ESTABLISHED SEPTEL. ’ .ft 19,1878 I Today i I The King in Danger Wild Wall Street Old, Dead, Rich America’s Big Five By ARTHUR BRISBANE Bad news about King George, the doctor’s latest bulletin brings deepest anxiety. They do not dare attempt an operation that was contemplated, because of the old King’s weakness. Insurance companies charging 90 per cent to insure the King’s life for a few weeks, evidently had y- """mation more exact than that To the public, by the doctors. Another wild Wall street day, lambs and spectators learning by experience. It doesn’t do the “sold out” gamblers any good, but ancient wise ones say “The market has be haved well under the circumstan- CCS. With a million ignoramuses buy ing. without knowing why, and sel ling in panic, it is a marvel that conditions are not worse. But the fulrry is not ended. Atlantic City police found a dead man, very old and near his body SIOO,OOO of hoarded money, small bags filled with gold, crum pled. faded bank notes. The world, wondering much, thinking little, wonders “what comfort that old man could find in the money. Ask some poor old man not yet dead, depending on cold charity or on relatives that are indiffer ent. He will tell you what com fort the old man of Atlantic City found in the possession of SIOO,- 000. The money made him INDE PENDENT, a free man. Poverty is slavery. Save something. Will Rogers selects an “All-Am erican team” of ability, as follows: I Thomas A. Edison, Henry Ford, Herbert Hoover, John D. Rocke feller, Jr., and Lindbergh. He probably leaves out the ab lest man in the country, as yet un known. That’s fortunate, for it means we have reserves. Rogers would have these five men run the country, “move Than ksgiving Day up to election and do away with elections entirely.” The plan would work, of course.! The original John D. Rockefeller! •could have done the job alone j when he was younger. He would have known how to select the men. But the people must plan to govern themselves as babies must learn to walk, no matter how bad ly they do it at first. If you always hired a man to push your baby a round in a wagon, the baby would n’t develop. Thomas Moran, known to the police as “Red,” killed two police men. He felt that he had to live, i crime was the path he chose. He killed two trying to remain alive. ; Sentenced to the electric chair,; “Red” will be killed in his turn, j day after tomorrow. Keepers are j watching him closely to thwart his i attempts to kill himself. First, he killed that he might live. Now he tries to kill him self that the electric chair may not kill him. Strange animals are human beings, from the gang men and his retail murderers to j the giant killer, Napoleon, who al ways carried poison with him. Phillip Challenger, from Santa Barbara and Chicago, recently em ployed as a Chicago reporter for $lB a week, now is planning to spend SI,OOO a day.. His grand father left him $6,000,000. Wiser than many, the young man decides to study archeology, and invites a scientist to accompany him on his travels around the world. Os course he decided to kill big game. When in doubt, prosperous human beings, male and female, always seem to “kill big game.” If you heard that a young lion,; inheriting money, immediately de- ; cided to kill big men, we would all i say, “Queer lion.” However, it is a providential ata- , vistic impulse, dating far back. The \ right kind of man wanted to kill • big animals because big animals menaced the existence of the hu- i man race a million years ago. They \ don’t any more. Small microbes menace us now. ( The beautiful vineyards of Sax- ‘ ony, producing magnificent wines, j ever since the eleventh century, j were attacked recently and com-1 pletelv destroyed by a malignant disease of the vine. Earnest pro hibitionists will say, “There’s the hand of Providence.” The hand of man, however, has conquered the disease, with the aid of vigor ous vines, imported from America, and Saxony’s vineyards flourish once more. That prohibition America should renew the vineyards of old Europe is interesting. Can it be that Pro vidence thinks wine is all right for countries that know how to use it temperately? MILL FEEDS ARE CHEAPER IN price and better in quality at C. E. Durham’s, Bynum. /he Chatham Record Officers Make Many Successful Raids Several Makers and Dealers in Booze Will Christ mas Dinner in Jail Several men who thought