ESTABLISHED SEPTEMBER 19,1878
INTEREST TO THE
TOBACCOFARMERS
County Agent and Specialists
Hold Demonstrations; Les
pedeza Acreage Growing
Orders totalling 1750 pounds, or
72 bushels of Lespeueza seed were
sent in for Chatham county farm
ers this week by the Agent. Indica
tions so far seem to show that Chat
ham county will seed the largest
crop of lespedeza in its history this
winter and spring. Orders are still
being taken, and another order will
be sent in soon.
One fiea oeetle trap demonstra
tion for insects attacking plant beds
was held at the farm of J. N. Bryan
near Seafroth on Monday. Two to
bacco meetings were held Thursday
at Seafroth and Yates’ school. A
total of sixty farmers attended these
meetings. Mr. E. Y. Floyd, tobacco
specialist from State college, and
Mr. G. W. Fant, plant pathologist,
spoke at these meetings. Calling at
tention to the necessity of intelli- j
gent thought in growing tobacco,
Mr. Floyd states that where fertiliz- !
ers of the proper analysis, and mag-1
nesium limestone have been used un- |
der tobacco, profits varying- from S4O
to SIOO per acre have been obtained
as compared with locations where
there is lack of magnesium limestone,
and where low analysis fertilizers
have been used. He recommenrs an
8-4-6 fertilizer for tobacco in Chat
ham county. He stated that the
potash carrier in this fertilizer should |
be one-half muriate of potash, and
onehalf sulphate, and that half of
the ammonia should be deirved from
ry, Mr. G. Whitaker and others. The
the inorganic sources. According to
Mr. Floyd, manure salts or other
low grade carriers of potash should
not be used for tobacco fertilizers.
Mr. Fant discussed diseases of
tobacco, and showed some interest
ing specimens of tobacco affected
with sandrow’n, angular leaf spot,
potash humger and others. He stat
ed that practically all of the diseases '
of tobacco can be avoided through
treating tobacco seed with a solution !
of formaldehyde. At these meetings
a number of farmers gave the agent
orders for tobacco seed of higher
yielding characteristics, which are
best adapted to this section, and a |
number of other farmers expressed !
their intentions of treating seed, and
using higher analysis fertilizers as i
recommended by State college this
winter.
Two more farmers have announc- 1
ed their intentions of seeding dem
onstration fields in sweet clover this
spring. They are W. B. Webter and
J. B. Teague, both of whom live near
Slier City. To date, five alfalfa
demonstrations, three sweet clover
demonstrations and two pasture dem
onstrations have been arranged in
this county. An effort is being made
to induce farmers to conduct eight
more pasture demonstrations, and
two more sweet clover demonstra
tions.
Beginning the first of February,
the Agent will make a special ef
fort to induce more farmers to
plant Mexican big boll cotton. The
Mexican is highly recommended for
growing in this county, due to its
earliness, high yielding, and longer
staple. The Mexican is especially
adapted to boll weevil conditions.
Last spring, the agent induced four
farmers in the community of Gum
Spring, to plant the Mexican, and
these men had good results from the I
seed. To those farmers who are
interested, there will be 100 bush
els of this seed for sale in February.
The cotton from which this seed was
obtained was ginned separately, and
the seed have been cleaned. The
farmers having these seed for sale
are, Mr. Will Perry, Mr. Thad Per
ry, Mr. Gad hitaker and others. The
farmers who are interested in obtain
ing these seed should get in touch
with these men, or with the County
Agent, N. C. Shiver, Pittsboro, N. C.
In office on Saturdays and first
Mondays. •
AUXILIARY MEETS
The American Legion Auxiliary
met with Mrs. Cecil Lindley,. Janu
ary 20, Mrs. Bell president, presid
ing.
The meeting opened with allegi
ance to the Flag, after which Star
Spangled Banner and America, were
sung.
Treasurer reported $12.50 paid to
Mr. G. . Noe for the Flag Pole.
Mrs. Brewer, re-habilitation chair
man, read a letter from Howard
Shenk, thanking the auxiliary for
the Christmas box.
A letter was read from Mrs. Vass,
State president, giving the standing
committees. We are very proud to
have one of our members, Mrs. H.
A. London on the list.
Mrs. London then read the legis
lative program of the American Le- 1
gion for the 70th congress, advoca- j
ted by the Legion’s Paris convention.
It was decided to postpone the
Rummage Sale, until the weather is
better.
Summary of proceedings 7th Na
tional onvention of American Legion
Auxiliary was read.
