VOLUME 44, No. 60
GREENVILLE YOUTHS
FINED $100; AUTO
IS CONFISCATED
Judge McPherson Exercises Le
niency in Case of Young Men
Charged With Breaking Pro
hibition Law;Chicken Thieves
Are Sentenced.
Cecil Bilbro and Andrew Smith,
scions of prominent Greenville fam
ilies, in whose automobile twelve
gallons of whiskey was found by lo
cal police after the youths had been
placed under arrest, suspected of sell
ing the contraband in small cups ni
front of the Wilrik Hotel,were fined
$100 each by Judge Thomas J. Mc
Pherson in Recorder’s Court Tuesday
morning. Their car was ordered con
fiscated by the Court.
The youths, who had been charged
with possession of whiskey for the
purpose of sale, of the actual sale
and of transporting, presented a
number of character witneses, com
posed of the leading citizens of their
home town and county, who testified
to their good character. A petition
bearing the signature of the mayor
of Greenville, the clerk of the court,
the register of deeds, the judge of the
recorder’s court and the ex-sneriff of
Pitt county, dean of the East Caro
olina Teacher’s College and other
prominent citizens was laid before the
court. A letter from the present
Sheriff of Pitt stated that the
youths were hard-working young men
and were not identified with the
whiskey interests. The defendants
were represented by Senator Everette,
of Greenville, and J. C. Pittman, of
this city.
On the witness stand the defendants
admitted the possession of the whis
key but denied that it was for the
purpose of sale. They stated that
they had bought it in Green county
for $2 a gallon and were taking it
to Chapel Hill ’where it was to be
used at a “party.”
..The arrest of the/Wtwo young men
Sunday before last, wras brought
about by Attorney K. R. Hoyle. Mr.
Hoyle occupied a car near that of the
Greenville men and saw one of the
youths pass a cup out to Andrew
Smith, a colored boy, who raised it
to his lips. He then notified the lo
cal police, and Officer Kelly made the
arrest.
Aubrey Marks and Arch Smith
were each given six months for raid
nig the chicken roosts of John 'Knott
and Coy Jones. Smith, it w.as tes
tified, also made a raic} on the clothes
line of the Tine Shaw family, and
Miss .Mildred Shaw, a member of the
family, identified articles of wearing
apparel, including a. pair of overalls,
Jounf possession, ,as those
missing from the family clothes nne.
Charlie McLeod, colored, pleaded
guilty of possession and manufactur
ing of whiskey. He was given 60
days ori the roads on the former and
prayer for judgment was continued in
the latter count.
BISHOP MOUZON
PREACHES IN LOCAL
METHODIST CHURCH
Sunday morning- Bishop Edwin D.
Mouzon of Charlotte delivered a great
gospel message in Steele Street
Methodist church to a capacity con
gregation. This eminent preacher ap
peared to be at his best. His sermon
made a profound impression upon
the congregation. With the grace and
gifts that characterize him as a
preacher he met every expectation of
the people. The people of Sanford
and this section were indeed fortu
nate in having the opportunity of
hearing Bishop ■Mouzon.
The bishop’s sermon 'Was an exposi
tion of growth in the Christian life.
His sermon was taken from the last
verse in Second Peter: “Grow in
grace and in the knowledge of the
Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.” He
said there was a great spiritual de
pression in the country at present.
Never, he said, had he known of so
many suicides as had occurred within
the past few months. This w.as be
cause men had depended too much
upon a material world, which they
had used up and had nothing to fall
back upon. He urged his hearers to
cultivate godly qualities and thus
grow in grace and wisdom.
The pastor of the church, Rev. S.
A. Cotton, was present but was un
able to assist the bishop in the ser
vice and Presiding Elder Cade took
his place. The music by the choir and
a solo by Mrs. Fisher Makepeace
was much enjoyed by the congrega
tion. 0
Bishop Mouzon went from Sanford
to Laurinburg where he preached
Sunday night.
Mrs. Foi&ter Hostess to Her Sunday
School Class.
Mrs. M. D. Foister was hostess to
her Sunday school class Tuesday after
noon from four to five-thirty. Misses
Frances Ray and Emma Neal Tysor
conducted the devotional, and the fol
lowing with an interesting study of
the -old prophet, Amos.
Beautiful poems, appropriate to
spring were read, after which the
hostess served a salad course.
Master Ma.ck Riddle Celebrates His
Birthday.
Master Mack Riddle invited several
of his little playmates in from three
thirty to five o’clock Friday, March
the sixth t>o help him celebrate his
seventh birthday.
