ESTABLISHED SEPTEMBER 19,1878
SKETCH OF PEACH CULTURE IN THE
CAROLINA SANDHILLS FROM 1890
i
| Today
i TAKING CASH FROM WO
MEN
TUNNEY RETIRES
j COLOR IN MOTION PIC
TURES
A PENNY PLUS 900 YEARS
By ARTHUR BRISBANE
In New York a nurse, fifty-two
years old, about to retire from hard
work, kiils herself. Her life’s sav
ings had been lost in a mining swin
dle. Real estate sharks, oil sharks,
all kinds of sharks, swindle women.
They believe, poor things, what they
want to believe, that they are to
be made rich.
Women should not invest in what
THEY DO NOT UNDERSTAND.
They should not buy land that they
have not seen. And having seen it,
they should think it over, examine it
several times, consult some skeptical
friends, then wait a month, and see
i. again.
Don’t believe fairy tales. Ask
yourself, “just how would I, me,
myself, not somebody else, actually
make a living out of that land? Or,
If it is to be sold at a profit, how do
I know that I can sell it at a profit?
And why doesn’t the man keep it
and rake the huge profit himself?”
If you are leaving money to wife
or daughters, fix things so that no
other man will be ab*e to get it
from them.
Gene Tunney, whom certain prize
fight “fans” don’t like, because he
has brains and they haven’t retires
frera the ring. That, it is said, will
“hurt the game,” which is too bad.
No. matter what champion they may
develop to collect money from fools,
it can never be proved that he could
have beaten Tunney.
Tunney, you read, is going to
Paris, to study philosophy.” An ex
cellent place. The Sorbonne is well
equipped.
But the important thing is to BE
a philosopher,, not merely a student
of other philosophers.
If Tunney can take his $2,000,-
000 quickly earned out of prize fight
ing and stay out he will have prov
ed himself a philosopher.
Mr. Eastman, king of all kinds of
philosophy, announces perfected
moving pictures in colors. With that
announcement, pictures reach full
development, MOTION COLOR
SOUND.
Now you will see the heroine’s
or the vampire’s rolling eyes, hear
the voices that lure men to their
doom. The moving picture stage
will show all that the living stage
can show.
Talking movies will put a pre
mium on intelligence. A cultivated
voice indicates a cultivated mind,
and cannot be created over night.
Roman coins dug up after 2,000
years are worth in silver and gold
only what they were worth when
buried.
This shows the importance of
keeping your money earning interest.
A silver penny, like the one men
tioned in the Bible, put out for in
terest compounded annually for on
ly 900 years, would amount to sl,-
270,000,000,000. That’s more mon
ey than there is in the world.
A great fire raging over farm
lands in the Northwest burns 75,000
acres of wheat and pasturage. Homes
and ranches are burned with crops,
farmers fighting in vain.
Would it be possible to equip a
fleet of airplanes with chemical ap
paratus for extinguishing fire, to
deal with a disaster of this kind?
Aircraft manufacturers and those
that manufacture chemical fire ex
tinguishers might answer that ques
tion.
Dr. Langsner, marvelous hypnotist
°f Vienna, does and says things to
worry the criminal. By hynotism he
caused a young criminal, Verno Boe
der, to confess after fifteen minutes
the murder of his mother, sister and
two hired men
Dr ; Langsner says each has a 6th
sense that can be made to receive
the thought of another. Thought is
something like a broadcasting oper
ation.
He hypnotizes the criminal and
easily obtains the truth from him
because “his crime is always on his
mind.”
CHATHAM PRISONER IN
ORANGE COUNTY PRISON
(Durham Herald)
Hillsboro, Aug. 9.—A number of
C hatham county prisoners have been
kept for some time in the Orange
county jail here, at the special re
quest of the Chatham county board
commissioners, the Chatham jail
hemg incapable of providing for
them properly. This arrangement
has been in force for sometime, with
toe board being compensated for the
expense of keeping the outside pris
oners.
