BUSHED SEPTEMBER 19,1878
IDE DUTIES OF
COUNTY AUDITOR
... r-nvemment Informa-
Count> w
. Rv <\ Johnson, Execu
tion.
tive Secretary.
sleigh, Aug. 7 Just how much
\ itv has the county account
auth ° r d ; r the new county govern
allt U u \vs V This question has been
nient /. se veral counties, notably
ral \Vake "'hen County Auditor
last week refused to affix
£ signature to a warrant for the
b hase of a school site. In the
following address delivered before
1 State Association of County
the di “j ors yesterday at the Lake
‘ r "i Conference, Chas. M. John
'on county adviser, set forth clear
ly the duties of the county account
aß!;The county accountant is the
r official that has appeared in
"Iponse to a great demand, and
j. been given the authority
that he should have. His duties
are but an enlargement of the du
ie, 0 f t he county auditor who has
Ipared the way for this new of
ficial. Therefore, the county au
ditor has become the county ac
countant in every county in thej
State, and a new profession has
been created which is destined, I
believe, to take equal rank with
the other learned professions. It j
v jH give direction to public ad- j
ministration, under this new offi- 1
„cial.
purpose of the New Office.
“The purpose of this new proses- !
sion will be (a) to acquaint thej
public with the business of the en- j
tire county in order that all thej
people may know the nature of the j
service and its cost to the taxpay-!
ers. (b) to conduct the business of j
the county according to approved j
budgeting principles by safeguard- j
ing the taxables and the income by j
a careful collection of all legiti-!
mate taxes and other revenue in
order to estimate fairly accurately
the sum total income by preparing
a budget of all expenditures ac
cording to the needs of the county,
by keeping accurate accounts of all
expenditures and holding depart
ments within the budget, and by
levying sufficient taxes in accord
ance with the law to meet the de
mands of the budget, (c) to secure;
the greatest returns from expendi- ;
tures of public funds and to ac- j
quaint the people with the services j
rendered by all departments of i
county government.
Duties of County Accountants
You have more duties than and
as much responsibility as any oth
er county officer. A few of them
are (1) act as accountant for .the
county and sub-divisions in settel
ing with all county officers, (2)
keep a record of the date, source
and amount of each item of receipts
and the amount of each disburse
ment or contract made, (3) require
taeh officer and department re
ceiving money of the county to do
'do same. (4) examine at least once
a month all books of all officers
ar ‘d departments; (5) require all
•officers and employees who collect
money for the county to file re
ports with him, (6) once each year
make up a complete statement of
Ltle financial condition of the coun
and sub-divisions, (7) advise
" n the different officers and de
partments of the county as to the
method of keeping accounts.
Qualifications For Office
1 r ?et up government, how
• !J msti ; ute service justly and how
to the people for the
* ‘ ■ require leadership and
" u; - .4:111, and good business
t is the great aid in
Such m-' ‘ •
t ration. How to se
-1 xecutive skill in public
a ‘fion is a difficult prob
itial factors are: (1)
„ ” R / 0 ‘ -cials of character and in
shall study the real
'■ , ’ T the county, (2) unity of
J a “ a £ement, (3) safeguarding in
.me ‘ expenditures, (4) a coun
ar/h Un ant knows how to
a i g ( - a budget and keep expen
urev within the law. This is the
st important thing.”
The Chatham Record
Free-For-All Fight
Accompanied Game
A free-for-all fight accompanied
the baseball game between the By
num and Hillsboro teams at Bynum
Saturday. The teams were not in
volved. The “rooting” on the part
of the supporters of the two teams
became rather violent and person
al, and the Hillsboro rooters invit
ed Carl Williams of the Bynum
rooters to come over, and he went,
only to be knocked down on arrival.
However, he got him a man as he
went down, got on top and was
beating him to a pulp when pulled
off.
In the meantime, others had
rushed into the fray and knives
were used by the visiting rooters.
