LOCAL AUD
0001111 NESIS
Rev and Mrs McWhorter return-
ed Friday from a visit
daugheter in New Bern
to their
SHORT HEWS ITEMS OF INTEREST OF TOWN
AND COUNTY. CONDENSE!! INTO PARA
GRAPHS FOR BUSY NEWS READERS.
Mr Herbert Lloyd lost a valuable
horse recently, caused by dust.
Next Sunday there will be a bap
tising of about 40 converts of the Or
ange church meeting in Mr H C Ho
gan’s pond about three miles west of
town
purchased an up-to-date hose truck,
that together with a new fire station
will be turned over to them in a short
while. Hats off to our firemen
GOVERNOR MORRISON TO
SPEAK IN CHAPEL HILL
AUCTION SALE
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On Saturday, September 3rd 1921
at the W. G FIELDS’ Saw Mill in Orange Coun-
Seashore
Be sure to read the Hill Bakery ad
in this issue
Sheriff L Bunn Lloyd and Clerk,
A W Kenion, of Hillsboro, were here
Tuesday on business
Mr and Mrs M E Hogan have
turned from a weeks' visit to
mountains of Western Carolina
re-
the
Estimats made by the Adjutant
General’s office show that cost of
sending the State troops
cord and Cabarrus county,
to
on
Con-
ac-
count of the striking cotton mill op
eratives, will be at least $7,000
out of the State treasury.
Many Chapel Hill people and
neighorhood are already looking for
ward with pleasure to the coming
Town and County Conference to be
held here on September 19. 20, 21.
not only for the general meetings but
Prof. Alexander Byers,
son College, is visiting at
of Prof C E Green
of David-
the home
FOR SALE: A new kiln
of brick,
just burned. Apply to Luther Ed
wards, Chapel Hill, N C
The price of cotton on the Raleigh
market Saturday was 13.75, yester
day it was 15.25
Miss Olivia Raney, of Staunton,
Va., is visiting her father. Mr T H
Raney on Pittsboro street.
Messrs Ferebee and Strickland, of
Zebulon, have the contracts for sev
eral new houses to go up here
Mr and Mrs Ralph Andrews, Misses
Nellie. Helen and Elya, returned Sun
day from a weeks visit to Asheville.
Mr Thomas Cate and Willie Black
wood will open a smith and wood
work shop at the B F Ray old stand,
near the new fire station.,
Dr and Mrs C H Hemphill have re
turned from a visit to places of in
terest in Western Carolina. They
made the trip in their Ford car.
Rev. McWhorter will go to Lucama
to assist in a meeting . next
There will be services at the
Church next Sunday morning
week.
ME
FOR SALE: Classy Ford
Torpedo body, 5 new white
racer,
whire
wheels and new tires, apply Box 248
Chapel Hill, N C.
Mr Thomas J Wilson, Jr., has re
turned from his studies in England,
where he has been for the past eight
or nine months
Mrs E W Neville and children and
Miss Lizzie Neville, left Tuesday for
Wilmington to visit Mrs Neville’s
brother, Mr W E Lindsay
Mr W G Fields says he has the re
cord for building. He put up a four
room house, complete, in two weeks,
on McCauley street, for Mr Roswell
Varner.
Mr. Glenn Sykes is- on ' a visit t o his
father. Mr John T Sykes, in -Cheeks,
township: Mr Sykes-is one of -that
.sections '/most prosperous .farmers
and best citizens. ' ‘ "
Dr E ,A Abernethy has returned
from Rochester, Minn., where he has
been attending the Mayo Clinic. Ro
chester. is one of the largest surgical
and medical centers in the world.
What has become of the good old
Brothers, who in a dry time like this
would call the members together,'
and pray for rain? What’s more,
they got it. Why not hold a service
for that purpose now?
Rev Charles E Maddry preached
at Orange Church Sunday, morning
and at night. There have been sev
eral additions to the church during
the week’s services there ,
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The engine for th# new rock crush
er that; is to be .put up on Mr Fred
Sparrow’s place, passed , through town
Tuesday. Thecrushers, are at the de
pot. and will be., put up on the creek
near the wrecked' bridge.
