North Carolina Newspapers

ES T\BI HED SEPTEMBER 19, 1878 MEXICAN ARM s IN UGLY MOOD ' " I govtrnmeni Troops In Revolt to Reports From Mexico City Me sico City, Oct. "t- -Mexico’s t reV olt assumed new signifi \atest - . . rndav with admission by cance c° ua ' , * - c ddent Calles that troops not F V mutinied in the capital but also S lW m. in the state of Coahuila, ■; t !, an attempted outbreak at Vera Cruz- . revolutionary movement is , io, e d by president to be headed 1 Francisco Serrano and Gen \tnulio Gomez, presidential iates and opponents of the re action program of former presi f>. - Obregon whom they accuse of dominating the present government and desiring to perpetuate his rule in Mexico. President Calles claims that the Frreon revolt, allegedly ordered bv General Serrano, was put down ; ter a three-hour battle. The attempted rising of two regi ments at Vera Cruz was said to be under orders from General Gomez 1 whom it was claimed would be cap tured and “properly punished” , ;lihin forty-eight hours. ! Telephonic advices from Mexico City ti- the Tampico newspaper El Jltindo late last night said there was a persistent but unconfirmed rep rt in the capital that General Sc-nnar. . run ther with General C >A. Vidal, Governor of Chia r hr.: en captured and execu -7r.? '"i s ddiers of the Mexico Ci'e gar. ison who left the city ■ Sui ... night were last re .red Texoco, thirty miles east 01 the capital, headed for Pu 601S. More than 2.000 loyal troops were sent in pursuit, and the president p: dieted that the rebels would be quickly suppressed. RALLY SIM)AY AT THE BAPTIST CHURCH Centennial Campaign lor 81,500,000 Hnd'- ior Baptist Schools to be Presented by Watkins Sunday 1 • accui-. with the plans of the ti'crtoi' ,i the Centennial Cam paign to raise a million and a E .i dollars for the Baptist schools ljl tile state within the next three wars, before the Centennial date ' - oie organization of the Baptist | 6tate Convention, Rev. G. T. Wat °f Oxford, one of the most el- i u qjfcnt ministers of the state will} J Pfrak at the Pittsboro Baptist C-uich Sunday morning, October Also one of the students of Meredith College will be here to, Present the claims of Meredith up &n the brotherhood. 1 15 the purpose of the directors j ' ca mpaign to have a speaker ; tut the objects and methods of • r campaign to every church in However, it is possible 1 it may not prove feasible to some the smaller churches 1 - • an imported speaker, and it j r lje advisable for members of . 1 country churches to hear ” Atkins, and thus with the mentation at their own churches ** all the dearer ideas of the pur e - and jdans of the campaign. Kaxsas threatened Wi th another flood tei Kansa -; City, Oct., 4.—Flood wa °t southeastern Kansas meani* . ~ f,. ( ’ and overflowing S a neiit^a l l ' a i ns of Friday and df, y l ' Sl iii were threatening to t 0 '‘ l damage to farms and ght, while in Oklahoma hdr. com bined with heavy de,,,. rltur( lay,* inundated farms, in;y. ( / : dozen buildings, and fc * v "' L^an 20 persons. No p^. s were reported. floofioj Uased falling over the * f " ai(Ja this morning. ben u “career” " oman int errupts her s Umes l ° married she as | }' r af terward that she she i„ V' keen world-famous had JUst kept on. nrri > *■ tv i lhe Record New Bank Opens | At Moncure Monday Gala Occasion Marred By Rain— Barbecue, Band Music, and Speaking Feature Opening of the Bank of Moncure ' | Monday saw the Farmers* Bank superseeded by Bank of Moncure. Saturday evening the funds, books, and the necessary paraphernalia of the former Pittsboro institution transferred to Moncure. Monday morning Cashier W. W. Langley, Miss Mary Blar.d, and Mrs. Lang -1 ley were early at Moncure with ev erything ready for an auspicious opening. The new bank is housed in the building formerly occupied by the Mcncure branch of the defunct Bank, Loan, and Trust Company of Sanford, a building especially for banking business. ■ It contains a fire-proof vault, with safe equipped with time lock and two combina tions. It is, in short, a neat little structure, well equipped for a bank, j Unfortunately, Monday opened with shifting rains, which contin ued throughout the day. debarring hundreds who would have been present and disturbing the plans for the day. However, quite a crowd faced the rain and were present to enjoy the feast provided for a much larger crowd. The band from Raleigh came despite the rain and, finding a stand on a convenient store porch, rendered frequent strains of lively music. For hours the bank force was kept busy receiving deposits, and before noon the receipts were near 88.000, Avith prospects of the total for the day running to $12,000.00 or' $15,000.00. The lack of a bank for several months had emphasized the advan tages of one. and