A Paper with a Prestige
of a Half Century. A
County, Not a Com
munity Paper
ESTABLISHED SEPTEMBER 19, 1878
MR. WILSON BURNS
IS SERIOUSLY HURT
Pittsboro Man in Sanford Hos
pital Suffering from Frac
tured Skull and Other In
juries, Result of Collision
Mr. Wilson Burns, operator of the
Binns Filling Station, Pittsboro, is
; a a >erious condition in the Carolina
L(\ tral Hospital, Sanford, as a result
of ai automobile accident Saturday
light.
Mr. Burns was driving to Sanford
\\Y.u he passed a car either stopped
p; . •••aveling slowly in his direction.
A ,he same moment a car came
over a hill in front of him.
q thus between the two cars,
j ie :arned as far as possible back
tPV , iird his side of the road, thus re
ceiving the blow of the approaching
car a midships.
Both cars were total wrecks and
y, . Burns was terribly injured, re
viving a fracture of the skull and
t upon his face and forehead. It
wa , reported at first that one or
bo:h of his eyeballs were knocked
out. but that was incorrect, fortu
nately. and it is hoped that if he
recovers his eyes will be uninjured,
though they are closed as a result
of the swelling because of the wounds
on his face and forehead. Mr.
O’Bryant, said to be a representative
of the Durham Fire Insurance Com
pany. was the driver of the other
car. His injuries were only of minor
importance.
Mr. Burns’ injuries were so se
vere that it was even a gratication
to his friends to learn that the
chances of recovery were fair.
U. D. C.* Meeting
The June meeting of the Winnie
Davis chapter of the U. D. C. was
held with Mesdames J. W. Johnson,
C. C. Hamlet and R. M. Farrell in
Mrs. Johnson’s apartment at the
county home. , .
The meeting was opened with the.
reading of the ritual. The secretary
read the minutes of the last meeting.
The treasurer reported $lO3 in the
treasury.
Tiie relief committee reported
wreathes sent to the graves of two
veterans, Mr. J. R. Bright and Mr.
A. D. Burnett.
Miss Carrie Jackson read a letter
from Congressman Pou and a copy
I of the bill providing for head stones
for unmarked graves of veterans.
jCjse stones are to be 39 in.xl2 in.x
necessary to give the rank of the
soldier.
Mrs. Gregory, president, an
nounced that Capt. Alston again
showed his love for the veterans by
paying for ten of the plates served
on the tenth of May.
It was decided to give fifteen dol
lar- toward beautifying the Jefferson
Davis highway. This makes the total
amount given 1 for this cause SIOO.
After a discussion it was decided
to disband for the summer months.
The president requested the daugh
ters to bear in mind-the bazaar dur
ing these months.
Plans were made for a party to
be given in the fall to which the
husbands and sweethearts will be in
vited.
The meeting was turned over to
Mrs. V. R. Johnson, historian, who
presented a program, “The Memory
of Jefferson Davis.”
“Life of Davis,” Mrs. Jas. L.
Griffin.
Current events, Mrs. D. B. Nooe.
The hostesses assisted by Misses
Callie Vic Farrell and Cammie Ham
let served a delicious ice course.
MRS. E. B. HATCH, Sec.
“HOME-COMING” SUN
DAY CHATHAM CHURCH
The annual “home-coming” day
wui be held at Chatham Methodist
church next Sunday. The annual
Sunday school children’s day pro
gram will be put on at 10:30 of the
forenoon, dinner served from the
long table on the grounds, it being
requested that the people in general
bring baskets, and in the afternoon
there will be preaching followed by
.installation of officers of the newly
I organized Epworth League. It is
yuch desired that the former pastors
and worshippers of other days be
sides come back to the old church
0,1 this occasion. Come, and let’s
w ' ship together, eat together and
£reet joyfully one another there.
Ibe public is cordially invited to
attend.
the pastor will preach in the Pitts
boro Methodist church Sunday night
at 8 o’clock. You are invited to
attend.
