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- - ' BTBLIC LEMM VOLjgXV TK KV WILL CUT OUT ,if TOBACCO NEXT Ye. AR pr, T. 1$. Hill Telis a Wonderful Story. r ,.,- Public Ledger: ;v-th rreat interest I am reading word saiu auuui luuaccu m I want to assure niy PUBLISHED SmiAVWjnJfmxr S ,r., uuuai-x UJfrJUiS is tilLLlANT OPPORTT7NTT77ZS A J. T. irnuv irm - UViUU X Ulil 1 . OXFORD, N. C. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1920 . I AIR MAIL ROUTE FROM 1 FARMERS' frcvrTXT NEXT s a ttti? v . ! OXFORD ORPHANAGE GETS With IV" 1 QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS NO. 73 FROM A BOY IT RAISED l,,,h Carolina t'TlliclS in viiftunic tuuuiv "SJSSE .fcted T I At-i oxford ering wurc House Gath- What the farmers of the county I . d at helr meetin5 here next THE RESERVE BOARD PROMISES AID TO MOVE THE TOBACCO CROP u:"ic cuuui-v satnrrtav 9ft0 r, :;..,r Kentucky farmers will not stand hnilOQ r " A" .U:L . ine court tnas. ivv . nouse is a matter that is hoi Qwi iJ' J,au 1 c;M v,Q 9c, Ho5ea Wltn great interest hv hntw form. -v.i nT trill uuitt nnr i.uiii via,v I j , " m. w Ul-1 , i - j., eis and busineso mem rpt A, Tiilv we nave Deen sieaaiiy , " " wi. .me garner ed last 1 i;1o tn Protect our present' a . " Ior tne purpose crw"":'"'", T,u u;,ul uibcussmg and manning nin nf tOOatCU- xiiuiana auu fn fi, , ,. o fiauo co crop first prices for which on Eastern North Carolina markets have uccu sicauy aisappointine ined with us. The ware- crop 1,.,rP 101 uemen of Missouri and farmers Jro ovsanized and fighting with us a-oai;-; starvation prices. Our Burley ''orrn Growers Association is about coir Dieted. Avith every county raising v'eco. organized, in Kentucky and Sana' and Ohio. I was living here vvi-oii the cut out was prefected be L'l It was a success then. But raV we have dollars to fight with, where as before we had only cents. We had no experience then. But now we have the same men, who a dozen years ago won their fight for ivins prices for their tobacco. And v ;e 'are going to fight the Lennies and Trotsky's who propose to take our tobacco Irani u. inu iiiwi may to be th t th n,rirf .Xur ana ouiaoze n. But QC T "-yiuve bowed her -f"" avnces and that graauaiiy climb higher. There seems to be some divergence uyimon as to what tn ihtx growers who have thus far offered men weea ior sale there. The sober second thought that has followed the excitement brought on by the reports from the east has shown an inclination toward optf mism, and wiser heads are counsel ing deliberation in whatever course will be pursued. They say there is na chance for tobacco to sell as high this year as it did last year, that is, on the average, and that the farmers will probably not better themselves by taking snap judgment on the situation.' The general opinion seems and Methodist Children's ! Senator Overman Brings Informa- Home Named As. Beneficiaries In I 1 to Car?amis Convention. v. ocl- j.o oenaior uv- erman opened his speech Saturday to i the Cabarrus democrats by dissiDat- mg, to begin with, republican propa- n'H Kentucky has never knee to any being but God. And we we have not done that as reverently ftS we should Imve done. Our Association here has ' found out a great many things about to-beco- Let the farmers not forget that the propaganda "too much to bacco" in 1914 was the slogan by which our tobacco was stolen from us. We now know when it is too late, that tobacco was very scarce at the time- The same propaganda, too much tobacco," is a hoax. Not a word of truth in it Tobacco in Europe is as scarce today as food was during the war. "Who believes that there is an over production of any thin? in the world today, except miilionairs. and profiteers? Europe raised no tobacco during the war. The United States did not increase the production of tobacco for the period of the war. The con sumption of tobacco in cigaretts has increased about thirty five percent since 1912. Other uses