- IN
THINKS THERE WILL BE
SUBSTANTIAL TAX REDUCTION
LEE SOLON GUEST
SANFORD ROTARYf
CLUB ON TUESDAY
Believes Benefits Coming From
: , \ Legislative Action To Be
7,7: \ Effected This Year. 7
V EXPLAINS BANKING LAW
What has the Legislature done
to reduce taxes in Lee county?
That's a question,; and there is
7, no definite answer for it at this
time/ BUt Representative Sea
... . ^wll thinks that bv reason of the
fact that tihe State has taken
: ^ over the maintenance of the silt
months schools and the upkeep
of the roads there will be a sub
' stantial reduction in taxes this
year. Of course there will be
the ad valorem levy of J5 cents
f ;* for the partial support of the
"'six months schools, but even
7*7 with this, taxes will be consider
ably lower, unless the authorities
. “v should see fit to levy taxes for
t '7 something not now supported
‘ by the tax payers. Mr. Seawell
thinks the reduction will be at
least 35 cents on the hundred.
. Lee’s representative, who formulat
ed some of the most important le
gislation passed by the legislature
and who was one of the high lights
— of that body, was a guest Of the Ro
tary Club Tuesday and made a talk
. - in which he referred briefly to two
or three of the most important mea
sures placed upon the statute books
. by the Assembly.
, ' Effects Economy,
i First in importance, said Mr. Sea-’
well; is the Appropriations Act. This
act provides more money than ever
. before in the history of the state for
the cause of education, but it repre
: sents ecohomy. Under State con
t trol the cost of the six months schools
has been reduced from $20,000,000 to
$17,000,000, and tfeis in the face of
big increases in the school popula
• V- * t*on. Although the State assumes
; 't-: full i’:sponsU>ility,for the six months
' schools it "does not put up all the
money. A 15-cent levy based upon
support. -- —
V Mr. Seawell briefly referred to the
new banking law passed by the As
sembly. The Lee representative was
the author of the bill creating the
banking commission and h'e led the
fight which resulted in the passage
>. of the bill. The measure takes the
supervision of, banks out of the con
trol of the Corporation Commission
and places -it in the hands of a new
Commission appointed by the Gover
nor.. In view of the large number of
bank failures which took place in the
• - State last year this measure is re
garded as one of tlte most important
measuivn enacted by the Legislature.
Measure Far-Reaching.
Another piece of legislation 'Which
Mr. Seawell thought would prove to
be a measure of far-reaching impor
tance is the act combining the Uni
versity of North Carolina, the State
College for Women and State Col
lege into a greater University of
North Carolina. A combined board
of trustees will take hold next July
and administrational consolidation
will come later but there will be no
physical consolidation.
Mr. Seawell said that a bill passed
the Legislature giving the Commis
sioners of Lee county authority to
abolish the county home. The over
head expense of the upkeep of the
home'is regarded as too high and if
the home should be abolished it will
be because the inmates, of whom
there are only a few, can be better,
cared for elsewhere and at less
expense.
LOSES LIFE IN
AN AUTO WRECK
Philadelphia Man Sustains Fatal
Injuries When Auto
Overturns Near
Moncure.
James Whitefield, Jr,, 28, sustained
injuries from which he later died,and
F. LaTerza, father-in-law of the for
mer, was seriously hurt, early Sat
urday morning, near Moncure, when
a deluxe Ford roadster in which the
two men were riding 1 overturned.
Three other occupants of the car, Al
bert LaTerza, a son of F. LaTerza,
1 Mrs. James Whitefield and Mrs. An
nie Clemens, received minor injuries.
The party was en route from their
home in Philadelphia to Atlanta where
they were to visit relatives. The in
jured were brought to Scott’s Hospi
tal here, Whitefield dying a few
moments after arrival at the hospital.
