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,1 ?. . 5"- " j i " ' ' ' PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY T' AND COUNTY OFFER BRILLIANT OPPORTUNITIES-AIL EOME PRlTiT . . . -, . - - ? ,lT ' ' , VOL. XXXVI f.)L. A- D- WATTS IS AMED BY THE GOVERNOR AS NEW TAX OFFICER ?.Ian Is Given Appointment s Commissioner. Aiwcmnnent Vs Subject To Confirmation By the i Uih- Senate Wren It Meets Be- ! -ins Work JJr.y 1. ! Co:. A. D. Watts, of Iredell county, ; (U)veiiioi' Morri son's choice for re- ..jr. commissioner of North Caro- i. ovrr Ccrnoration Commissioner ft i; J. Maxwell. The cigning of I . commission to the colonei was ' ; insle executive act last Satur- T has l)een evident for several days i i " Watts was the governor's j ',;o iiPtwppn the two men. but i I'll I' :-o fortunate enough to know it rcuinsenoea m passing the ;.ng. There was no purpose V, ( u'.i e governor s part to name nis 1 j. 11.. 4 1 1 JO soon out me struggle ue- -'vi'!i the tvro men became so fierce in ;V last few days that it was far .'-iwv to have it over with than lei t r'irht run over into highway '"which began yesterday. v.c-ei Regins 3Iay l. Colo" el Watts -4H taKe office on i lie first day of May. next. Under an i v' cutive interim appointment whicn i - abiect to the confirmation of the ;T1V Senate at its next sitting, in i'i'pi v.-il be vested ail the powers that ;';vo heretofore been in the state r-'K commission, plus the additional '''d far-reaching authority granted in The act creating the state board oi rdiialization. . Upon his shoulders will devolve ! 1K t rt collecting tne- revenue .. c.-rv to run the state for two ; raid of recommending to the i 'xr eeneral assembly, or the pre--ei'it one if it should be called in ses i'on the means for-raising addi r'anal revenue. He is the supreme '-i;;an authority in the state, ex-c-.,;': ig oiilv of course Internal Re vel ie Collector Josiah William Bai ley who is federal tax gatherer. Salary $3,500- Ki salarv will be the sum of $5, ."(I!) per vear, plus all traveling ex penses incurred while on official business. His staff, it is understood. v.-ii i ponsist ot only deputies ana C'CTKS hnt the authority is contained in i tie act creauiig m unie w cn i?rge this force to a size sufficiently ample to efficiently administer the income tax. inheritance, franchise and all forms of revenue the state to collect for the administration of schools, charitable institutions and the entire state government. . Commissioner Maxwell, by the choice of the governor, will remain a member of the corporation com mission and do the work which Gov ernor Morrison regards him most qualified to do. Efficient Administrator. Colonel Watts has been an efficient federal administration of tax laws, the old fourth district office at Statesville, over which he reigned until it was consolidated with Col lector Bailey's district, ranking high in the showing of the several collec tion districts in the country. After this consolidation, he became super visor of revenue wTith a "roving com mission" for a while and when he re linquished this place he entered prl: rate business with headquarters in Charlotte. LOCAL BASEBALL MAGNATES WILL GATHER HERE TODAY ftepresentatives JFrom Seven Propos ed Clubs Will 3Ieet Here. A meeting has been called to meet in the Mayor's office this afternoon at 2 o'clock of representatives of sev-f-n towns and cities in this section of Xorth Carolina and Virginia for the impose of organizing the amateur baseball league which has been agi tated hereabouts for several weeks. Notices were sent out by Mr. S- H. Pi itchard, president of the local club, who is untiring in his efforts to form a high class league. Just what sort of an organizatiou y.'ill be the outgrowth of this gather ing remains to be seen. As seven towns are mentioned, it is certain that one of them will have to be rul ed out. or else another will have to be ?ec-ired. It is regarded as not un likely that one of these will be ruled out. although th- action of the meet nic: in this respect cannot be forecast. Places that are expected to have vepresentatives present include Ox 'pi'd. Henderson, Franklinton voungsville. West Durham. Roxboro, fcouth Boston and Chase City. Another question to come before 'he meeting is the matter of working nut a schedule for playing, and to de ' ermine upon the number of games jo be played during the season, and how often, whether two games, or tv:' 01 a larRer number, each week. . The local teams are anxious to pro Hje ample seats for the crowd who will attend the games throughout the season. It is thought that the ath etic grounds at the high school gilding on Williamsboro street will he ready in a couple of weeks. TK FIRST STRAW HAT OF THE SEASON Mr. Joe Baird Is the Gentleman. -lIr- Joe Baird was the first to wear a straw hat this-season in Oxford, ;'.l!1 111 attracted considerable atten- ' iOil. thit why should this be? Have we no, i,(M,ii having straw-hat weather? 