-SHED SEPTEMBER 19, 1878 IL)FARMERS AT pDAIRV MEET ■ Cream Routes ■ >jr Ruffin Farrar Cited As I farmer Who Diversifies. Farming was again the wW,„„ i( disused at a meeting ■ JBoston- Tuesday night.! ■" she standpoint of attendance Barest exhibited, this was one K. be , t meetings ever held in H'"\ inrv . Indirectly, the pur- < couii , .1 * ■ ,• tb is meeting was that of Berating cream routes, and in- j ■Line better dairy stock for, ■ action of the county. ■/ 0 F. McCray, district agent, j ■ p Mendenhall manager of 1 I North Carolina State Cream- . ■ "and the county agent address ee meeting. Mr. McCrary dis- ■ f ‘. d :hr foundations of the dairy : ■L rV and stated that more! ■ r .;,. sr< pet ter seeded pastures and Hrrer ?tock are prime factors in K ;jcccss of Dairy farming. In ■ :0 better pastures, and soil Rprcvement. he stated that the j R,. r Japan Clover to great ■■ • •in building up poor soils, 1 R a ij, in improving pastures, j ■ discussing livestock, Mr. Me- : stated that the worst enemy i W- c. unty in relation to better • B was tiu scrub bull. He urg- < B:h s elimination of every bull in B. ur.ty. and the replacement of , Biw bulls with pure breds. I A[ r , F. H. Mendenhall took up the Batter if better utilization of,- Basie land M the county. He stat- B; that every acre of farm land Bofi be utilized, and made at Bas: ‘ support taxes. According BlirM: a alkali, this utilization Bwaste land can best be accomp- Bk: through livestock farming. ■ One us the most common ques- ! Bone asked the c unty agent has 1 B u 'dh dhersification. “Do ! By farmers in Chatham county ■trashy?” There are a number of Bniers in Chatham county who 1 Baiiice diversified farming, but Be ir. particular whom we have B mind is Mr. Ruffin Farrar of Bex. R.F.D. ■k. Farrar operates a farm in ot New Hope township. A ' of this farm is devoted Bte raising of food, stuffs, soy cow P eas ; corn, rye and B ta - A still larger area of this , B rn - !s in pasture. Four mainj Bk'ar- raised on this farm; hogs, | ■ ■‘-R. sheep and tobacco. In this >, W*; tobacco crop comes last, B the ordei ‘ °f relative importance.! B a ddit..in to this. Mr. Farrar owns j ( good grade Jerseys, from B:; eh * le^er an ‘t bull calves are R; ® ceas ionally. and skim milk is Rf; * IJl ' hogs and chickens.! I e °?s on this farm consist ofi ■ brood sows, mainly of the j ‘ R artl p.'hire breed. There are also 1 . ■’Purebred Barred Rock hens, 75 i R^ rtd Le ghorn hens, and ten,' and eggs are sold ; R;; 1 tarm throughout the Rl.Vi ' cdr ' ‘ ur - Farrar states that RL/ 01 ; n P’J?s were sold, in k R , “ 10 Sonie porkers that were R . a ; er in tall. During 1927, • Ri f ; aNei aging 87.50 have been B; j 0 at t, and of course porkers BJ e s°!d later. Mr. Farrar he ft rai at as lo «g as he is able Hahllt 1S ' Vn food stuffs, he will 1 Rorm, * make m °ney on the above in spite of nmr ‘; 1 0ff bdfk H ' VER ’ County Agt •sturdays and first I 10 HOl.i) CLINIC ■bp . h. v specialist, will ft% ,jj * et c ‘ :r * lc f° r all kinds of Fittsboro, Friday, ■W specif' <f Dr ‘ J * B - De shazo > ■» a»oth e , ' St ," f Burli ngton, N.C., R re ?ular ,° Umn ’ doctor is ft Jf t\v o gladu ate of medicine but Rkdington 31 \ T naS een Seated at B eatmen t f OP . u f Ves . the s * me ; r a ' skin diseases that m m largest cities. The’ Chatham Record Town - County Briefs One more chance to pay your taxes before the advertising. Dr. Pilkington has been spending a while at Connelly Springs. Go to the play at the Pittsboro school auditorium Friday even ing. Mr. A. J. Boone and family visit ed the formers’ brother in Raleigh Sunday. Miss Jennie Connell returned Sunday from a very pleasant week’s visit to Washington City. Prof. J. H. Gorrell of Wake For est, preached two very helpful ser mons at the Baptist church Sunday. Mrs. W. H. Cox, who visited her brothers and sisters here, last week returned to her home in Lynchburg Tuesday. Commander J. J. London, now at the head of the naval station at At lanta, Ga., is