aS2 • BUY NOW jS PROSPERITY «■»*» ■MtfjiM . n BUY NOW Aiid Help Bring Back PROSPERITY VOLUME 46, Number 31. SANFORD, NORTH CAROLINA, MARCH 17, Published WEEKLY. ■ ivif :V-S. IMWMWM FTVE CENTS ■V1. " 7”--'-':’ j OUD CHAHLESTON A Sight-seeing Expedition .. Through the Enchanted Magnolia Gardens—“Old "Ironsides,” A Famous Eat ing Place—Trumbull’s Por trait of Washington. • ' - ' ' .- - '■ ■ -—‘ V By D. B. TEAGUE. .A trip.to Magnolia Gardens and Charleston with a party of friends was my good fortune the week-end of March 6th. .1 have written of a simi lar trip, once before. " But a trip to those two interesting places is always BOW when one loves to travel and visit ; the choice plac'd* and see enchanting sights. Magnolia /Gardens, when the , azaleas are in bloom, is an enchanting place of incomparable beauty if one loves nature at’her best And a'visit to the City of. Charleston is like t» 1 trip to a foreign land. It reekB with the quaint and old and historic. r,. This year, owing to the mildness of the weather, Magnolia Gardens has bloomed' rather spasmodically and did •hot present tiie massive, overwhelm ing effect of other years. Yet it can?' not be said to be less beautiful. While , 1 the azileas were-not so gorgeous, • there were more shades'of color and more delicacy Of coloring. Where thej* usually have four distinct color*--? white, pink, purple and magenta reach of these colon* shaded offinto variety of tintingg this year that made eight or ten rather distinct shades of colojr. The japonicas were . more beautiful than usual .With’ their pure white, blood red and variegated 1 colors and perfect" forms. Then there -.are numberless other shrubs, flowers and trees, Spanish moss hanging from ■ huge live oaks and long, leaf pines, lagoons, bridges, birds and other fegr: ■ lures in Such endless combinations and profusion tftat make the Gardens ai . ways, a place of irresistible charm. ' James O Connell Bennett seems to me to have given the best description ; of the place. After a visit, he wrote: "You pass through lanes- of azaleas fifteen and twenty feet high, senti nelled by camelias thirty feet high. You encounter nature in her minutiae i ' and in her giants/ Azaleas command - the scene. They carpet the ' ppjjhs ■with petals. Over the live pats enor i, ns Mi -I — s — rr»r~ta'i «■ #1 natli niil ii^sli and above the purple of wistaria away : banners of Spanish moss. 'At an un expected turn the mad wilderness of ■ beauty opens into narrow aisles of blood-red gamellias, - the ‘' blossoms gleaming like live coals against the ■ dark greeiudeaves of the bushes. Up ward again and far off, clouds of dog wood blossoms* shimmer white in the ■sunlight against a background .of gum trees. The slender crepe myrtle flings out its banners. The Spanish cypres ses rise ilike church spires, and above the green spires tower the long leaf pine.” Others have heaped the highest ■praise on Magnolia Gardens.' Marion Cran, who has seen all the important ■gardens of the world, said in “Gars idens of America” in 1931: "There is ■nothing like Magnolia in all the world.” John Galsworthy has com mented: “I specialize in gardens and freely assert that none in the world :is so beautiful as tips.” While Owen flowers at all; a great magic flame flowers at all; a greah magic flame of rose and-red and white burned’: steadily—you looked to see it vanish; you could not imagine that such a ■ thing could stay.” . Ana even tnese aescnpttojig seem totally inadequate. It is not possible to describe it, and the sense of fairy : land and unreality, that -one has in . walking through the grounds. One can only look and gasp and exclaim or be Bilent. - A noticeable feature of the crowds as they go through is their low tones and'whispers. The place in spires a sense of- awe and wonder to ' such an extent that there is no de * jslre to be boisterous or hilarious. As -you walk through, you meet silent groups of two or three or a half dozen as you turn a comer surprised- that you did not hear them. V From the Gardens we drove oyer a smooth new oil and hard surface road ' 14 miles to Charleston and spent the night. We