\ Paper with a Prestige
J a Half Century. A
County, Not a Com
inanity Paper.
TABLISHED SEPTEMBER 19, 1878
I ABOUT PITTSBORO’S
I WATER PROSPECTS
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Well Fails to Afford Sufficient
Supply—Only Seven Gallons
Minute —Beard Spring Af
fords 30 to 40.
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The hole so laboriously bored in
. of a municipal water supply
pit i-'boro failed to afford the re
.. amount of water. After going:
an four hundred feet, mostly
. /a rock, a flow of only seven
> a minute has been secured,
irilling has ceased,
town council has turned its
to the Beard spring, pro
water supply that first de
he location of the old court
a t ie other side of Robinson
which, it is stated, is now
forty gallons a minute, but
not expected to furnish that
.wing the dry seasons,
ever, there will probably be no
move made to sell the
ted for the water supply,
fore no immediate attempt
v iter. The cost of the well
. ma sumably, be met from the
■ i. . -ecured by the sale of SIB,OOO
-for town improvements and
. nt f debts, and Pittsboro will [
f ve o wait till a more prosperous
:;; r ; j ; , see the water system in-
A' a goodly number of those ;
, v ibe able to install immedi- |
v \;ater systems in their homes j
a i V K) v have private plants, the delay !
wi'.i i t e the hardship it would be j
if ne homes could at this time in- I
stall the water if provided.
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Senator Blease May
i Show up Congressmen
Senator Blease of South Carolina
has threatened to “show up” sena
: >r- and representatives who vote
dry and think wet. He says he has
a bunch of affidavits but be will not
read them unless it becomes neces
sary. Similar threats have been
made before and nothing came of
tWrr but those who know the fiery
JUitor from the Palmetto state know
that he rarely ever makes a charge
that he cannot adequately support
and some of the drinking congress
men are said to be getting nervous.
Blease declares that many of them
drank intoxicants on their recent trip
to Cuba even while on board a gov
ernment ship.
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Negro Problem Still
Worrying President
President Hoover’s plans for a lily
white republican party in the south
have hit a snag. It was all right
with white republicans in South Car
olina, Georgia and Mississippi for the
negro leaders there to be deposed,
but now the northern states are being
heard from. Indiana and Illinois
have a large negro voting population,
almost the balance of power between
the two parties, and representatives
from those states are demanding of
i c president that he accord negroes
‘ a recognition with whites all over
the country. Mr. Hoover has had
re* rse to his usual method of ap
i ; f .ng a commission to study the
situation and report.
President Hoover on
Enforcement of Law
President Hoover delivered the
first public address since becoming
president when he spoke before the
Associated Press congress at Wash
ington Monday. He asked support
of the newspapermen in his program
of revising the whole system of juris
prudence, declaring that at present
the system unduly favors the crim
inal. He proposes no immediate or
radical changes, but would by slow
"and sure degrees weed out inefficient
and undesirable officers, modernize
the method of jury selection and
work other reforms.
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He Overlooked One Bet
He brushed his teeth twice a day.
Tne doctor examined him twice a
year.
He wore his rubbers when it rained.
He slept with the windows open
least 8 hours every night.
He stuck to a diet with plenty
fresh vegetagles.
He relinquished his tonsils and
traded in several worn-out glands.
He never smoked, drank or lost
his temper.
He did his daily dozen daily, be-
S; des taking plenty of outdoor ex
ercise.
He was all set to be 100.
The funeral will be held next Wed
nesday. He is survived by 18 spec
ialists, 4 health institutes, 6 gym
nasiums, and numerous manufactur
ers of health foods and antiseptics.
He had forgotten about trains at
£ grade crossings.
J ; $
Bandits reported to be getting
some big hauls, but the best one will
eome when they are hauled in some
city’s patrol wagon to the nearest
jail.
