volume 44, No. 47.
FIVE CENTS
JULY 31, 1930.
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Setting at $1,000 Per Car—, 396
Bushels to the Car—Up to Yes
terday Afternoon 18 Cars Had
Been Shipped North by the
Lemon Heights Orchards,
Owned by Wilkins-Ricks Com
pany Near Lemon Springs—
A Federal Inspector, Who Has
Inspected the Crop in Georgia
and the Sandhills of This
State, Says These Are the
Best Peaches He Has Examin
ed This Season—They Sell
From $2.25 to-$2.75 Per Bush
el—Culls Bringing Good Prie
es at Packing House—Peach
es in the Sandhills of Moore
Connty Also Selling at Fancy
Prices. v
A representative of The Express
visited the Lemon Heights orchards,
owned by Wilkins-Ricks Company,
near Lemon Springs, in this county,
last Friday, afternoon and was well
paid for the trip. We found the
peach season at its height. A little
army of young men and young women,
in spite of the intense heat,'which was
intensified by the deep sand,-were as
busy as bees sorting and packing the
fruit in bushel baskets to be trucked
to the railroad cars at the station
and shippdS to the Northern" Markets.
drove through the orchard, and
gathering the fruit in baskets, car
ried it to the packing house for
sorting and packing. The culls
were sold about as fast as they ac
cumulated to people who came in
from the surrounding country and
even from other states and carried
them away in cars, some carrying
them off in trucks. People who vis
it the orchard are so peach hungry
that they pay good prices for-thje
culls. -The culls are about, as good
as the other peaches, but are too soft
to ship any distance. This orchard
has^an advantage over the orchards
in the heart of the Sandhills in that it
east and west of here. Once glance
at this orchard is all that is necessary
to get them to park, pull out the “long
green,” load up and hit the trail for
their homes. At times traffic has
been so congested about the packing
house that it was .thought it would
be necessary to call in a traffic cop
to keep the avenues open.
We had an opportunity to drive
through the orchard and see the
trees, “row on row.” Many of the
trees were so heavily laden with the
fruit that the lower limbs were rest
ing on the ground. One could ndt
realize that several car loads had
been shiped from the orchard. Many
of the peaches are large and of a
beautiful coloring. To stand in the
mmsx ox tne trees hiiu imjn a. w.o
fruit clustered on every limb remind
ed one of fruit catalogues or pictures
of the great orchards of the West.
The Hales surpassed anything in the
way of peaches we have ever soon.
The artist with his brush could do
some of his best work in this orchard.
This is about the first crop of Hales
on new trees; They are so thick on
the trees that they remind one of
bunch grapes. There are 10,000
trees in the orchard, 8,500 old and
1,800 new, Elberta, Georgia Belles
and Hales. The American Agricul
tural Chemical Company sent a pho
tographer to the orchard to take
viewtrfor future use. lire fertiliz
er th* went on the orchard was man
' ufacteyed by this concern.
A government inspector has in
spected every bushels of fruit that
has been shipped from the orchard.
He has inspected fruit in Georgia and
in the Sandhills of this State, but
says in color, texture, size and flavor
tms is tne Deal iriuv uuu uc mw in
spected this season. No trouble for
the Lemon Heights Orchard Company
to sell its product on the New York
and other big markets. L. P. Wilk
ins, Jr., and Banks Willpns, sons of
the late L, P. Wilkins, who, with
Hugh Palmer, had the land cleared
and put in peaches, have charge of
the work ef gathering and shipping
the crop. They seem to know their
business and will get a good profit
out of the crop. Up to yesterday'
afternoon they had shipped eighteen
cars, shipping sometimes two cars a
day. The peaches are selling at
from $2.26 to $2.75 per bushel. The
cars have a capacity of 396 bushels.
L. P. Harrington is-superintendent of
the orchard. The bulk of the crop
has been sold, but there will be sev
eral more cars to ship. Big sales
have been made at the packing house.
