BUY NOW
And Help Bring Back
PROSPERITY
BUY NOW ': 7
And Help Bring Back
PROSPERITY
NORTH. CAROLINA, FEBRUARY 18, 1932. Publish WEEfeOf.
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SANFORD,
VOLUME 46, Number 27,
FIVE CENTS
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INTERESTING <■
.NEWS AND VIEWS
BIOGRAPHIES ‘ „
FRIENDLY DOG
SUPER-SALESMAN
PARTY LOYALTY
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Jimmie Mdver read at the Kiwanis
Club Ladies’ Night, last Friday, a
‘ “ten-second biography,” as he labels
them, of every man present. They,
were all in verse and were paraph
rases of well-known poems. We. have,
heard no little discussion of them on
the streets, and we were laid into
questioning, Jimmie in order to hear1
repititions of some of them. It de
veloped, during our conversation, that
some of the members had not been
present at the meeting and, conse
qu*ntly, there (were no verses for the
delinquents. We prevailed on the
young satirist to suggest biographies
for those who were not in the meet
ing and he - responded, after due
thought, with the following:
" H. R. Dowd, Standard Oil Company
representative—'
“Dowdy, Dowdy, quite contrary,
Why does my auto choke?
Water and Ethyl, Mud and Methyl,
It’s really a Standard joke.”
And W. R. Makepeace, who was at
the meeting but not present for target
'practice:
“Now, Sill’s a splendid fellow, and i.
I’mglad to say he can - /->
Live in a1 house by the side of the toad
And be a friend to -
(At a dollar a night)” ■
We have heard slices of other verses
H. C. Renegar: .* “Oh, young Lochin
var is come out of tiw^West, With girls
on his mind and sou]) on his vest,” as
the opening verse, and J. R. Rives’,
which elided with “There’s Methodists
in his madness,” come to mind. How
ever, we risk quoting two which we
think particularly charming. Part of
"Charlie Rogers’ Biography goes:
“The way that he’ll advertise
We kinder hate to mention.
He’ll make you really want to die )
To have his kind attention. • *
His helper stands outside the door.
’N’ at everybody hollers: ;;
‘Why walk around half dead?When
We’ll bury you fpr ten dollars?"
And this quote at Jesse Davis, erst;
while manager jof-the !
But often I’ve heard him say,
‘It takes a lot of living in a
House to nuike it pay.’ ”
_ Sometimes we are tempted to, bea
lieve that the late Senator Vest, of
Missouri, was everlastingly right when
he contended that the dog is man’s
best friend. ■/ -
Postmaster Ralph Kennedy tells a
story of a canine that illustrates the
loyaity of the dog to his friends, as
well as his cleverness. J
“last week,” he said, while eh route'
to Greensboro, “1 stopped for a few.
moments at my father’s home in Gulf.
As l approached the house I. was met
by the family dog, who carried an egg
in his mouth. I grabbed him, pulled
his jaws apart, arid the egg bursted
: as it fell onto the ground. I switched
the dog and when I turned'him loose
he rah a few yards away, crouched
upon the ground, looking at me piti
fully, a picture of abject dejection if
ever there was one. I said nothing
to the folks at home about the inci
dent,-before going 4o Greensboro. That
night, when returning with my bro
ther, Ernest, who Was on his way to
Gulf, I said: ‘Ernest- if I were’you,
I’d kill-that dog at home, he’s eating
eggs.’
" toh, yeah?’ he said, ‘why that
: dog, doesn’t eat eggs, , he carries theta
carry it to the house to Mother.
; . “I learned from Ernest that this
dog had found a nest, the whereabouts
of which was unknown to the family,,
and that each day as the hen laid, he
would itijke the egg in his mouth and
it to the house to Mother. ’ V
“Since whipping that dog,” said
Mr. Kennedy, “I have been suffering
from a guilty conscience.” -
Egg stories are hardly as popular
as dog stories but occasionally we run
up on one. This is the best one we’ve
heard lately. tt is a lesson in sales
manship as Well as a corking good
egg story and what's more it is ab
solutely true.
