Sanford Tobacco Market Assured of Good Buyers “ .. . ♦ \ ■ Representatives of the Big Com panies State that Tobacco will sell Just as high on the Sanford Market as on any of the Big Markets of the State —Representatives of some of the Leading Companies Vis ited in Henderson and Rich mond by a Group of Sanford Business Men. — Sanford Market Opens on Tuesday, Sept. 23rd. The Sanford tobacco market was given a good boost by a group of local business men who visited and interviewed officials and representa tives of some of the leading tobacco companies, who have headquarters in Henderson and Richmond, anent the Sahford market. " This group was composed of Mayor W. R. Williams, Gilliam Anderson, J. W. Kirkpatrick, and E. Frank Andrews. They visited these tobacconists to talk over the market situation and solicit their co operation in securing the highest market prices for the crop that will be put on the Sanford market which will open for the season next Tues day, September 23rd. The Officials and representatives of” J. P. Taylpr and Gompany, of Henderson, and Im perial Tobacco Company and the Ex port Tobacco Company, of Richmond, received this delegation ofcitizens and business men with all due courtesy and gave them a most patient hear ing in discussing this matter. ’ They were impressed with the advantges | that Sanford has to offer as a loca- j taon for a big tobacco market and promised to see to it that experienc- j ed buyers are sent to Sanford. by their companies. They stated that j the good grades of tobacco would Sell just as high on the Sanford: market as on any of the big markets in the State. They stated that it might appear that the average pricpj was higher on the big markets as the volume of high , grade tobacco' Would fife much larger and that much' of the sand lugs would be put on the 1 small markets which would lower the j average price, bttt that the good, grades would sell just as well on the small as on the large markets. The Sanfprd gentlemen who made this visit to Henderson and Richmond in the interest of the local market were highly pleased" with their trip and believe that it will bear fruit. These tobacco people were impressed with the manner in which the mem bers of this group went about the business of securing better prices and competent buyers to handle the crop for the big companies. They realized that they meant business and being in a receptive mood themselves were reauy Iaj banv uuamcsa. The Sanford Merchants Associa-] tion is behind this movement to make j Sanford a real tobacco market and the business men of the town stand ready to do all they can to help put the thing over. All realize that San ford is the logical place for a tobacco market for all this section of the State. The clubs and other organiza tions of the town are Ulso interested in the success of the market aatd are ready to put their shoulder to the wheel. The gentlemen who went to Henderson and Richmond in the in-, terest of the local market plan to go to Reidsville the latter part of the week on a similar mission. While in Richmond J. W. Kirkpat rick saw more money than he ever saw before or ever expects to see again unless he can become a partner to Henry Ford. He was permitted to visit the big vault of the Federal land bank of Richmond and while looking around guarded on every side by guards fixed his eyes just for a min ute on $150,000,000. He was convin ced that there was a plenty of money in Richmond but all in one pile. A tobacconist who has been on the markets in Georgia, and South Car olina and knows something of1 the grades of tobacco raised in eastern North Carolina tells The Express that the best grades of tobadeu in the whole belt can be found in the barns of the planters in this section. He thinks it will average a good price. 0ft is of the opinion that the planters will make a mistake by bringing the sorry lugs to market. They will get very little for this grade of tobacco and it will lower the average price of the good tobacco. Some of the people who expect to be on the local market in one capacity or another, are now here making final preparation for the opening of the warehouses. As The Express has stated there will be three warehouses j in operation here this Reason. Messrs I W. F. Wood and'J. C. Yarborough I will run the upper warehouse and Mesers. Jordan and Hester the lower warehouse. The third warehouse, a building owned by the 'Wilkins estate pit the opposite side of dicker street from the other warehouses, will be I run by Tilley Bros. J. W. Tilley has been' here several weeks making pre paration for the opening. The other