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A Paper with a Prestige of a Half Cento- County, N munity Paper. <7 A BUSHED SEPTEMBER 19, 1878. ’ riNG TOWARD A E J high school Negro Children of School >, e in Chatham County with High School in the Whole Ccv.nty * ... Q, ■ splendid representative of m county citizenship, white or Dr. Adkins, president of the vs college in Winston for Neg has become interested in the si ment of high school facili ty the three thousand children f race in the county, and ft £2* , Prof, H. L. Trigg, high school - ?ec;or for the Negro high schools Vae state, was here one day last v to alk the matter over with the national authorities of the county. He 'cam? with assurance that ap : -. nations from the Rosenwald and •or funds can be secured toward : . establishment and maintenance of t -ebook He brought an offer from r., Adkins of ten acres of land which e owns on highway 93 near Mit- Dv. ’s Chapel, a few miles northwest f Pittsboro. Mitchell’s Chapel is the nest colored school in the county, Pittsboro next and Goldston the Record is informed. How r Dr. Adkins does not insist upon aecentance of his generous offer. The school is what he wants, placed v rever it may be. Inspector Trigg r - pleased with the Pittsboro school i . and found a willingness expessed Chairman Ed. Hinton of the coun ty oard to present an additonal ad ting area for the purpose, an offer v eh was much appreciated by the representative of the state school de partment. Prof. Trigg states that it has been • f; an a that a high school can be main t tied in an area embracing only 1000 children of school age, and thinks there should be no difficulty i:i getting students in the course of a few years to sustain one good high schtel in Chatham. He .showed that t.te attendance of high school pupils at Method is nearly 300 now, while v nhe went there as principal sev- : era! years ago there were only a seme or two, if the writer recalls e r eetly his statement. The school if established would em ir Cze the teaching of agriculture . home economics. The Rosenwald ; : rid would probably provide part of :... fund for trucks, as it is doing in • -.or schools now. Several students m Pittsboro have attended the ■I at Method and quite a number : Negro boys and girls who desire e.Notation above the seventh grade . go out of the county to seek it. Ir. the whole of North Carolina, ac c ting to a Raleigh dispatch, there were 13.251 colored boys and girls ei v Ned in public high schools in the s: re last year, and 3,003 in private ' I'ols. That indicates the disadvan t ye that the colored youth of Chat in:: county has in comparison with tv. usands in the more fortunate col o -1 communities in the state. There are 1210 students in the Negro col leges of the stat. But Chatham Negro i ys and girls have little chance to prepare for college. Inspector Trigg considers it impor tant that the boys and girls get their high school education in the county, saying that when they go off to school a: a distance they are ant to be lost t the county, and that they are need ed at home to help leaven the lump, t become leaders in the progress of t - race in Chatham county. LOCAL HAPPENINGS Miss Elizabeth Farrell, who has been working in the Jones Depart t m.t store, has accepted a position a~ assistant clerk of the court and i' succeeded at the Jones store by M ~ Nannie Ellis of Freemont. The Record appreciated a call f: n. Mr. D. J. Dowd of Dunn last Friday. Mr. Dowd was back in the oi I county on business connected with the estate of his recently de ceased father, Mr. Daniel W. Dowd Carbonton. He has been living in Dunn twenty-two years and is mail mk on the Durham-Dunn mail car. “ .ere are some surprisingly good in the Progressive Grocery .vertisement. Think of six ten air: cakes of soap for a quarter! Mr. A. P. Terry was on the sick for a week, but was out Tues f-iv afternoon. Mr. George Bynum, who was t nought to be convalescing, had to t ike his bed again Tuesday. M*. C. R. Heater of Cary is here 'iag a well for the Fields building. Mrs. Fred Riggsbee has been in D Neigh for treatment the past week. Mr. Riggsbee reported her condition in roved Wednesday morning. _C. C. Hamlet, Jr., was awarded a 50.«.