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VOL. XXXVI THOrSAXDS OF TOURIST WILL TASS THROUGH OXFORD THIS FALL AND WINTER Automobile Association Official Pre- j ,ijfls Heavy Fall Traffic 1 th nn sand -or more automobiles ! carrying ' , nVicrTi rocnrt softinnss will Cities tO puuuicx- ..... travel over the national, highway durinc the late summer, fall and ear lv Vintev months. The information came from the cecretarv -of the American Automo bile Wociation, who has head fiuarters in Washington. The sea son is expected to be the biggest ev- Tte Henderson Daily Dispatch savs- "Most of the tourists will nVss'over the new short route by Jv'av of the new Hendersoii-South Hill bridge and through Henderson, provided the highway is put in "all weather" condition, according to the statement made to Secretary G. E Comer, of the Henderson Chambei of Commerce, while he was in Washington last week attending the rate conference between shippers and the representatives of railroads. "n effort is to be made also, it is said, to get the road in the very best condition possible, in order that thp travelers may be directed this souintiu Wa JrrOSpt!l;t& uuw xit? tii,c of thousands of automobile tourists will pass through the city between thk time and Christmas. The -t-v 4-r. rr t r o t -tAna i tnai tens Washington automobile official told , , i. - j. a. J J ! 4-i n-n riAt i Mr. Corner max, me luuiwauus nvw were that the exodus toward tne South would begin early, a number of inquiries having been received al ready pointing to the beginning of fhe winter traffic as early even as August." . The Detour Will Hinder. It is very likely the bulk of traf fic will pass through Henderson this fall and winter on account of the un finished condition of the hard sur face road of Project No. 1, between Oxford and the Virginia state line, which will hardly be completed be fore next spring. The State will maintain a detour while the Nation al Highway is being built. If the detour is not in as good condition during the winter months as the oad ,tfc frnm Snnth Hill via Henderson and Raleigh, it is natural to suppose, j tioTiHorc, "nisnntrh sneeests. i the tourists will prefer 1 the best route during the winter. The route from Richmond to Apex via Henderson and Raleigh, is nine miles shorter than through Durham, Oxford and Clarksville, but it is not the National Highway. The New Survey. For the edification of our friends over on the main line of the Seaboard Air Line Railway, we will state that the National Highway south from Richmond passes through South Hill, Clarksville, Oxford, Durham and strikes a bee-line for Sanford, eliminating 60 miles between San ford and Richmond. When the National Highway has been complet ed there will be a steady flow of traffic through Oxford and Durham throughout the entire year. EVANGELINE BOOTH FEARS WORST WINTER IN 15 YEARS Commander Evangeline Booth, head of the Salvation army in the TInitpd States, savs that, the country is facing the worst winter industrial- ly it has known in 15 years- "In New York City alone," she de clared, "we are receiving an average of 800 registered applications a week for regular employment. That is less than one-third of the actual number applying because we do not register the transient or unskilled men; nor does it include the hun dreds who come to us daily for food and lodging. Of the applicants for work todav 34 were really profes sional men whose credentials entitle lueni 10 good paying pusmuuo NEGRO LYNCHED IN BRUNSWICK COUNTY VIRGINIA Citizens, Many Wearing Masks, Hang Prisoner Held For Killing Postmaster. Petersrburg, Va-, Aug 3- Virgin ia's second lynching in sixteen years was recorded shortly after midnight this morning in Brunswick county when a mob of nearly 2,000 Dinwid dle and Brunswick county citizens took one of the negroes charged with the murder of Tingley Elmore, postmaster and storekeeper at Tobac co, Va., from Dtputy Sheriff James S' hko, of Brunswick, between Mc Kf any and Lawrenceville, and hang ed him to a tree at the scene of the iiiurder. The negro confessed his guilt be fore going to his death. TO CHURCH OR TO JAIL Tt Is Left To Five Young Men To Say Which. Washington, N. C-, Aug. 2. Five 3'oung men of this city, all in" their Tns, are under sentence to attend church regularly for a year. This is lue alternative to serving one year ca the roads. The five were