Thursday, #tne n, 1931,
FIVE CENTS
VOLUME 44, No. *0
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SANFORD GROCER
ROTARY SPEAKER
TUESDAY EVENING
Monger Tells Rotarians Where
The Food You Eat Comes ’
■r' '• From.
SOME IS vHOME-PRODUCED
But ilost Of Food, He Says,
Comes From Other States
and Countries.
The average grocery store
carries some five hundred items,
said J.-H. Monger in a talk be
fore the Sanford Rotary Club
Tuesday. Mr. Monger mention
ed some of these articles and
told what part of the world they
come from, for they really come
from all parts of the civilized
world.
Consume More Fruits.
The sale of fruits and fresh vege
tables has increased over one hun
dred per cent within the past few
years, but the sale of canned goods
remains almost stationary, declared
Mr. Monger, The well stocked San
ford grocery stores carry today
North Carolina snap beans, squasn
'and bests, South Carolina new fnsh
.potatoes and cucumbers, Lee county
cabbage, carrots and turnips, Cali
fornia celery and lettuce, Lee county
dewberries, California oranges, apples
and lemons, Florida oranges, grape
fruit and pineapples. Bananas come
from Jamaica and Central America.
In dried fruits California furnishes
most of •' the evaporated peaches,
prunes and figs and practically all of
the Aiherican raisins. In canned
goods Minnesota supplies a large part
of the English peas and Mame the
finest com, while from Virginia and i
Maryland come most of the canned
tomatoes. California leads in canned
peaches, cherries, apricots, asparagus
and spinach. ..That state also fur
nishes most oi our uneu
navy beans”and^black eye peas. That
far-western state has the distinction
of supplying the buying public more
different foods than any other state.
State Behind In Canning.
Mr. Monger said that most of our
fine preserves come from New York,
and Pennsylvania, through Heinz,
most of our fancy pickles. He said
that North Carolina's largest output
of canned goods is of krapt and snap
beans' with a few plants canning to
matoes and pickles. As a state,, we
_««i*_deelarea *. ta,be4ar ^hindin
canning, though1 we raise
#&«#***&
ctuuuug, , . . . , j
tables and fruits by the trainload.
The speaker said that practically
every state east of the _ Mississippi'
River supplies some article of food
for sale beyond its bounds. Vermont
supplies our-maple syrup, Massachu
setts salt fish, .Rhode Island, baking
powder, New York, peanut butter and
canned milk, New Jersey canned
soup, and Maryland canned oysters.
From Virginia come extracts, apples
and meat products, from Georgia
fine candy, and lard products, while
from Florida come grape fruit and
orange juice. We get rice from
Louisiana, Texas and Arkansas and
creamery butter and storage eggs
from Tennessee.
Flour Local Product.
Mr. Monger said that eiit, local
flour mills furnish us with’*Sa large
""part of. our supply of floury-though
much of their wheat is raised in
Ohio, Maryland and Kansas. At pre
sent we get enough local meal to
supply Lee county.
From the West Indies we get our
molasses, Cuba furnishes most of our
raw sugar, which is refined in Phila
delphia, Baltimore and New York.
Our finest tea comes from India, Our
•lives from Spain, currants ’ from
Greece, figs from Turkey, mush
rooms from France afld sauces from
England.
These are by no means all of the
items enumerated by Mr. Monger but
they are enough to show, that the
average grocery store is stocked with
supplies Drought from almost every
country on the globe.
R. L. Burns made a talk on voca
tional service, enumerating some of
the ups and downs of his business.
Mr. Bums is proprietor of Three
Points tu^d numerous filling stations
fai this section.
GOLDEN CHOSEN
HOSPITAL HEAD
Hospital Trustees Select Currie
Golden For Business Mana
ger New Institution
The board of trustees of the Lee
county Hospital iast Thursday night
selected Currie Golden, of Goldsboro,
to become business manager of the
new institution which, it is now be
lieved, will be ready to receive pa
tients by August 1. Mr. Golden, a
former resident of this city, was at
one time connected with Joe W, Stout
& Co., local contracting firm. Several
years ago he moved to Goldsboro
wherer he is an accountant. Although
having had no previous experience in
hospital administration, Mr. Golden
is a man of excellent business ability
and officials of the hospital seem
gratified at having obtained his ser
vices. He -will move his family here
some time soon.
