VOL. XXXVI
BE CAREFUL HOW YOU "FLAG"
AUTOS ON THE PUBLIC
HIGHWAYS AT NIGHT
A year Fatality Oa the Oxford-Wilton
Road a Few Nights Ago.
While returning from Raleigh one
night recently, two well known
young men of Oxford saw some one
standing at the side of the road near
Corinth Church signaling them with
a lantern to stop. What appeared tr
thera to be still more suspicious was
an abandoned car in the road a short
distance ahead of them.
Both the young men had read
much in the papers about hold-ups
on the public highway at night, and
'hey armed themselves with auto
matic pistols before leaving heme,
and when they rounded the bend of
the road at Corinth and saw the
signal for them to stop, both young
men grabbed their guns and were
ready for any eventuallity.
"Give her the gas and shoot past
as quick as you can" urgd one cf the
young men, but when they drew near
what they had supposed to be the
dead-line, they saw the pleasant face
of Mr. C. It- Goidon, one of the best
men in the county, waving his lan
tern for them to stop.
"When we saw that it was Mr: Gor
don," said one of the young men,
"our fright instantly turned to jo
and we hastened to inquire what we
could do for him."
"The car in the road ahead of you
ii disabled," said Mr. Gordon, "and
Mr. Long, owner of the car, wants to
go to Oxford."
"Jump in, Mr- Long, we are glad
to take you," said the young men in
are so many highway rob
bers operating throughout the coun
try, an innocent man takes his life
in his hands when he flags an auto
in a lonely country road at night. Of
course, there are times when it be
comes necessary to wave a car down
at night, the same as Mr. Gordon
did, but you had better not get too
close to the rad when you do it
And it would be well for those who
are signaled to stop, to think twice
before they shoot It is a fine thing
to kill a highwayman, but think of
the remorse it would cause if you
should shoot an innocent man.
THE MANAGEMENT OF ROAD
WORK IN GRANVILLE COUNTY
Permanent Saving Through Having
the Woik Done Right.
The Gastonia Gazette spoke the
truth when it said that "in the ex
tensive campaign of road building
lvoyned out for the county of Gas
Xon, there is need for a directing head
cf the county aaministration to be
on the job, but it might as well
have been writing for Granvin.
What it has tosay further fits the
situation here exactly.
The management of road building,
as The Gazette says, "requires more
time and attention from the county
commissioners than has been given
to it. There are also many other
reasons why the chairman of the
board of county commissioners
should devote more time to the af
fairs of the county, and be paid a
snlary commeiisurate with the job.
The business of a county is too big,
(oo complex and varied to be handled
at a hurried meeting once a month."
There is business in Granville to
keep the chairman of the board of
commissioners wholly engaged in
looking after county affairs, and at
the same time for a road commission
pstablishing efficiency in road con
struction and maintenance and keep
ing down waste of county money.
The county must pay to have road
work done right, but the salary of a
competent manager is a mighty
small thing when placed against the
permanent savings through having
the work done nght. If ever there
was a county that has had reason to
acknowledge the force of that truth
it is Granville.
THREE STATES VOTE TO
ELIMINATE TOBACCO
Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio Delegat
es Vote To Cut Out 1921 Crop.
No burley tobacco will be grown in
Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio during
1921 and tobaccosales floors will re
main closed for an indefinite period,
if resolutions passed at a meeting of
representatives of farmers from all
parts of the district are carried out.
A credited representatives from
tobacco district of Kentucky, togeth
er 35 out of 58 counties in the bur
ley tobacco raising sections, voted al
most unanimously in favor of not
planting tobaccc this year.
MR. PARHAM HEADS
COMMITTEE ON RULES
Granville County's Representative
Placed the Speaker In Nomination.
After Mr. Harry P. Grier, of Ire
dell, was the choice of the caucus foi
speaker of the House, Mr. B. W
Parham, representative for Granville
was requested to place Mr. Grier in
nomination. Those who heard Mr.
Parham's nominating speech declare
that it was a splendid effort
The only committee so far an
nounced in the House, is that on Rul
es, of which Mr. Parham is the Chair
man. Mr. Parham spent the week end
at his home in Oxford, and -hil
here characterized the present gener
al assembly as being conservative
along all lines.
PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY TOWN AND COUNTY OFFER BRILLIANT OPPORTUNITIES AZL MPMNT.
Uii
1ANVDLLE COUNTY HAS . i
THE CONGRESSIONAL TIMBER !
Opportunity at Hand to Pay Belated
But Deserved Tribute to One of
North Carolina's Ablest Men.
This morning's information froiii
Washington leads to the expecta
tion that North Carolina is to be giv
en two extra congressmen, and if
these additional representatives are
to be elected by the state at large, we
want to make suggestion that Gen.
B. S. Royster, Judge W. A. Devin and
Mr. D. G. Brummitt are splendid co
gressional material. Either one of
them if elected, would have, much
prestige in Congress.
Gen Royster.
We could scarcely say anything of
G-en. Royster wrnich is not of common
knowledge by the people of the state;
we could pay no tribute to his worth
as a citizen that would not be of
full endorsement by his fellow
men. Gen. Roycler has done as much
for the state and with less reward
than any other man the state has pro
duced. To his benevolence there has
been no end. His money is in all the
colleges and scnools and orphanages
without discrimination. He has been
a tower of strength to the democrat
ic party, national, state and county,
and at no time could he ever be point
ed to as a slacker.
Judge Devin.
Then we have Judge Devin, who
if elected, won la be a tower of
strength to Congress- If he was e
lected congressmen-at-large he would
have equal power with our two sena
tors, and having full knowledge of
existing conditions in all parts of the
state, few men are better qualified
to serve.
Mr. Brummitt.
Tl CI T? r-T nri i - in in lio flif o )
of North Carolinians which are grow-
ing larger and broader year by year.j
He is a fluent speaker and has a clearj
vision ot the tuture ana all mat it
has in store. Six years in congress
would make Mr. Brummitt one of the
biggest and most beloved men in
North Carolina-
ASSESSMENT PLEAS TO COME
UP IN THE NEAR FUTURE
Commissioners Powerless To Give
Relief Except In Discriminations.
Appeals of numerous land-owners
in Oxford and" the county for relief
form what they charge as unfair val
uations of their property will be
heard by the Board of County Com
missioners some time in the future,
on a date that will be set later, ac
cording to one who is in a position to
know what he iz talking about.
The Board did not set a date a,
their last meeting. It is said, how
ever, that persons who wish to make
a complaint as to their property val
uations should file their request wltn
the board at least thirty days in ad
vance of the date for the hearing, so
that data may be gotten in hand on
the subject by the commissioners.
The only ground for relief, it is
understood, is where there is "dis
crimination as between adjacent
property under like conditions and
circumstances.
EDUCATIONAL MOVEMENT
Dr. North Announces Schedule Of
Meeting.
Rev. H. M. North, of Raleigh, N. C,
educational secretary for the North
Carolina conference of the Metho
dist Episcqpal Church, South, has
announced the date and place of
meetings to be held in each of the
districts of the conference, where the
ministers, leading educators and re
presentative laymen will discuss
plans for inaugurating the Christian
Education mirieient in all the
Methodist churches of various dis
tricts. The schedule of meetings as an
nounced by Dr. North, is: at Dur
ham, January 11; Raleigh, January
12; Weldon, January 13; Washing
ton, January 14; Rocky Mount, Jan
uary 18; Elizabeth City, January 19;
Kinston, January 20; Warsaw, Jan
uary 21; Wilmington, January 24;
Lumberton, January 25; Hamlet,
January 26; Fayetteville, January
27; and Sanford, January 28.
COMMUNITY MEETINGS
Schedule For the Next Two Weeks-
Creedmoor, Tuesday, January 11.
Wilbourn, Wednesday. January 12.
Stovall, Thursday, January 13.
Stem, Friday, January 14.
. Wilton, Monday, January 17.
Providence, Tuesday, January 18-
Cornwall, Wednesday, January 19.
Knap of Reeds. Thursday, January
20-
Corinth, Friday, January 21.
CARD OF THANKS FROM
DR- G. C -SHAW
Principal Of the Mary Potter Memo
rial School.
