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VOL.XXXV th V V 101ERS FACE A VEHV SEHIOUS PROBLEM Higher Tliis Tf Tobacco Don't Sell ve-ir Than Last They Are Ruined. Tl 616 Call Uc mio.a,n.iU6 LJ-lc ittVit A t cost more to grow and harvest !i crops this year than ever before. Aoerts estimate that it c9st $42.50 raise cure and market one hun JLd pounds of tobacco. fl The Gloomy Side. The general feeling here mong the fmrers and business men is to the c that if the tobacco crop doea! ?fteCl, U n0n m-w tkac 'it did last year the farmers will be ruined If it does not bring more than it did last year, frmers declare tliey will not produce a single pound next year. Ail of this talk about the farmers holding their tobacco thirty days or loiiser if it does not bring a price a bov'e the cost of production is purely problematic. Just how far they have organized to hold and control prices Ve are not advised. They state that thev and their families, including the small children, have worked day and ni?ht to save the crop, and they feel that it is only just that the big com panies should come to their rescue, even if they must increase the price of the manufactured product. The Bright Side. After all, it may be that the alarm fenenied by the farmers in this sec tion is without foundation.. Mr. Sam Watkins, Capt. Will Fleming and others who are in close touch with the markets on the south side of the state and in South Carolina, state that tobacco is selling higher this year than it did. last season. It must be remembered that the to bacco in the border counties is thrown upon the market in a haphaz ard fashion, without being graded, said Capt. Fleming, which has a ten dency to depreciate the weed. Quite a number of tobacconist estimate that if the South Carolina crop av erages $40, which it no doubt will, the Granville county crop will aver age $70. There is a very encouraging fea ture regarding the Granville crop this year that does not obtain else where in the bright belt, namely, viz: Last year there was about 100,000,000 pounds of tobacco sold on the Oxford market at $1.00 the pound, as against more than two million pounds this year at the same price. By virtue of the large quant Jty of high grade tobacco this year it is reasonable to estimate that the Granville crop this year will put $7, 000,000 into the pockets of the farm ers as against $5,500,000 last year. WELFARE WORK BECOMING POPULAR IN GRANVILLE Twelve Important Cases Settled Out of Court During August. Little by little the people of Ox ford and Granville county are being enlightened to the vast amount of good accomplished through the Juve nile Court. At first it was impos sible for the people to comprehend the latit v.ere rather inclined to fight clear of i1 '-uv. yj l. it tllUir; TtUXIi.. 1 UU J the visitations of Mr. Jackson, super intendent of county welfare work, but things have changed in the last few months, and now they are looking up Mr. Jackson. All that is being accomplished by Mr. Jackson cannot be published to the world. The people are .not aware that the son of a well-to-do citizen must retire to his bed at six o'clock m the evening and remain there dur ing the night until school begins un der penalty of being sent to the re formatory. A boy who frequently came to town and got mixed up with bad people is not permitted to return to Oxford until school begins.. It is a Ciaiiy OCCllrrPnp frv io Tiir-onilo - vv a x lJUt J U T V'XJ.J.I-Vs ZvL lVancu?, some chM that has rum. Only a few weeks ago the jextare officer caught two white boys KambhR? with negroes on Sunday. Ane tnjn? was properly adjusted by e welfare officer and those tw S?,WTe very thankful. There are hundreds of instances where farn- hi? vVeye goin to smash that have ofP(p healed in private by the welfare '0 FLE YOUNG MEN TO LEAVE OXFORD Messrs. Thomas and William -Pace wni Engage In Business At Col- TrTh?ma L- and William G. Pace, . tne fme young sons of W. G. to I' are leavin? Oxford this week Ori??a? in business inColumbus, of th Durin5 the entire ten years rvrl residence in Oxford, having harp ; ere from DanVille, Va., they nr Jen most exemplary young vm 1' addm? neatly to the life, of the V tiwPeople of the town, and it vis torn UCire regret that their friends vhtrp Seir decision to locate else is n-ifv , iuch success and happiness and 5 or them in thir new homes Visit n P liuc iiivy will OlLtJll ra0crUxford where they will always nianv f-warm welcome by their bv'tL- nds whom they have won lert TLmanly' courteous and excel Ient conduct in our midst. 