The car, which had pulled to the
side of the road to hail a passing
baker wagon hgd speeded up to pull
"over on the concrete, which was sev
eral inches higher than the gravel
portion of the road, stated Albert La
Terza, who was driving; as he at
tempted to pull the car onto the con
crete a rear tire blew out, this caus
ing the Ford to swerve into a semi
circle and overturn. Mr. Whitefield
and the elder LaTerza were riding in
the nimble Hedt.-"r . ' *
The injured were picked up by Mr.
Wicker, of Moncure, who rushed
them to the hospital here. The car,,
states Mr. Laterza, was damaged to
the extent of three hundred dollars.
, The body of the deceased was ship
ped from a local undertaking firm to
Philadelphia Tuesday where . burial
Will take place today.
The car, the driver, said, was mak
ing about 35 miles an hour at the
time of the fatal accident.
GRAVES OP WORLD
WAR VETS
On Sunday afternoon the mem
bers of Lee County Post No. 18 of
the American Legion Auxiliary
placed flowers on the graves of
the soldiers of the .World War who
are buried in cemeteries in various
parts of the county. Since the
formation of the Auxiliary . de
i partment this has become an an
nual custom.
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DeBUTTES TELLS /
WHY A. &Y. WANTS
TRAINS STOPPED
General Manager Railroad Says
. Line Lost $7,000 First
Quarter 1931
HINTS AT RECEIVERSHIP
Removalof Passenger Service
Necessary For Continuation
Of Freight, says.
Before a representative assemblage
of Sanford business.men, Sydney De
Butts, general manager of the A. A
V. Railroad, last Thursday night, told
why his railroad has petitioned tile
State Corporation Commission for
permission to discontinue the opera
tion of passenger trains. The gath
ering was held in the assembly room
pf the', Wilrik Hotel' and' the speaker
was presented "by Mayor Warren R.
Williams who presided over the m’eet
ing. The meeting was held at the
request of Mr. DeButtes, who, on ac
count of. tha public protests to the
action taken by the railroad by , a
number of. local civic and commer
cial organizations, Vyished to .person
ally state the position of the A. &
Y. .» ■' . or. K
Mr, DeButtes declared his company
sustained- a ‘deficit of $7,000 during
the first quarter of the present year.
The average monthly loss for the
first quarter, he advised, has been,
around $2,500. As a result of this,
the railroad, he asserted, must Curtail
overhead expenses to the bone, and
the oiily Why by which it may be done "
is to discontinue .the passenger serv-.
ice, a branch of railroad service.
"I cannot understand,” he said,
“why Sanford wishes the continuance
of a service which it does not use. I
further venture to say,” he added,
“that not one person in this gather
ing has rode on the A. & Y. durifig
the past twelve, months.” ’ The g«m-,
eral manager stated that he himself.
does not ride the passenger trains,1
that no one does. Privately owned
automobiles, and not the busses, he
declared, •eliminated the passenger,
service as a source of-profit for the j
railroads. , .
'' till- speaKer caueu upon i.
van Sant, the local agent of the A.
& Y., to give figures showing the lo
cal receipts from the sale of pass
enger tickets: Mr. Van Sant stated
that the railroad reecived a total of
$8.19 from the sale of tickets for the
week of May 17-24, inclusive. A
’few years ago, the local ag'ont stated,
the monthly receipts from this source
amounted to $1,500; now, he says,
'the receipts have dwindled to the
point to where $100 is considered ah
exceptional month’s business. |
Going back into the history of the
road’s finances, Mr. DeButtes stated
that the railroad made money during
1924, 1925,. 1926, 1927, and 1928, but
this profit, he said, was used for im
proving the rail facilities. When the |
present management-assumed charge,
the general manager declared, there
Were only two “streaks of rust”
from Sanford to Mount Airy; since,
then, he added, new rails have been
laid, new crossties laid and the tn
tire line ballistered. >
The A. & Y.’s proposal to remove
the-passenger trains, he advised, will
in nowise effect the freight or mail
service on the line, plans having been
made to provide facilities for these.
Whether the resolutions of local
organisations protesting the A. A Y.’s
action will be allowed to stand or
will be rescinded by these bodies af
ter hearing the railroad’s position is
a matter of conjecture.
