STATE PLANS TO
. TAKE CHARGE OF
ROADS JULY 1ST
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State Road Man Here To'lake
' Inventory of Lee Road
■Machinery.r '
WANT MORE ROADS ON MAP
Commissioners Urge That State
Maintain Certain Roads
f Not On Map.
The county Commissioners recent
ly held a greeting and passed a resolu
tion recommending that 10 roads in
Let county be added to the State map
prepared and posted at the court
nouse a few weeks ago including cer
tain roads. Register of Deeds J. W.
McIntosh was instructed to send a list \
of these roads to Raleigh so that they ]
could be passed on by the .State High- :
way Commission. He received a let- 1
ter acknowledging th^ receipt of his
letter stating that it would be given
due consideration.
~ State Man Here.
A representative of the State High
way Commission was here last week
taking an inventory of the Lee county
road machinery with a view to tak
ing it over July 1st, at which time
the new road law will go into effect.
Following is a list of the roads rec
' ommended by the County Commis
sioners: _
10. A road leading from the Old
Plank Road at a point about two miles
north from Center church, in an
eastern direction to the J. M. Me
Pher&on place to intersection with the j
road leading from V. Oldham’s to
Center church, designated as road j
11. A road running northwest from
road described on item “5” of these
minutes, running in a northwesterly
direction from said road, a short dis
tance to its intersection with road
lending from Center church to Tram
way designated as road “L.”
- 12, A road running in a southern
direction from the Jonesboro- Lemon"
Springs road and turning off at A1
Kelly’s, continuing by what is known ;
as Munn’s station to its intersection i
with the road running from Jonesboro j
Tramway road, at Mrs. Martin’s, a
distance of about three miles, this
being a part of the road known as the 1
OlH T?_nlfii<rh nitrnat.f»d aa-VM.’’-,
AS
Enlargo Road Map.
13. A road leaving the road run
ning -from Broadway to Buckhom,
about 1-2 mile north from Broadway,
at A. P. Thomas’ place, and running
eastward to and across the county
lint back into the road from Juniper
fringe cbwwfa
signated as road “NT;”
14. A road leading from the town
of Sanford to the Jonesboro-Sanford
Highway, being a continuation, out
side. of the corporate limits of Steele
street, parallel with S. A. L. Rail
road, to a point about 1-2 mile south
of the town of Sanford, old Jones
boro-Buffalo road and running across
tracksof- the S. A. L. Railroad, and
in an eastern direction to its inter
section with the JonesborO-Sanford
paved Highway, just south of the
Allcott Crossing, near McPhail’s
greenhouse, designated as road “O.”
15. A road leading in a western'
direction from Highway No. 60, at
a point north of ;tfife McCracken pro- j
perty and south of the Temple pro-1
perty, about 3-4 of a mile to the Sey- ;
mour and Poe places, designated as ,
road “P.”
16. A road leading in a northern j
direction from State Highway No. 60
south of the place of T. J. McPher- i
Ion, and continuing to the intersec- I
tion of a road leading from said
highway No. 60 to the W. R. Medlin !
place, now used by U. S. Mail, de- j
signaled as road “R.”
17. A road leading, in a southeast
direction from the road leading from ;
Tramway to Poplar Springs church
at L. D. Thomas’ place, and running
a distance of 4-10 of a mile to A. D.
Cole’s place where the road inter
sects with the road leading from
Henley’s place to A. D. Jackson’s
now used by U. S. Mail, designated
as road "S.” I
18. A short , road intersecting a
rdad runnnig from the Steel Bridge
Road to J. D. Cameron's and running
in a southeast direction to and past
the places of A. D. McIntosh, W. S.
Fraley, J. M. Johnson and others, to
the road leading from J. D. Cameron's
to N. P. Thomas’, now used by U. S.
Mail, designated as road, “T.’’
19. A road leading south of the All
cott Crossing at the southern limit of
the tdwn of Sanford and continuing
across to the intersection with the
highway leading from eastern part
of Sanford to Jonesboro, to and past
* plant of the Lee County Cotton Mills,
designated as road “U.”
