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SANFORD The Fastest Growing Town ^' M Central Carolina ; FOREMOST IN CHARACTER and CIRCULATION tt-nu, FEBKt)Xft¥ HOMM. SANFORD, VOLUME 48, Published WEMI.V TOWN TOPICS : A weekly resume of opinion per tatnfaC'te loetl developments » the news. . Wilkins and Johnson have received another car load of mules from the "r West and now have them in their ^ stables ready for sale. During the past few weeks the sale of livestock at this place has been pretty heavy. - A line of telephones Is being in stalled from Sanford to Carbonton ' to connect with the Helna Telephone - :i system. A number of citizens living v- between Sanford and Carbonton w.U have phones that will be connected with this line. It is expected that the line will be finished and the phones installed in_a week or two. | , You can realize one way the town I of Sanford has reduced the expenses of local government when you. see to what extent some of the streets in the business district have been dark ened by cutting out electric lights. They were "cut ciut first on some of the residential streets. This is quite a saving to the town and no one is the worse off for it. I Mr. J. R. Tally, who has been with 1 the Lee Furniture Co. for a number j of years, has moved to Siier City, where he will make his home. He has purchased the stock and fixtures of ■ the Siler City Furniture Company and j will operate the business under the g name of Chatham Furniture Com- r pany. His Sanford friends wish him ( much success in his new venture; His ^ son, John (Tally, wiil assist him in ( the business. ' 11 . * 1 The heavy qleet Friday night inter- ij . . fered with the telephone, power and' light service in Sahford and this sec- - '' tton by the weight of the ice break , ing wires in places. Linemen were j, kept .busy for a time making repairs 't to wires so as to restore the service. ■, The cold spell killed the early flow- I j ; / • era that had bloomed. They locked as j T , if they had been through a fire, The cold weather may delay the budd.ng | of the fruit trees and, be the means at saving the fruit., j A citizen of this place tells The . Express that he has decided if pas km***- 1 remnants of the Banking Loan. and ( Trust Company, which failed seven , ' .years jgo, one from the Peoples Bank j which failed a few years later, and , two from the United Bank and Trust ^ CoiApany, which recenffy failed the | . second time, put them in a frame, , hang crepe over them and save them j for his grand children so as to let , them know of the trials and tribute- j tions Sanford passed through during ] the greatest financial p-isis that ever ] cursed this country. < The board of aldermen held a meet , ing Tuesday night to take some ac- j tion in the matter of changing the , course of the branch that runs through the lot of Dr. J. P. Monroe on the , comer of Steele and Cordon street , should the Federal government de- , cide to buy the lot for the proposed ■ postoffice building. It is learned that the lot cannot be used for the post . - office building in the shape that it is now in. A resolutioh was adopted by the board to the effect, that the changes be made in the event that the lot is purchased by the govern ment. ■ i'.2 t Hunting season lor raooits, quan • and other game, for which the Sea-t eon had not already .closed, came to an end yesterday, Wednesday. It is now unlawful to hunt game with gun V » or dog. Both quail and rabbits have bean fairly plentiful this season and l- it is believed that il goodly number | of quail have survived, and if breed ing conditions are favorable this year there should be considerable increase iB the fail. There has perhaps been less hunting than for Beveral years, I as refledted by" the license sales, and' tike game supply was also more plen-1 tiful at the beginning than was the " " case the previous year, it is generally agreed by: hunters. . It Is now consi dered likely that the Legislature will, mhke some changes in hunting regu-| lations before another season, but the ■ t expected game law bill has not been reported out of committee. | "I, £4} J. A. Overton, of this place, and Frank Conder, who lives hear Buf falo church, had a close call last Fri day night while returning from Sou thern Pinef to Sanford in Mr. Over li ton’s car. When a few miles out from Sanford Mr. Overton’s, car was f « wrecked By a large car wh ch was moving at high speed.,Mr. Overton’s _ cast turned over and landed rightside ,up wedged between two small trees. | ' - Mr. Overton’s head punched a hole t’ in tjh, top of the «ar ao.it turned '.over and when he was restored-to •* equilibrium, he fdond lilmself ;sitting in the seatrieady to move off. When he wao.ahto tciifiiprt hU voioe he d*ll' ed for Mr. Conder and found that, ha . was also rightside up and ready to -continue his journey homeward. Mr. Conder escaped without injury. Mr,. ; Overton ? derived. • • iffW. aDght iwrtefc#* '• -■ - V v;; • • *\ ir ' 1 S’ ...,V .