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PROCEEDINGS W
RECORDER’S COURT
Cases Disposed of After Tues
day Noon Court Recon
venes Next Monday, Dec. 23.
The following cases were disposed
,f in recorder’s court after the re-
MU-t published in last week’s Record:
C ev Sdnson submits to charge
driving car under influence of
!huior; six months on roads.
Capiases were ordered for Coble
Lane J. A. Jones, James Nettles, Ed
Rives, Jack Gates.
The cases against the following
i feyidants were continued uu Jan
:;u'V term:
;1 H. Brown, Wade McPherson,
X’ x Vickery, Charlie Williams,
riV-trlev Johnson, Simon Scurlock,
r'ld Herbert Farrar, Phil Alston, Hob
C -n, Hob Lea. James Morton, El-
T ep, .John Robert Hammock, J.
" ''TeGar f y, Colon Moore, June
RrewW Robert Headen, C. P. Alston,
G-rrett Badders, Robert Palmer, Wil
• • and Flora Ann Harris, Jesse
p Clyne Hub.bard, Jim Mason.
\V. B. Marley, three months on
~v l V a nd costs, sentence to begin
December 21. Bond of $750.
Nathan Vestal, not guilty of driv
ng' car while drunk, but guilty of
reckless driving. Costs and $25 to be
naid to J. R. Elkins as compensation
for cow.
Xath Dorsett, costs on charge ot
disturbing religious worship.
Sonnie Curls, possession of liquor,
$25 fine.
Percy Glover, carrying concealed
weapon, SSO and costs.
G. R. Tingen, possession of liquor,
$lO and costs.
Alex McNeale, stealing turkeys,
hired out to Robert Goodwin for 9
months and payment of costs and
$13.50 to Frank Knight, owner of
the turkeys.
Billie Dunn, receiving stolen goods,
4 months; appeal to superior court.
R. D. Dunn and Coloness Dunn,
larceny, plead guilty. Judgment sus
pended in case of Coloness Dunn;
GO days on roads, but sentence sus
pended on payment of half costs and
bond for appearance to show good
behavior at February, May, Septem
ber and December terms.
Coloness and Billie Dunn, stealing,
Coloness 6 months on roads; judg
ment suspended upon payment of
half, costs and giving S2OO bond for
1 good behavior. Billie Dunn three
’ months; judgment suspended upon
some conditions.
Wilson Headen, disorderly conduct,
3 months on roads; judgment sus
pended upon payment of costs and
bond for good behavior.
Tom Ramsey, drunk in public
place, costs.
•J. L. Evans, not guilty of driving
car while drunk.
Ed Rives, resisting officer; costs.
Young Prince, guilty of possession
of liquor, 12 months on roads; judg
ment suspended upon payment of
costs and bond of SSOO for good be
havior, including handling or drink
ing liquor.
Lenning Mashburn, driving car
while drunk, SSO and costs, S3OO
bond for good behavior.
Tom Wilson, drunk in public place,
$lO and costs.
Dewey Cheek, assault, 12 months
on roads. Judgment suspended on
condition upon payment of costs and
payment of $lO a month to Mrs. Sina
Green for 12 months. Bond for S3OO.
Thomas Bass, driving car while
drunk; six months on roads.
Court will reconvene next Monday,
December 23.
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FRANCE TO PAY UNITED
STATES $4,025,000,000
The agreement by which France
to settle her debts to the United
B‘ates by the payment of $4,025,-
000,000 in the course of 62 years
w as approved by the House last
J' ursday, by a vote of 239 to 100.
This;, according to one opponent of
ti e measure, cuts the liabilities of
1 ranee down 52 per cent. France
approved the agreement by a
-of only eight majority, and it
srated by Congressman Crisp
■ naT it was either this or nothing. It
Y is contended that France is no
| 'nger poor; that it maintains the
! - 'i'ost army in the world and should
P y. The way the payments are ar- j
•iy< 1 it will amount to little more,
any, than the interest on the debt
the seventy years from the end
Cl the war.
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SANFORD STORES OPEN
AT NIGHT TILL THE 25th
1 Sanford Merchants Assoc'a
notifies the public that the Son
ores will be open each evening
ote at night till Christmas. This
'■ -' : t 3 t possible for Chatham folk
' e shopping trips after supper.
