FIVE CENTS
More Tobacco on the Opening
Day Than Could be Handled
on the Three Floors—Thou
sands of Pounds Carried A
way for Lack of Selling Room
—Less Than Half the Tobac
co on Floor of 3 W’s Ware
house Sold Tuesday and Had
to be Carried Over and Sold
Wednesday Morning-First
Sale Put - on at Fanners’
Warehouse Which was Fol
lowed by Sale by Tilly Bros.
Sale at 3 W’s Warehouse late
in the Afternoon — Approxi
mately 200,000 -Pounds Sold
at an Average Price of $14.00
Per Hundred — Receipts $28,
000.00 Farmers pleased with
Prices
The Sanford tobacco market broke
. the record in its initial sale of the
season last Tuesday. More than twice
the tonnage was put on the market
than in any one day in any previous
season in its history. Something like
100.000 pounds was marketed here
one day in 1928. This was the high
water mark until Tuesday’s sales
were put down at approximately
200.000 pounds. The average price
was approximately $14.00 per hun
dred. The receipts from the sales
amounted to $28,000.00. The highest
price paid for tobacco on any of the
floors was $44.00 per hundred. Many
piles sold at $20.00 to $30.00 per hun
dred, Many planters were heard to
say that their tobacco brought much
* higher prices than 'they expected. It
goes without saying that they were
highly pleased with the prices their
tobacco brought and went home re
joicing.
In drawing to see who.would put
on the first sale Messrs. Jordan and
■ Hester, who are operating the Farm
ers’ Warehouse, were the lucky ones,
When the sale opened at their ware
house there was hardly standing room
on the floor. The jam was so great
that the planters were delayed in un
loading their trucks and wagons.
When they had . finished unloading to
bacco covered the entire floor includ
finishcd until after the noon hour. The
second sale which was held in the
afternoon was at. the warehouse of
Tilly Bros., across the street. This
is the first season that this warehouse
is in charge of these hustling young
tobacconists. It is said that in the
past few weeks they have visited
about one thousand planters in this
section and the sales of Tuesd^
showed it. Planters were on their
floor from Randolph county and as
far away as the tobacco . section
around WinstomSalem. Their floor
was covered to the doors and some of
the tobacco brought iri' could not be
placed for sale.
The sale at the 3 W’s Warehouse,
which is operated by two experienced
tobacconists, Messrs. W. F. Wood and
J." C. Yarborough, who have handled
tobacco at this place for several
years, opened late in the afternoon
and although the warehousemen, auc
tioneer and buyers worked like Tro
jans,' they could sell more than half
of the tobacco on the floor before it
became too dark to carry on the sale.
This warehouse, which has more
space than the others, was also full
and running over. The sale had to
be finished Wednesday morning be
fore the sale of that date was put on.
Prices were much better on all the
floors than expected. Even much of
the trashy sandlugs sold at pretty
good prices. The thing that told the
story as to the feeling among the
planters as to the prices that prevail
ed was the fact that in the big rec
ord-breaking sale of tobacco very
few tickets were turned and the "to
bacco carried home.
Much tobacco came in late Monday
evening and it continued to come in
during the night, not only from Lee,
but from Moore, Chatham, Harnett,
Randolph, Hoke, Cumberland and
other counties. When the sales open
ed Tuesday morning all the parking
space on the streets leading to the
Warehouses and even much of" the
business section of the town was tak
en up by cars, trucks and wagons.
It reminded one of a visit Of John
Robinson’s circus. The circus always
brings a big crowd to Sanford. At
the noon hour the Cafes were crowd
ed with people and the coca-cola and
_ weinie stands were doing a big busi
- pees. It is predieted that as result
of this record-breaking sale, and the
. good daily sales that will ho doubt
follow all through the season, there
Will be a re-drying plant, and per
haps one, if not two, additional j
warehouses built in Sanford by the j
opening of the next season. The
merchants and other business men of
Sanford and all who are concerned
in the success of the Sanford tobacco
market believe that should as much
as 5,000,000 pounds find sale on the
local market this season it Means
(hat Sanford will be on the map as
t
permanent growing tobacco market
and will take, its place along with,
Hendersbfi, Greenville,' Rocky Mount
and other larger markets of the State.'
