ESTABLISHED SEPTEMBER 19,1878
EDITORIALS
THANKS ! SENATOR SIMMONS.
Ha> Senator Simmons’ conception
of the rights of the voter changed
since 181*2, that he this year insists
upon those who are recognized as
Democrats being allowed to take
part in a preferential primary for
the presidency without regard to un
reserved declarations that they will
not support the nominee of the
Houston convention if that nominee
happens to be Al. Smith? In 1892,
the Senator, who was then chair
man of the Democratic executive
committee of the state, positively
forbade Democrats of lifelong stand
ing to vote in the primaries to select
Democratic nominess for the county,
judicial districts and Congressional
districts, unless they pledged them
selves to vote for Cleveland in the
November election, and thus disfran
chised the majority of white voters
in many counties and made it ne
cessary for them, in order to retain
their franchise and a right to partic
ipate in the choice of county offi
cers judges, and congressmen, to or
ganize the Populist party in t’Ae
state, a thing that absolutely would
not have been done without that
high-handed order from the chair
man of the state executive commit
tee, and with the loss of Sampson to
the Democrats for a generation.
This year, he not only does not favor
the disfranchising of anti-Smith
Democrats in the county, judicial,
and Congressional districts, but even
holds sacredly to the rights of the
men who declare they will not vote
for the choice of the Democrats of
the great majority of the states, to
go into the primaries and attempt to
thwart the will of the great majority
of national Democrats. There is a
thousand miles between the attitude
or 1892 and that of 1928. Either the
Senator is wiser than in 1892, for
we have all these years blamed him
as the author of the fusion regime
and the Republicanization of our
native county, as he undoubtedly
was, or he in both cases has only
sought to have his own way. If his
attitude now is confession of error
in 1892, we approve the belated con
fession, for we do not favor such a
course as would inevitably drive
from the party those who for con
scientious or other reasons are dis
satisfied with the output of the con
ventions of one single year. You
have come to our stand. Senator.
Thanks for your belated concession
to our conception of the wisdom of
your course in 1892. We shall yet
have reason to believe ourself a
statesman, it seems.
We are writing before the verdict
in the Lawrence case is rendered to
say that the cry, which has been
more than once raised already, that
a man with money would not be
punished for the crime with which
Lawrence is accused, is absurd. If
the jury convicts, that will confirm
our asertion. If they acquit, re
member that not one of those men
has touched a dollar of Lawrence’s
money. True, he has able counsel,
as is his right. But the state has an
able and upright judge on the bench
and one of the strongest solicitors
in the state prosecuting, and he is
aided by two other able and deter
mined lawyers. Please let nobody
cast aspersion on the court what
ever the outcome of the case. It
has been a fair trial and that good
Chatham county jury will do its
duty as best the combined wisdom
of the twelve can determine. And
if it goes to the Supreme Court, a
more upright tribunal will never
have more carefully determined a
matter.
Who can blame the editor of the
Record for seeking the commisioner
ship of labor and printing if the job
is so desirable that the man who held
it sixteen years is willing to pay
thousands of dollars in an attempt
to get it back? Mr. Shipman’s cam
paign expenses, as reported up to
May 22, was more than a thousand
dollars and that does not include
traveling expenses, we judge, as he
is trying to kill two birds at one
throw, secure business for his own
printing house in Raleigh and organ
ize his campaign, and probably the
charges for traveling' were regist
ered on the expense account of the
printing house. This the more as
suredly since it is reported that SBOO
of the SI,OOO was expended in news
paper advertising. But it begins to
look as if Brother Shipman may kiss
his thousand dollars and the job
good-bye. Thi s is a good year to
test the theory that the jobs go to
the man who spends the most money
in the campaign. The turn down of
Mr.. Shipman will settle that ques
tion and also the other as to whether
it is impossible to get rid of one of
the fellows who was first nominated
in the Charlotte convention away
tack when the world was young.
1 hat wa§ some convention.
The editor of the Record will ap
preciate as nearly a solid vote from
he Democrats of the county as pos
sible Saturday. He does not expect
any one to do violence to his con
science, if he has one so tender as
to be offended in any way with the
editor of the Record in his public or
private life. But every vote cast
tor hint in Chatham will kill one
east for his opponents in another
county. We shall appreciate every
evidence of loyalty and good will,
and shall try to prove worthy of it.
-TLa Chatham Record
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Icaymonde Allain, "36 t year ole!
Paris beauty, who wop 6ver seven
hundred contestants for the honor
of representing France in the In
ternational Pageant of Pulchritude
to be staged at Galveston, XejL,
June 2 to June 5.