The local jail is practically new,
and is one of the best for a town
this size in the state, modern and
imposing. It is located across from
tne old antiquated jail which had
been used for many, many years,
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♦
iMore Than 1,500,000 Trees
In This Section Now
Bearing Fruit
A BIG CROP THIS YEAR
By FRED ABBOTT
In the past three decades, perhaps
nothing has sreved better to develop
and advertise the Sandhills of the
! two Carolinas than the peacii, the
j fame of whose quality has spread
| far and wide, touching most of the
' | large markets east of the Mississippi
! and even penetrating European mar-
I kets to some extent. J. Van Lindiey
perhaps little thought that when he
set out a few r peach trees in the sand
hills of North Carolina, in about the
year 1890, that this would be the
starting of such a tremendous agri
cultural development. Following the
successful results which Mr. Lindiey
experienced in the growing of peach
es, a few of the more progressive
agriculturists of the Sandhills belt
in the vicinity of Southern Fines
made plantings of peaches in about
: 1895. So the peach industry had its
j start in North Carolina.
Seaboard Promotes Work
In about 1910, J. W. Scott was
appointed agricultural agent of the
; Seaboard Air Line Railway and had
I for his duties, the development of
1 the peach industry. The agricultural
department of this railroad with the
able assistance of nurserymen and
outstanding agriculturists was en
abled to note the fruits of their labor
in the ever-increasing plantings of
peaches. The first sandhill peach
show which w r as held in Hamlet in
July of 1921 wag of great assistance
in stimulating increased interest in
peach plantings.
First S. C. Orchard’
In about 1915, H. R. McLeod, of
M’cßee, S. C., planted what is be
lieved to be the first cqmmercial
peach orchard in South Carolina.
Peach meetings in South Carolina
were held at Me Bee in 1920 and at
Cheraw in 1921 preceding and fol
lowing these meetings, tours were ar
ranged for the South Carolina farm
ers to visit the peach section in North
Carolina which by this time had made
noteworthy progress.
About the year 1917, the peach
industry began to assume commer
cial importance, there being some 50
cars of peaches moved to eastern
markets in South Carolina, peach
movements of importance were made
during the year 1920.
Million and Half Trees
During the years of 1920 and
1921, the acreage increase was at
its height. Today there are approx
imately one and onehalf million bear
ing peach trees along the Seaboard
in the Sandhills of the Carolinas that
represent a tremendous investment
on the part of the agriculturists of
the two great commonwealths.
Dame Fortune has not always
smiled on the growers of the famous
sandhill peaches. Both seasonal and
market reverses have been encoun
tered from year to year. This, of
course, was to be expected. There
is perhaps no agricultural crop that
can be made a success every year.
Crop failures are to be expected oc
casionally, either because of unfav
orable seasonal condition? or poor
market conditions. Too many peach
growers have failed to adopt a policy
of diversification to protect them
selves against years when they find
peaches unprofitable.
Learn to Diversify
Upon many farms in the Sandhills
are found nothing but peaches and
the most progressive farmers realize
that a one crop system of farming
will net hold up long under our
present economic system. The good
farmer has seen the need of diversi
fication and on his farm will be
found crops maturing at different
seasons, such as asparagus in March
and April; dewberries in May and
June; plums in June and July; peach
es in July and August; and grapes
in July until frost, with poultry and
hogs the year around and of course,
raising grain crops for feeding and
grazing purposes. The failure of one
or two crops on such a farm will
not mean a loss for the year’s opera
tions.
Carload Movements
As a barometer of the develop
-1 ment of the peach industry, it is
noted tJhat the carlot movements on
the Seaboard rails have now assumed
considerable volume, the movement
for the past four years being as fol
lawc •
1924 851 cars
1925 1247 car 3
1926 886 cars
1927 1455 cars
This year a considerable increase
is expected by virtue of the fact
that a larger number of trees have
now reached bearing age.
Sawdust Arm, Waxen Hand
Thought “Murder Clues”
Brooklyn, N. Y. August 15.
