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ESTAB' J SEPTEMBER 19,1878 \ » **o > ‘ Today THANKS FOR BLESSINGS BIG BRAINS BETTER j CARNEGIE’S FIRST S4OO. j A $5,000,000,000 BABY By ARTHUR BRISBANE Mount Rokatinda, on the Island cf Paloweh, Dutch East Indies, blew up in a volcanic eruption. Half the island, six villages were de stroyed, a thousand killed. Yesterday news came that three more villages were wiped out by a tidal wave caused by a submarine earthquake. We pay little attention to these deaths far av.ay, a thousand or fifty thousand, little difference. But we ought to observe whh gratitude ,how many tii-ngs m : /it happen to us that do not happen. Raditch, Croatian Statesman mur dered leader of peasants, is found to have a brain of abnormal weight, 1,4 5 u grammes The average for eleven thousand human brains was 1,501 grammes. All things being equal, a heavier brain is better than a lighter brain. But one of the heaviest brains ever weighed, that of Cuvier, the great naturalist, was lighter than that of a man who died i n a British poorhouse. Possibly the man in the poorhouse was also a genius, but never had a chance. “Andrew Carnegie made his first S4OO without spending a cent.’* That’s how big fortunes often start. Carnegie bought S4OO of insur ance stock, gave his note in pay ment, paid for the stock with its dividends, owned it for nothing. Joseph P. Day, learned land sci entist, says the three greatest let ters in the alphabet are “O. P. M.,” meaning “Other People’s Money.” A qicker way to * make money without capital is to have a good idea and push it. Away to plate metallic surfaces with aluminum, something hitherto found impossible, i s discovered and involves actually billions of dollars to be saved. The invention will be applied to endless uses, from kitchenware to locomotives, and is expected to give automobiles a finish defying time and weather. There are as good ideas in the human brain as ever came out of it. Try and find one. Sears, Roebuck stockholders yes terday voted to increase capital stock by 800,000 shares. At market prices that company is worth more than $500,000,000. Julius Rosenwald hardly expected that when he took hold of the company a few years ago. Compared with other companies, General Motors, Standard Oil, U? S. Steel, etc, Sears, Roebuck is only a baby. We have the four billion dollar stock company. When will the 100 billion company arrive? The death of Chang Tso-Lin, dy namited in his railway carriage, is attributed by a British writer, Lenox Simpson, to the Japanese “‘Black Dragon Society,” which in terests itself in patriotic • Japanese affairs, and is said to have had a hand in the death of the Queen of Korea in 1895. In spite of the romantic name and the patriotism, the Japanese will probably dig out the facts. They don’t like any organization exercising powers outside of gov ernment, or controlling govern ment, such as are tolerated, some times, in other countries. Lime Needed For Chatham Soils County Agent Recounts Bene ift of Application of Lime— Jersey Cattle Sale. Farm Meetings to Be Held. Indications point to the fact that there will be a considerable acre age seeded in fall grain and winter hays this year in the county as com pared with former years. Farmers in this county have a wide selection of leguminou s crops to choose from in planning this winter’s hay crop. Combinations of vetch, barley, wheat and oats make excellent winter hay crops, where the land is inoculated, and one and one half bushels of grain seded with 20 pounds of vetch per acre. Beardless barley and vetch make a good combintaion, due to the hardiness of the former, and its excellent feeding qualities. Quan tities of beardless barley seed for sale seem to be scarce, but the agent has located some of this seed that will be for sale and farmers may order this seed through him. It is expected that several ears of lime will be ordered during Septem ber, and in considering the advis ability of using lime, it will be well for farmers to review some of the benefits that result from the use of lim: 1. Lime corrects the acidity of the soil. 2. Lime improv 3 the texture of so “ s > making them more till«b. 3. Lime makes sandy so' _ more cohesive and retentive of moisture. Lime makes clay soils more * The Chatham Record METHODIST SUB-DISTRICT SUNDAY SCHOOL INSTITUTE The following, program will be rendered at Pittsboro, Sept. 18, 1928. 10:00 Devotional Service, Rev. C. Mr. Lance. 10:15 Discussion. 10:20 “The Programs of Work,” Mr. L. L. Gobb^l w Durham. 10:50 Discussion? 