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A Paper with a Pre‘ *ige of a Half Cent* County, Not j munit* t E? JEHED SEPTEMBER 19, 1878. Methodist Conference Clears Bishop Cannon —<s> The 21st quadrennial general conference of the Methodist church, adjourned in Dallas Sat urday after sessions lasting seven teen days. Warren Akin Candler of Atlanta, -enior bishop, 72 years old and bis hop for 32 years, presided at the closing devotional. He teminded the delegates that their chief purpose ■vas the salvation of individual souls and other activities should be sec ondary. The victories of Bishop James Cannon, Jr., of Washington, D. C., pponent of Governor Alfred E. sinith, in the last presidential elec : on. who had been criticized for his political activities and stock market :-.-ansaetions, were the highlights of ie conference. Bishop Cannon was ■•ared of unbecoming political ac ty, he was exonerated in connec n with his securities transactions, i he was re-elected chairman of important board of temperance id social service. A determined group of laymen, ; by Josephus Daniels of Raleigh, ged a bitter fight on the bishop. — Pittsboro Woman's Club Notes The following officers of the Woman’s Club have been elected to perform their respected duties dur ing the coming year: President, Mrs. J. W. Hunt; vice president, Mrs. V. R. Johnson; sec retary, Mrs. D. B. Nooe; treasurer, Mrs. E. R. Hinton; chairman of civic department, Mrs. A. H. London; chairman of health department, Mrs. Matthews; chairman of literature department, Mrs. N. C. Shiver; chairman of music department, Mrs. R. H. Dixon, Jr.; publicity chair man, Mrs. Wade Barber. The retiring president, Mrs. A. H. London was a most proficient leader and we wish to thank her for her untiring efforts for the betterment of the club. To our new president, Mrs. J. W. Hunt, we pledge our sincere co operation and feel that she will be a most successful leader. Due to the illness of her hus band, Mrs. J. L. Griffin resigned as district chairman and Mrs. E. B. Hatch was elected to fill her un expired term. she health department will meet with Mrs. J. M. Gregory Monday, Jane 2nd, at 8:00 p. m. Mrs. Mat thews requests that all members be present. The literarv department met with Mrs. E. A. Farrell Tuesday, May 27. at 3:30 p. m. The music department will meet with Mrs. Brown at Bynum Tues day, June 3rd, at 8:00 p. m. Mrs. Dixon urges all members to attend. The civic department will meet at the club room Tuesday, June 3, at 3:30 p. ra. Mrs. London asks all members to be present. The general meeting of the club will he held the first Wednesday in June, at 3:30 p. m. in the club room. A special program has been arranged, and Mrs. Hunt wishes ev erv member to be present, to plan the work for the coming year. Rumors of a pleasant surprise are floating around. Political Writers 'u v Descend on State Rodney Dutcher, manager of the Washington, D. C„ bureau of N. E A. service and political expert for the news ants picture service, and J. Craig Ralston, P 0 ex pert for the Milwaukee (Wis.) Journal, are now in North Carolina surveying the political situation wi a view of writing a series of P° 1 cal stories of the aspects oi Simmons-Bailey campaign. Messrs. Dutcher antfTlalstoTr cal - ed upon Governor Gardner and oth ers while in Raleigh. # .V* “Official Washington is beginning to show considerable interest in t e Simmons-Bailey fight, { Dutcher, who thinks the Fohtical situation in North Carolina will re ceive almost as much space throug out the nation within the next two weeks as the Illinois and Pennsy vania senatorial campaigns, n ° w £ on ‘ eluded. North Carolina and New Jersey now have the political S P® light, focused upon them,’ said Mr. Dutcher. ® Traffic Accidents Cost 33,060 Lives Traffic accidents cost the lives of 33,060 persons last year and cafised an economic loss of $350,000,000. In making public this finding, & special committee on traffic j* ccl " dent statistics said that deaths from such accidents were increasing more rapidly than those from other causes. The report of the commit tee was submitted to the national conference of street and highway safety in Washington yesterday. — <z — As we grow old we become more foolish and more wise.