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JUDGE SINCLAIR ADVO- | CATES PERMANENT I JURY FOR LEE COUNTY | In His Charge to the Grand Jury He Expressed the Opin ion That Affairs of the Court Would Be Handled With More Dispatch and That The Jury, Would Be Able to Render ! Better Service Than By The Present Obsolete Method — Bill Drawn and Sent to Ral eigh Asking That the County Be Given the Permanent Jury System. Lee Superior Court opened at the Court House last Monday morning at. 10 o’clock with Judge N. A. Sinclair, of Fayetteville, presiding, and Solico tor, C. L. Williams in charge of the docket. " Only criminal. cases are bt ing tried the first week. Judge Sin clair, l\as held Leu county court a number of times, has many friends in I this section of the State, who are al-1 ways glad to see him. Hu is rec-1 ognized as one of the' ablest judges on the Superior Coure bench in ’this State, and is always fair and impar tial in his rulings. A large number of citizens of the county were present for the opening day, although it is a right busy time with the farmers. The following grand, jury was called and qualified : S. L. 'Poole, foreman; J. M. Brogan, L. D. Bryan, R. W. Cameron, L. L. Clark, John L. Foushee, W. V. Foust. W. E. Faulk, J. C. Jones, J. W. Law rence, N. C. Latta, C. R. Lano, L. Mar shall, J. A. Mitchell, W. D. McGil vary, F. M. Rosser, Floyd Smith, H. N, Thomas. in ms pivimuiuiiy icm<u&d w mo grand jury Judge Sinclair advocated j a permant jury system for Lee county, and gave many good reasons . for wanting to see this change in our jury system. He stated that the present system was obsolete and that county which continued to draw a new jury at every criminal term of court was behind the times. He thought j1 Lee to good a county to • continue to . use the old jury system. He stated that the permanent jury system! worked well in counties that had j adopted it. It is now giving satis- j faction in many of the most progress- | ive counties in the State. 1 He said that the jury has more power to reg- j a board of directors to a county and i thah the jury has more power to reg- | ulate the affairs of the county than ' the board of county commissioners, j In fact is has more power than the / courts. He stated that the grand 1 jury was not in a position to_ prop-j' erly regulate things unless it had l charge for at least a year. His sug gestion was to select nine new jury men. every six months.. The county commissioners who Were holding a special session passed a resolution ; favoring a permanent jury system for the county and had County Attorney ; Warren Williams draw up a bill and file it with Representative A. A. F. Seawell with instructions that he in troduce it in the legislature and try ’ to get it through before adjourn- ! ment. Judge Sinclair emphasized the im- : portance of enforcing the compulsory school law. He spoke of the preva- 1' lence of crime among young white : men under age, and stated that in all ] his experience as a judge he ha!d 1 never had before him a white boy 1 charged with crime who had a diplo-1 ma as a graduate of a high school. 1 He stated that boys who wore before | the courts charged with crime were those who quit school about the third grade and spent their time in idleness, i' Earl Jackson was sentenced to not more than seven, and not less,, than five years in the penitentiary by .Judge ! Sinclair, ^Monday, upon conviction of; a charge^ of store breaking and rob- h bery. Jackson was convicted of hav ing entered Williams-Belk’s store he.’o and the Broadway Hardware Company, several weeks ago. The young man gained much notoriety by | escaping from the Lee county jail re cently. After his recapture he, made sedarql other attempts to es cape, onlyl the vigilance of Sheriff Arthur Rives preventing him from j succeeding in his attempts. He was carried to the penitentiary Monday afternoon to begin his sentence. I Oebrge McLean, colored, plead, guilty Of nbn-support of wife. Judg-1 ment was continued! on the payment, UI costs. Buster McNeill and Buster Johnson! were each given twelVj months on the roads for the theft of eleven chick ens, valued at $12. i Mrs. Maude Boles Wall was grant ed a divorce from her husband, W. W. Wall, testimony being introduced to show that she was abandoned by the latter about 16 years