*■<!?«««;, yv^: .W.J V4' . < , «,s* Si ~ ■ ' .... ... V : '.. ENS MEET TO ASK FOR DEBT HOLIDAY IN LEE Paul J. Barringer Made Chair man of Organization To Bequest moratorium. SEEK A^O&^yERNOH \ A mass meeting 'of citizens at Lee bounty was held at. the Court house Wednesday at'il a. m. to discuss and put into1 effect .some plan of hold -ng ip the foreclosure sales of mortgag ed property until conditions "Become nore normal. By actual count 150 re jreaentaiive citizens from ail aaetions if the county were present to attend ;he meeting and twin what would be lone by those who. had the program a charge. A few ladies also atteud sd the meeting. J, E. Adams, of Jonesboro, called he meeting to order after which 3aul Barringer, Who . was called_ to he Chair, stated the object of the fleeting. J, E. Adams was made "sec etary. _ Mr. Barringer then, called n others to express themselves and ell where they stood in regard to arrying out the program which had ■een mapped out. Short talks were aade on the subject by Mr. Barring r, Mr. E. D. Nall, Mr. W. G. Tem »le, Mr. J. H, Worthy, Mr. J. F. Vomble, Mr. J. H. Henley, Mr. M. j. Marta, and others. The following esolution, which was read" by Mr. V. G. Temple, was adopted by the aeeting: ■"’'m-1 “Whereas debt and interest jharg 8 are retarding productive effort, awering prices and increasing un mployment; and before recovery it i necessary to bring this old debt nd interest charge in line with the ebtor we therefore petition The Go ernor of North Carolina to submit o the legislature such measure or neasures and press foi their adop ion, as will accomplish; this result. “Further that we suggest on all ibligationa /hade prior' to 1931 the ntercst charge be Seduced to 1 per ent {this being in hne with our aoil ty to convert our efforts into dol ars); and that a general moratorium >e declared on such Obligations where he 1 per cent interest is paid, this o run for at least two years. That n every foreclosure ^he property .old must , bring at ieasjf 75 per cent >f its value at the time the oblige ion was originally mhde-f-this to ipply to urban as well as farm obli gations. “These suggestions. are made with ;he welfare of the whole' country in nind, realizing. well, - tj^afc half way neasures will only aggravate our :ondition. That po called “relief mea aires*’ which take the..load off the ndividual and put it on the govern ment, v, file apparently, necessary, do not lessen the load but are slowlj unermjning the stamhia an integrity of oun government* and the morale of our citizena. That a copy at the above resolutions be given to the press and that We join with organi zations in other counties in Nortl Carolina to demand simple justice." The Express is informed that cop ies of this ' resolution were sent t* Governor Ehringhaus and the Gen era! Assembly for their considera tion. Mr. L. <j. 'Mann also offerei the following resolution Which was adopted: * .* '. ’ “We hereby ask the federal Land and Joint Stock Land Banks, and al other mortgage holders to withhold foreclosure sales until conditions an more nearly normal.” The chairman was asked to appoint a committee of five to take the mat ter up with the Legislature and Sena tors Joslah W. Bailey and Robert Reynolds for their consideration^ Chairman Barringer stated th'ai there would be a foreclosure sale ai the courthouse at noon and anothei one the next day, . It was suggest ed that a committee be appointed t< take the matter up with- the parties who were to conduct the sales, ant see if some action could lie had tc postpone the sales. The iollowinf committee was appointed to act ir the matter; B. D. Nall, chairman; J M. White, B. Cole, J. H. Henley, B J. Bullis, D. B. Coffer, J, W. Jacksor G, W FftcheJor, A. A. Dalrymple, J W. Maddox, Lexie Sloan, J., H. Reg i*tor. : Finding that the first sale was o •took and not real estate, the com mittee did no ask for postponement The mortgage holder of the land in vlved in toe second sale has agree to postpone the 'sals some ten days • A t; KI WAN IANS HOLD INTERESTING MEET legislative Doing's Discussed— ' To Meet With Aberdeen Club At Early Date. 