, -k LEE. COUNTY Population 17,000; Situated In The Heart pf a Progressive Agricui '% tural and Industrial Section, VOLUME 46, Number 13. SANFORD Central North Carolina’s Coming To bacco Market—Every Facility For An Orderly Marketing Of Your Tobacco. FIVE CENTS Here CITY OBSERVES ANNIVERSARY OF m CLOSING OF WAR Ex-Service Men Compose Parade - That Marches Through " City Streets. RENEGAR MAKES ADDRESS; Yesterday's observance, of$he thir teenth . anniversary Vf rthe v Armistice was hardly less demonstrative than that orie*7held on a chill ^November day, in, 1918. With flags'fjpi^UTled to’, the breezes, with a^drdWd'”-^ five thousaridc people purgingabout the: streets and with war.-veterans, whd wore their overseah;^^;-.'mingling: in the throng, it was, indeed, an oc casion that evoked thoughts of peace}! and thanksgiving. ? The day's headliners were an ad-* dress by. Josephus Daniels, illustrious member of Woodrow Wilson's war. cabinet, a parade in which the veter ans of three wars took part, the sol emn obsequies representing the bur ial of the “Unknown Soldier,” a bar becue and a ball for the war veter ans. Distinguished guests present for the celebration were: Josephus Dan iels, former Secretary of the Navy; Walter Lambeth, Seventh District congressman; Judge E. H. Cranmer, of Southport; and John Beasley, for mer State Commander of the North Carolina Department of the Ameri ’ . can Legion. From the early morning sound' of the reveille until the close of the ball at two o'clock this morning, the cele bration reigned. At 11 a. m., exact ly thirteen years, to the hour, of the close of hostilities, whistles and si rens started blowing. The parade was formed on Endor street at 2:30 p, m. At 3 o'clock it began to move through the business . . section and was Witnessed by thou come the Hotel Wilrik orchestra leap ed«into the breach and led the line of march.- '* The formation of the parade was as follows-, H. F. Makepeace, Commander Lee Post No. 18 of the American Legion the American flag, and Frank Brinn, (mounted); Oscar Porter, bearing the legion colors; the Hotel Wilrik orchestra; R. A. Kennedy, parade chairman; honored guests, including Mayor Warren R. Williams; ladies auxiliary, president and unit offi cials; Battery “K” 113th Field Artil lery; Confederate veterans; Spanish American War veterans; World War veterans, under command of Lieut. H. C. Hickman; colored World war veterans; Boy Scouts, under com mand A. K. Miller, Jr.; floats and clowns. • When the parade reached Steele street, H. C. Renegar, former com mander of Lee Post No. 18, deliver ed an inspiring address in which he paid a tribute to those who gave their lives for their country. Mr. Renegar’s address was as fol lows: “Comrades and veterans of all wars: un tms memoraDie ana solemn occasion we have assembled to dp honor and pay our last respects to our comrade who has answered his last reveille and for whom the taps of eternity have sounded. “Of his life we know but little; we know'not whether he came from gild ed halls of a stately mansion or the worm eaten walls of a crude and humble cabin; we know not whether the icy blasts of winter were turned back by impregnable walls of stone or pelted his youthful brow through the roof and cracks of a simple hut; we kno\v not whether he was rich or poor, black or white, saint or sinner; whetlfginie was a democrat or repub lican, Methodist or Baptist, Presby terian or Catholic; whether the blood whrch coursed through his veins was -«^that of a prince or a paupef, it mat ters not, but this we do know, he was some mother’s boy, and a soldier; some mother, somewhere, sometime courageously took immortality by the hand and went down into the valley of the shadow of death in order that ' he might live. We know that he liv ed, and that he loved life as well as we; that he answered his country’s call to service not to win a war, but everlasting peace, and that upon the altar 6f petaocVacy poured out hie last full md&sureof devotion, in the hope