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OXFORD PUBLIC LIBME 1 lIHEDEMI-WEEKLYTOWN AND COUNTY OFFER BRILLIANT OPPORTUNITIES AIL HOME PRINT. ; VOL. XXXV ..fHllISTMAS COMES BUT ONCE A YEAR" H'Cir Must Be Something More To! Instance Than Is Apparent Oaj Familiar Surfaces. j Where there is a great deal of j smoke there must be fire. And tvliere floods of color are spilled and he are persistently rung and echo- in- legends fill the air to attest that! jliWe is a world of faery and that the vie'are always and inevitably gen where a continuing song in praise 0r kindness seems to be justified and' explained by corroborative human experience longer than any indivi dual life, there must be something more to existence than is apparent mi familiar surfaces. So the average man, touched by the I mu nd and color of approaching Christmas, is apt to reason almost acainst his will. He will be aware ain of many things ordinarily for gotten but too nobly believed in to bV ( iherwise than true. Fairies? Well, it is astonishing to know how many wise men have believed in them- And many books have been written in their praise and filled with most "con vincing pictures in full color. The star and its promises? Who knows? What is it that happens to the world at a time when everybody Is in a hur ry only to be kind? There has been a conspiracy of op inion to establish the notion that Christmas is a time exclusively for little children. It has been inspired by the diffidence and sensitiveness of poeple who, growing away from youth, have not the courage to admit their loneliness or to let even them selves know how eagerly they turn back to the land of realities from which the years have exiled them. Children, if the truth were known, aro only the guides and spectators at that annual adventure- Wonder ment makes all their days beautiful. The elder world is ashamed to won der about anything until it throws off the mask about the middle of Decem ber and is led by the finger backward orer a road cluttered with treasures which most people abandon in the rush for nowhere in particular and presented finally in regions of mur muring bells and laughter and a wel ter of things that seem unimportant until you remember that they are made of and for pure happiness of heart- Then for a time we live again. A mechanical railway train in minia ture, which landscape, signals, flag man and flag complete," breezing un troubled over bridges and through: tunnels, will refresh and exalt the soul of almost any tired business man who in eleven and a half months of the year, must sternly conceal a real and passionate interest in such things. The dignity of maturity must be preserved, though whatever it is for no one knows. One who is not young may merge his identity with the identity of a crowd and snatch oc casional moments of ecstasy at the ! windows of toy shops. Further he may not go- He may play vith the fiscal policies of railroads or with their stocks or their programs of ex tension, but the delights of actuality are not for him until, with a lifting .sense of blessed reprieve, he returns at this time of the year, trooping in the vast straggling army of perpet ual refugees, to live in the wrorld of children. They, being the wise ones of the earth, care only for things that make you glad. The very colors of Christmas as they are revealed in the books, in the uniforms of toy armies and through the symbols of the season are the re verse of subtle. They are as bright and as honest as life itself can be at bottom. They are as stimulating to v eary eyes as a trip to a far country. The pig seized and carried away by the Piper's Son lives in an enviro nment of red and yellow and blue colors as unmistakable and cheerful as the simple truth itself. The skies in the Christmas story books are al ways filled with stars. The snow is always immaculate and untrodden. Soldiers and crusaders go always up m noble errands, and the very cows and horses and the indispensable reindeer seem in the literature of the greatest of days to have the friend liest of unriprKtanrHne-c! with the folk about them. You may search all J through and among the books and the things that make the Christmas of children without finding anything suggestive of ugliness or cruelty or cynicism or lack of fine faith. These, then, must be things that the normal !;iind rejects until it is forced to ac cpt them. Since they are so preva ;' nt in the world, it is no wonder that tired business men and tired business women are glad once a year to be led n places where they are taboo. That may be what children are for. At Christmas they seem like the