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JOINT MEETING
OF KIWANIS AND
FARMERS IS HELD
Lemon Springs Woman’s Club
Serves Picnic Dinner To
Farmers and Kiwanians.
MANN DELIVERS ADDRESS
Speaker Tells Audience That
Farming May Be Marie A
Profitable Vocation.
Since the Sanford Kfwanis Club was
organized more than five years ago it
has held meetings with farmers in
the county and served dinner by three
women’s clubs, which are among the
16 dubs organized by Miss Cornelia
Simpson since She became home de
monstration agent of the county. All
these meetings with the farmers and
their wives were greatly enjoy.d by
every Kiwanian who had the oppor
tunity to attend, none more than the
meeting which was ladd at the Green
wood school at Lemon Springs last
Friday evening. All seemed to enter
into tne spirit of the thing with great
enthusiasm and returned home feeling
that it was good to be there. No
trouble to get a good attendance of
the club when it Is announced that
it is ho meet with the farmers and
their wives at some place in the coun
ty. They are ready to break business
engagements and forgo other plea
sures in order to attend. The fann
ers and their wives and daughters
seemed to enjoy the occasion about as
much as the members of the club. It
kas the general opinion among the
members of the club that they had
never been invited to a more sumptu
ous picnic dim.Gr. Many returned to
the table for the fourth and fifth
helping and still the table was load
ed when they quit for lack of room
to deposit more. Here are the nan-'-s
-of the members of the club and others
who prepared and served this feast:
Mrs J. C. Watson, Miss Addle Mat
hews, Miss Sadie Matthews, Mrs.
John T. Hancock, Mrs. J. C. Hale,
Mrs. L. J. Seawell, Mrs. J. W. Willett,
Miss Myrtle Todd, Mrs. T. M. Cox,
Mrs. Jack Matthews, Mrsi L. J. Grif
tin, Mrs. M. v. seawn, Mrs. 1. J. mc
Neill, Mrs. T. M. Perry, Mrs. Lacy
Smith> Mrs. W. D. McGilvary, Mrs.
W. E. Thomas, Mrs. E. H. Wilson,
Mrs. F. C. Wilson, Mrs. P. H. Kim
ball, Mrs. R. E. Smith, Mrs. T. A. Yow,
Mrs. J. F. Saunders, Mrs. T. F. Mat
tnews, Mrs. R. E. Bennett, Miss Kate
Shaw, Miss Mattie Yow. '
Following are officers of the club:
Mns. I. J. McNeill, secretary; Mrs. J.
L. Griffin, food leader; MrE*. J. Mc
Neill, garden leader.
JStSSite'iKESSPigt
and the farmer guests engaged in
such athletic contests as tug-of-war,
old fashioned bull pen, that reminded
the okLr people of their school days,
throwing horse shoes and archery.
The announcement that dinner 'was
ready fell upon willing ears, Wl.'.n
all had satisfied their appetites the
members of the club and farmers
took seats W front of the school build
ing in the open and President J. A.
Overton called the club to order and
tuAed the meeting over to E. Frank
Andrews, chairman of the program
committee, who had charge of the
program of the evening. After _ a
song or two Chairman Andrews in
troduced G. M. Mann, secretary and
treasurer of the North Carolina Cot
ton Growers Co-operative Association,
the speaker of the evening. Compli
ments were exchanged by Mr. An
drews and Mr. Mann, who knew each
other in the banking business at Tar
Doro a J-ew yetiio
At the invitation of the club the
ladies joined the men and heard Mr.
Mann’s speech which was bas^d on
the kind of education that would be
an inducement for the boys and girls
to stay on the farm after finishing
their work at the schools and col
leges. The ladies ^wei'e introduced by
Mrs. J. C. Watson as they came for
ward and took seats. Mr. Mann em
phasized the ’ importance of making
farm life so attractive that the young
people would want to return to the
farm after securing their education.
