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.H **•# i*\ r *-> fti %V i;* ■ ,i .,1 |fy^i ,. ■■ . ± u,v? -,; i '*<0w.wy$t m BUY NOW Arid Help Bring Back PROSPERITY : c, BUY NOW Arid Help Bring Back PROSPERITY — 'i'm ill .ii7(\ Vjf)LUME47, Number 16, ?* SANFOKD, NORTi: f UNA, DECEMBER 1. jggjl Published FIVE CENT! ,, jUna-imr TOWN TOPICS .i.J'SK ’Si: weekly resume of opinion per { tataing to locU' developments to {^he-wews.":, .v"' •*X Mecklenburg legislator .days nje will introduce a. bill ini the «***.%*«• M AAnl AM ' AT AV\VI Al*nl A next session of the general as sembly providing k for' the sale 6f beer in the Old North State. Good for this feller.] As Jef ferson said: “Give a pation light wines and beer, and you have a sober, people^ deny it, and you have a drunken nation.” i • • *]. Believe ]t or not,‘the biggest barbecue ever staged, according . to Mr. E. J. Hester, of the Farm er’s'Warehouse, was in Versail les* Ky„ a few years ago. ■ “I was among 25 000 gueste present,” says the tobacconist, • “fcnd former Bi S- Senator John son N. Gamden, of the “Sue Grass” State, was the host. Bar becued to perfection were fifty fat stedrs, three hundred she® > and two hundred hogs.” W ' Inadvertently -omitted from last week’s list - of eligible bachelors: 5 Bay W. Barnes, Matthew Me Iver, . Glenn Edwards, Bert Marsh, Dan Lawrence, June Un denyood, Henry Mansfield, Ben .Minfer, “Crip” Oliver, Joe Led better, Boyd Capps Hubert De ’ beck, Sam4 Widdifield, Lauder Jaekson, Guy Matthews and John Militiou. ' v ■ * ; •• -ney Hosea M. Jackson, if .correctly quoted fey the press, has little regard or respect fop i pieted out by ‘ juries and nas m,ue jregara or r the type of justice pie •Tammany-cohtrolled.; judges: He is said'fo have cbj; injected to*the extradition of .a ' client to New York State on;tMe ground that a “Yankee. jury fair , isiWfln{dn'^ivq. > Gurney a i j| trial.” ': 1 After all,, though,’ what’s a little; difference between Demo? ■ crats? ■ v‘ ■ • ‘young Democrats” out of the way and Roosevelt safely on the Way to the White House, what otherwise might have been a dull week for Sanford, has been rendered more eventful by the discovery that Joe Brinn and Charlie Abercrombie neither ask for or give quarter. in debate.; Their speeches before the Ki^ wanis Club, in defense of Uncle. Sam’s policy toward his Euro pean debtors, are said to havd been masterpieces on the subject of international finance. - - - “I have fifty cents in my pocket*’’ proudly announced a Sanford citizen the other day, “and T am wondering whether to, take it and buy a pint or throw it away by buying gro ceries for the family.” On the basis of which we would quote the prevailing price of a short pint of Lee county com at the price aforementioned: At that the stuff sells for $6.40 per gallon. And since com, now quoted at 40c per bushel, according to old-time whisky traffickers, will produce 2 gal lons to the bushel, we should say that $12.80 per bushel is not to be sneezed at even when mar keted in liquid form. Who is to be the new county, attorney, the new solicitor of recorder’s court? This iB a sam • pie of the questions that are being pondered by Lee’s citizen ship on the eve of the induction of a new board of commission ers into office. ~ It is being whispered that Solicitor Hoyle wouldn’t be averse to holding both the of-? fice of county attorney and his"* present job. The present county attorney, Mr. Williams, is men* tioned for reelectioh. In connec tion with the solicitorship, the .. names of H. M. Jackson and S,; Ray. Byerly are being brought] forward by friends of each. ] Ordinarily a notice of a dub, meeting is relegated, to some obscure position in a newspaper. However, for the benefit of the “ Owls' club, which in no sense of the word a hit and miss orga nization, we set aside time honored precedent and give pre ferred position; ; ' ' ^ \ The next meeting of this chib, th Grand Wise Owl informs us, will be held at 11:80 Thursday night. -Adjhurnmenti* ’tiridei' the11 rules Of the organization'‘"IS*' strictly forbidden before day-1 breut.' All not present wpi'; Continued on^page 8.