ESTABLISHED SEPTEMBER 19,1878 Today ' atheism via radio THANKS, MR. WILBUR OLD HEARTS NEED CARE AMERICANS ARE TALLER By ARTHUR BRISBANE Dr. Eckener and his fellow officers of the big Zepplin hope American capital will interest itself in the building of' five airships >for* trans- Atlantic flights. A big New York bank is said to be interested. All are interested in the develop ment of aviation. Every useful new thing helps general prosperity. If we can’t build the airships our selves, the next best thing is to finance them. Mr. Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., of Gen eral Motors, and his associates will sooner or later get into the airplane field. McClintic, Marshall—a firm of Pittsburgh now constructing ready made steel frames for houses—might well turn from steel to duralumin to build all metal dirigibles and frames. Great demand for automobiles, keeping aIL plants at, capacity pro duction, is one proof of prosperity.’ The 5 Northwest and Middle-West report^go6d -.business. If we were much more prosperous, we could hardly stand it. That is to say, some of us could hardly stand it. But it is not so with all, unfor tunately. In New York, a man, fifty years old, having vainly sought a job open to gray hairs, tried to hang himself from a thirty-story window. He did not succeed in hanging him self, but fell and was killed. Mr. Roy Howard looks before he leaps and decides not to leap, after having alcoholic drinks analyzed in many of New York’s “best” speak easies. In eight “high grade” establish ments his agents purchased liauors j actually deadly. Only two or three places out of twenty-eight sold non- j poisonous whiskies. And they also were poisonous,' since alcohol, as fools use it, it [ always a poison. Something new in modern sur gery. 1 Dr. Robert Meals, young surgeon of Hollywood, thought that shock after surgical operation is caused by anaesthetics, not by the opera tion. To test his theory he removed his own appendix, lying on the op erating table propped up, asking the assistance of a brother surgeon only in locating the appendix a.id remov ing adhesions. A fine display of self-control and “courage.” Local anaesthesia was employed, but could not prevent internal pain. This operation again raises the question, “What IS courage?” It reminds us that not long ago before anaesthetics were used, ail operations were accompanied by a terrible pain. The clergy said it was a shame to use anaesthetics because it defeated the will of God, who desired his creatures to suffer. That opinion has been abandoned. Japan will send to Brazil at least j 1.000 colonists each year. The Japanse are kind to their children. No Japanese "ever strikes i a child. Consequently the children thrive, and families are big. Grandchildren of Americans now living may see an important branch of Asia established on the continent south of us. # / i That is the business of Brazil and j Japan, not ours. Mussolini says the Italian press is perfectly free, but it must not criticize Fascismo, or his policies, j Newspapers MAY criticize his vio- j lin playing if they choose. . j Mussolini remembers that Na poleon said, “My government could not last two weeks if I allowed lib erty to the press.” Extraordinary are Mussolini’s success and good judgment. He j appears on the page of history, a, cross between Mohammed and Mar-, cus Aurelius, and, apart from his as- ; sertion that liberty is an unimport- J ant word, we find little to criticize; in his doings, remembering that if Italy had not had Mussolini it would have had anarchy. CHATHAM MILL HEAD IS HUNTING IN NORTH WOOD A. C. King, president of the Chat ham Mills, Inc. of Pittsboro, has broken the season’s record in moose hunting, it was learned here yester day. He is now on his annual hun ting trip near Havelock, New Bruns wick, which is a considerable dis tance toward the polar regions. Several days ago Mr. Kluge, who is W'ell known in Chatham countv drove into Fredericton. N. 8., with a large moose head. The specimen had 28 perfectly formed points, the antlers measuring 52 inches from tip to tip, with a web of 14 inches. This is a New Brunswick record for the season. The tropbv was taken in the '•ig Dungarvon district famous for nioose hunting.—Durham Herald. Tne Chatham Record COTTON CO-OPS FORM SUPPLY CO. ! For Co-Operative Purchases of Seeds and Fertilizers or Members Raleigh, Oct 22.