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VOLUME XXXV
OXFQIU), NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 1920
NU3IBER 22
i WSISG DAYS OF MEETING
AT OXFORD METHODIST
Chilian AliK INSPIRING
u
.uiiouncements For Remainder of
Week Next Sunday Is the Last
Day of Revival Services.
The Thursday morning service
wi !i the Old People was a wonder-
nij one for all present. Mr. Price.
vory happily presented large bou
quets of flowers to the Oldest man,
the Oldest woman and the Oldest
Christian. Then in words of cheer
he tried to make them sea the great-ne-s
of being something rather than
, , doing something. At the close
,,r he service an old fashioned
handshaking took place and good
s;;irit and gladness prevailed. Cer
uinly such a religion as these old
5 e j pie have is a' happy one.
The subject for Friday night is
to be the answer to the Greatest
Question a Man Eever Asked. This
promises to be one of the greatest
iiiulits of the entire meetnig.
Cm the last Saturday night of the
meeting the subject will be, "How
a Christian Can Be Happy". At this
h:.ur the front sections of the church
will be reserved for young people
a.irain. All men under twenty-five
will be seated in the two sections at
the left upon entering while the
young ladies will sit on the op
posite side.
The two services ' Sunday will
close the meeting. Every effort
will be made to accomodate all who
come
in this closing statement of the I
meeting it may be well to say that
throughout the two weeks of work
inc with each other the people of
Oxford have grown to know and to
love each other better and that such
ail t'AUCiiciiuc van uut uicau a unci , , , c .,i u,r ninjnj
fl,,n,nnitv Man on wnm0n horJand If. Maxwell have pleaded
been turned into lives ot consecra
tion and usefulness. It will be a
harder thing from this time on for'
evil and sm to prevail in the com
munity. Let every energy be put into these
last services of this great town and
community meeting.
GOVERNOR BICKETT WHjL
IIIGE SUFFRAGE MEASURE
Will Present Amendment To Special
Session of Legislature In July.
(News and Observer)
In answer to a letter fiom Repre
sentative W. N. Everett, of Rocking
ham, Governor Bickett made it plain
that he will recommend to the spec-
. inl spssinn of thfi General Assemblv
...1 j T..i, v, i n. '
the Susan B . . Anthony - amend meht. to
the Federal ! constitution -conferring'
the m
ht of suffrage upon women.:
Declaring that he has never been'
convinced that; a majority of the.wo-i
men of the State desire the Fallot, !
the Governor in his letter to Mr.
Evvrtt spvs that the Democratic ;
party 111 JNorth Carolina is now con-
I" vented with a condition and not
theory," which must be met. ' Wo
man suffrage is inevitable," the Gov-
r
ernor savs. and while he has no
sire to appear before the State con
vention, he will urge the General
Assembly to ratify the amendment,
ving the women of North Carolina
right to vote.
Uickett's Surrender.
(Charlotte Observer)
Governor Bickett has up to .this
110,0 i
tune maintained, a position 01 un-! liule jf any semblance of equaiiza
iri pdliness to the cause of woman! tion pure and simple. Personally, I
uifrage. He has been opposed to it '
. 1
i,:: encouragement to it as Governor, j
But pressure of public opinion ?as
i.u:ieimereu. ne na maue vuu" !
kirrenaerea. rie nas maae . pudiic
! moment to tne eiiecx mat wneu
he Democratic Convention 5 meets in
Ilaloih he will' urge upon that body,
An t 1 1 1 I
go on record m ravor or tne.sui
. Am . 1 A
:?e amendment. Thus Oovemof
Bickett deserts the politicians who,
vhilo not making active ' opposition .
to the movement, had preferred that;
mendment by the State Democratic
Convention, but he will go further
and recommend to the special ses-
ion of the Legislature he is soon to
call, that it commit
ratification.
the State
t0
DKPAUTMENT SECURES. .
.r( VF.n TFA'T mNVICTIONS
limty Insurance Commissioners
an individual and he has given itrtv in this state in a gradual way oy
Make Report Covering 1919 Ac " lonbly; the introductory state
'Jvities. 1 ment of the blank for listing the land
. ! acreage and so forth does not make a
Deputy Insurance Commissioners
W. A. Scott and "P. M. Jordan, who
s ave in charge the investigation of
11 suspicious fires, and who assist
i i securing evidence where in the
opinion of prosecuting of ficers, and
' Commissioners Young circum -
" r.'-os justify nrosecution
Of the
"':::, the following, report : of
work during, the -ear 1919:
instigations made
. . . 95 j
iivictions during 1919
"'- guilty '. ...
