SANFORD Crossroads Of The Piedmont. POPULATION, 4,253 SANFORD^ NORTH CAROLINA, augcst 27 Published WEEKLY. $2.00 Per Year. LEE COUNTY Inhabited Almost Entirely By Native Americans Who are Loyal, In dustrious and Progressive. FIVE CRNT8 LEE ALLOTTED SCHOOL APPROPRIATION LEE COUNTY GETS $62,636.72 FROM FUNDS OF STATE County Fund Supplemented By $27,163.28 Which Goes To Sanford Charter School. ALLOT STATE SCHOOL FUND The State EquiHzation Board has placed Lee county's share of the State supported six months school fund at $62,686.72, according to an announcement of the Board, which has just completed the apportionment of the fund to counties and charter districts. .... The county’s ahare/in the slicing of the huge appropriation is supple mented by the ■ allottment to the .San ford charter school system which amounts to $27,163.88. The total amount derived from the State sour ces by this county is $89,800.60. The total amount appropriated for the operation of the State Constitu tional six months school term dur ing the coming year is $15,448,279.12. This is an average of $154,482.30 for each county. Lee being one of the smaller counties and with much less the average county population, gets considerably under the county 055 is for general control, $12,470, average of the appropriation. Of the amount appropriated, $526, 302 for instructional service; $870, 010 for operation of plants; and $1, 615,912.18 for auxiliary agencies. Further appropriations for welfare and attendance work, rural supervi sion and health are to be made, en larging the total for the six months school term to the amount of $17, 000,000. This, it was stated will leave a surplus of $1,600,000 for the extended term- in the so-called pau per counties. The appropriation for instructional service is ten per cent smaller than last year, this decrease' representing the ten per eent cut in the salaries of all teachers, principals and super intendents. ABNER L. McNEILL CLAIMED BY DEATH Former Mayor of Sanford Passes After Long Illness; First Sanford Lawyer. declining health for a number of years, passed away at his home on the corner of Mclver and Third street Tuesday morning about 5 o’clock. He had suffered two attacks of paralysis and was confined to his home for some time. The funeral was held at the hothe Wednesday afternoon at 3 o’ clock conducted by Dr. E. C. Gilmore, pastor of the Presbyterian church. As a mark of respect a large number of neighbors and friends attended the funeral. At the conclusion of the ser vices at the home the remains were bome to Buffalo cemetery where the interment was made in the family plot. The burial services were in charge of the Masons,. Mr. McNeill being the oldest past master of San ford lodge No. 151. The grave was covered with a collection of beautiful floral offerings from friends. Follow ing were the pall bearers: J. B. In gram, J. W. Stout, J. W. Gilliam, Aus tin McCormick, E. D. Nall and K. E. Seymour. ... Abner Landis McNeill, who was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. William McNeill, was born at the McNeill old home place near Cool Springs, in Moore county, (now Lee county), *fuly 16th, 1866, passing away at the age of 65 years.” He attended the school taught by the late Prof. John E. Kelly here in the early history of Sanford and studied law at the State University. He opened a law office in a small building recently torn down on Chatham street. His law practice was. mainly confined to of fice work, handling land and other of ficial documents. He studied survey ing and was well informed about his torical things in this part of the State and was often consulted about records and dates. My. McNeill was a man of progressive turn. of mind and was interested in the development and upbuilding of Sanford and this section. He was twice mayor of San ford and served from 1898 to 1902. While the late W. J. Edwards inau gurated the movement to establish a water system in the town, Mr. McNeill was at the head of affairs when the system was built. Me signed the first issue of bonds—$10,000--- for a water system. These bonds Were issued for a period of 30 years and were paid off three years ag6. Mr. McNeill was interested in various enterprises fn and around the town. He served several terras as a memuei ui bftard of directors of the North Caro lina Institution for the Blind at Ra leigh and manifested much interest in the welfare of the blind children. He was for years a ruling elder in the Sanford Presbyterian church. He finally moved to the country and en gaged in