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■SANFORD In The Heart Of Carolina—-At The Crossroads Of The Piedmont. POPULATION,-4,253 , VOLUME 45, Number 48. a LEE COUNTY Inhabited Almost Entirely By Native Americans W,ho are Loyal, In dustrious and Progressive. Ji’ULiaLia! FIVE, CENTS KIWANIANS HEAR STATE COLLEGE SPECIALIST TALK Xuffner Addresses Tramway Gathering On Livestock Subject. FARMERS GUESTS OF CLUB Ladies Serve Sumptuous Picnic Dinner—Good Attendance Present. The Ki'wania Club fnet with the Tramway DAnonstration Club at-the Happy Golf course last Firday even ing and was served dinner |?y the members of thatr club and other ladies of the community. Every member of the club can testify to the excellence 1 of the feast spread by the ladies of the Tramway section. They return ed home convinced of the fact that there are many good cooks in and around Tramway. While the ladies were preparing the table the mem bers of. the club amused themselves by throwing horse shoes and engag ing in tlfc game of archery. j The dinner was prepared and serv ed by the following ladies: Mesdames D. J. McDuffie, G. S. Cox, Honn Mat thews, G. H. Kiddle, N. 0. Cole, W. | A. Pierce, “Dad” Burns, Cora Bul lard, Ida McIntosh, Lemuel Piertv, Bill Cbggins, H. D. Coggins, C. M. Matthews, J. A. Maddox, J. H. Regisr ter, J. F. Coley, T. J. McPherson, J. R. Simpson, W. D. Johnson, W. O. Coggins, W. T. Cheshire, G. T. Burge, D. D. Stone, G, iF. Willett, Raymond Simpson- and Misses Vala Bunis, Gle- J nola Burge, Leola Coggins, Euzelia ' Brantley, Fleat Boyd, Edna'Boyd, Net- , tie Foster, Mae Coggins, Catherine Stone, Alice Stone, Margaret Register, ■ Effie McDuffie, Eunice Maddox, Ge | neva,Simpson, Ida Cole, Julia John son, Lillian Maddox, and Alice Mc Duffie. A number of these ladies are members of the Tramway De monstration Club. A feature of the program was the beautiful music made by the Tramway string band or orchestra which is composed of Mar tin Cole, Paul Foushee, Palmer Fos ter,, Bernice Jackson, Worthy Old ham, Mrs. J. R. Simpson, Mrs. A. M. Gaster, Manly Logan. The people of Tramway section have reason to feel proud of theit prchestra. At the conclusion of dinner the Ki wanis Club met and *was called to or der'by President J. A. Overton, who after expressing the pleasure of .spending an evening with the Tram, way people, turned the meeting over to H. C. Rienegar, Chairman of the .over to E. Frank Andrews, ^hair? man of the Agricultural Commitee. Mr. Andrews introduced Prof. Ruff ner, of the Live Stock Department of ^ . State College, Raleigh, who made the speech of the evening. Prof Ruffner discussed in an interesting manner the “Problems of the Farmer.” In i-i his discussion of this subject he stated among other things that the farmers needed less salesmanship and more sales resistance. He cited the case .and said that in theory they were with which farm loans are secured , good, but in practice they were a curse as many farmers had lost their land by borrowing and giving the land as security and buying things they did not need. Through this many land owners had become tenant ffarmers. He told of one community that a few years ago had only three tenant farmers and now the same com ■munity has only three land dwriers. ROTARIANS TAKE IBOYS TO LAKEVIEW Over one hundred boys, members of local Sunday' School classes, were feted with a picnic at LakevieW Tues day afternoon by the local * Rotary Club. Swimming and boating were enjoyed by the youths after which the picnic dinrfer was spread before them. Rev. Dr, McLaughlin delivered the invocation and then made a short talk to the’boys. The party was in charge of A. M. Hubbard. There .was a good attendance of Rotations at the picnic and everyone seemed to thoroughly enjoy the (oc casion. WONDER IF ARKANSAS MAN IS STILL BURNING? The fallowing paragraph is taken from The Express of September 25th, 1896, 35 years ago: “Some three or four weeks ago the Express pub lished a story that had been floating around to the ef fect that a man living in Arkansas had cursed God sometime ago on account of dry weather and had caught fire and been burning ever since. A young lady of iSanford addressed a card to the burning man to know how he was getting along and to please describe his