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"bushed SEPTEMBER 19, 1878 tjITOi! SEES SOME THE FOLK .... Moncure. Bonlee and; Finds It Easy to increase Circulation; Some Sotes Made On Visits. Tke editor, after sticking closely j T lboro for months, has begun ( P . t 0 the several good lit-- * Ctatham county towns. ’’ j. iV . f last week, he ran V, p(in6 ;, n i •’ . r ~ jloneure with Harvey whose filling station at G; kvilk had that* morning re commission and one of thej ioyees with it, an account pf; . ound in the Moncure i \f r Gunter went to meet j p tt e r. l • V e insurance adjuster, and for -1..,. elv had enough ™trance to save him from serious loss. been fortunate this Jr in having three great bridges ! inder construction in the immed-j iate vicinity, and now Mr. N. C , Beal has a big force at work grad-; ; the highway from Lockville to j enrolls filling station, the junc tion of 50 and 75, preparatory to hardsarfacing. All these public expenditures of money have been j a Godsend to Moncure this hard j vear. when it had suffered con siderable loss by the failure of the "sanford Loan and Trust Co., which 1 bad a branch at Moncure. And now they have a good, strong hank, j w hich has made a wonderful start j since its organization six weeks I ago, and the town is looking up. One of the cleverest fellows you j ever saw is Mr. E. W. Walden, who helped out with a goodly check from his firm, and showed us the; new funeral parlor which has been recently erected hard by their fur niture and undertaking establish ment. The new addition is quite a convenience to the firm and to folk wlv are so unhappy as to have need of undertaking supplies. And there is Mr. Hilliard, who recently came from Georgia and has established a marble yard, where he is doing really handsome r rument work. Consequently, ‘.cure is determined that folk shal. not only live comfortably while they cun but also be put pay decently when they shake off pis mortal coil. The only thing that hindered subscription work was lack of folk in town. It is as easy as falling oh' a slick log to get subscriptions ! : r the Record this fall if you can °nly find the men with a little iw.ey in their pocket and a little! s " nse in their heads. Blockheads “ re st ifr hard to enroll as subscrib es, but why should one want them, anyway ? Mfs. Stedman was right on the ; ■ at toe post office and always “ icrt to learn the news of the ill unity and report it for the ' e c<uj. it is hard to find a better 0 1 y town correspondent than she. f j At Bonlee. Caching Bonlee Friday after ',J * u ‘-d few people in town, j/ iact ’ farmers have been as close at home these fine in as they kept themselves cchr tth the children in cro ? Work & a bhering the cr,,!" anC * winter grain it aVe pded upon them, and that ° n Saturda Y aftrenoons one can find many of them any of the towns. \ ij j* nce Ue Wer e at Bonlee before, through h J haS been opened right »ios‘ ? , 0Wn > an d is now al % V qaai t 0 a concrete road, hav st on e ?! r ' ur f ac cd with tar and by and kept in fine trim • » a rolman Andrews. eiti Ze^ ee . bas some the finest a jj] ea j n l h e county, and it was on th Urt ° gree t them again up from p. 1 ' ovvn heath. Stepping hsrj m a JUs ’ w ithin a minute we Jfr. p° a new -comer to Bonlee, re cetit!v as! ’ i be v/ho bought" f n Came irom Sanford and Stalling. ° " Ug> business from Mr. ii na . lr\ V ’ h ° ha 3 returned to Va- Gurw:- Lurkhea d had been with " fix! g store in Sanford for The Chatham Record Children Os . The Confederacy The “Henry London Chapter” j children of the Confederacy met! with Mildred Ray Tuesday after- j noon. The meeting was called to ! order by the leader, Miss Carrie | Jackson. After repeating the! Lord’s Prayer, the chapter presi-■ dent, Annie Bynum, called for re ports from the secretary and treas urer. ''The subject for the afternoon was General Lee, the Commander- ! in-Chief of the Confederate Army, | and recognized as one of the great- j est General the world has ever | known. “Lee, the Christian,” was read by Martha Ray, The Sword of; Lee”, by Elizabeth