ESTABLISHED SEPTEMBER 19,1878
DISTRICT MEETING OF WOMAN’S
CLUBS IS HELD AT SILER CITY
Eight Months School Term Endorsed Insist Upon Australian
Ballot —— Behind Kellogg-Briand Treaty A Busy and
Successful Meeting.
(M'yrtle Ellen Laßarr in Greensboro News)
Today
A REAL KING
THE RIGHT ANSWER
LADY ASTOR RETURNS
' AMERICAN ENGLISH.
By ARTHUR BRISBANE
King Zogu, of Albania, pulled
down the flag of the republic and
made himself king. A stalwart Alba
nian of the old kind that used to
chase travelers with bear hounds,
Zogu has modern ways, with a neat
little moustache, clipped on . both
sides in the modern fashion, and
more medals than Marshal Eoch ev
er had. ;
—.
Some asked will Zogu 'be a real
king. But no more doubt. He
arrested 200 conspirators against
his throne, hanged eleven and will j
probably hang more.
The answer by President Cool
idge and Secretary Kellogg to the
Franeo-British plan for a naval
agreement notifies Europeans,
none too soon, that this is an inde
pendent country, not a British or a
French dominion.
It is refreshing and reassuring to
read in the plainest kind of English
that the United States cannot con
sent to proposals which would leave
the door wide open to unlimited buil
ding of certain types of ships of ai 1
highly efficient combatant value (to
France and England), and would im
pose restrictions only on those types
peculiarly suitable to American
needs.
This nation should now build
whatever it NEEDS. Cruisers, sub
marines and airplanes, especially the
last two.
“We have the money,” as Britain
used to say, and should outbuild
France and Britain combined.
Lady Astor, born in Virginia,
busy now in the House of Commons,
returns to the United States saying:
“The women of the world are or
ganizing for peace.” They have al
ways been organizing for peace, and
manufacturing sons for war.
American talking movies seen and
heard in England, arouse enthusi
asm and prediction that the silent
picture is doomed.
British critics suggest that Ameri
can actors should cultivate Oxford
accent. They don’t like our brand
of English.
Perhaps the talking movies will
teach them to like the American
language, just as they have been
taught by our silent movies to like
American clothes and some other
things.
Alcoholic drinks under prohibition
are various. In the South “white
mule,” powerful alcohol made of
corn, is popular.
In the Middle West needed beer
is drunk by workmen. It is “legal”
beer, originally containing no alco
hol, but brought up to a high alco
holic percentage by “needling” it
with alcohol, procured by redistill
ing denatured alcohol bought at gas
oline stations.
New York City speakeasies, sur
rounding newspaper and other
plants, sell “smoke,” a deadly al
cohol with a little ether added to
give the cloudy, “smoke” effect. This
drink is well described As follows;
“Three shots and you know nothing
until next day.”
Doctors in'-New York discuss
“How to fight old age.”
Dr. Vincent says doctors “concen
trate on old people after they are
ill; instead of keeping them well,”
Luigi Cornaro solved his problem
starting at forty, when given Up to
die by doctors. He lived to one hun
dred and tWo, mounting his horse
without assistance at 95, and wrote
to the Pope: “I had to live to be
ninety years old to know that the
world is beautiful.”
He limited his diet to twelve
ounces of solid food and fourteen
ounces of solid food and fourteen
ounces of light Italian wine per day.
Think how long he might have lived
if he had eliminated the fourteen
ounces of wine and substituted four
teen ounces of eiood, pure, healthy,
sparkling ice water.
Kimbalton News
Mr. and Mrs. Worth White, Claude
Pickard and Hurley Pickard spent
Monday shopping in Burlington.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Burke,
a son.
Hurley Pickard spent a day in Car
bonton recently.
. Mr. A. V. Bradshaw spent last week
m Burlington. .
Mr. A. V. Bradshaw has gone to
■*m*k at Saxapahaw.
Jay Burke has opened a new ga
rage at Sutphin Mills.
"The Chatham Record
Siler City, Oct. 13. —Resolutions
indorsing the national and state fed
erations and the eight months school
term and pledging a redou’oied effort
for the state legislative program this
year were passed at the annual meet
ing of the Bth district of the North
Carolina Federation of' Women’s
clubs here today.