After playing for a lon^ Hvhile as
sisted by Miss Ruby McNeil and Miss
Margaret Johnson, Mack’s mother
called the children to the dining room
which was aglow with spring flowers.
The centerpiece was a birthday cake
with seven pink tapers. Pink and
white ice cream and cake- was served.
Those enjoying this hospitality were:
Virginia Mclver. Guy Boger, Oscar
Porter, Raymond Ussery, Van Mc
Neil, Christine Cole, Virginia Cole,
Jack McNeil, Charles Gilmore, Mar
faret’Foe, Jacqueline Cunningham,
4 loyd Johnson, Elbert O’Connell.
MfC E: L. Glass, of Hamlet, spent
the week-end with hjs parents, Mr.
and Mrs. B. P. Glass, and other rela
tives near Sanford. - * *
Local Merchants Fight
General Sales Tax Bill
Large Delegation Joins With
Three Thousand Merchants
i From Entire State In Strong
Protest To Joint Finance
Committee Against Its Enact
ment
Indignant; over the Day pro
posai to levy a general sales tax,
thirty-three Sanford merchants
joined three thousand ether mer
chants from Cherokee to Curri
tuck in a personal crusade to Ra
leigh Monday where they strong
ly protested the proposed legisla
tion before the joint finance com
mittee of the Senate and House.
Not since the herculean battle in
the General Assembly of 1907 between
the advocates of the new County of
Lee and its opponents, have the busi
ness men of Sanford apparently been
so wrought up or stirred to such
depths of feeling as was visible Mon
day over the manifestly unjust
scheme to enact a general sales tax
in North Carolina. No class of people
in the State have been so generous
in their contributions to the public
welfare as have the merchants,, nor
has any class, as Senator McKee, of
Jackson ebunty, said, been more im
posed upon; yet, with the possible ex
ception of the farmers, this is true.
The bill which would levy a gradu
ated tax of from one-half to three
per cent on all sales of merchandise
would, if passed, either force the mer
chant out of business or inevitably re
! suit in the consumer having to should
: er the tax. To a man, the merchants
I of Sanford are vehemently opposed
I to this tax. Rather than that the
j McLean bill, which has rergpved the
1 tax on real estate for the support of
I the Constitutional six Month’s
school term, should be repealed, as has
1 been proposed, the merchants, would
prefer a tax on luxuries. The merch
ants feel that the repeal of
| McLean bill would be a great injury
! to the "farmers upon whose own pros
perity they themselves are largely
dependent.
A large delegation of Lee county
farmers, headed by County Demon
stration. Agent E. O. McMahan, left
for Raleigh'today where they will
appear before the joint finance com
mittee of the Senate and House to
register a protest against the repeal
of the McLean bill.
'to Raleigh Monday:
B. Cole, Cole Printing Co.; R. L. ,
Burns, Bobby Burns’ Service Station; j
O. P .Makepeace, Carolina Hotel; C.
L. Gunter Central Carolina Furni
ture Company; A. K. Miller, Carter
Furniture Co.; C. H. Porter, City j
Dry Cleaners and Tailorfc; A. C. Har
ris, Harris-Makepeace Hardware Co.;
Lee Huckans, Huckans Auto Service
station; Harry Isaacson, Isaacson’s;
W. L. Mclver, Lee Furniture Co.;
Boyd Capp, Lee Hardware Co.; J. H.
Monger, J. H. Monger; A. H. Mclver,
Mack’s 5 and 10c Score; O. F. Pat
terson, Patterson’s;, A. M. Hubbard,
Stroud and Hubbard; T. T. Hayes,
Sanford Ice and Coal Co.; W. L. .Sim
mons, Williams-Belk Department
Stores; J. W. Kirkpatrick, Triangle
Motor Co.; T. J. Brooks, Dalrymple,
Marks & Brooks; J. L. Sauls, Saul’s
Dry Cleaning Co.; Mr. Kelly, Sanford
Bakery; D. B. Hinson* Sanford Meat
Market; G. H. Oliver, Oliver’s; Frank
Andrews, United Bank & Trust Co.;
J. D Wicker, Wicker’s Shoe Store;
W. H. White; R. E. Bobbitt, Howard
Bobbitt Co.; Geo. Josephs, Josephs;
W. A. Crabtree, Crabtree Drug Co.; J.
T. Davenport, J. T. Davenport & Sons; ■
Mr. Leggett, Leggett Chevrolet Co.;
D. L. St* Clair, Sanford Express. |
EVERY MEMBER CAMPAIGN. j
Southern Presbyterians will re
serve March 8-15, as one of the most
important days in the whole year’s ;
program of that church, according to ;
announcement by the Assembly’s
Stewardship committee.
