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ESTABLISHED 1893.
DEVOTED TO THE BEST iNTEiBESTS OP THIS ADJOINING COUNTIES.
ONE DOIiLAB A YEAr IN ADVANCE
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VOL. XXffl.
CHAPEL HILL, ORANGE iCOUNTY, N. C.; THURSDAY, SEPTEMEBR 13,
1917.
NO 36
PROCEEDINGS COUN
TY GOClLHSSIOtlERS
....
. REPORT' OF k W. IEN10N; CLERK TO THE
.HOARD, ACCOUNTS ALLOWED AND OTHER 1H-
. . PORTANT BUSINESS TRANSACTED.
. The following is t!ie proceed
ings of the County. Commission-
ers meeting on Monday, Sep
temberSd: 1 -
Ordered that C. L. Lindsay be
paid fifty dollars for damages
done by Teer in removing rock
wall for construction of road.
Ordered that Mr. Chisenal of
the county home be permitted to
". make trip to Raleigh to consult a
surgeon.
Wv W7 Warren, bridge work,
63.20.
H. W. & J. C, Webb 2 wheel
barrows for road, 5.00
W. W. Warren, bridge work,
" 1.33.'. , . '
Geo. F. Ciutch field, dynamite
and work, 14.71.
, E. P. Craven, road machine
blades, 8.00.
Forrest & Forrest, supplies
county home, 19.35.
Hubert Atwater, work county
home, 6.00. ' ' r
Adeline Gfordon, cooking couri
ty home. 8.00..
H. D. Smith, salary and rail
road fare, 41.00.
J. O.Thompson, work county
home. 1.35.' : .
i The Enterprise, printing road
statements, 140.
. The Enterprise, printing Reg
. ister Deeds office,, 1.75. ....
"Gattis Horner, deputy sheriff,
services for county 4.C0.
Edwards & Broughton, books
for Register Deeds office, 51.00.
: T. R Sparrow, 1 month salary
as deputy sheriff,1 ; : 50.00
C. G. Rosemond, 1 month sal-
' -
v ary as Sheriff, 133.33.
J. L Brown, 1 month salary as
Co. Treasurer, 66.67.
. A. W. Kenion, 1 month salary
as Register of Deecls, 83. 33
A. W. ifcsniorf, expiess and
postage, 1.51.
A. S. Mitchell, chairs, for. of-
fice,6.75. f ; t ." ""
. A. S. Mitchell, tools for. roads,
- 14.80.'- - . . . '. . V
A. S. ; Mitchell, supplied and
tools, 8.98.
L M. PicUard,- -capturing still
20.00. ; ;
i Sheriff Rosemond, postage and
drawing jury, 2.05.
i. The Enterprise, printing,
Sheriff's office, 1.75.. . .
The Dixie Metal & Culvert Co.,
road supplies, 50.60. tj"
. W. S. Fallis, State Highway En
sinee, expense maintenance; 15.83
B. G. Turner, supplies. & work
. -fnr rmnntV. 53.00.
R. Dl Herudon, Chapel Hill tax
i;0f 177.00.
: Robt. S. Gray, lumber and
wnrk '21.21. .
x J. O. Thompson, wor2 on road
A machine, 50c. . . '. j "
: Miss Lula M. Cassidey, county
ziomnntration work, 21.21.
r-Annlr: crradine Eho
. -XV. l ---
anccial Drov.O 249.60,
John . W. Bell, lumber for
U-iArro 20.44. "
A. M. Mincey, inspecting roads
Little River, 5.40. -J:
B. Rosser, ;lumber
V;r1ryo 2.40. i
for
" Ordered that road leading from!
