>rwTTRUSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1930
Where Washington Worshiped
Christ church in Alexandria. Va.. where George Washington was a vestryman. In his
boy!•<'<« he attended the rural church at Pohick.
Superb Courage
of Washington
When Washington took command of
the New England troops besieging
tv.-inn tie assumed responsibility for
ii)i.;.. men under arms than he had
e\er seen before. The numbers were
embarrassing not only as a problem of
direction but as one of organization.
He owed his apimintinent to two
things, one the necessity of overcom
ing the colonial jealousies in New Eng
land and the other of bringing the
South definitely in with the North.
Principally for the second reason John
Adams opposed the appointment of
John Hancock as chief in command
and procured the appointment of Col
onel Washington.
Probably at no time wgijf tlffe?profes
sional soldier’s contempW&t untrained
citizens in arms, for bands,
militia, and an armed rabble greater
than it was before Uoncord and
Bunker Hill in New England, but the
attack on the hill taught respect for
the Colonials behind earthworks and
In entrenchments. However, it went
no farther than that.
In spite of the inherent defects of
the troop organization and supply the
New Englanders had done their work
welt. Their chief, Arteraas Ward, and
his associates. Heath. Knox, Arnold,
Stark, etc., may not have been skilled
soldiers, hut they were determined and
brave, and devotion never reached a
higher level of courage than it did in
such men as Warren and Prescott.
The 17.000 Colonial militiamen whom
Colonel Washington found about Bos
ton had taught the British profession
als two costly lessons. Distinguished
British generals with a competent
force were besieged and uncertain both
as to what to do and how to do it.
Knew British Weakness.
Several tilings dictated Washington’s
subsequent military course. First was
his own physical and moral courage.
That was his best military equipment.
It was unhesitating and unfaltering.
Second probably, was his experience
with British regular troops. He had
seen them lose their discipline under
terror. It was not a proper indictment
of Braddock’s regulars that they could
not fight the French and Indians as
the Virginia riflemen could fight them.
The disaster that they would not
obey orders. The third was his dis
trust of minute men. militia, and of
undisciplined .riflemen.
It is true that men of that type won
the principal American successes, as
at Oriskany, Bennington, Saratoga,
King’s Mountain, and Cowpens, but it
was Washington’s army which kept the
pressure on the British points of con
centration.
It was Washington’s distinctive char
acteristic that he would attack. That
duality was developed in him as if he
had the experience, the genius, and
the resources of any one of the great
funerals of history. He had two plans
t 0 throw the British out of Boston.
Both were vetoed by his council. Both
amazingly audacious. Both may
have been very foolish. One was to
attrnk across the ice if it became
solid enough to permit it. The other
Was to attack in rowboats. It is one
thing for an untrained general and an
untrained command to resist behind
'■"'o hut only a man with Washing
tons courage would have seriously
considered assaulting a fortified city
supported by a fleet and held by disci
plined troops
His Greatest Exploit.
1 hoii he attacked at Trenton his
ar,l *y hnd been shattered by its experi
om < s at Brooklyn Heights, by its nar
-'Cape from the easy-going Howe.
•" retreat across New Jersey, by
in battle, by desertions, and by
the defection of the surrounding coun
tryside.
H is true that something had to be
1 revive the expiring flame of
* Dl e. lean resolution and courage, but
Was an exploit of pure determi
ri t, heroism which took
r ;i::rHent a beaten army across
Delaware to risk an adventure
! n have meant the end.
1 ‘ h Howe moved out of New York
on the misguided campaign which took
Philadelphia at the sacrifice of Bur
goyne. Washington placed himself be
tween the British and the capital. He
was * defeated at Brandywine, but in
spite of that he later attacked at Ger
mantown and nearly won. It has been
said that his plan of action was too
good, that it required movements his
officers and men were unable to exe
cute. This attack was regarded as an- ,
other audacity proving that Washing- 1
ton did not know when he was licked j
and consequently could not be. The
battle of Germantown, although lost, j
had its part, along with Saratoga, in ,
convincing France that in supporting 1
the Americans it might pick or make
the winner.
Glorious Victories.
When Howe withdrew from Phila
delphia to return to New York, Wash
ington undertook, to harass and, if pos
sible. intercept the movement, and at
Monmouth he again attacked an enemy
which was not bunting trouble at that
time or place.
