m
, "'!H''v
. v. ' j-:-
i.
ntmmr, simi-wceuy-iows mo comm orm buwast mpommru-iu bob.
,v ....... i iTrESS
OXFORD, N. C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1921
- TVioro ! croD is rnovine: although farmprs
,;315 01 (JtldU' v o "
offTMlian 500 piece's in the ex- I are not disposed to sell as rapidly as
Mtno two pie"0s being alike j heretofore, at the beginning of the
i tie exhibit was so full ar.d co;-- season. We believe this is a good
:: a part of it ier.ro. i tw jideaf for we are. thoroughly convinc
areralfar exhibit, x he handi- ed that there will be no decline in
c: some spier. am uirnieu ui prioeSt but on the other hand we be-
MDnity was very attractive, the . lieve, there will be graduar improve-
st remarkable being an all-wooi ment as the season advancts. Good
tobaccos -tobaccos of desirable char-!
acter are selling well at the present i
i- it i ... . ii
iime ana we- exptct to sew better i
,X EVKIiV PARTICULAR
,1 AH ,:,e0
$ ' county Fair opened
ifv mornins inder a clou1d
fJf , V the attendance on th(
Exhibit Sur
i
( A. AXD E.COLLEGE
pERT AT THE
ST A TF1 WTT ,T i VAfr mn-cr
TO COLLECT BALANCE
STOCK BOUGHT IN FER- .
TILIZER COMPOUND
mi mm.' hi . a ' ; i f w i
. BBARYV (X, AGE TONIGHT j PENDING COURT ORDER
Several People n Granville Hold I Under- the AuSpices Of the Raleieh ! R.ilrr4fl 'TovTZT-.,.
i " "r vases uuimuea un-
til January state Gets Cases Con-!
NO, 80
j JURORS DRAWN FOR
THE NOVEMBER TERM OF
Stock In The Concern.
I A .11 ii
r" .1 Auuuier alleged wild Mt
yiuiuuuuu company in which farm
ers of Eastern North Carolina sunk
Masons.
but tfc
small.
the
"Wednesday
s5
daV , . m- qtiH it la
::?e!da:',;,t;rPi:,M 1 500 and
I a thro
" . i,ot rvM'A fru
3te(t 11141 , tnrriRtilPS.
was also a
-oodFattendance
the last day of the
pis-
,i iliere
Tniirsday,
, . nnrr of the parade was a
fleD eV irtni:ins: voung men rid-
dement Kxnberant.
aniPTit TE-as exub-
The fair ' did showing they
ant over
the sp
The weather was
i voir.
$ ,.mvru were exception
a!a fnV which the manage-
assisiea m
The A. and E. College Brass Band !
of thirty pieces will arrive from i
xvttieign mis arternoon in automo-
their money into to find tw ctv biles-
they bought is practically worthless I This is one of the very best bands
Ti'eTX ZnT IgSn i 'UethtehState- . " CmeS tef0rd -Phate
and Fertilizer Company with I the Ealeign ma-
headquarters in Raleigh according il s and glves a free concert at the
lu icyoris rrom a specia rpppivar i -"iet t o o ciock. mi nhnrt. hPr i,At,H
hearing Monday and Tuesday in of M0r' L Br7' superintendent tants agreeing Mat the SSroS
Greenville- i eL?fag!Senls neart" in7 Companies paytexes to the counties
d en0; the miST Ut fcd TipalitieS f the state 011
mtJ0iinemu ,c ... the valuation admitted bv the rail-
xiieitj are euougn seats around the
timfed and the RaiFoads Get a
3Iotjon To Dismiss Denied Agrees'
ment Is Binding Document.
Grelnsboro, N. C. Oct. 6. Attor
neys tor the Southern railway, the
Atlantic Coast Line railroad and
the Atlantic and Yadkin railroad got
together with attorneys representing
the stkte of North Carolina in fed-
elevated platform in the grove to ac
comodate a large crowd.