—With the issu ing this week of a charter for the Cotton Growers Supply Company, U. B. Blalock, General manager of the North •.Carolina Cotton Growers Co operative association, makes the fol lowing announcement: , “The Growers Supply Co. is a subsidiary corporation of the Cotton Growers Co-operative asso ciation. “Its character gives the corpora tion very wide latitude but it is the purpose of the organization at pres et only to engage in the handling of improved cotton seed and other field seeds, commercial fertilizers, and fertilizer materials for tne mem bers of the association only. ■’ “A certain amount of the reserve * funds of the cotton association, not i to exceed one hundred thousand dol- i lars will be set aside for this sub sidiary as capital stock. “Seeds, fertilizers, and fertilizer materials will be handled only on .a cash basis. “The directors and the manage ment t of the Association, have been i of the opinion that for quite some time that they should engage in oth- L er activities for the benefit of their members besides that of handling j cotton for the members of the asso- ; ciation. For some years past other < cotton co-operative associations, 1 either through subsidiary or through < Farm Bureau organizations, have ] been handling Held seeds, fertilizers, ] and fertilizer materials, and other < merchandise in a very manner for < their membership. The Alabama ] Cotton association has been remark- < ably successful along this line and handled over one hundred thousand t tons of fertilizer the past season. j “The combined purchasing power ( of our membership gives us an ad- } vantage that we feel we should cap- t italize on. t “The first step in the promotion ( of co-operative cotton marketing is ( the introduction of improved cotton t seed, thereby producing a better < qualit of cotton than that grown by } the average cotton producer. We f are already assured that our first I season’s business in the handling of I improevd or pedigreed seeds will 1 amount to several thousands of bu- £ shels. In fact, one order for 10,- g 000 bushels of pedigreed cotton seed y has been placed with one of the r South’s best known seed breeders.” j 1 c FIVE ARE INJURED i IN AUTO COLLISION T Machines Collide Wednesday t Night Near Siler City; s Five Persons Hurt s Siler City, Oct. 25. —One of the worst automobile wrecks that has j happened in this county in some time occurred on Route 60, a little over a mile from town, near Carl Giili- and’s chicken farm just at dark on ( Wednesday evening. £ Polk Dixon, driving a sedan and accompanied by Casey Jones, Wade < Dixon and Cohen Dixon, was com- * ing into town. Floyd Langley driv- . ing a touring car, and accompanied \ by his step-mother, and two small ( children, was going in the opposite direction, when, according to wit- , g nesses, Langley turned out to pass £ a wagon just as he was meeting ( Dixon and the two cars crashed, both being totally wrecked. Lang ley was cut about the faog and haJ j two teeth broken. Mrs. Langley was hurt worse j than any . one else. She has a < broken arm and was badly cut about the head and face, her nose being r completely split open. In the other £ car Polk Dixon was badly cut on the ‘ hand. Casey Jones was badlv cut on the right fore arm, Wade Dixon was cut on the forehead and nose, and all of the occupants of both 6 cars were more or less bruised and ’ shaken up. j FROM MT. SIANI CHURCH j The congregation of Mt. Siani A. M. E. church, of Pittsboro, concern ed about the health of its friend Mr. J. L. Griffin, held a special prayer meeting for his complete recovery. , I The church was informed that Mr. ; ! Griffin had been under treatment of a Durham physician and might have , to have an operation, and from their [ appreciation of the easy manner in which he has associated himself with | mankind which makes both white and colored love him this meeting was called. Several volunteered stories of acts of kindness to them by Mr. Griffin, and the church is praying that he may be completely restored to health. R. R. RAMSEY, MARRIAGE LICENSE The following couples secured li cense to marry at Pittsboro during October: White —Wesley Thomas and MyY tle Harding, Charlie Fields and Les sie Tripp, George Snider and Nar ine Carter, Mont Smith and Myrtle Ellis.. ! Colored —Belfry Godfrey and Stel- • la Fox, Percy Christian and Alice i Stone, Will Johnson and Pearl Wat- ! son. PITTSBORO, N. C., CHATHAM COUNTY, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1. 