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FIVE CENTS
DEMOCRATS HOLD
COUNTY CONVENTION
An Democrats in Good Standing
r Authorized to Go as Delegates
to the State Convention Whicli
tf ? _is Being Held in Raleigh To
v day—K. R. Hoyle Re-elected
Chairman County Executive
- Committee.
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' Hie Lee County Democratic Con
vention,. to elect delegatee to the
State convention, which is being held
' in Raleigh today, also to the Congres
sional and Judicial Convention, met at
the court house last Saturday after
noon at 2:30. The meeting was called
to order by K. R. Hoyle, chairman oi
. the County Executive Committee. S
V. Scott and P. H. St. Clair were
made secretaries.' By a unanlmoui
vote the temporary organization was
made permanent John it Jones, Sr.
was by a "unanimous vote recommend
;v ed for election as a member:, of the
State Democratic Executive Commit
tee to succeed W. H. Fitts, deceased
All Democrats in good standing were
made delegates to the above named
conventions. „
' . ■> W. C. York, one of the militant,
, V vfas the keynoter of the convention.
" He devoted most.of hie speech to lam
basting President Hdover, charging
his. administration with being res
. ponsible for the “hard times.” He
- -v charged the Republicans with being
" responsible for 12 cent cotton and
pictured the evils that would follow
the high tariff measure that recently
passed Congress. He, expected to see
the thing end up in a money panic.
He predicted a great victory for the
Democratic party in 1932.
Most of the precincts'were repre
sented in the meeting:
After the convention adjourned the
5\ New Democratic County _ Executive
ip X Committee met and elec'ted K. R.
- Hoyle to succeed^ himself as chair*
*>■ ' man of the county executive commit
tee. Mrs. J. P. Monroe was elected
vice-chairman and S. V. Scott secre
The following were certified as pre
rcinct committeemen:,
i- Broadway, B. C. Kelly; Cumnock,
: W. T. Seagrove; Deep River, E. J.
Johnson; Greenwood No. 1, T.' M.
Perry; Greenwood No. 2, C. H. Wicker
: Gum Springs, T. H. Yarborough;
Jonesboro, J. A. Dairy mple; East
Pocket, Lonnie Dickens; West Pocket,
E: L. Cole; East Sanford, S. Ray
Byerly; West Sanford, J* W. Stout.
MR. SEAWELL ASSIGNED ONE OF
> ' THEBESt SEATS IN THE HOUSE
‘'r ' —•. * . -f.
Mr. A. A. F. Sehwell, who will re
present Lee county in the next Gener
al Assembly, has succeeded i n Ipnd
. ing one of the best Beats in the H6u.m
The prestige he gained in the General
Assembly by long sendee- and his re
I
’ cognised ability as a law-maker, stopd
' ’ him in^^pd stead in securing this
seat. This seat is No. 8 near the
speakers’ desk on the right and in
easy reach of the speaker. Mr. Sea
well occupied this seat in previous
SesssJonS off *1fhe General’ i Assembly
And will feel at home when he goes
over to Raleigh ahd takes his seat
in the House next January. White
many of the members Of that body
will be young men, Mr. Seawell will
3%{-, Wl_ ,
^ ? be on committees with men who went
; ' to the Legislature years ago. It will
be a coming together of comrades
■ and old frienda _
HOME COMING AT SHALLOW
■ ” ’ WELL ...
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Former pastors, members, friends
of the Shallow Well Christian church,
1 of Jonesboro, to the estimated num
. her of 500 gathered Sunday. June 29,
for their annual home cuimr.g meet
ing, enjoyed a delicious dinner and
listened to inspiring addresses and
splendid selections. The formal pro
- gram opened at 10 A. M.
The invocation was offered by Rev,
J. A. Denton, of Apex. Rev. Theo.
• Fred Wright, pastor of the church,
. of Sanford, then made introductory
remarks. He was followed by a read
’ -ing by MiSB Julia Watson and selec
tions by the- Jonesboro male quartet,
composed of Hasty Campbell, George
Hunt, Long Thomas and Bert Thmas
and -the Jonesboro junior quartet,
composed of Claude McBryde, John
sWomhle. Sam Womble and Register
Hayes. An address was then delivered
,by Rev. Lee Johnson, of Fuquay
- Springs. The afternoon program was
— ’featured with a solo each by Miss
«*, ' Frances Riddle. Jack Connell, Of San
ford, and Charles Hall, of Moncure.'
. , - Addresses were made by Rev.
George Underwood, of Pittsboro; Rev.
J»mes L. Foster and Dr. W. C.
Wicker, all three belnrf former pas
tors of the- Shallow Well church.
V. L. GORDON LEASES WOOD
TIRE SERVICE
F. L. Gordon, who formerly operat
i' ed the Wood Tire Service for Mr.
