M f Jii PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLXTOWN AND COUNTY OFFER BRILLIANT OPPORTUNITIES AZL HOME PRINT. 9- c VOL. XXXV OXFORD, N. C. TUESDAY, Q -. -'V "n NO. 81 vv CAHEFUL WHEN VOU APPROACH RALEIGH IN AN AUTOMOBILE Ti Iu the EX-PRESIDENT TAFT IS FOR LEAGUE OF NATIONS WITHOUT RESERVATIONS! OLD NORTH STATE MAY, BY REASON OF GROWTH, GET TWO CONGRESSMEN ! SENATOR G .-CHAKlftlS THE PEOPLE AT STEM is a Man Secreted Biush By the Wayside. I . 1 nnnnln : ,-. I Yrore nave ueeu sctcim vwyiv m 4 community "pulled" in Raleigh Xrtlv for speeding and made to i'-Lt ; on o. oc ,(iy fines raugiug nvm. .v Thp Public Ledger learns from Hon. B. W. Parham Spoke On the Says He Always Was For the League, j Examination Of Final Census Fig-! Economic Conditions Of the State and Has RepnTHsinnrkinwi rn, l - - V.VXUtVl .1 llAt United States Has Nbt Already Entered Into It Exceedingly Anx ious For Acceptance. NATION IS CRYING FOR NEW LEADERSHIP Wanted, a Senator To Restock Farms With Men To Wrork. Seattle, Wash., Oct, 11 Former c authority that an officer se-j President Taft, when shown thefEi&ures of the country which places crets himself in tne orusn oy tne j statement made publicly by Governor e oi f the road, and when an auto 'p. . - t. annthPr man rinwn the i CX' at Springfield, Illinois, last ...... him. anotner man aown tnei ui some disance, times the speed- niSnt said he recently had given per The two oiiicers iaite Liie num- I,1.,- of the speeder's car and com rime, and the arrest follows. Ti,,, two men, working in a pair, j .vv permitted io operate on any road leading into Raleigh. As a gen-(.v- thing, it is said, they select a cp o)ih surface road where the ('ivers of cars are apt to exceed the limit or tweniy-iive mnes an mission for publication of corres pondence between President Wilson and himself, during the drafting of the League of Nations covenant. He declared he had repeately referred to the fact that the President had con sulted with him when the League constituion was being drawn and that there was no element of secrecy a bout the substance. 'When the subject of publishing the correspondence between the Pre sident and myself was broached to me by the emissary of the White TX -r . nouse, i promptly said go ahead. I ures Show Big Increase In House"; Under Democratic Rule. Membership Fifth District Mak- The voters at Stem got a good es Biff Gain. I dose of simon-pure Democracy last 13 ' rt.i a i a t l . j saiuruay nigni, wnicn was aamims- ( Washington Special) Examination of the final census speea lany people who have been, ar rested and made to pay the fine deny that they were driving above a seed of twenty miles an hour. From what the Public Ledger has heard about the matter, it seems that the authorities of Wake county uld Place a watch on the "watch- UnA ''''JT. ficqueuuy reierrea to tne cor- respondence myself and would have possibly published it myself if it had The two "watchers." it is said, get a fee of $2 00 for each arrest and some weeks they make more than 100 arrests- It is said that one day last week 80 arrests were made, anions: the nunmber was one man from Oxford. ANM AL MEETING OF THE FLAT RIVER ASSOCIATION been my business to do go." He declared he favored acceptance of the League without reservations, and expressed disappointment that the United States had not become a party to it. Mr. Taft said the Presi- the total ppulation of the continental United States at 105,683.108, indi cates that the West and the South, proportionately will gain more in a political way than the East or Middle West through increased membership in the House of Representatives, more votes in the electoral college ana in large delegations to the national political conventions. Thisresult will obtain whatever basis of apportionment is adopted by Congress next winter, fixing the size f the next House, which in turn is reflected in the electoral college and he conventions of the big political parties- Fifty New Seats. , As a result of this increase of 13, 710,842 in population during the past i.en years, fifty new seats must be ad ded to the House to prevent ann otate from losing any part of its pre sent .representation. Should the pre sent membership of 435 be left un changed by increasing the basis of apportionment, there will have to be a transfer of thirteen seats, now held by twelve states, to nine other states. Tor the. past half a century the pre sent had been to increase the