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- 'J . r r . V...' ' PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY TOWN AND COUNTY OFFER BRILLIANT OPPORTUNITIES-AIL HOME PRINT. ... ' "' - ' f - - ' r U MJLJfiC VOL. XXXVI ( K-lYEN WH,L PREACH " hh: axxual sermon to 0)s) fellows next sunday i ( v,l Fellow Will Meet Ii Their ; , ., At 10:45 O'clock Sunday : VonVMX AikI March Jn a Body To ; V:ie Methodist Church. : C. Craven, pastor oi tae ; fori Methodist Church win preacn ; ,!',,V,Minual sermon to Odd Fellows j jV'v. Sunday morning at 11 o'clock, j ' n Odd Fellows are requested - to i ine0t at the lodge room at 10.45 Sun- A y liiOinill iiicuv.il iii .Church. Seats will ' ta in Vip phurch for a full vesfivcu in -" utondance- Formal Announcement. u 11 a- m. a sermon will be preaqh- t ) tiie iiiueypuvicuL uiuci ui wiv.i Subject: "Blest Be the Tie That t 8 p. in. the subject will ; Binds n Old Time Mother-' L.ei ev- j 1:0 or mother s son ana aaugnier ai- y- rvices on May bth in honor ot risMlier. and Mother's Savio School at 9:45 a- m- Sun- Mil !M) M?iS. WILBER SMITH lii,J " iman trom Granville county, ard dos- m , i;r.,ni r-u e Town South fri-i S1!)ly he first from Nortn Carolina, ""iC v'ASlie nrng the World ' ' . rts Oi Dr. oml Mrs. E. T.I?Vai', ll waa the sentiment of the ndT -iinsmcers present that this honor ' :n w Whit, smith, a nenhew ! shou??.be paid his memory: ..J ; v whn i n, in,- 01 j.M. iJ. a- .7 in.-, ..ii- ii-i xi J. Clll 1111 nncition with th ImDrial luui. an wuiLtj -ex-ser-loruint position ailii lmiKiidi , . p.,, aeoo Ccmpany bere,. and sailed , t-r Care Town, South Africa, m the earl .- stages of the World War, will arrive in Oxford next week. It will be remembered that Mr. Sniih had a narrow escape from " hi" voyage to Cape Town. He and Mr. Summers, cf Hertford, N. CV. vere passengers on the City of j thons. which was torpedoed off the fT" """0 i c K "'V T -r On rv vt ore irO C! ator from 3 o'clock in the afternoon a .V V" ,L, nr.nnnA t-i-sr o tvcmn . ne? nmeVou Tate, The"boat 0ono?f t membf s -y that ; e u down within two hundred miles j J10 a' .amo st to the of Mr. Smith's destination, and hejfff6 lonal Post This pays lost his pocketbook, trunk and every- f0 lfT SUb" i10 iscnpt on to the. American Legion himi , Mr. Smith married a nanasome Enslish ladv in Cape Town two or three years ago- She was tne wire or , . i e j 1 , v,Q -RT-Uich aYnfiitinTinrv i fo'who wal KineT toSi World war in 1A14. She is coming to A-, merica with Mr. Smith and while in Oxford they will be the guests of Dr. and Mrs- E. T. White. Dr. White was advised by cablegram that their ship left London this week. They will probably stop in New York a couple of days before coming to Ox ford, where a hearty reception a waits them- t . (JOY. MORRISON ASKS OBSER VANCE OF MOTHER'S DAY Issues Proclamation For Display Of United Stas Flag. In accordance with a resolution of the General Assembly of 1921, Gov ernor Cameron Morrison has issued a proclamation calling upon officials of the State to display the United States flag on all public buildings and school houses on Mav 8 in obser vance of "Mothers' Day." Governor's Proclamation. The Governor's proclamation fol lows: "Whereas, the General Assembly of North Carolina, in House Reso lution 874, Senate Resolution 648, ratified March 8, 1921, authorized and requested theGovernor "To is- nJ,nw o m ti noiHmr ?ue annually a proclamation calling upon tne State Officials to display the United States Flag on all State and School Buildings, and the people of the State to display the Flag at their homes, lodges, churches, and places, on the second Sunday in May, known as 'Mothers' Day!' "Therefore, I Cameron Morrison, Governor of North Carolina, do here Ktt Jim. , . i , , ; .wiTr, ; - f a ii mail over the proposed route, from nf ? Tnn aiv l1 UPOn th P?5!! New York to Atlanta, via Raleigh, N. Cfl1-naT?t0 Trry V,n and Columbia, S. C, has been an i rovisions of this Resolution on Sun- r 'nnaA Kv Tl ' nna. 