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;-ft 1;,,' . - J- . . i, ' ; PUBLISHEL KLY-TQWN AND COUNTY OFm BRILLIANT OPPORTUNITIES-AIL HOME PRINT. n XME XXXV voi OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY, MAY 7, 1920 NUMBER 30 1 s-iKTHl VIVIDLY DRAW N j BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS PASS j MAYOR STEM IS ENFORC B 31 KS. Iv C. l-UiAL'Jfii UPON COUNTY AFFAIRS A ING THE VAGRANT ACT 5V(pie ami nimi;s ui liiuTcsu me Koau, isruiges and Other Im-i iata vuaamvii to Our Readers. j portant Matters. Sixteen Arrests Made and Anions oi tne past rihe Board of County Commission-! H ANCOCK STREET TO I BE PAVED WITH CONCRETE v:' it v Wii Con die en nn Hint. t town ( d. i1 Li!'l riled y w recollections r,f o.r town cross my mind jr. and I have decided to iirl: the Baptist Church asi ,:n: ago. When my uncle, Grandy moved from Camaen to Oxford in 1859 we rented now owned by Mr. Camer- His wire was a Methodist. 1 1 ;it iv vore seven oi us cnuaren ii;!,e : ots) under twelve years of eo. Tlu1 Baptist Church was on 5;0 opr.orit? side of the street, after 0 v. -'r sold to the colored people r,' r.ipvod to a different part of the o:u"-li piece of its timber mark is said, and reput in its proper Upon its site is now the old jf.hn house moved and remod ovr.ed and occupied by Mr. Seme of the prominent monger? were .Messrs. ulis and Titus Grandy. R. H. Marsh, William Kill Jordan. Alex Hunt, J. A. Strad- 1 Chiy ana Montague trom tne o oar. try, Mr. and Mrs. Amos Jones, Amanda Fowler and Miss Ame lia Holt. Old Miss Annie Whitti more was one of its regular attend ants, a charge upon its members for charity. lived in a one room log cabin next lot to Mr. J. M. Baird, feeble in health bent in body but deeply pious. Some of the pastors who served were R. I. Devin. M. Baldwin, E. F. Beach ar.i, Dr. Wingate, John Carroll, F. Underwood, R- H. Marsh, C. A. Jen kens. John S. Hardaway. The pulpit was ascended by steps with a bench for seats instead of the luxurious chairs which at present adorn its rostrum, and the conveni ent reading desk for its Bible aim hymn book. There was no organ or musical instrument. Mr. Titus Gran dy led the singing, using a tuning fork for guidance in pitening the first note, and he sat on the second bench near the pulpit. His wife car ried a small foot stool to warm her feet. The room was heated by two tercre stoves and not always comfort able. The ladies occupied seats on the right side, the men on the left. There was no vestibule and two doors for entrance, it a young lady had gentleman escort she him at the door and the ex to raise ers met Monday, May 3, the follow ing members being present: Messrs. J. Ennis Davis, Chairman; B. I. Breedlove, J. T. Averett, W. E. Can nady, J. L. Peed. Food Campaign. The Beard adopted the motion of Commissioner Breedlove, seconded by Commissioner Peed, to donate $250 to the Merchant's Associa tion of Oxford to help pa penses of the campaign more foodstuff. Road Inspection. On motion of Commissioner Peed, it was ordered that Commissioners Davis, Breedlove and Averett look over the Gela road and report at next meeting. That Commissioners Cannady and Breedlove look over the proposed Cheatham road and re port at next meeting. To Build Road. Mr. Bullock was instructed to survey the road from Raglan d Store to B. F. Currin. The County is to build the bridge for this road. Contract On File. Upon motion of Commissioner Peed it was ordered that Chandler & Watkins be given the contract to build the Reubin Hart road. Con tract on, file in Register of Deeds Office. Special School Elections. There was a special school elec tion ordered to be held in Walnut ! Grove District No. 3 to assertain the the Number Were Two Women. Sixteen colored people have stood j before Mayor Thad G. Stem this week charged with vagrancy. The fines imposed by His Honor rangea all the way from $15 to $20. THE MERCHANT'S ASSOCIATION PREPARING TO ENTERTAIN OF OXFORD SENDS OUT IMPORTANT LETTER Total Frontage on the Street Is 2102' Feet Other Improvements. i At a recent meeting of the Board xf town commissioners the contract ! ao pave Hancock street was let to i ot Df o the R.. G. Lassiter Construction Com- j " " pany, the work to be completed with-! ,.n jin 30 days. The full pamculara ; cfcaniv Association of Oxford Every Farmer In tho County Is Im plored To Raise 3Iore Foodstuff. Realizing that the farmers may secure sufficient other roodstuff to oairy en their tarni worK, the Mer- LARGE NU3ffiER OF DELE GATES HERE NEXT WEEK iuuur iSLem explained to tne vag-jv- luiyuiLuiiu iJiece oi wuiii. uu- j 1Ji;;ijimi.- j0 e,frv fnrmer in the coun rants in the kindest of language pears elsewhere in this paper in le-1 iV'tl eioil.nvins "letter, imploring iiihi ineir services were very macn s ionu. 