—La Roche foucauld. The Chatham Record Little Billy Mclver Seriously Injured I _ An indefinite report of the in jury of the little son of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Mclver of Gulf reached the record last week, but the report bore no indication of the real seriousness of the injury. The fol lowing paragraph from the Express, of Sanford, in which town the little fellow was treated at a hospital, indicates that the injury is far more serious than our earlier in formants thought. Says the Ex press: Billy the 5-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Mclver, of Gulf, was seriourly injured by being struck by a car driven by Willard Wilson, of Matthews, near his home last Sunday. The little fellow started across the road and the driver in attempting to avoid striking him wrecked his car. It seems that the accident was unavoidable. The little fellow was brought to the Central Carolina Hospital f-or treatment. Upon examination it was found that his injuries were very serious. His skull was fractured and in order to relieve the pressure a piece of bone had to be removed. His collar bone was also broken and he sus tained other injuries. The friends of the family will be pleased to learn that the little fellow is now improving and it is expected that he will recover. Mrs, R. H. Blair Dies at Siler City —— The news of the death of Mrs. R. H. Blair, a young matron of Siler City, distresses many friends in the western part of the county. She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. B. McMath of Siler City, Rt. 4, and was only 23 years of age. She graduated from the Siler City high school in 1927, attended two sessions at N. C. C. W., Greens boro, and was married to Mr. R. H. Blair April 15, 1929. She died at St. Leo’s Hospital, Greesboro last Saturday morning. The burial occurred Sunday after noon, the funeral services being con ducted at the Siler City Baptist church by Pastor Canipt, assisted by Rev. Elbert Newlin of Elon College. She is survived by her husband, R. H. Blair, her parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. B. McMath, of Siler City rt. 4; four brothers, G. B. McMath, Siler City; C. R. McMath, of Wash ington, D. C.; Guilford B. McMath, of Siler City; Clark McMath, of Siler City; three sisters, Mrs. Ava Tate, of Greensboro; Mrs. Molsie Hancock, Swepsonville.; Mrs. Green West, of Camden, N. J. Her grand mother, Mrs. S. M. Steel, of Siler City, route 4, also survives. Pallbearers were: Herman Ken nedy, Harry Jordan, 1 Randolph Lane, J. M. Ray, J. B. Brown, A. J. Clapp, C. G. Harriss, T. W T . Murray. Interment was made in Oakwood cemetary. $ Club Entertain Grandmothers The Woman’s Club of Pittsboro observed the eleventh anniversary of its organization by entertaining the grandmothers of the town at a delightful party Tuesday afternoon in the club room. An enjoyable program was ren dered. Mrs. A. H. London welcomed the guests most heartily. She also presented the incoming president, Mrs. J. W. Hunt, to the club and gave to her a lovely bouquet of mixed flowers. Mrs. W. B. Chapin sang a group of songs: “Mother Machrel,” “Love Brings a Little Gift of Roses” and “The Sunshine of Your Smile.” Miss Catherine Johnson, a talented young musician of the town, played Hel ler’s “Chord Study” and “Volga Boatman.” Two songs of long ago that brought tears to the eyes of some of the grandmothers and mem ories of the past, were sung as a duet by Misses Mary Dell Bynum and Bessie Chapin. “Juanita” and “Silver Threads Among the Gold.” Mrs. J. W. Hunt acted as accom panist. Miss Miriam Thompson gave two appropriate readings. * To test the skill of the grand mothers they were asked to sew twelve buttons on a strip of Cloth. The nimble fingers of Mrs. W. M. Eubanks soon completed this task, she thereby receiving first honors. Following this, block ice cream and cake was served. As this delgihtful afternoon drew to a close, a lovely birthday cake gleaming with eleven pink candles was brought in and placed on a central table. Each grandmother cut a slice, showing just as much excitement over cutting the button, thimble, ring and money as their grandchildren would have at a party. The Pittsboro Woman’s Club is a wide awake organization with an enrollment of loyal members and no day on the club calendar is looked forwar dto witli more joy by the club than its annual celebration ot r “grandmothers’ day.” What woman w r ills, God wills. French proverb.. * -hS> ’ Be particularly; courteous to strang ers and foreigners. PITTSBORO, N. C., CHATHAM