The protracted meeting at Orange
church closed Sunday. Rev Chas-
E Maddry preached Sunday. Every
one who attended say it was the lar
gest and best revival they have had in
years. About forty conversions we
learn
Dr Edward Mann, of Alamance
county, and daughter, Mrs Herbert
Ticie, of Randolph county, spent last
Thursday night with Dr Mann’s son.
Mr Ira Mann, of Carrboro. Dr Mann
was on his way home from Durham,
where he attended the old soldiers’ re
union. Dr Mann is in his 82nd year,
and enjoying good helth
Dr T L Woods, of Sabinal, Texas,
spent a few days here this week on a
visit to old friends.visit to old friends
Mr Woods was reared in Orange
county, near Knapp of Reeds, before
Durham county was cut off from Or
ange. While here he met up with
Mr Hampton, whom he had not seen
in 50 years.
Rev Ira E D Andrews, a native of
Chapel Hill township, now pastor -of
the First Baptist Church, Westminis
ter, S C., is here on a visit to rela
tives and friends. We are always
glad to shake hands and welcome him
back home. He is one of the most
prominent, as well as as one of the
best preachers the Baptist have in
the South to day.
This has been the hotest and dry-
est summer in 40 years, according to
some of our oldest citizens. The wa
ter situation in town is becoming se
rious, the creek from which the town)
and the University gets its water
supply, is about dry. The work of
mixing and pouring concrete on the
road has been held up on account of
the low water supply.
■ Corresponding Secretary.
Rev.
Charles E Maddry, of the Baptist
State Convention, will assist Pastor.
E L Baskin, of the Baptist Church,
in a series of evangelistic meetings
October 9-18. W Ferman Betts, of
Raleigh, will have charge of the
singing. Greatpreparations is being
made for the meeting and it is hoped
that a great revival of old time reli-
gion will result from the
these meetings.
The “Old Reliable” C
graft, in the schedule line
efforts of
S
to
Pender-
Durham
for over five years, says he will be
back in-the business as soon as jthe
new road is open. He has one'of A the
best passenger busses made for the
line ufid^wiir carry _ passengers . to
Durham and back for 50 cents ' each
way. He says was the first to. open
a line to.Durham and the first /to re
duce the fare, and will appreciate the
patronage of his old friends and pat
rons.
On Sunday, August' 28th,' Mrs J
Frank Ivey was given a surprise
birthday dinner by her children, this
being her 52nd birthday There were
eight ,childrn arid . 10 . grab-children
present. Mr and Mrs Luther King,
and children, Mr, and Mrs'W H Carl-'
ton and children and
Mr and Mrs
David Sink, all of
Durham, also
Mr and Mrs J W Clark and children
of Carrboro, and Mr and Mrs Hubert
Micam and children of near Chapel
Hill. There were about 30 persons
present and all enjoyed the reunion
and the splendid dinner. Mrs Ivey
has been in feeble health for some
time and is improving slowly.
Two large 5 ton trucks with 100
bags of cement on each, went through
the iron bridge across Bowlins creek.
on old Hillsboro raod, 1 mile, north of
General Julian S Carr and Mr T J' ^° wn . Tue sd a y. One of the trucks
... - was lust {miner + 1.„
Lambe, two of .Durham’s most
was just going off the bridge and the
prominent citizens, spent a few hpurs
here Monday,, They attended the
funeral of a relative of General Can-
near Rock Spring
Sheriff L^Bynn^ioyd and deputies,
captured four-ipioosHine outfits, one
day last- week. " Two between Hills
boro and Cedar Grave, and the other
two over in Little River township.
It wasn’t a good week for capturing
stills either, as the .Weather was ex’-
treemly dry and hot.
other had just gotten on when the
bridge collapsed. Neither of the
drivers were injured,, nor the trucks,
and the cement: is intact. It will take
some time to get them out of the
wreck, and travel will be blocked un
til'the big trucks are taken out and
the bridge repaired. ' -
The trucks have been taken out of
the wreck, and steel girders and lum
ber are being placed on the ground
to rebuild bridge at once.
Uncle George Hargrave.
colored,
HATS OFF TO OUR FIREMEN
for the special addresses
in this and other states.
Gov. Morrison to be
Citizens of Chapel Hill
of leaders
Here
are especi-
ally invited to hear Governor Cam
eron Morrison speak at Gerrard Hall
will take as his subject, “Active Ci
tizenship and GoveYnment^ This
address will'be one of the highest
attractions offered to Chapel Hill and
will open the season with enthusi
asm.
