Biriiii N. C, J«ly Jl, 1*»
WHY KEEP PUBLIC
HATTERS SECRET ?
A correspondent writing from
WaAif^im to some of the daily
newspapers about the tendency to
keep things connected with public
matters a secret, says, among other
“As soon as a man is called from
private life and sworn in as a ah exe
cutive official of the government he
almost invariably becomes at once a
victim of the secrecy complex.
“No matter how frank and open fee
may have been by nature as a pri
vate citizen, he at once as a public
becomes obsessed with a be
lief Hut be has been initiated into
some secret order and hoards the
scraps of information which come over
las desk with the fervor of a new
lodge member. That he is handling
the public’s business, business to
which the public is entitled to know
about, seldom occurs to him.
“Information here which has any
real justification for rigid secrecy
can be classified in a very short list.
Almost no one disputes the wisdom of
secrecy as regards:
*1. Technical military and naval
information in some instances.
“2. Judicial decisions prior to an
nouncement and the quasi-judicial
decisions such as those of the Inter
ing rate changes and the like.
Certain information— mostly
gossip—coming into the State IX‘
partment from its representatives
abroad, chiefly tea table gossip and
other substantiated chatter which be
cause of its irresponsible character is
better left to wither sight unseen.
<*T"hat is about all that is necessary
to keep secret for the public good.
All else is not only information to
which the public is entitled but infor
mation which in the long run it is to
the public interest to hare.”
This thing obtains not only in Wash
ington, bat throughout the country.
This tendency to keep matters that
should be known to the public —us it
lm public peopcrty—under ewer, has
root in every' activity of public
life. Failure on the part of'^public
to take the public into their
that
to
trouble.
No one knows better than a news
l how difficult it is to get in
i from committees, boards at
at directors.
1a entitled to
not be giren oat under
but this is the
l not the role. Open i
mess and honesty is al- ,
ways Ute beat policy, and in the end
will make it easier for all con
OLD BUT UNWILLING
TO RETIRE.
The Laurinburg Exchange says edi
torially:
years ago Senator Lee S.
said he was an old man, but
facetiously that he was not
too eld to run again. A nd again
toe retina Senator serves notice sp
hopes of ihrrrortmc him in
:the Srdate that he will run again in
'onty. However, 19S2 belongs to the
faUit aad the future will take care
of itself.” ’ '
Soon years ago when the briliant
John Sharp Williams, of Mississippi,
nt mdr to retire from the United
and be will hare been in the Senate
St-yemnL That ia a long time to re
maixt in the Senate. In fact, some of
the yeeag Turks who compose the
fighting element of the Democratic
party think it is too long, and if they
^enld retire the Senator he will have
no one to blame but himself.
THE PRESS CONVENTION.
The Express, the publishers of
which are members of the North
Carolina Press Association, was rep
resented at the summer meeting of
the association at Blowing Rock last
week. The convention met in the
Green Park Hotel Wednesday even—
mg, July 23rd, and adjourned Friday
morning, July 25th. The opening ad
dress was made by President Carey
Dowd, of the Charlotte News. Jo—
s ah William Baiky, nominee for the
l United States Senate to succeed Sen
ator Simmons, spoke in the Blowing
Rock school building Thursday night
by invitation of a the editors. Mr
Bailey’s talk, which was heard by vis
itors from the surrounding country
as well as the newspaper folks, was
oavpolitkaL ,>
Josephus Daniels, the dean of
North Carolina journalism, has been
attending the meetings of the Associ
ation ever since he was a boy. . He
with Mrs. Daniels was present.
Among others present were Beasley
of the M jnroe Journal, Atkins of the
Gastonia Gazette, Braxton of the Kin
ston Free Press, London of the Rock
ingham Post Dispatch. Sherrill of
writes Clark’s column for the Greens
boro New?. Mrs- W. C. Hammer of the
Asheboru Courier and Miss Beatrice
Cobb, of the Morganism Herald- Mrs.
Hammer edits the Ashe boro Courier
while her husband is away in Con
gress, and Miss Cobh is editor cf the
Morgan ton Herald. She is the very
efficient secretary of the Association.
Thursday afternoon the editors and
their wives, through the courtesy of
the citizens of Boone, who furnished
the cars, made a trip by way of the
YohnoJossee road, to linvilte, then to
Xewland, -county seat of Avery,
and then to Banner F3k and Borne,
where they were given a supper. The
return to Blowing Bock was twA
about dark.