warehousemen, buyers, auctioneers, book-keepers and other helpers will be here the last of this or the first of next week ready for the opening. The planters are. invited to come and attend the opening whether they bring any tobacco or not. We believe that they will find that the Sanford mark et will pay as much for tobacco as any market in the State. CIVIL TERM LEE SUPERIOR COURT NOW BEING HELD A one week civil term of Lee Su perior Court convened at the court house last Monday morning and will adjourn at the end of the week. Judge C. C. Lyon, of Elizabethtown, is pre siding. Judge Lyon is on -the emerg ency list. Judge W. A. Devin, of Ox ford, who was to have held court, was detained at Kinston, as Herman Cas ey, who was up for murder, was be ing tried before him. ' Casey was found guilty of the charge by the jury. Few cases of public interest are-up for a hearing. Only three or four cases have been heard. MR. HAM TALKS TO ROTA RIANS *‘The United States retired $1,250, 000,000 in bonds yesterday. The rail roads are now getting ready to spend $1,000,000,000 in construction work in addition to their regular pay rolls. We.have been lending and not bor rowing since the passage of the 18th Amendment.” , These statements were made in a talk before the Rotary Club Tuesday by Rev. John W. Ham, of Atlanta. The speaker gave a long list of sta tistics to show that the country is gradually recovering from the panic which has had the people in its grip for the past year or two. Mr. Ham, who is holding a meeting at Siler City, came to Sanford in response to an invitation extended hifn by ' the club through O. E.^Makepeace. His talk was one of tHebcSt yet made be fore the club. Several visiting Rotarians from other towns and a number of invited guests were present-on this occasion. On the night of October 3rd there will be an interesting meeting of clubs in Asheboro. It is expected that the Sanford club will he well represented at this meeting. MEETING OF ORANGE PRESBYTERY On Tuesday of this week the 321st session of, Orange Presbytery con vened in the East Burlington Presby terian church at 11 o’clock, and will ’continue in its sessions until the end of the week. Rev. C. N. Morrison, pastor of the Glenwood Avenue Pres byterian church, of Greensboro, is moderator of the Presbytery, and is acting an . nwciilinpr A. ber of speakers from beyond the state are present and the various causes of the church and its work, including home and foreign missions, are be ing presented. The Presbyterian churches of Lee county are now in cluded in Orange Presbytery. Orange Presbytery is a component part of the Synod of North Carolina, which is itself a part of the organiza tion known as the Presbyterian Church of the United iStates. The Synod of North Carolina was organiz ed on October 7, 1818, at Alamance church in Guilford county. COTTON GINNERS BUSY. Watson & Stevens,' cotton ginners, of Broadway, began running their gins on Monday, September 8th. The first bale ginned was for Ike Rollins, who lives on the E. T. Ussery planta tion. People are now very busy picking cotton which is opening very rapidly and all the gihs in the county Will be busy for the next few weeks ginning the fleecy staple and getting it ready for market. It is too early for! Cotton Statistician John T. Mc Donald to tell anything about the size of the crop in Lee county. COUNTY COUNCIL HOME DEM ONSTRATION CLUBS MEET HERE SATURDAY. The County Council of Home Dem onstration Clubs , wil meet Satur day, September 20, at 2 o’clock P. M., in the City Hall. Mrs. Estelle T. Smith, of Raleigh, will speak to the women. All club members are wel come to attend this meeting. Each club will have two delegates. There is plenty of parking space near the City Hall. LIBRARY HOURS. Oil and after October 1st the San -ford Library will open at 3 o’clock P. M., alid close at 6;00. ' JONESBORO CIRCUIT. Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Ivey T. Pole, Pastor. Schedule qf services for Sunday, .Sep tember 21sta 11:00 A. M.—Jonesboro. 3:80 P. M.—Poplar Springs. 7:30 P. M.