20. A road over which U. S. Mail i
is carried leaving S. V. ■ Stephen’s
plantation to a point near W. J. Ros
ser’s, designated as road “V.”
LOCAL FURNITUREE STORES
ASSIST WOMAN’S CLUB
Sanford’s three furniture stores, the
Lee Furniture Company, Carter Fur
niture Company and the Central Car
olina Furniture Company, are cooper
ating- with the American Home De
partment of the Woman’s Club in
making possible the observance of
“Better Homes” Week. These firms
will lend such article of furniture as
may be selected from their stores by
the “Better Homes” coihmittee for
y in the model home.
MOFFITT IRON WORKS
SOLD FOR $1,000.00
The plant of the Moffitt Iron
Works was sold last week. The
company, which at one time con
ducted one of the most prosperous
concerns in Sanford, failed oome
months ago, - The property was
bid in by the Bank of Broadway.
OBSERVANCE OF BETTER HOMES if
WEEK IS BEING PLANNED HERE
An observance of national “Better
Homes” Week, under the auspices of
the American Home Department of
"the Sanford Woman’s Club, is being
tentatively planned for Wednesday,
Thursday, Friday and Saturday of
next week. The attractive new home
of Dr. and Mrs. C. C. Hatch on Sum
mit Drive, Mclver Park, has been se
lected as a model home and will b’/
completely furnished through the co
operation of local merchants who are
assisting the American Home Depart
ment in making possible the obser
vance of "Better Homes’.’ Week.
The entire house, in which there is
Six rooms, will be furnished through
hut with furnishings of the latest
modes and designs and tastefully ar
ranged -in such manner as to truly
deserve the appellation, “Model
Home.” The grounds about the house
will be altered by a landscape artist
to harmonize with the beautiful Cali
fornia type of architecture used in
the building of the residence.
The purpose of "Better Homes”
Week is to instill in the people an
'appreciation of the beautiful and the
artistic as well - as convenience in the
building; an'd furnishing of a home,
i The site of the home, the mode of
’architecture, the furnishings and the
landscape work are all factors to be
considered in the establishment of a
hew home.
I "Better Homes’' week in Sanford
Will officially begin Wednesday, June
3 and continue through Saturday,
'June 6. The Model Home will be
.open to visitors fronr 10 a. m. to 5
| p. m. on each day of the observance.
I During these hours of the four days
a general invitation to the people of
Sanford and Lee county to visit the
Model Home is being extended by the
American Home Department of the
Sanford Woman’s Club.
The members of the American Home
’Department Committee of the Wo
man’s Club, who are in charge of the
“Better Homes” demonstration are:*
Mrs. C. H. Campbell^ chairman;
Mesdames W. L. Simmons, D. M.
Gurley, N. A. Harrington and T. G.
Gunn.
TARANTULA FOUND IN
BUNCH OF BANANAS
While handling a bunch of ba
nanas at the Progressive Store on
Carthage Street last Thursday,
John William Brown, a clerk, felt
something crawling on his arm.
Quickly releasing the banana bunch
John was horrified to see one of
the biggest, wickedest looking
tarantulas ever seen in these parts.
He lost no time in shaking off the
unwelcome visitor. With the as
sistance of others in the store, the
spider was imprisoned in a fruit
jar where it attracted no little at
tention from shoppers in the store
that afternoon while on display.
It took young Brown sometime to
recover from the shock.
The tarantula, which is consider
ed ono of the most venomous
species of the spider family was
turned over 6a Prof. W. C, Lane
> of the High School science depart
ment who has placed it in a jar
iof alcohol for observation pur
poses.
Commencement exercises for the
1931 graduating class of the Scott
Hospital Training School for Nurses
will be held at the Wilrik 'Hotel Wed
nes day 'evening, June 3, at 8 o’cloek.
The following nurses will gra
duate: Misses Lois Arnold, Ruby Lee
Bellet, Margaret Bizzell, "Gertrude
Lloyd and Mary Islay. Welsh. Little
Mis§ Mazelle Jones is the class mas
cot. The class motto is: “Enter to
Learn, Depart to Serve.” The class
colors are green and white; the class
flower, white rose.
