A Paper with a Prestige
of a Half Century. A
County, Not a Com
munity Paper.
TNT A BUSHED SEPTEMBER 19, 1878.
IELONDONMARVEIS
A1 LOCAL THEATRE
‘Was So Slruck by the Very
Idea of Having Such an Up
to-Date Theatre in Pitts
bcro” Had to Express Him
self
Ike London, a native of Pittsboro
b.:: now editor of the Rockingham
Post-Dispatch, was so struck with
pe high-class theatre building and
up-to-date talkie in Pittsboro when
he attended it a week or two ago
that he went home and expressed
himself editorially upon the subject,
and writes the editor of the Record
in astonishment that he did not find
an advertisement of the program for
the following week in the Chatham
Record. But he failed to notice that
Mr. Fields, the builder and owner of
the theatre, had graciously lent the
building the following week to
the revivalists holding a meeting
here, sacrificing both the cost of the
films contracted for and whatever of
income might have accrued from its
operation. That accounts for the
lack of advertising—there were no
shows. Mr. Fields is one man who
believes in advertising and one may
confidently look for the programs in
the Record each week. But it will
interest Mr. Fields and others to read
Mr. London’s letter.
What Ike Says
‘Dear Mr. Peterson:
I was so struck by the very idea
of having such an up-to-date talkie in
Pittsboro (we haven’t one here in
Rockingham as yet), that I expressed
myself editorially in my issue of Oc
tober 31st, copy of which is en
closed.
But to my amazement, in looking
through the Record just a moment
ago. I failed to find a line of ad
vertisement about the program for
next week. I feel sure this was a
slip-up, for I can’t conceive of any
business man with nerve enough to
make such an investment who would
lose sight of the invaluable aid such
advertising would do him.
Picture show advertising is un
doubtedly the most eagerly read of
any form of advertising, and is in
dispensable to the success of such a
show. Ty my knowledge, a car con
taining five people stopped off in
Pittsboro last Saturday night to hear
the t .kies (on their return from the
game at Chapel Hill), purely because
I had read the program in the Record
kan i .ad told them what was on. A
rten-d liar a week space with you
would be many times worth the
money to the operator.
Excuse these remarks. I was
m ved thereto by the surprisingly
shocking absence of any talkie ad
vertisements in the Record.
Very trulv,
I. S. LONDSON.”
Rockingham, Nov. 1.
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Carnival Frolic to be
Held Friday Evening
On Friday, November 15, there
will be a carnival held in the Pitts
/'■ high school building. The doors
v.l! be opened at 5:30 p. m., and an
oyster supper at 6:00 p. m. The en
public is invited to attend in
stume. There will be plenty of
tun. supper and excitement.
.Tne king and queen of the carnival
will be crowned at 7:00 p. m. Miss
irginia Bean is to be crowned
Queen and John Lee Burns, king,
those in attendance are: Miss Ann
Bynum and Miss Margaret Brooks,
1 idies-in-waiting to the queen; the
• Nat Hill Johnson and James
Albert Weeks; court jester, Law
fence Moore.
Immediately following the court
scene the grand parade will be held
those in costume. Prizes will be
given for the best individual cos
jumes as well as for the best couples
an 1 groups. Prizes have been do
nated by Messrs. Waters, London,
annonhouse, Fields of the Pilot
theatre, Lov\ng, Mgr. of the Pro
gressive Store, and Dr. Pilkington.
A basket ball game has been ar
‘ tiiged for 8:00 p. m. Refreshments
na -V be obtained throughout the eve-
hg. Butter, eggs, cakes, potatoes,
and all farm products will be
' a t the country store.
1 he proceeds of this entertainment
a ’e to be used by the Parent-Teach-
Association for the standardizing
. a elementary grades. The purpose
° worthy one, therefore come out
-‘h : give the school support and en
•’,y yourself while you are doing it.
LOW COTTON PRICES
BUT LOANS 16 CENTS
, Foe Farm Board, which declares
P ri ce of cotton too low and has
‘ ni "l the Cotton Co-ops money to
Pay i p, cents a pound on loans, stands
jb its guns, and authorizes the Cot
.‘n Association to continue to loan
> cents a pound. If the drop con
/(n.ues that will equal the selling
l L°tton growers should join the
and help control the price
cotton.