Brooklyn’s great murder mystery has
petered out.
Detectives discovered that the
“Human arm and band” found bur
ied in a lot were as false as Chap
lin’s mustache.
The arm was foun to be stuffed
with sawdust and the severed hand
was declare to be of wax.
And so the detectives called it
a day!
and which is now being used for stor
age room. Few arrests have been
made recently, however, and there is
ample room for more prisoners, ac-
PITTSBORO, N. C., CHATHAM COUNTY, THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 1928
Spurns Boyish Bob.
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Jackie Wells of Chicago clai ms
the world’s record for long hair
Her tresses are seven feet and two
inches long.
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| Auto CAtrcp
SANDY CREEK UNION
MEETS AT JONESBORO
Sanford, August 12.—The 4th an- |
nual convention of the Women’ Mis- j
sionary union of the Sandy Cieek j
association was held last week with
the union of the Baptist church at
Jonesboro, with approximately 300
women in attendance. It was an un
usually good meeting and much in
terest and enthusiasm was shown.
The reports of the officers showed
that much progress had been made
during the past year. The union,
which includes 60 churches in Lee,
Moore and Chatham counties and a
few in adjoining counties, has about
3,000 members. Sandy Creek asso
ciation, is the second oldest associa
tion in North Carolina.
Interesting and inspiring address
es were delivered, the principal ones
being delivered by Rev. J. C. Canipe,
of Siler City, and Mrs. Edna Harris,
state secretary, Woman’s Mission
ary union, of Raleigh. Mr. Caaipe
spoke on Christ’s words to his dis
ciples: “You Feed Them.” He told
his hearers of the vast amount of
missionary work to be done, and
said that Christ expects his follow
ers to do it. Mrs. Harris spoke in
an interesting and forceful way on
the work of the missionary union,
and urged her hearer s to greater ef
forts in its work. Her address was
a strong one, and greatly pleased
her hearers.
At 1 p. m. a picnic lunch was
served under the trees in the church
yard and thi s proved a delightful
feature of the meeting.
“Quick, Bob, a wild cat’s just run
into the house with your wife!”
“Wall, he’ll jes’ have to get out
the best way he can.”
The Patient: “Doctor, I snore so
loudly I wake myself up!”
The Doctor: That is easy to over
come. Sleep in the next room.”
Roaches live in colonies. If you
see one you know there are many.
Roaches are loathsome vermin. Pro
lific breeders. There are medical au
thorities who declare seventeen dif
ferent diseases are transmitted by
roaches. Roaches must be killed.
Spray FLY-TOX into cracks, crevi
ces, around water pipes, faucets and
other plumbing. Simple instructions
on each bottle (blue label) for kill
ing roaches and ALL household in
sects. INSIST on FLY-TOX. It
is the scientific insecticide develop
ed at Mellon Institute of Industrial
Research by Rex Fellowship. FLY
TOX is safe, stainless, fragrant, sure.
Easy to use.—Adv.
DtFrank Crane SayslUa)
mat Is Worth While?
The difference probably between
the man of good judgment and the
scatter-brain i s that the former em
phasizes the important things and
lets alone the unimportant* while
the latter is equally in earnest about
them all.
A man has reached a great point
in his career when he can see a
lot of things make no difference to
him.
He has a certain end in view and
only appreciates the things that bear
on that end. Other matters make
no difference.
The line that divides the success
ful man from the unsuccessful Ms
usually the fact that the successful
man never loses sight of the goal
he has in view, while the unsuccess
ful man run s about hither and thith
er like an ant. He has activity, but
it is largely waste motion.
Every once in a while you hear on
the street the expression, “What’s
the big idea?”
The big idea seems to stand for
the main and informing purpose for
•which anything is done or said.
