A Paper with a Preatif e
of a Half Century. A
County, Not a Com
munity Paper
ESTABLISH’ . TEMBER 19, 1878.
Only Oi*<: Real
Race in County
Johnson Wins Over
Harrington for House
Johnson, Walden,)
and Hester Win as
Commissioners Hor
ton Has Easy Walk;
Over Garner Siler'
Easy Victory Over
Boone Hancock
Makes Good Run But
Womble Wins
With the exception of the race
between V. R. Johnson and Will
Harrington for the legislature, and
x he four-cornered race for commis
sioner, in which it w'as felt that
either Hester or Dark, both from the
western part of the county would
be eliminated, with the strong
assurance that it would be Dark
to suffer that consequence, there
was little doubt in the minds of
the voters as to the result of the
primary for Demoeratic county can
didates Saturday.. . In fact, there
would have been a real surprise if
the result had not turned out
exactly as it did. However, there
was one time when Johnson seemed
to be in a real race with Harring
ton. but within a few moments
reports from Johnson precincts set
Johnson in an unassailable lead.
Hancock ran strongly, considering
that he had entered the race only
two weeks ago. If he had come
out three months ago, he would
hove made it more interesting for
the present surveyor.
The Vote of County
The total vote for each can
didate in the county was as follows:
Horton for senate, 1887, Garner
463.
Johnson for House, 1378, Har
rington 969.
Siler for Register of Deeds, 1854,
Boone 481.
Womble for surveyor, 1407, Han
cock 869.
Johnson for commissioner, 1970,
Hester 1908, Dark 1174, Walden
1932.
tu, Y%y Precincts.
Follows the vote for each can
didate by precincts:
Albright—Horton 112, Garner 21;
Johnson 107, Harrington 27; Siler
128. Boone 5; Womble 99, Han
cock 32; Johnson 116, Hester 72,
Dark 131, Walden 72;
Baldwin—Horton 221, Garner 20;
Johnson 90, Harrington 150; Siler
191, Boone 51; Hancock 52, Wom
ble 185; Johnson 251, Walden 228,
Dark 34.
Center—Horton 383, Gamer 52;
Johnson 269, Harrington 166; Sil
er 269, Boone 162; Hancock 178,
’Womble 234; Johnson 349, Hester
342. Walden 407, Dark 189.
Gulf—Horton 47, Garner 24;
Johnson 31, Harrington 41; Siler
63, Boone 8; Hancock 28,. Womble
43; Johnson 43, Hester 69, Walden
662. Dark 39.
Hickory Mountain—Horten 61,
Garner 12; Johnson 39. Harrington
33; Siler 34, Boone 37; Hancock
24, Womble 44; Johnson 42, Hes
ter 62. Walden 46, Dark 62.
Hadley—Horton 35, Gamer 41;
Johnson 36, Harrington 34; Siler
53, Roone 21; Hancock 23, Womble
50; Johnson 52, Hester 44, Walden
57, Dark 60. ,
Haw River—Horton 61, Gamer 8;
Johnson 32, Harrington 40: Siler
59. Boone 9; Hancock 23. Womble
42; Johnson 63, Hester 53, Walden
74, Dark 24.
Buckhorn—Holton 61. Garner 24;
Johnson 21. Harrington 68: Siler
64. Boone 15: Hancock 41. Womble
34; Johnson 57, Hester 65, Walden
87. Dark 41.
Richmond—Horton 76, Gamer 34;
Johnson 85. Harrington 27: Siler
192. Boone 9: Hancock 60. Womble
50; Johnson 105. Hester 105, Wai
de" 101, Dark 21.
East Bear Creek—Horton 75,
Garner 29: Johnson 61, Harring
ton 46: Siler 93, Boone 13; Han
cock 66. Woble 18; Johnson 95,
Hester 102, Walden 86. Dark 29.
West Bear Creek —Horton 117,
Garner 18; Johnson 101,. Harrington
-7: Siler 114. Boone 11; Hancock
94, Womble 33; Johnson 119, Hes
ter 117, Walden 88, Dark - 60. • •
Siler City—'Horton • 267, -Garner
124; Johnson 259, Harrington 133,
■ er 371. Boone 30; Hancock 88,
Womble 302; Johnson 277, Hester
28G Walden 225, Dark 396.
