ESTABLISHED SEPTEMBER 19,1878
P-T Association
Has Fine Meeting
Its Record cf Achievements
During the Pact Has
Been Rerrrr-Fa 7 ;!^
The Parent Teacher Association
held its regular session Friday eve
ning, February 4th at 7:30. Th?
attendance was splendid and the
program entertaining. The reports
from various chairmen signified ac
tivity along many lines of endeavor.
Among accomplishments spoken of
vvere: Financial aid to teachers a.
Christmas in furnishing treats ana
gifts to children; sales of candy and
narcissus bulbs; purchasing suitable
pictures and a waste basket for firs*
grade room; a bulletin board for
second grade; tne planting of shrubs
around the school building was re
ported. Supt. Thompson and the
President spoke in appreciation of
all who helped in the selling and
mentioned especially Miss Maggie
Horne.
The meeting took sympathetic
cognizance of the bereavement of
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Norwood who
have lost a splendid son and of Mr.
and Mrs. J. VV. Griffin, who have
lost a beloved daughter since our
last meeting.
A vote 01 sympathy was extended
to Mr. Joe Moore and family on ac
count of the severe illness of Mrs.
Moore.
The most pleasing program of the
school year was given by the firs
and second grade teachers who pre
sented their children in some of
their regular school work. Many
who are not familiar with the pro
gress of small children received a
most pleasant surprise when they
found that wee ones can read and
spell words of some difficulty.
Those who appeared were:
First grade: Nannie Johnson.
Faydine Johnson, Lula Foushee Hin
ton, Betty Billy, J. A. Farrell, Fle
tcher Mann, Elizabeth Johnson, Bil
ly Tatum.
Secon dgrade: James Everettc
Bryan, Jewell Copeland, Vivian Rid
dle, Aline Bryant, Thomas Bland,
William Womble, Virginia Bland,
Jewell Copeland, Zilphia Ellis, Or
mand Pickard, Lilly Mae Poe, Vir
ginia Overacre, Stella White.
The third grade presented a mo
tion picture show on the subject of
health, which showed a great deal of
work on the part of the teacher and
which called the attention of child
ren to routine health rules in an at
tractive way.
Principal Waters spoke of his ob
jectives to raise the standards of
honor concerning cheating in
school, of reading good magazines
and of school attendance. He ask
ed the cooperation of all citizens
and parents in these mattefS.
Mrs. W. P. Horton, Secretary.
NECK AND NECK
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Hog Feeding Contest Over at
Goldston Looks as if it is
Going to be a Tie-Up
Arrangements have been made
with the Seaboard Railway for the
loading of a car of Poultry at Pitts
boro the afternoon of March 1, and
the morning of March 2. Cash will
be paid to farmers at the car door
for Poultry, and prices will be an
nounced later in the Chatham Re
cord.
The Agent is gratified to see the
unusual interest manifested by Chat
ham county farmers in Lespedeza
seed. An order for 27 bushels for
six farmers was sent in chis week,
and a total of seventy-five farmers
have already ordered 3,000 pounds;
(120 bushels of this seed). The
goal that has been set in this work
is a thousand acres in lespededa in
Chatham county during the winter
and spring of 1928. and at the rate
the orders are coming in now, we
believe that this figure will be rea
ched. The Agent has also ordered a
car load of soy beans to be delivered
at Pittsboro. The exact date will
be announced later. Farmers are
urged to obtain their beans at this
time, as prices are advancing.
Messrs. N. J. Dawkins of Goldston
and W. B. Straughan, two farmers
who are conducting hog feeding
demonstrations with the Agent have
entered upon the last feeding month.
These porkers will be marketed in
March. To date, the two contest
ants seem to be neck and neck, as
so far as the race for most pounds
per herd is concerned. The hogs
in Mr. Dawkins herd are heaviei
than those of Mr. Streughan’s but
they weighed more when the dem
onstration was begun. With pork at
10 cents per pound, the records show
that the corn fed to these hogs is
paying these two men over three
dollars per bushel.
