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THE
CHATHAM RECORD
O. J. PETERSON
Editor and Publisher
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Thursday. December 29, 1927
The editor appreciates the many
kindnesses shown him and his during
the Christmas season, and hopes that
all the readers of the Record have
had a joyous Christmas and wishes
;for them a happy and prosperous
£ew year. We do not know* when we
have enjoyed Christmas more.
>. The loss of another Pittsboro
by fire emphasizes again the
meed of a town water supply. Here
to, the Record has not consented to
the wisdom of undertaking the pro
ject, since the town’s population is
scattered over a large area, but fire
loss occurs at sufficiently short in
tervals to cover .the proportionate
part of the cost of a system. The
Record’s own loss less than a year
ago, Mr. W. C. Johnson’s loss, and
that of Mr. H. D. Gunter would cov
er a good slice of the .estimated cost
of a water system. * True, in two
of these cases, there was good in
surance, but covering necessarily
only something like two thirds of the
destroyed values. Even if consider
able damage had been done to the
homes with an adequate water and
fire department, the insurance would
have taken care of the actual loss.
As it is, one third of the value of
the homes is an actual loss tJ the
owners, and the whole values to the
total of the community’s wealth. If
you’ll put it to a vote, we shal 1 vote
for water. Our town's indebtedness
is about the smallest in the State
and its bonds should sell well. But
in addition to the convenience and
fire protection of a water supply, it
is a necessary step toward securing
an increase of population.
The Record on former occasions,
has insisted that town sprinkler’s
tank be kept full p? water and the
truck left in a clearly designated po
sition to be rushed to the location of
any fires. Thai tank full of water
Electric Power Industry
Shares Savings With Public”
Says
The *Philadelphia Public Ledger
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“ The electric companies are applying
Henry Ford's theory of quantity , \
production and low prices, for they { ,
are sharing with the consumers the
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benefits of every reduction in the cost,'
of generating current The price has
come down steadily from year to
year since the beginning\
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S • AHE CHINESE refer to a
i Golden Age that was. Other
| j/iopie look forward to one that*
is to be. But the signs are not
lacking that right now we are
living in the nearest approach to
such an ape the world has ever
| known.
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I “To givt- is to get” is the gospei
of this new era, and in the pro
-1 ntolgation of this doctrine the
pnva.it lv owned clectriclightand
' power companies have been
»mo».g cue 6r*f to take the lead.
; Inspii ed by a at.'ise of the public’s
i reliance upon their .Msrvice. they
hs*e p«i!. the ir.vsrt'sw of •he con
sume. erst. As cli r.tnca) service
has expanded, the cost to true
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container has been reduced.
•NotwUiistariUog the increased
co6t of labor and materials, the
CAROL 1 if A
'Power & Light Csmpzny
promptly at a fire might prove the
means of a saving of valuable prop
ierty.
! TOWN & COUNTY BRIEFS
| The ed.tor was glad to have a
j call Saturday from Mr. and Mrs.
John S. Hart, of Bear Creek town
ship. Mrs. Hart is a native of
j Sampson and there is always a pieas
| ure in meeting anyone who has
j feasted on Sampson blues.
Mrs. Euphenna Cooper was m
J town Saturday and paid her re
spects to the Record. Mrs. Cooper
reported killing a 465 pound pork
er, along with more pig-like fellows.
Among the teachers spending, the
holdiays at home here are Misses
Sankie and Lelia Johnson who
teach at Leggetts, near Tarboro.
Miss Mary Dell Bynum, Bessie
Chapin and Louise Brooks, who have
been in school at Cullowhee since
. early summer, had their first trip
.home for the holidays, -n
i It any pensioner has not yet had
his pension money, Clerk of Court
Hatch has it for him or her. There
axe an even hundred on the list this
* year, 30 men and 70 women, though
at least ope of the-men lives outside
the county, Mr, T. H. Gilmore, of
the old Chatham part of Lee, who
has maintained his relationship with
Chatham comrades. He’s a regular
' subscriber to the Record. .
• Mrs.j Caroline Moffitt. a sister
j of Mr. W. B. Brown, of Siler City,
{ died at 1 Coleridge, December 16,
[at ; the age of .68.
jTwg hundred renewals in the
next few days will put the Record
over, despite the fire and high print
ing prices, for the greater part of
the year. Won’t you be one of the
200? . v
It was hard luck to have the pa
' per cut short last week. Part of
J qur “copy” got tied up in the Christ
| mas mails and did not reach the
| printer in time. It was particularly
j unfortunate as we wanted a good
i paper to follow notices to those
whose subscriptions have expired to
put them in good humor. But we
j cannot pick our time for bad luck.