of tobacco have increased about twenty five per cent. We know that for the last Eix years, that the production of to bacco has fallen below the consump tion. We know that the price of' rhP mooh'n cr nll 1 x , . "1V'"U& xixj uugiu to ao. some feel that the weed will sell well here; even better than on the Eastern North Carolina markets, and are urging cau tion in not "hollering before Demg hit. The great quantity of good tobacco that will be marketed is ex pected to bring up a fair average for the season when the crop has been so. Others want to go-ahead and give expression -to an ultimatum to the buyers that certain prices must be met before the weed will flow free ly to market. There is much senti ment among the conservative element that the proper way to sell the crop is to offer it in little mites day by day, and not flood the warehouses beyond their capacity and that of the buyers to handle it This is pointed to as being one of the surest methods of holding up the averages. MR. D. G. BRUMMITtTs DIS TRICT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTOR Neal Will. Winston-Salem, Sept. 11 By the mil of the late Jolm Neal, who died last week at Omaha, net)., me Methodist Children's iome here and the Masonic or phanage at Oxford, this state, will i-eceive the income from at least $300,000.. .It is estimated . that the estate will total per haps $800,000.. .A copy of the will was filed hef-e today. It names the Wachovia Bank and Trust company, of this city, exe cutor, with Judge Franklin A. Shotwell, attorney of Omaha, as sociate counsel. One-fifth of the large estate goes to personal friends of the deceased, Judge Sjiotwell sharing largely in the distribution. Mr. Neal spent' his early boy hood days at the Oxford orphan age, coming to this city to com plete his high school education. For the past 13 years he had been connected with the R, J. Reynolds Tobacco company, holding a large block of stock in same. For six years he had been division sales manager for the company, two years of which he had his headquarters at Oma ha. The body was brought back to this city for interment. TOBACCO GROWERS HELD BIG MEETING IN HENDERSON TO DISCUSS TOBACCO PRICES Immense Gathering On Courthouse Lawn At Henderson Calls On Far- ganda about the failure of the eral reserve system, a democratic measure, in the present crisis of low prices. "There is now no question," Sena tor Overman read from the letter he has just received from W. P. G. Harding, governor of the federal vol serve banks will be able to render alii m; .lbMsiance to member banks in moving the crops which would be rea sonably asked of them and the board is advised that there has also been an improvement in the transportation situation." Eight years of democratic pros perity were recounted by Senator Overman as he passed to national issues, charged the republicans with defeating the one measure that can restore this country to a normal ba sis, and pointed to the election of Cox and Roosevelt as the only way of regaining for the United States its rightful place among the nations of the world. The hand of Marion Butler, the senator informed his audience, is al ready to be seen in the political campaign the republican party of the state is making. Parker is handpicked and Butler did the pick ing He lauded the revaluation law and dared the republicans to specify their charge that it has been un fairly administered in North Carolina. NEW YORK TO ATLANTA PRACTICALLY ASSURED Alfred W. Lawson Makes Bid Within Maximum Allowance Will Carry 1,500 Pounds Of Mail Between New York and Atlanta 300 Days a Year. A Washington special says that a airplane deliveries of mail between New York and Atlanta,' with stop overs at Raleigh and Columbia, was practically assured. Twelve Hour Trip. The bidder on the New York-Atlanta route not only plans to carry 1,500 pounds of mail daily between these points but will put into opera tion such large planes that 