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REPUBLICAN TICKET
-"A-s stated last week, the Republi
can convention was too small to jus
tify the nomination of a ticket and
the executive committee was autho
rized to name candidates for the
county offices.
Accordingly, that committee met
as scheduled and put out the follow
ing ticket: -
For the House—C. D. Wilkie.
Sheriff—Chas. C. Routh.
Commissioners—A. N\ Lindlev, J.
B. Morgan, DeWitt Smith.
Register of Deeds—A. M. Riddle.
Coroner—Roy \ . Riggsbee.
Surveyor—lra B. Stout.
They are ail representative citi
zens and ir eiected might serve the
counry well. They represent as
many townships as there are names.
* TOWN *
* AND COUNTY BRIEFS *
-* **:- 4 :--■#£ —-4 s. *
The Record congratulates Mr. C.
B. Hooks on the receipt of a purse
as a prize in the nation-wide vanilla
sales contest being conducted by the
J. R. Watkins company.
Miss Sadie Johnson, who returned
ten days ago from N.C.C.W., where
she graduated in the business course,
returns to Greensboro the first of
June to accept a position with the.
Atlantic Bridge company. Miss Sadie
has made an enviable reputation,
and has stepped right into a good
job. She is the oldest daughter of
Mr. S. D. Johnson.
Thirty years ago if there had been
such crowds in Pittsboro as there
were during the Lawrence trial,
there could not have been found a
vacant room in the village, and peo
ple would have been begging places
to spend the night. Times have
changed, and last week within fif
teen minutes after the adjournment
of court the crowd had vanished.
The lawyers and reporters returned
to their homes in Raleigh and Dur
ham, and at the hotel only Judge
Nunn could be found as survival of
the crowd of visitors.
Much news was omitted from last
week’s paper, owing to circumstan
ces that will hardly occur again.
Some of it is in this issue. We regret
that the program of the Teacher-
Training class failed to appear and
Mrs. Lee Harmon’s notice of the
meeting of Methodist ladies at Siler
City Wednesday of this week. The
program of the Teacher-Training
class covered a vesper service Sun
day evening and a sermon by Pastor
Barclay of the Presbyterian church,
also a n address Monday by Mrs. T.
E. Johnston, of the state educational
department, and a play Tuesday
night. Miss Coltrane has done a
fine year’s work.
Among the witnesses here last
week was Mr. J. G. Cole, of Durham,
a native of this county who has
long lived in Durham and won for
himself a fine rank in the business
affairs of the city. He is a gentle
man whom the county can highly
esteem as one of its products.
This week and last the Record is
uncomfortably crowded, but as the
tax advertisement discontinues this
week, we shall have all the space
needed next week.
Mr B. W. Mann, of Bynum, Route
1, will celebrate his 82nd birthday
on June 10th. All the Mann rela
tions are invited to go and carry
baskets. Some speaker will give a
history of the Mann family.
The chief county contest is ,that
for commissioners. There are six
men running, and the advice we
heard a man fcom the western part
of the county give Monday was to
pick out the three men you consider
the fittest without respect to loca
tion. He seems to think that the
PITTSBORO, N. C., CHATHAM COUNTY, THURSDAY, MAY 1928.
Co, Agent’s Doings
In company with Mr. C. F. Par
rish, Poultry Extension Specialist, a
number of poultrymen were visited
in the communities of Hanks Chapel,
Bynum, Gum Springs, Chatham
Church, Pleasant Hill, Siler City and
Rocky River by the Agent this week.
In talking with some of these poul
trymen, Mr. Parrish emphasized the
necesity of selecting- good pullets,
growing them off carefully for egg
production next fall and winter. Ac
cording to Mr. Parrish, we may ex
pect a much better price for eggs
next year, due to the low storage
holdings in the larger markets, as
Chicago, New York, etc. Mr. Par
rish stated: that those farmers who
select good, thrifty pullets, grow
them off well, give them plenty of
good growing mash, clean water and
shade, may expect good results from
the poultry business next year.
During the month of June, Mr.
’ Parrish stated further, that the cock
erels should be penned off to them
selves, and all but the ones desired
for brediny purposes should be sold.
Poultry houses and poultry should
be kept free from parasitic insects
as lice and red mites. For lice use
Sodium Flouride as a dip or powder.
When used as a dip, one ounce to
one gallon of water should be used,
the water being heated to 100 de
grees. Din the chickens thoroughly,
and dip them again in a week to con
trol the nits. For red mites, equal
parts of cylinder oil and kerosene
may be used as a spray on the roost
poles, etc.
