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PUBLISHED SEMI:VEEKLY TO WN AND COUNTY OFFER BRILLIANT OPPORTUNITIES-AIL HOME PRINT!
YOU;ME XXXV
OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY, MARCH 30, 1920
NUMBER 25
iUISTIXG LETTER FROM j ELECTION BOARD IS
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DOCTOR B. K.
HAYS!
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NAMED FOR GRANVILLE
EASTER'S LESSON.
i
it'
,r Public Ledger
tiie man or woman away fromj
nothing is of more interest
she daily mail. To an Oxford
v.-nose labors have called him
:reat distance, no mail is of
A. 4-1 V-i "D-:-i'U1 ! T rrt
interest man mc uuni .ljvju.-
it faithfully records the acts,
.'ihoughts, the hocs and the as--tVnis
of those who are nearest
i clearest to us. Unfortunately,
viPT the two years that I have
a av.ay from home, it has too of-
'boVn required - to record the
h of loved ones. So "frequent
ly this been
ire .
the case that more
it 2 -1 i ' C
in --' ciice, (luring uie eiiut5inic oi
enza, I have held the unopened
':'-Vt in my hand and wondered if
ir v.ould tell of some dear friend who
i'J ivssed to the sreat beyond;
, iul c rod if the name of some strong
i 'i or helpful woman with whom I
iied to exchange greetings upon
1- .' return would be listed with those
; .lom i shall see no more But
v. hen I have returned to Oxford for
brief visits it has been, not to find
evidence cf mourning' upon the
but a new generation ot
vouths and maidens, who like
mill's gourd, have developed in a
sin -lo night
Just how scon a man is forgotten
.; been impressed upon me d
aring of the discussions which
ve taken place in Oxford as to
let her my home place should be
used for the erection of a high school
or for a hospital.
In thinking of the men and wo
men of Granville, whose labors have
counted largely in the uplift and ad
vancement of the people, my mind
eoes most frequently to' Prof. VF. P.
'Hobgood. In what home has his in
fluence not been felt? How many
ivomen has he not inducted into al
iife of greater usefulness? Women
who, had it not been for him, would
have been compelled by the shackles
of ignorance to lead a life of drudg
ery? And now it is his privilege to
see the sonsof these women in plac
es cf responsibility and influence:
to see them stand with "The ap
plause cf listening senates to com
mand where would these men be,
what would they be doing, had their
movhers not been educated? Long
iife to you Professor. I only wish
you were as sound in theology as in
! It Is Composed of A. W. Graham,
Jr., Charles R. Gordon and fJ. H.
Gooch. J
The North Carolina B ard of Elee- j
tions met in 'Raleigh lact Saturday!
and named county boards cf ele;
tions for the 100 counties in the!
l-State 'to receive and review- hn.Hnt.s
cast .in the coming statewide prim
ary set for the first Saturday in
June,"aRd the returns from the gen
eral election to bo hel l in Novem
ber. v
The list of appointments for Gran
ville County is as followers:. Mes
srs. A. W. Graham, Jr., Oxford; C.
R. Gordon, of Corinth, and J. H-
i Gooch. of Stem,-the first two being
Democrats and the latter a Repub
lican. Thecard of elections will be the
local authority for matters pertain
ing to the primary and the election.
They also-arrange for each election,
fixing the ballot boxes at each pre
cinct and distribute registration
books and tickets. During the elec
tion the board is one of the business
organizations connected with poli
tics. Both Messrs Graham and Gordon
are well known as active Democrats,
and Mr. Gooch is one of the most re-
! gular attendants at Republican con
ventions. It is customary for the
election board in each county to be
From, the stars of the night
and the- dewy grass of the
spring mornings, in the- notes
of the birds and the music of
little rills, through all of the
myriad voices of nature, there
comes the healing touch of pa-
tience, the conseiousnest that
vast eternal forces go on their
majestic way quite untroubled
by the ferment of human brains
and the hot impulses of human
hearts, nieii and .women are
inspired and calmed by the
spectacle of the wonderful re
surrection which every spring
brings to renew . their faith in
ultimate good' '
KIDNAPPED BOY IS FOUND IN
ROOM OF LEXINGTON HOTEL
THE MAYOR OF OXFORD
! ' ISSUES PROCLAMATION
TORNADO SWEEPS SOUTH AND 1 A QUESTION OF GRAVIS CON
WEST; MANY ARE KILLED I C'ERN IS THAT OF SPEEDING.
