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VOL, XXXVI T HAS OXtTO GROW X AM ; I N THE LAST FORTY YEARS ? j you Would Think So If You Heard Messrs. R. W. Lassiter and J. G. j :fall Discuss the Problems Of that Period Mr- Robert W. Lassiter incidental- ly remarked in his speech at the Chamber of Commerce banquet the other night that he was mayor of Oxford forty years ago, but only had ame at that hour to dwell upon m, most vital problems of that history ma king epoch. Meeting Mr. Lassiter and Mr. John G. Hall on the street a faw days later, we asked Mr. Las siter to tell us something of what took place forty years ago. "Oh, well," said Mr. Lassiter, "whan I was mayor of Oxford forty years ago there was only one mur der and two lynchings during my ad ministration covering a period of twelve months. I was elected by the handsome majority of one vote; the town budget was $100 per year, and when my administration had spent an additional $25 for street improve ments we were accused of being ex travagant." . ; Mr. John Hall, who was a town commissioner for nine years, serving one year during the Lassiter adminis tration, spoke up: "Much liquor and money were used in those days to carry the election," said Mr. Hall. "I remember that there was one large black man that had a tremen dous influence with the voters of his race and it was necessary to keep him away from the polls. With that end in view the friends of good gov ernment provided him with sufficient whiskey the day before election to put him to sleep for two or three davs- The - colored man slept through the election, and when he j recovered and learned that his party had been defeated, he was taken sick and died some time later with a bro ken heart. "Do you remember the stepping stones in front of Hall's drug store?" asked Mr. Hall, addressing Mr. Las siter. "Yes. I remember them very well. The board ordered them taken up and placed elsewhere to spite Hall and Landis- The stepping stones led to Hall's and Landis' stores from across the street and were regarded by the opposition political party as being discriminatory." : -. -vl Both Mr. Lassiter and Mr. Hall worked overtime to bring the Sea board Railway to Oxford, and after Mr. Hall had served on the board nine years and saw the Seaboard train standing at the station he re signed from the board. The enterance of the Seaboard Railway into Oxford is regarded as being of more importance than any one thing accomplished here in the last forty years. MR. DANIELfS SUCCESSOR New Secretary Oil Navy Served As Private In Marines Edwin Denby, whose appointment as secretary of the navy, enlisted as a private in the United States Marine Corps at the outbreak of the Euro pean war, and was sent to Paris Is land, S. C, the recruit training camp for the eastern section of the country. Completing the regular "boot" training given all marines, he was transferred to the non-commissioners officers' school where he won corpo ral's chevrons. He proved . an effi cient drill master and rose to the rank of sergeant and finally was commissioned second lieutenant- Mr. Denby was then made mor ale officer, where he performed what was perhaps his most important ser vice. For months he delivered a daily lecture to new recruits immediate-' ly after they took the oath of alle- giance, telling them, the history ot the Marine Corps arid inspiring them ; wuu ms reinarsauie apyeai iw y- j mining enterprises, u. s- ana aoroau. riotism and loyalty. Lieutenant . chairman American Relief Com Denby's "lecture" will be remember- , mittee, London 1914-15. Relief in ed by thousands of marines as one of the most impressive events in their military service. FUNERAL RITES ARE SAID FOR MRS. L. J. STEED The funeral of Mrs. L. J. Steed was held from the residence on Rectory Street Wednesday morning at ten o'clock, conducted by Dr. J D. Harte. pastor of Oxford Baptist Church, of which the deceased was a devout member- The interment was at Elm wood Cemetery. The pallbearers were: Active M. F. Hill. Mr. Al derman, Mr. Allen, J. F. Meadows, W. A. McFarland, L. F. Perkinson, E. E. Fuller, A. P. Hobgood. Honorary R. L- Brown, M. P Chamblee, C. D-Ray, I- W. Mangum, H. M. Shaw, S- W. Parker, Sid Usry, I. N. Howard, T. L. Booth, G. S. Wat kins. The high esteem in which Mrs. Sneed was held here and elsewhere was reflected in the pretty floral tri bute. - , v, The Divorce Bill. Two -hours of discussion resulted Wednesday in