that his,, ajpbitions might bS realized and tha^h*8 dreims. come true, that the world, might be made a better place in which to live, that right should triumph over might, that the weak should not be oppressed by. (Please Turn To Page Five). DANIELS OUTLINES "GREAT ILLUSION" INTO WHICH WORLD HAS DESCENDED . Armistice Speaker t. . Hon. Josephus Daniels Pea vine Produces 4 1-2 Pounds Peas Vines Measure 27 freet From Tap Root—Was Grown in Garden Belonging to Brooks Smith. I i Mr. Brooks Smitn, et this place, tells The Express that he raised a peavine in his garden this year that- produced .4 1-2 ^tounds^of and found them'' to be 27 feet in length. His ' daughter, Mr. Steve Riddle’s wife found the first pea of this variety in a'lot of green coffee 19 years ago. She grew .a vine from the pea which measured" 15 feet. It seems that this variety of peas is very prolific in both vines and peas and the farmers would probably find it to their advantage to raise this variety of peas. It probably came from some coun try where coffee is produced. Capt. S. L. Long and children, Louise and Billy, left a few days ago on a trip to friends and rel atives in Martin county. Clarence York underwent an operation at the Lee County Hospital last Saturday for ap pendicitis. The. operation was successful and his triends will be pleased to learn that he is now improving and it is' expected that he will recover. WYNN IS HELD ON HIT-RUN CHARGE Sanford Man Is Charged With Hitting Car In Which There f Were Four Negroes. The Cary correspondent of the News and Observer under date of Nov. l>ui.. says: . 4 “Thomas Wynn of, Sanford, was held for a preliminary'hearing on the charge of being a hit-and-run driver when he hit a car containing four negroes, seriously injuring the driver, Will Patterson. Wynn was carrying a load of tobacco from Sanford to Wil son when the accident. occurred. The only clues left were small pieces of wood that were knocked off by the collision. These were picked up by Dr. J. P. Hunter and Chief of Police Griffis. That , night Dr. Hunter no ticed a truck parsing through town with the sulps tdrn up, ana calling the chief got the truck stopped at Appx and the clues identified the truck. Wynn was* given a preliminary hearing before, M. o. Carlton, justice of the peace, and' helcl until uie m jured man can recover sufficiently to be present.' Wynn admitted passing through Cary, about the time the acci dent occurred and having a load of tohacco, and also admitted meeting a car at the place where the acc-dem occurred, hut claims that he did not know he struck the car.” OPENS STUDIO HERE. Local art lovers will be more than interested to know that Mrs Edna McPherson Vestal, an artist of note* has opened an art school in the Ma sonic Temple building here. Since leaving Atlantic Christian Collego, where she,*.receive^, her col legiate training. Mrg.sVesDd hrs m-de art hearcchiflf -.interest in life. She'has studied under some of the World’s moat, distinguished nrt teachers ^nd . has wohi eighteen fi'fst prizes in art contests. Ilet j jbll ,pamtings find a ready sale in. New York, Philadelphia and Washington,w , *« While here Mr. and Mrs. Vestal will make their home with Mrs. Vestal’s aunt, Mrs. Emma Kimrey. I Daniels Recalls Stirring Events Preceding America’s War intervention. LAUDS CHAS D. McIVER An address by Hon. Josephus Dan iels,, former. Secretary of the Navy, charcteWzfed by Mayor Warren It. Williams tn Jiis introduction as “the greatest living North Cardliruan,” brought to.a climax yesterday’s huge Armistice Day celebration. . \ The former Secretary of the-Navy, who spoke at the high school building, told his audience that ‘for thirteen years we have lived in a fool's para dise, vainly thinking if we took care of ourselves, we would not bC affect ed by the ills of other countries. Wc now find,” he added, “that what hap pens in Manchuria or in Berlin or Paris or London vitally affects and I concerns us.” Mr. Daniel’s address followed ad | dresses by