size f the House so as to prevent loss of 'sting representation by any state. tered by Dr. Hardee, Senator Glide well, of Rockingham, and our own indomnitable Par-ham, as Congress man Stedman pronounced the family name at the court house the other night. The large auditorium of the high school building was crowded with gracious ladies and men, and the applause was loud and long as Hardee, Parham and Glidewell un covered the schemes of the Republi can party and magnified the ever living truths of , Democracy. Dr Hardee, chairman of the meet ing, stated in his preliminary re marks that it used to be '"customary to address a mixed audience as "la dies and gentlemen," but according to the new order of things it is now his privilege and pleasure to address the audience as "fellow citizens." The remark was greeted with hearty applause. Candidates Speak. Clearing the deck for . the big guns, Dr. Hardee stated that Sheriff Hunt was now on his native heath MEET MISS SILER, THE HANDSOME DEBUTANTE It Is Our Pleasure To Introduce To You the High Sheriff of Chatham Comity. The election of a woman as high sheriff of Chatham County is, in he opinion of The Charlotte Observer, an event of more than ordinary in terest and one which should com mand something better than the passing reference which has been given it "Chatham, the county that has gained distinction through the setting of what might be called a startling precedent, was of original English settlement. The county was named for Lord Chatham, and Pitts boro, its Capital, for his son, William Pitt- That these people have been the first in America to elevate a wo man to the office of high sheriff goes to show that the English character can adjust itself now, as it always done, to any and all progressive f movements. Sheriff Myrtle Siler is WANTED A United States senator; one with vision and im agination; a practical statesman having sincerely at heart the wel fare of the United States. Must believe that public money should be spent for public good and un derstand importance of protect ing the farmer. Clap trap flag waving spurious patriots need not apply. No consideration giv en to political opportunitists. Man for the job must be capable of believing the perfection of government functioning has not been reached. For details applv American Press, 225 West 39th Street, New York City. Public men as well as publishers may Wonder what is behind the publi cation of this statement, so we will get quickly to the point. Opportunity is knocking at the tne official designation of the new aoor or every national legislator. It offers to the sincere and able man a chance to demonstrate sound con structive statesmanship, to be of in calculable benefits to his country and to gain for himself a public approval that in all likelihood will land him in the White House within the next and asked him to take the stand, ten years. "The American Press" is Sheriff Hunt can entertain a crowd I prepared to submit the broad Dro- To Be Held At Mt. Creek Churcf i On Wednesday and Thursday Of This Week- Much interest of the Baptists of Granville is centered at Mt- Creek Church, where the annual meeting of the Flat River Association will he held tomorrow and Thursday. Dr. E- B. Meadows is the moderator or.d Rev. E. G- Usry is the secretary-Treasurer. In former years, when elaborate Ininers were served on the church srounds, the attendance was never .ss then five thousand. The pic nic feature was eliminated two or three years ago- Only the delegates and those who :ue interested in church work now attend the meeting. For many years the annual meet- :xsr was held in July, .but the date! v:i3 changed to October on account ' the harvest season. As n result, the House has crown dent was responsible for the great fr0m 243 to 435 members with only plan. , three states Maine, New Hampshire "The President wrecked his nwn and Vermont losing one member League. He wrecked it with Article i each in the last fifty years. 