FLAT RIVER ASSOCIATION
J III
tlu ti,r, entire program
rr;' ' ; ....
s:e
to
1 the an-
. .. t'- .-r ei .vtu
i'-u' , 4'.-, i n covorn
D. C. Fussell, of Raletgn, as pre
sident, and W. H. Moore was secretary-treasurer
of the concern. At
the time of organization, the com
pany was capitalized at $2,000,000
with not a penny paid in, it is
charged. Stock salesmen, according
i ii. i 1 1 1 1 ii wfj i urn nin'nn . ai.i. .i j m
V,rv icu u aTs, Annual Session To Be Held At Mt
portrayed the enterprise as i gigan- v- ,
tic fertilizer corporation which owned ' 1011 Clmrdl ext Wednesday, Oc-
phosDhate land in "FinrifW nnrf xta tofoe 12.
- v .. .a. v. I, vcuvj. 1 KJ LLXXJL '
manufacture their product at
Raleigh, Greenville- and Fairmont.
A building was constructed at Green-
paying; additional taxes, the differ
ence between the valuations the rail
roads ddmit and that set by the state
tax commission, will be fought out
later in the federal court.
ville and machinery received, Dut the'
j THE REAL ESTATE MARKET
IS ACTIVE THIS WEEK
:fd all rreviou
titular
fi.'-i
1 i:
ae tarm
jiiation.
rous a? 1; !
ctea am
Kxhibits.
and field cror
The order of business is as follows
Session Wednesday morning followed i College Street Business Property
hv intrridiirrTTr ooi-mnn Kt- xt jt Sdls For S2r.ri00.
Revnnlds. nrp-ani7stinTi. ronnrt n I A tew ot the transfprs nf
only thing paid for was the freight j periodicals by Rev. J. D. Harte; re- I real estate for the past week.
it is said. All other it Jack Hinks and v?fo m T A TT"l-
- - , , rvi. y. unuaiiac UJi J4. JL. iUUr ell- " i " "
land. i 110lt ana wire, a certain tract in Ox-
! An inducement to farmers to pur--;cre
an l chase stock was an offer, it is said.
Thev were nor. so nu-, to sell every purchaser three tons of
niwious vears. ;3Ut tney
P 5
displayed with
home economics
Pirp. I lit
1 , i.vp.,1 n.l voflodf.
nc were nt-auuuu, aa
ti-nucht and care uu u:e yait ui
,m,-i-p5 nr ire fuu uv. auu
fertilizer at below cost
In
Wednesday Afternoon.
2 to 2.15 miscellaneous; 2.15 to
J 3,00. Sunday Schools by Rev. C. A.
nvi r r
iJXlC. 1U. i TT,V,,,V, . O A A i. I A A 4 4-l 1
least one
would be entitled to at
free ton of fertilizer.
' The Public Ledger learns that
Quite a number nf farmers in flran-
much ; viue county hold stock in the con-chil-
; cern
School exhibits rellect.-a
itmion the Teachers r.nd
'of the county.
fulb:eth Coimiuinlty Exhibit.
nofnlbreth Communitv e::i.oit
, - i i
a revelation. Dr. .ueaaows uau
innsiv prated that the com- He Believes The Common
-ir would make a good snowing WiU Advance.
ca account of long drought no j
ri to ?ee such exceuem
COLONEL WEBB BELIEVES
THE PRICES WILL DIPROVE
Grades
All markets are now open and the
C. O. Mainor; 4 to .4.30, ministerial
relief, by F. W. Hancock, Jr.
Thursday Morning.
9 to 9.20, devotional exercises;
9.20 to 9.50 roll call; 9.50 to 12, mis-
ford Township, consideration $1000.
B. S. Royster, Jr., and wife and
others to Elijah Cooper, 30.87 acres
in Oxford Township, consideration
$3500. )
B. S. Royster, Jr., and wife and
others to Mat Harris, 10.50 acres
in Oxford Township near Kintons
Fork, consideration $650.
F. W. Hancock, Jr., and wife to
sions by Rev. J. B: Curnn; 12 to l. Roston Obey, 99.1 acres 'in Brass-
woman's work by Mrs. John Webb; 'field Township, consideration $3500.
i . J 4.
