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ESTABLISHED SEPTEMBER .a,1878 Today atheism VIA RADIO THANKS, MR. WILBUR OLD HEARTS NEED CARE AMERICANS ARE TALLER By ARTHUR BRISBANE The American Association for the Advancement of Atheism demands a . powered radio station in New York City and does not get it, al though the easiest way to make an atheist ridiculous is to let him talk, it is hard to understand how any i body could talk atheism, knowing that his voice propelled by a power beyond comprehension, travels round the world through the mysterious ether. • Atheists, young ones, especially, might meditate on one of Bacon’s collected apothegms: Simonides, being asked of Hiero, < ‘wh‘at he thought of God,” asked a seven night’s time to consider of it; and at the seven nights’ end he ask n. e d a fortnight’s time, at the fort ' nights end. a month. At which Hiero marvelling, Sim onides answered that the longer he thought upon the matter the more difficult he found it. The more glibly you answer King Hiero’s question the less you know. Congratulations to Secretary Wil bur. who has ordered for our navy two dirigibles that will be the big-, gest in the world. They will be three times as big as the Los Angeles, one third bigger than the German giant Count Zeplin and each will carry, under the great gas bag, five airplanes for scouting. The Goodyear Zepplin Corpora tion will build them and friendly na tions abroad are informed that we do not intend to be taken by sur prise. A fleet of such dirigibles, each carrying fifty tons of explosives and | modern war gas, able to unleash one hundred fast destructive planes, can leave with Uncle Sam’s compliments a visiting* card in Europe or Asia that would not soon be forgotten. We make w r ar on no nation, but we should be ready and able to fill with subsequent regret any one at tacking us. William K. Breck, retired business man, fell dead while playing golf. He was 64 years old. At 64 make no violent effort, un less a good doctor has pronounced your heart “fool proof.” Golf is good for old men that play, as they should, talking, laughing, walking slowly. It is dangerous for. those that strain and strive to bet ter their game. Remember, old gentlemen, that whether you go around in 130 or 103 the cosmos wil roll on, just the same. Treat an old heart as you would a delicate vase, not as you would treat an old rubber boot. Americans are not going back ward, PHYSICALLY, at least. Girls are taller and stronger than ever, and among 100 candidates reporting for freshman crew practice at -Vr nell yester, 48 were 6 feet tall; a good sign. A well-balanced body, of good size about 6 feet, is the right sort. In old days, a Napoleon had to be short. If he had been a little taller he would have been killed by tbe | first ci the bullets that went an inch above his head. No wonder American boys and girls grow. The nation’s food bill is twenty-three thousand million dol lars. Forty seven thousand, nine hun arui eighty-five factories of differ ent kinds turn out food products, assisted by 6,448,366 farmers. And per cent of the food plants pro duce nine-tenths of the food pro ducts. Shiver at that, if yoti dread monopoly. ■ It is a rich country that can af ford to eat twenty-three billions worth of food in a year. Much of it, ‘hr.fortunately, is wasted. This country after ail it« spending’ ger than they are wanted nee their li es, has a social surplus of ten thousand dollars, more shan the country needs for its living. That is what builds up values; savings bank accounts and Wall Street. . EARL MARTIN BROWN We are sorry to learn of the death little Earl Martin Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Brown, of Bimn level. He was born Nov. 18, 1925, and died Sept. 22, 1928. He was laid to rest under a mound of flow ers at Chatham church, near Pitts boro. Earl was greatly loved by all who knew him. The home is lonely with out him. But some day we shall see him never to part again. He had a voice and lovely smile. > Here lies a rose, a budding rose, blasted before it bloomed ATiose innocence did sweets disclose Beyond any flower’s perfume. Ao those who for his loss are griev . e< * consolation is given: He is from a world of awe relieved And blooms a rose in heaven. By one who loved him, OSSIE BROWN. TEe Chatham Record ■ . Brown’s Chapel Pastor C. M. Lance gave a won derful parting message last Sunday He has been with us four years and we have learned to love him and hate to see him go. The church gave him a rising vote of apprecia tion. We are now wondering who our next pastor will be. Miss Irene Burns of Raleigh and her mother of Sanford spent Sun day with the latter’s sister here. Mrs. C. M. Lance was at. church Sunday and took dinner with Mrs. H. F. Durham. Most of our sick folk have got back with us again, improved in health, we are glad to know. BIG HALLOWE’EN PARTY PLANNED P-T. Association Planning Big Costume Party for Nov. 2 For School Funds With at view to raising funds to standardize the elementary grades of the Pittsboro school, cue Parent- Teacher association, is planning a big Hallowe’en party for November 