North Carolina Newspapers

PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY TOWN AND COUNTY OFFER BRILLIANT OPPORTUNITIES ALL HOME PRINT: XXXV ATTT1 IS TUF. LIFE HLOOi) OF COMMERCE ...TUESDAY. DECEMBER 14. 1920 , - jjJTATE LIBRAtti. . ' z A QUESTION AND AN ANSWER j Tlift MASS MEETING LAST A- NO. 97 w.. llu w JIVIlUtK i u ny e Do Not Reduce The Sub- i sci-iption Price Oi' the Public Led- i Can Aiiord To U't His Dol-j hus Be Slackers. j A our bunkers recently made' m snowing FRIDAY NIGHT SET THE BALL IN MOTION I i PRESENT DEGRESSION IS GOOD FOR BUSINESS SAYS CHAS- M. SCHWAB Now ! i V 1 , r --- - m m.Kj j.faiviv K m. V W JL JLll J f V '-JL VA 1,11 Vy KJC,-7i. All. 1 letter onnininino- fnw5l For ew iiioh sirijnni linili";... i Quicker It Will Be Over. thn.t spvprnl I UUOStlOll was rpvispri Tw n1Q t lioiu-aiul dollars had been Ye&"e.r yesterday and we are glad in-1 Perhaps no man in North Carolina tobacco in Granville! . u Y answer it according to the is today in closer touch with the edu- 101 v.hich has not found its way! bank!- This money seems I price list on file in our office, which any one is privileged to examine. rhe Question. .-.appeared and the only log-; PH.. , .f " Questl ! nf xvlmt lma hpnnP ! Editor Public Ledger: : , -T it h i- been cirried trnmJ Auausmucl1 as you are always harp ui.it u hao hi en earned Home, mg about th merchants readjusting : now somewhere m safes, Uieir prices it is interesting to nJte wallets and pocket-books, j that the subscription price of the i-ai the Public Ledger advanc-1 Public Ledger was only $1.00 before ingestion that debts should the war and now it is $2.00- It seems - as rapidly as possible so that! to me that you have very little room : credits might be released for! to accuse others of profiteerin- icing ct the tobacco crop. ow will you be good and sweet ? COUNTRY merchant: a k 'bat has been done meas well, but if any considerable H of money has been carried i in people's pockets, that has u contrary effect, 'cv is the life blood of com- the Natural Transition. New the i Only The Answer. The price of a ton of news print paper before the war was only $50 The cheapest paper we can buy on the OPPll inarl-pt initmr r.reio no Banks iurmsh the heart and j more than $250 a ton. Before the ries ior the dissemination of! war it was customary to sign a con blood. Every dollar placed i tract for a vear's sunnlv nf npws nrint paper, but for the past three years the publisher must grab the paper when and where he finds it. As prices of some commodities i have declined of late, and seme other circulation. -nd monev tint -Z " c,A,fl;ucu impression !S ,-a i l l?Jha, ihas.-one abroad that everything is ......v.. . ulUiV aaiv.a, m comms aown to the nri pvpL Thi imn! increases the flowr of .cs-ary element if commerce :.-inoss is to function as they The price of all products pend upon the amount of mon- : ; . ; hooks, ma under the hearth , away in a trunk, is taken out ,: c :rc:;lation. Such money is not . its part in our economic It is only doing that when it is ; h.c! ,v he re it can be used in the : .-. ! :- y conduct of business. ;,. . dollar that is placed in bank ir.rrc:;:-es the credit facilities of the C(-;:;:)iunity. It "helps in the market-v-: produce. It increases the ; : of our crops. 1 hose considerations should ap ! . to every one at this time- Don't ; i - our dollars be slackers. The place in the world for money i:: a bank. And in a bank it is .. 'Vint: the depositor by helping his t-usir.ess, it is serving the community ;,y increasing credit facilities, and it is serving the depositer by making i.:i.i a customer of an institution cational needs of our State than Dr. L. A. Williams of Chapel Hill who addressed the mass meeting in thi graded school auditorium here Fri day night. Certainly no one man has done more to shape public sen timent in favor of an enlarged build ing program for secondary education. The University and educators gener elly recognize in Dr. Williams an ac knowledged authority on high school buildings and their equipment. Not only does, Dr. Williams encourage , North Carolina to dream dreams and see visions of a time when public edu cation will function more largely and directly in the development of an in telligent citizenship, but he has the happy faculty of demonstrating in very definite and practical fashion how simple a matter it is