to sup | ply money for their Christmas needs ! by the making and sale of booze have found themselves in limbo and will spend Christmas in Mr. John , Burns’ boarding house hardby the ( county court house. Crutchfield, Harris and others, of Last Friday, Officers Pickett, Siler City, made a raid in the Brush Creek section, where they captured a still of To gallons capacity, got about 80 gallons of liquor and de j stroyed 1,500 gallons of beer, or I move. Sunday, Mr. Pickett led a j raid into the section two miles west i of Siler City and captured a still and poured out much booze. A ne gro, Jordan, was captured at the first still. A second negro got a way. The second still was not in j operation, the beer not being in prime. Sunday, too Sheriff Blair and bis comrades found Garrett Marsh, col ored, opportunely stuck in a ditch I and seized his good Hudson car. j which contained four or five gallons of liquor. He is in jail awaiting the I January term of court. That same day the officers got | hold of Nuby Johnson, who had skipped bond twice and was wanted for some time. He was finally lo cated under a bed at the home of Mrs. Bill Burns, the Record is in formed. DEATH OF YOUTH In the early afternoon of Dec. 4, 1928 the spirit of John A. Burke, son of J. W. and Fannie Burke took its everlasting flight and went Home to the Sinless Summer Land of eternal day. He was just 18 years old and a senior in the Goldston High School, but God willed that he should enter that university of Heaven which has !' no end. _ • John A. was a favorite in school, beloved by those of his own com munity, and a noble example of truthfulness and gentlenesfc. His was an incurable disease and he suf fered intensely, yet not a word of complaint, nor a murmur, nor any sigh of impatience came from him. He greeted everyone with a smile and bore his suffering like a Christ-' i ian hero. j We cannot understand why one so ! young and good should be taken; ; we do know that all things work to i gether for good to those who love God. Two years ago he joined the Bear Creek Baptist Church, and loved his church and Sunday School. In the last weeks and hours he sDoke of his spiritual condition, and his last testimonies were beautiful and no doubt made a great impres sion. There was not a cloud nor ‘ a doubt in his spiritual sky, for it was clear and bright as the sun at | noonday. | The funeral service was held at : the Elkin Graveyard by his pastor, Rev. John Kidd. The members of the graduating class and Boy Scoults j acted as pall-hearers, and the flow j er girls were members of the grad | uating class. We know our loss is His gain and to Him we say, “Thy will de done.” Farmer Charged With the Killing , of His Own Mule | Hezekiiah Eubanks Haled before Court on Charge of Cruelty to Animals ’Squire Lysander Johnson’s court was called in extraordinary session last Thursday evening, after supper, for a preliminary hearing of a charge against Mr. Hezekiah Eu banks, a farmer living two miles from Pittsboro, for killing his mule. ! But the hearing did not take place. ! Mr. Eubanks, through his counsel D. j L. Bell, waived the hearing and was j bound over to court. Mr. Eubanks, when asked about j I the death of the mule, said that the j | mule bad choked it»«l/ fee death. He ; , had left it tied by the side of the j road. He was not very communica- j \ tive. but denied killing the mule. J . The story of the witnesses as j rumored is to the effect that the j ( fule, which Eubanks was riding, j dodged and like Balaam of old, the ! rider whacked him, in this case over j j the head with a plowpoint. His mule- j : ship, unlike the one of Biblical fame, I didn’t answer with words, but re senting the blow just the same, pitched his rider off. Thereupon, the rider rose and beat the offender to death. But it was a e-ood mule, however it died, and Mr. Eubanks’ loss is se vere, without the discredit of beat ing him to death and having to an swer in court to the charge. The January term of court will reveal the situation more clearly. In the meantime, Mr. Eubanks is without a mule to feed and will at plow time j be short of one to plough. OUR STOCK OF FANCY GROCER- j ies is fresh and complete. Brooks : & Eubanks. PITTSBORO, N. C., CHATHAM COUNTY, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20th, 1928 PITTSBORO SCHOOL HAS WINING TEAM Local Basket Ball Team Has Won AH Games of the