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ESTABLISHED SEPTEMBER 19, 1878,
lost their ducks
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Duck Hurtters Lose Sack of 26
Ducks on Highway 75—Mr.
J. T. Ferguson Becomes
Santa Claus to His Family
h would be hard to imagine a
nvore disappointed person than the
nian° or men who had evidently been
’J’ . n to the sounds hunting ducks,
had got a bag of twenty-six and
then lost them as he or they passed
through Chatham to Who knows
where. , , „
A colored boy who works for Mir.
Jim Harris on the SUer City high
wav, being sent to Mr. H. G. John
son’s filling station and store
Wednesday evening of iast week,
seemed to tarry rather >long and
when he finally returned brought
with him a sack containing 26 fine
ducks that had been dropped by the
wayside.
Mr Ferguson had kejpt them till
Saturday, or at least all but two
which he had used as a sample.
He thought maybe the loser might
return for them, but the wnterpass
ing on the mail truck advised Mr.
Johnson to get busy with those
ducks; that theloser mught live fifty
miles away and might have not the
least idea where 'he had lost them,
ami that there was little or no hke
lihod of anybody’s coming for them.
Furthermore, the writer offered his
services in helping save them before
they should spoil, as did the
man. Accordingly, four of their
duckships immediately took passage
for part of the return trip toward
the coast. Two graced the editors
table for Sunday dinner.
~lf you ever hear Who lost those
ducks, you may tell him that they
were all right. But there was a
disappointed hunter when he would
proudly show his kill and
it hard to convince the folk that he
the ducks at all.
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The following college students aT.e
at home for the holidays: Misses
Lois Ray and Lucile Wicker, Ap
palachian State Teachers College,
Boone; Miss Mary Seymore, Chowan
College Murfreesboro; Miss Dorothy |
Lambeth, Elon College, Elon; and
Me srs. J. L. Womible, Jr., and Ly
man Seymore, University of N. C.,
Chapel ‘Hill; and Miss Ruth Ken
nedy, Meredith College, Raleigh.
The following teachers; , are at j
home for the holidays: Miss Cath-j
erine Thomas, Bynum school-Mrs. j
Pauline Ray Avent, Mt. Airy school;)
Mr. J. V. Womble, White Plains;
high school; Mr. C. J. Crutchfield,
Jonesboro high school. , •
Moncure school c osed for the
Christmas holidays Tuesday . after
noon. There will be a. • Christmas j
pro am and tree at the school audi-1
tori Tuesday. Then a Christmas
play by some of the high school
stud ,-nts and the Junior Glee Club
Tue 'jy evening. Some of the rnein
be > of the faculty of Moncure
school will leave Tuesday . evening
and We nesday morning to spend
the olid ays at their respective
1 . J. C. Myers of Annapolis,
ML Laval Academy, is spending
t I'tmas ho idays with Mr. and
Mr.- Gsurge W. Giede.
. George W. Giede has donated
a . ful set of lights and fixtures
to' tie Methodist church in honor
of Cayt. J. H. Wissler. They are
be- r installed this week by Mr.
yi. iK Foister of Sanford. The
will be dedicated by Rev. «L,
A. i ley next Sunday evening.
A tnere will be a Christmas
e given by the Sunday school
■ the dedicatory service that
Wl ' bfi, supervised by Mrs. Wh C.
tv d. . -
tire weather was so bad the
part of last week which de
iacticirg and the lights could
• installed last week, on ac
of some of the fixtures had
t° be ordered from -the - factory,
liistmas service and dedicatory
y ce was not held last Sunday,
Dec 'nAoer 21st, but will be held
Sunday evening, December 28,
a < o’clock. The public is cordia ly
invited. 4 1 ■ 1 *
1 Methodist Sunday school was
last Sunday morning '- on j
ii'uitj and nuts.
•A Christmas entertainment and
t’ec is to be given, December 22,
■ u 11 night at the Baptist church.
iHr - and Mrs. J. M. Ketchie are
entertaining High Point friends this
Week.
r friends of Mr. and Mrs. A.
t». C egg will be glad to know that
laeu* ; little son who ' has been in
nj,.e Hospital, Durham, is much im-
ant * * s a^e t 0 brought
o Rpworth League program last
aunday evening was a Christmas
r'. ! °Sram given by members of the
"Pworth Junior Society, using Christ
•as. s °ngs with Miss Lucv Boone,
lc! aai<t ‘ Miss Roberta Lambeth was
j , a . er w ho held the devotional, and
, ?ev eral good and interesting
numbers.