the Senate passing, by a vote of 25 to 18 the bill reducing the ground for absolute divorce from ten to five years separation. The bill was introduced in the House by Miss Exum Clement and passed by that body. It will pass the third reading -today and become a law. Your battery should have water xbout every two weeks. Stop At Wil lard Service Station. PUBLISHED SEMlT" . pTATR HARDING COMPLETES TASK OP , PILLING HIS CABINET WITH BEST MATERIAL AVAILABLE Will Hays Goes In Expected Column As Postmaster General While Se nator A. B. Fall Draws Job As Sec retary Of Interior; J. J. Davis, of Pennsylvania, Lands, As Secretary Of Labor and John W. Weeks Be comes Head Of War! Department; Appointment Of Edwin Denby As Secretary Of Navy Only Surprise In Batch The South Left Out. (St. Augustine Special) President-elect Harding has rea ched a tentative decision on every place in his cabinet, and unless there are last-minute changes the official circle of the next administration wm be composed of these men Secretary Of State: Charles Evans Hughes, York City. . Jurist Born Falls, N. Y. Age 58 years. of New Glenn Univer- sity training. Practiced and taught law, New York, 1884-1900. ' Con ducted Insurance Investigation, New York Legislature, 1905-06. Gover nor of New York, 1907-08 andl909 10. Associate Justice, United Stat es Supreme1 Court, 1910-16. Re publican nominee for President, 1916. ' Secretary Of the Treasury: Andrew William Mellon, of Pitts burg, Pennsylvania Banker. Born Pittsburgh, Pa- 'Age 65 years. Uni versity education. Entered banking business 1874. President Mellon Na tional Bank, 1902 to present. Ac tive in industrial and financial devel opments in r Western Pennsylvania Secretary Of War: John Wingate Weeks, of West Newton, Massachusetts. Banker.-1 Born Lancaster, N. H- Age 60 years. Graduate U. S. Naval Academy, 1881. U- S. midshipman. 1881-83- Member of firm of bankers and bro kers, Boston, 1882-1912, Member of Congress, 1905-13. United Stat es Senator, 1913-1919. Attorney General: Harry M. Daugherty, of Columbus Ohio. Lawyer. Born Washington Courthouse, Ohio. Age 61 years University education. Practiced law, Washington Courthouse 1881-88- Elected State legislature in 1888, serving 5 years- Postmaster General l-i Will H. Hays, of Sullivan,' Indiana. LawerlBOWff Sullivar- Alge4 41 years. Graduate Wabash Col lege. Prominent in county, State and National Republican politics during last 20 years. Member5 law firm Hays & Hays- Bank director. Chairman Republican National com mittee, since 1916 Mason. Pres byterian. . Secretary Of Khe Navy: Edwin Denby, of Detroit, Michi gan. Lawyer. Born Evansville, Ind.' Age 51 years. Educated in public schools and graduate in law of Uni versity of Michigan. A former mem ber of Congress, who has served as an enlisted man in both the Navy and Marine corps. Secretary of the Enterior: Albert Bacon Fall, of Three Riv ers, New Mexico. United States Se-nator.--Born Frankfort, Ky. Age 59 years. Educated in country schools. Worked as farmer, ranch er, miner, lawyer. United States Senator since 1912, present term expiring in 1923. Secretary of Agriculture: Henry Cantwell Wallace, of Des Moines, Iowa. Editor and Publish er. Born Rock Island, 111. Age 54 years. Collegiate education. Farm er and live stock breeder in Iowa, 1887-91- Editor-manager and pub lisher of farm publications, 1893 to present. Secretary of Commerce: .. Herbert Clark Hoover, of Stanford University, California. Mining engi neer. Born West Branch, Iowa. Age 46 years- University training wide experience in geological . and Belgium, 1915-18. U. S. Food Ad ministrator, 1917419- East relief, 1920-21. Secretary of, Labor. James John Davis, of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. Labor leader- Born Tredegar, Wales- Age 47 years. Went to Pittsburgh with parents at age of 4 years. At 11 began work in steel mills becoming a' puddler Always has been active in. union af fairs. RUFFIN ESTATE VALUED AT HALF MILLION DOLLARS Winston-Salem, Feb. 24- W. C. Ruff in, the wealthy cotton manu facturer, who died here last week, left m estate of $500,000- The es tate is to be equally divided between his wife and four children- A large part is to be held in trust by execu tors and invested for benefit f the heirs. ; THE RETURN OF MR. DANIELS TO ClVm LIFE Secretary and Mrs. Josephus Dan iels will be extended an official wel come home on Sunday, March 6. when the people of Raleigh and Wake county gather in the city audi torium for . the purpose of ; putting over what will probably be the great est community concert yet staged in. the capital city.. .