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PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY TOWN AND COUNTY OFFER B UlLLlANT OPPORTUNITIES-AIL HOME PRINT. VOL. XXXV OXFORD. N. C. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1920 Hi: rAKT THAT GRANVILLE COUNTY TOOK IN THE CHEAT WORLD WAR I! ins t t at od With Photographic Re- NO. 93 GRAND JURY'S REF : :;;.;s7;-.--XI Recommends Eiilai-genientf ;AI In the Court House Services Of a j ": . . j- H. ALLEN . ; (X)D THE OXFORD BAPTIST BARACA CLASS Pleaches Recommended. ; lie County Who Took Parti l0,i! tSiTp H" rjiis Unparalieiea Struggle. 1:1 len, Judge Presiding: handsome as any book ever! vv. urana jury 01 iNOvemoer , I Tnrm 1 OOft V n,,J11 1 i .. r.. ; ued in tne soutn, comes to ourAClul. uj- .vxia.iivmt; vuumy ou- - from the Oxford Orphanage uur vouri, Deg leave to report as l.' the 215-page highly illustrated j f0110- ' ..,m 10 dedicated to the soldiers and I We have Passed upon all bills pre- of Granville uounty, edited ; " wiiMuciauuu aim un published by Mr. E. G- Hulse. bire 10 express our thanks to the Hon uuifiP has accomDlished a won-iJudSe O. H. Allen and Solicitor S. M- :-..lUt') -M- n t , ..,-,,! feat in producing an authentic v,tlLUts lul assistance renaerea us in volume of much beauty and intrin-!the Performance of our duty. , v t,rih. In its covers on de luxe I We visited the Home of the Aged will be found a record andia"a iouiiu. me ionowing: rvanli of service men of Gran-,The Home is caring for twenty-one ,nntv hp fir v fis nf thA Wnr ! as luiiuws- vvmie males paper cm t O . i? 1 . -l i s business and 1 ieniaies o ; coiorea males 6 ; ie- were I males y 5 anu we round the following livestock on hand: Horses 2; mules 1; cows 3; calf 1; ... i i j. j? j ii . 1 k m!' nnco in" snnite k nnov i ne urst mioi meu m tne iat-i -" t0 the signing of the armistice i aim Prauce as ionowing: uai- j i. IPS rf rnttnn 8 harrpla nf mnlaccoe ? t"; r most compieie reauy reierence , ' v"u",v-' " a will find. The volume also con t;.--"' the Red Cross, ,, tssional men and all who cuKaced in war work. chronological record of events it' 1.1;!? tliv? address of President Wil- Congress and other ready re- o;t!!ce in an unusual inviting form. Tli volume was issued at a cost of j3,!H!0. Subscriptions were taken - - k ii i f 1 ..ju- .iier supplying xne re- : ' ii suhscnbers tne edition is lim ited, paid Mr. Hulse. The extra cop iC3 :ue for srile at $7.00, and the vol une is worth it Mr. Hulse has engaged Mr. Frank j;. Young to deliver the book and he ,vil! ptart on his rounds at once. It would be well for those who want copies to see Mr. Youns as the book is coing to Fell like hct cakes. MCKKTT CANNOT ENDORSE TMK MARION BUTLER PETITION Declares People Will Not Forgive Butler For Record Made While In Senate. (Raleigh Special) Scathing denunciation of Marion Butler's political record while in the l ulled States senate is made by Gov . Mv r Bickett in a statement pointing out his reasons for not endorsing n-itler for a position in Hardiiu:'.; cabinet. "'ho governor's declarations are decidedly the plainest made since i he Butler boom for commissioner f riculture was launched by Edi- 100; irish potatoes 100; and SO bar rels of corn and plenty of dry feed for home use. Condition of house farely good, except plastering in hail needs repairs- This we are assured would be done when labor could be secured for same. We questioned the inmates and found them haDDv and contented. We suggest that the County Commissioners appropriate a small amount to secure the services c;f a Preacher for .Religious Services at least once a month. We found that 16 Justices of the Peace have made no reports as fol lows: E. C- Harris, Oxford Route 3; E .J. Haswell, Youngsville; D. T vVinstoii, Nelson Route 1 ; B- F. Dean. Oxford Route 4; J. L- Peed, Creed moor; M. W. Wheelers, Creedmoor Route 1; E. D. Gooch, Oxford Route 1; M. L. Coley, Northside Route 2; B. I. Breedlove, Oxford Route 5; E. B. Cozart, Stem Route 2; A. S- Green Oxford Route 5; B. F. Hester, Ox i'ord, Route 1; J. N. Tilley, Stem Route 1 ; J. W. Whitfield, Creedmoor Route 2; L- T. Buchanan, Oxford; ! William Thorp, Oxford Route 4. Persident ' " " t uc j " a-"' nuuiiu u in gooa ciean conaition, al though right much crowded. Pris oners well cared for. The County Road Camp we found i m very good shape, with three con- "Neither Take From Or Add To the Word Of God," Was-the Burden Of Judge Allen's Remarks. Judge Oliver H- Allen, of Kinston, who