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■ VOLUME 44, No. 44. *V? . •£»
u EXPRESS
IE 26, 1930
FIVE CENTS
WILBUR McLEOD ESCAPES
DEATH IN ELECTRIC CHAIR
i
Commuted to Life Imprisonment
«—jGovfemor Gardner Makes
Statement in Regard tor Case.
Just as many people in this county
expected Gov. Gardner, who has com
muted to life imprisonment, Wilbur
MJcLeod, colored,, who has for the
past year or two been on death’s
row in the State's" Prison,'iii Raleigh,
awaiting execution upon the charge
of, criminally assaulting and killing
Mrs Rebecca Matthews at her home
near Broadway on night in " March,
McLeod, after two Superior Court"
convictions, two reviews by the Su
preme Court, one reprieve from the
Governor, was scheduled to die Fri- >
day. He arrived on Death Row in
May, 1928, and was by many months
its dean.
The case of McLeod has proved one
of the most perplexing in the history
of capital punishment in North Caro
lina. .First convicted of Vriininally
attacking and slaying Mrs. Mat-,
thews, McLeod took' the ..case'
to the .Supreme Court which ordered,
a new, trial On the grounds that
'•bloodhound evidence,” on which the
4State*s case was based, was' incompe
tent. - . A
IrrMay, 1929, the Negro was taken
from Death Row cell back to IS*.
COunty for retrial -before Judge Gar-'
laud Midyette, who refused to admit
toe objectionable evidence. This time
conviction was based largely upon
McLeod’s shoes matching footprints
af the scene of the crime,’and his
familiaritv with the premises where '
the crime was committed.;c
. The Stiprem? Court upheld* the sec--*
mid conviction over a vigorous dis
senting opinion, of Justice Adams'
with Justice Brogden also expressing.
doubt as to the Negro’s guilt. ;
Lieut. L. A. Oxley, of the State
Board^of Charities and Public Wei-,
fare, investigated the case and rec
ommended clemency,/ - : - r \
Perplexed, Governor Gardner yisited
Death Row in person. Unaware ,of
the Governor’s indentity, McLeod: talk
ed with him for more than an hour.
The governor came away -with grave
doubts as to his guilt. f~- •
. Monday he decided to give him the
benefit of the doubt to the extent
that he commuted ‘ his sentence to
life imprisonment! The prisoner left
Ids* narrow sell in Death Row on
Tuesday and has-been given an as-.,
signment in the open.
Many people whov’e followed this
trials, firmly' believe that
.guilty and should pay the evtramer
penalty for this revolting crime. AG
ter hearing all the evidence in the
-ease 24 men who sat as jurymen said
he was guilty. ■ », , a
Two other murders were committed
alniost in a stone’s throw of the Bpot
■where Mrs.jMatthews was criminally
assalttted and killed. A btlnch of
blockaders led -by “Bud” Davis are
now serving time in the State’s Pri
son charged with killing Sheriff J. L.
Turner. ,Not long after this crime was
committed the body of Mrs. Annie
Terry, was found lodged against a'
raft above the Carolina Power and
light plant at Buckhorn Palls in the
Cape Fear River. Soon after the find
ing of Mrs.^, Terry’s body, Herbert
Lawrence was arrested in Durham
charged with graving thrown her in
the Cape Fear River from the Avent’s '
Ferry Bridge, which. resulted in her ;
death by drowning. He was tried, eon
victed of murder m the second degree
'and sentenced to the State’s Prison
for a term of 80 years. The Supreme
Court upheld the decision of the
lower court and Lawrence whs placed
in the State’s Prison to serve .the
term. If The Express is correctly in
formed Herbert Lawrence is practi
cally a free man. Lawrence and his
brother, of Durham, are contractor*.
According to report Herbert Law
rence has been hired to his brother
by the penitentiary authorities at 810
per day and is now in Durham cany- ,
big on his private business as if he
had always lived a law abiding citi
zen. Is that the way to punish people
who are guilty of murder?
Four capital crimes committed in.
the same community in a period of a
few months and--in not a single in
stance was justice ■ meted out in the
electric chair. Can you be surprised
that many people are found in every
community who have contempt for
law and order?
GOV. GARDNER’S STATEMENT
To the Superintendent of the. State
Prisons
The above named prisoner, Wilbur
McLeod, was convicted at the May
term, 1029, Superior Court of Lee
County of murder -in the first degree
and sentenced to death by electrocu- <
tion.
This case hah been passed upon
twice by both the Superior Court of
the State and by the Supreme Court.
Judge R. A. Nunn presided over the
term of Superior Court which first
tried the case and now writes that
in his opinion that such doubt exists
as to the guilt of the defendant that
he docs not believe that the death
penalty should be exacted.
