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ESTABLISHED SEPTEMBER 19,1878 Brief, Harmonious County Convention 37 Uninstructed Delegates and Alternates Chosen To Cast Chatham’s 22 Votes in State Convention. The county convention was small, short, and harmonious. The con vention was promptly called to ord er at 11 o’ciociv Saturday morning by Chairman W. F. Horton. Dewey Dorsett was called to the chair and Dr. Elkins of Siler City to act as secretary. On motion the temporary organization was made permanent. The chairman called upon Hon. Walter D. Siler to speak, and that gentleman made a brief but telling address in which he indicated that the success of the Democratic ticker in county, state, and nation, was to be taken for granted. Even high-up Republicans have said it is a Dem ocratic year. The stink of the cor ruption in the recent administration idses to heaven, has filled the nos trils of the people, and they will “turn the rascals out.” “Honesty” is a sufficient platform for the Dem ocrats in the nation. The party is not basing its campaign upon some equivocal proposition but upon the fundamental principle of honesty in administration. It makes it easy for all elements to harmonize on such a platform. A united party will do the business. Mr. Siler’s snappy and timely ad dress was. received with applause at various effective junctures. It was happy and timely. At this juncture the convention rose to extend its confidence in candidates C. W. Blair and C. C. Poe, who only of all the county nominees were present. Chairman Horton, of the execut ive committee, was then recognized and suggested the appointment of a committee of three to select a set of delegates to the state convention to be presented to the convention \ for approval or non-approval, and while this committee was out Mr. : Horton continued his remarks, mak n.gr a telling address, in which he said that majority rule is a Demo cratic principle and that all should be satisfied when it prevailed. The committee then reported the names of thirty-seven delegates and alter nates to cast the county’s 22 votes in. the state convention. A motion to elect and a second and the passage o? the motion all took probably a half-minute. A motion to adjourn followed and within two minutes af ter the report of the committee the convention stood adjourned with 37 uninstrueted deiegates appointed without a murmur of opposition. The name of Ai Smith or Hull was not mentioned during the conven tion. It will probably develop before this paper reaches our readers that Smith men are in the majority, though very few people know who is who as regards Smith and anti- Smith attitudes. The list of delegates appears here or elsewhere in this paper. MT. ZION OBSERVES SUNDAY SCHOOL DAY Sunday School day was observed at Mt. Zion Methodist church near Pittsboro, Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock, with Mr. J. Lee Harmon, superintendent of the Sunday School presiding, and Miss Ola Harmon, organist. Rev. C. M. Lance, the pastor, being present, offered prayer and made some remarks about the observance of the day. The children and young- people were at their best, sang and recited attractively, which the audience seemed to enjoy. The decorations were beautiful and made a lovely setting. The color scheme was green and pink, using pine and an abundance of the pink rambler roses arranged • attractively. We are proud of our Sunday School and the interest that is being taken for the advancement of God’s kingdom. letter from prisoners at SANFORD MINES TO EDITOR OF THE PRISON NEWS ‘Dear Sir: I am writing to let you know what a good camp we have fit the coal mine and if it keeps im proving as it have for these few days have been down here it will be t ; :e best camp in the State of North 1 arolina. and we are glad to know tfat all the boys are - satisfied with : ; ng in the mine and well pleased th their Sup. and steward. We have P-enty good treatment. We are going make this one of the leading camps, and we know that our over will help us. We have found Henry Adams to he one of the v;:' 1 a pd oldest miners in the bunch. : ' e w lsh for the other prisoners to j ,T .v what a wonderful camp we -c we will close. —From All me Boys.” Something New! A Talking Flea! I-or. con.