ESTABLISHED SEPTEMBER 19,1878 TALKING ABOUT DEEP RIVER COAL Interesting Facts Brought Out in Speeches Matte by Mc- Queen, Stiles and .Reeyes Before Sanford Rotarians. “The Carolina Coal Company has invested $640,000 at Coal Glen on Peep River. We had to build a stand ard gauge railroad from the Norfolk Southern to Coal Glen out to the mine and build homes for the miners and then we had to sink a slope a. half mile into the ground before we saw coal, but from the time we start ed mining- coal up to now we have sold $440,000 worth of coal. We work from 125 to 150 men'in two shifts of labor. We pay $1 per ton for labor. The most coal P ever knew one man to mine in a day was nineteen tons. We have gone to a great expense to develop this mine and we now have coal in sight which will take us about three years to mine.” These are a few* of the interesting facts brought out in a speech made by J. R. McQueen before the San ford Rotary Club Tuesday. Mr. Mc- Queen said that both mines at Cum nock are now prepared to mine coal i in large quantities. The man who ; operate these mines have had to • overcome difficulties which the aver age man does not appreciate. They j have been put to enormous expense in laying the foundation of the work and in getting- their organization in working shape, but through it all they have been patient under diffi culties which would have discourag- ! ed less resolute men. Mr. McQueen sees a bright future ahead for Deep River coal, and thinks the develop ment of these mines will be of im mense benefit to Sanford and this entire section of the state. Dr. M. D. S. Stiles, who is down here from Pennsylvania looking into the bi-products possibilities of Deep River coal, made a brief and highly interesting talk to the Rotarians. Dr. Stiles said the Carolina mine had excess of a million tons of coal. Up to the present time work at the mine has been only work of development. Now the men interested in the mine are ready to mine coal on a large j scale. He said the Deep River coal j is all clean coal. He has made over ; fifty tests since coming to the mine, j The deposits he found, contained a good fertilizer filler. The coal con tains iron and about 10 gallons of gasoline to the ton. Dr. Stiles thought this coal and its bi-products meant great things for this state and especially this section of the State, He thought that all of the natural resources of North Carolina this coal and the things that might be expect ed to come out of it was the State’s greatest single asset. He thought j the time was not far distant when j these mines would bring a great deal of money to this section. C. M. Reeves, one of the men who has been interested in the develop ment of the Carolina mine, said he thought it a tragedy that we have not more money with which to de velop our natural resources. He de clared that over $3,000,000 had been spent at the Deep River mines in the last three years. His company, he said, had a good many discourage ments and some misfortunes, and if they should not succeed with their work in a financial way, he was not discouraged because he believed that somebody would reap where they had sown. In connection with what Dr. Stiles says, it may be of interest to note that good possibilities for the pro duction of petroleum on a paying commercial basis from the oil shales . of North Carolina are seen by H. J. j Bryson, State Geologist. Mr. Bry-1 son has made a study of the shale de posits and scientific developments in the distillation of oil from the min eral. Production of petrol#ttm from such shales as are found in the mountain ous section of Western North Caro lina has been carried out, and on a paying basis Mr. Bryson points out, both in the United States and in Scotland. The discovery of petro leum, however, threw the shale oil industry out of gear and it has since become a thing of the past. It is seen as an asset when produc tion of petroleum in its natural state declines. “Oil shale industry researches,” says the geologist have just begun on a large scale in this country. They began in France in 1836 and quickly spread to Scotland in 1850. For 75 years the industry flourished in Scot land, but with exhaustion of raw material the industry passed into his tory a few years ago. “Some work has been done in oil shales in America, but the discovery of petroleum in Pennsylvania in 1869 caused it to cease because it could