J. A. DAILEY, Pastor.
Calling His Bluff
P u y F. Scott Fitzgerald’s latest
v '°uxt’ s * r - ’ queried a train-boy.
huffed the rebuffer.
Jhen how about ‘So Big’?” beg
s,, Benny. “Or perhaps you are
Ldna Ferber?”—Judge. *
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Yale University profits from foot
ail fast year were $503,804.
nr he Chatham Record
Notice, Advertisers
And Correspondents
Because the next issue falls on the
Fourth of July and the printers want
that day off, yet must print the
Hamlet News-Messenger after the
Record is out, it is necessary to send
in news and advertisements so as to
reach Hamlet, where the Record is
printed, Tuesday morning. Copy
sent to the editor must reach him
Monday, and desirably - before 3
o’clock.
808 PASCHAL HOME
FOR THE SUMMER
A Note from Him Taken as a
Text for a Little Talk
to Subscribers
For many years R. L. Paschal, one
of the noted twin educators produced
by Chatham county, has been a lead
ing educator in Texas, but he is still
a Chathamite and each summer re
turns to the old home section. A note
from him says he and Mrs. Paschal
arrived at Siler City last week. He,
though already paid ahead on his
subscription, sends a $3.00 check and
adds the following good words: “She
(Mrs. Paschal) likes the Record as
well as I do; we agree that the items
of news and the editorials excel any
thing of the kind we have seen in
other county papers. I heard a Chat
ham Republican say much the same
thing the other day. This is a great
deal for a wicked fellow like that
to say.” Os course, the last sentence
is in fun.
This makes high compliments from
both the Paschal educators, but that
they- may not think they are unsup
ported in their good opinion, we may
say that a note from the gentleman
who would be most generally named,
we believe, as the state’s most scho
larly citizen, was in the same com
plimentary tenor. But we do wish
the people of Chatham would show
their appreciation in the manner
“Bob” showed his, with a check. We
are persuaded that we shall need
subscription dollars worse the nett
few months than we shall ever need
them again. Four months more and
if we have pulled through * without
getting much further behi»d,-*-We shall
see daylight ahead. The first mort
gage note on the burned property is
all provided for except about S3OO,
a little less, and some headway has
been made in cutting down the sec
ond note. A hundred subscribers who
will duplicate Bob Paschal’s check
will keep us from doing like the pro
verbial frog which climbed out of
the well so far each day but slipped
back a good part of the way each
night. Help us to keep from slipping
back this summer.
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BRINGS HUSBAND HOME
Miss Leila Johnson, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Gaston Johnson, went
away over on the Tennessee line last
fall to teach. She was at Mount
Sterling, 20 miles west of Waynes
ville. She came home last week,
but only for a visit, as she was mar
ried a few weeks ago to a sterling
farmer of that community, Mr. W. I.
Jenkins. The husband accompanied
her, and the happy couple are spend
ing a week in the old Pittsboro home
of the bride. Their home is within
a half-mile of the Tennessee line: ■
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CAPE FEAR ITEMS
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Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Garris spent
the week-end with friends in Rock
ingham, Wadesboro, and Lilesville.
Mrs. Fannie Southers of Greens
boro spent a week with Mr. and Mrs.
W. C. Mathis.
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Montgomery
of Greensboro spent the week-end
with Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Broadnax.
Messrs. Robert Stone, J. Tingen,
Martin and Orin Palmer are working
at Blewett Falls for several weeks.
Mr. Z. Marshall’s sister-in-law died
last Monday in Raleigh. Mr. and
Mrs. Marshall attended the funeral.
Miss Clyde Cross of Hillsboro
is spending the week with Miss Eloise
Mims. Miss Mims has just returned
from a visit to Alta Vista, Va.
Auxiliary Meeting
The American Legion Auxi liai y
met with the president, Mrs. Clinton
Bryan, Thursday, June'2o. The meet
ing opened with the regular formal
opening. /
Mrs. Geo. Brewer, the poppy chair
man, reported $25.00 for the sale
of poppies. Mrs. Bryan read a letter
from Mrs. Martha Clarerie in regard
to rehalibation work.
