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1 V . S ... . xmv t f ' V 1 T rWEjBffir 2WA" AM) COUNTY OFFER BRILLIANT OPPORTUNITIES ML ROME PRINT t ' --' . .- .if. .' . , . , J 7. ' V ' .. V 'OL. XXXVI ST OXFORD, N. C. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1921 NO. 74 ...ill1 I I V 1 kjw" fMOX SERVICES WEtiE ; HELD LAST NIGHT j . i r,, -nvssman Upshaw AVill Lecture! C ,.i,ht At the Wareh6use Taber-i 1 x" Will 441tVii 1 1 I .he! INNER SECRETS OF KLAN To kiE BROUGHT j .!(.ji His Subject win ue mil His Hat." ' i n,i,in)ioH "Rpliffion" was 4i e-rp of Congressman Upshawv of rpoV-'ia at the Mangum Warehouse nidit. That was the last joint !ervJV or union meeting or tne Ox ford church scheduled for the sum mer months. To have heard such men as Dr. Ham of Atlanta; Dr. Riley, of Min reaoolis; Dr. Straton, of New York; ajor Longston, of GoiasDoro; Dr. Dixon, of Brooklyn; Dr. Lgieston 0f' Virginia; Dr. Ashby, of Raleigh, and Congressman Upshaw, of Geor gia, is to have heard some of the liiost learned, profound anu eloquent nieii in America today. Oxiord and Granville county is far better by their coming. The people had regarded our neighbor church in West Oxford as insignificant as compared to some other churches, but if it had not been for that little church over on the hill i thousands of Granville county people I liff i.l l-,-n-n ti over lian-rri rv caan ilnn ; XVldim YtUUHl lull c mm v (Sttu. I lie famous preachers and laymen who came at their behest. The story of the wonderful spir-i 5,000,000 Miked From Pockets Of ! Warehousemen Do Not Loo For Any ! Recmits Into Coffers Of "Em-! Glut Thi Reason. I peror" and Chief Aides. ' (New York World) What is the Ku Klux Klan? How has it expanded from thirty- The Oxford tobacco market will open next Tuesday morning, Septem ber 20. at 10 o'clock. The Oxford market wii: be in tip- i J- i1 . All x u A four charter members to a member-i p conaiuon mis season.. ii me ship of more than 50Q,0ou m five ! companies will have buyers on rears? x ! the market, and it is probable a How have its "domains" and ?uni?efr of tobacco concerns -not "realms" and "klans" beex, extended heretofore represented wnl place f 1 VHI'H fill ino Tlll to forty-five States in the Union, ev ery State but Montana, Utah and New Hampshire? An immotmofn f Lfl171i,tF ' VJltlllTillC d KUU which rrer thrL ht'rnagetmeatfaS T FY V and covered the entire United States 1 52,? strons force tolook atter thelr Li auc, VPl 1 frnm tho TTIon'o i tn ernnca V,o or.f ; , anQ 111 e Quality ' 111 1JJ. U J.H 1J.1 tiica Ul 11B 11- I XI hP '"wf, S Poii g ? pounnin 0 I which it is expected will sell at satis 5e..lpei ,al P,alaCe rrom, ,undreds ; factory prices of thousands of dupes and the out ages committed by z egalia of the Klan. Meaning Of Its Titles. i Exalted Cyclops . President i ..Vice President ! EIGHTlf DISTRICT ODD Klokard Lecturer FELLOWS ENJOY FEW K1dd Chaplainl HOURS I OXFORD ! Kligrapp Secretary ' Tr l i .- 1 (1 Jnl ii-ovo 110 oitrant nron Vi - XVldUCC ....... ii i.i II pnmmrtl Anf n Ol'A ir I i i iiiii lilt nun i r iriii w-i M ij10 r.ihip storv of Noah and Hip Arir. I Klarogo Inner l.iTiirl The ark. and after much nravpr i Klokan (singular) . . . .Investigator Treasurer 1 TT 1 T 1 S 1 i during the summer reads ftke raQ v -conductor uuara i T T" 1 1 1 .nmmnndpH h-ir p.m ! iviexier uuter uuara THE OXFORD TOBACCO ; FATTY ARBUCKLE, AVHO HE IS, 3IARKET WILL OPEN j WHAT HE DID AND . NEXT TUESDAY MORNING j WHAT'LL BEC03D3 OF HBI Held For Manslaughter By Califor nia Grand Jury Held Respon sible For Injury and Death Of Wo- man- Step Mother Tells What ivind Of a Boy He WasIf Con victed He Will Get 30 Yeais. San Francisco, -CaK Sept. 14. The coroner's jury returned a verdict to- ! day holding that Miss -Virginia Ptappe, motion picture actress came to her death through peritonitis, caused by the rupture of an internal organ. Ptoscoe C. (Fatty) Arbuckle wras held responsible by the jury, for Miss Rappe's injury, and the district attorney was directed to conduct a full investgation of the mater.. Grand Jury 's Verdict. r The verdict in assigning the cause of Miss Rappe's 4eath said: "We the coroner's jury, find that the said Virginia Rappe, age 25, sin- jjic, icoiuciit j-iur xxiigi. lea, tajnc iu her death on September 9 at the waKetieid sanitarium rrom a rup- cause, peritonitis "And we further find that said Vir ginia Rappe came to her death from peritonitis caused by a rupture of the urinary bladder, caused by the ! application of some force, which, from the evidence submitted, was ap plied by one Roscoe Arbuckle. Step-Mot tier. Talks. "So Roscoe is" charged -with, mur- The five warehouses banner, Fariners.