Season Thus far the Pittsboro High School basket ball team has played four games this season and has won all four of them. The first was with the Bet.hesda team, Durham court, score 32 to 18; second, Goldston, score 79 to 8 ; Bethesda on the Beth . esda court, score 30 to 24; and a game last Friday evening against the Fort Bragg team, in which the local boys won over the soldiers by a score of 47 to 27. The boys hope to be in the state championship contest this season and seemingly have a good chance to make good. Games ate scheduled now with Roxboro, Bahama, and others. The team is composed of Nye Womble, captain, Rufus John son, Rufus Abernethy, Ora Aber nethy, and Russell Griffin; others of the squad are Bee Powell, Sila Hat ley, Frank Snipes, John Thomas, Marion Harmon. The boys will ap preciate your attendance at the j game. j Auxiliary Record The October Meeting of the Amer ican Legion Auxiliary was held with Mrs. W. P. Tatum. The meeting was opened with the usual program. j Mrs. Geo. W. Brewer read a I very interesting letter from How ard M. Shenk, soldier at Oteen. It | was decided to send him a lumber! jack for Armistice. A fine report from the Charlotte Convention was sent in by Mrs. J. W. Wilkins, our delegate. It was decided that a prize of $5.00 be given to the winner in the Pittsboro school in the contest sponsored by the American Legion. The auxiliary will send an exhibit ! to the county fair. Mrs. Bell read an article “Fore most Diplomats of World Gather at Paris,” and Mrs. C. E. Bryan read “Lest We Forget” and “Battle Field Pilgrims.” Election of officers then followed: Mrs. C. E. Bryan, President, Mrs. W. P. Tatum, Vice-President, Mrs. G. F. Riggsbee, Secretary-Treasurer, Mrs. Reid Thompson historian. A rising vote of thanks and ap preciation was given to retiring President, Mrs. Daniel L. Bell. Mrs. .J. C. Lanius presented Mrs. Bell with a lovely pillow at this meeting. A delicious salad cohrse was served by the hostess. MRS. W. K. THOMPSON. Sec’y-Pro-Tem. November Meeting The American Legion Auxiliary held its regular meeting with the President, Mrs. C. E. Brvan, Nov. 20, 1928. The meeting opened with allegi ance to the Flag. America was sung. Mrs. G. F. Riggsbee, the newly elected Secretary resigned, and Mrs. Mattie Pierce was elected sec’y for the new year. Mrs. Geo. Brewer read a letter from our Oteen soldier, thanking the Auxiliary for the Lumber Jack sent him on Armistice day. Mrs. Bryan expressed her appreci ation of the work done by Jim Cor don in the contest sponsored by the American Legion and in which he won the prize offered by this aux iliary. $4.50 was realized by the Auxil iary from those sending exhibits to the Chatham County Fair. A rising vote of thanks was ex tended to the persons who contrib uted articles to the Fair and who are not members of the Auxiliary. Mrs. Daniel L. Bell then read I “The Duties of Officers” and Mrs. Roscoe M. Farrell read “The El ligibility to Membership.” The Auxiliary adopted the resolu tion concerning the Peace Treaty. Mrs. Bell was appointed to see about the matter of the Community Players bringing a play from Dur ham. Delicious refreshments were served by the hostess assisted 'bv Mrs. H. D. Gunter. Mrs. W. R. THOMPSON, Sec. Protem. Kimbalton News Lillie Harris was at home from Burlington for the week end. Bernice White and family have had the flu. Some of them are able to be up now, but are still weak. Jake Johnson and family have had the flu for the past week. Lacy Harris, of Greensboro, spent Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Harris N. J. Dark made a business trip to Greensboro a few days ago Messrs. Black and Bishop, mem bers of the Oakmont- Shooting Club, are down for a hunt. Mr. Willie Bowers and Miiss Eva Thompson were quietly married Sun day. I BROOKS AND EUBANKS STORE are daily increasing their stock of Christmas goods such as CAN DIES, RAISINS, and FRUITS of i all kinds. I SURVIVORS TELL HARROWING STORY OF VESTRIS WRECK Many Lose Lives In Ship wreck Caused By Cap tain’s Stubbornness NEGRO STOKER IS HERO A harrowing story of the re cent wreck of the Vestris, which sunk off the Virginia coast, is told by R. P. Harris, brother of Mrs. L. P. Tyson, of Carthage, in the Baltimore Sun. He is a reporter on The bun ana shortly after the dis aster he was sent to Old Port Comfort, Virginia, to meet the survivors picked up by the