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VOL. XXXVI 'HE TOBACCO SEASON IS DRAWING TO A CLOSE Kot More Than One Million Pounas .Now In the Hands Of the Farm er's Of Granville. Tlie announcement a few days ago ill at the Oxford Tobacco Market ,vould close for the season on Friday, March 18, had a tendency to hurry ap the farmers. All sections of the county was well reprersented on the Oxford market this week, and some fanners state that it will be Impos sible for them to market all of their crop by the 18th of March. The five Oxford warehouses have handled about fifteen million pounds of tobacco .this season, and well in formed tobacco men state that there s nearly one million pounds in tne hands of the farmers now. Several farmers admit that they iKi ve been holding some good tobacco hoping that the price would be Wronger during the closing week of the market. It has often been reported during tije season that the prices was much hetter today than it was yesterday," or much "better this week-, than it wi3 last week." The fact is, there jias been very little change for the hotter, during the entire season. Tliete was a slight advance in the price immediately following the ho lidays, but it was so slight it was hardly noticeable on some grade's. "ttGnerallv during closing weeks of (he market the prices jump up to i tiimulate the farmers to plant anoth-! er crop," remarked a farmer. Those who are holding their tobac co with the expectation of bettei prices from now to the end of the season might as well bring it on in ;0d be done with it, for there will he no increase. " f)L TEAM LEAGUE ! IS PROPOSED HERE (Kford- Wants Amateur. Organiza tion In Baseball Coming Summer A six-team amateur baseball lea sue for towns in this section of the .State is proposed in, a letter sent out by Mr. S. H. Prichard, secretary and treasurrer of the- Oxford Baseball Association. The statement announces that the baseball fans of? Oxford have! gotten together with a view to forming a six-team; league! to be composed of Roxboro, East Durham, Henderson, fouisburg-Franklinton; Wake For-est-Youngsville, and Oxford. The .statement declares that Oxford wants to hear from the towns nam Td as to what they think of the pro posal and' as to what they can and will dos It is set forth in the announce ment that an early start will be necessary if the plan is to be carried through, and that Oxford is await ing a reply from the -baseball inter ests concerned. Communications should be addressed to C S. Garman or S. H. Prichard. The Henderson Daily .Dispatch says: "Thus far no more has been made toward providing baseball for HiTenderson this vear. and fans have not signinea meir mienuous as yei. MEADOWS VISITS PHILLY AND SETS TOWN GUESSING Tie Will Go Into Practive WThen His Team Leaves Philadelphia March 7. Philadelphia, March 3. An unex pected but extremely welcome visi tor to the offices of the Philadel phia baseball club in the Real Es tate Trust building Monday was Lee Meadows, the Quakers' stir left handed pitcher. While Meadows made known no other business to the two Bills, Shettsline and Dono van, whome he greeted warmly, he produced a signed contract for the present season, commented upon the severity of the weather com pared with the climate in 'his home town, Oxford, N. C; said; he would ioin the party when it left Philadel phia March 7, and thereupon depart ed" for his southern homes. tfust what brought Lee to the city he failed to divulge. Certainly not for the puprpose of delivering person ally his contract. For the remain der of the afternoon Donovan and Hhettsline swapped guesses for the veal solution for Meadows' unex pected, sudden and brief visit to Philadelphia. C7J.PT. LEE GOOCH JOINS THE "THREE EYE" LEAGUE Will Go To Moline, HI., About April 1. After looking over several of the fcoasoii's best baseball contracts, Capt. Le) Gooch, manager of the Richmond team last season, signed up with the Threa I League and will leave Oxford in time to join his team April 1. , Tlie Three I League plays in three ftfates -Illinois, Iowa and Indiana, and is generally refered to as the 'Three Eye League." . Capt. Gooch's contract calls; for five months beginning April 1. He '.as been connected with the Mangum warehouse in Goldsboro and here this tobacco season. He will return to Oxford next September. Mrs. Gooch will accompany him to Moline, III., where she will spend most of the time after taking in the circuit. ', Your battery, should have water about