Editor Public Ledger:
Please allow me space in your pa
per to thank our many friends, white
and colored, who have so touchlngly
in word and action expressed their
sympathy for us in our loss caused by
fire. Especially do we wish to thank
the Fire Company who so promptly
responded after getting the notice,
and fought the fire so heroically and
skillfully that they miraculously sav
ed the two adjoining buildings.
Respectfully,
G. C- SHAW.
OXFORD. N. C. TUESDAY, JANUARY U, 1921
NOW IS THE TIME TO
PUT JAZZ, PEP, GINGER
INTO YOUR EFFORTS
The Big Party Is Over Go To It
(Charlotte Observer)
And it was some party while
it lasted! Deflation is with us,
and also with t,lhe balance of
the world. This will lead to
sanity and health. We all
knew this adjustment had to
come some time, so we feel blue
and discouraged? We have
been through the same thing
befiore, and we will live through
the adjustment period also.
BANKS
We have a banking system
which is holding up in fine
shape, and we will have no
money panic. Consider what
would have happened in the last
few montlis without the Federal
Reserve System-
GOLD
We have about half the
known supply of gold in our
bank vaults- Compare this with
the situation before the war
and the present situation of the
European countries.
CREDIT
Every Nation on the earth
owes us money! Think of the
billions of dollars in stocks and
bonds held abroad before the
war, on which we were obliged
to pay dividends and interest.
These stocks and bonds are now
in America's strong boxes.
EXPORTS
Our .exports exceed our im
ports by a wide margin, and w ill
do so for a long period. Wo
have the coal which every coun
try must bu from us. England
has not the tonnage to keep up
her pre-war exports Our only
limit is the mechanical means
of dumping the cars into ocean
ships. And we have the ships.
A few of thfcm may leak, per
haps, but we have he yards in
which to build others and repair
the ones wo own- As our flag
flies in many ports where it has
not been seen for years. We
have the wheat, the cotton, the
copper, the raw materials ,and ;
the world must buy oi! us or do -
without.
SALESMANSHIP
Salesmanship, real salesman
ship, has come into fasliion a
gain. The day of the "order
taker" is over, so get your feet
out of the oftice; stop talking
hard times; hot-footed it up the
streets and down the alleys and
byways, hustling for business,
and you will find many con
cerns using your line of materi
al, of whoso very existnce you
.have been unaware. Keep your
tail of die ground or it will be
MISS WORTHAM THE BRIDE OF
MR. ROGER ROLT-WHEELER
The Happy Couple Will Live In Lon
don and Trinidal American Home
At Bee Tree, N. C
Mrs. Henry T. Wortham, Route 3,
Oxford, announces the marriage of
her daughter, Mary Henrice Caro
line, to Mr. Roger Rolt-Wheeler in
New York City December 28th. The
ceremony was performed by the Rev.
Selden P. Delaney in the church of
St. Mary the Virgin.
The tVIde spent the most of her
life in Gfanville county. She is very
pretty, graceful and highly educat
ed. Roger Rolt-Wheeler is a lieu
tenant commander of the Royal Na
val Reserves, Royal Fleet Reserves
section, being the youngest ever to
hold the rank. For services render
ed in the world war he was decorat
ed with the order of St. Michael and
St George. Naval Cross, Distinguish
ed Service Order. Previous to the
war he held the Order of Leopold II
from Belgium. He is Viscount of
Severn.
Mr. Rolt-Wheeler makes his A
merican home in Bee Tree, Bun
combe county, North Carolina. Be
sides being a writer of some note, he
is president of the Bookman Co-,
Inc., New York, and treasurer of the
Cropton Motor Co., Inc., also of New
York; director of T. Geddes Grant,
Ltd., Trinidad, British West Indies,
and director of the Glen Line Co., of
London, England.
Mr. and Mrs. Rolt-Wheeler intend
to spend the remainder of the win
ter in New York before going abroad
for a short visit.
Mr. Rolt-Wheeler spent Saturday in
Oxford and was introduced to a num
ber of our leading citizens. He is a
handsome young man, full of snap
and energy. - '
THE BANNER MONTH
FOR MOONSHINE STILLS
There were more moonshine stills
captured in Granville county during
December last than during any
month in the history of the county
Sheriff Hunt broke the record dur
ing the first month of Ms adminis
tration, December 1918, when he
captured 16 stills- During last De
cember he captured eighteen.
