North Carolina Newspapers

A Paper with a Praatiga •# a Half-Cantary. A Ceanty, Nat a Caw areafty Paper ESTABLISHED SEPTEMBER 19, 1878. Winners of Corn Contest Announced BANKS OF CHATHAM DO NATE PRIZES TO HIGH CONTESTANTS Page Trust Co., Chatham Bank, Bank of Pittsboro and the Bank of Moncure Con tribute to Prizes for Chat ham Farmers Making High Corn Yields. The winners of the Chatham County Corn Contest are announced below. Prizes are given to the four farmers making the highest acre yields and to the three farmers who keep the best record of their project; On 3.6 acres, Raymond Clapp made a total yield of 208.5 bu. or an acre yield of 58.02 . bu. A. Har rington of Brickhaven made a total yield of 275 bu. on five acres or an acre yield of 55.25 bu.; M. W. Dun can. Siler City, N. C. RFD made a total yield of 271 bu. on five acres or an acre yield of 54.2 bu.; J. I. Lind ey, Siler City, RFD made a total yield of 308.5 Ibu on 5.7 acres or an acre yield of 54.12 bu. The names of the farmers who kept the best records on their projects will be announced later. The record books have not been judged as yet. It is interesting to note here, that the twelve farmers competing in thi3 contest made an average yield of 42 bushels. When we consider that the average county yield is on ly 18 bu. per acre, we can see what a great improvement this is. Anoth er interesting thing about these pro jects is that most of the fanmers used soil improving crops turned under in the soil preceeding the corn crop, without which they stat ed it would have been impossible to make the • yields which they did. It is safe to estimate, that had the season been normal the yieM of corn on all of these demonstrations would have average a third higher. ... A Visit to the ' Mine and Gulf Drifting along Friday in the southern part of the county, a short stop was made at the Coal G’en mine, where the chief interest seems to center around a possible sale of the mine to Northern cap italists. It is to be hoped that such a sale will be made, since the many discouragements that have befallen the present ownership has probably taken much of the heart out of it, brave and persevering as the owners have been in the *face of accidents that largely thwarted theiir efforts to get the mine upon a paying basis'. It is noticeable that the very land that has beneath it the riches of coal and numerous other min-1 erals is also a good agricultural ' area. There are few r better farm communities in the county than that lying between the mine and the Cumnock bridge place. The Sea groves, Dowdys, Stedmans, Tysons. Cottens, etc., are? among the salt of the county’s population. Two daughters of one of the old-time families married the brothers Mat thews, but Mr. J. T. Matthews is managing the Progressive Grocery at Apex and is not home during | the work days. On this trip, in fact, we w r ere unfortunate in find-. ing many of the citizens away from ) home, or rather in not finding, them at home. . At Gulf is one of the o’dest and staunchest communities in the country. Only Pittsoro and' Hay wood are older. We always feel that we are among real folk in Gulf, and the way .the subscribers whom we saw treated, us we have particular reason to appreciate their quality after that -’trip Friday. It had been more than two years J since we were there and as we had not sent out any statements for subscription, it was reaping time, and the fellows came across hand somely. Yet it is impossible to see all the people on any one -trip, and another is needed through the mine community and in * -the neighbor hood of Gulf, unless the subscriber* wi 1 do what Chatham .county folk do very little of—send in subscrip tions by mail. So very few of the, people were not already subscribe's to the Record that only two new sub scribers were added the whole day, namely, Messrs,. Harvey J. Stedman and J. W. Moore. One of the pleasures of the day was meeting Ms. Orre-n Dowdy, who is still grieving the loss of hev Husband but who seems -in robust physical health, considering her ad vancing age. The arrest of nearly a score •of negroes charged with' ’the robbery of stores at Qulf and points in Lee and Moore county and the recovery of §2,000-wofth of the 'stolen goods Was a matter „of considerable in terest in both commrounti'es visited, as the Mclvdr store at Gti f was one ot the victims of the robbery and quite a batch-'of the negroes ar rested were t v en ov recentlv employ ed at the mine. But arrest is re counted in seperate' art cle. ' ' • .r ~ " \ V • * '/' •-*«.. - v The Chatham Record County Agent’s Salary Reduced The county commissioners have passed a resolution reducing the salary of County Agent Shivers, or at least the part of the salary paid by the county, from SI,OOO a year to S6OO. If the county pays only a third of the salary and the state and U. S. agricultural department reduce their shares proportionately, the