The Chatham Record
Basket Ball Game
Friday Evening
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The basket ball game scheduled
for Friday evening at the Pittsboro
school 'building should prove an in
terestin gevent. The (high school
team wil play a team composed of
former “stars” of earlier Pittsboro
teams. The gentlemen composing the
latter team are C. C. Hamlet, Nyal
Womible, Lea Powell, Silas Hatley,
and Rufus Abemethy.
The senior class is sponsoring this
game and will use the money se
cured from admissions to this game,
in connection with a senior class
gift of their own, to pay for a
class gift to the school. Admission
15 and 25 cents.
Missionary Hallock
Tells of Chinese God
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C. P. O. Box No. 1234,
Shanghai, China, Nov. 6, 1930
Dear Editor,
You doubtless have many readers
among farmers Whom Chinese class
as second only to the officials-. They
may be interested in the god I en
close. He is “San-da-loh-te” the one
Chinese farmers worship to get good
harvests.
Though “highly civilized” Qhina
is a country of Idols and idol wor
ship. The people have .gods for
every purpose and need and for each
and every class and occupation. I
sometimes think China has as many
gods as people. This farmers’ god
is really named “Koh-xen,” meaning
“grain-god”. “San-da-loh-te” de
scribes him—“ Three-heads-six-hands”
god. The Chinese often call men
and gods this way, as Mr. One-eye
or Mr. Pot-mark, or Mr. Crooked
foot, or Mr. Iron-crutch. You will
notice that the god I stent has six
(hands. In the upper two hands he
carries the sun (red) and the moon
(green). If he turns the sun and
moon properly the seasons come to
the advantage of the farmers. If
not. then Spring. Summer, Autuimn
? and Winter are bad.
In the second pair of hands are
the “rain-bell” and the “wind
charm” (7 stars of Great Bear).
With these he governs the winds and
the rain so as to give the farmers
sis he is pleased with them) suf
ficient wind and rain to make crons
grow jjajc&ly and abundantly. Kob
zen’s third two hands grip two
swords. With these he slashes all
the devils who, wouM destroy or
harm the crops or farms. Koh-zen
| has two eyes for each of his three
' heads and an extra one for good
measure. Seven is a “perfect num
ber.” With his seven eyes he can
see everything perfectly. He can
so see the needs and supply them.
He can see the dangers and devils
(and repel them. Is be not a useful
I sort of fellow? But they
j worship him. faithfully to keep him
i He is worshipped chiefly
in the Spring enough to last the
year. They set a fine feast
before him and bum candles and
incense, themselves eating what he
leaves V
The eight red characters expi-ess
their prayers. “S-kyi bing-an, Zan
hwa mo-zwen” —May the four sea
sons.be peaces the silk and pro-
duce be abundant. The fisrure above'
is the “Pa-kua,” a highly valued
and much used charm. The four
ot»Js attending Koh-zen are power
ful assistants. Koh-zen is very busy
and needs these fellows to run his
errands and carry out his commands
-of mercy. You will thus see how
the Chinese neMs and desires are
like those of Westerners, and how
Chinese, to meet the needs, work out
; n their gods the attributes suited
to supply the : r needs. How we wish
they knew onr. one Cue God and
realized how ,He is really living and
able and willing to supply ad these
pictured needs and all other needs
as well.
It is our joy to live among this
interesting people and lovingly point
them- to our wonderful Lord, not
forcing our religion upon them but
revealing “a> more' exce lent Way,”
for them to adopt or -reject accord
ing to their own sweet will. Pray
for this great people. May you
and friends have a very Merry
Christmas and a Prosperous New
Year. • . , ' /
Yours in Christ’s glad service,
‘ REV. H. G. C. HALLOCK.
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Mrs. Matthews Bereaved
Mrs. C. A. Matthews was bereaved
last Friday by the (Jeath of her
brother Mr. W. E. ,Nbare. at To edo.
