THE SANFORD EXPRESS
46th Tor of Publication:
ESTABLISHED IN 1886.
PliiUSHEfcS: '
*». H. St. Clair D. L St. Clair
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Thursday, M^rch 8, 1934.
THE FIRST YEAR—
WHAT A SUCCESS. V
Although there is much cri
ticism of the policy pursued by
^President Roosevelt the first
year of his administration is no
doubt quite a success if we are
to judge by results, and this is
the only way we have to judge.
During the twelve months that
- he has been in the White House
he has brought to pass many
things that have already reliev
ed to a certain extent the ter
rible depression that has had
the country in its grasp. His cri
tics say these were revolutionary
measures and were calculated to
do harm instead of good. “It
’ seems that the people of the
country realized that something
had to be done quickly or the
country would have had a revo
lution of a serious kind on its
hands before now. As Congress
realized that something of a
radical nature had to be done to
Relieve the situation President
Roosevelt was given greater
power than any President ever
exercised before in peace times.
We recall that he made an ad
dress to the American people on
fha air soon after he took the
oath of office " and told them
that his administration would be
a failure unless he. could get
. their, cooperation in putting
over the measures that he pro
posed to put on.
While some have failed to
back him up in his work, the
great majority of the people of
the country have loyally sup
?1 ported him in the measures that
the country and will continue to
stand by him as long as they feel
that he is on the right track.
Discussing his administration
with one of his critics the other
day he gave us to understand
_ that he felt that his administra
tion had accomplished very little
in the way of relieving the de
pression. He is a farmer. We
..took issue with him and asked
.him to explain why it was that
the farmers received a higher
price for their cotton and tobacco
. during the past fall and winter
■ than they received a year ago.
' The average price of tobacco on
the Sanford market during the
past season was about' eighteen
cents. The season of 1932-33 it
was 13 cents. Since Chritmas
Cotton has been selling on the
. local market at 12 1-2 cents. A
.year ago it was 6 and 7 cents.
These figures show that these
two chief farm products sold at
.almost double the price last win
ter that they brought v a year
ago. When corneted this farmer
had to admit that it was due to
the Deduction in the acreage of
these two products, brought
about by pressure from Wash
ington. Would the farmers have
. put on this program if left to
their own choice? They never
have put on a program of this
kind and if they had it would
have been a failure.
When President Roosevelt en
tered the White House it looked
Eke all the banks in the country
were going to "bust." Something
had to be done to save the few
banks that were left and open
others that had been closed. This
was a problem that required the
brains of a statesman to solve.
The first thing the president did
was-to abolish the gold standard.
Many in his own party were
doubtful of the wisdom of this
Jtourae. Many banks were .re
opened and there has not been
; » bank failure in months. Peo
ple can now put money in a
bank knowing that they will get
it when they call fo<r it. The pre
sident has had a hard time frofl^
the time, he took over the reins
of government till the present
time—one year ofhiafour years
=administration.
I His plan to expand and dis
tribute money through the NRA
CWA and the PWA, has had a
good effect, but it would have
been much more successful had
anything like 100 per cent of
the people adopted and carried
it out It has worked a hardship
on some, but it is better that
they suffer temporarily than for
the whole country to continue to
suffer.
THE SALES
TAX AGAIN. /
I We bow hear much said both
for and against the sales tax
measure which was made a law
by the last General Assembly.
The great majority of the mer
chants and many of the consum
ers in the State will fight it to
the last ditch; while many of the
tax payers, who had the tax on
their land greatly reduced by the
sales tax, i believe that it is here
to stay. It is too early in the
fight to tell just what will hap
pen. Should the sales tax Ire re
pealed, no doubt some rut wiU
be passed by the Legislature
that will take its place. The sales
tax has been a failure to the ex
tent that it has not raised the
revenue expected of it. One ob
jection to the sales tax is that
it cost too much to collect it.
The merchants say the* work of
collecting and reporting it is a
nuisance. It puts a bad taste jp
the mouth for than to talk about
ft- . I
The merchants of Sanford say
they are going to know how- the
candidates for the nomination
for the House from this county.
stand on this question before
they vote for them at the pri
mary in June. Hie candidate
who says he favors the repeal
of the sales tax will get their
votes.
PICK YOUR
MAN, MR. VOTER.
As the spring advances poli
tics is wanning up in Lee county
and this judicial district. Two of
the candidates for the judgshif
thing more interesting than
in the counties wens there is
only one candidate for that of
fice. It is expected that later in
the campaign (the candidates
will visit the various counties
and sections of the district and
teQ the voters why they should
be nominated and elected to the
office. We came very near sug
gesting that they hold a joint
canvass and make their an
nouncements, and any other
statement that they may wish to
make, to the voters at the var
ious voing precincts in the dis
trict, but this would hardly be
in keeping with the spirit of the
exalted and dignified office of
judge. It would look like an un
seemly scramble or a job. How
ever, the voters will want to
look the candidates over, see
than in action and make up
their minds' as to whom they
should support.
