North Carolina Newspapers

... ... ' v' " ! PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY-TOWN AND COUNTY OFFER BRILLIANT OPPORTUNITIES-AIL SOME PRINT Vol. xxxvi OXFORD, N. C, FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 1921 NO. 50 I. 1 .i . - - - " 11 . 'it . " .mirr. MARKETING HAS ! -UX . invlSFLL EX- r ii.i - - . HAV r., tsi ISIK0 I r inai Voouuu Farmers' Finance Tlie establisnea as Corporal "-- - by tne a gl'af states Gra&m Jrowers, inc It umted b W -tea iuut move- ' co op Native marketing in lueUVn ted States. The association liie to nave oeen more largely ti- ee:US, than the cotton marketing nauc tinnf which have been organ- &SSrnf ne South, but it may be mat ized 1 Infton organizations are lead lhe1, t consolidation into a com- ing nr similar characteristics as m Z irain marketing 'affair. lbe centiai giam m one cental body would C16S1 necessary to the success of any eeULne concern undertaking so fflark ,u fa proposition as handling nornioub a piop goutn But th,eiP these co operative associations b new in this country they are J! Jin Canlda. The New York Post 0 , thev have been in existence in he Dominion for 15 years and have scored a successful career. It says that Canadian farmers, in 1915 mar ked co-operatively nearly 10,000, 000 bushels of wheat, which was be tween a third and a fourth ef the whole crcp. Going into the history of the movement, The Post sets forth that the Canadian endeavor m cooperative selling began in 1901. 1 nd sp.oad rapidly through Alberta, SaskatcLj..an, and I.-aiiitoba. The United Grain Growers, Ltd., repre senting Manitoba and Alberta farm ers, was founded in 1906 and the Saskatchewan Co-operative Elevator co npanv in 1911. They were cap : , lv maB. two of the leaders, T. A. Crerar and Charles Dunning, tonnd places n Borden's Coalition Cabinet, z. Crerar now heads the United Farucrs party in Parlia ment By ID 19 iliese marketing agen-r-: . ha. en.COO shareholders and critrohed more than 600 country. pirvatoi :;. r:3v had elevator space I ior 5.600.C00 bushels at Fort Wil- seven years and the v .rk or replac- , on i -..h- Arthur nn T.akp csnriP- ! inff the iwo hundred and seventy uuai ana .uit Artnur on iaKe fcupe- , , million stanm .iivr Hniia;, rior. iney issued a weeKiy, in v,xai:i Growers' Guide, which had a rrculaticn of .70,000, the largest cir culation for a 'farm journal in west-' ri Canada. The governments of tne praii-o province had recogniz- the e::::e;liency of supporting ueir work To:- the farmer. When the 'winnipeg Grain Exchange suspend- the United Grain Growers, Ltd., fc;- a technical infraction of its rules, tho Zvianitoba Government r?-ced a reinstatement by threaten ing to susrend the Exchange's-char-... ; while tho Saskatchewan Govern ment assisted in founding th eyoung ev marketing comoration. . . 1 v . i mi Taking up the home situation, The Fost recounts that in tne united1 t-p the fnrmowr' vca in thoir i. v. w j 1.11V A.-X.A. V X KJ . A.-. Vtl V VW A Vi V cc-operative marketing enterprise r.re more varied than is commonly understood. (1) As the fight going on in Illinois to bring the Chicago Board of Trade under State regula tion shows, many farmers believe that some rules of the board e. its exclusion of true co-operative companies are oppressive; the far mers wish to comDete. 2) Thev auiu mat tney can pocket mucn or f Vl I I J J1 f t ww 1 the middleman's charges. They mum. idimers eievators can nandie , the wheat more cheaply than private elevators. mime tarrners elevators can handle &aies agency can disDose of it on a alp T- e.T smaller margin than the commission firms. (3) They wish to improve their credit facilities. When far mers now keep grain in the bins a jaiting a better market, they find it GlulCUlt to hnrrnw th wnen wheat is Dooled in netitral aienUSes their erain enrnnrntinn -w-..