expected today to visit his mother, Mrs. H. A. London. Mesdames J. H. Fell of Tren ton, N. J., and Fred Jerome of \\ indsor, this state, are visiting their mother. Mrs. H. A. London. Misses Elsie and E’oise Grady, of Keniy, have been guxsts of their aunt, Mrs. F. C. Mann, also Mrs. Mann’s nephew, Master C. B. Mar tin. Rev. R. R. Gordon held a most successful and enjoyable meeting at Mount Gilead Baptist church last week. There are several candi dates for baptism. Little Bettie Bell underwent ton silectomy a few days ago at a Dur ham hospital, and little Georgia Brewer is to undergo a similar ex perience in a few days. The woman’s meeting of the Mount Zit/a Baptist Association has been in session this week at Mount Gilead church. Representa tives from each of the 52 churches of the association were expected. Os a bunch of negroes tried Sat urday by ’Squire Blair for miscon duct at Mitchell’s Chapel Sunday before last, three were let off with fines, three were bound over to court, and one or two were acquit ted. The orthopaedic clinic held each month in the House of the Episcopal church and sponsored by the Rotary and Kiwanis clubs of Burlington will meet again on Fri day of next week, September 2nd. Mr. R. M. Connell and family visited Mr. Graham Connell in Ral eigh Sunday, and while down there Ralph took a flight in an aeroplane. It is said that three planes were carrying on a brisk traffic at the Raleigh station Sunday, the price for a few minutes’ ride being six dollars. Mr. Oscar York, Southern R. R. ticket agent at Greensboro, and family visited his cousin, Mrs. J. L. Griffin Sunday. Mr. York is a native of Ramseur but has been located in Greensboro the past twenty years. Mr. and Mrs. Fore of Siler City were also guests of the Griffins Sunday. Bynum now has a paved street, by grace of the completion of the highway to the Haw River bridge, which point wa§ reached Tuesday. Mail on route 1 will be deranged probably for a short while during the laying of the pavement from the bridge to the intersection of the road from Sheriff • Milliken’s and the highway. After that section of about a mile is paved and open, Durham bound traffic can take choice between the Moore’s Bridge detour and a detour out by Sheriff Milliken’s, and at the same time route 1 will be open all the way. Enjoy golden hours of restful, refreshing sleep. Each summer night may be calm, peaceful, un disturbed. Everyone may have them. Just by using Fly-Tox. Spraying the sleeping rooms. Kill ing the mosquitoes. Everyone knows mosquitoes are disease car riers. They must be killed. Health authorities advocate Fly-Tox. It is the scientific insecticide develop ed at Mellon Institute of Industrial Research by Rex Fellowship. Simple instructions on each bottle (blue labetf) for killing all house hold insects. Insist on Fly-Tox. It is safe, stainless, fragrant, sure. PITTSBORO, N. C., CHATHAM COUNTY, THURSDAY, September 1. BELI/SNEWS School will open September sth at Bell’s, Prof. Biggentaff and his teachers will be on the job. All of the faculty will be new except the music teacher; Miss Catherine Johnson, who will be back to teach music. The Oxford Orphanage singing class will give a concert in Bell’s school Auditorium Thursday night, September 15th. The public is cord ially invited. Miss Gladis Copeland has gone to Cary high school for this school year. Mr. C. L. Lasater has given away many watermelons this year to his ; friends. Justice of the peace N. J. Wilson and Deputy sheriff J. R. Lasater i held eourt last week and tried a colored man for fighting on the church ground. He was not able to give bond and was committed I to jail. The tobacco crops in this section will practically all be cured next week. , and Mrs. Thomas Scott will run the teacherage and board the teachers at Bell’s this term. I ! REVIVAL AT i LOVES CREEK Siler City, August 27—Rev. J. C. Canipe will open the annual re vival meeting at Love’s Creek Bap tist church, three miles west of here Sunday which