■ Mr. Golden, it was learned at the
office of (Chairman J. R. Ingram of
the board of trustees, 'will, between
-mow and the opening of the new hos
pital, visit a number of hospitals in
this and adjoining states in order to
fully acquaint himself with the more
practical phases of hospital admini
Btration. —
.Selection of a dietitian for which
position there are a number of appli
cants had not.been made when Chair
man Ingram1 was interviewed yester
day afternoon. A selection for this
place as well as selections for a
. number of other positions as yet un
filled are- te be made soon, it was in
. thnated.
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BILL FITTS ON THE LINE
In the hummer of 1923 W. H.
Fitts, hiwu .in training at Camp
McClelland, near Anniston, Ala.
Soon after he went to camp he be
gan to receive tetters addressed to
him, but it seemed that they were
intended- for some one elso by the
same name. He received one from
his little sister telling about her
doll, cat and dog and playmates. As '
Mr. Fitts has no sisters or broth- .
era, he knew that this letter was
for some other W. H., Fitts, Jr. He
went to headquarters and upon in
vestigating the matter discovered
that there was a young man by . the
name of W. H. Fitts, Jr., in the di
vision of engineering. Bundling up
the letters he went to his tent and
forming his acquaintance turned
the letters over to him and in torn
received • number of letters which
the other W. H. Fitts had received
that were intended for him. Some
two years ago W. H. Fitts came
through Sanford and was the guest
for the night of W. H. Fitts, Jr.,
of this place. He was next heard
from one night last week when W.
H. Fitts, of Sanford, was called to
the telephone and informed that
long distance was railing Mrs. W.
H. Fitts, Jr. Mrs. W. H. Fitts went
to the telephone and she was asked
if this was Mrs. «W. H, Fitts, Jr.,
and she replied in the affirmative.
Then the party at the otter end of
the line called “Marion.” Mrs. W.
H. Fitts informed him that her
name was not “Marion” hut Venice.
Then the other party says tell Bill
Fitts “Hello; this is Bill Fitts on
the line.” It turned out that the
message was intended for Mrs. W.
H. Fitts, Jr., of Sanford, Fla.,
instead of Sanford, North Caro
lina..W. JL... Hitts,. Jta,. was bom _
and reared in Sanford, Fla., and
W. H. Fitts, Jr, was born and
reared in Sanford, North Carolina.
PRISONER ENDS
HUNGER STRIKE
Ken Lewis Breaks Eight-Day
Fast After Receiving Heavy
After refusing H'< all offers of food
since his incarceration in the Lee
county jail’ Tuesday a week ago, Ken
Lewis, who was convicted in Record
er’s Court on a charge of vagrancy
and non- support of wife and child
and sentenced to eighteen months on
the roads, took nourishment for the
first time yesterday morning. Before
trial he told the jailor he would eat
only upon the condition he were turn
ed loose.
Tuesday morning Lewis was told
by the Sheriff to get ready for trial
but refused to leave his cell when of
ficers were sent for him. A physi
cian, who was immediately called to
examine the defendant, stated he was
all right. Two deputies then placed
him in a chair and carried him to the
courtroom. Barefooted, unshaven and
unkempt, and showing emaciation
from his week of fasting, Lewis pre
sented a forlorn spectacle when seat
ed in the court room. He slumped,
dejectedly, upon a table at which his
chair was seated and when asked by
the Court if he was guilty or not
guilty, barely nodded in the negative.
Lewia' father-in-law, it vwas testi
fied, supported the family for a year,
the defendant refusing to accept work
or make any effort to provide for h:s
wife and a small child. Following his
wife’s death, a sister of the deceased
took the child and will, it is under
stood, take steps to legally adopt it.
As a last resort, the family of Lewis’
dead wife preferred charges against
He was sentenced to eighteen
months on the roads with authority
of the county commissioners ,to hire
out* the proceeds of his hire to pay
costs and provide for his child.
Charlie Gilehrist, colored, was tried
on a charge of abandonment and non
support. It developed that Charlie
had married a “town” girl who re
fused to live in the country with him.
His better half claimed that Charlie
had “threatened” her and was too
lavish in his attentions to another
dusky damsel. The husband answer
ed that he was providing a home with
ordinary comforts, including beef for
Sunday morning breakfast. The Court
informed Charlie’s wife that her hus
band, who could provide a home and
provisions and beef for Sunday morn
ing breakfast should be clung to.