reduction will be serious, being a cut from $3,000 to SI,BOO. How ever, any man in Pittsboro, with its moderate expenses, who has drawn $3,000 a year for the past three or four years shou’d feel himself very fortunate and ready to share in the hardships of the average man. However, a reduction from $3,000 to $2250 would proba bly have been more equitable, as Mr. Shiver has to pay traveling ex penses out of his salary, and should pay office rent, but he has had no office in recent months. Bonlee School . Bus Overturned. Tobacco Truck Overturns Bus Containing 30 Children— Five Injured Sufficiently to Require Physician’s Atten tion. § What might have proved a great tragedy !very fortunately turned out with the slight injury of only a few of the thirty children on a Bonlee school truck when it was struck by a tobacco truck last Fri day and turned over near Hickory Grove. Five of the children were taken to a physician by a passing car, but their injuries proved to be of •little consequence. Many of the others were badily shaken up. The truck loaded with tobacco was trying to pass the school bus, which was moving at a moderate rate, and struck its front wheel just as the bus itself was in 'position to be readi y overturned. The driver of the tobacco truck didn’t stop, and being later located in Sanford said he didn’t even know ihe had struck the school bus, which was reasonable, as the load of tobacco cut off the view and the blow was apparently too slight to turn the bus over if the situation had not favored such a result. — Mrs. Neal Dies At Fayette, Mo. It is far to~Fayette, Mo., but in that town on the night of Nov. 22 died a highly esteemed lady whose thoughts often dwelt on girlhood days in Pittsboro and vicinity. Her great-nephew, Mr. J. T. Bland had been sending her the Chatham Rec ord for the past two years and t’ e old home paper had been, accord ing to a letter from her daughter, ' one of the chief joys of trose months of affliction preceding her death. But we can do no better than to reprint the account of this good woman’s death as it appeared in the Favette Advertiser. The clipping follows: “Mrs. C. S. Neal, aged 80 years, died at her home 'in this city Sat urday night, November 22, . 1930, about ten o’clock, after an extened ii In ess. She bad been in ill health I for some years and had been con fined to her bed for a number of months. , Elizabeth Jane Brown was born 'September 'l2, 1850, at • Pittsboro, North Carolina, the daughter of Cal vin and' Satab Stacy Brown. She was married 'to Clarence; (Caddie) S. Neal July il, 1872/'at Pittsboro, N. C., and came to Missouri in 1873. To this union were born four "chil • Ralph, who died in infancy Frank G. Neal, of St Louis; Mrs; Lee Maupin and Mrs. Patsy N. Eat on of Fayette. Mr. Neal preceded I his wife in death July 8, 1926. Sui viving in addition to the/children mentioned is one nephew, J. N’. Hatch, also, of Fayette. One sister,. Martha, and one brother, William Brown, of Winston-Salem N. C;, are both deceased. . . Since coming to Missouri Mrs. Neal had ’ived in and near Payette. She had been a member of the Bap-' tisY Church s’nee early girlhood and as long as she was physically ablb was active in attendance at churchy services and in various She was affectionately’ oat ed Alint Lfzzie” by a host of friends as well as relatives. Although she had been in for a long time bore her ass Actions with patience and was always cheerful and considerate Oi others. An unselfish spirit and a loyal devotion to her family and friends caused her to be greatly beloved by all with whom she was associated. i Funeral services were held ipom tb.e residence yesterday afternoon at two o’clock conducted by Dr. George L. Johnson and interment was made in the Fayette City Ceme te^w. Those from a distance called here by her death were Mr. and Mrs. Frank G. Neal, St. Louis; J. R. Gunter, of Texarkana, Ark., a nep hew; Mrs. James S. Jones, and Carol Ga e, of Avant, Oklahoma.” ‘ , 1 PITTSBORO, N. C., CHATHAM COUNTY. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1930 * Photos from Wide World Photos UNCLE SAM’S NEWEST AERIAL WARFARE EQUIPMENT Los Angeles, Calif.—The newest of Uncle Sam’s aerial warfare equip ment is given a “preview” at Los Angeles when the city undergoes an attact during United States Army maneuvers. This battery of sound detectors camouflaged from aerial sharpshooters, notifies the defense of approaching p anes while they are still between four and six miles away. Wholesale Arrests On Robbery Charges Officers of Chatham and Lee Swoop up Bunch of Alleged ' Robbers of Chatham, Lee and Moore County Stores.