A p iper with a Prestige 0 f a Half Century. A County, Not a Com manity Paper ESTABLISHED S jMBER 19, 1878. BEATS T 1 iARIFF AT r M GAME Mr ~ e Shows *he Farmer Wins by Marketing Right Rather Than by Pro ducing More. -—« editor Record: T bought four sheep once for «10 00 $2.50 apiece. I clipped 5J i_2 pounds of wool from them. T took it to John Johnson, who me only 16 cents a pound L. jr He said the tariff was off * U I asked him what he sold hitrimr at ’ and he . sa! i st ' s ? a pound. This was under Howard Taft’* administration. I told him I did not belong to that crowd that had two tariffs for wool I had mv wool carded into rolls m ,{ sold it at SI.OO a pound—the verv same wool. Then I killed five heep for the association, which met at Love’s Creek —big. heavy ones, which at 25 cents a pound brought §sg" Then I sheared the wool from the five hides and from the four lamps and got sixteen pounds more ;VO ol I had this wool woven into leans. It made 20 yards, worth §ls_ i still had four fine lamps left. My twenty pounds of rolls sold for S2O; my mutton, SSB; the j ea ns was worth sls; tallow and hide? sold for a dollar. I thus got $95 from the flock of four sheep, at a cost of s2l, including cost of sheeping. carding, weaving, and 10 bushels of cotton seed fed them. Exclusive of cost of pasturage, I bad $73 net, and four lambs, worth, not ten dollars, but forty dollars. Asain. I killed a young cow and sent her to Currie and sold the beef for S7O. I A’as offered $1.60 for the hide. I think the tariff was wrong somewhere. I had it tanned on halves. From my half I got a pair of lines for a two-horse wagon, a pair for buggy; two leather back bands, all of which would have cost me SB.OO at the stores, and had enough leather left to be worth the $1.60. I don’t want to vote for anyone to go to the legislature who cannot make 100 bushels of corn on one acre. S. P. TEAGUE. CHATHAM CHURCH NEWS —» — We are glad to say the victims, of the school bus wreck are recovering and able to be back at school. The young people’s Sunday school class; under the leadership of Mr. C. €, Hall, have postponed their reg ular class meeting until next Sunday evening at 2 o’clock. The Epworth League will have its meeting im mediately after the class meeting. The class will reorganize and we hope it will be able to continue in the g&od work it has been carrying on. We were very glad to have Miss Kathryne Knight back, also to see the visitors she brought to church last Sunday. Mr. Archie Ward is very ill, also his youngest child. The church will extend its sympathy to the family by a “pounding”, which will take place Wednesday night. Every one in the community is invited. Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Herndon were Sunday visitors at Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Welch’s. One of Chatham church’s friends, j>h\ Roy Carroll, who recently left home to work with Rev. B. L. Gup ton. was back to see home folks Sunday. Mr. James Carroll, of Alamance county, was over to see his girl •Sunday. Mr. Tommie Murdock was a Satur day night caller of Miss Hazel 1 nomas. ® MR. B. A. COX DEAD Mr. B. A. Cox of Haw River town ■'•"•ip died at his home last Sunday after a longering illness of , Vko . ve ars. His condition had been - getting worse for a week or . He was about 70 years of age. He a ' es “is wife, who before marriage / as Miss Cordelia Harmon, and four 7 ns ? n( l one -daughter. The sons are p; nn , !< :’ °f Wake county, Thomas, yn, New York, Walter of ookiyn also, and Raymond at home. daughter is Mrs. D. M. Riddle 0i fcaniord. o, J l .® burial was at Gum Springs ha i f oburch, of which church he T' h ,? n £ been a member, Tuesday, bv v Ua l l ’ a * serv * ce was conducted NVvP P as tor, Rev. C. H. ’ of Cary. C° x was a native of Moore for . as Mved in Chatham All ?Jf artei i °f a century. th e tuner | C k* I( k* eri were present for *— * ANNOUNCEMENT daL^r re^y , annouilce myself a candi to tta ° r State Senate, subject to h* u a< v! 0n Democratic primary ne ld m June. W. P. HORTON to \a!^ a . ys when truth is crushed tion. for an investiga The Chatham Record ! JURY LIST —— F°r Term of Court for Trial of I Civil Cases, Beginning March 3 j The following names were drawn for jury service for the two weeks of court for the trial of civil cases: First week: J. M. Lemmons, J. H. I Hackney, J. M. Mclver, J. R. Gard ner, R. R. Seagroves, Walter Far nell, A. B. Wicker, O. H. Williams, C. R. Neal, N. J. Wilson, W. H. Overacre, W. Z. Crews, Joe A. Johnson, R. L. Ward, A. J. Mann, J. G. Clark, E. E. Clark, W. D. McDaniel, F. C. Justice, C. B. Thomas. Second week: W. H. Garner, J. B. Powers, J. A. Woody, H. J. Stedman, L. K. Smith, W. E. Han cock, J. T. White, E. A. Thompson, S. W. Harrington, Barney Phillips, J. M. Woody, W. T. Herndon, E. H. Harris, Alex E. Cockman, Otho R. Mann, T. S. Harris, C. E. Paschal. Judge Small of Elizabeth City is scheduled to preside. $ Leaves Begin to Stir In Political Forest There is a stirring of the leaves in the political forest. The ques tion of a change in the court house officers naturally interests the occu pants who have been there for sev eral terms. But no boisterous de mand has been heard for the change. In fact, at a called meeting of the democratic executive committee of th