North Carolina Newspapers

Thursday, April 19, 1928 TOWN & COUNTY BRIEFS Charlie Poe, who underwent an operation for appendicitis at Watts hospital ten days ago. is back home and convalescing satisfactorily, Mrs. Tames Crodon, accompanied bv Miss Essie Peterson, spent a few days in Raleigh last week, returning Saturday accompanied by Mr. Cor don. Bob Farrell is one of the candi dates that expects to have his fun ; n the campaign if it costs him a little money. See thp cartoon in his interest. It was drawn at the iirst trial by Lester Farrell. His many friends here regret that the illness of Rev. R. P. Eubanks of Charlotte prevented his visiting in Pittsboro last week and preaching at the Presbyterian church as scheduled. The Daughters of the Confeder acy will be entertained by Mesdames .1. M. Gregory, F. C. Mann, and G. \\ Blair at the home of Mrs. Gre gory Saturday afternoon. The meet ing' is called for 3p. m. Mrs. R. H. Hayes left Tuesday i fxernooM to attend the meeting of the Orange Presbyterial. The board of which she is a member, met Tues day night. Rev. Dr. Ben Lacy, of Richmond, is the preacher of the ses sion. regular sessions of the Presbvtenal were held at Buffalo church, near Sanford. Mesdames A. H. London ,and R. G. Shannonhouse left Tuesday to at tend the meeting of the Woman’s Auxiliary of the Episcopal church to be held at Tarboro. Mr. and Mrs. Harold H. Hackney of Greensboro were week end visi tors in the home of Mr. and Mrs. ,). W. Hackney. Mrs. Annie Hackney, of Baldwin township, is reported critically ill. Sh P is 75 years of age and is the mother of Mr. J. H. Hackney. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wall are now at Edonton, Ga., where Mr. Wall is with a bridge company. They will be down there until July. Mr. D. C. Beard, now living in Greeneville, was at home Sunday. Senator D. A. McDonald and D. A. Jr., of Carthage, were here Tuesday. Senator McDonald was a witness in the conspiracy case. There were so many visitors from a distance here the first days of court that it was not feasible to try to tell about them. We regret very much to learn of the serious illness of Mr. J. R. Bright, one of the most highly es teemed veterans in the county. Mr. Bright has been ill for three weeks but was thought to be slight ly better Monday. His friends hope for his recovery. Mr. Bright is nearly 83 years old. The rock crusher is fast making a pile of stone for the paving of the section of highway 90. It will prob ably be July, however, before work begins on the road. 0. M. Poe is building a warehouse in the rear of his store. Frost cut Irish potatoes, beans and tomatoes. It is hoped that the fruit has escaped. Apples had not blossomed. Mr. P. W. Glidewell, of Reidsville, who will represent Will Rainey in his trial for the robbery of the Bank of Bennett, was here Monday and will return Friday, the day for which the trial is set. Grady Pugh, held in jail in Graham for robbing both the Bennett and Elon banks, has fled to parts unknown. There are those who wonder how he got through a hole seven inches by elev en. it was toid that he soaped his body, but that later been denied. Evidently, he is slick enough to need no soaping. Election Officials Registrars and Pollholders are Chosen for Various Precincts of the County. The Chatham county election board, of which F. C. Mann is chair man, have appointed the following registrars and pollholders for the several precincts of th P county. The imst named is registrar. Albright, M. W. Duncan, J. Gee Smith, H. Z. ferry; Baldwin, K. H. Hackney, T. •b Hearne, J. D. Bowden; Buckhorn, j: E. Bross, T. H. Buchan, Alfred f' -hs; East Bear Creek, J. L. Mc 'Janus. Robert F. Phillips, J. L. Glos.-sou- West SL «Creek, E; R. Man ess, B. F. Scott, Charlie Terry; Cen ur, W. L. Johnson, J. W. Griffin, Herbert Farrell; GuH, Fred Knight, C- D. Martin, Walter Beal; Hadley, A. F. Whitaker, W. F. Jones, I. E. J* If: Haw River, W. H. Lassiter, A. ~• Hicks. W. B. Moore; Matthews. },■ R Elkins, R. S. Lane, W. R. \ ox ; Hickory Mountain, R. A. Brooks, F. M. Griffin, N. J. Dark; Merry Oaks, J. M. Craven, W. F. Danger. Exam Mann; Mt. Vernon, E- H. Foust, N. H. Heritage, H. W. •Johnson; New Hope, Raymond Las ;? r hR- Coneland, Walter Morgan; Oakland, C. M. Patiishall, .J. T. Grif r;n, •M. Burns; Richmond, F. C. Mraughan. D. T. Brooks. J. W. hillips; Williams, J. T. Mills, R. I. Dean, R. L. Williams. The last named is a Republican in p at ’h |rio. The voting place in • -amw n has been