Vernon Soring?—Ho l ”* on 40,
• >mer 19 ; Johnson 39, Harring
-17; Siler 38, Boone 21; Han
*ck 13 J ;
Hester 38, Walden 37’ Dark 51.
1 r,v rv Oaks—Horton 42. Gainer
•Hhnson V7. Harrington 28: Siler
36. Boone 9; Hancock 15, Womble
•'G J ohnson Hester 38, Walden
45. Dark 10.
Xew Hope—Horton 105, Garner
Johnson 60, Harrington 65;
>ier 61, Boone 67; Hancock 27,
orrible 90; Johnson 121, Hester
*O9. Walden 122,- Dark 25.
t W illiams—Horton 67, Garner 3;
Johnson. 21, Harrington 47; Siler
N *
The Chatham Record
Sermon:
“The Farm Preaches”
By C. H. POE
Observing farms, watching nat
ures gardens, I’ve received many
inspirations from nature —growing
life on Mother earth reveals many
smiles and works of God.
' May I pass to you a few thoughts
and inspirations gathered from farm
associations.
On every hand, in every bud, the
; love of God is revealed and a ser-
I mon preached.
' The first sermon the farm
preaches today, as well as in years
gone by, is the sermon on Beauty.
! I believe that God, in making the
world so beautiful, has made it
the bearer of a divine gospel to
man. Hill and valley, field and
forest, blooming orchards and mur
muring brooks—and over all, “the
eternal sky of light and deity” and
God’s beauty everywhere to make
chaste and pure the human soul—
this is the sermon the farm preaches
through summer and winter, spring
time and autumn; and never a day’s
toil on the farm hard enough to
shut out “the vision splendid” from
seeing eyes, to enjoy an Indian
summer sunset.
On some dull and dreary day
you look out over your acres
wrapped in gloom, and you say,
“It’s a dull old farm”; but suddenly
sunshine breaks through the olouds,
gilds field and fence and forest
land with glowing gold, and you
exclaim, “Ah, but the sunshine has
transformed it now!” And just so, if
you have eyes to see the omni
present beauty, full farm life will
be transformed into loveliness.
Then the next sermon the farm
preaches" to me is a sermon of
Work! “Oh, yes!” you say, “we
understand that point. Work, work,
work; that is what the farm says,
sure enough”. Ah, but listen to
me, old friends, the farm’s sermon
teaches not drudgery, but good
work, intelligent work, brainy work,
joyous work; work done enthus
iastically, and with love for the
work, as artistry and idealism—
which are life’s rich blessings. The
drudge hates his work; the worker
with vision loves it. “The Lord God
took, took the man and put him into
the garden of Eden to press it and
keep it”; still today the man who
works with Eden spirit converts
garden and farm into present-day
Edens.
The third sermon, sweet and
strong, which the farm preaches, is
a sermon of Loving and Giving.
“How nature gives! Sunshine,
vital air, abundant rain and flower
ing waters, flowers and all growing
things, and beauty a free gift evei'y
where! The very soil of the farm
cries out, ‘Come and take!’
It is of my deepest heart just to
PLEASE TURN TO PAGE TWO
William C. Gunter
Claimed by Death
—* —
Funeral services for William C.
Gunter were held at Centre Grove
Christian church, a few miles south
of Pittsboro, Thursday afternoon.
Mr. Gunter died at his home in
Bynum Wednesday morning, June 4,
after several months of illness.
Mr. Gunter was a well known
farmer and lumberman and w'as
highly esteemed by a large number
of friends. He was 58 years of
age and a native of Chatham
county, where he lived all his life.
He is survived by his wife who was
Miss Nannie Lewis before marriage,
four daughters: Mrs. D. Crabtree,
Mrs. Frank Clark, Misses Evelyn and
Samantha Gunter, .and two sons:
Vernon and Curtis Gunter, all of
Bynum. Surviving also are three
sisters: Mrs. E. C. Winston, of Wil
son; Mrs. L. E. Winston, of Dur
ham; Mrs. W. M. Moody, of San
ford; and three brothers: A. M. Gun
ter, J. T. Gunter, of Sanford; and
James Gunter, of Chatham county.