every two weeks. Stop at Wil lai d Service Station. PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY TOWN AND COUNTY OF WHEN GEN. ROASTER SPEAKS IT IS TIME TO ACT Nominations of Ladies for the School Board Is Now In Order. . Editor of Puvl: Having i of Oxford STATE .LIBRARY, seven years, i am naturally "anx-- ious that our g6d Town shall continue on its forward march. No enterprise established in our midst during the past quarter of a century is of such vital impor tance to all of our people as the Graded School. The future usefulness of the School depends upon the hearty support and co operation of all classes of our people. The good vomen of Oxford were "a present help in time of need" when the last bond, issue was voted; upon? and now that the moneys derived from a sale of tese bonds is about to be in vested in a High School build ing, it occurs to me that these same good. women, who made possible the carrying of this bond election, should be given representation on the Board of School Trustees. I most heartily endorse and commend the suggestions con tained in the article signed by Mrs. Ellen H. M. Brooks in your last issue of February 25th. Surely no one, who is really in terested in our Graded, School system, can object to the views expressed by Mrs. Brooks. How long culd our school continue its useful career if the mothers of the pupils do not co operate with the superintendent and teachers? Is there any val id reason why women should not be members oti the Board of Trustees of Oxford Graded School? Other towns in the State have found that women on Boards of this kind are exceed ingly helpful, and I believe that this would be true in, our Town. If the women are our "fellow citizens", we proclaim them to he, then let the men of Oxford treat them as such. " Every member of the present Board of Trustees is a friend of mine, and I have no grienvance in this matter ,' My sense of jus- tice andmy deef interest in our a ' school prompV me to submit these observations. . I indulge the hope that I shall not be classed among the par ents, who should talk less and require their children to pay nire attention to their books." B. S. ROYSTKR. WHAT THE LITTLE TOWN OF WARRENTON OWNS They Now Claim That Horace Greely Was Married There. Warrenton is the best advertised town in North Carolina. Every on ce in a while the same newspaper item of its greatness "goes the rounds of the . press." They now claim that Horace Greely was mar ried there in 1836. The following is item with the last amendment thereto: Besides owning and operating its own water works, electric plant, ice plant, opera house and a railroad four rmiles long, the little city of Warrenton' Warren county' North Carolina, with a population of less than 1,000, is also building a hotel to coast 4140,000 toe paid for by a bond issue. x The municipaliy owned railroad runs from Warrenton to W arren Plains, where it connects with the Seaboard Air Jine Railway, it Sejng the only line entering Warrenton. 'v "We have 'made a profit on all of our municipally owned enter prises, except our opera house, and we haven't lost much on it," declar ed Tasker H- -Polk, prominent law yer and member of the Warrenton board of aldermen- Warrenton is one of the oldest towns in the State. Horace Greely was married there in 1836. JUST A LITTLE JOKE " y NOW AND THEN It doesn't take much to startle the average man at this day and time when ;you spe,ak of "the Republican administration and money matters, especially when such men as Judge Devin speaks out of court. "This .:. is "a very fine day for the inauguration," said Judge Devin in the presence of a small assemblage this morning. Continuing, the Judge remarked: "It means that every bank in North Carolina will be closed in four months from today. Judge Devin is usually solemn and serious, and t was a. relief to the crowd when he remarked that all tanks close on the fourth of July. RELATIVES ATTEND FUNERAL OF MR.; HUBERT MARTIN C. H. Martiiv known toy Washing ton friends as Hubert Martin, the ef ficient secretary to Senator v Lee S Overman, died Thursday morning at his home in Cleveland Park, a sub urb of Washington. V Mr. Martin was 43 years of age and is "survived by a widow, who was Miss Annie L. McGurre, whom he Married in Smithfield, N. C- Mrs. A. HA A. Williams, of Oxford, Mrs. A. H. A. Williams, of Oxford, is a close relative of Mrs. Martin, and the family will attend the fun eral at Wake Forest at 11 o'clock tomorrow