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SANFORD
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In The Heart Of Carollna^-At The
Crossroads Of The Piedmont.
POPULATION, 4,253
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VOLUME 45, Number 50.
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LEE COUNTY
Inhabited Almost' Entirely By Native
Americans Who are Loyal, In
dustrious and Progressive.
FIVE CENTS
LEE PEACH CROP MOVING
WILKINS PEACH
FARM WILL NET
8,000 BUSHELS
Wilkins Brothers State Produc
tion Might Possibly Reach
1U.000 Bushels.
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The Lemon Heights Orchard
located seven miles out of San
ford, is far from being the
largest orchard of its kind in
North Carolina’s,famed Sand
hill section and the Sandhill
peach industry is many notch
es below that enjoyed by this
fruit in Georgia and Califor
nia, . y£t the local orchard is
strikingly interesting not only
from a community but from
a viewpoint to which a much
larger scope contributes. As
a matter of fact this orchard
is- not in the Sandhills at all
but merely skirts the section
of which Bion H.-Butler, Ralph
Page and others have tor
years written-paeans of praise.
Wilkins Pioneer.
But whether in the Sandhills or not,
and that is a question that must ba
left • geological authority for settle
ment, this orchard is by no means
secondary to any in the real peach
belt and the visitor to this orchard
cannot leave its aromatic^ environ
ment without at least thinking: “I
have seen one of the most beautiful
signts m Goshen.” .
Wiikins, an enterprising Virginian,
who had treked to Lee county many
years before, and a man whp nacf
attained unto remarkable success aft
a business man and tobacco farmer,
became interested in the peach in
dustry. He became optimistic but
his optimism was prompted not by
that of the misguided sort for Mr.
Wilkins was by nature the investiga
tor and he did not enter this new
field without first making a compre
. hensive study of the problems to be
faced in peach growing. He studied
the soil, its typography, the effect of
the weather and the sun on different
tyF-s of earth, and after having satis
tied himself of the kind of soil that
he believed best adapted to peach
culture, he selected a 220-acre tract
‘-•’writ
as 1920, h period m Which land values
had soared to the mountain tops, he
was able to buy this farm at tne low
price oi only H* per acre—its owners
oelieved it absolutely worthless and
put lt^re. only, as Robert N. Page
used to say, “to raise hell bn.
Today, there is not a moie success
fully operated orchard in the North
Carolina peach belt, and while it is
common! knowledge that a great many
growers; in the past several years,
have been forced into bankruptcy
through poor crops and low prices, the
owners of this orchard have broke
even four years out of the past six,
the length of time in which the or
chard has been productive, and have
realize handsomely on the remaining
two years.
r Fine Crop.
This year there is a wonderful crop
of peaches in the Lemon Heights or
chard. So productive were the trees
that early in the season it was neces
sary th^t many of the peaches be pull
ed from the trees to give those that
were toft a chance to attain their
normal growth. Now, where they
have not.been harvested thay hang in
. luscious clusters awaiting the ap
proach of the picker. The owners of
this magnificent orchard, Lucien r.
'Wilkins, Jr., Alexander B. Wilkins
and W. Banks Wflkina, sons of the
late Irfucien P. Wilkins, believe they
will harvest from eight to ten thou
‘ ~ eorgia B
sand bushels of Geofgia Belles and
Elbertas from their eighty acres this
year. Already they have shipped tfen
carloads, a total of almost 4,000 bush
els, and they expect to ship eight or
ten more carloads before tne ciose of
the season which they anticipate to
end by the middle of next week. The
4,000 bushels comprise only their long
distance shipment. For the past week
or two the Wilkins trucks have been
transporting the delightful fruit to
other towns an(J cities of North Caro
lina and much of their crop * hasi been
disposed of locdlly. Hundreds of cars
during the past few days have stop
ped at the W ilkins farm, charmed by
the magic sight, and made purchases
to carry home. In fact a great quan
tity of :this crop has been disposed ol
in this I manner, for being the first
orchard of the Belt to ‘which cars ap
proach from the north and the last
as they come from the south, the mo
torists have been unable to overcome
the impulse that commanded them tc
stop and purchase the fruit. So they
have been “gettin’ ’em goin’ an’ com
Low Prices.