ago. ADMINISTRATRIX’ NOTICE. | Having qualified at administratrix of W. C. Powers, deceased, late of Lee county, and State of North Carolina, this is to notify all persons holding claims against said estate to file same with the undersigned on or before March 26/1932, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their re covery. All persons owing the es- I ■ tate wil Jplease send checks immedi- i ately to the undersigned. MRS. W. C. POWERS, I, Administratrix of estate of W. C. Powers, deceased. CARD OF THANKS. J. We Wish to thank our many friends and neighbors for their many tokens of love, sympathy and kindness dur- ' ing the sickness and death of our dear mother. W. E. THOMAS, r;| W. C. THOMAS, ' KATIE THOMAS, MRS. R. CAMERON. • JFrIends of Mr. J. H, .Carroll. are ?:lad to see him out again after a ' our Weeks attack of flu and malaria, i Mr. Francis, Rackley, of Nash ville, this state, was in Sanford and Jonesboro last Saturday on a business trip. He was accompanied by his sister, Mrs. W. E.‘ Clark, and little 1 daughter, Louise, and Miss’ Luna Rackley. While in Jonesboro they ( wens the guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. 1 Carroll. J i SOUTHERN GRAVEL COMPANY £'■ ¥*•» » • TO BE PUT IN OPERATION Headquarters of the Com pan; Wifi Be in Saiiford—B. L Henderson, of Burlington, Se retary and Treasurer of tit Concern, Will Haye Charge o of the Business and Make Hi Home at This Place—Plant t Be Put in Operation at ai Early Date. The Express is informed that th Soutem Gravel Company, success or .to the Southern Sand and Grave Company, which was organized am first operated near the line of the At lantic and Western Railroad in uppe Harnett county, in the summer *o 1927, is to be put in operation at ai early date under new management Mr. E. L. Henderson, of Burlington secretary and treasurer of the com pany, will have charge of the busi ness and make Sanford his headquart ers. He expects to move to thi; place, where he will make his home He has been busy for the past fev weeks making preparation for put ing the plant in operation. Th< machinery which has not teen in ope ration in some time will be over rauled and everything about the plan put in shape for operation. Mr. Ju lius Harden, also of Burlington, wh( s president of the company, wit spend some of his time in Lee anc Harnett in connection with the busi less. This plant has a capacity 01 20 to 30 cars of gravel per day anc his is considered one of the best de posits of gravel in the state. Wher he plant Is operated to its full capa :ity it employs a large number of la >orers. Being within a few miles oi Sanford it will help the town in a fi lancial way. Gravel concerns have i better showing since gravel is in iluded in road building specifications dong with crushed stone. During last years the crushed stone concerns lad a monopoly in supplying materia! 'or road construction. As there will >e much road construction in the State during the coming summer it if sxpected that the .Southern Gravel Company and other gravel concern! will get at l'_ast a part of the orders ;hat will be made by contractors Hie citizens of Sanford and this sec ion wish Messrs. Harden and Hend erson. much success * thenr new ven ure. SIG SPRINGS HOME DEMONSTR^ TION CLUB HOLDS MEET. hefr? MsgPffi it the home of Mrs. Moody. Cole rhursday afternoon, with fiifteer nembers present. Miss Nettie Cole, the president )resided over-the meeting, and the lecretary, Mrs. D. E. Coffer, called he roll and read the -minutes of the ast meeting. Miss iSimpson gave a most instruct ve demonstration on “Canned Fruit Desserts," discussing with the womer he many ways of preparing canned 'nut for desserts- She urged every nember to plant strawberries oi Idwberries in their gardens and tc lave plenty of other fruits. Mrs. J. T. McDonald invited' ,£he :lub to meet with her in April. At the close of the meeting delicious lear shortcake was served, this be ng one of the dishes Miss Simpsor lemonstrated. MR. D. E. COFFER. 