1928 E L SHIPMAN’S RALEIGH LETTER By M. L. SHIPMAN t Raleigh, Oct. 29.-—The local Dem i ocracy scored heavily in the appear ance of former Congressman C’yde R. Hoey, of Shelby, at the Cay audi torium on Friday evening following the big anti-Smith meeting ed by Senator F. M. Simmons tba night previous. These two outstand i ing representatives. ol their \esPec | tive groups, into' which the State has degenerated since the Houston convention, were warmly , received ?md sppnsers for each \v ere apparently pleased with visibly re sults. Since starting out early in the campaign Mr. Hoey, democratic electpr at large for the State, has made more than forty .speeches in North Carolina and six •in other states. The Raleigh speech was the second delivered by Senator Sim mons against the candidacy of Gov ernor Smith. Mr. Hoey, acknowledged leader of the Smith forces in North Carolina, has been in wide demand fjr speech es in this and other state-*. That he proved to be a magnet to at tract the voters into the City audi torium was seen in the capacity crowd which greeted him on Friday evening. His masterful defense of the accredited representative in the State, fully sustained the claim chat he is making the strongest speech of the campaign for Gov. Smith in North Carolina. The Shelby orator's Raleigh audience followed him close ly and many who heard his brilliant address later referred to him as a second Aycock. The Hoey’s speech here heartened local democrats, as nothing else has done during the present campaign. The visits of Gov Smith and his running mate, Sena tor Robinson, did no more to spur democrats to action in this seething political center than has the good old democratic doctrine Clyde Hoey preached in the auditorium here on Friday evening. From the regular democratic view point, there was no thing left of the charges the oppo sition has been directing agninst Al Smith when Hoey had fini died his speech. It is considered the strong est defense of democracy and the things for which it stands that has been heard in Raleigh since the visit of speaker Champ Clark years and years ago, and marks a reaction that will enable Wake county dem ocrats to re-establish their normal ascendency. The number who gave Senator Simmons, long considered the most noted democrat in North Carolina an a leader in the United States Senate, the glad hand here on Thursday ev ening is variously estimated at be tween 3,000 and 4,000. In a plain, straight forward way the Senator outlined his position in opposing the election of Governor Alfred Smith to the presidency. The political wheel is now running in high gear and will spin faster and faster as election day approaches. Leaders in both the Smith and anli- Smith camps express confidence in the result on Tuesday of next week. The republicans are observing the activities of the two groups of dem ocrats, now engaged in throv/ing nigger into the faces of one an other, with evident satisfaction and they claim that they expect to poll 300,0000 republican votes in the an- Droaching election. They have not become agitated to any visible ex tent during the campaign. While making the pretention of trying to «’ect their State ticket the drive tor Hoover,is the main objective. Chairman Mull, of the democratic committee, feels that a reaction dur ing the past week pressages a com fortable majority in the State for Gov, Smith and a big load for the State ticket. Bqt .there is to be ro let up in the in ;ensive drive inau gurated weeks ago until the last ballot has been cast on the 6th of November. A heavy registration is reported from every county in the State and a tremendously large vote is predicted. Mr. Mull expects the democratic party to profit by the presence of the new voter now mill tantly fighting for its success at the noils. Hundreds of speaktis are on the bustlings this week, while cinct workers are expected to give good accounts of themselves. W. L. Knight, assistant manager of the anti-Smith democratic head quarters here, says he is entirely sat isfied with the progress of the cam paign last week and has a heavy of who will remain in the field until the conclusion