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, -I, PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY TOWN AND COUNTY OFFER BRILLIANT OPPORTUNITIES-AIL HOME PRINT OXFORD, N. C, FRIDAYSEPTEMBER 23, 1921 NO. 76 mil .T4 T.AROR TiAW ON THK inilJ1 j sections 5 and 6, Chapter 300, public Laws 1919) j Rulings. j "The State Child Welfare Commis- j . fl in executive session on August! 6, i"4111" . , . i V, m'fl lilt? lUlty 1 n cullu ' . alnll be permited to- work in 'eaIVthe occupations mentioned in anMon 5 before 6 o'clock in the 56 Tn- or after 9 o'clock at night. ruling is made mandatory , by Tnln 6 and the law gives no dis cretion to the commission to modify thSoegirl under 14 years of age Mil 'be permitted to work in any f the occupations mentioned in sec- The reason for this is that if tion 5. anhood of the State is to be the worn conserved in the future, P.1 ; ocro pprtainlv should rirlS 01 lenuci rf rnt be allowed to run the dangers of association inherent in employ ment in public places. 3 Xo child under 14 years of age shall be employed in any of the occu pations mentioned in section 5, for IJjore than eight hours in any one da4'. (Revised September 6, 1921.) Bovs between 12 and 14 years of age may be employed in the enumerated occupations when the public school is not in session when it is shown to the County Superintendent of Public Welfare or other authorizezd agent of the commission that the proposed employment is not to the injury of the health or morals of the child. But in no case shall such employ ment be legal until a certificate has been issued by the county Superinten dent of Public Welfare or other au thorized agent of the Commission on blanks furnished by the State Com mission. 5. During the time that the pub lic school is in session boys between 12 and 14 years of age may be em ployed on Saturday and out of school hours on the same conditions as above, provided that such employ ment does not interfere with their school work. Where school officials i have provided for wnat is Known as I .... I continuation schols, oand where ar rangement has been made to make the outside employment a unit of the school work, boys of this age may be, in specific cases, allowed to be oc cupied in employment during school hours for a limited time, at the dis cretion of superintendent of the school. , The State Child Welfare Commis sion, in executive session on Sep tember 6, 121, made the following rulings which have the force of law: 6. Xo child, claiming to be 14 or 16 years of age, but whose actural age is doubtful, shall be permitted to work in any of the occupations men tioned in sections 5 and 6 until an Age Certificate has been issued by the Superintendent of Public Wel fare or other authorized agent of the Commission in accordance with the provisions required in section 10 of this act. The design of this section being to insure the proper enforce ment of the compulsory school law, to prevent the employment of any person contrary to the law, and to free the employer from liability to this act. An Age Certificate to be issued only upon documentary evi dence or proof of age as required by the commission. 7. On and after March 1, 1922, the Superintendent of Public Wel fare and other authorized agents of the Commission shall require a school record of evidence for any child under sixten years of age who makes application to engege in em ployment in any of the occupations mentioned in section 5 and 6 before issuing either an employment Certifi cate or Age Certificate. The school record to be prepared by school of ficial or teacher in accordance with the approved school code for chil dren, and the accredited record sys tem for schools approved by the De partment of Education. 8- On and after March 1, 1922, the superintendent of Pnhlta Welfare and other authorized agents of the ! mission shall require a phy sical examination by a health officer r practicing physician, upon forms approved by the Commission, of any cnud under sixteen years of age, who makes application for employment, except m cases where the child has ceived physical examination by a medical officer of the State Bureau q e5ical Inspection of Schools, w i Superintendent of Public on -e.is sPecially designated and missioned as the authorized c2 ? the state Child Welfare to ou assist in Pnfnrm'nn. nnA A....n'nn. 'V lUlt V V JLA tl Vk uip nrnpioin jv ...... fiwixaiuuB 01 ine cnna laDor dpcc j . 