VOLUME 44, -No. 60
Lee G. Mclver Takes Bis
Own Life with Pistol Shot
'Commits the Rash Act in His
Office at the Lee Furniture1
Company While Others Are
Near — Sends a Ball Through
His Body Near The Heart—
Lives About an Hour —Fun
eral Held at Home Wednesday
'—Something of His Life
The people of Sanford were shock
*ed almost beyond expression when it
'was learned that Mr. Lee G. Mclver
■had shot and killed himself in his
office at the store of the Lee Furni
ture Company last Monday night be
tween 11:and 12 o’clock. He lived
about an hour after the fatal shot
was fired. A meeting of the board
• of directors of the company was held
early in the evening and all save
Messrs Lee Mclver, J. E. Brinn, J.
*7 H. Monger, Wilbur Mclver and J.
" W. Tally, had left the store. ^’Ex
cusing himself he went to his office
in the rear end of the building and
, soon those who were in the store
were startled by the report of a pis
tol shot. His son, Wilbur rushed to
the office and found his father sitting
in a chair and he realized at once
that he had committed the fatal act.
He picked him up and carrying him
1X1 U1U SVUIC, yiavcu mill vu » ovwvvv,
and asked some one to go for a doc
tof. The last words his father utter
ed were: “ Don’t get a doctor/* after
which he became unconscious. Drs.
* C. L. Scott, Lynn Mclver and A. L.
O’Briant arrived in a few minutes and
' - upon .making an examination found
that they could do nothing to prolong
life as the shot had penetrated a
vital part. The ball from a 32 calibre
Smith and Wesson pistol penetrated
his body. He left a note thanking
the members of the hoard of direc
tors fpr the courtesies shown him.
The jfeeting of the board that even
ing was. harmonious and pleasant.
The^rash uct isatt^utedtofamn|:
health ancr ^orry over wramewTnai
ters. Expressions of sincere regret
were heard on all sides as Mr. Mc
lver was held in high esteem as a
• churchman, and citixen by a large
. circle of friends.
The funeral was held at the home
of the deceased on Chatham Street,
' Wednesday afternoon at 2:38 o’clock,
conducted by his pastor, Rev. Frank
C. Hawkins, assisted by Dr. R. C.
Gilmore, pastor of the Presbyterian
church. A large concourse of friends
and neighbors were present to Show
a last tribute of respect to the de
parted who was highly esteemed by
them in life. After Scripture read
ing, prayer and a song service by a
quartette composed of Miss Eloise
Bass, Mrs. Carroll, T. J. Brooks, and
H. M. Jackson, the remains were
home be? Buffalo cemetery, ts“ mSSes
away, where the interment was made
near the last resting place of rela
tives who had gone before. The
pall bearers were E. M. Underwood,
W. H. White, E. D. Nall, D. B.
Teague, R. \ W. Hartness and J. W.
Gilliam. The honorary pall bearers
were members of the board of dea
, cons of the First Baptist church, and
the Rotary C\ub, of which he was a
member. The flowers were in charge
. of Mrs. P. H. iiSt. Clair, Mrs. F. B.
•• Van Sant and others. They were
« numerous and beautiful.
Lee Gunter Mclver, who was the
: son of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Mclv.ar,
was bom near iganford in Moore
i (now Lee county,0 {October 9, 1876,
passing away at thejsge of 54 years.
w u«i a young man tie marriea miss
Flounce Rogers, who with three
sons. Wilbur, IGlenn aad OrVille,
survive him. He is alsp,survived by
his mother, Mrs. Bertie rjffclver, one
sister, Mrs. C. J. Williamson, of San
fotd, apd two brothers,, Ml. .Herbert
R. Mclver, of Greensboro, and Mr. J.
Ralph McTyer, of Oxford- Hip father
has been dead quite a number of
years.
At one time Mr. Mclver was con
nected with os-hat was known as the
Hunter Mercantile Company, of this
place. He moved to 11 ope Mills in
1906, where for three years he was
business manager of a big cotton
mill store. Mr. Charles P. Rogers
made his home at Hirne Mills at that
time. He came to Sanford in 1908,
and Mr. Mclver followed in 1909.
They bought out the furniture busi
ness of Mr. Fred P. Morgan, and
for severay years conducted a furni
- ture business under the firm name of
the Sanford Furniture Company. Mr.