There is only one fly in the oint
ment to worry the Wilkins boys this
year,- and that,' perceptibly, is the
price. And this is one commodity the
political economists must admit, that
nas not come under the "high tariff*
-wall. But "it has come under anothei
wall . equally as depressive, ever
though it should not be so, and that
is over-production. Heaped on this
is another factor, equally if not more
so depressing to the North Carolina
growers, and one that is an annual
frights—the -early ripening of the
mammoth Georgia crop, 'the size oi
which is several times several of the
Carolina crop. That is exactly what
happened this year. There is a large
crop, and the Georgia crop beat the
* Sandhill crop to the New York mar
Ret. Consequently, the Wilkins boys,
instead of mopping up from $2.00 t«
- $2.60 per basket.,** they did last yetii
-one of their best years ih the busi
ness—are getting but from $1.00 to
^1.50 per basket this year—an amount
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SOLICITOR WILLIAMS RAISES TOBACCO /
WELL AS SHEOL AMONG LAWBREAKERS
Disappointed In The Price Of Peaches Last Year, Solicitor Clawson
L. Williams Switches. To Tobacco Culture—Has One of Th«
Finest Crops of Tobacco Seen In Lee County This Year—Is
Able Farmer As Well As Able Prosecutor of Criminal Docket.
| Solicitor C. L. Williams has proven
beyond doubt that he is able to raise
! tobacco as well as sheol among block
* adefs and other law-breakers. He has
^reputation of being one of the ablest
' solicitors in the State, but it seems
that he is not satisfied with wearing
the honors of an able prosecuting of
ficer; he has an ambition to be
known as one of the best farmers in
this section of the Stal.'.-. A few years
ago he bought one of the best farms
on Boone Trail between Jonesboro and
Broadway. To owh a good farm in
that section is within itself a distinc
tion that many would like to enjoy,
i When the peach fever struck the
Sandhill section, which includes part
of Lee and Harnett as well as Moore
and adjoining counties, Solicitor Wil
liams, along with many others,
I thought he saw a fortune in peach
' culture. He put a large acreage on
. his fgnm to peaches and in two or
i three years people stopped to admire
his beautiful peach orchard as they
passed along on t. •_ high1 way. He had
fine prosprcts and felt that Soon his
pocket would be bulging with the long
green from the sale of peaches, but
is dealing with the 'great commission
houses of New York and other mar
kets is one of the greatest gambles
of modem times, like other enthusias
tic peach growers he soon discovered
tl.\ web into which delusion had en
tangled him. After playing a losing
JLEE COUNTY HOLDS THE
RECORD ON BULL CALVES
County . Demonstration
Agent E. O. McMahan in
making his report on farm
activities to the State Ag
cultural Department states
. that the Lee County 4-H
Club claims the record for
bull calves. Tlie members .
ojL|h<£ Clijb were furnished
13 purebred Jersey heifers
-ford?Rq the^an
: ten dropping bull- calves,'
and one a heifer. The heifer
died with pneumonia when
three days old, so that the
increase is now ten bull cal
ves and no heifers.
It is suggested that the
next 13 heifer calves for
breeding purposes be fur
nished by the Kiwanis Club
in an effort to balance up
this one-sided production.
BENEFIT DANCE
HOTEL WILRIK
A brilliant summer social ' event is
to be the Benefit dance which is to
be held at the Hotel Wilrik Friday
night. This affair, which will be
I staged for the benefit of the Lee
: County Relief Association, will begin
i at 9:30 p. m. and last till 1:30 a. m.
Music will be furnished by Theodore
■ Barrow's Hotel Wilrik Orchestra.
Among the-features-of the dance
is to be a smooth dancing contest the
winner of which will be awarded a
valuable prize. The admittance fee
j will be $1.50. ' -
I The public is cordially invited t«
attend this dance and to bring along
the script. The funds of the Lee
County Relief Association are low ant
there are calls to this organizatior
for aid daily. Your $1.50 will helf
this organization to continue the great
work it is doing in the county.
I Arrangements for the dance arc
under the supervision of Fred J. Wil
liams. The affair will be adequate!}
chaperoned.
