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T ':r,r'7-v-:: , . ™-T^' .M . yb-1 :.• -. -•■• • BUY NOW And Help Bring Back ; PROSPERITY BUY NOW And Help Bring Back PROSPERITY SANFORD, NORTH CAROLINA. FEBRUARY 25, VOLUME 46, Number 28. Published WEEKLY. LOYALTY league HEARS ST. CLAIR I EXTOL CHURCHES Presbyterian Layman Points i 'S To Buffalo As Example Of Influence. ? LAUDS EARLY MINISTERS Says Governments Have Arose And Declined But Church _ * Has Remained. Addressing the Loyalty Lea • gue of the local Presbyterian church last Thursday evening, D. L. St. Clair, a layman of that church, lauded the spiritual, in tellectual and social leadership exerted by the church. Many nations in the past, he said, had been born, arose to power and 1 passed on to decline, but the church, he pointed out, has steadily increased its power. “It you were called upon,” said Mr. St. Glair,-‘‘to mention the one parti cular thing which for the past 185 . -years has had most to do. with the spiritual, intellectual and social de velopment of the people of the upper Cape Fear section of North Carolina, what would you say? Well, I don't know what you would say but I would say that thing is nuiiaio cnurcn. now ‘you may say that old church has lost her'spiritual power, hut I reply, pot The old mother church still lives ho. and moves and has her being in a score of churches among which is this .Presbyterian church here in Sanford,, and the spirit of Buffalo can never /'die, ' ■' " ■ - i “Suppose,** continued he, “yon were to start here in Sanford today and go to Charlotte, Wilmington and Ra leigh, then go to Richmond, Washing ton and Baltimore, then to Philadel phia and New .York and Boston, then , across the Atlantic ocean and go to Glasgow, Edinburgh and London, then across the English channel and go to Paris and Berlin and Vienna, then 1 cross the Alps and go to Florence and , • Rome and Jerusalem, then suppose you were to turn around apd trace | the history and development of the Christian church from those early j days when Jesus Christ said to His ’j disciples, ‘Go ye into all the world and preach the gospel to every crea ture.’ I say, suppose you were to trace the history and development of i ' the Christian church through these , vast centres of population I have men tioned down to the present time. What1 spent more time and money and made ’ greater sacrifices for the cause of the Christian church than anything j else on earth. In the past, particular-1 ly In the sixteenth century, men did ■ not hesitate to go to the stake fori #the sake of Jwhat they conceived to be the truth. They were willing to j sacrifice eyerything "for the church. If l had time I could mention a score or more of great men who, laying aside every selfish purpose and every offer of advancement in' the affairs of the world, went into the ministry and served the Christian church with a devotion that welcomed any sort of ' sacrifice. I must mention one of these men. Have you men ever read the life of John Calvin?-, Calvin’s father educated him for the law but ' Calvin went into the ministry at an early age and Calvin, like Luther and.' Knox, became a great reformer. When Calvin died his entire estate was vain-. ed at less than two hundred dollars. / And yet out of the brain of this man i came this great tiling we call the Presbyterian church— a church that, has produced many of the greatest preachers and missionaries t of the I " world; a church that has given to , the public life of the United States such men as Andrew Jackson and ~ "William Jennings Bryan and- Stone wall Jackson and Woodrow Wilson; a church that has given to the cause of education in the South- such men as-Edwin Anderson Alderman and ^Edward. Kidder Graham end Charles Duncan Mclver, and a church that ' has given to Norxn uarouna ana oia Fayetteville Presbytery, in particular] such ministers of the gospel as H. G. Hill and Neill McKay and 'William Black and David Fairley and Martin, McQueen and William Sterling Lacy and Robert Jackson Beatty, who was at the time of hia death the very able and much beloved pastor of the Presbyterian church of Sanford. But why continue to call the roll of the great and good? Suffice it to say Slat the Presbyterian church has al ways been noted for the intelligence and the high Christian character of ' its ministers and its laity. | ‘‘And now,’' said the .speaker, “as to the Sanford Presbyterian church. . This church was organized more than I thirty years ago. It was built, tom down, rebuilt, burned and built again. A pretty stiff debt hangs over the church today but in course of time this debt