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GAULISH ED SEPTEMBER 19, 1878 IwpFERN OFF Venezuelan cst Legian Steamer Docking [ New Orleans Received Notes From Aviator N w Orleans, Sept. 5-Details of iighting Os Paul R. Redfern s h the Port of Brunswick, by steamship Chris f Kro hg. became available from i IP , log as it docked here late to Tbc flier, the log revealed, cir ,W about the ship for 50 minutes, ‘ directe d toward the mainland UJ <ped away toward the Vene tian coast. 105 miles away, af ter , itie ship had pointed him in that direction. ' There was no question about the identity of the plane, officers of* the Christian Krohm said. They | estimated that the plane circled about the ship for more than 50 minutes. The ship’s log recorded the name “'Brunswick-Brazil, tak en from the “Brunswick-to-Bra- j z lf inscription on the fuselage of the airplane. The number “NK-773 j also was noted in the ship’s log. After circulating the ship the last time. Redfern dipped his wings in thanks and headed his plane to ward the mainland, in the direction indicated by the ship, i Officers said that there appear- Jg i be no trouble with the me chanism of the plane and that it ■ apparently had plenty of gasoline l I s tor e d in drums on the deck at the, time. The nearest land from the ship I whet. Redfern was sighted jvas the i ■ bland of El Rocque, about two ■ mile; h ng. on which is located a I smali fishing village. The island! ■of Cry Grande is somewhat larg ■ er. Neither, however, ship’s offi- H cers said, could have supplied gas- Holine had the plane been in need cf H fuel Officers expressed the opinion ■ that Redfern had either reached I ■ the mainland or had landed on one! 'IH ■ of the islands between the ship and' the continent. The ship was proceeding from ■ Por; Au pain. Trinidad, to King-1 lit'Ti. Jamaica, when the plane was} sighted.. , I At the time the plane was sight-! ■el the ship was in latitude 13.71 and longitude 60:37 west, the plane descended to within | Hhailing distance of the deck and i I circled back over the ship, drop- i ■ ping a note enclosed in a round! pasteboard box. Tile note read: “Please point | ■ ship toward nearest land.” Apparently he \vas not satisfied ■ ty.ac the ship’s officers had under toed the note, they said, and he ■ ui'opptd a second note before his re -1 quest could be complied with. A I k ' a - had been lowered and the first B note was roc vered before the sec- | «|°nd landed in the water. The- second landed in the water 1 B ttai- tiie beat, and W. T. Notwest, llttmail on the Christian Krohg. H leaped ove> board and procured it. m ' le secon( l t ote read: Point ship toward nearest land Barm wave one time for each 100 B folks distance.” B A third, note picked up by the ■ "at \\ a < similar to the others and | was signed “Redfern. Thanks.” I The ship turned her bow toward Aest - w ‘iere 100 miles away lay “ ?r °up of islands of which the j ' - ' laß( te and El Roque are the n These islands are 65 miles * e *t of Venezuela. P> addition to waving a flag to U r ca e ttle distance to nearest ship sounded two blasts ! v * bistle. The aviator circled j oral other times i w us nose toward the! ft, v e ' ! ther was splendid for aymg . v r ; Notice, taxpayers. Th ~ to C ° mm ' ss *°ners have decided lhe September to a t 0 !Uar ‘ ng °f complaints as MsvV alues ' If any one thinks tael , assessed to ° high, let him ever k ' c ' a!ras that day or for- C r hol <> h« peace. The Chatham Record ' - ■ t • . ■! .*. Police Chief Sues Greensboro Paper / 7“ George Crutchfield Demands That Record Pay Him $30,000; Libel Charged! Greensboro, Sept. 3—This morn ing brought the filing of the for mal complaint and the notice to the J. M. Reece Publishing com pany, publishers of the Daily Rec ord, that George P. Crutchfield, ; chief of police, is suing for dam- ! ages of $30,000 on allegation of libel on July 17 in the publication of a front page news article in ! the Daily Record giving the gist of two affidavits attaching the character of the chief and publish-! ing one of them in full. The voluminous complaint has j copies of both affidavits. .Onej •of the allegations is .that C. W.; Myers, who was appealing from; ’ discharge as patrolman by Critch field, gave the newspaper copies of the affidavits on the same day in which he placed the originals in the hands of Mayor E. B. Jeff ress, who had been hearing the My ers appeal. This was on July 16 and on the following day, a Sun i day, the newspaper carried a story giving the affidavit of J. P. Al ton in full and referring to the affidavit of W: G. Wilson, High Point fireman. The complaint charges a malicious attempt on the | part of the Record to injure the police chief. Shortly after the affidavits were j presented to the mayor and publi cation of both had been made, j i Miss Lottie Eanes secured a war rant against Wilson for the at-! tack on