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FREE VACCINATION! For Typhoid and Diphtheria At Jonesboro Friday and In Town Hall Here Saturday; ' ‘ t LEE COUNTY Inhabited Almost Entirely By Native Americans Who are Loyal, In- ' dustrious and Progressive. VOLUME 45, Number 45. may 'M SANFORD, NO LINA, JULY 2, 1931. FIVE CENTS PROPOSED MERGER OF LEE COUNTY ; MIRY INDUSTRY SEEMS POSSIBLE * DAIRYMEN SAID TO BE IN MOOD POOL HOLDINGS Hold Meeting For Purpose Of Considering Amalgamation Of Industry SEEN AS FORWARD STEP A cooperative milk distribut ing agency, with Sanford for headquarters, is said to be a step now under consideration by the dairymen of Lee county. The plan, it is said, would involve a pooling of the resources of the five dairymen now doihg busi ness in Lee and the establish pient of a central agency here through which delivery would be made -the public. The proposal, should it materialize as- now planned, would, it is said, bring about the consolidation of the dairy interests of the following dairy men: O. P. Makepeace, Dr. C. Scott, A. E. Bridges, C. S. Reynolds and Phil Yarborough all of Whom now •make daily deliveries into Sanford. Open Agency Here. A meeting of this group was held here Tuesday night, it was learned, but without any course other than a consideration of the proposal being ' determined.1 One of the steps con • templated in the ,qyvnt of an agree ment among the dairymen, it was said, is the opening of the .distribu tion quarters in the building recent ly vacated by the - Anderson^ ' Auto Service Company. Here it is said, the dairymen constituting the organi zation will make their deliveries, the milk being bottled and sent to patrons. Better Service. - --Whether pasteurizing.equipment will be employed if the step is taken was not mentioned as one of the sub-, jects taken up at the recent meeting. The dairymen have not announced " their reasons for the merger, how ever, it is believed, that'they are ap proaching the step with the mutual interests of all who are concerned de finitely in mind, with economy and increased service as no small factor. McMAHAN HEADS AMERICAN LEGION At Meeting Held Last Frida; Evening E 0. McMahan, Lee farm demon stration agent and public welfare of ficer, was selected by his comrades to servv: as commander of Lee Post No. 18 of the American Legion for the coming year. Mr. McMahan suc ceeds Harvey C. Renegar, local attor ney. who has headed the Legion or ganization for the past year._ - The meeting was the occasion of a large gathering of the legionnaires for whom barbecue and refreshments were served. It was held in the Ar mory building. Other officers elected were: vice commander, Dr. C. L. Scott, phaplaiii, Rev. J. T. Barham; Service Officer, Dan B. King; Finance Officer, Frank Briim; Historian, John Watson. Delegates and alternates to the Morehead City convention to bu held late in August were chosen. JUNIORS ELECT NEW OFFICERS Sanford Council Chooses Guid ing. Heads For Ensuing Tear At Meet Sanford Council, No. Ill, Junior Order tJnitett American Mechanics in a Tpcvmt meeting elected officers for the six months embracing the period ■ from July 1 to January 1,"1932. Ro bert W. Vick eureeeds T. L. Riddle «ts councillor. Other officers elected -are: junior past councillor, T. L. Riddle; vice councillor, lit., H. MedKn; Chaplain, S, J. HttdMh, warden, 3. H. Fields; ” conductor, N. A Spivey; inside Senti - nel, M. F. Pittman; outside sentinel, A B. Bridges; trustee, R. B. Wicker; - representative to State meeting, H. C. Booker, H. M. Holt, J. E. Way, al ternates: D. B. Teague, S. J. Husketh, T. L. Riddle. TO LET PAYING CONTRACT HERE Board of Aldermen Will Make Award To-night—Bids Received Tuesday Award of a paving contract, calling for approximately 25,000 square yard) of surface treatment for gravel streets, will be made the lowest bid der by the boaTd of aldermen, who meet at the city hall' tonight. " A meeting of the board was held Tuesday night at which time the bids were received and taken under con ■ sideration. The bids were based upon manufacturers specifications, cover ing the type or types of treatment bid upon and such specifications were to accompany each proposal. In a notice issued to ..contractors, it was Said: V. ' , , “A certified check for three hun dred dollars (*300.00) payable to the Board of A Idem" n, '•’own of ,Ss ofo d. N. G\, shall accompany the proposes of each