to make such dreams come true- Dr. Williams pointed out in the first place that the man who looks upon public education as an expense starts out with the wrong premise. "Education," said Dr. Williams, "is not an expense; it is an investment the best that any man can make. We North Carolinians are wont to in dulge in a lot of 'poor' talk. We vx iu ti- una , . r. t is far from thp fsnt. ftM are constantly trying to iooi ourseiv- doubtedlv will spp nHvnnn c ii es and the neighbors into thinking i Mil M,11VVJ A kj ?r Vll i 1-1 as declines, for this is a period of readjustment in which fair nrices will be soughtrather than of general reduction. In the printing trade there are no signs of any reduction, and the old level will not be restored either in cities or small towns. The produc tion of nearly all kinds of paper is behind the demand now, and the trade estimates that consumption is five pounds for every four pounds manufactured in the United States. No increase in the supply from im ports seems probable for several years. Latest price lists quote the highest figures ever known, which generally are 300 per cent of the pre-war prices. ' The logic of the situation requires that prices in the country towns be maintained permanently above the that we can't afford to educate all the people. Yet government statis tics, show that last year this State paid into the federal treasury as sur plus profits and income tax $169, 000,000, or $100,000,000 more than Virginia, and $39,000,000, more than Texas York, Dec 13 The existuig'sluiun in business is on ly the -natural transition of in dustries returning to a normal basis from the speeding; up of production made necessary by the war, declared Charles M Schwab chairman of the board of directors of the Bethlehem Steel corporation, in an address. "I want to go on record .here," said Mr. Schwab, "as saying nothing could be health ier for American business than the very f, condition through which we are now passing. The severer itlvs ''"storm now, the quicker ?it will be over and the sooner ;, we can emerge into dear weather and shape our course upon the sea of prosper ity." Commenting upon the status of unemployed laborers, Mr. Schwab stated that "the great need of the world today is to work hard and Save." This, he said, applies to men of means as well as working men. ": The man who fails to work was characterized as a "slack er" who "deserves no place a mong lionorable men." . . THE LUBLOLLY OF MUD AT CHEATHAM MILL It Brings "Reproach Upon the County and It Is a Disgrace to Civiliza tion Rowan County, Too, Has a Bad Gae Of Mud, Where Teams Are Making $75 a Day Pulling Travelers Out Of the Mire. .'. .'Ill ,1 . i .ui oe rne more disposed to lend! time level, for the preservation of the !.:n. money wnen his gives out business. Some twenty years ago the The tanners, the business men, the 1 printing trade in both cities and v.hes, the laborers, all riasop ar..l conditions of our people can help ihtniselves and help the community, especially at this time, by keeping their money in ihe banks of this luuntv. towns excluding from considera tion the metropolitan newspapers was in most deplorable condition. Only a few concerns with special ad vantages of . some .kind were earning interest on their investment. It was nip and tuck with them to keep a live, and the same state of affairs obtains in the small towns today. The Price List. Our correspondent, whoever he is, seemed to be riled because the Pub lic Ledger published the prices of meats and groceries in other cities and towns and compared them with the prices that obtain here at home. In justice to our correspondent, who signs himself "Country Mer chant," we will state that it may cost liscovered before it has gone so i him more to sel1 gods tnan it does yr. n.. i.-i. -i. 'in thp ritips anil tnwn that hnva n nounced reductions in the staple ar ticles of food- The price list tells the tale. If any of our friends, by hook or crook, can, find out that the price of news print paper has come I J 1 ii c j .n as many in Granville county asl uu"" coe "uul "s auu we WU1 vt; any suspicion that thev have Publish it to the vrorld as soon as we I !