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A A Paper with a Pr* sti' £ of a Half County, Ni>t a munity..Pr ESTABLISHED SEPTEMBER 19, 187& i NEW INDUSTRY LAUNCHED HERE Candy Kitchen Established by Messrs. Brooks and Norwood in Charge—Sales Apparently Easy pur-boro can boast a candy fac rv and one that can compete in r 'litv with the well established fac judging by samples that have to the Record’s hands. C t[ u> kitchen is located over Brooks ond Eubanks’ store. Mr. Geo. H. 0 k« Sr., and Mr. Harry Norwood proprietors. Mr. W. B. Bras s n-d an experienced candy maker, •’in charge of the manufacture. Mr. Rrafford has had years of experi nce we understand, with one of the L t ’candy manufacturers in the <tate. He is turning out several varieties, and they look good and taste good. The candy is being packed m neat boxes and is being offered to the wholesale trade. No candy is being retailed from the kitchen. But dur ing the few days since operations be -an numerous stores and filling sta- L n < in this and adjoining counties have purchased small quantities as t e<t, and it is hoped that candy dealer? in all this section will, when jhev are convinced that quality and prices compare favorably with those of other plants, give a preference to the local kitchen. It will be sup plied fresh and there is no question about the quality of the material that will go into its making. The men back of the enterprise wouldn’t suffer the use of inferior materials for the sake of greater profit. Mr. Brafford is being assisted by his mother-in-law, Mrs. J. M. Per minter. who also has had some ex perience in candy making. Enlarge ment of plant and increase of em ployees may be counted upon as fast as the patronage justifies. The business is an infant now, but there seems no reason why it should not grow into as great size as the quality of the produce and the push of the proprietors justify. Miss Fannie Thompson I Died Here Wednesday Hiss Fannie E. Thompson died at ■ Blair Hotel Wednesday after xon, September 4, after many months of ill health. However, her death came as a surprise and a shock to the community. It was in the afternoon that she suddenly became worse, and at five o’clock she died. Miss Thompson was a native of Pittsboro and was most highly esteemed by all who knew her. She was for many years a teacher and attained distinction as a teacher of deaf mutes. She began her work as teacher here and several of the middle-aged of Pittsboro count it a privilege to have been taught by her. Later she taught in the North Caro i Ijna school for the deaf and four or i tive years ago she was chosen as a teacher in the Alabama’s school for | the deaf. Failing health forced her H to give up her life work, and she tame to Pittsboro, as she usually jiid during the summer vacations, to I I be among friends. Her health gradually failed. For I several months her sister, Miss Mary, | Las been with her much of the time. I The funeral services were held I 1 ijrsday afternoon at 4 o’clock at Episcopal church, conducted by Lector Shannonhouse. The burial I |as in the M. E. cemetery. A num ■ *r of friends and relatives from dis 'aiu Points were present. I t , Thompson was a daughter of I 'ate Joseph Thompson of Pitts ’fjro ' .Mr. .Jacob Thompson, a form- I * of Pittsboro, but now a , Jlr »minent citizen of Raleigh, is her I n° n ■ Another sister is Mrs. Sid- I ,e .’ Bradsher of Oxford. I * an V friends throughout the state I 1 the passing of this excellent I f, man. She was 64 years of age. i*************** I \ * j / Bear Creek News * * I Dunn is visiting her I k rr’ rs * Landon J. Rives of I Ba Jngt on , this week. I L V, essrs - G. T. “Joe” Dunn and W. I lips v Unn and families and J. J. Phil- I on later part of last week I a fir G . coast > fishing. They report nr' 1 !m c .and a plenty of fish. I Vlin a t ml E - B * Straughan, of I thf. V kT( ' n ' v i-i-f . recent visitors in ■ foute 1 • G Straughan, on I tended Thl V” 8 * W * L * Co^ins at> I of thelr B Tand - I her v lss Doris Stigall, who had I Pneum f nS - ren . 