Ohio. She left that night to attend
the funeral and will be gone till the
first of the comin" week.
SURPRISE PARTY GIVEN AT
BEAR CREEK
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The friends of Miss Nellie Emer
son gave her a surprise party at j
her hoifie Saturday evening. j
In spite" of the bad weather a j
large crowd was present. \ arious j
games and string music was enjoyed
bv everv one. Those present were:
I Misses Alilie Lon Phillips of Burling
ton, Ve’na Phillips of Pineland Col
lege, Hazel Andrew of Asheville,
Nellie and Thereasa Emerson, Mar
garet Watson, Virginia No ell, Faye
and Margie Emerson,; Godwin Noell j
of Henderson, Harold and Clarence
Elkins, June Phillms, Bruce and
■ Nathaniel Noell, Arthur Phillips and i
(Tommy Joyce. • j
PITTSBORO, N. C. ( CHATHAM COUNTY, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1930.
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Page Trust Company Named
Zebulon Liquidating Agent
The Page Trust Company Mon
day was named liquidating agent
for the Zebulon Banking and Trust-
Company, which c osed its doors De
cember 4, by the banking depart
ment of the North Carolina cor
poration commission.
The Page Trust Company, which
entered Raleigh in September fol
lowing the failure of the Raleigh
Banking and Trust Company, and
ds now acting as liquidating agent
for * that bank, will also open a
branch in Zebulon, providing bank
ing facilities for a 'community with
i out such facilities since the failure.
President Robert N. Page will take
i personal charge of the Zebulon
! branch for the opening, the perma
nent personnel! to be selected -later,
it was announced. • w
The latest acquisition gave. the
Page Trust'Company offices at -Z'epu
lon, Raleigh. Aberdeen, Rapfbrd, j
Thomasville, Kamlet, Sanford, Apex. I
Liberty, Carthage, Siler City and
Ramseur. ' . • I
LOOK FORWARD, NOT
BACKWARD
Statistics now appearing dea
wholly with the past, he real
quarterly reports showing unfavor
able comparisons, we read of shrm im
ages in railway, 'traffic, in the
volume of Checks drawn-on banks,
in employment, in dividend rates, in
automobile sales, in steel production,
etc., the whole forming conclusive
proof that we have been suffering
trade depressing. Biib'what sensible
men are most interested in is not
what has gone before, ibut what
lies ahead. All experience compels
the conclusion that the recession has
about rum.its con
to normal and. •later,-j
to abnoy&ial donsannption. We have
had of sub
normal ; we; face the (
r-etujm of normal consumption. To
express it differently, 'gross in flat 1 on
inevitably precipitates acute deflat- -
ion; then, after a while, recovery
always sets in. Last year’s gross in
flation brought acute deflation. Now
sequence has never failed in the
J past. It won’t fail now.-—Forbes
1 Magazine.
What Does “persona non
grata” Mean ?
This is a Latin p'nrase literally
meaning a person not acceptable. It
is used in connection with diplomatic
appointments. When a certain per
son in- the diplomatic service is
1 not acceptable to the government
of a foreign natipn he is said to
, be persona non grata to that govern
ment. —The Pathfinder.
JOHNSON-KNIGHT
Mr. Rufus J. Johnson and Miss
Katherine Knight were married
Tuesday afternoon of last week, at
the home of the bride’s mother,
Mrs. Char’es J. Knight, three miles
south of Pittsboro. Only members of
the families and a few friends were
present.
The happy young couple were
given a supper at the home of the
groom, at Bynum, and after supper
were supposed to start on a bridal
tour to Washington and other cities
to the northward, but the snow of
Wednesday morning very probably
.kept them confined in a Durham or
Richmond 7 hotel.
The groom is the only son of
the late Rufus J. • Johnson, Sr.,
for several years chairman of the
board of' county commissioners. He
is a graduate of the Pittsboro high
school, where he made a record as
a basket hall player, which he con
, tinued to hold as a student of Camp
bell Col ege for.a ; year Or two.
! The bride is a charming young
, lady of one of the oldest families
lin this section. She is a sister of
Mrs. Clinton Cryan of Pittsboro.
