ESTABLISHED SEPTEMP A .9,1878
CHATHAM TO A
m&ocFcyJoADs
Bill for 5-Cetj Tax on Gaso
line, With Lx’ra Cent to Go
to County Reads . Reduces
County Taxe*.
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The road bilLwill probably have
become a law by the time the-Rec
ord re-ches its readers. The feature
that concerns' most deeply the people
of the counties is that which acids an
additional cent to the rax on gaso
line and provides /that the proceeds
of this extra cent shall be divided
among the counties for the upkeep
of coturjty roads, and that sufficient
funds from the other four-cent tax
shall be added to - make the total
county road fundi amount to -three
million dollars.
The fund is to be divided among
the counties in the dual proportion
of area and population. Chatham
is hardly up to the average in popu
lation, but its size {makes up for
the loss in that respect, so that it
is .estimated that Chatham will get
nearly one and one-fifth per cent of
the three-million fund, or a total of
$35,300. As the county road fund
levy in this county has amounted to
$38,000, it is evident that the con
tribution from the state fund will
almost entirely relieve the lands of
the county road cax, for the me--1
sure provides that the county shall I
not levy more than enough to bring
the total up to 10 percent above the
previous year’s fund. Accordingly,
the limit of the county road fund
{under the law would be about $42,-
4)00, or only $7,000 above the part
provided from the gasoline fund.
Provision is made in the bill for
the work to be done under the direc
tion of the state highway commis
sion or .under county direction, at
the option of the county commis
sioners.
Wake gets the largest frhare, a
sum of $69,420. The other adjoin- ,
ing couities to Chatham get sums
as follows: Lee. $15,900; Randolph,
$42,810; A1 Finance, *534,320; Or
ange, $22,500: Durham, $34,350;
Harnett, $34,680.
BEAR CREEK NEWS
Editor Record:
Mr. and Mrs. Carl E. Fields, of
Cleveland, Ohio, are visiting Mr.
Field’s parents,. Mr. and Mrs. D. H.
.-Jusfeu.afJtt a. .r'
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Coggins and
family, of Hallison, were Sundry
j visitors at W. A. Coggins,
f Mrs. J mes Stigall. after spend
*ing the past two months with her
father, W. L. Coggiins, of this place,
has returned to her home in Greens
boro, where ! she will undergo an
operation. She has been in poor
health for several months.
R. L. Nelson had the misfortune
to lose a mule recently.
C. C. Beaver wi's a visitor £n
Greensboro last week.
Euene B. Straughan, son of F. C.
Straughan, was seriously injured by
a falling tree last week. He and
Loomis Moore were cutting * cross
ties and had cut down a tree, which
lodged on a large limb and caused
it to whirl around toward Mr.
Straughan, striking him in the hip
and falling on his thigh, which broke
. his leg just below the knee. He was
rushed to Central C:rolina Hospital,
Sanford. It has not been determin
ed whether his hip is broken or frac
tured at this writing, but he seems
to be getting along as well as could
be expected, considering his con
dition. We wish him rapid recovery.
J. L. Strauhan, of Greensboro,
visiied his father on Rt. \2 and his
brother, E. B. Strughan in the hos
pital at Sanford.
Miss Mollie Cheek is recovering
from an extended attack of “flu.”
J. H. Gunter, who injured his foot
Est week is improving slowly.
\\. H. Murray was a recent visit
or in Supply, N. C.
J- Dunn has moved from the
J. D. Johnson place, on Rt. 2, to
near Bonlee, on Siler City, R. 3. We
regret to loose Mr. Dunn.
Mr and Mrs. W I. Williamson and
sons, W. Paul and Wilbur, of San
ford, were Sunday afternoon visit
ors in the home of W. A. Coggins.
John W. Burke, who lives near
Meroney Church, has moved to Bur
lington. We are sorry to loose this
» good family, but hope for them sue- {
cess in their new location.
Mr. and Mrs. P. G. Maujden and \
sons, Louie, Amick and Herbert, of |
Liberty, were Sunday visitors at T.
P. .Beaver’s.'•
Mrs. J. D. Willett accompanied by
her sister, Mrs. J. H. Fj&her, of
Cumnock, Rt. 1, is vismng rela
tives in Biscoe this week.
Mrs. J. G. Hilliard, who has been
°n the sick list for-the past several
tveeks, is greatly improved, her
friends will learn, with pleas
ure. . ; ...