4INUTHEK tUmHAtl lU DC. I.r. 1 FOR PAVING ON FEDERAL HIGHWAY NO. 1. , Announcement is made hy th< State Highway Commission that i etting of contracts, for highway con, itruction will be made in Raleigh to norrow 27th; and among the various ■ontracts to be let are seven miles ol :oncrete Raving on Federal Route 3 ’rom the Moore-Richmond county line southward to the junction of Route !04 at Marston. Another contract hat will be let _at this time will be s sixteen mile stretch on Route 241 run ling from Laurinburg northward te he Moore county line near Blue’s Sridge. Two weeks ago a contract was lei so pave the six miles stretch or Route One from the junction of Route Route 75 southward to the Moore :ounty line. As both of the con tracts on Route One come under Fed sral aid they must be completed be fore September 1st. The woi;k wil nake detours necessary betweer Southern Pine's and Sanford and alsc letween Southern Pines ansi Hamlel md Rockingham. However, it is esti nated that work on both of these con tracts can be completed in ninetj iays from the day that work starts. The paving on the new cut off t< Laurinburg, will afford a new ant shorter route, when completed, tt Myrtle Beach, and Charleston. Tht etting of contracts for the paving or Route One is a direct result of the ) res sure brought to bear on the Stat< Highway Commission last summer bj he various 'civic organizations ir Rockingham, Aberdeen,, Southerr Rides, Sanford and Raleigh. The. da> ast August that a delegation of six y men appeared before the Highwaj Commission was evidently well speni md undoubtedly brought us thfs 1J nilee of paving on Route One. ~ Look, forward to the Womanless Wedding in the" West Sanford school luditorium April 10th,' sponsored bj ■he Eidelis Class. Coine and have i jolly good time and help paint the luditorium of the First Baptist ihurch. Mr. W. E. iStpbhs. of Dunn, forro :rly with Cottort Dale.has accepted a jositioh as night clerk with Hotel Vilrik. ; 11. : Miss Thelma Barnett, of Roanoke, /4., has accepted a position as book keeper with the Hotel Wilrik. Miss Emily Cheek, of Raleigh, spent he week end here with her mother, us. Charles C. Cheek, and brother, Jharles C. Cheek,' Jr. T * . EARL JACKSON AN : ARTIST AS JAIL BREAKER f Turns Teaspoons into Keys That s Enables Him to Open the , Doors and Walk Out tut# . Leave the- Jail Empty—Can , Also Pick a Yale Lock With a Wire. Earl Jackson seefns to be an artist [ when jt comes to employing various l methods for breaking out of jail. The . Express last week told how he had » concealed a hack saw about his per • son to saw out of jail. No one km>ws i how hu got the saws. Since Sher , aff Arthur Rives and his deputies ar , rested and remanded him to jail, the . Sheriff has had to keep a close watch . on the jail to keep him from opening . the doors and not only leaving him i self, but turning out other prisoners. Since he was arrested at his home in ■ Jguysboro he has made three or four . attempts to escape. He has at tempted to saw out twice, but the Sheriff visited the jail in time to keep him from escaping. One mom . ing last week he went to the jail and found him in possession of two keys made from teaspoons. He made them with a pifece of hack saw he had in his possession. One of these keys would open almost any kind of a Yale “lock, while the other would open a pad lock. After being caught with them he made Sheriff Rives a pres : ent of them. He demonstralv-d to the sheriff how he could get out of prison with these keys. He unlock ed every door in the jail -except one. It seems that it was hard for him to get to the lock on this door. Monday morning Sheriff Rives found that he had been working at the cell doors the night before. H'e showed the Sheriff how he could open a door by picking the lock with a piece of wire. There have been many jail deliveries since the Lee county jail was built, but Earl Jack son is about the cleverest and most resourceful prisoner who has occu pied the Lee jail. “ BANKING BILL GETS APPROVAL. I ■ --- The administration supported Sea well bill to create a banking depart ment separate from the Corporation Commission was given a place on the Senate calendar Tuesday after re ceiving favorable report from the bank and banking committee Monday afternoon. The bill hos.already pass ed the House. The report was made after more than two hours of debate and several amendments attached, chief of which was the Fowler amendment that .would allow the Commissioner of Banks conducting a hearing, sentence for contempt, but requiring that the matter'go before the Superior Court. The bil lprovides that the