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xpres; BUY NOW And Help Bring Back PROSPERITY VOLUME 46, Number 23 R,)l I' A, JANUARY 21, 1932. Published WEEKLY. five cents ■■ — "N INTERESTING NEWS AND VIEWS “An Exaggeration.” I Chain Letters Tourist Traffic “The Brown Derby” v -* Cornered, by this scribe and asked for a statement regarding his pur ported candidacy for the lower house of the general assembly, Harvey C. Renegar, locai attorney, vouchsafed that he is at this time without any political designs whatever. *‘I am placed somewhat in a simi lar position to Mark Twain,” said Mr. ■ Renegar, “who in andwer to rumors j of his demise stated ‘the report of my death has been greatly exagger ated.’ In similar vein, I wish' to ad vise,” added Mr. Renegar, “that re ports of my candidacy have been greatly exaggerated.” However, the local barrister did not say he will not be a candidate. He merely said he is not at present a candidate. Like the ancient Cincinattus, who, when his country was in peril, always answered the call of the flag, Mr. Renegar, likewise, if drafted by those who believe he can save his county and his State, wi“ hardly fail to heed the call. Anyhow, the “Gentleman at the Keyhole” has him spotted as one with a penchant fcr public ser vice. CHAIN LETTERS. iSpeaking of the chain letter epi demic, existence of which we learn from our favorite semi-weekly, we are again reminded of Mr. Renegar. He relates of having received one of these communications recently. “This letter,” he said, “had already gone to eight or ten persons before coming to me. It seemed that thc-se sending it on its rounds had hand picked lawyers and bankers as parties, likely to welcome it. Of those who had received it before me, all Ivere either of the legal profession or banking fraternity. “What did you do with it, send it to some other lawyer or banker?” he was asked. “Absolutely not,” he thundered, “I threw it into the waste basket.” TOURIST INCREASE through Sanford has, I believe, ad vanced fully fifty per cent in the last two weeks,” said Alderman W. R. Makepeace yesterday. o Asked for an explanation Mr. Make peace told about a recent trip to Pinehurst. “I was at one of the hotels there,” he said, “and, as a matter of course, inquired about the tourist trade. My informant, who happened to be a hotel manager, said it was rotten, ad ding that what he thought was need ed to bolster it up was ‘about a three foot snow up in New England.’ I do not know whether there has been a snow up there but my opinion is that the increased flock of tourists com ing this way is due to the fact that winter has at last arrived in Massa chusetts and other far-northern sec tions of the country.” And this should be a plausible rea son for the throngs of tourists that now \vindc'w-shop here. Commenting on the annual pheno menon, this migration from north to south, Pat H. St. Clair, president of the Kiwanis club, says: “Now that the weatfier has chang ed many tourists are passing through Sanford over Federal Highway No. 1 on their way to Southern Pines, Pine hurst and the Florida resorts. Many of these are wealthy tourists and are traveling in handsome, high-priced cars. There is nothing about their appearance suggestive of ‘hard-times.’ Bobby Bums, proprietor of the ser vice station at Three Points, tells me there are more tourists of the ‘weal thy class passing through Sanford at this time than in three or four years. They are going over this route in stead of other routes as they did in past years. Often the Carolina and Wilrik hotels-sr** pretty well crowd ed with tourists who*stop here for the night.” !< SMITH STOCK DECLINES Numbering* Lee as one of the few '< political units in North Carolina to\ swear by his candidacy three years’] ago, former Governor Alfred E. ] Smith is, nevertheless, on the dec line here as a popular favorite. The ] “Happy Warrior,” while still having < v many warm political friends here, is ] discounted as a candidate for the pre- ]( sidential nomination, few believing < that he can muster sufficient strength ’ in the Democratic national conven- L tion to put the nomination under his I] belt. j Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt is 'j probably Sanford’s favorite candi- < date, with Owen D. Young running < a good second. In the rural districts, ] William G. ,«McAdbo still has some ] support and, frequently the name of 1 “Alafalfa Bill” Murray, colorful go- < vemor of Oklahoma, is heard men- ] tioned. Other farvorite candidates i about Sanford are Newton D. Baker, - Governor Byrd, and Governor Ritchie, j (Continued On Page Eight). OBSERVERS