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fVBLlSUEDSEMlAVEEKLY-TOWN AND COUNTY OFFER MLLIANT OPFORWNITIES-A LL HOME. PRIK J . " " -..! . V : ; . : . . VOL. XXXV . . 'i- 11 T'iJ f 17 lirT7T,T. THE OEORGIA AND SO PHI CAROLINA MARKETS ,,t,e On Opening Day Over $6 ' 1Vr Hundred Higher On Some; there has-been a demand for another .Markets Than Last Year. game. This game has been agreed tc According to newspaper reports!1" an effort to-help in trettin- fund expectations of higher, prices for to finish up, the work on the leaf tobacco this season were realiz-j athletic field, on . the Community ed Tuesdny with the opening of the j play grounds. " tobacco markets of Georgia. j The past games have shown a Fanners Are Pleased very fine spirit of rivalry and it The golden weeu semng over ?e per in; nd red pounds higher than on the initial day last year. The aver se was $27.30 per hundred pounds asrainst $21 the preceding season. "The quality of the offerings, is some better than last year's crop, vith prices varying from 5 cents to go cents per pound for the lowest to the best grades. Indications point to the crop be ins about the same as last year. All the big tobacco companies are repre sented on the Georgia markets, to gether with many independent buy ers. Farmers generally are well pleas ed with the prices paid for the initi al offerings and prospects are for a good season. The Georgia tobacco belt has come into being during the past sev eral years, the golden weed being introduced extensively in sections where bold weevils made cotton growing unprofitable. Each year has shown a steady growth in the acreage planted and with farmers gradually learning the delicate art if raising the weed, still further growth will occur. The land is well suited for tobacco and the quality compares favorably with that in South Carolina and North Carolina. South Carolina Markets. The markets in South Carolina al so opened with an increase in ave rage price reported. As was the case in Georgia, tobacco men from all over the Eastern United States attended the opening sales to see "how it was going to sell." Among them are many from North Caroli na markets, .especially from Rocky Mount, Wilson, Kinston and Green ville. Oxford and Henderson. A , large number of the buyers on tne South Carolina and Georgia mar kets are from the Tar Heel State, as the length of the Reason gives them opportunity to cover these markets and then get back to North Carolina in time for the opening of the mar kets in September. A considerable number of the warehouses in Geor gia and South Carolina are operated by Tar Heel warehousemen. Tobacco Sold in the Rough. The prices in Georgia and South Carolina cannot be compared -with the prices expected on the Eastern North Carolina markets, as the crop is marketed differently. The crop is sold "in the rough," being neither; graded or tied. Because of this, the average price in North Carolina is somewhat higher. It can be taken for granted that when the North Carolina markets open the average price will be high er than last season, which establish ed unheard of records. ' . n MIXTIONS OF APPRECIATION The following resolutions were unamimously adopted by a rising vote of the members of the Oxford Baptist Church and congregation ia?f SiW?v morning. Mr. Z. w. Lvon, one of Oxford's roost highly esteemed and generous citizens, upon learning, during his last illness, that our church con templated taking an active part in raising its quota of the Seventy Five Million Dollars for missions and other objects, stated to his daughter, .is3 Hettie Lyon, and to his son, Mr. Frank F. Lvon, that he wanted to make a gift of One Hundred Dol lars t0 this fund. Mr. Lyon passed to his reward be pre our Campaign was begun, but "is dauehter and son. knowing the ?esire of their father to have a part 111 this ?reat work for the better ment of the world and the advance ment of the Master's Kingdom, com f'hed with his wish and paid over to our church Treasurer the Hundred Dollars ,, Sur ij - f?