> AM
ED1T0KIAL
ALL PREMIUMS PAID BY THE
LEE COUNTY PAIR.
The Lee County Fair, which was
held in this pl^ce last week, would
havfe been a howling success finan
cially had not the rain practically
rained it out during the last three
days.' As an exhibition of farm,
horticultural, vegetable, flowers,
and plants, home industry, arts,
cilafts and sewing, it was a signal
success. ’ As this paper stated last
week it was a success in quality, if
not quantity. Some of the things
displayed were no doubt the e.j al
of any thing of the same kind on dis
play at the State " Fair this week.
One booth displayed more than 500
articles produced in the county. We
doubt if the S^ate Fair can beat that.
You need not . be surprised at this
when it is called to mind that there
are four or five different kinds of
soil in the county. The only thing
that prevents the farmers from pro
ducing tropical fruits in this county
is they’re not farming in tropical cli
mate. They have the soil, but the
warm sason is too short.
It was hard enough at best to
hold county fairs in t.he state. By
it is made more difficult than ever.
It now looks like taxing coujity fairs
out of Existence' unless certain very
exacting requirements are met. A
committee was created by. the Legis -
lature whose business is ’to pass on
/all fair quaifications, and unless
) they meet these qualifications pre..
■ vent them from' being held. They
must pay a state, county and town
tax that is nothing less than pro
hibitory in many counties. If the
people of a county wish to hold a
fair why should the state interfere
by exacting well nigh impossible qual
ifications?
This measure enacted by the last
Legislature requires that:
“1. Each county fair having no
horse, or auto races must have a
premium list of $500, of which 80
per cent must be paid.
“2. Each county fair having horse
or auto races must 'have a premium
list of $1,000, of which 80 per cent
must be paid.
“3. All premiems must be cash,.
“4. Each fair must equally divide
- M atpong Jhe five dif-^
hotriteultural livestock, poultry, and
domestic science.
“5. Any county fair not having a
premium list of $500, without races,
or $1,0,00 with races, must raise
thejr premiums to conform with
this amount before exemption is
granted.
"6. No community fair is requir
ed to have a premium list, neither
can they have a carnival rim in con
nection with their fair ^unless tax is
paid on same. The only exemption
granted a community fair is on rides
and games. The exemption that ap
plies to the 1936 fairs.
“7, Any fair oDeratine on Sun
day shall in no case be exempt from
tax imposed bp the State.
“8. After the fair is over the
secretary of each fair must, within
thirty days, furnish the Commission
er of Revenue, a ecrtified list of all
premiums paid, to whom paid and
total amount paid.
“The committee also states that
even though your fair is exempt un
der the above rules that, if at any
time, during your fair week any
member of the committee visits your
fair and finds same not a strictly ag
rieultural fair he has the power then
and there to rescind the above ap
proval granted and to authorize
agents df the State Department of
Revenue to collect taxes due.”
The above qualifications are re
quired in holding a fair. You can
readily see from these rules and
regulations how difficult it is to hold
a county fair. To avoid the heavy
tax a Fair Association must have a
premium list of 1500.00. As much
as 80 per cent of this must be paid
out as premiums. The only way to
avoid meeting these qualifications is
for a County Fair Association to be..
com a member of the State Fair As
done dictation comes from Raleigh
as to when and how the fair shall be
held. This looks like a monopoly
and another case of centralization
at the State Capitol. The State has
it in schools, in roads, now it seems
to be pressing hard to get it in fairs.
The farmer should have a right to
exhibit his products in a fair in the
county in which he lives without un
dergoing hardship.
DIGMUS CLUB WANTS SAFETY
ON THE HIGHWAYS.
. You often hear the remark,
■There is nothing new these days, es
peeially at fairs and circuses. If
you have seen one yoli have seen
all.” If you will look around some
times you will find that this state
ment is untrue. We made a discov
ery at the Lee County Fair last
week and we presume ail who at
SPECIAL NOTICE.
The Trip Grange will sponsor an
oyster Bupper at the American Le
gion Hut Thursday, October 22nd,
, beginning at 7 P. M., The price will
be attractive.