March 15th is the date of the an- j
nual every member canvass, with a
total objective this year of $14,000,
00 for extending the Kingdom of J
God. Of this amount it is estimated i
that $9,500,000 will be needed for;
work within 3,564 churches and $4,-;
500,000 for educational, orphange,
hospital and missionary worn in tne
17 synods, 92 Presbyteries in the
iiuiuc uciu axiu m ---
Africa, Brazil, China, Japan, Korea,
and Mexico.
The stewardship committee is com-,
posed of Dr. J. H. Henderlite, Gasto
nia, chairman; Dr. W. R. Dobyns,
JBirniingham, Ala.; Mrs. W. F. Smith I
and Dr. W. H. Boggs, Atlanta, Ga.
This committee has appealed to the
whole church mmebership lor unani
mous response to the challenge of the
great spiritual theme ot the canvass ,
“The Kingdom for AH.” The com
mittee announces the hearty coopera- :
tion of all the executive and .promv
tional committees of the Assembly |
and of all agencies in synods, Presby
teries and local churches. A pledge j
for kingdom support is askeu iivm 1
every member of every church, and j
strong efforts are being made to se-'
cure tithers. “This is the best
grt>wing season for producing great
Christians our church has ever,
known. There is real suffering,
many tragedies, and the loud resound- !
ing of crashing fortunes in the south.1
But our people are turning to the j
Lord for help, and it is the best year,
for a spiritually successful every i
member canvass in history,” states
the committee in appealing to ait.
church members for sacrificial giv
ing. j
Miss Bessie Mawyer spent the
week end in Durham with Miss Hazel
Thompson.
Master Billie Mafwyer spent the
week-end in Durham with Philip and
Billie Gunter.
CALE K. BURGESS GUEST
OF LEGION SATURDAY
| Cale K. Burgess, of Raleigh, one of
the State’s most, prominent legion
naires, and an eloquent and forceful
speaker, will address Lee Post No.
18 of the American Legion Saturday
evening at 8 o’clock. The occasion of
Mr. Burgess’ appearance in .Sanford
is the Aerial Round Up which will
held simultaneously at all other le
gion posus throughout the State and
Nation.
The object of the Round Up -will be
to interest all ex-servicemen in the
advantages of membership in the Le
gion organization and the great ob
jectives toward which the Legion is
aspiring. These advantages and the
Legion's objectives wiil be covered by
Mr. Burgess’ address.
When seen yesterday, Harvey C.
Renegar, Commander of Lee Post
No. 18, stated that a discussion with
regard to tax exemptions' allowed the
veterans by the Federal government
on investments made with money re
ceived from the veteran’s bureau
would take place Saturday evening.
“Real estate, buildings or repair
on buildings paid for from money ob
tained from the veteran’s bureau,
either in the*form of a loan on Ad
justed Compensation Certificates,
disability allowance, or borrowed on
War Risk Insurance, is exempt from
taxation by either county, city or
state in an amount equal to that
which was paid on through the above
sources,” stated Compiandcr Rene
gar.
“As an example,” said Mr. Rene
gar, “suppose an ex-serviceman, with
real estate valued on the tax books
at $1,000, on which he has or will put
$500, which he has received either
from Adjusted Compensation, loan or
War Risk Insurance or disability al
lowance; such a veteran is entitled to
an exemption of $500 on that- piece
of real estate.’
This interpretation of the matter
lias been upheld by the Attorney
General of the State in three opinions,
rendered in 1928, 1929 and 1980, said
Mr. Renegar.
Legionnaires, stated the Comman
der, should be encouraged to invest
money derive^ from this source in
refil estate.
>1“p‘SSSt«.TOK
The number of baby chicks hatch
ed in commercial hatcheries in 1931
will be materially, less than in 1930
if the U. iS* Bureau of Agricultural
Economics’ report on hatchery opera
tions in January may be used as a
criterion of what may be expected to
happen during the remainder of the
season. This should mean higher
prices for poultry and poultry pro
ducts.
Tnis report shows that 763 hatch
eries, witn a combine egg capac^y
of 54,000,000 eggs, Set approximately
8,000,000 eggs in January 1981, as
compared With 13,451,000 eggs on the
same date last y ear, a decrease of
4u.5 per cent, and this same group
hatched 4,869,000 chicks, a decrease of
49.5 per cent. In addition 622 hatch
eries reported that on February 1,
1930, they had ordeis for 23,788,000
chicks to be delivered either in Feb
ruary or iater; this year, on the same
date, they had orders for only 18,
813,000 chicks, a decrease of 41.9 per
cent.