'X," of which he is the author. Per-I Two More For N- C sonally, I would stand for the article; . ".,,,,,.., yetti, live (tuuiuuuai icpicocuiouita X, because I am exceedingly anxious for a league to be .established. At the same time the League to Enforce peace, of which I was chairman, had no Article X in its possession. ' CHAIRMAN GEORGE WHITE IS SURE OF VICTORY Tide Has Swung To Cox and Roose velt Harding's Des Moines! Beats must be given to California, four each for New York, Ohio, Penn sylvania, and Michigan, and three to Illinois and Texas, two to Massachu setts, New Jersey anc rorth Caro lina, and one each to Alabama, Ari zona, Connecticutt, Georgia, Mary land, Montana, New Mexico, Okla homa,Oregon, South Carolina, Tenn essee, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Virginia, Arkansas and I Minnesota gram and to aid if necessary in the working out of the detail. Politics will not play any part in the plan from start to finish. It makes no dif ference whether the leader in this movement is a Democrat, a Republi can or an independent. It is suffi cient that he be an American. VETS AND SONS RETURN FROM HOUSTON, TEXAS l J he Granville county delegation to the Confederate reunion in Hous ton, Texas, returned Saturday. In the party were Commissioner B. 1. Breedlove and Mr. H. H. Eatman. Capt. W. H. White came on a later train. In the party were five sons of veterans, as follows: Seymour, Henry and George Hart, Jim Bur roughs and Grover Hobgood. The Granville boys spent a night h: New .Orleans and were highly Pleased with the Crescent City, iiiey were highly pleased with Houston, but what little they saw of Texas did not impress them fav orably as a place of residence. Fifth District Has Great Gain. In, the percentage of gains by com gressional districts in North Carolina Hip fifth whirh includes Oreensboro. New York, Oct., 11 George i Winston-Salem, Durham. Oxford. White, chairman of the democratic ; m Pm-nt RPVeral other iniDor- Speech Was High Point Of Repub lican Campaign. national committee, gave his "per sonal assurance to the country that the tide has swung to Cox and Roosevelt." Senator Harding's Des Moines speech, "turning his back on our national pledges and ideals and rejecting the league of nations and all modifications of its covenant," Mr. White's statement said, "proved the turning blow." "Since then headquarters has been recGiving every unmistakable sign known to politics of a turn to the democratic candidates which will end in certain victory. "I never said this before, because it did not appear to be true. I say it now because it does appear to be true. If we can collect the money necessary for the intensive publici ty required to present the truth thej Saturday was a success of men, but there were so many handsome ladies present they got his goat, but what he said was to the point, and we will let it go at that. The next speaker was Mr. Charles G P.owell, the handsome candidate for Register of Deeds, a survivor of the Hindenburg line. Mr. Powell stat Qd that more than a year ago the Commissioners elected him. to fill the office of Register of Deeds, made vacant by the resignation of his fa- tner. He tnen went on to say that liable Material 5? . -SMy allof his attention to Miss Bedie Jones, of Granville his official duties and thanked the rmintv whn qt,;X ! w people for the confidence they im- SSS&'JSLS JSSS. 'he. -?a? posed in him and stated that he will j onrmeT under date of October t LrrMS"PPT"?nlnr SES- quests the following informa- I j 'jiion concerning Granville county priate remarks, thanking the. voters for past favors and stated that he will appreciate their support on the second day of November next. The speeches of the above candidates were cut short on account of what was yet to follow. ' - Economic Conditions. There was a riffle of applause when Mri B. W. Parham, candidate for the House of Representatives, rose to speak. He stated in a jocu lar way that he "got into the run ning" by the skin of his teeth and he thanked the Stem precinct for sav ing his hide. 'He captured the au- incumbent, and she is a member of one of the oldest families of Chat ham. For many years her ancestors have been prominent in public af fairs, with a record for progress and improvement in all matters pertain ing to moral, social and material development- Siler City, where she was born and reared, was named in honor of her grandfather. Her rud imentary education ws secured in the schools of her native village, then she ventured forth to the Mclver movement the State Normal at Greensboro and now she is a pro minent figure in State public affairs." EX-SEBVlt'ib AlkAi FAVOK THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS appearance will become a certainty. ACTIVITIES OF THE I "I say this because the republi- OXFORD WOMAN'S CLUB jeans, from their candidates down as judged by his Kansas City speech tant places, made the greatest