As the readers of The Ex
press know, there are also a
plenty of candidates in the race
for the office of solicitor of the
district. From the number in the
race the voters of the district
should be able to select a good
man for the place. The office of
solicitor is little less imporant
than that of judge. If the laws
are to be enforced as they should
both should know their business
and bej able to keep the dockets
' clear through team work.
THE BOOTLEGGER-. 4;;
A MAN TO DITCH.
People who favored the repeal
of the 18th Amendment put up
the argument that to repeal
this amendment iq the Constitu
tion would run out the bootleg
gers and lessen the use of liquor.
According to the reports that
come from the wet states the
bootleggers are still in business
and are selling liquor in largp
quantities in the same old way.
Liquor is now being shipped in
from the European countries in
large quantities. It is now be
lieved that more liquor is being
consumed in this country than
ever before in its history. The
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gangsters are still on the job in
the cities and are also at work
in the rural sections. Crime is
more rampant than ever and'
most of it is due to the use of
liquor. i
A Detroit AP dispatch of
March 1st., states that nearly
three months after repeal of pro
hibition the administration of
the alcoholic beverage unit of
the department of justice there
believes the majority of the
drinking public still is patroniz
ing bootleggers. It is believed
that rite drinking people will
'continue to do this as long as
they can get cheap liquor from
the bootleggers. They will con
tinue to drink the bad liquor
father than pay the government
price. They are hard to wean.
VIRGINIA KATHERINE JACKSON
■ Wednesday morning, February 28,
a large number of friends gathered
at White Hill to pay their last res
pects to little Katherine Jjyclmcm, This
congregation of grief stricken people
was silent testimony of the popular
ity of Katherine,
Rev. J, T. Barham, assisted by
Rev. M. D. McNeil, conducted the
services. The beautiful flowers were
carried by her little playmates. The
ripl bearers were Earl Rice, Heath
Rice, Jack Kelly and Howard Me*'
Donald.
Her happy presence is missed in the
home, the school-room, the church. It
is true that no more will her bright
face^nd happy disposition bring cheer
to 04 here, .just a beautiful memory,
yet we know she .abides, and lives in
a greater world of happiness, in a
larger field of usefulness. -
She la In Her Father’s House.
No, not cold beneath the grasses,
Not close-walled within the tomb,
Rather, in our father’s mansion,
Living, in another room.
Living, like the Man who loves her.
Little Katherine with her cheeks
abloom, :
Out of sight, at desk) or school book,
Busy in another room.
Shall I doubt my Father’s mercy?
Shall I think of death as doom
Or the stepping o’er the threshold
To a bigger, brighter room?
Shall I blame my Father’s wisdom?
Shall I sit enswathed in gloom,
When I khow ray child is happy,
Waiting in another room?
MRS. MARY GASTER
Saturday morning .Mrs. M
Jter-Aras laid:
fery. A noble Christian woman gone
to her happy reward. For almost 75
years she had been a faithful mem
ber of Buffalo Presbyterian church.
She leaves a large family of children
and grand children to remember her.
Sj^vices were conducted by her
pastor, Rev. J. T. Barham, and Rev.
M. D. McNeill, of Cameron.
Juniper Swings News.
The recent heavy rains fell upon
welcome soil. Country residents are
hopeful that the effect may be notic
ed in an increased supply of well
water. Many wells in this section
have been entirely dry for some
weeks whilefcseVeral wells never known
to fail before have been practically
dry. ‘ -.- - ------- v -
Rev. Wa.ttr E. Bond preached a
-very worthwhile' and helpful sermon
Sunday morning, filling his regular
appointment. He was the over-night
guest of Hr. and Mrs. EL C. Thomas
Saturday, and also returned to this
hospitable home for Sunday. dinner.
Hr, and Mrs. Jack Cox and daugh
ter, of Lemon Springs, are wek end
guests of Hr.and Mrs. Rufus Thomas.
Hiss Sallie Coo re spent Sunday
with Hisses eBrtha and aMrie Thomas
Miss Bernetta Allen, Messrs. Rufus
Allen and aGrner Womack called on
friends here Sunday.-™— -)
Mr.and Mrs. Isgett of the Memphis
section have moved into, this vicinity.
We hope they may enjoy their new
home.
Misses Bula Lee Thomas and Gen
evieve Patton were supper guests of
Mias Doris Burgess recently.