'le mercury has been up to 75 and c there are many days in the sum- v when it is no warmer than this K.eea, 75 is summer heat. They J-ear straw hats at Palm Beach in the tinier when it is no warmer, and ; uat ls sood enough for Palm Beach certainly none too good for Ox- lOl'tl. Ve are altogether too prone to a lvaM . our customs to fixed dates re ruiess of the temperature. There a custom of donning straw hats i:liai' 1 in this community and of caning them in on September 15. y j Pteces they ring a cow u and shout "shoot the hat" when ;;. c omment man like Mr. Baird liftiv straw nat either before or -hri prescribed date, but we are Svp inOSafy tdhey are more conserva- h0Ur batte,T should have water Lrt 6ry two weeks Stop at Wil laid Service Station. i FOURTEEN .V '7 LION PINTS ; OF LIQU.O A PRESCRIBED BY DOCTORS LAST YEAR i No One In Granville County Was Sick ; Enough To Get a Smell. j The Washington authorities report j that nearly fourteen million prescrip j tions, most of them calling for one -pnit of liquor, have been issued by j pnysicians in the United States in the little more man one year that the Volstead law has been in effect The 13,800,000 prescriptions were checked up by the Prohibition Office last week, following the fight in New fork by Dr. Donald McCaskey a gainst .revocation of his license for ?n alleged prescription of more than one pint in ten days to a patient. The prescriptions were issued by 45,000 physicians, who are licensed to prescribe liquor for patients. If any one in Granville county was sick enough to share in this large number of presentations, we have not heard of it. DISTRIBUTION OF THE CON OR ESS IONYICTORY' MEDAL A Number Of Ex-Service Men I Oramille Should 'Call For Them. Col. C. M. Bunker, victory medal officer, United States army, requests the Public Ledger to state that while "recruiting for the army has ceased to function owing to a recent act by congress, a sufficient force has been retained on duty, with officers in the new uuiltord County House at Greensboro, to continue the distri- Medal. All men who were members cf the military establishment during the World War, whether their ser- i vice was at home or abroad, are en- i titlorl tr, miD nf Torlolo onrl IhQ titled to one of the. medals and tne ' records show that some I j thousand North Carolinians are en titled to receive one of these medals and only twelve thousand have made application to date. The War De-. partment desires every veteran to have one 'and all those entitled to it and who have not yet applied are urg ed to write to the Victory Medal Of ficer, Guilford County Cour House, Greensboro. N. C. There are approximately 200 ve terans of the World War in Granville county who have not applied for the Congressional medal. A card to Col. Bunker, at Greensboro, telling where you was stationed, etc., will enable him to look up your name at the War Department in Washington and .send you the medal Col. Bunker states that he will al so gladly look up information on matters pertaining to the military service, such as allotments. War Risk Insurance, etc. STILL FOUND RUNNING BEHIND ORGAN IN CHURC1I A special from Pittsburg says: I Screened behind the organ of the Croatian Sunday School, at Adderly, Patton township, county detectives found a modern 20-gallon still in full operation. John Trubak, the sexton, was diligently drawing off several gallons of "raisin-jack" when the officers stumbled upon the hiding place. Searching for harness which had been stolen from a farmer in the neighborhood, the detectives enter ed the Sunday School rooms and de tected the liquor fumes, which pene trated the building. Trubak spoke 1 1 . m . . - ana, seeKing tne voice, tney came upon the still, which was the largest Z X. 1 J 1 1i i ,i . uoiuiHcaieu in