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4 ... ' PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY-TOWN AND COUNTY OFFER BRILLIANT OPPORTUNITIES-AIL HOME PRINT. - VOL XXXV , p.tVUUHT HOLD-UP , O.N THE NATIONAL . i HIGHWAY NEAR OXFORD : Flourishes a Rifle and De- i (ains Mr. Travis Chamblee md Other Occupants of His Car. A daylight hold-up of an automo-l bile on the National Highway I 1U eight of the church spires of Ox lord late last Monday evening caus-j ej a genuine sensation in this law-i abiding community. , j Returning from a meeting at Bullock last Monday evening about 6:30 o'clock, Mr. Travis Chanibleej son of Mr. M. P. Chamblee, driving a Page car, in which were seated Miss Sue Royster and a number of children, were held up by a crowd of negroes near Gela, seven miles north of Oxford and detained for several minutes, and not until the timely arirval of Mr. Joe Hunt, mail carrier on Rorte 7, was he per mitted to continue his journey home. . With a desire to bring the negro es to the bar of justice, Mr. M: P. Chamblee swore out a warrant for the arrest of James Royster, Hu bert Royster, Gus Royster, Frank Marrow. The warrants were duly served and the above named ne groes were arranged before Jus tice J, J. Medford Wednesday af ternoon on the charge of assault with deadly weapons. General Roy ster appeared for the State and Mr. T. Lanier represented the defen dants. Mr. Chamblee testified that he was driving his car at the rate of not more than 25 miles an hour when he saw a ho:se drawn vehi cle in the road some distance a head of him; that he sounded his horn; that the vehicle moved to the right to permitt him to pass: that! he slowed down while passing the ! vehicle; that a dog darted out into tne kind ot stuff the gas company is the road; that his car passed over handing out to them under the nom the dog and killed it. He stated de Plume of "service." It is ser to the court that he saw the dog be-!vice of a sort tnat is making consu fore the car struck it, but he did l1tp1tient anAd Patient to of seen in time to avert the ac & flrft tfme ' the Dispatch8 as ciaem; tnat ne continued on down me roaa ana met a colored man riding a horse; that the man had a rifle in his lap; that this man rais - ed the rifle in an upright position with one hand and motioned him to, stop wnn tne otner nand; that he was frightened and slowed down; that the bunch of negroes ran down the road where he was held up; that they gathered about the , car and demanded pay for the dog; that they told him that he could not leave until he paid for the dog; that they detained him in the road from five to ten minutes. The testimony of Mr. Chamblee was corrobrated by Miss Sue Roys ter who sat upon the front seat with Mr. Chamblee. Mr. Joe Hunt testified that he came upon the scene and advised the negroes to see Mr. M. P. Cham blee if they wanted pay for the dog. After hearing all the testimony in the case Justice Medford impos ed a fine of $10 each on James Royster, Gi s Royster and Sidney Marrow. SOUTH BOSTON WILL 3IEET OXFORD TEAM TODAY Tisht Game Will Be Played on Hor-i ner Hill TJiis Afternoon at 4 O'clock. The only team that has defeated Oxford this season will come to Ox ford today to play a return game. Collier will be in the box for Ox ford and that means a lot as every supporter of the team knows. He is a fine young man who knows kow to play the game well and the Oxford supporters should let him know how much they think of him. Both teams are evenly matched and a large crowd will be present to see the contest. CAMEO PIN RESTORED Mr. R. T. Critcher, Lost It and Mr. Luther ' Wilkerson Found It. Mi'. U. T. Critcher and family, of Koute l, were in Oxford on St. J --'s Day. One of Mr. Critch r's daughters lost a. fine pin on streets. There were so many People nere thy were inciined to h'jV.-e that they would never a win see the pin, but there is a- u;kt side to the story, namely,; p pm was found by an honest RMn. Mr. Luther Wilkerson, of ;:.H. -." A small adv. in the Public Led Ser united the owner and the pin. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Meadows .jnd family left Tuesday for a mo tor trip to. Atlantic City and New 3 'n stopping enroute in Rich niond. Washington, Baltimore and 1 mladelphia. They will be joined j 11 Richmond by Dr. W. W. Sprat- "ur natter? anonia nave ffw bout every two week.. Stop at '" ervlce Station. Strop PnMTrr- ni? rrTTn nnTTrmTr vvi.uu v o vr J. It AS AND TMPRflV .