The Chatham Record
An Old Chathamite
Visits Pittsboro
The editor regrets missing some
interesting Pittsboro visitors Monday
evening. The party comprised Mr.
and Mrs. E. A. Rives of Greensboro,
and Mr. and Mrs. Oran E. Rives of
Buffalo, N. Y. Mr. E. A. Rives is
a son of Robert E. Rives, who was
sheriff of Chatham county in the
fifties, as indicated by a note left
upon our desk by the aged gentle
man. Mr. Oran E. R\ves is his
grandson, and a son of Dr. Oran
Alston Rives. All these names are
vibrant with Chatham tradition. The
editor first became aware of the
earlier prominence of the Rives fam
ily in Chatham by the number of
negroes bearing the name in the
Goldston section. Mr. E. A. Rives
should be a reservoir of much in
teresting Chatham lore of olden
days.
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Mrs. Frances Webster Hilliard,
wife of C. E. Hilliard, died at her
home on Goldston, route 1, Wednes
day afternoon, April 17th. She died
very suddenly. Air. Hilliard was away
\ from home and some parties came
to see some cattle and Mrs. Hilliard
and’ daughter went to the lot with
the people to see the cattle and was
j taken ill while out there and was
carried to the house, but never re-
I gained consciousness. Her husband
j returned just before the end came,
j but she could not speak, only looked J
at him and passed away.
She was in her 53 year, having
been born July 24, 1876.
She is survived by her husband,
six children and several near rel
atives. who mourn their loss deeply.
The children are: Charlie, Avred and
Neomi, of Durham; Eutha, of Gulf;
Roy and Genia, at home.
The funeral services were held at
Bear Creek Baptist church Friday,
19th, amid a great concourse of
people. The funeral was conducted
by Rev. John C. Kidd, of Bennett.
She was a member of Antioch Baptist
church.
Our deepest sympathy is extended
to the bereaved family.
Mr. C. H. Wilkie, who has lived
on Chapel Hill, route 3, has moved
back to his place, on route 1, this
office.
C. O. Wilkinson has accepted a job
near Southern Pines.
Mr. and Mrs. James Stigall and
family of Greensboro, were week-end
visitors in the home of W. L.
Coggins.
R. M. Parkhurst is spending some
time with Fred W. Burns, on route 2.
Mrs. Joe J. Cheek spent the week
end in the home of G. C. Councilman,
on route 1.
Willis Hall, of Greensboro, was a
visitor on route 2 Sunday.
B. F. Moffitt is moving to Bonlee
this week. We are informed that
he has purchased the house formerly
occupied by W. L. Moore. He has
sold his home here to I. H. Dunlap,
a real estate man. We regret to lose
this good family, but wish for them
much success and happiness.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Coggins. Mr.
and Mrs. T. B. Beal and daughter,
Frances, were Sunday visitors in the
home of P. G. Maulden, of Liberty.
The Meroney school closed last
Friday. It was taught by C. C
Palmer, of Goldston, route 1, ancl
Miss Ina Phillips, of route 2, this
office.- The Sandy Branch school
also closed on this day. The lattei
took a picnic tour around Mt. Vernon
Springs. This school was taught by
Mrs. E. W. Byerly, of Bonlee.
W. H. Murray and C. B. Rives
captured a copper still last Saturday
morning, which was located on the
Dr.' Burns’ place, about six miles east
of here. Mr. Murray is doing fine
work since being appointed deputy.
Let the good work go on!
C. V. Moore has moved from his
home on route 2 to the R. L. Goldston
place, one mile north of Goldston.
J. L. Straughan, of Greensboro,
was a visitor on route 2 last week.
Mr. and Mrs. T. Claude Vestal have
moved from their home on route 2
to Orange county. Mr. Vestal has
accepted work with W. Obed Moses
at a saw mill. We regret very much
to lose them. . ,
Miss Allie Rose Harris spent the
week-end in the home of L. A. iy
son, of Harpers X R oad s , on route 1.
Mr. and Mrs. N. W. Hilliard and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Hilliard
and Mrs. B. S. Beaver, of Durham,
were week-end visitors here and near
here.
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Crepe Myrtle for
the Davis Highway
The Henry London chapter of fke
Children of' the Confederacy, Miss
■ Carrie Jackson director, isi joining m
the nlans of the U. D. C. to beautify
; the Jefferson Davis highway, or high
way 75. The Pittsboro children are
Sin? a section here in Pittsboro.
■ Red Crepe Myrtle and other shrub
i bery are being placed. The confide
- rate monument and the ;
; Davis marker near the court home
will be backed by myrtle trees.
