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VOLUME XXXV
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DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
WAS HARMONIOUS
1 on nor Senator A. A. Hicks Deliver
ed the Keynote Speech Dele
gates to the State Convention El
ected. The Democratic County Conven
ers, held in the courthouse last Sat
urday at noon, was short and sweet
and to the point. There were no
1 tclies present to mar the pleasure
of the old bucks or Kidnap tne youn
ger politicians.
The convention was called by D.
C. Hunt, County Chairman, and for
mer Senator A. A. Hicks was elected
Chairman of the convention, and
Capt, J- C. Howard and Guy B. Phil
li':3 were made secretaries.
' On taking the .stand, Chairman
Hicks explained the object of the
convention as being to elect delega
tes to the State convention, the
county being entitled to eleven with
us many more alternates. and in a
short speech told the convention of
the work to come before the State
meeting in Raleigh next Thursday,
April S, saying that the chief matter
was to write the party's platform
for the campaign in this State during
ih? coming campaign.
In his speech, Chairman Hicks, de
clared that the revaluation act was
not completed, and asked that crit
icism of it be withheld until after
the special session of the Legislature
had completed the law in July; he
outlined the history of the act, and
said that it had the support of Re
publicans as well as Democrats in
the Legislature and pledged that
justice would be given, and that the I
act when completed would be far
better than the old system, and he
believed that it would. finally be per
fected into a satisfactory document.
After a call of the precincts, the
convention ruled that all Democrats
who attend the State convention
next Thursday, April 8, will be ac
credited delegates.
The term of Judge D. C. Hunt, ts
County Chairman, having expired,
nomination for Chairman was in
order. Mayor Thad G. Stem and
others were requested to take the
chairmanship, but their duties were
such at the present time as to com
pel them to decline the honor. Not
being able to find any one who was
willing to take the chairmanship for
a whole year, Capt. J.- C. Howard
was prevailed upon to accept the
county chairmanship until the pri
mary, at which time the chairman of
the executive committee will be elected-
During the convention, short and
pointed speeches were made by Dr.
E. T. White, W. B. Parham, Major
T. G. Stem, Commissioner J. L. Peed
and others. Howard Garner, the
lord mayor of the Hurricane, .occu
pied a conspicuous place in the gath
ering. There wTas no resolution in evi
dence endorsing the national ad
ministration under Woodrow Wilson
and the State under Governor Bick
ett. nor was there a single word ut
tered for or against the Nineteenth
Amendment, or better known as wo
man suffrage.
LEADING BUSINESS MEN
SEE "HESITATION IN PRICES."
This Will Not Come Uutil Present
Stocks Are Absorbed in all Lines.
(Washington Special)
Nation-wide reports from federal
le.serve bank ollicials made public
disclose their opinion that the. post
war were of "extravagance and reck
less buying" by the public is near-t
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"A hesitation, if not an actual
recession" of prices is noted and the
federal reserve board's statement
-summarizes its advices as indicat-f'It
a generally more hopeful view
ot the country's business condition
than for several months.
While the price changes were
shown by the board not to be univer
sal, they were nevertheless, regard
ed as positive and of importance as
'' hn.sis for reckoning what the im
mediate future holds.
Relief from the high prices for
the consumer will not bo complete
ly obtained until present stocks are
absorbed in particularly all lines, ac
cording to the board's view. Manu
facturers everywhere, however, were
f-lpwn to hold the view that the peak
hh-h prices has been reached and
'o xpect a gradual recession.
Wholesalers in the dry goods
to some extent, have taken a
'ommendatory attitude" and are
di
''urairinc; their customers from
niacin- heavy fall orders. This has
"' r-"1 1 to slacken demand and create
'( eling that lower prices will fol-
MEMORIAL TO THE 27TH
AND 30TH DIVISIONS
war memorial has been select
for
Camp Wadsworth S. Cjdent occurred near the child's home.
"Kvtq the men of the North and
Hi" men of the South did "squad
: ': together through many weary
nths before they sailed overseas.
't r much consideration the deeds
the Twenty-seventh (New York
Rational Guard division) and the
Hhntieth (militia regiments from
several States below the Mason Dix-
line) will be commemorated with
a monument done by one of the
venty-seventh's own men Karl 111
aV, a young sculptor who enlisted
ard served throughout the war.
PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY TO WN AND COUNTY OFFER BRILLIANT OPPORTUNITIES-AIL HOME PRINT.
CARRYING THE JOKE
ENTIRELY TOO FAR
Calls Register Of Deeds Powell From
His Downy Couch to Issue Mar
riage License Dr. F. P. Hobgoodj
was Also a Victim of the All-1
Fools' Day Joker.
Along about midnight on All
Fools' Day. some one rang up Mr.
Charles G- Powell, the obliging Reg
ister of Deeds, and requested him
to come down to the Court House
and issue a marriage license.
"Who are you?" demajided Mr.
Powell, at the other end of the wire.
"Never mind who I am, come
down as soon as you can; it is an
urgent case," said the voice at the
Exchange Hotel.
Being a young man of fine parts,
and realizing how a young fellow
must feel on the verge of wedlock,
Mr. Powell dressed and hastened
down to the court house expecting
to find a blushing maiden leaning
on the arm of some one of his many
personal friends. But when he ar
rived at the court house, and find
ing no one in evidence, it occurred
to him that he was the victim of a!
practical joker. i
Some one else called up Mr. Pow
ell, and this time it happened to be
Dr. F. P. Hobgood, president of Ox
ford College, who inquired if a mar
riage license had been issued to any
one of the young ladies of the col
lege. Mr. Powell assured Dr. Hob
good that no such license had been,
issued, and then it occurred to the
genial president of the College that
he was a victim of an All-Fools' Day
joker.
HON. ROBT. N. PAGE AT
THE COURT HOUSE
He Will Speak at One
O'clock.
Hon. R. N. Page, the distinguish
ed candidate to? governor will ar
rive in Oxford .. the noon hour.
Court will adjourn to hear him
speak at one o'clock. There is a
good crowd here from all over the
county to hear a business man dis
cuss the issues of the day.
NORTH CAROLINA MAY BE
PIVOTAL STATE AT LAST
May Be Called Upon for Deciding
Vote on Suffrage.
Washington. April 5. North Car
olina may be called upon for the
deciding vote on the woman suf
frage amendment. It is believed
that the Tar Heel state will fall in
line and turn the trick.
The white house is keenly inter
ested in this proposition, and is urg
ing early action.
It is asserted by Miss Alice Paul
that "Administration democrats are
working for the ratification of the
suffrage amendment with the un
derstanding that a majority of the
women throughout the country are
in favor of the league of nations,
and to support the President in his
views on the German peace treaty.
They are very anxious that they
vote this year. An active campaign
to secure the 36th state is being
made. The North Carolina situa
tion looks promising."
THE NEW WEST OXFORD
GRAMMAR SCHOOL
Will Be Formally Opened Thurs-
Day Night 7:30 O'clock
lilt; OtliUUl UUllUills t.Lll UUO JUOt
been completed in West Oxford is
one that the entire community can
well afford to look upon with pride.
is well constructed and has been
prminned with everv modern conven
ience possible. A new high grade j Immediately after the seizure, Fed
piano has been placed in the build- J eral Officers Lifsey and Gully of
ing ! Raleigh, hastened to Oxford- In
" Dre to the fact that the light fix- the grilling that followed, Boone
tures have just been installed it has told the officers that there were 16
been impossible to have this meet- prominent people inplicated with
in earlier. him; that if they do not come to
Tiii nnhliV i tn he nresent 1
at this meeting in which the leading
people of Oxford will take part. The
auditorium will seat about two hun
dred if some chairs are provided.
G. B. PHILLIPS.
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TOO 3IANY PEOPLE BEING
KILLED BY AUTOMOBILES
Little Boy Was -Killed Near Durham
Last Saturday.
The Durham papers state that the
promising eleven-year old son of Mr.
and Mrs. R. E- Lynn, who live 3
miles east of Durham, was instantly
killed last Saturday when struck by
an automobile driven and owned by
Edward Chambers Smith, Jr., of
Raleigh. Riding in the machine
with Mr. Smith at the time was
Janies S. Manning, Jr., son of the
( State's attorney general. The acci-
According to the information, the
Raleigh automobile driven by Mr.
