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A Paper with a Prostiff* jI’AEJ LlbriAKY inunity Paper ESTABLISHED SEPTEMBER 19, 1878. Bell’s School Onens Monday The school at Bell’s will open ne xt Monday with a fine corps of teachers. The teachers and truck drivers are to have a meeting Sat urday afternoon at 3 o’clock, pre liminary to the opening. It is gratifying to note that the re tv principal is the son of a former Chatham citizen who moved down into Sampson a number of y ears ago, J. M. Hunter. Thus Chatham is geting back part of her "ihe ,Ti|St off teachers follows: j. M. Hunter, Turkey, principal; V. R. Dry, Richfield, high school teacher; Miss Louise Ellis, Golds n, high school teacher; Miss Betty Amick, Liberty, seventh grade; Miss Ruth Hackney, Bynum, sixth grade; Miss Hazel Tisdale, Rich mond, Va., fifth grade; Miss Lau ■ ■n Brooks, Pittsboro, fourth grade; Miss Blanche Johnson, Siler City, rfd., third grade; Mrs. Lean T. Wilson, Apex, Rt. 3, second grade; Miss Mabel Moses, Pittsboro, first grade; Miss Catharine Johnson, Pittsboro, music teacher. <s> YOUR BABY’S HEALTH The following clipping from the News and Observer chould prove of value to all parents of small children. ! “All baby specialists throughout the world”, Dr. G. M. Cooper of the State Board of Health, said “are in entire agreement that it is es sential to the baby’s safety for ail children under three years old to have the water bailed for three minutes before allowing a baby to drink it, and all milk that is not pasteurized by a reliable public es tablishment to be boiled three min utes before feeding to the baby.” “People complain,” said Dr. Coop er, “that drinking water that has been boiled has a flat taste. If such water,” he advised, “after it has cooled is placed in a half filled bot tle or jar and vigorously shaken for a few minutes, this flat taste entirely disappears, and no one can tell whether it has been boiled or not by the taste.” Scores of infants die during Sep tember of such diseases as diaor hoea and entreitis either through impure milk or polluted water, Dr. Cooper explained. If the simple pre cautions outlined were followed in the State, he asserted, “it is reason able to expect that the death rate of babies could be cut about one half as a result” ® Jackson Burial Here Saturday €> The arrival of he body of Mr. Samuel S. Jackson from Los Ange les has been delayed longer than ex pected when the article about his death was written last week. From the meager information received by his kin here, it is supposed that Mrs. Jackson tarried to put business and household matters in shape for a considerable absence. The body is expected to arrive l in Sanford Friday evening, and in terment wil be made in the Episco pal churchyard here, where his par ents are buried. The burial is set for 4 o’clock Saturday afternoon. €> A Surprise Party For Miss Williams. (Contributed) Miss Pauline Williams was the honoree at a surprise party given by a number of her friends at her home in Bynum. A variety of, games were enjoyed by those pres ent. The guests who attended this delightful affair were Misses Pau line Williams, the honoree, Elsie Rid dle, Gaynell Riddle, Dorothy Riggs bee, Frances and Effie McDuffie, Viola McDonald, Ruth Cooper, Mary Hilliard, lola White, Pearl Ellis, Eula Cooper, Celtis Womble, all of Bynum, also Misses Hazel Smith, of Pittsboro, Rena Belle Farrell of Pearrington, Rebecca Swaney _of Greensboro, and Leota Bean of High Point; also Messrs, Vernon Durham, Francis Watts, Thomas Snipes, Sted man and Garland Andrews, Edward Thomas, William Hunt, Bobbie Holt, Dewey Sikes, Archie Ross, Randolph Riddle, all of Bynum, Robert Mills and Everett Thomas of Pittsboro, and Arthur Brown of Linden. It has been gratifying to see Mr. Charlie Fields able to be out after eight weeks in a Durham hospital, where he was taken after being crushed by earth caving in upon him while working for the Odell Manufacturing Company. He still has to walk with a cane. The Company’s “insurance ,under she compensation act, takes care of the hospital bill and other expenses and sixty percent of his wages.. His ankle and back are still paining him, but his condition is much more gratifying than one could have ex pected from 4;he reports of the injury received. The Winnie Davis Chapter of the U. D. C. will meet at the home of Mrs. Julian M. Gregory, Friday