Judge G. R Midvette, presided at
the second trial of the cause in the
Superior Court and he writes as fol
lows: “I think there was evidence
sufficient to go to the jury under
our decisions, but is was wholly cir—<
cumstantial.--1 have given this case
careful thought and have come to' the
conclusion that there is a possibility
of this prisoner being innocent of this
crime. I do not say that he is, but I
do s»v that I do not know and tak
ing into consideration the fact that
the evidence is altogether circum
stantial I am constrained to and do
recommend that his sen tense be com
muted to life imprisonment.”
’ The case has been twice consider
ed by the Supreme ^ourt, as stated
above. The evidence in the first case
was considered improper and a new
trial was ordered; Alter considering:
the case the second time Associate
Justices Clarkson and Adams "have
each stated that in their opinion the
,death penalty should not be exacted,
upon the evidence produced in this
_cause, all of which was circumstan
tial and not sufficiently conclusive to
ilispel reasonable dopbt.
Immediately after the crime was
.committed Hon. Edwin B. Bridges,
the former Commissioner of Pardons,
made a most careful and painstaking
investigation of the matter and there;
is on file a very strong letter from
him, in Vdiich he' states that the pri
soner ii'not guilty of the crime and
urges clemency for him. ■
The ..State likewise had a private
investigation made and the report at
that time was that there was a. great
deal of doubt as to-the prisoner's
guilt. - ' •
r Since'both of the Superior ' Court
Judges who heard this case and three
member* of the Supreme Court of
the State, after' thorough -considera
tion pf the evidence under the law
are definitely of the opinion that the
defendant should not be electrocuted,
and in view -of the " reports of those
wbo made personal investigations at
the time of the crime, turn forced tm
the conclusion that there is such doubt
as to the- defendant’s guilt that It is
My duty -to Commute the .Sentence1
from that of death to life imprison
ment in the State’s Prison and the
urifeoner’s sentence i* therefore this
dav Commuted from death to life im
prisonment In' the State’s Prison.
-vPfV* O- MAX GARDNER,
This the 24th day. of June. 1930:
.1 : .. -i . «,,, GOVERNOR. 1
O. M. MtJLti, v
.Executive Counsel; "•'T ' —
SHALL JONESBORO DESCEND TO
A SCHOOL TERM OF EIGHT
MONTHSf
^though I qo fcnger live in Jones
boro I am very much interested in
the above questom: I received all
my public school training here, and
through, its influence have since been
actively affiliated / with 'education,
Consequently , when' I see ray home
school considering lowering its educa
tional standard, r cannot but protest
such an ill-advised step. ' ,y
These, three arguments for a term
of eight months have come to my no
tice: First, That as much can be ac
sosspliehed ia.jigbtaTnni^f
nine; second, that parents will Tiavd
their children for purposes of work
one month more yeayly; third, that a
term of elght . roonths is cheaper than
nine.
Our parents, have seen remarkable
strides in education within the last
few years. From a school with no
equipment, poorly trained teachers,
and .a .term of t^o to three" months,
we have come to a standard school,
fully equipped, well trained teachers,
and a term of nine months. Every
city has a term of nine months; in
fact, some cities have terms of ten
and eleven months plus evenings and
continuation schools. Is this because
they have no other place for their j
money, or is it because they want
their child rent* have the best; Wake j
county’s /school runs for eight
months, but Raleigh's schools operate j
nine months. Why? Simply because I
the citizenship of Raleigh demands
the best for its'children. " pur‘;S£ate
Legislature is faced with making a
schol term of no less than‘ eight
months.for every child In North Caro- j
lina. They WUL do it, because our
leaders khow that a term of this
length barely meets our smallest re-'
md rements. Is it reasonable to think
that in eight you can accomplish Urn
work of nine? No more so than to
think that eight dollars will have the
purchasing power of nine. The best
schools in our nation are schools
which operate nine months. Our
State, because of her school term of
six and eight months ranks nearly at
the bottom of all our states education
ally, Shall we help put her on the
very bottom ?- .
.Parents tnmtc uiey wouia nave
their children one' month longer. Let
ns aee.—If we go to an eight months^
term, there will be no more rainy day
sessions, no more cotton picking days,
and school can hardly be dismissed in
the afternoon before four o’clock,
becauseto stay on the accredited list,
no less than 160 school days of seven
fifty minute periods a day can be'
considered., ' furthermore, the prob
terms of attendance and retardation
will be graver, for an absence now of
three days because of the longer pe
riod with more work covered will be
nearly as bad as a week’s absence in
a nine months’ term. Do you see
where the farmer will have his child
that extra month if we consider 'the
longer school day which must be in ev
idence every one of the 160 school
days ?