-.w ( ( II C'J Cl 1 T- ftVi-J- . . - uulchu loans on warer- house receipts. (4) Most important ot an, they wish to stabilize the mar kets. Farmers are told that by jumping most of the crop soon af ter harvest thev must anront ni'lPDC!. 1. j. in on ' hat lf tney can feed it grad-! iw wusumers tney will be just J Remunerated. n 'Tie nundred-million-dollar cor Poiation," says The Post, "is novel r one respect its size; but never before has the Nation seen farm or- wifp, luson their Present scale, when the Farm Bureau Federation ber er?Us.r million mem- it; V1"CB' realizing mat tne the 3rLfrosp?y depends upon 'vitb f r,?' Wl11 watch the venture ?t'rver. THE PRICE OF MEATS Mach Hif inSn7ithfield Than In Aeighboring Town. ftwdSS in the Smithfield Ciavtnn -ys: We picked up the reartin.0?06 an advertisement A.uinS- Reduced nnVea n mata fi n (cent mean nw 25 pound; alL 'r, VaZ airuw cenis pouna; ail With SL111 n9,w 15 cents pound." the Tiffi 12 myes. apart why should lav Sple ?f Smithfield have to phoiH cents ,per Pound? Why v ft Smithfield have for L? 35 cents per pound on ?aevat w?lleOPtne People of Clay Whv Sn y?126 cents per pound? rav 9?uldthe people of Smithfield" vhen ?y,fents per Pound , f or meat, r?fSJ? People of Clayton pay only cents per pound?" kZTJ0111, battiT should have watei L eZry two weeks. Stop fit Wll rtf Service Station. 55 iTkr. vvxV ,, . -' ""vv vivur Lgy Up()n Buying Ability Of Foreign Coun- tries. nattered at the spmiTur' people have for our opinion, we are compelled to know and then acknow ledge our absolute ignorance as to what the future has in store for the tobacco man. However, now and then we try t act wise, and give our opinion which is worth nothing more than the opinion of thousands of others who take the time to- investi gate conditions. We heard a promi nent tobacco man say recently that the next cropin this country would not average over 6 to 8 cents. The same day we heard one of the larg est buyers in the United States re mark that the next crop would aver age 15 cents. Now there you are, and the $6 man knew as much as the $15 man. But again we say that much de pends upon the buying ability of for eign countries. The quicker the big fellows in Washington realize tne necessity of doing something to open the foreign markets, the better it will be for the country. If the leading foreign countries are heav ily indebted to us. the best thing to do is to either wipe out the debt or give them unlimited time to pay up, the better it will be for the country. France, Russia, Italy, Spain, Ger many, Austria and Belgium and oth er countries want more of our tobac co. They want other. things also, but we are writing now about tobacco. If those countries are loaded with debt some relief should be given, in this suggestion we will leave out Germany, because of her great war debt that will have to be paid, but all countries should open up trade negotiations with Germany as well as other nations. There is too much politics, too much worry, and jeal ousy, and those in power are engag ing in a lot of foolishness, while the grerat majority of people are suf fering Southern Tobacco Journal. THE UNITED STATES MAKES SILVER DOLLARS AGAIN After Lapse Of Seven Years Coinage Resumed To Refill Vaults. resumed oy tne mint ..cer a lapse oi nine million standard oilver dollars taken trom the treasu. during thtj war to seii to Great B. tain has been begun, says the Was.jgton Post. Since late in March treasury offi cials said tonight, ...proxiuiateiy twenty million silver ollars have been coined. ' In the . ume period corresponding amoun.j of silver certificates were issue., ana Fedt.al Reserve notes and Tiasu certifi cates securing them, .dtii-cu. 