- TODAY iS WASHINGTON'S B azxa day- The Post-Office - is closed. Get your stamps at Pittman's, the Leading Drug Store in Town, It " LIBRARY, OXFORD, N. C. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1921. EX-SLAVE IS ON HIS WAY TO GUANVlLiLiK f TO FIND RELATIVES f It Is Reported That He Has the Let ters 'L. S." Branded On His Chest. (Special to The Public Ledger) 'Richmond, Va-, Feb. 24. Search was made here this week for a negro, formerly a Brazi lian slave, who disappeared shortly after his arrival in this city It is reported he has the letters "L. S." branded on his . chest and wears around his neck a medal inscribed with the name of his former owner, Raymond Hunt, of England' He was recently brought to this country. It was learned today in the negro settlement on Seventeenth Street that the negro claims he has relatives in Granville coun ty N C.and a subscription was I taken up to defray his traveling ; expenses to Clarksville. LOVE-MAKING AND GOSSIP BY TELEPHONE IS COSTLY Lovers Frequently indulge In a Whispered and Kissing Conversa tion For Hours. - . If all the electric current that is burned up here every day in aimless telephone conversations were to be otherwise applied it probably would propel a - dozen sewing machines in an overalls factory. For reasons which no one has ever been able to explain, the telephone seems to encourage idle chatter. Subscribers - to partyline service es pecially find that the utility ot Mr. iseii s extraordinary aevice is reduc ed greatly because of the habit of other subscribers to gossip by wire for hour after hour. Love-making by telephone is also a new thing under the sun, and it is a practice that pro foundly disturbs busy people who have other and more pressing things to look after- If you, have never heard a pair of young, lovers hold a whispered and, kissing conversation, such as is car ried on by wire in Oxford daily, you are indeed fortunate, for such a one is most nauseating. When they get at it they; whisper and kiss for hours; seemsto arouse them. It,is a fact that an Oxford business man the dther day tried five times to get a party: on the wire, and eacn time he was told that the line was busy, and when the trouble was trac ed to its foundation head, a sixteen year old boy in South Oxford was talking to a fifteen year old girl at the other end of the wire in North Oxford. The telephone company is certain ly justified in asking for ; an extra charge for long-winded wire talks. Such an order, would improve the telephone service, as it would make everybody talk more to the point by making it a little less cheap- LORD MAYOR OF HURRICANE SPENDS DAY IN OXFORD The Papular Young Ruler Is Very o Dignified. Hon. R..L. Pratt, Lord Mayor of the. Hurrican by inheritance, spent yesterday in Oxford, and dined at the Crown Cafe in a princely style. ; The handsonie young ruler is dig nified, but he possesses a warm heart and is very cordial. "I am very proud to be identified with the Hurrican," said Lord Mayor Pratt; "there are no better people under the sun- true and loyal to a fault. There was a time when the moonshiner did a thriving business in the Hurrican, but the liquor was sold in Oxford, Creedmoor, Hender son and Durham. Very little of the liquor manufactured in the Hurrican was consumed by the home people. I am glad to see that the moral tone of the people of the Hurrican is such as to drive the disturbing element beyond our borders-" EX-SOLDD3RS, NOTICE lij you are an overseas army veteran and want a uniform gas mask and helmet as service souvenirs, just write the War Department for tjhem and don't pay anybody to make out appli- cation for you. Swindlers are of rering to prepare such appli-. . cations at '$5 a head, the De partment warns, and defrauding the ex-soldiers out just that much, because there's no red tape about the business and "it is well for all soldiers to know that no money is to be paid for the uniforms they are entitled to draw." ! . GOV-MORRISON IS TO GET CADDLLAC Will Be Most Costly Job Put Out By ;She Cadillac Company. (Charlotte Observer) Governor Cameron Morrison will soonihaye as his official car,, a Cad illac Imperial ' Sedan, purchased by thejEdte for his use. The order was received, here last week and immedi ately filed and, ordered through post haete :.y; J. Ry Barkalow of.