SCENT HARD; FIGHT LOOMING AHEAD FOR SENATE FREAKY WEATHER UPSETS MOTHER NATURE’S PROGRAM THROUGH HERE Spring weather has prevailed in this section most of the winter and as a result a second crop of various kinds of fruit and other things start ed developing, and in some instances were almost ready to ripen when the heavy frost on Wednesday morning cut things short. We are informed that strawebrries were blooming and a few more days of warm weather would have found them ripening. To bacco seed came up in the fields and up to this time the planters were afraid to bed their tobacco seed for fear they would be killed by the cold weather later in the winter season. Up to this week this has been a re markably mild winter. Mr. C. W. Me !Manus., a car mechanic, tells The Ex press that one day last week%fter re pairing a school truck he. carried is to Broadway, and to his astonishment before he reached thafr place a swarm of bees settled on his truck. Mr. E. J. MtfCain, who is authority on bees, says this is the first time he has heard of bees coming out of their winter hibernation. However, bees have been working on flowers that bloomed since warm weather set in. Cats have brought in lizards and til this Week it looked like spring would run from one to two mohlits ahead of time. The weather man says we may expect regular winter weather for the next few weeks. BYERLY TO HEAD LEE DEMOCRATIC DRIVE FOR FUNDS Shuping Names Young Sanford Attorney Chairman Vic tory Fund Committee. NAME ASSISTANTS SOON Democracy To Conduct Nation wide Drive For Funds To Finance the Campaign. S. Ray Byerly, young Sanford attorney, was named Saturday as county chairman of the Demo cratic Victory Fund. Campaign committee for Lee by C. L. Shu ping, of Greensboro, chairman of the State committee. In accordance with the plans of the )eoeratic organization, Mr. Byerly vill appoint a member for each , oting precinct in the county, who, to- ; ;ether ,will compose trie personnel of 11 he Lee county co-mmittee. Chair- ] nen appointed for neighboring conn- j ies are: S. R. Hoyle, Moore; JWade MILITANT CANVASS. The 'North Carolina organization, t is pointed out by Mr. Shuping, is iow in a position to go ahead with he campaign. He says that in ad— ition to receiving the enthusiastic < cceptance of the one hundred mem ers of the General State Committee, : he personnel of which was announc- 1 d several weeks ago and one hund- ’ ed county chairmen, campaign work rs have been tentatively selected in 1 ractically every one of the approxi- ; lately Uvo thousand precincts in the itate and that he expects within . a hort time that workers numbering : lany thousands will be actively can- < assing on behalf of the Victory 1 *und Campaign. GILLIAM HASN’T BROKEN TRACES lot A Big Kick Out of Seeing AI Smith and Raskeb But Refuses Invitation. Some of the Republican friends of ormer Postmaster John W. Gilliam J hargejhim with threatening to quit he Republican party and climb on < he Democratic band wagc-n hoping : hat should that party be successful ] t the polls this fall he will have an pportunity to remain at the pie ounter. We here and now proclaim o all the world that it would be : bout as difficult for John Gilliam ■ o be a Democrat as it w6uld for a ] :iraffe to live'without his neck. The hing not only goes to the bone, but ncludes the bone. We did not think »ur readers would take The Express 1 eriously in what it said aout Mr. Gil- * iam going to Washington some three ^ ^eeks ago for the purpose of looking * round to see what could be done j bout joining the Democratic party 1 loping thereby to get a job should c hat party take charge at Washing- A on after the fall election. Mr. Gil- * iam called The Express man to his J iffice the other day to discuss the 1 laragraph that was published in these * olunjns about that trip to the Capitol * hty. He stated that he went to*] Vashington but that the trip was in onnection with the pulp wood busi- * less and was not. of a political nature. 1 Jdwever, he stated that he- stopped * t the hotel where the Jackson Day * [inner was held and got a kick out 1 f seeing John J. Raskob and Alfred 1 2. Smith. The Express happens to mow that he had an invitation to 1 hat dinner, but for some reason fail d to attend. If every Republican in ^ee county is as securely anchored £ o that party as John W. Gilliam the Republicans can rest assured that 1 hey will never lose a man. i CITY OFFICIALS FACE HEAVY TASK NEXT FEW MONTHS Accrued Principal and Interest On maturing Notes Will Reach Large Sum. T^X COLLECTIONS SLOW Officials Are Confident, How ever, City Will Rally To Front In Emergency. Financial obligations to the extent of $45,500.00, which re present the principal and inter ?st due on matured notes, and which must be retired as they :ome due, is the huge task that will face officials of the City of Sanford between now and June L. ’fhis, among other matter's, lame up for discussion at a neeting of the aldermanic roard, over which Mayor Wil iams presided, Tuesday even ng. - “Sanford has never failed an obli- j „s$WLM».y_oi' Williams*.