'The Kiwanis dub held It? regular weekly meeting at the Carolina Ho tel last Friday night. When President ; 'Jack Foster called for the transaction 1 ■of new business following luncheon it Was stated that the Aberdeen club ’ wanted to hold a joint meeting with |the Sanford club at an early date. It ' was decided that the local club join * [the Aberdeen club in the proposed:1 meeting. Secretary D. B. Teague was ' asked to order a lot of buttons for 1 members of the club. W. C. York 1 solicited money from members of :the * 'club to buy grass seed for beautify- 1 ing the town. P. H. St. Clair, chair- "t man of the publicity committee, was [1 | asked to cooperate with the Rotary * club in putting up double signs for I the two dubB on the highways. It T Was decided that a meeting of the i dub should be held at Broadway in £ the near future. It was also decided 1 ,to hold a meeting with the domestic 8 science department of the city schools*, d Several interesting stunts were pull- 1 ed off after the program of the even W tag was turned over to J. <3, Pittman, « chairman of the program Committee. 8 .The first stunt pulled off was a 1 wheelbarrow race between S. W. Al- jv Jen and P. H. St. Clair. Allen was 1 the winner. The next stunt was a b race in water drinking. The group i that won the contest was composed v of Gilliam Andersen, \y. C. York, J..b F. Foster, W. E. Horner and J; M. b Clark. Those who lost ta the Contest c were John Koonce, Herbert Dowd, I James Mclver, H. M. Wagoner, and 1 Jv E, Brian. A' committee was ap- s %iptffgr m city in local newspapers.' • * | The feature of the program was s the resume add discussion of the me- v ribs of bills that have been intro- « duced ta the General Assembly. This 1 part of the program was haud.ed by ,• W. E. Horner and J. E. Brinn. 8 i __ _ _ _ ■ ■ « C. R. REED HAS VERY \ 1 SERIOUS ACCIDENT ‘ • -i Local Citizens Is Struck By Car ■* Saturday , Night; Shows * Improvement Today.. , Last Satuday night while Mr. C, K. Reed, of this place, was crossing * ■Wicker street near the .Wilrik Ho tel, he was struck by a car driven by * Harold Gavin, son of Mr. and Mrs. E.L. Gavin, of this place, and knock- | ed to the pavement* : Young ■ Gavin, picked him up and carried him. to the Lee County Hospital where he is now j being treated for h's wounds. Upon * examination the hospital doctors j found that his skull - was fracturc-d. At first it was feared that his wounds | Would prove fatal, but he is: now im proving and it is thought that he will , ■'.recover. ■- . It seems to have been an unavoid able accident. Young Gavin says he ' did not see him as he was blinded ' by the lights on the streets and cars. ' Scout Director Here !Mr. Q. H. Benson, National Direc- • tor of Rural Scouting will be preseat , at & meeting'of the Local Council Boy Scouts of America at the Pres-11, byteriaa church, Thursday, February 23rd., at 7:30 P. M. • All local people interested in this great boys organization are requested to he present and hear Mr. Benson .who was the.original organizer of the 4-H Clubs oi America but is now with the Rural Division, Boys Scouts of America. J. W. Gilliam, Chairman, Local Council, B. S. A. * Poultry Sale The Lee Mutual Poultry Aasocia tion will hold its scond cooperative | sale of the year in ^Sanford Satur day.' A car twill be on the Seaboard | track hear the passenger depot from, 9 a. m, tp 3 p. m. to receive poultry ! at 10c per pound for heavy hens, 14c per pound for spring broilers, and other grades of poultry in proper* tiem. A complete ji&WiiSt Is given jin an advertisement at' another place in this paper. • This car will follow the same sche dule that was used in January with | the car starting at Rayford and load • jing at Sanford and other points along l the Seaboard railway as it tooves to , I wards the northern markets. RECORDER HAD FULL DOCto ON LAST tt?BSDAY Judge McPherson? ] Docket In Local I - Last .Vi WHISKEY CAUSES? TROUBLE lack Bridges €Seni| Home To Learn . The ArtnfUeing t A' Gentleman, ^ :4 Tuesday was a busy' -day in Re order’s Court. : Sdiidjior Jackson gain had charge of the docket and pposed in 3 cases fortpr. Solicitor loyle. The former solicitor was suc easful in two attenugjajjat bat' bat >st eu thu third, i M.t ■Lionaiaeraoie luutratuaf^s snowij n the case of the State' igainst Mon roe. Mcmroe, a local BHn, was charg id with hav.ng inflict^ upon Tom lole, also local, several severe knue vovuids. Cole testified that Monroe, j vhom he knew well, at,it word to' im one Sunday morning to come to is place of business and hsive l.quid j efreshments with him* add that he >st no time in presenting himself;. Bat he found others lonroe hospitality. enjoying that verythlng got along will and the a without cas i vi&t, later] arty finally dispel allies, but upon a at i the day, Monroe dkb' o