A Pap*? with a Prestige
of a Half Century. A
County. Not a Com.
mnnlty Papor
ESTABLISHED SEPTEMBER 19, 1878.
Major Stedman
Died Tuesday
Native of Pittsboro—Last Sur
vivor of War Between States
To Serve In Congress—
Buried at Fayetteville
Today.
At last Major Stedman yielded
to the inevitable hand of death,
■v\ b:ch seems to have been upon him
for several days. He died at the
Mount Alto hospital, Washington,
p C.. where he was taken after
a stroke of apoplexy on September
'll. His daughter, Mrs. Palmer, was
with him.
Expressions of regret were
general, including that of President
Hoover.
The burial will take place in
F yettevil’e today. That city is the
hme of Major Stedman’s only
surviving brother, Mr. Frank H.
Stedman. The funeral will be con
fix ted in the First Presbytbrian
c.ureh of Fayetteville, at ten o’clock
today.
Major Stedman leaves numerous
relatives in Chatham county, though
no immediate one. Mrs. Exline and
Mr. Fred Williams and Mrs. J. M.
Gregory, for instance, are second
cousins; while all the S ted mans in
the county are doubtless derived
from the same Colonial stock as the
Major’s.
Major Stedman’s death leaves a
vancancy in Congress. There is a
move to have his daughter selected
to serve out the balance of his term.
Frank Hancock of Granville county
is already nominated as his succes
sor for next term.
Major Charles Manly Stedman was
born January 29, 1841, in Pittsboro.
H:> parents, when he was a mere
youth, moved to Fayetteville. After
at.ending the elementary schools he
entered the University of North
Carolina in 1857 and there ranked
as a student with such men as Ran
sjm and Pettigrew, being a first
honor man during each session of
his foud years. As a student he
was brilliant, respected and admired
by his fellow students and the fac
u. y of the university.
At the close of the war Major
Sm- man returned to Chatham coun
ty, '• e home of his birth, and for
practically a year was engaged in
. i: gat Pittsboro. In 1866 he
was married to Miss Katherine De-
Ro«sctt Wright, of Wilmington, the
daughter of Joshua G. Wright, and
the niece of William A. Wright, who
was a member of pne of the most
cF:inguiShed families in eastern
North Carolina. In 1867 be moved to
Wilmington, where for many years
he practiced law with his wife’s
uncle, William A. Wright, under
tiie firm name of Wright and Sted
man.
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Miss Geanie Oldham is spending
this week with her brother, Mr. W.
R. Oldham, at Yanceviile.
Mr. and Mrs. George Moore and
little son, also Miss Annie Moore,
visited relatives at Pittsboro Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Thomas of
Pittsboro spent Sunday with her
parents Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Poe.
Mr. George Burke, who is located
at Siler City, spent the week-end
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. T.
B. Burke.
Mr. E. C. Hart is engaged in mak
ing syrup for people of the com
munity who raise 'cane this year.
Mir. R. . Oldham is assisting him
with the work.
Mrs. Peggy Dowdy is spending a
few weeks with relatives at Burling
ton.
Mr. G. G. Richardson and family
of Cumnoch, visited Mr. and Mrs.
C. C. Poe Sunday afternoon.
The school truck which carries
the pupils of this community to
Goldston High School is well loaded
this time.
Mr. and Mrs. Carlton Dowdy of
Burlington were Sunday visitors in
the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. T.
Dowdy. They also visited Mr. Pete
Dowdy.
Union Meeting
At Moncure.
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Beginning the first Sunday in
October the Baptist, Methodist, and
Presbyterians of Moncure and com
munity will hold union revival serv
ices each evening for two weeks
the school auditorium, and pos
sibiy morning services at the school
opening hour, 8:30 a. m.
On account of this meeting, the
pastor of the local Methodist church
will preach at Pittsboro next Sun
day evening at 7:30 o’clock instead
of the first Sunday, that he may
be at the opening of the revival
•'U»rviees at Moncure. The Pittsboro
community will please carefully
n< >te the change.
J. A. DAILEY.
Tbfi Chatham Record
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Mrs. A. T. Daniel, who spent, last
week with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. E. E. Lambeth, returned to her
home at Mocksville last Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Lambeth and son,
Eugene, accompanied Mrs. Daniels
home last Sunday and spent the
day.
Mr. S. R. Bates, Sr., a. real
estate agent representing the Fed
eral Land Bank of Columbia, S. C.
spent several days last week with
W. W. Stedman. Mr. C. E. Dough
terty, the appraiser for the Fed
eral Land Bank, but lives at Rocky
Mount, spent several days last
week with W. W. Stedman.