Last week the attention of the
readers of this paper was called to
the fact that the board of equilization
of this county would begin their
work on Monday, June 8th. This Was
in error. It should have read June
15th. Your attention is called to an
advertisement in another column
giving the correct date. Bates are
given for each township allotment.
SCOTT HOSPITAL
NURSES FINALS
Five Are Awarded Diplomas As
Nurses At Scott Hospital
Training School.
The commencement exercises, Of th<
Scott Hospital Training. School
were held in the assembly room - oi
livered an inspiring commencement
Teague, former, superintendent oi
public instruction for Lee, but- non
connected with the North Carotins
College for Women at Greensborp, de
livers an inspiring commencement
addrhss, in which he declared the
nurses’ calling one of the most no
ble of professions. He congratu
lated the young women upon the com;
pletion of their training and urgec
that tjhey uphold the standard of th<
profession that gave to the work
such angels of mercy' as Florenct
Nightingale and Clara Barton.
The five young women recervinj
-dHplomag- werer- Misses -Lsfe. Arnold
Ruby Lee, Margaret Bizzell, Gertrudi
Lloyd and Mary Iseley Welch. lit
tle Miss Mozelle Jones was the mas
cot. -i,,"; ■ W . ,
HOLD MEMORIAL
BUFFALO CHURCH
Memorial Day was. observed at
Buffalo Presbyterian church last Sat
urday. Although it was a busy time
with the farmers many people from
the surrounding country and from
Sanford, Jonesboro and other-nearby
towns were present when- the service
opened about 10 o’clock with music
by the church choir. The' altar and
pulpit of the church were beautifully
decorated with flowers and the na
tional colors for the occasion. Rev.
J. T. Barham, pastor of the church,
bad charge of the exercises. At the
11 o’clock hour Dr. K. C. Gilmore,
pastor of the Sanford Presbyterian
church, preached an able sermon, as
he always does. This 'was followed by
a quartette composed, of Mr. and Mrs.
K. E. Seymour,.A. A.JBowers and Mrs.
H. B. Conder, accompanied • by Miss
Frances Seymour,; tbe organist.
The exercises 'were tnen j turned
over to the -American Legion; the na
tional anthem being rendered by the
choir, the congregation joining in.
This Was followed by: an able patriotic
address by H. C.. Kenegar,.Cbmmap
der of Lee County Post, American Le
gion No, 18, After he fyjiihed his
address he read the names Uf many
of t^e ex-service men who were bur
ied in cemeteries in Lee County. He
failed to get some of the' naniep and
if 4ntopn>tigap..tl»tJirouM
other ex-service men would be ap
preciated as he desired to get a com
plete list of all who are buried .in the
county. The next thing on the pro
gram was a talk by Mr. K. E. Sey
mour, keeper of the cemetery. He
expressed a desire to see improve
ments made in the cemetery. He advo
cated the trust fund plan and think3
the necessary funds for extending
and keeping- qp the cemetery can be
raised by that method. He stated
.tiat 17 people had been buried in the
cemetery since the 30 of last May a
/ear aero.
| At the conclusion of the morning
services the congregation marched tu
the cemetery and" with uncovered
heads sang a song after which prayer
was offered by Dr. Gilmore. This
was all very impressive. As the
graves had been decorated the next
thing . on the program was dinner
'which was served by the ladies of the
congregation on an improvised table
in the shade of the trees near. the
church. The ladies of the Buffalo
congregation are hard to beat when
it comes to cooking and serving a
picnic dinner. If there were people
present who failed to get dinner it
was their fault, as there was a plenty
for all.
In the afternoon all re-assembled
in the church to hear a splendid ser
mon by Rev. 1.. T. Edgerton, a for
mer pastor. The Buffalo people were
glad to see and hear Mr. Edgerton
again. The next thing on the pro
gram was an address by Mr. J. Glenn
Edwards, who was recently licensed
to practice law and is now located
in this county. Mr. Edwards is a
bright young man and made a good
impression on all who heard him. The
last speaker on the program was Rev.