MISS GUNTER TO
TAKE NEW PLACE
County Supervisor Schools Ac
cepts Position On-'N. C. C.
v W. Faculty.
Announcement of acceptance of a
position on th-j faculty of the North
Carolina College for Women was made
recently by Miss Ruth Gunter, whc
has served as County Supervisor ol
Lee County schools for a number oi
years. The public has btvn taker
with much surprise with this an
nouncement for Miss Gunter, who has
{been, perhaps, more instrumental thar
any other individual in the wonderful
development of the public school sys
tem in‘this county, had come to b«
regarded as a permanent-fixture, here
She has been regarded, statu School
officials advise, iaS one of the best
school supervisors in the State.
Miss Gunter is a graduate of th«
Cotlegv: with which she is to be hence
forth identified, and last year receiv
ed her degree at Columbia University
Miss Gunter's ability was recog
nized by her appointment as a mem
, ber of the State text book commis
sion, and her recent election as dis
trict president of the North Carolina
Teachers’ Association for th-J. third
district. . .She has been active in
church welfare and social circles and
her leaving Sanford and Lee countj
brings regret to her many friunds.
Miss Mary Lynn Judd, who -holds s
position as a supervisor of schols at
, Tuscaloosa, Ala., is visiting hei
| mother, Mrs. E. M.‘ Judd, here.
game two or three years, last yea'
he had all the trees, buj; a row or twc
pulled up and in the spring be pul
the land to tobacco.
Under his guiding hand tlfts land
has produced a beautiful crop of to
bacco. Hie Express man joined th*
Solicitor in a trip to his farm Iasi
Saturday and looked his crop of to
bacco over. He has 50 acres in to
bacco, not all in one field, however
He has a forcV of hands curing the
crop as fast as it ripens. Several
bams of the sand lugs have been cur
ed and soon the finer grades will be
in the yellow state. He has nine
barns and one pack house stretching
along the highway. . We had an op
portunity to "stand on the second flooi
of the pack house and get a good view
of fhe drop. Some of the rcfcvs grew
800-hills of tobacco. The tobacco is
almost uniform in height and would
almost hide the head of a man six feet
tall. If there is a finer crop of to
bacco in Lee county we have not seen
it. Will Solicitor Williams be dis
appointed in the price of the crop as
he was disappointed in the -price of
the peaches? A few weeks will tell
the stofy. The Solicitor decided to
not put all his eggs in one basket. He
has a beautiful crop of com and cot
ton along the highway that leads off
from Boone Trail. Should he fail on
j.his tobacco he hopes to make a profit
! on his cotton.
LEE BOARD URGES
OIL TREATMENT OF
JONESBORO ROAD
County Commissioners Take Up
Important Matters In.
i Monthly Meeting.
ORDER 'SCHOOL ELECTIONS
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Defer Advertisement Of Tas
, f^ale t]ntil September 1
. ~-Othej
- ,_ral matters of .more than i
importance' Were discharged by the
county commissioners in their regu
lar monthly meeting, held at the
court house Monday and Tuesday
Among these were: The ordering oi
school elections to be held in the Cool
Springs and Underwood school dis
stricts on September 15, the postpone
ment of the advertising of real estate
for taxes until September 11* a reso
lution addressed to the State High
way Commission, urging that oil
treatment be given the Jonesboro
I. mon Springs road, and an order to
the sheriff tht unsanitary conditions
prevailing in the county jail be cor
rected.
School Elections.
A motion to the effect that a spec
ial school election be held September
15, 1931, on the question of thv crea
tion and establishment of a special
tax district in Gool .Springs school
district, for levying 30. cents on each
hundred dollars real and personal pro
perty, was made. This motion was
duly carried, all commissioners vot
ingin the affirmative on the question
of calling such election to be held on
.September 15, as provided by law.
Another motion similar to the one
offered above was made with refer
ence to the Underwood school district
and was likewies unanimously car
ried, the election to-be held on Sep
. tember 15.
I Ask Oil Treatment.
I Commissioner Dan C. Lawrence of
| fe.'_d and moved the adoption of th<
following!