farming operations till his health failed him. Surviving are his wife, who before marriage was Miss Ida Rankin, of Fayetteville, two daughters, Mrs. W. E. Temple and Miss Ida McNeill, of Sanford; two sons, G. L. McNeill, of Sanford and W. M. McNeill', of Ble wett’s Falls: one sister, Miss Mary McNeill, and one brother, John iS. McNeill, both of Lee County. Three Lee county men, J. L. Med lin, W. B. Medlin and Mallie Medlin expect to move to Beaufort county to experiment in the cultivation of peonies in that section just east of Washington this fall. They were in Washington sometime ago to discuss the project with Dr. A. J. Knapp, of Evansville, Ind., who famished plants for the Medlin peony farm near San ford. Dr. Knapp is to obtain several thousand acres of flat, black soil. ' ' ■, 9 DR. FOSTER GIVES FACTS, FIGURES ABOUT LEE COUNTY’S NEW HOSPITAL The Kiwanis Club held its regular weekly meeting at the Carolina Ho tel Friday night. At the conclusion of luncheon President Overton turn ed the meeting over to H. C. Renegar chairman of the program committee. Music was made by the Club with Mrs. Lee Holland at the piano. A fea ture of the program was the solos by John Hinton^ who was here in the in terest of the Pu reoil Company. He was accompanied by Mrs. Holland on the piano. Mr. Hinton has a splen did voice and his solos- were grgatly enjoyed by the members of the club. W. E. Horner entertained the club with a brief review of an article by ' Prof. ’ W. F. Ogbum in the current Kiwanis magazine entitled, “The Fu ture, of Man.” The writer dwelt at length on the social trend of the times. Some of his predictions seem ed far fetched even, in this day of new ideas. I , The members of the club were ask ed to come prepared to suggest things that should be put in the programs that will be put on during the fall and winter season. As the schools will soon open vocational guidance will be one of the things that will be stressed. J. W. Kirkpatrick stated that racks had been placed in the new County Hospital to hold litera ture for the patients. Members of the club are asked to furnish maga-1 zines to go in these racks. Dr. -J. F. Foster, who has been made a member of the medical staff of the hospital, was called on by j BETTER GRADES TOBACCO HIGHER THAN LAST YEAR The last reports show that good grades of tobacco are now selling at from 3 to 4 cents higher on the border markets than it sold at this time~ last year. There has been a steady advance in the market price and planters have reason to feel encou raged., oyer Jkhe situation. We five seen samples of , beautiful bright tobacco price. There will ’also be much low grade sorry stuff put on the market. LOCAL FIREMEN . AT STATE MEET Members Sanford Fire Depart ment Attending Conven tion At Statesville. Twelve members of the Sanford Fire Department left early this week for Statesville where they are attend ing the forty-fourth annual meeting of the North Carolina State Fire-' men’s Association. The convention will come to a close this afternoon. I Those attending the convention1 from this city are, Chief John T. Me-1 Keman, R. B. Lemmons, Jimmie Kelly, J. O. Bridges, Bryant Woodell, John Underwood, W, P. Jones, Max McLeod, J. H. Woodell, J. R. Kelly, i ! W. N. Tulluck and D. L. Seymour. | ! State officials of the North Caro lina Firemen’s Association are: Pre sident, R. C. Whitley, of New Bern; | .Secretary John L. Miller, of Concord; ■ Vice President, John D. Shaw, of Greensboro; Treasurer, Chas. C. Sch nibben, of Wilmington; Statistician,' Charles C. Harris, of Rocky Mount, j | Monday’s Statesville Landmark said: | “Last night the shrieking sirens gave advance notice of the arrival of members of the firefighters, and two false alarms were turned in during I the night—one coming at 11:30 p. m.1 and the second at 5:30 o’clock this morning. _ i "Notwithstanding the meeting does 1 not formally open until Tuesday i morning at 10:30 o’clock, at the court j house, the streets this morning ware enlivened by sirens of visiting fire-1 men from the mountains to the, "sounding sea”—the firemen from Beaufort being the first to arrive. The business section of Statesville is i profusely decorated. United States flags floating in the breezes, in ad-1 dition to the usjial attractive decora tions on the front of the lousiness houses and on the white way light poles. Welcome signs have been sus | pended over the various highways j coming into Statesville from all di rections.”' | STOUT AWARDED BIG SCHOOL JOB Local Contractor Will Erect $30, 000 School Building At — H Dan River, Va. A contract for the erection of a $30,000 school building at Dan River, I Va., was last week awarded Joe W. Stout & Co., Inc., of this city. The local contracting firm, one of the best known in the State, already has under contract the erection of a school build ing in the Virginia town and annouces that this job will be completed around October 1, < Both the school jobs are similar in construction. It was said at the of fices of the contracting firm yester day that the completion of the second | job . would take place about the first of the year. | Of six contracts recently awarded In Pittsylvania county, in which Dan River is located, two of them fell to the Sanford firm. Chairman Regenar and made a moat interesting and instructive talk con cerning the workings of the hospital. He gave figures showing the cost of the service. He spoke in high' terms of Mrs. Norman L. Prevatt, the efficient superintendent of the hospital. Dr. Foster stated that all rates are payable in advance for one week unless other arrangements can be made with Curry Golden, business manager. He stated that -the hospital included 16 private rooms the use of which costs from $35 to $45 per week. Patients may be placed in the public wards at a cost of $21 per week. A charge of $18 per week is made for children in the children’s ward. The nursery charge, where there arg eight bassinets, is $1.00 per day. Dr. Foster stated that the fee for Use of the operating room for ma jor operations is $10. The additional fee of $10 is made for the anaesthe tic. Dr. Foster made mention of -some things that are needed at the hospi tal. Such things as nurses’ supplies and floor lamps for the reception room would add to the equipments necessary to make the hospital up-to date in every respect. The many things that have been donated By friends are highly appreciated by the hospital management. The club will meet Friday evening with the farmers and farmers’ wives of the northern section of the county at the Deep River Consolidated School. President Overton wants to see every member present. TRY PALMER CASE IN COUNTY COURT Amos Palmer Resists Charges of Trespassing On-Land Of RlUiUwK. , Judge Thomas J. McPherson of the Recorder’s Court yesterday reserved his decision in the A in os Palmer case expressing the Court’s intention of| viewing of the corpus delicti.. Palmer, a colored man living on the outskirts of Sanford, in under in dictment under three charges of tres ting several hundred cross ties and a large quantity of saw stock from their land. The defendant, on the otherhand, maintains his innocence of the charge and insists that the timber cut by him was from the dower in terests of the estate and from a por tion of the property, held for the heirs of a deceased brother. A daugh ter of the deceased brother appeared in court as a Witness for her uncle Amos. Since there was much confusion in the testimony relating to the various locations from which the timber was cut, Judge McPherson resorted to the corpus delicti move, which will en able court officials to view the pro perty and appraise the different an gles of the case as contended by the opposing principals. Emphasizing that he .means busi ness when he passes a suspended sen tence upon a defendant, Judge Mc Pherson, on the advice of the prosecut ing attorney who asked the Court to “find the facts,” put the suspended sentence of two years, given Marion Brooks two months- ago, into execu tion. Brooks, who some time ago was convicted on .a vagrancy charge and given a Suspended sentence of two years, providing he stayed out of the county for the. duration of the sen tence, returned to his old haunts af ter two months of absence. Evidence which might have fur-, ther incriminated Brooks but which was used by the prosecution to put the former sentence into execution was offered by Deputy Sheriff J. M. Thomas who told the Court of seeing a negro answering Brooks’ descrip tion run away from a still a few days ago. A coat bearing the name of Brooks in a pocket of which was found a prescription blank also bear ing his name was found by the officer. SCHOOL BOARD HAS PURCHASED TRUCKS Two Fords and two Chevrolets, to be used as school jibusses, were pur chased by the Lee county school board last Friday following a special meet ing of that body, announced George R. Wheeler, county superintendent of schools, Monday, Since seven or eight busses will be required to transport the children to the consolidated schools of the county, it is likely additional trucks will be