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NO. 17
MAKV EXPRESS THEMSELVES I
Bfti' I A Oil OF THE GRANVILLE j
COUNTY ROAD COMMISSION
VLoae Bill No 1019 Was Introduced
S Representative Parham Last
Thursday and It Passed Its Final
Reading In the House Saturday.
Judging from the interest niani
f en tod in the plan to establish a Road
Commission in Granville county it
would seem that it is a popular mea
sure. The people have long realiz
ed that the county board of commis
sioners have enough to do besides
attending to the roads of the county.
There is no reflection on the integri
ty a:id wisdom of the board of county
commissioners but they were not ex
pected, as a body, to establish a
thorough system of road building
and maintainance such" as is demand
ed by the people.
The appointment of Dr. E T.
White, Col. W. B. Ballou and MivJ.
Ennis Davis as the first road com
mission' gives universal satisfaction.
While these men do not possess ex
traordinary ability as road builders,
they do possess business ability.
The "first duty that confronts tne
road commission is to procure the
services of a practical road man ana
see that the road force puts in a full
days" work for a full days' pay a
thing that has never been accom
plished in Granville county. If the
commission decides to buy gravel
pits and haul the gravel to the roads
and mix it with clay; to place the
county convicts in the gravel pits, or
any other method that they may a
dopt to build the best roads for the
least money, are the things that in
terest the people in the county.
The fifty million dollar rOad bill
which passed the senate last week
and is expected to become a law, ap
plies only to the State and Federal
roads- The roads that are to be
built from county seat to county
Beat will be under the supervision of
the State Highway Commission. The
local road commission will not handle
the funds of the State and Federal
building projects. The money for
all State and Federal projects comes
from one percent on gasoline. The
road commission will handle only
that which is set apaprt in the coun
ty. As stated above, the people be
gin to see daylight. They got an
inkling from Governor Morrison last
summer of what an important part
good roads means to the . county and
the State. The State and Federal
projects call for hard surface, ana
the county roads will be what the
road commission make them.
TWENTY-FIVE MARRIAGES IN
GRANVILLE DURING FEBRUARY
Double the Number Of Licenses
Were Issued One Year Ago.
If you should examine the mar
riage license book in the office of
the register of deeds you will find
the normal marriage rate in
Granville county for the past ten
years is 31 per month. February
one year ago broke the record with
55 marriages, 33 of the number be
ing' colored people. February this
year, which came to a close yester
day, shows a slump in marriage li
censes, as follows:
White.
Robert Lee Johnson to Emma L.
Hill, both of Granville; William B.
Tyer, of Greensboro to Miss Marie
M. Meadows of Oxford; John ho.
good to Miss Maggie Faucett, of
Granville; E. P. Mangum to Miss Ote
lia F. Minor, of Granville; Ollie M.
Gentry to Aline M. Jones, both of
Person; Herman Gryder to Beatrice
Jennings, both of Granville; Mathew
Nevby to Musitle Carey, both of
Charlotte county, Va.; Charles W.
Eakes to Esther Wheeler, both of
Granville; Earl M. Goss to Dora
Walker, of Granville; Andrew Bedd
to Louise Lowery, both of Mecklen
burg county, Va-
Colored.
William Parker to Annie Heggie;
Frank Howell to Annie Harris; Clar
ence E. Hicks to Jemie V. Allen; Tom
Allen to Hattie Keaser; Mathew Gris
f.om to Nannie Mann; Merland Les
ter to Esther Blackwell; Hillard
Foster to Lillian Bridges; James
Bullock to Corene Harris; George
Tanner to Sarah Rogers; Robert Mit
chell to Marilla Jones; Fred Mitchell
to Maggie Harris; Richard Bailey to
Uailie Smith; Charles Bullock to
Exie Moor; Sandy Gregory to Edna
Carter, E. C. Pungear to Matilda
Smith.
To ROAD SUPERVISORS
OP BRASSFIELD TOWNSHIP
The Road Supervisors of Brass
field Township are hereby called to
"ieet.at Wilton on Monday, the 8th
day of March, 1921, for the purpose
-f reapportioning the hands of the
various roads during the remainder
f f the year. A full attendance is de
'ied. G. L. ALLEN, Chairman.
On Its Last Legs.
1 J
'he General Assembly entered this
week at Raleigh on its concluding
stages. Up to this time- the legis
lators have done nothing, in a sense,
' ther than mark time and prepare
for whatever is to be finally enacted
mto law.