Mr. Tobacco buyer, Sanford bus
iness men, club women of the county
and town, come out and help The
Trio Grange. This money will go
to build their community hut. The
Jonesboro Grange is invited to come
and join in. This is a worthy cause
JOHN W. McINTOSH, Jr,
PASSES THURSDAY
John W. McIntosh, Jr., who has
been ill in lee County* Hospital for
some weeks, died Thursday at 12:10
o’clock.
The funeral will be held Friday at
3 P. M., at the home, conducted by
Rev. A. V. Gibson, pastor of the
i Presbyterian church. Interment will
. be at Buffalo cemetery.
I A more extended account of his
j death will appear in next week’s is
sue of this paper.
LLOYD REUNION. '*
The descendants of Major Genera,!
Thomas E. Lloyd will meet at Beth
el Hill, for a family reunion Sun_
el Hill, for a famiy reunion, Sun
day, October 18th. All relatives in
this section are requested to attend
and bring a full basket.
tended the fair saw it. It was a
cleverly designed and constructed
highway in the Dignus booth. .Jf the
Dignus booth had carried out noth
ing but that design it would have
been worth while. Nothing could
have been more appropriate at this
time. It was an idea worth pur
suing a* other fairs. This nnnia
ture road was constructed of clay and
emphasized the word “Safety." This
thing was more eloquent in empha..
sizing safety on the highways than
all the editorials that could be writ
ten on the subject. On this highway
were to be seen automobiles ana
one could imagine that they were
moving hither and thither. There
was a tragedy pictured on this high
way as is often seen on the great
highways of today. Two cars had
had a head-on collision, and nearby
was to be seen the body of a child
that had been killed in .the wreck. In
its magnitude the thing has become
i appalling. r
, . lay; week to we
j month .to month, year to year, if
; grater than war itself. . What is go
i ing to be done about it ? The solu
I tion Of this problem rests with the
people who travel the highways. II
they wish to protect the lives of othei
people and at the same time protecl
their own lives, there is just one way
to do it. Operate their cars at a safe
reasonable speed and the problem will
be solved. '
REPUBLICAN LEADERS
COMPARED TO TWO-FACED
GOD, JANUS.
President Roosevelt has a way of
saying- things that cuts to the quick,
but it is not the abusive kind of po...
litfcal argument. The chief exe
cutive is now on a tour of the west
ern states. In a speech at Denver
Monday night he paid his respects
to the Republican leaders by com.,
paring them to the “Two-Faced”
God Janus, which made a_ palpable
hit. From time to time during the
rendering of his speech he was inter
rupted by applause and laughter
from the crowd. The people of the i
country have discovered that he is
an able campaigner as well as states
man. !
. "But he got the biggest hand, and j
a series of laughs, when he injected I
the reference to Janus into his ad
dress.
"Standing bearheaded on the flag,
shrouded platform banging his fist
and shaking his head in emphasis,the
chief executive asserted ’’when repub
lican leaders speak out here they pro
claim their sympathy with all these
western projects and promise you
more and more of them. They cost
money; they cost a lot of money.
“But when they speak to audiences
in the East, they proclaim that they
are going to cut government expendi I
tures to the bone.
“If you will look in your history
books, you will find that' about 2000
years ago there was an old Roman
god named Janus. Janus had two
faces. He faced both ways. He had
two mouths. I need not explain
that parable any further.”
“Immediately he asked whether his
listeners were willing to turn America
over - to those .’who in past years
shut their eyes to the problems of
the'nation.”
"The throng standing before him
under a warm sun thundered back a
loud “NoJ”
“After asserting that the' people
themselves, had selected the projects
by which federal government was
to provide jobs for the needy, the
President waded into the republicans
leaders without mentioning any
nameB.”
|(jO£dlljt
Mr. T. L. Brodie, of Burlington,
hae accepted a position as pharma_
cist in the Thomas Drug Store. Mr!
Brodie is experienced in his profes
sion and will be an asset to the
business.
