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FESTIVAL OPENS FRIDAY, COTTON STYLE SHOW TO BEGIN HERE TOMORROW Central Carolina Cotton Festival A Major Attraction This Week. _ CORONATION COTTON BALL The Central Carolina Cotton Festival, the purpose of which is to exploit the use of cotton products, and in the promotion of which the National Cotton ‘Textile Institute is cooperating, wiU open in the Temple Theatre tomorrow afternoon at 4 o’clock. Beginning at that hour at the Tem ple Theatre the showing of more than forty styles of beautiful cotton costumes, modelled on beautiful young ladies, including dresses, sports wear, pajamas, bathing suits and other apparel. No charge is to be made for admission into the show ana hundreds are expected to attend and take part in the selection of the Cot ton Queen, who will be crowned by King Cotton himself on a throne composed of bales of cotton construct ed in front of the Wilrik Hotel. The Queen will be attended by a court of beautiful young ladies dressed in cot ton dresses. ,, Following the coronation there will be a concert and festival, given in honor of the Cotton Queen, c cm posed of toe dancing, tap dancing, readings, quartets and other specialties, mak ing a full hour of- pleasing entertain ment. . . *-■ - lnimcuiaw* v ., — z, r i a grand march to the ball room of the Wilrik Hotel which will be decorated by the cotton producers of this sec tion. along: with a plentiful supply of electric fans to males for everyone s ' comfort. Dancing will be migaged Mi from 9:30 until 1:00 a. m. Mimic will be furnished by Elga and Her Melody Men, which presents Uie South’s only girl orchestra leader. A prize will be awarded to the young lady wearing the best home made cot ton costume on the ball room floor. The judges and chaperones will be composed of ladies of the _ Sanford Woman’s Club. The style show and Street festival will be tree to all. The dance will be $1.50 script. , ■ The prosperity of this and other sections of North Carolina and the South is largely dependent upon the Blea price of the fleecy staple.F.veiT* fnarketing of cotton and the purpose of this festival is to show the many Srofitable uses for which cotton may e used. In putting her best foot for ward for this occasion Sanford is lining up behind a movement the.mo mentum of which promises to attain national proportions. , This is expected to be one of the largest attended as well as one of the most enjoyable brents ever held in Sanford. BASEBALL TEAM Making record Sanford Team Has Copped Ten Out of 12 Games; Defeated j Erwin Yesterday. ; By defeating Erwin, yesterday ina grilling pitcher’s battle -that left .the j game anybody’s game until thefmal inning, the local semi-pro baseball team is. looming into prominence as a possible contender for State pion semi-pro honors. Yesterdays - game against the fast Erwununewas (won by a score of 2 to 1, A. r ogle man’s drive in the ninth inning bring ing in the run that was needed to win. It was a pitcher’s battle from start to finish betwvien Manager Ike Sadler, on the mound for the locals, and Tew, for Erwin. Each allowed seven hits. With this victory Sanford chalks mp 10 victories against but 2 defeats for a percentage of .833._ honor mr^wellbarb Honoring Mr. A. A. F. Seawell who was recently appointed 8?astentat tomey general, Mr. J, C. Pittman feted the former legislator and somw forty others, composed of members of the lee county bar and county offi cials 'with a barbecue' at lemon Springs last Thursday evening. *The guests were greeted by Mr. Pittman after which Clawson L. Wii liams, solicitor of the Fourth Judicial District, delivered a short address in which he expressed the high esteem ■ in which Mr. Seawell is held by fel low members of the bar and the citi sens of his home county. He express ed the regret of his people at losing him hut this, he said, would be partly compensated in knowledge of the fact that the State will profit at the ac quisition of the distinguished attor ne?n reply Mr. Seawell thanked the host for the enjoyable occasion that had been arranged in his honor and expressed his appreciation for the kind words of Mr. Williams. Following the talkB the guests were served delicious Lee county