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OXFORD PUBLIC t 1 .1 PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY TO W w 4 VT. 7NTY OFFER BRILLIANT OPPORTUNITIES AIL HOME PRINT. 00- VOL. XXXV y?V PASSES MEASURE TO GIVE FARMERS RELIEF ts i:oso!utioti For Revival OS ..r Finance Roily Recommends to::-.ion Of Liberal Credits ToS respondent of the Charlotte Observer ! - niters By Reserve Board Novt-j?13 up President-elect Harding asf os To the House. -...ington, Dec. 15- Tbo fo,. t me iai- s relief measure passed these- auu uoav goes to the house.! . , 11 -. l 1 o 1 f F pnillln it v r r n i - .-v . -1 'I tt i' A muiun.1 - oiiunai measures i faming interests arc pending. section ot. tJe .resolution di revival of the war finance! ration as adopted, read lie fecreiary of the treasury and i. learners oi me Aar nuance cor :: i-.-w are hereby directed to re- o activities of the war finance .; -turn and that raid corporation i ( nee ienaumuueu wun me. ; ommih. in ma limuifing, xportation of agricultural and uvo 'nets to foreign markets-" revolution as adopted refers extension of credits as fol- i - the opinion of Congress that ueral reserve board should take ion as may be necessary to r the member banks of the fed-j e erve system to grant liberal) n n.s oi credit to tne larmers ;he country upon tne security ot ;:::ricultural products now held ; - them, by permitting the redis o".;;rt ing of such notes of extension at v-ir and reasonable rate of interest-" CAW KS ROOK AUTO TEAM PASSED THHOUGH OXFORD The T--?n From Boston Tn Ox ford In Five Days. The Green Book Automobile Team, s.itv in number, which is enroute from Boston to the Sunny South, v.iched Oxford at 6:30 Tuesday ev ening. The tourists were due at six e -m and were only one-half hour late. When it is understood the itianinsr time was arranged in Bos i n. a thousand miles away, arriving half an hour late is a remarkable : vn'ei mance and speaks well of the :;vis north of Oxford. Mr. Hemstreet, manager of the uv.m, made the statement that if the rond north of Oxford to Clarksville a ; in good or even fair repair Green T o-: annual teams could and would i'o:,ie through in five days from Bos- i i'i'i. All of the tourists speak well of t lie splendid" accomodations made for . in New York, Wilmington, .'mnore. Washington and Rich- nd. All of them vote the hospi :.';.v of mine host Lonney Smith of The Exchange Hotel to be the best ih !ig the line- TRE LATE .JOHN NEAL'S WILL :e Oxford Orphanage Is Expected! deceive yu,oou. Winston-Salem. Dec. 15. An ac- : n has been started in Forsyth su ! erior court to interpret the will of ii e late John Neal. who died in Oma- . Net)-, several weeks ago, leaving ;-!! estate shown by inventory to be . ined at $667,977.11- The will has ' n admitted to probate here which l .vides that the estate be divided i . :c several personal friends, the e h'Hlisr Children's Home here and the ?Jasonic Orphanage at Oxford. T no two institutions, it is estimated, ' ill receive $220,000 each from the c ic.te- it develops that Mrs. Daniel Mc C o , of Oklahoma, recently appeared 1 1 Omaha where Mr. Neal resided as aict sales manager for the R. - J. i e nolds Tobacco company for sev ( . ul years prior to and up to the 1 . . to of his death, declaring that she 1 1 in her possession the real will of I late Mr. Neal which left the es- (e entirely to herself and two chil ( en. She claimed that several years ; she was married to Mr- Neal in : rath Carolina. TEXTORY KiUlRfcD FROM TOBACCO HANDLERS U Be Asked To Furbish Inventory Vs Of January 1, Of AU Stocks On Hand. Washington. Dec 16. Tobacco idlers, manufacturers and deal . will be interested in some in uctions relative to inventories on .uary 1, sent to collectors of inter revenue throughout the nation 'Every dealer in leaf tobacco shall ke and deliver to the collector of i district a true inventory of the ntitv of the different kinds of to co held or owned, and where stor bv him, on the first day of Jan--v of each vear: such inventory to made under oath and rendered in h form as may be prescribed by commissioner. 