the Moncure peo ple were rejoiced at the establish-, ment of a strong institution, which is their own. f The Organization. | The organization of the new bank combines that of the old Farmers Bank with several representatives of the Moncure stockholders. Os the directors of the Farmers Bank the following are retained as directors in the new institution, W. F. Bland, B. A. Perry, A. M. Riddle, and C. C. Poe; those chosen from the Mon cure section are J. H. Wissler, O. C. Kennedy, J. L. Womble, B. J. Utley, and P. V. Budd. j Capt. J. H. Wissler is president; > W. F. Bland, vice-president,*\ W. W. Langley, cashier, and Miss Mary Bland assistant cashier. The capital stock of the new in | stitution is $25,000.00, all paid in. It is about equally divided between i the old Farmers Bank stock and 1 the new capital raised at Moncure. | The stock is well distributed, the i holders numbering about 80, and! : all men and women of more or less ! influence and distributed through i a third of the territory" of the county. After dinner, consisting of bar becue, there were appropriate talks by Mr. J. D. Mclver, Mr. A. C. Ray, I and others. > Pittsboro Citizen Renamed Moderator \ . ' Siler City, Sept. 30—V. R. John son, of Pittsboro, was re-elected moderator of the Sandy Creek Bap tist Association, holding its one hundred and sixty-ninth annual convention at Sandy Beach Baptist church, near here. H. Adney Teague, of Siler City, was elected clerk and C. H. Smith, of Sanford, treasurer. The opening sermon was preach ed by Rev. Jesse Blalock, of Aber deen. Rev. J. C. Ayscue, of Camp bell college, presided over the after jnoon session, during which Dr. R. . IT. Vann, of Raleigh, pointed out the i! needs of the old ministers’ relief fund, the Thomasville Orphanage and the Winston-Salem Baptist hos pital. Dr. Charles E. Maddry, of Ral ■ eigh, addressed the association Fri ■ day. » ■ ■ ‘ [ Palms are regarded by people of Egypt as symbols of peace. • PITTSBORO, N. C., CHATHAM COUNTY, THURSDAY, OCT. 6, 1927 ARN AGAINST MONOXIDE GAS Approach of Winter Season • Gives Rise for Warning Os Danger Raleigh, Sept. 30 —The season for closed garages while warming up automobile motors on a cold morn ing has begun. And the state board of health warns against it, finding that car ben monoxide gas is an insidious poison, striking without warning ard the person struck may never know about it. Some time ago two persons in a sedan were found unconscious. One recovered but the other did not. In vestigation revealed, as reported to the Bureau of Vital Statistics, that -he exhaust pipes cf the car had be ?cme loosened so that the exhaust gas filled the closed car. Neither person suspected danger but became unconscious as one goes to sleep. One awakened but the other did j not. I “Many persons have been killed by this insidious carbon monoxide gas in a closed garage while warm j ing up’ a motor on a cold morning,” i the board statement says: “When i this exhaust gas is delivered into I > a closed car the result is the same. : i “Newspapers have carried the I report of a father and two children 1 being killed in a closed car by this ! gas in the same manner as the case just cited. “Gas engine*,’ whether in auto mobiles or in private home lighting plants, are serious danger when they are permitted to exhaust into j a closed room. So are gas cooking Jstt ves and gas heaters that are not ! supplied with an'adequate vent flue. ! ■ : Georgia Bank Officers Indicted Fayetteville, Ga., 0ct.,4. — A. O. J Blalock, president; D. B. Blalock, vice president; E. V. Jones, cashier; and Y. 11. Lcngino, former cashier, respectively, of the Bank of Fay jetteville, were indicted by the Fay-; •I’ette County grand jury here on charges of embezzlement and mis appropriation of public funds in I connection with the failure o': the | bank September 7. ! The alleged shortage was placed j i at from $45,000 to $50,000. j The bank, a private institution, : i operated by A. O. Blalock and S. T. ! Blalock estate, had county deposi- j tory since it was so designated , several years ago when the office of county treasurer was abolished. Longino surrendered and posted bond for his release immediately ; after he was notified the indict j ment had been returned. The oth i ers were expected to do the same | tomorrow. i A. O. Blalock was former col l lector of internal revenue for Geor gia, with headquarters in Atlanta. No date for their trial has been set. AGED CHARLOTTE MINISTER GIVES WORLD A RECEIPE Charlotte The Rev. S. F. Con rad, octogenarian plus one, today i upon the occasion of his birthday, gave out bits of his own quaint philosophy which he believes good for the world in general and sure 1 panacea for the increasing trend to i ward “worldliness.” He holds that: Women who smoke and wear extremely short skirts, while not necessarily “bad,” certainly are not very devout. Disturbances over evolution in North Carolina have a blighting effect' upon Christianity’s for ward march. Card playing may not be sinful, but many people carry it to sinful ; ends. A1 Smith would never be ac ! ceptable to Baptists of North Carolina, both because of his stand on prohibition and because of his religious beliefs. On his 81st milestone of life, the aged minister is not a pessimist. Humanity, he says, is not headed > toward destruction because life is too beautiful. 