—Lemon Springs. The fourth quarterly conference will be held at Jonesboro Saturday. The Presiding Elder, Rev. W. A. Cade, w|U preach at 11. a. m. Saturday; dinner will be served in the church, and the business session will be held at 2 o’clock in the afternoon. All of ficials are urged to be present for the business meeting. WESTVIEW FILLING STATION RAIDED, LIQUOR FOUND AND ARRESTS MADE Last Saturday morning Sheriff Sam Watson, Deputies J. M. Thomas, Paql Watson and Jailer Brooks made a raid on Westview filling station, just north of Sanford on Federal Highway No. 1 and made a big haul of men and liquor. In making search they found 7 1-2 gallons of liquor in jars. Most of this liquor was found concealed in old junked cars in rear of the filling station. The officers were able to locate the liquor by plain paths that led from the filling station and highway to the cars. They also found two and one half crates of home brew that had also been con cealed in cars and about the filling station. This intoxicant that now seems to be very popular with the "soaks”, in this community, had been put in eoacola bottles. It had been colored so as to look like cocqcola. The officers arrested Dewey Mc Lamb, who has been operating the filling station, and Earl Harrington, who was in his employ. They also arrested James Riley, who operates a garage a short distance from the filling station. Three negroes, Den nis Womack, Louis Dark, and Doug Dark, were-also placed under arrest by the officers. They were given a preliminary hearing before K. E. Seymour, Esq., and placed under bond of $500.00 each for tbeir ap pearance at the next term of the Recorder’s Court. Riley and McLarnb gave bond. The other defendants who failed to give bond were com mitted to jail, but gave bond later and were discharged. They will be given a hearing in the Recorder’s court next Tuesday. One of the officers who made the raid compares this joint to the fam ous “Boar’s Den” that became a stench in the nostrils of the good people a few miles west of Sanford, but was finally put out of eommis tflen. .... . REV. R. ,W. BAILEY DIE^ IN RALEIGH. Rev. R. W. Bailey, a well known Methodist minister, who since he was placed on the superannuated list, has made his home in Raleigh, died in that city about 8 o’clock Sunday morning. Mr. Bailey had been criti cally HI for several weeks, follow ing a stroke of paralysis which * he sulfered July 19th. The funeral services were conducted from Eden ton Street Methodist church Monday morning at 11 o’clock, by Rev. M. Bradshaw, presiding Elder of the Re -leigh district, assisted by Dr. W. A. Stanbury, of Duke Memorial church, Durham; Rev. J. P. Herbert, of Cen tral Methodist church, and Rev. Philip Schwartz, Raleigh. Mr. Railfiv Itai 1 served in the' Msth odist ministry to 1920, when he retir ed. Bom in a portion of Wake coun ty, which is now Durham, he spent a good many of his years in each coun ty, but served pastorates all the way from West Durham to Southport, among them the Steele Street Methodist church of Sanford. He came to the Sanford church in 1906, l and after serving three years left ! this field in 1909. Due to his long and useful life, Mr. j Bailey had drawn to himself friends I all over the State. On August 2, 1888,-Mr. Bailey was married to Miss Frances M. Cunningham, of Raleigh, to which marriage were bom three sons: Robert Cunningham Bailey, who died in Louisburg some years ago; Palmer E. Bailey, of Raleigh, and Jessie Lee Bailey, of Memphis, Tenn. In addition to his wife and two sons, Mr. Bailey leaves surviv ing two sisters, Mrs. Sarah E. Bled soe, and Miss M. Loula Bailey, of Raleigh, and one brother, Thomas L. Bailey, of Durham county. TO RAISE CEMETERY FUND The Civic Department 'of the Wo man’s Club is working in cooperation with the Cemetery Board to raise a fund for the cleaning up and the grading of the cemetery at Buffalo. The members of this department will make,. a canvass of the owners of plots lij. this cemetery and ask for such contributions as they may be able to give to help provide a fund to grade the walks and drives of the cemetery and to keep it clean at all times. Tire committee frOm the civic de partment will with the cemetery board apply as wisely as possible the money raised for the upkeep of the cemetery. They are asking for the cooperation of the plot owners in raising this fund. EVANGELIST HAM TO DISCUSS BIG SUBJECTS. The Express is requested to state that Evangelist John W.- Ham, of At lanta, who is holdjng a meeting at Siler City this week will discuss the following subjects next Sunday: "Musolina and Satan, or the Revival of the Roman Empire." “Will Mus soljna Succeed in his purpose • to bring about a United States of Southern Europe?" PAGE TRUST COMPANY GETS BANE AT RALEIGH. | The Raleigh Baking & Trust Com pany, with deposits on June 30, of $2,167,180.28, was placed in the hands of the Page dating agent ly after 6 o’< The Page ' parent instil a total of agreed as liqi the depositors deposits as soon Company as liqui y morning short Company, with a at Aberdeen and other branches, .ting agent, to pay m per cent of their Bis the necessary le gal and clerical ^details can be eluded. Former Gongetesmban Robert N. Page, will havegcharge of the Ral- j -eigh branch, which the Page Trust Company expects.:. open in that city in a few days. Branches of pany are at Hamlet, Raef ville, liberty, Officials of partment said the Raleigh Company’s rumors and tge Trust Com irdeen, Carthage, Siler City, Thomas aseur and Sanford. State Banking De primary cause of ng and Trust was due to wild talk,” which re sulted in withdM fals of the deposits faster than the ] >ani; could convert its assets into Deposits of h. >ank at the close of business Monday^ iggregated ? 