The speaker said that permanent pros
perity must come through an eduea
ted citizenship. He lamented the
fact that out of a class of 223 young
men who graduated at State College,
Raleigh, this year only 16 indicated
their intention of engaging in agri
cultural pursuits. 43 others express
ed their intention of engaging in some
phases of agricultural work, making
■ a total of 68. In speaking of co
operation the speaker said that all
must think individually, but act col
lectively. Said he “more boys must
engage in farming so as to compete
with others who engage in other pur
suits.” Fifty years ago Henry Grady
laid down a principle that if carried
out would make a success of agri
culture.
The speaker asked the question,
“Can farming be made profitable,"
and answered the question by citing
an instance where farraig had been
made profitable by wise management.
He stated that high prices of cotton
and tobacco would not mean perman
ent prosperity among the farmers as
we had high prices of these products
following the World War. He pre
dicted that agriculture would be al
most lost unless, there is a change in
the method of farming.
Mr. Mann spoke of the work of the
Co-operative Association and stated
that the Federal Board'was to some
extent responsible for the low price
of Cotton. He emphasized the’import
ance of producing a better grade of
cotton so as to com'mand a better
market price. He pictured the ideal
home life on the farm and saw in it
°a help in the solution of the farm
problem. Mr. Mann appealed to the
Kiwanis and other service clubs to
use every means at their command
to restore agriculture to its proper
place in the activities of the country.
He thought they could do a great
work along this line. He also saw
. an opportunity for the farm and home
demonstration agents in the several
counties of the State to do a great
work along thialine. ' j
COUNTY EQUALIZATION BOARD
IS MAKING LAND VALUATIONS
A DISCRIMINATING DOG
A. E. Bridges, who opera
tes the Sanford Dairy, has
a collie dog which he has
trained to drive up the cat
tle for milking in the even
ing. He is a dog of a dis
criminating nature and
knows how to separate the
wet from the dry cows, leav
ing the dry cows in the pas
ture and driving the wet
cows up for milking.
Mr. Bridges highly prizes
this dog and says he would
not take a round hundred
dollars for him even though
he needs the money to tide
him through depression.
FREE TREATMENT
FOR DISEASES
Lee Comity Offering Protection
Against Typhoid Fever
Diphtheria.
Lee county, in cooperation with the
North Carolina State Board of
Health, is offering protection by free
vaccination against typhoid fever and
diphtheria to every man, woman and
child, both white and black, in the
county. Since vaccination for these
two diseases has been the n .earis of
reducing the number of deaths and
cases for the last eleven years, ^very
one is strongly urged to take it.
■in 1930 3,248 people in North Caro
lina had diphtheria, and 253 died.
Eighty-three per cent of those who
had diphtheria and those Who died of
diphtheria were under six years of
age. A great part of the expense of
sickness and death of these children
could have been prvented by diphther
ia toxin anti-toxin.
Every child between the ages of
six months and ten years should take
diphtheria toxin anti-toxin. It has
been shown, by careful records that
three doses will immunize eighty-five
per cent of children treated.
Three treatments, of diphtheria
toxin anti-toxin or typhoid vaccine
are necessary. Each is harmless,
practically a certain preventive, and
almost painless. Neither cause any
sore.
Bring the whole family to the
nearest dispensary point. Remember!
We wish to improve the health and
save the lives of white and black, old
and young, rich and poor, you and the
other fellow.
Vaccination will be given at the
following places:
Mondays, June 29, July 6, 13, 20:
Paschals, 2 P. M. to 3 P. M.; New
Hope, 3:10 P. M. to 4 P. M.; Under
woods, 4:10 P. M. to 4:40 P. M.; Big
Springs, 5 P. M. to 6 P. M. , „ ,
Tuesdays, June 30, July 7, 14, 21:
Deep River School, 2 P. M. to 4 P. M.;
iSeawell Siding, 4:15 P. M. to 5 P. M.;
Rosser Siding, 5 P. M. to 5:45 P. M.
Wednesdays, July 1, 8,-15, 22:
Poplar Springs, 1:30 P. M. to 1P.M.;
Salem, 2:15 P. M. to 3:30 P. M.;
Broadway, 3:45 P. M. to 6 P. M.