purchased, intimated the superin tendent, who added this matter is be ing delayed until the State has made all school appropriations to the county RESIGNATION OF MISS ROSSER AS LIBRARIAN The resignation of Miss Helen Ros ser as librarian of the Sanford Li brary to accept a teaching position, makes it necessary to elect her suc cessor. The Library Board will meet on Friday, August 28 to elect a li brarian. Anyone who wishes to ap ply, please make application, prefer ab*Jf. * written application stating qualifications, to any member of the Library Board. Miss Kosser has given eminently satisfactory service and mingled with our congratulations on Ner new posi tion, is a great deal of regret at los ing her. . 'Sirs. Chas. M. Reeves, Chairman Library Board. GALA DAY MARKS COMPLETION OF HIGHWAY ARTERY Plan Mammoi Cherw? HISTORICAL U. S. Highway From Travi It was recently press that the Highway No, 1 Fla., would be cell 8; C., on tions are that it celebration of the South. . Thousands of persons intei Highway No. 1 eral request, that ting of this most venient route be given the following sketch Stretching from er of the 13 ei _ . States Route No. of American hi riod of more ington traveled it 1 peace and war. through many Revolutionary W: tween the States, old estates, the nections, cont.hua torist of those of the country. United States originally develo communication mants of Massa< lebration At On Sep 7th. tch road 1 Stretches 'o Florida, N. C. ^ in The Ex letion of U. S. ainc to Miami, ited at Che raw, 17th. Indica be the biggest ever held in hal letters to United States developed a gen historical set able and con ■ to Florida, £,this time. The *by submitted. 1 to the other fecolonies, United prm a highway covering a pe ( years. Wash be times in passed near or jfelds of both the the War be ■ ancient inns, ^historical con iemind the mo kys in the life No. 1 was K an artery of the settle s. New York Bay, the Hudson Island, the 'ton ley the Delaware, and the Che*-“ ing the va„ w_ er Virginia divers, j ting north temper ' semi-tropical Flori history” is from the eas irts of the i Valley, Long River Val tSusquehannah ’ region, includ ames and oth Ifpday, conneet iine with the i highway of i tourist route (Lto the winter ! By the end of ftie 17th century Boston, New York and * Philadelphai were growing rapidly and communict tion between them was made by horse back and pack horse. In 1687, the stage coach made its debut ir in Boston, but not without expericnc' ing the stem disapproval of the Pu ritan leaders because of its luxury. This could not stop its enormous po] ularity and soon regular travel serv ice was established between the thre< cities. Coaches made the . trip be tween New York and Philadelphia with comparative comfort in five days In 1771, an ornate coach called ‘Th< Flying Machine,’ made the trip fron Jjew York to Philadelphia in twc days. The zenith of speed seemed t< be reached then. By the beginning oj the nineteenth century, turnpike! were becoming the fashion, hund dreds of miles of roads being open ed in the period of a few years. Thi great deevlopment took place ovei the old coach route, now Uniter States Route No. 1. The section ol the Boston Post Road near Greenwich Conn., was built by the third turn pike company chartered in the Unit ed States. By a strange coincidence, Unitec States Route No. 1 connects all th< points at which the earliest railroac experiments were made. And wher the automobile and motor truck cami to give new facility to travel. Unitec States Route No. 1, was one of the first to feel the tingle of new life Five of the states, through which it passes were among the first seven t< establish state highway department! and it was consequnetly \ohe of the first first highways Jp benefit by sci entific traffic control. A brief historical itinerary of Unit ed States No. 1 is absorbingly inter esting. Crossing the new bridge a1 tne ivenneuec wvn, uue is reminaec that John Quincy Adams crossed in a skiff in 1760,and that for many years, in fact, until 1920, private ferried were the only means of transporta tion. Then at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, is the United .States navy yard tohere the Ranger,the first ship to sail the Stars and Stripes, was built. The shore of New Hampshire, although the smallest of any sea coast State, is one of the most historical and beautiful. Boston, which saw the "firfet brave days of the young revolution, and ConcOrd, Charleston, Cambridge close by; Pawtuekett, the site of the first cotton mill in