MMT ‘'s*C
*'#*•*** *•
...Kiss Smith, of liberty; if thehouse
Mitt of her aunt, Mr*. <fl* Scott, s
,,Mrs. G. D. Andrew*, of
her sister, Mr*. Charles M.
family. ,;l
Mr. and Mry. E. C. Heins, Jr, en
tertained a party of young people at
the Kites damp on New Hirer over
the week end. June Gunter, Coke and
John, Mary _ Mercer and Elisabeth
Reeves, fa™* Van Sant and Char
lotte McNair.‘ ■ " *
Miss Gertrude Crabtree has return
ed from a visit to Misa Isabel Peltorv
in Southern Pines. *
Mis, W. W. Hobarda entertained in
fornyUly at luncheon on Saturday,
covers being laid for Mrs. G. D. An
drews, of Chattanooga, Team, J. H.
Ingram, W. A. Crabtree, Chas. M.
Reeves, Mr. Rohards and the hostess. ,
D. B. King spent Monday in Raleigh .
on business.
Mrs. J. F. McCuen left Sunday for ;
Madison where she haa accepted a •
position.
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Woodall left ,
Sunday to attend the funeral of Mia. ,
Woodell’s toother, Mr. J. D. Hilliard, ,
>f WorthviHe. ]
Mrs. J. K. Him Ken ana grana- ]
laughters, Ann and Sylvia Makepeace, i
lave returned home after a week's ]
dsjfc with Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Milliken ,
if Monroe. i
James Milliken, of Soothem Pines, ,
s house guest of Master John Make- ,
>eace this week. t
Miss Sallie Betts, who is at the ,
lead of Kenan .Cottage, the Episcopal ,
Orphanage in Charlotte, is spending j
ier vacation with her sister, Mrs. L. j
?. Wilkins. ,
Mrs. Newell has returned to her ,
Home in Roxboro after a visit with ,
her daughter, Mrs. Prank Bfinn.
Mrs. L. P. Dixon has returned to \
her home in S.ler CSty, after a visit
with Miss Carrie Glass.
Mrs. L. P. Wilkins, Misses Sailie
Betts, Mary and Frances WiDdns
spent Wednesday in Raleigh with re
latives. I
x Byorly Wilkins has returned to his
home in TrombLvlllev Va., after spend
ing some time with Mr^ L P Wilkins
arid fam ly.
Mrs, W. M. Kelly has returned from
Atlanta, Ga., where she visited her
Bister, Mrs. C. F. Hinesley and family.
Mrs Gene Williams and chddren are
visiting in Clio, S. C.
Miss Elizabeth McCormick, of Ra
leigh, spent the week end with*her,
parents here. ,
- Misses Marie Webster, Lena and
-Mary Alice Kelly have returned from
a week end visit at White lake and
Lake Waccamaw. *
Miss Billie bill is at Virginia Beach.
Mrs. J.i T. McKernan received '•
message Tuesday that her father, Mr.
J. E. Ellis, of Spruce Pine, had a
slight stroke of paralysis.,
Mr. Robert Frew, of Greensboro,
is visiting bis brother. Rev. A. H.,
Frew, at the Presbyterian Manse. .
Messrs. Boyd and Clifton Capps
have returned from New York.
Rev. Jesse Groce is at the bedside
of his mother, Mrs. Dave Groce, of
Charlotte Avenue. ' -ftWl
Mr. mid Mrs, V. L. Neal, of Denver,.
Col., are visiting Dr. J. L Neal and
fantily this week. They will visit
other relatives a this section before
returning home. -
Mr. and Mrs. J. N. McNair have as
their guests Mr, and Mrs. C. C. Cavi
ness and two childten, Connie and
Emily, of Atlanta, Ga.
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Laxton an
nounce the birth of 8 1|2 pound "dau
ghter, July 28th., at the home of Mr.
Ralph Groce, Sanford Route 3.
Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Chisholm and
son, Tommy, of Charleston, S C., will
gome Saturday to visit Mrs. H. Mc
Williams and other relatives. y
... misses »i:»area vross ana rrancee
Wilkins are visiting Mrs. Armstrong
Cross, of Salem, Va. ‘ V'~
Miss Theta Upchurch has returned
to her home in Apex after a visit
with Miss Johnnie Jean Savers. „ . 1
Mr. and Mrs. G.fH. Oliver and
daughter, Vivian, spent last Monday
In Virginia They went to Lynchburg
to buy. goods for their store,
' M.r. ’ and Mra. W. L. Simmons land
daughter, Margaret, spent the week
and with their people at Ashe and
Wilrhingtom. : • / ;
Messrs. R. W. \£ck and T. L. Riddle
spent the week end in Washington. t
* Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Clayton and.,
ittjb little sons, Harvey Jr.,'and Chat.
MoXver, spent a ftw days / here with
relatives this week. Mr. Clayton left
Tuesday for Douglas, Ga., for the
tobacco market .opening where he will
hay for R. J. Reynolds. Mrs. Clayton
and sons will spend the remainder of
the summer with relatives in Carthage
Mr. Hugh Page and family, of
Clayton, spent the Week end with Mr.
*nd Mrs. T. L Riddle. ' V_
Mr. Seabrook Jones, of Wilmington,
came up Sunday > to accompany his
w*/e anid little daughter home, who
have been on * camping trip in the
i Western part of the state with rela
'.mifejs. Ollie Griffin, of Kensett, Ark.,
• has retqwied,hbme' after a visit of six
Weeks wiBfchgr father, Mrl John Mc
IvW- V..' '-'"'"i /
J- A, McIver, of Carthage
has as hey guests her daugh
ter, Mr*. Walter Harr, of New .TBodS
<Sty. and Miss June Romaine, of
Sahm, New Jersey. . .
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Bee Hospital Item?1*’
/JS /b AiX\' ift x r -• . :b*Vri
The ' ladies of the Auxiliary spent
moist of lwflt week putting (up peaches
and other fbods to supply the pantry
for the winter months. W« are most
grateAil ts them for theta- labor of
Loro. «T-'n ■■■
Mr. Ruftu Hartness la a patient
with ns.
Mr. Jolia Clark, of near here, was
operated oh Wednesday and is getting'
m nicely.
Mrs. Crabtree is gradually improv
ag^.- «,
Mrs. Norman Prerott left Tuesday
For her vacation of two weeks.
V REUNION AT OLD FORKS
>ACADEMY
uut Saturday Mrs. Annie Ross and
laughters, Miss Judith Ross, of this
lity, and Mrs. EL P. Dunlap, of Rox
>oro, and son, Mr. John B. Ross and
lira. Rosa, of Washington, D. C-, at
ended a picnic in Stanly county at
Hr*. Ross’ old home on the Pee Dee
Tver. It was a reunion of men and
romen who formerly attended school
i ear this home. Between four and f Live
Kindred persons, many of whom now
ive in other states, but who once at
ended the school, were at the reunion,
lev. J, S. Parmer, of Raleigh, who is
onnected with the Biblical Recorder,
ras master of ceremonies. Brief
■ere made by several men and women
rho recalled incidents of days spent at
he old school. Music was furnished by
i band of young people from Nor
rood. A sumptuous d'nner was served
n the grove at the old home. When
irs. Ross, who is now eighty years
dd, readied her old home, she found
wo aged colored women, once the
laves of her father, Mr. Culpepper
Watkins, who were there to greet
heir former mistress. She visited the
family burying ground and other
places of interest while there. .
DEATP OF MRS. L. a COLE
Mrs. L C. Cole, of Buffalo Street
died Wednesday, July 26th., with a
complication of diseases. Funeral was
at Cool Springs Baptist church TTiurs
day conducted by Rev. F. C. Hawkins
and interment was at the church ceme
tery- ...
Mrs. Cole, before her marriage, was
Miss Carrie Poe, of Chatham county.
Mr. Cole died in 1930. There are four
children: Mrs. J. M. Thomas, of the
Pocket section; Misses Vera Lee and
Ina Cole and McLelland Cole, whe
made their home with ther mother
There are five grand'children. Mrs
Cole was a Christian woman who gavi
hty life for her children. She wan i
member of the Christian church anc
was only fifty-years old when sh«
passed away. An infant son of Vers
Cole, who lived only ten weeks, was
buried on Tuesday before Mrs, Cok
was buried on Thursday. They have
the sympathy of their friends.
the week end at home.