A Fine Son.
Mr. and Mrs. M. M. West, of
Georgetown, S. C-, announce to their
any friends in Granville the arri
val of a fine son, Frank Tyson, on
January 10.
Your battery should have water
about every two weeks. Stop at Wil
lard Service Station.
OXFORD BAPTIST CHURCH WILL
BE ENLARGED AND BEAU
TIFIED THIS SUMMER
With a Membership Of 705 the Pre
sent Edifice Will Only Seat About
Six Hundred Comfortably.
At a congregational meeting last
Sunday morning, the members of the
Oxford Baptist Church adopted a re
solution to enlarge the church build
ing this summer. It was pointed
out that the present building is not
large enough to seat the member
ship; that thirty-five have joined the
church since Christmas and that the
prospects for many more members is
very good. It is a well known fact
that on many occasions two or three
hundred people were unable to crowd
into the church. The Sunday school
has also outgrown its present quar
ters. It was brought out in the discussion
that there are 1000 Baptist in Ox
ford, which is a little short of one
third of 3,608, the actual population
of the town. It was estimated that
if the church was large anough the
average attendance would be at least
one thousand.
The plans for enlargement calls
for an additional strip of land on the
north side of the church, on which is
situated the office building occupied
by Dr. Cannady. The church owns a
strip of about twenty-five feet at the
east end of the building. The two
lots, it is said, will afford ample
room for enlargement of the sanc
tuary and the Sunday school quar
ters. A committee consisting of Mr. C
D. Ray, chairman, Mr. R. O. Mainor,
Mr. Ernest Howard, Mrs. A. H. Pow
ell and Mrs. W. H. Upchurch, was
appointed to draft plans and submit
the same as early as possible. It is
hoped the work of enlargement will
be accomplished by the first of October-
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND
THE EIGHTEENTH AMENDMENT
Liquor Is Plentiful In Some Places
In North Carolina.
The second section of the Eighteen
th Amendment reads; Congress and
the several States shall have con
current power to enforce this article
by appropriate legislation." Bearing
upon this subject the News and Ob
server presents several letters in the
possessio&ifdllows :r:";f:A -
"Our little town in Anson county
is getting to be one of the worst pla
ces for drinking and drunkenness of
any place I know of and I am sure
there is a number of blockade stills
running near here."
"Here in Davie county liquor is
plentiful. Two men have not had
any other business for some four
or five years. Children get it, ne
groes in the business helping the
white men; some running stills by
themselves. Some have to attend
court but all get out and come back
and proceed to make more- Houses
have been burned, stores set on fire,
one woman shot at because she open
ed her door to see what her dog was
barking at, when her husband went
to the door they shot at him."
From Hertford county: "There Is
a shop at selling something that
makes people drunk. I have a bro
ther stays drunk nearly all the time.
He gets it there."
A Cleveland county citizen writes:
"The people of don't, as a rule,
drink or engage in the traffic; but
are related to guilty parties or afraid
of consequences- Some makers ana
dealers have made the whiskey busi
ness profitable and that often means
immunity from punishment."
A communication from Alexander
county, signed by a justice of the
peace and a postmaster, says: "Our
court is in session and Judge Shaw
said in his charge to the jury that
there was more perjury now than he
had ever seen in his twenty years on
the bench. Will not get more than
half through the docket this week.
Almost every case had liquor at the
bottom of it- Two murder cases
Fifty per cent of our territory in Al
exander county is under the influence
and is controlled by the blockaders."
COMPREHENSIVE WAY TO
SOIiVE THE PROBLEM
Editor Public Ledger:
Your flock of geese problem inter
ested me. I applied percentage to
it and had no trouble in arriving at
the answer. In like manner I ap
plied percentage to Mr. Lyon's fish
puzzle, and it showed me the length
of this piscatorial specimen. Thus:
The fish's length is 100 per cent.
The length of the body is 50 per cent.
The length of the tail is 9 inches,
plus 25 per cent (one-half of 50 per
cent.) The length of the head (9
inches.) plus 9 inches, plus 25 per
cent, equals 50 per cent. There
fore 18 inches is 25 per cent, and 72
inches is 100 per cent.
Here is another one for you: If
the length on a level floor and the
shadow of a 2-foot rule held perpen
dicularly is 18 inches, and the length
on the level ground of the shadow of
a tree is 27 feet, how far is it from
the top of the tree to the tip of the
shadow? H.