is presiding at this term of the Superior Court of Granville county, spent last Sunday in Oxford- He addressed the Baptist Baraca class at the morning hour, worshiped at the same church and took dinner with Judge Devin and Mr. D- C- Hunt at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hunt. It was not generally known that Judge Allen was to make a talk to the Baraca class until General Roys ter arose and introduced the distin guished and highly esteemed jurist of the State. At the mention of Judge Allen's name the large room of the Baraca class began to fill up. LOCAL GAS COMPANY MUST GIVE BETTER SERVICE OR SURRENDER FRANCHISE SYDNEY BASS MUST SERVE FIVE YEARS FOR SHOOTING MR. LUTHER SADLER The Patience OD the People Of Ox-James Chavis Must Serve Ten Years . , , . A . j For Assault On Female Under ford and Henderson At the Break- i v. a. ivifi, i. ing Point. What-has already taken place in Henderson to compel the Southern Gas and Improvement Company to furnish better service or revocation of the company's franchise meets with approval here. Last Saturday's Henderson Daily Dispatch contained the following: "Acting upon instructions of the board of directors at a meeting Thursday evening, T. F. Moffett, sec- ; retary of the Chamber of Commerce, yesterday wrote the Southern Gas & Improvement Company that the commercial organization demanded better service to customers in this city, and gave warning that unless Judge Allen started, out by saying j this was given, the Chamber would that there is more assault being di-' press for revocation of the c ompany's rected against the Bible today than j franchise to do business in this city ever before. He enumerated the name of a number of short form Bibles that are being issued from the press the business man's bible, the woman's bible, all gotten up in short form and written after the manner of the present day phraseologv- The Bible is the Word of God, declared Judge Allen, and we are warned not to misquote, take from or add on a single word. The word ing, the punctuation and the ar rangement of the verses, chapters and books of the Bible, said Judge Allen, is in accordance with God's plans. "I have no patience with these new short-form bibles," declared Judge Allen. "If you take the Book Genesis and place it in the back of the Bible and bring Revelations to tfi front we would have no Bible at all." Judge Allen is versed in Holy Writ and he readily turned to several pas sages of Scripture in support of S God's demand that there must not be anything taken from or added to the Bible. "It was explained that the action was in no sense taken in the atti tude of enmity, but merely in the in terest of adequate service to con tent To Conunitt Rape, i The whole of last week was devot ed to the criminal docket of the su perior court of Granville county. The civil docket was taken' up yesterday morning. The following criminal cases were disposed of by the court last week: State vs John Wilkerson, A. W. D-W-, guilty, three months on roads. State vs Frank and Nathan el Johnson, having whiskey for purpose of sale, guilty, six months on roads. State vs Allie Bumpass, James Cha and John Satterwhite, larceny, Bumpass one year on roads, judg ment suspended as to others. State vs C- J- White, A. W- D. W., guilty, six months in jail. State vs Robert and Edna Hunt, F. & A- 12 months to be hired out- State vs Will Long, disturbing public worship, to be hired out 12 months. State vs. Wesley Alson, larceny, ONE ROBBER IS KILLED AND TWO ARRESTED IN A BATTLE WITH POLICE sumers here- It follows repeated ! two years on roads. and serious interruptions in the ser- j State vs. Harvey Tanner, larceny, vice, which have caused untold in-1 one year on roads. convenience to many households as ' State vs. Floyd Thornton, larceny, well as to industry. 'Just what steps would be taken to have the franchise revoked in the event better pervice were not piven; was not set forth, but the letter to four months on roads. State vs. Sidney and Major Bass, pecret assault This is the case of the two men accused of shooting Mr. Luther Sadler. Major Bass acquit- thelcompany merely explained the I ted, Sidney Bass convicted and sen- position of the commercial body and its desire for an improvement." tor Peterson, of The Sampson Dem- !? if -t in avs aco i dollars Worth of mules,, machinery ' Asked if his refusal to endorse ! If1'. e suff a Butler was because of Butler's poll-, Ll ldraf e!;efd 1 hohl tics. Governor Bickett said: 11 '? . J;e UOt at r ,,, . wv, fi, ,e visited the several offices of .Most certainly not- When the l rA. tt a j T i . 