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1 ' - -. :- x .' v-. " ' ' ' ' ,,. . . ' , " -.- " . - . . 1 - - - . ' . Xkli jJKnJ IT UiiDJLiJlvb luiililijlljrliiM - . I,- i -' ' .-"':- - 7' . " ' . - . '-i ' ' ' ' 1 " ' ' ' ' - ' - ' 1 -' ' ' - PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY TOWN AND COUNTY OFFER B htLlJA' . v ,' ' VOL. XXXVI CONTRACT TO BE- LET vSOOJS FOR THE . j HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING The Uuitding Will Be Ready For the Fall S3Sion. j The campaign in Oxford school dis- rrict for a modern high school build-1 ing and all that it signifies, is all ov-' or but the shouting and the annual tax for a few years to come. There will be shouting and rejoicing when the corner stone is laid at an early date, but there will be no regrets on ihe part of the tax payers when they see the majestic building on the crest of the hill on Williamsboro street 400 yards east of the court house The Vote. Out of the total registration of 636, the unofficial returns in the bond election Tuesday shows that 498 votes were cast; 30 voted against bonds, and the 138 who registered and did not vote were automatically counted against the measure, leaving a total of 330 in favor of bonds out of a total registration of 636- It was a foregone conclusion at the noon hour that the bond election had been carried. The news spread rap idly, and many of those who register ed and intended to vote for bonas, did not see the necessity of going to the polls after they learned that a majority had expressed themselves in favor of bonds. Thus it will be seen that at least 100 voters who did not go to the polls were in favor of bonds. Contract To Be Let The Public Ledger learns that the school board will let the contract for the building as soon as the speci fitation have been duly advertised. They have $31,000 in' hand, and it is no doubt the intention of the board to begin operations as soon as the contract has been let. It is the op inion of well informed business men that there will be no delay in nego tiating the bonds. CORPORATION COMMISSION FLXES UNIFORM GAS RATE Equipment For Testing Meters, De termining Heat Value Of Gas, Uni form Pressure Must Be Maintained By Companies; Removes Causes For Frequent Complaints. Uniform regulations and standards governing the manufacture and dis tribution of gas in North Carolina were issued by the State Corporation Commission yesterday. Every com pany engaged in the manufacture and sale of gas for any purpose within the State is included in the scope of tht regulations, and the enforcement will rest in the hands of the commission. ... Much of the information back of the. order comes from the frequent hearings of petitions for increased gas rates heard during th1 T,-1"A fo months. The rules are effective as of January 1, 1921. Records of tests are to be Kept on file, and available for the inspection of any consumer or at the call of the commission. The quality of gas and the methods of testing are to follow ' Standard Methods of Gas Testing." issued in bulletin form by the Nation al Bureau of Standards- During each period of 12 months after these rule? take effect, until all meters now in seivice shall have been tested, each utility phMi vp proximately 20 per cent ol the meters in service, thos. longest in seivice uk. ing rmoved first Meters so removed may not be returned to service until they have been tested and made to comply with tho standards outlined in the order. The company may, at its own dis cretion, require consumers to deposit money to the amount of not more than the estimated WU for three months to guarantee prompt payment of bills. The depositor will be paid interest at 6 per cent on such money deposited. LOOKING BACKWARD Items Of News Ten and Twenty Years Ago. The Charlotte Observer prints a number of items that were news ten and twenty years ago. Ten years ao vesterdav the Observer said: "Col. and Mrs- T. L, KirkpatrickJ will entertain tonight m honor oi Judge H. Crawford Biggs of Ral eigh, who is presiding at the civil term of court now in session in this county." Speaking of Mrs. Kerr Taylor, of Oxford and her mother, the Observer twenty years ago yesterday said : "Mrs-' Frank Shamburger and daughter, Miss Myrtle Shamburger, of Rockingham, and Miss Kate Campbell, of Petersburg, Va., are visiting Mrs- John T. Vann." FOOD PRICES DECLINE EIGHT PER CENT IN MONTH Washington, Jan. -20. An average of decrease of 8 per cent in retail prices of 22 food articles in Decem ber as compared with. November was noted today in statistics compiled by the labor department. Compared to December, 1919, the decrease was 10 per cent. - v The products and decreases were: Oranges, 27 per