If all will pull- together there is no
reason why this should not be con
summated within the next few years.
This unprecedented opening day has
had a tendecy to put new life in things
and has given the town and section
a tremendous boost. Let every busi
ness man and citizen of the town put
their shoulders to the wheel and keep
the thing going till every pound of
tobacco in the territory -of the San
ford tobacco market is sold and then
help to put across a movement to
increase the facilities for handling
the crop in 1931. The opportunity
is in our grasp. We will know pret
ty soon as to whether or not we are
going to use it.
A gentleman who has been on to
bacco markets for 21 years, watched
the sales here Tuesday and stated
that it was one of the most success
ful opening sales he has attended in
five years, viewing it from every an
gle. One planter was heard to say
when the market opened that if he
did not get $25.00 per hundred for
his tobacco he would turn the tickets,
take his tobacco off the floor, kiss
Sanford good-bye and never return
again. Later he was pleased to find
that his lot of tobaco sold at $30.00
per hundred and with a smile on his
face he said Sanford would see him
later.
} In order to accommodate the plan
ters the two local banks remained
open till a late hour Tuesday evening
to cash their checks.. This was, the
first time it was found necessary to
to do this in the history of the to
bacco market.
THE TIME FOR TOBACCO GROW
ERS TO ORGANIZE IS NOW.
The states growing bright tobacco
are equally interested in securing bet
ter prices, and Mr. Frank Page is
right in saying they should co-oper
ate, As head of the Southeastern
Regional •. Council Mr. Page will use
all his influence to secure united ac
tion of the other states.
TPhjs,
iSP(Hj_
by-tobacco growers of North Carolina
to organize a North Carolina Co-op
erative Tobacco Association, If North
Carolina growers wish better prices,
the essential thing to do is to organ
ize now. Too much time has already
been lost. South Carolina has ef- j
fected an organization. Georgia and
Virginia will do likewise. If each
State wits on the other, how long be-!
fore there will be an effective organ
ization ?
North Carolina should lead the ,
movement. Help can come in no \
other way. When this State has per
fected a Tobacco Co-operative Asso
ciation, it will confer with the other
tobacco growing states and Mr. Page
will .aid through the Southeastern
Regional Council..
The time to strike in North Caro- j
lina is when the iron is hot. North j
Carolina tobacco growers alone have
the power to effect some improve
ment. North Carolina organized and j
militant will be ready to join with1
four-state organization. But if North j
Carolina waits for others to move it
the other states and aid in a whole'
will maek a serious mistake.
. The time to organize in- North
Carolina is now. The other states
will fall in line!!—News and Ob
server.
JOHNSON TALKS ABOUT TALC
For twenty years or more the rein
ing of soap stone or talc has been
carried on in the Deep River Valley
in Moore County. The first mine was
opened at Glendon and carried on
with more or less success for a num
ber of years. The Glendon mine was
finally 'abondoned and a new mine
opened at Hemp further up the river
four or five years ago. The mine at
Hemp has proven a success. In fact i
it is the largest talc mine in the ]
world. That is they mine talc there S
in greater quantities than anywhere 1
else.
These facts were brought out in a
talk before the Rotary club Tuesday
by Mr. Johnson who is with the Stan
dard' Mineral Company, which oper
ates the Hemp mine. Talc is used in
a variety of ways. One of its chief
uses is found in the making of tal
cum powder. It is also used in the
making of soaps. Mr. Johnson had t
on display pieces of soapstone as;
•talc in crude form as taken out of [
the mine. He also exhibited boxes
containing talcum powder and soap
which is now being put up by the
company. Thirty-five men are em-1
ployed at the mine. ...
Among visiting Rotarians were
Cleve Spayer, secretary of the Ash
boro club, which will play host at an
inter-city meeting October 3rd. The
Sanford club will be represented by
ten or more members at this meet-,
Ing. -
FIVE COTTON BUYERS
ON SANFORD MARKET
It is Expected There Will Be
Strong Competitive Buying
Which Will Strengthen the
Market And Be a Strong In
ducement For the Farmers in
This Section to Put Their Cot
ton on the Sanford Market—
Cotton Growers’ Association
Will Also Handle Cotton
Here. 1 .
