VOLUME XXXIV.
MERIMAN YOUNG SHOT TO
DEATH IN THE HURRICANE
Justice Glaude Allen Records the
Statement of the Dying Alan, Who
Charges Ben Teasley With the
Crime.
A crowd of negroes last Monday
night assembled at the home of 6dy
Jenkins, one mile below Wilton, a
bout the same distance from Brass
field church, and proceeded to make
things lively. All of the gentlemen
present had guns or wore side arms,
and there was just enongh moon
shine liquor in the crowd to insure
the death of one negro, and that
man was Meriman Young.
Sheriff Dee Hunt, put Deputy A.
E. Lyon, of Brassfield, on the job,
and in less than a day he had the
gang rounded up. On the death of
Young Tuesday evening, the deputy
arrested Ben Teasley and Will Hurt
charged with the murderv of one
Meriman Young. .
Coroner's Investigation.
Dr. Nelson Thomas, coroner of
Granville county, conducted an inves
tigation in the Court House Wednes
day afternoon. The six men occu
pying the jury box were: Messrs. E.
M. Bragg, C. M. Lawrence, John
Whitfield, Joe Gooch, J. M. Turner,
and Ben Thorpe.
Largo Number of Witnesses.
There were more than a dozen
'witnesses summoned and Dr. Thom
as took the precaution to send them
to a back room and call them as
needed. .
All of the witnesses testified that
they gathered at Ody yJenkins' for
the purpose of picking cotton and
having a little dance. Those who
had guns stated that they took them
along so that they could hunt on
their way back home. '
Beginning of the Row.
From the testimony of several
witnesses it would seem that they
took up a collection to defray the
expense of the dance. Two or three
witnesses testified that Meriman
Young accused Ben Teasley of drop
ping only one cent in the contribu
tion box; . Ben ""called Young a liar.
At this juncture Will ,Hurt, a small
black negro was accused of firing a
pistol in the direction of the- fire
place. Pandemonium ensued and
the crowd scattered. One girl, the
belle of the evening stood her
ground, and she testified that she
saw Ben Teasley squat down and
fire a double barreled shot gun, the
contents of which entered the left
side of Meriman Young.
Dying Man's Statement.
Justice Allen reached the bedside
of the dying man in time to secure
the following statement:
"I, Meriman Young, do make this
my dying statement and I swear to
the same, that I and Ben Teasley
had some words over a one cent piece
put in a guitar and that the lie
was passed between us and that Ben
Teasley shot me with a short gun.
He was only a few steps from me
when he shot."
The above was signed by Meriman
Young and was subscribed and
sworn . to before Justice Allen on
Tuesday, a few hours before Young
died in full possession of his facul
ties. ' -:
Teasley and Hurt In Jail.
Dr. Thomas is a shrewd investiga
tor, and he had a sharp crowd of ne
groes to deal with. He is in posses
sion of an empty shell that was sup
posed to have contained the powder
and shot that killed Meriman Young.
He asked each and every witness
what became of the gun that was
in the hands of Ben Teasley. All of
them testified that they saw him
with a gun, but no one seemed to
know what became of it.
The Verdict.
The coroner's jury recommended
that Ben Teasley and Will Hurt be
held for the February term of court.
They were turned over to Deputy
Conrad Walters for safekeeping.
PROF M. H. STACY DEAD
One of State's Gif ted Scholars and
Teachers.
Prof. Marvin Hendrix Stacy, dean
cf the College of Liberal Arts at the
University of North Carolina for the
past five years and chairman of the
University, faculty, with full powers
and duties' of president' since4 the
death of the late President Edward
K. Graham last October, died at his
home in Chapel Hill Tulesday from
influenza and complications.
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Keep History Straight.
In the announcement of the high
averages at the Farmers' warehouse
published in the last issue of the pa
per, the name of Comer Burchett
should have been Cannady & Bur
chett, who received $1,117.39,' and
A. L. Clayton, one load $1,625.00.
PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY TOWN AND COUNTY OFFERED BILLIANT OPPORTUNITIES-AIL HOME PRINT.