We can’t argue cheapness, for we
only spend $36,000,000 yearly for edii
cation as compared with an expendi
ture of $48,000,000 for chewing gum,
tobacco, soft drinks, candy, and cos
metics, absolute luxuries. We fur
themiore spend $60,000,000 yearly for
new automobiles, $59,000,000 for gas
oline, and $10,000,000 for license tags.
Compare these expenditures, with the
fact that North Carolina graduated
15,000 boys and girls this spring at
a cost of $16,000,000 for their nigh
nchool education by virtue of which
they will bring to the state within the
hixt 30 years $355,000,000 more than i
they would have earned without; a
high school education, or a clear prof
it to us of $240,000,000.
The mothers of these boys and girls
wiH not argue that the school term
be cut. They have brought these
ho vs and girls into the world to see.
them achieve happiness and greatness,
not for the purpose of making ditch
t'vver* and money grubbers out of
them. I maintain that the author!
MEETING COUNCIL I
DEMONSTRATION CLUBS
Meeting Well Attended and
Much Interest Manifested on
tiie Part of AH Present —:
Executive Committee Appoint
ed to Meet at Call of Council
'President. '
The County Council of Horae Dem
(Ongtration Clubs met Saturday, June
21, in the banquet hall of the Wilrik
Hotel, with ^6 members present. Tms
body of women is composed of officers
of the 16 Home. Demonstration Clubs'
in Lee County, and meets every three
months for the purpose of discussing
matters of interest to the farm wo
men of Lee county.
Mrs. I. J. Me Weill, of Lemon
Springs, president of the council, pre
sided, and Mrs. Phil Yarborough, of
Osgood, was made acting-secretary
in place of Mis. J. P. McDavid, who
is out of the county for the summer.
An executive committee composed of
the council officers and three mem
bers from the county at large was
elected to meet at the call of the coun
cil president for business winch needs
to be transacted between the regular
council meetings. Mrs. McNeill wilf
call this committee next Saturday'to.
decide what changes the women want
in the 1930 Fair Premium List.
Mr. A. M. Hubbard and Mr. John
Gilliam spoke to the council about the
-fair and solicited the help of the wo
men in making the fair a greater
Success than it has ever been. They
said that the women make the fair,
and praised them for their part in
putting on community exhibits last
year. There will be space for ten
■such exhibits at Hie next fair, and the
space must be engaged by October
1st. A guarantee of $6 00 will be
made to any community putting on.
a creditable exhibit. The prizes will
be announced m the catalogue tor tne
best exhibits.
y Miss Simpson, the Home Agent,
made a short report pf attendance
by elute since the first of the year,
The club officers were urged to assist
the agent In getting 'more of the
Women in each neighborhood tout to
the demonstration meetings. -Each
club meeting has a different set* of
demonstrations and more people can
be reached and helped in these group
meetings (than would be possible if
the agent tried to visit individuals. \
A good neighborhood spirit is fos
tered by the meeting of people who
live in a given locality. Better un
deratandingtof all farm problemsgoes
a long way to solving them. , There
are 452 women in Lee county who
-meet and mingle in- the 16 groups.
The council brings toe different sec
tions of the county together. Some
of the clubs have aa many as 42 wo
men at the monthly meetings to
study some home-making subject.
Oti^-clutelLavelesa^^JS^clab^l^
men in a community are interested.
In this way a maximum number of |
homes, are reached and helped.. The !
women who show skill in learning a ■'
given lesson are urged to lend a help- 1
ing hand to other women in need of
assistance. This spreading of the
gospel of better living is sure to Kelp
every citizen of the county. The large
local attendance at these meetings is
proof of the interest of what is being
doner Records are kept by club sec
retaries and the Home Agent.
Greater stimulation of home gard
ens Since the first of the year is a
part of toe Live-at-Home movement
now being followed by a food con
servation campaign. Canning in toe
county now reminds one of war-time
food saving. Lee county seems to
be. getting ready to feed herself after
fresh frusta and vegetable are out of
season. The economy of this pro
gram is readily seen.
n. L. oURHa Bui‘3 THE GULF
AGENCY AT SANFORD
. Mr. R. L. Bums, who now operates
several gas and oil stations, opened
his first station at Carthage in April,
1921. He next opened a gas and oil
station at Three rants, near Sanford,
in September, 1924. His next sta
tion was opened at Aberdeen in the
fall of 1927, at which place he has j
handled Gulf products since the open
ing date. By this he has been able
to observe the qualities of the pro
duct made by the Gulf Refining Com- J
nahy. Many improvements have
been made in the gas and oils of this |
CUHiptUlJ 1CVCI1UJ. liuo ^
No-Nox, Anti-Nock Fuel is avia- f
tion grade, the same as used by aero- '
planes. The Gulf Refining Company
has purchased the original St. Louis
Robin’No. 1, the ship which estab
lished the world’s endurance record
for continuous flight of 17 days, 12,
hours and 21 minutes at Lambert’s
Field, St. Louis, Mo., July, 1929, by
Pilots “Red” Jackson and Forest
O'Brian, using Guifpride oil, 120.