will be paid. We have now an excellent church building with well appointed Sunday school rooms, a beautiful auditorium and an able pas tor. I have heard Dr. Myers in the First Presbyterian church in Greens-, boro, Dr. White in the Firft Presby terian church in Raleigh and Dr. Al bert Johnson in the First Presbyterian ' church- in Charlotte but in my. humble, estimation Dr. Gilmore is the equal ’of either of these pastors In ability • and devotion to' duty. And yet, strange. to say, Dr. Gilmore . often preaches ■to a church half full of empty pews. Is It because he makes mistakes ? Weil, he has made mistakes both in and out of the pulpit like other mini sters, but he hasn't made half the mis takes that we men of the church have made and if we would only get behind him juid do "bur simple duty, we could make this church, the great dynamic force for good in this community that it ought to be. Today this church , stands her* with its pastor pointing, us in the way of truth and righteous ness. Shall we not follow Ms leadt" Mrs. L. D. Isenhour, of Colon, who. ' has been vyry sick with pneumonia,! if now Improving. Mr. Isenhour hag •Iso- had influenia. .. I •v CAPTAIN DAN B. KING * LAUDS HENKY STEVENS “The greatest North Carolinian liv ing today,” said Capt. Dan B. King recently, “ia Henry U Stevens, na tional commander, of the American Legion. * ’ "No North Carolinian of today*” asserted Capt. JCiftg, "is doing more to relieve distress and suffering than the National Commander. Hie *W»r Against-Depression’ campaign, the ‘Zero Hour1 of which fell on Monday, I is a child of Mr. Stevens' invention 'and this titanic drive is destined to put 1,000,000 men at work. .. “I am making a positive statement, for knowing Henry L. jStevens person ally* I know "that nothing to which he puts his determined brain and hand, if humanly possible, can fail of ulti mate accomplishment. Through the vast network of the organization of Which he is head, through the influ ence of the two and- one half million men with Whom he served on the battle-tom fields of France, no other American leader may- so inspire cour age, action and results. The task he has assumed is not impossible—not if we follow and cooperate under' his dynamic leadership.” GENERAL COX TO BE SPEAKER HERE Distinguished Raleigh Man To Address Mass Meeting At ■ 2 P. M. Sunday., i Concrete results of the American Legion's employment campaign, which, began, here a few days ago, are being reported from the head-1 quarters. Of the number Who have| applied, officials of the campaign ad- ■ vised today that fifteen already have been .placed at remunerative labor. ! Work for twenty-five or thirty others, ( it was said, will probably be available by the first of next month. Sunday afternoon, General Albert) L. ICox, of Raleigh, will address'mem-j bers of the Legion and the Auxiliary1 at a meeting at the Temple Theatrq! to^wftisb the general public has been ] invited. Though it was not announced: what would be General Cox’s subject, it was believed he would likely issue, a stirring appeal-^-io the people iq Buttvoe pewpie aiding the Legion to complete its cb-“ jective to put 1,000,000 people to work, f Other prominent speakers Vill also deliver addresses at that time, to which will be added a-musical pro gram. j . A visitor at the employment head quarters ’ during the week was the commander of the North Carolina De partment, ,Henry ,C. Bourne, of Tar boro. Mr. Bourne, who addressed the Legionnaires of the Twelfth Dis trict at Carthage, Tuesday night, stopped at Sanford later in the even ing while en route to his home. He was ^shown about the employment headquarters >1 by Ralph Kennedy, chairman, of the employment commit tee. Mr,, Bourne seemed, favorably impressed with the j progress the lo cal headquarters is making and com plimented Mr. Kennedy -on the effi cient system of records which have been installed Jn the office.. I FLORIDA SUFFERS 1 FROM DEPRESSION! “Land dfFlowera” Tourist Trade ' Has Been Greatly Retarded Says Mi', Clark. , Mr. J. M. Clark, County Auditor, accompanied by Mrs. Clark, Mrs. “H. i M. Wagoner, of this place, and Mrs. Vergie Clark, of'^Southern Pines, re-1 turned Home last Friday after spend ing two weeks‘-of more in Florida. I While touring the "Land of Flowers"7 they visited the . following places: Jacksonville, gt Augustine, Daytona Beach, West Palm Beach, Miami, Lake Okochobee, After spending a short time at each of these places they went up through the center of the State via Lake Wales and the Sing ing Tower, Palatta, Orlando, Savan nah and Charleston.. ^ . Mr. Clark returned home greatly