' jHT A WHITE ’POSSUM
• omble, son of Mr. J. W.
•o, reports catching a white
a week or two ago. The
; .s been given to the state j
n. Harvey states that he is
f l that this is the second al
-1 ' a be captured in the State.
ihe Chatham Record
Auto License Plates i
Are Sold in Sanford
It is stated that there will be no 1
extension of the time for securing :
auto license plates after January 1, !
and this time the law is there to re
strain the license officials from allow
ing the extension. Accordingly, it is
buy your plate or not ride. License
plates may be secured at the Robert
Burns filling station in west Sanford,
or in any of a number of other
towns. Sanford is the most conveni
ent point for Chatham folk. Simply
carry the card received from head
quarters in Raleigh and the cash and
the license is readily obtainable.
There will be a notary at the Burns
place of business to do any notarial
work that- might be needed in the
application for license.
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A Former Citizen
of Chatham Dead
John R. Hatch of Swansboro died
last Wednesday morning. He was in
the 68th year of his age. He was
borne one mile ast of Pittsboro and
was the youngest of six brothers, the
son of R. J. Hatch and Celia Hatch.
He has two sisters living, Mrs. Thos.
F. Petty of Ramseur and Mrs. H. L.
Coble of Pleasant Garden. He is sur
vived by a son Clyde Hatch of Dil
lon, S. C., and a daughter, Mrs. Wal
ter Freeman of Morehead City. He
lived in Morehead City with his
daughter for som itime prior to his
death, but a few-nronths ago decided
that he wanted to go in business in
Swansboro, and was conducting a
business there at the time of his
death. After going to Morehead City
he joined the M. E. church and seem
ed to be interested in the Sunday
school and every enterprise of the
church. His funeral services were
conducted by his pastor and his body
borne to the tomb by members of his
Bible Class.
■ Many were the floral offerings
which were given by members of his
Sunday school class, and carried by
them in the last sad rites performed
at his grave. A FRIEND —C.
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* Bear Creek News *
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Robert M. Marsh has moved from
the C. G. Sharpe place to the Dink
Marsh place, on Siler City, route 3.
W. M. Moody has moved from the
D. H. Johnson place to the place va
cated by Marsh. Mr. Maner’s has
moved from* near Siler City to the
D. H. Johnson place. R. B. Johnson
has moved from the C. G.?— Sharpe
home place to the A. H. Oldham place
on route one Cumnoch. J. B. Bright
comes from the W. H. Burke place
to the Sharpe place.
Mrs. E. J. Moore and daughter,
Earnestine, of Siler City, were week
end visitors in the home of G. B.
Emerson.
G. B. Emerson has opened *up a
store in the new building recently
built on the highway. The name is
Acme Service Station.
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Hoover Acts Wisely
with Communist Kids
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A bunch of youngsters calling
themselves “Communists” paraded in
front of the White House Saturday
and were arrested on the technical
charge of parading without a permit
and locked up. As soon as President
Hoover heard about it he asked their
immediate release, declaring that
they ought to be sent home to their
parents. The president did not care
to give them the impetus of a show
of martyrdom. It might have been
better still if their parade, had just
been ignored by the officers.
Senate Approves Cut
of $160,000,000 Taxes
The senate Saturday by a vote of
63 to 14 approved the resolution al
ready passed by the house, cutting
the income taxes for 1929 by about
$160,000,000. Only two Democrats
voted against the cut —Blease and
Wheeler. Terms of the bill cut one
per cent from all income taxes; that
is, the man who has been paying four
per cent will pay three, the man who
has paid ten will pay nine, etc. This
makes the reduction relatively great
er for the small taxpayer and is about
what the Democratic leaders have
been fighting for for several years.
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Southerner Leaves
DePriest Committee
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Representative Miles ALgood of
Alabama was a member of the con
gressional committee on enroileu
bills. Oscar DePriest, negro congress
man, was named on tnat committee
last week and the Alabama immedi
ately announced his resignation. He
declared that he would not serve on
a committee with the negro. Repre-
J sentative Bayard Clark of North Cai
| olina was also appointed on the .com
mittee, and is expected to resign
later. He was out of Washington
over the week-end.