con ted of stealing auto supplies. It jas shown at the trial that the own ir ? the g00ds had been reimbursed i?n fe sum of $50- Judse Lloyd no ton gave the defendants their rn?e,f roads or church. They im ately accepted the latter. ZJ btt6fJr ld have watoi S two wMks. Stop at Wil T Srie Station ! WANT TO KEP TRASHY TOBACCO OFF MARKETS Offerings Must Bring At Least Two Cents Or They Will Be Passed On the Floors. Florence, S- C-, Aug. 2 The South -Carolina Tobacco Ware housemen's Association has a greed to the I'eqeust of the - South Carolina Tobacco Associa tion to pass all tobacco offered on their floors for which buyers will not bid as much a two cents a pound. The growers recently asked the warehousemen to take such action, saying they wanted to keep trashy tobacco off the mar ket, and the Secretary of the warehousemen's association to day said that, effective tomor row, the mle w ould be put into effect. Producers have expressed much dissatiSfacton over prices since the market was opened on July 19, and today said they hoped the two cent minimum would improve the situation. The growers' organization had sought to make the minimum three cents, but could not get the warehousemen to go that j - faEp0RT op WELFARE WORK ""1V IN GRANVILLE COUNTY o I'll- d. lli Jackson, superintendent of public welfare in Granville, made public the monthly report of the work done by the board of welfare for the month of July, which shows that the board and co-workers are doing much good work. Charity Work. Relief requested 45 Relief given 25 Investigating calls 20 Juvenile Work. Cases adjusted out of court ... 8 Cases brought to court 7 Boys reporting 4 Probationers visited 2 Transportation. Requested 1 Furnished 1 Child Placing. .Homes secured 1 Adults Placed. ln Co. Home Cases In Magistrarte Court. Men 11 Medical Treatment. Examinations 30 Treatment 25 . ENRICO CARUSO IS DEAD Golden Notes Of Tenor Will Be Heard No More. Naples, Italy, August 2. Enrico Caruso, world famous singer, died here today. Enrico Caruso, for more than 25 years a celebrity in the world of song, the tenor with "the golden voice" idolized by millions in Amer ica and abroad, had an artistic careea as well known as that of any famous statesman or military leader. He was born in Naples, Italy, February 25, 1883, the son of Marcellius Caruso, a mechanic, who detested music but was persuaded to permit his son, when 11 years old, to sing in the churches of his native city. Although no official statement of his earnings was ever made public, jt iS known that Caruso, at the height of his Metropolitan career, was receiving an average ot $d,uuu for each performance. On special occasions, such as his 1920 season in Havana, he was paid $10,000 a night. Caruso, according to estimates in the newspapers, left a fortune of about 30,000,000 lire. At the nor mal value of the lira, this would re present about the sum of $6,000,000- UjQyixG PICTURES OF ANTIOCH COMMUNITY Antioch community, a colored vil lage three miles from Oxford on the Seaboard railroad to Henderson broke into the movies on last Wed nesday. Owing to the wonderful health record of the colored people of that community the State Board of Health thought it wise to take moving pictures of the little village and the inhabitnats. The record for the past thirty years is only two deaths from tuberculosis and two from typhoid fever- Not a single ar rest has been made during that time. Dr. E. T. Ransom was in charge of the work. The pictures will be shown throughout the State- CHEERING NOTE TO BUSINESS More Than Seven Hundred Men and Women Placed In Suitable Po sitions. Raleigh, Aug 3. The coordinated activities of federal, state and city employment bureaus in five North Carolina cities during-the month of July resulted in the placing of 690 men and 105 women in suitable po sitions. The month's record is considered by the department as a good one, and a summary of industrial activ ity in the state for the month carries a cheering note to business. GENERAL ROYSTER DELIVERED ADDRESS AT ELKIN Gen. B. S. Royster. addressed a large gathering at the masonic pic nic in Elkin yesterday. He is ex pected to reachh home this morning. OXFORD, N. C, FRIDAY, AUGUST 5, 1921 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FIX THE TAX RATE FOR THE PRESENT YEAR The Board of County Commission ers met last Monday, the following members being present: J. Ennis Davis, chairman; W. L. Clark, B. F. Currin, C- G. Daniel and Thomas G. Taylor. Sheep Rilling Dogs. . The committee appointed to assess the value of three sheep killed by dogs belonging to Henry and Mary Taylor, allowed the owner, E. B. Green, $22. S. O. Parham was also allowed $40 for sheep killed by an unknown dog. A. T. Strother, W. M. McGhee and W. J. Jenkins were appointed a committee to assess the damage, if any, to J. S- Moss by the killing of nine grown sheep by a dbg belonging to William Alston. , County Tax Rate. f The commissioners made the fol lowing levy for the year 1921: I County school salary fund .... 