On tins trip the’ edftors had the
pleosure of traveling over some of
those wonderful mountain roads and
of becoming better acquainted with
that section of the State which is one
of nature’s beauty spots. Nature has
done much for the Blowing Rock sec
tion and man has not been inactive
for he has bu3t on those mountains
excellent schools, hotels and resi
dences, winch together with the
wonderful climate, make the Blowing
Bock section an excellent place to
Kve.
Twenty miles from Blowing Bock
is Lcaville, a beaatjfal place located in
fine hotel and other features which
make the place attractive. It is of in
terest to note here teat the linviBe de
rdopnot was made by a who
was born at Carbon ton in Lee county.
We refer to Hon. Hugh McBae, of
Wilmington. It is also of interest
» note in this connection Bn* Mr.
dcBae was assisted in the work by
Hr. Ralph M_ Shepard, who is also a
tative of tins county. At Banner
3k we were shown over the boild
ngs of the Lees McBae Institute, as
xceilent school for girisl Thirty
rears ago a young preacher came out
f Atlanta and located at Banner Elk
is teacher and missionary. He «
■atriished rids school which is today
Bang a great work la educating
eonntain girls who are unable to
Appjilarharn Training .School which is
now £ jgnicr college otiA is do
ing a wraderfal work is educating
the people of that great mountain
The State has beeta gener
with this infrimtion and the
is being wdl spent. Hand
reds of boys and girte attaad this
school, which runs winter and stra
in* section of the
1 State who Eke to ]
The North Carolina Press
■winter meetings. The winter ;
isg is held at Chapel «3H in Jana
1 ary, while the summer meeting is
field in the mountains or on the sea
shore. The neat meeting wiH be
held at some point on or near the
coast, the date and place to be de
termined by the executive
1 of the
JU1 day last Sunday people drove
i through Sanford over Federal High
: way No. 1 and other rands with their
THE REPUBLICANS ARE
ON THE DEFENSIVE
Chute of Democrats Captarini
Congress This Fall Looks Good
—Real Trouble With Part;
Now la Power Is That Bottom
Has Dropped Out of Bitty
thing.
(Editorial Correspondence.)
Washington, July 29.—"Hie cam
paign for the election of members a
the seventy-second congress will ge
into fall swing by September 1st, an<
it now promises to interest the Amer
ican people no less than the politic!
ans. The economic depression nov
prevailing throughout the country i
turning the public mini to politics ii
search for a remedy. Twelv
months ago when every one who ha<
any spare cash was buying stock ii
Wall Street and the Republican part;
was claiming prosperity as ‘‘its owi
Creation and perpetuation.- the aver
age man felt not much more interes
in politics than he did on what migh
be going on in Mars. But adversit;
has struck him below the belt and h
is now out to punish the party tha
has brought it on, and unless all pres
ent signs are false, the party in pow
er is in for a bad day on the firs
Tuesday in November next.
£vaa the most optimistic Kepubfi
-rang will ncy admit that if they Its
both houses-f of congress they ma;
have to look for a hew candidate fo
President in' 1?32- Mr. Hewer wil
be resporaable for such a party deb
ade, ari for a party to drop a Pres
ident after his first terra to suecem
himself, is to place it os the defen
sire. But the more sanguine of thi
party resist Hie idea that the Demo
crats can overturn the MO Republi
can majority in the house and the 1;
R epblican majority in the senate. Bu
at least 35 of the districts now beh
by the Republicans acre normal];
Democratic. They were captured b
the Hoover landslide two years age
and if the election were heW righ
now every one of these districts won!
almost certainly change party affili
ations. That woakj, account for 7
of the Republican majority. The
there are from 15 to 20 other <fc
trkts that in off years are close be
tween the two parties- These dis
tricts are located in Massachusetts
Rhode Island, New York, Pennsylvj
nia. Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and two c
three far western States. Accordin
to latest reports Democratic pros
pects are daily improving:.