Miss Mamie Kelly has accepted a
position as saleMadyin Charlotte, We
miss her greatly in our Sunday School
but hope she may enjoy her new,
work. Mice Kelly was employed by
Dalrymple and Brooks for some time
and also by Melvin.
! Mrs. Kenneth McNair and children
called at the home of Mm L. Dixon
in Sanford Saturday.
Mrs. Chaa. Rowe, of New York
.City, who nas many friends here wss
recent," ceiled home because of the
sicknecs .7 ad deata of her mother,
Mrs. Hoover, of Iincolnton. ' t
Mrs. Thurman Barber, of aFyette
yille, visited her parents here last
week. Mrs. Barber is the former Miss
Susan Maud Thomas, daughter of
Mr, amTMrs. Levy Thomas. We wish
her great happiness in her new home.’
Miss Ruth Thomas, who is Mill'
workingin New York City, had two
college friends spend the week end
with her recently. They were Miss.
Eleanor Smith, of New ejrsey, and
Miss Rea TiUbrokfc, of Hartford, who
had not seen each other since leaving
Anderson,
This
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HAT
BY 0. T.
Aa to Candidates far Judge and
Solicitor,
- With three hr four men in the raco
to succeed Judge Daniels on the bench
and with two or three in the race to
succeed Solicitor C. L, Williams there
promises to be plenty of politicking
and gumshoeing in the fourth judi
cial district More the primary is
held in June for the nomination of
candidates. In. Lee, the smallest coun
ty in the district there are two can
didates for judge, Solicitor Williams
and K. R. Hoyle. At the present time
Chatham has no candidate for judge
but there is talk of Waiter Siler, who
holds a position in Washington com
ing down and entering the race for
judge. Harnett county has two candi
dates for solicitor in the persons of
Attorneys Robert Young and Barnes
Rest, of Dunn, both well known men.
Rumor has it that Charles Ross, of
Lillington, who spends most of his
time in Raleigh as legal advisor in
the office of the Highway Commis
sion is about to miter the race for
judge. There are candidates for judge
and solicitor in the other two coun
ties of the district, Wayne and John
ston. In North Carolina a Superior
Court judge receives a salary at $8,
XX) per year and he is elected for
sight years with no. limit to the num
jer at terms he may serve.' The of
fice of a judge e£ the Superior Court
b a position of dignity and honor
and. it sometimes leads to a place on
he Supreme Court bench, the soli
ritor is elected for a term of four
rears with a salary of- approximately
14,000 in this district. The judge is
lominated by the people of the dis
trict but he is elected by^iUje people
it the State at large. His wSrkitf not
:on!5ned to the'district in which he
resides. The solicitor’s work is confin
id to the district and he is elected by
he people of the district. Judge Dan-1
els, who retires, except as an emer-j
jeney judge, at the end of his present
term has been on the bench for more
than twenty years-. Mr. Williams was
elected solicitor in 1922. The fourth
judicial district is composed of the
counties of Chatham, Lee, Harnett,
Johnston and Wayne. The people of
the district wil observe the races
for the nomination for judge and
solicitor with much interest.' ^
Lambeth and His Dkdrfct.
Representative Walter Lambeth of
. Congfes^'tvh.o is riot '*']
fessional mart Senators Bailey- and
Reynolds and he other ten Represen
tatives: Warren, , Kerr, Abernathy,
Pou, Umstead, Hancock, Clark, Dough
ton, Bui winkle and Weaver, are all
lawyers: Mr. Lambeth is a business
man. He is a graduate of Harvard
and served in the< World War. He js
one of tiie young men of the House.
The Eighth Congressional District
was for many yeoics the Seventh Dis
trict. In area it is one of the largest
districts in the str^te. It extends from
South Carolina across the state al
most to Virginia fend embraces in its
territory thirteen counties as follows:
Lee, Moore, Hokt^r Scotland, Rich
mond, Anson, Upian, Montgomery,
Randolph, Davidson, Davie, Yadkin
and Wilkes. The district which was
created in 1901 w*s represented in
the House for sixteen years by the
late R. N. Page^ > Of Montgomery
county. Mr. Page was elected in 1902
and voluntarily retired from public
life in 1918 on. account of the posi
tion he took on the McLemore Reso
lution. He was succeeded by Lee
Robeson, of Anson county, who volun
tarily retired after serving one term
in the House. In 1920 W. C. Hammer
at Randolph County was elected tp
Congress from thtb district and serv
ed until his deathjin September, 1930
after which the present incumbent
was elected in November of the same
year. y’ ■—;
Apparently Mr. Isunbeth will be re
nominated in June without a contest
in his own party aa be seems to be
the only Democrat in the field for the
nomination. The Eighth District has
gone_Democratic since it was created
more'than thirty fears ago and it will
be carried by tile Democrats this
Taking No Chances. '
Once upon a time While Rev. A. D.