41 General county .... 15 Interest on Road Bonds 14 Sinking fund J 4 Roads 25 County school and building In. J ifund . . . . ' ...,49 $ijoa. Poll Tax. -q County school $1;5.0 County poor ........ .50 On each poll . . . , $2-00 There was a special tax of 16 cents on each $100 of property for interest on sinking fund on bonds for town of Oxford and Oxford school dis trict. There was a levy of 30 cents on. each $100 ot property and 90 cents on poll made for Oxford school district for that part outide of Ox ford. School Districts. Fishing Crek No 15 on pro- perty, 44 on poll. No. 5, 15 and 45 and 60. Brassfield Nos No. 4, 20 and 60. Nos 6 and 7, 20 1 and 4, 20 and 60. Dutchville No. 1, 30 and' 90 Nos. 2, 3, 4, 7, 20 on 100 property and 60 on poll. Tally Ho No. 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 2.0 on each $100 property and 60 on poll. No. 7, 15 on $100 45 on poll. No. 8, 20 and 60. , , Walnut Grove Nos. 1 and- 3, 15 and 45. No. 6, 20 and 60. Oak Hill Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 15 on $100 and 45 on poll. Sassafras Fork Nos 1, 2 and 3, 20 on $100 and 60 on poll. Salem 10 on $100 and 30 on poll. Oxford No. 3, 15 and 45. Land Sold For Taxes. The Sheriff was authorized to no tify all persons whose land have been sold for taxes prior to 1921, to come forward and make settlement or proceedings will be instituted against them- TRINKLE DEFEATS TUCKER FOR GOVERNOR OF VIRGINIA Wythe County Man's Majority Is 19,000. The hot primary election in Vir ginia Tuesday resulted in the elec tion of E. Lee Trinkle over Harry St. George Tucker by 19,000 majority. E. Lee Trinkle, state senator from Wytheville, was born in Wytheville. March 12, 1876. He graduated from the Wytheville Male Academy, later taking a four-year course at Hamp-den-Sidney College, where he grad uated in 1886 with first .honors. He is ,a member of the Presbyterian church and has for a number of years been the teacher of a business men's Bible class- He is a Mason, an Odd-Fellow, an Elk, Owl, a mem ber of the Modern Woodmen, a Shriner and a Scottish Rite Mason. MRS. W. B. WADDDLL ELECTED WELFARE OFFICER j One Of the Few Women Officials Of he State. Henderson Daily Dispatch. By choice of both the Board of County Commissioners and the Coun- ty Board of Education, sitting in joint session, Mrs. W. B. Waddill was elected superintendent of public welfare Tuesday, succeeding W- H. Wester, S-, who has held the posi tion for the past two years- The position is that of enforcing the com pulsory education law in all of the schools of the city and county alike- Election of Mrs- Waddill gives Vance county one of the few women officials in the State holding that position. JUDGE DEVIN GOES TO SAMPSON NEXT WEEK After a ten day's rest at home, Judge W. A. Devin goes to Clinton, Sampson county, next week to pre side. He will preside in the South eastern counties of the state for some time. STOP, LOOK, LISTEN There Are Too Many Auto Accidents A recent issue of the News and of Observer carried 32 columns news- Twenty-one of these items told of injury or death, most of the 21 of fatalities caused by avoidable accidents, several of the most hor rible being from automobile casual ties. This should give pause, particular ly to drivers of automobiles. At any rate, it is well to remember that you may meet a fool at any moment. j MISS ANNE TOUSSAINT j AND MR. M. P. CHAMBLEE j MARRIED IN RICHMOND j A Romance In Which Cupid Capered r.Ysr Mnce the Happy Couple Met They Are Speeding Their Honeymoon in the Adirondack Mountains. The marriage of Mr. M. P. Cham blee and Miss Toussaint which tcok qlace in Richmond yesterday is ting ed with pleasant romance. The j ceremony was performed by the Very Reverend Father Felix Kaup, Ca