Ascended
j i-o bilk- yet to be tried
'oI pros ;.
..16!
....90
a i 2
IF!1 YOUR CARD IDENTIFY-
'N'C YOUR INSURANCE POLICY
Former service men, holders of
f -f ie Sam's War Risk Insurance,
liavo received from the Bureau of
'rr Risk Insurance a'-'identifica;
t -on card bearing their name and "in
surance number. . V '. .: ,
This card will enable the men ' to
Kive their correct insurance num
ber when communicating' with the
cau of War Risk Insurance; '"arid
Aim serves for identification in case
f sickness or accident.
The Directors requests all former
srvice men who received these iden
tification cards to keep them.
1
w- "AHUUL'K, JR., i
iMiyt&aiU ItKVALiUATION ACT I
rru X r ,
States That Our Local Appraisera
Have
Placed Valuations On Rv';
Property Much in Exec
it Would Havo Brought
ivB
ST
of Last Year. Ho is
il
Editor . Public Ledger: i
In an article entitled ; "Open Dis
cussion of the Revaluation Act"
which-. appeared in your last Tues
day's issue, and which was written
by Mr. D. G. Brummitt for the pur
pose, l suppose, or letting the peo
ple .whom he represented in the last j
Legislature know that he voted for
i or rather approved the Revaluation
Act, the writer .was asked to "indi
cate in what way" Mr.. Brummitt
had ""attempted to teuppress discus
sion" of this matter. Replying feo
his request and in a most obliging
manner I wish to state that my ref
erence to an attempt on the part of
those who enacted this Act to sup
press discussion of the same was
intended primarily and particularly
for Hon. T. W. Bickett (office hold
er now but never again if a major
ity of the citizens of this county
can prevent.it) and Mr. Maxwell,
chairman of the State Tax Commis
sion and official sponsor for the Re
valuation Act. Mr. Brummitt may
not be cognizant of the true fact
.lu"fir" "1
ea 10 SUPPreSS aiSCUSSlOn OI lUlSi
. i n. : - i
AC1 ntilw!.PtefhniaroTnawSn
was complete; but those of us who"
have been keeping up with the news-
DaDer discussion of this
subject
know that both Governor
Bickett
for
Rilenflft'Von the Dart of the opposi-
tipn until the "Overvaluation Act"
not "Equalization Act", I contend,
has been completely "overvalued".
I am of tbe opinion, and I think yot
will concur wiin ma on una swiq,
that it is better to undertake to pre
vent a wrong at the beginning than
wait until it is completed, aj dis
playing to the public the defects in
the present Act wet may be able to
influence otir representatives to
reraedv them when the AssemDie is !
mllPd together in the summer
This matter is in no aspect of it per
sonal and my one purpose in discuss
ing it publicly is to apprise the people
in my awkward way of the dangerous
or,H nrirlortftln. nath fraught .with
many evils which they are about to
allow themselves to be lea into, aii
of vls know that the uonsuiuuun ui.
v?a o-'rtrtri stfltft 'nrovides that all pro-
nartv choii hA taxed "accordinsr
. - t 1 onnAVflinCT' Tfi
tionAc t may- nSt be" alce on this
pofhtut.lt is religiously isolated on
fa great many others.
. Defines ua rosnion.
Mr. Editor, you stated m your issue
g aJ mLTnJll
t did no such thing. My position is
just this:
I am firmly convmceu mat
";::t a.vpv nut the constitu
ot JNOrtn uaroiina uueui. -
MD 1TIT ft TkTtr tir . .
aitj0nai requirement
UlIUCi lan-c v j v " " .
as to the - valua-
tion of property pd in so far as the
present Act proposes .ana intenas 10 geer -
equalize land values it should' enlist, riti talk better school, in eve
the active support of every tax-payer uizeiij taiK Detter scnoo'o in eve-
omtaliva land values
de-;u0 oiv sunnort o
in the state. But in so rar as tnis aci j ry respect auu you win suou nave
directly or indirectly intends to in- j them as you desire'. They can nev
crease the taxing power of the state, , . h milh nhn.p whn,h vmi want
and cities ana in my
opinion that is its primary t object ui
I .1 I II lit. T .i . -
timotoiv ir not in V6V.) x x
terably opposed to it. -I am tranK to
admit that viewed in the present light
of the method of its execution and the
statement ot tne ernox g
nf Tnnnarv 31. 1920. it hi
am
rt thfl ODiniOn limi wc bu"" "-r
nrnu
nmh thfi nroDer vaiuaMn 01 piup-
an educative process rather than oy a
rty p
H nf taxes with respect to
actualization of taxes with respect to
iand, we couia nope . g., ,
bring about a better -tetate ot-tne mat-
t?r than noobtas
a
Danger Zone.