_Brooks, Rankin, Johnson to Speak-
One rarely gets the chance in Chap
el Hill to hear State Superintend
ent, E C Brooks, Dr W N Rankin,
Secretary of the State Board of
Health, and Mrs. Clarence A John
son, Commissioner of Public Welfare
all in one day. This is the opportu
nity offered, however, on the second
day. Membrs of the Parent Teacher
Association and the Community Club
are especially invited
night at Gerrard Hall to
sed Health, Education
Welfare.
on Tuesday
hear discus-
and Public
Other features of the
will be described next week.
conference
$3000 FOR EVERY INCH_
OF RAIN MADE
The latest thing among the many
wonders now-a-days. is the rain wiz
ard. C N Hatfield of California,
claims he can induce refreshing show
ers at any time any where. His
equipment consists of a large tank
in which he mixes chemicals, later dis
charged into the air. It is said that
in three days at Medicine Hat, a
drenching rain was induced which
continued for two weeks, over an
area of 100 square miles. A large or
ganization of farmers in Wisconsin
have offered the rainmaker $3000
for each inch he can induce, up to 5
inches and will ask no questions.
They say a heavy rain at once or a
stupendous crop failure, a loss of
several hundred thousand dollars,
faces them now
WITH NO OUTLOOK IN LIFE
YOUTH ATTEMPTS SUICIDE
Elizabeth City, Aug. 20—After
writing a note to his mother in which
he said that life had no outlook for
him and the future seemed blank,
Oliver Berry. 20-year-old son of Mr
and Mrs M W Berry of this city
drank a potion of carbolic acid with
grape juice Monday night and the at
tempted suicide was not discovered
till nearly too late to administer anti
dotes. Heroic medical • treatment
may, have saved his life and the
young man is said to have expressed
regret for his rash act
Young.Berry is a modest, retiring,
introspective sort of youth, whose mis
fortune seems 'to havee been in living
too much to himseif.,Never having
cultivated a sweetheart or a'chum in
whom ito confide he developed melan-
cholja so common in' youths of his
type' - ' -
5 CARRBORO NEWS, .
Mr Clarence Johnson, ' of Bynum,
is .now guarding prisoners ■ at- Chapel
Hill.-j
Luther Edward’s truck was prtty
badly torn up by being two near the
railroad track Tuesday evening while
they'were shifting cars . , - ? .....
Mr D Durham, isz^remodelling his
house next to Varner & Smith’s gar
age. ■
The Carrboro graded school facul
ty will be Mr Eldridge, Principal,
Mrs L R Sturdivant. Misses Agnes
Andrews, Lillian and Annie Gattis.
Mel Fowler and Ada Thompson. Mr
Eldridge is a graduate of the Univer
sity. and is a son-in-law of Mr J B
Cheek. Mrs Sturdivant has been
with this school for over eight years.
Mr Atlas Ray is reported very sick
at his sisters in Durham. It is said
he has blood poison, caused
the , extraction of teeth.
Meetings are going on at
Pleasant and Hank’s chapel
from
Mt.
this
week. Carrboro people are attend
ing each
Arthur Bogar, better knpwn as “T
I”, who handles the mail from Carr
boro postoffice to train; is confined at
Home with smallpox, Smallpox
seems to linger here, we h£ve not
,been rid of it for over twelve months
JURY LIST FOR SEPTEMBER
TERM OF ORANGE COURT.
who had been sick for several months,
died Sunday at the age of 103 years,
9 months and eighteen days. He was
the oldest darkey anywhere in this
section. He was much respected by
both his colored and white friends
One of the white convicts made his
escape from the gang working on the
coal-shute, near the power plant Sat
urday. He was a five-year man The
guard shot at him several times, but,
failed to stop him. This, it is said,
makes three that have gotten away
since they have been here.
The Chapel Hill Firemen returned
Saturday from Gastonia, where they
attended the State Firemens’ Asso
ciation meeting and Tournament.
They report a fine time. In the tour
nament races Chapel Hill ranked with
the State’s best fire companies. They
won two races, one first and one se
cond, prizes amounting to $225. In
the reel races Chapel Hill won second
and in the grab reel races Chapel
Hill won first prize In the election
of officers our Chief, John L Foister.
was elected First Vice President.