'thou, tn inri iv thprcsplvf .v miwip wishes of the people as to a special school tax of 15' cents on the one hundred dollars valuation of prop erty and 45 cents on each poll. Reg istrar, R. S. Williams; judges of el ection, Claude Thomas and W. B. Adcock. Time June 8th. at home' of R. S. Williams. There was a special school elec tion ordered to be held in Oak Hill District No. 1 to assertain the wish es of the people as to a special school tax of 15 cents on the one hundred dollars valuation of proper ty and 45 cents on the poll. Road In Dutchville. The motion to let Capt. Blair re pair the road in three places in parted from j Dutchville before starting work on rejoined him j the Creedmoor road was discussed. outside when services were ended, i The motion was sanctioned by Com- needed in all lines of industry, ana then he told them with severity that they must either go to work or go to prison. In less than an hour after the vagrants were set free they had good fat jobs, and to all appearance they are now much happier than when they were loafing and depending up on unknown sources for their daily bread. One volscheviski, a colored boy who held a spasmodic job with Mr. Lonnie Smith,- to come and go when he pleased, was in the round up. The hardest service that the boy had to perform while in the employ cf Mr. Smith was to eat three square meals every day and write his name on the back of a $12 check every Saturday afternoon. , As soon as the boy was released from custody by Mayor Stem, Mr. Smith told the boy that his job was open to him and implored him to work for him again. "1 can't do dat," said the boy, "I has worked for you and I was arrest ed for vagrancy because I only got $12 a week. Mayor Stem said I must get $20 a week or I is on the vagrant list again." The fact is, Mayor Stem said nothing of the kind. It was a ruse of the boy to get higher wages- i ' Hancock street extends soutn from Front street and it is one of the handsomest residential street in Oxford. The street is only 1051 feet long, yet within the last four or live years about two dozen neat homes have sprung up on the short thoroughfare. The summit of Hancock street, adjoining the residence of Mr. B. W. Parham on the south, is the highest point in the corporate limits of Ox ford. Ground at this particular point has been broken for the elegant home of Mr. Frank W- Hancock, Jr. On the west side cf the street, ad joining the home of Mr. E. B. How ard, land has been broken and ma terials assembled for the home of Capt. John B. Mayes. Jr. more corn, hay and other foodstuffs, which cannot be procured in this or any other market should the short age continue. The Letter. Ladies From All Over the State Will Be the Guests of Oxford People. The annual meeting of the Wo man's Missionary Society of the North Carolina Conference will con vene in the Oxford Methodist Church May 11-14, the first session being at eight Tuesday evening. An inter esting program, which will appear in the Public Ledger next Tuesday, has been arranged for three days and evenings. Every one is invited to attend these meetings. The hospitality committee washes to thank everyone I Corn is now selling for $12.50 per that has been so good to offer to THE HIGHEST PAH) LAWYER IN THE WORLD WEAR THE WHITE FLOWER A gr.llery for colored people ran the length of two sides of the house. After the negroes were freed there I and Averett missioner Davis and Breedlove and opposed by Commissioners Cannady Fpf-ned to be some confusion in their minds as to what privileges they were entitled, and to wrhat height in the social life they might attain, so a few times until they learned bet ter 1 have seen one or two together come in and take their seats with the white people, but an usher quickly speaking to them they silently with drew. Then there were no Sunday School rooms but classes were heard with a few benches intervening. Pro trsrtod meetings were sometimes held and seekers after salvation in vited to the mourners' bench. Mrs. Nome Crawford presided for many years over the first cabinet or pan used, helped in the singing by a lew young girls. She and her moth- ere indefatigable in their Sixty-Five Cent Soil. It was unanimously ordered that Capt. Blair be allowed the following prices on the Creedmoor Read from Tar River Bridge to Howard Store: Soil 65 cents per cubic yard, earth 65 cents per cubic yard. The other prices to remain the same. Mr. H. A. McGhee was appointed one of a committee of three to as sess the damages of John Sanford. C. G. POWELL, Clerk. MARSHALL URGES CHURCH TO PROVE WORK The Oxford Baptist Baraca Class Will Distribute Carnations Pic nic In Near Future. Conforming to an established cus tom, the Oxford Baptist Baraca Class at its meeting next Sunday morning, the same being Mother's Day, will distribute white carnations among the ' members present. Mr. I. W. Mangum. the able presi dent, and Mr. James Fagan, the elo quent and learned teacher, have been an inspiration to the class during the. past six months. There were more' than one hundred members present last Sunday, and a commit tee was appointed to arrange for a "get together" meeting some' even-i Mr. Hughe's Dicome Is One Million Dollars a Year. .