Miss Pauline Ray, the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Ray, left
last Saturday for Mt. Airy, where
she will teach in the city schools
this year.
The Junior Epworth League is
progressing nicely. Miss Ruth Sted
man represented this League at the
Summer Assembly at Louisburg,
but there was no course given at the
Assembly for Junior Leaguers, so
Ruth Stedman took the Hi-League
work, passed her work and received
a certificate. Since the Summer
Assembly the Junior Leaguers have
been undecided what to do( as there
is no longer Junior Leagues)
whether to call themselves Hi-
Leaguers, (as they have been doing
since the summer assembly) or an
Epworth Junior Society under the
Woman’s Missionary Society. Miss
Lucy Boone has charge of the Jun
iors, so she thinks -as the ages range
from 8 to 13 years, it would be
better to have an Epworth Junior
t Society which will be under the Wo
man’s Missionary Society, so lit
erature will be ordered for this
purpose. The Epworth Junior So
ciety (as they are called now) put
on a good program last Sunday.
Miss Marjie Lee Ray was leader.
As usual the Epworth League
met last Sun-day evening at 7:30
o’clock. The president, Miss Emma-
Lee Mann, presided. After a short
song sei’vice, the meeting was turned
over to the leader, Miss Roberta
Lambeth, who held the devotional.
It was Mission Pledge Night, so
Mrs. W. W. Stedman was asked to
explain the Mission Special, then
Miss Boone gave an interesting
talk on “God’s Gifts”. The Septem
ber Business meeting will be held
at the home of Prof, and Mrs. 11.
G. Self next Friday evening at
7:30 o'clock.
The Methodist Sunday School is
growing. Prof. W. W. Stedman is
superintendent. Just one Sunday
recent'y there were 94 members
present. It is the . Superintendent’s
wish that there will be 100% pres
ent next Sunday.
On Sunday, Sept. 21st, fifty re
latives and friends gave Mr. C. D,
Willcie a surprise birthday dinner
at his home two miles north of
Moncure. Mr. Wilkie is 69 years oi
age. He has always been a leading
figure in the religions and social
life of his community, being chair
man of the local school board and
having served for past ten years as
Supt. of the Baptist Sunday school.
There is no more loved and re
spected man in this vicinity as was
attested by the friends gathered and
the feast spread on the lawn at
his home. Among those present were
all of his sisters and brothers be
ing, Mrs. Otis Bridges of Colon,
Mrs. C. C. Thomas and Miss Irene
Wilkie of Moncure, and Mr. G. H.
W T ilkie of Sanford. Other out of
town visitors were Mrs. G. H. Wilkie
and daughter of Sanford, Mrs. R.
Sanderson of Va., Mrs. Lewis Isen
hour an-d son of Colon, Mr. and Mrs.
T. F. Womble of Apex, Mr. Worth
Wilkie cfL \ Asheville, Mrs. John
Bell, Jr. of’ Fuquay Springs and
Mr. and Mrs. James Bridges of San
ford.
Mr. J. Hinsdale, attorney of
Raleigh and Mr. Frank Stimson,
architect of Raleigh came here last
Thursday to get Messrs. W. W. Sted
man and G. M. Womble to appraise
some land for them.
Mrs. Claud Nance of Rockingham
is visiting her sister, Mrs. C. D.
Wilkie.
The Baptist Sunday School has
elected for the ensuing year the
folowing officers: Supt., Mr. W. C.
Harword, Asst. Supt., Mr. W. J.
Hanon, Secretary, Mr. J. J. Hock
ney.
Mrs. Lemuel G. Johnson wa§
taken with appendicitis one day last
week and rushed to Durham Hospi
tal where she was operated on. We
are glad to state that she is getting
on nicely.
Mr. J. J. Hackney commenced
ginning cotton here last week, Mr.
Hackney will be glad to gin your
cotton for you.
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WOMAN’S CLUB TO MEET
The meeting of the Woman’s
Club wiT be held the second Wednes
day in October, as the first Wednes
day conflicts with the State con
vention of the U. D. C.
Dr. Spikes will address the club
at that time on cancer control. .
Everybody is urged to attend.
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Mr. Ernest Bland, who has been |
working with a bridge construction,
company in Tennessee, is at hiome.;
PITTSBORO, N. C., CHATHAM COUNTY, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1930.