Blair. “Lees ; Farewell Address,” by, Pearl Johnson. Then all sang, “Bonnie Blue Fifig ’, “Old-Time Confederates and ‘“Dixie”. Plans were made for the 1 booth, in the Confederate bazaarr The children will soon send a quilt :o the old “Soldiers’ Home” made by Mrs. Nettie Peoples. Refreshments were served by Mrs. I. A. Ray. The nex: meeting will be in December with the leader and vice leader, Miss Maggie Horne. All were much interested and enjoyed the meeting. Margaret Horne Brooks, Sec’ty. I ever, to write us another of his pithy articles. Postmaster J. L. Carter still car ries those raven locks, and must be down brightand early every morning to meet the morning mail; from Greensboro, which we found carried by the son of our old-time j friend Gib Morrisey of Clinton,who j was for years postmaster in that J town. Young Morrisey is one of j the few Sampson county people who have in their veins the blood of Richard Ciinton, for whom the Sampson county-seat was named. > The Bank was closed on Friday, ! but Saturday morning it was our privilege to run up with both President C. M. Andrews and Cashier C. C. Brewer. They are inviting our readers this week to remember that the People’s Bank of Bonlee is right on the .job and will* appreciate a share of their banking business. An interesting citizen is Mr. M. B. Marrow, who has charge of a j hunting lodge belonging to a half dozen wealthy Washington and New York gentlemen. Mr. Murrow is rather worried as to the future of /the game lodges j in Chatham, and he has reason to i be. The new game law has wrought | an unfair consequence upon the proprietors. Formerly, the visiting huntsmen might carry back with them fifty birds, but j now they can carry back only2o, ; and as they are at a great expense i and seldom come, and their only reward for the thousands of dollars expended in keeping up the leases and conserving the game is the pleasure of a very few days’ hunt , ing and the carrying back to their i family and friends a few evidences j of their marksmanship, they begin ! to feel that the game is not worth the candle. If the sportsmen were destroy ers o*f game, it would be a different matter, Mr. Murrow says. But, on the contrary, the lessees of the hundred thousand acres of Chat ham lands have been consistently conserving the game while others were less careful. They never shoot down a covey below fiye or six, leaving the rest for breeding. Moreover, it is not unusual for new birds to be placed on the reserves. They pay fifty cents a pair for the feet of hawks killed in the communities, and feed the birds in the hard winter seasons. Mr. Murrow says that he fed twelve bushels of wheat during the big snow the first of last March. The Bonlee club actually paid $61.30 tax on their lodge property and dogs last year. The total tax of the several lodges is no inconsid erable sum. Then on the 100,000 acres leased in the county by the several clubs, the farmers receive ten thousand good dollars and have j their game conserved to-boot. For— * (Continued on page 5) PITTSBORO, N. C., CHATHAM COUNTY, THURSDAY NOV. 17. 1927. M. E. Ministers Assigned Fields Chatham Returned To Their Charges—Rev. C. M. Lance Back For 4th Year. The Methodist Conference held in Raleigh last week seems to have been a harmonious and profitable session. It was presided over by Bishop Mouzon, who on Sunday af ternoon made the assignments of j ministers lor the coming year. There seems to have been nc change in this county, Rev. Man ess, Lance, and Brown, all, return ing to their charges. This is the fourth year here for Mr. Lance. His many friends are glad to know he is to be here again. But this year will be his last. Below follow the appointments for the Fayetteville district and the location of a few other ministers known in this sec tion : J. D. Bundy, presiding elder Bladen circuit, S. S. Ellington; Carthage, J. 11. Buffaioe; Erwin, J. J Boone; N. M. McDonald, su pernumerary; Dunn, G. B. Star ling; Elizabeth circuit, W. J. Un derwood; Fayetteville, Hay street, E. Frank Lee Person Street and Calvary, J. G. Johnson; Fayette ville