The Sanford tobacco market has
not only had the greatest boost in
the history of the market which was
opened in 1912, 18 years ago, but,; it
seems that there is going to be unusu
al activity on the local cotton market
through competitive buying. This
paper has often stated that Sahford
is the logical place for a tobacco
market for all this sectiqn of the
belt. This will also hold good rela
tive to a cotton market. Sanford is
in the center of a good cotton grow
ing section and is accessible to all
this territory by . good highways.
Much of the land in 3 radius of 25
miles of Sanford is not only well
adapted to the culture of cotton, but
produces a superior quality of lint
which is in great demand by the
cotton mills of the country.
Sanford has five buyers this season.
They are Wilkins-Ricks Company,
Sanford Cotton Mill Company, Palm
er & Reeves, Ray Barnes and Paul
Kelly. Mr. Austin McCormick and
Mr. it,, u. JNalt are in the market for
large lots, but they will not buy on
the local market in small lots. The
Co-operative Marketing Association
is also ! handling- cotton at this, place.
All these buyers have had experi
ence in handling cotton —some years
of experience here and at other places,
Wilkins-Ricks Company have been on
the market for twenty years or more,,
and are well known to the farmers
throughout this section. Mr. Jeff
Johnson, who has been with this con
cern 1
them
nouse
& Yadkin Railroad, where it is be
ing weighed and graded. The San
ford Cotton Mills Company haa also
bought cotton on this market since
the mill was constructed years ago.
They have a modern ginning system
which is now in operation at their
mill. They gin the cotton for the
farmers and buy it right at the gin,
which saves the farmer the trouble
of moving it, if they wish to sell.
They pay the highest market price
and work the cotton up at their mill.
Mr. Palmer, who was with Wilk
ins-Ricks Company for a number of
years, before going into business for
himself, has also handled cotton on
the local market from year to year.
He is buying at his place of business
sn Bndor street. Mr. Barnes, who
was also with Wilkins-Ricks Com
pany till he went unto the fertilizer
business last spring, has made ar
rangements to buy cotton at Wilkins
Ricks warehouse. Mr. Kelly has built
a platform near his gin and stands
ready to buy the cotton after He has
ginned it for the farmers. He is
now operating his gin and the farm
ers can have it ginned and sell it on
the spot. Mr. McCormick has. been
?n the cotton business for years and
has handled it in big lots for large
companies. He has made Sanford
his ‘ headquarters for a number of
years and bought cotton here and
other places throughout this section.
Mr. Nall has from time to time
handled cotton on the Sanford market
and is well known to the farmers
throughout this section.
Like the tobacco market, there is
promise of a better cotton market
here than in years. The buyers are
prepared to pay the market price and
invite the farmers to bring in a load
of cotton and give them a trial. i
'The cotton platform between Chat
ham street and the Seaboard side
tracks where cotton was sold for
years, has been-torn away by the
railroad company. they were not
willing for the platform to remain on
their property and be used by people
who shipped the cotton away in
trucks.
LIBRARY NOTES.
The Sanford Library has been given
three bodies T)y the trustees under the
will of Mary Baker Eddy. These
books are on our shelves and are to
be circulated free of-charge. The
titles are:
'Life of Mary Baker Eddy," by
Sibyl Wilbur. i
“Science atid Health," by Mary Ba
ker Eddy.
Miscellaneous Writings, by Mary
Baker Eddy.
BAPTISMAL SERVICE.
Cool Springs aBptist church will
hold a baptismal service next Sundav
afternoon at 2 o’clock, at J. tf.
Drane's fish pond, near the church.
[RIEFS.
building i
The Sa
give a
at 7 o'clc
Board of
Claries
in the W
came to 1
buying
Sanford go
state to cell
common, wH
local Jews v
of the Heb
a ten day ]
and neniten
Long spent theI
ont and Martin !' ]
fended the funeral j
in Wilson Sun
#n> jeye specialist,
bfowfor the prac- \
pion.4* He is locat
¥ice building.