. Wood, is now in Akron, Ohio, talcing*
- 'the latest course in Goodyear vulcanis
tag school. Mr. Gordon has leased
the Wood Tire Service Filling Sta
_ vtion and vulcanizing plant on Car
thage street near the bus station, who
will return to take over active opera
tion of the place within the next few
~ . days. New molds and other modem
Vulcanizing equipment will be im
mediately installed so as to take care
of anything in the tire repair line.
r\ .. His past experience in vulcanizing
along with the latest training which
he is how taking will enable him to
; -v give to the people of Sanford and
surrounding territory tire repairing
! ->j: *y;ual to that of any place. His being
, a much needed service. He will be in
hOB‘tion to repair all sizes of tires
and place an absolute guarantee on
every lob. He will also be able to
make these repairs so that they will
v ‘ hardly be noticeable.
• CHURCH NEWS.
Circle No; 1 meets with Mrs. Dewey
Baker Monday afternoon, July 7, at 3
J *•> ^ o’clock; Circle No. 2 with Mrs. Charles
Lily, at 3 o’clock; Circle No. 3 with
Mrs. W. R. McAuley, at 3 o’clock;
Circle No. 4 with Mrs. W. T. Cox, at
•^■SuQfclOClCe v. . ; v.V
Tfcte regular service will be held at
Buffalo Sunday morning at H o'clock/
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NEW OFFICERS ROTARY
CLUB ARE INSTALLED
Bob Ingram ^Succeeds . Julius
I Neal as Presulent—Other Of
f icers. .•
1 Rotary went to work with' a new
Bet of officers Tuesday, installation
I being held at the regular weekly lun-1
cheon held at the Wilrik at 12:30. I
J. R. Ingram is the new president,:
having been elected along with the
I other officers Jfi May. He sueceede
Julius I. Neal who has served the
local Club during the past year. The
retiring president made * brief talkr
reviewing to some extent the work
of the past year. The principal ad
dress was made by the new president,
who mentioned a few things he would
like to see the club do during the
coming year and promising his best
r; service aS head of the organisation.
Other officers installed Tuesday
were Fred P. Strong, vice-president;
John Muse, Secretary-treasurer; E.
"M. Underwood, Jr., Sergeant-at-arms;
" and the following directors: W. Ks
Crabtree, R.„B. Bobbitt, 3, C. Muse,:
-J. R. Ingram; E. M, Underwood, Sr.,
and F. P. Strong.
William Hunter Fitts, of the Fitts-.
Crabtree Manufacturing Company,
Was introduced as . a new member of
' the dub. i * ”
.A beautiful Rotary bell and gavel
a gift to the-club of President In
gram, was presented by Parson Gil
more.
MRS. HENRY LONDON DIES IN
PITTSBORO.
Pittsboro, July 2.—Mrs. Henry 'A.
London, 77, died! at her home here to
night .at 11 o’clock after a critical
illness since Tuesday morning when
she 'suffered a stroke of paralysis.
. Mrs. London- had' been unconscious
Since' that time and little hope was
held for her recovery.
Six of Mrs; London’s children were
with her when the end came.. The
seventh, Capt. J. J. London, is in
North Atlantic waters. On June 22
Mrs. London observed the 55th anni
versary of her marriage.
Funeral sendees will be held Friday
aftenoon at 4 o’cock at St. Barthlo
mew’s Episcopal church here. '
LOCAL BANKS CLOSE WEDNES
DAY AFTERNOON
The Page Trust Company and the i
Greensboro Hank & Trust, Company
will close every Wednesday at noon
fori half day. until the 15th of Septem
her. They observed this rule Wednes
day afternoon for the first time this
season- This rule was observed last
summer, but the banks closed Thurs
day afternoon instead of Wednesday
; afternoon. Should you'havd any btttf
ness to transact with' these banks
don’t call on the banks Wednesday
afternoon as-they will be closed.
SliLR FDR SCHOOL CHILDREN
Last school term, the Woman’s
Club, Kiwanis Club, Rotary Club and
Christmas (Seal fund, donated $104.00 i
to beu sed for milk for undernourish- I
ed children in the city schools. Each I
child received a half pint each day for ;
the five school days for three months, j
Mr. A- E. Bridges, the dairyman, who
furnish*?! the milk, also donated the |
necessary amount for two and a half
weeks. |
The results were very gratifying,
the average gain was 2 3-4 lbs per,
child. _ In on? or two instances a
child gained 12 pounds. Mrs. Bridges
also gave the above mentioned organ
igations special prices on'the milk.
He has recently installed a larger:'
refrigerating plant so as to take bet
ter care of the milk. He invites
mothers to visit his plant and> see it1
in operation, and they can see the |
grade of milk and the process of j
caring for it in operation from 3:30
to 4-30 P. M. I
DEAD INFANT FOUND ON SIDE
OF THE .RAILROAD.