America; Providence, founded by Roger Williams in 1686, the second city in New England; and New Haven, the site of a great uni versity, all are en route. Barely touching New York State, United States Route No. 1 passes through New York City, largest city on the continent, whose historical background is well known mad too ex (Please Turn To Page 8). KENNEDY SLATED TO SUCCEED GILLIAN MAY FORM ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF U. N. C. GRADUATES IN LEE COUNTY Ten years ago only a score-or so of alumni of the University of North Carolina were living in Lee county, but since that time the list in this county has grown until the number now totals seventy-five. A few days ago J. Maryon Saunders, editor of the Alumni Review and secretary of the General Alumni Association, who has been going over the State this summer in the interest of the Association call ed at this office. Mr. Saunders ~ is anxious to see the Lee alumni or ganize a county association. The plan is to meet and organize 'within the next month so as to be ready to celebrate Founder’s Day October 12. The list of Lee county alumni fur nished The Express by Mr. Saunders follows: Thomas C. Black, Archibald Shields | Dalrymple, James Glenn Edwards, J. M. Harrington, Alexander K. Hunt, ! Justin Harold Kelly, Walter Alfred Kelly, J. D.Pegram, J.A. White, Wil liam A. Seawell, Thomas A. Albright, E. Frank Andrews, Kemp L. Baldwin, Edward R. Buchan, James H. Byerly, Clarence Howard Crabtree, Ernest O. . Davis, John Thomas Davenport, Tay or D. Davenport, George C. Dees, LOCAL ROTARIANS HEAR TED JOHNSON Governor of 57th District Re lates Experiences At In ternational Rotary Meet. Ted Johnson, of Raleigh, governor of the 57th Rotary District, who is now making his rounds visiting the 1 various clubs, made a wonderfully in teresting talk before the Sanford Club Tuesday. The talk was mostly about the International convention of Ro tary which was held in the city of Vienna in June. In this old European ‘ city more than 4,500 Rotarians met from 57. countries and enjoyed a w:eek of Rotary addresses by .jassar^ sail! Mr. Johnson,' the Tfiost widely [representative of all Rotary con ventions. It came at a time wher ■ economic conditions throughout Eu | rope Were unsettled and the politics i conditions difficult. On the very eve i of the convention a serious crisis threatened the Austrian cabinet Vienna is one of the World’s great capitals, rich in art and color and tra dition. Rotarians from America anc the other countries found here £ hearty and friendly welcome, and “il there were some few inconveniences • the heart of the city made its warmth so strongly felt that one forgot hif small grievances, real or imaginary. Between four and five hundred Americans were in attendance upon the convention. Mr. Johnson says i they had a great trip through France and Switzerland to Vienna am and w’ere , given a royal welcome by the Aus j trians. They came away with a better understanding of conditions as they now exist in troubled Europe. | The club council was held Thurs day night at the Carolina Hotel, Pre sident Fred Strong being host. After supper he spent some time with the ,; council outlining his ideas as to Ro j tary work for the coming year. To j make the year one of successful ac complishments cooperation must be had, not only from members of the ! council, but from members of the club, | and the indications are that the new president, who is a live wire, will se cure such cooperation. LOCAL FOOTBALL PROSPECTS GOOD With much ! moulding a I football team 1 at hand, Coach i L. E. Warrick ; of the local : high school is j optimistic over I Sanford’s chan : ces of taking ■ honors in the j Class B divi ' sion this fall. Coach Warrick j has had his i boys on the ! excellent terial training: Held ^ often during: the last few days and he is much impressed with their work. Most of the boys, while light, are not sufficiently off in poundage to effect their playing, rather, it is thought, this lightness of weight will enhance the team’s opportunities. The preliminary game of the sea son is to be played with Barium Springs at Winston-Salem on Sept. 18th. The game will be called at 8 p. m. Those of Sanford who have not yet enjoyed the thrill of the gridiron under electric light will have this opportunity at the opening game. The game will take place on the baseball field of the Winston-Salem Twins. Sanford is regarded as one of the serious contenders for pennant honors in the Class B division. Organization of the team will take place shortly. Cary