A subscription solicitor "for a news
paper had exhausted his “sales talk’*
about the merits of the paper, and
had just about given up hope of con
vincing the colored lady, his prospec
tive subscriber, that the paper Was a
necessity in her home.
At this lull in the conversation, she
said: “I have an old hep dat I reckon
•Ta'j^aft with but' she’* out dar oh de
nest now.” _
“Why I’ll be glad to take the hen
jilt return for the paper,” pressed the
subscription man.
' ■.“Well she’s fixin’ to lay now and I
wouldn’t want to lose dat egg,” said
- the colored woman; • .
t; '-rtWell, .I’ll just wait until she lays
’.then,” interposed ouh hero. His wait?
Ad what seemed' an interminable
- length of time, and feeling that he
ought to be on his way after otjier
subscriber^ happened to think he
.* '(Continued On Page
'believe county !
SCHOOLS MAY GO
LENGTH OF TERM
Possibility Depends Upot| The
1 s Promptness of Taxpayers j
To Make Settlement
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UNABLE TO BORROW FUNDS
School Officials Are Adhering
To Rigid Ectfnomy In Ad
ministration of Work
It is now believed that the public
schools of the town and county will
continue for the full length of the
term. HcAvever, this depends upon the
promptness with which the taxpayers
of tfie county settle their taxes for
this year. This is the only source
of revenue to keep the schools going.
The County Commissioners are un
able to borrow the funds from the
banks or from any other source. It
is impossible to secure loans from
banks for' any purpose with' the very
best security. The Express is in
formed that up to the first of Feb
ruary the money received from the
taxpayers by County Tax Collector
Griffin about equalled the amount
taken in to that date last year. Some
of the taxpayers are anxious to see
tne scnoois run vne iuu term ana are
[lending their co-opdration by paying
their taxes. .
| Prof. George Wheeler, Superintend
ent of the city and county schools,
and the teachers and all others con
nected with the schools are to be com
mended for the co-operative,, spirit
[they are showing in the matter. They
are economizing and cutting the ex
penses in every way possible.' One
! teacher in the/Sanford High School
informs The Express that he has
saved, from $200 to $300 by canceling
bjtUra tor material needed in his de
partment.’ No one is more anxious
than the teachers to see that-the boys,
and girls have the benefit of Hie;
schools for , \ the full length of the
term. In some eounti«» the teachers'
have agreed to waif for their pay
for the extra two months. '
SING PRAISES TO
OUR BOBBY BURNS
* fJ>l»i •"> Ufii i)#t nr ; iwtfrMlwiiiMMii
in a worth while Way Bobby Burns
shows the spirit of “The Man Who
Lived in the House by the Side of the,
Road.” Every one Who has traveled
through this section knows where
Three Points iS and they know Bobby
Bums who dwns and operates a fill
ing station, a cafe and cottages for
the accommodation Of tourists. He is
known from Bar Harbor, Me., to
Miami, Florida. He 'may-never be as
well known to the World as Bobby
■Bums, the great Scotch poet, but we
feel sure that his host of friends up
'and down the country appreciate him |
just as .much. ’ The following para- ]
graphs are. taken from an article (
written by a tourist who enjoyed the'
courtesies and comforts furnished by,
Mr. Burns, for ‘‘The American,”
paper published at Ellsworth, Me.,
under the head “The Song and the
Star:” v i
“We had a passing acquaintance in'
our earlier literature of Bobby Bums,
but no recollections of any tile cot-,
tages in connection'with him. Signs j
in southern Virginia and all through,
North Carolina along the highway pro
claimed ‘Bobby Bums,’ Tile Cottages,
for Tourists.’ It was our good for- (
tune to reach Sanford at night and to
try them. Whether this is Bobby in J
the. real or . in the reincarnation,
Bobby certainly knows What the tra-(
veling public demands.. We conversed\
with him in .the flesh,' and'he told us
that he had traversed several -States,
visiting roaasme camps and cottages, |
determining to, have something better j
than the best. He has. Neat tile,
cottages, spotless whiter with stoves, ,
hot and cold running water, and, most (
welcomed 'of all by the dust-laden
traveller, a shower in a room adjoin-!
ing each sleeping rooim. And such
comfortable beds. One hated to leave
when morning came. !
