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ESTABLISHED SEPTEMBER 19, 1878.
entwistle MILL I
BUYS ROBERDELS
Stockholders of Roberdel Mffe.
Co., Sells Physical Prop
erty to Entwistle
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(From The Post-Dispatch)
One of the most important deals,
. transfers, made in this section in
manv years took place Wednesday
when the stockholders of the Rober-
V Mfg. Co., sold the property of the
c .mpanv, consisting of two large
mills, to tfie Entwistle Mfg.
so.
The deal was consummated at a
[.roe meeting of the stockholders
Wednesday. The best offer made
f r the property was from the En
tivistle Mfg. Co., that company,
through its spokesman, William Har
ry Entwistle, offering par for the
, ,ek and assume all indebtedness.
T: ; offer was accepted. It means
t v, a t the Roberdel stockholders will
!ret SIOO cash for each share of
stock, or be given the privilege of
taking 7 per cent preferred stock in
the Entwistle Mfg. Co.
The Roberdel Mfg. Co., was or
ganized back in 1882. Mill No. 1
was completed in 18S3, and along
.bout 1902 another minn was built,
known as Mill No. 2. At intervals
additions were made to the mills,
until at the present time the two
Roberdel mills have 1116 looms and
32.000 spindles. Entwistle mill has
1300 looms and 53,760 spindles. The
Roberdel mills are listed for taxation
at $891,868, and Entwistle at sl,-
006.378.
The acquisition now by the En
twistle mill of the two Roberdel
Mills gives the Entwistle Mfg. Co.,
a total of 2416 looms and 85,760
spindles.
The President of the . Entwistle
Mfg. Co., is Mr. William Entwistle,
one of the pioneer mill men of this
section and one of the ablest in the
country. The Secretary-Treasurer is
his son, Mr. George P. Entwistle, and
the General Manager is his grandson,
Mr. William Harry Entwistle.
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Recipe for a Very
Happy New Year
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The following recipe for a Happy
New Year is furnished by J. L. Bank
head. Hamlet Chevrolet dealer. Bank
head says he knows it will work, be
cause he has seen it tried:
“Take twelve fine, full-grown
months, see that these are thoroughly
free from all memories of bitterness,
rancor, hate, and jealousy; cleanse
them completely from every clinging
spite; pick off all specks of pettiness
and littleness; in short, see that these
months are freed from all the past—
have them as fresh and clean as when
they first came from the great store
house of Time.
“Cut these months into thirty or
thirty-one equal parts. This batch
will keep for just one year. Do not
attempt to make up the whole batch
at one time (so many persons spoil
the entire lot in this way), but pre
pare one day at a time, as follows:
“Into each day put 12 parts of
faith, eleven of patience, ten of
courage (some people omit this in
gredient and so spoil the flavor of
the rest), eight of hope, seven of
fidelity, six of liberality, five of kind-1
ress, four of rest (leaving this out
i? like leaving the oil out of the
salad—don’t do it), three of prayer,
two of meditation, and one well-se
lected resolution. If you have no
conscientious scruples, put in about
3 teaspoonful of good spirits, a dash
°* fun, a pinch of folly, a sprinkling
°f play, and a heaping cupful of good
humor.
“Pour into the whole love ad lib
itum. and mix with a vim. Cook thor
oughly in a fervent heat; garnish
wi:.i a few smiles and a sprig of
J°.v; then serve with quietness, un
selfishness and cheerfulness, and a
H I PP.v New Year is a certainity.”
CAROLINA CADILLAC
COMPANY CLOSES DOWN
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The Carolina Cadillac Company, of
inston-Salem, one of the biggest
automobile firms in the state, filed a
antary petition in bankruptcy in
federal court last Friday. According
0 the schedule filled out the company
/as assets of more than $100,000.00
! n ex cess of liabilities, but continuing
losses made operation impractical.
! y urged off. Increasing number of
of cars during the past
f gnteen months and falling off of
niMness is given as the reason far
nrm quitting.