Mr. “Shike” Williams, father of
Carl, was cut in the side but, for
tunately, not deep enough to be se
rious, and George Smith got a cut
on his face, but not a serious one.
Knocking was pretty general. The
baseball game proceeded and
Bynum beat 8 to 0, but the fight
furnished more sport than the
game.
It could not be discovered who
cut Mr. Williams, but a warrant
was sent to Hillsboro for the arrest
of Fred Riley for cutting George
Smith.
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Siler City Pitcher
Making Fine Record
I
i The Siler City baseball team has
made a fine record this season. Its
! latest victory was that over Fay
-1 etteville Saturday, when the score
was 8 to 1 in favor of the Siler City
team. Pitcher Fogleman has play
ed fifteen games during the season
j and won fourteen of them, an en
! viable record.
I
;Farm Tour Teaches
More Than Farming
| Raleigh When the rush of la
bor on the farm is lessened and the
sun gets hot, farm tours begin in
North Carolina.
These tours do more than in
struct in new and better ways of
farming, say extension workers
at the State College. The getting
of new ideas and of seeing how
other farmers attack their prob
lems, is, of course, the most val
uable feature of the tour but the
friendship and comradeship of the
■ tour is something never to be for
gotten by those taking part.
A party of forty-fouj’ farmers
and a' few business men of Wake
County has just returned from a
trip down through the sandhills of
North Carolina, into South Caro
lina and back up through the west
ern part of the home state into j
Tennessee and return. Wherever;
this party went, it was received I
cordially and entertained to the I
limit of their resources by the host j
farmers. “We want you to see
what we have and to enjoy your
selves while you are with us,” was
in effect, what the host farmers
said. Every courtesy was shown
the visitors. Luncheons were pro
vided, sleeping quarters made avail
able and guides took pleasure in
pointing out and explaining the
things of interest to be seen in a
community.
“But in addition, our party had
a good time among themselves,”
says County Agent John C. Ander
son, who headed the tour. “We
organized a quartet in each of the
two busses and these groups vied
with each other in singing honors.
Going through the mountains of
western Carolina, one could hear
the old Gospel hymns sung with
fervor and the sound reverberating
! among the giant hills of the sec
tion. There were good natured
jokes played on different members
and even when the trip became irk
some, the men made the best of the
situation and had some fun out of
the occasion. I am sure that the
men on that party will never forget
the trip.”
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Government prohibition agents
are now supplied with cameras to
snap patrons found in raided clubs.
Whew—what a bunch of “stiff”
photographs Uncle Sam will soon
have.
PITTSBORO, N. C., CHATHAM COUNTY, THURSDAY, AUG. 11, 1927
Three Graham Men
Bound Over to Court
Alleged -Robbers of Burns’ Filling
Station at Pittsboro
v . . ~ Captured
Ferman and Garland Maton and
A. B. Holt, Graham young white
men were bound over to court here
last week on the charge of robbing
the Burns Filling station three
weeks ago.
Arrest of the trio followed the
investigation, by Deputy Stockard ’
of Alamance, of a suspicious tire
sale that -resulted in
the recovery of eight large tires
from a hiding place under a bridge
on highway 62 near Yanceyville.
The Maton brothers were taken
near Haw River as they were be
lieved to be leaving the county.
Holt gave bond, but the Matons
were jailed. The case cannot be
tried till the October term of
court.
Farm Folks to Form
State Organization
Raleigh One representative
from every local or county farm
ers’ or farm women’s organization
will meet at State College, Raleigh,
N. C., on Friday morning, August
26, to for ma state-wide farm or
ganization. James M. Gray, assist
ant director at State College has
been asked to act temporary chair
man of the proposed organization
and all communications should be
sent to him at the above address.
According to Mr. Gray, there are
a number of local and county asso
ciations that are contributing much
to the success of their communities
and it is hoped that each of these
will have a representative at the
meeting on the 26th.