Work is moving along at a rapid
rate on the frails of the new postof
fice and the building is now taking
shape. With good weather the
walls will be finished in a short
time.
Many from Sanford are in Raleigh
this week attending the State Fair.
Some agricultural exhibits have
been carried over from Lee County
to the fair. These exhibits were
displayed at the Lee Conty fair last
week.
Mr. Frank Westbrook, of Wash
ington, D. C., visited Mr. and Mrs.
J. R. Ingram the first of the week.
Mr. J. B. Ross, of Washington,
D. C., Mrs. Walena Summers, Miss
Glenn Ross and Mr. and Mrs. D. L.
St. Clair spent Wednesday in Con
cord.
Miss Frances Wise, of Manteo,
has a position ' /ith the Sanford Pi
ian Company, and is staying with
Mrs. Edith Gaines, on Maple Ave.
Miss Milred Sanders, Herman Sul
livan, Archie Cook and Beatrice
Sanders, spent Sunday visiting their
friends in Raleigh and Wilson.
Strange to say no pumpkins were
exhibited for premiums at the Lee
v/uuuuy i’iiir mat weeK. mere is
no soil that will grow bigger pump
kins that the soil on the low lands
of Deep and Cape Fear rivers. When
pumpkin pies is well seasoned and
well cooked it is hard to beat.
Rev. S. S. Williams, of Comer,
Ga., will preach at the East Sanford
Baptist church next Sunday morning
at 11 o'clock. The music for the
occasion will by led by Mr. Frank
J. Watsoiy of Athens, Ga. The
public is invited to attend these
services.
All premiums that were awarded
on exhibits at the Lee County Fair
last week will be published in this
paper next week. Dr. J. F. Fos
ter, who was at the head of the fair,
made the final payments this week.
They amounted to more than $600.
^ ince.profit.woujd^ve beenpeaL^
fifed fwm* thb'Fair had* the weather
remained favorable throughout the
week. Many waded through mud
and water to see the exhibits.
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DEER PLENTIFUL
This paper is informed that there
are plenty of deer this season in the
section of the neighborhood of the
government reservation near Fort
Bragg. Since The State game
law. was. amended so as to
include deer they have increased in
numbers every year and are almost
as plentiful in the upper Harnett
section as rabbits. They seem to
know how to find protection even
during the season that the law al.
lows them killed. When chased by
dogs they often make their way to
the reservation where they find a
haven.of protection. If hunters are
found huting them inside the reserve
tion they are put under arrest and
pumsned. Deer seem to be penti
ful in all the lower sections of the
state. Hunters in this section will
be interested to know that announce '
ment has been made that the entire '
86,000 acres of the Pisgah National
Game Preserve in Western North
Carolina will be opened for the first
time to 1,700 selected deer hunters
this fall.
The Asheville Chamber of Com -
merce will draw t he 1,700 hunters
and 40 alternates by lot on October
28 from application* filed with the
forest supervisor in Asheville by
October 24th.
The hunters will be allowed three
days on a regular accessible area or
five days on an 8,00(1 acre ’‘wilder
ness area*” *
Each will be allowed to shoot one
adult buck deer with visible antlers”.
A $5 “cooperative deposit” is re
quired.
AT CGC CAMP AT RALEIGH.
J. D. Pegram, County Welfare
Superintendent, has sent the follow
ing Lee county boys to Raleigh to
enter the CCC Camp there:
Albert Morgan, Route 5, Sanford;
William. H. Stone, Gavin F. Smith,
Sanford, route two; Mack Gilmore;
Jonesboro ,Route 1; Edgar Davis,
Jonesboro, Route 4; Joseph Jeff- [
ries, Sanford. kj
ST. THOMAS EPISCOPAL^ I
CHURCH.
Rev. F. Craighill Brown, Rector.
Sunday, October 18th, nineteenth
Sunday after Trinity. 3 P. M. Sun
day School; C P. M., Evening Pray
er and sermon.
The public is cordially invited.
D. B. TEAGUE.,DISCUSSES NEW
' METHOD OF JXECIING
PRESIDENT AND
V-PBES.