will be home-coming ! day, and a large number of old ! members from various parts of the j State are expected to attend. The j meeting will extend through the i following Sunday. Two services will be held daily. Prof. Joe Ham rick, of Forest City, will lead the i singing. Mr. Canipe cornes from Roxboro. He has recently accepted a call to the pastorate of the Siler City Bap tist church, which has been with out a pastor since January 1, when Rev. Richard S. Fountain resigned to accept the pastorate of the Bap tist church of Weldon. Mr. Canipe states that he is de lighted with the field here and he has dreams of leading his flock in the erection of the much-needed new church building. DEATH OF MRS. J. Y. DAURITY Mrs. J. Y. Daurity, who had been in declining health for more than two years, passed away at her home near Goldston, August 24th, 9:25 p. m., at the age of fifty-six years. The funeral was held at Bethany Baptist church at Gulf, | Friday afternoon at 3:30. Services ! were conducted by the pastor, Rev. E. W. Byerly, assisted by the fol lowing Presbyterian ministers, Rev. Cook of Spray; Barclay, of Pitts boro; C. L. Wicker of Gulf. Despite the inclement weather the church was crow T ded with sor rowing relatives and friends, who had learned to love and appreciate Mrs. Daurity in life. Many beau tiful offerings covered the grave. Flower bearers were Misses Elsie and Annie Tyner, Mae Osborne, Bessie Beal of Gulf, Mrs. W. H. Garner, and Miss Wilmer Garner of Goldston. Pallbearers were, Messrs. Will Hatch, Edd Hilliard, W. H. Garner, Joe Goldston, Sam Moffit, Frank Bivins of Goldston, Charlie E. Jor dan of Gulf. Mrs. Daurity was the youngest child of the late Alvis and Angelet Oldham, was married to J. Y. Daur ity Feb. 14, 1894. To this union were born nine children, all of whom survive. They are as follows: Mrs. D .C. Harris, Mrs. U. H. Line berry of Greensboro, Mrs. J. C. Crews Baltimore; Messrs. Guy, Tommie, Thos, Caruell, Misses Nel lie, Ruth and Nannie Bell, all of Goldston. One sister and three brothers, survive her. Mrs. Lucy A. Beal of Gulf, R. L., C. G,. and G. E. Oldham of Goldston; Mrs. Dau i rity loved her church and home, was passionately devoted to her children , to whom she leaves the heritage of , a beautiful Christian life. SUCCESSFUL SALE OFJERSEYS i The sale of Jerseys at Siler City Monday was an unqualified success, indicating that Chatham and Ala mance farmers will devote more at tention to the dairy business. Prices ranged from $27.50 for a two months old bull to $125 for a two year old bred heifer. The following Chatham men j made purchases: J. A. Woody, a bull; L. D. Teague, a heifer; L. B. Hester, two heifers; W. B. Dorsett, a heifer; E. R. Smith, a heifer; Charles Wicker, three bulls; P. D. Harris, one heif er; C. F. Fox, a bull and a heifer i J. R. Gilbert, a heifer; F. D. Terry,, a heifer; Terry, Siler City, a heifer; J. O. Clark, a heifer. Ten were sold to Alamance citiz ens, including one to the Alamance j county agent himself. The average price of the 16 sold to Chathamites was $53. It is noticeable that the majority of the sales were to men in sections ; provided with a market for milk or cream. TAX ADVERTISING BEGINS IN NEKT WEEK’S RECORD You will have to watch out folk or the sheriff will advertise your land for taxes. He has postponed and postponed and done everything i possible to give the hard-pressed; I folk of Chatham a chance to pay | before advertisement, but the end ;of his delay is here. He is required to settle with the commissioners October 1, and not another week can be lost. He will be only too j glad to have you come in and pay before Saturday night. Copy for ; the printer will be turned over to ■ j the editor of the Record Saturday j I night, so that typesetting may be ! gin bright and early Monday morn- ! j in £- ! There is considerable cost attach- ! ed if your land is advertised and i sold and it behooves you to raise ; the money some how, if possible and come and settle