- J UO UCCUO UCiJOl ya-n nas?ing notice. We desire to Srd our grateful appreciation of , i,"3 f"i, ;iua to ftpj end id christian character ?.ur departed friend: Therefore, of be H '" .iV..i; First; That we acknowledge this H a our heartiest thanks and e deeply appreciate the christian Motive, which prompted Mr. Lyon in nntra? to do something to aid us 111 prions work. Second: That we tender to Miss euic Lyon and Mr. Frank F. Lyon Sfonllliere thanks for carrying into S ,ir father's wish, and we til af- theT W e guided by trv Wiring example of their fath- tv 4h nd Christian walk. Pmii"d: That these resolutions be of uPon the Permanent records gi out church and that Ibpies signed Miptcr and clerk be sent to Lvnn. ett,le Lrn and Mr. Frank F. to tnand tllat a copy be furnished that ?i.Public Ledger with request Udl the same be published. F. W. HANCOCK, S. W. PARKER, Committee. I OXFORTl.HPivnfot . 1 . GAME TO be THF BIGGEST EVENT OF SEASON wiiiie uxtord has wnn two - already over the H?nri-C uupeu mat the same suortman- iiKe conduct will prevail at thi time. With the crowd that is to be here there may be a tendency to cre ate disturbance. The supporters of the teams want a good clean game Game called at 3:30 tomorrow af ternoon at Horner Park, by John Caldwell, of Wake Forest. The Oxford team will go to San lord for two games on Monday and Tuesday next. Return games with Sanford will be played here later A TRUE GHOST STORY One In Which a Citizen Of Oxford Played a Prominent Part. A prominent citizen of Oxford who objects to his name being prin ted in connection with the story, tells a remarkable incident which took place in his younger days while he was courting a young lady out in the country. ; "It was a custom of mine," he said "to saddle by best horse and ride to the country to see the young lady who was later to become my wife. On this particular occasion I re mained at the home of the young lady rather late and returned different road. "It was on this particular night the young lady of my choice accept ed my heart and hand and promised to be my wife. . As I rode along the road, I was in a reflective mood; the soft radiance of the moonlight had called forth dreams of happy days in store, when suddenly I was awaken ed from the reverie by my horse shying at something, and trembling from head to foot, started down the road at break-neck speed. On look- ing around T saw that I was passing JUst at this instant I vv"uv1-' saw a still white figure. It was ! dressed in pure white and appeared to be moving toward me, but I was too frightened to-stop and make in vestigation. It was difficult to tell which was scared the most, the hor se or myself. , "Upon arriving at home in a great ly perturbed stav.3 of niiad I was asked why I was so excited. I then told them about paasiug the ceme tery and seeing a great bis white ghost rise up and move toward me. Whereupon mv horse became great ly frightened and uroke ;cto a run and I was unabte to chec'i him until we reached home, g And to tell the truth, I was frigntened, toe. "Those present began to laugh and told me tnat what I saw was no ghost, but a monument in at had been erected that morning to mark the grave of an old gcatleman who died some months ago." No 'doubt the presence of many other so-called gnosts -.might be as easily explained. LT. H. G. COOPER REACHED IX MID-OCEAN BY WIRELESS Was Informed That Mis. Cooper Was Quite Sick. Desiring to reach his' son, Lt. G. CooDer. Jr.. U. S. N., as quick H. as hlf to inform him of the cnti Henry G. cal illness of his wife, Col Cooper one day this week telephoned tc Mr. Josepnus uanieis, outicwij of the Navy, and asked him to be so kind as to communicate with nis SMr. Daniels at once located Lt. Cooper in the Pacific ocean half way between San Francisco and Hon olula and got a wireless message, to him and an answer in four or five hours. ' , , Mr. Daniels arranged for leave of absence for Lt. Cooper to come home as soon as his ship put m at Seattle ' On the f ollowing day Mrs. Coop er's condition was greatly improved, ana " wa,Vp cooner by wireless S?r e to advi e Lt. Cooperw ,y it w as Secretary's Uaniei s piea- Cooper reacnea seaiue yw and he is expected to arrive at home next Monday. In passing, it is a note that the people friend in Washington pleasure to have a good in the Hon. Josephus Daniels. : MOVING PICTURES AT HESTER SCHOOL HOUSE NEXT-MONDAY ' The County Community Service will present a six-reel program of moving Pictures at Hester, school house Monday evening, July 26th, at 8-30 o'clock. This is one of the best programs that has been shown yet, and a large attendance is anti cipated. Admission