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- ONLY TENrr— ' SHOPPING t)AYS . tell Christmas ■ " , ■ w~ .VOLUME 47, Number 18. 4‘ a 4 „ ^ •> * ' f ** ’ **•. * r;*;rV ' ; I" - JBfcfefrg u, '•□”!■ r¥';^ ;«■: m CHARACTER and CIRCULATION M SANFORD, NORTH CAROLINA, DECEMBER 15, Published WEEKLY. • ; '■ FIVE: ife;' The'deep, resonant voice of » • Angus Wilton McLean, former Governor of North > Carolina, f echoed about the lobby of the ‘Hotel Wilrik Monday evening as j Kte conversed with’Mayor War # ' -ren R. Williams and Austin Me... Cormicky both old friends of his. ‘ The former governor appeared in fine fettle‘for a young man of fiftjL.nine years. He came to Sanford by way of Chapel Hill, where he attended a meeting of the trustees of the University of North Carolina. At one o' clock Tuesday morning he shook hands with his two friends* and boarded a ,train for the North.' Aih-v? ■-'T.V A As a lad in Scotland county, Austin McCormick, local, cotton -buyer and well known political “ leader, formed a deep_seated TOWN TOPICS A weekly resume of opinion per taining to local developments in the new*. admiration for Angus wuton McLean, then starting out as a young lawyer in the small town of Lumberton. He gave the Luiri ■A* berton man warm.support in the 1924 primary when his* aspira tions to the governorship were obscured only by the ambitious reflection of Josiah William Bai ley. Later when Mr. McLean was governor he demonstrated his confidence .in Mr, McCormick’s ability by appointing him audi - tor of the North Carolina Rail... road,- perhaps better known to many as the “Mullet road.* Aus tin .enjoyed the title of “Mr. Auditor”- for a year. He liked ?■:. sitting around the hilge maho gany table of the "railroad di rectorate, basking in the esteem ' due one of his official) rank but he could never entirely obliter ate the cotton business from his mind when attehding these other wise happy sessions. He was truly glad when his term ex pired. V... ,, . . , ’ overcoat besplattered with the falling drops of rain, stroked his grey whiskers and commented philosophically about the - “sad state of affairs that have arisen in our State” as he stood in front of Joe Lazarus’ drug store on Steele Street Tuesday morn ing. It was an ideal morning for 1 sober reflection for above the sky was draped in heavy, watery rr ' ^^es, things wer in a pretty bad sort of way when Cam took ' leave of the executive mansion,” mused the Greenwood sage, “An gus arrived on the scene just in : nick of time to save the State. What we needed at the time was a man with a fiscal turn of mind, one who could check and double check every expenditure and that was Angus ail over The State is $189,000,000 in debt, according to the last re : port of the treasurer and it is hard to tell how much furthei in the hole we would have gom if Cam had stayed in four more years.” _ . __, _ _.:. : With that characteristic lm patient drawl of his, a whimsical inheritance of those who begir life in the northern corner oi “Ole Virginny,” “Pop” Collins night clerk of the Hotel Wilrik reminisced over the palmy days when he was assistant manage) of the Shoreham in Washington Back then, even more thar how, the Shoreham, relates “Pop,” was the rendezvous oi Washington society and officia dom. To See such figures as Bryan, Borah, Lodge, Reed Smoot, Baker, Hoover and others meander about the lobby was an ordinary occurrence. Not in frequently the charming, naivs Alice Roosevelt Longworth was present, and, as always, the cen ter of a host of admirers. Quite often North Carolina’s distinguished were guests bul the one who stamped his impress more so than any other was Angus Wilton McLean, then as sistant secretary of the trea sury and member of the Wai Finance Corporation, who mads his home at the Shoreham. i was a “crony” of Jos Tumulty, Mr. Wilson’s privets secretary, “Pop” recalls, and ths two were often seen ' in each Oder’S coihpiiny; strolling arm 'Pop’s" opinion, fs by far and ■wide, North Carolina* most v able public man smd he hopes tc flee him either in Mr. Roosevelt’i .