-- - r- -VTT 4- In other words North Caro- A& '-u auu1"" tuc uiu6c lina contributed more to the United j XUT th nv J Wp, h tatpc; ti-Pflsnrv nact vpnr than c-hp nav. ! Oxtord, ;V on the Oxford-Henderson sneS ii I hei "entire WstoiTM? of the uaSmire! on DUbSic education In rfofnt of Similr conditions existea m Ro 1th 1 r?f th LT tnn c0nty until the commissioners fc,iifr0ii LorderedHbe contractors to comply o f..t. Kt.r. to.. t with the law. Speaking of the condi- Uxv - V- V JL A.J. M. M. J 111 V J . ,V lit llll V it about time we stop and take inven tory? "Public education is a paying in vestment," continued Dr. Williams "because it produces our leaders. In this country only one man out of each hundred gets a college education. Yet this small group of college train ed men has furnished 55 per cent of our presidents, 62 per cent of our vice-presidents 50 per cent of our se cretaries of State, and 69 per cent of our justice of the Supreme Court. "Last of all," said Dr. Williams " 1 tions in;Rowan. the Salisbury corres i pondent of the Charlotte Observer says : "Thrf Charman H. E. Rufty of the Rowan J)oard of commissioners it is learnedfthat there is a clause in the contract with the R. M. Hudson Com- ich is building a section of LARGE NUMBER OF TOURISTS PASS THROUGH OXFORD DAIL Some Of Them Tell Wonderful Stories. For the Dast ten davs or two weeks i tne National Highway through Ox- 4 lord has been alive with tourists i from the North and West, on their way to a warmer climate, some or the cars are made comfortable with an oil stove and a camping outfit. Fell Into Lake Erie. One car that attracted consider able attention had a body resembling a one-room house. This car was driven by a Pennsylvania Dutch lady. As she pointed to her husband who was seated in a rocking chair, she said: "He is an invalid and 1 must keep the oil stove lighted day and night to keep him from catch ing cold. We are going to Florida and hope that the climate will cure his lungs. He is a fisherman and fell from his 'smack' in Lake Erie last winter and has not seen a well day since." Too Rich To Work. Another car that attracted our at tention was driven by a large red face man. and his neat little wife was at his side, and the two little chil dren that made up the party were dressed like dolls. The lady was rather talkative. She said: "We are from Reading, Pa., and are on our way to Florida to camp out until business picks up. My husband is a master machinest and they laid him off six weeks ago and we decided to go to Florida where it is not so expensive to live- Things are awfully dull up North. My hus- i band was making $10 a day when they laid off a bunch of 1000 men, my husband among the number, and he offered to continue at work tor $8 a dayj, but there was nothing do ing." "How much did you pay for chick ens and eggs in Reading?" we ven tured to inquire. " You can get good steak at 30 cents a poun(" said the lady, "but all the chickens and eggs in the Val ley are shipped to Philadelphia You can get a good baking chicken for $2, I should say, and a dozen eggs cost you 65 cents." Chief Hobgood's Guests. Last Saturday night a ratheY nice looking tourist from Ohio, asked Chief Hobgood's permission to camp NORTH CAROLINA LEADS WORLD IN MAKING LIUOR Distille. Here Monkey pany, the Na cer an $90,00 tors k in pas requiring that the contrac- p the main road or a detour ble condition while the new road isPeing built. Under the con tract tfiaB road builders, are required -..Li:. J i : . ; j i i ii iiovi puuiic euucauon yavs m uoiiars auu An oJW rocsnnnhlP ammint of work ( LINK FOR DIOGNOSIS OF TUBERCULOSIS IN GRANVILE You Can Find Out" Whether You Have Tuberculosis Or Not. T;i- Tonsil-Adenoid clinic for school children has been satisfactory aud helpful to school children; and i '-v,- the county Health Department iisiies to help those out of school, 'iul.ereulosh is much more common Uiaii manv are willing- In loli-vp. If uiiu even me laity can diagnoses i. me cnanees tor cure are good. If ou are at all afraid you have tuber culosis, have it found and treated, or !'j!.:;:d. Don't fear to know you have i'- That"s the first step to cure- sachusetts provides for each child an equivalent of six years schooling, and Massachusetts produces annually 0n-io c uu c t . i : . mi, ?t -f I v. i CU1Z7"' out of the mud, that the contractor United States as a whole provides for t Work on the road with plenty o it, erculosis and desire to have ex- mvestigation by an expert phy diagnostician may get that ex- i ''i t nelp by conferring wTith th-3 "' inly