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-. f. 'v . a? T . - ,r,n - " iv tit. - v i - .. , - 1 . .'.,.. fi r, ' 1 115i- v : . ' - , - : 1 I ' - : 12 tV- ' -- AND COUNTY OFFER BRILLIANT OPPORTUmTTW a J. at um'rtrm. 7 v-.- , ilKJH PRICES MARK SALE OF TOBACCO AT LUMBERTON I'rices Higher Than Ever Before and dUM firkin TTIo-flPl Lumberton, July 27. The biggest tobacco sales of the season were wit nessed on the Lumberton , market Thursday, when more than 300,000 pounds of tobacco was offered by the farmers of this section. Prices rang ed higher than on any previous sale, the highest price paid being $61 the hundred, and much tobacco was sold for above $50 the. hundred. The wet weather has greatly han dicapped the successful handling of tobacco and much of it is "high in order." All of the warehouses here are crowded with tobacco each, day and hundreds of thousands of dol lars is being paid out to the tobacco growers. Good ftobacco" is selling even better than it did last season and money is being spent freely on all sides. ' " c ' Information, of-, a trustworthy source reaches Oxford to the effect that on last Friday more than 300,- 000 pounds sold on the Lumberton market at an average of $31.00 per hundred. , " JULY FLOOD 1916 COMPARED TO RECENT FLOOD Oxford Lady Came Near Drowning In 1916 Flood. Three years ago this July western North Carolina was visUed by , the biggest rains in its history. ' The riv ers were swollen I and great damage was done to the railroad and county bridges and the crops in "most places were ruined. So great was t&e devas tation that it was necessarv to raisfi a great relief fund and thousands of dollars were distributed among the neeay. The July flood of 1919, were it consolidated into the restricted ter- j ritory. of the July flood of 1916,! would have been figuring in the pa pers in similar manner to the latter. There appears to have; been an equal amount of precipitation in" this sec tion of the South but it was spread over a vastly large territory. The precipitation, furthermore, was of a more gradual nature The flood of 1916 followed a week or more of steady, but gentle rains, the down pour that caused the havoc to railr road and county bridges having been consolidated over the mountain area of the State and having been precipi tated within 48 consecutive -. hours. The manner in which the present flood is spread out is indicated by the scope of the flood warnings is sued from Virginia far down into the South. " ( v - Mrs. Harte, the beloved wife.. of Dr. J. D. Harte, pastor of the Oxford Baptist church, was caught in an avalanche of rain in the great flood that visited the western part of the State in 1916 and came near perish ing in the sudden precipitation. WHAT ARE OUR V - COUNTRY COUSINS DOING? They Enjoy Tliree Square Meals Per Day By Suntime. , , Congress may set the town clocks ahead an hour, but Congress cannot regulate the hours of a' busy Gran ville county farmer, or his appetite at this period of the year. ' They are going along just as they-had been gomg. Their dinners are served in f e miaaie of the day instead of coming in the forenoon. Noon has boen the hour. for dinner with the!. country people for centuries arid they a'e not likely to change their 'time to either the morning or the after won. Suppose they had ' disregard ed the Lord's time ' and adopted '-ngressional time how long would wan and beast have held up at work' 111 this hot summer time? The-hottest and most trying part of the day 155 usually just after the, sun has reached its highest point in the hea vens and then it is that the' plow man and his mule should be resting. ne country people are going,-along Just as if no law had ever been pass ed; Yu may talk about old time and new time all you please, but the tanner will tell you that he must move with the sun. ' ' ' Did you ever notice that the country boy who aeans heavily on a Pitchfork handle 'usually gets a. job leachm' school and from that drifts a-.to.Uwt . J, ' ' OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY; JULY 29, 1919. .1 ' : - i THE EMBLEMATIC FLOWER OF ruovVKHY KINGDOM It Grows To Perfection ford. In Ox- Wherever you go in Oxford at this ' sunflftwor the year, you will see