A Paper with a Prestige 0 f a Half Century. A County, Not a Com munity Paper ESTABLISHED SEPTEMBER 19, 1878. County Court Holds Session Numerous Cases Disposed of Monday Also Report of Cases Tried Monday, Sep tember 29. ® By inadvertence a report of the .. rt proceeding’s of Monday of last v.et k failed to reach the printer. The following cases were disposed of in If,- morning session of the county court of that date: Nol Pros, in case of R. C. Dunn for abandonment. Seaman Williams, charged with se ( .lion, was found guilty of forni ention, charged with costs and or c.m-ed to pay $25 for benefit of physicians attending woman in case. Bugene Holt, fined SSO and costs r carrying concealed weapon. Pis t 1 ordered destroyed. Ernest Needham, liquor case, three months on roads. Last Monday’s Cases Budd Snipes was acquited of charge of possession of intoxicant. Maron Gunter, a should-be re spectable white man of Merry Oaks, formerly given a suspended sen tence for possession of liquor, a half gallon having been taken out of his car in which he was riding, was again up for possession, officers Wav ing seen him throw a bottle from the car and having found it. The latter case was nolprossed, but Gunter was sent to the roads for four months under the terms of the suspended sentence. It went against the grain, but the judge was adam ant. Gunter actually denied that he knew the half-gallon taken from the car seat upon which he was sitting was there, and that he did not have the liquor which Officer Desern saw up. Bond of SSOO was required for him throw from the car and picked postponement of beginning of sen tence till October 20th. Floyd Wilson and Della Wilson were acquitted of charge of stealing chickens. Hubert Cotten, charged with ope rating car while drunk, pleaded not guilty to that charge but confessed to possession of liquor. $25 and costs. Donald Bass pleaded guilty to charge of operating car while drunk and was fined SSO and costs. License to drive car revoked for three months. Bond for costs to be paid in monthly instalments. A. H. Lambert, charged with ope rating car while drunk, submits to charge of reckless driving. Charged with costs and forbidden to drive car for next six months except in Bear Creek township. Samual Lindsey, in liquor case, had prayer for judgment suspended two years on payment of costs. Marcel Lindley, a young man of former good reputation, was charged with the manufacture of liquor, hav morning running away from a still, ing been caught at 1:30 in the The young man testified that he had been over to Dan Perry’s and saw a light in the wods as he returned and started to investigate. He got only near enough to make out the forms of two or three men about the still, according to his evidence, and stood watching to see whether it would be safe to approach and get a drink of beer. He had stood there 15 or 20 minutes when a pistol fired somewhat in his rear, and in running away from the pistol and toward his home had to circle some bushes, which action brought him near the still. Dan Perry confirmed visit to his home, but stated that it was only 11 or 11:30 o’clock when he left the Perry home. As it was hardly a mile from Perry’s to the still, there was nearly two hours unaccounted for. If the young man had confessed that he stayed at the still an hour or two, it would have been better for 'his reputation. As it was, he got a suspended sentence, but is required to report every three months for two years and show good behavior. The charge upon which he was convicted was that of aiding and abetting in the manufacture of liquor, which seems justified if it is accepted that he spent an hour or two at the still with no intention of reporting it to officers. It is very clear what would happen in a case of murder if a man stood by and saw the crime committed and apparently consenting thereto. The ease is a fine illustration of the danger of hanging around stills and failmg to do a citizen’s part in r porting the culprits to the officers. And young Lindley seems not to have even hinted that he would have done so if he had got his beer. Charlie Crutchfield, a youth whose mother lives in Graham, T exas, was charged with assault and disturbing religious worship. He was ordered to be sent back to his mother and to be out of Chatham county in 24 hours. Dinkey Hunter, a colored woman r °m Buckhorn, was charged with possession of liquor, along with her eleven-year ol'd son. Officers had «een the boy carrying a half-gallon, lie declared that he had found it. Chatham Record Mrs. Strickland Dies Illustrative of how ignorant often the people of a community are of the tragedies and sorrows right un der their noses, is the case of Mrs. T. B. Strickland, who died a few days ago after many, many months of the most fearful suffering from the ravages of a breast cancer. Mrs. Bradley, her sister, came into the court house only the afternoon before her death, seeking aid from the welfare officer. Superintendent Thompson, who gives what time he can to that extra work, was absent, but his secretary, Miss Edna Bar clay, got in touch immediately with a group of ladies, and help was proffered, but rather late. Mr. Strickland came to this com munity two or three years ago and opened a little filling station near the Powell place, iy 2 miles above town. The disease was already rav aging Mrs. Strickland. He had spent much of capital in ineffectual