Three poultry meetings and dem
onstrations "were held by the agent
and Mr. C. F. Parrish of State col
lege this week, at the farms of Mr.
J- W. Dark in the Gum Springs
community, Mr. P. A. Thomas in the
Tenter Church community, and Mr.
Simon Burke in the Hanks Chapel.
At the farm of Mr. Thomas, eighty
five birds were handled and twenty
seven were found to be culls. The
fttajor points touched, at these meet
ings were, feed arid care of broil
ers, feed, care, housing etc of lay
ing hens, and marketing.
N. C. SHIVER,
County Agent.
In office Saturdays and on first
Mondays.
iRe Chatham Record
School Truck Turns
Turtle Last Friday
lalfJ oedad Truch Tyrras Ov
er, Driver Dan
gerous Injuries
What might have easiiy been a
T.tal accident occurred last Friday
morning as the sciiooi truck unveil
oy Emory Dark was g a tne ring up
axe load of school chudl’en in the
northwestern part of the Pittsboro
wustnet turned over*'
the accident was due, it was
-bought, to a broken radius rod. For
tunately, the truck was not moving
very rapid.y. Emory Lark, the driv
er, son of Mr. Zeb Dark, wag worst
hurt, receiving two or three severe
cuts. Mrs. E. E. Cheek, who had
got upon the truck with her chil
dren to come to Pittsboro also suf
fered a shock and was first thought
to be severely hurt about the back.
This is the first important accident
to any of the Pittsboro trucks, and
this accident seems to have been
the fault of no one in particular.
Mr. Permenter, truck mechanic,
haa to doctor the truck itself; while
De Chuppin attended to the hur: j
passengers.
MONCURE ITEMS '!
I
We are very sorry to state the
death of Mr. T. B. Maddox which oc
curred at Sanford hospital yester
day morning. He had been in de
clining ,'heaith for the last few
months.
Mr. Maddox was one of the lead
ing merchants of the town and for
a long time he was connected with
saw milling and he and his brother,
xVir. Calvin Maddox was aiso of the
firm of ”‘Orreli-Matidox Lumber
company.”
He was a member of Moore Union
j Christian church, near his old home
where he was reared, but he atten
ded church and Sunday school at
the Methodist church regularly and
contributed to its support. He will
be missed at this church especially,
as a member ox the choir. His he.p
in the music and presence at the
Methodist church will always be ap
preciated and remembered by the
members of this church.
Many of his friends and relatives
from here attended the funeral ser
vices at Moore Union Christian
church this afternoon 2:30 o’clock.
Mr. Cecil Lindley of Pittsboro,
was demonstrating the new Ford i :
town one day last week.
Moncure girls basketball team
played Jonesboro team last Friday
evening. The score was 23 and 3
in favor of Moncure.
Mrs. H. G. Self, a member of
the school faculty spent a part of
last week with her mother who is
sick near Siler City.
Mr. Noel of Jonesboro, was in
town today on business.
Mr. Lee Crow of Gastonia was in’
town looking for a location for a
poultry farm.
Mr. and Mrs. Harvy Pratt of Tic
onderga, N. Y., who spent several
months here this winter, returned
i to their home in New York State
j last Tuesday.
Rev. Jesse Blalock filled his ap
pointment at the Baptist church here
Sunday, both morning and evening.
Mr. Blalock’s sermons are always
enjoyed. He was the guest of Mr.
j and Mrs. J. B. Powers while here,
j We are sorry to hear that Mrs.
i 11. R. Stedman has pneumonia and
: also to hear that little Miss Nellie
I Womble has pneumonia at this writ
| ing. We hope that they both will
\ soon be well again.