Com missioner shall be appointed by the Governor. Representative Seawell, author of the measure, directed the proponent argument, ’while I. M. Bailey, at torney for the corporation commis sion, led the attacl^. SERVICES AT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.. Services will be held each morning at 9 o’clock during the week preced ing Easter .Sunday, March 30th— April 3rd. Besides the ministers of Sanford some distinguished visiting ministers will be heard. Rev. E. Mc Neil Poteat, minister, Pullen Memo rial Baptist church, Raleigh, will speak at the ■, services Wednesday, April 1st. Other speakers will be announced later. The people of San ford and environs are cordially invit ed to these services during the Holy Week. Those who attended last year found grace and strength and a deeper appreciation of the meaning of Easter. JOHN L. BENNETT PASSES AT HIS HOME IN CLIO, S. C. Mr. John L. Bennett, father of Mrs. Frank <J. Hawkins, of this place, who had been in failing health for a year or more, died at his home in Clio, ,S. C., last Friday. Upon receiving the sad message, Mrs. Hawkins, accom , panied by Mr. Hawkins, left for Clio, 'where the funeral was held on Satur day morning. Interment was made in the cemetery at that place. Mr. Bennett, who passed away at the age of 86 years, was a member of one of the mo?t prominent and influential families in that section of South Carolina, and was respected and loved for the unselfish life he liveed and his many fine traits of character. Hi passing is a great loss to his church and the town and community in which he Jived. Mrs. Hawkins has the heartfelt sympathy of her many Sanford friends in the death of her father. Mr. Bennett is survived by hip wife, Mrs. Alice Wilkes Bennett and the following children: Mrs. H, B. Wilkes,. Miss Laura Bennett. Mrs. Frank C. Hawk ins, J. Reedy Eefiriett, and John L. Bennett, Jr. PURCHASE CENTRAL CAROLINA HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT. I The entire hospital equipment of the Oontral Carolina Hospital, which after twenty-five years of operation recently closed its doors, has been purchased by the new Lee County Hospital, J. R. Ingram, chaiVman of the board of trustees, announced to day. The necessary "legal papers transferring'the property to the new institution are being prepared today, it'-was stated, i -- Upon the completion of.the new, building, which it is stated wiR prob ably be dbne tty June 1, the equip ment from-the older hospital hlvin be removed to the permanent institution. Negotiations, It was intimated, arb under way for the purchase of the equipment now used by the Scott Hospital, however this transaction has not yet iqaterialised. * Creates Much Interest People — Mayor \v; Williams Will Seek tion For Tfirt Term ford’s Executive; N, tion to Mayor^Seen V approaching municipal CONTEST Among [or Warren R. Seek Re-Elec Term as San e; No Opposi ieen Yet; Num » Out For Al ions. ditical situation, cross-word dermanic The municipal. hitherto ^ puzzle has beconM® somewhat clari-! fied with the announcement from Warren R. Willia^b that he will again be a candidijfce for re-election tQ the office of xn*yor. This an nouncement, comiu : from Sanford’s chief executive, is j \p first candidacy to by> offered the3**! ectorate for the approaching electii I which will be held on May 5th, a d marks the only significant develop! lent in the muni premature po >ught to make it cipal arena altho litical gossip has appear otherwise. Whether the M ing out the sually successful meet with campaign is yet Rumor has it that city’s leading stung by the * whether the infection has been suffi ciently acute as to. |png them openly into the field is sit altogether a speculative matter.'