11:10 Hymn. 11:15 “Characteristics of a Good Sunday School Worker: How to De velop Them,” by Dr. W. A. Smart, Emory University. 11:45 Discussion. 11:50 Roll call of Sunday schools (Special recognition of largest del.) 11:55 Hymn. 12:00 “My Ideals and Ambitions f° r th e Sunday Schools of the Fay etteville District, by Rev. J. D. Bundy, Presiding Elder. 12:30' Lunch. 1:30 Devotional Service. 1:40 “Taking Care of the Little Ones: Some Definite Plans”, by Miss Maude Hunter, District Elementary Superintendent. 2:10 Discussion. 2:20 “Special Days,” Mr. J. W. Gilliam, Sanford. 2:30 “The Missionary Spirit and Program”, by Supt. of Miss. Educa tion. 3:10 Discussion. 3:20 Hymn. 3:30 Benediction. Charges to co-operate in this In stitute are: Pittsboro, Rev. C. M. Lance. Goldston, Rev. L. M. Chaffin. Haw River, Rev. E. A. Brown. Siler City, Rev. W. L. Maness. Mrs. W. H. Hunt was a pleasant hostess to the younger set Friday night, from 9 til 11 entertaining with an enjoyable dance. Lemonade was served during the evening by the hostes s and Mrs. H. D. Gunter. Those present were Misses Louise Brooks, Camella Powell, GayneHe' Hinton, of Clayton, Gladys Peter son, Essie Peterson, Mr. and Mrs. Royal Shannonhoqse and Messrs. John London. Lawrence London, Ro land Glenn, Willie Morgan, Henry Anderson of Chapel Hill, and Ro land Shannonhouse. Mrs. Arthur London entertained with an enjoyable bridge party on Wednesday afternoon, from 5 til 7, in honor of Miss Mary Exum Rose, of Franklniton. Miss Gaynell Hin* ton made high score and was pre sented with two lovely handker chiefs. The guest of honor, also, re ceived beautiful handkerchiefs. Those enjoying the affair were Misses Gaynelle Hinton, of Clayton, Dudley Hackney of Durham, Lina Burnett' Moore, of Salisbury, Mary Rose, of Franklinton, Essie Peterson Emily Taylor, Bessie Chapin and Pauline Taylor. granular and porous. 5. Lime decomposes potash com pounds and renders them more avail able. - ~ • 6. Lime assists in the changing of organic matter into available hu mus. 7. Lime promotes the nitrification of soil through colonies of bacteria on leguminous plants. 8. Lime is a corrector, a dissolv er, a liberator of certain parts >f animal vegetable and mineral sub satnces in the soil, and is a fertil ity maintainer. 9. Lime assists in restoring land to its high yielding power and or iginal productiveness. In addition to the above, there are a number of other benefits re sulting from the use of lime. There is no doubt that a number of the soil conditions mentioned above are found in the soils of this county. Lime will actually increase the yields of small grain s and corn, and is practically essential for the grow ing of clovers and alfalfa. Dem onstrations conducted in this county during the past show this to be a fact. Lime can be delivered in 100 pound paper bags at Siler City for $5.75 per ton, and at Pittsboro for $6.43 per ton. A number of farm ers have already placed their orders with the agent for this material. Quite a number of farmers in this county seem to be interested in securing better Jersey stock, and the agent has visited a number of farmers this week who have announc ed their intentions of buying Jerseys at the sale at Siler City on Septem ber 14. This sale offers a good op portunity to farmers in this county to buy purebred Jerseys at reason able prices and at the same time as sure themselves of buying the best that can- be bought. The heifers and bulls that are consigned to this sale are being selected with the greatest care possible. During the week of August 27. the agent will spend Monday in the office. On Tuesday, August 28, Mr. S. J. Kirby of State college will as sist the agent in holding farmers meetings at the farms of Mr. C. H. Lutterloh, Tuesday Morning, Cicero Johnson in the Bog Meadows com munity, Tuesday afternoon, Mr 3. G. S. Norwood, Wednesday morning, August 29, at Mr. N. J. Dawkins in the Antioch church community, on Wednesday afternoon. The purpose of these meetings is to study the habits of growth of lespedeza or Japan clover, encourage the increas ed growth of this legume in the county and also encourage the in ceased growth of other legumes Thursday will be spent in Browns Chapel and Mt. Pleasant sections, and Friday will be spent in the vi cinity of Bear Creek and Bonlee. N. C. SHIVER, County Agt. MRS. HUNT HOSTESS ENJOYABLE BRIDGE PARTY PITTSBORO, N. C., CHATHAM COUNTY, THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 1928 M. L. Shipman’s Raleigh Letter B. M. L. SHIPMAN Raleigh, August 27.