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VOL. XXXVI
GKAXVILLE COUNTYY, X. C
POPULATION, 27,000
'approximate Annuall Production
Cotton, 1500 Bales
Tobacco 16,000,000 Pounds
Corn, 1,461,000 Bushels
flood Crops of Wheat, Oats, Rye,
Velvet and Soja Beans, Sorghum,
Potatoes, White and Sweet, Fruits
and Berries Also Annual Cut of
Timber Several Million feet.
Vpproximate Value of All Crops.
Annually, $15,000,000
Climate Most Equable
OXFORD IS THE COUNTY SEAT
Population, 4000;
NEWS IN CONDENSED FORM
SINCE OUR LAST ISSUE
The Harding administration be
gins a comprehensive study of rail
way conditions with a view to form
uiation of a definite program for re
habilitation. Arthur E. Lamm, LaGrange po
liceman shot by a negro several
weeks ago has been discharged froni
a local hospital and will entirely re
cover from his three wounds.
John S- Williams, proprietor of
the alleged "death farm" and Clyde
.Ala nning, his negro plantation boss,
will be tried on charges of murder in
the Newton county Ga., superior
court next Monday morning.
One foruth of the telephone
shortage in the state at present is in
the city of Charlotte, according to
Vice President Yundt, testifying be
fore the corporation commission in
the rate hearing.
The Gastonia uazette nas
brought forward a Gaston county
farmer who in all his 16 years of
housekeeping, "t.as bought only one
pound of meat," and all the time he
has had meat to sell.
With all the pomp and ceremony,
the Roman Catholic church at Balti
more yesterday laid to rest one of its
oldest and most faithful servants
James Cardinal Gibbons, archbishop
of Baltimore, and the second Ameri
can to be elevated to the cardinalate.
One of the greatest victories for
education in the history of Fayette
ville was won Tuesday when a quar
ter of a million bond issue for the
improved public school facilities was
carried by a vote of- 1,160 out of a
total registration of 1,349, only three
votes being cast against the bonds.
The Albermarle post of the A
merican Legion gave a picnic dinner
at Albemarle Tuesday to the old Con
federate veterans and the young vet
erans who took a part in the world
war. The ladies of the town and
county furnished a splendid and
bounteous dinner for the soldiers of
the two wars.
Spring tourist season is the lar-
gest Asheville has enjoyed in many
rno fo on-1 it Viae TOa H tVlO plimJl.V
with partically all the hotels filled to
overflowing. Scores of people are
there from Florida, stopping off be
fore returning home and others come
direct from northern and eastern c
ties.
THE COOLD WAVE STRUCK
GRANVILLE COUNTY HARD
Fi-uit and Much Early Vegitation
Killed In This Section.
The cold wave which came out of
the West Monday killed all the fruit
and early vegitation in Kentucky,
Tennessee, West Virginia, Maryland,
the western counties of North Caro
lina and Virginia and down as far as
central Alabama.
What was not killed from New
York to Texas and Florida by frost
on Monday morning, was killed Tues
day morning when the mercurv in
twenty states registered from two to i
uiree degrees oeiow ireezing
the themometer at Hall's drug
store registered 31 degrees at day- i
light Monday morning, and at 30 de- i
srees at the same hour on Tuesday j
morning,
ixepons reacn tne fudiic meager i
from many points in the county that
the fruit and berry crop has been
Killed and that much early vegitation
ruined.
WAIt DEPARTMENT W ANTS
FIVE HUNDRED STUDENTS
An opportunity for 500 young men
to learn how to fly will soon be of
tered to all civilians between the ag
es of twenty and twenty-seven years
yno have a high school education or
its equivalent and who desire to mas
ter all phases of military aeronautics,
inese men will be known as flying
cadets, and will be sent to the air
schools at March field, Riverside,
Cal., or to Carlstrom field, Arcadia.
Fla.