^ coiw* nentffigrcity affairs, ‘and she will not this time, although idmittedly, the collection of sufficient ‘unds to meet our obligations in the mminent future appears at this time i superhuman task. To4 fail to go >ver the top in the payment of tjjis gear’s indebtedness 'would be are fection upon .Sanford’s financial sta )ility fcr the next fifty years.” r() PUSH COLLECTIONS Sanford’s annual tax levy, it was irought out, totals over $61,000 per fear. This amount, this year, will be >rougkt up to slightly o-ver $120,000 vhen water plant services, street as sessments, and privilege taxes are add :d. Of this amount, it was .^aid, $70, )00 is collectible between now and Fune 1. The city has over $12,000 on land. Something of the seriousness >f the situation may be gathered from he fact that though nearly seven nonths of the fiscal year are past, inly slightly more than ten per cent >f the amount due the city this year las thus far been collected. Mayor Villiams remarked during the course >f the meeting that at this period of . he fiscal year, the collections should , imount at least to 54 per cent of the , otal due the city. 1 The board met last night only for consideration of routine matters, a ■evidw of the city’s finances not hav ng been slated for discussion. Mayor ! Williams, however, as has been char icteristic of his three terms as mayor, >elieves in measuring the depth of he stream before attempting to cross t, and talk of fiscal matters was in ected only as a means of being pre >ared for future contingencies, he as serted. riinwr, r lUJrUJlALO Suggestions that a m'w roof be laced over the chemical building at he water power plant, and a new ence .. vound the water reservoir were t first given a cordial hearing. The?? j latters were pressed before the board j ecause the present roof of the chemi- | al building no longer serves as a j rater barrier and because the fence ' round the reservoir, which is con tructed c-f wood, is said to be all but eady to tumble in the lake. A horough hearing of the matter, how ver, brought forth other angles to hese problems. It was maintained •y certain members of the board that | he roof was not beyond repair and j hat the'vfence yet had a couple of | ears of life left. Too-, it was point- I d out that the city is still in the j hroes of the depression. Upon I horough consideration it was- decided j o defer these matters for a future ime. Ernest Kennedy, of Greensboro, pent the week end here with friends. Messrs. James Pleasants and Wal er Porter, of Carthage, were busi less visitors here Tuesday. OPEN LOCAL UNIT OF UNITED DANK TO GET# AVAIL NTS Headquarters t nit Branches ii Begi t a;v! Its Three I Observe U!‘s CLAIMS MUj Iii; I»R()VKD T. M. Condon,|Namud As Liquid ating Agelt m .^n!»ru Branch cl iJunk. The local ulit Bank and TrWi < o. ed its door4? Op \\ rli cemt’ji 30th p- ’ ■ the parent in^ait:!: r> Greensboro, opieni ' v], ing at 9 o’clofk fur of receiving ■pument the filing of claim transaction of <• connected with tb of the bank. J This step follows ■ made,Saturday hj K: • liquidating agent of j CONDON AGENT HlfRi; j Simultaneously^ .Mr Staples an nounced the appointment of T. M. Condon as assistim liquidating agent here. Mr. Condoi) wa.~ in charge when the bank opened^ here Monday. Whether the tank will he opened permanently is a matter that must be deferred for pec1.-:. n audit, now undei tu< I ruled 'Mi ch e!os I'csrla.v, I)e '■r'er- from localed at i!v purpose on notes, aid the liquidaiit n t \V.° staples stitution. pleted. Dispatch indicate that ev^ possibly be done sible for the banli done. • fn m (irf en.-horo .'.thing tiiat may ward making it pos s* ) Although the all which is being rii^ lings and Comp; tiffed public accoi been completed, such a point that, the condition of customers are bi them. ■ - f • MUST FILE G These jftatemei by pjjoof of clai: mal ^roj MS ' accompanied orm.s to be execut with the for be notarized, custorTCH must present savings pass books, Christmas sav ings club book certificates of de posit of any '.her evidence of in debtedness which they poss0-.