10, and possibly more passengers, may be car ried on each trip. The flight time be tween New York and Atlanta will be 12 hours at the maximum. MANNING READY TO GO AFTER TOBACCO TRUST Will Do Some Trast-Busting Provid ed Chief Justice Will Call Some Names. Chief Justice Walter Clark has the evidence and if he furnisnes it At torney General James S. Manning will use it to do some corking trust busting -in the North Carolina tobacco panic, according to the news coniimr from Raleigh. It is easy enough to name the nam es of the tobacco companieswho. according to Judge Clark, met recent ly m Petersburg, Va.f and there set the prices on North Carolina leaf. The fitness of Petersburg as hatch ing place for a conspiracy against to bacco is evident. Virginia has grown immortal on Virginia Brights, made m North Carolina, shipped out of Virginia with railroad favortism, and sold to the world at enriching fig-ures. is mounting to-to manufactured tobacco skyward every day. I heard a bacco drummer selling tobacco one of our merchants here last week, and here is a part of the conversa tion. Merchant (after giving order) What is the price of these cigars, ancl chen may I expect to receive them. Drummer, All that I can tell you is, these cigar? are seven dollars hiVhor . iilQiJ.V-i To Make Preparations For Other Crops Next Year. Large number of tobacco growers from the surrounding counties gath ered in Henderson last Saturday to find out what the Vance county far mers would do. Oxford sent a dele gation of representative business men and farmers. Representatives from Wake, Franklin, Warren and Virginia to the number of 5,000 were present Strong Resolutions Adopted. That tobacco now in the hands of the growers must be marketed slow- lv till C11fVl ti'mo cio Vi r -u -ii Chosen By Party Leaders From f 'nt'JrJ Counties Of the District Mayor with not rmw t, ,rw , ,,,, - 11511 lusi vl pro duction but the still higher level of mere To Market Crop Slowly and ! THERE IS NO STATE TAX LEVY FOR 1920 nder the New Levy Thirteen Cents Goes To the State' Schools. . The tax levy for Granville county tor 1920, as fixed by the rrmntv tract as soon as formalities regarding a bond and other details are reserved, is constructing airplanes with a capa city of 12,000 pounds and not only intended to transport mail from New York south but to establish a passen ger service. 100 Miles Per Hour. The North Carolinan, for instance, who wants to get in a hurry from Raleigh to Washington or to New York, or to Columbia or Atlanta, may hop into a Lawson plane and travel north or south a a speed of about 100 miles an hour. Mr. Lawson said that the planes he is now construct ing would have a maximum speed of 120 miles an hour. Make Trip 306 Days a Year. The specifications call for trans portation of 1,500 pounds of mail 306 days per year, which eliminate Mondays and days following holidays The $300,000 bid is the maximum allowable under tha regu vuiiiiuiBBiouers, is cents on ths .1 : : w. lU3 ,C5U" .13 cents for i "Tr, ice. aepartmoat -w " foocu uj VUilgl fcfSS. T. G. Stem, of Oxford Was Pres ent. . (Greensboro News) Representatives of the Democratic party for the counties in the fifth North Carolina congressional district, 11 in number, met at the O. Henry hotel yesterday afternoon at l2:30 o'clock and elected D. G. Brummitt, of Oxford, speaker of the house of representatives, as presidential elec- han the others were. They may be! tor for this district, in the place of ten dollars higher per thousand by 1 Gen. B. S. Royster, of Oxford, who lf- time this order getsto the house. ! was unable to serve. speaking sorter low with a "n:ne, said tobacco is as scarce as ij-ns teeth, be glad to get anv sort tooacco. And yet the propaganda too much tobacco." is hurled at the tanners every day. We farmers of wntucky have rnlioH tv,Q Kiff J . - -""u IUC UIUU. X 11C Burley belt called it last winter, . a are now equipped with every genual for the manufacturing of tooacco. Have taken rnre nf lt Vr.ft . , --... v.