RAINEY MAKES FOURTH
LODGE IN JAIL IN 3 DAYS
It was rather expected that Sher
| iff Blair would bring W. T. Rainey
j from the jail in Wentworth when
! he brought Grady Pugh and Nettie
j Jackson. But he didn’t. However,
!he and Deputies Desern, Andrews
| and Nooe went up Friday and brot
; the young man in. He is another
supposed to be connected with the
! bank robbery, is, in fact, said to
| have been positively identified as
! the driver of the car in which the
, Bennett bank robbers escaped, a,nd
j is supposed to have been associated
! with Pugh and the Jackson woman
jin the robbery of the Reidsville
jewelry store.
The owner of the car taken from
Pugh when arrested at Re'dsville
has been identified as that of E. F.
l Lucan of Greensboro, vMe i was
~ stolen from a Green-bore rtreet. The
j same car has be~-V ident'Cied by an
,' Elon College rt der-t rs the one
in which the robbers cf the Elon
i bank reds ‘n.
| Several : or~ vapp-sedly involved
; in the car steMinj are being sought,
and if caught will find lodging in
John Burns’ hoste’iy. The prospects
are for one of the biggest trials in
many a day when the May term of
court arrives. The state has chosen
to prosecute the bunch in Chatham
court, and the trial will bring wit
nesses here from far and near, and
i probably a bunch of defending law
i yens.
RALEIGH MAN TAKES OWN
LIFE WHEN WIFE LEAVES
RALEIGH, Feb. 6. —Search was
i started today for Mrs. Hazel Wom
ble, formerly of Gainesville, Fla.,
following the suicide of han hus
band, Charles E. Womble, here.
Saturday, Mrs. Womble drove off
in her father-in-law’s automobile as
an aftermath of domestic trouble
: the same day, and no trace of her
has been found since.
PITTSBORO, N. C., CHATHAM COUNTY, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9 1928
Washington Letter
Scintilating Review of The
Happenings at the National
. Capital Last Week
By WILLIAM F. HELM, Jr.
(Wash. (Jor. of The Rec.ord)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.—A run
away congress snot down the road
last week, liaising a cloud of poli
tical dust, with the bit in its teeth
and astraddle the trace, it lit out
for parts known only to itself. And
all ihe “whoaing” of the dignified
Y ermqfr.'t gentleman holding the
reins, ail his pulling back upon them
all his application of the brakes,
failed to slacken the pace or keep
the wagon out of the ruts.
The off horse, sometimes called
the House of Representatives, gen
tled a bit under the pressure. But
the headstrong Senate kept on. They
say there was strong language back
in the wagon and private cussing in
other administration quarters. May
be so; it didn’t rise above the clam
or. Bystandei 9 saw only unruffled
calm and a smile, the spectacle of
a team hitting It up for the Promis
| ed Land with the driver seemingly
undisturbed, not exactly enjoying the
' thing, but pleasant and affable so
i long jas he had it on his hands.
Over in the Senate, where the
| nominal Republican majority of two
' has melted into the thinness of the
rainbow, they did the following- un
pleasant things to Mr. Cpolidge’s
program of quiet, Sunday-like gov
ernment of peace and economy:
Passed, 53 to 31, the Jones res-
I olution forbidding the sale of the
i government-owned merchant marine,
or any part, except upon unanimous
vote of the Shipping Board.
Considered the LaFollette resolu
tion disapproving a third term for
the President.
Reported out favorably Senator
Walsh’s resolution to investigate the
public utilities, after first clipping
its wings.
Tock up the Johnson resolution
to investigate the coal strike in
union bituminous fields.
Considered • another resolution to
pry into telephone rates and finan
ces.
There were other minor irritants,
too. One of these was the growing
fear that, after all, there* might hot
be any tax reduction at this session
of congress. The treasury leaders
do not cheer. They show a falling
off of nearly $50,000,000 in revenu
es thus far this fiscal year with an
increase of nearly $70,000,000 ih
spending—a span of $120,000,000;
as measured with the last fiscal
year’s showing up to this date. The
difference is on the wrong side, and
leaders now are beginning to won
der if anything will be left for a tax
cut.
In the House, leaders sought to
stem the growing movement toward
the rout of administration policies.