0 OP LEGB WILL WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 8TH krt HobSood is at home this opening ?tt"1ff tWngs in shape for the Svg Sf ?xford College on Wed bMhi'i eptember 8th which win torv nf irnest enrollment in the his - ut college. PupihI!?bg00d stated that more day year. n ever are expected this PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY--? THE EXTRA SESSION DID HCMEROUS BIG jffllBtlProm X!. ' Revision of Taxesand Completion of Revaluation Law the Chief Fea tures. At thirteen minutes past two o'c ock Thursday afternoon the spe cial session of the North Carolina .General Assembly completed its sev enteen days of rather arduous labor. Constitutional Amendment. - re to hp iSS amendments, which are t0 De voted upon in the Nnvpm- Ae x-roviaes for the constitutional limitation r.f tax of4Sfifteeu cents on the $100 worth of property. instead of sixty six and two-thirds cents as hereto fore. 2. Provides for " 1 tax amendment allowing the State to rnt T oT '""-""s up to six per cent. 3. To separate the grahd- ln Z ?fm the literac' test SniSJ the failure of courts to up hold the grandfather clause will not S!i aThih? literacy intV. 1.ncome tax amendment be voted upon as one, the defeat of certain mg the defeat 0f the oth"r Revaluation Measures. Revenue bi" Providing for thirteen cents school taxes for State purposes; no State tax for the gene ral fund and for the- pension fund To suppiant this deficit the State li IS lewie for 1920 h leas es m license, franchise and corpora te? f S' ?; Municieal finance act. The act limits i l11101?1:".68 t0 10 per cent ov- CVU iaisea last year and pro vides that the cities and towns may otCa'Vf b0nd ises, nates and Sn ridences of debt incurred since the passage of the Revaluation I S?eCial tax levies' whi run the taxes over the ten per cent ni8e" ln Cases of deficits is possible to borrow money and refund it out of the general levy over, a peri- Ji en JeaS' Special tax levies may be made for any purpose provid- eleconVterS Sanction U in a SDeciaI School Bill. Under the Revaluation act the counties are permitted to levy taxes to provide suficient revenue to ope rate the schools for three months not provided for by the State. If a deficit exists the- schools may borrow money which, is to be refunded orfhe general levy over a period of five years. This bill also makes the same provisions for school districts as well as counties. Heavier Tax On Criminals. Among other bills enacted of State-wide importance was the meas ure increasing the fees of the solici tors m the various judicial districts. VV hile the fees of the solicitors were "'viVMcu Hum Lumy io iortv per centjthe counties will continue" to re ceive heir proportionate share of the fines, this being possible ' under the new bill which places the burden upon the criminals who will, in the i i , , " ' . De taxea Wlth heavier fines, penalties and costs Suffrage Amendment. Ratification of the- Susan B. An thony Federal suffrage amendment was the question which furnished the most excitement during the ses sion. The Senate, considered the measure first and by a narrow mar gin voted to defer action until the regular session next January. In the House the resolutipn was defeated. RETAIL PRICES TO DROP THIS WINTER Reserve Board Expects Even Great er Decline In Coming Spring Months. Washington, August 30. Retail prices, in the opinion of the Federal Revenue Board will decline slieht.lv during the coming fall and winter months and will slump next spring to st'll Tower levels. Summarizing recent changes in prices of various commodities, the board in a report said that "saving afforded by manu facturers through lessened cost of JabT muse eventually be reflected in a downward movement of retail prices." Although a general slight slump in retail prices during the next few months was forecast, th board was of the opinion that in some lines higher prices were prob able, "due to the fact that purchases for the autumn and winter trade had already been contracted for at th' old level of prices." Changes in the prices of raw materials, which, were reported to have been sharp during the past few weeks, will not show their effect, according to the board, in retail prices ''until early next spring'. , The board stated that an "import ant downward tendency" in prices of all commodities food had been ev idenced throughout the country, the reduction in prices of raw products having been especially marked. This general lowering of the price level, it was believed, indicated a probable drop in food prices during coming months. EASTERN MARKETS POSTPONE OPENING On account t lateness of the South Carolina crops and scarcity of freight cars, which necessitated the closing of some of the markets in that belt several days ago, the lead ing tobacco companies have request ed that the Eastern North Carolina tobacco markets postpone their ope ning until Tuesday,September 7, at which date they