The passage of the resolution in
dorsing the general and state feder
ations by the Bth district is of wide
interest in club circles, for it was at
the meeting in Zebulon last fall that
this district had a hectic time when
a group of delegates headed by some
of the Raleigh women considerably
criticised the policies of the general *
federation, especially its legislative i
program. There was not a whisper (
of opposition to the resolution today
when it was presented ,by Mrs. Tom
Bost, sweetheart of the state federa
tion. ..
The resolutions came a.t.thc close
of a very successful meeting during
which Mrs. Thomas O’Berry, Golds
boro, president of the North Caro
lina Federation of Women's clubs,
made the principal-address.* Mts. O’-
Berry reviewed the accomplishments
of the past year: and outlined the
work for the coming year. The fed
eration has an ambitious and far
reaching program and club women
throughout the state are organizing
with the determination of carrying
jt out in full.
Musical numbers gave a pleasant
variety to the district meeting. From
1 to 2 o’clock a splendid picnic din
ner was served in the basement pf
First Methodist church, where the
meeting was held. Mrs. W. J. Brog
den, of Durham, chairman of dis
trict, was unable to appear on the
program on account of illness in her
family. * .
The meeting next year will be held
at Apex, which was chosen on ac
count of its central location. Tempt
ing invitations were offered by the
Durham Woman’s club and the Wen
dell Woman’s club. *
The meeting opened with the read
ing of the club women’s collect, Mrs.
Wade Hadle'y, president of the host
ess club at Siler City, made a charm
ing welcome talk. Response was by
Mrs. Clarence* Ghamblee of“ Zebulon,
district president. This was follow
ed by a violin solo by Miss Gertrude
Robbins, blind violinist of this place.
Mrs. Brown, president of the Ra
leigh Woman’s club, read a letter
from Miss Annie Louise Evans, of
Raleigh, who is district chairman of
music. She urged the club women
of the district to encourage the use
of and appreciation for good music
in the home, the church, and the
club.
One of the most interesting things
taken up by M'rs. O’Berry was an
out-line of the plans for using the
$5,000 prize to be used for a child
health clinic in the State. The prize
was a visarded to North Carolina at
the national convention last summer
which was held at San Antonio, Tex.
It was offered to the state doing the
best work in submitting health sur
veys. The best survey submitted was
sent in bv the Raleigh Woman’s club
for Wake county. It was complet
ed largely through the efforts of
Mrs. T. L. Layfield, of Raleigh, who
was presented to the meeting yester
day. , . ,
The speaker called upon the club
women to study so that they can go
to the polls as informed, intelligent
citizens this fall. She pointed out
that the federation is not indorsing
any candidate, but that it does en
courage women to study the record*
of their candidates.
The legislative program of the
state federation was gone into care
fully by the state president. She
explained that the plan this year is
to concentrate on the bills that the
women have been trying to get thru
the legislature for the past several
years. Chief emphasis will be plac
ed on the Australian ballot.
Mrs. O’Berry made a plea for the
women to let their congressmen know
that they are solidly behind the
Kellogg-Briand peace treaty. She
thought it strange that there has
arisen any opposition to the treaty.
She stated that* some has arisen and
that it will have to be mot , when
the treaty comes up in Congress ear
ly in Dec&nh6r. ,
The afternoon session opened with
a vocal duet by Mesdames J. Q. Sea
well and E. T. Noel, of Siler City,
Mrs. Junius Wren played the piano
accompanimen tand Miss Gertrude
accompaniment and Miss Gertrude
Mrs. Chamblee made her report of
the work she has done during her
first term as district president. This
told of four clubs in the district that
have club homes. These are Siler
City, Varina, Durham and Raleigh.
During the year, all hut one of the
clubs in the district subscribed to
the Sallie Southall Cotton loan fund.
One new club was organized and
others are in* prospect. The new club
; is the Woman’s club of Garner. Mrs.
T. K. Banks is president.
Mrs. Tom Bost, of Raleigh, who is
publicity- chairman for the state fed
■ eration and secretary at general
headquarters, discussed ways that
: club women can help their work.