morning. ; OXFORD, N. C. FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 1921 PAYMENT OF REPARA TIONS TO BE FORCED Allies Renew Signs Of War In Big Infiantry Camps Big Guns Ready or Action? Allies Have Given Trance Permission To Act On Ini tiative Li Case Germany, Won't " ay, , " ; : ' (Paris Special) . Preliminary steps for the execu tion of military plans devised by the allies to force German obedience to reparations demands have been tak en. For the first time in over two years trains of long snouted guns are being dragged toward the frontier. The guns are ready for instant ser vice if needed. REPARATION SITUATION TODAY Allied terms demands $55, 000,000,000 payable in 42 years at 12 per cent taxon German . exports.. : i' - German offer -$7,290,000,-000 payable at a rate of $240, 000,000 annually for five years; a new - system devised there after. Suggested penalty French to sieze additional German ter ritory; .Great Britain to sieze big German ports. SOME RECENT REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS IN GRANVILLE J. Hugh Holloway, et al to Charles L. Wheeler, 79 acrers in Dutchville Township, consideration $1000. Sherman Thorp to S. E. Morton, 58 acres in Walnut Grove $62.50. T. ;W. Winston and wife to Mer chants Grocery Co., certain lot in Oxford, $200. T. G. Stem, trustee to E. G. Crews, undivided interest in three tracts, $625.00. A E. B. Howard, trustee to R. C Watkins, 83 1-2 acres fin Oxford Township. $4500.00. ' J T" Clark, et al to Robert T. Clark, interest in tract in Salem Township, $939.18. Miss Minnie Sheron to Miss Eva Sheron, 1-4 interest in tract of land in Tally Ho, consideration one dollar and other consideration. ' D. G. Crews and wife to L. B. Crews; 197 acres $16,000. JZ. Thpmasson and wife to F Beck, certain tract ' in Dutchville, 2 00.-0 teri-' v- .i-r-.-M.- - y Lee J. Jenkins to L. S. Jenkins one sixth interest in certain tract $750 00. Charlie Allen to Lucius Hawley, 2 acres in Walnut Grove $120. ; Sam Harris and wife to Charles Al len, 2 acres, $100.00. Fi P. Dean and wife to Mattie Dean, 3 0 acres in Walnut Grove, $500. F. M- Dorsey and B. S. Royster, commissioners to B. E. Parham, 1 lot in Oxford, $30,000. Fran Burwell and wife to Na than Burwell, 51 acres in Oxfora township, $2500. Jordan Moore and wife to Otho Moore, certain tract in Granville, 22 acres $10 dollars and other conside ration. ; . R. H. Currin to R. H. O'Brien, cer tain lot or parcel of land in Oxford township, $1000. H. G. McFarland and wife to P. G. Montague, certain tract or parcel of land in Oxford, consideration $4 80 v. J. L. Vaughan and wife to Willie F. Shotwell, 101 actes in Granville, consideration $4000. Peter Gregory ahd wife to Oliver Jones, certain lot of land in Oxford, consideration $1200. R. & Bullock and wife to W. C. Daniel, two lots in Dutchville, consid eration $4142.84. 1 S. A; Wilbourn and wife to 1. W. Mangum et al 168 acres more or less, iriOak' Hill consideration $500 and other valuable consideration. J. iL Woody and wife to J. J. Woody$8 acres in Salem, township, consideration $1000. WARNINGAGAINST FAKE' COL LECTORS OF INCOME TAX Washington, 'March 3. Warn ing against "fake" income . tax col lectors was issued today by the bu reau of internal, revenue. "Persons who approach taxpayers saying they, have come to collect the income tax, are in every instance, at tempting to defraudthe public," the bureau said. "In the payment of the income tax the public is required to seek the government and not the government the public". KITCHIN SUCCEEDS CHAMP CLARK IN THE HOUSE LEADERSHIP Washington, March 3. Democrat ic members of the House were advis ed today that Representative Kitch in, of Nerth Carolina, who became minorityvleader of the1 House yester day through the death of Represen tative Champ Clark, as rapidly re covering from his recent illness- Mr. Kitchin, his physicians announced, will be able to resume his seat at the extra session to be called probably early in April. WILSON AND COLBY TO FORM, LAW PARTNERSHIP Offices,-Will 'Be Maintained By New Firm In Both New York and .Washington " International Law Will Be .Specialty. Washington, March 3. President Wilson 'formally announced today that he Vill "resume the practice of law" in .aaxtrhership with Bain bridge CoIbXi the retiring Secretary of State. 