J. S. Cook, pastor of the Jonesboro
group of Presbyterian churches. In
his talk Mr. Cook took a decided
stand against war and Wants to see
the government spend the millions of
dollars now appropriated to a big
navy and army applied to the moral
and religious activities of the coun
try. His talk was pitched on a high
plane.
Mr. Ernest Marks, who is saw mill
ing and truck farming near Wilming
ton, was in Sanford the first of the
week visiting his people and shaking
hands with friends. He says crops
are small in that part of the State.
LOO POUNDS OF HONEY FOUND WHEN
COLUMN OF GAVIN HOME IS LOWERED
It was recently stated in
The Express that Mr. E. L.
Gavin had perhaps the sweet
est home in Sanford from the
standpoint of honey. You
have heard of taking bee trees,
but last Friday Mr. E. J. Mc
Cain, assisted by Mr. Herman
Dew, had the novel experience
of taking a bee column. In
other . a*Visb»d Kv.
Messrs.'John Matthews', Paul
Watson, J. M. Thomas, E. J.
Gunter mid others he lower
ed one of the columns on the
front of Mr. Gavin’s residence
by rope and tackle to remove
the bees and honey. In tower
ing the the column the cap
made of concrete, fell off and
broke to pieces on the side
walk. The bees and about 100
pounds of honey were in the
cap. Soon the air was thick
with the mad bees and a large
number of people who were
milling around the column
disappeared in every direction
fighting off the bees with
their hats as they moved
Away. Mr. McCain paid no at
tention to the, bees as he gath-‘
ered up the honey. The only
explanation is that Mr. ^Mc
Cain’s hide is too tough to be
penetrated by a bee sting.
The Express man thanks some
one for pulling a sting out of
his forehead. Two other col
umns on Mr. Gavin’s porch I
are full of bees., ' I
V
PROSPEC
FOR SA1
" tobacc
I
W. F, Wood
Gnthfie, Fo
- Boyer, j
0 According to
come to The
promises to be
years in the hi
ford tobacco
the biggest ac:
tobacco in this
ing put under
.....Theplanters
- {Hitting nut the _
are email a few
weather can b:
the outlook for a,
plants were kill,
'nut it seems tli
Sufficient plants
age they planned
vatioh. It is sta
not been a givat $
age in other sectii
The planters i
expect to be able
to any,of three ’
fall as they did
sales amounted to
000 pounds here lr
-the crop be good
expect to. sell a
season than
who had cha
house last season ,
season by Mr- Cb
tobacco for seve;
, for the Imperial
Mr. Guthrie is-'
perience. and'lwill
-to the local t ‘
Planter’s Ware]
charge of
.dan, two
■perience. -Tilly'
agaii|t> for" business
opens and will
Wilkins Ware hot
Wickvr and Em
and. Marshal 3111
it comes to hum
much to break thi
season in theamo’
Tlie Express is 1„
will be somfe new bi
ket this season, am
’GOOD
)RD’S
;MARKET
ave Mitchell
Imperial
date.
BIG ACREAC
I ■ ■ ''n
i TUley Bros, and J
dan Will /
: Warebo
eaf here
bp and Jor
W Operate
Here,
reports that1
jtefis this year'
®,of the best'
of the San-1
!t. Probably!
ever put to
ion is now be- (
vation. \
about finished
and while they
’£ of favorable
great change ir.
fp. Some of the j
the blue mold,1
planters had :
out the acre- j
put under culti- j
that there has j
in the acre- i
;of the belt.
section may.'
ill their tobacco !
roses here this
season. The !
•re than 5,000,-;
sason. Should I
warehousemen !
deal more this :
W. F. Wood,
’ie 3 W’s ware-'
be assisted this 1
who bought
•s at Carthage
co Company,
cconist of *cx
valuable asset1
market. The
ill again be in
ter and Jor
of long 'cx
wjll be here
len the season
Jharge of the
the corner of
•ets. Andrew
jive wires when
tobacco and did
rd here last
of tobacco sold.