Mrs. Belle read account of State
Legion and Auxiliary convention to
be held in Raleigh, August 25 to 27.
Mr 3. Henry A. London read ac
count of John L. Culberson of
► Bynum, who is a member of Chat
ham post and has been cited for gal
■ lantry in the World War.
s The next meeting will be with
Mrs. Mattie Pearce July 9, 1929.
Delicious refreshments were ser
• ved by the hostess.—Mrs. W. Lee
' Farell, Secretary.
PITTSBORO, N. C., CHATHAM COUNTY, THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1929.
CROPS WIPED OUT
IN SWS PATH
Organization Formed at Yan
ceyville to Give Aid to
the Stricken Ones
Yanceyville, June 22.—A county
wide movement has been started here
looking to the re-establishment of
two hundred Caswell’ County farm
ers whose crops and gardens have
been wiped out by the hails storm
of a week ago. An investigating com
mittee has been formed and it is
deemed necessary to be of substan
tial and immediate' aid to these suf
ferers. It is thought likely that for
mal application will be made to the
government for federal aid under
the bill enacted by the last Congress
designed to aid farmers who' suffer
ravages from flood or other elemen
tal disaster. A listing of the needed
seeds and plants show 200 quarts
of corn and beans, 200,000 sweet
potato plants, 50,000 tomato
plants, 15 pounds of beet seed, half
a bushel of watermelon seed, 15
pounds of cucumber seeds, 200
quarts of field beans and .10,000 cab
bage plants.
It was not until several days after
Saturday’s sudden visitation that
there was genuine realization that
those within the narrow path of the
ten-'miute hail had been rendered
almost destitute.
Storm Path Two Miles Wide
Agencies quickly moved to make
a survey and the course of the storm
was visited, this bringing home clear
ly the violence of the hail. The storm
was about two miles wide and center
ed around Baines’ Store, the roof
of Which was riddled with large hail
stones. Two other dwellings nearby
were so badly damaged as to neces
sitate immediate re-roofing. The
storm cut a swath to the Person
County line and how far beyound is
not known, for the Caswell commit
tee in intent on caring for its own
first of all. The gardens within the
visite’d territory ar<e a total loss and
almost all of the fruit was cut from
the trees, this applying to apples,
peaches nearly ripe, pears and dam
sons. Not only was the fruit beaten
to the, ground, but some trees were
actually barked for the hail stones
were not always round but came
down 'in jagged ice formations with
a cutting edge.
Wheat Wiped Out
Where wheat had not been cut the
loss was complete. Dr. J. A. Pin
nix showed a five-acre field which
before the storm was just ripe for
cutting. The wind and rain not only
beat out the grain but levelled the
entire acreage in such away as to
indicate that a roller had passed
over the field.
Corn, tobacco and cotton suffered
severely. The corn was slashed to
I ribbons and already is deadening
under the fierce sun. The young to
bacco plants were beaten into the
ground in some instances but many
of the growers believe that it will
still grow and make an inferior crop.
Most of the families were share
cropping tenants who have no spare
money and who are deprived of
staple diet until the marketing sea
son comes round.
Appeals have been made from the
pulpit of virtually every Caswell
County church for material donations
to the families and the special com
mittee is raising money to buy seed.
The feeling is that governmental red
tape might delay organization of a
loan from the federal authorities and
the need for immediate plantation if
the gardens are to be realized is es
sential. There is some talk of ad
vancing the money needed and then
seeking to recoup it through federal
processes. The bill designed for re
lief, however, makes no such pro
vision as this.
Philistines in East
(Mt. Olive Tribune)
With exceptions, of course, the
wounding of Deputy Sheriff Mur
ray Byrd by the Lenoir county rum
runner is generally regarded as a
very tragic affair; and earnest hopes
are entertained by his many friends
that he may soon be restored to
health.
But, in a larger sense, more tragic
ptill than his injury,, or even his
possible death, is the brazen disregard
for law that,has been, more than
once since the shooting, manifested.