'ffl-Q AaM- "UJ May o, xiJiiX, ailU liiuuuu uree that every citizen of our Com momvealth who has a Mother living show her some act of kindness and rededicate his love to her; that in each case where the Mother has Passed on to the Great Beyond, the surviving son or daughter pause to Ponder on her love, and resolve to emulate her noble example in life." 1'HE HIGH SCHOOL COMMENCE MENT AT CREEDMOOR The COmmenrpment ovornicoa nf ill I, VltJVU JL C reed moor High School closed JVth the Sermon Sunday morning by i.ev. Dr. R. a. White of Hender ;:n m the School Auditorium to an naraense crowd. His subject was .LiJe and he handled it in a mas ;'; nul manner. The Music recital odnesday night by Miss Annie -mine's class was of a high order uu was rendered without a hitch H'om start to finish. :' The Creedmoor School has just closed one of the best years in its aiscory, the principal, and teachers ; ave nad cooperation of the patrons a greater extent than has been weT?eretofore and the result has een that it was a good andsuccess i' session.. Prof .. Pitts the princi- i'rnm f ?8 that he haS had the best ops of teachers that he has ever toVptS4 lhat they have a11 worked S2er harmoniously. Creedmoor lene ParlJS J1 u - l?gf and s ham r pm TfcuSflV la Dins FObT AMERICAN LEGION A AM hi) HONOR OF AN OXFORD SOLDIER Err est F. Hart was the First Gran ville County Soldier, and Probab ly the First Nortili Carolinian, Who Lost His Life In the World WTar. . A meeting: of the Oxford Pnt nf the American Legion was held in the court house, at 8 o'clock last Friday evening. The following officers 'for the ensuing term were elected: OMcers. vv-iiimciiivici j. Hi. i? 111161 Vice-Corn. J. M. Ellington, Jr. Adjutant J. J. Walters. Historian J. g. Bradsher, Jr Finance Officer M. K. Pinnix. War Risk A. W. Graham, Jr. Chaplain G. T. Tunstall. Executive Committee. B. S. Royster, Jr., Chairman: J. W. ! M.edford. J. J. Clark and L. H. Davis. cUlUiU was aiso eiectea to till ! ""' oeuieuu-j aim ireasur- C1 - - v Aiie-ame ui me Fost. -At this-meeting a motion was car ried to change the nost name to "THp Ernest F. Hart Post" of the Ameri-! can Legion, he having been the first ! "eimon, Ex-service Men. t - rtoc raH V.o . U Jot,irj ,i alrpn r:",, " Z:' . l v.,, univu wiiii suiiie post or tne American Legion, "lOill this nnct Send your aDDli cation nf.- with $2-00, .to Capt. B. S- Royster, Jr,. Chairman of the executive com mittee. In this application give vour full. name, post office address, branch of service with which you served or ganization, date of enlistment 'and uaie niu piace ot discharge. All Post members ho have not rer.it. nfJc1n9 1 Please remit as soon as convenient. For the mfnr- Weekly for one year. week v for nno voo Program Will. Be Aimouced. . Ex-service man, will you not join uo uuvv : we wisn to set a fership before May,30th a-- iuitjwiii De said of exercises to be held on this dav in a later paper. ELBERT E. FULLER, Post Commander. THE NEWS IN BRIEF SINCE OUR LAST ISSUE North Carolina Red 4len meet in Goldsboro for their annual con vention. All old officials were re-elected to office in the city election at Ral eigh Monday. Mayor T. B. Eldridge defeated Eugene Culbreth by seven hundred. Officers of the executive council of the American Bankers Association were in session at Pinehurst this week. Every teritory and state in the union was represented. President Harding warns execu tive departments that they must put an end to the habit of living beyond their allowances and calling upon Congress to make up the deficit. Gamblng paraphernalia valued at $20,000 taken from the T-House plantation, a fashionable resort near Miami, Fla-, owned and operated by Ed Ballard, of French Lick, Ind., was ?1 lrS burned by a court order. rne announcement Salisbury s ! nffOT fnr tho T-om n vn 1 nf nnronnnrt college from Lenoir to that place was received at Lenoir with great sur prise and astonishment. The possi bility of such a