Smith was coming toward Durham
and a wagon behind which the little
boy with a companion was trotting
was headed in the opposite direction.
Just as the automobile reached the
wagon, the Lynn boy ducked across
the road with his head down.
Mr. Smith turned his car quickly
from the road and ran into the field
adjacent. But the boy had been
struck and a home made sad for
many a day.
OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA,
WHISKEY MANUFACTURING
PLANT CAPTURED IN OXFORD)
It is Thought that the Still Had
Been In Operation For Several
Months Federal Agents State
That the Manufactures Have Re
alized $50,000 From the Sale of
Liquor Officers Sieze the Fur
niture Factory Fixtures and
Grain.
Excitement ran high in Oxford
last Sunday morning when it be
came known that -the officers dur
ing the night had captured a big
whiskey manufacturing plant in the
back yard of the White Roller Mills,
a quarter of a mile from the busi
ness section of Oxford.
The first information that there
was something wrong in that end of
the town was about one month ago
when there appeared in the Public
Ledger a communication announc
ing the establishment of a "fly
plant" and requesting the health of
ficer and the town commissioners
to make an investigation. Upon
investigation the officers smelt the
fumes of malt and still-beer, but
they could not locate the still.
Doubly sure that there was a whis
key manufacturing plant in that
vicinity, the officers made a close
inspection of the outbuildings on
the White Roller Mills property, but
found nothing. So strong were the
fumes and so fat were the hogs in
the back lot that a second inspec
tion was made, and again nothing
was found of an incriminating na
ture. However, on Saturday night last
human bloodhounds entered the
building and informed J. D. Boone,
who claimed to have rented the out
buildings, formerly known as the
White-Wood Furniture factory, that
if he did not reveal the hiding place
of the still they would tear the place
down brick by brick and plank by
plank. Seeing the sheriff and fed
eral officer and their assistants arm
ed with saws and sledge hammers,
determined to gut the place, Boone
quietly, led them to the secret cham
ber, which proved to be the boiler
room of the old furniture factory,
which Boone had succeeded in con
verting into a hermetically sealed
vault by running a brick wall in
front of the big steam boiler which
propelled the machinery of the fur
niture factory in former days. Oil
cans and other fixtures were distrib
uted on a shelf in front of the boiler
to give the place the appearance of
abandonment. By removing the
shelf an entrance was gained to the
secret chamber. The place was fit
ted up" with water and electric
lights, and it is reasonable to pre
sume that neither the Oxford Water
Company and the Carolina Power
and Light Company were aware
that the water and electric power
were being consumed at that partic
ular point.
The outfit was operated automati
cally with the firing of the boilers.
Heat generated by the boilers war
med the fermented liquids in the
still into vaporizing, and no expense
was entailed for fuel. The boiler
rooms were carefully guarded to
keep persons not connected with the
industry at an unsuspicious distance.
The manager refused to implicate
any associate, and went to jail in de
fault of bond in the sum of $2,500.
In the raiding party were Sheriff
Hunt, Federal Officers J. A. Hutch
ins, Deputy Lyon, Chief Hobgood
and Capt. Reid of the police force.
nis rescue ne win maKe disclosures
that will shake the whole town and
county from center to circumference.
Unable to secure bond, Boone was
sent to the county jail. He is in an
ugly mood, and other arrests are
sure to follow.
'Boone first made his appearance
in Oxford about nine or ten months
ago. It was understood that he
came to Oxford to paint and mend
the furniture that was stored away
in the furniture factory after the
White-Wood Furniture Company
quit business.
Boone is a red-faced man, about
35 years of age and weighs about
165 pounds. He usually wears a
cap pulled down over his forehead.
He is very reticent when sober and
is inclined to talk when drinking.
Those who have sampled the li
quor manufactured by Boone state
that it was high-grade corn liquor.
The revenue officers are inclined to
believe that Boone and his partners
have operated the plant for six mon
ths and that they have realized at
least $50,000 from the sale of li
quor. Boone will be given a hearing
next Friday. Tn the mean time re
venue officers hope to procure the
arrest of others who were in co
partnership with Boone.