“We found much less traffic on the
road Sunday than Veek days. The j
No. 1 Highway, ‘Uncle Sam’s Choice,’ (
as one route card gave it, traversed
the States that comprised the original
States.”
POULTRYMEN TO
MEET SATURDAY
There will be a poultry Electing in
the Town Hall at Sanford Saturday,
February 20th,, at Z p. M. The pur
pose of this meeting will be to or
ganize a poultry associatioir for mar
keting poultry juid eggs. Every poul
try producer in tec County Is urged
to attend this meeting and )ietp Bet
up this organizatloil to improve ,our
market for poultry and eggs,, tempi
Mf. .1* C. Salter of the State, JM-;
vision of Markets will be present ,tp/'
help ue' set up the mnrkietjng, maph^
ery. He has had a lot of experience
in the cooperative’ marketing of poul
try for n number of yearn rum will be
able'to give us .some valuable infor
mation. , ,SV .
E. Q. McMahan,; County Agent.
STAPLES SEEKS TO EFFECT
reopening local bank
Washington, Feb. 16.—Col. Frank
P. Hobgood, L HUmer Cole end
E. W, Staples, accompanied by Rd
presentative Frank Hancock,, of the
banking and Currenccy conjtftittee,
conferred today with officials of
the Reconstruction Finance cor
poration a)>out reopening the Unit
ed Bank and . Trust company at
GreensbotU... The Greensboro visi
tors, who went on to’ New York
tonight on bank business, left the
treasurytoday very hopeful -the
Greensbor^ bank would be enabled
in a short time to resume business.
> Two points stressed were that
the set-up, in treasury parlance,
leaves little to be-desired—the as
sets of the bank are ample, even
for these trying times, and thiat
the bank in' question occupies a
key position and should be re
opened out of regard fl.r the conf
mon welfare of the people of (W
Piedmont section.
One of the old treasury hands,
Mr. McKee, has taken - over the
Work incident to the reopening of
closed banks, and is specializing
on this phase of the business of
the new corporation, with the re
sult that the directing heads of the
Reconstruction corporation are
confident that from now an rapid
progress may be expected in the
way of making things right for the
banks «md therefore for the com
munities where there has been
trouble of this Und.
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SANLEE THEATRE
OPENS THURSDAY
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:'v Opening of the new Sanlee Thea-.
tre, equipment' for which has just
been installed, Will open next Thurs
day at 3:30 with a matinee, announc
ed DeWitt Holt,, the manager today.
The new theatre, the furnishings of
which are modern in every appoint
ment, is located in the Carthage street
building once occupied by the Wanda j
Theatre. " ; . ... .
The Grand Opening, Mr, Holt said,
will take place at 7;30 and plans have
been made to have a number of the
city’s leading citizens make short'
“Peacharina," a picture that is now:
making a great - hit in the cities to,
which it has been released. This film
a production of R-iC-O, Pathe Film
Corporation, is undoubtedly, said Mr.
Holt, one of the greatest pictures of
the year. ”
Miss Margaret Claik has beeh
na^ied as assistant manager of the
theatre. ‘ *v '
MRS.'VIRGINIA R. BOBBITT DIES
AT HOME OF HER SON HERB
After a few days' illness of pneu
monia Mrs, Virginia R. Bobbitt died
at the home of he/ son, R. E. Bob
bitt, on Guf street Sunday afternoon
at 2 o’clock. Theannoucement of her
death was a shock to neighbors of the
family as it was not generally known
that she was critically - ill. During
the afternoon and night many friends
and neighbors called to offer their
services to the bereaved family
On Moiiday morning the 'remains,
accompanied by relatives and friends,
were carried to "the home of Mrs.
