ESTABLISHED SEPTEK ' 19,1878
FORMER RLENDON
MAN WRITES FROM
LONE STAR ST ATE
I
Saw Two Bridges Crossing
Where But One Crossed
Before
JACKS WOULD TEMPT DOC
(From The Moore County News) j
Several days ago I wrote to my
friend, W. J. Harrington, to recom
mend to me the best Democratic
paper published in Moore County
and he was kind enough to mail me
two copies of The News, which fur
nished me a great deal of pleasure,
especially the copy carrying com
plete election returns for the county. 1
I was also pleased to see a news item j
about my old home town of Glen- ■
don. The item referred to the tall |
Crayon factory at Glendon. As I ,
md not leave North Carolina until
this last September I had heard lots 1
about that tall building in the old !
town. Mr. Editor, do you know I
Glendon has been 30 years trying to j
grow up to be a wide place in the ;
road with very little success? So I ;
guess the Crayon people decided if j
the town could not spread out they i
would just go straight up.
I think Richard Dowd and Wiley ]
Gaines were kind of supervisors of.
this building. I don’t think they j
really worked on it. At least, 1 j
never knew either one of them to
work any. Richard Dowd was tell-{
ing me last July about having in- |
digestion from eating cold lunches, j
I inquired why he did not have a 1
hot lunch at home each day as he ;
iived right at this building. He '
said they only had forty five minu
tes for lunch and it took that long
to go dow r n and back to the top of
the building so they took lunch up
with them in the morning. My
friend, Ben Wallace, said he was
glad Glendon had this tall building
and that he thought every one in
the community ought to go to the
top of it. and that there would be
lots of them after passing on to
the next world that could look UP
at this building and say they had
been up that high. And, talking
about high buildings, reminds me of
the time I took my friend, J. E.
Shields, of Glendon, to, Greensboro
with me, and I thought I would give
Edgar a view of the State and took
him on top of the Jefferson Stand
ard building. We w’ere standing
there looking at all of North Caro
lina and part so Virginia, when Ed
gar turned to me and said, ‘‘Bill, I
can’t help but feel like Christ did
u r hen the devil took him on top of
the mount to tempt him.”
Missed His Supper
I left him standing there and
went down to my car. I was telling
Dr. Underwood about this and he
looked at me and said, “Well, Bill,
now I wonder what he meant?” And,
speaking of Dr. Underwood, reminds
me—l have an invitation to take
supper with him, or at least I did
have one and as I did not keep it
I still feel that the invitation is
open. It was like this—l was invit
ed over for supper and I left the
Glendon section rather late, and
was giving the old wreck all the gas
she could digest, and going through
the McLendon creek low grounds I
came around a curve near the creek.
I saw two bridges and crossed on
the wrong one and that is as far as
I got. I called Dr. Underw’ood next
day from the hospital in Sanford
to apologize for not being there
and explain about the accident, and
he said, “Oh, weren’t you there?”
I hung up on him. But just the
same I plan on sticking my feet un
der his table in that new home of
his before this time next year.
This is a great country out here.
In fact, it isn’t anything much but
country, and so much for it! No
thing but sage brush, rattlesnakes,
coyotes, and jack rabbits. My friend
Frank Upchurch, of Highfalls, ought
to bring his hounds out here and
train them to hunt rabbits. If he
could train his dogs to catch one
of these jack rabbits he would have
a real rabbit dog. I certainly would
like to see Dr. Joe F. Davis of High
falls, hunting jack rabbits. I’ll bet
Joe would jump a jack rabbit and
Tun it clear across the state of
Texas just for the fun of seeing the
rabbit run. Joe used to be Hie
greatest fox hunter I knew. He
knew every fox in Moore county, at
least, 1 he and Austin Willcox knew
them all. and even had names for
then;. Dr. Davis seemed to know
each tme when he jumped a fox*
just the route the fox would take,
and after chasing the fox for a
while he would take one of his dogs
off the trail and cut across the
woods two or three miles and wait
till tim fox came along and put his
dog light b on top of him
Joe Got The Fox
Well, you know foxes are. pretty
wise !oc. so it wasn’t long till they
got on to Joe and one evening Dr.