1 State’s Road System Totals 6,797 Miles Chart Prepared By The Highway Commission Shows 1,496 Miles of Concrete North Carolina’s system of State controlled roads included 6,797.75 miles on July 1, a chart of . the Highway Commission showing the miles and types of construction, by route numbers, reveals. Os the total, 1,498,9 miles were paved with solid concrete and 1,058.75 miles with asphalt. The remaining total was distributed as follows: Dirt, 639.85; topsoil and sand clay, 1,982.9; gravel, 233.05; shale, 40.85; oil treated, 601.25; sur face treated gravel, 41.9; surface treated macadam, 158.95; penetrat ed macadam, 92.9; brick, 44.65; bridges, 11.2. i Os the 572.9 miles of route ten. North Carolina’s “main street,” 166.05 miles are paved with solid concrete and 223.9 miles with as phalt; 208.2 miles of route 20 are of solid concrete and 87.85 are of asphalt. Lespedeza Gaining Friends In Chatham Last Chance to Buy Pyratol; The Cheap Government Explosive, Ends October 20th. Mr. Lacy Beal has ordered a cot ton seed cleaner through the county agent for installation on his cottcn gin in Pittsboro. This seed clean er is also equipped with a special i screen for the removal of small, black seed. One of the finest crop demon ! strations ever 'seen by the agent i was visited Tuesday on the farm :of Mr. J. L. Gilbert near Siler City. Mr. Gilbert has 10 acres in ! Lespedeza,' part sown in 1926 and j part in 1927. Os this 10 acres, six l is limed and four unlimed. The; stand of Lespedeza, or Japan Clover, is'.good on both fields, but on the limed field it is over knee high., and of a uniform thickness i ‘ , ft throughout. Mr. Gilbert intends to turn this crop this fall and fol low in corn next spring. Mr. T. W. Green, N. J. Dawkins, J. R. Elkins, W. A. Copeland, Frank Baldwin and Ruffin Farrar are some of the | farmers who have announced their intentions to sow Lespedeza next spring. | Three poultry culling demonstra | tions have been held in the county this week as the farms of Mr. 'Ruf fin Farrar, G. Perry and S. J. Clark. ' A total of 52 farmers at tended these demonstrations, and plans for the construction of a poultry house according to State College specifications have been furnished Mr. Clark. On Thursday, I visited the farm of Mr. J. R. Elkins near Goldston. Mr. Elkins is going in strong in the hog busi ness. He has twenty brood sows, and several Registered Berkshire boars. Six of his brood sows are registered Berkshires. Mr. Elkins states that he obtained his stock from Pinehurst, and they represent some of the best Berkshire blood in the country. One terracing de- I monstration was held by the agent Friday on the farm of J. B. Farrar, in the Ebenezer church community. Four hundred and fifty yards of terrace (lines were laid off, pre venting soil washing on five acres of land. Orders for five hundred pounds of Pyrotol (Govt, explosive) have been taken this week. No more orders will be taken after the 20 of October, as it is hoped to order this explosive at that time. To date, orders for 6,000 pounds have been taken. . A number of circular letters have been mailed farmers from this office in regard to Pyro tol, and it is hoped that those farm ers who need the material will order before the 20th, as tlfis is the last , opportunity of obtaining this cheap ! explosive. N. C. SHIVER, County Agent, ! In office at Pittsboro Saturdays , and first Mondays. [ ; Subscribe to The Record, $1.50 for 12 months —In advance, please. promote fire i I PREVENTION • » ■ , Winter Approaches Heed This Advice; Loss Last From Fire Frightful < Prompt fire prevention and pro tect your property and family. 