Chapel Hill has cause to feel proud
of her volunteer firemen, so much so.
the town has under construction a
nice brick building, and has also .
Chapel Hill Township:
S H Hearne, 0 P Gooeh. Robert
Cannada, E T Neville. W J Taylor.
J L Kirby, J C Poythress, James
Rombo, E A Brown, J E Gooch,
Bingham Township:
M S Lloyd; Rossie Brewer, Luoeo
Lloyd, T D Lloyd, W T Gates.
Hillsboro Township:
J W Wilson, J J Ward, S E
John Shape,
Eno Township:
Evans Riley, G W Brown,
Little River Township:
Fletcher Gates, W Ray
Oscar F Hopkins, W A Tilly,
Tilly,
Cedar Grove Township:
Cole,
Monk.
W
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Arthur Faulkner, J F
D F Morris, C S Partin,
Murray. J S McAdams, G
ams, I R Long. Isaae Link.
Cheeks Township:
Wheeiy,
Eugene
S McAd-
T G Farrell,.
ty, near Lambsville, I will sell at public auction
on easy terms 535 acres of land, comprising the
Roberson, McVey and Williams tracts, which
will be cut into several small farms to suit the
purchasers.
Sale will begin at 10:30 o’clock.
Brass Band, Auctioneer and Free Dinner.
This 20th day of August, 1921.
W. G. FIELDS.
(MIIIIIIIIIIigilllSIIHUBUllMBIUIIB
M. BEMAUER,
A Bread Expert of the Fleishman Co.,
OF NEW YORK CITY,.
spent an entire day wi h us this week. The object of
his visit was to assist us in giving you a better loaf of
bread. After following the process of product he
suggested no changes and said that better bread can
not be made than “Quality Maid Bread.”
THE HILL BAKERY.
Chapel HfU, N. C.
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W. A. LLOYD, CARRBORO, N. C.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Having qualified as executor of the
estate of R. S. MacRae, deceased,
this is to notify all persons having
claims against the estate to file
claims for same with me on or be
fore the 15th day of August 1922.
or this notice will be plead in bar of
their recovery. AU persons owing
the estate will pay same at once to
the undersigned.
This the 15th day of August 1921.
D, C^ MACRAE.
Executor of R. S. MacRae, deceased.
Address. Chapel Hill. N. C.
Administrator's Notice-
Having thi« day qualified as Admin
istrator olf the estate of Oscar J. Gar
rett, deceased, late of Orange County,
this is to notify all persons holding
claims against said estate to present
them to the undersigned within twelve*
months from this date, or this notice
will be pleaded in bar of their recove
ry. All persons swing said estate
will please make immediate payment.
This July 9th. 1921.
J. H. GARRETT,
Admr. of Oscar Garrett, dec’d. Roxbo ¬
ro. N. G., R. No. 5.
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LAST DATE, SUNDAY, SEPT. 4.
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C. T. Young Machine Shop
AND GARAGE,
WEST MAIN STREET’ CHAPEL HILL, N. C.
Automobile Repairs, Machinery Repairs, Oils,
Auto Parts, Acetylene Welding, etc.
Hava jnst completed and equipped a large Garage
with the machinery and am ready to do all work on
short notice.
My Oils are the best grades and at prices as low as
1 they can be sold. GASOLINE always on band.
Willsoon be fixed to you any time of night
It is very interesting to observe enthu
siastic savers. We watch them as they
come regularly to the bank to make their
deposits. There is on their faces the senile
that is peculiar to winners.
Thei rglory is not alone in the amount
they save: they know that it is not always
easy to save and are proud to have suc
ceeded.
And then there is t^e fascination «f
growth! Only those who have really sav
ed know the pleasure of watching a say
ings account grow. -
The Bank of Carrboro
R. H. Ward,Ch’mn of the Board A. P. Lloyd Cashier
A growing savings account is something
to be proud of!
Wanted—-Men or women to take
orders among friends and neighbors
for the genuine guaranteed hosiery,
full line for men, women and child
ren. Eliminates darning. We pay 75c.
an how spare time, or #6.90 a week
tor fnl tame. EtaperiBaoe unnecess-
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