Bobbitt at Nashville, Where the fun
eral was held that afternoon at-2:30.
o’clock, conducted by Rev. Mr, Far- j
nor, after which the interment was
made in ‘ the cemetery at that place.
Mrs. Bobbitt, who was thw. daughter
of the late Mr. and Mrs. George Ricks,
of NSsh county, one of the most prom
inent and influential families in that
county, died at the ago of 68 years.
She married A. P. Bobbitt Who pro
ceded her to the grave. The follow
ing children survive: Mrs. W. H. Car
ter, Wadesboro • R. B. Bobbitt, San
ford; G. R. Bobbitt, Nashville; N. T.
Bobbitt, Phoenix, Alia,; M. A. Bob
bitt, Cleveland, Ohio;„two sisters, Mrs.
J. R. Barkley, Raleigh; and Miss Ida
Ricks, Nashville; two brothers, W. B.
Ricks, Nashville, Tenn.; and EJ. N. j
Ricks, Mount Olive. Eight grand •
children also survive. A brother, the
late P. B. Ricks, was well known in
Sanford having been" a member of
Wilkins-Ricks Company, for years one
of the leading1 mercantile concerns of
this section of the' State. While Mrs.
Bobbitt made, her home with her sis
ter, Miss Ida Ricks at Nashville, she
often visited the family of her son,
Mr. R. E. Bobbitt, in Sanford where
she made many friends. She was a
cultured Christian Woman of fine
Character and a devoted consistent
member of the Methodist church. Af
ter a well spent life she is called to ;
a rich reward. .
SANFORD LODGE 151 A. f. $ A; M. j
’ ^ special George Washington pro- j
grjm is, being prepared for the re
gular communication . of Tuesday,
February ZSrd, at 7:80 p. ro., being
the day after Washington’s anniver
sary. This program'will , bail quite in
teresting and worth while. Master
Masons are cordially Invited to be
present on this occasion. ’ . " I
DEPRESS
WANE
' OP I
Political Disc
wo Which Now _
‘,V; County : people
LtfX STARTS #ROSPERITY?
’JH
John R. Jones V; !! Invite Demo
, cratic Hosts To Enjoy the
Sunshin^ofCee.
'Depression,, as
discussion, is be!
and instead, is un:
flow of political
miracle waa ww
cal wise men geen|
some.of the goes
Japanese fury in .
telling effects o£
ed to believe the
pessimism to upi
about by Lux Ci
that he is a “will
State senate,
ever. .
ivtjfite topic.for
Ostacized here
a torrential
How the
fejiiohe of the lo
» know, although
.are that the Sino
feFar East had
(till, are inclin
[4 change from
(was brought
pronouncement
iarkjs” for the
it may, how
BUSINESS BET*
Whatever the
pie" certainly e.
of mind and the
tag that business
Innocent though he
with which he is "
that he i* resp'
fag tide- of pro;
pec ted tS be foi
realty tycoon- -
One is forced *
that acttve-candi
ceptive-candidate
tongues Jo wagi
really ent&r the
may be expected!
WHY A PLATE
“I am a Pern
quoting the late
he is 'asked - about
has always beer
continues, “that
lie with the pro
Democratic conv
I steal its thundi
And With Ches
receptiverSjmdii
glinting from his
interrogafe>r*~with
matter is ' sfill
But it is hdt beli
' the "deer peo
happler frame
is men are say
growing better,
y be of that
ged, a denial
-r the onrush
is hardly ex
from the
dinit, however,
Cross and re
have set
And if both j
what a fight!
v ’ ■ t ■ . !
rfciill," says Lux1
' B. Hill, when 1
platform. “It!