Health Officer, who, when he ' received as many as 6 applica ?.. will arrange with the State ! I of Tuberculosis to send to the lay in a few tons. SOME FINE HOGS Mr. A. M- Overton Is Entitled To a Medal. It wrould ceem that Mr. A. M. Ov- erton, of Route 6, and his fine sons- are the champion . hog growers of an expert diagnostician whe ; Granville County. They killed a few careruny investigate each case he can give you definite know of their choice shoats last wek, some of them weighing more than 500 of whether you have it or not, pounds :u. muteate to you Wnat OUgni A . AT. Ovprtnn Villpri fmir 410-280-220. !'0 done in treatment. ' ":r application will be a perfect rivate matter between you and ;unty Health Officer A. MORRIS. Co. Health Officer. Mil) FROM MR. KNOTT 550- To tiie Tobacco Growers Of (iiaiuille. arnestly urge upon every town-A-fciation to complete their - s by the 20th. While we have iy enough to control the situa- iii lhic mmtv vranf pirprv '') grower to have opportunity ii this pledge is Association for the reduction tobacco acreage will commence ::y 1st. Tobacco Growers, take ' . a reduction of at least one must be accomplished at all ha Continue your campaign for .ii! ..'tubers with increased energy, going to win; a few stubborn ' if.; refusing to sign shall not our efforts. P. W- KNOTT, Sec-Treas., Grnnvilie Co.. Tob. G. Asso. Hicks Overton killed two- 513 315. C. E. Overton killed two 302-290-J. C. Overtoil killed two 550 450'. , Z. M- Overton killed two 550 425. Allen Currin killed one that weigh ed 400 pounds. S. T. Barnett killed four 15 months old shoats 341-298-360-370. Wes Brummitt killed two 15 months old shoats 478-490. All of the above gentlemen live at The machinery' Bell Town, a mighty fine place to get each child an equivalent of five year's schooling, and the United States pro duces annually $183 of wealth for each citizen- North Carolina provid es a little less than four year's school ing for each child and produces $130 of wealth for each citizen." Dr. Williams further showed that the av erage uneducated man in this coun try earns $500 "per year of $20,000 in a working period of forty years, whereas the average high school graduate earns $1000 per year or $40,000 in the same working period. Verily what we sow, that shall we also reap! In conclusion, Dr. Williams strong Iv urged Oxford to rote $75,000 addi tional bonds to meet the pressing need for room and equipment. He emoted the example of Kinston where $300,000 has recently been voted, and that of Roanoke Rapids whose citi zens have voted $500,000 in the last few months. Surelv Oxford can do as well as her neighbors. Preceding Dr. Williams' address', Mr. G. B. Phillips spoke with charac teristic energy and earnestness in fa vor of the proposed bond issue. Mr Phillips said that there had been some objection to a second issue on the ground that the town did not VnYiw what had become of the $50,- near the court -house. The man,, im nal Hlehwav between Soen-1 wife alld three blignt little children nal Highwav between -Pen constituted tne party. They were he Yadkin river at a cost of, imvaUn 0 ;M1lr v, ,ao closed in ana vnade comfortable Chief Hobgood gave them permission to camp in Court street, and showed them the court house well where they could get water. hotels," said the man from Ohio. "I have not the money to put up at ' Things are mighty tight in my state;, there are more than 100,000 men in Ohio looking for, a job of any kind. We are on our way to Florida for the winter and hope that business will bo better when Mr- Harding takes his seat." able I'or tTIe public- ' Chairman Ruf ty states that when cars get stuck it is useless to hire teams to pull them teams available will be required to pull out all such cars without charge- Mr- Rufty states that this should put I - an end to the exhorbitant charges j OXFORD TOBACCO MARKET that have been made recently where men with teams have ben taking in up to $75 a day for pulling travlers out of the mud. Chairman Rufty states further that the road muse be repaired so that it will be passable at all times during the winter and that sections of the new road will be used for travel at an early date." TO REOPEN JANUARY 4. YOU ARE REQUESTED TO HELP CLOTHE AND FEED THE DESTITUTE CHILDREN A Collection Will Be Taken. To Re lieve 3,000,000 Naked and Starv ing Children In Europe. The