—Professor Vittorio Pir : ' miises to present in the forth oocnsr f;ea circus £ talking flea,! f na ; communicates with whom it r '? by tapping- out signals in a • r ; c: Morse code against its head 1 ’ uh , lts powerful legs. The flea ,V’ v< L fca P s for “no” and three for ./ ■c- The flea is said to try vainly ; y ::r . a pp aren t ar g er? to commu -m.O with other fleas that do not * eem to get the idea. she Chatham Record WiU_Guard G.O,P. Gate\ sg WBmm-i ‘ I t jwVte - j iHH flfl Senator in Kans&s, whom would-be gate crashers at the National Re publican Convention* at City will run Up against. JURY SUMMONED FOR JUNE TERM OF COURT The following citizens were sum moned for the term of court set for this week, but it seems to have been decided to have no court for this week except the trial of the Larry Newsome case moved here from Goldsboro. Accordingly, only such of the talesmen as were chosen for the Newsome jury served this week. The jury list: J. C. Lemmons, W. A. Abernethy, G. *A. Tysor, H. C. Lambe, J. N. Bryan, Earl Thomas, R. A. Seagroves, G. J. Johnson, W. A. Hancock, L. J. Riddle. J. M. Mel ton, J. F. Jones, W. J. Dark, L, D. Thompson. J. V. Harris, J. R. Ray, Jas. A. Johnson, G. F. Carr, C. R. Lambert, Albert Cole. J. M. Clark, Sam B. Griffin, Geo. W. Brewer, N. F. Barber, T. C. Vestal, E. A. Far rell, H. L. Fields, J. E. Catheli, W. A. Hunter. B. C. Edwards, J. M. Ferguson, A. W. Whitt, J. L. Car ter. Lewter E. Edwards, A. R. Wom bie. H. J. Cross, J. J. Hackney, Carl ! Gilliland, A. M. Wemble, E. E. Wil , liams. ! Election Results Old Officers Win In State, Districts and County. As not quite all the precincts were reported in last week’s Record, we are here giving the total vote in the whole county for each candid ate: Blair. 1,831; Johnson, 83; Poe, 1,197; Murchison, 754; Walden, 912; Farrell, 508; R. J. Johnson, 1.337; Moore. 1,204; Brooks, 1,249; Mills, 625; Langston, 435; Fountain. 1,105; Burgwyn, 323; Grist, 356; Shipman, 279; Peterson, 1,268; Pou, 1,779; Creekmore, 98; Mack, 43. Sheriff Blair got an immense vote, considering the smallness of the vote this year. Pou practically received the solid vote of the coun ty. In the state Grist ied both his opponents so far a 3 to be nominated the first time. Fountain led Lang ston by 11 or 12 Ithousand, and Langston led Burgwyn. by several thousands. In the second district, Kerr was nominated for congress over his two opponents, and won by a big majority. Hammer also led Battlev by a big majority in the seventh. district. Bulwinkle won over his two opponents in the ninth. So ali the old state and district officers new one, we believe. At least ail tenant-Governors place is always a new one, we belivee. At least all the candidates were new. In Lee H. M. Jackson beat his opponent, Mr. Ingram, for the House, and Sheriff Wombie led his nearest com petitor, Mr. Rives, by something ov er 200. Mr. Rives could have run in the second primary and might have won. but he preferred to let Sheriff Wombie have the place with out another contest. Only one state officer has ever been beaten in a primary, and it is getting to the ooint where to get a job once is to keep it till death or resignation. MARRIAGES SOON Two or three marriages are on the program for Chatham county young ladies. Miss Ola Harmon will wed Mr. M. D. Foister, of Sanford, the latter part of the month. Miss Har mon is one of the county’s most de lightful young- women and a teacher of merit, having succeeded herself year after year at Goldston. The groom ig a gentleman of fine char acter and it a member of the San ford Electric company, though a na tive of Chapel Hill, but a resident of the writer’s old home town, Clin ton, long enough for him to know what he is writing when he says Mr. Foister is a gentleman of fine char acter. A most lovely party was giv i en in Miss Harmon’s honor at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. O. Har mon, two miles south of Pittsboro, recently, with Mesdames A. 0. Har mon and Mrs. J. Lee Harmon as j ; joint ho^esse*. Also Miss Margaret Wombie is a! bride-elect and the ladies of Pitts-; boro will be honoring her with par- I ties during the days preceding her marriage. She is a sister of Mrs. j G. Walker Blair and is with her for | tbe present. During the past vear j she has held a resnonsible position j with a professional firm in Asheboro ! but she has resigned to accept a , more permanent position as a wife. The story of her announcement j party tells more than this