* Joseph Kelly, of Fort Bragg, spaut
McKERNAN DEATH
(Continued Freer Page One.)
church, and a loyal servant to ill
townspeople of Sanford. He had offer
expressed the hope that when he was
called by Death that he would be in
the medst of duty. God granted to Km
that wish. He worked diligently anc
faithfully during bis days, and was
Unafraid of the approaching night we
call Death. One might well appropri
ate the words of the poet to him, and
hear him say:
’(Vfesper^-Silas Weir. Mitchell.)
I know the night is near at hand;
The mists lie low on hill and bay,
Thd Autumn sheaves are dewless dry;
But I have had the day. 7
Ye*, I have had. Dear Lord, the day;
-When atThy call I have the night,
Brief be the twilight as I pass '
From light to dark, from dark to light.
'(Crossing The Bar—Tennyson)
SoUset and evening star,
- And one clear call for me;,
And may there be no moaning at th<
; - bar, ■ ... •
Wfen I pttt out to sea. • -
But such a tide as, moving seems as lee]
Top full for sound and foam,
When that which drew, from out th<
boundless deep ~
Turns again home.
!' ’• / * _ '
'Twilight and evening bell, * TT'
' And after that,' the dark; -
And may there be no sadness of
farewell, .
• when I embark.
For tho’ from out bourne of Turn
' and Place. ’ v
£ The flood may bear me far,'
I hope to see my Pilot fjace to face
When I have eroseed the bar.- .
To the dear hearts of the bereaved
family I speak the.balm of the poet:,
("The God of the Livsng,” Ellerton)
God of the living, dn whose eyes
Ujiveiled the whole creation lies;
All souls are thine; we. must not .say
•That those are dead who pass away;
From this our world of flesh set free;
totem them living unto thee.
Released from earthly toil and strife,
'. »£?■;-. ■ - . s ■ -■
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With thee Is hidden still their life;
Thine are their thoughts, their words,
their powers.
All thine, and yet moat truly ottrs:
For well we know, where’er they bej
•Oar dead are thee.. ^ ^
Not spilt.dee water on tW ground,*^'
Not wrapt in dreamless sleep pr&
found, ^ :
Not wandering in unknown despair '
Beyond thy voice, thine armi thy
care; . ».—
Not left to lio like fallen tre«_
Not dead, but living unto thee.
O Breather into man of breath! .
O Holder of the keys of death!
O Giver of the life within! ?
Save us from death, the death of sin;
That body, soul, and Spirit be
Forever living unto thee!
A *• oonnlncinn ftf iWrviffeS
the church the body wax borne to
Buffalo cemetery where the interment
was made by the side of members of
the family who had gone before. The
services at the grave were in charge
of the Junior Order, the deceased be
ing a member of the local council.
Fire trucks carried the huge mass of <
beautiful. flowers that covered the |
grave. It was fitting that Chief Mc
Keroan should be committeed to his
last resting place “wearing his uniform
and badge of authority. Sam Reaves,
colored, who had labored under the in
structions of the Chief for 25 years, |
carried the helmet that he wore as
we__ fwj-;. Here beautiful flowers
have never been seen on a grave in
Buffalo cemetery.
The active pallbearers, members of
the Fire Department were Chief G. G.
Domett, D. L. Seymour,' J. R. Kelly,
Julius Gregson, R. B. Lemmond, C. L.
Gunter, Max McLeod, Hoyt William
son, Lewis Kelly, Bryant Woodell, H.
G. Wrenn, E. L. Covert, and John Un
derwood. Honorary pallbearers were
Sherwood Brockwell, Raleigh, Mayor
W. Banks Wilkins, Aldermen E. M.
Underwood, W. H. Fitts, J. C. Greg
son, R. H. Hartness, and A. fi. Har
rington, E. P. Wicker, W. R. Williams,
j S. B. Riddle, G. Ernest White, C. TT.