FAREWELL TO THE '
GRANVDLLE COUNTY FAIR
Holders of Bonds Authorized to Sell
Grounds and Buildings.
In pursuant to a call, a number
of stockholders of- the Granvill?
county fair association met m Prof.
J. F. Webb's office Wednesday. Mr.
B. F. Taylor was called to the chair
and stated- the object of .the meet
ing., It was stated that there is an in
debtedness of $2,200. There are
three thousand shares at $1.00 each,
which isrput down as the original'
cost. The proceeds of the fair to the
amount of $2,000 has been spent
upon improvements of grounds and
buildings.
There was only about one-half of
the shares represented at this meet
ing, and the proposition to sell the
grounds and buildings and wipe out
the indebtedness was unanimous.
The bond-holders were empowered
to advertise the property and sell to
the highest bidder.
Commissioner Wyatt Cannady was
present at the meeting ; and stated
that the bounty would bid uponthe
property when it was exposed for
sale.
7 It was estimated that the total
cost of, the fair to date is $5,200.
The stockholders have a claim of
$3,000 and there is an indebtedness
of $2,200. It is thought that the
property will sell for more than thS&
cost and the indebtedness.
THE IN FLUENZ A EPIDEMIC
IS STEADILY FADING OUT
The Quarantine Is a Deterrent, But
Not a Cure,
(Charlotte 'Observer.)
The current report by the State
board of health brings the encourag
ing news thatthe influenza is stead
ily but' surely on the decrease in
North Carolina, this in , spite of ; the
recurrence of the disease in certain-'sections.-
One must come to the con
elusion, from an investigation of the
facts submitted by the board, that
while 'outbreaks continue in differ
ent localities, the disease is wearing
itself out in the State and that some
communities have perhaps seen the
lastTt)fiitnJ:anyoTt?.of a serious
way. The board "flnrtnattfuTn
the month of November there were
many deaths fewer in the State than
were of record in October, which ap
pears to have been a particularly
deadly month, scoring 6,056 fatali
ties among the North Carolina popu
lation. The exact nature of- the de
crease is -indicated in the record of
2,133 deaths in November, against
the more than 6,000 in October The
board accounts for the improved and
improving condition largely on the
fact that the people are educating
themselves to the ways and means
through which the disease is spread
and have been exercising personal
precautions. : . ..
FIFTH VICTORY LOAN TO
BE THE LAST ONE
To Be Floated Probably Last Three
Weeks in April; Amount Not
Over Six Billions.
(Washington Special.)
Only one more big war loan is
planned by the treasury department.
This will be the Victory loan to be
floated probably the last three weeks
in April. The amount will not be
more than $6,000,000,000 and may
be $5,000,000,000.
"I expect the Victory Liberty loan
to be the last intensive campaign for
the sale of government bonds," said
Mr. Glass. "Reports that there
would be two more bond issues this
-year aggregating, $12,000,000,000,
ae entirely without foundation not
only as to amount, but also as re
gards the number of campaigns."
KRUPP PLANT WORKING
FO RU. S. GOVERNMENT
Making Parts For 72 Incomplete
Cannon Rejected By. Ameri
cans. r.ohlenz. Jan. 23. The Krupp
t Tycoon 'hpsra.n working for
the United States government Tues
rijiv The task undertaken by) the
Krupp consists of making parts, for
wvpntv-two incomplete cannon, re
jected by the Americans as part of
the war material offered by the Ger
mans under the terms ol tne armis
tice. ' -' . V;-;.-
nBRMAN MINE SWEEPERS
WANT HIGHER WAGES
Will Not Work For Less Thaw $23
Per Day.
The crews of the German mine
sweepers, according to the .Cologne
Volokszeitung, are refusing to ; serve
unless they receive increased pay
and a new schedule calling for sums
as high as 100 marks (nominally
$23) daily, exclusive of the insu
rance guarantee. The increase would
amount to $92,000,000.
OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA
LITTLETON COLLEGE j
IS SWEPT BY FDRE
Every Wooden'Sulmlng Burned and!