The crew of * Seaboard Air Line
freight train while passing the plant
of the Borden Brick and Tile Com
pany just north of 'Sanford last'
Sunday morning: about 8 o’clock, dis~
covered the body of a white infant,
boy, lying beside the track. The find
ing of the body was reported to,Dr.
J. F.'Foster, county coroner, who visit
ed the scene to investigate the mat
ter. He found the body of a well [
developed infant a few feet from the t
track. He thinks the child was alive 1
and believes that it was thrown from
a northbound passenger train Satur
day night by its mother who had just1
.given birth to_it. The little body >.
fwas nude. The skull and one leg
were fractured. . The body was
-brought to Sanford and turned over
to Undertaker Sogers for interment.
There is no clue to the crime.
BIRTHDAY PARTY
Phoebe Ann Measamer, attractive,
little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Homer
Measamer, entertained a number of
friends last Wednesday evening, this
being her second birthday.
Late in the afternoon, after much
fun and many games had been en-,
lAIT/ul OLa little Ml.Antft M.AMA 1
into the dining room, where two large 1
white cakes graced the table, one,
bearing two candles and the other,
twelve, Honoring dlaok Way„Awhos
birthday was Monday. Lemonade and,
mints were served with the cakes. ,
There wfere thirty seven present to'
enjoy this occasion and many cute,
and useful gifts were received;. 1 .
CHANGE IN SCHEDULE.'
The .Seaboard Air Line announce
the following change in schedule of
train 16 between Raleigh and Ports
mouth, effective Sunday, July 6th.
Train 16 will leave Raleigh at 8:15' ’
A. M., instead of 1:10 P. M., as at :
present and arrive Portsmouth 1:65
P. M., instead of 7:28: P. M. This will
enable passengers arriving on train
108, the Southern States Special, to
change In Raleigh and make direct
connection for Portsmouth-Norfolk;
also will enable passengers to make
connections at Norfolk for all steam
ship lines.
DEPOSITORS PEOPLES
FIFTY PER CENT
It was stated in this paper last
week that the depositors of the Peo
ples Bank would be paid 50 per cent
of their deposits by calling at the
Greensboro Bank & Trust Company
oh Wicker Street Tuesday. This bank
having about 1,800 depositors it was
reasonbale to suppose that many of
this number would call at the bank
at once to receive the checks. While
many have called since Tuesday mom
ing there has been no great rush.
The depositors seem to think that
they will have no trouble in getting
their money and are not in the least
excited over the matter. It seems that
confidence has been fully rsotred and
that the closing of the bank on April
7th has done nothing more than in
convenience some of the depositors.
Many who received checks have open'
ed accounts with the local banks,
while others who needed the money
have had the checks cashed for their
personal use.
The report showed that there was
approximately $250,000 on deposit in
the Peoples Bank when it closed. One
half of this to get circulation in the
town and community means a great
boost to business. There are other
sources through which money is get
ting circulation in Sanford and this
section. As was stated in The Express
last week the dewberry growers in
Lee and Moore counties received good
prices for the crop which put a lot
of money in circulation in this sec
tion.
Now comes the Sanford Building A
Loan Association sending out checks
to its stockholders covering interest
on paid up shares of stock. At the
annual directors meeting in February
the board passed a motion changing
the interest paying period-from Sep
tember 1st, to June 30th, and March
1st to December 31st so as to con
form to the fiscal year. As-the Build
ing & Loan Association is handling
a large volume of business the semi
annual interest on paid up shares
amounts to quite a nice sum. The
funds from this source will help to
relieve the financial stringency very
much.
. CHURCH SERVICES .AT FORT
BRAGG ' .
Church sendees were held in the
open sir Smutty at Fort Bragg, at
0:16 o’clock, the entire regiment at
tending, and the 17th. peld Artillery
Band furnished music. Chaplain Ste
wart I. Long conducted the services
and was assisted by Rev. Joel S. Sny
der, of the First Baptist Church of
Fayetteville. IDr, Snyder conducted
the Bible Class immediately follow
ing cheirefc service-with between two
and three hundred CMTC students in
attendance.
At the chnrch service special music
was furnished by a quartette com
posed of John B. Moore, Greensboro;
Samuel P. Lane, Sanford; Alien E.
Stanley, of Greensboro; and William
F. Cox, of Greensboro, all CMTC
students, with Mrs, Stephen Lambert,
of Fayetteville, at the piano.
ATLAS MATTHEWS ACCIDENTLY
KILLED
Atlas Matthews, a leading farmer
of the Mamers section of’ Harnett
county, was accidently killed last Sat
urday near this place when an auto
mobile in which he and several others
were riding'left the road and turned
over, catching him under it. Some of
the. others who occupied-thq car were
injured, but not fatally. It is not
learned, what caused the wreck. Mr,
Matthews died before he reached a
nospiUi. ■-.-t,,.- :—.:
Mr. Matthews who was 59 years of
age, is survived by his wife and one
son and several brothers and sisters.