improved and rested by his trip. He says there has been a long dry sea son in Florida, but little rain having fallen since December. The ' crops Of fruit ahd vegetables havS~suffered as a result and the amount of stuffj shipped to the Northern markets has not been so great as In past seasons. The tourist season has been cut short - by the money depression. Many 'weal thy people failed to. go to Florida this season. They found it necessary - as well as people of limited means to use economy. Mr. Clark sayB he sawj, many evidences „of the great lancT boom and destructive storm of a few i years ago. In some of the towns a-; long the coast lie saw large buildings that were abandoned before they were half finiahed. Thousands of people j who were attracted to Florida by this i boom left thousands of dollars and MOVE LOT Of TOBACCO ' Douglas Martin, of Florence, S. Cr, who was on the Sanford market dur ing the season that recently dosed, bought 82,000 poiptl^.ef^-tobacco _for W. T. Taylor A CoiUpahy and had it re-stlcked anl put m the building on Chatham street formerly occupied by- the late' W. T, Buchanan as a store, is having It trucked to Winston Salem this week. '. * J ,1 . ..... •.. . • '/?y ; - RELIEF BODY TO SPONSOR A PLAY - FRIDAY EVENING “Ghost House,” Three-Act. My , - stery-Ownedy To Be Given *\K ' - At High School. CAST LOCAL CHARACTERS Proceeds'From Presentation To Be, Turned Over To The * Relief Association. , : . ?• »,,. -• , * < Did .one of Brown's five heira murder him? Where is his for tune, hidden? Who is the my sterious stranger? These are the mysteries <to Bd solved next Friday night, Feb ruary 26, when “Ghost House,” a tnree-act, mystery-comedy drama being sponsored by the Lbe County Relief Association is presented at the High School Auditorium. . ' CHARACTERS , . _ - The cast supporting this drama is all set to give you an evening’s! en tertainment oftSrills and hair-rais ing shocks and plenty of laugh®.-They are: Dr. R. O, Humphrey as the hard-; boiled detective who breaks in on the assembled heirs with the firmly stat ed purpose of finding a criminal among them; Beth Colley as Martha Bfown, sister-in-law of the deceased; Grace Stout as Barbara, his hiteee; Stewart Harris as Donald Kent, maft about-town; Sun’ Lane, as the hen pecxeo tucnara mates wno nas am bitions to be a defective; '•'Stephanie Moore as Mrs. Bates, Ms much-better half; Duncan St- Clair as Ted Wilson, a young reporter who came for n.Vvs and 'in the course of the - evening found himself a murder suspect and lost his heart in the bargain; Paul Lucas as Benton Thompson, the fam ily: attorney, who certainly . got the worst of the deal; and the three ser-' vants who finish a laugh whenever they shew 'themselves oh' the stage— Johnnie Rivers as Paulette, the amor ousmaid; Lillian Gass as Mandee, the superstitious colored cook and Howard Turner as Oliver, the butler, who has been with the family for thirty years. FRIDAY NIGHT Then there is the,, mysterious liWiWfcieBiiliggiijstnllriliB'^liaaffgh Brown Manor in the dark hours of the' Sight -keeping everyone’s nerves on edge. But you twill have to come out to see “Ghost House” before you know who that is. The girts choruses and the "Dick" chorus and the children’s pageant | furnish the light and color and music 1 for the show. '‘Ghost House" furnishes an even ng’s entertainment. DON’T MISS IT It is fun for everyone. . DON’T FORGET. It is FRIDAY NIGHT, February 26 at the High School Audi .orium. ' GRAIN CROPS ARE AHEAD OF SEASON. , Mr. C. R. Hall, Who'is engaged in raising peonies and other flowers on a large-scale on Sanford Route Five > few miles north of Sanford, tells The Express that on account of the warm weather that has prevailed all through the winter, the growth of ve getation is about six weeks advanced over previous winter and spring sea sons., He says that many of his phonies have a good growth and should there come a killing frost be-t fore warn weather sets in they Would be cut short and produce a late crop. Maples and other trees that bloom early are putting out and with smother week of warm weather will be in full bloom. Small grain is farther advanc ed than we have ever-seen it at this season, and -would be seriously dam aged, if not ruined, .by .a freezing spell. 