is ten cents, for all over six years old. ""-.Your battery should have water about every two rreek. Stop at WU lard Service Station. OXF N. C. FRIDAY, JULY 23, 1920 l '" MJ ""T a JacK imiiock, one of the foun rs of Brantwood Hospital, said to day that the institution will be rea dy for the reception of patients" ear ly in September. The exact date of the opening, said Dr. Bullock, can not be determined before the arriv al of Dr. Nelson Thomas, who is tak ing an extensive post-graduate cour se at the Chicago University of Medi cine, and who will visit the great Dr. Mayo Sanitorium and hospital at Rochester, New York, before he re turns. Dr. Thomas is getting "next to" the most modern hospital equipment and methods of handling and treat ing the sick in Chicago and the great cities, said Dr. Bullojck, He makes it a rule, continued ifr. Bullock, to attend at least a dozen difficult ope rations every day and takes an ac tive part in the work. A f Dr. Thomas will return about the first of August and then the found ers, Drs. Watkins, Thomas and Bul lock,' will announce the opening date of Brantwood. TEACHERS HAVE ARRIVED AT THE GRANVTLLE TEST FARM The Distinguished Visitors Reached Oxford This Morning In Automo biles. Forty-four teachers of vacational agriculture, who are attending the Summer school at the state College, reached here this morning and will spend today and tomorrow at the Granville Test Farm. Accompanying the party are: by aRoy H. Thomas, State Supervisor of Agricultural Education; Prof. Leon E. Cook, of the Department of Vo cational Education; Prof. Z. "P. Met calf , of the Department of Zoology, and Dr. F. A. Wolf, Plant Patholog ist for the North Carolina Experi ment Station. j "The school will be held for the purpose of giving the teachers of ag riculture intensive instruction in all phases of tobacco growing. WORDING OF THE FRENCH MEMORIAL CERTIFICATES The wording of the French me morial certificates delivered to re latives of soldiers from this country killed in the world war, is as fol lows: . "TO THE MEMORY OF (Name) . . . ......... (Rank) Of the United States of America Who died for Liberty during the Great War In the Name of France. (Signed): The President of the Republic. R. POINCARE." THE PROHIBITION PARTY ANXIOUS FOR BRYAN. Over his own protest and that of his , brother, William Jennings Bryan was the unanimous choice of! convention in Lincoln, Neb., yester-!will day as its candidate fo rPresident. Rresh from a fishing trip in Monta na, Mr. Bryan wired the convention that he . could not be the standard bearer. "The Gas Is On" ,s came creeping through The the pipes yesterday morning and everybody here who uses gas was happy. The flow is all that the con sumers could desire. The people here hope that the flow will contin ue, and if it does they will be will ing to stick by the company. The question of an increase will be tak en up by the Corporation Commissi on next Wednesday. OXFORD-HENDERSON ROAD You Must Go By Dickerson to Get to or From Henderson. On account of the road being clos ed at Cheathams Mill to give the workmen a chance to put in a con crete bridge and make new road bed, travelers from Oxford and Hen derson must go via Dickerson until the work has been completed. The work is being done by C. W. Chandler & Co., and they are doing, a fine job of work. Mr. R. E. Chand ler, who has been constanly on the job states that no such condition as represented in the last issue of the Public Ledger prevailed. He stated that he had pulled many ears out of the mire at the point and that he never charged a cent, nor does he know of a single person on his force who ever made a charge for pulling cars out. " CANNING CLUB GIRLS WILL GO INTO CAMP AUGUST 18 Mrs. A. L. Capehart has issued a letter to all tne girls, members of the Canning Clubs of the County, in forming them of arrangements being made for the Annual Summer Camp to be held this year Aug. 18-21 at Capehart Farm. This lovely old southern home has recently been remodelled, Delco lights and other improvements having . been added, and is an ideal place for a camping trip. 