In the South Atlantic states 63
hatcheries reported a decrease of 31
per cent of ^'Salable chicks hatched
during January 1931 as compared
iqjir natcheries reported a decrease
with the same month in 1930. Forty
of 51 per cent of chicks booked for
February 1931 as compared wdth that
period in 1930.
These figures seem to indicate that
this is the time for poultry men of
North Carolina to capitalize on these
facts in the chicken business. With
such a small number of chicks being
sold it is evident that a small num
ber of pullets will go into laying
quarters this fall, which means 5 hat
there will be a scarcity of eggs mid
as a result higher-priced eggs.
E. O. McMahan, County Agent.
POULTRY SALE MARCH 21st.
A cooperative poultry sale will be
held in Sanford on March 21st. This;
Kvill he the fieci nd car-lot shipment of j
the season. A car will be loaded on j
the Seaboard track near the passen-;
ger depot on t) at d xy. Prices for th^s
sale will be pi blisl cd in next week’s
issue of this p iper and circulars will
be distributed as i sual. i
The poultry industry in Lee county
continues to grow i 1 spite of a period
of general bu. ines i depression. In
checking over the results of coopora-;
tive sales this yer r as compared to
last year I found that for the season ;
of 1931 the faimers and farm women
of Lee county have sold 12,194 pounds
of poultry as compared to 11.265.
pounds for the sa; le period in 1930. \
SOLDIER IS DEAD FROM OLD
WOUND. |
- • i
More than 12 years after tho world
war, a German bullet had claimed the
life of aB American soldier at Lil
lington yesterday, -says a dispatch to
the Charlotte Observer.
Ernest Gaddy, 33, dropped dead in
a railroad station when a bullet lodg
ed n^ar his heart all these years fin
ally found its way to the vital organ.;
Gaddy’s body bore the marks of a
dozen or njofe German machine bul-!
tets. Finally he was shot down by a
sniper while on picket duty. The j
bullet lodged near the heart. He re-]
covered after first having been ]
thought dead.
Government surgeons who recently
examined him had hoped the bullet]
eventually w'ould move sufficiently I
away from his heart to permit its ex
traction.
PROSPECTS GOOD for
A peach CROP
Cold Weather Held Back the
Buds Whidi Are Late in Com
ing Out—Growers Busy Spray
tag and Malting Other Prepa
rations: I
Mr. Alexander Wilkins informs The
Express that the trees in the Wilk
ins peach farm near Lemon Springs
—the only large! peach farm in Lee
county—are in gSod shape and that
prospects are
were uneasy a
the weather wai
would come out j
cold 'weather
past three or
the sap and save
trees have beert f
cultivated and
blooms. Tht
I big crop last
I good prices.
I time the crop";
| marketed that"
I peaches raised
t hey sold at
and the fruit
to get them,
prospects tor
Pilot, publis'
Sandhills peach ;
sue of last
“Fruit men
spraying and _
crop which they
good one this yfj
unusually heav '
the practice to
leaves many
Case of frosts a|
come through
has been over
Virginia to the
the last few
seems to be co
whole territory J
grdwn. He
a crop. Thqy
m weeks ago when
Warm that tne buds
md be killed, but the
prevailed for the
Weeks held back |
the situation. The
irefully sprayed and |
wy to take on the '
•chard'4 produced a-j
wmch was sold at j
was stattd at the ;
las gathered and j
'ey were the best I
the Sandhills belt. I
iually good prices,
*ers were anxious
writing about the .
'op The Aberdeen {
the heart of the j
ilt, says in its is
, 6th:
busy pruning and I
fig ready for the !
hope is to be a 1
The bud crop is J
d it seems to be j
me in a way that j
buds, so that in
icient number may j
ily. A man who {
fruit belt from 1
Jssissippi valley in :
says this practice 1
ion throughout the j
which peaches are j
ftis opinion
that the peach o op will be good this
year. Many of fhe old orchards have
Deen abandoned, ('indicating a small
er productive Jir jiber, ^and these, he
says, are redei* ig more intensive I
care than has bain the custom in the
past. The w s producers have j
been shaken out# anu the men who 1
are now opeimj *; orchards are be
lieved to be. in
tion. Those^
through safely S’
be on such f<
good chance to?