the; sunflower emblematic of Japan; the flowery kingdom, bowing, and bend mg in the breeze. The finest speci men that we have seen, and we doubt that there is a finer 'one anywhere, is in the garden of Mr. S. M. Wat tins, at the corner of Main and High streets. When , the petals o -i this flower were at their best it measur ed twenty inches across it's -' t;i.;e, but the recent, rahis stripped .it of its beauty and brought , the disk with its thousands of seeds, to view. . ' Reminescent. '. , ' , Perhaps Dr. F. P. Hobgood, Col. O. : H. Gregory (and other learned men in our midst recall to minU an incident in .connection with the rise 'and the fall of the sunflower in A merica. Briefly - told, some thirty five or forty years ago Lord McAlis ter and his esthetic 4 companion Os car Wilde, came oyer from" London and landed In New York with large sunflowers fastened to the lapel of their coats. As they sat in the pri-r vate box, of the Vanderbilt s. at the Metropolitan Opera house, wearing the flower ; on their full-dress " suit, and surrounded by ladies of 'r: rare beauty, ,the flower ' at once jumped into fame and become the rage .of the " Four Hundred." t But over ) in Philadelphia there lived "three sis ters; the Misses Drexell, members of the Smart Set, wljo said that such things should not be. ! -0$. The Fall. : ;.; v : 'Dressed like a dream and wearing Chrysanthemums, "the Misses Drexell and their gentlemen .escorts, j ourney ed to New York and entered a pri vate box in the Metropolitan Opera house, ' opposite the; Vanderbi!t box. The radiant Ueautyof the "Isrt Drexell, and the manly appearance of their gentlemen escorts, all wearing I the .Chrysanthemums, was such a contrast that it elicited applause, dwarfed - the 'Vanderbilt party and put the sunflower out;of commis sion. . ' - . Reconciliation. ' Af ter? the' incident, .Lord McAlister become engaged to one of, the Drexell sisters, but he died before the wed ding took place arid she went " to London and laid "a sunflower 'upon the casket. On her return fronl abroad she bequeathed a million dol lars to the Catholic church "took the veil"r arid entered the jponyent at Pittsburgh, Pa., tor life. - V WANT TO GET REST ; OF WAR WORK FUND Nationwide Drive Starts Fori Big Amount, of Uncollected Money Many People Agreed to Contribute :. To Fund. .. ;v . - . ' Uncollected pledges to the.; amount of several thousand dollars are still out-standing in the ' ITnitedl War Work Fund given n Granville ; co un ty last fall. A special effort will be made here, as" well as in other parts of the country, to liquidate, these ob ligations .during .the -week qf Juiy 2 8 -August 4. ; ' : ; - , ' SEVENTY-FIVE pENT COTTON. Please TeU Us What Tobacco Should :'. Briiig. S Cotton producers should now-, re ceive "J 5 cents per pound t or their oroduc't. . basis middling,; declares President J. S. Wannamakef, of the American Cotton Association. He terms this a fair price compared to what the, public is paying ior mauu- ss . , - na flTi(i savs that factured cotton goods and says that hecause of the .great world demand for. the staple, the supply and demand situation, the raw product will soon be worth more ban it has sold for since the Civil War. ..-m . .. ";; EpECT OF SUN ON CROPS MERELY SPECULATIVE Some Think It Hurt Crops, and Oth ers Wijl Not Advance An ': . Opinion. : V just ; what - effect the hot sun had upon crops followinglthe lbng, season of rain, is the subject of consider able speculation among farmers, and business mem Opinion ranges ?; an the way from, ten to twenty perdue Some are of the opinionahatthe two cooV days of Tursdad 'day, when the skies were still over cast with clouds and the sun .was cientiy: to offset ar pohiMp great setbacks by the ; heat of tie three or four days following the pes, of the effect of the weather follow ing tterain can not be had before the middleof the present week. ' Acttes-ses will happen in the best regulated familie. , IwOlJLD YOU HAVE ACTED OTHERWISE THAN THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE DONE The Figures Herein Setforth Leads to an interesting Study of the . Question of tlVc, Roads .of. the County. - Feeling that the tax peyers of the county are entitled. U know - uie cause