relief work being done in North Carolina in behalf of the suf fering children in Europe by several different Organizations has been con solidated into one Organization known as the North Carolina Divi sion of the European Relief Council. Mr. Henry A. Page, who has been conducting the campaign of the merican Relief Administration is Chairman of this new European Re lief Council. It was determined to cooperate with the National Organisation in 000 voted some time as:o. (An ite-1 making the "National Collection a mizeu Siaie ueill Ol lilt! llliaiice Will! uiaic ui. nui ui , utun, v, ,r,- n o- o tondonre tn hrpa'ir be published in the next issue of the Collection." Sunday, December 19th. houss J-arag a tS" Tt,1: t a tah- waC cpiootod aa tho dav tn hfrin th s the market value, because it cramp Suspension Over Holidays Not For Indefinite Period, It Is Stated No Buyers Will Be Withdrawn From Oxford Market, So Far As Known, and Sales Will Be Contin ued. The Oxford tobacco market will reopen Tuesday, January 4, after a suspension next Friday for the holidays- This explanation is made through a fear that there might pos sibly be some misunderstanding as to the period of the suspension of sales. It was made very clear that the ces sation sales of next Friday is only the usual Christmas holiday rest, and that the market will reopen a-' gain as soon after New Year's day a3 practicable. The date, therefore, was fixed as Tuesday, January 4- So far as is known, there has been no hint of any kind here of any pos sibility that the buyers will be with drawn from the market, and that the farmers will have all the oppor tunity they desire to dispose of their crop, and that without rushing it up on the market, as they see fit. There is a prevailing opinion that. the rushing of the weed to the ware- More Than Fifth Of Illicit lies Siezed Were Taken Can (Jet Moonshine and Rum At Will In Raleigh- (News and Observer) "I expect illicit distilling to con tinue to flourish in North Carolina," declared Collector J. W. Bailey com menting upon the report of the Com missioner of Internal Revenue whif makes the starting revelation that more than one-fifth of the illicit dis tilleries destroyed in the United Sta- , tes during the past year were found in North Carolina. More than half the 14,337 were taken in North and South Carolina and Georgia. Get It In Raleigh. "Prohibition, State and Federal, affects the quality and price, but not the quantity. I suspect that the out put of liquor is as great as it has been at any time in our history," Mr. Bail ey continues. "Anybody who wants it can get moonshine liquor and mon key rum at will in Raleigh. I sus pect that this statement is true of many other towns and cities in the State." No criticism of the prohibition forces in the State is made by Mr. Bailey. He believes that the 50 men who have been at work in the State have made a remarkable showing, more than 60 distilleries per man. "Some of the agents have been judici ally rebuked for too great zeal in the performance of their duties," he says "None has been rebuked for failure to do his duty." State's Taxing Power. Leaving the disagreeable situation as to prohibition enforcement in the State, the Collector turns to the gi gantic collections that have been made in his department during the year 'and in reviewing the report de clares that North Carolina's taxing power must not be confused with the fact that $162,000,000 was collected in the State during the fiscal year. More than $108,000,000 was paid for tobacco stamps, and $41,000,000 in excess profits taxes, which was really paid by the whole world that bought the State's products- The Collector's statement is as follows: "I have just received the annual report of the Commissioner of Inter nal Revenue, year ending June 30, 1920. The showing as to North Ca rolina and the other Southern States, while indicating that Prohibition A gentf have been doing their full duty as a rule, is a reproach to our civili zation. The tital number of seizures . of illicit distilleries in the United States within the year was 14,337. Total number in North Carolina, same period, 3,104. Half In Tliree States. "That is. one-fifth of the seizures of distilleries- made - in - the "United States was made in "the glorious old North State." The seizures 'in other Southern States were as follows: Georgia 2,089; Virginia 