0 ■— ,» .. t, . FAKMKUS KKLMJ UK TOBACCO ACRES Count; Demonstration Agent E. O. McMahan States that arrangements have been made for farmers to have their lespedeza seed recleaned at the r. N. Campbell gin at Jonesboro. Mr. Campbell has a seed cleaner that he formerly used, for recleaning Cotton seed that he Is now using to clean lespedeza seed. A number of' farm-! =>rs in this section harvested seed last ] fall. More: than a hundred bushels j jf seed were recleaned last week, and 1 there will be several hundred more j recleaned in the next week or two. Mr. McMahan recleaned and treated j tobacco seed for 66 farmers last week, rhe planters are now busy putting jut their tobacco beds, A tobacconist who keeps in touch with the planters n this section, thinks that the acre age will he about 60 per cent of the acreage of last year. . Many of: the farmers will not be able to get the sro-p. financed while others plan to put in a reduced acreage. • j Air OPEN 5 and 10c - STORE IN SANFORD There is talk of, another 5 aAd 10 sent* store being opened in Sanford, fhia is about the biggest concern of the kind in the country. Should it some it will probably be located on Steele Street. This would make three > and 10 cent stores. Another one would probably be overdoing f the thing and make it hard for them alb ,\- \ PROSPECTS 'GOO REOPENING FIRE! DES1 SHEFFIJ 5B THE i&OCAI, BANK “Prospects are ■ opened and Boon release about posits tied Up in - closed since Octo TayOr, State said Wednesdays Title biggest State in 14 me Rank ft Trust til With branches at ton and BeidsviUe^ ■peed” of being autd This sources of $7,i *5,000,090 on dep ’ that re banks will aif of the de^ nks that have 1931, C. I. dating agent, to. close in the the United Greensboro, ford, Bfurling “good proo ned, Taylor has re and s>:tmc Believe Fire May. Chicken Thieve ? Molested] 3e Traced Tb y\Vho Have sts‘ The house whie Mr. C. H. Sheffield the old Plank road i Monday morning of this county, warn, night. The membeif •were awakened of the fire and making .their escape ing building, not any of the - fumitur informs The Expr started in the front -1 occupied by : family up on be western part •ly after mid itroyed by fire I of the family ' rapid spread close call in om the. bum , able to save Mr. Sheffield at the fire ; of the house. hi rooms for some tin thinks the fi(e was gin. He thinks it chicken thieves. Hi. been robbing hen roos for some time and h nigh impossible for chickens. One night ago while they w cnickens he shot in. the hen roost and the thief as'he foi Scene the next mo: ,Mr. Sheffield liv, house. He had no furniture, which if can raise the pecessi a little furniture he to the Scott, old dwe Springs. He will a] that may be given thi unt liood .Mr. Sheffield .incendiary pri the'rwork of ys they have in that section made.it well iple to have e three weeks stealing his direction of that die hit near the ve< ‘in a. rented irance on his loss. If he funds to buy s to move at Lemon ite any help Pert: MAKE UQU CAVE - Was Made By Frenchman In Cumnock. Mine.' A correspondent writing from Mt. Airy to some of the daily papers gives 1 the. story of officers 'making a mid1 on the banks of the Ararat River and capturing a still which bad been cleverly-constructed and operated ini a cave which they made in the bank ' of the stream. This underground still-had turned out large quantities of liquor before it was found by the officers. After locating the still they watched with field glasses men come in and out of the- ground. In thp large underground rooms were the distilling outfit and a well to pro vide water for coaling the worm; a pipe led put to the river to carry off the smoke, and another fine to the water's edge provided for dumping the slops in the river Surry county has nothing on Lee in this respect. The Express is in formed that years ago" wnen the old Cumnock coal mine was in operation,' a Frenchman, who was working in the mine as a miner and who also' knew hoW to make liquor, conceived Hie idea of operating a still in the mine 400 feet under ground without being detected. He felt that in op erating the still he Would be free from prying eyes and the danger of being raided by the officers of the law. He succeeded in earning the still into the mine withouji the company finding it out. He made a lot of li quor and brought it to the top and sold it. It is said he made a better grade of liquor than is made in the wcods of Lee county. Perhaps it be came mixed with the coal gas which gave it a good ‘'bead." In some way ne office is discovered that he was engaged in the blockade business and broke it up. It looks "like it is im possible for blockadefs to carry on their business very long at a tupe without interference by the officers, even 400 feet in the earth. BELK MANAGER RETURNS - FROM NEW YORK Mr W L. Simmons has returned from’New York where he went to purchase a spring stock of goods for Williams-Belk Company. He says bum ness is quiet in that city as well as In this part of the eountry. He el pects to have a gprinjf'stock that Will meet the demands of - the trade. 