Last reports of the couple were that
they were homeward bound, the past
forgotten.
Steven Puckett, white, and Laylor
Waddell, colored, were charged with
possesson of five gallons of whiskey
and 21 gallons of home-brew, the in
toxicants being found in the colored
woman’s home. The only evidence
connecting Puckett with the case was
I his presence in the home of the Wad
dell woman when the officers arrived.
He was dismissed. The case against
the negress was continued for fur
j ther investigation.
' MACK STOUT WINS PRIZES AND
HONORS
Mack Stout, of this place, who gra
duated at State College this week,
was awarded honors and two of the
most coveted prizes given annually to
the graduating class. . y .. . .
Stout won the Elder P. D. Gold
medal given by Charles W. Gold, of
Greensboro, to the most outstanding
leader, scholar, athlete and speaker.
The award was presented by H. T.
Connor, of Wilson. ■
He also won the North Carolina
State College athletic alumni trophy.
Stout was cajAaln of this year’s
football team, vice-president of the
student body, track star, and out
standing scholar.
JUDGE DIVIDES
TIME BETWEEN*
FARM AND LAW
Judge McPherson Finds Time
From Official Duties To Run
Successful Farm.
VIEW MODEL PEACH FARM
Reporter Tells Of Industry That
Thrived Here A Long_|
Time Ago. f
The Express recently carried a
story about the farmirtg operations of
Judge T. J. McPherson of the Re
corder’s Court. The first thing that
caused Judge McPherson to become
‘farm-minded” was when he built a.
home on. Federal Highway No. 1 near
Tramway. He decided to not only live
in the country, but to mix farming
with the practice of his profession. If
you don’t think' he is a busy man at
his farm, in his office, or at the re
corder’s court, call to see him on some
professional business without making
a date.
Accompanied by the judge, The Ex
press man recently took advantage of
the opportunity to visit his home, his
poultry yard and his farm. He lives
in a comfortable little cottage just off
Federal Highway No. 1 in a shady
grove, near Tramway. When we vi
sited his home we found about 1,000
young chickens in his poultry yard.
It looked as if he intended to quit his
profession and devote his entire, time
to the poultry business. His good'
wife being a very practical woman
we suspicioned that should the poul
try business prove sa success it will
be due largely to her wise manage
ment. The judge’s farm is some dis
tant from his home, but one can
soon cover the’ distance by a good
road. Passing along we found a force
of laborers with trucks and road ma
chinery grading the road bed and pre
paring tot put down the hard surface
on a link of road that is being re
located between John Knott’s farm
and the Moore, county line M uoh is
age and the failure of people to get
employment on account of machinery
taking the place of hand labor. We
saw this demonstrated in the construe
tion work on this road. Even si few
years ago 25 to 30 men would have
been employed in carrying on work
that was being handled by 5 or 6'men.
Under, their guiding hand the. ma
chinery was doiflg.the.work with more
dispatch and no “doubt at less cost.
The grade work is being pushed and
in the fall. By re-locating this link
of road the distance to the Moore
county line will be shortened about a
mile.
We drove through the Wilkins
peach orchard and saw it in a high
state of cultivation. Should you visit
this peach farm and see how it is
cultivated you will not be surprised
to learn that the peaches raised there
are considered about the best raised
in the Sandhills peach belt. The or
chard is as clean as a floor and the
trees show that they have received
very intelligent handling. Wagon
loads of young peaches have had to
be taken from the trees so that those
that are left can grow to normal com
mercial size. The prospect for a crop
is better than ever before in the his
tory of the orchard. This orchard has
had two or three very successful
years.
Judge McPherson’s farm lies west
.of this peach orchard and near the
new link of road. He has a 4-acre
field of asparagus under cultivation.
It was put out this spring and was
being cultivated for tjie first time.
The judge expects to be able to ship
asparagus from this farm about the
third year. There is a growing de
mand for asparagus in this section,
and it is also shipped by a few farm
ers who have been" raising it for the
past few years. The judge also plans
to grow dewberries, peaches and
apples.Por many years this farm was
c'wned and cultivated by Jessie .Spi
vey. After looking over the farm
Judge McPherson suggested that we
go still hunting. We told him that
we did not carry the badge of an of
ficer on the lapel of our coat. He
guided us through a near by swamp,
but we found no still. We decided
that the judge was not much of a
raider, but knew what to do with tne
Diocicaaers aiver tney are caugni anu
brought to court. However, 've found
one thing in the woods that interested
us very much. While rambling around
we ran upon several old tar kilns.