2,165. So half the distilleries siezed in the Uni ted States were seized in these three Southern States. South Carolina adds to the number 1.079, Tennessee, 828, Alabama 1,380; total for these six Southern States about 10,500 out of the entire number of 14,337 Big Job Kjpr Few Men. "I call attention to the fact that we have less than fifty Federal pro hibition agents in the State. Three thousand seizures of distilleries by fifty men in one year is a satisfactory record. Sixty' seizures per man per year satisfies me that the men as a whole have been doing their duty. Penalties Will Be Less. "I call attention to the fact that under judicial construction of the Na tional Prohibition Act penalties will be much less from now on than they have been- Some of the agents have been judicially rebuked for too great zeal in the performance of their duties- No one has been rebuked for failure to do his duty. Public Ledger. Editor FARMER RECEIVES BILL FOR 52 COFFINS a square meal. GRANVILLE MEN FIGURE IN UNITED STATES COURT ''inerson, S. C, Dec 12. A well i! citizen of this county suffer mild shock today when he re- u a bill for 52 coffins- An investigation developed that bill was correct. Having Hog interests he had been respon se lor purchases of coffins for ro tenants- The undertaker had neglected to ''l him a bill for 10 years. Thompson Fined $100 and Lucius Edwards Found Not Guilty. In the United States District Court at Raleigh last week, Judge Henry Cannor presiding, W. W- Thompson, a white man from Granville County was fined $100 for possession of whiskey. Lucius Edwards, a white man or Granville County charged with ope rating a still wa also found not guil ty by a jury. Edwards was impli cated Tuesday at the trial of Sim Hareroves, a negro. Officers found a still on the negroe's land, but he stated it. was placed there by Ed- large 1 wards Hargrove was ordered remand- ed into custonv. nut uisinci. uui nev E F- Avdlette announced that in view of the acouittal of the white man he would the court to be a& lenient as possible with the negro. Denounces Profiteering. Judge Jas. E. Boyd hasn't much r ;in ion of the profiteer, and the oth ( ' day in Federal court in charging ' - grand jury, warmly denounced T ,rfiteering, as well as inordinate, 1'ishnesa, ildeness and bolshevism. Yonr battery sbonld hare water 5a every two week. Stop at WI1- Service Station. THE W. O. W- FERTILIZER INDUSTRY WILL RE REVOLUTIONIZED A government bulletin recently is sued announces what may prove to be a revolution in the production of fertilizer. It is to the effect that; the Bureau of Soils has worked out a ! method of separating phosphoric ac id from the rock by the use, of heat instead of sulphuric acid, and with the result of getting a product that is 50 per cent instead of the "ordinary 16 per cent product the farmer has been accustomed to. If the plan is workable, as the Bureau of Soils! seem to think it is, the cost of ferti- lizer will be-materially reduced, and the matter of transportation will be simplified to a point of saving two- thirds of the freight movement now necessary in acid phosphate. One car will move a quantity of the. high grade stuff equal in strength to the quantity of the older product re quiring three cars. If the farmer can cut out two-thirds of this freighting and hauling on acid phos phate he has cut down in big item of his cost of fertilizer right there, and if he can get his acid phosphate from a source that will provide it at the saving of the ton of sulphuric acid now used for every two tons of acid phosphate that he buys he will have secured another big reduction. MR. J- L- HUMPHREYS DEAD was selected as the day to begin this continue through the Holidays. The European Relief Council calls upon every minister in North Caroli na to bring to the attention of his congregation, on Sunday, December 1Qtli tho rlee?-iPrflip nppd nf these mi!