U. S. S. Wyoming. Laments, sobs and incoherent phrases of thanks and relief ming led with bitter recriminations as eight survivors of the foundered steamship Vestris, who were res cued by the United States ship, Wyoming, Mr. Harris wrote, arriv ed at Old Point Comfort. They were met by navy officials and hospital attendants. A black-haired little Japanese lady of high station, the wife of Major Yohsio Inouya, was praying to die as, with face covered, she was carried in a stretcher to the hospital preparatory to removal to the Navy Hospital. Her husband had died as she vainly tried to keep him clinging ! to a bit of wreckage. Other Women Survivors ; The other women among the eight survivors were: Mrs. Marie Ulrich fspelled Oel rich previously), a German wo man whose address is at present 338 East Ninety-sixth street, New York City. Mrs. Marian Calvin Batteh, of Brooklyn, N. Y., whose husband died in her arms. Mrs. Elvira Fernandez Rua, who gave her address as 8 McCabe street, New Bedford, Mass. Mrs. Dolores Barrerro Doril, a Spanish woman, whose American address is 22 Union street, Brook lyn. Relatives Were Lost Mrs. Rua lost her husband. Mrs. Ulrich’s husband was picked up by another rescue vessel, but her son was lost. With blackened eyes, bruises and other injuries whiefh included one fractured skull and severe cuts, five bluejackets, members of the Wy oming’s crew who were injured in a gale when the ship was proceed ing to the rescue, were taken from the ship in stretchers. Negro Aided Women Three Negroes, all West Indians, who were among the survivors, were in good condition, although one of their number, Gerald Bur ton, had remained in the water for twenty hours without a life pre server. He practically supported two of the women on a bit of wrec kage. “We have nothing but the high est praise for this good fellow and the other two Negroes,” the ship’s doctor and other officers declared. ! The doctor said that, aside from j severe bruises and danger of pneu- i monia from exposure, the women | were unhurt. “This Heah Is Me” The other two Negroes were Ger ald Burton and John Morriss. A touch of grim humor was added to the disaster when one of the Ne- j groes came out of a stupor, felt one ! of his teeth and said: “This heah ; is me.” He explained that the tooth had been loose before the disaster and finding it still loose, he thus iden tified himself. Two of the women were able to walk. They were dressed in non descript costumes donated by the sailors. Sea-Valve Blame# A report made out by Vice- Ad- 1 mlral M. M. Taylor stated that ao parently a cracked sea valve lead ing to the ash hop of the Vestris started the trouble that resulted in the ship’s .doom. * According to the stokers, the j valve was cracked before the Ves- j tris left Hoboken for her run to ! South America. There had even j been some question as to whether or not she would sail, the stokers said. Ships Could Have Aided The Wyoming’s officers stated that many ships could have stood by, even without the necessity of sending an S. O. S. had Captain Carey, of the Vestris, used the ne cessary foresight on Monday. The fireroom of the Vestris was I flooded first of all, the stokers claiming that they stood kneetieep in water until the ship listed so badly that they were in danger of being drowned. Say Hatch Gave Way When the ship listed, the stokers said, in a storm Sunday night a coaling hatch on the starboard side gave v/ay, allowing water to rush in. The storm opened up a seam for a second leak and some crated motor trucks then shifted their po sition, pitching the? ship on her beam’s end. A crated truck then crashed thru a bulkhead, breakng through into Influenza Causes Close Os Schools » Several of the colleges of the state closed temporarily last week because of prevalence of influenza a.nd in precaution of a more serious epic.emic. The Chatham county schools held on all last week, but the Pittsboro school closed Monday at noon. Principal Waters reporting i 100 pupils absent on account of illness, mostly country pupils. Dr. Thomas, county physician, has been reported as saying that there are many cases near Siler City. Mr. H. O. Kelly reported Monday that a large part of the children of his district in the northeastern part of the county were sick. Dr. Edwards, of Siler City, stated to the writer Monday that he had advised a con tinuance of the Siler City school till the