PITTSBORO, N. C., CHATHAM COUNTY, THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1929.
PLEASING CONCERT |
GIVENJY LADIES
Music Department of Woman’s
Club Puts on Annual Musical
Program—Home Talent Re
ceives Applause.
Music lovers here were delighted
Friday evening with the charming
musical program rendered by home
talent under the auspices of the music
department of the Woman’s Club.
Such a program is an annual event
in the annals of the department, and
is more and more looked forward to
by lovers of music.
Mrs. Victor Johnson was in charge
of the program and as indicated be
low had performed her duties well.
Miss Cordie Harmon was chairman
: of the decoration committee and had
■made the club room beautiful with
j spirea and deutzia with a background
' of longleaf pine.
1 A silver offering was taken and
funds enough secured to finish pay
ment for a victrola recently present
ed the. Pittsboro school. Refreshments
were served after the program by
Mesdames J. A. Farrell and R. M.
Farrell. The evening was a delight
ful one for all present, and all the
participants in the concert won ap
plause. The program follows:
Instrumental solo: Mummuring
Spring; Balm; Mrs. W. F. Bland.
Vocal solo; My Castle of Dreams,
Herbert Ward. Miss Mary Dell
Bynum.
'Reading: How Ruby Played. Miss
- Isabelle Knudsen.
Instrumental duet: Mrs. Henry A.
Bynum and Mrs. \ ictor Johnson.
What Poets, Philosophers and Edu
cators Have Said About Mu. By ten
girls, Eula Johnson. Dudley Womble,
Cammie Hamlet, Mary Brewer, Dor
othy Poe, Margaret Beard, Sarah
Griffin, Frances Bland, Cornilla
Johnson and Ruth Gordon.
Vocal numbers: Sylva. Oley Spears.
Trees, Oscar Rasback. Mrs. W. B.
Chapin.
Instrumental solo: Aphorism, Hen
riques. Miss Catherine Johnson.
Vocal solo: Where Is the Songs of
Songs For Me. Dreaming Alone in
the Twilight. Miss Emily Taylor.
Reading: Dixie. Miss Carrie
Jackson.
Vocal duet: Myi Little Sunflower
Goodnight, Vanderpool. Miss Mary
Dell Bynum, Bessie Chapin. Accom
panists, Mrs. Henry Bynum and Mrs.
J. W. Hunt.
The refreshment committee was
composed of Mrs. R. M. and J. A.
Ferrell. Hot chocolate and wafers
were served. This is the second
program to be put on by the music
department this year, and they have
been real treats for those who enjoy
good music. Mrs. O. J. Peterson is
chairman of the music department.
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Mr. and Mrs. Sam Jones of Burl
ington spent the week-end with the
former’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Jones. . . .
Rev. J. Fuller Johnson filled bis
regular appointment at New Salem
Saturday and Sunday, and as usual
we will have our memorial service on
Saturday before the third Sunday in
May The program committee are
Mrs. Pattie Mann. Mrs. R. L. Trotter,
Miss Rose Sturdivant; the flowers
committee, Miss Rennie Webster,
Vada Goodwin, Elizabeth Mann, as
sisted by Kimp Riddle and Lacy
Trotter. The music committee is
composed of Mr. Timmie Mann and
Miss Lola Jones.
It was decided as usual to clean
the cemetery on Friday, before the
second Saturday in May.
Mr. and Mrs. Bailey Sturdivant of
Pittsboro visited the former’s mother,
Mrs. Ell Goodwin. Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Newton Mann, near
Mount Gilead church, spent Sunday
with Mrs. Mann’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Andrew Jones.
Mrs. Adlaide Holt continues very
ill at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Tave Jones.
Mr. and Mrs. Famous Mann ot
Raleigh were dinner guests Sunday
of Mr. and Mrs. Will Brown.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Thomas of
Siler City and Mrs. O. M. Goodwin
of Sanford visited their sister, Mrs.
G. L. Mann. Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Tysmger ot
Moncure have moved back to Lex
ington. , ,
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Garrett and two
children of New York are visiting
Mrfe. Garrett’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Joe Ellis. . _ , ~
Sam Thomas of Apex visited his
mother, Mrs. Bettie Thomas Sunday.