Ier has moved his *£
I street to rooms on 1
the Wilkins-Ricks !
street. ; 1
ke Department will <
I'the Carolina Hotel ! :
ht in honor of the 1
i and city officials. :
Jr., who has been
*>me time, recently
ind is now in the
C. Burwell, who is j :
4 the local market 1 ;
Fobacco Company. !
pother, who for the I 1
years has been .
n Raleigh, has re
| and is now teach
jd High school,
pnford closed their
1 Wednesday in ]
Hashana, or the :
t wnich tlgan at
Sometimes Jews of
plarger cities of the !
[this occasion. In !
lry the world over, i
gome the year 6591
* Ildar, and begin '■
special worship
leh will end with i
Y-om Kippur,
the hoGest daj
Mr. Archie
who spent thej
at Fayettevilli
ford to attend
T. Buchanan,-!
a few days wi
and this sectio
Tha- Express )
tourist and *»t'
in Florida tlgj
al yearsffg
more nor
restored amo
rations ar% 1 ^
tourist season.
The Cotf.'
Ass
ground
there will 4
plaeed in \
any previd
two stor
[Jay of Atonement,
[the Jewish year.
or Orlando, Fla., ■
►mei with relatives
[ who came to San-;
^funeral of Mr. W.
pnce been spending
tlatives in Sanford
[ Mr. Dye tells The ,
[ the outiok for the
business is better
been for sever
are becoming
|orifihence is being
people, Prepa- ;
[made fox a. big .
Sers’ Co-operative :
to be mining I
rty and this fall i
? be more cotton .
>? fey them than in
• *■ .have
ness man
also direct
rs’ Associa
the Associa
jrinore than
on coming to
' wagon
(tate, was being ;
ward Purdie, proi
and farmer of Bui
or of the Cotton
tioh, said in a Jctj ^
ti6n September 18§§J
50 per cent of the).
Dunn, which is tht
cotton market in the.. r
delivered to the association.
Mayor W. R. Wifliaifcs.who made a-|
business trip to New York last week,
suddenly became afc'Sjhihded. His
anxiety to get 1 ick to Sanford in
record-breaking time caused him to
take to the air while covering the
distance from New -York to Wash
ington. He left New York last Sun
day morning in a 10 passenger mon
oplane, traveling at the rate of 110
miles per hour. The big airship
was not long in making the trip from
the metrfopolis to the Capitol. His
experience was somewhat thrilling
while the big ship was taking to the
air, but after it had gotten under way
everything ran smoothly and the trip
was without incident or mishap.
While the Mayor is a hustler this
was a little faster than he has ever
been hurled through space before.
These big airships now make daily
schedules between JNew York and
Washington. .:2a±,.r.
Rev. G. R. Undemrood was sudden
ly taken ill at the dinner table at
his home near Pittsboro on Tuesday,
of last week, and for awhile it was
feared that he would not survive.
However, he improved and was able
to see many friends who called to
join him in celebrating his birthday
on last Saturday, 20th. He seemed
to be in good spirits and expressed
pleasure at having, big friends and
neighbors call and felicitate him on
his natal day. Mr. and Mrs. Under
wood had planned to move to Sanford
this week, but will not be able to
come till Mr. Underwood is stronger.
It is hoped by thsir host of friends
in Sanford and throughout this sec
tion that they will be able to move
down soon. -
LOCAL DEALER ANNOUNCES
FORD DE LUXE CAR WEEK
J. W. Kirkpatrick, <Mf the Triangle
Motor Company, local Ford dealers,
announced today that they will hold a
special showing of Ford De Luxe
Cars during the urreot week.
During this week, Mr. Kirkpatrick
said, De Luxe cars will be featured in |
the local show room, so that residents ,
of Sanford will have an opportunity!
to inspect the wrious body types and
learn of their unusual appointments,
Special literature describing the De
Luxe cars will he available.
JONESBORO OtHCUIT.
M. K ChuimrajHHI,
——- - - 'sMmMtW- - - -
(IVEY T. I’OOpBaytiTOR.)
Services fur Sunday; September 28:
11 a. m.-ht'wulMfel
3 p. m.—.Morns Chapel.
7:80 p. m. uesbbao.