: nntrr lme to HlUSDOro
and Mt..Terzer road,- near New
R.fhoi rhurch. be put m shape
; mad. and that change
. . , . W rn;ilAa- line be
in roaa at uw. ,
, r Ho ncrreed upon, by
maue m iuaj -r
! Inspector. Mincy and the com
..,;frr in torfts ted therein. .
to county-
home upon condition that -. she
pay over io tne; county the sum
of $8.00 per month out
1 1
of rh'er
pension funds,
support. v r
as a part1 of her
The allowance for support of
Caroline j Moonj be increased to
$2.00 per
month.
That J,
T. Potts be allowed
$2
per month for support.
That bridge jbebuilt over Back
Creek near j Harmony ;' church,
cnunty paying expense of hauling
lumber from I mill to ; bridge and
for work n building brjdge.
William Borland, janitor (
court
house, 5.00. ,
Wm. H. Jordan, . phone rent,
sheriff's office,
1.00. '
W. H, Crabtree, bridge work
Little River township, 46145.
B. C. Ellison, sanitary jwork,
"a i: . . , i,
R.' G, Crawford, 1 month salary
and boarding prisoners, 39.50. j
Geo. Al Durham supplies for
.jail, 7.45 J j r I ; , .
Gfeo. A. Durham, supplies for
jail.-7.39. J h '
M. L. Cates, inspecting
roads
Bingham township, 15.00.
Ordered that Thos. B. King be
given contract to put onage
across pttlej River nearl W. R.
Roberta j Iplace in Cedar I Grove
township, cost of same not to ex
ceed 20.00. '. - 1. .
' It was ordered that tax levy
for the year 1917, for county and
road purposes, be made the same
as for 1916.
J. i'B.;
Dodson, lumber for
i . !(::!:;
bridge, H7.20. ' ; ;;- ; . -h-
M. L.! Gates, lumber for bridge,
5.00. ,
TV D. Lloyd, lumber for
bridge,
4 80. "
A. G. Dodson, lumber for bridge
8.72. -: I. L , ! -!lr ."!!"
. ( i i -
Ordered that road leading from
J. P. Teer's store to J. M, Picn
ard's be accepted as public road.
H. D. Brown, was elected to till
the unexpired term oi n. v.
Smith as' Superintendent of the
County Home for the aged ana
infirm at! the! same rate of salary
paid Supt. Smith. j j : !
Note of $2000.00 was executed
to the Farmers k jivieruuauw
Bank for 60 days at 6 per cent.
-Note for $6000.00 was renewed
for 6 months witn tne farmers
& Merchants Bank at 6 per cent.
niir Ttriio authorized to mase
KsA. U.
warrants for interest
il J N "i
on the
above notes ($200.00J,
Ordered that trees be cut from
highway
near Low Thompson's
place.
Ordered that
office in court
house now occupied by Sj M. Gat
tis, be rented , to Attorney J.
C.
Ray . at 5.00
per month
payable
quarterly in
advance.
Ordered that special
election
Ur VioiVl nortain district in uedar
? .
Grove township to determine
whether a special school 'tax shall
be levied.
That C.F.
Andrews be allowed
50c for removing tree from road
Chairman
Ed. N.. Cates,
m
le-
age and per
diem, 7.80,
A. Gi Sykes, mileage
anc per
diem, 7.60.
J. P. i Dark,
mileage
and per
diem, 3.85.
on An AfirmiNTS SEPT. 3. 1917.
Cedar Grove Township.
JE. Wright, work
110 75
J. P. Dark, Work
L. R Weight, work
H, L Phelps, work
T. J. Wilkerson, work
W. S. Wilkerson, work
C. E. BerryJ work
W. W. Wsarren, work ....
W.' H. Cole, work
W. H Cole, jwork
30 00
ii
26 00
9 80
10 80
5 00
2 90
8 25
4917
127 33
57 50
Chapel HU1 Township
phreys be admitted
i 1 1 i
JDmffckwork 1
S. Blackwood, work
75 70
TfnT
J. A Sparrow, work i
J. G. Bennejtt, work !
W. G.' Rileyj, work, i ;
Ml G. Bisbxjp, work , .
j Eno Townsnip.