“The tendeni
dustry in tliish
consolidate up
tter financial condi
t have come;
r are thought to j
jthat they have a
kke some money.
the orchard in
Ion seems to be to
Norfolk-Southern,,
in which area the flop prospects ar;
apparently good,
board have b$sn
than to the V
diction by soj
th^.fnture is.
the clay voim
frosts are not
er grounds up tj
s. on the Sep-1
ig put more
a pre
Ifc is thought that
evalent in the high
Norfolk-Southern
as on the lower levels farther South.
It is said also that clay soils give a
bigger yield to the tree than the sand,
and therefore the theory is put forth
that a clay orchard has belter pros
pects of being profitable. This is
noticed on a big scale in Georgia.
The South Georgia belt is falling
back, the normal productions from
the orchards now quisling being set
at 10,000 cars, or not much above
half cf, the crop in the record years.
Hut in North Georgia, on the heavier
soils, the crop is steadily increasing,
and with good, prospects. In this
State the tendency of the peach cm n
is toward the Piedmont and the high
er attitudes. The peach produced
there is not given the same high rat
ing as the incomparable peach of the
Sandhills, but the Sandhills have
suffered from disease which has low
ered the exc ellent flavor of the peach
of ton years ago. South Carolina
is moving _ its orchards from the
sandy levels to the high grounds
farther west, with what is said to be
mere satisfaction.
“The question of spray material is
agitated to some extent among the
peach men at the present time. Ar
senic has been a debated product for
years, but spray men are perhaps in
quiring more into the status of arse
nic now than at any time in the past.
Conclusions arc not yet, made public,
yet the wisdom of too much arsenic is
questioned by some of the men fore
most in the industry.
“The orchards in this neighborhood
have come through the winter with
out suffering. They start off with
vigor and promise. With the style
of prunir- that leaves plenty of buds,
on a good wood growth and a healthy
stock the general appearance of the
orchards is good.”
CONTRACT LET FOR ROAD
CONSTRUCTION IN COUNTY
The State Highway Commission in
Raleigh Tuesday let the contracts for
22 highway projects involving the
construction of 143.37 miles of high
way and three bridges. Among these
projects is one for the construction
of 6.07 miles of hard surface road on
route 50 from its intersection with 75
near .John Knott’s farm to the Moon
County line near Cameron. The con
tract for this work was awarded to
the Guilford Construction Company,
of Greensboro, their bid being $126,
623. Engineers have been busy for
some time making surveys and it is
stated that this link of Federal Hig^h
nvay No. 1 will be shortened by re
locating some of the road. It is ex
pected that work will ‘begin on this
project at an early^date. It is- hope-1
that it will be completed by the time
the tourist season opens next fall so
as not to interfere with tourist travel.
South. This will leave only one irr ?>v<»
short links of Federal Highway m>.
1 in North Carolina to be hard sit£
laced.
aivI Mrs. A. M. Harris and
Mrs. W. R. Radley are spending to- •
day in Raleigh.
Miss Camelia Stedman, of Moncure,
was week-end guest of her aunt, Mrs.
M. D. Foister. . , ;
Mr. and Mis. Haywood Medlin spent
Saturday in italeigh with Mr. and
Idrs. J. G. EHuns.
Mrs. T. 1. MaWyel* spent the week'
end in Durham with her brother, Mr.
John Gunter- *
JEAWELL BANKERS BILL IS
FAVORED BY COMMITTEE
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ROTARY AND KIWANIS
HOLD INTER CLUB
MEETING
Kiwanis Club Hoids Its Regular
Meeting at Carolina Hotel—
Beautitul Music by Miss Mil
holtand of the Greenwood
School and Hugh Hancock,
tin n- t-» m_1 A ! +
wno V an ue \^msseu Aimuai
A Music Prodigy— M. H.
Newlin Puts on Interesting
Pictures of Scenes in Central
and South America at the
Meeting of the Two Clubs
At the luncheon of the Kiwanis
Chib at the Carolina Hotel last Fri
day night Miss Millholland, of the
Greenwood .School, and Hugh Han
cock, put on a program of music that
was greatly enjoyed by the club. Miss
Millholland charmingly rendered a
number of piano selections and sus
tained her reputation as an artist in
her line. Hugh Hancock, who is a
mere boy, proved to all 'who heard him
oaig, hum- ut jjuaji-ojjitn uuuouai guic
for a person so>*young and is aTmost
a musical prodigy. *
The club voted to hold an inter-club
meeting with the Raeford club at the
latter place on Friday night, March
20th. A feature of the program will
be a basketball game between the
two teams. The members ol the San
ford club who will take part in the
game wTill soon begin training for the
contest which will no doubt be a fea
ture of the program. F. F. Farabow,
chairman of the inter-club commit
tee, and J. C. Pittman, district trustee,
were asked to act as a committee in
arranging for the game.
