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&**,r\*'*i* ***&(&. /;v‘i'i 'vr BUYNOW And Help Bring Back , PROSPERITY BUYNOW And Help Bring Back PROSPERITY SANFORD, NORTH (JAROUN A FEBRUARY 11, 1932, Published WEEKLY. VOLUME 46, Number 26. five cents INTERESTING NEWS AND VIEWS RAILROADS. SELF-ANALYSIS “AL” SMITH ‘ erstwhile differences of opinion be tween Mr. Sydnor DeButts, general manager of the A. & Y. Railroad, and . citizens of the communities sewed by the said railroad should have read Mr. Theodore Dreiser’s recent arraign ment of the railroads in general, pub : lished in a national periodical, ' in Which the, author severely scores the .attitude of the railroads toward the public whom they, serve. The railroads, the writer fears, are can courts, which despite the ever on ward advance of American living stan dards, adhere strictly to th« decorum of centuries ago. Though habits and customs of the people have Undergone - ■- radical changes in late years, juris. ’ prudence still conforms to the obso lete methods of the administration of justice that was in vogue in England and other European countries a cen UNEMPLOYMENT v Persons who have taken note of th( fcury—-yeo, iwu ccuiunca ajj1'* From this the railroads might take a lesson. Their delinquencies, had as . they' are, can hardly be said to para llel the utter backwardness gt the courts. By now, however/It seems - they'should have learned that their existence is dependent upon the peo ,*ple, but in this they are seriously neg ligent. The people have been learning all these years. The raifroads either have not or Have geen utterly indif ferent. . ‘The public be damned" attitude r taken'forty years ago by William K. / Vanderbilt, one of the greatest rail t readers in his day, will not suffice to day. The public must be served. How the railroads Jand we especial ly have in mind the A. & Y., can ex pect to make money, and yet give the public slipshod service is more 'than,we can fathom. This particular railroad, asking for a discontinuance -' Of its passenger service, says this ser ivice has not been paying and that its -'^Continuation is a Severe drain upon " 'the road’s finances. We don’t won der. Possibly, if Mr. DeButts would . learn the real meaning of service, Railroads must follow the path of progress, must ever be alert to adopt the latest, contrivances unearthed by / science, and lastly—if they are to; survive—must go after business. • We are aware that' Mr. DeButts knows how to get his passengers from “ Sanford to Greensboro in a day; but* is he informed as-how to get them back the same day? A word to the wise is sufficient. Self-analysis is good for the indivi dual—good for the soul. It is indeed ' refreshing that a civic organization like the Rotary club has adopted this method of taking stock of itself. businesses are successful with out an annual Inventory of their, as sets and liabilities. The same many apply to the individual and to such organizations as the local Rotary club which, without doubt, has; become an invaluable adjunct to the life of this community. - Incidentally, it is gratifying that the recent analysis of the club provid ed the information that it is 91' per ■> cent perfect in its operation. : Using Joe Brinn as authority, and the deponent is an exceedingly well informed man, U. S. Steel haa plung ;. ed from the lofty heights of 139 1-8 in October, 1929, to the present low figure of 38 6-8. Using public opinion as a guage, k and. when we speak thus, reference •is made to that portion of the body puuuc WIUVU IB WW1IV W vuw U1C Democratic tickets the stock of Al fred E. Smith, who Was the Democra tic standard-bearer in 1928, has taken in similar proportions a plunge down ward. \ Alfred E. Smith, to the Democracy of Lee County, has been an able and captivating public figure, but in his - recent announcement, . in which he places himself as a receptive candi date for the Democratic nomination he throws a damper upon the popu larity he had previously attained here. •-The Democracy of Lee 'Comity har bors no religious antipathy toward the 1928 candidate and it admires his fearlessness and outapokeness but »it realizes that the eountry as a whole does not Concur in this opinion. His nomination again will once more in voke a flare-up of religious intoler ance. To make him the leader in 1932, would be but party suicide. Feel? ... ! big thus, the party in Lee, largely, is ; co'mmitted to the nomination of Frank - fin D. Roosevelc or Borne other good Democrat with whom may rest the happy faculty of attaining victory. ' "j-X- •*," ft 'r-Alive to theserfousrtes# of the sit uation, the American legion comes X forward with an offer of its aid to ward helping to relieve unemploy ment Ih this country. (Continued On Pag* Eight). EXPECT SILK. PLANT TO BE LOCATED BY FALL :/ I In a few snort months, it was mdi jcated this morning by T. S. Cross, who recently received a letter froni the parties who are t<> launch a silk mill here, the moms of the looms, as they (weave silk ribbon, will, be heard in Sanford. The communication acknowledged the receipt of a telegram from Mr. Cross advising that the recent drive here to raise funds to supplement the capital furnished by the silk mill in terests had been successful. ,, Itexpreseed appreciation to the public spirit of .Sanford through the generosity of which the canvassers were .enabled to bring the drive to a elope with the full quota of stock subscribed. , f ■ While it is noiV accepted as a fore gone conclusion that’ Sanford is to obtain the silk mill, the letter indi cated that local backers of the project he in no undue haste as to other ne cessary matters that must come up, since the present seasonal demand for silk ribbon has already been fill ed. The demand for ribbon, tne let ter stated, will not reach the normal stage again before the fall and there trill be ample time before then, the communication pointed out, to select the locetiop^ erect the plant and put production oh a normal basis. The silk mill project, which was in augurated here two weeks ago when It- was found that a large northern mill was contemplating Sanford as a possible site on which to remove their plant, was carried through most com mendably. The only condition, the raising of $6,000 locally, which the silk mill promoters required as an evidence of the good faith and co operation of Sanford citizens, requir ed only a- couple of days, the entire amount being hastily raised. | Comprising the steering committee, ' Which successfully promoted the drive* were, 0. P. Makepeace, T. S. Cross, ‘D. D. Hinson,; R. E. Bobbitt and A. H. Miller. BUILDING AND J> LOAN IS IDEAL WAY OF SAYING Local Association Has Handled A Million Dollars Without ; 5 One Dollar Loss. 7 A FINE CREDIT SYSTEM Two Hundred Fifty Homes Have ' Been Built In This County Through Associations w. (By D.' B. Teague.) In normal times between 80 and 90 per cent of all business is done on credit. A credit sys tem is essential to business. Credit is the life of business. Therefore, any one who is -inter ested in business must be inter ested in our credit system. « “Pay as, you go, and if you can’t pay, don’t go’’ and ‘‘cash and carry,” are splendid slogans When rightly ap plied. But they mean “go very (MaMi an." Thereis not enough money : the'world to "pay as you go,!’ and if this policy were adopted by the whole world, we would all have to re-adopt the primitive barter and exchange' type' of life.. We would have to go back to the ox cart age . | CREDIT ABUSED. ... j j Nevertheless, it cannot be denied that credit is a .very great danger. It can and within the past fifteen years * j has been greatly abused. Credit, [eggs, should he sound. It must, like the" old negro said about the Ten Commandments, “be ’plied wid dis creetion.” A debt unwisely incurred is a millstone around the neck. And unquestionably there, are too many such millstones toddy.' 4 Debts are our greatest worry at this time. The so-called depression, which-by any other name would smelt just as bad, is largely a matter of too much debt. Everywhere is debt, debt. Not only is this true of individuals, but is also true of firms, corporations, towns, counties, states, and of all the na tions. . . land that is that our credit system [must be localized. more than aver, (Each community must build up its own credit system more than ever be fore or have none. Happily this is I the best and soundest,jay* It guards against over expansion and | abuse of credit. : And more than 'that, it cuts our excessive and burd-j ] ensome carrying charges and keeps jboth principal and interest at horiie.1 I It also makes the various communi-1 UOB BHU-gUVCIHIlUJ ttUU pBU-HUppUl l j ing. It teaches thrift, preserves wealth and builds up home industries and leads to Independence, It con forms to the Bible wisdom: “Work out your own salvation.” That is not an easy rule hut It is the best rule and, in the "en^ is'the easiest REINS TIGHTENED. For the past several years <we have depended -on outside credit to a large extent Today these outside source!: [of credit cannot be found. They are [gone. The reins of credit have been so tightened thathot only individuals, but financial institutions, towns, counties, and even States and nations: are nb longer able to borrow. It is to be hoped that the easy and often seductive credit and power to borrow that have heretofore existed will not return again after the present Condi- j tions pass and the necessary read justments haye been made, but that a sound and proper credit system and power to borrow money and use credit will arise in its place. This readjustment will impose great hard ships on alt but it will be wholesome in the end and bring US out a sounder and healthier people, .pjtfvidfhl,.,. %?