1,592, 000, Robert N. M fe, president of the Page Trust 'any stated. The Page Trus Company Tuesday was granted a * >ermit to open a branch in Re] began the ai and immediately ace of deposits. ETWEEN SAN. iDOR HERE OPENING FORD HOSPITAL OOMR.UT AWARDED TO J, W.*Id! T, INC. The board of : Coupty Hospit Tuesday aften bids that had I tractors for hospital. Aft' considering to meej, again, at which time the tract to J. W. Stj ing $87,800. morning and ternoon as th .working out the e has not as Jet details of the ^ lished in The lectors of the Lee ;t at the City Hall anti opened sealed I filed by seven con instruction of the (.ending some time they adjourned ■ .city evening, 'awarded the eon t, Inc., his bid be nu-t again this En session this af Iper goes to press ills. The contract signed up. Full let will be pub-; next week. j The tgfjpffliff here Friday afi'enSfe? between San ford and Candor. ^Ujieople of the town are asked to come out and see what our boys can do. in the initial game. The members of the Sanford team, who have been putting in intensive practice for the past two or three weeks seem to be pretty well season ed and it is expected that they will play a good game. Mr. L. E. War rick, the coach, has been giving them intensive work outs every af ternoon, and expects soon to have them in good shape. The team re cently organized by electing Norman Kelly captain. Kelly , is considered one of the best players on the team and will h» hnarj season. B. Y. P. U.’S HOLD RALLY AT CAMERON. Sunday at 2:30 P. M., a rally oi the Fourth District of the Sandy Creek Associational B. Y. P. y. was held in the Cameron Baptist church in Cameron. Of the 18 churches in the district, approximately half oi them were represented with a tola! •of about 75 delegates. Miss Floy Rivers, of Samord, district leader presided. ' Following the opening hymjpi, R. B. Gross, of the Coo Springs Union, led the devotions with an interesting address. Miss Luna Yates, of the Sanford Baptist church, vice-president of the associa tional union, delivered an inspiring address on "Growth Through Expan sion.” L.ttle Miss Mary Caudle Gavin, oi Sanford, sung a beautiful solo, "Living for Jesus,” which de lighted her hearers. This was fol lowed by an able address by Miss i Floy Rivers, w ho discussed in an in teresting way "The Associational B Y. P. U. at Work.” After this came a short business sesion at which time several matters were taken up. C. C. Jones, of Cameron, made an impromp tu tallt-in which he stressed the fact that young people were today doing more religious w ork than*ever before. He said that in the olden days there were no automobiles and theatres to attract the att< >tion of the young people, but that there were swimming holes, bar rooms, and other things. Even today with the many cars, mov ing pictures, < to-, to attract ' young people, he thought it was a splendid thing to see many of the young people engaged m work of this kind, not only in H ' • P- IT. Work, but in similar organizations in other churches, ami that- he had no fear for the future f America. It was decided that t! second semi-annual meeting of this district would be.held in the Joit 'shor Baptist church on the second S.u >Liy in February, 1931. PRESIIYTEIUAN the usual services a? church next Sunday „„ „ . 18 P. M. Preaching: by the pastor. I’r. Gilmore, who will return from vacation the last of this week. There wil the Presbyt at 11 A. M PASSION PLAY To Re Staged in* Durham at Duke University. The world’s famous Freiburg Pas sion Players will appear in Durham at two nights and one matinee per formances, beginning Monday, Sep tember 2‘Jth, according to announce ment of Kev. Trela D. Collins, Presi dent of Parent-Teacher’s Association of Junior High School under whose auspices the players will come The players were brought to America from Freiburg Baaen, Ger many, by the city of St. Joseph, Mo. They are just completing a tour of the country and will sail for the homeland late this year. Three of the Fassnacht family, to gether with more