l^r. Burns has recently purchased
the Gulf Refining Agency franchise
of the Sanford territory and will dis
tribute these products to the many
dealers'-in his territory. Mr. Burns
intends to carry out this same high
standard service wholesale that he
has in the retail business. The ter
ritory consists of all of Lee, part of
Chatham, Wake, Harnett and Moore
counties. It is his business to furn
ish Gulf products to any one operat
ing or opening up new gas and oil
stations in his territory. His office
is at the Gulf Refining plant near the
Court House on the Jonesboro high
way, and can be reached by telephone
from nearly every section in the
above counties, which will enable his
dealers to keep in close contact with
him to furnish the best of service.
ties who are responsible for the an
swer to this vital question must give
it careful consideration and not sac-;
rifice the potentialities of these chil-1
dren and the good name of our com-.
munity upon the brazen gods of ig- ]
noranee 'and selfishness. !
a • ■ C. R..ADAMS,
;P-I; hn'i’A a: -Jonesboro, N. C.
*' NOTICE .
'We are requested to state that the
Merchants of Sanford will dose their
stares on the afternoon Of July-4, so
aa to observe the National Holiday.
The stores will be open until 12 o’
RECORDER'S COURT
Few" Cases, But
Imposed—18
evere Sentences
lonths, 2 Years.
Recorder's Court? Tuesday was a
abort term, but tw sentences of long
duration were quickly meted out to F.
G. McBryde ana C arlies McLennie.
McLennie was tr ed a week ago and
given an 18 montl l sentence for vio
lation Of the probimtion law. He was,
however, given un® Monday of this
week to leave Satt >rd, Lee, Moore,
Harnett and Chatham counties for the
period of his sentence. It was re
ported to the Coast Tuesday that he
had failed to keep faith with the
Court and wjs stijwin. Sanford. Solici
tor Hoyle immediately asked for a
capias instantar,’wd m a few minutes
Sheriff Womack fad McLennie in
McPherson
Court and Judge s
found that he hi
of his suspended
nie. was soon on 1
camp. ,,
•F. G. McBryde]
violating the pr<‘
sentence of-five:
privilege of qt"
and adjoining corn
quickly agreed S'
’harmless oy paj
get away in five
witnessed Mel*
with the Court,
sentence, may .1
after two years,
good behaviour,
■ It is quite no
McPherson js imj
sentences 'on old «
hibition law, ampj
only such sent
sired ^effect. .
had
iolated the terms
itence and Me Len
way to the road
[as found guilty of
•ition act, given a
irs, was given the
the town, county
ties for two years,
save the county
(nt of costs, and
lys, ' having just
’s fate in trifling
cBryde, under his
to the county
ditioned on his
table that Judge
ing more severe
enders of the pro
. is thought that
twill have the de
: mETINC! ™STEES LEE
COUNTY pOSPITAL
) Hie board of tmstees of the Lee
County- Hospital (Set Monday night,
but merely discuaMd some things in
connection with tuf> hospital and did
not (transact awyppflidal business
They adjourned -t^SSheet again next
Monday .night atfSjSyhich time they
will probably selejean architect for
the construction 0f®'e hospital, also
select a site ffoiritne large number
that have been offered. Some beauti
ful sites have beefipoffered at rea
sonable prices and it Is expected that
one of these will b* chosen. The peo
ple of the town and coipity hope that
as much of the uSBieyf that will bfe
spent for this hospital will get circu
lation ih the counte Ssi'-possible for
local material nndyabbr. - Tracticaily
all .the, material thjl.j*iJI go. in this
building can be hadmerc in the county
As fine brick as cal) be manufactur
ed in the State On* be bought from
local manufSctureiyiirt sp^cheap as
brownstone quarVied-. ncar the town
can be~had at actual cost of quarrying
pnd dressing for the trimmings- This
stone has been .used. In the construc
tion of seme of the most costly build
mgs in this and other States and
could be made a real, ornament to
Hie county hospital. Let this institu
tion be a Lee county production as
near as possible, even-to the. architect
and contractor. Thera are good archi
tects in Sanford and some of the best
contractors in the State have their
homes and headquarters here.
MR, CAUDLE DIES AT HIS HOME
IN PEACHLAND.
Mrs. E. L. Gavin was shocked to
receive^ a message Friday night to the
effect that her father, Mr. W. A.
Caudle, had passed away at his home
at Peachland shortly before. : While
ire nwt b$£u ivwai; heaiih for;
some rime, Mrs. Gavin did not know
of his critical illness.; Mr. and Mrs.
Gavin went to Peachland Saturday
morning to attend the Amaral which
was held at Deep Springs Baptist
church Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock.
