VOL. XXXVI
M-MBER OF GOOD
KA3IILIES WHO USE TO
TRADE HERE HAVE GONE
Were le" Away liy a tiood
r T A. -1 m - "W-V 1
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lload mat nieu i.owara jlmi1-
What has become of the Humph-!
v.-. the Tilleys, the Sanfords, the
Lunsfords, the Mangums, the Co
7; iis and other fine families who re
side over on the Granville-Durham
county line near Bahama?
In former years all of these good
families did their trading in Oxford,
ami if they did not come to town at
0x once a week it was because the
roads were in such a fearful condi
tion during the winter that they
could not make the trip. Mr. E. B.
Cozart and some of the other citizens
of that section appeared before the
rauniv commissioners often and beg
ged ihem to look after the roads in
that section, but nothing was done,
and finally the good people over -in,
that most delightful section of the
county got it into their heads that
The people of Oxford were no inter
ested in them.
The city of Durham saw an oppor
tunity and grasped it. They bought
several farms in that section and de
veloped them to a high degree of
perfection; courted the Humphreys,
the Mangums, the Tilleys. the Luns
fords. the Cozarts, the Sanfcrds and
patted them on the back, fed tneni
with a gold spoon and married into
their families and showerpn pvpw
courtesy upon them. The more they S
saw them the better they liked them,
lev likPrl thpm
ar.d in order to see them often they
built a high grade road right up to
their door, sold them autos, wagons
ana ouggies mm una mem mat the
latch-strings of their homes and bu - i -
?iness houses in Durham hung on
the outside and requested them to
walk in and make themselves at
home, and the Humphreys, the Til
Uy. the Sanfords. the Mangums,
the Lunsfords, the Cozarts and other
cood families in this favored spot
rie as popular in the city of Durham
as any other people, and the Gran
ville dollar rings upon the counter
louder and sweeter than any other
dollar because it is "foreign monev."
Granville has failed to build and
maintain roads in that section so 1
ion? you yould think you was in j
n o m ami v i-,. 1 m I
-Liwiiam cuiuu.v au nour Derore you
leached the Granville-Durham line.
Tin men, time-clocks and windmills
on every hand tell you where to buy
when you go to Durham, but there
i.? not a mile-post or a sign in the
whole, territory bidding the good peo
ple to make Oxforl their trading cen
ter. The only representative Oxford
has in that section is eighteen copies
of the Public Ledger twice a week,
and this article is inspires bv one of
them who feels that the business
men of Oxford have failed to grasp
and hold what rightfully belongs to
them.
'CAMP FANNIE HESTER"
An Interesting Chapter Of
Ancient
Local History.
An old citizen calls our attention
to the fact that the first shovel full
t earth for the construction of the
Oxford-Henderson railroad was
thrown by Miss Fannie Hester at the
intersection of New College and Wil
iiamsboro street, about where the
old brick livery stable now stands.
( ant n t tr .
v.: wnose widow
C D Vav 7 madf a visit t0 Mr' !
hin,,: J: 5as. had of a squad of
nn-Jl1 J '.G- Lockhart was
Cant T construction."
,7 , liau ms neaaquarters
v-ciitu near tne old
H,TrV TT X
Place now the Cheatham farm
X rttje name of "Camp Fan
o fid.i ter' from whicn mst of the
About the only tools used at this
PiCk' Sh0Vel andVheel-
thi?nlnthused were the citiztns at
raL1 ?eM Pr,ects o'
men s railroad rlnh
railroad club wa nrMT3
rnun cr
vn an initiation fee of ten dollars.
n fep nf t T::r
0F BASEBALL SEASON
Ofori
Team Won niamninnu
Of Carolina League.
close fkmg l0onday's same ry the
Phed ovG 2rf V Oxford -trium-
'h'mr?r1Penderson and wn the
mpionship of the Central Caro-
ealnTl921.r entIre PIa
During the entire season the con
wa ihlVfn ?Xford and Hderson
ford tP. 6 f the leaue- The Ox
nonni1? out to capture the
,t , lftey did iL Henderson
vi h tlAard for the championship
in" th? p T f Winnins " and iin"
If L Ledmont Leaue next yr.
Ml Lit baseba11 fever holds up un
i is ?pTSPrmgJike U did t'nis season
knort 97rbable that Oxford will
Ifi'L J the door oftne' Piedmont
-ue for admittance.
OPACITY STILL CAPTURED
ON THE KIMBALL FARM
Tl,e Outfit
Was Hid In the
brush.