The primary instruction will cover
Jour months, while the advanced
training wm occupy about six
months. The last three months will
e spent with a service squadron,
i nese latter courses are given at
Rockwell field, Cal.; Ellington field,
Houston, Tex., and Post field, Fort
kill, Okla.
NOTICE OF REGISTRATION FOR
THE TOWN ELECTION
fTIvin been appointed Registrar
f the election to be held on the
-'st Monday in May, 1921, for the
purpose of electing a Mayor and sev
r fLommissioners for the town of
uxiord, this is to notify all persons
no are entitled to register for said
f'lr'Ction that the registration books
win be opened on the 12th day of
April and will be closed on the 26th
J-ay of April, 1921, that during the
ime said registration books are open
Tjey will be kept open from nine
o clock A. M to five o'clock P. M. on
'vfry day, Sundays excepted, at the
mce of the Clerk to the Board of
commissioners of Oxford in said
own. and on Saturdays during said
i-iine the undersigned registrar shall
attend at the Court-House between
4'e ho,urs of twelve o'clock M. and
-ix o clock P. M., for the registration
of new voters.
This March 30th, 1921.
R". B. HINES, Registrar.
Your battery should have water
Dout every two weeks. Stop at Wil-ai-d
Service Station.
' r ' ' ' " OTAia BRAEYi 1 ' ' ' "
PUSHED SEMI-WEEKLY TOWN ANDCGUNTI OFfIr BRILLIANT OPPORTUNITIES-AIL HOME PRINT. :
IP TfflS TillXG KEEPS
UP SO:.lE ONE IN
OXFORD WILL BE KILLED
Twenty Close Calls Here In the Last
Ten Days.
The town commissioners should
employ a whole-time traffic cop to
put an end to automobile accidents.
During the past ten days there have
been 20 close calls, and there are so
many reckless drivers the law-abiding
people are scared to ride in cars
for fear that they will be killed.
It makes no difference how bad
and careless a driver may be, he al
ways blames the other feilow for the
accident, and for that reason the
Public Ledger has refrained from
mentioning names-
If a plain clothed traffic cop was
stationed at the end of Main street,
or anywhere near Oxford College, he.
could easily make 100 arrests daily
for violation of the automobile law.
YV e saw a kid the other day dou
bled up like a monkey running a cai
at the rate of 30 miles an hour.
He was looking off to one side and
waving his hand at a bunch of girls.
Two ladies in a car coming from the
opposite direction saw the careless
ness of the , kid and the impending
danger, turned their car to right ana
ran it into a private lot to avoid an
accident. The kid did not realize
that he had placed the lives and
limbs of the two ladies in jeopardy,
and if there had been an accident
he would have charged them witn
carelessness.
The best thing the town commis
sioners can do is to hire an officer
and put. a stop to careless driving
and speeding. Arrest everv one whn
violates the law and soak them gooa
and hard for the. first offense and
double it for the second and third of
fense is the only way to put a stop to
the would-be assassins.
If the town commissioners do not
provide means to stop so much care
lessness and speeding, the town will
mourn the loss of some good citizens
at an early date.
OTHER TOWNS' EXPERIENCE
WITH MANAGER MOVEMENT
Elizabeth City, X. C
(Population 10,000)
Letters from local business men
contain the following remarks: 'The
new plan was much more efficient
and economical than the old form
for the first two years. Saved the
city more than $20,000 and had a lot
of new work done."
Albion, Michigan.
(Population 90001
The wage rate increased from 25
to 40 cents per hour for common
labor, but in spite of this fact the
city is-in-better condition financially
than it has been in years, and pur
chased $10,000 of Liberty bonds."
Roswell, Xew Mexico.
(Population 9000)
"The main point of our past year
has been the operation of the city
with a saving of $5,000 over previ
ous years. Commenting on the new
plan, taxpayer says: 'The city has
been put into good shape. Streets,
sewers, etc.. are kept clean and sani
tary.' "
Taylor, Texas.
