North Carolina Newspapers

Bl isHED SEPTEMBER 19, 1878 THE 1 unfortunate I fl . e ||.to-d» Sick and Injur i\.jn Norto Carolina Are I ted l>av thß DoCt ° r and Hospital Bilk of the I pauper SiA «" d In j ured ’ lr Manoe. Tua days ago Carey I - p laved the good Saman- Betook' the Yates negro who , K . throat rut in an accident on W Lure road to Scott’s hos fc Sanford- The fellow had ■ or die. Dr. ■ obt ~; ke(i Carey to become re-! W° l \ 1 for the cost of care and j ■ ? °Sal attendance. Os course, K did not feel disposed to ac . such responsibility and Ks, Emphatically. He would; »:, y rake the injured man from ■c t ar and let him die if the phy- Klr'vrald not take charge of the Consequently, there was for him. ■ tVC;. it cost-- money for a doctor j B .-.ad tor a hospital to furnish B onl , rood, medicine, and nursing, j Komebody has to pay the bills, and j B ;: !■ spiral has no resource but to B,, kr i:o rate.- for those who will ■par sufficiently high to pay their Be; nrerata of costs and to take Bajec.frhe cost? of caring for the ■pauper patients. iT- cvero uiy occasionally that | Bach a thing happens, the tax upon ■graying patients would not be j ■gsgh. though it would seem that , ■ : un: rtunate enough to \ jiavt tv lv a patient in a hospital, jlrould be the last person to be ask- j t dt iay a single cent toward the expenses of a pauper patient. But we believe that we can point to a certain hospital that went out of business in part because of the j lumber of pauper patients dumped s upon it. in addition to those who j might pay if they would but would not. Family physicians and hospitals presumably charge only what they deem fair compensation for time and cost of services, and it is rea sonable to suppose that fees are fixed with the taking care of the : pauper service in view. Conse- | quently, the person who for years • does not need a physician does not \ contribute a cent toward the care i of the indigent sick, while those j frhohave their own bills to pay and 1 ie suffering and the loss of ; ge have to carry the burden be- 1 %ing to the public as a whole. Care of the bodies of the people ! mun; be on the same basis as the " are 1 their minds. The state has “Slimed the care of the minds of j" e people to the extent of spend -Tig millions tor schools and colleges year. \et Chatham county, | ul instance, while it is paying its "GO' 111 "' f°r the care of the minds °‘ tke P e pie, much of which is fu • spent, is giving practically Nothing for the care of the bodies, allowing the unfortunate well- II ci ~o lo ot the bills of the pauper Slck and unfortunate. .“i lUl;u years ago, when editor Democrat, the writ suggested that health work be \ oe; a P ’ a similar basis to that ,V. (i Wol ‘k. We need public d , aRS ’ "pensaries, hospitals, . kave public schools, public lan pUblie libraries > etc. In the ei cai? e nobody is compelled to th' r ,° n ' Ze tbe Public school if he L ke can do better and is wil xf t 0 ioot tbe hill. Education has deali IRa( ‘ e c,iea Per by the state’s n wholesale, even as r ,L ‘ * eems > an d there is no 1 ‘ he total bills for health be less and the j ective, if put under 1 os is education, than mangements. The Paid now, and yet be 1 served who should witVi n a consequent econo mist V' Uil, ‘ m uch suffering that y Le obviated. an ff J “ !t is a question with bis Sp |f ian V !:0 w ishes to maintain recei V(J . : . ( < r whether he shall '' i 'eanrfj.:. l ' f netit of hos P ital ser 0r sirrmi 6 oVerw helmed with debt sit Uati ‘ } - SUffer and die * Such a may b , 1S not ri ght. The state spending hundreds of dol- The Chatham Record / , \ tip. Facts About the Post- Office at Pittsboro, Etc. An old government publication, consisting of Legislative and Exe cutive Documents relative to the Postoffice department from the first session of the First Congress to the 2nd session, of the twenty second Congress, has recently come into my possession. The operations of the Post Office department in the early days of our country’s existence are most in teresting, as the following state ments taken from this publication will disclose: In the entire territory of the United States in the year 1789 there were but 75 post offices*. Os this number the State of North iCarolina boasted four, viz: Edenton, New Bern, Washington and Wil mington. At the close of the year 1799,the number for the whole country had 1 increased to 6d7, and in the year 1809 had risen to 2,012. In the year 1815, the number for the entire, country had reached 2,- 670, and of these 165 were in the I State of North Carolina, only the States of New York, Virginia, j Pennsylvania and Massachusetts exceeding this number. Chatham’s first post office was Pittsboro, then spelled “Pitts borough”, and it appears to have, been established in the year 1819, and was supplied by a mail route running from Pittsboro to Moffitt’s Mills, in Randolph county, and re turn. The mail was