A resolution tending toward
forming this state-wide body was
adopted at the recent meeting of
the farmers’ and Farm Women’s
convention and it is the idea of
those in charge of the movement to
affiliate with national farm organ
izations in order to better repre
sent the farming interests of the
State.
A committee consisting of three
men and three women from mem
bers of the convention have al
l ready been appointed and these to
gether with representatives from
the local or county associations will
form the organization committee.
The committee thus formed will
take up the study of farm organiza
tions now operating in this state as
well as the national organizations.
In order to have all parts of the
State represented it is asked that
all local or county associations
send the name of their representa
| tive to James M. Gray, State Col
i lege Station, Raleigh, N. C., as
j soon as possible.
1 “UNCLE JOE” MARRIES
TWO COUPLES AT HOME
Mr. J. D. Mclver, esquire and
earl of Buckhorn, in town Mon
day, returned marriage licence
executed for two couples. The one
was for Mr. Royce B. Dickens and
Miss Sadie E. Denson, both of Co
rinth, and the other for Mr. E.
Murphy Woodell, of Corinth, and
Miss Louise Holt of Merry Oaks.
The first marriage occurred on
July 24th and the second on Au
gust sixth, both at ’Squire Mc-
Iver’s home.
SERIES 6f MEETINGS AT
GUM SPRINGS, AUGUST 21.
A series of meetings will be
gin at Gum Springs Baptist church,
Sunday evening, August 21. Rev.
R. A. Morris, the pastor, will be as- i
sisted by Rev. Mr. Lamb.
Services will be held at 11 a. m. j
and 8 p. m. each day during the fol
lowing week.
BIZZELL-BEASLEY
A press item from Aberdeen an
nounces the marriage of Miss Nell
5 Bizzell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
) R. E. Bizzell, of Mt. Vernon
. Springs, at Carthage, Monday,
’ August 1, to Mr. Roland Beasley,
i Jr., editor of the Journal, publish
ed at Aberdeen.
Cheap Explosive
For The Farmers
The county agent wishes to ad
vise all farmers who have not as
yet availed themselves of the op
portunity of obtaining Pyrotol, the
cheap government explosive, that
an effort is being made to order a
carload of this material for the
farmers of the county this fall. This
material will not be available after
March, 1928, and all farmers who
are contemplating the use of this
’explosive are requested to place
their order with the county agent
as soon as possible.
Work has been conducted in the
following communities this week,
Monday and Saturday in the office
at Pittsboro, Tuesday in the vicin
ity of Bennett, Wednesday in the
Hickory Mountain community
Thursday in the communities of
Brickhaven, Corinth and Merry
Oaks. Most of the work done this
week was devoted to dairying and
the obtaining of orders for Pyrotol,
orders totalling 1,200 lbs of Pyrotol
being taken this week. Consider
able interest is being shown by the
farmers in the sale of Dairy Cattle
to be held at the fairgrounds in
Siler City on August 29th. Many
farmers have expressed themselves
as desirous of securing better dairy
stock at this sale. The county
Agent is very anxious to see any
farmers interested in securing bet
ter dairy cows, and is also anxious
to talk over the possibilities of
cream and whole milk production
with farmers who are interested.
Following are communities in which
work will be conducted during the |
week of August 8; Monday, August :
8, Mount Pleasant and Riggsbee,!
Tuesday, August 9, Mount Gilead, i
Wednesday, August 10; Rocky j
River church, and Teagues Store, ■
Thursday, August 10, New Hope, j
Friday, August 12, Oakley church,
Saturday in office. These dates |
are tentative, but an effort will be
made to follow them as close as
possible.
N. C. SHIVER, Co. Agt.
Mrs. Womble Dead
Mr. and Mrs. Wm, T. Johnson
were called to Carthage Sunday by i
the of the wife of Mrs. John
-I^6n’s Mr. J. W. Womble.