There is only one grandchild,
DeWitt Chapin Crabtree. Mr. Gun
ter was a devoted husband and
father and a good citizen. Many
friends regret his untimely decease.
59, Boone 10; Hancock 28, Womble
38; Johnson 69, Hester 62, Walden
66, Dark 10.
Oakland —Horton 117, Garner 11;
Johnson 110, Harrington 20; Siler
119, Boone 12; Hancock 57, Wom
ble 73; Johnson 119, Hester 129,
Walden 129, Dark 12.
Sheriff Blair had no opposition,
nor did Coroner Brooks and Clerk
of Court Hatch. So the whole Demo
cratic ticket in the county, state,
and districts is known, as is that of
the Republicans, as to the county.
. The senatorial nominee of the Re
publicans is in -doubt at this writing.
It appears that there may be a
second ” primary between Pritchard
and Butler. Congressman Pou seems
- to have no announced opposition.
- And there is no judge to be elected
for this district this year. But
we recall that we have not yet
• learned definitely the senatorial
; candidate from Wake for this dis
’ trict. Lee, Chathaip aand Wake
• compose the district, and Horton s
partner comes from Wake. .He will
; be known in time to give it m
; another place in the Record.
PITTSBORO, N. C., CHATHAM COUNTY, THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 1930.
i, . .!
.% s *• j
Ip!| 11 p p 11| •; : |gj |jj j|| ••• • -
' .. ■ x- : :
HE MADE GOOD HIS BOAST TO HOLD HIS LAND
Warwickshire, England.—Photo shows Mr. Vincent H. Mainwaring,
the Warwickshire farmer who jestingly threatened to shoot forty work
men who, acting 6n government authority, announced their intention of
demolishing this island in the River Avon near Stratford, the ownership
of which he claimed.. The local police acted as mediators, which finally
resulted in the farmer’s claim being upheld in part and the Land Drain
age Committee compromised by having one' part of the island cut away
and allowing the other to remain.
REPUBLICANS TAKE NO INTEREST
IN THEIR PRIMARY SATURDAY
It is surprising how little interest
the Republicans of the state took
in the opportunity they had to
name their candidates for senator.
If they have any hopes of electing
one, they certainly should have
had some concern as to who the
candidate was to be. The Record
tried to arouse some interest in
Chatham county, but failed. There
were only 63 votes cast in the
county by Republicans.
Those were distributed as follows:
Pritchard 3, Butler 22, Dorsett 10,
Stimson Earns College
Degree and $3,500
We have already had the story
of Walter Lee Stimson in the
Record, but so remarkable a
student career deserves much pub
licity. Accordingly, we are giving
a section from a review of the
notable students of the State Col
lege, which appeared in the News
and Observer a week or two ago.
Here it is:
“One of the outstanding students
in the college is Walter Lee Stim
son, of Goldston, who when he
finishes this June will have earned
a degree and made throughout his
four years here, a total of $3,500.
He has taken one of the stiffest
courses, that of dhemical engineer
ing, and has made an average of
B grade.
Stim§on had very little money and
no work in view when he got here.
But he registered and found a
job the same day. He did odd
jobs gardening, grading, cleaning,
caring for babies, tending furnaces,
and finally got two paper routes,
which he has held through his col
lege years. Besides caring for the
two routes he has gred furnaces in
winter, driven a truck in summer.
He will leave college with a degree,
a thousand dollars invested, and a
knowledge of how to work. He does
not feel work has hurt him; he
would have preferred to do so
even if it had not been necessary.
Even Appendicitis.
But this ambitious student had
his set back. He had to drop out
for an operation. He says what hurt
him more than the knife of the
ether was the fact that he had
another week to work in, he would
have rounded out his first thousand
dollars. That year, he agrees, be
tween ' operation and work his
studies did suffer a bit, but he
made them up. His younger brother
is following in his steps.”
- ....
Program for County
Minister’s Association
At the birth day picnic of Rev.
J.“ A. Dailey held at the Methodist
parsonage May 24 ; in Pittsboro, the
ten ministers present viz J. A.