PITTSBORO, N. C., CHATHAM COUNTY, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1929.
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i * Moncure News
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! Miss Lucy Boone, the efficient
music teacher of Moncure school
spent last week-end with her parents
at Burlington.
Mrs. S. F. Maddox is assisting in
the bank this week in Miss Mary
Blond’s place who is at home with
the mumps. We are glad to state
that Miss Blond is getting on nicely.
Hope she will soon be well again.
The play entitled “When a Fellow
Needs- a Friend,” that was to be
given at the school auditorium last
Friday evening by the high school
students of Moncure school was post
poned until next Friday evening, De
cember 20. It is a three act comedy,
good and interesting. Everybody
come. Admission 20c and 30c.
The funds will go for the benefit
of athletic association. Mr. E. W.
Avent, Jr., is the director of the
play.
Messrs. G. M. Womble, W. W.
Stedman, A. B. Clegg, J. V. Luxton,
McKinley Thrift, and others went to
Raleigh Monday to see a demonstra
tion of dusting cotton to kill the boll
weevil.
Mr. and Mrs. W. Giede of
Harrisburg, Pa., will reach here one
day this week to spend the Christmas
holidays in “The Cabin.”
The Epworth League met last Sun
day evening at 6:30 o’clock. The
president, Miss Camelia Stedman, was
absent on account of having the
mumps. Miss Dorothy Lambeth called
the meeting to order and presided.
Miss Lambeth also was leader for the
evening. She made some very inter
esting remarks on the subject, “What
is the Mission of the Church?” Misses
Lois Wilkie, Louise Petty and Nellie
Womble read some very appropriate
selections on the subject. During the
program Christmas songs were sung
by the large crowd of young people
who were present, the accompani
ments of which were played by Miss
Louise Petty. The last was a splen
did and interesting lecture by Mr.
E. W. Avent, Jr., on the mission
study book, “New Paths for Old Pur
poses.” Then the meeting was turned
into a business meeting when Miss
Catherine Thomas announced a party
for the leaguers which will be held
in the Junior Hall next Saturday
evening at 7:30 o’clock. All the
leaguers are expected to be present
and bring a friend with them. Games
will be played and refreshments will
be served. The members of the Ep
worth League and members of the
Methodist Sunday school will give a
Christmas program at the Methodist
church next Sunday evening, Decem
ber 22nd, at 7:30 o’clock. The name
of the pageant that is to be given
is “Adoration,” which means “Come
and Let Us Worship Him.” The choir
will sing some Christmas choruses.
Miss Lucy Boone is the director of
the choir and pageant. Everyone is
cordially invited to attend.
The members of the Baptist Sun
day school will have a Christmas
tree at the Baptist church, the night
of December 26th.
Prof. H. G. Self that that Mon
cure high school will close its fall
term Friday, December 20th. The
spring term will open January 2nd.
Interesting activities of this week
are the final examinations followed
by a school Christmas tree Friday
afternoon at 1 o’clock. At 7:30 Fri
day evening members of the athletic
clubs will present a play in the school
auditorium. The play is entitled,
“When a Fellow Needs a Friend.”
The admission will be 20c for child
ren and 30c for adults. It requires
an enormous amount of work on the
part of characters and directors to
present a play of this type and it
is hoped that patrons and friends of
the school will show their apprecia
tion by attending. Come, bring the
whole family and enjoy an evening
of good, clean entertainment. The
boys’ quartet will sing some special
selections between the acts of the
play.
Several from Moncure have been
attending the movies at Pittsboro the
past week.
There is much Christmas shopping
being done these days. Everybody
feeling Christmas,
COUNTY JAIL INMATES
APPRECIATE MISS HILL
The following letter is copied from
the Leaksville News, in whose baili
wick Miss Lillie Hill, one of Pitts
boro’s poble women, is a missionary
worker:
“Wentworth, N. C., Nov. 29.
Miss Lillie Hill.
Dear Sister:
I want to thank you for your re
membrance on Thanksgiving Day.