— About a Dozen in Jail at Pittsboro. $ A dozen or more negroes were arrested last week by Chatham and Lee office’s and something like SISOO worth of stolen goods were recovered. Robberies at Colon, Vass, and Gulf nn irecent weeks or months had no clues till Tuesday night of last week, when a negro in the vicinity of Coal Glen intimted to Mr. A. Seagrove that a number of former employees of the Coal Glen mine were implicated in the rob beries and that goods . might be found. Mr. Seagrove was prompt in act-] ion. He informed Cheriff Blair and a raid was prompt y made. Arrests were made in Chatham and Lee and perhaps in Moore county. But the | larger number were arrested in this county. Eleven including the in-1 formant, are said to have been brought to Pittsboro and, lodged in jail. Goods to the value of SI,OOO to SISOO recovered and iden tified as coming from the stores of Colon, Gulf, and Vass. Mr. Seagroves furnished the Record with the following names -of those involved: Allen Donley, Waddy Erwin, Frank McCrimmOn, Arnold Tucker, Elwin White, Harry Hart, charged with participating in all the robberies mentioned, James Smith, Duncan Snipes, June Snipes, | Bob Cameron, J. V. Liles, Buck! Thompson, who are charged with sharing in robbery of other than the Gu f store. Joe Wells is reported as the name I of the informant. He seems not to ' have taken any part in the robbery j but to have been considered ®o j harmless that little care was taken j to conceal the facts from him. Women's. Club Notes . i. - - ■, —■ . At the meeting of the Woman’s Club on Dec. 3 a ten dollar dona- 1 trout by the Carolina Power and Light Co., for the use of club room for demonstration purposes was re ported. ' • ' • 1 The president, treasurer, and a third member were appointed ; budget committee. - ~. r - > Mrs. Mathews, chairman of the * Health-Civiics department, ~, rfcppptpd sixteen persons *at the can cer clinic held -, under the auspices of the department. She had asked merchants and the business men to decor** te their places for department twi fl have a. Christmas. tree on the con t house square. The Carolina Power ■ and Lffeht Company will furnish the tree ' and -electricity for lighting, while Mr. Seymore of Sanford will loan bulbs for the tree. ' Mrs. Victor Johnson reported a successful meeting of the music de partment at the home of the Chair man. Mrs. R. H. Dixon, Jr. Miss;’ Pauline Taylor joined the depart ment at that meeting. j Mrs. Hatch asked" for a donation \ of shrubs and flowers to be sent to the farm colony at Kinston. Mrs. Mann is directing the sale of Christmas seals for the -heath department. ■ . V ! A vote of sympathy was extended the Bynum family rh their berave ment. ... 1 A questionaire on child labor was conducted bv Mrs. Hatchfi Mrs, ,D. B. Nooe, Sec. — ♦ --•••- j Somewhere in the good old South some farmers recently &pt together and - organized an “Everything’s - All Right” club. Probab’y for no other reason than to offset the in fluence of the “Everything’s All ' Wet” association. Lillington Bridge Drops Into River Capital of- Harnett Cut Off from Half the County—No Other Bridge Across Cape Fear from A vent Ferry to Ervin. One span of the bridge across the Cape Fear at Lillington sim ply turned loose and dropped into the river the other day, carrying a son of Arthur Ross with it. A’ong came another car and tumbled in, pinning down one of the occu pants. While Mr. Ross and the other occupants of the second car were trying to release the one under the car, a tobacco truck approach ed the brink and stopped with the front wheels overhanging the fif ty-foot dwp**~ - —•— - The span that fell into the river is one of the original spans built I by Harnett county nearly thirty years ago. The other spans were re placed by the State highway com mission a few years ago. | .The loss of this span puts Lilling ton in the plight it was for many [years before the erection of the bridge. A ferry formerly served the travel across the Cape Fear here, but the .river is so" low how that ferrying wi 1 probably be difficult. But the lowness of the water prob ably saved the liv.es of Mr. Ross and those who tumbled in after the span fell. <s> Second Batch of Chatham Bricks Off For W. Indies Near Gulf, in Chatham county, is one of the best equipped brick and tile plants in the whole state. More over, it has shale of highest quality in great abundance. All that is lack ing to make this plant one of the busiest places in the south is a revival of business, particularly of the building industry. As it is, there is little demand for building, bricks and the' plant is making very few of them. Its chief business in recent weeks is the manufacture of so-called chemi cal bricks, which endure against the assaults of /the warm and damp athmopherp iof the tropics. Yet these “chemical’"’ bricks are manufactur ed out? of the natural material abounding at the plant. ; The Record -recorded a recent shipment of these bricks to the West Indies, and now records a second shipment of 50,000 ’ast week. A visit to the plant last Friday found Mr. Overby and Mr. Stout somewhat discouraged about main taining the present percentage oL operafibn. About, fifty -hands