Congressman Walter ' Lambeth, of Thomasville; and Judge ! E .H. Cranmer, of Southport, both of whom paid splendid tributes to ex service men and their fallen com rades. Mayor Warren R. Williams was pre sented by Captain Dan B. King. He in turn presented Mi. Daniels. In i introducing the distinguished speaker, Mayor Williams read a letter written on February 13, 1913. by the late President .Woodrow Wilson, in which Mr. Daniels was offered the Cabinet portfolio. This letter, written in the long hand of the late War resident, is a treasured possession of tne form* er Naval Secretary. Mr. Daniels lauded the late Charles Duncan Mclver, a native son of Lee, refrring to him as having been a “dy namo of a new day in North Caro lina.” Ail Wit U1C Yl UI1U War,” said, Mr. Daniels, “Norman Angell wrote a book on ‘The Great Illusion,” in which he stressed two reasons why peace would not be broken: (1) That the bankers who would be called upon to finance the 1 ^truction iat there was lacking the age old incen tive to war because the victor and vanquished would alike be prostrated by war. His first reason was soon shown to have been a great illusion. In 1914-18 it was demonstrated that bankers are the servants of govern ments and people not their masters. Money is powerful when national pas sion is not aroused. When a peo ple are militant, money must bow to the decree of the popular will. “Suon another illusion was dissi pated—the illusion that America was hugged to its bosom all its life, to-wit, that lying between two oceans, and remote from Europe and Asia, the United States was immune from attack. Since U-boats reached these shores, doing little damage, and the introduction of air craft, this sense oi false security has gone forever. We know that there is no isolation be cause we have learned that oceans were created to unite nations, not to separate them, and that the’ nr is t‘io common universal domain of all nations that possess aeroplane* ana gasoline or .ie!ium. “We were taught anotheV experi ence lesson which Norman Angeil emphasized to-wit, that war br.ngs no benefits to victors. Modern war de vastates alike the vanquished and the victor. France, a victor, suffere 1 more than any defeated nation, while no property was destroyed in Ger many and. its associate, Turkey, reap ed more benefit from the war than all the Allies. Lloyd George prom ised. the English in his Kha;d elec tion in the winter of 1918 to ‘mike the Germans pay the entire cost of the war shilling for shilling.’ thir teen years have gone and viermc has paid not a dollar except the money it borrowed from the victori ous Allies. ' Then when the armis tice came and the people of the earth had been ushered in, we have awaken ed to the knowledge that we cherish ed another great illusion, fpr as we meet on Armistice Day two great na tions are at each other’s throats. “For thirteen years we have lived in afool’s paradise, vainly thinking if we took care of ourselves, we would not be affacted by the ills of other countries. We now find that what happens in Manchuria or in Berlin or Paris or London vitally affects and concerns us. The Bible says, “No man liveth unto himself.” It is equal ly true that no nation liveth unto itself. We are all upon this earth closely allied and related. Hunger in China or *var in Manchuria is as close to us today as an Indian war in Tennessee was close to Raleigh a decade ago. Whether we will or no, all mankind are neighbors. Since the Armistice Uncle Sam has acted as if his children could prosper while Eu rope suffered. We have now been taught by hard experience that if Eu rope or Asia are in trouble we are stewing in the same pot. / “In these thirteen years since the A^rnistic#,. the United States has done nothing +p' guarantee protection or to insure peace. ^'Of course we have at tended 'conferences and talkfests as observers bufc i^ide from the Kellogg •ma^mfipent gesture, we did nothing until lately an American re presentative'h'at with the other mem bers‘*fef (League of Nations and told China Japan that civilized nations woi$d not tolerate a war. “The question is: “Did we mean it?’’ Will Uncle Sam and the League stand firm, and command peace? If they do, (Please Turn To Page Eight). NATIONAL CfthiHT IS DISCUSSED liY FRANK AN!)';!:ws J of Banker Explains m National Credit i-inn Lately Fornmi. CBANMER DELJtVKU i \u Jurist Pictures A*1 van!ye-; Ol' Living In Averty< Small Town of .Today. There was a good meeting1 of the Kiwa Carolina Hotel last Judge E. H. Crann who is now holding^ Court, was a guest ter a few songs by| with dinner, .'fipesidc turned the meeting Renegai* chairman committee. Presided that he had a letter* co-operation of theF charity work ' in 'fhg* ty during the. ‘ winteg any memb’ef of thedel. gate to any meeting: t&f by other clubs and .t’ niz&tion. Secretary,* to id of a recent iced' the ■i.Ahorized | be a dcle uy be held I charity orga- i B. Teague of the Lee County "Belief Association and brief ly discussed the plaiis^jfor carrying on | if the club dis helping a wor- 1 ‘hng to get an 1 University. He1 d stated that the: for the coming . next Friday the work. Members, cussed the questions thy boy who is sf education" at the £ will probably be bell President- Overton' officers of the ckib. year wquII be e) night. Robert Poe, Jr-, ^ « boy featured the pro I four solos and givinj 1 is an unusually brigt the careful trainingiliss Louise Futrell at the McIvet^Grammar School is able to carry, a ttbte as well as a boy more than twiceihis age. 1 Judge Cranmer, WTO*" was .called on ‘ for a speech, said.he? pref erie< 1 living lyear-old school | pam by,singing ! |a recital. This [ boy and under in a small town as 1 i ly* spirit among neig found in the city w too busy to take time , the welfare of those j lend a helping hand was glad to know th tained in civic clubs5! Club. was a friend ■rs not always 'ite people 'were o inquire about ound them and ,en needed. He this spirit ob ike the Kiwanis Bt Company at Mir explanation I^Nataoi^l Cre y, organized at nt Hoi&nfe* iti United Bank and T* 1 this placed gave »>' of the workings of dit corporation recenl i the instance f stock oi a par I value of ?100.00 each. “It" is to have the usual corporate ! officers and a board oi directors of twelve, one from each of the twelve Federal Reserve Districts with 4;h« powers of directors and provision, for an executive committee. Each di rector is to subscribe to one share of the corporation stock and the shares are to be deposited with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. “This corporation is beirjg organiz ed for the purpose of aiding and as sisting banks throughout the United States to utilize their resources and credit, so as to further stabilize the financial and economic conditions, and to enable the smaller banks to ren der a larger service to their respective communities. “The function of the corporation will be, to lend funds to banks, upon such teivns and ^conditions as are to be determined by the board of direc tors or executive committee. The nrp '-^tion is t > '•<> authorized to issue up t<* one- bill I notes bear in u’ inter, and nayable by of directors. “Banks t te states are reqm-styd to subscribe to notes n + ivr in an amount equal to 2 per cent of their respective net demand and time deposits as of the bank call last pr -e- eding the date hereof (which h::pp»ns to be Septem ber 29) or in an amount equal to 10 per cent of. their capital and surplus which e/^r happens to be the’smal ,'v" am- v I• ■ believed that this will a* ' -nst pro--id*;, t^e funds re quested by the president for this corporation. Subscriptions will be payable in in-t dl-u. nts as required and on Fie tall of the board of direc tors. notes to be issued in the amount of the installment paid.” >n dollars in gold .'t only if earned tion of the board »ut the United Baracca Class K Last Thursday of the Baracca cl: tist church togct’-i of the Sunday Si tors, fathered at Mr. W. R. Make, and enjoyed an->! ccllent barbecue class gathered in for a round of presided over by The members)! Class is grow in.l hope to reach . n 1 five before the are not attending will welcome yo< and hear their 1 Vick and partak becucs. Card We wish to th.v for their acts of been shown us * serious illness, sen our anxiety. njoy Another Feed, ■tight the members - of the First Bap < r with the officials ) d and a few visi the camp house of ).