-, the'sfc' to be filed with (he claims. Attention is being called to the fact that ‘the claims should cover all indebtedness — certificates of deposit, cashier’s checks ms. ist in the proving of mblic will be on duty bank. against loss due to ig, all customers are to file their claims r the law they must > April 15, it was and all other In order to ; claims a notar regularly at t To safegua: tardiness in f: being reque.-n promptly. I : be filed pri • stated yestted. The vault c boxes will !»■ day to day d • bank is open. "'Where pern stated yesterd set their ind* with their do| Mining safety deposit l>en regularly from • g the hours that the ’ed by ldw, it was customers may off dness to the bank its there. CONTRIBUTE TO MEMORIAL FUND Donations To Monroe Memorial Fund Total $40—Send 1 Vliss Ross Here. Thus far the following contribu tions have been made to the Monroe Memorial Fund for the dedication of a room to the late Dr. W. A. Monroe at the-Lee County Hospital. Dr. Erwin Study?. $10.00 Mrs. E. C. Steele and children $25.00 W. Lazarus . $5.00 Hand your donations to Miss Judith Ross, treasurer >f the fund, at Page rrust Co., ivgardless of how small it is the contribution will he appre ciated. TANTALIZER Tlie letters in the lines below properly arranged spell the names of two persons in San ford. If the persons whose names are represented by the group of letters, decipher their own names and bring copies of this paper to The Express Office before next Wednesday night, to each of them will be given a free ticket admitting them to Lhe show at ihe Temple Theatre Thursday night. This week’s tantalizer: NNLOTCI DYOB WIMLALI MEYCUAL Last week's winners: Edith Makepeace »■ Rives Kimrey MILLER BOYS, HELD HERE ON AUTO THEFT CHARGE, LEAVE BY ESCORT Without revealing the slightest in clination towanl remorse ever their misdeeds Fred Miller 17, and Phillip Miller, lf>, were delivered last night into the custody of police officers from South Hill. Va., from which city the Imperial Chrysaler coupe which the two lad:' wrecked here Tuesday night is alleged to have been stolen. A'- he climbed into the car in'which In and his confederate were to he re tained to the Virginia city, Fred Mil ler remarked that he suffered n • pangs of conscience for having stolen the automobile but did regret that he would be8 unable, as he had planned, to spend the winter in Florida, to wdiich point the youths were en route when apprehended here. The Millers stated they were or phans from Washington, D. C., that they had stolen a car in that city and started on their journey to Florida, that upon arriving in South Hill, Va., they espied a heavier and more at tractive car, and taking possession of it, left the lighter car on the streets of South Hill. The high-light of their adventure was enacted here, when, upon infor mation from Raleigh police that two youths, \vere traveling toward San ford in a stolen car, local police suc cessfully intercepted their journey at the intersection of Hawkins Avenue and Carthage street after a clash that might, have proved fatal to the parties concerned. Night officers I Kelly and Woodell got the word here. Officer Woodell stationed himself one ! block north of the intersection and Officer Kelly took a strategic posi tion at the end of Hawkins Avenue. ! As th£ Chrysaler hove into sight Mr. Woodell identified it In th»* li cense tag and signalled to Mr. Kelly ; with his flashlight. Mr. Kelly mo , tioned t-' the youths to stop the car. ■ Realizing they were in close quar jtcrs, they drove directly toward him in an effort to .-care him off hut fail ed in this when Officer Kelly leaped 'aside and fired two pistol shots at the car. Excited by this display of war fare, and unacquainted Uith their •surroundings, the youths, in their at tempt to escape side-swiped the Boone I Trail marker dived across the Union I station yard and crashed into a box j-eatf, stationed on the Southern side track. Although the Chrysaler car was al most a total wreck, its occupants suf fered only miner cuts and bruises. In their fearless performance of duty, Officers Kelly and Woodell have earned the sincere plaudits of the community. I)R. PALMER, NOTED CHATHAM DOCTOR, PASSES AT HOME Uelonged To Generation In W hich Country Doctor Was A Moving Spirit. PRACTICED MANY YEARS Funeral F'oi Deceased Held At Church In Wtpch He Was 1 A Devoted Member. -3S-—- . Dr. Robert W. Palmer, who uvas unable to practice his profession for some little time before his death on account of declining health, passed away at his nome at Gulf last Thurs day afternoon. While it was gener ally known that he was critically ill the announcement of this good physi- i cian’s death was