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ESTABLISHED SEPTEMBER 19,1878 NEARLY TIME TO GO HOME AND NOT MUCH DONE Fence Building Soon To Call Congressmen Home—What Hasn’t Been Done—-Few Few Fool Things and Fewer Gcod Ones To Debit and Credit. By WILLIAM P. HELM, -Jr., Wash ington Correspondent of The Record. WASHINGTON, May 2—Congress is now preparing to draw its mlie age and go away from here. It is laying in a fine line of bologny for the dear old friends back home, with side lines of salve and soft soap. In the quaint jargon of a dozen years ago, it is getting ready to throw the bull all over the home town to per suade the good voters that it deserv es another term in Washington. Lookin e over the record of the past five months, the pickings are are mighty slim. Up to the time this is written, it hasn't passed a single outstanding bill. It has fooled, fid dled and fizzled its time away as gas bag oratory and small-town politices, just like most of the preceding con gresses have done an ddoubtless like the coming congresses will do. Nine ty-five percent of its energies ap pear to have been devoted to routine work and political maneuvering. In this respect, however, it has not been worse than congresses of other years: and because it hasn’t done many fool things it probably is a good deal better than some. Here are the accomplishments of congress to date on major legislative measures: Farm Relief—No, thank you. Flood control—Maybe it won’t be voted. Tax reduction—Speak well of the j dead. Muscle Shoals—Oh, my dear sir. j Boulder Dam—Tut, tut; papa’s sick. Merchant Marine—Certainly not. I Railroad Consolation—Who wants i it, anyhow? Reapportionment—Wake us ud in 1930. Nearly all of these things have been considered and debated. None of them has gotten much farther than first base. Flood control came up during the past week and passed the house in the form of the Senate bill with numerous amendments. It stands a chance of getting on the lawbooks, after going- back to the Senate for passage there of the House amendments. Maybe it will be approved by a reluctant Presi dent and maybe not. Mr. Cooildge opposed tht Senate bill vigorously. The House drew some of its teeth as a sop to the White House, but at this writing the President hasn’t disclosed his inten-1 tions with respect to approval. He J may do so before this dispatch can get into type. What has congress done? Well, it has passed nearly all of j the money bills, for one thing. Those | bills provide funds to keep the gov- j eminent going for the coming- fiscal year, somewhere in the neighborhood of $3,500,000,000. If congress did not pass them, the wheels of gov ernment would slow down and fin es these bills hxia- bz shr cmfw sd s ally stop. Every congress passes these bills. It is its first duty. Then, again, congress has passed a lot of bridge bills. When some body wants to build a needed bridge across a navagable stream, he has to get the consent of congress to do so. This little formalty is just that —a little formality. Oblingly, con gress has granted consent to many builders at this session. So thanks to the Seventieth congress, wre are going to have some nice new' bridges here and there throughout the na tion. Also, congress has granted several hundred pensions to aged men and; women, veterans of w'ars and their j widows. By the same token, it has failed to grant pensions to several thousand more that need them. Get ting a pension bill through congress is almost as difficult as getting a camel through the eye of a needle. And, again, congress has decided to build some new post office build ings, about $100,000,000 worth over a period of years commencing- with some fine tomorrow' when the trea sury can get around to it and ending heaven only knows how' many years in the future.- If w'e live long en ough, we’ll get them. There have been some other less er doodads and gadgets attended to in a legislation way and that is all. A little more than a month, per aaps, remains of the present legis lative session. The chances are that congress, having- taken it easy for live months, will begin to speed up things at a prodigious rate during "he tew remaining days of grace. It would seem sucidal for any sane Member to go back home and cam paign for reelection on the general showing made by congress thus far. Hence one may raesonably expect a quickening of the law'mill beginning at once to furnish grist for the elec tion campaign just ahead. One should not labor under the Elusion, however, after perusing the i ecord, that the present congress is an unusually sorry one. It is not. 1 has its