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VQD. XXXVI
OXFORD, N. G, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1921
NO. 79
OYFll THE DEATH OF
REV. II. C. GRAVEN
,(l 01' Stewards Of TIfe Oxford
Methodist Church Attend Funeral
" pul,n Laid To Rest By the
r.ravos Of Wife and Two Children.
tra?ic ending of Rev. R. C.
r-Jven pastor of the Oxford Metho
?!T Episcopal Church, whose body
found in the woods hear Dela-
sprinsr. one mile norta of Ox
fjjat three o'clock last Friday
Uinc lianas like a pall over the
fifflniunitv. His untimely death has
Sii discussed from every angle and
jfoiever, it does appear that he went
i the woods shortly before sundown
it Thursday evening, Took off his
t and folded it up nicely and laid
t 'to one side, placed his hat on the
rouud and dropped his nose glasses
io the hat. As there was no indica
li'o'n of a struggle it is thought that
he was seated on the ground when
the bullet was fired, which passed
rtroush his head and barked a tree
ar his" side and passed on and lodged
in another tree. The pistol was at
hi; side and his body vrrz stiff and
coidVfcen found perhaps eight or
rine hours later by a searching party.
That is all that is known of the death
of"one of the best men who ever re
sided in this community. The tra
ced' has been one of the most severe
fWjrd ha.- ever sustained, and was a
giiiinee shock not only to the town,
but to Methodists throughout the en
tire ?fte.
Prayer and Song Service.
There was a prayer ar..: song ser
vice at the Methodist chui-eh at 5:30
o'clock Friday afternoon, conducted
Rev. John C. Wooten, rf Raleigh,
p; aiding elder of the Raleigh dis
tric. and Rev. Harry M. rcorth, also
cf Raleigh, and one of the lcr.ding
Methodist preachers of the State, 'as-'
s:::od by the Rev. Mr. Black, cf Ox
ford, pastor of the Oxford circuit.
The floral tributes were numerous
zii very beautiful, being given. by
individuals and official boCies of the
Oxford Methodist churcn and other
Oxford churches and citizens. The
church was crowded to us capacity
ty sorrowing friends, who' gathered
l last mark cf recpect to the de
ceased minister.
Body 'Iiuicvt To Dunn. V
The body left Oxford Saturday night
sboard the Southern train at 9:25
o'clock, and was transferred at Dur
ham to the night train, and taken
thence to Selma. and on to Dunn ov
er tne Atlantic Coast Line, arriving
there for the funeral at noon. The
board of Stewards of the church
'fere the pallbearers to the train and
a detail of two members of the
Church accompanied the remains to
Dunn. At six o'clock Saturday
morning additional parties of Ox
ford citizens, mostly members cf the
Jlethodist Episcipal church, includ
ing all of the board of stewards, left
f7 automobile for Dunn to attend
tee funeral. They carried with them
-u-3. Robert Hunter, of Norfolk, and
fiss Josephine Craven, who is teach-1:-
school at Roxboro, both daugh
of Mr. Craven. Mrs. Craven
as unable to make tne trip on ac
cvam of her health. Services at the
uare were in charge of Rev. J. C.
Uoten.
-Aged Parents.
The deceased minister's father and
both well advanced in years,
ai on r,d 75 to 80 years old,
unable to attend the services
t l0,nI 01 the funeral at Dunn.
fr:;f;'t 11 Vf' at Ramseur, Randolph
-1Jjty, and their physician refused
tj ahow tlni to make the trip on
fr"?unt i the feeble condition of
I-ir health.
Mrs. O. T. Leonard,
S1f!"r v-'ho lives m Greensboro,
tended the funeral.