\ii e on Deep River ■ one of their ex After supper the t o main ball room kinp and singing, J. Husketh. o of the Baracca weekly and they llnjent of seventy ir' is out. If you > nday School, they * join with them dent teacher Mr, their many bar t Thanks '■ I' our many friends !v ndness that have "ig Anna May's It das helped us les M i s. Sk D. Porter. Mr. an Mrs 1 Williamson came in from New ^ ork last week to spend a few days with relatives and friends. They have made their home in New York City for the past-three or four years. , * O. D. Palmer, .»r . has gone to Roa noke, Va., where he has accepted a position. N DR. BREWER TO JUNIOR ORDER All L^o Councils of Jr O. IT. A. M. Ar£ Invited To Attend This Meeting. WILL BE HERE NEXT WEEK Dr. Charles E. Brewer, National i Councilor of the Junior Order of 1 United American Mechanics, will lr> the guest of the S rnford Council next I'liuivsday night, November 19th., at * o’clock. l)r. Brewer, whose ho no is in Raleigh, is the first North Caro ijn an to attain the highest office within the gift of the Junior On lev While here lie will address a meet ing at which all-I^ee County councils have been invited to attend. meeting will be held in the lo cal Junior halL As there are over, five hundred Juniors in Lee County, a large attendance is expected at the affair. A recent issue of the Raleigh Even ing Times said of Dr. Brewer: ’ “Charles Edward Brewer, president of Meredith College, was bom in Wake Forest on July 12, 1866. He is the son of John March ant and Ann Wait Br 'wer. . i Mr. Brewer did not attend grammar school, there being none within his reach during boyhood. He began his education as a pupil of Mrs. A. W. Purefoy, later attending Vine Hill Male Academy at Scotland Neck. Entering Wake Forest College itpon his graduation from the Academy Mr. Brewer received his A. M. degree in 1886. He was a student at John Hopkins University for one year, leaving there to enter Cornell Uni versity, where he was graduated with his Ph. D. degree in 1900. He re ceived his LL. D. degree from Baylor University in 1921. Mr. Brewer has tjpken an active in National Councilor Dr. Charles E. Brewer terest in civic affairs being a mem ber of the Rotary and Watauga clubs and past State Councilor of the Jr. j O. U. A. M. He is a deacon of the First Baptist Church. Mr. and Mrs. Brewer, who recently celebrated their 40th wedding anni versary, have two children, Ellen and Eliza. TUMULTOUS CELEBRATION HERE ON NOVEMBER 11, 1918 IS RECALLED Event Was Attended By Great and a world suddenly gone mad with joy, an outpouring: of years of.^anxie ty, of tears, of heartbreak, suddenly I released in one tremendous outburst j of relief—the great World War had ended and Peace once again descend ed upon nations and men. Do you ever, in retrospect, recall Nov. 11, 10IS? Probably there was n t in the United States, in the whole civilized world a man or woman who did rot shaie to come extent in the exteir neranoous celebration which was held in every city, in every vil lage and hamlet over the world. Probabl; . in years to come, psycholo gists will analyze the thought and feelings of the people on that day. but at the tone, there remained noth ing to do but be joyful and glad. Mothers w!,o.