The following program will be
observed:
Music—Overture.
Song—America.
Invocation—Rev. P. C. Hawkins.
Vocal Solo—Miss Eloise Bass.
Introduction of Speaker—Dr. Scott.
Address—C. E. Teague.
Trio—Mrs. Holland, James Mclver,
Joe Lazarus.
History of Training School—
Miss Ruby Bellett
Introduction of Class—Dr. Scott.
Presentation of Diplomas—Dr. Chiles
Presentation of Pins
—Miss Mamie Hunter
Benediction—Rev. S. A. Cotton.
RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT .
Whereas our heavenly Father in his
infinite wisdom has removed from our
midst our beloved sister and co
worker, Mrs. Anna Roberson, we the
members of Belle Barnes Missionary
Society Circle No. - wish to record
our appreciation of her beautiful life.
Therefore be it resolved:
First, that we boKv in humble sub
mission to our heavenly Father’s will
and that we cherish the memory of
her exemplary life and its influence
for good
Second, That we extend, our heart
felt sympathy to her bereaved ones
and may the blessings of our heavenly
Father comfort them in this bereave
ment
Third, That a copy of these resolu
tions be sent to the family, Sanford
Express, North Carolina Christian
Advocate and Sanford Herald for
publication.
MrSj, T. E. Wyche,
Mrs. R. H. Mann,
Mrs. E. M. O’Connell.
POPPY DAY SALE
A SUCCESS HERE
Handsome Sum Realized From
Sale of Poppies Last Satur
day—Receipts $87.22
A total of $87.22 was realized from
the sale of popples here last Saturday.
All of this sum, excepting"the amount
" “-^-poppieOr^. '.’-'-disabled
veterans by whom they were made,
remains ih Sanford and will be used
to take care of needy veterans and
their families: ;
Mrs. W. T. Temple® was In charge
of the sale. Her assistants were
Mesdames E. O. McMahan, Guy Jones,
Hugh Perry, R. A. Kennedy, R. R.
Melver, D. B. King, Palmer Hatch
and Roland Monroe.
The American Legion Auxiliary
whose members bandied the sales will
hold a, masjmg.sk Jths home of Mrs.
George Josephs next Tuesday night.
BASEBALL TEAJM
ORGANIZED HERE
Ike Sadler, Former Piedmont
Leaguer, Will Manage Local ,
Semi-Pro Team—Play
Cary Tomorrow;
Local baseball fandom will get a
chance to see the Sanford semi-pro
baseball team in action on the home
grounds for the first time tomorrow
afternoon when ttyfey are expected to
meet the Cary team. Tomorrow’s
game will be on the local_high_ school
grounds, beginning at 4 o’clock. The
probable battery for the local team
is .Sadler and Palmer.
The Sanford team, which Was re
cently organized * after some hard
work on the part of Ike Sadler, for-/
mer Piedmont and Florida State Lea
guer, and Frank Oliver, prominent in
local athletic circles, has had the co
operation of many of the Sanford
merchants, the following of whom
contributed uniforms, on the back of
which the name of the firm contri
buting the uniform is carried: Coca
Cola Bottling Works, Sanford Ice and
Cial Co., Macks 5, 10 and 25 Cent
store, W illiam s-Belk Co., Olivers,
Sanford Brick Co., City Market,- Snow
White Laundry, Acme Drug Co., Wil
Botel, bee Hardware4 ~
.." ’-'aasafes
an interview, yesterday, Ms
ger Sadler said: “We are dickering
with such clubs as Fayetteville, Rae
ford, Siler City, High Point, Burling
ton, the Police club at Greensboro,
Erwin, Lillington, Roanoke Rapids
and other strong semi-pro clubs in
the State. - We hope to have a good
club to represent Sanford this season.
We will have several players of col
lege reputation and a few with semi
pro experience as well as several local
players who are known to the people.
Among the local players are Frank
Oliver, Robert Palmer, Herman Pal
mer, Harry Frazier and Bill Russell,
also Len and Robert Russell, of Bon
lee.
