ESTABLIi. SEPTEMBER 19,1878
Chatham Record 50 Years Old
First Issue September 19, 1878—Henry A.
London Founder and Long-Time Editor
ONE OF OLDER PAPERS IN NORTH CAROLINA
For Fifty Years An Enlightening Force in Chatham County
Well, the Chatham Record greets
you this week after a full half-cen
tury Os service to the people of
Chatham county and the state. We
had contemplated making the anni
versary memorable by a great coun
ty edition, but the season and the
hard times have caused us to defer
that event for the present. It may
come this fall, if the circumstances
seem auspicious. Anyway, this week
we wish to call your attention strong
ly .to the fact that the old paper
ha* achieved its half-century of use
fulness.
It is one of the few papers in the
State that have run continuously for ;
a halt-century under the same nam >. ;
The first issue was on September 19,
1879. At that time one of the
bitterest campaigns imaginable was
on in this congressional district, and
we are hoping to get a copy of the j
peppery article written by Major j
London, then a young lawyer, iust;
married three years. It appeared in j
the second issue of the Chatham ;
Record, a copy of which we had till;
the tire last year. However, there j
are supposed to be bound volumes !
of The Record for the first forty j
years in the State Library, also in I
the University library, and “Henry
Major” has- been requested to have j
us a copy made in time for this is- j
sue. We want to show you what ;
real ginger in a campaign was and j
something of the fiery spirit of the j
founder and a sample of his editorial ■
y/ork. _ j
Josiah Turner was a candidate for
Congress and the young lawyer-edi- |
tor skins him alive and puts pepper
and salt on the raw flesh. It was
only two years since the reconstruc
tion period had ended and there were
many flare backs to those dark days, i
Zeb Vance was serving his first
term after his war term a s gover
nor. Only two years more and Gar
field will be elected, and that brings
the political affairs of the country, 1
within the scope of the writer's own j
memory. But we are quite sure that
■we heard Zeb Vance speak at the
Clinton fair during this term, and as
an eight-year-old lad the present ed
itor was not entirely ignorant of
the drift of political events when
the Chatham Record was launched
fifty year s ago. There was a cousin
born about this time and named
Wade Hampton, and we know why
he was so named.
The second issue of the paper,
which we have seen, carries very few
county news items. There were few
to record. We recall 25 yehrs ago,
■when the writer was editing The
Argus at Lumberton, that we would
carry the gist of the state news, all
the county news we could gather in
the great county of Robespn, and a
resume of the world news in a four
page paper. So we may imagine
that Chatham fifty years ago was
not very prolific in news items. A
twenty-mile visit in those days was
a matter of a day’s journey. It
i s nine years yet before the railroad
is built, and one’s memory does not
have to run back fifty years to get
an idea of the condition of the roads
in the county at that time. It has
been only a little more than four
years since the writer first put foot
on Chatham soil and he has seen an
astounding change take place in the
road conditions within that period.
At that time Raleigh had prob
ably less than six thousand inhabi
tants; Durham was a large village;
Burlington was company Shops, im
portant because of the railroad shops
that gave its name; Sanford was a
village. Pittaboro itself was an ar
istocratic old village in the mud,
and in the dark after nightfall. As
indicated in another article, the
name s °f the people of the town
have nearly all changed in these
fifty years. Only the Londons’ the
[Williams, Mr. Hanks, Mrs. Hill, and
a few others survive as lelics of
the more or less distinguished fami
lies that populated the village fifty
year s ago.
The old copy of the Record which j
we have seen was well preserved.
That was before the day of wood
pulp, and the newspaper of that
time was far more lasting than that
of today. It was a seven-column j
four-page sheet and, despite the ne- j
cessity of printing it on a Washing- j
ton handpress, was well printed, av- j
en better than most of the of the j
weeklies now. # . j
Major London made the editorial
columns the main forte of his pa
per, and for nigh forty years sent
out from his little press a series of
editorials that were forceful and of
telling affect throughout the state.
The writer himself became ac
quainted with the Chatham Record
more than twenty-five years ago,
when an editor in Lumberton, re
ceiving the Record in exchange, and
always reading the editorials of the
genial aMjor London, during those
five years at Lumberton, and admir
ed him immensely.