Years ago that section, which was
formerly a part Of Moore county, was
heavily timbered with long leaf pine.
The owners of the land worked the
turpentine and shipped it to Wilming
ton, which was in those day the great
est naval stores shipping point in the
world. . Next came the saw mill and
after it had been in operation a few
years the original growth of timber
had disappeared. As there was a
market demand for tar, kilns that
held from 10 to 15 barrels, were built
here and there in the woods. Pine
stumps and parts of trees left by the
destructive forest fires were cut and
the tar taken out in kilns. Many of
these .old kilns are still to be found in
that section of the county, Back in
those days very little farming was
carried on in this part of the State.
There were not more than 5 or 6
i farms in a radius of 15 to 20 miles
of Sanford worthy of the name. The
farms of the late John D. Mclver and
Wesley Mclver, near Sanford, the
Egypt farm, now known as the Cum
,nock farm, the Jones farm on the
Cape Fear River, and the Worthy
farm near Tramway Were among the
best farms in this section of. the
State. A history of thetn "would make
mighty interesting reading.
Bom to Mr. and Mrs. Love Heins
at Scott Hospital, daughter, Jane,
Monday, June 9. Mother and child
are both doing nicely.
A good many young people left
this week to atfc^d summer school at
several different colleges of this state.
LEE FARMPK )PERTY s
DECREA?
by
1930,
A hOavy
of Lee farm
in a compara
for 1920, 1925,
ly released ’
partment of
1920 and
thgre was a
farm values
The slump wi
from 1925 to
predation i
ing total of ;
dollars.
Acreage
Lee farm proj
and buildings, ii
$4,940,050. By
values was reac
merit estimates
at $5,517,913.
were years of
in the values
pperty is show:il
census report
Bd 1930, recent
he Federal De
nerce. Between
tie report shows
ciation in Lee
over $800,000.
i more marked
pO when the de
the stagger
llion and a half
T.
V'
a tumble from It
partment of Co;
that there was
total value of 'fi
value of Lee’s fail
being $1,177,640
516,035 in 1930.1
fell from $308,67!
to $239319 in 19f
The average
buildings per,
was $3372 as coi
1930. The avera.
of land in 1920
$47.78; in 1930,
Tenure'
Values
y, including land
was valued at I
the peak of |
when the govern-1
bed the valuation!
1925 to 19301
and the valua
tion by the latter sar had fell to the
low level of $4,07 763.
During the san) -period, the an
nouncement'indies 6s, the number of
farms in operatic* were on the in
crease although total acreage of
these farms show I a material de
crease. In 1920,. here were 1,465
farms in Lee; in , 930, there were
1,621. In the san t period, however,
the total acreage, evoted to agricul
ture dropped.from" 21306 to 107,194.
The average acre! :e per farm fell
from 82.6 in 1920 o 66.1 in 1930.
While the value! »q farm land took
>to 1930, the De
figures reveal
increase in the
buildings, the
buildings in 1920
compared to $1,
rm implements
value in 1920
|Ue of land and
| in Lee, .in 1920
ared to $2,613 in
■ value of ah acre
$40.82; in 1925
[•Farms
leiidiii/iy is> ouv
crease in Lee. For I
by tenants in 19]
1930, 747. -Dijrir
the number of f
owners had fallen
There wasift^ci
of farms ope»
being 7 in.
ue un in- | j
i3 farms operated j j
there were in I,
le same period 1
operated by I,
from 025 to 867.! ,
fe in the number!
managers there j
1930,;
cultivated by owb^s and a small in
crease in acres cultivate! by tenants.
The value of laiid and buildings of
farms operated*, follows: Owners,!
1920, $3,466,389; 1930, $2,513,633; i
Managers, 1920, $69,900; 1930, $76,-1
050; Tenants, 1920, $1,413,761; 1930,
$1,484,080. ' 1 !