COUNTY, THURSDAY, MAY 29, 1930 l REPUBLICANS WILL CONTEST IFOR ALL COUNTY OFFICES All the Republican Nominees of Recent Con vention Qualify as Candidates in November Election—Four Primary Contests Among Democrats The line-up for the November election for Chatham county offices is nearly complete. All the nominees of the recent Republican conven- j tion have qualified. Lyndon Powers,! nominee for the clerk of court, got the word of his nomination im mediately and same over Thursday and had his name entered with the board of elections. Tommie Golds ton was here Friday and qualified. When the convention closed it was not known what these two fine young fellows would do about ac cepting the nominations. Mr. Golds ton, as cashier of the Bank of Goldston, was known to have a job that fits him well. Mr. Powers is a public shoool teacher, and so few knew him that it was a matter of guess as to what he would do. But both have qualified and the race is on, for neither Sheriff Blair nor Clerk Hatch has an opponent in the Democratic primary, and that part of the November ticket is fixed. Two candidates have entered for the Democratic nomination for sur veyor, namely, George H. Hancock and Floyd E. Womble, the latter the present surveyor. Mr. Hancock is a prominent and successful farmer of Bear Creek township. He once thought of running for commis sioner, but let another Bear Creek man, Mr. L. B. Hester, get ahead of him in that contest. But to be in the race, he has finally decided to run for surveyor. He has long been a practical surveyor and will probably give Mr. Womble a real race for the job. In the primary, the nomination for the senatorship is contested by W. P. Horton and W. H. Garner. The writer "is not informed as to just how much personal canvass ing has been done by Mr. Garner. Mr. Horton is taking things easy. Jarvis Boone has made his an nouncement as a candidate for the Democratic nomination for register of deeds, but he is going on about his business very unconcernedly, and it is doubtful if he canvassed an hour. Wade Siler is seen here and there, but when seen is probably oftener where he is found because of other business than politics. It is another tame race. Victor Johnson and Will Harring ton have really been concerned about getting the nomination for the House. Neither, now that he is in the race, is willing, to be beaten. Mr. Johnson has net put in any time visiting the various sections of the county, but he has not neglected to meet tthe fellows when in Pittsboro. Mr. Harrington, off in one corner of' the county, is not so easily kept up with. He may be making a general canvass. There are four candidates for commissioner, but it is generally felt, apparently, that the race will be between Mr. Hester of Golds ton and Mr. R. W. Dark of Siler City, to furnish a commissioner for the western end of the county. Mr. Johnson, located near the cen ter and a member of the present board, feels rather confident. He is counting upon the general feel ing that it is better to have one of the old board on the new. Mr. Walden, living at Haywood and in business at Moncure,, is expecting to pull a strong vote on his own personal strength and as a repre*- sentative of the eastern part of the county. Mr. Hester and Mr. Dark are both from the western half of the county, but a considerable dis tance apart. . It may be that the dope is all wrong, and that the voters will disregard the geographi cal feature and vtfte strictly for the man without regard for his location. If so, it may be another than one of the two westeners that will be defeated. All four are good, strong men. Ten days will decide these matters. But the Republican line-up is already fully dettermined. Rev. G. C. Mendenhall is taking his nomination for the senate seriously, though he must win in three counties to be elected. How ever, he says he lived three years ; in Lee and knows many of the Lee county voters. 1 The difference in the vote for l Max Gardner and H. F. Seawell in , the county two years ago was only • 1 271 votes. Consequently, if the .{Republican succeed in getting out i'as'large a vote next November as l they did two years ago, and if any )' disaffection appears, keeping some 1 of the Democrats from the pools, 3 the ticket nominated at last week’s l convention will have more than {fighting chance. 