Rogers finally retired from the busi
ness since which time ha has devoted
his entire time to the undertaking
business. Mr. Mclver organized the
I*oe Furniture Company in 1910 and
opened businees at the present stand
on the corner of Steele and Carth
ages treats. He was made secretary
„ treasurer and business manager of
the company. He was a good busi
ness ntan and by honest and square
dealing enjoyed ttffc confidence of
the pepple of Sanford and this sec-!
tion. For. ygars he was a member
of the Board of Deacons of the First
Baptist church, was a member of the
Rotary Club atid the Merchants As
sociation and wag at one time presi
dent of the latter organization. He
had much to do with the success of
the Lee Counay Fair Association. He
was also a Mason and a member of
the Junior Order. He was a public
spirited citizen and was always ready
to promote' every movement calcu
lated to advance the best interests
of the town and community. He
gave liberally of his means to the
support of his church and all other
good causes in the town and commu
nity. Since his death some one has
said: “He was an unassuming, gentle,
sympathetic man, and looked after
the widows and orphans.” Could a
higher tribute be paid him than this?
In his death Sanford has lost one of
its best and most useful citizens.
The sympathy of the community goes
out to the bereaved ones in this sad
hour, especially the devoted wife and
aged mother. .
WATER SBEEATION IMPROVING
OPERATIONS OF PLANT SUS
PENDED BY RAT.
Mr. Ed Wicker, superintendent of
the SanforeL water system, tells The
Express that the local water situa
tion has been ..greatly improved by
the rains of the past few days. He
was in town, the first of the week and
stated that at that time the water
was within two feet and eleven in
ches of the ■ opening of the spillway.
There is 12 inehes of fresh water in
the lake and . should it continue to
rise it is expected that it will soon
be running through the spillway.
Mr. -Wicker says that one night
dhtrimeUf^Aml^not^^^wW^^Suing.
Everything was as still as death. He
‘found that the lights could not be
turned on in his home. He realized
that something had gone wrong with
the electrical connection. He at once
got busy trying .to locate the trouble.
He called on the.Xarolina Power and
Light people for.help. While working
about the plant in.the dark he caught
the odor hf" fresh meat cooking and
soon discovered.that a rat had been
killed by coming contact with the
wiring back of the switchboard. While
he was put out of business himself
he caused the plant to shut down and
it took about two hours to make the
necessary repairs .and get things go
ing again. This was the second time
this thing has happened in the past
Jew years.
SANFORD DEFEATS MT. OLIVE
4*Mk
Although Sanford is not partici
pating "in the elimination series, the
team is playing good hall and seems
to J»e in better shape than when it
was .in the contest. The Mt. Olive
team came up Friday afternoon and
after a hard fought game fetumed
home defeated by a score of 46 to 0.
While .it-.Jaimed out to be a one-sided
game, the visiting players proved
themselves great scrappers and put
up a good game. There are several
good players .on the Mt. Olive team,
but they yyero unable to make much
headway against the local team. Han
ford has won several games since it
was put out of the elimination con
test. The boys promise to be heard
from next .fall.
BUILDING COMMITTEE TO
DECIDE FRIDAY fCIND OF
ELEVATOR FOR HOSPITAL
The building committee, composed
of J. R. Ingram, chairman; J, U.
Gunter, George Chandler and' E. G.
Flannaghan, architect, went to Char
lotte, Statesville and Morganton last
Monday to inspect elevators with a
1 view to selecting the hind that phall
be used in the construction of the Lee
County Hospital ndw being built.
They will meet Friday to decide up
on the kind of elevator that will be*
used.
Work on the building is being push
ed, the Walls being up to the first
floor and ready for the steel girders
and terra cotta belting that will be
.constructed around the building. The
• workman are also-ready to pour the
'mortar for the beams.
Friends in Leb and Moore counties
will regret to learn that Mrs. W. M.
Wadsworth, of Lillington, who has
been ill for several weeks, was recent
ly, taken by ambulance to Pittman’s
Hospital, Fayetteville, -where, she is
undergoing treatment. Relatives
and- friends hope to hear of her early j
recovery.
