ESTABLISHED SEPTEMBER 19,1878 TODAY I Nose Pink, Record Broken Radio and the School Another Canal Needed Peaceful Fishing By ARTHUR BRISBANE For 13 hours and 16 minutes, Eli nor Smith, seventeen-year-old girl flier, stayed up in the freezing winds above Long Island in an open air plane. When she came down her nose was bright pink, her legs were stiff, her hands were almost frozen, but she had broken the women’s en durance record one hour. Fying interests women, it is one of the things that they do bet ter than men. The MOST important thing men can’t do at all, namely producing and taking care of children. And that is what should interest women es pecially. It is better to create an Abraham Lincoln than to be Abraham Lin coln. Mr. Hoover is fishing, calm and peaceful, having written his inaugu ral address and selected his Cabinet. The country won’t know who is in the Cabinet until March 4th. A thousand or more candidates may be sUre that if they haven’t heard from Mr. Hoover yet, they will not hear from him. The fact that Secretary Mellon REMAINS in the Cabinet will please everybody, some thing that will please everybody, something that happens rarely. The Panama Canal set a new high record for business in Janury, 593 ships passing in thirty days. The country needs another canal, and a Nicaragua canal should be built at sea level to take care of growing ocean-to-ocean traffic. The Nicaragua canal would pro vide this country with a canal from the Atlantic to the Pacific without the locks, so easily destroyed. What radio means to the world, to this country with its millions of radio sets, is not appre ciated. Public thanks are due to the Ra dio Corporation of America at great expense, engages an excel lent symphony orchestra with Walt er Damrosch leading and explaining, to play every Friday morning at eleven o’clock for school children and all others that care to “tune in.” Every public school should have a good radio, and the teacher’s duty should be to suspend classes and tune in for broadcasting worth while. If you have a little money to spare, buy a good radio set for the public school nearest you, especial ly if it happens to be a country pub lic school. Lady Heath, wife of Sir James Heath, a brilliant female flier, turns American, takes the oath of loyalty to Uncle Sam and says she doesn’t care what her husband thinks. She wishes you to know that she has eaten her first “hot dog,” likes America, and doesn’t care whether you call her “Lady” or “Mrs.” as long as you are friendly. This lady, under any name will make her way. Thomas Hastings, who built the public library in New York, and got a gold medal from King George for being the best architect, has made plans to remodel the capitol. They will “dispel gloom, let in outside light and air.” Old gentlemen for whom the building was built did not appreciate as moderns do the importance of oxygen, never heard of “acnic rays.” Did they get along “about as well as we do, with our new fangled no tions?” They did NOT. Their liv es, on the average, were at least twenty years shorter than ours. _ * “ 4 Edward Higgins been chosen cam manding general of the Salvation Army to succeed Bramwell Booth, son of the founder of the Army. Seventeen votes were cast for Evan geline Booth, commander of the American army, and a sister of the general just retired on account of feebleness. ' . ' v . Tlic am Record GLEANINGS Important Items Gleaned from The General News of Week President Coolidge h£s recom mended the erection of a Presiden tial summer home on government property at Mount' Weather, Va. This point is near enough Washing ton to allow the President to spend the night there and return to Wash ington for business. The estimated cost of the home is $48,000. President Coolidge affixed his signature last week to the cruiser bill, which authorizes the construc tin of 15 cruisers before Uuly 1. He himself was opposed to the fixing of a date, but overridden by Congress. Much opposition was manifested throughout the country to the bill, in view of the Kellog treaty outlaw ing war. It was argued that the U. 3. government was seemingly offer ing the olive branch of peace and preparing a big stick at the same time. The commissioners of Durham de cided to encourage the people of the Creedmore section of Granville coun ty in their attempt to secede from Granville and unite with Durham county. A slice of Harnett is ask- | ing to come to Lee county. But’ all | such bills will probably meet strong opposition in the General Assembly, as the idea of county lines is rather unpopular. There is no telling where lightning might strike next time. Lindbergh was just completing his epochal trip opening an air mail line from Miami, Fla., to the Panama Ca nal Zone when the announcement of his engagement to the daughter of Ambbassador borrow, who repre sents this country at the capital of Mexico was made. Lindbergh met the young lady when