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OXFORD, N. C., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1921
NO. 88
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FROM BROOKLYN JAIL j
vTHE STATE OFFERS REWARD j. CAPT.. FILLMORE, WITH
I" si
This -Week CIimJj
v'cs Bv Pipes and' Descend ;
L;isv ood .JO r ente; mciuvw.;'
WHO nguicu i" v-t. .
office robbery two years jv
-., from the Brooklyn jail
evening, .xneu iouow-1
; taken from the New j
tf Uli CAPTURE OF THi, vl
SLAYER OF ROY AIKEN
The State Reward Of $400 and the
Pmaate iRewa1 Of $500 Makes !
Of-$900 For the1
HIS LIBERTY FLYER, WILL
3IAKE DAILY FLIGHTS HERE ;
! 3RAXyiLE COUNTY IS
j SAFELY OVER GOAL FOR
GUARANTEE MARKETING PLAN,;
a Total
Outlaw.
Retard
Mr.?N; J ; Boddie,-Mayor of Creed-!
i moor, nas arranged with this
uay
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ra:
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, i vitoners in me itayiumiu.
Y'il "at Raymond and Will
' ".i-eeiR Brooklyn, escaped
r.,ro 6 o'clock last night; af--
... hd evaded the guards,
,lunr way to the roof by
isr five stories of iron, pipes
the cell diock, aiiu suums
mpo lassoed to a twenty-foot
r line dividing the ,jail . from
GuHMi Park. at, : the ..rear...
f the fugitives jonn iviur-
Michigan Shorty," ana
Pates, alias .,"uainprma
o to be returned to .the Fed
orities in Oxford, N. C,
vz, to face trial jn charge
blown a safe m the- Post
.-in about tw
in loot. ' Another
-A lives was WiiMam Mal
Torious character of Long
I'v. awaiting trial on three
Large" Crowds-: Visit the Aviation!
Field Two Miles North Of Oxford j
On the National Highway Daily
Fl'its From 3:30 O'clock To
Dark,
Capt. W. H. Fillmore, with Lis
U V-A V. J X, J UUM (jVAv V LVU XU1 Hi"
for the issuance of a revariof $400 i n.;fi n " . ta;
; . for the capture of Wiley Perry, the.!- .
negro :wiio killed Roy Aiken at J1!sni a'v lW0 mnes nonn ot uxr;?a
Cree'dmoor last Sunday morning. A sp-'i1! ..hehere ten days or 'uto
private reward of SKno'hne hOCn ' weeVn longer'.1 ? 7 '
f w u v v. WA. I
fered, which, with the State's reward ! , CarA., Filtmorq , Is, identified with
of $400, brings the total up to $900
Reward To Be Enlarged.
; ' The. County. Board of Commis
sioners will meet in regular session
next Monday. 9 is not known
whether they will offer c -reward
.cr;not, but there is some alk in Ox
ford " of -increasinc: the reward of
State Zags, But Expects To Go Over !
;; . . B:':Ffe Of Yea.. ' '' I
- With the c1ol9 of fhe "pgn-up j
month" two weeks ago, vobacco ;
grovrers in Granville county pledged
a sufficient tonage, of ; the county's
crop in 1922 to the cooperative mar
kefsystem, the" .agreement' holding
o"n f 6r five years, according to Mr.
P. W. Knott, wTho is one of tjie or
anizers and1 leaders in movement
here.
7. Granville county Is and for some
time has" been safely beyond the fif-
! TO BEGIN LAYING HARD . FOURTH ,RED CROSS
! QTTDTTl'l AV mi ill - "mT-vr TT ' "
Dtivraw-iiiBfliiiiujiuj i KOLL CALL LAUNCHED
HIGHWAY IN FEW DAYS j IX OXORD YESTERDAY
The Five-Mile Project : orth Of. Ox- j Miss Mary Malcolmls Here Looking
. ' ford Will Be Pushed,; After the Work.
- The State Highway Commission j Miss Mary Malcolm, Field director
announce that the. 'contract to build i of the American Red' Cross, began
five miles of the , National Highway j preliminary work yesterday looking
north of Oxford will be let next ! . , x, 0 x. . .