Diet of pretty design, tne prouueu
allvHo sheep, which was carded
spun within sight of Bowling's
lintam. mere was aiso a nume-
Scotch shawl and an Irish
nterpane that revealed much ar-
!C SKlll.
The Corn Exhibit.
tepite the lone drought, the corn
Mbit Tas far ahead of all previous
fers. This is attributed to tne worK
the splendid young men who have
lanted the '"old men" within the
few years.
General Exhibit.
Everything: that was not in the
ireth exhibit was classed as gen-
exhibit. There was a very fine
ay of native armies: the sweet
( "A" 1 J
irish potatoes were perfection,
there were the finest samples
w, hams, bacon, canned goods
woman's work.
Poultry Exhibit.
e poultry exhibit was not as
'e as in former years, but the
miscellaneous: 2.45, miscellaneous;
2.45 to 3.15, temperance, by J. T
Blackwell; 3.15 to 3.30, family wor
ship, by Dr. E. B. Meadows; 3:30 to
4, digest of church letters; 4 to
4.15, obituaries, by Rev. G. T. Tuns
tall. REPORT INDICATES
FURTHER DECLINE
IN COTTON YIELD
Government Monthly Forecast 0
Condition Slump's Off AnOther
J. P.- Floyd and wife to L. F. Per
kinson, certain lot' on New College
street, consideration $3500. "
W.- T. Currin and wife to Alma
Daniel, a certain lot or parcel of land
on the Eastside of Wilmington Ave
nue, consideration $3250.
W. W. Crews and wife to A. J. Mc
Ghee, certain lot or parcel of land in
Oxford Township, consideration
$1133. , x r
William H. Daniel and wife to S.
V. Morton, 77 acres in Walnut Grove
Township, consideration $1500.
'Kf&: Ferkinson .and - wife to F. W.
Half MUlion From Previous usti j Hancock, J'r certain lot on New
mate. ' College street, consideration $5000.
(Department Of Agriculture.) i J. Av Brinkley to N L Clement,
... A two tracts m Dutchville Township,
prices on such types as can be used. - cf cotton during September resulted j MSlflSa pi, wife to W H
Common tobaccos are low in . prices jin a reduction of 500.000 bales in LATW ThV
and will probably continue so, but j the forecast of production issued, by
we believe that there will be an ad
vance in prices on the common stuff
later in the season. The crop is
short from last year. The best we
can expect is 60 to 65 per cent of
last year's production. Farmers
will have sufficient time to handle I
rVi niA rivis? 4-r 1 ft r 1 i4 wll !
vT f e . u.xt;at -previous record.
Southern Tobacco Journal.
APPLE AND CHERRY BLOOMS
Six Weeks More Of Warm Sunshine
Would Produce the Second Crop.
The apple and, cherry blossoms on
the trees in Col. W. B. Ballou's gar
den speak well for our climate. The
;ere a fair "samnle ot what canl only difference between our climate j
i ii i f D.i'i : .. j i j j.1 i
m the poultry line in Gran
counrv.
Swine an.-l Sbpn.
'ted this rear. F!. T. .Tones &
exhibited a number nr vprv fine
The sheen exhibit was the
!a years.
School Exhibits.
31 and Str.rnll irero tq nnlv
J'S placine fvhihits thi voar
tne exhibits werp snlenrliH 1
attracted mnoh nttentinn nnH i
llJie comment
?r child's
UUU l,XXCI(. W 1. UU.111U1 uxciy lO H1W U 1,11 MJ- j JJVaSlOU
pie ana cnerry trees in uoi. uaiiou s
garden bloom, in March and Septem
ber, while in California they bloom
in February and August. California
produces two fall crops of apples and
cherries, while' we are cut short by
frost only three weeks on the first
and three weeks on the second crop.
the Department of Agriculture which
places the total crop- at 6,537,000
equivalent 500-pound bales. The
condition of the crop was reported
as being 42.2.
Below Worst Previous Record.