Damage To rroperty Estimated In 'Danger ncretyses ' In Proportion To
Millions; 36 Known Dead With; The Number of Automobiles.
Hundreds Killed In Alabama and.; The increasing number of automo
Georgia; Thousands Of Persons j bile accidents in North Carolina
Made Homeless In West; Property! with many fatal results, is a cause of
Less At Elgin, Illinois, Alone $4,- ( grave concern. Many cf these ac-
000,000. -, j cidents are caused by speeding. How
(Associated Press Report) j to stop speeding is a problem -which
ine storm mat gathered m the! comes under the laws of the State.
while by their active co-operation in i. west bur, day and swept down throu-j The following paragraph taken from
this matter. They can do this by I K Illinois, Ohio and Alabama, was a recent issue of the Sampson Demo
thoroughiy cleaning the interior of tns severest at Elgin, Illinois, thirty j crat, shows ' how the Mayor of'Clin-
their business places, getting rid 0f-miiG3 west 01 unicago, where eight i ton deals with speeders:
an irasn ana rubbish with which
The Week Beginning March 28th Is
Hereby Set Apart As a Special
Clean-Up and ,Fire Prevention!
Week, Applying Only to the Busi-j
ness District Qf Oxforll. j
The business men are herebyurg-j
ed to help make this Clean-up" and;
Fire Prevention week well worth ':
iT-. .
persons were killed and 14,000,000
their premises may be littered, which j damage to property. ,
will serve the purpose of reducing ! lAst of .Known Dead,
.fire ris!; and will creatly improve! Tne Chicago dictrict, with 29
their premises from 4he standpoint f deaths was the heaviest sufferers,
of sanitation and sightliness. When West Liberty, Ind., Fenton, Mi-.h.,
7; Zulu, Ind., 5; Nashville, Ohio, 4;
mado up of tvo Democrats and
Renublican.
one j
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BROOKS CERTAIN TO
RUN FOR THE SENATE
Will Oppose Senator Lee S. Over
man, Says Mr. Brawley.
The Durham Herald says Sump
ter C. Brawley, Chairman of the
Durham County Democratic Exesvi
tive Committee, predicts that A. L.
Brooks, of Greensboro, will run for
the United States senate in opposi
tion to Senator Lee S- Overman.
Mr. israweiv asserted that, it is a t
certainty that Mr. Brooks will make!
the race for the senate if the Dela
ware legislature ratifies' the equal
suffrage amendment.
Mr. Brawley stated that he had a
conversation with the prospective
candidate while en route to Durham
Friday afternoon from Rocky
mount. He says that Mr. Brooks
will probably . niake the race even
should the amendment fall short of
ratification by the Delaware law
makers next Thursday. ,
But His Father Had Placed $25,
000 Ransom Demanded in Trash
NCan Thursday Evening. '
(Lexington, Ky., Leader.)
Paul Little, 12-year-old son oE
R. Little, -Lexington capitalist, -who
was held for ransom by kidnappers,
was found .Saturday morning lock
ed in a room at a local hotel.
5 The boy disappeared from, in
front of. the Lexington post office
Wednesday afternoon where he was
seen in conference with a man.
The kidnapper demanded $25,
000 for the return of the boy.. Mr.
Little gladly complied, and at the
appointed
night took
have contained the money and drop
ped it in a down-town garbage can.
When he returned a half hour, later
the package remained intact. Be
lieving the kidnapper failed to show
up, for fear of being "double-crossed,"
Little pocketed the money vand
went home.
.Mrs. Katherine Sartain, maid on
the sixth floor of the hotel, said she
had not been able to get in the room
for two days, or since the boy was
kidnapped. A sign was round m
the room printed like the letter to
Mr. Little in which the demand for
the $25,000 ransom was made. The
sign read:
"Do not disturb me. I am sick.'
hour, 7 o'clock Friday
a package supposed to
this inside work has been thoroughly
done wre desire that our back lots
and alleys be thoroughly cleaned.
