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BUY NOW And Help Bring/Back PROSPERITY BUY NOW And Help Bring Back PROSPERITY SANFORD, NORTH C^kOLINW, FEBRUARY 4, 1932, Published WEEKLY. VOLUME 46, Number 25, FIVE CENTS INTERESTING _ ^ NEWS AND VIEWS SHANGHAI “POLLYANNAS” * TOM McNElLL. - PRECOCIOUS YOUTH „ r. " -» The age of hero worship is past but this does not mean that there are ho longer heroes. „■ Nor is patriotism a spirit that belongs* to a former age. * Only yesterday it was learned on gooiTauthority that quite a large num ber of applicants for membership in the local uhi| of the national guard have been received by CAPTAIN DAN B. KING since war-like gest ures appeared in Shanghai. " -j Seeing America’s intervention, in the Sino-Japanese affair as possible, JACK EDWARDS, old and decrepit veteran of the Spanish-Amertcan and World Wars, yesterday dispatched - the following message to Captain' King through Sergeant Duncan- - St, Clair: ' - ’ " ’ “Tell Captain King'I want to go with him *ahd the boys. I may be too old to kill many Japs but 1 can still ■ ‘ ' qualify as a cook.”' “ .Speaking from ' first hand, the News and Interviews man can assure Captain King if he wants some on* • to carry “A Message to-Garcsa,” the veteian Jynotypist is not without the - “guts” to do it On ^very street comer, to every drug store the inevitable conversa tion during the last several days has been of war. • “ Even AUSTIN MeCORMICK, the communicant of congressmen, gover nor* and senators, forewent his usual question: “Well, what's the latest in *' politics?” and asked for news from Shanghai. Sunday evening, instead '" of tuming to the political news tir - the current issue of the New York Times, a fixed habit of his, he was " \' observed to read first the front page i.^ctory telling' -about the Japanese’ * boaSlbardment of the “International Settlement.” Nonolgilant CAPT. DAN B. KINf "and diminutive KEN BALDWIN,- ex - changed banter on the prospects of America’s entry, as. they drank . . g .. ‘ - "No, m get there-before yon.*do, if the United States goes in, for I have the longest legs and I’ll go there as fast as they can take me,” 'Capt. King told Mr. Baldwin with an air of ~ finality. . .r~ In the lobby of the hotels the talk was the sapie. At the Wilrik, JAKE EVANS, fiery Soutli Carolinian who studied wireless telegraphy at Har vard and served through the World War, said in event of war he prob ably would offer his services to the wireless corp. 'L A. K. MILLER took oeeasion to roundly denounce the “Pollyanna” proclivities of professional pacifists, who in their fervor for international peace, have fostered a policy of tali' preparedness upon this country.- He pointed out China as a shining, ex ample of . his contentions, and stated had China been prepared as she • should have been, it would not- today be necessary for the” leading powers of the world to issue to Japan the ul timatum: “Quit kicking our dog around.” ^ - : / CLEVE YARBOROUGH, who rak ed in plenty of! shekels as a tobacco . warehouseman during the seasons, of _ 1918-1919 when golden leaf, due to , the World War ahd the newly incpeas ed demand, soared to unheard of v prices, today bemoaned conditions in the tobacco industry. — — “Those were the ‘good old times,’ ” said Mr. Yarborough. “In ,1919, on "' every one hundred pounds of tobacco sold, I averaged for my part $1.68.” With the prices as they are nbw, a warehouseman, he lamented, does well to get 26 cents for his part on each one hundred pounds sold. , “Two minds never run in the same channel,” philosophized GORDON 0. REDDISH, as he scanned newspaper headlines Wednesday morning. . -- “Just what are you driving at?” "f. he was asked. ' S ; He produced Wednesday morning’s i. Raleigh Ndwa and Observer and tl\p Charlotte Observer, ehch with a front page streamer, which reads as fol lows: i ’V News and Observer: “GOAL OP PEACE SEEMS NEAR.” Charlotte Observer: “ARTILLERY -- - duel is resumed a,t shano HAL” ; ./w . >■',/ " Comes to town, LEJ^BULLARD, of Lumberton, prominent ip Carolina automotive circles, with a deposition Jn favor of Hon. Tom McNeill,.his ./^How-townsman, for governor.,-.' McNeill, if-he can be prevail: :: ' ed upon to make the.race, and in event ...of his election, wiU makpjune of th* best governors Ve , have had since iv Zebulon Baird Vance,” said Mr. BulJ • laid. ‘Tf there wai ever a more