D. E. Lattai work
G. P. Walkjdr work ,
O. J. Jones, work
J. W. Crabtxee, work
36T31
3548
17 14
' 37 .50
21 80
7 75
1 40
5 00
15 50
178 25
9 00
A A Lynch, work
J Cheeks Township.
D. W. Cheek, work ;
J. F. McAdams, work
W. W. Warren, work
84 87
Q. F. Crutchfield, Vork !
1263
G. F Crutchfield, work
32 75
5 20
17 25
20 50
4 00
12 00
31 00
74 00
50-25
41 15
20 75
38 00
;44 00
1343
60 00
37 90
41 20
K. M. Branson, work . .
S. W. Crutchfield, work
L. B. Kling work,
1 Uttle River Township.
A. M. Mincey, work A
E. P. Waters, work
Robert S. fjray work
! - J Bingham Township.
R. M. Roberson. work s
T. P. Fauliner, work
E. E. Quackenbush, work
A. G. CraWford, work
M. G. brewer, work .
M. G. Efrewer work
A. G. podlon, work f
T. D. Lloy work
M. L. pat3, work j ;..; :
J; B. !)ddson, work i
" Hillsboro Township,
J. F. Coleman, work
V'-i -'14,
5 55
to meet
The' Board
adjourned
1st Monday in October.. ;
A. w. kenion, uierx. i
ORANGE SUPERIOR. COURT.
The I following are the cases
tried land fdisposed of in Orange
Superior Court last week, Judge
George Conner presiding, Hon.
ft:.. .M J Gairtis. iSoIiciWr: . ,
State vs Bruce Ellison, paving
whiskey fot-sale, .plea guilty, lined
$10 anil costs.
State vs.1 Marvin McPhuson, gamb
ling, plea gxiilty, fined $5j and costs.) p
State vs
1 i - i
eorge iee.j pieaa guniy
It appearing to the court
of trespass
that 'defendant had been drafted into
i i ft i 4. ' -I .
the army othe U. S. judgment is sus
pended upon the payment of the costs.
State.vsL Frank Stewart, Otisliaw-
i i I i t I - -
sen,
Eugene Dawson and i Walter, An'
drew defendants plead guilty oi an
affray! Judgment $15 to be paid by
each defendant. i I t
State vs, J. H, Crawley and W. P.
i it 'I : - ! ' 'i. - m . ' 1
Jordan affray. Jury verdict, guilty,
fined $10 and costs. r ' I 1
State vsj John Cameron, larceny,
plead Iguiltv, judgment suspended
upon payment of cost. J '
State vs. IN. E- Wilson and nenry
Hurley! crelty to animals, plea guil
ty. Judgemnt suspended upon pay
ment of the costs. f III
ii i .1 . - . J . ; . I 2.--L
State ys. May Wnittea,. larceny, jh-
rv verdicti riot guilty.
sati vs Henrv Jones, assault, jury
trial, nbtgnilty.
Static vs. Thus. Jones, assault
. . ! ! 1 I i ...'Uir fir
with
deadly i weapon, plea guilty,
fined $5
and cost.
starJ. vs! Frank Aired, , obtaining
rnx iinder false pretence, 30 days in
jail and to pay the costs; V
Stale vs. John Page, exposure
nl CO days in jail. ! .
i state vs. S. B. Brockwell, affray,
plea guilty, judgement suspended up
on payment of costs. M -
o.i.i Mafwin Mr.Phuson. .larce
nv lurv verdict not guilty u
c.ofoUo: Cicnrtrei Snioes. assault, with
deadly
weapon, piea
guilty,, fine
and cbsts
State vs,
A. G. Webbr operating
. - ! ' .-! .
