DREAD TOBACCO DISEASE RIFE IN LEE COUNTY County* Agent _ McMahan Re ports Prevalence of “Tobacco Blue Mould” Here. Downy rifildew, known scientifical ly to plant disease investigators as “tobacco blue mould” has made its appearance in Lee county, according to County Agent E. O- McMahan. This disease, states the farm demon strator, has been . found on the to bacco plants on the farms of E. H. Wilson .Lemon Springs; C. H. Fields, near White Hill church; and on the Never Fail farm at Pineview. The dread disease ha? been recog nized in at least two other North Carolina counties, Green and Robe son, says S. G. Lehman, plant patholo gist for the North "Carolina experi ment station. The disease may be in plant beds of other counties but as yet has been unrecognized. “Growers should watch their beds Closely for the appearance of a blue ish mould on the leaves of-the young plants,'* says.Dr. Lehman. “When this is seen, prompt measures should be taken to prevent further spread. Usually the In Attendance* Appi»e3d|0e^ly 125 delegatee*A*ahd visitors from the churches of the Greensboro division of ^,he Women’s Missionary Union met in an all day r session here last Friday at the First * jadi i The meeting: was opened by devo tional services by Rev. Frank C. Haw kins, pastor of the First Baptist church. Mrs. John W. Freeman de livered the address of kvelcome to which Mrs. J. G. Tinge, of Burling ton, responded. Reports submitted by Mrs. M. J. Whitted, Durham district superin tendent, and the association superin tendent, indicated that the accomplish merits of the societies of the district during the past year were very satis factory. The treasurer’s report, ' given by Mrs. J. M. Cates, showed I that the finances of the Union were ■ in excellent shape, the contributions having been almost up to normal. Miss Pearl H, Johnson, of Pitts boro, a returned missionary from China, delivered an interesting ad dress in which she told of the work that is- being carried on there. Mrs. Edna Harris, of Raleigh State Mis sionary Study Secretary, spoke of the church’s mission work at home and abroad. An interesting history of the Sandy Creek Baptist Associa 1 tion was read by Mrs. E. D. Nall. This association is said to be the 'second oldest in the United States, i having been founded in 1758, at Sandy j*Creek church, Randolph county, l At 1 P. M. the members of the Stan ford society of the Union acted as ; hostesses to the gathering, serving ' a delightful luncheon in the dining ( ball of the church. This >vas follow j ed by an afternoon session at which * reports of the work of the Union was heard, including the young people’s leader, Mrs. J. C. Canipe; Mission Study leader, Mrs. D. A. Kerns; Ad vanced Course, Mrs.. R. N. Rumble; Stewardship, Mrs. J. G. Boorhour; | Personal Service, Mrs. R. L. Wilborn; I Conference, Mrs. Edna Harris, and I of Committees, Mrs. R. N. Rumble. During the afternoon session the * history of the Sanford Missionary 'Union was given by Mrs. P. H. St. Clair. The local society was organ I ized in 1903 and has grown until it I now has a total membership of| 96 I members. The missionary Unions I of eight associations, centered in Lee, j Chatham Durham, CasSvell, Person, Orange, Guilford, and parts of Wake I are embraced in the Greensboro Di I vision. IMPORTANT. MEETING LEGION ON MAY 21st. I The regular meeting of Lee Post No. 18, American Legion, will be held in the Armory at Sanford, N. C. Thursday evening, May 21, 1931 at [8:00 o’clock. This is going to be one ' of the most important meetings of ithq year as plans are to be made for I Memorial Day, which is May 30th, jand also the Legion’s Fourth of July j Program is to be gone into at this [time. [ It is the intention of the local Post .to stage a celebrated Fourth of July I this year and in order to makg it a_ I success .the. cooperation of every legionnaire is necessary and your pre sence is necessary at this meeting if ^>ur program is W be a success* Every legionnaire and veteran of Lee county or the adjoining counties who rightly belong in this post is urged to attend this meeting. , There may be refreshments—don’t fail to come and see.—Thursday,, May 21, 8:00 P. M. in the armory. Duncan St. Cl&if la at home from ’ the University to accept a position' with the Sanford Express. 