- v a- iiijii --'a tObacCO .ifc crop of tobacco. They are and ready to handle all that th '...1 . , v' j w. 1, VUL TT ILli I rl e" And we farmers of the i district were 1 ue r mn be ready tQ take care "ui tooacco, ' 'I'l-i'i and erv. JtJTev& of tobacco today are on tS Upper and neith-er mill Man enfranchisement of wo- 'i-n, snpUc.,1 ; 1 , . ... -1 -"vu ill K -par HIP- cttore iha Besides selecting the elector, the party leaders discussed the political situation in its various phases. Speaker Brummitt will have as one of his important duties as pre sidential elector canvassing the dis trict and speaking in the interest of Cox and Roosevelt, the Democratic candidates for President and vice president, respectively. He is an orator of force and ability, and his work- in this connection is expected J to get good results for his party. $uil Add to this ovuuuis, jou nave a total of 66 cents as stated in the last issue' of the Public Ledger.' The following figures were taken from the minu tes of the county board: Tax Levy For 1920. btate - School County School General County . , Koads c .13 .21 .10 .22 Total State School County School County . . Poll Tax. .66 Total The Last 1 ear's Taxes, taxes last year in aranvfii 39 .1.50 09 1 j prices now being asked for manufac tured goods of every kind. Want State Organization. That we earnestly , beg our breth ren, the tobacco growers throughout the tobacco districts of the country, to come to our aid in this action. The growers of the bright leaf belt I vvuyjr tut? uuui uiie irencnes ' countv wa si en i. rT MR. THOMAS W. ALLEN WEDS SOUTH BOSTON LADY ' Mr. Claud Allen, of Brassfield, re- C . irom the marriage of his orother, Mr. Thomas W. Allen which was solemnized in Smith tw. i 1 . . tun ediiy Saturday moraine. 1 TIT. 1 1 0 The Promotor. Alfred W. Lawson, the only bidder, ! itvtoWiotnStanding Judge Clark's ab who is scheduled to receive the con- ?amlS' Until he does JudS "i&u 1 me procedure. He is quoted as being ready to start suits so soon as Judge Clark starts something. Judge Clark generally needs little cranking to make such a start. The chief justice will be in position to tell on the four parties to this unholy action against North Ca rolina and Judge Manning has the .conspiracy statutes well oiled for the scat occasion. thU0t!!hstanding tne jeopardies tnat attend too easy calling of nam es, the state departments which know. Judge Clark's views believe he has distinctly damaging evidence a gainst the octopus and that publica tion of it would help mightily. Every thing that stabilies the people and would tend toward loosening up tight money would help. Both senators are being urged to make for North Carolina the best possible appeal to Secretary Dave Houston of the treas ury department. Tobacco farmers are near the tiot stage. Money, that ordinarily came so freely to the in dependent buyers cannot be borrowed now and the big dealers have both money and control over the sale and supply of tobacco. -ion ;3ple ROCKY MOUNT REPORTS LIGHT TOBACCO SALES Rocky Mount, Sept. 13. The Rocky Mount tobacco market open ed last Tuesday with 250,000 pounds tnat averaged $25-15 which was on ly $3 below last year's opening sale. The bride was Miss Julia Farmer "h"l IU1UUS.UUUI. Lilt; I " JUUUK liil " I T TOM hnn n by the time it. is ready for the dry priz- A mjioHH''nf iho fnnntioc in tno i 4. A. I V. LJ V UU. V V. . KJ A 11 4.4. a represented at the.! 111 yiaues. meeting. Congressman Stedman was also present irr nil condi- ture. The haDnv pnnnii a tions, while prices have advanced the northern cities, an a -oft., i,r. , citti I UK 11 grades. j return this week will ht t r.r, While farmers are very much dis- j Brassfield. where she win w.fllv j appointed at prices, they have resort- most cordial greeting by the good ed to no such drastic measures as .people. s week owing to the unsettled