1 Last year over SI,OOO worth of 1 property was burned every minute and a life was lost every 35 min utes. ; Clean property seldom burns—do away with rubbish and junk. Careless smokers burned $30,000,- 000 worth of property last year. Keep matches in metal boxes where children cannot reach them. Don’t keep ashes in wooden boxes or deposit them against wooden buildings or partitions. Don’t h&ng your electric wir j ing without consulting a competent i electrician. _ Don’t hang electric cords on nails. Be careful with electric flatirons and always use with signal light. Use metal protection under all stoves and protect woodwork where stoves or furnaces are close to walls. Don’t pass stove pipes through ceiling, roofs or wooden partitions. Have all flues cleaned, examined and repaired at least once a year. Every open fireplace should have a screen. j Don’t connect gas stoves, heaters or hot plates with rubber hose. Don’t use gasoline or benzine to cleanse clothing near an open flame, light or fire. Use nonin ! flammable cleaner. Don’t use kerosene, benzine or | naphtha in lighting fires or to j I quicken a slow fire. j t Don’t use liquid polishes near open lights. Many such compounds contain volatile inflammable oils. ’ Don’t go into closets with lighted ; matches or candles, i Remember vthat sthere is always | ► danger in cigarette or ! cigar, stub. \V • / ... A? v• * j __VV* f • V/ Lady Killed In Automobile Wreck i ' V- Accident Near Cucko, Va.—Daugh-i I ter of Late Dr. Osborn, of 1 Oxford, N. C. ! Richmond, Va., Oct., 4—Remains j | of Miss Bettie Osborn, stenograph j er, 38, of this city, formrely of j Lawrenceville, Va., who was kill ed last night; oji the Jefferson high way near Cuckoo, Va., when a car in which she was riding was side swiped by another machine, driven j by 'a son of Dr. Manfred Call, a a widely known diagnostican of Richmond, were taken today to Lawrenceville for burial tomorrow. Relatives from Oxford, N. C., including a sister, Mrs. Hettie Os born Cheatham, of that town plan ned to meet the remains there. ..Miss Osborn was a daughter of the late Dr. A. F. Osborn, Lawren ceville druggist, originally from Oxford. The Rev., Frank Wooton Osborn, a brother, ,who is a Pres byterian minister of Charlotte coun ty, Va., accompanied the remains when they were shipped today. Miss Osborn was motoring with J. M. Oliver, 410 West Grace street this city when the accident occurred She was thrown out of the car suf fering a fractured skull and dying in a few moments. Drivers of both cars were absolved today from blame. - Expect Unsettled Weather To Prevent Flight Today Curtiss Field, N. Y., Oct. 2.—Un \ settled weather conditions over the Atlantic preclude possibility of a , take-off tomorrow morning by Ruth Elder, Florida aviatrix, on a proposed transocean flight to Paris’ her co-pilot, Capt. George Halde man, announced today. Haldeman said he doubted that , a start would be made tomorrow afternon, but if atmospheric con ditions improved they may hop off l in their plane the American Girl, early Tuesday morning. Fair Starts Off With Fine Swing Fine weather following the Storm of Monday gave a firie scoring' to! the Chatham County Fair Tuesday. Dustless roads, fields too wet for work, and a" balmy fall day through the grounds the first day. It was school day, and hundreds of school boys and girls were therife, many of them participating in the athletic events and comic contests scheduled. At 1:30 p. m. Dr. Clarence Poe, a native of the county but a man of international representation as an agricultural and economic au thority, spoke to his fellow Chat hamites from the heart upon the subject of darying, indicating the possibilities of the industry in old Chatham. A Glance at the Exhibits. The editor had time only for a cursory review of the exhibits Tues-. day and neither time nor space for a complete write-up of the various departments. But a few minutes served to convince the writer that there are many creditable exhibits in. every department. There are few cattle, but those are good. A few good sheep, a great exhibition of fowls, some of as fine hogs as anybody’s fair can show, field crops that indicate the possibilities of Chatham’s farm lands. Two notable displays j ts farm products are those of Mr. j J. F. Duncan and J. M. Hackney. The exhibits of the several schools are most creditable, as are those in the home economic, and • other | ladies’ departments. | FORD NOT AFRAID OF GLUTTING THE MARKET j j Believes National Economic Con | ditions Sound; Says Stock Mar | . ket All Wind. Detroit, Mich., Henry Ford rhas no fear that economic condi ! i tions may not justify volume pro duction of the new automobile now in the making in Ford plants, and believes fluctuations in the stock E -j_~ T24Sept.fo , market are no indication of the economic condition of the country. “The condition of the country is sound,” he said today. “The wild l fluctuations of the stock market I \ are no indication of the real eco | nomic condition of the country. ! The stock market is just wind j anyhow. When it gets to blowing, j too hard it will blow itself out.” ! During the last ten days some ’ 4,000 employes have been added to j the Ford plants, bringing the to tal to more than 62,800. This, Mr. Ford indicated, did not necessarily mean production records arer.be j ing sought. j “We don’t