Years Of Usefulness.
uil
s pastorate, which ex-
(.., " "uuiuci ui j ears. iur.
j-n served .some of the most im
.'n -nates in the state, hav-
"H'tiui the western North Caro-
v f' r''Ilce before transferring
. ( "; h Carolina conference. He
pic J'.torates in Charlotte and
er f;ru s the western part of the
"ml -rter transferring to the
fr?,'p1 c';i-'rence was pastor at sev-6-
ot (nr. iarger churcnes He went
11 r"'Hwm to Durham in 1910
vM 'll';kir cf Trinity church tor four'
V,, ' ,Il'-:ir;1 Rocky Mount for
Ki:r?- apd to Oxford three years
fif T) 'vas at 0Ce time president
v'"5!!-';rt college. He was con
;; v!l '!e of lhe strongest men in
. Aortn Carolina conference. He
or:GfV'r:"n of sunny disposition and
tViu1 'iir 1iast r,erKOns one would
A, !;l ltlkin& his own life. -. He
tf v- 01" 50 3'ears old. He joined
nestoin xortn Carolina Con-
f at Winston-Salem in 1898.
'! . v vnte Will Fill Vacancy. .
be , , V"m(lerst00d that no effort wil1
. u.Ki,; !0 fin the vacancy at Ox-
W by Mr Craven's death
-Vt'h I: ' COmin: sessitn of the
in Carolina Conference, which
Cravpr'1 - W Bern next month- Mr
j LIi s ioss is regarded as remov-
HoVIm lhe Conference . one of its
1 ministers.
"et Into the Movies.
The
i rfi nqmn.. 111 l- -
k wa tomorrow. Be in line so that;
U , 1 fc'St Tour niVtnro iTrT,,'fe r11
r stown at A I
uQishP i the Orpneum as soon as
"St I, "7 should have water
,0t4BteytS.WeekS-StopatOx-
! BIG GAME OF
PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL r
HERE TOMORROW
"me "I uie AmeriToapr.-rgsiueratlifinder, In-
rsvn nrwl rm- n: t -r. . ! . '?'
uig issuers 111 ac- !
tion At the Local Park.
Tomorrow. October 5, the second
day of the fair, there will be stagedi
on the local park grounds in South
uxrora one of the best games ever
played here. It will be a real oppor
tunity for those who never have seen
"big leaguers" in action. Oxford has
for this game some stars as follows:
Luke Stuart, St. Louis, American
League; Grub, Texas League; Lee
Gooch, Three I League; Bennett.
Virginia League; Sadler, Piedmont
League, and other good ball players
who played with our team last sea
son. Bill Holding, well known to
all, will attempt to make us bite the
dust with his Wake Forest nine,
which will include well-known ball
players such, as Ellis, Johnson, Speed,
Utley, Holding, all of whom played
last season with Oxford, and Ed
Winston, Portsmouth; Herman Wins
ton, Rocky Mount; both of the Vir
ginia League, with Bill Allen, Ral
eigh, and Soxe Barnes, Greenville,
pitching.
The game will . be called at 3
o'clock in the afternoon, general
admission wTill b 50 cents, grand
stand free to ladies.
ARE THE TEACHERS JUSTIFIED
IN PUNISHING PUPILS?
Editor The Public Ledger:
How is a school teacher
able to
keep deportment and respect in his
school unless he is allowed to punish
pupils who will not behave through
kind words? I note in your paper
that a school teacher was fired for
punishing an unruly pupil In one of
the eastern counties of our State.
There is no possible way of hand
ling a certain class of unruly boys ex
cept with the whip. The parents
cannot do it at home, where they
have only a few boys to contend with,
so what would they be able to do if
they had a few dozen? If the school
teacher who is sincere in his work
is trying to bring the best results
out of his efforts and finds that there
are certain , boys who will not obey
and instead keep the entire school in
an Uproar, L believe he is justified in
whipping these boys, and he should
be upheld by the law.
are abusive. Many parents have told i
me tnat tneir son's or daughter's
scnooi teacher has a grudge against
their child, but in virtually every
case I could see the reason for it, for
the child would not obey at home,
and the parents had absolutely no
control over it. I have two boys
who go to school, and I want them to
learn, and I do not in any way ob
ject to the teacher whipping them if
they disobey, for I do that myself.