'ixus process, officials said .ouia probau ly continue for the ne..c live years until the treasury's reserve of silver dollars ia back in its pre-war basis. The mint, officials explained ceas ed coining silver dollars in iyi4 when the supply of metal purchased under the coinage act was exhaust ed. Further aiithnritv tn malro tho L j-i muumms unm iyi when (jongress passed the Pitt- man act to enable the sale of melted dollars to England for the relief of tne silver iamine in India. FARMERS CAtf NOW GET EXPLOSIVES CHEAP Government To Distribule Twelve Million Pounds Of Picric Acid. (Washington Special) More than 12..000.000 pounds of plosives, accumulated or war pur nrf1A - 1- 4 i s-v A. 11. TTT poses, and made useless tn the War Department by the armistice, will be "r. .v oiuuauw, wm uc dlsiributed farm-s'u1 Powaer having a lemon yellow color is 18 Der cent stroneer than 40 ner cent straight nitro-glycerin dyna mite, according to the bureau of mines. It should never be used in bulk, officials say, and its use should be restricted to redipped parraffined paper cartridges. The 12,000,000 surplus stock locat ed at aporta, wis., and wingate, iv M. . will he Histrihnteri to farmers f - ' ' V MwVVW VW Al 1 XI 1 -J 1 1 . through the bureau of public roads or tne .Department ot Agriculture. The only cost to the farmers it is an nounced, will be freight charges and a charge of six cents a pound for niacin? the rjowfor in the nenessnrv XI, Will UC tribution about July 1 cartridges- It will be ready for dis- n VkAiil Till w 1 BLAIR WILL SPEED BEER REGULATIONS Revenue Commissioner Sees No Rea son For Waiting On Congress Washington, June 23. Announc ing that he would consider as soon as possible regulations permitting the use of beer for medicinal pur poses. Internal Revenue Commis sioner David H. Blair said he did not believe the bureau should wait inde finitely on Congressional action on anti-beer regulations are now before Mr. Blair. HUGE LOAN ASKED FOR THE FARMERS Washington, June 23- A bill pro viding for the loan of $20,000,000 by the treasury to the federal farm loan board for loans t farmers was introduced in the senate by Senator Harris, Democrat, of Georgia. The bill directs that no federal bank shall loan the mney at a higher rate than 6 per cent and that interest shall be paid to the treasury at five per cent for the sum borrowed. LAST CALL FOR TAXES! Have you listed your taxes? It will be my duty in a few days to re port to the County Commissioners the names of all taxpayemr who have not listed for 1921. Delin quents may save themselves consid erable annoyance expense and pos sibly worse trouble by listing imme diately. w p STRADLEY, 6-24-2t County Tax Supervisor. aim - ruirvr" v .: NORTH CAROLINA WINS RATE FIGHT OVER SO. CALLED "VIRGINIA CITIES" Sweeping Freight Rate Reductions Ordered By interstate Commerce Commission In To Go Into Effect September 15, Next. Readiustm give North Carolina jobbers and merchants a more favorable position as compared with Virginia rates to fu rcni points t0 tne Southeast and 5eu rtn and Northwest, was order ed by the Interstate Commerce Com mission become effective September , Under the southeastern read justment, the North Carolina cities will get rates to points in South Ca rolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee, ranging from 4 to 49 cents lower per hun dred pounds than the rate from Vir ginia cities to the same destinations. The northern readjustment pro vides for a spread ranging from 60 to 72 cents per hundred pounds over the Virginia cities frrom and, to northern cities. This is a reduction in the present spread which the com mission said is unduly favorable to the Virginia cities: - A FINE MARKSMAN Policeman Roscoe Clark Hits Silver Dollar Thirty Yards. Town Policeman Roscoe Clark and a number of other young men went out to the woods Tuesday afternoon to practice shooting with automatic pistols. A silver dollar was used as a target and the distance was thirty yards. Each of the young men fired fif teen shots, Clark hitting the mark seven times, and some of the other young men scoring two or three shots. Policeman Clark has practiced the "line shot," and every shot he fires at a distance of 50 yards would have struck a man between the chin and the navel. He explained that the "line shot" enables one to shoot in the dark quite