county in Chairman Horton’s of fice Monday, 90 per cent of the committee seemed to be in favor of the retention of the old officers, though this is not at all necessarily significant of the sentiment of the masses of the voters. But the great trouble for any de siring a change is to find competent men willing and well enough known to the people to present in oppo sition. The man who has to intro duce himself to the people within a few months has an uphill business, unless the people are determined upon a change and adopt the first worthy candidate who offers. It was decided to have another meeting the first Monday in March. In the meantime, the sentiment of the people is to be consulted as to whether a change in officials is desired, the object being, it is to be hoped, the desire to secure the change, if demanded, without a con test of the old officials, they pre sumably being willing to retire from the race if the opposition seems strong enough to justify their voluntary retirement. The Record has heard of no sug gested candidate for any court house office except for that of sheriff, Mr. E. R. Hinton has been reported as a possible candidate for that position. Attorney W. P. Horton is again announcing himself as a candidate for the senate. The editor of the Chatham Record has been consider ing offering himself for the House, feeling that he might be able to secure some relief for the over burdne-d taxpayers through the cut ting of xpenses and not merely transferring the load to other shoul ders, or at least to prevent the piling up of larger burdens. $ STATE VICE COUNCILLOR VISITS ALA-CHAT COUNCIL —<* — The Ala-Chat council of the Sons and daughter of Liberty met in reg ular session Feb. 8, at 7:30 p. m. Mr. Tom Parker, of Durham, state vice councillor, was present and de livered a splendid address. Our dis trict deputy, Mr. Carl Clapp, and a dozen or more members of Purity Council, Burlington, were also with us, and each one of them gave us some helpful thought. We were glad to have them. After the regular business was transacted, the council was at ease and refreshments were served. I want to urge all our members to be at the next meeting as a special program is being prepared. PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATION MEETS —# — An interesting meeting of the. as sociation was held on Friday evening, February 7, with Mrs. Shannonhouse presiding. The grade mothers spoke enthu siastically of the sale of soup and hot chocolate at the noon hour for the past four weeks. All seemed to feel that this new feature of P. T. A. activities was filling a long felt need. Miss Wrenn gave a talk on Foun der’s Day. . .... Mr. Waters spoke in high terms of praise of the boys from this school, attending higher institutions of learn ing in the State. Mrs. Victor Johnson announced that a prize of SIO.OO had been of fere to all pupils in the schools ot North Carolina for the best essay on “The Jefferson Davis Highway. James Cordon, the son of our ef ficient leader, t> won the Legion prize OTI grade count, the 10th grade again won the dollar. , . The treasurer was instructed to send $25 to the Burlington Music Company for payment on piano. PITTSBORO, N. C., CHATHAM COUNTY, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1930. ! SCHOOL PROBLEMS OF THIS NEW ERA Principal Waters Interestingly Discusses the Problems of the School in an Era of Universal Education. The tendency in the educational world today is very democratic. The idea of an equal opportunity for every boy and girl to acquire an education possesses the mind of ev ery one. We believe in the .educa tion of all to the extent that children are transported in trucks from the rural districts to villages and towns. Our present ideas of education did not spring up over night. They have been formed by a gradual process of evolution through a pe riod of several hundred years. Yes, we are far from our former ideas of thinking that only the rich and well-to-do should enjoy the blessings derived through knowledge. No intelligent man would tell us that we are wrong in our efforts to make educational opportunities equal to all. Ignorance is the great est curse the human race has ever known. It is through ignorance that most of our ills arise. It is very evident, to those who are in a position to know, that our present views and practices have added considerably to the problems of school officials. Such vast changes in educational pratifces will neces sarily bring new problems. It is even more necessary that we adjust ourselves to these problems than to the new ideas or practices. Th Pittsboro school is confronted with the problem of maintaining a high academic standard. There is a great influx of pupils from all over the school district. The ex periences of the children have not been equal. Their educational ad vantages have been varied. So the Pittsboro school has been made a dumping ground. We are asked to take this conglomeration of pupils, with varied experiences and capaci ties, and create a standard that will measure up to those schools that have passed through this educational readjustment. We know that this problem of maintaining a high standard is not characteristic only of Pittsboro, but is a situation common to high schools over the entire State. In