*0 prize by the Burroughs Add ing Mach ine Company for an essay | m a contest put on by the company sor ae time ago. l oe Pilot Theatre is again in op -jon after the close of the revival services. Two shows each night. Come ear ‘y for the first one. Grace Griffin, of the U. S. Navy, drived home Wednesday morning a furlough. ihe Chatham Record Halloween Party at School Friday ——. The Halloween party planned by the Parent-Teacher Association for last Friday night was postponed till the coming Friday evening because of the progress of the revival meet ings here last week. At 6 o’clock a fried oyster supper will be served, and you are urged to come and eat and thus help boost the fund for the standardization of the elementary school. Sandwiches, cof fee, candy, ice cream, hot dogs, cold drinks, also will be sold. At 7 o’clock the king and queen will be crowned and the costume pa rade will take place immediately af terward. Judges will judge the cos tumes find several prizes will be awarded. When this is written Tues day the leading candidates for king and queen are John Lee Burns and Pauline Bland, Billie Chapin and Eliz abeth Womble, George Griffin and Virginia Bean. You are invited to go and siiar€ the fun. @ *************** ♦ * Moncure News * * *************** Mrs. Stanly and son and friend, Miss Gardner, of Rocky Mount, spent last week-end with her sister, Mrs. G. F. Carr. Miss Lucy Boone, the music teach er of Moncure school, spent last week-end with her parents at Burl ington. Miss Cecil Seawell, the seventh grade teacher of Moncure school, spent last week-end at Boone with her sister, who is attending the Ap palachian State Teachers College there. Her brother, Mr. Seawell of Merry Oaks also went on this trip to Boone. Miss Berta Holiady, also one of the teachers at Moncure school spent last week-end at Greensboro with her parents. Miss Pauline Ray, who has secured a position as teacher in the Mt. Airy schools spent last week-end here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Ray. Mrs. Phoebe Womble and daugh ter, Miss Hettie, are visiting rela tives at Meggetts, S. C. Mrs. S. F. Maddox, who has been spending sometime with her porests here, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Hackney, left last week for Freeport, N. Y., where she will visit her sister, Mrs. John Sprower. Mr. W. W. Stedman went to Greensboro today on business. He was accompanied there by Mr. L. G. Johnson. Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Foster of San ford were guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Stedman yesterday. Mr. Willie Dickens, who has had work in New York, is at home now for a few weeks. Mrs. John Bell, Jr., of Fuquay Springs spent last week-end with her mother, Mrs. Florence Wilkie. Rev. T. Y. Seymroe of Buie’s Creek filled his regular appointments at the Baptist church here Sunday. Mr. Hubert Jones of McCollers was in town today in business. Mr. J. T. Smith of Henderson was in town one day last week on busi ness. Mr. H. G. Bates, Sr., field repre sentative of the Federal Land Bank of Columbia, S. C., was in town on business last Friday. His headquar ters is at Greenville. Mr. C. L. Williams of Whitakers was in town last Saturday on bus iness. Mr. J. C. Culbreth, whose head auarters is at Raleigh, but field man of the Federal Land Bank, Colum bia, S. C., was in town one day last week checking up the delinquents ot the Farm Loan Association of Chat ham county. The play, given by some of the high school students of Moncure high school in the auditorium last Friday evening, entitled “Cynthia’s Strategy,” was enjoyed by the large crowd present. Miss Lucy Boone, the music teacher, was the of it and Misses Camelia Stedman and Dorothy Lambeth and Messrs. Ray Goodwin and James Cathell were the main characters. There were about twenty chorus girls. Every one knew and acted their parts well and with much expression. This play was equal to an operetta given in a city. The decorations and cos tumes were suitable for the occasion, It being Halloween season. The third grade gave a little play at i/he open fxirr of the program introducing Hal loween night. After the high school nlay there were several contests. Wil and received a prize. Margaret Ham Marshall won the yo-yo contest Strickland was second in this contest. Jack Hackney won in the cracker contest and received a prize. Miss Lucy Boone won in the prettiest girl contest and received a box of candy as a prize. The proceeds for the evening was $70.00. Mrs. H. W. Mimms and cnildren of Raieigh are visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Mims. Mr. Delmas Hackney, who. has been working in Pennsylvania, is at home for a few weeks. Rev J. A. Dailey has been sent back to this