guardians of all the enduring reali ties, dwellers in realms from whicn beauty and belief have not yet been past out. They do not know this, of course. They will not know it until after they have grown up. Then they 'oo, will return with marveling eyes for occasional glimpses into the lost country. Tobacco Barn (Burned. The tobacco packhouse of Mr. Frank Currin on Route 6, containing 30 barns of high grade tobacco was destroyed by fire last Suaday. BASKET BALL OXFORD ALL Stars Vs Wake Forest Friday 8 o'clock armory. Admission S0& 2tx. . NEWS IHT fiurrarr SINCE OUR LAST rain. . pugnt ot farmers, due to i tailing prices, is taken to Congress. Organization of a $2r "' housing corporation in annonnpoH . IjVv . Aren't,- ajs-'. , ucc6n " xuspieas-i Tir J 1-1 A i . - I ea, withdraws from the league of na- nuiis assembly. Patterson cup is awarded to Miss Winifred Kirkland, by the N. C. Historical society. Scenes colorful and dramatic mark the reception given Mrs. Mac Swiney at New York. Live hogs have returned practi cally to their 19 IS pre-war prices in Chicago, says the packers- ' State , of Georgia takes, steps to recover $176,000 in taxes from the Fred D. Shepherd estate. N. C- state board of agriculture opposes any horizontal universal re duction in cotton acreage. A. W.' McLean, of Lumberton, is appointed . by Houston .as assistant secretary of the U. S. treasury. Harding is given a rousing wel come home at Hampton Roads Sat urday; Where he spent strenuous day. -Wake county farmer who bou ght $120,000 of stock in' divers stock, selling companies . is suing them. 'Congress is expected soon to pass a resolution directing Houston to restore the war finance corpora tion. In Mecklenburg court Mrs. Fred Pratt is awarded alimony of $75 a month and custody of four-year-old child. Baptist state convention hospital commission visits Charlotte, inspects sites and receives Charlotte's bid for the institution. Governors' conference urges fedr eral government to arrange or loans to foreign countries to permit export of farm products to aid farmers- Twelve hospital sites which have been made available in Raleigh for the erection of a Baptist General hos pital have been inspected by the com mission appointed at the Baptist state convention. Official reports from 45 states, representing 95 per cent of the na tion's population, reveal a wide spread industrial depression, in spite of which no serious or general un employment has as yet developed. Nine moonshiners were captured and a number of others are believed to have-been killed -or wounded Sat urday in a battle between 80 moon shiners and 14 United States revenue officers in the southern part of Bell county, near the Tennessee border. Judge Henry G. Connor gave L-D- Tucker a federal prohibition agent a severe reprimand for arresting Ben nie Carpenter a young white man of Warren county and taking him to Richmond and placing him in jail without an opportunity to give bond. Judge Connor expressed himself as being highlv indignant NO LENIENCY GIVEN FOR INCOME TAXES Collector Bailey Says Ho Cannot Per mit Delays After Dec. 15. Announcement is made by Collec tor J. W. Bailey, in a letter to the Public Ledger that there will be no leniency shown to those who fail to pay the fourth installment of their income taxes, which will be due next Wednesday week- His notice fol lows I "December 15th is the last day for the payment of the fourth install ment of the income and excess pro fits taxes due this year. To avoid penalty, the tax must be in the offic es of Collectors of Internal Revenue or branch offices by midnight of that date "Payment of the fourth install ment may be made in cash or by Soney order or check. The Bureau of Internal Revenue urges that when ever possible payment be made by r heck or money order. "Bills will be sent to taxpayers, but failure t oreceive Ml does not iinwo tho tjnrnaver ot ICliC vuv " tion to pay on time.' A GENTLE REMINDER Shop Early and Get the Pick Of the H 1 Best. Do you realize that . Christmas is drawing near! Only 17 more shop ping S ? until the annual festival m ta ormmd again. "'Timermar be tard..but folks f coing to do some snoppms ' 5l mas The merchants are displaying lit-; mnd9 now. and it would be a tn make the Christmas pKu ctaies early. Not that the Store; kpeoers will mind being in a rush as fhe day draws near, but in justice to he customer, early shopping is an advantage. He has time to select what he wants and a bigger stock to select from. After thmgs have been picked over, one must uuve - left Shop early, avoid the rusn, make the best bargains, and make them in Oxford THE PLEASANT FAMILY IS GROWING IN NUMBERS On Thanksgiving Day a fine boy was born to Mr. and Mrs- J. B. Plea sant on : Route 5- This boy brings great joy to the Pleasant family in Granville county as it was : Jearefl the name would become extinct, this child being the first birth to the tarn , Tnft in 24 tears. He weighed IS pounds at birth, which makes up for lost time. OXFORD, N. C. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1920. . I .1 - M - 1 " I I I Ml SERIES HAVE NOT COME DOWN HERE AS THEY VE IN LARGER CITIES sideration Of All Seller ' f Goods In the County. The New York papers tell us that sugar has been selling in that Own for ten cents a pound at retail. In Cleveland bacon is selling at 35 cents. In Asheville all meats have been reduced 25 to 35 per cent. Hogs recently sold in Chicago at $9.90 the lowest price since before the war. And that's not' all, tobacco is now selling on this market lower than ever before since the first election of Woodrow Wilson. Our whole economic system in this county hing es on the tobacco market- The pay ment of. debts depends on the price of tobacco. The purchase of neces sary supplies for living depends upon it. The consumer here, whether in country or town, cannot pay war tina prices for what he has to buy while getting present prices for his pro ducts and his labor. We are sorry to say that there has not 'been a reduction in prices to the consumer here which is at all com mensurate with the fall in prices elsewhere. We are told that steaks now sell for practially the same pri ces at which they were sold at the highest peak in war times. Every body knows that groceries have not come down here as they have in tha larger cities. The time has come for a change. The farmer is taking his losses. All producers are doing it. If a change means that others must do likewise, that will be no more than what the consumer is standing for. The Public Ledger submits those observations for, the consideration of all the sellers of goods in the county It hopes that a change will take place at once- Profits should be cut and that without delay. We all must suffer, and let's suffer together. QUICK LUNCH FOR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS Miss Robertson May Be Offered Charge Of House Restaurant Washington, Dec- 6- Miss Alice Robertson, newly elected congress woman from Oklahoma probably will be given a chance to become the most popular member of congress. I For several years the "men niem-j bers" have been growling about tha food served in the house restaurant in the , capitol. The restaurant has been under the supervision of the speaker and Speaker Gillett frankly admitted that he was unable to please the members. The growling men have been suggesting to the speaker that he hand over the direc tion of the restaurant to the "lady from Oklahoma, "who is leaving the management of a cafeteria to come to congress. "1 believe I will ask Miss Robert son to be the house "committee" in charge of the restaurant" said the speaker. She can turn it into a caf eteria if she wants to. JBut I am sure she will have more success in eliminating complaints about the food than I have had." CREEDMOOR'S NEW METHODIST PREACHER Rev. V. A. Royal, the new pastor of the Creedmoor Circuit, spent last Saturday and Sunday in Creedmoor, preaching in the Methodist church Sunday morning. Those who heard him were highly pleased with him. While he is the pastor of Creed moor, there are three other church es on the circuit, which was formed by the recent conference. The churches embraced in the circuit are: Creedmoor, Bullocks, Banks and Grove Hill. Mr. Royal will make his home in Creedmoor. Creedmoor Times. IKE THORPE CONVICTED OF STEALING TOBACCO A few days ago Ike Thorpe, color ed, was charged with stealing 60 pounds of good tobacco from the Banner Warehouse and selling it at the Mangum Warehouse in the name of his mother. By a perfect checking system the little pile of tobacco was traced through all of its ramification and exposed the scheme of one like Thorp, . Ike came into Justice Medford's court Saturday with head erect, but when he was confronted with the tell-tale checking system his chin fell. Not being able to furnish the required bond of $250 imposed by Justice Medford, ike was locked up in th county jail. PROMINENT GOVERNMENT OFICIAL SPEND PLEASANT ' NIGHT IN OXFORD Will Put . On Social Hygiene Exhibi tion Here Soon. Dr. C. V. Herdliska, United States Public Health Service, and Mrs. Herdliska, on their return from the South to Washington, spent last Fri day night in Oxford, and according to the statement, of the doctor and Mrs. Hardliska they never fared bet