p» (Continued to Page Eight.) DItfVE FOR FUNDS Tb LOCATE SILK MILL SUCCESSFUL Steering Committee Reports Practically Entire Sum Has Been Realized Now A BIG BOON FOB SANFORD A meeting of the steering com mittee, empowered recently with the duty of disposing the local quota of stock and making such arrangements as are. necessary to bring a silk mill, backed by northern interests; here, held in the Merchants ’ Association headquarters, revealed that practically the whole of the $5, 000 in capital stock, assigned to Sanford; had been raised. It was the opinion of those present at the meeting, which was held Wed nesday, that the quota would he ov ersubscribed by late today. , ^ It was said at the meeting that the northern silk mill interests, who re cently made a decision to locate a silk mill here, should local capital to the amount of $5,000 be raised, would be notified by wire at once. A. repre sentative of the northern concern is expected here before, the end of the week. , . MOTE TO GET SILK MILL. — On Friday a large number of citi zens gathered in mass meeting at the. town, hall in response to a call from Mayor Warren R. Williams. The meeting 'was for the purpose of discussing the matter of raising a small amount ot stoek_ in ijSl^miJl ffo plant to-GSnfoijSr?’"/, ~'v»r Mayor Williams presided and ex plained the object of the meeting. He placed the matter before the assemb lage, saying that it had been thor oughly investigated by a committee who had visited the plant of the com pany, and had found it to be a sound and meritorius proposition. Talks endorsing the plan were made by T.-& Cross, 0. P. Makepeace, iW. C. York, and E. T.' Ussery. It is explained that the company an..' old and successful one, was considering a new location only on account of labor conditions at the present new' loca tion. In order to acquire the good will of the people .of the community the sub scription of a small amount of stock in the enterprise was asked. Volun tary subscriptions totaling $1,600 were made at the meeting. _ Following this a steering commit tee, composed of 0. P. Makepeace,' T. S. Cross, D. D. Hinsoii, R. E. Boh bitt and A. K. Miller were appointed to solicit further .subscriptions and to negotiate Swith the company. '< LOCAL PEOPLE . SAFE IN CHINA Mi', and Mrs. L. E. Blackman, Who Live In Shanghai, ^ Wire Of Safety. Mr. and Mrs M .T. Yates received a cablegram Wednesday morning which brought the.good news to the effect that their daughter, Mrs. Blackman and husband, Rev. E. Blackman, were safe in Shanghai, the theatre of war now being waged be tween China and Japan. Since Mr. and Mrs. Blackman, who were at home summer before last, on a fur lough, and returned to China, thny have been located at Shanghai. They are in the foreign settlement and under the protection of. the American, English ond .Other foreign troops located there. The cablegram contain ed three words: ; “Shanghai, San ford, Safe.” Mr, and Mia Yates ex pect to receive a Tetter ih.a few days tvhich will no doubt • give in detail their experience since the war broke out between China and Japan. Be fore returning home Mr, and Mrs. Blackman were located at Yangchow, In the interior--of China. A covil war broke out in that part of the country andJ they moved to Shanghai.. Their trip home was' made after they had been th ChJn»:saven'yeam,.. i'L Hi . .• .■._v- . , Affairs have reached a Crisis 'ib China, where tli^ Japanese have uc BUpjed them alive settimneqt in Shang the foreign settlement. . iv,, . little Catherine Signer, who has been quite ill for the past two week*, is improving alvwly, her friends will be glad to learn, DEMOCRATS WILL BE INVITED TO HOLD MEET HERE Invitation To Be Presented To ^ State Executive Committee >' By John B. Jones. . AN IDEAL MEETING PLACE If Held Here Will Bring At Least — Two Thousand People To Sanford For A Day. Members, of the local Merchants Association decided Tuesday to extend an invitation to the Dem- - ocratic State Executive Commit tee, which will convene in Char lotte in March, an invitation to / hold the State Democratic con vention in Sanford next June. : . The invitation will be formally pre sented to the ruling body of "the State’s Democracy, by John R. Jones, local textile executive, who, is a mem ber of the executive committee. • 1441 DELEGATES. . While Sanford’s chances of obtain ing the big gathering are considered' remote