- Johnson. Mangum and i Granville are each uncer me same will be Is a short one will be mixed, but some good toDaccos" THIEVES ENTER THE ACME HARDW ARE STORE AND HELP THEMSELfES Bloodhounds Traclr Them To the Southern Railway Station. When the Acme Hardware store was opened up for business yes srday morning, it was discovered that it had been robbed during the night. Further investigation showed that the robber.-or robbers, placed a lad der at the rear ned of the store and entered a second story window and climed down the elevator shaft to the sales department. They secu red a flash Ilgnt from the show case and proceeaec to help CHIL SERVICE INVESTIGATORS EXPECTED IN OXFORD ALMOST ANY DAY th Post- Will Decide Soon As To master Here. Agents of the Civil Service Com- . mission from Washington areiexp?ct ed here within the next few days to investigate the fitness of the large number of applicants for the position of postmaster in Oxford. - The date for the filing of applications expired on August 26, by which r time all blanks had to be in the offices of the Commission in Wnshinrtnn TViq 7 . . c luqun juiu me capa- Diiities or the ejigibles for the place. y prices rases committed hv mnh wMrirP the , v"e onutL uuy uic vv diveiit;iu siunuiiium hub regalia of the Klan eaunS tne j housemen do not look for any gluts j tured bladder, contributin on iue marKei as nas Deen or rrequent occurrence in the past. uid supplication the little church ov r on the hill fitted up tne Ware house Tabernacle. It all came about so natural the story is worth relat ing. Pastor C. A. Upchurch was speed ing: on an overland tram to Chatta nooga when he met Dr. John W. Ham. of Atlanta, who agreed to come to Oxford and preach for two weeks. On his return to Oxford, Pastor Up of the Klokann (plural), iigntn District which met in Oxiord Board of Investigators ! Tuesday. Nighthawk . .Charge of Candidates . Theafternoon session was aevoted , to verbal reports and general busi- Outhnes Of Expose. ness. All meetings were held in the Basic extracts from the "Kloran." lodge room, which is one of the neat Highly Pleased With the Hospital ity Of the Oxford Brethem. All of thp Odd Fpllniv lndpts in thp ! surrounding toAvns sent Heioeatpa tn! der? I cannot but pity the poor boy rv,o eom,- on7oi ,r; l,;it was his money mat did it. . Too much money went to his head. the ritual of the first degree of the order and the most secret of its do cuments. The names and headquarters throughout the country of the Klea gles. the organizers who neddie mem- enurcn torn nis congregation that j berships at $1.0 a head, of which the me nest inuig 10 ao was to engage Dr. Ham, and after an ail night's vigil the consecrated memters of the church came forth with saw and Kleagle gets $4 The analyzed lists of outrages by the Klan or its imitators, and of ac tion taken bv various State and mn- harumer and converted the Warehouse j nicipal authorities against the fur into a tabernacle capable of seating jther spread of Ku Kluxism Sojio people. j Details of the efforts to widen the The Ham meetings were so largely ; field of exploitation ny organizing attended and the interest so. great, the "Invisible Planet, Knights of the all the churches in Oxford, and many ! Air." in the county, requestel Pastor Up-! Facts about, efforts hPTn? church to keep the good work going 1 "call off" the npwsmnor, nf tu v ww vv J V IJ Vi. 1 XX V country by launching a $100,000 ad vertising campaign. Revelations Of thp Tiup-p norsnnal oates. As a whole, the union mppt-! advontoQ u j.