II Mr. W, Ia Stknmons- and family, r#
II uiori the flifct at the-week from' a
|| 1*£ to friend* and relatives in Wil
li atatton and other places.
I? Mr;W Ma i'. C. Pittman and life
tie son, J. <C. Jr.,-returned the fifsi
at the 'week from dates', in the East
ern part at the State, where they vl
-aited friends and relatives. After reach
tag home Mr. Pittman left on busi
ness trip to New Bern.
Rev. Donald Mclver, pastor of the
■ Presbyterian church of Bristol, VaT,
has been here lo,r a few days visa
ing the .family of his brother, Dr.
Lynn Mclver. He ia now off on his
vacation. He la accompanied by his
wife who, ia visiting her people at
Gulf.
The Express S» requested by Fishei
Makepeace to state that the camp for
1 training young men in military tac
tics a Fort Bragg has been called off
this season in the name of economy.
This training school has been field
.every year for g number of years and
was a great help to young men who
wished to spend a few weeks takitig
.military training. This-is only a tern
porary suspension.
We regret very much that the namf
of Elizabeth Williams, Jthe bright add
attractive little daughters Solicitor
and Mrs. C. L, Williams was . inad
vertently; left out of the list of names
of pupils of the Mclver grammar
school published in The Express last
week. It was a real honor to get in
this picture memory list. We beg the
giii’s pardon for making this slip.
Coach L. E. Warrick, of the San
ford High School, accompanied by
Mrs. Warrick! and little son, left Wed
nesday for Goldsboro near where they
will spend the summer with relatives
They are not sure of returning' to
Sanford id the fall as it not known
what will be done about selecting
teachers for the schools, but many
friends trust that Mr. and Mrs. War1,
rick will be with us for* another ternr.
Mr. R. P. Rosser, who operates a
.moving picture theatre at Hamlet, has
taken over tiie contract of the Sanlee
Theatre at this place, and is now in
charge of it Mr. Rossfcr who ia an ex
perinced theatre man, expects to
move h:s family to Sanford at an
early date whore they will make their
home. Mr. Rosser is prepared to ren
der good service to the theatre going
public as the Senlee is equipped with
th>s latest facilities for handling up
to-date pictures.
Mr. M. H. Bruton, who has been
agent at this place for a number of
years for the Singer Sewing Machine
Company, has been transferred to Ra
leigh and will be assistant -manager;
of the company in that city. He to
succeeded here by Mr. Barbee, of Ra
leigh, who came to Sanford and'took
charge last week. His office has been
moved from Moore Street to the room
next to Watson’s barber shop on Car
thage street.
No justices of the peace were named
by the General Assembly at its last
session for Lee County. Only those
who were elected at the last General
election are serving. Most of’ thfes^
have served as justices of the peace
for years. In point of service J. Wild
Wicker is the oldest in the county,. 3 j
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Eastman, for
merly of this place, but now of South
ern Rines, came jip last week to vimt
their daughter, Mrs. JRoy Ledden, .and
iAJ pUIltSLl l dJlUSUU, -Ui Utc JJCUUCJI,
.graduate from the. Sanford High
School. ., 0
- The Baracca class of the First Bap
tist Sunday School held its annual
barbecue om last Thursday evening at'
the Makepeace cabin on Deep River,.
The program included talks by R. W.
Vide, teacher of the class, W. R.
Hartnesp, W. C. York, E. L. Gavin,
of this place, and Mr. Guess, of
Atlanta, Ga. Following were the
guests of the class: Sheriff Ernest
White J. A. Overton, R. M. Brooks,
and Rufus Poindexter. A song service
was rendered led b(y A. P. King. A
barbecue supper was served with ac
cessories. The occasion was greatly,
enjoyed by aU present. c
At a meeting of the Merchants' As
sociation the first of the week all who
fdt that they could make the tfltp
were asked to go to Ralleigh Friday
and attend the meeting which will be
- • held to further discuss the question
of establishing a batik merger" ui"tKff
State. It is hoped ’that sometMdK'Vte3;
finite wjll be done at this meeting for
the establishment of this bank merpqy
The Association also arranged) ^nl
members of the organization to ’RicJjjjp
mond, Henderson,, Durham, and: Win
ston-Salem, to ash the big tobacco
concerns to make arrangements ‘Tdr
handling all grades of tobacco on the
Sanford market this fall. j yVlj
. County allotments of Federal funds
for June were announced last Friday.