wer*. fortunate in staying in a private home, down neat the Battery, in the heart of old Charles ton, ‘ The house was built in the typi cal old Charleston style, fronting im-: mediately on the street, with high iron fence enclosure and porch and lawn on the side. The door bell rung from the street and you gained en trance by three stages of bells and steps, it was a cars of ringing your f «ttl in. Even the gate leading to the garage in the rear of the house had two combinations' foropefting, and as ’"the car swung down the strips of •paved driveway,' it passed ripening Japanese plums and reposed under IT mass of tall oleanders. . Fp\dinner--it was'a fivC^course ftf fair-i-we were directed over about two blocks to Church §treyt, a ,one-y*y —alley ia fact, to tfiqJ'Oltf Iriaisidesi" famous but moderate priced old-eat ing place. The outside of this place ■ was. common,-place hv appearance, like : jo iuany places_ in the sity, hut v«js - (ConUmiediJs pgjs Eight-} , ORGANIZE FARM . GRANGE IN LEE; ; INTEREST SEEN W. Kerr Scott and E. O. Mc Mahan Have Formed Num- i *. ber of Units In Lee. PLAN FOB STATE MEETING .V A TWl - Fof several day* W. Kerr Scott, of Haw River, accompanied by County Demonstration Agent E. 0. McMahan, has been traveling over the county And forming temporary organizations at thef following places: Broadway, Lemon Springs, Deep River, Jones boro, White Hill. . Hie Urange, which is a farm orga nization, flourished in this and other Southern states something like half century ago. It prospered for a num ber of .years and became extinct like all other farm organizations. The writer, recalls that, many of the farm ers and. their wives took great inter est in the (franc* in Moore County. They held regular meetings, put on' programs and carried out plans for improving the conditions of the farm tin and the home makers. The farm ers were aide to buy their farm equip ments and supplies through the Grange at reduced prices. The Grange., ' had, a social, as well as a business feature^, Picnic dinners and other social activities helped to hold the or ganization together- Like young pion «ers who went out to grow up wnn jthe country the Grange became ex tinct ih North Carolina and other; Southern states and went West. The organization has been kept up in the West and somg of the northern states and is twinging South. The Grange in the . Southern States was succeeded by' the Farmers’ Alliance, Farmers’ Union and other, farm organizations. In succession they had their day and f«w members and is not as active as it was a few years ago. ~ i The Grange is now being organized , in many sections of the State. The National Grange will hold its annual meeting at Winston-Salem, Nov. ,16th to 24th. This is the first time the national meeting . was- Over held in this State. , .. . | ; Mr. ScOtt whn'Sh'a national deputy, has been busy f6r Some time organiz-' itig the Grange ;in pi^s State. After finishing the WOrlj 'in this county, he expects to organize Harnett county. He formed a temporary organization; at Broadway last Monday night Thie' following officers Were elected: S. V. Stevens, Master; CaVlda Thomas, sec retary; M. A. McLeod, lecturer. It is planned to perfect a permanent or ganization later. The iiext meeting will be held In the auditorium of the Broadway school on the night of. Match 28th. The fyllowing officers were also elected at Jonesboro: J. E, Adams, Master; Bill Harkey, Jr., sec retary; Mrs.. J. N. Martin, lecturer. While temporary organizations were also set up at Lemon Springs, Deep ■Jttiver, and White Bill the-officers will not be elected till meetings which will be held the last of this month. . WESTERN UNION - PRESENTS BUICK Introduces New Car By Delivery *tf 3,200,«» Pieces Of -•s‘ Literature. Delivery of 3,200,000 pieces of li terature, introducing' Buick’s new 3,500-pound ?996 sedan, will be made by Western Union messengers in 1, 650 cities mid towns including San ford, today and tomorrow and March 21-22, it was announced yesterday by Mrs. Dark, local 'manager of Western •Union. * “This is the largest of all the na tionwide deliveries ever made by our special