Public cirdially JUVlted to all
IFIRD’S ARE COMING
' - TO SANFORD
lave Leased the Building Now'
Occupied by ' Williams-Belk
Company from John Kennedy
and Will Move in as soon as
they Can Move Out
The people of Sanford and this
ection will be interested to know that
>lr. John Kennedy,was in Charlotte
iVednesday and signed a lease with
he*Efird Department Store, of that
ity, for the rental of the store ,build
ng on Steele Street now occupied by
iVilliams-Belk Company, who are
ireparing to move to the Wilkins
rticks stand across the street in a
rew days. The head of the Efird J>e
jartment stores informed Mr.. Ken
iedy that they would open a stock of
foods in his building as soon as it is
vacated by Williams-Belk Company.
Hie lease dates October 1st. The Ef
rd Department stores is one of the
jiggest concerns of its kind in the
State and is financially very strong,
rhey have stores in 46 towns in this
ind other States. We shall have
nore to say about their plans of open
ng a store here next week.
KIWANIS NOTES.
The Kiwanis Club held its regular
veekly meeting at the Carolina Hotel
ast Friday evening. “America” was
rendered by the members of the club
while facing the flag with Miss Lou
se Futrell at the piano. The visitors
were Miss Aileen McMillan, music
Iirector in the Sanford High School,
md Captain Dan B. King, of Battery
E., 113th Field Artillery., After din
ler had' been served Kiwanian J. W.
Kirkpatrick, chairman of the program
committee, made a talk telling about
:he trip of the committee which went
;o Henderson and Richmond to discuss
he Sanford tobacco market with rep
resentatives of the big tobacco com
panies and get their cooperation in
securing the highest market prices for
the crop on the local market. He
expressed the opinion that there
would be at ' least fiive hundred
ihousancl pounds sold on the Sanford
market this season. Miss McMillar
the members of the .club
Z three solos 01
Last week being Constitutioha
week, which was observed by Ki
wanis Clubs all over the nation
Capt. King, at the invitation of th<
program committee, made a mos
interesting and instructive talk or
the Constitution. He gave a brie!
history of the Constitution, told ol
its origin and some of the things it
stands for. He stated arrangements
had been made for Battery E. 113th
Field Artillery, to attend the 150th
anniversary of the Battle of Kings
Mountain, w7hich will be observed at
the battle ground on the 7th of Oct
ober, and that the Battery will have
the honor of being one of the mili
tary units that will accompany Pres
ident Hoover, who will attend the
celebration, and be the guest of hon
or of the occasion.
The next meeting of the club will
be held at the Carolina Hotel Fri
day night at the regular hour.
J. D. COLE DIES AT
HOME IN CARBONTON
J. D. Cole, aged 69, prominent mer
chant and farmer, died at his home
in Carbonton Tuesday following an
illness of four months. Mr. Cole,
whose wife preceded him to the grave
by seven years, was held in high
esteem by a host of friends who join
the four surviving children in their
bereavement. Funeral services were
held at 3 o’clock Wednesday after
noon in the Bethany Baptist Church,
of ifrhich the deceased was a faithful
member, with the pastor, Rev. E. W.
Byerly, officiating. Interment fol
lowed in the cemetery at the church.
The Sapona Mills, Inc., are now
running full blast. They have since
they started been operating
with seed shipped from Geor
£ie. As the gins are now in op
eration in this section they will be
able from now on to buy seed in Lee
and other counties in this section.
Fhey expect a good season.
The finishing touches are now be
ing put on the work of re-modeling
he . Wjjkins-Ricks store building
vhich will be occupied by Wijliams
Etelk Company when the work is fin
shed. They hope to be able to mov^
n by the first of October.
HOSPITAL CONTRACT SIGNED.
The contract for the' construction
vf Lee County Hospital has , been
jxecuted with J. W. Stout & Co., In
corporated, and the .contracting com
pany has furnished surety bond in the
sum of $87,000 through the Ameri
:ah Bonding Company, of Baltimore,
\ corporation with total assets of
me and three quarter million dollars.
j NOTICE.
The local Chapter U. D. C. will
neet Thursday, October 2nd, at the
lome of Mrs. L. M. Thompson.