removal is the pre vailing topic. Cancellation of contracts made with the Albert W. Lawson Company, ui mil vv auiv.cc, iui Liic uaii viiig uj. an nounced by ment Breaking of her right leg with her own hands was the immediate cause of the death of Mrs- Margaret Hall, 91 years of age who lived in the White Hill church section of Moore county. Mrs. Hall was blind and had suffered from rheumatism: for some time. E. F. McCulloch, 60, superinten dent, of the State Prison, died sud denly at his home in Raleigh Tues- day, death being attributed to angina i pectoris. Mr. McCulloch, who was chief clerk at the prison during the administration of Governor Bickett, was appointed superintendent by Governor Morrison two' months ago. He was a native of Guilford county. The senate has passed the emer gency immigration bill fixing admis sion of aliens to 3 per cent of each nationality resident in the United States in 1910- The bill is effective for 14 months beginning 15 days af ter enactment. The vote on passage was 78 to 1, Senator Reed, demo crat, Missouri,: opposing the measure. Fortune turned her smiling face an John Brazel, of Lansing, Towa; when, the plow which he was operat ing unearthed $1,300 in gold. The sum was found on the old Patrick Callahan farm where Brazel was working as a farm hand. The mon ey was in a' glass jar and the small fortune is believed to have been buried on the farm,; for a number of years. tTonr tetter? should hm wtt cirri Tery two weekV Stop t Wlt OXFORD, N.C.-FRIDAY," MAY 6, 1921 THINK GERMANYW Allies Prem ,,-iO Submit Proposal To Be Acted Upon Prob ably By May 12th. : THE FINAL ULTIMATUM , : Allies demand (present value.) $33f750,000,00Q.J Payment. Three classes xof gold bonds bear ing 5 percent interest. One issue to be delivered July 1, the second in No vember and the third as an allied commission believes desirable. 1 German exports taxed 25 or 26, percent, expected to yield $ 5 00,00 0, 000 a year. Germany to make annual pay ments of $500,000,000 and to pay 250,000,000 within three months- Penalty. Invasion cf the Ruhr district with gradually increasing pressure- Possibly a naval demonstration before German ports. ; BATCH OF NEWS FR03I THE CAPITAL OF TALLY HO Mr. J. H. Gooch Elected Mi.ro Oi Stem. 4 Stem, N. C May 5. The town election held here Tuesday resulted in the selection of the following of ficials: Mayor J. H. Gdcch. Corn misioners R. D. Holeman, W. E.1 O'Briant, J. A. Erinkley, W. S. Gooch M. H. Bragg, W. H. Whittaker will continue to sere as chief of police- Smallpox Subsides. All the smallpox cases in this com munity have fully recovered and no new cases are reported. ' The disease was in a very mild form, none ot them having been confined to their beds- . ; Crops Set Back. Young crops in this section are badly set back by cold weather.' There is a poor stand of tobacco anuj cut worms are numerous. Mr. C- n; Parris, of Route 1, returned from his tobacco field Tuesday and found a cut worm under his sock next to his ankle. Visiting Preacher. Final -Elder F.McKinney of Roxboroou! a?1G1S Una pastor, ot Tar River church, will preach in Gooch's Hall, Stem, Sunday afternoon, May 15. Personal Items. Mrs. H. G. Suit, of Route 3, who has been in Watt's hospital several weeks, having undergone a very seri ous operation, returned home last week greatly improved. We are sorry to note the illness of Mr. Jasper Roberts of Route 1. who was taken to St Luke's hospital, Richmond, Tuesday for an operation for appendicitis. - Mr. J. C- Washington, of Flor ence S- C, is visiting his mother Mrs S. P. Washington at Tally Ho. Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Cotten and family, of Oxford Route 6, motored to Louisburg and spent Sunday with relatives. Mr. W. H. Washington of Route 1, is visiting his brother, Capt- T- M. Washington in Wilson, whom we re gret to learn is an feeble health- The faculty of Stem High School gave a picnic at Seeman's Cabin on Flat River Saturday night in honor of the Senior Class. A large bon fire illuminated the scene. Cake, ice cream and other refreshments were served and a most delightful time is reported. Mr. Ivey W. Moore of NorfolK, is on a visit to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Moore. THE NEW CIRCUIT JUDGE Judge Bynum Regarded Eliminated Because Of the Blair Appoint ment. Washington, May 5- The indica tions are that the appointment of a judge to fill the vacancy on the fourth circuit court of appeals will go either to Virginia oi West Virginia- The appointment of Blair of Winston-Salem to commissioner of inter nal revenue is doing much to elimi nate such North Carolina judgeship candidates at Judge W. P. Bynum Judge Henry G. Connor and Jas- J. Britt ' Persons in public life who are closed ly watched the judgeship situation rated the probabilities of appoint ment today in the following order: George W. McClintic, of West Vir ginia: Judge Edmund Waddill. of -Virginia;" Judge John C- Rose, of Baltimore; Judge W. P. Bynum, of Greensboro. THE NEW EXPRESS CO. Southeastein Express Company Now Operating In This Territory. The Southeastern Express Com pany, a new organization formed to handle express over the lines of the Southern Railway and Mobile and Ohio Railway, with offices in Oxford at the Southern railway station is now ready to receive express from all points. Mr. W. B. ' Pittard, local freight agent, is in charge of the of fice in this place. The new com pany calls for and delivers all. busi ness intrusted to them. ,. Warwick county, Virginia,' moon shiners have warned public health of ficials and employes of Newport News to keep away from certain sections of the swamps under penalty of death. vThe health authorities have been covering pools of water with oil and" while working in the country were "warned to keep away. HE COUNTY C0M3IISSI0NERS ESTABLISHES RECORDER'S COURT FOR GRANVILLE CO. I Tiio ia 4r- Th?J& 2lnd Prosecuting Attorney Will Be Elected By the Board On i Monday, Ju1 6; Sam Daniel Re-1 elected Superintendent Of County! Home; County Endows Room At t m 9 xt-d w it . : Be Established, Etc. In accordance with an act of the last legislature, the county commis sioners at their meeting last Mon day established a Recorder's Court for Granville county. At ftheir next, meeting, which will be held Monday, June 6, the commisioners will elect a judge and a prosecuting attorney to serve until the next general elec tion.' Compensation Of List Takers. The list takers of Granvile county for the . listing of farm' acreage will receive a compensation of five cents per farm. The following list takers were present and took the oath of offiie: Fishing Creek, C. R- Gordon; Dutchville J. T,. Peed 'Rrnscfiol1 W B. Dixon; Tally Ho, J. M. Bullock; Salem, L. G. Breedlove; Walnut Grove, F. H. Gregory; Oxford, Wal ter Stradley; Oak Hill, John S. Wat kins. The list takers were allowed twenty days in which to list real and personal property. They are to be paid $5 per day for twenty days. Sjheep Killed The committee appointed to assess the damage sustained by J. L. Wood in the killing of his sheep, presum ably by dogs, allowed him $36- Jim Jones, J- R. Perkinson and J. R. Stovall were appointed a committee to assess the damage sustained bv W. L. Taylor by the killing of his sheep by dogs belonging to Mathew Griffin and Job Mann. Superintendent Of Home. Commissioner , Thomas G. Taylor nominated W. S. Daniel for Superin tendent of the Home for the Asred Hand Infirm. Commissioner Currin nominated Ruffin Hobgood for the place filled by Mr. Daniel. The vote was taken and Commissioners Tay lor, Clark and Daniel voted for Dan iel. Commisioner Currin moved to 1 J 1 0 T-V " Endows . Room. The Board unanimously agreed that $500 be appropriated to endow a room at Brantwood Hospital fpr county patients. The appropriation is for one year. -The Old Opera House. The Board unanimously agreed to lease the old opera house to the town of Oxford. A cqpy of the lease can be