fi that in estimating W real, val -
ue Qf iand it shall be with reference
to the" normal or s;letJ, n.
stances where our local appraisers
t-,r t lrnAw nr a. sreai man i"
h. nlarfid valuations on real prop
nave wiav-cu .v ... - i j
erty much in excess ot wnat it woum
' x . J? 1
. . r . 4- -
'tions under the Act were supposed to
i : nrhih Trip nretseiiL v aiua-
ue maae. At that aate reai vv
had not attained iu Presently highin,
i riy . opinion could- but laud the prin-
1 1 atari vaiue. iu iiimv,
Uinia nf the Act nor in my opinion
could but deprecate its workings and
j ultimate Jln gSfei
truthful- impression , t-Pnerad:
venture, in my opinion (shared in Dy
many others who knw more
than I do) is evidently to increase the
total amount of taxes paid and the re-
i s QnViomp nas Deen ui""'
j about because the limit of taxation
! has been reached or about reached on
1 -Presenj . iv t" the total
antets - tu luc i.o.a-vj - . .
in'crease of taxes cannot exceed ten
Per cent relates only to One Session of
InvalueVtor-rtax purppsesand !
5 I or of and margin for taxation & wim i,
a correspondingly i'f l-ifl"
nnrrpsnondinely increase m tne yu
2 llometimetf camouflaged ; "proajessive ,
. - - AT 1 "TirillLTHViM 1 V. WZ. !
Hi -it it would talce scores or .
tna5l W,.rv, ah will admit that the
' fndency or any sun -i. & . lu liiv cucti uucy, every iuului vc
u to exhaust all the powers of taxa- i hicle operating on the highways at
i tion that maybe sra Ji.
Carolina has aT3l"ure vaat on that will keep the, glare of the head
ent limit, l'-jyee- soe - constitu- lights : from blinding. The town of
S.y Sei5ment safeguarding the I Oxford is making a vigorous cam
tionat. amenqment a & the.'T.oim jir.ct Kiiiintr liVhte
iai.ptri r roarhfid. Mill-
taxpayer wu V " TZ ached. Mul
tlSviM 1 the valuations by five ts -mtu-(Continued
on fourth page)
INFLUENZA EPIDE'MI C IN N. C.
OFFTfnTAT.T.V nT.ARFD OFF
Only 58d IW-ys Reported Among
ases In State.
. ( out Wednesday by
LtBrv.vftJL'. xvegister, State Epidemiol-
ogisx, piace tms year s reportea cases
in 1918,
589 as
outbreak. ,
The epidemic was officially declar
ed over Wednesday when the Health
Board directed county health officers
to discontinue reporting the develop
ment of new cases. There are still
some . scattering - communities in the
State where the epidemic has not dis-
appeared entirely, but daily reports
have dropped down to almost noth
ing.' .
No Cure Discovered,
physicians everywhere are 'of the
opinion that the disease will return
next winter, though not in so severe
a form as was the original outbreak,
nor as virile as the seige just ended.
Recurrences in diminishing strength
'are looked for for the next three or
four years, or until the entire popu
lation has become practically immune
from its inroads.
The . Closing Order.
Medical . authorities are still at var
iance as to the value of closing all
places of public gathering as a
means of hindering the spread of
the disease. A number of doctors
oHhrA tn tho rminion tlio it ia n
that ran Its course in a
' OT1, . ntx ntPnvC! Tv
7 -";j
stay its progress will be of any mat
erial use.
BECOMING MORE AND MORE
INTERESTED IN SCHOOLS
Progressive Men and Women of Ox
ford Want tho Best That Can Be
Had 'and Are Willing to Pay For
Real Service.
Within the past few days many of
the progressive men and women of
'" J? emyacttu; n
tho town have been very emphatic in
ineir.pcsiuon in regara 10 tne ques-
uuu ut iue viioru ounooi system
They want the best that can be had
and they are willing to pay for real
service.