The funeral services weer held at
Olive Branch church near Kipling,
conducted by Rev. M. Maness, of Fu
quay Springs, Sunday afternoon. In
the death of Mr. Matthews that com
munity loses one of its best citizens.
His death is Unrated by a large
circle of-friends.
MRS. FANNIE POWELL DIES IN
DURHAM
Mrs. Fannie Powell, aged 78 years,
widow of the late Henry Powell, died
on Wednesday morning of last week
following a brief illness in the home
of her daughter, Mrs. Kenan Rand,
in Durham, where she had made her
home for several years. Funeral ser
vices were conducted by the junior of
the First Baptist Church, Dr. Ira D.
S. Knight-jat the residence of Mrs.
Rand, on ThUrtday.-iA, large number
of relatives and friends attended the
funeral, among whom wereMrife Lin
da Williams and soh, Mayor Warren
Williams, of this place.
■ Following the services the casket
covered with flowers was taken to
Raleigh, the interment being in the'
family plot in that city. Before her
marriage Mrs. Powell was Miss Fan- j
nie Myatt, of Wake County. She is 1
survived by three children, John N. j
Powell, of Southern Pineet Henry Po- '
well, of Washington, D. C.; and Mrs. I
Mary PdWell Rand, of Durham. I
- Her husband died in 1911. Many of :
the older residents of Sanford will
remember'"Mrs. Powell, she having
made her home here for a number of
pears. Mr. and Mrs. Powell engaged
in the hotel business in Sanford. Mrs.
Powell was a woman of fine Christian
character and was held in high es
teem by many people in this com
munity.
«'~i -JONESBORO CIRCUIT, r
j M. E. Church, South, , "
>i Iivey.T. poole Ptetar’.
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• Services for .Sunday, July'6,'
11:00 A, M.—Poplar Springs.
3,00 P, M.—Memphis. ' --
8:00—Jonesboro. .. ‘if"
Public cordially invited to all serv
,ces.
An Tuesday night. July 8th, the
monthlv meeting of the Board of
Stewards will be held at the home of
Wr. L. L. Thomas, on. Lee street.
Bvery member of the board is urged
to be present.
RECORDER’S COURT
Hard Session, All Day*—Viola
tion Prohibition Act, Theft,
Wife Beating, Feature Day.
Sentences Aggregating 1* fc5-.
Years Dispensed. . &
This week’s docket in Recorder'a
Court was unusually heavy, consum
ing the entire day in disposing Of the
numerous charges. "
. The first case called was that of
John Gilmore, colored,- charged with
possession ana sale. John was arrest
ed by city officers and whiskey was
found in his possession as jaattor of
Elk's hall, in Colored Town. The of
ficers testified that complaint had
come to them of retailing activities
in the vicinity of John’s place of em
ployment. While John resided the
'charge, the evidence of his guilt was
apparently convincing to the court,
ana he drew a twelve months sentence
Otis Allston, colored, an old of
fender, was also sent away for a term
of twelve months. The charge again
him was also possession for the pur
pose of sale.
The case of the State against Ves
per Robinson, John Robinson and Nan
Robinson consumed considerable time
of the court Young Vesper Robinson
was charged in several, w^ran^s with
violation of tire Prohibition Law, and
his father and mother were charged
with possession, apparatus, and main
taining a place for the sale of intoxi
cating liquors. Veqper was found
guilty in several cases, and sentenced
to 3 years on the roads, one year in
actual service and two years suspend
ed oft good behavior, John and Nan
were given four years each, two
years to remain out of the county,
and any adjoining county, and two
years on probation. Apparently, from
the evidence, the officers have had
difficulty in running. dowq‘these of
fenders, and Sheriff Wombie and his
deputies were re-inforced by tyro Fe
deral officers.,when the last raid was
made. * M-'
James Williams and John -Simpkins,
colored boys, were arraigned on eharg
es of stealing gasoline apd-attempted
theft of cars. They were found guilty
and given six months each on the
roads.
Guy S.truill, Colored, was found
guilty of having a pint of hootch for
his own ‘consumption,.,gnd required
i to pay the costs. IV
> Bertha Beck, Colored fellow, drew a
twelve months Sentence for hitting
land beating Ms wife, suspended on
| his good behavior and the payment
; of the costs. :
| A number of bovs on suspended
1 sentences appeared with : Witnesses as
| to their-good behavior../'..