of the increase in . the tax levy of 50c on the. $100.00 Valuation of? ins heard much criticism of samo, I will attempt to give the cause for said increase. . v After reading this I hope you will feel that it is not in defence of the action taken by the-B 3-rd that 1 write, but -'to give1 to a, fair mind ed ciizenship the . reason and justice of; the increase, that voii mav be in a position to iritelijently criticize, if you so desire. ' ; i It is true that the 1918 tax levy was $1.10 on each $100.00 of prop erty, and that the 19 J 9 levy is $1.60 oh; each $100.00 of property. The increase of 50c is divided as follows: For schools 25c, for. roads 23c and for the support of the poor, etc. 2 c. The increase'. of the school tax is due to the undisputed fact, that we por!e of Granville County, as did trie btate, say to the "VYorld that , we wanted a uniform six months school. Now think, co-.ld you havo the increased term, witho.it additional-cost? ,'. : V . . '' -f. We- Made That Increase, Not the Commissioners or the School, Boards The increase in the road levy is dne to the following cnuF.es: Th? General Assembly or 1903, author ized the issueing of $20,000,.00 Road Bonds and the act contained x clause whereby the Bad of Com miosioners , should, after ten years, le v-y a tax sufficient to par the' in terest and create a sinking fund t retire the bonds cpon matr.ritv in Also in 1909 an iisuo of $100.' 000.00, and in 1919, .an issv.e of $80,000.00, all demanding the Coin missipners to make levy sufficieat to meet interest and retire Bonds when due. In some way this clause was overlooked, but is mw included in the levy. k Under the present lovy your road revenue, will amount to $62,253. Your Bond debt is $240,000. Out standing . notes , $45,000. Total, $285,000 . Interest on i debt is $ 1 5 , S7 5l4ving $ 46,578:, to etjrp $45,000 -notes due December ? 1919," tor assist in creating sufficient funds AAA AAA -- n ' . iu reure - au,uuu . itoaa uonas m 192S, and to work he roads of the? County for one year. Should They Have Levied Less Th Commissioners are the ser- i vants of the people. Wo demand roads. . Should they , grant the tax payers request? , The cause of you owing the above $45,000 road note today, isue to the fact, that ; your; Commissioners could not refuse your request for roads, therefore chose the more pleasant way of obtaining money "by borrowing" rather than to in drsrJse the road levy, in order to grant your request. The above debt is no recent obligation on the part of the County, but ono that has been standing and growing 1 . . Now as to the 2c increase in the General County levy;, The Gener al :.. Assemb ly of ,1919, enacted laws that require an additional expendi ture by the county of approximately $13,000. These expencos nave to bp met D7 the General County, fund, therefore , it was absolutely-, neces sary, in -order to meet "thouo addi tional cxpences, - to increase the I ask you, after carefully roidin the" above, which r,re fatti, taken from the records, 4, would you have acted" otherwise than the B Jard his done? Would you have votr chil dren- taught by a teacher whose ( earning capacity vas not equal to that of the. average hand worknig the roads of your pointy? ;vouia you return to tne roaas oi I savi a sman am0unt of road tat,, as you see it, and at tho same time loose heavily in trans portation, and wear of your teams and vehicles? , : Would you reduce your . General Connty r, levy and discontinue your Health Officer, your Farm and Home Demonstration Agents and air the noble work that your present Board 'a ra anmiira trill or ? . y . ; I know you to bo the begt i-eole in the best County .in the beet State that Gcd ever made, and , your an swer after knowing the facto will b a an. approval, of the actions, of tho Board .7 : .; ' ;' :' , You" fully realize that . a 1915 Dollar is to-day wcrth 50c, so we must not expect our tax dr:Iar to be worth 100 " cents. 