me district since tne prohibition law became effective- Several barrels of raisin mash were found on the premises, with two large jugs of liquor. The home was searched and two more barrels of the contraband were unearthed. Turbak was brought. to this city, where he was fined $100 and the costs. Parishioners of the church and the priest stated today that they knew nothing of his operation. THR FTTJftT XYYR.TW rATJOTTVA REGIMENT OF NATIONAL GUARD j Col. Don Scott Has Worked Hard Tn ' Get the New Regiment Organized. News comes from Col. Don Smtt the commander of the new First ! man s Club, who is getting her corn Regiment of the National Guard that mittees in shape for Clean-up-Week the formation of the infantry regj-! neile next week, beginning Monday nient is complete. The regiment is ! and continuing until Friday, wants composed of companies from: A . Burlington B Winston-Salem. C Plymouth. D Durham. E Concord. F Henderson. ;. G Warrenton. j H Waynesville. J k '. . . : : : .Mtiiead9 ' L Parkton M . Wilson. Howitzer unit Gastoma Service company Raleigh; Headquarters Co Keidsvme. Divisional Signed Co Canton. Coast Artillery Co. ... Wilmington. Calvary troops A of Lincolnton, B of Asheville, C of Hickory and D of Andrews. This regiment is an organization of .about 50 officers and 1.000 men. Already more men than are required have been secured. And when the paraphernalia and equipment have come, the regiment will have more than a quarter-million in belongings. The 15-day en campment will probably take place at Camp Glenn in July, and it will be preceded by a four-day instruction for selected oficers and enlisted men of the various units. PREPARE PLANS FOR NEW PENALTIES TO BE PUT ON GERMANY Paris. April 4. Allied ambassadors have been instructed to prepare plans A for further penalties to be mtlictea on Germany. ' The decision was reached fol lowing Germany's failure to com plete disarmament by April 1, as demanded. ; PAY OR WORK THE ROADS Must Work the Roads Or Forfeit .$4. The sheriff of Granville county is empowered by law to collect $4.00 from each and every person subject to road duty who fails to work the public roads during the month, of Ap ril. Call and pay $4.00 or work the roads. 4-5-3 1. .r OKq N. C.TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 1921 THEN SHALL BE BREAKING THE FULLNESS OF OUR DAY1 "W?.ieii every farmer in the South shall eat bread from his own fields mid meat from his own pastures, and disturbed by : iio creditor and enslaved by no debt, shall sit amid his teeming gardens, and orchards, and vine yards, and dailies, ad barn yards, pitching Ms crops to his own wisdom and growing them, in independence, making cotton his clean surplus, and selling it iii his own time, and hi his cho sen market, and v.ot at a mas ter's bidding getting his pay in cash a'kl not in a receipted mortgage Umt discharges his debt, but dees not restore his. freedom. then shall be breaking the fullness of our day." Henry W Grady, 1888. THE ROAD COMMISSION Will Hold Their First Official Meet ing Next Monday. The newly created, road commis sion for Granville county will hold its first official meeting next Mon day.. April 10. They haye already met several times to discuss ways and means with a viewr of inaugurat ing the work as soon as possible, but' nothing of an official nature has been done. The comission has already selected a superintendtnt of roads. His name is Mr. Whittaker and he comes from 110? and nffi?P in ctLnp ? luSrriAn se'4t, w formally on Apr T ai d took the iU1"ld,1V PA1 1 tOOK tile Mr. J. Ennis Davis W lv 111 V- X. J. J.1V on the Board of County Commissioners and Mr. John G. Morton was appointed in his place by the Clerk of the Court. It is the purpose of the Board to create as little friction as possible in .making the change of control. It purposes to keep the road oversers in the county as heretofore appointed. All the members of the Commission are giving a great deal of time and ,thought to road problems and they will prepare to announce policies at the first regular meeting next Mon day. The Commission has procured of fices in the Hunt Building just across from the Court House, and here the .Superintendent and other officials will have their headquarters. -. GOOD EFFECTS W ILL FOLLOAV ROAD CONSTRUCTION The Expenditure Of Oe Billion Dol lars In America Will Have An Au preciable Effect On Local Con ditions. According- to est.ima.tes made bv the Associated General Contractors of A- merica, the huge sum of $1,130,000.