We were very glad to have Miss
Pauline Taylor as guest at this meet
ing.
The hostess, assisted by Miss Tay
lor, and little Virginia Hayes Lind
ley, served delicious refreshments.
Mrs. H. A. London invited the
Auxiliary to meet with her next
month.
otata uUmiy
The Chatham Record
| Washington Letter
Straws Point to Rift Between
President and Congress——
Other Differences
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.—Con
i' gress got into the jam-pot again last
j week while Mr. Coolidge was down
jin Cuba. The returning President,
| hastening home from the land of rum
Wrth nothing stronger than black
coffee m his system, found many a
sticky finger-print to show what the
errant legislature had been up to.
Washington looked, good to the
Coolidges after their long trip, but
the situation did not smell like a
rose garden. Something, indeed, ap
peared to have gone sour. It has
I become a habit- about this time every
winter lor Mr. Coolidge to get into
difficulties with congress or for con
to _ get into difficulties with
Mr. Coolidge. This year is no ex
ception. As yet the irritation is no
greater than that of a small grain
of dust in the eye; but it gives prom
ise of growing and of causing poli
tical tears.
For Mr. Coolidge is becoming al
most daily somewhat more unpopu
lar with the Seventieth congress and
the Seventieth congress is daily lead
; mg Mr. Coolidge’s goat a little far
ther from the white house. It was
! the same old story with the Sixty
i ninth congress and with the Sixty
i eighth congress, and unless there is
a change at heart, Vermont’s only
President stands a bully chance of
leaving the White House at the tail
end of a first class row with Capitol
Hill.
Last week congress strayed so far
from the administration’s policies as
to dally a bit with the idea of mak
ing the tariff all over again. The
Senate, by a vote of 54 to 34, noti
fied the House that it was in a mood |
to tinker with the tariff under the |
guise of fixing up rates to help the !
farmer. Democrats in the House
pricked up their ears and pranced in
verbal vigor for two eloquent days,
but the line, held firm and the Re
publican majority got them back in
the stable, 193 to 164—a squeaky
margin.
There is nothing in the whole wido
world that Mr. Coolidge has less
use for today than a tariff fight. So
with the Republicans as a whole.
This is understood even by the gram
mar school pupils in Washington. The
mere fact that congress would con
sider the idea was a somewhat stun
njiig manifestation of how far apart
the paths of Congress and the White
House are diverging.
There was another thing, too, and
it concerned the Nicaraugan mess.
Mr. Coolidge sees nothing extraordi
nary in sending a batch of marines
South to protect American and for- j
eigp lives. It has been done dozens I
of times in the past. But congress |
is getting fairly well heated up over
that situation and it mav be that
the fire can’t be put out this time.
Borah and others promise a sweep
ing investigation—whatever that
means.
As Mr. Coolidge sees it, congress
is tending to trip down the primrose
path on still another thing—farm
relief. He has twice vetoed the dose
prescribed by McNary-Haugen et al,
but it looks as if he might have to
sink a veto for the third and last
time on the same old business all
over again this year.
Then the little matter of building
a big navy is sticking a bit in a crop
or two in Washington, Mr. Cool
idge, with a frugal eye to another
possible arms conference, wants some
discretion about the time for com
pleting the building program. Last
week the House committee, by 15 to
1, voted to lift all discretion from
his shoulders and not only say how
but when the 40 odd fighting ships
should be built. The “when” con
templates the entire new navy in
commission not less than 'eight years
hence.
Squabbles, like misfortunes, sel
dom come singly, so there are still
other little spat causes between the.
two ends of Pennsylvania Avenue.
Senate apparently wants to spend
$250,000,000 rebuilding a govern
ment-owned fleet of merchant ships
and thereafter to operate them in
the name of Uncle Sam. Operation,
the ship sharks say, would cost $35,-
000,000 a year to the treasury, with
everything considered. The President
is against the idea of government in
business, especially in the shipping
business. Here again, the fat’s in
the fire.
A minor irritant is the tax bill.
The Senate committee last Week de
cided to do nothing until after March
15. Immediately the treasury mail
ed out the income tax blanks—near
ly 20 tons of them. Mr. Coolidge
is represented as having wanted this
cleared up in time for the new rates
to apply to last year’s business. He
also wanted congress to Tepeal the
inheritance tax, let the excise taxes
alone, reduce the corporation rate
to not less than 12 per cent and cut
the middle surtax rates. The House
—where the Republicans have a good
, majority—just laughed at the idea
j and went ahead, doing nothing as
the President wanted in any of these
particulars. And now comes the
Senate and sits on the whole busi
ness for nearly three months.