The taking of Stony Point by light
Infantry under General Wayne was au
example of military maneuver obvious
ly attractive to the character of Wash
ington as a soldier. It was without
powder, and the men who climbed the
bluffs in the night knew that the near
est officer would kill anyone who fired
a shot. They had nothing but their
bayonets. Again, at the taking of re
doubts No. 9 and No. 10 at Yorktown,
the French the one, the American light
infantry the other, there was no pow
der.
At every opportunity Washington
took the aggressive with courage and f
confidence which disregarded cautious !
consideration of what he had to hit j
and of what lie had to hit with. When j
he took command before Boston he
had many military lessons of general- i
ship to iearn from experience, but lie
did not have to acquire courage. That
was in his stout heart, and it was the
quality which made the Declaration of
Independence good.
SEEN AT TWILIGHT
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From whatever position it is viewed, or in
what light, the Washington monument is
noble in its simple magnificence.
First Birthday Celebration
George Washington’s birthday first
was celebrated as a patriotic holiday
at Newport, R. 1., in 1781, 18 years be
fore he died. Washington was present
at some of the most notable of the
early holiday occasions in honor of
his birthday.
He attended a gigantic patriotic ball
in his honor at Philadelphia on Febru
ary 22, 1792. His birthday was cele
brated each year from then on but
the greatest of all the celebrations
took place in New York in 1798.
Lenity will operate with greater force,
la some instances, than rigor. It Is
therefore my first wish to have my whole
conduct distinguished by it.—Washington. J
Washington’s Flag
The flag of General Washington’* i
bodyguard, which was lost in 1871 ,
and found about, two years ago, has I
been restored to its original condition
and is now displayed with other relics
of Washington in the local Masonic
temple in Alexandria, Va.
THE CHATHAM RECORD,_PITTSBORO, N.JC v
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j Old Aunt —You’ve been married for
six months; are you contented with
your lot?
Voung Wise —Oh, perfectly, auntie
—we’re going to build on it tills
spring.
WHAT STOPPED HIM?
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She —Don’t you dare kiss me —or
I I’ll slap your face.
He —Don’t think it’s fear stops me
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. GIRL SHOULD KNOW
She —I saw a hook advertised tell
ing what a girl should know before
marriage. What is it, do you suppose?
He —Maybe it’s a cook book.
MIGHT CUT ’EM OUT
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Wifie —1 think I’M cut my dresses
up a little farther.
Hubby (disgustedly) Why don't
you cut ’em out entirely and pose as
another Eve?
BEST PETTER
“You say she’s your best girl?”
“No. Necks best.”
PUZZLED
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Hen —1 wish I knew whether it
would be a boy,or girl before Igo
to the trouble to hatch it I
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To the Editor:
The foil in letter reed, from 1 of my
admirers in Brazil, Ind., exclaims it
self.
“Dear Sir, I been reading your let
ters in these cols, for a good many
mos, and find them very interesting
a specially the ietters advertising
that you was to start a school of
photo play writeing and in those let
ters you give your readers a good
many hints in regards to how photo
plays should be wrote as well as a
sample of a 5 reel photo drama. Now
no doubt they’s a great many peo
pie that considered thereself capable
of writeing photo plays but couldn’t
afford to take none of the high price
correspondents courses in same and
would of always remained a drug in
their office or somewheres had you
not of came to bat with your low
price school.
“Now what 1 ask is why won’t you
be as thoughtfull of the people that
wants to write short stories like you
was to the ones that wanted to write
for pictures. I have always feel like
I had a gift for writeing short fic
tions hut don’t know nothing about
technics, length of stories and etc
and couldn’t dig up the price witch
is demanded by the correspondents
schools for tuition and etc. it seems
to me like you are well qualified to
learn people the art of story write
ing even better than other kinds of
writeing because I once read a story
of yours in a magazine witch von
must of been rlie editor's brother in
law but still and all it was printed
and you probably got payed for same
witch is more .than you can say in
regards to your efforts at photo plays.
So will you he so kind and open U[
a coarse in short story writeing and
give us a ideur in these cols, what
the secrets and principals is that
makes a successful short story fic
tion writer and 1 am only 1 of thou
sands that will he interested and may
he subscribe to your school.”
