\ ■ VOLUME 00, NO 20 THE SANFORD EXPRESS SANFORD NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH 11, M37 -J-iil-ll' —« Publiflhpjl WBPK1V Two Weeks Term Lete Court Will Convene i 22c Judgte W C Harris Will Preside - First Week For Trial of Critnina Cases — Juny| List For The Tf( Weeks. A two weeks mixed terf of Let Superior Court wil convene at the Court House or; Monday, March 22d with Judge W C Harris presiding Judge Haris is known to mar.'y 01 our local readers, having held couri here some eight or ten years ago II is expectel that the crinjijud dockei will not be very heavy as man) cases have been tried and disposec of in the county court during the past few weeks There will not be many civil cases© of importance t( be tried Following is the jury lisl for the two weeks: FIRST WEEK4 W P Adcock, K D Brackten, J k Brinn, Geo M Brannon, A B Cox I J OogginB, L H Cox, Melviii Cole .T T Gunter, J h Griffin, K,-G Har. rington, J M Harrington, W M Holt, Anthon'y, Jordan, C B Jack, son, Alex Knott, S E Key, R E Key Robert Lanier, J 0 Layne, E B Moi gan, R J Matthews, P F Morgan J P McDavldV Clarence McNeill L B Pardue, Fred Ray, H G Rpsaer Verit'on Sesoms, W T Seagroves L S Somers, C L Snipes, J A Stone C H Seagroves, Louis A Thomas M V Tomberlin, Owen Taylor, K M Wicker, L C Wicker, Jacob Williams J C Watson SECOND EEK: N D Bradley, L C Barber, P I Dark, Moodey Ellis, N N Fincher C H Fleming, M V Foust, L H Hipp Durban Harrington, Joe L Hardy J T James,, Roy N Knight, K A Kei nedy, A R Lett, E J Mash bum, R , Nrothcutt, O W Parham, J L Poe J C Pickkrd, C M Rosser, W > Smith, F J Smith, L J Sea well, Rae ^ord Spivey, Reid Simpson, W -1 Temple, Ottia L Thomas, N E Wil liams Tom Welbter, Geo T Watson h a wiiiett, i? 6 mwu, mw> Wictety Q.grau* H:" •—-‘v-y-vr ■ ■ ■ , "••• McNEIL BTBLE CLASS The McNeill Bible class of th< Presbyterian church met at the home of Mrs Lee S Jones Friday even, ing Mrs S B Jones was joint hos. tess The meeting was openec with a' song followed with prayer bj Mrs T G Gunn The chairman af pointed committees for the v hek< quarter reprorts are given of the first quarters activities Mrs C G Hatch led the devotional Mn Dai! B King staged a contest ir which the names of men and womer of the Old ' Testament were usee Mrs A G Carter was winner of the prize, a flower vase The hostesses served cakes and coffee Mrs S J Husketh- will be the April hostess. STATE CONVENTION Quite a number of^the members ol the First Baptist church attendee the State Convention held in Char., lotte Tuesday, Wednesday and Thun day of this week Mrs W R Hart. ness, Mrs R E Wall and Mrs T T Hhyes are the delegates from the church Quite a number . .atttesndec each day of the week . CHOIR OF MEHODIST ORPHANAGE HEARD SUNDAY The choir of the Methodist Orph anage of Raleigh, delighted the large congregation at Steele Street Mthodist Church Sunday morning when thy gave oife of their splendid programs The congregation is rfev er disappointed when these young people present their program. Presiding Elder D E Earnhardt, preached an excellent sermon at 7:30 o'clock after which the quarter ly conference was held. SOUTHERN PINES CHOIR Twelve young ladies of the school of Miss Velerie Deucher, in Southern Pines, sang at the Presby terian church Surfday morning to a large and appreciative congregation MRSI ASKEW AT HRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Mrs D H Askew, field worker of the Committee of Womnrs Work in th Southern Presbyterian Church, spoke twice a day Motfday, Tuesday land Wednesday of this work at the Presbiyterian church, and all who heard her were deeply impressed Valuable Property Changes Hands Here There seems to be quite a little ac “tivfty in* the real estate business in aiAl around Sanford and Jonesboro Mi> W R Hartness recently purchas ed & lot of real estate between the Court House and Jon'esboro His latjest deal was the purchase ... of two tlusiness houses on Wicker St They are the store buildings occu pied by J R Dalrymple, formerly Dalrymple, Marks & Brooks,and the adjjoning building occupied by Pei/d... er The deal was closed during the past few days with Ernest Marks, who formerly owned the property This property is on one of the lead ing busin'ess streets of the town and is well located! A number of dwell ings have also changed hands here during the past few months retrace l>emonstration Realizing that at this season of the year farmers are either rpairir/g their old terraces or constructing new ones, Mr McMahan arranged to give two terrace demonstrations