messenger service,”-Mrs. Dark stated. “It requires the employment, training and uniforming of 6,000 ex tra messengers for foHr days at ap extra. labor expenditure of about |6£>, , 000. We will deliver envelopes today and tomorrow , to 1S6 Sanford resi dents, and will make a similar num ber pf deliveries'here Ma?Chk 21 and 22." -r . . , . , ■ - ■ "The company • has ' handled some national errand Service jobs in - the past two or three years involving -de liveries to a .'million or mere people, but this is the largest ever made,”, i Western Union offices in. 1,650 cities and towns ate. busy today hand ling the extra delivery load. For thef extra task they are using .16,00 ge gular messengers bad the, .§,1>QQ ex-, tnKb In. Niew Vork.i^ty fjione,-14kt' 000 pieces ..were .to be delivered to-, day and tomorrow, to be matched: with a eimilar number March 21-22. Chicago come* next with 65,000; fol lowed by Detroit with 60,000 .1 '7-** — -J—H * "i. • • V * tJ, '• Vv' ■ . a*-*. • • -X- - - A':. CHILD WELFARE1 IS GOAL LOCAL KIWANIS CLUB Underprivileged Child Being ' Given Atentfon By.Civic Organization. ' — DAVENPORT MAKES TALK Club Assigns One Child To Each Member; Cripples To Receive Treatment * •■■■■■* Hie problem of the underpriviliged child received the attention of the Ki wartis Club in its weekly meeting at the Carolina Hotel last Friday night. The program was directed by the un derpriviliged child committee, which reviewed the work already done - and discussed the plans laid for the future. John Davenport, chairman of the committee, recounted the work done by the local club in the past, stating that three clinics, had been held, at .which were examined ISO children; that the Santa Claus Club and the Milk Fund aponsored by Sanford ,Ki wanians naa aone mestimame gooa; that prescriptions had been paid fpr, tonsils removed, a corlc leg paid -for and in one instance, a pair of spec tacles bought for a little girl. Mrl Davenport then announced as a fea-. ture of the committee’s'ptan, the re quest that each Kiwanian maintain contact, with at least one underprivi leged child, the committee feeling that this is the best method for taking care of the unusual need at present. Dr. C. It Scott .pointed out the underlying reasons for this important' work ,remarking that the aid. given, children would help to eliminate the inferior adult. He stressed the ne^ cessity of the personal contact pro gram as a» aid to the clinical-worfc "ttitmif 'tMt.^thS 4HfJren who fieeSiga attention most and who were unable to procure it elsewhere, failed to at tend the clinics because of natural beg itancy because of heedlessness ’ of their - parents. Dr. Scott lauded the Soy Scout movement and suggested that a drum and bugle corps be org anised as a stimulant to interest. Fisher Makepeace announced that Claude Humphrey, of Raleigh, '"was conducting a training school for Boy Scouts eadh Monday night in the Ma sonic Temple, commencing last Mon? day, and urged Kiwanians to assist in this work. . Miss Louise Futrell, principal of Mclver School, was called upon to suggest improvements or extensions of the underprivileged -child aid and she responded by describing the case of a. tittle boy who needed dental at tention badly but iwho was unable to get it. "Mr. Davenport promised that the case would receive immediate at* tention. ... f . : . ■ J. E. BriUn announced Hint Rotor ians had accepted an invitation to join the Kiwanis Club tonight to hear Dr. E. McNeill Potent, of Raleigh, who will Speak on the war in the Orient. Dr. Poteat, who has been heard by most of us over radio, lived in the Far ESaSt for a number of years and is said to be better vers-d in Oriental affairs than any other North Caroliiyan. . Preceding the talks, Lep Pender grass, popular young baritone who is much in 'demand locally,, sang three beautiful solos—warmly received- by applauding Kiwanians. : ' LOCAL MARKET HOLD HAM SHOW Demonstration of Black Hawk Ham at Wicker & Gilchrist’s Market On Saturday, d Thert will be an all day demon. Wicker and Gilchrist's Market oif stration of Black Hawk Hams at the Wicket Street Saturday. A represen* tative