Pretty and Capable Milliner
Miss Anne Toussaint, of Baltimore,
has arrived and taken charge of the
millinery department of the Landis
& Easton stores. A lady remarked
that "she is pretty, pleasant and ca
pable." Miss Toussaint has a
French name, but she is 100 per cent
American and proud of it.
WASHINGTON'S PRAYER
FOR THE NATION
(The Outlook)
Recently $iere was placed
upon the beautiful altar of.-the
Washington Memorial Chapel
at Valley Forge an exquisitely
illuminated copy of Washing
ton's prayer for the Nation:
"Almighty God: We make
earnest prayer That Thou wilt
keep the United States in . Thy
holy protection; that Thou wilt
incline the hearts of the citi
zens to cultivate a spirit of sub
ordination and obedience to gov
ernment; and to entertain a bro
therly affection and love for one
another and for their fellow citi
zens of the United States at
large. -
"And finally that Thou wilt
most graciously be pleased to
dispose us all to do justice, . to
love mercy, and to demean Our
selves with that charity, humil
ity, and pacific temper of mind
which were the characteristics
of the Divin Author of our
blessed religion and without a
humble situation of whose ex
ample in these things we can
never Ihope to be a happy nation.
"Grant our supplication, we
beseech the, through Jesus
Christ our Lord . . Amen."
Every day at noon a litany
and prayers for the Nation are
said in the chapel and it is in
spiring to think that day and
night this petition of the Fath
er of our Country makes thus
its silent appeal.
COUNTY-WIDE TAX
TAKES THE PLACE OF
DISTRICT SCHOOL TAX
The act under which the counts
wide special school tax election is
called provides that if a majority of
the voters of the county vote for this
tax, all special school district taxes
are revoked unless the voters in any
existing special school district ask by
an election that the district tax be
retained.
The- County Board of Commission
ers are forbidden by law to make any
further district tax levy for schools
without first submitting the question
to the voters of each district as to
hetlTer's tfrretalu"
the district tax.
B. S. ROYSTER,
Attorney for the County, Board of
Education of Granville County.
It seems that the proper interpre
tation of this section is that if the
special county-wide school tax is
voted by the people of the county,
the Board of County Commissioners
must ascertain the sentiment of the
voters in any existing tax district as
to whether they wish this special tax
continued before said board can levy
this special tax. We know , of but
one way to ascertain the sentiment
of voters on a particular question
and that is by submitting it to them
at an election held for the purpose-
JAMES S. MANNING,
Attorney General of the State of
North Carolina.
ALL CENTRAL AMERICA
MAY SOON BE AT WAR
Panama, Feb., 27. Hostilities be
tween Panama and Costa Rica show
possibilities of developing into a
conflict involving all of Central A-
merica and Columbia.
Leading Colombians residing in
Panama have sent a wireless message
to Bogota, asking the Colombian gov
ernment to furnish them with arms
for the purpose of enlisting against
Costa Rica.
They also ask the Colombian gov
ernment what action it is willing to
take officially to protect Panama a
gainst Costa Rica, which is a mem
ber o4he recently formed union of
Centrff American states- The other
members are Guatemala, Salvador
and Honduras-
Panamanians' Capture Entire Force
In Disputed Territory That Threat
ened Wrar.
Panama, Feb. 29. Two Coast Ri
cans were killed and nine wounded
and two Panamanians were wounded
in fighting at Coto, on the Pacific
side of, Costa Rica-Panama frontier
The entire Costa Rican force which
occupied Coto, were captured.
ONLY FEPTEEN MORE DAYS
Look After Your Federal Income Tax
Returns Now and Avoid Being
Penalized.
Those liable for filing Corporation-Partnership
and Individual In
come Tax Returns to prevent being
penalized should not forget that
these returns must be in the hands
cf the i Collector of Internal Reve
nue at Raleigh by March 15th. Only
15 days more remains in which to
file these returns.
CHARGED WITH NON-SUPPORT
OF WIPE AND CHDLD
W. H. Clark, Of Virginia, Placed Un
. der $1000 Bond.
Constable Ed Lyon on Saturday
last placed W. H. Clark, of Virginia,
under arrest, charged with non-support
of wife and children.
Justice Medford placed Clark un
der $1000 bond and required him to
appear . before Governor Morrison
next Saturday. If the governor
gives him up he will be escorted back
to Virginia.
j PRESIDENT WILSON WILL
j RIDE WITH MR. HARDING
I (Washington Special) !