carried over this route once a week. The dis tance, round trip, was 123 miles. Miles of travel per annum 6,396 and the carrier was paid an annual sal ! ary of 5340. In the year 1827, a century ago j there was the following post of fices in Chatham, with the receipts of each as appears from the report of the Post Master General, viz: Buckhorn Falls $29.01 Cane Creek 2.98 Haywood 15.73 Hickory Mountain 1.55 Pittsborrough 191.41 Prince’s Bridge 16.67 In connection with the Pittsboro post office, it may be interesting to note that the following have served as post masters- since the estab lishment of the office, viz: Winship Steadman from April 19th, 1919, to March 19th, 1828. Joseph Small from March 19, 1828, to March 18, 18^3. H. A. London from March 18, 1843, to August 24, 1853. Isaac Long from August 24, I 1853, to March 30th, 1861. Matthew Ramsey from March 30th, 1861, to August 24, 1865. John T. Mallory from August 24, 1865 to January 8, 1877. Mrs. Mary A. Y. Palmer from Jan. 8, 1877 to October 29th, 1885. Mrs. Laura E. Horne from Oc tober 29th, 1885, to May 11, 1889. James H. Headen from May 11, 1889 to April 29, 1893. Mrs. Fanny T. Talor from April 29, 1893 to May 3, 1897. Mrs. Annie Chapin from May the 3, 1897, to March 11, 1914. Mrs. Loula F. Bland from March 11, 1914 to December 1, 1917. W. H. Griffin from December Ist, 1917 to June 24, 1922. S. D. Johnson from June 24, 1922 to . Name changed to Pittsboro April i 29, 1893. Became a presidential office, Jan. 1, 1914. MISS HILDA MILLS CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY Little Miss Hilda Mills celebrated her seventh birthday Saturday with a beautiful party attended by about a score of the little misters and misses. The table was beautifully decorated with flowers. Delicious wafers, ice cream, and mints were" served. The birthday cake bore seven tiny candles. The dining room was really charming, and we are not guessing, for we were bid den to look in, and tasted while there. lars on the education of the chil dren of a family while the mother is slowly dying from lack of surgi cal attention. Think upon these things. PITTSBORQ, N. C., CHATHAM COUNTY, THURSDAY, AUG. -25, 1927 COURT CONFIRMS SALE RAILROAD Sanford, August 20—The court ; has confirmed the sale of Atlantic 1 and Western Railway Company which was sold under foreclosure proceedings August Ist and bought by H. C. Huffer, N. A. Carples, W. R. Sullivan, of New York, L. P. Wilkins and W. R. Williams, of Sanford. The purchasers will meet here August 25th to form an organ ization, and to take over the opera tion of the road. It is thought that the company will make additions and improvements to the property which serves a prosperous territory | between Sanford and Lillington. • NEW HILL NEWS The revival was held at Ebenezer Methodist church last week. Rev. Mr. Brown the pastor, was assist ed by Rev. Walter Farrar of ‘ Rocky Mount, but he was reared ; in Chatham and is a nephew of Mr. Ruffin Farrar. There were sev eral conversions but we do not know ; how many united with the church, i The protracted meeting started at New Elam church Saturday. The o pastor, Rev. J. F. Johnson will do the preaching each night and will i be assisted in the afternoon by Rev. Mr. Brothers who has been hold ing a meeting at Moncure. Mrs. G. T. Holt, Mrs. N. G. Hearn, Evelyn Hearn, Miss Lovie Holt and Herbert Holt motored to Durham Thursday to visit a sick i relative. Mrs. John Gunter of Durham is | visiting relatives in this section. Mrs. Gunter made her home in Chatham county until a few years ago when she moved to Durham, j and her friends are always glad to have her back. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Webster of Greensboro are spending the week with Mrs. Addie Webster. Coley Goodwin who has been in training for the navy is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Goodwin. Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Thomas of Siler City, were Sunday visitors in the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Mann. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Holt and three children of Cary were Sun day visitors in our vicinity. Mr. and Mrs. Claud Bland and little children spent last week with their parents. Mrs. Loraine Best was at church Sunday geeting old friends. She was reared in our neighborhood but had not been at New Elam in seven years. Notwithstanding the unfavor able weather Sunday night> several attended C. E. and rendered a short but interesting program. The sub ject was “The Goodness and Power of God in Nature.” Mr. Alervine took the lead in the absence of Miss Vada Goodwin. Mr. Alervine made a very good and helpful talk on the beauty of nature. Several others took part on the program along this same line. Mrs. Adelaide Holt is worse than she has been for past few weeks. She is at"the home of her daugh ter, Mrs. Cora Jones. Crops in this section are looking very good