2. Everybody is invited and is re quested to come in costume, as prizes will be awarded for best cos tumes. The association wants to raise about S2OO for the purpose express ed, and will have several booths for the sale of refreshments and Hallo-' we’en novelties. Also, there will be a basket ball game betwean the Mon cure and the Pittsboro teams. Some of the smaller children will give a progam. Come prepared to buy and help make the occasion a real success in behalf of the school. MISS EMMA KNIGHT DEAD Miss Emma Knight, a former res ident of the Chatham church com munity and an aunt of Mrs. Clinton Bryan, died last week in a Hamlet hospital and was brought to the old home church for burial. Quite a number of friends and relatives of other sections were present at the funeral services, which were * con ducted by Rev. C. M. Lance. The floral tributes were numerous and beautiful. Many friends of earlier days are grieved to learn of the death of this good lady and sympathize with her family in her departure. Douglas Disgusted With Party Methods Leading Guilford Republican Resigns From The Election Board—Toadying to Sim mons Not Liked R. D. Douglas, prominent Greens boro republican, has resigned as a member of the Guilford county elec tion board because he is, apparently, disgusted with the kind of campaign his party has been making in the state. Though he is a Catholic, he says he expects to vote for Hoover, because he believes in republican policies, but he is glad that the re ligious question has been raised in North Carolina, since it is doing so much good in an educational way. His complaint against the manage ment of the republican campaign in the state is thus summed up by Mr. Douglas for the Greensboro News: “Very recently a certain promin ent republican said to a friend of mine, ‘all we Republicans have to do is to fold our hands and keep quiet and let Senator Simmons and his anti-Smith Democrats carry the state for Hoover.’ Moreover as I see the situation, this statement seems fair ly to represent the general mental attitude of the men who are sup posed to be directing the activities of the Republican party in North Carolina. There are, of coure, ex ceptions. For instance, to mention one man, I regard my friend Gilliam Grissom as a fighting republican and one of the best public officers North Carolina has ever had. But as a general rule, it seems to me that those in power in our party seem* afraid to open their mouths for fear they will offend Simmons and his bolting Democrats, and prefer to sit quietly by and become the benefi caries of aj*B*paign of hate and in tolerance. * “For 30 years these same men have been trying to teach me that Sena tor Simmons and his machine were a reactionary and malignant force in North Carolina. Now they would have me join with the crowd that sits around and applauds references to his statesmanlike qualities and great moral leadership. The trouble is they have in the past taught me too well and I cannot as a matter of self respect, engage in such mental ' gymnastics as their abrupt change of attitude would necessitate.” In the American Legion contest held at Siler City Monday, James Cordon was the winner of the prize, and he will go to Louisburg to com pete in the district contest. Mr. L. H. Herit, railroad section master of Ore Hill, who was run over by a car one day last week, was in Pittsboro Monday carrying his arm in a sling. Mr. Herit received minor injuries. PITTSBORO, N. C, CHATHAM COUNTY, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1928 BAPTISTS WILL MAKE GOOD SHORTAGE IN HOME MISSION BOARD’S ACCOUNTS Honor Day is Set for Sunday, November 11, When Churches Are Asked to Lay $953,000 in Cash on Altar for This Purpose In order that the Home Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Conven tion may not suffer the permanent loss of a single dollar, through the re ported shortage of its former treas urer, Baptist churches throughout the South are expected to lay a cask offering of $953,000 on their altars Sunday, November 11. This day has been designated Baptist Honor Day and the appeal for this olfer ing made, by the Promotion Com mittee of the Convention, follow ing a thorough canvass of the situ ation. WF wmm . m B r-vi | SB| .V'; BR Ml -’■jjgyjlj DR. ARCH C. CREE Acting Executive Secretary of the Southern Baptist Home ' Mission Board. At the meeting of this large com mittee October 3, Dr. Arch C. Cree, acting executive secretary of the Home Mission Board, reported that the auditors gave the sum of $953,- 000 as their best estimate at that time of the shortage in the treasur er’s accounts. Os this amount ap proximately $350,000, was taken from the Church iJuildtng Loan "Fond, tile auditor found, while the remainder of the shortage is accounted for chiefly through the sale of the notoe of the Home Mission Board to banks in various Southern states. While the Church Building Loan Fund is the property of the denomination, RALEIGH HAPPENINGS OF PAST WEEK By M. L. SHIPMAN) Raleigh, Oct. 22.