-hservation,”,he
of thirkind I
f' of the State
Why .should
v:
ran, couftesy, j
Vague, _ humor
laugh's off his
'ithtimentl
ad;
was - it ■'liiiPimiYn When one
has seen the gldsftour end
glory of a’ legislative^, session
in Raleigh,Jogs did Mr. Teague in
1919, he is- an exception if he is not
constantly bedeviled with the ambition I
of going back again. More parti-1
culariy, In the face of appeals and •
mandates from the “electorate, j. i
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION . !
Rating hardly secondary in impor- j
tance to the impending Cross-Teague
contest, is the likelihood, of the Demo
static -State convention coming here. :
Thppe cities, writes Paul Barkley, Ra- ]
leigh correspondent of the Charlotte j
Observer, to his paper, are bidding |
for it—Raleigh, Charlotte and iSan
ford. Last Sunday’s News and Ob-1
server dismisses the matter with the
reflection that ShnfoKd might get the,
convention iii event of a deadlock be- i
tween Charlotte and Raleigh. I
Any way that battle-scarred veteran 1
if many political campaigns, John R. -
Tones, said this morning he would '
present Sanford’s invitation to the
Demppratio State executive Gommittee, I
which, meets some Ume in March, pro i
rided the ' Merchants’ Association
dicks to its guns, and A. K. Miller, -
lecretary of the association, says the
business men are still “standing pat.”
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samuel r. McDonald passes
AWAY AFTER SHORT ILLNESS
Samuel R. McDonald, who had been I
ill following a major operation at the
Lee County Hospital some-two'weeks
igo, 'died there Tuesday morning at
! o’clock. The funeral was held that!
iftemoon at the home Of the deceas- ,
id on the comer of Steele and Gordon
streets conducted by Rev. Frank C.,
tjawkins, pastor of the first Baptist,
:hurch, and Dr. R. C. Gilmore, pastor
jf the Presbyterian church. The in
efment followed at Buffalo cemetery,
following were the pall bearers: T. E.
Brown, S. B. Riddle, 0. C. Rogers, T. ;
E. King, R. R.. Mclyer and Lee S.
lones.. ’’ , _ . j
Mr. McDonald was bom in Mitchell I
County, Georgia 68. years ago, mar-i
ried Miss Nellie McConnell, of Moores !
ville, this State, who, with four child- 1
ren, Misses Nita and. Nellie McDon
ald, Herbert and Sam McDonald, sur-!
vive. He is also .survived by his.
mother, Mrs. Ida McDonald, of Sevan-]
nah, Ga.; two sisters, Misses Mary i
and Charlotte McDonald, of Savan- ]
nah; three brothers, Messrs. T. G. Mc
Donald, of Columbia, S. C.; H. H. Mc
Donald, of Temple, Arizona, and. J. O,
McDonald, of lake Worth, Fla. Mr.
McDonald moved to Sanford eight;
years ago 'where hW and family have
since made their home. He was con
nected with the King; Manufacturing
Company and was a skilled metal
worker. " He had man$- friends who
join the family iii lamenting his paas
ihg. Mr. McDonald was -a member
at the -Baptist chafjjfe-y.,,;,,,.
HENNING GUEST '
KIWANIS clue:
LAST MEETING
. -v m i
Kiwanis' Governor of CaroKnaS
District Delivers Address ■ ■ i
Here Last Week.
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM
Objectives of Kiwanis Interna
tional for Coming Year
Are Outlined. -'.iff- \
With a hey-nonny-nonny and a ha
cha-cha, the members of the /Kiwanis
club entertained their wives and
sweethearts at the Carolina Hotel laet
Friday evening, serving chicken, bur
lesque, with and music in tumultous
disorder. yjj'"
What little dignity there wag in
corporated itself in the person of
Herbert Henning, district governor,of
Darlington, S. C., who fell into the
spirit of the evening promptly and
appointed himself a all-bearer of ;
grave deportment, Mr. Henning made
a speech which included a serious mea
sage, it is true; but it embodietLat no
time the sedateness 'which mighi be
expected of a District Governor: ' .• '
Admitted to the dining halt, final
ly, the guest/ found that the heart
shaped favors, representative of St.