'Every dealer in leaf tobacco who Tects or refuses to file less than 0 or more than $500, or imprison not more thon one year, or both. STOFFICE DEPARTMENT SHOWS LARGE DEFICIT ipsmi Attributes This To $33, on ooft War Bonuses. But For viiiOh Surplus Would Have Been 1 8.000,000. Vn.shinirt-nn. December 15- Ope on of the United States postal ser - for the fiscal year 1920 resulted deficit of $17,270,482 tne seiv i lnrp-pst in the history of the ser Postmaster General Burleson -"s in his annual report to the -ident, in v hich expenditures ot Post Office Department are yit -t $454. 3?2 609 and revenues $487,150 21 2. The Postmaster eral charge- Congress with direct nnsibilitv f - he deficit, explan- thot tho- r -pndtures nciuoeo oximatelv- ' . n02 600 r? an a Kv,o, to , 1 P-1-1 OO" Pit' ing that bu "or this th-o e been a Fir- ''is rr Sis "ICE PAY OTJR TAY ne percent n! be adde 1921. V "fircentuP'f T-mnr .he" u. don't b1-17-3t r -ip me D- HTTN1 Vow fcattf t everj tv Serrtee ft PEN-PICTURE OF MR. HARDING Our Next President Has a Fine Sense Of lliimni. Mr H F pr..r.t nr i,- - ' v, - VtMrV Htdi2? hd a ver' Pleasant visit TO VVasnnip-tnn has a fine sens nf h,n. A " very dclisrhtf n. mnn t-n" ...f.,.. - . " iiiu.ii IU L di IV Willi. nib character is of the stout, sturdy Kind that one often meets in country districts Of the ennth being true he could not have visited mue wimout seeing the marked change that has come over some of the Washington people- As a United States senator of mediocre ability and ordin u . i sense ways, Mr. Harding attracted nut nine attention- He moved n- wui tne national capital unmolested, undisturbed in his ouiet npappfni vp- velries, and without serious thought ui ever going to tne white house to live. In those days very few people knew him. He kicked up but little dust in the senate, although he made several very good speeches, showiiur a conservative rather than nrnerrps- sive turn of mind. Nobody made a fuss over him. In society he moved siowiy, and inditterentlv. Job hun ters did not consider him a good booster. He liked to play golf, and he and a little cotorie of senate friends spent much time on the links of the various clubs about Washington- But the other day, when here, he could not escape the crowd that followed at his heels or interrented him on all of his journeys about the' Office Seekers. "A veritable horde of office seek ers were here to greet Mr. Harding, and tell him how much they loved him, and how they had worked for him. Among the enthusiastic elev enth hour admirers are men who called themselves democrats throu ghout the early years of the Wilson administration. The longing for political preferment or pie is warn ing many a heretofore good demo crat. But the indications are that there will be a great unloading of stradlers; the republicans are going to reward their shining lignts. Mr. Harding will pay but little attention to independents or mugwumps ru politics. The Spoils Of Office. "Senator Reed Smoot, who manag ed the fight in the Chicago conven tion that brought about the nomina tion of Mr. Harding has made it plain that no democrat will get by the senate between now and the 4th of March. The hundreds of nomi nations being sent in now will not be confirmed- Postoffices now undei the civil service are to be turned ov er to republicans. This will be done inenito rf ttio offovto rf tho notion's I organization to promote that service. "North Carolinians who think that they are fixed for life in seine sungjag0 s0 as to raise a total of $75,000 job secured after an examination will have a rude awakening when Senator Smoct gets after him. Information Wanted. "Trained observers here would give a great deal to know Senator Henry Cabot Lodge's opinion of Normalcy Harding. They could write down what Penrose and Smoot think, but not what the New Eng land autocratic iceberg has in his mind." NOW IS THE TIME FOR THE FARMERS TO STOP, LOOK AND LISTEN Since the severe drop in the price of tobacco it is time for Granville County farmers to stop, look, and lis ten. The one crop system of farming has always been the curse of this section. Lands have become worn and exhausted of their fertility. The average yield of tobacco is about 500 pounds per acre. The farmer that produced 400 pounds per acre can produce 700 