parapraph. ; PITTSBORO, N. C., CHATHAM COUNTY, THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 1923. Siler City Will Celebrate the 4th SILER CITY, N. C.,—lt has long since been the custom for a -July 4th celebration to be held here and this year will be no exception to that custom. Siler City will celebrate in the same big fashion as in the past and invites her neighbors to join in and L. P. Dixon to assist him. These and help put the job across. J. Dew ey Dorsett has been named Manager I managers are going to give towns \ people and visitors one solid day and J evening of old time, genuine Educa | tion, Fun and enjoyment. A full program will .be run in the Record later on. In the mean time make your plans to be in Siler City Juiy 4th. Many Soldiers Here To Guard Prisoner During Noted Trial As this is being written (Monday) the Chatham county courthouse is bristling with bayonets and machine guns are planted on the court yard. The military force comprises the Burlington company of the National Guard and Machinge Gun company D of Durham. Col. Don E. Scott, >4l Graham, is In command, with Capt. J. W. Williamson commanding the Burlington company and Capt. Luther C. Barbour the Durham com pany. Other commissioned officers present are Adjutant A. M. Carroll of Burlington, Lieutenant C. F. Smith, Burlington, and Lieutenant i James Cole, of Durham. From Bur lington are 27 non-commissioned of ficers and privates and from Dur ham. 29. They arrived Sunday af ternoon and barracked in the L. N. Wombie two-story house just south : of the court house, though the of ficers were domiciled at the Blair hotel. The enlisted men got their meals at the two cases. Our readers in distant states are probably wondering as they read this what is going on in the old town, which has so steadily had its ! date line in the state and national press the past three months. But it is just another ease of Chatham’s falling to the lot of being picked for somebodys else’s trial. Those who recall the incident of last De cember when relatives of a mur dered white girl tried to seize the negro murderer in the Wayne court house at Goldsboro, while on trial for the crime, when Sheriff Grant and Judge Grady had to come to the rescue with pistols, can understand when they are told that the Supreme Court gave the negro condemned to death that day a new trial, which when it came up at Goldsboro a few days ago was removed to Chatham and set for Monday, June 11. The military was sent as a pre caution, since the Governor and the court did not know how wild the Wayne people who participated in the near-riot last winter might be again, and it is only two hours ride from the scene of the crime to the seat of the trial. The soldiers came Sunday afternoon, but the negro, Larry Newsome by name, came early Monday morning from the pen itentiary at Raleigh, where he has been held since the Goldsboro farce. Judge Nunn, Miss Speight, the stenographer, and Attorney M. P. Loftin, who, appointed to defend the accused, has fought the case through the Supreme Court, arrived Sunday afternoon, having left Goldsboro af ter the completion of another capi tal case at 3 p. m., Sunday, which resulted in sentences for a negro man and his wife to the penitentiary for murdering a 11-year old girl by starvation. -Judge Nunn and Solici tor Williams have been through harrowing- cases together the past few months, but were upon the scene Monday morning all set for this siege, which, however, at this writ ing, seem s unlikely to be prolonged beyond the first day. Fortunately, it was desired to postpone, or suspend, the regular term of court, because of the back wardness of farm work, and the 36 men summoned for the regular term were available as a whole groujp from which to choose the jury. From this group nine jurymen were chos- ! en, the others being excused for j scruples against capital punishment, for expression of belief in guilt of the defendant, for deafness, etc., with a few peremptorily challenged by the defense. Instead of resorting to a venire when this panel was ex hausted, men were called from the audience and from the streets until the three needed jurymen were chosen. The list as it stood when com pleted follows: J. B. Harris, Sam Griffin, W. E. Hancock, R. E. Har j ris, J. J. Hackney, L. J. Riddle, J. ! R. Ray, L. D. Thompson, G. F. Carr, Simon Burke, -J. H. Love and R. H. | Jones. The