4 GROCERY CHAIN HAS BIG GROWTH Progressive Storey, Inc- Start ed Two Years Ago, To Open 16th St6re Next Saturday. The Progressive Stores, Inc., a North Carolina chain of grocery ] stores, with headquarters in Sanford, j will open their sixteenth store in Clayton Saturday. Although this pro- j gressive Tar Heel concern has been I in business less than two years, hav ing opened their first store in Sanford July 1, 1929, it has had a remarkable growth. ,So popular have these stores (been with the public in the towns in i which they are located that one by one the links in the chain have in 'teenth link and on June 1, at Fuquay ; creased. Saturday they add the six ! Springs, the seventeenth link will be added j Appeals to Carolinians. | This concern now has three stores :in Sanford and one each at Jones ' boro, Siler City, Lillington, Varina, Apex, Pittsboro, Dunn, Troy, Liberty, Mt. Gilead and A.sheboro. j These stores make a strong appeal to the average Tar Heel buyer for it | is a distinctly North Carolina con cern; operated by natives of the : State, everyone of its stores is lo cated within the State’s borders. It is a large buyer of Carolina frultB, vegetables and other native products. Ability to meet competition on an ! equal footing and provide its patron ! age .with first class service has been a large factor in the continued success iof Progressive Stores, states Mr. R. iE. Bobbitt, secretary-treasurer and manager. I The officials of Progressive Stores, line., are: R. T. Howard, president; | Marion W. Beckwith, vice-president; 'and R. E. Bobbitt, secretary-treasurer | and manager." Bobbitt Active Citizen: y . | Mr. Bobbitt, who is in active charge of this fast-growing business concern, is a native of Nash county, this State. He came to Sanford in 1914, iand with the. exception of a few I months, during* .which he was It^ th^ | service of Uncle Sam, has heert->a£-’ | tively connected with the business and ! social life of; this city. For a number of years he -was in the employ of the j Howard Grocery Co. but on Septembe* *1, 1919 became secretary-treasurer of the new1? firm of Howard-Bobbitt Co.1, a-position which he now likewise re . faina in addition to1 his connection | with Progressive Stores, Inc. Mr. ■ Bobbitt’s rise has been steady in the business realm; the companies with which he is connected have been suc cessful and are still vigorously; push ing ahead. He is a young man; full of energy and pushing*his citizens in working toward everything that can be secured to add to the city’s prestige. Around the ^Rotary luncheon board, Mr. Bobbitt is found expressing himself, his vigor adding greatly to that organization’s life. Howard a Factor. Mr. R. T. Howard, president of Progressive Stores, Inc., has been a citizen of Sanford for twenty-six years, having come her from Tarboro in 1905. He is a man of unusual executive ability and business acumen and his connection with the stores, which he has been mostly in an ad ministrative capacity, has been in no small measure a contributing factor toward their growth. Mr. Marion W. Beckwith, the vice president, is manager of the Howard Bobhitt Wholesale House in Fayette ville. He is a young man of unusual force and is a native of Sanford. POULTRY SALE I HERE MAY 16TH. Second Cooperative Sale of Month Will Be Held Here Next Saturday; Watch Hens For Parasites. The second cooperative poultry sale of the month will be held in .Sanford on Saturday, May 16th. A car-will be on the Seaboard track near the passenger depot to receive the poultry from1 9 A. M. to .3 P. M. i Heavy hens will sell for 17c a pound, Leghorn hens 15c, broilers 1 1-2 pounds and up 30c, roosters 8c, and eggs at the market price on day of sale. I This will be a good time to cull out the non-laying hens and sell them, for the boarders would eat up the profits of the laying hens. Since the hatch ing season is about over it will pay to dispose of the old roosters and produce infertile eggs during the hot summer months. With planting season here, most people are prone to pay too much at teition to putting seed in the ground and forget all about the heps. Dur ing warm weather hens become heav ily infested with lice and mites