-e sons wore in the cold, muddy trenches of France, wiv es whose hi: bands had departed months and pv'.: hs ago fur the bat : tlefield. : isters whose brothers were valiantly carrying on in the front lines, were weeping with jo^% while • fathers, brothers, and other relative:: i hoar.'O. It was enthusiasm in the mass, and such enthu-iasm as had never been wit less. ■! anil probably .will never he witne -d ! ’Midst the prevailing note of hap piness. however, there was the moth er, the father *vhu did not join in the wild hysteria as did the others. ' Not that they were not rejoicing: that | the war was over, but that a loved ! son had fallen for what he thought J was a .great ideal. | That Express readers might for a ! moment recapture the spirit of Nov. ill, IP 18. an article describing: the celebration here on that day. appear j ing in The Express of Nov. 15, IP18, | is published in full. The article fol A'lthough the papers Monday mor ning: failed to bring: the news that the head of the German army had signed the armistice bringing about a cessa tion of hostilities between the Ger man and Allied armies. the good news was received by ’phone from Raleigh. Later in the morning cop ies of a special edition of the News and Observer brought here by pas sengers on the shoofly, confirmed the report. It was also stated the, Ger man Kaiser had abdicated and fled to Holland. When it was learned be yond question of doubt that the arm istice was in force and the fighting had ceased, the fire bell and mill and factory whistles in the town set up a mighty din, sounding forth the mom entous‘news. The uproar was kept up for several minutes and soon many of the people of the town wejre on the streets cheering lustily. Flags were soon unfolded to the breeze on the front of many of the homes and (Please Turn To Page Five). i ^TaPay'I^Her^ _ JHy . »€arthage£& of Lee, Pays Visit ? The Deaf Mute, Form itizen Express Office. Mr. W. A. Sea well, artii age. who was tihfc first an to pay taaes in Lee Conn. , when t!.v cornu y was created, virited this oi'ii.e la t Monday. H‘ ».iw runs a harbor shop in Curt/.age. Mr. So *.w ;■ 11, who is a ileat i.tute, has a hriuht miri ;! . i a > i meroor. . 1‘iie.T m i i > a curs no followed the printing bissm.s < and wi . emplu.el in t >.e o/t'ice of Mr. B. Co..1. While here dav he wrote down the names of anumber of Sanford's n. S. Mhos Poultry Company, of Greens boro, will> UN-ill”have trucks and coops t■ * receive the poultry at Palmer & Peeves stable on Endwr Street i rum ;> A. M. to 3 P. M. oil that day. Prices for thi*? sale w.li !>'• publish-^ tN ARY A DURESS Friday night at 7:30 in the First Baptist Church Sunday School audi torium. Miss Eveline Scott, who has been with the Interior Sudan Mission of Africa will give an illustrated lec ture on Mission work in the heart of Africa. All people of all denomina tions are invited to attend. The pic tures will he interesting and instruc tive showing the-work and conditions in this benighted country. A free will offering will be taken. Mrs. Chas, Rowe, of New York City, visited Mrs. Kenneth McNair last week. Mrs. Rowe had been visit ing her relatives, the Hoovers, of Lincolnton, and was en route to meet Prof. Chas. Rowe, who was returning from a visit with his mother in Eng l^nd . Mr. J. B. Gant and family have moved to Ramseur where Mr. Gant has been transferred by the railroad. Miss Rosa Nell Cox returned to her school at Nashville and Miss Mary Cox to her school at Draper after at tending the funeral of W. P. Bridges. SEA WELL NOT TO BE A CANDIDATE * FOR STATE POST nui Though t Sal l ord Man Will Enter Contest For Next Attorney General. WAY RETURN TO SANFORD jrummitt’s Decision Not To Run 1' or Governor Causes Late Uoset. Mr. A. A. F. Seawell, Assistant ■Stale Attorney General, was in San •>>*d 'i s; -H iv striving r 'vith his Tinny friend-. Ho has had to work >relty hard since he went to Raleigh, vyi'-rn )u :,trjr d ti - ■■ r.C'- of As • :-trH Go;i- r,i! : -‘on ! •• all over ho S'r sugg -«'id that lie at the ll’ojli ;}• t'OTO :}]•: .