barbecue cooked over the coals. It was an oc casion very much enjoyed by all. ' • ICE CREAM SUPPER The ladies of St. Andrews church are giving an ice cream supper Fri day night to which the public is cor diallyinvited to attend. Proceeds vmm the supper will boosted to cover the expenses of the church’s dele —gates to the Young Peopl’S Confer ence at EJlon College. • _ TO HOLD CLINICS Beginning Monday, June 29, and continuing for four weeks, free ty phoid and diphtheria clinics will be held in Lee. The clinics are being held under the auspices of the ,9tato Board of Health and the county health officer. .These clinics will be held at 14 points -up appointed dates. A ROOSTER WITH THREE FEET AND 13 TOES Mr* D. McL. Holt, who is engaged in farming on Fed eral Highway No. 1 this side of Tramway, has a young rooster among his flock of I chickens that enjoys the 1 distinction of having three feet. The third, or extra ! foot,. has five toes on it, making 13 for the three feet. People who are super stitious about the number 13, may think it unfortu nate that this rooster, that is otherwise normal, will have to carry this unlucky number through life. KIWANIANS HOLD INTER-CLUB MEET Asheboro Club Guest of Sanford Club In An Interesting Meeting Friday. The Sanford and Asheboro Kiwanis clubs held an inter-club meeting at the Carolina Hotel last Friday even ing at 6:30, the latter club returning the visit the Sanford dub made some three weeks ago. The Asheboro club put on the program: At the conclu sion of dinner President J. A. Over toil called the meeting to order and welcomed the visiting club in a few appropriate words* President Henry Robbins responding |in behalf of his dub. m spoke of the delightful meeting ot the two clubs at Asheboro. The first thing on the program was a song facing th.e flag, with Miss Ethel Johnson, of the visiting club at the piano.- — - President Robbins turned the pro gram of the evening over to Secre tary Dan Burns, of the Asheboro club, who acted as chairman. Rev. Allen Brantley, pastor of the First Methodist church of Asheboro, made the first speech of the evening. He made a humorous talk on “Saying the right thing at the wrong time and the wrong thing at the right time.” He cleverly mixed up these' phrases in giving men’s experiences and in the final aualygis - emphasized the''im portance or (Swiperation in, the acti vities of life. ’All enjoyed the solo by Prof. Ralph Hilker, superintendent the accompaniment' bn the piano. Prof. Hilker has a splendid voice. A recitation' by Mr. E. V. Hobbs, a business man, of Ashe boro, also made a hit. - All found the exchange of visits between these two clubs very pleasant and profitable and 'would -be glad to see them repeated at any time. THIS WEEK SEES THE CLOSE OF THE DEWBERRY CROP. It seems that the dewberry crop was of short duration. The last pickings are being shipped this week. The first shipments were macio by ex press the week before last. They brought fancy prices, but after heavy shipments went north the price slump ed and the last shipments that have been made dropped to about $2.00 per crate. This is considered a low price by the growers. In some cities where a number of cars found ready sale last season only one to two cars were marketed this season. The peo ple wanted Hie berries, but as they did not have the purchase price they could not buy them, , As usual much of thw crop was carried north by truck. The trucks, loaded to capacity, passed through Sanford all day Sunday and Sunday night bound for New York and other Northern cities. They were put on the market Monday. The early peach crop' is also beginning' to move by truck. It is thought that the price of thvi July peaches will be higher. There is a good yield and it is be lieved that the fruit will be of a good 'grade. PURINA CHOW .CAR Palmer-Reeves Co. announce . that a car of Purina chow will arrive here early Friday morning. The car will occupy the Seaboard track at Union station during Friday and Saturday and farmers wishing a supply of Purina feeds are urged to come to the car on ,those days. 4 ATTEND WEDDING Misses Frances Wilkins and Mildred Cross, of this city and Joyce Flippin, of Pilot Mountain, and Ruth Cunning ham, of Apex, left the