intelligence of the jury is a fair average. This is a Wayne county trial and I held at Wayne’s expense, thanks to the hill passed 11 years ago at the instance of Chatham’s then repre ; sentative, Mr. A. C. Ray. Up to that ! time the county in which another’s i case was moved had to foot the bills, j Wayne, then, is footing the hill, j though if it had not rained Monday ' morning, its jury bill would not have How to Control i The Bean Beetle ; In view of the fact that the Mex l ican bean beetle is causing wide > spread damage to beans in this coun ty, the Agent is taking this oppor . tunity to give a few facts on the his tory, amount of damage and control measures for this insect. The Mex ican bean beetle resembles a large lady bug, and to the lady bug Tamily. The grown beetle will measure one-fourth inch in length, ■ and one-fifth inch in width. The beetles are light yellow in color just after they have emerged, but they soon turn to a copper color. There are eight black spots on the wing cover of each wing, or sixteen spots on the back. The eggp are orange colored, and are covered with long branched spines. They are laid on the under cover of the leaves in masses vary ing from sixteen to forty. The eggs hatch in from five to ten days. The beetle is usually grown in fifty-eight days in early spring, and twenty five days in the middle of summer. The grown beetles usually feed on the undersurface of the leaf, eating ragged areas on it, and often cutting through. The larvae, or younger beetles, also feed on the under sur face of the leaf, leaving the upper surface of the leaf intact. Usually all parts of the plant above ground are fed upon, and if the insects are numerous, the plants may be entire ly destroyed. Injury to cow peas and soy beans are similar, but feed ing on the stems and pods of these beans is rare. The Mexican bean beetle is pri marily a pest of beans, preferring the common garden beans and lima beans. Its next choice is beggar i weed, but in some instances, it at tacks soy beans and cow peas. For control of these pests, magnesium arsenate and calcium arsenate are rerecommended. In spraying or dust ing, the nozzle of the spray rod or duster should be turned upwards in order that the spray or dust may cover the under sides of the leaves. As a spray, magnesium arsenate, used at the rate of one pound to fif ty gallons of water or one ounce to three gallons of water has been fuond to be very effective. Magnesi um arsenate can also be used as a dust, and as such should be diluted with lime, five pounds of lime to one pound of the arsenate being used.' Calcium arsenate can also be used. As a spray, use three-fourths of a pound of calcium arsenate with one and a half pounds of hydrated lime to fifty gallons of water, or one ounce of calcium arsenate and two ounces of hydrated lime to four gal lons of water. When used as a dust, five pounds of hydrated lime and one pound of calcium arsenate ! should be mixed. Begin spraying or dusting when the eggs of the beetles are numerous, from one to four ap plications being necessary, accord ing to the number of bean beetles present. N. C. SHIVER, Co. Agt. Enjoy golden hours of restful, re freshing sleep. Each summer night may be calm, peaceful, undisturbed. Every-one may have them. Just by usingr FLY-TOX. Spraying the sleep ing rooms. Killing the mosquitoes Everyone know 3 mosquitoes are dis ease carriers. They must be killed. Health authorities advocate FLY TOX. It is the scientific insecticide developed at Mellon Institute of In dustrial Research by Rex Fellowship. Simple instructions on each bottle (blue label) for killing ALL house hold insects. INSIST on FLY-TOX. It is safe, stainless, fragrant, sure. —Adv. begun to pay for the loss of the attention of the talesmen to their farms, where farm work is deplora bly behind, with harvest of wheat approaching. But as it rained and the trial is brief, Chatham has lost little by accommodating its neighbor county, but it was an accident that this is true. C. Ray and Wade Barber were appointed by the Judge to help the persistent Attorney Loftin defend his helpless client, and the three at torneys, with little hopes of even getting a second degree verdict, are faithfully guarding the rights of the unfortunate negro, whose mentality is reckoned by Dr. Linville, of the Goldsboro hospital for the insane, as that of an 8 or 10-year old