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! A paper with a Prestige ? 0 f a Half Century. A j County, Not a Com munity Paper. trsTABUSHEL 19, 1878. CORDON FUNERAL HELD HERE MONDAY pittsboro Gentleman Suffersj fail in York, Penn.—Fore-! h : ad Strikes Rail, Rendering F.'rn Unconscious and Be- ! Clouding His Mind There-; a = —Death Resulted Four! Days Later in Baltimore Hospital, H > tragic and untimely death of T a --c> H. Cordon, of Pittsboro, came .11 a shock to a wide circle of friends m -er this and adjoining states. j[r. Cordon, who traveled over Vir ginia. West Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania for the Marshall Field Company, came from New York to V rk. Pend., Monday, Nov. 11th, and prepared to leave that city the fol lowing night, after having made his ns usual upon his York custo mers during the day, and taking their orders. He was at the depot, tickets bought and suit-case by his side, waiting with a score of othdf passengers on the platform for a passenger train. A long freight train backed through the station, very slowly, with a flagman on the caboose t watch for a clear track. Doubtless through dizziness, or vertigo, Mr. € /don fell forward when the freight was within five feet of him. His head struck the iron rail, rendering him unconscious. So slowly was the train backing that it was stopped within the five feet space, and did not touch the stricken man. His only injury was the fearful wound over the left eye and across the left tem ple. caused by striking the rail. He was carried to a hospital unconscious, , but it was perceived next day that his mind was clouded from the fall. Mrs. Cordon was wired for from Pittsboro, and she reached York Thursday morning, Nov. 14th. In c mp .ny with her husband, she left York before noon that day for Balti more. but it became increasingly evident that his condition was not improving. He became possessed of the hallucination that he must injure himself, and this he tried to do while in the Baltimore station, but was un successful. A physician, Dr. H. D. F/aukiin. was summoned and he sug gested that the sick man be carried t the Mount Royal hotel, with two male nurses in charge, and kept for a few days until the injury to the , head should subside and the brain cloudiness lift. The doctor was averse to an operation except as a last resort, hoping that any clot on . the brain would gradually be absorb ed. On Saturday, Nov. 16th, he was given his lunch and lay back on the bed, apparently asleep, with his wife sitting on the side of the bed, stroking his hand. The nurse pick ed up the tray of dishes and started into the adjoining room; and as the nurse went through the door, the mentally sick man sprang from the Fed, made a dash for the window and leaped through, with his wife mak ing a frantic effort to retain him. she fall was three stories. Uncon scious, he was carried to the Mercy hospital, where he died at 8:30 that The remains were brought to Pitts ! oi'o Sunday night, and interment at b:. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church Monday afternoon. The new burial J service of the Episcopal Church was used, the ministers in charge being Rev. Royal G. Shannonhouse, of Pitts boro. Rev. Henry G. Lane of Raleigh, and Rev. Thad. A. Cheatham of Pine hurst. Interment was in the London family plot. James H. Cordon was 41 years old, and was born in Washington, N. C. Ke was son of Rev. and Mrs. J. H. Cordon, who for many years was a loved Methodist minister. The late Governor Daniel G. Fowle was a £reat uncle, and S. F. Telfair, private secretary to the Governor, was an uncle. Mr. Cordon married Miss Retsy London, daughter of the late Major and Mrs. Henry Armond Lon don of Pittsboro; and he is survived by his wife, a son, Jim, Junior, who is nearly 16, and a daughter, Betsy, v - ho is 5 years old. Such was the high regard in which he was held that hundreds of friends com this and adjoining states came to Pittsboro for the funeral Nov. isth. Mr. Cordon, while only 41 years old, had traveled for the James H- Dunham company of New York ior 23 years, and the Marshall Field company for the past two years. His 25 years contact with the merchants f ■ the state had gained for him such a wealth of friends as is rarely found. Possessing a brilliant mind, witty, a charming conversationalist and win- I; ing personality, his death comes as a Personal loss to that wide circle whose hves he touched. And the world is Richer for Jim Cordon having lived— "Hie