her character made in the affidavit and in city court W T ilson was given a sentence of two years, His appeal is yet to be heard in i Superior court. SILER CITY FACULTY The Siler City school opened last Monday with the following ■ faculty: Grade 18, Miss Melene Congle-: , tori’, of Greenville. Grade lA, Miss Pearl Tilley, of Granite Falls. Grade 2A, Miss Alma Worthing ton, of Winterville. Grades 2C and 3C, Mrs. E. T. j Noel, of Siler City. Grade 3A, Miss Mary Joyner of Denniston, Va. Grade 4A, Miss Irene Stone, of; Greensboro. Grade 4C and SC, Miss Janie ; Cunningham, of Apex. Grade SA, Miss Willie Matthews, j of Nashville. Grade 38, Miss Frances Rawley, of Winston-Salem, and grade 6A, Miss Baggett, of Lillington. The high school faculty is as fol lows: Music, Miss Bernice Shields, j of South Carolina; home economics,! , Mrs. Tom Street; English and! ; French, Miss Thetis Shepherd, of 'Winston-Salem; Latin and mathe matics, Mrs. C. O. Small, of Siler City; science and English, Miss Ora Belle Pace, of Youngsville; mathe matics and history, Cecil C. Smith, of Durham; history and civics, W. G. Coltrane. Cecil C. Smith of Durham, is principal of the high school, and W. G- Cotrane, is superintendent of the Siler City schools. The opening exercises were of in terest and very impressive. Among the speakers of the occasion were, Capt. J. J. Jenkins and Mr. Harry Dorsett, a graduate student last year at Columbia University and selected as a member of the faculty of the State Woman’s College at i Fredericksburg, Va. KNITTING MILL SOON TO BE IN OPERATION | Mr. W. C. Brewer, of Bennett, in Pittsboro Saturday, informed the Record that he has already erected the building for the knitting mill he is establishing in this good west Chatham town, and that machinery is on hand ready for installing. The plant will employ about 45 hands, and will be quite an acquisition for Bennett. With good cattle and economical feeding, the dairy farmer can ex pect a good profit in his business. PITTSBORO, N. C., CHATHAM COUNTY, THURSDAY, SEPT. 8, 1927 SEEKS FULL DATA FROM COUNTIES County Advisory Commis sion Prepares Eaborate Questionairres Raleigh, September 4 —ls full an swers are given to the question ! naries which have been prepared by j the county government advisory {commission for distribution to all ; county accountants, that body and | its experts will be able to sit in their own offices and diagnose and prescribe for the governmental ills. The latter which is to accompany ! j the all-inclusive questionnaire fol ! lows: “We are submitting to each ac j countant a questionnaire which calls for some definite information concerning the operation of the new government laws. It is fre quently the case that requests come from counties for us to give assist ance in setting up books and ad vising as to methods of control. If we have the data asked for in I this questionnaire, it will give us such information about the coun ties that we shall be able to give better advice, more definite direc tion and be of much greater assist j ance to all the counties without j even making a personal visit to } some counties. Since our appro- j | priation is small, this is very im- J j portant because it is already our j travel allotment in order to live within our budget. “This aid wTiich we shall be able i to give will depend upon the accu ! racy, care and promptness with! : which the accountant supplies this ; office with the information asked 1 for. “We have no other purpose than J to give advice and assistance. When ! ! any representative from this office 1 visits a county by request, before ; any constructive assistance can be j given, it is necessary to secure the ; greater part of the data that is | called for in this questionnaire. ; Therefore, if we have it in advance, we may be able to advise without visiting the county, but if we do | find it necessary to make a 'visit, |we can perform our services so j much more acceptably both to the i county arid to this office and with | a greater saving of time and money. ! “There may be some questions • # j ; contained in this questionnaire that are impossible for you to answer at the present time; if such is the {case, we earnestly request you to j answer what you can now and send ! us answers to the others as soon as you are able to secure the infor mation. Three copies of the ques j tionnaire are enclosed to be used in} furnishing answers. It might be ! advisable for you to retain a dupli- J cate of what you send us, and use jthe third copy after, if necessary, to supply additional information which cannot be answered now.” Creamery Proposal Is Taken Up By People In Lee County Sanford, August 31 —A large at tended mass meeting of the citizens of Sanford and Lee county was held last evening under the auspices of the Lee county chamber of com- j merce, for the purpose of consider ing the proposition of a