Frank Andrews, chairman of the,
program committee, who had charge
of the program, used a chart to in
struct the club in educational work
connected with Kiwanis International.
It was decided that the committee on
the McJver memorial should be con
tinued, and it is hoped that they will
act in this matter as soon as possible.
Secretary D. B. Teague is chairman of
the Committee. It was decided that the
varibUs members of the club should
be called on from time, to time to tell
about their particular business.
Ltf'il'liillllWiffBgW"
TUESDAY NIGHT
The joint meeting of the Rotary
and Kiwanis Clubs was held at the
Wilrlk Tuesday night, J. R. Ingram,
chairman of the .Rotary Club, presid
ing. President J. A. Overton of the
Kiwanis Club, sat at the head of the
table with President Ingram. Most of
the members of the two ciubs were
present. The Rotary c’.ub has 25 and
the Kiwanis ciub 25 members. A
.-.pi■ t:<!111 spirit oi fraternalism pre
vailed throughout the evening and to
see this fine body of reprjseniat.ve
citizens come fogeth’-r in the two
clubs tor a c .m;v. r.i purpose was con
vincing evidence that beder things are
a head dor us as a town and commun
ity. Every prole:- don ahti business cf
every kind in the town was repre
sented in that meeting of the two
dub), hollowing were the guc-sts of
tile evening: L. Li. Warrick, J. S.
Truitt, Dr. R. G. Sowers, and B. B.
dvammer. Fred Strong, of the iuuarx
Club, had charge of me program.
A Kuturo of the program was the
trip vf the two clubs tluough Central
and South America by the picture
route piloted by Mr. M. H. Newlin,
manager of the Edwards Railway
Motor Co. In prosecuting his business
Mr. Nowlin has from time to time
visited the countries to the south of
us and gained much valuable informa
tion about business conditions and the
customs of the people. He threw many
beautiful pictures on the screen, the
most interesting of which were of
Mexico City, the Panama Canal and
a railroad over which the Edwards
Railway Motor cars are operated. He
explained the pictures as he went
along. He pictured Mexico City as be
ing one ot the most modern cities in
the world. All were- intensely interest
ed in the pictures showing scenes
along the Panama Canal. He explain
ed the workings of this great water
way that enables ships to go from one
great ocean X) the other in a few
hours. He told of the cost of the en
terprise and stated that it was the
greatest undertaking since the great
Chinese Avail. All were interested in
watching the cars manufactured by
the Edwards Railway Motor Com
pany as they sped along the track of *
a railroad whose grades were so
heavy- that no other car that has
been manufactured could negotiate it.
R. H. MOFFin & COMPANY
BUY RILEY MACHINE SHOP
R. H. Moffitt & Co., yesterday an
nounced the purchase of the Riley &
Harrington Machine Shop. With the
equipment of the latter concern R. H.
Moffitt & Co., instead of doing motor
work as heretofore, will expand its
service so as to include all kinds of
machine repair, electric and acetylene
welding, cylinder and crankshaft
^'grinding and motor rebuilding. |
Edwin Harrington, formerly con
nected with the Moffitt Iron Works,
will be associated with Mr. Moffitt
henceforth. Mr, Harrington is an
able and experienced mechanic, and
his assistance will enable the shop to
turn out the enlarged output, 'which
is anticipated.
PURITY ICE CREAM COMPANY
MOVES
The Purity Ice Cream Company
which has-been located in the build
ing adjoining the Carolina .Power &
Light Company, on Chatham Street,
has moved to 201 Chatham Street ift
the building adjacent to J. T. Daven
port & Sons. This concern, which lo
cated here a few months ago, deals
in home-made ice cream, retailing
their product direct to the consumer.
House Committee On Banking
Gives Favorable Report On
Representative A. A. F. Sea
well’s Bill to Divorce Banking
From Supervision of Corpora
tion Commission. \
Representative A. A. F. BcaWell's
bill to divorce the State banks irom
supervision by the corporation com
mission was endorsed by a vote el 11
to 10 by the House committee on
Banks and Banking Tuesday.
The vote followed an acrimonious
session of two '"hours -during -which
there were frequent clashes of opin
ion between the opposing forces. The
bill had the active opposition of
former Governor A. W. McLean, now
president of the North Carolina Bank
<z Trust Company, and Robert N.