tions, while prices have slightly on all the better DON'T RUSH THE AVEED TO THE MARKET 1 1 is to bee hoped the tobacco grow ers in the Old Bright belt will take MAY MAKE GAS FROM FIELD STRAW FOR OUTOS dihnelfof thP riTt i't0 neart the lesson from the opening ed coffin trig TK8' sometmes I of the Eastern Carolina tobacco mar- ! now i are threekets and not rush the weed in too'j a A Washington dispatch says: "Gas which -possesses explosive qualities sufficient to drive an automobile and which may also be used for purposes of illumination is being produced at the Arlington, Va., experimental ere n pnrottao ot-q t- Citt , Sld- The death 0f o trusts. That would be fine. f:?h th! I mean time.-with the trusts fiih !! Vn prices and the women in harrt ,C1frettes we farmers are nze1"01;-,.11 is a'lain case of r-rnem k ld flght or be crushed to mL uP0Werful monopolies, that fteir slauhter"merS game for of GerJ!eMsay t0 mY fellow farmers KenS;Ul.e.?-' that the farmers of f-Jr a ,.0; vV1" surel' put up a fight nrnrt fabIe Pr0fU 011 the COSt Of am cePtv C,tlon of their tobacco. I ul i-1 Dosition to know "av irJn taIkin about. I know to- .lusr n.-TtT , , . ers h,,.. . Iuany inonsand farm rapidly when our markets open. The present tobacco crop is a large one and conditions will be vastly differ ent this year from those of last year. Prices will not be as high this season and the market will be a "buyers' market" instead of a "seller's mar ket" as was the case in 1919. It is farm for the Department. nf A ture from the destructive distillation ' Route 4, was attending to some busi- THIEVES TAKE HORSE AND BUGGY AND FORD CAR Henry Boston, a hard-working cal ored man on Route 5, is minus a horse and buggy. While in town last Saturday night soinfe one got in to his buggy and drove away. The horse has white stocking feet and a white spot in forhead. While Will Harris, nnlnr f SUNDAY SCHOOL INSTITUTE TO BE HELD IN GRANVILLE Prof. E. L. Middleton, Baptist State Sunday School Secretary, as sisted, by W. S. Olive, t)f Apex, will conduct a Sunday School institute for officers and workers in Granville. On Tuesday, September 2 S -?. D the institute will be JieLd at btovall Church-and i will be attended b the school people and nelfeli:-- "ig cnurcnes. On Thursday, e-Tiber 30 and Friday, October 1, iL'i i.u siuuie win be held at Iv' rvi , . inurcn. nerea. nt wh ,-h in that section will attend. PROTRACTED MEETINGS NOW IN PROGRESS AT SAI FJI CHURCH Dr. T. A. Sykes Is Assisting Rev. B. C. Thompson, fne first of a services of revival cervices were held at Salem Church, three miles east of Oxford, on the Dabney read, last Sunday. Dr. T. A. Sykes, a strong revivalh t is assisting Rev. B. C- Thompson and much inter est is manifested. Thors will be two services daily beginning at 11 o'clock and followed by a second service. MEETING OF DEMOC RATIC EX ECUTIVE COMMITTEE SEPT. 16 There will be a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Demo cratic party of Granville County at the Court-House in Oxford on Thurs day, Sept. 16th, 1920, at 11:30 o'clock. Each Precinct should he NO INTEREST HERE IN LORD TERENCE McSWINEY In almost every paper you pick up you will see something about the con dition of one Terence McSwiney, lord mayor of Cork, Ireland, who is starv ing himself to death in an English prison. Three tempting meals are set before him every day. but he has made up his mind that he will not a bite so long as ne is in Prison. If McSwiney had not executed several policemen he would not be locked up in a prison dungeon. As a matter of fact nobody here is interested in his hunger strike. He has not even made a record as a hun ger striker. He has taken no food for thirty-one days. He must abstain fourteen days longer to catch up with Succi, the Italian professional faster, who in November, 1890, in New York City, ate no food for 45 days. This man suffered no ili effects, the report said, although he had undergone