? Foremost among the possible oppoftjfciits mentioned as entertaining mayoip|ty ambitions are J. C. Pittman, fb ecorder’s court; >r, who is round arm of an unu linistration, will ►n in the coming be determined, several of the sens have been iralitv bt\.”, but ittorney and Worli tV. Vick, local ag \ir Line. W. H. mranee man, als iran, has likewis •lv judge of the Renegar, local >War veteran, R. of the Seaboard ate.prominent in yorld War Vet »en groomed for or dv a group or but Mr. White hese demonstra ys friends, stat Lhe will not be a themselves as xne position oi enahusiastic steadily discounts - tions on the ing unquali 'Candidate. * WMflP' or Vick have jwtftftanC candidates, -nor is it yet certain that either of them will make the race against the present mayor. R. W. Vick, who opposed Mayor Williams two years ago, is reported to be har boring mayoralty aspirations and i1 is being said that if he makes the race he will do so upon a reform plat form. B spoken th< ,f„o Mr. Vick has not yet ord that would bring hin into the rac'_-, and, unless a formid able step is taken toward the may oralty soon by other than the pres; ent incumbent, it appears that ; “hoss” race 'will not develop, howevei much the public would like to see one Over in the aldermanic field it is quite different. In this sector there is more activity upon the part oi those in whose bonnets the “alt- r manic bee” lias been buzzing. Ir the. newly created fifth ward semb lance of a free-for-all-fight is readilj assuming concrete proportions. First to announce himself is Oscar Porter local barbery othei-s said to- be con sidering entry into the race are A. M Harrington, son of the late Senatoi Harrington, of Harnett County; L M. Spivey, former alderman from the old second ward for twelve years; M E. Smith, John Caster, Glenn Dor sett, and A. B. Bridges. The like lihood of a real fight is in prospect in the second ward, now represents by W. R. Makepeace. Here W. H Fitts, Davidson College graduate, anr son of the late Mayor W. H. Fitts whose following is said to be indeed '"iiuse political ambition is of so recent origin, is making the race in opposition to’ Mr, Makepeace. A warm fight is pre dicted in the offing. All the incumbent aldermen are candidates to succeed themselves, and have announced their candidacy for re-election. Indications that there will be an unusual scrap carried on by aspirants for aldermanic places were evident yesterday afternoon when several an nouncements of candidates for seats on the board were made. It appears that two strategetic centers in the fight will be in the second and fifth ■wards, recently created from the old second ward. Two candidates, Qscai Porter and A. M. Harrington', are already in the race from the fifth it’s mor^jthiin likely.other an nouncements will he forthcoming from this part of thv town. Two additional candidates announce themselves for aldermanic johs as The Express goes to press. These are A. B. Bridges, in the fifth ward, and former State .Senator & R. RjyfiStjn the Third Ward. Mr. Kivesi who served as alderman for several years, was defeated by J, T. Ledwell, four years ago. This ybar the fight be tween lledwell and Rives wiRJ nbe repeated; Contests have been fought in this ward and the present one is . expected to be a hot one. I ' dHKRfS! ' 1. OLIVE SIDING MAY BE- GIVEN ■ ‘ AN AIRWAY BEACON GREENWOOD SCHOOL NEWS PARTY FOR THE SENIOR CLASS. The Seniors weiu again honored when Miss Virginia Gibson and Mrs. J. F. Sanders entertained for them Tuesday evening, March 17th, the | home of Mrs. Sanders. Those pres ent in addition to the Senior class, Wore members of the Junior class and ! High School faculty. During the evening a novel game,' , “Seniors,” played like Hearts’ Dice, j was enjoyed. The attractive score j and place cards were suggestive of spring and graduation. At the close I ■ oi the game, high score prize was awarded to Richard Roberts, and low I score prize to Elizabeth Edwards, j The hostesses served delicious re-' freshments of ice cream, cake and nuts. Mrs. Sanders and Miss Gib son were assisted in entertaining by Miss Margaret Thompson, Miss Eloise Starr, Miss Ida Mae Freeland, and Miss Mary Thomas. Joint Meeting of Societies.' j The C^rion Literay Society and ; The Websterian Literary Society. held a joint meeting in the auditorium , Friday afternoon, March 20th. Beat-1 rice McLeod, president of the girls’! | society, the Cerion Society, presided ' at this time. The program was as follows: Bible Reading and Prayer, ! Royce Crissman. Jokes—Olen Nichols. Pen Pictures —Elizabeth Edwards. Cross Questions and Crooked Answers—Everett Perkins and Evelyn Holder. j Debate: Resolved that the United States is fully justified in her treat-! ment at present of the Philippine Is , lands. I Affirmative: Woodrow Yarborough and Neil Pierce. Negative: Louise Groce and Mar jorie Groce. The debate was one of the best held this year, both sides shdwing much preparation and debating abil ity. The judges deckled that the affirmative side won and that the best single deba.te was given by Neil i Pierce. Baseball Game Postponed. The base ball game which was to have been played Saturday,March 21, en ]>U!!ljJU!llU' UHliT & ISttff date. The Vass team was unable to come because of illness in the family of their coach. Senior Play. The Senior class has selected as its commencement play, a farce comedy, “Miss Adventure,” by Charles 'George. The play will be directed by Miss Virginia Gibson, and rehear sals werd started this v/.ek. DEATH OF MRS. J. D. THOMAS. 