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PUBLlSHti rtEEKLY-TOWN AND COUNTY OFFER $ RILLIANT- OPPORTUNITIES AIL HOMti PRINT.
VOLUME XXXIV.
OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2i, 1919
NUMBER 93
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KWS IN SHORT FORM
SINCE OUR LASTSSUE
Mr. Carter Glass, secretary of
Ike treasury, has resigned to accept
the senatorship from Virginia made
vacant by the death of Senator Mar
ion He will begin his duties at the
next session, uvcejuuer jl
The government stepped to the F. Webb, superintendent of
... ! A M . .
ttont tnis wee to iorce miners ana
operators, to negotiate a new wage
agreement and resume work in the
'bituminous fields before the coun
try is in the grip of a coal f ainipe.
Maintenance of the Allied ar-
LIST OF WHITE TEACHERS v
'. , 9F RANVILLE COUNTY
For the Sesioi of 1919-
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The following iist; of school' teach
ers, now engaged in the schools of
the oounty,; was compiled by Mr. J.
county
schools:
Miss Of a Jenkins, Kittrell, Rt. 2.
W. S. Hdwell, JCittreli Rt. 2.
Miss Maty Rene; Oxford Rt. 3.
Miss Bettie May Cheatham, Oxford,
Route s
"MILLIONS FOR THE MASTER" STATE DEPARTMENT PREPARES I SENATE GOES HOME,
... ,v ;; - - TO PLACE CONTRACT FOR TAGS I .SL
r
nncs of occupation, it is estimated, Miss Mat.tie T. White. bxford 'Rt 1
will cost uermany approximately . Miss Eelle Harris. fWfnri pt ?
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2.
- - AAA AAA Annnnllif V lfintAlnM
of Finance, Herr Meyer has told
the National Assembly's Budget
Committee. ...
The farmers of the country
must find the influence that is need
ed to bring order out of the dis
jointed times, declared Charles S.
Barrett, of the National Farmers'
union, addressing the annual con
vention of that body at Memphis.
The House, has voted on its
bill by which the railroads would be
returned to private ownership and
Miss Bertie Daniel. Oxford Rt.
Miso Tazzie Dean. Oxford T?t
Miss Ruth Strother, Oxford Rt. 2.
Miss Mary Taylor, Oxford, Rt. 2.
Miss Marie Frazier, Oxford Rt. 2.
Miss Wirta Cash, Oxford, Rt. 2.
R. A. Pope, Creedmoor,
Miss Dora Jenkins, : Franklinton Rt.
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Mi3s Ethel Holmes, Franklinton Rt.
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Misa Eura Strother, Franklinton Rt.
Miss Olivia Burchett, Ceedmbor.
j. vovuig 1 lUglWU AlliUIgCU rui
Sunday Nov. 23.
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The Pageant , . 'y
The Woman's Missionary Union
Pageant will be presented by the ;
Y. ; W. A. of the Oxford Baptist J
cnurcn at Tablrs Creek at 2 i 30 o'
clock in the afternoon and, at Knott's
Grove at 7 o'clock in the evening.
The Woman's Missionary Union
Pageant will1 be presented by Oxford
College at Enon church at 11:30;
Hester at 2:30, and at the West Ox
ford church at 7 o'clock in the even-
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has sent tne aocumni over ior meiE."?. Davis. Younesville.
Senate to look at, a pleasure wnicn Miss Myrtle Holmes, Youhgsville.
the Senate will defer to a leisure Miss Marguerite Davis, Youngsville.
time. ' Miss Annie B. Jackson, Wake Forest
Senator bimmons, oi worin ar-!Miss Mvrtift jftffrftva HrPPrtmnnr
Miss Siddie Rogers, Hester
olina, announced that he was not
seeking the position as Democratic
leader of the senate to succeed Sen
ator Martin and that he would not
permit his name to be placed before!
the party caucus nexi monin.
The question of General Persh
ing's final status in the army will
m-eeinitate a "show" down" "between
r
Miss Mary Harris, Hester.
Miss Allie Jenkins, Franklinton Rt.
1.
C. J. Green, Stem.
Miss Ella Hall, Stem.
Miss Reda Umstead, Stem.
Miss Fredda Bragg, Cree'dmoor.