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 them will be given a free ticket admitting them to the show at the Temple Theatre Thursday night. This week’s tantaHser;" .7 ICSRUT YLELK v LBLI APAMEKECE last week’s winners; Bess Piercy f l Harris Wagner ; 4 i WILLIAMS SAYS CITY’S CREDIT . IS ENDANGERED Mayor Appeals To Citizenship To Prepare To 'M&et 01* . ligations To City.* MUST RETIRE ALL BONDS Municipality Has Not Defaulted A Bond Payment In All Its Long History. An appeal to the citizenship of ,: the city to meet their tax obliga tions to the municipality in order that Sanford’s credit may not be impaired 'was voiced early this week by Mayor Warren R. . -Williams. . • In a statement, released to The Ex press, the Mayor said: ? " . s... “I know you will pardon my calling your attention to your Town Tax for 1981, when I tell you that it is going to be necessary that some speedy collections be had if the credit of OUR TOWN is to be maintained. To date only 25 per cent of the annual tax levy has been paid, and’ only, 11 per cent of the amount due on paving. The government of the town has now operated eight and one half monhts of the present fiscal year, or about 70 per emit of the year, with tax col lections as above stated. Bonded in debtedness of the town require inter est payments, and payments of serial bond maturities, that have to be met in New York. We absolutely cannot borrclw money. Heretofore, during the year .conditions have been such w«v we coma oorraw money until taxes were paid. Since we cannot now borrow, and, if taxes are not paid, then our town will default in the payment of its indebtedness. This would be a disastrous situation, and one which’ would,, for possibly fifty years, in the future, affect the un blemished record of our tdwn. Every person owning property in Sanford is vitally affected by this situation, and property Owners, in the years to come, will be effected ii we do not rally'to ihe necessity of, the occasion! - » * ' Additional penalty will beadded to taxes after February j and as JidSii of the gbvdrtimeht .of our town, I Urge settlement c-f the tax and paving ^re lieve the town of a bad situation ,and save yourself additional penalty* W. R. WILLIAMS/ Mayor. POCKET CITIZEN DIES SUDDENLY Jesse fC Gilliam Passes When He Is'Stricken By Third Stroke Paralysis. » Mr. Jessie F. Gilliam, who had been in declining health for a number of years having been stricken with para lysis, was found dead sitting in a chair by hie niece, Mrs. Mattie Gar ter, at the Gilliam home in the Pocket section of the county, last Fri day afternoon. It is thought that he suffered the third stroke. During the last years of his life he made his home with his niece and other mem bers of the family. * The funeral was held at Gool Springs Baptist church on Sunday af temoon and was conducted in the presence of a large concourse of peo ple who were present to pay a last tribute of respect to the mem<r%sBt Mr. Gilliam who was lietd in Mgh esteem by them in life. The services were conducted by Dr. G. T. Adams, of this place, and Rev. Noblet, pastor of the deceased. The interment was made in the church cemetery. - Mr. Gilliam, who was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Howie, Gilliam, lied at the age of 76 years. He, was born and reared at the Gilliam old place now occupied by the family, of Mr. Gilliam Paschal, a fdw miles west of Sanford. He was the young est member of a family of four sons, oeing the last to answer the call. He is survived by several nephews and nieces, among them are Mr. John Gil :--1 X#— T A DUJl. thi'c place. Mr. Gilliam was never mar ried. For a number of years he en gaged in tiie mercantile business with Sir. A. J. Jones at Glendon. Failing lealth forced him to retire from busi less, returning to the scene of his lOyhood and young manhood, where le quietly spent the last years of his ife. He joined the Methodist church lear Glendon where his membership remained till his death. He was a successful business man and good litizen and was of generation that is :ast passing away. MISS MILDRED WILLIAMS DIES AT HER HOME ON ROUTE 4. Mias Mildred E. Williams, aged 22, laughter cf Mrs. Ada Williams, of 3aliford, Route 4, succumbed after an Uness of three yars, at her mother’s lomd on February 3rd. . She., was born in the Asbury 'hurch community, Chatham county, ind lived there all her life. Hfer lather, 3- G. Williams, preceded her lo the grave 12 years ago. , Survivingjier is