W. Durham, Ford F. Farabow, Eugene H. Frazier, E. H. Frazier, E. L. Gavin, John F. Gonella, Clarence H. Gregson, Ernest S. Harris, Duncan Edwin Holt, W. E. Horner, K. R. Hoyle, S. Junius Husketh, John Rob ert Ingram, Jr., Samuel T. Ingram, Van Buren Ingram, H.M. Jackson, D. B. King, H.L.King, Jas. V. King, Rach el Penn Lane, Wm. C. Lane, Joseph Lazarus, J. S. Glenn, Isaach H. Lutter loh,James Roderick Mclver, Dr. Lynn Mclver, William D. McPherson,, Hen ry F. Makepeace, Harold T. Make peace, R. E. Marks, Dr. M.L. Mat thews, Henry Thames Monroe, Wm. A1 exander Monroe, Paul Robert New man, Dr. A. L. O’Briant, A. W. Palm er, Jude Palmer, F.O. Perry,J. Carl ton Pittman, aJraes A. Ray, D. L. St. Clair, James Percy Seymour, A. A. F. Sea well, Ashley Flowers Sea well, R. W. Sheppard, W.m. E. Smith, Jr., D.-B. Teague, Staley William Watson, Matthew Edward Wicker, William Banks Wilkins, C. L. Williams, John C. Williams W. R. Williams, J. M. Willcox, Duncan M. St. Clair. COUNTY HAS BORROWED NO MONEY IN LAST 3 YEARS A representative of the Dunn Agency, spent a week or more in Sanford and Lee county interviewing the business people of the town and county and getting a report on their business. He called on County Auditor J. M. Clark at the court house to get a report of-the f inan cial condition of the c. unty. Mr. Clark gave him the de sired information and he Interrogated him about the and was - ioneyirt tii was slow in acceptin Mr. Clark’s statement ab u the matter as he has foun‘ very few counties in the .late that have not bon iwed money in the great financial stringency of the past three years. Comparatively speak ing Lee county has operat ed under a very low tax rate during the past few years and is now in good shape fi nancially. The people of the county feel that they have to pay excessively high taxes, but they are nothing like as high as they are in some counties in the State. ZEP CONTEST TO CLOSE SATURDAY Bobby Burns, Local Distributor Goodyear Products, Has Good Chance To Win. Bobbie Bums, local distributor for Goodyear tires and tubes, this week entered the last lap of the thrilling | Goodyear Zeppelin contest in which I he is confident he stands a good chance of emerging as victor. Should he win, Mr, Burns will be given a free trip to the mammoth Goodyear factory at Akron, Ohio, 'where he will be shown through this great indus trial plant—one of the largest in the world. As winner of the race the local man will be entitled also to take a ride in the huge Zeppelin dirigible, built in the aerial department of the Goodyear factory. The Zep contest is a nation-wide affair, but to be entitled for first , class honors the local Goodyear dealer has only to lead the dealers in the Charlotte district. To take first place | in the race it is necessary that he en I roll to his credit more points than any I other dealer in the district. To get * these points he must sell Goodyear | tires and tubes which count in points , toward the victory. Last year he finished second. In the present con test he is now running a close second and information coming from head quarters is that he stands a good chance of “bringing home the bacon.” The contest, which started July 1, ends Saturday night. In order to win the race, Mr. Burns has made startl ing reductions on all Goodyear pro ducts. He is also offering wonder fuly good trades on old tires in ex change for new tifes this week. MEETING AT BUFFALO Rev. L. A. McLaurin, of Rowland, ! is conducting a meeting at Buffalo ' church this week. Services twice a day, at 3 o’clock in the afternoon and 8 o’clock at night. The meeting will last ^through Sunday • and perhaps longer. You are cordially invited to attend these services. Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Camp left Sat urday for Cherry Tree, Penn., where they will attend the celebration of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Paul’s golden wedding September 8th. They expect to leave quite an elaborate affair. On their way Mr. and Mrs. Camp visited in Roanoke Virginia, and Ronceverte, West Virginia. KENNEDY NAMED AS SUCCESSOR TO JOHN W. GILLIAM Former Newspaperman Endors ed For Recess Appoint ment As Postmaster. TAKES OVER POST SEPT. 1 Ralph A. Kennedy, prominent Re publican political leader and auditor of the Hotel Wilrik, was Friday night endorsed by the Lee County Republi can Executive Committee as acting Postmaster to succeed Postmaster J. W. Gilliam who resigned recently to become a rural route carrier. Notice of the committee’s endorsement was immediately dispatched