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IYTOWN AND COUNTY OFFER BRILLIANT
VOL. XXXVI
OPPORTUNITIES-AIL HOME PRINT.
(JET YOUR PENCIL AND
DRAW A RING AROUND
FRIDAY, JUNE TWENTY-FOUR
! HARD TO GET AT FIGURES
! ON TOBACCO REDUCTION
" -r -nv J me Famiers 111 This Section Disre
An Interesting Program Is Prepared . the t Ln 0 ,
For St. John's Day At the 4ford i e J101011 To Reduce the
-acreage.
.It is a difficult matter to get any
thing like the correct estimate on
the acreage that will bp ninn i
tobacco in Granville county this sea
son as compared with last year's
planting. That there will be a re
duction we do not doubt, but as to
the extent of the reduction we do not
know.
Our Stem correspondent stated in
the last issue of the Public Ledger
that the usual crop has been planted
in lally Ho this season. Farmers
from various parts of the countv art-
vise us that they see' very little, if
OXFORD, N. C, TUESDAY. MAY 24, 1921
MEMORIAL SERVICES TO
BE iiELD IN OXFORD
AND-AT Mt. CREEK
Address by
Orphanage.
Draw a ring around Friday, June
24, on your calendar, for that will
be the date for the annual celebra
tion of St. John's day. Also, make
no engagement for that day because
ve expect to have at that time, rain
or shine, as fine a program as we
have ever had-
Grand Master J. Bailey Owen has
announced the appointment as Ora
tor of Dr. H. M. Poteat. of Wake
Forest, one of the most able and
magnetic speakers of North Carolina-
He is a very versatile and gift
ed man, and will have an oration
veil worth a long trip to hear.
The Master of Oxford Ledge has
appointed Rev. Stuart R. Oglesby,
jr., pastor of the Oxford Presby
terian church to deliver the address
of welcome. Brother Oglesby, too,
is a fluent and graceful speaker and
between the twain something fine
Avill be given us to reflect on. These
appointments guarantee an especial
ly worth-while program.
nd the eats have not been forgot
ten. Supt- R. L. Brown thinks he is
prepared to supply enough barbe
cue this tim?. He has bought more
meat than the Orphanage -ever saw
or heard of for a 24th some 3,000
pounds and is banking on filling all
orders for barbecue. Lovers of it,
of whom there are many, may be as
sured that the barbecue will not be
likely to "give out" this 24th as it
has on each preceding celebration.
In addition to the barbecue, ample
provisions for refreshments are be
ing made.
Get your pencil now and mark
D. G. Brummitt At Mt.
Creek Next Sunday Morning and j
By A. A. Hicks At
BACCALAUREATE SERMON BY
BEV. O. C DAVIS TO OXFORD
COLLEGE GRADUATING CLASS j
.NO. 41
cemetery, Oxford, .Next Monday
Morning Forme1" Service Men
Will Form In Front 01 Court House.
THE PROGRAM
At Mt Creek.
At 11 o'clock Sunday morning,
May 29 th, memorial services will be
held at Mt. Creek church in honor of
the soldiers of 1861 and of the World
War, whose bodies are resting in the
Mt. Creek Cemetery and at the Eakes
Burying Ground.
An address will be delivered by
Hon. D. G. Brummitt. The church
anv curtailment f W . nV". v. crummiu. ine
?pphS2 .i? f t5e Crop in tneir f choir wi Ornish appropriate
ana many tarmers predict
that if the crop matures well this
year the tonage will be equal to that
of last year, even if the acreage has
been reduced considerably. It is al
so claimed that the cut in acreage
has had a tendency to stimulate the
farmers to raise a better grade of to
bacco this year. They are possessed
wnn tne idea that there Is enough
common grades in' hand to supply
the demands next year, but good
grades will bring good prices.
The Public Ledger fears that there
will be an overproduction again this
year and a corresponding shortage
in the necessities of lifp ThQ uri era
music.
Soldiers graves at both cemeteries
will be decorated with tfie flag and
flowers.
It is desired that as many members
of the American Legion and other ex
servicemen as can possibly do so at
tend this service. Persons going
from Oxford are reauested to meet
day morning. "
ElmwootT and Hillsboro Street
Cemeteries.