“Wheitms the Board of Commis
sioners understand that certain citi
zens of the county are going to mak<
application to the State Highwaj
Commission that the surface of the
roadway leading from Jonesboro t<
Lemon Springs be oil treated;
“And whereas the traffic over anc
along said road, (particularly in tra
vel going from Highway 60 to anj
point on Highway 50, and vice versa;
| is heavy and it would be for the besl
I interests of persons using said roac
.thdt the same be oil treated.
“Therefore, Be it resolved by the
Board of Commissioners of Lee coun
ty:
“That tl.'j State Highway Commis
I sion of North Carolina.be urged.to dc
anything it possibly cah to the enc
that the surface of the roadway lead
ing from Jonesboro to Lemon Springs
and connecting highways 50 and 6C
be oil treated.”
This motion was duly, carried.
Order Jail Cleaned.
Commissioner Kelly offered the fol
lowing motion:
“Whereas, State Board of Healtl
reports to the Board that the Let
[County jail is not in a sanitary con
dition; The.'-foro — _
“Be it resolved by the Board oi
County Commissioners of Lee county
that the .Sheriff be notified as to in
formation received, and that such of
finer forthwith cl-~an up the unsani
tary condition, complajned of by the
State Board of Health, and keep saic
jail sanitary, according to law, anc
the Clerk to this Board notify tht
Sheriff as to this resolution,”
Report of grand jury was read am
its recommendations considered anc
[ordered carried nut.
A motion was offered by Commis
siorter Lawrence'that the -Budget, un
der the head of "Ger.vral Control’
six months school term /or the fisca
Saar, 1931' to 1932,and for “Capita:
utlay,?’ as amended, be adopted, or
condition that Sanford Graded Schoo
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OVERSHOT
BEL TURNS
"ELS
Some of
era of the T
seen what is)
overshot wh<|
at water
built on sin
tion many y*,
eld mill that
fo make rooi
ford pump! i
ago, was J
shot wheeL
the water
“pockets”
wheel turned
Express cai
was publisl
the effect tl
lorer about tl
down under
'move some 1
structi on whit
it from tui
ed to be slot
to the owi
an investit
and it was f«
moved the.
that his h«
ed between
a rock in
held fast,
out by the hk
surprise of,
nessed the <
little the w<
penenc.
like to
wheel in
their curiosil
by visiting
Joe Kelly on
O. A. Kelly
Broadway. ‘
mill is of r<
tion it is o]
overshot wh<
pattern.
POSTMAS1
'Older read
ipress have
iown as the
in operation
k that were
in this sec
ago. The
. i removed
(for the San
ition years
by an over
ie weight of
[ring into the
ie rim of the
Files of The
story, which
rs ago to
colored la
mill was sent
wheel to re
id of an ob
had stopped
[. As he seem
in reporting
of the mill
was made
id that he re
duction, but
■came wedg
wheel and
[stream and
:>vas»d ragged
and to the
who writ
ident he was
for his ex
who would
.in overshot ,
[[on can have
gratified by
. mill of Mr.
the Capt. J.
place near
Mr. Kelly's
it construc
ted by an
of ancient
¥
ER TO
>OSITION
Tb_-re is a
J. W. Gilliam has,
postmaster of
a vacancy in th<
by the retire!})*
JIthat Postmaster
§&r will resign as
M to transfer to
service caustd
hi S..Mj„Wa
age limit Mr. OHIfaflrhas three mon
years to serve as postmaster, having
been commissioned by President Hoo
ver for the third tvjm about a yea:
ago.
Mr. Gilliam admitted when aske<
I to deny or confirm the rumor by a re
presentative of this paper, that sine
| the death of his brother, Gl M. Gil
I liam, hu has beerf considering som
jkind of a change, as his personal af
1 fairs are demanding more time thai
I he is able to give in his present posi
I tion. He stated that the Post offic
Department had taken no definite ac
tion in thh» matter of filling the va
cancy caused by the retirement o
Mr. Watson, but that should his ap
plication therefor be favorably actei
upon, there would probably be an tx
i amination called for applicants tjo
: Postmaster, but the vacancy could no
be permanently filled until Congres
! convenes in December. .The actini
I postmaster is sometimes appointed un
| til such time as a regular selectio
can be made and confirmed,
I As the names of several citizens o
! Sanford have been named in connec
■ tion with the appointment of a post
master, there will be no trouble i:
getting some one to fill out the unex
pired term. The patrons of the post
, office are interested in seeing tha
i a good compet-nt man is put on th
jiob.