' A total of’#661,300 will be available
for the state dp ring the month and
this amount is being forwarded")
the county treasurers in four install-,
.intents beginning Jpne 6th. The total
' requested for the month was'deduced
- by approximately thirteen per .cent
In grant awarded. Reports from atj
•' ' sections of the State indicate const?;
derable improvement in employment,
jsnd jt is. anticipated that funds made
-{Jsilable will bet sufficient tie meet
” the necessary relief needs. It is
—able that relief needs for June will be
nearly twenty per cent under the
needy .for May. The county allotment
:*>;tfor!lse for Juheiwaa ,*2,62(\^njg|
JONESBORO NEWS LETTER
BY MRS. J. t DALRYNFLE
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FVuiuer Resident Jonesboro Hon.
The nitoy friends «f Mis, X; R.
«nett, otf Rocky Mount, who is re:
fc*8rea in Jonesboro as Miss
- - - - — - Josh
Don t>, will be interested to Team that
she was elected president of th'e alum,
nae association of Woman’s College
I of the IJniveradty qf North Carolina
tttt the meeting held in Greensborc
last Week to succead Mrs. Gordon
i ®11 May, of Danville, Va. Recently
Mrs, Rennett attended the Rotary con
vontion at Wrightsvilie Reach with
her husband and was one of thi
speakers at this meeting. She is a
wqman of ,unusual ability and cul
ture and is a leading member of the
Woman’s Club! ijfi Rocky Mount.
Attend Duke Commencement.
Among those from Jonesboro to
attend Duke commencement Wednes
day and witness the conferring of dte
£vere Rev. and Musty J. E. Blar
) daughter, Miss Wjilson, Rev.
and Mrs. L. H. Jo>yner and Mr. and
Mrs. L. L. Thomas.
Brooks Celebrates Birthday.
Mrs- Ww I. Brooks was given a de
lightful surprise Sunday when her
! children gave hier a birthday dinner
at Her home at Pineknot Farm, The
table was spread on the lovely lawn
JiJn front of the Brooks home and laden
. with, all kinds of good food including
1 fried chicken, roast beef, baked ham,
Potato salad, pies, cakes and iced tea?
The"tabJe was centered with, a lovely
white birthday^ cake which was also
cut and served to those present. Those
‘p^sent were Mr. and Mrs. W. I.
Brooks, Mr. J. A. Overton and family,
Mr. S. L. Poole and family, and W. H.
‘Brooks and family. Mrs. Swaripger
.and Mrs. Kelljum, of Wilmington, two
. daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Brooks,
were run able to be present- —--6
J McDavid-Williams,
i Friends in Jonesboro have received
the announcement of the marriage of
James E. McDavid and Miss Thelma
Williams, of Raledgh, the marriage
taking place April 2nd., jn^ Bennetts
, ville, S. C. * '
Thje bride is the attractive daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs.( W. Et\ Williams,
of Raleigh, and holds a responsible
position in that city.
Mr. McDavid is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. P. McDavid, of our town, and
| at present is attending school at State
; College. He is a young man of splen
. did business ability and was for some
j time, employed by the \Curtia Publish
ing!-Company. Mr. and Mrs. M<cDavi<3
will» reside in Raleigh.
Celebrates Birthday.
Little Miss Mary Leslie Robertson
celebrated her 7th birthday Monday
afternoon from 4 to 6 at the home of
| her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Rob
ertson.
k .The children were, greeted by the
tittle hostess and her mother and in
vited to play under the' shade of the
large oak trees on the lawn where
swings, see-saws an other forms of
amusement were enjoyed. At the ap
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rj' noiJ&'Mfha p.r/f iffwi iff rfr.fi I
pointed time the children y\rere-jinviied
rint*> the> living room| where they heapd
the birthday letter of the hostess read
over the radio. They were then invit
ed into the dining room where a cotor
scheme of green and pink wta attrac
tively carried opt, the centerpiece be
ing a pink birthday cake on which
burned seven green candles. The chil
dren were served a fruit drink with
snow ball cakes. Favors were minia
ture dolls dressed in/ pink and green.