cent; pork chops, 25 per cent; sugar, 18 per cent; ham, 13 per cent; bacon and lard, 11 per cent, round steak, flour and bananas, 10 per cent Raisins increased 3& per cent; rolled oats, 18 per cent, and storage eggs, cream of wheat, and macaroni, 9 per cent , Tour batter) should have water about every two weeks. Stop at tfil lard Service Station. WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT WELFARE WORK? Much Of the Work Is Necessarily Private and If Published Would Defeat Its Object. Very few people in Granrille coun ty are familiar .with welfare work. Should we publish all of the cases that have, been settled in private you would be utterly dumfounded. A kind word from Mr. J. E. Jackson, superintendent of public welfare, has done more to start children, on the "straight and nar.row path" than you realize; These erring children are found in all stratas ot society. Speaking of welfare work in Iredell county, the Statesville Landmark says: "Bills have been introduced in the Legislature to abolish the office of State Commissioner of Public Wel fare and other bills have been offer ed to abolish the office of superin tendent of public welfare in certain counties, the idea being that if the effort to abolish the State commis sioner and the whole scheme of pub lic weltare work fails, then counties that wish exemption may obtain it. The scheme of State welfare work, with a superintendent inach county, was enacted by the NLegislature two years ago. It was a distinctly for ward step and the work is capable of great development for human bet terment. But it is a work that must be understood to be appreciated and it is easy to see that lack of know ledge of its scope and purpose and lack of conception of its worth would breed opposition to it- It is conceiv able also that in many of the counties lack of conception of the work has resulted in the selection of a superin tendent utterly unfit for the service and the expenditure does not bring results. In. many of. our v counties every job is placed from the polit ical viewpoint, fitness being a mmor consideration if it is considered at all. A superintendent of public wel fare who lacks insight of the purpose of the work, who lacks vision of the great opportunities for service to hu manity an'd the public generally, whose heart isn't in the work aL. who hasn't the courage and the visi on to perform the service, is not on ly a misfit, but 4s worse than useless. We have no doubt there are many counties in the State where the mon ey spent for this work is pure waste. But.it is unwise to discontinue a work so, much needed for that rea son. The thing to do is to keep try ing until some one is found fit for the work. If they can't, be found in the country send elsewhere for them. Neither politics nor residence should count. And it would hejp very much if a campaign of education is con ducted to show the scope and pur pose of this welfare work and what welfare workers who know and- un derstand, such as we have in Iredell are doing for the good of humanity." KU KLUX KLAN AT DURHAM ISSUES WARNING Eating Place Operated By Greek v Asked To Improve Its Social Con ditions. (Durham Special) Ku Klux Klan was lifted in its first warning here last Monday when no tice was sent to a local cafe, operat ed by Greeks for colored, advising them to "take heed to this warning and beware " The letter of warning sent the cafe, located on Mangum street opposite the office of the Durham Sun, cop of which was supplied the press through the mail follows: - "There are forces good and evil in Dufha: you are a force for evil. "Be advised that Anglo-Saxons founded this country, wrote the De claration of v Independence and Con stitution of the United States, and then invited people of all nations to come in and enjoy life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, howevw these founders expected that all peo ple would become Americans and re spect our constitution, laws and customs- "It is not our custom to mix up with the negroes on social equality. You are fraternizing, with the negro es and following a ; low element of whites to meet nigger women in your place and they are known to go out in automobiles together. The best white and black people in Durham resent this and it must stop. "We are a friend to the good ne groes as well as whites, but the boot leggers and the lawless element of both had better watch their step. v "You and your friends, therefore, take, heed to this warning and ' be ware! "Yours for law, order and decency in Durham and the nation. - "KU KLUXV MRS- W. II- OSBORN ELECTED PRESIDENT OF KEELY INSTITUTE At a meeting of the directors of Keeley Institute held in Durham this week, Mrs- W. H. Osborn was-elected president. It was the wish of Col. Osborn that Mrs. Osborn succeed him as president. Tbe business will continue under the direct management of Mr. N. O Smoak and with Dr. B. L- Stamey in charge of the Medical Department Mr. C. D- Cunningham, who has been Secretary and Treasurer, and a Dir ector for twenty years will still give the business his personal attention. ' 1 : : : . .. . . : 1 OXFORD, N. C. FRIDAY, JANUARY 21. 