THREE MEN ,
HURT IN WRECK
Car in Which Herbert Phillips,
M. G. Brady and Lawrence
Brady Were Traveling Wreck
ed by an Army Truck—'All
Three Men Hurt, Young
Brady Seriously — Bones in:
His Neck Injured, But Not;
Broken, as Was First Thought
—Partly Regained Conscious
ness and There is Hope for
His Recovery
As this paper goes to press Dr.
C. L. Scott tells The Express that
Lawrence Brady, of the High Falls
section, who was seriously, and may
be fatally injured in a car Wreck at
the intersection ‘ of Carthage and
Endor streets about 9:30 o’clock Wed
nesday morning' and carried to the
Scibtt Hospital for treatment, has
made some improvement and there
is a possibility that he will recover.
He has to some extent regained con
sciousness and seems to be slightly
on the mend. It was at first thought
that his neck was broken and that it
was a question of a short time when
death'would relieve him of his suffer
ing. Dr. Scott says his neck wast
not broken, but the bones were to
some extent injured. Young Brady’s
father, M. G. Brady, and Herbert
Phillips, of Bennett, who was driving
the car, a Dodge sedan, owned by
the latter, were also injured, but not
seriously. Brady was bruised and cut
in the side and on the arms, and
Phillips’ back was injured. They
were also carried to the hospital for
treatment.
The three men were on vueir
■to the Sanford market with a load
of tobacco when the accident occurr
ed.,.All three occupied the front, seat,
Young Brady sat between his father
and Mr. Phillips, and strange to say
he 'was injured most. Ah army
truck, driven by Private’ Milton C.
Higgins came along just as the car
was in the act of crossing Carthage
street. A soldier who was stationed
at the crossing to guide traffic, sig
naled the car t£> stop, and thinking
the driver would heed the warning,
signaled tlje truck to proceed on its
way was clear did not stop.- 'Hie
truck, which together with the gun
carriage, weighs 20 tons, and the car
reached the same spot in the middle
of the street at the same time, and
the latter after being carried along
some 30 or 40 feet was partly crush
ed like an egg shell. Fortunately the
driver had the truck under control or
the three men would have been killed.
He stopped the truck in time to save
their lives. Dr. J. F. Foster visited
the scene of the accident and looked
after the injured men. Army offi
cers called at the hospital and made
inquiry about the injuries of the
three patients, and Capt. Hargraves
of the medical staff, made arrange
ments to have them given the besi
attention.
| This big army truck was one of •'
j convoy of iio trucks composing the
69th Anti-Aircraft Regiment, whicl
<vas on its . way from the proving
grounds at Aberdeen Maryland, tc
Fort McClellan, Alabama.
RED CROSS ROLL CALL NOW
BEING CONDUCTED.
The following ladies are now con
ducting the Red Cross Roll Call in
Sanford: Mrs. R. E. Bobbitt, Mrs.
Warren Williams, Mrs. O. P. Make
peace, Mrs. J. I. Neal, Mrs. Chas. G.
Hatch, Mrs. Knox Hughes, Mrs. W.
P. Dyer, Misses Virginia Gilmore,
Katherine Monroe, Marion Bamhardt.
Sarah Widdifield, Mrs. W. W. Ro
bard, Mrs. C. M. Reeyes, Mrs. Sam
MeEJ.van, Mrs. T. R. Moffitt, Mrs.
Paul Barringer, Mrs. J. C. Pittman,
Mrs. J. Albert Richardson, Mrs. E.
H. Frasier, Mrs. Guy Jones and Mrs.
George Joseph.
1 This drive will continue till Thanks
giving Day. These ladies have had
good success so far and think they
wi$ -collect as much money as they
did an the last big drive which they
put <m. Some people wjjsh to know
what Red Cross* funds are used for.
If you will look at the Red Cross re
port published in The Express last
week you <ean get the desired infor
mation. Fifty per cent of the funds
collected. will be used for “charity at
home,” while the other 50 per cent
will be used for charity elsewhere.
None of the roll call money goes to
paid workers or for the overhead ex
pense of the organization, as those
things .arc provided by .other means.
If yqp have been overlooked by
the^e Red Cross 'workers call up Mrs.
U. E. Babbitt .and she will be glad
to take your subscription. All the
money that can be raised i» badly
needed.
The Benhaven News is an attract
ive tittle journal that has come to
ouf exchange table. It gives the
news of the Benbuve School. This
school has a large number of pupils
and is doing a good work.