as accurate as in the light. In practicing the "line shot" he throws his arm over his head and brings it down to a horizontal posi tion and fires without taking aim. Taking a pistol in each hand and firing them simultaneous. Clark hit tvvo trees as large as a man's body at a distance of fifty yards.the trees being 20 feet apart. JOE WHITE IN THE TOILS Confessed To the Theft Of a Buggy Cushion. Last Friday Mr. Willie Cash, of Ci eedmoor Route 3. had the cushion stolen from a new buggy which was left standing on th.e'streets'.of Creed- moor. The matter was reported to Chief of . Police Curl, who began an investigation. Chief Mr. Curl armed himself With a, State wamnt fnr- r, unci auu went to investigate. He found the negro without any i ; rouble., found the buggy cushion in Uis possession, also a motor meter 3tolen from the car of Labe Merritt, at. the Prcortmnni. Aiiin zt - The boy, Joe White, confessed to the officer to stealing the articles, and was given a hearing before Justice of the Peace John E. Hart Monday morning and bound over to Superior Court, in default of $200 bond was committed to the Granville county jail. THE PASSING OF A NOBLE WOMAN Mr. Henry A. McGee, of Carolina Lodge, has returned from Honea h, s. C. from the bedside of his Fast week" died and Was buried latiS' M?e as the wife of the late Rev. M. McGee, a highly esteem ed Baptist minister of South Caro lina, who died two years ago Mrs. McGee was in her eightieth year when the call came. She gave her life to the cause of Christ, and besides raising eight of her own chil dren was largely responsible for raising and educating nine orphans. She was one of God's elect and was ready when the summons came. PERSHING AND HUGHES C03IING TO JUNALUSKA Asheville. June 21 General John ?:rSrrmsri. Secretary of State Char les h,. Hughes and several other speakers of international prominence are expected to address the. laymen's S?irhreeT ,f th? Meodist church, h&raifLke Junalska. on. the S?Je8k of dlsarmament. Date for the addresses is to be arranged but win be seme time between August WrWL05 FEDERAL RESERVE BANK WEBB RULES Hearing On StatTTnti-Par Clear- JEA? Is Opened In Charlotte. F Cv wiN" F'l June 22. Judge avY. Webb ruled in Federal Court ffiX nor??ll8r'- in,tne hearing on the btate anti-par clearance act, that dieting of Proof as to the juris: fi?111 0fJ tne courts rested upon th! Pnd,ai Tne defendant is mnr,JedeJ,.alvReserve Bank of Rich Sa?d;hlch ntered the contention E ; ne case does not properly be roYrtt? thr.e State but to the Federal tSK wo. nundred, and fifty State banks in North Carolina are the Plaintiffs in the litigltfon THE NURSEiQME Over Seventy-Five Dollars Realized , At Lawn Party. The nurses at Brantwood hospital S?7ia' mosA delishtful lawn party Monday night on the beautiful lawn of the hospital. The Oxford Orches tra furnished music and elegant cream and cake were served. Over seventy dollars was realized to be used m furnishing the Nurses' Home. GOVERNOR MORRISON SELLS HIS HOME IN CHARLOTTE . Charlotte! June ' 23. Governor Morrison has sold his residence on juast boulevard. Dilworth, to James 0. Walker, mayor of Charlotte, the sale ibecoming effective yesterday It is understood that the purchase price was $12,000. CO-OPERATIVE PLANT TO BE EFFECTIVE IN 1922 rh?i5.leiRhi Juune 21- Farmers, mei chants and bankers in meeting here cSttanInT,SA!tisfied tnat bth the cottsn and tobacco crops of 1922 will Sir? whlT the per2atfve the 1921' Sff,0f overdoing the thing on the markef ?h'P miKht be put mad? tn Sffet th.at way as reports Sit meeting showed today er? haliy"tW0 per cent of the grow- thi i are inclined to believe that died ,t tUhe croP could be han- Wo J f- e announcement of the or meantime11 fTU1 be m?de the int nlcmelvflyi?s squadrons are go- centaS nfte t0 DrinR emage ot cotton growers int association with a vie w of enroliff? enough to handle the Totton and tng bacco crops of 1922. t0' The finntrano ; , j . ... Per cent