“We are arranging the high school
grounds so as to give ladies and gen
tlemen a place to sit and enjoy the
game. We are charging 35 cents for
men, 10 cents to children under six
teen years of age arid ladies will be
admitted free. So come out and give
the boys a good send-off Friday af
ternoon. We will play from two to
three .games wfeekly in Sanford. That
will give the business men- and others
of Sanford a chance to come out and
get a little recreation.”
STATE ASSEMBLY
HAS ADJOURNED
Longest Session Of General As
sembly In History Of State
Came To End
Yesterday.
To the accompaniment - of the
throated strains of “God Be With
You ’Till We Meet Again” the longest
session of the General Assembly in
the history of the State, adioumed
sine die at exactly ^9:49 o’clock last
night.
| President Fountain of the Senate
and Speaker Smith of the House
sounded the death knell with simul-.
taneously resounding gavels as mem
bers and spectators sung and cheered
in a good. natured disorderly finale
to the most hectic session of this cen
tury.
I The Legislators quit in violation of
the Constitutional requirement that
they redistrict the .Senate and reap
portion the House upon the basis of
I the last census, and the dying hours
^ of the Assembly were featured by
an effort to repeal a law passed early
I in the session to prevent employment
'of children under 16 years of age in
hazardous occupations. This re
pealer, backed by industrial interests,
passed the House by a vote of 44 to
■ 20, but failed in the Senate.
I. Quitting on its 141st day, five days
in excess of the previous endurance
.record established by the Reconstruc
tion Legislature of 1868-69, the As
'sembly barely exceeded the record of
bills and resolutions passed last ses
sion although that session ran only
70 days and; failed to attain the rec
ord of the 1927 session, which lasted
only 64 days.-4.T’'- : onact-s.
'ed 1,206 bills and resolutions, while
the 1927 record was 1,246, and that
'of 1929 was 1,111. *
I .For the first time in the memory
or man, no general employee’s bonus
.bill was introduced on the last day,
although the Senate did start two for
individuals Which the House promptly
killed.—News & .Observer. \ .
Listen, people, the present depres
sion,-like all others, win fade away,
it’s your business to work hard and
, mako it disappear quickly.
SANFORD JIIGH
SCHOOLS FIN ALS
BEGflk SUNDAY
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Rev. Fletcher <& Lester To De
liver Baccagwreate Ser
mon Sunday Morning.
CLASS EXERCtSES MONDAY
Commencement Address Ry Dr.
A. T. Allen £ tReduled For
Tuesday; Evening.
eve ii
On Tuesday
the High School
mas and certificat r
to one Of the lai esi
graduated from t i
School. The mi: be
girls who are ca di
nation total fifty-1
est class numberiii
Commencement i it:
with the baccalatij *
High School aadih
ing, May 31, at
preacher will be D V
Lester, fromWave^y,
ef is pastor of
inr, June 2nd, in
auditorium, diplo
'will bo presented
uJ classes ever
Sanford High
r of boys and
Mates for grad
iv, the next larg
52.
:rcises will begin
fte sermon in the
fum Sunday mom
o'clock. The
Fletcher C.
Va. Mr. Lest
Christian church
Rev. Fletch
at Waveiriy ahd
Beard of 'tChristia
Southern Christ:
is a graduate c
• C. Lester -
lirman of the
duration of the
nventions He
v Collage,
7 ana a natal or young
pie in his denomination
The program for Sunday will be:
Prelude — 77. 7...— Violin Solo
Mr. Larry Jenson.v
Hymn, ...Come: Thou Almighty King
Congregation.
Invocation..Rev. & A. Cotton
Chorus, Content....._.... Parks-Moore
Glee Club. *
Scripture Reading, Rev F. C. Hawkins
Prayer ..—.Dr. R. C. Gilmore
Solo, Open the Gates of the Temple
Knap Bryant Johnson
Aimuuiiceineiu-s.
Sermon-- Rev. Fletcher C. Lestei
Hymn.... ,V~ Blest' Be The Tie
Congregation.
Benediction. Rev. Fred T. Wright
Postlude ..Selected
Mrs. T. H. Mackintosh.