from the Roth Packing Com pany, which turns oat this famous ham, will be on hand to show visitors how the delicious -product may be prepared and served. " Visitow at the demonstration will he jerved with samples of the ham. The management of the local market issues a blanket invitation tq their friends and customers to be on hand and enjoy the samples uf Uie delicacy. Wicker and Gilchrist is one of the town’s leading meat markets. Recent ly they installed a Frigidaire counter, making it possible for them to dis play their products more attrectiiftly spd.at the same time further sanitary methods. V For good fit hens eall at Wicker Cash Grocery, 114 Mclver Street, San* ford, N. G , v, If 17*24-41. P -r -1^ i V* d ■>. >.»r REPUBLICANS to - Wage shlitant CAMPAIGN HERE Battle Will fer and ■;■■■ To In convbjjtio: Honer Mentt Senate; Jof at*:':/- Vo Be irected By Hol ly—Seek Vote. APRIL For State ines Wants iheriff. The Republiofc of Lee, it is being freely talS (d on the street comers and in SjRblic places, are preparing to Wa e. an unceasing campaign for '§ >tes this year. Without any J nay claims of carrying the Oo ily, planning, neverl less heavy inroads^ ifco Democratic ma$ rity, state. . ] While iieither.i? trant C. Holler, chairman of the It ublican executive committee, or 1L - Kennedy, local postmaster and Ljjlfrner chairman, they are to make the usual observers evince any des die two- state < reins of the camp ward h. Gavin, district attorney, regarded as the, publican campaigns]] has been at war ganization and it ful .if he will sei in the administrat affairs here this, be doubted if he .1 Kennedy, with a. landed, and HolH manship in Ms,4 the team. talk, friends of fey will hold the Hitherto, Ed recently U. S. been generally alissimo of Re Lee, but Gavin the State or (pnsidered doubt jjy take a- hand • of Republican It is much to be so inclined, eral job about • with the chair fetj will likely be The Republican-t#*onty convention will be held in Ajw; and the county 'ticket will be noiriftted then. Until then, however, thoM who see honor in sacrificing th^rtBelves upon the] party altar will leavTnothing unturn ed to earn the covet® nomination and get their name prmjgpd on the ticket. " “DuranJ Halter,” tS chairman, 'who is also a prominent OTtiberman, is be ing pushed , forwanfijiy, friends as a likely candidate for |§heState senate. Being a loyal Repulgtcari of Wilkes county extractfej^ Jjfti HoHek^jl'ti'la can be {irevsdl® tSfeto take iterThc three counties of Lee, Wake and Chat ham ordinarily turn >ln 110,000 ma jority for the Democratic ticket. Pew Republicans can sec anything' in''be ing drafted to face'This barrage oi Democritic voters but such will Re publicn senatorial nominee have tc buck up against Of course, espbnsing the iob may at some distant time it the future bring the slaughtered can didate a marshal or deputy marshal ship. Over at Colon, where John Gaines now hibernates, there is'talk of this youngster for the G. Q. P. nomina tion of sheriff. While • here Satur day evening, Mr. Gaines admitted h< would like to make the race, and ah ready he is said to be busy shaking hands with all who bear the Republi can brand. •"-i; " -‘‘The Republicans ain’t elect s sheriff, so to make sure of my elec tion I am asking my Democratic friends likewise to give me a shove,’ Said Mr. Gaines. 7 ' MODERN SEWING PARLOR MOVES Elsewhere in this-ia«ue of • The Express, announcement of the removal of her sewing parlor'from the Cross Harks building on Steele Street to the larger quarters .formerly occupied by Brooks Wicker on Wicker Street, u made by Mrs. Luther. Phillips, pro prietress of the Modem Sewing Par -lor. m:-;;;'' :ot' Mrs. Phillips has added experienc ed help to her establishment and says she -will now not only be able to give the public better -mice but ie pre | pared to take care of a larger clien tele. Sewing, h'lisiitehiflg, dress making, button cor ering and the al tering of men’s an.I Women’s clothing are done by the .Modem Sewing Par lor; ■ -7. i’ TANTAUZER •' The letters in the lines below properly arm ngad; spell the names of two it. . •*r -$*.•»«* " e r'l M-- . V..