Valentine’s day, included menus traps
lated into Latin (Hot Buttered^'Bis
cuits, Frigidus Velut Nix-“Ice Cold;”
and Apple Cobbler, Plenus Veneni,
(Full of Poison) and a program
which promised several hours, of dry,
speeches. The program was a fake,
and great was the "relief of those per
sons who found their names on the
program, previously nibbled at their
dinner, and finally heard “Good Night
Ladies” withut having heard tiieir
names called for execution of the
promised oratory. An added valentine
touch Was the presence of a comic
valentine for each person attending.
President Pat St Clair made a
brief adjress oi welcome, following
which he required every person to
arise and giye. their name. After the
introduction the program Kvas turned
over fo J, C.’ .Pittman, chairman of
the I Julies’ Night Committee.
, Mr. Pittman announced -that the
committee had decided, on an gduea
tional program, preceded ^ by ioitte
present After the voting, there was
staged a burlesque opera. The orches
tra, directed in traditional style by
Tesse Davis,- played an overture, pod
then appeared the principles, H. ,M.
Wagoner, S. J. Husketh and Jimmie
Mclver, in proper costume, who sang
ind killed each other for the edifica-:
don of the guests. The instrumenta
jon, consisting of tennis racquet
guitars, clothes horse harps and bi
:ycle pump trofnbones, among others,
dayed excellent accompaniment to
he operatic arias of the singing tra
'ediana.
Struggling hack to emotional'hor
nalcy after this great performance,
he men were presented iwith blanks
>n which they were asked to enter
he birthdates of their wives and
wedding anniversaries. Dr. J. F. Fos
ter was successful in guessing at these
dates and Was presented with a roll
ing pin. .
Following the contest, there was
introduced a number which iwas in
jected into the program at the last
ninute but which proved to be the
’eature of the evening. A ten-second
jiography of every man present was
rfven in rhyme by Jimmie Mclver,,
;very verse being a paraphrase of a J
'amiiiar poem. These chraicatures,
vere to the point, and crystallized in
:unny verse the mannerisms and
diosyncrasies of each Kiwanian.
District Governor Henning then
spoke, outlining the objectives of Ki
A’ania International for the coming
^ear, amid facetious interpolations
xmceming Kiwanis in general.
The results of the votes for super
latives were then read by Mrs. Gil
liam Anderson and J. E. Brinn and
these present found that their spirit
[>f burlesque had resulted in accord
ing honors in reverse order.
Following the reading of these de
cisions, there were several numbers'
by the Kiwanis quintet, J. C. Pittman,
W. L. Jdwell, J. W. Kirkpatrick, S. J.
Husketh and Jimmie Mclver, accom
panied by Miss Louise Futrell.
Aye, mates, it was a great pro- |
gram. We learned, wondering the
while what else there could have been,
that the principle stunt of the even
ing had blown up about ten minutes
before show-time. An invo-lvel elec
trical apparatus had instituted mutiny
at the last minute and we bow to the
program committee for its success in
substituting so successfully during
what must have been a temporary
panic. i
Miss Ruth Thomas has gone to
Miami, Florida, where she will enter
the University of Miami, for the
spring semester to study art and jour
nalism.
Mrs. J. K. Rivers is now visiting'
the family of her daughter, Mrs. W.
W. bordan in Mullins, S. C., while
Mrs. Jordan is in the hospital recover
ing from an attack of illness* ;
New era seen in rail
PASSENGER SERVICE
The Corporate'll Commission
yesterday paved the way for a new
era in railway passenger service
in North Carolina. V -
:7 Denying the application of the
Atlantic and Yadkin Railroad to
abandon passenger and mail service
on its line extending from Sanford
to't. Airy, a distance of 130 miles,
the commission extended, to thje
road authority tb substitute motor
cars for the heavy trains it is now
operating at a growing loss.