of any. The gain in this district was over 75.000 or 23.50 per cent ! dience on the first round and then GRANVILLE COUNTY TOBACCO began to enumerate in a logical way GROWERS' ASSOCIATION i the many blessings that have fol- lowed in the wake of Democratic Meetings To Be Held At Culbreth j ruie in the State and the Nation. He and Stovall This Week. i stands four-square on education, The county executive committee g00i roa(is and a sane an safe pro of the Granville' County Tobacco jgram that will maintain the dignity Growers' Association will meet thejana prosperity of the State. Mr. local executive committee of Tally Parham 's remarks were also a strong Ho and Walnut Grove at Culbreth at portrayal of the justice and mercy 11 o'clock next Thursday morning,; and at Stovall at 11 o'clock next Sat urday. All farmers are invited to atteiid the meetings and enlist their names. The meetins at Creedmoor last The Need Of Better Gas and Phone Service Date Of (Flower Show. At the meeting of the Woman's Club on last Wednesday it was un jiMinously decided that Oxford was in need, of better gas and phone ser vice. Complaint will be made to t-"p proper authorities. - The date for the Chrysantheum Snow was set for Wednesday and "inray, October 29 and 30. The premium list will be ready for pub cation a, an early date- TOBACCO PRICES STIFFEN UP ON OXFORD MARKET intend to cast to the winds even the few considerations of truth ! which have bound their discussion of the covenant. We must nail each lie several times over. Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Pounds Sold Here Last Friday. Jobacco breaks here last week J'e fairly good each day. The Jdfmers are not rushing the weed to ta market. Friday was the the best day of as to quantity, quality and The price at the close of the averaged two or three dollars " e the previous week. " mvite the attention of the 1 to the warehouse announce in this paper. fl'. BELL PAYS COSTS IN SUPERIOR COURT embodied in the League of Nations. The Revaluation Act. Senator Glidewell reviewed the revaluation act from every angle and justified its workings to the satis- About f if-1 faction 0I every fair-minded man. i i ? i-iii ri i ii ill w in a i cfi 1 1 r: i in. 'to grower all over the conn-1 'TsM Z tv are asked to .become members c , ; reef tJa conform to the organization and work tor its, theP Consti(utlol wherein lt ls stai. e(j a. ajj pr0perty must be taxed at ! its true value. The act was conceiv ed for the advancement of the State, said the speakers and it will survive the attacks of the Republican party; as the people become familiar with its scope it will become a popular HISTORY OF GRANVILLE COUNTY Miss Bedie Jones Is In Search Of Val- !'TIie Best Means Yet Devised By Men To Banish War From The Face Of the Earth. We heard a young man who. went to France among the first volntfers in 1917. remark yesterday thai; 'he had never met a former service, man who opposed the League of Nations. This is very significant, these two million young, strong, sober and in telligent Americans, know modern warfare because they have been in it. We have talked with some of the bravest, who did valiant service and whom no one could dare accuse of weakness and they have wept while describing the horrors of the Argon ne. And they know' too, that the next war will be far more destructive of human life than any previous one, because scientists have developed methods and means of warfare, which surpass anything yet known. 'During the last year we were at war,. our own military scientists develop ed inventions which were rejected, because they were considered too cruel- If another war is waged, en gines of death will be used hitherto undreamed of. Surely the boys who know, desire to save the human race from carn age, even worse than that through which they passed. Surely America's voters will heed the wishes of her brave defenders. Surely they will cast their ballots on the 2nd of Nov ember for the best means yet devised by man, to banish warfare from the earth. which, we hope, some one will fur nish: The Outline. (a) Historical back-ground of Granville County, (b) A brief his torical sketch of Granville county. (c) Radical strains -and influence. (d) Noteworthy localities; achieve ments, events, and personagesr (e) Some great men. Valuable Work. Miss Jones' states that she desires to secure the above information within the next two weeks. The fil es of the Public Ledger, covering