thedral Court, in the presence of a number of invited friends. The bride is a handsome woman, cultured and is gifted with a sweet voice. She was born and reared in Lowville, New York State, and is of noble French extraction Be sides making many friends in Oxford during the past season, she is well known in Newbern, Smithfield and Kinston, where she is a social favo rite. The beginning of Mr. Chamblee's admiration for his bride dates back to the day Miss Toussaint arrived in Oxford, and it was truly a case of love at first sight, in which cupid arranged all of the details. While in Oxford Miss Toussaint made her home with Major and Mrs. Will ! Landis. Mr. Chamblee, the happy bene dict, is a highly esteemed and sub stantial citizen. He is a director of the First National Bank of Oxford, proprietor of the Acme Hardware store and is largely interested else where in the State-Mrs- J- D. Parker, a sister of the bride who lives in Smithfield, was on a visit to the parental home fn New York State, accompanied Miss Tous saint to Richmond where she was met by Mr. Parker, and after wit nessing the marriage ceremony they returned to Smithfield- Mr. and Mrs- Chamblee are on a motor trip to the home of the bride in New York State. They will spend some time in the Adirondack Moun tains, close at ""hand, and refurn to Oxford sometime in September, and will be at home in the pretty bunga low of Mr. Chamblee on High street. COST OF LAST SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE The 1921 laws written upon the statue books cost in round numbert $100,000. To be exact, the total cost of the session was $99,459. These are the figures which stand in the auditor's office today, al though there may be several minor changes which would alter the grand total a little. Approximate figures are interest ing and well nigh accurate. The first $28,000 went to the 120 mem bers of the house of representatives in four one-dollar bills per day for salaries. Twelve (thousand dollars represents the pay of the 50 Sena tors, making a. total of $40,000. The sixty thousand unaccounted for was necessary as a means of keeping the legislative machinery oiled and mov ing smoothly during the 60 days of the session. Stenopraghers, clerks, lypists, pages, printing, and divers and sundry house and senate inci dentals all had their call upon the I State's treasury. DOUBLE HEADERS AND BIG BARBECUE DINNER At the Central Carolina League Pak Next Wednesday. On next Wednesday the Oxford and Henderson teams will play a double header on the local league grounds in South Oxford. The management announces that a fine barbecue dinner will be serv ed to all who purchase tickets for both games- DR. JOYNER WILL ADDRESS FARMERS HERE TOMORROW Dr. J. Y. Joyner, president Tri-State Tobacco Growers As sociation, will address the tobac co growers of Granville county at the Mass Meeting in the Court House tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock. "HARDING, HELL AND HARD TIMES," MISSOURI SLOGAN From Missouri where the Republi can Governor is named Hyde there comes a new slogan for the Republi can party which it will hardly adopt of its own choice. Out Missouri way it is "Harding, Hyde, Hell and Hard Times." This is the way things are looking to the folks in the "show- me" State. Notice Of Meeting Of Stockholders Of. Oxford Baseball Association Incorporated. A meeting of the stockholders of Oxford Base Ball Association will be held in the Court House Friday night, August 5th., 1921, at eight o'clock. All stockholders are ur gently requested to be present. C- S. GARMAN. W. L. MITCHELL. J. P. HARRIS. REV. HOKE RAMSEUR WILL TALK SATURDAY MORNING Saturday morning at 10:30 in the Episcopal Church is the day for the address by Rev. Mr. Ramseur the re turned missionary from Africa. The Ledger in its last issue made a mis take in stating It was Sunday mora ine. Holy Communion will be ad ministered at 8 o'clock. Everybody is cordially invited to these services. UNION SUNDAY NIGHT SERVICES AT THE MANGUM WAREHOUSE j The Program Is Now Complete For uie jse'ie some Of the Brainiest Men Of the World Will Be Here. We. had counted on former Gov. Bickett to speak Sunday night at our Union Service. Matters oyer which he had no control at; the last minute for bade his coming. The committee is in commu nication, with Dr. Few of Trinity College and 'with Greensboro and our people'. may