first of the week for Mullins, S. C., to attend the marriage of Miss Mary Agnes Wil liams to Fletcher Hixon, of Chatta nooga, Tenn. The young 'women are to serve as bridesmaids at the wed ding. SEA WELLS MAY MOVE TO CHAPEL HILL ... Hon. A. A. F. Seawell, who repre sented Lee county-in the last General Assembly and who was appointed As sistant Attorney General will go to Raleigh to enter upon the dis charge of his duties July 1st. While Mr. Seawell will be * in Raleigh much of the time, he will keep an office open here where he will transact professional business. The many friends of the Soawell family, throughout this section will regret to hear that they contemplate moving to Chapel Hill where they will ' make their home temporarily, if not perma nently. All have Alt that Mr. Sea well and family were a Lee county “fixture,” and that no inducement would be strong enough to take them away. Let us hope that should they ?o they Will see fit to A turn at some tttwe time. ...... NEW SCHOOL ! LAW ENFORCES j - RIGID ECONOMY • Economic Conditions Make It ' Imperative That School Of ficials Trim Expenses 1 Wherever Possible.? SANFORD LOSES TEACHERS Doubtful If Sanford Schools Will Pay Teachers Bonuses This Year As In Past Years. The new school law makes the most rigid economy compulsory in the op eration of town and county schools. ! Apd not only the new school law but local financial conditions, the inabil- ; ity of the citizen® to pay higher taxes, and the exigencies ot the situation, make it imperative that school auth orities trim their budgets and save the pennies wherever it is possible to do so. Under the new school law the San ford schools will lose two if not three teachers for the next teem. The same policy will apply to the county schools and the teaching force will be cut in. almost evtry school it is expected. Not only the teaching staff but sala- ' ries will be reduced. The ndw state 1 schedule provides for a horizontal cut j of ten per cent in salaries below the ! requirements are imposed which will 1930-1931 schedules. Certain other save money. i XIK5 611UUUUU W1MI rwipcci/ UU WIC I Sanford schools is interesting. It has 1 been the policy .of the schools here in I the past to pay. a bonus, or to supple- I ment teachers' salaries from local ' funds and allow them a higher salary-' than the state schedules permit. This 1 is done, or has been done, in other 1 towns in the past. But it now seems uncertain as .to whether there will be ; any bonuses allowed naxt term- 'All ; increases or additions to salaries above State schedules come from local funds and are paid by local tax pay- ; ers. It is interesting to note that under the nuw school law the high school principal must be counted as a teach, er and. that the superintendent if he does no actual school room work and devoteh his entire time to administra-^ trite and official duties, must get his salary entirely from local funas. Trit State will allow'nothing for the super-? intendunt’s salary in a school that has fdwer than 50 teachers. ' Mrs. J. F. Rivers was called to? Wadesboro Sunday morning because of this illness of her father, W.iA. Gaddy, aged 92, who died Sunday night at the home there of his daugh ter, Mrs, W. F. Humbert. Funeral services were conducted from the home Tuesday morning by Rev. Mr. Jackson) former pastor of the de ceased. Interment was in the. Ben nett cemetery near the old Gaddy homestead, six miles west of Wades boro. His grandsons acted as pall bearers, with his granddaughters carrying the floral offerings. Mi. Gaddy 'was a life long member of the Baptist church, having been very active in the Work of the church up until a few years ago: He was a Confederate veteran, and General Smith, an intimate friend of Mi. Gaddy, who is one of the surviving six veterans in Anson county, attir ed in his Confederate uniform, read at the grave a glowing tribute which he had prepared to, the memory of his friend as a soldier, a citizen, a father, a friend, and a Christian gen tleman. Mr. Gaddy, whose wife died here in 1924 while visiting her daugh ter, Mrs. J. F. Rivers, is survived by the following children: Mrs. Rivers; Mrs. W. F. Humbert, Wadesboro; Mrs. C. M. Perry, Wingate. Mrs. C. W. Thomas, Quincy, Fla,: Mrs. J. A. Capel, Wadesboro; Mr, W. D. Gaddy, Wadesboro; and Mr. N. A Gaddy, Timmonsville. S. C.; one half-brother, Rev. A. C. Davis, Olive Branch, N. C.; a number of grand-children, and great-grandchildren, one of whom is twenty-one years old. square: dance at SANFORD HOTEL The local Business and Professional Women’s Club enjoyed a square dance at the Sanford Hotel Tuesday night. A local string band furnished music for thvi gay occasion. A large num ber were present to enjoy the affair. QUICK THOUGHT SAVES TOWN $50 Mrs. Coy Extinguishes Fire By Connecting Hose To Water Faucet—Big Rain and Thunderstorm. The intense heat and drought was broken last Tuesday afternoon by a good rain. While there was not a good season, yet the crops will be greatly benefitted by it. The rain seemed to be general throughout this section The rain accompanied by a thunder storm. During the storm Mrs. W. H. Coy, of Greensboro Ave nue, Who was visiting a neighbor, discovered fire in her home.' She' hurried to the scene and with a hose attached to a water faucet extinguish ed the flames. In the meantime some one telephoned the fire department without sending in the alarm. ... Greg son humen to rate "scene wirartne nre truck, but f^und that the fire had been extinguished.—Mr*. -Gey is to be commended for having the pres ence of mind to extinguish the flames herself, without sending in,the alarm which would have cost the town about $50.00. Before she got the fire under control it burned two win- j dow curtains and a shade and some books. It also burned a phone wire in two. It is thought the fire start ed by the house being struck by lightning. ■ — LOCAL TOBACCO MARKET JO OPEN SEPTEMBER 23RD Middle BeHr_ Set By U. non. FINE CROP Tobacco Men Another ^ — Sanford £ Opening Is Tobacco EE COUNTY Forward To Year On ket. At m meeting of ciation of the Unit ville last week p: dates for the opt co markets of the i ed as wtxe obsen cording* to the da belt district of N Virginia, of wM.ch.kyic .o _ _ ket is a part, will vf>pep September 22nd. The tobacco.. growers . and warehousemen oi this section have al ways felt that the. ^Sanford market should open earlier^as much tobacco raised in Lee and adjoining counties! *s graded and carried to other mark-! tie before this maricfld opens. As the j »- Tobacco Asso 'States, in Ashe U:ally the same ; t ot the tobac-. :heast were fix- f [ast year. Ac- j sed the middle Carolina and | Sanford mar ete ucivin wuo mm—.■■■ ii.' uiio tobacco crop in thiSr'^ection is about! ten days to two wedte late this sea^® son and to get if gat— imps September ___ » open this season*^ beautiful tobacco inr* much of the cnp.lhl ;>ut out late and ’ it back. there will raided will be pushed | ,id graded, per- j is early enough J There is some | county, but j >11 as it was j „ leather has j the yield be j ly be more to tion than ever accu I2UOCU iU MlW WtVHUIl llltm CVC1 efore in the -historyof the industry died twice the r ever hend 8 ‘was because bunch oi ware buyers. The opened did e sales than as UK acreage w S Sanford market amount of tobacco led here bafOR. the market had a li housemen and- g< .third warehouse b< more , to nicrease any other' one things The same ware housemen will be oiv&hc market this j year, with.some additional experienc- 1 ed help as was recency stated in The Express. It is too earlw'to tell any thing about, prices, i^ut it is feared that if a big crop be nfede they will be low. Col. A. B. CarCrngtoij, of l>an vilel, Va.,. president. , of thfr Tobacco Association, in maldiflif his'gjinoalTe- ( port, said that retaliatory .^measures of other governments'as a'Result of United States tariffs “are'c.ftainly. doing the tobacco industry no good.”