creamery for Sanford. The meeting was ad deressed by J. A. and D. R. Yar borough, of Charlotte, who told what the creamery would mean to the people of Sanford and Lee county. Much enthusiasm was manifested and a committee of pro iminent business men was appointed !to investigate the proposition and ; report' in a few days. Many of the older residents of j Sanford are recalling that this is the 41st anniversary of the Char leston earthquake, which occurred at 10 p. m. August 31st, 1886. The shocks were severe ones and caused i much alarm in Sanford though no serious damage was done. The kind of mother who used to say her twelve-year-old daughter was six, so she could travel on half l fare, now says she’s sixteen so • she can drive the car. , —Columbus (O) State Journal. Deputy Is Acquitted For Killing of Man William Johnson Is Declared Not Guilty By A Cumberland County Jury Fayetteville, Sept. 3—William B. Johnson, Cumberland county sher iff, was this afternoon acquitted of a charge of murder in connection with the death of John Mack True love, whom he shot and killed on July 15. The jury returned its ver dict at 4:40, after being out for five hours and 40 minutes. There was no demonstration from the few per sons in the court room. There was no other business before the court at the time, and Judge W. M. Bond was sitting only to receive the ver dict. The feeling which has marked the progress of i.he case seemed at one time to have communicated it self to the jury, and during its re tirement sounds of a heated argu ment issued from the jury room. For that reason and because of the dii-ectly opposite nature of testimony on; the two sides, a failure to agree would not have been a surprise, but an acquital was the verdict most generally expected. \ REVIEW OF COT j. TON SITUATION “The cotton producers of the ; South have a golden opportunity to I recoup some of their losses sustain ! ed last year in marketing an 18 | million bale crop of cotton below the cost of production.” This is the ! opinion,, of U. B. Bialock, General | Manager of the* North Carolina • Cotton Growers Cooperative Asso { ciation. I “The cotton spinners of the world 1 had their opportunity last year and I statistics as issued by Colonel Hes i ! tor of the New Orleans Exchange and by the U .S. Department of Commerce, show how well they took advantage of their great op portunity. “Witlj. exports . around eleven milion bales jmd domestic consump tion over apven million bales, the total of exsi>rt and domestic con sumption was in excess of produc tion by 168,000 bales. “Last season at the beginning of the annual “Autumnal dip” in the cotton market Mr. Eugene Myer came south with his proposed plan to take off the market four million bales of surplus cotton. It now de velops that there was a hidden de mand’for every bale of our eigh teen million bale crop that was had produced. “It is almost inconceivable that any sensible man would now argue that the removal of this four mil-' lion bales of cotton would not have had a very stabilizing effect upon the market and that the producer would not have received a substan tial part of the almost fifty per cent increase in the value of cotton inside a period of six months. But Mr. Myer’s plan did not work, as no hastily organized plan for the handling of foifr million bales of cotton will ever work. It was an impossible task to say hastily take off the market and handle four million bale of surplus cotton; and besides, the farmer was too dead broke to borrow nine or ten cents { per pound on his cotton and meet his obligations. “But a different situation con fronts the cotton producers this fall from that of 1926. * Acting on the advice of those who believe that the salvation of the farmer is al ways in a curtailment of acreage, and with the aid of the Mississippi I floods, we were able to reduce our j’ acreage one-half of the suggested 25 per cent reduction. With the further aid of the boll weevil and adverse*weather conditions, we are now confronted, according to the government’s last estimate, with less than a 13,500,000 bale crop and our prediction is that the next gov ernment report issued on Septem ber Bth will be several hundred thousand bales less than this esti mate. “The cotton consuming world (Continued on Page eight)' CRAZED MAN 'KILLS 6 PERSONS Wounded and Captured By Po lice, Ohio Man Describes ' The Killing. Youngstown, 0., Sept. 4—Seven persons were killed and five others Wounded here because one man, a ' laborer, was out of employment, f Two of the wounded are reported ! near death. Late last night, Tony deCapua, 42, steel worker, worried because he had no work, shot down and kill ed his wife, three daughters and three grandchildren while in a de pressed mood. He said he intend ed to end his own life. He is alive, however, because his gun “jam med” when it came time to turn it on himself. Bodies of