-O VTT rTUVTO A XTV mi m Ane Auwn isoara ur ' less Tr : VVv The Public LedgerfcSfcgain delayed on account of the Southern. .Gas and Improvement Company's failure to furnish the gas to melt , the led in the pots of our typesetting machines. Should there1 be further delay we ask the patrons of the Public Ledger to be patient until we cani electrofy our melting pots, which we propose to do as quick as possible. For lie information of the consumers of gas in Oxford we will state that the general manager of the Gas and Improvement Com pany, with headquarters in Philadelphia, was here Tuesday to meet with the town board of commissioners. He stated that the trouble is caused by an old boiler; that they hoped to install another boil er as soon as possible, and that they Jiope to improve the service at an early date. He seemed to think that the service would be im-X proved by the middle of August, sooner or later. (Editorial In the Henderson Daily Dispatch) To the Southern Gas & Improve-r fuel at that, acording to persons inent Company is due the credit for the fact that the Henderson put!" lie did not know of the nomina tion of Governor Cox at San Fran cisco until an out-of-town compe titor of the Daily Dispatch brought in a car load of papers bringing the news. Those who were inter ested enough to come to the office early in the morning, or who passed by our place of business found .out by the . huge sign on the bulletin board, but that is not sufficient. It was not the lack of enterprise on the part of the Dispatch, but thesor" ry service of the gas company in not furnishing fuel with which to melt the metal in our linotype ma Chines. "But the aim and intention of this explanation is to impress upon the Henderson public, if indeed any more lasting impression is possible, been made the goat of this indus-J try which is now asking an increase in rates for the fuel it is furnishing its consumers, and a sorry grade of OXFORD AND HENDERSON BALL TEAMS 3IEET ON THE HENDERSON DL1MOND The Game Took on an Appearance of Professional Ball Two thousand people saw Oxford win the base ball game from Hen derson in the latters grounds last Monday. The game was closely contested for in eleven innings, but in tne twelth the Oxford boys by hard hitting scored seven runs and won the game. Collier pitched a wonderful game, holding the oppos ing team to three scattered singles, their only run being scored on error. Other features were the all around playing of Harris W., and Royster, Baker's timely hitting and the back stop work of Reece. Corbett pitched well for Henderson until in the twelfth inning when he weaken ed and yielded six hits, including a a Paige car, in which were seated This makes seven games Oxford has won with only one lost, that to South Boston. Box Score Oxford Ab R H Po A E Bb So Hale ss 5 1 0 0 3 21 0 Harris, G., cL 5 0 Harris, W. 3b 6 2 Reece, c 6 1 Baker rf . . . .6 1 Royster, 2b . . 6 1 Phillips, If . .5 1 Mitchell, lb .5 1 Collire, p ... 5 0 1 3 0 0 1 1 2 5 6 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 1-1 2 1 0 0 0 1 3 2 5 0 0 1 1 .3 0 1 1 2 0 16 0 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 42 1 3 36 19 3 1 6 Henderson Ab R H Po A E Bb So Knight, cf . .4 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 Andrews, ss .5 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 Branch, c ...4 0 111 2 0 01 Caffey, rf .. . .5 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 Langley, lb .5 0 0 17 0 0 0 1 Renn, 2b ....5 0 0 5 6 2 0 0 Core, .3b ....5 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 Harris, P., If 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 Wilkins, If ..2 0 0. 