(Population 8200)
"The new plan began operation
with no money in the treasury and a
debt of $10,000. It abolished the fee
system and finished the first year
with a surplus of $7,000."
Grand Have11, Mch.
(Population 7280)
(Adapted City Manager plan Julv
1915.) Tax rates of Grand Haven
are as follows:
1915-1916 $10.67 per $1,000
iyi6-19r7 . . .. 9.62 per 1.000
mqi7iqs
... 9.42 per 1,000
. ... 9.30 per 1,000
191 8,-191 9
Winchester. Ta.
(Population 7000)
"During the first six years of the
new plan the city issued no bonds;
redeemed $25,000 of outstanding
bonds; created sinking funds to re-
tire all bonded indebtedness by 1945;
kept the tax rate lower than under
the old form and from current reve
nues, after meeting all maintenance
and operating costs saved $152,602
which has been invested in real e&
tate and public improvements."
Webster City, Iowa.
(Population 6000)
"In spite of the war a saving of
more than $3,500 was made last
year as compared with the old coun- I
cil system. Improvement in the work i
done and the service rendered was
even greater than the saving effect
ed." ARE YOU AN ARTIST?
Cooperative Marketing Association.
Offering Prizes For Cartoons.
The Cotton and Tobacco Coopera
tive Marketing Associations are of
fering prizes for cartoons made by
amateurs. Students of any school in
North Carolina are eligible, and
while finished cartoons are desired
rough sketches will be considered
if they contain ideas that can be
worked out by regular artists.
The Cooperative Marketing As
sociations announce that they want
material to show the need for coop
erative marketing, and the advan
tages to be derived from if by farm
ers, business and prifessional men.
Cartoon contestants can find plen
ty of literature at libraries on co
operation among farmers, and espe
cially about cooperation in Califor
nia where last year the growers
marketed crops worth about $275,
000,000 through their own organiza
tions. ' .
Prizes for cartoons or sketches
that can be used by the North Caro
lina association are: First prize
$15; second $10; and third $5, The
contest closes. April 16, 1921, and
all drawings must be sent to Cam
paign Director, Cooperative Mar
keting Associations, otaie lepari,
ment of Agriculture, Raleigh,, N. C-
FOR MAYOR
I hereby announce my candidacy
for the nomination for the office of
Mayor, subject to the wishes of the
Democratic voters of the town of Ox
ford. "JL,, ,
4-1-ft T. G. STEM.
OXFORD, N. C. FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 1921
! A PROCLAMATION
'The Spring Cleaning Officially Be
j gins 3Ionday, April 11.
The week beginning Monday,
I April 11th, is hereby set apart
i as clean-up week. It is impor
! tant that we begin now to get
ready for this spring cleaning.
It is much needed and we want
to make a good job of it- .In
moving trash and rubbish the
following schedule will be car
ried out:
Monday: North Oxford, West
of College Street.
Tuesday: North Oxford East
of College Street.
Wednesday: South Oxford
West of Main and Hancock Sts.
Thursday: South Oxford East
of Mam and Hancock Streets
Friday and Saturday: The
business district.
This work will be done under
the supervision of the Civic De
partment of the Woman's Club.
An inspection will follow.
This March 29th. 1921.
T. G. STEM, Mayor.
AN OPPORTUNITY IS AFFORDED
TO ESTABLISH STANDARD
HIGH SCHOOL IN GRANVILLE
Wilton Creedmoor Or Stem Can
Qualify By Getting 250 Students,
Seventy-Five Of W hom Should Be
High School Students.
The last Legislature made an ap
propriation to aid in establishing
standard high schools in the rural
school districts. The' preference will
be given first to those counties hav
ing no standard high school,, and se
cond to those counties having no
standard high school in the rural dis
tricts. Granville county has no standard
high school. An opportunity is now
afforded for some district in the
county to secure such a school. In
order to become a standard htgn
school there should be not less than
250 students, at least 75 of whom
should be high school students. The
only way to get such a number to
gether is either to provide a doml
tory or have public transportation.
