The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1892-05-11
CHATHAM CHIPS.
CHATHAM HIGH SCHOOL,
MISS DORA BEAVES'
SCHOOL,
The New Party Boom--Political
Situati0n---g Crops &c.

The New Party E00m--P0litical
Situati0n---Urops &c.
CHATHAM, May THE recent
annual exercises Of Chatham
High School in New Hope val
ley were very creditable to ev.
cry body concerned. The Board
of Trustees composed Of such
men as Messrs. w. "A. Ellington,
Thcs. Kelley, L. B. Yates,
Robert Boiling, Doc. Hargrave
and others, give assurance that
O good school will be conducted.
They have now maintained il
regularly for five years, and
have always had a good faculty
Of instruction. The past year,
Herbert Sholtz, A. b, of Elon
College has been Principal, and
won golden opinions from all.
Judging Elon College by Mr..
Sholt, we should say that Elon
does good thorough work. Mr..
Sholtz is not simply a scholar, q
man of books, but is a live, en-
thusiastic teacher, one who does
all that he can do for his pupils.
Miss Hareno Cherry Of the
music department. has won a
warm and abiding place in all
hearts for her many excelloncies
both as a lady and as a teacher.
The Trustees were anxious to re-
tain her services during the next
scholastic year, but she goes
North TO spend a year in one Of
the great colleges.
Judge Womack was to have
delivered the address, but was
prevented, and Maj. York was
pressed into service for a half
hours address in his place.
Short talks were also made BY
Messrs. @. r. Scott, j. +. Tilley,
q. ) Holleman and Prof. Bar
ker.
The concert at night was a
decided success and greatly en-
joyed By all. Where all did so
we'll distinctions ought not to be
drawn. Ii reflected great credit
on both Faculty and pupils.
Chatham High School deserves
liberal patronage; persons seek
ing a school for their children
would do well to address Mr..
w. A. Ellington, Williams
Mills, Chatham county N. G.
Miss Dora Beavers private
school closed on the night Of
29th ult. Seldom have any au-
dience been mere agreeably en-
tertained than those present. Ii
showed that hard, persistent
and thorough training had been
done. More than usual, the
exercises reflected great credit
on Miss Dora Beavers, the &C
complished teacher and her
pupils. Misses Bette and Sal
lie Parrish, and Miss Ellie Sears
acted their parts most admir-.
ably.
Snort talks were made by Hon.
II. u. Mason, Prof. II. M. Gates,
Maj. York ana others and all
dispersed thanking Miss Dora
Beavers and her pupils heartily
for the pleasure enjoyed.
Politics il booming in Chat.
ham, IL you call the disruption
and disintegratlon Of the two old
parties and the formation Of q
third, q booming process. In
Williams township, once the
stronghold Of Democracy, no
Primary was held at all--only
four Democrats met. Hon. John
w. Atwater, the township
chairman had severed his con-
nection with the Democratic
party and refused to call the
four together. On the same
day, q great Alliance Love Feast
was held at New Hope church,
where the white aud colored
Alliance came together, and
were addressed by Rev. Patio,
colored and Hon. w. +. Stroud,
Hon. II. d. Mason, Harmon
Sears and others. On d rising
vote, every white man present
severed his connection with the
two old parties except two, and
d large majority Of the colored
people. The Third party was al
once launched. The two all
parties are practically ended
here.
Crops are backward, times
are very hard, and the farmers
very dispondent indeed. q.