be assured that a fine speaker will be on hand. , Sunday night, we want a fine Union Choir .and a great service. In addition to the' announcement for next Sunday night given in the paragraph above, the list of speak ers for the brg Sunday night Union Meetings is now complete as follows: On Sunday night Aug. 14, Dn John Rooch Straton. of New York,; will preach. Plans are on foot for four addresses and sermons by this talented and fearless man of God. Full announcement will be made in Tuesday's Public Ledger. August 21 Dr. W. B. Riley of Minneapolis, Minn., great pastor, preacher and defender of Christian fundamentals will preach. On Aug. 28 Pastor John W. Ham, of Atlanta, the man who recently led our warehouse revival will preach. September 4, Dr. A. C- Dixon, one of .North Carolina's most brilliant and most famous Sons and one of the world's greatest preachers will preach. He will deliver his great lecture on Monday night following. On September 11, Hon. Wm- P Upshaw, Congressman, lecturer and great christian statesman will speak. He will deliver his famous lecture on "John and his Hat," on Mon day night, September 12 th. From time to time detailed an nouncement of the'se meetings, the speakers and their subjects will be made. The attention of the thinking peo ple of Oxford and Granville county is called to the splendid array of talent lined up for these meetings- It has been a long while since our people have had a treat like unto this spread before them. The committee in charge of these meetings should have the coopera tion of all our leaders. Full an nouncement should be made in every church and Sunday School and all our people urged to attend and get the full benefit of all these great sermons and lectures. C A. UPCHURCH. OLD TIMES DO NOT RETURN AND 1914 IS ONE TO STAY Business Will Not Be Revived By Folk WTio Fold Their Hands and Wait For Pre-War Prices and Cost Schedules. Most conspicuius among all the ob stacles that prevent a full revival of business are the folk who believe that if they wait long enough with p-l A ar Vionlc! ilia vncf on I nrino lo- jvels of 1914 will be automatically J re-established. These dreamers will jnot build. They will not buy. They ! will not open their mills. They are waiting for old times to return. But old times cannot be made new. Some time in tne tar tuture the economic balances of 1914 may be restored and production and sell ing costs may be reduced to the old levels, but the change can be brought about only by a complete restoration of the consuming and producing power of the country. Idleness,; voluntary or enforced; wages that limit, the buying power of the majority vor industrial policies that retard output in-order to keep prices high and ireturn large reve nues to minority ,will only obstruct and confuse the work of business re vival, v Buyers ,and sellers who wait for a return of 1914-instead of readjust ing their minds to the needs of 1921 are a drag on the country. Quite unconsciously they do more than any one else to postpone the day fr which they yearn. Little by little, not without in tensely painful friction and many disagreeable shocks and momentary injustices, all the various groups who keen the business of the country going are being restored to reason. The great tangle is being cleared up. Business men have passed tnrougn the worst of the . slump. Most of them are sick of inaction. Plants are opening and some of them are being opened up out of sheer faith. The demands of business and the demands of labor are fair enough as matters stand. And the average ci tizen irritated as he is by the mem ory of past afflictions, can do no bet ter now than follow the example of the Department of Public Works 4nd loosen ud and co-operate and put his money in circulation. That rule is 4. a good one for buyers and sellers, producer's and consumers, employers and employed alike- Mrs. Edith S. Vanderbilt, pre sident of the North Carolina Agri cultural society, has asked the North Carolina delegation in Congress' to invite President Harding to attend the state fair and make an address. It is believed that President Hard ing will make a great effort to go. NO. 62 i WANTS THE NATIONAL ! HIGHWAY SLIGHTLY CHANGED ! IN NORTHERN GRANVILLE Mr. D- T. Winston headed a dele-X gation of prominent citizens of North Granville, who were here j Wednesday to confer with the Gran ville County Road