The Log Vol. 19 No. 07

Between 1914 and the late 1960s, the Champion Fibre Company published an internal newsletter, called The Log, to share news about the Canton mill, the community, and its employees. After 1940, news from the entire “Champion Family,” which included mills in Hamilton, Ohio; Houston, Texas and Sandersville, Georgia, was featured in each issue.A:UGUS~ .. • ' • • • • • • • , IQ COft8 lcllntll ,..., ~~- -- ·~ r • • ' • - • • • • • • • • f • • • • J • • • • • • " • t . • • • I • • • • Pi.s9ah Creek. a mountain sttecrm on the slope ol Moun I Pisgah in Wes tern N :JTib Ccr.roEna AUGUST, 1937 VOLUME XIX NUMBER 7 Published by "Th Champion Family' The paper for this magazine is made in our plant out of wood from the farests of North Caro-ina. We manufactu:re many gzade of bleached Sulphite papers, Machine Finished and Super Calendered. Cou rtesy is t he one n1ediun1 of exchange whi ch is accep ted a t par by t he bes t people of every count r ~' o 1:1 the g I o be. l t is sent i­ment c loa ked in reason able a nd business­like expres ion--t he enl be1Iisb n1e11t 1hat add .. tone and h anuon v to n1 at rer-o f-f ac t • routi.n.e--the oi l \\'hich 1uhricares the 1na - chinerr of cornn1 ercial good fe llo\\·ship Rnd prorr1ut es Lhe su1ooth ru n njng of th~ 111 an) units of an orcanization. ' ( 'o urfe. ) radia tes a spiriL o f good feel­ing t hat wt art' noL " 'or kiJt .l!' eHtirely fo r \\hat,,,~,.. g (ot OlJt of \vork jll a nlal eria l \-\'ay, bur fur t he- p le aS lllc or po l i tt~ l r. n ~ a ct i o u cH1d frt P-ndl) f-t ~socictt iou a w<.·11. },i fc is .lot tuu .. hon and '" l t'tf f' n t· \ l t to cJ bus} t u rt ec, us. • H . l B J;. • • .__... v\~f{~Uttve tee- .en! atz~ a?JZt or J cui, n 1 ~ . Ro~ ,.• ,t l)nu . Sr .. E .-.(•<llti v ~~ VjtT PH·s i<.leJtl 1'13J ··r ~.111d h l11·•· CrJm p;.~n y . Nl r ~. Rnl't~ I'H < •n . ;.tUd l.ct~,,n , ~ilr~d fJl/111 Ln~, \ ll't!'l•.!t- •"lfl lcdy I() fo t tlno•dtdH , J ·q•(illl ;J,( ltf ht r' ~i(;;l ( .{ rl l'' glut II", foi lr,. rtJld p lc',l •itlll jiHIIIIIY. q( 'J he Cltunpi• ll lltt•if yo11ng\:·~ r son ,wd udH·t ptUill" qP ~\I t.Jf.lUh ,, l:•:>J •tj \\ .( II 1h }( wd! i, ;Jvc· .1 ••J ~:c d / ,Jt ;1t1 HJ J rc tl tl tllll ie.s, ~Hid \\I' t1llll,l.: n •J} \ :f r. Rt,IH·Tunn 1s. l1n p•. I h \' d I h.1 , t· 'I Hl'Jl rl•:toti~Jll llfJif' . • IJ .,~n .. I I 1 I IJ ,. I • )ll:tl l it.dl y 11 lu • • J.{ J V ~~ II \ ,, • Jn:JI I IIlii} }r t • .1 I i lt l b I t 11~1• .<t lld li1•, wh' ~q 1 II• r·l:.c lt!. N., i lt ,t tl I IHI "'"' k, tl hatcl~·t tluw he, IH II h~ •c• l) l rjiH i' I ~ j I h I dJ ) I } , I I J l J l '.