not compete with the liquid gold of those days.” North Carolina oil shales are found in the Deep River section above the coal that is being mined in that section now. The shale and borings show a thickness of 35 to 40 feet over a large area. The amount calculated from the available data, is about 40,000,000 tons, and the yield has gone as high as 70 gal lons a ton. A 1000 ton a day plant will give a production of 750 barrels of crude Petroleum a day, one shale techno logist says. The crude will cost $1 a barrel, f.o.b. plant. A daily net of $562.60 of $198,875 a year is in dicated. The Chatham Record Marine Leader Photo shows t! tw shit Logan F eland, an experienced campaigner* in command of the marines in Nicaragua a year ago, who has been ordered charge again TO HOLD RALLY Chatham and Lee Presbyter ians Will Meet in Jones boro, January 20 JONESBORO, Jan. 9.—Arrange ments have been made by Rev. R. E. McClure, of Leaksville, in connec tion with Rev*. J. S. Cooke, pastor oi the local Presbyterian church, to hold in this church a Steward ship Rally for the Presbyterian churches of Chatham and Lee coun ties, to convene at 11 a. m. on Janu ary 20 th, Mr. M&Cliire, who is secretary of Stewardship of//Orange Presbytery, is being assisted by Rev. C. G. Smith, of Asheboro, and Mr. A. C. Ray, of Pittsboro, vtfio are members of the Presbytqnr-’s committee assigned to this district, ryid these men are mak ing an earnest effort to secure at tendance from eyery church in the district. MR. COTTON THINKS HE HAS WEEVIL REMEDY Says the Sanford Express: “Mr. T.,„MvCrass hands The Ex press a communication from Mr. A. E. Cotton, which may provide a rem edy for the boll weevil. Mr. Cot ton says that last summer he put some cider in an open vessel and set it out in the cotton patch so that the heat from the, sun would turn it to vinegar. In a day or two he went to the cotton patch to look after the cider or vinegar, and to his surprise the whole top was cov ered with boll weevils. It seems that they became intoxicated on the cider and fell in and were drowned. Mr. Cotton suggests that as cider is a scarce article in the fruit sea son, let the farmers make a lot of sweetened water by applying molas ses, put some yeast cakes in to start fermentation, put it in wide open top vessels and distribute them abou over the fields when the weevils first start as a substitute for the cider. Let the farmers keep this remedy in mind and make a test of it next summer.” DID THEY HAVE LICENSE TO KILL CHATHAM RABBITS The Sanford Express tells the fol lowing: “It has been said that rabbits are so thick in Chatham county that one can cut a tree in the woods at this season of the year and some times kill from three to four. Mr. Chas. Riddle, of this place, who joined a party of hunters and spent a day hunting in that county last week, is tempted to believe that this is true. Thev spent three and one-half hours in the woods and killed eight squir rels and eighteen rabbits. They caught a number of rabbits alive, closed the doors and turned them loose in the car and drove home with the rabbits as passengers. The new game law prohibits people from selling rabbits outside the county in which they are killed. It is fear ed that uV.ess this law is so modi fied as not to include Chatham, the rabbits will become so thick in that county that the farmers will be un able to raise crops and have to leave. For the past few years big revenue has been realized by the sales of Chatham county rabbits on the Ra leigh, Richmond and other markets.” MRS. BURNS DEAD Mrs. Anna J. Burns, a former res ident of this county, died at the home of her son, Ira Burns in Hope well, Va., January 14. The body was brought home for burial and was laid away in the family burying ground in Oakland township, near the home of her son Mr. W. V. Burns. The deceased was the widow of W. M. Burns, who has been dead several years. She was about sev enty years of age and was a most estimable woman. For many years she had been a faithful member of May’s Chapel Baptist church. PITTSBORO, N. C., CHATHAM COUNTY, THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1928 Court In Session A Number of Cases Disposed of up to Tuesday Noon— The Grand Jury Judge Nunn Presiding. Court. is in session and is making headway with the cases on the''dock-' et. . ... As usual in late days, thefd«'are few jury cases. Promptly Monday