circuit, J. C. Humble; Glendon circuit, F. E. Dixon; Goldston (Cir cuit, L. M. Chaffin; Haw River cir cuit, A. E. Brown; Hemp circuit, R. C. Goodchild, supply; Jonesboro circuit, O. I. Hinson; Lillington cir cuit, S. T. Moyle; Mamers circuit, E. B. Bell, supply; Newton Grove circuit, W. B. Humble; Parkton cir cuit, J. E. Blalock; Pittsboro cir cuit, C. M. Lance; Roseboro circuit, E. L. Hill; Sanford, G. T. Adams; Siler City circuit, W. L. Maness; Stedman circuit, C. H. Caviness; Saint Paul circuit, J. A. Dailey; super-annuates, J. M. Wright, T. H. Sutton, R. B. John, L. H. Joy ner. In addition to the appointments in hte above districts it is not ed that W. C. Ball comes to the Apex-Cary circuit; G. B. Perry goes to Princeton; W. L. Clegg to ! Kenly; E. R. Clegg to Piedmont j circuit; V. A. Royall goes to Frank- ; linton circuit; J. J. Boone to Erwin, j COMMITTEEMEN. As Historian for Chatham j county, I appoint the following to assist in writing, making, and col lecting material for the history of Chatham county. Chairman of Historical Research —W. D: Siler. For research pertaining to schools—W. R. Thompson. Advisory committe for marking historic places in the county—and collecting relics. O. J. Peterson, Pittsboro. J. B. Whitley, J. J. Jenkins, Siler City. E. E. Waldeu, Moncure. R. J. Johnson, Chairman county commissioners. W. T. Horton, Attorney. Dr. R. W. Palmer, Gulf. J. B. Atmater, Bynum. MRS. HENRY LONDON. Nov. 14, 1927, Pittsboro, N. C. Mr. Lance’s Appointments. Beginning with next Sunday, Nov. 20th, I take up my work for j the new Conference year. I will preach at Brown’s Chapel at 11 a. i m., and Pittsboro at 7:30 p. m. ! On Thanksgiving, Nov. 24th, at I 10:30 a. m., we will have a Thanksgiving service at Pittsboro Methodist church. We invite all the churches, which do not have a service at the same hour, to cooperate with us. CHAS. M. LANCE. NEW STORE OPENS r Rose’s big 5, 10 and 25 cent store is opening with a grand sale Saturday. The store is next to the Lee Furniture Co., Sanford, and occupies a large new two-story building. The editor saw the stock Tuesday, and can assure our read ers that it is a big and varied one. See the advertisement, which is small because of our late call upon the store for an ad. BRICKHAVEN Miss Pauline Brown was the guest of Mrs. Bob Ray of Moncure for the week end. Mr. Hilary Marks of Carrboro and Mrs. Ben Moore of Moncure! were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Avery ! j . Marks Sunday. Masters Sam Overby and Billy! Harrington were invited Sunday to ! help Master James Marks cele-! brate his twelfth birthday with a delicious dinner. Mr. C. S. Harrington, Eileen and ! Charles Harrington and Miss Hilda i Utley went to Graham Saturday to j visit Miss Grace Harrington; who is staying with her aunt, Mrs. W. j B. Green and attending school i there. ' They returned Sunday; ; bringing with them Mr. Norton of | Sylva, father-in-law of Mr. Har- 1 rington, who will spend several; days here with thefamily. Mr. Harold Mims, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Mims is at home on a short vacation. Harold has recent- j ly enlisted in the navy and is sta- i tioned at Hampton Roads,Va. How ever, he expects to be drafted for j service elsewhere at an early date, j Being a keen observer and por- j traying most vividly his experienc es, he brings back? to the com-! munity some interesting and worth ! while information. Friends of Mrs. C. H. Thompson j sympathize with her in the recent :* distressing death of her father, Mr.! Charlie Yarborough. Mr. Yar-! borough had been in declining health for two years, having re- j cently been in the hospital at San ford. It is presumed continued worry over his physical disability j caused him to take his life. A j large number from Brickhaven at- i tended the funeral at Memphis i church Saturday afternoon. Mrs. T. J. Harrington and chil- j dren returned Sunday from Aber- j deen where they had been to visit Mr. and Mrs. Garland Farrell. They brought back the news of the recent robbery of a filling station operated by Mr. Atlee Hannon who | at one time was