Riddle and W. L. Seawell.
j Those who attended the funeral
j from out-of-town were: Mr. and Mrs
I, James McKeman, of Raleigh; Mr. ant
Mrs. W. H. Emory, of Durham; Mr
and Mrs. W. H Phillips, of Washing
ton, D. C-; John. L. Miller, of Concord
secretary of the North Crolina Fire
men’s Association, and son; Sherwodt
Brockwell, Deputy State Fire Marshal
and Chief W. E. Holland, of Raleigh
Cheif W. Hendrix Palmer, vice presi
dent until last meeting when he wa:
made president, of Charlotte; Chie
Frank W. Bennett, of Durham; Uh'e
Jones and town chief McBryde, o
' Fayetteville, , : ■*
11 Chief G. G. Dorset* paid Chief Me
|! Kern an a most beautiful tribute am
| spoke of being in the next room t
j him at all of the tournaments <tha
they attended. -
I John Thomas McKeman was bori
July 20th., 1871 at Egypt, now Cum
nock, son of the late Edward and Eh
zabeth McKeman. He moved wit]
his parents to Sanford when a bo;
and here grew up to manhood. At tb
1 age of 17 years he went to work fo
the State and had charge of convict
on railroad work at Pilot Mountain
He continued to engage in this wor]
until 1903, when he was give® em
ployment on the construction of tb
t Buckhom power dam. In 1905 he ac
'* cepted employment on the construe
j tion force of the C. C. St O. Raiiroai
and continued to work for that com
pany till 1909. He finally moved bad
| to Sanford where he made his homi
| up to the time of -his death.
| When a young man Mr. McKernai
was married to Miss Nora Ellis, o
Spruce Pine, and with her six dangh
ters and one son, survive: Mrs. A. C
Thomas, Misses Kate, Susan, Rachel
Wilke, Margaret and John T- Me
Keman, Jr. One sister. Miss Addii
McKeman, and a brother, W. G. Me
Kenyan, also survive. They are all o:
Sanford.
Mr. McKeman was a man of stronf
rugged physique and character. B<
was a Deacon in the Sanford Presoy
terian church. In the discharge of hii
duties as an officer be knew no man
He knew Sanford better than any liv
ing man and in his death the towi
has lost a good citizen and useful of
ficer. His devotion to his family wa:
marked. From the time he went out t<
make his own way in the world he let
a busy life. In connection with hi:
' other duties he looked after the watei
| and sewer systems and fire depart
ment. His place will £e hard to fill.
WAREHOUSE BURNS
(Continued From Page One.)
were saved. The loss to Mr. Wood' li
estimated to be about $800. No in
surance. Mr. W. R. Griffin, business
manager of the Wilkins Corporation
estimates the loss at about $12,(MX
partially covered by. insurance. Aj this
corporation is liquidating, they wil
not be able to: rebuild the warehouse
The Express is informed that a move
ment has been inaugurated to build t
warehouse by the time the market
opens September 19th.
’.' This was the first tobacco wars
•k®?** Was built
: Me; WilMns-Rieki
some 10 or 12 years' ago Sftd'was
first occupied by the, late Capt. John
R. Hutchings, a leading tobacconist ol
Virginia. Since that tine Ithas chang
ed hands several times, and at the
time it'was burned it was leased by
Wood and Guthrie; •
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J"-'■_ - - r.:p ■.!
A class In Bible study is conducted
aach Tuesday, Wednesday and Thura
day- at the hour of nine o’clock a. m.
■ERey. A. M. Frew at the Presbyter
iig church. The class is well attended.
B'Sjtlready \ meml^ of
the cl«grnuy& mvitdd‘
We wish to express our sincere,
thanks to the Belief organization,
ne-'g-hbors and friends for their deeds
of kindness during the sickness and
death at our mother.
Mrs. J M. Thomas, '
Vera Lee, Ina and McLelland Cole.
RECOVERY program
(Continued From Page One.) .
In presenting his agreement to every
employer, President Roosevelt pointed
out that the agreement was part of,
nation-wide plan to ra se Wages,
create employment and thus increase
itarchasing power and restore busi
ness. The reemployment drive will
extend from August 1 to December
31, 1933, while the last date under
is August 31st > |
which the agreement may be signed
The code of fair compet'tion works
for the purposes outlined above. First,
employers agree not to hire anyone
under 16 years of age, except persons
between 14 ami 16 (not in manufac
turing or TWftcfamiral industries) may
work three hours a day, such work4
8ot to Jiiterferiwith school hours,
fils section removes j|roiu.