Under-
TTrl. i
L11C
last
Davis rl l i,s' deputy Crawford
officfU Stable Ed Lyn and other
Kimhaii'ra-S across a "dead still" on
5n ?h lLFarvm- The outfit was hid
and th- rbrush for safe keeping,
hen r LWaS ,nothing ' to .indicate
coZwVh!w U would-be put into
mission bv TYinnnel,!w.
by moonshiners.
-Jour battery should hTO water
abont ouwiua hhyo water j
tord nT7 woekB Stop at Ox-
liatt0,7 Oo. ' -
I'UBLltillED SEMI-VJEKKT.V'Mwk axtt rtr.Ttxrmir
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THE NEW OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING
HTSTORY OF TITO HYFADn flD A TYI?rfc Omsruxr
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(By JEANETTE E. BIGGS)
Twenty years of successful work
has been accomplished by the Oxford
Graded School. In 1901 progressive
citizens of Oxford made a vigorous
campaign to establish a Graded
School in Oxford, whose name for
years had been synonymous with
educational institutions. The pro
position to levy a special tax for
school purposes was carried by a vote
of 177 to 78 and the school was
launched in the fall of 1901 in the
Faucette building on the present site
on College street. The Board of
COL. H. G. COOPER
Chairman School Board
Trustees in those, earlv davs. as in
the present years, had delicate, ardu- i
ous. tasks to nerform. for which thev i
cus tasks to perform, for which they i
(all deserve commendation for the in
Jdefatigable manner
in which they
have all labortd for the best interests
of the school.
List Of Trustees.
The following is a complete list of
Trustees; T. L. Booth, John H. Bui-,
lock, W. T. Lyon, J. P. Stedman, S.
W. Cooper, C. D. Ray, 1. H. Davis. E.
T. White, W. H. Hunt, J. L. Erwin,
W. Z. Mitchell, John Webb, P. T.
Farrabow, S. H. Brown, G. S. Wat-
! kins. J. F. White, R. H. Lewis, W. B.
w110"' c- w- Bryan. H. M. Shaw, H.
7
Cooper, B. S. Royster, B. W. Par-
ham, John R. Hall, J. W. Horner, G.
B. Phillips, D. G. Brummitt. C. S.
Garman.
In May 1901 Governor Aycock
"The Great Educational Governor of
North Carolina" visited Oxford and
made a telling speech in favor of
this sptcial tax levy, in which he
showed that this system of education
is the only system that educates all
the people; that it unites the people
in a great common interest: that it
attracts all classes of peop!e to a
town thus building it up in every
sense. These words have ' certainly
rung true through the twenty years of
its existence,-forvour city schools to
day hold a mose enviable position in
the entire life of the citizenship of
Oxford. The General Assembly in
MORRISON CALLS OFF
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
State Fair and Carolinas Exposition
Dates Alone Are Excepted.
Governor Morrison maxes the fol
lowing announcement to tms State
press: "I find that in order to
look after the affairs of my office
and to protect my health I cannot
fill my speaking engagements and
that it is necessary to cancel all I
have made up to the first of wie year
except those to speak at the ' state
fair and the Made-in-Caroiraas expo
sition." - Labor Day.
. ; rsiext Monaay Deing juauur uuy auu
a National Holiday, the banks wiU
be closed. , . ,
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OXFORD, N. C, FRIDAY. SF!PTF!MRF,b 2. 1921
. . t i -V' i; - - - ,i , r w- i. . v.'
1 V '" t 'mBj . jca
vyniy vj-ixiALr OXIVIXU
1903 passed an act which permanent
ly incorporated the present Graded
School system, the school navmg run
successfully two years before 'this
charter was established.
In 1901 there
enrolled 200
pupils, in 1910 there were 378 and
during the past year there
were
750 pupils in the white schools with
a total enrollment of 1178 in the
entire system. :; :
List Of Superintendents. ,
The school has been particularlv
fortunate in the selection, of suitable
PROF. C. G. CREDLE
Superintendent City Schools
men to serve as superintendents, all
ot whom have had a genius for or
ganizing and carrpmg out plans for
the betterment of the system. Those
who have served in this capacity have
been H. P. Harding, R. D. T. Con
nor, S. H. Hodgin, R. G. Kittrell,, D.
H. Bland, C. T. Goode, J. R. Conley,
J. A. Pitts G. B. Phillips and C. G.
Credle.
Many who opposed the Graded
School at first became its warmest
supporters and friends. It Is, as it
should be, the pride of Oxford today.
In 1911 after ten years of steady
growth in the progress of the school
the handsome brick building on col
lege street now, to be used by the
Grammar Grades, supplanted the old
wooden building which had for some
time been inadequate as a home for
the rapidly growing institution.