10ved and developed I c ,nia ’ Wl 'ich proved fatal. She i r b yea f s of age. I fai % of d n M: if* W ‘ B ’ Beaver a ? d I ttors *in Durham were Sundav vis -0 la the home of T. P. Beaver. I ni ? es °f Durham was a I father t * n the home of his ’ *i. Snipes. The Chatham Record Escaped Ten Years Ago—ls Captured James Judd left Chatham 12 or 13 years ago and was engaged in construction work in Trenton, N. J., where he was sentenced to the peni tentiary for cutting up another man, according to his own confession. The term was five to seven years. James served 27 months and leaked out. He came back to Chatham, but some way or other the Chatham officials knew nothing of the record of James and he has lived unsuspected. Ten days ago the sheriff received circu lars from Trenton, and Deputy Desern at once knew his man. He wired back that he was located and received a wire immediately direct ing Judd’s arrest and holding till New Jersey officials arrived for him. The arrest was made last Thurs day afternoon, and Judd readily admitted that he was the man want ed, and stated the offense as given above. At this writing he is in jail awaiting the arrival of an officer from New Jersey. It was not stated whether Judd would return without requisition papers from the governor of this state. Judd was only i 9 years when he was convicted. He escaped in 1919. ABE BYNUM SAVED BY DINNER BUCKET Assailant Lays in Wait and Shoot Him at Short Distance Monday—Bucket Torn to Pieces by Shot, * \ $ — —**»m4** His dinner bucket and overall jacket on his arm probably saved the life of Abe Bynum, a young negro living on the J. D. Womble place, four miles west of Pittsboro. It was Monday morning and By num was on his way to work. The assailant, whose name is not report ed for the present, stood in the road by the woods and when Bynum ap proached shot him at a distance of only a few feet, in the left side. Here is where the dinner bucket and jacket played their part! The bucket was torn to pieces by the load of shot. Dr. Chapin dressed Bynum’s wounds, but found the shot too deep ly lodged to be removed. The criminal is known, but officers are withholding his name. $ Bell’s School Opens Large Enrollment—Capable Facul ty— Eight Truck* Transport Pupils—Prospects Bright. Apex, Rt. 3, Sept. 7. —A large number of pupils and patrons of Bell’s school assembled in the audi torium on Monday, September 2, to' witness the re-opening of Chatham’s largest rural consolidated school. After devotional exercises were over, and a brief welcome by Principal F. M. Biggerstaff, talks were made by Committeemen J. T. Mills, L. L. Bryan, J. P. Fearrington and N. J. Wilson. The large auditorium was filled and some of the parents were forced to stand in the aisles. Several announcements were made by the principal, and the teachers intro duced to the audience, after which the pupils went to their respective classrooms. Two hundred and ninety five pupils were present the first day 1 and the enrollment reached three hundred and eleven during the week. About 50 pupils have been enrolled at Yates school, in connec tion with Bell’s, taught by Misses Lina Bowling and Helen Horton. Both of these teachers are former pupils of Bell’s high school and live within the district. Teachers at Bell’s are: First grade, Miss Mabel Moses, Goldston; second grade, Mrs. Leon J. Wilson, Apex, route 3; third grade, Miss Blanche Johnson, Siler City, route 5; fourth grade, Miss Louise Brooks, Pitts boro; fifth grade, Miss Hazel Tis dale, Clarksville, Va.; sixth grade, Miss Louise Ellis, Goldston; seventh grade, Miss Jo Amick, Liberty; eighth grade, F. M. Biggerstaff, For est City; and ninth and ten grades, Mrs. F- M. Biggerstaff, Forest City. Eight school trucks, including , a new Ford, transport pupils to Bell’s. One new classroom has been added this year by making a few alterations on the stage. There is a thin par tition over the stage opening, how ever, that can be easily removed if necessary to use the stage. None of the new stage equipment has been moved or put out of use. Commercial and physical geogra phy have been added to the high school curriculum, and Miss Amick now teaches one class in the high school. The teacherage is in charge of Mr. and Mrs. Dosse Bowling. Recent vis itors at the teacherage were Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Bryan, Miss Minnie Bell Goodwin, Mrs. P. J. Howard, and Mr. Robert Seymour. - One of the high school pupils, Sherron Goodwin, narrowly escaped injury this week when the mule upon which he v/as riding was struck and killed by a passing Lumber truck. ( PITTSBORO, N. C., CHATHAM COUNTY, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1929. P.