It is generally believed here that
Boone could not have accomplished
so much unbeknowihg to everybody.
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TUESDAY, APRDj 6, 1920
WOMEN WILL BE IN
EVIDENCE AT THE STATE
CONVENTION NEXT WEEK
Guilford and Durham Counties Will
oeiiu me largest delegations. ;
Three score women duly accredit- j
ed by Democratic county conven-
tions in North Carolina will attend!,
mc ouiie -Uemocrauc convention:
next Thursday In Raleigh to parti-' able salary should be guarranteed
cipate in it. ) to the teachers who are qualified j
Guilford 25for tne work in tne Schools. The j
Durham .".'.".."." .".".".".".'..".." .".." 15 Public can easily see that the sche-1
Wake !!!..!!!".!!!.!'.! 5 (u a(opted is based entirely upon '
Buncombe 4
' Sampson 3
Montgomery unlimited
Guilford's delegation of 25 women
will head the list in' size, but fori
beauty and charm, says the Raleigh
News and Observer, Wake will put
her delegation of five Democratic
women up against the world.
Durham's fifteen women delegat
es to the State convention sat in the
county convention, participated in
its deliberations and heard the elo
quent praises of General Julian S-
Carr, who declared himself glad to
have lived to see the day.
Buncombe's four fair delegates
will come down with the full en
dorsement of former Governor
Locke Craig ringing in their ears.
Old Alamance in ringing resolu
tions called upon the Governor to
call an extra session of the Legisla
ture to give the women the rights
they deserve, and Catawba Demo
crats accorded women their full
rights as Democrats to sit in a con
vention. Sampson didn't resolute
but named three delegates to the
State r convention and Montgomery
without partiality named both male
and female Democrats, who desire
to attend the State convention, to do
so.
Pitt, Martin and' Wilson counties
were among those that are dead a
gainst equal suffrage now and
adopted resolutions declaring em-
phatically against it.
It seems quite certain that the
convention is to have a new situa
tion to handle, but those who ap
pear to think that the prospect is
inviting approach by the women in
hostile disposition may find that
they were altogether wrong.
SLIGHT CHANGE IN
BASE BALL RULES
The -New Rules Inflict -Ridiculous
Burdens Upon the Judgment of
the Umpire.
The life of a baseball umpire, un
happy enough heretofore, is due for
a great access Jof tribulation under
the new rules in effect this season.
The changes will be sure to inject
more germs of discord into the nati
onal game than will be good for it.
For instance, a pitched ball hitting
the bat when the batsman is trying
to get out of the way of it is "dead,"
and not a "strike," as heretofore.
It is up to the umpire to decide
whether the batsman actually tried
to get out of the way. The rule fix
ing penalties for the "intentional
discoloring" of a ball also puts ridi
culous burdens upon the judgment
of the umpire. Beyond doubt, the !
season will develop as much confus
ion as to make another revision . of
the rules necessary next year.
APRIL TERM OF GRAN
VILLE SUPERIOR COURT
Hon. Thomas H. Calvert, Judge Pre
siding Criminal Docket was
Taken Up Monday.
April term of Granville Superior
Court convened Monday morning,
Judge Calvert presiding, and Hon.
S. M. Gattis, the able solicitor, at
his desk.
This is Judge Calvert's second
visit to the Granville bench. He
delivered an able charge to the
grand, jury and the court got right
down to business.
While the docket is quite lengthy
there are no cases at this term that
are calculated to cause everybody
to suspend business and sit around
the court room all the week.
THE HOOVER REACTION
RANGES ALL THE WAY
FROM JOY TO SORROW
Opinion Differs As to Whether His
Chances Have Been Helped or
Hurt By Line Up With Republi
cans. (Washington Special)
Herbert' Hoover's announcement
of willingness to accept the republi
can nomination for President, with
certain reservations as to platform
declarations, has been, of course,
the "big noise" in last week's poli
tical hews. Dispatches to The Star
from its political correspondents in
states from New England to the
Pacific coast indicate a reaction
ranging all the way from joy to
sorrow, with a considerable amount
of indifference sandwiched in be
tween the layers. ?