, They did succeed in putting to sleep
—-nobody knows for how long—the
attempt to revise the tariff. Speaker
Longworth, * Majority leader Tilson
and others came out strongly against
the Jones resolution adopted by the
Senate. They claimed to be able to,
hold the line. The naval building
program, altered in away displeas
ing L to the White House, was the
subject of daily committee hearings
Chairman Haugen of the agriculture
committee promised, too, to produce
more than 50 farm leaders who
want the equalization fee or nothing
in the forthcoming bill for farm
relief.
Further, the President’s policy on
flood control seems due to be kick
ed over in the House where senti
ment is growing in favor of having
the government assume all the cost
of the job. These manifestations of
independence came like a rash to
the surface, a token of what wax
happening beneath.
Politically, Republican House
members from California met and
endorsed Hoover without dissent.
Kansans endorsed their favorite son,
Senator Curtis, Lowden leaders pu£
in * two days fixing fences at the
capital. Senator Jim Reed of Mis
souri, addressing a women’s conven
tion, declared for a plenty big en
ough army and navy, meaningT pre
sumably, a considerably bigger one,
in both branches, than at present.
Senator Dave Reed of Pennsylvania
nearing the end of his first term,
, old the press he was going out to
j work for reelection.
The Willis campaign gave no sur
face indications of the skillfull ac
tivity in its behalf. Like an echo
of 1924, Mr. McAdoo spoke—at
Richmond —declaring that the fed
eral government ought to help the
states with money to enforce the
dry law. Hamilton Fish, Jr., of
New. York flirted with a vice-presi
dential boomlet bound in his general
direction.
President Coolidge, in serious vein,
told his assembled department and;
bureau heads that too big a tax cut
would be worse than none at all. ,
General Lord, the man who makes
up the budget, followed the Fresi-
I dent and lightened the occasion with
anecdote. He told about the parrot,
brought home by a proud purchaser,
only to be cooked by a wife who
thought it was for the family din
ner. “Why that bird could speak
nine languages,” the husband said in
dismay. “Then why didn’t it say
something?” the wife asked.
General Lord wants to economize
in little things. Paper clips, for in
stance, on which more than $3,000
was saved last year. This year Gen
eral Lord wants to have government
clerks stop using paper clips for
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BUNDLE DAY i
A Chance to Help the Needy
of the County With Gifts
of Clothing
Mrs. R. H. Hayes, a member of
the. county welfare board, authori
zes us to announce next Friday, to
morrow, Feb. 10, as “Bundle Day.'’
She requests all Pittsboro people who
have clothing that will serve for the
comfort of needy children, men, or
women, to wrap them up in bundles
and place them on their door steps,
or piazzas, where they may be tak
en up by some one who will make
a canvass of the town Friday.
Persons living outside Pittsboro
may bring their contributions to her
or leave them with Supi. Thompson
at the court house.
She has a list of persons who real
ly need such contributions.
CORINTH NEWS
The Sunday school met at Mr. B.
M. Dickens last Wednesday night to
practice the new songs. All enjoyed
the evening very much.
Messrs. E. V. Dickens and Reese
Cotton made a trip to Hamlet Sun
day.
Misses Lelia Justice and Ila Cham
pion attended teachers’ meeting at
Pittsboro Saturday.
Mr. Brock Johnson of Garner
made a short call in the home of
Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Harrington last
Sunday.
Mr. Stamey Jeffries and family
made a trip to Carbonton Sunday to
carry Mrs. Jeffries’ sister home, who
has been visiting here for a few
days.
The people are glad to welcome
Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Wicker, who
has recently foved in the heme with
Mrs. Wicker’s mother, Mrs. L. H.
Mims.
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Horton spent
the week end in Wendell.
An interesting game of basket
ball was played between Moncurq
and Corinth Saturday afternoon. The
score was Id to 18 in favor of Cor
inth.