Mrs. Johnson remained over for
the fqrieral on Monday.
Mri. Womble was a daughter of
the late Alex. Muse, for many j
years clerk of court for Moore |
county, and she herself was per- j
haps as thoroughly versed in the
duties of the clerk’s office as any
one in the state, having served as
clerk in her father’s office and with
his successors up to her last ill
ness.
Her mother and a brother and
sister survive her.
DAILY VOCATION BIBLE
SCHOOL AT GOLDSTON
Miss Laura Barclay, graduate of
Assembly’s Training school of
Richmond, Va., will conduct a Daily |
Vocation Bible school at Goldston ;
for the week, beginning Monday, ■
August 15th. . j
She will be assisted by Rev.
Rev. Jonas Barclay. Miss Wilma
i Garner and others.
The children and young people
are invited irrespective of denom
ination for these days of Bible
j study.
The protracted meeting for this
year will be held the week follow
ing, in which Pastor Barclay will
be assisted by Rev. J. S. Cook of
Spray, who has been Mr. Barclay’s
helper the past two years at Golds
ton.
BACK BROKEN
The Record regrets to learn of
the serious injury to a son of Mr.
William Phillips, who got his
back broken, it is reported, when
his automobile turned over a few
days ago. The accident was near
Mount Vernon Springs.
By putting four acres of land
under an overhead irrigation sys
tem, Harry Shriver of New Bern
finds that he can grow successfully
three or four crops per year regard
less of rainfall.
A Relic of Ante-
Prohibition Days;
Invention of Prohibition Days Is j
Recalled by a Story of Ex-
Sheriff Milliken
That homebrew is not a inven- j
tion. of prohibition days is recalled j
by a story told by Ex-Sheriff Mil- !
liken. Several weeks ago, Sheriff |
Milliken saw the statement in the ;
press that in the government build- 1
ing at Greensboro a little copper |
still had been found that
antedated any recent records of
captures. And that statement made
the Sheriff wonder if it was not a
little still of one-gallon capacity
that he took from a High Point
home away back in 1897, while Col.
W. H. Chapman was revenue agent
and Mr. Millike none of the deputy
collectors, a hold-over from the
Cleveland administration. Col.
Chapman, having information of
the location of the still in the home
at High Point sent Mr. Milliken
to get it. And he found it all right,
but it was only of one gallon capa
city, used by the owner to make
him a cup of brandy occasionally.
No indictment of the home-brewer
was made but the still was stored
in the government building, and
the sheriff wonders if the one dis
covered recently was not the same.
COURT CONSUMES TWO
DAYS, HEARNE VS. THOMAS
The case of Henry Hearne
against Carey Thomas for a con
siderable sum for the alienation of
his wife’s affection was abruptly
; terminated Tuesday afternoon af
’ ter argument of the counsel had
I begun. Hearne withdrew the com
: plaint and the costs of the action
were charged against him. It is
possible that the action was taken
I on the intimation of the Judge to
the effect that hte complaint was
not justified.
Practically all Monday and
Tuesday were consumed in the
trial of the suit of Henry Hearne,
of Bynum, against Carey Thomas,
of Moncure Rt. 2, for damages for
the alienation of the affeetions of
Hearne’s wife.
The matter has been formerly re
ported in the Record, on the occas
ion of a trial of Hearne for an as
sault upon Thomas several months
ago.
Hearne had been married only
j two weeks when Thomas and his
I wife went up to visit Mrs. Hearne’s
t mother at Bynum. The young wife
was at her mother’s home and when
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas started home
they invited the mother and
daughter to go home with them,
and the young wife accepted the in
vitation and came off with Thomas
and his wife, the latter being Mrs.
Hearne’s aunt. On the way home,
according to Thomas, she told them
that she was not going back, but he
tried to persuade her to return. She
didn’t go back, but got a job in
the Pittsboro silk mill, where
Thomas and his wife work.