J. A. Pitts, Creedmoor.
him as to who wilkbe the real head . Miss Jul-a Creedmoor.
of and General March, chief of staff,
the military establishment it is be
lieved by army officers in Washing
ton. Legislation designed to strength
then the hands of the federal gov
ernment in dealing with radicalism
will be left to the next regular ses
sion of congress. Its enactment
which President Wilson will touch
upon in his message to-which
now is giving thought.
The railroad bill providing-for
private ownership and operation of
rail carriers, under broad federal
supervision was passed Monday, by
the house, 203 to 159. The meas
ure goes to the senate, but it will
not be taken up th?re until the reg
ular session in December.
There will be no drastic general
curtailment of train service-in -the
United States at the present time
despite the seriousness of the coalt
problem. This announcement was
made in Chicago at the conclusion
of a meeting attended by Director
General of Railroads Hines and sev
en regional directors of the Railroad
Administration.
The first of Michigan's hero
dead of the world war "came home"
Monday. Sixty-eight of her sons who
made the supreme sacrifice in the
far North of .Russia received all the
honor that Detroit could accord.
With an honor guard of 600 of
their former comrades in the 339th
infantry, the dead, in flag-draped
caskets, were borne on army motor
Miss Annie Pruett, Creedmoor.
Miss Ethel Jackson, Creedmoor.
Miss Lea Jackson, Creedmoor.
Miss Ollie Lyon, Creedmoor..
Mrs. A. J. Wilson. Creedmoor.
Miss Ina'belle Coleman. Creedmoor
Miss Iola Lyon, Northside.
Miss Alma Keith, Nortbiide.
Miss Cordelia Camp, Hester.
Miss Bessie Manerum. Hester.
flMiss Janie Clayton, Hester.
-?tMiss Ettie Washington, Oxford
6.
trucks from the Michigan central
depot through a two-mile lane.
The population of the United
States has been estimated at 110,
fifm nnn hut whpthpr this figure is
too high or too lowf nobody knows.
Sam. L. Rogers of North Carolina,
director of the census, is now mak
ing plans to find outf To obtain
data for the 1910 census, 70,000
enumerators were employed. Mr.
Rogers will need, more than that to
get the figures for 1920.
The dwelling shortage is so
great in Berlin suburbs that the
Mayor of Wilmersdorf has announc
ed that it will be necessary this win
ter to billet homeless persons in ey
ery unoccupieef'room in the dwell
ings of that community. Under this
ruling, a family of three persons
one servant living in a five room
hous.p will hnvp tr surrender , one
room to a refugee.
Ernest Lundeen, "former con
gressman frnm the fifth Minnesota
district, who was to speak at a lo
cal theatre in Ortonville, , Minn.., a
gainst the lPAffiift of nations, was ta
ken from the stage by members of
the local post of the American Le
gion, escorted to the railroad-tracks
and locked in a refrigerator car. the
train was just pulling out and it is
believed the trainmen did not see
Ludeen put aboard.
Exninits nf Father Meens who
darned London of impending Ger
man air raids during the war and
who worked with Edith Cavell, the
martyred , British nurse, n aiding
British prisoners to escape from
Belgium, have just been disclosed
h the Roman' Catholic periodical
The Universe. Father . Meens, who
Jived in Brussels, was associated
ith thel Allied Intelligence Depart
4.
4.
Mrs. Naomi Honeycutt, Oxford Rt
J. G. Feezor. Stem.
Miss Rebecca Long, Stem.
Miss Eliza Reid. Stem.
Mrs. A. M. Daniel, Stem.
Miss Marie Stark, Stem.
Miss Mvrtle Wheeler, Stem:
Miss Ellie Williford, Moriah. v
Mis"Cafrt6 Phillips. . Oxford Rt 1.
.Miss Nannie Lou Adcock, Oxford Rt.
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Miss Cvrenna A" en. Oxford Rt. 1.
W. L: Stancil, Hargrove
Miss Wilhelmena Thomas. Hargrove
Miss Loula Daffsn. Hargrove,
Mrs. Miunfe R. Kimball. Hargrove.
Misr E-'Uh Parham. Oxford Rt. 1.
Mr? -V-!bel Knott. Oxford Rt. 1.
iss Lois Daniel. Oxford Rt. 1.
Miss Minnie Atkinson, Tar River,
Miss Alice Blake. Tar River.
