North Carolina Newspapers

V ' -J- ' ill 1! li - .; 5 ' t VOLHIB XXXV SI ' JiU5 . Murphy Lit the Rag In Shake- :wu Left ror raits unknown raw ford Davis Did a Stunt . Murphy is in the toils again. !s captured last Tuesday three from Berea, where a placid Jii rs Vi o vi cri v or Tat V :4 in ought to Oxford and placed $1000 bond to appear at the i : ttt j e li - v.": 1:iv!n: iiiunarv neanug w cuuesuay ui ol ii. He appeared at the appoi ; ii ,ie and place on Wednesday ' induce J. J. Medford bound him jo tho April term of Granville ; Court, the bond being fixed ;o whether or not the move . f Murphy was shadowed by '.'.n- plane in Shakerag and re V: 'o Sheriff Hunt makes very , iliiioronce in this narrative. v io s:iy that the Sheriff got ;1. job with both feet, and he c v.-illi hi in Capt. Reid, the big r-iiccman, and Deputy Crawford , ih roe men arrived at Murphy's v in clue time, and Capt. Reid ruiticvieu around the premises v the Sheriff and Davis went in Ai of the still. Following a -v. -i n path around the-side of hill, they got a glimpse of Mur-an-a" two negroes in the act of -.nia miring ccrn liquor, the kind ?ell for $25 a gallon. They . . (1 through the bushes on their ; until they got within twenty of the moonshiners. Hand? up." shouted the Sheriff Pf-Hity Davis, but instead " of u '.-i:jr r.p their hands the nioon-vr- "lit a rag." Davis says that -.-a negroes flew to the west, ! Murphy took an easterly i V.Y Mi. it. throi tiu- v. il i I - C.Ui- "There was no use trying to aipuire these negroes," said Sher iff Hunt, 'they ran faster than a TY.'H- Ho hound dog." followed Murphy down and captured him after a tv.o hundred yards. came heme with blood on rac 1 o Dav hi:- ha iKi 3 rnd there was an ugly gash en the back of Murphy's head. SOI BACK AT OAVX barters ix Henderson !; :er Trains Operated and Fre-i-i! 1 Handled In Old Buildings. 1 Henderson Daily Dispatch) With the return of the railroads to thtir private owners bv the Fede- ral frovernment Monday, the South vaihvay moved out from its so i in the quarters of the Sea vI Air Line railroad and went home. The passenger trains V M en day began running out of ! iv to the old Southern passenger -:i at the corner of Garnett and ;i :r streets, and the freight busi - v.-as being handled from the : ht i ll's own freight depot. O. oyster, who was Southern ? here prior to the Federal gov ; .Kiit's taking over control of the ids, went back into the saddle " '-T and is again manager for 'h'l-cii, and employees of the !1 rn who were quartered in the Hard offices went back with IT Shortly after the government took ovrr tho roads late in 1917, an order v ':; i'assod putting the Southern's i iv! '.ht office force in with the Ssa ! . and all freight was handled ii. vi tho same station, and the pas- ' : trains ran into and from the ; -'V.rd station. AM!-; iTAX PASTORS GO INTO OTHER VOCATIONS "The decline of religion" in the ;' d States was discussed by Rev. y vh Fort Newton, m a sermon the day in New York in which' he rl aved that "20 per cent of the - f;ns who were with us before the 'i' have resigned to enter other oc 'pations." Dr. Newton recently V- J 01 d. ! : 01. i; 'turned to America after resigning Tastorate of the city temple in h''idf:n. "W the 110,000,000 people in the J -intoa States," he added, "not more J1"' 44,000,000 attend service in ' ' " religious, denomination. Today tui.:,; are 3.000.nnn Ipcq Miiidrpn nt- u.'l.(!;l bun day school than there V.' in the year before the war." added that "patriotic citizens 1 not help feeling alarmed at la- rowth cf indifference to the ' !'r'h" and that pastors were "leav- ;!(t pulpits because they could "each to empty benches." ;hat is the reason?" he inquir "1 it bolshevism? You know The bolshevists did to Russia, "e coming to the same thing Tl,. e other .day," he continued, "a ame to me and asked if I want sell my church. I said 'is that '"isinoss, buying churches?' ! e replied, 'that is my regular : a buying and selling church- much do you want for . o ''ll COMPANY PRESENTS PICTURES TO SCHOOL Ti " attractive pictures that were '1 in the windows of the Company for some time have hi "osented to the Graded School XiOid. This shows a. verv fine rit. of cooperation and is a won ;:'x s'isgestion to individuals and little thing that can be done .,ie children. The School ac- s these with many thanks and v.isiies to the