} i . JA few iveeksagoThe Express published* te stoiy about the sale ja»4 prospte|tiv6 developments d£ goal property ori. Deep River a short distance from Carbontpn, It was stated that coal experts had discovered that* coal taken from this mine is equal to the very best anthracite coal produc ed by the famous mines of Penh sylvania and other 'coal sections of the North. This statement given out by these mining ex perts attracted the attention of experienced coal miners; who af ter careful inspection purchased the property for the purpose of operating it. on a large scale. Taking the property over they at once made plans for install ihg modern mining machinery so that they could greatly in crease the daily output of coal. We are informed that this ma chinery is how being received and will be installed and put in operation in the next few weeks. The Atlantic Coal Company is the name of the new concern. They are now ready to install a 150 horse power boiler arid a 60 horse, power • air compressor. They are .alsd, ..putting in two '■V — hydraulic pumps to" take care of the water that accumulates |fl the mine;;Other madhin^jry will •be put in,as, fast as'Jft, arrives, They are noW selling the C03I as ffot as thejf can -ihine it> worfc ing a force of about 30 labored. |When the hew machinery's in stalled they? will be able to ftioite than doubletheir working ^ce and expdct To spll; every ppfmd of coal thWt they!cim take fifth* the mine. Houses will be built near the mine for tjie miners and their families. As has been stated Sanford M heiadauarters for the office force, -. "1 v The company is now selliag its output to a numl^Ej of pb*i cerns in Sanford \) ahdt other places. It is bring us^d by, the State road camps here, at Siler City and Fayetteville, "The Wil rik Hotel has been using this coal for some time hricl is highly pleased with it*; It- lasts muoh longer than th^ stiff ,coal and there is very little smoke and ashes from it. It is believed that this coal will be mined and sold 'on a large scale after it has been introduced to the public. - ; ; Sanford folks shivered Sun day morning’ when they faced that cold northeast wind which almost reached the velocity of'a cychfeA Our big efficient Chief of Police John It McKernan, who is authority on the weather tells The Express that the ther. kioraeter registered 18 "degress above zero Monday morning and. colder Monday due to the Cold Wind that was blowing. Ice was in evidence, during the cold spell that is now moderating. Mon days tempefature waa the low-: est the mercury has fallen this season. On the 10th of last March, .the temperature dropped to 19 degress. Many a porker squealed for the last time this week tn Lae county. We judge -* ' ” at have reach ed The Express thfert has been more meat killed in the county since add Weather set‘in than e¥ef before in the same length of time. Many of the. hogs re ported to The' Express' were large ones. A number of porkers went over 400 pounds. We recall that last winter was'so mild that the farmers were put to it to kill their hogs.without • danger of losing their meat. In fact a number of the farmer?, in the county did lose/jheir meat. ■ XMAS SAYING CLUB FOR UNITED BANK Many Join Club On First Day of Campaign—Will Seek To Promote Thrift. ~»-i The United Bank & Trust Co., it was announced today by Chas. L. $bercrt>mbie, cashier, will seek to promote thrift in the section it serves through the for mation of a Christmas Savings Club. „, _ . “Fourteen, applications were received for membership into the Club, on the opening day of the campaign* which began Wed. jtegldpafejk'Said Mr. Abercrombie this meThing. ... : • become a member of the Jg jfeOMaary that - one atreottroeposit A specified sum in the bank each week. By doing this, one should receive, a size able check from the United Bank w>r 1988 Christmas shopping. FOOT EXPERT AT STROUD-HUBBARDS • - If your feet hurt_ by all means visit this demonstration. On Saturday, December. 