Miss Adoie Breedlove, Tar River.
Mrs. L. S. Russell, uerea. ,
Mrs. Louis Thorp. Berea.
Miss Zela Newman; Moriah.
Miss Esther Jones, Berea.
Mrs. B. C. vauenan. . moran.
Mips Minnie Ball. Oxford' Rt.
Mice T.nis Hester. Oxford Rt.
Miss Lila Duke. Oxford Rt. 1.
Miss, Eva Hester. Oxford Rt. 1.
Miss Allie Adcock. Oxford Kt. l.
Miss Mvrtle Williams. Oxford Rt.
Miss Julia Currin, virsuma, va.
tutJoo "Moll WnnHs Vireilina. Va.
Miss France Mitchell. Virgnma, va
Miss Etta Neece. Virgiiina. Va.
Miss Lenna Sue Neal, Virgilina,. Va.,
Route 2. . -Trt
Miss Essie Lee Talley, Virgilina, Va.
rt. 9,,
Mrs W P. Morrow. Vitsdlina, Va.
Miss Novie Sue Pol. Vir?ilina. Va.
Miss Robbie Chandler. Virgilina, va
Miss Mary. Hart, Oxforo. tii.
Miss Pattie Marks, Bu l ock.
Miss Mvrtle Crews. Bullock. .
Mfss Martha Davis. Bullock.
N W. Weldon. Stovall.
Miss- Nannie E. Farmer, Stova 1; x
Mises Earle Timberlake. Stovall.
Miss Annie CamohAll. Stovall.
Miss Jnlia Burwell. Stovall.
Miss Alice Daniel. Ne son. Va.
n,o,Q T?rfl7ier( Nelson, va.
iWla vTlo,W . - r,-,roll
Miss Florence wonay
Aim Rf eland. Oxford Kt
Miss Hattie Rice. Oxford Rt. 5.
urews. uaii
Speakers and Workers. '
Grassy Creek Apart from the
Sunday program as announced, Rev.
J. D. Harte and Mrs. John Webb wilM
fill the appointment at Grassy Creek
cnurcn at 11 p:cioc-saturaay, ana
on Sunday Gen. B. S. Royster and
Mr. F. W. Hancock, Sr., will be at
Grassy Creek at 11 o'clock.
Island Creek- Judge Devin , . and
Mr. C. O; Mainor will be present at
the .11 -o'clock ' service.; x -
Corinth Rev, J. pi Harte will
lead the dj scussion at 3 : 0 0 o' clock.
Knap of ; Reeds-Hon. D. G. Brutn
mitt' and Mr.i John W. .Hester, will
be present at the 1 1 o'clock service.
StovallCol. W. B. Ballou and
Mr. B. W. Parham will fill .the ap
ypointment at 11 o'clock.
We are most happy to report the
growing interest in the campaign
from all parts of the association, j
A brother said on the street today
that there was a better sentiment in
the churches all over, the county for
his movement than he ever expected
to see. Another said: "If the inter
est in the campaign in the next two
weeks increases in the next two
weeks as It -has in the past
will be. mighty hard to find a single
person who has not lined up with
it." "I was opposed to it," said one
of our good. men, "until I heard it
all explained i by one who understood
it, and now I see that we are only
trying to do more for the same ob
ects that we have "been supporting
all our lives."
Almost, without exception the
Rt. ,,, Airartrwa stp rpnortinff that
... 1 1 X n
we can count on tneir. cnurca . iu
raise what they are asked for. This!
is most, gratifying, but thefe is one
matter that we must keep before us.
We must not forget that there is
$10,000 that has not been alloted to
any clyarch that we are expected to
raise, .and some; of the thirty four
churches are ngt going to raise the
amount: asked of them. : The" strong
must help the weak, but we do not
think that there is" a church in this
association that is so weak 'tha they
are unable to give an , average oi
five dollars per member per year to
Kinedom work. There is only one
suggestion, as associatipnal' directors
that we have to make. It is this:.
"Give as the Lord has prospered
you." (1 Cor. 16:2) Do not give ac
cording to what your church is ask
ed to subscribe, nor as your neigh
tnr en hsfrihes. hut. "As the Lord
has prospered you." This is God's
plan. Let us follow it and victory
is assured.