In 1917 crowded conditions caused
a reorganization of the grades to be
made again; the High School was
then placed in the Cooper Building
im winiamsDoro street when it re
mained until the present year when
it will be permanently located on the
Venable property recently bought.
The New High School Building.
The new high school building
which was designed by Frank B.
Simpson, architect, and which is be
ing built by the Byrum-Hunt Com
pany, contractors, is modern in ev-
( Continued on Page 5)
HISTORY OF THE
OXFORD GRADED SCHOOL
The sources of information for the
history of the Oxford Graded
schools, the first installment of
which is published today, have been
very limited. If any one c.hji otter
any correction or additional data it
will be greatfully
writer.
received by the
The Woman's Club Is planning
to present a Musical Comedy the lat
ter part of September. The pro
ceeds to be used in beautifying the
playground,; The date: and other an
nouncements will; be made next
week.
M
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urn &KILLIANT OPPORTTJN7T7KR ait. tin,, rDT
""-U jC 11 111
AVODD A WATER FAMINE
IN OXFORD BY TAKING
THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS
,
Mayor Stem Urges the People To Con
serve the Supply By Ceasing To
Use Water For Unnecessary Pur
poses. The Oxford Water Company has
called iny attention to the. fact that
i Jt is' becoming more and more diffi-
cult each day to keep the water sun-
I ply UP t0 tne- normal standard. So
tar we have been very fortunate in
having a sufficient supply of water.
There is no immediate danger of a
water famine, provided the people
will begin to conserve the suddIv bv
' ceasinS to use water for unnecessary
j purposes, ine people of Uxtt)rd are
I earnestly requested not to use water
for watering lawns and flowers and
washing automobiles untu the pump
! for the new well has been installed,
when it is believed, an abundant sup
I ply of water will be available. This
pump has been ordered but has not
yet been received due to delay in ship
ment or same. 'f---.
Don't allow the water to run from
your spigots any .longer than abso
lutely necessary. By being careful
to use only the quantity of water ab-
snlntpl V Tl PPPCC5 fir nro nan e nnnoAimn I
our supply as to avoid any danger of
a water famine. I feel sure that. thp.
; people of Oxford will be glad to com
ply with this simple request, which
is made in their interest and for the
welfare of the entire town.
T. G. STEM,
Mayor of Oxford.
MONTHLY REPORT OF THE
GRANVILLE WELFARE BUREAU
Juvenile Work.
Court cases .... .'.5
Adjusted out of Court . .... 3
Boys reporting i 6
Calls made, investigating . . . .v. . . .4
Charity Work.
Calls made investigating
Families . . 4
Relief given 4
Transportation.
Furnished . . . . 3
Rescue Work.
Cases referred 1.
Returned to parents 1
Homes secured 1
County Home 1
Clinic.
Applied for treatment . . ...... 95
Cases treated 90
Restitution and reparation ..$96.85
SURVIVING SLAVE HOLDERS .
OF GRANVILLE COUNTY
Editor Public Ledger:
In your issue of Aug. 30th you al
lude to Col. R. O. Gregory as "the
only surviving slave holder in Gran
ville county. In this you aremis
taken. The beloved Dr. . .. H.
Marsh and the verable B. F. Hester
are former slave owners. And so
is Mrs. A. C. Parham, if I am not
greatly mistaken. I think some of
our old citizens, can mention othei s.
Another inaccuracy. Your quota
tion from-the News and Observer al
ludes to that gallant young Col.
Beasley (W. F. and not W. L.) as a
citizen of Plymouth county. Ply
mouth is the modest capitol of Wash
ington county, and its classic reputa
tion is augmented by having so dis
tinguished a citizen as Col. Beasley.
L. THOMAS.
Sentiment In Business.
The old saying that "Business is
Business" gets a jolt once in a while
when some big business firm stirs a
little sentiment into the mixture.
Recently a big chewing gum firm nut
ja new brand on the market and call
ed it Wngley's P-Ks. TheTe have
been many guesses as to tne meaning
of the name. Some have swd that
it was the initials of the slogan
"Packed tight Kept rlgai," but
really it's just a little matter of sen
timent P. K. are the initials of Phil
ip K. the son of the founder of the
business, Wm. Wrigley Jr., P. K. Is
now in the business as one of - the
Vice-Presidents.
1
LARGE CROWD GATHERS AT
WAREHOUSE TABERNACLE
TO HEAR NOTED MAN
Dr. A. C. Dixon
Will Preach Nexi
Sunday Night and Deliver Lecture j
Monday Night At the Warehouse. I
Despite the downpour of rain last
Wednesday, one of the largest crowds j
of the series of meetings gathered at !
the Warehouse Tabernacle to hear
Dr
John W. Ham, of Atlanta, who in
r held a revival in the wo.
