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« V WISHED SEPTEMBER 19, 1878.
Se king Salt in
[ jiaaCoanty
q ea : Industrial Interest
Co-ccrned with Finding a
5 -''’v cf Salt in This State
Geologists Employed
Y, T v:ll note an
v ‘iC.y issue of The-’ Record, in
' persons in this section of
t. 'S' ■ are. asked . to- report any
s of salt.|ri., this connec-
V' t‘ Record had a very pleas
c;.il Tuesday from Prof. Stuck
.wU'essor of geology at State
■ ev. accompanied by one of his 1
... ’J- . Prof. Stuckey has been
! \v Dr. state geologist,
; :-.r. investigation of the pos
s salts being found in the
} \i v section, and while the
t ’;s* not hopeful of a su'C
;.v .-sue of the research, he
here is justification for
evidence comes from
• an by State Geologist
ISo6. He it was who
•h. tro Deen River Coal
f/j ani he watched the sinking of
f shaft analyzing the ma
i ; :'-v‘ various strata. He
r -si ;11 the Deep river section
-V away • .over in Moore county
he Cape Fear. He it was also
v. - determined that in the triassic
a lake extended from the
peh v ' orhood of Carthage, on to
:;e east of Pittsboro, and t the
east of Chapel Hill. The coal fields
are a consequence .of the existence
of that lake, -ahcl it is “ in' the old .
lake area that there is ; possi
bility of .finding .saline* deposits.
Amnions discovered on what lie
terms the “Reiver place,” without
distinctioff between ' two 'Melver
place:- noted. :«’ii his -7nap, iiifcrusta- ;
tions of salt on rocks after thyei
hid.been covered with water. Both:
those Melver places are located on
the-other side of.' Deerr Rlvdr/But
I tie- -need not : W'nhd •piire.Csalt j
ftiere repdrtTAV'Tys. * find—rwater j
: mere’. shrfy. be
reported: If might’ mean much to 1
the county if .salt '
cov^Vf'' for With' it might .be .other .
chehfH-' gjjVecL.by.-..£hp great in
dustC.al' concern ’ which is backing
this investigation, for, .this work .
is not’.being dqne.with. State money
—eyeh” pay., foi’ advertisement
coniefi’.fVonv. those, .interested in the
discovery of what they are seeking.
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BYRD RETURNS FROM
SOUTHERN POLE
It seems hardly eighteen months
since Richard E. Byrd set sail for
the regions of the southern pole,
but it has. And he has reached
civilization again, having arrived at
Dunedin, New Zealand, the first of
the week. He was given a great
greeting therje, but these days the
yrhole world -can join in the greet
ings, as was evidenced Tuesday
morning, when a chain of radio
stations brought Admiral Byrd’s
voice to his friends all over the
Tnited States. And what is nota
oie' we heard him speaking on
Wednesday morning here in Pitts
boro on Tuesday morning. It is
ten thousand miles to Dunedin,
which is almost directly under our
teet, and this was the longest-dis
tanee conversation ever held. Byrd
nad to talk over the telephone from
Dunedin to Wellington, where the
Dadio station was located, which
purled the words across the Pacific
pcean. Accordingly, it was easier
y 3 talk to him than for him to
•alk to his friends in America, as
ye telephone could catch the words
fiom the radio more readily than
" ae radio from the telephone. Thus
another marvel has been recorded.
J Wo of them—lß months in the
Antartic regionNanf all safe in civ-
Dzation again, and the voice of
wh , ex^orer resounding through the
ole earth, wherever a radio was
*u«ed in.
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Oakland News *
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- f T p, e -young people’s S. S. class
el. 1 na tham church held its regular
at /! m eetmg last Sunday evening
Mr p u on ! e of M iss . Hazel Thomas.
er J t be teacher, was not pres
r : bhe assistant teacher and
vcv, ent book charge and had a
l commendable meeting.
f Dvo adult classes of Chatham
W‘ t; r V *' li bold a meeting at the
tV>° O* A. Harmon.