Page, president of the Page Trust
Company, during the sub-committee
hearing which was held in secrecy.
Addressing the committee, Mr. Sea
well declared, ‘The best way to re
store confidence of the people in the
banking policy of those who run the
banks is to provide strong banking
supervision/’ He said that he couldn't
help but feel that those bankers who
urge the retention of the present sys
tem only have their dwn business at
heart.
r He charged that monopolistic
banking concerns, which have grown
under the beneficence of the present
Corporation Commission, could hardly
ao otherwise than plead for a con
tinuance of the present “hook-up.”
“The history of bank supervision in
North Carolina,” said the Lee repre
sentative, “has been a history oi in
competence and failure. .Scarcely a
bank has failed but that conditions
within the bank were knc\vn to the
bank supervisor or should have L_e<i
known to him.
‘Frozen assets, bah! You’ll livid,
that practicaly every one of t •:. i \
■fcas busted by stealages, over-bor
rowing by officers and large loans to
corporations in which they held a
controlling interest/’ he thuivLr^d.
“If you want to kill the hill, kill it
There will be no feathers off me, but
I tell you, the people are demanding
it,” Representative, Seawel i ncluded.
LEE HAS 63.1 TO THE 9 .- ARE
MILE.
The current issue* of the University
News Letter carries a tab»e whicii
the rank and number of in
■of 216
,ts per
se fig
.n the
which ranks 39 has an
square miles and 65.1 inha
square mile. According t
ures this Jr a fraction 1c.
Lee county average.
Forsythe coun'y has mo
tile square mile than any ■
ty, a\ eraging 287.8i Ota
populated counties are Dui
215.4; Gaston with 215.1;
bui'g with 215.4; New Hanover
199.1; and Uu'.lford with 19—5.
Tyreii has t ie sparsest p'y,.t...:k-n
averaging* 13.2 p ople to the square
mile. Other sparsely settled cou..I:ls
are Dare with 13.8; Hyde tvith 13.9;
Tender with 19.2; Graham with 19.6;
Brunswick with 20.Up Swan with 20.9.
..1 e
OFFICERS CAPTURE STILL
Oh 38 GALLONS CAPACITY
A posse of officers compose ! of
Sheriff Arthur Rives, Deputies J. M.
Thorn a s and Paul WaU.oiv while .on a
raid last Saturday captured a block
ade still over between L mon Springs
tnd the county line. This still was
of peculiar construction. It was fit
ted up with an almost square tank
taken from a gasoline engine and
used by the blockader as a boiler.
The cap was originally an ice cream
freezer. The still was of,.about 60
gallons capacity. . It is said that the
rankest kind of white ligntning is
produced by a still of this kind, and
is calculated to send men—women,
too, to the cemetery. The -officers
destroyed 75 to 100 gallons of beer.
The still had been in operation, but
the officers found the blockader ab
sent when they made the raid.
EARL JACKSON ESCAPES
FROM LBE COUNTY JAIL
Apparently tiring of Ms confine
ment in the Lee county bastille, Earl
Jackson, held on a burglary charge,
made his escape about dawn Monday
morning by sawing the iron bars of
his cell. Jail attendants were unable
to explain how Jackson obtained the
tools necessary to, release him.
Officers state that this escape was
one of the most daring pulle l in some
time as the fugitive after breaking
out of the cell walked nonchalantly
down the stairs and out of the front
door of the jail. His recapture had
not been effected up until thfs morn
ing.
Jackson, it was stated, was being
held here at the request of Cumber
land officers., having . been charged
with participating in a robbery at
Fayetteville recently.
MRS. HARTNESS DIES AT
HOME NEAR YORK, S. C.
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Hartness were
called to York, ,S. C., Sunday by the
death of Mr. Hartness’ mother, Mrs.
Maggie Hartness who died at her
noon of that day. Mrs. Hartness’
home near York, S. C. on the after
death was brought about by an attack
of paralysis, an illness5 from which
she had suffered only a few hours.
She was 75 years of age.
Mrs. Hartness was a woman of
genial disposition, with many admir
able traits of character. Her kindly
and unaffected manner had drawn
about her a large circle of warm
friends. Before her marriage to the
late R. B. Hartness, who died tfwo
years ago, she was Miss Maggie
Thomas, of York County, S. C.
BILL INTRODUCED TO
ABOLISH THE RE
CORDER’S COURT
Resolution Adopted by County
Commissioners Asking That
Representative Seaweil Have
Introduced and Passed at the
Present Session of General As
sembly—Bill introduced in
the House.