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COVERING ON PEACH
INSTITUTE COMMITTEE
| ! to pressure ot other matters
-upn Page of Aberdeen has resign
yy.; a member of the executive com
u ee of the Carolinas Peach Insti-
and Robert S. Lovering of Jack
‘'? n _ priugs has been named in his
r " 3 ’ 'l ac "k H. Davis of Clinton, S.
Was - as t week added to the com
: e-. completing the South Caro
hna membership.
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The Chatham Record
the
Christmas
j L UJi IliumL.<&Lston
iij/fnri ' THE Christmas city ev-
M erybody called him Uncle
■v&y I Kriss. None of the young
| people knew that lie had
any other name. But ev
erybody knew that Christ
mas would not be Christ
// 'I mas if Uncle Kriss did
not direct the festivities.
Uncle Kriss was neither rich nor
poor. He had no family of his own.
Nature fashioned him on the pattern
of Santa Claus. He was never happier
than when planning' a happy Christ
mas for the town —the town which
came to be called the Christmas city.
Long before Christmas Uncle Kriss
would go day after day with the boys
and girls into the hills to gather ever
greens and red berries for wreaths.
A truck was sent to haul them to
town. Then for a full week every
body worked mak
ing Christmas , .
wreaths. A big P
bow of red crepe I jj ;jpj
paper was fastened I j^jLJLj|
to the bottom' of |OLjOJ :
each wreath.
On the day be- ; __±s
fore Christmas =•=#'
there was a Christ- 'f/fa
mas wreath in the ""|j
front window of 1 SI
every home, rich ——l
o r poo r. Tli e
Christmas city . -As jM
looked to be, as 1
it really was, the Bh|
home of Santa iRIH
Claus. There was jf "f|
always a big tree 'I *
erected in the
street downtown and decorated with
colored lights, cotton and tinsel. A
small tree was sent to every home in
town where there was a child.* “Give
the people plenty of Christmas,” Uncle
Kriss used to say, and they will need
no police nor jail. The town had a
small jail but only once in ten years
had there been anybody in it on
Christmas day, and then there was a
Christmas wreath in the little window
behind the iron bars.
On Christmas morning Uncle Kriss
formed the men into a company of
gfiod fellows and sent them from home
to home among the poor to see that
no child was missed and no one was
cold or hungry on Christmas day, in
the Christinas city.
((c). 1929, Western Newspaper Union.)
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MR. PERRY’S BIRTHDAY
While the editor was down feasting
at the Governor’s ansion in the oc
casion so his birthday last Thursday
evening, Mr. B. A. Perry, who has
the same birthday, but is only 52
years old, was being given a surprise
by Mrs. Perry with a birthday sup
per. Guests present were Mr. and
Mrs. Orren Rives and Mr. H. A.
Bynum.
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DEATH OF MRS JONES
Mrs. Loula Jones, who for many
months has been an invalid, died at
the home of her nieces, Mesdames
Pauline and Emily Taylor, last Friday
night. The burial was at New Bern
Sunday, beside her husband, who is
buried in that city.
Mrs. Jones was a most estimable
lady and had many friends in Pitts
boro and other parts of the state
who regret her passing.
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LEE COUNTY BOY SECURES
94.4 BUS. CORN PER ACRE
Walker Thomas, a twelve-year-old
boy of Jonesboro, according to the
Sanford Express, made a yield of
94.4 bushels of corn on his club acre.
Allowing ten dollars for the rent of
the land, 20 cents an hour for his
own and hired labor and ten cents an
hour for the use of a horse, $3.00
for each load of barnyard manure,
and deducting the value of more than
two tons of stover, he estimates the
cost of the corn per bushel at 26.5
cents. There is hardly any question
that the land is in better condition
than it was before the crop was
grown.
The way to make corn is to make
it. No acre of corn should be planted
in Chatham county next year without
the reasonable expectation of making
fifty bushels to the acre, unless it is
upon land where • there is risk of
flooding and the use of fertilizer in
sufficient quantities would increase
unduly the risk of loss. But there is
plenty of land in Chatham above
flood water levels, and on these it is
easier and safer to make 50 busnels
to the acre than 15 bushels. At the
latter rate one must have o 3 1-3
acres of land to make a hundred bar
rels of corn and do three and a third
times as much plowing, and more
hoe work, for the ranker the crop
the fewer weeds.