'i'". "' ; "" " , " , . , SIX HUXDRED MILLIOX . DOLLAR WAGE INCREASE GRAXTED BY LABOR BOARD Rail Kepresentatives Set About . Passing Addition to the Ultimate I - Consumer. f Freight rates, railroad executives estimated, would have to be increas ed nearly 50 per cent to absorb the I $600,000,000 wage increase announ ced by the Railroad Labor Board, andbit is to come on top of a large sum the railroads had already ask ed to be permitted to levy against the freight and passenger tariffs. The Interstate Commerce Commis sion had been petitioned to grant the railroads an added income of more than a billion dollars annually, and the $600,000,000 wage increase is to come on top of that. The money is to be provided through the usual agency of an increase in both passen ger and freight rates, and the public carries the burden. The railroad unions has asked for an increase of about $1,000,000,000, and , their honest expectations were doubtless met with the increase which was granted. ,' v Basis of Increase. ' Railway clerks and freight hand lers, $125,000,000. Maintenance- of-way employes, $160,298,000. Enginemen and trainmen, $157, 000,000. . Railway shopmen, $139,137,000. Schedule of Increase. The increases. follow: Passenger Service. Engineers and motormen, firo men, helpers, 80 "cents per day. Freight Service. Engineers, firemen, helpers, $1.04 per day. Yard Service. Engineers, firemen, helpers, 18 cents per hour. : Passenger Service. Conductors, ticket collectors, bag gagemen, flagmen, and brakemen, $1.04 ore day. Suburban service yaaseiigeiTv emyiujes yci . iuuuiu. - l c r ' 1.1. i . Freight Service. JnfZ superceding raies esiaDiisueu vy the railroad administration the board fixed the following schedules: Yard Service. v - Foremen,. $6.96 per "day; helpers, $6.48; switch tenders, $5.04. Hostler service; Outside host lers, $6.24 per day; inside hostlers, $5.60 per day; helpers, $5.04. v For Unskilled Forces. All unskilled forces gets 15 cents an hour increase. OLD LANDMARK MAES ROOM FOR MODERN RESIDENCE The old barn on Spring street, which has been an eye-sore to the highly cultured and refined resi dents of the square for many years, is being torn down to make room for ihe modern and handsome home of Ir. J. Crawford Cooper, who re cently ; purchased the property from Dr. E. T. White. The new home of Mr. CoODer be a two story briCK ana irame dwelling- with all the modern im-1 provements. Material is. Demg as being sembled and Mr. Cooper hopes to have a house-warming , by the time the snow flies. PROGRAM OF COMMUNITY MEETINGS MOVING PICTURES For Two Weeks Beginning Tuesday July 27. Creedmoor, Tuesday, July 27. Providence. Wednesday, Jv.ly StovrJl, Thursday, 29. Stem, Friday, July 30. - Wilton, Tonday, August 2. 1 Wilbourn, Tuesday, August 3. Cornwall, Wednesday, August Knap of Reeds, Thursday, Aug, Bethel, Friday, August 6. Cultreth, Saturday, August 7. 28. 5. BRUNSWICK STEW AT CULBRETH SCHOOL HOUSE There will be a brunswick stew at Culbreth school house on Saturday afternoon, July 24th. This is in connection with the regular commu nity meeting for that date. Games will be played, starting at four o'clock. Supper will be served at six o'clock, and the moving pictures will begin promptly at eight o'clock. The public is cordially invited. BASEBALL! Oxford vs Henderson Saturday, July 24, 3:30 Horner Park. Adm 50c. Mr. Hugh Overton of Route 2, left for Goldsboro Monday. DURHAM PREACHER SWEARS MOB ATTTMPTED STORM JALL Rev. R. M. Price, Sergeant in Com mand of Machine Gun at Graham viiitii anbouiig oJcuntd, ue clares Masked 3Iob Fired Upon Gunners Before They 'Fired, v Durham, N. C, July 22. Rever end Pvobert M. Price of .the Lake wood Methodist church and a ser geant in the Durham machine gun company, issued a sworn statement in which he declares emphatically that a masked mob attempted to storm tne Alamance county jail Monday night and fired upon the machine gunners guarding the iail before the soldiers fired a shot. Raleigh, July 23. in view of the action of the coroner's jury in Ala mance county in declaring the Dur ham Machine Gun Company respon sible for the death of Jim Ray, who was killed Monday night in Graham, Governor Bickett ordered a careful investigation of the conduct of the troops who were sent to the county in compliance wih a request from county authorities to protect three negroes held on a charge of criminal assault. BUDGET OF NEWS FROM THE CAPITAL OF l'ALLY HO (W. R. MANGUM) si?m' N- c" July 22. --Mr. and, Mrs.. S. M. Clayton, of .Route 3, received a telegram Friday morning apprizing , them