Today's condition report shows the
crop to be 1.2 points below the worst
. i y-v 1 11-
uver most oi uie
belt there was but little middle crop
and practically no top crop.
The swarming plague of boll wee
vils has advanced almost to the li
mits of the belt, being through the
lower third of North Carolina in
eleven counties off Tennessee and
over most of Arkansas and Oklaho
ma. Practically everywhere the
weevil is in such numbers and doing
such damage as has not been experi
enced since the period of its initial
Hunt, 101.2 acres
ship, consideration $2075
GRANVILLE SUPERIOR COURT j
xiie uuara ut commissioners Em
power Attorneys To Use Their
Best Judgment In the Suit
Brought By the Railway Against
the County. '
The County Board of Commission
ers paet last Monday, the following
members being present: J. Ennis
Davis, Chairman; C. G. Daniel, W.
L. Clark, T. G. Taylor, B. F. currin..
To Assess Damage
Mr. Fred Currin was appointed
one of a committee to assess the
damage, if any, to land of H. Dorsey
and May E. Dorsey estate; Mrs. C.
H. Landis. B. K. Lassiter (the S.
Dorsey land); W. N. Critcher land;
also Joe Peed and William Jones.
Suit Against County.
It was unanimously agreed that
the attorneys to the Boara we -given
power to act as they see fit m re
gard to the railway suit started
against the county.
Order Rescinded.
The Board rescinded the ' motion
adopted at the June 7, 1921, meet
ing, wherein they allowed Mrs. H.
A. Greenway a special allowance of
$5 per month, her husband having
been pardoned.
Tax Books Ready -
The tax books for the year 1921
were presented to the Board, taxes
having been computed and placed
upon the books in legal form. On
motion of Commissioner Clark it was
ordered that the same be turned ov
er to E. D. Hunt, sheriff in Granville
County, with the usual order to col
lect the same.
The Jur0rs.
The following jurprs were drawn
for November t erm nf YlMrT-iiu
County Superior Court:
First week G. T. Lawrence, G. F.
Clark. C. L. Bowling, R. A. Yancey
Coiey Weary, W. D. Stipson, R. h.
Isewton, j. B. Clark, C. L. Fowler,
Gaston Currin, W. E. Vaughan, W.
M M. Veasey, W. O, Cheatham, R. T.
Wallers, R. J. Gooch,' o: "J:: Tingen,
" Pearry, N. C.Brummitt, J. T.4
rucner, John S. Watkins, Sidney
May, B. M. Owen, E. M. HartJohn
W. Bullock, E. . R. '.Slaughter, J. L.
fWKMJSjmm J- Coley,-R,
Hart, J. S. Currin, D. C. Gresham,
W. H. Horton, Jonah Cozart, J. L.
Davis, A. H. Powell, Edgar Weavei
Second week J. M. Ellington, W
D. Gooch, J. T. O'Briant. Roy Ellis,
C. M. Tillotson. J. M. Clavton J m
Talley, J. W. Newton; Robert Owen! I
n. nart, j. s. Hart. D. B. Dean.
STATE LAUNCHES A
! l A m -mt
VyAltJLTillli TO WIPE .
OUT LOSS BY FIRE
Schools Clubs and Citizens Asked To
Join Hands Against Fire Demon
Raleigh, Oct. 6.-The State De
partment of Insurance has launched
the biggest offensive against the
god of carelessness, fire, ever at
tempted since this department of the
government sprang into existence.
Following up the appeal made by
Governor Morrison in his fire pre
vention day proclamation, the Insur
ance Commissioner is calling upon
all superintendents and teachers of
the public schools, the secretaries of
the Kiwanis and Rotary clubs and
mayors of the state to join hands in
properly celebrating the day.
"There's a fire chief in your, town," '
says the commissioner in his letter,
"and October 9 and 10 are fire pre
vention days.. Talk it over with the
chief. Your ideas and influence will
help. Too late after the fire."