Put all trash and rubbish in boxes
or barrels located . at places where
they can be reached by the wagons.
Let's get busy and do the job
thoroughly. An inspection will fol
low the Clean-up Campaign.
This 27tttMay of March, 1920.
? T. G. STEM,
Mayor of Oxford.
HOW DOES THIS STRIKE
' THE AVERAGE MAN?
Greenville, Ohio, 4 ;iGeneva; 4 Ind.,
3, and one each at Monroeville Ind.;
Tovnlcy, Ind. ; Hart, , Mich. ; East
Troy, Wis., and St. Louis, Mo.
In The South.
Estimated dead in Alabama
Georgia, is placed at seventy.
Granqe, Ga., and , West Point.-Ga.,
were the hardest hit points, the for
mer place reporting probable fifty
killed and 21 bodies recovered, while
West Point's death, list reached ten.
and
La-
VIRGILINA CASHIER HAS
SURRENDERED HIMSELF
Drifting? Colored i Roscoe Conkl:n Tuck. Charged With
sf 'ISIS AAA' i T
Where Are We
Women Elected "Delegates In Ken
tucky. ' :
Lexington, Ky., March ; 2 7 Anne
Simms; Banks, . Negress, of Clark
county, Kentucky,, as a regular ac
credited member cf the Clark coun
ty delegation of the Seventh Con
gressional District, Republican con
vention at Lagrade, Ky., held prior
to the State convention at Louisville,
took part in the deliberation of the
district convention and "was made a
member of the Resolutions Commit-1
tee.
RECOVERY OF A
LOST PIN
education.
mind dwells continually ipon RALEIGH WOMEN PARTICIPATE
th public health movement in Gran- IN PRECINCT MEETINGS
ville. Tne County was most f ortu-! "
r.nte in being able to secure the ser- Authorised to Sit As Delegates In
of such a man as Dr. J. A. Mor- ' umy L-onveniion iext satur-
His letters in the Public Led- "ay
T r - i i if - j a i
I have read with interest and on- vviin tne right ot iNorth Carolina!
women to vote m the June primary
vices
sick-rnon-
This,
WHERE DO THEY STAND?
Mr. I L. Crews Wants To Know
What Senator Cm'rin-nndfRer-sentative
Brummitt Will Do About
It. .
Editor Public Ledger:
Inasmuch as Senator Currin and
Representative Brummitt favored
the Revaluation Act. without sub-
question to the people,
for them to
play fair and tell the public where
mitting .the
would if not be well
Miss Wilhelmina Thomas, of Milton,
Lost It In Oxford.
The following advertisement, ap
peared in the Public Ledger Friday,
March 19: "Found near the Oxford
Methodist Church Monday afternoon
a gold-pin. : Owner may get same by
' describing pin and paying for this
advertisement. Mrs. J. D. Brooks,
Oxford, N. C." i
- On March 25th, Miss Wilhelmia
Thomas, of Milton, N, C, in a letter
to Mrs. Brooks, said:
"I saw'" your announcement iri the!
Public Ledger about some one find
ing a gold pin
Embezzlement of $45,000, is Un
der Bond.. ..
(Special" to Public ' Ledger)
Virgilina, Va., March 29. Roscoe
Conklin Tuck, charged with embezz
ling $45,000 funds of the Citizen's
bank of Virgilina, and whose where
bouts have been a mystery to the
Halifax county, authorities for near
ly a month, surrendered Monday af
ternoon at Houston.
He, walked into the courtroom
with friends from his home and was
released on $5,000 bail almost im-
Ijnediately. Judge Berksdale let it
i oe known over a week ago, when it
was rumored that he was ready to
comerin that this would be his bond,
and relatives were present to go se
curity, v
Tuck, who managed to elude the
authorities, although his presence
near Virgilina has been frequently
reported during the past week, de
clined to make any statement when
approached, neither would he say
where he has been hiding. . . , , . ":
" ' - "n i inn- ' i " 5
LUMBER SUPPLY IN THE
STATE IS DIMINISHING
"Mr. Dennis Turlington was up
i before the Mayor the second time
for speeding Saturday and for this
second Offense was fined $50 and
costs. The third offence well, the1
standard of prices has not been fix
ed above the. second offense, but it
would probably be enough. If all
speeders on the county roads were
caught and similarly fined, the
school treasury would overflow."