The land on which this orchard was
planted was bought by the late L. P.
Wilkins from the Cole heirs of Moore
county. He bought 220 acres, paying
$10 to $12 per acre for it. - This was
yean ago when lend in that asotfca
was cheap. Mr. Wilkins knew from
the lay of the. land and nature of the
soil that it would make good peaches.
The secret of the success of this or
chard is that the laud has been intel
ligently cultivated and the trees care
fuly nursed and protected from the
many diseases that ruin fruit and
make the growing of it unprofitable.
Tom Host, Kaleigh correspondent of
the Greensboro Daily .News, went
down to the Sandhill country last Sat
urday and prepared a very interesting
article on the fruit industry for his
paper fririi which we quote the fol
lowing;
“It has been a season of good luck,
mostly. Perhaps 25 per cent of the
acreage has been idle. The remain
ing 7o per cent did more than the 100
would have wrought. The weather
has hurried the snipping and reduced
the size but greatly enhanced the
flavor of the fruit. Had the sun not
shown so furiously upon the orchards
the peaches would have been bigger
and the number of cars consideraDiy
in creased. But the fire from the
heavens Worked mightily for sweet
ness. There never has been a better
crop. Certainly, the blockaders will
never have brandy to offer which ex
cels in lusciousness the distillation
of the 1980. crop.
"There have been bigger years, but
mere xa uouuv mat any season nas
produced better; The 1928 crop, the
year that A1 'Smith also ran, was a
record breaker. There must have beep
fully 2,500 cars sent from this section,
but they bore no such article as-has
gone away from here in the season
now closing. It isn’t exactly wind
ing up, either, for there will go away
Monday fully 100 cars and this will
continue pretty well through the
week. The heat has hurried the or
chards to ripeness so that the North
Carolina crop has run into the Geor
gia offerings. Nevertheless the
market absorbed the North Carolina
fruit as rapidly as it ripened and ev
ery peach grower down here is con
stituting himself a committee of one
to chase the croaker from the face
of the earth.
“Hie rich earnings down here this
year are the perfect proof faith pays.
For several seasons there have been
growers who wished no better start
toward the poor house than to own a
peach farm. The lands are assessed
high for taxation; the earnings in
And this year they have won grand
ly. At no time since the peach bas
iness became a great industry has
the marketing been more satisfac
tory. Many of the owners have been
able to sell their crops before the
fruit was actually viable. The New
Yorkers bought some of it in bloom.
But the full peach trees are only
a symbol of the general crops. All
over lower and eastern North Caro
lina these sunny Savannahas are
bursting with fatness. The Gardner
gospel nas been well presented, peo
ple are going to eat next year and
they have-own foods produced. Fi
nanciers do not promise any great
lift in the monetary pressure; but
farmers have something to eat. The
North Carolina population that is
well fed will contain itself. Easte %
and southern North Carolina are not
going to be hungry.
«<Tr> mHeaming the state from mud
a few years ago the Pages who had
discovered by accident the process by
which a little brains and more sand
might be mixed so as to furnish roads
navigable all the year round, these
people probably set the state seriously
in mood to build a state system. For
some very queer reasons Governor
Bickett picked for chairman of the
State Highway Commission, Frank
Pagg, a sandhiller who had Learned
how to build roads of material right
under his feet. There were 6,000
boosters of H. B. Varner for chairman
of the commission: there were tvro for
Frank Page; W. N. Everett, of Rock
ingham, and R. L. Burns, Carthage.
Both are now dead But if they had
not asked Bickett to name Frank
Page the Governor never would have
heard of him. No«nng hke that had
occurred in North Carolina. Bickett
has joined his'two friends in death.
But nobody ever will know what the
three did for the salvation of North
Carolina from mud.
Down here these same Pages ha%i
been saving thoir people from de
spair. When a little bank in one of
these little towns goes
shows signs of doing so the Pages
take it over and everywhere in thege
parts there is a Page Trust Company.