150 votes gained i from the Democrats would carry the - Republican ticket across. However, it is very probable that more Dem ocrats refrained from voting two - years ago than will do so this year. However, it is quite certain that the Democratic candidates will not feel any too much confidence till the votes are counted, j Many feel that Tommie Goldston, ! Republican candidate for Sheriff, is the strongest man on the Repub lican ticket. He is a banker and a good one, a fine fellow any way you take him. On the other hand, Sheriff Blair has been a favorite with many Republicans, and has frequently led the ticket, indicat ing that a goodly number of Re publicans had voted for him. But against this strength with friendly Republicans is a feeling, more or less general, that Sheriff Blair has had the office long enough. Con sequently, he may lose as many Democrats votes to Mr. Goldston as he has been winning from the Republicans. That being true, if Mr. Goldston’s personal ability and known high character, can hold all Republican votes and win’ 150 Democrats- he will be the next sheriff. Young Lyndon Powers is a fine boy. He has studied two or three summers at Wake Forest, better fitting himself as a teacher. He ap preciates the nomination and feels that if he does not: win he- has an opportunity to make himself ac quainted with the people of Chat ham. Away over in the corner of the county, between Harper’s Cross Roads and Bennett, he has been’ known to very few people of the’ countp. Moreover he has a strong man to beat in E. B. Hatch, wher, unlike the sheriff, is not handicap ped by the feeling that he has had" the office too long. H. C. Farrell for register of deeds will have a more up hill business possibly than either Goldston or Powers. The votin" strength of the Republicans lies chiefly in the west, and Goldston and Powers are well located in win that full strength. If Jarvis Boone should be the Dem ocratic nominee, he and Farrell would be well matched in several particulars. They are both here at Pitssboro and not well known in the western part of the county. Orr the other hand if Wade Siler wins, it will be, apparently, easier for-Hiisr. to beat his Republican candidate in the western townships. The Democratic nominee for the House will have to fight. All the resentment against high taxes, which are a product of the legis lature, will turn to the advantages of Seton Smith, the Republican candidate. Also, the Democratic candidates for commissioners also will have that feeling to cambat. However, the very strongest Re publicans in the county candidly admit that they would not know how to reduce taxes. The interest and payments on the more than a million dollars of indebtedness must be met. The school teacher’k salaries are on a state of basis. And thoise two items make up a large part of the expense of the county. On the whole, if the Republican ticket appeals personally to the voters, there is a real fight promised this fall, ft would be interested to see an old-time joint canvass of the county. But we shall see what we shall see, and politics at thifc stage of the game, with“ Hoover prosperity” - blamed by the Demo crats for the hard times, and the legislature and the commissioners blamed by the Republicans for high taxes, guessing is truly guess ing. When we glance over what has been written we find that we- have not mentioned the candidate© for coroner. Mr. Geo. H. Brooks, present coroner, has filed as the Republican candidate. Mr. Brooks has made a good’ one, but of course, Dr. Chapin would make a good one too. • We have also failed to note the names of the Renublican candidates for commissioner. Mr. L. N. Wom ble is a well-known merchant here at Pittsboro. Mr. L. L. Wrenn, of Siler City, is one of the best known citizens of the county and a capa ble business man. Mr. Morgan, is a farmer of New Hope township. His capacity is not so well known to the writer, but it is presumed that he is capable as capacity goes in the such cases. AEROPLANE REPAIRED <§> The aeroplane forced down the ! first of last week in Hickory Moun , j tain township, which substained a >; broken wing and wheel, was re l 1 paired and took the air Saturday, l; following highway 75 to Pittsboro : and 90 from Pittsboro. Quite a , ; crowd is said to have been present -for the take-off. > & . The stag hunter will not look at t the hare. —Chinese proverb. 