a> great shek to his host ot friends throughout this sec tion where he had gone in and out among the people in both a profes sional capacity and as a friend so many years. All who had been serv ed by him felt the great loss in his passing. A great throng of people from all walks of life attended the funeral which hvas he*u in the Gulf Presby terian church last Friday afternoon. The services were conducted by the pastor, Rev. C. L. Wicker, assisted by Dr. R. C. Gilmore, of this place, and Dr. E. E. Gillespie, of Greensboro. At the conclusion of the services in the church the remains were borne to the cemetery near by where the inter ment was made among relatives who' had preceded him to the grave. The active pallbearers were: D. E. Mur chison, J. R. Moore, C. D. Martin, of Gulf; E. L. Cole, of Carbonton; Wade Barber, of Pittsboro, and John H. Kennedy, of Cumnock. Honorary pallbearers were the members of the Lee County Medical Society, the staff of the Lee County Hospital, and J. M. Mclver, and M. J. Jordan, of Gulf; C. R. Jordan, of Elizabethtown; E. G. Mclver, of Durham, Dr. J. L. Jordan, of Bonlee. and Dr. M. R- Gibson, ot Raleigh. The nurses from the Lee County Hospital acted as flower bearers. The grave 'was covered with a wealth of beautiful fle-ral of lerings irom many inem^. Surviving are his .wife, who was Miss Edna Russell, ol Gulf; three daughters, Miss Mary Lacy, Kather ine and Margaret Palmer, three sons, Arch W., Herbert and Robert Palmer; three sisters, Mrs. J. Martin Will cox. of Carbonton; Mrs. M. McKelly and Mrs. Graham Tyson, of Moore county; two brothers, Orren Palmer, of Gulf, and Edward Palmer, of St. Johns, New Brunswick. Dr. Palmer was the sen of the late Dr. and Mrs. A'. W. Palmei, of Gull, and a great-great-graml-son ol Col. Robert Palmer. Col. Palmer 'was head of the English colony that set tied at Path, N. C., and erected St. Thom:;' Episcopal church which is still standing, his wife. Lady Mar garet Palmer, being buried under the church building. X>r. Palmer studied a* the Balti more College of Physicians and Sur geons, graduated at Louisville Medi cal Cqllege, served his interneship in Johns Hopkins Hospital and took post graduate work at the Poly-clinic Hos (Continued On Page Eight). GAVIN PROBABLY WILL HOLD POST FOR PERIOD YET Now Likely He Will Re ' lowed To Retain .lob Until Case Is Settled. FIGHTS TO HOLD HIS JOB In Event State Organization Is Discredited May Be Able To Hold It Later. Information reaching here through various news source.- in dicates a probability that E L. Gavin, I'nited States District Attorney, may be able to retain his position uj.itit the case pci 1 ing against \V. H. Foster, secre tary of the State Republican or 'gar i/at ion, now under indictment in Federal Court- is exped.tcd. Washington, Jan. 20.—Tlie depart ment of Justice-is interested in hav-i ing the W. H. Foster case disposed ] of a9 expeditiously as the circum-1 stances will permit. Mr. Foster is j secretary of the North Carolina Re- ; publican state committee, and is un der indictment at Greensboro on a1 charge of soliciting funds from fed eral officeholders on government property, which is against the law that is sometimes enforced, and sometimes is not. A number of technical ques-, lions may arise in connection with , this case, such as that of whether 1 the defendant expected the aforesaid 1 federal officeholders to read the let--; ters reminding them of their dues, on ■ government property, or whether it' was expected that they should carry j their personal mail home before open ing it. NO ACTION YET The attorney general has not as yet been requested t > take action with j respect to the appointment of a dis trict attorney in the middle judicial J district, whbre Mi. Gavin, the present official, is understood to be making a fight to ret n the position, but for which the Republican state committee has recommended the appointment oi J. R. McCrary, of Lexington. The idea now is to take no action on the state committe^fecommendation here until the Foster case shall have beeft disposed of, and this course, it is suspeeieu, is mure ox agiccuuii. to sonic of those connected with the , state committee, who think it would be wise to permit Mr, Gavin to finish the case he has started, but who, in the last analysis, will line up with McCrary. They regard Foster as a vicflm of adverse circumstances, hc\v ever the charges may appear against him in court. <)l m>Mi: IN DOUBT At any rate, this may prove one of the major disturbances in the Repub lican ^household; this effort of Gatin' to hold unto his position, and the ef fort of the state committee