If those ho have in charge the
execution of the laws would grip the
situation with an iron hand there
would soon be seen a lessening of
the number of accidents and a saving
of life and property. . When a speed
ster runs over and kills a child, par
exit's hearts are broken and homes
made sad- The law cannot restore
a life or heal a broken heart, but if
there were strict application . of the
law in all cases of speeding it might
be the means of making people more
thoughtful in driving cars. v
lv rcret that there are not more of
them. Granville Comity is paying
annual tax of a wo hundred thou-
s-.rrl dollars for unnecessary
We cannot appraise, in
c." the unnecessary deaths.
n'o-rt drain can be stopped in only
.r. v-ay. Not by legislative enact
;ii't; not by quarantine; not by
v;".-!r:f!.ticns against disease; though
of these methods are of value and
hr aul be enforced- But the root of
f-vi! can be reached only by the
'" ition of the people in public
; uh ars. Ninety five per cent
' ' health officers duties are educa
'' ''--l Our knowledge of preven
';v Hied Seine is only a few years old.
parents did not possess this
KMovrk-dge nor does the middle aged
; r! ? ef today no matter how intel
1 ; ,";t he may be, possess it unless
?;,'' ni?.de it a special study. A
.illustration should make my
!i'ir"'!'"'g clear. Take the habit of
cuous spittinsr. Thirty years
v,Tis not thought of as a cause
ease. Today we know that
abit is responsible for untold
and death. Yet the habit
'' If some one in a croAvd
no: cry of "mad dog" there is a
!'r-- Men go for their guns and
idren are kept indoors until it is
:n that the dog is dead. And
ere is more danger to every
!ri who walks uwm the streets of
x,frd from the sputum upon .the
iVment as it exists today, than
would be from a. rabid . dog
"W'inpr at large through the town.
!rr all it is only the germs in the
'MYa Of tho dflff in -r.rVii.n'K fn-vT.rt nn
-- .v Vfs 111 WUiUl tllCJ. C 13
r,nr. And vp.t
vrullow and play in streets beam
f'd with human sputum. And
sputum is seething with germs
ss deadly as is the saliva of the
r (0pr
O hz-r illustrations might be giv
rihe fly nuisance, open wells,
'';"r" privies, the common drink
" "np. dirty milk, diseased cooks,
' )'-' hotels, restaurants, lunch
1,li!or3 and drinking fountains,
"oint is that correction, of the
'O be found only in the.edu
"' i of public opinoin.' Until this
p"' our loved ones will continue
"anficd upon the alter of ourj
' ' ' ' ce, or, what is worse, indif
r ' ce. Our County has a health
' vrho is thoroughly alive to
ll fncts in the case and it is to be
' ' d that, nil TMP-Vit mindod rnrk1f
hanging m the balance in Delaware,
Raleigh women appeared, according
to a generally pre-arranged plan, at
all Democratic precinct meetings
Saturday night and as'.:ed for a
f voice in the councils of the part'.
In two precincts, women were
elected members of the' precinct
committee and authorized to sit as
delegates in the count: convention
A. l 1 -r
iiv3xt oaturaay. in anotner tnev-t
were invited to sit in the conven
tion as delegates.
near the Methodist
they stand on the woman suffrage i Church. I have been teacning m the
question? Would it not be better Providence school, near Oxford, this
i for the people to have a chance ' to year, but on account of sickness I
express their views on the proposed: was called home. While the evan
Nineteenth Constitutional amend- j gelistic services were in progress at
ment than Tor our rrpjesentative' to
take matterc in ther own hands and
vote for the measure in face of th3
iact that there are net a oozen vot
ers in ihe ?ounty who ai3 in. favor
of suffrage? The women of our
county do not see the "necessity of
women voting. -
L. L CREWS.
FLYING PARSON COULD
. NOT LOCATE ASHEVILLE
REPUBLICANS LEAD MERRITT
TO THE SLAUGHTER PEN
"hi
t
y.'-'t
;,;ir
Crossed the Biuo Ridge and Lands
At Morganton.