Accompanying each letter is a car
toon depicting the first giant taking
a toll of 337 human lives and six mil
lions in property during 1920. The
commissioner says :
"Three hundred and ''thirty-seven
lives and six millions lost in prop
erty is too great a toll for one state
to. pay, and we are writing. you as
secretary of an active civic organiza
tion, -hoping that you will bring the
subject, of this letter before your
club between now and October 10,
fire prevention day.
A MEMORIAL FOR
REV. R. C. CRAVEN
f' W. Hancock, Jr. ani wife to L. ,'J.M. Newberry, B. T. Strother, Elijah
vuuuieai, r. .a. urxon, s. M. Hocka
day, A. M. Roberts.
F. Perkinson, certain lot on East
side of College street, consideration
$25,500. .
I. H. Baker, et al to W. W. Crews,
certain lot in Oxford Township, con
sideration $2000.
MANY PEOPLE HERE
REMEMBER THE KILLING
FROST FORTY YEARS AGO
FINE SPECIMEN OF
RICH CANADIAN TOBACCO
We noticed a i Mr. W. B. Hobgood, of Route 4,
garment in the - vlir. r,-- Keen -with the tnhaern inter-
y little Miss'l
fourth Grade, es3 in Canada this season, returned
of Ihome this week. He brought with,
; him a fair sample of rich yellow to
bacco which sells on the Canadian
market for 95 cents and $1.00 the
V: I P f ! O
'J Taylor of t tin
: Qress b- mn0 -Tior. mov.
Grade.
- tt. r
-rishaw's saw mill at-
cvowds as It reduced
a high class
0 !io.l) PROGRAM
Forecast By States.
The forecast of production, in equi
valent 500-pound bales, and the con
dition, of the crop on September 25,
in percentage of normal, by states
follows :
Virginia Forecast, 10,000 and
condition 53.
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
.489.000 and 54
.644,000 and 40
.722,000 and 33
. .16,000 and 50
.460,000 and 46
The Tobacco Was Late and the Most
I Of It Was Killed.
Mr. Joe Baird does not look to be
much over forty years of age, but he
remembers very distinctly the long
OOFORD TOBACCO MARKET
There Is a Slight Advance On AH
Grades Good Tobacco In De
mand. - Warehousemen and buyers inform
the Public Ledger that all grades
have advanced on the local market
during the last week. , We are ad
vised that 100,000 pounds of the bet
ter grades averaged $50 per hun
dred pounds, but that within itself
signifies that good tobacco brings a
fair price. The prooer wav to m.
port the state of the market is to
include the nrice nf tt
x- w. UU .iaiJKH.
drought of 1881 and the killing
frost that followed on the morning With 250,000 pounau sold nn th0 rw
of October 5, just 40 years ago last ford market the general averaee wn
..1 1 x A . - -
Mississippi 646,000 and 48
Louisiana .245,000 and 41
Texas 1,863,000 and 38
Arkansas ..677..000 and 53
Tennessee 217 and 62
Missouri .48,00 u and
Wednesday.
Mr. Baird said that nearly all vege
tation was' killed by the long
drought, but when the drought was
broken late in the season and the
copious showers came, the tobacco
took on new life and the farmers
were hopeful of producing a fair
crop. They had toiled all the sum
mer only to see their corn and other
vegetation burnt and isted. Every
thing gone to ruin, tne -r-only hope
was lodged in the success of the
slender tobacco stalk. A ' killing
frost came on the morning of .Octo
ber 5, and ruined the tobacco crop.
The frost was .unexpected and the
only tobacco that was saved was cut
it ion t in i . . 41 K) l x 1 1 1 1
pound.-The leaves are about .18 m- j California ...68,000 and73
n nav or iwu uicviuuo.
70 Tf is verv seldom that
a killing
v i ! "1TT111
adpj.vxa?!'!n 'Hl the State
m Hill, oh
6. At the state
ches long and sweet enough to chew
in its natural state. Many farmers
examined the samples with a jea
lous eye.