Davis, Austin Willcox and Millard
Stutts took their dogs out tor a
chase and jumped a fox who had
already decided to leave that part
of the county and made a bee line
1-r the Sandhills. The next day
about l ooi t the fox and Dr. Davis
were seen in a cotton patch about
eleven miles below Vass. The fox
was stretched out not able to move
an 1 Joe was jumping up and down
wa\ing his hat at the fox trying to
him into running some more.
I heard they were several days get
ting the dogs home. I never heard
Aiiliard Stutts told me he got three
miles below Carthage the next day
and r.iet Joe com‘ng back w"*ih the
T!ie Chatham Record
A Dangerous Crossing By Albert T. Reid
H elf 1 ~
Hvf is -' /mmmmm
ig||l ~ fjp
Marriage Licenses
The following white couples se
cured marriage license since Octo
ber 30: John Wesley Thompson,
Chapel Hill, and Auburn Winfred
Bland, Pittsboro; Wilbur Tillman and
Ethel Trogden, Siler City; Paul E.
Fearrington, Apex, R 3, and Ruby
Mae Bennett, Chapel Hill, R 1; Tho
mas Brockwell and Gora Belle Ivey,
Carrboro, Gordon Fox, and Maude
Harris, Siler City, R 1; J. C. Cheek
and Flossie C. Hilliard, Goldston,
Carl Levin Oldham and Bertha Han
cock, George Thackenbush and Con
nie Bridges, Siler City, Rt. 1; Clar
ence Holt and Blanche Parden, New
Hill, R 2; Arnold Phillips and Tillie
Pool, Siler City; Chas. Chambell and
Hazel Pickett, Siler City; Walter
Wicker and Bertha Harper, Siler
City; Fred Lawerence New Hill, and
Ruth Churchill, Apex, Rt. 3; C. B.
Rives, Bear Creek, Rt. 2, and Ruby
W. Avent, Neuse, Rt 1: L. H. Saun
ders and Daisy Farrell, Pittsboro.
There were also several colored
couples. ,
THOMAS-COVERT
Miss Effie Thomas and Mr. Er
vin Covert were married Sunday at
the home of Dr. Gilmore, pastor of
the Presbyterian church at Sanford,
and left for a trip through South
Carolina and Georgia and into Flor
ida.
The bride is a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Walker Thomas, of Moncure,
Route 2, and is one of the county’s
lovable young women. She is a
graduate of the Pittsboro high schol.
taught two years at Moncure, and
for a season assisted Register of
Deeds Poe.
The groom is a Lee county pro
duct, and at present is a member of
the Sanford police force. That he
; s a lucky youngster wall be testi
fied by any one who knows the
charming young woman who has con
sented to share his fortunes. Many
friends wish them a happy and suc
cessful career.
fox and he was sure the dogs never
get as far as he did. I asked Dr.
if he wasn’t pretty tired. He said
he would have felt ok. but had to
call on several patients when he got
home and did not get any sleep, till
next day.
This is getting to be a rather long
letter so I guess I had better stop
pretty soon. I almost forgot to tell
you what the check is for I have
pinned to the top of this letter. I
want you to send me fifty-two copies
of -The News for it. I realize I
have been missing a good paper by
not getting The News before, and
I am always interested in anything
that happens in Moore county and
I wish you would give the old Glen
don section a write up occasionally.
Somebody ought to give them some
thing and it looks like a little adver
, tising in your paper would be just
| the thing.
North Carolina is pretty well rep-
I resented here in the Baptist Sana
torium. Besides my wife and I, a
patient came from Monroe, N. C.,
yesterday, a Mrs. Ellise. Our nurse
is from North Carolina and our or
derly is from North Carolina. One
of the doctors is from South Caro
lina, so we feel like we have lots
of good folks around us.
Mr. Editor if you don’t want to
publish this letter just pass it on to
your waste basket and I will think
just as much of The News myself
I and others may think more. Please
j start my paper at once. I am,
Yours very truly,
i Wm. T. DOWD.
PITTSBORO, N. C., CHATHAM COUNTY. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6th, 1928.
AVERAGE HERE IS
HIGHEST IN BELT
Paid $21.60 Per Hundred Lbs.
During October. Fuquav
Springs Next
ABERDEEN CAME THIRD
(From The Moore County News)
RALEIGH, Nov. 17.—With the
exception of the Carthage market,
the Fuquay Springs tobacco market
was the highest paying tobacco mai
ket in the old bright belt during Oc
tober the state department ol' agri
culture reported today.
