ESTABLISHED SEP\ 19,1878
HORTON VISITS
NEW YORK CITI
Pittsboro Man Finds The New
Yorkers Wonder.ng About
This State’s Giving Hoover
its Vote.
Senator W. P. Horton returned
Friday from a five day s visit to
New York. He had business witn
two of the prominent attorneys of
Wall Street, and found them much
interested in the political state of
affairs down here. The one of the
attorneys is a Democrat and the other
\ Republican, but both were Smith
supporters.
ihey were curious to know what
brought about the eclipse of the De
mocracy in this state. They said that
big business in New York would
have been satisfied with Smiln, and
that if the people of the whole coun
try could have realized what he had
done for New Y'ork state and what
concern he had for the interests of
the people in general, Smith wouid
have been elected.
They hooted at the idea of Catho
lics’ voting solidly for Smith because
he was a Catholic, and were sure
thousands of them did not vote for
Smith. In fact, Mr. Horton was in
formed by others he saw at the
Pennsylvania Hotel that Pennsylva
nia must have gone for Smith if the
Catholics had voted for him.
The editor of the Record has had
other information to the effect that
the Catholics did not vote for Smitn
solidly, which was the idea that
many Southern people had. The two
attorneys mentioned told Mr. Hor
ton that Catholics could be seen to
walk over and pull the Hoover pul
ley on the voting machine, and a visi
tor from Elizabeth, New Jersey, who
was here last week declared that if
the Catholics of New Y'ork had voted
solidly for Smith he would have car
ried New York.
ELECTION TRAGIDY
The Tragedy of The Election
Disaster Dawns More
Fully.
Here is the way Julian Harris, son
of Joel Chandler Harris of Uneie
Remus fame feels about the tragedy
of the South’s failing to stand by the
democratic party at the time when
it had a chance to win and at the
same time attach permanently sev
eral northern states. Mr. Harris is
editor of the Columbus (Ga.) En
quirer-Sun and had the distinction
two years ago of being designated
as the editor in the whole country
who had done most in the year for
the commonwealth. The article fol
lows:
“It is but natural that in the first
flush ot their victory and the smash
i\g of the Solid South, these for
mer democrats who voted against the
nominees of their party should feel
elated.
“Let those who deserted the dem
ocratic oarty and contributed to the
deaLh of democracy enjoy their hil
arity teiore the tragedy of yester
day’s disaster begins fully to dawn
on them —a tragedy that may not be
manifest today, but which will be
come increasingly evident.
“Under the leadership of Gov.
A! Smith the democratic party fac
ed an opportunity to expand from
a struggling sectional block into a
permanent national power. Under
his leadership millions of recruits
had been gained for the democratic
party in the East, the West and the
Middle West. In New Tork state,
normally republican by a million
votes. Gov. Smith cut more than
900.000 from that tremendous mass
of ballots.
“Democracy is dead, hut the her
oic figure of its beaten yet undaunt
ed chieftain looms like a Colossus
over the wreckage wrought by the
very people who should have wel
comed the inspiration of his leader
ship. Loved and trusted by millions
for his courage, his candor, and his
glowing humanity A1 Smith stands
a victor because his honesty remains
unchallenged, his honor unstained,
his spirit free and unafraid.
“Concerning its fight for Gov. Al
fred E. Smith, whom it now salutes
In admiration and with affection, the
Enqurer-Sun has but one regret
that it lacked the power and the
resources to fight harder fov what
It believed to be true and right. And
for Its ardent and unswerving advo
cacy of democracy, the Enauirer-Sun
has no excuses to make and no apol
ogies to offer.”
Indian Movie Star
Miss Dorothy Jams, full-blooded'
Cherokee Indian, weighing 90 pounds,
is hailed as the movie find of the
year. She is to star in a South bea
island picture.
X’.e Chatham Record
i Bynum School News
According to file standard set up
at the beginning of school, we have
j a large number on the honor roil.
| After this, however, the number
i will be less as we have raised the
J standard of our honor roll system,
i first grade—Allen Young, David
Tripp. Edith McDaniels.