PITTSBORO, N. C., CHATHAM COUNTY, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1929
more rror-
that c-cntercd the /Y'VA /f / 0/\ (\ \ . \
i^stianffalHvbboULa"Chjld'. J* l%hOn sLv**/\\
Little children, with theim laugh ter // *//// A
and/4£ars, their joys andl tiieir sodn-fer-^/ Jy/yZ*
ins till cits oLatljinankjnd,)“f£r 1 L
such isThe I
the family, and the family I
the true spirit of '
ce of Christ
maT^%^?tcr?vsrycrevic€ ? f /U//
lif&, but-ofily about v. jy '
die family hearths tor e know tne i
fulLglow ofjjs effulgent warmtii |Vjr j
i ATgjJE.instinct / | J.
spoLthe^souUwhich Lrz^V it
family together and ifi/y
come again as y -j I \/// *
Then the aWdoft- j)/1 j/UlmTc \ 'lk /lm'/( </s
ened; the cares jlf Jl! Wf/
upon the family circle/. V : /ill //( L*
chair may have its occupant/©! pfit spirit, anjd of V J /jf M
a vamshed hand” may be fejk Night oyPeace.
the real Vision of iSClofet to farhm see it)
family circle the symbol of greater the Family of •
Mankind —and to catch in this/seasoni-of goodWlfl on earth sW
glimpse of the Larger Brotherhood. Sldwly, for nekrlwtwo thousand
years, that Vision has fortrL^Although(frotn tkfie to time\
eclipsed, it invariably <&&r of war and l
hatred, a little brighter, a little nearer, a little more
the call of sudden disaster or spectacular suffering jp Jfieard^ gene'rous. (
hearts in every land respond. And in millions of liSheraHed,
mercy is not strained and charity spreads^ts protecting geflt 1 y
as falls the dew from summer I
has ordained Christmas that once a year the harmonies of
may fall on ears unsealed by selfishness, on hearts mirac-
softened from the hardness of the daily grind, that in that *
hour of peace may come a clearer vision of the Brotherhood of Man.
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PROSPERITY AND THE EVIL
ENCHANTMENT
At the wonderful “iive-at-home” dinner served
Thursday evening at the Governor’s Mansion, not a reg
ular speech was made, but the following article from
Gardner’s hand, or head and heart, printed on the menu,
served to carry the all-sufficient message to the editors
of the State, and through them to the great hosts of
their readers. It follows. Digest it as well as the editors
present digested the great variety of home-grown viands
that greeted thm on that festal' ocasion and it will do
you.
PROSPERITY AND THE EVIL ENCHANTMENT
North Carolina’s supreme problem today is the pro
ri”^ + ion of elementary necessities. The millions sent out
of the State annually for the purchase of food and feed
stuff which might easily be produced at home represents
nn extravagance and a loss which must shortly, unless
immediate and far-reaching remedial action is taken, re
sult in economic disaster.
This is potentially one of the richest agricultural
regions in the entire world. There is no reason, other
tHan onr owri deliberate disregard of familiar economic
laws, why it should not be a land blossoming in pros
peritv and with the gaunt spectres of undernourishment
and hunger unheard of. What is there that we need that
we can not nroduce at home? Is there anv evil enchant
ment unou North Carolina’s rich acres that would prevent
the growth of corn, wheat, potatoes, beans, apples, hay,
„ and the great secondary crops of cattle, hogs, and poul
try ?
Thp only evil enchantment I know of is that of the
po-raUed “™onev crons.” Deserting the green oasis of
diversified farming, our people have followed the mirage
n f Vt m rQ nrofits cotton and tobacco into a trackless
desert of uncertaintv and gloom and instead of the antici
pated profits, they have harvested deficits and, in a tragic
of instances, actual undernourishment and want
have resulted.