An area with a radius of five miles
around Stovall, Stem, Creedmoor or
Wilton would supply the required
number. This would mean an addi
tional annual appropriation from the
state fund for such a school ranging
from $1,000 to $5,000 according to
the needs of the school. There are
a number of requirements to De met
before the state will lend its aid.
There must be a well eauipped build- i
. . J 1 J JT 1 T 1 1 A !
mg, at leasi inree nign scnooi tea
chers, a sufficient local fund to run
the school nine months and employ
well trained teachers -
""Tf'any of these districts are inter
ested in raising the standard of their
schools, it will be well to take the
matter up with the State Department
of Education. J. F. WEBB.
THE CIVIL SERVICE HAS
BLOCKED SECRETARY HAYS
One Of the Things That Is Worrying
the G. O. P. Order Which Pre
sident Harding Will Have To Re
' scind Or Override Ruthlessly To
Reward the Faithful.
The executive orders relating to
the selection of postmasters, d;ted
March 1, 1917, read:
"Hereafter when a vacancy occurs
in the position of postmaster of any
office of the first, second, or third
class as the result of death, resigna
tion, removal, or, on the recommen
dation of the first assistant postmas
ter general, approved by the post
master general, to the effect that the
efficiency or needs of the service re
quire that a change be made, the
postmaster general shall certify the
fact to the civil service commission
which shall forthwith hold an open
competitive examination to test the
fitness of applicants to fill such va
cancy, and when such examination
has been held and the papers in con
nection, therewith have been rated
the said commission shall certify the
result thereof to the postmaster gen
eral who shall submit to the Presi
dent the name of the highest quali
fied eligible for anointment to fill
such vacancy unless it is established
that the character or residence of
such applicant disqualifies him for
appointment. No person who has
passed his 65th birthday shall be
given the examination herein provid
ed for."
The postmaster general made the
following statement in givingg out
the executive ordei:
The order speaks for itself and it
will be observed."
GOVERNMENT REPORT OF
THE DAMAGE TO FRUIT
Washington, March 31. Govern
ment reports today said the recent
cold snap was "disastrous" to- fruit,
especially early varieties, but no at
tempt was made to estimate the ex
tent of the damage. A strip start
ing in eastern New Mexico, crossing
South Nebraska and moving east
ward through Kansas, Southern In
diana and Illinois.. Tennessee and
rpnrhin? the Atlantic seaboard was !
ra -rH nl a vl v ViflrI Init. I
Delaware and New Jersey fruit
was said to have been "badly dam
aged," but the peach growing sec
tions of the Southern States escaped,
while Wisconsin got off with light
cl ct in L 6
The exact damage will not be
known, it was said, until warmer
weather thaws out the frozen parts
and discloses the amount of actual
frost bite.
ANNUAL MEETING OF
THE GRANVILLE COUNTY
AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION
The regular annual meeting of
stockholders of the Granville County
Agricultural Association will be held
at 2:30 P. M. on Monday, April 4th,
at the Court House. Members who
cannot attend in person are asked
to appoint a proxy that their stock
may be voted. '
E. G. MOSS, Superintendent.
Roses In His Cheeks.
Mr. Hamlin Cheatham, who under
went a critical operation in Philadel
phia and returned home "recently,
was in Oxford a few hours yesterday.
His many friends are glad to see the
roses in his cheeks again.
OVER SIXTEEN MILLION
POUNDS OF TOBACCO SOLD
ON THE OXFORD MARKET
The Five Warehouses Here Sold
b6o,96, An Average Of $22.50
Per 100 Pounds.