4 auLS reiauve to dusi e Si d mdustry- In this position and dirw? l required to supervise con those employed and to to tLanyiinfluence that would in" ZL f e welfare of any person or of any chna truancy, or delinquency WeiS;,The Superintendent of Public of tit and other authorized agents cer' ir c?mmission shall suspend any conrfi - for employment when a condition is found .that will, injure (Continued On Page Six) Inferior Gas Service. whnt6 gas gave out tnis morning 'me we were setting the Union fn0u not complete. vuocuieui. which we It will appear - vur next issue. FIRST EXERCISE HELD IN OUR SPLENDID NEW HIGH SCHOOL BUHDING Large Number Pleaded With the Ex- tcha ated STATE LIBICAIIY. Saturday JNignrr (X) The new high school building is not yet quite ready for school work, but it was christened last evening by the production of "Katcha Koo" pre sented under the auspices of the Wo man's Club for the benefit of the school playground. The play was a decided success, every member of the cast sustaining his part admirably. The costumes were of a new type, the dances restrained and yet grace ful, the singing catchy, and the play itself contained many humourous sit uations. One will go far to see a play so well presented by local talent. Much credit is due Miss Robinson the excellent director who did the training for the presentation of this play. Where all did so well it is rather difficult to select any one for special mention. Roy Royster as the Maha rajah fitted the part beautifully. Bill Livingood as the fakir and as a love maker was side-splitting in his mirth. Will Pace and Herbert Rountree did fine work in their part. There was a dramatic quality to Herbert Roun tree's acting that seemed to be innate and called for much praise. The singing and dancing of Will Pace and Mrs. Howard were also of fine qua lity. Miss Hutchings, Mrs. Royster, Miss Horner and Hiss Harrington had difficult parts, and were pleasing in their work. The song by Miss Johnson captivated the audience and still hums in one's ears. The parts taken by Misses Annie Crews, Lillian Taylor, Ella Johnson and Elizabeth Niles could not have been bettered as rendered by them. The loveliest scene in the Play was the Patriotic Carnival which made a brilliant Finale as acted, by charters in Dutch, French, Italian, Belgian and American characters with Uncle Sam in the centre. The play is to be repeated Satur day night at the high school building. The prices are moderate and it is nnnoH that annthDr lor era n-m-nrri will ' occ ii. xiic aticauau last, uigui, was about 400. All of the proceeds above expenses go to the Winfield playground. MANY ARE AFTER POST MASTER LASSITERS JOB The civil service agents are ex pected; to arrive in Oxford within the next ten days, or sooner, to inquire into the standing of the applicants for postmastership here. The Civil Service agents will come here and make some investigation as to conditions, and will then make i their report back to Washington. The ceed to make its recommendations to the Post Office Department, and, under the ruling of the administra- tion, the postmaster will be appoint- ed from among the three highest ! men on the list. Some of the applicants includes J. S. Rogers, W. L. Peace, Frank W. W. Hancock, Jr., John M. Fagan, James S. Bradsher. The list for postmaster at Hen derson includes fourteen well known citizens, some of them Democrats and others Republicans, as follows: !W. P. Garrett, James S. Allbright, ! Samuel T. Brummitt, S. T. Satter 1 white, John F. Hicks, Wallace White, Enoch Powell, Thomas W. Ellis, Isaac J. Young, James H. Wright, C. P. Wright, A. J. Cheek, -.James H. Bridges, Dock A. Reese. DAUGHTERTY HAS KU KLUX UNDER CONSIDERATION To Decide Whether Federal Action Is To Be Taken Or Not. Washington, Sept. 21. The de partment of justice is considering whether federal action shall be taken in connection with the activities of the Ku Klux Klan. The govern ment, Mr. Daughterty said, is not to be run or intimidated by any man or organization behind the mask. The activities of the Ku Klux Klan, he added, would be given the most careful consideration before any fed eral policy was decided upon. WHISKEY DROPS TO TWO DOLLARS PER GALLON Moonshiners Can't Do Business At That Price. Danville, Va.. Sept. 21. The eco nomic law of supply and demand has accomplished what that sponsored by Mr. Volstead failed to do, according to reports from, the hill sections of Carroll and patrick counties. With the price of "moonshine" down to $2 per gallon, as compared with $15 a few months ago, many operators have put aside their stills and have taken a new interest in the crop of