well, but accused; ils gun, and that in traighten out Moarou'tln a fnendly eniai he was viciousq} attacked by treat him of taking attempt to im with a knife, whidi he wciided nth tellingforce and e^fett, so much 3 that Cole took to flight, but was nable to dutdistanoa; his assailant ntil he had cut hind ^Veral thuds: hile trying to get away froia him. ionroe took the stand'in h s own be alf, but told a different story, shy. tg that he was 1; hen Cole entered, e knew of Uo.e s pi e was rudely awa lutching his <vindpipe, theivoy stop ing h.s bieathmg operations, and aat in desperation and in order to ave his own life he;jMd Ms Sown sleeping that the first ee v, ..s nia.it d by Cole S* Stfe?"offered*-aljiirfmVtietii ow that Monroe *«us <not asleep ten Cola entered his place the sec d time; and that he did not enter and attack Monroe but in a fiiend way. Core exhibited to the Court ven ugly scars; several of which emed to be three or four inches ig and reaching from his hips to s shoulder blades and also acr oss s stomach and arms. Monroe was and guilty and sentenced : to six onths on the roads. Notice of ap al was served by his attorneys, and nd fixed at $500. /UlULUVi, .. f the Court’s time was that of the itiaeois of Colon against Jack Brid es. It seems that Bridges has betw disturbing factor in the Colon nei hborhood for several weeks and had eon before Squire Beeves on some barge .21 which he was allowed to ay the costs. His second difficulty pparently grew' out of his first, to gether with some whiskey he had een drinking. The undercurrent oi he affair seemed to" indicate that bridges had been harboriug some re entment aga.nst those, -who hftiec urn into Squire Rives’ court, and hat the whiskey fired his grudge anc died his tongue at the same t.rae. A1 iny rate, he prceeded.to one of th< itores, where a number of people vere passing the time and trading as heir neiXis required, and proceeded ;o pay nfs respects to the commun ty, both present and absent ones, anc >efore he had flushed his tirade, tw< >i his former accusers entered, on< ask; making little headway, he wai joined by the second witn firmei ind stronger words of reproach.. in dead of having the desired effect or fridges, it had directly, the opposite ind he trained and concentrated hii vocal guns onl the two and then lef' the stre. A few minutes later, thesi same two accusers and tormentor! encountered him a second time in th< Solon brick yard, and hostilities wen renewed,-this time With brick-hat! and physical force. In the end thi Coifrt was of opinion that Bridges although not choice in his words oi careful in his behavior, was the ag ^reived rather than the aggressor and dismissed the case, with a 8tort warning, however, thatdt did not con aider Bridges a model "young ‘ mat and that any further, cases reaching the court from Us unseemly conduc might be viewed entirely differently Henrj( Lucas, colored boy, chargee with stealing a pint of gasoline’ frdn the Sapona MIUb, pleaded guilty ant was allowed to puy tha costs. . Hector Melts', colored boy living between Tramfey and Jonesboro gained a dismissal fronts charge o; cussing and frightening, the heigh boChood with a gun, Hia conduct wai such aa did not come within the lav (Continued On Page Eighth . V ■ ■-w?mrr FARM EXCHANGE FORMED NEW CREDIT CORPORATION WILL OFFER AID TO LEE FARMERS 3. C. Pittman, attorney at this city,' has been desg'iiated as attorney tor Lee County whose certificate of title | for liens, chatties and mortgages will be accepted by the Regional Agricul- ! tural Credit Corporation, of Raleigh,' for loans to be made to the people of this county, John P, Stedman, ex ecutive vice president and manager, announces, Mr. Stedman also announces that Er 0. McMahan, County Demonstra tion Agent, has agreed to aid those of this county seeking to borrow money from the Corporation in mak ing out their applications in proper form, thus facilitating the prelimin ary work and helping to save titt/tt. and eliminate “red -tape” in getting loans through. ;> ■Fees for attorneys, paid by the applicants, are limited to one-half of one per cent of the lean, with a mini mum of $1 and a maximum of $12.50, on chattels and liens, while the fees on real property will be governed by the amount of work involved in pre paring the abstract and . mortgage. Attorneys, as, well as county farm agents,' are Agreeing to perform the ; duties connected with making loans > largely for patriotic and community : reasons, Mr. Stedman states, point ing out that county agents are co operating Bplendidly. Interest on the loans is ' «§ the Jate of [5 1-2 per cent and a email inspection fee, depending on the s.ze of the loan, will be added, Mr. Sted man states. > Loans are not' to be made to per sons who may be interested in agri dulture and receiving* the major part of their income from other sources, but they wdl be confined to actual “dirt fanners" whose main livelihood comes from farming, poultry, live stock and dairy operations, Mr, Sted tnan states. 