The big idea is like the perfect
design of the building in the mind
and the trestle board of the are his
M. L. Shipman’s
Raleigh Letter
(By M. L. SHIPMAN)
Raleigh, August 13.—Th e “Anti-
Smith Democrats” held the center of
the stage in the capital city during
the week and expect to figure in
political calculations as the cam
paign progresses. It is possible that
developments later on may clear up
disputed points and enable many
sympathizers of the movement to
support the ticket who are now
‘‘halting between two opinions.” The
three hundred men and women who
met here on Friday came for busi
ness and not for pleasure. Determina
tion was written in their faces and
they proceeded to perfect an organ
ization without much ado abouc it.
Dr. J. A. Campbell, of Buie’s Creek,
president of the board of trustees
of Wake Forest college and the ac
tive head of Campbell college, mani
fested sufficient interest in the pur
pose of the meeting to accept the
chairmanship and W. B. Truitt, of
Greensboro, acted as secretary. J.
L. Morgan, a Durham attorney, ser
ved as chairman of the committee
on platform whose report made pro
hibition the principal issue and pled
ged the conference to oppose the
candidacy of Governor A1 Smith, of
New York, for the presidency of
the United States. A large percent
age of those in attendance were
ministers and practically all protest
ant denominations of the state were
represented. The conference was
not made up of democrats entirely,
it is said, although no effort was
! made to ascertain the number of
{ Republicans present and participat- 1
I ing.
Dr. A. J. Barton, chairman of the
social service commission of the
Southern Baptist convention, Bishop
James Cannon, Jr. of the Methodist
Episcopal church South, and Mrs.
Jesse- W. Nicholson, of Chevy Chase,
M'd., president of the National Wo-i
man’s Democratic Law Enforcement
League, the principal speakers, paid
their respects to Governor A1 Smith
for his repudiation of the democratic
platform and for hi s attempt to
force a debate with the pastor of a
Baptist church, the nominee having
challenged Dr. John R. Stratton, of
Calvary Baptist church, New York,
to a joint discussion in the latter’s
church on the issue raised in a re
cent sermon by Doctor Stratton re
flecting upon the official record of
Governor Smith while a member of
the New York Assembly. The preach
er characterized the subject of his
remarks a s “the deadliest foe in
America today of the forces of mor
al progress and true political wis
dom.” Senator Simmons received
the plaudits of Mrs. Nicholson and
others for the stand he is supposed
to be taking against the national tick
et, with the suggestion that Jose
phus Daniels and Governor McLean
exhibit the moral courage to take a
similar view of political expediency
now said to be existing in the State
and the Nation. “These men have
been looked to as our leaders,” Mrs.
j Nicholson went on to say, “but if
they are to follow the Tammany
leadership we must part company,
and they must know that they can
not take the women into such com
pany. Men who refuse to take
their stand, now that we are facing
this great crisis, need not look to
the women for their suffrage in the
future.
After the adoption of a statement
of principles declaring opposition to
Governor Smith and pledging sup
port of the State Democratic ticket
the conference voted to defer fur
ther action until after the speech of
Herbert Hoover formally accepting
the Republican nomination for pres
ident. It is not the purpose of any
appreciable number of those present
at the meeting to support Mr. Hoov
er, but not a few of them will de
cline to vote for Governor SmPh.
In the meantime Chairman Mull,
of the State Democratic Executive
Committee, is busily engaged in the
perfection of an organization for the
most intensive campaign in State
Democracy has experienced since
tect. He gives to every man his
work and puts every piece of ma
terial in its place.
I have read some novels that seem
ed to be a mere frittering away of
my time, for there was no dominant
thought about which they were writ
ten.
Religious belief in away simply
means that a man has some big idea
about hi s life, and all of his words
and deeds must conform to his plan.
Music is only merely a pleasant
succession of sounds. It must have
' unity and form and individuality.
There must be a big idea behind it.
The idea is bigger than the man
: that has it. A man becomes great
only when he allow s himself to be
absorbed in the idea.
Many people suffer because their
energies are fritted away. They
have no cohesive plan, and everything
they do is hit or miss. They never
amount to anything, because there
i is no big idea behind them.