Walls of Brick Buildings I
Left Standing.
(Special to The Public Ledger)
Only the brick walls of two or j
three buildings are left standing atj
hv w J UT ' .wasK fwepl homeward flow of American fighting
by fire Wednesday morning between . , . cuvau ugmias
2 and 3 o'clock, and the lives of be- uuxXf r hich had . the opportunity to
'tween two and three hundred young distinguish themselves in action will
ladies were saved only by heroic soon begin. , The 27th, 30th and
work, many of them having narrow 37th divisions, including all attached
escapes. organizations, have been instructed
The fire was of unknown origin, j to prepare for embarkation for home
and is believed to have caught in! May-Be Some Weeks Yet.
the dining room as the blaze bursted i There wa? ir,fr., ' -
out from that building first. Being wheXiSon"S?Srrom
aMearJfln thenornin when Pr-.French ports, but heretofore it bS
ably all those who were in the build- required several weeks for unUsto
ing were asleep, the blaze was not embark after being assigned to early
discovered until it had made such convoy lo eany
alarming headway that ther was no , jpiviions having a distinguished
T6 TinS' 'filing record aim nthers Savg a
rescuing the liv- distinctively local identity in the
es of the young women who were United gtates wm be ke together
sleen tip in tho hnmin TM,4inrC . .. .. . Wi" ue epi logetner
j VJ. '
and this even was first believed to be
hnnpis - j
peie . " M .
Many of them escaped from their
windows with none of their belong-
ings except the sheer clothing which!
i they had on. I
The roll was called twice to see if a southern camp where it can be re
every pupil had been gotten out of viwed by the people of North and
the burning buildings before any at- i Suth Carolina and Tennessee, from
tention could be given to fighting the j .which States came its original per
fire. sonnel.
Tt is understood that the insurance ! V The Twenty-seventh and the Thir
was a little less than ten thousand tieth Divisions were commended by
dollars, and probably a thbusand dol- Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, the
lars was carried on the furniture, British commander-in-chief, whose
the loss is by no means covered. 'official report at the close of the war
The loss is estimated' at some- Save to these American troops, then
thing like $150,000 arid 'Rev. J. M. reserving with the British fourth ar
Rhodes, president of the college, is my. credit for breaking the Hinden-
the principal owner. Two of the
buildines were just completed, and
the entire college property was. the
reward of some thirty-five or more
years' work.
SENATE DEBATES SUFFRAGE
Question Is "Will Women Vote
at
Primaries?" -
ThebilLto give Jhe women of the
state the right to vote iri the legal-
iied pf lmai leWi
the state-wide primary law, as a-
ereed uuon bv the conference of
North Carolina: suffragist leaders in
"conference two weeks ago, went to j
the senate Tuesday, oemg mwoajic-j
ed by Senator Scales of Guilford. It !
provides for an amendment to chap
ter 101, laws of 1915, to confer this
'voting privilege in selecting party
nominees on the women. The suffra
gists agreed at the recent conference
that this was all that would be ask
ed of this legislature. '
HENRY A GRADY IS
QRAND MASTER OF
MASONS OF STATE
Is
a Prominent Iiawyer In
the
Eastern Part of the State.
Hon. Henry A. Grady, of Clinton,
was elected Grand Master , of the
North Carolina Grand Lodge of Ma
sons at the closing session of the
132nd Communication in Raleigh
this week.
The new Grand Master, who suc
ceeds Past Grand Master George S.
Norfleet, is a prominent lawyer in
thesastern part of the State and has
long been active in Masonic circles,
having held every elective office in
the Grand Lodge.
ARRIVAL; AND DEPARTURE OF ,
S. A. L. TRAINS AT OXFORD
Schedules Effective On and After
Sunday, January 19, 1919.
Main Line Trains.
On the main line the shoo-fly is
extended on to Weldon, as announc
ed several weeks ago, and will ar
rive at Henderson ,in the morning on
its way south two hours later than at
the present time. In the evening it
will return, passing Henderson a
bout ten minutes later than at the
present time.