blather-skites and dema gogues of both parties, but in the roam it is of the higher type than mose of recent years. It has done an amazing- amount of work, too, but Chatham Record 111 1 •V s3g»BBWB „ asBgSKaBBBSM& |H& FmMHPH it ijjffl^. GRADUATING CLASS PITTSBORO SCHOOL Left to Right—Top Row: Frank Mann, Raymond Avent, C. C. Hamlet, president, Jacob Harper, Eugene Robinson Eugene Stroud; Second row, Ben Rose Stroud, John Stroud, Les ter Farrell, Dan Farrell, Ralph Riddle, Billie Griffin; Third row, Lenora Ward, Hayes Fer guson, Estelle Johnson, Bronna Johnson, Erma Riggsbee, Alice Copeland; Bottom row, Julia Campbell, Elizabeth Mann, Corinne Carroll, Juanita Webster, Julia Bynum Ward, Lozelle Campbell, Julia Cattis. MR. SIMMERSON PASSES AWAY V. C. Simmerson, Pittsboro Rt. 3 Passes At Sanford Hospital Mr. Vester C. Simmerson, who was born in Davidson county in 1885, died Tuesday of last week at a San ford hospital. The deceased had been a resident of Chatham county for some time and made numerous friends here. He married Miss Daisie Barnes at Churchland, Davidson county 1902. He gave his heart to God many years ago and at the time of his death was faithful member of May’s Chapel Baptist church. He had the capacity for friendship. All his dealings with men were strictly honest, and his character was above reproach. He was an affectionate husband and father, always ready to do any kind ness. It was always a delight to rest under his hospitable roof. His wife, five sons and three daughters survive him. They are Duran, Adam, William, J. 8.,- and Carter, and Blanche, Louise and Vir ginia. Three sons preceded him to the grave. The funeral services were con ducted by Rev. Fred Womack of Chapel Hill, assisted by Rev. Pastor Foster of Churchland. The burial was at the family burial ground at Churchland. A Friend. The oldest scientific society in America is the American Philosophi cal society, founded in 1727 by Ben jamin Franklin. unfortunately its work has been lar gely routine. .Congress is the victim of an arc haic system of legislation which it refuses to modify. On any other business but the nation’s a group of 531 men of the intelligence of the average member would have accom plished marvels in far less time. For the present congress is seemingly high in intelligence. It has few shirk ers. It has worked like a family of beavers. And it hasn’t got any where at all, thus’ far, largely be cause of hampering rules, restric tions and precedents. It seems al most inconceivable, but such is the case. What’s the answer? Does it lie in turning- out the present congress and installing an entirely new crew? Cer tainly not. A new green crew prob ably wouldn’t get half as far as the present one. Here and there one finds a drone that might well be replaced, but that is the exception. The answer would seem to lie in the changing of the rules of the game to accord with modern ideas, in ap plying- to the business of law-making some of the up-to-date methods that have carried American business to its present measure of success. Will that be done? It will not. As the nominating conventions ap proach, Washington begins to feel that Coolidge has made a pretty good President, all in all. He has stood out like a giant among pigmies in the present congress. Miserly of speech, slow to act, no hothead cer tainly, he has .stood like a solid rock against the besetting sin of congress, extravagance, and has guarded the public purse against the plunderbud. He has been abused almost as much as Woodrow Wilson was, loved as deeply as Harding. A s he hears the end of his term, even his political foes admit he has been a good old middle-of-the-roader. Maybe, after , all, that is what the nation needed. PITTSBORO, N. C., CHATHAM COUNTY, THURSDAY, MAY 3, 1928. Permanent Camp Site Assured Scouts Sanford Scouts to Have Perm anent Camp on Chatham Soil—Bonds to Be Sold At the regular Quarterly meeting of the Walter Hines Page Council, B. S. A. Executive Board, it was definitely decided to go ahead with the plans for establishing a perma nent camp site for use by the Scouts of the council as a training center. This decision was I’eaehed after a report by the Camping- Committee which showed that approximately five thousand dollars of the needed amount had been secured. It is the plan of the Camping Com mittee to establish and equip this camp in the next sixty days. When all of the improvements are made this section of North Carolina will have a camp second to none in Jthe country. This development is being financed by the sale of first mort gage bonds, bearing interest at the late of 6 per