nf thT. Dy 1"ty-two aKr5 ot the growers to date are with indanrfot?;S. pef written 6 ad Plel T will Hher ,,cron year theta pies will be selling in the JTmo maer asthe perisgables have llfl MOORE-MINOR anJhiSrCOl?nial A?i?.e f Honorable . xx. xi. xaiuKS was me snene its aeietaUttifu! .dding .marked by its elegant simolioitv, on Tuesdav RrentnSr-June 2h when MisJjJSi Brent Minor and Mr. David Bvnum Moore were united in marriage, the Reverend F. H. T. Horsfield officiat ing. fnSf spacious hall was bared of furniture and an altar was arrang d;nk,ed with sladiolas, lilies and cathedral candles. The beautiful Fedding music was given by Miss Hutchings. Mrs. A. A. Hicks entered Srli?aironuofi. honor and the bride walked with her brother Col. Sidney ' Mm?nr, by whom she was given away. The groom entered with his mil s!aa y Gil1, of Rock The bride made a lovely picture coming down the spacious stairway, followed by her little nieces, Eliza f11!?011 Skiver bearing the foaiS' with Henrietta Minor and Ju ha Brent Hicks as flower girls. neb-ridai Rwn was white satin teed i? chantilly lace with court tram. Her veil of tulle and lace was hung from a coronet of orange if shower-rJouimeT of white rosesViTn ostrich.blOSSOmS made on fgS fr.Ater he ceremony delicious re freshments were served in the din wLr00m which was a bowlr or sweet-peas and was a charming set- mmes0r 6 Ratherins of th? two fa forTan LTej Sgm left STOVALL NEWS NOTES AaTJ w- L- Taylor and little cftoTthteasZ at At,a' Mr. and Mrs C. C- Heeeie are time at anclf? inTwtnF'n?1- Cofey' wno has been JStSSS,1nSSn''- fr Sme time has inrYstolDUTeenn! SPending this week areiIL' J' Davis and son Joe are spending some time with rela tives in Norfolk. Stovall nnH nullni, -i , Inst MrrTAo,; 1 uullut uxossea Dats In k0rnoafystohveaiT0re being 19 to 6 flT! -little baby of Mr- c .M. slaughter is very sick. roh,ccuVosmkreDt busy Sis cnlTwS8 Effi Bullock, of Durham, 5?S w-fie Week end with Mrs. Fan nie Wilkerson.. vii"Mrs;vLex Twisdale. of Towns ville. is the guest of her mother, Mrs. John Dixon.this week. . Mrs. John Dixon, ho has been sick some time, ig much better. is 7h"?nrf of the sis of good times is the presence Of the; festive drum mer. We average about one every nour during the day. One of our merchants bought the smallest chickens this week ev er brought to this market. Those selling chickens that small loose money, and the merchant has very little coin by the transaction. VOLSTEAD CHEWS TOBACCO AS HE TALKS ON BEER BILL Washington. June 23. Represen tative Volstead during the hearing before the House Rules Committee on his anti-beer bill sprang a sur prise on the committee. Before starting his argument he took a square slab of chewing tobac co out of his pocket and bit off a Piece. THE MYSTERY OF "GHOST" IN BRISTOL IS SOLVED The "Spooks" Turned Out To Be Wharf Rats. Bristol. Va-Tehn. June 23. The mystery of a strange noise in a house here that has caused great exciter ment for the past week was declar ed solved when more than 50 big wharf rats and a net-work of rat tunnels were found under the house in the course of a police investiga tion. The floor of the "spook" room was torn and workmen armed with shovels and picks dug down several feet . NOTICE Owing to the fact that the first Monday in July, comes on the 4th of July, and that being a legal Boldiay, the Board of County Commissioners of Granville County will not meet on the first Monday, but will meet on the first Tuesday which: is thes5Ui of July. By order of Chairman. r a. Tnwprrx, cnerk.. BASE BALL Two Games Today. Extracts from the annual report new parkin SoutT oXrd attnH?v of West 0xford Baptist Church con Thl first gamf Oxfords Durha tains? S0T Cresting figures con called at 10-30 OTfnrH v? wi?' ' cernm the growth of the church. de.ametii0llllX8 ? ! The annual report of W. E, Gupton, o'clock. RboTo 5:jWord a. ifflr Jt Auesaay regained first i hx leLtbne,CrntalCarr0linaLeaffUe I uy ueiedling UXlOra. 