of the con test. W. F. Evans, former solicitor jof the Raleieh district. Walter L. 1 Cahoon, of Elizabeth itv, Dr. A. J. 1 Barton, nrominent Bantist of Atlanta |F. R. M’cNinch, of Charlotte, Judge H I searchlights on his tractor. Many fanners are now "finding* 2* of dlTduring ?hj b^ y them to do “ mttch work <* urin * the night as they can j Newby a former North Carolinian from California, Judge Bledsoe of the same state, and Mrs. Howard will continued their speaking tours under the auspices of the anti- Smith committee. Evangelist Ham has departed, Bishop Cannon has not come and Senator Simmons may have fired his last gun in the "Open forum in* a political combat the;;.'like of which has not been witnessed in the Sfcate since the “white_ supremacy” battles in 1898 and 1900. : ■*' Straw votes may not mean a great deal in hectic political campaigns like the present one, but the “post card” election of the Literary Digest is attracting more than usual atten tion in this part of the country, es pecially since published results ob tained by that magazine give Hoov er a lead of several thousand votes in North Carolina and over a mil lion in the 48 states of the American Union. Returns from the 6th and semi-final week show that the re publican candidate is maintaining the lead taken by him in the early voting, with notable increases in North Carolina and a number of oth er states. Governor Smith leads on ly in Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi and South Carolina. The total vote in all of the 48 states, including last week’s poll, stands: Hoover. 1,717.- 041; Smith, 971,356. Notwithstand ing straw vote estimates and Wall Street odds on Hoover the democracy or North Carolina and the country is making an intensive drive for Governor Smith and predict that his vote on November 6th will duplicate the Wilson surprise of 1916 when Chas. E. Hughes Tetired on che night of the election as president of the United States and waked up the “morning after” still a private citi zen. THROUGH AIR-RAIL SERVICE BETWEEN NEW YORK CITY, CUBA AND THE WEST INDIES Wilmington, Oct. 26.—The Atlan tic Coast Line Railroad, the Florida East oast Railway and Pan Ameri can Airways, Inc., announce the in auguration on January 10, 1929, of through air-and-rail Dassenger serv ice between the United States and the West Indies over the first In ternational train and ’plane route in America. The new system will op erate through five countries and will provide a fast de luxe passenger ser vice from New York City direct to Havana, and through Cuba, Haiti and the Dominican Republic to San Juan, Poi v o Rico, and is the first major step in the development of a direct passenger system to link the three Americas. Through service will be provided from New York City and interme diate points, via the Atlantic Coast Line and Florida East Coast railway to Miami, thence by giant multi motor Airliners over the Pan Amer ican airways system to Cuba and the West Indies. Daily service will be operated to Havana, with a saving of 8 1-2 hours, and triweekly through service to Porto Rico, with a saving of 33 1-2 hours to Santiago de Cuba, and thence through Santo Domingo and Haiti to San ( Juan. STRAIGHT SALARY —$£&00 PER week and expenses, man or wo man with rig to introduce Egg Producer, Eureka Mfg. Co., East St. Louis, 111. j • QldW^ Cbair\ f Lyon, Pasadena, Cal., owns thiS old time barber’s chair which was used in California dur ing the Gold Rush Days from 1848 to 1860. Many notables of those , days were given haircuts^and | 'shaves ujpon this chair.. THREE BIG GUNS HEARD IN COUNTY General Cox, O. Max Gardner, And Cam. Morison Make Telling Pleas for Smith. Confusion in the dates of ex-Gov ernor Morrison caused a disappoint ment in his failing to fill the ap pointment made for him here Tues day of last week, but the error caus ed Chatham people to get an oppor tunity to hear Gen. Albert Cox who was substituted for Governor Mor rison. General Cox began by paying tri bute to the valor of Chatham soldier boys with whom he was associated in the world war, and recalled his associations with Chatham people while Judge. His speech was sound and effective. He was introduced by. Mr. J. L. Griffin, who made an eloquent talk of a few minutes him self for the democratic ticket. On Wednesday evening, Max Gard ner, North