Although the average price paw*
for tobacco throughout the old brignt
belt was about three cents per pound
less than the price paid in October
1927, the Fuquay Springs warehouse
on an average paid a higher average
price last month than last year. Ihe
average price paid during last month
was $21.01 per hundred pounds as
against an average of $20.77 in Oc
tober 1927.
The Carthage market paid s2l.bU
per hundred pounds as against an
average of $23.48 a year ago.
he October average price m the
belt was $17.34 against $20.6b paid
in October 1927. .
The average prices obtained at
other markets in the belt last month,
as compared with October, L fol
low —Durham, $14.09 against $18.08;
Henderson, $19.26 against $22.3 ,
Louisburg, $18.09 against Jf 19 - 31 » j
Oxford, $17.42 against $20.89; San
ford, slß.ll against and
Aberdeen $19.56 against $20.01.
In the new bright belt the aver
age price on the Smithfield marke
was $19.06 against $21.82 paid m
October 1927.
On the Goldsboro market the
average last month was $lO.1 1 as
against $23. On the Farmville mar
ket the average last months was
$22.75 against $24.30 in Octooer o
last year.
' Curtis Glover, Dartmouth
College student, is far from the
classroom. He is believed to have
established his “hermit home” in
'a small cottage 45 miles north of
Hanover, N H
Good plain flour only $7.00 a bar
rel at R. J. Moore and Co’s, Bynum.
R. J. Moore and Co. sell winter
union suits at SI.OO a pair.
Got Three Stills
Deputy Fred Straughan came in
Monday with three full still outfits,
which he captured last week. Two
men were captured and put under
bond. One of the stills was in op
eration and a bucketful of liquor
was poured out. At the others great
quantities of beer were destroyed.
i Real "Police” Dog^\
M seized a trouser
leg in his teeth:
arrested the mant
as .a drunkard.'
TEACHERS* MEETING SAT.]
NOVEMBER 24th.
By special notice the Colored
teachers of the County were called
to meet on Saturday, November 24th
at the Public School of Pittsboro.
The meeting was called to order by
Rev. G. C. Roberts, President. Aft
er the usual opening the following of
ficers were elected for the year:
Rev. Roberts, president, Tamor V.
Crump, secretary, Sallie Leach, treas
urer and Prof, Lowg of the Pittsboro
school, vice-president.
Supt. Thompson then gave his plan
for conducting the reading circle
work. .
He had invited Prof. Davis of the
Department of Education to speak to
the group at this time.
Prof. Davis spoke for some length
on the things North Carolina is try
ing and doing for the uplift of the
children of the state to make them
useful men and women in the years
j come.
Among the other things he pointed
out the things needful to make good
teachers—(Good teachers are need
ed to put over the program.)
1 Workmen who are not ashamed
of their jobs.
2. Refined and gentle manners.
3. Strong personalities.
4. Discriminating taste.
5. Power of concentration.
6. Power of growth.
The teachers enjoyed Dr. Davis’
discussion of these requisites. After
Dr. Davis inspirational speech his
wife, who is principal of one of the
Standard High Schools at Charlotte,
gave us a practical talk on how to
build up Standard Schools. Mrs.
Davis has worked for many years
in summer school and is a graduate
of Scotia at Concord, N. C. Prof.
Davis represents the Rosenwald Fund
for the State Department by inspect
ing new buildings, etc.
TAMER V. CRUMP.
THANKSGIVING
The following little poem was
written by Bryant Hackney, a ne
phew of Mrs. C. C. Hall. Bryant is
eleven years of age.
“Thanksgiving Day is here;
It comes but once a year - -
The last Thursday in November,
And is a *day to remember.
The leaves are falling to the ground:
The turkeys are being roasted
brown;
When all the work is done
Then is the time we have our fun.
When Thanksgiving comes around
All men and boys ahunting are
found;
Then as Christmas draws near
We all begin to hope for a Happy
New Year.”
Appreciates Kindness
Mr. H. F. Durham expresses his
appreciation of the many acts of
kindness to himself and family dur
ing his sixteen days’ stay in the hos
pital. He is at home now, and feels
proud to be back among his friends.
Kimhalton News
Troy Ferguson and family of Ra
leigh spent Thanksgiving with his
parents Mr. and Mrs. A. V. Ferger
son.
Sam Fox of Mebane was a visitor
at Kimbalton last week.