■ f. V'-lC-.lf oc? a •amiidate f«a* the nomination for at aVnoy vmv-.ai • • ! Dimperntic dcket hi li, event that Attorney Gen trM Riummot did not announce gas i candidate f; r re-election to the of fice -hut come out as a candidate for Ae nomination for givernor on. the Democratic ticket. Attorney General Brum mitt recently anhounced through the press that he would not be a can iidate -for governor. It is presumed that he will ,ask his party to re-elect him to his present office. This means that Mr. Seawell will not be a candi date for the nomination of the office. Mr. Seawell may again open a lavr office in Sanford for the practice oi his profession. The many friends of Mr. Seawell and family hope to see them move hack to I^ee County and again make their home among ms. GETS TEN YEARS IN STATE PRISON Jury Returns Second Degrree Murder Verdict In Malachi < Dowdy Case. Malachai Dowdy, Greenwood town ship negro, was sentenced to ten years in the State’s pjrison by Judge E. H. Cranmer Monday upon his con-* viction of second degree murder on a charge of having killed Willie Davis* Ed. Sneed, held as an accessory, was found not guilty. < „ 'Tliie murder occurred in Green wood township on the night of Octo ber 8th. The men were returning, from a service at a. Holiness church* in the neighborhood when trouble aj-tfse between' them. Tto'tfdy'y struck Efcavis on-tihe back, of'the hea,d. with a jp»ine stake, k followed ^ sKoHt - ly thereafter. . ; ge gg,...-g IN COUNTY JAIL George Washington Jacobs Held Here Being Charged With Check jjb'efts. George Washington Jacobs, alias Robert L. Hensley, alias Luby L. Johnson, while, Monday was commit ted to the Lee county jail by Justice of the Reace C. T. Latimer in de fault of bond. He i. charged with br< a king into three warehouses Saturday night and stealing several checks payaule to the warehouse, which he attempted to cash at various places here. He suc ceeded* in only one instance when be procured S117U. His attempt to cash one for $100 at a garage failed. It is also alleged that i u* same man has given worthless cheeks on a Dur ham bank. ' At the Farmer's w iro'muse and Tiilev's warehouse on Saturday night robbery attempts were made, but Mni mug \\ .1 ii ->.<.< ! « N . epl y_p.--1.ol at Tilley\s wa re hi < * use. Jacob’s, wn nrrccled. ba-1 n J‘s '*'.u gc from the navy, bearing the name of Go-rge Wasiungi »n uacobs, a leave of -absence from Fort Bragg grant, d to Robert L. Hensley and also a Fort Hragg pm’.s issued to Luby L. Johnson. It is not known whether or not Jacobs is a me.nlnr of a gang that has been stealing checks from the warehouses in eastern North Caro lina and attempting to cash them. Christian Conference at Shallow Well ..The ICasteKg North Carolina Chri.v fflVtin Conference will be‘held at Shal low Weil church on November 17th to 19th with day and night sessions. R"v. W. C. Wicker, D. D., is the pre sident and is well known in the com munity. An interesting program has been arranged and a large number of ministers, delegates ana visitors are expected. items of special interest are the sermon on Tuesday night at 8 o’ clock by Rev. Lewis T. Reed, General Secretary of the Ministerial Hoard, N«w York City, and an address on Wednesday at 11:15 o’clock by Rev. L. E. Smith, D. D., of Norfolk, Va. Dr. Smith was recently elected presi dent of Elon College and will speak on “Our College.” Wednesday morn ing there will be a Young People’s program consisting of special music and short speeches by leaders in the young people’s work. The public is cordially invited. NOTICE All members of Centre Church who are behind with their assessments are earnestly requested to make payment at once so that the church can send i good report to the North Carolina Conference which meets at Green Mile November 18th. The church will ae represented at the conference, by ;he pastor, Rev. J. H. Buffalo and Mr. J. W. Jackson, who goes as a dele gate from the Carthage circuit. Should correspondents fail to find their communications in The Express this week we wish to state that it is due to the fact that we have had machine trouble hnd we are unable to publish the 'usual amount of reading matter in this issue. We ask you to bear with us and after this week1' we hope to be able to handle alt communications sent in.