—With deliv ery of the acceptance speech of Al fred E. Smith, the election of a new national committeeman for the state, the attitude of Senator Simmons to ward the National ticket no longei in question, the State Democratic Executive Committee is now in a position to ‘take stock” and pitch its battle for supremacy on facts rather than fiction. Chairman. Mull plans to “open shop” on the tenth floor of the Sir Waiter Hotel on Monday, Sept. 3, and with an army of speaker R reasons for a continu ance of democratic rule will be car ried to every nook and corner of the state. The fight for both the state and National democratic tick ets will go hand in hand. Governor Smith is not to be neglected any more than Max Gardner and the vir tues of each are to* be extolled from press and platform at each turn of the way on the road to a sweeping victory next November. Chairman Mull predicts that the Democracy of North Carolina wll experience the pleasure of rolling up a great majority for the entire tick et and the stage is set for nothing less. He is in thorough agreement with democratic leaders generally ov er the state that th3 acceptance speech of Governor Smith presents vital issues in a frank, positive and impressive way, leaving no one in doubt of his determination to effec tively enforce the laws oi the na tion without fear or favor and to the utnn st extent of the )aw s of his acknowledged ability. The Chair man believes in the Governor’s hon esty and sincerity of purpose and confidently expects a real example of positive law enforcement under his administration. Says the Chair man briefly: “The campaign is just beginning. It i a to be colorful and of* much keen personal interest. As yet but little has been said of the record of useful service of the Democratic party in both our state and nation. Yet I am sure the people of North Carolina have not forgotten how the Republican party, by miracle, drag ged North Carolina to the bottom among the sisterhood of states in practically every comparison during the last Republican regime. The voter s will likewise recall how dur ing the past twenty-five years the Democratic party by honest efficien cy and progressive administration has elevated North Carolina to the top among the galaxy of states. As the voters reflect on these things, our Democratic workers will increase. The organization will function loyal ly and enthusiastically and Demo cracy will show a great majority in November for the whole ticket.” Senator Robinson, candidate for vice-president on the Democratic ticket, will speak in Charlotte and Raleigh on September 11 and 12, it is announced, and Governor Smith will be requested to deliver one or more speeches in the State during the campaign and in order to at tract North Carolina women to the polls Chairman M*ull has invited Mrs. Ruthy Bryan Owen, daughter of the late William J. Bryan, and former Governor Nellie Tayloe Ross, of Wyoming, to make speeches in the state during the program of the campaign. The Chairman- is also inviting one hundred of the most prominent Democratic men and wo men in the state to assist in carry ing out the plan of carrying a mes sage of hope to every county in the state during the week of September 17. Former Governor Cameron Morrison, former congressman Clyde Hoey, former collector Josiah W. Bailey and other high lights in the party have already delivered telling speeches in the interest of the Na tional ticket. Senator T. L. John son, the new secretary of the ex ecutive committee, will devote his full time to the work of the cam paign conducted from state head quarters. The chairman will also be assisted by Miss Mary Henderson, state vice-president, and Mrs. Palmer Jerman, national committee-woman.. In placing the name of Former* Governor Cameron Morrison before the state Democratic Executive com mittee meeting here during the week for the position of National Com mitteeman from • North Carolina Congressman Lindsay Warren de clared that his election would “serve notice of a vigorous campaign in behalf of the party and all of its candidates,” and in his seconding speech W. L. Parsons said he was proud of the opportunity of his friend for advancement and service in the national organization. Forty three of the 120 members of the committee were present in person and seventy-seven by proxy, 'though no contest was in prospect after former Secretary Daniels let it be known that his name would not be presented. The large attendance is attributed to an intimation that Senator Simmons .would be asked to surrender his seat in the 'Senate be cause of “disloyalty” to the Na tional ticket and his friends decided to take no chances by absenting themselves from the meeting, it is said. The Senator’s announcement of his decsiion to support only the state ticket had not been kindly re ceived by former party associates, but few if any of them had serious ly considered any drastic action. Those close to the Senator let it be known that he would accede to she demand for his resignation, but would immediately thereafter an nounce his candidacy for re-election. However, his name was not mention- SMALL GRAIN VARIETIES BEST SUITED TO STATE Raleigh, Aug. 30.