pounds. At the present price of tobacco it will be next to financial suicide to plant land in tobacco which will make less than 500 pounds per acre. There are hun dreds of acres in tobacco this year that will make less than the cost of production, and ts the time is fast approaching to plan the 1921 plant- in tr th mi Hands of farmers are at a lnss to know what to do. I believe that the wise course for nur farmers in 1921 is to cut the ac reage of tobacco severely, refusing to plant land to tobacco which will nnt nrodnce 700 pounds per acre. If your land is thin pick the best soil on the farm, prepare it well by doing rippn winter Dlowing. Make a goo seed bed in the spring and fertilize well. Bv careful ana timeiy auen tion this crop can and will be made tn nrndnce in such Quality ana quan tity as will warrent a profit for the mnkiner. Become a member of the Tobacco nmwprs Association and help yo Mr- self and your fellowman demonstrate the fact that tne aiversmea larmiue, problem can be solved, and also the business anairs oi me tuuuy yw-cu on sound, cash, ecanomic basis. J. L. DOVE, County Agent. TlTFJirc IS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING IN THE REPORT The Tobacco Growers Association Is Fighting a Fair Fight. It is reported in some sections mat the tobacco buyers and companies ming business in Oxford would not buy the tobacco of men signing the Tobacco Growers pledge. I have made inquiries concerning hese reports. They are aosoiuteiy foic-o anfi not a Darticle of truth in hem- I want to warn all against the circulation of false reports- we nre fitrhtin a fair firht an'1 e are going to hold the originators f these renorts to account. P. W. KNOTT, Secy-Treas rmmA Rumor points to Mrs TT.vriet T. Upton of Ohio, as the nr" ucation which it is thought Pred- -nnt-piect Harain wju r to create. Mrs. Ut.on has t're in the Woman suffrage move and has written several book- . xuj, JNI. C. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1920 NOVEMBER REPORT OF WAREHOUSE SALES ON THE OXFORD MARKET issued At Raleigh By the Coopera tive Crop Reporting Service. Raleigh, N. C, Dec 16. The to bacco sales on the Oxford market for the month of November is as fol lows : Number of warehouses reporting 5; producers' sales 2,981,761; total sales for month 3,386,575; season's sales 6,381,651; 1920 price 27.03; 1919 price 77.55- MOONSHINERS DOING A BIG BUSINESS IN GRANVILLE Officers Capture Six Stills In Five Days. The indications are that the moon shiners are doing a large business in Granville county this month, and it also appears that the officers are close at their heels Detective Hutchins, Deputies Ed Lyon and Crawford Davis have des troyed six stills since last Saturday morning. Of the two stills captured in the southern part of the county last Sat urday, one of them was worn and the j oiner one nan just Deen erected anu ready for business At Blue Wing. The two that were captured last Monday in the Blue Wing section of the county, near Virgiiina, were warm when the officers came upon them. At Fair port. On Tuesday the officers went over to Fairport, and while admiring the scenery in that section Hutchins smelt something. The wind waSj blowing from the southwest, and the officers walked about a mile in that direction and came upon a big. still which had been in operation and was ready to fill future orders from Ox ford Henderson and Durham At Bowlings Mountains. There has been considerable ramb ling in Bowlings Mountains of late Hutchins and his gang made a hasty trip to the mountains Wednesday to see what all the noise was about, and they returned with a capacity stili that showed much usage. At Oxford. The general impression here is that there is a big still in the vicinity of Oxford. At any rate, a lot of li quor finds its way to Oxford between sundown and daylight The thirst for liquor here is greater now than Ave have seen it for sometime. So much of it is being consumed, the nose of some of the moral stunted wear a blossom- APPROACHING MUDDY WATERS Editor of The Public Ledger: The advertisement in the Public Ledger calling for bond election for the Oxford Graded School District is not very clear. Is this election to supplement