-T. ASSOCIATION WELCOMETEACHERS Association Invites District Convention to Meet at Pitts boro—Business Meeting Fol lowed by Social Hour. $ The first meeting of the Pittsboro Parent-Teacher Association for this school year was held Friday evening with Mrs. James Cordon, president, in the chair. The reports of secre tary and treasurer were adopted. Principal Waters spoke of the ob jective to standardize the elementary grades. This would mean an ex penditure of $300.00, a library of suitable books for the lower grades having been already provided. The secretary read the annual re port of the association, touching those activities and contributions which are measurable. The report indicated the ability of the president and other officials to achieve their objective. Mrs. Victor Johnson was chosen secretary. The terms of the other officers had not expired. The presi dent thanked those who had assisted at the tonsil clinic. Mrs. George Brewer, chairman of the hospitality committee, was thanked for her ex cellent work. The president called for a discus sion of the proposed invitation to the district conventon to meet here. Mrs. Hayes explained that the district em braced 19 counties and that the meeting would bring some of the greatest educational leaders of the state tb our town. The result was the invitation was voted) and it was that all persons at tending should bring their own lunches, the association to furnish hot coffee and cream. The tenth grade received the dol lar in the grade count. After read ing the list of grade mothers and assistants, the president invited all to remain for an informal reception to the teachers. Delicious cake and cream was served by the members of Mrs. Horton’s teacher-training class, dressed in the P.-T. A. colors, yellow and white. On _each plate was an oak leaf, emblem of the P.-T. A., bearing a welcome to our faculty. This was the lovely idea of Mrs. Brewer and her committee, who also presented each teacher with a dainty corsage. Messrs. Geo. H. Brooks and Harry Norwood distributed gen erous samples of their candy kitchen to all present. During the social hour delightful music was furnished by the Bynum Hiwaiian Serenaders, Mr. McKinley McDaniel, director. <§> *************** * * * Gulf News ************** * The following young people have left for the different schools: Miss Christine Phillips, Lus Mcßae Insti tute; Miss Helen Wicker, Flora Mc- Donald College; Misses Annie and Elsie Tyner, Elon College; Miss Viola Johnson, N. C. C. W.; William Beal, Mars Hill College. Byran John son will leave shortly for State Col lege. Miss Zona Henderson of High Piont visited Mrs. Mary B. Devereux for a few days last week. Mr. and Mrs. Graham and two children and Mrs. Eugenia Smith of Salisbury spent the week end with Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Tyner. Richard Moore is driving the new school truck, transporting the high school students to Goldston. Mrs. Sallie Causey passed away Friday morning at the home of her son, Mr. R. L. Causey, who lives near Gulf. She had been in declin ing health for several months and the end was not unexpected. Funeral services were conducted by her pastor, Rev. Mr. Chapin of Goldston at Bethlehem M. E. church. Inter ment was made in Bethlehem ceme tery. A large concourse of friends and relatives gathered to pay their last respects to Mrs. Causey. Many floral contributions were laid on the grave. Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Merrell spent a few days in Thomasville with friends last week. Miss Frances L. Beal of Durham spent the week-end with home folks. Master Gus Murchison, Jr ; , spent last week in Durham with his aunt, Mrs. Allie Smith. • <s> PITTSBORO TO HAVE A MODERN GROCERY Business changes and innovations is the rule in Pittsboro in recent weeks. The latest change is the re tirement of Mr. At Farrell from the case business and the lease of his excellent store room to the Progres sive Grocery Company, backed by Howard and Bobbitt, of Sanford. Fixtures for the grocery store are now being installed and the Progres sive Grocery will open very shortly. There are already several stores in the Howard-Bobbitt chain, of which Mr. Cooper, another Sampson youngster, is manager. CAUSES TROUBLE ON SCHOOL TRUCK Noah Rollins Attacks Youths on School Truck, Escapes . Arrest Rollins and Ivey Boys Arrested Williams township has been the center of disturbances, it seems, the past two or three weeks. Several have been lodged in jail from that corner of the county on liquor charges, and Wednesday of last week difficulty arose on one of the school trucks that convey pupils to Bell’s school, which resulted in the unwar ranted interference of the father and one of the boys, in a court case, and in finding more liquor during the at tempts to arrest parties. The principal offender was Noah Rollins, a newcomer to this eounty. He is a brother of Mrs. Joe Mitchell and came last fall from the western part of the state and located in Wil liams township. On Wednesday morning, the third day of school, Herbert Ivey and Wil liam Rollins are said to have given trouble on the truck, but it was that afternoon that the real trouble arose. William Rollins, a fifteen year old boy, waited till the truck was stop ping at his own door and while the driver, Owen Hobby, was still at the wheel, hit Hobby, Glenn Horton, an older boy but affected by rheumatism apparently, pulled the Rollins bhy off the driver till the later could stop the truck, The father of the Rollins boy saw this and came snorting out, setfced Glenn Horton and beat him up considerably. The Rollins hoy and the Ivey boy became engaged in the fray. The father finally told his boy to go and get a gun, and the boy loft for the house a few steps away and that was the signal for the desertion of the truck by the whole lot of pupils. The committee had to come and take charge of the truck. The Ivey boy gathered up books belonging to one or more of the pupils and took them home with him. When the war rants were sworn out one was sworn out for. him for stealing books. Of ficers failed to catch Noah Rollins, he outrunning them, and as there is nothing here to hold him except his family, he is probably gone for good. The Rollins and Ivey hoys were ar rested and brought before ’Squire Johnson Friday, but on discovering their ages as under 16, he turned them over to Clerk of Court Hatch, juvenile judge for this county. In the absence of the principal offend er, Judge Hatch continued the case for the present, but asked for a SIOO bond for William Rollins and Her bert Ivey each. It was while a search was being made under warrant for the school books, we understand, that some whiskey was found. In Memory of Aunt Bet Willett The hearts of many people were saddened Monday morning to hear that Aunt Bet Willett had suddenly passed away. Aunt Bet was 83 years old and had been blind for twenty years or more. And though she was feeble and got but very little pleasure out of life, she was never heard to complain but was always cheerful and ready to talk any time her neighbors came. She joined the M. P. church when just a girl and lived a Christian life until the dear Savior called her to himself. Her spirit is in Heaven, awaiting the resurrection of the body which was laid to rest in the family burying ground on September 3, be neath a mound of beautiful flowers and in the presence of a host of sympathetic friends. The funeral was conducted by Rev. Mr. Kidd. She leaves four children and many relatives to mourn their loss, which is her gain. We extend our heart felt sympathy to the family, especially Miss Callie with whom she had made her home for 25 years. While her loss is great, her home lonely, may she strive each day to meet Mother where there’ll be no blind ones.