Had it not been for your service
rendered, we wouldn’t have had any
! notice that there is a Christian in
! stitution of any kind in Rockingham
! county. They all passed by on toe
! other side, while your group of work
-1 ers picked us up and it was effective
: and will be long remembered. I bid
j you godspeed in all your future ef
i I am giving the voice of the
prisoners in Rockingham county jail.
1 remain,
Yours for Christ,
(REV.) S. D. QUARLES.”
! But statistics prove that there are
more killings in Chicago streets than
i in Wall Street.
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* Brown’s Chapel News*
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The son of Mr. Will Mann, who
lives near Mebane, with his family,
spent Sunday with his sister, Mrs.
P. A. Thomas, and was a welcome
visitor at our preaching services.
Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Marshall have
just moved into their new’ home. Old
Santa will have to look around to
locate all the boys and girls in their
new homes.
The Christmas entertainment will
be on Christmas eve, December 24.
Everybody invited.
Mr. C. H. Lutterloh says it is no
joke about the boll weevil but an
actual fact. Hie cow is still holding
her cud, but her hag has busted.
Mr. Z. L. Djark says that all the
turkeys that were sold at the car
last week came from up highway 93.
He says that he had one culled but
because her breastbone was so crook
ed that the flesb could not be carved
off.
Wheat sowing has advanced and
cotton picking also, but hog killing
weather has disappeared. We are
hard to please.
Below is a note found under the
plate of H. F. Durham Sunday morn
ing, December, at breakfast:
“Many thanks for the beautiful
Christmas present given to the fam
ily yesterday morniftg. appreci
ate it very much and are sure we
shall enjoy it many years. Wishing
you a merry Christmas and a happy
new year. (Signed): Catherine,
Junius, Jerome.”
It w r as a Chevrolet six, as a trade
was almost a necessity. Please par
don the above, but happily it may
create a greater feeling of appreci
ation among both children and
parents.
Mr. Floyd of Detroit very kindly
remembered his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. T. Mann, in sending them a
handsome Atwater-Kent radio. They
are enjoying it very much.
Messrs. A. P. Dark and W. K.
Mann, our new ushers and collectors
at the church, have greatly improved
their style of waiting upon the con
gregation.
Pastor Dailey’s family was out
with him Sunday and they brought
with them Mr. Blackwood and family
of Greensboro, the former a brother
of Mrs. M. T. Lindsey- They were
dinner guests in the Lindsey home.
-Mr. Lacy Herdon and others of
Pittsboro and Mr. C. L. Durham and
family from near Mt. Olive were
visitors at the home of Mr. W. K.
Mann.
Worth Thinking About. l
New year approaches and the fol
lowing thoughts gleaned from a
booklet sent out by the North Caro
lina State Creamery at Burlington
are worth thinking about:
“It is not always easy
To apologize,
To begin over,
To take advice, /
To be unselfish,
To admit error,
To face a sneer,
To be charitable,
To be considerate,
To avoid mistakes,
To endure success,
To keep on trying,
To be broad-minded,
To forgive and forget,
To profit by mistakes,
To think and then act,
To keep out of the rut,
To make the best of little,
To shoulder deserved blame,
To maintain a high standard,
To recognize the silver lin>ng,
But it always pays.
Attorney General Will
Prosecute Wiggins Case
Governor Gardner has asked At
torney General Brummitt to aid So
licitor Carpenter of Gastonia in
prosecuting the cases against four
teen men indicted for the murder of
Mrs. Elk May Wiggins. The fourteen
men were held by Judge McElroy as
a committing magistrate, but the bills
have not been sent to the Gaston
grand jury. Judge McElroy request
ed that they be held out until a new
grand jury is constituted January I.
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Press Association
to Meet January 15
The mid-winter meeting of the
North Carolina Press Association and
the annual newsnaner institute will
be held at Chanel Hill January 15, 16
and 17. The University has sent out
neatly engraved invitations to al l
newspaper folk in the state to attend
this-institute. The mid-winter meet
ings are devoted almost exclusively
to study of editorial and publishing
problems, while the summer meeting
is more recreational in nature.