Services will be held, at Elmwood
Cemetery, Oxford, on Monday morn
ing May, 30th. at 10:30 o'clock. , The
address will be delivered by Hon. A.
A. Hicks. Patriotic songs will be
sung. The graves will be decorated
with flags and flowers- On the corn-
Rev. Q C. Davis, pastor of thp
Elmwood j First Baptist Church at Albemarle,
delivered the baccalaureate
sermon to the graduating class of
Oxford College at 11 n'innt io.f
bunday morning from the Dulnit nf
the Oxford Banti
choir, composed of a numhor f
: young ladies from the College, under
Ti ervislon of Mrs. Anne Wood
all director of voice and expression,
rendered several anthems. The fac
ulty "and student body, numbering
"-.occupied seats in front of the
The Ideal Wife.
Rev. Q. c. Davis delivered an im
pressive sermon, taking as the bases
of his talk the names of four women
of the Bible. His text was the 55th
verse of the 27th chapter of Matthew:
BRAVE WOMAN TRAVELING
ALONE IN AN AUTOi
Passes Through Oxford On a Four
Thousand Mile Trip.
So many strango things happen a
long the National Highway these
days we wonder what will take place
when the great throughfare is hard
surfaced and thrown open to the
worm.
Last week a rather stnut and fQ
less looking woman about 45 years
of age called at the Public Ledger
office and by way of introduction
said: .
"My name is Mrs. Kate Godwin, of
Searsport, Woldo county. Me. I have
been down to Charleston, S. C, to operators are eliminated and only a
pay a visit to my sister and I called few Persons left in charge. It also
55
fo ,.1. 1 , .
nrT r iff Wnat an overProduc- pietion of the service at Elmwood the
vwx o6am ims year means to him
your calendar. Orphan's Friend.
THK EARTH WILL STAGE RACE
WITH COMET IN JUNE
An Inspiring Spectacle Is Anticipat
ed June 27th.
For a month this summer the earth
will engage in a race with the period
ic comet Pons-Winecke, and because
it has no
and he does not propose to be caught
between the crushing stones.
Some farmers claim that there
will be a short crop this year on ac
count of a shortage of tobacco plants.
j jliiis assertion, too, is doubted by
1 some of the farmers who state that
mey can get all the plants they want
As stated above, there is no rule
by which any one can estimate with
a degree of accuracy what the ac
reage will be this season, nor will
any one know until an actual count
or tne acreage has been made.
A tobacco man told us a few days
dgo mat boutn Carolina farmers
nave
increased meir nnrpno-o
chance to win it will en-j last year, but we hope he is
deavor through astral influences, to taken
over
mis-
trip up ' its gaseous rival, according i News comes from Person nmmt-
to a report made public a few days to the effect that the farmers have
ago by the observatory of the Univer- i cast their crop and that thp nov
is equal to that of last year- Some
of the papers published on the south
side of Virginia claim that there. is
a. slight cut in acreage in the old belt
this year.
sity of California. The earth will
not get into the race until the comet
has a lead of between 12.000,000 and
20,000,000 miles, but then it will put
'everything it has" into its test with
the comet.
It will cap its supremacy finally
when, on June 27, it flips its tail so
hard against its terrestrial rival that
the impact will send out sparks.
These will go down in the record as
a meteoric shower.
rt-9-j
ine comet, at last calculations,!
was approximately 37,000,000 miles
from the earth. Its nearest ap
proach will be .132 of an astronomi
cal unit, or 12.000.000 mil P R nn
June 7, and shortly thereafter the!
1 ace win begin.
At the greatest brilliancy observ
able from the earth the comet will
be of the eighth or ninth magnitude--Nothing
greater than the sixth mag
nitude can be observed by the naked
eje, so the world at large will see
nothing of the visitor until the tail
snppmg episode, on June 27 How
ever, the earth's attraction for the
j TRANSPORTATION MADE SDIPLE
Go Up Into the Air and Wait For
the Earth To Move.