After the Major’s death his son
H. M. London edited the paper till
he moved to Raleigh to begin his ca*
The Chatham Record
reer as secretary of a dozen or more
organizations. He was followed by
Attorney D. L. Bell, who had recent
ly come to Pittsboro. But Mr. Bell
soon sold to Mr. Colin G. Shaw, \yhos
fiery career as editor is well rem
embered, and four years ago the
present editor took charge, and it
seems planted for the rest of his
life, especially since he is resolved
to stay till he sees one prosperous
year in Chatham, when the old pa
per will have a show to splurge a
little. _
Never in the history of the old
paper has it failed to say what it [
i pleased. The wrong thing may have >
; often been said, but it has been out-1
spoken, but no more so at any I
time than today. As a rule the edi- 1
tor of the Record, whoever he was, !
«has been able to write “to .his own
j hurt and charge not,” and there is
jno telling what effect such integ
rity of opinion has had upon the
i character of the people of Chatham ]
; county.
With this issue the old paper i
J starts on the second half of its first j
; century. We feel that it has the!
i confidence of the people so far as
i its integrity is concerned, though we
are aware that many differ as to
! the opinions which it expresses. But
:we are confident that the people of
j Chatham county do not want a milk
and-cider editorial policy. They pre
j fer a man, speaking boldly his own
■ opinion, whether they agree with ,
• him or not. But if there are some j
; who do not admire such a policy, it i
| cannot be helped. It is their mis- 1
fortune and not the Chatham Rec
ord’s.
When the next fifty years are
rounded out, it is our wish that the
i old paper may have been as true
and steadfast in the main a s it has
been the past fifty. Some of the
boys and girls who read this week’s
Record should be here in their prime
|to read that of fifty years hence.
I Let them mark this date down in
their minds and be able to recall the
conditions and the people of this
date.
Contents of First
Chatham Record
In the first issue of The Record,
Sept. 19, 1878, appears two columns
of advertisement by Raleigh mer
chants, among them being Alfred
Williams & Co., H. Mahler,, N. C.
Home Insurance Co., W. H. & R. S.
Tucker, the latter being then one
of the largest dry goods stores in
the state. The mercantile firms of ■
W. L. London and O. S. Poe adver- j
tised their goods for the local trade.
Besides the salutatory, strong edi
torials successfully advocated the
election of Hon. John M. Moring, one
of Chatham’s representatives in the
legislature, for speaker of the House
and the election to Congres s of Hon.
Jos. J. (Honest Joe) Davis of Frank
lin. Davis was elected over Wiley
D. Jones of Wake and Josiah Tur
ner of Orange. The vote in Chat
ham was 1348 for Davis, 458 for
Jones and 190 for Turner.
In 1879 the county commissioners
were: Luther B. Bynum, C. Rom
Scott, J. W. Hatch, W. P. Wrenn
and Tho*ta s Cross. Capt. John W.
Taylor was sheriff, W. F. Foushee
was the clerk of the court and W.
H. Hatch was the register of deeds.
These items appeared in the Rec
ord’s first issue:
Subscribe to The Chatham Record
—only $2 a year. Don’t depend on
reading your neighbor’s paper, but
take one yourself.
The town commissioners have re
cently had several additional horse
racks erected in our streets for the
convenience of our friends from the
country.
The ladies of the Presbyterian
church will give a dime party to
night at the old “agle” hotel for the
I purpose of raising sufficient money
to pay the balance due for the hand
some organ recently purchased by
them for their church. Take a pock
et full of change with you. Our
! young ladies will be out in full force,
j and look their sweetest.
Major Robert Bingham says there
i are about 2,500 girls attending the
I academy and high schools in North
i Carolina.
i ■■ "
| The necessity of hastening off to
i Sampson to the burial of a kinsman
i prevented a thorough checking up of
; the population of the people of Pitts
; boro fifty years ago, as attempted
jin an article in this fiftieth ar.ni
• versary issue, and there may be some
i mistakes, and, of course, there are
i some omissions. The Renchers, if
! that is the way to spell the name,
j were omitted, and it is probable that
j Isaac Long, a Jew and a merchant,
j was in business here fifty years
i ago. It is suggested by some one
• that the old Stedman home was on
Main street, rather than at the Mrs.
'R. P. Johnson place.
PITTSBORO, N. C., CHATHAM COUNTY, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1928
Bailey Opens Cam
paign .in Chatham!
Large Crowd Hears Principles
of Democracy Expounded
And Radical Leaders Roast
ed. Enjoyable Barbecue, Etc.