Loy E. Loyd, son of G. A. Loyd,
• . ?/.Rt. 2, has joined the~Navy and
... ls s tatl6ned v at Hamptdn Roads* Va. ,
J. Robert Snipes/ ’son of J. ,H..
. Snipes. ; has accepted work in Dur
ham and- went to v take ■ hi#.. work last
.week. -• ?i.
FULL line OF FERRY’S GARD
den Seeds, ..also seed oats and
onion sets at R. M. Connell’s,
Highway 93.
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The Chatham Record
MRS. BURNS HONORED
The following tribute to Mrs. R.
M. tsurnes is cupped from the Mon
roe n.nquirer, auu will oe oi inter
est to Record readers:
Mrs. Kooert m. Rums, PiLsboro,
who has been the guest of her daugn
ter, Mrs. E. C. -Winchester during
the winter months, ceieorated in a
quiet hut '/most pieasant w:.y her
eighty-fifth birthday anniversary
on Saturday, February* the 2, 1929.
RUt s the day, -which was bright
and sunny, (causing bo.th Mrs.
Ruins ana the ground hog to see
Uicir snadows) wore on, and late
afternoon came, *&&-*.-. s muen sur
prised and her pleasures greatly
neightened by the arrival of a num
ber of friends who c_me in very in
formally to extend greetings and
warm-hearted congratulations to
this charming lauy md shower her
with ldving wishes and beautiful
thoughts in the form of gifts and
enjoy a social hour with her.
m the meantime, her eldest son
and daughter, A. M. Burns, of Rox
boro, and Mrs. Herbert E. Norris, of
Raleigh, arrived to be with her on
this auspicious day in her life, and
to pay a short visit to their sister
-nd her husband, Mr. and Mrs. E.
C. Winchester. It was her pleasure
to have with her ali her children,
save one, R. H. Burns, of Whiteville,
who could not be present.
Mrs. Burns is woman of charm
ing personality and fine bearings,
i She has ever held to the “Distaff
j and Spindle,” leading a busy and
energetic life throughout the years.
She has ever given herself out to
every good cause. Not only has she
proven the devoted wife, mother,
and friend, but during the war be
tween the states *he proved
love and devotion to the Confederate
cause, spending much of her time
at this period in the city of Wilming
ton. She worked unceasingly for
Confederate soldiers, making uni
forms for the officers and clothing
for.the soldier boys in private ranks;
knitting a pair of socks a day. And
in every way proved herself a true
Daughter of the Confederacy.
Mrs. Burns’ friends here and
throughout the state, for she is
widely known, will wish for her
many years more golden days, gold- ;
en hours for this golden-hearted la- j
dy.—A Friend.
Hardest Fought
Game of Season
Pi’jtsboro Wins Over Erwin
Auditorium Team in Close
Game Friday Evening.
The success of the Pittsboro bas-!
ket ball team has been gratifying to !
the school and to the citizens gen-!
erally. Only once or twice has the !
team failed to bring back the win- |
ning score, but Friday evening for ;
a while that team of ‘ huskies from !
Durham almost turned tables. The i
first half showed the visiting team |
all to the jgood, but the latter half j
saved the evening for Pittsboro, to j
the tune of 26 to 21. Russel Gris-;
fin made six points the last jfour j
minutes of the game and was the j
star of the evening. Nyles Womble !
also won laurels in the game. This |
is the 16th victory for the team.
By the way, the Record was wrong :
in stating that Rufus Johnson had;
made 220 points in 20 games. It!
should have been in 15 games.
The boys are going some.
FOR SALE—LOTS FRONTING *
Main Street 55 feet next to Pitts- j
boro post office, with two small'
buildings. Address X care Chath
am Record. April 21.
MEXICAN BIG BOLL COTTON
seed for sale —the product of six
acres grown from purebred seed
costing $2.50 a bushel. Come J
after them and get them az one
dollar a bushel. J. D. Baker, 3
miles north of Pittsboro. Mch 1.;
I WANT TO BUY YOUR CEDAR
logs and cross ties. Highest
cash prices paid W. C. Johnson.. |
Stomach Distress |
-
If you suffer from gas, heartburn,
sour stomach, bloating and <|yspep-.
sia, why not make the Diotex 15
| minute test? , Absolutely harmless
j and making thousands feel like new.