· f J iftcl lc • l11 ty f ),(• J, f tJ jl ' ' I' ll1• f •pntr· HH I h ll t (. \ \ 'IH'l 1i1 ,,[ ! lu ( I I I , I I J ) I l I I I • ,j riJ ( ., lJ tl l j th II I tt ui h \\f '" } 111· · •• t J ' ,l}l ,, I I . ~~ . ( • • Champion D&lef.Jate_s crU~ncii:dCJ Bhte JUdge Conference on ztman T~E Eif'htt5enrh Confe:-etrcc: '~n Hun~an _ Relatjo~1~ in ln­lll1 try. con't·ened a.t Blue .RJdge. ~orta~ CaroJJna, J uly 1--17 .. with the large~t ~tt~ndan~e in recent year .. "Pht- Promotion Comrnin<-'e, con.:isting o{ a n umber of iea<lin~ Southern tnd1l$trialists. of which Reuben :B. R obert­s" Cm. S~: · Etecuriv~ \~i<:t::-:-Presiuent of The Champion Paper ~nd F tbre Company~ ha,"' beell chairman for a nurnber of ~·ear ' . ha~ .iUCceeded in d~vdop ing a ~01.1th-wide interest j,n hu·m~n relation~ and a more cooperative spirit between em­p! ry~" r and emplo} ee. ''"" e ar~ convinced t::hat the discJ,J ~sions at the,.e confer­... J..H. c5 }l~rve dt..-nc a greaT. deal of good and brnua.ht abouc a ~eae} nnderst~a~d ing b~t.ween cmpl ')yer and :mployee in dl~ ::;cuth \\' r lle ccmdll lons are far from "'erfcc(, vet we .. }1 h , . ' l~e t.t i.tl ' e , ecj~ uf (:oope ration wfui\. h h;i l/e been sown wilL _i~ l:me .. hrin~ fonb a han-e~L 'Jf golden ?"rain for r.hose most :'lterc v~d. D'.;_r}ng rhe past eigh i.een year. , in these conferences a,c !Slue J{!dge. a !?ieat deaJ of 1he di~cussion has been devoted llJ ways ~n~ mea~s for pro.mo ti,ng human rdati~,ns in ind.ustry. Each spe4Kcr. 01 Ct)ll f{' e . presen1ed a little different idea-a d~lfere.D[ a~ prnach perhaps. but 'vith the same object!ve ill ~·;ew . . \1! of tJ:e~c dJ.:;c~ssions have been iotere$ting; 1n:struct'ive aHd edncatJooal, howeve r. the writer feels that if en1pJayer ancl e-..m ploye<.. wculd adopt as the rule of conduct in alJ of thetr actions : "\~Th;.rr::toever ye woulcl that men should do unto 'ou, en~n ~o do yc also unto them ,, the problem would be · oh cd. Cooperati1Jn, re~ r.n-work-f air play on both sid{l!s seems tc. b<.. the f1nl ' vAut1on. Th~se di5c~ssiuns are fine. but are we today doing the bt:st Y'+'t t :nnv: : The emplfJYCe must: have work in order 10 b•Iy hreaJ for uimself and. fam iiy; the CmpJO}er bas \YOrk to do at)<~ needs .wvrker'\; therefor-e, it seems to the writer ~hat the ng~11 a_tt H.u~e can not be developed and maintained lli an vrg-an1za 11vn Wtt.hout fair play, Our discussions in the fut ure should not be ho'v 1 v achiE-ve "f-lu man Relations jn tlj}- • [3] on • • e ·at tons . tn dusu r.'' for we all know th ere is o.nly one war, it m~'='t be a cooperative program to acbieve the be. r