bright leaf and sorghum. ISO COLORED FAIR THIS YEAR Discontinued Until Next Year On Ac count Of Poor1 Crops. . On account of-the discouraging condition in which the farmers over the entire county have been placed by reason of the present drought and low prices in the tobacco and cotton markets our board voted unanimously to discontinue The Granville County Colored Fair until next year, 1922. ALEX PEACE, Pres. Protem. C. A. ATKINS, Secretary. Your battery should hre water about iTery two weekf. BftJp at Ox ford Battery Co. THE PRICE OF TOBACCO ON OPENING DATE WAS A SOURCE OF DISAPPOINTMENT Seventy-Three Thousand Pounds Sold For An Average Of $14 Bet ter Prices Follows Opening Date With Light Offerings. The seventy-three thousand pound's of tobacco sold here last Tuesday, which ushered in the season of 1921 22, was a sad disappointment. The people in this section had learned from year to year that Granville county tobacco sold at least fifteen or twenty percent higher than the Sbuth Carolina crop, and from -ten to twelve percent above the Eastern j the prices in South Carolina and basteru North f Carolina were higher than the prices on the opening date in this section of the State. It is the first tlm; in the history of the weed that such a thing happened. The only way to count for the discrepancy was caused either by the grades offered or by the market not being thoroughly or- ganized on the ' opening date. ' It is a well known fact that the sales on the Oxford market on open ing date are rock-bottom prices, and the advance is gradual and sure winding up at the end of the season at the head of the column. We dare say there will be no exception to the rule this season. The farmers themselves there were two of them here last Tuesday will acknowledge that the offerings were of medium grades, with here and there a pile of good tobacco. Before the sales started many far mers, cast their eye over the ware house floor and estimated in an off hand,way that the whole lot would average 20c or 25c at best. The nearest approach to that figure was the Mangum Warehouse with an ave rage' of $16 per hundred. The ave rage for the five warehouses was $14 on 73,000 pounds. These are the official figures, made public by Capt. Jack Howard, secretary of the Oxford Tobacco Board of Trade. Now it may appear from published reports that Oxford was the lowest market in this section of the State on opening day, but such is not the case by a long shot. One market in this belt claimed that the average Vas 20 cents, but 12 1-2 cents was! the correct figure. ': The offering on Wednesday and Thursday was light with prices al most double that of opening date. It was observed yesterday that a pile of i tobacco sold for 48 cents the pound; Ion opening date the same grade sold for 20 cents". ? It is useless to pretend that the prices offered for medium and com mon grades were satisfactory to the farmers. The better grades sold reasonably well, and in some instan ces for higher prices than last year. The break was largely of common to baccos and as a consequence the ave- ia&e V? nr.nAnntA at v But tobacco these prices for the medium and com f !UZ r " o,; to mat lllc ucwmc vyw5 itjv,j thp over Droduction. The same ex- planation cannot be made this year. In 1919 the bright tobacco belt made 480,000,000 pounds of tobacco; in 1920 the production was 613,000,000 pounds; the latest government crop report places the production for this year at 338,000,000 pounds. The es timate for North Carolina is barely half of last year's crop. Every well informed observer knows that the crop in this county cannot exceed 7,000,000 pounds. Every one says that prices will be higher. If supply has anything to do with fixing the price, the prediction must of necessity be a correct one. It certainly behoves the farmer to wait out the market and see what the re sult will do. The whole of our in dustrial, agricultural, commercial and business system is wrapped up in the necessity for remunerative prices for the tobacco crop. Somehow, in some way, we believe that reasonable prices will result; and that Oxford buyers and warehousemen may be de pended upon to do everything with in their power to give livable prices for all grades. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE OF PUBLIC LEDGER REDUCED TO MEET EMERGENCY OF SCANT CROP YEAR In order to rnet our, subscribers half way, we have decided to re duce the subscription price of the Public Ledger from $2.00 to $1.50 per year. There has not been a sufficient reduction in newsprint paper and other materials to justify Eduction to pre-war basis, but "evertheless it is our desire to share with our many readers in a year of scant crops. As stated above, the price of th Public Ledger is $1.50 per year on and after this date. But there are a class of subscribers in the free deliverey zone of Oxford who are serd by the city carriers. On all these papers thus served there must be a cPe cent stamp affixed there to, as fully Explained in the following postal law: "Newspapers other than weeklies, not exceeding 2 ounces in weight mailed by publishers for local delivery by letter carriers shall be chafr-gd with postage at the rate of one cent per copy, to be prepaid by ordinary stamp affixed." All those who have boxes at the postoffice, or prefer to call at the general delivery for their paper can get the Public Ledger one year for $1.50, the same as those who have boxes. Anyone sending us a list of cash subscribers for $1.50 each will receive the Public Ledger one year New Meat Market. We learn that Mr. Titus Cutts, who lives in South Oxford, contemplates erecting a brick building at the cor ner of Hillsboro and Broad streets at an early date for the sale of fresh iheats, , , ' :', FIFTY PRECENT OF THE FARMERS IN GRANVILLE HAVE SIGNED UP The campaign for signers of the cooperative marketing contract has J been going on in a quiet way for the last month, and we learn on good au thority that slightly more than fifty percent of the crop has been signed. The campaign is on and the grow- ers expect to reach 75 percent by the middle of October, it is said., PRESIDENT, HARDING DERIDED BY SENATOR HARRISON The Mississippi Senator Wants More . .auiwiui,. . wasnington, sept. 21. The Ameri can people want more work and less play." Senator Harrison, Remocrat, Mississippi, declared today in the Se nate in describing President Hard ing's recent trip to New York State on the Presidential yacht Mayglower. The trip was taken, he said, "while millions of Americans were hanging their heads in shame because men who "helped win the war" were be ing offered on the auction block in Boston. 1 "What the American people want," the Mississippi senator said, "are more results and fewer recommenda tions; more meal tickets and fewer bread lines, more prosperity and few er poor houses." ' Declaring that there were nearly 6,000,000 persons out of employment in the United States, Senator Harri son charged that the Republicans had failed to keep their campaign pledges of increased prosperity in the coun try. "LITLE SWITZERLAND" Dr. Horsfield Returns From the Wes tern North Carolina Hill Country. Dr. Horsfield, rector of St. Stephen's Church, is always good and cheerful, but he returns from his va cation with rosy cheeks and much im proved in health. He spent some time at "Little Switzerland," an in teresting settlement in mountains of North Carolina. We hope Dr. Horsfield will please find time to give our readers a sketch of the beauties and impor tance of this new mountain develop ment. ANOTHER NATIONAL HOLDDAY November 11 To Be Observed Throughout the Nation. , Washington, Sept. 22. -Next No vember 1 1 the- date- for- the- open ing of the world armament confer ence and for the burial of the un known soldier dead at Arlington cemetery is to be made a national holiday. Plans now being formed here are to make the date an occasion for nation-wide demonstration and ' ex pression in support of the announced purpose of the conference limita tion jof armament and removal of the source of future wars in the Far East. WAKE FOREST HAS FIVE HUNDRED REGISTRANTS Seventy-Five Students 'Less This Year Than Last Owing To Finan cial Stringency. Four Forest, Sept. 22. Four hun dred and eighty registrants was the total enrollment of Wake Forest College at the end of the second week of registration.. This number represents about seventy-five stu dents less than the registration at the same time for the 1920-21 ses sion. The next ten days will witness the registration of some twenty more students which will approximate a total of about five hundred students. INVITATION TO MEET NEW MEMBERS OF COLLEGE FACULTY The friends of Oxford College are cordially invited to meet the new members of the College faculty on Wednesday, September 28, from 4:30 to 6:00 P. Mi (Music Hall). The hostess on this occasion will be Miss McMicking, Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Matthews and Miss Bogga. free. Circus In Town, Judging from the size of the crowd headed toward the circus tent on Horner hill