Hie July Cooperative poultry sale
trill be held in Sanford on next Tues
' day, July 8th., at Palmer-Reeves stable
on. Endor Street. ! L*- .
| This will probably be the last sale
| for the hot summer months, for poul
try prices have followed other things
! and are at a low level now. Heavy
| hens will sell for 17e a pounds Leg
I horn hens 14c, roosters 9c, and colored
broilers two pounds and up ’24c, •_
i Hus sale is being held so that far
| mers can dispose of old roosters, cull
1 fiens, and young - roosters weighing
, from 3 to 4 pounds. No pullets should
' be sold. It will pay to keep them for
layers or to sell as hens next winter
or spring.
COTTON BLOSSOMS
i
i Cotton blossomB'.are noW popping
! open in'Lee county, A. J. Sloan, San-'
| ford R, F. D. No. 2, sends intone on
I the 30th; Marvin Groce, Jonesboro R.
1 f . D. No. 5, one on the ■ H. C. .
j Bachelor, Jonesboro R. F. D. No. 3, ■
I one on July 1st; S. A. Wicker, one on
[ July 1st; J. B. Matthews, Jbnesboro
! R. F. D. No. 2, sends in two, but the i
I date is not given; Mrs. J. N. Martin,
Sanford R. F. D. No. 1, one June 25th;
Walter McLeod, colored, on K._E.
Seymour’s place, one June 30th; SCylt.
Prince, colored, Broadway . section,
one June 28th.
It will be seen from the above dates
that Mrs. Martin reports the first j
bloom in the county. Mrs. Martin not
only haa one of the best and most!
productive farms in the county, but;
she is one of the county’s most sue- |
cessful fanners. Her farm is .under
a high state of cultivation and pro- 1
duces verv fine tobacco, cotton and '
torn, in fr-t everything that is rais- ■
ed on a farm in this section. This ^
farm was first owned by the late )
Kenneth Worthy, who was at one time \
sheriff of Moore county. His’ son, Mr.
5. B. Worthy, now owns and-lives -
OH part of the farm. -Sfbb'- I
CHAS. M. REEVES SUSTAINS A
BROKEN LEG
Mr. Chap. M. Reeves, one of San
ford’s leading citizens, is now in
Scott Hospital suffering with a bro
ken leg. His right leg was. broken
by rotten planks giving way under
him while crossing a hedge over a
small stream near Cumnock last Mon- j
day. He was brought to the Scott |
Hospital where he is now being treat
ed. Hospital physicians set the bone
and the patient is now doing as well
as could be expected.
MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION TO
OBSERVE FOURTH
The Sanford Merchants Association
will observe the Fourth by closing!
their stores at the noon hour. It is,
presumed that all merchants of the
town will close thei r stores at that j
hour, in fact about all the merchants j
in the town belong to the Association.
If you wish to buy goods m transact
any other business with the merchants
of Sanford call at their laces of busi- i
ness before the noon hour. Other busi
ness concerns in the town will pro- 1
bably al,<®> keep half holiday, -, t
PROGRAM MOOSE FROLIC
T°Be Given in Moose Hali,
Wednesday, July 9th — The
SmWin Include Music,
Speech-Makmg and Banquet
Hotel Carolina.
fin';Va No. 69. Loyal
OJ-der of Moose, will hold a summer
ceremonial in its lodge rooms Wed
Efh7l % 9th' A banquet will
be held at the Hotel Carolina. Fol-1
lowing is the program: t
Mo><?o J*3')—Makepeace Building.
S' JJ.—Registration.
4:00 P. M.—Meeting opens.
Creat North Moose, A. H. Melver
presiding. ’
Reading of Minutes. Reports of
■Officers. Reports of Comrpittees.
Introduction of Candidates. Ritual
istnc Ceremonial. Legion Degree
Work. New Business. Good of the
Legion. Presentation of Frolic Fea
tures.
6:00 P. M.—Adjournment.
4:00 P. Mj—Ladies1 Meet.
Visiting ladies will meetilocal'ladies
committee in lobby of Carblina Hotel.
Rntertaniment will be provided.
Officers) Enoca Lodge No. 69.
Edgar Womble, Past Great North I
Mose, Raleigh; A. H. Melver, Great
North Moose, Sanford; C. A Mussel-\
white, South Moose, Greenville; S. J.
Maultsby, East Moose, Fayetteville; S.
H. Mitchell, West Moose, Goldsboro; ;
C. N. Winston, Herder, Raleigh; H.
B. Winston, Treasurer, Raleigh; J. E. ■
Petway, Guiding Moose, Wilson; M.
Duhling Custodian, Durham; A. B. i
Cox, Argus, Sanford. :
^ Banquet Hall, Hotel Carolina. !
Toastmaster—O. P. Makepeace. !
Music by Mrs. Lee Holland, James '
Melver, Jack Connell. i
Welcome—Mayor W. R. Williams, j
Response— C. C. Rich.