re ~ u l ts for a ll con­cerned. ~7 oukln''t i~ be fine-grea-t jf ~r.nploye 1 and employee coola, at the. nu'leteenth conf.erencc Ill 1938, o'r at son1e cml­{ ctrence in the ne~t r fut~tre r-elate thei r ex:periencCe as em.ployer~ and employees ~vorktng together as broclH~rs in one ._?Teat ~o.mmon cau~e. aA11 things, ther-efor,e. vvhatsoever ve ,;ould that men s hou ld do Ltnto you) even . n do re a lso unto f hem .,. wiH produce the desiTed r esults~ . A large del ega tion of Cha1n.pion d1en auended the Blue R1dg:e Conference on Humao Relations, and we a re gJ(.ld to report th a t e\'iery ma .. n a.tlended J.'lraccically ev~.Zry sess ion of the Conference. \.\. e kn:.ow the ma oagement ~$ p·roud of the Canton delegat i o~ and l1ope that each of thenl had a (C out11'1.1rLI!d on Page 5) These C.ba:m:plon Dele9a,tes s&em to be oo a sit-down strike • t • • • • tl • ' "l'h~ · han·l:p 1~ Fapt;:r and F·ibre t~orn pany ~ I J t ,llS(on Divisio11 .1. • 'l. K urr a n d ( ~ . lt . P . ( .a(ih lZ<·portct • l i 'it, .. \ .J ,,.=:-;tfnr~-- . . \f 1:\. ,,,rr · :- h. F '"'h.' I'. al i lli:- writint: i · eniu' ing 1... ae \\ t' l of 1. i-.. 1,; a'- l )n ... '' ,n from d•~ ~ \"<: nc- t 1f h: :' tb ih ~~. lb. '- ho.-'~ in. · ·n 11>..l ~ 1):3.ck On(' Wt!• 'k unt r! Ok ~('l C(iOls dn.\ it a few d~~~ e~:-. \ uu r~rr-"'tt:r ~t-·i~(J f c'\\l 'l ;t£ UJh'eston l.,H \\et·k r ·dined in lil~..·k ella;;('~ t 1 ~ ~t"~ .. h. 311 ua bai ed lish·r,f? line Janelin~ in flt' s·1r:. ·wt •H: p 'uttd~ ,,f fi:h a ltca~l~ S( r~mg :tn\i ; .. h<' !oHec. J {: ·~ .. $ :'i11-.:i~.' t.hi~ PHH.' : .. fl•erc 1sn 't nnKh 10 li fe but t.h is-· .\ :"'\ab' ·$ .. mile. l \\\111\an 's ki,s . \ h('Ok. 3 j\j pi?. Cl rH·e, a fr ie11d ; .\ nd ju:-t a little Ca$h to sp~n d ." • • • Lod,,·:t~.xi To'' ne, majn office ·mainstay, is ~-ccep l ing con­: rihnion~ tvward t l1e cosL of a lop for his undraped~ sky-blue, surer-c ha r~ed. e:ady editioo Ford. The recent rains have .? re'.·ented To,,·ne .t'rom indulging his favor ite Sunda;- sport d ri\·iod ak'flg tlle beach at ( ,a lvest.on gazing at the Gull~ ',· f'dlcd G-u-l-1-s) . ··-·· The Cham ~'ion Softballers have added four impressive win.) anci three losses to t heir record during the month of Jui) . wjnning two f rom their a rch riva ls, Texaco, and two from "hell Refining Company. Tbe recent games have been colorf u} ~.