I Gne ingredient h?s the amazing pow
*er to digest 3,000 times its own ;
weight. Don’t give up. Get Diotex
at any drug store. Put it to the;
test. Money back if you don’t" soon |
feel like new, and able 4;o eat most j
anything in comfort. Diotex must!
satisfy you 100 per cent or cost :
nothing. Only 60c.
KIMBALTON NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. Zeb Ferguson spent J
the week-end in Greensboro.
N. J. Dark was a business visitor
ip Greensboro last week.-
Mrs. Mattie Johnson spent *)ast
week in Siler City with her daught
er Mrs. Worth Whitt. # »
Clint Glover (colored) , jumped.].
( .from ,a truck Saturday andX the ’
truck r2n over him and ,Jie . was . seri
ously hurt. on both jegs. V
Mrs. Mittie RusseM''spent last week
in Greensboro* •
PITTSBORO, N. C., CHATHAM COUNTY, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY. 14, 1929.
Carnes Sentence
Much Criticized
Arch-Thief of Baptist Fund
» Gets Only 5-Year Term In
' Penitentiary— Nearly
[ Million Dollars.
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'j The sentence of Carnes, who stole
. nearly a million dollars from the
; Home Mission Board of the South?
■ ern Baptists, to only five years in
? the penitentiary is creating consid
; erable comment. Even the Judge
• declared the -sentence too light, but
felt ’impelled to fix it at from five
■ to seven years at the request of the
; attorneys of. the Board.' The repre
t tentative of the Board has since ex
> .plained that the case is -very, compli
-1 cated and that to secure the full
l measure of punishment it would
[ have been necessary to take up one
I defalcation after another, resulting
t in apparent persecution. Carnes
- submitted to the charges in a gener
: alway and thus kept the evidence j
i from coming before the court. And |
[ that fact is now suggesting the un
■ pleasant proposition that members
. of the Board were not too anxious j
> to have the matter ever come into j
, j the open. The severest assafilt thus |
~ far was that of Dr. J. Powell Tucker,!
I pastor of the First Baptist church
. 1 of Raleigh, who Sunday demanded
, the resignation of the whole board
' and a re-opening of the case,
i 1 Dr. Powell declared that he had
formerly maintained his faith in the
integrity of the members of the
Board, though not in their wisdom.
However, he now considers that the
action of the Board in securing so
light a penalty for the master thief j
has a bad appearance.
Dr. Powell compares the penalty j
in the Carnes case with that of the
official who stole $90,000 from the
Foreign Mission Board :t Richmond.
The /latter paid back $60,000 and
| got a sentence of twenty years in
the penitentiary. C.rnes stole near-L
ly a million and 5 years in the'
penitentiary. However, he turns j
oyer what Property he has in public j
view. There is no evidence that he i
j has much of the swag, though it is ,
j is not clear how he made way with
HOOVER IS TOLD
WHY THE
TFTIT ASUNM
New York Newspaper Attrib
utes Landslide to South’s
Rural Vote.
j CRAMER’S VIEW DIFFERS
Ic is recorded in the daily" press
i tha t Herbert Hoover, presjident
i elect > inquired of Stuart W. Craftier,
• Republican treasurer of North Car
olina during the past campaign and
j often mentioned for a cabinet post
| in the new administration, how much
l the religious issue and the liquor
| question had to do with North Caro
lina’s flop into the Republican col
| umn last November. Incidentally,
j Mr. Hoover included che other Sou
; them states which left the Demo
| cratic column. Cramer is said to
hive told Mr. Hoover that the
j the religious question or the pro
! hibition question, or both combined.
! There are those who take issue
; growing industrialism in the South
I was more responsible than either
! with Mr. Cramer’s reply. In fact,
there was a storm of protest imme
diately the Hoover-Cramer confab
was reported. The New York
World, staunch Smith supporter in ;
the past campaign, reminds Mr.
Cramer that it was in the rural dis-
J tricts tht the death knell was giv- ,
en the Smith candidacy in the South.