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J. W. BAILEY, Demoncratic nominee for U. S. Senate, who will
speak at Pittsboro, Saturday, Sept. 27, at 2 P. M.
News and
Comment
\ Number of Interesting Items
Gleaned from Far and Near
With Appropriate Comment
by the Editor of the Record.
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The N. C. Cotton Cooperative As
sociation is receiving many times as
much cotton this season as last;
the same seems to be true of the
Cooperatives in other cotton states.
As the government loans nine cents '
a pound on cotton thus delivered,
and the grower need not be held
accountable for the loss if cotton
should go below that price, it be
hooves all cotton growers to take
advantage of the associations. Some
body must hold the cotton till it is.
needed by the mills and nobody j
else is so situated as the growers,'
who can get practically the present
while holding it without risk. The
holders if others than the grower
will expect a profit for the use
of their money and for the risk
of loss. The farmer has a chance
to get the profit without risk.
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Frank Page has declined to ac
cept the responsibility of organiz- j
ing the tobacco growers of North !
Carolina, but as head of ,the South- [
east ‘Regional .Council, which grew
out of the governor’s conference in
Asheville last spring, Mr. Page j
pledges the support of the Council
-to the aid of tobacco growers. The
matter of organizing a cooperative
association of tobacco growers is
urgent and is again delayed, doubt
less, by Mr. Page’s declination to
take the leadership. ‘
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The Page Trust Company has
again come to the rescue of a fail
ing bank. When the Citizens’ Bank
of Raleigh was tottering last week,
an all-night conference resulted in
the transfer of the assests and lia
bilities to the Page Trust Company.
The next morning it was do/ing busi
ness in Raleigh. The Page Trust
Company has become one of the
very strongest banking institutions
in North Carolina and has banks in
te tows and cities, we believe, in
cluding our own Chatham town of
Siler City.
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Durham county has organized a
tax relief association with that
former worthy Chatamite, J. G.
Cole, as president. The relief that
is practicable, and the only one, is
a reduction in all salaries paid by
the state. Robbing Peter to pay [
Paul will not solve the matter, for
Peter always has the means of
throwing the burden back on Paul.
That is, the burden of taxation ulti
mately rests upon the ordinary folk,
and the only way to lighten the
burden on them is to light the
burden in fact. i
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George W. McNeill of Carthage,
iin a letter to the News and Ob
| server, estimates the average crop
lof his section as 3,000 pounds of
I tobacco, four bales of cotton, 150
j bushels of corn, and forty bushels
of wheat, which he estimates will
sell at $682 this year. Out of that
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M')-s Birgipla No elf, otf Siler
City, Rt. 3, has entered the Pine
land College, at Salemburg. She was
accompanied to college by her
brother, Godwin Noell, and June
J‘. Phillips.
Mrs. J. A. Phillips is spending
this week in Durham, with heir
daughter, Mrs. C. L. Snipkes, who
will undergo an operation this week
in a -hospital in Durham; Mrs. Snipes
friends will wish for her an early
recovery.
Miss Eliza Norwood is spending
sometime with her mother, Mrs. W.
F. Norwood, on route 2, recuperat
ing from a recent operation for ap
pendicitis.
Miss Evelyn Beavers and Mr. and
Mrs. J. H. Nall, of Greensboro, were
recent visitors in the home of T.
P. Beaver.
Mrs. W. A. Coggins is a visitor in
Greensboro this week, to see her
neice, Mrs. Ethel Maulden Marsh,
who is very ill in the Clinic Hospital,
of this place.
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Agnes Campbell's
Legs Badly Crushed.
An X-ray picture of the legs of
Agnes Campbell, whose injury was
reported last week, is said to show
that the bones of both legs are
I broken into bits, in the section
1 crossed by the wheels of the heavy
j truck that passed over them. It ie
' presumable that the heavy treads of
the tires are responsible, in a mea
sure, for the champing up of the
bones.
The physicans at the hospital have
sought to get the girl into as favor
able a condition as possible before
making the attempt to set the bits
of bones together. There seems to
have been a question as to whether
it would be better to attempt to
save both legs. Work upon the set
ting was to start this week.
must come all costs of fertilizer,
allowance for rent, cost of stock
and ptensils, including horse feed,
and all hired help. Frequently much
of the work is' done by the wife
and children of the farmer. Thus
the whole family might make S4OO
a year, but if the year is unfavor
able may fail to make that much.
