L \ paper with a Prestige §? 0 r a Half Century. A | County, Not a Com munity Paper. \BLISHE ° dV<»u«SK 19, 1878 i'-' 1 * ■ - I ovAL OAK UNDER I NEW MANAGEMENT Stock Formerly Owned by V. Dorsett and Elder Estate Has Been Bought by Lanes (Chatham News) 'T] iere has been -a transfer of of the Oval Oak Manufacturing ■'■ ,'p a ny and a consequent change management. V. M. Dorsett and H. H. Elder estate owned a portion of the stock of this ■ ' -mern and their shares of stock , > been bought by J.. C., R. S., ..*i T. G. Lane. ' : " ■ p’nder this new ownership Mr. J. ■ v Lane, who has been manager of fnn in the past, and is, , r , aghly familiar with the entire and its workings becomes . ul nt and general manager. R. S. : V ne becomes foreman of the broom r'.ment. Mr. O. E. Stone still - , hi> stock and remains as head washboard and furniture de partment. Simultaneously with this ‘change .f management Miss Clee Poe, of v_mf<>rd, who had been bookkeeper stenographer for the firm for past several years until a* few uciks ago comes back to take charge ,f the office work again. Mr. Lane, the new manager, states that the plant will continue full time operation as it has for the past year. Friends of Mr. Lane will be glad to >e e him take charge of this plant again. • <§> *************** * * Moncure News * * *************** Miss Elizabeth Thomas, the young er daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Thomas, who is a student at N. C. C. W., Greensboro, spent Easter and will spend this week at home with her parents. Miss Mary Womble, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Womble, who is a senior at N. C. C. W. this year, is spending Easter holidays at home with her parents. Miss May John son of New Bern also who is a senior at N. .C C. W., is spending the East er holidays with Miss Womble. Mr. Glenn Womble, the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Womble, who is a senior at Elon College this year, is spending the Easter holidays at home with his parents. Easter Monday passed off pleas antly in and around Moncure. Moncure Bank was closed all day ALgiday. "loncure school was suspended for the day, Easter Monday. Mrs. Mary Barringer, the Sunday school teacher of the primary class for the Methodist church gave an Easter egg hunt at her home for her class, at 4 o’clock. Every one seem ed to enjoy the occasion very much. Miss Dorothy Lambeth, the teach er of the junior class of the Meth odist Sunday school, gave her class a picnic on the Deep river banks.' Each one carried a line and hook, and each one carried a lunch, which they enjoyed at noon. An egg hunt was also enjoyed by the. juniors. Mrs. W. W. Stedman and her class of intermediate girls and boys with several'visitors motored to Buckhorn and enjoyed a picnic on the banks of the river, some fished and all enjoyed the scenery and out of doors. Lunch was spread on the : hill side in the shade, of a tree, which all enjoyed very much. The day was an ideal day in every respect and the outing Whs e.njoyed by each one. .. . Mr .R. A. Moore, who has a posi tion with Wachovia Bank', Winstpn- Salem, spent Easter holidays with his mother, Mrs; Daisy Moore, i.-'j • Messrs. L. J. Simpson of- Polkton and W. B. Saunders of Thomasville and M. B. Sawyer of Elizabeth City, representing Atlantic Joint Stock Land Bank, were in town today, Tuesday, to see W. W. Stedman in regard to real estate. Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Foister of Hanford were in town today, Tues day, on business. Mr. V. H. Hilliard, of Burling ton. was in town Easter Monday on business. His son, Herbert, spent last week-end with friends. Miss Alma Walden of Peace In stitute, Raleigh, is spending Easter holidays at home with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Walden. ]§ Miss Elizabeth Dickens, also of Peace Institute, Raleigh, spent East er holidays at home with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Dickens. Mr. J. B. Powers, who has a posi tion at Greensboro, spent last week end at home. Several from Moncure church at tended the all-day service at Pleas ant Hill 'church last Sunday. The day was enjoyed by the large crowd present. '* . We are glad to see Mr. James Cathell, who had pneumonia, out on the streets again. VVe were very sorry to hear of the death of Mr. W. B. F. Johnson as Asbury neighborhood last Sunday evening at 5 o’clock. He had been in feeble