For the very first time, M'rs.
> Palmer Jerman, of Raleigh, missed
a district meeting. She sent her re
• grets. A message was also read from
Miss Susan Iden, of Raleigh, who is
PITTSBORO, N, C., CHATHAM COUNTY. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1927
DYER PROMISES
NEGRO FULL VOTE
Missouri Republican Congress
man Predicts End of White
Supremacy.
Extracts of a campaign speech de
livered on September 23 in his home*
district> in St. Louis, in whcih Con
gressmah L. C. Dyer, republican,
promises the Negro ful) suffrage and
predicts the end of Southern white
supremacy with the election of
Hoover are being distributed *.y tbc
Democratic State headquarters.
The quoted- extracts'! follow:
“There are powerful and influeh’-
tiia people who are ready to demand
of Congress a* un early session, laws ?
with ample appropriations ttm -.vr i
make these two ahfehdiaerits (giving
the Negro equal suffrage) effective.
JuFt as the people who through Con
gress placed them into’the Constitu
tion, as they did the '■ Eighteenth
Amendment. My faith is such that
I believe we will see the day, and
that not very far off when th 3 Fed
eral Government 1 will, by virtue of
Congressional acts, place enforce
ment officers in the Southern States
charged wiih enforcing these ten
amendments and give the Negroes
their rights as citizens, as guaran
teed by the Constitution. President
Coolidge in one of his rnessu'3£ rec
ommended that the Federal Govern
ment take charge of s elections in
tnese States. %
“On November 6 that great engi
neer-politician, Hoover, with the
votes of the prohibitionists and those
swayed because of the religious ques
tion in the South, will drive such a
thick wedge through the heart of
the Solid South and their white su
premacy slogan that it will flow up
their whole unconstitutional pro
gram.
“After the Solid South has been
blown to pieces by Engineer Hoover,
our next President, that will be the
finish of the nullificationists of the
South who have for sixty years vio
lated and prevented the enforcement
of the fourteenth and fifteenth
amendments. Then Congress will
enact enforcement laws that will
give millions of Negroes their con
stitutional rights as citizens and
place them On an equality with other
races.”
UNCLE WILLIAM LEE DEAD
“Uncle” William Lee dipd on last
Thursday at his home on Sheriff
Milliken’s place. He was about 75
years of age, and had been with the
Sheriff for 33 years. He was one
of the most highly esteemed color
ed citiens of the county. 1 The bur
ial took place Sunday.
IRON BRIDGES BEING
ERECTED
Chatham county, it Seems, should
have had without price the iron
bridges replaced by concrete at
Lockville, across the Haw at Hay
wood, and at Seaforth on New Hope,
as the new bridges were necessary
only because of benefit to through
travel. But the State Highway Com
mission claimed them, but it sold
them to the county at such a price
that it was almost the same as be
ing given them. I
SIOO,OOOO bought all three of the
bridges, which are furnishing spans
for quite a number of smaller
streams on the county roads. Thus
the bridge problem will soon be lar
gely solved for Chatham for many
years.
district chairman of conservation.
Miss Iden asked the club women to
continue their work of creating sen
timent against the use of holly and
mistletoe at Christmas.
The resolution committee was
composed of Mesdames Tom Bost, of
Raleigh; C. F. Williams, of Durham;
and Ethel Howard, of Wendell.
The courtesy committee was com
posed of Mesdames V. R. Johnson, of
Pittsboro, and A. A. Johnson of
Bonlee.
The time and place was
composed of Mesdames R. G. Shan
nonhouse, of Pittsboro, and John
Kemp, of Zehplon.
MORRISON and GARDNER
To Speak in Chat|am
Chatham is to have of the big Democratic guns
next week. Hon. Cameron Morrison, former Gover
nor, Will speak in the—
Court Hopse, Pittsboro,
Tuesday, Oct. 23rd, at 11 O’clock.
' Hon. O. Max Gardner, candidate for Governor, will
. speak in the school auditorium at-
Siler City, October 24th, 8:08 P. M.