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A little melted butter on the chin
- l Kes the whole world grin.
Tne Chatham Record
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f *Brown’s Chapel News*
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r Many of our people have enjoyed
the sermons of Mr. Long in the Pitts
, boro revival, and are also duly ap
preciative of the generosity of Mr.
■ Geddie Fields in discontinuing his
movies and turning the theatre build
-1 ing over to the evangelist. We feel
that he will lose nothing by his
generosity.
Mr. Clay and family of Burlington
were week-end visitors of Mrs.
King’s brother, Mr. I. A. Durham.
John Durham has taken up work
in Burlington. Mr. Emory Dark has
been working in Pittsboro machine
shop some weeks. Also several of
the girls of the community have em
ployment at the Pittsboro silk mill.
Junius Durham set out a number
of everbearing strawberry plants
last spring, and as a result has fur
nished the Exline Hotel with several
quarts of fine berries.
Mr. W. W. Stedman has the credit
of selling the old home place of I.
W. and H. F. Durham, containing
230 acres. It goes to Drs. Wyatt,
Wolfe, and Davis of Greensboro, who
expect to make it a hunting lodge.
They will lease the game rights to
other lands adjoining. It should
mean much to the community. Mr.
Stedman is selling quite a deal of
Chatham lands. A Mr. Lewis is to
move into the old residence to look
after the place for the new owners.
Come out and hear Pastor Dailey
next Sunday.
Mr. Kiah Henderson came in from
Raleigh one night last week accom
panied by his sister, Miss Cornelia,
who had been visiting her aunts,
Mrs. Dorsett of Wake Forest, and
Miss Blanche Henderson in Raleigh.
Messrs. R. G. Cheek and family
and J. A. Perry and family, all of
Carrboro, were visitors in the homes
of J. T. Mann and H. F. Durham, re
cently. This item was omitted by
some means from last week’s letter.
Mr. C. H. Lutterioh’s cow is slowly
improving since a home doctor split
her tail and put salt in it and bored
holes in her horns. She soon got
up after this treatment and began
to eat, which she had formerly re
fused to do.
$450 Curtain for
the School Building
Principal Waters informs The Rec
ord that a $450 curtain for the school
stage has just been completed and
has been put in position. The funds
were secured by the selling of ad
vertising space on the curtain. Mr.
Waters did the selling himself and
had about proved that he has missed
his real calling of salesman.
The new curtain will be used at
the carnival frolic Friday evening,
when all can see it. By the way, the
continuance of the revival services
necessitated a second postponement
of what was to be a Halloweeen festi
val till the coming Friday evening.
The Halloween name has been drop
ped, but the frolic will be practically
as planned.
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BYNUM P.-T. A. NOTES
The Parent-Teacher Association
met Thursday night, November 7,
with a large number of parents and
teachers present. Owing to the ab
sence of the president, the vice presi
dent, Rev. A. E. Brown, presided.
The first and fourth grade chil
dren entertained with some interest
ing numbers on health.
We were'indeed fortunate in hav
ing with us as speakers for the eve
ning Mesdames James Cordon and R.
G. Shannonhouse of Pittsboro. They
spoke on the purpose of a P.-T. A.
and what our association might do.
Miss Minnie Belle Wilson was
elected secretary of the association.
The first grade had the largest
number of representatives present.
Eleven new members joined and we
feel sure that th association is going
to be successful. It will meet again
December 5. Show your interest in
your child by being present.
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JOHNSON FEEDS ’EM
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A bunch of county officials can
boast that they hav e had one more
square meal if they get no other.
Chairman R. J. Johnson of the board
of commissioners had no more com
passion upon Mrs. Johnson and upon
his own supply of groceries than to
invite his colleagues, Brooks and
Moore, and Cal. Desern, Lacy John
son, County Attorney Horton, A. T.
Ward, Joe Bland, C. C. Hamlet, Dr.
Mcßane, Zeb Johnson and Gus Ward
to his home for dinner Monday. The
fellows came back abragging what a
dinner it was. And Horton had al
ready had one square meal three
days before, when he attended the
meeting of the directors of the deaf
and dumb school in Raleigh and was
furnished dinner by that good Chat
ham lady in charge of the cuisine at
that school, Mrs. Mary Roberson.