On last Saturday the political
Campaign was opened in Chatham
with a rousing Democratic speech by
Hori. Josiah William Bailey cf Ra
leigh. The courthouse was filled to
overflowing with nearly 1000 men
and women who for nearly two
hours listened with sympathetic at
tention to what old-times declare to
have been the best political speech
delivered in the county in thirty
years. Several times during the ad
dress the sneaker had to pause for
I the applause to subside. Every see
jtion of the county was represented
jby enthusiastic men and women and
as a result it is felt fcv political ob
! servers that old Chatham will re- *
; main safely in the Democratic col
umn on the (>th of November. The
slogan of Centre township Demo
crats is “Cal and Al” thus takins: in
Cal T. Deserue (township constable)
J and Al Smith, presidential nominee.
! Senator W. P. Horton, chairman of
| the county Democratic executive
! committee, who presided before in
troducing the speaker, made a few
forceful remarks declaring that the
nolicy of the Democratic organiza
tion in Chatham would be to work
unceasingly for the election of ev
ery Democrat on the ticket, from
the highest to the lowest, which was
"meted with a round, of applause.
| Following the address a barbecue
! dinner was served on the courthouse
! grounds.
Mr. Bailey, who has a large per
l sonal following among Chathamites.
at the outset of thi« speech stated
that he proposed to set up and main
tain the following propositions as
the Democratic creed during this
campaign:
1. The supreme duty of the hour
is to drive from power the party
jthat has disgraced and despoiled our
country and failed to meet the de
mands of agricultural relief.
2. That the Democratic party is
bigger than any man or any one
issue, and regardless of differences
it is our duty to give its ticket loyal
support from constable to president.
3. The Democratic party is the
onlv party that understands and sym
pathizes with the Southern people.
s*ud we must maintain it as the
faithful guardian of our civiliza
tion.
4. That Alfred E. Smith is the
best qualified man in America for
president, and those who think oth
erwise have been deceived by false
statements.
5. That to raise the religious is
sue :n American politics is an of-
against God, country and man
j kind.
That Gov. Smith’s position on
prohibition i« better than Hoover’s
and whether vou agree with him or
not on that, there is nothing to pre
vent a good Democrat and good
temperance man or woman from sup
porting him. And on the other
hand there is great cause to support
him.
7. Nobody in North Carolina in
possession senses want* to
torn this State over to Republicans.
We have in Max Gardner a worthy
successor to the long line from Vance
to McLean, and a fine state ticket.
If ycu approve the progress of this
state, vote fei* the party that is
responsible for it.
8. It is the hour of trial before
triumph. Let evei’y Democrat do
ins. duty and wo shall drive out the
evil doers and the special interests,
put an end to privilege and re-estab
lish righteousness, equal rights and
the sauare deal in America.
Each of the above propositions
was taken up, clearly explained and
foicefully presented. The greatest
applaus, was given when the speak
er read Senator Vance’s statement
in 1892, when he declared his al
legiance to the Democratic national
ticket, though personally opposed be
fore the convention to Grover Cle
veland, saying that the party was
bigger than any man or any one is
sue.
All in all, it was a great day for
Chatham Democracy and from now
on the battle will be on to keep old
Chatham in line for good govern
ment which has been realized these
many years.
NOTICE OF JUNIORS OF NO. 288
The Goldston Council No. 288 at
Goldston, will entertain the families
of the members of this Council on
Saturday night, Sept. 29th. A speak
er will address this meeting and this
promises to be a worthwhile meeting
and all the members of this council
together with their families are urg
ed to attend this meeting.
■ CARD OF THANKS
. We hereby wish to extend to our
- friends our most heartfelt thanks for
- their kindness and sympathy shown
> us during the sickness and d^ath
* of our dear baby. Virginia. May
l God richly reward them for this.
• W- over remember thosA kind dopds.
Mr. and Mrs. WILLIS L DUNN.
I NOTED CLERIC
FLAYS BIGOTRY
Dr. Henry Van Dyke Declares
Defeat cf Smith Would be
“National Calamity.”
ASSAILS SECRET PROPAGANDA
Warning American voters that the
sinister and secret forces are threat
ening the very foundation on which
our Government is buiit, Dr. Henry
Van Dyke, eminent educator, Pres
byterian clergyman, author and dip
lomat has issued, from his home at
Seal Harbor, Me., a ringing appeal
for religious tolerance.