0 0 0 0 0 Corbett, p. ..4 0006100 42 1 3 36 19 3 1 6 Summary Two-base hit, Harris, W Three base hit, Collier. Home run, Baker. . Sacrifice, Branch. Qnimi bases. Branch, Hale, Harris, W. Double play, Renn and Lang- ley. ' INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS On Monday night the newly elec ted and appointed officers .of Ox ford Lodge No. 396 A. F. & A. M. were installed, B. W. Parham, Dis-tr-iot TteDutv officiating--I. N. How- t tv Rlackwell. Sr. ara, mamwi - - worHon- fl. G. Powell, Jr. Warden, w 7. Mitchell, Treasurer; L. H. t a.T-oarv fteo. N. Thomas, fir Warden: J. W. Medford, Jr Warden: L. S. Garman, Sr. Stuart; m r.nhn. Jr. Stuart; J. E. Dean, pov a T. Tunstaii, unap- - ... mi - ipr. Wll-!1.' lain; W. B. Ballou Marshall. - OXFORD, N. C. FRIDAY, JULY 9, 1920 XlEj O vM X fl u JiN .wv, . V l A, VVJTAJL Xil" X. f -"' ' ;ssioners Are Power- Tin. Q i . . . who claim to be a judge. 3 "We have learned the lesson in the school of experience that the plant here is absolutely not depend able. We have delighted in the, use of gas for our needs, but the gas company itself, ,by its repeated failures, has forced us to. the only alternative we have, that of finding other means of operating, and this we shall do, at the earliest conven ience. :sy "We have been willing that the gas company be shown every con sideration in the troubles it claims to be experiencing, and we have no doubt it is having its share of themi But there is. only one alternative for the city of Henderson, as we see itl If advanced rates they just must have, then a forfeiture bond must oe required of the 'company, provid ing that unless the service'' given is absolutely all that the city requir es, the franchise should immediately be withdrawn, and no bones should be made of it. It is a question of put up or shut up. The gas com pany must deliver the goods chr quit, and let someone have tne plant who .can do it. It can be done, and we believe at a rate mu0h cheaper than what is being aske But the city must be protecte Its people . want service , theya paying for, and many of lis probab ly would rather have nothing than what we have been getting." BUDGET OF NEWS FROM THE CAPITAL OF TALLY HO A protracted meeting is in pro gress this week at Beulah church, the pastor, Rev. E. G. Usry, being- assisted by Rev-. Fred N. Day of ! Tv'inston-Salem. Mr. Day is a na tive of this county and was reared near Berea. He was for eight years in the jewelry business in Ox ford where he was very successful. After moving 'to Winston-Salem, where he is still in the jewelry bu siness, he began his career as evan gelist and has held in all 269 revi vals, having preached at different points all the way from Washington to South Carolina, derful knowledge He has a won-! of the Bible,! and presents the gospel in a plain common sense manner. The baseball game here last Saturday afternoon between Stem and Umbra resulted in a sweeping victory for Stem, the score being 23 to 5 in their favor. A large num ber witnessed the contest and were enthusiastic in applauding the win ners. Elder Sylvester Hassel, of Wil liamston, will preach at Stem, the third Sunday afternoon at 4:30. He is a noted preacher of his deno mination and a very fine scholar; is familiar with thirteen different languages.1 Crops in this community are! showing the effect of the drought. We notice some fields of tobacco are blooming out; corn is begin ning to get in the twist, but on the whole the prospect at this time of the year is very promising. We are informed that the wheat crop is turning out well and that there is a greater, yield to the bushel than there has been in sev eral years. Mr. Graham Daniel of Providence, recently named for Co. Commissioner made 130 bushels. Politics has warmed up in this community as one contest af ter another is decided. We are no prophet but will venture to predict that the next president will be from Ohio. Misses Pearl Stem, Anna Mur ray and Mary BGwles, of Durham, spent the week enA in the pleasant home of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Stem of Route 3. '" Miss Thelma Overby, of Ox ford Route 6, is visiting Miss" Eva Jones of Hesters church section. We regret tc learn of the death of the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. J, Royster, of Oxford Route 6," which occurred Tuesday . . . 