Class Day exercises will begin
promptly at 8:15 o’clock, Monday ev
ening, June 1, in the High School au
ditorium. The program which will
be presented will be entirely the or
iginal work of members of the se
nior class. The committees now at
work are as follows:
History—Elizabeth Strong, Emma
Van Sant and Gordon Wilkie.
Class Prophecy—Jewell Stout, Mer
cer Reeves, and Charles Hubbard.
Class Will—Fred Strong, Bernice
Hunt, .and Herbert Russell.
Giftorians—Olive Donnell and Rob
ert Gilliam.
The commencement address or
Tuesday evening will be delivered by
Dr. A. T. Allen, Superintendent ol
Public Instruction of North Caro
lina. Dr. Allen is well known in
Sanford and the people will.be de
lighted to hear him again. Follow
ing the address the diplomas will be
delivered to the graduates by O. P.
Makepeace, chairman of the board oi
trustees. The Bibles will be pre
sented by A. H. Mclver.
The complete program will be as
follows:
Band Concert - High School Band
Processional Marche, .from “Aida”—
Verdi
•miss Bess Lewis.
Chorus—O Western Wind_ClokeM
Glee Club.
Invocation. Rev. Frank C. Hawkins
Salutatory... Freda Strong
Solo—Souvenir. ..Drydla
Sam Lane.
Violin Obligato -Mr. Jenson
Address .— Dr; A. T. Allen
Presentation of Diplomas,
0. P. Makepeace
Presentation of Bible .....A ,H. Mclvei
Valedictory .. Cornelia Atkins
A declamation and recitation con
test for the freshmen will be held in
the high school auditorium on Friday
evening. May 29th, at 8 o’clock Those
Who will compete and their selections
are: —
Liberty or Death.-- John Rogers
Chears for the Living and
Tears for the Dead .. Josenh Poe
Abraham Lincoln Edwin McNair
Advice for Girls .....—. Leo Bowers
Behind Time .— Charles Reeves
Lib^l. it- ~ -th*r: ’Voodrow Gunter
The Confederate Solgier •
w-—Moses Snipes
Patriotism - ' Walter Suggs
The Dime Museum.'. Martha Wakefield
In a Family of Five.1..... Clara Wilcox
Mrs. Hankins Visit To the City
■ Laurie Overton
The Sioux Chief a Daughter - ,, r,\
'' 1 —Yvonne Comer
Old ’Aunt Lize Pauline,\C*usey
Aurrt- Polly’s George Washington
—Hortense Wicker
When .the Honeymoon "Wanes
e - - ■ —Mary Eunice Glass
RECENT HEAVY RAINS DO GREAT ,
DAMAGE TO YOUNG CROPS HERE
One of the heaviest rains to fall in ,
his section in a year or two visited
his part of the State last Thursday
light. A heavy rain, mixed with hail,
ilso fell early Friday night. There
ivas little damage from the hail as
’rops wer& too small to be damaged,
3ut land that has been plowed and is
under cultivation was bady washed
in places. Some fanners may have
to plant some of their land the sec
ond time. This will work a great
hardship as the season is now very
late for putting out cotton and to
bacco.
Deep and Cape Fear Rivers were
on a rampage the last of the week as
a result of the heavy rains. Some of
the lowlands overflowed and in places
oats and wheat were damaged by be
ing under water. It is said the flood
in Big Pocket creek Was higher than
it has been in 20 years. In places the
water spread from hill to hill and ran
across the road near the Coffer place.
This was the first time this has hap
pened in two decades. County De
monstration Agent McMahan says
the planters were delayed in putting
out tobacco and that the wet weather
made the blue mold worse for a few
days. It was found in some fields as
well as in tobacco beds. He, thinks
that with warm weather it will en
tirely disappear. The Express is in
formed that Mr. John Tillman, one of
the leading farmers in the Carbonton
section had 50 young turkeys drown- '
ed by the rain.
Heavy damages were reported by
the wind, rain arid hail storm in some
sections of „the .State, especially in
Western North Carolina. Friday
night a number of Sanford people
were caught in a severe hail storm
a few miles this side of Raleigh.