Mr. Hobgood states that the Cana
dian crop is handled cooperatively,
which has proven to be very satis
factory to the growers. :
p ' la.xation an tTnostote
B.G J1' mn be discussed by
! in! or' Jr' representa
Pa,wfn county and Hon.
n'li. Uctni venrespntat
m n.; ' lXiesimg leakers q
.Hftukv.011 be Leo-
'tnPinlv. .mess Senius who
Jo dis f0 the orld and
iaroliin ;Vi00re county, to
CUPID WAS NOT VERY
ACTIVE IN SEPTEMBER
Mr.
Tl
,rort Ti'V- lus will dis
P?J?U of
u
pment in North
the State
Or,., .
"Mill ft -
?0M "I
h a7Tthe number of let-
--'8 receivvjd rrom
InC r- i.
Lt at the conven-
should have
7 Co. oeJD at
Only Ten Couples Plighted Their
Troth During the Month.
Six whites and four colored cou
ples were the extent of cupids' ac
tivities in Granville during the past
month. Feeling somewhat alarmed
at the small number of contracting
parties,. Mr. Charles J. Powell, Gran
ville county's popular .and obliging
register of deeds, kindly referred
us to the marriage record on file in
his office, and we found that the
same number of licenses were issued
during (September 1920 and Septem
ber 10l.
According to tjie record, December
leads ih number of marriages. There
were 52 licenses issued by Mr. Pow
ell last December; 42 in November;
34 in October v and there ' were ? only
27 June brides in the county. The
total number of licenses Issued dur-l
ing 1920 was 3494
Arizona 45,000 and 81
All other states 7,000 aand 83
Fortcast of lower California's pro
duction was placed at 31,000 bales,
included in California's total, but ex
cluded from United States total. '
OXFORD TEAM DEFEATS
BILL HOLDINGS NINE
.-a 1 " A?
frost occurs in tnis section neiuie
the 18th. of October. We were
within six degrees of a killing frost
last Wednesday morning, uut there
is very little tobacco on the hill in
this section.
BOLL WEEVIL NOW
IN VANCE COUNTY
The team that Capt. Lee Gooch got
together in short order for a special
game on the local grounds Wednes
day, shut-out the Wake Forest team
by the score of 7 to 0. Some of the
boys who played good ball here dur
ing the summer were out.of practice.
The attendance was about 600.
DURHAM-CHAPEL HDLL ? ;
ROAD ABOUT COMPLETE
. . ,-; (Durham Sun)
" The erection of two concrete bridg
es is all that stands in the way of the
announcement of the completion of
the, University boulevard. This af
ternoon the , work of paving the im
portant highway was completed, the
Orange county end being the last to
be declared finished insofar as the
work of placing the paying is con
cerned. Durham's end has already
been completed and traffic is passing
oyer It.
only about $20 per hundred .-
Other markets are claiming larger
sales and better prices than prevail
on the Oxford market, but there
seems to be some doubt in the minds
of the buyers that there is any ma
terial difference in the price of the
same grades here and elsewhere.
Oxford has been and should be the
best market in the State; if not.
it is up to the buyers to get busy at
once. The following statement from
the Oxford Tobacco Board of Trade
should have weight with the tobac
co growers:
"All tobacco with color oi grades
of quality have advanced consid
erably since the opening sale. Some
sales have averaged above twenty
seven cents for the entire sale; cut
ters selling as high as seventy-five
cents, wrappers as much as one dol
lar per pound. .
"We know Oxford is living up to
her well-earned reputation, 'the
highest and best market In the Old
"Rolf
Cotton Pest Found Under Curious
Circumstances.
(Henderson Dispatch) -At
last the boll weevil, the.hated
and dreaded pest that ?has worked
such havoc this year and in previous
years to growing cotton crops
throughout the South, has made it's j
way as far north as vance county,
according to those who 'are familiar
with the insect. Its discovery here
was under rather curious circum
stances, however, having been found
in a newspaper in the Croatan club.
LARGEST BREAK OF THE
SEASON ON LOCAL MARKET
LEE GOOCH TO MANAGE
DURHAM TEAM NEXT YEAR
The Ministers and Other Good Peo
ple Of Oxford Commended.