Capt. Jack C. Howard, secretary
treasurer of the Oxford Tobacco
Board of Trade, who has kept a re
cord of sales on the Oxford market
for the season of 1920-21, which
closed-last Friday, March 25.
The official statistics show total
sales for the season of 16,097,766
pounds, which brought $3,634,665
96 or an average of $22.50 per hun
dred pounds.
Never before in the history of the
local market has so much tobacco
been sold. This season's average
once for 16,097,766 pounds was
Jj)22.50 as compared with 11,500,000
Jounds last year at an average of
$61.00.
Oxford is slightly ahead of the
Henderson market on the number of
pounds sold and the general ave
rage. According to the official re
port of the Henderson market, as
printed in the Daily Dispatch, Hen
derson sold 15,761,130 pounds dur
ing the season for $3,078,477.23, at
an average of $19.53.
FIRST STEPS TAKEN
FOR OVERNMENT AH)
TO SOUTHERN FARMER
Washington, March 31. Problems
confronting agricultural interests of
the South, especially the cotton
growers, have been brought one step
nearer solution by the War Finance
Corporation in calling a conference
of Southern bankers here on April
4 to discuss methods for financing
the exportation of Southern crops.
The call followed consideration of
agricultural problems by the cabi
net and was looked upon as the first
definite step of the new administra
tion in working out a comprehen
sive plan of farmer relief, which it
is understood soon will be put for
ward. Officials of the War Fianace Cor
poration will explain to the South
ern bankers, it was said to what ex
tent Federal aid may be extended in
financing crop exports, and it also
probably will be made clear what
the Treasury's position is with re
gard to exports to Germany.
. While administration plans were
understood to contemplate a series
of conference with agricultural in
terests from all sections of its coun
try, it was understood that in the
.cabinet discussion cotton interests
Were favored for first consideration.
: i STEM NEWS LETTER
i' ;TCW;: MangumTZ:::.:
Mr. J. M. Bullock, sales manag
er of the Granville Warehouse Co.,
is spending a short period of rest at
home- He has had several lucrative
propositions for the summer season
made him but is inclined to stay at
home for a few months until the
market opens again.
Some of the bridges between
Stem and Tar River and Oxtord and
Hillsboro road are in such bad con
dition that it is dangerous to cross
them. There is less attention paid
to these roads than when taxes were
one-fourth as high.
Mr. J- C Hopkins, who has been
in Watts' hospital the past five weks
having been operated upon for ap
pendicitis and suffered an attack of
smallpox, returned home Saturday.
We are glad to learn that Mr.
F. M. Thomasson has returned home
from Watt's hospital after under
going an operation which it was
thought at one time would prove fa
tal. The Farmers Union is sellinrf
quite a lot of guano at this point anu
farmers are hauling same fearing a
car shortage later on. ' ,
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Bowling and
little son of Battleboro Nash countv,
spent Easter with Mr. and Mrs- J. T
Bowling of Route 2;
Mr. J. H. Daniel has recently
purchased what is considered the
finest horse that has been owned m
this community. His weight is 1460
pounds. . -
There is no smallpox nor influ
enza in this community and church
services and other public gatherings
have been resumed after a briet in
terruption note tha?.
B. Cash who has been- critically Hi
for several weeks is convalescent.
Mr H. P. Webb of Tally Ho
visited friends in Warren county
Tuesday. Barker. an undenom
inational minister will preach in
Stem, Wednesday April 20th-
Miss Kathlyn Jones, our popu
lar music teacher, spent the week
end with relatives in Kinston.
Miss Powle of Stem Route 3, is
visiting friends in Durham.
THE TRIANGULAR DEBATE
Will Take Place at the Graded
School Auditorium Tonight at
Eight O'clock. , .