Editor Public Ledger:
The other evening in a discussion
of the problems of transportation I
suggested the following idea: The
earth, as I understood, it revolves
at a rate of approximately 1000 mil
es an hour from west to east. My
idea to simplify travel is to shoot
straight up in the air far enough to
get away from the earth and hav
ing figured the time for going up at
the stationary space, stay long
enough to let the earth go by, and
then after two hours drop down on
the Pacific coast. And if you want
to go to Europe, stay up long enough
to have Europe come by and drop
down... The different
comet may be so emat that r,Q I aSht, air. heat or cold. etc. would hp
dilations may be necessary when the ' n ore than are contended with in
race gets under way. I a submarine. One can only reach a
i'uieuuai propnecies that thpii : r auu UOL norm or
tumet win do great damage to the ' 7 point east may be made
"arth are nut nf by waiting up iiinnacfi until rnnmt
-uiuci, lilt; UUSPrVa- 1 - muiauie.
fatpcj rwi, , , . :to reach NewYnrir. wnA.
me inner nana, the
graves of soldiers'in the Hilsboro St.
Cemetery who fought in 1861 will be
decorated. Almost all of the last
mentioned lost their lives on the bat
tlefield and were brougbx back dur
ing the war and buried. Some of
these were members of the Granville
Grays.
The names of soldiers buried in the
old cemetery are as follows: Gran
ville Royster, Lyman Lathan, Wil
liam Lathan, Luther Bell, Wyley Fe
rebee, William Biggs, Lundy Paschal
and Crews. It is probable that this
Crews. It is probable that this
list is not comnlete. The writer will
be pleased to receive anv further in
formation in this matter. The
names of soldiers buried in Elmwood,
who were killed in action in France,
are Fred F. Clark and Thomas Oakley.
The names of soldiers buried in
Elmwood Cemetery who wore the
Gray in 1861 are as follows: Col.
T. B. Venerable, Captains A. Landis.
Richard V. Minor. Alex Spencer, .A J,uh n "
- " u villi Ci., ? Xl.XXClAJ.lO CtXXU,
James H. Horner, Drs. Sam Booth
and P. W. Young, Charlie Landis,
Howard Dorsey and Alex Crews.
Formation Of Squad.
The parade will form on Main street
Monday morning, May 30th, at 10
o clock, heal of column in front of
court house. Formation, will hp ab
follows: Armed Squad, The Stars
and Bars and The Stars and Stripes
with escort; members of The Ameri
can region and other Ex-Servicemen:
Civil War Veterans (in Autos);
Daughters of the Confederacy;
American Red Cross; Members of
Womans Club; Citizens.
Attention, Ex-Service Men! '
A large (attendance of ex-servicemen
of town and country is desired.
This is a duty we cannot afford to
ignore. It is also earnestly desired
that the citizens of Oxford and the
county give these occasions a good
attendance.
Ex:servicemen are requested to at
tend in full O. D. uniform with over
seas capr, where possibly to do so.
But we wish your attendance any
way. .- jfl. FULLER
And manv wompn ora
there, beholding afar off, which
tollowed Jesus from Galilee v.
ministering unto him: 56
Among which was Mary Mag
daline, and Mary the mother of
Jesus, and the mother of Zebe
dee's children.
As a noble exam nip ha
fir , , j uv ivjciicU LU
Mary Magdalme, who threw herself
at the foot of the Cross, repented of
ner sins and made contributions to
the cause of Christ. As an example
of enthusiasm radiating from a home
of love and purity, he spoke of the
mother of James and John, who had
raised her two sons to reverence the
Lord, urged that one should sit at
!f and the other t0 the left
nS The mother of Zebedee's
children, he said, was the type of a
mother that was willing to pay the
S?Cw t0 btain the blessings of
Christ. The other two women of the
l7fTTA referred as Mary, the
wife of Cleopas, and Mary of whom
Christ was born.
The speaker emphasized the im
portance of keeping the home clean
and pure. If love and prayer does
noi dominate the home th Pro non
no happiness in such a home. Sup-
I unco V r. nn,-j xi tju-ii
uc ou, mat Mary, the wife of
S?aS' hal "naSSed" her husband
because he. brought a friend home
2 t0 take supper without con
suiting her convfcnipnrp vmA t
V, ,T , " "UiU lUiJX tJ
much happiness as if
she had welcomed the act of her iius-
fibnafru,anVhe gUest in true Christian
spirit? Some married women, he
Said, made better housekeepers than
wives, l)ut a good woman, dominated
by christian grace, makes a happy
home. vw
iu 10 see it you have a copy of the
Charleston News-Carrier."