health for sometime. Our Nvnipathy goes out to the bereaved family. Miss Ruth Kennedy of Meredith The Chatham Record Officers Determined , to Capture All Stills Blockaders still attempt to run the gantlet of Sheriff Blair’s active force, but apparently with very little success. At least three stills have been taken the past two weeks. An outfit was found in a negro’s home at the Cape Fear plant of the Caro lina Power & Light Company. One man and two women were held. Another was found in Oakland township, near Mr. F. A. Badders’ home and several lots of liquor were also found hidden. Mr. R. V. Morris of Baldwin town ship removed the temptation from some former stiller to take up the business. He located a good copper still on the Fearrington property in Williams township. It was hidden in the woods and had apparently not been used for many months. It was brought to 'Pittsboro and riddled. • : , Mr. B. A. Perry Takes * Unto Himself a tfcride The Record and many friends con gratulate Mr. B. A. Perry on his marriage Saturday evening to Miss Nora Gentry of Durham. From the Durham Herald of Sunday we clip the following account of the marri age: Miss Nora Gentry, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Gentry, of this city was married last night at 8:30 o’clock to B. A. Perry, of Pittsboro. j The marrige service was performed | by Rev. J. Fuller Johnson, of Dur- 1 ham, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. I John A. Pernell, at 710 Vickers ave nue. Mr. Perry is a brother of the bridegroom and Mrs. Perry is a sister of the bride. The home was prettily decorated for the occasion and the ceremony was performed before an altar of ferns, lilies and bridal wreath. Among the out-of-town guests present were W. L. Johnson, of Pittsboro; Charlie Tiley, of Weaver College, Asheville; and Miss Eliza beth Johnson, of Pittsboro. Many Durham neighbors and friends of the bride were present. Mrs. Perry has many friends here. She has been" employed by a local business concern for sometime. Mr. Perry is a merchant of Pittsboro. <§>— Telephone Co. Takes Over 7 More Stations The Central Carolina Telephone Company, which has headquarters at Siler City, took over seven addi tional stations April 1. The new towns added to the system include Carthage, Chesterfield, Ruby, Page land and Jefferson. This compara tively new company has already quite an extended system. Club Notes The February meeting of the lit erary department of the Pittsboro Woman’s Club was held with Mes dames G. W. Blair and R. M. Farrell at Mrs. Blair’s on March 26th, 1929, with ten members present. Mrs. E. A. Farrell, chairman, presided. The minutes were read and ap proved. The committee on by-laws was asked to give report at next monthly meeting. The secretary was asked to read a letter from the ex tension division, State University, in regard to programs. There being no further business the meeting was turned over to Mrs. N. C. Shivar, chairman of program committee. General topic: “New Wine in Old Bottles.” First Paper: “John Erckime’s Gal ahad,” by Mrs. Jas. L. .‘Griffin. Second Paper: Millay’s • “King’s Henchman,” ' by Mrs. . Arthur H. London. Both of these papers were very interesting.- : Mrs.. W. B. Chapin, accompanied by Mrs. J. W. Hunt, gave us two lovely vocal selections “Sylvia” and “Trees.” " - ; : • The hostess served a delicious sweet course. During this time Miss Elizabeth Blair delighted us with a humorous reading. MRS. EDGAR R. HINTON, Sec’y. College, Raleigh, is spending the Easter holidays with her mother, Mrs. O. C. Kennedy. Mrs. Queen Farrell and daughter, Miss Elizabeth Farrell, who have been living here for many years moved to Pittsboro today, Tuesday. Mrs. Farrell thought best to move nearer her sons, Messrs. Atlas and Roscoe Farrell, Pittsboro. They will he missed in this town and com munity. Miss Elizabeth is an ef ficient bookkeeper and stenographer and has had a position as stenog rapher and bookkeeper for W. W. Stedman this past winter, also assist ing Mrs. Stedman in the postoffice. She will be missed and we hate to see them leave. Prof, and Mrs. H. G. Self and all the teachers of Moncure school spent the Easter holidays at their respec tive homes. Mrs. John Bell, Jr., and her music class will give their annual recital at the school auditorium next Friday evening at 8 o’clock. Everybody is cordially invited to attend. PITTSBORO, N. C„ CHATHAM