at this time, should the State Executive Committee a$t favorably upon the invitation at least two thous and people will be brought here for one day. In 1928, at least seven ; thousand people, gathered in the au ditorium at Raleigh to witness the battle for delegates between' the Smith and Hull forces, but those were hectic days and the turmoil of that1 convention is not expected within the category of this year’s events. Actu ally there will be 1,441 delegates pies tatfoym an^ i convention but the convention always brings on a host of nolookers. The motion to bring the proponents of Democracy to Sanford was sug gested by A. K. Miller and was given ah unanimous vote of approval by the luercucuika jjicbcul, HOTEL FACILITIES. With four modern hotels, and as, a central point in the State, Sanford is conceded to have the preference over any city its size in North Carolina. However, it is suggested that there is not an auditorium in. the city of sufficient size to take care of the large numbers who usually attend the convention. To overcome this, it was pointed out that a large circus tent, with a seating capacity for 5,000 people, be: obtained. I Other, cities which will likely pre sent invitations to the Democracy are Charlotte, Raleigh, Greensobro, and Asheville, none of which occupy so central a point in the State as San ford. ” , oANLEE THEATRE OPENS NEXT WEEK New Enterprise To Be Under ' ' Management of Dewitt — * --s ■Holt, of _ Troy.: -:. .. , X. force of workmen have been buw for the past two or three months remodeling Ithe Wanda Theatre* build ing on Carthage street and are now putting the finishing touches on the interior of the building. 840 beau tiful cushioned seats have been ship ped in and will be installed in a few days. The floors will be varnished and carpeting put in the aisles. The name has been changed, to the Sanies Theatre. • J r It was recently stated in The Ex press that this theatre, had been leas ed for a period of five years or more by Messrs. Dewitt Bolt god J. C. Hurley, of Troy. . Mr. Holt is owner of the TVoy Theatre, and his associate, Mr. Hur ley, is .one of the7 leading business men in Montgomery county, having various railroad, manufacturing and farming interests. .In identifying themselves with Sanford, they did so because of their confidence in the business future of this section and its present potential business possibili ties, ; .. :-v *•■ h . l^r , --1*. WORLD’S DAY OF PRAYER ••The Wprid’s Day of Prayer”, which is an annual event all ever the world, will be observed this gear at the San ford'Christian Church on Friday, amiary 12th at 8:30 o’clock. Asr is an interdenominational meet ing all the Missionary Societies of the different churches of thejtovfh are ex pected to be present and take part in the service. •• '"“SSI ' Ail aged til over two hUlldr r -daily use by ' railroad wate watch, owned I county family tiona, came <ii possession reca time. . V Inside the ^ lowing in scrip Time h. Me 49279.” ; A legend »j heirloom was Revolutionary l under General "ton. V BOO YEARS OLD (ODD TIME. |P 'i'*', said to be years old, ic in fT. Deaton, local The ancient (a prominent Lee |or fou r genera* Mr. Deaton’s ly. It keeps good j case is the fol io": "Straight don Locke. No. at the valued property of a who fought irge Washing RAILROi PASSENGg] TAKEN ANTS RTRAIN fF HERE Atlantic & Ya ^Hearing Bel i Applies For .the Cor nmission HOLD HEAR WP* FEB. 9th. &unford and OpA'owns Serv ed By Railrhad To Resist th# Discootim • The Sanford Merchafife rAsooci ciation decided Tuesday to resist the A. A ef forts to hate italjpasspq^r serv-' ice discontinued |®re.tt#pras also announced that agf effort will he made to have- Ju< Corporation Cod die hearing unt The Express A. A Y.