10. a mem ber of the staff of Dn. Wil*-' — ../iiliam S&olV the nationally hn^t^h •foot expert, will give a special .demonstration'at the'shoe store 'Stroua-HlibliAr^Co. '.'m ai „ .Stair will seeJmstneasKiih i^.lto get' immediate and,,, permanent relief .when scientific methods are followed in determining Die j condition of the feet,' 1 v IS VISITOR ■v*»; Rev. A. R; McQueen, .pas torlqf the Presbyterian churcS at Dujm spent a few hours in Sanford TuesdayMdr, |Me@ueen is a son of the'Jate.ReVJy MartiiJ~Mc Queen, twho was for ainum$lr of yearspastor, - of, Union "nnd Carthage Presbyterian cjjiffeh es. Mr* -MeCjueen resembles his father, not so much in physique than six feet in his stocking feet and was a preacher of towering strength in the Presbyterian church in this part of the state. He possessed the characteristics of a typical Scotchman to a marked degree and was bold and courageous in his denunciation of sin and yice. This can also be said of his son, who is greatly beloved by the flock whom he has so zealously and unselfishly served, we believe,, about 28 years. When he left the seminary he became pastor of the Dunn Presbyterian church and has labored there in and out of sea son all these years. He has had calls to other fields, but the Dunn church would not give him up. It is a singular thing for a pastor to stay with one church covering almost the per iod of a generation. WILKINS ESTATE IS BEING SOLD Number of. Fine Farms and Re sidential Lots To Be Sold - At Auction Here* The sale of many fine farms and residential lots will be sold at auction on Wednesday and Thursday and Friday* Decembei 7, 8 and 9, by the Wilkins Cor poration, successors to Wilkins Ricks Co. The bulk of the pro perty going on sale is a part of huge Wilkins estate^ns: - On Wednesday* Dec. 7,’ the fol lowing farms will be sold: feu* reka farm, on Carbonton high way, one mile from Sanford; temple farifi, in tracts of var i^118^1268’ fe&yes farm, contain 61 acres; J, D. Mclver farm, aboutone mile from Sanford. AU these farms have good. im*. provements. . On Thursday. Dec. 8, the Dora Jones farm, containing 86 acres, and the Watson farm of 84 ac res, divided into tracts, and a part of the peach orchard place; both located on U. S. Highway No. i; will ^e pm up ^t auction; (to .Friday, December. 9, 40 Hgh dass Sanford residential lots will be sold. ’ Jhomas Bros & Matthews, 3 fof, tHe Wilkins Co,rpo^ftlon> will put on the sate. TTie property is to be soV on easy terms. A number of va,uabJe Prizes win be given away. Thef^'WiH, beahand . •: -$»*■ 21.'. TWO FORAIS ARE NEGOTIATE^ THIS WEEK BT3HERIFF Poske Seizes Tw<. ’uge Whisky Stills, Also fiiptnitius *k<Ci Four Block:»ders. *'r. ■-=4* . uLT RAID IN HARNETT ' ' S&--' •*'■ '■ -* * #* Lee Officers Are - ery Actlte As Time Approael.es To Sur ^ ••% X'itatiet Their Offiem' Deputy Sherif f '. M, Thomas made a raid in th--; lower section of Lee county iT day and cap. tured a submarij -Ml of about 60' gallons capac ” near Swann StatiCm lie cap to ted tiMf bonil plete outfit, But teund no beer j or other material as it had all. ■been' Worked up . \d the liquor tearipecTaway by 'tie blockaddri ,TM stilLhad ■ v,!y* been in operation, I>p Thomas cut ,up the still and t-vmght in the. copper parts to Mow that he. i.had paptured a slid. He thinks a lot pf liquor had been-made at Siis'place., <j§> A posse 6f of; is compost vpf Sheriff Artbte* 'Rives and Be puty, Sheriff JOi. Thomas, of. Lee county ami 1 -Duties Kelly jCaifieKjn. and Lee t McDonald, of (Harnett copntyyrifade a rgidep Jast Monday and cgptured a coin jplete outfit and-j';. »r biocka'ders ng^Jtflivia, in tMTatter touiittfi The' pee county - ---ifleers-' werd asked .to assist Harnett of-, ficers m.makinS 'ah capture. All the blockaders §11 clingy white men:and following ate "their ^ihipfeafAlex Alton. WjP jliarrisl^nd LouiSmSfjamsyopLee county, and Tens--'- Carter, of Harnett. The SVTMwas in full blast. 