(j en+ e! ; e have been several acci
askpfi this vicinity. It has been
Sund a v Wh mu are the P e °P le on
Whu-o' They are thronging the
tu ap P aren tly not knowing
and Y, ey are £° in S> riding night
what f ’ nerv °us, not knowing
ha? f nl i a0 - It is alarming and
It • en u P° n . us like a nightmare,
.duty 1,5 an exc iting time and our
Apart ; 1S to . wa^e up and do our
Plhis ' n trying to put a stop to
I ° mm ercialism, Sabbathbreak-
and worldly sur-
The Chatham Record
Young Rouse Robs
Bank and is Caught
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few Chathamites real
ized when they read of the capture
of two young men last week who
robbed a Salisbury bank that one
of them was the young desperado
Rouse who escaped Deputy Burns
last year by knocking him down
when he sat in the deputy’s car
and the latter stood by otf guard.
The young fellows made a big
haul from the bank in open day
light, compelling the bank em
ployees to go into, the vault, where
they were locked up. They fled in
a car, but pursuit got so hot that
they took to the woods. A lot of
silver they carried was deliberately
thrown away, as it hindered their
flight.
The Rouse family had only re
cently moved to this county when'
they became involved in a charge
of general stealing. The' young man
in question was the chief rogue,
but he stored his goods a't his
father’s- home and thus involved
the whole family. The family soon
left the county. The Chatham of
ficers had not been able to locate
their man. But what the Rowan
court, will do for the youhg scamp
will probably make it unnecessary
for the Chatham (/ urt to deal with
him. However, we imagine that
-John Burns would like to have him
in charge again for a short while.
Bells School is
Increasing Fast
Enrollment Growing Each
Year the Building
Doesn’t Grow a Bit Mr.
.. Bronce Holland Buried, also
Mr.l Will Woods.
'There .will be a play,, “Light
house Nan,” at Bell’s school next
Saturday . evening, March 15th, .at
7:SO o’clock. .. This, play, given by
the pupils of Berea high school, was
coached by Mr. I. F..Qrigg, fnrmer
ly. ’of this school, and fit comes to
us highly recommended. Admission
will be 15 and 25 cents.
A negro, . minstr.el was given at
our school last Saturday evening,
by' pupils of . th,e high school for
the' benefit of the Bell’s Sunday
school. This show was highly en
tertaining,. and the proceeds, $37.10,
was a considerable aid to the Sun
day school toward making a pay
ment on their new piano.
Supt. W. R. Thompson was a
visitor at Bell’s school last week.
After observing in several of the
rooms during the afternoon, he
made an inspiring talk to the
teachers at the close of the school
day. Among the things he asked
was that the teachers follow the
suggestions of the State Depart
ment of Education in putting school
facts and figures before the public
during the remainder of the school
year to show the people that they
are getting value received for
money expended on education in
this State. He suggested a Pa
rent Day on which the patrons
could come and visit the school,
observe in the .classrooms, inspect
the building and grounds, and thus
make the school more, popular
among tl\e people. ,
A total of 361 pupils have been
enrolled at this time last year. The
average daily attendance for the
first six months is 225 pupils in
the elementary grades and 54 in
the high school. The average at
Yak?s school is approximately 45
pupils, the total enrollment to date
being 50. Our high school average
warrants the addition of one more
teacher for next year, although it
is evident that conditions will be
even more crowded than this year.
We are now using the stage for
a classroom, and in addition some
60 pupils are housed in the two
little “built in” upstairs rooms. The
growth of our school had been
steady. Each term for the past two
years it has been necessary to
one teacher and one truck, and it
is likely that we will have more
teachers and trucks next year. Dur
ing all this growth in school popu
lation, the building has not
in size, and patrons are beginning
to wonder what will have to be
done next in order to make more
room. ...
The Parent-Teacher program this
week is to consist of an old-fash
ioned spelling match. A lively time
is expected. , -
Mr. Bronce. Holland, brother ol
Mr. Walter Holland of this com
munity, was buried at Bell’s church
last week. Another recent funeral
in the community was that of Mr.