morning, Judge Nunn took the bench. The following gooq citizens were sworn , in as the grand jury: E. J. Riggsbee, fore man. R. H. Fitchett. W. C. Braswell, Moody Burns, F. C. Williams, C. R. Smith, A. T. Brewer, W. Z. Brooks, E. E. Williams, J. S. Petty, Arthur D. Teague, J. B. Ward, C. E. Lassi ter, K. L. Teague, A. J. Horton, W. L. Johnson, Clyde Stephenson, C. F. Houston. Solicitor Williams and Miss Speight, stenographer, were present. Case* Disposed Os The following cases were among those disposed of the first day and a half: isoi pros was taken with leave in the cases against J. C. Squires, Neil Spence, Carol Fox, Celeste and Nathan Alston, Columbus Cotton, John D. Cameron and Hobart Brooks, colored youths, plead guilty to the explosion of dynamite near the Siler City post office on Christmas eve, and were sentenced to the roads for three months. Curtis Gilchrist and Frank Wads-' worth plead guilty to theft of a bale of cotton and were sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of two years. The cotton was stolen from Mr. J. R. Bright. Ike Matthews pays SSO and costs for carrying a concealed weapon. Elijah Jones' the same. Ed Dor sett, Hobart Scott, for violation of liquor laws, are let off under a su spended sentence and payment of the costs. Nathan Cole enters plea of nolo contendre, pays cost. Roy Peoples gets a year and a half on the roads for violation of the prohbiition law. Tommy Martin and Joe Henderson get sentence of SSO and costs or one month on roads for their part in the racket at Marvin Ray’s party, report of which was given in this paper after the preliminary trial. Robert Wynne pleads guilty to larceny and goes to roads three months. J. O. Medlin pays SSO and costs for driving car while drunk. Case against Harvey Wood is nol prosesd. J. D. Johnson and Robert Hodges go to roads six months for assault. W. V. Cheek pleads guilty to pos session of liquor and was sentenced to sery ea year in jail, but judgment is suspended upon payment of SIOO and costs. George R. Leach, carrying conceal ed weapon, Elijah Jones, carrying concealed weapon, William Rives, vi olation of liquor laws, guilty, 12 months in jail to be hired out. Odell Pugh, liquor, costs and bound for good behavior. The day may not be so far off, after all, when they will throw an automobile or two in when one buys a gallon of gasoline. GOLDSTON NEWS Rev. Jonas Barclay filled his ap pointment at the Presbyterian church Sunday morning and evening. Both of the sermons were good, but the one in the evening was especially en joyed. It was interesting all the way through, and it was very im pressive. Rev. L. M. Chaffin wnll fill his regular appointment at the Metho dist church next Sunday morning. We are glad to see Mr. Chaffin out again after being* confined in doors with a severe cold. Miss Linda Womble spent the week end at Ramseur -with her sis ter, Miss Louise Womble. Miss Ola Marley spent Saturday night and Sunday with Miss Kriebel Tyson, whose home is just a few miles out of town. * Miss Marley is our capable oper ator in the central office here. We thought once recently that we were going to lose her. She had decided to go to Sanford and work in the office there but Mr. Bain has offer ed to raise her salary, therefore she has decidejd to stay, here awhile longer. Goldston’s basketball team played Bennett here last Friday afternoon. The score was 50-11 in favor of the locals. * The societies met at the usual hour last Friday afternoon. New of ficers were elected for the spring term in each meeting. The officers in the Florence Nightingale society are the follow ing: Burnice Phillips, president; Holland Gaines, vice-president; Mar guerite Jenkins, secretary- treasurer; Miss Harmon, critic; Alton Burke, censor; Josie Williams, chaplain. • The Gypsy Girls’ officers are the following: Ona Barber, president; Eliza Ty ler, vice-president; Willie Goldston, secretary-treasurer; Helen Womble, chaplain; Miss Johnson, critic; Lin da Womble, chairman of program committee. Officers for the “Lucky Lindy Lads’ Society” were elected as fol lows : Lindon Elkins, president; Wiley Beal, vice-president; Billy Beal, sec retary; Joseph Goldston, Chaplain; William Ellis .chairman of program committee; Miss Key, critic. Kimbalton News Stockholders of Oakmont Hunting Club Meet——North r era Sportsmen Have Had Gbod Shooting. • .. t . r, . stockholders of The Oakmont shooting club met at the club Monday at eight o’clock. - . T«r^? ne Greene of Philadelphia, W. S. Meade, of New York,* Chas. F. Eublaker of New York, Clyton Hor ton, Jr., of Plainfield, Ns j., N. J. Dark of Siler City, were uimrtftfrous ly reelected directors for the ensuing ysar. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. The president, W. S. Meade re -243 quails killed in the month of December against 215 of last year. Mr. Meade says birds are more plentiful and coveys are larger than usual. They have killed a great many owls, hawks and crows. The farmers are all hoping they will get all the hawks and crows. N. J. Dark, June Fox, Jack Tull went to Carbonton last Friday on business. Mr. Miton Cheek, wife and daugh ter, Miss Steele and Miss Edwards all of Graham were at Mr. A. V. Ferguson-’ ft* v f • Mr. Early preached at Baptist Hickory Mountain Sunday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon McMath of Greensboro spent the week-end at Brooks McMafth.* Willie Bradford and Dora Brad ford spent Sunday with' their niece, Mrs. Zeb Ferguson. Moncure News Items The senior class of A & E college at Raleigh, visited the Carolina plant four miles of here last Wedne§day and spent the day. v Mrs. J. F. Womble has just re turned from a ten dyas trip to her brothers. Miss Avery Womble spent last week-end at Durham visiting rela tives. Misses Ruth and Mae Womble spent last week-end with their sis ter, Mrs. Marks at Carrboro. Mr. C. W. Womble of Goldston is visiting his sister, Mrs. Mary Bar ringer this week. Mr. Womble and Mrs. Barringer spent the day at Durham last Saturday. The girls’ basketball team of Meth odist Orphanage, Raleigh, played Moncure girls team last Friday af ternoon. Moncure team was defeat ed. The score was 13 to 5 in favor of the Methodist Orphanage team. The Siler City team of boys play ed Moncure team of boys the same evening. The score was 5 to 8 in favor of Moncure. Moncure basketball team of girls and also team of boys went to Pitts boro last Saturday evening to play Bynum team. The Bynum team of girls did not come to play but the team of boys played Moncure boys. The score was in favor of Bynum. Mr. F. M. Hilliard, dealer in tombstones, visited his relatives in Georgia last Thanksgiving. He had a nice trip and returned to his broth er’s home, who lives at Carthage. While swinging in a porch swing there, the swing fell and he broke his leg, for the swing fell on his leg. He just returned here one day last week. He is able to walk around on crutches but he is unable to walk yet. He is anxious to get back to his work and thinks it will not be long now before he can re sume his work as a sculptor. Mr. T. B. Maddox returned home from Sanford hospital last Thursday very much improved, we are glad to state. Mr. J. J. Hackney is putting on a sale for Maddox Bros. It will last thirty days. Mr. Claude Duren of Columbia. S. C., visited W. W. Stedman’s office in the postoffice building last Wed nesday, checking up the delinquent borrowers of Chatham and Lee coun ty National Farm Loan association. The annual stock holders meeting of Chatham county National Farm Loan association was heid in Pitts boro. The Epworth League met last Sunday evening at 7 o’clock the President, Miss Ruth Womble and Secretary, Miss Lois Ray were both present. Misses Mammie Sockwell was leader for the evning. The meeting held at Providence M. E. church last Sunda yevening. at three .o’clock was interesting in deed. Messrs Moffitt, Kirby and Grayson of ‘Sanford made splendid talks. Their talks though short, Were equal to three good sermons. Providence community appreciates the services the Evangelistic club holds each third Sunday afternoon. The' next service will be held the third Sunday afternoon in February. BANK OF PITTSBORO DECLARES DIVIDEND 'j At a meeting of the directors of the Bank of Pittsboro recently the usual semi-annual dividend of 5 per cent, was declared. The same offi cers were chosen for 1928, A. H. London, president, J. L. Griffin cash ier, W. L. Farrell, assistant cashier. The statement of the bank published in this issule of the Record shows it to be in a prosperous condition. ; 111 I ■■ 11 1 t r i i r h SMOKE HOUSE BURNED ’ The smoke house of Wright Al ston, colored, who lives two or three miles southwest of Pittsboro was burned one night last week. Wright operates a saw mill for the Riddles ar.d had a barrel of gasoline in the smoke house. Yet it is stated that ihe got his meat out. "Palm Fete ” Queenly? .’’ v?'- 4 i,TN \ " \ hv i lifi \V 1. ' A Miss Elizabeth McKenney, who crowned Queen of the Palm Fete at Miami, Fla. The city cele brated .the Palm Fete with a pa- an historical pageant repre senting the landing of Columbus and other features. Washington Letter A Review of Events at the Capital City During the Past Week—President in Hav ana—Women Meet in Wash ington. By WILLIAM P. HELM, Jr. WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.—Having spent the Christmas holidays in live ly political skirmishing, Washington is now in the relatively tame and piping- days of peace. It is in the air, peace of almost evrey kind, a hang-over, maybe, from the season of goodwill to men. Certainly, the capital is redolent of kindliness and fellowship, save for exceptions here and there tha tstand out conspicu ously to prove the rule. Three thousand or more women from the four corners of the Union are meeting- here this week. They 'come from a dozen or more nationa. associations and claim to represent 10,000,000 of their sisters. They are talking peace, discussing ways to prevent war, delving into foreign policies, hopes, aspirations and jeal ousies. This is the third year they have met here in open forum and they are making their impression on those who legislate for peace or war and those who carry out the na tion’s politics. Sir Esme Howard, Britain’s ami able ambassador, told American en gineers that England wanted noth ing- so much as peace with the United States ahd intended to have it, “de spite fiery generals, peppery admi rals. and jing journalists.” Unfor fortunately, his 14 year old son had figured at the wheel of dad’s car, in a distressing automobile accident the j day before, the victim being a schoolgirl, who probably will recov- I er. 1 The Democratic brand of peace : was dispensed at the Jackson Day love feast and in the selection of a preserving peace was outlined by convention city. The navy’s idea of Secretary Wilbur in cross-examina tion before a House committee. Mr. Wilbur said that the proposed $275,- 000,000 navy building program was essential if the navy were to pro tect trade routes of American over seas commerce. Even at that, some of it would not be fully protected, he said. Another move for continued peace and good will in the Americas is seen in the Coolidge trip to Havana to meet with New World neighbors. In congress the House got down to its stride and passed some of the bi ff money bills for next year’s gov ernment expenses. The Senate, how ever, was not so peaceful. It fought and wrangled over Senator Monas ter's move to reduce the tariff so as to increase the buying power of | the farmer’3 dollars. Also, it touch ed off the Smith-Vaire fight again, and Mr. Smith of Illinois, who was denied the oath of office, told his investigators that, no matter what they might do about unseating a Senator they were denying Illinois her constitutional right by refusing to let one of her Senators take his seat. There was a bit of difference, too, between the Senate and the Presi dent over the merchant marine pol icy, a committee of the upper House taking sharp issue with the Presi dent’s policy of private control and operation. In the mdist of it, the President asked congress to aporo uriate for a monument at Kitty Hawk, N. C., to the American pion eers of the air. It was there that human flight was first shown to be practicable. By July 1, next, the aeronautic board told the President, there will be a total of 24,500 miles of air transport lines in operation in the United States. This means that the American commeileial planes will fly daily a distance equal to the world’s circumference at its bulgiest point. The Federal Trade Commission reported twice. First, it told con gress that a one-pound loaf of bread costs about 8 1-2 cents to lay down on the cousumer’s dorstep and that the farmer gets little over one cent as his share and the baker 5 l-2c. Next, it cheered the millions using electrical equipment, from pumps to — ——o (Please turn to page four) VOLUME SO. NUMBER 18 WORK BEGUN AT NEW GAME FARM Game Reserve Near Asheboro Will Be Stocked In The Near Future (Asheboro Courier) Work was started Tuesday at the State game farm on the county home tract, two miles South of Asheboro, on State Highway No. 70. First work includes the digging- of