If my boy comes home and tells me
the teacher whipped him, I make in
quiry as to what he had done, and
then I turn around and whip him
again for having annoyed the teacher
and the other pupils who were try
ing to gain an education.
The parent who objects to the
teacher whipping his son or his
daughter for insubordination, in my
mind, is deserving of condemnation
in that his own child wTill be brought
up in ignorance, and he or her is
hindering the advancement of others.
I am sure that many parents agree
with me.
Oxford, Sept. 24. PATRON.
ONE DAY TO BE GIVEN
OVER TO CHILD HEALTH
Out Of 22,000,000 Children In
United States 75 Per Cent Are
Physically Defective.
One day of children's week, Oc
tober 17 to 23, to be devoted to child
health.
Government statistics show that
out of 22,000,000 school children in
the United States, 75 per cent are
physically defective. Six million, or
one but of every four, are suffering
from under-nourishinent and 350,000
of these die every year from tio oth
er cause than poor or defective food.
It is not a case of poverty. The food
now given these 6,000,000 suffering
children costs even more than proper
food would cost.
-A knowledge of food Values and
the use of proper- food wouia save
most of the 350,000 children who die
annually and change most of the
6,000000- under-nourished and suf
fering children into strong-bodied
boys ahd girlSi capable of developing
strong minds and becoming useful
in the nation tomorrow.
TRAININGS SCHOOL FOR
' TEACHERS OPENS TERM
Greenville Institution Hats Fine Out
look For Eiilarged Activities This
Year.
Greensboro, Oct. 3. East Carolina
Teachers Training School had a full
opening last week and the most sat
isfactory in many respects of any in
the history of the school.
President Wright announced that
hereafter those who wish to train for
teaching a high school will also be
given the opportunity to do so in this
school for. by. act of the legislature,
and decision of the courts, this school
is required to prepare teaciiers vto
teach in the public schools of tne
State, and th high schools are a part
of the public school system.
MOVEMENT' OF FIELD
JTATE
(f OXFORD
'.STATE LIBRARY.
spects Koute Through GraiiviUe.
The Fifty-First Field Artillery;
marching overland from the recent
Camp Jackson to Camp Eustice, Va.,1
which was routed through Charlotte,
Winston-Salem and ' Ron nnlrp Vs. '
has abandoned the 1 route north of
Winston-Salem. , '
Capt. Gillet, pathfinder for the out
fit was in Oxford last Friday night
having inspected the National High
way from Durham to Oxford with a
view of routing the military train;'
through here.
capt. Gillett held a consultation
with Mr. Sam Wheeler,' state fore-i
man of bridges, in this district, and"
he left the 'impression with. Mr.'
Wheeler that the artillery, train;
would pass through here by the lat-f
ter part of this week. "If we. pass;
through here," said Capt. Gillett "we
will go from here to Henderson and
thence by the new South Hill Bridget
"Bridges are the weakest points in'
the State's roads, many of them be
ing declared unfit to handle traffic
that weighs 56,000 pounds per unit,'"
declared Capt. Gillett.
The chances for bringing the regi
ment by Oxford appeared excellent
to the pathfinder. Bad bridges north
of Greensboro, and again north ot
Durham may divert the train, said
Capt. Gillett.
TOBACCO SELLING PLAN
SUCCEEDS IN VIRGINIA
Co-Operative Marketing Is Proving
Its Worfli With Sun-Cured Tobac
co Farmers.
Richmond, VaM Oct. 2. That co
operative marketing by tobacco far
mers can be carried on successfully
became apparent yesterday, when it
was announced that the Virginia Sun
cured Tobacco Growers' ; association,
comprising in its membership a ma
jority of the growers in the rlich
mond belt, had sold through their
selling agents, Frank D. Williams &.
Co., of this city, one lot of 1,165,000
pounds of suncured tobacco, all pf
the 1920 crop.