employed here by j The Cherokee Brick Company. Mr. Hannon after filling the t tank of a Buick Sedan with gas found himself facing three guns, j He was bound, gagged and held under cover of a gun while two men robbed his cash drawer and helped themselves to cigars and! cigarettes. Mr. Hannon says all this took place with cars passing, practically the entire time. While i he got the number of the car it proved to be a fake, so he has lit- j tie hope of ascertaining the guilty j parties. FLAG RAISING AT THE PITTSBORO SCHOOL Nov. 11, Armistice Day was celebrated by the American Legion auxiliary and the Pittsboro high school in the school auditorium. Invocation was offered by Rev. Jones Barclay, chaplin of the Am erican Legion post. This was fol lowed by the reading of war poems by Elsu Riddle, Elizabeth Blair, and Louise Ray; the histroy of the flag, by C. C. Hamlet and the pre sentation by Supt. W. R. Thomps.cn on behalf of the American Legion Auxiliary of $5.00 in gold to the grades having the highest per cent memorizing perfectly the Star Spangled Banner and the preamble to the Constitution. These grades being the sixth, ninth and eleventh. After the singing of war songs, Daniel L. Bell, the speaker of the day, presented, in a beautiful and appropriate speech, a United States flag to the school. Prof. J. S. Waters, principal, accepted the flag from the auxiliary. The setting for the conclusion of the program on the grounds was perfect. An unusually large, »crowd attended. The school chil dren were so arranged that they made a deep circle around the tall flag pole. To the strains of “The Star Spangled Banner”, little Bet tie Bell, daughter of the speaker, who is a world war veteran and of Mrs. Bell, president of the local auxiliary, raised Old Glory to ,the breeze. Subscribe to The Record, $1.50 Mr. Rockafeller Loses Mother Mr. C. H. Rockefeller, who for several months has been a resident of Pittsboro, received Thursday the sad news of the death of his mother in Richmond. The follow ing dispatch gives particulars: “Richmond, Va., Nov. 10—C. Hamilton Rockafeller, Pittsboro, N. C., lumber merchant, arrived here this evening in response to news of the death of his mother, Mrs. Frances Ritter Rockafeller, who passed away last night, aged 73, in the home of her daughter, Mrs. W. E. Gibson, wife of a local Baptist clergyman. Though her death came unex pectedly she had been in failing health for several months. She suc cumbed to Hodgkins disease. Ac cording to Coroner James More head Whitfield, who signed the death certificate, this is a very rare disease affecting the lymathic ! glands. Mrs. Rockafeller is survived by another daughter, Mrs. John M. Gibbs, whose husband, formerly secretary-treasurer of the North Carolina Pine association with Norfolk headquarters, is now lo cated in Washington, D. C., holding an executive position with the Na tional Lumber Manufacturers’ as sociation. Her husband, the late Judge Charles W. Rockafeller, of 'Norfolk county, Va., was related to John D. Rockefeller, of Standard Oil fame, the spelling “Rockafel ler,” having been changed by her husband to Rockafeller years ago. Her remains will be taken to Nor folk tomorrow morning for burial.” A, i A SAD DEATH Pittsboro mourns the death of one of its good women. Frequently the past few weeks the Record has been called upon to record the deaths of beloved citizens, but the others, as a rule, were ripe for the harvest. Saturday, however, the grim reaper took a bright young woman in the bloom of life, one whom all loved and had hoped would be living many years. After several days of intense suffering Mrs. Curtis Smith died Saturday morning, at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Griffin. It was two years ago, al most to a day, that her husband, Mr. Emory Smith, was killed in an automobile clash. That tragedy broke her heart; nevertheless, she had presented a smiling and cheer ful countenance to the world and to her friends. But the disease which seized her was doubtless aid ed in its deadly work by the re currence of the anniversary of her bereavement