ditches for water mains and clearing sites for location of the superintendent’s res idence and for the coops which will be used for game. Survey of the tract leased by the county to the State will be made today. After the lines ot the lease have been estab lished, work will be started in ear nest on the farm. , W. C. Grimes, member of the board of coupty commissioners, and H>r years manager of Tip Top Lodge and game farm, near Jackson Creek, has been selected superintendent of the State game farm, and will take active of the project on Mar. + Lod & e > which belongs r * of Philadelphia, will be continued as a hunting- lodge, brut it is probably that all the game on the farm will be sold, perhaps to the new State farm. Prior to tak a£tlve ch arge of the State farm, Mr. Grimes will render all the as sistance possible in the laying out of the grounds and superintending the construction of coops and runs for the game to be kept there. Mr. Grimes is considered one of the most successful game breeders in the south. He has been in the business several years and has been highly successful in the propagation of wild game at Tip Top game farm. Stock Farm At Once It is anticipated that game stock lor the new state farm will begin arriving here next week. In fact, a t shipment of quail has been ordered out and is expected to arrive one day during the week. By the time the shipment arrives it is hoped that coops may be ready for their dispo sition. And shortly afterwards con struction. will be started on breeding pens. It is the intention of the mem bers oi the game commission to be gin the breeding of quail and phea sants at the farm this spring so that there may be no delay in getting- re sults from this new project. ~ TI L eO / fer to lease 100 acres of ;" ando lph county home tract to the State for game propagation pur poses was made to the Game Com mission, of which E. D. Cranford, of Asheboro, is a member, several weeks ago. It was no't, however, until January sth that the department, under which the Game Commission iunctions, that the Randolph offer was accepted. And then the budget was slashed to the extent of $5,000. But the Game Commission is con front that it '•an get along even with a reduced budget. The budget approved for the stocking of the farm and for the permanent improv ments approximates $15,000. It is estimated that SB,OOO a year will be required to operate it. It is probably that fancy breeds of pheasants will be raised for the purpose of sale, while the most com mon breeds of pheasants, quail and turkeys will be bred for restocking purposes in all parts of the State. COMMANDER LONDON ATTENDS THE PARLEY Raleigh Naval Officer Is Assigned As Naval Aide For The Presi dent at Havana, Cuba (News and Observer) Henry M. London, legislative ref erence librarian, has been advised that his brother, Commander John J. London, formerly of Pittsboro, has received orders from the Navy Department to proceed from Atlan ta to Havana, Cuba, to report to the American Ambassador for tem porary duty as naval aide during the visit of President Coolidge at the Pan-American Congress at Havana January 15-18, For the past year and a half, Commander London has been commandant of the R. 0. T. C. naval unit at Georgia Tech, At- • lanta. During- the first part of the Wilson administration he was naval aide to the President, being at the time assigned to duty on the May flower, the Presdient’s yacht. Recently, the Atlanta Journal car ried a cartoon on Commander Lon don, gviing interesting experiences out of his life, and quoting him as saying that his chief ambition was to see the Navy lick the Army ev ery year. THREE LADS SEIZE A CAR AND SCOOT Three Sanford lads, 13 years of age, played hooky from school Mon day afternoon; took charge of a Chevrolet sedan left by the side of Hie road, and set forth on a journey. The journey was interrupted at Pitts boro ,by Officer Johnson, upon in formation from Sanford of the theft and flight northward. Officers from Sanford came for the lads and the car. The boys cannot be tried in regular court for this offense, but are under the jurisdiction of the clerk of court of Lee countv, acting as juvenile judge. Well, if it would do any good, we would tell vou the names of the lads. But, maybe, they will make real men yet. One great need some inventive Ge nius should set about to fill ” 3 that ot a luminous rocking chair.