six previous fasts in Eurone from 20 to 40 days each. The most famous American volun teer faster was the late Dr. Henry S. Tanner, who first attracted notice m Minneaolis, Minn., in an effort to cure an ailment of the heart from which he suffered. So greatly was he benefited at the end of the tenth day that he continued the fast to 42 days. Because of the skepticism in irieri- represented and the members for ical circles as to the genuineness of of ordinary field straw. A special force has been detailed to the Ar lington station to continue the tests with various straws." &'o l-rl0!ned our organization 'are ;v how manv thousand Muff ,.P ,1 1I0W oraw on. Call the now manv thnnconi Hni c Kiln lir.nr A uacco" t "isanaa "too mucn use 'a J,lst do like 6ir fathers UJ- Wait P ann naSC0 trusts time to clean for it And mark my word Sell until next soring Givp rv.. ' d.eco- Don't be in a hurry. vi UT-v( . ' - for i d ,n oad- And inS thp treithe swallows begin to taoretoW,r WU1 be calling for r,ot- ?ive nu luany old tobacco. I can ticle k , h,e reasons now. This sides al i n f y t0 long- And be for Puhi.w- acts are not just ready ready tr J,1 on We are getting them if neceLS Ce before our Governor Cn?reS p,and from there to the sreS5 of the United States. Resident , , T.B.BILL, tion (At rley Tobacco Associa W of ilorimery Co., Ky.; Mem Ohio cm..Of Ky., Ind. and in noor demana ana it is up to ine sellers to use discretion in feeding the crop on the market and avoid gluts-" Much will depend on the pro per handling and marketing of the 1920 crop. Those who have suc ceeded in getting a fair to gooa quality, ' who handle their tobacco nicely and use judgment in market ing their crop will doubtlessly re ceive a fairly profitable price. MESSRS CREWS AND BRADSHER HAVE GONE TO EUROPE ness here last Sunday night some one stole his Ford car. He does not remember the number of his car. Dalilia DisDlay. The ladies of Oxford are cordially LARGE CONGREGATION HEARS DR. TYREE AT HESTER invited to. meet with the Garden and .. N Forestry -denartm en t nf tViQ , probable that the low grades will be! Several members at Hester Church Club, Wednesday afternoon 4-30 nave caueu ai tne ruoiic Ledsrer o'clock in tho rwfM-,1 t;k mi.... i vAiuiu uiuid v.. i ri Mro each Precinct areurged to attend or seu-j a representative Democrat their places. J. C. HOWARD, Chairman in nis rast, Dr. Tanner offered to re: peat the exploit under whatever conditions might be named. It was finally agreed to hold the test un der the supervision of a prominent New York medical college, and the OXFORD TOBACCO BOARD OF TRADE ELECT OFFICERS official fast commenced on June 28, At a meeting nf Sh n t rp A55U' ine su0Ject being put in a bare .AAt aDmeTngfnofJtlie Oxford To- room and watched constantly. The iJII0 m,orn" test'. whi racted nation-wide at- tention, lasted 40 days. He broke both fasts by eating fruits and suffer ed no ill effects. office to say that the Sermon preach ed by Dr. Tyree at their church last Sunday morning was the best they have ever heard, and that the church was packed to the doors. Dr. Tyree is pastor of a church at Greenwood, Miss. He and Mrs Ty ree are spending a few weeks here, the guests of Mrs. J. M. Currin, mother of Mrs. Tyree- They Will Visit London and Paris. Messrs. Lewis Crews, veteran of the World War, and G. S. Bradsher, who was working in the Eddystone ammunition, plant near Philadelphia when it blew up two years ago, left for New York City last Friday. Af ter spending a week in New York and Boston they will sail for Liverpool. They propose to walk from Liverpool to London, a distance of 150 miles, and hope to reach Paris by the first of November. -A very exciting Fox Hunt was held on Friday night near Tar River by people from the home of W. M. Bullock Route 1. A fine fox was caught and an exciting time had. EDITOR T. J. LASSITER DEAD The State Loses Oe Of Its Best Newspaper Men. Mr. T. J. Lassiter, one of