{"air~ w i_th Champion players sporti ng brilliant red cap:i. whn.e s~Jrts and t rousers ; ~ nd T exaco player.s wea.r ing bn~h red u01fon ns. T he offens1ve power of .tlie Champiens ha beC'Il almost Yankee-like in the recent games witli C. Cribbs. ' c.hlemmer, Cocke reL Phillips and Garrett pounding the baH a-la Gehr i_g. 1\e~l m on~ h we will give you a. picture Qf the Sofrballe r and thetr batt1ng averages to d att!. • •••• J. C. Pob->. and C has. cblcmmer are ru nning a close r ace f.vr heavy eaung honors at the Clubhouse Caf~. Cathey in- · uulgc, from fou r to six double ration meals da ily wllile Charles chouses to add his "Calo ries a t intervals during the da~. Cathey's process for insur ing good health caJls for k •ts VJ e~n and pJcm.y of s~leep; while Charlcb only needs a. euer 1 rom },ofl'le, an occaIOnal ball ga1ne, plenty to ent a11d 1ot\' r;{ l')letp. ' .. ~1r. and ~I n:. Ed Prrce e njr'>'~d a trip to s~ n f\ nt.oni<J 'J1J ~ r the f (Jt,.rth ;;ud arc Jl()W i ll a pooil itm l <'J dC"t' ribe the beauty o: d.' old ~pa n !!)h VJ i~$tvn..,, rl1e Chine e S11nJ en Gar­d~ JIS: .Br~l«:nrid~\! r at k aut1 Randr)lph Jt ield, d'H.;.\Vc.,t Point ~1 t h , ai-r. "IJr. and M1s. R:avJf•Ofld L:.H.d lwv~ n· l nrH,~d fn:>hr a 1 r jn II ' I I ' lt."-1 ~~ JC"JJJ ,Jl~f ~fll:~ (J,JJ liTh L c,tl l. ia lll. wh · r ~ rht\ ·.ri~utclJ_rc!f~ 'i · • '> ol \1r . Lapt.L Par c.lwc ~.ed ' iu d 1t• ot1~ t:r d8,i ~~J~ : !ltV~ Jo_~uJ 2.HJ l''J.u nd, :uh1 1_tp{tf lt·d 1.hc L~>l l isi~ na or )kUJg n:- ~-' •V 111 lll{i ~. I lravt an J <f· ·~· f<. ;Jy ~\·n·; l d I.' H]OY UJc .c.orAdn'' (A aU fl5 trn~:~. · · . \ J ult. f - ~ · .& •. Cud ~ iUi~II~S :Htd l<t, .\ J.ca·f$ j.;;ttrrtt·}' t:d •-~~ lJ uiJJ vs111! Sund:!y, J tfy ' rh, vf,,~,~ d)• y vi~ b~d d'H.: tftd hoad· ,,( r,l h. ·llf:} H c,ll HJH, .vh 'lOll ''f . ·l. hr•J I• ~f·dfffl l fr:-oot 1'<.: ~)!,.,) (~f)1 t• JfJI) t •'t•fti ·~~~ Jf ,rtl ~·t f1,,.; ... It, 1h1 sic oi tl e ·t'r .lfa.., J)cnit ·ntia ry J.nti C..l.d an.,L Rpy: ;.~ e .an dlor1 1• ~n f ~ nu~b tf e :(}s ;~ flo• c,'' b ;t.Sun<.iay i .. visitin • dar uJt' r ~l ~ti · ~f .th\' iunv-ne: only aud d~!'J Carl a.nd ~v in~ 1 s~ ed Lhcy Wt•rc t w; o1 t lw J onr~s bt>y .. , the guard· r<Cfu ~1 to a llo'~~'' tltern tl tt frecdmn ()f 1be pen. · .\·fr. ·tnd ). [ r . R. <:.:. P1ice: RflP. ~'.Jl nee t.he birth of a tlau<-h·A l c·r: J an(.; \\ ra t;: Janes ftr"f bi,rthJav wi ll be celcbia •t:.d J:Jhr 12t.h. 1938. The yo~.ng !aqy \\ .eighed 7 l -4 pounds ~r. . - "a3 horn iu &t. Jo erh's f-Iospital, Hr.~u ron. On J une 22nd ~1 is~ J) nrib Srn ith [lnd ~ 1 r. Che,rer Jeane wetc rnarriNt the ceremony taking ph•c:c a1 rhc home~{ the bride s molher~ ~ l r~ . f lot·encc ••;; ~ni·t h. T he couple w!U make their f1ome {n Galena Pa rk. ... 'r ltc natural t:olor rn ot.i~:>n r icr ure:> :had·· of P . B. York . Dave Ha.rris.) Gilbert Battle, CLad es Dabner, •<'Gover:tor.'