Dr. Van Dyke who holds degrees
from Princeton, Harvard, Yale,- Penn
sylvania University, Union College
and Oxford University is perhaps one
of the best-known of living writers
.and clergymen. In a formal state- :
ment, he said:
“At the present moment there is
on foot in these United States a wide
spread cabal to keep one of the can- ‘
didates for the Presidency from elec
tion because he is a member of the .
Ctaholic church. The other candi- ]
date has handsomely disavowed any ,
personal share in the sentiments or \ \
arguments which characterize this j !
cabal. This is much to his credit. ! j
“But unfortunately he can not ,or I J
at least he does not, restrain and j \
check the pernicious activity of his 1
supporters, who are convinced that j
the end of a victory for their party
justifies any mean s which they em- J
ploy to secure it. j
“Hence, if their candidate should
be elected, he would owe his election *
in part to the religious prejudice and 5
anti-Catholic enmity which the cab- (
alists have stirred up and marshall
ed to the polls. This would be a 1
misfortune for him, and a calamity [
for our country as the home and ‘
citadel of religiou s liberty. 1
Most Important Issue
“The mere prospect of such a ca- 1
lamity ought to move the hearts of (
true Americans and honest Chrisl (
tians with dismay, and awaken their J
minds to serious thought and earn- 1
est action in defense of that real 1
freedom of conscience which is the (
liard-won crowning glory of America (
and the dearest jewel of Christianity, j
“That seems to me far and away *
the most important question before 1
the country today-—a question not to j
be answered by heated appeals to \
partisan allegiance—a question not
raised, thank God, by either of the 1
honorable candidates for the Presi- *
dency, but a burning question thrust
upon the conscience of every Amer
ican voter by the over fulminations *
and covert whisperings of those who j
seek to defeat one of the candidates J
because he is a Catholic. ;
“My Protestantism is obedient to
Him who said, ‘Render unto Caesar ’
the things that are Caesars’ and to ‘
God the things that are God’s.’ My
Protestantism, which is hereditary J
from the school of William of Or- *
ange, tells me that ‘conscience is J
God’s province.’ My Americanism, ,
which is a stout growth of eight na- j
tive-born generations, tells me that :
to vote against a man because of ■
his church-membership is to be un
true to the central faith of the Re
public.
“Freedom of conscience i s the J
greatest thing at stake in this cam- 1
paign. Hundreds of thousands of .
voters fail to realize it.
It is time to blow a trumpet to
awaken the sleepers. The Palladium j
of the Republic is attacked by sec
ret and open foes. It i s in danger. (
trembling in its marble hall. The 1
spiritual call to arms goes out to
every man and woman. Defend the j
religious Liberty of America!”
High Court Hears
Lawrence Case
Raleigh, Sept. 12.—J. Elmer Long
and Jones Fuller, attorneys for W.
H. Lawrence, Durham contractor, ;
convicted of the slaying of Mrs.
Anne Terry, middle-aged dress-mak
er, and sentenced to 30 years in
state prison, today asked the su
preme court to free their client, ar
guing that he has been convicted
on such “flimsy, circumstantial evi
dence” that Judge R. A. Nunn, pre
sidii.g in Chatham superior court,
had erred in not granting their mo
tion for a non-suit.
Fuller cited as a precedent the
Montague case of Asheville, where
the victim was found ir* a lot ad
joining her home with her throat
slashed and dead. A practical nurse
in her heme was convicted by the
lower court of the slaying cr. cir
cumstantial evidence, but when the
case was reversed by the supreme
court the conviction was stricken out
and defendant released.
Aiguments of the state were pre
sented by Frank Nash, assistant at
torney general. He reviewed the
evidence upon which Lawrence was
convicted, maintaining that it was
sufficient to warrant the verdict of
second degree murder wheih was
retained by the Chatham county
jury.
I
As Pittsboro Was
Fifty Years Ago
A Glance at the Old Town When the Chatham Record Waa
Established a Half-Century Ago
Having himself seen the popula
tion of Cdlinton almost absolutely
change within fifty years, it is easy
for the editor of the Record to
realize what has taken place here
in Pittsboro in same time. But
possibly there is no other town in
the state which has so completely
changed in that respect as Pittsboro.
