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 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 I 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. L