Thursdays, July 2, 9, 16, 23:
Lemon Springs, 2 P. M. to 4:30 P. M.;
Swanns, 4:46 P. M. to 5:45 P. M.
Fridays, July 3, 10, 17, 24: Jones
boro, 2 P. M. to 5:30 P. M.
Saturdays, July 4, 11, 18, 25:
Sanford, 1:30 P. M. to 6 P. M. Town
Hall.
POULTRY SALE
FOR WEDNESDAY
Prices For Lee County Poultry
Will Range From 8 to 16
Cents A Pound.
The June cooperative poultry sale
will be held in Sanford on Saturday,
June 20th. This sale has been closed
with the G. S. Miles Poultry Company
of Grensboro. This company will
have a big truck and coops to receive
the poultry at Palmer and Reeves’
stable on Endor Street.
Heavy Hens will sell for 16c a
pound, Leghorn hens 13c, roosters 8c,
and broilers of the heavy breeds 2
1-4 pounds and up 24c. Do not bring
small broilers to the sale for they
are not wanted at any price. It will
pay to keep the small ones and feed
them until they will weigh 2 1-2
pounds or more, for they will make
gains much cheaper after they have
attained a weight of 1 1-2 pounds
than they did before reaching that
Weight.
Eggs will be bought at the market
price on that day. The egg market
is stronger and we are expecting a
better price than we havo had in sev
eral months.
Poultry prices are lower than they
have been in a number of years, but
they are not any Jower in proportion
than other farm commodities, and
not as low as some. This will be a
good time to sell surplus old hens
pnd -culls, but the flock should not he
sold down too low for egg prices
should continue to improve.
E. ,0. McMahan, County Agent.
WARN NIGHT LOITERERS
In an effort to break up
the “night life” of the town
the Board of Aledmen have
passed ordinances prohibit
ing jitneys from being on
streets after 11:30 and pro
hibiting loafing after this
hour. Several arrests have
already been made and the
Mayor states that condi- *
tions are much better but
that he will not let up in en
forcing the law and, “I don’t]
mean maybe,” he added. '
COMPLAINTS OF
TAX PAYERS ARE
GIVEN HEARING
County Commissioners, Sitting
As Equilization Board, Holds
Daily Hearings.
WILL SIT FOR TEN DAYS
The, County Commissioners sitting
as an Equalization Board has been
busy since the first of the week at
the court house bearing complaints
from the tax payers of the various
sections of the county on the valua
tions of real estate. The board holds
daily sessions -and during the ten
days that it is to meet, it will give
the citizens of every township in the
county an opportunity to be heard.
Register of Deeds McIntosh who is
acting with the board informs The
Express that the complaints on high
validation of land are not as great
as he expected they would be. He
says the complaints are two thirds
under what be thought they would be.
The farmers are very busy in their
crops and no doubt feel that there
would be very little change in the
valuation even if they were to quit
their work and go to the court house
and make complaint. A fixed amount
of taxes must be raised and should
the valuation of land be lowered the
tax rates would have to be raised
Hearings have been held for four of
the seven townships, and land owners
of Pocket tdwnship will be heard
Friday and East and West Sanford
townships on Monday and Tuesday.
HOLD YOUTH FOR
JUVENILE COURT
Coroner’s Jury Holds 11-Year
Old Negro Youth Responsible
For Grandfather’s
* Death.
That Jeff Judd, sixty-year-old col
ored farmer, came to his death as a
result of a rifle shot fired by Erlan
Gilmore, eleven-year-old grandson of
the deceased, Was the finding of the
coroner’s jury which arrived at a
verdict yesterday morning. The jury
recommended that the youth be held
for the juvenile court.
Judd, who succumbed Monday even
May 23. The wound sustained from
the shot became infected and his
death, Dr. Hayden Lutterloh, the at
tending physician, advised was im
mediately duetto septicemia. If he,
kndw his assailant he did not in any
statement, according to those attend
ing him in his last illness, disclose his
identity.
There was a moment of stillness in
the City Hall in which the. inquest
was held when the negro youth tear
fully admitted to the coroner: -I shot
him because he was trying! to beat
mama over the head with his black
jack.”