especially the corn crop. Most everybody is throught curing tobacco, which is earlier than usual. . RIVES’ REUNION There will be a reunion of all Rives descendants and their fam ilies at Meronies church, Septem ber 3, 1927. The church is located on a good road three miles off the Boone Trail between Bonlee and Goldston. Everybody will be expected to bring picnic lunch. AVENT-BUCHANAN REUNION The Avent-Buchanan Annual Re union was held at the old Buck horn Methodist church, Cape Fear township, August 20th. These two families held a reunion at this old church for the past three years. It is the home church of the two fam ilies and is supposed to be about 150 years old. Madeiros, Sacco, Van- I zetti Pay Penalty Armed Guards Stand Around Prison Wall; Brief Speeches Made by The Murderers’ , Charlestown State Prison, Bos ton, Aug. 22 —Nicola Sacco and and Bartolomeo Vanzetti shortly after midnight this morning paid ■ the penalty of death exacted by the state for murder. Celestino Madeiros preceded them to the electric chair by a few minutes, the world known radicals following as rapidly as the execu tions routine would permit. Madeiros died at 12:09 a. m., for the murder of a Wrenchambank cashier. Sacco and Venzetti were executed for the murder of a pay master and his guard at Braintree more than seven years ago. Sacco was dead at 12:19 and Vanzetti at 12:26. Inside and outside of the high prison wall stood a small army of ' armed guards. Waiting also were the press wires which informed the world that the long fight to save the men was at an end. The fight in behalf of the men continued until the last minute. Both Sacco and Vanzetti made brief speeches in the death chamber before they took their seats in the chair, Vanzetti protesting his inno cence to the last. « Sacco, pale but steady, shouted ! in Italian: “Long live anarchy” as he sat down in the chair. Then in broken English he went on: “Farewell my wife and child and all my friends.” The straps were being adjusted as he said his last words-: “Good evening gentlemen! Fare well mother!” MRS. W. B. ATWATER CLAIMED BY DEATH Greensboro News, August 20: / Mrs. W. B. Atwater, well known in this city where she has made her home for the past 13 years, died yesterday afternoon at 4 o’clock at the residence on Walker avenue af ter a short illness. Death is at tributed to heart failure. She suf fered an attack earlier in the day I but failed to respond to medical J treatment. Surviving in addition to her hus- i j band are two children, Miss Mar ! garet Atwater and John Atwater; I two .sisters, Misses Julia and Effie I Lambeth,of Bynum;and two broth ers, R. B. Lambeth, of Bynum and A. T. Atwater of Sanford; Mrs. At water before her marriage was Miss Lillie Lambeth. Since moving to this city from Fayetteville in 1914 with her family she had been actively identified with West Mar ket Street Methodist church and at the time of her death was a mem ber of the Susanna Wesley Bible class. ISN’T THIS A COME-OFF? While Mr. Shiver, county agent is interesting himself in having a carload of Jersey cattle shipped into Chatham, we find the follow ing statement written by E. G. Moore, manager Benson branch of fice of the Eastern Carolina Cham ber of Commerce: “Recently I have located some very good heifers for sale in Chat ham county. They are Jerseys mostly, with an occasional Guern sey. Last week a party of us went to that section and brought back eleven nice ones. They range from one to two years of age and are bred. They have to be trucked around 75 miles, but those we j brought stood the trip very well. Taking everything into considera tion, the price was r.ot unreason able. Others can be bought in the same section. Milk cows are scar cer, but we can buy a few in the county. If you want to get some of these heifers get in touch with our local office, at once.” Comment is hardly necessary. But it does .seem a pity that Chat ham owners who have good cattle would try to place them with our folk who desire them. We suggest that the sellers of heifers attend the sale of Jerseys at Siler City next Monday and compare the pric es which they receive with those given at auction for cattle shipped from a distance. LEE COUNTING ON; BIG RECEIPTS Sanford, Aug. 15—For the past j several weeks the farmers in this: section have been working hard ■ gathering and curing their tobacco ‘ crops. The cures are unusually good and the prospects are good for the largest crops thdt Lee and adjoining counties have ever had. The Sanford market will open Sep tember 20, and with good ware housemen and a large number of buyers it is thought that the sales will show a large increase over the preceding year. The Lee county chamber of commerce is making arrangements to thoroughly adver tise the market throughout the territory. MONCURE NEWS Rev. Brothers, an evangelist of Raleigh, who is holding a series of services at the Baptist church, is preaching