Will Woods at Martha’s Chapel
church.
Thomas Cash, a pupil at Bell s
who recently had his arm broken
while cranking his truck, is now
able to use his arm to some extent.
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When Mme. Louise 80-drier came
to Leeds, Eng., from Paris to find
her husband, who had written her
he would be detained two years on
PITTSBORO, N. C., CHATHAM*COUNTY, THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1930
CHATHAM IS SELECTED
FOR TAXATION STUDY
Forest Inquiry Turned to South with North
Carolina Designed for Study of Problem
of Taxation of Timber Lands
THIS STUDY WILL BE LIMITED TO
ONLY THREE COUNTIES IN STATE
leauford in East, Chatham in Piedmont, and the Third in
, West, Not Yet Named, Chosen for Studly—
jg Prof. Paul Wager in Charge
The widespread complaint against :
the 1 excessive taxation of timber
and cut-over lands and the charge
that such taxes are hastening the
depletion of our forests and ham
pering the reforestation movement
prompted Congress in 1926 to make
provisions for a nation-wide inves
tigation of the. subject.
The United States Forestry serv
:ce was authorized to undertake a
thorough study of existing methods
of taxing forests and potential for
est lands, the effects of such taxa- |'
tion. and the possible effects of a
change in the. basis of taxation.
Consequently, in 1927, the For
est Taxation Inquiry was establish
ed, with. Professor Fred R. Fair
child of Ya]p University as direc
tor. During the last three years the ;
inquiry.. has made rather exhaustive •
studies in the Pacific Northwest, in 1
the Great Lakes area, and in New
England.
The inquiry has now been turned
to the South, and North Carolina
has been selected as the - field of
study. The State Tax Commission
has exerted its influence to have the :
study made in this State, particu-;
larly for, the reason that the people
of the State have the opportunity
this .’fall to vote .on a constitutional
amendment which, if ratified wilt
permit a departure from the uni
form rule in the taxing of- orest
lands. Prof.' Paul W. Wager of the
University of North,. Carolina has
been granted a leave of absence
from the. University to direct the
study. '. ‘ ( . - • . v-' ;
Professor Wager was sought for
the work because he has made a
special study of local government
and taxation in the State, and also
for the reason that he worked for
the Tax Commission two years ago,
and wrote one section of the re
port.
Intensive studies will be made in
three counties —Beaufort in the
East, Chatham in the Piedmont sec
tion and one county, not yet de
cided upon, in the mountains.
The Board of County Commis-
CHATHAM BOY GETS
RECORD AT STATE
Walter Lee Stinson Earns
$3500 While Taking Course
at State College Will
Graduate in Junfc.
A net earning of <fver $3,500 and
a B.S. degree in chemical engi
neering are the attainments of
Walter Lee Stinson, of Goldston,
now a member of the senior class
at North Carolina State College.
Stinston, as he is known around
the campus, has not quite finished
his four year’s college work, as he
is not due to graduate until June,
but he has already earned $3,500,
about SI,OOO of which he has in
vested with his father, E. L. Stin
son.
Back in the fall of 1926 Stinson
entered State College with barely
enough money to get started and
without any income at all in sight.
But after registering he began to
look around for work. For the first
few days he got a few odd jobs
through the College Y. M. C. A.
These jobs consisted of caring for
babies on a few occasions, washing
windows, working in flower gardens,
racking leaves, and various other
odd jobs around homes. .
Stinson soon found that he could
not get enough work through the
College Y. M. C. A. with other
jobs he could pick up to fill in his
available time, and that he was
not making enough to meet his ex-,
penses. So he decided to go to
The News and Observer office and
try for a job delivering papers.
Here he succeeded in getting a
job he has had ever since, winter
and summer. This work fitted in
exactly as it required him to get
up every morning at 4 o’clock,
rain shine, sleet or snow. This he
could do before classes begun and
while other students were getting
their last nap.