to put him out, and put McCrary in. How this contest may eventuate may de pend somewhat on what the court does with the Foster case, and wheth-1 er the state committee''emerges from this prosecution with clear skirts, and whether the Republican organization is discredited in any degree by charg es that have been made by Senator ^Continued On Page Eight). k LEE DEMOCRACY MAKES MOVE TO DRAFT TEAGUE Sanford Lawyer If Petitioned By Jonesboro Democrats To Run For Senate. HAS MADE NO COMMENT Entrance Infc Race Will Make Senatorial Campaign In County Interesting. Lee county’s old political cal dron, smarting unaer ?. biennium of rust, raised its simmer above the whispering stage yesterday as additional fuel was piled be neath it. Gossip last week that Judge'Tom .McPherson would “throw his hat into the ring” for the State senate served only to heat the kettle, but a petition from members of the Jonesboro Democrary. asking D. B. Teague to enter the race soon brought forth volumes of steam. Characterizing Mr. Teague, who is a member of the Sanford bar, as a “Christian, gentleman of unquestion ed integrity, a man who will not *be biased in any way, hampered by no affiliations,” the petition bearing the signatures of twenty-eight Jonesboro Democrats, adds that he is “a man on .vhom we can rely to do the fair and square thing by every citizen he re presents.’’ MEETS REQUIREMENTS The complete text of the petition fallows: /\s uie ume 101 ine nomination for representatives to the next legis lature approaches, it seems of great Importance to us, as citizens, that we jive careful consideration to the abil ty of our candidates to adapt them selves to the existing situation, and neet the; requirements ot the greater lumber of people. Lee county has much good timber, but in our opinion the man for the State senate is the Hon. D. B. Teague, of Sanford. A Christian gentleman of unquestioned integrity, a man who will not be bias ed in any way, hampered by no affilia tions, a man on whom we can rely to do the fair aiul square thing by every citizen he represents. “Here’s to Hon f). R. Teague'' for the State senate.” The document bears the following lames: C. H. Russell. J. K. Adams, L E. Bridges, H. A. Guill, A. L. Yar >orough. Dr. J. K. Hunt, J A. White, i. L. Caddeil. W. M. Barnes. C. J. Went. J. M. Primm. Mrs. O. W. moving, H. F. Oehler. B. R. Avent, i. L. Holder, B. W. Thomas, \V. F. Ido yd, T. K. Campbell, Redin Bryan, d. C. Hunt, J. C. Watson, Jr., K. H. Philips, Fleet Autry, W. L. Thomas, Redin Bryan. Jr... Mrs. C. H. Russell, Mr:. Emma Stephens and ,S. T. Cox. rEAGUF SILENT The Jonesboro appeal, while hardly o be termed as a mandate, is, never heless, pointed. One can visualize u1 o other than Mr. Teague fitting he specifications laid down by the Jonesboro Democracy. Hardly draft ed. as yet, in the sense ol Mr. Dan els, as a gubernatorial candidate, the tetition, hcXvever, is as strong as ome of the earlier appeals to the ialeigh editor. The Sanford attorney’s answer will >e left to one’s imagination. He las not divulged to this newspaper, >r to anyone, so far as we can learn, his political plans, if any. When ap proached yesterday, he maintained discreet silence, evincing only a de sire to give further thought to the matter. There is no doubt that much color would be added the June primaries were Mr. Teague to consent to make Lhe race. While it is still too early lo say, definitely, what position he would take in the race, he is known ;o have a powerful and loyal follcKv- ✓ ng in every part of the county. His standing in a contest would, of course, je largely determined by the person al of opposing candidates and by fu :ure political developments. I* AX AGITATION Lee county is stirred by add ition for lower taxes. On the matter of taxes, Mr. Teague, many of his friends aver, is the Moses who can lead the people out of the “wildernes.-.” They point to his service in the legislature, when he took a leading part in the revaluation fight in the special ses sion. called bv the late Governor Bickett, in 1!»20. If is was also a lead ing voice in the,regular s.ssion of lbl!> when the State was making a terrific effort to anchor itself t,, a firm foundation followbig the hectic t.var period. He distinguished himself during that period as an .ardent ad vocate of policies calculated to put North Carolina to the fore-front as a progressive commonwealth and as a defender of a more equitable sys tem of taxation. In the present cri sis, his friends assert, he could ren der invaluable sendee to his county (Continued On Page Eight).
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