—North Caro lina’s new farming system calls for the lands to be occupied in winter as well as summer and the small grain grower Ms now making his pians for the fall planting. In testa conducted by the agro nomy workers of State college on the Piedmont branch station farm near Statesville, it has been found that the Fulcaster, a bearded variety of wheat, and Gleason, a smooth variety, has given the best yields tor a period of over five years. Both of these two varieties are rust-re sistant and are well suited for plant ing over the entire piedmont section. The tests also show that it is best to sow the wheat as near No vember first as possible. The var iations from this date should be to wards October 15 rather than to wards November 15. <* Wheat planted around November first has made the best yields in tests conducted since 1922. From four to six pecks of seed grain per acre ha s given the best returns. The station workers recommend five pecks of seed as a good compromise. The best barley varieties are the Tennessee Number 6 and the ol£ Hooded variety which has been plan ted for years in the state. In fact, the Tennessee 6 is only a strain of the Hooded. The Hooded is about ten days earlier than the Tennessee strain but is mixed with common barley in the amount of 10 per cent. In tests made at Statesville since 1923, the Hooded ha s yielded an average of 45.1 bushels per acre while the Tennessee has yielded an average of 44.3 busheis of grain per acre. With rye, the best variety is the Abruzzi. This gives better yields per acre, stands up under the cold weather, makes better growth and is well adapted to both the piedmont and the coastal plain sections. How ever, the agronomy workers advise growers to be sure of the source of their seed and get only the pure variety. MISS JOHNSON ENTERTAINS Mis s Sadie Johnson gave an in formal dance at her home Saturday night, from 9 til 12, in honor of her guest, Miss Margaret Socknell, of Greensboro. At a late hour Mrs. Clinton Bry ant invited the guests to her home for watermelon. All the younger set were present. Out of town guests being Misses Gaynell Hinton, and Margaret Sock well of Greensboro. Now that spoken words wili take the place of subtitles at the movies, we fear many persons will forget how to read. Thousands of prisoners now have cells equipped with radios. Every :hing is being done to make the prisoners feel at home—they can even be kept awake by their neigh bors’ radio sets. ed in the meeting of the Committee. Cameron Morrison carried away the honor which goes along with the po sition of National Committeeman by a unanimous vote and adjournment was ordered immediately thereafter. Senator Simmons is said to be the only Democratic member of the Sen ate who has openly declined to support the candidacy of Governor Smith in November and North Caro lina Democrats are visibly grieved and disappointed. They will prob ably “have their inning” when the Senator comes up for re-nomination two years hence. The present gross bonded debt of the state is placed at $155,693,000, according to a nation wide survey recently completed by The Bank of American N. A., New York, 63 per cent of this sum being bonds for highway construction. It is exceed ed in amount only by the State of New York which ha s a gross bond ed debt of $361,617,000. The forty eight states have incurred obliga tions in like manner to the extent of 1,971,354,167.26 or a per capita debt of $16.61. The per capita debt in North Carolina is $58.74, largely for roads as in many other states. The North Carolina highway bonds are expected to be retired at ma turity and the Tar Heel motorists will pay the bill. They have already paid millions into the State treasury and every succeeding session of the General Assembly adds a cent or two per gallon to the gasoline consumer. Frank R. McNinch, former Mayor of Charlotte, goes a step further than Senator Simmons in his oppo sition to Governor