The annual triangular debate will
take place in the Oxford Graded
School Auditorium this evening at 8
o'clock. This year the tnngle is
made up of Franklinton, Louisburg,
and Oxford. The Query for discus
Si0"Resolved: That .collective; bar
gaining should exist in American m-
dUThee Oxford High School is repre
sented on the affirmative by Misses
Lula Smith, and Dbra Wolf, and on
the negative by Messrs. IAllen
and Herbert Rountree The debate
ers of the negative side will debate
in Louisbury, and those of the affir
mative will remain here to debate a
gainst Franklinton's .representatives
who will be Miss. Elizabeth Conneli
and Mr. Clifton Michner. m
The judges are Mr. B. W. Parham,
Rev. J. D. Harte, and Mr. Jno . W.
Hester. Good citizens of Oxford, and
school children help sPrittmS,
presentatives cf the Oxford High
School by giving them a full house
to which to speak.
Would Charge $7,500 For Inchin'
Counties in which lynchings occur
would be liable to the extent of VI,
500 to the next of km of each per
son lynched, under the provision of a
bill introduced in the Minnesota
house. - '
THERE WILL BE A
MAS SMEETING IN THE
COURT HOUSE TONIGHT
"You Should Com and Bring a
Friend."
"
There will be a mass meeting
of the citizens in the court
house tonight at 8 o'clock for
the purpose of organizing the
Granville Grays. The ladies are
especially invited to attend the
meeting.
The GranviUe Grays stood
for law and order for many
year's and did its duty in three
wars. It would be impossible
to find a better and- truer
friend to every man, woman and
child in the community than
, the Granville Grays.
The young men should enroll
their names at the meeting to
night and perpetuate the honor .
of the Granville Grays, oie of
the oldest and best units in the
National Guard.
CIVIC DEPARTMENT OF OXFORD
WOMAN'S CLUB STANDS FOR
CLEANLNESS AND BEAUTY
Mrs. T. G. Stem Issues a Strong Ap
peal "Dress Up For Summer,"
Is the Advice of the Chairman.
"Spring cleaning" .time is here a
gain, and may we not turn our atten
tion to our pretty little town? Al
ready it is almost the very prettiest
town in North Carolina, according tu
Kinston.
Let us every one do all we can to
make it decidedly the most attractive
town in our own or any other state.
Every citizen of Oxford is proud of
our town, and we want to be still
prouder of it. The citizens of Ox
ford are confronted with an opportu
nity to give Oxford the right to be
proud of its inhabitants.
April 11-16 has been set apart as
"Clean up Week," and the Civic De
partment of the Woman's Club, asks
that everybody in town give all the
time and thought possible, to mak
ing "Clean up Week" really worth
while. ,
The latter part of April, more
than four hundred Philatheas and
Baracas will visit Oxford, and will be
shown all over the town, so in
"dressing up" the town for spring
and summer, it might be well to
bear in mind, the impressions to be
made on , these visitors.
This is an excellent time to show
off. Let everybody clean up. "
MRS- T. G. STEM,
Chm. Civic Dep. Woman's Club.
A FEW OF THE DEEDS
RECORDED THIS WEEK
.Thomas -Eeaca -andoiolTharles
L. Jones, one lot in Town ortjxfordt
consideration $1850
D. P. Peake and others to L. A.
T7i X- J. Into in nwn nf flYTnTTl .
i consideration $10 and other valuable
i consideration.
Jr. W. jones aim wuc , w j
Jones, timber deed, $258.
G. W. Jones and wife to Luddie 1
$200. J. F. Sherron and wife to J. E. Da
vis, 206 acres in Brassfield Township
consideration one dollar and other
valuable consideration, one-fourth
interest. m , . To
Robt. Garner. Trustee to Jas. 15.
Sheron, 180 1-2 acres, W95.
C. B. Edwards and wife to M. v.
nomhiop nnitp.laim deed to house
and lot in Oxford.
rr n Pnrrin and others tO W. rJ-
Curi-in,' 91 2-3 acres more or less,
consideration $5,000.