Following is the resolution adopt
ed by the County Commissioners at
their meeting the first Monday:
Commissioner Kelly Introduced and
moved the adoption of the following
resolution:
Whereas, it has been the custom
to pay costs of the County Qourt
accruing against the county in those
cases ni which road sentences were
imposed, from the road fund;
And whereas, the State wil take
over the county road system July 1st,
1931,, and the county will have no
road funds from which to pay such
cost;
And whereas, the larger portion
of such costs accumulate in the oper
ation of the County Recorders
Court, and it is considered advisable
for an act of the Legislature to be
adopted, giving to this board author
ity to abolish the County Recorders
Court, if in the judgment of said
commissioners, the public interest
require it:
Therefore: Be it resolved, That
the County Attorney prepare bill au
thorizing, County Commissioners to,
if in their judgment, the public inter
est required, by resolution, to abolish
such County Recorder’s Court, pro
vided such shall not take effect until
thirty days after passage of such res
olution and in event said court is
abolished to discontinue payment of
salaries and other costs in connec
tion with such court and that Mr.
Seaweil be requested to have such bill
enated into la\v by the N jrthJ Caro
lina General Assembly.
Motion seconded by Commissioner
Lawrence and duly carried.
This trill Was introduced in the
House Wednesday by Mr. Seaweil by
request. Like many other bills this
bill will have to be rushed if it runs
the gauntlet as the Legislature will
probably adjourn in a few days. The
members of that august body are now
paying their own expenses, and it is
safe to say they will not remain in
i.uieigh much longer.
Benhaven school INews.
The teacher and pupils are sorry to
hear of the illness of phrista feellfc
Batchelor. They hope that she will
soon be well again and back
something like influenza.
The seventh grade is glad to have
PM win Currin back in school after
having missed a week on account of
sickness.
The seventh grade facial hr or two
weeks ago was a very pleasant one.
Two periods were taken to give the
grade a field trip and a feast on
roasted hot dugs. Trips su< h as
these seem to be helpful to students,
because they help ta develop their no
cial natures and to encourage the
group spirit in pupils.
The French Club met at the home
of Cuthbert McDonald last Thursday
night and was well attended. Mr.
Payne read La Chevre de M. Seguin,
a short story in French.
At the last meeting in January
there were only thvo members initi
ated and there were throe left for last
Thursday night. They were Luarie
Thursdty night. They were Iaurie
McLeod. The boys who were initiat
ed had to roll spools, walk over bowls
blindfolded, imitate chickens, pigs,
cows, sing and dance. The girl who
was initiated, had to do the same
things as the boys with the exception
of rolling the spool. Messrs. W. B.
Graham, Preston Graham furnished
music for the occasion.
Miss Vernie Cameron, a member of
the faculty of Benhaven Graded
school, primary department, is in
Scott’s Hospital, at Sanford.
Miss Gladys Williams, a student in
the eighth grade, entertained Misses
Capehart,' Kime and Davenport < at
her home last Wednesday.
The eigth grade went on a toeinie
roast, Wednesday, March 4th, some
where near the school building.
Miss Doris Puckett had as dinner
guests last week Misses Capehart
and Kime, and Messrs. Payne and
Graham.
The eleventh grade won the Sunday
school banner for last week.
The eleventh grade are sorry to
hear that Freda Spivey, one of our
best students* is ill with pneumonia.
We hope that sne will soon he well
and can come back to be with us.
***
Prof. J. 0. Anthonv, Farm Demon
stration Agpnt for Harnett county,
met the boys of Benhaven Monday
for the purpose of organizing a 4-H
Club. A large number of bovs
pjoined and are expecting to get bqfh
pleasure and profit from it. They
elected Paul Graham president, and
Cuthbert McDonald, secretary treas
PHILLIP H. THOMAS DIES AT
HI§ HOME AT HENDERSON
Mr. Philfin H. Thomas, who had
been ill for about ten days, died at hi*
home at Henderson Monday morning
at the a go of f>4 years. The funeral
was held Tim«dav afternoon at 4
o’clock from Holy Innocents Episco
pal church, vonducted by the rector,
Rev. I. W. Hughes. Among t^iose hvho
attended the funeral were Mr. and
Mrs. W. W. Robards, of this place.
Mr. Thomas married a sister of Mr.
Robards, who, with one daughter
survives him. Mr. Thomas who died
at the age of 64 years, was for many
years a druggist at Henderson and
was a man of the highest character
and strict integrity.