of the death of their son, Mr. Luther W. Clayton in the State Hospital, Ralei gh, which occurred Thursday after noon, July 15th. The deceased be came mentally unbalanced when he was about twentv vears nf nprp arm ' ad been confined in this institution u iwi v ci ai y ceil a. X11S uiomer Mr. u. tr. Clayton, went to Raleigh Friday and accompanied the remains to Roxboro where they were taken in charge and conveyed to the old family burying ground near by. Our sympathy is with his aged moth er and father and brothers and sis ters. We are glad to meet in our place of business Monday Col. John S. Cunningham, formerly of Person county, but for the past seven years ! a resident of Durham. He was a t i vuo Lime i.utt uii chki 1 i iiiiM.i'nf i rgisor na 4-i v r 4Vi 1HH1 i.L . , . . . r:.0 v a wiwvi i m INOrtn Carolina, Was twice the president of the State ? Fair 4 and is now connected with the management of this institution, and was on the staff of four governors, Holt, Fowle, Aycock, and Glenn. He thinks it best for the farmers that" the tobacco markets to open up late this fall and advises all farmers to sow more wheat this fall and raise more food stuff s the coming year as the prices of tobacco are sure to decline. The baseball game here Satur day afternoon between Stem and Mount Hominy were witnessed bv a j large crowd of people from the town and surrounding community. oiem entered tne game under seri ous disadvantages, four o ftheir best players not being present and new men who were inexperienced and out of practice substituted in order that the crowd who had gathered would - oe disappointed. It was hardly to be expected that Stem could win with such odds against them and there was not much surprise that iihey were defeated 25 to 7. The third auarterlr Conference ! of the Granville Circuit will be held with the church at Roberts Chapel, on Saturday, July 31, and Sunday Aug., 1st. Continuing from the f j X 1 X J 1 " B . Plu-iauieu tuetjung win Begin : at tnis cnurcn witn two services a day, one in the afternoon and one at night. The pastor, Rev. B. H. Black, will be assisted by Rev. S. E. Mercer, of Calvary Baptist Church, Durham. ' On Saturday afternoon the Stem baseball team motored over to Roxboro and played the Roxboro team, but the fates were again a gainst them, the score being 8 to 2. On this coming Saturday after noon, Stem and Stovall will cross bats on the Stem grounds and the public are cordially, invited to attend and witness what promises to be a spirited contest. In regular church conference at Tally Ho last Saturday the protract ed meeting which was to have com menced Sunday, was postponed un til the third Sunday in September, and if nothing prevents will begin at that time. Mr. C. R. Cash, buyer for the J. P. Taylor Tobacco Co., who has been in -Kentucky for the past few months, snent the week end with pa rents. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Cash of Oxford Route 6, going from here to South Carolina markets. Miss Grace Bullock, stenogra pher for the Bradstreet Co., Rich mond, who has been on a visit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Bullock, returned to Richmond Sunday, ac companied by her sister, Miss Ava Bullock. Mrs. E. A. Ingold returned Fri day from a visit to relatives in Chase City and was accompanied home by her sister, Miss -'Myrtle Tackett. In the protracted meeting which begins at Stem, church Sun day Aug., 8th Rev.' A. D. Wilcox of Mr. Blalock Is Okay. . Mr. Frank B. Blalock, who was in ah automobile wreck north of Richmond a few days ago, has arriv ed at home. His , hand was badly bruised and he is wearing his arm in a sling. It is a pleasure to note that Mrs. Blalock, who was also hort, is getting along nicely at St. Luke's Hospital, Richmond. Mr. Blalock said that- the doctors told him that it would not be necessary to ampu tate her thumb, which was broken. The scar over her eye and the other bruises are healing up nicely, said Mr. Blalock, and she will be able to come home next -week; NO?58 ia oujiithlg TO READ AND THINK" ABOUT Granville Comity Should Vote a Sul ficient Amount To Give Good Roads To All the People of the Comity. It is becoming clearer every day that any further improvement of the country schools is dependent on con solidation. The small school per formed a great service in helping. to create