Second grade—Talmage Aberne
thy, Lizzie Mae Briggs, Willie Mae
Brazington, Bertha Lee Tripp, Elsie
Maim.
Third grade—Ben Hall Dollar,
Mildred Hackney, Zelma Henderson,
Hellen Knight.
Fourth grelde—Randolph Riddle.
C. T. Young, Virginia Lee Aber
nethy. Sailie- Mae Abernethy, Lil
lian Knight.
Fifth grade—Virginia Smith, Mar
garet Blake.
Sixth grade—Reggie Norwood,
Winfred Norwood, Pauline Griffin.
Seventh grade—Clara Hackney,
Dottie Bennett, Ola Mann, Elizabetn
Morgan, Wade Riggsbee.
Ihe parents of the school are re
quested to be present Friday after
noon at 2:30 fov the purpose of or
ganizing a P. T. A.
At ’this meeting, we will discuss
plans for working on the grounds,
and road. Every parents, who is
interested in his child’s welfare trv
to be present.
AS TO PROHIBITION
Elizabeth Citv Advance
The attitude of Herbert C. Hoov
er on prohibition is singularly in
accord with that of The Advance,
that is, so far as Mr. Hoover has
expressed himself.
Mr. Hoover has said that he re
gards prohibition as an experiment,
noble in motive, which must be work
ed out constructively. He has also
said that in the administration o+’
the prohibition law and the Volstead
Act grave abuses have arisen which
must be remedied.
What Mr. Hoover meant by work
ing out this pvoblem constructively
or what remedies he has in mind
for existing abuses does not yet
appear, nor are we clear in our own
mind about these matters. We are
disposed to think that the suggestion
of Governor McLean on the matter
deserves serious consideration.
Be that as it may, what we do
protest against with all the force
at our command is the attitude
that the present order of prohibi
tion is something which one must
endorse or else nut himself in a
class with friends of intemperance
and of the liquor interests.
Moncure News Items
Miss Alma Walden, a student at 1
Peace Institute, Raleigh, is expected
to spend Thanksgiving day with her
parents, Mr and Mrs. E. E. Walden.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Geide and Miss
Anna Hershey of Harrisburg, Pa.,
are guests of Capt. J. H. Wissler this
week.
Rev. and Mrs. W. T. Womble spent
this week-end with his sister, Mrs.
Mary Barringer.
Rev. W. F. Womble preached a
splendid sermon last Sunday morn
ing at the Methodist church. He once
lived in this county and his friends
and relatives in this community al
ways extend him a welcome and like
to hear him preach.
The basketball team of girls of
Moncure school played the team of
girls of the Methodist orphanage, at
Raleigh last Friday afternoon. It
was an interesting game indeed, but
it ended in a score of 19 to 18 in
favor of Moncure girls. The mem
bers of Moncure team took sunper
at the orphanage and then both the
teams took in the movies at the
theatre. The evening was enjoyed
very much and Moncure team wishes
to thank Raleigh team for their hos
pitality.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Geide, Miss
Anna Hershey and Capt. Wissler
motored to Goldsboro yesterday to
see some of their friends.
The Moncure Mill and Gin Co’s
office fixtures and furnishings were
sold at public auction here last Sat
urday morning. Everything was
sold and brought a good price.
Linger Bros, put on an entertain
ment at the school auditorium last
Friday and Saturday evenings that
vvas enjoyed very much.
Mis. E. E. Maynard of Hoffman
was in town today, visiting friends.
We are sorry that Mrs. Rufus
Womble has been very sick but very
glad that she is some better. Hope
she will soon be better.
Mr. W. W. Stedman went to
pahaw today on business.
Several from here and this com
munity visited the Epworth League
of Asbury M. E. church last Sun
day evening. The program present
ed, subject of which was “The Gol
den Rule,” was enjoyed very much.
The Epworth league of Asbury has
100 members enrolled and an aver
age attendance of 75 per cent. As
bury church has a large choir of
singers with Mr. J. W. Johnson as
leader and they make good music.