-Tour battery should hare water
about every two weeks Stop at Wil
lard Service Station.
. -
kihiiim" nil hv i - . ..
salesman on the way to secure
an oroer from one of your own
customers.
- BUILDING
Every village and city in our
land i3 seven years behind in
ther building program. They
require everything from chick
en coops to office buildings, and
these wants must be supplied.
. AUTOMOBILES
The automobile and tire busi
ness is weak in the knees at
present. But ,wju recoy,.
Autos are still in daily use, and
-the. middle. of any city street is
as unsafe a gossiping place as it
was six months ago. We will
.continue to drive cars of high
and low degree, and remember,
that every time the wheels re
volve the automobile and its
tires are that much nearer the
juk heap.
X ROADS
Road-building projects on a
large scale are being planned all
oyer the country, and will be
put through
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
:- If our foreign friends refuse
to buy our goods or cannot do so
because of the exchange situa
tion, remember, we are years be
hind in everything in our own
country, and wre could live on
our own fat for five years and
put our house in order, and get
acquainted with each other a
gahi and be all the better for it.
X PRICES
- Prices are being adjusted in
every direction, and many of.
them are already dragging bot
tom When you hit bottom
, you always come up; perhaps a
little disfigured, but anyway,
, you come up-
f: RAILROADS
Our railroads have been giv
en living rates. They need ev
erything from tracks to locomo
tives, and we own tjhe factories
which can supply them.
XX GO TO IT!
We have the money, the cred
it, the factories, the labor, the
njateiials, the brains,-the initia
ve. and w are naturally opti
"" tiUstic. Pessimisiii is ""a""" dfsiase
and follows poor circulation.
Exercise is the best cure for it.
Go out after the orders. Put
jazz,' pep, ginger into youi el
forts. Burn the crepe and jump
on the crepe hangers with both
feet. Wear out the shoe lea
ther. You will probably, get
some business, and anyway it
will help the shoe business.
Forget the last five years a"d
keen your eye on the next five,
and DOG FOR BUSINESS. IF
YOU DON'T. SOMEONE ELSE
WDLL GET IX.
JUDGE A W- GRAHAM, PRESDDENT
COTTON AND GRAIN EXCHANGE,
ENDORSES SCHOOL BONDS
In a letter to Prof. C- G- Credle,
superintendent of the Oxford Graded
schools, Judge A. W- Graham, pre
sident of the American Cotton and
Grain Exchange, New York City,
says:
Judge Grahams Letter.
Reference is made to your letter of
January 6. containing a ballot in fa
vor of bonds fci graded schools, to
be determined at the election on
January 18.
I am enclosing to Mr. Willie Lee
Currin, the Registrar, said ballott,1
with the request that he deposit it
for me.
I know that there is very great de
pression in ail financial matters,
which is not confined to our section,
but it is unwise policy to neglect the
youth of our County and State. The
improvements m school facilities de
sired, must be granted at some time,
and why should we deprive the pre
sent generation of children of facili
ties which their successors will surely
have? My fathei introduced, in 183?
or 1838 the first bill that was ever
passed, providing for public schools
in North Carolina, and I introduced
and had passed the graded school bill
for Oxford. I have never failed to
vote for anything that provided bet
ter educational facilities for all our !
people, and I hae not the heart to re
verse my position at this time-
I very much regret I could not at
tend the banquet of the Oxford
Branch of the University Alumni As
sociation on last Tuesday night. It
would' have afforded me very great
pleasure, but I am proud to know
that there was no dissenting voice a
mong the Univeisity Alumni of Gran
ville County as to the propriety of
helping all the children to get an edu
cation. With best wishes for your personal
and professional success, I remain,
Respectfully,
A- W- GRAHAM.
MUCH GIVING IN
MARRIAGE IN GRANVILLE
Mr. Charles G- Powell, register of
deed, issued fifty-two marriage lic
enes during the month of December.
Of this number there were more
whites than colored.
During the month of December
four years ago fifty-six licenses were
issued.
NO REDUCTION IN RETAIL
TOBACCO PRICES FOR TWO
YEARS OFFICIALS DECLARE
Tobacco Company Officials State Two
Year Curing Process Will Prevent
Cheap Buying Of Tobacco This
Year Reaching Consumer For Two
Years.