(Continued Oa Page Eight) m Error In Contractor's Bid Puts Aldermen In Stew * 'S:4 LAD IS RECOVERING FROM ACCIDENT HURTS Thomas Hayes, 7. year old son of Mr. and Mrs. T T Hayes, of 109 North Steele street is im proving after injuries received when struck by an automobile driven by Mrs. C. C. Hatch on Saturday evening. - The accident occurred at the corner of Steele and Gordon streets. It was first feared that the little fellow was seriously Injured but the X.,ray pictures show that no bones were broken.! It is thought that the accident * was unavoidable. ■ I HARVEY WALLACE TO DIE TOMORROW Lee County Negro To Be Put To Death At-State’s Pri son For Murder. ‘Harvey Wallace, convicted at the August term of Lee Super ior court of first degree murder for the killing of the late N. H. Perry, of Cumnock, will die in the electric c-’liir at the State’s -Prison early tomorrow morning unless there is a last minute commutation of A his sentence from Governor Gardner. However, no recommendation for clemency has been made by' j$xecutivg Counsel Tyre C. Tay jlor, who has interviewed, Wal - lace. I There will likely be a double I electrocution as Alex Grier, Gas ton county murderer, is also scheduled to die tomorrow mom mg I The Executive Counsel said jhe was “convinced" both Negroes | are guilty. He said^ both have ,liams. * ■’ • POULTRY SALE SATURDAY I A cooperative poultry sale will ■.be held in Sanford on Saturday, ‘December 17th. This sale will I be under the auspices of the Lee [Mutual Poultry Association, and .the poultry will be received at .Palmer & Reeves Stable on En ,dor street, from 9 a. m. to 3 p. m. ■ | Heavy hens will* sell for 8c. per pound, and Leghorn hens, •6c per pound. Other grades of poultry will Be in proportion, j. The turkey market is in such Jan Unsettled Condition that, we are not setting a price at this jtime. However, turkeys will be bought at the market price on that day. This price is expected to be cheap. | The poultry market is very weak at present and it is not ad yisable to sell except when ab solutely necessary. It'is hoped that the market will be stronger ! after Christmas. There have been many requests for a poul try sale, therefore, this sale has |-jbeen arranged for the benefit i of those who feel that they must sell before Christmas. PRIZES OFFERED FOR THE BEST CHRISTMAS TREE In order to encourage artistic arrangement And'decoration of I Christmas trees in Sanford homes this year,-Mr. H C Ro berts, of Le6 Hardware Co., an Inounces that his firm will give a prize to the person who has the best tree this year, j ' Mr. Roberts requests that all who are interested in entering the contest call at Lee Hardware Co, at onCe and enroll their names. ■ ■1. * . ■ i \. ; The store will nan\e three judges who will visit the homes of the contestants on Christmas eve and decide who is entitled to the prize. ' " ' / ", - Contestants may use either cedar or holly trees, The deci sion, however, will Ije based on the effectiveness of the light, the uniqueness of arrangement apd the originality of the de corations. ■ ' * ■ ; Should a lady win the prize, ihte will be awarded an aluminum electric percolator, the heating element of which is absolutely guaranteed for one year. Should S boy or girl win the decision then‘eif,her an air rifle or a pair of skates will be awarded. }*• Visit Lee Hardware Company and enroll your name in this con 'testat once, , . BOARD REJECTS PROPOSALS FOR WATER SYSTEM Action of Contractor In Demand ing Change of Bid Crates ' Storm of Debate., CALI, FOR NEW/PROPOSALS All proposals for water works improvements, received by the Town of Sanford on December 2; were rejected in a special meeting of the board of aider men, held Monday evening. The board decided to readvertise for proposals to bo received on De cember 22. Action was taken by the board without a dissenting vote.':.';'/' y-/.