The day has past when an Oxford
citizen will complain .of a decent
salary to the person who renders a
,
ICUJ. OClllU. IU L11C VLUUlUlllL . JXO
long as this holds, true it will be pos
sible .to make the community a fine
As a m ember of the teaching pro
fession I amwilling to . admit - that
many 'of dur number have beeh more
diligent in talking their salaries than
they have in doing something to me
rit a big salary, and I do not think
that L am taking an. unjust stand in
this either. But riow the time has
come for a big salary to be paid to
the. big teacher. The two go to-
mem to oe ana aoove what you are
willing to put into them in time and
money. . , . 0. B. FILLIPS-
THE CIVIL SERVICE LAWS
AND EX-SERVICE MEN
State Commanders of the Ameri
can Legion cf the Southern ' States,
in session in Brimingham, Ala., the
past week, adopted, resolutions a
follows:
j "wnereas, tne civil service laws
. anfl regulations confer certain bene
fltg ex-service men; and,
, ..Whe instance8 have occur-
red where ex-service men have been
denrived of said benefits by illegal
! and irregular practices.
; "Be it resolved by the State com-
j zanders of American Legion for tho
see, and North Carolina, in confer
ence assembled, that the President
of the, united States be required ei.
thor Tr tolro ctono tr oorn ro n. fair
Kj-tJ uwu.
interpretation and administration
-0f. said laws and regulations, or to
agfc . or revocation of
... .- ...
said laws and regulations."
ALLIES HAVE 100,000
MEN ALONG THE RHINE
Eighteen Thousand American ol
diers Under Orders. v
CoLlenz. March 17 The American
army of occupation, numbering 18,
000 men, is being issued full field
equipment under orders issued be
fore the German revolution. There
have been no movements, however,
toeinforce any positions, or any
military activities except those con
cerned with policing ; the occupied
territory. . i
The total allied forces along.the
r: . X. "
I tnan 100,000 men.
Bon't Let the Con Get You!
There is a law in North Carolina
night must be equipped, with glasses
i 1 1 miin
ped with the proper kind of defleO'
tors "you will be hailed before the
mayor's court and fined several
times what the glasses 'will cost.
The Blalock. Motor Company has
letter ; from the secretary of , state
stating that the 'Macbeth lens com esj
ud to every reauirement 4 ana -tney
are in a position to fit any size
lights. Drive your car around to
day and get fitted up, thereby avoid
being embarrased as well as fined.
adv
ROY COOK. A CREEDMOOR
: NEGRO, FIRED AT
DEPUTY, W. H. AVERETT
The Bad Man Was Arrested Wednes
day Night and Was Brought to
Oxford and Lodged in. the County
Jail.
nrK Sum?ay night Roy Cook,
whose home is in Creedmoor, struck
w7riTlie on tne back of the head!
wuh an axe. The mavnr nf n-r.:
moor issued; a warrant for his arrest:
ana placed it in the hhnHe f ri
i - w uiu aiinn .
ty Sheriff W. H.Averett.
vveanesdav ni-ht ehnrfiv
houte in ntnhnf vt to thej ra Highway Wednesday afternoon
Cook was lndmr ll four c'clock at -Pnt in tf-
XSrofS a and a quarter north of
his position in the middle nf tKibtem-
iuui auu tuiuiieu nimseir witn a
. :
snoigun. un. reaching the front
door of the - house, the officer saw
the negro in the attitude of "charge
bayonetts," the guh" pressed against
his hip and, the muzzle pointing to
ward the door. While the negro
momentarily hesitated to' fire, the
officer , covered him with his shot
gun and demanded him to' throw up
his hands. At this juncture, the
negro fired from his "hip' without
taking aim. The shot went wild,
missing the officer only a few inch
es. The Officer took, deliberate aim
at the long, tall negro , and counted
one, two, three and let it go. ;.The
negro duefced and the shot , went
wild. The sounds of the runs', "in
rapid succession.-arroused the neigfi-
oorhood, and the officer soon had
sufficient help to make the arrest.
In the mean time some one tele
phoned to Sheriff Hunt, who with
Deputy Lyon, hastened to the scene,
but when . they reached Creedmoor
the negro was in the custody of the
law. ... v.-:.: ;: -' :. ;.. -
. v Cook as" brought to Oxford Wed
nesday' night and lodged in the coun
ty jafl n: pe, - was given a hearing
Wednesday vtternoon, Justice J. J.