· Del a w~ re, ({SberiffH Tanner .and t'.i\I ac1 ' ~·fc1-{ urtr}" have been \' lewcd by a Hollywood scout and the verdict ~c,·as a ~ecomme nd ation that those viewed wor.k h.ard at their pre, enc JObs and try to hold same and forego the advice: <'go 'reh young man.'' . ..... And now, dear reader, if you have read this far 1 rur!l yo~1 over to our guest r eporte rs for this month, "Cub='' Cher­no~ ky and ri. M. Coffey, who have ver}1 kindly accepted. b~ ccbuck" as passed by scribes Cash and K ou ry. J10 RE ki/LL SNAPSHOTS . Eddie Ch~rnosky The company can well a fford to let tht- £\ 1.! \\' Lab. clock remain uninsu red- it is quite wdl wat<."hed . J a.mes Da_rby, ex-halllnill man, is now .:&t rutting his sruff'·' s incz~ be has ac hieved t he po ition of pulp inspt.-ctor . C. Valentine, of t he E . B., is spor ti ng a new Y8. That g ray coupe looks mighty "punr : · F ord Adv. G r~c hi ds r<.) the srneJter crew (the right place for OrchiJ :;) for their clean up work. DiJn:t seem po ible thlt tht: units could ever be so clea n. The d ean in trument glasses mak~ good mirrors. Womack, meter mart, out re Uing his hoop,; tbc otber da · so it seemed., but it "\Vas onl~' M) n·u:• recorder '--h~Ht, rolling a long in the breeze with \Vomack gi v i n~ cha <'. ACter a slrc.nuous bit of stiff "~(ork. high vn~r the digc~ l ' L'$, V. E. Kirby cclaxes in thG n•mfon \'t his »t·w \ 8. '\;h tlk,. Ford Adv. P a.sJ J cna g:tiu anotht·r au rac-"tiv, rc iucllll~ ' h<'o. R .... J vnes, E. B. chi,ef, n)m pf ettl ~ his ho-LTlt· in the new ,ubdivi s~ :-.n. U. . F. Cu vl· :.tnd K. B. Dnrnbl·r.e.. cL' h1)nld ~c jn their 11 ·w ln chdor qu:l.r{,'"rs thJ\\ 1 hat t h ') . t\' ~{ling to k ~p I Qgt:d u.; I . C l!'H IIp t.cln '~ r h:t flljniun ~ ti p ·t t i d ~ g~)(.~ t , l\L J. H. miltNl, ~ up-c flll l« ' WJ et11.1\ ... \ ll' f~ l '. ~o.J tll tf,;' ~ U((("h:,-(U ( ~l t \l t ,....\)( H t ' 0' lk ll'ifl c,f t h . f~:h <' u :n rh t• C.tk-· l' · r dnall~ t.Jectl'd nJ ... en ~td L\' Al K.r:-,ut \ • • 1 J"jll t<' l.ltr• ' ~', ,jlt.' l' 1 lrJ tb ~ · tlf' I ~Ot) u!' ~ l ilt~~ }lJl l i ~ l'littf'Ct') dt , \ li l.t(·t "'JIIdl.l .,! 1 •' t 'l · bv .11 thl· I. th. \)f! l,"t .. vd \ I J ,)\\ \ \ < ,l(J. ·· wJ, ' , l1t·\ n dle I "\lie ln \V•nhh d. w ~r-· ~ · • • ' • Co11tn1ittee ~-tit to l'i~ht~ {r(}nt rov.: C. C. John~~.m . 1"'. J. l1odgC', R. L. Boggs> J. B. Sparks. Robt. H efner ... P. \Vi lson. l~a ... ·· row: Y. If.. p irb~ . C. ~ . Pa~c. R . V. Coffe~ . \ ·. L. Harkins, H .O\\'<l rd Pickens . Earl Sma ~her~ . \\'. C. Bostic a nlr ~-;- ••• .h ..__ . • t,l., .. t.: ..... · "" ~'TILL 1v!ORE "PtfJLL S.