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-> FOREMOST ’
IN CHARACTER and
CIRCULATION
»-N A, MARCH 8, 1934.
VOLUME 48, Number 29.
Published WEEKLY.
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^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<j Brooks. His many
I Sanford friends will be pleased to
I learn that' he. is again making his
home here. Mra. Mark* - expects to
join himi bere at an early date.
' ■:rr v--v■Sr’i •
PROPOSITION OF
, POWER COMPANY
|: AGAIN REVIEWED
Explanation of Franchise Dio*
cussed hi Interview With
- Company Official.,
WOULD RUN CITY LIGHTING
Request For Long-Term : Con?
tract Explained By State
•5fo/ki Power Regulation.-' vj'ig V
"M fY *.,r.2g*-‘iv:; >
,‘?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. "
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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.