1 - i . Tr-r , . M. COX. OF OHTO. TS THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR. PRESIDENT Frank D. Roosevelt, Of New York State, Is The Vice-Presidential Candidate Cox And Roose velt Are Invincible. Governor James M, Cox, of Ohio, was nominated as the Democratic Presidential candi date by Frisco convention. Governor Cox won out over William G. McAdoo on the . forty-fourth ' Governor Cox has served three times as Gover nor pi Ohio, and his nomination generally is pleasing to the Democrats. Like Senator Hard ing: , the H epubhean nominee, he is a newspaper man and an Ohioan. ; Govenor Cox was born and reared on a farm. ; Franklin D. Roosevelt. Assistant Secretary of the Navy, and a relative of the late Colonel Theo dore Roosevelt, was nominated as the Democrat ic ; vice-presidential candidate at the final session pt the convention., completing the Democratic ticket for the.commg; election. .The little village of Hyde Park, Poughkeepsie, i. Y. is the birthplace and residence of Fran klin D. Roosevelt, Assistant Secretary of the Na vy and Democratic candidate for the vice-presi- The Democratic Convention at San Francisco narrowly missed ecmalling the balloting record of eight years ago at Baltimore in its efforts, to de termine upon a Presidential candidate. At the Baltimore convention it required 46 ballots for President Wilson to come out victorious over Champ Clark, and in the Frisco convention it was necessary to take 44 ballots, only two less, to de cide the fifht between William G. McAdoo .and Governor James M. Cox. the latter winning out atter the Palmer delee-ates swimo- intn hia inmn iollowm their release by the attorney general. 0. MAX GARDNER, DEFEATED CANDI- DATE OFFERS CANGRATULATIONS Sends Telegram To Cameron Morrison Assuring Him Of Loyal Support. .Lieutenant-Governor 0. Max Gardner wired Ilis congratulations to Cameron Morrison who de feated him in the second primary for the Demo cratic nomination for governor Saturday and as sured the nominee of loval sunnort I wish to repeat' said Mr. Gardner in a state ment issued at Shelby "that I conducted a clean fair fight and I accept the results without bitter ness and without resentment' In the exchange of telegrams between contes tants m the recent gubernatorial racer Lieutenant-Governor Gardner telegraphed Mr. Morrison from Shelby: 1 extend my congratulations and assure you of i l l j a my lUyai SUPPOrt. To thlS fplPOTSim M' plied: . 1 -"'i-iM'"M .... Deeply appreciate your message of congratu lations and assurance of support. The pleasure ot my victory is marred by the fact that it could only come through defeat of you and the thou sands ot patriotic Democrats who supported you. j1? rfurnTs from ninety eu y ine iNews ana unseryer the vote stood: ivirnson. bb,34Y; Gardner, 57,567. DELAYED IX TRANSIT Mr. Junius Cooper Abandons His , " " uuuius vuuuvci, V I1U Weill IU New York ten days ago to sail to South America to spend a couple of months with his brother, Mr. Elliot Cooper who is in the banking busi ness, got as far as Norfolk, where his ship put in for coal. The fact that the coal situation i3 seridus, Junius abbandoned the trip for fear he might not be able to reach home in time for school next fall. . ' afternoon. The reaains were in terred at their home Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Kate Webb, of Tally Ho, spent several days last week with her sons, ' Messrs J. F. and W. J. Webb, in Oxford. -We are glad to learn, that Mrs. N. F. Bennett, who has. recently un dergone an operation for appendici home Tuesday and is getting along nicely. We are sorry ,to note that Mr. B. F. Eakes, of Tally Ho, is quite ill. He is at the home of his dau ghter, Mrs. Charlie Bowling, near Tar River. Master Gooch Ried, of Winston Salem, is visiting his aunt Mrs. J. fl.' Gooch. - Matw arm o4- Trio It nvvi -v nr Aixviiiavii Ci u J.J.J.O 11U1UC 1C - seven counties compil-i ROMANCE HAS ITS REWARD Miss Rowland the Happy Bride of Mr. Robert Crews. A' quiet but impressive ceremony took place Wednesday afternoon at he home of Rev. A. P. Tyer, in Greensboro, when Miss Jane Row land, of Mtfdleburg, and Robert A. Crews of Cxford, were united in marriage. 