ESTABLISHED SEPTEMBER 19, 1878
jtfKGtJ) AND i
SHOT HIMSELF I
THiiEE TIMES!
jeromf Sanders, of Bonleej
Community, Committed Sui-j
' cide Monday—Three Pistol |
Holes in Heart.
i *
yir. Jerome Sanders of the
community committed
.uicide Monday morning. He j
climbed a tree, fastened a rope
about his neck, tied it to the
tree . and then sent three pistol
bullets into his heart. When
he shot himself he fell from
the tree and was found hang
ing by the neck.
The body was taken to the
Marley funeral parlor at Siler
Citv for preparation for burial,
where it was seen by a number
of people.
>lr. Sanders leaves two ;
jrrown daughters. He was pro
bably BO years of age.
Late information indicates that
the shots missed the heart. Also
31r. Sanders had seemed cheerful
enough, had attended Providence
church Sunday, paid his assess- j
raen t for the year and visited the j
graves of his father and grandfa-!
ther. |
f A pecuiiar thing about the mat
ter is that both the father and the
grandfather of the deceased com
mitted suicide.
The burial was at Providence
church, the services being conduct
ed by Rev. Mr. Maness of Siler
City.
Surviving are his wife, who was
formerly Miss Nannie Ellis of near
Siler City; two daughters, Miss
Evelyn Sanders, of Raleigh, and
Miss Emma Sanders, at home; a
brother. Joe P. Sanders, Char
lotte hotel man; and four sisters,
.Mrs. A. S. Cate, of Summit avenue,
Greensboro; Mrs. W. H. Andrew,
of route No. 3, Siler City 7 ; Mrs. Je
rome Hillard, of Bonlee, and Mrs.
F. P. Andrew, of route No. 1,
.Mount Vernon Springs.
-V C. COTTON STAPLE
IS FAST IMPROVING
If According to report issued by the
JF. S. Deartment of Agriculture,
Bureau of Agricultural Economics,
Washington, D. C., under date of
October 4th based on 213,507 bales
‘ c °tton ginned up to that time in
- :e state of Georgia, the Georgia
coc ton was running 67.09 per cent
'-8 in staple; 27.14 per cent
■l6’; and 5.58 per cent one inch
and better staple.
The records of the North Caro
!"d Cotton Growers Cooperative
Association up to that date make
e an interesting comparison,
irurty one per cent of their re-
Ceip ts were running 7-8”; 36 per
15-16”; 20 percent 1”; and 13
frr ce nt better than 1.”
-hese comparisons make quite an
Interesting study in cotton produc-
It is quite well known in the
trade that only a few years
North Carolina cotton was
t ai ’ af rd wide fer its su
-01 in fact, there was so
0“ demand for North Georgia
u T ! hat as b een said that
n ;o' e * e ' V P r °d u ce only one-half
t„ n es North Georgia cot
-1 e trade sold annually two and
h J' half million bales. But we
c t of North Georgia
n d n °' V ’ their re P uta tion has
Pj
Wa< ,u ’ ars a &° North Carolina
r UCiI g a ver y inferior
tj OR , c °tton, and in some sec
tr„nJ are sti H growing the ex
to!l *1 short varieties—just cot
t,n Ul North Carolina Cot- |
i i*s Cooperative Associa-
T'abie 1 we h as ) a val
right at our doors
C tt f !i ,lUn Carolina mills for a
i r? rj . 0< cotton than was be
:.(. 2 J r(AVn in this state and they
mLi‘ t 0 hami »er it into their
ter nr dt way to a bet
a w ay t UCt and market in such
better ° P rem i um s that a
Tee 01 . (ib P,,)duct vvas entitled to. The
that tb ass °ci a tion show ‘
membership has been in-
The Chatham Record
SMALL WINNINGS
IN CHATHAM
i
Up to October 1 only 557 bales!
of cotton had been ginned in Chat-!