And, by the way, the superintendent
of that great and useful institution
is no other than our old Chatham
school mate, G. Lineberry.
There is no young man or grown
man living who can not do more than
*he thinks he cam—Henry Ford.
PITTSBORO, N. C., CHATHAM COUNTY, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1929.
FLETCHER JORDAN
COMMITS SUICIDE
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Young Farmer of Gulf Town
ship Shot Load into Heart
Sunday Afternoon—Buried
at Gulf Monday.
It was a startling discovery when
the parents and brother of Fletcher
Jordan of Gulf township found him
lying dead Sunday night in an up
stairs room of the brother’s home.
The home in which the tragedy
occurred was formerly the residence
of the young man’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. E. H. Jordan, and the room in
which he had shot himself dead was
that formerly occupied by the young
man. The parents, with whom
Fletcher lived, had built a new home
a short distance away and the old
home was occupied by Charlie
Jordan.
Sunday afternoon Fletcher made
excuses to go over to Charlie’s home,
though it was known that Charlie and
his wife were visiting in Lee county.
His mother told him to take the
bucket and bring a bucket of drink
ing water, as a supply of good water
had not yet been secured at the new
home. When that night he had not
returned the parents went over to
Charlie’s to enquire about him. They
had not seen him, but said that the
bucket was outside. It was suggested
that he might have got into the house
and gone up to his old room and
fallen asleep, and there they found
him lying dead, with a wound in his
breast where a load of shot from
Charlie’s gun had entered, going into
the heart.
It was discovered that he had made
entrance over a door or window, had
found the gun and gone to his old
room and shot himself.
It was stated by the parents that
the young man had seemed morbid
for the past week or two. Three or
four years ago, it is related, his girl
went back upon him, or he became
disappointed in love in some way,
and lay in bed for six weeks. He
had recently made occasional visits
to another young lady, but had not
gone to see her Sunday.
Coroner Brooks was called over
Monday morning, but decided no in
quest was necessary.
The burial took place at Gulf Bap
tist church Monday afternoon.
Besides his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
E. H. Jordan, he leaves five brothers
and three sisters, namely, Charlie,
George, Alton, Robert, and Ralph
Jordan, all of this county, and Mrs.
F. O. Smith of Durham, Mrs. Gus
Murchison of Gulf, and Miss Louise
Jordan at home.
The Jordans live a mile and a half
northwest of Gulf, on what is known
as the Nall place.
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CHILDREN’S CHAPTER
The Henry London chapter, Chil
dren’s Confederacy, met Friday af
ternoon with Miss Carrie Jackson.
The meeting was called to order by
the president, Ann Bynum, and the
minutes were read, after which the
following program was given:
Song, Bonnie Blue Flag; Our
Southern Mocking Bird, Eula John
son; Confederate Memorial Day,
Margaret Guinn; Markers for Con
federate Graves, Louise Ray; Song,
Dixie Land.
After the program Mrs. H. A.
London gave a delightful talk, tell
ing why the Northern troops never
reached Pittsboro.
Delicious refreshments were serv
ed and the meeting adjourned.
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Teacher-Training Class News
Mrs. W. P. Horton, teacher train
ing instructor, attended the teachers’
meeting in Raleigh, Friday, Nov. 8.
The teacher-training class was
very glad to have with them Friday,
Bruce Griffin, who is at home on a
furlough. During the library period
Bruce related many of his daring
adventures .which were interesting
to all.
Among other visitors were several
of the former training girls, Eliza
beth Mann, Willie Goldston, Estelle
Johnson, Lozelle Campbell, Leona
Johnson, Leone Williams, Louise
Petty, and Elizabeth Blair of Louis
burg College.
The teacher-training girls will en
tertain the grammer grade teachers
Thursday evening at 8 o’clock in the
home of Mrs. W. P. Horton.
Youngsters Before Judge
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Three youngsters, two Dunn boys
and one Johnson boy, were brought
in a few days ago from Bonlee
charged with stealing.
The Johnson youth is a brother of
Newby and Charlie, who have reeent
had cases in court. Juvenile Judge
Hatch will attempt to get the young
er Dunn boy in the reformatory at
Concord. The others are too old to
get into that schools, and yet too
young to be tried in the superior
court and dosed like older folk.