Sam Watson, who has served San
! ford Route No. 5, retires after hav
mg rendered 17 years of faithful, e<
fident service. As he reached th
age limit in the civil service he draw
a pension.
BROWN ADDRESSES
LOCAL ROTARIANS
(Club Hears Rector of St. Thoma
: Episcopal Church Discuss
International Matters.
I The Rotary Hub met Tuesday i
the basement of the Episcopal churc
where luncheon was served by th
ladies of the church.
| Aftvr luncheon an interesting tal
was made by the rector of the churcl
Rev. F. Craiphill Brown, of Souther
Pines. After spending1 some time ii
, the Far East M r. Brown returned t
this country fi' years ago. At tba
; tirf.v* conditions in India and othe
! parts of the Orient were anythin]
j but ideal. On every hand was to b
(found poverty.'banditry and war. On
i would naturally expect^ conditions t
, be different in. Europe, said Mi
I Brown, but wl n he reached Italy o:
his way homo ii found soldiers every
i where, and everywhere was povert;
I of the direst kind-.-and-evidences oi
(every hand 01 preparation for wai
iIt was the same way in France am
to a less extent in England and th
i United States. Hvjre* in his horn
I land Mr. Brown did not find as man;
I men under arms as in other and olde
lands but here banditry and lawless
; ness was even more t marked. “W
make a mockery of prohibition,” h
. declared, 44 and while we talk of peac
we prepare for war.”
I The Club e\ntended a vote o
thanks to Rot avian Banks Wilkins fo
a bushel of peaches from the Wilkin
farm.
6n August 1H, giflg of Sanford be
tween the ages of eieveiynjid fourteei
will bf, given n picnic mv Lakeview b;
j the oRtarians. A committee consist
i ing of W. H. Fitts, R. E. Bobbitt an<
I Wilbur Mclver will make the neces
sary arrangements.
UNIT TO LEAVE FOR CAMP
PAGE TRUST COMPANY WILL MOVE INTO 1
NEW QUARTERS IN WILKINS BUILDING
Banking Officials Consummate Contract With Wilkins-Ricks Com
pany In Raleigh Monday; Latter Firm To Remodel Building To
Conform To Plans-Furnished By Bank—Work Of Remodeling
To Begin At Once and Bank Will Move As Soon As Quarters
Are Complete.
Upon learning that the Pa.ge Trust
Company would he moved to new
quarters at an <earty date The Express
man interviewed Mr. R. N. Page, pre
sident of the Page Trust Company,
in , Raleigh Wednesday and learned
that a contract had been signed by
him to move the bank to the Wilkins
Ricks building on Steele Street, now
occupied by Mr. W- R- Griffin* agent
for Wilkins-Ricks Company, and
Messrs. Alexander Wilkins, L. P.
Wilkins, Jr., and Banks Wilkins.
Messrs. Griffin and W. P. Dy^r,
cashier of the Page Trust Company,
at this place, and S. V. .Scott, who is
connected with the Page Corporation,
went«sio Raleigh Monday, where the
contract was signed by Mr. Page and
Mr. Griffin. The building has been
leased for a number of years and ac
cording to the contract will be re
modeled throughout. The front will
be changed and the partition between
the two rooms removed. Tne bank
will be equipped with modem furni
ture and furnishings and will be up
to-date in every respect. The room
adjoining the bank 'will be furnished
and equipped for the Page Corpora
tion, an insurance company run in
connection with the Page Trust Com
pany.
The work of remodeling the build
ing will begin at once so that the
bank can bs moved in and be ready
for the fall business. They hope to
be in their new quarters by the first
of September.