donors. G. B. PHILLIPS. PUBLISHED SEMI-W-: i. PRICE-STENTZ EVANGELISTIC PARTY r our young men called on two young" ladies in South Carolina. The H e young men evidently agreed ther were too many of the male sex pres-1 ent and as none of the four seemed; willing to efface himself they drewj their .weapons and proceeded then ; and there, in the presence of the la- i J1I Alt . " I uies, io mm the male group. The success was all that could have been desired. Two of the four were kill ed and a third slightly wounded. At Miami, Fla., passer-by who -watched a well-dressed man calmly taking jewelry from the display win dow of a jewelry store in the heart of the city the other evening, thou- ght that he was merely a window trimmer taking out a. display. In stead, it was a nervy burglar, who turned on the lights after forceing an entrance through the door and cooly rifled the show cases and win dows of $25,000 worth of jewelry. The robber escaped. It .takes more than a dummy man to frighten' Brooklyn burglars. This was apparent the other day when Alexander Dickson, a builder, learned he had been robbed a sec ond time. Ten days ago somebody broke into his home and carried away $300.00 worth of furnishings. Dickson then rigged up a dummy and stood it near a window. But the home was robbed again, and even the hat and coat used to dress the dummy were gone. Both arti cles were in good condition. The trousers, slightly worn, were left. At Trenton, N. J., a public hear ing upon Assemblyman DeVoe's bill providing a minimum salary of $1, 000 a year for public school teachers brought crt a classic. A farmer, member of a Camden county school board had entered opposition to the measure . and Mr. DeVoe asked him how much his district's annual ap propriation was. "It is $30,000 a year," replied the school director. "How many children have you?" "Six hundred." "That's only $50 a year on each. You spend that much upon a gcod hog, don't you?" "Yes, but I can sell the hog," came the it'ply. ;Hch ended th-U particu lar phase of the discussion. Five thousand dollars compen sation for twice facing the gallows and serving two years in the penit- entiary, although an innocent ; man, thp nnst week, hv CtO ! UtVU WAAV VtMIJ W . . y 1 the lower house of the Mississippi Legislature to Will Purvis, of Lamar county. Purvis was given the death penalty 26 years ago for the mur der of Will Buckeley, a young farm er, near Columbia, Miss. On the day of the execution the noose slip ped from Purvis' neck when the trap was sprung and he' fell to the ground unhurt. The sheriff was against attempting to perform the execution when his attorneys intervened with the contention that'a'man could not. be punished twice for the same of fense. The hanging was postponed and the sentence commuted to life imDrisonment. After serving two years in the penitentiary, Purvis was exonerated by -a death bed con fession of Joe Beard, who claimed that -Buckeley was killed by Louis Thornhill, another farmer and that -!-.rvi.a hf.H np. nrt in the killing. A pa'-dtii was gi cited immediately tyjville; secretary of State, Brownlow 1 .. r i .Tnnlrsnn. TTpnriprsnnvilie: attornev- V i- Governor. 3IISS EUDORA SORNBERGER THE BRIDE OF MR. CLARK ! An interesting but quiet wedding was solemnized at the residence of I Mr. and Mrs. J. S- Rogers on Tnes-j day afternoon March 2, whi Miss Eudcra S. Sornberger b?r.aje the bride of Mr. Jesse J. Clark. - Rev R-C- Craven of the Oxford Methodist Church performed tne ceremony m - ,a most impressive uiauuw m j i ' a'mms-i'w in tnO ffiw friends and the groom's immediate relatives. The bride was attired in a hand some gcing-away suit of midnight bule and wore a corsage boquet of bride's roses and lilies of the valley. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mr. George W. Sornberger, of Elmira New York, and is the Granville Cou nty Red Cross nurse. She made a fine record in over-sea work among our soldiers in the hospitals and on the field. Mr. Clark served over seas in the famous Eighty-first division, and since his return home has held a re sponsible position with the C. D. Ray Hardware Co. Among the many gifts received was a generous check from the brides mother and one hun dred shares of mining stock which exceeds in value more than $10,000 00 from her father. Immediately after . the ceremony, the happy couple left for a trip to northern cities accompanied by the best wishes of all who knew them. Deserter Captured Here. Jim Bullock, colored, whose home was at Stovall, is m the county jan rharred with deserting the United He was taken into pnctndv vesterdav by Sheriff Hunt He enlisted in Philadelphia and it is thought that he will be taken there for trial. , . MOBILE SCHOOL POSTPONED riwW to the influenza epidemic the Mobile School which was to have been held in Henderson from, the i 8 12 has been postponed until further notice. G. T. TUNSTALL. OW AND COUNTY OFFER BRILLIANT OPPORTUNITIES-AIL HOME PRINT. OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA, Oxford Methodist Church - H IT rung iviarcn 5tn. - I-' THURSTON B. PRICE Evangelist. J. DALE . STENTZ Services in the morning and at night. Everybody invited. "Thurston B. Price is sane, balanced, clear, scholarly in thought, graceful in manner." - "Mr. Stentz has a remarkable voice, which : years of training have rounded out and perfected." - PEACE REIGNS IN THE REPUBLICAN RANKS Factional Hatdies PubU.cly Ruried at xIemorable Greensboro. Love Feast" Convention Literally etps for .Toy as Hothead and Newell, Duncan aud liutlsv.' Dra matically Clasp Hands dnd Declare Trace. Greensboro, March 4. Factional leaders in the republican party of North Carolina yesterday publicly "buried the hastchet," made peace and declared their purpose to work shoulder to shoulder hereafter for the success of the party and its principles. The climax came at 4 o'clock in the afternoon Wednesday when the convention had just elected John M. Morehead, Marion Butler, Carl Dun can and Frank Linney as delegates to the national convention. Long before the roll call , of counties was completed it was seen that the-quaj tet had been elected out of the nine candiates before the convention. While the secretaries were tabu lating the votes, there were insistent calls for Butler, and the old time master steeped forward to the front or the rostrum .and spoke for peace in the party. He had come back. Then Duncan was called and he de clared himself willing to bury -the past and join with individuals who had differed with him for a united party. Then Jake Newell was call ed for and declared that he came to the convention with truobles but they were all over. Loud calls for Morehead then brought him to the rostrum and he declared his readi ness to make peace. The Ticket. The full ticket recommended by the convention to the State primar ies, follows: For United States senator, A A. Whitener, Hickory; for governor, John J. Parker, Monroe; lieutenant governor, lrvm a. rucKer, vvnite t general, H. F. Seaward. Carthage; treasurer, J. J. Jenkins, Chatham; I commissioner of labor and printing, James F. Barnett, Asheville; super intendent or education, Mrs. bnrape, Greensboro: auditor, J. Ed. Men denhall, Randolph county; com uiissioner of insurance, W. L. Stan ton, Wilson corporation commis sioner, J. B. Mason, Durham; su preme court justices, T. T. Hicks, Henderson,- and J. F. Alexander, Wilson-Salem, J. B. Mason, through W. G. Bramham announced ... fi m t acceDt Tne va- . ... , i nil "I L Cancy on the ticket is to oe niiea uy the executive committee Denounce Democratic Party It had been expected that the Re publicans would have had the good sense to discard the old shop-worn stock-in-trade of criticism of the Democratic State Administration, because that Administration cannot be discounted in the eyes of the peo ple of North Carolina by the set and formal articles of "Denunciation to which the republicans are given. On the revaluation act they iook d, middle ground, assailing it not on account of its provisions, out De cause of the manner in which it is being administered, and that betore results are known to anybody. The effort to prejudice the farmer against the law is so plainly of a demego.ic character as to deceive no one. So long as the party can ao min ing but appeal to the prejudices ot the people and make vain assaults against a Government in which the people have had and still have nmnat p.rm fid en P.e SO long Will the people of Norh Carolina protect nation. Ti?ttAf1TTTV AT THE OXFORD BAPTIST CHURCH SUNDAY Dr. W. R. Culium Will Fill the Pul pit Dr. Harte Improving. Owing to the sickness of Dr. Harte, pastor of the Oxford Baptist Church, Dr. W R. Culium will fill the pulpit Sunday morning. The congregation