1 James Tally Moore Dies iat Siler City Residence , From a Siler City special to the Greesboro News the Record gleams the following account of the lift and death of a good Chatham county citizen: James Tally Moore, 73, retired Chatham county farmer, died at his j home here at 7:30 o’clock, after five years of declining health. He had been confined to his bed for the past week. Mr. Moore was a member of the Fall Creek Baptist church. He is survived by his widow, who before her marriage was Miss Martha Till man; six sons, Norman and Harvey Moore, of Bear Creek; Colan, J. E. and Edgar Moore, of Siler City, and J. D. Moore, of Bennett; four daughters, Mrs. Lula Mann, Mrs. Eula Whitt and Miss Anna Moore, of Siler City, and Miss Bebie Moore, of Bear Creek; two brothers, Wesley Moore, Pittsboro, and Issac Moore, Bonlee, and one sister, Mrs. Sarah Beal, Goldston. Funeral arrange ments had not been completed tonight. Questicnaires for Seekers of Congress In view of developments in Con gress, and revelations before the senate lobby committee, the Asso ciation Against the Prohibition j Amendment made another move cer tain to challenge the attention of the politicians. The associatioir now regarded as one of the most active and best financed political organiza tions in the United States has made the formal announcement that ques- Itionaires would be sent to all iromi -1 nees for Congress this year, the •Congress this year, the single ques tion being: “Do you favor the re peal of the 18th amendment to the I constitution of the United States?”’ ; About a year ago Senator Sihr ;mons declared that John J. Raskob, who aided the DuPonts and other wealthy men in underwriting- the’ I wet association, should be “de ;hors°d,” that his continued presence' at the head of the Democratic na tional organization meant the domi nation of the party by wet Tam jmany and Republican influences. > Since then this demand ha S'grown sin volume, and Senator Robinson, of Indiana, for the lobby committee, last week reported that Mr. Raskob had a hand In all the undertakings of the Association Against the Pro hibition Amendment, that he was one of its largest contributors, and that he had apparently joined' the- Democratic party for the sole- pur pose of undermining the constitu tion as it related to the Eighteenth Amendment. In Paris, about the time Senator Robinson was submitting Irfs report, Mr. Raskob told the newspaper men that the American people would find' away to repeal the Eighteenth Amendment witftih a eouple of years. Notice of the- questionaire was? .given recently by JTenry H'. CUrranv president of the* Association Against the Prohibition Amendment. MV. Curran’s salary of $?5,(Y00 annually has been guaranteed by Chairman Raskob, and four very wealthy men, all Republicans, and it was also? re vealed by the- lobby that the idea is to elect wet members of Congress without reference to their party affiliations. It is in line with this enterprise that the association is now sounding out all men nominated for Congress. Every candidate for the serrate or house in the 1930 campaigns: will be -called upon to answer the question as the nominations are determined. Spring Pig Survey by Rural Carriers —s — Uncle Sam expects much of his workers is illustrated by the livestock surrey being- made right now through the rural mail carriers. Thus the post office and the agri cultural departments- co-operate— utilizing their regular machinery for the public good. This is economy and efficiency. The carrier delivers one of these cards to a few farmers on his route. If the farmer has sows, cows or sheep,.he is to fill out his card com pletely and put back into his mail box (without postage). These cards are sent to Raleigh where the crop reporting service compiles them into results that show whether, for instance, the number of pigs and brood sows are more ; or less, the pigs per litter saved; the fall and spring farrowing re sults, and other information helpful to farmers in planning their future breeding. The livestock results for all States ! will be published late in June which ■ '■ will serve as a guide to the proba i ble competition to be expected. ■ These surveys were not begun until , 1924, but have already stabilized > the breeding and marketing to a l marked degree. t; Each farmer who receives one of I these cards should fill it out and return AT ONCE. This is for the t farmers’ benefit, so should prompt his aid. (Subscribers