G. T. TUNSTALL,
J. D. HARTE.
Estihiaied That License) Plates Will 1
e deeded For 135,000 Vehicles
Automobiles Will Be Reauired
', To Carry Only One. Tag Next
-Year.
(Raleigh Special.)
The contract will be let for next
year's supply of automobile tags on
baturday, November 22, and the tax
clerk in the secretary of state's of
fice is asking the manufacturers of
these plates to bid on 135,000. or a-
bout 25,000 more than will be need
ed to supply the demands of the au
tomobile owners this year. The bid
will be subject, to increase should it
be found during the year that addi
tional plates are needed to supply
thft demand. ; v
During the automobile year 1920
1921, running from June 31 to July
1 of th& following year, only one
plate will be used on the automo
biles. . This is in r accordance with
the act passed by the last legisla
ture, -which did away with the use
of two plates on automobiles. While
this is not generally in keeping with
the practices of other states, the leg
islature, passed the act, which origi
nated in the senate, with the expec
tation that it wdld4 save the state
a good, deal of money.' ' ;
LEAraG THE PEACE
TREATY UNRATIFIED
CHIEF. HOBGOOD; CATCHES
7 ?WO BAUV COLORED MEN
They Were Passing Through Oxford
Six Months' Work Gone To the Dogs "n me ATam-
. ' , ! Chief I. H. Hobgood got word
Document's Fate Reverted to the; TnRtv tht an ih n
and his son, named Johnson, who
were suspected of having liquor in
their valises, got on-the train at Ly
ons and were on their way to Vir-
M. E. CHURCH HERE
XJLOSING BEST YEAR
Pastor Leaves For Conference With
Admirable Record Behind
Him. ' - -
Rev. R. C. Carven, pastor of the
Oxford Methodist church, and Rev.
B. C. Thompson, pastor of Salem
and other churches in the county,
have gone to Wilson,: where they
will attend the annual - session of the
two it North Carolina Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal church, v which
convened there Wednesday. Both
are taking with'' them5 the best ' re
ports of the .year's , work ever pre
sented by their respective churches.
Neither of the twp preachers here
is affected by the four-year time lim
it by which Methodist preachers are
given appointments. While we are
expecting , ,the, return of ). these two
good men, there is no telling what j
the Bishop has up h,is sleeve. If he
knew how ; badly they are needed
here he would - send them "back on
the next
Hands of the President Failure
of Passage Puts Matters Exactly
Where They Were When Peace
Was Submitted Alliance With
France and Other Matters Grow
ing Out of Peace Conference Are
Still Not Acted Upon; '
'(Washington Special. ) ,
The fate of the treaty of peace
with Germany and the League of Na
tions, so far as the United States is
concerned again is in the hands of
President Wilson.
'Failure of all efforts Wednesday
.to have the treaty ratified in some
form brought the situatUm just
where it was six months, ago when
tiie President submitted the treaty
to the Senate, (and technically peace
is no nearer than it was on Armis
tice Day. , .
Decision of the Senate Wednesday
night to lay aside the treaty came
after two attempt? to ratify it with!
the Foreign:' Relaions Commitee re
servations attached" and one attempt
to adopt it .without reservation of
any sort had failed.
The first vote with reservations
attached showed 39 for and 55 a
gainst. The second, which came several
hours later, showed 441: for and 51
against. ''The vote on straight rati
fication recde ;ly ;38;yf or and 53
agabst.
The following
war-make
ginia. The Chief and Deputy Dav
is.. Went down to the station , to meet
the two men, and when the train
arrived they saw . the two colored
men and went in to interview them.
"Old man," said Chief Hobgood, "I
have a search and seizure
rant for you, and I want to
it as easy for you as possible. What
have you got in your valise?"
"I have two gallons of liguor in
my valice and my son has the same
amount in his grip," said the old
man. - .
Chief Hobgood brought both men
up tmra and they were given a hear
ing; before Justice; J. ' J.- Medford
The old man furnished bond and his
sbn was sent to jail to await the
next term of court.
CONVERT CAMP LEE INTO
GREAT VOCATIONAL SCHOOL
A
THE GOVERNMENT CALLS .