can arrange to re move al their buyers to that section. ijFORD, N. G TUESDAYTGTTST 1920 COY lTJTJ'CU'Vrrc! nmT m r... i -w-..wvnAa in ji i nun i ; wixsrutAUY TO BUY PRESDDENT .i8 Aost. Entirely of AitK?n m VOfficial Bui - lemi" of Renublican National ireasurer Upham, Chief Exhibit' Being Typewritten List Showing! campaign quotas imposed on 51 principal cities in 27 States Ag gregating $8,145,000. In his speeches at Pittsburgh and New York City last week Governor Cox, Democratic nominee, gave abundant information to support his charges that a Republican compaign fund exceeding $15,000,000 was being raised in a conspiracy to buy the presidency. Governor Cox's data consisted al- ! most dntirolir nf tv-i o t vuui ij ju.cn, lci ia.a.eii LI VILLI the official bulletin of Fred W. Up ham, of Chicago, treasurer of the re publican national committee, but his chief exhibit was a typewritten list purporting to show republican cam paign quotas imposed on 51 princi pal cities in 27 states and aggregat ing $8,145,000. Names of local subscribers, Gov ernor Cox said, were ordered kept secret. These quotas, given as $2, 000,000 for New York city; $750, 000,000 for Chicago, $500,000 for Philadelphia and ranging down to $25,000 for smaller cities like At lanta, Ga., were said by Governor Cox to have been announced about the niidlde of July. That Senator Harding, his repub lican opponent, "was acquainted with the details" of the quota plan and that it was also approved by Will H. Hays, chairman of the re publican national committee, was charged by the democratic candi date. " . Many Reports Quoted. .From subsequent issues of the of ficial bulletin, Governor Cox quoted many reports from republican work ers throughout the country, report ing going "over the top" and in ex cess of the alleged quotas. Announcement of the $8,145,000 metropolitan quotas, Governor Cox said, was made by Harry M. Blair, assistant, to Treasurer Upham. A meeting was held in Chicago, Gov ernor Cox said, at which Will H. Hays, chairman of the republican national committee, "spoke his bless ings". . The governor charged that type written sheets bearing the S k cities' quotas were "distributed - to those assembled" and he produced one of the alleged lists, but did not state how it was acquired. That the reputed attempt to raise $8,145,000 from 51 cities in 27 of the 47 states is fair evidence that the total national fund will be much larger was' declared by Gov ernor Cox, who said big business men were prominent on the repub lican ways and means committee and that the raising of funds was on a business "salesmanship" basis. Governor Cox also quoted from statements in the republican bulle tin that state and county organiza tions were not to be disturbed or retarded in their activities. Warns Business 3Ien. "If the league does not become a thing in fact," the candidate said, J "and a vital organization in the af fairs of t wehorld, it is my judge ment that not a . single European nation will ever be able to pay its national debt, and if that is not paid, then what becomes of the .fis cal conditions overseas? The fin nancial stability of the world de- ipends upon the adoption of the lea gue of nations, and yet thousands of the very men who above all oth ers, are interested in that are at tempting to install an administration which intends to scrap the league. But it will not succeed." Chicago, Aug. 30. An extended examination today of Will H. Hays, Republican national chairman, and Homer S. Cummings, former Demo cratic national chairman, by the Se nate committee investigation cam paign expenditures failed to throw! any light on the $15,000,000 tuna which Governor Cox charged the Re publican party with seeking to raise "in an attempt to corrupt the American electorate and buy the Presidency." CAPT. WILL FLEMING IS MOVING TO ROCKY MT. The people of Oxford and Granville county regret to lose Capt. and Mrs Will Fleming. Capt. v Fleming has purchased a large warehouse and handsome home in Rocky Mount Mrs. Fleming left yesterday for Rocky Mount to get the home in read- iness. rne iamiiy win De greauj missed here. Capt Fleming was always' on the right side of public questions and he gave the best that was in him. He was a member of the town board of commissioners and resigned a few weeks ago as a' preliminary step to engage in business at Rocky Mount. MT. ZION BAPTIST CHURCH Baptizing In Shelton Creek Next Sunlay Morning. Regular monthly church confer ence will be held at Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Berea, next Saturday, Sept 4, at 3 P. M. ' Baptizing in Shelton's Creek Sun day morning at 10 o'clock. Regular Sunday services at the church at 11 A. M. ' i-Yoar battery should - have water about every two week, Stop