“This early rising and a little
work bbefore breakfast gets you
just right to start a perfect day,”
. said Stinson, “and it also helps to
answer Mr. Bowen’s call for board
sjoners has extended a formal in
vitation to the inquiry to conduct
its research work here and have
volunteered the fullest co-operation.
Mrs. Ernest Farrell and Mrs. W. L.
Powell have been employed by Prof.
Wager to help with the clerical
work. Their pay, as does all other
.oxoepces■ 0 f study, comes from
the United States government ap
propriations. Hence, the county is
put to no charge at all in the mat
ter. After a fe wdays a forester
ter. After a few days a forester
will be added to the staff.
The investigation will involve a
classification of all the rural prop
erty of the county, a study of as
sessment practices, an analysis of
real estate sales, a measurement
and analysis of tax delinquency, a
study of county finances and a study
of- county finances and a study of
forest resources, actual and po
tential, and of land utilization gen
erally.
Os course, the main objective of
the study is to find out how much
tax timber -and-cut over lands are
now paying. How much less they
iy;ould pay under some alternative
plan.of taxation and Row the county
qewild be reimbursed for its loss of
revenue. No ’one suggests that the
burden .be . shifted* to agricultural
lands-;, in fact, the study may show
t)>at agricultural land is quite as
severely • burdeh'ed as forest lands.
-In course of his investigation
Prtff. Wager will have to * call ~ on
property owners,- particularly those
who have.recently purchased or sold
land, for certain information. Some
people may be reluctant to reveal
facts regarding their private affairs
lest the information so revealed be
used,, against them by the local tax
officials. Prof. Wager wishes to as
sure such people that his study is
entirely impersonal and as soon as
the figures are recorded the names
are discarded. The county commis
sioners feel that the county has ev
erything to gain and nothing to lose
from the study and urge everyone
to co-operate to the fullest possible
extent.
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* Brown’s Chapel News^
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A fine meeting of the Epworth
League Sunday after Sunday school.
Those taking part in the services
were Junius Durham, Edwin Perry,
Harry Henderson, Misses Cornelia
Henderson, Roberta, Catherine, and
Margaret Durham, Allene Dark,
Charlotte and Jessie Wright, Con
nie and Christine Perry, and Eliza
beth Lutterloh. Mesdames Dark
and Mann deserve credit for their
excellent work as superintendents.
Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Sturdivant
of Cary were welcome visitors at
S. S. This was their first visit
since the arrival of their son about
three months ago. The little fel
low was the show of the day.
Also Miss Woody and Mrs. Hiden
Lindsey of Winston were pleasant
visitors. Some of those kept away
for several weeks of illness were
back also. Both Mr., and Mrs. W.
K. Mann, on the other hand, were
sick last week, and as they are in
dairy business that meant hardships
on some other folk.
Mrs. W. M. Perry was called
to help attend the sick children
of her daughter, Mrs. Lois Ray, of
Durham.
A. Mr. Hill and Freeh Houch
were down last week, doing some
more work on the home of thf lat
ter’s father, and one or two nights
had some real music.
The shock of the death of At
torney Ray was severely felt in
this community. Several of our
folk attended the funeral.
Sunday school at 10 o’clock next
Sunday, preaching at 11 o’clock.
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Clegg of the
Chatham church community and
Mr. Kiath Henderson of Raleigh
were visitors last Sunday of the
latter’s father, Mr. W. C. Hen
derson.
All visitors to Brown’s are asked
to watch out and not step on the
flowers planted by the ladies. They
spent time and labor planting them.
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Frank Guess, 80, of Newport,
Ind., claiming his wife supported
him, filed suit asking SIO,OOO dam
ages from the driver of an automo
bile which struck and fetally_iii2.
Proceedings of
the County Court
The following cases were disposed
of Monday and Tuesday by Judge
Bell’s court:
Ernest Henderson pleads guilty,
to liquor charge. Roads 12 months. 1
Wilson Alston, 6 months, on
roads, on larceny charge. |
Case against - Jesse Rogers—riol;
pros.