Clearly, a good thrashing would
be the dose for these boys who have
discovered that thev are almost im
-1 mune from real punishment under the
juvenile court laws.
I MEETING CONTINUED;
TILL SUNDAY NIGHT;
Evangelist Long Won Esteem
cf Whole Community—
Many Conversions Evan
gelical Club Organized
Great Theatre Crowded.
Contrary to the expressed purpose
to close the series of revival services
Wednesday night of last week, the
meetings continued till Sunday night,
with constantly increasing interest
and gratifying results.
Rev. McKendree R. Long, the
evangelist, won a lasting place in the
affections of the community, indeed
of a large part of the county, for
hundreds came from the outlying
country areas. The great theatre
hall was packed practically every
night, and the audiences were held
in real interest throughout the two
to three hours’ srevices.
Mr. Long and his song leader, Mr.
Harbin, proved themselves most sin
cere and consecrated Christian work
ers, and they, with Pastor Barclay,
visited many of the homes within
miles around Pittsboro, making per
sonal appeals to those for whom they
were concerned. Nor was this vis
itation confined to the homes of the
whites. Mr. Long sees no difference
between the soul of a white and a
black, and the sorrows and heart
aches of the one appeal to him as
much as those of the other.
The sermons were, as a rule, most
remarkable presentations of the
Gospel and most fervent appeals for
the acceptance of Christ. For 15
years an artist and much traveled,
and naturally blessed with a gift for
words, the evangelist’s vocabulary is
exceedingly rich, sometimes passing
beyond the understanding of the
great majority of his hearers, as did
his allusions to churchmen and inci
dents in church history and refer
ences to doctrines. But the flow of
language was so swift and the gen
eral effect so great that the overhead I
flights were of minimum hurt, while
the richness of the vocabulary and
the indications of broad readings
and scholarship were an additional
pleasure to those whose education
and knowledge of words, history, and
doctrines’enabled them to catch the
full force of those flights. For in
stance, parousia, Athanasius, Arius,
Thomas Aquinas, and various artistic
terms were Greek indeed to hun
dreds. But his messages were brought
home nevertheless, and many who
had shown little, or no, concern for
things holy were led to make pro
fessions of faith and of a purpose
to serve God. Yet one could not
fail to perceive that it was the
magnificent consecration, the abound
ing love for his fellows, and his
deadly earnestness that won as much
as did the content of his sermons.
It would hardly be hoped that Mr.
Long has no faults as man or min
ister. He has a temper and a fiery
one. Moreover, he has the facility
of sweeping out of his consciousness
facts that others, as intellectually
honest and as desirous of knowing
God, must recognize as part of God’s
own truth, and of labeling them fools
and damning them forthright and
outright. But they were great ser
mons and the deep earnestness with
which they were delivered and the
consecrated character and the un
bounded love of the man for his fel
lows of whatever degree must do un
told good, making impressions of the
minds of the youth, particularly, that
can never be erased.
Evangelical Club Organized
At a service appointed for the pur
pose Sunday afternoon an evangelical
club of four departments, or sections,
was organized. The purpose of the
club is the conservation of the spirit
ual assets accumulated during the
series of meetings and their exten
sion over the whole county.
The club consists of sections em
bracing volunteers under the age of
thirty, one for the men and boys
and another for the young women;
also a section for the men above
thirty and one for the women above
that age.
Mrs. George Brooks, Jr., was
chosen president of the young wom
en’s group; Miss Edna Barclay, vice
president, and Miss Emily Taylor,
secretary. Mrs. Annie Chapin was
chosen president of the older women’s
group, Mrs. Mary Barber, vice-pres
ident, and Mrs. Ed Hinton, secretary.
Mr. Frank Upchurch was elected
president of the young men’s group.
Mr. Reid Thompson was made presi
dent, Mr. Baker of Bynum vice pres
ident, and Mr. Wade Barber, secre
tary.
Four team leaders are being ap
pointed for each group, and the or
ganizations are being perfected this
week and plans laid for active work.
At the meeting 67 persons pledged
themselves to tithe their incomes, a
number that Mr. Long says exceeds
proportionately anything he has ever
seen during an extended experience.