Lacy Harris is at home for a few
days.
Worth Whitt and family have mov
ed to Siler City.
Claude Jones and family moved to
Siler City last week.
Oakmont Shooting Club opened un
this week. Birds are plentiful this
year.
W. S. Meade of New York, Clif
ford Whorton of Plainfield. N.J. are
here for a few days hunting.
Jack Tull, dog trainer for Clifford
Wharton, Jr., came in Monday night
He wil stay in the heme of J. T. Web
ster this winter.
Harold Hackney and family ha'-e
moved to the Daniel Hackney place.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Utley gave a
dance last Wednesday evening at her
home near Thomas Mills.
Ernest Brewer and family spent
Sunday in Ramseur.
N. J. Dark went to Greensboro on
a business trip last week.
S ; eurd Hoeberth Von Shwarzthal
of Vienna is president of the Leaeue
of Men, an organization to “combat
the growing domination by women.”
Among Americans giving him moral
support is Charles Chaplin. Charlie
always did seem to have a sense of
r.um< r.
P. T. A. News
Mrs. James Cordon entertained
the executive board of the Parent-
Teachers Association of which she
is President, on Thursday evening,
Nov. 8. All the members were pres
ent exceot two. Tne purpose of
this meeting was to elect a vice pres
ident to fill out the unexpired term
of Mrs. C. M. Lance who has recent
ly moved from town. Brewrer D. C.
Bell w’as elected to the office by the
unanimous voice of the board. Mr.
Bell has taken an active interest in
the organization since it was found
ed and as an officer adds strength to
the work of the executive committee. ,
The December meeting of the P.
T. A. will be held Friday evening,
Dec. 8. At this time Miss Fulgum
of the state department will be pres
ent to discuss Elementary Standard
ization.
MRS. W. P. HORTON. Sec.
NEW HILL
Mr. R. F. Strudivan was taken sid
] denly ill at Mrs. Bettie Thomas Sun
day Nov. 25, and remained there un
til Thursday when he was removed
to his home here. He is getting
along very well now we are glad to
know.
Mr. G. N. Thomas and family will
move to Raleigh Wednesday where
thev will make their home.
Thursday, Nov. 29 a daughter was
born to Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Mann.
Mrs. Mann prior to her marriage,
was Miss Hilda Lasater.
R. L. Trotter. Jr. celebrated his
third birthday Saturday afternoon,
bv inviting quite a number of his
little friends to his home. His bro
ther. Mr. R. L. Trotter assisted in en
tertaining the little guests with
games all children enjoy. Owing to
the inclement weather many children
invited could not attend, but those
present fully enjoyed the afternoon.
There was a pretty birthday cake
with three candles. Fruits were ser
ved the guests. Lacy, Jr. received
quite a number of attractive gifts.
Miss Rennie Webster, secretary of
New Elam Christian Endeavor soc
iety, has received a letter from Miss
Victoria Adams, Christian mission
ary in Ponce, P. 1., stating that she
had gladly received the boxes of
clothing sent her from New Elam C.
E. These things were highly appre
ciated and were at once given the
poor people of that place. Miss Ad
ams described the condition now ex
isting in the Phillipine Islands and
, they are very pitiful.
MOORE IS WELL REPRESENTED
AT STATE COLLEGE
(From The Moore County News)
RALEIGH, Nov. 29.—There are
19 students from Moore county at
tending the North Carolina State
College of agriculture and engineer
ing here this term, the registrar's
office announced today. They are —
T. C. Auman, freshman, vocation
al agriculture; B. J. Brady, junior,
vocational agriculture; R. M. Cald
well, Jr., sophomore, civil engineer
ing; R. C. Clark, Jr., business ad
ministration ; W. P. Fisher, fresh
man, mechanical engineering; E. M.
Grover, freshman, chemical engin
eering; G. W. Hilliard, freshman,
chemical engineering; W. H. Keith,
freshman, agriculture; J. A. McLeod,
senior, business administration; 11.
D. Matheson, special, high school
training education.
R. B. Morrow, sophomore, agri
culture; J. H. Patterson, sophomore,
textile manufacturing; H. C. Philips,
sophomore, electrical engineering; A.
C. Ruggles. junior, science: H. 11.
Smith, sophomore, electrical engin
eering: T. A. Smith, electrical en
gineering; R. M. Tyson, sophomore,
business administration, and H. Wea
ver, junior, business administration.