Size of farms and number of each: ;
Under 3 acres, 1920, 1; 1*30, 13; 3 to
9 acres, 1920, 56; 1930, 90; 10 to 19
acres, 1920, 213; 1930, 296; 20 to 49
acres, 1920, 404; 1930, 512 ; 50 to 99,
acres, 1920, 370; 1930, 395- 100 to
174 acres, 1920, 266; 1930, 203; ;J,75
acres to 259 acres, 1920, 83; 1930, 61;
260 to 499 acres, 1920, 56; 1930, 45;
500 to 999 acres, 1920, 15; 1930, 4;
1,000 acres and over, 1920, 1; 1930, 2:
Livestock,
There was a falling off in the num
ber of livestock excepting mules. Com
parative figures for livestock- are as
follows: Horses, 1920, 520; 1930, 256;
Mules, 1920, 1,570; 1930, 1,916; Cattle
1920, 2,900; 1930, 2,114; Milk Cows,
1920, 1,435; 1930, 1,359; Hogs, 1920,
4,995; 1930, 1,922; Chickens, 1920,
36,543; 1930, 33,360.
isiIam king gets
STATE POSITION
Former Sanford Man Appointed
To Head Division of Print
ing In State Purchasing
Department.
Isham King, a native of Sanford,
but now a resident of Hester, Gran
ville county, has been appointed to
head the division of printing in the
State Purchasing Department, it was
learned yesterday. ' Mr. King is a
brother 01 Messrs. J. F., A. P., and
Dan B. King of this city, and learned
the printing trade on The - Express
about thirty years ago. Hie many
friends in .Sanford and community
are much gratified* upon learning of
his appointment to the State position.
Wednesday’s Raleigh Times said:
The appointment of Isham King,
of Hester, Granville county, to head
the Division of Printing in the newly
created State Department of Purchase
and Contract, was announced Wed
nesday by A. S. Brower, State Pur
chasing Agent, as the first appoint
ment to be made by him since he
himself was named to head the new
office by Governor Gardner.
Printing for all State purposes is
expected to cost abotat $500,000 an
nually.
Mr. King, a printer for more than
thirty years, he said, was at one time
a member of the firm of Christian &
King in Durham. He has also been
connected with the Seaman Printery
in Durham; was at one time'with the
J. J. Stone Company in Greensboro;
and while a student at Carolina for
three years, he was manager of the
University Press. For the past year
he has farmed and traveled for a
printers’ ink Concern, He was id the
printing business in Durham for sev
enteen years.
“Mr. King’s experience and success
in his former connections qualify
him unusually well to take over the
State’s printing business, and I feel
that the .State is fortunate to be able
to command his services. I have re
ceived only the most favorable re
ports both as to his ability and per
sonal integrity,” Mr. Brower said.
Edgar J. Wicker, of Raleigh, g. vice
president of the State Federation of
Labor, and a Raleigh printer; C. F.
Pilley and R. 1. Barnes, also Raleigh
printers, were understood to , have
been candidates for the position given
Mr. King. vJw. .
SAWELL NAMED
AS SUCCESSOR
TO FRANK NASH
i
e County ^Representative
Appointed Assistant Attor
ney General t
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IKES POSITION JULY 1 <
jteran Legislator Has Been t
Power In Number of Gen- ~ \
eral Assemblies. a
Mr. A. A. F. Seawell, who represent- .
Lee county in the last General As
nbly, and who had the reputation !
being one of the ablest men in j
it body, has been appointed Assist- i ,
t Attorney General of the State, j
5 has accepted the appointment and!
pects to soon enter upon the duties ;
the office. He will not move his
mily to Raleigh for the present, but
11 keep an office open here where (
will continue to practice while not
lployed with the duties of his new
fice. Writing about the appoint
mt of Mr. Seawell, Tom Bost, Ra
gh correspondent of the Greens
ro News, who is a great admirer of
e representative from Lee, says:
Representative A. A. F. Seawell*
ithor of the banking legislation of j
e 1931 general assembly, was to-J
iy appointed assistant attorney gen- j
al to succeed Frank Nash, who be- i
mes, July 1, clerk of the Supreme j
>urt. j
Mr. Seawell accepts the place which
younger colleague, R. G. Cherry, j
id co-laborer in banking legislation,
•dined a few days ago. The Lee
mnty member, who led one of the
emendous frights of the late gen
al assembly, had many of the same
:asons for refusing that were offer- \
i by Mr. Cherry. But he takes a
ace which everyoody connected with
le administration wished him to
scept.