%
A TREAT IN STORE
FOR FOOTBALL FANS
Sanford and the Fast Eleven
from Greensboro to Try Con
clusions of the Local Field
Friday Afternoon at 3:45—
Schedule of Games for the
Season
Probably the biggest treat for fans
in this section in the way of a foot
ball game will be run off here Fri
i day on the local gridiron at 3:45
j when Coach Warrick's “Yellow Jack
i ets” will encounter the fast eleven
from the Gate City. By defeating
Candor 19-0 the local squad in Last
Friday’s initial game revealed that it
is going to make trouble for some
body. The team is some heavier and
more experienced than last year’s
club, and the boys have been through
some stiff practice this week while
priming for the game. It is thought
that the game here Friday with
Greensboro is going to be one of the
best of the entire season, as the local
team is seeking revenge of the lick
ing it received at the hands of the
Greensboro team last season.
Norman' Kelly, whd is no stranger
to foot ball enthusiasts, will captain
the team and probably lead in of
fensive playing although Coach War
rick has some good backfield material
in Suggs, Newman, .Snipes, Hubbar 1
Stout and Wilkie, who is alternating
at Guard and Fullback positions.
Veterans in the line are Brown, Wic
ker, Buchanan, Cox, and Palrper with
Conder, Orr, Vick, Thomas, Byerly,
Bowers, and Gregson as new line ma
terial. Schedule for the teams for
the remainder of the season is as fol
lows:
October J, Apex here.
Ortoher 10, Dunn, here
October 17, Fayetteville there..
October 24, High Point there.
October 31, Siler City, there..
OTTO WOOD MAKES HIGH POINT
CALL; GIRL KIDNAPPED.
er prisoner—spent last Thursday
night in High Point and ; ^ there
I Friday morning about 10 lock in
1 an automobile after he and . irs. Rob
! ert Wood, his sister-in-law, had en
I ticed away the latter’s six-year old
daughter, Lucile, from a High point
school. Her older daughter, Pansy,
refused to go with her mother and
Otto and went home and told her
grandmother of the incident and the
latter telephoned the police.
IPriday afternoon about 4 o’clock
Forsyth county officers discovered an
abandoned car they suspected of be
ing the one Otto had used on the trip
to High Point and watched it for sev
eral hours but Otto and his companion
did not return. The car is said to
have contained a license plate stolen
from a guard at state prison and in it
was also found a picture of Otto and
a suitcase containing some woman's
clothing. The car was seen in High
Point and is said to have had a Wis
consin dealer’s tag on it. It was a
Buick coupe. A news dispatch from
Winston-Salem said it was thought
the car had been stolen at Roanoke,
Virginia.
Some two weeks ago it was reveal
ed in High Point that the children of
Mrs. Robert Wood, widow of Otto’s
brother, wrho had been missing ever
since Otto made his last escape, had
received cards from their mother
from Western States, the last from
California. She signed her name
i Mrs. O. H. Wood, the initials of
Otto.
BATTERY “E” ;TO
KING’S MOUNTAIN
Battery “E” of the 113th Field
Artillery, our local military organiza
tion has received an invitation to at
; tend the Sesqui-Centennial celebra
I tion at King’s Mountain October 7th.
| The President of the United States
j will be the guest of honor and it is
j a mark of distinction for any military
j organization to be selected and invit
ed to participate in the military par
! ade and pageant to be given. -
j The funds necessary for this are
' not available from the State Treas
! ury and the local citizens and business
I men will be asked to help in this
cause. This is, perhaps, the largest
| celebration of its kind ever to be
I held in the South, and Sanford is for
tunate to be represented by a selected
| group of young men, and we feel sure
that they will acquit themselves with
i the same credit they have employed
; since their organization. Let us
j help them in every way ^possible in
, this undertaking.
Captain King informs us that the
entire strenghthm of sixty five men
will be in attendance.
His friends will be sorry to iearn
that Mr. N. G. Avent, who has been
seriously ill at his home for some
time, does not improve.
MAJOR STADMAN DEAD
Last of the Confederates Who
Served in Congress Passes
Away in His Ninetieth Year.