child, yet with sense enough to know right from wrong. No sign of mob spirit has been in evidence. If the angry Wayne citi zens ever had any idea of trying for their man again, the notion pro bably oozed out when they learned that the prisoner would be protected by rifles and machine guns in the hands of youngsters who would fire at the command of their officers. Besides 25 or 30 witneses called by the state there seemed to be few outlanders in the court house or on the streets, and the case seems likely to prove a dud to a town used to real excitement. But the presence of the troops indicates the determina tion of the state to uphold its sover eignty and to protect to the utmost the rights of even one of its hum blest citizens, and should prove a valuable demonstration of that pur pose to those fiery spirits who would trample upon the state’s sovereignty. The jury w r as completed about 11 o’clock and the testimony began. MORE TO COME— i m* aar v* Mrs. Laura 9 Pri k, mother of Flag Day, is co ipleting her plans for this year’s tnbute to Old Glory: Throughout the country patriot!* organizations will unite bodies to honor the stripes on June 14. DELEGATES TO THE STATE CONVENTION The following is a list of delegates oo the state convention as certified by the chairman and secretary: Dr. J. D. Edwards, J. Dewey Dor sett, F. M. Dorsett, J. Wade Siler, Aade Barber, Jas. L. Griffin G W r Blair, C. C. Poe, Walter D. Siier, J. W. (Dock) Griffin, W. P. Horton, John W. Johnson, Darnel L. Bell, V. B. Elkins, W. T. Brooks, George M. Andrews, Dr. R. W. Palmer, J. M. Mclver, C. M. Pattishall, W. W. Langley, J. J. Hackney, J. D. Mclver, B. D. Thrailkiil, W. R. Scott, C. A. Snipes, J. B. Atwater, Z, V. Dark, R. A. Brooks, Geo. W. P erry, j. o. ! Clark, A. C. Ray, E. E. Walden, O. J. Peterson, C. 6. Small, R. M. Gor rell, E. B. Hatch, C. B. Thomas, and William London. Jury Box Purged The duty of purging the jury box and putting in new names, which was i neglected by the commissioners last year, was attended to last week, and the problem of getting available talesmen with the drawing of a moderate number of names should be simplified, and it is to be hoped that the law will be strictly com plied with the next year, every name withdrawn listed as a talesman and no name drawn from the box re turned to box number one. If this matter is observed strictly there will | be no such thing a 3 a man being J drawn again while serving on the! jury as a regular talesman, as hap- j nened a few weeks ago. >!: * >!-• * si: s»: * 4; s|: t- £ * ! * TOWN AND * * COUNTY BRIEFS * • * ' * s|c s{: # sfc $ m : # j ! Mrs. R. H. Hayes has been with j her brother at Cana for the past! two weeks. ! You should not miss the musical • tea scheduled for Thursday evening i by the music department of the Wo-1 man’s club. Much good music by j home, Sanford and Siler City talent j will be heard. There will be no en- 1 trance charge, but a silver offering j will be received. The program will I be found in another column. i Misses Minnie Bell and Mattie Sue Hatch, both of whom taught in the Moncure school the past session, took steamer in New York Saturday j for a European tour and study at | Oxford University, England. Their j friends congratulate these fine young! women upon the privilege they have 1 so early in life, and are assured that they will greatly benefit by the tour. Mr. Mont Smith, of the Bynum section, was in town Saturday and showed painful hurts resulting from a wreck of his automobile the Sat urday before between Chapel Hill and Durham, when a front tire burst and he lost control of it. Mr. Smith lost four teeth in the accident. Mr. A. R. Rives, who ran second in the primary for sheriff in Lee, withdrew in favor of Sheriff Wom bie, who ran first. Both these gen tlemen are natives of Chatham; so a Chathamite could hardly miss the job. Also the editor’s native coun ty furnished the member of the House for Lee, Attorney H. M. Jack son defeating Mr. Ingram by more than a hundred. Mrs. Shannonhouse and son, Roy all, spent a few days in Charlotte last week. Mrs. Nance and little daughter. Sarah, spent a few days recently in Clinton. They were accompanied on the trip by Mis 3 Wee Annie Bynum. *** j Quite a number of Pittsborians at tended the Shriners’ meet in Raleigh last week, including Mr. and Mrs. Gregory, Dr. and Mrs. Chapin, Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Horton, Mr. and