But it is going to be more (fiffieul
to overturn the 15 Republican ma
pority in the Senate. Howevei
Democratic leaders are counting o'.
a change of eight seats in their fa
tot. They will certainly lose (me seal
in Iowa, and the Republicans haw
now staged a desperate fight to defeat
than, they are Republicans, friglti
Norris, of Nebraska, the leader of the
Republican Progressives, ought to be
seated on the Democratic side. He
votes far more often with the Demo
crats than with his own party. But
on the Democratic sde there are
fire senators who i^t to he seated
so the lfipohfiLiii side. It was the
votes of these senators that hri&ctfed
the Smoot—Hawley ball on the coun
try.
But evidence that the Republicans
fear they will lose the house and
posaiUy the senate is the ugly faces
they are making at the Democrats.
They are now pouring oat the viols
of their wrath upon their opponents,
denouncing the party as without
leadership, cut in two between -the
wdw and utterly incapable of tak
ing charge of the government. Why,
tney are screaming, should the coun
try entreat its government te a party
without policy T, that does not know
what it wants and has not the
strength to accomplish jit if it did
knowf When you hear the leaders
and the press of a party tsnrmy that
way, yon may safely note that the
earth is quaking and dipping under
its.feet.
Truth is, the Republicans are now
more disorganised than are the Dem
ocrats. for months a Sene intern
eetae IS has been gotgg eg ever- the
chairmanship of the Republican Na
thaal committee. The Democrats
with all their troubles have never had
such a wands! as Chairman Huston
has raised by usng lobby money to
gamble in Wall Street. At last
Huston has consented to step down
and out but net till the air began
to sme3 of brimstone. Republicans
here have within the last week said
harder things about Huston than
Southern Democrats ever said about
Raskob.
But the real trouble about the Re
publicans is that the bottom has
dropped out cd everything. Accord
ing to reports coming here from the
West, the wheat and corn belts are on
the verge of unprecedented dimaster.
Some at the leaden are boasting that
Providence always comes to their help
in times like this. This time the
protracted drought tom cut down the
cn^s in twenty or more States to socb
an extent that the farmer* Will get
$1-5* per bushel tor their whmt now
selling at N cento if they can only
hold it. But they cannot hold it
• tthw* fanners bf £|od tJb£
is |uwv nto the haul* sf the mffl
is *
Community Loyalty Campaign...
SANFORD - BUICK
BOICX—*ARQI ETTE
Steel* Shu| Phone 301.
SANFORD N. C.
Newman Ice ^ Coal Co.
W« are in the Cole black business,
bat we treat yoa trfc
No.
S.nfini, N. C.
WATCH
Holt & Mann
For Next 10
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Pbote 300
merits, Ia
ors.
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DRINK
healths
fof, c. nUgious dis
ions Prevail.
rough. Prop
.W DAIRY
Sanford. X. C.
GREENSBORO BANK
AND TRUST CO.
Ladies’Style Shop
Excited-re'
to-Weal
Steele St.
——
in Ladies' Ready
siik Underwear.
Sar.ford, N. C-_
ISAACSON’S
Style Fithout
Ehrtfavganee
Lee Hardware Company
EVERYTHING IS HARDWARE
Phone 101. Sanford, K. C.
ASK YOUR GW>- • . FOR
Sanford Bakery Products. We use
the best ingrt&ezzs in our products
—Such as Pfflsbory Flour. Crisco for
shortening—find lack Milk.
Smith’s Bakery,
Phone
Sanford, N. C.
CaD for Shell Products
Motor Service Co.
Banner Kotor Co.
M. C
EDITORIAL.
nosnunr.
The advancement of this community is closest to the
hearts of the business men in Sanford. — ‘-: ——d
In fact they ‘stand ready to lead us forward in great
movement of civic expansion, progress, and prosperity^
BUT THIS Calls tor-cooperation ON THE Part
OF ALL OUR CITIZENS. The actaul {hitting; of our
shoulders to the wheel and Boost! ! Boost!! Boost !!!
Such cooperation can be extended by indulging in norm
al business transactions, normal business patronage and
by so doing bring about normal business conditions and
PROSPERITY TOR EVERYONE CONCERNED!
Conservatism is a good thing on many occasions but
when it comes to hording your finances, indulging in
radical business pessimism or adopting a “scared-to-death”
attitude of commercial retrenchment—then you are not
only doing yourself an injustice but your own commu
nity, its adjacent trading territory and all the people
therein. Thus spending your money freely for what you
need becomes a heart-to-heart proposition PERMEATED
WiTH THE SPIRIT OF LIVE AND LET LIVE An op
portunity to serve and serve profitably.