"Are you not afraid to travel
alone?" We inquired. .
"Not in the least," said the lady.
I go well armed and it would go bad
with any one who attacked me. My
sister persuaded me that it is dan
gerous to travel alone in the South
where there are so many tramps,
and I put up at the hotel in Darling
ton and'Fayetteville, but I prefer to
sleep in my car and prepare my own
meals." ,
we went out in front of the offiro
insures privacy on your wire and
thus prevents other people listening
to what is being said.
In the business world "time is
money" holds true everywhere.
What is a better time-ser over the
present-day phones than the auto-t
matic telephones? First you call
the operator. She very rarely an
swers at once and generally after
one, two and even three minutes,
and, as luck would have it, just
when you have an important call to
make. Then the operator asks for
your number, and sha must rpnent it '-
and examined the lady's car. . It re-1 a. number of times before she gets it
beuiDiea a small house, and there
was a couch seven feet long , and
three feet wide which was foot art art
to the wall and folded up whn not
in use. There was a frying pan, a
coffee pot, a cup and aucer and an
oil stove., A plank four feet long,
fastened to the side of the car with
hinges, served as a table. There
were numerous "pigeon holes" and
small closets ;built in the side and
Back end of the car.
Mrs. Godwin said that she will
have traveled 4,000 miles alone
when she reaches her home in Maine.
She said that she had camped out
every night but three and no one had
bothered her in the least. She said
that she usually drove up to a farm
house nd ask permission to park
her car over night and that no one
so far haad refused her request.
M& J. F. MEADOWS
IS THE BEST GARDNER
OF THE SEASON
He
Enjoys Eight arieties Of Vege
tables At This Season.
Sermon To Y. M. C. A.
Rev. Q. C. Davis also preached tha
sermon to the College Y. M. C A. at
the Baptist Church Sunday-night at
8 0 clock. His. text was the 59th
verse of the 9th chapter of Luke:
Follow me." The sermon was all
that the text implies, and you can
well immagine the broadness of the
theme as developed by Mr. Davis, for
every one who has seen and heard
him knows that for pulpit work he is
richly endowed.. Nobility of person,
elegance of manner, mellowness of
voice, flexibility of tone, vigor of
thought, richness and grace of ex-'
pression, virility if utterance are all
When it comes to early vegetables,
Mr. J. F. Meadows is generally ahead
of everybody in this community
about thrpp wpplrs.' TTn
is always in the lead, and that some I aLong without
of the early gardners in Oxford are
jealous of him, we inquired last Sat
urday as to how many varieties of
vegetables he is getting from his
garden at Jhis time.
"Oh. well," said Mr. Meadows as
he began to count on his fingers, "I
think we are getting about eight
varieties at this time. Green peas,
cabbage, lettuce, beets, onions, white
yuLaLues, snap Deans; not manv
1 A. IT n .
iisui. u-ven 11 sne does repeat the'
right number, it is not out of the or
dinary for you to get a different '
vone, . The telephone does
duce the voice exactly and it is not
entirely the operator's fault.
With an automatic telephone all
this is eliminated. A few turns of '
the disk, which- just takes a few
seconds, and you are connected with
your party, if your party is there
and answers. There is no chance to.
get a wrong number. . - Thus no time
is washed and. a Very much quicker J
connection. ' , e
So just as train communication
succeeded and improved on the stage
coach, just as the telephone improv
ed on the telegraph and did away
with the necessity of going in person
or sending a letter to get into com
munication with some one. so will
the automatic telephone improve on
the present-day phone, dividing the '
time in half.
As a summary we can see that by
lower prices the telephone will be
put in the hands of air the people,
better business relations will be V
promoted and increased business will
follow. Soon we will be wondering
how? we ever got along without it
just as we wonder how we ever got
tne ordinary tele
phone.
As for ourselves, now that the
prospect is before us. we hate to
think of a telephone without the
voice that answered limpidly at the
lift of the hook.
A dial provides no fine example"
of patience and good temper, as the
hello girl does. It cannot smile at
you in spirit or help you to begin a
u.y iigm wnn some dim suggestion
the old-
trawberries now. but we have had 1 01 DriSnt graciousness, as is often .