This dinner, p-iven chiefly in honor of the members
of the North Carolina Press Association because of their
£reat power to shape and mould public opinion, drama
tizes a single remedy for serious situation. Let North
Carolina produce its elemental food necessities and pros
perity and plentv will not be long in returning. For the
process is cumulative in its operation and the more corn,
hogs, cattle and poultry we raise, the more will our cotton
and bring. In this wav—and in this wav onlv —can thev
be once more converted from “hunger” into “money”
crops and substantial and enduring prosperity assured.
O. MAX GARDNER,
• Governor.
AjTSnN THE east of a cloudless
M sky shone a bright star as
p||ij I a beacon, over the town.
I Groups of town folk hur
—sPTvgz* rying in its direction ap
peared as the wise men
w * lo followed the star of
Every one would be attending the
Christmas entertainment given, at the
church, so no need to keep his fruit
shop open, decided Matt Hughes, as
he joined the happy joyous throng
bound in that direction.
From where he sat he could plainly
see the star, and he fell to dreaming
of another Christmas when that same
star shone as brightly as now, but
instead of the snow-clad hills of New
England there was the wide expanse
of the California desert. Across that
desert toward the star rode a lone
horseman, a song on his lips and a
smile on his face. From his saddle
hung several packages in the bright
holiday wrappings.
As he jirew near a cabin the song
changed to a shout of greeting which
died to a low exclamation of surprise
as he saw there was no welcoming
light. After searching in the dark
he had struck a light, and then had
come the discovery of the written
message. It was the same old story
—unaccustomed to the desert the
confronting one trying to
conquer it had proved too big. How
ard James, the playmate of his child
hood, college friend and later neigh
bor out here in the West, proved now
to be the real love of Dolly Hughes
instead of Matt.
One day the name James Howard
was spoken in his presence; the sim
ilarity in the name of his former
friend caused him to locate the man.
Then he learned that Dolly had not
survived long after reaching there.
Matt Silently Extended His Gift.
With a curse on his lips the husband
left, and although the two had lived
in the same village for several years,
they had never spoken to each other;
but Matt had never revealed the
identity of the other man.
Words of the program mingled with
his dream, such as “The Glory of the
Lord shone ’round” and “They brought
Him gifts” and the words of the min
ister at parting—“ Little children love
one another.”
An idea which formed quickly in his
mind crystallized into action and Matt
found himself hurrying first to his 1
shop and then to a little home in the
other part of town. Entering the
presence of his once while friend,
Matt silently extended his gift.
“Matt!” the word was half a ques
tion and half an exclamation. The ;
one addressed placed his offering in ,
the other man’s hands. 1
“Howard,” he said, “I have brought
a token of forgiveness.” As he saw 1
what the basket contained Howard -
clasped the gift more tightly.
“A basket of California grapes!”
he cried over and over. “Just what
I have longed for.”
“Why it’s only a basket of grapes,”
stammered Matt
“No,” Howard after a moment re
plied in a choked voice, “it’s much
more than that; it’s an answer to
prayer.”
“Well,” Matt said as he turned to
go, “I’m glad that you like them.”
At the door he turned and extended
his hand.
“Merry Christmas, Howard,” he
said.
The other grasped the outstretched
hand —“Merry Christmas Matt, and
Cod bless you.” Anu the next mo
ment the bearer of the gift was out
under the stars.
(©. 1929, Western Newspaper Union.)
Subscribers at Every
Postoffice and All R.
F. D. Routes in Great
County of Chatham
VOLUME NTTMRER 15
19 GIANT RAILROAD
SYSTEMS PROPOSED
I. C. C. Plan Would Make
Great Changes; Seaboard
May Oppose Merger
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Consolidation of steam railroads
into 19 competing' units that would
radically re-shape the nation’s trans
portation map was outlined by the
interstate commerce commission Sat
urday in its long expected unification
program drawn by direction of con
gress. Two of these systems would
be in New England, five in the east
outside of New England, three in the
south and nine in the west.