ter anywhere than they did at the Exchange hotel. Dr. Herdliska is in eharge of so cial hygiene exhibitions, and he stat ed that he would return to Oxford in a couple of weeks and put on an exhi bition. fcttry tlMraM hare water rry tw . wluu Step at W1K ta4 grTtea Mattea. CONGRESS TO REVIVE WAR FINANCE CORPORATION TO ADD FARMERS Resolution To That Effect Offered In Both Houses Of Congress Se nate Will Probably Act Quickly Nebraska Governor Tells Joint Committee That Unless Farmers Are Helped Over Present Crisis They Will Leave the Farm and Go To the Cities. Washington, Dec. 6. Resolu tions proposing the immediate re establishment of the War Finance Corporation will be introduced in the Senate and House upon the conven ing .of Congress Monday. Represen tative Byrnes, of South Carolina, will offer the measure in the House, and Senator Calder, of New York, will present it in the Senate. Popular Measure. Representative '. Byrnes, who has been attending the hearings before the Senate and House Agricultural Committees, said he was convinced that the re-establishment of the cor poration was the most feasible plan of aiding the farmers in the present period of depressed prices for their products. Proponents of the resolution in the Senate said they believed they had enough votes to insure passage of the resolution. Tenants May Leave Farms. Unless they are aided over the present period of price depression, tnousands of tenant farmers in Ne braska will be driven from the land, Governor McKelvie, of Nebraska, de clared Saturday before the joint Se nate and House agricultural commit tee. Farmers Should Get the Profits. Edward D. Chassell, of Chicago, secretary of the farm mortgage bankers association of America, as- 1 E ers, so the farmers instead of the speculators would get the profits. In reply to a question from Senator Norris, of Nebraska, Mr. Chassell said he believed prices would go up in next few months and that the for eign demand would increase. Other Officials Heard. In discussing the question before the committee, neither Secretary Houston of the Tre asury ..nor Governor-Harding of the Federal Reserve Board werfe optimistio of any spef i f ic solution of the problem of falling markets as it affects the farmer might be found. Secretary Houston expressed opinion that the establish ment of the war finance corporation alone would not insure increased ex ports of surplus farm products to Europe unless there was an increase in the purchasing power of European countries. OXFORD TOBACCO MARKET The Largest Breaks In the History Of the Old Town. There was more tobacco on the Ox ford market yesterday than on any previous day in many years, and it is rolling in this morning in enormous quantities. Between 600.000 and 700,000 pounds was on the floors of the five warehouses yesterday morn ing when sales began at the Banner Warehouse. It was nearly dark when they reached the third ware house and called it a good day's work. The tone of the market was consid erably better than it was at any time during the past week The Tobacco Board of Trade will hold a meeting some time this week and decide what date the market will close for the holidays and open in January FIFTY MILLION DOLLARS BET ON HORSE RACING The Baltimore Sun says: "The stupendous sum of $50,000,000 or 1 11 1 J 1. 1 .ii! its operauon, covering umy uib-u- tumn meetings, but the figures given are regarded by persons in close touch with racing affairs as being, if anything, under the real amount." ELEVEN CHDLDREN BORN IN OXFORD LAST SUNDAY If the birth rate in Oxford every day in the year was equal to that of last Sunday we would double our population in the next twelve months. Six white and five colored children were born here last Sunday, mak ing a total of 11 births. At that rate the total births for the year would be 4015. STEAM HEATING PLANT INSTALLED AT THE ORPHEUM Harris & Crews have installed a modern steam heating plant at the Orpheum eatre. The heat is now sufficient! trong to permit of per fpp.t Tfint.it .irf on in the coldest of weather-and at the same time comfortably warm. be Woman's Clnb To Meet. The Oxford Woman's Club will more passed inrougn me netuug G t last week f0Und $300,000 machines of the four Maryland racejwM1 nm cornshucks in a wagon tracks during the season of 110 days .Q fl w bordering the public high. just ended, according to figures ob- way The com stailding in the field nm?' 4. W5.had been there nearly three months "The new state racing commiss on Lumpkins had decided to garner has not yet made its report ; to the g When he UfM Qne of governor on the first six months of bQx ghowing meet