Chatham Record and his friends the poorer in his pass ing. Literally, none knew him but to love him: none named him but to praise. There was no moaning of the . bar when Jim Cordon put out to sea. I _ ♦ — Attending the Cordon Funeral With such a large number of out | of-town relatives and friends attend ing the Cordon funeral Nov. 18th, it manifestly is impossible to even ap proximate the number, or secure their names. Scores were present from various parts of the State, the names of whoni couid not be learned. However, among the number we note the following: Mr. and Mrs. Percy Grimes of Salisbury; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Davis of Wilson; Mrs.. David M, Car ter, Jr., Mrs. John Calais and Mrs. Dan Taylor of Washington; Mr, and Mrs. Thomas Wooten, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Ayers of Fayetteville. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Anderson and John and Henry, of Chapel Hill; Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Fell of Trenton, N. J., Mr. and Mrs. I. S. London of Rock ingham. Mr. and Mrs. Rufus R. London and Mrs. Peter Ihrie of Rock Hill, S. C., Mr. and Mrs. James Milliken of Sou thern Pines; Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Robards of Sanford; Rev. and Mrs. Th&ii Cheatham of Pinehurst. From Raleigh came Ml J . H. M. London and Henry, Mrs. Thomas Bickett, Mrs. Joe Cheshire, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. John P. Stedman, Mrs. S. F. Telfair, W. T. Bost, Mrs. Josephus Daniels, Jonathan Daniels, Miss Belle Bagley, Miss Ethel Bagley, Mr. and Mrs. P. E. Seagle, Mrs. Haywood White, Rev. H. G. Lane, Mr. and Mrs. Hal V. Worth, Mrs. F. M. Harper, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Lawrence, Mrs. E. H. Jordon, Mrs. Norcutt Broadfoot Pemberton, Mrs. John H. London, Miss Inda London, Mrs. J. V. S. Metts, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Denson, Miss Mary Denson, Miss Daisy Den son,Miss Margaret Rainey, Miss Kath erine Rainey, Mrs. J. S. Manning, Jr., Mrs. Spotswood Boyd, Mr. and Mrs. John McDonald, A. M. Maupin, W. A. Graham, F. P. Haywood, Clifton Thompkins, Mrs. James H. Pou, Mrs. J. W. Bailey, Mrs. F. K. Ellington, Mr. and Mrs. Penn Marshall, Mrs. Clarence Latham, Mrs. C. G. Latta, Miss Mary Latta, Mrs. G. W. Black nail, Mrs. C. T. McClenaghan, Mrs. W. H. Bason, Mrs. N. J. Heywood, Mrs. William Duncan, Mr. and Mrs. W. Oliver Smith, Mrs. Charles Lee Smith, Mrs. Archie Horton, Miss Juliet Sutton, Miss Mary Alligood, Miss Elsie Hilker, Miss Ethel John son, Miss Kathleen Johnson, Miss Flora Creech, Miss Jane Dinwiddie. commissioner of agriculture, W. A. Graham. Mrs. Hal London of Charlotte; Sam Watkins of Henderson; Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Snyder of Salisbury; Mrs. Lary James of Greenville. Col. S. S. Nash and Russell Clark and Mrs. Cherry of Tarboro; Miss Neppie Davis and Mrs. J. C. Mc- Brayer, E. B. Yearby, Tom Stuart and Sam Davis, of Wilson and Rev. Mr. Jerome of Goldsboro and O. P. Shell and John W. Draughn of Dunn. Cowper Moves Marion Murder Trial to Yancey ® Judge G. Vernon Cowper, presid ing at the McDowell court at which the deputies charged with murder in connection with the recent strike at Marion were arraigned Monday morning, has ordered the trial re moved to Yancey county and asked Governor Gardner for a special term I of court for the week of December 9. Several reasons prompted selec tion of Yancey county. In the first place it is in the same judicial district with McDowell and Solicitor Pless will still handle the case. Again it is entirely unaffected by any labor troubles, as there are no industries in the county. Burns ville, the county seat has no railroad. There are six miles of C. C. & O. track in one edge of the county but no trains stop within its borders. Th e citizens are native American, un touched by the influence of com munism or the war between capital and labor. Trial of Alfred Hoffman, organizer for the American Federation of La bor, and three associates are being tried at Marion this week on charges of insurrection and rebellion. Gen eral impression of correspondents is that the State hasn’t much chance of convicting them, as conviction on the evitence at hand would violate the constitutional guaranty of free speech. NEW MEXICAN PRESIDENT Mexico had a presidential election last Sunday. There were three candidates. Nineteen people were killed in election disturbances, but there seems to be no promise of a revolution to follow. The