The writer to the above is not the
only party that lias come to me with
requests along the same lines, and it
begins to look like 1 would be do
ing a public service was I to comply
with their requests along these lines
In the first place the average party
has got a magazine editor all wrong
witch they usually are. They'think
he is a man that will give every
body a square deal where as the most
of them lets their personal feelings
and tempermunt get the best of them.
The best rule for a new beginner
to follow is to Ist get a ideur for a
story and then forget the idear and go
ahead and write the story out or dic
tate it to somebody that lias got a
good hand writeing or better yet one
of these new fangle machines called
a typewriter that makes it look ail
most like print.
Then put a good suggestive title
-on the story like for inst. “Clara’s
Calves” and then give it to your
family to read, and if they say it
reads good why it must be good,
and the next question Is how to get
it before a magazine editor and get
a square deal.
But 1 of the biggest mistakes a
new beginner makes is to send re
turp stamps along with their manu
script as most of the editors is air
tight and the minute they see stamps
that somebody else has boughten why
they can't wait a minute till they
use them, and whist, back comes your
manuscript. I remember once before
I become a wise cracker that I sent
a stamped self address envelope along
with a good story I wrote and the
old skin flint shot it back at me pro
tern all because he couldn’t do nothing
else with a addressed envelope with
the stamps stuck to it and couldn’t
bear to see it wasted. Both my sisters
read the story I speak of and said it
was a pip, and I wished the old Shy
iock could of heard what they said
about him for sending it back.
Well then the only way to get a
square deal from a editor is to scrap
up a acquaintance with somebody that
is all ready in the writeing game and
the editor knows who he is and got
respects for him and then you have-:
this bind write a letter for you to
send along with the manuscript and
have him say in the letter that your
story is O. K. and the editor is a sap
if he don’t accept because you have
got a lot of friends that will stop
their subscription if that story comes
back.
So much for how to get a square
deal after your story is wrote. As for
the writeing itself a good many new
beginners falls down because they
try and vvirte their story without the
right atmosphere to work in.'l can’t
give no advise on this subject as dif
ferent authors demands different
working conditions. For inst. they say
Rupert H. Hughes can’t write a line
uniest the water is running in the
bathtub and Fannie Hurst won’t at
tempt to work without the room is
full of sardine cans where as when
the editor wants a story out of Mrs.
Rinehart they get somebody to stand
and snap a rubber bank at her neck.
Personly I never feel comfortable at (
my desk uniest they’s a dozen large j
'rats packed on my ft. These Inst. I
will give you a idear of how differ
ent • tempermunts affects different
writers but, as 1 say, each writer has
to choose for himself what temper
munt*to have and I might advise you
to try writeing in a public garage
where as you might do jour best work
setting in a eel trap.
((c) by the_BeU Syndicate, Inc.)
| Each Year More
Mothers Treat
Colds Externally
The Dangers of “Dosing” Colds Now
Avoided by Use of Modem
Vaporizing Ointment
When Vicks Vapoßub was intro
duced, mothers especially were
quick to appreciate it, because it is
just rubbed on and cannot upset
children’s delicate stomachs, as “dos
( ing” is so apt to do. Today, the whole
trend of modern medicine is away
I from needless “dosing.”
( As more and more mothers adopt
| ed this modem external treatment,
the fame of Vicks spread until today
it is the standby for colds—adults’
as well as children’s—in over 60
4 countries. 1
\ Just rubbed on throat and chest,
» Vicks acts through the skin like a
I plaster; and, at the same time its
i medicated vapors, released by the
body heat, are inhaled direct to the
inflamed air-passages, loosening the
phlegm and easing the difficult
breathing.
i Ever-increasing demand for this
better method of treating colds is
! shown in the familiar Vick slogan.-
Made famous when Vicks reached
“17 Million Jars Used Yearly”—
- later raised to “21 Million”—there
are now “Over 26 Million Jars Used
Yearly.”
i NOTICE
! NORTH CAROLINA
» CHATHAM COUNTY.
IN TKE SUPERIOR COURT.
F . LOTTIE HOLT
vs.
i EUGENE HOLT.