C. S. Easton to W- T. Yancey, et al,
trustee, 6ertain lot in Oxford, con-
uif 1S0wife to E G. Moss
90 acres more or less in Walnut
Grove Township, consideration JfJ.-
Mrs. Sallie E. Roller, et al Board
of Trustee of Baptist Church Oxford,
certain lot Oxford agreement.
T Lanier, Commissioner, to M. r.
Chamblee and C B. Edwards, cer
tainous and lot in Oxford, consid
eration ' $10,000. v Tuthpr
Ruffin Royster and wife to Luther
S. Burton, 15 acres in Granville
County, Oak Hill, consideration $500
D. F. Fort. Jr., and wife to Allen
Lyon Co., two lots in Dutchville,
consideration $150
1. .Lamer, iiuswc w - T--.
86 acres in Oxford, consideration
$2A'S. Lanier and Albert B. Lanier
to M. P. Chamblee, quitclaim deed to
house and lot in Oxford Township.
S V. Morton to H- Greely Harris
29 1-2 acres between Oxford 1 and
Providence, consideration $2000.
S. M- Watkins and wife to Junius
Burton, 38 38-100 acres Granville
Ct" Lanier,' Commissioner, to Joseph
Humphries, 56 acres more or less.
M. P. Chamblee to R- H. Lewis and
wife, certain house and lot in Oxford,
consideration $100 and other valu
able considerations.
J. L. Clark and others to Robt
Clark, certain interest in 37 acres
more or less in Salem Township.
$938.18.
PETTING BEADY TO Pgg w0RR
Governor Morrison has issued a
statement with reference to news
paper criticisms of his failure to call
the state road commission together
earlier and to get the road worh
started. He directs attention to the
fact that, under the lay. the commis
sion does not take office until Fri
day, April 1, and he has called it to
meet Monday, May 4.
Mrs. M. C Taylor and Mrs. H. G.
Cooper entertained the members ot
their Sunday School Classes on Eas
ter Monday with Easter egg hunts,
which were Teatly enjoyed.
BASE BALL TODAY!
Married Men
vs
Single Men
3 P. M. Horner Park
Proceeds go to the Oxford Base Ball
Club.
Adults 25c. . Children 10c.
NO. 26
DR. TYREE RESIGNS
HIS MISSISSIPPI CHARGE :
Was Pastor Of the Oxford Baptist
v Church Some Years Ago and Is
Greatly Beloved Here and
Throughout the State He Will
Spend Some Time in Oxford Tliis
Summer, the Guest Of Mrs. J. M.
Currin, the Mother Of Mrs. Tyree.
(Greenwood (Miss-) Times.)
Dr. W. C Tyree, for seven years
pastor of the First Baptist Church
of this city filed his resignation yea- .
terday as leader of this congrega
tion, at the church conference which
was held at the close of the morning
service. The resignation was ac
cepted by a vote of the church mem
bers. Dr. Tyree's resignation will ?
take effect on May 1st, or at an ear
lier date if he deems it necessary to
take Un his resiripnp.A plaowhoro Ko
fore that time.
The first of May will end a seven
year's pastorship by Dr. Tyree as
leader of the Baptist Church ; of
Greenwood. Dr. Tyree came " here
from High Point. N. C-, where he had
been m charge of the Baptist Church
there for three years. Prior to this
charge, he was pastor of the First
Baptist Church in Durham, N. c. -
l?rT.xyJ5?rs and Pastor of the First
Baptist Church in Raleigh, N. C, for '
a period of eight years. He had
served twenty one years in North
Carolina as a leader among Bap
tists, where he was widely known -and
recognized as one of the most
able pastors of that state-
During his ministry in Greenwood,
he has won the esteem and love of
the membership of the Baptist
Church as well as the universal high,
regard of the citizenship of Green
wood. Under his wise leadership
the Baptist Church has prospered
and today the Sunday School num
bers more members than ever be
fore in the history of the church.