Those present were Catherine Ar
nold, Frances Sowers, Catherine BuCSl
anan, Miriam Watson, Frances Buch
anan, Ruth and Rachel Russell. Ame
lia Rives, Sarah Lynn Rives, Eleanor
Godfrey, Geraldine Knight, Emma
Grace Knight, Jean Loyd, Nancy Ray
Blue, Nancy Beth York, Norma Cox,
Janis Trevashom, Gwendolyn O’Connell
Loza Foy Caddell, Dorothy Dalrymple.
1 • 1 Clastfl Hostess.
A very enjoyable meeting of the
Weetoy Workers’ Class of the Metho
dist Sunday School was held last
Thursday evening at the home of Mm.
H. C. Von Cannon on Jonesboro high
way. The home was made unusually
attractive by the use of lovely spring
flowers, including gladioia, larkspur,
■ and. daisies. Following (the devotional
by Mrs. E. L. Watson a very interest
ing business session was held.
Dur-ng the social hour following
Mrs. C. H. Campbell put on a very
interesting Bible contest in which Mrs.
L. L. Thomas was winner.
At the close of the meeting ice
cream, and cake was) served by Misses
Maude Von Cannon and Dorothy Dal
rymple, Miss Bess Barnes was the
only visitor of tlfe evening.
1 Return From World’s Fair. (
Misses Elva Bryan, Nell Gibbs, Eth
el Kelly, Mildred CapmbeJ and Mrs.
H. M. Jackson, members of the Jones
boro facuty returned Wednesday
'from a ten days .trip to the. Century
qf Progress Fair at Chicago. They
-report a most delightful trip.
Belle Barnes Auxiliary jMeets.
The regular monthly meeting of
the Belle Barnes Auxiliary was held
in the Methodist church Monday even
ing with a good attendance. The pro
gram. was in charge of Mrs. James
Worthy’s circle under the leadership
of Mrs. T. C. Black. The subject “The
Rural Deaconess” was discussed and
interesting phases of the work given.
Death of Former Beloved Woman oi
Jonesboro.
I Friends in Jonesboro and surround
ing community were saddened Tues
day by news of the death of Mrs. Eli
zabeth Sloan which occurred at the
the home of her daughter, Mrs. A. W.
Kuntley, of Hamlet, with whom she
had been visiting for two months.
Mrs. Sloan, who was 68. years of
age had been in declining health for
a number of years but her sudden
passing was a great shock to her
family arid friends.
Before moving to Wadesboro Mrs.
Sloan and family resided in Jonesboro
Quality Foods,
Quality Seeds.
5-pound Pail HONEY, » 75c
Diamond Brand Orange Pekoe
TEA 1-4 lb.__ 15c
Caraja COFFEE 1 lb. box 25s
Phillips Pork & ’Beans can 5c . ‘
Rainbow Mixed GLADIOLI
BULBS dozen 40c
Garden and Flower Seed
Soy Beans O-Too-Tan, *
Boy Beans etc.
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Phones 52 and 53
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b.¥i -taw •
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• number of yei&- She was a woman
of strong' Christian character and was
greatly belovedby her friends and
neighbors here,,
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I . College Girin At Hnwiy
Misses Catherine Blalock, * Helen
Hariceyg Minnie Mfiloy, Jean Thomas,
Mary Lucy Kelly and Elizabeth Ed
wards returned M » day from East
Carolina Teadhers’ <Jollege where they
were students last yei*r; Miss Blalock
completed her four , year course in
Home Economics and Misses Mary
Lucy Kelly and £: zabeth Edwards
completed a two year course.
Mrs. 3. A, White and Miss Alice
Parker went to Greenville Monday to
attend commencement and bring Mins
Mary -Lucy Kelly home. The friends
of Miss Kelly will be interested to
know that she is a member of the
graduating class at East Carolina
Teachers’ College. |
During the past week the relief
force has greatly improved the ap
pearance pfthe cemetery try giving
it a general claiming.