'The office - destroyed 10 gallons of liquor 1 i 2(h) gallons of beer. Upon lsins|: ^notified of their arrest a Tfaitra) officer came from .'Cm^ |ij§iaud county ^ied k r^r^fa-Fag g. Deputy Taomaa two of the men. All these block aders are young men who have hardly reached their majority. LOCAL RAILROAD* UNIT HOLDS MEET W. L. Stanley, .Executive S. To Visit Sanford ta I ; Next levy.Weeks. , Ai ; An. enthusiastic meeting, .the members of they local unit %hich was largely attended, by of the Railroad Employees and Taxpayers Association of North Carolina was held in the dining room of the 'Carolina' Hotel last Friday night, with President R. W. Vick in the chair. < Many matters , of vital impor tance to rail transportation were discussed, in the regular routine of business. The secretary was instructed to prepare a question naire, including the subjects dis cussed, for consideration at the next meeting of the Association, which will" be on! Friday night j December 9th., inj the ball room of the Wilrik Hotel. A le|ter was read from W. L. Stanley, vice-president of the S. A. L. Railway, Atlanta, Ga., stating that he would be pleas ed to come to Sanford around the middle of December and de liver a public address under the auspices of , the Association. Mr. D. E. Mclvdr, Jr., came down from Miashington City last week to visit his wife and child who art? still here with her peo ple. Mr. Mclver has returned to Washington but his family will not return till after the Christo mas holidays.' k i : , ‘ r‘ The letter^ 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. f - • This week's Tantalizer: , -ft RAIMNO LVSAET , ELROLVI RCIEVM $0/ • •J. - *'; Graham Glaaavf >. ' Th« firrtf llonday iij Decern every second year, is a sig nificantrday in the annals of Lee county’s history. It is then that J the old Order passeth 'and the new is ushered in. The time is , near. As the faithful old dock m Register of Deeds John W. McIntosh’s office in the little red courthouse announces the hpuir, of ten next Monday the scrolls; upon which the outgoing regime. has writtdh its achievements will' be closed and fresh papyri, upon jvhich the incoming adininistra-, tion may regale jts acts willbcs: brought forth*. ‘ wnf A:W Sworn By Watson ■ - Now, it is, that W. Gunter ! Watson, clerk of court, performs! th» roost dignified duty that be comes his office, for he will ad ttu'hister the oath of office to the incoming- officials. But he does-it with: utmost simplicity.. ; When the hour of ten has ar rived, two commissioners and three commissibnersrelect men of .simple tastes Who must ap-, proach the, stupendous task of directing- a $13,500,000 corpora tion with something akin to fear and trembling, will be given the ■oath. These men are K. E. Sey mour, oftentimes of ' late men tioned in connection With the chairmanship of thd board; John I A. Dalrj'mple, Charles H. Wiek-: er, J. Martin , Wilcox, and C. H. Crabtree. fc Next ih'ordpr is the administer tog of the oath to G. Ernest White the rtew sheriff; then to John W. McIntosh, inchmbent register of deeds; and with Judge Torn*McPherson, ineUm-> bent recorder;,, the ceremonial is compile; Tp: "GetThh Ropes" The new officers will, thftn proceed to familiarize themsel ves, with the .duties jfLmi'&Q. : is gener 'for outgoing officials to assist | their successors in “learning the ropes." Quite frequently it hap pens that the incumbent, who is I but a few months removed from la heated political campaign with his successor, remains in office |for a few days to help his fot* nler nval catch on to the duties of the office. ] ; In the case of the county cqap missioners, after having been sworn in comes the organization (meeting. This will be held imihe diftely after they've taken of fice. Someone will act as tempo rary chairman until nominations have been made for and a per manent chairman elected. All five of the incoming commis sioners have been groomed for the place but the name most of ten heard hereabout is that of Mr. Seymour. ,, , | It will then fall upon the com missioners to elect a county at torney, solicitor of recorder’s court superintendent of the county home, farm demonstra tor and home demonstrator; and select a depository for the coun ts funds; Swamped By Job-Seekers. The commissioners are vested with authority to appoint the auditor but since the term of the incumbent, J. Melvin Clark, does not expire "until sometime April, it is unlikely action on this'office will be taken for some time. Already, it is said, the new bdard of commissioners has been swamped with applications from iffic^seekers for the new places that'are to be filled. 