The funeral was conducted by Mr.
Caudle's son. Rev. Z. A. Caudle. The
funeral was attended by ii large con
course of people, Mr. Caudle being
one of the leading and moat influen
tial citizens of that community. Mr.
H. M. Jackson and Mias AUene Hunt,
(now Mrs. Jackson), attended the i
funeral from this place.
Mr. Caudle, who died ahiha age of
69 years, is survived by his Wife and
seven children, four sons and three
daughters. Mr. Caudle who bad been
a member 01 the Baptist church since
youth, possi ssed the virtues and char
acteristics of a true faithful Christian
and wielded a strong influence in his
church. Many friends join tithe fam
ily in lamenting his death.
ISENHOUR WINS HIS CASE
The Pearce damage trial came to
an end in Wake County Superior
Cotot with the verdict Of the jury
that' the plaintiff,; Mrs. Allie May
Pearce, was not entitled to, recover
damages from the IsenhoUr Brick Co.,
of Colon. The suit consumed the en
tire two weeks J une term of the Wake
Superior Court. Mrs. Pearce brought
suit to recover damages to the amount
of $100,000 from the Isenhour Brick
Company for the death of, her hus
band in November 1928, his death
being caused by his car crashing into
a clay pit near the Isenhour plant.
Both the plaintiff and defense were
represented by able counsel. The
isenhour Brick Company was repre- '
sented by William* A Williams and
Savin & Teague, of this place. Strong
irguments were made by Solicitor
L. Williams and District Attorney
v L. Gavin in defense of their client.
Notice of appeal Was given to the
ligher court by the plaintiff.
7 NOTICE r , ;
The Peoples Bank of Hanford, will, 1
m Tuesday, July 1, 1920, at its place •
)f business, pay to ite depositors a !
lividend of FIFTY J
.m: F. R. SNIPES, !
1 '■ President. ‘ i
PERSONAL MENTION.
Mesdames H. A. Russell, S. R. Mc
Donald, Misses Susan McKernan, Nita
McDonald, Margaret Johnson, and
Herbert Russell left Tuesday mom
ing for High Point, all being delegates
to the Christian Endeavor Convention.
a«<LMrs. Coley Snypes and
Uttle daughter, Peggy, spent Tuesday
m id1,?’ Wlth Mr. Snpyes’ mother
Hell McDonald is spending the
summer with her grandmother in Sav
annah, Ga.
Misses Lois Monroe, Elizabeth Mc
Intosh, Monroe, Mary Thomas
and Love Heins have returned from
[ Beaufort where they spent several
days as the guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Waters.
, Miss Ruth McIntosh is visiting her '
o’fsS1’ Mrs- Ba3K> in Wttigate.1
feljir' was accompanied by her little
niece, Margaret Bass, who has been
visiting in Sanford.
Mrs. W. C. Meredith and son, Scott,
[ Rilenboro, are the guests of Mrs.
Meredith’s sister, Mrs. Jessie Griffin.
’ , Mrs- W. Kirkpatrick, who has
been visiting Mr. Kirkpatrick’s pa
.! rents at Hendersonville, returned
home this week. She was accompani
ed by Mr. Kirkpatrick, who went to
Hendersonville the first of the week.
L Mrs. Claude Gunn went“ down to
Fairmont last week to see a sick sis
ter.
Mr. and Mrs. W. W Boone recently
went to Charlottesville, Veu, to see
their daughter, Miss Mary Alice, grad
u*te from the’ Medical College of
Virginia.
Miss Catherine Judd recently grad
uated as a nurse from the Univer
sity of Virginia Hospital at Char
lottesville.
iui. anu mj v/uic wnu epeuii
their honeymoon in Virginia and oth
er parts of the country, returned
home last Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Ingram left
Friday nigjht. for Chicago, where Mr.
Ingram is? now attending the annual
' meeting of Rotary International as
! a delegate from the Sanford club.
11 June Gunter, Jr., son of Mr. and
i Mr§. J. U. Gunter, of this place, a
■' student of the State University, le.ft
the first of the week on a trip to Cal
ifornia and other Western States., He
’ ds making this trip “just to see the
j country.” He expects to be gone
I about two months.
I Banks Wilkins, who sp^nt a few
| days in New York on business, re
j turned home last week.
Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Porter and
children and Mr. and Mrs. Harvey
Wicker and children were the guests
of the family of Mr. W. W. Bridges
in Raleigh (Sunday.
-^Misses Luna -Yates, Ruth Nallr Floy
Rivers, Inez Riddle and Mr. Glenn
Mclrer are attending the B. Y. P. U.
Convention at Mars Hill this week.