PLANS FOB
Last Thnrada:
ly room of the 1
of citizens, botl
gathered at tl%
ants’ associatioi
discussing plan*
lief association
community
chairman and i
secretary. Brfe
a number of t#
movement empl
such an organi|
ed. Following^
mously decided,
tion at once, -j
A board of i
representatives,
churches and
city 'was chose
dames E. E. |
W. W. Eobards
McLeod, Broad?
son, Doyle
Gus Womble, ^
Ruth Gunter,
son, E- C. Hei
peacdpE. L. flt
The board
at once, and;
days a canvass
made for fund
elation can beg
out delay. gj
At the close
Barrow, mans
lANIZING
mm SANFORD
tghiin the assemb
irik Hotel a number
men and women,
call of the Merch1
[for the purpose of
">r organizing a re
' the needy of the
Robards was made
es Myrtle Douglas
[talks were made by
interested in the
sizing the fact that
ion was much need
i*r.it was unani
■m an organiza
rectors composed of
rom the different1
Sanizations of the
as follows: Mes
bbitt, R. W. Vick,
R. Snipes, M. A.
ta*J. McPher
prland, Jonesboro;
H. Weaver, Miss
essr*. 0. F. Patter
Jr., H. F. Make
iis, Jr.
be called together
rganized for work,
jthat within a few
the city will be
so that the asso
to function with
pf the meeting Theo
of the Wilrik,
•efreshments.
CHARITY Pi
The Express a,|
ey for charitap
put on by tbe
its meetiMM
Friday night se
dered by the cl
at the piano. :
served reports tj
of the commit)*
to put on,-,tbifl
funds that «dll;
pie who sire ;i
stances. Miss
the Mclver Gra
the coadiwwaMI
SEAM PUT
iUWAMtS CLUB
issue of
ram td' raise mon
pufgoses has. been
'iwauis Club. At
lina Hotel last
bkiI songs were ren
lb with Miss Futrell
luncheon was
remade by members
[that: was appointed
rogram and raise
used to help peo
destitute circuit! •
utrell principal of
&r .School, told of
of the pup
made reports of some'ef the things
that have been planned. Mr. Teague
asked County Welfare Officer, E. O.
McMahan to furnish' the names of
those who needed clothing. He stat
ed that Mrs. C.us Womble informed
him that the Business and Profes
sional Women’s Club Would be pre
pared to turn over to the Kiwanis
Club clothing and other things nec
essary for distribution. The club
was informed that Dr. R. G. Sowers
would be glad to furnish free of
charge treatment of children who
needed it provided the club would
furnish the material.
P. H. St. Clair gave a brief history
of his life under the title of "Who’s
Who.” J. A. Overton and P. H. St
Clair made short talks on their im
pressions of the annual convention oi
the Carolines District of Kiwanis In
ternational. recently held at the Sir
Walter Hotel in Raleigh.
Tire time of holding the meetings
of the club at the Carolina Hotel has
been changed from 6:30 to 6:16.
DEMURRAGE CHARGE MADE Oh
PARCELS AT POSTOFFICE.
A new order issued by the Post
Office Department relative to parce
post packages places a demurrage
| charge of not exceeding five cents s
! day on all such packages not dilever
ed within la days after arrival at the
j office of destination, also tne pacing.
1 may be r •■'rnci to the -sender, whc
will be charged with the return post
age and may also be required to pay
demurrage, in the event the package
is not delivered to the .addressee;
In the past parcel post packager
have been held an indefinite time and
when delivered or finally returned tc
the sender no demurrage, or storage
charges have been collected. This
has resulted in large volumes of pack
ages, especially in the larger offices,
piling up and using much work and
inconvenience, and the demurrage
I charge order tvaS issued. It went
into effect October 1.
The local p -office as well as of
Pees throu’b it the country, mailed
to parties and, firms. sending out reg
ularly numc ,} packages of parcel
| post printed a dees of the new order,
I but the gen, . ': pubKc is not aware
of the order
The 'Com e
operation, ^ !