the edi tors of the Smithfield Herald, was stricken down with paralysis last Thursday in the Court 'House in Smithfield While taking notes of the Democratic County Convention. Mr. Lassiter was one of the best newspaper men in the State. He was by nature a scholar, loving literature with an eager and dominating affec tion, and possessed" the modesty, broad sympathy and compassionate consideration of others, which go with best scholastic type; More than 100 towns and villages were destroyed or badly damaged in Italy by the earthquake last Tuesday moriling. win ue a aispiay ot dahlias and in teresting talks on the proper culture of dahlias. There will also be talks on fall planting of tulips, jonquils, hyacinths lilies, etc., for spring blooming. A cordial welcome is extended to all interested in flower culture. MRS- M. C. LASSITER, Ch'r Forestry Dept. REPUBLICANS WILL HOLD MEETING IN COURT HOUSE ing the following officers were elect ed to serve 12 months: President S. H. Pritchard-Vice-P. W. Z. Mitchell. Sec-Treas. J. C. Howard. Sales Supervisor W. W. Devin. On Friday, September 17, Consti tution Day, all of the Republican can didates, ex-commissioners and friends will meet in the court house in Ox ford at 2 o'clock in-the afternoon to irrange for coming campaign. G. T. SYKES, Chairman. W. S- PEACE, Secretary. MRS. ANDREW WDLLIFORD'S -MOTHER DIED IN GREENSBORO Mrs. John Coleman died last Wed nesday at the home of her daughter. Mrs. Luther Veasey, in Greensboro. She is survived by the following children: Mrs. Andrew Williford, Mrs. Luther Veasey, Mrs. T. B. O'Brian, Mrs. . Charles Veasey and Mrs. Henry Coleman. MRS. SALLIE F. CREWS Funeral and Burial At Salem Crirch TMs Afternoon. - Mrs. SaHie F. Crews wrvs t.o dau ghter of the late Joseph Penn, and Martha Crews Hunt. She war? born Nov. 28, 1840, and died Sest 13, 1920. She would havs been 80 years old her next birthday. She eaves to mourn her loss two brTA,:ors, one sister, and three ciaus-iers, namely; Mrs. B I. Breedlove, of Salem; Ira T. Hunt, of Kittrell, and D. N. Hunt of Oxford. The 'daugh ters are Mrs. Cora Ellis, of Oxford; Mrs. Mattie Fleming, of Wilson; and Mrs. Lillie Hicks of Stovall. She joined the church at Salem at the age of 12 or 13 years. She leav es a number of grand-children and great-grand-children, also a host of friends and relatives. She was a good woman, who tried to live a true Christian. She was love'd bV all who knew her. Funeral and burial at Salem this afternoon at 3 o'clock conducted by Rev. B. C. Thompson, assisted by Rev. S- R. Oglesby. Your battery should have water about every two weeks. Stop at Wil lard Service Station. MAJOR HARRIS KILLED TWO SQUH1RELS WITH ONE BULLET At An interval of One Minute Be tween Shots. Former Commissioner E. C. Har ris, who was in Oxford a few hours last Saturday, was in a jocular mood. After giving out a few political poin ters he said to the crowd: "If I should ask you how to kill two squirrels with one bullet a,t an interval of one minute between shots, how would you solve the problem? No one present being able to solve the problem, Mr. Harris continued: "I will tell you how Major Fletch er Harris, of Henderson, accomplish ed the wonderful feat- The Major, according to his own statement, was out hunting one day and ran short of bullets, and while far afield dis covered that he had only one bullet left, and that was in the barrel of his long, old-fashioned rifle- . Being somewhat dismayed, he struck a bee line for home, and while passing through a heavy track of timber saw two squirrels in the top of a tail tree. He took deliberate aim and killed one, and when he picked it up he discovered that the ball penetrated its body and lodged under the skin. He cut the ball out, reloaded his rifle and killed the other squirrel" mm- i rr.ew 8S 4LV V ! i Sid 4 ' I; -3: i m i It:.? mm mm Ml .! Vij HI it-fir m If HIM 1 I pi'1
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