These bankers have carried these peo
ple in a peculiarly generous way. Now
flush times have returned. Sandhill
dom never had more money and cer
tainily never was able to do more
with it. It is a fine illustration of
the contagion of confidence. Un
doubtedly there have been lean years
in this kingdom. There are fat ones
n°“Xt is another queer illustration of
the way life works. Forty yeare ago
Walter Page was prodding North
■Carolina. The younger Pages were
trying to get somewhere with ^ their
logging and railroad interests. Qut of
the direct needs for means of trans
portation came the first efforts at
permanent road building. The
Pages taught that road construction
was possible from the very soil in
which the workers were constantly
miring down. They found that way
and gave it to the State.
‘"More recently these same people
have discovered that their economic
salvation lies within themselves.
They have undertaken to sett to the
world the product^ of their industry, i
Sandhillers are living at home. And
they are making the world pay a
handsome price for the surplus which
This is one
__ (Match, b"riry
melon and onion section. Other
parts of the state may be prettier, but
none more aromatic."
STAPLES MADE
EXECUTIVE VICE
PRESIDENT
Charles Abercrombie Named As
sistant Cashier —. A. L. Stock
ton Succeeds R. C. Rucker on
Executive Committee—Bank
Makes Better Showing Than
at Any Previous Time in Its
' History.
The Greensboro News states that at
a special meeting last Monday the
board of directors of the Greensboro
. Bank and Trust Company elected E.
j W. Staples, who since January 1,
I 1928, has been president of the
| Bank of Lexington, executive vice
president, effective September 1; ac
cepted the resignation of R. I. Moore,
| as cashier in order that Mr. Moore
may devote his entire time to his
dunes as vice-president; chose R. S.
Travis, Jr., cashier, and Charles Ab
eberombie as assistant cashier; ac
cepted the resignation of Bierce C.
Rucker'as a mcmoer of tne execu
I tive committee Mr. Rucker resign
ing because of the pressure of pri
vate business; and elected A. L.
Stockton to succeed Mr. Rucker as a
member of the executive committee
other members of the executive com
mittee being Eli M. Oettinger, Char
les G. Harrison, C. W. Causey, mus
eum T. Baynes and President Vinson.
As this bank has a branch bank at
Sanford, the people of Sanford and
this section will be pleased to learn
that reports submitted by President
B. B. Vinson showed that the bank is
in better condition than at any pre
viuuo wine juj. na mawiy, <ui uejja~iL
' ments operating with a marked de
gree of success. Directors expressed
themselves us highly gratified with
the splendid showing made.
! President Vinson also announced
that the special made to order front
for the North Elm Street office of
the Greensboro Bank & Trust Cop
pany has been shipped and that i
thing should be in readiness fed; op
ing of that new office, located in the
Piedmont building not later than Au
gust 10th. Vice-President Waldo
Porter will be in charge of the North
Elm street office.
E. Frank Andrews, former assist
ant cashier of the Greensboro Bank
& Trust Company, is now cashier of
the bank’s Sanford branch.
Mr. Travis and Mr. Abercrombie
have records of successful service
with the bank. Prior to his election
as cashier Monday, Mr. Travis had
been assistant cashier of the bank.
Prasies Mr. Staples.
President Vinson, who recommend
vice-president of the bank, refufred in
high praise to the new officer.
Staples, who is 41 years of
age, began his banking career with
the Citizens Bank of Reidsville, of
which his uncle, R. L. Watt, is pres
ident. Subsequently he went to the
Branch Bank & Trust Company, at
Wilson, ifevjjing as its vi<4 presi
dent there.
In 1926 Mr. Staples went to the
Bank of Lexington as vice president
and cashier. On, January 1, 1928,
he was elected president of that
bank—his present post. He is rec
ognized throughout North Carolina—
and beyond the borders' of the state
—as a conspicuously able and suc
cessful banker. His coming to the
Greensboro Bank & Trust Company
as executive president is regarded
as a_ splendid acquisition to this in
stitution, which has become such a
vital factor in the financial develop
ment and general upbuilding of this
section.