1921 OXFORD MARKET WELL HANDLE ONE MILLION POUNDS OF TOBACCO THIS WEEK The Prices Are Better Thau They Were Last Week and the Farmers Are More Cheerf ul. The five Oxford warehouses haye been packed to the doors every day this week, and the prices for good tobacco are higher now than at any time during the- season. : Farmers who were almost crushed out of existance by low prices before Christmas rejoice in the slight ad vance that now prevails. They in quire . with , quivering voices if the prices will remain as they are,-or better, until the end of the season, and the general impression is that the remainder of the crop will partly indemnify the farmers against their heavy loss- X I It is estimated that by the end of this week the Oxford ;marke will have handled nearly ten million pounds of farmer's tobacco. It . is also estimated that there is three million pounds in the hands of the farmers of the county. The slight advance in prices dur ing the week has had a salutary ef fect on business. The farmers are buying more freely now than at any time during the depression. Anoth er advance would bring a universal smilft of confidence and contentment "BLUE LAWS' TO HAVE A HEARING HEBE Just HbwM Far the Commissioners Will Go Is Not Known. It is whispered more or less around town that the city fathers are going to do wonderful things-at their regu lar meeting next Tuesday night in the mayor's office. There is not a fanatic on the Board;, therefore it is reasonable "to suppose that they will not stop Sun day trains and the sale of news papers. None of them seems to' have been "divinely calied" to over step the bounds of reason, but they are going to enforce the laws as to selling certain goods on Saturday ana it is possible that they may create one or twp ordinances. 1 ' ? . One of our, enterprising business men, it is, said, has drawn up a reso-1 lution which he will present to the board. He will ask.ttte board to close ; up everything during the church hour oh Sunday morning and open up for business as soon as tht congregation leaves the church. The board has no intention, so far as we can learn, Of stoping the clocks on Sunday, but they are determined to call a hault on some things. THE REV. BERTRAM ! BROWN WILL CONDUCT SERVICES HERE The Public Is Invited To Attend the Services At St. Stephen's Church Next Week. Tie Rev. Bertram E. Brown, rec tor of Tarboro, N. C-, will begin a Mission in St. Stephen's Church on next Monday night. Mr., Brown comes to us with a reputation of pe culiar ability, as a preacher of Mis sions. All , our townspeople, and others, are cordially invited to at tend these services, especially the nigjit services. We feel that they will be worth while. Holy Eucharist: each morning at 7:30 o'clock ; children service each afternoon from Tuesday until Sat urday, inclusive, at 3 : 3 0 o'clock ; mission service each night of the week at 7:30 o'clock. The Sulspician system of instruc tion used at the children's service. Teachers and children, and others not attending our church, also cor dially invited to be present, as this system, of instruction is found to be interesting and instructive- F. H- T. HORSFIELD. A QUIET HOME WEDDING Miss Janie Hunt the Bride Of Mr. Jerome B. Flora. Miss Janie, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Hunt, and Mr. Jer ome B. Flora, of Elizabeth City, were married at the home of the bride's parents last Wednesday morning at eleven o'clock. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Stewart R. Oglesby, pastor of the Oxford Presbyterian CJhurch. It was a quiet home wedding, only a number ot family connections be ing present- MR. CRAWFORD COOPER AT HOME ON SPRING STREET Mr- and Mrs. Crawford" Cooper have moved into their pretty new home on Spring street. The re sidence is situated between the hom es of Dr.--JJ.