Mefbr4isiliding. There were
three charges against him. In the
first case heard, that of striking his
wife with an axe, the prisoner ad-j
mitted that he did that very thing. !
Hicks &. Stem' appeared for the
State and insisted on sufficent bond
to hold him. On the second charge,
that of resisting an officer of the
law, Gen., Br S.' Royster appeared for
the State. ' In. his remarks, Gen.
Royster pointed to the severity of
any onewhite or black, rich or
poor whQ takes -the law in his own
hands and ' resists an officer of the
law. Aifficer- of the law, said
Xen. pyitejKhas the right to go
anywhiere at? any time to serve a
warrjalfi aniiat;he is empowered
to deputize a;mah,,far as many men
ABlroBwiy- ded: necessary to aid in
msmis; the aEflt. ;j - '' -f'?
; After heafing"tfie three charges,
Justice Medford placed the ; prisoner
under three bonds, amounting in au
to $1,300. .. ' '
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
List of Deeds Recorded By Register
of Deeds C. G- Powell This Week.
E. G. Mangum and others to G. w.
Woody, 110 acres in Walnut Grove.
Consideration $2,75Q.
W. H. Fleming- to JVT. Bobbitt,
seven and one-half acres in .Fishing
Creek. Consideration $800.
I. W. Mangum and vife to Dr. G.
S. WatkirAi Dr. W. N. Thomas, Dr.
J. H. Bullock 2 tracts and one acre
in.'-Oxford' township. Consideration
?so,ooo: .,
W. S. Daniel and wife to W. H.
Fleming, two and one-half acres in
Oxford towh'ship: Consideration
'$1500. -
v w. H. Fleming and wile" to J- Lt.
Loyd, 69 acres in Fishing Creek
Township. Consideration $9000.
A. A. Hicks and vife. to Oxford
Loan & Real Estate Co., one store
and two houses in Oxford Township-
Consideration $ 63 50.
V7. H. Fleming and wife, to J. J.
Thomasson. et al, 169 a.cres m Fish -
mg" ureeK" ru-wnsniy. iuu uuntwo
and other valuable considoration.
II. P. Webb" to R- L. Lon-: and oth
ers one-half acre near, Tally Ho.
Consideration, $1000.
A. Nowtonand wife to H. M. Mor
risett 6.5 acres near -.Wilton. Ten
dollars and other valuable considera
tion- ' '
J. H. Perry and wife to M. M.
Chappell one lot. in Creedmoor, $450
DEMOCRATIC EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE TO MEET
The Democratic Executive and
Central 'Committees of the County
are hereby called to meet . . in the
Commissioners Room , at the. Court
House in Oxford on Monday, March
22, at 12 o'clock noon.
Every member is urged to be!
present. D. C. HUNT, Chairman.
Services at Oxford Baptist Chnxch.
Sunday morning Sunday scnool
at 9:30, Baraca Class at 10 o'clock,
preaching at 11-o'clock, conducted
by the pastor. The -congregation
will worship at the Methodist church
at the evening hour.
THIRD LYCEUM NUMBER TO
BE GIVEN THIS AFTERNOON
On account of the increasing in
terest in the -meeting and the im
possibility of having, the night di
vided the Lyceum Course will use
the afternoon- hour at four o clock.
pTin the ereat Magician will, be
Lpresent in Oxford for the first time
and will nave a score ui uijicw
mlrUr that will piease-the oldest and
the youngest, -r. r, . tVlot
.Season tickets will hold good that
were secured last time. .
Do not forget the1, hour, and the
day. This afterioon? at fqu o clock:.
CAR TURNS TURTLE ON SHE THOUGHT THE SERMON
NATIONAL HIGHWAY AND 1 WAS GOOD FOR "THEM"
KILLS HERMAN SILVER' ' , '
, ; But It Never Occurred to Hor to
The Car Left Oxford at 3:45 O'clock ! Tako That Scolding Wliich Was
Wednesday Afternoon and the ! Meant for Her.