HARPER-HINSLEY
The marriage of Mr. Wade Har
per and Miss Clara Hinsley was a
great surprise to many friends when
it was learned that they were quiet
ly married at Raleigh, Saturday
evening,' February 4th at four o’-
clock. No friends were present to
witness the ceremony except the
bride’s sister, Mrs. C. .N. Dillard, of;
Raleigh. —Both Mr. and Mrs, Har
per are from this township. They
will make the home at the bride's
parents for a short time.
USE SOYBEAN VARIETY
SUITED TO SECTION
There is a variety of soybean suit
ed to most any section of North-
Carolina. Some of -the beans are
best, for seed, others are best for
hay and the wise farmer will plant
the .kind that fulfills the need on !
his place.
In the opinion of C. B. Williams,
head of the department of agronomy
at State college, four to six varie
ties should fill all requirements in
in any one locality. Very few soy
beans are now produced for oil.
Their main use is for seed, for hay
and for soil improvement purposes.
Soybean hay is one of the finest
legume hays that can be produced
in the State and ranks about equal
with alfalfa as a feed for dairy
cows. The man v/ho wants to pro
duce such hay will not wish to plant j
a variety that produces much seed
and but a small quantity of coarse
hay. Some of these things must be
considered in planting the soybean
crop this spring, states Mr. Williams.
In the coastal plain, Mr. Wil
liams recommends Laredo, Herman.
Mammoth Yellow, Tokyo, Biloxi and
Otootan, Tokyo, Herman and Mam
moth yel!ow r in the order named. For
grazing hogs, the Herman is a good
eariy bean; the Mammoth Yellow
and Tokyo desirable medium beans
and the Biloxi a good late bean.
The Mammoth Yellow, Herman and
Tokyo are three good beans for
planting in coin, for soil improve
ment and for oil.
In the Piedmont section, the Lar
edo, Herman and Virginia are good
beans for seed: the Laredo, Virginia
and Herman for hay; the Herman,
Mammoth Yellow and Tokyo for
grazing hogs and the Laredo, Her
man and Virginia for planting in
corn and for soil improvement.
In the mountain section, Mr. Wil
liams recommends the Virginia, Her
man, Southern Prolific, Laredo and
Dixie in the order named for seed;
the Laredo, Virginia and Herman
for hay; the Black Eyebrow and the
Dixie for eariy hog grazing; the
Herman and Southern Prolific for
late hog grazing and the Laredo,
; Herman, Southern Prolific and Vir-
J ginia for planting in corn and for
, soil improvements.
RECORD SHIPMENT OF
PEANUTS TO CHICAGO
Chicago, Feb. 7.—-What is said to
be the largest shipment of peanuts
ever made to one concern is now
in progress from Southern points to
a candy bar manufacturer here. The
consignment consists of 400 carloads
of shelled peanuts, weighing more
than 12,000,000 pounds, and repre
sents only a portion of the com
pany’s yearly requirements.
If the goobers in this movement
were laid end to end, they would en
circle the globe nearly two and a
third times, as they would make a
strip more than 57,000 miles long!
I Lockville Bridge Is
At Last Completed 1
Grading Completed’ on Lock- «
ville-Carroll Section of
Highway No. 50
(Sanford Express)
Beal Bros., who have been busy j 1
several months grading the six mile ;
link this side of Deep River on Fed- j
eral Highway No. 1, preparatory to ]
hard surfacing, will complete the 1
job this week. For several weeks ’
they have been busy blasting out a ’
hill over near the river. The new
.concrete bridge that has been con- :
structed across the river is now iin
ished and will be inspected by ( a 1
representative of the State Highway 1
Commission this week. The people 1
v/ho secured the contract for hard '•
surfacing the six mile link expect to
begin the preliminary work about
the 15th of March and begin the
work of putting down the concrete !
about the first of April.
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BRICK HAVEN NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Gorham of
Greensboro were guests of Mr. and
Mrs. C. H. Thompson lor the week
end.