Smith. The M’eck lenburger say a he will actually vote for Mr. Hoover from “a sincere de sire to save the Democratic party from wreck and ruin at the hands of pretended friends in the North and East who are really seeking to I capture the party, solely to promote the liquor interests.” Mr. McNiich and the Senator are in agreement on support of the State, district and county tickets. The “anti-Smtih Democrats” are busy passing out pledge cards and claim to have listed thousands of former Demo crats to the group of “anti-Smith converts”. No open meetings were held here during the week, but ex ecutive sessions were frequent, ac cording to reports. Strenuous ob jection is made to the view on prohibition in the acceptance speech of Gov. Smith, who suggests an amendment to the 18th amendment, modification of the Volstead act and submitting the question cf and selling liquor to individual states. The enforcement declaration of the Governor does not satisfy and the fight of the “drys” i s likely to continue. * gggp |j| H W®Wm wjSSlp 'M ' HB m yS BENNETT NOOE, JR. Candidate for State Commander of American Legion Goodwin Wins The First Prize J. R. Goodwin Wns Radio in Missing Word Contest—The Gold Watch Goes to Mrs. E. J. Dark Beautiful Mesh Bag to Miss Rooney Johnson Mr. J. R. Goodwin, Mrs. E. J. Dark, and Miss Rodney Johnson are the winners in the Record’s Miss ing Word 'Contest, which has held the attention of a large number of contestants the past three months. They are able to tell readers of The Record whether it means business when the Record offers prizes. If one will find a Record of any date since May 17 to Aug. 16 he can find out what the contest con sisted of. It looks like a very sim ple proposition, but, clearly, some of the contestants did not find it so. Each week the editor of the Record gave directions to the printers to omit certain words from the adver tisements in the contest section, and the next week if there was no change in the advertisement, the missing words went back. A list of these words is on file in the Record office, also the replies of the various can didates, so that any one who wish es to see how the contest was de cided can do so by coming to the office. There were forty words omitted purposely during the contest, and of these Mr. J. R. Goodwin, of Pitts boro route two, got 38 besides find ing some which weile omitted by “in” in the City Dry Cleaning Co. a hard worker, and goe s in to win. It may be recalled that he was one of the winners in the “Misspelled word” contest 4 years ago. But the prizes in that contest were very ‘ small when compared with the prizes in this contest. Mr. Goodwin’s prize this time is an Atwater Kent Radio, which sells for $l4O, and is a most beautiful instrument. But it is a pity he didn’t have it in time to hear A1 Smith’s speech, as it might have done our Republican friend good. The radio is purchased from Weeks Motor Company of Pittsboro, Ford dealer apd agent for the At water Kent radio, one of the best on the market. Mrs. Dark Wins Watch Mrs. E. J. Dark, also of Pittsboro route 2, wa s winner of the second prize, a beautiful gold watch sold by W. F. Chears, Inc., the reliable Sanford jeweler. However, Mrs. Dark won by the closest kind of mar gin over Miss Rodney Johnson, of New Hill. Both got 35 words out of 40 exactly, while Mrs. Dark made the slight error of putting “at” so As “at” was just as good a word advertisement. The sentence from which the words was omitted was “The Company’s truck is in Pitts boro every Wednesday.” The “in” was omitted. Mrs. Dark found the omission, but “put in “at” instead of “in,” making the phrase “at Pittsboro” instead of “in Pittsboro.” A a ‘a‘t” was just as good a word for the place, and as Mrs. Dark had found the place where the word was actually missed, the ladies deciding the contest gave her credit for half the word, thus putting her 35 1-2 to Miss Johnson’s 35 words. It could hardly have been closer. But Mrs. Dark had the advantage also of making fewer errors in other re spects. The watch sells for $35. Miss Johnson Third Miss Johnson, therefore, came in third and won the fine mesh bag, worth $25. As imJi>a+°d above, Miss Johnson, who mails her lette New ±inl, was a close contender for the second prize. The mesh bag comes, also, from the Chears jewelry store of Sanford. Mrs. Newton Moore of Pittsboro wa s the next highest contestant, get ting 33 of the 40 words and other wise making a most creditable show ing. It looked hard for her to miss one of the prizes. Miss Lula Cross, also of New Hill, and Mrs. Henry Harrington of Brickhaven had good scores of about 30 each. Twenty three contestants were considered, but some, of them had not kept up to the end of the .contest. We need two more prizes, one for Mrs. Moore and a booby prize -for one of the Pittsboro pastors. The committee deciding the con test was composed of Mrs. R. H. Hayes and Miss Lucille Peterson, and if you think it was an easy job, come VOLUME 50 NUMBER 53 Bennett Nooe Jr., . Is Candidate For State Commander Leaksville Post of American Legion Pushing Candidacy of Former Pittsboro Man for Commander of State Legion Leaksville, Aug. 23.