Standard !'
no uncos II: * 1
$100 for1'tli
mittinpc th** 1:
Tenth Mafl,"
amount f »r >
best use -
Man"
on of ‘Interracial Co
1 headquarters at 703
iVg, Atlanta, Ca., an
;:r of a cash prize of
igh school pupil sub
nanaic.piX “America’s
"’A 4 of like
-the
“ALWAYS IN TROUBLE”
Moose Dramatic Club to Present
Three-Act Farce at School Au-1
ditorium.
The Moose Dramatic Club will pre
sent a three-act farce, “Always in
Trouble,” at the high school audito
rium November 20th and1 21st, for the
benefit of poor children’s Christmas.
This farce, written by Walter Ben
Hare, one, of the leaders in his field,
merits the description “hilarious en
tertainment.” A grouchy old million
aire offers to his grand daughter and
to the son of an old friend a million
dollars each if they agree to marry
each other; if one refuses, the other
receives * million—the one refusing
being left unrewarded. Tom, the boy,
mistakes an old maid for the grand
daughter, and persuades a moronic
simpleton to impersonate him, hop
ing for the grand daughter’s refusal.
The efforts of these two to bring
about a refusal of marriage culmi
nate in a sequence of rapid-fire
events..
The key character around whom
the ^)lot revolves, is “Misery,” a
mournful negro played with delight
ful interpretation by Paul Lucas. His
efforts to coax nine dollars out of
the parsimonious old millionaire
provide a riot of laughs. ‘Misery ”
you certainly love money.” ’’Yassir,
I absence sho do make de heart grow
fonder'.”
The palsy-stricken old grouch is
played by W. N. Tulluck, who treats
the part with such fineness that he
should be ranked above many legiti
mates who have done similar char
acters. The old maid is done by Miss
Lillian Glass; the leads by Miss Grace
Stout and Joe Cotton; the simpleton
by Jimmie Mclver, who is also direct
ing the play. Included also in the
cast are Miss Floy. Rivers, Miss Nan
nie Stout and George Wilder.
A great deal of study has been
given the preparation for this farce,
and those who have been fortunate
enough to witness rehearsals say that
the performance far excels those in
the stock companies that have beep
playing through this territory. NearlJ
every .line in the play is funny ant
of- the players and fin
formance.
An added attraction will be sing
ing numbers by Miss Katherim
Carter, who will make her first ap
pearance to the general public sinci
coming here to take charge of Publii
School music. Assisting her will b<
a singing, dancing chorus of loca
beauties.
The benefit is a worthy purpose, th<
play promises real entertainment
let’s all come out and help mak(
Christmas a happy one for the poo:
children of the county. Admissioi
Thursday night, 25c and 50c; Frida;
night, 15c and 50c. On Friday nigh
all children of school age will be ad
mitted for 15c.
EPISCOPAL CHURCH NOTICES.
.Sunday school and Bible class, U:4;
Church, 11 o’clock.
Choir girls, remember that Mr:
Shannonhouse travels 35 miles to giv
you one hour’s instruction once
week. Think of this and don’t cv
choir rehearsal Saturday at 1:3
sharp.
THANKSGIVING SERVICE
PRESBYTERIAN CHURC1
The regular Thanksgiving serv
ice will be held in the Prcsbyteria
church at 10 A. Mi, on Thanksgivin;
Day, November 27th. A cordial in
vitation is given to attend this serv
ice. An offering for the Synod'
orphanage will be made.
PLANT EXCHANGE.
Under the auspices of the “Civi
Department of the Women’s Club,1
a Plant Evchange will be held oi
Friday afternoon, November 28th
on the vacant lot between Isaacson's
and Stroud and Hubards. The pub
lis is cordially invited and we hope cv
cry one will bring some plants to ex
change, as this is free to all. The ex
change will begin at 2 o’clock on Fri
day afternoon, November 28th.
CARD OF THANKS
We deeply appreciate every kind
ness shown us during our recent be
reavement.
Mrs. Lee G. Mclver and family.
Mrs, Bottie Mclver and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. P. Rogers anc
family.
It w.i? stated ia The Flap1 e - l,:'d
week that the H. Red liov-' licet '.m
gpd Plmphing Company, of H»gl
PAifit, had secured the r ani rivet ! ’
installimr the plumbing nnd heari* •
plants ft r the T.ee County Hospital
which is now being constructed. T v.;
concern is installing the plumbing
but the ^heating plant, will be instal!e<
by Mr. W.‘ H. Gurley, of this place.