1 Mrs. .T. D. Thomas, of Olivia, died last Friday and the funeral was held at Poplar Springs Methodist church Saturday at 2 o’clock, conducted by the pastor, Rev. I. T. Poole. Mr. Thomas died in 1917 and there ai j four living children, W. E. and W. C. Thomas, anti Mrs. R. Cameron, of Olivia, and Miss’ Kate Thomas, of Greensboro. There are five grand children. Mrs. Thomas was a faithful ; member of Poplar Springs church. She was-a woman of sterling char acter, a devoted mother and grand mother. Mr. Thomas was one of the Thomas clan of this section and they ! are all splendid and well respected cit | izens. The family have the sym pathy of the people of this section. MUSICAL PROGRAM. By the Swann Station Baptist Choir, | Sunday, March 29th, 7:0 O’clock. At First Baptist Church. I l Opening song—Choir and Congregation, “My Faith Looks up to Thee.” .Scripture Reading and Prayer. Offertory. Duet—Mr. D. A. Graham and Miss Alberta Graham Two Songs—‘The Kings’ Orders,” and “Rocking on the Wav§s.” Quartette-“What Did He Do,” and “His Name is Jesus.” Two Songs—“Awakening Chorus,” and “All Hail the Power.” I Quartette-“Still With Thee.” I Sermon. Sermon.. Closing Hymn-“Shall Wv Gather at the River.” Congregation, i Benediction. I A CORRECTION. j Two we*.ks ago there appeared in this paper the following announce ment written from Jonesboro, R. 3; j “The people of this community will be interested to learn of the engage *ment of Miss Lois Cox to Mr. Lewis Thomas, thv* wedding to take place | Easter Sunday, April 5th. We all wish them prosperity in life.” | We are requested by the parties concerned to state that tliere is no truth in the above announcement, and !the party making it had no authority jfor doing so. We published the announcement in good faith, thinking $hat it contained the truthr We regret very much that the‘notice appeared in this paper .and wo apologize to the two young I people to whom it brought embar 1 rassment. laiku Humors ruini iu rossi bility Of This Lee County Point Obtaining Electric Bea con On New Aerial Passen ger Route. An electric airway beacon light will probably be erected by the Eastern Air Transport Campany near Olive Siding, on the Seaboard Air Line bracks, in Lee county, it was report ed here yesterday from sources be lieved to be authentic. The erection jf the beacon lights, twenty of which will he installed along the new 260 mile aerial route from Richmond to Florence, $. C., will, it was said, be completed within 195 days after date of receipt of notice to proceed with the work, The contract for establishing elec tric airway beacon lights on the Florence-Richmond section of the Jacksonville airway, relates a Wash ington dispatch to the Greensboro Daily News, has just been awarded by the aeronautics branch of the depart ment of commerce to JL H. Bouligny, incorporated, Charlotte, for approxi mately $24,711. The work, continues the dispatch, will consist of installing about 20 24 inch electric revolving beacons and one electric code beacon, together with necessary appurtenances and acces sories between Florence and Richmond a distance of about 260 miles. Three of the revolving beacons will be in stalled at intermediate landing fields which wjll be boundary lighted. The beacons will be mounted on galvanized steel skeleton towers which will have a height of 51 feet or more. Rumors pointing to the likelihood of an aerial beacon at the Olive Sid ing gained ground recently when a representative of the Pan-American Airways visited Moncure several weeks ago and negotiated for the purchase of several farms in the neighborhood, .including the T. M. Lasater farm at Olive siding. Raleigh report said sometime