her mother, six listers, Miss Susie Williams, Mrs. 3urtis V. Dowdy, Mrs. Harvey Sted-. nan, Mrs .E. O. Dowdy, Mrs.. Marsh fohnaon, and Mrs. Charles White! md three brothers, Roscoe, Tyre,* anil 3ecil, all of Chatham county. Final rites in her memory iwere held it Ausbury church ,with Rev. McLamb ifficiating. Interment was made in Isbury oemetery , HOLD POULTRY SALE HERE NEXT THURSDAY A cooperative poultry sale will be held in Sanford on Thursday, March 3rd. This will be a track sale with a truck and coops to receive the poul try at Palmer and Beeves Stable on Endor Street from 9 a. m. to 3 p. m. Heavy hens will sell for 14c a pound, Leghorn hens 13c, chicks 14c, and roosters 7c. This price may not be as high as we would "like to see it but it will pay to sell cull hens for they will not pay their board if they do not Jay. Poultry will be weighed in by num bers, so be sure to get your number as soon as you arrive at the sale. For further information see, E. O, McMahan, County Agent. WASHINGTON IS KIWANIS STUDY Local Kiwanians Celebrate Birth day of'Great American At Their Last Meeting. Celebrating the bi-centennial of George Washington's birth,-the Ki wanis club met at the Carolina Ha tel last Friday and, amid appropriate exercises, discussed Washington’s sur name and ancestry. Facing the flag displayed on the wall, Kiwanians sang "America” and then listened to S. J. Husketh trace | the evolution of the Washington sur name.. J. T. Davenport, Jr., talked about the paternal ancestors of our first—or second, as you will—presi dent and W. E. Horner looked up the .Women, I air. nusKeui said, tnat the Wash-, ington name could be traced back 800I years. It is of Saxon origin and de veloped from “PeWessyngton.” a Saxon family of prominence. Wash ington and his parents were American bom, natural citizens. John Washington, George’s great-1 grandfather, came to America in 1658 and acquired great wealth. Our country’s grandfather was Augustine,1 land he passed on to,his boy George the wealth and cultural heritage of the family. George Wauugton j pointed qut^Mf. Davenport,, had a e^raan of. royhl blood in his veins, hut knew. it. Mr. Davenport won^1 'turn Tory and unknowingly sacrifice I his opportunity for everlasting fame. This conjecture might well shatter one’s faith in foreordination and Men of Destiny. Discovery of George’s royal blood was made by English Washingtons, who ransacked geneal ogies feverishly after George became the father of this flagrant child, America. The mother was Mary Ball, great granddaughter of Colonel William Ball, who came over in 1650. George’s maternal grandmother was Mary Montague. Mr. Homer said that Mary Ball had done the mother’s job well; it was she who nurtured and trained the lamb that later became the bell-wether of American inde pendence. The less serious portion of the pro gram was contributed by Miss Ruth Gunter, of Greensboro, formerly ol' Sanford, who related in her matchless manner funny incidents from her, teaching career. Preceding, the commemorative pro gram, president Pat St. Clair read a letter of appreciation and felicita tion from District Governor Herbert Henning, of Darlington, S. C., whb was a guest at the last Ladies Night. Mr. St. Clair then congratulated the club on its attendance, which was 100 per cent, and, urged the younger members to assert themselves more strongly in Kiwanis activities. * The club voted to pay for a pair of spectacles for an under-privileged child who 'was unable otherwise to secure them. FARMERS RE-SEED ' TOBACCO PLOTS It‘ is said that there are approxi mately 82,000 tobacco seeds in one tablespoonful when they are properly cleaned. One is curious to know how many tablespoonfuls have been put in tobacco beds by the planters of Lee county. Millions of seeds have been put through the cleaning process * by County Demonstration Agent E. O. McMahan during the past few weeks. Mr. McMahan informs The Express that some of the planters who put out their beds several weeks ago have had to plant them over on account of the plants growing too rapidly during the warm weather. They would have been too large to produce the best results had they remained op the bed till time to put them out. The Ex press is informed - that to make sure of having sufficient plants for mak ing a crop some of the planters, have put. out beds in both low and high ground. judge McPherson has EARLY ASPARAG-US CROP Judge T. J. McPherson, of the Re corders Court, tells The Express that he had fresh asparagus on his table January. 