regular time for dismissal for the Christmas holidays, saying that there were reported to be on 1 ** f >ur of the hight school department out of school for illness, and that part of those other grades absent had not attended because of the rainy weather Friday and Monday. It seems that the disease is more prevalent in the farming sections than in the towns. Comparatively little effect has been felt in Pitts boro, though Mrs. Horton and Mrs. Coitrane, teachers in the school, are J reported ill at this writing. The malady in most cases report ■ ed is not serious,, though M'r. Nor- j ! ris Whitt is said to have died of' | pneumonia following influenza. j Meeting of P. T. A. At the regular monthly meeting of the P T. A., the first Friday night in December, Mrs. R. H. Hayes re ported that the health committee had been delightfully entertained at the home of Mrs Lyndo Johnson. At this meeting it was decided to do nate to the school, paper towels, sanitary towel containers, and wire baskets for used towels for use in the first aid room and at the base ment. Seventeen dollars had been spent for needed school supplies by this committee. Dr. R. M. Farrell reported a bal ance in the treasury of $17.00 He had paid out $142.93 for the Asso ciation. The president announced a gift for the library from Miss Maggie Horne —“The Life of Aycock.” Mr. Waters spoke on the needs of the elementary school. He explained where the school would have to be built up to meet the requirements of standardization. Miss Fulghum, the state inspector, had estimated the cost at $600.00 The Association decided that the undertaking was too much for 1928 but that everything spent should be with the view of meeting requirements as soon as possible. Two things were done at this meeting: The Association, the State, the County appropriated $50.00 each to buy elimentary books. 2. It was decided to make the basement rooms of the school ouild ing comfortable and attractive. A committee was appointed to see that this is done at once. The com mittee is composed of Mrs. Ec Hin ton, chairman, Mrs. Bell, Mrs fan cier Johnson, Mrs. Wateis. The Association was pleased to ■ have Mr. E. R Franklin present at ! its meeting Mr. Franklin’s school !at St. Pauls has just gone on the | list of standard schools He spoke upon the worthwhileness of such ef forts as the Pittsboro Association is making ~ MRS. W. P. HORTON, Sec. | the crew’s compartments,. I Passengers requested lifeboats as | early as Monday morning, accord ing to stories told the Wyoming of dications were that they took the lifeboats at about 1 o’clock. The ship sank around 1:30, the officers stated. The Wyoming had been on her way to target practice at the Sou thern drill ground, when orders to i proceed to the Vestris’ assistance ’ reached her. Full speed ahead was as the reason for the disaster by every officer and man questioned aboard the Wyoming. A radio message from the Coast Guard cutter Yamacraw to the - 1 Coast Guard station at Cape Hen- j ;ry stated that the Yamacraw and j the Goff,-the latter, a navy de ! stroyer, were alongside the lumber- ‘ i laden four-masted schooner, Heid ritter which is in distress, her boats gene and no provisions on board. Eight members of the schooner’s crew were aboard. She was being towed into Charleston by the Yam acraw. 13 Bodies Picked Up Commander C. F. Howell, chief of staff to Capt. Phillip H. Scott, • commanding officer of the Norfolk I Coast Guard division, said that the radio station could not confirm the report that thirteen bodies had been picked up by four Coast ordered and the Wyoming butted through the seas at eighteen knots an hour. “Criminal negligence” was given Guard destroyers now proceeding to New York from the search near where the Vestris sank. Three of the dead had been pos itively identified, he stated. They are: Major Inouge, of the Japa nese Army: Carl Franke, who had German passports No. 548, 549 and 550 on his person, .and Ingeborg Franke, daughter of Carl Franke. M VOLUME 52, NO. 17. Bear Creek News An Old Offender Nabbed— i His Brother Also in Jail Numerous Personals ; Bear Creek, Dec. ’l7. —Merritt r Nub by Johnson, long wanted by the Chatham authorities, was arrested near here Sunday at a liquor still. Ihe still was raided and Johnson ' carried to Pittsboro jail to await the January term of Criminal court, | which convenes Monday, Jan. 14th. Johnson has