The people of Lee county and this
section will also be gratified to learn
that since the Greensboro Bank &
Trust Company opened at this place a
few months ago it has built up & good
business and the outlook for the com
ing fall season Is very encouraging.
TOBACCO CURING IN LEE
COUNTY
Tobacco curing is now on in ear
nest in Lee County despite the in
tensely hot weather. Some of the
planters have been almost overcome
by the intense heat during the past
few days. Many barns have already
been cured, some planters having cur
ed four or five bams since the season
opened. While some of this tobacco
is cheap lugs, other curings are beau
tiful and will be put on the market
as high grade stuff. It is believed
that there will be more good tobacco
cured in this section this season than
/caio. xiic giauca win uui uiuy W
good, but there is a big yield. The
reports from the opening of the mar
kets in Georgia Tuesday are not very
encouraging, as it is stated that the
average price is below the cost of
production. A dispatch from Atlanta,
Ga., under date of July 29th Says:
NEW BOOKS AT THE SAfjFORD
LIBRARY.
The Long Hunt w... .......... James Boyd
Spanish Holiday .... Eleanor Mercine
(Mrs. Kelly.)
Hie Selbys —___ Anne Green
Young and Secret ._. Alice Grant
Rasman
The Glory of Youth ....-Bailey
Blades ...... McCutenen
The Door ..... Mary Roberts Rinehart
The Maltese Falcon....... Hammet
The Chinese Parrot ..... .. Biggers
The Idea of Mahatmi Ghandi, I
. C. F. Andrews
Mrs. J. O. Johnson and daughter,
Frances, of Cameron, are visiting
Mrs. J. F. Minnick, in Wytheville,
Virginia.
Mr. P. G. York, who is with the
Coca Cola Bottling Works, fell from
« ladder to the concrete floor at the
plant of -the concern last Friday and
was ^painfully heujs*d aHmrtrtha h*^
arms and body. Fortunately no bonea'
were broken and Mr. York is now
little the worse for his experience.
two weel
session, <
disposed
from
to a charge
the infloen
of the Sta
up last Su
the minimi
crosts.
6Tdep.’s court
Tuesday—Usual Run
Jie Cases, Violation
bition Act Leading—
’ ut Had Over Gal
rry Wine for his
Ts sake”—Ordered
hospitals—Good Day
' Fund.
veral sessions of Re
were held while the
Bperior Court was in
tjail cases having been
during that time,
•heavy docket - was
ening of Court Tues
KSoifle 15 cases were
feday.
with court matters,
to note that one day
I/separate and distinct
f session at the court
to the Superior Court,
Judge Devin; The
by Judge McPher
fetice’s Court, by Sena
Hte of all these efforts
tice, it appears that
| on the increase rather
ne. rThe question in
jjwhat is the cause and
3? <*'
ybung white man
ounty, pleaded guilty
operating a car under
|>f intoxicants. One
atrolmen picked him
The court imposed
ieritence of $50 and
uee ooiir
Harnett, a]
similiar ch;
fine. ?‘:
/ Johh Hud
white men,
out on the
drunk,” anc
a fine of |
more sever
that Hudso:
customer oJ
was acqui;
mlt on Willie
pung wmte man irom
red the court on a
land received a like
nd H. Maples, young
.arrested by officers
nock road, ‘‘dead
pies was let off with
' costs and Hudson
alt will:. It seems
to be a regular
uri, and the court
. this inclination on
d ministered a 12
sentence and $10
nd Hudson, was re
rond ter keep the
ted of a
Jones. Sfflfo.
The case "f Eli Southerland and
John Arrington, charged with manu
facturing whiskey, consumed a great
deal of time. Tie matter was held
open.