Sanford's first bank was organized
in the early part of the year i897.
by the late W. J. Edwards and was
first known as the, Chatham, Moo*\j
and Harnett Bank. It was opened in
the Scott old building on Moore street
in the room next to the Hotel San
ford. When Mr. Edwards constructed
the Commercial Building on the cor
ner of Moore and Wicker sti’oets., he
moved the bank to the room which
the, Sage Trust Company now occu
pies. Other pressing business made
it necessary for Mr. Edwards to re
tL'j from the banking business. It
passed into the hands of other busi-1
ness men and was reorganized under
a State charter in 189», and opened
for business March 20th, that year.
The authorized capital stock Was $50,
000. Son/e of the leading and most
substantial business and professional
men in .Sanford and this section be
came stockholders and directors in
this bank. The late T. L. Chisholm,
who was in the cotton .mill business
here at that time, was made its pre
sident. The late D. E. Mclver, one of
the leading lawyers of this section,
and one of the chief promoters of the
development of Sanford, became vice
president, and the late S. P. Hatch*
agent for the Seaboard Air Line Rail-1
way, at this place, cashier. Following
was the board of directors: E. P.
Whafton, Greensboro; J. A. Keith,
Lobelia; J. J. Edwards, Lemon Springs
J. R. Johes, Carbonton; W. A. Mon
roe, Sanford; E. G. Moffitt, Sanford;
W. D. Hunter, Sanford; D. E. Mc
lver, .Sanford; T. L. Chisholm, San
ford ; Paul Barringer, Lockville; J.
D. Mclver, Sanford; J. K, Perry,
Sanford; D. J. Pierce, Cameron; and
S. P. Hatch, Sanford. J
Mr. Hatch was later made president
of the bank and Miss Judith Ross '
cashier.
While some of these men have
passed away others are still living
among us and are doing their part
to advance the best'interests of the
town and community.
The following account of the sale
of the Bank of Sanford to the Page
Trust Company is quoted from the
files of the Sanford Express of De
cember 23rd, f921:
“At a meeting of the stockholders
of the ^ank of Sanford held in the of
| fices of the bank at three o’clock on
Wednesday, December 21^ at which
1 practically the entire outstancl eg capi
tal stock of the bank was represented
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Tuesday was an unmercifully hot day
[ and Judge Thomas J. McPherson mop
- ped the perspiration from his brow
: more than once as he perused the
- heavy docket before him—one of th*e
; heaviest in recent months. Frankly,
- the question of the weather having
i something to do with the unusual in
■ cAase in crime in these parts loom
i ed in the jurist’s mind. But if it’s
- the weather,he thought, what can be
- done about it? Weather or no weath
F er, hu set the wheels of jus
- tice in motion and proceeded to fill
1 the jail and send additional ltelp to
- the road crew.
r -
t Being the first Tuesday of the
5 month, a number of good behavior re
r ports were heard from those under
• suspended sentences by the Court.
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' Last November James McLaughlin
F and a brother-in-law got in an argu
- ment which, ended by the former re
- sorting to arms in order to advance
i Lis contention. Tuesday, McLaugh
• lin was assigned to three months of
■ labor at the county home for shooting
t his brother-in-law in the arm.
I A. L. McDonald and Charles Alston,
■ both colored of Lemon Springs, plead
- ed guilty to charges of larceny grow
- ing out of the hiring of a “U-Drive
i It” which they failed to return. When
3 found they were unable to pay charges
for hire. Car was recovered. Both
were dismissed upon payment of fine
and costs.
| First before him was Armand Ber
nard, local white man, up for having
violated the prohibition law in var
5 ious and sundry ways, one of which
was driving a car while under the
influence of whiskey. The State,
though ably represented by Solicitor
t Hoyle, failed to make a case and Mr.
j Barnard was released upon payment
a of $10 and the costs.
i Alton Dairymple, colored, of Jones
t boro, is held without bail pending in
i vestigation by the Court into criminal
i assault charges brought against him
) by a Miss Patterson, who lives one
t mile below Jonesboro. The Court be
r ing uncertain about statements made
r by the young woman with regards to
? distances about her home and th'e
> woods in which the assault took place,
) decided tao probe the case further
and to have a hearing next Monday.