5 4 With the earnest desire to cerrect ly inform ypu, I am y&if-. Respectfully Yours, j . ; J. B. POWELL. , TYPHOID VACCINE. - All persons in northern Granville who wish to take typhoid taccine tree, can do so by meeting the health bfficer at Ainis' Chapel church Wed nesday, July 30, at 3 p. m. ' The vaccine is administered at "his office in: Oxford Saturdays, from 2 to 4 p. m. SAM'L H. CANNADY, M. D., " County Health Officer. IT ALL CAME OUT IN THE WASH The Henderson Daily Dispatch And the Oxford Public Ledger Unearth the Evil. (Henderson Daily Dispatch.) Editor D. A: Coble, of the Oxford Public Ledger, has taken a flinat , . , - - ' o -f- Henderson, in a 5 recent issue of his paper, and seeks to show up the, city m a- bad light. Here is ; what he said: "Things have been" going ; wrong ovjer in Vance county for some tin?e and Judeg : Connor at the. last term of court tlod H them in Unmistakable terms of their "shortcomings. ; v "While in Henderson the other day an Oxford man saw- an intoxicatet. ; man hanging around the railway ' station. Finally an officer appeared on the scene and : accused the man of being drunk. . .. "I would like to know who told; you I am . drunk," injuired the staggering man as he grappled a ost to keep from falling. " "I can see it witji my own eyes," answered the 'officer, "and if you don't keep quiet, I will lock you up." '; "I don't see how in the world you can do that," said tbe tipsy mkn ad- dressing the officer, "when the jailer is already in jail and the sheriff in hiding and President Wilson in France." If these things be true, as the Ox ford editor says in. his heading that 'it is no joke," then perhaps it ac counts for the great' influx" of so many Oxford people to Henderson. Maybe the man referred to at the i xu tu o - station was one 01 tne leuows i um OYfnrd that an officer of the Police force had to caution , to move on sev. and. beaut Americas most won- eral weeks ago. v Thatiwas an actualfe;t.n .anr . : Lac. too, - for a plue-coated t cop s10 so out "of his own mouth, that he saw a whole Ford-full of Oxford's ''brilliants" ride in one evening after dusk: with apparently nowhere to go, and looking as though they; might be on the way to that happy land which can be found only through the gurg L m v 1 ling - down ed, a quantity rum. '-b.- ',r v : j- t Or, maybe this theory is all wrong, that r Editor Qoble Vas himself "dreaming" and imagined he was at teplttgerstafi mnntoii in nhmp tn Henderson so wanted to come to Henderson badly that his imagination got away with him and-he actually thought he was here. Wo don't pretend that Tommy Moore's ' Utopia has found "birth in this good town, but "folks who live 1 in glass houses must not throw stones.". In the meantime, Editor Coble is invited Ho come to town and look' things 'over for him- 'self. HABEAS CORPUS PROCEEDINGS Mr. W .M. Moss Given Custody or His Oldest Child. While Judge Devin is spending his vacation at home these hot July, days f considerable work has been coming before him outside of the usual court work at term. On last Saturday. he - itA iioKoao nrnns hrniisrht " Dyt - Mrs. Viola Moss against her husband, Mr. . W. M. Moss, for the custody of their oldest child, ' The matter was heard in the. Court House and quite a number of people were present to hear it. y A large number of , witriess 'es from the Tar River section vrere examined " by Judge Devin and as a result he allowed the child to remain iri the temporary custody of the fath er with the privilege to the mother to see the child several times during the next sii months. At the end of r that 'time Mrs loss will be permit-; ted to renew, her motion for tne cus- I tody of the child if she so desires and the judge willthen hear the matter again both parties being then per mitted to produce further evidence. Messrs. Hicks & Stem' represented Mrs. Moss and Mr. Brummitt; ana Mr. Hester ' appeared for Mr. Moss. The case was vigorously contested 'and aroused .considerable .. interest, especially among the people from the section where the parties lived. ;-'-'v''v ' ' - , - , I WHITES AND BLACKS : . BATTLE FIERCELY IN ' ' CHICAGO STREETS Race rioting in Chicago Sunday resulted in the death of two negroes " ' ' and the injury of perhaps fifty or more " wnites ' and blacks, - including L four patrolmen. K , Summer Reduction Sale. '" The t)ig summer reduction sale now on at Conn & Son is attracting the buying public by reason ot the excellent quality of goods and the fflubstantial reduction. Practically everything in