0 The firm will maintain of- f ices, in New York and Washington. A FEB B 1,1 IM ANT OPPORTUNITIES AZL HOME PRINT 1 . - 4 - .. i V : 1 ; L. t : SPECIAL HOOL TAX joajmx'iuN VAIjIAZD OFF i A Spef Bm, More Explicit, Has ; Been Introduced Lr the Legisla ture By Representative Parham. It has been found that? 5 the general act under , which the countywid special sqhbol tax election was called is not clear and also that there are certain conditions which do not make it suit the county as a whole. A special bill, therefore,-has ;been prepared which will remedy the defects and clear up the uncer tainties. It is necessary that the first election be called ' off. The commissioners will be asked to"" do this next Monday. DEATH CLOSES CAREER OF CHAMP CLARK Dies In Very Shadow Of Capitol Where He Labored 26 Years. As End Came Near He Lived Again In Memory HisTDas A Speaker Of House. House Halts For Half An Hour In Reverence Then Li Obedience To. the Dead Leader's Wishes, Resumes Its Work. (Washington Special) On Wednesday morning death closed the career of Champ Clark, of Missouri, for more than a quarter century a towering figure in nation al politics, a stalwart of stalwarts in the Democratic party: He died in the very shadow of the capitol. Just over "the. way from 1 "he hotel where he has lived many yeajs, house and senate seethed in the clos ing hours of the Congress of which he was an honoredmember and lead er. The stir of legislative battle was with him to the end. He Uvea again in memory, as his pulses flag ged, the days of the eight years he wielded the speaker's gravel in the house. Those sorrowing at his bed side heard the old chieftain mutter in his last delirium: "The question is on adoption of the conference report." ' By mandate more binding than any written law. Congress barely , halted in erenWd&4 of the aged member. Knowing as the years had taught him; to know the vital urgency of time 'hi the closing, days of a Congress, the . former speaker made known his will from what he knew was his death bed. His wish was carried to both houses that no halt in public business should be made at his death. '" ; His Age Was Against Recovery. In obedience to that ; behest, the house, peopled with his personal friends of whatever party, halted a shert half hour in adjournment, then marched on with its Crowded pro gram. It was pressing work, Mr. Clark took active share up to little more 10 days ago, counselling his party colleagues as Democratic leader un til a cold struck him down to become a victim to the infirmities of his 7i years of driving life that reckoned nothing of his own physical welfare. Not piaken By Defeat. In the subdued talk" on the floor or in cloakrooms 'while the house paused in honor of his memory, friends of years' standing scorned the suggestion that the stout heart of the MUsourian had been shaken by poplitical defeat. -That he f had foreseen long in advance, they said. It was a more personal matter that had broken his spirit, they insisted, the death a year ago of his idolized, three-year-old grandson; and names sake, Champ Clark Thomson. Since that blow,, it was said, Mr. Clark's colleagues had. noted a wan ing of his keen interest in public af fairs and a little droop to the mas sive shoulders so familiar through the years in the corridors of 4he cap itol. MR. SAPP ASKS VARNER VERDICT BE SET ASIDE Probably Argue the Motion Fri day Or Saturday Before Judge Boyd. . ' .- (Greensboro News) The Varner case took a new angle here yesterday, when . O. L. Sapp, chief counseMor Mrs. . Florence C Varner, who was found guilty last Saturday by a jury in the United States district court of improper re lations' 'with Baxter McRary, mula to, weht before Judge James E. Boyu and asked to be heard on a motion to set aside the verdict against his client The. motin will probably be heard Friday of "Saturday. Mr. Sapp assertgd "that he will fight to have the verdict Set, aside on the ground that it-was rendered: a gainst the greater ; weight of testi mony presented during the 10 days of the trial when over 100 witneso testified and on the ground that he t nas newly aiscoverea qviaeuue iu ui fer. . ; In the event the verdict is set aside it will mean that the : sensational case, which created so much interest will be tried again" . Mr. Sapp declares that Mrs- Var ner is innocent of the terrible charge against her and that he -intends to let no opportunity sJipo lift the pall from around her. " Will H. Hays makes it plain that the G. O. P. is going to eliminate the negro politician from the coun- eils of the party. OFFICERS CAPTURE STILL ON THE SD3EWALKS IN THE ITY OF OXFORD Was Shipped Frdjn Durham to Ox-j lord and Taken "From the Exprress uiupe and Carried To the 5 Country and Brought Back To the Express Office ad Ordered Ship ped Back To Durham. Sheriff Hunt ana Deputy Ed Ly on smelt the fumes of a still Wednes day morning while passing in front of the Southern Express office here The big box containing the'still was sitting on the sidewalk ready tovbe taken to the station for shipment to Durham. 