At the meeting >f the Kiwanis
Club at Wilxik Hoi il last Friday
'night, D. B. Teag«£ disussed and
explained the worki Igs of the new
method of electing [ President and
I -MTOg pnpia ° W3p!sejtj-eo!A
| The'names of the} candidates lh
each party will be printed and a
vote for the candi< ate will be a
; vote for the eleetorfof the party by
which candidates 1 ere nominated.
On the day after <2 e election the
’ county Board of Elections will meet
at the Court House,.'canvass the vote
and make their reti&ns to the State
Board of Election^ Mr. Teague
explained that after the electors
have been selected^^iey will be call
ed to Raleigh on ijfccember 14th to
cast the state electoral vote for the
winning candidates-in the state.
1 There has been "j''another change
made. The date - [ of inaugurating
the President has t*en hanged from
20 th.
had charge of
each member
paper with the
'rite an answ'er
ms and pass it
in on the right,
of paper had
March 4th, to Ji
i B. B. Hammer,
the program,
of the club a sheet
instruction that
to one of six qu
on to the next pi
After these shee.
passed around the i*ib several time;
they were taken up'by Mr. Hammer
Following were'top six question
fead by the perscfe who had then
at the time tney stepped writing:
What is your name ?
How old are y‘«»fcf
How many ehil
If you were to"
cupation what w
What were you
9 oclock, and witji
talking ?
The delegates tO'fbe Kiwanis Co;
vention which wift^held in Green
boro at an early dal
Friday night. Dr;
land Currin and B.
was a committee
cers for the clii
have you?
yhange your oc
you be?
ng last night at
horn were you
, will be elected
z „. Foster,Gar,
?. Kammer were
^nominate offi...
?pr the coming
SANFORD DEJ
ROCKINGHAM ELEVEN
Despite the mild aoaked
fiedt the Sanford }Knd . RocMngham
ball teams plgj£d $n-.e*citing
day afternoon. . Many who expect
ed to witness the game did not tprn
out as they took it for granted that
it would not be'played. Sanford
had the best of the contest from the
time the whistle sounded till the
game it losed. The Rockingham
team failed to score during the
game while Sanford scored two
tounchdowns and made the extra
points, making the final score 14 to
nothing. I
Conder Sanford’s right end, scored
the two touchdowns for the locals,
one in the first quarter, and another i
in the third, when he ran 70 yards
for the touchdown. Rockingham
has a good team, but the visitors
were outclassed at every phase of
the game. j
Sanford wi'.l play Lumberton at J
'Lumberton, Friday. As both j
schools have strong teams, it is 1
expected that this will be a good 1
game.
WHALE DRAWS A LARGE
CROWD.
A large crowd of people turned
out last Monday afternoon and at
night to see the big whale which was
exhibiteu in a railroad car at this
place, ihe crowd looked to be al
most as large as the crowd that at ;
tended the Lee County Fair last j
week. Although it cost only 10 |
cents to see the big fish, a big sum
of money was realized from the sale I
of tickets. All marveled at the
size of the monster of the deep and
heard the story of his capture and
how he had been carried over the
country and exhibited. There were
other things that attracted admost
as much attention as the whale,
especially the stunts of the educat
ed fleas. People in this neck of I
the woods were led to believe by |
experience that about the only thing
.the flea was capable of doing was to
bite and jump., Did you know that
the flea is a very discriminating in
sect? They will not associate with
goats. It is presumed that they
have a keen sense of scent. It is
said they can jump twenty feet and
can be trained to execute marvelous
stunts.
REVIVAL AT BROADWAY ^
A revival meeting will begin at
Brohdway M. E. church next Sun
day morning. There will be evep_
ing services at 7:30 beginning Mon
day evening. The afternoon se-rv
ices will begin Tuesday afternoon
at 3 o’clock. Rev. R. S. Cody wills
do the preaching, and the public is
cordially invited to attend.
P&Wltyj
Miss Helen Foust visited her sis
ter, Mrs. Q. S. Burk, last week.