Luwara me penecung oi tne itea
"i StP.nH.nrdr Oil Comnamr: ma while lo-'ity per cent mark which is required
. PftP.r TlPrP Will cqHor QTro-rticifn r vof the three States of North ' and
matter 'over :the county for the, local
warehouses and stores. . While here
he will take up passengers from the
aviation .field each afternoon from
.3 ;30 o'clock until dari-
Capt. Fillmore's machine is two
i years old; it has flown 250.000
$900, offered jointly by the State
aim yie citizens m and around Cred-1 miie n nine stater,: it has- worn out
moor, to $1,200. four motors, the fifth motor having
The Hunt Is Going On. ' f been installed last week. ' One is
The last that was seen of the out- j impressed with the lightness of con
law negrc was at the cabin in the i struetion of the T.ihprtv vur fh
rears ago, , foothills of Bpwimg, Mountain ".early hteh speed attained and the absence
Monday- morning, when he- broke j cf virbrationof CanL Fillmore's ma-
a.d ran to the mountains.
are several vacant
mountaians, (built
sliacKs
by moonshiners
Xiiere.i cnine
in the ! CaDt. Fillmore is
a naMve of Cal
Cooperative nlan is to- be nut into ef-l
feet. The, State of Virginia is like
wise over its quota, it is said, but
North Carolina is still' a little shy.
There will be- no let-upr however, it
is aid, in the campaign to reach the
goal Jn this State, and leaders are
confident that tM amouit r.will be
reached by the' first of January, by
which date the mark set . must be
realized if the plan is to be operative
in 1922.". . 0 '
North Carolina's crop of ,1919,
uDoh ' which the campaign 4$ being
based, was approximately 400,000,-1
:;C.m
he
charging him .vim as- for temporary use, and it is thought
I robbery. He was acquit-; that the desperado spent' Monday
, o murder charges m Brook-j night in. one o(f the ahandoned
ral months ago, arrei ne naa, shaks. ,' During. Monday night some.
ihn nrinn n Trenton, i nnn K,.ir' v, i rj
'sman in the niountains while he 'was i the aerial mail service
iut j.apsenv Duiu a ' tire and cooked his
, . supper. The intruder was supposed
De" to have" been the murderer cf Roy
b-'j Aiken.
cnneiaer, large number of people searched
re m::cmg when ; the m0URtain Monday, Tuesday and
to '.-,--.nt
ifornia; during the world war he was ('000 pounds, or possible a little more
2 10 20, vrnert
teen-vear lerm
murder
Oil
Ml
five
was
t tcmnted
-r.e of the
have been engineered
vior
n lo w
hr''n in .nt. Both
! Wednesdnv. Thp searfli Tn that spe-
Ci'ar.ff erred J -Hn-n wn" "rrh rf irnllv 'aKn'ttrt'rttipd' "r-fe's-
'Tho
-inyv
"1 V-een recently
-pr'B island, vvnere ,r.9 eie i terday, but the citizens on the out-
mdeterminea termi;' as aan- skirts nf r,, mountain ha.vp. loaded
dnii: addicts. ; their euns and are readv to receive
had been assigned ; him sncuid ne emerge from the
I brush and bramble.
I Description Of Murderer. (
n the interior of the tour
block in the interior of the pri-
: ! nad constructed a network i
i'c:.a:el .ling and ladders leading, to j Many who have seen the murderer, i Bddlv " Rickenbllcker;
the cell blocii, .which pre-i vvuey iferrv, stares tnat ne is about j ,-,.: -r.-n npP whn
veiled
the
mar
ds .from ' detecting j 30 years of age,
feet tall a
Pd
flying instructor at Ellington Field,
Texas, with thirty instructors under
him when the armistice was signed.
'."'"Was In; 1 Aerial Mail Senice.
uapt.. Fillmore, was instructor m
at Washing
ton and. flew the ma,I trom New
York to Washington ana from New
York to Cleveland several months.
He knows his machine like a book,
and states , that , thre is absolutey no
danger if the engine should stop. at
an altitude of 150 feet, which en
lures plenty cf time' to volplane
down.