1" ' In the search for the owner of the still the ' officers soon learned that the same box had arrived in Oxford a day or two ago and taken to . the country. This gave them the desir ed clue and they lost no time in find ing James and Phillip Harris, color ed, who admitted that one John Brown, colored, of Durham, had promised them ten dollars each if they would call at the express office and get the still and take it to Jor dan branch, two miles northwest of Oxford on the Oak Hill road and help him manufacture one run of li quor. The two boys did as they were requested by Brown, but when they arrived at the branch they saw that the officers had been there the day before and destroyed the sour mash and other preparations that had been perfected to make 20 gallons of li quor and move on. When the negroes saw that the officers had destroyed the beer and knocked down the furnace, they did not take the still from the box, and hastily decided to, bring it back to Oxford and ship it back to Durham. The two Harris boys who called at the express office and got the still and carried, it to the country and brought it back to the express office, admitted their guilt and waved ex- I animation, Justice Medford bound them over to the next term of Gran ville County Court. Failing to give bond they werer sent to the county jail. STEM'NEWS LETER r-The Mount Vernon colored school .: building on Route 2, was burned' last Tuesday "loTghti ""The blaze was discovered by Mr.. P. J. Roberts after it had nearly burned down, as he w4 on the w to Ox ford with a load of, tobacco. There has been some 'friction between pat rons of the school and it is thought that the fire, is of incendiary origin. George Reed Whitfield, the lit tle son of Mr. and Mrs, G. W. Whit field of Route 3, . while getting eggs out of a nest Sunday, fell and broke his arm. He was taken to a Durham hospital but the wounded limb will not be set for several days. We are glad to note that Mr. J. C. Hopkins, who is still in the hospi tal, in Durham, continues to im prove. Dr. Booker says mat he has never had a patient who has gotten along so nicely. Mr. E. B. Cozart of Soute 1, left Monday for a trip, to Georgia, Palm Beach, Miami, Key West, and thence to Cuba- He expects to be gone a bout a month. We are glad to note that Ruby, the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Goss of Route 1, who is in the hospital in Durham is improving Mr. H."G. Minor, of Route 3, lost a milk cow last week and Mr. K- D. Holeman one Monday jiight. Mrs. J. H. Gooch is on a visit to relatives in Winston-Salem. A REAL HARD LUCK STORY Soldier Returns From War To FiM "Body" Buried and Bride Wife Of Another. Fred Williams, who went away to war in, 1917, will return to his home in LaFayette, Ga., in a few days to find his body buried there, his war insurance poljcy paid, and his bride the wife of another. This was the situation just dis closed when Mrs. Grace Robertson received a brief telegram from New York signed rfy her first husband i saying he had landed and was coin ing home as soon as possible, unere was no explanation of his long si lence. The War Department reported Williams skilled in action soon af ter he went to France, paid, his wi dow his insurance and then sent a soldier's body to LaFayette as his Williams' wife, whom he had mar ried but a few months before he left, mourned him and then married a former sweetheart, Joseph Robert son. A BIG FAMHjY ROW OVER IN THE HURRICANE A Centenarian Can't Get Along With His Young Wife. News comes from over in the Hur ricane -that a colored woman, appa rently fifty years of age, called on a justice of the peace to ascertain if anything could be done to stop abusive treatment of her mother. How old is your mother?' she was asked. " 'Eighty.' " 'Who abuses her?' "Her father. And he makes life miserable for her.' " 'And how old is he?' " 'He is 101 years of age.' " Mr. A. A. Crews is beautifying his home on Gilliam street with a new dress of paint. 