ham county. Yet this was eight j
bales more than reported at the!
same date last year. But the crop 1
in 1926 did not get a start till July, j
the cold weather in June and in
August, however, retarded the
Chatham crop so greatly that it
was thrown back even with last
year’s crop, which came up in
June. While Chatham had eight j
bales more than last year, many
of the earlier counties had lost i
thousands of bales. Harnett was |
short over 2,000 bales, Sampson
was short 6,000 bales; Robeson
nearly 7,000; Duplin 3,000; Johnson
over 5,000; Wilson nearly 3,000. On j
the other hand, Anson, Cleveland,!
Lee, Mecklenburg, and a few others
had made gains over last year.
The indications now ‘are that
Chatham’s crop will not equal last j
I year’s. It is estimated that the
state as a whole will produce only 1
' 845,000 bales this season against,
1,213,000 bales last year; while the
whole cotton area will fall off j
about 5,000,000.
COOPS. HOLDING I
THEIR OWN NOW
Cooperati y cotton marketing as-!
‘•r.ciations tl v j igno-t*" the South are ,
holding their o.vm ii. * ho v *»/ of de- !
bveries reg;d.e;s of the sh. it
crop, according to the figures sent
out by the American Cotton Grow
ers Exchange bulletin No. 161, is
sued from their Memphis office Oc
tober 12th.
All of the cotton cooperative as
sociations in the South last season j
handled a total in round numbers
of 1,400,000 bales. According to <
this bulletin the twelve state asso-,
ciations comprising the American
Coton Growers Exchange up to Oc
tober Bth only lacked 148, bales of
having delivered as much cotton
to their associations as last year.
It is interesting to note that Ok
lahoma, the first state in the South !
to organize a cooperative associa-,
tion, is leading in deliveries this
year, having already delivered j
more than three times as much cot- |
ton up to date as compared to last |
year. The Alabama Far mßureau
Cotton Association has received |
more than tiwee as much cotton j
up to date as they had received last j
year up to the same date. The big j
state of Texas, the first always to j
begin receiving cotton, has inereas- j
ed her deliveries so far more than j
fifty per cent.
Blast Near School
Results In A Death
One Child Killed and Several In
jured When Large Rock Crashes
Through Building
Morgantown, W. Va., Oct., 13
One child was killed and several
others were injured, some serious
ly when a charge of explosive was
set off near the Everettsviile school
house, near here late today, ac
cording to information received
here from the state police detach
ment at Everettsviile.
The blast was set off by a con
tracting firm, which was building
a road near the school house. In
formation reaching here said a
large stone thrown into the air
by the explosive fell through the
roof of the school house where
about thirty children were con
gregated.
Mary Russell, 12 was killed. She
was the daughter of Harry Russell,
miner, who was killed in the Ever
ettsviile mine explosion of April
30, when more than 100 men lost
their lives.
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The most permanent thing that
the people have in Duplin county
are taxes and monkey rum —that is
judging from the ones you see
tanked up.
creasing the length of staple year
by year as evidenced by the above
table of figures.
PITTSBORO, N. C., CHATHAM COUNTY, THURSDAY, OCT. 20, 1927
SPECIALISTS TO
VISIT COUNTY
Forestry and Dairying to Be
Discussed By Experts
From Raleigh
The North Carolina Jersey Cat- j
tie Association will hold its an
|
nual sale this year at Statesville,
Nov. 3. There will be fifty regis
tered animals consigned, some milk
cows, some heifers and two of the
best bulls in the state. The coun
ty Agent is making an effort to
conduct a party of farmers from
this county to the sale, and will be
glad to hear from any farmers who
are interested in attending.