! It comes when it will.
J Mr. and Mrs. Earl Wrenn of Siler
| City had as guests the first of the
week Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Burgin of
| Old Fort, father and mother of Mrs.
J Wrenn, also her brother, \V. T. Bur
i gin of New York, and sister, Miss
Sadie of Old Fort.
We appreciate the advertising of
"ne **M” System Grocery store at
Siler City and as they actually have
: he goods at unusually attractive
nr-ces cordially commend Messrs.
Wrenn .and Honeyeut to rur readers.
Miss Mary Gardner of Ra’eigh vis
tod her aunt Mrs. J. W. Hunt this
veek.
M’ss Addie Goldston of Goldston,'
j spent part of her holidavs as a guest
of Miss Elizabeth Blair.
The article in last week’s Record
about the doing of certain Chatham
negroes in Harnett county should
have been credited to either the Har
nett county news or the Dunn Dis
patch. It was hard to understand
vhen appearing as if written from
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cost of electrical service hat
/steadily declined since
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This has befen made possible by
far-seeing management, and
through the interconnection of
production and distribution.
By the publicly regulated system
under which these companies op»
*>rate, economies resulting from
the extension of service, ihe elim
ination of waste and the applica
tion of invention are passed on to
the consumer.
In the continuance of the prin
ciple of individual initiative
nncer which inese aciiieve
iiients have been made possible,
lie the future security beet
interests of society and the na* :
sa a whole.
this end of the line.
Be sure to read the New Year’s j
greetings from the merchants of j
Pittsboro and Sanford. The Record j
ei dorses every word of these appeals, !
which, by the way, are in no wise
contradictory.
The marriage of Mr. Evander j
Eiggsbce and Mrs. Myrtle Toung of
Durham occurred last Saturday at
the home of Rev. R. R. Gordon. The
bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Jol n Griffin who lives a few miles
from Pittsboro on the Goldston road.
Mr. Riggsbee is one of the most
prosperous citizens of the upper end
of the county.
HOG FEEDING PAYS
The hoc- feeding, contest in which
Messrs. W. B. Straughan of Siler
City with nine pigs, and Mr. N. J.
Dawkins of Goldston with eleven pigs
have been engaged during the past
twro months has taken on & deeidedly
more lively aspect. month, it
will be re membered rtHfat Mr. Strarti**
ghan made an average gain of 47
pounds for his pigs during a twenty
nine day feeding test. However, Mr.
Straughan to look fo* #is |
laurels this as a weighing
completed Thursday, Dec. 22, shows
that Mr. DawkinS has made an aver
age gain ; jn tw'enty-three days of 52
pounds per pig. Both farmers are
feeding a .balanced ration of shorts,
corn meal/ fish meal and whole corn
which is recommended by the State
College. The next two months will
see them rounding into the home
stretch, and the honors will go to
the one who .’juts on the largest to
tal g-vne. r; , . :
It is interesting to note in this
connection, +he profits that may be
expected. Mr." Dawkins weighed his
hogs on Nov. 29. and found the to
tal weight to be 946. pounds. When
weighed today, the total .weight was
1515 pounds. In other words, a to
tal of 569 pounds of pork was gain
ed. and P required a total of 24.2
bushels of e*~n. 161 pounds of fish
meal and 161 pounds of shorts, the
total ..(gst- of these feeds for this
per od being $32.16; 569 pounds of
r-ork. which is the gain for this
feedim- period at 10 cents per lb.
is 5'6.90• •'uhtracting the feed cost
which' is 532.16 from the above, we
find a rrefit of 24.74, figuring- corn
"t 90 cent? ner bushel. Expressed in
s he o* eo'-n, we find that Mr.
Dawk ; ns h~s realized $1.93 per bush
el fed to his pigs.
Stewart Eflwarti White, promi
nent American author, has joined
the st"ff of this newspaper. Among
his widelv read stories of the West
nr, d North are Claim Jumpers, The
Bive’m"*!. The Blazed Trail, The
Forty etc. His great serial
story on Tiptoe, a swashbuckling ro
mance, starts in this issue.