feelings. The next mail brought a reply from him and from its tone he was very indignant at the idea of any one believing this I story that had been circu lated by - negropreacher for the purpose of creating a sensation. He Wanted to know if the people Af North Carolina had all gone erazy as that made the fiftieth en* _ quiry that had. been made 1 from this State in regard to his condition M a bum' jngmwt. . v -**' ■» I v’r V • •' ’ Z . LETS TRADE IN SANFORD! During the 45 years history of the Express it has consistently •advocated Trade at Home. The files of the paper will bear ui\ out that not a year has passed in these years that we did not appeal to the people of the Sanford district in our editorial columns to trade at home. We have always believed fn recipro city or the mutual spirit of cooperation which is the same. We have seen the necessity of it from the time the town was a mere hamlet till the present good day. One secret of the growth and development of Sanford was the cooperative spirit and confi dence in the town’s future that obtained among our professional and business men all through the years. They realized that this was the only way we could build up the town and bring perma nent prosperity to our people. The Express has been a witness to all tnrs and has from time to time made a note of it with a .great deal of pride. We felt that perhaps we had a little part in it. But while the town has made great strides along the line of development during past years we feel that much more could have been accomplished had this spirit of cooperation been more uniform and more general in its nature. For years Sanford has been the great trade center of this en tire section and it has become more so since good roads reached , out in every direction. It has enabled Sanford’s progressive ■ • -and wide-awake merchants to reach out and cover more terri tory. Go and look at their up-to-date stocks Of goods of every description and see if you are not convinced that they have kept abreast of the times and are- able to meet the demands of the trading public. We would like to know why they are not draw ing a larger per cent of the trade of the Sanford District ? They . have the gooas ana sell mem as reasonable as me prices uiav - obtain in the cities of-the State. Why drive to Raleigh Djirham, or Greensboro and pay out money for gas when you : can buy goods just as cheap in Sanford as you can get them in those cities? The merchants of those cities pay no tax to the - ^support of our local institutions and city and county govern ments. If the farmers in the surrounding'country will spend their money here they will help to build up a market for the food products that they, raise on their farms. By doing this the benefit will be mutual. Had the census report of last year given Sanford a population of 8,000 instead of little more than 4,000. it is reasonable to supjpose that the farmers of this territory would be able to sell twice the amount of fruit, vegetables and other farm products to the grocery merchants and citizens of the to\yn. See the point? Figures from the Sanford- postoffice will show that during the past few years hundreds of thousands of dollars have been sent out of this territory for goods purchased from the mail order houses in the great cities of the- North. All this money has been taken out of circulation in this section and has helped to make millionaires of the heads of these big mail order houses. Often the- goods purchased from these mail order houses fail to give satisfaction and should they be returned it is some times weeks and months before the money is refunded. For several weeks a bunch of high-pressure salesmen have been busy in thi$ territory selling ?jhigh priced ranges to the fanners amdjftthers. According'to the reports that come in >>f*om'‘th!