(The Chicago Evening Post) . Charles E. Hughes may not have assayed 100 per cent as a presiden tial candidate back in 1916, but as a lawyer and as a money-getter in the legal field it doesn't seem he has any serious competitors. Friends of the former Republican candidate say his income is $1,000,000 a year. If he really makes that $1,000,000 Hugh es is making more out of strictly le gal work than any other lawyer in this country. Hughe's present in come is in striking contrast to what he received as a Justice of the Unit ed States Supreme Court. That po sition pays $14,500 a year. When Hughes was defeated for the presi- barrel and difficult to obtain at that price. There are practically no oats en the market and the price advanc es every day. Hay went up $5.00 per ton in a single day last week. One firm here rationed out such hay as it was able to obtain allowing on ly one bale to each horse. The sit uation which these facts disclose is our excuse for this letter. Owing to the rainy spell and the small crop planted last year this Cou nty produced less foodstuff and for age than in any previous year of its history. The present difficulty in obtaining such supplies from the West and the extravagant prices that must be paid for them indicate that this 'scarcity is general and not simply local. The difficulty is not simply in having to pay high prices but in obtaining such supplies at all. It is useless to expect that condi tions will be better in the forage and food producing states at the end ot this year. All production depends on labor and we know that the la bor supply on the farms this year is 72 per cent of normal as compared with 84 per cent for last year. In our judgment the Granville County farmer who does not produce a sufficient supply of foodstuffs on his farm will be . unable to obtain them elsewhere. He may be walking around with a pocketful of money, and have a bunch of starving horses and cattle on his hands. The mer- entertain the delegates. Two hundred and twelve names have already been received and the list grows from day to day. W HAT WILL OXFORD DO WITH TEACHERS SALARY PROBLEM uciiw ymf buiu uc mauc fa t f th CQunt find u mQre in resigning: from the Supreme j.. j... x j " . j. T..i. j- i o more uimcuii eacn uuri in uiuei id iuu. run uiu ne: j V V 11CLI I Cati V lldii-'-;"u 111 iUVdilUCl, 1916, was that the voters of-this country and particularly the voters of California kicked Hughes up stairs into a position about 60 times what his former one had yielded. AUTOMOBILES COVERED THE COUNTY LIKE SUNSHINE ins tuc lULuic. ln tne campaign to raise more It is interesting to note in this I corn, hay and other foodstuff in connection that the Oxford Baptist j Granville, thirty-five cars were dis Sunday School is growing under tne I patched from the court house Thurs superintendency of Mr. W. A. Mc- j dav for the purpose of posting hand Farland and his very valuable as- i bills and distributing literature bear sistant Miss lone Yancey. These ! inE Unon the question. two officers are present every Sun day morning, and Miss Yancey is as The distributing teams state that practically every home in the county busy as a bee looking after the little i was visited by them on their rounds folks, and the little folks are talking ; Thursday. - They found several tar about such things as ham, biscuit, mers in the remote districts who Street Vice President Says 3Ian On Wants to Believe. (Washington Special) Vicf ProsiHpnt MnrcVinll crootitKr Zeal f Vt ATT -1TT1 t O i V Aiisalj-lni-tsl .3 I J. L, t-.r ihr. 1,. j t . iiwiv. iniu uii nuLlliauu VJTCU.UL.O, lilt; vi.ivii. tlliu fill 1L."3 nng that the bell was rung at pro-I-'or time, the sacramental elements ljrovirli-.fi, the fires made, carpet strips frr the aisles furnished. They "n allowed any engagements to conflict with the weekly prayer meet in??. The well being of the church anfi its pastors was ever first in their thoughts and plans.Now reaping the reward of their labors. , "Hope has changed to fond frui tion' Faith to sight, and prayer to praise." Tho church bell was outside in a iRh latticed wooden belfry from which a long rope' dangled; conveni