Joe Brooks not guilty of viola
tion of prohibition law.
A preliminary hearing of the
charge of assault against Herman
Forrester was held Tuesday and the
young mail Yvas held .for superior
court under a SSOO bond. * This
charge grew out of the death' of
E. P. Paschal in an automobile, col
lision on highway 60, November
30,. 1929.
Craven Stubbs, .not guilty of
abandonment.
Ariie Dixon, guilty of C. C. W.,
SSO and costs.
. Paul Wilson, 6 months, but judg
ment suspended upon bond for S2OO
for good behavior. A liquor charge.
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PseC^osesK^t
Register of Deeds Leaves
Field Open and Expresses
His Hearty Appreciation for
Support and Kindness of
People These Ten Years
Past •• • >'• - v
Editor Record:
After careful consideration of the
political .situation in Chatharii c6un
ty, I .. have - definitely decided- not
to make the race in th,e June pri
mary' for renomination for. the of
fice of ; -register of deeds. I wish
so ■ thank the people' arid ' especially.
my- fellow Democrats for their long
arid loyal support, while register of
deeds. I shall always remember
every one of you, you are rny
friends, I love’ every one and I
kvp tbe Democratic , party a more
than words can express, and my
desire is for victory in November,
1930, in county, state, and nation.
I have done my best in ‘ each and
every campaign to hold up the ban
ner of the Democratic party, and
will continue the fight as I see it
for the best interest of the people
and for the success of the Demo
cratic party in the future.
Again thanking each and every
one for the support given me in
the past, I am always,
Yours truly,
C. C. POE,
Register of Deeds, Chatham Co.
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BOOTS 71 YEARS OLD
From the Sanford Express of last
week we clip the folloiwng item
concerning a pair of boots from
the store of Mr. W. S. Russell, the
veteran merchant of Gulf. Mr. Rus
sell is probably the oldest man in
the county, but, like the boots, is
still staunch and sound. The item
follows:
“While in Stroud-Hubbard’s store
the other day a representative of
The Express was shown a pair of
boots calculated to attract atten
tion on account of their age. These
boots were made for a boy not
more than five to six years of age.
In examining them we found cop
per tips on the toes which carried
this information: “Pattented Nov.
29th, 1859,” 71 years ago. These
boots were kept in stock by Mr. W.
S. Russell, who has been engaged
in the merchantile business at Gulf
for a long number of years. They
were hand-made and the soles were
put on with wooden pegs made for
the business. The front of the tops
are of beautiful soft calf-skin leath
er. This calls to mind the fact that
before the Civil War many well
groomed gentlemen of the Old
South wore beautifully finished
hand-made boots that gave them a
distinction in high society. They
were made of the very finest leath
er and highly polished. Many of
the slave holders wore this brand
of boots.”
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IMPORTANT MEETING OF
U. D. C. THIS SATURDAY
All members of the Winnie Davis
chapter U. D. C. are requested by
the president, Mrs. J. M. Gregory
to attend the meeting of the U. D.
C. at the home of Mrs. J. W. Hunt,
Saturday afternoon, March 15th, at
3 o’clock.
Final plans for the district meet
ing to be held here in April will
be made.
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MRS. LANGLEY BREAKS ARM
Mrs. Jane Langley, the aged
; mo-ther of Messrs. Will Langley,
of Moncure, and J. H. Langley of
Pittsboro, had the misfortune to
slip on the wet ground at the home
, of Mr. J. H. Langley, with whom
l she lives, and break her arm near
- j the shoulder joint. As an extra pre
• caution, she was taken to Sanford
• after the bone was set and an
(Subscribers at Every j
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VOLUME 52, NUMBER 23
: Many Attend
I Ra L Funeral
A Throng Present Floral
I Tributes Very' Beautfiul—
, Several Striking- . Tributes
Paid the Deceased by Home
and Visiting Ministers
The funeral of Mr. A. C. Ray,
an account of who.se tragic - death
appeared in the last issue of the
Chatham Record, was postponed, be
cause of the late arrival of a
daughter from Baton Rouge, La.,
till Thursday afternoon.