WE ARE ALSO URGING YOU TO KEEP YOUR DOL-,
LARS AT HOME We are asking your personal sup
port in boosting and buying merchandise SOLD OR MADE
IN SANFORD. For truly the financial assets of any
community is the gauge used in measuring its pros
perity. Increase the assets and prosperity increases. ,
Deplete them and prosperity shrinks. The newconier
in our city; the business man looking for location; the
capitalist for investment—ALL INQUIRE FIRST AS
iv THE SIZE AND CONDITION OF THE COMMU
NITY ASSETS. .
The habit ol spending your money, folks, for purchases
in some other city is hot only another form of BANKING
THAT MOEEY THERE IN THE FUTURE, It can not be
used to satisfy the obligations of our people, to trans
nct the commercial life of our city or to he re-invested
into improvements that make it more attractive.
If every person living within the confines of Sanford
will think this matter over, stop and reason within
themselves, PERSONALLY TRACE THE DOLLAR Sport
AW AY FROM HERE, what becomes of it and how it v
personally affects themselves—they will certainly
a renewed pledge of Loyalty to Hie Business Men of
community AND STICK WITH IT. /
PAGE TRUST CO.
CAPITAL I25MM.M
Strength — Service — Security
Bank Something Regularly.
SANFORD, N. C.
JOSEPH'S
“LEADING JEWELERS"
Next door to Temple Theatre.
Mi Lady Beauty Shoppe
We specialize in Eugene and Le Mui
Permanent Waving, _ _ _$5.00
All Branches Beauty Culture.
In Business College Building.
Telephone No. 198.
Sale of Men’s Suits, July 3 to July 12
Kuppenheimer, Curlee and Style
plus—Half Price.
350.00 Suits for — —....-$25.00
$30.00 Suits for-—$15.00
Williams-Belk Company
BARGAIN STORE.
Sanford Ice & Coal Co.
Pure Crystal Ice—Quality Coals
Telephone No. 271.
Get our SUMMER PRICES on COAL
Before buying.
Harris-Makepeace
Hardware Company
Builders’ Hardware, Composition
Roofing, Paints, Oils and Varnishes.
5-V_Galyanized Roofing our Specialty
BANK OF
BROADWAY
BROADWAY, N. C.
SWEET MILK
We have had Electric Refrigera
tion for 1 year. Two weeks ago we
tfe4arged our plant four times as
large.
You people who once used an ice
box and How have Electric Refrigera
tion know what we mean when we
say we have Electric Refrigeration.
We are selling Lactic Buttermilk. Es
pecially for balnea. Recommended by
physicians. If yea desire tins milk,
call 456. The Sanford Dairy.
slump in paces all along the line and
it is hitting the big indmdrin square
ly between the eyes, The Smoot
Hawley tariff was passed specifically
to take care of the iadaatnes by
keeping »p the prices ' of clothing,
shoes, and all other fabricated goods,
but it is not ddag it, aad the Be
pdhBcaaa are becoming alarmed
their old friends may tan m them.
If the tariff cannot scree Hie indus
tries it is good for nothing. It
serves nobody and the Republican
leaders for the last is months had
better spent their time jobbing. The
country could not have haew «■ a
worse state if Mr. Hoover had sjamt
all of his time on the Rapidan.
The policy of the ' ■ .meeeaCa in
“mpaighiag, it is -i.ioatDad here,
will be not to tell the country wind
they would have done rad they lm*w
in power bat to draw a vivid picture
of the gloom that r..w hifa.t the
land. It is tr.is ' - v of dlarkness
that the Democrats ar- now
with heavy and painful brushes flat
so angers the Republican*. That is
why they are retorting: Is “tom. had
to offer.
g*t os your hind legs
down -what the ori;v
ty has done?” ]f the
had done ur-m*-.- ring
doubt about or were
would not talk that wet.
not get angry. They
fensve arid are in a
humor at this hour.
It would be interesting
amount of money that
on road signs in Lee
advertising some kind
other activity within a
to 50 miles of Sanford
on neariy every tree of
even very small trees
trays. Travel over
way No. 1 between
ville and there is hardly
yoa are not able to see
or more signs. They
thick as, the trees along
Some of these are
signs -wh3e others are
are an eye sort to
lie. It is
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