Oxford Trains. - - s
For Henderson 7:55 a. m.; 12:20
p. m.; 5:15 .p. m.
Fro mHenderson 10:10 a. xn.;
3:40 pm.; 8:15 p. m.
For Durham--7:55 a. m. change
at.Dickerson; 3:00 p. m.
From Durham -1 p.. m.; 8:15 p.
m. change at Dickerson.
FEPTY THOUSAND, DOLLAR
BOND ISSUE FOR OXFORD
Bill To Be Introduced In the Legis
; lature.-f
The proposition to float bonds to
the amount of $50,000 to equip a
modern school building in Oxford is
heartily endorsed by a numberof our
leading citizens. A bill asking the
privilege of voting bonds ' to the a-
mount of $50,000 has been drawn
and it 'will be introduced in the leg
FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 1919.
THE TtHRTDSTH DIVISION
INSTRUCTED TO PREPARE FOR
' ARCATION OR03IE
Mayor Mitchell Is Preparing to Re-
ceive the "Wild Cats" In Good
I Style.
(Washington , Special. )
The war department says that the
arter tneir retnurn from France un-
til thev Mn ho n?Z
llv tney can .be paraded at home antf
receive the welcome that the people
are anxious tQ begtow e peome
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- sotn To Southern Camp. .
ne xnirtieth Division will go to
; urg line in Flanders.
Mayor Mitchell has taken the pro
per steps to receive the home com
pany in good style. He has appoint
ed a strong committee to map out
a program and get',, everything in
readiensss to entertain the boys on
their arrival.
. .TheMoyar.names : for this work the
following, gentlemen:. Messrs. J.' Rob
Chairman ; A. A. Hicks, A.
vH.. ToVelfc2ff!$
is. lhis committee will name other
i committees to assist in the work.
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GET RID OF RATS AND MICE
They Destroy All That Man Has And
Mutilate His Mortal Remains.
The rat is the apostle of pestilence
the creator of famine, the messeng
er of death. It fattens off the health
and wealth and labor of the human
race. With silent .and venemous
persistence It follows mankind from
the cradle to the grave attacking
the infant in its sleep, the helpless
sick on the bed of pain, . the aged
and infirm. , . '
It devours with ravenous greed
every nature of" food for . man or
beast. It destroys our poultry, an
noys and injures our domestic ani
mals, devastates our growing grain
destroys our harvest. It infests our
ships, sets fire to our homes, car
ries fatal disease broadcast through
the land.
And not content to menace man's
prosperity, health and welfare all
the days of Ids life, it follows him
into the grave to desecrate and mu-
'tilate his mortal remain.
They injure buildings by underr
"mining foundations or causing the
early decay of sills and timbers.
They kill trees and shrubbery by
gnawing, off the roots ; set fire to
buildings by gnawing matches or
stripping the insulation from elec
tric wires; flood buildings with wat
er or gas by gnawing through lead
pipes; weaken dams and dikes, caus
ing heavy losses. -
In the United "States rats and
mice each year destroy crops and
other property valued at over $200,
000,000. .
According to the Department of
r Agriculture, Government off icials de
clare it costs $1.82 to keep a rat a
year.' ' ' ; . v -
NEW RATES FOR TpLL AND
LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE
The New Rate Is Slightly Higher
Than the. Old Rate.
New toll arid long distance tele
phone rates approved by Postmaster
General Burleson, went into effect
here Sunday. " " ' ,
Under the new rates as announced
by Mr. Burleson there will he basic
charge of six and) one-quarter mills
a "mile, air line mileage, . with half
the day rate for night service up to
midnight and one-fourtn of the day
rate between that hour and 4:30 o'
clock in the morning.
- This does not change the rates or
handling of calls within the local ser
vice area. :
BHiLY SUNDAY HITS ' THE .
NAIL ON THE HEAD
Tells the People of Richmond. To
" " Clemi Outthe HeU Holes.