1 -i yv-rrtr-J-. kln A. 11 1 j
au we ouid use on our table for Fv ,1'uauie lu ine ""stening ear on
nearly two months; plenty of snap
beans for two weeks, and green peas
for probably one month; tomato
blooms and some young tomatoes,
but they are not large enough to
eat."
Hill 4rt4-A-MYr-. .Jii. r w
his nnrf ,,r,iQ k 1 v "itcivicw wun ivir. Meadows
a, mm at once a convinced us that College ?trept n
sneaker of nnirmQ aHrtMro .. . , . a: uut!6e sireei, as
tory states
meteoric showpr
if it develops as
less if '7 ' 1 Pr0Ve t0 De a narm"
"s it inspiring, spectacle.
GRAXVILLE COUNTY YOUNG
LADY WINS HIGH HONORS
MiFro1nAre,'ine?,es WiI1 Gradate
30 10,11 Marv Baldwin College May
a (1 attractive daughter of Mr. Steph
AdutST' of,?xford Route 1, will
Shimf im Mary Baldwin College
Taunton. Vn. i-, tt
h! S ? ?rd and other Pla-i engaged the negro
.. 0 Ml Hie btatP. have ran,VnJ i I iicn-cci
Mary
since
High j
Hip nave received mvi-
t?tion, a ehave received invitations
tf.l nn i fticiuuitiing piano reci
m I thTe eveilig of the 30th.
JCJfef has attended
S College three years
-Mduatmg from the Stem
school in 1918.
h n Stephen H. Jones and Miss
V fS'- father and sigter of
on1iat2hfiertine',wili g0 t0 Taunton
men Ll t0 attend the commence-
V J Fradating exercises. '
Virt ? Katherine will remain in
',mia tor thp. TTn
ia finai v. W1-
Tni ,r:: "liVi.l"e wasnington Lee fi-
Junrioth! W reaCh Xf0rd 0n
1,0je For"sale
ComDaJ?vrMle ?eal Estate & Trust
ho ml ior'L fj erm? a7ery desirable
Head I thSr I f m..the town of Stem.
otSST n another
ha w6 tha? OOO blockade stills
SS OUt n? fh Pt?r.ed f f iCerS 0rk-
?inop To f the Seville headquarters
LnmTy 1920' wording to
tion a U1iCeTment y Chef Prohibi-
Ped wngrtnt & ?ory Reed' ho stop
ped ork with his assistants last Fri
ay following orders Jrom Washing-
reacn wewYork. Wnitpy qo
1C mignt ngure this out and give
us the proper timetable for the dif
ferent points in Europe. w. L.
OFFICER CLARK CAPTURES NE
GRO CHARGED WITH MURDER
Last Friday afternoon Officer
Clark rode out in the country to Mr.
B. M. Currin's place, near Kinton
ork with the purpose of giving a
negro the once over that was work
ing there. On arriving at the field
where the negro was planting tobac-
cu, umcer uiark and his H0nti
in conversation,
II IKfMIKKin C tha si . J.j-
luc uuuaiuons in
general., After the officers had sur
rounded the colored man so that es
cape was impossible, one of them
asked him what his name was. The
negro hesitated a moment and then
said .'George," whereupon Clark
asked if it was "George Thorpe?"
The colored man looked -surprised
aim wiiuoui nPSiraTinn ano-araA
uus, 11 cl cu
yes sir, is the man dead?" Offirpr
Clark was right in his suspicions,
for the man turned out to be none
other than George Thorpe, wanted in
Durham for murder. Durham
county officers came over Friday
evening and removed him to Dur
ham, j
BASEBALL NOTES
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BULLOCK-BRAGG
At the Oxford Methodist parsonage
last Saturday evening, Miss Bessie
Lee Bullock, the charming and at
tractive daughter or Mr. B: W. Bul
lock, became the bride of Mr. Euwell
B. Bragg, one of Granville's substan
tial citizens, Rev. R. C. Craven offi
ciating. -, V'-.-
v On account of the recent' illness of
the brother of the bride, the wed
ding was quiet and was witnessed by
only a few friends. .
The best wishes of the community
go with the happy couple.
W. R. Kimball, who is well
known in this city, is critically ill at
the home of his sister. Mrs. J.