Eighteen poultry farmers have
been induced to keep monthly cost
and production records with their
poultry. These records will be be
gun the first of June.
N. C. Shiver, County Agent,
in ofifee Saturdays and first Mon
days, Pittsborb, N. C.
quality of the man, if there is any
•rreater excellence in the one than
the other, is of more importance
than where he lives, and the opinion
was expressed at the same time that
a county manager, if the right man
can be found. i s better than a board
of commissioners.
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That fellow who sold the missing
word contest furnished us with the
wrong advertising material for the
Durham Gas Company *and made
them and us both ridiculous. We
owed an apology to the gas company,
which we have paid. These fly-by
night birds will get a fellow into
trouble despite his best lookout.
There will be preaching at Caro
lina Baptist church the first Sunday
in June at 2 o’clock p. m., by Rev.
A. H. Porter, of Bonlee, N. 0. Every
body invited to come to hear him.
Misses Bessie Chapin, Mary Dell
Bynum and Louis Brooks are home
from. Cullowhee, where they have
been in school regularly for full 12
months. They had formerly gradu
ated from the Teachers’ training
class here, and are now full fledged
normal graduates, we believe. They
are fine girls and will make fine
teachers is our prediction.
Miss Mary Sue Poe is home from
Meredith.
Hanks Chapel had a big* memorial
day occasion Sunday. The crowd was
enormous, we are told. Theie was a
big dinner, good speeches, and a fine
time all around.
The continued rains are throwing
Chatham farmers woefully behind.
There has been scarcely as much as
twenty days of good plowing- weath
er since January. About every time
the ground gets ready for the plow
it rains again.
Dear Miss Vera,
I am 20 years old and I really love
a boy who is 21. I have only beer,
with him two or three times, but
known him about a year. What can
I do to win his love? I am very
unhappy without seeing him or being
with him. He is the man of my
dreams. He is very charming. Please
advise me how I can win hinj.
M. E. B.
Dear M. E. 8., by no mean s run
after him —be more subtle. On those
rare, sweet occasions when you see
this charming man, be so very, very
nice to him that he will want to see
you again soon. Look your best and
act your best. Take a lively interest
in his conversation —be a good list
ener. Invite him to parties when
ever you get a chance. Do every
thing you can to see him more often,
but do not be obvious or obtrusive
about it. Just be as nice as you can
about it—but don’t give him the
idea that you are pursuing him. That
would spoil everything,- most likely.
Slowly and persistently, make him
aware of all your good qualities and
show by your manner rather than
by your words that you care for
him. ,
I am sure that if you are as char
ming* as you can be toward him, and
constantly show him how much you
care for him, he will return your
love. Perhaps unconsciously you
may be acting indifferently toward
him.
STRICTLY
Confidential by Vesa
How to Win Him
Make It 100 Per Cent
Representative Democrats Ask For
Big Vote for Peterson For Com
missioner of Labor and Printing
We, Democrats of Chatham coun
ty, hope that every registered Dem
ocratic voter in the county will go
to the polls next Saturday and vote
for our countyman, O. J. Peterson
for Commissioner of Labor ant
Printing.
Mr. Peterson’s candidacy has made
great headway and his prospects of
leading are apparently fine. But ev
ery vote in his own county will help,
and a solid vote in Chatham will
mean the counterbalancing of plu
ralities for his opponents in maybe
two or three other counties. Please
don’t neglect to go out and vote. It
is rarely that the county has a can-'
didate for state office, and let’s
stick by Peterson to the last man
and woman. •
(Signed:)
Mrs. Henry A. London,
Jas. L. Grififn,
V. R. Johnson,
Wade Barber,
, A. H. London,
R. M. Farrell,
G. R. Pilkington,
A. C. Ray,
C. E. Bland,
J. C. Weeks, Jr.
Jno. W. Johnson,
W. P. Horton,
John Bell,
F. C. Mann,
E. R. Hinton,
W. M. Eubanks,
W. E. Brooks.
Note: The above names are only
a few picked up by a friend, but re
present every shade of sentiment in
the county, it is thought. As all
could not be asked to sign, these are
deemed enough to emphasize the re
quest.—Editor of the Record.
MR. PETER ELLIS DEAD
Mr. Peter Eliis, an aged and re
spected citizen of Bynum, died Tues
day, May 22, at the age of 85. Pre
sumably, he was a veteran of the
war between the States, but data is
’ackinp* at this writing. He was a
member of Mount Gilead Baptist
church for many years and was bur
ied in the cemetery of that church
Pastor Gordon conducting the fun
eral services. He was married twice
his last wife, who survives him, be
ing a Miss Marks. There are no
surviving children.