' -
Major Charles Manly Siedman, who
represented the Fifth North Carolina
district in Congress for nearly twenty
years, and who was in his ninetieth
Vear, died .in , Washington Tuesday,
The body was taken to Fayetteville,
where Major Stedmaff one© lived and
the funeral was held today in the
presence of a large concourse of peo
ple, many prominent men coming
from other states to attend the fu
neral .
Major Stedman, who was bom in
Pittsboro in 1841, was the last sur
vivor of the Civil War to serve in
Congress, Of him the Washington
Star says editorially:
“Members of Congress from ev
ery State in the Union today are ex
pressing their sentiments of personal
ioss at Lhe passing of Major Stedman,
who has been a close friend to each of
them—by virtue of his age and pat
Tiarchial appearance, as well as by his
friendly interest, the grand daddy of
them all.
“ ‘He was a courtly Southern gentle
man, typifying the best of Southern
traditions,’ was the epitome of their
tributes.
“Oh, the host of Southerners who,
after laying aside the gray of Lee's
battalions, went to Congress to serve
the nation from which they had
fought to secede. Charles Manly
Stedman remained long after the last
of his one-time comrades and foes in
arms had passed from the roll calls of
the house and senate.
“Elected when nearly 70 years of
age to the 02nd congress as a Demo
crat .from, the Fifth North Carolina
district, his period of continuous serv
ice extended for a number of
years after the death of Rep
resentative Isaac C. Cherwood, of
Ohio, the last, qf the army in blue to
Koid a seat in the house.
“Stedman and Sherwood, both Dem
ocrats, became warm personal friends
during their service in the house,
fhany times they joked and swapped
stories of the days when they were
on opposite sides of the firing* line^
°n d *n ^e- army
~ “In his closing years in the house.
Major Stedman was the recipient of
many honors from his colleagues.
Upon his 85th birthday the house ac
corded him the unusual honor of sus
pending proceedings to pay him tri
bute. He was asked to come to the
well in front of the speaker’s chair
while each member on the floor form
ed in line to file past and graps his
hand.
“At that time Representative Til
son, of Connecticut, the Republican
leader and Representative Garrett, of
Tennessee, the Democratic leader,
both spoke in high praise of the veter
an Confederate who, although with
white hair and gray beard, carried
himself with military erectness of
his younger days.”
Mr. and Mrs. JE. M. Underwood and
Mr^tand Mrs. P. H. St. Clair went to
Greensboro Wednesday evening and
witnessed the “Passion Play” in the
auditorium of the Aycock Memorial
building at the North Carolina Col
lege for Women at night.
FRIEBURG PASSION PLAY WILL
BE PLAYED IN DURHAM
NEARLY 700 YEARS AFTER
ITS FIRST NIGHT.
Nearly 700 years after its first
night, the Freiburg Passion Play will
open at the Duke University Audito
rium on September 29, for only two
days. Old enough to make Shake
speare’£ work seem recent, the drama
of Christ’s suffering and death for
mankind still has the power to crowd
theatres and auditoriums to capacityf
It has been estimated that more
than 60,000 Americans will visit Ober
ammergrau this summer to view that
production of the Passion Play. How
ever, to Durham and at moderate
price, an even oi ler company with a
huge setting will bring the beautiful
dramatization of the story of God’s
love of,.His children .
Hereditary about 1760.
The Frieburg Passion Play was first
produced in 1264, according to authen
tic documents in possession of the
Freiburg town council.
Church records, indicate that the
play began on a very simple scale as
a means of imparting religious infor
mation. It has been produced regu
larly since the. thirteenth century.
About 1760 the parts were made here
ditary, that of the Christus being giv-.
en to tile Fnssnnebt family. Adolph.
Fassnacht now plays Christus.
Nearly fifty Freiburgers are in
cluded in the Company which is com
ing to Durham. All of them have de
voted their lives to presenting the
story of Christ’s passion.
The Parent-Teacher’s Association of
the Junior High School, sponsors of
the Passion Play, report that from
the many reservations and inquiries
they are receiving, they feel sure that
many of our home town people are
going to attend this famous old dram,*
during the two days that it will be
in Durham.