Betts was traveling alone In a buggy
on his way to Carthage he overtook
an Irish peddler in the road and In
vited him to take rs ride. The peddler
accepted the invitation with, many
thanks and the two men rode on un
til they came to a place where a
small stream of water ran across the
rdsd and the horse stopped to get a
drink. Dr. Betts wi)o never let slip
an opportunity tot do a little mission*
ary work tamed to Mis companion
and said: »
“Brother, are you p^pared to die?”
Scarcely had tbeeO words been ut
tered when die peddler sprang font
the buggy and went to the woods as
fast as his legs weald carry him, Dr.
Betts waited an hour two, thinking
that the peddler *Mld return to the
buggy and continue the- Journey to
Carthage, but he never came back.
That Irishman was taking no chances.
Woman and Politic*.
Women have been voting1 in all the
state* of the union einde 1920. In the
fall of that year, Tennessee, aa the
thirty-sixth state, adopted the 19th.
Amendment, making it a part of the
Constitution, Then followed the whale
.sale registration of women who went
to the poles at the .November election
with their fathers, husbands and Bro
thers and voted. Thus the voting
strength of the country was doubled
in a day. ■■"... . «i. . - 1 •
The emancipation of Women wasttt
event in American politics. For tome
reason or for no reason at all men
had long denied the ballot to women
but they at last gave it to -them be
cause they knew that they had no
right to Withhold it. When the women
began to vote the men thought that
they would soon be hiding half of the
Offices and that their presence at the
ballot box would purify politics. This
! was a mistaken idea on the part of
the men. Women have been voting
for nearly fourteen years but they
'are not holding half of the offices.
.They are, in fact, bolding very few
; of the offices and they have made lit
tle effort to purify politics. Men put
tiie Eighteenth Amendment in the
Constitution bat the women helped
them take it out and now neither
men nor women are satisfied with
the result. v
A few women hold important .of
fices in this country today for the
first time a worhen is a member of
the President's cabinet. -Organized
labor -opposed the appointment of
Frances Perkins as Secretary of la
bor by President Roosevelt hut he
could not be turned aside from his
purpose to make a woman a member
of his official family And if reports
are true she ism aking a very .cap
able Secretary of Labor. There is a
woman in the Senate. Her name is
Garraway. She was appointed to fill
out the unexpired term of her hus
band after his death in 1931 and in
1932 Mrs. Carraway was elected Sena
tor in her own name by the people
Arkansas, a Southern state, tire first
state, by the Way, to elect a Woman
to the Senate. Mrs. Nellie Ross, ex
govemor of Wyoming, who enjoys the
distinction of having been the first
woman governor in the United States,
is Supervisor of the Mint in Wash
ington. This woman has under her
care all that goir which the govern
ment has collected and melted intc
bars. Then there is Ma Ferguson
When politicians are mentioned Mi
must not be left out of the pietur*
for she is governor of the biggest
state In the Union. Pa Ferguson wai
elected governor of Texas but h<
made a mess of public offalrs in that
I state i and Ma took over tha job.Aftei
I serving one term as governor She re
tired for a period of two years. She
' decided to run again and was re
I elected in 1032. Ma iB evidently e
good politician. hail
a dosen women have represented theii
districts in Congress. In 1930 Mgs.
Ruth Bryan Owen, a daughter of Wii
Ham Jennings Bryan was elected to
the House of Representatives from
Florida district. Everybody thought
that this clever woman would remain
in Congress as long as she chose to
| do so but she was defeated in the pri
mary in 1932 by a mere- man and be
came a lame-duck along with a hun
dred or more lame drakes who were
defeated that year. Mrs. Owen was
taken care of by President Roosevelt
who appointed her ^tiuister to Den
mark. So fax m tforth Carolina wo
man has been a candidate for Con
gress and only- five dr six have been
elected to the Legislature. Less than
a dozen have been elected to to fill
county offices. In Lee county no wo
man has been elected by .popular vote
to fill any- office. Several years ago
one young woman in the county was
a candidate for Register of Deeds.
She made a house to house canvas of
the county but she was defeated for
the nomination by the men and wo
men of her own party.
Mow that woman have the ballot
and can match votes with men will
they be content for any great length
of time to allow men the privilege of
filling practically all of the best of
fices in the government?. It is not
reasonable to suppose" that they will.
Women are studying politics and the
science of government and they .will
soon be denmdnng a more generous
share of the imlSa, big and little, at
Washington s^yrRaleigh, and in court
house and city hall. — a -
■ It is time for shad to be running
in the river at Buckhom.
Collier’s says that Uncle Sam has
22,000,000 employees on his pay'roll
no wonder the United States is In the
red. • I*!*
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