\ ".1PSHOTS H. 1. Co:.t .fe y- ~o.:--=eo..r ~e IL' d~. \\ c1S 3 vi~it or in t he Hou::> ton ~ [ill ..T u l "v' 1~th a:ud \\. . !l:>" sh11.,·in.c... tllt' be.,.; ~ l1ow to kick a .l o rdan mqtor GUt. E e rv ~!me llc !utl ecl Ot er the m.a<. hinc head box we • naG to shut off i~·o tt...ms on r} e 1t"'ate" ,·a)ve because so nYuch peEp ration \'tCis n1un;n.s! otT his nc.~e and chin. George ·was i!Sked. '·Do yo\, think it ;$ h()t :·· I-lts rerly , .. as t: no; t}e•c are hotter .n bC"c·.'' ,,.c be1ien: the hea t caused GeorQ"e ~ I be a btde.,. hor. \\"' t r: That's OJ r LhOU?ht . too. \Ve - ·e~e aU gl2d 10 ::>~e Gccrt!e and hope he comes hack soon. \t.- w~H try to ~et an an~ncial mm.tnutin to su around so tha't ·~·hen tbe bo. ~ come dc.v:n froTP. C an t<m they won'L get ~o hc·m eqck. . _ lr. CmJfins. who j~ 0 11 r gcntral orerating su pe rintendent, \\~S in the macbrne ro<Jm a f(";w ni?ht.. aoo. \Yi th him were }· ~ r"· 0 d:.: '1gl!tCr" a son and a r.er hew. \Ye take it for • • [51 • ? ran ted ~ l r . Cou~ in s '"ras giv ing t he kid Jic,' a J e~sQ n in p;~ J'cr tnaking. H orace Coffey. Jr. ~ who has been employed in t he w~t lap department, has recently been transferred to l he la boratory . Cathey Po~s ~ who is one of our 1nachine tenders on our 'vet lap machine, has been making frequent trips to South Hou ~ Lon 0f late-A blonde. \Yell dressed man~ cjgar in hand falling through the air frotn an airplane: "Gad! That wasn t the was hroom after a ll.' • TI-IT SOU'rHER1 C01 FERENCE 0 Hl.J~ ,t_ !\ RELATIONS IN INDUSTR)~" (Continued f'ront Page 3) good time aud feel lhat they were beneflued bv the disc us-sions and good-fe llowshj p t hat prevailed. · 'Those in auenJaoce were: Reuben B. R obert:wn Jr .. \V. L. !vlcElrath, 0. V. I-Iill , V{ eaver Sorrells, J ohn Ha lL. B. D. Smathers, \V. C. H yatt, C. \~" . vVrig ht, Carley Clark, G. C. P axton, B. ]. \Vells, ~·. Y. I ves ter, D. J. Parris. \ '. H . Banks. P. G. K inken, \V. I-I. riendrix, B. B. Gregorv, C. G. Hardin, vV. \V. Co~,En~, :rvrr. and. 1 irs. Joe 1 fl1n~~ Rudolph Ba rnes, Fon Smatners, J. l\.1. Cavanaugh, L. R. Lovelace, . . ]. Cole, k. C. Looper, Lloyd Parham. \Valker Brown qeor~e Herndon, Bruce J oo1in, F. T. Plemmons, J. H. Burrell: ;:,a,n .J;5radley, \V. W. Lowe, rr . C. Allen~ L. G. Dotson, . H. J)ot son, George \V01·lcy, Guy \Vells, NorrHan Singleton, E lija ~organ. Hern:a!l Bly rhc; B. tv!. Clark , R a lph Goforth, C. L. l: ork. C. N. \\•npht. J ohn Ald~r~oo.. Frank facocks and id c and :v1 r~ . G. W. Phillips. · .. Ernt'lCJyecs all~nJing part of t he sessjon we re : C. A. ~tone, I an.