^- - .liscoicv o- *r..v rED’S BARBECUE GIVES MOMENTUM TO TOURIST TALK McBrayer Suggests Vast Pro 1 gram of Highway. Beautifi- .* ' cation Through State. MEET HATCHERY OF IDEAS Southern Pines Physician Says This Section Destined to Be come Nation’s Playground -1— / ■ Under the spell of the delectable eastern Carolina barbecue of which red Barrow, Hotel Wilrik manager, is, indeed, a connoisseur. Dr. L. -B, McBrayer, guest of honor at a recent banquet at which Mr. Barrow was host, advanced a plan for the beauti fication of North Carolina’s vast high way system that made Tyre Taylor’s much vaunted Ten Year Plan look like thirty cents. Not that Dr. McBrayer, after par taking of Mr. Barrow’s steaming bar becue and sweet ’taters, went after Mr. Taylor’s scalp; no, indeed; he commended the Ten Year Plan but IB so far as highway beautification is concerned, why,' he pondered, should it take ten years? Get a bunch of leaders like these that were' gathered in Hotel Wilrik ballroom the other night and feed ’em and you start talk—big talk. Among! those who did the oratorical works were Dr, McBrayer, Bobbie Bums, A. K. Miller, Dr. Charles L. Scott* Joe Brinn, O. P. Makepeace, K. R. Hoyle, and Ralph Kennedy, This gathering was an incubator of ideas and they did not hatch mere visionary schemes but advanced practical ideas. “Tyre Taylor has brought forward a good plan,” said, the Southern Pines physician and ciyic leader, “but it should not,” he added, “take ten years to do it.” Dr, -McBrayer,' who is one of the State’s perennial boosters, made a .very interesting address in which he dealt principally'affth the planting of trees and’flowers and the'beautifica tion of the State’s vast highway sys 'tem, a program, he said, which if car ried out, will make North Carolina, the most beautiful Commonwealth An the Nation and'the playground of • ed this program,” declared Dr. Mc Brayer. “During the past year,” hr said, “over seven hundred dogwood trees and hundreds of longleaf pines were planted on either side of the highways leading into Southern Pines and before many seasons will take form in a perfect bower of beauty." i Dr. McBrayer asked that Sanford follow Southern Pines in this program, stating that such an objective, if car ried out, would greatly stimulate the tourist trade in this section. “Make your city more attractive,” he said “and we shall be able to retain in this section many of the tourists whc pass on to Florida.” SHRINE CHARITY BALL The Sandhill Shrine Club will giv< its Ninth annual Charity Ball at th< Pinehurst County Club, Pinehurst N. C., Thursday evening, March 24 Dancing from nine until one. Script fS.00. Proceeds of this dance will be added to our crippled children’s fund The proceeds from the dances for the past four years have provided for the treatment of 315 children. Ticket: : Can. be obtained in Sanford from Mr C. M. Dunn. Mr. W. T. PHILLIPS (By His Pastor.) ‘Mr. William T. Phillips was borr July 30, 1854. Went home March 13 1932, having reached the age of 71 years and seven months. He was a Christian gentleman; goo< husband and father; kind neighbor a faithful member of Buffalo Presby terian church since early -in life. The funeral services were conduct ed in Buffalo church where for near ly 70 years he had delighted to won ship. His pastor, Rev. J. T. Barham was assisted in the service by a for mer paster, Rev. M. .D. McNeill. Mr McNeill spoke very feelingly of the happy associations and fellowship he . had been privileged to enjoy with the deceased, and comforted the familj with an appropriate tribute to the name of the departed. He is survived by his wife and the following children; Mrs. Kate Mur chison, Sanford; Mrs. C. A. Clifton. ' Sanford; Mrs, M. C. Arnold, Darling, ton, S, C.