During the remainder of this
month, hog work, dairying, crops,
forestry and agricultural engineer
ing will be the main projects
worked with. Mr. R. W. GraeVer,
State Forester will spend Wednes
day and Thursday, Oct. 19-20, with
the agent for the purpose of hold
ing Forestry meetings and de
monstrations. Two of these meet
ings have already been arranged
to be held at the farm of Mr. Clar
ence Hackney near Bynum, and at
the farm of Mr. T. W. Green in
the Pleasant Hill community. An
other meeting will probably be held
near Siler City. An effort is be
ing made this month to secure the
services of Mr. A.C. Kirmrey, spe
cialist in dairying for several days
work in the county. If it is pos
sible to obtain him, meetings in
regard to dairying will be held in
the communities of Silk Hope,
Hanks Chapel, Gum Springs and
Rocky River Baptist church. An
effort will also be made to enroll
a number of boys in the Jersey
Calf Club, with the idea of intro
ducing more registered Jersey cat
tle. If it is possible to hold these
meetings, the dates will be an
nounced within the next few days
Mr. W. V. Hays of State College
will spend one day with the agent
this month for the purpose of hold
ing meetings in regard to hog work.
These meetings and visits will be
held in the vicinity of Goldston. Mr.
E. C. Blair, of the Agronomy di
vision of State College, will spend
the 27-28th in this county for gen
eral farm meetings and visits. Two
of these meetings have been sched
uled for Corinth and the Oakley
Baptist church section. This work
will embrace seed corn selection,
legumes, and fertilizers. The exact
dates and places of these meetings
will be announced later.
Work along dairy lines has been !
continued this month, and a num- ;
her of farmers are manifesting in- j
terest in this phase of farming. |
Chatham county now has about 100 j
farmers selling butter fat, and a \
few farmers who are selling whole '
milk. These dairy products are be- |
ing sold through three cream !
routes and one whole milk route.!
Dairy farming cannot be developed i
in a short time. Preparations for i
better pastures, more feed and the I
obtaining of good cows are some of j
the things to be considered first, j
Os these three items, pastures and
cows are the most important. This j
year, the agent hopes to remedy
this deficiency in the number of |
good cows, through the placing j
of registered heifers with Club j
boys boys in the county.
N. C. SHIVER County agent.
In office Saturdays and first
Mondays.
I
AN AXIDENT.
Mr. A. C. Garner hit his crosscut
saw with his axe a few days ago
and cut the thing Yight in two
without apparently dulling his axe. j
He had a new saw Monday as he
started for the woods. Now wasn’t
that truly an axident?
To get the best results from
dairy or beef cattle, one must not
only feed an economical and balanc
ed ration but must also have the
watchful eye of a true stockman.
There is much truth in the old say
ing that “the eye of the master fat
tens the cattle” say extension
workers.
Subscribe to The* Record, $1.50
for 12 months —In advance, pleased
Lee County Fair
At Sanford Oct. 31
j The Famous Nat Reiss Shows
Admission Free Runs Whole
Week—Free Acts, Bands, Ev-
Furnish Special Attractions—
erything
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' The Lee County Free Fair Asso
! ciation, after lying dormant for 8
i years, have effected a re-organiza
tion and will hold their first annual
1 fair during the week of October
1 31 in the heart of the City of San
| ford, N. C.
There will be all the varied ex-
I hibits that go to make up a worth
: while fair, and the folllowing de
| partments will be represented in
! connection with which there will
• be several hundred dollars’ worth
'of premiums given away: Farm
| and Field crops; Fruits and veg
j etables; poultry, Pantry supplies;
, household arts; plants and flowers;
automobile, merchants and manu
! *
' facturers exhibits.
The Nat Reiss Shows, one of the
largest collective amusement or
ganizations in the country, has
been secured to furnish all the
. amusement features of the fair,
i presenting 16 high-class and
i eight big riding devices, some of
! which have never before been pre
j sented in this part of the state.
Admission is free. Chaperoned!
| Let’s go.