FOR AN INVESTIGATION
The Following Statement Has Been
Given Out By -the -Bureau- of
Internal Revenue.-
This office has made a careful
study of many of the aPCoholic prep
arationsnwhich are at present on the
marite.t, and v has come to tne con
clusion tiutta considerable number
of. such preparations are fit for, bev-1
eragesrArteranuary lb, 1 9 21 tne JUSTICE J. J. MEDFORD
date on WMch Title II of :the NWion-
documents sent to
the Senate f fey jPresidetvWilsoii af
ter his return from 'Paris await ac
tion:" '- '-
Proposed alliance with France by
which America promised to come to
the aid of France in the event of an
unprovoked attack! '
Treaty fixing Belgian boundary
signed by Germany.
. . Polish , treaty ..signed by Germany .
Treaty; -with Austria not yet laid
before, the Senate. 1 - .
Probable treaty with Hungary.
Treaties with Turkey and Bulga-
I ria probably.
Tract of Seven Hundred Acres
Will Be Converted Into a
Model Farm
Petersburg, Va., Nov. il. It is
officially announced that the"' War
Department will locate at' Camp Lee
one of two great vocational schools
foremen of the army. Thl other will
be established at Camp Funstoni The
one at Petersburg will be fOf the en
listed ;men stationed east of the
Mississippi. Enlisted men stationed
west of the Mississippi will be sent
to the Camp Funston school.
The first department of the school
to be opened Mil be that of animal
husbandry.1 A tract of 700 acres
will be converted into a model farm,
with buildings of the latest type of
farm architecture. It will be in
charge of Professor Finch, of the
University of Tennessee, who will
superintend the construction work,
which will be quite extensive.
INCOME TAX AGENT
tV DISTRICT NAMED
7.
LOOK FOR WET CHRIST
MAS in Liquor states
War Time Ban Expected to tome
Off For Brief Period Over
Holidays.
It is beginning to look as if there
would be a wet Christmas. That is,
by that time the treaty either will
have been adopted or itvwill have
been killed and congress will pass a
resolution declaring tht tne war is.
over. ' . ... ..
In either case, as tne "wei noye
fuls figured it today before the end
of this month the way will be clear
ed for President Wilson to issue his
nroclamation of peace and lift the
wartime prohibition ban.
al Prohibition- Act becomes effective,
such preparations cannot be legally
manufactured and sold. ,
It has been deeded . advisable, in
order that the interests of the man
ufacturers as well as of the Govern
ment may be thoroughly considered,
to assign the week of December,,!,
1 9 1 9 , for a series of conferences; and
hearings on such preparations. . The
purpose of such hearings-wUlbe to
devise ways and meSBi tQ-. eithei
medicate or decrease - the payability
of these preparations.
- TIESHARD KNOT
He Has Unite4;hree,Cuples In
The Holy; Bond: of JiiaVrimony
Addie BuiidckK-hdNeil Revis,
colored, 6fFifthihgCMek stood be
fore Justice! JJj Medfprd in the
RegisteTof Deeds' office- at high
noon Wednesday and: were joined in
were the third couple' joined by
justice Medford during his official
career.'
Justice Medford started out by
Opoprtunity will be given all man-! commanding the couple to -advance
ufacturers interested in the above to mmaie oi ine uuui uu .ju.
matter during that week to present, hands; then followed the ceremony
:i, nrin - k nrcnncii h i a- in an imDressive manner, ana xo
.. i -tTT--!..--- v? muirA it more imnressive and bind
CUSS1UU 111 VV aolllllg tun witii i-iici
representatives, their views in re
gard to this matter. The particular
classes of preparations which will
be under consideration at this time
are: , "
Barber's supplies atid perfumes,
Monday, Dec. 1, i0 a. m. to 1 p.m.
Liquid medicinalmpounds, Wed-
nptsrtn v TiPC. S MO a. m. to 1 P. m.
i Flavoring extracts;; Friday, Dec. 5,
10 n m tn 1 T. m
Tt i a known tne aamnuBuaLiuii -.-;,., . ... TT
, uon chmiifi hp raised Hearings will ne, nein in uie nuuc
believesthe; band should be p raised nn11di ?R;jii; 1330 F Street,
N. W., Washingtn,,;D. C.
soon asit is legally possible.
irtnir for a. damn 1 nauns- . -Tr, , now 1 t
crivirnr hut lhe more conservative rnAiimc it ttotv
iwill be satisfied-with wet Christmas
5.
nr ' n Vn coma
l ir: Oxford Rt.