- 000 is available for road construc tion in this country. Since that cal culation was made, this sum has been appreciably added to by various bond issues that have been voted from time to time and these will bt followed by others throughout the year. From this it would appear that 1921 will be by far the greatest road building year in the history of the country. There has been a steadily growing demand for better roads and this is reflected in the enormous road pro- .gram that has been outlined for this J XT mi . J ami uie coming year, rne country -is awakening to the necessity oi building better roads and to the real ization that adequate transportation is vital to the life of the nation. The carrying out of the highway program will in itself be of sufficient magni tude to have a very appreciable ef fect on the general business situa tion. - WANTS OXFORD AS CLEAN AS A PIN Ml T" G. Stem Says It Ought Not To Be CamouUaged On the Sur- iace. Mrs. T. G. Stem. Chairman of the Civic Department of the Oxford Wo- tne people of Oxford to clean up in reality, and not to make a sham or it. She urges that not only the sur face or showy places in town be rid of filth and dirt, but that the un seen corners and back lots, and the barrels under the house, and such objectionable things as these, be re- moved along with other things. reads like a novel A Business Man Listening To a Male Chorus Composed Of Convicts -Finds His Son Among the Singers. In one-half a column of a news paper are to be found these three stories : In Dover, O.. a man eighty-two years old gets a divorce from his wife, aged sixty-eight In Columbus, O.. a business- man, listening to a male chorus composed of convicts, finds his son among the singers. " In a murder trial in Milford, Pa-, the name of the slain was the first to be drawn out of the jury wheel- WThat three-volume novel or three reel film play could contain more human interest and more 'dramatic coincidence. "LOVE'S YOUNG DREAM" Mr. Lindsay Taylor Returns From St. Luke's Hospital. The many friends of Mr- Lindsey Taylor, the splendid son of Mr. and Mrs. Arch Taylor, are glad to see him back home from St. Luke's Hospital, Richmond, after receiving medical treatment for several weeks. He arrived a few days ago, accompanied by Miss Smith, one of the pretty pro fessional nurses at St Luke's. While here Miss Smith was the guest ot Lindsey's parents. In this particular case, we have no doubt that good nursings had a lot to do with Lindsey's recovery. The Great Invincible Concert. Will be at Mary Potter School Ap ril 7th. All lovers of music are in vited to be present. We have arrang ed for a large number of our white friends. Admission 50 cts-: Children 25cts; Reserved seats 75cts. ' - G. C. SHAW. SUFFICIENT X UMBER MEN ENROLL TO FORM MBLITARY COMPANY HERE apt. John B. Mayes Will Head the Organization. AT trlP mnss mooHntr n i kj iu Vj 1. 1 1 1 f. ill i tit1 i i ' i f r ! " . , x uu niui a sumcient uumu .o young men enrolled to ensure a high-class military organi zation, which .will perpetuatP tha name ot the famous Granville Grays, i Hi X je?ins. ot Henderson, out- ; lined the plan of the new organiza-; tion, and the men unanimonslv to- i commended Capt. John B. Mayes, a ' V1 4ie vvona war.o head the ' organization, and the appointment of I caw. Mayes will be comfirmed at an ' earxy aate by the Adjutant General j of the State National Guard. j-e uuiiijuu.v win maintain a cmo rom. where the members and invited guests '.will have frequent inter- course ATJTO REGISTRATIOX INCREAS ED MORE THAN A MDLLION DURING LAST YEAR Nw York, Ohio and Pennsylvania Head Country In Number Of Cars In Operation. According to the Government, re- I port automobile and truck registra- 1 1 ours during 1921. Or figure it in tion in the United States has gained t da5"s of the year and estimate 300 1,291,096 'over last year. Totai I working days then we find an ex number of trucks and cars now in I penditure of $2,000,000 daily or operation is 8,887,572. This means tw cents per day for every man, wt? tfcat there is a motor vehicle for ev-1 man and child of the country, and the ery 12.21 persons in the country, j amount dwindles into significance, and that the gain over last vear is i xYo cents per day the cost of a pos- 17.16 per cent. Registration fees 1 collected by the states amounted to more than $75,000,000. Here are the car1 registration for some of the big states: California 568,892 Illinois ...... . .568,759 Indiana 332,707 Iowa 437,300 Massachusetts 304,631 Michigan. . 