1 the Court House, and found then campaigns are over I take off my . .n lr ' , . , "V:A tioiv We recommend that the vault in the Register of Deeds and Clerk of the Court Office's be enlarged, also we recommend some changes in the furniture in the Sheriff's Office. All of which is respectfully sub mitted. H. W. DAVIS, Foreman. The users of gas in Oxford have of i been very patient with the Gas Com pany, but their patience have been I worn to a frazel with promises of better services. For the past several ziionths the services here has been nothing short of an actual torment instead of a benefit If there is such a thing as compelling the company to render better service, or forfeit their franchise, one or the should be done immediately. ten red to five years in penitentiary State vs. James Chavis, assault on female under fourteen years with in tent to commit rape, ten years in prison Roanoke Officers Block Roads Lead ing Into City and Effect Capture. Hats off to the police of Roanoke, Va- According to the Associated Press, reports bandits last Friday night entered the bank at Glasgo, 40 miles north of Roanoke and secured $150,000. The Roanoke police re ceived the alarm and blocked the three roads leading into the city. Here is what transpired: "On the Hollins road, where the pitched battle occured, the police pa trol, in charge of Motorcycye Officer Robertson and Patrolmen Butler and Hendrix. was placed across the road a mile and a half out of the city, a bout 4 a. m., where the officers calm ly waited. "A few minutes passed, according to the officers, when the chugging of an automobile, apparently coming at a terrific speed, was heard. Present ly the car appeared over the brow of a hill, several hundred feet awajr. At the same moment Officer Robertson sprang into the middle of the road tnd cried "Halt". The car still speeding, bore down. A blinding beamg from a flashlight was thrown j in umcer liobertson s tace, accom panied by a shot- Other shots then came rrom tne auegea nandit car, and general firing between the oc copants and the police ensued. In an effort to go around the patrol wagon, Rodgers, the driver of the car swerved to the side of the road. At the same time, according to the po lice, Officer Robertson fired the shot 'that killed Rodgers, the bullet enter- iing the alleged bandit's neck. The State vs. Fred Adams. A. W. D. W-, j car then struck a rock, turned turtle and pinned the other two occupants C. C. I beneath it One of the alleged ban- W . thirty days on roads. dits fired several times after being State vs. James Beck, manufactur- thus caught."' j ing whiskey, six months on roads. 1 State vs- Matthew Grissom, other Hoi AROUND BANUET BOARD 'I' 91 Mr. 00(1 tical uniform and I would be gen iv glad to see men like Mr. Park- Linney, Judge Pritchard, Cox. Judge Bynum, Mr. Dr. Cyrus Thompson, e Timberlake, Judge Robinson, T. ri nicks, and many others I might '" ' : v"! r-ceive high honors from the republican administration." forehead, Jud Judge Allen stated that Genesis is an outline of the Bible, and agreed LEqAL UGHT9 gATHEI tnat it is snort enougn tor an practi cal purposes and that it is suggestive as to what follows according to God's revealed will. He said that he knew a person who said that he read the Bible through in one year by reading one hour daily. Every time you read the Bible you find more new truths which you an; able to digest that were not clear to the mind at ; first reading saM Judge Allen, and he said that a whole year's study of Gen esis was none too much for a Sunday School Class. State vs. Tom Poteat, larceny, 12 months in jail. State vs. Julius Ward, perjury, twelve months to be hired out State vs. Thornton Ward, seduc tion, twelve months on roads- State vs. George Sidney, larceny, twelve months on roads. UK VIVA L SERVICES AT THE OXFORD BAPTIST CHURCH Dr. limner, Pastor Of the Tabernacle Baptist Church, Raleigh, Is Assist i' g Dr. Harte In a Series Of Meet ings. Iiunressive revival services are .:r" under way at the Oxford Baptist Church. It was announced some days ago that Dr. Ball, of Spartans- bur S. C, would assist Dr. Harte, sickness in his family prevented irormties. Avery. 