-T. White and Mr. R. R Herring arid is one of the very pretty homes of Oxford. The contractors were Hailey and Ray. v CALL NEW CONGRESS APRIL 4 President-Elect Harding Has Made Up His Mind to Call Congress into . Special Session April 4th; , Washington, Jan. 20- President elect Harding has practically decided to call a special session of the new Congress on April 4- BASKET BALL Durham Machine Gun Company's Team Coming To Oxford V The Durham Machine Gun Com pany's Basket Ball team will play the local team here next Wednesday night at 7 1 3 0 o'clock... NEW MIIiLION DOLLAR EXPRESS COMPANY WDLL COVER SOUTHERN & MOBILE GoiHH?e Iu This Territory With A- f meric t CojiipanyHsadquai-ters In Atlanta, With John B. Hocka day At Head. " The organization land operation over the Southern railway svstem and the Mobile & Ohio railroad ot the Southeastern Express company m competition with the American Railway Express company has been announced. Touches Oxford. The Piedmont division embrace the territory most affected by the announced dpeiation 0f the new company, extending as it does, from Washington to Atlanta, including most, of the Southern's territory and feeding lines- ' ? A 4 Southern Railway Statement. f Express business over the lines Pf the Southern railway system and the Mobile and Ohio railroad will be handled by the Southeastern Express company, beginning March 1 , 1921 i : The Southeastern : is a new com pany, recently organized under the idrws or Alabama, for the purpose of conducting an expresVbusiness in the southeastern states. It will have a capital of $1,000,000 , owned - by southern business men, will have headquarters in Atlanta, Ga., and will be managed by men who have spent their lives in the express serv ice of the south." ' NEWS LETTER FROM THE CAPITOL OF TALLY HO Fanners Are Pleased With Better Prices For Tobacco On the Oxford Market. , Miss Mamie Spencer,; of Hyde county, who has been on an extended visit to her sister, Mrs: L- F. Cotton of Oxford Route 6, entered Brant wcd hospital., Oxford, last vree where she will, complete a course of training for a professional nurse She has already had experience in a Norfolk hospital-V W ! ; -Mr. John H. Daniel, of Tally Ho, is the champion hbg raiser of thir t community, having killed one Mon T? weighed 378. The combined weieht of three killed this season tipped the scales at 1230 pounds- Rev. L- M. Hobbs preached a ser mon at Tally Ho Sunday which a wakened the people to a sense of duty to their fellowman. At the close a voluntary, collection was taken for the famine stricken Chinese amounting to $26.55. Mr. Roy E. Crymes, one of the splendid young men of our town, has recently been appointed regular car rier on Rural Route 4, from Oxfor) and will enter upon his duties next week. . Mr. R. L. Minor has resumed his duties as clerk with The Stem Mer cantile; Co., after being confined to his home with a painful rising in hif throat the past week. Mrs. W. H. Russell and daughtei Miss Hazel, of New York, who har been ; on a visit to Mrs. Russell's mother,. Mrs. James H. Webb, of Tal ly Ho left for their home Saturday. Miss Mary Mclver, principal of Enon High School, spent the week end with her cousin,- Miss Mary Webb, at Tally Ho. ' We. note that quite a number of farmers are well pleased with pricer received on the Oxford market the past few days and better feeling exists in reference to the financial situation. We hope the crisis in business depres sion has passed. Mr. Zachariah Clayton, who lives near Moriah, has just undergone a se rious operation in Watt's hospital for ulcerated stomach and his chances of recovery are very doubtful. - Mrs- Susan Day, mother of Mr Sam Day of Route 2, and auctioneer Lem Day of Oxford,-has undergone a dangerous operation in a Roxboro hospital. Mr. and Mrs. L. Thomas of Ox ford were the guest of Mr. and Mrs. L. F- Cotton of Oxford, Route 6, Satur day night. ; We are'glad o note that Mrs. R. D- Holeman, who has been quite sick for several days, is improving. Rev. L, M. Hobbs was the guest of Mr. and MrsJ. H. Bowling in Stem Saturday night. Miss Pauline Stem, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Stem of Route 2, is taking a teachers course in the Greenville Training School- Miss Harriet Batts who holds a responsible position with the Atlantic Coast Line Railway in Washington, N. C, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Lo gan W. Hall. ; Mr. E- B. Cozart, one of the ex Callent farmers of Route 1, planted 20,000 tobacco hills last year and has sold $2100 00 worth of , tobacco and has anotfrpf .f.to sel1' . - NEW HIGH PKlCJiS ' 'w PAID AT DANVILLE Proposed Tobacco Cut In Kentucky Believed Responsible For $32-18 "'Average. Danville, Va., Jan, 20. Prices for bright loose leaf tobacco went to new high records for the season here yes terday, more than 9tft),000 pounds having been sold at an average of 3218 a hundred. Conditions pre vailing in the burley markets of Ken tucky, Indiana and Ohio and the de termination of grower to curtail ac rA9?n ne-rt season are held here as re sponsible for the keener dmand, and tthe sharp upward tendency in prices. bill offered;tof; ..' t - radicallyrevise - revuation act Sole Function Of Tax Commission Would Be To Furnish Forms; Ac tual Appraisement Would Be Made By Township Boards, Subject To Review By County Board. ? . ; (News and Observer) Sweeping and drastic devision of the Revaluation Act, though adher ing to the principle of "assessment of property at it's true value in money," is provided in a bill introduced in the Senate Wednesday by Senator L. R. Varser, chairman of the committee on Finance. . " The Varser bill makes the adminis tration of the revision entirely local". The Board of Commissioners of each county is : authorized , to appoint a county board of appraisers of from three to five members, or may itself assume the functions of. : such a board. The actual assessments shaAi be made to township boards I of ap praisers of three members each, ap pointed by the county board. The bill provides that the townsh-lr boards shall hold hearings and shall take jnto consideration the sale value of property and "its profit bearing qualities and snail equalize the as sessment value of all property in the township. The findings of the town ship board are made reviewable by the county board, but the sole; fun ction of the State Tax Commission is to furnish forms to the county boards. JOHN D. COOPER SR., DIES - AT HOME IN HENDERSON Death Comes Like a Flash As He Starts To Arise From His Supper Table Was President of Farmers fc .Merchants Bank, Carolina Bagg ing Company and Otherwise Promi nently Connected. ; John Downey Cooper, prominent and wealthy citizen of Henderson died suddenly .at his iiome on. phar les street in that city Tuesday night at 7 o'clock. Death came just as he was rising from pis supper table, and without any premonition or any ail- vnn4- ottV. 4. .... TT. V. J : J X. i. his pocket, had his knife in hand to cut off the, tip, and, a match handy to light up for his usual after supper smoke, and collapsed as he moved to leave the table. Dr. H. H. Bass, his physician; expressed the opinion that death, had come before: he reach ed the floor in his hall. Only mem bers of the family were present at the time. :' ; Mr. Cooper was 72 years old, and was one of the oldiest as well as most - prominent of Henderson's . citi zens. He had been in his usual good health in recent years, having scarce ly had a pain or an ailment of any kind. Diligent In Business. Mr. Codper was actively identi fied with many of the larger and more important banks and industrial enterprises of Henderson. He had been president of the Farmers & Merchants Bank since 1917, and was also president of the Carolina Bag ging Mill, and was one of the or ganizers of the company. He was among the largest stockholders in the Citizens Bank & Trust Company and the Henderson and Harriet Cot ton Mills. He is survived by his wife, seven sons and one daughter besides , two brothers, J. C. vCooper, Jr., and Wade Cooper, of Texas. A Coincidence.. It is somesthig of a coincidence that John D. Cooper died less than a month after the passing of his bro ther, David Y- Cooper, and from the same cause, angina pectoris, or a weakening of the heart. He was two years younger than D- Cooper. Biography. .He was born in Granville county, North Carolina, March 15, 1849, and has had a very active and almost strenuous career His parents were Alexander and Harriett (Young) Cooper, and his father was a pros perous planter in Granville , county before the war- The son completed his education m Horner's Military School at Oxford, and spent one year of his young manhood in Texas on the plains and ranches as a cowboy. He also worked as foreman in his un cle's tobacco factory, at Oxford, and then went West again and! tflj? three years was a gold prospector in Ntfrth Dakota; On returning to North Car olina, Mr. Cooper went - into the to bacco business and was,: one of the prominent men in the tobacco indus try .in the state until 1 9 14. For many years he represented the Al len Ginter tobacco house, and upon the organization of the American To bacco Company became identified with that corpoiation and remained with them until 1912. r Relatives In Oxford- Col. Henry G. Cooper Miss Bell Cooper, Mrs. C G. Elliotrand other relatives in Oxford attended, the fun eral and burial in Henderson Thurs day. The funeral was held from tu- Methodist Episcopa;Church, and me interment f ollowejn . isiropa uem etery.- PAY YOUR TAXES 0W One per cent Y ;4de to your taxes on February il ottsetUed before that daifeaie aow past due. Calf anil fQhd we cost and trouble. -: 1-2 1-tf B. p. HUNT, Sheriff. . . ' : ' : I NO. 6 OXFORD WANTS HIGH-CLASS BASE BALL THIS' SUMMER Ef forts Being Exerted To ' Form a Six-Team League Vorthr Of Saip port. ' v., V- At the meeting , held in te .