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| Season’s First Snow
At Blowing Rock
Blowing Rock, Oct. 18. —The first
j snow storm of the season struck
Blowing Rock today and driven by
! a high wind continued all day. The
snow melted as fast as it hit the
ground until nightfall when the
! temperature began to] drop sharply.
j Snow Is Reported Seen In
The Pittsbt ro Section
|
i Siler City, Oct. 18—This section
| is shivering in its first prolonged
! spell of real winter weather.
Cloudy, rainy weather has predom
! inated for the past several days,
being a marked contrast to the
'
weather of a week ago. Uncon
firmed reports from Pittsboro says
that a few flakes of snow fell there
Monday night.
THE STATE DOES NOT
PRODUCE ENOUGH EGGS
(Monroe Enquirer)
In a splendid address before the
j Kiwanis club last Friday evening,
j T. J, W. Broom, County Demon
-1 stration Agent, made some splen-
I did suggestions. The club at a pre-
I vious meeting had discussed the
I idea of giving prizes to farmers
I growing best small grain crops.
| Mr. Broom suggested instead, that
| the prizes be given for livestock
| and poultry and dairy products.
| Mr. Broom believes the real pros
| perity o fthe farmer lies in the
| cow, hog and hen,and, of course,
j necessary feedstuff for their main
! tenance be grown on the farm.
And to foster the growing of
: these animals, the county agent
1 suggested that prizes be offered
! for the most profitable milk cow,
i for the best record of 120 or more
j hens, and the heaviest litter of pigs
j from a brQod sow. , And also that a
I prize be awarded for the best heif
| er calf raised by any boy or girl
in the county.
It was rather suprising to be
told by Mr. Broom that North Car
olina today is not supplying enough
eggs for home consumption. And
that the same thing occurs as to
meat and butter production. With
the Commonwealth rapidly becom
ing a commercial center, Mr. Broom
pointed out the opportunities and
possibilities of the farmer who gets
himself in readiness to feed the
factory workers and others who
will consume great quantities of
farm products.
“Ignorance and idleness are our
most serious problems confronting
us today,” said Mr. Broom, “and
these are the cause of most of our
crimes committed by our people.
When our men and boys are busily
engaged in gainful employment
are happy and content.”
TULLS jUKYMKN
| TO LEAVE ROOM
Six Appear To Ignore The
i
Evidence; Meekins Orders
- Them To Get Out
i Washington, Oct. 17. —“Get out
! and stay out,” was, in effect, the
I edict handed down by Judge I. M.
Meekins here today to six members
I of the jury in the first liquor case
brought up at the October term of
Federal court. The pronouncement
was made following the failure of
the jury to reach an agreement. It
has stirred a considerable sensation
in the city.
J. M. Hodges, well known farmer
of the county, had been brought
up in court on the charge of man
ufacturing liquor. He was rep
resented by H. C. Carter. The jury
i was selected and evidence of a
strong nature was introduced by
the government, tending to show
that Hodges had been manufactur
ing liquor for some time. The de
fense had very little to offer in re
futation of this evidence. Judge
Meekins charged the jury that if
they believed the evidence to be
true it was their duty to find
Hodges guilty.
The jury went out and remained
in their room for about half an
hour when word was sent to Judge
Meekins that the foreman desired
to talk to him. An audience was
given and the juror informed the
judge that the twelve men were
unable to reach an agreement. The
judge manifested considerable sur
prise.
“How do you stand?” he wanted
| to know, and was informed that six
i were for conviction and six for ac
quittal. Whereupon he ordered the
jury 'returned to the court room,
proceeded to discharge them. Be
fore doing so, however, he asked
the six men who were for acquittal
to stand up. This they did. The
judge looked them over and then
told them that they could leave the
court room and that they need not
fear being called again to serve as
jurors on a liquor case. More than
that, he directed the clerk not to
pay them for their attendance as
jurors. The six men filed out of
the room rather sheepishly. A new
jury was selected and the same
case was brought up for a new
trial.
j Judge Meekins’ action |in the
mattre caused a buzz of comment
throughout the city. Incidentally
the opening of Federal court and
the stand which the judge is taking
against violations of the Federal
prohibition law is striking terror,
into the hearts., of distillers
throughout this section. Earlier
this morning the judge made the
remark that he was confident most
of the operators of filling stations
out in the country were selling li
quor on the side.