What Billy Sun(iay, tbe great re
vivalist, is telling tb people' of Rich
mond about .their sins and troubles
is applicable to the people of other
communities. Here is some of the
hot-shot that he is bombarding, the
Virginia capital with:
Get Rid of Hell-Holes.
"Train up a child in the way that
it should go andVhen.it is nld it
will not depart from it, " and if
they are properly trained they will
riot often go astray.
"The normal way to get rid
drunkards is to get rid of the dirty,
rotten, stinking, hell-holes that .are
making them drunkards. I don't
know, it always makes") my blood
boil to see a cop walk up and pinch
a drunkard and. take him off to the
police station, while they throw the
protecting arm of the law around
the dirty, stinking hell-hole that
sold him the liquor. It gets my goat.
It makes my blood boil, don't you
know it. I can hardly wait to get
at that dirty, stinking gang.
"So the normal way to get rid of
thieves is to stop raising them and
when I tell you that three-fourths of
all the girls ruined in this country
fell because .of the influence of the
dance then you know why I hit that
so hard, as hard as I know how and
I will give that institution all that
is coming to it-before I am thorugh.
"I wtnt you to know I am not a
crank about anything, but I am the
eternal, sworn, uncompromising, ir
revocable enemy of anything and
everything that is driving men and
women ip wreckage and making
them a band of derelicts out upon
the high seas of lust and passion. I
am against it. I don't believe' that
is the way to be decent. That is all
there is to it, I don't give three
whoops how popular it may be with
you. So, that is the way to win
out get rid of the things that are
producing it all in the world, and
when the child leaves home t will
be morally and socially and religi
ously according to the Influence that
surrounded it when in the formative
period."
fUSIUXSR M, LANIER DD3S :
AFTER A" LONG HiLNESS
Remains" Will Reach Oxford Today
' Interment . At Elmwood.
. Herder M. Lanier, a well known
and highly esteemed citizen of Char
lotte, diedWednesday night at 8:30
o'clock at Ijis home ori Park drive
after a long iliness. The remains
will reach Oxford at 1. o'clock today
and will . be conveyed to the resi
dence of Mr. T. Lanier, brother of
the deceased. .
Mr. Lanier was born at Oxford and
was about 70 years of age. For a
long number of years he resided at
Baltimore, traveling out from that
city. He was a traveling man for
the greater part of his life, and was
widely known throughout the south
and east by the traveling fraternity.
He attended Horner Military insti
tute when a youth, the institute then
being located at Oxford. He served
in the Conferedate- army.
Mr. Lanier was a man of wide
reading and he possessed an unusu
ally bright intellect. He was a cousin
of the late Sidney Lanier, the south
ern poet. He' was a man of deep re
ligious convictions and was a mem
ber of the Presbyterian church.
The hour of the funeral has not
been announced, but it will be held
this afternoon. from the residence of
Mr. T. Lanier and the Interment will
be at Elmwood.
AN EYE FOR THE BEAUTIFUL
A Laay Admires Government Horses
and Mules.
A well known lady who is fond
of horses, stopped, in front of the
Public Ledger office today and watch
ed with interest the unloading of
fifty horses and mules from cars in
the Seaboard freight yards. As the
large fine animals were being led to
Horner Bros. Company's stables the
lady remarked that they we're the
fine'st 'lot"bf horses and mules she evr
er saw in the Southern states. ;
" "Of course, the f annex, will be in
terested in this fine lot of stock,"
said the lady, '.'but I feel that the
ladies and the children would also
enjoy a visit to the stalls and caress
the noble animals."
These horses and mules were the
property of the Gpvernment. No won
der the lady admired the noble Crea
tures; they are , big and strong and
full of life and would not harm a
hair of your head.
-Two dollars is the limit at Ros
e's store,' but you should, look at the
announcement of Mr. Rose in this
paer and see what all you caa get
for 5-10 and 25 centspay nothing
about the two dollars.
NUMBER 7
THE BIG SNOW STORM
SIXTY-TWO YEARS AGO
Does Any One In Oxford or Granville
County Remember It?