seen in the office of the reg ister of deeds. Public Toilet The Board donated as much as one half of cost of installing and main taining public toilet, the county to pay the light and water bills and fur nish a janitor, said janitor to be un der the supervision of the chief of police of Oxford. . N Damage Assessed. The committee appointed to assess the damage to the land of Royster. Hancock and Powell on the Oxford Henderson road, for the taking of soil, allowed the said owners $390 for all damage- WT5ST OXFORD NOTES' Interestine Mother's Day Program Next Sunday MortUg. frof. A. N. Jackson of Cary is training a class of about fifty in vo cal music. The most interesting event in our neighborhood is our Communi ty Meeting once each month. On last Friday evening, April 29, we spent an evening in play. ' Mr. Lack ey and Miss Reynolds two trained play leaders from Raleigh came bver and led our grown folks and chil dren in playing many of the latest and most interesting games. Our next play night will be May 2 p. Mrs. B. L. Reynolds, of Raleigh. has been spending a few days with her daughter, Mrs. Upchurch. Pastor C- A: Upchurch goes to the- Southern Baptist Conventibn which meets in Chattanooga, Tenn-, next Tuesday, May 12. At the sug gestion of Gen. B. S. Royster, West Oxford Church" will furnish his transportation and the other church es in his field, Mt. Zion, Stovall and Knotts Grove will provide for Hotel accomodations and other comforts. The following is the program at the West Oxford Sunday School on Mother's Day: Scripture read ingSuperintendent ,D. F. Lanier. Prayer J. J. Phillips. Quartet "My Mother." Reading, Mother, Home and Heaven Miss Arrington. Mother's Week Seven Girls- Song, "Mother" Congregation- Mother's Day Quotations Members of the School. Quartet, "Somewhere To day." Reading, . "My Mother's Pray er. Miss - Wilson. Solo, "Mother. Machree' Mrs. ; Upchurch. Recog nition of Motherhood Gen. B. 3 Royster. Mother's Day Doxology Congregation. . . MOTHERS DAY WTL BE OBSERVED NEXT SUNDAY The Yhite Carnation Will Be In Evi- ' ' deuce Here.i . i Next ' Sunday will be' observed throughout the Nation 4as "Mother's Day." .-.-c ';..' ' Every day should be mother's day, but custom, has set. apart .one Sunday in the year to jrezrjt' fh3Wr j:n her 'BoribrVt' - -i'.---"yr':: .... -; The white carnation wjll be in evi dence here next Sunday. A DANGEROUS TOBACCO DIS- j EASE APPEARS IN U. S- iniited States Department Of Ag iiculture Issues Circular. . . 1" ' " i : V i Circular 1Z4) ; Atitelegraphic request of Florida j tobacco growers, the tobacco seed ! 1 t . .... I rrn ri :j n - w iiiii was ai uiicy reuognizeu as oe- in? diffpvont f Trim onv fnKn At a i.i.-i vixi, iiwui cliij ittv. w viio j j .-0 w . . i. tiiv-n viii ease previously observed by us in the ; Payers over new wage scales. " Em United States and one in certain re-; Ployers losses were placed at approx spects similar to the diseases report- j imately four times those of workers, ed from Malaysia and Australia- j Secretary of Labor Davis arid his The disease made its appearance;20 mediators on duty in big cities in Gadsden County, Fla-, on four..;ae workingvday and night in an ef widely separated seed beds at about !fort to save industry approximately the same time, i. e., about March 21, j $5,000,000 a day. 1921, although in one of these cases! ' T tne iarm superintendent renorted that one end of a bed showed some thing wrong with it about a week earlier. Of the four beds referred to, two had been steam sterilized by the inverted-pan method every year for a number of years, one was a new swamp bed that had been burned, and the fourth, which was possibly a day later than the others in. showing j runner are dead. Dave Jones, of Nor the infection, was not sterilized in i folk, is in-jail, and a co-partner of any way. According to the state- j Jones is the object of .a man hunt in ments of the tobacco, growers, the ; which hundreds of civilians and of