he big stores are re duced to. make room, for immediate sMpxaentijj Note, the .nrlces quoted in' the a4v.6n the, fifth, page cf t8il$ fcaper. ' 1 1 r ' RACE PROBLEM WILL NOT DOWN IN WASHINGTON I I Republican Names'- Negro Operator In t' rt i rA a I A Washington special says: "The! T6" is building going on trace aniJ ? win .Alln Orfo and m hii fh 5.. - race question, will not down, it is be ing fanned Ninto white heat here Dy.mer iri all driections, but it is not republican leaders. - Recently- sena-j what you would term" a building tors have promoted negroes to placeslboim v110 ; means. i ' - -"heretofore held by white 1 men! One I. Messrs-' J.' A. Williams and Lonnie western senator has put a negro" ov-J perkinson' have completed a" neat er two young white women in his of- auble dwelling on Hancock street, nee. These things Dreceded the re cent riots. The question threatens to interfere mightily with the com fort and well being of statesmen! The problem has been brought-rightl0 or three dwellings will be erect- 'home to them and now is sitting on Iheir doormat,' awaiting adjudica tion. f y ' J 1 , "Twenty spry and expert white elevator conductors in the big sen- ate Office building promise to begin a strike unless a colored man engag- T ed in" the same: industry is removed. The chief of the elevator conductors! union took the : matter up. He said that during 18 years of service, no . uuuagw ui iuis tLiuu naa Deen perpe Ltrated.' jGEN ROYSTER RETURNED SUNDAY FROM CHICAGO Saw The Giant Dirigible Explode In The Air. Gen. B. S.Royster has returned from Chicago where he represented North Carolina in the National meeting of one of the big fraternal orders. General Royster has: visited Chica 6 0n Wral beon and ; has no- 111 i2-teLi Zit -11 'L, J ticed: the gra ? ing , iniijo iidACgif: 0f narrative, what hekneiws about i Chicago would ' nil a . lengthy .volume "of ? mufch inter- e.slV;V.'.Vi'F lstek'Mil.th of visitor were being shown the inter-j' esting sights of Chicago,-they saw 1 the tot airship high in the air over yx,j , Ban v cAjiyuc, iiuu.tvoiuueu 'the debris .s it 'separated from the cloud of smoke and dart toward the center of; the city, where . it crashed luiuugu a, uauit puitamg., ana miieu ' - ",: ... ' xl - uiw uxuvv. a lew iuiuuies Platen special editions of the great city pa- The Young Lady Had Many Admir pers announced the' havoc wrought j : v ing Friends. In Oxford. 1 by, the explosion of the airship. j The hearts 6f many here will ; be PKHIXG PAim- IX NORTHERS ZlllZl ut'TZ minnTTw WTAir ATTrt1fl.T that has come -into the life of the A GBTOTiE WO'. , Bnrtiielmei-mfly through the trag- Ooca- Cofa- abiJ'Other KefreshmeDts.y hat was enacted in. the Banks Editor Public 3 ' I . In spite of the 'recent heavy rain-! iaii, tne loyai sons 01.. uornwaii ana Mt. Creek rie1gM6rh(Wdb. the num- ites throughout North Carolina; They beri of a fish-! had inherited a considerable degree ingl party; last hursdiyi and went of dramatic, talent from jtheir moth into: t&mp at .Prank1 inberlake's 'er, a devoted oman . of the South -tarn near" Grass'iSreek: v On account and who applied her pen largely to , of high water ;fish were scarce aria the cause "of the Confederate veteran. far anart nnd the time was snent I Her daughters had taken : leading itt loitering around the camp and "iii' 4. ir. An4nff n ne Brunswick stew for supper and fried eggs arid French fried potatoes for breakfast and coca cola, and other refreshinents at intervals prompted by thirst. There were several good speakers, in ; the party," each vieing with v the other in oratorical contests. The oc casion was, enlivened by the presence bf Messrs. J.v F. Hart, John S. Wat kins Bob Adcock, W. C. Allen and others. BANKHEAD HIGHWAY WILL SOON BECOME A REALITY ( High Point, N. C. Mr. Kirkman saw , , . ' 1 'n'' ' m V that the young woman was in dis Southern Legislative Bodies Are tress and althoUgh not a good swim . Rapidly Designating It For mer piuhged into the channel. When ;, v v , v; States. , ;! jhe reached Miss Burkheimer he A, Washington special says that ,:thre ner arms around him and car contiuued interest is being manifest- j ried nim under. He 1 went ' to the ed and work done to establish the ftffom aild did