the seven persons were found in different rooms of the de- Capua home where the crazed man had chased them and shot them down. Three infants were killed in their beds. De Capua, shot down by police who were called by neighbors when 1 the shots were fired, said at a hos pital he had quarreled with his wife over financial matters and because of unemployment decided to “get rid of them all.” His voice choked . with emotion, de Capua then de scribed how he killed each one. The dead were Mrs. Mary de Ch pua, 36, his wife; three daughters, Elizabeth, 11, Annie, 6, Gladys, 4 months and three grandchildren, Mary, 3, Junior, 14 months and Catherine two months. After the shooting within the house de Capua went outside. He was standing on the curbing of the street when police arrived and im mediately opened fire on the offi cers. Patrolman Leo Tyrell, 35, fell, shot through the thigh. In the flight between de Capua , and the officers which followed de Capua was wounded and captured by police, Gladys de Capua, 34, his daughter-in-law and J. B. Gie gordas, 50, and Ferdinand Good wynski, 52, a neighbor were boun ded. *’ . < I At a hospital today physicians said the daughter-in-law and the neighbor were in a very serious condition. Three children of the two fam ilies escaped de Capua’s gun fire. They were found crying, standing, beside the other bodies, in the | house. * ' THE UNVEILING OF BENTONVILLE MARKER} The unveiling of the Marker j erected by the Daughters of the j Confederacy on the Bentonvilie * battlefield in lower Johnston county will be unveiled with appropriate ceremonies on Sept. 15, a week from today. This event is of double interest to -Chatham county folk, as it will celebrate the valor of the youth of 1865 in the last important battle of the war, and is also under the immediate direction of Mrs. John H. Anderson, of Fayetteville, daughter of Mrs. Henry A. Lon don,and wife of a son of one of the colonels who led the youthful he roes on those March days in 1865. The exercises of the day will in clude a sham batlte in the after noon, staged by the National guard companies of Smithfield, Golds boro. Dunn, Raleigh, and Wilson. It will be well worth the time of any Chatham citizen to visit the battle field on the 15th. The trip can be easily made there in three hours from almost any part of Chatham. GREAT MEETING AT LOVE’S CREEK CHURCH The meeting held at Love’s Creek ! Baptist church by Pastor J. C. i Canipe of Siler City resulted in an I accession of 22 members, who were ■ baptized Saturday evening. Mr. ■ Canipe, who was recently called to l the pastorate of the Siler City ■ church is winning laurels. He is said to be a very capable preacher. I Good corn bread can be made with either sweet or sour milk. God’s Attitude Like Parent’s Toward Child — j Anxious That All Should Repent And Come To Him For Forgiveness Wilmington, August “Pa | rents will bear long with a way | ward child before dealing drastical rly with him. So it is with God our (Heavenly Father. ‘He is long suf fering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.’—Sec ond Peter, 3.9.” This was the opening statement of Evangelist Schleifer in a lecture on “The Seven Last Plagues,” last night at the Advent church at Ninth and Mar ket streets. “God’s judgments have always been mixed with mercy, but there is coming a time when the wrath of God will be poured out upon the earth without mixture. That is, there will be no mercy shown. As men and women continue to do despite to God’s love and mercy, bye and bye the cup of their iniquity will be filled up and God’s wrath will be upon them. This will take place before Jesus returns, under the outpouring of the Seven Last Plagues. “There is no reason to doubt that these plagues will be literal. The plagues poured upon Egypt at the time of the deliverance of Israel were literal, so God will again visit this earth with His displeasure just before He delivers his people at the coming of Christ and leads them into the heavenly Canaan. The first three plagues with which God visited Egypt fell on the Egyp tians and Israelites alike. Begin ning with the fourth God made a distinction between His people and their enemies, and the Last Seven Plagues fell on the Egyptians only. The reason why these are called the Seven Last Plagues is because they are poured upon the wicked only, especially those having the mark of the best, or apostacy. For the last of the plagues see Rev. 16th chapter.” THE PITTSBORO SCHOOL HAS A FINE OPENING 1 . The Pittsboro school opened Mon day morning under most favorable l auspices. There is no use in longer trying to number the pupils on opening day. There was simply a houseful, with the probability of overcrowding before the session is out. ' Principal Waters directed the ceremonies of the day. Rev. R. R. 1 Gordon read a Psalm, Rev. R. G. 1 Shannonhouse led in prayer. Mr. 1 Waters 'made