President Wilson will follow j
luii-osiauusucu custom Of
riding to the cappitol with the
incoming President on March 4
under plans Of the congressional
inaugural committee, approved
by the President. Whether Mr.
Wilson will attend the inaugural
ceremonies has not been made !
known, but 'he will not accom
pany Mr. Harding back to the
White House, going direct from
the capitol to his new home on
S. Street.
The Escort,
r Four troops of cavalry, numbering
350 officers and men, will escort the
President and President-elect to the
capitol and then will accompany Mr.
Harding to the White House.
Order Of Ceremonies.
From the White House the pro
cession will move over Pennsylvania
Avenue to the capitol. There the
President and probably Mr. Harding
will enter the President's , room,
where Mr. Wilson will sign the bills
passed in the closing hours of Con
gress. Guard Of. Marines.
Five hundred marines in full dress
uniform will be on duty at the capi
tol, augmenting the regular capitol
police, and will form a lane through
which the guests will pass in ascend
ing the capitol steps.
Stand During Ceremonies.
Mr. Hardins: will 'take the oath in
a stand thirty feet square which has f
been erected on the steps. This stand
will accomodate only the President
elect, Chief Justice White, the mem
bers of the congressional committee,
and a few others- The other guesu
will stand during the ceremonies.
DEATH OF MR, ROBERTS
FOLLOWS CLOSELY UPON
THE DEATH OF HIS WIFE
Mr. and Mrs. Hedgpeth and Mr.
and Mrs. Roberts Were Victims Of
Pneumonia
The death of Mr. Roberts last Sat
urday morning was the fourth death
in two families near Providence with
in the last two weeks. Mr. and Mrs
W. H. Hedgpeth passed to their re
ward, then f ollowed the death of Mrs.
Roberts: mother, of : Mrs. Hedgpeth
-and on Friday last-Mr. Roberts pass
ed away, ail lour oi tnem naving
succumbed to pneumonia. It was
the same old story of devotion- the
survivors worked and battled with
the disease that was devouring their
loved ones until they, one by one,
were laid low and could not help
themselves, Mr. Roberts being the
last of the four that was called to his
reward.
A few days before his death, Mr.
Roberts was taken to Brantwood
Hospital where he could have the
best medical attentionbut he was so
far gone the doctors could only pro
long his life a few hours or days at
best-
The interment took place in the
family plot near Providence Sunday
afternoon, Where Mr. Robert's belov
ed wife, daughter and son-in-law
were laid to rest only a few days ago.
WANTS TWO LADIES
ON THE SCHOOL BOARD
Editor Public Ledger:
We heartily endorse the article of
Mrs. Brooks in the last issue of the
Public Ledger. Since the most of
j our teachers are ladies, it is only
i fair that they have some representa
tion on the Board, and we think tnat
these representatives should be
mothers.
MR. AND MRS- J. M- FAGAN.
Mrs- Brook's Plan Endorsed.
Editor Public Ledger:
We appreciate Mrs. Brook's sug
gestions as published in the last is
sue of the Public Ledger-
MR. AND MRS. J. R- SNEED
Is There Trouble Anywhere?
The Public Ledger is swamped
with unsigned communications com
plaining of the Oxford public school
system. In glancing over the com
munications we are at a loss to lo
cate the trouble. Some claim that j
the teachers show partiality; others
claim that the standards were
raised with a view of blocking
the progress of some of the
most advanced pupils, and one says
that she agrees with Mrs. Brooks
that "square pegs will not fit round
holes."
One lady brought in a communica
tion signed "Fond Parent.' , She i
stated that her preacher wrote it and
tnlrt hpr to ta.ke it to the Public Led
ger office, and as she handed it in I
she remarked that "there win De
five or six more j list like it handed to
you today." -
Here is where we get off- If all
of the row is caused by raising the
standards we fail to see why the
nreachera and the Public Ledger has
thA risrht tn interfere. In the aD-.
sence of specific changes the Public
Ledger is of the opinion that if cer
tain children paid more attention to
books and parents talked less; things
will soon adjust themselves. No
harm can come from, advocating the
enlargement , of the board with two 1
lady members, and we are wining ior
the people to advocate such a plan
through the Public Ledger, but we
refuse to published unsigned, commu
nications that are calculated to re
flect upon the school unless specific
charges are brought and ' properly
signed and executed. EDITOR
CREEDMOOR AND STOVALL
WIN COVETED JUNIOR
CITIZENSHIP CERTIFICATES
Presentation Of Certificates Is In
teresting Feature Of Community
Meetings.
