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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 <Y tXi '* • ' v LEE COUNTY FAIR Begins October 21—Chatham Citi ezns Invited to Compete for Val uable Premiums Chatham is to have no fair this year. Accordingly, it is rather a gracious act on the part of the Lee County Fair management to invite Chatham citizens to participate in that fair and to compete for the SISOO in premiums offered for best exhibits of agricultural, dairy, and domestic products. But the time is short, the fair begining Tuesday, October 21, and if you wish to com pete for a premium, you should send immediately for a catalog. The management of the Fair is working hard and giving their work gratis. Mr. J. R. Ingram, secretary, busy man that he is, is giving large ly of his time in getting the build ings and grounds in shape and doing other work preliminary to the open ing. Turn to the half-page advertise ment of the fair in this paper and see what is offered visitors in the way of amusements. The State Fair Right on Deck Six Days and Nights of Sight Seeing, Frolicking, and Gen eral Good Time Promised by Management It is fair time again. Next Tuesday the State Fair begins a full week of interesting events. Premium awards will be numerous and are open to the competition of all Chat ham county people. In this paper is an advertisement which sets forth some of the at tractions promised for the week. Fortunately, even the busy folk of Chatham may have the privilege of attending at night for as many nights as they can devote to the occasion. An hour’s drive will carry any of the larger part of Chatham’s population to the fair grounds* Insufficient Bus Accommodations —® — Mr. N. H. Heritage of Mt. Vernon Springs has complaint that school bus accomodations are insufficient and that children’s bodies or very lives are endangered. He writes as follows: “I wish to call attention to the deplorable condition of school bus service from Ore Hill to Mt. Ver non Springs to Bonlee: Fifty-six children are being car ried in a bus having seating capacity for only twenty-five. Mr. Thompson’s attention has been caled to this condition, yet we have received no relief. On Friday, October 3, there were 43 children packed in the bus with absolutely no room for the driver to operate the car ef ficiently. The Board of Education and the Superintendent of Schools are re sponsible for the safe transporta tion of our children, and in case of injury or death of any one of these children the board of educa tion will assuredly be prosecuted for criminal negligence.” ® Chatham Bricks Sold to South America (On October 2, the Carolina Fire proofing Company of Gulf shipped a trainload of ten cars, containing 120,000 chemical bricks to Norfolk, there to be loaded on boat which leaves Norfolk tomorrow, October 10, for Aruba, Dutch West Indies. The shipment is consigned to the Pan-American Petroleum Corp. Be at Baptist Church of Pittsboro Tonight Editor J. B. Whitley of Siler City will be at the Pittsboro Bap tist church tonight, Thursday, Oc tober 9, to discuss matters pertain ing to the centennial campaign of North Carolina Baptists. This is one of the fellowship week meetings. A full attendance of the church members is desired. Meeting at 1:30 o’clock. But the officers found four fruit jars of white lightning on the place occupied by the Hunters. The evi dence showed that she has several big boys and that one of them, in particular, has the renutation of dealing in liquor. The mother claimed to have no knowledge of the presece of the liquor. Judge Bell decided that it was better for the woman to take whatever number of the children would go with her to a home distant from her present abode. Accordingly, she was given till Nov. 6 to get out of the county, but being forbidden to settle in Lee, Harnet, or Wake county. PITTSBORO, N. C., CHATHAM COUNTY, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1930. MEET THE MODERN RAINMAKER New York City.—Photo shows Dr. G. M. Sykes, the big rain and wind man from New York City, with his radio apparatus with which he claims he can coax rai,n from the clouds at any time. For the precipitation of rain Dr. Sykes merely assembles rain-bearing clouds over a specified area and then turns his machine on them, and when he wants to prevent rain he breaks up all the cloud formation in sight before they can assemble into size sufficient to carry rain. THOMPSON FEASTS SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS Supt. Thompson gave his annual barbecue to the drivers of the Chat ham school busses last Friday eve ning. In addition-to the consider able number of bus drivers, the members of the board of education, with the exception of Mr. Womble, were present, and all the high school principals of the county, with the exception of the principal of the Bennett school. Besides the good cheer of the feast and of the social features, a serious discussion of the responsi bilities of the truck drivers was a feature. Already it has been re marked that the drivers seem more aware of those responsibilities and of the necessity for the exercise of the greatest caution and good sense in the positions which hold the lives of scores of children in their keeping. RECENT MARRIAGE LICENSE Few marriage licenses have been issued within recent months. Only seven were issued in September. More recent ones in that month and those of this month were for the following named couples: Ralph Blair and Dahlia Brewer. The bride is the daughter of Mr. W. E. Brewer of Bennett. Ralph S. Watson and Mrs. Annie Dark, formerly a Miss Stone. Broolyn, Pope, of Winston-Salem, and Miss Vandelia Fox, of Staley. Harvey L. Madison, of Hampton ville, in the western part of the state, and Miss Annie Powell Lasa ter, of Lee county, whose father was formerly a citizen of Chatham county. $ Two Worthy Citizens Passed Last Week Just too late to get more than a bare notice of their deaths in the Chatham Record last week, if noted at all, came the news of the passing of two of the county’s most worthy citizens. John H. Brooks Mr. John H. Brooks, the venerable father of Commissioner W. T. and Mr. A. R. Brooks of Bonlee, died at the home of his son A. R. Brooks, October 2, at 2 