Mrs. L. F. Fields and baby, of
Durham, visited Mrs. W. V. Fcust
list week.
Mrs. V. M. Burns, of Eagle
Springs, visited her son, R. L. Burns
and family, last week
last week Mrs. J. P. Ivey, of Mari.,
anna, Florida.
Mrs. Dan Matthews has re-tuumed
from Aberdeen, where she visited
Mrs. Knoh Mat.Vws.
Miss Jane Gurley visited in Freder
icksburg, Va., last week.
Miss Jean Lane, of Durham, spent
the week end at home.
Mrs. Annie Ross, Misses Judith
and Glenn Ross and Mrs. Walena
Summers, and Mr. J. B. Ross, of
Washington, D. C., visited relatives
Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Talton spent
the week end in Smithfield with their
people and attended a family reunion
Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
A. T. Borbour, parents of Mrs. Tal
ton.
Miss Frances Wieker, of Boone,
spent the week end with her father]
Mr. T. A. Wicker.
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Cole, of Rae
ford, spent a few days with Mr. and
Mrs. Neill A. Co’e last week and at
tended Lee County Fair.
Reid Wicker, student at Fork
Union Military Academy in Virginia,
is at home for a few days.
R. H. Meeks and Lee S. Jones, Jr.
spent Monday in Greensboro on busi
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Salmon, Jr.,
went to Durham Sunday for the day.
Mrs. Salmon remained for a two
weeks’ visit with Mrs. J. T. Salmon
Mrs. Houston Morrison and daugh
te, Theresa, of Greensboro, and Mrs.
Emma Kennedy, of High Point,
spent Sunday with Mrs. Ormond
Bernard.
Mr. R. P. Rosser and daughters,
Mary Shaw and Betty, spent Sunday
in Henderson with Mrs. S. S. Steven
son.
Miss Helen Foust is spending the
Week in Carthage with relatives and
friends.
Mr. and Mrs.'C. A. Bland, of
‘Wadesbaro, spent the week end with
festers
iss Mary Alice Fields, of Gold
ston, visited his grandmother, Mrs.
Lilyas Brown, this week.
Mrs. Rex Kelly and daughter, Ruth
Ann, visited Mrs. Jack Anderson, in
Greensboro, last week.
Miss Etta Lewis,of Whitevillle, is
visiting her sister, Mrs. R. E. Car
rington ,J,r., and Mrs. Archie P..i
Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Talton, of
Smithfield, visited their son, R. S.
Talton, Monday, who has been sick
for the past few days. Mr. Talton
is improving.
L. M. Summerfield left this week
tfor South Boston, in the interest
of one of his stores.
NEW REGISTRATION RULES
AND LAWS IN THE
NOVEMBER ELECTION
No doubt there are many voters
in this section who are not familiar
with the rules and regulations gov
erning the registration in the No
vember election.
A pVson 1'ho jloves from one
township to another is not required
to obtain a certificate of removal.
However, any one who moves from
one voting precinct, or ward, to an
other within the same township must
have a certificate of removal from
the registrar of his former voting
place and present this when he ap
plies for registration in his ne\V
precinct.
With the elecJVn appr.%iching
rapidly, it would be well to attend
to this matter promptly, especially
as ther are several townships in the
county with more than one voting
precinct.
MEETING AT FIRST BAPTIST
CHURCH.
A revival meeting has been in
progress at the First Baptist church
since last Sunday morning. Rev.
J. B. Willis, pastor of the Baptist
church at Hamlet, is now conducting
the services, having preached his
first sermon last Monday night. Mr.
Willis has a host of friends among
all denominations in Sanford, having
held his first pastorate at this place
years ago. He resigned and ac
cepted a call to the Morehead City
church 19 years ago. From there
he went to Hamlet., where he has
since served as pastor of the First
Baptist church. Mr. Wil’is, who
is preaching ab’e sermons, is heard
by large congregations especially at
night. Services are held at 3:45 in
the afternoon so as to give the
school children an opportunity to at
tend. The night service is held at
7:30. The meeting will continue till
Sunday if not longer.