afternoon at 4 o’clock. All members are requested to attend. rp» iOl j i w% i Ine Uhamam Kecord Horton Goes To Raleigh Pittsboro Attorney and Can didate for Senate Becomes Secretary of State Demo cratic Executive Committee. - Mr. W. P. Horton, candidate for the State Senate from this part of he district, chosen recenly as sec retary of the State Demoeratis . Executive Committee, will have headquarters in the Sir Walter Ho tel, Raleigh, and left Wednesdav, Sept. 3, to take up his duties there. This is quite a distinction for our countyman, and enables him to increase his already broad ac quaintance in the state. Mr. Horton’s office will be kept open by Miss Frances Johnson, his capable stenographer, and Mr. Hor ton will be in Pittsboro every Sat urday in order to keep in touch with his clients. <s> *************** * * * Brown’s Chapel News’ *************** About 75 young folk and married people will long remember Thurs day night of last week when they assembled at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Goodwin at a party in honor of Miss Minnie Belle Good win ajnd brother, Sherion, 'who were spending some days in the Goodwin home. Remarkably good string music was rendered by Messer Harvel Lindley, O. T. Williams, Mar vin Lindley and Hubbord Ragan. As we shall have no more schools at the Gum Springs school house, our Sunday school will buy the school piano. The price of the pi ano goes to the Pittsboro school, where the Gum Springs children now attend school. This is a do nation of the ladies of the com munity who paid S3OO for the piano. Friday evening the children of the S. S. Classes taught by Mr. W. T. Mann, and Mesdames R. G. Perry and C. H. Lutterloh met for their picnic near the church. The occasion was featured by a chicken stew cooked on the spot, each teacher hav ing furnished two chickens. About 45 were present. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis of the Cot ton Tail Club made their first call upon the family of H. F. Durham Sunday afternoon. It is recalled that these are comparatively new comers to our community. Mr. W. C. Henderson and* family including his mother, visited his brother, F. R. Hjendersojn, (near Graham Sunday. Mr. J. R. Goodwin and family with their cousins, Minnie Belle and Sherron Goodwin, spent Wed nesday of last week with their cou sin, Garland Goodwin near Mebane. Also, Mr. I. A. Durham and fam ily spent last Sunday with rela tives near Graham. Mr. Floyd Mann is on his annual visit from Detroit. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Mann, were rather surprised last Sunday by a home-coming of their children to be with Floyd and also as a cele bration of the father’s birthday. The squirrell law is not yet out but the bang of the guns is very frequently heard. Messers J. T. Creed and J. F. Bouldin have nine acres of fine tobacco that has cured up nicely. Mr. D. J. Dark and family of Carrboro along with Mr. Edward Mann, spent some time here last week with relatives. Mr. Earl Creed and family who came into the community last spring from Bluefield, W. Va., have proven to be good people and fine neigh bors, and we regret their decision to return to their former home. Mr. Creed’s health has improved since being down here. Mrs. W. C. Henderson and lit tle Minnie Belle spent part of last week in Durham with relatives. We regret to learn of the death of Mr. Banks Quakenbush of Bur lington, who was one of our old boys. W© sympathize also with Mr. P. T. Farrell in the death of his daughter. . , . Sometimes m Sunday school classes the litle boys cut up so badly and the girls laugh at them so much that the only thing that a teacher may do is to suggest that they stay at home if they cannot behave better. The lack of means of discipline in Sunday schools throws a double responsibility upon parents to see that the children do not discredit their rearing. (Editorial note. May we add here that the lax behavior in S. S. classes and the utter lack of prep aration of Sunday school lessons has been instrumental in injuring the morale of the every day school. Boys and girls who learn to waste their time at one place will do the same thing at another place.) Riding back and forth on the roads especially on Sunday, in. a disorderly manner is not showing good morals nor good sense. But some folk say, Let things be and say nothing. However, some day some one