The World shows that the large in
i dustrial centers in the South went
| with few exceptions for the Demo
cratic nominee and that it was the
rural Hoover majorities which up-
I set the states. New Orleans and
■ Atlanta, largest cities in the South
i land, were for Smith, as were scores j.
jof other industrial centers, the j
i World points out. The World con-!.
eludes:
“Did Louisana, with the largest!
city in the solid south and with a
sugar industry dependent upon a
high tariff, go Republican. Did C
remained safely Democratic. Did I
, Alabama with its iron, steel and !
coal industries, repudiate Democ
i racy? It did not. Did South Caro- -
lina, the third largest cotton manu
i facturing state in the union, cast
I its vote for a Republican tariff?
| No. It went Democratic by a .20 -
[to 1 vote.
m “Why, then, did the solid south
I split? Mr. Cramer might obtain -
i some real information on this point
from Colonel Mann, but probably -
ihe would not* want it. .<& is good,
politics now for Republicans to soft
pedal intolerance and' emphasize in
dustrialism. 7 ’ - • • » . ' ! '
SEE ME AB^^^ f TO¥R
•• * oats before bity>iii|f, C, Johp- j
son. j&.
'•FORMFEED *§ J
shipstuff, wheat brand,
Connell, on Highway 93.
i School Girl Hurt
i Seriously by Car
| Miss Lena Hackney Run
f Over by Car as ibe Starts
to Crcc3 Read to School
Truck.
*. A serious accident occured Mon
day rnorning on highway 75 in
front of the home of Mrs. Eugenia
Hearne’s home near Bynum. The
school bus from the Bynum section,
on its way to the Pittsboro school,
had stopped at Mrs. Hearne’s for
Miss Lena Hackney to run iin and
deliver a package l to her grandmoth
er, Mrs, Heaine* Hurrying back,
she dashed from behind the shriib
bery of the Hearne lawn into the
i road in front of a passing car, driv
en by Mr. Ashburn Johnson of .the
. Siler City section.
Mr. Johnson did his best to, avoid
the young lady when he saw her, but
he was -too close on her to avoid hit
| ting her. Drs. Chapin and Mcßane
j both soon arrived on the scene and
Dr. Chapin reported to the Record,
chat an arm and two ribs were
broken, and minor injuries suffered.
! Mr. Johnson, it is said, advised that
i all the aid necessary be secured and
! charged to him and did what he
j could to help.
The injuries were so serious that
tjie young lady was carried to a hos
pital. However, their was no evi
dence of internal injuries, and it is
hoped that she will recover.
The law requires cars to stop be
fore passing a school truck which
is stopped on the road.
GUN GOES OFF AND
KILLS MR. ERNST
Superintenderft of Cape Fear
Steam Plant of C. P. & L.
| Co. Killed by Accidental
Discharge of His Gun.
Thursday s w another fatal ac
! cident in Chatham. Mr. F. P. Ernst,
1 for four years superintendent of
the great steam plant of the Oarol
lin \ Power and Light Company,
near Moncure, was the victim of
an accidental discharge of his own
gun. Mr* Ernst drove up to the rear
of his home, got out and started
. to- null- -his_gu£ ; . from Jhe_rea£.«£J3»-
the muSzle toward h|rm The
, gun fired and the load landed in
Frnst’s stomach.
Mrs. Ernst was attracted by the
sound of the gun and the cries of
her husband for help. Dr. Cathell
of Moncure was called at once, but
the wounded man died !in a half
hour.
The burial was in Raleigh, in
which city Mr. Ernst hrd been sup
erintendent of a plant before com
ing to the Cape Fear plant.
He was ;a native of Indiana and
was .in the prime of life. He leaves
a wife and several children.
THE HATEFUL FLU
/
(By a Victim)
This Flu is a hateful and loathesome
disease
Crooked, deceptive in all of its deal
ings;
From close observation,, I / hope I
may freeze
If it has any regard for your feel
ings !
First thing it hands you is a couple
of chills
That get you awake and puts you
to shaking;
You find you have a combination of
ills
All parts acheable have done gone
to aching!’
You ache at the point where your
hat ought to be,
Joints of your backbone seem ready
to, sunder;
No bone seems exempted, no part
can be free /
Every nerve in you is ivinig you
thunder
It causes internal disturbances, too,
Disorganizes all down in your tum
my;
A good disposition gets sour' and
blue
And your bean functions just like
a dummy.
Whoopiing-cough, measles, the
mumps and the itch
May sneak around anti come unin
vited,
But they don’t kick you down so
deep in the ditch
And future exemption leaves you de
lighted.
But Flu never promises not to come
back, , £'
And often it returns in a hurry.