Miss Doris Clarke, 18 years old,
of Rockford, 111., has offered to sell
her left ear for $2,500 to a New
York society woman who advertised
for an entire left ear to replace her
own, lost in an automobile accident.
THE CHATHAM RECORD
j NEW YEAR GREETINGS! J
l With State Highways now leading to Pittsboro from five direc- * I
S tions, and with two or three good county roads leading here also, the 5
old town is now easily accessible from every part of the county, and J
I we invite you to come to see us often. . I
It is true that we cannot afford to stock the more costly articles >|
I '• / for which there is only occasional demand.. For instance, perhaps f
CL one lady in the community might want to buy a SIOO coat, or one man A
> . a SSO suit. We cannot know that, and if we did know, we CQuld n0t.,,,. „' ’
I guess the size, color* material,-etc, desired and of course cannot as-
ford to carry a dozen cosfly articles from which only one or two may
*5 be sold. . .. * 1 f
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A'' . But when it conges to the goods in general demand, we can sup-
W ply the needs of our county people, and can do it at a saving of money t >
X to them. Our town tax rate is one of the lowest in the state; rental
|i values are nothing as compared with those of the cities, and all things
i combined make Jt reasonable for us to sell goods cheaper than they
can be sold in the larger places, except in case of cut prices after the
1: pick of the goods have already been sold at fancy prices, and .you i 1
1 • ?■ want your goods in season as well as other folk. ‘!.
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I Every article of wear demanded by nine out pf ten of our people t L
will be found in stock in the Pittsboro stores at prices that will com- i ►
pare more.than favorably with those of other'towns. T
THE HOME OF CHEAP GROCERIES |
- This town is the home of Cheap Groceries. Our stores keep fresh |
supplies of all staple groceries, and there is no question that such
goods can be bought at a saving ovfer the cost in most towns. £
Our Bank, our two Hardware stores, our Drug Store, Cases, our if
; Fresh Meat markets, our Garages, Filling Stations, Blacksmith shops, |
Fertilizer plant, and every other business in Pittsboro will appreciate 5
your patronage and will seek to serve you courteously and efficiently. J
Come to Pittsboro to trade; help make the old county-seat town JL
prosper and become the pride of the great old county. We shall do >
all you will let us and help us to do. i*
Respectfully, 6
Brooks & Eubanks J. J. Johnson & Co. * f
General Merchandise Furniture, Clothing, Shoes, !!
Shoes and Notions Specialties and Notions .
L. N. Womble O. M. Poe i *
General Merchandise, Dry Groceries, Feeds, Fruits |
| Goods, Shoes, Groceries, Candies (T
i Hardware, Fertilizer Cedar and Cross Ties Bought g
IPilkington J. D. White jj
Drugs, Drinks, Fresh Meats, Groceries, Feeds,
Toilet Articles, Etc. Dry Goods ||
i 1 Boone Brothers Caviness I
Groceries Miss Cordie Harmon, Mgr. 1
I Country Produce Ladies Wear and Millinery X
W. C. Johnson A. B. Filling Station |
Groceries, Feeds, Grains Standard Gas and Oils
Wholesale and Retail Michelin & Kelly Tires £
, A(lso Shoes Free Air and Water T
Bank of Pittsboro West End Supply Co. f
Capital and Surplus $40,000 Groceries, Tires, Tubes, I
Assets $350,000 Free Air, Garage Service C
Weeks Motor Co. G. W. Brewer & Co. f
Ford Cars and Parts Groceries, Fruits, Candies li
General Automobile Repairs Notions 1
f B. A. Perry The Clyde Case I
1 Groceries, Dry Goods Regular Meals 40 Cents fi
I Weinie Stand—Cold Drinks Short Orders, Cold Drinks X
1 Chatham Hardware F. C. Mann Hard- |
J Company ware Co. if
< Hardware of All Kinds Farm Implements and Took
T Farm Machinery and Tools Hardware of All Kinds f
I ° ,U and Pa,nts Oils and Paints f
T Clayton Oil Mill Hall’s Dept. Store {
9 Fertilizer and Cotton Seed . Clothing for Men and Women <5
J Products— for Shoes, Millinery, Groceries 1
| atham Soils A Real Department Store fi
| Cornwallis Filling Pickard’s Barber {
f . Station Shop f
• Gas, Tires, Tubes, Free Air,
i Water, Crank Service Sanitary and Modern «
Thursday- December 29, 1927