CENSUS GIVEN FOR
TWO TAR HEEL TOWNS
Elizabeth City Has 8,925, and Tar
boro 4,568, Both of Them Show
ing Increase.
Population statistics announced
by the Census Bureau included:
Elizabeth City, N. C, 8,925, in
crease 5.13 or 1 per cent.
Tarboro, N. C, 4,568, increase
439 or 10.6 per cent.
OXFORD SCHOOL BOARD FLX
QUALIFICATIONS AND SAL
ARIES FOR COMING YEAR
A Brief Statement Of The Qualif i-1
cations And Salaries For The Ox-
ford School System.
At a meetm of the Board the1
? meeting oi tne Board the.
im,i , "
the record of the teacher. It is the
first business like salary scheme of
the Oxford Schools. The teacher
who fails to measure up to the stan
dard that will be wisely fixed will
not receive the salary of the one who
does. In other words as soon as a
teacher gets her rating from the
State Dept. she will be able to place
herself from the standpoint of sal
ary. Every provision will be made
for a teacher to raise her rating by
honest effort.
Qualifications.
The following Schedule has been
worked out upon the Dasic of Ox
ford's needs and the experience of
other towns. The plan of the Dur
ham City Schools has been followed
to a certain extent.
All employees of 'the Educational
Dept. of the Oxford Public Schools
are required to pass a physical ex
amination at the time of appoint
ment and annually: thereafter be
tween the first of May and the first
of Sept. The examinations are Ao
be made by the County Physician.
Elementary School teachers to be
eligible for appointment must be
graduates of approved High School
fand in addition must have complet
ed a two year's normal course, or
must have done three year's acade
mic work beyond that required for
graduation from High School, or
must have .the equivalent in success
ful experience in the Oxford system.
High School Teachers to be eligi
ble for appointment must be gradu
ates of Colleges requiring . gradua
tion from a four year High School
for admission. They must have
done special work in the subject they
expect to teach, or have had two
years of successful experience in
teaching High School woik.
For the purpose of determining
salaries to be paid, teachers are di
vided into five classes, according to
academic - and professional prepara
tion. The classes are designated as
A, B, C, D. and E. The class in
which a teacher belongs shall be de
termined by the rating given by the
State Dept. of Education in its new
classification program.
Salary Schedule.
Minimal Salary:
Class A $1200
Class B
Class C
Class D
Annual Increase:
Class A, 6 of
Class B, 6 of
Class C, 5 of
Class D, 5 of
1100
1000
900
$100
100
50
50
Maximal Salary:
Class A $1800
Class B 1460
Class C 1200
Class D 1100
Class E The maximal salary of
Class E shall be lower than the max
imal salary of Class D.
Principals shall receive a salary
of $200 a year above that attached
to their rating as teachers.
Full annual increases as provided
by the schedule will be granted tea
chers and principals whose work
has been satisfactory and who have
gained in ability to do their work
during the year. Only one half
the annual increase wTill be granted
to those whose work has been satis
factory but who have made no ap
preciable improvement during the
year. Those whose work has not
been entirely satisfactory but who
have made an earnest effort to im
prove may be retained without in
crease of salary. Those wrho have
not made an effort to improve will
not be retained.
Teachers now in the system whose
academic and professional prepara
tion may be lower than that shown
by their work and present position
in the syste'm may be rated for a sal
ary according to their present teach
ing standing.
A record of all teachers will be
kept in the office of the Supt who
will credit all special .work each
yaer. Teachers will be rewarded
for special work in any line that in
creases the efficiency of the teach
er and thereby builds up the school
system.
All salaries shall be divided into
twelve equal payments, payable at
the' end of each calendar month.
SHOE BILL FOR ARMY
NEXT YEAR $5,500,000
HOUSE IS INFORMED
At An Estimate Cost of $7.50 a
Pir.
The army's shoe bill next year
will be $5-500,000, at the present
level of prices, Major J. J. R. Han
nay, of the Quartermaster Corps,
informed the House Military Com
mittee at hearings on the annual
army appropriation.
"Bids are higher every time we
advertise for them," he said.
He estimated that the army would
use 715,000 pairs of shoes during
the year, and placed the average
cost at $7.50 a pair.