The defendant above named will
take notice that an action entitled
as above has been commenced in the
-1 Superior Court of Chatham County,
• North Carolina, for an absolute di
vorce on the ground of adultery;
I and the said defendant will further
take notice, that he is required to
appear before the Clerk of the Su
perior Court of Chatham County,
North Carolina, at his office in the
courthouse, thirty days after the 27th
day of Jahuary, 1930, and answer
or demur to the complaint in said
J action or the plaintiff will apply to
1 the court for the relief demand in
i said complaint.
This the 27th day of January,
1930.
E. B. HATCH,
i Clerk Superior Court.
, H. M. Jackson, Atty.
J jan3o 4t
' NOTICE OF MORTGAGE SALE
OF LAND
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Under and by virtue of the power
of sale contained in a certain mort
-1 gage deed made by I. N. Cox and
* wife, Connie Belle Cox, to the
undersigned mortgagee on the 15th
1 day of August, 1928, to secure a
- certain bond therein described and
I duly recorded in Book G U, page
I 33, Registry of Chatham County;
and pursuant to default in the pay
ment of the note thereby secured,
' I will sell at public auction to the
: last and highest bidder for cash at
the courthouse door' in Chatham
County, at Pittsboro, N. C., at 12
o’clock noon,
SATURDAY, 15, 1930,
the f ollowing tracts or * parcels of
land lying and being in the village
of Bennett, Bear Creek, Chatham
County, North Carolina, bounded
and described as follows:
FIRST LOT: Located and being
, on Vance Street and designated by
map and survey of said town of
Bennett as portion of lots numbers
two and four in section “D” and
beginning 100 feet from the inter
section of Liberty and Vance
Streets and running north with
Vance Street 100 feet to an alley;
thence north with said alley 200
feet to an alley; thence south 100
feet; thence 200 feet to the begin
ning, same being one-half of Block
Four (4) in setion “D.”
SECOND LOT: Beginning 100
feet from the intersection of Buf
fela Street and Vance Street, and
running south with Vance Street
100 feet to an alley; thence with
said alley wets 200 feet; thence
north 100 feet; thence east 200
feet to the beginning, same being
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taste of Castoria. And this pure
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’(The wrapper tells you just what
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When Baby’s cry warns of colic,
a few drops of Castoria has him
soothed, asleep again in a jiffy.
Nothing is more valuable in diar
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children’s diseases, use it to keep
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one-half of block Four (4) section
“D.”
First lot and Second lot, abo •)
described, together, comprise t 1 :
whole of Block Four (4) in S-3-> .
tion “D.”
THIRD LOT: Beginning at tb ?
intersection of Liberty and Van - ’a
Streets and running with Van •»
Street north 100 feet; thence w?
200 *feet- to an alley; thence with
said alley south 100 feet; to Lib
erty Street; thence with said Lib
erty Street east 200 feet to the
beginning.
FOURTH LOT: Beginning at the
intersection of Buffalo and Vance
Streets and running with Buffa'j
Street 200 feet (running west) to
an alley; thence south 100 feet;
thence east 200 feet to Vance
Street; thence with said street north
100 feet to the beginning.
Upon which property there is lo- .
cated a planing mill outfit, (New
man) complete, steam engines, dry
kiln, moulding machine, and all and
singularly machinery, equipment,
buildings, tools, belts, shafting and
paraphernalia, constituting said
.moulding and planing mill plant,
all of which is included in, and
passes with this conveyance.
This 11th day of February, 1930.
H. C. CAMERON, Mortgagee.
Gavin, Teague & Byerly, Attys.
Sanford, N. C.
feb2o 27 mch 6 13
DRAMATICS
“Your tour was not a great, suc
cess, then?” said a friend to an
unsuccessful stage manager.
“It was not,” admitted the stage
manager. “When we played tragedy *,
the box-office receipts were a farce,
and when we played farce they
were a tragedy!”—Chicago Daily
News.
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DEMOTED
“Come, come, my man! You’ve
been looking around here for a
■ long time without buying. What do
you want?”
“Guess I want another floor
walker,” replied the old gentlemen.
“I’m the new owner,” Boston
Transcript.
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COSTLY PROPOSITION
Mrs. Tapp: “I’ve noticed that the
farmers always have a man for a
scarcecrow.”
Mr. Tapp:: “That’s because they
couldn’t afford to dress a woman
scarcecrow.”—Answers. .
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; Many a man is all right in his way,
but unfortunately it happens to be
the wrong way.
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store; the genuine always bears
Chas. H. Fletcher’s signature.
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