■ : It was the general expecta tion that the special meeting of the board would result in an award of the work to one of the bidders submitting proposals as of December 2 arid the action of the board was greeted on . the streets were 1 uewucty with intermingled surprise and no little criticism. It was frequently reiterated at the meeting of the board that the amounts specified hi the pro posals (Seemed to be fair and that with the two lowest bidders, particularly, both of whom are local contractors, the figures ex pressed in the bids were very satifdctory. * f Reason for the? rejection of the December 2 bids, is ascribed to the action of W. L. Jewell, lo cal contractor, who maintained St the meeting of the board be fore which the bids were opened that he had made an error in his bid and that he be allowed to change his bid.' It was recalled that Mr. Jewell itrT contained Til on brackets of. his proposal should have been listed at $125.00 and that this mistake caused an error of $1,125.00 in the total of his bid. In discussing the incident Mayor Williams stated to the board of “ alderman that Mr. Jewell’s sealed bid was along with five others in a pile on the table at which they were opened and the envelope containing his bid was on the bottom and was the last opened. He pointed out that Mr. Jewell made no men tion of an error in his bid until the board had adjourned; when this was done he demanded-the return of his bid that he might correct his error. Mayor. Wil liams states that Mr. Jewell was told that this would not be per missable and that he then took up the sheet on which the figures of his bid were written and changed the figures which he asserted were In error. At this juncture, Mayor Wil liams was interrupted by W. W. Chaffin, city engineer, who stcl ed that Mr, Jewell did not change the figures but that he himself, at the request of Mr. Jewell, did so. Mavnr Williams nlsr» afotor to ‘Alderman Ledwell' who was absent at the meeting at which bids were originally opened that Mr. Chaffin, City Engineer stated to the Board that Mr Jewell had no right to make anj change in a sealed bid. Mr. Jewell’s original bid was $29,400.04. J. W. Stout & Co. local concern, made a bid of $29, 867.78. On the face of the ori ginal bids the Stout bid is lowei than the Jewell bid by $82.26 Allowing for the change in one item for which Mr. Jewell insist ed, his bid would be scaled to $28,276.04, or $1,082.38 lower than the proposal of J. W Stout & Co. In view of the complications arising out of the former meet ing a suggestion was voiced that the two lowest bidders be asked to resubmit bids. Mr. Pittman, the town attorney, rendered the opinion, however, that this would not be legal and that readvertise ment would have to be made which would open the entire matterjto new biddersv ' .Mayor Williams ordered that all checks held on the1 Contrac tors Who submitted proposals be returned to them immediately. .^Miss Camille Carroll, a stu dent at the Conservatory of Mu sic, Durham, recently spent a few days at home with her par ents. McPherson named TRUSTEE DEFUNCT MINING PROPERTY Carolina Coal Company Is Extent of $ By-Products dived To ,000,000 - il SUED SENATOR DU » ■... ■ ■ ? 1 ... Vast Amount <rf ’roperty Is In , volved In Legal Entable ments; May Be Sold Judge T. J. this place, was tee in bankrupt under order of J. Hayes, of the, by H. F„ SeaweJ Bankruptcy, of J Coal and By of Cumnock, last \ pany was placed f a receiver by the Iditors several ,D. A. McLauchlif ; trustee. For some ed to qualify. Ju (informs The Ex, [wil take charge 4 ( the! business of < justed as Soon?' :Phetson V of •pointed trus proceedings idge Johnson federal Court, Referee in •e Carolina lets Company reek. This com the hands of iction of ere... iths ago and >f Vass, made reason he fail - McPherson that he once1 and get Company ad possible. He WOO bond. , The property includes two cos ling machinery 4 railroad three acres of land in , | the mineral righi 5,00 acres. Messrs. Gavin Williams and Wij place, represent s< ditors. These brought suit against thecoal B, Dial, a forrrn Senator from Soi set aside a clain I gage bonds to i $400,000. Th| si | for the receivers! perseded by the v is involved lines, all min equipments, ;s.ipng, i,ooo ie simple and ,J" of 4,000 or ..ITUS, of tps te of the cre._ iditorS , have; the couits ipanv and N. Inited States Carolina, to >f first mort amounf of was brought }p and isTWfil nkruptcg pf '■fctffettlW abof 000. A. A. F Seawell, a former member of thefLee county bar, but who for the past two years has been Assistant Attorney i General of North Carolina, , with headquarters in .Raleigh, is at torney for Ex-,Senhtor Dial. I The Expresses informed that this mining property will prob ably be sold at the order of the court, the money set