up. P-T. Association. The Parent-Teacher Association J ! of the Pittsboro high school will ! have its first meeting of the year |on Friday evening, September 9, !at 7:45 o’clock. The program com mittee has planned for a speaker whose name will be announced lat i er. After the short meeting there j will be a social hour during which it is hoped the parents will remain and meet the teachers. MRS. W. P. HORTON, Secretary. S. S. Training School. Rev. J. O. Long, M. E. assistant S. S. field secretary, will arrive Sunday to begin a S. S. training class at the Methodist church, though those interested in improv ing themselves as Sunday school workers in any denomination are invited to join the school. The text %ook will be “The small Sunday school; its plans and work.” It is quite certain that the school will prove profitable to all who at tend, and Pastor Lance hopes that there will be a large class. RESPECTED CITIZEN OF MATTHEWS PASSES Mr. Mangum Johnson, an aged and respected citizen of Matthews township, died last Saturday at his home a few miles west of Siler City. The burial took place Mon day at 11 o’clock at Love’s Creek Baptist church. Mr. Johnson leaves a widow and one daughter. He had been married three times. FURNITURE MEN HERE. Messrs. Sheridan and Kickley of High Point, interested in the estab lishment of a furniture factory here, were in Pittsboro Saturday for a short while and expressed I themselves as pleased with Pitts- j boro for location of a factory. It is | expected that they will return about the 20th of September, when a meeting will be held looking to the organization of a furniture fac tory. A plant can be established with any sum from $7,500 up. The visitors suggest the establishment of a plant for the manufacture of a specialty or two. MONCURE NEWS The Baptist revival closed last Friday evening. Rev. “Dick” Broth- 1 ers preached some able sermons.! He was once a conductor on the j train, but has been preaching for i five years and he engoys the work. There were seven additions.to the Baptist church. Several preferred to join other churches. Rev. Brothers fell in love with Moncure people and thanked them fer their loyal hospitality. Rev. Jesse Blalock was called to the bedside of his sick mother last Tuesday. He halted to leave the meeting, but as his mother was 87 years of age, she might be call- j ed home, before he could reach her bedside. Miss Virginia Cathell left today for Raleigh, where she will teach |at the Methodist orphanage this next year. We are sorry to state that Dr. J. E. Cathell, who is in the hospital at Sanford is not doing so well. Mr. Edwin J. Cathell, who has had a position at Albemarle is at home now. Miss Mary Beddoes of Raleigh is visiting Mrs. C. M. Whilden this week. As last Thursday was a rainy, cold day, the picnic for the Meth odist Sunday school was postponed, j , They are planning now to go on a j picnic to the Methodist Orphanage, | Raleigh Tuesday. The Baptist Sunday school will j go on a picnic to Lake View Wed- j nesday. Capt. J. H. Wissler and the busi- j ness men of Moncure met Mr. Will j Langley, the cashier of Farmers’ ! Bank at Mr. Self’s filling station Monday with the view of moving said bank to Moncure. School will open September Ist, Misses Catherine and Elizabeth j Thomas are visiting friends at Apex this week. Childrens’ Day exercises will be observed at Providence Methodist church next Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. Asbury choir will be present to sing for us. The Evan gelistic Club of Sanford will also be present. Everybody is cordially invited. Mrs. W. L. Walker of Hamlet was guest of Mrs. P. S. Lassiter last week. Miss Christine Lassiter spent se veral days in Raleigh last week visiting friends. Mrs. W. W. Addicks and little daughter, Helen Frances, after spending a month with her mother, Mrs. Phoebe Womble, left last Thursday for her home at Miami, Fla. Mrs. Brown and children of Li berty were guests of Mrs. Daisy Lambeth last