New York, Jan. 10. There will
be no decrease in the retail price of
smoking tobacco for two vears. de-
! spite the big drop in the price paid
me planter tor his crop, in the opin
ion of officials of the American To
bacco Company and the United Cigar
Stores here today.
Retail Prices the Same.
With tobacco producing centers of
America in panic over conditions that
have more than cut in half the' prices
paid producers, a vice-president of
the American Tobacco Company stat
ed this would not bring down retail
prices now because these reductions
would not affect the finished product
for two years.
Long Curing Period.
Tobacco purchased from planters
now will not reach the consumers for
two years because it takes that long
to cure it
The foreign exchange situation has
cut down exports, temporarily glut
ting the market here, it was stated.
The grower probably will get higher
prices for his ?caf when this is remedied-
As for cigars, manufacturers said
a high duty which may become high
er if the emergency tariff bill passes,
stands in the way of a reduction
The tobacco used in cigars comes
mostly from Cuba
The domestic to-
bacco which is affected by the big
price drop in the south is used for
cigarettes, pipe.; and plugs.
THE FATHER OF MANY
YOUNGSTERS BECOME FAMOUS
Ohio Man Says Bland Ought To Have
Medal; Wife Thinks He Ought to
Be Hanged.
Since the Associated Press gave
nationwide publicity to the fact that
Reuben Bland, of Robersonville,
Beaufort county, was the proud fath
er of 34 children, Mr. and Mrs. Bland
have been deluged with letters from
persons all over the United States
and Canada, says the News and Ob
server. The letters are from both women
and men, one writer admitting she
was a spinster. Excerpts from a few
of the letters follow:
A man in Ohio writes:
"I read the story about your large
family aloud to my wife. "There's a
man who ought to be given a medal."
I told her. "There's a man who
ought to be hanged," she retorted.
A writer in Oregon sent this:
"Reuben, Reuben, I am thinking,
You are quite a nifty mail,
To your health I am drinking,
You have done what few men can."
From Navarre, Ohio, Mr. Bland re
ceived this:
"I'm the father of eight children
and I have an awful time keeping
them in food and clothing. I've wor
ried a lot. but since reading about
your big family, I realize that I'm a
lucky guy."
A spinster in Tennessee wrote Mrs.
Bland:
"What a pity that more women
could not know the joys of having
such a grand family. I envy you!"
POPULAR VOTE FOR PRESDDENT
SHOWS LARGE INCREASES
Harding Runs Seven Million Ahead
Of Cox, Official Tabulations Show.
New York, Jan. 9. Interesting
comparisons of the popular vote for
President in 1920 and 1916 are made
possible by official figures of various
State election canvassing boards,
compiled by The Associated Press
and made public here today. They
show a total popular vote of 26,759,
708 for the candidates of five parties
in 19196- The returns from Tennes
see alone are unofficial.
Harding's plurality over Cox was 7,
001,763. Four years ago President
Wilson's plurality over Charles Evans
Hughes was 59,135.
The 1920 vote for Eugene V. Debs,
socialist candidate, was 914,869 while
in 1916 Benson rolled up a vote of
897,011.
Dr. Aaron Watkins, nominee of the
Prohibitionists, polled a total vote of
187,470, a decrease of 33,036 from
the party vote of 1916.
Out of a total of more than half a
million votes cast in North Carolina
the "dry" candidate received 17
Georgia gave him 8- Greater New
York, including New York, Bronx,
Kings, Queens and Richmond coun
ties, with a total vote of 1,276,768,
polled 1,660 "dry" ballots.
The total vote polled by Parley
Christensen, Farmer-Labor nominee
was 252,435- .
A Salesman's Mistake.
"Such a darling ' blouse! , How
much is this one?" said the lady shop
per. JS; . '
"Fifty dollars ana so sweet tor
the price!"
"It's a dear just exactly what I
want, the color and everything- I be
lieve I will take it though $50 "
"Pardon me, madam, I have made a
mistake this is marked only $15 in
stead of $50." ; - : ; V
"Oh I see! Well show me some
thing a little better."