slot, machine, pleaguilty, Hue i ana
COStS. . .'-'; ,' ..'.!i'
State vs. Rhodes Markham and Jim
Rlarkman. assault with deadly weap
on, jury 'trial verdict guilty. Black
man, fine $15 and half coat and Mark
bam. to pay half costs ' '
Stale vs. Joe Crittendon,. non sup
port, judgemant suspended upon pay.
ment 'of costs. i ..-,..: .-; , ' -j-i';
Stte vs. Geo. Foust, ' assault with
deadly! weapon, plea guilty, fine $1 and
costs. ( j . , . -; '! .; " :
State vs. Clfford Cheek and Buford
Stanlv. acres 9 and 12 years, inury ito
school property, plead guilty, 1 day In
Tail,
Go to Patterson Bros., for drugs,
toilet articles and fine stationery.
We carry a complete line of these
goods. Our store is the largest
and most modern drug - storesin
SOME MORE OF
ROW A CONFEDERATE! SOLDIER, AN EX-UN1VER-
SITT STUDENT SERVED THE UNIVERSITY IN
; THE CLOSING DAYS OF THE WAR.
Through the kindness of Gen
eral Carr we are permitted to
publish a letter from James P. 1
Cdfiin, Chairman, of the Board of
Directors of the' First National
Bank, of Bates ville, Ark.
Mrv Coffin writes Gen, Carr:
You'speak of "Durham; ante
and post bellum, whici reminds
me that the day1 GenJ Johnston
evacuated Raleigh, the division
to which I belonged, Humes'
Diy. of Wheeler's Corps, protect
Raleigh to Chapel Hillj and fought
theFederals 'all day land justjat
niabtfall crossed the !N. C R. R.
at iforrisville1, ' as I have alwa'ys
understood it; and there the last
chnt.irwaa tirfiH of aflr narr. nt
.Tnhnston's armv. fiftn. Humes
had 'been woinded, with several
of his btaffj some ten days or two
weeks' before near Payetteville,
antl the Colonel of my reariment,
who for more than 'a year had
coin manded I the Tennessee Bri-
gadehad succeededto the com -
ujpui me xivisiUD, auu x. wao-
hip '; Acting .Inspector- General.
w-e were then some 15 miles from,
vtiapei am auui nsneuuui. nsu
by to give me a note to Gen.
Wheeler, asking that ; a guard be
seDt on to the1 University to pro-
Xenix.'' He told me to go to Gen,
wneeier ana ten mm toai mytr
qfcest .was his request, wjaich I
did. The General then told! me
best and sufficient, under an of-
ficer whom I knew I could trust,
and give him whatever mstruc-
OliU glVC LXllkl nuavvTvi.
tions I wanted . I detailed Lieut.
McCurney Broyles, of the otn
Tenn, Cavalry, (my regiment was
t.hA:'9.nd '''Tp.n,ri.navalrv).Vand in-
vw v -. ! r-f ' v w 1
and report to
Gov.
Swain and
take from him
such
instructions
. if fnllneJ would protect5 the
property of every character of
the University. Three days later
r rLrthoA nfJnnPl Hill and found
M. ri ; - " . .
th
Gov. Swain
had
been called
to Raleigh by IGoy. Vance,
i..
and
tha?
sit Lieut. Broyles had reported
ind was under the direction of
to
Prbf. Chas Phillips, and
that ev-
erv thing had
been protected, asv
Prnf PhillitJs told me himself,
I took supper with Prof. Phillips
that night, and returning thence
to our bivouac, sioppea at yeu.
Wheeler's headquarters to see if
he had any tirers for us, when I
found Gen. fVVheelerjnd a young
Dr
DeRossett, of
Wilmington,
with a map j spread
on
the floor
and both on; their knees, while
Dt-. DeRossett5 traced with his
finprora the! route of Gen. Mee's
retreat, and
i :. i ' ! ..' ' . L
hx nnint at which
$1
he
surrendered.