will be held accountable. \ PITTSBORO, N. C., CHATHAM COUNTY, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1930. Williams-Belk Store is Credit to Sanford Readers of the Record; will have noticed that Williams-ißelk, the lead ing mercantile firm of Sanford, are advertising bargains because of their contemplated removal to the Wilkins- Ricks building. That the new loca ' tion for this progressive business will be worthy of the firm and of Sanford, below is quoted a para graph from last week’s Sanford Ex press :: : “A complete line of up to date fixtures and ball bearing cash carry ing systems will be installed by the Wilkins-Belk Company in the store building formerly occupied by Wil kins-Ricks Company, which they have leased and will occupy early in the fall. The front of the store is being constructed of beautiful cream colored sand brick furnished by the Borden Brick and Tile Com pany. The furniture and fixtures are being made by the Sanford Sash and Blind Company, and will be the very best that they can turn out. When completed this store wi!l be a credit to Sanford. Mr. Simmons expects to be able to move in by the 10th or 15 th of September. Coal Field Has Immense Value State Geologist States that 4,000,000 of Tons of Good Coal in Field—But Other Minerals More Valuable. From the Aberdeen Pilot we are clipping the report of a speech by State Geologist Bryson on the re sources of the Deep River Coal Field. In this case, as so often, the fact that Chatham shares largely, perhaps, in these riches is omitted. It is apparent that the by-pro duct of the coal mines possess the real value, and that they can be come the means of developing im mense industries in that section. But the real place for such develop ments is Gulf, which is right at the coal field and besides has such rail faculties as few towns in the state can offer. For nearly two miles the Atlantic and Yadkin and the Norfolk and Southern railroads parallel each other at just a good distance to allow for the establish mehtof manufacturing plants be tween them—scarcely a yard of spur tracks would be needed, but only side tracks for loading. Al ready the brick and tile plant is thus located, and it was from this plant, that £he shipment of bricks to Russia was noted recently. There is no question that it be hooves the good people of Gus to manage in some way to get their wonderful advantages before the industrial organizations of the country. Really, there is no good reason, apparently, why there shou’d not be a city at Gulf one day. There is coal in the field sufficient to supply all of North Carolina a half century at the present rate of con sumption, and the statement that the by-products of the coal yield are worth $20,000 for every sl,- 500 worth of coal is astounding. At this time when emphasis is being placed upon patronizing home indus tries, the attention of the whole state should be turned to these unique opportunities at Gulf. Follows the article from thfe Aberdeen Pilot: If 500 tons of coal is mined each day in the Carolina Coal and By- Products Company’s mines near Sanford, there is enough coal to last 564 years, Herman Bryson, geo logist of the State Department of Conservation and Development told members of the Kiwanis Club of Aberdeen at their weekly luncheon in the new Community church in Pinehurst 6n Wednesday. He said there were 84 million tons of coal in this field, and that all that was necesary for the development of the section in away which would make a manufacturing center of the San ford teritory, was capital. “And,” he said, “northern interests are beginning to take a keen in terest in these mines.” Mr. Bry son pointed out that this section had reached a stage of development to furnish a real market for the local mines, with their by-products, and that there is no reason why we should not have chinaware plants, plate glass factories, creosoting plants, brick and tile manufactur ing and similar enterprise in our midst. The quality of coal mined by the Carolina company ranks well up with that of other fields, in fact is higher in fixed carbon and in heat units in comparison with coal mined in the better known fields. Trans portation costs are not excessive, two railroads running into the mines, and he called the Kiwanians atten tion to the fact that a large per centage of the cost of charges from distant points. Much could be saved per ton by the use of local coal locally. He said that 1,250,000 tons of coal are burned annually in North Carolina. But the by-products of the mines are the big potential assest in the development of the Sanford sec- *************** ♦ * * Bear Creek News * * * *************** Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Ivey and Mr. and Mrs. R. V. Sizemore and daugh ter, Mrs. G. B. Emerson and T. B. Beal, all of this place, attended the Moore, Lee, Montgomery and Chat ham Rural Letter Carrier’s As sociation at Jonesboro, Monday. D. F. Perre.l, who is working in Washington, D. C., is spending some time at his home on route 2. Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Rives, of Washington, D. C., are visiting Mr. Rives mother, Mrs. Jessi P. Rives, south of town. Rev. and Mrs. L. V. Coggins, of Seniora; I. C. Coggins, of Sanford and J. T. Coggins, of Washington, D. C., were recent visitors in the home of I. P. Coggins. Mr. and Mrs. Scott Paylor and son, Scott, Jr., of Gastonia, were Sunday visitors in and near town. Mr., and Mrs. J. F. Coggins and family, of Hallison, were Sunday visitors at W. A. Coggins. Mr. and Mrs. B. S. Beaver and family, of Durham, were week-end visitors in town. Messrs. W. A. Coggins and S. B. Burke were visitors in Greens boro Monday. Mrs. T. B. Beal and daughter. Frances, were visitors in Sanford Monday. Mrs. W. W. Clark, of Greens boro, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Rives, on route 2. Attend Grady-Outlaw Reunion in Duplin Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Mann and Fletcher, Jr., attended the great reunion of the Grady-Outlaw famil ies at the B. F. Grady school in Duplin county Friday. These two old families are so interwoven from the beginning and throughout the two hundred years of their exist ence in North Carolina that the combined reunion is very appropri ate. The first intermixture was in the very beginning of the North Carolina residence and it has con tinued till most recent times. For instance, Mrs. Mann’s grandfather married a Grady if we are not mistaken. The descent numbers thousands now, scattered far and wide, and about 3000 were present at the reunion Friday. Judge H. A. Grady is president of the family organiza tion, and gave a full account of the Grady antecedents, which of course, necessarily, included much of the Outlaw history, though that branch had its spokesman in a South Carolina minister. A feature of the occasion was the consump tion in short order of 75 barbecued pigs. $ *************** * Gulf News * * * ************** r* Rev Donald Mclver and wife of ristol, Va., visited Mr. W. S. Russell for a few days last week. Mrs. Walter Latham and two daughters Misses Mary and Pauline, of Marston, N. C., are spending the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Tyner. Miss Minnie Murchison left Sat urday for Rocky Mount. She will teach there this session. Mrs. Etta Hayes , of Cheraw, S. C. is visiting he sister Mrs. G. L. M err ell. Prof. J. S. Moore, instructor in State University of Georgia, is visit ing his parents Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Moore. Mrs. C. D. Martin is not very well and is confined to her bed again this week. Miss Elsie Tyner came in Sat urday from Catawba College. She attended last term of Summer School there. Mrs. J. W. Gilliam and daughter of Sanford visited Mrs. C. H. Hill last week. Mr. and Mrs. Alton Jourdon of Durham spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Jourdon. Harry Palmer "colored) died at his home near here Tuesday morn ing at seven o’clock. There was no trains on the Nor folk and Southern through here Monday and Tuesday. A bridge was burned out at Glendor early Sunday morning. <S> R. Peggio—Howja get those blis ters on your finger tips? La Scala—Twisting the dials of my radio trying to get something besides that danged Maine Stein Song.