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.