in a short, time. I In many cases these parasites are not noticed until egg production drops, which is sure to happen if the hens get lousy or the house gets full of mites. Nothing is more deadly to baby chicks than lice and mites. A large share of the loss of baby chicks each year is attributed to these para sites. The most important factor in avoiding this loss is to free the lay ing flo-ck from these pests before the chicks become infested. To rid the flock of lice, nicotine sulphate should be applied to the roosts about thirty minutes before roosting time. Apply the liquid in a thin stream with an oil can or 'with a small paint brush. Sodium fluoride, which can be bought at any drug store, may be used to eradicate lice by dusting the powder on the hens, J To kill mites, clean the poultry house thoroughly and then Spray with a five per cent solution of some good creolin or coal tar disinfectant. The rooosts should be painted with a full strength of the solution. Motor oil drained from the cal' may be used. Mrs. W. Howard is quite sick at her home on North Hawkins Avenue 'with the measles. a WILL A. AlmsSENGER C trains be taken off Movement hMStiKUrated by the Railroad Service continue a. Great J , Traveling f Patronize Rights t sidered— pose the Off Train*? , to Have the "tinued—To Dis service Would be Inconvenience to jblic—People Who j>e Road Have ’should be Con chants Will Op ement to Take H he A rumor, to be in circ.ula tion to the effect that a movement has been by the railroad people to tak#ajie passenger trains off the AtlanticjSnd Yadkin Railroad -whisk runs Mt Airy to Wil mington. This; Should leave the road without passenger service of any kind and would be: ^great inconvenience vel by rail. The te people who, Express is inf road people was sustained, passenger/ trai year. s-But tbes this -road by over it, stnd ‘of 'business b; their jobs, d< lion in the Thd heads of feh in Sanfon ^pm^thp leave ’the. ,.{oym§ town would 4 While-the this road hair operation of highways, the still carrying ^Iso a lot of f^gahgfruit and th^grocery have strdwbe] ^nd vegetables from the coas almost dailv at tl ned that the rail that a heavy loss the operation of [on this road last ople who patronize Dg freight shipped tould sustain a loss ain crews losing some considera ling of this matter, of the best famil aid be discharged f,'and be forced to get work. The a serious loss, nger business on hit hard by the and busses on the Issenger trains are tress and mail, and liable stuff such as fegetables. Some of Chants of Sanford I :and other fruits ped over this road jetion of the .State Sft season of tho vpar and in the fall cabbage shippec It is true' that i now shipped by MkcA. K. " vSanford,. M have apples and h jin the mountains. ® ie of this stuff is j ;k, but not all of it. secretary of the J j.—--Ass'sociatiori, has t -become i%terestc4 »ttberTSnatter, and J propose»‘j5iro»gh‘tth3t organization to ; see what i|injfedotte.ito prevent these 1 trains front- bulsi’- token- nff, the road. Corporation CoTfrdis^ion and reasons given why the sendee should be con tinued in the" interest of the travel ing public and the people who in one way or another patronize the road. Thousands of tons of fertilizer were shipped over this road to sale agents in Sanford during the past few ■weeks. In the fall much of-the to bacco sold on the Sanford market is shipped over the. Atlantic and Yad kin. -The section}of the Atlantic and Yadkin from Mt Airy to Sanford is owned by the! Southern Railway and the section ^rom Sanford to Wil mington by the Atlantic Coast Line To discontinue the passenger service on this road would affect them very little as most of the passenger traf fic is of a local kind This would be the first time that the passenger ser vice was discontinued on the road since the first section of it—known as the Western road—was built from Fayetteville to Egypt, now Cumnock, many years ago. The Western road •was built more than- 60 years ago *, MEMORIAL SERVICE IS HELD AT SHALLOW WELL Forty-Second Annual Memorial Service Is Observed By Lee Christian Church. With several hundred people in at tendance, the annual memorial ser vice, a custom inaugurated forty-two years ago, was held at Shallow Well Christian