Both these gentlemen are eloquent speakers snd.
will’ address the people of. the county upon the issues
of the campaign. If you wish to know facts and not.
rumors and slanders; if you wish to hear principles
discussed and not an appeal to prejudice, go out and
hear one or jboth. - t
FAIR UNDER WAY
AT SILER CITY
Exhibits Most Creditable i %
Several Departments; Wo
man’s Department Excellent.
When you read, this, if you are in
Chatham, you shquld'YfiaVtfv at least
two more days in, which t<r* visit the
Chatham Fair at Siler Gity and en-:
joy. a holiday and visit wife|r your co
untrymen;
The editor hiad only a brief time to
study the‘“exhibits Tuesday morning
before writing this. • The displays
were possible this trying crop -year,
was much gratified at what he saw
in some of the departments. It is
difficult to see how such farm dis
plays as shown by Mr. and Mrs. John
Edwards, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Hack
ney and Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Duncan
were possible thi trying crop year.
Mr. Hackney won last year in a
dual contest between him and his
brother-in-law, Mr. Duncan; but Mr.
and Mrs. Edwards have entered the
race tins year and will give both of
the last year'exhibitors a run for the
money. ■■
Messrs. Rufus and Steve Brewer
have a notable display of fruit, whert
the almost total failure of the fruit
crop if. Chatham i 3 considered. Mi-.
S. P. Teague, as usual, has a variety
of creditable exhibits. \ ; . J
C. Aj Clapp, with his Poland Chi- J
nas, R. M. Gorrell, with DurocSjand
Oscar Lambert, with his Poland Chi
nas, help make the swine.show worth
while. Mr. Clapp has also several
Shropshire sheep. Ira White also j
shows Durocs.
In the poultry department, Her- |
bert Lindley shows fine white Leg
horns, T. Ira White superb Barred
Rocks, Dock Tate, of Ramseur, has
Games, and Mrs. Jesse Stout, of Siler
City, a fine lot of Rhode Island Reds.
The art department, under the di
rection of Mrs. Daniel L. Bell, is far
better and more extensive than ever
before. There are scores of paintings
and other interesting and beautiful
objects. We should like to have Mrs.
Bell give a more detailed account of
her department next week.
The canned gods and cookery dis
plays were worthy of tribute.
The midway had not got into
swing. It is the most notable mid
way in the history of the fair. The
chaps and the grown folk, too, can
find something to keep them inter
ested.
If you have not already visited the
fair this week, get ready and go Fri
day or even Saturday. It will keep
in full tilt till Saturday night. If
you cannot go in the day, go at
night. A little fun will help you.
Mr. Carl Gilliland, as manager, de
serves credit for so successful a
fair this poor crop year.
BROWNS CHAPEL NEWS
The center of interest in our com
munity the past week was the home
of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Durham, where
a little girl arrived Oct. 9. Mrs. R.
H. Mann is with her daughter, Mrs.
Durham.
Mrs. H. G. Dorsett of Wake For
est spent Saturday night with her
mother Mrs. S. J. Henderson at the
home of M'r. F. R. Henderson.
Miss Belle Ellis of Durham spent
the week-end with Mrs. W. C. Hen
derson. v
Rev. E. A. Brown of the Haw riv
er charge was at our church Satur
day night on a Sunday school check
up.
Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Woody have
been missing from Sunday services
a good deal because of the latter’s
absence in Greensboro where she :-s
taking treatment at a hospital for
head trouble.
Miss Ethel Justice has been shut
in a few days ( by slight illness.
MR. CREWS THANKED
The school library is the recipient
of three new magazine subscriptions
through the kindness of Mr. Z. V.
Crews. They are The National Geo
graphic, The American and World’s
Work. *: .
These magazines are a great help
to students and teachers and they
wish to express appreciation public
ally to Mr, Crews,
CONVICT MEETS SUDDEN DEATH
WHEN HE TOUCHES LIVE WIRE
Will King Victim of Contact With Exposed Wire Corimer^Jr
Jury Attributes Death to His Own Carelessness Stats.
Is possibly Involved In Responsibility.