More than one has been heard to
express sympathy- for the wounded
rum runner; .to say that they did
not blame him for shooting the
officer—for assassinating the law.
One said that if he should be on the
jury to try the case, he would hang
it before he would convict the rum*
runner. Worse remarks, even, than
these 'have been uttered 'by .'sym
pathizers with the iniquitous busi
ness.
If this doesn’t evidence a very
serious situation, then we are a
mighty poor judge.
The Philistines certainly are upon
us.
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Bankers are not the only ones who
■ should give credit —bosses, for exam
ple.—Forbes Magazine (N. Y.)
DePriest Musicale
Poorly Attended
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Oscar DePriest, negro congress
man, gave a benefit musicale at the
Washington auditorium .one day last
week. He invited all of the repub
lican congressmen except Pritchard
of North Carolina and Vestal of
Indiana. Much ado was made of
this fact. Well, the musicale was
held Saturday night. One lone con
gressman was there—Richard Yates,
from DePriets’ home state of Illi
nois. He was accompanied by Mrs.
Yates. Washington correspondents
say that a number of others had
promsied to attend “if in the city”
and that they found it less em
barrassing to leave town for the
week, end so as to avoid going.
About four thousand negroes at
tended. DePriest says he expects to
have another musicale in February
and hopes to have better luck in
getting his white friends lined up.
sweeFpeppers
BEING SHIPPED
Thirty Bushels Hampers Go
to New York by Express
Two Months After Setting
of Plants
Two months ago the Chatham Rec
ord carried an item about the be
ginning of a new industry here. Mr.
J. C. Weeks, the* Ford man, had suc
cessfully grown sweet pepper for the
northern markets down at Clinton
and, just naturally of the farmer in
stinct, wouldn’t be satisfied till he had
tried trucking here. He failed to get
his start last year, but this spring he
had a fine lot of plants brought up
from Sampson and he and Messrs.
Lewis Norwood and Thomas Thomp
son each planted a patch.
Despite the discouraging weather
for weeks after the plants were set,
the first shipment was made Monday,
two months almost to a day after the
plants came from Sampson. Thirty
bushel hampers were shipped by ex
press to a New York commission
merchant. Mr. Weeks is informed
that the Sampson peppers have been
bringing a good price and hopes for
t';mn;able_.retu&is. At , this .season,
the'-peppers arl shipped green; In
the fall the red peppers, will be
shipped. Thus there are two reasons
for the same plants.
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Grover Bynum Gets
Into Serious Trouble
Seeking to aid an escaped convict
from the coal mine to make good
his escape, Grover Bynum, colored,
got into difficulty. Having met the
escaped negro, he was delegated to
get him a pair of overalls. It was
after nine o’clock at night. Mr.
George Brooks who was called upon
to sell the overalls grew suspicious
and informed the sheriff. The latter
knew of the escape and put the in
formation to immediate use. The con
vict was caught the next morning,
and Bynum was lodged in jail, but
was released on bond Saturday.
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Eight Prisoners at
Gastonia Released
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The International Defense League
on Saturday pur down $6,000 in
cash as bond for eight persons held
in connection with recent rioting
at Gastonia mills when Chief of
Police Aderholt was killed. Fourteen
persons are being held without bail
for the murder of the chief. The
eight released are held in $750 each.
A celebration in their honor was
held at Gastonia strike head
quarters.
Crosses Atlantic in
Small Boat for Love
Love of a maid enabled Paul
Miller, young German, to cross the
Atlantic ocean in a 16-foot row
boat. He hopes to make enough
money lecturing and writing about
his experiences to permit him to
return to Berlin and marry. Then
he wants to bring his bride to
America on a big liner. He is fed
up with small boats, he says. The
voyage from Hamburg, Germany,
to Havana, Cuba, was about 9,000
nautical miles, j
SEPARK PICKED AS
HEAD BY MILL MEN
The North Carolina Manufac
turers’ association at its annual
session at Concord last week
l elected 1 J. H. Separk of Gastohia
las president for the ensuing year.