The case of James Ingraham, charg
ed with larceny, was. remanded to
Magistrate Yates for further consi
deration.
Nathaniel Mallett, charged with
operating a car recklessly and with
out a license plate, was fined $10
and the costs. Vk
The case of Gordon Oliver and
Pauline Oliver, charged with operating
a car in a reckless manner, was con
tinued to August , 6th.
Mose Smith was again in .the toils
of the law and faced the court on an
old charge of possession and trans
portation. Judge McPherson announc
ed he would give Mose another chance
and put him under a twelve-months
suspended sentence, conditioned upon
his entering into a bond not to vio
late any law of the State.
LEE COURT ADJOURNED FRIDAY
After being in session nearly two
weeks Lee .Superior Court adjourned
last Friday at noon. Judge Devin re
turned to his home at Oxford jn the
afternoon. A lot of business was
transacted during the two weeks.
The crime al docket handled the first
week, many case# being disposed of
by both jury and by compromise.
The second week was given over
to the civil docket; several cases of
some importance being tried. The
last case on the docket was tbfc dam
age suit of W. W. Cooper, admini
Mose Dayse, colored, against the Sea
board Air Line Railway Company for
$25,000, which1'after consuming two
days of the court, was settled by com
promise. At the time the accident oc
curred on the night of April 26th,
1928, near Colon, a train struck an
automobile in whjch Simon and Mose
Dayse were riding, killing both. In
the compromise the railroad agrees to
pay the sum of $2,500 and the hospi
tal bill of N' man Seymour who had
his leg broken at the time the other
two men were killed. The hospital
bill amounted to $310.
SUNDAY SCHOOL PICNIC
On next Wednesday afternoon, Au
gust 6, the Sunday .School of the
Sanford Presbyterian church will hold
its annual picnic at Lakeview. The
various classes are requested to meet
at the church *t 2 o’clock where ar
rangements wijfche made for the trip.
Supper will bo served at the lake.
Mr. Bill H ins and family, of Char
lotte, spent the .. week end with his
father, Mr. KJC, Heins,
GEO. R. WHEELER
MADE SUPT. OP SCHOOLS
A Native of Georgia—Educated
at Mercer—Has Taught a
Nurtiber of Years — Now in
Sanford Familiarizing Him
self With the Work — Will
Move to This Place at an
Early Date.
The County Board of Education and
the Board of Trustees of the Sanford
Graded Schools have, in a joint meet
ing, elected George R. Wheeler, of
Farmvit te, superintendent of both
the county and city schools to suc
ceed C. E. Teague, who recently re
signed to take work in a college of
the State. Mr. Wheeler came to
Sanford the first of the week and is
now going over the work with Mr.
Teague so as to familiarize himsell
with his duties when he takes perma
nent charge some time in August.
He plans to move his family to this
place at an early date.
Mr. Wheeler was bom and reared
at Sparta, Ga., and was educated at
Mercer University, Macon, that state
He is an experienced teacher, hav
ing first taught in Georgia. Eor
the past twelve years he has been
teaching at Farmville, this state. Ho
is 39 years of age, married, and has
two children. He took special wrork
at the University of North Carolina.
He was selected out of 19 applicants,
all of whom had splendid recommen
dations and stand high as educators.
After being here a week or two he
plans to go to Georgia and return
aoon so as to'be reaay for the open
ing of the Sanford Graded Schools
about the first week in September.
Let the people of Sanford _ and Lee
county stand behind him in every
way and give him their hearty co
operation in carrying on the school
work.
KIWANIS CLUB ADDRESSED BY
GOV. HONEYCUTT
The Kiwanis Club at its meeting at
the Carolina Hotel last Friday night
was addressed by A. W. Honeycutt,
of Hendersonville, Governor of the
Carolinas District. This was Gov.
Honeycutt’s first visit to Sanford and
he stated that he expected to visit
the town again during his term of of
fice. He was accompanied by Mrs.
