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.
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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
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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
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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.