Hearne’s complaint is that
; Thomas persuaded the girl to leave
1 her husband and attempts were
j made to prove a too great intimacy
between Thomas and the young
woman.
The trial of the case brought a
large part of the population of By
num to court, many being witness
es, character and otherwise.
The suit was for ten thousand
dollars, but Thomas is not worth
any such sum, and a victory would
be on the order of shearing a goat
—more noise than wool.
Only one thing is clear and that
is that it is an unfortunate affair.
At this writing Tuesday noon the
case is still in progress.
Hearne was represented by
Messrs. Long and Bell, and Thomas
by W. P. Horton of Pittsboro and
A. A. F. Seawell of Sanford. Speak
ing began afternoon Tuesday, Mr.
Bell having the opening address.
Saturday Office Days.
The county agent wishes to an
nounce that he will be in his office
all day on Saturdays for the bene
fit of those farmers who wish to
see him. All other week days will
be spent in the field.
N. C. SHIVER, County Agent.
! Highway Commission
Take Over Highway
I We are informed by county at
torney W. P. Horton that the State
Highway Commission will immed- J
iately take over the maintenance of
highway ninety to the Wake line
two or three miles north of Apex.
Wake has not yet consented to the
proposition to follow the Jenks road
without going by Apex, but the
taking over of the maintenance of 1
that road to the county line will j
largely determine the course up to (
that point, and that affords access 1
to the people of the section above <
to Pittsboro. If it goes from that <
point by Apex, a short turn to the
south will be made to Olive’s
Chapel and there another to Apex, l
and then another to Carey; or a di- <
rect and new route will be opened s
across the hills from John Mills’ on ]
the line to Apex. But the logical 1
thing to do from the standpoint of .
the great majority of those con- <
cerned is to follow the Jenks road '
on to route 50, and let those who <
wish to go to Apex "have the two <
miles increase in distance rather ]
than for the distance to Raleigh be 1
increased the two or three miles for :
the ten of thousands who would 1
traverse it from the territory <
reaching from the Chatham line to i
the mountains and beyond.
When the state takes over the •
maintenance of route 90 Chatham 1
county has to reassume the main- i
tenance of the highway from Pitts- i
! boro to Moncure, which was for
merly a part of the state system,
making a part of the connecting
links between Pittsboro and Ral- 1
eigh, also between Pittsboro and
Sanford. The opening of the paved '■
53 to Sanford and the opening of j
90 taking the Pittsboro-Moncure
link from the state highway map.
Foundation Work On
New Church Begun
The foundation work on the new
church building for the Hanks’
Chapel congregation has been be
gun, and the work will be pushed
forward as rapidly as circumstan
| ces permit. In addition to the au
j ditorium, there will be six Sunday
school rooms. The seating capa
city, when all rooms are thrown
into one, will be one thousand. The |
building will be a credit to the i
congregation.
Attended Reunion
I
The following named veterans
attended the Confederate reunion
at Raleigh last week: J. R. Bright,
J. D. Dorsett, Monroe Smith, Manly
Edwards, and John Thomas. The
latter three were carried over by
Mr. John Lane, a son of a veteran.
Mrs. H. A. London was also over
there and was honored with a
reception by Editor and Mrs. Jos
ephus Daniels. •
A Serious Collision
A Hudson car driven by a
stranger was butted into Saturday
night on the road between Pitts
boro and Bynum by a “skeeter” oc
cupied by several negro road hands, J
with the result that two of the ne- j
groes were badly hurt, one having i
a jaw broken and anothe ra thigh, j
The Hudson was rather badly bat- !
tered in front.
V. B. Elkins, manager of the
Chatham County Fair wants as
many exhibits from eastern Chat
ham as from the western part. He
wants the person who lives in the
extreme east to feel that it is as
much his or her fair as the person
living one mile from Siler City. If
everyone takes an interest in the
Fair it means better farming and
I more money to every person in the
county. Make it your business to
be a personal booster for the fair.