disease usually made its appearance 1 ficers . are engaged, as the result of near one end and then spread - over : the cold blooded killing of Policeman" the rest of the bed. in some cases hv ! direct enlargement of the infected spot and in othr cases through the development of other small infected sputa ana tne subseauent enlarge ment of them. In most cases the en tire bed became diseased within a week from the time of the aDnear- ! Jne of tne first infected spot in the ! bed- .Br APnl 5 the mildew had ance of the first infected spot in the spread to at least 26 seed beds in Gadsden County and bv Anril S it was reported from a number of seed beds in the adjoining county (Deca tur) in Georgia. In-all probability by this time (April 14) all of the to bacco seed beds in Gadsden County Fla-, and Decatur County, ,Ga., are more or less infected. The rapid spread of the disease through the Florida-Georgia area is easily exnlained. ' TTip fim p-niia spores are produced in great num- bers, and are dry, powdery, and very light, and the weather conditions were - ideal- Observation- indicates unquestionably thatc a large part of this spread of the disease from bed to bed has been through the agency of visitors going from' infected beds to healthy beds, carrying the spores tu iieaiiiiy ueus, carrVlUff tnp snnrp? on their feet and clot hWP2 spread through any particular bed is undoubtedly due largely to the agency or tne wind- looacco planters throughout the Sputfeern States and in Wisconsin, should .be on their guard against the introduction of this disease into their fields-' It belongs to a group of very destructive parasites, hard to control when once introduced. A full acount of the parasite and measures for its control, if such can be found, will be published at a later date. TAX LISTERS SWORN IN Comity Supervisor Stradley Has Lin ed Up His Forces. The tax listers for 1921 are called assistant assessors. The list i Granville county -was appointed bv C?nt SuPervisr W. P. Stradley, and all of them met in Oxford la at j Monday and were sworn in before the I i cnairman oi tne Hoard of Com missioners, after which they held a meeting in the court room and dis- cussedhe machinery act. On the Job. Listing of taxes commenced all ov er the county last Tuesday and will continue in the outside townships for twenty daysr according to the sche dule appearing in the Public Ledger. Be Ready To Answer. All farmers are requested to come prepared to tell the list-taker the number of acres cultivated, number, of acres plowed, and number of acres planted to each crop. , Supervisor Stradley emphasize the fact that this information will be kept confidential and will not be used for tax purposes. SPECIALIZING FARMERS N ARE NOW GROWING OWN FOOD FOR COMING YEAR Washington, May 5 Many thou sands of farmers face the peculiar situation of having to quit buying canned goods and growing, their own food, the agriculture department stated today. Specialized farming has made many farmers dependent on canned foods, the report said. Cotton, tobacco and grain farmers, it' was pointed out. grow little beside cotton, grain and tobacco and buy their green stuffs and canned vegetables- But now. due to, increased transportation costs and .icascucu' iciuiua num men piuuuvia the specialty farmers must do gen eral farming to cut down their cost of living, the department stated. CREDMOOR ELECTS MAYOR . AND TOWN COMMISSIONERS In the municipal election at Creed moor Tuesday, N. J. Boddie was elected Mayor; O. L. Mangum, I, E. Harris and A. O. Curl Commis sioners, defeating J. T.. Chappell, C. W. York and. H. H. Bullock. . ' Out of a-registration of 120, votes 116 were , cast- The women took an active interest in the election.' l - s LOST SILVER HANDLE FOR riding crop, initials M. C. O. on Streets of Oxford Saturday April 30. Reward returned to A. H. POWELL. - 2tx NO. 36 STRIKES AND LOCKOUTS ARE COSTING W ORKERS MILLION DOLLARS DADLY Washington, May-5, Strikes and' lockouts now are costing workers nearly $1,000,000 daily in wages 10st 11 was estimated here today on J. ...... jih. ycuuiug iue icgu-' p..r ATa.v nep-ntintinna v7-ifh fhoJf am- itt HiAuniU3iENT UVEII KDLLING OF POL&E VETERAN Greensboro Officer Shot Dead As He Steps Upon Running Board Of Au 1 tomobile. Greensboro, May 5. Policeman Thomas J. McCuiston, veteran Po- lPDrpinn or I -.