- the Charlotte , branch. I Basket Ball! Friday night 8 o'clock All Stars ys. ferore8t. Adm, 25c. COUNTY OFFER B KILUANT OPPORTUNITIES-AIL HOME PRINT. ! GRANVILLE COUNTY. WILL HAVE ROAD (X)MtMISSION j COMPOSED OF THREE MEN f r. T. Whtie, Col. w. B. Ballou and J. Ennis Davis Are Named In the Bill Ihtroduced.In the Leg islature As the First Road Com missioners Of Granville County. The peoplp of Granville county will be glad to know that we are to nave a road commission composed of the three best men in the county. Hon; B. W. Parham, the representa tive from Granville, has. introduced the bill, naming as our first Road Commission three gentlemen, J. En nis Davis being the Chairman of the present Board of County Commis sioners: ,: .-.A";;;' y COL. W. B. BALLOU Mr DR. E- T. WHITE 1j. ENNIS DAVIS ;r The above named ; gentlemen will nave charge of all the road work in the county. They will be most val uable in securing State and Federal aid and seeing that it is properly ex pended along with the county funds for road purposes. No county in the State can boast of a better Road Commission than Granville county. : The Road Commission will relieve the county board of much time and worry. They have enough to do in j attending to the business of the county without being bothered with the roads, and they -express them selves as being highly pleased with the establishment of a Road Commis sion. They realize that with a million dollars of State, Federal and county funds to be spent in Granville county withpt the next few years a high grade Road Commission is absolutely essential. " ," "' V" ' OXFORD COLLEGE NOTES As-tllSpHhg.term advances life in the College, grows more and more interesting.. Maiy things are being planned JuLthe manner of receptions, plays, recitals and operettas, On next Saturday evening Miss Ella Smith will entertain in honor of the track team of. Wake Forest, for which she is sponsor. The faculty have inaugurated their afternoon teas, to be given the second Wednesdays of each month, beginning March 9 th. AH friends of the College will be made wel come. Much interest at present is center ed in the Senior play, and rehearsals are now in full swing- The play is Captain January, dramatized and ar ranged by Mrs. Woodall- An inter esting feature of this event will be the installation of the beautiful drop curtain; the gift of the Senior class to the College. The scene on the curtain is the "Old Swimming Pool'" from Riley's poem. Mrs. Woodall has given this play a number of times in different cities in the South, and from wbat we hear of it, a . rare treat is in store for us. CLOSE FOR THE SEASON , FRD3AY, MARCH 18TH At a called meeting of tine Oxford Tobacco Board of Trade February 18th, it was -( decided to close this season on March 18 th. ; - Oxford Tob. Bd., of Trade, 4t. J. C. HOWARD, Sec-Treas. OXFORD TEAM WINS FROM WAKE FOREST FRESHMEN Oxford won from Wake Forest freshmen in an exciting game of ! basket ball on last Thursday night by 29 points, the score being 44 to Parham and Livengood playing best for Oxford while Brewton play ed best for .Wake Forest. Oxford Parham Livengood Bradsheh Hall Currin Fef eree Wake Forest R. F. L. F. ' C. r. g.;; 1 L. G. McLean Mullen Brewton Sanders Harris Steni. ' -: ru : Goals for Oxford Parnam o , Livengood 9; Bradsher 2; Currin 2. Goals for WakeForest McLean 1; Brewton 4 ; Sanders 1. Fouls Livengood 2, out 5; Harris 2, OUt 4 ' '. .;. TAXPAYERS Will please take . notice that all property upon which: the taxes are not paid will be i advertised after MARCH 1STH ' Also the property upon .which the as sessments are on for street paving. February 25th 121. (Mch. 15) 5 ' R B.1 HINES, ' : ; Town Tax Collector, An impressive plea for $20,000,-: 000 for higher education is made by trainloads of advocates from vari ous sections of the state' appearing, before the legislative committee in ARaleigh. " V-.' j MRS. BROOKS SUGGESTS THAT TWO LADIES BE ADDED TO THE SCHOOL BOARD j Editor Public Ledger: Please allow me, through the col umns of your paper, to offer several suggestions as to the needs of our Graded School. First, I would suggest that we need 1 a live, wide-awake Parent-Teacher Association, not a: Parents-Association, not a Teachers' Association, but a Parent-Teacher organization, or rather, a Parent-Teacher-Trustee or ganization, in which all members shall lay aside petty prejudice? and self-interest, and