Mrs. aui- ' ' j -of c .
Miss Mattie Green,. Oxford, Rt. 5.
mS-Luct Belle Day, Oxf ord Rt. 4.
waa vwtnn. Oxford kt..
Ila Daniel Currin. Oxford Rt,
rtrs n viihan. Rougemont.
Mrs. o. '"T. TT..-U. Gtm
'THE STATE'S TOBACCO KING
North
J
As
Carolina Gets $528,575
An Inheritance Tax.
Winston, Salem, Nov. '19. Inven
tory of the estate of the late Rich-
iceynoids, tne lODacco &.iu&
ows a value of $10r776494.67,
uPon which the State will receive an
mheritance tax of $528,575. The
rePort also lists stocks held by the
estate with a Baltimore trust com
pany valued at $6,361,206.16, giv
lns the gross value of : the ; estate
subject to exemptions : and inheri-
lance taxes as $17,199,439-31.
Miss Mary Elizabeth Hunter,
ENTIRE PARALYSIS OF INDUS
TRY IS POSSIBILITY NOW
ah Cotton Mills, Except Those Run
By Electricity Are Facing Period
of Idleness.
Closing down0ofr numbers of coal
burning cotton mills and a number
of ther manufacturing . concerns m
the South was foreseen in an order
of the regional railroad director dis-
i,ii'eiinnlv of coal. The
eonunuiug r ' i u -
order as announced is a' result of
.rt lra in the country's great
coal producing regions to strike , re-
a apnt out by John L. Lewis
-1 the Federal injun
111 irjBFvrww
- l: - -first" At December 3,000i
?S ,wiii r automatically
year. ;.
on A New? Year
Millions of gallons of liquor now
held in bonded warehouses, will
nrnhabl'v be thrown on the market
at practically cost during the jolly
The one quart law prevails in
North Carolina,' but x some how or
other there are a lot of people here
abouts who manage to get it by the
jug, and when the band has been
removed it will come in by the bar
rel if f the officers ate not on the
alert.' 1
TOBACCO MONEY FINDS
1 ' ITS WAY TO THE BANKS
CROWDS AT UNIVERSITY
makfi it more impressive and
ing he shook the marriage license in
the face of . the groom. He did not
require- the groom to salute the
bride with a kiss, and . dismissed
them with the - soemn admonition
that they are man and wife in the
nrpsencft of God and man
r- . . 1 1
As he stood hefore tne coupie,
Justice Medford resembled a big,
fat, jolly bighop.-,
THE TOBACCO KEEPS
ON ROLLING IN
'- a j A D nt
Many New . Accounts ait:
" Opened y tne f armers. t
Tobacco money is being banked tP
a greater-extent in Oxford this year
than-ever before. Not only more in
thP.'aeeresate on account , 01 me
vastly larger receipts by the farmv
ers- but proportionately nun
the weed sold; and also, a gratifying
large -number of new accounts, are
being opened.
This i8 good news indeed, and it
is the only evidence obtaihable that
the' bir returns for the year's, work
mean: ml? benefit, to ; the farmers.
He wO keeps-Kis head in.the pre
vailitig deUrium, bl big mohey and
vswv ivi.a- irilt , have something to
subsides, r:- " . ....
Biggest Assemblage; Ever Attending
Football Game in state ex
pected for Turkey Day Row
Chapel Hill, Nov. 20. Prepara
tions are being made at Chapel Hill
to handle f or the vCarolina-Virginia
game Thanksgiving day the largest
nfnwd th4t ever saw a football game
in this state. Bleacher seats to hold 1
2,500 person in addition to tne regT
ular seating space in the concrete
stands haVe arrived and are being
put up. Graduate Manager Charles
T. Woollen has sent to the alumni
this week appHcation form for seats
Other arrangemefits are beginning
to assume definite rorm from the
point of. view of numbers and gen
eral interest, as well as in the play
ing itself, the 'game is expected to
be the greatest football contest ever
staged in North 4 Carolina.
The preseixt game, is, tne nrst Caroline-Virginia
eoiitest to be played in
North Carolina.; '
Tliere WiU Not Be Much In the
Hands of the Farmers By the
Middle of December.