412,717 New York . 651,796 Ohio 616,800 Pennsylvania 570,154 Wisconsin ...293,298 North Carolina 140,860 WH AT HAPPENED IN NEW YORK ON APRIL I. (New York World) Every landlord in the country announced that rents would be re duced immediately. Jack Dempsey turned down an!" S?u J the offer of 1.000.000.08 to box one- i bly excedlo'oOO milefor ! armed nlan- Flo Ziegfield said that chorus girls should wear long skirts and shirt waists with high collars- Cables from Paris stated that Sa rah Barnhardt would retire from the stage at once' - - - The Amalgamated Association of t bootleggers declared it would ob serve tht prohibition laws. The American pu.blic took the stand that it would not read another word of the Stillman divorce scandal. All members of the New York legislature offered to resign in favor of the socialists. Not a job seeker tried to see President Harding. The former kaiser offered to pay the German reparations out of his own pocket. APRIL FOOL. WILSON LEADS WORLD AS LEAF TOBACCO MART The Winston-Salem Market Is the Second Largest. By selling over 62,000,000 pounds of leaf tobacco this season Wilson, N. C-, claims the distinction of being the greatest leaf tobacco market in the world. The season in Winston-Salem to taled 60.554,408. or considerably over a million less than at Wilson. The tobacco in Winston brought $13,129,775.55, an average of $21.68 per hundred pounds. IF YOU WANT TROUBLE PREPARE FOR IT The total government appropria tion in 1920 for education, science, and the awaking of deeper interest in agriculture and industry was $59,000,000. The estimate for these purposes for 1921 is increased by less than $20,000,000- The Army and Navy, however, demand an in crease over 1920 of $647,000,000. If you want trouble, prepare for it FRUIT NOT SERIOUSLY DAMAGED IN GRAXVTLLE Several farmers in various parts of Granville informs the Public Led ger that their fruit crop was npt damaged bv the frost last week. They state that it was cold enough to kill the fruit, but constantly glow ing wind prevented the formation of frost CHARLOTTE'S NEW rT MILLION DOLLAR HOTEL Charlotte's new million dollar ho tel has been leased at an annual ren tal of seven and one-half per cent net on the investment has been executed by the president and approved by the directors of the Citizens Hotel Com pany on the proposed 250 room hotel for Charlotte with William Floor, A. M. Scales, C. G. Wright of Greens boro, and Emmet E. Robinson, of Jacksonville. Fla-. as lessees. COUNTY BOARD OF VT,m EDUCATION REORGAN IZED Mr. F. M- Pimiix Elected Chairman. The County Board of Education met Monday, April 4th. and reorgan ized for the next two years- Mr- . M. Pinnix was elected chairman and J. F. Webb superintendent. ine other members of the board are 1. Currin and C. H- Cheatham. BASEBALL GAME SATURDAY The Oxford team will play the Durham team here next Saturday. The game will be called at 3:30 o'clock at Horner Park. The Dur ham team is the strongest club in the Piedmont League, and a spirited contest may be expected. Bigger and Better Fair. . The directors of the Granvillo County Fair1 Association met yester day and decided to hold a bigger and better fair this fall- 1 ' WHAT IT MEANS T SPEND TWO MILLION DOLLARS DAILY ON ROADS Big Business Is This, For Most Of i s Cannot Reckon In Terms O; Milli ons. , . v-- uuuieu minion aoiiars highway work in the United State-il:iln-o million dollars a "tt- is me estimated expendi ture ror highway const.niftinn m-iH ture ior highway construction and "lamienance during the coming year, There is available now a billion and . quarter dollars and miisprvati nct,- niat?s place the expenditure during at aoout one-half the amouni available. Big business this, for most of us cannot readily reckon in term of millions. The North Carolina Highway Bul- s-,tau nas ananzea these stupendous I figures down to where we understand ithei'd though we realize there , are o,vus counties'm the United Sta tes, it seems hard to grasp such a big sum of money could be expended in road work. Assuming that the United States has a population