Henter Marshall was re-elected se
cretary. Time and place for next
meeting will be fixed by the execu
tive committee later.
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System
Lady from town —“Why do you go
over the potato field with such a
heavy roller?”
Peasant — “ Because I want s o grow
mashed potatoes this year!”—Flie
gende Blaetter, Munich. 4
PAGE TRUST COMPANY HANDLES BIG LOAN
S. S. Convention to
Meet at Hickory Mt.
Officers of the Chatham County
Sunday School Association announce
that the annual county Sunday school
convention will be held on Wednes
day, August 14, at Hickory Moun
tain Methodist church, South.
Helping in the convention will be
Miss Flora Davis, Raleigh, general
superintendent of the North Carolina
Sunday School Association. Also
helping on the program will be sev
eral of the best known Sunday school
workers in the county. The conven
tion is interdenominational, and
workers from all Sunday schools, in
the county are invited to participate
in the work.
In charge of the arrangements for
the convention are T. B. Beal and
Henry C. Clegg, president and secre
tary of the county Sunday school
association. These officers are re
questing the co-operation of all
pastors, superintendents and other
Sunday school leaders in the effort
to make the convention a success.
The officers have announced that
again this year a pennant will be
presented to the Sunday school hav
ing in the convention the largest
average attendance of representa
tives, sixteen years of age and over,
according to the number of miles
traveled. It is expected that there
will be much friendly competition
for the pennant among the Sunday
schools of the county.
College Professor
Admits Killing Co-ed
Dr. James H. Snook, veterinar
ian at the Ohio university, has con
fessed the murder of Theora Hix,
quiet but pretty co-ed student at
the university. Her body was found
on a rifle range near Columbus and
detectives ran down clues pointing
to Snook, who is married and has
two children. It is expected that
Snook will offer the insanity plea
and to forestall this move the prose
cuting attorney has already had him
examined by alienists.
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Condemn Unjustified
Shootingßootleggers
Any kind of killing except in
self-defense is murder, according to
Congressman Brand of Georgia, for
many years a superior court judge.
He is a bone di*y and believes in
enforcing the liquor laws fully, but
has no patience with quick shooting.
The killing of a suspect is at the
least manslaughter and ranges from
that up to first degree murder, he
says.
HENRY FORD GROWING
RUBBER IN JUNGLES
An industrial empire is springing
up in the heart of Brazil—while
Henry Ford, the automobile mag
nate, seeks a new source of rubber
for the industries of the United
States. Spreading over a tract of
land as big as the state of New Jer
sey—4,ooo,ooo acres in all—the ex
perimental plantation is in a region
not often seen by white men.
' It fronts for 12 miles on the Ta
pajoz River, where ocean-going
steamers may dock, although .the
spot is 700 miles from the sea.
It will be several years yet before
the experiment is in full swing—but
when fully developed, and if Mr.
Ford’s expectations are realized, the
tract will produce enough rubber to
supply all the United States.
The annual peak production of
the tract is estimated at 400,000
tons, or about 40,000 tons more a
year than tire manufacturers in the
United States require.
A yield of 500 pounds of rubber
to the acre is expected.
Although some wild rubber trees
are already thriving in this region,
it is the plan of Mr. Ford to import
domesticated trees to cover his vast
acres. This planting, which can not
be done until great tangles of jun
gle growth are cleared away, is sow '
in progress.
Mr. Ford, besides, is making the
project literally pay for itself. In
clearing out the jungles, his men
have gathered great quantities of
valuable timber, such as mahogany.
A saw mill already is in opera
tion, and freight steamers are ply
ing the river. Mr. Ford plans to
erect schools, -banks, comfortable
. homes, and other conveniences when
the time comes to hire a complete
crew of natives and white men to
operate the plantation.
Mr. Ford is receiving the full co
operation of the Brazilian govern
ment in his project.