—The drive for votes on November 6th is rapidly approaching the last stretch and two weeks from tomorrow “it will be ov er except the shouting.” At no pe riod since the hectic campaigns of 1898 and 1900, when the State gov ernment was wrested from a com bination of populists and republi cans, have anything approaching the number of speeches been made in the interest of democratic candi dates as have been delivered under the direction of Chairman Mull. And the chairman has planned to redoub le his efforts by putting every man and woman in the speaking field dur ing the remaining days of the con flict. The cause of democracy will be pleaded in every county of the state this week in a determined ef fort to save North Carolina for Gov. Smith. Straw votes indicating Hoo ver leanings have spurred democrats to action in a big way and no' ef fort to make good the promise to deliver the electoral vote of \ the State to A1 Smith, the presidential nominee, will be spared. The v inva sion of this hitherto democratic stronghold by Senator W. E. Borah, the big gun of the republican party, and Senator C. E. Curtis, running mate of Herbert Hoover, will be* met. with visits of Senator Glass, of Vir ginia, Shepard, of Texas and other crack speakers from outside ; the State. T . ’ Meanwhile ar>ti|-Smf‘\h democrats and republicans are apparently wide awake and busy as bees in a tar bucket. Following closely upon the heels of Sentor Curtis last t week came Senator Robert L. Owen of Oklahoma, who addressed an audi ence numbering more than a 1000 men and women at the city audi torium here on Thursday evening in opposition to Governor Smith whom he classed as the Tammany candi date and unworthy the support of Southern democrats. The Senator advised support of state, district and local democratic tickets and declar ed that the democrats have no nom inee for President this year; that between Hoover and Raskob, he pre ferred the former, a world citizen and the greatest executive on the American continent. He suggested as the most effective way to regis ter opposition to Governor Smith would be to vote for his opponent. A high tribute to the courage and ability of Senator Simmons elected it represents a trust fund created for aiding Congregations in erecting houses ’and the commit tee feels that the obligation to re store the money taken from this source is just as binding upon Bap tists as the repayment of tho banks. Need to Restore Full Amount In his report to the Promotion Committee, Dr. Cree said the Home Board expected to realize $50,000 from the bonding company and pos sibly as much as $150,000 from the recent treasurer’s estate ultimately. The bulk of this estate consists of real estate, however, and it may require a period of years for a full, realization upon that. With all these considerations in mind, the committee felt the churches should be asked to restore the entire amount of the shortage immediately and the date for such offering was fixed for Sunday, November 11. In the case of rural or village churches not having preaching services on that day they are asked 'olflfer to take this offering at.the Sunday school hour on that day, or else take it on whatever preaching date falls near est November 11. A goal of as many dollars as there are. members Is recommended to the churches. Big Retrenchment Made Drastic retrenchment has been in the work of the Home Mission Board, following its reorganization. Forty per cent of all current receipts are being applied to the reduction of the previous indebtedness of the board, making it necessary to cut the current operations to 60 per cent of the current receipts. All special offerings from whatever source are being applied to the re duction of the obligations at the banks. Dr. Cree has »scured the consent of the banks carrying the bulk of the board’s indebtedness to carry the present paper at a re duced rate of interest a little while longer in order to afford the church es an opportunity to make a cash offering for the relief of the board. The Promotion Committed has asked the Georgia Baptist Convention to continue its loan of Dr. Cree to the Home Board until the Southern Baptist Convention meets in May. The demand for a special cash offering for making good the Home Board’s shortage came from practic ally every section of the South, and Dr. George W. Truett, president of the Southern Baptist Convention, and other officers expect to see the full amount raised in a cash offer ing November 11. generous applause frOm the audience as did a like expression by Senator Curtis during his address here on Tuesday evening. Rev. M’. F. Ham, noted evangelist who has conducted revivals in many of the larger towns and cities of the State, is now doing service for the anti-Smith commit tee in the State and Bishop Cannon, of Virginia, has promised to join his comrades in North Carolina be fore the end of the month. Head quarters in Charlotte and Raleigh make extravagant claims of increas ing recruits and are increasing their activities. The nation-wide poll that is being taken by the Literary Digest, which gives Herbert Hoover 1,593,436 votes to 910,234 for A1 Smith, is not viewed with any great degree of alarm in democratic circles here. According to this poll Gov. Smith is given only the states of Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi and South Carolina the republican nominee has 18,896 against 14,025 for Governor Smith and indicates that of the to tal number of votes cast in this straw vote for Mr. Hoover, 6,115 of them came from former democrats while; of the-14,025 voting for A1 Smith,. 