a particularly fine talk, brief, to the point, and in beautiful diction. He was followed by Mr. J. L. Griffin, who took oc- 1 casion to state that he had hardly missed an opening day of the school in twenty-five years, nad yet the speech of Mr. Waters’ was the finest he had heard delivered by the head of the school within that pe riod. He himself spoke pointedly, as usual. After him, Rev. R. G. Shannonhouse and C. M. Lance made brief but teling talks. All teachers, a list of whom was published some time ago, were on hand, including several of the faculty of last session. It is easy to predict a good year’s work, following the lines suggested by Mr. Waters, who designated the two essentials of a successful school as discipline and actual mental de velopment, and the means of at taining the end the cooperation of teachers, pupils, and patrons. SMITH—DAVIS. Miss Cleta Smith and Mr. Pearl Davis were married by ’Squire Wil lett at Bear’s Creek, Sunday, Sept. 28. The bride is the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Smith of Bear Creek, Route 1. The groom is the only son of Mrs. W. R. Davis of Siler City, Route 3. The young couple will reside for the present at the home of the groom’s mother. “Have you heard the latest ? Mrs. Fisher walks in her sleep!” “How perfectly absurd, wlien they have three cars.”—The Pass ing Show. VOLUME NO. 49 CHATHAM TOWN? V 9 '* • } Division of The County Ittt#- Townships Origin of The Township Names ’ ' t (W. D. Siler.) Before the adoption of the Con stitution of 1868, the political sub divisions of the county were “Calf tains’ Districts.” In conformity to section three and four, Article VII of our present constitution, in the year 1869, the - Board of County Commissioners divided Chatham in to twelve townships, and made their report to the General Assembly, by which body it was approved, Since the creation of the town ships the bounty has lost territory by the establishment of the divid ing line between Chatham and Al amance, and by the creation of the , county of Lee, which with oth££ causes have necessitated minor changes in the original lines, but the names first adopted remain, ancF it may be interesting to note their significance: named in honor of William Albright, a prominent citizen of the territory embraced in the township of that name. He represented Chatham eight terms (sixteen years) in the State Sen ate; was for many years the lead ing Whig politician of the county, and was a man of keen business acumen, geat popularity and high ly esteemed for his benevolence and probity of character. Matthews prepetuates the name of Captain William W. Matthews a former militia officer, and a much respected and popular citizen, who lived at the Cross Roads where the town of Siler City now stands. Hadley was named for William P. Hadley a most worthy and capable former member of the General As sembly, one of the most substantial citizens of the county, and then a resident of the territory compris ing the township. Williams was so called in com pliment to G. J. Williams, then and for many years thereafter high sheriff of the county. Baldwin takes its name for Jo seph J. Baldwin, of great populari ty, public spirit and large family connections, who lived in the township named for him. Cape Fear takes the name of the River flowing through its terri ory. Bear Creek and New Hope each bears the name of the creek rising in its respective territory. Hickory jMountain was given the name by which the ridge of hills in that section has been known since Colonial days. ! Gulf was named for the early set tlement at a sharp bend of Deep River, which has been so called since white men first came to that locality. '' Oakland perpetuates a name be stowed upon that locality by the early settlers, who dwelt amidst the piney woods on the south side of Deep River. They spoke of this section covered with splendid oak forests as the “Oakland?.” Center derives its the fact that it included within its boundaries the county town, and at that time the geographical center of the county. Since the original division of the county into townships, there have been three additional created, Rigsbee so called in honor of the large and intelligent family of that name; Rock named for the place made famous by the celebrat ed school there conducted by Mrs. Edward Jones and Haw River call ed for the river of similar name. Both Riggsbee and Rock Rest have been abolished and their territories ced to adjacent townships, and the county now has but one township, Haw River in addition to its origin al twelve. Mrs. Hunt Entertains. Mrs. J. W. Hunt gave a delight ful party last Friday evening to more than a score of her 1 lady friends in honor of her guests, Mesdames Horton and Hunt of Ral eigh. Bridge and rook were played. Punch was served during the games and delicious cake and cream as-^ 1 . • ; • ’ •"* ■*?. terwards. I