The investigation disclosed that
Judd and his wife, Mittie, had been
estranged for some weeks prior to the
ghooting and that the former had been
making his home in a barn ( a short
distance from where his wije lived.
On that day, it was testified, the de
ceased Went to his daughter’s home,
a few hundred yards from the barn,
in a drunken condition and tried to
create a disturbance. A black jack
with which Judd is said to have lung
ed at members of the horn-hold, in
cluding his wife, Mittie, who 'was also
there, was produced at the inquest. A
general family brawl is reported to
haw ensued in the course of which
Judd pinned his wife, daughter and
son-in-law, George Gilmore, on a bed.
It was during the tussle on the bed
that Judd suddenly released hold, ex
caiming, “I’m shot.”
Mary Madison, kinswoman of the
Judd family, and Charlie Tally, white
man living in the neighborhood, testi
fied they saw Erlan Gilmore place
his 22-rifle at the window of the
room in which the brawl was taking
place and fire it.
George Gilmore, father of the
youth, was arrested When it became
known that a 32 caliber pistol be
longing to him had disappeared along
with the rifle following the shooting
but was released when the bullet
found imbedded in the dead man’s
arm turned out to be of 22-caliber.
The Judds live on the pumping
station road about a mile and a half
northeast of the city.
FIRE DESTROYS
BARN NEAR HERE
W. T. Phillips. Prominent Lee
Fanner Sustains Great Loss
When Barn and Contents Are
s Eaten By Flames.
iFire originating from a bolt of
lightning which struck the W. T. Phil
lips bam on Sanford route 1, during
the terriff'c thunderstorm which
swept through that section late Tues
day night, leveled the barn to ashes,
burnt one mule, housed in the bam,
to a crisp, destroyed a crop of oats
Just harvested the day before, causing
a loss of hundreds of dollar^ to the
unfortunate farmer.
Mr. Phillips, who was in bed sick,
and his family were powerless to com
bat tht: angry flames which, following
the long drouth, leaped through the
bam as though they were feeding
upon a powder arsenal.
Two mules, one burnt to death and
the other perhaps permanently » !n
iured, a ttvo-horse wagon, (five sacks
of fertiliser, a crop of bats unloaded
into the barn during the day and
numerous farm implements were lost.
No insurance, it is beamed, was car
ried upon the bam and Its contents.
WOULD M
Dispatches
The name of
ers Seawell, 67
tomey, who was
to succeed Fra»
attorney gUiera:
mentioned aS £
Attorney Genen
mitt in 1932. 1
an accepted fact
tomey Uvnerai %
governor in 19®
has brought on
to whom shall
maries two year
Mr. Brmnmitt w
Wade H. Luca
leieh Evening Ti
into the limeiigfi
men 'whom he <
candidates for t
ship. TiAee an
veteran legislati
tomey general, c
nett; and Keni.vA
from Wayne feat
well is by far tfc
would, if engaged
perhaps be the
Moreover, adds tl
perman, he is 8
whom such an offi
he is mentioned wi
The local man,
terms in the .low.
of the General A
a leading part. in.
which he was a m
ber of thu body 1
ioumed he was ra
Four.” He was g
forces in the legi
ed banking refon
l.M'was author of i
ing law which to
vision over the 3t
SLL
STATE
IN 1932
Probable Sue
JBinitt In
twins For
GOOD RACE
gSfawell, Bag-'
tikely Con
' Place. I
i Ashley Flow
fold Sanford at
jfeweek appointed
ish as assistant
( ,Mng generally
successor to
nig G. 13 rum
■ now very nearly
|the present At
VA-candidate for
Ttfcis, of course,
i speculation a§
~i in the pri
i for the piace
citing in the Ra
fc Monday, brought
i names of three
as potential
<omey general
A. F. Seawell,
assistant at
I city; John Rob
quently served
bly from Har
[ Roy all, senator
Of these Sex
ist known and
political combat,
fest formidable.
£ltalvigh newspa
|ype of man to
Is that for which
[have an appeal.