Substitution of the motor car
riers however, must be accom
plished by an extension of service
to provide double daily schedules
over the route instead of the single
train each way now in operation,
the commission ordered, holding
formally that “if the Atlantic and
Yadkin Railway shall place upon
operation upon its main line be
tween Sanford and Mount Airy
double daily service for passen
gers, mail and express, using less
expensive equipment and at less
cost of operation in the form of
gasoline cars, which the Commis
sion is convinced can be provide^
within a period of 30 to 60 days dt
the outside then the Company shall
be deemed to be giving adequate
passenger, mail and express ser
vice in place of steam train pas
senger service, as now in opera
tion, and the latter may then be
discontinued.**
“GHOST HOUSE” TO
BE SHOWN HER!
“Ghost House,” a 3-act fnysterj
drama is to be presented on Friday
evening, (February 26, under the aus
pices of the Lee County Relief As,
sociation in the High School Audi
torium., The proceeds of the 6how
are of course, going to help the need;
of this county.
"Ghost House” is the st"-y of a
strange" Will, a hidden fort ne;' fiv(
odd shaped pieces of paper: an un
canny disappearance; and a myster
ious stranger who goes creepin;
through the house frightening th
, three servants and sending chills o
' .mfort down the spines of th
hold.
•The will is read, according to th.
instructions of the late Agustus J
Brown, at midnight, two months af
ter his death, to the five prospective
heirs, but the startling disappearance
of the secret-bearing slips of paper,
prevent its . execution. The lights
a queer way of going out at unex
pected moments, ghostly apparitions
flit .through the house; mournful wails
and hair-raising screams startle the
occupants.
The cast is already at work on this
play and in such a manner as insures
a good show.
Then, there is the comedy feature
of the show. The "Dick” Chorus, com
posed of eight of Sanford’s well
knotvn business and professional men.
1116 girls choruses, costumed in
keeping with the spirit of the play,
lend it color and lightness with their
songs and dances.
The curtain-raiser for the show is
a children’s pageant, “Boogieland”—
a stage full of dancing fairies and
nymphs and ghosts and fireflies.
The next issue of this paper will
carry the names of the local people
supporting this show. Watch for it.
Don’t forget the date, February 26,
and that the Relief Association wants
your support.
FURNITURE STORE
MOVES QUARTERS
The Central Carolina Furniture
Company has leased for a term of
years the building on the comer of
Moore and Carthage streets, former
ly peeupied-by J. Josephs and will
move from their present stand on
Steele street the first of next week.
Workmen are ndw busy overhauling
the interior of the building and ex
pect to have it ready by the last of
this week. Should you have o<xasion
to call on the Central Carolina Fur
niture Company next week go to
their pew stand.
. " MISS McIVER improving
Her host of Sanford friends are
pleased to learn that Miss Jean Mc
Iver, who has been critically ill at
the' Garfield Hospital in Washington
with blood poisoning, is now steadily
improving and it is expected that she
will recover. The trouble started
with a small pimple on her face. Her
mother, Mrs. Kate S. Mclver, has
been by her bedside most of the time
since she has been sick. Her brother,
James R. Mclver, and uncle, Dr. Chas.
L. Scott accompanied Mrs. Mclvef to
Washington, and after spending a
day or two in that city returned home.
| Miss Emily Cheek, who holds a
position as librarian at State College,
Raleigh, spent the week-end here With
her mother, Mrs. Chas. C. Cheek.
EMPLOYMENT FOR
EVERYONE GOAL
OF LOCAL DRIVE
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American Legion Opens Employ- ' ;
ment Headquarters Here -
On Last Tuesday.