—With Ben net Nooe, Jr. as its candidate for State Commander, James Hudnall Post No. 119 of the American Legion of Leaksville, is going to the State Legion convention at Charlotte on August 26-28 confident of the elec tion of Nooe to this high office. The Legion in North Carolina has never had a candidate for Depart ment Commander better qualified to fill the responsible position than Nooe. His record during the war and since bears evidence tcs the fact that he is deeply interested in the ideals for which America stands and for which the Legion seeks per petuation. During the war Nooe served with the American Expeditonary Forces in France, being promoted from the ranks to a captain. Immediately af ter his discharge from the service he was made a Major in the Offi cers’ Reserve Corpe. The first of 1928 he resigned his commission as Major in the Reserve to accept the captaincy of Head quarters Company, 60th Infantry Brigade North Carolina National Guard, which he organized at Leaks ville. Bennett Nooe has always taken an active part in Legion affairs. Be fore coming to Leaksville in 1923 he was a member of the Clayton Post, having at one time' been its commander. He was commander of Jamse Hudnall Post at Leaksville in 1925 and has always been in the lead in promoting Legion activities in thi s community. Believing that under his leadership as commander of the Department of North Carolina for the coming year the Legion will make unprecedented progress, James Hudnall Post i» pushing hfs candidacy with enthusi asm and determination. In response to letters sent out to various Posts over the State it is learned that a great many delegations have been filedged to vote for him at the Charl otte convention. Legionnaires in hia local post feel confident that Nooe will be elected. PITTSBORO SCHOOL OPENS 3RD Teachers are as follows: Ist grade—Mis a Ethel Lee Low ry, Morven, N. C. 2nd grade—Mrs. E. E. Williams, Pittsboro. 3rd grade—Miss Bessie Chapin, of Pittsboro. ‘ 4th grade—Miss Mary Dell By num, Pittsboro. sth grade—Mrs. Brinson Campen, Mechanic, N. C. 6th grade—Miss Della Wilson, of Newton, N. C. 7th grade—Miss Ila Hoover, Char lotte, N. C. High School: Mrs. G. H. Brooks, history, Pitts boro. Mrs. W. P. Horton, math. Pitta boro. Miss Francis Thompson, English,, Jackson, N. C. Mis s Mattie Louise Long, foreign, language, Durham, N. C. Miss Voris Matheny, Science, Dur ham, N. C. J. S. Waters, principal, Pittsboro. MURPHY THOMAS DEAD Mr. Murphy Green Thomas, a na tive of Chatham county, died Tues day, August 21, at his home near Graham. He was 86 years of age. He had lived in Graham for forty years. Mr. Thomas was a member of the 61st N. C. regiment in the sixties and served full four years in the war. He surrendered with John ston near Durham. The funeral ser vice was held at the Graham Meth odist church, and the burial was in Pine Hill cemetery, Burlington. He is survived by hL second wife and the following sons and daugh ters: Charles A. Thomas, O. L. Thomas, Hillsboro, Mrs. W. L. Andrews and M’rs. J. M. Thomas, Graham. GULF ITEMS Mrs. C. S. Cole of Woodleaf is visiting friends and relatives at Carbonton and Gulf. Rev. Mr. Porter *of Bonlee is assisting Rev. E. W. Byerly in * series of meetings here this week. Mrs. Gus Murchison and little son Duncan visited friends in Vass for a few days last week. Mrs. Mary B. Deveraux and lit tle daughters, Frances and Jocell are visiting friends at Eldorado, this week. Members of Gulf BYPU. rendered a program at Bonlee Baptist church Wednesday night. The following young people were on program: Misses Viola Johnson, president, An nie and Essie Tyner, Blanche Wil kie, Messrs. Hoyle Causey, Billie Beal, Richard Moore and Bynum Johnson. Several of the young people went on a picnic to Lakeview Friday night chaperoned by Mrs. Gus Murchison. We are sorry to state Mrs. J. W. Mclntyre is very sick at this writing. and look over the more than two hundred papers sent in.