Carolina’s next governor, delivered an address at Siler City to a large and appreciative audience discussing matters of importance in both the state and national campaign. Confusion as tQ the time of Gov ernor Morrison’s speech Monday cut down the crowd very much, yet be fore he was through the court house was comfortably filled. The first Report of the time was 11 o’clock, Monday, but later it was set for two o’clock. However, Mr. Morrison came with the expectation of speak ing at 11 a. m. and some of the neople were expecting it at thpu hour. He began with very few present, except the high school pu pils. who had been permitted to conr to* hear the noted orator. His speech was a characteristic Morrison effort, and was only need ed to be heard by all the disaffec" ed democrats in the county to have assured the usual democratic maic ity. Applause was frequent. Hi~ arguments for Smith were unanswer able. It was worth a fifty miie ride to hear him, and the audience hated for him to quit. Has Hated Catholic 1 For Many Years Aged Lady Doesn’t Like Rec ord’s Stand For Smith But Writes a Folksy Letter. I have been a reader of The Chat ham Record all of its life, and have enjoyed it. My husband was an ex- Democrat and lam the same. When you came out for that Roman Cath olic, Anti-Prohibitionist, Al Smith for President of these United States, I first couldn’t tolerate that, hnd we talked about stopping The Record, but as the subscription had so near ly expired, we decided not to stop it, so you need not send another co py to Miss Virginia Burns. I enjoyed Mrs. London’s account of the old-time Pittsboro that I have been hearing of all my life. But I did not enjoy her “ex plosion” of October 4th. I would like very much to know where she gets her authority for eulogizing Al Smith and Tammany Hall as she did. We have the Encyclopoedia Brittani ca, twenty-nine volumes, and the de scriptions of Tammany are very dif ferent from Mrs. London’s. We have also Ridpath’s History of the World, nine volumes, and what it tells of the Roman Catholics of old is aw ful to read; and the pictures of peo pie being tortured by fire to make them Roman Catholics. And Maria Monk, an escaped nun from a convent—l saw a lady very lately that has read Maria Monk, and she said she would get the book for me to read. I think Mrs. London must have forgotten the terriole tragedy in Raleigh in 1889, when a Roman Catholic priest committed an unspeakable crime, was tried m court, and his slimy-tongued lawyer cleared him, and placed all ot the blame on the innocent young girl. I don’t know how her father kept from .killing that priest. I have heard that Mrs. London wrote her a letter of condolence. I have hat ed the name of Roman Catholic ever since I was a little child. One of the first songs I ever knew was “The Ro mish Lady” that I learned when I was six years old. It was a young girl who was raised a Roman Catho lic and refused to be one. Her mo ther and all of her friends tried ev ery way to persuade her to remain a Roman Catholic and offered her the finest kind of jewelry. But ( no, she stood firm and steadfast to her faith in her Bible, and, horror of nor-1 rors, she was burned at the stake, [ and while being -tortured by fire she sang praises to God. That song made a lasting impression on the mind of a little child. I enjoyed reading about old Cou sin Martha Burns. Surely her youth has been renewed like the eagle’s. She and I have the same name and both are widows of Confederate vet erans. I wish I could see her once more, haven’t seen her since 1875, but used to see a lot of her when ;I was growing up, and well remember what a pretty, nice young lady she was. ~ I haven’t written a word abour prohibition. I could write on and on but maybe I have written too much already. You may publish this if you choose to. (This was written by Mrs. A. J. Burns and copied by her friend, Eli za H. Rives., Siler City Route Two. VOLUME 51 NUMBER 6 COURT HANDLES MANY CASES IN FOUR DAY TERM Judge Quits Thursday With Many Cases on Docket—All Jail Cases Disposed of Many put on Prohibition Court lasted only four days last week, but it was not for lack of cas es on docket. Clerk Hatch declares that scarcely half the cases were dis pof®id «n f ’ ® nd that he did not knoar until 20 mimites before adjournment I nursday afternoon that there wnt