today, there is some loose change in the pockets of the average man. Miss Yellott of Maryland is the guest of Miss Nina Cooper. JUSTICE ADAMS PLEASES STATE 1 Governor Believed To Have Picked j Best Man For Place. If there is any kick against the I appointment of Judge William Adams of Carthage as associate justice of the Supreme court, it has not come j to surface, for the general opinion is 5 that it would, have been impossible for the Governor to have secured a better man for the place made vacant by the death of Associate Justice Al len. Even the friends of Thomas D. Warren concede that Judge Adams' appointment is a very fine one. HENDERSON' S . WAT JER SUPPLY Water Company Taifces Additional Steps To Secure Water' (Henderson Daily-Dispatch ) As a further sep toward guaran teeing every possible means of get ting water for the "city's needs, the Henderson Water company has just completed the laying of a long pipe line from the intake at the pump ing station down to the lower lake. Day after day has gone by without rains falling, and the lake has be come more dry every passing day, un til several weeks ago the last drop of water was pulled out of the upper pond, and the water company was forced to fall back on the reserve supply. ) THE RALEIGH TOBACCO MARKET First Tobacco Sold There In Fifteen Years. (Raleigh News and Observer) "Let 'er start at fourteen, Tom," said "Mr. Warren to Auctioneer Thompson, on Tuesday, and the bid ding for the first pile of tobacco sold in Raleigh in over fifteen years started. It was a pile of ordinary bright lugs, grown by Ed Young, and before it was "knocked out" the fig ure had mounted to 18 cents. The next pile, good bright lugs, went at 25 1-2 cents, the next, a good grade of cutters, brought 39 cents, followed by a pile of low grade wrappers at 41 cents. And so on down the row. TO GO TO WORK ONLY SALVATION The Russians Are Getting a Dose Of Their Own Medicine. "Thousands of women and chil dren in Russia starving," says a newspaper headline. Or course, and the same would be the case in Ameri- I ca or enywhere else, should we all quu worK ana go 10 ngnung eacn other. We know no better medicine to bring the Russians to their senses than starvation! Time some of those starving Europeans were learning that their only salvation is to go to work. Possibly they have been fed by us liberal Americans too long now. Stanley News Herald. LOANS AVAILABLE FOR MOVING CROPS State Committee Of War Finance Board Adopts Plans For Lending. Plans for making North Carolina's share of the War Finance Board's billion dollar agricultural loan fund available to the farmers of the State were formulated at the initial session of the Board's State committee in Raleigh Wednesday, and farmers de siring to borrow money can do so at their local banks. Appplication blanks can be secured from Chair man James R. Young, in Raleigh. OPENING OF UNIVERSITY POSTPONED TO OCTOBER 4 Chapel Hill. Sept. 22. The con tinuance of the longest drought in the history of Chapel Hill has forced the University to postpone' its open ing from Tuesday, September 27th, to Tuesday, October 4. President Chase and his advisers including the health officers of the institution and the village and Dr. H. E. Miller of the State health department, rendered the decision. DISTINGUISHED VISITORS SPEND DAY IN OXFORD The following:-distinguished gen tlemen, head men of big tobacco com panies, were on the. Oxford market last Tuesday, and were guests of the Exchange Hotel: C. S. Corlton. Richmond, James Jf Hickory, Rich mond. C. B. Cheatham, Richmond and Henderson, J. R. Davey and C. S. Clark, of Bristow, England. NEGRESS, FORMER SLAVE IS DEAD AT AGE OF 114 St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 21. Jane Buriam, a negress, 114 years old, who was a slave on a Virginia plan tation until freed after the Civil War, died yesterday at Alton, 111., where she had resided for over half a cen tury. Goldsboro Leads. Goldsboro. Sept. 22. The Golds boro tobacco market went "over the top" in their sales yesterday, as the best prices were paid for the weed that.has been paid this season. Mon day's sales averaged 23 7-8 cents per pound, and the farmers hd warehouse men were juDilant, but yesterday there was more tobacco on the floors, and better prices apid. The average for all sold was 24 cents. Congress Reassembles. Washington, Sept. 21. Congress reassembled at noon today after a recess of thirty days. SUNDAY OBSERVANCE Editor Public Ledger: The Question asked in vour last issue: "Is it Necessary, to Sell: Gas on Sunday?" is a very pertinent one. I am persuaded to answer the question, "No." No more so than it is to sell cold drinks, ice cream, -to- bacco, and not as much so as it is. to sell fresh meats for, unless you have a refrigerator, you can not keep fresh meats in hot weather. . Whereas, gas will keep all right, a.hdsee' ho earthly reason why everybpyv can, not lay in a supply on SatuifdaJ; forJ Sunday. If it was known v that' no gas would be sold next Sunday, you'd see everybody filling up Saturday., If their car tanks didn't hold enough they'd fill up extra cans. There was. a time when we thought it a neces sity to keep the barber shop open on Sunday, but since it has been, discon tinued we find that it wa;not at all ; necessary. Of course there' may ap- pear occasional emergencies where they would be justified in 'buying on Sunday. In that case, gag dealer could be found who would supply them, but a "tight lid'' would reduce ! these emergencies to a veryr small number. If I had : the. jurisdiction there would be no more gas and oil sold in Oxford on Sunday, except in cases of absolute necessity,; and if : these cases were probed to tne bottom you'd find nine times in ten that it' was not a necessity, and if it were a necessity, there was no reason why 1 they could not have supplied them;-; selves on Saturday. I think there should, be a State Law prohibiting garages keeping their places of busi ness open on Sunday. But if it must be sold in Oxford on Sunday, then let only one keep open, taking it in turns, but not keep open during church hours. t ' If there is any class of business men who need one day in. seven to rest from work and worry, grease and dirt, it is the garage men. They no doubt would rejoice at the thought of closing their doors' Sat urday night to remain closed till Monday morning. I understand the board of commis sioners are to consider in tnelr next meeting the regulation of gas sales on Sunday, to this end, it would be a good idea to keep it before tho people in your locals, provided your senti ments were expressed in your pointed and brief local "Conserving Energy." If the South don't fight Sunday commerce, games and amusements, we will be having base ball and pic ture shows like they have in the 3?k.V F. TAYLOR. ROANOKE RAPD3S HAS FINE SCHOOL BUDLDING According to the. picture in the Roanoke Rapids Heralds, there is nothing in the State equal to the new half million dollar high school build ing in that hustling town. The structure has 25 class rooms, audi torium with seating capacity of two thousand, indoor swimming pool, gymnasium, dining room, music room and sewing room.. There are 58 teachers in the faculty. NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY REDUCES PRICES Another reduction anounced today by National Biscuit Company brings Nabisco and other sugar wafers in packages back to pre-war levels. Prices on the whole lineTof. bulk va rieties are further reduced from two to five cents per pound. NINE MILLION RUSSIAN CHILDREN WITHOUT FOOD London, Sept. 22. Nine million Russian children are in want of food and 1,500,000 are in the most ad vanced stages of starvation, it is es timated by the Soviet press, said an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen. , BURIAL OF MR. J. K. DANIEL AT MT. ZION WEDNESDAY A large number of relatives and friends attended the funeral and bu rial of Mr. J. K Daniel at Mt. Zion Church last Wednesday Those in attendance from Oxford were: Messrs, Will Landis, E. D. Hunt, W. T. Yancey, Charles G. Powell and Hal Holeman. Mr. Jeff Daniel, of Beaumont, Tex as, brother of the deceased, did not learn of the death of his brother in time to reach here for the burial. MR. W. B. MANN DEAD Married Near Oxford Thirty-Eight Years Ago. Wesley Bright Mann, who estab lished the W. B. Mann Grocery Com pany in Raleigh forty-two years ago, died Thursday morning at his home, corner of New Bern Avenue and Wil mington street, Raleigh at the age of seventy-three. September 5, 1883 Mr. Mann mar ried Miss Phoebe Howard, from near Oxford, who died a number of years ago. One child survives Mrs. Louis M. Connor of Raleigh. Apron and Fancy Work Sale. The ladies of the Oxford Baptist Church will hold their annual apron and fancy work sale at. the Baptist parsonage on Friday, December 9. The Highest Market The Fuquay Springs tobacco mar ket, .which opened up last Tuesday, averaged $30 per hundred. The to bacco crop in that section is the best in years, it is said. i
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