Not. onlv huOxford,' but through-
imit Nnrth Carolina tobacco is being
1 ' " . .
marketed with an expedition wnicn
seems to indicate that almost an 01
the 1919 croo will have found its
way into the warehouses by the mid
ai Twmher The reason for
U1C Ul jur.v . - - .
.this early, marketing is obvious; the
farmers find high prices irresistible.
Not a day passes but some one paus
es to marvel because of the remark
ably high prices obtaining on the
Oxford market, whose former altitu
dinous records have been smashed
with the utmost abandon.
Instances or the excellence of; mar
ket prices in Oxford are observable
every day. Sales, at which the price
per pound is in excess of $1 are not
uncommon, bringing joy to the heart
of the warehousemen as well as to
the nlanters. At times there seems
to be almost no limit as to the val
ue of fancy wrappers and cutters.
Assignments vFor Whole State An
nounced by Supervisor A. D.
-. . 4 - Watts1 .
Announcement cf the personnel
of the agents whose duties are to be
the collection of income taxes thru
out the State includes the district in
which Granville county is located. ,
It appears from this list that dis
trict . headquarters will be located in
Durham.
The district in which Oxford is lo
cated is known as Zone No. 7, com
posed of Granville, Durham, Yance,
Orange, and Person counties. Mr.
P. M. Sawyer is in charge of the
work in this zone; with headquar
ters in Durham.
MANY NEW SECTIONS WILL
GROW TOBACCO NEXT YEAR
Tobacco prices are waking peo
ple up all over North Carolina, and
especially are those in the tobacco 1
belts being aroused to the weed's
enormous values to its producers.
So inviting' is this field of agricul
tural endeavor that people outside
the areas specially adapted to , to- "
bacco growing are- flocking into the
region, "spying out the land." and
many of them are buying or try
ing to buy or lease lands on which
to raise a crop of1 tobacco next year
The word has gone out that there is
sure to be a continued demand in
excess of probable production, with
equal certainty 01 nign anu,
haps higher prices hence the eag
erness to have a part in the crop
that is filling farmers' pockets with
unprecedented profits. This is but
natural, for people of all sorts and
conditions are always on the look
out for a chunk of gold, and nowa
days tobacc? is pretty near to being
a healthy gob of the auriferous
stuff. There is, of course, danger
that a stampede in this line would
defeat the object in riew, for should
overproduction ensue there . would
inevitable be a retrograde movement
i the nresent scale of prices. But
even should there be no greater sup
nly than the demand could absorb,
we would thus early warn all grow
ers of the weed both old and new
that the fellow who makes sure or
high prices is he who makes sure or
producing a high-grade leaf of what
ever type of tobacco he essays to
raise. Southern Tobacco Journal.
HOUSE FORMALLY ADJOURNS
MEMBERSifcEAVE FOR HOME
THE THANKSGIVING BIRD
Washington, ;Noy 20 Six months
to the day after Congress convened
in special session vhe, house f ormal
ly adiouraeit2f P. in, Wednes
day after receiving word from Presi
dent SWiisoit Wte tfi not object
to this actionViTheV Vkdjournmerit
reoluUoiivisa4doited by a votee:
Thie Cow MahC
Mr. J. P.' Cathey, the great North
Carolina cow men, of Salisbury,' ar
rived in Oxford this week with a car
load of cows from the Piedmont sec
tion of the State. The cows'; are on
exhibit at Preddy's stables in rear of
the Banner - warehouse. There will
.be in auction sale at 2 o'clock hext
Saturday. The PubliclLedger is glad
to say that we have known" H. Cath-;
e,y,. toz many . yera, : and: j he - will
Town People' Will Have Turkey For
Dinner.
Turkeys are selling readily in Ox
ford for 35 cents the pound, and the
demand is strong at that figure.
The farmers made an effort to
boost ; prices up to forty cents, and
it. is -said 'that one man received. that
figure for two fine goblers. ':
-several larmers it is . said, refus
ed to sell the bird for less than 40
lents. and took , them back home
with them. -
i If, the price remains at 5 cents,
the darkey, will grace . many tablesin
Oxford, on, 5 Thanksgfving bay, but- if
tiii , priie goes up- to forty.' cents
these;: same people will kill :the old
faChen and declare that chicken is
preferable to turkey 7 at . any , old
.time. . . '. . . ';;r.;t -
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