have been employed in recent weeks, but it is fcaved tlmt orders will not Bp . received do enable- the planty to operate long/on the same basis/ However, one of these days there' must be a demand for build ing material, and when that day arrives, this Chatham plant should at last begin to pay real dividends on the large investment. - Derailment of Freight Cars Scatter Oranges Tons of Florida oranges, grape , fruit and tangerines, bound for 1 northern markets, were scattered along the Seaboard Air Line’s main line at Forbes Crossing just north 1 of Southern Pines December 6 when ,twe ve freight* cars were turned over 'and-were derailed. The t v ain was second No^&h.Ncr^n e/was injured. | The track "\va§3 clea&ed at 7:45 Sat urday nighd. ; 1 It is understdSd that a brake - beam came loose and fell down, stick ing into a frog. Several of the cars nearest the brake beam were very badlv damaged, perhaps be yond repair. Some More Big Chatham Hogs Messrs. A. E. Gotten, W. H. Woodell, R. M. Gotten and P. B. Dickens, of Merry Oaks, Route 1, butchered some big hogs Monday of Last week. Mr. P. B. Dickens is the champion; he butchered two weighing 1003 pounds. A. E. Cotten killed two, weighing 855 pounds; Mr. W. H. Woodell, two weighing 487 pounds; and Mr. R. M. Cotten two weighing 790 pounds. These gentlemen expect to live at home for the next twelve months, and live well, as they are big farm ers, and raise produce in proportion to the big hogs they have every year. If many others would follow suit of these ‘live-at-home” farmers, we would have fewer people tramp ing, and riding sometimes, who are in need of food and clothing. <§, State Senator Overman Was Buried Saturday ! The body of North Carolina Sena tor Lee Slater Overman, of Salis bury, in service 28 years for his state and nation, was buried at Sa isbury Saturday at 3 p. m. while those in the high places of the state and nation stood side by side with thousands from the lesser walks of life and all joined in saying, “Well done.” Senator Overman died Thursday night at 12:30 in Washington after a severe hemorrhage of the stomach beginning in the afternoon. He had been ill for several days. The death of Senator Overman was announced to the senate when it convened' at noon Saturday by Senator Simmons who said: “Mr. President, I am deeply grieved to announce the death of my distin guished colleague, Senator Overman, Who passed away during the night.” The body laid in state in Wash ington until midnight Friday when it left aboard a special Southern train for Saisbury, arriving there about 9 a. m. Saturday, accompanied by many national and state figures, including his family. Senator Sim mons, acting upon the advice of his physicians, diid not attend the fun eral party to Salisbury The funeral services conducted from the First Methodist church were a simple ceremony. There was no eulogy for none was needed. Dur ing his 28 years in the senate the people of the country had learned what the people of (his home town had known, ( the faithful character of Lee Overman. ; The church was filled with friends wishing to pay their. iast tribute to the senator. Many could not get in. The wihpi e of Salisbury stopped for a few minutes to say good-bye. The body was accompanied by the Amer ican Legion and others to the grave yard where the services were com pleted. - > Surviving the senator are his widow, and daughters, Mrs. Edgar N. Snow of Washington, and Mrs. Edwin C. Gregory and Mrs. Gilbert Hambley of Salisbury.' LEE COMES TO CHATHAM FOR SUPERVISOR It 4s interesting to note that Lee Gounty has come to Chatham for a county road supervisor. The man secured is one rich in road work ex perience, and it is quite certain that our neighbor county has made no mistake in choosing Mr. Harmon. The Sanford Exores thus tells of the promotion of Mr. J. W. Harmon. “J. W. Harmon, of Pittsoro, was elected to succeed John T. Gunter as county road superintendent by the county highway board which held a special meeting Tuesday. Harmon, who is said to have much expedience in handling and supervis ing men in road construction, and who has .been engaged an that type of work in Gjiatham county, 'was the choice of -three of com missioners;*, Jjuiiter', whom he suc ceeds, received jone vote, and D. A. Qrbce, > . .-A jfcufier• hten d ent. Harmon will Be given a, salary of $1,500 per year, and vfrill be furnished a car by the county, the flpkeep of which will devolve upon him, but for which the county will furnish gas and oil. J The new superintendent will as sume charge of the stockade and county roads on December 15th. During the session of the boa’d a motion was made by Commissioner Seymour that no convict labor be hired oqt for any purpose .except by order of the board of commissioners, j This • motion was adopted. . John T. Gunter, the retiring super- J intepdent of the county roads, has held the -position for the pa t several years and has been considered an efficient road builder and supervisor of men. Seven of the damaged cars of fruit were sent to Hamlet and sold at auction Wednesday to the highest bidder in carlots. One car of tomatoes brought S4OO, it was \ rumored.