in round figures of one hundred million people then the per capita expenditure rs six dol lars six dollars for everv man wn- man and child in this big country m tage stamp one-third the cost of a street car ride- Surely in this big country of wealth and extravagagnce two cents per day is less than the "mere bagatelle" we speak of so disdainfully. If we assume the cost of a mile of permanent highway to be $40,000 for the average brick or concrete road way 18 feet wide, which includes grading, draining, labor, and mate rial, as it was in 1920, we will build upwards of 15,000 miles. With decreasing prices of cement and la bor, though, the cost may be more nearly $30,000 per mile and we will build 20,000 miles or should the price go back to a pre-war basis of $20000 per mile, we will build 40, 000 miles of highway. As a matter of fact, though, ce ment and brick are not the only sui facing that we will use there is nia- i rflrinm and rnished stone in the north ; sand clay and oyster shell in the' ten times the distance from New York to Frisco. Quite a stretch of roadway for any car from the aris tocratic Marmon to the lowly and ever-present Ford! There are over 2,000.000 miles of surveyed highways in the United Sta tes, aside from city streets. J Even with the sanguine estimate of 4OtQ0Q miles, we will surface but one-fiftieth of all the roads. True, some off the roads will probably never be surfac ed, for the traffic does not, warrant it, but who is there that contends that a mile of so-called permanent pavement will-"stay put for. fifty years. What may we expect further in the way of speed from pleasure cars and weight from trucks- Highway construction is the coun try's biggest business and her biggest problem! THE WEATHER FORECAST tarni Weather Predicted. The Weather Bureau predicts for this section: Temperature ' near or above normal and generally fair wea ther except for rain Wednesday. March Weather. March established a record for warm weather in this section with a mean' average temperature of 60 .degrees. , Fifty-eight degrees is the highest that the thermometer climbed in thb month of March when that figure wTas touched in 1907. 1908 and 1910 Not content with hanging up a new record for the month. March, 1921, decided to go from one ex treme to the other, clipping off 85 degrees on the' twentieth and then .dropping to 28 on the thirtieth. Record At Test farm. Amount of rainfall for Mardh 4.09 inches; maximum temperature, 85 March 29; killing frost March 29- There were 21 clear days; 6 partly cloudy and 4 cloudy. FORMER SECRETARY OF NAVY DANIELS SERVED LONGEST Held the Navy Portifolio Four Days Longer Gideon Wells. Longer by four days than the term of any other American who has held the office of Secretary of the United States Navy was the tenure of office of Josephus Daniels, according to a recent issue of the Army and Navy Register. Gideon Welles, who held the navy portfolio iCL the Lincoln and Johnson cabinets. ' lacked four days of completing the' full eight years, while Mr. Daniels completed eight years almost to the hour. ENLARGED EDITION OF THE ORPHAN'S FRIEND The last issue of the Orphan's Friend comes to as enlarged to 24 pages and otherwise improved and beautified. Since installing a hand some perfecting press thep can print their elition of twenty-two thousand in one day, which formerly consumed four days. Much of the present edition is de voted to the business interests of Ox ford and a sketch of the town's ac tivities. From time to time other cities and towns of the State will be a feature of the paper. STATESVILLE PRODUCe'mARKET I Compare the Prices With the Oxford Market. Eggs per dozen .20 Hen's per pound 20 Roosters per pound 10 Butter per pound 15 Country ham per pound 25 Shoulders per pound . . . . . . . . . .15 AL G. FIELDS DDES AT HOME IN COLUMBUS, O. Alfred Griffin, "Al G." Field, pre mier of American ministrels. died at "his home in Columbus O., Sunday, his death resulting from Brights disease- He was born in Leesburg, Va-. 