Accident , Occurred .Nine Miles She was talking about the ser- ,
Down the Road Twenty Minutes j mon she .heard tho other day, which '
Later. , j was delivered by Evingel'st Price at
(W. R. MANGUM) ! the Oxford Methodist Church. It
Stem. N. C. March is'Th mnt !'Iiad b-een a Ter outspoken kind of
atrossmg
t ,
utomobile . swcAHMtt.
which has ever taken nlace in thi !
r'.?TmitnUw rsnnr, ., TTi: !
iwo Ti?hr?v;z, Herman Silver ard
IL-B. Mulowitz. who are ensaeed in
a grocery business in Durham, anaf'cut
W. V. Fennell. a colored contractor
from the same city, were returning
home from Oxford, where they had
been to purchase brick and material
for a. garage which; Silver and Mul
ouwitz were planning to build.
They were travelling in a large new
Haynes automobile which was driv
en by; the owner H. B. Mulowitz,
Silver sitting on the front seat be
side him, and Fennell, the colored
contractor on the rear seat.
" According to the testimony of sev
eral who witnessed-to the accident
were travelling about 25 miles
Inn hmir uIipti inct a r tViov T-iarl mi
ched the fill in. the road after pass-'
'ing W. E.v-Stem's home Mulowitz
'lost control of the-car. which turned j1
over twice, the running board strik
ing Silver on the back; of the head
killing him instantly, . his brains
spattering on the side of the car.
Mulowitz was also painfully but not
j seriously injured, but . Fennel re
ceiving very serious in-juries consist
ing of four broken ribs and other
bruises about the body. W. E. Stem
and son who were at work near by,
ran to the scene of the accident and
soon sent messages to Stem and wir
ed to Oxford. Dr. P. R. Hardee, of
Stem, and Dr. Daniel, of Oxford, i
weie quickly on the scene and did
all that was possible to relieve the
sufferings of the wounded men. In
r. short time a large number of pro-
!,min!.nt citizens-of Oxford arrived cn!
achineo, among thorn beins S'ncriffi
Hunt. Police Officer Reid, Mr. J.
Powell. Fred" Peed: and "others.
l Mulowitz' frantic with grief, s:ied
but:' "My friend had seven small
children; how can I face his wife;
Svf&- tSyt vl fwas i ifnlAplace; of (Le
dead inon .... ; kJ-: ;.;'.
The . remains of Mr. Silver and Xiip
injured men were taken to Durham
The automobile in which the men
were riding was damdged to an ei
tent of $200. '
THE WOMEN AS POLITICIANS
They. Did Some Fine Team Work To! He was taken to the office of Dr.
Capture West Virginia. j Nelson Thomas, who made a critical-
One of the finest pieces of politi-1 examination and found that no bon
cal team work pulled off in a long .es were 'broken. The little fellow'
time was the manner in which the ; sustained only slight bruises, and
women brought about the capture of j the doctor states that he will be out
West. Virginia. !' in a few days. His companion es-
At the time the vote in the Legis- j caped injury,
lature stood tied, one of their men, Accidents will happen. Mr. Par
a Senator by the name of Block. ; ham is a very careful driver and his
was located in far away California, I car was moving at a slow rate of
where he had no business being cau-j speed. His presence of mid and
ght at the time.- His vote was neea-j
ed and it developed that some ex
pense would be incurred in. rushing
him to the scene of action.
A special train was 'arranged for,
but on the possibility that this train
might not prove fast enough, the wo-'
men arranged an airplane relay atl
Viia cerripp. Meantime" there ruj-
; peared ilL tne legislative hall a per-
) SQn bY the name : cf Montgomery,
1 . - - ed t - be qualified to vote
against the .women. What did they
do but root into Montgomery's re
cord and find that he was disquali
fied by reason of having moved his
citizenship to another State! So,
they held the situation safely in
hand until the missing Mr. Block ar
rived when they hurried him to the
State House and had his vote re
corded, thus beating out the opposi
tion and fastening down West Vir
ginia as a suffrage State.
. It was a . performance in enter-
prise that should win the admira-1
tion of the world for the women,
and it shows that when it comes to
checkmating political plays, the wo-'
ien are to be counted in. Thej
hustling of their man Block 'across
the Continent was one of . the , most
admiral political achievements in
the history of the country.
MR. J. A. TAYLOR PRACTICING
LAW IN WEST VIRGINIA, j
Associated With Leading Law Firm
. At Huntington.