Mr. j. T. McKernan is attending the
Chief of Police Convention at Char
week. He was accompanied
( sell, Jr.,' Mrs. £5. R. McDonald and'
r daughter Juanita, Misses- Margaret
Johnson and Susan McKeman are at
I Winston-Salem for a few days attend
' ing the Christian Endeavor Conven
tion.
| .. Miss Frances Kelly, who has been j
! working in the overall factory in
Greensboro, spent the week end with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. j
Kelly, of Broadway. j
Miss Julia Etta Joyce, who has been
spending some time in Greensboro,
spent the week end at home. !
Mr. Ralph Kelly, who is working
for McCall Magazine Publishers pass
ed through this place last week end
and spent one night with his parents,
Mr., and Mrs. J. Alton Kelly. |
Miss Annie Kelly spent last Sunday
with relatives. I
Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Thomas, of
Greensboro, spent the week end with
teUtives.
PickeL!, of WaghimrtQll
City*°has be^h here 'for a few Says
visiting her brother, Mr. E. C. Heins.
Dr. and Mrs. E. W. Hunter have;
returned from Atlanta, Ga., where
Dr. Hunter attended clinics for a
week, while Mrs. Hunter visited her
people. _
The garage of A. G. Perry on Car
thage Street Jias closed its doors and
bankruptcy proceedings will be in-,
Stituted. Inability to collect and the ,
Stringency of the money market are
given as the reason for closing. i
Mesdames James Gillon, of Greens -
i boro, James Burch, of Washington .
City, and Tom Wall, of Hickory, are j
[ visiting their parents, Mr. arid Mrs.;
R. E. Carrington. . . . , I
Mrs. ijoraon onuui, wuw
Bisters, Mrs. S. D. Porter and Mrs.
Harvey Wicker, lias returned to her
home in Charlotte. '
Mr, and Mrs. Horton Moore, of
Washington City, spent the week-end i
with the family of Mr. S. D. Porter.
They were accompanied to Washing- *
ton by Mrs. Graham Moore, of Jack-;
sonville, Fla., who has been visiting
Mr. and Mrs. Porter. She expects to j
spend the summer in that city. '
Mrs. G. H. Makepeace, who has
been sick at her home on Steele St.,
for several days, is now improving,
Mr host of friends will be pleased to j
Mr". W. W. Robards spent the week-1
fend with relatives and friends in '
Henderson. j ,
WAREHOUSEMEN VISITING j1
TOE TOBACCO PLANTERS ,
Messrs. E. J. Hester and W. P. j,
Jordan, who have leased and will j
operate the lower tobacco warehouse j i
in the fall season, have been in San- J j
ford and Lee County for the past j j
'week or two calling on the tobacco J
planters. They expect to be here some , ]
two or three weeks longer in order j
to familiarize themselves with local j
conditions relative to the tobacco in- ! ;
dustry. They have secured the names j
of .hundreds of planters in this sec- i 1
tion and will keep in close touch with t
jthem throughout the growing and r
marketing season. They are tobacco- j
nists of long experience and are com- \
ing to Iiee County for the puqiose of a
doing all they can to make this a big <
market. They are very much en- t
couraged with the prosoect of a b»g j t
Crop in this section. They are anx- t
ious to see the planters of this sec- \
tion grow a high grade of tobacco f
and believe that this will solve the j
problem of getting living prices. I d
LEE COUNTY FARMERS KEEPING
UP FIGHT AGAINST BOLL WEEVIL
PRECINCT MEETINGS
HELD SATURDAY
Township meetings were held by
the Democrats throughout the county
last Saturday in preparation for the
convention ot the court house next
Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock.
The precinct meeting’s were for the
purpose of organization, electing pre
cinct, committees and appointing de
legates to the county convention. How
ever, it is expected that ail 'Demo
crats m good and regular standing
who attend the meeting next Satur
day will be entitled to sit as 'dele
gates: A slate of delegates and -an
equal number of alternates to attend
the State Convention, which meets
in Raleigh on July 3rd, will be elected
Saturday.
The precinct ’meeting for West San
ford township was held at the Wilrik
l Hotel in the afternoon at 2:30 and
L was called to order by E. M. Under
i wood, precinct chairman, who was
j made chairman and S. V. ,Scott, sec
; retary of the meeting. A township
i executive committee was nominated
I and elected as follows: R. W. Vick,
I J. W. Stout, J. R. Jones, H. C. Rene
gar, and T. S. Cross. On motion all
| Democrats in good and regular stand
I ing were , elected as delegates to the
I county convention Saturday. At a
meeting of the newly elected town
ship executive committee, held im
mediately after the precinct meeting,
' u. otuui- was ciecveu precinct
| chairman.
j The meeting of the East Sanford
! precinct was held at the City Hall at
the same hour and was called to or
■ der by the precinct chairman, J. R.
j Rives. The following precinct execu
tive committee was elected: S. Ray
Byerly, Chairman; W. R. Hartness,
I R. J. Yates, S. A. Wicker, and Stacy
■ I.nve.