^^work they are finding-pickings good. They are no dbebt laughing dp their kleeves at the great-number of easy ^^rks that they ■ with a deSt that will require several years to lift The Express is informed that the cost of this range is $139.00. Perhaps just as good range can be had at the local hardware stores for much .less money. Why not patronize the local merchant and keep the money in the community? The local business men stand ready to help you should you be so unfortunate as to get your house destroyed by fire or suffer loss in some other way. OFFICERS BREAK | UP MERRYMAKING Colored Men, Getting Ready For Toast, Scatter On Arrival Or' Officers. A colored stag party, in which li quor flowed freely, came to abrupt end Sunday evening when Officers K:,.lly and Woodell suddenly came up on the scene. The party was being held in a vacant house in Bluefield and the gentlemen of color had click ed their glasses preparatory to giv ing toasts when the appearance of the officers closed the festivities. The members of the party were fleet of foot, however, and all exempting old “Uncle” Dave Jones, said to be an employee of a road construction company, lost no time in heading for other parts. Tuesday, “Uncle” Dave was hailed before Judgu Tom McPherson in the Recorder’s Court, under a charge of possession of liquor, and taxed with the costs. The old negro said he had gone to .the vacant house in search of a friend and being urged to par take of .the hospitality of the hosts was in the act of doing so when the “law” arrived- He had only $1.00 in his pocket but sent an ,S. O. S. call to his friends of the road crew to come to his rescue. E. H. Pace, held as a material wit ness in a Superior Court cast, and against whom thei'o were two charges hanging fire in Recorder’s Court, dis charged his obligations to the lower] court and when last seen, Wednesday morning, was footing it to Chariot .o which he said was home. Pace, charged with fornication and adultery, was tried several weeks ago, it developing during trial that he was a State witness in the Seymour case. After giving bis testimony in Superior Court he managed to sell the automo- i bile he had at thfe time of his arrest and make settlement of all but $1.30 with Judge- McPherson’s court. — ! CONCLUDE BANK HEARING HERE Ingle To Submit His Findings To Judge Hayes In Next Few Weeks. The hesring which has been in pro gress here for the past two weeks before Special Master John J. Ingle, of .-Winston-Salem, to determine the liability of the Fidelity and Deposit Company, of Baltimore, in the matter of a $25,000 surety bopd .Vfor H. C. Newhold, cashier 9* the defunct Peo Sle's bank was concluded on Satur ay. _. -‘ir oj , ' Special Master Ingle <will report his findings' to Judge Johnson Hayes Of the United States District Court within the next few weeks. Until then his finding* will not be known. OCTOGENARIAN HAS READ EXPRESS FOR 45 YEARS Mr. Ml C. Pierce, who lives over near the Moore county line in this county, was here the first of the week attending court. Mr. Pierce who is a member of a , family of people noted for „ their strong rugged charac ter, strict honesty and lon gevity, will be 82 years of age on his next birthday. No man stands higher in his community than Mr. Pierce. His advice has often'been sought by neighbors with problems to solve. Mr. Pierce is above the average in intelligence and reads and thinks for-himself. He has , never missed an issue of this paper during its history of 45 years. He subscribed for the paper when the first issue came from the press in a little building where the Eutterloh Drug store now stands on Chatham Street. Much local history has been made since that date and a lot of water has run under the bridge. May Mr. Pierce who is now in the evening shadows, continue to enjoy a long and honorable life. ALDERMEN WILL DISCUSS PAYING Apportionment of surface treat ment of the city’s streets to each of the ward's and a discussion of which streets the treatment will be given were matters taken up by the Board of Aldermen Tuesday night. Decision on any of these matters was deferred until Friday night. The appropriation recently voted fey the board calU for 29,000 square feet but estimates of the amount of surface treatment in each ward, as presented by members of thu,hoard, has been asked to reduce its esti mates so that an agreement may be will exceed this amount. The board reached Friday night. Mayor "Warren R. Williams pre sided at the meeting. Town Attor ney J. C. Fittman was present. u: The contract for , the surface treat ment .which was let several weeks ago was awarded to the Bituminous Earth Corporation, of Raleigh. Employees of this concern are now in the city preparatory to beginning work on the streets. TOBACCO VISIT GOOD CX Hert« , Say There. Grade of IN, ON E, SEE OSFECTS W. P. Jordan P be Good Kbt Leaf ynili bun »warehouse Give Opinion Be No Mai Grades t There Will For Trashy Ms Year. Messrs. E. 3. -Bester and w. P. Jordan, who will,, run the Farmer’s Warehouse agaijij year, have been in Sahford and thfi saction lor a week or' two looking fcfe situation, over. Th^y; are visiting* he planters in or der to obtain inf<5 ^nation regarding the crop which isJ bw in the making. ] Mr. Hester, who 1 M interviewed by I The Express man Utet Saturday, seem-1 ed to be encoura| ed over tn.