Miss VaUie H41 zho has been re
covering from «U operation at the
home of her sister Mrs. Arthur Rives,
during the-past iponth returned to her
position in Greensboro Sunday where
she expects to.,do secretarial work
only a few houm each day. She was
accompanied to Greensboro by Mrs.
E. Jl, Mclver and Miss Greta Mann,
of Sanford,, who. will visit Mrs. Mc
lver. ft
Miss. Elizabeth A vent went to
Greensboro last week to attend the
commencement exercises of N. C. C.
W. Frpm there Miss A vent went to
Charlotte where she is this week at
tending a house party at the home of
Mrs. C. R. H.nson.
Mrs. W. L. Thomas visited relatives
in CheraW, S. C., last week.
John Blalocklum returned, from a
visit to hij) grandmother in St. Paul.
Riev. -J. B. Blalock and family wont
to Greenville Tuesday to attend the
graduating exercises of East Carolina
Teachers’ College where their daugh
ter, Miss'. Catherine Blalock, received
jWk Av Bl degree,
M%1 R. B/ Cole; of .'Washington,
"&! dfib Spending few .days with
aie-'ftih.iiy' of Mra. BerffiafCole. s
'Pinion HA of Miss Adele 'tlgiiivders
wil< b* lntereated to learn that,she
‘via'a member of the graduating class
of N. C. 0. W., Greensboro, the past
week. She had as guests during com
mencement her sister, Miss Mabel
Saunders, and bar parents, Mr. and
Mrs. W. T. Saunders.
Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Dalrymple
and little son, of Detroit, Mich., spent
a few days last week with their aunts'
Misses Annile and Myrta Dalrym | e.
Mr. Dalrymple is a former Jonesboro
citizen being the youngest son of the
late Mr. and Mrs. Palmer Dalrymple
and Ms many friends and relatives
here were delighted to see him again.
Me holds a responsible position in
Detroit
Miss Zona Rives, rf Raleigh, is
spending her vacation with her moth
er, Mrs. Ethel Rives,
Mrs. Emma Stephens has returned
from an extended; visit to her son and
daughter in Washington. D. C.
Mrs. T. D. Meeks is spending the
week with relatives in Fayetteville.
Miss Carrie Lee Arnold, a teacher
in the Roanoke Rapids schools, arriv
ed this week to spend the summer
with her people here.
Ben R. A vent, Jr, who holds a re
sponsible position with Miller and
Rhodes, of Richmond, Va., is spend
ing his vacation at the home of his
father, Mr. B. R. Avent.
i Miss Lois Dalrymple who has Zeer
I teaching in High Point is at home foi
the summer vacation.
John D.. Pfcgram, who has been ;
student of the University the pasi
year is spending a few days at home
before returning to Chapel HSU where
he will attend the first session oi
cummer school.
HV.ton Campbell, of tK. Curt's Pub
lishing Co., of Morganton, is spending
a few days with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. C. H. Campbell.
W. G. Temple, Jr., who Is recover:
■ng from a mastoid operation return*
ed Co Hfghamith Hospital Saturday
tar medical treatment. Hie was accom
panied be hie mother, Mrs. W. G.
Temple and Mrs. W. G. Watson. The
many friends of Vf. G. are glad to
know he is makhfg rapid recovery.
b.ajw^dies at. a ;w
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A message whs received here which ,
stated that Mr. R. C. Ellis died in aj
hospital at Asheville TrfeSday -*«ijfht ■
at 7.30 after a brief illness. The body
was taken to Spruce Pine, the home
of the deceased for bjirial. Upon re-1
ceiving notide of his death his sister,!
Mrs. John T. McKeman, and John T.,
Jr., and Mrs. A. C. Thom,as left for
that place to attend the funeral.
Mr. Ellis, who is survived by a wife
and seven children, had a host of'
friends who will regret to learn of
his death. He was a good citizen and
in his passing his community has sus
tained a heavy loss. I
News & Observer \,:,ft
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