Honeycutt. Other visitors of the club
for the evening were: Mrs. J. C. Pitt
man, Mrs. J. F. Foster, Miss Floy
Rivers, Dr. A. L. O’Briant, M. F.
Duckworth and Rev. Frank C. Haw
“ |jc for the occasion was
cutt at the piano. Kiwanian J. KT
Clark, Chairman of the Agricultural
Committee, read a report furnished
by Governor Honeycutt, giving the
information in regard to the agricul
tural activities among the clubs in
the Carolinas District. This report
showed that much worth while work
has been done along this line. Mr.
Clark also gave a brief report of the
activities of the local club along this
line.
The program of the evening was
turned over to Governor Honeycutt,
who in an interesting address told
of the many activities of the district,
since he took charge the first ot
January. The district is composed of
80 clubs. Govern oj Honeycutt took
occasion to say complimentary things
4-U~ oliiK onrl fhr> fine show
auuut UlC IUV»4 -— ——
ing that it is making, the report show
ing 80 per cent attendance. He told
of taking a trip over .this section and
spoke of the ^roadway section as
being a “Garden1 of Eden.”
He stated that about. 100 new mem
bers had joined the various clubs of
the Carolinas District since the first
of the year and that there was sub
stantial growth all along the line. He
was glad to see the clubs using their
influence to create a better feeling be
tween the people of the town and
cities and the rural sections. Glad to
see them putting on the "live-at-home
program advoated by Gov. Gardner.
Go. Honeycutt, who is an enthusiastic
worker made a most excellent talk
and proved to everybody who heard
him that he is "on the job” in Ki
wanis work.
ANNUAL REUNION OF BROOKS
FAMILY, AUGUST 11
The annual reunion of the Brook?
family will be held at the home of
Mr. W. 1. Brooks near Jonesboro
Monday, August 11. All connections
of the Brooks family are invited to
attend this reunion and it is expected
that a large number of people will be
present. Mrs. W. J. Jones of the Pine
land Junior College, Salemburg, Die
Gilmore and Frank A. Brooks, ot
Greensboro, are expected to make
talks on subjects befitting the occa
sion. The guests are invited to come
early and stay as long as they please.
A picnic dinner will be served in the
grove near the Brooks home.
DEATH OF J. M. LEACH
John Martin Leach died Wednesday,
July 23, at the home of his nephew
near Mt. Gilead, following a few days
illness. Funeral services were conduct
ed from the home Thursday morning
at 10 o’clock by his pastor, Rev. J.
W. Stork, of the Presbyterian church
of Mt. Gilead. He was laid to rest by
the side of his sister, Mrs. Mary A.
Nicholson, who died three months ago
Mr. Leach was the son of the late
Hugh and Eliza Leach, was bom and
reared in Moore County.
He is survived by one sister, Mrs.
Moggie A. Lttshk'y, of Sonftrrd. and
a number of nieces and nephews. Mif
Leach visited Sanford often and had
many friends here, who lament has
Kith /
LIVE STOCK SPECIAL TRAIN TO
_VISIT SANFORD AUGUST 7
DUSTING DEMONSTRATION.
All farmers in Lee county are in
vited to attend a cotton dusting dem
onstration on Wednesday afternoon,
August 6th» from 5 to 7 o’clock, at
the Palmer place, formerly Tlolt
place, on the Jonesboro-Tramway
road. It will be the biggest demon
stration ever held .in this section since
the boll weevil arrived. You will find
this demonstration worth while to
attend'if you, are a cotton farmer.
charter Members of rotary
At the luncheon Tuesday Dr. J. I.
Neal read a list of the charter mem
ben| of the Sanford Rotary Club,
which was organized a little over five
years ago. The list consisted of 20
men as follows: L. P. /Wilkins, Dr. W.