changed to the old , • Henderson store, now occupied b -v Billy Hamlet. MONCURE NEWS esterday was a dreary day. It «as indeed a cold Easter spell. It cmed colder last night. It hailed, and snowed and then rained, general mixture. Here*s hoping tbe Truit is not killed nor hurt. The fair day today was greeted with pleasure, although we are thankful for the lain and sunshine. Dr. and Mrs. Sowers of Jonesboro and Mrs. J. E. Cathell spent last week-end visiting relatives at Lex ington. Miss Virginia Cathell of Raleigh spent *ast week-end at home with her parents. The concrete mixer was unloaded her n last Saturday and carried over to Lee county to begin pouring con crete on Route 50. Born to Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Han non last Saturday, a girl. Mrs. Phoebe Womble has returned fiom a visit to hear her son’s at Meggetts, S. C. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Langley have moved into the Maddox houSp on Main street. Mr. and Mrs. John Bell, Jr., mo tored to Raleigh last Saturday on business. Mr. E. W. Edwards of Erwin was in town last Saturday on business. Moncure school will close April 25. Sunday A. M. April 22, in school auditorium at 11:15, baccalaureate sermon by Rev. Lindley, High Point. Tuesday night, April 24th, eight o’clock Junior play. Wednesday night, April 25th La terary address by Dr. Chas E. Brew er. President of Meredith college, and senior graduating exercises. The present town officers met with the citizens of the town last Tuesday evening and nominated the following officers: Mr. W. B. Moore, mayro; Messrs. Moody Womble, W. W. Langley J. J. Ray and V. H. Hilliard, commissioners. Miss Ruth Kennedy, who has been at home two weeks, on account of her father’s sickness, went back to Winston last Sautrday to resume her studies. We are glad that Mr. Ken nedy is improving. RUPTURE SHIELD EXPERT COMING E. J. Meinhardi, of Chicago, the well known expert, wlil personally be at th P Sir Walter Hotel, Raleigh. N. C.. on Sunday and Monday. April 22 and 23, from 10 a. m. to 3 p. m. daily. Air. Meinhardi says: He will be nleased to demonstrate “The Mein hardi Vacuum Rupture Shield'’ for the relif and cure of rupture to all gentlemen who call on him during th p above stated office hours. The largest and most difficult cases are especially solicited. There is no charge for demonstration. Only gentlemen are invited to call at this time as special arrangements will bo announced later for. women and children. Please do not write asking for literature or to be fitted by mail, as this is impossible. Every case must be seen personally; therefore I vi c ’t this section every year. NOTICE—AII cases that 1 have fitted here during the past five years will please call for inspection. Please note the above dates and of fice hours carefully. Business de mands prevent stopping at any other city in this section (This visit is for white people only.) E. J. Meinhardi, Home office, 1551 N. Crawford Ave. Chicago. MRS. D. D. GUINN DEAD News came Sunday that Mrs. D. D. Guinn, of Lamar, S. C\, had died at a Florence hospital. She was a daughter of the T. Mont Bland. The funeral was attended by her brother, W. E. Bland, and sis ters. Mrs. M. M. Guinn and Miss Ma r y Bland and nieces, Carrie Guinn and Pauiin e Bland. Death was the result of an operation for gall stones. Many friends regret her passing. LIST TAXES FOR 1928 The following have been appoint ed list-takers of the several town ships. Listing of taxes begins May Ist, we believe: Albright township—S. P. Teague. Bear Creek —B. A. Phillips Baldwin —Frank Mann Center —C. H. Lutterloh. Cape Fear —H. A. Harrington Hickory Mt. —J. L. Moody Hadley—J. D. Jones Haw River —Waverly Lassiter Oakland —R. R. Seagroves New Hope—D. L. Thomas Matthews —E. H. Foust Williams —T. J. Mills Gulf —D. T. Brooks. Mother! Child’s Best Laxative is "California Fig Syrup" Hurry Mother! A teaspoonful of “California Fig Syrup” now will thor oughly clean the little bowels and in a few hours you have a well, playful child again. Even if cross, feverish, bilious, constipated or full of cold, children love its pleasant taste. Tell your druggist you want only the genuine “California Fig Syrup” which has directions for babies and children of all ages printed on bottle. Mother, ’ you must say “California.” Refuse any imitation. * ONE CENT SPENT FOE NEGRO BOYS FINE INVESTMENT Bion H. Butler Tells Os Good Results Obtained At Mor rison Training School 90 PER CENT RECLAIMED BION