| Miss Flora Phillips, Frank linton; Rev. R. AL Phillips, Piedmont, S. C.; .Dr. J. W. Phitlips, Winston Salem; Mr. L. F. Phillips, Sanford, “The submissive patience of Mr, ! Phillips in his. last years cun leave no doubt but that he was sustained in his much suffering by, the grace of "his Almighty Goet Through it all, never to my knowledge, was he heard to murmur or complain. The follow ing words, of the poet well express his feeling: • vl! “0 what are all my sufferings here If, Lord, thou count me meet' With that enraptured host to appeal And worship at Thy FeetT" ■ SEES PYRAMIDS REBUILT; OCEAN BRIDGED ACROSS Lee County Prisoner, Charged .. With Giving Worthless Checks, Crazy. JUDGE FAVORS FLOGGING Says Old-Fashioned Floggings Should Again Be Invoked Ini Local Homes. Glamorous visions of the ahcient pyramids of Egypt rebuilt and of the Atlantic ocean bridged from New York to Liverpool are harbored by J. L. Young, said by relatives to be a victim of dementia praecox, and who, when arraigned in Recorder’s Court Tuesday, plead guilty to a charge of passing spurious checks. The defendant, who is believed to lie suffering from hallucinations, has j been held in jail for some time under i committment from several magis trates. The Court was inclined to the ^ opinion that Young is of such a state of mentality as to' be incapable of | profiting by punishment or discipline. It was suggested that the county ; home might be a proper haven for him but a member of the board of commissioners, who was present at the trial,- said there were no duties there to which he could be assigned, flis case was remanded to Superior t Court Twa"youths, Duke Fee*y ox baniora,; and Baxter Dew, of Jonesboro, for ^ whom an old-fashioned flogging,; Judge McPherson intimated, might be; the best method of correct m, were up for trial on charges of breaking and..entering and forcible trespass. The ,youths are alleged to have brok-. en into'Clarance McBryde’s filling station in east Sanford, the vigilance - anything from being taken. Poole was arrested following the incident and has been in jail since neither relatives or anyone, seeming ly, exhibiting the slightest of inter est in his plight. Dew, also arrest ed, has been out under bond and was. accompanied to the hearing by his father. The environment of the two boys was probed by the Court, the investigation disclosing that neither had had much schooling or been sub jected to home discipline. Judge Mc Pherson was plainly puzzled at how to dispose of the case, and ventured the assertion that an “old-fashioned flogging” by their parents would be better than any court punishment. Dew was placed in the custody of his father, and Peele was turned over to the county home. A letter from his Sunday school superintendent, attesting to his good character, vouching for his constant attendance at church, and pleading j for the mercy of the Court, served in 1 good stead for Vann Gilmore, white, i of Swann’s Station, who faced Judge McPherson on a charge of transport | ing five and one-haif gallons of | whiskey. | Without the letter, things may have been made severe for the Swann’s Station man. The circumstances ex | tenuated, however, he was allowed to | go his way under a two years sus ! pended sentence and a fine of $100 I and cos’s. The defendant was placed j under arrest by Sheriff A. R. Rives and Deputy John Thomas. Both I State and Federal officers said they ' had been watching Gilmore on com I plaints from various persons for three l ; TRUCK FARMERS - WILL HOLD MEET j Farmers who are interested in growing such vegetables as tomatoes, potatoes, lima beans, cantaloupes, com and pepper for the northern markets | are invited to a meeting to be held ! in the Town Hall on Wednesday even ing at 8 o’clock on March 23. At this meeting the plans of those by whom the movement is being promoted will be fully outlined and additional farm ers induced to sign up for acreage.' Last evening at the Town Hall a meeting of farmers was held and the plan under which the projected is ex pected to operate was explained by Mr. Gilmore and others present. The sentiment among thopo present, it was said/ is to grow less of the cus-' tomary cash erops, such as cotton and tobacco, and raise more vegetables and produce, a market for which Mr. Gilmore and associates are arranging. AV was'" stated in la^t week’s issue The Express,-p^ck'houses to which delivery of the ^vegetables and pro duce will be made are to be establish ed in Sanford, Vass and at Mrs. J.