They brought some of the hail stones,
home and they were the largest ever
seen here. One lady described them
as being large as the big end of a
baseball bat.
KIWANIS HEARS I,
MR WAKEFIELD
Coal Operator States He Will
Begin Shipping This Week
From Mine Opened
At Haw Branch
The Kiwanis Club at its meeting
at the Carolina Hotel last Friday
night was addressed by O. A. Wake- !
field, a coal miner of long experience,,
who is making a test of coal that has
been uncovered at Haw Branch, a few \
miles above Carbonton. Mr. Wake-,
field has a force of p-vinerr. at wwte
mining this coal. He stated that he |
would make the first shipment this,
week. He has great faith in th6 possi- j
bilities of this mine and thinks it can j
be successfully worked. ;
A feature of the program was the
music made by the Jonesboro High i
School Junior Male Quartette, with
Miss Eloise Bass, the instructor, at;
the piano. This quartette had just
pjetymed from Raleigh, where it had
put on a program over Radio station
WPTF of the Durham Life Insurance
Company. This was not the first
time these boys “went on the air” in
italeigh and entertained the radio
public with some very fine music. If
they made as good music; in Raleigh
as they did here we are not surpris
ed that they caught the ear of radio
These boys have splendid voices
Samuel Womble, Igt tenor; Harvey
Faulk, 2nd tenor; John Womble, 1st
baritone; Register Hayes, 2nd bari
tone.
The guests of the evening 'were
Miss Bass, the members of the quar
tette and O. A. Wakefield. President
J. A. Overton turned the meeting over
to E. Frank Andrews, chairman of
the program committee, who in turn
turned the program over to L. E.
Warrick, one of the five new members
who put it on. President Overton
stated that John W. Kirkpatrick had
been appointed chairman of the Ag-'
ricultural Committee ta succeed J. U.
Gunter, deceased. A motion carried
to the effect that the club give two
prizes, first $2.50, and second, $1.00
to boys and girls in the 8th grade
of the Sanford High School,
best declamation for the boys and
best recitation for the girls.
F. F. Farabow discussed the ques
tion of buying balls, bats and mits
for the ball team which it is pro
posed to organize in the club. He
was instructed to go ahead with the
organization and some arrangements
would be made to secure the ball
team equipments.
The club goes to Asheboro this af
ternoon and will hold an inter-club
meeting with the club of that place
to-night. The Sanford club will put
on the program.
PROHIBIT POOL
PLAYING HERE
The board of aldermen at a meeting
last Tuesday night made a ruling to
the effect that no boy under 16 years
of age would be allowed to drive a
jitney in Sanford. There is a State
law prohibiting boys under 16 years
of age from driving care- It seems
that this law has been violated' by
people who operate jitneys in San
ford. The board also passed an
ordinance making it unlawful to
operate miniature pool tables m San
ford. This ordinance goes in effect
June 1st. A number of these tables
have been in operation in Sanford
during the past few months. I hey
will not be licensed after that date.
It seems that the game has become
very popular at a number of places
in Sanford.
DO NOT NEGLECT LAYING HENS
Records on demonstration flocks
for three years have shown that dur
ing April, May, and June the record
keepers made the most money, even
though the selling price of eggs was
lowest at this time. This is because
spring is the normal time for hens
to lay a much greater number of eggs
per bird. Therefore, the cost of pro
ducing eggs at this season is less.
The laying flock is often neglected
after the hatching and .brooding sea
son is well under way. This is a mis
take for the hens require the same
kind of feed and care during this
period that was given them earlier
in the year. However, more eggs can
be produced on the same amount of
feed during the spring months with
a larger profit than during other
seasons of the year. ..
Lack of attention to the laying
flock at this time will prove costly.
Poultrymen should consider their
feed cost and per cent production and
. not look entirely at the selling price
'of eggs*
, E. 0. McMahan, County Agent.
PUPPIES AND YOUNG
FOXES NURSE TOGETHER
Foxes and dogs will not mix and
fellowship when they have reach
ed maturity, but it seems that
they will become mem here of the
same family when young and dur
ing the nursing season. The Ex
press has it from a number of wit
nesses that Mr. Paul Foushee, who
lives in the Tramway section, has
a lady hound with a family of
pups, several weeks old. Mr.