1^ is the farm owner, too, and not tHfe tenant farmer, who will'- be the beneficiary of the Re rional Agricultural Credit Corpora tion's assistance. Those engaged in producing crops, raising cattle, op erating dairies and raising poultry, in their own land will be extended - loans under the regulations of the Icorporatioo, the vice president and na'nager announces. “■- Loans are made direct from the Raleigh office and do not have to be passed upon in Washington, thus eli ninating time and trouble and per mitting the borrowers to get their noriey much earlier than otherwise vou!d be the case, Mr. Stedman Rates. LOCAL ATTORNEY $ i W ^TEB RACE first .Candidate To Announce > Por Office of Mayor At ' Mav Election, m&mi While Sir. D. B. Teague has not made au announcement, over his sig nature in the local press, he has made the statement to citizens of the town that he is in the running for election of Mayor of Sanford. office. __ been mentioned in connection with the office, put they have not stated whether or not they will be ,a can- ■ didate at-the municipal election in May. When a representative of., TTie Ex press last discussed the matter with;. Mayor Williams he was undecided as.' to whether or not he would be a can- | didate to succeed himself. He is now out of town and we shall not be able to interview him before going to press. We shall have more to say about the mayoralty race later. FORUM ELECTS j NEW OFFICERS I- — New Set of Officers To Serve Six Months Is Elected By . Young Men’s Club. . The Tar Heel Forum met at the Wilrik Hotel ..Tuesday night and 'among the business matters transact ed was the election of officers for the ensuing six months. E. M. Under wood, Jr., retired as president of the Forum for the past six months. The i following officers were elected: | | President, E. S. Harris; 1st Vice president, Mack Stout; 2nd. v.ce pre eidtnt, W. D. Gregson; Sec-Treas., Wendell Chaffin; Executive Commit-, tee. E. M. Underwood, chairman; James Mclver, Clarence Crabtree, E. 'S. Harris, Wendell Chaffin. j , . Membership committee. W. E. Hor . ner, Chairman; Todd Caldwell, E. C. 'York. I Program committee: (March 1933) J. C. Pittman, Chairman; John C. Ronald Ledwell, Sergeant-at-Arms. Juniors In Special Meet j The members of the Jr* 0. U. A. ;M„ in Lee county, are looking for ward with much interest „to their 11 general get-together, meeting, which is to be held with Sanford Council, j No. Ill, in Sanford on Thursday, night, February 23rd., beginning at 8 o’clock. I The following program has been ■ arranged for the occasion: ' Deputy State Cuncilor, D. B. Teague, Presiding. ' ." Music—By the Moose Band and Or chestra, Sanford. ■ Purpose of the Meeting—h. B, Teague l Address—Service. to, Our Order— >... Chas. F. ,Tankersley, Jr., District i; Deputy State Councilor,, Hen i. derson. Presented by T. I* Riddle. Addrees-J. F. Deaton, District De puty State Councilor, 17th. Dis trict, Aberdeen. Presented by ..v ! S. J. Husketh. " Muse John Lyles. SANKAFFAIRS I® HAND OF AGENT W. Woodley, Jr./ Appointed. Liquidating Agent Hy /. Bank Commissioner.. _ It was briefly stated* in Vhe .Ex-, ness last week that the Uni.J Bank ind Trust Company, headquarters in Jreensboi-o, had failed and closed its loors. It is since learned that W. W, Woodley, Jr., was last "week/ ap was made by Guemey P. Hoo , State Commissioner of Banks. Mr. Wood lay was busy the first of tlx- week making preparations to begin h_s work in Greensboro, Sanford, Bur lington, Reidsville and the other com nunities in which the bank had units. Audit of the accounts of this chain jf banks was inaugurated last week t>y members of the staff of A. Lee Rawlins and Company, of Greensboro, Raleigh and Norfolk, Va., proceeding ruder direction of Commissioner Rood. The Express is informed that two expert accountants who were busy several days auditing the accounts of the Sanford branch of the United Bank and Trust Company, finished their work here Tuesday and return ed to Greensboro. People here and in this section who had money in this bank, have so far been unable to learn anything about the condition of the local unit of the bank. Just what per cent of their deposits they are going to be able to get remains for the future to reveal. When the bank failed the first