contractor. -Cheeks will be re*'”"“d. event that.'f the an<vse ful bidder fails to execute a contract for the improvement within ten days . after an award is made, hia check shall be forfeited to the Tdwn of Sanford, crate of Rattlesnakes A carious sort of box, that obe at the Union Pas senger Station last Monday afternoon. And good reason it had for being, for within ; the small cube were six dan | gerous looking young rattle snakes, weighing, all to gether, 13 pounds. They came in for considerable at tention, those being attract ed by the reptiles tapping the crate to hearthem rat tle. The menacing sound which issued from - within was a warning to those who gathered about to keep a safe distance. i They were being shipped from some place in Texas , to a party in Mt. Airy. On ' the same day a shipment of bull frogs also passed through 'from Florida to i ^ Greensboro. CUCUMBER MARKET OPENS ' MEW SOURCE OF REVENUE Lee Crop Has Been Contracted To New .York Brokerage i Firm At Satisfactory. Prices. I Results from the first efforts to commercialize cucumber growing in Lee county upon an extensive scale are expected to prove satisfactory to «the more than seventy Lee growers, 'who will, on Monday, July 6th, bring their first offerings of “crfkes’ to the A. C. L. Platform at Jonesboro where tohey will be loaded for shipment to L. Cherry & Company, New York brok ers, who have contracted for the Lee county crop. ; Crop Already Sold. The success of this years crop is largely dependent upon satisfactory, weather conditions for the next few1 •weeks, states Fred N. Wicker, who will be in charge of the cucumber market. The entire crop, he says, has beea .soM to. ,g New York brok erage firm, the prices paid for it to he subject to the grading of the “cukes”. There will be three grades; the first wilt bring sixty cents a Cents a bushel. The grades wiii be largely determined by weather condi tions and the individual growers, knowledge of how to handle the crop. The price at which’ the “cukes” have been contracted is considered very good. The crop at this time, says Mr. Wicker, who has visited most of the growers, _is very good with the exception of a few acres. Seventy growers, none of whom has planted over two acres, are growing a total of ninety acres in the county. The per bushel production per acre of a crop, if good, is enormous. Baskets in Vhich to pack the “cukes” for shipment will be furnish ed free to the growers. There will, be' eight or ten experienced graders on hand to sort them into three grades. The market is expected to remain open for twenty or thirty days, this to be determined by- the volume of “cukes” that come on the market. Farmers will receive their checks on Wednesdays and Saturdays. | “Cuke” Growers. Below are the names of the Lee county farmers who are this year toy ing out cucumbers on a commercial scale: W. B. Martin, R. W. Paschal, J. N. - lee, L. J. Thomas, C. W. Neal, C. C. Bowman, I* D. Darnell, H. F. Dew, J. C. Boone, B. W. Cameron, Paul Foushee, L. J. Sloan, S. S. Thomas, A. E. Bridges, G. C. Cameron, J. H. Reg ister, II L. Sloan, J. M. Matthews, Sirs. 3. 33.. Martin, W. JR. Medlin, E. B. Harrington, W. J. Harrington, G. C. Childress, L. E. Phelps, W. J. Holder, P. McD. Cameron, L. R. Hold er, S. J3- Rosser, J. H. Oldham, W. D. Wicker, N. C. Ray, Mrs. B. <C. Thom as, B. J. Hill, H. X>. McLeod, J. F. Sanders, X. M. Wicker, Velner Mad dox, J. t). Thomas, Joe Watson, L. M. Matthews, F. R. Thomas, James Garn er, Arch Gamer, Ralph Foushee, Tom Ytto, E. O. Nichols, R. R. Mclver, R. E. Pejkins, L. F. Caption, J. E. Over ton, G. v. Harrington, M. W. McLeod; L. L. Riddle, W. A. Bailey, A. A. Dal ] rymple. R. G. Crimman, 3. M. Groce, Giiy Hooker, W. R. Harris, A. A. 1 Wicker, G. D. Groce, E. J; Thomas, Loyd Thomas, J. D. Lockaraay, W. L. Rackley, James W. Cox, T. C. Mc Farland, J. M. Willcox, D. H. Black, Gordon Thomas, Roy Thomas, H. B. Miller, Chenter Crickmore and D. Me. L. Holt .. SEAWELL TAKES OFFICIAL POST Sanford Man Inducted Into Of fice As Assistant Attor- , --ney General Wednesday —‘ A. A. F. Seawell, local attorney and member of the 1931 General Assem bly from Lee, was yesterday inducted into the office of assistant attorney general, succeeding the vjteran Frank N«sh who resigned to become clerk of the supreme court. Today’s News and Observer said: “The Seawvll’s have eight children »nd are education pro gram in Chapel Hill. Mrs. Seawell jmd