THE SANFORD EXPRESS
49th Year of Publicatlon.
ES'CA BLISHED IN !**«.
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' I*. H. St. Clair D, L. St. Clair
ft M. St. Clair. Managtni Editor
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2ft 1WS
SUBSCRIPTION RATES j
On# year, *160;- Six Months, 75c!
Airertiibit Rate* .oMAppiication.
Entered at the Post Office in Sanford,
M. C., as Neil Matter of the Second
Class., ‘
DIVORCE RATE
IN LEE COUNTY.
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For several years after Lee
County was created one seldom
heard of a divorce case being'
heard in the county courts, but
for the past few years divorce
cases have come up for a hear
ing in almost every court. How
ever, according to statistics fur
nished by the current issue of
the University News' Letter, the
number of divorce cases are not
so great as they were a few
years ago. The table published
by the University News Letter
shows that Lee County ranks
17th in the list of counties of
the State on marriages and di
vorces for 1932. There were 6
> marirages per 1,000 population
and 0.30 divorces per 1,000 pop
ulation. It looks like the young
people in Lee County are too
poor to get married since the de
pression set in and too poor to
\ separate and get divorces after
they have married. There are a
large number of odd bachelors
and old widowers in Sanford and
Lee County that seem to be on
tihe anxious seat. It seems like!
it is up to the young women who j
would like to take some man’s j
name and help make life toter
able for him, select one from;
among this number, as the j
young men seem unwilling to;
make the venture. i
Many of the young women of
Sanford are about as independ
ent as the young men and seem
to be satisfied with living a sin
-gle life. They are engaged in
r many of the activities open to
the men, but for acme reason the
business world has never been
willing to pay them as much
for their labor. We see no rea
son why a woman who can ren
. der the service of a man, should
hot get equally as good salary, j
A WISE DECISION. ,
We hear some criticism of the
board of County Commissioners
and School Board for deciding to
inake a loan of $35,000 to in
crease the facilities of the
schools of Lee County so that
all children can have the privi
lege of attending school. It
•would seem foolish for the state
ito have a compulsory school law,
tax the people for the support
.of the schools, and then not pro
vide the facilities for keeping
ithe children in school.
* The Express is informed that
mi number of schools ift thS
•county are entirely too small to
accommodate the children now
in attendance and on account of
the crowded conditions of the
rooms it is impossible for the
teachers to give the children
the attention they should have.
Rooms need to^be added to sev
eral schools in the county. Un
less this is done some of the
children, of the county will have
. to remain out at school. Mr.
Tax Payer, how would you Hite
the Idea of ram: children re
hiaiiring out of sehool 60 that
other children could be educated
at the cott of your pocketbook ?
& children were to be deprived
of the privilege of attending
school, they had just as well be
your children as any other par
ent’s children.
Give this thing a personal ap
plication and we think you will
be slow to censure the Commis
sioners and School Board for pro
Tiding means of furnishing ad
ditional facilities for the schools.
The Express is informed that
the amount of the loan will not
, cal for more than a dollar or
two from the average tax pay
er. We are told that the sanitary
condition of one of the consoli
dated schools of the county is
- bad. If this |s not promptly look
ed after the Commissioners are
liable to prosecution i by the
State.
If this matter is thoroughly
explained to the tax payers of
the county we are persuaded to
believe that t they will approve
instead o? disapprove the action
of the Commissioners and School
Board. The schools have been
‘‘hard hit,” and this'blow would
do much to destroy the very ef
ficiency of the schools if not
remedied. They have already
been greatly impaired by the
appropriations being cut to the
bone and a few more blows
woufld about put them out of
commission. It is strange how
some people will antagonize the
schools when they know they
are organized and maintained to
educate their children. They
should be ready at aU times to
make the necessary sacrifice to
educate their children and pre
pare them for citizenship.
CLYDE R. HOEY ;
ON PROHIBITION. " ^
It is to be regretted that every
voter in North Carolina could
not have heard the speech of for
mer Congressman Clyde R. Hoey
of Shelby, in Memorial Auditor
ium, Raleigh, last Sunday after
noon on prohibition and the re
peal of the 18th Amendment. It
was about" the ablest speech
heard on the subject in this
State since the campaign on the
question of the repeal of the
18th Amendment was started.
It was broadcast and many
throughout the State heard it.