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.orlda Beauty |
Aliss* trin iodlrey, of Chiplev,
Florida, is one of the entries in the
Nationwide “Miss Small Town
America” Beauty Contest. She-has
grey eyes and light brown hair, is
nineteen yenr c age and 5 feet
Parties In Honor
Pittsboro Bride
Mss Mary Lou Burns Secretly
Married to Mr. Joe Wirtz.
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Several parties have been given in
honor of the marriage of Miss Mary
Lou Burns, lovely daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. John Burns,to Mr. Joe
Writz, both of Pittsboro.
The marriage occurred at Sanford
Sept. 23, and was kept a secret un
til its announcement at a lovely par
ty given October 9 by Miss Louise
Riddle. «
Those present at Miss Riddle’s an
nouncement party were Misses. Del
la Wilson, Pauline Bland, Truman
Fields, Tootsie Johnson, Mary Dell
Bynum, Camilla Powell, Bessie Chap
in, Lucy Pierce, Jennie Connell, Em
ily Taylor, Gladys Peterson, and Mes
dames Geo. May, R. Q. Shannonhouse
Dave Thomas, of Durham, and the
guest of honor, Mrs. Joe Writz.
The announcement was made upon
the beautiful place cards. A salad
course with coffee was served.
Another party given in honor of
the bjnde was at the Exline hotel,
Friday from 4:30 to 6, under the
auspices of Mrs. Dave Thomas. Hal
lowe’en decorations were used. About
twenty-five guests were present, in
cluding the bride’s sister, M'rs. G. B.
Hellen of Chapel Hill. A salad course
with ice tea and sandwiches was
served.
Mrs. George Brewer and Miss
Gladys Peterson, the former the hon
oree’s Sunday school teacher, were
joint hostesses at a line shower giv
en at the home of Mrs. Brewer on
Tuesday evening, from 8 to 10 for
Mrs. Joe Writz, recent bride. Prac
tically all the young people in town
were present. A pink and white col
or scheme was used throughout. The
home was decorated with pink and
white cut flowers and -crepe paper.
Refreshments were a feature of the
evening. *
24-HOUR TELEPHONE
SERVICE PLANNED
Beginning with November 1, the
Central Carolina Telephone company
will give Pittsboro patrons a 24-hour
a day service. The question was
brought to the attention of the town
council and the company secured the
consent of the council to make an
additional charge of 25 cts a month
for residence phones and 50 cents a
month for business phones in order
to supplement the income in a mea
sure sufficiently to reimburse the
company for the expense of the ex
tra service.
' The day and night service vdll be
worth the extra cost, particularly
for .the residence phones, as emer
gencies can be met. At present,
Pittsboro is practically cut off from
the work!-at night on the larger part
of Sundays.
EARL MARTIN BROWN
On Saturday morning, Sept. 22,
the death angel visited the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus Brown and car
ried home their only child, a darling
little boy, Earl, of nearly three years.
Earl was bora Nov. 18, 1923. He
was placed in this home for such- a
short time/but our hearts were en
twined around him and are sad be
cause he has gone from our midst.
■ The home ia- lonely and broken
without the baby’s voice and foot
steps; but some day we will see him
never to part again.* .
The funeral service* were conduct
ed at Chatham church on Sunday.
Sept. 23, by Rev. C. M. Lance. Earl
was laid to Test beneath a lonely cov
ering of beautiful flowers.