family will be there white three sons are students in the rr^j., - ir ton^hiir Ir, Chopel Hi'1 and the younger chJldr«n are attend • ■>«> “*e puWe school ‘there. •“Che new assistant attorney gen i rsl honor to ho »h»- ♦„ spend his week ends with his family." judge McPherson METES SENTENCES TO LAW VIOLATORS Don Seymour, Jr., Local Young ■ Man, Given Ninety Days Oiii Roads For Auto , c ■ Theft. . - ■ >; NUMBER WHISKEY CASES Ken Lewis, Hunger Striker, Has 30 Days Added. To Sen tence For Attempted , Escape. Don Seymour, Jr., young Sanford i white man, was sentenced to ninety: days on the roads for the temporary larceny of a car from Stewart's Ser vice by Judge T. J. McPherson in Re corder’s Court Tuesday. The car was found in a patch of woods near Highway 60, several miles from town. Seymour admitted the theft of . the car and testified that he used it in Western North Carolina for trans porting whiskey. George Matthews, colored cafe operator, drew a sentence of two years and a fine of..$25 and costs up on conviction on a charge .of posses sion of Whiskey. Sentence was sus pended upon payment of the fine and costs and on condition of good be havior during the next two years. Matthews cafe, in the colored section of Sanford, was raided on June 20 and one-half gallon of whiskey found in an unused room adjoining the cafe dining room. On top of vthe roof of the building negt to the cafe was found two gallons of whiskey and in a trunk, said to belong to otie of the Matthews boarders, a. bottle contain ing about a half pint of whiskey was found, m court, Matthews disclaimed any knowledge of the whiskey’s pre sence in his place of business! sieve Coward, a witness for the defendant, ‘ said a negro from South Carolina left the wniskey With him to keep un til the latter’s return. Upon this ad mission from the witness, Solicitor Hoyle ordered a warrant drawn for him. Robert Holme's in whose trunk the pint was found Was let off with the costs. \ nen ijewis, who gamea notoriety recently when he went pn a hunger strike in thw Lee county jail and who is now under a sentence of eighteen months on an abandonment cbarge, took “French" leave from the stock ade last week but was overtaken just before he reached the Harnett county line. Thirty days Was added to Lewis’ sentence for his attempted es cape. Lewis, who was in a weakened condition when admitted to the stock ade, showed no'signs of the weakness in making his getaway and hia g as HiaWatha’s.” Margaret Ramsey, charged with fornication and adultery, was found guilty but allowed her freedom upon a recognizance bond of $1,000 under which she is to appear at the July term, of Superior court as a State’s Witness in the Donald Seymour case. Her companion, E.- H. Pace, was field in default of $1,000 bail as a material witness in the same case. Pace and the woman, it was learned, had oc cupied a room, in a local boarding house as man and wife. Thousands Gal Tribute To and EXHIBIT C< ere To Pay J King r GOODS If there had been Kfhg Cotton’s right llnon which he has die eighteenth cent td away here last L_ foaring acclaim this Southland ascended . fthair of state erected front of the Hotel/* nothing wanting i ;ame from the bottom :>£ those who were ijedune more signific f svhen the King's loyal j ly turned the town ujr their applause when?; if thi beautiful ahd j1 doubt about the throne Spnce early In Sfcwaa brush ^?when amid rch of the improvised *as honor in There was elcome; it % th-c hearts and it ■3U volume cts literal jiow'n. with ^coronation 5du.s Queen lowing morning. AndSt wa§ a day of Sanford) Jonesboro iid Broadway young Women, modelled; iat he latest creations in cotton tfisUles, was a revelation. It- removed ;1hc blame ot the South’s plight frpm ihe burdened shoulders of cotton and placed it up on those who should he capable 0J thought and: of handling' -what at most should be but an exploration in to the-turthnr nESSitf 'Se staple pro duct. Beautiful modtdjiOfcfeenuously woven from durene Vwiipn, anil brought to Sanford through the cour tesy of the National Teajile Institute whose Activities are J^njeconfinec to research for wider useffnsf cotton Were truly an eye-opener. The Wo men who served as models would noi have been more gorg,-6ns Aa<f • thej been arrayed in the finest sJflofeFeu men, outside of textile experts, woub have beun. capable of .d '.rrmirting th' various models pxhibileuJiydhejyo&M women from