excellent sermons. Rev. Jesse Blalock, the pastor of the Baptist church was away Sun day but returned today (Monday). Rev. Charlie Mathews of Siler City was present at the service Sunday morning. Services at the Baptist church each evening this week at 8 o’clock. Large congre gations attend each service. Rev. Brothers subject Sunday morning was “Choose Jesus”. And Sunday night was, “Go Tell the Disciples and Peter to Meet Me in Galilee.” It was especially good and en joyed. Miss Elizabeth Fitchett of Greensboro was a guest of Misses Catherine Thomas and Elizabeth Thomas last week. Miss Margaret { Fitchett, and Messrs. Claude Kida, Paul Holt, and Lacy Wyrick of Greensboro, were also guests of Misses Catherine and Elizabeth last Sunday. Mr. V. H. Hilliard, who is run ning a case and hotel has built a porch to both first and second stories of his hotel. The porches have added greatly to its appear ance and comfort. The lawn party that was to be given by the Epworth leaguers this coming Friday evening will be post i poned until next Friday evening Sept. 2nd, on account of the revival going on at the Baptist church. Everybody invited. Come and enjoy the evening. The Sunday school of the Meth odist church here will go on a pic nic this coming Thursday to the Methodist orphanage, Jtaleigh. The young people are anticipating an enjoyable day. • v r • Mr. H. G. Self was leader of the Epworth League last Sunday even ing. The Sanford orchestra will not be at the league next Sunday even ing as the pianist is off on a vaca tion. The Moncure Mill and Gin will be sold at public auction, Septem ber sth, 1927. There will be a Children’s Day program given at Providence Me thodist church,four miles northeast of here, September 4, 1927, the first Sunday in Sept. Everybody is cordially invited. SUCCESSFUL MEETING HEJLD AT MAY’S CHAPEL (Contributed) '4 The revival meeting of May’s Chapel Baptist church began Sun day, August 7, with its annual home coming day. The joy of the day was enhanced by music ren dered by the Sanford orchestra and speeches by former members. The meeting came to a successful close August 14, in spite of several hin drances- Mr. Morgan, who was to aid the pastor, Mr. Fred Womack, was forced to leave because of sick- 1 ness. Bad weather also added its < quota to the other misfortune but to no avail. The capable pastor and his determined church members had the right spirit and their es- 1 forts were richly blessed by twenty four additions, sixteen by baptism and eight by letter. May’s Chapel is one of the strongest churches of its size in the county and is due ; much credit for its growth in the last few years. SAMPLES HERE FROM RANDOLPH GOLD MINE Lexington Dispatch. Lee Sullivan, of Thomasville, a veteran miner and prospector, was in Lexington Monday and brought with him a small phial containing about two pennyweights of gold flakes, which he stated had been washed from one large pan Nil of surface dirt from a mine now being opened in Randolph county, about eighteen miles south of Asheboro. Mr. Sullivan says that he has wash ed numerous pans during the past few weeks and has found none that did not contain some gold. The gold dust of this quality, he has been informed, is worth about $1.35 a pennyweight. The find is located on the farm of man named Rush and the prop erty is held on option by the Davis brothers of Glenola. A California placer miner who recently visited the workings is quoted by Mr. Sul livan as being almost extravagant in his praise of the mine. Other capable gold mining men are be coming interested in the property and the present holders believe that it will develop into a good paying proposition. Two forty-foot shafts have been sunk to cut the vein that contains the bulk of the gold and some samples taken from these shafts are said to have been very promis ing. The hill containing the vein is flanked by two branches and the location is almost ideal for mining, said Mr. Sullivan. It is planned to work the placer mining while the work of developing the shafts is under way. Gold is now being mined in Montgomery in paying quantities and several min erals have been mined from time tc time in Davidson county. In fact, it is said practically all the Uwhar rie mountains and outlying hills contain mineral deposits. Big Still Catptured Sanford, August 22—Deputies Don Covert, W. B. McAuley, Jeb Hunter and J. B. McManus on a raid recently captured one of the largest stills that has been found in this part of the state. One block ade!’ captured, two escape; 2,500 gallons beer and 2,200 pounds of sugar destroyed, valued at $250 to S3OO. The still was located near the home of Wesley Carroll, a not ed blockader, who is now serving time on the Durham county roads for handling liquor while under a suspended sentence. LONG DID RIGHT THING. Chapel Hill News: Fact of the business is the Lieut. Governor did the right thing when he ordered two