Two, of the most interesting meet
ings that have been held through the
medium of the Granville County
Community Service occurred at
Creedmoor Tuesday evening, Feb.
22nd and at Stovall Thursday after
noon, Feb. 24th. The most impres
sive feature of these meetings was
the presentation of certificates of
Junior Citizenship won by eightii
grade pupils of these schools. Since
these certificates were among the
first to have been issued in the State,
a word of explanation will not be out
of place.
In order that the children of today
may grow up to be fit citizens, the
Bureau of Community Service, with
the cooperation of ex-governor. T. W.
Bickett, has formulated a plan for citizen-making
on the following orders
As a basis for fit citizenship four dif
ferent classes of tests have been a
dopted, these being for:
1. Physical Fitness.
2. Intellectual Fitness.
3. Vocational Fitness-
4. Social Fitness.
The county director takes volunr
teer groups of boys and girls from
the seventh and eighth grades and
helps them to prepapre for the tests.
The county health officer gives his
hearty cooperation, making the me
dical examinations which are neces
sary to ascertain the Physical Fit
ness of the pupils. The require
ments along this line are that the of
ficial medical inspection card must
show no defects or only corrected
defects and addition, Icertam ath
letic tests must be passed. The mini
mum requirement for intellectual
fitness is to pass the seventh grade
examination and for vocational fit
ness, is to be an active member oi
one of the agricultural clubs, or to
have a savings bank account of per
sonally earned money, or to have
personally earned money invested
in some renumerative farm occupa
tion or trading projects. ... For social
fitness no definite: tests can be set',
but the applicant for a certificate
must learn to play fair,' cooperate
heartily in team work, be honest,
spend his time in the right way, etc
When all these, tests, have been sat
isfactorily passed, a certificate of Ju
nior Citizenship1 bearing the great
seal of the State and the signatures
of the Governor and the State Super
intendent of Public Instruction is
issued. Besides showing that these
first tests have been passed, this
certificate bears blank spaces for the
records of the second and third
tests (given after intervals of two
years thus taking the pupil through
High School). The certificate is not
complete until these tests have been
passed. ,
. The first certificates were issued
in North Carolina in December, 1920,
ten Granville boys being among the
recipients. These however, were
not presented until this time. .
After the close jof the moving pic
ture program at Creedmoor Tuesday
evening, the school gave a patriotic
program after which Mr. Royall, the
very popular Methodist minister,
made a short but inspiring talk on
citizenship. He then presented to
the following boys their certificates
of Junior Citizenship:
Wyatt Daniel, Vallin Estes, John
Morris.
It was very fitting and appropriate
that this exercise . should occur on
the birthday of the father of our
country. As a final feature of the
evening the people were directed to
a cherry tree and given an opportu
nity to chop at it with a hatchet
after the manner of the original
George. In this instance however
one needs must chop blindfolded,
thus provoking great merriment
The prize for the best "lick" went
to Mr. Bullock.
A somewhat similar program was
carried out at Stovall Thursday afternoon-
Mr- John Hester being the
speaker. The following boys from
that school received certificates:
Willie Breedlove, James Davis,
William Davis, Mack Satterwhite,
Bert Spicer, Gordon Spicer, Garland
Stovall. .
USE NEWSPAPER AD. TO
EXPLAIN HER MARRIAGE
Second Wife Claims That Her Mar
riage Was An Honor To Her Late
, Husband.
Mrs- Ann B. Banton i Turner, . a
resident of Madison Heights, a sub
urb of Lynchburg, whose husband
died two months ago and who has
since married, has created something
of a stir by a newspaper card in
which she undertakes ; to ward off
criticism of her .early marriage, de
claring that she regards her mar
riage a compliment to her late husband-
Mrs. Turner says:
"I feel that I have discharged all
duties toward my former husband
that a , faithful wife ;could ;do and be
ing entirely unprotected, with great
responsibilities -resting upon, me, I
hope you ; will not be too. harsh in
your judgment, but ezctim f or ac
cepting protection of a strong arm in
these the most peoWr times .the
world has ever seeny.and. coiisider it
a compliment to ,the memoir -of. my
former beloved husband.?'