Mrs. Thomas is visiting her daughter,
Mr«. R. F. Sturdivant this week.
Rev. J. Fuller was dinner guest
Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Tave Jones.
Miss Lola Jones and Mrs. R. L-
Trotter spent Thursday of last week
in Sanford shopping.
Mr. and Mrs. Jake Jones and chil
dren of Fuquay Springs spent Sun
day with Mr. Jones’ parents.
Some people seem to get a good
deal out of life by not expecting too
much.
TWO BRICK STORES !
AND BIGMOVIE HALL
To Occupy Double Lot Adjoin
ing Farrell Building Lots
Bought and Building Plan
ned by Geddie Fields
Plans are fast maturing for the
erection of a large building on the
two lots adjoining the Farrell build
ing, including the lot upon which
stood the Chapin building burned in
January.
Mr. W. G. Fields, better known as
Geddie, has 'bought the lots from Mr.
R. R. King of Greensboro, and is plan
ing to begin building right away. The
plans provided for two store rooms
in front, with an eight foot passage
between them, leading to a moving
picture hall in the rear.
The store buildings are to be 33
feet long, but rather narrow, as al
lowance must be made for the pas
sage way to the rear. But the build
ing area widens at a distance from
Main street and the hall will be forty
feet broad and reach 100 feet to the
rear of the store rooms.
The front part will be two stories
high, but the hall only one story.
Five offices are planned for the upper
story. A prospective tenant is already
in sight for one of the lower rooms,
and it is thought that the other store i
room will he readily rented. However,
we are informed that Mr. Field- ex
pects to build before contracting with
anybody for the space.
Mr. Field says that the building
will be about the best in the town,
fire-proof and provided with furnace
for heating purposes. It will occupy
a section of the broad scope vacant
since the January fire, and will help
the appearance of the town consider
ably.
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Raleigh Officials
Are Renominated
The present city administration at
Raleigh was turned to power in the
municipal primary Tuesday by a
landslide vote. C. C. Page, formerly
of Hamlet, and for several years
commissioner of public works at
Raleigh, ran second from the top on
the ticket, polling 3571 votes to 504
for his opponent. Other officials
elected included Mayor E. E. Cul
breth, Commissioner of Public Safe
ty Ed G. Birdong, and Police Judge
Wiley G. Barnes.
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Woman Organizer
in Charlotte Jail
Ellen Dawson, one of the organ
izers of 'the strikers around Gas
tonia, and alleged agent of the Com
munist party, was arrested and lock
ed up in the Charlotte jail last week
on a charge of entering this country
by means of a falsified passport. She
was released Sunday on S2OOO bond
put up by organizations backing the
textile strike. She is a native of
Scotland, has worked in England,
and has been active in organizing
strikes in New York.
P.-T. Association
Meets Monday, 29th
The last meeting of the Pittsboro
Parent-Teacher Association for this
session will be held at the school
building the evening of April 29th.
Come prepared to discuss buying a
piano for the school. The grade
mothers and chairmen of committees
are requested to have reports of what
has been done during the year.—Mrs.
Cordon, president.
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SINCLAIR MUST SERVE
The supreme court of the United
States on Monday approved the
action of the lower court in sentenc
ing Harry F. Sinclair, oil magnate, to
jail for three months for contempt
of the senate investigating commit
tee. Another sentence of six months
for jury shadowing will be passed on
by the high court^
DEAD ALREADY
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A Missouri editor refuses to pub
lish obituary notices of people who,
while living, did not subscribe to his
paper, and gives this as his reason:
“People who do not read their local
paper are dead anyway, and in their
passing there is little news value.
—
Dairy and poultry products in the
state of Georgia brought more than
$55,000,000 into that commonwealth
last year, it is said. Many farmers
who had been able to make a bare
living with general farming are get
ting reasonably rich out of chickens
and cows. This is a tip for North
Carolina.
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Girl —Why did you kiss me—when
you were a perfect stranger?
Boy— It’s the doctor’s orders. He
says i must avoid all excitement. And
it excited me to sit beside the most
beautiful creature I have ever seen
and not kiss her.
Girl—Well, of course if it’s the
| doctor’s orders I suppose it’s all right.