a period of 35 years, contains much of the material Miss Jones desires to procure, but it would require con siderable time and energy to comfile it in good form. The Public Ledger has tried for the past ten years to get some one to write an interesting his tory of Granville county. Here is hoping that Miss Jones' short sketch of Granville county will grow to be a 300-page history. HARDING ALIENATES THIRTY THOUSAND WOMEN VOTERS DURHAM PLANNING FOR COX-HARDING DEBATE Former Sheriff Understood Also To Have Settled Witji Bond Concern. (Henderson Daily Dispatch) Former Sheriff J. E. C. Bell, char ged with having misappropriated cour funds to the amount of ap proximately $40,000 during the per iod he was sheriff of Vance county, got off in superior court last week with payment of the costs in the case and a suspension of judgment, pro vided to pay the county the expense of handling the case. This he did, amounting to some $2,100 in attor ney's fees and incidential expenses. It is understood that the former sher iff also had made a settlement with the bonding company to the amount j Friday a"d Saturday Were Big Days of around $10,000, and that he had j For the Colored People. satisfied both the bonding house and The Granville County Colored Peo- Candidates Have Been invited and National Chairman Approve. (Durham Herald) President R. H. Skyes, of the Dur- measure of far reaching importance ham chamber of commerce, announ- j . The Leaglie of Nations ced that plans nave oeen set on root , stft anflawairi wrniari on ih int HoKota hotwiin Senator f LKJL CL JWliXC witw ivi t vy v-, - Warren G. Harding, republican pre sidential candidate, and Gov. James M. Cox, presidential candidate, to take place in Durham, Friday night, October 15 at the annual chamber of commerce membership dinner. Managers Will Hays and George White, of the two parties have giv en their approval to the plan and are now in, communication with Messrs. Harding and Cox relative to the en gagement. THE COLORED FAIR ?!. PA HADE PRIZE WINNERS f-hief marshall K. L. Street, of I. blowing announcement: vi'st Day Pony float owned by "-' cooper, $25. Second Day Best 1,;rk. WOll bv StPm K. bicycle ,,hite, $5. to Miss decorated Best deco-Elizabeth SPECIAL NOTICE n? 4 th annual assessment for ' J"''- Paving will be due and pay- not later than Monday Oct r-Jtn Phompt attention to this is ln'Portant. 0,t- 12th 1920. tf. R. B. HINES, City Tax Collector. tiio nmintv's attorneys in the case. This takes the case off the docket- NONE GENUINE WITHOUT HIS SIGNATURE The Man Who Signs All the. Money Issued By the United States. Washington Nbne genuine with out this signature "John Burke, treasurer of the United States Burke signs every piece of paper money issued, by the United States. That is, he signs the' master bank note from which all the others of lt. r.ioa will he nrinted. Because tie's the sori of godfather of all the money his mail swarms with per sonal" letters from folks who, hav ing lost their money, think he should make it up to them. Miss Hixie White and Mr. Ew ing L- Smith were married in Ral eigh Saturday, October 9th, 1920. pies' Fair was held at tne .ban Grounds last Friday and Saturday. It was well attended by the indus trous colored people and the exhib its reflected much credit upon the county. The splendid behavior was characteristic of the good colored people of old Granville. ' League of Nations was of much beau ty and power. Go back, he said, to a few months previous to the declara tion of war, and watch the events un fold. On the eve of declaring war -vith Germany, Lodge, Borah and Taft advocated a League of Nations, to follow immediately after the close of hostilities. Soon after the armis tic was signed, said the speaker, Pre sident Wilson went abroad for the purpose of devising the best and most durable covenant at the peace con ference the mind of men could con ceive. The Continent of Europe, said the speaker", herald Mr. Wilson as the savior of the torn and suffer ing world ; and as he sat at the table writing the covenant of peace, he was as the instrument in the hands of God, laboring for the coming of Christ's kingdom on earth. As the popularity of President Wilson swept across the face of the earth, said the speaker, the Repub lican party trembled; that Senator New York, Oct., 11. Democratic national headquarters has sent Sena tor Harding by Mrs- Lyman Wilber, of the executive committee of the California women's