-Railroad l asked the tCorpon grant it pirmissioi only jgissenger that’ the spatter heating before that £orpo*8tioh Com anission in Raleighon next Tuesday;, the 9th. Tell, of the defer 16th. that the has again lission to itinue its told »k, come up for It ijgill •goes trains was giv^fe i hearing before the Corporation Com Mission- last June, hut after hearing-the spatter thorou ghly discussed pro. and con the Com mission refused to let the trains be taken off the road: | Strong argument Was put up by re presentatives of both aides. The rail road people claimed that on account of automobiles and buses the railroad company operated , the trains at a heavy loss. On the other hand the people of .Sanford and other towns along the line of road argued that as they were giving the railroad good business in freight traffic, also in mail and express business they were entitled to some consideration at the hands of the railroad company. It was also argued that as this railroad crossed the entire State from the mountains to the seacoast it was too important a rail line to have no pas senger train service. While there has been a great falling off in the passenger traffic over this road dur ing the past few years, it would be a great inconvenience to the travel ing public to discontinue these trains which have been operated since the road was built from Mount Airy to Wilmington. To discontinue the pas senger service over this road would throw quite a number of people out of employment and work a hardship on their families. A number of these families live in Sanford' and sum among oar best peopled It is planned to have Sanford well represented at this hearing and a strong effort made to prevent the passenger service from being discontinued on this road. GAINS A( ( KITS. POSITION John Gains, who has held a position With the Acme Drug Company for the past four and a half years, has re signed from that firm and la now with the Tsenliour Brick. Company. Mr. Gaines will be in charge of the com missary operated hy .that company for»ita employees. TANTAIJZEE The 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 'Hie Express Office before next Wednesday night, to each of them" Will be given a free ticket admitting them to the show at the Temple Theatre Thursday night.,,-. This week's tantalizer: -« JBSOBKR GNIVA X: EASNti RBDS * ’ (Last week’s Winnerwr'i - v' - Charles Rogers 'Clyde Williamson SANFORD IS ONLY STATE WITH SO HIGHWAY BOARD PURCHASES LEE FAIRGROUNDS Converting Former Midway In to A Convict Camp—Re pairing Buildings. IT IS AN IDEAL LOCATION Plan To Construct Such Other New Buildings As Will Be Found Necessary. The Lee County Fair Association has closed a deal for the fair grounds just east of Sanford to the State Highway Commission for a central road convict camp. The stockholders of the Fair association are asked by President O. P. Makepeace of the as sociation to meet here Friday night and pass upon the matter. A large force of laborers and trac tors are now busy at the fair grounds making excavations, removing and re pairing buildings. The small build ings are being moved to new loca tions and the large buildings are be ing repaired. Other buildings will be constructed. This *will be a large camp for convicts who will engage in highway construction in several counties in this section of the State. This is an ideal place for a camp of this kind.' The Express is informed that about $20,000 will, be spent on buildings and camp equipments. The grounds are enclosed by a. wire fence with metal posts set in concrete foun dations', the camp has railroad facili ties, State highway facilities, is reach J bjf - telephone jfne $800.00. The location of this -camp near Sanford will be a great help to the town. A large number of men will be employed to handle the con victs and supplies for the camp will probably be bought here. The camp will be opened as soon as the build ings and equipments are ready. BIBLE CLASS HOST TO KIWANIS CLUB McNeill Bible Class Serves Old Southern Dinner To The Local Kiwanians. 1 The McNeill Bible Class of the Presbyterian church served a delici ous and Southern dinner to the Ki wanis Club last Friday evening. After the ladies of the class had serv ed yams, com bread and roast pork, the club held its regular meeting in one of the church Sunday school rooms. The program featured a talk by Kiwanian Gilliam Anderson and piano renditions by Mrs. Katherine Whitehead, of Statesville. Mrs. Whitehead, guest of Miss Louise Futrell, Kiwanis musical di rector, opened the program with sev eral popular numbers, arranged and played with skill and musical per sonality. Mr. Anderson’s speech, quite in formal. dealt with Kiwanis fellow ship and the speaker drew from his own experience for examples to prove this Kiwanis characteristic. He related his experiences in Florida, at a Kiwanis convention ,to indicate lack of snobbishness among members, ' regardless of position; he cited inci dents which occurred on the trip t o Florida to show the friendly spirit prevailing in one club toward another. Mjuch laughter arose when Mr. An derson stated that the streets of Miamia were filled with booths.” His listeners were unwilling to ac cept his spelling of the word and • stoutly maintained that he said “boose.”