The Huntingtoh,v 'W. Va., news
papers refer to Mr. James A. -Taylor
as being1 one of tho brightest , youn?:
men who recently .stood the ex-
amination at Charlestown to prac-1
tice law in West Virginia. The ex-!
amination was, very rigid, only three1
securing license, Mr. Taylor being
one of the successful ones. - j
Mr. Taylor is an Oxford boy, the
son of Mr. R. P. Taylor., Ho was a
first, .lieutenant in ,5Cpmrany E,
Thirtieth ' Division, ;and saw , much
hard service, abroad. '? Son. after
tho armistic was signed he located at
Huntington. : He- had previously
prajcticed law in Noith Carolina, but
itas necessary tostand 'an exami
nation in West Virginia "before be
ing permitted to practice in that
State. He is now associated with
Doegan & Bowman, leading attor
noys at Huntington.
lrrrn m which tv Trecher told
his nearers veiT plainly that there,
waft r. rrrnt cr vrc.-i- with thom
and that it was about time for fhem
to see what they could do about
clianpinpr that fact.
"Oh, he was fine!" she exclaimed.
"He just went right after them and
save it to them porfectly. straight
'.'Them ! " She, had been in church
herself, had heard the whole scold
ing and had thought 'it was a fine
thing for 'them. It didn't seem to ;
occur , to her that she was a part of
"them" herself , and that those warm
and -scathing remarks might have
been directed as much at her as at
anybody else in the church. She
didn't take any of the criticism to
herself at all, and the chances are
that she deserved it right along with
the rest of "them."
This, mistake is unfortunately easy
to make. You listen to a sermon or
you read an article which points out
certain faults that ought not to be.
"How true that is," you think.
"Now that description just exactly
fits Margaret JoneS.. I wish she
could hear this. That's . just the
thing she does all the time." And
you never think of applying a test
to your own character or habits or
charactistics to find . out whether
that description points yon out dis
tinctly or i!ot. "That ought to do a
lot of good," you decide complacent
ly, but it hasn't done you any good,
because you haven't recognized your
share in it at all. If all the people
who heard it or read it took it simp-
ly as a good "call down" for others,
as you did, just exactly who would be
helped or changed by it?
TWO BOYS RTTN INTO
AUTO ON COLLEGE STREET
Close Call,
But No Bones
Were
- Broken. '.
Perched upon their bicycles early
Wednesday morning, the small son
of Mr. Luther White and another
boy made 'a short . turn; on College
street and got Stangled. ny with Mr
Ben "W. Parham's car; -Mr. -Parham
was at the wheel ahd stoi ed his" car
in the nick of time. , (
Mr. White's son was thrown, be
neath the car. Mr. Lee Taylor hap
pened to come along at the time of
the accident and assisted in rescu-
inrr the bov from hrnrnth thp mt
steady nerves no doubt averted
a
serious accident.
TAFT BLAMES REVOLT ON
PEACE TREATY'S FAILURE
Nashville, March 16. "I . believe
the revolution in Germany was has
tened by the failure of Congress to
pass on the peace treaty,' declared
former President William Howard
Taft here, commenting on the latest
developments in that country.
"The moderates under Ebert and
Noske were republicans at heart
who needed the moral support of
this country, which should have been
supplied by the passage . of the
treaty," he said.
. KNOTT'S GROVE
Owing to an emergency that has
arisen the hour3 for service at
Knott's Grove Saturday ,and Sun
day will be changed.
ThP Sa turd ap
pervice will be held at 10:30 a. m.
and on Sunday the hour of meeting
win be. 3: 30 p. m. .
Important matters will be discuss
ed at the Saturdav conference.-
UPCHURCH, Pastor.
Mr. W. B. Tyer, favorably
known in Oxford, and who was
formerly with the British-American
Tobacco Company, Richmond, has
nnpontpd a nositinn with the Ameri-
cam National Bank of Greensboro.
He is a son of-Dr. "A. P. Tyer; who
was pastor of the Oxford Methodist
church four yearsrago. He. was dis
charged some time ago from the
military service of-the -United States
after serving two years in France
and Germany.
Uncle Josh at Tar River.
UncleJosh, Edison's Favorite Re
cord maker and Champion Trick
Fiddler, will give an entertainment
at Tar River School Building Fri
day evening, March 26th, 1920, at
7:45. He will imitate anything on
his fiddle from the finest whistling
bird to an old church organ. He
will entertain everyone from the
youngest child , to the oldest person.
His entertainment is cleansand re
fined. Everybody; is cordially in
vited to come and -have . a hearty
laugh Admission 25 and 40 cents.
The American Sugar Refining
Co. made $15,250,619 in 1919.
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