league for the peace treaty, informing the republi can presidential nominee that his re jection of the league of nations in his speech last Thursday at Des Moines alienated the support of 30,000 wo men of California. The PROSTITUTING THE BIBLE (News and Observer) I note that the opponents of the "League of Nations" are trying to use the Bible to back up their con tentions that the League won't work. A few days ago I happened to hear telegram an old man in a store telling a crowd was sent after a meeting of the ex- that we can't stops wars, for the ecutive committee in San Francisco Bible said: "We should have wars last Friday. - and rumors of wars till the end of r time-" This man had never seen or OXFORD DEMOCRAT SPEAKERS read the document but he had heard ABROAD IN THE LAND Hon. D- G- Brummitt has returned from High Point where he delivered a rousing speech last Saturday. He has other, speaking engagements in the State next week. a political speaker say so. I called this man's attention to Isaiah 2:4, "And he shall judge among the na tions, and shall rebuke many people : and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: and nations shall not , " " v 0.Wi X , "ft up swords against nations, neith large and enthusiastic crowd at Oak , Vwv , r Ridge last Saturday. Mr. B. K. Lassiter has returned from Ohio. It is presumed that he made several speeches in the. Buck eye State. COOLIDGE AND LOWDEN. . TO TOUR N. CAROLINA Lodsre. as leader of the Republican Steady Flow Of Gas In Sight. I party, dispatched emisaries to all Mr. W- G. Murfit, auditor of the parts of the United States to inter Southern Gas and Improvement j view leaders and rep0rt their find- Company, was in uxiora iviuuud,. Mr. Murfit is authority for the state ment that there will be a steady flow of gas in five or six days- They are putting in a new boiler at Hen derson and as soon as this is in place there will be sufficient pressure to supply Oxford at all hours of the day and night, said Mr. Murfit. Tour battery should hare water about every two weeks. Stop at Wtl lard Service Station. ings, and when the popularity of the League of Nations was known to all men, Senator Lodge declared open ly that the Republican party would not stand for any of the Wilson poli cies; that Senator Lodge was res ponsible for blocking ipe League of Nations and the plot to destroy the influence of President Wilson. Hon. A. A. Hicks, chairman of the County Board of Elections, was pre sent but did not speak. Asheville, N. C-, Oct. 11- An nouncement is made by republican district headquarters here that Gov ernor Coolidge, Governor Frank O. Lowden and other republican leaders will tour North Carolina this month in a special train, the party arriving in Asheville on Monday, October 18. Missionary Tea. er shall they learn war any more." This prophsey is repeated by Micah 4:3. A political speaker who would prostitute the Bible to further his political ambitions, is certainly un worthy the respect of decent people. Or if this is a case of ignorance, then he is unfit for leadership in any po litical party. It is strange that some people who loved "Peace" so well during the war, are now ready to fight at the end of time. W. E. HOCUTT. NOVEMBER 14 NAMED ARMISTIC SUNDAY Washington, Oct., 10 President There will be a Missionary Tea at! vVilson has named Sunday Nov., 14 the residence of Mrs. Kerr Taylor on Friday afternoon, October 15 from four to five o'clock7. An interesting program will be given. Everybody is cordially invited. A silver offer ing will be taken at the door. j Maria Brown Missionary Sociey. Sometimes a man knows that there is something wrong with him and is afraid to ask the Doctor what it is. But it is different with a. wo man. m To get a medium priced range without a fault, 6uy a Cole's Down Draft Range. They are made by experts. as Armistic Sunday to be observed s a memorial day to the Americans who gave their lives in the world war. COX DONATES $5,000 TO CAMPAIGN FUND New York, Oct. 10. The demo cratic campaign fund has been en riched by a check for $5,000 from Governor Cox. The contribution camei a plain envelope addressed to wTlbur Marsh treasurer of the national committee, without accom panying letter, the candidate's signa ture on the check being the . only means of identification. 5; i I! 1 1 1 : I is mm '- IS i (-, ,111 .. : Mil mt mm nm km fill .if f $1 m it t mh:' II J it i i A - x l fa? ml 11 -mm mm MM ' i ' i; - H :