The funeral services were held in
the Methodist church, in order that
this building, larger than the Pres
byterian church, ’ might more nearly
-.accommodate the great throng. of
attendants. : »
On the platform and taking part
in the services, led by. Pastor Bar
clay of the Presbyterian, church and
rastor of the deceased, were Revs.
R. G. Shannonhouse, pastor of the
Episcopal church. Rev, J. A. Dailey,
pastor of the M. E. church, Rev.
R. R. Gordon, former pas g r of the
Pittsboro Baptist church, Dr. Gil
more. pastor of the. Sanford Pres
byterian church, Rev. R. G. Mate
son, pastor of the Jackson Springs
Presbyterian church, the boyhood
church of the deceased, and Rev.
C. L. Wicker, pastor >of th-e Gulf :
Presbyterian church, and a.,fprmer
pastor of Mr. Ray’s.
After scripture reading *by Pas
tor. Barclay, each of the'.gentlemen
named paid a tribute to: the life,
and character of the deceased, who
had been a zealous church worker
for many years. * j*' V,, ’ Y .
••After these- impressive l services,
the body ; was laid -to -rest in the
Presbyterian churchyard.;: .-The- florial
tributes were numerous* and most
beautiful,' speaking- in t the most
. graceful language the love : and re
spect of many friends- and* .relatives.
Numerous friends and relatives
were present from. other counties,
arid from Raleigh came Messrs. .
Walter D. Siler arid' J. ‘Dewiey ; Dot
sett, also Governor Houghton.
The circumstances of the. death
made the funeral services all the
more impressive, while the sorrow
of the whole .community and
pathy for the bereaved family was
generally manifest.
All the children were present ex
cept Mrs. Saville, of Baton Rouge,
La., who was kept away by illness.
Insane Wife Shoots
Archie Smith Dead
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Archie Smith was the son of
Kemp Smith of Randolph county
but Archie had been hauling lum
ber to Mr. L. B. Hester’s planing
mill at Goldston for some time, and
would have been doing the same
this week if his young wife had
not gone crazy and shot him dead.
She and the child were living
with her parents over in Randolph
while her husband hauled lumber
from his father’s saw mill in Chat
ham to Goldston. The timber front
one location had been delivered and
he was to start this week, from
another location, therefore he was
home.
The tragedy took place early
Monday. The wife rose about 2
o'clock, took, the baby out of the
bed and fired a load from a shot
gun int© the body of her-husband
killing him dead. Members of her
family rushed in and stopped her
before she could reload and shoot
herself, which she seemed bent on
doing.
She had
berculosis of the bones and could
get no relief. Steps were taken to
place her in the asylum Mor
ganton.
Mr. Hester speaks in the highest
terms of Archie Smith, who was
only 22 years of age. According
to Mr. Hester, the voung*man wa»
a gentleman and a hard worker.
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RESOLUTIONS
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Whereas, it .has pleased our
Heavenly Father to call unto him
self the able and efficient suDerm
tendent :of Pittsboro Presbvterian
Sunday. school, ’ Mi* A. C. Ray,
therefore, be it resolved:
First, That we, the Presbyterfan
Sunday school of Pittsboro, feel a
deep sense of our loss in the re
moval of this uevout one who, as
an elder of the church and super
intendent of the Sunday school, has
served faithfully and well, and will
be sadly missed, in the church and
community—
Second, That we extend to the
bereaved ones our tenderest sympa
l thy, and commend them to the
; Heavenly Father who doeth all
■ things well—
> Third, That a copy of these reso-
J lutions be written in the minutes,
i and a copy sent to the family and
’ to the Chatham Record and Pres
- byterian Standard for publication.
1 MISS CARRIE JACKSON
i MRS. JAR A THOMPSON,