than thirty of the original German cast will appear in the Durham engagement. Some 150 Durham persons are required to com plete the cast and chorus. Two car loads of scenery and costumes are carried to produce the outdoor picture of the Freiburg setting. The Passion Play was originally produced in Freiburg, Baden Ger many, in the year 1264 as a thank of fering to Divine Providence for the passing of a plague on their city and nas greatly developed in the* course of 700 years. The outstanding feature of the players themselves, direct li neal descendants of the players who have carried on the traditions of the group of players for centuries. Adolph Fassnacht, Christus of the play, has been in the Christus role since infancy, having portrayed the Babe in the Manger at the age of six months, while his father at the time had the Christus role. The Passion Play became a hereditary affair of the Fassnacht family over 200 years ago, and for generations the production of the play has rested on the shoulders of a Fassnacht. D A NI EL - L A M BETH. A surprise wedding ol interest was solemnized Tuesday afternoon at 6 o'clock* September 2nd, at “Oak Glen/’ the county home of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar E. Lambeth, when their eldest daughter, Annie Maxwell, be came the bride of Mr. Andrew Turn er Daniel, of Mocksville. The cere mony was performed by Rev. J. A. Dailey, of Pitisboro, pastoi* of the bride. Just before the ceremony, Miss Lucy Boone, of Burlington, sang “At Dawning.” At the strains of Lohen grin’s “Bridal Chorus,” the bride de scended the stairway and was met at the foot of the stairs by the groom, unattended, and entered the living room where the vows were spoken, while Mrs. Daisy Lambeth played “To a Wild Rose,” very softly. —— i-,gly attired lode of 1 shoes at accesories'to match. She carried bouquet of pink radiance rosebuds showered with lilies of the valley. The living room was beautifully decorated with ferns and white lilies. Mrs. A. T. Daniel is a graduate of Louisburg College, and attended | Greensboro College, j Mr. Daniel is the son of Mr. and i Mrs. J. A. Daniel, of Mocksville, and is one of Davie county’s young ^at torneys. He received His A. B. de gree from the University of South Carolina, and his law* degree of the j University of .South Carolina last year. Immediately after the cef^mony the t bride and groom left by automobile for a trip to Western North Carolina. On their return they will make their ! home at Mocksville. Birthday Party. A number of their fripnds planned a surprise party to celebrate the birth day of John William Brown, wbost birthday was on Thursday, and Miss Barbara Kelly, whose anniversary oc curred on Saturday. The jolly crowd proceeded to the home of Miss Kelly on Saturday ev ening bearing attractive gifts foi both honorees and an evening of rea fun ensued with bridge and dancing as the chief diversions. Punch am cakes were served. Present were Miss Barbara Kellj with John William Brown, Miss Julu Chaffin with Fred Newman, Miss Cornelia Atkins with R. B. Wicker Jr., Miss Bernice Hunt with Herbert Russell, Miss Jewell Stout with Arcr Bryant, Miss Edith Makepeace wit! Clyde Williamson, Miss Helen How ard with Frank Snypes, Jr., Miss Lou ise Gilliam with John William Brown Miss Stephanie Newman with Robert Gilliam. THIEVES ROB HEN ROOST. One nigtit this week thieves visit si the homes of Mrs. O. B. Andrews ind Mrs. Theodore High,, near Buf 'alo Church, and took from their ien houses G5 fine chickens. Thir.> cere stolen from Mrs. Andrews and hirty-five from Mrs. High. These cere fine, well grown chickens and eady to go to laying. The two wo fien had spent much time and some roney raising them and the loss is onsiderable. This is the second or third time h,at thieves have visited these omes and stolen chickens. it is upposed the thieves use something > keep the chickens from making a CLEAN UP WEEK. The Civic Department of the Wo man’s Club of Sanford will sponsor a clean up week in Sanford the first we$k in October. All citizens of the town are earnestly requested to clean up ground their promises and put ev erything in sanitary condition il pos sible, before that time. ^The Express stated las* week that Dr. C. Presley Wilson, oculist, of Shelby, had made arrangements to move to Sanford where he Will en gage in his profession. He came down this week and has opened an office on the second floor of the Postoffice building, where he can now be seen by people who need his services. FRANK PAGE IS NAMED AS HEAD OF THE TOBACCO ORGANIZATION MORE THAN HUNDRED TO BACCO GROWERS HEAR FARM BOARD