On the other hand, a twenty-year
old girl, with no risk, will make
twice that much in the schools of
Moore county jflthe chairman of the
state highway commission gets with
out risk or involvement of capital
SIO,OOO a year, or 25 times as much
as the whole family of the farmer
can make. Like the Chatham Rec
ord, Mr. McNeill calls for a reduc
tion of salaries of all state and
J county employees.
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Bishop Cannon is again on the
front page. Four Methodist minis
ters have fled charges with Bishop
Ainsworth against the speculating,
politicking minister, and under the
ru'es of the game a committee of
■ twelve must be appointed to con
-1 sider the charges. Since the Bishop’s
pardon by the general conference,
on his confession and -plea for for
giveness, letters have come to light
that put his trafficking in stocks in
a more unfavorable light, if such a
thing is possible. It seems that
this Connon will ultimately be
spiked.
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Anyone who tries to avoid talking
about folk to their back but does
use, publicity or otherwise, wasted
lives as illustrations or to point a
moral may cause hard things to be
said of them. What a pity we do
not try to understand each other
better and look for the higher and
nobler intentions in life. Like Peter
who denied his Lord but repented
when he- came face to face with him
again, some of us when we really
understand may have occasion to
repent.
The preacher referred to by the
editor as a “Saplin Ridge preacher”
is the Preacher President of the M.
P. Church and hails from Winston.
Whether his prayers brought the
rain or not, we appreciate it and
pray God’s blessings upon the
preacher and all who trust the
Almighty Power.
Too many dogs running about
eating eggs, etc. One has been re
ported as dying rather mysteriously,
and more are likely to find, similar
fates. If your dog disappears, blame
the dog or yourself.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Dark left
last week for a four day’s trip
to the mountains. They were ac
companied by two former mountain
eers, Messrs. John and Bob Creed,
who went to attend the Freewell
Baptist assoeiaition. in their old
home community/
We regret to report the fact
that Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Rouldin
are planning to leave the community
after several years of -hard work
and the loss of SI6OO in cash. They
are good citizens, hard workers, and
have a nice family of -children,
and we sympathize with them in
their losses.
Miss Catherine Durham spent the
week-end with her cousins, Misses
Elizabeth and Blanche Mann, at
Cedar Grove. Miss Elizabeth re
cently visited Miss Durham here.
Miss Jewell Justice will teach
this session at the upper Burke
school.
The man left in the lurch by
friends, as reported last week, has
more than one friends of course,
but not active in the case in mind.
A few days ago the family of
11. F. Durham dropped in at the
home of his sister Mrs. F. M.
Mann and when they got home
found five nice watermelons in the
car. This is another home where
there is usually found abundance of
such things in season. The other
mentioned last week should have
been T. S. Harris, and not Smith
as printed.
The county is pulling up a new
road by the homes of Messrs. J.
A., R. G., and G. C. Perry, which is
doubtless much appreciated by them
and the milk haulers.
Mrs. J. A. P-erry attended the big
birthday dinner given her cousin,
Mr. George Thompson, in Baldwin
township.
The bride and groom, Mr. and
Mrs. A. C. Whitaker, were out
spending Sunday evening with his
sister M.rs. O. R. Mann; also the
other, Mr. John Crutchfield of
Si ter City took dinner with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Crutch
field. Also Mr. H. M. Marshall of
Swepsonville was here with hits
bride. It was bride’s day here. Still
another one was Mrs. Eddins, for
merly Miss Charlotte Wright.
Miss Lizzie Clegg of Mon-cure
Rt. 2 spent Saturday night at the
home of Mrs. W. C. Henderson on
her way to visit her sister, Mrs.
Josie Perry.
Mrs. Hortense Shoffner and
brother Aubery Mann of Graham
visited their grandmother Mrs. Ann
Perry, and consulted the pastor and
stewards about getting their baby
brother and sister into the orphan
age, their mother being dead.
Mr. W. W. Lutterloh and family
and niece, Miss Elizabeth Lutterloh,
visiter Mrs. J. F. Smith in Ra’eigh
Sunday, and also took with them
Mir. Harry Henderson to visit his
brother Kiah and Aunt Blanche
Henderson, who have been living
in Raleigh some time.
Our S. S. classes are supposed to
elect their teachers for next year
next Sunday; so let all be out.,
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R. H. Burns’ Sons
Make Fine Records.
The Chatham Record is always
interested in the achievements of
people of Chatham extraction, and
is gratified at the splendid achieve
ments of the two young sons of R.
H. Burns of Whiteville, but a son
of Mrs. R. M. Burns of Pittsboro.