“I do not mean that all of them
are doing it,” he said, “but it is
very evident to me that most of
them are. They could not possibly
make a living out of the small pro
fit, they get from the sale of gas
oline. When a man comes up in
court, charged with violating the
prohibition law, and when I find
out that he is operating a filling
station appearances are very, very
much against him.”
Draws Dead Father’s
Pension For 20 Years
When government railroad offi
cials learned that one of their re
tired employees, pensioned 35 years
ago, would celebrate his hundredth
birthday this year, they began to
arrange a public ceremony in his
honor. In the course of arrange
ments officials found that Touren
ne had collected his father’s pension
for so long that a new generation
of cashiers took it for granted the
man they paid was the pensioner
himself. Torrenne, therefore, kept
on getting paid and lived without
working. A judge sentenced him
to a year in jail.
The club members thoroughly
enjoyed Mr. Broom’s sensible talk,
and no doubt will offer rewards
along the lines he suggested.
I
IPARENT-TEACH'S
I FEASTED AGAIN
i The Parent-Teacher Association
seems to have started something
j fine in the way of feasting while
j introducing teachers and patrons
to each other. We told some weeks j
ago of the big time enjoyed at Gum
Springs, on the western border of
! the larger PitLsboro district, and
j Friday evening, a similar get-ac
j quainted meeting was held at
j Trade’s Hill (now Pleasant Hill)
j Baptist church, on the eastern bor
i der of the district.
| Those present report a great pic
j nic supper, a fine social occasion
j and speech-making by several. Mrs.
; Copeland welcomed the visitors
! with a few gracious words; Mrs.
j Hayes, president of the Parent
i Teacher Association, responded.
Other talks were made by Messrs. I
V. R. Johnson, D. L. Bell, Ed. Hin
ton, Fred Nooe, and Principal
Waters.
SANDY CREEK'S
QUOTA $30,000
I
The quota for the Sandy Creek
\ Baptist Association in the $1,500,-
1000 centennial campaign for the
,! schools is $30,000. The time for
taking the subscriptions is at hand.
The subscriptions will be personal
,! and not from the churches as or
,! ganizations. The subscriptions are
, | to be paid in ten quarterly install
j ments.
CRIMINAL CALENDAR.
Hon. E. H. Cranmer, Judge, pre
i siding.
Monday, October 27, 1927.
Stfttie vs Monkey Moore, alias Ju.
I f lius Allen.
J. C. Squires.
Neil Spence.
Carl Fox.
Celeste Alston and Nathan Als
-1
ton.
j Ben Goldston.
Marvin Oldham.
Claude Maness and Clyde Glos
son.
Columbus Cotton.
Lassie Emerson.
Marvin Edwards.
W. G. Womble.
Virgil Davis.
! Carrie Alston.
Virtis Headen.
i Henry Taylor.
J. M. Lashley.
Clyde Peoples.
Mamie Pleasant and Alma Wil- <
son. i
J. G. Pleasant.
Joe Dorsett.
Charlie Chapman. 1
Tuesday, October 25th.
Abbie Barber.
Ernest Reaves and Travis Bass.
Gladys Cole and Nora Britt.
G. H. Fuquay.
Will Davis.
Thomas Mitchell.
Haywood Snipes.
Ross Fox, Ernest McMasters,
Clyde Stephens, Virgil Fox and
John Haithcock.
Bernice Hatley.
Clyde Deßerry.
W. J. Owen, Randolph Kires
tine, and D. A. Morgan.
Eli Burnett.
Cooper Harris,
j Irvin Alston,
j Randolph Robbins.