cent secured by 410 acres of timber, land and improve ments. The bonds are in hundred dollar denominations. Every effort is being- made by the committee to dispose of the remaining three thou sand dollars worth of bonds prior to ■July 1. This camp will be located eighteen miles from Sanford rear the Buck horn power plant of the Caro lina Lower Co. It is expected that camp will be ready for operation on July 1, when the first period opens. The camp vvili very probably operate for six wetks tnis summer. In audition to being used by the Scouts a special period will be held for the Camnfire girls. Junior boys will also be giv en special attention at the camp. This is a project in which every citizen should feel a deep, personal interest, as it means much in the future development of our section and State and will be available for adult outings when not in use by the Boy Scouts of the District. SERIOUS CHARGE Tat is a serious charge which has been preferred by the Lee county grand jury against Robert Osborne of Gulf. Young Osborne is the man who drove over W. W. Devereux and killed him some weeks ago. At first the death was accredited to an un avoidable accident, though Mrs. De vereux was apparently very much in doubt about it. Now it is estimated that Dexereux was making a speed of 55 an hour. Devereux’s body was thrown 87 feet by the blow of the car. Devereux was arrested Wednesday night of last week. CELEBRATE BIRTHDAYS Mr. and Mrs. F. K. King- together celebrated their birthdays Sunday with a big birthday dinner. About 150 were present and a great dinner brought in by the kindred and neigh bors was served. Mr. P. T. Farrell read the 23rd Psalm and made a short, talk. Also Mr. Tom Herndon called attention to the fact that there are four generations of des cendants living, though Mr. King is only 68 and Mrs. King 73. Mr. A. F. Whitaker also spoke a few words and returned thanks for the abundant and delicious dinner. Mr. King and his grandson Mr. Leonard Eubanks furnished string- music for the oc casion, Mr. King being one of ye old time fiddlers. Guests were present from Raleigh Durham, Chapel Hill, and other points. WOULD GIVE MORE FREELY TO CHRIST Rev. Royal G, Shannonhouse, of Pittsboro, Preaches at Christ Church (News and Observer, Raleigh.) The paradoxical truth that the more one gives, the more one has, was stressed by Rev. Royal S. Shan nonhouse, rector of St. Bartholo mew’s church, Pittsboro, who preach ed the sermon at Christ church, yes terday. Taking as his text the fifth verse of the sixth chapter of John, that which relates to the maraculous feed ing of the five thousand, Mr. Shan nonhouse said just as it was a ques tion with the disciples as to how the throng was to be fed, so is it with the work of the church today, when there are no funds with which to carry it on., “The same question is asked over and over again. The aver age of giving- to the w'ork of the church is so small; and there are so many that do not give anything at all to what w'e call the things that pertain to the Kingdom of God. So that in carrying out the work of the Kingdom of God there are so many needs to be met; so many to be fed; that many people be come pessimistic and sour. Like the disciples, they trust too much to material things and not enough to Christ’s power. During all the forward movements of the church, there are those who want to stop and take stock of resources, and they will say, ‘Where is the money coming- from. We cannot carry on the mission work; let’s abolish it.’ “Let us not forget though that were our Lord’s efforts under these conditions. Though the dis ciples felt the necessity of finding food, yet they obeyed the Lord; they waited on the Lord; to see what He would do. They were expectant even in their hungry.” Mr. Shannonhouse made a spe cial appeal for funds for the erec tion of a new church at Sanford. He earnestly urged the congrega tion to be liberal; that he wanted to say that he had laisea one thou sand dollars in Christ church. Pho tographs of the old, and plans for the projected new structure, togeth er with data, as to the work of the church in Sanford, were in all the pews. Removes Scorch Stains In most cases scorched spots will disappear from the cloth if the spot is rubbed with fresh bread crumbs. MISS JUANITA GREGCL OF LIBERTY, WILL WED Liberty, April 28. —The Gregg home was the scene of a lovely par ty last evening when Mrs. J. D. Gregg entertained at bridge, honor ing- her daughter, Juanita, who gave her graduating recital in dramatic art at Greensboro college Friday eve ning- and her house guests, Miss Wil ma Cross and