;ed that there
•rs on the iriar
,._at al£thecom
great amount of
AStiUKOKU MUST
LOCAL KIWANIS
Sanford Kiwanians Journey To
Asheboro For Joint Meet
ing With Club There.
Nineteen members of the .Sanford
Kiwanis Club journeyed to Asheboro
last Thursday evening >where that
night a joint meeting was held in the
dining room of the Methodist church
with the Kiwanis Club of that place.
The program was put on by members
of the Sanford Club. The meeting
was called to order by the president of
the Asheboro club and turned over to
President J. A. Overton, of the San
ford Club. After expressing his ap
preciation of the welcome extended
the club he turned the meeting over
to E. Frank Andrews, chairman of
the program • committee, who had
charge of the program. Music was
the first thing on the program.
The Sanford club sponsored the or
ganization of the Asheboro club a
year or more ago and was glad to
find it a live and growing organiza
tion. While all were at . dinner a
police officer walked in and read a
warrant to J. E. Brian, charging him
with becoming the leader of the
gangsters and racketeers while on a
recent trip to Chicago. It Was charg
ed that he had profited to the ext- ,t
of $100,000 and hajd in hiu possession
400 gallons of liquor and beer. All
took more interest in Mr. Brinn from
that time on. J. C. Pittman amused
all in a short witty talk and read a
poem entitled. “Figures Do. Lie.”
Secretary D. B. Teague-of the San
ford club made an interesting talk on
activities of Kiwanis and gave
the names ’ ot' many promi
nent men who are connected
with this great international organi
ration. Gilliam Anderson, who re-1
cently attended the annual meeting i
of Kiwanis International at Miami,
Fla., as delegate from the Sanford
Club, related many interesting things
about his trip. The Asheboro club
and the Sanford club will hold an
inter-cub meeting here on June 19th,
and the Asheboro club will put on the:
program.
LOCAL FIREMEN
WIN TROPHIES
Local Firemen Play Big Part In
Sandhill Firemen's Conven
tion At Lumberton
iSanford firemen took high honors
at the convention of Sandhill Fire
men, held, in Lumberton Tuesday. A
silver trophy cup -was awarded the
local fire department for prowegs in
the water race, and. a combination
nozzle for chemical "booster” pump
awarded the local men for their adept
ness in the use of chemicals for the
extermination of fire.' r '
Sanford and Southern fines tied in
the chemical racds, tfcch performing
their tasks in 13 seconds. This ne
cessitated a run-off in which Sanford
Kvas the victor. In the second go
round Sanford made the performance
in 12 2-5 seconds.
The following from Sanford attend
ed the- meet: John T. McKernan
chief; H, G. WrenmD I,. Seymo^
John Underwood, J. R. Kelly, Harvey
Woodell, Bryant Woodell, RLece Lem
monds and Jimmie Kelly. Next
year’s meeting will be held in Raeford
COTTON FEATURE |
IN LOCAL STORES
Cotton Goods and ‘‘Made In
Carolinas” Goods Features
In Sanford Stores.
This week a number of ,Sanford
merchants put their shoulders to the
ivheel in the movement to boost the
ise of cotton at home and throughout
the nation. In their advertisements
in this issue a number of the mer
chants, including Belks and Efird’g
tell all about their display of cotton
?ood8. There is a nation-wide move-s
ment to extend the purchase of cotton
goods and help increase the demand
and the price of the staple which
means so much to the South.
In North Carolina the week is of
particular significance because of the
fact that this State is the leader in
the manufacture of cotton goods.
Southern people are waking up to the
fact that the use of cotton must be
extended and North- Carolina— folks
are being made aware of the tremen
dous strides that have been made in
the manufacture of cotton by our own
manufacturers. Buy something from
the stores this week, buy all you can,
of goods made by our home people.