tomorrow afternoon at 3:80 incuiated today by: the Merchants As the library. A large attendance isjsociaUon of ew York City, which earuesuy requcaicu- Born to Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Clark Sunday night a fine baby boy. Mrs Clark and baby are at Brantwood Hospital. NEW COUNTY OFFICERS TAKE UP THEIR DUTIES J. muis Davis Elected Chairman Of i the New Board. All County officers who were elect ed on NovATYihpr 9. pntprpH nnnn thpir! duties Monday, the law requiring that j they be sworn in on the first Monday; in December. Judge D. C- Hunt,) clerk of the court administered the oath of office to the "commissioners, as follows: ' J- ENNIS DAVIS . . . . THOMAS G. TAYLOR B. F. CURRIN C G- DANIEL W. L. CLARK In addition to the above, E D. Hunt again took the oath as sheriff, and Charles G. Powell was given the title of register of deeds, and Dr. Jack Bullock became coroner. The New Chairman. Mr. J. Ennis Davis was the only member of the old board elected on the new board. He was chairman of the retiring board, and he gave such universal satisfaction the new board elected him to serve in the same ca pacity two years longer. County Attorneys. Mr. A. A. Hicks, wrho was the very able and obliging attorney for the county in past years, was again elect ed, but this time it happened to be Hicks & Stem, which makes it all the better, and it costs no more. T)h Public Roads. As soon as the board was formally organized and ready for business, it devoted the balance of the day to road matters- They meet again this morning and will probably be in sess ion all day. A CITIZENS CHANCE TO 'HELP IN RECONSTRUCTION Every worth-while citiEen has felt a desire to help in the readjustment process thru which our country has been passing since the close of the War. For most of us there has seem ed nothing to be done. But there is !a practical part, especially during this I UU1C VI ugui uiuuf iu nuivu c i one can take a part which will really help to adjust a difficult situation. For some time probably you have had small unpaid accounts with dif ferent merchants of the town, which you know you can pay if you just get busy and do it If you pay ever, debt that you owe, you will feel so good about it that the next day whsi you get. with a crowd of men ..you'll naturally remark that you're pai4 all accounts t)n the first of every 'monta-This- wllPstothttn and the first: ining you know they will decide td do the same thing you did. More money will be in circula tion. Prices will not be so high and affairs will be more settle Who will be the pioneer in this movement? THE MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION. CHEERING NEWS FOR OWNERS OF AUTOMOBILES Normal Conditions Seem To Be On The Way. Crude rubber was sold in New York the other day for twenty cents a pound. The price before the war was fifty-five cents. The present low price is said to be due to lack of demand. Normal conditions seem to be on the way, if they have not arrived. A set of new tires can be bought for a car for prices like those that pre vailed in 1914. If the price of gaso line drops also, as it seems inclined to do, then the motorist can use his car again without that guilty feeling. It is cheering news for the whole in dustry as welL CRACKSMEN HIDE SECURITIES IN A CORN FIELD Was Taken From The Bank At Houston, Va., Recently. Guy Lumpkin, a tenant on a farm in Pittsylvania county, va., near I " - " u mugt haye been stuffed into eoii,0 tt nninr the box liberty bonds, war saving stamps and life insurance policies to the tune of $300,000 was discovered. It was found that some of the bonds etc had been stolen from the bank at Houston, Ya.,' which was robbed by professional cracksmen about eight weeks ago. It is assumed that the robbers af ter separating the cash from the ne gotiable instruments of which they probably were afraid, hid them and found the corn shock as an excellent hiding- place. It is assumed that the bank robbers, after leaving Houston, took the road leading I through Republican Grove ana Straightstone, which carried mem along the road mentioned. NEW YORK STARTS WINTER FLY SWATTING CAMPAIGN New York, Dec. 6- One pair of flies effectively swatted now will a vert the possible plague of 324,000 -000 potential .descendants next , au tumn, it is asserted on posters cir- launched a winter fly swatting cam paign. Placards were distributed throughout the city urging a con certed drive on the pests between now and Christmas I i w I. .in FIRST DEGREE VERDICT IN TWO OF WAYNE CASES Harry Caswell and Jesse Foster Sen tenced To Electric Chair. The newspapers of the State coin- meild in unmistakable