church Saturday. Rev. Geolige R. Underwood, a former pas tor of the church, to whom is due credit for having inaugurated this annual custom more than forty years ago, delivered a most interesting ad dress to the large meeting. Rev. Mr. Underwood spoke on “The. Origin of Memorial Services," relating how the idea of honoring the memory, and paying tribute to those whose exemplary lives had wrought a good-influence upon pos terity, gained inception with him. Rev. Underwood, though retired from active work in the ministry, is still hale and hearty for one of his years He is beloved by friends in all de nominations. Others delivering' addresses on the occasion were Rev T. Fred Wright, pastor of the church. Rev. S. A. Cot ton, pastor of Steele street Metho dist church, and Rev. Frank Hare, pastor of the Jonesboro Baptist church. Beautiful music was render ed by the church choir. Prior to the services flowers were placed on each grave in the church cemetery. At noon a beautiful picnic dinner was served on the beautiful lawn surrounding the church. GRT YOUR AUTO LICENSE , TAGS NOW “ Citizens of Sanford must have their new city auto license tags not later than Mry 31 - if they are to I avoid payment of the penalty set by law. The price of the tags is $1.00 ; hut' unless they are purchased by the aforesaid date citizens must. r either keep1 their cars at home oh; pay the < penalty.' _ ■ ARY E. KELLEY SUCCUMBS HERE eart Attack Fatal To Promin ent Sanford Citizen; 111 Only Three Days. Cary Eugene Kelley died at his ! me on Moore street here Friday ' >rning at 6 o’clock after an illness j only three days. The deceased, who J is 62 years of age, had not been in »od health for sometime but had ‘ en able to follow his daily routine ilil Tuesday afternoon, when strick- ] . by a heart attack while serving as 1 first ward poll holder in the muni- ! ?al election. Mr. Kelley never ! Hied from the attack, growing owing steadily worse until the end me. ; The funeral was held from the ' me at 2:30 .Sunday afternoon be- i g ’conducted by Rev. S. A. Cotton, : istor of the Steele Street Method- * ; church, of which the deceased had . en a member for many years. Rev.!, r. Cotton was assisted by Dr. G. T. r iams, a former pastor, and Rev. rank C. Hawkins, pastor of the ; rst Baptist church. In eloquent ' rms these bespoke a glowing tri- * ite to the life of loving service , at had been led by the deceased. ' The interment took place at Shal- , w Well cemetery, the last rites be- , g performed by the Sanford and ' •nesboro council of the Junior Or- j r. Many beautiful flowers were ( fered as a last tribute to this good ] an. The pallbearers were O. P. . akepeace, R. B. Wicker, E. T. Buch Lan, S. B. Riddle, K. E. Seymour . id A. H. Mclver. The deceased, an only child of Alex- | ider and Decie Brewer Kelly, was t im in Orange county on May 2, >69. He was united in marriage to . iss Nannie Buchanan, of Orange . aunty, in January, 1893. and to i is union seven children, all of whom irvive, were born: Mrs. W. H. / ralker, Mrs. E. V. Neal, Mrs. Harvey ennedy, Miss Ollie and Worth Kelly, ’ Sanford; Clyde M. Kelly, of Dur- | am: and Ottis C. Kelly, of Los Ar.- . sles, (^al. Three grandchildren . irvive. In early life Mr. Kelly joined the oplar Springs Methodist church, but pon moving to .Sanford transferred is membership to Steele Street [ethodist church, of which he was a >yal and faithful member for thirty up vpnr(! For a number of years Mr. Kelly eld a position with the the C. H. mith Lumber Company,' later becom ig connected with Wilkins-Ricks Co., □r whom he worked for seventeen ears. Several years ago he took a position with the Sanford Building & joan Association, and was witljuthis irm at the time of his dearth.