They are at ..home at the John
son homestead at Bynum.
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p.-t: a. meets
The December meeting of the
:P. T. A. -was well attended. Miss
Ho t’s room gave an interesting
program on “The are of Books.”
Her room won the dollar for the
largest number of Parents present.
George Griffin and James Gordon
read interesting papers on the use
of the library.
Mrs. Horton gave a report on the
meeting at High Point,
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GRANDPA WAYBACK SAYS
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i An optimist is | man who takes
ja woman and a seed -catalog at their
face value. 1
1 I bet if scientists ever do find
that Garden of Eden the apple
j orchard will be in' a kinda rundown
condition.
Getting next to your eosest friend
usually makes you further apart
than ever.
If the baby falls’ on its head don’t
worry. The country will always have
need for orchestra leaders' and
federal jurors.
The first hundred bottles Os ci-der
put away laist year are now the
hardest. —The Pathfinder.
A cable from Berlin is authori
ty for the statement that the
Reichstag is pigeon-lholeing peti
tions v to have its restaurant made
dry: which -is one way -of putting
into practice the present-day A-mer
'ican slogan “Buy now”.
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| STATE NEWS 'I
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I Raleigh, Dec. —North Caro ina
had, given in for taxation in 1928,
a total of $107,606,000 in stocks
|of merchandise and fixtures, or an
[average of $1,076,06.0 for each
(county; $121,395,000 ip materials
in proces of manufacture,'or $1,213,-
940 per county average; $26,279,-
000 -in household and kitchen furni
ture 1 , above the S3OO exemption,
county average of $262,790; sol
vent credits of $131,268,000. or
$1,312,680 per county; $89,826,-
000 in miscellaneous items, includ
ing . automobiles, or $898,260. per
county, and $38,493,000 in ?T other
unspecified items, or $684,930 per
county, the 1930 report of the State
Board of Assessment shows,
i Forsyth county led the JOO coun
ties in four of these six item§. Meck
lenburg took the lead in stocks of
; merchandise and fixtures, with sll,-
119,000, and Clay county brought
up the reai>with $57,000; Forsyth
led in materials in porees of manu
facture, with $40,177,000, Dare hav
ing only $608; in household and
I kitchen furniture, above the S3OO
| exemption', Forsyth lhad $2,514,000
'and Dare $3,547; F-o-rsyth led in
'solvent credits with $21,767,000 and
I Pamlico had only $25,201; in *mis
•jcellaneous items Gaston had $7,460,-
000, the highest, while Camden had
only $'34,221. In all other items not
specified, Forsyth had
(which included the miscellaneous
i items) and Dare had only SB3O.
[ Richmond county had $774,000 in.
stocks of merchandise and fixtures;
$1,461,000 in materials in process of
manufacture; $184,000 in household
and kitchen furniture, above the
S3OO exemption; $875,000 in sol
jvent credits; $780,000 in miscellan
eous items, and $323,000 in all other
items not specified,
j Special Judge -H. Hoyle Sink, of
'Lexington, has been appointed regu
lar judge Jn the 12th Judicial Dis
trict, composed of Guilfqrd, David
, son, and Stokes counties, to succeed
'the late Judge-elect _J. D. Hump
hreys, of Danbury. Judge Sink takes
his new post January 1 and wall
serve two years. He will probably
be a candidate to fill out the unex
pired four years of the' term. He
was named special judge by Gover
nor McLean in 1927 and reappointed
by Governor Gardner in 1929.
Governor Gardenr lauded .his record
and ab/i ity as special judge. .
iStrange things, the unexpected
■ following the remarkable, have hap
s pened- in North Carolina politics and
■ among politicians during the past
i • few days. Some of them are thus
f enumerated:
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VOLUME 52—NUMBER
JURY LIST
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For Term of Court Bofiama| Job
vary 12, 1931, and Contiaaiaf
For Obo Week.
The fallowing citizens have been*
drawn as jurors for the term of
Superior -Court to begin January 12
far the trial of criminal cases:
I. M. Ferguson, B. D. Thrailkiil,
A. E. Webster, Wm. M. Foglesnan,
R. H. Beall, Cicero Johnson, Claud
Hackney, R. C. Willett, O. T. Coop
er, W. C. Horton, C. R. Stevens,
C. Y. Welch, Lennie Neal, G. P.
Phillips, F. L. Teague, Gales W.