TYSINGER-STURDIVANT
Their friends will learn with deep
interest of ,’the marriage of Miss
Velera Francis Sturdivant and Mr.
Glenn Tysinger. The ceremony was
solemnized at the Methodist parson
age at Bynum by Rev. Mr. Brown.
The bride was lovely in a blue flat
crepe with accessories to match. She
is the attractive daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. R. F. Sturdivant. She is a
charming young lady of pleasing
personality. Mr. Tysinger is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Tysin
ger, of Davidson county. He used
to make his home in this section. He
is a splendid young man and has the
congratulations of his many friends
Mr. and Mrs. Tysinger left at once
for western North Carolina, and up
on their return will make their home
in Davidson county.
Poor, Foot, Percy
Quite correct was Percy Black
Until he sat down or a tack,
But when the tack and Percy met
He quite forgot his etiquette.
It may be that he is not as de
monstrative in expressions of affec
tion as formerly because he has be
come rather accustomed to you.
Make yourself a constant surprise;
do things differently, than he expects
you to do them, and his interest may
be quickened.
“Another Girr”
Dear Miss Vera,
I have been going out with a young
may whom I love very dearly. He
once seemed to care more for me
than for anyone else, but now he
goes out with another girl. Although
he says he cares more for me than
he does for her, I am heartbroken
and don’t know what to do.
L. M.
Dear L. M., I don’t know just what
to advise you to do; in fact doing
anything in particular might not al
ter the situation. The young- man
says he cares more for you than for
the other girl; perhaps he is inter
ested in her only for the moment.
Until you are engaged to the
young man you would not be exact
ly fair to insist that he see no other
girl. Just be as nice as you can to
the young- man, and try to hold your
place in his affections by sheer
charm.
Try not to show your concern
about the other girl. Make the man
feel that you are sure she is just
a passing fancy, and that you know
no one has a surer place in his heart
than you.
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Love’s Creek Church
Formally Dedicated
Foundations of Old Structure
Transformed into New House
of Worship Dr. Johnson
Preaches.
Siler City, May 27.—An inspiring
sermon in the morning by Dr. Liv
ingstone Johnston, editor of the Bib
lical Recorder, of Raleigh, a picnic
dinner that would have done credit
to the extravagance of Roman ban
quets of olden days, a number of
special musical selections, and a
sermon in the afternoon by the
pastor, Rev. J. C. Canipe, were high
lights in the services today at Love’s
Creek, when the newly finished Bap
tist church was dedicated to Christian
service.
Several hundred persons attended
the service and scores were unajble
to even crowd into the aisles of the
pretty new church auditorium. The
pulpit was hanked with pink roses
and flesh snapdragons. A fresh rug
covered the floor immediately in
front of the pulpit. The walls of
the interior are pure white, while the
ceiling has been done in deep cream.
While the foundations of the old
building have been used, the struct
ure presents a practically new build
ing. The outside is brick veneer. Two
wings have been added to the orig
inal, considerably enlarging the seat
ing capacity. The church can now
accommodate 500. The building is
worth *512,000, as present building
costs go. But the members them
selves contributed time and materials
that considerably cut dow n the cash
outlay.
A striking thing about this church
is the fact that today, six months
after the passage of the motion to do
the work, the work has been com
pleted and the church has paid every
penny of the cost. Dr. Johnson said
that this is a record unique in his
experiences. A collection was taken
at today’s meeting to provide funds
for additional seats.
Love’s Creek church, was organ
ized at the present location in 1825,
and is 103 years old. A number of
noted pastors and laymen have been
members of the church. Rev. J. C.
Canipe, of Siler City, is pastor.
There are 212 members.
R. HENRY CHEEK DEAD
R. Henry Cheek died suddenly
Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock at his
home in upper Chatham from an at
tack of apoplexy. He was 56 years
old and a well known and prosper
ous farmer of the county.
Funeral services were held Mon
day afternoon at 4 o’clock at the
home and burial followed in the
Merritt cemetery.
Mr. Cheek is survived by hii wi
dow and three children, Mrs. M. L.
Jacobs and Harold Cheek, of Chapel
Hill, and Robert Cheek, of Chatham
county. He is also survived by the
following sisters: Mrs. W. E. Hearne
of Washington: Mrs. Marie Smith,
of Raleigh- Mrs. J. A. Denmitte, of
Gastonia. One brother, F. C. Cheek
of Pueblo, Col., also survives.