Wednesday, October 26th.
Nash Baldwin.
Make Marsh.
Lonnie Dorsett.
T. W. Schurlock.
Jim Mitchell.
Ed Glover.
Harrison Johnson.
George R. Leach.
John Desern.
J. G. Desern and John Desern.
A. B. Holt, Garland Mayton and
Furman Mayton.
Geo. Chalmer.
Ben Thomas. * ■.
Elmer Perry.
All jail cases will be called Mon
day. All other cases not on cal
endar will be called at en dos cal
endar.
E. B. HATCH.
Clerk Superior Court Chatham
County,
VOLUME NO. 49
40KLUCKERSIN
DICTED IN ALA.
102 Indictments Against 41
People For Floggings, Os
Whom All But One Are
Kluckers
Luveme, Ala;, October lfr—
Climaxing a week of inquiry into
masked violence and a probe into
the innermost workings of che Ku
Klux Klan, a special grand jury
late today returned 102 indictments
against men charged with compli
city in 20 or more lashings in Cren
shaw county and made sweeping
and sensational charges that men
high in the councils of the “invis
ible empire” were “unworthy of
trust.”
All indictments except one were
against members of the Ku Klux
Klan and the jury reported that
with a single exception all the
masked lashings were committed
by members of the klan, wearing
hoods and robes of the order.
Likening conditions in Crenshaw
county to those which existed dur
ing the time of the Spanish in
quisition, the grand jury pointed aft
accusing finger at James Esdale,
grand dragon of the Klah in Ala
bama, Cecil Davis, former grand
titan of the southern province of ,
the order, the Rev. F. A. Nalls, for-?
mer head of the Georgian klavent
of the klan and Ira B. Thompson,
said to be cyclops of the Luveme
unit, of the organization.
These men, the grand jury said
in its report to circuit Judge A. E.
Gamble, who presided at the hear
ing, “were derelicts to their duty
as citizens in their conduct of
affairs. If they had afforded the '
leadership in the Ku Klux Klan
! which should have been given by
them, these outrages never would
have occurred.”
“This barbaric torrcrism of the
rule of the mask arid the lash,” the
report continued, “can be attribut
ed directly to evil leadership in the
Ku Klux Klan, at war with all con
stituted authorities.
The grand jury emphatically
stressed the delinquency 'bf Esdale
and Nalls in directing the policies
of the Klan.
“If the Rev. L. A. Nalls, had
been less of a lash wielder and
more of a preacher of peace,” the
report said, “conditions in Cren
shaw county would have been bet
ter.”
The grand jury stated however,
that it did not intend to charge that
there are within the klan men who
do not measure up to the true
standards of citizenship.
“We do not presume to suggest
that every man who is a member
of the klan is there because of some
sinister motive, but still we have
found what we believe to be an
organization which has either got
ten completely out of control of
those who control or else has got
ten into control at least in part of
certain men who in our judgment
are unworthy of trust.”
Attorney General Charlie C. Me--
Call, of Alabama, who personally
directed the grand jury investiga
tion, said 45 persons were mention
ed in the 102 indictments.
Names of the indicted men and
the charges against them will not
be known until warrants are issued
for their arrest. Mr. McCall has
indicated that he was trying for
charges of assault and battrey,
which when committed by masked
persons, is felony under the laws
of Alabama.
GOLD MINING STARTS IN
RANDOLPH COUNTY SOON
Raleigh, October 15—Active gold
mining in Randolph county on what
is known as the Porter property
southeast of Asheboro is expected
to get underway soon, State Geo
logist H. J. Bryson said tonight. A
Winston-Salem corporation has
been chartered to mine the land.
The deposit, Mr. Bryson report
ed, may yield about $500,000 worth
of gold. Assays of 14 samples
from the property revealed gold
valued from eight dollars to over
two thousand dollars per ton of the
dirt, Mr. Bryson said.