After the program Rev. J. Fuller
Johnson preached an interesting ser
mon verv appropriate for the occa
sion and he presented a lesson that
should never be forgotten by the
large crowd of young people pres
ent.
Mr. J. B. Wright and Mrs. Daisy
Lambeth motored to Louisburg Sun
day to see Miss Annie Lambeth who
is a student at Louisburg college.
Miss Lois Ray called the Epworth
league to order last Sunday evening.
Mr. H. G. Self was leader for the
evening. He nresented the lesson
subject of which was “The Golden
Rule” in an interesting way.
PITTSBORO, N. C., CHATHAM COUNTY, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER
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Calvin Coolidgc is to give up the reigns of office to Herbert Hoover,
who it is believed will closely adhere to the policies formulated by his
predecessor Both men are more given to action than to words, and have
marked business and executive ability. Calvin Coolidgc has been nominated
for many offices, never suffering a defeat, but Herbert Hoover has not
engaged in politics before. The many important offices he has heretofore
held have been appointive offices.
NO ILLEGAL VOTING
AT CHAPEL HILL
Charge Against Students Is
Much Ado About
Nothing
Much-ado-about-nothing is prob
ably the best way to describe the
charge, published last Saturday and
Sunday, that hundreds of the Uni
versity students had registered illeg
ally in Chapel Hill and that this was
responsible for Major Stedman’s vic
tory over his republican opponent.
Junius Harden, ip the race for con
gressman from the sth district.
R. D. Herndon, postmaster here
and perhaps the most active repub
lican leader, wrote Mr. Harden sev
eral days ago that there was no
ground for an attack on the honesty
of the Chapel Hill vote, and be re
peated this statement to the editor
of the Weekly. W. O. Sparrow, re
publican poll-holder and his party's
representative on the precinct elec
tion board, backs up Mr. Herndon’s
statement.
The students who voted here, a
considerable number of whom were
republicans, were legally qualified.
Everybody knew, a week before the
challenge day, that students had
registered, but they were not chall
enged because neither the republi
can nor the dmocratic laders here
doubted their qualifications. -
PROSPECT FOR BETTER
SWEET POTATO PRICES
According to information receiv
ed in a letter by the agent from Mr.
T. B. Young, manager of the Caro
lina Co-operatives, the sweet pota
to crop is somewhat smaller this
yeai than last. This should result
in better prices for the farmers in
the eastern part of this county who
participated in a co-operative ship
ment of sweet potatoes last winter.
The potatoes were loaded at Apex,
Bonsai and New 7 Hill, and were
bought by the Carolina Co-operative.
The agent is planning to attempt
several co-operative shipments from
different points in the county this
year.
Mr. Young states that proper and
thorough curing of sweet potatoes
is an important factor in successful
marketing. In the storage house, a
uniform temperature of 80 to 85
degrees should be maintained dur
ing the curing period, the top ven
tilators being kept open during the
curing period. The - corner ventila
tors should be kept open during the
day, and partly open during the
right. When sweet potatoes are
fnllv cuied, they should show signs
of sprouting, feel velvety to the
touch-, and also very dry. After
sweet potatoes are thoroughly cured
the house should be kept at a tern
perature of not less than 40 degs.
All doors and other openings should
fit well, so that temperatures nnv
be kept as uniform as possible. All
ventilators in the floor should be
closed, but the top ventilators mav
be left open except in case of cold
or rain. The house should be close
ly watched, and fires built to pre
vent dampness if necessary.
Among the discouraging reports
about the yield of cotton in this
The Nation's Netv "First Lady”
g m >ggp| mm* jrayra wt M mi
» Here "are three poses of Mrs. Herbert Hoover, who will grace th#'
.White House during the Administration of Mr Hoover. Intimates, of
Mrs. Hoover say she will be ideally fitted for her most exacting duties as
the mistress of the White House She has poise, graciousness, simplicity
find straightforwardness, and is a ttoman of great culture andjiighly dev
veloped artistic tastes. / * - ~ - -d. \
MR. POE WANTS
INFORMATION
C. H. Poe Appointed to Write
Centennial Sketch of Gum
Springs Baptist Church,
Wants Information.