1920 h f m f r-nni f : 1 1 : ii j. j ! - nni tt i -i -i rroo. w niimg tne engagement, aiiu. iiu.ooo; tiOKe jlx,44, THE POPULATION OF GRANVILLE COUNTY Based OiTThe 1910-1920 Census. From information at. hand we see that Granville county has 26.846 in habitants, an increase of 6.9 percent during the period of the past ten years. Of the 98 counties of the State, Granville stands 57 in percen tage of growth. North Carolina has an even 100 population these two TRINITY COLEGE ALUMNI !-' limner consented to assist Dr. Harte with the meetings. Dr. Bruner preached his first ser-!-lr" of the series here last night and niade a profound impression on the br-P congregation. He is capable of delivering strong sermons and :- 'if b interest is expected to devel op as the meeting progresses. invitation is extended to the general public to attend these mt-et-nirs. There will be services every aitprnoon from 3 to 4 o'clock and at 7:30 o'clock in the evening. A CHARLOTTE MAN IS A MILLIONAIRE counties were formed in lyil ana are not in the 1910 census. Mitchell, Watauga, Caldwell, and Cumberland all suffered population losses because of losses in territory in 1910; and Robeson has a retarded in crease for the same reason. A CARD FROM MR. FAGAN Mayor T. G. Stem Elected President Granville County Unit. At a meeting held at Trinity Col lege last Friday night, Mr. B. W Barnard. Alumni Secretary, address ed served former students of Trin ity. Mr.. Barnard told of the recent work of the Trinity Alumni organiza tions which are being organized as county unit3 throughout the state and the adjoining states. After the talk of Mr. Barnard the Granville County Alumni organized with the following officers: President, Mayer T. G. Stem; Vice Pres. Miss Elizabeth Floyd; Sec-Treas-, J- S- Bradsher, Jr. A second meeting of the organization rHU he held in the near future at which time it is hoped to have pre sent all the two score or more for mer students. S. M- Gattis Entertains In Hon Of Judge Allen and Members the Local Bar and Court Offi- Hon. S- MV Gattis, - the very able j solicitor of the Fifth District and j highly esteemed by the legal frater nity throughout the State, entertain ed at supper Friday evening at the Exchange hotel in honor of Judge Oliver H. Allen and members cf the local bar and court attaches- Seated around the board were: Judge Allen, Hon. S- M- Gattis, Gen. B- S- Royster, Major T. G- Stem, A. A. Hicks, D. G. Brummitt, Jno. W Hester, W. A. Graham, Jr., F. W. Hancock, Jr., Capt. B. S- Royster, Jr., B. W. Parham, B- K. Lassiter, T Lanier, D. C- Hunt, clerk of the court and Sheriff Hunt. Turkey, oysters, cranberry sauce, strong coffee, vegetables, pickles. cake, ice cream were some nice things enjoyed. The sitting reminded one days of Shakespeare, when note gathered at the Lyon Head Inn, Major Gattis being the Falstaff of the occasion and wit and wisdom and gcod-fellowship ruled supreme. Judge Allen made timely remarks and local legal lights proved to be splendid after-dinner speakers. FIRM DOING BUSINESS WITHOUT USING MONEY INTERESTING WEDDING AT COBLENZ ON THE RHINE Checks, Trade Aco8ptances"nd Tra Civil Marriage According To the Ger man Law Followed By Religious . Ceremony. The following from the Asheville Citizen will be of interest to many 'riends in North Carolina: "Coming as a great surprise to the ! hons of friends - in North Carolina in InxExperi- Ki -Kentucky ?or bpth, the con tracting parties is. tne announce ment of the marriage of Miss Flor- vel - Checks, .Included ment. The public will be interested the following associated press dis-jence Griffith Miller, daughter of Mr. patch from Rochester, New Ycrl;: and Mrs. Harmon Miller, ot Asne "A large business house having IUe, formerly cf Kentucky, and Mr. headquarters in this city has under- Pierre Mailett, with the American taken to conduct its affairs entirely i forces in Coblenz, Germany. without the :f money. Instead j tu use ciiecixa, of the of the men of PRICES THAT DO NOT FALL PRESIDENT HARDING TO SET THE STYLE A Loaf Of Bread May Be One Cent Cheaper Next January. It ia because food is the greatest common need that its cost shows lit tle general change even while prices George A. Wiseheart, Jr., Acetylene U elder, to Get "Wad." (Charlotte Observer) From an acetylene welder in an ''"mobile shop to a millionaire is 71 step taken within the last few ' - s by George A. Wiseheart, Jr., of city, as the result of an estate ;flTth around $200,000,000 that has -p n cleared up after having been in - 'nation for over a hundred years, j preciate any support given me. ".