-/* Christian and a loyal friend. He was •uggedly honest, a hard worker and ed a life of simplicity. No man :ould have lived a life in which de motion toward family and friends vas more marked than in that of the ieceased. Among those from out of town attending the funeral were: Mr. and Mrs. Clvde Kelly, of Dur ham; Mr. N. F. Horner and family, Mrs. Clarence Nance and Messrs. Alfred Hinson Wicker and Matthews, of Greensboro; Ernest Kennedy, Reuls ville; Mrs. Laura Morgan, Pittsboro; Mr. Bud Kelly and family, of Fay etteville. Mr. and Mrs. Ottis Kelly, of Cali fornia, the former a son of Mr. Kel ly, left through the country for San ford Friday upon learning of Mr. Kelly’s death. They are expected to arrive here to-day. WILL SANFORD GET A DISTRICT PRISON? Representative Seawell Thinks It Can be Had If the People of the Town and County Want It—New Road Law Calls for a Number of These Prisons in the State. TV1 Express ip informed that it is possible for Sanford and l-ee county to get a district prison if the people want it. Representative A. A. F. Seawell thinks there is a chance of getting one located here if the people of the town and county will make ap plication and work to secure it. The Express has talked to a number of people in the town about the location of a prison here and they all seemed to favor it. It is suggested that it would not be objectionable if located in an isolated section some little dis tance from the town. The new road law divided the State into a number of districts and each district will have a prison where con victs will be kept for working the roads that are taken over by the State Each district will embrace a number of counties. The families of superintendents, foremen and guards will be located near the prison which will probably house several hundred convicts. The cost of feeding these prisoners will mean quite an outlay of money annually. It. is suggested .hat the' farmers in the Surrounding country will he aide to supply the prison with provisions and thereby out money in circulation in the com munity. Should the convicts give .rouble Sanford has an artillery unit chat can keep older. The new road law goes into effect he first of duly at which time the county sh bade will he closed and he prisoners turned over to the State. There is also a movement on loot to abolish the County Home. Mr Seawell has succeeded in getting i hill through the lower house mak ng it optional with the County Com iii.c.sioners a« to whether or not the dountv Home shall he 'abolished. Should this be done the building could be used as headquarters for .hose in charge of the district prison. S. C. Moffitt has returned to his tome in Elizabethtown a.fter visiting lis son Steadman Moffitt here. Mr. Moffitt, who formerly resided ini Joldston, is well kndwn here haying risited here on a number of occasions. rOWN EMPLOYEES CHOSEN VT ALDERMANIC MEETING selection of Town Attorney and Successor To G. E. White De-j ferred Until Later Date. I All present town officials and em ►loyees with one or two exceptipns /ere reappointed at a meeting of he Board of Aldermen, held Tues [ay night. Mayor Warren R. Wil iams presided at this session. The officials arid employees elect id are as follows: To'.vn Clerk and tax collector, H3PK ey Kennedy; Chief of Police, ntendent of Streets and Water dd >artment, John T. McKeroan; Super ntendent of water plant, E. P. Wicker; night police force, E. L. Covert and R. S. Kelly; city mechanic md electrician, J. F. Gregson; me hanic and fire department helper or, Dr. J. I. Neal; town treasurer, L C. Thomas; milk and meat inspec diss Judith M. Ross; assistant in lerk’s office Miss Elizabeth York. The selection of a town ‘ attorney /as deferred until a future meeting, rhis office is at present held by J. C. ^ittman. While several applications irevin for the place on the local >olice force recently vacated by G. E. White, no action was taken on this it the Tuesday meeting. An assistant /ill be given E. P. Wicker at the zater plant but this position, too, is ret to be filled. E. M. Underwood, mayor pro tern n the past administration was again ilected to this pdsition by his col eagues. Standing committees, the »ersonnel of which are composed of nembers of the Board have not been mnounced. Regular meetings of the Board will >e held on the first and third TucA lay night of each month. T The Board extended the date on vhich the citizens of the town may >ay their taxes without the imposi ion of a penalty, moving it up to day 31. UEETING SANFORD AND RAEFORD KIWANIS CLUBS An inter-club meeting- of Sanfor.l ind Raeford Kiwanis clubs was hold it the Carolina Hotel last Friday light. Both clubs wTere well repre sented. The occasion was a most enjoyable one for all