He
had
his
pencil in hiand. That was pur
4
first authentic" information or
Lee's surrender. ' The armtice
between Johnston and Sherman
bad been-bn for thrlee daysj bus
we did not Wow what- it meant,
Prof. Phiilips had told me j that
Gov. Swain had returned from
Raleigh just at night, and had
brought a copy of the New York
aoi rtrtntoininfir a full account
of Lee's surrender but I
i I I . .'-( m .
told
him that was some mre oi
IBen-
netfs lies.'fl
""sSmach andMver Troubles, v
No nd o(njiseiy and actuaj sut
tering is caused by disorders of the
stomlch and liver, and may b
3 i j ut,rt He a nf CnamDsr
avoiaea uy inc z -
,.:- tui J,. -r. vp them a trial.
i-ain s l auicw v -
it
t
BEflflETTS LIES."
They cost only a quarter.
DEFINITE PEACE OF-
FEU EXPECTED 5
OFFICIAL LONDON LOOXS FOR AN OFFER FROU
GERIJANY BEFORE THE WINTER
London, August 27. (By maiL)
Throughout official London the
belief is held j that a very definite
offer Will come from Germany be
fore "winter and that the offer will
suggest i immediate cessation of
hotsilities on a status quo basis.
, Entente statesmen have f aUy
indicated that they will refuse
such terms and no. doubt GerV
many is aware of this. ButGer-
manl leaders regard1 a status quo
offer from the German side as an
ation of German public (opinion
i for further concessions.
A high official authority gave
! the Associated Press the follow -
ing statement of the situation-in
Qomanir a a rpom.rfla nPafifi: I ...
uThrft is no doubt that the
German government is i anxious:
to-get out of the war at tne earn-j
est possible moment on any
terms which will i insure; them
acraiost , revolution ' at hqjne ana;
national collapse.'
f ."Great numbers of people in
vjrermauy tuuaj .wuuw jfy
a peace on a status quo basis, this
meaning practically a draw, in
, woicn no uciuiici cliu wuuiu vi .'.
py any territory! beyond, which it,
possessed in July, 1914, and m
which; moreover, each side would
bear it? own burdeh jn respect
or une, material juaaca.
impossible to say how far , this
yiew has spread amon:g the Ger-
rniAtariat. because.' natur-
ally! where it exists it has had
small opportunity of public ex-
pression.
vQuivui,: i j 1 "I I
"It is obvious that if the Ger
man people
accept a net
ultimately
come to
. i - i-
loss
territory as
inevitable, they must pass to that
. i - ' p . ... .'-"-'' l- - 1 1
a th rouirh the inter-
mediate stage of a willingness to
accept a status quo peace. 11
the war .continues to go against
Germany, test offers to conclude
such a peace will certainly De
made as soon as the pressure
v 'I - I , .-. .
reaches a certain point.
called
"Since
Germany's so
peace offer a year m
tinued ! pressure of
, ago,
the coi
n-
the
I ! I i
entente
and the entry
ot the
uuittiu
States
have completely changed
the situation. The
question is
now in fact pot what
are the war
!
aims which Germany will impose
before she
grants peace, but
she herself will be
what term
wilting to accept. That is a very
siniple statement pf the
fact in! the War situation
greatest
today.
"The entry of the United States
d many of the South American
an
biics has put; economic mat-
repu
into the foreground. The
German, government must obyi-
ously view With extreme
appre-
hension the
situation at home in
the months
immediately succeed-
ing the dec
aratipn of peace. The
physical exhaustion of the people
of ; the country, combined with
the wani of food which cannot be
immediately remedied and. the
want of raw material for starting
manufactures, will create a most
seridus situation. If when the
troops come back from the front
it is not possible immediately to
start again jthe industrial life of
the country and provide food and
work there will almost; inevitably
be a very dangerous revolution
ary movement,! i
11'This would b started by the
minority socialists and if Ger
many cpmes out of the, war with-
'1 X:-:4'.MOonf trftn crth
OOtl
Li
uta aeniuve iuwwv.-:
and prestige in some form 6r an
other, the influence of the gov- , .