he m?de his goodwill flight to Mexico a year or more ago. A large part of Europe was sub jected last week to the coldest weath er fdr more than 200 years. Much suffering ensued and many deaths. Railroad irons, and steel bridges were cracked by the intense cold. Secretary, of Agriculture Jardine announced that he would retire from the secretaryship with the close of President Coolidge’s administration and would accept - the position as counsel for the federated fruit and vegetable growers. He claims that his family’s interest demands that he *oply himself to private business, though the salary of a member of the cabinet should be a fair wage. The two houses of Congress met last week and counted the votes for president. Hoover was declared elected. The Democrats cheered was announced, but the Republicans when Massachusetts vote for Smith paid them back when North Caro lina’s for Hoover was announced. TAX NOTICE J TO THE TAX PAYERS OF CHATHAM COUNTY: This is to again call to your at tention the fact that unless your taxes atre paid before May Ist, 1929, that your land will be advertised to satisfy your unpaid taxes. Please do not risk, or expect me to carry over your taxes for it will be impossible for to do so regardless of how much I would like to accom mod-te our people. This is not a personal matter; therefore, my per sonal wishes will have to be disre garded and the laW governing the collection and settlement of taxes will have to be adhered to. There fore, let me urge, that you make a special effort to get all your taxes paid before May Ist, 1929. Let me ask you please, to get it paid well before May, Ist and avoid the last minute rush to get your name cut off the list for advertis ing before it is published. I take this opportunity to thank you, people of Chatham, for the splendid cooperation which you have given in the past in the matter of settlement of taxes. I shall expect your continued cooperation in the matter of cleaning up the ta!xe& for the year 1928. Yours very truly, / G. W. BLAIR, Sheriff. FREE REFRESHMENTS A demonstration of General Elec tric efrigerators wil be given at The Blair Hotel, in Pittsboro, Tues day night, February 26th, at 8:00 o’clock. This demonstration is spon sored by the Pittsboro American Le gion Auxiliary. Refreshments will be served to all who attend. Everybody is invited. It is absolutely free, and no obliga tion whatever is imposed by atten dance. All married ladies are urged to bring their husbands. Come see the demonstration and enjoy the re freshments. i PITTSBORO, N. C., CHATHAM COUNTY, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1929. I MUSIC DEPARTMENT MEEtS ON FRIDAY EVENING l Mrs. Wm. F. Bland and Mr?, Vic or Johnson will entertain the Idusic department of the Women’s! Club it the home of the latter, Friday • svening, February 22. NOTE THE TIME—Be there , promptly at 8.00 o n ’clock sharp. AUXILIARY MEETS The American Legion Auxiliary held its February meeting with Mrs. Lee Farrell. The meet ng was open ed with the regular formal opening. Mrs. Lee Farrell, Americanism chairman reported that Flag Code week was being observed throughout! :he school. Each grade being request- j ed to study the Flag Code thorough-, iy- • . j The Auxiliary are puting on a membership drive this week, Feb. j 18th—23rd. Mrs. Daniel L. Bell was elected' delegate to the Unit and Past offi cers conference to be held in Greens boro on March Ist. Mrs. G. W. Blair I was elected alternate. Mrs. Daniel L. Bell was appointed! publicity chairman. j Mrs. Geo. Brewer, Mrs. C. C. Ham-! | let, Mrs. G. W. Blair and Mrs. Lee! Farrell were appointed as a com-; mittee to visit the sick. ; Miss Pauline Taylor was a guest at this meting. A delicious salad course was served by the hostess, as sisted by Miss -Taylor and little Dorothy Smith Farrell. The Auxiliary will meet with Mrs. (J. C. Hamlet the second Tuesday in March at 3:00 o’clock. Mrs. R. M. Farrell, Secretary Pro-Tern. Moncure News Mrs. J. T. Womble is in Greens boro this week visiting friends ana relatives. Mrs. R. P. Womble is visiting her daughter. Rev. and. Mrs. E. Dur ham afßurlington this week. Miss Elizabeth Thomas, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Thomas, who is a student at N. C. C. W., Greens boro, spent last week end with her parents. 