this week The first of these demonstra tiorfs will be given at Mr C M Reves’ farm one mile west of Lemon Springs,on old Highway No 50, Fri day morning, March 12, at 9:30 o’clock The second one will be given at Mr J D Johnson’s place two miles southwest of Sanford, near Buffalo Church, Saturday, morning, arch 13th at 9:3j0 o’clock Mr B D Robinson, who is with the Soil Conservation project at High Point, will be present to help with these demonstrations He will show how to take out the terrace lines and then will actually build the terraces .He will use light terracing machin ery that any farmer can use on* his individual farm if he has three or four mules, or a farm tractor to pull the machine Since terracing is such an import ant matter on most farms in* this section, Mr McMahan wants to urge , you to ttttend one of these d|emonr TRIO GRANGE The Trio Grange will meet Friday evening at 7:30 in* the new Grange hut A number of important mat ters are to come up so please* let's have a good attendance. Miss Clarice Cox, of Washington. I) C, visited!'her people here this week Mrs J McN Harrington', Miss Vera Harrington and Mr and Mrs Edwin Harrington visited Mrs W L Nislet who was a patient at Duke Hospital Mrs Nisbet has returned to, her home in Greenvillev R. M. WHEELER ON HONOR ROLL R Mk Wheeler, of Sanford, son of Superintendent of Sanford graded and county schools, Geo R Wheeler, who is a student at the University of North Carolina, has been placed on the schaAostic honor roll at the University of North Carolina, as a result of high grades made in stu dies last quarter, according to a re port released today by the Regis trar's office. To make the honor roll a student must maintain an average grade of (B 90...95) on all courses Classified by University divisions, the honor roll students were Arts and Sciences, 164; General College,, 125; School of Commerce, 32; Engi neering, 16; pharmacy, 10 The ju nior das led with 125 followed by the seiAors with 95, the freshman clns with 75, and the sophomores with 62, , DR C W EDWARDS TO LECTURE ON PHYSICS Dr C W Edwards, profsesoi* of physics at Duke University, will de liver a lecture on Liquid Air with ex periments in the auditorium of the Sanford high school Friday, March 12th, at 2 p m These experiments should be interesting and the public is cordially invited to see them Dr Edwards comes to Sanford at the invitation of Prof W C Lai/d, * who teaches science ' in the high school No charge for admission Mrs Russell Williams, of Siler City, sister of Ifr Janies Wilson, of Sanfor^.i# a patient in Lee County Hospital, recuperating after an ,op. eration for appendicitis ' t SUPERVISED LOANS 1 OFFERED TO FARMERS R W Reams, rural rehabilitation' su pervisor of the Resettlement Admin istration in Lee County, has an nounced that supplemental loans are now being amde to families farming under the supervised loan' ptan and that new applications are being re ceived from' farmers in need of such assistance Applications may be made at the supervisor's office, located in Court ty Agricultural Uiilding1, in Sanford, or with any county welfare officer | who will refer such applications to the County Rehabilitation Supervis... “The Resettlement Administration provde rehabilitation and practical farm, guidance to deserving farm families unable to secure needed credit elsewhere,” the supervisor ex pi ail Aid “Loans will be made to farm ers who can be depended upon to put forth an honest effort to repay them and to carry out their farming •operations in accordance with agree J jnen't with the Resettlement Admin istration “The Rehabilitation program is often refered to as ‘supervised char acter credit,’ because a person with fiarm experience or background, who needs assistance to get on his feet, may qualify for a rehabilitation Iona provided, he is well thought of by his neighliors serving on a County Ad visory committee aid in the commit teee’s opinion he can be rehabilitated through a. loan and practical farm ing advice “To get a supervised loan, the family must be deserving and must be willing to follow a farm plan After the applicant has rented o.r otherwise acquired the use of a good farm, we help him to plan a balanc ed crop program to suit the particu lar needs of his family “The farm plan includes food and feed as first essentials, and money crops sufficient to pay off the loan with helpful guidance44 YOUNG FOUSHEE FINISHES COURSE friti j-^-ii,-».w miir.'' ■s: 1 :*'**■ '**•**■ loar*' «-C; we His friends and relatives in the Moncure section