5 to 2 Tho S Z al0?oxD0.ro's. urth victory hetwe?rT yisltors m,fiye games played Detween the two clubs: ocore: p w E. nttru. 2 8 3 jn.ua.uoro t . .5 10 2 Oxford Defeats ?Jtlll Z team, composed of 1 pul, Up a strong tieht b?fnetnnlsday, afternoom the scSe being 7 to 5 in favor of Oxford. bcore by innings: r n p Chase City .300 000 2005 6 4 Oxford .....000 301 0307 10 7 F?atteries: Allen. Shotwell and Mc Elrath; Watson. Collier and Reece Schedule For Next Week. Tuesday Roxboro at Oxford Wednesday Henderson at Oxford FrWavdayfr0Qrd at Hendersom Ti?a Durham at Oxford. Saturday-Oxford at So. Boston. Mr. Lanier Umpires Game. mo The younger generation is not a- vriio t tut y tut ase Dail world pired thp sflay and he um- andedChhaeseSac?tv rlnhf? Jne Oxford STANDING OF CLUBS Central Carolina League. i . 1 1 1 n ' T-r Roxboro . q L. Pet. .615 .583 535 .400 .333 250" 5 10 13 3 4 Henderson A West Durham Chase City '" south mil . . ! 6 BATCH OF VPnrc THE AiwJ V H0 Mr w(.w.- R- JVlangum) spTnhf1 Jmot Culbreth. lar frieSd in Chase nuJ- paT'ticuI leen, his sister 109ty,m Miss Kath Chawl Hill to SiriSff. Tuesday for She has Accented !niSmr school. in CulbreUSad'ed' schooTth0 teach ing term. scnooi the com- must be resided to fefQuLpePle building cannnt wne f act tfaat this next year if ever rtw1rected befre test which S? iia 0wlnff to the con can omy be StntS11 baiJPht which channel of thl court?' thpe effuIa believes that vfnProt Webb year to build ia iaSli1K:Wtl1 next the one originallvnrftPull,ding than be constructed ly; ntemplated. can lonieIotd Col- We have no doub thTthve men have the interesfsfe n"?r - ucart and will dn nil MC"fi improve the roLL na theF can to oessarv hrTH8 construct ne- I necessarily bS siow hnt Work must ! ed improemen?iSn,b many neea- tore another winter eirected be-forhapel-HihHwte; he" J1U,esday Miss Myrtle TaSeUnf Norlina and Miss MildJen vLChase City. Sf VJoS. of Creetooo us that he reeret tho v. writes able tn fni i? cs .hat he was un Ho laS ? J1S aointment at Tally He hal SbTenaywafkfrfS0Ullt of learn that he f; Si?e- are glad to health is affain proving in reialiUe? inhlt Jnes' is viting Zebulon and wll L ?nScho at CoUe tnTcoSeS. GreenSDOro PlaWCemRou0tn ?e ciJohSSS partner? 3M?ndwfav,e dissolved sume his work in hielty TiU re" shoD There. nLm hs wheelwright u7Mr' Mrs. D. L. Kearn.v Henderson, and Rev p r ui yS Si and wife of Stir, are SsiOnMi o'fToufe r aDd M BrSl spending few dayShisliroer Til u. H. Washington of Tallv w visit to relatives fn lrom a ?r?neTe3H?. the choicest peaches . aded witn Rev. P a un..i, . assist in a : meeting at Tallv WKiU ginning the th.v7aia Iy HP, be- ing forain but are hn5are suffer Creedmoor was viteH0l ni? u well. rainlast SatartS th a heavy week end in Nash 2lJ astalia. CronT iJr1 w miles ter in tho VrPS are snma i ter in thVTl rPS are Granville? bitS W we in mg.despite the SiSkteff Nourish- has continnen f. which iVX lfle last thirty ! THE GROWTH OF WEST ! OXFORD BAPTIST CHURCH cuurcn cierK, contains tne toilowmg: The West 0i i letter to the Flat River association 1 Tii1,r 1010 i l- letter to the Flat River association July 1918..shpws our church proper- tv valiiori at 41 ZC(' of 102; salary of pastor $300 per iyear; and the total amount of money raised for all obiects of the rhumh $727.74. Ollr Sll'nHnv crhnnl ioo an ' enrollment of 213, with an average attendance of 222 for the year. Money raised by the Sunday school for all objects totaled $139.36. 1921 The letter to the Flat River asso ciation, October 1921, shows church property valued at $7000; a mem hership 0f 157, paying their pastor $600 per year, and the amount of money rased for all objects of the vuuiu,. iuoo-ai; a ounaay scnooi with an enrollment of 206. with an average attendance of 192. Amount of money raised by the Sunday !