It is not a mere matter of the death
of those who were the citizens a
half century ago, but the eradica
tion of whole family names to the
extent that the present population
is little kin to that of the earlier
date.
We have questioned Mrs. Henry
A. London about the people of the
town when Major London launched
the Chatham Record in Sept. 1878.
She had been married three years
at that time and when her memory
failed a s to 1878, she could recall
who was living at the old home sites
in 1875, when she was married.
It was not till 1882 that she and
her husband moved to the present
home opposite the post office. They
had boarded with Major London’s
sister M‘rs. Zimmerman up to that
date. The Major’s father was still
living, when the Record was launch
ed, at the “cottage,” out near Mr.
R. M. Connell’s. Capt. W. L. Lon
don was living at the old London
homestead, the same as the present
home of Mr. A. H. London. He, of
course, was the father of Mr. A. H.
and brother of Major Henry A. Lon
don.
On the vacant corner across the
new concrete highway from the H.
A. London home dwelt Mrs. Thomp
son, mother of Mr. Joe Thompson
now of Raleigh. That was the site
of the old Manly homestead, where
in years gone by had been reared
one of the most remarkable groups
of brothers the state has ever af
forded. The father and mother
were just good every-day kind of
people. But one son became gov
ernor of the state and another one
of the most noted Baptist preachers
of his day, whose son Basil, Jr., was
for many years professor in the
Southern Baptist Theological semi
nary, a son of whom, Prof. Geo. W.
Manly, taught the writer Latin at'
Wake Forest, and another,
name you see in the daily paper?
occasionally, was a classmate at
Wake Forest, Basal Manly 111.
No house lay between this site
and the present home of Mr. W. M.
Eubanks, which wa s then occupied
by the Mannings, almost as equally
famous in the annals of the state.
The elder Manning was a lawyer,
who afterward moved to Chapel Hill
and was professor of law. His sons,
Dr. Manning, mayor of Durham,
Hon. J. S. Manning, former attor
ney-General, are too well known now
for comment.
On the west side of the Chapel
Hill road, or street, the Exline Ho
tel was already in existence. Capt.
Exline wa s a West Virginian, who
had come south with his cousin the
late Major Heck of Raleigh. He
had fought on the Southern side.
Mrs. Exline is still here and run
ning the hotel. At the Hayes place
just above the hotel, Dr. Hanks
lived fifty years ago, and is sur
vived now by his son Walter Hanks
and a grand-daughter Miss Maggie
Horne. These were the only homes
on that street, as Mrs. London re
calls.
The Lanius place was then occu
pied by Mr. Alvis Bynum, whose
family later left for Rock Hill, S.
C. Mr. Fred Bynum of Rockingham
is one of the sons. On the site of
Rev. R. R. Gordon’s new home then
wa s the home of the Reads. The
parents were dead and Mrs. King and
Miss Mary Read, sisters, resided
there.
Where the W. C. Johnson residen
ce was burned a few years ago, re
sided J. Q. Leach, who afterwards
built the Harmon home out a mile
from town. Os the family Miss Dixie
married, still survives and lives in
Raleigh.
The Moore family occupied the
old home across the street from the
Baptist church. James Moore, an
aristocrat of the aristocrats, one of
the Wilmington Moores of revolu
tionary fame, had settled in Pitts
boro. They first lived on the pres
ent high school grounds, but later
bought the site near the Baptist
church. The place later fell into the
hands of Mrs. Fannie Moore, mother
of Mrs. Will Bland, and is occupied
by the Blands today.
Dr. Poe lived at the next house
toward the Episcopal church. His
two daughter,, were residing there
when Mrs. London was married. Miss
Lina was a seamstress and made all
Mrs. London’s wedding clothes. Miss
Emma wa s a teacher. Miss Emma
married a Womble and her son is
manager of the Efird store in Ra
leigh. When she died Miss Lina
married the widower, having beer
asked to do so by her sister before
she died.
The little negro house hard by ii
VOLUME 51, NUMBER 1
■ a part of the first rectory built by
the Episcopalians in the town. It
was built in 1830, nearly a hundred
J years ago. But the W. E. Brook*
| place was the reccory later. Doctor
Sutton, assisted by Bisnop Lyman,
performed the marriage ceremony
tor the Londons.
The mother of the present Mrs.
Morgan was living at the Morgan
home on the south of the street
Morri s Waddell, who had married
James Moore’s sister, lived at the
present home of Mrs. W. N. Hill.