successful candidate was Pascual Ortiz Rubio. Eight hundred bushels of corn on 12 acres is the yield secured by W. M Woodson of Alexander in Bun combe county after improving ms soil by plowing under cover. PITTSBORO, N. C., CHATHAM COUNTY, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1929. *************** * * ! * Moncure News * * * *************** Miss Catherine Thomas spent last week-end with friends in Sanford. Miss Lucy Boone spent last week end at Burlington with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. John Bell, Jr., spent several days with her mother, Mrs. Florence Wilkie, last week. Mr. J. C. Moore, who has had work in Philadelphia, Pa., is at home this week. Rev. T. Y. Seymour of Buie’s Creek and pastor of the Baptist church here preached a splendid ser mon last Sunday evening. As last first Sunday evening was so rainy and did not hold his regular preach ing service that evening, so he preached last Sunday evening in stead. " «*>-•! • We are very sorry to state that Dr. J. E. Cathell is at the hospital in Sanford again. We hope there is nothing serious, but will soon be back at his work again. We are very glad to state that Miss Virginia Cathell, who was operated on for appendicitis a few weeks ago is getting on nicely. We hope she will soon be up and about again, Messrs. Stone and Lineberry were in town today on business. Mr. R. A. of Winston-Salem was in town yesterday, Sunday, Mrs. Mary Barringer spent last week-end with relatives in Sanford. The Epworth League met at 6:45 o’clock last Sunday evening. The president, Miss Camelia Stedman, called the meeting to order and pre sided over the meeting for the eve ning. Astra short song service, the minutes of the last meeting were read by the secretary, Mr. Lewis Burns. Then Prof. H. G. Self made a splendid lecture on the subject, “Jesus’ Teaching on Acquiring.” He finished up the book, “Jesus’ Teach ing on the Use of Money” that he had been making lectures on to Mon cure League Mission Study class. Next Sunday evening Mr. E. W. Avent, Jr., will take up another mis sion study book and lecture to the leaguers. Next the president announced that the league had purchased two books on “World Friendship” to be read and studied by the leaguers who were to enter the essay contest which is now on. Miss Dorothy Lam beth, the leader for the evening, pre sented the lesson; -^ls it possible for nations to obey the Goldn Rule?” in a vry interesting way. She was as sisted by Mr. E. W. Avent, Jr., who read a sele'ction on the subject. After singing, “America, the Beautiful,” the meeting closed by repeating the Lord’s prayer. Moncure girls’ and boys’ basket ball teams went to Vass last Friday evening to play the girls’ and boys’ basket ball teams there. The score for the girls was 48 and 29 in favor of Moncure girls and the score for the boys was 27 and 14 in favor of Moncure boys. They were interest ing games. Moncure girls and boys have won every game they have played this season. They are to be congratulated. Moncure girls and boys teams will play Biscoe teams at Sanford next Friday evening. Mrs. Phoebe Womble and daugh ter, Miss Hetty, have returned from a visit to Meggetts, S. C., and Miami, Fla. They reported an en joyable trip. Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Hunt of Dunn were in town today on business. Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Ellington of Aulander were in town today in the interest of real estate. Mr. Alfred Lambeth, a student in Collegiate Institute, Mt. Pleasant, is spending this week with his mother, Mrs. Daisy Lambeth. Mrs. S. F. Maddox, who has been visiting her sister, Mrs. Sprower in New York City, has returned here to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Hackney. Mr. W. E. Holt of Tabor was in town a few r days last week on busi ness. Mr. W. W. Stedman sold him the stone place near Pittsboro. Mr. Holt will not move this year. Mr. Stedman has sold five farms in the last six weeks. Mrs. E. E. Lambeth has returned home after a week’s visit with rel atives at Fayetteville. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Allen of Albany, New York, were in town today on business. The Sons and Daughters of Liberty met Tuesday evening, November 19. Mr. Maynor, the state councilor, and several other visitors, were expected to be present at this meeting. Fredwik Bidwell Entertainers are planning to give an entertainment at the school auditorium Wednesday evening, November 20th. ■ -<§> Knight Store Robbed Thieves broke into the store of James Knight in Oakland township last Thursday night and stole quite a variety of goods of unestimated value, including cigarettes, smoking tobacco, candy, flour, shirts, overalls, shoes, meat, a gun, gun shells, and hosiery. Entrance was gained by breaking the locks, two of them, on the front door. A prize was apparently used in the “cathole” to break out the clutches into which the lock bars caught. There was no clue as to the perpe- I trators of the crime. *************** * * *Brown’s Chapel News* *************** Pastor Dailey preached his first sermon of the new conference year last Sunday. A good attendance marked the occasion. There were visitors from Durham, Carrboro, Burlington, and other communities. Many homes in the community were glad to have their friends with them after church services. Bright and early one morning last week the home of Mr. W. W. Lutter loh caught on fire upstairs. Much excitement was caused, but neigh bors arrived in time to put out the fire before serious damage was done. Sickness kept Mrs, E, J. Dark and some others from church last Sun day; while sick or troublesome cows kept others away. The editorial paragraph in the last Record indicated that the editor did not believe in horn-boring and tail splitting to cure sick cows, but while we do not wish to antagonize the scientists, yet this and other similar cases, some of them in my own herd, teach me that sometimes simple remedies will work for both man and beast when modern medical treat-- merit (Editorial Note: “O. J.” in “Shucks and Nubbins” says that the cow in CfilfsHon will be all right now unless “she loses her cud.”) Our assistant Sunday school super intendent, Mr. R. G. Perry, was on his job Sunday, in the absence of Siipt. C. H. Lutterloh, who along with his family had motored to Ral eigh to visit his sick mother in the home of his sister, Mrs. J. F. Smith. (That cow must really be getting well.—Ed.) Mrs. O. W. Mann has returned from a stay in Cary with her hus band’s sister, Mrs. L. E. Sturdivant. Little wheat has been sown in this section because of continuance of wet weather. However, considerable oats was planted before the later rains began and is making fine growth. H. F. Durham has decided to quit growing tobacco after two years of hard work and very little success and not to help longer raise the stuff that is harming so many people. As milk is a valuable food product, he may try producing that in some way, but would be glad if some way could be provided whereby the marketing of it could all be done during the week days. It could be done with the conveniences of this day and time. Os course milking has to be done, and none of us is perfect,- but we all should strive for nearer perfection each day. In our community we do not have any filling station that runs on Sunday, but in case one drives up out of gas or oil it is furnished. But in many places they stay open most of the day, claiming that they are helping somebody. The fact that one car driven six years has never had to have a drop of gas bought for it on Sunday proves that all car tanks hold enough to go to church or to see a neighbor or visit the sick, and that very few require the help of the filling stations which re main open all day Sundays, a prac tice which Rev. Mr. Long preached against at Pittsboro. $ LEGION AUXILIARY The American Legion Auxiliary met with Mrs. Clinton Bryan Tues day, November 12. The meeting opened with allegiance to the flag, and preamble to the constitution. The roll called, minutes of last meet ing were read and approved. A letter was read from Mrs. Bal lentine, telling of the Legion Auxili ary district meeting to be held in Fuquay Springs November 20. Mrs. J. C. Weeks and Mrs. W. Lee Farrell were elected delegates to go with Mrs. Clinton Bryan, president, to the district meeting. The following interesting articles were read: Greetings from Our Na tional President, Mrs. N. C. Shiver; Armistice Day, Mrs. Roscoe Farrell; A speech by R. L. McMillan on Armistice Day at N. C. State Col lege, Mrs. W. Lee Farrell; Monroe Watts Memorial to those who “went West” 11 years ago, Mrs. J. C. Weeks. Delicious refreshments were serv ed by the hostess. Mrs. W. Lee Far rell, Secy. S> NEW BUS LINE The Safety Transit Company has put on a bus from Lexington to Raleigh through Siler City and Pitts boro. The first round trip was to be made Wednesday. The bus to Ra leigh passes Pittsboro at 11:20 a. m., and the return to Lexington at 