1 The most important office, perhaps -from a remunerative* standpoint, is that of solicitor rf recorder’s court. The present incumbent is K. R. Hoyle. Whether he is a candidate for a reappointment can only be con jectured: Others, though, to whom the place looks particular ly juicy, vare said to be H. Mi Jackson- and S. Ray Byerly, San ford attorneys. Probably more important than the foregoing office is the place of county attorney, now held by Warren R. Williams. Among those mentioned for this post: are the incumbent and K. R, Hoyle. The place of superintendent of the county home must look good for job-seekers for fifteen applications, it is Understood have been made for this posi-: tion alone. , • .• i Delay Appointments? Since considerable dust was raised by the Republicans in the late campaign over the advisabil ity of continuance of ti e farm demonstration .and home demon Itration departments some poli tical observers* are inclined to doubt if the incoming comrni&* sioners^will be< disused to act appointment might create s small ripple on the political | ^waters, it is to be doubted ii i this would occasion such tur bulence as the actual abolition of the two posts. The opinion held generally is that the com missioners,, will postpone action on these Appointments. I For some years Page Trust Co. has. been depository for the tUunfyi-BO far as can be learned nothing has' developed that would indicate a desire on the part'of the new administration to seek a hew depository. < '.Appointment of a jailor, head deputy and deputies falls upon Sheriff-elect White. Though Mr. White has not made public any disposition regarding these places, it is said that a number of persons are receptive to them, frequently mentioned in connec tion with the appointment as jailor is N. A. Howard, Hawkins Avenue filling station operator. Marvin Thomas has been spoken of* as a possible aspirant to the head deputyship. [RELIEF PROJECTS HELP UNEMPLOYED As has been stated in The Ex 1 press Lee county has received i from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation $8,000.00 which is being used to furnish employ ment for a large number of la borers, some of whom have been without work for months. They are engaged in various activi ties. Some are cutting cord1 wood which will be used here! during the winter for fuel, while' Others are busy cleaning off } school and church grounds and' the court house lawn. About 1001 men are employed in this work. It is true that they are getting but it will help to support their a small wage, 6Q cents per day, families throiigh the winter months and_ keep the wolf from the door. They are given employ ment three, four or five days a week, according to the size of their families and others who may be dependent upon them. ; From 200i to 300 men who want work have applied to E. O. Mc Mahan, County Welfare Officer, ' who is in charge of the funds. The Lee County Relief As sociation is constantly besieged ry people who need help and those who. are without employ-, ment and unable to get help [pom any other , source, are be ing supplied with the. bare ne cessities of life. RAISING FUND FOR CHILDREN Twenty-five empty milk bot ties were placed in the city's drug stores, cafes and hotels yester day by Lee Post No. 18 of the American Legion to be used as receptives for penny contribu tions for the Legion’s Milk Fund. ' The pasteboard cap on each bottle contains a small slit through which pennies may be droppe*. Funds raised in this manner by the Legion will be placed at the disposal of the lo cal schools for the purpose of supplying milk each day to un dernourished children. It