? He cited the ‘utter dependence” of the grower of tobaceo on a .: foreign market for his cropland said “it fe a safe guess that in the end it (a high protective tariff) is. obliged 'to work I „ In spite of an aggressive campaign for a reduction of the. 1031 tobacco ‘crop, Mr. Carrington said even the most optimistic claim hardly more than a 10 per cent reduction, and fav orable or unfavorable seasons can yet affect that estimate greatly. Record Crap. Mr. Carrington reported _ that the 1930-31 crop in the brightT districts of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia will go down,, in history as the largest crop of bright tobacco ever grown and marketed in those districts but it sold at the low est general average for the past Sev eral years. He cited figuies for 1926, 1927, 1982, 1929, and 1930, showing that as pro duction increased the price decreased which, he said, graphically illustrated “the fact that there is almost a di rect ratio between the increasing crop and the decreasing average ^Stocks of tobacco on hand held by the dealers'and .manufacturers, in United States, of all types, araounwd to 2,150,000,000 pounds in April, 1931, compared with 1,965,000,00*0 pounds in April, 1930, the president continu ed. He pointed out, however, that though stocks of bright tobacco in creased over 100,000,000 pounds in the year, most of the stock was of medium tobaccos. supply rar ivo urtwi. “Following three previous crops of record size, the world cannot take and consume ■ this much tobacco Mr. Carrington said, “especially when all other countries, wherever possible, are making determine*! efforts to raise their own, backed by legislative en actments designed to protect the to baco growers in their respective countries.” In spite of all things, he said, to bacco has more than lield its own in company with wheat, com, cotton, cop per, rubber, peanuts, and other com modities, and yet another large crop appears to be confronting the United States. , . Tobacco production by Various na tions, as well as statutory aid given tobacco growers through tariffs and other regulations, were listed by the speaker. ’ Tobacco exports for 1930 barely in creased in poundage over 1929, he said, and except for amoking tohac Bo and exports of all manufactured tobaccos decivased. SHOWER FOR ST. THOMAS AUXILIARY An invitation is extended to the public by the members of the Wo man’s Auxiliary of St. Thomas Epis copal church, to attend at 5 P. M., Thursday, July 2nd, a table shower, to include china, glasses and table “silver.” The basement of the church is being arranged as. a guild room and this shdwer is for the purpose of helping the Auxiliary in its work there. ___ , < L SPECIAL POTTERY SALE Elsewhere in this issue of The Ex press will be noted thse special sale of pottery, manufactured by the North State Pottery, which is locat ed in Lee county-, tki*. —* - —*- ■ * began June 22 mtyv. This sale, which -»—■ - -“ft through July . and the public is.afforded the op portunity of purchasing these heau iful citations m - educed prices. ‘jpotte: _ __ ry at greaUy is on A. & Y. PETITION DENIED STATE HIGHwJlY. OFFICE WILL BE LOCATED HERE ^ee, Moore, Harnett and Cum berland Counties Compose 4th District of Divi sion B. KOONCE LOCAL ENGINEER Administrative Offices To Be Opened At Lee Courthouse At Early Date. Designation of Sanford _as head quarters for Highway District No. 4 jf Division B, hap been announced by Leslie R. Ames, State Highway engineer. The announcement also advised that J. B. Koonce would be come district engineer. District No. i is composed of Lee, Moore, Har nett and Cumberland counties. Offices for th*«* District $wll* be maintained at the Lee county court house, the offices formerly occupied by Tax Collector E. A. Griffin having been taken over. The office personnel under the supervision of Mr. Koonce, will likely became established by July 1 on which date the county roads will pass into the vast State highway system. The official personnel of Division B, in which the Sanford District is located, is as follows: W. F. Morson, engineer; T. T. Betts, assistant en gineer ; headquarters at Fayetteville. District engineers; No. I, F. N. Ed gerton, heardquarters at Goldsboro; No. 2, R. V. Biberstein, headquarters at Wilmington; Nr. 3, L. E. Whit field, headquarters at Clinton; No, 4, J. B. Koonce, heardquarters at San ford; No. 5, J. W. Spruill, headquar ters at Lumberton. The district set up and the district personnel of the new State highway uigamzation was completed Tuesday placing everything in readiness for £he State on July 1 to add 45,OOC iriiles of county roads to the 10,00C in the present State system it al ready maintains. ^ All u:c, txa U1 CVCIJ UUK.1 WUUIUJ £he otav^, county onicials have