Renn. and little hope is held out for
his recovery.
Johnson, left-field; Stringfield.
shortstop, and Ellis, second base, ot
the Wake Forest College baseball
team, have signed up with Oxford.
-On Wednesday the Henderson
team win again meet Oxford . here,
and on Friday Oxford will go to Hen
derson. The Public Ledger learns that
Pitcher Beadle and third baseman
Lynn, of the Washington City team,
who have been hired by the Hender
son team will reach Henderson in
time to play Oxford next Wednesday.
So. Boston came over last Fri
day and engaged the Oxford team,
the score being 7. to 3 in favor of Ox
ford. The feature of the game was
Reece's home run scoring four men.
KING GEORGE BELIEVES
JACK DEMPSEY WILL WIN
Paris, May 2 2. King George of
England picks Jack Dempsey to beat
vjeurges uarpentier.
"I was disappointed that London
was not picked for the fight, as 1
had hoped to see it," said th eKing.
I regrert that I cannot go to Amer
ica and be at the ring side. My
own opinion is that Dempsey is too
heavy for Carpentier although Car
pentier may surprise the Ameri
cans., -
speaker of unique attractiveness and
of wonderful magnetism. Furnished
with such qualities of heart. Oiead
and body he readily awakens not to
say commands the attend of any au-
uieuce Deiore winch he stands- Cer
tainly this was true of his appearance
here Sunday.
Closing Exercises-
The closing exercises were held
at the College Monday, and was well
attended by friends of the time-honored
institution. The graduating
exercises were held at 10:30 a. m.
Address before the Literary socie
ties, by Mrs. Corine Petty Jerman,
at 11:30 a. m.
Class exercises at 3:30 p. m.
Art reception at 5 p. m.
Annual concert at 8 p. m.
Students Depart
As usual, the eyes of President
Hobgood moistened this morning
when "his girls" were getting ready
to depart for their homes. It was
one of the finest student bodies in
the State, and their cheerful faces
will be missed in Oxford this sum
mer. Art Exhibti.
The Art Exhibit at Oxford College
"Blair's nomination is to be taken
was given Saturday afternoon under UP early this week and confirmed un-
I I f 1 1 I 1 l inA 4. I 1 1
ouai, 10 ngm, mere witn tne ear
liest garden in Oxford. In justice to
others, it can be said that Mr. Mea
dows has, indeed a very, rich garden
spot which lays well to the sun. but
il muse De admitted that he is
smart and that he reflects cred
it upon the soil and climate of
Granvillc- Mi
BUTLER COMES TO THE
RESCUE OF ORGANIZATION
Will Be Doing the Shoving When
Liney Goes Over.
The Washington correspondent of
the Charlotte Observer says: "The
Morehead-Liney combine, the "hog
combine," former Senator Butler
called it is traveling a rough, and
rugged road. The Blair and Linney
contests will get over the top but
when he makes the last surge to
cross Butler will be doing the shov
ing. The Greensboro pie slate' will
De DroKen tnrough the middle. Some
of the Linney leaders yelled
"enough" when Senator Borah start
ed after him, but fighting Mary Ann
never took a back 5 step. Here is
the program:1 ' ..if
WEKLY WEATHER
Washington, May 21. Thp wpath.
er bureau today issued the following
lurecasis ior tnis week:
South Atlantic and . Gulf States:
the outlook is for normal temper
ature, partly cloudy weather and oc
casional showers during the week.
Nine Million For Schools.
Nine and a, half million dollars for
new school buildings has' been voted
m half a hundred towns and commu
nities in North Carolina during the
months since the Geeral Assembly
adjourned, and with other bond elec
tions still on the calendar, the total
will reach twelve million before the
end of the year, according to a tab
ulation of bond issues given out by
the State Department of Education.
the direction of Miss Helen Wilker-
,son. at was greatly admired by a
large number of visitors, ' some of
whom declared it to be one of the
best that has been given at the col
lege. The work showed much thought
and care on the part of the pupils as
well as the teacher. "The Three
Wise Men," in pastel by Ella Adams
was considered one of the best pic
tures exhibited. Other pictures of
hers which deserve much credit are
the oil .paintings: "Changing Pas
tures." -by Muve; "Angel Heads,"
by Reynolds; Virginia Riggan's "Sol
itude;" t by Daubigny, and the "Ap
peal to the Great Spirit," by Dallin,
were noticeable. Breton's "Song of
tne Lark,
less RoaringHiram tears the senate
down. After that Linpv will ho
sidered and after days if not weeks
will get by, by the help of the Presi
dent and Attorney General Daughter
ty. When that is over the fur will
fly. Gilliam. Grissom. and Wml B.