week. Mr. J. J. Hackney has erected a nice dwelling in place of the old garage on the lot near Mrs. E. E. Walden’s furniture store. It is un derstood that Mr. Walden is going to build a store with a brick front on the vacant lot between his pre sent furniture store and Mr. Hack ney’s new dwelling. Rev. and Mrs. W. F. Womble of Newton have been guests of Mrs. Mary Burringer’s for some time. The orchestra of Sanford fur nished the music for- the Epworth League at the Methodist church last Sunday evening. The league was presided over by the president, Miss Annie Lambeth, in her graceful way. Miss Lois Ray, secretary, was also present. Roll was called and minutes of the last meeting were read. Miss Mae Womble read the Bible lesson and prayer was offered by Mr. J. J. Womble. The orchestra filled in with beau tiful selections. The subject, “China’s Challenge to the Church,” was announced by the president. Then Miss Ruth ! Womble read a selection on “What |is Happening in China.” After which W. W. Stedman took up the subject and made an interesting talk, giving an insight as to how the nations treated China, how China looked upon America as a Christian nation and explained “Un equal Treaties and concessions” and showed that the missionaries have been true representatives of the .Christ they have professed and the City-County Briefs Dr. N. C. Riddle of Chicago visit , ed his brothers in Pittsboro Mon day. ✓ Mrs. W. H. Ward spent last week j on an outing to Wilmington and I the beach. Mrs. Morris, of Raleigh, is spend ing a few weeks with her mother, Mrs. R. M. Burns. Mr. and Mrs. Alex. Riddle and children returned Sunday from a week’s visit to Wateree, S. C. The Music Department of the Woman’s club is to meet this af ternoon with Mrs. V. R. Johnson. Mesdames S. D. Johnson and R. H. Hayes are spending a few days in the Mount Vernon Surings com munity. , We regret to learn of the illness of Miss Maggie McClennehan, one of Pittsboro’s oldest and most highly respected ladies. Miss Margaret Womble, who has an important position in Asheboro, is spending part of her vacation here with her sister, Mrs. G. M. Blair. The Record may be a day late next week as it will be a job to get the tax sales set along with the other matter to make full size 8 page paper. The play to be given at the school I auditorium Friday evening, tomor | row, under the auspices of the Wo- I man’s Club is said to possess real ; merit. Tickets 20 and 35 cents. Mesdames W. F. Bland and V. R. j Johnson chaperoned a picnic for j quite a number of the little folks i Monday. The gala features of I the day included a straw ride in! mule-drawn wagon to the old j Griffin place, where they had their! picnic dinner. Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Mendenhall, J of Burlington, visited the former’s j sister, Mrs. W. P. Horton, this! week. Mr. Mendenhall, who is superintendent of the North State Creamery at Burlington, took ad vantage of his presence in the j county to encourage the dairy business. With Mr. Shiver, county agent, he is trying to get new milk routes started in the county. Mesdames W. B. Chapin and Mattie Thompson returned a few days ago from a pleasant visit to Asheville to see the former’s son; and to Cullowhee to visit the three Pittsboro girls in school there, in eluding Mrs. Chapin’s daughter, Miss Bessie. Those young ladies will continue during the fall and spring term, making about twenty months regularly in school on a stretch, as they went to Cullowhee almost immediately after the close of the teacher-training class in the Pittsboro school. Off For Paris. Miss Cordie Harmon, with her brother, Mr. J. Obie, of Chapel Hill, will leave Tuesday night to start on their pilgrimage to the battle fields of France. The immediate occasion of the visit is the con vention of the American Legion to be held in Paris. But, mind you, the, Caviness store presided over by Miss Harmon will not be left attentionless. Mrs*- Curtis Smith will be right there to wait