J Second, employers agree not to work,
iny. parson more .than forty hours^a
any one week. This applies to all
pldyer operating 62 hours'" or .mo
in fhe past must not reduce un4er I
hours; any operating leas than 68
hours per week in tire past must not
reduce at nil Thus more positions
Will be secured for workers.
Third, employers of factory or me.*
chunical workers or artisans agree to
n maximum week of 85 hours, not to
work any person over eight hours
per day.
it*
TAR HEEL SCRAP BOOK
(Continued Prom Page One.)
almost started something new under
the sun. .
. Anyhow, O. T., if any American
should choose to brag on.an yuicestor
far be it from me to say he has no
^pracodsnh.r -- s .
How many are reading A'J&i Boose
volt Longworth’s “Reminiscences” in
This Indies Home Journal! Read it
and weep, for«she still seemsi to most!
firmly believe that her honorable'
father, Rough R'der, CoL, President
Theodore Roosevelt, had mote sense
than Woodrow Wilson, that immortal
of’ the immortals, who is now So of*)
ten referred to as Priest and Scholar.
"'i ■« 1 ... ..-L»g
v* #;-s
Furthermore, reading this |sr*ti> Jit
reminiscence* one 1» persuaded to he
amsseara
ing that young ambitious Theodore
Jt„i»pwM,feitffcaMt of tfeft
However her form of ancestor wor
let
aimoy me, Liv*t and
though borri tn the age
■SSL
«£ thq^ffg ^isijteefl Jinan wiio has a ;
heart of steel, where' a beating heart
of flesh and blood should be. ’ ’
If these words seem Impudent, par
don la requested—it is not known by j
this , humble scribe whether ' the ton-!
pudepce la natural oh whether it a ea
inculcated from' readings too much
Shaw- Poe the admiration felt for that
austere intellectual, Dr, Atehihak)
Henderson, wds so aibute that his taste
fog. George Bernard Shaw influenced ‘
this scribe tip read him widely. £? |
O. T. might be interested to know
—while we are on this subject of an-'
cestor adulation—that this scribe is
doing a novel—tire heroine of aameds
none other than the French grand
mother. This grandmother, by the
way, professed little love for her own -
father or for his wealthy hrother, who'
neared her." She attributed all of her
good qualities to her proud Virginia £
mother. The grandmother reaUy .poss'
sessed more than one mere mortal's.
share of hrroic stoicism, fortitude, '
courage and an annoying, but amuiing
quality of not giving a Tinker's (what |
Ws-it) what others thnor.ght so tog
as she herself was convinced that her ~
course, was right. lit is interesting to
—•• —1 1 —'' ' i —asaaS :
• w ‘a*****., i .
Mote that her ancestors, her huabriEl,
Ih& her descendants fought" tit every
Mfc Amei^'rihr.: A*d unhke Flo
MoSonal# aeneratiShertnanhiid
honorable Mr. Hindenburg thq,so..|
of battle!—I say she was a gq
Har Heel and American.
*,;Tpn years fiemi iotrijfihk
available and If the think-tank y^g
no leak the novel should be finishid—
and an autographed ebpy sent to ithe
kindlycritic for his “amusement.’
Who remembers the Fat and Mike '
tyjpe of joke of yesteryear ? Oh^I
like reads: "Pat and his friend, ma™,
had killed a snake. As thejtril con
tinued to oscillate, Pat remarked to
Kis frfrnd, “And iahe dead, Mike, dye
ye think?” “i> Yes, sure, he’s dead,
bjit he ain’t conscious of it yes.”
, Joke my grandmother loved: Two
old women were chatting together by
the fire ride, “They say," said one,
“when I was bom I was so snrill
they i put me in a quart potand shut
,;"And did you jiv*?Vqueried the.
the lid down.”
Other excitedly. , “ .
- “They say I did, and done well/*
mawered her -!
J*or the more aesthetio—Sara Teas
dale is a good one to stop on—* (
“Like barley bending . ? xv- ,
And rising again, ... >
So would I, unbroken,
Rise from pain.” .
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