The total price paid aggregated
nearly $20,000, the average price o
$16.25 per hundred which was ob
jtained being : nearly M. i&cesM
that received ' by non-association J
members who sold their tobacco in :
the old way.
Be a Man
It is the pants that makes a man.
Mr. Cherkas, the tailor, announces
elsewhere in this paper the arrival of
five hundred styles of clothing for
men and young men.
MADE STILLS IN SHADOW
OF THE WHITE HOUSE
Washington, Oct. 2. Philip Gold
blatt erstwhile "outfitter to moon
shiners," is sitting in jail facing a
charge of having manufactured and
sold stills to violators of the Volstead
law.
He is owner of a hardware store,
situated in the heart-jof the city, only
a few blocks from the internal reve
nue office and the White House and
according to. revenue officials, has
been the main source of supply for
persons desirous of purchasing stills
and other implements necessary to
manufacture "moonshine.""
INTERESTING EXERCISES AT
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Rev. S. R. Oglesby Doing a Fine
Wor.k.
Rally Day was celebrated at the
Presbyterian Sunday School on Sun
day morning with a very interesting
program. Hymns were sung by the
members, each class contributing
some entertaining feature of the ex
ercises which were presided over by
Mr. John R. Hall, Superintendent of,
the Sunday School. The ' offering
was generous and the attendance the
largest in several years. Rev. S. R. j
Oglesby is doing a wonderful work
with his church and all of its organ
izations are growing.
CONDITION OF KITCHIN IS
CAUSING GRAVE CONCERN
Washington, Oct. 2. The condi
tion of Representative Claude Kitch
in, of Jorth Carolina, former demo
cratic leader of the house, is such as
to cause his friends'grave concern, it
was learned upon Kitchln's arrival
from his home in North Carolina.
He is suffering from a paralytic con
dition. He will go to the home of Repre
sentative Teneyck at Albany, N. Y.,
for consultation with specialists.
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR FEARS
BIG INFLOW OF GERMANS SOON
Unless the German government
discourages immigration ,a flood of
Germans may follow the re-establishment
of American consular offices in
that country is the opinion of the
department of labor at Washington.
While the percentage section of the
immigration law permits more than
13,000 Germans to enter this coun
try, in the opinion of the- department
hone have come here.-in recent
months, notwithstanding that the
American commisioner at Berlin has
power to view passports.
Think About It!
Is it not a wonder that the earth
does not open up and swallow those
who slander the living and whisper
untruths about the dead?
i
THE OXFORD CHURCHES "
EULOGISE THE LIFE
OF REV. R. C. CRAVEN
Ministers and Laymen Speak Of His
; : Royalty To His Master and His
Untiring Energy To Build Up
Christ's Kingdom On Earth,
i The Baptist, Fresbyterian and
Episcopal Churches were closed Sun
day night so as to enable the congre
gations to join in a praise service at
the Methodist Church In memory of
ReyR. c. Craven, the beloved pastor
of the Methodist Church, who died
last Thursday night'. The church
was crowded to the doors and many
werturned away.
The meeting was presided over by
Rev. J. D. Harte, pastor of the Ox
ford Baptist Church. Other minis
ters present and taking part were
Dr.' Horsfield. Rev. R. S. Oglesby,
Rev. G. T. Tunstall and . lurner.
Among the large number of lay
men who spoke in praise of Mr. Cra
ven were: Mr. R. L. Brown, Judge
W. A. Devin, Dr. E. T. White, Mr. D.
G. Brummitt. Dr. F. P. Hobgood.
Mayor T. G. SQm, Prof. Credle, and
Otis Rhodes, a young man who after
leaving the Masonic orphanage, en
tered Trinity college through
the efforts of Mr. Craven.
Mr. F. W. Hancock read the
resolution adopted by the Baptist
congregation at the morning service,
and Col. H. G. Coopwr read the reso
lutions adopted by the Presbyterian
congregation, which appear below.