! Coley Petty pleaded nolo contendere
j when charged with assault, to wit: a
I pistol. Evidence offered revealed
that the defendant had been to church
j and was returning from the place of
»\ worship Nvnen he encountered a group
> of youth who were enjoying “home
r brew.” Petty, it is said, tried to keep
- them from drinking it, and then ap
. parently, drank all himself and ended
» the affair by flashing his gun. Found
» guilty of carrying a concealed wea
» pon, he was fir.vd $50 and the costs
f Nick Copeland, Jack Chandler and
- K. E. Peedln were charged with vio
j 1 at ion of the prohibition laws. Case
was called but Copeland failed to ap
. pear. Capias was issued for him and
L bond fixed at $500. Chandler appear
r td without bond and was allowed to
- leave courtroom to find bond. Peedin
[ was allowed to give bond for $100.
- Both Chandler and Copeland are re
gular customers of the Court, and
when appearing without bend are us
ually permitted the priviltj, jf go
ing out to find bondsmen. .; case
will be tried at a later date.
And another “home-brew” case! It
V.ems that the economic depression
of recent months has driven liquor
drinkers to the less costly and more
easily manufactured beverage, christ
ened “home-brew.” This time it was
C. O. Gray, who claimed his doctor
had advised the beverage for his
health’s sake. The State’s evidence
hardly justified the charge brought
against the defendant, so Solicitor
Hoyle moved to amend the charge of
possession of “home-brew” to that of
“ingredients designed for the purpose
of manufacturing ‘home-brew\’ ” The
court agi'oed tt> dismiss the defendant
upon payment of the costs but the
latter having no money, appealed his
case to superior court and was allow
ed to make bond for $100.
Earl Rice, Moors county white man
and son of a prominent farmer of the
White Hill section, was charged with
secretly assaulting J. T. McDonald,
prominent farther of that section and
Lee county cotton statistician. Mr.
McDonald testified he was returning
from a funeral at the White Hill
church Mav 8. As he walked toward
home, Mr. McDonald claims Rice
drew up behind him in a car and got
out. Rice’s words, Mr. McDonald
says, were: “I understood you said
I need not respect your age,” to which
h-o replied in the affirmative. Rice
then demanded that he take back what
he said. Violent language, according
to the testimony, followed, after which
Rice knocked Mr. McDonald«dJwn sev
eral tim'os, the latter rising each time,
ready to renew’ hostilities. Friends
finally separated the tw’o and they
wrent on their way.
The State contended the assault
was secret and writh a deadly weapon.
The Court, however, held it a simple
assault and fined Rice $10 and costs.
Kermit Spivey and Gene Edwards
faced the Court on warrants charging
them w’ith assault. Both alleged to
have taken part in the assault, char
ges against the two was consolidated
The tw’o according to the evidenct
offered, drove up to the store of Geo.
T. Jones, near the county lii.*e, and in
the absence of Mr. Jones began to act
in an abusive manner toward his cus
tomers. Mr. Jones arrived shortly
and ordered them to h-ave the premi
ses. Edw’ards using an unprintable
adjective, advised he would leave when
he got ready. Jones then invited'him?,
if he cared to, to step out of the car,
which he proceeded to do. As he
stepped on the running board h*e took
a violent swing at Mr. Jones, who
dodged,"causing the former to roll to
the ground. .Spivey then came to Ed
wards’ rescue, slashing Mr. Jones with
a knife. The wound mad'j by the
knife bled profusely and the injured
man was rushed to Scott’s. Hospital.
The altercation cost Mr Jones $51.25
in hospital expense and incidentals.
The Court found both guilty and
each was given a suspended sentence
of two years. Each was ordered to
pay one-half of the expense Mr. Jones
was forced to*, undergo by having
been injured at their hands, and to
attend Sunday School and church
every Sunday during the period of
the suspended sentence.
BATTERY “E” TO
ENTRAIN SUNDAY
FOR FORT BRAGG
Local Unit 113th Field Artillery
To Enter Field- Train
ing Period.
WILL SPEND TWO WEEKS
Sixty-five young men, com
posing Battery <‘E” of the
113th Field Artillery, the lo
cal unit of the North Carolina
National Guard, and command
ed by Captain Dap B. King,
will entrain here tome time
Sunday and proceed on their
itinerary to Fort Bragg, Fay
etteville, where tfyey will parti
cipate in the ^'annual field
training program August 9 to
23, inclusive.