aside for the bondholders should they win I the suit or be paid prorata to the creditors, should they win the suit. 1. - .ft is learned that, three or four big mining companies have their eye on this mining pro perty and will probably be inter ested in purchasing and operat mg it when the claims against it are adjusted by the courts. ,we know of no one industry that would do more for Sanford and this section than the develop ment of this coal property on a large scale. It would give a large number of miners employment at good wages. Most of this money would be spent here in Sanford. A big payroll would be the very life of business here. * ft.j8,^e^eve^ tiiat some company will be mining coal at Coal Glenn before another year - ends and < that steps will be taken to open other mines in the Deep River basin. A year or two ago min ing engineers spent some time in that section making borings • for coal and it is believed that ■•they found plenty of coal. Mr. and Mrs B E Carringtoi Misses Addie and Josephine S Clair, Mrs. Tom Wall and soi Thomas, recently visited Mr an ’■Mrs. Jim Gillon in Greensboro. TANTALIZER The letters in the lines below properly arranged spell the names of two persons in San ford. If the persons whose names are represented by the group of letters decipher their own names andubring copies of this papers 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 nighttogt.- tri.'d^Tr This week's ihntalizer,; * EEPT THCMNISO . DALERKN MHSEL — "~t“ Carrie Glass •' ■ /1 ,Katie Yates - • fc. : - RETARDEDBY BAD WINTER WEATHER Sanford Folks Are Gripped By Yule tide Spirit As Glad some Event Nears, depression mars event Pew Will‘Be Able To Give Pre-j r t sents This Year But Will | Send Post CardsL i v The Christmas spirit is be- | ginning to prevail in Sanford I despite the fact that a season of rainy weather is on and we are in the midst ef the greatest depression in the history of the country. It is now only 10 days till Christmas. Practically every store in Sanford has completed Christmas decorations ami the windows and interior of ■ the stores present a decidedly at tractive appearance,fully in keep ing with the holiday season. . Last week Chief of Police John | T. McKeman and a number of laborers who are paid with ifloney secured from the Recon struction Finance Corporation, went to the woods near Sanford nn J -T:_ 1_UA.I Ui/.vvvw 11 IV. UVWUl/UUl VV dars of Uniform size aiid with & truck brought them to town and placed them at the following street intersections in the busi ness district of the city,: Inter... section of Hawkins avenue and Carthage street, Charlotte ave nue and First' Street, Carthage and Steele streets, Wicker and Steele streets, Mclver and Chat ham Streets. These trees cost $3.80 each. The trees are beau.:, tifully lighted with colored elec trie lights, The Sanford Mer chants Association agreed to pay for the lights if the town would |>ay for the trees. Trees were placed at these crossings last Christmas; They area constant reminder that we axe in the fflnrisltnii.i Minim i, j Sanford stores are offering almost every type of merchan dise during the holiday period. There are all sorts of novel and useful gifts, there is the large regular supply of merchandise, much of which is in Christmas 'packages, there are thousands and thousands of toys for chil dren—there is a gift for every body right here in the Sanford stores. And the prices. Investigation discloses that almost every ar ticle offered today is being of fered at a lower price than last year, a price lower than has been the instance in many decades. Some articles are lower by a third than in December, 1981, and radically lower than in the halcyon days of 1918. The streets are beginning to show signs of Christmas activ ity. There is bustle and life as people move cheerfully along, seeking just what present would, be best for father, mother, bro ther, sister, other members of the family and friends. It is not yet too late to do early shop ping and every man and woman who start today will have plenty of time to finish the shopping and to get every present ready for Christmas delivery. I The school boys and girls will soon be returning home for the Christmas holidays and there will be a little army? of them in Sanford. Many of the citizens of .the town will also have friends and relatives as holiday guests. The force of clerks iat the post UliiUt; Will uc uuo.y wu wio uvii... day season is over handling the Christmas presents and cards jthat will be sent through the mail to friends and loved ones. 