July held a revival in the ware -
" W W 1 KAiM. VJ
: who went out to hear Tiim. f hat he
j has established Jiimself in the hearts
or our people, there can be no doubt
Dr. A. C. Dixon will preach at the
warenouse Tabernacle next Sunday
evening at 8 o'clock, ana on Monday
Bight at 8. o'clock will deliver his
i TTunu-iamuus ttuuiess Oil xTCSent
pay World Tendencies; Their Sources
and Perils."
THE SHORT CROP
OF TOBACCO INSURES
MUCH BETTER PRICES
It Is the Short Corn Crop That CauS
- v es Alarm Di This Section.
The drought and the tobacco grow
ers'
contract have combined to make
the tobacco
wu u unpreceaentiy
amm uue mis year. The reduced
acreage reduced the expense of mak
ing the cropland the dry spell came
after all the cost of planting and
pnlti'troitMv mi !
vuuuauus- mar expense, of
course, must be deducted f mm w
price
received for thi v.l ri
As .to last year's crop, it was made at
w uwivy cost ana it is improbable
that the price offered this year will
meet the cost of cultivation.
The bill giving power to advance
money to secure larger foreign mar-
iteis win nejp some.
,iIltJ re.ason tnat tnere has been an
mi .. ...
aavance in the price of toha
house. The good accomplished here !r,i . i he PePIe: Thit it is
by Dr. Ham during the two week's ! aw. tount any game oirds or
revival will go down la history; ' f e ailmals m Granville county be
therefore his second visitation last I Vjn ?r15th of February and the
Wednesday night, en route to Atlan-: ?5?110f November. It is unlawful
ta, was an inspiration to thousands ! Ji a.ny non-game birds or animals
the market opened in South uaroiT-a ! uld Be a Camping Ground
last month is accounted for by the j Secured For Tht Class Of Tour
fact that the bis tobanro
Shave awakened tn tho fo.
and'thrthe crop" waT dimtS
several miHion P pounds b the
drought Therefnrp th
up sSome. UToubTed v'if15! S!!
Finann nnmo "
for getting tobacco to Europe, there
will be a new demand which should
further boost the price.
vaxx uycil UUUiH
wen mtormed tobacco
men are
of the opinion that
goou
asxviile
l?acco bring a substantial price
! "" ine ranviue corn
crop had been normal this var tne
larmers would nnvp roimmrcd t
I their loss last year to some txteat.
thPir inCO " A '- ;
xvaieign rsews and Observer
sounds the following timely advice-
"Moses -led the way. Let the far
mers resolve now not to return to big
crops at the first increase in price
and have voice in the price they are
iu receive in tne future."
Mr. John G. Hall, the druggist and
one of the best informed men on
many subjects, states that he has ob
served that when the price of cotton
advances, like it has this week, it is
sure to be followed by an advance in
the price of tobacco. "It never
fails," said Mr. Hall.
FARMVTLLE TO PLAY
OXFORD SIX GAMES
Having Won the Pennant Of the
Central Carolina League, Oxford
Is Going After the Pennant Of the
East Carolina League.
The manager of the Oxford base-
Dan team announces that the local
team will play a six-game series with
the Farmville Club. The first game
of the series was played here yester
day, and games will be played here
today and tomorrow, and at Farm
ville on Monday, Tuesday and Wed
nesday of next week.
The New Bern and Greenville clubs
of the Eastern Carolina League dis
banded after their post series, refus
ing to accept challenges from Oxford
and Farmville and the winner of the
series that has now been arranged
will claim the championship of Eas
tern and Central Carolina.
LABOR FEDERATION SEEKS
FIVE MILLION MEMBERSHIP
Atlantic City, Sept. 1. a cam
paign of the American Federation of
labor for a membership of 5,000,
000 will be launched on Labor Day.
President Samuel Gompers has issued
an appeal to labor throughout the
country to rally on labor day ror "in
spiring public addresses and distri
bution of literature of nr move
ment." ;
o fl?ier!resent mei"bersIllP is. given
3,906,529, as compared with 4,078,
740 in 1920. ..
ffiREDITH COLLEGE OPENING
' IS POSTPONED ONE WEEK
As a result of the water shortage
in Raleigh, the trustees of Meredith!"
College decided tp postpone the onen
ing one week, making the opening
date September 14.