at Wil lard Service Station. ND COUNTY OFFER BRILLIANT OPPORTUNITIES AZL HOME PRINT. I . . w H OXFORD TOBACCO MARKET POSTPONED ONE WEEK inaty of n r Than fLLtZZX I- "er xnan September 2n nnnAa niar -All Markets In This Section Af lected. A joint meeting of the Oxford lobacco Board of Trade and the wurham, Henderson, Louisburg and Warrenton warehousemen, held m Henderson last Saturday, decided to delay the opening of J- i"rket for one week and lixed Monday, September 20, as . the date 'for the starting of sal es, instead of Tuesday, Septem ber 14'. as iliad previously been S!f!.1Uie(1 The cauS r the 18 nnderstod to be the in- c Ily f bliy8rs to ffnis the South Carolina belt in. time to get here for the start. The postponement affects all tne markets in this section which were to have onened on Sep tember 14, including Oxford, Durham, Warrenton, Louisburg towns P Wy ther Small ASSAULTSrBY COX PUTS REPUBLICANS OX THE , DEFENSIVE DCZChiC r Candidate's Dynamic Methods Revelation to American treopie. coxwrpnrnng imtss revelatiL f 3 ventab e Washington, and a terror to the Republican party is the verdict of some of the persons who witnessed the candidate's re ception in New York yesterday. He has put the enemy on the run with his fierce assaults. Chairman Will Hays slipped out of town two days before he was scheduled to go and is now closeted with the lords of the-Republican party on the Marian back porch." At New Haven, Cox won the Re publican faculty of Yale almost in a body. Prof. Irving Fisher, who had just returned from an inter view with Senator Harding on the League of Nations, said that he was an independent Republican, that he had never voted for a man for Pres ident who was not elected, and that he intended to vote for Cox. He said Cox would be elected because the great independent element that always s elects was for Cox. Cox is . me amencan people Winning the educators and the teach- ors. and churchmen everywhere on the . League of Nations 'issue. Prac tically every Episcopal clergyman in the State of New York is working for the Democratic candidate. REMAINS OF MRS. COOPER LALD TO REST IN ELMWOOD The funeral services of Mrs. Henry G. Cooper, Jr., were conducted from her home Saturday morning by Rev. F. H. T. Horsfield, rector of St. Stephen's Church and- Rev. Stuart R. Oglesby, pastor of the Presbyterian Church. The following hymns were sweetly rendered: "Abide With Me," "O Mother Dear Jerusalem," "There Is a Blessed Home," "Peace, Perfect Peace " 'Miss Berte Hutchings sweet ly sang "Crossing the Bar," the favo rite poem of the deceased. The flo ral tributes were numerous and love ly. The interment was in the Hor ner plot in Elmwood Cemetery, and the active pall bearers were: B. K. Lassiter, B. W. Parham, W. T. Yan cej', Ashbourh Capehart, J. B. Pow ell, A. H. A. Williams, J. C. Cooper, J. W. Horner; honorary R. W. Lassiter, W. Land is. W. A. Devin, E. T. White, W B. Ballou, John Webb, C. H. Landis, B. S. Royster, R. P. Taylor, R L. Broivn, J. G. Hall, R. H. Lewis, T. Lanier, A. H. Powell; T. G.. Stem. Out of town relatives attend ing the service were: S. W. Cooper, Fayetteville; Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Horner and Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Hor ner, Henderson; Mrs. Brubaker, Phil adelohia; Mr. ar.d Mrs. Frank Webb, Durham; Mr. and Mrs. Watts Carr, Durham; Mrs. R. C. Strong, Raleigh; Mr. and Mrs.v Kirksey, St. Louis WORK STARTFD ON FERTILIZER PLANT IN HENDERSON The Henderson Daily Dispatch states that work has been begun on the new fertilizer plant of the Amer ican Agricultural Chemical Company, which is. to be rebuilt on a sixty-acre tract recently purchased about one mile north of Henderson. James II Broaie, manager of the Henderson works, announced that satisfactory arrangements had been made about the land acquired, and that the bi? enterprise would remain in Hencer son, following the destruction by fire last spring of the factory located just south of the city. Along with the construction work now under way a large house will be built much on the style of army bar racks for the accomodation of the large force which will be employed iu the undertaking.