REPRESENTATIVE (Reported for The Express by 13. O. McMahan.) growers mc-t at the Town Hall in Sanford Tuesday afternoon to hear Col. Charles B. Rogan, a represen tative of the Federal Farm Board, explain how the Farm Board could help the tobacco growers mafket their tobacco. Col. Rogan explained how the Farm Board was ready to advance money to farmers on their tobacco so that l they would not have to dump it on the market at a time when the prices | are as low as they are now. But j he also made it clear that the Farm I Foard could not deal with individuals, and that it would be necessary for the farmers to organize a marketing association before they could get this | help from the Farm Board. He ex ! plained in detail how an association | could be formed and what it could j do and some of the things that it | could not do. Mr. E. W. Gaither, of Raleigh, who I is District Farm Demonstration Ag ent for the Southeastern District of North Carolina, made an interesting talk cn the tobacco situation. He showed how the price of tobacco is mainly controlled by the law of sup ply and demand. He quoted figures for the last fifieen years that showed that the large crops of tobacco had always sold for less money than the small crops had sold for. Col. Rogan and Mr. Gaither dis cussed cooperative marketing in de tail, taking up some of the n'stakes that were made by the old Vri .S'ate Association and showing ho’v ■> new association could keep from making the.se same mistakes. Th v also showed how the Federal Fa i Board could be a great help to a:. associ ation. After these discussions the farm Iers were asked if .they thought it would be wor th while to hold aeries of community meetings in the coun ty to ^Usruss cooperative fcvrkefcin# With all the tobacco grower; -o that they would be in better ? on to | decide if they wanted to o ze an association or not. It wa; d un i animoulsy to hold these i mgs. | Dates and places for th meet ' ings will be arranged at an early date. J Before the meeting adjourned Mr. I G. W. Crissman of Jonesboro, Rt. 1 i was elected to represent Lee County j on Gov. Gardner’s Tobacco Relief j Commission which is trying to make ! plans for getting a better price for | this year’s tobacco crop. | EPISCOPALIANS WORSHIP IN THEIR NEW CHURCH FOR miii rtnoi Ti’uE. ! Sunday morning the members of St. Thomas’ Episcopal church and many friends worshipped ior the hrst ! time in their new church building on I North Steele street. Much work in j the way cf flooring, plastering, and : interior work remains to be done, i but the building- was comfortably used by a congregation that filled it to capacity with a number of people 1 unable to obtain admission. In the congregation were members of the | various churches of Sanford as well j as friends from Pittsboro, Siler City, and other places. There was no : special celebration to mark the event, j the usual morning service being held, j The Rector, Rev. R.G. Shannonhouse, was assisted by Joseph D. Smith, lay reader. The rector expressed his ap preciation and the appreciation of the members of the church for the help and interest shown by friends in Sanford and elsewhere in the effort 1 to erect a suitable church building. I He read letters from Right Reveren ed Edwin A. Penick, Bishop Coadju ! tor, Rev. A. B. Hunter, of Raleigh, ! and Miss Carrie Hughes, of Raleigh, ! who for several years did social | service work under the auspices of 1 St. Thomas church, and others,con gratulating- the members on finally being able to use the building. Fol lowing this Rev. Mr. Shannohouse preached an appropriate sermon, say ing that as stone and other building material had to go through a chisel ing and polishing process before be ing fitted for use, so God brought cares, troubles and other things into human lives to refine and prepare our ; characters for the future life. Music under the direction of Mrs. R. G. Shannohouse, by a vested choir, com posed of members of the Junior Choral Club, together with several Members of St. Bartholomew’s choir of Pittsboro, was unusually good. Mrs. James Holland presided at the organ. The building, which is of red brick, is modeled after the Eng lish Chapel style, and has been pro nounced an unusually beautiful type of architecture. L. M. Thompson, of Sanford, was the architect, with O. Z. Barber, of Goldston, the builder. One of the windows on the north side of the chancel representing “The Good Shepherd,” was given by friends in Pittsboro gs a memorial to the late Rev. C. T. Bland and Mrs. Bland. Dr. Bland, who was rectoi*"at Pitts boro, was responsible for the first church building