AskeS as to what was his fastest
flying record, Capt. Fillmore stated
that he flew from New York City
to Wahington', a distance of 150
miles, in one hour. '
C.rJ. Fillmore is a close friend of
the great
captured 28 Ger-
tbnn'thff. It will be seen, mere
fore that at least 200,000 pounds
and a little more to be cn the safe
ride, muk be pledged to the coopera
five system if the 1 State, is to join
in the movenient.'. " Seyerai million
pounds more must he signed .yet to
attain that figure. - . . ',.; .
f HRYSANTHEMU3I ' SHOW, " '
NOW IN PROGRESS,
IS A GRAND SUCCESS
Tuesday ?.nd that work .will, be
immediately on the project.-
" ' ' '"Rcluction.' In "GostfiS
' Radical cuts in the cost of hard
surfaced roads offered in the bids of
the . Union Paving Company, of Phil
adelphia, on cbntracts let last week
have caused consternation, among
contractors, and further price cut
ting is looked for. The Philadel-
in sight last week,. bidding $2b,4,000
under the next low bidder, on work
that "totaled somewhat more than
$900,000. -
" The" entry' of this hew contracting
company into the North Carolina
field came as a surprise to ' North
Carolina contractors, and Its cut in
the cost of roads to less than $26,000
per mile when roads of the same type
were costing just double that less
than a year ago, has oeen somewhat
astonishing to contractors ana grati
fying to the Highway Commission.
Road Program Well Underway.
Few things' that North Carolina
lias ever attempted on behalf of its
citizenship have ever been gotten
going -with, a little fuss as the road
building program on which the State had just b
Cross organization ttkOxfo-d fcr
the Fourth Roll Call, Vhich begins
November 11.
"We are finding the people of the
South keenly alive to the imperative
necessity for, not only the canying
on of the present peace program of
the Red Cross, but for its exten
sion," said Miss Malcolm, "and on
that account ;we are looking forward .
to a generous and enthusiastic re
sponse when the roll is called for
those who stand for, the progress of
humanity.
"Many people however, still do
not know just what our pence pro
"gram is. The Red Cross is chartered
as an organization to meet the emer
gency of great national cataclysms
or local disasters and with the United
States at peace vwith the world, it is
difficult for some to see -just how
vitally important is the work we are
doinc,
"The fact is that the Red Cross's
biggest work was outlined for it af
ter the armistice was signed and the
last gun. fired on November 11, thiee
years ago. The war had ended, but
is now' engaged.
on the size of the job, there
j a . , CI
Alia II UiltJ IfcLlC.LO "r,,,.n fn 4 : ,
never1 j ALaiiut; tue worK vre are
"ms I" our aisaoied soldiers, in
Has been anything of sucli moment ,o19r'c.' " '
..ittciu-yicu um, wui mcvw'- icoys m hospitals under
in?
rives as they ran roross the.jweigns i:uu pounds; ne nas a scar oniRickert
'JlL LVP 'Ji Lilt! .liili IU LUC l xu., uui, v- io ViuMu l" I P'gjjoji
:re thev slid 'to safety." other eye is 'cocked." rney do say , nriT1(r
rahes. He and N his " friend
ucker spent sonie time, to
on tne California coast last
XT J . 11 T 1 . 1 ? 1 ' 1 A TTT 1
mat an negroes leva aiuve, dui vv uey ftprprinw r.pnflpmon
OXFORD HIfiHS:tH0OIr-f ; ' ' -vf Pefris 'different-ian'd that it will be j . Capt Fillmore is a very intef'est
CO?IPKTING'FOR HONORS j an' eiay.- matter, to .identify- himV; ' irg Vr tleman He predicted that
P-nf r c c1eand'B'ill LiTn -I7 a v i transportation iby air will be cheap-
PiOi. C. G. Ueale and Jiiil. iivv.n a radius of 100 miles of Oxford have . fe nrA Je aL
0i rne W-ign ocnoi iej.m . a rieserintion of the murderer, and it;i, .
x-- . - 7' -- - Liiciii r;v ctcu 1IUW ii.llUW il mtuiis Ui.
.7 !
lis believed that he will be captured
makers
Teams of
now known means
transrort.at.ion.: '
before the end of, the present week. i with tne wonderful ..composure
A Wild Story. j possessed by Capt. Fillmore , even a
It was rumored around the county ! child would not be afraid to take the
that the murderer, Wiley Perry, was lair with him. The aviation field' is
killed at the foot of- Bowling moun-j situated just north of Oxford on the
tain last Sunday night and f that his j National Highway. He will take up
li'W'n, irii nCrd I P'-116648 Creek- There is ab-j each. Any person weighing not
ha nneamHaVTng tied tMS? ! soluteiy.hb1fpundation;to the story. , more than 225 pounds s can make. the
T.,l. tt- n , n I "'1"
' miii fccncoi u to u won irom .
r.npr:--'fl the Conference of . faculty
of high school football
Eastern N. C. which met
h'; ihe Yarborough house in Raleigh
cn Tuesday night, m arranging for'
the championship series oxford, has
it? first game with the , ' Raleigh
Hicrl: on Friday, Nov. 4. The win-
10 t'i.