4,340 voted the republican ticket four i years ago. While may- accurately represent the result of the magazine’s poll in October, North Carolina democrats confident ly* expect to roll up a majority of 50,000 for Gov. Smith in November. Furthermore, democrats expect Gov. Smith to carry New York, his home state, despite the report of the Di gest poll which shows 203,655 for Hoover and 174,531 for Smith. The poll in his home state of Califor nia shows 85,994 for Hoover and 40,- 290 for Smith. All agree that there will be a record vote cast in North Carolina next month due to the un usual interest shown in the national election, but Democrats do not con cede that the republicans have a show of carrying the State for eith er of the two Herberts —Hoover or Seawell. The expected majority for Max Gar.dner and the entire State democratic ticket will not fall below 100,000. All democratic congress man will be returned and the legis lature will be strongly democratic, in the opinion of party observers Who have been keeping tab on the ten dency of the times. The committee on public buildings o (Please turn to page eight) Bynum News Mr. Clayton Snyder and Mrs. Nar jvie Carter, the latter of Bear Creek township, were married Saturday afternoon at his home in Bynum. T. H, Hearne performed the ceremony. This is the third marriage here in the last three weeks. The stork visited Mr. and Mrs. Marvin King Saturday night. It seems that The Record has fail ed to report the marriage of Mr. Henry Hearne to Miss Elsie Suits. The marriage too* place Oct. 6th. They are living with the groom’s parents. GOOD CROWDS AT COUNTY SPEAKING ( ■ Miss Weil and Mr. Bost Speak At Bonlee—Solicitor Wil liams At Bell’s School Speakings have been general thru j out the county the past two or three i weeks. . That at Bonlee Saturday night when Miss Weill of Goldsboro and Mr. W. T. Bost, of Raleigh, ad dressed an audience of two hundred was the most important probably of, last week. The interest at Bonlee, which has been considered one of the most hostile communities in the county to the Smith cause, was good, and the indications are said to be that the hostility is considerably diminished. In fact, the Smith strength is grow ing in not only that community, but in all in which the antagonism has been marked. In addition to speeches by Mr. Bost and Miss Weill, Mrs. Hayes, the woman chairman of the executive committee for the county, was present and spoke, also Miss Em.ly Taylor, chairman for the young women voters, made a few telling remarks. Mrs. R. G. Shan nenhouse introduced Miss Weill. Solicitor Williams, who is doing most effective work for Governor Smith, spoke at Bell’s Saturday eve ning. The work of Solicitor Wil liams in behalf of the Democratic candidate is not half-hearted. lie believes in Smith as the man the country needs, and unhesitatingly tells the people the reasons why he is for him and why they should be. Mr. Harry Norwood spoke to a good crowd at Hickory Mt. school, and made converts. Mr. D. L. Bell spoke at Corinth Saturday evening. Gov. Hughes On Religious Bigotry The splendid testimonial of Chas. E. Hughes, former governor of New York, candidate for president on the Republican ticket, and secretary of State, to the character and admin istrative ability of Gov. Smith is now generally known. Accordingly, it will be interesting to note the atti tude of the same distinguished re publican statesman to the attempt to make church relations a dete«:m ining factor in American politics. Speaking before the Federal coun cil of Churches in New York in April 1926, Mr. Hughes said: “it is strange that in this 20th century \se should see the beast of religious bigotry raise its hateful head and do it in the very name of the Americanism which it soils by its vicious influ ence. It is* time for us to go back to the true Americanism of our fathers, the Americanism of religi ous freedom. We cannot expect in ternational peace on- a substantial footing until we have created good will in our own midst.” MR. G. W. PERRY DEAD AT AGE OF SEVENTY-ONE It was grievous news that spread over the county Sunday to the • ef fect that Mr. George W. Perry, of Silk Hope, was dead. He died on Saturday night about 10 o’clock. He was found unconscious Friday after noon in his store, and did not rally. Mr. Perry was one of the county’s best citizens, and was most gener ally esteemed. As a young man he spent some time in the west. Re turning he married Miss Eula Dor sett, a sister of Mr. V. M. Dorsett, to whom were born three sons and four daughters i\ow living. Mrs. Perry has been dead several years. All were present at the funeral at Love’s Creek Baptist church Sun day afternoon .except Barbey, who lives in California. The funeral was most largely