BO has . rved six
and upp<-r houses
ginbly. has taken
• legislature in
el\ As a mem
|ch recently ad
fSfnong the “Big
ftralissimo of the
jfcure who espous
' nd in this role
feew State bank
[terred the super
banks from the
V UI }M)< <1 UUil
created Ba
masterful h^nd
legislation, partici
a progressi.'j
Suave, caut
year-old vep
General
MUll UJ <x ncwiy
jwnmission. His
* seen in othei
jiy that to whicl
tight be attached
|ignified*-;the 67
r $ny sessions o
famniar with legisqRtate and com
room procedure aver, can, if stirre
up, wield the oratorical bludgeon moi
fearlessly—and with greater effect
< Mr. Sea well is nearing his thrc
score and ten, the span allotted 1
man, yet he is possessed of youthfi
virility ai}d ^armfrak^hich may, as i
the case of Clemencehu and Bismai
who succeeded to political Ivadershi
in their respective countries at muc
more advanced ages, carry him fa
Were he twenty yaars younger 1
would be in direct line to gubernato:
ial accession, and that, at his presei
age, is n,ot a remote possibility.
If Mr. Seawall wants the attorne
generalship nothing, it is believed, ca
prevent him from getting the offic
in case Mr. Brummitt vacates—n<
even Mr. Baggett or Mr. Royall, a
though they aAi fine men and ai
possessed of loyal followers. ^ Safe!
installed in his office, Seawe
‘would, with the West taking the g<
vernorship in 1936, be hardly in lir
for the e:Acutive office before 194
and he would then he 76—an advan<
ed age, some might say, for harbo
ing so ambitious a program—y<
stranger things, as in the case (
Clemenceau, Bismark and others, ha\
happened. __
NOTICE
By ordinance of your Board of A
dermen weeds around your premise
must be cut and lets have a clea
0W11‘ W. R. WILLIAMS, Mayor.
CORPORATION COMMISSION WILL
HEAR A. & Y. PROPOSAL TUESDAY
Whether the Atlantic and Yad
kin Raiitvay Company which
operates trains between Sanford
and Mt. Airy will be allowed to
discontinue Passenger service
over their road, a step which the
management in a petition to the
Corporation Commission contends
is necessary if the other services
of the railroad are to continue
unimpaired, is a matter to be
heard before the Corporation
Commission next Tuesday. San
ford and other towns along the
railroad will, itjias been learned,
send delegations to Raleigh to
protest the elimination of the
passenger service when the hear
ing is held.
In a recent statement to the
public, Sydnor DeButts, general
manager of the A. & Y., said:
“Fifteen days from date of
this notice: (May 28, 1931) it is
the purpose of the' management
of the Atlantic and Yadkin Rail
way Company to petition the
North Carolina Corporation Com
mission for authority to discon
tinue all passenger service on its
line and thereafter operate the
Atlantic and Yadkin Railway as
an exclusive freight handling line.
“This move is made necessary
by continued falling of{ in pas
senger revenuios, our passenger
■ trains at the present time being
“MJbrated at a net loas in^S*«S
of two thousand dollars a month,
and some economies a:*c essen
tial if the road is to continue to
fuhetion and servacthe communi
ties through wmeh it passes.’
Previously, in an address be
fore a public gathering here, Mr.
E'-butts advised of his company s
intentions to petition the Corpora
tion Commission for permission
to discontinue the passenger
service, stating the service was no
longer essential to the people liv
ing along the line and very poor
ly patronized. The Rdilway Com
pany, he said, lost $45,000 in
1930 through operation of pas
senger service and $$7,000 in 1931
up to April 1.
Opposition to the proposed
move of the railroad is said to
be strong among local merchants
and the Merchants Association,
it was learned yesterday, will
send a delegation to Raleigh
Tuesday, at which time the hear
ing fs to be given, to strongly
protest against the railroad's pro
posal. About fifty merchants,
A. K. Miller, secretary of the
Merchants Association, said,
will compose the delegation.
K. R. Hoyle, local attorney, will
represent the merchants before
the Corporation Commission.