(•s Rush ~ Hill \ VhitiJl f , \V. 1\ t. Ivfitchell,. Gladson · J-Tancy, Fl. \.V. Sta pl~y. C. C. Sntdes. \V. ]. Da mto(t, and H. 1, StarkC'y. • • r111atiot1 ~ll1ti D t•J \ TLl tJ 0 }) .. • of~ Httll ir d Cour1tie of~ North c~~lrolii a • (Patt 6) T H £ 1<"'rtnal ion. nn~in 0t n;nne and ~itt.tt~ tion of the fol­ic win~ U:'U 01lt'S or ~ortb l'andin.t wilt be dist...U ~ed il'l ' ' b :.. a 1l !de.·: B: u n~ \ ·kk. Chat ~a n1. ( ~11 i If ord. \\ ·1 a nin "Lild l. ,,d "\ k l (. (\ll lll i . ~ . Ht'i :fl:,\\ id\ C0u1H' \\-a fl"lfl1)t'd in 1 io4, vnc: hnndrcJ and • • 't'\~·tt~ -rhn•c }c.1r.~ :tg<.l, twenty-two yc.·ars hcf, n.· the J)ecla-rat ion ''! 1 !h.ierC>nJ~:·r~c:. It \'-"' tt3nh.d :.1fter the Prince of Ht uns" i{.k, who married d•.• h. i q--\ c.:ld -~ l ... i$\1:; r. It i:: til th~ t'\trcmt' ::-nuthca~L~rn pan of the stale. bound­e ion irt"" .. (•tHh bv ,hP .\tlantic Ocean and t he South 'aroLin a. • hn-e. \ 11 the.' ea:t 3.rh.i north by the Care Fear River and on th~ v· . t b C;\lumbu .. CouutY. • • \\ ht·d~r·s ]-listorr , lat~s .. ;Tbe Colonial and R evolu t ion­ary Hi~'-or~ of Brun ·wick is full of incidents of patri otis m~ ,-al'r an'"t Jevoiion to liherty. I t was in the €ape ·Fear Ri\·cr. near thi~ counry, that on August 81 1775, J osi.ah 1\rfar­~ in. the ldst of t ht: Royal Governors on board his r iajesty>s ship-of-war. the c, uiser, fulminated his famous proclama tion ag~in,t the cause of liber ty. This was the last. act of rbe rc ,a} rule in.!'\orth Carolina.'' {·To no county in the state is Lhe ca use of liberty rnoce indebte...l ior fea rles and devoted sons. than to Bruns"vit k.1 ' • ln J 74 ~ . Spaniards attempted to ga in possession of Bruns­'-\ ·ick. for fou r days. eptember 6th to the 1Oth, Spanish ~hips lay in the harbor of the lower Cape F ea r and bostilities -.·ere quite active. FinaUy one of the panish ships was blo" n up and the othe r~ d riven- off. Twenty-n ine Spaniards -.vere captured and quite a number were killed. Chatham County> situated near the center of the state, is ~urrounded by .Alamance; Orange, \Vake, Cun1berland, .\foore and Randolph. Piusboro, the ~county town: is only about th.irty-five miles \~ e:>t of Raleigh. Chatham ~- a~ formed in 1770, and named for \Vi lli iun Pi·t. Earl of Chatham. \Yilliam Pitt wa' a distinguished · Engli;)h :,taresxnan and orator, who so eloq uently defended t~~ rii-dns of A~·nerica in the B rj_~is h ~arliament. Althougb SKI{ and uffet Jng great agony) 1n hts latter days, he was carr:ed into the H<,u"e of Lords on a couch and made his las J,lca in behalf of Anwrican fibcnv. His name is revered by the JJe<.lplc , ,f C '' atham as "-ell a· the Old 'onh State. , Luilfr1rd Cr~1mt) wa~ 1aken from Rowan and Orange. ·}r .t•as callc·<.l 11'1 rc,nq l1mem of Lord rorlh 1 who in J770 §.UO u·dt:d d' J.JuL·~ r,r ()ra.fooJJ as Fin;t Lord of the T reasu rr. l ft. .