VOLUME 51, NUMBER 4
Another death is added to thet*
fatal ties at Coal Glen. Willie* Kin®,
a convict from Bertie count, erne
of the batch of convicts assigned at
their own behest, we understand* t*
work in the mine was electrocuted
Monday night about 11 o’clock thru
coming in contact with two exposed
wires in the mine. *
Coroner G. H. Brooks, called tor
the scene of the tragedy, empanel
ed a jury composed of Winebarger^
H. G. Beard, J. L. Payne, W. T.
Giles, W. H. McNeill, and C. F. Gat
ton, and made an inquest into that
cause of the death. The /jury' ren
dered the following verdict: “Will
King came to'his death by coming
in contact with 440 voltage wires
while working in the Carolina Goal '
Company’s mine and his death met
an accident largely due to careless
ness on* 1 the part, of the deceased.**'
Inquiry;of Coroner Brooks reveal
ed the mformafipX that the dire*
were partly denuded of their insu
lation nyfteriaL were just in the rear
of King wheh a car was about tw
start, and that he stepped hack far
ther than was necessary to protect
himself from the starting car. There
in lay his only Carelessness. It wnms
not discovered whether the lack of
insulation was generally known, or
particularly by King. \
In case a suit should occur for
recompense to King’s family, it w
possible that the State would be
made a party. There was some crit
icism of the contract made whereby
a group of convicts w<»re to be em
ployed in mine, but it has been said
that the assignment to the mine was
made in each case UDon the wishes
of the convicts themselves.
Moncure News Items
Capt. .J. H. Wissler returned from
a week’s visit in Virginia last Sat.
He was accompanied home by 3tr„
and Mrs. Myqrs and son of Virgins*.
Rev. and Mrs. C. M. Lance and
little daughter, Sarah, took dinner*
with Capt. Wissler Sunday. They '
took supper with Mr. and Mrs. G. J?‘. -
Carr.
ivirs. C. M. Whilden and children
of Raleigh, are visiting Mite. Bar
bara Watkins for a few days.
Mr. J. B. Powers, who has a posi
tion at Greensboro, spent last week
end at his home her,;.
The ladies of this ;ommunity met
at M'rs. J. E. Moore’s on Main St.
last Wednesday afternoon in the in
terest of the orphan girl of Metho
dist orphanage, Raleigh, they are
clothing. Those who did not attend
the meeting sent money to help buy
the orphan’s winter clothes. .
The supper that was given at the
Junior Hall last Friday evening and
that was sponsored by the Epworth
League was a success in every way.
Miss Catherine Thomas who was lead
er of the occasion should be congrat
ulated for her splendid management
and also all the member* of the lea
gue should be congratulated for their
help and nice team work.
The Epworth League met last Sun
day evening at 7 o’clock. As the
president, Miss Lois Ray, came in
late, the meeting was called to or
der by Miss Roberta Lambeth, the
vice-president. Then the minutes of
last meeting were read by the see**
retary, Miss Dorothy Lambeth. Then
the meeting was turned over to the
leader,. Miss Edna Hilliard. 'The
subject was Winning My Chum to
Jesus.
Rev. C. M. Lance, pastor of the
Methodist church, preached his lust
sermon here Sunday. Conference
will convene Oct. 31st at Wilson. Mr*
Lance preached two splendid sermons
one at 11 o’clock and the other a k
7:30. Mr. Lance has endeared Man
self to the people of this commun
ity during his four years stay here
with us and we hate to see him go,
hut hope:him success in his nem
field of work. Moncure church has
not at this writing paid up in full,
but we feel sure that before he
leaves for Conference everyone, who
has not paid hi* or her part wm do
so.' Moncure church has always pnid
up in full and we feel confident that
we will this time.
Messrs. Eugene and. Alfred Lam
beth have returned from a two week*
stay at De Funiak Springs, Fla. They
were visiting relatives there.
Orders have been received from
Washington, for Mr. Jb W. Johnson
to extend his route so as to serve
the people of the Carolina Steam
Electric plant, beginning Oct. 16.
Sheriff and Mrs. S. W. Womble
and sons, Johty mid Samuel of San
ford spent the day with Mrs. Mary
Barringer yesterday:
Several -from here attended the
funeral of Mr. Spence Kelly at
Buffaloe Presbyterian church, San
ford, Sunday.
We understand that Mr. , Samuel
•Crutchfield, the spn of Mr. and Mrs.
C. B. Crutchfield has taken interest . ;
with Mpncure Chevrolet Co. and is
now manager of the filling station
there. • ♦ - .
Miss Mae Watson of Sanford is
now clerking in M*r. C. B. Crutch
field’s store., ~
Mias Elizabeth Farrell spent sev
eral days' at Aberdeen last week.
Mr. W.‘ W. Stedman is selling out
most of lug herd of registered Du
roc hogs this fall. He .shipped six
nice gilt* to the U. S. Prison farm
at Port Royal, S. C. last week.
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