Mr. C. H. Poe, of 1110 West Cha
pel Hill Street, Durham, has been ap
pointed to write a historical sketen
of Gum Springs Baptist churcn
against the date of the celebration
of its hundredth anniversary next
summer, and asks the Record to bmp
ihim secure information about its
earlier history. Reminiscences of
members, pastors, pictures of the
earlier buildings, of former pastors,
of notable events in the church, etc.,
will be of value to him. He requests
all, or any, who have any written
accounts or recall traditions to write
him.
Mr. Poe writes also that he is pre
paring two markers to put on high
way to indicate what church it is,
its age, etc; also a large wooden
book form on which a brief historical
sketch will be painted, he letter will
be placed on the church grounds.
Mr. Poe promises that he will con
tribute some of his findings to the
columns of the Record.
f Spiral Garage ”
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FL-T oC,ter]::
Attempting to solve the problem of
where to keep all the cars, R. G. F
Livingstone of London has invented
a spiral garage, a model of which :s
shown in the photo above. This
unique garage has accommodations
for automobiles along its sides and
has also ample space for entry and
exit. It is attracting much attention.
county, occasionally one hears a
very encouraging one. This will
apply in the case of Mr. R. L. Ward
of Pittsboro Rt. From four acres,
Mr. Ward has already picked three
and half bales and expects fully a
half bale in the final picking.
Mr. Ward harvestde a large crop
of sweet potatoes this fall and has
also built a potato curing and stor
age house. He has already market
ed a number of his potatoes. He
grows the Nancy Hall atod Porto
Rica.
Chickens and hogs play an im
portant part in the utilization of by
nroducts resulting from the sale of
butter fat. Mrs. J. M. Edwards of
Siler City Rt. 2 says that during the
present year she has sold S7OO worth
of chickens, eggs and cream. A
number of porkers have also been
sold from his farm this year. Home
grown feeds exclusively have pro
duced cream, eggs, and chickens sold
from this farm. Mrs. Edwards has
the Buff Orphington breed.
N. C. SHIVER, County Agt.
22, 1928
Bell’s School News
Thanksgiving holidays at Bedl’s
school will last from Wednesday af
ternoon Nov. 28 until Monday morn
ing following; so all the teachers arc
planning to spend the holidays in
their home towns. School will be
held on Saturday, Nov. 24, so as to
make up for the extra holiday being
riven.
Bell’s school responded to the
call from the Oxford orphanage for
a Thanksgiving offering, a large
number of pupils having brought in
their nickels and dimes to add to
the collection.
The regular meeting of the Bell’s
P.-T. association was held on Tues
day, Nov. 13, and an entertaining
program was given. Enjoyed most
by the patrons was a play by the 9th
grade, “Too Much of a Good Thing.”
There were also songs by a chorus
of high school girls. Then came a
business sesion which conisted chief
ly of reports of the various commit
tees. The library committee an
nounced the arrival of a traveling
library from the North Carolina Li
brary Commission, also that the new
magazine was being ordered for the
library. The committee on grounds
set Saturday November 24th as a
work day on which the patrons are
to meet at the school with teams,
scrapes, shovels, etc, to build up the
school grounds. Next meeting is on
Dec. 11th.
A recent wedding of much inter
est in this community was that of
Miss Jessie Horton to Mr. Jesse
Cochran. The couple have just re
turned from a trip to Washington,
and other points north. Mrs. Coch
ran is depot agent at Farrington, and
Mr. Cochran is also an employee of
the Norfolk-Southern Railway Co.
MRS. MANN LOSES BARN
Mrs. Luther Mann, widow of only
a few months, had the misfortune of
losing her barn and contents by fire.
The recently shucked corn, fortuna
tely was in a crib far enough away
to be saved.