. ' (Raleigh Times?
If permitted, we should like to
commend the action of the minis
ters and other good people of Ox
ford in gathering together for the
purpose of bearing witness to the
value of a life ended some days since
by Rev. R. C. Craven with a .bullet
through his own brain. , -
Not one inexplicable act, even at
its close, is able to destroy the worth
of a life largely, given over to the
service of others. Those who knew
Mr. Craven well speak of him as a
man , who Iped and wrought for his
fellows. Thinking so highly of him,
they are unable to give "any reason
save that of mental derangement for
his suicide. But even if they could,
it is his life and not on action that
Oxford and other communities in
which he ministered will have been.
affected by.
As for the explanation of his de-'
parture, he has already made that
to the Source of life, and it would
profit little his friends to theorize
in regard to it.
We don't believe that the world
grows more case-hardened and cal
lous as it shimmies, joy-rides and
home-brews its way onward. Some
of the iron in its blood may have
been, lost- or made more soluble,
thus reducing th6 danger of hardened
arteries but the milk of human
kindness is on the increase,
Not so long since it would have
been hard to draw the brother min
isters of a clergyman suicide to
gether for the purpose of testifying
to the dead man's usefulness. Only
recently those among and for whom
he had labored would have spent
their time sitting in judgment on a
case wholly outside of their juris
diction ; ; now they estimate that
which they knew, which they re
ceived, which has become a part of
them. -
Understanding, sympathy,' chari
ty; is virtue less virtuous because
less stern?
More Of It and Better Grades Com
ing In This Morning.
A look at the floors of the five
warehouses at 9:30 this morning,
the hours of going to press, the indi
cations point to the largest sales to
day of the season, and the quality
has improved considerably since last
Many Friends Glad He Will Be So
Close To the Old Home Town.
.. Capt. Lee Gooch, the weU known
Oxford baseball star, former manager
of the Richmond club, of the Virgin
ia League, and more recently the
home-run king of the Moline club of
the Illinois State League, will suc
ceed Frank Manush as manager of
the Durham, Piedmont League next
year. .
Many friends here are glad that
Lee will be located so near to the old
home town. v
PRICES FOR TOBACCO AT
WILSON CONTINUE GOOD
The Buyers In This Section Should
Get a Move On Them.
Wilson, Oct. 4. Prices on the Wil
son tobacco market continue to im
prove as the better grades are being
placed on the warehouse floors. Mon
day 648,876 pounds . were sold for
$223,480.29, an average of $34.44
per hundred. "
"WHAT FOOLS WE MORTALS BE"
Virginian Thinks He Has Found
Perpetual Motion.
Isom Beasley, of Cabin Creek, Va.,
a school teacher by profession be
lieves that he has at last solved the
probltm of perpetual motion. Mr.
Beasley, whose age is 72, has just
finished a reunion at Peterstown with
his two brothers. Joe and Bob Beas
ley. The inventor is the baby of the .
trio, and naturally the senior broth
ers whose ages are 97 and 94, respec
tively, are very proud of thir baoy
brother since they believe that he
has really accomplished the impos
sible for wheels to turn forever with
out a single stop.
His invention consists of weights
and he is certain that he has solved
the long sought for probl&n of per
petual motion. John Chandler, a
Peterstown carpenter is at this time!
making parts for Beasiey's invention
and the inventor feels so confident
that .he has hit it that he is prepar
ing to place his invention on a large
scale. . Joe, the senior brother, in
discussing the invention, is report
ed as saying: "That kid always was
smart, and I hope the boy fcas solved
perpetual motion and wouldn't be at
all surprised if he has."
WOMEN TO ORGANIZE A THIRD
rPOLITICAL PARTY IN AMERICA
The Alice Paul political organiza-'j
tionthe national woman's party
is getting ready to go on the war
path. Its leaders announce that it
is to be a "third party; one that will
not affiliate with either of the old ,
parties."
Miss Anita Pulizeriwill lobby be
fore , the North Carolina Legislature
for equal rights for womankind.
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