J. W. STOUT, Jr., PAROLED
BY GOVERNOR EHRINGHAUS
After He Is Discharged From State
Prison Leaves With His Wite on
Their Honeymoon.
J. W. Stout, Jr., Sanford youth,
formerly a student at State College,
was paroled by Governor Ehflng
haus Tuesday from a three to five
year term for manslaughter.
Stout was convicted in Chatham
Superior Court last October, after he
had run down five pedestrians on a
wild ride between Pittsboro and
Chapel Hill and had injured three
of them fatally.
Announcing the Governor’s action
in the case, Paroles Commissioner
Edwin Gill said recommendations
for clemency for Stout from trial
Judge W. A. Devin and Solicitor C.
C .Canaday had been bolstered by
others from 11 of the trial jurors,
Mayor Banks Wilkins, of Sanford;
Gunter Watson, Clerk of Lee Supe
rior Court, G. R. Wheeler, County !
Superintendent of Education and oth
er prominent citizens. i
He said the 11 jurors expressed |
tJle belief that Stout had been “sui- j
ficiently punished for his crime” and !
that he had been informed the youth j
would have a job on his release. :
Stout’s prison conduct was describ j
ed as “excellent.”
“From a careful investigation I
have good reason to believe the pris- *
oner is without criminal intent,” |
the parole order stated/ and that
the ends of justice will be served j '
by his release at this time.” j
We are informed that after Stout , 1
was discharged from the State pris
on he and his young wife left on
their honeymoon. They had not
been married long.
THOSE SICK IN COMMUNITY
Mr. R. S. Taiton, who has
ill for the past few days at
home on Hawkins Avenue, is
proving.
Mrs. R. M. Beuchel, who 1.. ...
in Lee County Hospital for t..c
two weeks, returned home Su.
much improved.
W. T. Currin, manager of
Planters Warehouse in Sanfc.
in McPherson Hospital, D
having undergone an opera,...
his righV eye.
been ,
his !
past
urday
the
ham, i
1 on 1
Watts HospitaJ, Durham. . . and
Mrs. Richardson, Billie’s j . ..its, '
recently came to Sanford an.. aave I
charge of the news sta..^ on J
Carthage street. |
Mrs. Lilyas Brown is gradually ,
improving at her home on Hawkins '
Avenue. ;
Reid Wicker is at home from Fork !
Union Military Academy, on the sick
list. He hopes to return to s;hoo! !
in a few* days. j
Mrs. E. C.Ca rrp is confined to
her home on Summit Avenue.
Treva Neil Bums is gradually
improvingdier friends will be please- .
ed to learn.
McBRYDE REUNION
Mr. and Mrs. F\ H. McBryde and
children, Mr .and Mrs. L. H. Mo . '
Bryde and children, Mrs. N. J. Kel
ly, Albert Hackney and Miss Dor
othy Wood attended the McBrydo
reunion which was held at the home [
of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas McBryde, 1
Sunday, October 4th. The day was i
appoited to honor Mrs. Luella Me.. 1
Bryde on her 77th birthday one of .
the early settlers of this section. |
Mrs. McBryde received a number of I
gifts and a sumptuous picnic dinner I
was served at the noon hour.
TRIO GRANGE,
The Trio Grange met Friday even (
ing with Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Ander
son. Plans were made to continue
the drive to raise funds for the
gitange community house. An oys
ter supper will be given at the
J American Legion hut Thursday ev
ening, October 22nd, beginning at 7
I o’clock, P. M. The price will be |
I very reasonable.
I Mr. George Wakefield, who recent
ly came to the community, made a
splendid talk. "Mr. Wakefield said
that he once belonged to the Porno.
na Grange of New York State.
MR. AND MRS. YARBOROUGH
AT CONVENTION.
Mr. and Mrs. Phil Yarborough
are at Atlantic City this week at- i
tending the annual convention of
the National Dairymen’s Associa
tion and exhibit.
ATTEND CONFERENCE
Rev. Ervin Hyde and mempers of
Rev. Ervin Hyde and members of .