riot rise. Miss Burk- fBankhead .National Highway that starts at wasmngton, passes tnrougn Oxford and Greensboro, and ends atj me racmc vuaat a wyuivuu; uc ignated State Highway by the Legis-i latures ' and Highway Commissions , through the; States ip traverses and. also requesting Congress to take the same Over as i the. first National j Highway-to be buiit in this country j' The Legislatures . of Alabama, North and South Carolina have ai- , 'ready passed acts establishing the Bankhead National Highway ? in those, states arid inemoralizing Con gress to take . over t the Bankhead National .Highway in those States as y a government highway. The Texas and Georgia Legisla - tnrefl that are now in seasion are at 'pected during the. coming week to tas8 similar acts. division ord: H05H3 v CobleniJnly 286 Third te9jAaA after conference between re vision of the; American army has jpilDlican: leaders of the W houses. I f ueeu. urutueo- iiyiau 14. via. uie uccu-j pied area of German' It will begin entraining fcr Brest August 5. ' v! SOME HOUSES ARE r BEING BtlLT IEREr But Many More Dwellings Are Bad ly Needed. ln .Oord.-and-you can hear the ham- auu just jituuvt; : 11 jon. tne opposite side, of the street is the handsome new purigalow -built by Mr. F.: W. 'Hancock, Jr. We understand that ed in. that section this fall. Materials are being assembled for the home of Mr. Sam Cohn on ; Wil liamsboro. street, opposite the home of Mr. W. W. DeVin. : '.; r'. 'Considerable repair is under way in all parts of Oxford, and when we e into consideration the large tobacco, warehouse being erected on illsboro street by the - Granville Corporation and the big business block of Mr." Sam ; Watkins on Col lege street, which is to be the hard ware emporium of C. D. Ray & Son when;compieted(:this fall, the con tractors have about all they can do. The demand for more residences is still insistent. At the present tiirie there area number of families who want : to rent ' dwellings "here i and ' would move ' here if they could get a -v, niaw in Hva Aiirw hnnHinr hnna. es are full and all the rooms that can be had are occupied. . - -V . J ' Oxford's good school is one ; of the attractions of the town. People than ever before They want to see ?S0Je' r v. ! thev want to nut them in th a hpst school: : For this reason there are a. number of families who would locate in Oxford if they could secure a home. : .y.'A i j Then., Oxford is a good place to live in. It has 'the best water to be found riiywiere.V Its 'paved streets' anu siuewais snow it to oe an up-to ;date placed !fAnd people have found ''all these good things about- the town and they, want to cast their lot here. . , : . - : - . - . .f.. . , of sisters lost her life last Thursday. The Burkheimer girls were favor- , Parts in. thedramatization of . her Southern nlavsj arid these.- eiven for' J 'the benefit of Confederate veteran associations in all parts of the State. naa orougnt xne JiurKneimer iamuy into: intimate and cordial State-wide acquaintanceship. ' They had - many; friends in Oxford. Miss "Annie Eloise Burkheim er, who was drowned left the Burkhei mer. cpttage saying she was going for a swim, entering the water about 150 yards south of the cottage. Near where she went in the water was her. sister; Miss ' Florence Burkheimer and he fiance, Don R. Kirkmarf, of j'heimer remained on top of the water fnr fieverai minutea bv her own ef- forta and wM taken to the shorer where an attempt wa8 made to use the pulmotor, but lt wa8 out o 0rderr Life could not e restored. . - . ,. V, - '. " : ' HOUSE TO RECESS FROM . AUGUST 2 TO. SEPT. 8 r " v ' ? ' M ' - , N Pwnibltioit Jorcement Legis- lation if rooaoie in iwo Aionuu , ' ". At Least. ;;; ,;vV ? (Washington Special.) y . " Washington, July 2 6 .-Legislation ' for the enforcement of war-time ; ana consuiuuoow promoiuon pruu-, 1 not be enacted . fofr. two 'months, at least, as the result Of the . XIX 11 - 1- . 1. decision of republican leaders to harelthe house "recess from' August 2 to September 8. " ', Pinal 'Aitl0inn .tn liairA ttiA fl AN OA rrecesa' for more than, a month was . . ... - - - - .n ;- rThe boss lias his ' troubles : eyen ., : U he does rest his feet on a Turkish V V:,.,V'".' - a .- -1 ,