COUNTY, THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1929. AMBASSADOR TO FRANCE PASSES ! i I Dies Suddenly; Dr. Anderson Given Clean Bill; Hotel Burned; jOther Items The state supreme court last week reversed the Wake county court in the case against Dr. Albert Anderson, head of the state hospital at Raleigh, and the doctor is given a clean bill of health. He had been convicted on two counts of using patients to work on his private property. The work was 'beneficial to them and he did not profit at expense of the state, according to court findings, so he stands acquitted on all charges. Myron T. Herrick, ambassador to France, died Sunday at Paris. Mr. Herrick was greatly beloved by the •French people because o"f the.manner in which he “stood by” in 1914 when other embassies were closed in fear of the German invasion. He was named as ambassador by President Taft in 1912 and served for four years— Again in 1921 President Harding asked him to go back to Paris and he accepted. One hundred and twenty-two new prisoners at the state penitentiary in March brought the total number of inmates up to 2100, a record for all time. A majority of the new \inmates are young white men and j most of them are there for larceny, j The annex to the Ricks hotel at [ Rocky Mount, owned and operated by T. L. Bland of Raleigh, was de stroyed by fire last Friday night. None of the guests was injured. The loss was only partly covered by in surance. Complete reorganization of the postoffice department, beginning with high officials and running on down the line to postoffice clerks, is proposed by Postmaster General Walter F. Brown. Mr. Brown says he is determined to make the depart ment self-supporting as well as to raise the standard of its personnel.- Congressman Michaelson of Illi nois,, one of the leading dry advo cates in congress, has been arrested charged with smuggling liquor into the United States from Cuba. He denies the charge and asks the pub lic to withhold judgment until he can state his case. Governor Reed of Kansas has an nounced selection of former Gov ernor Henry J. Allen as U. S. Sen ator to succeed Senator Curtis, re cently elevated to the vice presi dency. Washington newspaper men learn that early plans of the census bureau have been upset. It was announced some months ago that officials would consult with chambers of com merce and other civic bodies through out the country when it came time to appoint supervisors and enum erators for the 1930 census. It now develops that these good intentions have fallen victim to party politics, and that only republicans in good standing will be appointed. Senators Glass and King, both of whom were active in getting the original federal reserve bank bill passed, have given a statement to the press to the effect that they will introduce at the forthcoming special session of congress legislation giving the federal board more power in curbing loans for speculative pur poses. Recent happenings on the Wall street market led them to this decision. * State employes had a holiday East er Monday for the first time in five years. Ever since the salary and wage commission was formed there had been no Easter holiday. Impeachment proceedings have | been-started against Governor Huey P. Long ,of Louisiana. Charges of malfeasance in office are made against him. The,governor says the -proceedings originated with the; “Standard Oil crowd” because he at tempted to have an oil tax enacted; He has ; started a. , little newspaper of his own to t fight impeachment, practically every paper in the state being opposed to him. Dr. F. Scott Mcßride, head of the Anti-Saloon League, says the league will maintain a hands-off policy to ward President Hoover’s committee for investigating law enforcement, with particular reference to the pro hibition laws and court procedure. ' O ALLEN-FARRELL Friends of Dr. Ihrie Farrell con gratulate him upon the rapid prog ress he has made since beginning the practice of dentistry at Troy a few months ago. He has not only acquired a good practice in the capital of Montgomery, but has won him a charming bride, in the person of Miss Louise Bruton Allen. The marriage took place Saturday evening at the spacious home of the bride’s parents at Troy. The cere mony was performed by Rev. Dr. Stanbury of the First Methodist Church of Durham, an uncle of the bride. After the ceremony the bappy young couple motored to Charlotte as a starter for a wedding trip. Attending from Pittsboro yere, Mr.; R. T. Farrell, father of’ the" groom, Miss Lucille Farrell, sister, Miss Jennie Connell, Dr. R. M. Far rell and Mr. Ed. Hinton. ANNOUNCEMENT OF MARRIAGE FOR JUNE Mr. Will London and Miss Frances Thompson to Plight j Troth; Both Well Known The following dispatch to Wednes day morning’s papers carried the pleasing announcement of the forth coming marriage of Mr. Will London of Pittsboro and Miss Frances Thompson, teacher in the Pittsboro school, but a resident of Jackson: Jackson, April 2.