-j " iuu.uui.a6c ujucu uy iutj lusiuers, lnSTS nave been of vast imnnrtnnpp i t ; iwu6m6 xxuiii lue nu:iiuus uaia in for several weeks, and for those sev eral weeks Pastor Upchurch was on the go all the time to find men to fill est and best equipped in the state. The, evening meeting was devoted to rousing speeches, round table dis cussion and questionsipertainnig to the good of the order. Tne address of welcome was de livered by Hon. Dennis G. Bruin mitt and the response by Henry "A Dennis of Henderson. Gen. B. S. Royster made an inspiring address on "Some Opportunities in Odd Fel lowship." Several other prominent members of .the Order made brief talks, including H. M. Shaw. A. A. Hicks, Dr. E. T. -White. F. M. Pinnix ana others. . n : :- The delegates and a large number of visiting Odd Fellows, were louin their praise of the hospitality they received at the hands of the local brethren. They were especially com plimentary of the lunch prepared and served by the Philathea class of the i Oxford Methodist Church. 'He never had an education,' Mrs. Arbuckle continued. "He never passed the fifth grade in school. I'm sory for him but if lie is guilty, he should be punished. The crime, if such it was, is not to bo excused." Was Washing Clothes. The little mother of two blind pocket knives, watches and other valuables to the amount of more than $300. They unfastened the back door and passed out through it with the goods. The loot, t is said, did not weigh more than 40 or ' 50 pounds. It is not known what hour the store was entered. Mr. ChamDlee early in the morning telegraphed to Nor folk for bloodhounds, and fortunately they were at Norlina anc reached here by 2 o'clock, in the afternoon. When they got' a scent of the robber, at the foot of the ladder, at tne se cond story window, down tne elevator shaft to the salesroom be;ow, they made a bolf for the bacx door and followed the scent to the Southern Railway passenger station: In front of the station the dogs circled in a small area and refused to j leave this particular spot. A suspicious, looking colored man A number of well known npmn. crats of Oxford have filled out and sent in applications for the, place as well as some of the best-known Re publicans in Granville county. Un der the ruling recently made by the Republican administration at Wash ington, the vacancy will be filled by one of the three men who make thp .highest rati--, irrespective of poli tics.. Mr. Henry Critcher. assistant post master, has been besieged with in quiries from friends as to why he has not sought the place, but his long service in this present position, which is not primarily an appointive office, has accrued numerous advant- i ages to him which he feels are worth V BUBJJ1UUUO luuaiu tUIUlXU lllCLU TYIrtfO ftinn 41- . . , was seen around the station during more lna" .a Jb wnch is more or the night, and he left on the early !Jess a Political one, and which, at train for Richmond. A well dressed Jest, counts only for- the duration of colored man, with the appearance of j the tenure in office if an adminis executive ability, was seen with him j tration. His friends feel, too that at night and early in the morning. On their return home last night, the bloodhounds were taken to Hen he is a highly capable and efficient public servant in the dos of assist- ine Dioounounas were uuteu 10 neu- i rinqtmnctot. , C ------ derson and turned loose at the South- :-.P??nase ad. he appreciates ern passenger station, where the dogs . bU"iai.es ot hlm- nicked up the trail of the robbers Alter the inspectors come here ti and followed them to the Seaboard make an investigation Of flip MTlHl' ! daughters, paused in her work of! station a quarter of a-mile up the .dates who are in the field, tiiey will washing clothes for the "best families j . - ieiurn to Washington , and report to the people of the county. Hun- j commissions to the Kleagles and the areas who had not been inside of a enurch in many years learned what they must do to be saved. AX APPRECIATION establishment of a $1,500,000 ','Im-! pciiai x-caace in Atlanta, ua., to the gift of a $25,000 home to "Colonel" Simmons and the recent nurchase i for him of a university where, a few The people of Oxford would indeed years ag0' he was an conspicuous be lacking in gratitude, a most es-1 prof essor of history. sential