proof of PLEASE TURN TO PA&E EIGHT JAMES CORDON WINS Last Friday afternoon on oratori cal contest sponsored by the Amer ican Legion was held at the school house. Students of the different schools throughout the county were allowed to compete for a five-dollar gold piece as a prize. The winner in this contest is to represent the district in a contst to be held at Franklinton, some time soon. The students taking part were to write their speeches on “Our Flag.” The judges, Professor Nance of Bonlee, Professor Vesay of Goldston, and Mr. Phillips of Bonlee, decided that James Cordon be awarded the prize, and he will represent this county in the district contest. Archie Ellis of the Siler City school competed with James for the prize. t.herdecided * PRIZE OF SIO.OO OFFERED ♦ —- The attention of the school children of Chatham is called to the offer of Mrs. Alex Cooper of Henderson, who will give a prize of ten dollars to the pupil who writes the best essay, on “The Jefferson Davis Highway,” with special mention to North Carolina’s section. If interested please com municate with Mrs. Victor Johnson of Pittsboro, director of the Seventh District, U. D. C., for further infor mation. The essays are to_ be sent to Mrs. Glenn Long, Newton, N. C., by September 1, 1930. They will then be judged and the prize awarded at the state convention U. D. C. in Raleigh, on October Bth, 1930. MRS. JOHN ANDERSON. Chairman Jefferson Davis Highway. ■ RECENT MARRIAGES Among the number of marriage licenses sold by Register of Deeds Poe recently were license for Wm. R. Neal, of Rockingham county, and Miss Dorothy I. Gteen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Green of Hickory Mountain township; Er win Lester Routh of Bennett and Ida May Peace, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Peace of Bennett; Charles T. Hill, of Bennett, Rt. 2, and Rosa Maie Scott of the same route, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. B. F. Scott. CHAMPION HUNTER - Mr. H. J. Cross of Corinth is claiming to be the champion hunter of the county, the Record is in formed. Out of twenty shots he has killed 14 partridges, 4 turkeys and one hawk. Ip addition, he has caught 16 foxes. If any one can beat that record report to Mr. Cross. THE CHATHAM RECORD. PITTSBORO. M. C. SALVAGE SALES CO. BUYS HALL STORES C. C. Hall Sells Out to United Salvage Sales Company— Mr. I. Schuster to Be in Charge. Mr. C. C. Hall Tuesday afternoon sold his stores here to the United Salvage Sales Company, and the new owners are taking charge im mediately. The store is closed for inventory. The new owner is a corporation with stores at Burlington and points in Virginia. Mr. I. Schuster will be in charge at Pittsboro. He will add ready-to-wear for men and women. The Record welcomes the new company to Pittsboro and assures Mr. Schuster of th% heartiest co operation in bringing the 15,0000 to 20,000 people within 40 minutes ride to Pittsboro as their trade. And that number does not include the people of the towns of Chapel Hill, Sanford, and Siler City. Residence Is Burned Late Tuesday Night —@ — The residence belonging to Mr. R. E. Lanius and until a year or so ago occupied by him but for the last -year by Mr. D. B. White, was burned Tuesday night. The White family had moved out Tuesday and no one was in the house. It was considerably after midnight when it burned and few were aware of the fire. Mr. Newton Moore woke up when it was in full flame and he said that he saw only two cars go up there. The fire truck was not called at all. The residence was in the upper end of town, somewhat remote from the more thickly settled parts. Mr. W. H. Burke of Goldston lost a good residence in a similar way a few weeks ago, it beiug burned the night after the tenants had moved, and Mr. O. M. Poe tells of another being burned she same way It, would be well for owners of houses to visit them immediately after tenants have got out. This was a good building and made a big fire. .i.. i....... i Afcfe - - ♦»•***♦ f ♦ * ♦ * • 'Brown’s Chapel News* *************** Our young people’s league met Sun day afternoon for the first time since the reorganization, but there were so few of those on the program pres ent that it was decided better to have the meeting immediately after Sun day school on the second and fourth Sundays. Those prepared for their parts and were Misses Allene Dark, Margaret Durham, and Eliza beth Lutterloh. President Junius Durham and Secretary Estelle Dark were on their seats. Last week was marked by a num ber of birthday celebrations. Three ladies, all having their birthday on the fifth, Mrs. Emma Dark, her daughter Mrs. Emma Perry, and Mrs. Mary Mixon, met at Mrs. Mixon’s and enjoyed a good dinner. Mrs. Nell Dark, whose birthday fell on the 9th was expected to be present, but was prevented by the illness of her little girl. The mothers’ class, as we call it, seem to believe in being neighborly to each other. Mrs. J. T. Wright, about the oldest member of the class, also had a birthday last week, and she brought and distributed to the members a nice box of various kinds of candy made by her daughter, Miss Pauline of Carrboro, and brought to her mother as she came to spend the week-end at home. Misses Charlotte and Jessie, who now spend the week at Pittsboro, were