- The fruits from; $l5O to S4OO a car, depending j i somewhat upon the condition of that particular car. The cars of fruit i averaged approximately $325 each. i Several of the cars were bought • by Howard-Bobbitt, wholesale groc ers of Sanford and Fayetteville. SttfewriW* M Ivarf f F. D. Rmlm i« Groat Cavafy as VOLUME 52—NUMBER Fatal Accident On Highway 90 Young J. M. Phillips when leaving Filling Station Oper ated by Him 3 Miles East of Siler City Killed by Ned Trogdon’s Car Saturday Night. Leaving Greensboro late in the evening Mr. and Mrs. Ned Trogdon were pursuing their way to Pitts boro Saturday night to visit the latter’s sister, Mrs. S. L. Andrews, but the trip so casually undertak en wah soon to result in. tragedy. Three miiles this side of Siler City was the filling station oper ated by young J. M. PhiLipps. He had closed up for the night and started home. Maybe there was a hill in the road that kept him from becoming thoroughly aware of the approaching car and Mr. Trogdon from seeing the man walking in the road till he was very close upon him. Anyway, there was the man in the road, but even then it was thought he would step aside. When he didn’t the driver of the car whirled to pass him, but un fortunately the man, aroused to the situation, turned the same way. Maybe, there were more than one of these false moves to avoid a collision. Both the driver and the pedestrian were now alert,- but it was too late. The car got in its dead y work. The man was killed instantly, his head stinking the car and making a considerable dent. Mr. Trogdon came on as soon as he could and reported the matter to Sheriff Blair. An investigation by the sheriff and the coroner Geo. H. Brooks followed, in which Trog don was exonerated of blame. The deceased was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Harris B. Phillips. He leaves two brothers, A. G. of De troit and N. S. Phillips of Greens boro, and three sisters, Mrs. H. A. Thromburg so Greensboro and Misses Kelly and Mattie Lee Phil lips at home. Mrs. Trogdon was very - much shocked by the tradegy but re gained her composure before her return Sunday afternoon to her home in Greensboro. The burial was postponed till the arrival of the brother from Detroit, the Record is informed, :• — e Cam Morrison to be New State Senator —— v Cameron Morrison was Saturday appointed United States Senator .by the man he noised out of the Gov- . ernor’s office ten years ago. *' / • Governor O. Max Gardner an- . nounced the appointment of foihmer Governor Morrison within 30 min utes of the funeral of the late Sen ator Lee S. Overman, whose seat in Washington Senator Morrison in tends to take Tuesday. “Cam, you will have to admit that was a magnanimous thing for Max to do,” said Mrs. Gardner to whom the Governor gave the honor of in forming the new senator of hiis ap pointment. “You Gardner are the best sports I ever knew,” answered Senator Mor rison, showing evidence of real emo tion over the appointment. The Gov ernor had not mentioned the mat ter to him until they met after the funeral in the home of Walter Woodson, where Governor and Mrs. Gardner were staying. The new senator will serve under the appointment until the next gen eral e ection in November, 1932, and then, according to his statement Saturday run for election for both the unexpired Overman term end ing March 4. 1933. and the six year term beginning on that date. Governor made it clear that Clyde R. Hoey, his brother-in law, wopld have been given the office if he had wanted it. “I don’t want to leave the impres sion that Governor Morrison is a second choice,” said Governor Gard ner, “'but as everyone knows Clvde Hoey is not only mv brother./n-law but also as close to me as a brother. If he had wanted to go to the senate and asked me to appoint him I would have done so oven if I bo i had to resign from the Governor’s office for doing it.” Governor Gardner had a final fo,rprice with Mr. Hoey . today. {Earlier he had received the follow jing telegram from him: J “I am not a candidate for an pointment for the senate and do not wish you to consider me in con nection with the vacancv caused by the death of Senator Overman.” Senator-de=ignate Cameron M'OT"i. arrived in Washington Tuesday night. He was scheduled to. m^k 0 Vs appearance at ' the ' car’*''! Wednesdav at noon where he present his credentials and path of office to succeed the late' [Senator Lee S. Overman. | Mrs. Overman has. expressed bp"- s ol s as being very well pleased with Gardner’s appointment. . i Mr. Morrison was bom —iflr Rock ipgham, this countv, October 5,1869, He moved to Charlotte sho'-tlv after t becoming established as a lawyer.