Song—Miss Frances Riddle. j
Dance—Miss James.
Our Legion—R. W. Vick.
Duet—Miss Moffitt, Miss Tysor. !
Piano Solo—Miss Carroll.
Song—Mr. Bill Tulhick.
Presentation of Cup—Edgar Womble. i
Trumpet Solo—:Mr. James Melver,
Violin Solo—Mr. Jack Connell.
MENU
Fruit Cocktail
Fried Chicken
(Maryland Style)
New' Boiled Potatoes Cream Sauce
Garden String Beans
Frozen Heavenly Hash
Neapolitan Cream and Cake
Hot Biscuits Batter
Iced Tea.
, JMfeS. NEILL KELLY DIES AT
■ j_HERHOMEINBROAPWA Y ^
Mrs, Neill Kelly, who had been in
declining health for some time, died
at her home at Broadway at 3:30
Wednesday afternoon. Befoie her mar
riage to Mr. Kelly, she was Miss Loula
McNeill, of Broadway. She was about
40 years of age. She is survived by
her husband, but no children. She is
j also survived by several brothers and
sisters.
The funeral will be held at Pisgah
Presbyterian church, near Broadway,
to-day, conducted by the pastor, Rev.
E. B. Carr. At the conclusion of the
services at the church the jnteiment
will be made in the church cemetery.
Mrs. Kelly, who was a fine Christian
woman, was a member of that church.
She loved her church and gave liber
ally of her means to its support. In
her death her church and community
sustain a heavy loss. I
UtfDER BOND CHARGED
WITH ASSAULT
Arthur Todd and Arthur Allen en
gaged in an altercation at the Pine
view Filling Station, near Lemon
Springs, last Saturday night, when
Todd knocked Allen in the head 'with '
a Coca-Cola bottle. It is reported that
Allen’s jawbone was fractured in
two places. The trouble started by .
Allen trying to get his boy to stop
keeping company with Todd. It is
said that mean corn licker was mixed
up in the fracas-. Allen is now in the1
Central Carolina Hospital being treat
ed for his wound. Todd Was arrest
ed and committed to jail. He has since
given $300 bond and is now out pend
ing a preliminary hearing which will
be held next Tuesday provided Allen ;
is able to attend the trial. |
LIVE STOCK DEMONSTRATION ;
SPECIAL I
V. W. Lewis, General Live Stock
Agent of the Atlantic Coast lane
Railway, is planning to operate a
Live Stock Development Special over
that system of road in Eastern North
Carolina in co-operation with the
North Carolina State College of Agri
culture and the North Carolina De
partment of Agriculture, August 5th
to 26th inclusive. This special will ,
give a demonstration in Sanford from
2 p. m. to C p. m. August 7th.
A great deal is being said and done <
in Eastern North Carolina to develop j
the live stock industry, and the opera- <
tion of this Special Live Stock Train «
of Exhibits is to bring to your far- 1
mers and business men practical sug- *
ge&tions with regard to a proper de- \
^elopment of the live stock and poul- <
try industries by your College and <
Department of Agriculture. . i
The various departments of your \
State College and the Department of ]
Agriculture, as well as the Atlantic 1
Coast Line Railway, are assembling t
exhibits at this time, and I am sure
yrou will be interested in seeing this 1
;rain of exhibits and will desire that i
pour farmers and business men also i
risit the project. I
Since this project is being put on ’
it considerable expense to all con- i
:erned, we hope you will make a spec- /
al effort to have the people in your \
community (see the exhibits. Work ;
)ut such plans as will be most effec- 1
;ive in getting the people in your com :
“nunity interested in seeing this fair 5
>n wheels, when it arrives in your i
:ounty. 1
The Atlantic Coast Line put on a <
ipecial of tjiis kind in South Caro- <
jna in 1928 which drew large crowds i
>f people at the stations which werg/ 1
dsited and it is believed that it ac- <
:omplished great good in that State, i
LEE COUNTY SUNDAY
SCHOOL CONVENTION
To Be Held at Pocket Presbyte
rian Church Thursday, Aug
ust 14 th, Under Auspices of
the Lee County and North Car
olina Sunday School A asocia
tions.
Announcement is made of the Lee
bounty Sunday School Convention for'
Sunday School workers of il denomi
nations, which is to be held in the
Pocket Presbyterian church all day
Thursday, August 14th. ,
The contention is being held under
the auspices of the Lee County and
the North Carolina Sunday School
Associations.. The officers of the lo
cal County Association are as follows:
J. A. Overton, Sanford, president;
Miss Ruth Gunter, Sanford, vice-pres
ident; S. J. Husketh, Sanford, secre
tary; Mrs. J. A. McLean, Broadway,
Children's Division Superintendent;
Mary R. Tulluck, Sanford, Young
People’s Division superintendent; C.