Misses Seawell and Brown attend
ed the teachers’ meeting in Pitts
boro Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. James F. Johnson
of Raleigh were in the village lor
a few hours Wednesday afternoon.
Messrs Walter Utley and Zeb Har
rington, students at Elon College
spent the week-end here with their
parents.
Brickhaven regrets to lose from
their midst Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Wick
er' and son, Master Gordon Blake.
They have gone to make their home
in Corinth with Mrs. Wicker’s moth
er, Mrs. Mims, since the death of
Mr. Mims.
Miss Ruth Kennedy of Salem
Academy is expected home Wednes
day.
, Thursday evening at 7 o’clock at
the Brickhaven school there will be
given an oyster supper for the bene
fit of The Near East Relief. Come
and help in this worthy cause.
People passing over the tempor
ary bridge over Shaddock’s Creek
were last night greeted with the
awe inspiring spectacle of a truck,
with wheels in air, lying in the wa
ter. No, there were no catastrophes
due to the agility of the lone negrb
driver, who, trying to negotiate the
steep incline killed his engine and
finding his feet in the way endeav
oring to locate the brake, deserted
his craft for safer ground.
We are glad to see the steel
bridge so well under way and are
told it is to be completed in a few
days.
JOHNSON CITY NOTARY HELD
AS MEMBER OF AUTO THIEVES
PITTSBORO Kb. 6.—Daniel
White, whom officers said was a
notary public of Johnson City, Tenn.,
was in jail here today, charged with '
larceny and criminal conspiracy in
connection with the operations of
an alleged automobile theft gang in
this section recently.
White, whose arrest was brought
about by the North Carolina State
Automobile Theft Bureau, is charg
ed with handling titles on automo
biles stolen in North Carolina and
taken into Tennessee.
He will be given a hearing along
jwith seven alleged members of the
gang, in the near future, it v/as
stated,
BUILD COTTON REFUTATION
BY COMMUNITY ACTION
A reputation for producing good
cotton of a desirable quality and
staple may be secured through com
munity action. Reports from a num
ber of sections in North Carolina in
dicate that growers are beginning
to think along this line and are co
operating to see that only one va
riety of a standard cotton will be
grown in the future.
According to Dr. R. Y. Winters,
plant breeder and director of the
North Carolina Experiment station,
community cotton production is a
simple method of co-operation be
tween the growers of a community
by which they are able to produce I
larger quantities of uniform cotton, j
Its value has been demonstrated in j
a number of instances, yet the idea ‘
has not yet been generally adopted.
Dr. Winters gives four important*
benefits that come from community
effort of this kind.
Community production of one uni- j
form variety of superior quality j
makes possible the production of
uniform cotton in larger, quantities.
There is always a demand for such
staple.
It reduces the dangers of mixing
lint and seed at the gin and crossing
of varieties in the fields.
It gives the community an oppor
tunity to develop a reputation for
good, quality.
It will eliminate a great deal of
waste in time and material now
spent in classifying- and distributing
the cotton crop.
Growers of early May peas in
Halifax county have co-operated to
order 18,600 pounds of seed which
were bought at a saving at a sav
ing of 3 cents a pounds.
Farmers of Askewville community ,
of Bertie county recent’y ordered 36
tons of !magnesfum 7 nestone for j
use on their tobacco land.
VOLUME 50, NUMBER 21
A Tenneseean Joins
The Randolphians
State Officers Bring a John
son City Notary to the
Pittsboro Jail
If The Record had realized v/hat
was ahead, one article would have
served to tell of the filling ud of
the Chatham jail the past few days,
but as a prisoner would arrive, the
report was written and turned over
to the printers. And then another
would be brought in and another
item would be written.
The last to come, at this writing
Monday morning, is Daniel Walker
White, a Johnson ity, Tenn., notary
public, who is charged with having
handled title and -.legal papers on
automobiles stolen, in-North Carolina
and carried to Tennessee.