present. In. a cew appropriate words President j. fV. Overton welcomed the visiting Ki svanians and turned the meet ng- over :o President Charles Upchurc of the Raeford club. The progi u i was put on by the visiting club. A pro gram of music led by Kiwanian Fisher Makepeace was put on to the accompaniment of Miss Louise Fu trell on the piano. The program was turned over to Kiwanian W. T. Covington, chairman of the program committee of the Raeford club. After, stating that a secret of the 'sSccesT brRjMnfs the fact that Kiwamans :> - -s did what they were called on ' : he asked Dr. Waylon Blue, I. War rick and S. J. Husketh to him in putting on the first stun, ip had each to take a lady’s dress, . *ade in the latest style, and after puuing it on the first one to walk to a table and back would be given a prize. Dr. Blue was the first girl to make the trip and Warrick second. As Hus keth got tangled in hi« dress, v.> -si down, he was the last to reach -the goal, but as he looked more like a 16-year-old girl making her drbM^ he was awarded the decision to the satisfaction of all present. One of the most enjoyable things on the pro gram was the music by Albert Mel-ay den, a Kiwanian, on the banjo, and Dewey Sessoms, a 15-year-oid boy. who had been adopted by the Raeford Club, on the violin. McFaydcn kept the crowd amused by his comic songs, accompanied by the banjo. The Sessoms boy, who is almost a musical progidy, is too small to hold the violin on his arm and has to play it as one would play a bass violin. Dr. Watson M. Fairley, pastor of the Raeford Presbyterian church, who was the speaker of the occasion, made an able talk on the subject of “Circles.” He -described the world as filled with circles. We live in cir cles, move in circles'. The world is self is a circle, and it moves arouWi the sun in a circle. Nature works in cycles or circles, and life is a circle. History moves in circles by repeating itself. Solomon says “There is nothing new under the sun.” Electricity moves in circles-. Dr. Fairley in conclusion stated that cir cles are started by Kiwanis Inter national. Boys are helped by this great organization and there is uo end to work that keeps moving in cir cles. 4 At the conclusion of the program President Overton stated that he had a letter from headquarters of the Carolinas District which showed that a circular is being sent to the various clubs ‘with suggestions offered by the committee for Vocational Guidance in the ,Sanford club. The secretary acknowledges his idebtedness to H. C. Renegar, Chairman of the -Com mittee for Vocational Guidance. Tpis is a great compliment to Mr. Rone gar and his committee. +• The next meeting of the club will be held at the Carolina Hotel Fri day night at 6:30. All members |re urged to be present. MRS. HAMMER DIES * Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Hammer have returned from Orangeburg-, S. C., where they were called Sunday morn ing on account of the death of Mr. Hammer’s mother, Mrs. B. B. Ham mer. Mrs. Hammer’s death was sud den having resulted from a heart at tack prior to which she had been in her usual god health. Funeral ser vices Nwere held in Blacksville, S. former home of the Hammer fajriuy. Mrs. Hammer is survived by ner husband and two daughters, Mrs. Dunn, with whom the deceased made her home, and Mrs; Watson, of ¥?il liamston; and three sons, B. B. Ham mer, of this city; a son at Orange burg and another who is a senior at Columbia University. ' TUfe many friends of Mr. and Mrs. Kame/, who have made their home in Sanford for the" past year, great ly sympathize with them at their great loss. * WHISKEY CASES ABSORB COUNTY COURT TUESDAY Violation of Prohibition Law and Chicken Thefts Most Common Charges. The usual charges of violating the prohibition law and stealing chickens were again to the fore in the Lee county recorder’s court Tuesday and several defendants against whom these charges were brought were meted road sentences by Recorder McPherson. The State vs Alonzo McKinnon and Water Heck, colored, charged with the possession of five pints of ''Whiskey, was the first case called. Officers found the contraband in the kitchen of McKinnon’s house. Heck, answer-, ing the charge, stated that he happen ed to