Foushee in some way secured
three young foxes and decided to
try-air experiment by giving the
mother the young foxes to raise
along with her four puppies. To
his surprise they live in harmony
together Kll meal time when all
engage in a row over the food.
They are like the boy who objects
to waiting till the second table
when mother and father are en
tertaining friends at meal time.
It will be interesting to watch the
conduct of these dogs and foxes
as they grow to maturity.
DeBUTTES WILL
MAKE TALKTl.ERE
Railroad Man Will Give A. and
¥.’s Attitude on Proposal.
*smni)ti***3*m
' Sydney DeButtes, general manager
of the Atlantic and Yadki. road,
will address the members o^ t • local
Merchants Association and « . citi
zens in the assembly room c the
Wilrik Hotel at 7:30 this t % cning.
Mr. DeButtes will explain t..o' posi
tion of his company with reference,
to the proposed discontinuance of
passenger service between Sanford
and Mt. Airy.
Since it became known recently that
the A. & Y. had taken the matter of
the discontinuance of its passenger
service under advisement, a number
of local organizations, including the
Merchants Association, the Kiwanis
and Rotary clubs and the Board of
Aledmen, have passed resolutions in
oposition to the contemplated removal
of the trains, maintaining that it
would impair the local express ami
mail service.
The Merchants Association to whom
Mr. DeButtes will speak in behalf of,
to the general public to be present,
his company has issued an invitation
this evening to hear Mr. DeButes.
LOCAL BANKS TO CLOSE
ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOONS
Through the duration of the sum
mer months, beginning- with Wednes
day, June 3, and ending with Septem
ber 1, the Page Trust Company and
the United Bank and Trust Co., lo
cal banks will, be closed after 12 o’
clock on each Wednesday. This is
done in order that the bank employ
ees may be given an opportunity for
rest and recreation, and patrons hav
ing business with these institutions
on Wednesdays are urged to transact
it in the morning.
TO OBSERVE SECOND MADE
IN NORTH CAROLINA WEEK
More than two score cities and
towns in the State have already sig~
nified their intention to observe the
second “Made-in-North Carolina
Week’’ during the period from June
1st to Gth. Among the number is
Sanford.
The most widespread observance
of the week, according to conserva
tion officials, “will be through special
displays and sales of articles manu
factured in North Carolina in the
retail stores of the State. Last year’s
event was declared to have been the
first time that a feature of this
particular nature has been put across
on a State-wide scope in the country.
Hundreds of thousands of residents
q£ the State will, by means of this
system, have an opportunity to in
spect, study and buy products which
are labeled as having been made in
their home State.
The plant of (the Makepeace Mill
Work Company, which recently sus
tained a loss by fire, will again be
put in operation this week. Repairs
have been made and the loss estimat
ed at from $2,000 to $3,000.
POULTRY SALE, MAY 30TH.
The next cooperative poultry sale
will be held in Sanford on Saturday,
May 30th. This will be a truck sale
and the poultry will be received at
Palmer and Reeves stable on Endor
Street. ,
Heavy hens will sell for 17c a
pound, Leghorn hens 13c, broilers of
heavy breeds 1 3-4 and up 27c, roost
ers 8c, and eggs at market price on
day of sale. There ia no market for
turkeys at this season, bo do not
bring any to the sale,
OPEN HOSPITAL
ABOUT JULY 15,
IT IS REPORTED
Mrs. N. L. Prevatte Chosen As
Superintendent of the New -
Institution.
COMPLETING WOODWORK
Hospital Trustees Receive Sev
eral Applicants For Busi
ness Managership.
The magnificent ndw Lee County
Hospital, it is now believed, will be
ready for occupancy ^bout July 15.
Rapid progress is being made on the
construction of the edifice, and it
seems likely, according to J. W.
Stout, whose company has the build
ing under contract, that the build
ing will be completed in ample time
for hospital officials to have the insti
tution equipped tp receive patienta
by that time.