a long whiskey rec ord. He was arrested in Bonlee several years ago, when whiskey was found in his car. At the pre liminary hearing he was released on bond, but skipped his bond and fail ed to appear for trial. His bonds men were not worth the bond, so all was a failure. Later he was ar rested in Greensboro and sentenced to 4 months on Guilford county roads, at which time warrants were held in both Moore and Chatham, counties for him on similar charges. Just five days before his time ex pired, he ran away from the Guil ford chain gang. About one year ago, he was arrested at his home, 2 miles northeast of here, by Sher iff G. W. Blair and deputies and lodged in jail. Sunday after his arrest, he was bonded out again. Just a day or two before court con vened, he took an A. W. O. L., skip ping his bond a second time. Little J hr*! been heard him since then until a few days ago, when it was rumored that he was again in this community. His brother, Jesse L. Johnson, is in jail for helping /his brother, Charlie Johnson, resist arrest in Bonlee Friday, when he was carous ing around town on a drunken brawl. Jesse Johnson was put un der a $500.00 bail, which he was unable to give and was remanded to jail. He had just been out a few days for giving bad checks. R. R. Buelin was a shopper in Sanford Friday afternon, returning Saturday morning. J. A. Evans has been visiting his sister, Mrs. W, A. Coggins, of this place. The Woody twins, Clarence and Clanton, have purchased a Ford coupe from Frank Scott, of Bear Creek service station. Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Phillips, of Buffalo, N. Y., are visiting his fath er, R. L. Phillips, on Rt. 2. Rev. G. C. Phillips, former post master here, and now rural carrier at Altamahaw, N. C., and sons, Rob ert, Jennings and Talmage, were vis itors in town last Saturday. D. M’. Womble has moved from the O. D. Wicker place to the late J. A. Elkins place, now owned by Mrs. H. W. Murray, on route 2. T. G. Fields has moved to the Wilkie place on Rt. 2, two miles South of town. G. T. Hart is on the sick list, we hope for him an immediate recovery. Mr. Thomas Henry Rives, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Rives, of Route 2, and Miss Mozelle Whitt, daught er of Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Whitt, of near Siler City, were married recent ly. We join their friends in wish ing them a long and happy life to gether. P. H. Coggins, of Nashville, renn., a representative of the Crad dock Terry Shoe Co., of Lynchburg, Va., visited his father, I. P. Cog gins last week. This was Mr. Cog gins xirst visit in the past year and a half. He has been in a Sanitor ium at Ridgetop, Tenn., for the past several months, but is improv ing rapidly, we are glad to state. Ralph Griffin, who has recently 2, has opened up a store at the nlsce formerly operated bv G N Smith. - ' J. T. Coggins has gone to Wash ington, D. C., to accept work in the Capital City. Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Rives, after visiting Mr. Rives’ mother, Mrs. Jes sie P. Rives, near here, have return ed to their home in Washington, D. c. S. W. Boggs, who has lived the past year with Mrs. J. W. Pierce, on Rt. 2, has moved to J. H. Dunlap’s place, near Lonlee. W e are sorry to lose Mr. Boggs j S. Garland Norwood, son of M'. F. j Norwood, has accepted a position in j Greensboro, as bookkeeper. Mr. and Mrs. P. L. Elkins, were j recent visitors in the home of Mr. Elkins brother, H. J. Elkins, of Greensboro. C. L. Snipes, of Durham, was a week-end visitor in the home of his father, J. H. Snipes. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Nelson, of High Point, visited Mr. Nelson’s father, R. L. Nelson, of this place, during the week-end, returning Sun day afternoon. James Stigall, of Greensboro, vis ited his father-in-law, W. L. Cog gins, Sat. night arjf! Sunday. His wife has been visiting her father the past week. We are sorry to note she has been confined to her bed for the past few days. Mr. and Mrs. J F Coggins, and family, of Hallison, visited at W. A. Coggins Sunday. M'r. and Mrs. W. I. Williamson and sons, Harold and Wilbur, and Mr. and Mrs. I. H. Williamson and daughter, Bettie Jean, of Sanford were Sunday visitors) at the home of T. B. Beal. W. H. Murray reports having killed a porker, weighing 786 pounds. Some hog!

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