- The outfit will mean a financial outlay by the com nanv of approximately $750,000, Mr. Brodie announced! RALEIGH WOMEN FTOST IN STATE TO VOTE Raleigh. Aug. .30. Raleigh wo m wPl be he first in the state to enjoy the rrivilege of voting, it now appears, the county commissioners having ordered a special school election for October 2. Advocates of woman suffrage declare this is a fit ting istart for exercising the ballot, as women are primarily interested in schools and other matters that af fect children. I COMPARISON OF TOBACCO PRICES FOR THREE HUNDRED YEARS The Highest Price In the History of the Weed Was Reached In 1919. A comparison of tobacco prices for the last 300 years shows that the height was reached in 1919 Scant information is at hand con cerning the prices of tobacco to growers before 1863. In the money of the time, the Jamestown tobacco sent to England in 1618-02 had a P"ce of 54 3-4 cents a pound, but by 1639 the price had fallen to' 6.08 cents, and by 1664 to 3.09 cents. A price of 1.52 cents is recorded for the Virginia and Maryland crop of 1730, of 4.2 cents for that of 1735 and from 2.3 to 4.55 cents thereafter for the Colonial crops of various years to 1790. The producers' aver age selling price of the tobacco of 1847 has been estimated to have been 5 cents a pound: of 184ft 7 uta ami oi 1853, 10 cents per.aence mat .the future efforts of A pouna. These facts ata aceamMni m an article contained in the Year uuoui U1UU uuuk or tne united States Depart ment of Agriculture, recently issued. The annual estimate of he produc ers' average price of tobacco bv the Bureau of Crop Estimates began in 1863 with 14.8 cents per pound in gold. In the decade 1865-74 the av erage was 9.5 cents, and low water mark since the Civil War was reach- r v""r was 7 cents. In one year 1 8 9 fi year 1896 the price was as. low as upward movement of prices brought tobacco to iO.l cents ?Si???d in 1905-1. 4.7 cents in ilii'it Ceits in 1917' 14-7 cents 5 V, o' 24,Cfts in i1917' 28 cents in .1918i and 39 cents in 1919. The gain in prices since 1896 may not have been entirely due to the diminishing purchasing power of the dollar. There was incresed cost of produc tion, and producers have been strong er financially and more able to hold for a higher price. Moreover, the post-war demand has been unprece dented. THE BIG EVENT OF NORTH GRANVILLE The Community Fair Will Be Held At Stovall Thursday, September 30th. Taken as a whole, there is not a ore progressive pepple in the coun ty- man tne North: Granville com munity. The annual fairs whic-h they have been holding at Stovall for the past few years have been of untold benefit to the community, and the fair to be held there Thurs day, September 30, is 'larger and better in every way than all the previous efforts. Mr. N. W. Weldon, secretary of the fair, states that he is highly pleased with the interest manifested in the forthcoming event, and that no efforts on the part of the man agement will be spared to make it the success that it should be. From the present outlook, said Secretary Weldon, there will be more and better exhibits this year than ever before. "There are peo ple in every community", said Mr. Weldon, "that are slow to take hold and work for the success of the community in which they live, but practically everybody in North Gran ville this year are united in an ef fort to make the fair the best that has been held at Stovall." The handsome premium list of the -North Granville Community Fair will be found in a special section of this issue of the Public Ledger. The awards are such as will awaken keen interest and friendly rivalry among the good old families in the" northern half of Granville county. DR. W. C7TYREE WDLL PREACH AT THE OXFORD BAPTIST CHURCH There will be no prayer meeting at the Oxford Baptist Church Wed nesday night, but everyone is "invited to hear Dr. W. C- Tyree, of Green wood. Miss., Thursday night prompt ly at 8 o'clock. The opening exercise will begin by the Sunbeam Band. On Thursday afteVnoon at 3:30 o'clock the Woman's Missionary Un ion of Flat River Association will hold its first session, and on Friday there will be an all-day meeting. The women and girls are. invited to the day session, and everybody to the night session. GEORGIA TOBACCO ON THE OXFORD MARKET Equal To the Best Grown In Gran ville County. Mr. W. T.' Currin, who has been down in Lincoln county, Georgia, this season teaching the natives how to raise, cure and market tobacco, ar rived in Oxford last Saturday with Mr. T. H. Ward, of Lincoln, Ga., who came to Oxford with a view of selling his large crop of high grade tobacco on this market. After consulting lo cal tobacco men Mr. Ward stated that he intended to sell his entire crop here. This season is the first experience Mr. Ward has had with tobacco. He is highly pleased with the methods Mr. Currin employed on his Georgia farm to produce a high grade tobacco Mr. Ward, who is not at all fami liar with tobacco, brought samples with him, which he exhibited with much glee. When informed by local tobacconists that his 'samples "' were equal to anything grown here he was ready to treat everybody he met. NO.