cooperate for the good of our children and the com munity at large. Second, I would suggest that two ladies be added to oufr school board. In this, I do not mean to reflect on our present trustees, for they are all, I am sure, splendid men, but often situations arise in our schools which i would tax to the utmost the resource fulness of both men and women.' There are in Oxford as many capable women as in other towns where the are serving in this capacity. . My third suggestion is that the rul ing be adopted which prevails in some other places, to the effect that no person having a near relative holding any position in the schools shall be retained as a member of the board. The fairness in this may readily be seen, for while we usually have good , teachers, it sometimes happens in all schools that very fine instructors do not "fit in." In jour school life, as in every thing else, there are cases of "the square peg and the round hole." Should it hap pen that these teachers were related to one or more members of the board, complications would set in; the hands ) of the most efficient, most conscien tious superintendent would be tied; for what man would feel justified in goings between the members of the boards that had given him his posi tion, and in telling them that their sons, daughters, brothers, sisters, uncles, aunts or cousins were dis pleasing the majority of the people? Such a state of affairs would be an injustice to the teachers themselves, an injustice to the pupils, and a most grievous injustice to the people in general, for in a school of the peo taeirtwefttndgupptiruwi by the people, should not the wishes of the people be considered? V . These are merely suggestions, how ever, and will, of .course, be taken for what they are worth- Very respectfully, ELLEN H. M. BROOKS. OXFORD BOY WILL LEAD SONS OF CONFEDERATES Geo. T. Rawlins, Former Command ant Of Wash ngton Camp, To Head District Of Columbia Division.. . . The people of Oxford remember with pleasure Mr. George T. Rawlins, son of the late E- T. Rawlins, and nephew of Major Will Landis, and are highly pleased to see him called to high honors. Speaking of his re cent elevation the Washington Star says: "George T. Rawlins, formerly com mandant of Washington Camp No. 305, Sons Of Confederate Veterans, has been appointed commander of the District of Columbia Division, S. C V., by Nathan Bedford Forrest commander-in-chief of the - general organization and grandson of the Confederate general. "Mr. Rawlins has been associated with the local camp for a number of years and served successively as ad jutant, first lieutenant, acting .com mandant, and finally commandant He is a graduate of Georgetown Uni versity Law School and a member of the local bar, and is identified with the Washington Commander, No. 1, Knights Templar, and Almas Temple, A. A. 0- N. M. S. During the, world war he served in the United! States Navy, and last summer was one of the crew of the,U. S. S- Frederick, which took the naval athleters o the Olympic games held in Antwerp." FARMERS GIVEN OPPORTUNI TY BY HOUSE TO POOL 1 THEHt PRODUCTS With the California law as a model, the House Tuesday morning passed a cooperative marketing ' law that will enable the farmers to pool their product for any period from ten sec onds, to ten years. By contract a marketing association will ; be given f till authority to sell z as . agent all manner and condition of produce. OXFORD TO HAVE AN EXCLUSIVE SHOE STORE Mr. M- N. Wolf, proprietor of the Hub store, has leased, the adjoining room, formerly occupied, by the Del co Light Company, and will open an. exclusive shoe store for the wbole family at. an early date. -The fixtur es are now being installed and Mr. Wolf ; hopes to have everything in readiness for Easter insectJon.v Mr. Wolf has returned Jtrom the centers in New England:where he was successful in pTbew&vM: line of standard advertised footwear. Presideat Wiin' is espetcd to recommend to Congress rthat itcthor ity- be granted fithTjTitftejCtes to accept GenlsCftd ap plied against thebt rdtfsm ow es America. " . -:T'- 5 V NO. 16 QUIT YOUR KICKING V AND GET INTO LINE (Reprinted by courtesy of Mr. L. V. Nicholas, President L. V. Nicho las Oil Co.) - .. :- ; I was asked the other dav.if our i slogan, "Business Is Good. Thank You," was not a mistake in these so called liard times, and I replied that I did not thihk so that business will always be good for the man who