4 Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Lawson and ! son of Raleigh visited het pa rents, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Brady re cently. i Mr. Clyde F. Franks, examiner representing the Federal Farm Loan Bureau of Washington, D. C., was here Friday, February 15th to see W. W. Stedman, Sec. Treas., of the Chatham County National Farm Loan Association. A. M. Williams, a young man learning the business, was with him. He stated that the bank had plenty of money ti loan to farmers who could qualify. |, One of the most pleasant occa sions of the year was a Valentine reception given at the Junior Hall by the members of the Son's and Daugh ters of Liberty last Wednesday eve- , ning, from 7 to 10 o’clock. As thej guests entered the spacious home < artistic decoratinos was first to meet , eye and admiration of each mem ber. The decorations consisted ol hearts, small, medium, and large, ; hung and draped around the hall in a lovely manner intermingled with flower pots of sweet peas, roses, and! apple blossoms. The members met| at the correct time, after • several ] minutes of social chatting, then games were started, directed by Miss ; Mary Bland and Mrs. J. V. Daven port, A. contest, “The Marriage of the flowers” was given and enjoyed very much. Mrs. J. C. M’oore and G., F. Carr won prize, a beauti- J. L. Womble’s paper were read and j ful Valentine. The answers to Mr. created much laughter from the mem bers. A guessing contest was algo given in which Mrs. J. J. Hackney won the prize. ' The last and mosL important war > when the curtain Was drawn back and all members invited to a most beautiful decorated room with rea and white candles and a large flower pot of peonies in the center and - each plate was served with chick-j en salad on lettuce, sliced tomatoes, i crackers, pickles, angel food cak& andj Eskimo pie served with hot coffee, j with a Valentine as a memento at each plate. The table presented a most pleasing picture to the eye as well as to the taste. After the bless i ing was asked by Mr. G. F. Carr, each one was seated and enjoyed the delicious supper for about 30 min utes time being interspersed with ft ‘ . • 'Xt, ' • -V. . DEATHS MRS. ALICE GRIFFIN j A noble woman in the person us i I /Mrs. Alice Griff:n passed away Sun- I day. Mrs. Griffin was the widow of | the late Louis Griffin of this coun ty, and the mother of Mr. Jeter Grif fin of Pittsboro. During recent years she has lived with her daughter, Mrs. | Herbert Hearne, of Durham. ! The burial was at Mt Gilead ! Baptist church Monday afte--,oun and ! a large crowd of friends and rela tives were present. The funeral ser vice was conducted by Pastor Green 1 of the Watts Street church, Durham, |ot whicn church Mrs. Griffin was a : member since moving to that city, I assisted by Rev. R. R. Gordon, pas tor of Mt. Gilead church, to which | Mrs. Griffin formerly belonged, and ! Kev. Kay Morris of Carrboro. Mrs. Griffin, before marriage, was, Miss Alice Wilson. Besides Mr. Jeter! Griffin, two other sons, Messrs. John; | and Roy, of Durham? survive. Mrs. | jHearne is the only living daughter, j j Mrs. Womble, who lived in Alapiance i died several years ago. ■ ■— MRS. ALLEN BOWLING Mrs. Allen Bowling, formerly of! i this county, died at ther home near Fuquay Springs a few days ago. Her body was brought to her former home in New Hope Township for burial. She is the mother of Messrs. John, Tom, and Sam Bowling of that town ship. MKS, SPENCE KELLY Mrs. E. Spence Kelly, formerly. Miss Addie Stedman of this county, j died, February 14 at her home two; miles west of Sanford after an ill- j ness of several months. She was sixty of age. Her nusband, a successful Lee county farmer, pre ceded her to the grave several years She leaves a brother, Mr. James Stedman pf Greensboro, and a sister, MfST'T: ti. ftQiite of Elon College, and several sons and daughters. > NEW ELAM NOTES On Saturday morning, February 16 Mr. W. H. Beckwith passed away af ter several days of sickness of pneu monia. Mr. Beckwith was 69 yea,rs of age, and was a good Christian man and he was deacon in New Elam Christian church, where he has been a faithful member for many years. He was laid to rest Sunday after noon, Februry 17th in New Elam cemetery among a beautiful mound of flowers. His pastor, Rev. Mr. J. Fuller Johson conducted the services. Mr. Beckwith leaves to mourn his passing a devoted wife, eight chil dren, two brothers and one sister, and a host of friends. Rev. J. Fuller Johnson filled his regular aFppointment at New Elam' Sunday. Miss Blanch Holt from Durham spent the week end with her parents Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Holt. Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Trotfe# visited Sund&y afternon in the home of Mrs.! Bettie Thomas. Mrs. Thomas has 1 purchased her a radio and is enjoying it very much. BROWN’S CHAPEL NEWS Rev. J. A. Dailey sang a 010 at j his Sunday morning service and | preached a fine sermon upon the; subject of “Upholding the Cross.” j Mrs. S. J. Henderson was carried} to a Raleigh hospital recently for| treatment, and perhaps for a sligr.c operation. Miss Sallie Perry, who broke her leg just before Christmas, is improv ing, but is still kept at home. , We have had a good deal of sick ness in this community this winter, but no deaths, we are glad to say. Some of us expect to attend the quarterly conference at Chatham church, but are wondering what is the rush to attempt to put it all through m one Sunday afternoon. H. F. Durham can furnish some one a good milk cow. i talk and After supper war ! over each member was talking to | every other member. MrrJ.,TG. tW°m , ble called silence and gave a few suitable words of appreciation to the committee who made possible such a pleasant evening together. A Mr. King and two friends oi Greensboro were in town today to see W. W. Stedman in the interest of real estate. MR. HENRY BYNUM SPEAKS TO COLORED FARMERS , (Reported) . Thursday night, February 11, Mr. Henry A. Bynum made a most in ’ teresting talk to U?.e jcolortu lUxi..