at tended, probably fifteen hundred people were present. The funeral services were conducted by Pastor Maness of Mr. Perry’s own church, Mount Vernon Methodist, assisted by the deceased neohew, Rev. Geo. Per ry, of Burlington. Surviving Mr. Perry are tv% sis ters and two brothers. A good citizen has gone and The Record expresses the sympathy of hundreds, if not thousands in the loss of a steadfast and faithful friend. Klazim Bey, poet of Constantino ple, has sent photos of an X-Ray of his brain to all his critics, in order to establish his poetic merit. Science is rapidly advancing. Now at last we know that at least one poet has a brain! , * In Italy, it is now a felony to use profanity. But then they probably haven’t our brand of cigarette light er over there. VOLUME 51 NUMBER 5 YOUNG HENRY MOODY ROBS OWN FATHER’S CHEST While Barn Is Burning Secure* $550- —Arrested Friday and Jailed—Money Found Thursday night, about 7:30, tho barn of Messrs. Joe and Hen** Moody, brothers, near Meromea church, was found afire. Henry, son of Joe Moody, did not put in an appearance at the fire* After it was over, he reported that he had been off somewhere. But it developed that Mr. Joe Moody’s chest had been broken ojk en and $560 taken. Suspicion fril upon the son, as his record was ba& he having been up in court for al*» leged crimes. His absence during the fire also added to the suspicion* Sheriff Blair was notified Fridagp and went over. Young Moody waa taken in charge at his father’s homo, and under pressure told where s3tt was hidden at the foot of a tree. This was found, and the young w*iv finally revealed the hiding place of the rest of the considerable stub* The other $530 was found in a quilt behind back of the chest from whidl it had been taken. The young fellow refused to con fess to the setting fire to the barn» but it is suspected that he did set it in order to secure the money during the excitement. He was brought bo fore Squire Phillips of Bonlee but waived a preliminary hearing. Bon& was fixed at SIOOO, which the youth failed to give. Accordingly, he waa brought to Pittsboro and committed to jail. As court is in session this week, he will probably be tried right upon the heels of the crime. He is said to be 22 or 23 years of age. The barn was a total loss, with several barrels of corn and all the feed from recent harvesting. ? FARM NOTES T O -O The Chatham county fair, which, came to a close Friday was a suc cess in every way. Although Agri cultural exhibits were not as num erous as they have been in the past, the quality of these exhibits was a: big improvement over previous years stated Mr. O. F. McCray, district - agent of State college who judged the Crop exhibits stated that they would compare very favorably with the exhibits at the county fair. Three neighbors, M. J. N. Haefe ney, M. J. F. Duncan and Mr. J. Bf*. Edwards competed in the general farm exhibit. These exhibits were> excellent, and showed from their dis play that these farmers are diversi fying in every sense of the word. Corn exhibited by Mr. T. I. White was judged first in it’s class, and was also judged first in the sweep stakes class, winning the silver cup presented by T. W. Woods and sons of Richmond, Va. Mr. White stated that he field-selected his corn for the first time, and he is satisfied that every day he spent selecting hia ►corn has been worth $25 to him. Corn exhibited by Mr. White’s sou was a close second. Mr. Bob Gorrell of Mt. Vernon Springs had his usual excellent herd of Duroc Jerseys on display this year. Mr. O. A. Clapp exhibited a; fine herd of Poland China’s and al so a nice sheep exhibit. Mr. C ; R. Beaver of Siler City, won premiums on his Jersey Cattle display. The poultry exhibits this year were better than ever showing the* improvement that has been made in this county during recent years. Mr. W. H. White will harvest seed from seven acres of soy beans this week. Mr. White has a soy beau harvester, and expects to have seed available for sale this year. Tha agent visited this field of soy beans several weeks ago, and noted tim fine stand. Mr. White has these beans planted in three foot rows, and the beans are of the mammoth yellow variety. * Mr. J. S. Dorsett of Siler City, reports that he has recently harvest ed two tons of hay per acre from his sweet clover demonstration* He stated that the hay is of unusually good quality, and cured nicely. Oth er encouraging reports have heeu heard from Sweet clover demonstra tions. Alfalfa is becoming* increasingly popular in this county. Mr. Gaston Scott of Siler City will seed a field in alfalfa this fall or next spring, and several other farmers;‘have an nounced their intentions of ; seeding alfalfa. Mr. Henry Durham of Pittsboro Rt. 2 reports that his cash variety of tobacco received a price varying from 2 to 5 cents per pound over his other types of. tobacco. Mr. Ivy Gilmore of Pittsboro Rt. 3 also reports that the cash variety com manded better prices on the ware house floors.- The World Congress of Cooks is now meeting in Paris. Evidently selected the city because of the ru mor that many things over them were raw.