Mr. Hoey has the reputation of
being about the greatest living
orator in the State and many
who heard him were of the opin
ion that he sustained his repu
tation for oratory on this occa
sion. He handled the subject in
a masterly way and gave many
facts and figures that should
convince any fair minded man or
woman that it would be a mis
take to vote for the repeal of
the 18th Amendment. He dis
cussed the subject on its merits
and said nothing that should
.wound the feelings of the most
jsrdent wet. He did. not deal in
personalities but, confined him-;,
self to showing up the evils of
the use of alcohoi.
* In discussing the question as
to whether or not the country
would have bar rooms, as liquor
was handled through them be
fore the 18th Amendment be
came a part of the Constitution,
the speaker wondered what they
would be called as the wend
“saloon” seemed obnoxious to
wets as well as drys. He suggest
ed the appellations “Personal li
berty Filling Stations,” or
“State’s Rights Laboratory.”
But he added, liquor will make
you just as drunk, and just as
much wreckage of human char
acter as if it were so»d in a plain
old bar room.” Mr. Hoey stated
that "liquor never has in all the
tides of time reduced taxes and
it never will.” He stated that it
[levied a greater penalty on hu
man blood and character than
any license that could be put on.
| liquor could possibly compen
sate for. ‘‘Three-fourths of all
; the cases in Federal courts be
ifore this State adopted prohibi
J tion were for selling and distill
ing liquor without licenses or
paying taxes for that privilege.”
When the government goes in
to tile liquor business is it go
ing to urge people to drink and
cut down their taxes, Mr. Hoey
wanted to know. He wondered if
such signs as this would be dis
played on sure*? grog shop: “Be
patriotic; Don’t be a slacker;
Buy liquor and help the govern
ment.”
"If liquor is to be soM fa ra
ther have it sold in the back al
leys than to hare it stalk open
ly up and down main streets
bidding for patronage,” he as
serted.
“When others stack arms, let
the pure white banner of tern
perasee float triumphantly in at
least one part of the dominion
of these United States, and let
that part be North Carolina.”
Claims that drunkenness had
increased since the advent of
prohibition were refuted by the
speaker, who said those asser
tions wehe made by folks who
“either had forgotten or had not
seen conditions before prohibi
tion in this State." Anti-liquor
tews had’nt stopped consumption
. of whiskey, he declared, but they
'had cut it down to a great ex
tent. ,
"Prohibition has been a fail
ure, in a measure, but it has
hot been the egregious failure
that barrooms) have been. It is a
failure as other prohibitory mea
sures are failures. They don’t
prohibit entirely. And in that
sense our laws against * murder
and burglary and arson are fail
ures. * ■ -i:
“Why 'shouM the liquor law
be repealed because somebody
dares violate it?” queried Mr.
Hoey. Nobody is clamoring to
repeal the Harrison Anti-Narco
tic Act, he pointed out, even
though that law is being broken
by bootleggers, nor wifl repeal
stop Haw violations.
He ridiculed the idea that li
quor would wash revenue into
governmental coffers, saying it
would hardly pay for enforcing
the law after repeal.
PAYS TRIBUTE TJO
ROBERT NEWTON PAGE
The following tribute to the late
Robert N. Pagee is from "Red Buck”
Bryant, veteran Washington newspa
per correspondent, and published in
Red Bock’s column of the Charlotte
News of October 8:
“Hie death of Robert Newton
Page, of Abereeen, takes from the
State one of its finest citizens. He
had character, ability and fine judg
ment. He quit Congress in 1917 of
his own accord, after serving four
teen years. (
“Hr. Page’s record here was a
credit to the state. Far above the
average present-day congressman he
climbed steadily and became one of
the leading members of the House,
holding an important position on
the appropriations committee. During
the World War he disagreed with
some of the policies of thee Wilson ad
ministration, and had the courage to
say so. He could have remained in
Congress indefinitely, for he was hot
only popular here but at home, but
saw fit to drop out- and resume bis
private business.
The convnetion that nominated Mr.
page for his first term in the Hotise
of Representatives was a remarkbble
one for its lenfth heat and conflicts.
Several candidates Were in the field,
mrindmg Cameron Morrison, then of
Rockingham, now of Charlotte, the
late J.R. Blair of Troy the late D. E.
Mclver ahdether * well known, mCni
Mr. Blair came within half a vote of
the nomination, but the presiding offi
cer held that it required a whole one.
Prom the very beginning of the bal
loting which lasted a day and a night,
it was evident that some master
hand was behind the Page candiacy.
A clever wire puller guided the
spokesman and managers of the Ab
erdeen aspirant. Thos who knew
Mr. Page here for 14 years realized
♦bat, he could have been the on di
recting forces. He did not appear
in the convention hail, at Monroe, but
stuck to his room in a nearby hotel.
Personally, Mr. Page was pure gold.
He was a brother of the late Walter
Hines Page, ambassador to Great Bri
tain under President Wilson, and oth
er fine Pages in the State.
Congress is composed largely of
statesmen, a rare person nowadays.
Mr. Page was a railroad man, and a
lumberman He was not a slapping
handshaking, time, server, but a real
representative of the people of las am
trict, rich and poor allk.
INSTALLATION SERVICE
On Sunday morning, October 29th.,
at eleven o'clock, a commission of
Orange Presbytery will meet in the
Presbyterian church here tor the pur
pose oi installing the iter. A. V. tub
son as pastor of that church. - The
commission is to consist of the fol
lowing ministers of the Presbytery!
Rev. J, T. Barham, pastor at the Buf
tarn Presbyterian church who will
preside over the deliberations; Rev.
W. M. Baker, of Mebane, will, charge
it, congregation; while the Rev. N,
■N. Fleming, pastor of HaWfields
church, and 'Stated Clerk of the Pres
bytery, will preach the sermon tat
the occasion. Also an tfce commissioii
Will be Ruling Eider, J. Hsrvey White,
Ot Graham, who at present is Mode
rator of Orange Presbytery. Mr.
White will charge the newly installed
boater. The public If eenhdlly Invit
ed to "attend this service,
>- / ATtSlW ftnftkAL m
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Cads, of . this
place, and Rev. and Mrs. M. A, Cade,
of Burlington, awl Mr. and Mrs. J.
1,. Covington, of Jonesboro, went to
Fayetteville Monday to attend the
funeral services of Mis. Katie, Davis
Cade who died at HighsmRh Hospi
tal at the noon hour Sunday. The
funeral was held at B*.30 Monday afr
temoon after which interment was
made in the McPherson cemetery near
Fayetteville. Mrs. Cade was an aunt
of Mr. W. M. Cade and Rev. M. A.
rwi. Mr. Ctde died ten years ago and
left seven children with Mrs. Cade.
She was a member of the Presbyter
ian church dfcd a most excellent
Christian.Woman, " . ,
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UNDER THE BIG
, - WHITE DOME
Catchlag Uj^Whh Cotton
The Government is to mat* a vig
orous effort to control cotton prices
i through its new “commodity corpora
tion.” While cotton has been selling
in the New York tochage for- under
10 cents the government has been plan
ning to lend 10c per pound on this
year’s cotton in local warehouses. AH
this points to a maximum price of 15c
I to be achieved through an agreement
l by which the government may force
| the sale of cotton whenever the price
[caches that figure. The producer oh
tabling loans (also Will be required to
curtail their cotton planting next year
. with the expectation that smaller
i crops in the United States will main
; tain higher price levels, without fur
J ther necessity of leans by the United
' States.. v
| Meanwhile the Whole plan is threat
f ehed by increased cotton production
, abroad. The Washington Post fears
; that in the effort of the United State
( “to raise pricess”we are increasing the
number of foreign competitors who
will join in the struggle in the world
market. ■ ' ; ' ■ ' : .
| *tOU, 000,000
, The neat little sura of $406,000,000,
i is lying idle in Washington, waiting
[for the states to call for, their res
pective shares* of it » j
| This sum, created as a highway
fund under the NRA, usefully could'
; be employed in bottling roads, in put
[ ting hundreds of thousands of men
to work, and in enlivening business j
in many lines of endeavor. But few.[
states have shown a disposition to
, put either the available money omen
to work on roads.- J
The cause of this lethargy is one I
of the mysteries of the day. For while I
this fund is lying idle, the states are j
collecting from motorists something i
‘ like $800,000,000 in taxes for roads— J
‘and diverting much of the money to!
1 other purposes. Some state legisla
tors already are suggesting that mo
tor vehicle and motor fuel taxes be
increased. Still others are promoting
the idea that motorists should finance
the cause of "farm relief” by sub
mitting to laws compelling them to.
use tiie more expensive fuels blended
with, alcohol made from com. |
I The situation would be ludicrous, if
it were not so tragic. Here is, $400,
,000,000 available at Washington for
roada.The states are collecting $800,
000,000 more in taxes for roods.
There was ah unexpended surplus in
state road funs of more than $218,
000,000 at the beginning of the year.
1 Additional millions are available from
Federal and emergency, aid finals. In
I other Words - more* ftim ONE 'MM
LION AND A HALF DOLLARS is
on hand or in sight—enough to pro- J
secute a mammoth highway-building |
program providing jobs for more than;
a million men—and virtually every
i state in the country is restricting its
: road activities to the minimum.
|, For years the states have been la
rr.enting their financial inability to
| build all the roads they need. For
years they; have been talking of the
necessity of building more “farm-to
| market” reads, for years they have
been talking of widening and improv
ing existing highways, of eliminat
ing dangerous curves, intersections
and grade crossings. And for years
they have been building yearly only
enough new road mileage to accom
modate the new cars manufactured
each year.
| Today the men, money, and mater
ials are available. Why not go ahead
now?
Woman Win*
Arizona elects Mrs. Isabella Green
way to occupy the position of lone
Representative in Congress front that
state. After this women should take
t reef in their demands for “equality
of sexes.” . >
Lurid Tafos
The Senate Finance Committee is
grinding away, bringing out new facts
in reference to the stock market in
quiry. Hie Committee has produced
evidence of stock market rackets that
are almost as unbelievable ns were
the weird tales of Chicago gangsters
The New York rackets and the Chi
cago gangsters soared the height*
Your, years ago.
i ' Already Chairman Fletcher and his
Committee, with the help of Ferifin
and Pecora, the whirlwind New York
lawyer, have shown the American
Pripie that the stock market doesn't
fnrMdk half Ss many opportunities to
win as a straight old-fashioned poker i
game. - j
Still there are million-share days
in the New York Stock Market. ’ It
shews the impossibility of trying to
stop people from gambling.
The Mind, Hand and Heart.
In ail the trying times from which
our country is now emerging, one fact
: has stood out clearly in the welter of
loss and disappointment, and that fact
is this: In an emergency the man who
■ ^ trained to do something practical
I stands the best chance of coming
through. . :‘
j This is not to say that many thou
: sands of well educated man have not
suffered unemployment and the other
hazards of these tinier. They have,
but at least each of them who has a
true education can look hack on his
travail and say to himself, “Weil, at
least my schooling never cost me any
thing to easy Bt around.”’ ■
Bat with a nil training which in*
dudes a round joining of the mind
and hand and heart, any youth may
certainly look more confidently to
the future than the mass who are not
so equipped. ,
Because of its sincere and most*
practical sponsorship of ths best
ideals) of skilled craftmanship and ad*
vanced education in behalf of Urn boys
of North America, every, commenda
tion is due the generosity and vision
shown by Fisher brothers of Detroit,
$n founding and'carrying on the Fish
er Body Craftsman's Guild.
For the past three years this uni
que organization has awarded fifteen
$5,000 university scholarships to the
international award winners in a com
! petition that engrosses the interest
of more .than 750/100 boys in the
| United States and Canada. There are
no fees, no dues, in this organization
—only a pledge of fealty to the an
cient guild ideals of true workman
ship and skill.
There is no royal road of ease_or
favoritism to its heights—only the
scientifically judged, product of the
boy’s ambition and perserverence. The
prize is a glorious one—four years
of one's chosen university, education
in one’s favorite science, a career bn
life’s most promising path. Surely,
even the opportunity to go to West
Point or Annapolis is not to be more j
coveted than this, -—
Bearing .Down Bard
Organised labor has beat served
with notice that if strikes persist
that Tabor will be destroyed. General
Johnson, NRA Administrator, has
been equally emphatic and plain in
telling the heads of the big industries
that success of the recovery drive
depends upon their allegiance and
obedience to the President’s program.
But whatever happens, he declares,
“the old order is gone forever.”
The New Deal is in full operation
with all the 52 cards duly shuffled.
Now the race is on to get far enough
around the corner so that even its
shadow will not stick up to scare-any
body this Winter.
Mrs. Roosevelt Rests.
The First lady of the land, after
a very busy Summer traveling over
the United States and Canada, has
been giving her active attention ,{to
the affairs of .the White House. Mrs.