the amount two years in addition to the $50,000 previous ly voted, making a total of $125,000? And then it does not define the Oxford Graded School District. Have the boundries of this district ever been clearly defined. If so, when, how and by whom I I find many tax payers who wisn to know whether this (Oxford) dis trict is expected to provide educa tional facilities only tor those resid ing within its limits, or must it (the Oxford District) provide facilities for as many from all sections as are willing to avail themselves of the County Free Delivery System? The aforesaid advertisement stat es that the court house shall be the n- 1 t- JJ 1 1ml it polling pia.ee iui saiu eieuiiuii, uul u does not designate the pollholders. And are the pros and cons of this question to be equally and fairly re presented on the election board? As you are one of the champions of this measure, will you please pre sent the facts so that the average vo ter may fully understand them? L- THOMAS. Basket Ball Next Week. Roxboro will meet the local teams here on next Monday night on the armory floor. A return game will be played in Roxboro Wednesday night- Burlington will very likely come to Oxford on Thursday night. This will make three games for the week. Two at home and one away. Games will be called at 7:30 o'clock. Come. HIGH SCHOOL Statement of expenditure and amount on hand of the $50,000 of thirty year bonds issued last September. Sale of bonds $52,306.00 Less expense of election and sale of bonds 417.00 Net proceeds ...$51,889.00 Accrued int., July 1, 1920, Sept. 15, 1920 556.57 Int. First Nat. Bank Sep. 17, 1919, Jan. 1 1921.. 727,69 Int. Nat. Bank Gran. Sep. 17, 1919, Jan. 1, 1921. . 727.67 Total Net Proceeds $54,008.93 Expenditures: Cost high school lot $11,342.83 Cost of plans for high Kchool building 1,415.30 Equipment furn. heating, plumbing etc, h. s. bldg. . 1,600.00 Ealance due on colored school building. 800.00 West Oxford school bldg., lot, equipment 7,243.17 Total Expenditures Balance on hand Not. 12, 1920 Less amt. paid as int.. for 6 mos. made at 5 per cent Total amount now on hand Tn First National Ban?r in National Bank of Granville Harding and Elihu Toot hold a "our hours' conference n inlerna 'onnl affairs. The navy general r ard in its nnual report, urges an .rieri vin na- cond to that of no r 'ipr nation. Simmons leads the r rht the ition rte for adoption of h ""ire the var finan r m i: or r ! tion. LOW TOBACCO PRICES DUE TO SMALL FOREIGN TRADE, j TRADE COMMISSION SAYSl f Feder&i Investigators Report To; quiry Begui Upon Complaint Oi l i.oiigresuien From Big Tobacco i Growing States. ( (vvashington Special) Lqw tobacco prices are due primar ily to three causes, the Federal Trade Commission says in its report to Con .gress giving the result of an investi gation ordered by a resolution adopt ed at the last session. Cause Of Decline. The first cause is attributed to "lessening of foreign purchases due to unfavorable exchange rates and the contraction of domestic credits resulting in unfavorable financial conditions." The second explanation is the "increase of quanity of low grades for domestic absorption due to, crop conditions and failing farm markets," and the third reason is as signed to "purchasing methods by large buyers." The report adds that none of these factors alone can be -assigned as the controlling or predominating cause ui price uecime- Blight Tobacco In Demand. A summary of the investigation shows that "prices paid for the cigar S ian, sun cured, and the Maryland,! export types, during the season 1919-j 1920 on the whole compared favorb- ably w ith the prices for the season j 1918-1919. "Certain sections ooutn Carolina and ueorgia tne it port says, "during the first part ot the season, aim. certain grades oi the cigar types, grown in Ohio, are the important exceptions noted. For some of the types,' average prices were materially higher last year than for the year before- Bright southern is the most important type for which prices continue high." The second season conclusion says that "prices paid growers for the better grades for burley and certain of the dark western types last sea son also compared favorably