—The home of Rev. and Mrs. B. C. Thompson was lovely on Saturday afternoon as Mrs. Thompson and her daughter, Mrs. G. H. Armstrong of Mt. Gilead an nounced the" engagement and ap proaching marriage of Frances, the second daughter of Rev. and Mrs. 8.. C. Thompson to Mr. William Lord London of Pittsboro. The guests were met at the door by Mrs. Thompson who invited them into the living rbom which was made beautiful by a profusion of Bermuda lilies. After a series of contests the gqests were asked into the dining room. The table was covered with a handmade Irish lace cloth. Above the center piece, which was a wed ding cake banked with lilies hung a white wedding bell; on the corners of the table were silver bud vases containing a single lily bud, and silver candle sticks holding green tapers were used. Hanging from all sides of the table were lily buds. Each guest was asked to take a lily from which a streamer of white ribbon extended to the wedding cake. When the guest pulled the ribbon each received a miniature bride on which was written—Frances T. to Will L. London “June.” Mrs. G. B. Burnette and Miss Louise Lassiter were winners in the contest, and presented with a pink glass flower container and bath crys tals. The bride-to-be was given a handsome lace bedroom set. Refreshments of Pistachio and white ice with wedding cake and white mints which carried out the color scheme of green and white were served by Miss Miriam Thompson to the following: Misses Louise Joyner of Louisburg; Wesley Jordon of Ral eigh; Misses Mildred Midgette, Rocky Lou Fleetwood, Frances Law rence, Rebie Long, Louise Lassiter, Mesdames A. P. Flythe and G. B. Burnette of Jackson. Supreme Court Gets Case of A. & Y. Road The supreme court of the United States has been asked to take a hand and prevent the Southern railroad from buying the Atlantic & Yadkin, running from Sanford to Mount Airy, at receivership sale and thus getting fee simple title to it. The state of North Carolina owns a good deal of the stock in the A. & Y., and the case is being handled by the attorney general and A. L. Brooks, of Greensboro, special assistant for the purpose. The Southern railroad has been operating the A. & Y. under lease. Folks Generally Are Against More BoncU Indicating the prevailing popular sentiment against further .bond issues or taxes for any purpose, the people of Charlotte Tuesday defeated two bond issues at the polls. One would have provided a million and a quarter dollars for school improvement and extension. The voting was light, but this issue was snowed under by a four to one majority. The other pro vided a quarter million for the pro posed building, and while the vote was closer on. that issue it wa’s hopelessly beaten. L i Moravian Service at Winston Draws Crowd The Easter morning service of the : Moravians at old Salem church and burying ground at Winston-Salem at tracted the usual crowd this year. Many thousands of people from all sections of the United States attend ed the service which was conducted by the venerable head of the church in the southern province, Bishop Ronthaler. The bishop is 86 years old and this is his 49th service as head of the church, and he had at tended many of them before being elevated to the bishopric. $ GOVERNOR GETS NEW CAR —s> The state of North Carolina has purchased a new Lincoln automobile for Governor Gardner. It was de livered yesterday. The car has a green body by Willoughby and is priced at $6,600. Allowance of $1675 was made for the old Cadillac used by Governor McLean. The state first supplied the governor with an automobile during Bickett’s admin istration when a Marmon was bought. Morrison and McLean used Cadillacs, but Governor Gardner said that as Henry Ford has spent about $2,000,000 on his plant in this state, he thought the business should be given to