The singing of the meetings was
also a feature, and Mr. Harbin, as
sisted by local talent from the Pitts
boro and surrounding churches, did
much to make the meeting impressive
and effective. >
A fairly decent purse was present-
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i * Bear Creek News
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Tim Griffin has moved to the Rob
ert H. Marsh place, on route 2, from
J. R. Mobley’s place, also on route
2. Marsh has moved to his new
home on the Goldston-Pittsboro high
way.
J. C. Gunter has moved from the
Gilmore place on route 2 to Goldston.
We regret to loose this good family,
but wish for them happiness and
success in their new location. Lee
Elkins of Goldston, route 1, has
moved to the place vacated by Mr.
Gunter, which he has bought. We
are glad to welcome Mr. Elkins and
family on our route.
Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Williamson and
sons, W. P. Wilbur, of Sanford, and
Miss Hazel Holt, of Kernersville,
were Sunday visitors in the home of
T. B. Beal.
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Hart, of Burl
ington, were week-end visitors in the
home of Miss Belle Beal.
J. B. Murray, of Greensboro, was
a visitor last week in the home of
Mrs. H. W. Murray, on route 2.
Miss Allie Lou and June Phillips,
Loomis Moore and Harold Elkins
were visitors in Greensboro one day
last week.
H. J. Elkins, of Greensboro, was
down in Chatham last week on a
hunt.
Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Willett and
son, of Siler City, were visitors this
week in the home of J. D. Willett.
F. F. Watson was a visitor in
Greensboro last week.
In the account of Rev. H. R. Ash
more assigned to the Goldston as
carried last week in this paper, it
should have been that he served the
Lucama circuit three years instead
of four.
The following were week-end vis
itors in the home of Latt D. Poe,
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Wallace, Mr. and
Mrs. Slade Wallace and Lester Wal
lace, Miss Smitty and Virginia Mc-
Daniel, of Durham. The Wallace
brothers entertained the party with
their splendid string band music,
which everybody enjoyed.
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Asks for Cooperation
of Residents Along 75
(From The News and Observer)
“The U. D. C. committee appointed
to travel the Jefferson Davis highway
and stake off the places for planting
red and white crepe myrtles have
completed the task,” said Mrs. John
H. Andersen, of Chapel Hill, chair
man of the committee, Friday.
“On every hand great interest was
shown by people in the towns along
the route and by the property-own
ers, many of them expressing their
intention to beautify their lands ly
ing adjacent to the highway.”
Mrs. Anderson hopes that this
memorial road which runs through
the University seat can be made a
model road for the whole State. The
recent U. D. C. convention voted to
expend at once all funds on hand
colected for beautifying the road,
she stated.
“If all the people living along the
road,” Mrs. Anderson continued,
“would in the spring scatter cosmos
seed and seed of other attractive
flowers on their lands adjourning the
highway, it would help greatly. Also
those who cut timber from the wood
ed lands along the route will, I hope,
make it a rule to leave a fringe of
trees alongside the highway.
“The Daughters of the Confederacy
are going to raise more money for its
part of the work of improving the
highway but they are depending to
a great extent on the co-operation of
the people living along the route.”
Mrs. Anderson was here to attend
the meeting of the North Carolina
Literary and Historical Association.
WILLIAMS ARE AGAIN
IN SOME MORE TROUBLE
For five years it was infrequent
occurrence for a Williams township
man to come to Pittsboro, but a few
months ago the devil got to play up
that way and there were several
court cases bringing down crowds of
Williams folk. And again there was
a bunch of them here Friday. L. R.
Clegg, who farmed this year on the
J. D. Castlebury place, was indicted
for beating up Mr. Castlebury. The
provocation was reports that Mr.
Castlebury had accused Clegg of car
rying off some lumber to Durham.
The landlord stopped the payment of
checks for tobacco to pay the bills of
Clegg’s for which Castlebury had
stood. Clegg knocked the old man
down twice.
The defendant proved a good char
acter. The evidence was that Mr.
Castlebury is contentious with his
tenants and has had trouble with
several. Clegg said he had never had
trouble with any other landlord.
No decision was rendered at the
trial before ’Squire Lysander John
son but is to be rendered when a
hearing for a peace warrant comes
up.
ed the evangelist and his co-worker,
but nothing like what it would have
been under more favorable financial
circumstances.