be' passing McKinnon’s home and made a friendly call. While there on this friendly mission the of ficers appeared. In the meantime McKinnon had taken flight leaving Heck with the bag to hold. McKinnon was given a suspended sentence of six months and fined $10 and costs. Heck was fined $10 and costs. Charlie McLeod, over whom there has been hanging a charge of manu facturing and possession for four years, was sentenced to five months on the roads. Major Hockaday, colored, pleaded guilty to the theft of seven chickens from the “roost” of W. B. Medlin, who lives near the' city standpipe. Paul Raeford, alleged to have been connected with the theft, resisted the :harge. They were sentenced to four years on the Lee county roads w$th the alternative of having the sentence suspended provided they should leave ;he county within twenty-four hours if ter the passing of sentence. %t Ennis Womack, colored, was charge sH hv Vnn whose farm he resides, with hav- ! ing trespassed on her property by cutting down a prized shade tree. Womack resisted the charge contend ing that his mother and father, 'who live in his home, were at the point Df death and that he was unable to leave the premises for fire wood. He was taxed with the cost and ordered to reimburse the plaintiff for the tree. ... Daniel McCormick, colored, near whose home deputies John Thomas and Paul Watson recently found two large whiskey stills, answered charges of possessing material for the pur pose of using in the manufacture of whiskey and of aiding and abetting A number of empty • sugar sacks, meal and shipstuff sacks were found on McCormick’s premises. A well beaten path, according to the officers, was found leading f^om McCormick’s were located. At the time of the discovery of the stills one was in operation and a stream of w’hiskey corresponding to from the worm, stated the officers, the size of a lead pencil was pouring Fifteen gallons of whiskey and three thousand gallons of beer were found near by. The evidence in the case indicated, however, there were others concern ed in the operation of the stills and Judge McPherson reserved his deci sion with reference to McCormick un til next Tuesday. AUTO AUCTION SALE On Monday, May 18th there will be auction sales of used ears and trucks at the Three W’s Warehouse, on Wicker street. These cars, which are the property of the Wilrik Chevrolet Co., are splendid bargains and will be sold rain or shine. An automobile and many other valuable prizes will be given away free at each sale. The first will be held at 2:30 p. m. and the second at 7:30 p. m. j SEA WELL INTRODUCES BILL presentative A. A. F. .Seawell on House Bill 1387, introduced by Re Wednesday, would permit the Lee county Commissioners to sell the countv home. MERCHANTS TO ATTEND ASSOCIATION MEETING Merchants From All Over State To Gather At Greensboro For Annual Convention Next Week—A Number From San ford Will Go There. A large number of local merchants are expected to attend the annual convention of the North Carolina Merchants Association which will open in Greensboro Monday and con tinue through Tuesday. It is not known how many of the local group will be on hand for the meeting but A. K. Miller, secretary of the local association, states that Sanford will be well represented. Featuring the meeting will be an address by Senator Josiah William Bailey who will deliver an address on “By-Products of Depression.” Other speakers of national reputation are scheduled to speak to the gathering. Dispatches from Greensboro indi cate that the convention is being ar ranged not only to provide for the consideration of the more important problems which are likely to arise but also for the pleasure and entertain ment of tlie merchants and their wives. The Durene style show is expected to be one of the more elaborate fea tures of the convention. This will be gin Tuesday morning at 10:45 and continue through 11:45. The headquarters of the 'convention will be maintained at the King Cotton Hotel. Among the subjects to be discussed are: - “Advertising and the Retail Mer chant,” by S. O. I,indeman. “Window and Store Lighting,” by Roy A. Palmer. ‘The Relation of the Merchant to his Community,” by John T. Burras. "Modem Merchandising,” by Lew Hahn.