26th. It was raised on his farm over near Lemon Springs in this county. He put out four acres in asparagus last year and expects it to be in full bearing in a year or two. Asparagus is a very palatable vegetable and many people in Sanford .have cultivated a taste for it. SANLEE THEATRE WILL OPEN HERE THIS AFTERNOON DeWitt Holt and J. C. Hurley, of Troy, Promoters Of New Theatre House. EXPECT A FULL HOUSE Building Has Been Completely ' Remodeled and New Equip . ment Installed. A matinee this afternoon and the grand opening tonight, iu both of which will be featured that inimitable production of RKO Pathe Pictures, “Peach O’ Reno,” starring two, of the world’s greatest clowns in Reno, will mark the beginning of San ford’s new theatre, the Sanlee. i When seen this morning DeWitt Holt, manager of the new enterprise stated that a large number of seats had already been taken upr forthe opening production and that he lopk ed for nothing less than a packed house tonight The new Sanlee Theatre constitutes one of the most modern and up to date theatrical enterprises today in a city of Sanford’s size. From bottom to top and from front to rear the building has. been thoroughly remodel ed and installed with furnishings and equipment which are modem in every appointment Scores of telegrams from friends of the management poured in this morning offering feli- , citations on the eve of a successful opening. saies oi tickets today are under the direction of Miss Margaret Clark, of this city, whose appointment as as sistant manager of the Sanlee was announced last week. The hdw theatre occupies the build ing which, a few years ago, housed the Wanda theatre. The building is the property of Mrs. W. A. Maness, of this city, but hag been leased, it / has toepn kerned, to the owners fhp SanleV DeWitt Holt and J-. C.S Hurfly, of Troy, for 4 period of years.,* < “ ' A and ihost popular pictures/the ageraent states, is to be sho#n. | Mr. Holt is owner of the Troy Theatre, and hig associate, Mr. Hu:r ley, is one of the leading business men in Montgomery county, having various railroad, manufacturing and farming interests. In identifying themselves with Sanford, friends in Troy stated thig afternoon, they did so because of their confidence in the business future of this section and its present potential business possi bilities. “PEACH O’ RENO” AT NEW THEATRE Bert Wheeler and Robert Wool sey To Make Triumphant Return Thursday. Mixing a brand new assortment of comedy gags with music and the lu dicrously tunny situation ot two.law yers in the midst of the Retio divorce mill, Bert Wheeler and Robert Wool sey are scheduled to make andther triumphant return Thursday evening when the new Sanlee Theatre opens here with the showing of the R-K-O Radio Pictures’ “Peach O’ Reno.” ine picture is the first humorous, treatment of the Reno divorce situa tion to come out of Hollywood and provides the two ace comedians with roles in their varied stage and screen two of the most uproarious comedy careers. As in former Wheeler and Wool sey comedies, Dorothy Lee provides the romantic interest in a story that is filled with budding romances apd hectic young wives seeking release from marriage. The RKO-Radio Pictures studio has made the picture more elaborate than is usually the case in comedies. Particularly is this true of the set tings which include a courtroom with hundreds of extras, a bizarre laJw office in which Wheeler and Woolsey handle the hundreds of di vorce cases that come their way and an unusual night club and office. The secretaries in the office, incidentally, are the prettiest models on the Paci fic Coast, . ,An orchestra of fifty pieces fur nishes the music for the picture at ap propriate spots and this music, by the way, is cleverly incorporated in the film. The film was directed by William Seiter with a supporting cast which includes Joseph Cawthorn, Sam Hardy, Cora Witherspoon, Zelma O’Neal, Arthur Hovt, Mitchell Har ris and Josephine Whittel. HUFFER VISITOR HERE LAST WEEK Mr. H. C. Huffer. of New York and Paris, president of the Atlantic and Western Railroad, came clown last week and spent Friday in Sanford.. While here he made a trip over the A. & W. accompanied by W. M. Quick) , general manager of the road. Al though the road, like all other rail roads, has been hard hit by the finan cial depression, Mr. Huffer was pleas ed with the way the business is handl- • ed. Coming to Sanford trim time to time Mr. Huffer has made many friends among the people of the tc'vn who are always glad to see him. He expects to sail for Paris about the first of March. 1 > ' : ' r* ; ; - ' iL
The Sanford Express (Sanford, N.C.)
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