(Jp'ijt House Friday night of last those present unanimously decided to have a base ball team in Oxford this summer that will 'be a credit t6; the town and. the pride of every man,' v woman and child in the town. " That such: a. team will be had is guaraa-' teed on its face by the. fact that we have whom we have behind it .. . An effort will be made to form : in: the neighboring towns a six team league, every team to be composed, as near ly, as possible of local . talent This insures to Oxford a good team aad one that will be able to hold its owir against . teams inade up largely of ." hired men, as was so , emphatically: manifested last summer. . "7 ' . Mr. Charlie Garman was elected! business manager for this year and Mr S- H. Prichard secretary-treas-4 urer, and thesetwo men were em powered to pegui at once a movement to form a league and ; to ' make all other preparations necessary to give Oxford a team' worthy of Our support. Oxford is to be congratulated oh having 7 these two "men behind-, its base ball team and we are assured that with our support they JwIU' make a success of it, and give us good clean sport. Judge W. A. Dev in and. Mr. Johu. . Hall, . two ; men who, though not as young as they . used to be, are still ardent base ball enthusiasts, fare going to help : the team in practice, and their 'judgment and experience must prove of great value to us. Jildge Devin will again be asked to . act as official score keeper, the job he so satisfactorily filled last year. " ' ; 4 V , All of us realize that to put a win ning base ball team in the field re quires the hearty backing and -support of all. By backing and support we do not refer ; to' financial support only, though this . is necessary, but a team must know that all of the folks "are behind it Now, let us start early and make our ; plans to, have" a good toanV good basebalL gb'osrtpiau ' let's "Tgsorre that we will back the, Oxford Team to the last ditch. Watch the Oxfpni Public Ledger and you will see from time to time what progress is being made both in the organization of this League and the Oxford Team. . MR.. BAILEY OWEN IS GRAND MASTER MASONS OF STATE Gen B. S. Reystor Reelected Director Of Oxfoid Orphanage. N . . Mr. J. Bailey Owen, of Henderson; ' is the new Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of North Carolina. He was elected in the session of the Grand . Lodge in the Masonic Temple at Raleigh this week. The other; offi cers elected ana installed were:- James "H- Webb, of Hillsboro, De puty Grand Master; Hubert M. Po teat, Wake Forest, Senior Grand Warden; J. L. Everett, Rockingham, . Junior Grand Warden; Benjamin R. Lacv. Raleigh. Grand Treasurer; W- LW- Willson, Raleigh, Grand Secre-, tary Beverly S. Royster, Oxford, Di rector Masonic Orphanage; W. F. . Randolph, Ashteville, J. J. Phoenix,' Greensboro, J. F- Rhem, New Barn, Directors of Masonic and Eastern Start Home; Henry A. Grady, Clin ton, Representative of the Grand Lodge in Masonic Service Association. ; The Oxford orphanage sihging class, was present on Wednesday-; Speaking of the entertainment, the News and Observer . says: "Little Miss Sarah Hinson's reciting and t singing took the assembled Masons, by storm with her piece "Katy Did" , and again as Dorothy in a musical.- , fair play entitled, "Midsummer Eve." Likewise she figured in a number of other selections ' MISS VIOLET BUCHANAN KILLED BY ENGINE Remains Brought To Oxford fato . ment In Elmwood Cemetery;; f" Violet, the welve year-old daugh( ter of Mr. Louis Buchanan, who re1 sides on Callahan street near St.' Stephen's Church, was killed in Dur- ham Wednesday evening while, cross ing the Southern Railway tracks at' Cororan street, three blocks west of, -the passenger station. The Dur ham Sun says: ' "A number of school children were with her at the time of the accident They all started across the railroad track, but all saw the engine except Violet and got clear The engine' was backing. It struck Violet knoac ing her down, and ran over both les.. One was entirely severed. The other would have been amputated at the hospitV had the child survived., There were no other marks on the' child, except a few bruises on the armsj her head was uninjured.'V Violet's mother died seven years ago, since which time she has been living with her aunt in Durham. She is said to have been a bright and pretty girl. - ' ' The remains reached Oxford on the noon train yesterday and were con veyed to the home of the father. The funeral will be held from the resi dence at 3 o'clock this afternoon, con ducted by Dr. J. D. Harte. - The in terment will follow at Elmwoo cemetery. , V -I v It - " ' "' 'r- . t . ' - . ; la J
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