him. Addition to the i Silk Factory Work upon a considerable addition to the silk mill at Pittsboro is be . ginning. This little factory is ap parently very successful. It pays a high wage, as factory wages go, and the addition will be of considerable advantage to Pittsboro, as yrell as profitable, it is hoped, to the pro gressive management, i Also a residence is being built on . Lanius hill for Mr. and Mrs. Joe Wirtz. The work upon the remodel ing of the Denson old place for Mr. Ferebee is about complete. A cot tage is being built on the place to be occupied by Mr. E. W. Ellington, during the time to intervent, prob ably a year or two, before Mr. and Mrs. Ferrebee cpme to live in Pitts boro. • " Gasoline Now Gent a Gallon Higher The additional one-eent-a-gallon tax on gasoline went into effect Mon day morning, April 1. The/extra cent is expected to raise around $2,500,000 annually for road main tenance, and under terms* of the act this must result in corresponding reduction of county ad valorem taxes to a like amount. The gaso line tax has been four cents and all of it went to the state. The new law fixes the tax at five cents a gallon and the additional revenue goes back to the counties, distributed on the bases of road mileage and popu lation. The first gasoline tax in this state was put on in 1921. It was one cent a gallon. It proved so popular that two years latbr it was raised to three cents, and in 1925 to four cents. The gasoline and automobile li cense taxes provide money enough to pay interest and provide a sink ing fund for $115,000,000 in high way bonds. Mill Operatives Go Out on Strike More than four thousand textile mill operatives in the Carolinas have walked out during the past few days, and many of the largest mills are running on part time or standing idle. The strike started at Green ville and nearby mills, and has spread to Gastonia. It is said {that the trouble is not a question of hours or wages so much as it is new “effi ciency” methods being inaugurated by the mill management. . All of the mills so far affected are controlled by northern capital. A conciliator of the United States department of labor has been on the ground for several days and he reports that the situation is clearing up and agree ment between workers and employ ers is expected soon. <§> No Federal Tax Reduction Now Treasury department officials are inclined to think that they will not recommend any further reductions in taxes at this time, although the treasury shows an apparent surplus of a hundred million dollars. Income tax collections, have exceeded ex pectations, due largely to thq tre mendous profits made on the stock exchange during November and De cember. Officails want to apply the surplus to the war debt or some other debt reduction rather than hand it back to the taxpayers! in the form of lower rates for next year. WOMEN m PERIL (Christian Advocate) Liberty is- always dangerous. Those who have- come into! a new found freedom, are always in danger of abusing the heritage into which they have. come, t In these da'ys:wh,en con ventions are set at .riaught and for mer ’restraints are cast .to the winds, the women are in gr;ave J peril. Glar ing posters by the wayside display the elite using the cigarette and some college women urge that a smoking room be set apart in college dormi tories for the convenience of the young women who desire to smoke. Many women of this “new day” re minds one of the negroes following emancipation when they mistook liberty for license to do as they please save to work and to live quiet and peaceable lives. Are the women going to be able to keep themselves clothed in their right minds in this day of unrestrained liberty? $ W. B. F. JOHNSON DEAD — Mr. W. B. F. Johnson, of Oakland township, died Sunday night after a lingering illness. He was buried at Asbury church Monday after noon, Pastor Chaffin conducting the funeral services. Mr. Johnson was a well known citizen of the county, and was known far and wide as a dispenser of cer tain remedies. He married a Miss Marsh of Cumberland county and the couple have reared a family of five fine sons and daughters. They are Mrs. Lee Harmon, Mrs. J. W. Johnson, Miss Margaret Johnson, who has been teaching at Bell's, and Messrs. A. Marsh Johnson and W. R. Johnson. Subscribers at Every Postoffice and All R. F. D. Routes in Great County of Chatham VOLUME 51, NUMBER 28 THOMPSON CHOSEN