also home. Miss Elizabeth Mann of the Cedar Grove community spent the week-end with her cousin,s Misses Elizabeth Lutterloh and Catherine Durham, and was, as the other young ladies, a wel come visitor out at Sunday school. Mrs. W. C. Henderson spent the week-end with friends in Durham. We are sorry to report the illness of little Emma Dell Dark. Mr. I. E. Crutchfield had the mis fortune to get his ribs hurt again. This is the third time. As Mrs. Crutchfield, too, is not well, it is kind of hard for them, as they are in. the dairy business. Mr. Jess Johnson has been quite unwell with the flu. Mr 3. A. E. Lutterloh and others of the connection are expecting to be with Mr. and Mrs. G. G. Lutterloh next Sunday for dinner. Mrs. Lizzie Dark is suffering from rheumatism and does not get out often. Messrs. Robert Hatcher, Duke, Floyd Siler and other enjoyed the day last Friday, hunting with Messrs. T. C. Perry and E. A. Thompson. Next Sunday is Pastor Daijey’s regular appointment. Come out and hear him. Robbers Visit Three Towns in One Night Robbers, presumably the same bunch, operated at Bonlee, Siler City, and Franklinville, the latter in Randolph county, last Thursday night. At Bonlee the store contain ing the postoffice was broken and several dollars taken from the post office. The stamps were locked away in a safe. A few goods from the hardware stock were also taken, but the haul was not satisfactory. A trial at a store in Siler City also proved unprofitable. But at Frank linville a thousand dollar haul was made from the mill store. At this writing there has been no report of capture or clues. * The Pilot Theatre Right Up To Date From a good letter from Mrs. Fred Jerome, Shreveport, La., we copy the following tribute to the Pilot Theatre, of Pittsboro: “I’ve just read your article in last week’s Record about the splen did little theatre in Pittsboro. I do hope it will succeed, as it is some thing to be proud of—even in a town much larger than Pittsboro. Last week the picture “The Love Doctor” was here at Shreveport. But I had seen and enjoyed the same picture in Pittsboro in De cember, and I see that “Sunny Side Up” is coming there soon. That is playing at the Strand this week—the wonderful miilion-dollar theatre here. So you see our folks are not gutting out-of-date pictures. Con sider that Shreveport has a popula tion of nearly 100,000.” — Cotton growers are beginning to realize that control of the boll is a regular part of the rou tine in growing cotton and that to continue growing the crop at a profit, provision must be made for this work. “We are receiving hundreds of requests from all parts of the cot ton growing section asking for defi nite information about the boll weevil,” says C. H. Brannon, exten sion entomologist at State College. “Manufacturers of dusting machin ery and calcium arsenate tell us that they are receiving orders and indica tions are. that a number of dusting outfits Will be sold throughout Hie State this season. Those who buy these expensive implements keep in mind one important fact. Ducting must be dqne exactly right or no results will be obtained. Mr. Brannon says that in most farm operations there is no exact way of doing things. One must use his own judgement within certain limits about how he shall plow, cultivate, apply fertilizers or har vest; but, when it comes to poison ing the boll weevil by dusting, there is only one way and growers should not jump into weevil con trol without being adequately equipped and fully informed. Much money has been wasted in the past because poisoning has not been done right. Yet the methods have been standardized since 1917 and are both practical and efficient. There are a number of North Carolina cotton growers who have poisoned successfully and have pro duced good crops of cotton despite ravages by the weevil. Mr. Bran non offers to send detailed infor mation about how this is done to any grower who will write him for the information. ® Pittsboro P.-T. A. Serves Lunch to School Children The Pittsboro P.-T. A. is sponsor ing a lunch room in the Pittsboro school. Mrs. Cordon, our president, started the lunch idea for the pur pose of caring for the undernour ished children. Upon investigation, it was found that many children, for some reason or other, did not have lunch. In o/der to remedy this handicap to the child a campaign was started by the teachers to get every child to bring milk to school. In addition to that the P.-T. A. agreed to sell hot soup to the chil dren at three cents for a cup of soup and three crackers. Naturally, there are those who are unable to purchase it at any price and they are taken care of by different in dividuals and organizations. The health department of the- Woman’s Club is furnishing soup to a great number of children who are not able to buy. The school highly pleased with this new activity of the interested members of the P. T. A. From one hundred to two hundred and fifty pupils are fed every day. More milk is being brought to school by the pupils than in the past. The good of this interest on the part of the P.-T. A. can not be measured. Stronger bodies and minds, are being built. i The school appreciates the co operation and work of all those who ; are making possible the grpwth of the school. PAGE THREE