ent, for fun loving boys to hang on to, news of a British ambassador at an interchurch cake, lemonade and a picnic in the near future, and Mr. McFarland and Miss Yancey are not going to have much rest until such things come to pass. The Chinese Operetta - "The Feast of the Little Lanterns" that were greatly surprised to learn that there is a shortage of foodstuff and that supplies for the future depended upon their own efforts. Quite a number of farmers said that they day to obtain the supplies of this kind which their customers seek. We therefore feel it our duty to lay our situation before you. We feel very strongly that it is absolute ly necessary this year that every farm in the County shall produce the corn, the hay and the other for age and foodstuffs needed to carry on and operate that farm. It is not suggested that any farmer shall un dertake to make these products for sale; the County will be safe if each farm produces the foodstuffs that it consumes. If each one will add just i a few acres to his corn crop, fertilize i and cultivate it well, the problem will be solved. We have felt in our duty to lay this situation before you. It is our desire to serve you, but when it is impossible for merchants to obtain goods of a particular kind it is their duty to acquaint their customers with the situation in ample time. We have stated the facts as they ex ist we leave it to your good judg ment to take uch action as win as- The proposal of the General as- ! sembly to revalue all property and al low an increase of only ten per cent over the amount raised last year is one that is now facing School boards everywhere.' It is a problem that is hard to solve since an increase of on ly ten per cent in the school funds in Oxford means that even the needed additiontl teachers cannot be employ ed, not to mention the increase in salary of those already in service, Oxford would be able to raise only one thousand dollars more than dur ing the past year. A salary schedule of at least 40 per cent increase is ab solutely necessary. The Schools will suffer unless en ough money is provided to allow this increase as teachers will not sign a contract on a ten per cent increase. The average salary in Oxford at pre sent is $55.40 per month for twelve months. An increase of $5.34 would be allowed the teachers in Oxford. j Is that just and fair? Can you ex pect to get teachers on any such ba sis? People say, well what can I do. Here is a suggestion. Liake your representatives feel the need of this situation and let them so to Raleigh in the Special Legislature and make provisions to run the school efficient ly. Another way would be to say to the School Board, employ teachers at a fair salary and we will provide the money by keening enough of the Special tax that we have already vot ed to . do so- Eighteen cents will possibly do so where the district has been levying 30 cents. G. B. PHILLIPS. PRESIDENT WILSON IS ON THE JOB AGAIN OXFORD COLLEGE NOTES stock, but would raise enough meat and bread to support one hundred npnnlp nup whotp w?r Oiip nf the world movement mass meetine. de-i ?lven on l3sl rmay . mgnc. " teams that nassed through Dutch clared the church must prove its 1 e. v 1C a"Q x?ression -ass or ine j ville found a f armer who had been work by its faith and that it "is I yxQT1 Coefe' 111 thxe college audi-1 in tne business for fifteen years and idle to legislate for purity if the . ' iuu. inu;had liever raised any supplies what- mgiiL. r,veijumj vvxiu saw iae uye- eyer for nis family and his stock lena piaiseu u so mgmy main was, Glad ou told me said the far. iit!ciufcju iu repeat n- ivus. wouuau, stuff for their own families and) sure a food supply on your farm and save your mercnani irum uie embar rassment of having to tell you that he can not supply your wants. at priest, above his book is to leer his neighbor's wife." "It is vain tn ennpf lws nunic'n w VAHh M-t, J J KJ UlllOU "j -a , . - . . ing murder," the Vice President; tearneJ vo,lce ancl expression, nas oriHrwi "if ac revised the play, which makes it working little children to death. It is useless to forbid larceny if the dea cons are to make large church contri butions out of excess profits wrung jointly from labor and the ultimate! consumer. -no rm? nut tho immiic. vinstrnas morning. There were nn Onnrtorlirxs nr Sun my School papers but scholars learn i hymns and portions of the Bible, several times the Methodist Sunday school was discontinued during the winter as the building was poorly pupped for cold weather. Then we cnudren attended the Baptist Sunday school and I learned the three chap ers of -The Sermon on the Mount," 10 fifteenth Psalm, the first Psalm, lie nventy-third and other parts