4:40 p. m. This bus line should be of great convenience to the people of the central part of the State. It is the shortest route from the west to Ra leigh. <§> Executive Committee Meeting The executive committee of the Sandy Creek Baptist Association will meet at the Wilrik Hotel in Sanford November 29, 1929, at 1:30 p. m., in their first meeting of the association year. This is to notify all parties who have business to bring before this committee to be ready to present lit. O. A. KELLER. Court to Organize , ! The First Monday Judge D. L. Bell informs the Rec ord that there will be no cases tried at the first session of the Recorder’s court on the first Monday in Decem ber. Organization will be effected that day and a week given Clerk of Court E. B. Hatch to arrange docket and records. An adjourned session will be held on the second Monday in December for the trial of cases. 900 Bushels of Corn County Home Farm Mr. J. W. Johnson of the County Home is a real farmer. It has been corn-shucking time at the home, and ,Mr. Johnson reports 180 barrels, or 900 bushels, of corn grown on 19 acres. This is close to 47 1-2 bushels to the acre, and approaches the goal set by the Record for every acre of land planted to corn in the county. When no acre of corn is planted in Chatham without a reasonable ex pectation of fifty bushels to the acre, all the corn needed will be grown and there will be an abundance of land left for pasturage and produc tion of fenge crops. ... Early corn In tne country is good and furnishes the one bright feature in farm life for 1929. $ Building Program To Help Business President Hoover, in view of the disturbances es business by the crash in the stock market and of the hard times prevailing in many sec tions, has proposed to increase the building program of the government in order to increase demand for ma terial and labor. It is proposed to increase the appropriation for gov ment buildings from $175,000,000 to $423,000,000. One of A1 Smith’s criticisms of the Republican regime was that the government was paying big rentals for public buildings while holding building lots already long paid for while hundreds of thousands of men were out of employment. One after another of the Smith pro posals will doubtless be adopted by the administration, thus proving that the campaign of a losing candidate is not always a total loss to the country. Practically all the conten tions of the Populist party have been yielded in essence, if not in the form sought by those pioneers of progres sive government. $ Zone Meeting of Methodist Women ' Mrs. Gates of Durham, president of the Missionary Conference of the North Carolina M. E. Conference, ad dressed the Chatham Zone meeting at the Bynum Methodist church, Sat urday, November 9. The remarks of Mrs. Gates were addressed specifically to the officers of auxiliaries, but were applicable to every member as well. She is a spiritual leader and an eloquent speaker. Mrs. M. T. Plyler, conference chairman of publicity, talked on the work in her field and told those pres ent how they could help her and how : they could use her office. Mrs. Junius Wrenn of Siler City, . chairman for the Fayetteville dis trict, urged the necessities of auxili aries sending in reports promptly. Mrs. A. E. Brown of Bynum and Mrs. Paul Farrar of Durham were elected president and secretary to succeed Mrs. W. P. Horton of Pitts boro and Miss Mary Alice Ferguson of Siler City. Other officers elected were: Study chairman, Mrs. Lydia Camp bell, Siler City; children’s work, Mrs. J. A. Dailey, Pittsboro; young peo ple’s work, Mrs. H. A. Bynum, Pitts boro; publicity chairman, Mrs. E. R. Hinton, Pittsboro. The Bynum society, with Mrs. Brown as president, made every one most welcome and served a delicious lunch for the group. The meeting accepted an invitation to meet with the Siler society next year. ® Unusual Pictures at The Pilot Theatre Patrons of the Pilot Theatre here are to be congratulated on the com ing here Monday, Tuesday and Wed nesday of the famous all-talking pic ture, “The Cocoanuts,” with the Marx Brothers and Oscar Shaw and Mary Eaton at their best. The pic ' ture comprises glorious jesting from | the world’s four funniest men, Zieg -1 field’s famous stars - making love, singing. Irving Berlin’s unforget table melodies! Ravishing choruses! Beautiful settings! Broadway’s $7.70 wow to entertain the pairons of the * Pilot Theatre. Come arunning, all 1 you Sanford, Siler City, Apex, and I Chatham county people in