Lieutenant Maynard left Knox
ville, Tenn-, at 2:30 o'clock last Sat
urday afternoon for Asheville, and
failing to locate that ciy landed at
Morganton, 35 miles east of Ashe
ville, at five o'clock. Over 10,000
people awaited throughouVe af
ternoon, in a field on theci.ltmore
estate at Asheville, to greet the "fly
ing parson." I.Taynard wired, back
frntvl TVTrkVf antfin tint hn hnH rwra-r-
ti u- ?uand represented his county
that he was flying high to avoid the' pprjil n-mhw fiPvorai t
mountains and unintentionally
over Asheville.
f 1 QTTT l 0
IN THE WORLD OF TOBACCO
'"ill
sive him the support which he
:n 1
it
' Purpose was to write of army
als. But as Sidney Smith
Vvhen a woman compared him
i Oea:
a. woman willtalk of what runs
lfr head." fW1VTv1 Vnr in mv
and having said so much about
a description" of : the-hospital and
Wilson Led In -Pounds and Youngs
ville In Price.
Raleigh, March 29. Crop Report
er Parker finds that the state has
sold 323,559,634 pounds of tobacco
during the past season at an average !
price of two-tenths of a cent lessj
xi T l e T-vsNiivis-l T'fiia i
.1110,11 llclll il UUlldl o, jvjuiivx.
is the highest average ever paid for
tobacco sold during the past season
with 32 1-2 million producers and
nearly 43 million dealers. Winston-
Salem came second with nearly n
million first hand and 85 millioi re-
Greenville, Kinston, OxoM .and
Henderson markets follow in order.
Youngsville had the highest average
for the season selling its total crop
for an average of $60.99 per hun
dred pounds, a fractional part 'of a
cent above that of Oxford.
IS YOUR NAME THERE?
: Any -one living inside corporate
limits of Oxford not enumerated
in the census recently taken please
fill oul and sign and return to the
Public Ledger office: . .
Name : . .. .
Street .. -
Race : .. , . - Age
I It Is Up To Congressman Charles M.
Stedman To Decapitate the loung
. Man. 'v ;
Mr. Williafim'D. Merritt.'-of Rox-
boro, has announced his candidacy
for the republican nomination for
congress in this the fifth district,And
will go before theu convention-in Dur
ham , on the afternoon of the 10 th of
April.
Mr. Merritt is a lawyer and comes
from a family that has been active
for a number of years in Person
j County. His father, the late Dr.
I Merritt was one of the best known
figures in this section of the state
in the
eneral assambly several times.
William D. Merritt is a graduate
of the University of North Carolina,
and played end for Carolina and was
for four consecutive years, picked as
an end for the all Southern team.
After leaving college he began the
practice of law at Roxboro.
the Oxford Methodist Church I at
tended services with Mr. and Mrs. C.
G. Daniel, . and while in the Church I
discovered I had lost the pin. It
was a medium size pink cameo pin,
with some'black marks on the inside
of the cameo, and had a small ring at
the top so it could be worn as a neck
lace. I value, .the pin very highly
as it was a birthday gift to. me last
fall.".
Mrs. Brooks sent the pin by first
mail. Thus it will be cen that it
pays to advertise "in the Public. Led-
The Supply Will Be Entirely. Ex-
hansted In a Few Years.
Joseph Hyde Pratt, director North
Carolina Geological and Economic i
Survey, Forestry Division, with
headquarters at Chapel Hill, sends
the following warning to lumber
men and others:
"We, in North Carolina, have at
least come to the point where the
lumbermen, the lumber users, and
RAKES, HOES AND BROOMS
ARE IN EVIDENCE HERE
Clean-Up Week Is a Good Thing
When. All Observe It.
This is clean up week, and rakes,
hoes and brooms have been much in
evidence during the-week. The odor
of burning trash, piles of tin cans
and non combustible refuse conveni
ently placed for the garbage wagon
tell the story that Oxford1 is clean
ing up. Newly planted lawns, fresh
ly plowed garden spots greet the eye
here and .there, and coats of white
wash on tree contribute toward the
general air of sprucing up. Only a
few -more days remain for the delin
quent ones to put their lots in order
during the week set apart for this
purpose ...