$ft0Lfor' a11 objects totaled $704.14. ' The church gained 55 members, doubled in pastor's salary and rais ed thechurch property to the value STILL AT THE OLD TRICK Trying To Divert the Bankhead Highway By Word and Deed. After making a trip from Raleigh to Warrenton last week in an auto mobile. Col. Fred Olds, of Raleigh, in an article published in the Or phan's Friend says: iue sana-ciay nignway in wake was quite good, but was better in Franklin; considerably better than in Vance and Warren. The state takes over the big highways now. The question is which route will be the permanent Capital Highway, now so-called, but which it seems is to be officially known as the Bankhead Highway. Warrenton wants it, but fears it will pass another way. Will it go by Oxford?" v The Public Ledger desires to in form Col. Olds and the general pub lic that the Bankhead Highway and the National Highway have been of ficially located through Oxford and Granville county. The highway north of Oxford to the Virginia line is now being surveyed merely for the DUrDOSe nf knnplrincr nut Vi K,ln,n. and. crooks- ,., . The fact that the highway passes through Clarksville, Oxford and Dur ham seem3 to rest heavy on the minds nf tho nonnla in Doln.'L tt " k-v.jic iu. xtaicitiu, ncu iouu auu ouuia mn. we hone lueie wui De. a nign class tween Raleigh "and South road be. HMATia- jihi nprsnn nut it rriii wut. 1L wui uever ne be S;: u i tt. vy rt lue Aauonai or Bankhead Highway. NEW CITY WELiTfINISHED TVe Depth Of the Weil Is 582 Feet With a Flow Of 100 Gallons Per Minute. After one year's work the con tractors finished the new city well ytrday afternoon. The well is 582 feet deep and has a flow of 100 gallons per minute. a.Jfv.6 ne7 Ye is situated at the boutn end of Hancock street. Work men hetra.n tn einfc -na irrii 1 j. South end oF Hancock ! ?An bean to sink the i,utj ncil auuui yuc year ago ana at a depth of 100 feet struck a solid rock, which was so hard many drills were broken, rhe water is, as clear as a crystal and is so cold it sparkles. m. FRANK GREGORY WILL ADJUST CLAIMS The County Commissioners met in special session yesterday to elect som- one to adjust the equalization or atxes of those who filled reports There were about 75 reports, and Mr. Frank Gregory was appointed by the board to adjust the matter at once. MANY ARE CELEBRATING ST. JOHN'S DAY HERE As we go to press this morning the town is filling up with people, and the indications are that the crowd will be the Jargest in atten dance upon St. John's Day in many years. The day is warm and sultry. State College Summer School. Summer school at State College opened Friday night with a song led by Mr. John A. Park. Mr. Pack will lead Friday night singing during the summer school. The enrollment this year is about 200 in excess of that of 1920. days. Castalia, which was swept by fire several months ago, is building up rapidly. A beautiful new brick bank building has just been complet ed, and is equipped with all the most modern fixtures, electric lights, etc. This is one of the few banks in the State which has continued to obey the tyranical order of The Federal Reserve Bank and remit at par, ,but after discussing this phase of the situation, the cashier assured us that he would serve notice on tne Virginia institution, that exchange would at once be taken off at rate recently fixed by our State legisla ture. Castalia is beautifully located on the leading public highway from Louisbuxg to Rocky Mount and is said to be the largest town in the state without direct railroad facili- tie!lMr. Fred F. Parrish of Route 1. who recently returned home from Richmond, where he completed a business course, at Smithdeal Bus -nea rolleee has accepted a posi tion with bird's dry goods store in BShSr Hehas had several years exDerience as clerk with Mr. K. w Holeman of our town, and proved himself to be a selesmaa of no mean 'ab Miss Maggie ParrisbBleft Wed nesdaYfor Greenville, wnere she will take a teachers summer Tourae. a hf the old- est" in Du7hV coUnty: died fuesda? morning at his home in oSk Grove township, at the age o "90. 'I 'I e i i, J' Hi