and the intensifica tion of her grief thereby. She leaves one little daughter, five years of age. Dorothy is her name. The little thing was heart broken when she knew her mother was about to leave her; but she was left by the loving mother to the tender care of her sister, Mrs. W. L. Farrell, where she will find foster parents and a big foster brother to love and cherish her. The burial was beside the grave of her husband in the Methodist churchyard Sunday afternoon, when a great throng of friends and relatives assembled to pay their last respects to the good little wo man. The funeral services were conducted by Revs. C. M. Lance and G. W. Underwood. The floral tributes were many and the grave was a mass of flow ers. Besides father and mother and little daughter, Mrs. Smith leaves two sister?, Mesdames. W. L. Far rell, of Pittsboro, and G .G. Dor sett, of Sanford; also three broth ers, Sam 8., of Pittsboro, Clyde H. of Moncure, Rt. 2, and Carey of Sanford. Among those present from a distance at the funeral were Mrs. Percy Gardner and son and daugh ter, Jesse arid Rebecca, of Lake view; Mr. and Mrs. Will Carroll of Sumter, S. C.; Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Eubanks of Greensboro; Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton of Winston; Mrs. C. M. Holt, Greensboro; Mrs. J. T. Griffin and family of Durham; Mr. Will Griffin and family of Swep •sonville; Mrs. Smith and family of Fuquay Springs, and other friends ! from Sanford and the several com munities of Chatham county. The Indian Folk Night Indian Folk Night At Ptitsboro High School Friday Night, Nov. 18—Interesting Occasion Plan ned. It is the desire of the Pittsboro Teacher Training Department to arouse or revive near the Thanks giving season of each year inter est in Indian Folk Lore, this lore is the most peculiar and interesting 1 that any nation could have. There are few school subjects which bring such rich returns ed ucationally and culturally as the study of the North American In dian. This life has formed a set ting for some of our most beauti- ! ful love songs of today—“ Sky Blue I Water,” “Waters of Minnetonka | “Palo Moon”, and “From an* Indian Lodge,” and many others. The background of American lit erature has been influenced by In dian Life. Hiawatha is the only American Epic that we have. No pageant, of early American History can be arranged without showing the Indian who owned and loved North America before we did. Some of the most beautiful pieces of American sculpture and paint ing are Indian subjects “The Ap peal to the Great Spirit,” “The Scout,” “The Indian and the Water Lily,” and the End of the Trail.” The following program will be carried out: Indian Contribution to Ameri can civilization—Mr. Horton. Red Wing—By the assembly, Mrs. Horton leading the singing. Original poem—Clytic Foushee. Vindication of Yonagalog— (Play). Pale Moon and Tableau Mrs. Bynum singing. Story telling around the camp fire—Old Man Winter, Two Little Moccasins, How Sad Eyes-found a Home. Dance of the Corn (Ritual dance of the Omahas tribes.) The Torn Dresses —(Play.) Indian Songs—Mrs. Chapin. The Vanishing Race —(Play). North American Indian Dress Parade. Committees. Advertising—Lucile Harris, Lu cy Kirkman. Property—Martha Ray, Loona Johnson. Make-up—Clytie Foushee. Music—Mrs. Henry Bynum. Costume—Luoise Petty. Ber ta BERTHA COLTRANE, Instructor. CITY-COUNTY “BRIEFS” Chatham folk will have little ex cuse for not providing themselves with winter outfits from the of ferings of cur three Siler City ad vertisers this week. Wrenn Broth ers are still offering real bargains; Jones. Department Store makes its bow to Record readers with many really fine offerings, only a few of which are named in the adver tisement; Miss Caviness furnishes an attractive bid for your trade, and she has two stores, one at Pittsboro and one at Siler City. A trip to Siler City should be worth the while of any reader who wishes to buy either men’s or women’s apparel. Mr. J. L. Griffin has, been on the sick list a few days the past week, but is planning at this writing to attend the Baptist