NUMBER 27
! POLL OF REPUBLICANS IN
NORTH CAROLINA SHOWS
LOWDEN FIRST CHOICE
Result of New York Paper's Poll of
County Chairman. M'Adoo and
Bryan Close Seconds; So Republi
cans Say.
New York, April 6. Governor
Frank 0. Lowden, of Illinois, is the
first choice of the republicans of
North Carolina for the presidental
nomination, according to the poll of
the county chairmen taken by The
Sun and New York Herald.
Judge Jeter Connelly Pritchard,
of Asheville, a favorite son, comes in
second place in the preferential con
test. North Carolina Republicans are
deeply serious over Judge Pritch
ard's candidacy and sincerely believe
they can land him on the national
ticket for vice president at least.
Herbert Hoover seems to be far in
the lead, closely followed by Wil
liam G. McAdoo and William Jenn
ings Bryan, in the favor of the de
mocrats for President, according to
the republican leaders.
As the paramount issue of the
1920 campaign the league of na
tions stands at the top of the list,
with Americanism, as its opposite,
in the minds of many, coming next
in the order of mention.
Of all first choices returned by
the county chairman. Governor
Lowden received 49.3 per cent, Prit
chard 26 per cent, Wood 16.6 per
cent, Senator Warren G. Harding
four per cent, Senator Hiram W.
Johnson 2.6 per cent and the re
mainder went to ex-President Taft.
SECOND PRIMARY FOR
GOVERNOR IS LIKELY
Neither One of the Tliree Candi
dates Will Have a WaUtover.
Politicians who are in close touch
with conditions in the State predict
that it will be necessary to hold a
second primary to select the gover
nor. There are a number of wise poli
ticians centered at Raleigh these
days who have had their ears to the-
'ground for several months. They
note every sparrow that falls and
every leaf that is shaken by the
wind, and it is strange to relate that
they can figure to a degree, of cer
tainty as to how each candidate
stands.
--For" political reasons the average
politician, or voter, claims that his
particular candidate is in the lead,
but the prophets at Raleigh are of
the opinion that the three candidat
es are running neck-and-neck.
CARD FROM DR. CANNADY
There Is One Town Ordinance Not
Enforced.
Editor Public Ledger:
I was told by the mayor and chief
of police that after March 15th last
owners of automobiles would be re
quired to comply with the State
law in regard to the use of certain
kind of dimmers to prevent the
glare by an approaching car. I im
mediately procured the required
dimmer for my car. There are so
many who utterly disregard this law
that I wonder if the town authori
ties have rescinded this action.
SAMUEL H. CANNADY.
THE HIGHWAY QUESTION
WILL FACE THE STATE
Will Be Principal Issue of Cam
paign Preliminary To The Elec
tion. Charlotte, April 6. "A state
wide system of permanently paved
highways shall North Carolina
have it or not?" will become one of
the principal issues of the campaign
preliminary to the election of a suc
cessor to T. W. Bickett as governor
of this State, according to the views
of Col T. L. Kirkpatrick, president
of the Charlotte-Asheville-Wilming-ton
highway association and one of
the leaders of the movement for an
issue of $50,000,000 in bonds for
such a highway system.
FROM DOVER TO BATON
ROUGE BATTLE SHIFTS
Suffrage Amendment Defeated
In Delaware House Louisiana,
Whose Legislature Meets May 10.
Expected to Prove Pivotal State.
New Orleans, April 6. Woman
suffrage leaders here, after learning
of the defeat in the lower house
of the Delaware legislature, stated
Louisiana, whose legislature meets
May 10, would doubtless prove the
pivotal state. Only favorable action
in the Louisiana legislature, it was
argued, would give women the right
to vote in the presidental election.
THE STATE CONVENTION
Will Be Held In Raleigh Next Thurs
day, April 8.
Hon. Clyde R. Hoey will preside
over the Democratic State convention
in' Raleigh next Thursday and he and
Senator Overman will make the
principal speeches.
A man advertised in a news
paper for a wife. He said later: "I
can't say that advertising in this
case pays, but I'll tell the world that
it certainly brings results."
Gastonia has a population of
12,871, according to census reports
now in. The gain in population for
the metropolis of Gaston county is
over 123 per cent.
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