MRS. VARNER LOSES SUIT IN
FEDERAL COURT FOR FUNDS
Jury Finds Plaintiff Guilty Of Im
proper Relations With Baxter Mc
Rary. ;; . ; .
It does indeed seem that the im
possible has happened. A pretty? wo
man, with stylish clothes and pleas
ing manners, describes Mrs. H.' B
Vainer. Those who have seen her
at the press conventions and in so
cial gatherings, can scarcely realize
that she has fallen; yet a court and
jury at Greensboro last Friday morn
ing branded her forever.
Mrs. Varner was a Western woman
and did not understand the ways and
high standards of the Southern peo
ple. She permitted a mulatto to visit
her home frequently to see her cook.'
This was done sometimes in the ab
sence of Mr. Varner. j Vile tongues ,
began to wag and in August last,
while. Mr. Varriej was away from -home;
they charged her openly with .
having had improper relations with
the negro, who is J52 years old and
feeble in body- After being cast j
out by her husband she brought suit
for "reasonable subsistence."
The case was heard in Federal
court at Greensboro last week, Judge
Boyd presiding. Here is what took
place at ten o'clock last Friday morn
ing when the jury rendered its ver
dict :
The Verdict
"What is your verdict, gentlemen,"
Judge Boyd asked.
" We have fouiid Mrs. Varner guil
ty of committing adultery with Bsfcx
ter McRary," Foreman Sumners de
clared. Whereupon Judge Boyd read the is
sues submitted to the jury to be an
swered and incorporated therein the ,
decision of the jury.
Three Issues Decided. - r
t The issues decided on by the jury
were as follows:
1. Did the defendant (Varner) se
parate himself from the plaintiff
(Mrs. Varner) and fail to provide her
with the necessary subsistence ac
cording to his means and condition in
life, as alleged in the complaint!
Answer: Yes.
2. Did the plaintiff commit adul
tery with R. B. McRary as alleged in
the answer? ,
j ' Answer; -.-Yes. ,; ' -; - T
- 3. What shalCif any'should "beW"
lowed and paid or secured to the
plaintiff for her reasonable ' sub
sistence from the estate of the de-t
fendant?
Answer: Nothing. !
Appeal Noted.
Mrs. Varner, prostrated over the
verdict of the jury declaring her
guilty of the worst charges brought'
against her, will take an appeal to
the United States circuit court of
appeals, her counsel. announces.
Juror's "Souls Tried."
Every man on the jury had his'
"soul tried" in deciding the question,
P. M. Summers, foreman, stated af
ter it was decided. -
It was hard to : believe, he said,
that Mrs. Varner, a white woman of
prominence, apparently enjoying all
the advantages of wealth, could be
guilty of intercourse with a negro,
as charged, but after digesting the
evidence, and looking' at the matter
from every angle, they decided that
she was-
MR BREWER, PROPRIETOR OF
VANCE HOTEL, DEAD
Angina Pectoris Following Acute In
digestion Brings Death Quickly.
(Henderson Daily Dispatch)
Charles S- Brewer, proprietor and
manager of the Vance hotel, died in
his apartments in the hotel at 11
o'clock yesterday morning follow
ing an illness of only a f ew hours.
Acute indigestion, followed by angina
pectoris, was given by his physican
as the cause of his death. He was
43 years old. !
THE MORAL STUNTED
Imagine What These Customers Are
Likely To See In Their Delirium.
How would you like to drink boot
leg whiskey drained off of "pickled"
snakes?
Don't you think you would rather
lose your thirst? Well, if you pat
ronize the bootlegger it may be you
have been drinking that kind of
"elixir," for down in the museum. of ,
the University of Alabama booze
thieves drained the alcohol off of , the
bottled snakes and are using it to
supply customers.
NEVER TOO OLD TO LEARN
Father aMd Two Sons Enters Trinity
College.
The Rev. S- E. Mercer, 52 years
old, has demonstrated his belief in
the old adage that it is never too late
to learn by re-entering Trinity col
lege at Durham after an absence of
25 years from the class rooms. Two
of his sons are undergraduates at the
institution, A. E. Mercer, a junior,
and L. E. Mercer, a freshman.
Mr. Mercer is taking work leading
to an A. M. degree, having received
his A. B. degree in the Trinity class
of 1896. v
Woman's Club Meeting
The Oxford Woman's Club will
hold an important meeting in the Li
brary on Wednesday afternoon,
March 9, at 3 :30 o'clock. All mem
bers are urgently requested , to b&
present-
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