'NO. 18 BUILDING CONDITIONS . SHOW STEADY IMPROVEMENT Labor Is Showing More and More a Disposition To Return ToWlFor- mer Efficiency .. The . stagnation in the . construe- . tion field is gradually giving away to activity, the last few weeks hav ing shown a real demand for build ing materials and supplies of all kinds. The number of new projects coming to light is daily increasing. It is true that as yet there has been no big revival in building, but con ditions are showing a steady im-k provement. ' Operations that nave been delayed for an indefinite time are taking shape and developments of the .past month indicate that the spring and suntmer months will show a large volume of construction work. Prices for building have declined very sharply, and transportation, dif- : ficulties have been very materially v lessened Labor is showing more and more a disposition to return to its former efficiency and the supply of labor is constantly increasing. The number of converts to the Build Now Movement is daily grow ing larger and there is real founda tion, for the many predictibns of an extremely active building season. Construction work in the South bids fair to tremendous proportions and every one in this field has reason to be optimistic oyer the situation! A NEAT NEWSPAPER Henderson Daily Dispatch; Issues Foity-Eight Page Edition. i The neatesspecial edition to reach our desk in many a day was issued by the Henderson Daily Dispatch Wed nesday. Mr. H. A. Dennis the editor, and Mr. S. A. Jones, an Oxford boy. at the head of the mechanical depart- V ment, are a strong team. One en tire section of eight pages is devoted to Oxford. Speaking of the Oxford section (f the paper, Editor Dennis says: "Oxford friends and business men have shown a desire to assist in every way in making their part of the edi tion a creditable one, and it is really one of the best portions of the paper. To these friends,, we are .very grateful for their cooperation,, and weshauJie;4 grateful to them also as we are tq pur patrons in Henderson and Vance . cbunty." ;-.s J : -v HARDING TO KISS THE BIBLE USED BY GEO. WASHINGTON This Bible Was the Property Of the Old Richmond Lodge. .President-elect Harding plans on; taking the oath of office March 4 to press his lips to the Bible that was used at the first inauguration of George Washington. In accord with Mr. Harding's wishes, Elliott Woods, superinten dent of the capitol, has arranged' with St. John's Lodge, No. 1, A. F. & A. M.. of New York City for the use of the Bible. It will be taken to Washington"' by a committee of Masons. This Bible was in the possession of the old masonic lodge on Franklin Street, Richmond. Va., for many years. It is not explained how it found its way to New York City. GREENSBORO BUSINESS MEN WANT GOOD TOBACCO MARKET Business men of Greensboro will put $150,000 in making that city a real tobacco market, they decided at a meeting held one day the past week. A stock company will be." formed and $75,000 of the amount of Capital will be sold among the busi ness men; the other $75,000 to be taken by"Nthe financial Institutions of the city hi the shape of first mort gage bonds. It is planned to build at least two warehouses and necessary storage facilities. Tobacco experts will be consulted as just how to proceed in the matter of the erection of the physical properties planned and a committee of seven members of the Chamber of Commerce will be ap pointed to go ahead with the finan cial details of the plan. The action taken is all that will save Greensboro from getting eft. the tobaccb map altogether. AlLvtlie warehouses there have been rented for other purposes for next seajsbh. M'LEAN'S RESIGNATION f . -ACCEPTED BY WILSO Washington, March 3. Angus W. McLean, of Lumberton, N. C, an nounced Wednesday that President' Wilson had accepted his resignation as assistant secretary of the treasury in charge of internal revenue and customs, effective March 3. Mr. McLean, however, will continue as managing director of the war finance corporation on which his term as a director expires March 17, 1922. Endorse Mrs. Brooks' Plans. Editor Public Ledger: If you have space in your paper , for this we would like very much to say that we most heartily agree with Mrs. J. D. Brooks' suggestions offered in the Public Ledger of last week, and would like to see same a dopted in our school system here. MR. AND MRS. S. H USRY. The many friends of Capt. Franfc Spencer, are glad to see him on our streets again after an absence ot about a month. He has been under- I going ireaimeni m uiuu.bwt - :;
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