Resolutions Of Sympathy.
The following preamble and reso
lutions were unanimously adopted by
a rising vote of the members of the
Oxford Baptist Church and congrega
tion on Sunday morning October 2,
1921:
We, the officers and members of
the Oxford Baptist Churcn and con
gregation in conference assembled,
desire to express to the sorrowing
family of our dear brother, Ptev. R.
C. Craven, and also to the officers
and members of the Oxford Metho
dist Church of which he was the be
loved pastor our sincere and heart
felt sympathy in their great loss.
We believe that Brother Craven
was a man of splendid character, ex
cellent habits and 4)road sympathy.
HSas courteous, kind, genial and
considerate;- aHrUef riendtmt: a -most
IdyalTand enthusiastic worker in the
cause of our Master.
He was a man of strong intelli
gence, wide acquaintance and great
influence. He appreciated noble
purposes in life and derived pleasure
and inspiration from devoting his
time and ability in their promotion.
He was a warm believer in educa
tion and always lent a helping hand
in its advancement. He was a de
voted friend of young people and
spent much time among (them. The
town has lost, a splendid citizen,
whose services were of inestimable
value and who stood ready at all
WILL START MACHINERY
DIMEDIATELY TO SUPPLY
WORK FOR IDLE PERSONS
Governors and Mayors To Be CaUed
Upon To Put Plan Into Force In
Their States and Communities.
Washington, Oct. 2. Methods for
initiating the emergency measures
for relief of the nation's involuntary
idle, adopted by the National Con
ference on Unemployment t.-ere con
sidered yesterday by Secretary Hoov
er and executive officers of the con
ference. One plan under consideration was
said to contemplate a message to
the governors of states and the may
ors of all towns with a population of
25,000 or more setting forth the aim
of the conference r3d asking immed
iate steps to put the plans into im
mediate effect.
No meetings of the conference
committees are expected before next
Wednsday, , although some of these
adjourned to meet again subject to
call.
WATER SHORTAGE MAY
FORCE CLOSING OF FOUR
. COLLEGES AT RALEIGH
Only a Ten Day's Supply In the
Reservoir.
Raleigh, Oct. 3. Water short
age in Raleigh may cause the clos
ing of the four colleges here if there
is not some relief within the next ten
days.
The city's water supply - is far be
low normal and unless the drougth
is broken with copious rains soon
the supply may be cut off to State
College and the three young wo
men's institutions.
FUNERAL AND BURIAL OF
LITTLE SHOLAR POWELL
Large number of sorrowing friends
of the family attended the funeral
of little Sholar Powell, the eight
year old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. B.
Powell, at St. Stephen's Episcopal
Church Friday afternoon. The inter
ment followed at Elmwood Cemetery.
The active - pallbearers were:
Charles Fort, B.v S. Royster Jr., Wil
liam Medford, William Pace,. Lind
sey Taylor, Maurice Parham. Hon
orary: K. L. Street, W. H. Hunt, C.
H. Easton, Hal Holeman, Will Flem
ing, W. L. Currin. S. H. Prichard,
J. P. Harris, D. C. Hunt, J. E. Jack
son, R. H. Lewis, W, Landis, T. G.
Stem, E. G. Crews, M K. Pinnix, T.
G. Currin, D. H. Currin, H. G. Williams.
times to aid in everything which
J worked toward the moral uplift of
tut community.. He was esteemed
ana loved by our people regardless of
denominational lines.
Feeling that in his death e have
sustained a great loss,
Therefore, be it resolves.
First, that we extend to his wife
and children who survive him our
deepest sympathy, realizing that their
grief, because of the loss of a devoted
husband and father must be great,
being commensurate with their love
and consideration for him when liv
ing. Second, that we extend to the offi
cers and members of the church
whom he so ' faithfully and lovingly
served as pastor our sincere sympa
thy, assuring them that we have ap
preciated and enjoyed the delightful
Christian fellowship and cooperation
which was always shown us by him.