Mrs. Victor Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Gunter. VOLUME 50. NUMBER 39 I Hull Forces Make j: Clean Sweep In .. Fourth District i Smith-Hull Lines Tightly Drawn At Ten District Meetings Preceeding i State Convention; Hot Verbal Clashes as Opposing Forces Meet ; In Preliminary Skirmish. j ! The Fourh Congressional District j Democrats, comprising the counties j Wake, Chatham, Johnston, Frank- I lin, Vance and Nash, presented a r solid Hull front Monday, as they i swept through the ranks of Smith forces and named their representa tives on all the committees of the State convention, with the nomina tion of R. S. McCoin, of Vance; J. R. Weatherspoon, Wake, J. O. Grave ly, Nash, nad F. H. Brooks, John ston, for delegates to the Houston convention. In the voting by count ies these four nominees defeated W. B. Jones, Wake; V. M. Dorsett, Chatham; A. F. May, Nash, and Ar thur A. Bunn, Nash. Same Old Scrap The usual scrap between the Hull and Smith forces was presented on all important motions with Josephus Daniels championing the cause of Hull and J. W. Bailey contending for fairness when it came to a poll of the Smith or minority forces and the question of whether the convention would name two delegates and two alternates for four delegates as was the case. Col. J. R. Young, of Wake, called the convention to order and its first business was to name Dr. J. Y. Jor ner as the permanent chairman. J. R. Collie was called to the platform as the permanent secretary. Shower of Oratory Much speech-making threatened to extend the session past the hour of onini the State Convention and at one stage of the meeting a verbal tilb*de veloped among the Vance delegation when it came to a vote on a motion to poll the precinct sentiment of the Smith and Hull forces. The motion wa s eventually lost by a vote of 99 4-10 to 63 6-10, but an appeal was taken by the Smih forces to the floor of the State Convention. There was no material change in the forecasted Hull strength except j that vote of the entire Chatham County delegation of 22, which join j ed the Smith faction. This delegation was sent to the convention as unin structed. ALL PITTSBORO FRIENDS ARE INVITED No invitation to the Wombie- Sharpe marriage have been sent to friends in Pittsboro and community, i but the Record is authorized to ex i tend a general invitation to them all. | The following invitation has been ! sent to friends at more distant ; points: Mr. and Mrs. G. Walker Blair j request the honor of your presence at the marriage of their sister Margaret Horne Wombie tO Mr. William Norman Sharpe on Thursday, June 21, at half past eight o’clock Methodist Episcopal Church j Pittsboro, N. C. j Reception immediately j following ceremony. [MAN WANTED to run McNess bus | iness in Chatham county. No ex perience needed. Must have car j —can make $7 to $lO daily— no i lay offs —no bosses —chance of a j lifetime. Use our capital to start. Write Furst & Thomas, Dept. J. I L. 9, Freeport, 111. Sealing Jams and Jellies Paraffining is the easist and best I method of protecting jellies and j jams. Apply a thin coating of i melted wax as soon as jelly is pour ! ed; next day add a heavier coat, | rolling the glass so the hot wax runs around edges and makes a perfect Dr. and Mrs. D. D. Bryan and children, of Wake Forest, and Miss Mary Griffin, of f ßaleigh, visited Mr. and Mrs. James L. Griffin last week. Mrs. George Brewer visited Mr. in Raleigh. She has been the hono last week. Mrs. Louis Nooe arrived Saturday to be the guest of Mrs. Victor John son for a few weeks. Little Ellen Rackley had preceded her mother, having- come up from Ridgeway the preceding Saturday with her grand father and father, who spent a day here in the old home town. Miss Carrie Guinn, who had been visiting her sister, Mrs. J. P. Jef fords, at Lamar, S. C., returned home a few day s ago accompanied by Mrs. Jeffords and child, who will spend some time at the Guinn home. Mr. Isaac Newton Petty, of Dur ham, is here on a visit to his sister, Mrs. Joseph C. Harmon, and will remain until after the marriage of his niece, Miss Ola Harmon, which is to take place on Wednesday, the twentieth of June. Professor Geo. D. Harmon, Mrs. Harmon and their little daughter, Patricia, of Lehigh university, are expected to arrive the latter part of the week to be present at the mar riage of his sister.