of tne Sacred Scriptures. ri"m a small, feeble beginning seven members banded together y R. I. Devin in 1848 what a won crlUl influence it wields in this our of 1920 with a beautiful edifice metrically lighted, furnace heated, ;ari":ted, with a necessary baptistry, Jarge membership and its greatly evpd and faithful minister, Rev. J i- Hart ELLA C. PEACE, J W- WHITAKER, OP FRANKLINTON, DEAD Known Business Man and TO CELEBRATE LANDING OF THE PILGRIM FATHERS New York, May 6. In celebration of the tercentenary of the landing of the Pilgrim fathers, the Sulgrave institution, with headquarters in this city, has issued an address urg ing the people of the United States to hold appropriate ceremonies in every section of the country begin ning June 4. PEAKE-OGG WEDDING 1 J iirmer of Franklin County Pass es Away. J. Granville Man Weds Lady at Dillon, Mo. Mr. Benjamin W. PeaV.e, of Ox ford, and Miss Nina Ogg, of Dillon, Mo., were married at the parsonage f the Lafayette Park Presbyterian Church at high noon May 1, 1920, St. Louis, Mo. After spending a fc.v weeks in St. Louis the couple will make their home in Memphis, Tenn. WILL ATTEND BAPTIST NATIONAL CONVENTION worth-while. The same cast of characters and beautiful costumes will be presented in the repetition of this play. On Saturday evening Kiss Ellen Carrier, pupil of Miss Brueser, gave i her graduation piano recital, assist i ed by Miss Gypsy Collins, reader. Miss Carrier played with much ease and finish, and her technique was re markable, especially in the Liszt's, rhapsody and the Chopin concerto in E minor. Miss Collins save a scene from "Everywoman," and her charac ter delineations were most charming. The pupils of Miss Boggs are giving a series of luncheons in the Domestic Science rooms, each girl taking turn as hostess. These cheons are beautifully served most temptingly prepared. On Friday of this week the pils from the departments of piano, voice and expression will give a re cital and on Monday, May 10 Miss Bru.ser will present Miss Cornelle Cain in graduation piano recital, as sited by Miss Mary Barbour, soprano. The public is cordially invited to both recitals. lun and pu- THERE WILL BE BREAD LINES WITHIN A YEAR mer, "I will get busy." THE TOBACCO ACREAGE TO BE INCREASED Miss Grubbs Relieves Capt. Frank Spencer For Few Days. The National Baptist Convention will be held in Washington City next thnsp. from Oxford I W CCtt. jiiuuuo 1 . jii nttnni n -ra Tir Jinn Mrs. Tit TTtTv , ' WliU Will dHCUU -- Whitaker, of Franklinton, T n Trarte Rev. Geo. Tunstall, Rev. ; V'- t the best known and most f';f!lv spected business men and dnncrs in Franklin county, died at j,',; ame Wednesday after a long v, , s aue to heart trouble. The end liit' not' al together unexpected, as ' condition had been serious for a 1Cr,S while. , ,, n A TTt E. G. Usry, Rev. ana Mrs. . up church and Capt. Frank Spencer. They will leave Oxford next Monday morning. " , Miss Grubbs arrived in Oxford and will relieve Capt. Spencer at the Western Union Telegraph office dur ing his absence at the convention. Lost His Gold Watch. Mr. Baldy Williams, of the firm or Sizemore & Williams, lost his gold watch on the streets of Oxford last Wednesday. If the watch was found by an honest person, it will be re1 turned to Mr. Williams and he will be rewarded for his honesty. If it was found by a dishonest person the chances are that Mr. Williams will never see it again. A Fine Improvement The Carolina Power and Light Company is to be congratulated on the excellent street lights installed in the business section of Oxford this week. The new and .improved globe throws a much stronger light than the old globe. Indications Point to 10 to 14 Per Cent More in the Carolinas. Lexington, Ky., May 6. Acreage of the United States to be devoted this year to tobacco raising probably will increase by about 10 per cent, over 1919, says a review made pub lic by the Department of Markets, University of Kentucky. The review recites, "while indi cations are that crop acreage will be increased from 10 to 14 per cent in the Carolinas and Virginia and about 500 per cent in Georgia, the latter increase meaning that farmers of Georgia are taking to tobacco as a means of utilizing areas attacked by the boll weavil and now unsuitable for coton." MAYOR STEM ELECTED FORE MAN OF LOCAL FERE COMPANY Capt. Wrade H. Britt Resigns After Many Years of Faif thful Service At the annual meeting of the Ox ford Fire Company Thursday night the following officers were elected: Foreman. Mayor T. G. Stem: assis tant foreman. S. M. Wheeler; sec retary, Charles G. Powell; treasurer, J. T. Sizemore; surgeon, Dr. Nelson Thomas. B n . , TT The resignation of Capt. Wade H. Britt, who has served