All regular Democrats in the town
ship were authorized to go as dele
gates to the county convention. It is
i expected that the Democratic party
in all other townships will be repre
sented in the county convention Sat
I urday.
DEATH OF W. HENRY COY.
Mr. W. Henry Coy, who had been
J in poor health tor /a. year was taken to
I the Charlotte Sanitarium for treat
ment and died in a few darya. Hi*
I death came as a surprise ai... shock
| to him many friends, on| \ _.sday,
dune 17th. .. /
The funeral was held on Thursday
' at 2 o'clock at the home on GreCns
,boro Avenue, conducted by a beloved
^Re^J^TL^/Ilp^of
and he had always found hi,.L the
i truest of friends. The pah t arers
I were Messrs: E. M. Underwo,. . C.
: York, K. M. Moore, M. H. K , W.
T. Glass and S. D. Porter.
The flower bearers were M .. L. H.
Fox, and little daughter, i -thy,
Mrs. W. T. Glass, Miss Lillia, -rlass,
Mrs. Allen, Mrs, Rex Kelly, Mrs. T.
E. Brown, Mrs. Leslie Fox, Mrs. 1 -ee
Huckans, and Mrs. S. D. Porter, in
terment was at Buffalo cemetery.
Mr. Coy was bom May 6, 1860, at
South Royalston, Mass. He married
Miss Lestina R. Harris, of New Hamp
shire, December 26, 1880. To this
union is one living daughter, Mrs. J.
S. Potts, of Fort Mill, S. C., and
three grand children, Mr. Leo Potts,
of Syracuse; Mr. Clement Potts, of
Charlotte, and Miss Lestina Potts, of
Fort Mill. Two sisters survive, Mrs.
George E. Nye, of Petersboro, New
tt-M-o Uanwir W RrvnnL
uxunjmiur x- I »'“•» *"■“£■' — rf->
Althol, Mass.; Mr. W. B. Hoyt, bro
ther-in-law of Mrs. Coy, Miss Evelyn
Hoyt, Mrs. Harold Taylor, Keen, New
Hampshire and Mr. Carl S. Hoyt, of
Albany, New York, niedes tend
nephews of Mrs. Coy. I
Mr. and Mrs. Coy came to Sanford
in 1909 where Mr. Coy became over
seer of carding and spinning in the
Sanford Cotton Mill. Mr. Coy was
loved by his employees and through
respect for him the Sanford Mill
closed during his funeral. He was a
devoted member (of the Oddfellow
Lodge and was Past Grand for quite
a while. He was a most devoted hus
band and father and took great pride
in his home.
Those from out of town who attend
ed tht funeral were:
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Potts,
Miss Lestina Potts, Fort Mill, S. C.,
Mr. Clement Potts, Charlotte, Mrs.
P. E. Holder, Greensboro, Mrs. J. G.
King, Mrs. Mable Montgomery, Miss
Myrtle Patterson, of Burlington, and
Mrs. Ashley, of Danville, Va.
ROTARY CLUB
At the Rotary Club luncheon Tues
day President Neal read a telegram
from Rotarian- Bob Ingram, who Is
now in Chicago representing the San
ford club at the silver anniversary of
Rotary International. The message
stated that Rotarians were in Chi
:ago from everywhere and while
sweltering in atmosphere of 96 de- [
frees all were having a great time.
The club greatly enoyed a program
:,f music put on by Mrs. E. C. Heins, j
Ir„ and Miss Walden, of Moncure. 4|
A hundred per cent meeting is ex-.
iccted next Tuesday, when J. R. In
gram will be installed as president
cr the coming year.
HRS. BUCHANAN DIES IN
GOLDSBORO HOSPITAL ]
A communication from Goldsboro <
rnder date of June 21st, says: i
‘‘Mrs. Sarah M. Buchanan, 64, of i
Iroadway, who came here Thursday j
o bring her grand-daughter to the 1
.rthenoHie eiinir. died of pneumonia i
n a hospital in this city at 11:30 tins t
mrning. She war. taken suddenly ill"1
fter reaching the city and was rush
'd to the hosoital. The remains were 1
aken to her home near Sanford late <
his afternoon. Her children and sis- 1
er, Mrs. Harriman, of Broadway, :
,-ere with her at the time of her death <
f->- husband is ill in a Sanford her i
lital. There are two sons and two t
laughters.” i
The cotton growers of Lee County
are in the midst of a determihed light
to keep the boil weevil in check by
poisoning with the 1-1-1 molasses
mixture. Most of them have already
put on the first application of this
mixture and many of them have put
on the second application.
Numbers of farmers have reported
that they have gotten good results
from the use of the 1-1-1 mixture.