circuit and will preach at the Methodist church next Sunday at 11 a. m., and at evening at 7:30 o’clock. The public is invited. PITTSBORO, N. C., CHATHAM COUNTY, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1929. J. E. APPOINTMENTS IN THIS TERRITORY Rev. J. A. Dailey Returned to Pittsboro—-Few Changes in Fayetteville District <♦' It is gratifying to have Rev. J. A. Dailey returned to Pittsboro as pas tor of the Methodist church here and of several country churches. Also, Rev. J. W, Bradley is returned to Siler City, and Rev. A. E. Brown to the Bynum, or Haw River, charge. Goldston draws Rev. H, R. Ashmore. Btl&W is a list of the Fayetteville dis trict appointments. It is of interest to our readers that Rev. Geo. W. Perry goes from Burl ington to Elizabeth City. Fayettevile District Presiding elder, W. A. Cade. Bladen—L. M, Chaffin. Charthage—J. H. Buffaloe. Dunn—C. B. Culbreth. Elizabeth—C. M. Lance. Erwin—J. J. Boone. Fayettevile—Hay street, N. H. D. Wilson; Person street and Calvary, R. J. Lough; Fayetteville circuit, B. T. Hurley. Glendon—R. F. Taylor. Goldson—H. R. Ashmore. Haw River circuit—A. E. Brown. Hemp—L. A. Tilery. Jonesboro—l. T. Poole. Islington—C. A. Hillman, supply. Mamers—E. B. Bell, supply. Newton Grove—J. F. Starnes. Parkton—J. E. Blalock. Pittsboro—J. A. Dailey. Roseboro—C. A. Johnson. Sanford—S. A. Cotton. Siler City—J. W. Bradley. Stedman—C. H. Coviness. St. Paul—J. B. Thompson. Superannuates—R. B. John, T. H. Sutton, L. H. Joyner, G. T. Adams, S. T. Moyle. o *************** * * *Brown’s Chapel News* *************** Mrs. Grace Lutterloh, wife of Dr. P. W. Lutterloh of Jonesboro, Ark., sends word that they enjoy the old Chatham Record and especially the Brown’s Chapel news, ? ; nce she mar ried a Brown’s Chapel boy and has 'isited the community a number of times. Also, Mrs. D. V. Quacken bush of Graham is a recent subscrib er and says she wants all the news. Our delegate to the conference at Kinston couldn’t go—his cow was about to die. Mrs. W. J. Durham returned a few days ago from a visit to her old home near Staley, and rode in with a truck load of furniture and china ware, wishing to use her own stuff in her new home. They are getting along fine and happy. We all need to love our pastor and need to be honest and ready to take a stand to make the preacher our preacher and to stand by God’s cause. Any of us who sweeten up our talk before a minister or neigh bors and to his back pour out salt and pepper is not up to the Chris tian standard. While our pastor has preached some hitting sermons the past year, the writer has not heard one sermon that he didn’t get some good from, and am sure that as a church we needed every lick given us. We are never up to our best till we feel the responsibility and shoul der our burdens with pleasure. Wish I could! Mr. Willie Cheek and family of Pleasant Garden spent the week-end with Mrs. Cheek’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Justice. Miss Allene Dark entertained a number of her young friends Satur day night at a Halloween party, serving lots of nice refreshments. Miss Allene has made us a S. S. sec retary the past year, blit wants to place the burden on other shoulders now, and we think Miss Jessie Wright will serve. Mrs. A. E. Lutterloh was taken quite ill in Raleigh, where she had gone to visit her daughter, Mrs. J. F. Smith, but we are glad to know that she is better now. Mr. W. W. Lutterloh is back on foot again and out at Sunday school, but not yet well by a lot. As a church Brown’s does not ex pect credit for what Pittsboro paid extra, but that helps Brother Dailey to get his full salary, and trusting that we shall do better next time. Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Mann are grand parents of another grandduaghter, born to Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Cheek of Carrboro. All secret lodge members are due the same fees, as each expects the same “insurance”, while church members are assured of blessings here and hereafter according to what we do and not in dollars and cents. Some of our people are accustom ed to wait, thinking to pay the preacher any time during the year is all right. Others will not pay any extra for fear they will pay more | than their share. God loves a cheer ful giver, His Word teaches. Brother Daily comes back to us. l Come out and hear him. Our circuit never used to be reported with a 1 deficit. Something is wrong some i where and it needs to be righted. SPIVEY CONVICTED | SENTENCED TO DIE ' Found Guilty of Murdering His Sweetheart and Cousin SANFORD, Nov. 2.