. , Without doubt this remaining time
will see Oxford begin to get clean
through and through. The cam
paign this week will have its effect
in more ways than one. It' will
impress . strangers within our gates '
to find things neat and beautiful. It
will benefit us as citizens to have
clean, attractive surroundings. And
the health of the town is bound to be
better because flies and mosquitoes
will be fewer. This "clean up cam
paign" is a mighty good thing, es
pecially when we all observe, it.
EDITOR 1 T. WAY DEAD
the general nublic are pretty much
agreed that something must be done Remains Laid To Rest In Henderson
BED-SHEET AND COFFIN
. , FLY THROUGH THE AIR
if our forest industries are to be i
carried on longer than the next ten j
or fifteen years. A recent question-!,
naire filled out by a large number of
the furniture and other wood-using
industries of the State emphasizes
the point that our own supply of
timber is -: becoming exhausted. In
other States, the same thing is hap
pening; so that the only sensible
thing, to do is - to look . the issue
squarely in the, face and plan to
raise our own timber in our own re
gion. I . should be glad to hear
from you in regard tohe matter; at
your convenience." r r
ENLISTMENTS IN THE
UNITED STATES NAVY
(Statesville Landmark)
a! tit ti tt TjrtQ n p ! Many . Reservists believe that be
amy lVlU&tiiO. Kj. XI. iAViiiv,, j -, ,., , . . ...
Ham, W. A. Lambeth, S. R. Wilson ""V i
and A. L. Wilson are authority for guux un u
the following statement: ' ?fom 1V? four mn
TTr,ii . 1 k thtxv ins oi mai aaie mat uiey are tuu
TEN WANT TO BE
SHERIFF OF JONES CO.
A traveling man who made a trip
to Jones County last week informs
the Public Ledger that he found, the
people down there miich interested
in politics. The county officers are
still; on the fee basis It is reported
that there are , ten candidates for
"Monday evening,
were at the home of Mr. Moses Web
ber, who had been killed that after
noon by a falling tree, and had fin
ished preparing the body for burial.
They stepped out of the house, into
the darkness, and looked toward the
heavens.. There was coming . from
the west, something of about the
size and appearance of a bed-sheet,
except instead of being white, it was
blood-red! It passed swiftly over
them, about 75 feet above; and dis
appeared in the east In a few sec
onds it reappeared and crossed to
the west, disappearing there. In a
few seconds more it returned from
the west to the east, : but when it
was over the house instead of con
tinuing to 'the west, if turned to the
south. 'But with the, change of its
course from west to. east and east to
late to change over. The new order
is as follows :
1. Four months pay in cash or
check on the day you change over to
the Regulars.
2. Second cruise pay for the re
mainder of your enrollment (amou
nting to about $7.00 per menth more
than your old pay).
3. Thirty (30) days leave of ab
sence on the day you transfer to the
Regulars.
4. The choice of the receiving
ship to which you will be sent for
detail. '
FINE OXFORD GHIL
3Iiss Myrtle Renn Becomes Director
Of Community Service 'Work.
Miss Myrtle Renn, of Oxford, who
f
Sunday Afternoon.
; Preston Taylor Way, editor and
manager of the Henderson Daily
Dispatch and the' Henderson Gold
Leaf, and principal stockholder in
the Gold Leaf Publishing Company,
died at Sarah Elizabeth hospital Fri
day afternoon at 5:25 o'clock, as a
result" of a stroke of apoplexy, fol
lowed by paralysis, which he suffer
ed almost exactly at the same hour
of the day on Wednesday31arch 17
The end came peaceably, fallowing a
long struggle during which IYhb pati
ent fought valiantly, always against
all odds. '
Difficulties in the labor world as
they affected him and the constant
ly mounting cost of operating a
growing newspaper business weighed
heavily upon him at times, and his
constant concern over the future, in
an effort to bring his paper to the
standard he longed for, taxed his
strength in the later years of his life.
Mr. Way spent the early years of
his life in Alamance county. He
was a son ot Franklin and Martha
Way, who died several years ago.