is the plan of the Legion to place seventy-five additional bottles at convenient places throughout the city, making one hundred in all. Conimenting upon the under taking. W. T. Dowd, post com manded said yesterday that each x>ttle should net an average of 12 pennies daily. Calculating the entire number upon this aver age, the 25- bottles so far placed shoiifd'^et $3.00 per day. The toc$tI..4fWfies, cooperating. With the .movement, have agreed to supply milk fog three cents a bott!e)i thus , making it possible for contribution of $3.00 to a&prdonehandred bottles of milk. . . i ? .» DOWD IS GROOMED FOR STATE HEAD' AMERICAN LEGIONS ' ■ —... ■ - • Si William T. Dowd Making Out* j. standing Record As Post Commander Here. SEEN AS BIGGER TIMBER I Friends Push Him As Successor To Brice Beard As State Legion Commander. / Friends of William T. Dowd commander of Lee Post No. IS £ of the American Legion; are vancing his name in connection ! wjth the State commandership. ? of the Legion in 1933. >' Those who are grooming Mr. ; Dowd for the post point out ' that the central part of the state has never furnished the North Carolina Department a comman . der and that this section is just ly entitled to such recognition. They also state that he is »' probably the best known legion- ' naire in Sanford, his recent as sociation with the Reynolds can’! didacy and his presidency of the Roosevelt Motor Club having - given him a statewide acquaint- V ance. :.. p [y\ Whether Mr. Dowd 'would ac cept the honor if proffered or ; whether he would/care to make he race is problematical Since - he is known already to be a r-e^ ‘ceptive candidate for the pom tion of U. S’, marshal ii\ the middle judicial district^ some of 7; his friends are inclined, to the A view that he might hot now care to be groomed for another * place. ' *•-, *./ I In any event, however. it must Wj be conceded ••• that. Mr Dowd, ■fi should he dare to "offer for the • place, would provoke , a ?candid FIERY DEBATE ON WAR DEBT HEARD Brinn and Abercrombie Paint Debtor Nations As Stub born, Poor 'Sports. Enjoying a fiery debate on the war debt question and A-hhing over a Thanksgiving dinner the Sanford Kiwanis club met last Eriday evening with the ladies of the Presbyterian church. J. E. Brinn and Charlie Aber . crombie, arguing against cancel ilation of the debts, took a deci sion from W. E. Horner and j Jimmie Mctver, who 'plead for cancellation, as the best means to a recovery from the depres sion. The speakers for payment contended that the European na • tions should and could pay; that their ability; to pay was demon strated by their large arrftament expenditures. They often com pared the situation to similar > cases in private business and painted the debtor nations as stubborn, poor sports. The can cellation advocates pointed out that the payments must be made . with gold or by credits in this " ; country, and argued that only France had the gold with which to pay. They showed that re trenchment by the debtor na-: tions would not help them to pay us, since economy would neither increase their gold sup ply nor establish trade credits over'here. Using this basis of / reasoning, they asked for cancel lation as a means to restore in temational trade to its normal ' level. ■ . The vote for the decision was taken from-all the members. A plan to raise the Kiwanis ,; Christmas Fund was advanced ' by Dr. J. F. Foster and C. P. ■ Rogers. Those two members will be hosts at a barbecue dinner on December 16th at which Ki per. plate, the receipts to go t — the fund which is given each Christmas to the countys un- ' derprivileged children. Miss Charlotte Makepeace, who is teaching at Hillsboro, was ■ a guest. ' v” ■ ■ ' V i '/ Accepts Position Roxie E. Barefoot has accept ed a position as druggist at we : Thpjpaa.Drug store. Mr. Bare- - foot^iwliO 4s a native of Four ,v Daksj received his t degree tn, pharmacy at the University of North Carolina. He succeeds -J Coley I* Snipes as pharmacist at the local drug store.
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