will attend the evange lic services at the "Methodist Church Sunday night. It is a source of pleasure to learn that Dr. Harte, who was taken down with influenza a week ago, is improv ing. The good old doctor says that his patient isout ofsdanger. FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 1020 Two: Weeks Berin- 1 . n O . WOMEN PLEAD FOR MANNERS WITH CHARM OF OTHER DAYS Colonial Dames Seek the Restora tion of Fme. Ideals, Established Courtesy and High Standard of Dress.'; - A direct appeal is hems made by representative women for the re turn of good manners. : It is claim ed that .'during the last few 7eus men and women alike have looked askance at the freedom and famili arity that have taken hold of estab lished customs of courtesy and thro wn them into the discard, and at the general lack of res.iect which is shown by one. person to another. . What has been called the "demo cratization of manners" along - ith the ether "democracies" of the war has meant-little else, they say, than the entire elimination of the fine ideals tliat heretofore have been standards for dress, dancing - and general behavior. An appeal that has been put for- ward by the Colonial Dames of Am erica, which makes no reference to the manner of the young as differen tiated from those of the older gener ation. It concedes that a reform should be started through all social classes and all ages. Says Something Should Be Done. "Something should be done to bring a halt to the extravagances or rather the eccentricities of cus toms," says the report. . "The Colo nial Dames want to preserve the ideals of American life, those ideals on which the country was founded And Avhich have made it the great country it is. Soldier Boys Disgusted. "The men who were overseas have come back disappointed and disgus ted at 4:ie change that has taken place since they -left. The customs are Oriental, ungraceful "and unwho lesome, and what we want to do is to return to the courtesy of Washing ton and the genteel grace of the ear ly American manners." Mazier of Goocl-Wcinen. In the re-03tablishmeDt of stan dard?, the Colonial Darnea have in vited the cooperation of individual women, and of organizations of wo men, of, dancing teachers of recog nized reputation, and a manual of good manners in the schools. "That is the sort of Americaniza tion work that is really valuable' says Mrs. George Dallas Dixon,, who believes that real progress in courte sy is to be expected from the arly training of children in school. Thinks Jazz Is Passing "We think that jazz music is pass ing. It has, perhaps, increased the unrest, but it is no longer, fashion able and never was of the first fash ion. "The criticism of misbehavior is not for the majority. The majority behave well and the very few who misbehave are noticeable, because they are different from the rest." DEMOCRATS LAY PLANS TO TAKE FALL ELECTION Dates Named for Precinct and Cou nty Meetings Col. Watts Keeps Peace. (Raleigh Special) Saturday, March 27, for county precinct meetings, Saturday, April 3. for rountv conventions to name . delegates to state and congressional conventions choosing national con vention delegates, and Thursday, April 8, as date for the state conven tion in Raleigh, were chosen by the state democratic executive commit tee in session here Tuesday night The committee did its work - in eight minutes and adjourned on the motion of Col. - A. D. Watts, who gave it no occasion for discussing the league of nations or revaluation act. Maiy P-'ckfofd, motion picture star, has been granted a divorce from Owen Moore on grounds of desertion. MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF COUNTY COM3HSSIONERS The honorable board of. County Commissioners . met Monday, Marcn 1, with the following members pre sent: Messrs. . J. Enis Davis, Chair man; B. I. Breedlove, J. T. Averetti J. L. Peed, Wyatt E. Cannady. On motion of Mr. Peed, second by Mr. Averett, it was ordered that Lonnie P. Chappell, white, be exeni-Ulr. pt from road, duty for year 1920- John Betts, colored, Oak .Hill township was permanently exempt from roll tax. On motion of Mr. Peed, second by Mr. Averett, it was ordered that the ! county assistants for each township be allowed milage at the rate of 10 f cents a mile one way. There was a special school elec- I tion ordered to be held in Oak Hill School District No. 1, to ascertain