SUPERINTENDENT County School Board Reorgan* ized: Hinton, Chairman, Thompson Reelected The county school board met Monday with two new members to be sworn in, namely, J. Wade Siler and E. J. Riggsbee, succeeding Messrs. Bray and Wilson. After their installation, a hearing was given those interested in the choice of a county superintendent for the next two years. Two or three gentlemen made brief talks in favor of the reelection; of Mr. Thompson. Petitions were presented against his continuance in office. When other nominations were called for, the name of Mr. Robt. T. .league* superintendent of . Avery county, was brought forward by his fathey. The sarlary_iin Avery wasi automatically \ cut by *the' Han cock bill, which fixes the salary for 'superintendents of small counties at , SI6OO, and the former Chathamite was willing to come back home. He has made a fine record as .superin tendent of Avery. .. No other name was presented, and an executive session was held, in which Mr. Thompson was unanimous ly reelected. The Hancock bill seems to fix the salary for counties of Chatham’s population at $2500. Mr. Thompson has previously received S3OOO. O * * * Bear Creek News * * * Mr. and Mrs. L. I. Moore and family of Greensboro, were Easter visitors in the home of Mr. Moore’s father, J. S. Moore. J. H. Hart, of Burlington, was a week-end visitor in the home of Miss Belle Beal. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Beaver and family, of Durham, were visitors at T. P. Beaver’s during the week-end. . W. D. Thomas of Durham was a visitor in town Monday. Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Moody, Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Moody and family, Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Hilliard, Mr. J. C. Edwards, Miss Kate Edwards, L. L. Dunn and Mr. and Mrs. N. W. Hilliard, all of Durham, were week end visitors here. and near here. Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Beal and daugh ter, Frances, were visitors last week in the homes of W. I. Williamson and J. M. Yarborough of Sanford. Mr. Beal attended the Jackson mur der trial while there. Roger Abbott has moved from T. H. Wilson’s to Goldston. Mr. James R. Wilson will move into the house vacated by Mr. Abbott. We regret to lose these people. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Coggins and family, of Hallison, were Sunday visitors in the home of W. A. Coggins. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Burke and family of Burlington were visitors near Meroney Church during the holidays. S. Garland Norwood, of Greens boro, was visitor in the home of his father this week. Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Moore and family of Siler City were visitors here Monday of this week. Mrs. C. G. Kirkman of Leaksville, was a visitor. in the home of Mr. C. J. Rives Sunday. E. B. Straughan, who was sevevely hurt by a falling tree on February last, returned to the home of his father, F. C. Straughan, last Thurs day, and is improving very nicely. He and his wife wish to express their heart-felt thaqks; and deep appreci ation for the many acts of kindness shown him since hb had his misfor tune. He spent nearly two months in hospitals. '}■•, _ T. Gar land;, fields has accepted work in Burlington, and expects to move to this city irt the near future. Mr. and Mrs. L\ J. Brooks of Siler City were Sunday; visitors at F.. C. Straughan’s. , *’ Mr. M. A. Haney, of route one, this office, died at his home Sunday following a long illness. The re mains will be carried, we are in formed, to Winston-Salem for burial. Mr. Haney lived at, this place, before moving to Chatham several years ago. His friends will learn with deep sorrow of his death. He is survived by his widow and one step-child. MARRIAGE LICENSE —% — • The register of deeds has done very little in the marrige license business in recent weeks. He issued two licenses of March 16 and two on March 30, and that is the sum of the business since March 15. On the for mer date license was issued to Mr. Dewey B. Williams and Miss Blanche Taylor of Bynum and Mr. Roy Street Webster and Miss Della B Wilkie of Bonlee. On the 30th h< issued license to\ Mr. Henry Cartel and Miss Naggie Murphy of Bynum, and to Mr. James B. McGarrity of Charlotte and Miss Mary Belle Ham mock of Pittsboro. The marriage of the latter couple was performed at Bynum by ’Squire T. H. Hearne.