Search yourself carefully to find
your dominating desire, and see that
it i s such as can merit your giving
up all your life to it.
Then you will come to success on
board a big idea when you never
i would have attained it otherwise.
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. Retires Undefeated! m
d jL
Tunney. champion heavy* /,
weight, followed his sensational ‘
victory over Tom Heeney by the
announcement that he is retiring
permanently from the prize ring.^
When A Mule Hits an Auto— :
Pity The Auto!
Wichita Falls, Texas, August 15.
—James Yeager of thi s city was
traveling near Childress in the west
ern part of the state when his auto
mobile collided with a mule.
The collision was of such force
that the mule was thrown upon the
'radiator and carried for several
yards. The mule climbed down and
scampered away when the car was j
stopped.
The car had to be towed into (
Childress. Inspection revealed that
so many repairs would be needed
that it was necessary to leave the
( car there for several days.
the memorable contest led by F. L.
Simmon s for the adoption of the
Suffrage Amendment twenty-eight
years ago. Following a conference
with Chairman Mull Senator Sim
mons announced that he would not
at present issue any public statement
on the presidential situation; that
Mr. Mull is doing a fine piece of
organization work and should have
the united support of the party in
the perfection of plans he has in
mind. The State Executive Commit
tee will assemble here on August 24,
to select the successor of the Sen
ator on the National Committee and
following that meeting Mr. Simmons
may make a confession of faith and
taking an open stand for or against
the Democratic nominee for presi
dent. The Senator’s political asso
ciates, with few exceptions, cannot
conceive of their former leader do
ing other than supporting a straight
democratic ticket from top to bot
tom in the election this fall. That
he has not taker a hand in the anti
Smith movement among the discon
certed element in his party prompts
the suggestion that no statement at
tacking Governor Smith will be is
sued.
Former Governor Cameron Morri
son appears to be the only active
aspirant for the position of National
Committeeman and no “fire works”
are in prospect for the meeting here
on the 24th. Party leaders agree
that this i s no time for an exhibi
tion of “sore toes” and the Com
mittee is expected to confine its de-‘
liberation to the purpose only for
which it was called.
The State Highway Commission
meeting here during the week award
ed contracts for over two and a quar
ter million dollars of highway con
struction to the low bidders on 25
projects. Requests were made for
the Commission to “take over” the
Morganton-Rutherfordton road and
that Route 108 in Graham Councy
from Yellow Creek to Tennessee riv
er be improved. These were taken
under advisement, while the Bryson
City to Deal’s Gap road was formal
ly added to the State system in so
far as maintenance is concerned.
J. O. Abernethy, a Chicago news
paper editor on a visit here to his
brother, Max D. Abernethy of the
Secretary of State’s office, admonish
es Southern democrats to remain
true to their colors and thereby as
sist Governor Smith to the White
House. Mr. Abernethy tells the pub
lic that A1 Smith has a good chance
to carry Illinois and other northern
states hitherto republican and if the
South does her duty in November an
other Democrat will be inaugurated
President of the United States on
the 4th day of March next.
State Board of Health authorities
complain that the Budget Bureau has
been holding up screens for the
windows of the new health building,
while employees of the Department
spent much of their time swatting
fifes and the remainder in mailing
literature to all points of the State
warning against the danger of flies
communicating disease.
It is estimated that around 3,000
carloads of North Carolina peaches
will find their way to markets out
side the State before the end of the
season. The principal markets for
this North Carolina fruit are New
York, Boston, Chicago and Philadel
phia. It is a record crop this year.
Prices only fair, according to re
• ports.
W. B. Jones, Raleigh attorney and
leading Smith supporter for Smith
in the pre-convention fight here, but
who was defeated for district dele
■ gate to the National Democratic con
vention, has been named by the Gov
ernor a g president of the Atlantic
and North Carolina Railroad extend
ing- from Goldsboro to Beaufort.