. They finally compromised obi “booes,” and Mr. Anderson con tinued. He offered the recent sur prise dinner given the wives of the members as a symbol of the spirit of camaraderie within the dub and closed his address with a striking def . inition of Kiwanis by Dean P.EXind iey, of High Point College. Two “stynts” preceded Mr. Ander son’s talk; The first, a “blowing” contest, was won by W. E. Horner, Mho succeeded in blowing a paper cone the length of a string before C. P. Rogers and Pat; St. Clair got thetr Hrngg la forking nnter. The second saw H. C* Renegar, T.t t T. Hayes and Jimmie Overton bold papers in each hand and walk .the I length of the room twice,, stepping tmly on theN papers. Mr. Rehegar wa$ •adjudged the winder and was phib .seated with com cob pipe. * {(Continued to Page Eightp* r SMALL CITY IN LARGE A CONCERN URNER LAUNCHES BIG INSURANCE AGENCY IN LEE State wide * Insurance Business WflTBe Underwritten At Headquarters Here. OUTLOOK IS PROMISING xx new emerprise lor aamorQ was revealed today when it was announced by F. H. Umer, form erly president Page Corporation, that he had completed arrange ments for the establishment of a general agency for the State of North Carolina for the handling of fire insurance business here. While it will require several months before the business can grow to any considerable proportions, the inevit able development will result in add ing to Sanford’s various business en terprises that will be a real commu nity asset. | IMPRESSED BY SANFORD. In explaining ^the establishment of this business, Mr. Umer said: “Ever since I had the privilege of living in Sanford, -I have been impressed with both the town and the facilities which it affords to any enterprise serving the state as a whole. The business I *will conduct in Sanford consists of state representation for certain fire insurance companies. This means that all of the local insurance agents appointed in various cities a .J towns for such companies, will report their business to my office in Sanford. It is the General Agent’s duty to under write this business and report it t6 am assured of enough connection6 throughout the state to justify my an ticipating that a large volume of businesss will eventually be cleared through the Sanford general agency. With its growth, it will be necessary to employ clerical help, and it should attract numbers of visitors from va rious sections who are local repre sentatives for such companies as 1 shal represent as General Agent.” URNEF, ORGANIZER. I At the present time practically all state-wide representatives maintain their offices in the larger cities of i North Carolina. I Mr. Urner, who is a native of Freder ick, Md., but who has resided in Ncrth Carolina for the past four years, has been living in Sanford- since early last summer. He was responsible for the establishment of the headquar ters of Page Corporation in San ford, and was president of that org anization until the recent General Agency contract was signed. INGRAM TAKES OVER THEATRE Joe Paradis, Experienced, Thea trical Manager, Is Now In j Charge Of Temple. The Temple Theatre, it was recent ly learned, has passed into the con trol of J. R. Ingram, owner of the building in which the theatre has been operated for some years. | Joe Paradis, experienced theatrical man and for some years manager of the theatre prior to its sale last fall, has been named as temporary mana ger, it was said at the office of Mr. Ingram this morning. Whether Mr. j Paradis will be named as permanent maaager was not said. I The theatre, it was also reported, ■ will continue to give the public the highest type of moving pictures. POULTRY SALE i FEBRUARY 12th A cooperative poultry sale will be held in Sanford on Friday, February 12th. This will be a car lot move ment, and a car will-be on the Sea board track near the passenger de pot tb receive the poultry from 0 |-A. M. to 3 P. M. This sale will be ' hel<f on Friday instead of on Satur day as theretofore. This is being done in order to fit in Witjj loading dates at other places. , Heavy hens will. b?11 fnr 15e per pound, Leghorn hens 12c, chicks 