Pallbearers for the funeral serv
ices were: Paul Johnson, Bob Wil
liams, Edgar Stone. Eddie Duke,
J. A. Sparrow and Winn Blackwood.
’Sway the Money Goes
“What became of that portable
garage of yours?”
“I tied the dog to it the other
day and a cat eame by.”
VOLUME 50, NUMBER 37.
Lawrence Trial
Drawing to End
Alibi Strengthened Friday
New Car and Couple Brol
Into Evidence Testimony
Closed Saturday Evening
Counsel Make Pleas Mon
day and Tuesday.
PAPER PUBLISHED TOO EARLY
TO CARRY VERDICT
Interest held up well in the Law
rence case Friday and Saturday.
There were one or two considerable
surprises in the testimony introduced
after last week’s report in the Rec
ord left off.
Mr. Roundy, a filling station man,
of New Hill, swore that he saw st
green car the night of the
that the man was not Lawrence,
but that he did not notice the wom
an closely enough to tell whether
she favored the picture of Mrs. Ter
ry. On cross examination he ad
mitted that he may have taken »
ham when a boy, but later he proved
a good character by several repute
able citizens of his section.
Another witness, from Lee county,
saw a small green car with a couple
in it, who stopped at his house to
get a punctured tire fixed between,
ten and eleven o’clock. T. F. Wil
liams swore that he was at the Mer
ry Oaks filling station when the car
and couple described by Jack Wom
ble earlier during the trial drove up.
He walked off toward home but the
car passed him and stopped near the
Merry Oaks post office till he came
up, when the man asked him the way"
to Corinth. He saw the man clearly
and it was not W. H. Lawrence. He
turned his flashlight On the car ag it
left and saw a Virginia license plate
on it. He could not tell the muxi;
ber, but persisted in saying that the"
abbreviation “VA” was on the plate.
Solicitor Williams could not stump
the witness, but when a pause oc
curred he went out of the court
house and happened to find a gentle
man driving a car with a Virginia
license. The license was taken off
and the man was given opportunity
to go on the stand, when he pro
duced the license plate which had the
word “Virginia” spelled out in full*,
the Solicitor felt better, and it was
a smart trick on the part of the
skillful prosecutor.
Possibly the strongest evidence in.
the .alibi was produced by the jani
tor of the apartments in which Mr.
Lawrence lived. This negro, Mayor,
testified that he saw the Lawrence
car in its place that night when he
went to bank the fires for the night.
He usually banked the fires about
10:30 or later. He also swore to
lending Mr. Lawrence his skeleton
key that night on his return to the<
apartment, as Mr. Lawrence said he
had lost the key to his apartment.
Mayo could not be budged from his
story nor confused, except in the one
point that he said he had told Sen
ator Patterson about this on the 26th
of March, the day after the disap
pearance of Mrs. Terry, when Sena
tor Patterson later swore that it
was the day after the arrest of Law
rence.
After the close of the defense’s
evidence, the state put on some re
buttal evidence and it was decided in
what order the counsel should speak.
As the defendant did not go on th&
stand, the defendant has the last
speech, which will be delivered by
R. P. Reade. The first speech Mon
day morning was by W. P. Horton
for the state. Mr. Pou followed him
for the defense. Messrs. Lon, Bell,
and Jones Fuller were sandwiched in
for the defense and Mr. Gannt for
the state.
As the weather was still too web
for farm work, a great crowd was
on hand Monday for the addresses.
That there are two sides to a case is
evident from the many things that
each of the eight lawyers has had t*
say, and there is no guessing when
a verdict will be delivered or what
it will be. The Record has tried to
keep the atmosphere clear that ar
fair trial may be secured, and a
fairer one could hardly be con
ceived.
Judge Nunn has held an even keel
throughout the trial, it seems. Both
sides have been represented by able
attorneys, and whatever the verdict
it will be due to the reasoning of the
jurymen themselves upon the evi
dence in hand, which truly is per
plexing.
As it v.fis decided by the editor
to get out the Record at the regular
time and it is printed on Tuesday
night, it cannot carry the news of
the conclusion of the trial. But as
the verdict will fly over the county
instantly, it is enough that we have
given our readers the most import
ant points of the evidence, and the
long write-up of last week and this
article are more for the Chathamites
who live in other states and for the
people of the county who do not get
dailies, than for the subscribers in
general. Yet the evidence is in bet
ter shape in the Record for preser
i vation, and too, we find that many
| who had read the state papers were
not unwiling to read the Record’s
story.
Greece, disturbed by assorted bol
shevism, communism, radicalism and
Heaven knows what, requests our
government to tell the Greek govern
ment how to “control the reds.”
Ours is a simole method, named
PROSPERITY.