—James Spivey was found guilty in connection with the slaying of Bettie Spivey, his 24- year-old sweetheart and cousin, by a jury that deliberated 11 hours, and Judge M. V. Barnhill, presiding, sen tenced him to die in the electric chair January 10. Notice of appeal was filed by de fense attorneys following the action of the court and indications point the strong legal battle vmielThjU raged in the being continued. jury received the case this lhorning at 10:15 following Judge Barnhill’s charge, which consumed 45 minutes. They returned the verdict of guilty at 9:15 tonight. Arguments had been completed in a late night session on Friday. The young girl was slain at her home six miles from Sanford on the night of September 21, death coming from a blow on the head with an axe. It was brought out in the trial that Spivey had obtained a license to marry the girl but that she had re fused to become his wife. Testimony was also introduced to show that she had been criminally assaulted by Spivey. The case, which has stirred this section deeply, brought numerous witnesses to the stand for both sides. Two sisters of the slain girl, Josie and Lillian Spivey, and her father, Silas Spivey, told of events preceding the killing which pointed to guilt of the accused. <S> *************** * * * Bell’s School News * * * *************** The eighth grade gave a Halloween party and box supper at Bell’s school Thursday night. A large crowd was present. A Halloween program was furnished by the fourth grade, after which the boxes were sold. Miss El lis, sixth grade teacher, won a cake given for the prettiest girl. The high school pupils also sold refreshments and conducted a number of side shows. All proceeds went to the high school library fund. The high school glee club has been reorganized and has given one pro gram in chapel. A number of new song books have just been received. Bettie Clark, a pupil of the eighth grade who was recently run over by an automobile, is improving and is expected to return to school in a few days. Dr. E. A. Pierce has just com pleted a series of vaccinations for diphtheria. It is estimated that about 150 of the school children took ad vantage of this treatment, given free by the State. Among recent books donated to the high school library is a set of Poe’s Complete Works, 10 volumes. These were given by Dr. Pierce. The young people of Bell’s church have recently organized B. Y. P. U. The first program is to be given Sun day, November 3rd. All of the Bell’s teachers are spending this week-end away, or at least a part of it. <S> *************** * * * Bear Creek News * * * *************** Roy E. Loyd, who is stationed in New York in the navy attended his father’s funeral here last week. Work is progressing nicely on C. H. Wicker’s brick bungalow, which he is building on the site where his house was burned several weeks ago. Mr. and Mrs. James Stegall and son, Billy, of Greensboro, were week end visitors in the home of W. L. Coggins. Mrs. C. O. Briggs was a week-end visitor in Mt. Airy, returning Mon day. T. C. Vestal has moved to Greens boro. Mrs. Vestal, who spent last week with Mrs. W. F. Norwood, has returned to Greensboro. We regret to loose this family, but wish them happiness and success in their new home. Mesdames W. B. and G. B. Emer son were business visitors in Sanford Monday of this week. Allen Willett, of Siler City, was a Sunday visitor in the home of his father, J. D. Willett. E. B. Beal’s baby has been real low, but is improved somewhat at this writing, we are glad to state. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Mobley and family of Rt. 1, Wake Forest, were Sunday visitors in the home of El mer Moore. Herbert R. Ashmore was appointed to serve the Goldston Circuit at the North Carolina conference, which was held at Kinston, which closed Sunday afternoon. Rev. Mr. Asji more comes from Lucama, in the Raleigh district, where he has served for the past four years. He was ad mitted on trial at Fayetteville in ' 1925, and was ordained as an elder! last Sunday. Rev. L. M. Chaffin, who has served this circuit for the past three years goes to the Bladen cir cuit. The 1930 conference will be ! held in Henderson. It has been 25 1 years since this city entertained the conference. 