Obviously, some things are going
stale in the state of Denmark. No
noses are now being held, but if
this sort of business keeps up, one
can imagine a rottenness not far
away.
The next logical step in the pa
rade of cross-purpose would seem to
be an open break between Coolidge
and congress over one or more ma
jor issues. It may come at any time.
There were other developments at
PITTSBORO, N. C., CHATHAM COUNTY, THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 1928
jChathamites Involved
In Automobile Thefts
Thr j? ,° f Coi ™ tuait T Among « Dozen In
dicted Here Last Week on Charge off Stealing Or Re
ce*™« S lO1 ** of Activities
of Alleged Band of Trafficker* In Stolen
Car* Ohrer Tw» or Tkeee State*
To* Be Cealcfecl Here;.
HELD FOR MAY TERM OF COURT
Claude E. Jones, Frank Scott, J. B. Powers of Bennett, Chat
hamites Involved, But Claim Themselves a* Only
Innocent, Purchasers;.
It seems that alleged members of
the band of automobile thieves whose
activities were recently reported! in
this paper are to have to face Judge
Nunn in Superior court at Pittsboro
at the May term, on the ground of
evidence of activities in and about
Bennett, in the extreme southwest,
ern part of this county.
The grand jury last week found a
true bill against an even dozen; of
young men of Randolph,
and other counties for larceny, re
ceiving stolen goods, and criminal
conspiracy. Three of the indicted
men are Frank Scott, C. E. Jones,
and J. B. Powers of Bennett or the
immediate section. The other men
are Ben Presnell of Seagrewe,. Lar
kin Presnell of Hemp, Paul Payne
of High Point, Elize Cox of Abner,
Bill Payne, Bob Grier, Colin Fox,
| and Red Harrow.
It will be recalled that the almost
I fatal wounding of one Culler and
his subsequent turning of state’s
evidence revealed a far-extended
field of activities in stolen cars.
Representatives of the state auto
mobile department have investigat
ed many of the statements of Cul
ler and have found them correspon-
I with known facts. Numerous
cars have been recovered. It is
stated by state investigators that
blank deeds for titles, dies for chan
ging engine numbers, bogus bills of
sale principally from Tennessee and
Florida, and other equipment for j
giving the purchaser of the stolen j
machines apparently bona-fide titles;
have been taken from members of !
the band.
It seems that the band of marau- i
ders have favored practically neyv
Fords, Chryslers and Buicks, as most
of the cars alleged to have been
stolen by members of the band be
long to those classes.
Furthermore, it is thought that j
the group of men have not confined |
themselves to thefts of automobiles, ■
but may be responsible for recent j
bank robberies and other hold-ups.
But such suspicions do not rest upon
Messrs. Jones, Powers and Scott,
who only bought cars of the gang
under the forged titles and deemed
by men who know them as innocent j
victims of the Culler and Presnell:
gang, and as evidence of the case
with which they may have been de
ceived is cited the fact that the
false titles were passed upon by the
state automobile department and
were not questioned till after Cul
ler’s confession.
The three Bennett men are con
sidered men of the highest probity
by men who have long known them,
and it is declared that the linking i
up of these innocent purchasers of
stolen cars with the activities of the
gang is an outrage. Mr. Jones is
manager of the Ford agency at Ben
nett and, naturally, when without
cars from the factory, as has been
the case for nearly a year, was glad
to secure cars for his trade, and as
justification for his purchase of such
cars it is further pointed out that
was -it is well, known that Florida
Washington during the week, though
they were dwarfed by the growing
rift between congress and the Presi
dent. The State Department lifted
its three-year prohibition on Ameri
can bankers against floating new
French securities here. This was ex
plained as a goodwill gesture. Soon
there will be a batch of French
bonds or stocks offered investors in
New York and other American cities
the capital hears.
The nation’s electric light, power,
railway, traction, insurance, tele
phone, telegraph and other utility
interests are nervous over what the
Senate may possibly do to them
in investigation proposed by Senator
Walsh of Montana. So they held
hearings last week to map the scope
of any investigation that may be or
dered. And, of course, neither the
Senate committee nor the utilities
were satisfied.
Postmaster General New would
nail a floor some 30 feet over the
railroad yard at Union Station and
make a mammoth landing field for
mail planes. Senator Joe Robinson
and Tom Helfin barked long and
ioud at each other in the Senate
over Heflin’s somewhat clownish di
atribes against the “Pope of Rome.”