real silk. PtwOH creasingly apparent that Cotton rs ther than being the calamity that i is cracked up to he may yet provw great economic asset. But back to the coronation, th most colorful event of an altogethe colorful day. From among the youni ladies Who served as models, Mis Mabel Monrcv. was chopjsn to r.ppea in the role of Queen Cotton, and t share jointly with Mayor Warren Ii (Please turn to Page Eight) KIWANIANS HOLD WEEKLY MEETING FRIDAY EVENING Dinner Served By Mrs, Jessie Griffin and Mrs. Frank Andrews At Triangle Motor Company NEW PROGRAM COMMITTEE Towel Larruping Stunt Most Entertaining For Members and Guests; Other Contests. The Kiwanis Club held its regular weekly meeting in the basement of the Triangle Motor Company last Fri day night at 6:30. A most sumptu ous picnic dinner was served by- Mrs. Jessie Griffin and Mrs. E. Frank An drews. At the conclusion of dinner the program of the evening was turn- j ed over to E. Frank Andrew^, chair- j man of the program committee, who, with the assistance of others put on j a number of amusing stunts. The j guests of the evening were Mrs. An- -I drews, Mrs. Griffin, B. B. Kammerj and A. O. Coleman. As the six months term of the program committee had expired the following new committee ‘was selected for the next six months: H. C. Renegar, chairman; J. E. Brinn, and S. J. Husketh. This is a good committee and the club may rest as 1 sured that good programs will be : put on for the next six months. All members of the committee have had experience in handling club programs and they will “be on the job” every Friday evening. The retiring' com mittee, which was composed of E. Frank Andrews, chairman; T. J. Brooks and Gilliam Anderson, Jr., is to be congratulated for the fine pro programs put_on since the first ot January. In taking charge as chair man Mr. Reiregar asked the co-opera tion of the members of the club in putting on worth while programs if the interest in club work is to be maintained. He expects each member ! to^ respond when he is called on. In i retiring Mr. Andrews thanked the ! members of the committee and the 'club for their hearty co-opera tic li in carrying on the club work. I The stunts included bursting inflat ! ed paper bags on the backs of the I members of the club, a cracker eat ing contest, J. W. Kirkpatrick being ’the first to ^whistle, showing that he 'was the first man to swallow hij •1 crackers 'whole, a ‘spelling contest ii <, which units had c to be grouped t< , make the words, each member of th ^%lub of pap^with ! • angle tetter on; It. ^ As*tbere wa *• ;much confusiouin.thl# contegtit Wa v'fir' 71 m'r member of the club as they rnffimi t fast as their feet could carry thei x around a circle. Towels were rolle | and tied together and loaded at th „ end with a piece of rope. The appl: cation of that weapon proved to b about as warm as the weather an the victim moved in a hurry to kee a safe distance. It reminded one o the degree ’work of railroad hand when a new laborer is being installs while resting on a barrebrthe stroke being applied to the soun<J of music STATE TAKES LEE ROADS .. ■.■&£&? . ___ A CURIOUS EGG The latest furiosity in the shape of an egg was exhibit ed at this office a few days ago by Mr. Matthew D Wicker, of this place. In forming this egg nature re versed itself. The skin of the egg was on the outside and the shell on the inside. , This seemed to be a perfect ly normal egg except this peculiar mixup in the skin and sheU. As a freak this surpasses anything we have heard of in the shape of an egg*_■ - FRED STRONG NEW 1 HEAD ROTARIANS Installation of New Officers To Take place Next Week; Club Loses Griffin President J. R. Ingram *was unable I ■ to be present Tuesday on account of I sickness and the meeting was presid ; ed over by Fred Strong, the new pre 1 sident, who will take up the full dut ies of the office next week. Mr. In gram goes to a sanitorium at Wash ; ington this week for treatment. He has been, unwell for several weeks ! members of the club. Mr. Griffin, who a speedy recovery. u ■. n. C. Gilmore in the absence • of Mr. Ingram gave a brief review ! of the work of the club for the past iyear. Sponsoring the introduction i of better calves in Lee county is one j of the best things the club has done ; Better calves mean better cows and better cows mean more and better milk and butter. The announcement. that Hawley Griffin, local distributor for the