Duncan will be. pitted against each
other for collector. The odds are
on Duncan now.
"In the meantime John jT Parker,
of Monroe, J. J. Bil'd, of Asheville,
and Col. Isaac M. Meekins. of Eliza
beth City, will be trying to succeed
judge Gould on the District of Co
lumbia supreme court bench. There
is plenty of fighting along, the way.
and "The End of the
Trail" in brown crayon by-Amy Per- 'annvnA - .'
rv: "Thp Mill " nftpr T?pmhrnnrit tond 1 " .bwuuumuwou ior me
"The Land of the' Blue-birds" by
Marjorie Norment; "Dawn," after
Maxfield Parrish, by Jessie Giles
were admired. The original studies
-and other paintings of AllineYancey,
Jiiveiyn Knott and vuiiet Jeffreys
showed much talent. The work of
Alice. Hall and Henry Brooks showed
much promise. The drawings by the
. m '
rrang pupns were aiso gapa.
an-
propnauon or ?Z3.onn,0(M) to defray
the expense of te church during the
coming five years and an overture
for the unification ot the five branch
es of the church were the outstand
ing features of Saturday's session of
the general assembly of the south
ern Presbyterian church in session
at St Louis last weefctf f
what soon will be called
fashioned telephone
A great many people would have
to admit, if they were honest, that
from the voice on the wire they
learned more than the proper pro
nunciation of some of the commoner
words of .English. They learned to
admire the quality of DatiencP. as it
was demonstrated thousands of tim
es a day by girls who, before they
were letter perfect in their peculiar
technique, had to be sweetly tolerant
toward the whole world beyond their
switchboards. Who hasn't hoped
some day to see "Central" and to
learir whether she was as nice as
her voice?
WILSON DEFENDANTS IN
TOBACCO CASE GUILTY
One Gets ThreeYears, One Two, One
18 Months and Fined $1,000 On
Conspiracy Charge.
Wilson, May 23 R. L. Fenner
of Rocky Mount, Frank Barnes of
Wilson, and W. T. Estes, Jr., and J.
R. Rutter of Kentucky, were convict
ed on Saturday on indictmenta rhar?.
mg them with conspiracy to defraud
the Imperial Tobacco company and
passing bogus checks. Fenner was
sentenced to three years. Estes two
years, Rutter 18 months and Barnes
was fined $1,000.
The four men are from ; promi
nent North Carolina and Kentucky
families. r,
Rutter on the witness stand told
of his duties as follower of the sales
m the Centre brick warehouses of
this city; of a conference he. said he.
had with Estes and Fenner at which,
he testified, these two mn outlined
a plan which they claimed they had
worxed an summer in Georgia for
making sums of money from false
sales of tobacco for which false tick
ets would be given. Later Barnes
was taken into the conference, Rut
ter declared, and the quartet decided
they could "make it-go", lre. The
witness declared he made out the
false tickets, in the presence of three
other defendants. -4These tickets
were later used, he tsaid, to repre
sent tobacco .that was not on the
floor of the warehouse. He said the
alleged fictitous sales began last
September and continued until De
cember, when Jhe four men were arrested.
Lecture Postponed.
; The lectures that were to be given
in the Masonic Hall beginning May
30th by Mr. W. C. Wicker, of Elon
College, have been postponed. The
date will be announced later.
THE AUTOMATIC TELEPHONE K
PUTS THE HELLO 3IRLS
OUT OFCOMMISSION
As For Ourselves We Hate To Thinkv
Of a Telephone Without the Sweet
Voice at the Other End,, of the
Wire. , v
Within a couple of years, as the
S telephone engineers figure it, there 1
will be no more "hello girls" and
"central" will be a thing of the past.
- One of the most important time
and money saving inventions of this
country is now coming into use in
the big cities. This is the automat
ic telephone. By means of this all
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