It comes with knowledge of where
to attack; ■ a*
All its plans to "torture and worry. /
And oft, ere departing, it calls an al
. !y>
Which tkes Victims as good, easy
pickings V {
A very base gesture in bidding
bood-bye ;
But often thus gives you the
*4ickens. ! ' '
AIL of -/this, proves what we said-at
FluJMthesome, Receptive, and
Ifyhu K nave beeii wishing' tbtrfciee# n
| NEW ELAM NOTES ’
, j fWritten for Last Week’s Paper)
Mr. and Mrs. John W\ Drake .and
sons Robeit and John, Jr., of Greens
| boro, spent che week-end with Mr.
1 and Mrs. W. vA. Drake.
Mrs. Tom Kirk and little son
Thomas, Jr., have returned to their
home at Portsmouth, Va., after
spending sever. 1 weeks /with Mrs.
Kirk’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A.
Drake.
Mr. Tave Jones’ family are on
! the sick list this week.
Mrs; Glenn Tysinger of Moncure
is visiting her mother Mrs. R. D.
LvUrdivant this week.
... Mrs. Margaret Thomas of Lee
county is visiting her aunt Mrs. G.
L.' Mann.
Mr. and Mrs. R. ,L. Trotter are
enjoying their new radio very much.
j Sjs & '•* * i'.i * * $ *
’ * TOWN AND *
COUNTY BRIEFS *
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| Rev. J. L. Martin, a Baptist min
i ister of large experience, has moved
■) to Siler City and is open for pastoral
work.
Mr. Lewis Norwood, Sheriff Blair,
and Auditor Blun Riggsbee were
able to get back on their jobs the
last of the week.
Mr. J. Y. Neal of Baldwin town
ship, has moved to Carrboro.
Mr. Jeter Griffin went up to Dur
ham Sunday to visit his mother, who
was quite ill Tor a few days.
Mr. W. H. Mason of Lillington
spent several days in Pittsboro con
sidering the matter of establishing
a retail lumber, sash and door busi
ness. While Mr. Mason hns not de
cided at the time of this writing to
come, the prospects are good that
he will. For the present he would
do only a selling business, but later
he would probably put up a small
plant for the manufacture of sash,
doors, screens, etc.
Mr. J. Robert Hammock of Pitts
boro and Miss Helen Xing of Bynum
were married a few clays ago.
Mr. J. O. Brown, of Bunnlevel,
Harnett Co., back in his old beat
last week, h:d the misfortune to
get his car wrecked in a collision on
highway 75.
Mrs., fed ward S. Currie,
accompanied by Mr. Currie’s moth
er, came up from Cumberland coun
ty Saturday to visit Mrs. Henry A.
London and Miss Carrie Jackson be
fore Mr. and Mrs. Currie went to
their missionary station in China.
They are new on their w T ay to Los
Angeles to take passage for China..
Mr. J. M. Ellis, who .for he past
thee years has operated the old Had
ley Mill on Lennon’s Creek, h:s
moved to the Boone place above
Pittsboro o r, (I wll fenn this year.-
Mr. Goodwin from Statesville has
bought the Hadley mil Ind will
move down as soon as the health
of his famdy will permit.
Mrs. D. B. Nooe and little Miss
Loula Foushee Hinton visited Little
ton during the week-end.
Mr. J. D. White, who v, r as sick for
for several weeks, was able to be
out last week.
Mr. W. M. Eubmks was able to
be down to the store the middle of
last aftyr being kept in tw*o
or three weeks by illness.
Miss Lillian Mildred McPherson .
and Mrs. Henry Lee Lowe, both of*
Siler City, were married Saturday.
Mrs. Elizabeth Wright, fged 88 :
passed away at the home 0 f her son
in Siler City last Friday.
Mrs. Fannie Roberson, formerly
Misv Fannie Ray of this county, died
a' her home, Mebane, ‘R. F. D. 5,
February 8, at the age of 63. She
leaves her husband Mr. Bud Rob
erson, four sons and one daughter.
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Fields of
Brunswick county spent the week
end with Mr. Fields’ parents, Mr. and
Mrs. W. N. Fields of Bynum.
Mrs. L. N. Womble desires that 1
the Record texprbss the thanks of
herself and family for* the kindness :
end help of friends and neighbors
when her mother died. She appre
ciates every kindness.
with the worst
That roost on bushes round your
lone habitation.
.They pass your place if the wind
is just right
But they do so- while holding their '
/ noses; <
Flu is your answer without further ;
seeking. „ '
They hope you may win in your
* perilous , f fight,
But if you * dpn’t—they may bring
you soimgjfoses.
— Lm
Mr. Geo. W. Jones, of Pittsboro, R.
2. She leaves several ‘children be
sides her devoted- husband.