will tte interested to learn that Elton Foushee, of Moi:_ cure, has just completed a practi... c&I course of training, after sever_ al months of study in the Chicago training shops, of Chicago, 111. Writing to this paper a corespond ent of that institution says: “The writer feels that this is worthy of speciaJ mention in view of the ‘rec ord and aeomplishment of this stp den\. while at our school The rigid requirements of our in stitution make a record such as he has established a distinct of Sanford, anl one son, Mayo Clark of Philadelphia. - Mr Clark was well known ii.' San ford where he often visited with hi: wife and son. Sanford people who go the fameii azalea garden's in or around Charles ton this year will not Ue greeted with the great mass of bloom usually found.there during March, it is learn ed here The weather of the South Carolina coast has been unusually warm for several weeks and the flowers 1 (loomed earlier than' usual Many Flowers in Sanford and this section bloomed in January and Feb.. ruary There was a heavy frost the first of the week and the question has Dpen asked: ‘Was the fruit-kill ed?4’ U is thought that the peaches escaped JOHN K McLEOD J/h ilv .1 ... .i.ed at his home at Le...*,-. ^^.jxnfg Monday, following a lengthy illness The fun'eral was held Wednesday at 2 o'clock in the Methodist church at Lemon Springes, of which he was a faithful membei Interment was made in the church cemetery Mr McLeod was a i^tive of Har. nett county For the past 35 yean he has made his home at .Lemoi Springs, where he and his laithfu wife ran a store and had charge o the postoffice Mr McLeod was a Christian gentl mai; He was always courteous an< thoughtful of others in his busines dealings He was faithful to hi church and active in all department! of its work Mr McLeod retired fron business albut two years ago on ac. count of poor health He will b* greatly missed u» his community Surviving are his wife, who before marriage was Miss Annie Gamer one son, E P McLeod, of Mt Airy^ one sister Mrs Letitia Cameron, o! Fli lNK W. THAMES Frank Webster Thames of San. , ford’ died in Oteen Hospital ,Oteen : Thursday miming of last week aftei an illness of several weeks. Funeral service was held at th. home on Charlotte Avenue Sunda. adtemoDn at 2 o'clock conducted b’ , his pastor, Rev R E Wall He wa" assisted t|y Rev C B Culbreth, paste: of Steele Street Methodist church ii terment was at Buffalo cemetery, Mr Thames was in active servici overseas and was a member of tie . ^ ^“"ty Post American Legion , The Post .had change of the service • The caaket was draped with an Arne I lean flag Joe Kelly blew taps a the grave Mr Thames was the son of Mr r Maude Thames and the late W 1 > ,hr.msc, of Hope Mills, and was a n r tive of Cumberland county. If r had resided in Sanford for ' som t years an was operator of a garage i, Surviving are his mother, his wii imiuuRB traa SliM~X£ Petty’ of Sanforl; cour childre, Martha, Jean Jack and Bill Thames; one brother, W L Thame; of Coats; one sister Mrs H R Wj hums, of Fayetteville. A large number of friends an. . relatives came from Fayeteviik Coats, Roanoke Rapids, Dunn an. . > Lillington to atend the funeral ser Personal Mention at Zebulon, recently visited her pei , Mrs A G Carter ia visiting he sisters in Tarbora She expects t< return home Saturday Mrs J W Russel spent the weel en\i at Lillington with her mother Mrs A A Byrd Mrs R E Carmigton is spending1 ; * few day3 in Raleigh with Mr am , Mrs J S Burch John William Brown, a student a r State College, spent the week em with Miss Beatrice Campbell Mrs Max Harrington, of Sanford Route 2, was a patient at Lee Coun_ ? ty Hospital last week Miss Geneva Marks, a student a * Duke University, spent the weel * end at home with her parents, M. S and Mrs T 0 Marks 1 Mr and Mrs R E Marks left San ford Wednesday for their new honu ii; the county near Bonsai Mr and Mrs E P Dunlap, of Ro? i boro, spent the week end with Mr: Annie Ross and daughters Miss Ruth Gunter, of Greensboro i visited Mris. J U Gunter over th. \ week end Mrs Gunter is a patien < at Lee County Hospital Mrs Fred Weaver haR returned home from Lee County Hospita where she is recuperating from ar Mrs Maud Thames, of Hope Mills, is visiting Mrs FrFanw W Thames Mr and Mrs Anderson' Kimrey, of Wilmington, spent the week end with Mrs W H Gurley and family S Q Kimrey and G B Kimrey and fami Mrs A C Hughes, of Wilson, visit ed friends in Sanford over the week end Mrs Rives Kimrey, who has been a patient at I^ee Coun'ty Hospital has returned