Pier little grandson seems to have
been playing with matches and sei
fire to a hay stack near the barn.
He ran quite a distance and told
his father, Mr. Henry Mann, that
the hay stack was afire and would
burn the barn. Mr. Mann hastened
to the rescue but was too late.
The child is about four years old
it is said.
Naturally, all the women stars are
showing great anxiety to get into
the new talking pictures.
Nlw hill items ...
This entire section was greatly
shocked when it was learned that
Mrs. John Bland w r as dead. She was
in her usual good health Thursday
and was grading tobacco when she
was stricken with paralysis and lived
only a short while. Mrs. Bland v s
before her marriage Miss Annie
Moore. She was not quite 35 years
old, and had been married about 16
years. She is survived by her hus
band and three children, Alvin, Ivy
and Dewey, and three brothers, Ben,
and Erwin Moore of Moncure and
R. L. Moore of this route.
Mrs. Bland had .been a member
of New Elam church since girlhood.
Funeral services were held at New
Elam Friday afternoon.
Mr. John Crowder Pruyear pass
ed away Friday afternoon. He had
been in declining health for several
months but had been confined to
his room about two weeks. Mr.
Pruyear was about 77 years old. He
was born and reared in South Bos
ton, Va., but with his family moved
to this section more than 20 years
ago. Fifty-eight years ago he was
married to Miss Maggie Ellington,
who survives wtih two sons, A. M.
Pruyear and John Pruyear. He also
leaves several grand children and
four brothers. He w r as laid to rest
in Ebenezer Methodist cemetery Sun
day afternoon. Services were con
ducted by Mr. Ruffin Farrell.
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs.
Charlie Hearn Tuesday, Nov. 13.
Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Kerk of Rich
mond, announce the birth of a son.
T. H. Jr., Nov. 12. Mrs. Kirk was
before her marriage Miss Vera Drake
of this route.
Mr. and Mrs. D. G. Beckwith and
Miss Rennie Webster were visitors in
Durham Friday.
CHILDREN’S CHAPTER MEETS
The Henry London Chapter, chil
dren of the Confederacy, met with
Louise Ray Tuesday afternoon of
last week. After the opening pre
liminaries the subject of “Admiral
Matthew Fountain Maury”, the
“Pathfinder of the Seas,” whose
monument in Richmond is nearing its
completion, was taken up. The mon
ument is being erected largely thru
the efforts of Mrs. E. E. Moffitt, of
Richmond, hut formerly of this
state, a daughter of the late Gover
nor Jonathan Worth. A biography
of Admiral Maurv has been dedicat
ed to Mrs. Moffitt, and from this
book selections were read by Misses
Margaret Brooks, Elizabeth Blair,
Louise Ray, Annie Bynum, Pearl
Johnson and Cammie Hamlet.’
The “Bonnie Blue Flag,” “Old
Time Conferedates,” and “Carolina”
were sung.
A North Carolina flag will he
nresented to the court house at the
next term of court by the chapter.
Arrangements were made for the
children’s booth at the Confederate
Bazaar to be held Dec. 8.
Delightful refreshments were serv
ed after which the meeting adjourn
ed.
VOLUME 51, NUMBER 13
INSPIRING MEETING
OF DISTRICT GROUP
Episcopal Woman’s Auxiliary
Cf District of Orange
ivleets At Pittsboro
' L i'owing bi.cY" . the m 3 **-
ing of the Woman’s auxiliary of the
Episcopal district of Orange was
prepared by Sanford correspond
enu of the Greensboro News. As
tin- a^eou r is as good as any the
Record could prepare for it scoluiaos
it is used here.
Jbe distri of Orange,- Worn”**'.*
auxiliary, Episcopal church, diocese
of North Carolina, met in an annual
sesrii n M *dnescay in Sc. I*
mew's cii Fiilsboru. Mis r.»l
of Chapel Hill, district
chairman presided over the meeting,
mg, and Mrs. J. G. de Roulhae Ham
ilton, Chapel Hill % was elected sec
retary. The district of Orange is
composed of the auxiliaries in tha
following counties: Chatham, Lee,
Orange, Person, and Durham. More
man 100 women representing these
auxiliaries attended, and the session,
proved a most helpful and inspiring
one.