any notion to adjourn sine die, tho the Record had heard at noon that final adjournment was expected. No public statement of any reason foe such adjournment was made. It was simply stopping short off and going home. However, all the j-r 1 cases were tried. , Monday was spent largely in hear ing reports from those on probation* and the following probations a nr clear of requirements to report at later terms: Jack Henderson, Vanes Crews, Robert Wilson, Grady Rouse, William Porter, Alex Jeffries, Ed gar Light, Hannah Leach, Jim Lee-, Joe Powers, Nathan Gaines, Willie Jrhillips, Arthur Sumner, Bryan and- Thomas Mitchell, Joe Henderson, Gilbert Fuquay, Will Elex. Others went on the appearance docket far take the place of these, as indica ted below. Eli Burnett didn’t appear; judge ment on bond. C. D. Vick, caiied— didnt appear, likewise Stanny Scar boro, and Fred Tillman. Gaston ir ea o? ns ca s® was nol prossed. M. V. Cheek failed to report; likewise Charles Strickland. Pearl DeGraf fenreid secured divorce from An drew DeGraffenreid. Ernest Siler, Cable Lane, and Hay wood Lee submit to charge of lar ceny of cotton. Costs and bond for good behavoir for 2 years. Bud McLauchlin plead guilty to transport ing liquor, costs and bond for good behavoir. Joe Frazier pays SSO and costs for stealing pistol, which is ordered returned to Chatham Sash and Door Company from whom it was stolen. O. L. Moody pays $25 and costar in liquor case. Jesse Fearrington costs and bond for carrying conceal ed weapon. -He was night Watchman “ at a Siler City plant and had pwtol when he went to county fair. John Link pays S4O and costs in liquor case. Mont Smith, one of the three youths up for wholesale chicken stealing, got off with costs and pay ment of S2OO to R. B. Lambeth from whom several loads of chickens were swiped. Bond for good behavoir. Will Brassington got off even lighter —costs and bond, though he confess ed to getting chickens from Mr. Lambeth and others. Albert Smith, younger brother of M'ont, got same terms as Brassington. These three bright looking white youths, who made chicken stealing a busi ness. They got off lightj but for fifty years if they live so long will be remembered as chicken thievesk. In the case of R. L. Davis, Lillian Davis, and Margaret Pitt for run ning immoral house. R. L. Davis* case was continued, Lillian failed in appear and Margaret Pitt was ban ished from Chatham, Lee and Ran dolph counties. Clyde Glosson goes to penitentiary 8 months for forgery. J. L. Evans pays SSO and costs for jilrjving car while drunk and must -flmiPihdve car again for 6 months except to carry family to church and children to ’scho'ol. Garret Rash didn’t answer. John D. Cameron’s sentence for chicken stealing was suspended, but he went to penitentiary for stealing clothes. —three years. Ike Triplet pays costs on liquor case, and gives bond for good - be havoir. Paul Adams SSO and Costs for driving car while drunk. Also forbidden to drive car for 6 months. Jesse Williams failed to answer to his name. Execution tow ensue in case against Newby Johnson.* Clyde Deßerry pays costs and SGO to John Alston from whom he at* tempted to steal a car. » Ernest Brown submits—-cost aa& bond for good behavior. Lessie En*- merson to go to roads Dec. 1 for sax months on liquor change. Abi Farrar, SSO and costs for ing car while drunk. Bernie Wat— son failed to answer; Capias. Geo. L. Crump plead guilty ta- * charge of assault with deadly wea pon. Costs. Carl Fox, 2 years sentence on road suspended on payment of costs an<£ bond for good behavoir on charge of larceny. Harvey Reeves $25 and costs for a. d. w. Ex Yates called and failed; Capias. Dempsey Curtis, a. d. w. judgment suspended. John Ray fail ed to answer; Capias. Will Bray fine and costs in liquor case andr $8 to Dr. Cathell for injury to st wagon into which he drove. . Charlie Yow goes to pen .. three years for assault with deadly wea pon. Case against Eulis Crutchfield nol prossed. Percy Watson gets 5 months on roads,in liquor case. Roosevelt Headen, road sentence suspended -on payment of costs and bond for good behavior on charge The most serious case on the dock et was that against Leo Black, a ne gro charged with a criminal assault . upon his wife’s seven-year-old «is- o (Please turn to page five)

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