- linna nf differing philrlrPll ill TClironfi ! Lieutenant and take a collection for their bene fit. It is desired that on that day in. religious meetings of every kind, church, Sunday school, societies and associations, a collection be taken for these children. All church or ganizations are requested to contin the buyers in handling and shipping the weed to other points. OUT OF THE FIRE INTO THE FRYING PAN he expects to be a candidate for Gov ue these collections through Decern-; ernor in 1924. Governor-Elect Cooper Will Re a Candidate For Governor In 1924. News comes out of Washington that Lieutenant Governor-elect W B. Cooper of Wilmington told -the North Carolina correspondents that PUPIL NURSE OF OXFORD QUITS RICHMOND HOSPITAL mu w n. w. of Oxford Camn No ifi. will meet on Thursdav. December 22rd. All members in gooa siauums will please attend. W. D- BROOKS, Co. Organizer. pft KFDUCFD AT TUTr? MRiri!T ON ALL FRFSH MEATS. H. M. TURNER. Was Badly Hurt In a Saw Mill Last Week. Mr- J. L. Humphrey, who was bad ly hurt in a saw mill near Moriah last Thursday, and who was rushed to Brantwood Hospital with a frac tured skull and otherwise badly hurt, died Saturday morning. The inter ment was at Moriah Sunday. v ber 30 th at all meetings- Churcn officials, both men and women arc urged during this time to solicit contributions. All money collected should be for warded to Henry A- Page, North Ca rolina Chairman, European Relief Council, Aberdeen, N. C. OXFORD COLLEGE WILL CLOSE NEXT THURSDAY FOR THE HOLIDAY SEASON Several New Students Have Enrolled For Next Session. President Hobgood announces that Oxford College will close next Friday for the holidays and reopen on lues day, January tth- Dr. Hobgood stated that quite a number of new students have secured reservations for the spring session which opens on January 12 th. Figures given out Saturday snow that Winston market has sold 33, 715.877 pounds of leaf tobacco since September 14, for an average of $23-85 per hundred pounds. Over $8,000,000 were paid out for the weed. Warehouse men are hoping that market conditions and prices will show an improvement when sal es are resumed in January. Miss Caroline Hunt Objects To the Dismissal Of Her Class President. Richmond, Va-, Dec 11 Six pu pil nurses, members of ihe Imri? diate or second year class at Johnston-Willis Training School for Nurs es, quit this week and returned to their respective homes because of the dismissal of their class president. Miss Annette Smiley, of Hewlett, Va-," it is learned. They included Carolina Hunt, of Oxford, N. C. The situation resolved itself into a ques tion of discipline, according to the hospital officials, with the result that the girls left. Further than that, they were not disposed to dis cuss the case. INTEREST ON LIRERTY RONDS Spnntor Cooper, who will tafce oir fice at the same time Governor-elect Morrison becomes Chiet executive, will preside over the upper branch of the General Assembly after Lieu tenant Governord Gardner goes out of office with Governor Bickett. McLean May Enter. Well-informed politicians visiting the Capitol say that A. Wilton Mc Lean is also going to be a candidate in 1924 and that the Sixth district will furnish the fight next time. Max Gardner May Try. O- Max. Gardner may try it again Several others are mentioned in this connection, i WHOSE CHILDREN ARE THEY, ASKS HERBERT HOOVER "They are no more my children than yours," Mr. Hoover says of the 3,5 00,- 000 youngsters in Eastern ana cen tral Europe who face "incredible tra redy" this winter unless the Ameri can Relief Administration continues supnlying them with basic foods. Mr. Hoover as head of the American Re lief Administration European Chil dren's Fund, 42 Broadway, New York, calls for $23,000,000 to carry the child-life of the Old World through until next harvest. In Tar Heels Will Get $750,000 Interest. A total of three-quarters of a mil lion dollars in interest on Liberty Bonds of the first and fifth issues will be payable December 15. In North Carolina the subscription to the first issue amounted to $9, 413,600. To the fifth issue, or Vic tory Loan, it was $27,269,050, mak ing a total of $36,682,650. Bonds of the first issue, which originally paid 3 1-2 per cent a year, have been, in large part, converted into 4 1-4 per cent securities. Victory Notes pay 4 3-4 per cent In the district at large the interest payment will be something like $b',-800,000- For the whole country it will be about $166,000,000. rr costs less to LIVE IN RICHMOND THAN IN OXFORD After checking up the grocery an nouncements in last Sunday's Rich mond Times-Ditpatch and comparing the -prices that obtain in Oxford and Richmond, Mr. Andrew Jamison, who knows a thing when he sees it, states that it costs from 15 to 20 percent more to live in Oxford than it does in, Richmond. 'VI : '-t ; ;8 L