VOLUME 50 NUMBER 51
Moncure News
tt. Mrs. Virgie Porter and
V irgmia Lee Mapp, nieces of Dr.
J. E. Cathell, from Meridian, Miss.,
spent several days with Dr. CatheU
last week.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Broadnax arid
daughter of Mt. Holly and Mr. and
Mrs. E. E. Boone of Taylor, S. C.
and several grandchildren are visit
mg Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Broadnax,
who lives at the Carolina Plant.
Miss Annie Lambeth, the oldest
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. E.
Lambeth is at home after attending
the summer school at Wake Forest
college for six weeks.
Mrs. Garland Campbell and daugh
ter* Mis s Mae and son Cleveland,
of Danville, Va., are visiting friends
here this week.
Miss Stella Womble, the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Womble spent
last week with friends at Dunn.
The Girl Scouts under the lead
ers of Mesdames J. V. Davenport
and T. R. Wilkie spent an enjoyable
week at Lakeview last week. There
were fifteen girls in all. They rent
ed a cottage where they did their
own cooking under the direction of
their leaders. The girls were divid
ed into two troops. One troop did
the work one day and the other
troop the next day. They hiked
some. Wherever they met they
went in a body with their leaders.
The girls enjoyed learning to swim
and most of them can swim now,
and all of them ar e proud of the
fact. We want to commend Mrs.
! Davenport and Mrs. Wilkie for car
ing for and managing them so well.
They carried out the Scouts rules
and laws.
j Rev. Mr. Guice, a student at Duke
University, who is assisting Rev. Mr.
| Lance for several months this sum
mer preached two excellent sermons
at the Methodist church Sunday. In
the morning service he preached on
Brotherhood.” The evening serv
ice was enjoyed and also the solo
he sang. Mr. Guice also was pres
ent for the League service that
meets every Sunday evening.
Mr. Clarence Crutchfield spent
last week-end at Benson. Mr. R. A.
Moore of Winston-Salem i s spend
ing several days with his mother
here.
THE MISSING WORD
CONTEST CLOSING
This week’s paper closes the Miss
ing Word contest. As it will prob
ably be Wednesday morning of next
week before all the answers are in*
it is not probable that the names
of winners can be published before
the issue of August 23. It is quite
a job to canvass the papers of the
contestants, and as the prizes are
of such considerable value, we shall
want to leave that work to a com
mittee of unconcerned persons. The
list of prizes can be seen at the
head of the contest section. The
most valuable is a fine radio to be
bought of the Weeks Motor Co.. The
others are two fine watches to be
secured from W. F. Chears, jeweler,
Sanford.
Unless the paper is coming out
immediately after the decision we
shall probably n9tify the winners by
mail and let them come and go with
the editor to Mr. Weeks or Mr.
Chears for the prizes. Somebody is
going to win a mighty fine radty;
and two others are to win two nice
watches. And some folk are going
to be disappointed and get nothing,
but such is the way of life.
MR. JOSHUA CAMPBELL DEAD
Mr. Joshua Campbell, who was
taken to the Baptist hospital at Win
ston-Salem, ten days ago, died there
Saturday morning. The body was
brought to Pittsboro by Mr. Jeter
Griffin, undertaker, and the burial
was at New Salem church Sunday af
ternoon. The funeral services were
conducted by Revs. Gupton and R.
R. Gordon.
M*r. Campbell had long been suf
fering from rheumatism. He was a
good man and his going is not so
grievous, in view of hi s many years*
suffering and hardships due to hia
long illness.
Surviving him are Mrs. Campbell,
who was Miss Emma Petty, and
three sons and one daughter, Alphou
so, Grady, Raymond, and Agnes.
Many friends sympathize with th*
bereaved family.
[ New Color Films ' |
4-' •• -/• Hikflai
George Eastman, Kodak King,
has introduced a process whereby
amateur motion pictures may re*
produce scenes in full natural col
ors. The new process utilizes a
three color “light filter” and a new
dim with minute cylindrical lensey k