Frank Chapman, from Salem, Va. Bridge was played at four tables and at the conclusion of the games a delicious salad course was served followed by an ice course which consisted of ice cream frozen in Cupid-hearts and small cakes. On each plate was a small Cupid bear ing the “Latest news, captured by Dan Cupid, notorious bandit, Nita Gregg and C. B. Winn, June 26, ’2B; held without ransom.” Small wed ding bells and horseshoes with orange blossoms were given as favors. I hraiikill Gets Out Os Race For Sheriff Holds Interest of Party Above Personal Preferment —He Thanks Friends But With draws in favor of Blair. Mr. Editor: Will you allow me sufficient spact n your paper to make the follow ng announcement: I wish to announce to my friend: -•hat, after careful consideration o he step I am about to take regard ng my candidacy for the office o sheriff, I have decided to wtihdra\ 'rom the race for such office. I. ioing so, I am not unmindful of th nterest my friends have taken ii ne and my candidacy, but truly ap ireciate their words of encourage nent, their loyalty to me and abovi ill, their friendship. Doubtless man: .)f them will be disappointed, but . vant all of them to know that I air ictuated by the highest motives ir doing so. I announced myself for this of fice in good faith, believing at the time, that Mr. Blair would not be a candidate to succeed himself. Since making- my announcement, Mr. 81-aii has seen proper to offer himself as a candidate for the office, and this action on his part necessarily means, if I continue in the fight, some feel ing around for and against both of us, which may enure to the disad vantage of our party in the Novem ber election. I do not wish to see, among us, a condition of this sort, but in its stead, complete harmony within our party.. Further, I do not believe that my desire to hold office is in, any way, superior to the best interest of the party to which I belong and, when my desire runs counter, as I now see it, with the best interest of the party it behooves me ,as weii as all othei good citizens, to surrender it in behalf of that interest, and take up and join the fight of those who can as the people believe, best serve the party. This is my notice for with drawing and to this principle I am committed. Again thanking- my friends for their loyalty and friendship, I am Very sincerely, D. B. THRAILKILL, LEGION AUXILIARY The American Legion Auxiliary held its regular meeting with Mrs Mattie Pierce April 25. The meeting opened with the sing ing of America. Preamble to the constitution was read in unison. Treasurer reported $5.44 proceed? from Rummage sale. $2 was paid to Curtis Publishing- Co. for a year’s subscription to Saturday Eveninp Post, leaving $17.14 balance in? the treasury. A rising vote of thanks was given Mrs. Geo. Brewer for her work in the Rummage sale. It was decided to order three hun dred poppies to sell memorial or pop py day. The president appointed the following committees, Poppy Sale: Mrs. Mattie Pierce, chairman, Mrs W. P. Tatum, Mrs. R. E. Lanier and Mrs. C. R. Lindley. Poppy publicity chairman: Mrs. W. R. Thompson, Mrs. G. F. Riggs bee. Mrs. Walter C. Johnson was ap pointed to collect all the world war songs. Each member is asked to write history of the one under whom they joined the auxiliary. These histories to be filed with our historian —Mrs. W. P. Tatum will write the first pa per. The president wishes to find out the names of the world war dead in Chatham county and where buried. Summary of proceedings of the 7th National Convention of the American Legion Auxiliary at Paris was read. Mr. Riggsbee invited the Auxiliary to meet with her next month. We are very glad to have Mrs. David Thomas, of Durham, and Mrs. Jack H. Farrell, as guests of the auxiliary. Delicious home made ice cream and cake was served the hostess, as sisted by Joyce Moore, Callie Vic and Jack Farrell. Kimbalton News Troy Ferguson and family of Ra leigh spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. A. V. Ferguson. Miss Alma McMath of Greensboro was home last week. Kenneth Brown of Bunn Level was here for the week-end. Zeb Ferguson has started to paint his new home. The Hickory Mt. school closed last Thursday. Rev.. Maness of Siler City conducted the Devotional exer cises and Frank Paschal the Educa tional. There was a large crowd present and everyone had a good ime and plenty to eat. Mr. and Mrs. Zeb Ferguson spent Sunday in the Brown Chapel com munity. “THE LITTLE CLODHOPPER The Farmville folk have gotten up he “Little Clodhopper,” a play, and vill give it at Goldston next Wed lesday evening and at