beer bujy during the last few days making 'preparations to turn over to Uvr Stat< transfer igs involving', much.tune an< ‘has -'heedsm #*d mutft .extra work .o the "part of sjfiwjsisi ln.,cSiarge of th 'facanafe^4-I 5 Mr. Curtis Eugene Rosser died s his home near Jonesboro, June 18t after several years of patient suffer ing with a complication of diseases The funeral was held Friday at Pop lar Springs Methodist church, con ducted by his pastor, Rev. I. T Poole, assisted by Rev. T. F. Wrigh of the Christian church. The Junio Order No. 148, of Jonesboro, of whici he was a faithful member had charg of the service. Mr. Rosser requeste1 his two most favorite hymns be sung “How Firm a Foundation” and “l: the Sweet By and By.” Mr. Rosser was born September 2£ 1869, in Chatham county. He wa twice '.married. His first wife *va Miss Maggie Hackney, of Chathar county, and left two children, Mrs A. C. Farrell, of High Point, who re cently returned from Cuba where sh spent three years, and T. H. Rossei of Beckley, West Va. His secon^ wife was Miss Hattie Wright, o Cumberland county. She has eigh children: Irvin Rosser, of Erwin, Car ter, Ethel, Pauline, Cortez, Eugene Eunice, Eula May, who are all a home. Mr. Rosser was a faithful and loya member of Memphis church, but mov ed his membership to Poplar Spring; after earning to Lee county. He wa; a progressive farmer, a lover of hi; home and family, and provided wel for them. He suffeivrd intensely fo the large part of two years but h< bore it patiently with an abiding fait! in Christ. He will be greatly misse< in the home, church and community All of his children *vere at his bed side. A largv number of relative and friends from surrounding countie attended the funeral. FREE PICNIC GROUNDS i Morris Pond, located in the south ' em section of Lee County is no\ I open for business. Fishing, boating bathing. A good place to spend few hours in the afternoon or evening I The picnic grounds are free to all am the public is cordially invited to visi ; the place and have a good time. | HEALTH QUEEN TO BE CROWNEF Home Demonstration Clubs Ti Sponsor Program At Court House Saturday. All Home Demonstration clubs i Lee County will join in a picnic at th court house Saturday, June 27. The exercises will begin at 10:3 ! A. M. and will include the crownm: I of the Queen of Health, a stunt con 1 test by the sixteen women’s club: , Men wall judge the stunts; Miss Mar : E. Thomas, food specialist from th Extension Department, State Collegv , wall speak to the women and will pre sent awards of merit to club mem bers who have deserved them. After the picnic dinner, which wi. be spread under the trees on th reourt--house lawn, -the women .an ] girls 'will return' to the court root to see a cotton dress style show i j which club members will serve a models. The forty or more dresse to be shown in this show were loane by the Cotton Textile Institute to th Sanford Merchant’s Association. Th Home Demonstration Agent is co operating with the association in shoi inir the dresses at the county meet ing. SUPPLIES ROCKEFELLER FARM BOUGHT HERE Mr. Percy Rockefeller not only has a big game pre serve oVer in upper Harnett near Manchester, but he is . having farming operations carried forward on a large J scale on what is known as the Christian farm. Mr. the Christian form. Mr. Rockefeller has about 100 acres in cotton and a large j acreage in tobacco. The I farm is managed by Captain Miller, an Englishman. Much of the supplies for this farm are bought here in Sanford POE FAMILY TO ! HOLD REUNION Members of Family Will Gather At May’s ChapeL In Chat ham County, July 1. Dear Friend: You are cordially and urgently in- I vited to attend the 1931 annual “ Poe j Family Reunion” at May’s Chapel, i Chatham county, at 11 a. m.f Wodnes- j day, July 15. " \ This is a reunion of all descendants ■ of the original Jesse Poe who came | to Chatham county from Culpepper, County, Va., about 1780, and of his I sons—Gilbert, Beverly, James, Jesse, Joseph, Hasten, and Willis; and of his daughter Lucy first wife of Jor dan Tysor. All relatives of the fam- j ily by marriage are also invited. The program this year is as follws: I 11 A. M.—Opening Statement by C. C. Poe, Pittsboro, chairman, and pdayer by Rev. W. D. Poe, Oxford. 