This plan w r ould hook up the Sea
board with the Norfolk & Western
and other roads built around the
Wabash as the key road for the unit,
and would make an incongruous rail
system extending from St. Louis to
Philadelphia and Baltimore, and
thence down the coast to Miami and
back west to Birmingham. A num
ber of the big systems are expected
to oppose the plan, and the Seaboard
is almost sure to join them. The
report drew immediate protest from
western senators and Democratic
leaders in congress because it pro
vides for no trans-continental route,
connecting the Pacific and the Atlan
tic seaboards.
The Southern Railway and the
Atlantic Coast Line would be left
practically as at present, with added
mileage to their control, v It is in
the Seaboard hook-up that most in
terest in this section centers. Under
the commission’s plan this system
would be one of the longest in track
mileage and the most ill-shaped big
rail system in the world. The lines
allotted to this system include the
following:
Wabash-Seaboard System
Wabash, Lehigh Valley, Wheeling
and Lake Erie, Pittsburgh and West
Virginia, Western Maryland, Akron,
Canton and Youngstown, Toledo,
Peoria and Western, the Ann Arbor,
Chesapeake and Ohio of Indiana, the
New Jersey, Indiana and Illinois, the
Manistique and Lake Superior, the
Norfolk and Western, the
Air Line, the Toledo and
Ironton (one-half undivided inter
est), the Chaffee; the East Berlin, the
Emmitsburgh; the Susquehannah and
New York, the Williamsport and
Noi'th Branch, the Chesapeake West
ern, the Valley River, the Big Sandy
and Cumberland, Franklin and Pitts
ylvania, Marion and Rye Valley, the
Virginia Southern, Cumberland and
Pennsylvania (undivided one-third
interest,) the Aberdeen and Rockfish;
the Bennettsville and Cheraw, the
Birmingham and Southeastern, the
Buffalos, Union Carolina, the Cape
Fear, the Cliffside, the Carolina-and
Northeastern, Durham and Southern,
the Edgemoor and Manetta; the
Piedmont and Northern, the Georgia,
the Southwestern and Gulf, the
Greenville and Northern, the High
Point, Thomasville and Denton, the
Lawndale railway, the Macon, Dublin
and Savannah, the Maxton, Alma and
Southbound, the St. Louis and Han
nibal, the Mpore Central, the St.
Mary’s, the Atlantic and Yadkin, the
Townesville, the Virginia Southern,
the Warrenton, the Mcßay Terminal,
the Tampa Northern, half interest in
the Winston-Salem Southbound; and,
half interest in some other lines.
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McDowell Deputies
Freed by Verdict
Eight deputies of McDowell coun
ty, on trial last week at Burnsville
for the death of six textile strikers
in the rioting at Marion, October 2,
were declared not guilty by the
Yancey county jury. The jury de
liberated on the case for 22 hours.
The verdict was anticipated over the
state, news reports of the trial in
dicating that the defendants had
made out a good self defense plea.
The eight men tried were Webb
Fender, Robert Ward, Charles Tate,
Taylor Greene, William Twiggs,
•James Owens, Broadus Robbins and
Dave Jarrett. They were indicted on
a second degree murder charge.
Ju-age G. V. Cowper completed his
charge to the jury at 11:20 Friday
morning and the verdict was render
ed at 9:30 Saturday. One of the
jurors is reported to have said that
the jury stood ten to two for acquit
tal the night before, the two who held
out for conviction being won over
after a night’s sleep.
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Banker of Charlotte
Admits Embezzlement
H. L. Davenport, vice president of
the Ameircan Trust Company of
Charlotte, one of the biggest ba'nks
m this section, was. arrested Satur
day on a charge of misappropriating
548.000 of the bank’s funds. He ad
mitted his guilt. The shortage in his
accounts was discovered Wednesday,
and 7 s said to have occurred in con
nection with the recent stock market
crash. Davenport was bonded for
more than SIOO,OOO and the bank will
suffer no loss, unless a final check
up shows the amount taken to be
much more than now seems likely.