N. AND O. COMMENDS
SHERIFF BRASWELL
The News and Observer’s leading
editorial paragraph Saturday is as
follows: “The Richmond county sher
iff sets a good example to other of
i fieials. Last week he and his party
i captured a still and three white men
operating in'full blast/ 1 ' *
Wilmington Has An
Outlet to the West
The whole state has been interest-'
ed in the opening of the bridges
across the Cape Fear and the North
east rivers just above their junction
above Wilmington. A bridge across
the united stream would have afford
ed much greater convenience to the
people in Brunswick county to the
south of the city, but the interfer
ence of shipping would have been
much greater, and probably the cost
of one bridge greater than that of
the two. As one stands upon the
docks he can clearly see Point Peter,
the angle between the dark stream
of the Northeast and the red stream
of the Cape Fear, and the opening
of these bridges will make familiar
to thousands of tourists that “pint”
approach to which for two hundred
years spelled the* end of wearisome
journeys with rafts of turpentine,
tar, and timber. Bladen, Sampson,
Duplin, and Pender people fifty to a
hundred year ago knew Point Peter,
but the newer generations of those
counties are, like the majority of the
people of the state, strangers to it,
though the A. C. L. and S. A. L.
trains cross the triangle between the
rivers, but further from the point,
we assume. A 25-cent toll will be
charged for a car crossing the
bridges. Until now crossing was by
means of a ferry across the united
stream, but already the county com
missioners have taken off one of the
two ferry boats.
The cost of the two bridges was
nearly a million and a quarter dollars.
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W. A. Headen Dies
at Siler City Home
Siler City, Dec. 17.—W. A. Head
en, 55, died at his home here Mon
day night at 9:45 after an illness of
several months. Mr. Headen had
■ made his home here for the past 25
years, being connected with the
Gregson-Dorsett Wholesale Company.
He was one of a prominent Chat
ham county family and one of the
most highly re§pected citizens of this
community. He was a member of
the local Baptist church, the Ma
! sonic order and the Eastern Star.
Surviving are two sons, Welford
, Headen and William Headen, of Siler
City; two sisters, Mrs. Lizzie Dark,
■ of near Pittsboro, and Miss Inez
Headen, of Siler City.
Funeral services will be conducted
from the home by Rev. J. C. Canipe,
Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock.
Interment will be made at Oakwood
cemetery. The Masonic order will
have charge of the service at the
grave. Pallbearers will be J. Wade
Siler, Wade Barber, M. M. Bridges,
Wade H. Hadley, John Lane and C.
B. Thomas. —Greensboro News.
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Bynum School News
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P. T. A. of Bynum met in the
school building Thursday evening,
December 5, with a good attendance.
A very interesting Thanksgiving pro
gram was given by the grades. The
president, Rev. A. E. Brown, presided
over the meeting and gave a beauti
ful talk on home training for the pre
school child. The first six years of a
child’s life has much to do in de
termining the future of the individ
ual. It is pitiful to know that few
parents seem t orealize^this.
The first grade won the prize for
having the most parents present. We
are making an appeal, to the -parents
to show interest in their children by
co-operating with us. There is much
work that can be done by the P. T. A.
We are sending an original pc\em
> by a fifth grade boy, Frank Harris,
aiso other original verses.
“THE RAIN”
(Second Grade Pupil)
It rains, and rains all day,
And we can not go out to play. -
The drops are falling all around,
They are covering all the ground.
SANTA COMES
(James Gails, Second Grade)
OM Santa comes at nierht
When the moon is shining bright
CHRISTMAS BELLS
i (Allen Young, Second Grade)
When the bells ring all around
That’s when my little red sled comes
down.
THANKSGIVING DAY
(By Frank Harris, Fifth Grade)
Every year we have a Thanksgiving
Day,
To give thanks and to pray;
But this year there is not much
! To be thankful for, they sav.
I \
i The weevil gotJdie cotton;
The beetle got the beans;
’ But there should be something
, To be thankful for, it seems.
’ I’m thankful that I’m alive;
Thankful for my health,
And I think that more to be
Thankful for than stacks of wealth.
I’m thankful that Hoover’s
Term of years are just four,
' And I pray my country and my God
5 That there will never be more.
- So let’s be thankful, just as thankfpl
r As under ti e. circumstances we can,
l Recalling the sorrows abroad
And the Happiness in our land.
Subscribers at Every
Postoffice and All R.