H. BUTLER After looking- over four of the State institutions and inquiring into the cost of them I have made up my mind that the trivial cost is the ieast important factor in the mat ter, and that the great work they are doing- is about the only thing worth considering. Each place I have visited has shown such a remarkable per centage of salvage that State institutions have arisen to a much more prominent standing with me. Last week I went over to the Mor rison Training school near Hoffman : n Richmond county, where negro boys are reclaimed. This is a new establishment not fully on its feet yet, but there in the hands of L. L. Boyd and his wife, two mighty ca pable colored people, about 150 ne gro boys are learning the serious lessons and the discipline of life. The school is in the country where it has been built on what was al most wholly wild land, and much of the work of clearnig- and plant ing has been done by the boys. They have created there a farm, ana ev ery day are adding to its size and its productiveness. The buildings ar f . generally modern, and equipped with the things essential for com fort. A school is carried on. Farm training- is a daily routine. The boys learn to work and the funda mentals of the common school. This institution costs the State ac cording to the budget estimate for this year $30,000 a year. It takes about $175 a year for each boy to carry him through and provide for all his expenses above what is pro duced on the farm. Now I am not going to pay much attention to costs in any more of these stories. Taking thp population of the State at the three millions the census stated the other day, that means just one cent for every man, woman and child in North Carolina to run this school one year. I stood in the dining room and saw tn p boys come into dinner. As I watched them I kept in my head that one cent that would be my share of carrying on this thing for a year, j if we were all assessed our relative 1 share of the cost, and I concluded ! to turn around the proposition and instead of askin G - what this school cost, to care for these boys and make men of them. I would try to imagine i what I got for my cent. And if I never get anything else the cent was paid for when 125 of those boys sang their noonday benediction over the dinner around which they had gathered. A hundred and twenty 1m of them with heads bowed, and ; with the earnestness of a large group of young negro boys, and right there they earned my money, my cent. These boys are largely the drift of the colored boys of the State, lit tle fellows, some of them six, seven, erght years old, and from that up to fourteen, fifteen and not much older, for by sixteen they have reached the i age limit that admits them. Some of them are orphans, the derelicts, some are boys who have no home affilia tions that do any good, some are boys who through their environment ar p local problems. But the super i intendent tells me that while some i of the boys are committed for of ' senses that indicate the need of re- I straint and training where discipline can be secured, it is an infinitely ! small proportion that get to the I school because of any deliberate I criminal manifestation. Some of . * ;he boys are not mentally as broad |as they might be. Yet all seem to he amenable to authority and to , the rules that govern them, and to take to their tasks with a willing ness that brings a decided benefit. Thiri school is taking these neglected young negroes and making them use ful members of society for the re ports that come back from those who have gone out into the worid after their training at the school is to Ihp effect that fully 90 per cent are holdino- a good record. Now any thing that will take a hundred of these neglected colored boys and bring 90 of them to a good standing in their communities and provide them with the knowledge of how to work and care for themselves and to follow law-abiding habits and the ways of industry and thrift, has ear ned all of my <;ent, and some to boot. Probably this school has a task on its bands bigger than some of usi imagine. We have in North Carolina: a negro population of probably be-! tween *eight *and nine hundred thou- j sand at the present time. Whether; we count the negro an asset or a lia-, bility, and I count him an asset, we j hav p him with us. and not through any fault of his. That leaves Ur with but one policy to pursue towards him and that is to make of him, for his own welfare and for the welfare