keeps cheerf ul and smiling and who takes pride and pleasure in doing the best he can. . , - There is no argument to the fact that bills are not being paid as promptly as customary; that ; the banks are not loaning money as freely as we would like to see it. loan ed; that the farmer is not getting as much money for his crop as either he or we think he should. It is trub that automobiles are not readily as they were and selling as it. is true that prices in many lines have turn bled, but that is what we all had tft I expect anyhow, and there is no rea son why any of us should go into mourning and act as if business had gone to the dogs and the country in- , to the hands of a receiver. For the Love of Mike, let us begin to act the part of men and not long tailed rats. Let us be doubly thanks ful for., the business , we are doing. Let us not forget that?-the war was won; .that prices of necessity had to' come back to normal. Let us 1 get down on our knees and thank God prices are doing the very thing we all knew they had to and the very thing we all hoped they would do. When we average up the last few years we bave got to admit we have all made more money than we ever expected to make, and when we consider condi tions in this country we have to ad mit that the little void U. S. A. is bet ter off than any other country in the world today. ' Let us "hold up our heads, wipe cff our chins, and grin." It is my personal opinion we have had things made so easy for us that we are developing into a bunch of ba bies who have forgotten how to take punishment. What we need ts friendly, courageous optimism, and once we develop it, believe me when I say, we will discover very much to our surprise . that ALL "Business is gbodtjkyofen -'-.c.vr ;v ' - FIVE MILLION GERMANS TO LEAVE FATHERLAND Students of economic subjects as sert that at least 5,000,000 Germans are preparing to leave the Father land for the United States, Mexico and South American States as soon as they are able to raise passage money, or obtain admission in the case of the United States. A majority of the would be emi grants have expressed a preference to go to South America. v Official and unofficial quarters at Berlin have displayed considerable uneasiness .over the class of men who are now emigrating or preparing to emigrate The head of the govern ment immigration office said : "The most able-bodied, enterpris ing, stalwart sons of Germany are leaving. The very poor, the Commu- nists, the radicals, the Bolsheyiki, generally are remaining with us. ?t is the family of some substance which is moving out." BICKETT THROUGH WITH POLITICS FOR AWHILE Former Governor ' Says When He "Died He Died All Over" Like The Pig. . Ex-Governor T. W. Bickett is quot ed as saying that he never will be a candidate for office again. "I'm like the classic pig; when t, lived, I lived in clover, but when I) .v. died, I'died all over." "The only time when I will be a . candidate for office again," the Gov ernor said, "will be when I am draft ed into the service of my party. GAS COMPANY NOT ASKING FOR HIGHER RATES Mr. Murfitt, traveling auditor of the Southern Gas and Improvement Company, states that his company is not asking for a higher rate. The meeting to be held in the of fice to the State Corporation Com mission on Tuesday, March 29, said Mr. Murfitt, is for the purpose of establishing a fixed rate so that the Gas companies will be in a position to make contracts for materials. WOMAN CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR Mrs. Moore's Red Head and Scrap ping Spirit Make Salisbury Race Look Lively. , (News and : Observer) "My hat's in the ring, and now I'm ingoing to start something!" emphati cally declared Mrs. James P. Moore of Salisbury, "who has just set her. I home-town on its ear by announcing her candidacy for Mayor, and . who is now visiting at the home of Mrs- ' J. R. Chamberlain in Raleigh. Mrs. Moore will enter the Democratic pri maries in April and is the first wo man in North Carolina to go into, a race for mayor; Mrs.' C C. Hooty of Charlotte, having been invited to do so last year;' and Jiaving declined. ;Redieaded, iUert, keen, with an overflowing eense of hnmoz.. and . a sparkle and snap in her eye; she evi dently means business and fit looks to be a cats bet that she will give the other casflgafca in Salisbury a good, stift run for tcelr money. "i .x I v 1L i
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