He was brought to Pittsboro by
State Officers Daniels and Coble
Sunday evening. There are now
seven or eight prisoners in jail, all
from beyond the boundaries of the
county, charged either with automo
bile stealing or bank robbing, and
perhaps some are under both char
ges.
It is probable that a preliminary
hearing will be given th_e alleged
members of the gang when the har
vest is completed, or as nearly so
as possible. The real trial will come
at the May term of court.
White had been aj: Raleigh sev
eral days, we understand, and was
brought from there to Pittsboro.
REORGANIZATION OF
THE CHATHAM BANK
Mr. J. J. Jenkins, who has recent
ly become district marshal, has been
elected president of the 'Chatham
Bank, while Mr. J. C. Gregson, for
mer president becomes chairman of
the board of directors. Mrs. C. C.
Brewer, as formerly announced, suc
ceeds Mr. Jenkins as cashier. Miss
Luta Headen, who has been with the
Bank several years, ha 3 been pro
moted to the position of assistant
cashier. The board of directors
consists of J. C. Gregson, J. J. Jen
kins, C. C. Brewer, Junus Wrenn, W.
A. Teague, L. Self. A. A. Self, W.
B. Teague, and J. M. Jordan.
A semi-annual dividend of 4 per
cent v/as declared. • ;
NEW FORD BRAKES NOT CON-.
. TRARY STATE REGULATIONS
Woodrow McKay, local Ford dea
ler states he has official informa
tion to the effect that the State
authorities of North Carolina will
take no steps to compel the Ford
Motor Company to change the brak
ing- system on th» new four-wheel
brake Ford models. Rumors that
the new Ford brakes do not conform
to state laws governing these safety
devices have been in circulation for
some time, according to Mr. McKay,
so inquiries have been made to as
certain the facts in the case.
At least six other makes of auto
mobiles using four wheel brakes
have the same system as the new
Ford. Mr. McKay said he had been
informed, and the state authorities
could not require .one manufacturer
to change without requiring the
same of others. The former brake
styles, before the advent of th° four
wheel brake, required that in addi
tion to the regular foot brake that
a car be provided with an emergen
cy brake. The emergency braking
has been done with a separate ap
pliance. In the new Ford models
the entire braking system is done
with the foot lever, but the four
wheel brakes used, it is said, are
fully effective for quick stopping as
the old emergency brakes and can
be applied more quickly.
New Hope Items
There seems to be an epidemic of
measles and mumps in this section.
Mr. Exum Mann and Miss Hilda
Lasater were married at the home
of Mrs. E. A. Johnson in Pittsboro,
Saturday, January 28. Rev. C. M.
Lance performed the ceremony. The
groom is a son of Mr. Marshall
Mann, and is one of the finest men
of the community. The bride is a
daughter of Mr. John Lasater, and
is a fine young woman.
Mrs. I. R. Seamore, who 'has been
an invalid for several years, died
at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Dawsey Bowling last week. The
immediate cause of her death was
pneumonia. The burial was at Mt.
Gilead Baptist church. The funeral
services were conducted by her pas
tor, Rev. R. R. Gordon. She leaves
several sons and daughters. Mrs.
Seamore was a most estimable wo
man. Before marriage she v/as a
Miss Ward, sister of Mr. W. 11.
Ward, of the Pittsboro community.
Miss Fannie Morgan, an elderly
lady who has been in ill health for
several years, died one day last
week and was buried at Martha’s
Chapel. At the time of her death
her brother Madison, with whom she
lived was desperately ill of pneu
monia. Also her brother William
was critically ill of the same disease
at the home of his daughter, Mrs.
Castleberry over in Wake county.
Mrs. Frank McCoy, who has been
ill was reported better Monday.
Mrs. F. C. Mann, who has
ill several months, was much -worse
Sunday.
Seventy-five farmers of coun
ty sold 3,507 pounds of poetry 60
dozen eggs and 24 pm-nds of cu~ed
ham foT* ?736.03. Tb : «; v/n« net
of $74.14 a-'ov • n !c_s offered
locally by hucksters.