A. Monroe, O. P. Makepeace, H. A.
McNeely, ,S. V. Scott, R. C. Gilmore,
W. L. Simmons, C. E. Teague, E. M.
Underwood, W. H. White, W. R. Wil
liams, J. R. Jones, Jr., Ef 1R. Buchan,
W. A. Crabtree, T. S. Cross, A. D.
Barber, P. J. Barringer, C- G. Hatch,
E. C. Heins and A. M. Hubbard,
since the club was organized two of
the charter members have died and
others have resigned but other names
have been added to the list and the
iiiciiiucxomp now totals tnirty-iive.
A number of group meetings are
being organized for the various clubs
in district 57. Sanford, Siler City,
Liberty, High Point, Thomasville, and
Asheboro will meet at Asheboro with
the Asheboro club. The date of the
meeting has not yet been arranged.
D. L. St. Clair gave a brief account
of a trip to Blowing Rock where he
attended the meeting of the North
Carolina Press Association last week.
It is possible that the club may ar
range to hold a meeting at the Green
Park Hotel in Blowing Rock.
SANFORD TEAM WINS .WO
GAMES.
The Sanford baseball team seems
High Fall team on the lr '! field
| Tuesday afternoon and r by a
I score of 7 to 4. Batteric ' nford,
• O’Quinn and Palmer; H 0h Falls
1 Sea well and Sea well.
I On Wednesday Sanford and Mt.
Pisgah played at this place, Sanford
I winning by a, score of 24 to 4. After
! much practice the Sanford team is
able to play good ball, there being a
' number of good players on the team,
Sanford and Hemp will cross bats
here Monday afternoon at 4 o’clock,
j Go out and encourage the boys by
I your presence and support. Here
after The Express will give an ac
count of each game.
DAN B. KING COMMISSIONED
CAPTAIN OF LOCAL BATTERY
Capt. Dan B. King lias been com
missioned commanding officer of
Battery E. 113th Field Artillery,
which was organized here some two
and one half years ago, to succeed
Capt. Claude E. Teague, who was com
missioned commanding officer of the
unit to succeed King, who resigned as
its first commander to go to Raleigh
to engage in business. Capt. Teague
has resigned as he plans to soon move
to Greensboro where he will make his
home. Capt. King took official com
mand of the unit Tuesday night.
Captain M. H.*'Austell, of Raleigh,
finance officer North Carolina Na
tional Guard, and Sergeant G. A.
Ridenhour, United States Army, of
Raleigh, were in Sanford Tuesday
making a transfer of the equipment.
Capt. King is experienced in mili
tary affairs, having served as an of
ficer during the World War. He is
“at home” when1 it comes to drilling
and handling men. Capt. Teague, who
also made a good officer^ was popu
lar with his men, who regretted to
see him resign.
The Battery is now making pre
paration to go to the summer en
campment at Fort Bragg. The unit
will leave Sunday, August 10th and
will be in camp two weeks.
SAN until ESC Al t.
EARTHQUAKE
Mrs. Emma Cheek was relieved last,
week when she received a message to
the effect that her daughter, Miss
Lueile Cheek, who is "touring Europe
caught in the region of Italy visited
by a destructive earthquake. She left
that part of the country the night
before the earthquake occurred.
The party escaped by only a few
hours. Robert and Miss Alice In
grain. who are also touring Europe.
were .some 200 or 300'miles from the
scene of the earthquake at the time
with a party of teachers, was not
i^ee v ouniy ivien ana women
Who Visit This Live Stock
Train Will Find Things That
Will Prove of Interest
The Livestock Development special
train, operated by the Atlantic Coast
Line Railroad, in cooperation with the
North Carolina State College of
Agriculture and Engineering, and
the North Carolina Department of
Agriculture, will visit Sanford an Au
gust 7th, from 2:00 p. m., to 6 p. m.
Farmers and others interested in any
phase of livestock raising will be
given an opportunity to see types of
dairy cattle, hogs, sheep and poultry
recommended for this section and the
equipment necessary for their care,
and to secure information, from the
specialists who accompany! the train
about bi-eeding, feeding and market
ing problems.