time daposiors received 65, per cent of the funds and the other 35 per cent in real estate and they were made stockholders in a separate company. It is understood that this land stjock company is not involved fa this bank failure. The depositors of the hank will probably learn in a few days what disposition will be made. .Food Demonstration Horae demonstration club women and friends had a great treat Wed nesday morning whe& more than 150 women from eighteen continuities gathered at the Town Hall to heaj Mrs. Frances Young ” Cline ’ of the General Foods Corporation, of New York, demonstrate various dishes. Mrs. Cline is a most skillful de monstrator and came to Sanford un der the auspices of Miss Cornelia Simpson, Home Demonstration Agem and the County Council. The members of the Home Demon stration Chibs manifested much' in terest in the program put on bj Mfs. Cline and gained much informa tion that will be a great help to then in their domestic work in the home. POULTRY SALE The ®. E. FJler Produce Co.-wil hold another Sale at Palmer ant Itpeves. Stable on Saturday, Feb. 25 They will pay spot cash with som< grades of poultry bringiny as higl as 15c pound. Watch for advertise merit in this publication neyt week For information see'or Write. Raj Bullis. h ANNUAL PROGRAM f. IS DISCUSSED AT FARM MEET HERE About 200 Farmers aiud Farm Womejf Hold Important Meet On Wednesday PROMINENT SPEAKERS ,tv About 200 farmers and farm women of Lee County met in the Sanford Town Hall Wed nesday afternoon at the call of the Lee County Board of Agri culture and the County Council of Home Demonstration Clubs to discuss plans for a farming , _ program and to organize a bar ter exchange throughout the' county. Out-of-county speakers at this I meeting were . Mr. C. A. Shef-; field, Assistant Director of Ex [ tension work at State College, i and Mrs. Estelle T. Smith, Dis trict Home Demonstration agent i Local people who spoke were County Agent E. 0. McMahan, Miss Cornelia Simpson, Home Demonstration Agent, Mr. J. F. Womble, and Mr. C. R. Hall, of the Deep River community, Mr. J, E, Adams, of Jonesboro, and Mr. J. R. Sanders, of San ford. ■ *■■ ■ ■' , v/ 1*11. oneiiieiu empnasizeu me importance of a farming pro gram that would enable farm people to grow their Supplies on the farm. Mr. McMahan saStf jthltrit jWAs -the duty of everyt /citizen of the county to help in' the movement now underway to. have every family that has been receiving Federal Relief grow, a 'garden and other food go that s .theK'wiU not need help m. the£,jt-. "*“* slogan thi»|/% change for the whole county'ar”'®** | rangements were made to have | a,marketing committee in each community under the auspices of the Home Demonstration | clubs and the Granges. Bulletin j boards will be provided for post ing notices at some public place 1 in each community and one has . been set up at the court house to serve the whole county. Mr. E. D. Nall said that he would provide another one at some place in Sanford. This type of exchange will fill a particular need at this time when people have so little money to buy with but have surpluses of some pro ducts that they would like to swap for things they need. POSTOFFICE SITE YET UNDECIDED Selection of Building Site Nar rows To Two Steele Street Locations. An inspector from Washington was here the first of the week inspecting and surveying sites for the new post office building that will be construct ed here in the near future. As only two lots were surveyed with a view to selecting the site, the Smith lot on the comer of Chatham and Mclver streets has been eliminated and will not figure ip the selection. This in ■ spector has the last say in the mat: I ter and as we Understand it the lot he recommends will be bought by the Federal vovemment for the postoffioa building. The only two sites now considered, bo we are Informed, is the lot on the ' comer of Steele and ‘Cole streets, on the opposite side of the street froA j Steele street Methodist church, and the lot owned by Dr. J. P. Monroe on the comer of Steele and Gordon streets. This inspector after pricing [land looking the lots over returned to Washington without having made known his decision in the matter. The owners of the property and peo ple of the town are kept guessing as to where the’official lightning from Washington will strike. The whole thing is-still up In the air/andine? one would be so rash as tomalcs a wager as to which lot -wilt iget -th*: building. - ’J l:t !>.'!if t'Ho vij •. :!i i!'L k. % iif lm Mrs. Ed Mansfield left this for a visit to her sister, Mrs. Brooke, in Virginia. • •
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