-, iu uuuxmation gatnerea Dy 1 Observer. rp' money comes from a great--grandfather, named Murphy, ,r'so given name even Oeoree ad- ' ' that he has forgotten, but whose Editor Public Ledger: Please allow me space in your paper to state my position in regard to the race for the postoffice ap pointment. A goodly number of the patrons of the office have expressed a preference for me, without any en couragement on my part. However, i have talked with some good fnenas since then, all of whom advised me to enter the race. I feel honored by this expression of confidence. So that, when Mr. Harding comes Into -ffice, and makes his ruling in re gard to the civil service status of these appointments, should he decide to reward the faithful, I'll be a can didate for the position, and will ap- There Will Be No Frills In Clothes Next Year. Washington, Nov. 22. Next year is to be "Harding year" in clothing styles for men, members of the cus tom cutters and designers associa tion were told by speakers at a din ner here- P. J. Joley of Wash ington, an officer of the association, said that President-elect Harding wears conservative suits, leaning to.uaye Deen taiten oy miaaieme ani Hart irravc oni thai i? handle other food essentials what all well dressed men will wear in 1921. "There will be np frills in clothes next year," Mr. Foley said, "and conservation will be the rule. It is to be Harding year in styles." e i or currency, it intend trade acceptances and travel checks to make payments of every kind, in cluding its payroll. As the concern deals with more than 800,000 indi vidual customers the result cf the experiment will be watched with in terest. "The company's reason for adopt ing this method is given as an effort to demonstrate a means of ending the epidemic of payroll robberies and "to show that modern business may be conducted more efficiently with out the use of 'small change,' thus leaving the nation's money where it belongs, in the banks, to serve as the basis of credit." "The announcement says even car fares, hotel bills and railroad fares for the company's force of several hundred salesmen, and other sun ! dries are to be paid by checks- All : petty items, even to one cent postage stamps, will be paid henceforth by check, and "no currency of any a mount or denomination is to be car ried in any form as company prop erty." To meet the payroll of its "The civil marriage, according to' v,e German law, took place in the forenoon of November 12, but the "liffious ceremony was performed at high noon of that day in the English chapel of the palace in Coblenz, the ev. Dr. Esterbrooke, of the Angli can church, officiating. The bride was given in marriage by General Allen, of Kentucky, commander-in-chief of the American army of occu pation. Among the witnesses were he wife cf the general; Colonel and Mrs. Stone, of Kentucky; Mr. Charles Craig Hilliard, of Asheville; Mrs. Margaret Shipp; Mrs. Charles Busbee Sr.; Lieutenants Fabius and Wil liam Shipp; Lieutenant Cyrus Parker and others from North Carolina, and a large number of friends from all parts of the Uited States, as well as various parts of Europe." GOOD NEWS FROM THE N. CAROLINA CONFERENCE of other commodities have a down- factory, the company has offered to lx. Respectively, J. M- FAGAN. OIL PRODUCTION SUFFICIENT FOR WORLD FORECAST ' " - is as good as if hVwere a bov- Ptotrote,ml ResourceS Glared No i i'AlTf e : where Near Exhaustion. . , mm vuunioia til several . it: 4- An Oil U1UUUUL1UU jDUiiiVicui, w rV blocks" in the city of Phil- Ir 'ttdenT WILSON RECEIVES 1 M GE THANKSGIVING TURKEY nfshington,lov722 Tne first p- 1 Thanksgiving turkeys which 'ident Wilson receives annually rr'ved Saturday at the White House. u as a x i xv. Ph , fuuuu uutj euL uy tne !;imber of Cnm buttery fthonld hare wnter I - w-f-ifc. Slop Wt lBT Service Station. j supply the world for several genera tions at least was iorecast at tne an nual meeting of the American Petro lwim institute in session at Washing ton City last week. Henry L. Doherty, of New York, resident of the institute, predicted there would be sufficient gasoline for all automotive requirements for venerations to come. He said scien icts undoubtedly would discover new fuel extracts, but was of the op inion that the probability of finding an artificial substitute for petro leum was remote. MESSAGE FROM DR. CRAVEN Thanksgiving Offering To Be Tak en At the Oxford M. E. Church Next Sunday Morning. Dr. Craven, pastor of the Oxford Methodist Church who is attending the North Carolina Conference at Rocky Mount, requests the Public