with prices prevailing during the 1918 1919 season. Recommendations. The commission recommends that "the provision relating to the use of common agencies by the defendant companies in the purchase of left to bacco, which expired by limitation November, 1916, be revived and- made permanent-" ine second recommendation is that "the provision relating to the defendant companies doing business under any other than their own cor porate name or that of a subsidiary corporation controlled by them be made specific so as to include the purchase of leaf tobacco througn agencies not disclosed to the trade." The commission also recommends that a "federal system of grading leaf tobacco be established by the de partment of agriculture. The re port says that "authority to establish such a system apparently has been given that department under sec tion 19 of the U. S. warehouse act- It is believed, the report says in con elusion "that this would tend to stau-; ilize market values under abnormal; conditions such as prevailed during j pai i ui iuat oeaouii- THIS YEAR'S COTTON CROP Census Bureau Estimates North Ca colina Production At 840,000 Bales. Cotton production this year is lar ger than that of any year since 1914 when the country's record crop was grown. The final estimate of the crop, announced by the Department of Agriculture, placed production at 12,987,000 bales, exclusive of linters- Production this year by states in 500 pound bales follows: Virginia 19.000 North Carolina .7 . . 840,000 South Carolina 1,5 3 0,0 c Georgia 1,400,000 Florida 18,000 Alabama 660,000 Mississippi ..885,000 Louisiana 380,000 Texas 4,200,000 Arkansas 1.160,000 Tennessee 310,000 Missouri . . . . 85,000 Oklahoma 1,300,000 California 160,000 Arizona 110,000 All nthr sfatfis 1 5 (MO! All other states .. .. 15.00U ' BUILDING FUND. $54,008.93 $22,401.30 before levy was $24,401.30 $31,607.63 1,375.00 $30,232.63 $13,117.61 16,370.09 Senators are said to be worrying over what President Wilson is going to do about the peace treaty. Congressional leaders are wor ried over the $7,500 000,000 of war debts maturing within the next z 1-2 rears. The senate adopts the resolution directing revival of the war finance corporation. t MOVING PICTURES WILL BE SHOW N IN THE COURT HOUSE TOMORROW NIGHT Six lleel Program Will Be Presented By the Granville County Commu nity Service At 7:15 O'clock No Admission Will Be charged. On Saturday evening, December 18, the Granville County Community Service, with the Board of Education co-cperating, will hold a meeting in the auditorium of the court house for the purpose of acquainting the people of Oxford with this work- Al though the Community Service unit has been operating in. the county for more than six months, few of the town people have had an opportuni ty to get personally acquainted with it. Ine meeting will be modeled after those regularly held in the country communities ' and the same program ot moving pictures will be used. This is a 6-reel program that children and grown-ups enjoy, and it is hoped that no one will miss this opportunity of seeing it without charge. There will be several talks by re presentatives of the community cen ters of the county and by several of the town men who have seen some thing of this Service. PT?MCTnv AfOVIj,v ltt TO BE DISTRIBUTED Clerk 0f Court Has $3,300 From the stato To Be G1 civil War Sur. vivors of xwtv, romUna fnr Hicohiad Sot,n of tho nivu wnr nn thoir dependents has been received by Jud ge D- C. Hunt, clerk of the court, and is ready today for distribution to those who share in the fund- A to tal of $3,300 has been received, this being half of the annual allowance, and other portion bemg given in tue summer, in June, under an arrange ment of the Legislature at a recent sitting. There are 58 ex-Confederate sol diers and 37 Confederate widows in the fourth class who will receive $3b each out of the fund now being dis tributed. Class one includes veterans or their widows who are totally dis abled by disease, old age, or from in juries received during the war. Class two includes those who lost one or more limbs above the joint, while the fourth class provides for those who lost one limb below the joint Judge