know how fast they will come through at first,” he said. ‘The output might jump !from 1,000 a day to 5,000 or 6,000 a day within a few weeks.” While he expressed the belief that “not less than 400,000” of the new cars “will be required for the trade j as rapidly as we can furnish them, Mr. Ford added that he did not | know when the first of them would I come from the assembly line. LINDLEY-PERRY NUPTIALS Miss Mary Frances Perry and j Mr. Walter Alfred Lindley were quietly united in marriage Friday, September 23, 4 o’clock P. M., at the home of the bride, in the pres ence of only a few of their ciosest relatives and friends, Rev. Ernest Clegg officiating. The altar was banked with ferns, potted plants and cathedral candles. Tanhauser’s wedding march was used as a processional and Loen grin’s wedding march as a recessi onal. During the ceremony “At Dawning” was rendered. ! The only attendants were Miss Grace Lindley and Mr. Alton Cav iness, of Greensboroo. The bride wore reindeer tan silk crepe with accessories. Immediately after the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Lindley left by motor for Blowing Rock and other points of interest in Western North Caro lina. On their return they will be at home to their friends *at *the Chatham Nursery, Siler City, Route 4. VOLUME NO. 49 'SUES DIRECTORS BANK OF WARSAW 1 * . . . < The Receiver Seeks To Collect $185,000 Alleged Un lawfully Diverted Warsaw; Oct. * 2— The . Branch’ banking and T-*usr Company of Wilson, receiver of the defunct Bank of Warsaw, has filed suit in the Superior Court of Duplin coun ty to recover a total of $185,000 from men who at different tinies served as directors of the failed bank. It is charged in the com plaint that money to that amount was unlawfully diverted from the funds of the Bank of Warsaw. Defendants as named in the com plaint are, H. F. Pierce, J. W. Quinn, G. L. Stevens, R. H. Best, J. •jA. Powell, L. Slossberg, G. G. Best, H. L. Stevens, Jr., E. W. Jordan, John Frederick, R. L. Best,' H. H. Carlton, J. J. Bowden, H. D. Far rior, J. K. Powell, I. P. Davis, Hul- Idah Best, administratrix of L. P. Best, deceased; Bevie K. Middletor, administratrix of L. Middleton, de ceased, and Walter Powell, admin istratrator of E. F. Powell, de ceased. The complaint cites numerous in stances of improper loans, among them one of $15,000 to J. H. Hill whom the directors, according to the complaint, knew to be insolvent, lit is charged that at the time this | loan was made Hill and H.F. Pierce, '} president and director of the bank, ; were speculating in tobacco on joint i account. Loan of upwards of $2,- 000 to a fishing club of which H. F. . Pierce was president and which was never paid, is also included among the instances of alleged unlawful i disposition Os bank funds, j Loans of over 815,000 to E. C. McLamb are thus referred to in the complaint: “The plaintiff is informed and be ; lieves, and so alleges, that the j said loans were made to said Mc | Lamb on account of personal rela tions and dealings with defendant jH. F. Pierce. That said H .F. | Pierce ostensibly allowed said Mc iLamb to borrow money at the legal rate of interest, and accounted to said bank for said legal rate; but in fact said Pierce charged the said McLamb large .bonuses for the loans and the renewals thereof, greatly in excess of the legal rate !of interest, and that he I j had those amounts placed Ito his (Pierce’s) personal account j and that he concealed the said tran sactions by having the checks made payable for such bonuses to “cash,’ and not to said Pierce by name.” WATER SNAKES PREY UPON FINGERLINGS Raleigh, Oct., 3.—Despite the fact that thousands of speckled trout are being hatched annually and released in ponds and* streams over the state, especially in west ern North Carolina, many of these j fingerling are being eaten so rap | idly by water snakes that in some cases there seem to be fewer fish in many of these re-stoeked streams than there were before, J. K. Dixon, in direct charge of the ' inland fisheries of the state said tonight. For sometime fisheries officials have known that water snakes were among the worst enemies which small fish, especially trout, had. But the extent of their depredations upon the fingerlings were not re alized until recently when Charles A. Webb, publisher of the Ashe ville Citizen, related his experience in stocking a pond with 10,000 speckled trout, and of the avidity ’ with which the snakes eat them. Depredations of the water snakes continued to such an extent that one of the wardens cut one open after killing it, and found 12 small ; fish in its stomach, some of them as much as four inches long, Mr. Webb'said. 5 O Boy—A Fast One ' “I to go riding in Tommy's s Rolls Royce.** - , “Yes, I understand it’s sary!”