The resolutions to bar Smith of Ill
inois from the Senate was whacked
into final shape, and the Interstate
Commerce Commission, after a long
survey, reached the conclusion that
it ought to regulate the truck and
bus lines that cross state boundaries.
Secretary Hoover addressed the
Dyers and Cleaners in national con
vention. The subject of bis address
was “Keep up the good Work.” Sey
mour Lowman, the treasury chief-;
has the source- of & great supply of
second-hand, cars because of the
burst, land.: boom- and the sale of
cars by stranded visitors to that
state;.
Mr.. Powers,, the' Record is infor
med. was,formerly connected with the
Bennett Motor Company, of which
Jones; is. the head, but because of
the ! inactivity of. the* interregnum in
the Ford business was out of em
ployment and was; willing to do a
little private in such cars
as came* his way.. He? too bought one
;or more cars, as did Mr. Scott, but
all three 1 claim that they were im
posed upon, by the* fake titles*. which
as pointed out above, passed the
inspection, of the' state department
As the case, involves all stealers,
sellers, and; buy era. of the stolen cars
in a charge of criminal conspiracy
and as the state wished an investi
gation- andi trial as early as possible
and as there- would, be no court in
Randolph until March; it was decid
ed to include- the' Randolph men and
other members; of. the- alleged gang
in a trial here ini Pittsboro. But
the action has had the effect of ,
making; Chatham appear to be the
center of the activities of the band,
when as a matter of fact only a few
cars were sold to citizens in a com
munity on the extreme border of
this county.
Hon.. Walter D< Siler, assistant at
torney-general, is slated to help So
j licitor C. L.. Williams prosecute the
j members of the alleged gang of
; thieves, and was here with a member
of the state automobile department
last week helping round up the evi
dence for presentation to the gand
jury.
Whatever of injustice and unde
sirable publicity may have have been
given to Messrs. Powers, Jones, and
Scott by the concentration of char
ges in this county, the affair is cal
culated to make the May term of
court here one of considerable in
terest, and will doubtless bring- many
spectators, as well as witnesses and.
attorneys, here for the trial.
Not all of the indicted parties had
been arrested at the time of the
indictment. Bond for the three
Chathamites was fixed at $2500 each
and for others arrested, except Pay
ne, Grier, and Fox, of whom $lO,-
000 bonds were demanded.
Where The Tug Comes
The tug will come between Jones
and the Presnells, it is rumored. The
Presnells are expected to swear that
j the Bennett Motor Company folk
j were the rouges and they are the
I innocent sellers for them. On the
| other hand, it should seem easy to
i prove that the Bennett folk were the
victims of this Pi-esnell bunch.
There are about a dozen cars invol
ved. Jones sold four bought from
the Presnells, he claims, and endor
sed the papers in the sale of the
rest so that the Presnells might get
the cash through the Piedmont Credit
Company. There is the rub. It is
a matter of character, and Jones has
it, or at least the best kind of repu
tation.
tain in charge of prohibition work
—whose right arm weared last sum
mer from writing out discharges for
dishonest employees—was kept in
the nervous seat by a Senate that
put off the business of confirming
him on his job.
And as a fitting climax, a naval
vessel assigned to junket a party
of congressmen and Senators from
Washington to Norfolk, got stuck in
the Potomac river mud, while the
soloiis waited; Speaking of- mud,
Engineer Arthur Mason of CHicago
informed the House flood commit
tee that there used to be 640 billion
fishing worms in the State of Illi
nois and frhat unless something was
done to protect their survivors from
floods, the good old State would nev
er again be what she used to be.
Goldston Items
The members of the Eastern Star
will entertain the members of the
Masonic Lodge and their wives of
Gulf, Friday evening at the town
hall.
We are sorry to learn that Mr.
W. L. Goldston’s health is not so
good, and is taking treatment in a
hospital. We wish for him a speedy
recovery.
Those who were honored by get
ting on the honor roll last month
are the following:
Fourth grade—Herbert Watson.
Third grade—Clwaude haffin.
Seventh Grade—Fola Burns and
Irene Hilliard.
Monday we began the sixth month
of the school year. School will close
j early in April.
Court Proceedings
Cases Disposed of And Not Re
ported In Last Week's
Record
Will Davis, misappropriation of
coal, plead guilty; judgment suspen
ded upon payment of costs.
Odell Pugh, plea of nolo conten
dere to. whi^ey.charge; costs.