IIS NORTH CAROLINA FINAN
CIALLY ABLE TO MEET
THE EDUCATIONAL NEED?
North Carolina was fourth in the
Union last year in value of crops pro
duced the amount totalling about
$700,000,000-
North Carolina was fourth from
literacy among the states of the Uai
on. North Carolina paid into the Fed
eral treasury last year ever $160, -006,000,
much more thaa any South
ern State. - ?
North Carolina now has 150,600 -automobiles,
which cost as to up
keep $50,000,000 annually.
North Carolina has a population
now of 2,556,486- The city of De
troit has a few less than 1,000,060.
Detroit is now spending $31,000,
000 annually on its public schools.
In fifty years North Carolina has
spent $22,250,000 on its schools of
all types.
North Carolina spent last year
$45,000,000 on tobaccos and snuff.
The North Carolina sweet potato
crop in one year could buy the col
lege plants antf equipments of the
state.
Is North Carolina financially able
to meet the educational needs of the
youth of the state?
THERE SHOULD BE NO
GLOOM IN THIS COUNTRY
Consider the Earnings Of Americans
and Then Their Buying Power.
Facts are much more telling than
conversation, and facts show that the
buying power of the American people
the plain, ordinary people is
j greater than ever before.
Consider tne neiatea iigures cover
ing the income tax for 1918 just
made public by the Internal Revenue
Department. Almost a million and a
half people winch means a million
and a half families in this case re
ported incomes of between $2,000
and $3,000 a year. This is a gain of
76 per cent in the number who earn
$40to$55a week. They paid an av
erage tax cf $23.66- No country on
earth can make uch a showing.
If the tax covered incomes lower
than those quoted the number of per
sons having an income of $25 to $40
a week would stun imagination.
Prosperity? The people have it
They are just a little cautious for the
time being, that is all- Cheer them
up!
A UNIQUE HOTEL PAPER
Personal Mention Ls Made Of Their
Oxford Guests.
Hotel Pennsylvania, New York
City, publishes an interesting four
page daily paper, the contents being
devoted to the activities of the hotel,
and especially interesting are the per
sonal items, written by Miss Grace
Crawley Oakley, the very pretty edi
tor, and she never fails to mark and
send a copy of the paper to the home
paper of their guests. The issue of
December 28 th contains the follow
ing unique announcement:
"Here for a few day3 is Mr. W- T.
Yancey, who is Cashier of The Nation
al Bank of Granville, at Oxford,
North Carolina, Mrs. Yancey accom
panies him."
OXFORD-HENDERSONHIGHWAY
Force Of Men At AVork On the Fill
at Cheatham Mill.
Chandler & Watkins, contractors,
secured a force of hands and put
them to work last week soiling the
three hundred yards embankments
at Cheatham Mill. They made fine
headway for two or three days and
if the weather had been fair a few
days longer the job would have been
completed this week.
The road is now too wet to soil, but
it is understood that the contractors
will be on the job as soon as the wea
ther permits.
SHOOTING CASE POSTPONED
Tom Kearsey Not Able To Be At
Hearing.
The case of Ewell Bragg, charged
with assault on Tom Kersey a few
nights ago in Tally Ho came before
Justice J. J. Medford Saturday. After
Dr. Hardee explained to the court
that Kersey's wounds were such as
not to permit him to be present, Jus
tice Medford postponed the trial un
til January 29. .at 2 o'clock in the
afternoon.
Fire In Henderson.
(Henderson Daily Disipatch)
Fire of undertermined origin,
early Monday morning gutted the
business block at the corner, of Gar
net and Montgomery streets occu
pieid by the Henderson Furniture
Company, and Padrick's Auto Sup
ply Store and the Henderson Pro
duce Company in the rear. Besides
these, the second stories in both,
buildins were burned out. The loss
is believed to be covered by insur
ance in most inistances. The fire
men were called to this location,
while out at another fire in the west
ern part of the city, which . badly
damaged the resididence of Roy
Dickerson and ruined much of his
Jfurnitiure, the loss being partly covV
ered by insurance.
Woman's Club to Meet
The Oxford Woman's Club will
hold a meeting at 3 o'clock Wednes
day afternoon. All who wish to
attend the picture show may do so
The treasurer will be present at tko
meeting to receive dues.