Mr. .and1 Mrs. Carl Lemmons, o
Norfolk, Va., spent last week witl
A. B. Lemond.
SANFORD TOBACCO \
MARKET MAKING
TOWARDS 4,000,000 MARK
More Than 3,000,000 Pounds
Sold Up to Date—Now Believ
ed That the 5,000,000 Mark
Will Be Reached By the Close
of the Season —Warehouse
men Say Many Planters in
This Section Have Sold Very
Little of Their Crop—Women
Squeezing Prices Out of the
Buyers.
The Sanford tobacco market has
by the time this paper goes to press
reached probably more than 3,000,000
pounds this season. There were two
or three g'ood breaks this week and
more than once the sales were not
finished on some of the floors till
late in the afternoon. One buyer
who keeps up with the movement of
tobacco in this section, tells The Ex
press that there is still a big lit of
tobacco in Lee and adjoining1 coun
ties, some of the planters having sold
very little of their crop. He expects
to see good sales at %this place dur
ing the next few weeks and would not
be surprised to see as much as 5,000,
000 pounds put on the market by the
time the season closes. Should the
sales reach these figures he thinks a
re-drying plant should be built be
fore the next season and feels that
this Would give the market a great
boost.
nao ci guva wu
floors of the three warehouses last
Friday, but much of the tobacco was
of a low grade and caused ^ rather
low average. The prices have been
belter this week, good tobacco selling
at a good price. Up to and including
Friday the sales for the week amount
ed to 350,114 pounds, which sold for
$56,203.02, an average of $16.05.
Since the opening, the local market,
including the sales of last week, to
taled 2,825,012 pounds for $448,580.
63, an average of $15.87.
/ It seems that some of the women
/of this section are taking .mpie in
terest in the local tobacco narket
than they did in the recent < ction.
They are not only attending tha daily
i sales, but they are literally squeez
ing high prices of the buyers.
mmsmamsm
they would test the squeezing process
and see if it would have the desired
! effect. Upon making the tc they
found that it worked like - arm.
They stationed themselves n 1 big
pile pf tobacco and when t' • jyers
came along winking the bid.. the
big husky auctioneer, they pepped
up and placing their arms around two
buyers whom they- thought would
fall for their charms, alternately
squeezing the prices higher and high
1 er till the $40.00 per hundred mark
1 was reached. Perhaps hereafter tile
1 planters will be bringing their daugh
: ters or their neighbors daughters tc
■ the market so that by their charms
1 and smiles will help them to gel
higher prices.
NEW CHEVROLET ON DISPLAY
| Chevrolet’s new car for 1931, pric
• ed substantially below current levels
goes on display by Wilrik Chevrole
t Company.
0 Heralded as “The Great Americai
I Value”, the ndw car boasts a two
inch increase in wheelbase, large
j and roomier bodies by Fisher wit]
mohair or broadcloth as optiona
trimming, .and scores of refinement:
in appearance and performance des
’ pite the new prices which bring th<
level for the 1931 car to a far lowe:
figure than afty Chevrolet, tour oi
six, has ever sold.
j Dealers put the new models on ex
, hibition this morning for the firs'
I time, nearly two months in advance
of the customary date for the show
' ing of the annual new car. This
move in advancing the announcemenl
1 date, it was felt by Chevrolet of
’ ficials, would render a distinct con
1 tribution to the cause of general bus
iness revival by insuring extraordi
nary activity during two normally
dull business months for the 200,000
people throughout United States who
depend directly upon Chevrolet for
their livelihood.
i The nineteen domestic production
plants of the Chevrolet organization
are now in full shying on the new
models according to W. S. Knudsen,
president, and shipments are going
>>ut to dealers to assure immediate
delivery of all models.
Fundamentally the new model cm
bodies1 the same basic features which
sipce the introduction of the Chevro
let Six, enabled it to achieve a pop
ularity exceeding Chevrolet's former
four cylinder model and four times
as great as any other six cylinder
car. Ilbvyov.or, scores of improve
ments and refinements have been
, made this year—every change de
signed to increase the smartness, por
, formance, safety or durability of this
latest general Motors model.
I Mrs. Hunter Jones, Mrs. Charles
T Forter, Miss Abernathy, Miss Maults
i by were visitors in Durham Wednes
day.