-69 THE FARMERS MUST RECEIVE AN ADEQUATE PRICE 1 (E. T. Medrith, Sec. Agriculture) In spite of. generally unsettled con ditions, unprecedent difficulty in se curing labor and transportation fac ilities, high cost of materials, and uncertaintv as to future nri ml " ' V f 44VVH) 1V1 farm products, the farmers of the United States have proceeded in good faith this year to raise a crop better than the average. They are repeat ing, under the difficulties of read justment, the assurance, given by. their magnificent achievement dur ing the war, that they are not to be daunted nor deterred by adverse con ditions from con trihn finer thpir full share to the welfare of the whole country. Looking upon the record of American farmers during these two periods of extreme stress and strain, the one following the other so closely that there was no chance for relaxation, I have absolute confi-' i merican farmers will fail nAtMn ' .mia AAV t,u. short of their full duty to society. Specifically, there is a prospect of a wheat crop exceeding prewar aver age about one hundred million bush els, a corn crop of two and three quarters billion bushels, or one hun dred, and fifty million more than prewar average; oats, one and one third million bushels, or one hundred and fifty million more that prewar average; barley in excess and rye more than double prewar average; potatoes exceeding five-year average; record-breaking rice and tobacco crops; hay and flaxseed exceeding five-year average; cotton, grain sor ghums, and apples better than last year, and record sugar beet and sor ghum syrup crops. The cost per unit of producing s these crops unquestionably was con siderably greater than for any pre vious crop in the last half century, and business men. as well as all oth er elements of population, must realize that if the record made by the farmers during the war and the period of readjustment is to be main tained and the food requirements of the Nation met, producers miist re ceive adequate prices for tkeir pro tucts nrices which will enable them to continue - produce, to secure a reasonable return for their efforts, and to maMiT- a satisfactory stan dard of living for themselves and for their families. N. CAROLINA TOBACCO CROP . Tbe I::dicHons Are That Farmers Are Holding Tobacco For Better Prices. (Farm Forecaster) The three North Carolina counties hrving open tobacco markets during: July are located on the edge of the Carolina tobacco belt, and the devel opment of the tricht leaf is making rapid growth in these Southern counties. While the three counties show an average decrease in the to bacco area of about 6 per cent, the entire pection extending from Moore down throngh Columbus, shows a remarkable increase in the crop. The State's toKor!) acreage show ed an increase of 13.6 per cent over last year's 523,383 acres. 78.221 acres of this are-, are located in the section around these markets. The condition of the Stata's cron. SR npr rent, is 12 per cent better than at this time last -ear. and forecasts a total production of over 400.000.- 000 pounds. Last year the sales a- mounted to 323,371,242 pounds, at a total value of $161,038,878. The totar producers sales for July last year were 6,645,451 pounds. Reports of injury to crop from di sease, excessive rains, drought, etc., come from sections all over the to i i ii The Whiteville market averaged highest for the month, $28.76, and St. Paul lowest with $14.71 per hun dred pounds. The total sales, 3, 625,960 pounds would indicate that farmers are holding their tobacco from the market for better prices, as the increased acreage withf' im proved conditions show a larger pro duction than last year. This will likely hold these markets open long er than usual! Prices are recovering from a sudden slump during the month, which was probably due to weather, poor grades, and the evi dences of the leaf being gathered and cured too early. Three new markets which were not reporting last year, with seven ' warehouses,, had sales during the month, making a total of 27 ware houses operating. Seventeen were operating in July, 1919. JOHN WTLKERSON IN JADIi Beat Up a Woman Last Year and Did the Same Thing Last Week. About one year ago John Wilker son, colored, frailed a colored woman near Huntsbdro. He was arrested and lodged in jail, but the Judge re leased him to raise a cropland when the crop was raised John failed to re turn, i Last week he met the same woman that he frailed a year ago. The sight of the woman was too much for John, and the devil within grew.' He beat her up so bad it will be some time before she will.be able to testify a gainst him. John is in jail and the woman's condition is serious. When the story of housing pro blem comes to be written., the quiet work of the local building and loan association may be given the appreci ation it deserves. . (i ,. ,
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