ago: “Raleigh, Florence and Savannah will be ports of call for the transport planes in the new service, beginning April 1, it is stated by Capt. Thomas B. Doe, president, and on tb comple tion of its field facilities tiiv; city of Charleston, S. C. will be made a stop. “The new route is approximately 575 miles long, and is a civil aii'way established by the United States De partment of Convemrce. Planes flying over it will never be more than 2J miles—or 13 minutes of flip’t—fron a Federally maintained in' mediate field, or from one of thb orts ol call. The entire route is t light* ed for night flying, as the of the airway over which the F rn Air Transport system runs is i. ghteu. “At first, one schedule r’-dly wiil be' maintained over the new coastal route, Capt. Doe said. This schedule calls for a plane to leave Jacksonville with passengers in the morning and arrive in New York before dark. Another plane will leave New York in the morning and arrive in Jackson ville before dark.” INTER-CLl’B MEETING SANFORD AND RAEFORD KIWANIANS. The Sanford and Raeford Kiwanis Clubs held an inter-club mating at the latter place last Friday night. There was a good attendance of both clubs* The meeting was opened by Thomas Upchurch, president of the Raeford club, who called Pi’csident J. A. Overton of the Sanford club, . to the chair. President Overton called on the members of the Sanford cluh to stand in appreciation of the wel ' come extended them by the Raeford club. President Overton turned the meet ing over to E. Frank Andrews, chair man of the program committee, who had charge of the program of the ev ening. Hop Jewell lead the sing ing, members of both clubs joining : in the different selections, singing by section. J. W. Kirkpatrick and J. E. JBrinn put on egg sturfts that furn ished much amusement for the two clubs, Paul Dickson, of the Raeford Club, executing the stynt for Kirk patrick, and Brinn pulling off his own stunt. The third stunt was put on by passing around a tva spoon which contained a pea. When the music stopped the man who had the spoon in his hand would have to make a speech on a given subject. Several got caught but there was no speech making. The only iv.-al speech ot the evening was made by D. B. Teague, .Secretary of the Sanford Club. He talked about the growth, principles and objectives of KAvanis International. It was an able talk and held the undivided attention of all who heard it. A rising vote of thanks was ex tended the ladies by the Sanford club for the most excellent supper served. The occasion was greatly enjoyed by all present,as these clubs have al ways enjoyed these inter-club meeti ngs. The Tiaeford club promised to come to Sanford at an early ‘data. At the conclusion of the meeting many members of the two clubs went to the armory to see a game of bask et ball, staged by teams of the two clubs. Whvn the music closed it was found that the Sanford team had won the game by a score of 21 to 17. Joe Cotton starred for Sanford. Dr. H. D. WilMp, Messrs, Evans McBrayer, J. F. Harris, Woodrow Wilson, O. F. Anthony, and Morris Lucas, of Shelb^V spept a few hours with relatives ami xiieiids in .Sanford last Tuesday. Dr. Wilson is; a brother of Dr. C. P. Wilson, of this place, and Morris Lucas is a brother of Paul Lucas, also of San ford. Mr. McBrayer, who owns a farm near Sanford in this county, <?$rme down to look it over. TRY DESERN ON CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER Alleged Driver of ‘‘Hit and Run” Car Is Represented By Some of State’s Most Talented Counsel — Uncertain When Trial Will End. What promises to be one of the few notable legal battles waged in the his tory of Lee county continued today. It was said by court officials that this case, in which the State seeks a ver dict of manslaughter against Paul De zem, prominent young Raeford man, would probably come to a conclusion before the end of another day. Desem, alleged driver, of the “hit and run” car which side-swiped a tan tudor sedan Ford, driven by Jas. A jury was impaneled by 2:35 and of four lives on the aftemon of 'Christmas day, is represented by an imposing array of counsel composed of former Asociate Justice of the State Supreme Court Lycurgus R. Varser, of Lumber-ton; A. A. F. Sea well, veteran of many stirring legal battles; and McNair