the wishes of the people as to a special school tax of 15 cents on each $100 of property, and 45 cents , on each poll." Registrar, R. L. Eakes, Judges S. V. Morton and E. B. Hart. Time of election April 10th. 1920, at Eakes' Store. There was a Special School elec tion ordered to be held in Oak Hill School District No. 7 to ascertain the wishes of the people as to a special school tax of 15 cents . on $100 of property and 45 cents on each poll. Registrar R. S. , Williams, Judge of elections W. B. Adcock and Charlie Thomas. Time April 10th. 1920 at home of R. S. Williams. . It was ordered that M. M. Nelson and Co. be granted rebate on 37 ac res of land in Salem Township, er ror in listing. It was ordered that Mr. "Bullock and Mr. Jones be appointed a com mittee to dispose of one mule of tne Counties. There being no further business and after allowing the accounts the board adjourned subject to the call of the chairman. CHARLES G. POWELL, Clerk. THE HIGH COST OF COURTING Few Young Men Have the Iforve ana the Money. The young men in this section are not "carrying on" with the young ladies like they did before the high cost of living cast a shadow over the world. A New York paper explains the reason thus: "Along with the high cost ot everything else has; come the high cost of "courting. This disconsolate lovr.has come to the conclusion that courtship in the year 1920 is a mis erable matter at best, and the unde niable facts cn which he bases his opinions are set forth in black and white in a recent publication. Take for instance, he suggests, a visit to the soda fountain, where affection may be appropriately expressed in terms of ice cream, syrups, fruits, etc. It used to be a mere matter or 10 cents each but today no ardent suitor can feel that he has done the right thing and escape less than 6 b or 88 cents poorer than when the ex travagant scheme was undertaken by him. "Ag for taking a young woman out for an evening's entertainment it is only a very rash young man wno will attempt it under present condi tions,, unless his position permits him to deal in high finance. He concedes that to merely mingle with the great out-of-doors might be with in the means of the ordinary mortal, but, alas, he cannot reach those stretches of the out-of-doors m which he sees his own salvation. They are not to be found within the limits of New York, where there are more lovers to the square mile than anywhere else in the world, and to speed away to distant parts is no in significant matter financially. He has but one solution to offer for tne difficulty. Accept the old two-can-live-more-cheaply -than-one doctrine and cut down the period of court ship to the utmost degree." FEW MAKE MORE THAN THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS High Salaries or Incomes Are Dis tinctly Uncommon. T. Coleman Du Pont is one of the most successful business men in the Americas. In a recent interview he declared that extremely high sala ries or incomes are ditinctly uncom mon. He says that according to the latest income figures only one manu facturer in ten makes as much as $3,000 a year, and that only commei cial travelers in every hundred make that amount. Four lawyers and judges in every five fail to earn it. The same holds good in regard to bankers of all kinds. The ma jority of mine operators, engineers, -architects, insurance agents,, physi cians, and real estate men make less than $3,000 a year. Out of the 110,000,000 persons in the United States, only 374,958 in 1917 receiv ed from $3,000 to 4,000 a year. Only 270,666 received from $5,000 to $10,000. Only one person in one thousand received between $50,000 and $100,000. Fewer than three 1 persons in every hundred receive an income of $1,000 or more. Now m studying these figures our readers must bear in mind ,that, while fig ures do not lie, the men who make them sometimes do. Income reports, be it said to the discredit of human! ty, embody more cases of downright lying than can be found in any other reports in the world. The man who does not lie when the tax assessor eomes around can be trusted at all time and under all circumstances. He is a brave man. NUMBER 18 MR. THOMAS WINSTON DIED IN FORT WORTH TEXAS He Was a Native f Northern Gran ville and was Endowed With Ex traordinary Mental Powers. Messrs. D. T. and.T. W. Winston, of Nelson, Va., received a telegram