—One who loved her. ® MR. POWELL SPENDS THE NIGHT WITH MR. SHORT (Reported) On Saturday, September 7, My. Nat Hill Powell, a resident of the city of Pittsboro, was compelled to spend the night with Mr. Buck Short, better known as “Beautiful Buck,” but the greater part of the night was spent stepping off the distance from Chapel Hill here. Mr. Powell on Saturday night went with Mr. Short and a colored friend to Chapel Hill. They had two punctures; and argument arose and the colored friend would not bring them home. On returning to this city about 4 a. m., Sunday, Mr. Powell spent the remainder of the night with Mr. Short. $ Mr. and Mrs. Julian Gregory have returned from an extended motor trip to Richmond and the Shenan doah Valley. THE LEGION CUP Handsome Silver Cup Permanent Trophy of Local Post—Post to Have Home The Record has failed to make re port earlier of the award of the handsome cup to the local Legion Post. When it first appeared here the editor asked Commander Bell to write an article about it, which he promised to do, and the editor, de pending upon him, lost sight of the matter till too late for the following issue. But Mr. Bell has now furnish ed the following statement: ‘The Pittsboro ‘Post of the Amer ican Legion won a beautiful silver cup at the department convention at Raleigh. The cup was awarded to the Pittsboro post because of the fact that it had made the largest increase in membership, as compared with its former highest membership, of all posts in its class in the state. The Pittsboro post’s membership for 1929 is 62; its past highest mem bership was 17. This cup is the per manent property of the Pittsboro post. The post plans to fix up a hall over Clyde’s Case for its regular meeting place. This should increase the interest of the boys in the legion, since in the past they have had no hall of their own in which to meet.” J. H. NORWOOD DIES WITHOUT WARNING . s=r-=-$ ——■ Mrs. Norwood Finds Him Dead on Cot—Prominent in Af fairs and Church—Funeral Held Tuesday. Mr. June H. Norwood, one of th£ county’s most stalwart citizens, pass ed suddenly Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Norwood was visiting and on her return found her husband dead upon a cot: He was sixty years of age. The funeral was held at Mt. Pleas ant Methodist church Tuesday after noon. Mr. Norwood was a prosperous Farmer and cotton buyer. He was most highly esteemed and was noted for his generosity, especially to any unfortunate who sought aid of him. He was a member and stewart of Mann’s Chapel church, and also a member of the Masonic fraternity. He married Miss Ava Mann, who with one son, Edwin, ten years old, survives him. He leaves two sisters, Mesdames Thos. Burnett of Bynum, route 1, and Frank Burns of Pitts boro, route 3; also four brothers, W. F., of Bynum, route 1; F. H. of Cramerton; J. R. of Salisbury, and E. G., of Bennettsville, S. C. <£- Commissioners Hear County Agent’s Report N. C. Shiver, County Agent Meeting with the county commis sioners, Monday, September 2, the county agent made his annual re port covering the period from Sep tember 1, 1928, to September 1, 1929, inclusive. The following is a summary of projects completed in the county during this period: Poultry Marketed ten cars, total 75,000 pounds, value $18,750; saving to farmers who participated in these co-operative shipments $7,750. Hogs Ten hog feeding demonstrations involving 116 hogs completed. . 1 Total value of hogs $3,480. Total saving to farmers in co-op erative selling $250. Seed Bought 2,400 bushels soy beans; value $5,100. Saving to farmers SI2OO. Bought 15,000 pounds of lespedeza seed, value $2400; saving to farmers $750. Total savings ef fected to farmers through co-opera tive buying and selling $9,950. Demonstrations 4000 acres in soy beans in the county; 1500 acres in lespedeza; 4 alfalfa demonstrations; 20 sweet clover demonstrations. 20 lespedeza No. 76, Korean and Kobe demonstrations. Three day farm tour held, August 5, 6 and 7, 150 farmers participat ing. Junior club work organized with 60 farm boys, 33 calf club members, 10 cotton club members and 10 corn club members. Junior Club Camp held August 12 to 16, 17 Chatham boys attending. Introduced 33 head of registered Jersey cattle in the county with 33 calf club members. Calf club show held, with 21 reg istered jerseys exhibited and SIOO in prize money distributed. Introduced four registered Jersey bulls, from high producing dams and sires. Four terracing schools held in the county with 250 farmers attending, ten farmers being taught methods of .locating and constructing terraces. Miles travelled in the county in extension work 15,000. Farms visited -700. Meetings held 25. Attendance 850. Subscribers at Every Postoffice and All R. F. D. Routes in Great County of Chatham VOLUME 