home .much improved Mrs A G Cook and Miss Lelia Matthews, of Goldslbro, spent Sui day with Mrs Paul Britt Duncan M St Clair, of Chapel Hill speirt the week end with his parents Mr and Mrs P H Stj Clair | RROADWAY NEWS Death of Mr A P Thomas On last Thursday afternoon* the town of Broadway was shocked and grieved bey^on / exp^stfon when news was received that Mr Pat | Thomas was dead It was generally ki.'own that he was in declining health, but he was still ahle to run his store and other business, anc until sudden death struck hinr i he seemed as hale anl hearty as us. ual He died while waiting on i customer ixf the store Funeral services were held Satur. : day morning at 11 o’clock at tht 1 Baptist church of which he was a d« i voted and faithful member Per. i haps no other one person has mean' i more to the church than he did Hi was a deacon’ and was choir directoi The service was in charge of th* present pastor, Rev J W Lambeth and two former pastors, Rev J E Ayr&cue, of Campbell College and Rev H M Stroup of Ramseur, ail three pastors having been' closely a? sociated with him in church work paid beautiful tributes to his char acter The choir sang1 "Abide With Me” Mrs Hal Thomas sang "Some timp Wf*Ml I fii'.lornljind ” a.nH h choir composed of several colored women sang a number of old hymns, favorites of the deceased The rites were in charge'of the Masonic order Sf which he was a member, having held important offices^in the lodge Brother Mastei; Ma^dns were pall bearers as fol^We-: D 0 Harring ton, S H Rosser, D E Shaw, Hal 1 Thomas, Carl Buchanan, R E Marks, J L Burgess, C P Bradley Members of the Junior Order and of the Boy Scout squad were honorary pall bearers His nieces acted as floral bearers Interment was in the Bap.. • tist chapel cemetery near the seen of ; his arly life The mai,v LUautiful floral designs attested the esteem in i which he was held Ijy his friends ' Mr Thomas is survivied by his t wife, who before her marriage was » Mias Annie AveuV, a son Mr Henrj s A Thomas, of Broadway; two daugl ghtera, Mrs W P Steed of Rock; e| Mount, and Mrs W D Thomas, c * t ren and several great graidchiU e ren Also four brothers, V/ M, H I , and J B Thomas, of Broadway an L Thomas, of Cameron, and two si ters, Mrs Mary Thomas of Crensbon I and Mn3 Hunter of Cameron sur vive him I Mr Pat as he was familiarly call ed.will be sorely missed in the com munity as well as among his lovtd ones He was actively interested in anything that pertained to the up . building of his tommunity He was a chaiter member of the local Junior i Order, and has been a fember of of Broadway since ;t was cliaratered the board of directorsof the’ Bank He organized the Farmers Supply Company a number of years ago, and the store which he was operating . at the time of his death was a part of the organization ,{. He was a friend of every one alike I He died at the age of (59 years The sympathy of a host of friends is exterxfced to the bereaved ones in this sad hour [ Death of Mr Cleveland Harrington Mr Grover Cleveland Harringtoi died at .his home near Mt Pisgal church Friday afternoon followinj an attack of in'/luenza He was wel ' »known and beloved throughout this entire section, having spent most o) his life in the Pisgah smomunity He was a highly esteemed citzen and a faithful member of Pisgah' Presbyteri an church of which he was a deacon and a member of the church choir His seat in the choir was never vac , an*c at a service at the church His presence in the community and the church will be sorely missed us well a a in his home Funeral services were .held Satur. day afternoon' at Mount l’isgah church conducted by the pastor, Rev J F Menius of Lillington Intel;., ment was in' the church cemetery | Mrs Hal Thomas sung “Sunrise ! Tomorrow," and “Shadows/’ accom pafiied at the Piano by Mrs J L Burgess I Pall bearers and flower girls | were neigbors and friends of the deceased Mr Harrington was a World War | veteran and died at the age of 44 years He is survived by his wife, who before her marriage was -Miss | Irene McNeill, and one small son', Donald, also four .brothers, Charlie and Vic, of Broadway, A M of San J fori, Lee of Goldsboro, and three sisters Mrs J B Buie, of Broadway „ Route 1; Mrs Nannie Campbell, o] | Olivia, and Mrs Albert Cloud, o ^JONESBORO NEWS. --- s Entertain Bridge Club and Additional Guests Mrs Fred Williams, of Sanford, .and Miss Clara Mann, of Jonesboro, delightfully entertained members of I their bridge club and a number of additioiZal guests * Wednesday, even, ing