on the ladies of the county. Missionary has been the greatest contribution that Christian Mis sions have made to China, but it is time that our land were backing up the missionaries it sends out by ex ! ample and dealings with China. Then the orchestra played other beautiful selections. Mr. Sam Womble expressed to the orchestra the leagues’ and large congrega tions’ appreciation of their presence and fine music. Collection was taken by Misses Roberta Lambeth and Margaret Strickland, which amounted to §9.70. Mr. J. F. Womble cjosed with a short prayer. A lawn party will be given on the hill behind the post office by the league next Friday evening, Sept., 2nd. Everybody is cordially invited . The orchestra of Sanford has been invited to make music for the occasion. I VOLUME NO. 49 THE PATH ACROSS THE HUL * Local talent play given by Worn* an’s Club of Pittsboro, under the direction of Mrs. N. C. Shiver, Mrs* J. S. Walters, Mrs. R. G. Shan nonhouse. CHARACTERS: Samuel Crawford, Thomas Mor gan, Grandpa. Robert Post, Lea Powell,The vis itor. Walter Conrad, Laster Farrell, Ruth’s Brother. Dr. Jimmie Reed, Sam Beard, with ambition. Salamander Alexander, John Henry Jones, Zuzu’s choice, Willie Morgan. Mrs. Davis, Essie Peterson, Grandma. Ruth Conrad, Emily Taylor Nicknameed “Bobbie.” Llo Gray, Mary Lou Burns, Ruth’s cousin. Lutie, Elizabeth Blair, A neigh bor. Zuzu, Virginia Connell, The cook. Scene—The entire action of the play takes place in the living room, of Ruth Conrad’s home in an East ern village. SYNOPSIS: Act 1. The living room of Ruth Conrad’s home in an Eastern vil lage. Act. 11. The scene; two weeks later than Act. 1. Act 111. The same; a week later than Act. 11. Place: School auditorium, Pitts boro, N. C. Time: Friday night, Sept 2, ! 1927, 8:00 o’clock. Admission: Adults 35 cents, j Children 20 cents. JOHN W. CLARK BUYS PITTSBORO PROPERTY. Mr. John W. Clark, of Franklin ville, one of the most public-spirit ed citizens of all this section of the state, has purchased two of the Lanius lots on the west side of Main street. It is not known what Mr. Clark expects to do with the lots, but his purchase of them is significant, in that he shows a con fidence in the future value of Pitts boro real estate. Mr. Clark is one of the earliest and most persistent proponents of the Raleigh-Lexing ton highway, and now that he sees it assured, probably realizes that it means something for the future of the old town of Pittsboro. The Daughters of the Confed erac will meet with Mrs. Cordon at the home of Mrs. H. A. London Thursday afternoon, September 8. The premium catalogue for the Chatham county fair will be ready in a few days. Manager V. B. El kins, Siler City, will be glad to send you one. Drop him a card. NOTICE OF SALE OF VALU ABLE TOWN LOT AND STORE BUILDING. Under and by virtue of an order of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Chatham county, North Caro lina, in, the special proceeding therein ending entitled, “W. F. Bland and J. T. Bland, executors of the estate of T. M. Bland, deceas ed,vs Martin Cook and others,” the undersigned will on Saturday the 24fh day of September, 1927, offer for sale, at the court house door in Pittsboro, North Carolina, to the highest bidder, for cash, the fol lowing described lot of land, to-wit: Same being the lot formerly owned by John L. Council, deceased, as a barber shop, situated on the east side of Hillsboro street, in the town of Pittsbpro, North Carolina, fronting on said street 21 feet;, thence east 31 feet; thence south 21 ft; thence W 37 ft to the begin ning, it being the lot conveyed to John L. Council by Mrs. Nor By num, executrix of Mrs. Roxie Poe, and duly recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Chatham county, North Carolina in book EX. Place of sale: Pittsboro, North Carolina. Time of sale: 12 o’clock, noon. Terms of sale: Cash. This the 23rd day of Augusta -1927. W. P. HORTON, Commissioner#- 1

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