51, NUMBER 50 STRIKERS’ TRIAL ENDS ABRUPTLY Judge Barnhill Ordered Mis trial When One Juryman Was Found to Be Insane The far-famed. Gastonia strikers trial at Charlotte came to an abrupt end Monday about noon when Judge Barnhill ordered a mistrial after it developed that one of the jurors had become a raving maniac. J. G. Campbell, one of the first jurors se lected, was the victim. He attempt ed to kill other members of the jury and otherwise, displayed his broken down mentality. September 30 was %et as the date for another special term of Mecklen burg court to try the case, with Judge Barnhill again assigned to preside. It required 600 men from which to select the Jury of 12 for the first trial. The' interest stimu lated in the case by the evidence al ready offered and the general discus sion in the newspapers will make se lection of the next jury more dif ficult. Defense attorneys moved for a non-suit which was denied. They then asked for bond for their clients upon the ground that the state had not made out a case against them. This also was denied, the judge pointing out that the state had not finished its side. Several of the jurors who sat on the case inters viewed by newsppaer men said that . they would have voted to acquit the defendants upon the, showing made by the prosecution and without any . defense testimony. *aur i--.• $ — 1 Union Organizer Says Was Whipped by Mob ' ■ SP Ben Wells, organize? for the Na tional Textile Workers Union at Gas tonia, is being treated by Charlotte physicians for lacerations and bruises which he says were inflicted upon him by a mob of Gastonia citizens Monday night. Wells’ story is that the mob came to hi§ boarding place ‘ in Gastonia, . carried him through Charlotte and on to a point near . Concord, where they stripped and ’ beat him. The mob members were ..' frightened away by x possum hunters in the woods, it is said. > The same nighit other parts of V the mob threatened Tom Jimison and Randolph Neal* counsel for the strik ers in the recent trial, but no physi cal damage was done them. Headquarters of the radical union in Gastonia were raided, literature scattered around, and a parade staged through the streets by the „ irate mob members, it is said. Sim- * ilar disturbances are reported from • Bessemer City where headquarters for the communist union were ran- } sacked. Solicitor Carpenter has instructed ? the grand juries of Mecklenburg and • Gaston counties to make a thorough ’' investigation of the affair. Mean- ‘ time feeling in the Gastonia-Char lotte sector is running high and fur ther trouble is liable to occur at al most any time. ********** ***** * * * Brown’s Chapel News* *************** Messrs. Herbert Riggan and Bill . Allen of Saxapahaw and O. T. Wil liams of Route 2 delighted numerous » hearers at Mr. T. O. Justice’s Satur-: day night with some real string music. We hope to hear them again. The senior adult class had a jolly time at the home of Mrs. N. A. Perry Saturday afternoon. Baskets of all kinds of eatables and lemonade and ice cream made the occasion a fes tive one. It is reported to have been a delightful event, and the members left with a warmer feeling for each other and with best wishes for Mrs. Perry. Several of our members attended the quarterly meeting Sunday after noon at Mt. Zion. Reports were good, indicating that the churches are more nearly up with their assessments than usual, though much is still to be done. Elder Cade’s wonderful mes sage was much enjoyed. Mr. J. R. Goodwin has with him for a visit his brother and sister of New Hope township. Frank Mann came up from San ford to spend the week-end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. F. Mann. Mr. Z. L. Dark had the misfortune to lose a fine cow just on the eve of the starting of the milk route. Also Mr. W. W. Lutterloh also had the misfortune of having to kill one for beef which was to furnish milk. Mesdames R. G. Perry and C. H. Lutterloh will give their classes of little folk a picnic at the church next Saturday afternoon. These good women are doing some fine work with the little ones. Mr. W. W. Stedman sold the place recently occupied by Floyd Sutphin to a Mr. Williams of Nash County. He has the H. F. Durham place listed for sale on long and easy terms. ■: