| i -> FOREMOST ’ IN CHARACTER and CIRCULATION »-N A, MARCH 8, 1934. VOLUME 48, Number 29. Published WEEKLY. X ■mifc ^CRAP BOOK By Lon Thomas MfNair. » allege words flora Amiel stand out . amongBt inane. less pr-\ m'k phrases like the light budy of a ship lane in a misty sea—-'‘He who . is p»l-; ent -is forgotten! he who does hot ids vanoe falls back; he who' , stops i£ overwhelmed, , distanced,. crushed; .he ^jfeo ceases, to.gfow great^WiIcpd^a ampler; he who leaves off, gives7 up;' the'Stationary condition is the begin*: ning of the end." 1 This is the spirit which keeps one pushing- on against great bdds as described by Kipling in his oft-huqted poem, “If when nothing is left except the will which,-hries,A'Go onf ", „ . Something good in .everyone' i hay, no matter how' despised. Af~ Wi we , believe it. Why look at Hitler! At last a lovable commendable quality, has cropped OUt “HitJer, hisself.” , . A-book of-cartoons (whjch are skid - to be what could be calkd vicious at .-•tacks, holding thi|; dictator , pp to “ ridicule and scorn, as cartoows. ercett - . In doing! is bemg-brougbt Out' by the i'f-'--‘ jpres9 with Hitierbown sanction. 1& , fhet he'even1 Wrote a forewgpl. ^■‘^■7 However, to be’ absolotely-'fair to ■ '■ "all the “doubting Thomases” we must . ■ add that the foreword, is the very last word in arrogance. It states that 11 ; the great Hitler is not concerned with ’?■■■’ what the present *tihinkfe of him, but *i' is quite content to leave his final ap praiBal to the Future, - - - - • This foreword too is described by .newspapermen as a master stroke of ’ diplomacy. A stroke which disarms thebdCk itrits clever 'attacks, and i'-Which is designed to appeal to tpe sportsmanship of the people. ‘ ■ Well; it, Was the sporting thing to ijgg'-r.; do, HitleisiSo We--'- \f -' •£ '“Stog'adj&iijg of - sixpence *-W Something bright in all, ■'*< »^g^-,«Etewerg in the summer " ■ - in'Hie. msm h;c. h |W*tf«i«>ay#wTOSmsfp! qisSHty we '£j4«w; Reminds us of that- incident some months ago, when an editor-Thomas, of Rockingham, was it not, got drunk and arrested. He wrote the escapade up in his own paper, not sparing or excusing his conduct in the least, Scads of type was used in editorial comment (commendation always) by the press in general. We wanted to Write a skit on it oursielvpe but de layed the impulse when so many were following the same impulse! to applaud his ability to not only take it but lay It on. . Unusual and picturesque nomencla ture seems a hobby in the good old U. S. A. - The following names were recently '7 . culled from the daily press: Roe Hart, J. A. W. Payne, Chasq Going Wood ■?’ house, R. A. Poe, Finis Idleman, A. H. Imahorn. let’s stop before some > .one says we fictionized these. The clippings are here on the idesk-e strange tho-it may seem. ■ Finis Idleman is the most restful, peaceful and elam name one could have imagined in a troubled age. To • offset it lets’ make one. How’s this, “Chase Something. Going.” Perhaps i:*, “Sitting Bull" from our history looks might offset that one. “Isicky Strike” offsets that nicely. Now! Now! Might have known we’d get dizzy. What is this, a game?. - •. „ Some items rpad months ago keep rankling around in memory. One es ‘ pecially clamorous is that message Owen I>. Young spilled in an address. We quote: “There are only three ' > rooms in a house. No big house has , *'■ more than three, no matter what the numerical count may be. No small house has less than three—a kitchen, a settin’ room and a bed room. These are the heart of the house and more we cannot use. - * “No citizen -in this land -should be : " - r: so poor as to have less, and no citizen in this land can ever be so rich as . to buy mure*” ' ■ v " ' ; v We’ve been aching to answer Mr. ' ' Young on that for aeons. We believe we are properly impressed with his name, understand his rating 'frith Dun and Bradstreet fairly well and know his rating with the Brain Trust *ia ’ equally aMitudlnous. But—all the ' samey—we wonder if Mr. Young has not focused .his eyes on the typical rich family—where one or two chil ; \dren at the most exist. How about the ;5t- -r! kind of family Mussolini sponsors ? Sow adjust the three rooms with ' « proper grace when the "numerical t’ ’cdiiAtM‘ 6f the family is' from ten. to '•’fourteen? We remember stopping out of the *• l (Continued on Page' Eight,) ' ' U: •: ■ ■ :s-» :-•* List Takers Named r 'The County Commissioners, in monthly session - Monday* : appointed tax listers for the different towji; ships of Lee county as follows: Greenwood—J, S. Edwards. l,t' ' Jonesboro—C. ,A. Godfrey; Cape Fear—W. Levy Thomas, Deep River—K. Jack Johnson. ' ■■ :.-v Banford—C. R. Reid, E. T, BuchgHan. Pocket—G. R. Paschal. — The above tax listers are scheduled Jo begin their worktop the firet Mon fiay in April. ' NEWCROF LOAN . OFFICE ROW OPEN Latest Federal Farm Agency Is Opened - . Cwirt T *?•*“ itfBr • .'a- TK-^Sih ■ ■■ ■':■■■'■ '■ ;I„. The- Lee county branch office, of the Pp&duction Credit Corporation has Aten opened at the court house gpdwas put in operation last Mon day;-Misses Grace Yates and Nell -Yarborough, who have been employ ed in' the CWA office at thib plaice for the past ifew weeks, have been tnansferred to the Court house and are! now assisting Mr. E. O. McMahan "in the corporation work'. A few ap plications have been; filed by farmers pdKthiw.county and jjp’i* expected that many Di&*(£ urffl niake* application for funds during ‘ the Aiext, few weeks, j There is quite a lot of detail to the .work, but after Mr., M&Iahan and these young ladies‘get tae hang ol the thing they will be able to fitlout and. forward the . .applications* for funds about as fast as they come in. Ernest Graham, President of the Production Credit Corporation, Of Columbia, today announced a new procedure simplify loans of* $50 to $500 obtained through Production Credit Associations, ' - Under the new arrangement farm ers desiringrioans for the pyoductioif. if general agricultural crops, 'live stock or poultry products will fill out all papers In connection with their loan at- the .time .of Application..;The local association wilt ^hjiasa oh the security, offered and if approved by. them, forward the pajgSjars directly tb FedNW IhternfedUfe Credit Bapfe mm appi'catif’will be required to give a first lien on the crops to be grown, his chattels and lijwatock.- Further^ ha explained whercf%mnall balance! i* outstanding against a farmer's crops, chattels or livestock and he is able to secure an extension beyond the time of maturity of the Produetion Credit Asaociation’k loan he’will still be eli gible to become a borrower. “We are determined,1?" said Presi dent Graham, ‘‘that the Production Credit Associations will make it pos sible for every- worthy farmer In North Carolina, South Carolina, Geor gia and Florida to secure the neces sary credit for his .agricultural pro | duction purples thin year. The ar rangement as now'' worked out, we believe, wiUvmake credit available to between 75 per cent and 80 per cent of the farmers in thls^district,”.." l Mr. Graham said that at the pre sent time the . interest rate on Produc tion Credit Association loans would be 6 per cent. He urged farmers -to ,makte their applications at oncp as ' the 116 associations serving this dis trict are set-up and ready to do busi ness^. '.(O''j.'--VS- f’, .•'.! /■* LOCAL YOUNG MAN IN SHOOTING FRAY Quite a little ex«iypi*nt was creat ed on Iindep,- Ayenue last Sunday afternoon about o’clock, when Earl Matthews shot his wife while on the sidewalk ia front , of the home with a pistol. She was rushed to the Lee County Hospital for treatment. It seems that the bullet took effect in her chest. Ijpop examination the phy sicians found that- it was a flesh wound and not of a serious nature. 'Mrs. Matthews has-since been able to leave the hospital, and return to 'her.home, r„)f ■ I Matthews was Committed' to' jail where he is now being held *or trial. It is stated that . domestic troubles brought about a separation between Matthews -and. his- wife some two weeks ago and he brooded over the matter, which caused him to commit the rash act. Both parties to the un fortunate affair Are members of good families and their friends regret the turn the platter has taken. RETURNS TO SANFORD Mr. Ernest Mark?, who has engaged in the saw mill business near Acme for the past two or three years, "has ' returned to Sanford and Is "now" ac i tively connected with the firm of Dal rymple, Marks an ,‘?There 1b nothing complicated or mysterious • about a franchise," said « Representative from tie Raleigh office of the Carolina Power * and light Company in discussing his ne gotiations with the City of Sanford. “Our, franchise is nothing more or less than an -ordinary non-exclusive business permit which includes the city’s permission to use the curb lines along the city streets as a right-of way for delivering our service to our customers/’hb explained. According to this representative’s statements, the ‘franchise which his. company seeks is, in fundamental principle, no different from -the busi ness permit of any other merchant or industry in Sanford. Other busi ness concerns in on? city make use of public streets and Sidewalks in the regular conduct of their business,' but as explained byvthe* power, company’s representative, they may do so with out any special permit from anyone. The power company, also makes use of the-eiiy streets and alleys to-de liter its products, ! but on account of the act that its distribution facilities nuisf be permanently- installed^ it must-secure a special permit or fran chise 'from, the city’s governing au thorities;’The power company claims, therefore, that it is asking for no privilege tWhicji is not already more jbr leee automatically enjoyed by^Xier businesses hnd taxpayers. *?^rhe question was raised as to whe ther or -nofc\the proposedefrar.chlse, if granted’ Hy? the clty.^ould exclude other cbmpanies from coming , into Sanford or prevent Sanford frbij^in ctalling its c&b power plant and- dis tribution system. The franchise spnght wpuld give the Carolina -l ewer insl JJ'cld enmpsip* exclusive privileg-' companies .to compete with the Caro lina Power and light company for business in our city or from install ing its own plant at any -time the people desire to do so. It is evident, if course, that if the . Carolina-Power »nd Light company is granted the permission - to continue in business Here, no other company would be ex pected to Come into .our city and makle i duplicate investment in pole lines, transformers, etc. for the amcunt_bf business they could hope to get with this Carolina Power and Light com pany already well established in the :ity. Tie power company people ex plained, however, that in view of the fact that they operate under strict >tate regulation, the people of San ford are able to secure better service »t lower rates than would. be avnil ible if rates and quality of service depended on free competition. The Public Utilities Commission of North Carolina is elected.by the people to (Continued on Page Eight.) NORFOLK MINISTER ATTRACTS CROWDS -The services with Dr. §parks W.« Melton, Norfolk, Va„ at the Baptist church, have been unusually well at tended. . . 1 The other ministers 'with their coni gregations have refused to let this1 thing be “done in a comer,”, and the fine catholic Spirit of both far. Melton and the people of Sanford has lifted all our finer sensibilities. Dr. Melton’s sermons have, been classics of beauty and of truth. We shall not fail to remember that pur indifference to Christ has brought Him more cruel wounds than those he received at the hands of a less I sensitive generation long years' ago outside the city wall? of Jerusalem. '"Arid as-we pSss H5m by today he crouches beside some wall and sighs for Calvary. • . . What a wealth of meaning in the sermpn “Humanising Iteligion.” With God there is no wall of division; no secular and sacred for with God al} is sacred. And-God can be wrought into every work of man’s hands. That man or 'woman who puts character, honesty and in tegrity into his labor Is saying a fine thing for his God and at the same tipie he is showing intelligent love for his neighbor. . . , “1 have ke|t the faith." It is hard to keep faith with lone’s self and with friends. It i» hard to keep faith with .ghtitt*; H?ve ‘ kept -the faith,’’.. said Paul as he brought.dMrdigbb to 8 Roman prison, 'and nothing'else matters; so much. There remain two me*?, services, this, evendng-and Friday at 7:80 p. m. The public is cordially invited. || Trade jj»' Kap since the spi', Another extrey;!, predictedby tit far it has fade picking up • the* set'tjh •1 spell was i-R than but "so aterfalize,, re - I r Mrs. Mattie M in New York i«. df goods for hei a Shears ie'now tC faring stock tore which will reopen, in a few (• •• . She will-Save a' complete; line ■ of the newest. styles in ladies’ ready Ui weer.^and shd’in vites *hd har.-'spore when she pels h« r>te«k ja^ Hiss FloW1’ iir); <>f tbfii place; who has been ' wpr^jng with the State Board of Health lor several years, traveling in parts sfp the State, is now engaged^ n^afciag'.jnii inspection of all school^hildt-eii fe Anson county noting physical defeele .and referring children to th / physician for ekaminationiPS- V •£*$. , v„ ^fctnHPi ^Eg.AB: >•• iXr.$,. .. „ The ntht;f^first bf the weehput some water iiMfite springs and wetls gnd it is not ?w‘;j • It f<3» the farm ers in the sUTJ - untry to get wafer for the,. - and for domes tie purposes, i'. mure water in Peep and Cape‘1 ggr rivers than there has beep in me f,was the Long est . dry, spdil',jgno'wn in' this j*ction in many W § £ It is thoughfcffg treed in t^hfts sec tWVfrere badlgE d a tagged .bji^he re cent extremely ■ - ,ther. It looks jwtass were 'tented by j ’ of the farmers and ■'•tien raise figs and ■H-- trees • will be a m as it mcansthat r vfitwo Ijcfore they ■er fill erfjjiy if the the freezes. Others in thin the damage .loss to, WilFbe a will produce jjpfRiis-is the fess tfei.seassm^ Sah ford. They agpaft and sold' by the farmers .to ddS|vr or.-tJapford.the lat ogt part of ejf$y --rater and spring. They now sell \ *0 and'.lBO Cegtev Host of the i\ . *>t to this place are bought bv , r and Reeves. The.'.industry (>■ re,.. mosey*i in the l-.araiS' of thv •a..:.'. •, •ttyr vt ' Mr. Sam Hoyle, of Carthage, a member of the law firm of Hoyle & Hoyle, has announced himself a can didate for State Senator from Moore County, subject to pie'action -of -the Democratic primary in Jane, Mr. Hoyle represented Lee-oountyin the lower house of the General Assembly in 1917. He (is a brother of Mr; K. R. Hoyle, of this place* who is a candi date for the nomination of the judg ship in thia district',| • That there is a possibility that Congressman Walter - Lambeth will have opposition in the June Demo cratic primary, aeedrdiiig to an ar ticle in the Charlotte'News by C. A. Paul, Rockingham newspaper man. Mr. Paul says it is reported that T. E. Battley, of llamlet, is thinking of becoming a candidate;': Mr. Battley several years ago opposed the late Congressman W. C. Hammer in the primary, but was rather badly beaten. i Sanford and a dozen or so other North Carolina towns, some of them in this .immediate i territory, would profit should an amendment proposed by Senator JosSah Bailey concerning additional funds fob the public works administration be adopted. Nearby towns in a position like Sanford and ; the amounts once arranged for them are: Sanford, $95,0001 Southern Pines 1895,000; Albemarle, 185,000; Dunn, $85,000; Fayetteville, $115,000: Rock ingham, $210,000. II you are . an uumarnreQ person and had an income of $1,000 during die year of 1933, or if you are a mar ried person and had an income of $2,000, you should file ,a return with the State Revenue^departitaent on or before March l&th- Hir. Joe Caviness, deputy commissioner, will be in the office of the Wilrik '.Hotel at this place off the 14th and 15th of March for the purpose of assisting taxpay ers in filing their! State income tax returns. Be sure to see him while he is here. Mr. W. T. Dowd, who was recently made marshal of the Middle Federal district, with headquarters at Greens boro, will go to that city and4 take charge of the office Saturday. He will receive his commission when he qualifies by being sworn in, Four oi the six officers under him ■ will bs discharged to msbe ’ room for new men. The other two will be retained for *-short while -saO vaa-to assist in breaking .in the new men. ;Mr, Dowii Will-attend court.at Rockingham next week. As htfs been stated A, in these columns Mr. Ddwtf’will continue tc make his home in Sanford* ’ as SLOT MACHINES « GET SPOTLIGHT iAT COURT HOUSE Legal Entanglements Regarding Local Operation ?1" ’Machines Discussed!^^^ Ask FOR HIGHWAY FUNDS Committee Appointed to Make * Arrangements For Quarters ,Of Farm Agent. The Board of Commissioners of-I.ee county were in regular monthly ses sion Monday,' with all members pres ent. , -o * *i. ’ Mr; E. O. McMahan, County Demon stration Agent, and Miss Cornelia Simpson,'Home Demonstration Agent, filed reports of the work done!, during the month of February. 4-4 * • The following personal property valuations were fixed: ' Cottdh,' 10c a ipoundr com, 50c a bushel; wh&*t, 90e a bushel; oats—lumber, $10.00; rcross ties, 20c each; pulpt wood, $2.60 j, a cord; bacon, 5c a pound; lard^Se-'-i pound. - : V*"■ -■ The matter of A. A. Chishalm land fit Greenwood Township, 100 acres, on ?ig Jumped Creelj, reduced to $500, to be effective on 1 i938 taxes. It was ordered that $2 per month be added to helper’s wages at County Home. - .. It was prderd that E. C. Pore arid 1 ones Sloan be admitted to the coun ty IJome. , ■ ’’ ’ - It was . ordered this* Harris-Make peace valuation be reduced to. $8300 to apply on 1933 taxes. This was an error on carrying forward an .ab stract. - V -> " A motion carried to fix the valua tion of. the C. H. Pore land in Green wood township. A 13-acre tract wsis fixed at $250.00 and a 80-acre tijjjM at $400.00. This valuation is to aV ply on the land tor the taxes , of 1928 to 1938 inclusive. . «■- v- ' A delegation of citisens headed by R. L. Burns came before the boaiU asking for an appropriation to adver tise the Advantages and attractions, of Federal Highway No. 1 through. .Lee county to tourists. After hearing what’ these gentlemen had to say about the matter it was ordered that VneVu-m of $100 be' apihopriated^'to were appointed a committee to yange quarters for E. O. McMahan, County Demonstration Agent, to car ry on his work. There hss been talk of constructing an agricultural build ing at the Court House where the work of Mr. McMahan and Miss Simp son can be carried on, but so far the matter has not taken definite shape. The matter of taking steps to drive .the slot machines out of Lee county came up for discussion. The follow ing interpretation governing the law was given by K. R, Hoyle, County At torney: The Commissioners 00 not have the right to refuse license for, or di rect the tax collector to deline to is sue license for a slot machine which the Attorney General has ruled does not by reason of its mere possession render the possessor guilty under the law. In other words, the county cannot decline to issue license merely because a machine is capable of being used to violate the law. Neither can the law enforcement officers shield themselves from arresting or prose cuting possessors or operators of licen sed machines if illegally operated, merely because these machines are -li censed. It is the lawful operation which is'licensed. ""5| 1 [lie mere possession 01 uie innuimc giving a fixed and uniform return in merchandise and a different result in tokens, slots or washers at various times, which tokens, slots or washers have no value and which will not operate the machine so as to deliver merchandise but will only ' deliver mere fortune telling slips is Jiot un lawful. But the redeeming in money, merchandise or other tilings of value of the tokens, slots dr washers would be a violation of the law and such illegal practices if when indulged in should be prosecuted. This practice would be an illegal and unlawful use of a legal machine and so such form of operation would constitute conduct ing a lottery. Hie Express is informed that the matter of seeing that the machines I are operated according to law is in the hands of the sheriff. We are toW these gambling devices can be fount jn many of the stores and filling sta tions in the county. They are scat tered all over the business section ol Sanford. It will be a physical im possibility for Sheriff White to en force the law against these slot ma chines all over the county. He cer tainly can not keep watch: over then all af the same time. " rt S'. -e-————IT- - roeii-i Birth Annoraneemwit. « Mr; and Mm, John H. -Denson an nounce the birth of a son, John, Jr. bom February 27th. Mother and babj are getting - along nicely. I * Xee Gets PWA Fundfc ^ County Superintendent George ' Wheejer informed The Express *. last night that he had just re .g/Vired message from ^ Walter Lambeth In ^Washington, to the effect £hat the * PWA funds that had been ap plie^ for to enlarge consolidated .School buildings in. Lee county, had gone through and would be (Sallowed. . The contracts for the ^Sfrork will he let in the next SO - iSo -6ft days and the neceechry .(funds can be had as soon as *\ needed. This means that the work jteU be‘pushed during the sum-; rffier months and that the addi- ' ' tional rooms will be ready as soon - - 'V as the schools open next fall. .. V-This will give quite a number of ., .men employment at good wages . ; daring the next few months.- r-f SALES TAX TALKED BY KIWANIS CLUjB Members of Club Express Dif ferent Opinions As To Our ,;y ".. State Sales Tax. . •'■/'•".'V: •• __ III toe absence of President J. E, Brian, vice-president R. G. Sowers . presided ov«ir'toe meeting of the Ki wanis Club which was held at the Carolina Hotel last Friday night. C, H. Teagiie,.df'Hamlet, was a visitor. | k J. A. Overtop discussed . the pos sibility of finishing the swimming pool which ts now'being constructed. He went; to Raleigh and discussed the matter , with those who are in charge of CWA affairs in that city, and came home feeling encouraged over the matter. The meeting Friday night Will be ladies of the Jonesboro The program of the evening was turned over to D. B. Teagub, if jar man of the program committee. The principal -thing discussed was the sales tax question. J. Me./in Clark led off in the discussion, lie quoted figures which he compiled at , the court house showing that the tax on land had been greatly reduced as a result of the operation gf the s$le* laS and* how It bad benefitted the e by fay ;b« act would have to 'be put oo the' sta tute books .providing for a substitute of some kind. He suggested an income tax should the sales tax be repealed. He realized that it would be a live question in the campaign. John Davenport said; indiscussing the question, that he was not in favor of a sales tax at the beginning, but seemed to become more favorable t» it after he saw how it worked- He suggested that if handled systemati cally it would not give the business people much trouble. ! Julius Gregson briefly discussed the sales tax and said he was opposed to it because it oppressed the poor man. He argued that the big corporations profitted by the sales tax. W. E. Hartness thought the sales tax a good emergency measure. W.- C. York admitted that he had been converted. He. said that he was opposed to! the sales tax at first, but had changed his mind after seeing how it worked. He said it had been a great benefit to the schools and had helped the credit of the State. JUDGE DISMISSES EVELYN HARKEY It is stated from Winston-Salem that Evelyn Harkey, 20 years of age, of Lee county, arrested in Rocky Mount with an alleged band of des peradoes and carried to the Twin City to answer4 to charges of theft of an automobile, was discharged in superior court Tuesday. ' Judge Frank S. Hill dismissed the case when the girl testified she was * picked up by Eugene Gunter in Greensboro and' that she did not ^cnow the machine had been stolen. Gunter was also wanted on the theft charges, but is held at Troy on more serious charges. He is charged with shooting an officer at Troy a few weeks ago while he and others were attempting to rob a bank. He is being held there for trial for this | crime. According to the stories that 1 have been published in the newspap j ers during the past few weeks he will have to eventually faee the courts | in numerous alleged crimes. It is ex ! pected that he will be carried back ’ to the penitentiary and required to I serve out the term for murder or manslaughter in this county. He was out *?on parole. It is alleged that ite was a member of a safe cracking gang that spread terror wherever they operated. They did not get in any of their work in this countyr but operated in Moore and other coun ties west of here. - Duncan St. Clair spent the past week end in Henderson with friends. CITIZENS TO HEAR PLEA POOL TAX Many Ideas and OpinionsAre Set Forth As To Means for ' / : Completing Pool. PROPOSE RAISE TAX RATE Filterfttion Plaint Is Source Of Latest Trouble; C\VA - ■ ■ • . Funds Insufficient. < „ Thp board at aldermen held; its i®. gular semi-monthly meeting at tha CSty Hall last- Tuesday night. The , \ committee which bad been instructed.', to taWi into-consideration the goes- if tion of recbmmendfngihat the Cart lma Power and Light company be - granted a franchise, did not mate a repqrt. The matter "Will come up at some future meeting. The aldermen ‘ feel that they have plenty of time to I consider the matter as the present/ . t . franchise will not expire until 1936.7 It On last Monday evening at a meet-' ing. which was held in the City Hall | to consider the question of raising . funds to complete the swimming pool, - a committee was appointed to canvass *i , the town and ask the proparty own-' . e>* to subscribe to a petition^to raise ... : j the municipal tax rate to get the ne cessary funds to complete the job, i This committee made report at the meeting of the board Tpe^bty night, 7.' " Although they had the names of a large number of petitioners, .they'1 did not have 66 per cent of the jest estate of the town which'was necessary 1® .7 put the thing over. They left with j> the understanding that, they would make further effort to get the addi tional necessary signatures to' the petitions. They are to report at 4 futmte meeting. It was stated that the labor and material now in sight Would take care ' of the swimming pool, but that, the money that it is proposed, to raise from the tax payers will be used Ao purchase a Alteration i plant. It is thought that a second hand plant chn be had in Raleigh for,, about $3,006. It was thought that county might "he willing to join: the town in putting ••4 county who made talks in favor of the ap propriation were W. R. Williams, J.. A. Overton, 4. Melvin Clark, and Dr. J. P. Foster. Edwards Held In Lee Jail For Assault Act | A new motor car made by the Ed wards Railway Motor Car Company for the Virginia-Carolina and South ern Railroad, ig now about completed and wiLl soon be ready to be snipped to the company. It is about the larg est car this company has ever made, 43 feet long and cost $35,000. A force of mechanics and others have been about »S0 days building the car. Mr. M. H. Newlin, who has charge of the plant, tells The Express that the car will make its maiden trip over the Atlantic and Western road next week to Lillington as a test. It will then be shipped by its own power over the Atlantic Coiast Line to Fayetteville and from there to Lumberton where it will be turned over to its new owners. The Edwards Railway Motor Car Company lias not been in operation ! for gome time until recently, but the j prospect for business looks more en j couraging than in several years. It ! is expected that when business con-? | ditions become normal this company '< wall operate regularly. Rotarians Hear Norfolk I Minister Here Tuesday. The Rotary Club held its weekly meeting as usual at the Wdlrik. A splendid attendance was noted. | The program was in charge of the Rev. A. V. Gibson, who introduced Rev. Frank Hawkins, who in turn presented the speaker. A splendid | talk was made by the Rev. Sparks 1 Melton, a Baptist minister of Nor | folk. He made a most interesting and inspiring talk on Citizenship—one of I the test talks ever heard at a meet ing of the local club. The following visitors were pre sent: Earl D. Sprague, Bridgeport, ! Conn.; Chas. Wheeler, Geneva, N. Y.; Dr. T. A. Ganurg, Bridgeport, Conn.; G. E. Bobbitt; D. E. Stewart, Raleigh; R. P. Dicks, Rockingham; Gardner Carpenter, Marlboro; Mass.; Harry Applebaum, New York City; Goo. B. Graff, Boston, Mass.; R. D. Bracken. Miss Jean Lane, of Sanford, who is teaching at Southern Pines, is acting as page at. the D. A. B. Convention j in Winston-Salem this week.