An article in the News and Observer,
at the time of the opening of
Wake Forest College last week, in
dicats that the freshmen at Wake
Forest this year averaged in their
high school senior examinations 11
points more than the average for
the state, and that John Kendrick
Burns, the fifteen-year old son of
our friend R. H. Burns, ranked
highest of the 225 new men. The
record of this youngster was
matched by that of his older bro
ther, who entered college last year.
The latter, R. H., Jr., will study law,
his father’s profession; while John
Kendrick will be a physiean. The
grandmother here has 'reason to;
be proud of these boys.
(Subscriber* at Every
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P. D. Rentes in Great
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VOLUME 52—NUMBER 52
County Court
Cases Tried
An Innocent Youth Secures
His Freedom A Church
Used as Rendezvous by
Young Man and Woman.
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The county court legally meets
the first Monday in the month, but
it has the privilege of recessing, not
adjourning, from -day to day' oa*
week to week. That fact proved of
exceeding value this week. Last
week, as reported, Dennis Headen
and Murk Guthrie were sentenced to
the roads for injuring a county
truck, the one operated by Mr. L.
D. Johnson. Headen got four
months, as he denied his guilt, but
the other fellow not only confessed
for himself, but for Dennis too, and
he was served with a sentence of
only thirty days. Afterwards Murk
told the jailer and other officers
that he did the injury alone and
that, accordingly, Dennis Headen
was innocent. Other evidence was
in line with the later story of
Murk, but had been considered false.
If there had been an actual ad
journment of court, Dennis Headen
would have had to wait ti’d he
could secure from the governor a
pardon for a crime he had com
mitted before he -could have been
legally released. But, it being a
mere recess, the case was again re
viewed and Dennis was set free,
while Murk had his sentence raised
from 30 days to 12 months. The
case indicates the danger of accept
ing the evidence of a confessed cri
minal.
Gr-ady Marsh and J. P. Marsh,
two Siler Ciity colored youths, were
hailed into court on complaint of
highway patrolman Duncan for driv
ing a car under the influence of li
quor. They got 4 months which they
had the privilege of avoiding by
paying SSO each and costs and re
fraining from driving a car for
six months.
A case that attracted cosiderab'e
attention was that of the charge
of fornication against Jesse Johnson
and Nellie Gloss-on. The feature
that created the unusual interest
was the fact that the young white
men and woman had used Sandy
Pond Baptist church, near Bonlee
as a rendezvous. The young woman
characterized the transaction, when
speaking to Officer Pickett of Siler
City, as a • “protracted meeting”
held by Jesse and herself. Jesse
goes to the road for four months
and the young grass widow secured
suspension of judgement for two
years on condition of good behavior.
Gant Indicated
Resigns Office.
Investigation of the alleged pen
sion frauds of clerk of court Gant
of Guilford county has resulted in
the discovery of quite a number
of checks paid in the names of dead
pensioners. Mr. Gant still claims to
have done nothing intentionally
wrong. However, the Guilford grand
jury had issued eight indictments
against him up to Saturday even
ing, and investigations were to pro
ceed this week. Also, an auditing
company is at work on the other ac
counts of Mr. Gant, which include
trust funds, witness fees uncalled
for, etc. The size of present-day
pensions makes the total of defalca
tions run up rapidly. The amount
discovered already has been reported
as about SIO,OOO.
Mr. Gant has had to go to bed,
it seems, because of the effect the
discoveries have had upon him. He
first resigned his candidacy for
re-election and A. Wayland Cook,
one of Greensboro’s strongest men,
was chosen as the Democratic can
didate for the clerkship. Monday,
the lines had become so closely
drawn and the sentiment demand
ing hiis resignation so strong that
Mr. Gant resigned the clerkship.
The investigation is brisker and
fiercer than that of the Republican
clerk of Sampson was under almost
(identical circumstances. Thus it ap
pears that roguery is not tempered
by the culprit’s belonging to the
dominant party.
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Bailey Coming
Next Saturday.
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Make your plans to come to
Pittsboro Saturday afternoon to
hear J. W. Bailey, Democratic can
didate for the United States senator
ship. The speaking will be at two
o’clock. As this will be one of the
principal events of the campaign
in Chatham county, it behooves
those who desire to hear an able
discussion of the issues to be on
hand. It is unnecessary to state
that M-r. Bailey is possible the
ablest speaker in the state.
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Habit is all powerful, even in
love.—French proverb.
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J Mouth and heart are wide apart.
—German proverb.