RECORDER’S COURT
Two Day’s Session this Week;
Cotton Stealing Cases Oecupy ,
One Day; Driving Car Intox
icated ; Carrying
Weapon
Conceals
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The better part of two days .were
necessary to dispose of Recorder’s
Court Docket this week. The prin
cipal cases heard were those of the
State against John McNeill, charged
with cotton stealing and with viola
tion of the automobne law. Evidence
was introduced against McNeill io the
effect that he lilted three sheets of
cotton from a fieid cultivated by a
colored farmer below Jonesboro, and
while no one saw him take the coltdn, |
his shoes fitted perfectly into tracks
leading from the field and the tread
of automobile tracks found near the
field correspond with tires found on
his automobile. He requested time
to furnish evidence- of his innocence
as to violation of the automobile (aw
and his mother furnished a mortgage
bond on 50 acres of land for his ap- *
pearance next Tuesday.
John Buie, colored, also resisted a
similar charge-for the theft of 160
pounds of cotton from the farm of
one of his own color. The State put
on eight or ten- witnesses to prove its
case against John, and he put on a
•dozen or so to prove his innocence.
Automobile tracks in this case form
ed the strongest evidence, coupled
With other incriminating acts, and
the case went over in order that some
further evidence might be secured
for the State. Buie proved an ex
cellent character by both \ybite and
colored witness.
J. H. Ihomas resisted a charge of
carrying concealed weapons. Evidence
was introduced by his attorney show
ing his irresponsibility, and the rfcal
owner of the, weapon having interven
ed, it was turned over to him and the
case against Thomas continued.
Ed Smith drew a severe sentence
for having operated a car under the
influent of strong drink. It develop^
ed that he had been warned by* Dep
uty Watson on several occasions prior
to his arrest. . .
A number of other cases were dis
posed of and several were continued.
OFFTCEKS HOT AFTER BLOCK
ADERS IN OVERHILLS
SECTION.
Federal Prohibition Office!’, H. B,
Wilson, with Deputy Sheriff D. A,
Huffines, of Harnett, and a posse of
men located a distillery early on
Monday at which some three hundred
gallons of slops were found to be
ready for process known as “re-sug-*
aring.” The location was in an iso
lated portion of the Overhills hunting
preserve, three miles west of Spout
Springs. •
The officers decided to conceal them
selves about the plant and await de
velopments, were hardly hidden when
a negro appeared bearing a turn of
wood. He was seized by Agent Wil
jSon and John Darroch, a former d.eg~
uty shsTifx, and offered considerable
resistance to both officers, refusing to
, be subdued until covered with a pis
tol. He was then handcuffed and
identified as Bud Wilson, negro, using
a number of aliases, who was arrest
ed with Tom Johnson, another Har
nett county negro, a number of
• months ago by Sanford police and
, sentenced in recorder's court here fbr
[ six months on the roads for selling
, whiskey from their car on the streets.
Wilson was held in Cumberland coun
ty jail for March term of Federal
court by U. S. Commissioner D. J.
Breece, of Fayetteville at a prelimin
ary hearing there at noon Monday, in
Returning from this hearing, Dep
uty Huffines and party were attract
ed by a peculiar throbbing and hiss
ing sound in a swamp near the high
way at apoint opposite Overhills. En
tering the woods to investigate, they
w$re surprised when i'wo men sud
denly fled from the thicket, leaving
what was found to be a distillery heat
ed by a large gas burner, fed from a
tank imbedded in the earth. The
escaping gas, together with the noise
of the boiling still, made the sound
which was distinguishable from a
SALVATION ARMY.
The Salvation Army Captain from
Durham, will conduct a street meeting
here Saturday afternoon and dispose
or Christmas number of the “War
Cry,” a very fine production of their
Atlanta headqua iters War Cry de
partment. A Collection will be taken
and the War Cry’s given away. If
you haven’t a copy, be on hand to got
Mr. and Mrs. -J. R. Rives attended
the Thompson School reunion at
Siler City last week. Mr. Rives at
tended Thompson’s school when it
was taught at Oak Dale before he
rame to Siler City. It was at first
decided to hold the reunion every fro*
years, but upon motion of Mr. Rives
it was decided to hold it every two
years.
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