Dailey, R. G. Shannonhouse, Jonas
Barclay, W. E. Byerly, B. L. Gup
ton, R. P. Condill, A. H. Porter,
J. W. Bradley, A. E. Brown and
Presiding Elder W. A. Cade met
after the dinner was served and
organized a county wide ministerial
association of all denominations.
The first meeting to be held will be
at the Methodist parsonage in Pitts
boro in Tuesday after the fourth
Sundav in June, ...24th at 10:30.
PROGRAM:
10:36 Devotional by Rev. Jonas
Barclay!
10:45 Question to -be. Discussed:
; The Religious Condition of Chatham
County and Its Relation to the So
cial, Educational and Economic Con
: ditions of Our People. Led by Rev.
' R. G. Shannonhouse, followed by
[ Jones Barcley and J. C. Canipe.
All the ministers in the county
• are cordially invited to be present.
> A. H. PORTER, Sec.
[ x *
[ * The barber never curls his own
hair. —Japanese proverb.
Tucker 1. The showing throughout
the state was similar. At this writ
ing on Monday, reports of only
9,012. Os course, the returns were
far from complete. On the face
of them Pritchard was in the lead,
j but without a sufficient number of
votes to nominate him. However,
it is almost certain to be the nom
inee, as the mountain counties gave
their vote to him, and the unre
ported votes lie largely up there.
The votes reported thus far are:
Pritchard 4410, Butler 2885, Tucker
1274, and Dorsett 443.
U. D. C. Entertained
At Johnson Home
—s —
regular meeting of the Win
nie Davis Chapter of the U. D. C.
was held at the home of Mrs. R.
P. Johnson on the 6th of June,
with Miss Minnie Bell, and Mes
dames R. C. Griffin and W. H.
McGhee joint hostesses.
The meeting was opened with the
ritual, followed by the reading of
the minutes of the previous meeting.
The treasurer gave an itemized re
port of disbursements.
Pleasure was expressed that our
members who are sick, afso those
who have sickness in their families,
are improving.
Mrs. Gregory gave a report of
the dinner that was served to all
veterans and relatives who were
able to be here on the 10th day
of May; following the exercise,
the graves ‘of veterans were dec
orated.
The treasurer was instructed to
send SIO.OO to the Memorial Pavilion
Committee.
The president urged a full at
tendance at the next meeting,
which will be held in September—
as this is the time for election of
officers, also election of delegates
to the State Convention, which
meets ni Raleigh, September 30th,
Oct. Ist, 2nd, and 3rd.
A Bridge Tournament will be held
at the home of Mrs. J. M. Gregory,
Thursday evening, June 12th.
Mrs. Hunt, chapter historian,
read a splendid paper on “The
History of the First N. C. Cavalry”,
she having received the prize from
the state division of the U. D. C.
on this paper.
At the conclusion of the pro
gram the hostesses served a delicious
ice course.
<g>
***************
* , *
: New Hiii Rt. 2 :
* * * * * * * ********
Relatives here were sorry to
learn that little Billy Jean Sturdi
vant, the little son of Mr. and Mrs.
T. E. Sturdivant of Temple, Pa.
is seriously ill with pneumonia.
Mr. Sturdivant is the son of Mrs.
J. L. Goddwin of this community.
Mrs. Bettie Auman is spending
sometime in Cary as the guest of
her brother.
Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Mann were
recent visitors to Mr. and Mrs. F.
M. Mann of Raleigh.
Mrs. Robert Sauls and children
have returned to their home in
Roxboro after • spending a few
weeks with relatives in this com
munity.
Mrs. Roy Garret and children of
New York are visiting her parents,
1 Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Ellis.
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Goddwin and
daughters, accompanied by Mr. W.
AJ Drake visited at the home of
Mr. Bob Chapel at. Burlington
Sunday.
r Mr. Millard Goodwin has returned
from a visit to relatives at Raleigh.
The/public is cordially invited to
attend preaching services at New
Elam Sunday Morning at eleven
o’clock, also Sunday evening at
l seven thirty, by pastor—Rev. E.