Hunt thinks a whole lot of the old soldiers- He wants them to call and get the stipend before Christ mas, and the only regret that he has is that some or the oid heroes do not get a larger pension. LETTER FROM THE CAPITOL OF TALLY HO (W- R. MANGUM) The Stem Mercantile Co's store was broken into Tuesday night, the thieves entering through the rear window of the grocery room. A piece of iron belonging to the stove in the v.rn.itinr -rnnm it tbp rlenot was found at the window, the guilty parties climbing upon a nail keg outside and breaking through a large pane of class and knocKinc out the middle frame- Several raincoats shoes and other articles were missing, but there is no way of ascertaining the amount of goods taken, and as yet there is no clue to the guilty parties. This is the third robbery here this year, the other two being the postoffice and the Granville Auto Co. Garage. Rev. T. B- Nobbitt filled his first appointment at Stem church last Sunday morning. The Granville Cir cuit is now composed of the Stem. Cavalry and Robert's Chapel church es, and as there are fewer churches the pastor informed his congrega tion that there will be more preach ing as there will be more time to de vote to the work. There will be at least two services a month at each of these churches in the future, the time of preaching, salary, etc., to be fixed at an early date and adjusted to the new circuit. The details of the sad accident that befell Mr. Luther Humphreys near Moriah on December 9, an ac count of which appeared in the Pub lic Ledger, occurred while he was oiling an engine. His jacket was caught in the crank shaft and he was caugnt in me crauK suan aim uo wa& into the saw miII macninery i .J ? 1 ,1 XT 1 1 ana carried entirely arouiiu ine uai ance wheel and thrown about ten feet and was picked up unconscious. One eye was knocked out, his nose cut off and face badly cut. He died at Brantwood Hospital a "few hours af ter accident. He leaves six children Miss Hazel Overby. the afflict ed daughter of Mr and Mrs. J. R. Ov erby, of Oxford Route 6, had the mis fortune to cut her wrist to the bone against a pane of glass Monday. She was rushed to Dr. Hardee's office here, and several stitches taken in the gash which was found to be a serious nature. - Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Hester, oJ Oxford, and Ut. and Mrs. P. L. Thom masson of Water Line Farm, were guests at a most sumptuous dinner given by Mi, J B. Thommasson of Tally Ho; Sunday, MrJ J. C- Washington, who is en gaged in the varehouse business at Sanford spent the week end with his brother, Mr. C- H. Washington, of Tally Ho. Mr. and Mrs- Dorsey Renn, of Oxford, were the guests of Mrs. Renn's parents. Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Crymes, Sunday night- -Carrie, the little daughter of Mr and Mrs. L. F- Cotton of Oxford Route 6, is quite ill. ' Mr. W- L- Wilkins of Route 3, is seriously ill. MR. R. L- DIXON KILLS FINE WILD TURKEY While hauling wood last week, Mr. R. L- Dbtbn; Route 1, saw a fine wild turkey gGMer "po to rost" in a tree down in the lo grounds. He fired, and the hig. 19-pound gobler fell at his feet. Mr. Dixon; killed three of his fine I shnats the day before, weighing 1100 j pounds, and now he is well supplied I with fresh meat. NO. 99 TEN BOND ISSUE y QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 1. Will I have to register for this election? Answer Yes, because the law calls for a new registration. 2. Where and when can I register? Answer Mr. Willie Le Currin has the books at the Delco Light plant at the head of Main Street. On each Saturday he will have them at the Court Hou&e. You can register from the 17th day of this month until the close of the 8th day of Jan., 1921. i 3- What will happen if r fail to vote after registration? Answer Your vote will count against the is sue just as much as if you actually voted against it- ,4. If all pupils were excluded from the schools who are from outside of the Oxford District would there be any more class rooms for use? An- swer No, because the number of teachers cannot be reduced and give proper instruction to the pupils of the District. 