Fear that the elimination of the
passenger trains will react to the
detriment of the local express
and mail service is believed to
explain the attitude taken by the
local merchants organization.
STUDY SCHOOL PROBLEM
SCHOOL MEN TO
MAKE STUDY OF
NEW ROAD MAP
Results of Study Must Be Turn
ed Over To State Depart
ment of Education.
TO UTILIZE THE FINDINGS
Equilization Board May Either
Discontinue Or Consolidate
Schools.
Before the public school authorities
of Lee county will be able to kno*w
just how much of the $16,000,000 six
months school money they will be
able to get from the State they must
first fill out the preliminary organi- j
zation blanks sent them by the depart- ^
ment of education in Raleigh. On
these blanks our county superintend
ent must first show the number of
schools in the county, the number of
pupils enrolled and the average daily
attendance in each school as well as
the number of teachers in each
school. The superintendent is also
asked to attach a map of the county
road system, showing the location of
each school in the county, the type
of highway each is on, and the dis
tance to the other schools . of the
county.
This map is going to be an impor
tant adjunct to the organization re
port, since it will enable the Board
of Equalization to decide on whether
or not certain schools shall be con
tinued or whether they shall be con
solidated with other schools, for un
der the present law the board has
authority to discontinue schools and
consolidate them with others wherever
this is found to be more economical.
For instance, if the board finds a
three teacher school operating six
miles from one consolidated school
and eight miles from another, and
that the pupils in this school can be
taken care of by dividing them up be
tween these other two schools with
the addition of only one more teacher
to one of these schools it *will be un
doubtedly be more economical to dis
continue the small school and this
will doubtless be done by the State.
THIEVES ENTER
SERVICE STATION
it To_0®en Safi
Cafe.
Gaining entrance into the office o
th^.Bobby Bums Service Station som
time between 11 P. M. Saturday am
5:30 o’clock Sunday morning by sever
ing with a hack saw the iron bar
fvhich guarded the window, someon
rifled the cash drawer of a few dol
lars and with a sMge hammer mad
an unsuccessful attempt to break iri
to the safe in which the firm’s Sat
urday receipts and office record
were kept.
The combination and handles wer
beaten off as the looting party trre<
to break open thv safe with a heav;
sledge hammer. Upon failure to gai
entrance to the safe the thief the:
' picked up a heavy tire tool and thrus
e his way through the partition whicl
y separates the Bobby Bums Servic
^ Station from the Bobby Burns Cafe
Once in the cafe he proceeded to loo
e a penny slot machine of its contents
0 the cash drawer of several dollars i
small change and also made way wit!
’■ a quantity of cigarettes and cigars.
:t The police were called early Sun
f day morning bv Hugh Perry wdv
e ijound the two places in a helter skel
■ ter condition when hv arrived to
I gin work. As yet nothing leading t<
: the apprehension of the guilty part:
or parties has developed.
■ I The Bobbv Bums Service Station i:
s owirod by Robert L. Bums while th<
n Bobbv Burns Cafe is operated b:
Theodore Barrow, Hotel Wilrik mana
ger.
LOOK OUT KINSTON!
Mrs. A. P.'King went to
the poultry yard a few days
ago and was attracted by
an unusually large egg. She
carried it to the house and
upon opening it found a
second egg. When she open
ed egg number two she was
astonished to find egg num
ber three. The three con
tained all the properties of
an egg and had shells. We
have heard of one in one
before, but not two in one.
Until some one reports a
, combination of four eggs
The Express shall contend
that this hen has all other
hens in the State stood when
it comes to a combination
of eggs.
WHISKEY CASES
OVERRUN COURT
Whole Day Is Taken Up In Trial
Of Prohibition Violations
and. Other Petty Cases.
Violations of the prohibition law,
cursing: on the public highways, tot
ing pistols and prostitution were some
of tne numerous charges directed
against defendants in Judge Tom
McPherson’s County Court Tuesday.
These and other minor cases took up
the entire day.