ernment in the; middlej classes ) .
will be so much weakened that it.
will be impossible any- lot
depend on their AcUye m
depend
asrainst
active support .
a revolutionary move- , t
ment.; The Prussian . poilitary..
arid agrarian party remains as f
fiifm and uncompromising, In do-
mestic as in foreign affairs, as '
everi and many of. them would ;
undoubtedly prefer civil war .to
I
any
surrender which would de
prive them of the political power
which they regard as their right
"For this reason, that what the -
German government wjill most'
seek for in . any peace arrange-:
ment is seaarity that as, soon as
the war is oyer there snail be a.
frjee flow of food and rawjmaterial
into the country and at the same
time free m arkets for G erm an
I products. , ii tnis couip , oe se-v
cured the energy of the people
could be at once directed to the
restoration of commerce and in-
dustry and their interests so.
concemraiea mat tuey nmu
bill
4t r TTT n -WT W W- WW IITJIII r U III I I II v - '
litical cotisiderations'-rGreeQS- v
jjqrO Daily Newsy
EFLaND NEWS 1 ITEMS
The remains of Mr.
Norman
Harris who died in
St. Leo's.
hispitol inGreensborO jSaturday
morning iaepv. Oio were uiuuguu
Efiand j Saturday kfternioon
and taken to the home' of M. L.
jjiiiaUQ, iatner-iniaw.
(jiased. The funeral
wore conducted at the
- erjan church Sunday
ills bpriCfassisted fei D t;-18 at- j
irfield, of Mt. Airyj
ana rtev.
iennette, bf .Mebane. '
The flow-
bearers were
lYIlSses ii'iuia
Clark, Hellen
!- A nn
ruoan. Mary
,vlor, Lettie Thompson, Kutn
c Adams and Stella Taylor.
Active pall bearers Were: .Jack .
Baity, Fred Brown, John Clay
Un. Krnest Forrest; John Clark,1
aid Fred Walker. Honorary: A
' i 1 V y1
vfr nin rlr n C. Tavlbr. A. r .
porrest, Thomas
Bain, TS. W.
McAdams. j
was;, .made - in
the Fres byte-
Bynum and JolHe
jTne interment
tQe famiiy Piot in
Han church yard.
Besides a young wife Mr. Har
As leaves nine brothers and sis
ters, all of whom .were pjesent .
at the funeral. Their respective
hlomes being Baltimore, Raleigh,
Henderson ana uxtorq.
Omt.fi a larcre rn u! m b e r
of
JSC"-" . " i- ;t
friends and loved ones were pre -.
sent to pay tribute to ine aeau. .
The beautiful, fl6vfcr;s that cov
ered his grave ere profuse.
Misses Carrie and E essie Hep-;
len, of High Point spent jthe
week end with Miss Carrie Mill-
Mrs. Clyde Mayes, of Alber
inarle, is visiting her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Joe ; Marry i :y
Mr! in d,M r s , H. t. Smit and
children, of Greenstoro, spent
Sunday with relatives near Ef-
land.
Jack Price, oj
an Efland visitor
! Durham i
was
Eun
day.'
' Mr. and Mrs, Roy.
fThompsoHr
Of Mebane, spent Sunday in Ef-
and.
- ?
The stork called at
Mr. Edgar
Mayes1 last Tuesday
night and
Taffr o hahtr crirl Mnther
and
ibtv mi p
child are doing well. ; .
The protracted meeting closed
at the Presbyterian cl lurch Sun
day night... : ' ,v V. ".' .:
A Series of meetings 'com
menced at the M. P. church Sun-.
day! Rev. BrasweUVof High
Point,
will assist
Rev. Kennett
in the meeting.
Ted.
x
i
r
1
if
j Ordered, that Margaret Humr
the county.
W I ! i'l - -
! !.