^pios p^cts of a good <8 >p in this part of the belt this y££*> He thinks there will be a better j£ ade of bright leaf tobacco than waU# Raised last year. Tobacco in some » rtions <,f the coun ty was damaged! ‘ the dry weatU_r, but it will be imj oved by the rains that fell during t C past^few days. Messrs. Jordan AD , Hester plan to push the warehous ('business this year and buy more toh cco than they did last *&asoii. IfcdM* S'th-am one season to get introduced t » the planters and learn local conditfc »• They find that the crop is later $ fb it was last sea son. ?tnd expect it; b be later in get ting on the mark* » The acreage is gj^ater in this sect (Hi c.f the belt and more farmers are* tgaged in the cul ture of tobacco. , j )me of the plant ers are now gathei tig and curing the first primings ahjl moke can be seen rising from oainAj kere and tl.-.re in the county. : The 3 W s Wi by Mr. W. F. W< was last year. % Tilley Bros., who third warehouse hi closed a contract | Farmer’s WarehoUl as to what will be ing the-Tilley Mr. Tilley is _ ford in a few days nite plans. for o| house. - ;v' ' Tobacco men siderable of- the country say 4t will the farmers to bi lugs and trashy sti with the enormoi on hand, the ing houses i ferior stuff is able at any prl iOUsv will tie run i and others, as it j$J. W. Tilley, of 1 d charge of the ■e last y.ar, has work 'with the , it is not certain [one about operat .ouse tills season, to come to ban make some defi ning the ware have seen con icco area of the , L'. useless for to market the Vof the crop, for crop apparently Igply in the dry^ >e. stocks, in feamg to be sal Hfcr ^carry-over in --in IgBUM ajttd Kentucky tmritory reached 1,-1, 167,000,000 poun3s in the hands of I dealers and manufacturers in October! 1, last fall, with that stock on hand I and the big crop of last fall coming 1 on top of it no difficulty is found in! ciphering out why the price of tobacco I was down, or why it is likely to be] down again this season. North Caro-, Jina reduced her acreage this year 57,000 acres. Kentucky increased hers by 74,000, Tennessee increased by 12,000. Tobacco farmers hiay profit by thinking* this over. NURSES FINALS AT HIGH SCHOOL Central Carolina Hospital Gra duation Exercises To Be Held Tuesday. Ten young women who compose the last class of graduates to be sent forth by the Central Carolina Hospital an institution which; with the coming of the new Lee County Hospital, has suspended operations, will receive their graduation diplomas in the San ,ford High School auditorium Monday afternoon. The exercises will begin' at 8 o’clock. ! The graduates are: Misses Ollie Harrington, Betsy Gunter, Wilma' Poe, Bessie Pc., V. KUa Harris, Vera 1 Underwood, Jennie McDonald, Beat, rice Thomas, Minnie Webster and I Vera Cox. The program will open with thel invocation, followed by a violin solo * by Joe L irus. Mrs. J. P. Monroe ’ will then .'.ad a history of the Cen-: tral Carolina Hospital and Training School. The remainder of the pro gram follows: Vocal Solo, Mrs. W. H. White; Pre sentation of speaker, Dr. P. L. Knight Address, Dr. J. M. Parrott; Presen tation of diplomas,'Dr. R, G. Sowers; Benediction. Following the graduation exercises a reception and dance will be tender-, ed the nurses and their friends at the new Armory hall. . - , I JONESBORO WOMAN BITTEN BY SNAKE large Copperhead Bites Her While Picking Blackberries Near Her Home. Mrs, Victor Bice, of Jonesboro, has Dractically recovered from the ill-ef fects resulting from a snake bite Monday morning about 11 o’clock I Dr. J. F. Foster, who administered the serum to the infected place, stated this rooming. Mrs. Rice