Smith, from De* i»-m4s home town and Dan B. King. Solicitor Clawson Williams is con ducting the prosecution. Parmiriter, Pittsboro,causing,the loss the first witness, James Parminter, driver of the ill-fated Ford sedan, was called to the witness stand. He was first questioned by Solicitor Wil liams and then by Mr. Seawell of the defendant’s counsel. As his car, which he stated was making around 35 -or 40 miles an hour, aproached the tobacco bam, at which the tragic incident happened, Mr. Parminter said someone in the | car warned him to “look out”. This warning,he declared, had hardly been | utered before a car coming from the ! rear bumped into his car, the impact 1 of the collision pushing his car off i the highway. The next thing he knew, added Parminter, his car had I struck a corner of the tobacco barn, 1 some P.venty or thirty feet ahead. When he regained consciousness he was out of the car he said. He stag gered to the rear of the car and fell. Though his memory, he declared, was somewhat hazy following the accident he was able in part to answer the questions asked by the Solicitor and ! opposing counsel relating to this pe riod of the tragedy. • * H. R. Jones, of Asheville, who stat ed that he, with Miss Virginia Sny der, of Charlotte, Was driving a Ford coupe about 75 to 100 yards be i hind the two cars which collided, was the next witness called to the stand. | Mr. Jones said he was an eye witness to the wreck. Deisem’s car, he imi tated, in atempting to pass the Par minter car, struck the front axle of ‘ this car and as both cars attempted ; to regain the toad they collided again. Two more witnesses, Ike Hurley and R. R. Blakely, brought yester day’s testimony to a close. | Counsel for the defendant would not state definitely yesterday their plan for today. They were undecided as to whether the defendant, Desern, would be placed upon the witness stand in his own defense. Four persons, Rufus L. SmitlfJ about 24 years of age, his lit'tle son, about two years of age, Sam Brafford, 34, and his son, Carl, 10, lost their lives in the Christmas day tragedy. , INTERESTING PROGRAM TO BE PUT ON AT WHITE HILL 1 SUNDAY. Rev. H. W. McLauchlin, D. D., sec ictary of County Church Department, * will preach at the 11 o’clock hour. I A program of special interest to the entire community will be given at White Hill Presbyterian church Sunday, March 29th. 11 A. M.—Sermon—Rev. H. W.. Mc Laughlin, D. D. I 12-Greetings, Roll Call of chur ches, music, announcements. 1 12:30—Lunch. 1:30—Music program by $wann I Station Choir. 1:45—Devotional, by Rev. C. L. Wicker. # 2:00—“The Place of the Church in the Community,” by Dr. McLauch lin. 2:30—“Ho-w to Increase Attendance at Sunday Schol and Church,” by Rev. J. S. Cook, i 3:00^-“Man’s Place in.the Church,” by Rev. A. P. Dixon, Moderator of Orange dPresbytery. i Every one should find this to be an interesting and helpful program. The public is jnvited to attend this serv i ice. I MR. GRAHAM’S CHOIR AT l WHITE HILL. i Next Sunday the Swann Station : will be at White Hill Presbyterian 1 church for the day. Service will begin at 11 o'clock ^nd continue until 14:00. Everyone is invited to at tend. SOLD OVER 1,000 SHARES BUILDING & LOAN STOCK | A total of over 1,000 shares of building and loan stock have been | disposed of by the Sanford Building , & Loan Association since the new se ries w\jre inaugurated the first of this month. The management As sociation hope to sell 1500^shares of,f stock by April 1, at which time the selling campaign will be brought to a close. I The Express has received several news communications for publica tion with no names accompanying the correspondence. In order that j communications may be given space in the columns of £his paper, they should be accompanied by the names I of those sending them in, not for pub ! lication, however, but that we may j know who thfy are. We have on file the account of a birthday dinner. l? the person who wrote it will furnish us their name we shall be glad to publish the article. Other commu nications are also on our ‘table with no nanfes signed to them. Should they fail to appear they will know the reason.
The Sanford Express (Sanford, N.C.)
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March 26, 1931, edition 1
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