E. Teague, adult division superinten
dent; J. W. Gilliam, Sanford, admin
istrative division superintendent; and
the following township presidents:
D. E. Shaw, Broadway; T. E. Farrell,
Moncure; S. H. McDuffie, Sanford; J.
B. Hall, Lemon Springs; and J.L. Cov
ington, Jonesboro.
Farmers say they find boll weevils
in a waiting attitude. They are on
the stalks waiting for the appearance
of the squares and bloom so they can
puncture and destroy them. The
farmers throughout this section are
destroying them with poison so that
the cotton will have a chance to make
a crop. The Express is informed
that more than fifty per cent of the
farmers in this county have bought
poison in large quantities and are
applying it while the cotton is young.
There are now many fields of beau
tiful young cotton in the county, the
warm weather causing is to take a
good start to grow. The outlook for
big crops of tobacco and cotton was
never better, and with good seasons
through July and August there is go
ing to be heavy yields of all crops
in this section.
!
Cotton Costs Average
Fifty Dollars an Acre
The average acre of cotton pro
duced in North Carolina costs $50
in labor, fertilizer, ginning a: d other
costs. Working from this as a start
ing point, the grower knows that he
must produce at least 32 pounds of
| lint when cotton sells at 16 scents
1 pound before he will: produce the
cost of production. 4 Either this or
he must cut the cost of p v.! action
below $50 an acre.
‘‘Few growers, howe. know
what it costs them to prc<;_ ^ an
acre of cotton,” says Dr. <1. W.
Forster, agricultural econor.r'st at
State College. "The season s not
too far advanced but that a fairly ac
curate figure may be obtained for
this year. It will be necessary to
recall the number of hours of family
labor, including the operator, and
the number of hours of horse or trac
tor work put in on the crop up to
this tife. Any work done last fall,
such as cutitng the stalks, discing
and seeding for a cover crop needs to
be charged against this year’s cotton.
The time spent in breaking discing,
harrowing, running rows, ridging, dis
tributing fertilizer, seeding, chopping
and cultivating should be listed. The
time spent by hired labor need not be
recorded, but the cash paid should
be entered as a direct expense. The
value of the fertilizer must be given
and manure when used. A fair
value of $3 a ton should be charged
for the manure. The market price
for home-grown seed or the purch
ase price for bought seed must be re
corded. Dust materials and all item9
from now until harvest must be ac
counted for.”
The total of all these will show the
gross cost, says Dr. Forster. The
net cost may be secured by deducting
the value of the seed. Thfe net cost
divided by the number of pounds of
lint grown per acre will give the cost
of producing one pound.
FIRST PART OF FIGHT WITH
BOLL WEEVIL ABOUT OVER
Pre-square poisoning with the 1-1-1
molasses mixture is the first and most ;
important step in the direct fight
igainst the boll weevil. Most of the
jotton growers of Lee county have
)ut two or three applications of this
mixture on their cotton and have the
)oll weevil under control. •
These farmers should not be bother 1
k! very much with boll weevils for *
he next three or four weeks and by t
hat time they should have a good <
rop of bolls on the plants. Still they
hould keep a close watch on their
otton and as soon as ten per cent 1
>X the squares (one out of ten) have r
>een punctured they should start poi- ^
oning with the standard dust poison,
ind should put on about three appli- ®
ations of 5 to 7 pounds each of cal- 1
ium arsenate per acre at 5 to 7 day a
ntervals. After the squares are two- ^
hirds grown the 1-1-1 mixture will r
lot be very effective in killing the r
veevifs and we will have to depend I
n standard dust after that. p
The stand is irregular in most cot ^
on fields this year with some big t
talks and more small stalks. The s
irst squares will be found on these p
iig stalks. Therefore they should be e
matched closely and these punctured r
quares should be picked up once a i
veek and burned. t
Where the first" application of the
-1-1 mixture was not put on until r
here wore squares on these large g
talks it will pay to w’atch these f
talks and pick up any squares that fc
nay be punctured. I was In a field t
his week where the first application n
»f the 1-1-1 mixture was being put *
n and I found plenty of punctured I;
quares on the large stalks. This cot
on should have been poisoned ten •
[ays earlier. t
E. O. McMahan, County Agent, t
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
Mr. G«ntry Womack spent his va
cation in New York.
Mrs. W. P. Dyer and baby are
spending some time with relatives at
Trenton, Pa.
Mr. and Mrs. C. L.° Williams an
tiounce the birth of a daughter. Sun
day, June 29th, at Scott Hospital
A number of Democrats from ud*
county are in Raleigh today attend*
ng the State Democratic Convention
is delegates from Lee.
Mr. and Mrs. Moody Stroud, of
Greensboro, have ibeen here for a
few days visiting Mr. and Mrs. B. B.