Perhaps It Col. R. .0. Gregory
was at" our. elbow he could tell us
something about the bfg snow storm
here, in 1857. Sixty-two yeirs ago
is a,, ong r time, but doubtless
several - people now living were
youngsters in that day, and ifc there
is anything in the world calculated
to make. an. impression on the mind
of a healthy boy it is a heavy snow
storm. -
The following from the Charlotte
News will bring to mind the big
snow storm sixty-two years ' ago. It
says:. .
Once upon a time January 18,
1857 there was memorable snow
storm in North Carolina.X . It was
such a storm that it has passed into
history and been recorTiedin "the cli
matic and atmQspheric annats of the .
State. : The storm blockaded what
little "railroad travel there was; mak
ing progress by private conveyance.
an.impossibility, and adding much to
suffering amongst man and beast.
Of that day arid storm but . one
man is living; in Charlotte, and but.
few in the State who live" to tell the
tale. .
Col. Charles Bradshaw is the
Charlotte man.' On that "date a train
left Charlotte for aRleigh oyer the
North Carolina Railroad, which" had
only beeri completed a year. Col.
Bradshaw was the conductor and the
late Frank Snider baggage J master.
The late Wm. J. Yates, father of
Mrs. I. W. Faison, Mrs. E. L. Kess
les and Mr. David Yates, was a pas
senger. He had been called to Fay
etteville by the critical illness of his
first wife the mother of the late
Mrs. T. S. Clarkson. "It was Sun
day morning' said Col. Bradshaw,
"the snow was blinding, but we man
aged to push along. One passenger
got on at Thomasville Mr. J. L.
Scott of Graham, who had been to
Thoriiasville on a visit and was go
ing home. He was the last passen
ger we took ,up.? - The ' rury of the
storm increased so that we could not
move. There we stayed without fire
or wood for a couple of days, We
nearly froze. We were fpur days in
gettingHo Raleigh. Mr. v Yates left
Raleigh for Fayettevllle Just as soon
as he could get a driver to consent
to carry him, but worse luck befell
him. He was - nine days in getting
to Fayettevllle. His wife had died
and had been buried. Her remains
had been kept awaiting his arrival.
Nothing could be heard from him as
there were no trains and no tele
graph." "The North Carolina Railroad, Col.
Bradshaw, recalls, was finished in
F1856. The two ends, met between
Jamestown and Greensboro., work
on the road, having begun at Char
lotte and Geldsboro, the two term!-'
nals. The riieeting of the two ends
of the road marked the epoch in the
ihstory of North Carolina. j
Mr. Scott, the passenger .who got
on at Thomasville, is still living.
DR. MOREHEAD EMMITT AR
1 RIVES FROM WAR ZONE
Was In Stone-Throw of Thirtieth
Division But Did Not See The
Home Boys.
Dr. Morehead Emmitt, a native of
Oxford, but more recently a success- ,
f ul practicing physician in Richmond
who has been with the McGuire unit
in France, is spending a few days In
J Oxford with his mother, Mrs. Can-
dace Brown: . . .
Dr. Emmitt landed in France last
September immediately after one of
the big drives. After aret of only
two hours in a base hospital he was
pressetd intof servicd and began to
administer to " the dying, an4 wound
ed boys. This was Jeep t up for sev
eral days, until ifwas Necessary for.
him to, go to the south of France for
a ,brief resti , v
. Dr .Emmitt - traveled i practically
all over France and only saw one of
the Oxford men Cap t. R. M. Col
vert, formerly of . the Oxford Water
Company. S.e spent' one night al
most' in speaking distance of the
Thirtieth division, but was not aware
Ujf the fact until he returned to Par
is on the following morning.
Dr. , Emmitt is - not favorably im
pressed with the sanitary conditions
which have existed in the farming
sections; towns .'and cities of France '
for, many Veas, but he Is of the o-
pinion thar the natives will' adopt
better methods , after seeing how the
Americans 'purified their surroundings.:-'
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Dr. Emmitt will' return to New
York today. He hopes to be muster
ed out at an early date. Possibly
he will locate permanently in New
York. . ,
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