was bitten on the hand by a large copperhead snake as she picked blackberries in the backyard of her home. Mrs. Rice was taken to Dr. Foster’s office where first aid was given her. Fortunately, antitoxin was available, the Thomas Drug Store having sec ured a supply from Greensboro last week. The local drug store, after having to send out or town for the precious fluid last week when the Ledbetter lad was bitten by a poison ous snake, ordered an emergency sup ply. Mrs. Rice was not carried to the hospital but remained under the care of Dr. Foster for several- hours after , which she was allowed to return to her home. _ .. JOSS ON TRIAL FOR LIFE STATE IS WEAVING MASS OF EVIDENCE GEORGE GOSS CASE Testimony Offered By.Prosecu tion Proves Damaging Defense. MAY FINISH CASE TODAY Resumption of State’s evidence in the case of George Goss, chocolate colored r»*wgrof on trial for life on a i charge of having murdered his wife, | Sallie Goss, was taken up in Superior : I Court this morning. This case, which | got under way yesterday morning, for | which a large part of the day was I spent in impanelling a jury, is expect ed to be completed before the ad-1 joumment of court today. ’ | Particularly damaging testimony to the cause of th*e defendant featured the trial yesterday afternoon. The State scored heavily writh the intro duction of the testimony by Fred H. McBryde, local taxi operator, from whom the defendant rented a car on the morning of the murder. i D. B. Teague and H. M. Jackson have been appointed by the court to represent the defendant. j Sam Phillips plead guilty to an as sault as charged in the bill of in dictment and was sentenced to six months in jail and to be assigned to the Highway Commission for work on the roads. Phillips was charged with • having thrc)wn a rock into an auto l mobile in which former State High | way Commission Frank Page anci a Luinpcuiiun were ruling, kneeing mat his friend had been struck, Mr. Page leaped from his car and ran down Phillips, bringing him to Sanford. Phillips is said to have been drinking and contended in his testimony that it was a companion and not he who threw the rock. Convicted of breaking in a smoke house belonging to M. C. Pierce, 82 year-old Lee farmer, Pete. Knight, Tuesday received a sentence of 15 months in the Lee jail. Knight was defended by H. M. Jackson. The court ordered a verdict of not guilty in the case of Donald .Sey mour, young Sanford white man, who was charged with breaking and en tering the Bobby Burns Service Sta tion some tiir/e ago. Seymour acted as his own attorney. Howard Thompson plead guilty to breaking and entering the store house of R. L. Ferguson. He was. given an 'snbnijgk check, Was rele the costs. upon pay me ill we case uj. tviiuc viam, plead guilty to forgery, prayer for judgment was continued upon pay ment of the costs. Sam Robinson, young Colon negro, against whom the grand jury found a trtfe bill of having by force and violence carnally known and ravish ed Ruth Black, a 15-year-old colored girl, will probably be tried later on in the week. Grand Jury Report. To His Honor E. H. Cranmer, Judge Presiding: We, the Grand Jury for the July term. 1931, Superior Court of Lee County, North Carolina, beg leave to make the.following report: 1. That we have passed on and re turned all bills sent to us by the Solicitor. 2. We have visited all the.offices qf the court house and find all rec ords in place and well kept. We find some badly needed repairs to the overhead ceiling and walls, hut we do not recommend this work done only as funds are available. 3. Wv visited the county jail and find same in good condition with a few small repairs to windows and plumbing that has already been or dered. We wish to recommend that the solid iron plates be removed at once from the lower part of th-j up stairs windows to allow proper venti lation. , . 4. We visited the county home and find same in excellent condition. 