'The bride wore a navy blue suit of tricotine, with accessories to match. She is a graduate .of St. Mary's school, Raleigh. Mrs. Crews is the , daughter of Mrs. J. K. Plummer, of Middleburg, and is a direct descendant of John Penn, signer of the Declaration of Inde pendence. The groom is. the son of . the late R. A. Crews, of Oxford, and is one of the most highly esteemed citi zens of Gran,ville. county. He holds a position of Responsibility with the British American Tobacco company in China. He has, been in this state for the past three months spending his' vacation. After the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Crews motored -to the western part of the state, af ted which they will return to Oxford for a short visit before leaving for China. mi V a - i GOVERNOR ISSUES CALL FOR SPECIAL SESSION AUGUST 10 Only Two Tilings Will Be Recom mended To the General Assembly In Governor's Message. (News and Observer) Tuesday, August 10, was named by Governor T. W. Bickett, with the concurrence of the Council of State, as the day for the convening of a special session of the General Assembly jto prescribe a new tax rate based upon the revaluation of the property in the State ! under the retaluation act, " to consider . constitutional amendments reducing the tax rate, and to consider , such other matters as it may see fit. Twenty Day's Session. An earlier date had been tenta tively agreed upon, but the State Tax Commission found that it was somewhat behind the schedule in tabulating the results of revalua tion, and would not be ready to submit its findings and recommen- dations before the day named. Un der the constitutional limitation, the session will be limited to 20 days. Do Anything Or Nothing. Contrary to the general impres sion, Governor Bickett told a re presentative of the News and Ob server, the special session will be limited in the matters it considers only by its own pleasure. It can discuss revaluation if it desires, or it may leave it alone; it may con sider and sort of enactment that any member wishes to introduce, if it wants to, or it may leave it a lone. Woman Suffrage. Only two things will be recom mended to the General Assembly in , the Governor's message the reval uation act and constitutional a mendment as to tax rates, and the ratification of the Susan B. An thony suffrage amendment to the Federal constitution. These mat ters wil be ready for presentation tb the body when U. wnvenes, but other things may be brought in If any. member so elects. - . - z..--;-. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS -HOLD MONTHLY SESSION? The Revlaution Work Has Been Completed in the County The Board of County Commision ers were in session last Monday and Tuesday, all the members being present both days. Fannie Mathews . and Emma Mathews were ordered placed on the out sidek pauper list at $3 per month payable to Jim Cox. Mr. W. P. StradJey was appoint ed to make settlement with the Sheriff. On motion of Commissioner Peed seconded by Commissioner Breed love and carried, the board recinded the motion ' passed at its June 7th meeting to place Sarah Waller on out side pauper list. She having moved out of the county. Chairman Davis and Mr. Bullock, were appointed a committee to dis pose of the automobile used by County Assessor W. A. Parham. It 'was unaniously ordered that Bl S. Royster Jr., be furnished pipe to fix an outlet from , his place on the Henderson road. W. A. Parham, County Tax Su pervisor, was before the Board and informed them that the revalu tion work has . been complete. He turned over the Township books to the commissioners and same were acepted. Comissioner Averett and Mr. Bul lock were appointed a committee to secure the soil fov the Creedmoor. road and report at next meeting. John W. Burwell was, allowed $15.00 for all soil and damages caused to his land by the building of the Stovall road. ; Chairman Davis, Commissioners Breedlove and Cannady and Mr. , Bullock were appointed a commit tee to look over the proposed John S. Watkins road. ARMISTICE SIGNED BY PANCHO VILLA Cheers For De La Heurta aPd Obre gon Follow Conclusion of Terms u El Paso, July 8. An armisfic has been signed by Francisco Villa and he has agreed to surrender un der certain conditions, according to dispatches from Torreon, published by the El Paso Times. Villa has agreed to cease attacks on towns, garrisons and trains. Col. F. P. Hobgood . and Mrs. Hobgood, of Greensboro, ' were the guests of Dr. F. P. Hobgood at Ox ford College this week. Old friends of Col. Hobgood were glad to see the distinguished eon of old Gran ville here again. ' , mi v.u . - :-''::. im'i ' O .. - :S;lg.. ": iii :-$ mm mM - r t.i i 4 . . . '.. . . . : ' - . ' , - ;' '-. ,-; .n'. .-m. ., v : . . .,-
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