·a s heir t c; d tc· tirlt4 of Guilford. · Th~.: t·t ·uHt~ ()ea t i-:t ( 1rct-n~bolo. nanH.:J aht!'r G~ n era l . ·htJ,a~~j,.J (,r• ~rw. -~ \ lvjor (-; .. npral i11 the Rcvotut\rynarv Ann~. Cu1• tc:l f~re~nr· wa ... t)1•'• St t·al~anr and J ::.rrir~tJr. nv··n wl,.~ f(,, glJL (r,;r A,wrw.su libc1ty . • .. ( •r · ~~~ 1''1 ,, j.o ( 11}•.! o,. r(,,. h·adinr: indt~stri:tl to\ n in ll 4 t:H· . (,ujff,-,J.j J1d 'l.djrJJiliHg lftHJiti '51 W TC S ·ttJc ,f iu hug~ f :O~ fl. rry , I('() lfl}(t;J (,rHIJ. p( nu.yl:.ranitl. 'Th·· Jl('IJ I hand .. asl m • · "~ catJ }' da1. w1•u. t...nl 1 h¥ Pr~sny11-ri u1s . a ,J J1ar •£i L ~. I' f CIHQj~ I J1 !: f11'1! •ff HJ ~flrtiHI ) f! t 'illl' ,,1 lfl H HI 1 I •i Jlljli":JI- 1 •nt. bn nlr·~ h:;~tJ ht in til•· tJllth l••l dw' Ub~' .,, 1;\wrty Wifl at G 1ilfnrd l 'otut Jl (• ll ~l 1 bt:t,.._· ,·c rt the f~>lu.:5 ~>i Ct.."n~l'al Ca•(: nc• and Lnrd CorPwalli,, Folluwi n ~ rhc hattl... (;"'(,r.n­\'>".: dfi~:. rctrculcd lt• Kelt's \ fill s. lca Vl;lf' · hi~ w ,.unJc i and ~h·in~ ro1n •ad <.:s , r, thl .:a rt• of Ccn ·ral CH;eoc. I is said '''f'h ~ ntght a ft~t th~.: b·utl · rain tdl in torr~nts, aud he n jes of dw \\'()11nJed CXlccdcd '*!I de c riptio-n ... ·o \\:onder ':>herman ~aid . . :\\ 'cui- hdJ.'' !\ la1tin Countr W4~ formc.·d in 1774, from Haii!ax. 1 t Fa,·ctt<· Counlic-.. and nam~d in hrnvjr of Josiah Nfartin. then the Ro\·al Cr>\ cr nur. · • 1 t is si t uJ.lf•d in tbc t:a tern part , .j the latt· () ll dk Rnanoke Ri ver and adjoi nin e- \\" ~ls.htn gton . Pirt anJ Edgt:- cornbc Counti~s. - Camden C'our:ny i~ in tltc nnr:~hef the state bord e ring u11 the Virginia lin e. It was formed in t 777. t"rotn PasqltOlank Collnl r; aud dCI'lv*el; ils nelme fr1) nl ti <: Ead (If Camden. a distinguished l!:ngli&h &talesntalL In Parliar.nenl he $trougly opposed the ta.'\.a tion of merit a. Ir. is sa id tha t · the name of the county in he origina. act, is spelt Cam bden." 1'he celebrated Di mal Swamp, which j, about tbinr mi les long and ten miles wide. cover· a part of this county. J n the center of this swamp is Lake Drummond ~ix mife5 long and th rec miles wide and about t v.-enty-one feet above tide-w-ater. This swamp has been a hiding place lor crim inals sitKe the d ays of J 865. (To be continued) Mra-, Lowell tJJllmev. 1. C S\UJ'Imey. 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