Capt. Denson, later a partner of
Hugh Morson in the famous Mor
son and Denson school of Raleigh,
was living at the old Female Semi!
nary site, across the branch. He
had served in the army and came
,here soon after the war to teach.
| lhe seminary had been conducted in
ithe old grove earlier by the Misses
Jones, daughters of Hon. Edward
Jones, an attorney. Dr. Fred Hill
lived at the Moore place out on
the Siler City road. The Headens
lived and throve in a residence on
the corner where the Cornwallis fil
ling station now stands. Here Mr.
Robert Strowd of Chapel Hill got
|us wife. The Mallories lived right
behind the present Blair Hotel.
Mr. J. J. Jackson, the distinguish
ed lawyer, father of Mrs. Henry
London and Mis s Carrie Jackson,
hved in the Jackson home. Mrs.
Horton, formerly Mrs. Zimmerman,
a sister of Major and Capt. London,
lived where Tom Ramsey now lives.
Hr. Berry occupied the home now oc
cupied by Jailer John Burns. Dr,
Ihrie Hived across the road from
where the well is now being bored. /
Mrs. Nat. Hill, Senior, lived where'
H. G. Beard now lives, the old Miles
Scwrlock place, the site of the Corn
wallis camp, and near the first court
house site. John Womack, father of
the late Judge T. B. Womack, lived
where W. T. Johnson lives now. Mrs.
W. R. Baker lived in a house be
tween the Womack house and the
Jackson house. Mrs. McClennahao,
mother of Mis s Maggie, who recently
died, lived where the Taylor girl*
Lye. A. Mr. Clark lived where Ce
cil Lmdley now lives. This was the
old hotel. Mrs. Harmon Burke,
great grandmother of Mesdames
Chapin, Arthur London, Mattie
Thompson, lived at the R. M. Bum*
place. Dr. Wm. McClennahan lived
where Fred Nooe now lives. Th&
Haithcocks lived in the little two
story house near the Presbyterian
church. Mrs. Joe Tinnen, one of
the Haithcock girls, later Mrs. Cal
vert, wife of Judge Calvert’s father,
lived nearer the branch. Mr. Moore,
father of Mrs. Mattie Pierce and J.
W: and Charlie Moore, lived where*
Mrs. Pierce lives. The yhad a mill
on tne branch. Orren Poe lived
where Mrs. Johnson now lives, which
is supposed to be the old Sledimm
place, the bnthplace of Congressman
Stedman, tre only Confederate sol
dier now a member of Congress.
The Williams place on the new
paved hxghway was then the Taylor
place. Mr. Williams was living in
Raleigh 50 years ago. Mrs. Wil
liams wa s reared at the oid Cotton
place two miles out of town. The
mother of the late W. L. Powell
I. fd where Mrs. W. L. Poweil now
l.ves. John Harris, Cooper’s father,
then a young man, lived where Er
nest Farrell lives. M*rs. Foushe*
lived where Ed. Hinton ii/e?. The
Hemy A. London place was then
known as the Hall place and Mrs.
Southerland formerly a Miss Hall,
lived there till the Londons bought
it.
And there you have practically the
entire l ; st of Pittsboro residents fif
ty y.prs ago. Few of the names
survive. The Griffians, Farrells,
Harmons, Whites, Hatchs, were still
residents of the country side. The
rest of us have come from a great
er Nuance. We newcomers have
practically all the homes of the for
mer aristocrats.
It is nearly ten years before Ben
nett Nooe arrives and starts the
timber and 'lumber business that
makes him rich. It is nine year*
before the railroad is built and the
coming of Capt. Alston. Main street
has the Ramsey Hotel on it and a
number of stores, the most of them
presumably stocked as regularly with
; whiskey as with flour.
COLORED FOLKS DIE
1 The county has lost three of its
good colored people the past few
‘ days. First, Jane Brown, a well
-3 known colored woman of Pittsboro,
» died while on a visit to her daugh
-3 ter in Washington. Her body was
1 brought home for burial.
3 Gaston Perry, an aged and res
it pected colored citizen, who lived a
3 1 few miles from Pittsboro, is also
He was one of the old-timers
a and both colored and white friends
n regret his death.
e Then Robert Alston of Hickory
Mt. lost his wife the first of the
3 week. She was a young woman.