Doyle McFarland, and Mrs. A. £ I
Thomas attended a> Missionary Con l
ference at the Congregational Chris 1
tian church last week. |
SANFORD TOBACCO MARKET
SURPASSES LAST YEAR
Inthe middle of its fourth week of
sales for the 1936 marketing season,
the Sanford tobacco market found
itse’f nearly 10)0,000 pounds ahead
of the amount sold here Last season,
during the same period of time,,
with the amount of money paid out.
for the leaf over $100,000 more than
paid last year.
Thus, despite a short crop, the
local market is proving itself a.
leader in this section of the state
by showing increased poundage in a
Season when most markets are get
ting less tobacco on their floors be
cause of leaf shortage.
Monday of this week witnessed
the biggest break of the season
with 191,736 pounds in the four
large warehouse floors, all of
which was cleared off by swift, ef
ficient bidding ofSanford’s expert
set of buyers. This amount of leaf
brought nearly $45,000 in spite of.
the fact that much of the leaf
dominating the floors was of poor
quality. - -
A number of markets are blam
ing a short crop for the decrease in
leaf this year; butthe fact thaA
Sanford’s market has sold 1,628*,..
882 pounds so far this year compar
ed with 1,524,154 during the satnft;
period la.st year, shows that this
market continues to spread satisfac
don among growers.
Daily averages range from four
o ten cents higher than similar
lays a year ago. Averages of
he present season range from $23
>er hundred to $25 and $26 per
lundred, depending chiefly on what
?rade of tobacco predomi nates the
doors. Growers say the price per
grades have remained almost cbn_,
»tant here since market opened, .
:OUNTY ATTORNEY HOYLE
’RESENTS LEE’S ROAD CLAIMS
K. R.| Hoyle, attorney,was In
laleigh last week and presentd
•■ee county’s claim for refunding
274,918.75 in bonds, the money
rom which was spent by the1
ounty on improved highways years
«o. -
Declaring that Lee county was the
‘premier good roads county of the
South,” before the State Highway
System was created, Mr. Hoyle said
than it does more roads at the pres
ait time."
The matter will probably come up
igain at some later date.
WILL SEABOARD MILL BE
PUT IN OPERATION?
Parties were here recent.y inter
red in a proposition to buy and put
he plant of the Seaboard Flour
Vlills in operation. W. R. Williams
vas made receoved for the company
several years ago. It was finally
;aken over by the Carolina Mortgage
:ompany, of Raleigh. This company
had a mortgage on the plant anil
Cook it over to protect interest.The
mill was built and operated by J. T\
Ledwell, an experienced mill man..
Like many other manufacturing en
terprises ,this mill was hard hit by
the depression^ It has not been op
erated in a number of years. The
mill is of modern construction and
might be successfully operated if
some money was invisted in it and a
practical man put at the head
of it.
This mill was bur’t before all the
water mills had gone out. Very
few mills in this part of the country
are now operated by water power..
If this mill were rehabilitated it
would give employment to a number
of employees and mean one more en*
terprise for the town.
PHOENIX CONSTRUCTION
PLANT IN OPERATION
The Phoenix Construction ele-ctric
p’&nt, on the Cape Fear River, be
low Moncure has been put in opera
tion by its owner, the Carolina Pow
er and Light Company. This is an
auxiliary plant built at a great cost
to take care of any emergency that
might arise in operating the various
plants of the Carolina Power and
Light Company in this part of the
State. Some of the plants have been
shut down for repairs. This is the
reason that this auxiliary plant is
now in operation. This plant was
constructed at a cost of more than
one million dollars and it requires an
immense amount of coal to keep it
in operation. The construction of
this plant was a fine piece of civil
engineering and can be put in opera. .
tion at short notice,
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NEW CHAPTER ORGANIZE!*
Mrs. R. L. Burns, Worthy Matron
of the Sanfird Chapter Order of the
Eastern Sta, and Mrs. F. R. Snipe*,
grand representative, helped organic
ed a chapter at Hemp last week,
which is expected to do a good work.