- j ford Sunday afternoon a special! session of Orange Presbytery was j held for the purpose of ordaining j Rev. L. T. Edgerton, and install | ing him as pastor of the church. I Rev. R. C. Gilmore, D.D., was mo ! derator of the session and was in j charge of ‘ the services,which were ' impressive and interesting. The sermon was preached by Rev. Jonas Barclay of Pittsboro. The charge to the pastor was by Rev. C. L. Wicker, of Gulf, and the charge to the congregation by A. C. Ray, of Pittsboro. The ordination prayer was offered by Rev. R. C. Gilmore and he was joined in the laying on of hands by the above named, and R. E. Carrington as ruling elder. VOLUME NO. 49 Old Fort Man Makes Trip Ahead Os Time Morehead to Georgia State Line m Automobile in 15 Hours and Fifty-Three Minutes Carolina-Georgia State Line; Cherokee county, july 15.— (via Murphy) North Carolina high way No. 10 was measured today be tween dawn and dusk on an ante mobile speedometer, the exact dis tance being shown as 587 4-10 miles. D. T. Roughton, Old Fort sportsman, accompanied by J. H. Monte, of the Carolina Motor club, starting at Morehead City this morning at 4:05 o’clock com pleted the trip to the state line, about 12 miles below Murphy, at 7:58 eastern standard time and 6:58 central time. The distance was cov ered in 15 hours and 53 minutes. Almost from the start Roughton kept ahead of his schedule and ar rived at his destination here 22 minutes ahead of his anticipated time. He experienced no car trou ble whatever, having no punctures, and all that he stopped for en route was gas. City authorities all along the route cooperated with Roughton and he was given the right-of-way at street intersections where there were traffic signals. At many points along the route crowds lined the highway and cheered the autoist as he passed. The distance was covered, Rough- - ton said, within the speed limit fix ed by law. NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL ESTATE Under and by virtue of the pow er of sale contained in that certain deed of trust executed by R. L. Coggins to the undersigned Tru tee, said deed of trust being regis tered in the office of the register of deeds of Chatham county, N. C.,- in book GR, page 92 et seq., the undersigned trustee will, on Satur day the 6th day of August, 1927, at 12.00 o’clock noon in front of the court house door in Pittsboro, Chat ham county, North Caro lina, offer the following described property to the highest bidder for cash. Lying and being in Gulf Town ship, Chatham county, North Caro lina, and more particularly de scribed and defined as follows: Lots Nos. 5,6, 8 and 9. As shown by map of the J. C. Elkins property in the town of Goldston, N. C., which is recorded in offi<3e of Register of Deeds of Chatham county, N. C., in Plat Book No. 1, pge 9. This the 2nd day of July, 1927. BANK OF GOLDSTON, Trustee. Siler & Barber, Attorneys. NOTICE OF EXECUTION SALF In the Suerior Court. North Carolina, Chatham county. Mrs. Robena Mcßae. Against Mrs. C H Gunter. Under and by virtue of an execu tion directed to the undersigned from the Superior Court of Chat ham county, North Carolina, in the above entitled action, upon an at tachment of the lauds hereinafter described, duly levied upon as pre scribed by law in said attachment proceedings, I will on MONDAY, AUGUST 1, 1927, at the hour of twelve o’clock noon, at the court house door of Chatham county, sell to the highest bidder for cash, to satisfy said execution, all of the right, title and interest which the defendant Mrs. C. H. | Gunter had in the following de ! scribed real property on the date | of said levy on April 12th, 1927, to i wit: That certain piece, parcel or tract of land in the village of Gulf, Chatham county, North Carolina, adjoining the lands of the A. &Y. Railway, on the north, W. H. Hill, on the west, and Mrs. Robena Mc- Rae on the east and south, and containing 1.21 acres, and being the same tract or parcel of land convey ed by Robena Mcßae to Mrs. C. H Gunter, which said conveyance is of record in Chatham county. This the 27th day of June, 1927 G. M. BLAIR, * Sheriff of Chatham County# Out July 28 —4 t.