11:10-^Music. " 11:20—‘.‘The Life and Times of My Father and Mother, Joseph M. Poe (1809-68) and Ailsey Hacki._y Poe (1810-81,” by Mrs. Alice Pee Brown (age 81) now of Vidalia, Ga. Pre sented by her daughter, Mrs. John A. Rolinson, Waycross, Ga. (formerly teanher of public speaking Georgia Military Academy, Atlanta;. 12:00~~Music. , 12:10—Other ReminisoShCOs and , announcements. .A*"'-.f*- f 1 rOO^Picnic dinner; prize awards, s a prize a’ exhi -ion of s that ^ers of which Exhibits 2. 'A $5 gold piece will g. to the person who brings bits th<e most interesting c old relics, papers, or docu fwere once owned by old i the Poe family or families vthey have intermarried; -that have received prizes at previous reunions are welcomed but cannot compete for this year’s prize. 3. Dinner will be served at 1 p. m., and all persons should bring well filled baskets and good appetites. 4. JPlease send me a postal card or letter giving names and addresses of persons to whom invitations should be sent. Please do this at once. In connection with each name you sand me, please say whether person you name is descended from Gilbert, Jesse, Hasten, Willis, Beverly, or Joseph M. Pov, or from Mrs. Lucy Poe Tysor. Please come,. Please bring dinner. Please bring all interesting stories or items or reminiscences of family his tory y<>u can collect. Please bring any old relics or documents or anti ques of any kind you know of. (These of course can be carried back home after you exhibit them). Please bring a nomination for next year's place of meeting and sugges tions for next year’s Reunion program Hoping to see you at May’s Chapel, Juiy 15, I am Yours sincerely, . Clarence Poe. | OBSERVE JULY 4 AT LAKEVIEW All eyes are turning to Lakeview ' again this year for the observance of 5 July 4 which promises to be one of 5 the biggest celtbrations held in years. Hundreds of people are expected to spond the day at the famous Moore county waterside on the Nation’s birthday. Among the features planned for the 7 celebration is the bathing beauty con , test in which a number of young- wo i men are expected to enter. There • will also be swimming and diving l contests and row boat and motor boat t races. Prizes will be given the *win ners. Other sports in which may be indulged are bathing, boating, fishing, toboggan slide and diving swing. I From 3 to 6 P. M. there will be a ) tea dance and from 8 to 12 P. M. the regular dance. Music will be fur nished by the Carolina Serenaders. • OPEN BIBS FOR STREET WORK ! The Board of Aldermen will meet Tuesday night, June 30th to open bids 1 for oiling 25,000 square yards of ; streets in the town. It is expected that there will be plenty of bids for ) this job as work is hard to get. The X work of putting down the oil on the - streets will probably begin soon after • the contract is let. 5 LIBRARY NOTES , Ndw Pierian Club books: Cox, John - Harrington: Folk-Songs of the South ; - Elliott, L. E.: Brazil Today and To morrow; Hildebrand, Arthur S.: 1 Mage&cv*' TX*~ a»d. Adventures, ? by Land and ,Seaj Niles, Blair: Colom I— bia, Land of Miracles; Prescott, Wil i liam H.: History of the Conquest of i Peru; Browne, Edith A.: Peeps at 3 Industries: Rubber; Gerould, Gordon 3 H.: Saint’s Legends; James, Herman 1 G., and Martin, Percy A.: The Re ? publics of Latin America; Michenen,1 3 Carroll K.: Heirs of the Incas; Shep-j - herd, William Rl: The Hispanic Na-1 i tions of the New World, Lindsay,! - Forbes, and Winter, Nevin O.: Pa nama and the Canal Today. 1 DENY PETITION OF RAILROAD TO REDUCE SERVICE Corporation Commission Won’t Let A. & Y. Stop Passenger Service. MOTORS AS ALTERNATIVE The State Corporation Com mission, before whom Sydnor DeButts, of Greensboro, general manager of the Atlantic & Yad kin Railroad, appeared Tuesday with a petition asking that his railroad be permitted to discon tinue all passenger service be tween Mt. Airy and Sanford, dismissed the plea of the rail road. In making this ruling, however, the commission an nounced that the road would be permitted to renew its petition if conditions did no take a turn for the better by next year. A large delegation of local mer chants and business men, including K. R. Hoyle, counsel