o’clock in the morning. Mr. Brooks was 81 years of age. He had been ill about two weeks when he died October 2, at 2 o’clock in the morning. For many years he had been a member of the Baptist church at Bonlee. He was well known in his section of the country, as a good citizen and honorabble man in his fellow relations. The funeral was Thursday after noon, being conducted by his pastor, Rev. E. W. Byerly. The burial was in the church cemetery. Besides the two sons mentioned, Mr. Brooks leaves a daughter, Mrs. A. W. Dixon, of Goldston, and three sisters, namely, Mrs. James Wicker of Sanford, Mrs. Will Black of Manchester, and Mrs. Annie Knight of Henderson. There are sixteen grandchildren. William B. Dorsett William Bascomb Dorsett, 72, died Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 30, at bis home near Siler City after a few week’s illness with heart trouble. Funeral services were held at Hick ory Mountain Baptist Church Wednes day afternoon at 3 o’clock by Rev. E. B. Early, assisted by Rev. C. A. Canipe, Burial was in the church cemetery. Mr. Dorsett known and esteemed. He is survived by his wife, who before marriage was Miss Lizzie Hackney, one son, O. L. Dor sett, Charlotte; two daughters, Mrs. Ernest Harris, Raleigh, and Miss Ora Dorsett, at home, and two sis ters, Mrs. J. D. Hackney of Ramseur and Mrs. Oran Jones of Burlington. Tilley Brothers’ Make Fine Sales We doubt if there is a warehouse in the state that has made a better record for prices for tobacco a sin gle day this season than that made by Tilley Brothers, Sanford, on Oc tober 2. Turn to their advertise ment in this paper and consider their invitation, if you have tobacco for sale. While in their office Saturday, The Record man got the following records of sales on October 2nd: J. L. Buchanan of Lee county sold at prices ranging from $22 y 2 to $29; W. L. Fallen of Harnett from sl2 to $35; J. D. Todd of Lee from sl2 to $32; James Thomas of Lee from $2114 to S3O; Tom Shelton of Randolph, from sl2 to sls; A. L. Dodd, of Moore, from $lO to S3L The average for the day was $17.25, which is far beyond the average at the large warehouses in the State. But Messrs. Tilley are perfectly candid and would not make the impression that all tobacco is selling well. The same day they sold trash at $1 to $2, but the more of the cheap tobacco sold the higher must have been the good grades to make the average of $17.65. Also, Tilley Brothers are willing to admit that the tobacco of Lee, Moore and Harnett seems to be of a higher grade than that produced in the more eastern counties, as Aberdeen and Carthage also have made higher averages than the eastern and old belt markets. Anyway, it would see that we have right at our door in Sanford as good a tobacco market as one can get by driving twice as far. $ Lespedeza Meetings A series of Lespedeza meetings will be held at farms named below on the dates indicated during October. Lespedeza is fast becoming an im portant crop in this county, and we feel that it is destined to be come one of the most important, if not the most important, soil im proving, pasture and hay crop in the county. It meets the average farmer’s requirements to an extent that no other crop ever tried has done. It grows and thrives on our poorest soils. Yields of corn have been reported following this crop in our county as doubled; farmers have harvested as high as two and one half tons of cured hay from it per acre, and as a grazing crop, it is unexceled, as it is practically impossible to graze it close enough to prevent its reseeding. We hope to have some interesting facts re garding lespedeza to present at these meetings, and we trust that every farmer will plan to attend the meeting that is held in his com munity. Farm of John Mills, Apex RFD 3, 10 a. m., October 9. Farm of R. B. Farrar, Apex RFD 3, 2 p. m., October 9. Farm of Sam Siler City, Siler City RP’D, 10 a. m., October 13. Farm of J. Hoke Siler, Silefr City RED, 2 p. m., October 13. Farm of C. D. Wilkie, Moncure RFD, 10 a. m., October 15. Farm of R. H. Bobbitt, Cumhock, 2 p. m., October 15. Farm of C. M. Covert, Siler City RFD, 10 a. m., October 17. Farm of Gaston Scott, 2 p. m., October 17. N. C. SHIVER, Co. Agt. Mrs. Jeanette Heinen of Brooklyn filed suit for divorce because her husband had left her 43 times in the last 15 years. Put the things into their places, they will put thee into thy place.— Arabian proverb. CAM IS COMING ! Ex-Governor Morrison to Speak Here Tuesday, October 21—Dem ocrats and Republicans Invited to Hear This Rousing Campaigner It is good news that Ex-Governor Cam Morrison is to speak at Pitts boro Tuesday, October 21. He will closely follow Candidate George Pritchard, and it will be interesting to hear him answer the Pritchard arguments or assertions. Let all Democrats who can hear Pritchard and then let them invite their Republican neighbors to hear the Ex-Governor. The speeches of Pritchard and Morrison will proba bly be the only efforts by strong men from the state at large in the county before the election, which is rapidly approaching. On the other hand, it is probable that the candi dates of the two parties in the county will visit the various sections of the county, though we believe no agreement for a joint campaign has been arranged. Morrison’s speech is sure to be a treat. He sometimes handles them rough. $ Pritchard to he Here Friday Republican Candidate for United States Senate Sched uled to Speak at Pittsboro, Friday, October 10, at 2 P. M. It is the Republican turn. Candi date Bailey was here a week or two ago. The Record urged Republicans along with Democrats to hear him. But few Republicans availed them selves of the privilege. Now we hope that Mr. Pritchard will have a big crowd and that Chatham Dem ocrats will come and hear him. In turn, let the Republicans come and hear Ex-Governor Morrison Tues day, October 21st. A man never loses by .hearing, both sides of any matter discussed. So long as one hears only things in accord with his own opinions, he cannot be sure that he is justified in holding those opinions. Mr. Pritchard, by repute a good speaker, is scheduled to be at Pitts boro and speak at two o’clock next Friday. €> 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.