Standard Oil Company, was about to be transferred to Hickory brought forth expressions of regret from members ofthe club. Mr. Griffin, who has been here for a number years, has made many friends. He has built a nJw home in Sanford and an effort will be made to keep him here. Tlie club is thinking of giving the boys of Sanford between the ages of 10 and 16 a picnic dinner at an early . d^t“. Oo-ge Wheeler, A. M. Hub bud and Tom Gunn were appointed a committee to take up tho matter. >Tert - ..'oV , of the I now officers will take pUue. t STATE ASSUMES CONTROL OF LEE HIGHWAY SYSTEM County Stockade and Road Ma chinery Is Leased To State for Six Months. KOONCE IN COMM AN E The State of North Carolim yesterday took charge of the Le< county highway system, adding to the vast net work of the Stab highways some 340 miles o: roads that had been undei County supervision. Almost au tomaticaliy work on the Le county roads began functioninj under new control- as if ther had been no change at all- Of ficials, however, intimated tha it would be sometime before i thorough reorganization couli take place. Administration oi county roau is under the direction .of J. B. Koonc whose supervision will extend ove the adjoining counties of Moore, Har nett and Cumberland.- Headquarter for these counties will be maintaine here, Mr. Koonce having taken oi finds in the Cross-Marks building Fred Underwood who has been roa superintendent for Moores county fo several years, has been named as as sistant to Mr. Koonce, Divide County. , Lee county, it is understood, is t be divided into three sections to eac of which there -will be assigned a sll-the-year-round petrol, consistin of a truck and driver and a grade and machine man. The patrol wi be reinforced with Whai in road pai lance is termed the “floating gang whose duty will be to make a thoroug coverage of the comity road mileag from three to four times- annually. The county stockade and road ma chinery was yesterday conveyed t the State unde? a lease of six month) it was given out hy county authorities •If a complete reorganisation of th State road forces is not effected with .. inis time then the lease, it is un derstood, will be extended. The coun . soners, undvr guard, went t work yesterday morning as usual, ap 'i" v-ti.-ia ..are l.i-t revolutionar forces had marked finis to the com ty Mvhway system. „ * ., • (t'teaee turn to Eight.) , PIGEON RETURNS 100 MILES On his arrival in States ville Sunday morning, where he had gone to spend the week end, Harold T. Make peace released two carried pigeons, belonging to Ty Crabtree, which he had taken with him on the trip. To a leg of each he tied a note- Monday night one of the pigeons, with the note of identification intact, re turned to Sanford. The other one as yet has pot shown up. AUTO SERVICE CO. MOVES QUARTER* Anderson Auto Service Co- Al sorbs Wood Tire Service Station Removing To Latter’s Quarters. _ i | The Anderson Auto Service Com J|pany has removed from the Carolin [ Hotel Building in which the firm ha „ made its headquarters since its estafc j lishment three years ago, to the.huil jng ocupied by the Woodtire Servic Station on Carthage street. The bus j iness of the Woodtire Service Static r has been transferred to the Anderso ,' Auto Service Company, in the forr of a lease as a result of which th latter concern will become a distribu tor of the Gulf Refining Compan } products. The removal took plac i Tuesday. i The company announces the install £ tion of an auto greasing system usin c high pressure and the Curtis Hydra u 1 lie lift. A complete auto greasini - and battery service will be afforde ’ the automotive public. In additio: l to Gulf products, U. S. Tires and Wil i lard batteries are handled. G. W. Anderson, head of the com - pany, has been resident of Sanfor ) for three years, coming here fron , 'Fort Myers, Fla., in 1028, to organ . izfc Anderson-Scaw'cll Tire Company i which later became the Anderson Au - Service Company. Mr. J. ‘W • -Duke is associated with Mr. Andeisoi - in the operatin of the business. > — Mrs. B.rtha Clark and d ughtei t Misa Elizabeth, have returned fron - Albemarle where they spent som ►. time with Mr end Mrs T”’" T>"~~ ihc Mrs. Clark’s daughtei i ACHIEVEMENT DAY MARKS CLOSE OF TWO YEARS OF CLUB WORK RAZE OLD LAW OFFICE , The first law office built in Sanford was torn down last week. It occupied the lot next to the Sanford Dis tributing Company