characteristic of Christianity, f mT,1imT if there were no outward exnression EMPLOYMENT IS of appreciation to the good received ! om tne union meetings which have Afn(: o A een held rln The Meiiu. Quarter of broiled chicken Sliced nam Pocketbook rolls Creamed potatoes English peas Scalloped tomatoes Iced tea Ice creamand cake , Cigars There was a large delegation here from Zeb Vance lodge, at Henderson, with a view of holding the next dis trict mpptiTur in that ritv. The dele- LESS THAN IN 1914; gates voted unanimously to hold their next meeting in Henderosn next spring. Zeb Vance lodge was also honored further in the election of J. B. Gee as vice-president to serve dur- been held during thp summer Thp men who have come to us with such r ' . ' pendents. inspiring messages are men of ttod I Washington, Sept. 15. Those who nd it behooves us to appropriate ! are disturbed over the 5,735,000 un-j ing the coming year uiese teacnmgs m our daily lives and ! mPAoyea or today overlook that in ius become better christians and 1914 tnere were 7,000,000 out of more useful citizens. One of the j work, a larger percentage of whom greatest privileges we have as Protes-1 vere men and actual bread winners tant Christians is that of reading and ! than in the present unemployed, Sec ptu?yin" together and alone the iretary Davis said in a Statement. -UlDlP. Vet hmi' CpMo,-.-. 1 : -U t. I rtAAlnt.i'nr 4-U , i T - "-iuum wtr vacuin mau i icv,iaiiug mat nic cuuim v iias STEM SCHOOL OPENS WITH RE CORD BREAKING ATTENDANCE Pupils Urged By Dr. Hardee To Put Forth Every Effort. Stem, N. C., Sept. 15. With a. re cord attendance of 163 pupils, Stem r t'llege. 'ThSP mPn tl5VO Vi ol rrA 1et na CLCpH i rnii crt- n raviA nrVinn i TTi.V AA nnc-niiinnolv , , - "ic iiciycu I juu. 7i4tuvu yj utU a JJCHUU V 11C11 j XI 1 All OVllUUl U UCUCU auouiuu uuij 10 emnhflsiyo . . no , , . , , . . r , 1 "'" niiyuiiauce wnicn : everv eirorx was maae to inauce wo- wnen anDroDnaie exercises weic OUT I'eiTlllnr nraot1,A. . i . - . , i i. .1 j n. l 1 J : a t-,i-rn 1 or - IT 1'iV-a'v'llcia lLy io impress i men and otenrs wno nad not worked ineiu in me scuuui auuiLunuiu, bcuh. us, the great nrivilep of "Rihip ! tr. nA nir.inc l interestinsr talks were made. Rev. ;fiiHv o - j-iwiv iui i asco auu saiaiico uciuic iu . . , . Aside the pupils of the school and county; , j A . I Nohlit emnhasized comoration or f worn anu save starving iiiurop, : rj , t t, ne from the sniritnai fnnA if ! t...... x .l:,:.' j. teachers and parents and the duty or r, . " "I' VVtUl. 1UIJII II. t " I l"l If I U f 1 I ' 1 T T'UL'ltl 1 11 !1 (1111 Til llir TT1 I H 1 I f-f our r,irit,ffiS-ary ? nourishing figures included great numbers upfi cur faith faar. n&he?inB whose earnings none is actually de sr. n n' inere 1S no other book of npndpnt " o in'Jf ? comPrehensive in points endent -i-ju au nc rn ntm ; n tualHv 6 cu uur imenec- j TAX EVADERS SHELL OUT . All the denominate,, x J TWELAF MILLION UNDER fld'fi met tOGfPthPr in tT,Co in swnpf fii""rs" -""y.bci vices. BLAIR'S ADMINISTRATION I ' I I r I ill1 nin m jm A. i . t nas been accomplished will shed influence throughout our com- ' M. nil COMING AVINTER AVILL BE COLD " 3iakes Prediction Mudy Of Weather. After Washington, Sept. 15. Commis sioner Blair of the internal revenue bureau announced that his "flying squads" of revenue agents had brought $12,000,000 more into small part of the sum out of which the treasury from tax evaders. . Blair said this is only a part the government has been defrauded W-KMnC "". the government nas Deen aeirauaea winter 'ni hp' 14' That next bv dealers inluxuries, who have tion of lp!tLl0llne is th? ! wilfully deceived the bureau in their I) P n r. uaia, uompiiea Dy ;' 5-Eroks, formerly meteorolo- f-.'l. OX tha 1 i r.f.u- crtiutr Dureau nere, and l'f. assciate professor of meteoro verMty0 cllmatoloSy at Clark uni- An analysis of the weather records n oyer a century indicates that we tLr ?.w experiencing a series of al Jndtions of severe and warm win- Uvfi- $ fall on the basis of his ligations, Doctor Brooks said ,ast winter would be warm. It vrr nd now he says that It is not Reasonable to expect that next !mer. will be a cold one, and that