■ buifd bade rightly,,, ^ | The right wayrI beUeve, la to look more carefully to building up our own % (Continued On % Page Eight). PRODUCE COTTON ON CHEAP SCALE, SAYS BARRINGER Advances Plan By Which Farm ers Will Realize Profit Over Production Costs. fS PLANtlNG FIFTY ACRES Fertilizer Manufacturer Trunks This Section Should Slow Up On Tobacco. A way out for the farmers of this section has been envisioned by Paul Barringer, Sanford business mail and manager of the Sapona mills. -He is advocating the production of cotton on a cheap scale, and says that he is confident most fanners will realize a small profit over the cost of pnr duction if ; they,.-iwill follow closely his plan.^ . ' ■* ' . ■" - Here ip the method of production he is advocating: (three feet, not?3 1-2 hoe four feet), put two hundred pounds of 7-7-7 fer tilizer per acre, block your cotton out about eight inches between hills, leav ing two cr three stalks, to the hill. This will give you about forty-five thousand stalks per acre, or if you get two bolls per sta4}v 90,000 bolls. Some say it will take one hundred bolls to make a pound of lint cotton. You may have to spend fifty cents per acre for; poison by mopping. “On. this basis, you have a total of (3.60 per acre invested in your cotton. EatimaUe Gross Income. "Somebody'Will eome along a little later arid tell you how much better your cotton would look if you had lust a hundred pounds of soda on it. Chase him out of the field before you spend two dollars more.” Figuring the average yield at 300 pounds of lint cotton, which Mr. Bar ringer does not believe is unreason able, per acre, the gross income from an acre, including seer, will be around $22 or $23 per acre at present prices. iu »nv?w ilia LUiinucuce 111 uus iuc thod, Mr. Barringer says he is going to put fifty acres in cotton on his place near Sanford. He aims to fol low the above directions, with no de viation,and expects to clear $3 or $4 an acre for his share of the crop. If the price of the staple should go up, the net returns would show a corres ponding increase. Mr. Barringer things this section should" slow up a little on tobacco, in view of the disastrous experience with that crop' in recent years, and believes cotton to be the best substi tute for a money crop. First of all, however, he insists that every farmer shouh) grdw his own feed and sup plies. - That there will be a great decrease in tobacco acreage in this community is generally admitted, some growers even indicating their intention of planting a half a crop or lose.—Moore County News. DANCN PUPILS TO ~ GiyE EXHIBITION The dance pupils of Miss Sarah Busbee, of Raleigh, will give an exhi bition dance at the Carolina Hptel, Saturday afternoon at 8:80. Admia sin will be free. ' f Miss Busbee, whose school it locat ed in the Capitol City, has been teach ing the dance for four years. She was a pupil of Billy Newsome, the the noted dance teacher. During her training, she also took lessons under Bill Robinson and Tarasoff. She teaches toe, tap. acrobatic and ball room dancing. Her charges are $6.00 for eight lessons. . a ,,, ---— Miss Florence Riddle has returned from an extended visit in iCharlotte with her aunt, Mrs. M. V. Brewer. LIVELY Sf AHEAD Fi TOGA E SENATE •JSTRICT Entrance Of 14 Sanatoria!1 ed To Ad «,• Cfoss Into test Expect- : > Coldr. % ANNOUNCES WpitfDlDACY Former Mayoj Platform Democrat intend Upon pled By Party. The genesis of cal battle prece cratic primary ir the offing withjj ment .this me (Lux) dross, of this city* the his party’s nor State senate. 1 For gome monthsj Mr* Cross has figuj centering about but not until this’J) informed mewspaj erally known that friends had beti:n bring him. into the] ANNOUNCES It ' . Mr., Cross did b |Jyely politi { fhe Demo unt looms in e announce rs of .T. S. nent realtor will seek for the t.the name o; Cut specuiatior (Senatorial pos ling when hi it gen esure of hi: owerful as U ILLY ve the' news papermen a Iff nouncing his decis race, merely statin to acquiesce the friends throughout d in. the past few. We requests upon Run i date. At a inter-1 formal announeqme dacy, in which lie w principles upon whiel wHl he released ta^l When requested11 about the latter, Mu it would be indie to enumerate now I pursue inasmuch as yet;has not a<* for the* 193^1 »»mp do so until ,^tho ‘held in Juno. “1 am jt pemocr wilt stand- ppon th ed by mj? party.” FIRST-TQ%fciOti| 1 Mr. Cross" is’the announce himself :i i| thejugegrin itement an to enter the had decided elicitation of county; who _ive showered Scorne a candi he advised, a i of -his candi set forth the rill be based, [public. a, statement oss intimated ipOn his -part he would Democracy i a