Roosevelt grows in popularity in
Washington jut as ahe has elsewhere
where she has been best known.
A Jester's Philosophy.
Historians teU us in medieval times
empires were swayed by the jest of
a court buffoon whispered into an
imperial ear.
Today whed, We’re all striving to do
tfte cau^a of
the NRA, it is interesting to observe
how fellows In other fields of endea
vor are "cooperating. Jack Pearl, one
of the better comedians of the day,
whose business it is to make the na
tion laugh, made this pertinent re*
mark during* a'Serious moment re
cently: . V
“Doing my part? Say, Vm in the
joke manufacturing field and tho’
Washington hasn’t approved our'code
yet we’re still manufacturing new
jokes without benefit of an 8 hour
day or minimum wage scale, > The
sooner we put more really funny
stories into circulation, the sooner
you’ll see an inflation in the national
sense of humor—and let me teU you,
it’s a darn sight easier to face the
butcher, the baker and the landlord
with empty pockets, when they’ve
heard the one about Pat and Mike
and the walrus.” \
For a comedian, he propounds an
interesting philosophy. Let’s think
about it.
neu i^ounirysioes
Motorists frequently comment on!
the fact that since the depression!
farm residences and buildings, hare
taken on more coats of Vresh paint |
than usual. As new highways have j
spread in web-like fashion Jhe farm-1
Mta have -“furnished up their build
ings and grounds, as if to show that
they welcome the legions of new
visitors passing by their front doors.
City ideas and improvements have
moved out into the country, and des
pite the fact that most everybody is
Sow boasting about hard luck and
poverty; our great agricultural sec
tions never looked mare prosperous.
The United Statesi is»>etaally begun- ■
ning to match the magnificence of
rural England, the country from
which our own Nation received its
birthright.
Of course there may be plenty of
mortgages on our farms end a need
fer “farm relief" in the new/scheme ■
of things, but that does not alter cer
tain discernible facta which prove
thait paint, prosperity aind pride have I
revolutionized the appearance of
homes and buildings in the country,
as well as the farms on which they
ape locate^.
' Use. This Laxative
Thedford's Blxck-Dbauoht 1»
- made from plants that grow In the
-ground, like the garden vegetables
you eat at every meal. MATURE!
• has put l-at<* these plants an active
medicine that stimulate* the fcowel*
to act — Just a« Nature* put tfte ma
terials that sustain your- hody Into
ti>e vegetable food*, you eat.
la Black-Draught you have a natu
ral Jaxattre, free front synthetic
druge. Tte i«e db*e not make you.
have to depend on cattiartic chemical
druse to get the bowel* to act dally.'
‘amtj! /naeh-Draught m
XT,
firm a# • trmvr^fir
BIO WlLDi, ANIMAL CIRCUS HERB SATURDAY
Saturday brings World Bros, big animal and Wild West Circus to Sanford
for two1 performance, both afternoon and night. Above is a typical scene of
the renowned' performers and trained animals.
Have you been bitten by
the PROCRASTIPOD ?
THIS funny looking beast—seldom seen—often
heard—is always lurking near when some impor
tant decision is about to be made. And how gleefully
• he chortles when his soothing cries of “put-it-o£f-put
it-off” are successful.
Maybe you’ve heard him recently, and have put off
doing anything about your roof. Does it need atten
tion? If you aren’t sure, call us, and we’ll gladly find
out for you—free of charge.
If you should need a new roof, we
can put on the famous Johns-Man
ville Asbestos Shingles—fireproof^'
weather-prt>of, permanent — at a
price so low you’ll be astonished.
Whatever you do, DON’T PUT
OFF FINDING OUT,
King Roofing &
Manufacturing Co > #
Sapona Sifted
Cotton Seed Heal
Made by SAPONA MILLS, Inc., Sanford,
N. C. Puts thousands of dollars in circula
tion hi this section every month when the
nriH is operating. The tag reads like this:
■' . -r ; - —1
100 LBS Sapona Sifted
Good Cotton Seed Meat
1 hr Cent Ammonia OtMiattMi
a*roNA Muxs, imc.
a
MR. FARMER, you sell your products
locally. Why not demand a local product
that provides a payroll for your customers?
When you exchange or buy cotton seed
to®1* for Sapona Sifted and the Eagle.