of the white race, the best possible member of society that is possible. Starting with a handicap he needs the help of the white neighbor, and it is quite apparent that the better training he has and the more h P is of use to the neighborhood of which he and his family are a part. It is my belief that the boys who are in the Morrison Training School are enjoying some advantages that many boys outside the school do not have, and it would not surprise me if a given number of these boys, mixed in with the average popula tion of th P average community, would give better results than an equal number of boys of the same age selected promiscuously from al- ; most any community in the State. ! A lot of things passed through my head as I stood there in the dining j hall watching that bunch of colored ! boys as they formed in line outside ( the doors, marched into the hall. . hung their caps on the back of their THE CHATHAM RECORD ! chairs, sang their verse or two of gratitude and then fell to what about he same vigor and enthusiasm that boys of that age usually exhibit. But the air of restraint represented ay the superintendent of household matters who stood by was apparent. The boys were under a discipline that was recognized. As I watched t thought about crime and neglect, and environment, and that heredity -hat shapes character, and the many influences that boys of this age and :>f this station in life encounter. All of these small chaps are children, remember, full of childish desire to do as the older folks do, full of that willingness to do the right example as set them, and anxious to merit the approbation of those older folks they look up to as authority and example. And the school gathers up a hun- . dred and fifty of these young chaps, . takes them from undesirable sur roundings and undertakes to return them at a later day to the State of North Carolina much better material j from which to make useful members of any community than it found |' them. Then I thought of the blooming cent this work is costing us on th p average each year. Rev. L. L. Boyd, the superinten- ; dent, was sick so that I could not =ee him. but his wife is a woman of much information and force of char acter, and she talked to me about the plans of the school. She was proud of the boy who found a hen’s nest in the edge of the thicket and brought in a pocket full of eggs. She pointed out the boy who has the care of the hogs. She talked of the help all the boys give in the work, of the boy who is chief cook, and of the responsibilities the older ones assum p over the younger ones. All the effort that the school is making to deliver back to the state these 150 boys remade into the best pos sible material for community good she takes on her own shoulders, for it is still to the woman that boys of this age turn for guidance and instruction and sympathy. And sne is doing her work. The Boyds are from Alaoama and have been in this sort of work for twenty years. I have no idea what salary they get between them, but I am perfectly content to have my cent go to help pay them all they get and more, for I don’t know of a cent that gets away from me that seems to be do ino* a better job than the one that this year goes to the Morrison Train ing school. This school at Hofman is grow ing. It has added a new building in the last few months. It is clearing more land. Th 0 general conditions ' look good to me. But it has not room to meet the call for further admis sions. Personally I would be willing to double my pro rata, and see it raised from one cent a year to two cents in order that another hundred and fifty of the negro boys of the state might be taken care of and worked up into good and useful members of the common communi ties of the state. Each of thp institutions that I go to see shows to me new phases of attacking the social problems that confront the people of the state. Each one satisfies me that the legis latures that are handling these prob lems are looking much farther into the common good than we generally imagine. Each separate institution has its own tasks to care for, and each one constitutes an outpost against the assaults on human ad vancement. Thp Sanatorium is res cuing the people from the terrors of tuberculosis. The Dix Hill hos pital is gettine a more decisive grip on its banishment of mental ailments Samarcand is doing a positive work in caring for a group of young wo men that is of tremendous import ance to our social fabric. And the