Subscribers at Every ?
Postoffice and All R« j
F. D. Routes in Great j
County of Chatham 1
VOLUME 52, NUMBER 9
RECORDER’S COURT
ESTABLISHED HERE
Commissioners with Little Hes
itation Set Up Court Mon-*
day—D. L. Bell Chosen Re
corder—Wade Barber is the
Solicitor—First Session De
cember 2.
When the Record editorial of last
i week urging the establishment of a
recorder’s court in Chatham was
written it was not expected that it
would be possible to publish the fact
of the establishment of the court in
the very next issue of the paper.
But that is what has happened.
The commissioners, in session
Monday, with very little hesitation
or ceremony, under the act of the
legislature empowering them with
the authority to set up such a court,
voted to institute a recorder’s court
and proceeded straightway to elect
Daniel L. Bell as recorder and Wade
Barber as solicitor. Accordingly, his
friends may now greet Mr. Bell as
“Judge Bell.”
The editorial referred to gave the
reasons, as the editor sees them, for
the establishment of a recordor’s
court, which divide themselves into
two classes, the one looking to lessen
ing of the court expenses of the
county, including board of prisoners,
and the other to the quicker admin
istration of justice and the relief of
hardships of persons charged with
minor offenses, whether guilty or
innocent.
The judge and the solicitor are
well known to the citizens of the
county, both being practicing attor
neys at the county seat.
The salary of each official was
fixed at SIOO a month.
The court will convene every first
Monday, under the statute, and con
tinue in session daily for so long a
time as necessary to finish the
work. It will have jurisdiction only
in criminal cases below the rank of
felonies. That is all cases of charges
of larceny under the amount of S2O
and all other misdemeanors can be
tried in the recorder’s court. As
former conviction for distilling makes
the second offense, under staute, a
felony, it is conceivable that a num
ber of liquor cases will be without
the jurisdiction of this court. But
this law has been largely nullified in
the superior court by failure of the
bill of indictment to specify that the
offense follows a former conviction,
since the supreme court has decreed
that unless the felony charge is made
in the bill of indictment the accused
is presumed to be guilty, if guilty
at all, of a mere disdemeanor. Com
paratively few of the old offenders,
according to our observation, have
been so charged.
This very law is liable to cut down
the usefulness of the new court,
since there will be no grand jury
to return indictments and the cases
will be tried on warrants, just as be
fore a magistrate. Accordingly, when
it appears that the accused has form
erly been convicted of manufactur
ing, or aiding and/or abetting in the
manufacture, there would seem noth
ing for the recorder to do but bind
the accused over for grand jury
action and trial in the superior court.
However, this will have the effect
of definitely fixing the status of the
case and will assure an observation
of the law making the second offense
a felony, requiring a penitentiary
sentence.
While these two nice plums go to
Messrs. Bell and Barber, the cre
ation of the court favors the other
attorneys of the county, since all the
defense in this court will be divided
among fewer lawyers.
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Presiding Elder Smith
Delegate to Dallas
Rev. H. C. Smith, presiding elder
of the Rockingham district last year,
was named one of the eight clerical
delegates from the North Carolina
conference to the general conference
of the Methodist church which meets
at Dallas, Texas, next year.
The full slate of delegates, includ
ing eight preachers and eight lay
men, is as follows.
Ministerial delegates—Rev. J. M.
Ormond, Duke; Rev. T. McM. Grant,
Wilson; Rev. H. C. Smith, Rocking
ham; Rev. P. A. Stanbury, Durham;
Rev. F. X. Love. Raleigh; Rev. H. M.
North, Wilmington; Rev. S. A. Cot
ton, Yeldon, and Rev. E. C. Few,
Kinston.
Lay delegates—Dr. W. P. Few,
Duke university; Colonel J. F. Bru
ton, Wilson; C. F. Harvey, Kinston;
R. L. Flowers, Duke university; M.
L. Matthews, Sanford; Josephus
Daniels, Raleigh; W. L. Knight, Wel
don, and Mrs. H. T. Faison, Fayette
ville.
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RANDOLPH GOLD MINING
Gold mining is not a new thing
in Randolph, but it has been reported
frequently of late that a rich vien
in an old mining area has been dis
covered and that the prospects are
that considerable activity in gold
mining will follow.