F. D. Routes in Great
County of Chatham
VOLUME 52, “NUMBER 14
i TAYLOR TELLS TALE
j OF STORE ROBBERY
Horton Taylor, Arrested for
Participation in the Robbery
of Poe and Moore’s Store,
Makes Clean Breast.
Julius Alston was released and
Horton Taylor placed in jail for a
share in the robbery of Poe and
Moore’s store last week. The woman,
Flora Scurlock, in whose barn eight
sacks of sugar were found, is out on
bond. |
The story is now clearly known.
Jack and Henry Alston seem to have
been the wise guys, while Horton
Taylor, earlier inspired to do so, or
of his own initiative, had spied out
the land. Horton, a few nights be
fore the robbery, after making a
number of small purchases and visit
ing all parts of the store, was dis
covered looking in at the window
which was later broken, but made
excuse for his being out at the. rear
of the store. When the robbery had
been effected, suspicion was directed
to him. But he had decided to visit
his aunt in Raleigh and had boarded
the noon train at a crossing below
Pittsboro, and at Moncure bought his
ticket to Raleigh.
Deputy Fred Nooe, accompanied
by Mr. Moore and Mr. Andrews, went
down to Raleigh to secure Taylor
Wednesday night and had no diffi
culty in locating him, and he felt no
hesitancy in telling all about it. Tay
lor said he met the two Alstons, Jack
and Henry, on the street and they
found the other boys, Claud Williams
and Floyd Harris, and the Alstons
told them to go down and get in and
put the stuff out on the platform
and then notify them and they would
bring the cars. Taylor said he was
the man that went in through the
window. He then opened the door
to the loading platform on the op
posite side of the store and the
others came in and they piled about
25 bags of sugar on the platform,
and he watched it while the two boys
went up town to notify the Alstons.
They brought two Ford cars. The
first was loaded and Horton left with
it. Eight bags of this was put in the
Scurlock barn and two or three were
left in the car. These were, assumed
' ly, the two sacks found at the
Alstons’ home, one in a car and one
in a barn. The rest of the pile of
sugar was loaded on the other car,
but there was so much of the sugar
that some of it had to be carried
on the running boards.
This load was carried, according
to Taylor, out in the Alston neigh
borhood and unloaded in the woods.
Taylor showed the officers the place,
but the sugar was gone, but signs
left to indicate that Taylor had told
the truth. At this writing that sugar
has not been found. It must amount
to 14 or 15 sacks.
All have agreed in clearing Julius
Alston of anv share in the robbery.
He claimed that he had loaned one
of his brothers his car, but that he
did not know it was to be used in
carrying stolen sugar. Taylor says
that no feed was taken at all. The
merchants thought three sacks at
least were gone, but they could easily
have been mistaken.
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GRUNDY AT LAST HAS
A SEAT IN THE SENATE
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Pennsylvania has a full
representation in the senate. For
three years the battle against allow
ing Vare to have the seat to which
he was alleged to have been elected
by fraud and the too liberal use of
money had waged, but last week the
senate definitely denied him the seat,
•and Governor Fisher appointed Mr.
Grundy, the gentleman whose plain
talking so enlivened the senate ses
sions a few weeks ago during the
tariff or lobbying investigations, to
the vacant seat. An attempt was
made, led by Senator Nye, to prevent
his becoming senator, on the ground
of being particeps criminis in the
election fraud so long rampant in
Pennsylvania. But after three hours
of discussion, the new senator was
seated.
COTTON-GIN INGS
The reports of cotton ginnings Itt
the state indicate that only 13 coun
ties -have ginned as much up to De
cember 1 this year as to the same
last year. Nine of these counties lies
in the western part of the state, with
Cleveland heading the state and with
considerably more ginned than last
year. Sampson and Robeson are the
two chief eastern counties that show
an improvement over last year.
Chatham had ginned 3,188 bales
against 5,440 last year, and it is to
be remembered that last year’s crop
was short at least a third. Chatham
will probably reach 4,000 bales, when
a good crop would have made 12,000
. bales.
NORTH CAROLINA NAVY
MAN GETS PROMOTION
Chaplain Julian E. Yates, a North
li Carolinian, has been named by Presi
, dent Hoover as chief of the chaplains
in the United States navy with the
rank of colonel. , »