platform 'and Will not ^convention i. I)..nioCtat» to lidate subject! Sere are others me buSHns -Wfc," excepting himself, has ventured into the open. The entrance of the realtor into the political arena Will brhig into Lee politics a color that has b^en lacking the past few years. Not\a profes sional politician, he is yet a militant and resourceful Democrat; essentially a commoner of the people. Disinter ested observers, commenting on his decision, said this morning that Cross’ i candidacy distinctly comes about as a result of pressure on the part of I friends who sincerely-believe him to be the man who will be needed to j represent .the senatorial district at Raleigh. For every crisis, that has j come about in the State’s history, the right man to meet the situation, whether drafted or not, has been avail able, it was pointed out. To meet the crisis of 1931, Angus Dhu McLean, ot Beaufort, was there with the goods. Everyone agrees there Will be enother crisis in 1933, as bad or worse than the former, and, insofar as Lee coun ty is concerned ,the friends of Mr. Cross aver, he is the ideal man to carry the party standard. They can didly admit his hat is in the ring, not for the furtherance of his oWn poli tical atnbitiong, if he ever had any, but in answer to the resounding ap peal of his fellow Democrats. BATTLE^RONT QUIET —The senatorial candidate has serv ed as mayor of Sanford, president of the local Chamber of Commerce, and has, in the past, been prominent for vhis militancy along the lines of civic welfare rather for his aptitude for politics. ureuciau; ojrvw.w-o — quiet along the Lee political battle front excepting the senatorial sector. Because of the vital questions that are expected to be settUxHiy the next legislature, and because c>Atheir pe culiar nature, the electorate's rigid ly scrutinizing the names those who loom upon the horizon, t. __"• ■■ tantalizer ! 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 The Express Office before next Wednesday night, to each of theni, will be given a free ticket admitting them to the show at the Temple Theatre Thursday night. _ _ __ This week’s tantalizer : 1 - SESB EYCIRP ARSIRH ewrang Last week’s winners; %• Robert Gavin * - Agnes Byrd For Aid of the Unemployed under the readership of Ralph A. Kennedy,,'who at the close of a meet ing of the American Legion Auxil iary held in the Armory building last evening was chosen, to head the Le gion committee on unemployment, a concerted drive will take place here within the next few daysto put k cal unemployment at an irreducible minimum. The selection of Mr. Kennedy, who is postmaster here, came after the : fathering had heard an address by Percy H. Wilson, of Wake Forest, ninth district commander. In this address Mr. Wilson explained fully the campaign .that has been inaugu i rated by National Commander Henry L. Stevens, to reduce unemployment in the nation. V'l The goal of the Legion, he said, is to put one million men to work as soon as possible, in offering to Pres ident Hoover the cooperation of the* vast organization of which? he is head, Commander Stevens, the speaker said, ****» uiny uic imprest oi every | gioimaire at heart but -that of every American at whose'door the stark fig ure of the Wolf Itirica The drive U essentially one to reduce general un employment and not a drive in behalf of , a particular class, the speaker as serted. • • Mr. Kennedy said the unemploy ment committee would maintain bead quarters..in- the room'formerly occu pied. by the Anderson. Auto - Service Company, in the Carolina Hotel. A telephone has een installed there and someone Will be kept at the office to ‘AWAMTA” BILL murray , ; VISITED HERE SUNDAY ’•* -Wearing his road rimmed weg .-.tem hat end vigorously puffing- ' , f^Ulgi black cigar. Governor “Al •• falfa” Bill Murray, of Oklahoma, ’ passed through Sanford last Sun V AWe «» route to Asheville, where he had an engagement. ’ * ' ...; The Oklahoma executive, wfwi1* ‘ has been, widely mentioned as the be learned, engage anyone here in conversation. Stopping at a local filling station, he bought nine gallons of gaij line and n quart of oil. On the door of his automobile, a moderately priced type of car, was painted the name of the governor. — KIWANIANS HOLD WEEKLY MEETING Sent Delegation To Raleigh To Protest Distontinuance of Passenger Trains.' Reports of various committees fea tured the meeting of the Kiwanis Club at the Carolina Hotel last Fri day evening. j Preceding the committee reports there was a discussion of the Atlan tic and Yadkin Railroad Company’s 'efforts to secure permission to aban 'don passenger train service. J. W. ! Kirkpatrick moved that a committee | be sent to Raleigh to attend the hearing which was held Tuesday i morning. President St. Clair res 1 ponded by appointing all members jwho