of the Episcopal faith built in Sanford. Work was ' begun on it in 1895. It was a f small wooden building and was locat ed at the corner of Moore and Car thage streets. ]Laier it was taken p down and moved to a location on . First street. Minimum Goal For Sign-up Plac ed 100,000,000 Pounds—All Details Left to Committee of Five Which Will Be Appoint ed by Governor Gardner. Following an enthusiastic mass meeting at City Auditorium in Rale igh yesterday morning the Tobacco Relief Commission composed of elect ive representatives from 49 tobacco growing counties, unanimously elect ed Frank Page, former chairman of the North Carolina Highway Com mission, and now vice-president of the Wachovia Bank and Trust Company, in charge of its Raleigh branch, as the head of the movement. It was agreed to work for a minimum sign up of 100,000,000 pounds, or one-fifth of the Slate’s crop. All details of the plan for co-oper ative association, including; the form of the marketing agreement to be signed by growers were left to an executive committee of five to be ap pointed by Governor Gardner, who was also empowered by the mass meeting to name seven additional members of the organization to rep resent the state at large. The election of Mr. Page, who has not been officially notified of his election and last night declined to comment thereon, was merely for the organization of the co-operative since permanent officers will be chosen by the directors to be elected by the grower members after the sign-up. Would Draft Page. However, Mr. Page was proposed at the mass meeting as the perma nent, full time head of the organi zation, and the suggestion was well received. His selection is thought to depend only on his acceptance. “We must elect one man and put him in charge,” declared the Gover nor. ,fWe'must have a leader whom the tobacco companies, from New York to London and from Durham to Winston-Salem will regard as strong enough, to carry the flag of North Carolina. “I propose to draft Frank Page for tjiis job, a man who has* handled > hundreds of millions of dollars with out the strain of any of it leaving its slimp mark upon him. “It is a big undertaking, but I know Frank Page is patriotic and I believe he will undertake it for Nortn Carolina. The State needs a man of his calibre to lead it out of this crisis.” Minimum 100,000,000 Pounds The relief commission yesterday fixed 100,000,000 pounds as the min imum goal for a sign-up under the co-operative contract and immediate removal from the market, it being decided that 60,000,000 pounds of the amount shtftild come from the Eastern North Carolina belt and 40,. 000,000 pounds from the Old Belt in Central North Carolina. The “bor der counties” which grow the South Carolina type may also be handled separately. But in any event all of the sepa rate belt organizations will be tied up under one executive head and selling agent, the job for which Mr. Page has been picked. NEW GIN PUT IN OPERATION BY MARKS & WALKER. Marks & Walker have finished and put in operation a new gin system at Swann Station, this season. The first “run” was made Monday. The plant is modem in every respect, the build ing having been constructed of brick. It is a 2-80 saw ginning system, and has a capacity of 50 bales daily. Mr. Ernest Marks will be in charge of the gin during the season. He expects to operate the plant at night should the supply of cotton justify it. This gin is in one of the best cotton sec tions of lower Lee and upper Harnett counties. Cotton is now opening very fast in that section and the planters are busily engaged in gathering it. The crop is good and it is expected that there will be a large yield. NOTICE. Due to the crowded and congested condition in the Sanford city schools, the City School Board at its regular meeting on September 8, decided to discontinue admitting beginners at mid-term so there will be no begin ners admitted at mid-term this year. In order to take care of as far as possible those who would have enter ed at the mid-term, the Board decided to extend the age limit so that all who shall become six years of age on or before December 31, may enter school now, provided they enter by Mbnday^Sep'.embor 22. If there are those coming within the age limit who wish to enter this school this fall, we would appreciate" if they would enroll at once. G. R. WHEELER, Superintendent. IMPORTANT MEETING J There will . Be a meeting of cotton ' farmers in the public school auditor ium at Broadway Monday night. Sept. 22nd. All cotton farmer* in this section are urged to be present.

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