Preceding the meeting, holy com
munion was administered, with Rev.
R. G. Sbannonhouse of Pittsboro, of
ficiating, assisted by Rev. A. S. Law
rence, of Chapel Hill. The address
of welcome was delivered by M'rs. H.
A. London, of Pittsboro, who said
it was most fitting that she should
welcome the visitors, as she was the
oldest member of the old and inter
esting parish ». f St. Bartolomew’s.
be then helped i nits turn, and the.
carrying to completion of the whole,
depended on the individual accepting
and fulfilling his trust. The church’s
work could only go forward success
fully when done in the spirit of
Christ. At noon Rev. A. S. Lawrence
offered the prayer for missions.
The reports of the district secre
taries and the branches throughout
the district showed that much work
had beeen done. At noon the dele
gates and visitors enjoyed a lunche
on, seiveq at tne home of Mr. and
Mrs. A. H. London At the after
noon session Miss Lillie Hill, of
Spray, told of her missionary work
there, and especially of the work
that is being done in the convict
camps.
Rev. El wood Haines, of Charlotte,
plan, and conversely, each small and
weak point in the whole church would
executive secretary of the diocese of
North Carloina, addressed the con
vention on “The Whole Program of
the Whole Church.” He told of the
church’s program for the coming
three years. In accepting this each
parish and mission, no matter how
small, had a part in upholding th&
The officers for the coming year
are Mrs. Collier Cobb, Chapel Hill,
chairman; and the following district
secretaries: pray partnership, Mrs.
E. K. Powe, West Durham; educa
tional, Mrs. J. H. Erwin, Durham;
social service, Mrs. A. H. London,
Pittsboro; united thank offering,
Mrs. A. S. Lawrence, Chapel Hill;
box work, Mrs. W. W. Robarus, San
ford.
/ n invitation from St. Mark’s aux
iliary, Roxboro, asking for the next
meeting of the district was accept
ed. The benediction was said by
Rev. R. G. Shannonhouse, bringing
the meeting to a close.”
A SWELL FIGHT
Elizabeth City Advance
The Advance is, editorially at
least, about done with post mortems
of the late campaign.
But there is one thing that we
wish to be understood before we
set our faces to present and future
issues, and that is that this newspa
per is proud of the Democratic ma
jority in the counties of Albemarle
and that it is inordinately proud of
whatsoever part it may have had in
making the majority possible.
If the fight were all to be
fought over again, knowing facts
as we know them now and seeing
issues as we see them now, we would
get into it six months earlier than
we did and press it with every whit
as much vigor as we did from the
time when A1 Smith was nominated
at Houston up to the day he went
down in glorious defeat at the polls.
The fight of this newspaper for
the election of Alfred E. Smith was
not a fight against prohibition, with
the purpose of which this newspa
per is and always has been in sym
pathy. It was a fight for honesty
in public life and for the rededica
tion of the democratic party to the
principles upon which it was found
ed. It was a fight against hypro
cisy in high places of government,
and a fight against privilege for
classes at the expense of the masses.
It was a fight for frank and open
discussion of public problems and
for their solution of Jeffersonial
democracy and State’s rights. Oh, it
was a swell fight, and in the lan
guage of Nell Battle Lewis we
wouldn’t have missed it for “a cham
of gold and diamonds on the fence.”
When this editor shall have writ
ten his last editorial and shall have
laid the weary pen aside for all
time he hopes that in his obituary
it jnay be said, “He supported Al
fred E. Smith for the Presidency in
1928 and had the satisfaction of
seeing every county in which The
Advance had dominant circulation
go democratic by an overwhelming
majority.”
A Cincinnati empoyer says that
blondes work harder than brunettes
Well, sume of his most industrious
helpers may really be brunettes witri
hir knowing it I.