Commission with la view of locating ? the National Highway from a point near Stovall via Grassy Creek Church and reen ter the. present roadway at a point j beyond Soudan- The route looks good on paper. j but what encouragement the" delega- s tion met" with is not stated. SECRETARY MELLON SUGGESTS METHODS FOR RAISING MONEY 'Prosposes Flat License Tax Of Ten Dollars On All Makes Of Automo biles Levy Two Cents On Ah Bank Checks Three Cents First Class Postage Rate and Added Le- yy On Cigars, Tobacco l and Cig arettes Among , Suggestions Made To Raise. Four v Billion Dollars Next Year. - ' '? Washington, Aug 3- A tax of two cents on bank checks, a flat li cense tax of $10 on all automobiles, irrespective of cost or horse-power, an increase of first class ' postage rates to three cents and an added le vy on cigar, tobacco and cigarettes are understood to have been among tax s revision suggestions presented bv Secretary Mellon 'to the House ways and means committee, meeting in executive session. , Other suggestions were said to have included: A reduction, of 50 per cent in transportation tares, both passenger and freight, next year and their eli mination the year following. . Repeal of the taxes on soda foun tain drinks and ice cream. Repeal of the excess profits tax and elimination of $20,000 exemp-, tion on corporations' incomes- Increase of the normal income tax on corporations from the present ten per cent to fifteen per cent- Elimination of the income surtax brackets above 40 per cent with the surtax rates on incomes ranging from $6,000 to $50,000 increased. VIEWS OF LOCAL STATESMEN Discuss the Question Of Too Much Taxation 6 No Taxation At All. If you will take a seat on the bench under the spreading limbs of the old tree in front of the court house and listen you will hear much about peo ple and things that are not true. While a bunch of men were seated around the old tree the other day, one of the number precipitated an argument when he declared that if this thing of taxing the people to death is not stopped there will be a revolution in this country. "I don't agree with you on that point," said one of the number, "but it is going to cause the downfall of the democratic party as sure as, I am alive." One of the, number, somewhat brighter than the other two spokes men said: "Of the. two evils too much taxation or no -taxation at all I prefer a sufficient tax levy to keep the wheels of progress in mo tion." The shade-tree statesmen having settled the question of taxation, we took a look at the tax books and dis covered that the man who said the people are being taxed to death pays taxes to the amount of $7.10; the man who said we are drifting to the Republican party pays $13.45, and the man who said that he is willing to be taxed to keep the wheels of pro gress in motion pays taxes to the a mount of $30-25. TWO SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTIONS IN VANCE Williamsboro Next Sunday, and Watkins and Dabney Sunday Af ter. On next Saturday the convention for Williamsboro township will be beld at Hick's schooL while the Sun day following, or August 14, a joint convention will be held for Watkins and Dabney township, the exact lo cation not yet being announced. Doing the Farmers "If there is anything else that can be done to the farmer," says the Ral eigh News and Observe", "you only have to suggest it to Washington and the tiller of the soil will get it in the neck. The latest is a tariff of $50 a ton on potash. Most oMt is used in North Carolina and the four adjacent States, and is im ported. School Teachers Wanted A lady teacher for the Gray Rock School. She must be good looking, about twenty-eight years old, and not engaged to be married. One of the school committeemen is a hand some widower. Apply to L. Ti Har ris, Kittrell, N. C, Route' 2. The Playground Committee omposed of G. Brummitt A. H. Powell, W B. Ballou, Miss Jeannette Biggs, R-VH. Lewis, D. G- Brummitt, W. T. Yan cey and H. M. Shaw -held a meeting Tuesday afternoon. Important plans for . . . . " " I , , which is composed of Mesdames D. i'h hot the work on the playground huVii e discussed. It is hoped that the J. ; p were work on this important plan be re sumed in the near future. ' When completed Oxford will have the most beauiful 'and complete playground in the State. & h .1,1' ? 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