This is “Made in North Carolina
Week'’ and “National Cotton Week/*
Retail stores from one end of the
State to the bther have been turned
into exposition halls* for the purpose
of showing the merits of and selling
North Carolina Made goods to North
Carolinians. The movement is thus
two fold, educational and commercial.
It is educational in that it seeks to
acquaint the people with the progress
the State has made during the last
fifteen years in the art of turning her
raw materials into finished products;
it is commercial in that it seeks to
place these products in the channel!
of trade to satisfy the Avants of our
people. Both of these are worthy
aims.
YOUNG PEOPLE TO
HOLD MEET HERE
Interdenominational Lee Young
People’s Conference Schedul
ed For Monday.
The third annual Lee county inter
denominational young people’s con
ference will be held at the Steele
Street Methodist Church here Mon
day. The meeting will be held un
der the auspices of the Lee County
and North Carolina Sunday School
Associations and will be for young
people from Yb* to 23 years of age,
and their leaders.. - . 1.
[■ “ C5CS&1VIIS: IT uhom;
ing; 2:00 to 3:45 in the afternoon.
Banquet session 7:00 to&9:00 in the
evening.
Delegates from the following groups
are eligible to attend:
1. Youn^* people 15-23 years of age,
inclusive, who are members of Sun
day School and Young People’s
Societies of their churches.
2. Teachers of classes composed of
young people 15-23 years of age.
3. Superintendents of Senior and
Young People’s Departments.
4. General Sunday School Superin
tendents.
5. Pastors.
All delegates who attend the ban
quet session will pay a registration
fee of 75 cents, except pastors. This
gives each delegate a place at the ban
quet, program, note book, and pencil.,
Delegates may attend the day ses-;
sions of the conference without pay- J
ment of the registration rfee. ,
Secure a registration blank from
the registrar in your Sunday School,1
fill it out and give it back to the re-,
gistrar, with the 75 cents registra
tion fee. Upon receipt of your re-1
gistratfon fee, the Registrar will give
you a credential, which will entitle
you to a seat at the banquet. Dele
gates from country Sunday Schools,1
or from any school that has no regis
trar, should send their registrations
direct to the Registration Chairman,!
Miss Freda Strong, Sanford, N. C.
All registrations with fees should be j
in the hands of the Registration'
Chairman not later than the opening
sessions of the conference.
Conference Committee on Arrange
ments : j
Herbert Russell, Jr., General Chair
man. |
Charles Hubbard, Secretary.
J. A. Overton, Adult Advisor.
Freda Strong, Registration Chairman.
Elizabeth Strong, Banquet Chairman.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
At ttoci morning service on Sunday,
June 7th., the pastor will preach to
young men and women; on June 14th.
to middle aged men and women, and
on June 21st. to older men and women.
A cordial invitation is given to all
these services.
The apple trees in Sanford and this
section are dying and it is believed
to be the work of some kind of pest.
HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMAS ARE
AWARDED TO 54 GRADUATES
PEACHES ON THE
WILKINS FARM
Many of the trees in the Wilkins
peach farm near Lemon Springs
are so heavily loaded with peaches
that they had to thin them out in
order to make a commercial crop. ,
Many of them are in clusters and
about 10 per cent had to be pulled
off in order to get the desired size
and grade.
ADVERTISING OF
LAND FOR TAXES
MOVED TO JULY 1
Effect Move In Order To Give
Taxpayers Additional Time
To Raise Money.
BOARD MEETING MONDAY
Vaccination Campaign For Ty
phoid and Diphtheria Plan
ned In Lee.
The County board of commission
ers, in session Monday, passed a mo
tion offered by one of the members
postponing the date for advertising
the sale of real estate for the pay
ment of delinquent taxes. The publi
cation of advertising will be delayed
until July 1.