at Every Postoffice and All IK. F. D. Reutas in Great County es Chsthaun VOLUME 52—NUMBER 32 I Memorial Day at 0’ Rock Springs <S> This Old Church Has Been a Factor in the Life of This Community—Now Used as Cemetery Memorial days have become a feature of the church services in Chatham. Sunday before last a great throng from far and near met at Hanks Chapel, where speaking, a big dinner, and general converse made the day a pleasant and pro fitable one. Last Sunday, old Rock Spring church had its turn. And when we say “old”, we mean that very thing. Rock Springs was one of the branches of Sandy Creek Baptist church, the mother of Baptist churches in a large area of the South. It has been organized more than 150 years, and when it is considered that it has been only about 200 years since the first settlers came to this section, it is apparent that Rock Springs has been a factor in the life of this section for practically the whole period ! since the settlers became sufficiently [ populated to have any central ! worshiping place. The chuxeh is ; practically the age of Pittsboro at ’its present site. But it is presumable {that the earlier inhabitants of ;Pittsboro were chiefly Episcopalians, :aind that the site a mile and a half {north of the new county seat was more nearly in the center of the ! potentially Baptist population. The old site* now given over to the cemetary alone; vs one ad: the mast beautiful in all this section. can imagine theggeat oak forest cowering the hill and the level ex tending back toward the Powell plaxse* on thiff highway.. The pines •at that day had not overspread the country. We* imagine that the old field east: of the church site, if ■it had not already' been cleared at that period, was covered by a great canopy of spreading oaks, with scarcely an undergrowth. A few years ago, a new site was selected for the church a mile or two further from town. But thf; cemetary ha?; been maintained, and has become* the habit to have an "* annual meeting on the site of the former church building. The memorial day is preceded by a cleaning up- of the cemetery. It was the editor’s privilege to be present Sunday at the cele bration of" Memorial Day. He was disappointed in finding the cemetery of more modern date than he ex ■pected. The most of the graves, if imot all, reached no further back ’than the civil war period. About the oldest we could definitely lo cate, wrtJi the help of Mr: F. K. King, were* those' of the grand par ents off Mr. W*. M. Eubanks. It is apparent" that the earlier practice of burying in family burial grounds prevailed largely unitl quite recently. And that was an unfortunate habit, but one naturally growing up in the days before there were any churches in the new country. The - consequence is that for many years old grave yards are in evidence here and there with no index as to who were buried in them. We re call one on the old Sampson county farm so old? that the writer’s father, who* was born in 1822, had no idea who were the original settlers. A persimmon tree and the abandoned grave yard told of a little home, but left no legible story of the life that was led there or of the tragedies which made a grave yard (necessary so early.. The Rock Springs congregation has dope well to retain and main tain this beautiful burial site, and the writer predicts that one day the lovely hillside will be the ceme tery for Pittsboro, since the capa city of the churchyards in the old town is limited, and since the Rock PLEASK TURN TO PAGE EIGHT —<d The Ministers of County Organize The ten ministers who attended the Methodist picnic at the home of Pastor Dailey Saturday, on the oc casion of his birthday, not only enjoyed an unusually fine picnic oc casion, but set afoot a movement * which should prove of great value to* ; * the county, and of benefit person ally to each minister in the county. ! | A ministerial association for ; - Chatham county was organized. All ! the ministers of the county were not . present, it is true, but the ten pre { sent were largely representatives of the whole group, and doubttless: the others will make haste to join, j The association will have monthly [ meetings. i 1 Rev. J. A. Dailey was chosen: president. Rev. Jonas Barclay, vlce : president, and Rev. A. H. Porter, of [ Bonlee, secretary. ; The Record will be glad to co t operate with the association ia sdi useful ways.