--Miss Mary C. Owen left. Tas-
May.to attend the Horse Show at
Warrenton Va. She is the guest of
Miss Mary Louise Tickleir, a former
school mate at- -Miss Madeira's
School.-
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NO. 70
BRD3F SUMMARY OF
THE GAME LAW S
OF GRANVILLE COUNTY
n nnin rrv
xwtweeii JreDruary 15
and November 15 There Is a
Game AVarden In Each Township
ana the Law Will Re Enforced.
As there seems to be some misap-'jq;
prehension inregard to the Game
' flaw f,?r thls county, as secretary of
: ine . County Giime- Associrtion T
: , ,Lountv me Association,
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a 1 uy hime-
! nr Zl K, J!?.08? of . enforcing the
!In T 5 iaw 11 18 P"ma faci
j nl'L01111 hunting f or anr
; iQ -: T vausui U11 or nis own
i VS? and gun between the
! 3"nJ ?S February ana the 15th
;LifJ7.ember- Jt i8 further made
i unTQinrfiii "mutj
i-thp ini V Lrrson ! nunt uPn
hwtl ai?ed a permit t0 d0 so
When this law was passed the Leg
islator saw fit to appoint a Gaine
Commission for Granville County,
consisting of five men who have
power to appoint a Game Warden in
tion comes to me that any person has
whose duty it is to see that this law
is enforced.
"" ""u auumpr -arTfVinui- r?
AS RPProtorw. . .. ...
has been made mV l
d" violators of thi? law. t i
1 i - - ' AUU W I.M I . m.
give IlOtire ThUt nr'hrtn I
tion comes to me that any person had
violated this law I shall
said person and try and see that he
The ioW-w- , . .
i .a V;C;;T.s&lluuia oe protect- ni
" e .?ersons know- C
I "ZeZ ULS H!
intr tV- 1a . . .
. , " uvvauoc X (till
receiving continued reports of illP.
gal hunting.
Granville County Game Associa
tion. By T. LANIER, Secretary.
I rFi T7I7T rm m trr .
u k TOURISTS
i anri.i0
Aut?Pobile touring parties from
I v ImTnJ CTtTy haVe been
I ltmS Oxford in large numbers
?iL I " ??F h-e carried
rM.c" "iy"B ana cooKing outfits
with them, but it has noi oeen easy,
for them to find a place w pitch
their tent for the night.
Many towns throughout the coun
try long ago found that It was worth
while catering to the needs of tour
ists who did not wish fn
the hotels and garages. In many in
stances the tourists would have had
i ,.
tu otajr aruome ii tney had uot been
a Die to camp out at night. There
are few more expensive forms of re
creation than traveling about tne
country in a motorcar and stopping
at night at the hotels along the
route. A single hotel bill ror a pr
ty of four would almost pay a week's
expenses oi a motor camping party
of the same size.
There is1 some talk of establishing
a camp for tourists by the owners
of property situated on the National
Highway one mile north of Oxford,
the same being a part of the old De
lacroix Farm, near the famous
spring. They speak of establishing a
camp for tourists some time in the
near future.
Where there is one tourist
now there will be hundreds as soon
as the National Highway has been
nard surfaced.
ANTI-BLUE LAW LEAGUE
AND BRYAN TO CLASH
Lively Time Anticipated When Com
moner Mixes WIh Ellis And Oth
ers Of Opposition.
A Washington special says: "A
xxvely contest over proposed Sunday
observance laws is beinsr nt
j the fall and winter months, with Wil-
i MOM TAfiniM. m
ucumiiga oryan leading ror the
program and the Anti-Blue Law
league of America the opposition.
Mr. uryan will make nis first
fight for a law his adopted state,
Florida, and President Crawford H.
Ellis, president of the anti-Blue Law
league, will try to save nis home
state, Louisiana, from drastic legis
lation already scheduled there."
STORM AT LA GRANGE
DESTROYS DWELLINGS
Dr. J. Y. Joyner's Fine Plantation
Damaged.
(Kinston Free Press)
usev?re torm over a small area
in the La Grange section Monday
2??d twP, or more dwellings
and did considerable damage on the
Plantation of Dr. James Y. Joyner,
former state suDerintendpn
lie instruction. Several persons had
narrow escapes from injuries.
DEPUTIES REPULSED
BY FORCE OF MINERS
LSan. W. Va., Sept. l.Logan
wuuiy uepuues on crooked creek
this evening were driven down the
hillside in a skirmish with an armed
force from the other side of Spruce
Ford ridge, Capt. I. G. Hollingsworth
reported at 7 o'clocki The captain
said he had just returned from that
district An emergency force held,
here subject to call immediately was
dispatched eastward. - - .
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