A freihly spilled liquid should
never be rubbed from a carpet or
rug because this only drives the li
■ quid into the fabric. Instead, cover
the liquid with corn meal, talcum
i powder, blotting paper tom to
[ bits, or any other absorbent ma
terial which will take it up and
. prevent its spreading.
VOLUME NO. 49
BOTH LAWS CAN
BE ENFORCED
Attorney General’s Offfat
Says Both Driving Laws
Can Be Enforced
(News and Observer)
In an opinion handed down yes
terday the Attorney General’s of
fice declared that there is no rea
son why both of the 1927 laws pro
viding stricter penalties for driver*
of automobiles while intoxicated
cannot be enforced.
The opinion follows:
“Where there are two acts of the
General Assembly* dealing with the
same subject they are to be con
strued together, with the latter act
modifying the first only in the par
ticulars in which there is a conflict.
Applying this rule where there is a
conflict between Chapter 230 of the
Public Laws of 1927, and section 59
of Chapter 148 of the Public Laws
of 1927 the former act controls, it
having been enacted on March 9th,
whereas *the motor vehicle act was
ratified on March 7th. We have
however, suggested a practical way
of avoiding any conflict at all,
Chapter 230 in defining the punish
ment deals only with the minimum,
whereas Section 59 deals with the
maximum. When, therefore, you
come to punish a person convicted
of the offense, keep within the
maximum of Section 59 and the
minimum of Section 230. In all
cases, however, applying the last
clause of Section 1 of Chapter 230
to the defendant. That clause re
quires the judge, upon conviction,
to deprive the convict of the right
to operate a motor vehicle on the
highways for a period of not more
than twelve months nor less than
ninety days. This plan would pre
vent, it seems to us, any question
being raised upon the conflict be
tween the two statutes.”
FARMER CHARGED WITH
POISONING WATERMELON
|
Fayetteville, August B.—M. S.
Edge, Bladen county farmer, today
is being held here on a Avarrant for
Bladen county, charging him with
placing poison in watermelons in
! his field which resulted in the
| death of Charles W. Owens, White
i Oak, several weeks ago. ,
Bladen officers allege Owens and
; Miss Annie Lou Register stopped at
Edge’s place and ate part of a wa
termelon, and that Owens died as a
result of poisoning, a few hours
later. Miss Register became ill but
recovered.
Edge will be turned over to Sher
iff Priest of Bladen county.
FINE CROPS.
Good seasons throughout the
county have almost insured
Chatham a fine crop of corn. Cot
ton is fruiting finely, but in sec
tions that have been frequented by
rains boll weevils are doing damage
The forage crops of soy beans and
field peas are promising. Tobacco
in the three or four sections that
devote acreage to that crop is be
ing harvested. The hot dry weath
{ er that prevailed in the Apex sec
j tion two weeks ago fired the tobac-
Ico there. But, on the whole, the
j crop outlook is the most promising
since this writer has been in the
county. And with a fair price for
cotton promising, it. behooves our
cotton growers to fight the weevil
to a finish. Picking up punctured
forms is the surest process for
those who have small acreages, as
most Chatham growers have.
ENTERTAINS AT BRIDGE
Mrs. Arthur London entertained
Thursday afternoon from 4 to 6
o’clock at two tables of cards, hav
ing as her guests, Mrs. W. H. Jones.
Greensboro; Mrs. Louis Nooe and
Mrs. Henry Nooe, Ridgeway, S.
C.; Mrs. E. R. Hinton, Mrs. Vic
tor R. Johnson, Mrs. Wade Barber,
Mrs. Edwin Hatch, Mrs. Evelyn
Alston.
Refreshments consisting of
stuffed tomoates, pimento sand
wiches, raisin sandwiches, pickle,
crackers, beaten biscuit and iced"
tea were served. * i,
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