could be present as a Kiwanis committee. I A stunt contest, involving .the feat of drinking a glass of water by means of a spoon, \was taken by Jimmie Mc Iver, who was thus designated tfre best sailor in the club and appointed an immediate, delegate to the Chink Jap war. ance, reporting through W. E. Hor ner, stated that it planned to extend its work to include securing positions for worthy boys and girls in the line of work most suited to their talents. The committee will continue the prac tice of furnishing , lecturers to the schools to speak on various businesses and the desirable qualifications for each line of endeavor. | The underprivileged child commit tee plans to continue the work com menced in the past, including furnish ing milk to the schools and assisting children who need necessities and medical attention. Miss Futrell, prin cipal of Mclver School, thanked the committee, for its splendid service to the schools and requisitioned a pair of spectacles for a little girl who had broken the pair previously given her by the club.' The Inter-dub relations "‘fcommittee reported through J. C. Pittman and H. R. Dctvd that it would continue the contacts established in the past and Would'try to bring about more intimate friendship with near-by clubB The classification and membership committee urged an increase in mem bership and requested that all mem’ (Continued On Page Eight).. employment. The general public, he ahid, is asked to cooperate with the | Legion in the drive. The entire city frtd county, he declared, will be divid ed into units and some one assigned to each unit to make an investigation of the possibilities for jobs. Those who have work of any kind will not be expected to pay fabulous salaries to those they employ but whatever : they are able to give. If it's noth- r ing more that mowing a lawn or chop i ping stove wood, those » who . have J work that should be done are asked J to inform the unemployment head- i quarters. The Legion Hvill not give j money or food but will refer -such j needy cases to the Lee County Relief Association with whim they are co operating, it was said. — Mr. Kennedy announces the person nel of the unemployment committee, of which he is chairman, as follows: Pr, C. L, Scott, W. L. Simmons, Rev. J. T. Barham, and Marvin , Anyone in need of work is request edtoget in touch with this Commit tee or call telephone 62. An interesting feature of the meet in* W a talk by t>r. C. C. Carpen ter, of -Wake Forest, who accom panied-Hr. Wilson here. Those present enjoyed very much the excellent program which was tend ered *>y Mrs. W.H. Campbell’s class in expression. Taking part in this were little Misses Evelyn Btkvers, Jacquelin Kennedy, Theresa McCor mick, and Gloria Stewart Campbell, farmers are told MUST PLANT CROPS 1932 E. W. Gaither, District Farm Agent Is Heard Here By Many Farmers. MUST* DIVERSIFY GROPS More~lhan 220 farmers ant farm women attended the meet ing at the Sanford Town Hat Saturday morning to hear in tension Workers from State Col lege give the agricultural out look reports for 1932. Taking the average of Lee County arms of each family owners and ten uits as 30 acres in size, E. W. Gaith ir, Farm Agent for the Southeastern Jistrict, told the farmers and farm vomen that “by building the soil with egumes, using manure, a little acid phosphate and potash, by having three cows, two brood sows, and 50 hens, a garden, a pasture, by planting winter cover crops, and by using diversifica tion methods, the average income of $888.00 for each Lee County farmer in 193Q could be increased to $1586.00 for 1932 even with the present prices." The meeting Saturday was the last in a series held in the Southeastern District by-Mr. Gaither and Mrs. Es telle T. Smith; District Home Demon stration Agent. During the past sev eral weeks they have visited every county seat in the district and dis cussed farm problems and crop out look for 1932. Mr. Gaither told his hearers Sat urday that the prospect for higher tobacco prices does not look rosy. Discussing the planting of cotton Mr Uaitner saia tne iaw 01 demand affected the price. He dis played a chart showing the produc tion and consumption for several years past. With the world using on ly 11,000,000 bales annually ami with ' 15,000,000 bales now in warehouses., the price is necessarily low. He urg | ed that the crop be grown as cheaply as possible and stated that some i Eastern North Carolina farmers grew cotton Iasi year at a profit at the present price. I Thp address of Mrs. Smith was ir ■an optimistic strain. She urged hei 1 hearers to make the best of existing conditions b/living at home, and tali ‘ ling care of the little things. She sug gested as a slogan “Keep the Family | Yearnings Within the Family Earn • ings.". Mrs. Smith said that the wo Imen are not afraid of the depression, ithat while there isn’t much money on the farms, there is food stuff a plenty. She urged a balanced diet ! with simple menus, improvement of living conditions, making the home and yards more attractive by plant ing of native flowers and shrubbery, which may be had from The woods. 