“But I don’t see that you need to
be so heartbroken because Mable
Fly way has jilted you?”
‘ It isn’t the jilting I mind, but she
rot tuned the ring in a parcel marked
“Glass! With care.*”
VOLUME 51, NUMBER 15.
The County Agent’s
Activities for Year
Mr. Shiver Makes Annual Re
port of Work to National
State and County Authori
ties.
The agent has spent the entire
week in the office, conpleting an an
nual Report of Extension work in
Chatham County, from Nov. 30 to
Dec. 1 inclusive. This report is re
quired of the Agent by the Federal
Government, State Extension Ser
vice and County Commissioners. A
brief summary of some of the work
accomplished this year follows:
Total number of farm visits made
i n conducting extension work. . 580
Total number of different iarmers
v "pitied ••*•••••••• , ?
Total number of demonstrations
held • •* * .A
Attendance at these demonstra
tions • • *
Other farm meetings held in rela
tion to projects, Dairying etc. . . 14
Attendance at these meetings 382
A total of 1400 bushels pf soy
beans have been ordered for 280
farmers to be seeded on 800 acres
at a saving of SSOO to the farmers.
A to tal of 83 farmers have bought
6000 pounds of Lespedeza seed thru
the county Agent at a total saving of
! SSOO. The Agent has assisted m
marketing S3OO worth of poultry for
farmers in the county this year at
ci. total saving of $42.00. In ad
dition to this, the Agent has saved
a total of twenty farmers S3OO on
lime, sweet clover and alfalfa seed.
A summary of buying of $1342 on
seed, poultry and lime. This amount
is $342 in excess- of- the salary the
Agent receives from the county year
ly, this salary amounting to SI,OOO.
A total of 83 farmers have bought
acres in Lespedeza for soil improve
ment through the Agents influence
this year, and twenty-one farmers
are seeding improved pastures and
using lime for the first time. t A to
tal of 550 acres have been seeded in
alfalfa, sweet cldver and lespedza
in the county this year for soil im
provement. The Agent, has assis
ted twenty-one farmers in selecting
the proper variety of tobacco used
fertilizer to be used for cotton and
-orn, and has assisted fifteen toba
cco farmers with toooethzernow is
cco farmers with fertilizer prob
lems. Twelve tobacco farmers have
been induced to treat tobacco seed
for diseases for the first time, and
the Agent has delivered to these men
the proper variety of tobacco ssed
to be used. A total of one hundred
bushels of pure bred Mexican cot
ton seed has been delivered to ten
farmers, and twenty-five, farmers
planted an improved strain of Mex
ican cotton seed last spring.
The Agent has placed twenty-twn
pure-bred jersey bulls and heifers in
the county this year, assisted four
teen dairy farmers with feed formu
lae for dairy cattle, induced fifteen
farmers to begin marketing cream
and assisted in establishing two new
cream routes in the county. A to*
tal of four meetings in the interests
of Dairy promotion have been held
by the Agent with a total attendance*
of 300 farmers. The agent has lo
cated terraces on 14 farms in the
county this year, representing a to
-1 of 100 acres on which soil wash
w has been prevented.
N. C. SHIVER, County Agent,
Pittsboro, N. C., Dec. 1. 1928.
, Famous "MilkZTree* [
■
rot essor Record of the Vale
, v iiool of Forestry standing next
to the “milk” or “cow” tree he dis
covered in Guatemala, which when
cut into yields a rich, creamy white
substance closelv rc«emblino mi«c
ASBURY NEWS
Mr. Talmage Johnson and Mis»
Audrey Johnson were married last
Friday, November 23. Their many
friends wish for them much happb
ness.
Thomas Allen Gordon, infant son
of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Gordon, died
Tuesday at a Sanford hospital.
funeral was conducted by Rev. L
M. Chaffin Thursday afternoon at 2
o’clock at the Asbury Methodist
church. The grave was covered with
many beautiful flowers,
giving with their mother, Mrs. Cat-
Johnson from Raleigh spent Thanks-
Miss Lora Johnson and M'rs. Coy
tie Johnson.
Miss Mildred Williams is working
in Rose’s 5 and 10c store at San
ford. *
Mrs. F. R. Knight and her two
youngest children, spent Thanksgiv
ing with her daughter, Mrs. hoeiSh
Honeycutt, of Raleigh.