Third, that a copy of thse reso
lutions be spread upon , the records
of this church, that copies be sent
respectively to the bereaved family
and the officers of the Methodist
Church, and a copy be furnished the
Christian Advocate and Public Led
ger for publication.
F. W. HANCOCK.
D. G. BRUMMITT.
W. A. DEVIN.
Committee.
Letter of Appreciation of Service.
The following paper was adopted'
by a unanimous vote at a meeting of
the congregation of the Presbyterian
Church, held October 2nd, 1921:
To The Board of Stewards and
Members of the Methodist Church: .
Greetings:
The members of this church and
congregation, feeling deeply moved
by the sorrow which has come to our
brethren of the Methodist Church,
and not only to them but also to us,
and to the whole community, wish
to express to them, in this manner,
our heartfelt sympathy.
We want you to know the respect
and affection which we have for you
as a branch of the Church of the Liv
ing God, and our appreciation of,
the admiration for the Christian
work which was done, and the ser
vice which was rendered In our midst
by your late pastor Rev. it. C. Cra
ven. He was a man who command
ed our admiration and won our love,
a man whom we delighted to honor,
and whom we frequently called on
jTor- serteeM'vt;"Bia work
will not soon be forgottes, nor the
good which he did prove to have been
done in vain.
Though we sorrow deeply with you
today, and grope alike in. the dark
ness, yet we confidently believe that
the light will not be long in reap
pearing, and that He who doeth all
things well, will prove to us again
as He has already done so often in
the past, that all things xrtfp togeth
er for good to them that iove God,
to them that are the called according
to His purpose.
(Signed) H. G. COOPER.
For Session and Congregation.
THE THREE DAYS
GRANVILLE COUNTY FAIR
OPENED THIS MORNING
Good Exhibits, Big Mid-Way and
Music Aplenty.
Exhibitors were busy yesterday
placing exhibits at the Granville
County Fair Grounds and the mid
way was in shape before he sun
went down, which enabled the man
agement to open the fair on schedule
time at ten o'clock this morning.
A large crowd, representative of
the county, is here. The line of
march, headed by a splendid brass
band, is moving out Hillsboro street
toward the fair grounds as we go to
press. '
It is estimated that ten thousand
people will visit the fair during the
three days Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday if the weather is
favorable.
FREE . BAND CONCERT
At the Oxford Orphanage Next Fri
day Night At 8 O'clock.
There will be a free concert on the
grounds at the Oxford Orphanage by
the Raleigh Brass Band next Friday
night. . . Mr. . R. L. 'Brown extends
an invitation to the general public
to hear this concert, which is given
by the best band in the State.
LADY VIOLINIST JOINS
BAPTIST CHURCH CHOm
Mrs. Blount Bryan, a recent bride,
who is making many friends in Ox
ford, assisted the choir atthe Oxford,
Baptist Church last Sunday morning
with her violin. She is a skilled
violinist and her interpretatoin of
sacred songs was a very pleasant ad
dition to the otherwise fine church
choir.
. Engagement Announced.
Announcement has been made by
Mr. and Mrs. I. Wolf of the engage
ment of their eldest daughter, .Sarah,
to Mr. A. L. Toung of Durham. The
marriage will take place after Christ
mas and the happy young couple will
reside in Durham where Mr. Young
is a member of the firm of Young
Brothers, jewelers. The. groom to
be is a graduate of Fordham Univer
sity of New. York, and Miss Wolf was
educated in the city schools of Ox
ford. The wedding is looked for
ward to with great interest by the
friends of both families.
WATTS IS SAID TO BE
I WORKING ON NEW TAX
I PLANS FOR THE STATE
Reported That It Will Be Platform
I For Watts In Race For Governor.
w. x. cost, itaieign correspondent
of the Greensboro News, intimates
that Col. A. D. Watts, of Iredell, will
throw his hat in the ring for Gover
nor in 1924. . Mr. Bost concludes
as follows:
."On the ruins of revaluation, Re
venue Commissioner A. D. Watts
is reputed to be building a real tax
system. The colonel and his creator,
the governor, thinks so welL of the
new device that the colonel will have
it at work and ready to help him
when he offers for the elective office
in 1924. It will be his platform.