—The Pathfinder. tion as a manufacturing center, he said, Coke, gas tar and ammonium sulphate from $1,500 worth of coal in the Carolina mines will bring about $20,000, and with this section now sufficiently developed to make a market for china, plate glass, brick, tile, etc., all of which re quire certain of these by-products in their manufacture, there is no reason why plants of this type should i not spring up in the vicinity and prove profitable, with resultant pros perity for the operation of the mines. J. S. Goldston Dead, Aged 64 Excellent Citizen of Goldston Died Friday Morning As Result of Stroke of Paralysis. _ When the present editor of the Chatham Record fistt came to Chat ham county he found two old school mates of an older brother at Gold ston, Messers. W. L. and J. G. Goldston, in the mercantile business at the town of their own name. It was easy, under the circum stances, to become their friend and account them ours. But six years has served to take them both to their long homes. Mr. Walter Goldston died two or three years ago and Mr. J. G. passed away Friday as a result of a stroke of paralysis, following a year of fail ing health. It is with regret that the editor chronicles the death of this good citizen, and hundreds of friends regret his passing. He was 64 years of age. The funeral service was conduct ed Saturday afternoon at the Goldston M. E. church by Pastor Chaffin. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Susan Goldston, who was a Mrs. Kissell and by the following chil dren: Lucile, Stuart, Grady Gald ston, of Goldston; two stepson’s, Francis and Jake Kissell, of New ark, N. J., and by three sisters, Mrs. Lizzie Harris, of Goldston, of Gold ston; Mrs. E. A. Rives, of Greens boro, and Mrs. A. S. Dalton, of Winston-Salem. County Court Holds Two Day Session The recorder’s court convened Monday with a large docket on hand and held a two days session. The following cases were disposed of as indicated: Abbie Barbee, not guilty of dis turbing religious worship. Wesley Burke, driving car while drunk, SSO and costs, also not to drive car for 90 days. Judgment suspended on condition of not drinking liquor for two years. J. M. Lemons, possession of li quor, 4 months, sentence suspen ded. Nolle prosse with leave in liquor case against Clifton and A. J. Johnson, but S4O fine and capias for Viola Burgess, defaulting wit ness* Taft Murray, C. C. W., guilty. L. J. Council not guilty of op erating car without license. S. J. Mills guilty $lO fine and all costs and to buy license for car im mediately. Vernon Eavans guilty of posses sion of wine, 90 days on roads if arrested in Chatham county. Lemuel and Ernest Farrar six months each for assault. Seat Bald win a’so guilty. This was a fight at a colored church. Henry King must support wife or serve 2 years; also pay costs of case. Will Kelly, adultery, 12 months, on roads if caught in Chatham coun ty or adjoining counties after a 24 hour start. Case against Bertha Dark noil prossed. B. L. Richardson, possession of liquor, 4 months, sentence suspen ded. John Perry and Henry Millikan for assault were taxed each with half the costs and prayer for judgement continued. Milliken ap pealed to the superior court. Nathan Dorsett was given 8 months on the roads in a whiskey case. Virgil Webster in a liquor case was taxed to the extent of $75, out of which the cost is to be paid. T. M. Branson, for non-support when he professed to be unable to pay cost or make any payment to the support of his children, was sentenced to the roads for 12 months. An appeal was taken to the superior court. Grant Millikan for aiding and a betting in liquor making had prayer for judgement continued till Octo ber 1. The case of Jesse Boone coming up for final judgement from last spring was again postponed till Dec. 1. It was found that sls had been paid on the costs. He was directed to have finished pay ing cost by Dec. 1. Court recessed till next Monday at 10 o’clock. Hardware Store Opens Saturday Since the advertisement of the new hardware store at Pittsboro was written, Mr. Jennings Phillips, who is to be in charge, informs j the Record that he will be ready for business Saturday morning. All the stock may not be installed by that time, but things wil be in shape , for business. 