M. Carter.
SIMMONS GETS ONLY 22
OUT OF EACH 100 VOTES
Chatham County Votes Seven to Two for Bailey
West Bear Creek Gives 16 to 1 and More —
Simmons Gets Ten in Oakland, 15 in Albright
—i-Center Gives Favorite 4 to 1
All pre-election estimates of the
Bailey majority in Chatham county |
were conservative. It looked all 1
the time like a three or four toi
one victory for the Raleigh man,
but the talk of the “silent” vote
and the fact that no one person
had an opportunity to know the
whole count, made one hesitate
to express more than an estimate
of two to one. But it was apparent
quite early Saturday that the
“silent” vote in the environs of
Pittsboro was non-existent to a
great degree. The country folk
were voting for Bailey and not
keeping at all silent about it. The
Record’s estimate of the standing
of the two candidates in Pittsboro
had been nearly three to one. But
as he saw the ballots going in and
heard the people talking, he said
time and again that there were
four to one in the box for Bailey,
and it turned out that if Simmons
had got only two votes fewer at
Pittsboro, Bailey would have’ had
a fraction more than four to one
against the Senator. As it was, it
was a small fraction less than four
to one. Accordingly, assuming the
three to one estimate for Pittsboro
approximately correct, either the
country vote was stronger for
Bailey than the town vote or some
of the supposedly Simmons people
in the town did not vote at all.
And it was discouraging proposition,
for scarcely before has more en
thusiam or greater unanimity been
observed among the voters of this
community.
The total Bailey vote for the
Simmons majority in Mecklenburg
The Bailey majority is 1312, which
considerably more than offset the
Simmons majority in Mecklenburg
Thus Chatham had more influence
in the election than the metropoli
tan county, and the little bunch of
Democrats in dear old Sampson
almost killed the Simmons majority
in. Mecklenburg, and Chatham only
ninety of killing the bugaboo Sim
mons majority in Forsyth. Those
two big Simmons centress were
the chief dread of the Bailey folk,
and Chatham proved able to off
set either of them.
The votes at the several pi'e-
Fine Young Man
Accident Victim
—•—
The sudden death of J. L. Gun
ter, a fine young man of Oakland
township, has brought grief to
many friends and was a
shock to his family. His head was
crushed when a truck driven by
him Saturday evening turned over.
There were several companions, but:
fortunately Mr. Gunter was the!
only victim.
The burial took place Sunday;
evening at Asbury church. j
Mr. Gunter was a son of Mr. and j
Mrs. O. G. Gunter. He was 25
years of age, we are informed,
several brothers and sisters survive
him.
®
AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT
MATTER
Great was the rejoicing on the
cannibal island, for a typhoon had
dashed a liner to bits upon the
reef and some twoscore passengers
had battled their way to shore. Now
these hapless men were trussed
securely to trees where they could
watch great pots bubbing merrily
while tom-toms summoned the villa
gers to the coming feast.
“It’ll be a fine soup,” the head
of the rolay kitchen reported to the
king. “There are enough of them
to allow three to each pot.”
A lieutenant busted up.
“Say, king,” he chuckled, “here’s
the funniest thing that’s happened
in a long time. All those bozos are
carrying credentials that show they
are famous chefs on their way
to an international convention in
Paris—”
“Chefs?” ejaculated the king.
“It’s a laugh, ain’t it?” said the
lieutenant. “Chef soup for dinner—”
1 The king spoke peremporily to the
head of the royal kitchen: “Use
only one of those men to each pot!”
The other stared. “But why—”
“Dolt!” said the king. “Haven’t
you heard that too many cooks
spoil the broth?”—Judge.
***************
* *
Moncure News
* *
***************
The third quarterly - conference
was held at Moncure M. E. church
i Sunday at 3:30 o’clock. Rev. W. A.
Cadej presiding elder of Fayetteville
district held the devotional and then
presided over the business sesion.