on Chatham street and was built and occupied by Mr. ' 1 A- L. McNeill for a number 1 of years as an office. It was constructed some 35 or 40 | years ago. It has been va cant for a number of years. The building was bought from Mr. McNeill by the late W. T. Buchanan. It had to be removed as it was condemned by the town as a fire trap. Sanford was a very small town when this 1 building was constructed As this section was then a ‘ part of Moore county, the Sanford and Jonesboro law yers practiced in the courts .1 at Carthage. LOCAL BASEBALL CLUB ON EXTENDED WINNING SPREE Ike Sadler’s Local Aggregation Has Won Twelve Out of Fourteen Games Played , This Season. Charlotte and Raleigh of the Pied mont League are not the only ball teams enjoyed the luring limehght this year. There is at least one other. Our own team for instance, at the helm of which poses the driving fig ure of Manager Ike Sadler, who is ! showing local fandom that he knc/ws i how to get everything out of a ball 'club. From a bunch of rookies which he recruited here and yonder, Mana ger Ike has turned what looked to be 'a certain losing team into a potential winner in a few short weeks. Sinew the beginning of the season t e local . boya have been “bringing h-.ne the bacon” at an .857 clip. In plain lan guage, they have won 12 games and 'lost but 2, which is some record. Sanford, with a reputation-, as, a > ’ football town bu| with what has been ♦considered a mighty poor fr.ite for "— ' .roan its. ;■ patne Th e to wn^isTunTihg - numbers daily to see the i nine put to route some of the fa: : - base ball combinations in the Sta. .: now appears likely, if the team t ...tinues to win at the clip it has begun, that a claim on the State semi-pro cham pionship 'will be made by Manager Sadler. Herewith is a rsgtord of the games played thus, far by the Sadlerites: Sanford G; Cary 1. ,Sanford 8; Rowland G. Sanford G; Greensboro (Police) 2. , SatApd 12; Fort Bragg 2. Sanford 8; Graham 10. Sanford 11; Graham 5. Sanford 4; Fayetteville 3. Sanford-3; Lillington 1. Sanford 6; Burlington 8. Sanford 4; Erwin 2. Sanford 2; Hamlet 1. Sanford 2; Erwin 1. Sanford 11; Fort Bragg 3. Sanford 14; Durham (Knitwvll) 3. Total runs for locals, 97; total runs for opposing teams, 48. D. B. TEAGUE ADDRESSES COTTON GATHERING D. B. Teague, local attorney, de livered a short address Friday even ing, following the coronation of the Cotton Queen, from the improvised rostrum of bales of cotton. In an in teresting manner the attorney pic tured the advent of cotton as a fac tor in the Ndw World, its ups and 'downs, and the always strategic posi tion the staple has enjoyed in the ( economic life of the South and the > Nation. Mr. Teague lauded the worth [while purpose of the National Tex '"tile Institute and described its en " deavorS to promote the use of cotton j as a vitally important factor in the I future of cotton. FIRST COTTON BLOOMS (I The first cotton blooms , to open in this county this _ season were found Monday, i! Equally sharing honors this “ year for the appearance of '' the first blooms are W. B. Jj Thomas, of the Broadway , section, the largest cotton farmer in the county; Wright Prince, colored, of ■' j the Broadway section, one j of the best colored farmers i in this entire section of the ; State, who has been the first farmer in Lee to re j1 port cotton blossoms for a , number of years, and Make - i Rollins, colored, also of the j Broadway section, a tenant j j on the E. T. Ussery farm, j each of whom .reported a -] b'ossom for Monday. June ,[ 29 ‘4, Three blossoms were-re [ ported for Wednesday. Jn'y 1 these being found on the farms of N. H. Pierce, Jones . ’ Rte i- E. C. j. Thomas, Jonesboro, and John Leavy Clark, Jones boro. »' - ACHIEVEMENT DAY EXERCISES WERE MARKED SUCCESS Program Marked Completion of Two Years Organized Club Work in Lee. 50 WOMEN GIVEN AWARDS If any one has doubts about the earnest work of the Home Demonstra ;ion Clubs in Iwe County he should lave been at the Achievement Day exercises Saturday, June 27, when. 581 people took part in the activities vhich marked the completion of two ■'•ears*' work in the organized farm wo nen’s and farm girls’ clubs. The bounty Court room was filled with lub members and visitors. A num ber of club husbands were kind :nough to come and assist with the : rrangem er^t s. The meeting was opened with the Collect of the Club Women of Ameri a repeated by every