AUie Baldi&n .plead‘guilty to pos
session of booze-r-six months on the
roads, but judgment suspended upon
payment of costs .and good behavior.
Connell Willioifts plead guilty to
whiskey charge, 12 months on road.
Ed Glover, plead guilty to liquor
charge, costs. William Rives and
Bieves, roads for whiskey
making.
Walker Harris, judgment suspend
ed on. payment of costs and during
good behavior.
Rob Farrington, six months on the
roads on liquor charge.
Thomas Mitchell pays SSO and cost
for driving- car while drunk.
Ray Peoples—penitentiary 18 mos.
on two liquor charges.
Sam Smith, roads 6 months, liquor
charge.
E. H. Perry—roads 6 months.
George Alston appeals; bond of
SIOOO on liquor charge.
Bob Pugh, year in pen on liquor
charge.
Morris Farrington—roads 6 mos.
on larceny charge.
Robert Burnett, roads 6 months,
larceny.
William Lewter, not guilty.
Celeste Alston, road 12 months,
cutting affray. Judgment suspend
ed upon payment of costs and S2OO
for Nathan Alston. Nol pros, as to
Nathan Alston.
John Griffin, six months, liquor
eharge
Lacy Short, liquor, $lO and cost, j
(Mr. Short’s home was burned the !
very next day after this trial.)
Hoyle Bynum, abandonment, SSO
and costs.
Isham roads eight
months, liquor charge.
Bill Rieves road sentence changed
to a fine of S4OO and costs.
Leonard Burns, 60 days on road
driving car while drunk.
, E. H. Perry's sentence changed to
begin March 1; bond of SIOOO.
Geo. R. Leach, SSO and costs.
The trials of four divorce cases
were slipped in during the term.
Dossie Bone gets Vvorce from Lula
Bone; Mary Howard released from *
Jim Howard; Thomas Chavis gets
free from Mary Ann Chavis; L. L.
Brooks from Grace Montgomery
Brooks.
overTnnewhope
The Editor Visits Homes In
New Hope Township—ln
creases Mailing List
For quite a while we have been
desirous of visiting some of the good
homes of New Hope township, get
ting acquainted with the pepole, and I
building up the Record list.
It was late Friday when, accom
panied by Mr. J. R. Goodwin, who
knows all the people, the roads and
even the footpaths, it seems, of
that section, we set out for work
beyond Moore's bridge. But before
reaching that point we waylaied Mr.
Leonard Hatly, who was bringing a
load of fine cedar to town and put
his name upon the Record list.
Right beyond the river is the home
of Mrs. J. A. Thomas, aged 75, a sis
ter of Commissioner C. D. Moore,
and it was a real treat to stop and
chat with her a few minutes. She
has a host of sons, daughters and
grandchildren, but seems good for
several years yet. She started off
the list in New Hope for the day,
which, despite a very late start, in
creased 15 in a few hours, includ
ing the names of J. Q. Eubanks, A.
D. Burgess, Mrs. D. E. Bowling, J.
G. Goodwin, T. J. Harwood, P. J.
Harwood, L. J. Harwood. K. T. Mit
chell, R. L. Dean, G. H. Mason, J.
T. Mills, F. B. Horton, J. T. Horton,
and a complimentary copy for Bell’s
school reading room.
That section reminds one of the
coastal plains, and is more like Samp
son county lands than thdse about
Pittsboro. The coastal plains eith
er jut up into northeast Chatham,
or rather the piedmont penetrates
the line of the coastal belt here be
tween the Haw and Deep river. The
lands are sandy and produce crops
like good old Sampson, tobacco being
the chief, money crop.
It was a pleasure to stop and
chat, if for only a few moments,
with the good citizens of that sec
tion and to meet the ladies of the
homes. We feel more as if we real
ly know the people when we have
seen them at home.
Mr. D. M. Burgess has a fine lit
tle farm. His daughter is teaching
on route 2, and John acted as mail
boy in carrying a letter ready for
the route 1 man. At Mr. D. E. Bow
ling’s we found a sad state of af
fairs. Mrs. I. R. Seymour, mother
of Mrs. Bowling, was desperately
ill of pneumonia. She has been an
invalid for several years and this
acute illness threatened the end of
the life of this good woman. Three
or four daughters were with their
mother, including Mrs.. Holleman
who had come down with her hus
band from Durham.