Select Head
It was recently announced by the
board of trustees that Mrs. N. L. Pre
vatte, who is now assistant superin
tendent of the Marlboro County Hos
pital, of Bennettsville, has been select
ed as superintendent of the new hos
pital. Mrs. Prevatte, who was chos
en from a large number of applicants,
was at one time superintendent; of
nurses at the Scott Hospital here. She
received her training at Cumberland
General Hospital, now Highsmith
Hospital at Fayetteville, and is con
sidered one of the highest qualified
women in her profession.
Officials of the hospital have been
giving much attention in recent
months to the purchase of standard,
modern equipment for the hospital.
A few days ago the purchasing com
rrrittee, assisted by Drs. C. L. Scott,
R. G. Sowers and F. L. Knight, se
lected the light and table which are
to be used in the operating room. An
order for the purchase of a baby incu
bator for the maternity department,
is also announced.
Make Donations.
It has been learned that some of the
members of the board of trustees
will make private donations for the
purchase of equipment with which to
furnish certain rooms. J. R. Ingram,
chairman of the board of trustees,'will
donate furnishings for a room.
The Woman’s Club, it is said, are like
wise donating funds for furnishing a
room. Others, too, it was said, are
contemplating such donations. The
people are invited to visit the build
ing and acquaint themselves with the
nq^ds pi /the' hospital that,they,* way,
!if Jhey, wish* make donations.*,;* -v ;>
rtion 'of the*medical eotp were recently
set in motion when the board of trus
tees requested that the members of
the Lee Medical Society hold a meet
ing at an early date and organize the
working corp: This will be done
feome time before the opening of the
institution.
Many Applicants.
* A number of applicants, it is learn
ed, have submitted applications to
the board of trustees for the position
cf business manager of the hospital.
Among these, it develops., three are
residents of .Sanford. This is a po
sition of great responsibility, and the
trustees indicate their intention to
seek the most capable executive that
may be found.
The woodwork of the new building
is rapidly nearing completion, all ex
cepting the floors which are now be
ing put in having been finished.
“CUKE” BEETLES
WORRY FARMERS
(By E. O. McMahan, County Agent)
Several calls have been received in
the last day or two for control meth
ods for striped cucumber beetles,
which have been found attacking the
young cucumber plants in the fields
of some of the commercial growers
in Lee county. Therefore, I am pub
lishing a practical method of poison
ing these beetles in case other grow
ers are having trouble with them and
should need to poison.
The adult striped cucumber beetle
is about one-fifth of an inch long and
nearly half as wide. It is yellow
above, with black head and black
stripes running lengthwise along each
wing-cover, producing the effect of
a three-striped back.
The first of these beetles emerge
from their ^winter quarters in the late
spring, and as the seedling cucumbr
plants break through jthe ground they
are attacked. The beetle feeds upon
the tender seed leaves and the stems.
The latter are attacked below the
surface of the soil where cracks in
the soil afford entrance to the beetles.
Prompt control measures are essen
tial to protect the crop.
The control of the cucumber beetle
is difficult, but there are several
methods that have been used to ad
vantage. Probably the most practi
cal of these for the I^ee county grow
ers is to spray the young plants with
arsenate of lead and Bordeaux mix
ture.
The Bordeaux mixture is prepared
by dissolving one pound of blue stone
in six gallons of water. Then dis
solve two pounds of hydrated lime in
another six gallons of water, and
'pour the two solutions together slow*?
iy and stir as they are mixed.
To, this twelve gallons of Bordeaux
mixture 3-4 of a pouncf'of powered
arsenate of lead should be added. Jt
is best to dissolve the arsenate of
lead in a little water before adding
T. mixture. This spray wiii**
stick to the plants better if a pound
of laundry soap is dissolved in the
twelve gallons of mixture.
! An ordinary tobacco sprayer should
be used to spray the mixture onto the
| young plants. The mixture should
i be strained before it is put into the
spray tank.
| The plants should be kept coated
'with the poison until they have ob
tained a good start or until the in
sects have disappeared. 'Two tor
| three sprayings is usually sufficient
for the overwinter .beetles.