Jhe winter of 1922-23 will be a warm one. it Jihfe weather seems to be repeating -l'tr The Present series of sharply "''lnating winters began in 1917 i with the cold winter of that year. - .wmter of 45 years before, 1872 inaugurated a series of winters ' 8 o Yre severe, warm, etc., until ;?8.2-83. And 113 years ago, indi iions from incompletely kept re Z are that' the winter of 1804-5 asimilar series of alternations. ,"Your battery should hare water about very two weeks. Stop at Ox d Battery Co. tax returns. Officials estimated that the gov ernment probably has been robbed of more than $100,000,000 in so called "luxury taxes," and a deter mined drive is to be continued to catch the guilty. Revenue officials are now making a careful survey of j mi m 9 m I the methods ot sort arinK empori ums, of movie theatres, jewelry establishments. RECALLS DROUGHT OF FORTY TEARS AGO It Was Broken On September 16 With a Wind and Hail Storm. Mr T. D. Miller recalls the drought of 18-81. He recalls that , the dura tion of the drought was about the same in length as that one which has just been broken and the season si milar Mr. Miller was farming in south Iredell at the time and made less than a half crop of cotton but a fairly good crop of com and gar den products and an extra fine crop of wheat. The temperature was not so high: as the recent drought. The drought of 1881 was troki on Sep tember 16 with a wind aiid hai. storm. Statesville Landmark. Mr. W. S. Gooch, member of the school board, assured the teachers and nuDils of their hearty support and gave us a vision of a new school building which is badly needed at this time; Dr. P. R. Hardee pointed out to the higher grades the oppor tunity they have of future accoin complishments and encouraged the teachers as well as pupils to put forth every effort for the success of the school this year; Miss Elma Fara bow, a former teacher of Stem High School, a recent graduate of the Uni versity of Texas, made an interesting talk to her former pupils and the sclfool; Mr. J. Q. Feezor in an inter esting talk said the prospects bid fair for this to be the best year in the history of the school. On account of unfinished farm work the attendance is not at its best at present. Another school truck began operation Wednesday, and we hope to have yet another if such can be procured. The eleventh grade is composed of twelve members wmcu speaks well for Stem School. The teachers are: J. j. ueeMn, who has been principal, is ahead of the school again for the fifth term, Miss Margaret Fleming, high school teachers; Miss Eli j an Reid, seventh, grade, Miss Bessie Mangum, fifth- and sixth grade; Miss Mary Cozart, third and fourth grades; Miss Lucy Har dee, second grade, and Miss Janie Clayton, first gradev j- FATTY ROSCOE ARBUCKLE PICTURES CENSORED HERE Harris &' Crews, owners of the Or pheum theatre, announce that no Roscoe (Fattv Arbuckle pictures will be shown at their play house until he proves himself innocent of the charge of murder. of San Jose," to tell the early life of the film star. "His father mistreated him terri bly," she said. "Once I inter f erred and saved him from what I believed would have been a fatal beating at the hands of nis father. But Ros coe owed me .nothing. I only did what bis mother would have done." Some time ago. when Mrs. Ar buckle was sick, neighbors against her will. fe fiim starfc time he was quoted' as saying: "Mol lie Arbuckle never gave me a meal." This statement hurt Mrs. Arbuckle more than denial of aid. For Harry and Arthur Arbuckle, Roscoe's two brothers, their step mother had nothing but praise. 