1 Mix Wade Douglas, of Harnett Cdupty, spent Saturday afternoon ■ witk his sisters, Miss Bessie Dougla; and Mrs. Sadie Smith. -.1. ' 7 AWAIT DECISION OF COMMISSION . INA.&Y. CASE Manager DeButts Denies That Southern Railroad Is Try ing to Throttle Road* SAYS TRAFFIC IS DIVERTED Hoyle, Appearing For Protest ing Delegation, Recalls “Fake Auction,'’ The application of the Atlan tic & Yadkin Railway to aban ion passenger train operation rver its 130-mile = route from Sanford to Mt. Airy was renew al before the State, Corporation Commission at Raleigh Tues lay, about fifty Sanford busi ness men joining a large deleg«rr ton of citizens from towns along the A. & Y. to protest the railroad’s application. BOYLE BATTLES - The protesting delegation, headed )y K. R. Hoyle, Sanford attorney, set forth that the towns which had grown ip along the route and in which citi sens had invested their all in apparent assurance that the railroad was per utuueni wouia oe ruined by the pro posed abandonment. Hoyle, a former newspaperman,.pi called that he was present at the' i“fake auctioii” ~of the oM Cape Fear and -Yadkin Valley at Fayetteville, in the nineties. He said he had folldw ed its course since the dismember ment when the Southern took over I the 130-mile route from Sanfon} to Mt. Airy and, the Atlantic Coast line the part from Sanford to 'Wilming ton. He protested that under its franchise graritihg a monopoly, the "road should be operated as chartered and nc-t be permitted to abandon a public just because it happened to be {unprofitable at a time of general de pression. * . | Mr. Hoyle brought forth the charge that sufficient freight traffic that logically should go dyer the A. i. Y. jafter coming ■ up over the A. C. 1* .from Wilmington was being diverted by the A. C. L. to the Southern by jway of Goldsboro, a circuitous routes |to more than make up the "deficit in , curred in passenger traffic operation, ^DERlFTTS MAKES DENIAL "Hie latter statement df MrrHoyJe*s ing that shippers have the''right' route their shipments any way they please and most of them do so. He also denied that the Southern is in-' teresting in throttling the A. & Y., and in fact, expressed doubt that Southern officials knew he was in Ra leigh seeking the appointment. Hoyle c,ajne back at him by scoring any idea of such innocence on the part of Southern officials, asserting he knew Vice-President Henry Miller perhaps better than Mr. DeButts and that the inference that he didn’t know what was going on with the A. & Y. Was a poor compliment to his astute ness. He then suggested that it might be well to continue the hearing until an investigation could be made of the alleged diversions, but the commis sion, after Mr. DeButts stated that his records were open for full inspec tion, made no ruling on the request, which was not put as a formal mo tion. EXPRESS FEAR | Fear was expressed among the pro testing Sanford delegation that aban donment of the A. and Y.’ passenger service wbuld be only a forerunner to similar action by the A. C. L. on the Sanford-Wilmington end cf the old C. F. and Y. V. which was char tered by the State in 1862 and partly financed by it to insure a cross-state railroad and that the 248-mile road 'would then revert to an exclusive freight carrier—the only road of its length without passenger service in the nation. News and Observer said: | “Upwards of 200 citizens of the territory affected were here to protest the abandonment in a hearing which consumed more than three hours and abounded in heated personalities and excursions upon tangent discussions of possible effects of the commis sioner’s decision upon their political futures, and threatened trade retalia tions against Greensboro by -towns i along the A. & Y. on account of the presence of a representative of the Greensboro Chamber of Commerce in support of a petition to take off the trains. } “The Commission,” said the Raleigh newspaper, “indicated that it might be several days befire it announced its decision, aa the scope of the case extends beyond its immediate effect upon the A. & Y. It is well known | that other local passenger trains are being operated at a lo3s in this State, ! and £h several instances such serviced ■ already has been so drastically cur tailed that any further reduction could mean abandonment. — DECISION FAR-REACHING ; “The decision in this case is ex i pected to have far-reaching effect If t abandonment is permitted other car J (Continued On PftgQ
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