February 28th conveying the sad news of.thft dpath nf ifhoir HrntViof Thomas L. Winston, at. his homn in Fort Worth, Texas, where he was associated in a wholesale grocery business. He was the youngest son of the late B. T. Winston, of North era Granville, and had many friends as a ? young man in that section. After spending two years at Wake Forest College, as student, he" went to Texas, where he taught school successfully for a number of years; later he was employed in the post office department at Dallas, Texas, where he remained ten years, dur ing a part of which time he was pre sident of the Rural Carriers' Asso ciation of the State of Texas. He married Miss Ida Randal, of, Morgan, Texas, who with a son and daughter survive him. The Public Ledger learns that Mr. Winston was one of the most popular young men at Wake Forest, where he ranked as a star in mathematics along with such men as Rev. John L. White, who always claimed that Mr. Wnston was the brightest mat hematician he had ever known. THE STATE SIGN BOARD LAW IS NEGLECTED (Session 1919. Page 503, chap ter 280) An act to make effective chapter 24, public laws of 1917, Whereas, chapter 24 of the public laws of 1917 required that the com missioners of the several counties of the state erect - guideposts at the various crossings and forks of the public highways of each county, and more particularly required that this be done by August 7, 1917, and. Whereas, in a number of the counties in the state these posts have not been erected; the general assem bly of North Carolina, do enact: Section 1. That is the general counties of the state wherein these posts shall not have been erected by July 1, 1919, the members of the board of county commissioners, for failing to carry out the provisions of chapter 2 4 nf the public laws of 1917, shall pay a penalty of not less than $50 or more than $200, in the descretion.. of the court; provided, that in those counties in which road commissions have been established by law the provision of this act shall apply to the members of said road commission, instead of members of the board of county commissioners. Section 2. That the attorney general shall, within 10 days after the ratification of this act, notify the charman of the board of county commissioners of the several coun ties in the state of the provisions of the act. Section 3. That it shall be the duty of the solicitors in the several judicial districts of the state on or after July 1, 1919, to present indic ments to the grand juries of the sev eral counties wherein the provisions of this act have not been complete with, against the commissioners of said counties. Section 4. That this act shall not apply to Dare county. Section 5. This act shall be in force from and after its ratification. Ratified this 11th day of March A. D., 1919. GENTLEMEN OF GRAND JURY FOR APRIL TERM The following were drawn for jurors for April Term of Granville County Superior Court: First Week. Elliott, J. B., Dickerson, J. W., Blackley, R. S., Frazier, E. S-, Dan iel, P. B., Davis, J. W-, Averett, C. B-, Belcher, W. T., Vaughan, J. J., Freeman, B. L., Nevels, W. R., Bar nes, J. B., Franklin, J. G., Adcock, W. H., Newton, L. H., Regan, R. J., Belcher, J. G., Keith, Herbert., Smith, Lexie., Goss, Downey., Yan cey, J. A., Clayton, G. T., Bullock, Hilary., Daniel, G. L Coley, M. L., Watkins, H. S., Williford, J. L., Bar ker, N. V., Clark, W. B., Dixon, H. R., Bullock, R. C-, Critcher, Willey H., Jones, R. , S., Royster, H. A., Preddy, J. L., Gordon, G. B. Second Week. Fowler, Luther., Daniel, F. S., Beasley, S. H., Ray, E. L., Freeman, J. E., Boyd, Graham., Murray, R. A-, Wilbourn, J. W., Reggan, J. P., Currin, Joe., Overton, A. B., Thom as, R. B., Gordon, N.-D., Murray, H. H., Breedlove, A. F., Williford, Ira D., Boyd, J. B., Currin, E. F. it may take you. WOMAN'S MISSIONARY SOCIETY Will Meet in the Oxford Baptist Church" Monday. The Woman's Missionary Society of the Oxford Baptist Church will meet Monday afternoon, at 3:30 o' clock-at the Church. As this is the. annual meeting the Election of Officers will take place and delegates to the Union meeting which will be held at Shelby the 23rd to 26th will be appointed. The program for "the afternoon will be given by Circle 4. Mrs. R. M. Currin, leader. A fuirattendan- ce is required. . i' It in -1 f. i 1 1 6 I 1 1 n l 4 I i -'I u f-3 'ii' v ;