3 Subscribers cl Every Postoffic* and All I. F. D. Rout*s la Groat County of Chatham VOLUME 25—NUMBER 48 The Arab Women Os Algeria W (ALBERT B. OSBORNE) (The Hamlet News-Messenger) Since the conquest of Algeria by the French, it is said that the Arab women are better treated than they were in former days, and that she is beter off than her sisters in oth er lands. This is true to a certain extent, for the French law forbids ill-treatment, but there are many cases into whose mysteries the law never penetrates, and which is never made public. And although slavery has been practically abolished among the Arabs, the life of the Arab woman is, in most cases, a very sad one. When married she is considered by her husband, an inferior creat ure, and must never provoke him at any time, but wait on him hand and foot, therefore she becomes a slave, a position, however, to which she easily becomes reconciled. Her duties include all that a servant can perform for a master, and her privileges are extremely rare. Among the lower class Arabs, it is the wife who does most of the hard work, even in the fields, while her husband may be enjoying him self, squatting outside his hut, or gourbi, drinking coffee, smoking and playing checkers, a game which the Arab is very fond of, caring little for his wife or the manner in which she labors, so long as she does the work and is home in time to prepare the evening meal. So in ferior is she, that she is not per mitted to eat with him, but must re main standing or waiting on him, while he is enjoying the meal she has cooked. The Arab that is possessed with sufficient money to enable him to purchase his desired object, he makes inquiries among his friends for the woman most likely to suit him. W'hat he wants is not always the houri of his early dreams, as pictured in the Koran, but a woman to cook his food, make his clothes and plow his fields, in short, to slave for him. When he has dis covered what he requires, he goes and concludes the bargain with the girl’s father and the wedding fin ally takes place, but not before the buyer has done his best to de preciate the qualities of the bride, and the seller. The girl in most cases knows when she is married, her lot is to be none else than that of a slave, but she is ignorant of the fact that she will have to e dure all these domestic tortures and sufferings. Like most orientals, the Arab of Algeria must have a boy for his first child, and the reverser has caused many a seperation and prob ably a second or third wife in the home. I know of a case where a woman threw her baby away and went to a home where a bov was bom, and stole it, felling her husband it was hers. The costume of an Arab woman is singularly interesting and never fails to be attractive to strangers. The indoor dress consists of the ha baga, or loose waist, generallv made of thin flimsy material. The s’eeves are wide and the garment is usually tied around the waist with a cord or sash. In the place of a skirt, the Arab woman wears large baggy pan taloons of white linen, fastened at the waist and reaches down to the ankles. These nantaloons require much cloth to make, roughly speak ing, I would think that it would take two American bed sheets to make one pair., The Arab woman is passionatezly fond of jewelry and finery, and as often as possible, displays her trin kets, such as large ear rings, numer ous necklaces (usually made of sil ver and gold Arab coins) and am ulets, to adorn her tattooed neck and bosom; any quantity of silver and gold bracelets and silver anklets which are usually two or three inches wide and rich colored velvet shoes complete her indoor costume. The outdoor costume is usually white haik, covering the body from hpad to foot with the adjar or veil, which covers the face, except the eves. The origin of this inevitable veiling of women is not known. Some say the wearing of this veil, which not only hides the pretty features of the woman, but is also very uncomfortable and keeps her from inhaling the pure air freely, was introduced by the prophet Mo hammed, to serve his own personal jealousy, in connection with his beautiful wife, Aisha. And so the distrustful disposition of Mohammed from that moment, was the means of condemning all Arab women to wear this hideous covering for the face during their lifetime. Referring to this custom, a writer tells of a conversation between a Scotchman and an Arab. “No, said the Arab, the Prophet was wise, and the institution of the veil is a proof of his sagacity, for well he knew that there are two things which an Arab cannot resist, wine and women, he therefore prohibited the one, and threw a veil over the other. When we Arabs see a beau tiful woman whom we cannot marry we fall desperately in love with her, and lose our reason. If you people of the cold north can /con template a woman’s charms un moved, we sons of the prophet can not. Our Prophet was right, he knew his people well, and we are grate ful for his injunction”.