5. We thank the presiding judge and the solicitor for their kind in structions os us in thv discharge of our duties. , , Respectfully submitted, H. F. Makepeace, Foreman. holdfaraTmeet STATE CAPITAL -u . ! Farmers and Farm Womens Convention To I5e Held In Raliegh Next Week. Thv* annual Farmer’s ami Farm Wo men’s Convention will be beld at State College in Raleigh next week. It has been the practice of State col lege and the State Department of As riculture to have one week set asuie solely for thepurpose of pro\ tiling „ profitable and interesting program fop farmers and farmers wives ot tne State. This is Hie states greatest annual agricultural gathering. Interesting programs have been ar ranged for each day beginning 1 ues day morning, July 28th, and continu mg' through Thursday and pnrt oi Friday. There will be a general meet ing each dav from 11:00 A. M. to 1:00 P. M. at which outstanding speakers will appear on the program, Hiere will be sectional meetings earlier in the mornings and in the afternoons for those interested in the different agricultural and livestock subjects. Those wishing to stay over night will be given rooms in the college iormitories free of charge and they can get meals at the college dining hall for 35c each. Convention week offers a good op portunity for farmers to take a vaca tion at a very small cost and at the same time get the latest information >n that phase of farming they are nost interested in. E. 0. McMahan, County Agent. UGHTNING KNOCKS OFF MAN’S SHOE HEEL - ¥ It is reported to The Ex press that during the elec .tric storm Tuesday evening a man, (we failed to get his name) was severely shocked by lightning at the Bob Mc Neill old home below Jones boro. After he had recover ed from the shock he was surprised to find that the lightning had knocked off the heel of one of his shoes. The man escaped with slight injury. We have heard of people having the strings in their shoes broken by lightning shocks. Some one has said that should a fashionably dressed woman get the heels of her shoes knocked off by lightning there would be danger of her being killed by the fall. It is also stated that lightning struck the hen house of Mr. Lucian Nall near Broadway and killed most of his chickens. POULTRY SALE TO , BE HELD SATURDAY Bring Poultry To Palmer and Reeves’ Stable; Plenty of Trucks and Coops. The July cooperative poultry sale will be held in Sanford on Saturday, July 25th. There will be a truck and :gops to receive the poultry at Pal mer and Reeves .Stable on Endor St. from 9 A. M. to "3 P. M. Heavy Hens will sell for 14c a pound, Leghorn hens 11c, roosters 8c. and colored chicks 2 1-4 pounds and up 22c. These pricejs are the lowest ever offered for poultry at a cooperative sale in Sanford. However, it will pay to s'^ll yoqirg roffsters that will weigh 2 1-4 pounds and ufr for they Will bring more money at 22c a pound at that weight than they will evjr bring again. It may pay to sell some of the old hens that have quit laying, but it should be^ kept in mind that the price of hens is always lower during the hot summer months than at any other timfri.;#? the, year, fAtUtte should Jbe LOCAL MASONIC LODGE IN MEET Sanford Lodge No. 151 A. F. & A. M. held its regular meeting July 14th taking up the first sec tion of the educational program. “The Elective Officers,’' under the direction of J. W. Gilliam, educational secretary. The following brethren were called and their responses: Past Master W. H. White, “Th'ss Master.”; Past Master J. W. Gilliam, “The Senior Warden.”; Rev. F. C. Hawkins, “The Junior War den.”; Past Master E. M. Underwood, “The Treasurer.”; W. I a Mclver, “The Secretary.” These brethren spoke from years of. study and experience, pointing out dearly the duties, privileges and res ponsibilities of the officers. A most interesting and helpful session to the large number of members present. Next program, “The Apointive Offi cers^” Tuesday, July 28, 1931. Mrs. Sam Ingram is at the bedside of her father. Mr. R. M. Gorrell, at Mt. Vernon Springs. Mr. Gorrell, who has been in declining health for some time is now a very sick man, his friends in this section will regret to learn. K. J. i nomas, oianr_y wumacn., v»nu W. M. Womble. In his preliminary remarks to the jury'Judge Cranmer said that he 'was glad to come back to the little county of Lee, “No, big county,” said he when he saw A. A. F. Sea we 11 come in the court room and work with its good citizenship in the capacity of a court. While he did not take up much of the time of the court in his charge to the jury he made the duties of this important arm of