State conven tion Wednesday evening is the oc casion when the big gun will fire their shots in behalf of the Cen tennial campaign. Dr. Mullins, possibly the greatest of living southern Baptists, or of all Bap tists, Max Ga r d.n e ident Gaines of Wake Forest, Dr. Maddry, and possibly others are the speakers for the oc casion, or were, as the meeting will have been held when this is read. % Paving on the Pittsboro-Chapel Hill section of highway 75 was completed Tuesday. Zeigler Bros, have done a rapid and satisfactory job of the work. They are exceed ingly well equipped for such work. Also Mr. Kennedy and his engi- VOLUME NO. 49 AN URGENT CALLTO YOU If you haven’t renewed your membership in the American Rsd Cross, do it now. Last year the Red Cross said, “Prepare now, for inevitable future disasters.” Then came the Miss issippi flood! Thanks to your willing response to the call of the Red Cross, we were able to relieve those suffering in Mississippi. Also the Florida sufferers. Then there was a tornado in Ohio, a devastat ing fire in Alaska. Floods in Ill inois. Kansas and lowa and in each case the Red Cross directed im- > mediate relief, such as could not have been given except for the pre | paredness of the A. R. C. through ! your membership. Think of it! | Just one dollar a year! Now comes the call again. Let us hasten to renew cur membership in this great humanitarian organization. From the White House President Coolidge has issued an urgent ap peal to every citizezn of the United States to renew Red Cross mem bership. It should give us no little pleas ure to be granted another oppor tunity to help in such causes as mentioned above. Such disasters will happen again and again, and we must be ready to meet the de mands. This urgent call for renew als will continue through Nov* 24th, but do not wait til Thanks giving day, express your thanks now in this material way by send ing in your membership fee (sl.oo} now, to Mrs. Victor Johnson, chair man county chapter. Mrs. Arthur London, Publicity Chairman. Willis Brooks Dies Suddenly Mr. Willis F. Brooks, an aged citizen of the western part of the county, died Friday without warn ing. He and another man were at work on a carpenter job. He left the place for a few minutes’ errand and when he did not return his companion went and found him dead. He leaves a widow and two chil dren. was formerly Miss Bettie Craven. The children are Mrs. J. B. Gilbert of Bear Creek township and Mr. Tom Brooks of Virginia. Mrs. E. M. Edwards and Mrs. Margaret Moore are sisters of the dead man. He was 74 years of age. and have contributed their share to the progress and the high quali ty of the work. The road will pro bably be open for travel on Thanksgiving day, though a small section of it will not have been completed the allotted 14 days. There will be many a car passing through Pittsboro that day. The Baptists of Pittsboro had the pleasure of hearing Rev. J. A. McKaughan discuss, Sunday morn ing, the needs of the Baptist schools of the state. He vividly pictured the necessity of funds for paying the debts and building. In a few words he showed how the debts were almost forced upon the denominations. Meredith had out grown its plant; Mars Hill was of fered $50,000 if the other friends of the school would give a like amount. President Campbell had a debt of $40,000 and offered Buies’ Creek school as a gracious gift to the convention if it would assume the debt. Thus it was shown that the debts were absolutely necessary if the Baptists expected to remain in the educational work of the state. The plight at Wake Forest is serious. Only four buildings have been erected there the past 40 years; while the number of students has increased from 200 to 700, with the possibility of a larger attendance if roon\ were provided. Mr. McKaughan’s address was a most effective one, and the Re i cord predicts that it will be easy to raise the million and a half if a few men like McKaughan are set ■ free to reach the people in mass • and time to approach them indi ■ vidually.
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