(Mr. L. G. Cole Makes
| Million Dollar Deal
The Record is always interested in
the achievements of Chatham county
folk, even though they may have
exiled themselves from the bounds
of the county, and though rather
late to tell it, we were pleased to
learn from Mr. L. G. Cole of Durham,
who was a Pittsboro visitor Monday,
of a million dollar deal he made
some weeks ago.
Mr. Cole has long been a success
ful retail estate man in the Bull
City, but has never lost touch with
his old home county. The deal in
point was the leasing of a site in
Durham to the S. H. Kress company
for a period of fifty years. The
entire outlay for the period, includ
ing rentals, taxes, insurance, and the
building to be erected by the huge
Kress interests, amounts to a million
dollars, according to Mr. Cole. But
of course our friend’s commission is
upon a much smaller sum, but even
then it should have been a healthy
one for these rather difficult times.
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Apex, Route 3. —Last Tuesday
word came of the death of Mr. Ever
ette Lawrence. This was a shock to
his relatives and friends of this com
munity. His death was caused by a
dynamite explosion. It is understood
that he stood too near the stump
which the dynamite was placed
under. The stump when blasted hit
him, causing sudden death. Mr. Law
rence was a native of Chatham, but
of late years had made his home near
Lakeview.
Mr. Genatis Harward died Satur
day morning, and was laid to rest in
Bell’s cemetery Sunday afternoon
beneath a mound of many beauti
ful floral wreaths.
Mr. Harward had been ill several
days.
He leaves to mourn his departure,
one son, Mr. Lemuel Harward, of this
.community, and one daughter, Mrs.
Stella Horton of Raleigh, one sister,
several grandchildren, and many
friends.
The Sunday school organization
met at Bell’s Sunday afternoon. All
the seven Baptist churches of this
group were represented. This organ
ization is something new to us, but
we feel positive if all will join in
and give a helping hand it will prove
to be very beneficial. Next month the
group of churches will assemble at
another of the churches belonging
to this group.
Mrs. F. M. Holleman and son,
Lewin, visited Mrs. John Horton at
Watt’s Hospital Saturday.
Truth in Letter Writing
Typing Tips;
“Now, Miss Blogg,” boomed Jasper
M. Whurtel, president of the Whurtel
Whirlwind Laundry Company, to his
new stenographer, “I want you to un
derstand that when I dictate a letter
I want it written as dictated, and not
the way you think it should be. Un
derstand?”
“Yes, sir,” said Miss Blogg meekly.
“All right—take a letter.”
The next morning O. J. Squizz of
the Squizz Flexible Soap Company
received the following:
“Mr. O. K. or A. or J. Something,
look it up, Squizz. President of Squizz
what a name Flexible Soap Company,
the gyps, Detroit —that’s in Michigan,
isn’t it?
Dear Mr. Squizz, hmmmm: You’re
a h of a business man. No
start over. He’s a crook, but I can t
insult him, 'or the bum’ll sue me.
Thdt last shipment of soap you sent
me was of inferior quality and I want
you to understand, no scratch that
out. I want you to understand. Ah,
unless you can ship, furnish, ship, no
furnish you with your regular soap you
needn’t ship us no more period or
what ever the grammar is and please
pull down your skirt. This cigar
is out again pardon me and further
more where was I? Nice bob you have.
Paragraph .The soap you sent us
wasn’t fit to wash the dishes no make
that dog with comma let alone the
laundry comma and we’re sending it
back period. Yours truly. Read that
over, no never mind. I won’t waste any
more time on that egg. I’ll look at the
carbon tomorrow. Sign my name. We
must go out to lunch soon, eh?’’ —
Chicago Journal of Commerce.
THE FAMILY TREE
Once I was a polliwog beginning to
begin;
Then I was a froggie with a tail
tucked in;
Then I was a monkey up a banyan
tree;
Then I was a man with a big D. D.
A polliwog, a frog, a monkey, and
a man;
Glory be to nature for her wondrous
plan. —E. G. Farnsworth,
Washington, N. H.—The Pathfinder.
FTiml —Why is smoking forbidden
here?
Himmel —On account of the powder
factory.
Friml —But the factory was de
stroyed by an explosion.