MASS MEETING MONDAY
Plan of Organization Is Announc
ed By Chairman Ralph
A. Kennedy Hera i,
Inauguration of the American
Legion’s “War-Against-Depres
sion” campaign was held Mon-' *
day evening at the Town Hall,
where, in spite'of the inclement
weather, a large crowd gathered.,
Ralph A. Kennedy, local post
master and chairman of the Je#j'
gion employment committee,
presided over the meeting.
The beginning of the campaign,
which is nation-wide, and which mark
ed “Zero Hour” for 10,800 legion %»sts
in over 8,000 American communities, r
was featured by addresses by Hon.
Clawson L, Williams, solicitor of the
Fourth Judicial District; E. W. Viek, ;
Prof. Michael Perry, executive officer
and chairman of the employment com
mittee of the Raleigh post; and W.
R. Hartnesa, local flour mill owner.
Each of the speakers gave pointed
instance^ of the effect the depression
has wrought upoiF individuals, some
-m of which were heartrending. Prof.
Perry’s address was of a practical
nature, he giving an account of the
| experiences his own post had eh-*...
countered in setting the campaign in
motion.
“In this fight to eliminate unem
‘*should rally to the support of the
ploymertt, North Carolina,” he said,
legion’s young national commander,
Henry L. Stevens, a native of the
State, to whom is due credit for start
ing this great crusade.”
- In a short talk, Mr. Kennedy out
lined the plans of I^ee Post No. 18, -re
stating that nothing would be left un
done to carry out the plans and ^
ideals of Commander Stevens.
’ Headquarters for the drive Were
' opened Tuesday morning in the Caro
lina Hotel building, where applica- ja.
". ticns for employment will be reeeiv
“ "building KasTJ been eqr»ippe3^
with a telephone and the office will
be under direction of persons who are
giving their services without charge.
It will remain open throughout each
day. A desk has been donated the
headquarters by Dr. Charles L. Scott
and a typewriter, by J. E. Brinn.
Mr. Kennedy said this morning he
had asked Frank D. Grist, commis
sioner of lacr and printing, to make
Sanford a district employment office,
in the event of which the local head
quarters will be permitted mailing
franking privileges.
The plan of organization of the
employment campaign has been an
nounced as follows:
Strategy Committee: R. A. Ken
nedy, Chairman.
Administrative' Staff, Dr. C. L.
Scott, Chief of Staff.
Finance Committee, D. D. Riddle,
Chairman.
Personnel: W. F. Ccok, Chairman.
Supply, W. C. Moffitt, Chairman.
Publicity, W. D. Gregson, Chairman
Every member of the legion has an
active part on one or the other of
these committees.
STROTHER SAYS
BUSINESS GOOD
| Newspaper advertising in a greater
volume holds the key to increased
business and the elimination of the
depression, says M. D. Strother, man
ager of Efird’s Department Store.
Business, the Efird manager told
The Express, is decidedly on the up
grade. The volume of business done
by his store during the past few days
is considerably higher than at any
time since the depression began, he
said. Reason fgr this, he believes, is
due to the fact that he has consistent
ly advertised in the local newspapers,
and that there is a general improve
ment in the morale of the buying pub
lic. ej
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COY McNEILL COLE DIES AT
j LEE COUNTY HOSPITAL
Coy McNeill Cole, 46 years of age,
one of the leading farmers of the
county, who lived on Sanford Route
No. 1, died at the Lee County Hospi
tal Tuesday after an illness of short
duration. The funeral services were
held at Center Methodist church Wed- -
nesday morning at 11 o'clock conduct
ed by the pgStdWRev. J. H. Buffalo.
Thft funeral was attended by a, large ' J
concourse of friends and neighbors of
the deceased, who was held in high
esteem in the community.
Mr. Cole was the son of the Jate
•Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Cole, and is sur
vived by seven chiidren and a num
ber of brothers and sisters. His wife,
who was Miss Fannie Fore, died in"
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