-.-, 1.--.-. "U : 1 McCuiston about 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon, two blocks from court square, by an unidentified whisky runner. McCuiston waiTshot through the heart and instantly killed when he stepped on the running board of an automobile which had been under suspicion for several hours and hart started to leave the city., i The automobile, a DodVe car. is supposed to have contained three men, one, the driver, probably a negro. One of the white men, giv ing his name as Franli Jones, of Nor folk, Va., was captured about 6:30 o'clock in the thickly settled woods west of the1 Guilford battlegrounds, while the other white man, Dave Jones, a cousin of the captured man, was surrounded at a lato hmir loot night by about 300 men from Guil- f0rd countv JNews trom Reidsville last night stated that Greensboro policemen shot and killed a man by the name of Tom D. Roberson, of Spray. In jail last night the man captured by Sher iff D. B. Stafford, chanred .with hPinp- ! Z. i- a unuc- m" w' T' Mton here yesteriay I cujiutiutea witn the killing of Police- i. . ... .: . . o arternoon. stated that his right name j t Edwards. son of Policeman W ' w U11VVU1UU S. Edwards, of the Danville, Va., force. He stated that the man killed was Tom D. Robertson, of Spray, and the third man in the car at the time of the killing and now in the woods near the Battleground, is Eddie Pax ton, of Houston, Va. , Forty eight gallon of blockade li quor were found in the car after the death of whisky runner. He was killed as he was alighting from his car to take to the woods, it is said. His name is unknown but a stick pin in his possession had the enitials "L. V. R." carved on it- THE OXFORD POLICE FORCE ADOPT NEW METHODS rt Chief Hobgood, of the Oxford Po lice Force, desirous to have one of the mosf up-to-date organizations to be found anywhere, on last Thurs day night took Officer Bowling to the skating rink and there they both fastened skates to their feet and hit the floor; yes hit the floorv The Chief states that in order to keep up with the fast moving throng he thinks it wise to have the force thoroughly " drilled in the latest styles when it comes to quick trans portation. Both of the officers state that they were surprised to find how easy it was to skate; the hardest thing, they believe, is the floor. Now when you think of mischief, just for get it, don't "duit," there is no es cape when the officers put on their roller skates. ' LEAGUE SEASON STARTS AT HORNER PARK TODAY Managers Of Local Team Promises Good Game and Winning Line-Up, ' and Bids For Support of Local Fans The opening game in the Central Carolina League, the first organized baseball to be played in this part of the State in many years., will be play ed between the home team and Hen derson this afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at Horner Park. .. The Oxford, .team will play the Henderson team at North End Park in Henderson tomorrow, afternoon. LATER Game fair weather. postponed until WOMAN'S CLUB MEETS The Oxford Woman's Club held its regular monthly meeting in, the Ox ford Library rooms on Wednesday afternoon, May 5th. It, was a meet ing full of interest and was presided Over by the gracious president Mrs D. G. Brummitt, in her usual, tactful manner. 4 ' Delegates td the State Federation of, Women's Clubs .which, will meet at ty? ightsviile ; : June 71 were ap pointed as follows, Mrs: A. H. Pow ell, Mrsrf D. G. Brummitt Mrs. W. B-. Ballou and Mrs. D. A. Coble. " Mrs. R. H. Lewis and Httle Mas Eliza have returned from a visit to Durham. V .. . 1 - , 4 .