He had his first newspaper experi
ence at Liberty, some 27 years ago.
Later he ran a new'spaper at Jones
boro, and from there moved to Wax
haw and established the Enterprise
in 1900.- '
Mr. J. Robert Wood, of Oxford,
funeral director who took charge of
the body, was a special friend of Mr.
Way and it was his request that Mr.
Wood direct his funeral. The inter
ment . was in Elmwood Cemetery,
Henderson, Sunday afternoon. . -
has' had charge of the department of
west to south, it changed its appear-; English at the Monroe High Siihool
o; t,, a tt;n wiiiUro frn that of a sheet to that of I for the past three years, has tender-
311C1U1 Ul JU"C HUU IUC UlllW " I "-" x - - . - j j i .' S V, At
a cpsket After two trips souin anuj ea ner resiguaLiun lu uwumc. unuc
one - north, it disappeared in the 1 tor of community 'service work in
north and was seen no more. It Montgomery County.
obje.
pay about three thousand dollars per
year
AT CORNWALL SCHOOL HOUSE
Ten; Nights In a Bar Room o Be
Presented Saturday Night April
3rd.
The pliy, "Ten Nights In a Bar
Room," which was recently present
ed at Cornwall school house ., and
other places, gave such genuine sat
isfaction the same cast will present
tti play again at Cornwall school
house at .8 o'clock next Saturday
evening. There will 'be" a large " de
legation from Oxford,, Clarksville
and Virgilina. The admission will
be 50 and 25 cents-
of the treatment of the sick soldiers
must be reservedfor anotherletter.
- BENJ. K. HAio,
U. S. A. General Hospital No. 21,
u . - Denver. Col.
Thft TTarris-MitchGll Co.. the
new clothing store on College street,
will have their initial opening on
Thursday morning - next. Their-very
handsome display .ha arrived, ; ;
was oh?.ftrved that when the
first appeared from the west, it was
very, deep red, but . grew, dimmer
each time.
. The Public Ledger offers no sug
gestion as to what the men saw, but
those who drink "mountain, dew"
have visions. v-'. .
- " The Confederate -Monument.
The Daughters of. the 'Confedera
cy are -very much , worried because
the idlers have, adopted Ithe; Confede
rate Monument at the head of Mam
street as a place to loaf. The grass
has been: 'trampled down and the
base of the monument smeared with
tobacco spit. It is one dollar fine to
mutulate the monument or plot, and
the Daughters have requested . the
Mavor to enforce the law. - ,: i
All Roads Lead To Corinth.
VUncle Josh" will give an - enter
tainment at Corinth scnool house
Wednesday evening at 7:30 o'clock;
The admission, is only 15 and 25
cents, the proceeds to be devoted to
school purposes., All roads lead to
Corinth, and all those who wjsh to be
entertained for two hours will find
Uncle Josh strictly on the, job. (adv)
Perkinson-Green Company an
nounce to the ladies a shipmen of
fetching pattern has received since
their millinery showing. These
very Eastery hats are delightful,
bewitching affairs and " the. ladies in
charge of h the millinery department
will take i pleasure in fitting mi-lady
with a oecoming hat. (adv)
f , EfELOVED. WOMAN PASSES
Oak Grove Baptist Church Was Built
Largely By Her Efforts.
Mrs. Bettie Satterwhite Evans, the'
daughter of. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Sat- ;
terwhite. of Wake" county and the 1
wife of Mr. Graham' Evans of Gran
ville county, diedi, at her home Ion V
the morning of the ljth of March.
She was in her 2 4th year and was a
bride of less -than five months. While
her lifxj was short as to years, yet it
was rich in loving deeds of unselfish
service, Oak . Groje Baptist Churcm,
.out three miles east of Walie. Forest,
was built largely by-her earnest 'ef
forts; energy, enthusiasm and faith-'.
fulness.
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-Investigation - by the federal
trade commission of the cause of de
cline in" prices in the loose leaf to
bacco markers during the last year
in absence of "over production or de
cline T in ratail -prftes," was"" asked
Saturday in a .resolution introduced
by Representative Fields, Democrat,
of Kentucky. ; v v .'
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