That, at least, is what the best in
formed friends of Colonel Watts Say
of him and they have been somewhat
surprised that some newspaperman
who thinks he 'could be fair to the
Iredell gentleman has not written
a good yarn about it.
"The story sounds well. Some
weeks ago when the colonel went to
Washington is was supposed that he
was taking a little time off, but he
is said to have been In New England
studying taxes. Indeed, it is said
that he came back with a perfect
blue print of his1 own plan. Nobody
doubts that he can do it if he tries.
Colonel Watts is alleged to be on his
system now and he means to have it
at work before any quadrennial elec
tion comes about.
"The visit to New Engand instead
of the weird and wild west is easily
explained. It is the west which has
been afflicted with the "damned non
sense" of suffrage, the direct - pri
mary, Australian ballot, fair, elec
tions, and workmen's compensation
acts. The Wisconsin and Michi
gan universities have been turning
out all sorts of evangels. The west
has done something in taxation, too.
But the New England states do not
live generally by agriculture. Col
onel Watts is reputed to be working
on a scheme which will take the pres
sure off agriculture, which casts
about 83 per cent of the votes in the
state, and lay it on something that
has not the voice of many voters."
PRESIDENT CAMPS ON .
BATTLEFIELDS OF CIVIL WAR
Harding Watches Field Maneuvers
Of Marine Corps Party Shares
Chow With Marine Officers, Using
Tin Dishes.
Wilderness Run, Va., Oct. 2. Pre
sident Harding watched field maneu
vers of -the East Cost expeditionary
force of the marine corps over the fa
mous Civil War battlefields of the
Wildernf ss and camped under can
vass at marine headquarters here.
Open order work by platoon and
batalion were witnessed by the Pre
sident during the afternoon and la
ter he saw a demonstration of day
and night bombing by marine and
navy aviators simulating on land a
battle between modern dreadnaughts
and the latest type of aircraft. ,
In following the maneuvers the
President plodded across cornfields
and through meadows with the first
line of the advance and inspected a
machine gun in action. The party
shared chow with the officers at their
mess, using tin dishes.
After attending religious services
in Camp Sunday morning, the Presi
dental party returned to Washington.
TO BEGIN HEARINGS ON
KUKLUXKLAN NEXT WEEK
Washington, Oct. 3. After a con
ference with attorney General Datrgh
erty, Chairman Campbell of the
House rules committee, announced
that public hearings by the commit
tee on resolutions to investigate the
activities of the Ku Klux Klan will .
be held Tuesday, October 11.
OXFORD LADY ENGAGED IN
MISSION WORK IN CHICAGO
Miss Sylvia Hurst, a member of the
West Oxford Baptist Church, who
this month enrolled as student in
The Moody Bible Institute of Chica
go, is assisting in evangelistic ser
vices which are held each week in
one of the large Chicago missions.
3IR. J. B. MEADOWS ASSIGNED
TO THE RALEIGH MARKET
Mr. J. B. Meadows, buyer for Liggett
& Myers Tobacco Company, who has
been on the sick list for two weeks,
has recovered his strength. The
company assigned him to tne Raleigh
market and he reported for duty yes
terday. Meeting Postponed. '
The regular monthly meeting of
the Woman's Club has been post
poned until October the 12th. All
members are urged to be present as
many interesting subjects will be
discussed. ' ' ,
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Rising Liberty Bond Prices.
The most notable financial fact of
the day is the recovery; In prices of
the Liberty war-loan issues. All of
them save tUe 3 1-2 's of the first loan
are now above 90 , and stllr going
strong. The gains from the low
the year hare amounted to $4 ana o
on the $100 for most issues on heavy
buying,
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