Welch, J. Frank Durham, E. E.
Clark, Walter Hatley, E. V. Dickens,
Henry Proctor, W. B. Vaughan,
J. R. Hilliard, R. F. Sturdivant, L
W. Goldston, C. E. Lassiter, E. M.
Harris, J. B. Foushee, John C.
Brewer, Isaac Brooks, R. M. H<rt,
A. B. Womble, H. I. Curtis, B. F.
Andrews, D. B. WMte, G. C. Moore,
B. A. Osborne, J. M. Councilman,
Ray Trip, G. B. Womble, E. F.
Moses, and.G. D. Vaughn.
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Passes on Sad Mission
Mr. C. F. Thomas, of Gresham,
S. C., who was reared a few miles
southeast of Pittsboro, passed
through the old town last Friday on
a sad -mission. He, accompanied by
his wife, his son Clyde, and two
daughters, were returning from Dur
ham where they had buried Frank
Thomas, oldest son of the family,
that day. The -latter was 30 years
of age and leaves_a widow, who be
fore marriage was Miss Gladys
Pickett. Mr. C. F. Thomas has .been
section master for the S. A. L. R. R.
for a number of years. He is a
son of Mr. Norman Thomas, who
we may state for the information
of his old friends lives with his
daughter, Mrs. Irving Sturdivant, at
Garner.
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BONLEE HIGH SCHOOL MAKES
APPEAL TO FORMER STU- *
DENTS FOR LIBRARY
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After Bonlee High School build
ing was burned on November the
first,—no' time was lost in making
class rooms in other building on
the campus so that school might
continue, but no provision was
made to replace the books in the
library.
The principal of the school ap
pointed a committee to make an ap
r peal to all former students. The
committee composed of the follow
ing faculty members: Mrs. C. W.
Howell, Mrs. Ina Dunlaj) Andrews,
Misses Eugenia Lane, Hilda Carter,
and Clara Johnson, are writing let
ters to all former students ask
ing them to donate a book suita
ble for the library or to contri
bute the price of a book.
Books are already being received
and the names of those contributing
are being posted as fast as books
are received. The names of the don
ers are written in the books which
they give. _
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BAPTIST TO HOLD
MEETING AT SANFORD
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Raleigh, Dec. 22—The Centen
nial treasurers of * all Baptist
churches in the Sandy Creek as
sociation are asked to meet at the
First Baptist church of Sanford,
Sunday afternoon, December 28th.
at three o’clock, far tire considera
tion of the Centennial fund of the
several churches. T-he Centennial
treasurer in each church is asked
to call upon those having unpaid
pledges to this fund before that
-time if possib.e, and to bring all
! funds on band to the meeting, to
gether with a list of those making
payments.
The need is very urgent and
this appeal is made to you to lend
us your best help in these last days
of 1930. Regardless of the condition
of your report we sincerely urge
all treasurers to attend the meet
ing Sunday afternoon.
G. G. PAGE
Centennial Field RepiV
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WOMAN’S CLUB NOTES
The- music department rnet Fri
day evening the nineteenth at the
home of Mrs. J. M. Hunt. Plans
were made for singing Christmas
carols on Christmas evening at
. six o'clock.
The department accepted with re
gret the resignation of the chair
man Mrs. R. H. Dixon Jr. She was
’ presented with a gift from the de
partment.
, Mrs. W. P. Horton was appointed
[ to fill the unexpired term.
, The hostess, assisted by Miss Har
mon served light refreshments.
> A record crowd was present at
' the annual Christmas tree given by
[ the Civics and Health departments
on the Sunday before Christmas to
j the patients at the County Home.
Mrs. G. W. Blair as chairman of
1 the committee presented a program
. of Christmas songs, a reading by
j Miss Elizabeth Blair, and Rev. J.
t jA. Dailey gave a most inspiring talk.
? Fruit and candy was given each
I one.
As a benediction, “God Be With
/You Till We Meet Again” was sung,