1 Meeting Closed . Wednesday Night As this is written before The Rec ord goes to press Wednesday eve ning, it is the expressed purpose of Evangelist Long to close the meet ing, conducted in the new theatre building here for the past ten days, Wednesday night. Mr. Long has preached some able sermons. He is exceedingly earnest. He has preached the old-time hell-fire doctrine with vim and vigor. On the other hand he has made strong pre sentations of the love and merev of t- . * ----- - * >•* * • -* -cans Christ. As most of the people in this com munity who have reached the age of accountability are professedly Chris tians, there has been little opportu nity to measure the quality of the meeting by the number of converts. Mr. Harbin, assnsted by home tal ent, has furnished much good music at the different meetings. Also, the singing of the colored people has been a marked feature. The preacher, who was an artist by profession and practice before be coming a minister, has illustrated his texts with drawings or paintings of his own. He has made numerous talks to the school boys and girls while here and rapidly painted a fall scene for the school. Many from outlying country com munities have attended at various times. On the whole, he is more able than most evangelists and seems little con [ cerned about the money end of the meeting, and fortunately so at this stage of affairs in Pittsboro, when not only are the times unusually hard but every church in town has had difficulty in meeting its obligations to its own denominational work. ® GEORGE AZARIAH LOYD DIED OCTOBER 28 George Azariah Loyd was born July 17, 1871, being 58 years and 3 months and 11 days old. He died at his home on Bear Creek, Rt. 2, Mon day, October 28, following an illness of two days. He was brought home from a saw mill, near Siler City, Sat urday morning, and was treated by a doctor in Siler City. He was very ill Sunday following, but on Monday he was thought to be improving, but about 11:00 a. m., he was taken vio lently ill and died almost immediate ly, which came as severe to bis many friends. In young manhood he married Miss Agnes Poe and to this union were Dorn 3 sons and 5 daughters, Joe N. and Percy, at home and Roy E., who is enlisted in the navy and Mes dames G. T. Dunn, of Bear Creek, and Mrs. B. F. Moffitt, who died a few years ago, and Mrs. J. C. Fowler, of Burlington, Miss Eugenia Loyd, of Burlington and Miss Vernie Loyd, who is at home. In early life Mr. Loyd was con verted and joined Sandy Branch Baptist church and remained a faith ful member until his death. In addition to his widow and child ren, he is survived by two brothers, J. W. Loyd, of Bear Creek, Rt. 2, and Frank Loyd, of Sanford; one sister, Mrs. I. H. Edwards, of near Bear Creek. The funeral was conducted by his pastor, Rev. E. W. Byerly, of Bon lee, who spoke in terms of praise of the deceased, saying he had lived a most peaceful and agreeable life. He also told of his Christian life for the past years. He will be sadly missed in his home, in his church and in his neighborhood. There was a large crowd who attended the funeral and many flowers were heaped upon his mound, showing the high estteem in which he was held. We join his many friends in mourning his going and pray that God may comfort his sor rowing relatives in this sad experi ence through which they are now passing. JESSE DAVIS RELEASED Jesse Davis who was acquitted here of his alleged part in the robbery of Ernest Brewer’s store, was held by order of the judge for five days for the South Carolina authorities, by whom he was said to be wanted. But the five days expired without any papers from South Carolina and the man was released. It seems that the charge in South Carolina was not as serious as reported last week. Davis is a lucky guy. The Brewer goods were found in his house in Guilford county, but the State did not prove that he had been home since they were placed there or that he knew anything about them. His brother Dewey got a two-year term ; in the penitentiary on the same! charge. O CARD OF THANKS I do hereby take this means to thank the Sunshine Class of Bonlee Baptist church and the Missionary Society of Sandy Branch Baptist: church for the nice boxes they sent j me recently. I want to thank both societies and each member of same , who helped to make it possible. Words j are inadequate to convey my deep annreciation and heartfelt thanks for this kind rememberance and may God in His wise Providence richly re ward you is my most sincere wish. God bless you all. MRS. G. W. BLALOCK, » Siler City, N. C., Rt. 3. Subscribers at Every Postoffice and All