member. Then here 'was a singing contest by the 1G dubs using regular club songs and several original ones made by the ;lever women members and set to ively tunes. Mr. J J. Edwards, Dr. Foster and Mr. R. M. E rooks were iudges. The*rivaliy was so keen that judges were sought among the men in hand who had no women folks imong the contestants. Tramway Flub brought along two women club members who could play stringed in struments to accompany the singing. Mrs. Alton Gaster’s violin and Mrs. L. R. Simpson’s guitar led the Tram way music and brought enchores from he men present. All Clubs sang so well that it~was difficult to decide r which sang best. Several clubs had alto voices and every woman sang as if she meant to win. One farmer ;r-e marked, “Well, I have been in this,* court room many times but I never** heard the like of that.” He seemed to think that the atmosphere was im proving. Alter the singing, Miss Mary Is. Thomas, State' Nutrition Specialist ft^m^iStpte College addressed the lUjfjtting' and later delivered awards of , .Merit given. by tjte Kx^ension De, • **p«irtjh£nt of the college to club .w • men who have completed the requ^be-'i * quite completed the ju maLlinad by the State Collegv Extension De partment. When they finish awards will be gvveVi them. The Lee County Queen of Health. Miss Pauline Cox, was crowned by Dr. Foster, who has been as-siting llo ne Agent in the examination of 41H Club girls. Dr. Foster predicted that this woik will mean more to the county tJtnn most people can n-Jw tell. A court of 7T> club girls from various parts oi’ the county surrounded the queen and $aluted her with their Health Pledge which is used nationally. Then Edna Thomas of the Jonesboro Club led them in a yell for “Pauline.” It was a ^pretty scene. The judges stand was draped in the cotton textilvs for the afternoon part of the piogi^im. The queen sat on a throne draped in red, wfnte and blue. Around her neck and falling to her knees was a beautiful flower stole of many colors. The crown or coronet was of shining green leaves and jessamine flowers. After announcements, the crowd went to the lawn of the court house and a lunch, which overflowed all of th-o the available tables and covered many white tablecloths spread on the ground, 'was served by the club wo men. Many said that one would never have suspected a depression in the land to look at the long lines of good things to eat. One man visitor brought the Agent a piece of cake which he said was the first real cake he had seen in years. It was nothing but poor man's cake wvll made and looking just like real pound cake. This story is told to illustrate the high standard of achievement which the Home Demonstration Clubs are trying to bring about in Lee county and in the state where trained women leaders are laboring to improve the farm homes. Everyone knows that no civilization rises higher than its home life. The women believe that with knowledge of improved home practices that they can make a fine standard of living with a moderate income. i in c'jupci <iLiuu wiiii- mtr oujuviu Merchants Association thvj Home De monstration Clubs held a Cotton Style Show after the* picnic lunch. The court bell, tolled by the official bell ringer for the day. Mr. W. A. Pierce, did not understand the change from the usual scene when girls and 'wo men came trooping into the anterooms to don the forty odd dresses secured by the Sanfoid merchants from the Cotton Textile Institute for the festi val. Mrs. Gus Wombl-e and Miss Myr tle Douglass were in charge of the -show. Farm women and girls pa rad ed before the bar and lip the aisle for the audience to see the details of -each garment. The whole group .posed in side the railing so that the general effect of cotton dres.-vs for every oc casion could be seen f.-., audience. The background was the piece goods and hosiery draped from a high sup port on the judges stand. The ladies had sought thv advice of all men pre sent tos be sure that there was- no sacrilege in so using the furniture of the court room. At any rate the place never looked any nrett;er. It was hard to get Uk: audience to leave in th- *Vcd as th^y *hat such a meeting be held again SPOIL »» v. T.f. - VF»*/» n- * , artf g'i*-... af j Mrs, Bertha Clark.
The Sanford Express (Sanford, N.C.)
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July 2, 1931, edition 1
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