It is not one of the biggest salaries
aid by the state, but it is $4,500 ber
>re the state taps it for the 10 per
snt cut and it is one of the most im- ;
ortant legal positions which the
tate has. The new assistant attor
ey general,* exactly as his predeees
or, Mr. Nash, will have the infinite
espect of the men who practice be
ore wic oupxcmc tuun. (
iwyer will come to Raleigh to argue i
he “state out cf a case in April.
Mi.' Seawell is 67 years old, looks'
7 and feels 27. In the general as- j
embly of master minds nobody ^pre- j
ended that there was one superior j
o .Jiis -*'v*a*fc*
alisterings taken by any member of]
;he assembly were given by Mr. Sea- j
veil. He has such a gentle, not to !
>ay sweet voice that members who j
received his seldom fire could not be- I
ieve that it came from the red head
)f Sanford. He hvas a torrent in the
iebate on the banking bill, and when
fie thought the preachers were en
tirely to belligerent on a divorce bill
he laid out a Christian clergy in the '
one classic deliverence 1 of this as
sembly.
The" school teachers found in him
a champion whose sizzling sentences
shamed many a backhomer imagin
ing that his constituents were rev
eling in his assaults cn “the ex
travagance of the schools.” No man
who stood up and contended for these
slashes was happy after he did it
if Seawell heard him and he heard
Seawell. The new assistant attorney
general is an undisputed progressive
No body ever had any trouble find- -
ing out* what he thought on any
subject.
He has had quite a distinguished
legislative career and he never was
in a general assembly in which he
did njbt win the right to be consider
ed a leader. He was a power in the
assembly of 1915 and after the long
lapse he came back to do a better,
job than he did then. i
Mr. SeawelFs. appointment by At
torney General Dennis G. Brummitt
will prove to have been perfectly to
the liking of Givernor Gardner. No
man in the assembly pleased his ex
cellency more, but the selection is
made by the head of the legal depart
ment of the state. 1
HEALTH CONTEST j
WON BY MISS COX
Miss Pauline Cox Wins First
Prize In Health Contest; J
Miss Lasater Second. 1
The Home Demonstration Agent
held a health contest at her office
on Saturday, June 6, for 4-H Club
girls in Lee county. The prelimin
ary contests had been held in the lo
cal clubs early in the spring. |.
A score card, furnished by the Lx
tension department of State College,
was Used to judge the eight girls who
were in the county contest. A care*
ful examination of the health of each
girl, as revealed by her physical con
dition was made. Since the external I
signs of health had been made by >
the agent in the community health
contest, it was necessary to have the
services of a physcician. Dr. J. F.
Foster kindly gave his services to find
the healthiest girl in I^ee county, j
There was difficulty in finding the t
best since those who came were such
fine specimens of health. They had
been picked from a large number.
First the eight candidates were
narrowed ddwn to three by Dr. Fos
ter. Then these three were given more
Jonesboro, and daughter of Mr. T.
M. Cox, won first place; Mary Fran
ces Lasater, of Broadway, daughter or .
Mr. W. B. Lasater, was second; and
Ruth Barber, Rt. 1, Sanford, daugh-j
ter of Mr. H. W. Barber, was third.
The other girls in the county try-out;
were: Alma Sloan, Rt. 2, Sanford;
Alice Lee Lambeth, Rt. 4, Jonesboro;
Esther Smith, Lemon Springs; Naomi
Dawkins, Rt. 5, Sanford; and Bea
trice Godfrey, Rt. 5, Sanford.
On June 12th there will be a dis
trict health contest at Fayetteville.
The Home Demonstration Agent will
enter Lee County’s healthiest girl in
that contest.
(HIP FIRST DEWBERRIES
What many people believe a re
ord price paid for dewberries was
hat commanded on the., Northern
markets la# week fbr the first
hipment of the season of this de
ectable product, according to in
ormation reaching here from Cam
Ctpi, the World’s dewberry capi
tal The firsh shipment dispatch
d to the market via express,
rrought 35 cents a quart or $11.20
l crate, it was reported. 3hip
nents that were made the first of
his week brought $5.00 a crate.
Hiese are usually good prices and
should the crop sell at $5.00 per
rate it will put a good lot of
money in circulation in the berry
>elt.