'They are as good men as ever lived and they have done for me as they would have for their own mother,' she said. Brother Told Fatty To Go To W ork. Roscoe Arbuckle left his step mother's home in Santa Clara in 1904. He had lived there three vears, neighbors said, and his de parture was hastened by an injunc tion of his brother, Harry, to "get out and go to work." He went south and eventually landed i n the movies. . He was once employed in foania Clara as a butcher boy. SOCIAL ACTIVITIES IN OXFORD -Mrs. W. A. Devin entertained with a lovely rook party, on Wednes day afternoon at the home of Mrs. John Webb, in honor of Mrs. Eugene Currin of Richmond and Miss Imogen Bernard of Greensboro. Twelve tables were arranged for a game of rook which was greatly enjoyed. The guests of honor were presented lovely handkerchiefs. An elegant course of cream, cake and salted almonds was served. Mrs. Devin was assisted by Mrs. Webb, Mrs. S. H. Cannady, Misses Mary and Sallie Webb m dis ppnsing most charming hosptality to all the guests. . . . ,QT, The Reviewers' Club was enter tained on Tuesday afternoon by Mrs. John R. Hall at her home on College street. Interesting papers were road by Miss Carrie Fuller on VHaw thorne the Man," and by Mrs. W. A. npvin on "Hawthorne the Novelist Mice Tmoorpn Bernard, of Greensboro, was a guest of the Club. A delight ful social hour was spent m their study of our great American writer. Elegant refreshments were served by Mrs. Hall. . ' ' Master Henry G. Cooper, 3rd, celebrate !' his eighth birthday Wed nesday afternoon by inviting a num ber; of his little boy. friends to his home. Enjoyable games were played and tempting refreshments served. In cutting the birthday cake the thimble fell to William lancey, Jr., the needle to Badly Williams, the dime to Tom Evins, the buton to Sara Baird and the ring to Charles Brinkley. The' - monthly meeting of the Woman's Club was held on Wednes day morning in the Library. Reports from all the Committees were made showing the Club is in a very flou rishing condition, having a member ship of one hundred and twenty f?-i7Q Pnrthoi. rilans for the presen- otift rtf TTntrha Ttoo which is to be given under the auspices o fthe Club, were made. JESSUP TAYLOR, AN OLD SLAVE WrHO LIVES WITH their findings, and the final appoint- xxxCUt tuts pusiuon win come from the men who are rated as thp throo HIS FORMER OWNER i highest in the entire lot. No ap- i pomtment is expected, however, prior ! to the visit of the cwn agents nor even before Congress re convenes tollowing the present re- He Belonged To Commissioner Thomas G. Taylor and Has Lived At the Same Place For 92 Years. The question of the probable sur viving slave owners of Granville county, which has been discussed hmifl-ni. nSee in"t"Kp TTlhl1f T-POPr cess. MORRISON WILL NOT NAME - NEW JUDGE FOBSOME TIME during last three weeks, brings- out JTrr- . . . the fact thaat Jessup Taylor, 92 years j expected For Week old, was given to Commissioner j Five New Names But Few Have Thomas G. Taylor by his father wnen the said son was only five years of age. Jessup, now bent with age, talks interestingly of the days when he was the body servant of his gallant own er, the father of Commissioner Tay lor. "He was the finest young man in the whole country," said Jessurf. and I used to hitch up the best span Real Chance. Raleigh, Sept. 15.- Five additional names were laid before Governor Morrison upon his return to 'the cap ital today from Charlotte for appoint ment to the supreme court bench to fill the vacancy made by the death of Associate Justice William R. Allen last week. of horses in the stables and drive alii Delegations came to the capital yes over the country to see the fine young ladies." "My young master, Mr. Thomas, was a mighty fine young man, too," said Jessup, "and he never done any body any harm in his life. I never want to leave this good old family until I am called up yonder." terday and boomed things for Tasker Polk, of Warren county. This dele gation was headed by register of deeds John A. Doughton and W. G. Daniels. The Warren county bar is unanimous in its endorsement of Mr. Polk, who is well known by the gov ernor as are all of the other candi- Jessup was born and lived for 92 - efQ, -vftao nf Q cvrtTD. n years within calling distance of the , b appointed. Taylor mansion out on Raleigh road The number Hcants , to. SASil dV.b 26, but it is known that some nVUrZl his "md dwells of the names which came late will much upon his happy care-free child hood days, and above all things earth ly he cherishes the name Taylor, and he is disposed to feel that he is an old aristocrat, and the younger gen eration of colored people must step high to win his approval. There may be several former slave owners