12c, and roosters 7c. A complete price list is given’ in an advertisement at another placemen this paper. Poultry will 15e"received at the car door by numbers, so be Sure to get your number as soon a» you arrive POLITICAL TALK IS ON INCREASE IN LEE COUNTY Sanford To Tender Invitation To State Democracy To Hold Conventions Here. CROSS LOOMS AS FACTOR White To Wage Determined Bat tle To Wrest Sheriff’s Of fice From Incuitibent Between talk of impending local political battles, the an nouncement yesterday that San ford would make a determined bid for the Democratic State convention, which meets next June, gave political discussion added savor here. That Sanford’s appellation as the “fastest growing town in central North Carolina” is practically un challenged, all must admit, hut that the home town of such irrepressible Democratic leaders as Clawson and Warren Williams, O. P. “Makepeace, Austin McCormick and K. R. Hoyle should have the audacity to match wits with Charlotte, Raleigh and Greensboro for the mammoth June conclave of the “unterrified Demo cracy” constitutes a conjecture that only A. K. Miller, “the local Clarence Kuester” and Arch Hubbard are able to interpret. The Sanford Merchants’ Association, in Which Miller and Hub bard are powers, wields an influence that exceeds the boundaries of Lee County; its work is not confined to mere routine: what, in many towns, would fall ordinarily within the sphere of the chamber' of commerce is handl-, ed here by the association. Conse quently, it does not stop at checking up tile credit rating of these who trade here but fights legislative bat tles, shines its gleaming bludgeon in combat before the corporation, com-s {of Sanford. CENTRAL POINT. | The Merchants’ Association is well . within its province. Some of its leading- members are Republicans but its hospitality goes beyond mere par tisan politics. Why shouldn’t San ford make a bid to the Democracy? The tdwn has a central location. It has the facilities to entertain such a gathering, in the opinion of Secre tary Miller, but should others take exception to this opinion, he adds, “we’ll provide the largest circus tent that can be found in North Carolina.” The Democracy, the genial secretary pointed,out, will find an atmosphere here that is decidedly in harmony with its membership. Incidentally, the secretary concluded, Lee is one of the three counties west of Raleigh that supported AI Smith for the presiden cy, and two years later, one of the very few in the west that returned a majority for Senator Simmons, indeed a comfortable paradox for those con flicting elements of the party that are looking for a common ground on which to march toward the tents of uic ciicuij'. POLITICAL GOSSIP GROWS It was paid yesterday Sanford’s inL vitation to the Democrats to gather here for their biennial meet Uvould be tendered the State Executive Commit [tee, whose duty it is to select a place I for the convention, by J. R. Jones when that body gets together in February. Though there have been no con crete developments on the local poli tical screen, politicians are believed to be gauging the depths of the politi cal pond so as to ward off any future mishaps. At the present, interest in what is believed may be a three-cor nered or four-cornered senatorial con test, continues to mount. Unabated gossip centers around the names of T. J. McPherson, judge of the county court, and former Representative D. B, Teague of whom definite mention has been made. From certain sources it is learned also that T. S. Cross, former mayor, is the recipient of overtures that would invoIVe him in. the senatorial contest. -Mr. Cross, his friends proclaim, is standing square ly upon the platform of Hon. Jose phus Daniels, and nothing, they aver, short of a catastrophe could put the kinks in his candidacy. Mr. Cross, however, remains enigmatically silent. BOOST EDWA RDS. As to the House of Representatives, the situation is clouded by the appear ance of many half-baked statements in behalf of various members of the Democracy wKp are asserted to be-In a receptive mood. One of the names often beard is that of J, J. Edwards, veteran Democrat of the Lem Lemon Springs section. Though no intimation has come from Mr. Ed wards to"<this~ correspondent that j could be construed as a- positive dee (Continued to Page Eight)
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