Dewberry prices as much so as
leach prices or that of any other
rommodity, it may be... reasoned,
ire subject to the inexorable law
if supply and demand. When there
s only a limited supply of the de
ightful berry the whole world
tteius to be on the market for
hera—and the prices soar to the
ikies. When there is a large crop
well it’s a different story. This
year, judging from the handsome
nice paid for the first shipment,
the berry must be rather scarce;
twit scarce or what not, no price
the dewberry growers may receive
can be too large, for they, like the
cotton and tobacco farmers, have
liad their lean years and need
every dollar that is coming to
them. There will be feverish ac
tivity in the community about
Cameron for the next ten days or
two weeks. Every hbur of day
light will be utilized, and in cast
there is no moonlight, some no
doubt will pick their berries by
lantern-light. But there will be a
rush in gathering, packing, and
shipping the crop in order to take
shipping at the high market
prices.
WEEKLY KIWANIS i
' MEETING IS GELD
as Will Hold Next M6et-]
ireenwoociL^onsoli
dated School,
“The Kiwanis Club held i
weekly meeting at the C
Lei last Friday night and i.
attendance. Following w.
tors: Misses Kitty and
Makepeace, Anna Rogers a..
regular
.a Ho
- a good
e visi I
_ .arlotte
* ranees
King-, who recently return .a hjme
from their college work.
A music program was put on with
Miss Louise futrell at the piano.
Miss Futrell was given a risfing vote ,
of thanks for the splendid service she ;
has rendered as director of music in
the club during the school year. She
will not be with the club during the i
summer months as she has returned
to her home at Scotland Neck for the (
summer vacation. At the conclusion
of luncheon President J. A. Overton
turned the meeting over to E. Frank
Andrews, chairman of the program
committee. Stacy W. Allen, who re- •
cently moved from Raleigh to San-!
ford,* was initiated as a new member
in the club. He was given instruc
tions as to how to become a good Ki
wanian by H. C. Renegar. The club’s
famous quartette, sextet as it may:
be called, rendered some popular
music, assisted by the Misses Make-1
peace, King and Rogers.
Dr. Way Ion Blue, of Jonesboro,
and W. E. Horner, new members, en
tertained the club with a brief his
tory of their lives. In telling of the
high spots in their lives they furnish-1
ed much amusement for the club, j
Gilliam Anderson told of his trip to |
Miami, Fla., as a delegate from the
club to the annual convention of Ki
wanis International- Perhaps he did
not tell all that he took part in while
on the trip. I
It was announced that the club
Would hold its next meeting with the
farmers of the Lemon Springs section 1
at the Greenwood consolidated school!
Friday evening.* It is urged by Pre- j
sident Overton that a full member-1
ship of the club attend this meeting!
and do everything possible to make
the occasion pleasant for the farmer
guests. Two very successful meet
ings were held with the farmers last!
summer, one at the Worthy fish pond
and the other at Broadway. It is
hoped to have a speaker from State
College address the meeting. i
TEAGUE SPEAKER |
CLASS REUNION
D. B. Teague, Sanford attorney, a
member of the class of 1910, Univer
sity of North Carolina, was among
the familiar scenes of his academic
days Tuesday. His class along with
eleven other classes gathered for a
reunion and a swapping of reminisr
censes. As a member of the class of
1910^—one of the famous classes of
the University and of which some of •
the State’s most distinguished lead-1
ers were members—the Sanford man j
was chosen president. |
Spokesmen for other reunion classes <
who recited a great mass of facts j
and figures about the old days in 1
Chapel Hill, were Judge Sheppard
Bryan, Atlanta, class 1891; George!
H. Crowell ftnd S. L. Davis,, High
Point, class 1892; Judge J. Crawford I
Biggs, Raleigh, 1983; Jesse Oldham, i
Charlotte, 1894; Dr. J. G. Murphy,
Wilmington, 1901; Judge W. C. Har
ris, Raleigh and Major John A. Par
ker, Charlotte, 1906; D. B. Teague,
Sanford, 1910; Archie Dees, Golds
boro, 1911; John C. Lockhart, Ra
leigh, 1912; Rev. W. L. Rights, Win
ston-Salem, 1913, and John A. Lang,
Carthage, 1930.
UBLIC SCHOOL
CHANGES LIKELY
IT NOW APPEARS
ost of Supplies, Including: Coal, -
Gas and Oil Will be Bought
By State.
0 WORK SCHOOL ROADS
ctual Details in Many Instances
Are Yet To Be Worked
Out.