The Livestock Development Special
is being operated by the Atlantic
Coast Line Railroad and the cooperat
ing agencies in qp effort to bring
about the establishment of more live
stock on the farms of Eastern North
Carolina. AU agricultural authori
ties are agreed that not only are
more livestock badly needed to furn
ish additional cash farm income and
maintain soil fertility, but that con
aiuons in tms section are peculiarly
favorable for livestock production.
When bred and fed as recommended
by the State College specialists live
stock has been found decidedly prof
itable in Eastern Carolina.
Everything on the Livestock Devel
opment Special is free, and a visit to
the train involves no obligations.. Wo
men are especially invited.
A Golden Opportunity.
Every farmer and every other per
son interested in the improvement of
agriculture, should see the Live Stock
Development Special Train soon to
visit this county. The cattle, poultry,
hogs and sheep represent types that
pay best in North Carolina. Of
equal or greater importance will be
the demonstrations by specialists^ of
the North Carolina State College y of
Agriculture and
feeding of animals and the profitable
marketing of sucji products as chick
ens, eggs, milk, cream, hogs, and
wool. The adoption of the prac
tices and methods shown on the Live
Stock Development Special Train will
add many thousands of dollars to
farmers’ incomes and materially in
crease the prosperity of Eastern
North Carolina.
JOHN GEORGE HANNER DIES AT
MT. VERNON SPRINGS
Funeral rites for John George Han
ner, 76, prominent farmer of Mount
Vernon Springs, were held Sunday
afternoon at Mount Hope Methodist
Protestant church, of which the de
ceased was long a steward and active
member. The services were conducted
by Rev. W. F. Kennett, of Greens
boro, assisted by Rev. P. S. Kc^rhett.
Interment was made in the church
cemetery.
The deceased died at his home Sat
urday noon after an illness of three
years. Death, was attributed to a
paralytic stroke that he suffered Fri
da/.
Mr. Hanner was at one time presi
dent of the local Farmer’s Uniqn. At
the time of his death he was secre
tary-treasurer.
Surviving are the-widow, formerly
Miss Mary Kirkman; five sons. Char
les K. Hanner, of Lakeland, Fla.;
John G. Hanner, of Madison; A. C.
Hanner, of Burlington; O. W. Han
ner, of Sanford, and V. M. Hanner,
of Mount Vernon Springs; five daugh
ters, Mrs. J. W. Pegram, of Guilford
College; Mrs. A. H. McCrorie, of
Stokesdale; Mrs. L. E. Lookabxil, of
Southmont; Mrs. E. J. Dark, of Siler
City, and Miss FUla Hanner, of Mt.
Vernon Springs; two brothers, O. W.
Hanner, of Winston-Salem, and V.
M. Hanner, of Florence, ,S. C., and 29
grandchildren.
MERCHANTS OF SANFORD HOLD
THEIR ANNUAL PICNIC
The Merchants Association of San
ford, closed their stores at noon Tijes
day, and together with their families
and employees, went down to Lake
view on their annual picnic.
Boating and bathing was enjoyed
till about 6:00 o’clock when supper
was announced. A bountiful repast
was spread on the long table on the
picnic grounds. Quantities of lemonade
and watermelon, added to the chicken,
ham, cake, pies and everything else
that go to make a good picnic, es
pecially appealed to the children.
The members present vo;ted this
affair the most successful they have
had in years. President Patterson and
Secretary Miller are to be congratulat
ed on the efficient manner in which
they attended to every detail connect
ed with this happy event.
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Porter and
little daughter, Peggy, Miss Edna
Lemmond, have returned from a
week's visit at Virginia Beach with
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Lemmond.
Mrs. Annie Gunter is visiting reV
at PvrtSSSSilth, V-S, - .
Mrs, A. B. Lemmond 4* visiting
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Lemmond at Vir
ginia Beach.