Carbonton on he following Thursday evening. The proceeds are for benefit of the Farm rille church, which serves the Caro ina Coal Mine community. The Rec >rd hopes they will have a good pat 'onage at both points. VOLUME 50, NUMBER 33 Today WHEN OPINIONS CHANGE j AIRPLANES AND EQUALI TY. I AN UNWISE TAX HIGH PRICE OF BOOKS By ARTHUR BRISBANE The German and Irish fliers in sert the words: “Thank God,” or “By the Grace of God,” in every message describing their safe land ing through fog and storm across the ocean after thirty-six hours of danger. The professional athist, unwilling to believe anything- that “has not been proven to him,” would find his opinions changing, in a big earth quake, or above the ocean in a fog. Senators denounce the high price of books. Mr. McKellar, from Tennessee, says: “Novels worth ‘two bits’ can not be bought for less than $2.” The price of novels is not so im portant. But the high cost of books containing positive knowledge that would enable uneducated mil lions (including many college grad uates) to educate themselves, is dis astrous. That a book shotild he sold for four or five times what it costs to produce it, is as bad for the pub lisher and for the author, as for the reading public. When will Amercian business, generally, learn that big sales with small profits, as shown in the auto mobile industry, are most profitable. Lindbergh took thirty-six young Pacific Coast girls up in the air, in instalments yesterday, giving those charming creatures something to talk about forever. Women may thank the good Lord for granting the flying machine. They can fly on the average as well as any man, and the airplane is an other step toward real equality. Effort to abolish the unwise tax on automobiles develops the fact that the Government collected a thousand million dollars from auto mobile owners and spent only six hundred millions on better roads— not fair to the men that pay for the cars, “war tax included.” The war ended some time since and the foolish tax ought to end. A company i s formed to build seadromes, ocean landing places to be scattered over the Atlantic. The theory is that trans-Atlantic air planes would land, get fuel and start again. But by the time the Atlantic is “dotted with seadromes,” planes will fly across the Atlantic easily as they now fly across the English Channel. In the sceond pjace, if it is hard for fliers in somewhat foggy weather to find the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific, how difficult would it be for them to find a landing place “dot,” in the Pacific? As hard as finding a turtle asleep on the Paci fic. Dr. Winifred Sackville Stoner, who is a lady, says “Man is superior to woman, mentally, physically, ar tistically and psychologically.” That is not all true, especially the “physically and psychologically” part of it. But suppose it were all true. Miachael Angelo’s Moses is a finer product than Michael him self. But Michael Angelo made it. Whatever a man is, some woman made him, and the producer is nob ler than the product. Better be a cocoanut tree than a cocoanut. A young boy, his spine straighten ed in a hospital, seems to have had his mind “straightened” at the same time. Before the operation he de lighted in pulling wings off flies, and other cruelties. Tlfat is ended. A healthy brain demands a healthy body. The greatest musician can not produce harmony with a violin or piano out of tune. Mlilions are living that might be made better men and women if trephining could re move pressure from the top of the brain. Lack of reverence might thus be eliminated. POE VOTES FOR FLOOD CONTROL , ✓ By Helm News Service, Inc. Washington, May 2.—A coalition of Democrats and Republicans with Representative Edward W. Pou of North Carolina, participating, voted last week, 251 to 91, for the adop tion by the House of the flood con trol bill already passed by the Sen ate. The House, however, amended ed the bill materially before passing it and the measure now goes back to the Senate which will be asked to accept the House amendments. The measure authorizes the ap propriation of $325,000,000 for the flood control work (A sum which the President’s advisors believe is but the beginning- of the cost) and pre scribes that the entire cost shall be borne by the federal government. Because of the estimated cost and of certain other features of the bill, it was vigoorusly opposed by the administrtaion forces. Debate on the measure lasted more than a week. In its final form the bill was modified to suit the President’s views in some particulars.
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