Himmel—l know, but the sign
wasn’t.
Subscribers at Every
Postoffice and All R.
F. D. Routes in Great
County of Chatham
VOLUME 51, NUMBER 31
HIGH SCHOOL PLAY
FRIDAYEVENING
Booth Tarkington’s “Seven
teen” to be Presented in
School Auditorium April 26,
at 8 P. M.
Booth Tarkington’s play, “Seven
teen, M will be presented by the Pitts
boro high school in the school audi
torium, Friday evening, April 26. The
following is the cast:
Mr. Baxter Lea Powell
Mrs. Baxter Josie Lee Hall
Willie Baxter Billie Chapin
Jane Baxter Margaret Guinn
Lola Pratt Virginia Bean
Mary Parcher Anne Bynum
Ethel Boke Jewel Justice
Johnnie Watson Lloyd Nooe
Joe Bullit Janies Cordon
Wallie Banks Nyal Womble
George Crooper Silas Hatley
Ed Parcher Rufus Abernathy
Genesis Rufus Henderson
Admission 20 and 35 cents.
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Interesting News from
Over State and Nation
Reports from Washington indi
cate that North Carolina Republicans
will be sure to get some of the good
jobs yet to be dispensed by Presi
dent Hoover. Having failed to land
any cabinet job the Southern repub
licans must be content to take the
lesser honors.
Wills H. Hays, former chairman of
the national republican committee,
and big mogul of the moving picture
industry, is suing his wife for di
vorce. The charge is “incompati
bility.”
Insurance Commissioner Boney has
revoked the license of twelve insur
ance agents in the state who had
violated the law in promoting the
sale of insurance on small weekly
payment plan, to ibe collected by
newsboys in connection with sub
scription to papers.
J. Lyles Glenn of Chester, S. C.,
solicitor for the sixth district and
widely known lawyer, has been ap
pointed by President Hoover as fed
ei’al judge to assist in both South
Carolina districts. Not having in the
state a republican with sufficient
qualifications, the president had to
name a democrat to the job.
The committee in charge of find
ing rooms for old soldiers attending
the Confederate reunion at Charlotte
in June reports that offers of rooms
are coming in slowly and there is
prospect of having trouble in billet
ing the old veterans. Arrangements
are being made to take care of all
who are able to stay ati the camp,
but many of the old fellows are too
feeble for that sort of life.
The city of Charlotte has reduced
the per pupil cost of its schools by
$5.55 in four years, but even so the
present cost is considerably above
that of many other cities and towns,
being $59.21 per pupil.
Present indications are that 1929
will be a record year for automobile
manufacture, with more than five
million new cars put on the market.
Marion Talley, youthful prima
dona who sprang to fame three years
ago, announces that she will retire
and go to the farm this summer. No
other reason is given except that
she wants to farm.
The district convention of the
57 district, Rotary International, is
in session at Raleigh today and to
morrow. More than a thousand
Rotarians are in attendance.
Compilation of reports from 45
states show that 27,500 persons lost
their lives in automobile accidents
in the United States last year, an
increase of seven per cent over the
previous year. This means that 75
persons were killed every day.
Expulsion of several doctors from
a medical society in Chicago ha 3
opened what some medical men be
lieve to be a nation-wide war on
the free clinic idea. The doctors
were expelled because of their con
nection with puidicdiealth free clinic
work, it being charged that they
treated patients who were able to
pay and should have been sent to
private practitioners.
A representative of the radio
supervision service of the U. S. de
partment of commerce was asked to
come to Raleigh and investigate in
terference with radio reception. He
has reported that much of the trouble
is due to limbs of trees coming in
contact with primary power lines
and grounding them. The remedy
suggested is to trim the trees so they
will not touch the lines.
Two officers of the Alabama pro- ?
hibition enforcement service have
been suspended for firing on : a ’car
containing two young women school
teachers. They ordered the car to
halt and the girls thought it was a
couple of mashers and ‘‘stepped on
it.” The officers fired, and one of
the girls shot back. Luckily nobody
was hit. The chief of the depart
ment said the officers had a perfect
right to shoot when the car did not
• stop, but the governor suspended
them.
Some people can make us posi
tively happy if they will leave us
alone and keep out of our sight.