for the local merchants Association, attended the hearing. Mr. Airy, ,Siler City, Bon lee, Liberty and other towns along the A. & Y. were represented by de legations. These voiced strong op position to the contentions of Mr. De Buttst Petitions signed by hundreds were presented in protest. In sustaining his position, Mr. De Butts called attention to the fact that the A. & Y. shdwed an operating de ficit of $32|000 for the first four months of the year and obviously couldn’t continue on such a basis. “We’ve got to do something, and we are asking to do the thing that will hurt less than anything else,” lie said, adding that the passenger busi ness had been swallowed by private motor cars. “It's a short-sighted policy to require us to continue run ning empty passenger trains up and down the road," said Mr. DeButts, who indicated that continued heavy' deficits might force the road to apply to the Interstate Commerce Commis sion for abandonment 'of freight as well as passenger service. \ * Mr. DeButts*. related th^NewB apd „ Observer, resehtyT the Southern Railway, admitted owner^iv of the stock" of thetA‘.'<jfe its policies and was /Seeking id .‘Mjwjd&r® ^jit dry and e^jninafelt as a competing^; with the management of tfio road since it went into receivership in 1924 or since it came out last year, and that the Southern knew nothing about the petition to abandon passenger service until he went to Washington to . confer with counsel on charter provisions. The Ndws & Observer continued: i 1 Opponents of the petition stated frankly that they believed, were the petition granted, that the next move would be for the A. C. L. to come in with a similar petition for its end of the C. F. and Y. V. thus removing passenger service from the entiiv- 250 miles from Mount Airy to Wilming- ! ton over the road the State1 poured its money into back in the 1850’s in an effort to insure cross-State trans portation facilities. C. £. Yates, of Greensboro, also stressed the necessity of keeping the A. & Y. in operation as a competing road for the benefit to North Caro lina freight rates. j The part of the petition relative to abandoning passenger service on the mixed trains between Ramseur and and Madison, a branch of the A. and , Y. was not heard as the commission aeciaea me resiuvmts along me route might not have had ample notice. Assisting Mr. D6Butts in his con duct of the case was J. R. McClam roch, Jr., Greensboro attorney but lawyers had little to do with the hear ing, which was entirely informal. None of the respondents’ testimony was given under oath, and the whole hearing resembled a Quaker meeting more than a court proceeding. Per sons with something to say hopped up and said it regardless of what was going on. Eight towns 'w^re represented bv delegations at the hearing with spokesmen as follows: Mount Airy, George K. Snow; Pilot Mountain, C. M. Bernard; Liberty, J. T. Martin; Siler City, O. B. Reitzel; Goldaton, L. B. Hester; Sanford, K. R. Hoyle; Bear Creek, G. B. Emer son and .Stalky, C. M. Staley. JONESBORO MAN COMMITS SUICIDE Dallas Kelly, 34, prominent Lee county farmer, took his own life last Firday at his home n*ear Jonesboro by shooting himself with a shotgun, the load entering his body just below the heart. The deed was committed about 6 o’clock a. m. and he died about four hours later. Mr. Kelly was a son of the late Louis Kelly and Mrs. Janie Kelly. He is survived by his widow who prior to her marriage hvas Miss Waddell, of Swann Station; several small chil dren, one sister, Mrs. L. P. Cox, of Jonesboro; one half-sister, Miss Max ine McNeill, and two half-brothers, Prentiss and Clarence McNeill, all of .Jonesboro - Funeral services were held at. 2 afteQioon at Shallow Well Christian Church The body was. interred irv*£he, church cemetery. CARD OF THANKS We wish to express our apprecia tion for the kindness and sympathy shown us by our many friends and neighbors during the illness and death death of our daughter and sister, Mrs. Elsie Lett. Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Sloan •and family.
The Sanford Express (Sanford, N.C.)
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June 25, 1931, edition 1
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