companies of soldiers to the scene of a cotton mill strike at Hen derson last week. He nipped the trouble in the bud. Several of the state papers criticised him for his actions and for being too hasty,etc. They would have critisised him if he had not sent the soldiers, so why worry. Trouble was in the air and the officers of that city recognized it, hence the soldiers, were sent. Their appearance on the scene did all that was necessary. The strike ended and peace now prevails. The Lieut. Governor acted quickly and wisely and ended what might have been a serious affair. E. Fisher’s Trial Set for Aug. 30. Durham, Aug. 22—Tuesday, Au gust 30th, has been set for the pre liminary hearing of two charges of manslaughter preferred against Everett Fisher, driver of a Hamlet- Durham bus, arising out of a fatal accident here recently involving the bus and a small coupe. Two ne groes, Baswell Green and George Wingate, occupants of the small car, are dead from injuries receiv ed. Four white people, passengers in the bus, were also injured but not seriously. All of them have been discharged from the hospital to which they were rushed immed iately following the smash-up. Alfalfa properly treated will pro vide hay and grazing for over eight years without reseeding accord ing to the experience of Menden hall Brothers of Randolph county. VOLUME NO. 49 ALAMANCE FINDS DAIRYING PAYS Leaders From Neighboring County Discuss - ndustry at Siler City Meet. Business men, bankers, and farm ers met with the county agent Fri day night in Siler City to discuss the advisability and prospects of putting on a dairy campaign for Chatham county. The meeting w T as addressed by W. Kerr Scott, county agent of Alamance county, Mr. Charles Scott of the Bank of Alamance, and Mr. F. H. Menden hall of the North State Creamery, of Burlington. Mr. W. Kerr Scott, who was the first speaker on the program, traced the development of the dairy industry of Alamance county from the nineties, at which time there was only one herd of purebred Jer sey cattle in the county, until the present time. At this time, he stat ed, there are five hundred purebred female jerseys, and about one hun dred and sixty purebread bulls in his county. Mr. Scott has organ ized the largest jersey calf club in the world. There are around one hundred and fifty boys and girls in this club, and each one owns a reg istered Jersey calf. He stated that the prospects for dairying in Chat ham county are identical with those in Alamance. Mr. Charles Scott of the Bank of Alamance discussed the Dairy In dustry from the standpoint of the banker. According to Mr. Scott, those centers of the county in which more cows are milked are the most prosperous communities in the county. He stated that he does not hesitate to advance money to farmers for the purpose of pur chasing purebred cattle provided that he is convinced that the parties borrowing will take pro per care of the cows. Mr. F. H. Mendenhall, manager of the North State Creamery, who was the next speaker on the pro gram, described the unusual growth of the dairy industry in Alamance county during the past two years, measured in terms of cream pro duction. This creamery was opened something over two years ago, at which time they manufactured about 2 thousand pounds of butter per month, and at the present time, the production is equivalent to an average of seventeen thousand pounds per month. This represents about one hundred thousand dollars turned back to farmers of Ala mance and surrounding counties for butter fat per year. Referring to the prospects for dairying in this county, Mr. Mendenhall stated that farmers of this county do not have to hesitate before buying cows, be cause reliable markets are now available, and nowhere else can but terfat or whole milk be produced cheaper. The Merchants Association voted in favor of appropriating money to bear the expenses of the sale of purebred Jersey cattle to be held at Siler City, Monday, Sept. 29th. Meeting at Brown’s. At this writing Tuesday morning there has been no great stir in the meeting now going on at Brown’s Chapel, but Pastor Lance, assisted by Mr. Goodchild, is doing some soul-stirring preaching. Rev. Goodchild, as some of you know, is a great singer and puts his whole soul into his singing. He certainly has God in his life. He sings a solo at each service. Six men, led by Mr. Will Moser of Carrboro, sang four beautiful quartetts (?) at the Sunday ser vice. H. F. DURHAM.' B. M. Poe Joins Forces With Clarence C. Edwards Mr. B. M. Poe, who for the past years or so has conducted a branch agency of the Economy Motor Co., of Siler City at Pittsboro, has dis continued the Chevrolet agency and joined forces with Mr. C. C. Ed wards in the real estate business \ • .i. at Durham. Mr. Edwards who started life as an assistant to Mr. Poe when the latter was S.A.L» - agent here, has made a great suo cess of the real estate business.