in, Granville county, but the Public Ledger ventures the assertion that there are very few, if any old slaves living, who are as proud of their names as old "Uncle Jessup Taylor." ENROLLMENT BY GRADES IN THE OXFORD SCHOOLS v Students continue to arrive at Oxford College, the enrollment being very gratifying. The College is in a most flourishing condition and Dr. Hoberood is anticipating a most suc cessful year in the school's work. , t, . TiwiiWs Of Stock. Those who bought stock in the lo cal Central Carolina League Baseball Park are urged to call at tne union Bank andfget their certificates. LrrhP whinnlnfir nost was resur- ShPriff McNultv annlied the lash five Sheriff McNulty applied the last five times to the bare back of Cornelius Smith, negro wife beater. The whip ping took place in the main corridor of the city Jail. The jail pnysician tnitAd it would be two weeks before Smith's back heals. It was the first whipping in Baltimore in nine years. A Gain Of 103 Over Last Yeas Registration. During the first wreek of school last year 614 white and 318 colored children registered, making a total of 932. K-'-'WO, This year the enrollment is 666 whites and 369 colored, making a total of 1035. The Grades. First 70 Second ... .51 Third Fourth 52 Fifth 82 Sixth 'Zi Seventh -70 Hgh School. Eighth 60 Ninth 39 Tenth ........ . 37 Eleventh .... 25 West Oxford. West Oxford 52 ALL SIGNS ALONG STATE ROADS WILL BE REMOVED The Only Sign Boards On These Roads Will Be Those To Direct Travelers. . The State Highway Commission will require all advertising sign boards removed from the public highways which are maintained by the State, says a dispatch from Ral eigh. . The only - sign hoards on these 1 roads -will . be those to direct the traveler and to mark the distance. They will be placed at the forks of all roads, showing points to which roads lead, and distances, also stat- "riot attract the governor's atention for obvious reasons. If Atorney General James S. Man ning does not change his mind and will not permit' his name to be pre sented for" the appointment there is some reason to expect Governor" Mor rison to find the new associate jus tice from the following list: Judge W. J. Adams, of Charlotte; Thos. D Warren, of New ' Bern; Judge O. H. Guion of New Bern; Judge George Rountree, of Wilming ton; N. J. Rouse, of Kinston; Tasker Polk, of Warrenton; Judge Francis D. Winston of Windsor. Thomas E.-Cooper, member of the State Executive Commitee, and close friend of the Morrison adminis tration, has offered his active sup port to Warren, and is of the opinion that he has a long lead on the other dozen or more eastern aspirants. "No man of his age has rendered more unselfish a nd valuable service to the Democratic party in North Carolina." declared Mr.. Cooperr LIST OF SUBJECTS FOR ARMS . MEETING IN CABLED POWERS iris: the condition of the rota " At a later date all the State roads ka mtivoH with nprmanent mile Wilt u v? iuoiau " mt - . . posts, probably of concrete or stone, general subjects of mandates. United States Suggests Themes To Occupy Attention Of Conference In November. Washington Sept. 14. The Ameri can government has sent to the gov ernments of all the powers invited to participate in the conference on limi tation of armenants a list of topics suggested for discussion at the con ference. Officials of the State Department refused, to comment "on the nature of the suggested program, but it was un derstood that the proposed list, of subjects was nothing more1 than ten tative and calculated' to serve as a basis for an agreement .v; The only suggestion .was that con tained in a Tokio , press dispatch, which declared that in addition- to the obvious subjects ot army and navy discussions,, the r United State proposal offered a discussion of the open door, in. China, the, status,, ot Manchuria and Chinese eastern rail war. snheres of influence, and the. " f r 4i it 19 U 1 ii "1 4ftl . i 4 11' 1 Ii 1 .1 I ,aJ 'V I 51 1 p. 4 ''I'M s v i i , t , tl v U ',: t 1 L 1 if" t 5 ' f ' I f 1
Oxford Public Ledger (Oxford, N.C.)
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Sept. 16, 1921, edition 1
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