At Mr. J. G. Goodwin’s we learn
of the marriage of his son, Garland
on new year’s day to Miss Esther
Wellington, of Fairmont, Robeson
county. They came home for a
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VOLUME SO, NUMBER 19 -
Presnells and Payne
- In The Chatham Jail
Payne, Harcrow, Colin and El.
. zie Cox Not Yet Arreited
—Trial In May .
After a preliminary trial of Ben
Presnell at Asheboro for shooting
Albert Culler, the fellow who tur
ned States evidence and told of the
! activities of the band of automobile
t ; thieves, and the failure of Presnell
- to give the SIO,OOO bond required.
» he and Boyd Presnell and Paul Pay
ne were turned over by Randolph
‘ co H nt y authorities to Sheriff Blair
[ and Deputy |Desern of this county
and were .brought to Pittsboro and
lodged m j*ul to await trial at the
Mayrierm of court upo n the sever
al charges of the indictment found
t>y the Chatham grand jury last
week. *.
C. H. TEAGUE LOSES LIFE
IN FALL FROM A BRIDGE
j* S’ league, r* brother of
rloyd Teague, who lives a few miles
from Pittsboro, and a son of Gilmer
Teague, formerly of this county but
now living .at Carrboro, died in a
Henderson hospital Friday as a con
sequence of a fall of about 35 feet
from a bridge which he was helping
construct over Green River.
Mr. Teague had been working on
tne bridge as a carpenter since Oc
j tober. His fall was due, it was said,
to a mistep. This is the second
death to occur in connection with
the building of the Green river
; bridge.
MONCURE BANK COMING
The Express is informed that al
, though in operation only a few
i months it has deposits to the
amount of more than SIOO,OOO. This
is a splendid showing and is con-
I vincing evidence that somebody is
pushing the business.— Sanford Ex
press.
CONGRESSMAN E. W. POU
FAVORS TARIFF REVISION
By Helms News Service
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.—Repre
sentative Edward William Pou of
North Carolina voted in the house
last week with his Democratic col
leagues in favor of reopening the
- tariff schedules for downward re
vision in the interest of farm re
lief. The move, however, was de
feated by the Republican majority,
183 to 164, but not until after the
Senate had adopted a resolution ex
pressing its views that such a re
vision was desirable at the present
time.
Mr. Pou, one of the House vet
erans,, is devoting virtually his en
tire time to the heavy duties placed
upon him by his committee assign
ments and is not taking- an active
part in the debates on the floor of
the House. Most of the work of
i Kimbalton News
Mrs. J. H. Overby and little daugh
ter, Billy, spent Wednesday in Ral
eigh visiting friends.
Miss Cecil Seawell spent the week
end in Hamlet with friends.
Mr. Albert .Mims of Raleigh, was
in Brickhaven several days during
the week as the guest of his par
ents. Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Mims.
Miss Mary Lee Utley, who is
spending some time at her home here
supplied Monday for Miss Cecil Sea
well, principal of the school, who
with her brother, Mr. J. C. Seawell
attended the funeral of Mr. Bascom
Cagle at Carthage.
Miss Pauline Brown visited her
sister in Pittsboro during the week
end.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Lawton have
been spending several days with Mrs.
Lawton’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.-. A.
F. Harrington.
Mr. C. S. Harrington and Mr; Will
Griffin returned from Currituck last
Wednesday and reported a wonder
fully successful trip. The party
brought back a supply of geese and
ducks for the neighbors, to convince
them of the genuineness of the re
port.
Mrs. A. R. D. Johnson and’ Mr.
Arthur Johnson of Raleigh spent a
few hours in the village with friends
Monday.
Few realized how dependent we
were on a small bridge for commu
nication with the outside world un
till the collapse of the structure over
Shaddock’s Creek Wednesday.
A. C. P. and L. truck with trans
formers and several barrels of oil
started over and hearing the bridge
crack the driver hastened his speed,
managing to get the front of his
truck to safety when the pile top
ped into the creek, leaving the truck
suspended at an angle. A crew of
men worked most of one night to
extricate it. All traffic was de
toured by Corinth making the dis
tance to Moncure about fourteen
miles. A temporary bridge has been
put in place which strikes terror into
the hearts of some who are called
on to cross it but we understand a
steel bridge will be put into place
for permanent use. Since the build
ing of the Cape Fear Steam plant
this road has come to be one of the
most heavily travelled in the county
and the public has long- considered
the ramshackle affair dangerous and
are glad to have its career ended with
no loss of life.
It costs a man a lot to live u*>
to his ideals. That’s the reason,
many a ma n can’t afford to get marr
! ned.