The w#S‘ at . Emmaus , Bap
tist church Rev. R. R.
Gordon, poster tfie church*, cdVi- 1
VOLUME 52. NUMBER 25. '
MR. BILLY COOPBt
COMMITS SUICIDE
Acred Citizen, Tired of Life,
ifeocis iiimselt llurougfe
Head-—Burial at Rock:
Springs.
Just between the time of print
ing last week’s Record and maHras"
it, news reaches Pittsboro of tke
death by his own Land of Mr. Billjr:
Cooper, an aged and much respect
ed citizen living on the highway be
tween Pittsboro and Bynum.
Mr. Cooper, who was ‘a widower*
lived about with hjs children, thought
he had a good residence of his ova
and .several thousand dollars in Bhs>
bank. At the time, of his death, lute
was with his son Mr. Lon Coopery
whose home in just across the roaA
from his father’s residence. Moved!
by some w r him t or wearied of life
because of semi-invalidism, he took
his little rifle, crawled under the*,
house, and shot himself through the
head. This was early (Wednesdavr.
morning, Feb. 6, before daylight in
fact. The body was found lifeless?
by members of his son’s family.
The funeral was held at Rocky
Springs Baptist church, of which, he
had long been a /member. The bu
rial was at Rocky Springs
near the former site of the church.
A large crowd was present to p*y
their Jast respects to their neigh
bor. friend, or kinsman.
Mr. Cooper was 74 yeaTs of ag*
and had been in feeble health for the*
past yes r or two. He h/id been
married twice, but had been a wi
t? w t r f or * number of years. By
his first wife he was the father of
four sons and two daughters,
O. T. Lon, Mid, and Will Cooper,.
T h D wvf° f C °l on: and MesdaS
m?bor? ,te and Whit, oe
His last wife was a daughter of
children. ' Hearne> tut tehe Wt «•
w-eU haTg^ne. 56 " 613 Ws
DEATHS
MRS. CLARA FIELDS
Mrs, Clara J. Fitlds, of the White*»
arthThomt
of her son, Mr. W. W. Fields
•“Thursday morning, peb. 7,
e }’ a confinement of three weeky
after a fall.
Mrs. Fields was 80 years of aris
ias. December. Before
she was Miss Clara White a sister
the late Rev. J. M. White and
only survmng aunt of Rey>
of Savannah, Ga., and of Prof
laruche White of the Wake Forest
niw school. She was married to Mr.,
H. A. Fields 52 years ago, and to tie
union were born a son and a daught
er, Mr. W. W. Fields and Miss Ida,
who married a Phillips, but dying*
left four children. Mr. Fields died:
three years ago.
She was a member of Mays Chap
el Baptist church, and the funeral:
service and the burial were Friday
at 2 o’clock. Rev. A. H. Porter, pas
tor of the church, conducted the
services.
MRS. CHAS. A. BROWN
Telegrams received at Pittsboro
Thursday morning of Jast week uar* •
formed friends here of the death of
Mrs. Chas. A. Brown, widow of the
well known newspaper man Chas. A~
Brown, who resided at various times
at Pittsboro many years and num
bered his friends in the county by
the hundreds.
Mr. Brown has been dead aboufr
a having retired from news
paper w’ork at Siler City and re
turned to Raleigh, where he Kvedi
with a niece.
Mrs. Brown was buried at Dur
ham, by the side of her husband,
Lst Friday. She was a good (wom
an and was highlv esteemed both
here and at Siler City. k
GILMORE
Thomas Hasten Gilmore was bom
November 6, 1846 and died January
23, 1929, making him eighty-two
years, two months and seventeen
days old.
Brother Gilmore was a Confeder*-
ate Veteran, a member of /Company
“H” seventeenth Carolina.-
Regiment, Junior Reserve. He Join
ed Mav 30, 1864 and returned home
May 1, 1865.
Brother Gilmore joined the Church .
in early life and unto his death he
was a faithful follower of Christ.
In 1872 he was married to Susan
J. Johnson and became the father
of ten children, nine boys and one
girl. His wife preceeded him to the
grave seven years.
May the blessings of Heaven rest
upon his relatives «nd friends who
mourn.
MRS. COLON JOHNSON
DEAD
Mrs. Johnson of Hadley
township died Sunday in St. Leo’s
Hospital at Greensboro, where she
was carried several days before. She
had been ill some time. /
Mrs., Johnson was a daughter of
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