Stroud. • i
Miss Dorothy Currie, who is con
nected with the Marigold Beauty
Shoppe, at Morganton, came home
Wednesday to spend the Fourth.
The Fuller Brush Company has-an
opening in Sanford and surrounding
territory for ambitious man with car
Permanent. Good pay at start. For
conference, write Box 1365, Greens
boro, N. C.
Mr. John Adams and Mr. and Mrs.
M. D. Leverette, of Abelyine, Texas,
are visiting the latter’s brother, Mr.
M. S. Leveterre, in Mclver Park.
Mrs. M. S. Leverette and daught
ers, Misses Marguerite and Helen, are
spending the summer at Duanesburg,
New York.
Mis Ruth Thomas has arrived home
from Miami, Beach, Fla., where she
visited relatives for the past three
months. Miss Thomas drove through
with Mrs. Gussie Edwards and Sam
Dawson, of Warsaw. She was also
accompanied by her niece, Miss Gene
vieve Patton, who will rertiain with
her grand parents for awhile.
Rev. Mr. Parker, pastor of a Bap- •
tist church near Winston-Salem, will
fill Rev. Frank C. Hawkins appoint^
ments at the First Baptist churclT
next Sunday and the Sunday following
Mr. Hawkins will spend the time with
his family who are summering at
Myrtle Beach, in South Carolina.
Much real estate on the delinquent
tax list which has been advertised in
this paper for the past four weeks,
will be put up and sold by the county
tax collector at the court house next
Monday. Many tax payers have been
unable to settle with the tax collector
as they were unable to get the money.
The list of delinquents is some larger
than it was last year.
Camp Bethune near Dunn, Monday
was opened as the official camp of
the Walter Hines Page Council. A
large number of Scouts are now in
camp there and others will spend
some time there during the next five
weeks; the period in which the camp
is to be open. The Scouts of Sanford
plan to spend some time at the camp'
before it closes.
A -dispatch, from Washington states
that four hundred thousand dollars
©f v the $10,10,380-that. would be au
thorized for 1932 construction under
the army housing program bills pass
ed Monday by the House and sent-to
the Senate, is designed to be spent at
Fort Bragg. Construction projects in
clude a $376,000 hospital and a $25,
000 building for non-commissioned of
fleers quarters.
Mr. J. W. Jackson, of this county,
has returned from Northfork, W. Va.T
where he spent a week or two with
his daughter, Mrs. C. C. Johnson.
While on the trip Mr. Jackson visit
ed a number of places of interest, in
cluding the National Cemetery, at
Hampton, Va„ Portsmouth, Va., Fre
dericksburg, White Sulphur Springs,
Mt. Vernon and Washington City.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnson had been down
to visit relatives in this county and
returned with Mr. Jackson.
Miss Rachel Lane, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. W. C. Lane, left Tuesday
for Durham to take up her work as
assistant librarian m the Woman's
College at Dtjke University. Miss
Lane took courses in library Work
at the North Carolina College for
Women and at the State University.
Her work at Duke University will be
the head of the order department.
Miss Lane is a bright, talented young
woman and her many friends will
watch her success in her work as li
brarian at this great institution with
much interest.
Civil Engineer Gilbert White, came
down from Durham the first of the
week to inspect and pass on the street
hard surfado Construction work of
E. S. Waters Construction Company,
>f Beaufort. This job which has been
in process of construction for the
past three or four months, was finish
id last week and the construction
V>rce in now busy patching up some
yf the streets in the business dis
ci ct. Mr. White O. K’ed the job, find
ng that the company had in every
mrticular carried out the contract,
rhe entire job cost $52,000.
iOARD ELECTS AN ARCHITECT
FOR COUNTY HOSPITAL
The board of Trustees at its meet
ng last Monday night elected Mr.
G. Flannagan? of Henderson, archi
ect to ^raw up the plans for the
ounty hospital, the construction of
rtiich will begin at an early date.
Ir. Flannagan comes highly recom
lended. Some of the Sanford con
ractors who. have worked with him,
ay he is one of the best architects
1 the State and has high standing
mong the contractors and builders,
/hile he is a young man he has
lade the blue prints for some of the
lost costly buildings in the State.
>r. W. S. Rankin, of the hospital de
artment of the Duke Foundation,
as here in consultation with the
oard and looked over a number of
ites that have been offered by peo
le in and around the town. He visit
d and inspected some 18 sites and
^commended any one of four as be
lg a suitable location for the hospi
The board met again Wednesday
ight, but failed to reach a decision
s to the lot that should be chosen
:>r the building. They eliminated all
ut two, but it seems that they failed
) decide the one that should be used.
«diourned to meet again next
hiesday night at which time they
dpe to reach a decision.
Forrest McDougald, of Swann 3ta
1 •» cotton bloom in his oot
>n which opened on June 30th.