About the most definite informa- ;ir
>n secured from the meeting of the ' -
»ard of equiiization and other State
ficials with Superintendent A. T.
lien at Raleigh last Thursday, was
at the county board of education .
ill hold up on buying in preparation
r the next school year until it is
irther instructed by State authori
2S. . ,
It was clearly indicated there, it *
stated, that the state purchasing
rency will probably buy all coal
imed to heat public school buildings,
asoline and ihotor oil will also proh- ,
)ly be bought in cooperation with
ie state highway commission at
holesalersl prices and be charged
gainst school funds allotted by the ^
ate to each of the counties. School
ucks will also probably be purchasr
1 by a state agency.
The superintendents were request
1 by Chairman E. B. Jeffress of the
ate highway commission to pre
ire at once a list of the roads in
leir counties used as school bus
lutes and furnish these to the com
ission. He assured them that state
,ad forces would bend every effort
iward putting the truck routes in the
■st possible condition by the opening
: school in the fall. This is another
anned economy for school operation,
lasmuch as good county public roads
ill do much toward cutting down ex
mse of school transportation.
District or County?
Organization 01 tne scnooi sjaKin
nder state operation is yet to be
urked out in many of; its details,
he state board oi equilization is
iven great power and much respon
ibility far making the plan a success.
Whether the schools will be run on the
resent district basis the next year
r whether they will be strictly on a
ounty-wide basis, insofar as the al
otment of teachers in regard to.pu
>il load, is not yet determined. “*■
There was noted an * "
stat
whole, particularly as regards all
rural schols. This would make a dif
ference in this county as it would re
mit in a reduction in the number of
ligh school teachers and an increase
n the number of elementary teachers
vith a net increase for both of just
i few. If the present district plan of
illotting teachers according to pupil
oad is followed the result will fall
lifferently. To rearrange on the
:ounty-wide basis now would be a big
ob.
Transportation.
Tne board of equilizarion will have
;o 'digest much information from the
several counties before it reaches a
oasis on which it will allot the coat
jf truck transportation per pupil,
rhis will largely be allotted, if is ex
>r-cted, on the basis of the cost per f
oupil for the past six or eight months,
rot to exceed $8 for the six months
;erm for each pupil.
No Court Disputes
Forms for the preparation of county
school budgets will be printed at Ra
eigh and distributed to the county
rnd city boards as rapidly as possible
and it is expected that these will all
oe in hand by or before July 1; so
that budgets can be adopted about the
First of August, two months later
than the usual date.
It was indicated that the relations
be .'ween charter schools and other
public schools may be considerably
affected when the final plans of cpera
tion are worked out.
The forecasted cut of ten per cent
in teachers salaries seems likely to be
carried into effect. But the fixing
of the teacher load, which might hold
as many teachers in place as now
employed, or which might throw more
than three thousand out of employ
ment, is still undetermined by the
board of equilization. This board is
composed of eleven men, one from
each congressional district under the
new redistricting.
Real Details Unknown.
The conference at Raleigh brought
out many things, but the real details
that will control school operations
next school year are yet to be offi
cially determined and pronounced.
Enough was learned to enable county
superintendents and county boards to
go ahead with much work preliminary
to their final budgets.
Whether a city school system the
size of Sanford will be entitled to
even one non-teaching supervisory
principal in addition to the superin
tendent is a matter yet in doubt.
Whether the high school and Mclver
school are all considered as one sys
tem, instead of two related systems,
may determine this.
SANFORD JUNIORS MEET
WITH DEEP RIVER COUNCIL
A number of members of Sanford
Council No. Ill Jr. 0. U. A. M. at
tended the meeting of the 17th Dis
trict which was held with Deep River
Council No. 306, at High Falls, Satur
day, June 6. This district is com
posed of Lee, Moore and Montgomery
counties. Among the Sanford Juniora
attending this meeting were: R. W. .
Vick, j. E„ Way, J. J. Hurley, J.' G. '
Formy-Duval,* J. H. Fields, T. L.
Riddle and H. M. Medlin. That night
at 8 o'clock R. W. Vick addressed a_
public meeting in the school audi
torium. —
E. L. Gavin was unanimously re
commended by the 17th district for
State Vice Councilor. T. L. Riddle
was elected District Deputy of the
17th District. The next District v
meeting will be held with Broadway
Council No. 266, at Broadway, in the
fall, the date to be announced later*