5- Is provision being made by the County to bear its part of the ex pense of teaching those who do couio into the school? Answer Yes. An appropraition is made on the basis of the number of pupils. 6- Will the New Building do away with the present DOUBLE SESSION plan? Answer Yes. The new build ing will provide at least thirteen more rooms which will be sufficient for the overflow and for growth for a short time. Where can I find the facts re- garding the use of the last issue of $50,000-06? Answer This state ment can be found in this issue of the Public Ledger. 8. Can I afford to vote or work a gainst this step in the development of the Oxford school system? Answer No, for the future of the town is dependent upon good schools- 9. Is education an expense? Ans wer No, it is an investment that pays big dividends. 10. Will the failure of this issue mean the use of the old building a gain? Answer Yes. MOREHEAD MAY GET A CABINET POSITION Mr. Grissom Says He Stands High With the Big Men Of the Party Frank Linn-ey Will Distribute Pat ronage. It is interesting to note who will preside at the pie counter in North Carolina and dish out the federal of tices according. Mr. Gilliam Gris som, a divine messenger of the Re publican party told the Greensboro News that John M. Morehead's chances for a bench in Senator Hoard ings Cabinet when the latter becomes president is very bright. Mr. Gris som said that he based his optimism on information gleaned from high lights in the republican party, men of the north who, he, thinks, ought to know what they are talking a-bout- Mr. Morehead's name, it seems from this information, haa been frequently mentioned by such leaders as Will H- Hays and Sena tor Lodge of Massachusetts. Politicians down at Raleigh say the appointment of Frank Liniixjy, state chairman of the republican ex ecutive committee, as United States district attorney for the west is 'a foregone conclusion. His appoint ment, it is said, will go through bear ing almost unanimous endorsement of conflicting elements within the re publican party in the state, and tho Morehead forces can be depended up on. Mr. Linney is expected to ask for the transfer of the district attor ney's office from Asheboro to Wil kesboro and this also will be done. Any candidate for office who has the backing of Morehead, Linney and Will Hays will get the job. One of our local ambitious Republican friends has the backing of all three of the above name gentlemen with Mr. Meckins thrown in. THE MEBANE TOBACCO MARKET LEADS THE STATU The Alamance-Caswell Area Produc ed the Best Quality Of Tobacco. (Cooperative Crop Rep. Service) Raleigh, N. C, Dec. 16. Instead of the farmers being "Up in the Air" they are "Down in the Dumps." The average price of the ninety million pounds of November tobacco sales was Li-7 cents per pound as compar ed with 67.9 cents a year ago. There was quite a slump during the close of the month. Of the 212 warehouses in the state only 171 were operated last month and several of these hare closed within, thirty days. A decid ed slump in prices occurred before. December. Mebane paid the best prices ($36-49) with Roxboro second at $34-61 and Apex third at $31.78 per hundred pounds. The Alamance Caswell area produced decidedly th best quality in the State. FRANK PARKER. LOCAL TALENT WRITE AND STAGE THEIR PRODUCTIONS Messrs. T. B. Rose, Jr., and Herbert tiountree, Authors and Stars. The Junior Baraca Class of the Ox ford M. E. Church presented at the Orpheum Theatre last night th& three-act comedy, "When Money Talks," written by Herbert Rountree, Jr. The on-act play, "The Unsigned Confession," written by Mr. T. B. Rose, Jr., was also presented. Both productions were well-staged and enjoyed by a packed house. LIGHT TOBACCO SALES ON THE OXFORD MARKET TODAT Today Is the Last Salesday Of tho Present Tear. There are fewer pounds of tobacco on the Oxford market today than on any Friday during the season. The buyers will get thrown by the middl of the afternoori and close for tho holidays. The market will reaunvet sales on Tuesday, January 4. Miss Sue Bryant, llrj B. IT. Crenshaw, Ifiss Lda Ronton and Annie Lou Williams spent Tuesday In Durham. V '!' i J;-'. J
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