Morrison school is tackling these col ored boys who by the work of the school are saved from being em phatic liabilities and turned into a mighty good material to take part of the life and the work of the com monwealth. My feelings are not hurt much to see that cent go and the hope is that the school will at an early day be big enough to accommodatp at least two cents’ worth of boys a year against my proportion. Few places seem to me.to bring more for the money invested. SAVE 457100 ON BELGIAN CEMENT Page Continues Answer To American Refusal To Give Benefit of Lower Freight Another cargo of Belgian cement unloading at the docks in Wilming ton and contracts with Belgian man ufacturers for 80,000 barrels of ce ment for delivery during- the com ing summer have about completed the answer of State Highway Com missioner Frank Page to' American cement manufacturers and their refusal to allow the State Highway Commission the benefit of mater ially reduced freight rates ordered into effeet by the Interstate Com merce Commission next Saturday. Under the terms of contracts the Highway Commission has ef fected a saving of approximately $45,000 over th P schedule of prices agreed upon by American manufac turers, and demanded in contracts presented to the Commission during the past six weeks in which they declined to mak p any concession in prices for cement delivered after the new freight tariff becomes ef fective next Saturday, amounting to about 20 cents on the barrel. For eign purchases already made take care of the bulk of construction planned for the summer. This is the second venture of Frank Page into foreign markets in ' his perennial contest with the “ce ment trust” for lower prices of ce ment that goes into the construction of roads and bridges in the State. Five years ago he brought a limited amount of cement in foreign mar kets, partly because of the restrict ed source of supply in America, and partly because of the lower price ob tained. Lflter agreements were reached under which foreign buying! was discontinued, and the State’s j needs wer p taken care of in domes tic markets. Purchase agreements drawn -with! American manufacturers to take care of road and bridge contracts let in February and March of this year con tained a clause which gav e the State Highway Commission the benefit of the freight rate reduction scheduled for this month. Chairman Page took the position that the order lowering rates was intended to lower the cost to consumers rather than to increase the profits of manufacturers. The limiting clause contemplated deliver ies to be made after April 15, with thp contract price being- lowered to the extent of the saving in freights. Almost unanimously the manufac turers dissented from the clause in the new contracts and it became ap parent to Chairman Page that the State would save nothing on account of its fight for a lower freight rate. The manufacturers returned the contracts to the commission with the ! statement that they could not meet j its terms. Mr. Page bluntly stated j that they were using- the lower | freight rate for their own profit, and J they as bluntly told him that they | had the cement, which was obtain able at stated prices. Three days after the first disa greement over the new contract the sales managers returned to Raleigh I to inquire if Mr. Page was ready to sign the new contract. He told them that he had already purchased all th P cement required for the present, and at prices satisfactory t the cmmission and at a considerable saving, and that the cement was at the moment being delivered. None of the sales managers come here for the signing of their contracts could understand it, nor did Mr. Page en lighten them. Some years ago Mr. Page made the acquaintance of the Belgian con sul in Savannah, and when things came to an impass with the Ameri can manufacturers three days be fore, he called up the consul in Savannah and asked him if he knew I where any cement could be bought, i The consus told him that somewhere j off Cape Lookout there was a Bel- 1 gian ship with a cargo of 222,500 ! barrels of cement aboard, headed for! Charleston, where 10,000 barrels had i already been sold. The remaining j 12,500 barrels were on the market.! “Could you send the ship a wire- j less and have it put in at Wilming- j ton to unload the 12,500 barrels, pro-' vided, of course, the cement is sub- I I : College Baseball | I ! : GUILFORD COLLEGE ♦ s X VERSUS ♦ I o | ELON COLLEGE :: I Saturday, Aoril 