R. F. D. Routes in Great County of Chatham NUMBER 52, NUMBER 8 i PITTSBORO LADY PASSES SUDDENLY Mrs. S. V. Perry Died Thurs day Night Without Warning —Burial at Mt. Vernon M. E„ Church, Saturday It was sad and uterly unexpected news to her many friends to learn that Mrs. S. V. Perry, one of the most beloved women of Pittsboro, had passed away Jhursday night with only S moment’s warning to the family. •• ■ UTT Apoplexy seemed to be the cause of death. She had not been entirely well for some time, but was up and about the house Thursday evening. Her husband went to church and re turning found her asleep, Shortly af ter his retiring he was awakened by her clutching and arose to find her in extremis. Death folowed immediately. Her son, Rev. Geo. W. Perry, one of the leading ministers in the M. E. Conference, was summoned from Kin ston, where the Conference was in session. Miss Sankie came from Max ton, where she is teaching. Both ar rived before day. Two sons, John and Tucker, and her daughter Mrs. E E. Williams live here in Pittsboro and were on the scene in a few minutes. The burial was at Mt. Vernon M. E. church, near Silk Hope, Saturday at one o’clock. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. J. W. Brad ley, asisted by Rev. R. R. Gordon, of Pittsboro. Quite a number of her Pittsboro friends attended the fun eral, and a large crowd of friends in the Silk Hope and other communities where she was wel known and highly esteemed were present. Mrs. Perry before marriage wa Miss Margaret An. Harris, sister of, Mr. Beecher Harris of Siler City and Mr. M. F. Harris of Raleigh. She was 64 years of age. Her husband and the sons and daughters named survive her. <S> Aid for Chatham County Cripples The following important announce ment should concern every cripple in Chatham county. If you know of one who needs this assistance, call hi-3 attention.. t$ its*- : “Cripples cf - ali. ages from infants in arms to aged adults have been attending the Kiwanis Orthopaedic Clinic held at Rex Hospital in Ral eigh on the first Thursday of each month. Many have been greatly ben efited by the treatment received. The next clinic will be held on Thursday, November 7th. Cripples with clubbed feet, bow legs, deformed backs, para lyzed arms and hands, and other dis abilities have attended the clinic and received treatment. “By the application of plaster casts, braces, corrective shoes and other appliances, many have had de formities corrected or greatly dimin ished while others have been improv ed through operations. “All criples are examined free of charge by Dr. Hugh Thompson, an orthopaedic specialist, and free treat ment is provided to all indigent crip ples who can be helped. This clinic is sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Raleigh for the benefit of the cripples in Chatham, Durham, Person, Granville, Vance, Warren, Franklin and Johnston counties. It was organized and is directed by the state rehabilitation department, and is endorsed by the State Board of Health.” EDWIN BARBER PAROLED Attorney A. C. Ray had the good fortune to gain a point in the Fed eral court at Pensacola, Florida, by correspondence. Edwin Barber, the youth sentenced with older automo bile thieves here two years ago, had his time in the state prison shortened by good behavior. But the Florida authorities were setting for him when he was released and he was taken to Florida to be tried in a case growing out of the same illegal transactions for which the youth was convicted here. Mr. Ray took the matter up with the judge and the marshal at Pen sacola by correspondence Saturday, asking that the young man be pa roled under the charge of some one, as he had already been punished for the crime, and on Monday evening he received a telegram that his re quest had been granted and that Ed win was paroled under the care of Mr. Ray himself. The youth is ex j pected to arrive here shortly. He will | have to report to Mr. Ray often ! enough for him to make required re ports to the court. Mr. Ray also won a case in the Carthage court Monday, but he was there. DR. GREGG A CANDIDATE Dr. J. D. Gregg, of Liberty and Siler City, is spoken of very favor ! ably as the prospective state chair man of the Republican party. _ The Doctor believes in giving the victory the spoils, as is indicated by an inter view with a representative of the Greensboro News. He is a capable and likable gently man, and if the Record had a vote in i that direction Dr. Gregg shorn J havei it.