On motion diily carried a cam
was ordered. This move was recom- i
mended by the State and County I
Boards of Health. * |
As spokeswoman for the Lee coun- !
ty Club women, Mrs. I. L. McNeill.;
thanked the board for such app*^
priations as have been made for club i
work and asked, that an appropria
tion for club work for next year' be
included in the county budget, no
j^hich tho commissioners are now
working. Talks w'ere made along
this line by other ladies- Miss Cor
nelia Simpson submitted a report of
the work done by the Horn'1 Demon
stration department
John D. Wicker, county^m i warden,1
requested and was granted an ap-;
propriatiop of $300.00 for fire preve- J
tion for another year. ... i
WWWHVWnR
costs due the county from Ha.rmgton,
amounting to $105.40.
Prof. George R. Wheelr- ** 'perin
tendent of Public Instruct: appear
ed before the board in re.r : to the
school budget which has b a filed.
Messrs. J. R. Jones, Job • I. Ken
nedy and W. R. Hartness appeared
as a committee from the hospital
trustees with reference to the hospi
tal budget for the coming year.
Reports of the activities of farm
demonstration work and of child wel
ork were made by E. 0. Mc
Only one welfare case, in
which there is to be further investi
gation was reported.
The report of the clerk of superior
court was referred to the county audi
tor to be checked and returned to the
board.
The following matters were dis
posed of by the highway board:
It was ordered that the roads
around the courthouse be fixed dur
ing the month of June. The Court
house steps were also ordered repaired
On motion it was ordered that a
truck be hired from the .State for the
remainder of month provided same
«av be procured for $1.00 per day.
' Such other matters as were given
attention hvere only of minor con
sideration.
^are w
Mahan.
SANFORD LICKS I
THE CARY TEAM
Manager Ike Sadler’s fighting semi
pro baseball team, composed of local
and imported talent overwhelmed the
Car team in a grilling pitcher’s bat
tle on the local high school baseball
grounds last Friday afternoon. Al
though the score was 6 to 1, the Cary
aggregation put up stiff opposition
and save for a homer made by a
member of the locals, who sent the
ball well over the fence, the score
may have been more evenly divided. 1
Sadler, pitcher of the locals, allow
ed only five hits, while his opponent,
Rogers, permitted eight. j
Todav Manager Sadler and his boys
meet Dillon on the latter'9 grounds
where they expect tough battle on j
the part of the South Carolinians.
Tomorrow* they encounter Lillington1
lere. Saturday they again play Cary
it the latter place. !
The local boys exhibited some real
‘stuff” last Saturday and there was a
7ine showing of fans. i
OPENING OF MODEL HOME WEDNESDAY |
ATTRACTS LARGE NUMBER OF VISITORS
Over one hundred men and
women visited the Model
Home between 10 a. m. and 5
p.m. yesterday as the beauti
ful Mclver Park residence,
which has been generously
donated to the public during1
the observance of "Better
Homes” Week by its owners,
Dr. and Mrs. C. C. Hatch,
wc ■‘brmally opened. Many
visitors thronged the Model
Home this morning, admiring
its attractively arranged in
terior, the beautiful furnish
ings and exquisite draperies.
The Model Home will be
open tomorrow and- Saturday
from the hours of 10 a. m. to
5 p. m. on each day, and visi
tors will be welcomed and
shown through the six rooms
everyone of which is a model
in furnishings and arrange
ment, by members of the
American Home Department
of the Woman’s Club by whom.
“Better Homes” Week was
sponsored.
The furniture, rugs, dra
peries, curtains, stoves, radio
and such other househld ar
ticles as were considered ne
cessary in a model home by
the. American Home Depart
ment Committee were furnish
ed by a number of Sanford
merchants who have in every
way generously cooperated
toward the success of the
movement.
ALLEN SPEAKER
SCHOOL FINALS
TUESDAY NIGHT
Educational Leader Says Edu
cation Develops Indivi
dual Entity.
HUNDREDS ATTEND FINALS
North Carolina’s triumphant
march from the philosophies of
Nathaniel Macon, by whom the
State had sworn for the first
fifty years of her statehood, and
under whose dominance internal_„
improvements and educational
progress had been ^retarded, to
the present year when the larg
est amount of money ever ap
propriated for schools in the his
tory of the State was voted by
the General Assembly, was elo- -
quently outlined by Dr. A. T.