‘ N. Martin’s farm between Jonesboro and HE DECIDES TO MAKE RACE FOR SEAT IN HOUSE Former Representative and Sena •' ‘tor Decides To Acquiesce To Pleas of Friends. HAS AN ABLE RECORD After a long period of indeci sion, occasioned chiefly by his reluctance to forego private af- i fairs to reenter public life, O. P. Makepeace today announced his candidacy for the lower house of • the general assembly. Strong -Tx ■ pressure brought about not only by friends in the county but by _ friends throughout the -State* who see vital need of men of his type in the next legislature, caused Mr. Makepeace to recall previous declarations that he would not be a candidate and to “throw his hat into the ring.” Mr. Makepeace is the first candi date for the lower house to announce himself. Whether he will have oppo sition is still to be conjectured, thou gh it is known that others, among whom are J. J. Edwards, of Lemon Springs, are being mentioned for-the post. Mr. Ediwards has been mi the receptive list for some time, and his announcement, it is believed, is mere ly a matter of time. The decision of Mr. Makepeace to enter the race for the lower house will bring into the fight a veteran of long legislative experience and one who, during his active incumbency, Acquired reputation for sagacious statesinansmp. ne servea m uie lower house during the sessions of 1925 and 1927, and during the ses sion of 1929, was a member of the senate. His ability as a legislator * and wise leader was generally recog joyed membership oh several of the more important committees. • Last summer and fall when politi cal matters were taking shape, Mr. ! Makepeace was suggested in several influential quarters as a candidate for the lieutenant-governorship but at that time he was inclined to hue to the line of his own personal affairs and after giving the matter due thought decided not to make the race. Moreover, Mr. Makepeace was of the opinion that the east being entitled to the governorship this year, selec tion of a lieutenant-governor should be vested to the west, and Lee, of course, is not a western xounty. In announcing his candidacy yester day, Mr. Makepeace did not discuss the issues upon which he, if elected to the lower house, will be called to pass upon. He said he would have a statement in regard to this later. He did say, howver, he is in sympathy with the sentiment among the people of the State for a reduction of taxes.. The primary consideration of the next legislature, he said, is to balance the budget, and this must be done, erven though it necessitates the paring down. | of expenses from where they now are. More money must come from somewhere, he said, or expenses wilL have to he cut down to parallel the ! budget. Though Mr. Makepeace did not him self so state, intimate friends of his say, he has met the crisis in his awn: 1 private enterprises by cutting down ! his expenses. He cut down his own 1 salary, they aver, sixty per cent. | Whatever may be the outcome of ' Mr. Makepeace’s candidacy, his an j nouncement will prevent the nomina tion from going elsewhere by default, and in the battle for a seat in the ! lower house, at least, the fur will fly between now and the June primaries. PEACH CROP NOT HURT BY FREEZE j The Express is informed that the ! peach crop is not far enough advanced ; to be killed by the cold weather. In fact there has been no swelling of the buds on the trees in this section. How-' - ever, it is feared that the intensely cold weather of the past week or ten days has damaged other things that have taken a start to grow. Some of the farmers and gardeners in this section planted such things as Irish potatoes and string beans before the cold spell set in. They had come up and were bitten down by the frost. | It is feared that the oat crop has. _ ■been damaged. It is thought that the freezing weather will, be beneficial to the wheat crop as it . has killed the 'Hessian fly which seemed to be suck ing the life out of the crop. This is pronounced the coldest spell that has been known in March in this section in many years. If the boll weevil Is | not killed he is a pretty touph insect.