the court very plain. Hs spoke of the prevalent of crime among young people and said that in many cases they were leading a life of sin and dissipation due to a lack of proper training in the home. He spoke of tl?e mania for gambling and instructed the officers to break up gambling by slot machines if it were carried on in the county. Judge Cran mer emphasized the importance of enforcing the law against the liquor traffic and th*^ violation of the traf fic laws.. A venire of 50 men was summoned from which to get a jury to try George Goss, colored, who was ar raigned in court upon the charge of killing his wife. A true bill was found against Goss by the grand iury. It was agreed that this,, jvufy shoul^-. $ ting rape on Ruth Black. He was also arraigned and a true bill found against him. WAKEFIELD OPENS COAL MINE IN LEE Finds Coal Near Surface Of Earth and Markets Some Of It Here. The Express is informed that Mr. O. A. Wakefield has opened a coal mine on the Murchison old place near Carbonton. Work has been in pro gress at the new mine for several weeks. Some of the coal has been brought to .Sanford by truck and sold to the A. & W. Railroad, tl.’j hotels and to individuals. The coal is found near the surface of the earth and is easily mined. The coal found on the Murchison place is similar to that found at Cumnock and Coal Glen. It is understood that. Mr. Wakefield is well pleased with the results of his operations and the outlook is promising. Miss Ruth Phillips, who is engaged in library work at State College, Ra leigh, was here Sunday while on h'jr way to Greensboro and Thomasville ■ to visit members of the family. JUDGE CRANMER OPENS SUPERIOR COURT SESSION Southport Jurist, After Five Years Absence, Presides Over Lee Court. LAWS MUST BE ENFORCED | A two weeks mixed term of Lee Superior Court convened at the court house last Monday morning at 10 o’clock with Judge E. H. Cranmer, of .Southport, presiding,and Solicitor C. L. Williams, in charge of the docket for the State. >Vhen. court opened very few people were in the court ! room except those who had business there. The farmers were too busy in their crops to come and spend the j time at court. ; | Judge Cranmer, who believes in pushing business in the court room, soon had the grand jury selected and qualified. The jury was composed of | tne following citizens: Fisher Make ! peace, foreman; 1. C. Coggins, R. M. Cline, A. A. Dalrymple, K. E. Fou Moffitt, J. A. Medlin, E. M. McNeill, shee, Sam Godfrey, W. J. Kelly, K. R. | W. C. Oliver, E. M. O’Connell, J. Will Phillips, Ira Parrish, A. H. Pattishall, SANFORD HEADED TOWARD SEMI-PRO HONORS? , } Visions of the State semi pro baseball championship now sweeten the nocturnal slumbers of Ikey Sadler, diminutive pilot of the San ford baseball team. Since coming here in the latter days of May, Sadler has con rtructed one of the cockiest groups of baseball players ever seen in this part of the State, and one that promises to make it exceedingly hot for any team which has the nerve to challenge its title. Beginning the season with a disastrous aei-eai, int i<n.«u all but blew up the first week. But Sadler is not made ol the stuff that lies down when the breaks are all on the other side. He had no comment to make to those who were ready to hand linn a line of sympathy; he merely sawed wood. From here and there among the colleges and the sandlots of Tarheelia, he recruited an aggregation of baseball artists who to date have won 25 games and lost 4. The work of Sadler himself mystifies local fandom, and quite naturally, they wonder why he is not still in professional baseball. A pitcher himself, he has won 8 games and lost but one during the season. His opponents have earned a run average of but one lain a game from him. The performance of Dunlap, Carolina first baseman, has been sensational, while Kendall, former professional, has been going great in the outfield. • Big league scouts have been on the trail of some of Sadler s youngsters and it is believed that before the season ends some of them will be in faster company. The locals are using the high school grounds tnis season but it is said prospects for a new park here next eason are not remote. Sanford is open for engagements with any semi-pro outfit in the State. 4