Ellen Mclver, grey-haired negress
of three score yvars, was charged
with operating a bafwdy house in San
ford’s colored sector. Bessie Chand
ler, giving her home as Yonkers, N.
Y., and five other colored girls v.\ re
charged with being inmates of the
brothel. The warrant was sworn by
a colored man who insisted he had
been rifled of a sum of money whik
on a debauch at Ellen’s rooming
house. The Mclver negress denied
the charges stating tbat while a num
ber of colored girls made their home
at her rooming house there was not,
so far as she knew, any p. i stjtution
going on. The girls, she si d, earned
their living by taking in v. ash and
laundering. The Chandler g. 1, a mu
latto, also denied the implications of
the prosecution. The case was con
tinued.
Bernice Cox, charged with cursing
on a public highway and possession of
; liquor, was given tnree months on the
roads and a $25 fine on t’ • former
ers were empowered wit
to hire out the defendant
F Lonnie Douglas, Ham
» white man, was sentence<
j days on the roads upon coi
county
o sixtv
• •tion of
a bad check charge. £te to. k an ap
' peal and was released on a $100 bond.
5 The Harnett county man, it was said,
passed a worthless check of $5 on the
Progressive store in Jonesboro. When
? informed by tb? manager of the store
that this check had been returi - <1 he
' produced a check for $10 which he
; said had been given him by a friend
and with this piece of ne
| gotiable paper took up the
* returned check receiving the
difference in cash. Later the $10
1 check was returned by the bank. The
1 friend from whom the defendant had
: gotten the $10 check, it now develops,
1 left the State several days ago.
‘ Sheriff Paul Watson, ‘with the na
* tural hunch that leads him into the
- denziens of law violators, paid a
■ visit to the shoe shop in “Darktown,”
1 operated by Robert Wingate. The
l' Sheriff’s well-known instinct for •un
covering the doings of the lawless
<vas at work. He espied a trunk in
* the cobbler’s shop. Something told
him there might be “a nigger con
cealed in the w'oodpile.” At any rate
the entemrising deputy opened the
chest. What be found confirmed his
hunch. In the trunk there was a
: gallon and a half of Lee county com.
Wingate drew four months on the
roads.
Laylor Waddell at whose home 5
gallons of whiskey and 21 gallons of
home brew' w’as found recently receiv
• d a two years suspended sentence
and was find $25 and costs.
FATHER’S DAY AT
LOCAL CHURCH
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Interesting Program To Be Put
On By Ladies Of Christian
j Church Sunday Morning.
J The ladies of tl.'u Christian church
will put on a Father’s Day program
at tire church Sunday morning, June
21st, at 11 o’clock. The men of the
, church put on a very successful pro
1 gram for Mother’s Day. The pro
gram was presented to a large congre
gation. The ladies of the church are
working hard to make the Father’s
Day program equally as successful.
They expect to have something worth
while. The public is invited to at
tend and witness the exereises. Fol
lowing is the program:
Song—Congregation.
Scripture—Mrs. A. T. Hight.
Prayer—Mildivd Buchanan.
Song—Frances Gunter.
Welcome Address—Sadie Gunter. -*
Origin of Father’s Day—Rebecca
I Wright.
A Tribute to Father—Girls.
Duet—Catherine Gunter, Elsie Mat
1 thewj.
Recitatfon-.Roberta Wright.
Reading—Mrs. Joe Watson.
Recitation—Annie Lee Parrish,
Solo.
A Poem To Father—Pau’ine Stout
Reading—Mrs. O. B. Portvr.
S-Choir. * _
tion—Mrs. C. C. Bridges.
1 A Talk—Mae Riggsbee.
What Father Has a Right to Expect
I Of Us.
The Bridge Builder—Catherine Lem
S«ng—Congregation.
SVHEELER TALKS
OF LEE COUNTY
SCHOOL MATTERS
School Superintendent Says May
Be Early Fall Before Out
come Is Known.
MUCH WORK LIES AHEAD
Definite Understanding Of Per
Capita School Cost and Tax
Yet Sought.
The new school law lately enacted
after months of wrangling in the
General Assembly and one that the
general public is not yet familiar with
has proven an occasion for serious
consideration among public school
officials. Just lately during an edu
cational conference in Raleigh for
superintendents and members of
school boards from all parts of the
State, Dr. A. T, Allen, State superin
tendent of public instruction, gave in
more or less detail, the provisions of
the new school law.
One point that is important is that
the State has taken over entire con
trol of the schools and that all schools
in the state will be on the same basis
in so far as the distributionu of money
is concerned and another is that there
is to be a 10 per cesf cut is the salar
ies of teachers to measure up to the
provisions of the Legislature. In
short, it is plain the teachers have to
contribute towards the financing of
the schools.
The suspense to the teachers dur
ing the months of adjustment is more
or less agonizing. There is not only
uncertainty as to the salary but no as
surance of a job for many teachers
It is believed that when all of th*e
wrinkles in the new school law are
ironed out things will again assume
normalcy ,and the teachers will come
into their rightful positions and be
more highly appreciat' d than now.
In an illuminating talk---before-the
Rotary Club Tuesday County and City
Superintendent of school, George
Wheeler said it might be Sept. 15
before we shall know what will be the
per capita cost of schools and tax rate
rate for schools in Lee county. Some
changes in the schools will be neces
sary on account* of the law. Thi^a
white and two-colored schools in the
county will be abolished as they did
not have attendance during the last
school year to justify their continu
ance, and the high school in Deep
River township may be discontinued.
The pupils from these schools will be
brought to Sanford or some other
jschool in the county. Mr. Wheeler
^safd • he did not see how room for
* tnem would be found in the Sanford
I schools. He thinks it will Lv neces
sary to put on six or eight additional
trucks to transport the school child
ren in the. county. The average per
capita cost of transporting children
to school in Lee county is a little less
than $8.00. In the .State it is $11.00.
Mr. Wheeler said he was afraid this
would operate against the schools in
county in the distribution of funds
by the State.
On Tuesday eftemoon Mr. Wheeler
went to Raleigh Where he has been in
conference with Superintendent Allen
and others in regard to school mat
ters.
TIME LIMIT FOR
VETS DRAWS NEAR
Those Seeking War Risk Insur
ance Must Bring Suits Be
fore July 3, Are Advised.
Veterans who wish to recover their
war risk insurance, by reason of dis
ability, aiv- reminded that time limit
is near.
The attention of World War Vete
rans is being called through the local
post of the American Legion, to the
fact that July 3rd is the last day on
which suits can be brought against
the Government to obtain the bene
fits of War Risk Insurance.
The commander of the local post
points out that under Section 19 of the
World War Veterans Act, it is pro
vided that, “In event of disagreement
, as to the claim under the contract be
I tVeen the Veterans Bureau and the
i beneficiary/’ action can be brought
I in Fvderal Court.
The commander of the local post
urges all veterans to review their
claims -or bring them to some of the
officials or members of the local post
who will be glad to go over their
claims and instruct them as to the
: necessary steps to be taken in order
to protect their rights*
The following regulation has been
made by the veterans Bureau for de
termining what constitutes total and
permanent disability, which is neces
sary for the recovery of War Risk
Insurance: “Any impairment of mind
; and body which ren&jrsiit impossible
for the disabled person tq follow con
tinuously, gainful occupation, shall
be deemed to be total disability.”
“Total disability shall be deemed to
be permanent whenever it is founded
upon conditions which render it rea
1 sonably certain that it will continue
through the life of the person suffer
ing from it.”
All veterans are who suf Jering from
a disability, are warned to review
1 their claims or consult some one else
| regarding same at once, as the above
date is tne dead line for the filing of
I suits for the recovery of War Risk
Insurance, and Congress may never
i extend this further.
SQUARE DANCE AT
SANFORD HOTEL
The Sanford Business an<^ Profes
sional Women’s Club announces a
Square Dance Tuesday night, June 23.
at the Sanford Hotel. A snappy I.ee
county string hand will furnish the
favored old time tunes to which the
| old and young alike will trip a fan
tastic step. The admission is only
fifty cents. Ladies free.
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