'Since the financial depression has been on many are not able I to give costly presents. In fact many have confined their re ! membrances to Christmas cards. More Christmas cards were sent through the Sanford postoffice during-the holidays a year ago than ever before in the history of Sanford. No doubt thousands of them will be handled through the mails this Christmas. Mr. D. B. Teague went to Chapel Hill last Friday where that night he attended the an nual meeting of the University Alumni,Association. Mr. Teague was president of the Alumni As sociation one year, beginning with October 12th., last year at which time the Association was reorganized. Mr. and Mrs. Rex Kelly re cently visited Mr. and Mrs. Jack Anderson in Greensboro. / , % l. . ■ •i'-v ■ . jf >. - *4" jj;*?, *** Great Moral Confusion” -Gra hap :Pf, *'jS' y , •• *• ;»< MEETING POSTPONED ■ Mr. T L Riddle, secretary of the local unit of the Railroad Employees' and Taxpayers’ As sociation of North Carolina, re ceived a wired message Wednes day morning stating that Mr, W L, Stanley, vice president of the Seaboard Air Line Railway, could not be present and speak at the meeting of the Associa tion, which was to have met at the City hall Friday night, oh account of pressing business en gagements. The meeting of the Association was postponed inde finitely. It is hoped that'1 Mr. Stanley will be able to attend some future meeting. KIWAHIMS ECID DIVISIONAL MEET Local Club Host To. Fourth Dis », trict Officials of Carolina^ Kiwanis. 4,' -’iSfe ..i,_ • -v A "" The* divisional meeting of Ki wanis at the Wilrik Friday, evening, celebrating th4 close'of J. C.. Pittman’s tenure of office as Lieutenant Governor, was one of the most successful banquets ever staged, in San ford. The fourth division of the Carolines District, comprising' 7 clubs, combined a meeting,* a banquet and a Ladies Night with [unusual artistry. James M. Lyn ch, of Florence, an International Trustee, and Franklin Keane, Field Secretary and “silv'-dQn... gued orator,” were the principal speakers. \ \ Mr. Pittman, who was praised 'continually during the meeting for his alert leadership, presided master’s touch. | Following turkey dinner,' the address of welcome was offered by W. E. Hbrner, who did a good job of it. He took the visiting clubs in rotation and offered a facetious reason why Sanford was glad, to welcome each. Wash ton Crumpton, of Lumberton, Lieutenant Governor-elect, re sponded to the address. I P. H. St. Clair president of, the Sanford Kiwanis Club, who has missed only one meeting since the club was organized !some eight years ago, made a short talk on attendance. He ‘emphasized the importance of 'giving each member of the club a part on the program as often as possible. Give him recogni tion by making him a cog in the wheel and if he possesses the Kiwanis spirit, he will be pretty apt to attend regularly. The presidents and president elect were presented by Presi dent-elect Dr. J. F. Foster, of the Sanford club. Dr. Foster will take charge as, president of the club the first Friday night in I January. Going into the. program, Mr. Pittman announced that each club would have five minutes in which to stage a stunt. The fol lowing Kiwanians managed of ferings for their clubs: Fayette... ville, Dr. Patton; Lumberton, Wash Cninpton; Selma, Star Harper i Smithfield, Dr. J. W. Whitehead; Sanford, Herbert Dowd, presenting L. E. War rick. The Selma club was award ed the prize for a stunt consist ing of a balloon-blowing contest, using tremendous balloons which were released after having been inflated. The big blimps sailed viciously around the ball room, 'causing banqueteers to duck un 'der tables. The Sanford stunt was aspeech by Mr. Warrick, vho entered in hilarious make-up and* delivered a lecture on the depression. The Sanford High school coach, going right home for his examples, said, “When my boy was bom one neighbor gave us a crib; another gave us a carriage. Now, if someone will just lend me fifteen dollars to finish paying the doctor, the! boy will be ours,” I Bill Montgomery, of Wiming ton, Governor-elect, was intro duced and then Mr. Pittman pre sented Herbert Hennig Governor qf the Carolinas District, who spoke briefly and "ended by pre senting his fellow statesman, James M. Lynch. Mr. Lynch, famed for his golden voice, which he handles with the skill (Continued On Page Five) ' NOTED EDUCATOR REVIEWS CAUSES'T4 PRESENT UNREST ■' ♦ ■ . ... .