72 years ago. NO. 27 HE COMMUNITY MOURNS THE EATH OF MR. JOE D. LASSITEH iccidentally Shot Himself In His Apartmejits At Wilson. The death of Mr. Joe Davis Lassi- ter, vice-president of the R. G. Las- siter Construction Company, brings sadness tb the hearts of the people of this community. He was the soul -f honor and integrity, and to know JOE DAVIS LASSITER him was to love him. He spent Eas ter here with his father. Mr. Robert W. Lassiter, and his two surviving brothers, Messrs- R. G. and B. K. Lassiter, and departed for points in Eastern North Carolina in his usual cheerful spirits. The first information of his death .to reach Oxford was conveyed in a telegram to his father from Wilsou. N. C, late last Friday night. No one was ta witness to the tragedy. Mr. Lassiter traveled much in' the eastern part of the State, looking after contracts- He had secured appart ments in the home of Mr. C E. j Blount in Wilson, where the accident occurred at 11 o'clock Friday even ing. From the position of the body and the wound, physicians and po- lice, who were called to make an in vestigation, expressed the belief that Mr- Lassiter accidentally shot him self while packing his grip to go to Raleigh. He evidentally in remov ing the clother from the drawer acci dentia7 discharged the pistol. Military Record. Mr. Lassiter was a sergeant in the Medical Department. Port of Em- i barkation, Newjjxixt News, Va. Born June 3, 1891; son of Robert-W; and -'C i Lettie K. Lassiter. Entered -service May 10, 1918, at Camp Jackson,; S-C-: transferred to Camp Stuart. Va. Honorably discharged March, 1919. Body Brought To Oxford. Mr. B. W. Parham and Mr. Henry .Osborn motored to Wilson Saturday. morning and were joined there by Mr. R. G. Lassiter. who made ar rangements to bring the body to Oxford. The remains reached here via the Seaboard Railway at 8 o'clock Saturday night and were escorted to the old Lassiter home in the western suburbs of Oxford, where Mr. Robert W. Lassiter has made his home for the past few months. -Funeral and Burial' ' The funeral services we're held from the residence at 3:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon, conducted by Dr.. Horsfield, rector of St Stephen's Episcopal church, of which the" de-, ceased was a member. The inter ment followed at Elmwood Ceme tery. The Episcopal ceremony at the residence and the grave, pregnated with blessed assurances of the Resur rection, were most impressive. Num erous floral offerings from friends of Mr. Lassiter at Oxford and in dif ferent parts of Virginia and North Carolina expressed the love and high esteem of many friends. Surviving Relatives. Much sympathy is expressed for the immediate family, namely: the father, Mr. Robert W. Lassiter; the brothers, Messrs- R. G. and B. K. Lassiter; sister. Mrs- Berkley L. Simmons, of Washington, and' an un cle. Col. Lassiter of Washington ( City, all being present at the funeral. . From many places came words of sympathy from the time ofthe tragic accident until the last sad rites were over, indeed these words have not ceased and the sad tragedy will lin ger long in the minds and hearts of the people of this community. Even longer, however, will the sweet un selfish character of this young man be remembered by all with whom he came in contact. The Pallbearers. Active H. T. Osborn. Harry Williams. Roy H. Royster, M. N. Hed rick, A. H. Taylor. M. F. Frambrough, James White. Roy M. Homewood. Honorary J. A. Taylor, Dr. N. C. Daniel, C- S. Garman. E. H. vCren shaw, A. H. A. Williams. R. T. Gor don, Arthur Elliott. R. T. Smith. T. . G. Pool, R. B. Hines. J. R. Ellington, Ben Thorp, Jim Stegall, W. S. Daniel, J. B. Powell, J. B. Booth, L. F. Smith, J. P. Harris. Joe .D. Pridgen. Jr., F. J. Moran, D. N. Hunt. John W. Hinsdale, E. G. Crews, H- B. St. Lawrence, J. G. Council, George Goodwin, Thomas WThite, C D. Ray, Jas. A. Osborn, R. M. Ray, J. W. Horner, C W. Bryan, J. S. King, F. B. Blalock. L. F. Perkinson, T. G. Taylor, A. P. Hobgood, O. B Breedlove, J. M. Baird. M. P- Cham blee. H. F. Holeman, J. C. Horner, I. H. .Davis, W. Z. Mitchell, I. W. Mangum, W. G. Pace. S. M- Wat kins, R. L. Brown, A. W. Graham, Jr., C G. Powell E. B. Howard, Nel son Ferebee. J. C- Howard, T. G. Cur rin. W. T. Yancey, W. Landis, D. N. Hunt, D. C. Hunt. A. A. Hicks. T. Lanier. D. G. Brummitt. A- Jamison, John R. Hall, C. S. Easton. C H. Eas ton, H. G. Cooper. S. W. Parker. John Webb, Dr. T. L. Booth. J. G- Hall. A. S. Hall. A. W. Graham, R. H. Lewis. B. S. Royster. Jr.. W. H- Hunt. T- W. Winston, B. S. Royster. W. B. Ballqu, E. T. White. J. Bowen. E. G. Currin, Noble Pritchard. M. L Reames. J: L. Blythe R. T. Gordon. T. L. Hednck. Thos. White. v V "1
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