an interest in education and in the days of short terms, which are conducted almost always during the worst weather, it was the only practical system. When it is remembered' that most of the pupils attending these schools were in the lower grades, very few getting beyond the sixth or seventh, some very effective work was done. Another fact worth re membering in studying these schools is that as a general thing only the children from the more intelligent and ambitious families were enroll ed as pupils. This made the teach ing easier. The gradual change from these older conditions has brought about a corresponding difficulty in the teaching. The increase in the num- ' ber of grades due to the gradual pushing up of the Dunils int'n th higher classes and the bringing in of the lower element into the school, children from families not formerly interested and as a general thing -less intelligent and less eager to learn, all of this complicates- the work of rural teaching and makes it more imperative that better con ditions be provided for teaching. It is not so hard to convince the more intelligent parent ' that the graded school with its better advan tages for supervision, better oppor tunities for high school work etc., is desirable. The great difficulty, however, as it appears to the aver age man on. the farm, is the bad roads in the winter which seriously interfere with the transportation of pupils. He will always say 4;hat : he will beau favor of f the consolidated- -school and 4 public transportation when we get good roads. This drives us right down to the very basis and ' foundation principle , on which must iest the better con solidated rural school-GOOD ROADS We can never hope to make a com plete success of school consolidation until we have roads good, not only is summer, fall,5 and spring, but good also during the worst of the winter months. ' We must have all-the-year-round good roads. All right then we have been driv en step by step in our argument for better schools down to the very bot tom sill. What are we going to do about it? Shall we sit down and whine about it any say that we have gone as far as we can? Shall we give up and deprive the children of the country districts of their ,birth rigth for a better education just be cause there is a difficulty in the way? Granville county people are not of the whining kind. Here is something to think about. Granville county ought to vote a sufy ficient amount of road bonds to give good roads to all the people of the county. Not just a little driblet that will improve a few of the roads but enough to help the whole coun ty and make it possible to give every child a good elementary and high school in reach of his home. There are other (uses of good roads besides that of transporting pupils to con solidated schools, but it is worth all the cost for this alone. It is high time to take some action in this direction. J. F. WEBB. Trinity church, Durham, will do the preaching after Sunday. Mrs. J. W. Woodlief and daugh ter, Miss Irene, of Youngsville, and Mrs. R. M. Hester and children of Oxford, are spendingi the week with thier father, Mr. J. B. Thomasson of Tally Ho. Gooch's Hall was literally pack-, ed with people Sunday. Elder Syl vester Hassell, of Williamston, prea ched a most interesting sermon tak ing "Love" for his subject. Mr. E. L. Jones, of Bloomfield, Ky., spent the week end with his mother, Mrs. W. H. Jones. He is looking well r.nd is making a great success in the tobacco business. Mr. W. T. Harris and sister, Miss Roxie, have recently purchased the Eugene Bullock house and lot opposite Stem High School building. ' Mr. Pervis Bullock left Sunday for Mullins, S. C, where he has ac cepted a position with the Imperial Tobacco Co. Miss Rose Edna Jones of Oxford Route 2, spent the week end with Misses Jesse and Thelma Overby of Oxford Route 6.. Rev. W. B. North and daughter, Miss Martha of Burlington, .were the guests of Mrs. North's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Stem,. Tuesday night. Mr. W. B. Cash, of Oxford Route 6, purchased a Ford touring car last week. . Master Woodson Birthright, of Washington, is on a visit to his aunt Mrs. W. S. Gooch. - v Misses Julia and Eva Hobgood. of Oxford, are spending the week with their aunt, Mrs. E. J. Ray.
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