the company faithfully for many years, was reluc tantly accepted. . CULBRETH NEWS ITEMS There will be a regular club meeting at Culbreth Saturday night, May 8th, and everybody is cordially invited to attend. Miss Kathleen Burrows, of Youngsville, is visiting Miss Kath leen Jones. Mr. Henry Hemzerling, of Sta tesville, is spending several days at the home of Mrs- Sam Jones.. A primary is as interesting as ,a straw vote and as undecisive. Head of Farm Bureau Federation Declares Country Faces Greatly Decreased Food Production The idea of a fellow walking i around with a pocket full of money and can't get anything to eat, is en ough to chill the marrow in his bon es. The following special sent out from Washington is a timely warn ing: Bread lines within a year in all the large cities are predicted by J. R. Howard, president of the American Farm Bureau Federation if someth ing is not done quickly to increase food production. Mr. Howard, who has just completed a tour of the ag ricultural States, said that this ob servations on food prod'Action have strengthened his worst fears." "Every immediate condition indi cates lower agricultural production," said Mr. Howard. "Under present conditions of marketing and trans portation costs of living must go higher and higher, until the time comes when limits are reached and belts of hungry urbanites can be no further shortened. Then a back-to-the-land movement will begin lu such volume that industry will suf fer. In the mean time undesirable national elements will flourish ana radicalism grow rampant." You Will Hear Something Crack About May 15. May will undoubtedly prove an in teresting month in the political his- tory of the country if it is indeed to witness the active re-entry of Presi dent Wilson into administrative ac tivities. The Charlotte Observer, which has a corner on the grapevino and the wireless, says: "Reports from Washington outside the regular news channels might seem to prepare the public for the re-entry of the White House into politics. The profiteers who may have been feeling easy all the while, may have occasion to "quake in their boots" before the month is out. Meanwhile, there will have been a presidential ai raignment of Congress and a demand that essential legislation be enacted, including revision of the revenue law, passage of bills recommended by the President to reduce the high cost of living, passage of bills pro viding for the protection of certain war industries, particularly the dye industry, and, possibly, labor lesis lation and new Treaty proposals de signed to put the Democratic party in a better technical position for the elections. Indications of this im pending activity of the Administra tion had a lot to do with the favor able report of the Senate Committee on Agriculture in reference to the cold storage bill. The word has gone out that any bonus bill at this time is likely to be vetoed, the Pre sident favoring the bonus but insist ing on a reconsideration of the whole taxr-tion system in connection therewith." HALF MDLLION DOLLARS LOSS IN HENDERSON FERE Fertilizer Plant Of American Agri cultural Chemical Co. Is Burned Tho fertilizer plant of the Ameri can Agricultural Chemical Company at Henderson was destroyed by fire Tuesday night entailing an estimated loss of more than $500,000, which is covered by insurance. Officials said the flames originated in a pile of sacks which it was believed was igni ted by sparks from a locomotive. Max Gardner in a statement from Shelby says he will win the nomination for governor. He will address the people of Granville county at the court house Saturday, May 15 at 2:30 o'clock. FORMER GRANVELLE MAN IN GREAT BANKING OPERATION A system of Chinese-American banks with proposed branches in the United States is now being put in operation in a number of Chinese cities. An Associated Press dis patch from Shanghai says: The new institution, the Chinese-American Commercial and Industrial Bank of China, has grown out of a recent in terchange of visits to America and China of leading American and Chi nese financiers. Following the op ening in February of the main bank of the system at Peking, steps were taken in March to open a branch at Shanghai, and others, it is said, will be started without delay in Canton Hankow, Tientsin and Chentu. The Public Ledger learns that Mr. Gregory, a nephew of Col. R. O. Gregory of Oxford, who went abroad some years ago to look after the in terests of the British-American To bacco Company in Shanghai, and Hsu-En-yuan, a Chinese financier, are vice presidents of the banking house in Shanghai. 5 ;: 4 M .ir '' ' t i 1)1 : 'ill '! a . V. ' j i 4, j ' 1 ' , ' i. r-i j
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