- : ers on soil fertility, scientific and . progressive crop growing, and eco . nomics. Mr. Bynum came to us as j a surprise. Nevertheless, ne was plea ’ j santly received by us. He said ■! nat larmitig is a Sc.ntiiic work, . na j that farming is a science, and a to get away from o.u iuc practices of 20 years ago we must learn how to grow more grain, hay, legumes, and other soil improv ! in crops. | Mr. Bynum’s talk was somewhat J along the same lines as that of L. E. I Hall, district farm agent ofßaleigh, at a recent meeting. We are not working in this section for any im ; mediate financial gain, but for a j county-wide success in scientific and ' progressive farming. We believe that j the farmer should share in as much ; of this world’s happiness as anybody ; else, that the farmer’s wife should ; have protection, the children equal } education advantages with those in : the cities. 1 herefore, this can be done j only by progressive effort on the j part of the? f armers themseives, and | this can be accomplished by co-oper ation, and that Alone, We shall appre ciate visitors at any time SLOW PROGRESS IN LEGISLATION General Assembly Has Com pleted Very Little of the Ne cessary Work of the Season. There is still very little to report 1 as really accomplished or completed I by the General Assembly, now well on its way toward the expiration of a sixty-day session. ■ > Even the number of local or min or bills passed falls hundreds short of. thosjg for jihe last session, though iifls to be Hoped that there is no ne cessity for the usual r~ Milliken home gives them the rustic, background and at the same tuna un comfortable abode. ! Mr. Ed Hinton seems to have bw j come acquainted with Dr. £a4eK* | some months ago, when the latter came down on a hunting trip. Andr ' it was Mr. Hinton who was delighted to invite a number of Pittsboro ci tizens to a big dinner at the new abode, of the capitalist Saturday ning. About twenty guests were pare sent, including . some from Burifflg ton, and a very pleasant evening waai enjoyed. It seems that Dr. Rader is not oabf a capitalist and scientist, but an ac tive Christian worker. He and samm members of his family are aJfietih with Salvation Army, and the Daw* tor flies hither and thither on speate ing tours. He was to leave early Shw day morning to deliver an addarefi*, in High Point Sunday. He is, we be<-- lieve a brother of the great Paul Rader, whose sermons are ar feature of the radio service. The wife of his son is also artiste: Dr. and Mrs. Rader at the MißHwic residence. > r *’ UTTLE IMID HAS NARROW ESCAPE: Falls Into Well, But Is Reieoei After Hours of Diggins/ (From Moore County News) The little two-year-old son ot Nte; Wooley, an electric engineer wteir lives at Manley and is well known over Moore county, was the victwna*- of a peculiar and rather unusual ac cident last Friday afternoon, when he accidentally stepped on a board: which had been placed temporarily over the opening to an eight-imete pump well that had just been boced. It was not until the little fellow had been missed for sometime thafe. the father became alarmed and ba~ gan a hurried search for him, ant had it not been for the sound of tfca child’s cries in the well it is Quifta possible that the accident wonHk have ended tragically. Had it Bflfe; been’ for a curve in the well, caused by the drill striking a rock aboufc:- h If the distance from the it is certain that the child would have dropped into water over tua head and drowned. As it was hfe fell a distance of fourteen feet. The rescue was a difficult under taking and required more t.h*iv hours of strenuous excavating from different angles before the body could be reached and brought bade to the surface and-safety. The child was immediately taken to the near est physician, who, upon examina tion, found that his condition, waa not serious, but rather complex from the viewpoint of nervous shock and exhaustion. Big-hearted residents, of that section, as well as for miles, around, gathered at the scene and did everything humanly possible to expedite the rescue. Many brought: baskets filled with food for the work ers. Needless to say there was gseafe rejoicing when the little boy waa finally brought to the’ surface. sack Story, mail i Kansas City, leaped o.OJO miU* >Vr> i his piahe to c r {cly—h'-it difi.Yi toq/rt to shut of ;»c motor aud Scire a o*:’a of mail 'hr- piG/.a -as y i erkev nor nuU