Allen, State Superintendent of
Public Instruction, who address
ed the 1931 graduating class of
the local High School Tuesday ‘
evening.
Successful Year.
Just after Dr. Allan’s address,
fifty-four seniors, the largest class
yet to have graduated from the San
ford High School, were presented with
diplomas by O. P. Makepeace, chair
man of the school board, and Bibles
by A. H. Mcl\er. The valedictory,
by Miss Cornelia AtkinSi, brought to
a close the first year of Prof. George
R. Wheeler’s administration as sup
erintendent of the city schools, _anjiin-_
usually successful year in all phases
of school activity!'
The appearance of the State super
intendent of public instruction was
preceded by a musical program, open
ing with a violin sole, by Larry Jen
sen. This was followed by a con
cert given by the high school band.
The processional, Marche from “Aida,”
by Verdi, was rendered by Mifes Bess
L 'vis, a member of the faculty. The
chorus, “O, Easter Wind,” by Clokey, -
sung by the high school glee club. ^
enaed the preliminaries.
pr^entef"b* %. Wheeler^
neara aiie :
second appearance Mi re in the role
, of commencement speaker. This
j time, as on the former occasion, he
was greeted by an audience that crowd
ed both the auditorium and balcony.
Lauds Sanford People.
Beginning his address by way of
tribute to the ardor with which the
people of Sanford had lent themselves
to the cause of public education, the
•Speaker then traced its progress from
the real inception back in 1835 when,
after the adoption of a new Consti
tution which gave the people the
power to elect the governor by popu
lar vote, 'education first became an
issue in a gubernatorial campaign.
The Whig party at that time, with
Edward B. Dudley, of Wilmington,
who was president of the Wilmington
and Weldon Railroad , the longest
railroad then in the '■world, as its
candidate for governor, adopted a
platform which called for internal
improvements and schools, to be sup
ported by levying a tax. The Demo
cratic candidate Richard Dobbs
Speight, Jr., who had served one term
as governor, declared himself in favor
of these things but stated they should
not come about by taxation but by
private enterprise. Dudley was elect
ed and the iState began to move for
ward. Though the people of the State
Were heavily taxed to support the
army and navy during the Civil War,
even this handicap, Dr. Allen re
called, was not allowed to interfere
with educational work in North Caro
lina and** Governor Vance and Calvin
H. Wiley, one of- the State’s pioneer
educational leaders, zealously guard
ed the school funds, keeping the
elementary schools, the high schools
and thw University open throughout
the trying period.
complements seniors.
Dr. Allen emphasized the value of
education. Education, he said, makes
people different; develops their in
dividual entity. If you want to find
people who are stereotyped, without
individuality, he said, you will find
them in the strata of the lowest order
of intelligence.
In presenting the diplomas to the
graduates, Q. P. Makepeace, chair
man of the school board, offered
words of congratulation to the stu
dents upon their completion of their
high school course^ He felicitated
those who are going to pursue their
studies in college but reminded those
who are not that ample opportunity
awaits them in the field of life.
The declamation and recitation con
tests were held on Friday night and
the auditorium was crowded with pa
trons and friends of the school to
witness the exercises. The speeches
wei'e all good and the boys and girls
reflected great credit upon- themsel
ves and their teachers for the man
ner in which they carried out the
program. Prizes were awarded by the
Kiwanis Club. "
After much difficulty the judges
made the girls award to Miss Martha
Wakefield, first; Miss Clara Wilcox,
second. lElie boys' prizes were de
clared won by John Rogers, first, and
the second by Charles Reeves, Jr.
Baccalaureate Sermon.
Using as his subject, “The Philo-~
sophy that Wins.” Rev. Fletcher C.
Lester, of Waverly, Va„ boyhood
friend of J. S. Truitt, High School
Pn/“c‘Pal; P™801"# the baccalaureate
sennoh to the fifty-four graduates
and a packed house of their relatives
and fnenda at the high school audi
torium Sunday morning. The mem
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