terms the Quick and positive action of Judge W. A. Devin in restoring order at uoidsboro last week. There was suf- ticient momentum behind the mob spirit when he called for the machine gun company to have caused the loss of many lives and limbs and much . property. The people here, there and all over the State are smarting under the too liberal use of the pardoning power exercised by the governor. The impatient mob demanded a speedy trial, and when they saw that Judge Devin was determined to ;up hold the law, cost what it may," sani ty and order was restored in the be ligerant city. " - ; Result Of the Trial. The two convicted of The major offense are Harry Caswell and Jesse Foster and the other three are Frank . Williams, George Pearsall and Jim Hill, all colored. Caswell and Fos ter were sentenced to electrocution January 7, and the others to 20 years in the penitentiary. As soon as the trial was over all five negroes were taken to Raleigh on a special train, underf guard o the Durham machine gun company. A crowd of several hundred follow ed the prisoners to the train, but there was no indication of any de sire for summary, vengeance. Nor was there at any time during the day any suggestion of the revival of the disorderly scenes of the previous night, when one man was wounded, supposedly by a member of the mob, during an attack on the courthouse. History Of the Case. Jones, a merchant, was called to . his door and killed several weeks ago, according to the evidence, by one of the negroes, said to have been Harry Caswell, all five being present. Preceeding the shooting . they had been at Jones' store and bought some things and it is said that in making change at that time the merchant displayed a large roll of money. When they came back after dark one of them called on Jones to throw up his hands. This he refused to do and Caswell shot him. They were soon captured r&nd taken to the penitent tiary at Raleigh for saCe-kceping un- ME- WOLTZ GOES TO RALEIGH FDR HANDSOME BRIDE (Raleigh Times) A simple but pretty home wedding was celebrated yesterday at noon at the home of Mrs. Irene Whitley Bag well, 400 Polk street, when her dau ghter. Miss Ethel Elva Bagwell, be came the bride of Mr. William Lee Woltz of Oxford, the bride's pastor, Rev. Dr. T. W. O'Kelley, .pastor of the First Baptist church, officiating. The home was tastefully decorated for the occasion with palms and cut flowers, while a soft light from many candles was shed over the scene. ' Mrs. Walter Kruse. at the piano played the "Bridal Chorus" from Lohengrin as the processional, Mc Dowell's "To a Wild Rose," while the ceremony was in progress and as the recessional, Mendelssohn's "Wedding March." The bride was attired in a suit of tricotine with hat and gloves to match, and carried a bouquet of Bride roses, swansonias and fern. Her sister, Miss Pauline Bagwell, was maid of honor and wore brown taffeta and a black picture hat with bouquet of pink Killarney roses. The groom was attended by Mr. R. M. Chamblee of Raleigh as best man. The ring ceremony was used. After the vows had been taken the couple left for a wedding tour to Washington, Baltimore and other Northern cities after which they will be at home at 35 West Front street, Oxford. The bride is a most attractive 3roung .woman, widely known in Ra leigh and elsewhere. The groom was in military service in France for two years, and is now interested in the ' Crown Cafe in .Oxford. MR. J. T. SIZEMORE HAD A VERY CLOSE CALL While returning from the South ern station last Sunday night, Mr. J. T. Sizemore, the grocery merchant on College street, was knocked down by an automobile on Penn street and sustained injuries on the hip and arms. He is resting well. Crocker-Jones Engagement. Mr. Nathanial J. Jones announces the engagement of his daughter, Margaret, to Mr. Samuel Bratton Crocker, of Grover, N. C. The mar riage will take place early in Janu ary. Special Announcement. A wave of reduction has struck Oxford unequalled in this section of the state- See the special announce ments of The Long Co., Landis & Eas ton, Conn & Son. Perkinson-Green Company, Harris Mitchell Company for bargains. Lewis Crews of Route 6, and Mr. and Mrs. Graham Bradford ot Route 2, Mrs. Sam Hicks of Rout 2, Miss Maud Hobgood, Messrs. O- C Currin, O. L. Currin and J. E. Cur rin of Henderson Route S, were in Oxford Saturday. Born to Mr. and tfrs. Ogburn, Sunday at Brantwood Hospital, a fine baby boy. lira. Ogburn was Miss Beatrice Parham before her marriage 'if 13 V I I 1 I: IS 1 1 1 Ii .1 x i if "I lil Hi. i H k p II If if ) fit Ik
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