Mr. J. G. Hunter of near Broadway*
poisoned his cotton the first time last
Friday, June 20th. He said that he
could find plenty of weevils on the
cotton then. He examined the cotton
again Monday and could not find a
single one.
Herman Barber, the 10-year old son
of Mr. H. W. Barber, who lives near
Worthy's pond, took the job of poison
ing his father’s three acre, field of
cotton. He put on the first application
last Friday, using 2 1-4 pounds of
Calcium Arsenate and 2 1-4 gallons
of black strap molasses with 2 L-4
gallons of water on the three acres.
It took him only four,hours to apply
the poison mixture to the three acres
of cotton. In order to check on the
efficiency of his poisoning Herman
caught seven live weevils and put
them in a glass fruit jar with two
cotton leaves that had a few drops
of the poison mixture on them. He
went back in two hours and found
three of the weevils dead. Six hojtrft
later he examined the weevils agaift
and found that three more had died,
while the seventh weevil was hang
ing to the screen wire covering and
probably had not eaten any of the
poison.
Springs, says that poisoning is not
such a big Job after all. On last Sat
urday he brganized two poisoning
crews composed of one man- and two
boys each. The man carried the bucket
of poison mixture and mopped one
row of cotton while the boys mopped
a row each. In this way the boys did
not have to carry buckets and all
three went along together. The two
men and four boys poisoned twenty
acres in three arid one-half hours. '
The second application of poison
.should be put on all cotton this week
and the third next week. Some farm
‘ wait
ers §je making the mistake of
ing too late to sT&rt poisoning. TTie
•aweet poison must be applied before
the cotton squares are large enough
for the weevils to puncture #
to be effective in killing the Weevils,
After, the squares are. two-thirds
grown the sweet poison will not be
effective. We still have a few days
fin which to use the sweet poison mix
Kfceeh, p# A JrM,- HffMf#
once and put on one or two heavy ap
plications before this time next week.
13, O. McMahan,
. COUNTY AGENT.
liOME-COMING AT SHALLOW
WELL. * ’
Next Sunday, June 29, (5th Sun
day), wil be the second annual home
coming at Shallow Well Christian
Church. The program will start at
10 A. M. and consist of addresses
from a number of the former pastors.
The program will also be composed
Thomas, of Jonesboro, Mr. D. A.
of good singing led by Mr. W. L.
Mann, Moncure, witb Mrs. Thomas at
the piano. A feature of the service
will be a number of male quartettes
by the Jonesboro and Asbury quar
tettes. Mr. Charles Hall, of Mon
cure and Miss Frances Riddle, of San
ford, will add to the seryj^ with sev
gwt g-jo- ©ash.: Pmsie? »*!! be
served on the grounds and ah after
noon service. All former • pastors,
former members and friends of the
old church are invited to come.
POE FAMILY REUNION.
Invitations have been sent out to
the Poe family reunion by Dr Clar
ence Poe, chairman for the invitation
committee, this reunion to be held at
Pleasant Hill Baptist church, some
times caled "Tradees Hill” church 5,
miles east of Pittsboro, and on High
way 90, between Apex and Pitts
boro, at 10 a. m., July 4th.
This is a reunion of all the descen
dants of the original Jesse Poe, who
came to Chatham county from Cul
pepper countv. Va., about 1780. and
of his sons—Gilbert, Beverley. James.
Jesse, Joseph, Hasten, ard Willis, and
of his daughter, Lucy, first wif of
Jordan Tysor. All relatives of the
family by marriage are also Invited.
1. Reminiscences of Willis Poe
and his descendants and the early
history of the Poes, Pattersons and
Hackney’s in Chatham will be the
*ub.>ect of the main address by Rev.
W. D. Poe, of Oxford, and of intro
iu^tory remarks by C. D. Moore, pre
siding.
2: Following is tne program m
letail:
10:30—Introductory.
10:30 to 11—Songs and invocation,
led by pastor and local choir.
11:00—Address, Rev. W. D. Poe, of
Oxford.
12:00— Songs; election of com
mittees, and other plans-for-lSSl.
Reunion, selection of place, etc.
12:30—Dinner.
2:00 P. M.—Prize award, footraces,
sackrace, horse shoe pitching,
,checkers, marbles, etc.
3. A $5 gold piece will go as a
>rize to the person who brings and
xhibits the most interesting collec
ions of old relics, papers, or docu
nents that were once owned'by old
nembers of the Poe family or fami*
ies into which they have intermar
ied, or the most interesting written
tory, item, or reminiscence of 0 old
imes in which Poes participated.
Please come. Please bring dinner.
Mease bring all interesting stories
r items or reminiscences of family
istory you can collect. Please bring
ny old relics of documents you know
f. (These of course can be car
ied back home after you exhibit
hem.) Please bring a nomination
or nert year’s reunion program.