Faithful to his God and congrega
tion, he ever pointed out the path
of dutv and nrfiarhftrt tho, Oncnai rf
Jesus Christ straight from the shoul
der. Throughout his ministry here.
Dr. Tyree has sought to stress the
point of "soul winning" as the first
and greatest mission of the church.
On all questions of civic righteous
ness, he followed the teachings nf
the Bible and stood firmlv nn the
(truths as pointed out by the great v
dook instead of seeking popularity
among his fellow citizens.
Dr. Tyree is a graduate of the
Richmond University of Virginia and
received his ministerial education in
the Baptist Seminary at Louisville,
ivy. ie is recognized "throughout
the South as one of fthe most bril
liant and sucessful pastors , in the
Southern Baptist conference. .
In speaking of the resignation of
DsXyrge. one of the members of the
Bapustuh"ureh, statedyesterday at v
the church conference, "that his pas-
tnrshin in frrftpnwnnd had hppn nn
of the greatest blessings that had ev
er been bestowed on the local Baptist
Church."
Throughout the years of . Dr. Ty
ree's leadership of the Baptist
Church in Greenwood, he1 has been
assisted by his faithful wife, who is
universally beloved by the members
of the congregation and who num
bers her friends by the score in this
ful teachers in the Baptist Sunday
School and her devotion to the inter
ests of the church work has been an
inspiration and help to all with
whom she came in contact
At present Dr. Tyree's plans for
the future have not been entirely de
termined, but he expects to leave on
May 1st., for North Carolina, where
he and his wife will spend several
months.
MRS. ALICE GOOCH ILL
Her Children In Various Parts "Of
the State Are Expected To Arrive ;
Today.
The many friends of Mrs. Alice
Gooch throughout the county will
regret to learn of her serious illne'ss
at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
R. L. Hamilton, on College Street.4
Captain Lee Gooch who will play
on the "Three Eye" team and who
was to report for duty today, is de
layed on account of his mothers ill
ness. '
Mrs. Caudle and Mrs. Hardison of
Wadesboro, Miss Lizzie Gooch of
High Point and Clyde Gooch of Al
bemarle, children of Mrs. Gooch,
have been advised of their mother's
illness and are expected to arrive to
day. JOIXS PUBLIC LEDGER FORCE
Mr. Henry Averett, a Fine Young
Man, Comes From Creedmoor.
The Public Ledger is fortunate in
securing the services of Henry Ave
rett. the fine young son of Mr. and
Mrs. W ,H. Averett, of Creedmoor,
who joined the Public Ledger force
loot Mnnrtnv. TTa xcfls a hrieht nu-
pil of the Creedmoor High School,
and reflects much credit upon Prof.
J. A. Pitts, the very able superinten
dent of the school for many years.
Speaking of Henry, Mr. Hart, editor
of the Creedmoor Times, says:
"Mr. Henry Averett, who has held
a position as compositor with the
The Times-News for some time, left
last Friday for Oxford, where he has
accepted a position with the Public
Ledger. Henry is a very competent
young man and we regret his depar
ture, but congratulate him on his ad
vancement in the profession- He has
the makings of a good printer. s .
MR. HARDING'S OFFICE HOURS
Must Make Your CaUs Either On
Monday, Wednesday Or Friday.
A special from Washington says:
"Office seekers, inventors of reform
panaceas, and even members of Con
gress and others who want to asK
favors or dispense advice at the
White House, must make their cans
on Monday, Wednesday or Frida
hereafter if they hope to see Presi
dent Harding. t. .a
"Announcement that engagements
would be granted 'or. gree tog-.-a'week
was made by White. House
officials, in accord with a depision by .
the President that he was giving too
much time to the horde of visitors
who have throneed the executive of
fices ever since inauguration.
"The demand. on his time has been:
so great that he has spent most or.
his evenings at work on corrgw?-: '
ence and other pressing business.
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