to Washing ton by State Chairman James S. Dun can and the official appointment is momentarily expected. Mr. Kennedy will assume office September 1. Mr. Kennedy’s name was chosen from among four candidates, the other applicants being T. H. Lutterloh, O. F. Patterson and John Gaines. The vote was seven for Kennedy and three for Lutterloh. One committeeman, B. L. Mansfield, was not present at the vot ing. After the first ballot, Mr. Kennedy’s nomination was made un 1 animous. I It is thought probable Mr. Kennedy will hold office until January 1 under the recess appointment. Sometime during the fall examinations will be given applicants for the unexpired term of Mr. Gilliam. These are re quireu to me notice oi tneir applica tion between noAv and September 8th. The new postmaster is a son of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Kennedy, of Cum nock. He has been a resident of .San ford since returning from the Army in which he served during the World War. For several years he held a position with the Page Trust Co. and later was connected with the Carolina Banner and the Sanford Journal in editorial capacities. He is at present auditor cf the Hotel Wilrik. Mr. Gilliam has efficiently and faithfully served the patrons of the Dostoffice for nine years. There has been great increase in theamount of mail and other business handled since he took charge of the office. To hold and direct the business of this office is now no small job. His successor will no ddUbtr find everything in tip top shap 7ce~ as pOs _ _ was first opened more than half cen tury ago. The late T. Rollins was the first man appointed postmaster of Sanford. The office was created in great tribulation. At first Jones boro and Sanford both were served by one postoffice. It seemed that it wras hard for one postmaster to serVe the people of both towns with any satisfaction. At first the postoffice was located in Jonesboro and some one delivered and distributed the San ford mail in a bag thrown over his back. The postoffice was brought to Sanford and in a short time carried back to Jonesboro. The problem was finally solved by a postoffice being opened here and Mr. Rollins made postmaster. Sanford was chartered, February 11, 1874. Grant was pre sident at that time. Hayes succeed ed him and served as president 1877 81. It was probably during his ad ministration that the postoffice was established. Garfield was elected president and after he had served six months was assassinated in 1881. He j was followed by Arthur who served as president 1881-85. These were all Republicans. The following men serv ed as postmaster during that period: T. Rollins, R. M. Brown, John S. Mc Iver, Daniel Cox, B. I. House. In 1885 the Democrats came into power, electing Grover Cleveland pre I sident. The Democrats then had their [ turn at the bat. L. T. Brown was made postmaster, serving in that ca pacity during Cleveland’s first ad 1 ministration. When Harrison defeat ed Cleveland G. H. Makepeace was made postmaster, serving the four 1 years. When Cleveland came back in i 1893, John W. Scott was appointed postmaster. Before he had served out the four years he died and Mrs. Scott was appointed to serve out the ' unexpired term. When McKinley was I elected president in 1897, Dr. I. H. i Lutterloh was appointed postmaster. McKinley was assassinated before his four year term expired and was suc ceeded by Roosevelt who was then I vice-president. Dr. Lutterloh served I seven years and was succeeded by Sam Jones while Roosevelt was pre sident, 1901-09. He also served under Taft. 1909-13. When Wilson came into ! power S. V. Scott was made post master serving nine years, running through both his administrations. Harding was elected president and took office in 1921, Coolidge Allowed in 1923 and Hoover in 1929. John l Gilliam- who succeeded Scott has serv ed during the administrations of three presidents and has been on the job nine years, resigning to become a | rural route carrier. I Ralph Kennedy has been recommend ed to succeed him. It is expected that i the office will change hands the first (Please Turn To Page 8). Bom to Mr. and Mrs. P. D. Mad dox, of Jonesboro, a son, Daymond Grey, Thlrsday, August 20. The lusty youngster weighed 8 1-4 pounds at birth. Both mother and child are getting along nicely. Bom to Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Parker, August 1, a daughter, Sarah Eliza beth, Baptist Hospital, Winston-Sa lem. Mr«. Parker was the former Miss Elizabeth Cross.

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