21st, at 3:30 I: X Admission 50 Cents ♦ J; \ Four Chatham county boys on Elon team. First col- X lege baseball that has'ever been played in the county. ♦ it t i WWWWWWWWWWWWW #/ • <1 A • 9 \Wamiied7i3mmM OPENING A NICE LINE OF THE bright new spring dry goods at R. J. Moore & Co.s, Bynum. NEW SHOES BEING OPENED BY R. G. Moore & Co. at their Bynum store. Call in and look over their stock. MAN WANTED TO RUN McNESS business in Chatham county. No experience needed. Must have car. Can make $7-$lO daily. N olay offs, no bosses, chance of a life time. Use our capital to start. Write FURST and THOMAS, Dept. J.L.7, Freeport, Illinois. HALL’S BIG SOAP SALE NOW on. Four 5c boxes Star Naptha, washing powder for 15c. Four 5c cakes of P&G Soap for 15c. THERE . ARE VALUES—BEING found at Hall’s Sale, unequaled by price. YOU CAN GET AT HALL’S— Soap and Washing powder, 20c worth for 15c. PURINA STARTENA, PURINA l chicken chowder, for chicks and laying hens. Pig chow, Cow chow and Purina horse feeds for Sale. O. M. Poe. WHOLE JERSEY MILK—IS CTS. a quart delivered anywhere in ! Pittsboro early in the morning. Lexie Clark. HALL HAS ADDED TO HIS STOCK the 100 per cent all wool Blue Serge Suits, bow on Special Sale. HALL EXPECTS TO MAKE HIS store headquarters for the 100 per cent wool Blue Serge Suits. $25 Suits for limited time only $19.50. VISIT THE GREAT SALE SAT urday at Hall. You should see the many articles, and value sav inpr opportunity on these items. Now on display in Hall's show win dwo. ject to my laboratory tests?” said Mr. Page. “I can,” said the consul in Savan nah, and 24 hours later the ship began the discharge of cargo in Wil mington. The cement was tested in the laboratories here and pronounc ed acceptable. The delivery price was 30 cents per barrel under the price demanded by American man ufacturers. Negotatiqns were im mediately completed for two addi tional cargoes, the third of which is being unloaded at Wilmington this week. Contracts have been sig ned for the delivery of four addi tional shiploads in Wilmington as needed during the Summer. The saving on purchases thus far made amounts to 30 cent per barrel for 152,000 barrels of cement, or slightly more than $45,000. American manufacturers and their agents are, of course, greatly dis turbed. They have protested against the importation of cement, and have raised the issue of its quality. None of the cement is paid for until it undergoes the full 28-day tests in the laboratories here, Mr. Page tells them, and that the foreign cement is in every way equal to domestic products. His other answer is even more blunt. “We are building- roads here for our use and not for the en richment of a few American manu facturers,” he told them Saturday. “Personally I would much rather trade at home, but not when it costs 30 cents a barrel to do business with you, especially when you are profit ing by a freight rate ruling that I feel was ir.ad ? for the benefit of everybody, including the people who are paying for these roads.” A few good misses in the chorus are apt to aid the opera in making a hit. The small boy makes a home run when he hears his mother calling him. Only 75c A su‘ for the good red lab el I' tries Summer union sr'ts tor men. STROUD & HUBBARD Sanford, N. C. GO TO HALL’S—THERE YOU will find prices that will suit the shrewdest of value seekers. FRESH FISH AND OYSTERS—AT C. E. Durham’s on Saturdays. CUSTOM HATCHING—PRICE IS $3.50 for 100 eggs, or $5.40 a tray of (180) eggs. Carl Gilli land, Stter City, N. C. YOU SHOULD SEE HALL’S NEW Dresses, now on Special Sale. YOU CAN get sugar End coffee cheaper at O. M. Poe's. C ONNELL pays the price and gets the cedar and ties. Try him and be convinced. PROFESSIONAL NURSE— I am located in Pittsboro and offer my services as a professional nurse to the people of Chatham county. ELSIE LUCILE PETERSON. R. N.. Tel. No. 79. HALL’S PANAMA HAT SALE BE fins Saturday. $5 hats for only 2.75. You should see these now on display in Hall’s show window. FOR BEST price on Chicken Feed, see O. M. Poe. i WANTED 500,000 Orossaies— white and post oak; also 50 car loads of cedar.— O. M. Poe. — ■ ■ ALL KINDS OF GARDEN SEED— at O. M. Poe’s. VISIT HALL’S AFTER EASTER— new merchandise being shown each week. INSURANCE—IF YOU WANT THE best at the price, see E. E. Wil liams, district agent the Security Life & Trust Co., across hall from the Chatham Record Office. Ac cidet, Fire, Life, Automobile, Cy clone, Tornado—anything in the insurance line, n t f. PAGE FIVE