• '■i : ■■ Dr. Frank P. Graham Delivers Address Before Local ' i ‘ , Pierian Puty i ‘ , J WORLD lUi MORAL CHAOS • V / ■ - - .-y.?* * v j/fy The moral conceptions of the neW generation, the young men* and women of today, are the by products of the backwash or af termath of the great World War, 1 said Dr. Prank Porter Graham, president of the Greater Uni-': versity of North Carolina, in an' address delivered yesterday be-. fore the local Pierian Club in the ball room of the Hotel Wilrik, “The hations of the world can not indulge in a war that takes a toll of ten million lives with- ‘ out tremendous repercussions in * moral and ethical conceptions suiting therefrom,” said the di£/ tinguished speaker. , ■ ; Lauda Wilson. . In speaking of America’s en * 4-U „ TV Graham uaid /& tribute to the Jatetpommander-in -chief* 3 Wood row Wilson, whose contribution A to thh era was an “injection and ' projection oft a magnificent mo-‘ ralistic idealism which . js the heritage of the human race.” “We: cannot spend four years killing mil&ons without some-: thing happening to our concep .. tion of human values and life it self,”'said he, “nor without re sultant moral and intellectual^’ cpnfusion from these processes.” The speaker declared tjhat life is not a compartmental thing but is an integral thing and that when there" is revolutionary change in conception there is si- „ %hys change in life. ’ ■ fefeSMifitoW ^rf>fc.-onauand.-.tj>fc.a great moral confusion, a product of the “aftermath,” represent a transitionary period in the world’s history and is compar able to the great change of teh Fifteenth century, which mark d the discovery of America, the rounding of Africa, the inven tion of the printing press, the Renaissance and'the fall of feu dalism, Dr. Graham told the udienoe. In that glorious period the „• world, said Dr. Graham, found a freedom to which it had not been accustomed and youth, too, found a new freedom. Many young people lost their way in what they felt was the new free dom and found themselves broken. The present era, he said, is analogous of the former per iod in that revolutionary chan ges have taken place and that youth has temporarily deserted the old sanctions for new-found freedom. Many of the youth of today likewise will lose their way and become broken, said he. Honesty Needed. > The speaker plead for intellec tual honesty, declaring that the intricate problems of the day cannot be met by a false modes ty but that they should be ap proached with open mind. He said that we could not refuse to recognize what every boy and girl of this generation know and which they pick up daily from the theatre and the newspaper. ’Bring these problems into the sunlight," said he, “then we can determine what is real, what is - J r. nTvAirfi ni nl A 4- in fundamentally true.” Dr. Graham in discussing the changes that have come over man cited his relationship to the universe. He told of the primitive theory which, in ef fect, was that the surface of the earth is flat. Later, said he, Sir Isaac Newton advanced the idea of the fixed point theory. That is, that the sun was the fixed center of the universe and that the position of the earth and other planets was fixed. This, made up a heliocentric universe. In the present era of transition the Einstein theory-of relativity is the temporary concept and now we have a universe the.dif^ fcrept integers' of which are re lative; to each other and there is no center at all. ' ^ V “Take the neighborhood that ; I once knew,” said, he, “the nei ghborhood once exerted great in , fluenoe. In those days "what the neighbors might say was a po werful things’ but concrete roads steel rails and electric wires (Continued On Page Eight} "■
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