Ledger to make the following an nouncement: "Instead of taking the usual Thanksgiving offering at the Baptist Church as announced, the Methodists are requested to make plans for a Thanksgiving service in their own church for next Sunday. They are asked to worship with the Baptists on Thursday morning." ward trend? Purchases of bread and meat cannot be postponed. The tremendous drop in sugar pric es showed how much money the spe culators made before they lost most of their winnings. It is fair to sup pose that similarly unfair profits have been taken by middlemen who The cost of food is the factor which, more than any other, will operate to make economic readjustments easy or difficult in the immediate future. Wheat is down. It has been fall ing for a long time. Somehow or other the ultimate consumer doesn't tenefit. Today it is reported that loaves of bread "may" be one cent employes either a regular pay check or the option of receiving on pay day a deposit slip showing that his earn ings for the week have been deposit ed to his credit in a local bank. This plan is expected by the house to prove popular with the thrifty class of employes and to increase the vol ume of bank deposits. Executive employes who have no banking ac count have been advised to start one at once." THE COX-ROOSEVELT FUND cheaper in January, ed to be good news. That is suppos- LARGE SUM OF MONEY LOST Low Level Of Sugar. New York, Nov. 22. Refined su gar reached a low level here today when the Federal Refining Company reduced its list prices to nine cents for fine granulated. This action followed a cut in raw sugar to 5-75 a low record. About 3 weeks ago I lost a roll of bank bills amounting to $700 or $800, bills ranging from $20 to $100. Liberal re ward to finder. J. T. SIZEMORE, Sr., 2tx. Oxford. N. C MR. HARDISON. PROMINENT BUSINESS MAN, DEAD Cox and Roosevelt Each Gave $5000 To the Campaign Fund. Albany, N. Y., Nov. 22. The de mocratic national committee report ed to the secretary of state receipts cf $1,321,655-84 and expenditures of $1,308,007-32. The statement was signed by Wilbur W. Marsh, treasur er. Governor Cox and Franklin D. Roosevelt, democratic presidential and vice presidential candidates, re spectively, each gave $5,000. Dr. R. C. Craven Returns To His Charge Here. The people of Oxford, irrespective of denomination, are pleased to know that the good Bishop Darlington, presiding over the North Carolina Conference at Rocky Mount, returned Dr. Craven, pastor of the Oxford Me thodist Church, to us "until such a time as his labors will be demanded elsewhere." There is regret expressed here that Rev. B. C- Thompson will leave us. He, top, has been faithful in all things, and he goes to Person county, Durham District, with the love of everybody here. Rev. B. H. Black comes to the Oxford circuit and Rev. F. B. Noblett to the Granville circuit. Years He Married Ovford Some Ago. Mr. R. L. Hai'disoa. successful and popular business man rf VVadesboro, died last Sunday night Mr. Haidi son married Miis Annie Gooch. - an Oxford lady, some years ago. Mrs. Alice Gooch, mother of Mrs. CAPT. HUTCH1NS CAPTURES TWO LARGE STDLLS One Was Near Hester Church and the Other Near Grassy Creek Church. Capt Hutchihs, of the revenal ser vice, captured two large stills yes 'rdav and brought them to Oxford last night. The forty-gallon capacity still cap tured near Hester Church, showed some signs of recent usage. . The Rtill captured near Grassy o-k Church was operated by steam Thanksgiving Entertainment. Mrs. John Booth has arranged a very attractive Thanksgiving pro gram to be presented in the auditor ium in the graded school building this evening at five o'clock in which a number of bright boys and girls will take part There will be no charge for admission and the public is cor dially invited. JUDGE CRUTCHFIELD OF RICHMOND, IS DEAD John Jeter Crutchfield, celebrated police court justice of Richmond, died Sunday night last. His court was known throughout the country as "Justice John's court." Hardisnn. accompanied by her son. Mr. Rowland Gooch, left for Wades- ieat, capable of turning out 200 gal- boro Monday to attend the funeral. JIons aalI3r Prices Tumble At Cqhn & Son. Cohn & Son's merchantile read justment sale still goes on. Pre-war prices prevail on all line of goods. See their adv on the fifth page of this paper and watch for the large adv fin the next issue of the Public Ledger (adv) lis w f"d m fill in
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