Each church on Pittsboro circuit
; was well represented except one and
it was represented. Each church
gave in good reports and the meet
i • *
I—— . i >
Subscribers at Every . ,
Postoffice end AU R. f
F. D. Routes in Groat )
County of Cbatbu*
VOLUME 52—NUMBER 35
cincts for senator follows:
Albrigfht—Bailey 120, Simmons
15; Baldwin—Bailey 162, Simmons
81; Center—Bailey 341, Simmons
87; Gulf—Bailey 49, Simmons 22;
Hickory Mountain—Bailey 57, Sim
mons 16; Hadley—Baidley 43, Sim
mons 31; Haw River—Bailey 61,
Simmons 14; Buckhorn—Bailey 66,
Simmons 22; Richmond—Bailey 90,
Simmons 22; East Bear Creek —
Bailey 80, Simmons 26; West Bear
Creek—Bailey 118, Simmons 7; Siler
City—Bailey 304, Simmons 95;
Mt. Vernon Springs—Bailey 43,
Simmons 14; Merry Oaks—Bailey
38, Simmons 8; New Hope—Bailey
87, Simmons 10.
Estep, the wet candidate from the
west, who had not made campaign,
enough for the people to become
aware of his candidacy, .got one
vote in Center, 3 in Gulf, one iifi
Buckhorn, 2 in New Hope, or six
in the w r hole county. He got over ar
thousand votes in the state, how
ever, and it is easy to imagaine
a situation in which, this vote would
have caused a second priihary. That
would have been true if an average
had been struck between the esti
mates of the Bailey and Simmons
managers just before election, as
each side claimed a prospective
majority of 60,000. But the guess
based upon the “silent” vote didn’t
pan out. Bailey’s folk knew what
they were doing, as the political
leaders in almost every community
were aligned on the Bailey side and
knew the local situation just about
as well as the editor of the Record,
for example, knew it in Pittsboro.
The other side had no\ counters
to depend upon in each community
and were fooled by the strong
anti-Bailey sentiment in Raleigh,
Mechlenburg, Forsyth, Guilford ad
Durham, where the opposition, wa*
vocal.
The Simmons people in Chatham
are taking the defeat of their can
didate with good grace, and it may
be said with great assurance that
the party is in excellent condition
to give the full Democratic ticket
this fall a fine majority. Hoover
prosperity has even sickened the
Republicans.
ing was really an interesting one.
Sunday morning at 11 o’clock
“Sunday School Day” program was
given at 11 o’clock. The exercise
was presided over by Mr. W. W.
Stedman.
The superintendent and teachers
wish to thank all the members of
the Sunday for their co-operation
and help in making Sunday school
day a success.
Mrs. C. W. Sawyer was burned to
death last Thursday at her home
I here. As she was starting a fire in
i the stove to boil some milk for her
! baby, she picked up a can that con
; tained some gasoline in place of the
kerosene can, so when it came in
contact with the fire it exploded and
burned Mrs. Sawyer’s body almost
to a charcoal. Dr. Chapin was called
and he rushed her to a hospital,
where she died in a little while. On
Friday, she was buried at her old
home in South Carolina. She leaves
a husband and six children, Messrs.
C. C. Thomas, G. M. Womble, W.
B. Moore from here and H. D.
Gunter .of Pittsboro attended the
funeral.
We are sorry to state that Mr.
A. B. Womble is very sick at this
writing.
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Thomas and
daughter, Miss Catherine attended
the commencement at N. C. C. W.,
Greensboro last week-end where
their daughter, Miss Elizabeth was
a member of the graduating calss.
Miss Mabel Thomas who has been
teaching in the Raleigh schools for
the past several years is at home
for the summer.
Mr. Wm. Smith who is a native
of Durham county but who has been
living and practicin ’ his profession
in Washington, D. C., for several
years has purchased the drug busi
ness of Mr. Isaac D. Wilkie of this
place. Mr. Wilkie will work for Mr.
Smith for a short time.
T Mr. J. B. Wright with some of his
friends took a nice trip in auto up
North visiting many points of in
terest in New York State last week.
There will be a reunion of the
Wilkie family and their kin at the
Wilkie old homestead near Bear
Creek Sunday, June 15th. Every
body connected are iAvited to at
tend. Bring a basket.
The law made nothing perfect,
but the bringing in of a better
hope did.—St. Paul.
®
Nurse—Mr. Shankweiler, you’ve
had an addition to your family.
Shankweiler —The deuce!
Nurse—Yes, twins. How did you
’ guess it? —The Pathfinder.