at tempts to secure relief, paying one physician six or seven hundred dol lars. Last year he moved away for a time, but returned a few months ago, and has been trying to run the little business. But his time was largely devoted to his stricken wife. Money gone and his time consumed in attemption to Mrs. Strickland, he was at the end of his ropes. Mrs. Bradley was sum moned from Fayetteville .and made the appeal mentioned. But death relieved the sufferer permanently that night. The burial was in the Rock Spring cemetery, nearby, the following day. Mr. and Mrs. Strickland are na tives of Johnston county. Mrs. Strickland was a Holt. She was 40 years old. Any bit of business thrown Mr. Strickland’s way will be much ap preciated, it is quite certain. v Williams-Belk Moving To Their New Store An advertisement in this issue of the Record announces the re moval of Williams-Belk, of Sanford, to their great new store. Please get the date of opening correctly in mind. All the company’s stores in Sanford will be closed next Monday and Tuuesday, and the opening in the new store will be on Wednes day, October 15. Their new store will be one of the handsomest and it will pay all our readers to watch completest in central Carolina, and the Willaims-Belk advertising. Subscribers ml Every Postoffic# mad AH R. F. D. Routes la Great Couaty of duthsok VOLUME 52—-NUMBER 52 Great Session of Sandy Creek Oldest Association in South Holds Three Days* Session With Siler City Church—A Great Program and Great Crowd, Filling the Great New Church Edifice. The Sandy Creek Association, the oldest Baptist Association in the South, held its annual three-day ses sion with the new First Baptist Church of Siler City on last Thurs day, Friday, and Saturday. The reg ular business for the year was trans acted and .large plans laid for the next year. Victor Johnson of Pittsboro, who has been the Moderator for many years, was re-elected. H. A. Teague was re-elected clerk of the Associa tion. The introductory sermon was. preached by Fred J. Stimson of Southern and it was a mas terly message on “Deep Calling Unto Deep.” The outstanding address of the first day was that of J. C. Canipe of Siler City on Foreign Missions. The second day was the big. It was said by many to have been the largest attendance at an associa tion in many years. Dr. J. Clyde Turner, pastor of the First Church of Greensboro, preached a great ser mon on “The Pastor and the Church.” Mr. Covington of Thomas ville brought a great message on the Orphanage. Dr. Chas. E. Mad dry of Raleigh discussed the Co operative Program of Southern Bap tists. Rev. Frank Carter Hawkins, pastor of the Fisst Church of San ford, spoke on the Centennial and arranged with the pastors for fel lowship week which is now in pro cess. The Saturday session was not so largely attended, but a lively interest was shown in the various discussions. The association voted to cut all reports to not more than two hundred words. People like dis cussions and speeches but not such long written reports. The session was brought to a close Saturday at noon with a great sermon from Dr. I. M. Mercer, a teacher at Meredith College. The large, new and beauiful Bap tist church, built by Rev. J. C. Canipe and his flock, amply accmo modated the vast crowd that at tended the Association. This is the largest and most beautiful church house in the Sandy Creek Associa . tion. This church also led the churches in the Association last year in all gifts, or total gifts. There have been an average of fifty new members added to the Siler City church each year since Mr. Canipe has been the pastor. At the close of a recent revival, Mr. Canipe tized in the new baptistry, twenty five people. This edifice, with the church’s well organized work and workers, is a credit to Siler City, Chatham and the Sandy Creek As sociation. The Association by resolution ex pressed its appreciation to the ladies of the church for providing so bountifully for the people who at tended the Association. Three sump tuous dinners were spread and all had plenty to eat. Twenty-eight years ago the Association met last previously with the Siler City church. The next session will meet with Rives Chapel church and Rev. J. C. Kidd is the preacher. Music Department of Woman’s Club Mrs. O. J. Peterson was hostess to a meeting of the Music Depart ment of the Woman’s Club last Monday night. The members assem bled in the large living room of the Peterson home which, with glow ing coals in its large open fireplace and urns of fall flowers and twigs bearing first leaves of autumn colors were a remainder of the fall of the year. The meeting was opened with the Club Litany, lead by the Chairman, Mrs. R. H. Dixon, Jr. The secre tary, Miss Frances Johnson, then called the roll and read the minutes of the last meeting. After the busi ness meeting the following program was much enjoyed. Ancient Musical Instruments Mrs. R. N. Farrel. The Piano—Mrs. Henry Bynum. ' The Cello—Mrs. W. F. Bland. Before their departure, the guests were served delicious punch and cake. — •' REGISTRATION TIME The registration books are open. If you are not on the voting list, and are otherwise qualified, it is your fault if you come to election day without the privilege of voting. Registrars will be at the polling places the next two Saturdays, but you may register at the home of the registrar any day till the close of "the books.