TELEVISION SIGNALS
FROM AIR NEXT GOAL
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views flashed by radio
from a' speeding airplane to a
ground station many miles away is
the television goal sought by a
Washington inventer named Jenkins.
He ha 3 bought and flUev. up a
plane to be used as a trial labora
tory.
Subscribers at Every
Postoffice and All R.
F. D. Routes in Great
County of Chatham
VOLUME. 51, NUMBER 39
Local Institution Finances
State of North Carolina-
Notes for Four Million Dol
lars Floated by that Bank
at 53/ 4 %.
The state treasurer, Captain Nath
an O’Berry, recently announced the
purchase of four months notes of
the state of North Carolina aggregat
ing $4,000,000 by the Page Trust
Company, which operates a branch
bank in Siler . City. The rate at
which this issue was sold, five and
three-quarter per cent, is regarded
as most liberal in view of the high
rates prevailing at this time.
It appears, that in order to pay
bonds maturing this month, it was
necessary for the state treasurer to
either borrow on short term notes
or withdraw the required amount
from banks all over the state. The
latter course was not desirable at
this particular time as it. would have
resulted in curtailment of credit
facilities of many depository banks
during crop seasons. When it was
found that money rates were higher
in New York than the state could
afford to pay, Mr. Robert N. Page,
president of Page Trust Company,
stepped into the breach, and with his
associates, arranged the loan upon
terms specified by Captain O’Berry.
This is the largest bond or note
issue ever floated by the Page Trust
Company and bespeaks an exception
ally healthy condition of the bank.
Local officials say that it is not
the first time their institution has
aided the state treasurer in solving
his financial problems. Several years
ago the state was seriously in need
of funds; bonds could not be sold at
a satisfactory figure; short-term note
rates were prohibitive. Mr. Henry
Page, Jr., vice president of the bank,
was asked to assist and secured a
loan for the state upon terms con
sidered unusually fair and equitable.
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Mexico Church-State
Squabble Is Settled
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Agreement between representa
tives of the Mexican government
aild - the C&thoticr’ church -has been
effected, thus ending the squabble
that has been going on down there
for several years. Thanksgiving ser
vices were held throughout the re
public * Sunday.
Churches have been closed in
Mexico since July, 1926. Church
property went under civil authority
at that time, priests were forbidden
to wear clerical garb in public. The
church contended that this was per
secution. Hundreds of persons have,
been killed in difficulties growing
out of this question. Former Presi
dent Obregon is believed to have
been the victim of a religious plot.
Under terms of the settlement
effected last week affairs resumed
about the same status as before the
1926 closing order was made.
Farm Bureau Asks
Tariff on Products
The American Farm Bureau has
added its plea to that of the Na
tional Grange for a higher tariff
on many farm products. The bureau
says that analysis of the recent farm
relief bill shows that promises of
aid to the. farmer have not been
kept. Industrial rates have been in
creased so much, say farm repre
sentatives, that the disparity be
tween them and farm product rates
have not been lessened, but rather
increased.
ASKS FOR COUNT OF
RADIO RECEIVING SETS
A bill providing for special
enumeration of radio receiving sets
in the 1930 census will be presented
at the next session of congress. The
radio board thinks this information
should be on file. Efforts of the
department of commerce to get at
the number in use through dealer
reports have not been satisfactory,
and there are many home-made in
struments in use.
What Insects Give Birth to
Living Young? .
Many species of flies deposit lar
vae or maggots instead of eggs. The
eggs are hatched in the female’s
body. Most viviparous flies belong
to the family Sarcophagidae and are
popularly known as flesh flies be
cause the larvae feed on flesh. As a
rule the female flesh fly lays her
young on fresh meat or on the
wounds of living animals. Sometimes
she deposits the maggots in the
nostrils of man, where they may
cause death. —The Pathfinder.
The Literary Trial
Jane—“ Does your boy friend write
convincing letters?”
Mary—“l don't know. The case
hasn’t gone to the jury yet.”—Life.
The State Conservatory of Music
in Hungary has formed a shair of
jazz.