Equipment, consisting of «two hdw
itzers (155 millimetres), five tractors,
one real cart, throo trucks, four cais
sons, two sub-calibre guns (37 milli
metres) and kitchen utensils, a part
of that stationed at the local Armory,
preceded the personnel of Battery
“E” to the Fort.
Officers in command of the local
unit are Captain Dam B. King, First
Lieutenant Max Heins and .Second
Lieutenants Lucien <P. Wilkins and
Gilliam Anderson.
A complete roster of the local unit,
all of whom will entrain, follows:
First Sergeant: William P. Bridges;
Staff sergeant, Marion Vestal; Ser
geants: Jessie Clark, Henry Mans
field, Walter Moffitt, James Seymour,
William Smith; Corporals: Ernest
Bridges, William McAuley, George Me
Neill, Lavern Sloan, Paul Sloan, Er
nest Wicker, Hershell Wrenn; Pri
vates, first .class: Carlyle Clark, Clin
ton Boyd, John Denson, Duncan Har
rington, Bernice Hight, Paul Johnson,
Oddie McBryde, Layton McDonald,
Leonard McNair, Frank Oliver, Rich
ard Poe, Fletcher Power?., James Ros
ser, John Sloan, Duncan St. Clair,
Staley Underwood, Claybom Wicker;
Privates: Paul Bowers, John Brown,
Ertfcst Buchanan, Doyle Campbell,
Craven Cox, Iremis Gunter, James
Hunter, Charles Johnson, Blanton
Hartness, James Kelly, Norman Kelly,
Rives Kfrnrey* James Lockamy, Alon
\zo Love, Howard, .^McDonald, Thomas
1 McDonald, James McFarland, Duncan
lMcIya^ Howard Rosser. ^Woftdjow^
Seymour, Donald Sloan, £ui&y“wan,
Jordan Sloan, Meryvyn Sloan, Charlie
I Smith, William Spivey, Mervin Sloan,
Monroe Suggs, Godwin Thomas, Ro
bert-Wicker, Aubrey Wicker, Clarence
Willett, Neill Wilson and William
| Utley.
I The field training period will give
the local boys an opportunity to con
solidate and put in practice the train
ing on basic and fundamental sub
jects Which have been given during
the armory training period. Through
out the field training period, special
emphasis will b? placed upon opera
tions in the field and the utilization
under field service conditions of the
knowledge and training acquired here.
Organization and staff officers will
see to it that during the course of all
field problems, an intensive drill and
instruction of gun sections and special
ists is continued and emphasized. Es
pecially is it desired, say oClonel Wil
liam T.- Joyner, comamnding officer at
the encampment, that instrument de
tails be given practical problems. Such
i instruments will be carried on the
| field rather than in the regimental
aiva.
I In describing the work of the en
campment period, Colonel Joyner
says organization commanders will
see that a maximum number of men
report for drill daily and participate
in the instruction. Each entire or
ganization, he adds, will take the
field daily and will leave in camp en
listed men not in ercess of the follow
ing: 1 mess sergeant, 1 othr^r non-com
missioned officer, 2 cooks and 2 kit
chen police.
i All commanders, he continues, will
be held strictly accountable for the
training of their commands during
tim'd allotted for training. Battalion
and battery commanders will prepare
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I -
Shirley, August 3rd.
LIGHTNING RIPS SHOTGUN
j BUT? IT DOESN'T FIRE
One of the worst electri
cal storms of the entire sea
son passed over Jonesboro
and vicinity Tuesday night.
There were at least four
clouds which followed in
succession-from early in
the evening until about 11
o’clock. During one of the
severe clouds the home of
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Bonken
meyer was struck by light
ning. Mr. and Mrs. Bonken
meyer had a narrow escape
from de^th as lightning
struck the corner of the bed
room, ripping the timbers
and otherwise demolishing
the outside of the room. A
shotgun standing in the
corner was broken in two,
blit did not discharge. While
not injured Mrs. Bonken
meyer is suffering from the
severe shock.