general, t iTo run three nights, Monday, Tues i [ day ar.d Wednesday, November 25, I I 26, 27. ; I This is high-class entertainment I 11 for anybody. Think of such a show for 40 cents! Subscribers at Every Postoffice and All R» F. D. Routes in Great County of Chatham VOLUME 52. NUMBER 10 FINISHING WORK ON FIELDS BUILDING Mcßane Drug Store Beautifully Furnished Now Open—Bar ber Shop With Handsome Modern Equipment Ready for Business. The finishing touches on the Fields building have been in progress the past week and by the time this article is read possibly the last touch will have been added. The ventilator and furnace have been placed. The fronts and interiors of the business rooms on the first floor are complete. The office rooms are ready for occupancy. , Mr. O. D. Mcßane, vpith & force, was busy f <?£ days, placing the handsome equipments for the Mcßane drug store in place, and the placing of goods began Monday. The store is open for business, an£ neater or more modernly equipped drug store is not to be found in all this section.: Thg iurniture was pre pared at the factory to fit the room, and it is a bang-up job. Also, the handsome barber shop equipments have been placed in the middle room and Messrs. O. A. Har mon and W. R. Oldham will be pre pared to serve you by the time this is read, it is presumed. You will have to see the completed building and the equipment of every part of it to realize its perfection. The third room has been occupied several weeks. ® Johnston Farmer Gets Four Bales on 3 Acres (From the Smithfield Herald) Although this has been a bad year to test any variety of cotton, Clyde Pleasant, son of R. M. Pleasant of Pleasant Grove township, has made an enviable record on a small plot planted last spring. In April, Mr. Pleasant measured off three acres of land and after careful preparation sowed it in Coker 884 strain No. 2 cotton seed. This fall he housed 2,034 pounds of lint cotton, or four bales averaging 508 V 2 pounds, from the three acres. This variety of cot ton produces 1 1/16 inch staple. Mr. Pleasant is a member of the Benson Pure Seed Association and as a member of this association his cotton was pooled in the North Car olina Cotton Growers Association, from which he expects to receive an extra bonus for his superior staple. Mr. Pleasant graduated from the Benson high school last spring and is now a student at State College, Raleigh. He took part in the essay contest sponsored by the North Caro lina Cotton Association last spring and won second high honors in the contest in Johnston county. $ Chatham Zone Meeting A most interesting and instructive meeting of the Chatham County zone of the Woman’s Missionary Auxiliary of the M. E. Church was held at Bynum on Saturday, November 10, wtih a splendid representation from all the auxiliaries in the zone. Mrs. W. P. Horton, of Pittsboro, retiring chairman, presided. We were very fortunate in having with us Mrs. A. M. Gates, conference chairman, Mrs. Junius Wren, district secretary and Mrs. M. T. Plyler, publicity chairman of Woman’s Missionary Work in North Carolina Conference. Most helpful talks were made by these women in their line of work. Mrs. A. E. Brown, wife of Rev. A. E. Brown, of th e Haw River cir cuit, was commended most highly on her work in the various societies on the circuit, having organized auxiliar ies at all the churches except ope and that society is to b a organized very soon. The following officers were elected for the year: chairman, Mrs. A. E. Brown; secretary, Mrs. Paul Farrar; Mission Study chairman, Mrs. Lydia Campbell; Young People’s Work, Mrs. Henry A. Bynum; Children’s Work, Mrs. J. A. Dailey; publicity chairman, Mrs> Edgar R. Hinton. Mrs. Edgar R. Hinton. —<§> Secretary of War James Good Dead James W. Good, secretary of war, died Monday afternoon in a hospital at Washington, result of blood poi soning following an operation for ap pendicitis last week. Mr. Good’s con dition was known to be critical when he went to the hospital and for sev eral days he had held on to life by sheer nerve. Eurial will be in the family plot at Cedar Rapids, lowa, tomorrow. Always before a high official’s body is cold speculation is rife as to his successor. The most likely candidate is Col. Pat Hurley of Oklahoma, as sistant secretary of war. Friends of Stuart W. Cramer of Charlotte are hopeful that he may land the ap pointment. 'There are others who think they would make good cabinet members. President Hoover will make the appointment in a few days.