Of vv
1TT
-ill.
tenti
f if
Id 7 t0 0 and lost to Dur-! DR. FRANK C. PROW DE-
7 to 0, won from Henderson 33 LIVERS TWO LECTURES HERE
Coach Livengood is confident m , "
nnirg honors in these games. The ShaKespeare Club afforded two
i rare literary treats to the people of
HAYS URGES NUMBERING .; Oxford on Tuesday wiien under its)
OF HOUSES IN OXFORD ! auspices Dr. Frank C. Brown of j
, LTrinitv College, Durham . delivered i
sks Coope- i two lectures, assisted with musical
selections by Mrs Warner, and Mrs.
'Cunningham of Durham.. The home
of Mrs. H. G. Cooper vas thrown
onen for the afternoon lecture. The
JT - -s,
Get.a Fine Binnei- and Supper There
Today.
The Chrysanthemum Show, which
has become an annual event in the
life of Oxford and the climax of the
work of the Woman's Club, is now in
progress, -at the . Armory, "Every, de
partment of the Show is a grand suc
cess. -The dining room is receiving
liberal patronage, having served the
largest number on i?c.cord during
Thursday. The $1.00 turkey din
ner is very popular and every one is
enjoying the bountiful serving giv
en, so, elegantly, prepared as only
the housekeepers of Oxford can pre
pare them. The fancy work cn ex
hibit is more numerous and above
the standard ' usually . exhibited.
Many ideas of needlework' can., be ob
tained ; by examining this . exquisite
work. '.
The ' flowers which are always
government
care. In 1920 that number had in
creased to 17,500 and in 1921 to
26,300. The coming year will doubt
less find the number increased in the
same or a greater ratio.
"The Red Cross j spending $10,
000,000 a year to help the ex-service
man and his family. This money
is used in setting machinery in mo
tion to get him the compensation,
A quiet, but pretty marriage was j or the hospital treatment, or the
solemnized Wednesday " morning, j educational opportunities that are
Nov. 2nd, at ten o'clock at the beau- j rignuuny nis and which the govern-
so wen umieu.
Unquestionably the lowered cost
of building roads is operating to in
crease the confidence of the folks,
most of whom now are able to see
that there is to be a system cf high
ways serving the whole State.
MISS SALLIE DEAN ' ;
BRIDE OF MR. J. T. COZART, JR.
tiful country home of Mr. and Mrs.
John F. Dean, when their - daughter
Sallie became the bride of Mr. James
T. Cozart, Jr., just before . the cere
niony, Miss Cornelle Cain, of Oxford
College played a few appropriate
selections. As the strains cf Lohen
grin's .wedding; march were heard,
the bride and groom slowly descend
ed the stairs where they marched to
the improvised altar of . ferns and
autumn leaves, where Rev. C A. Up
church, pastor of the bride, per-
lovely, are this year handsomer than formed the ceremony before a few
usual. ' Mr. Hibbard, the florist from ! friends and. relatives.
. The, bride wore a handsome pnnt
zess isuit- of brown with accessories
to fnatch, and carried yellow yhrysan-
NEW HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING
WILL BE DEDICATED ON
THE EVENING OF NOV. 11
".ii re
lice
then
111! :n
En f
i!;e
Department
lafion Of Citizens In Move.
Following the efforts' of the-city
?evral days ago to call, at
to city residents to the gov-
campaign to have all hous- guests were welcomed byr Mesdames I
ress ana residental, m the ! b. K. Lassiter, J. B. Booth, M. De
timbered for the convenience ; La, Croix, H. M. Shaw, RH. Lewis,
; delivery cf mail, the post of- T Miss Susan Graham. Mrs A. H.
send a letter to persons ; pnwPn ffra.ftefiiHv introduced ,Dr.
Brown whose subject was The
Higher Comedies of' Shakespeare."
In forceful language and interesting
manner the "Speaker depicted the
beauties, the charms , of optimistic
youth, com'ic effects," hope eternal,
sunshine's delight, youthful buoy-
.s
vr.A
TO
by
have their houses properly
the- f
... , aIt;y ai tJitilia diiU VIOl'
vn board to coperate with the j shakesneare's two higr
olhce pedple in having this As You Like It,"a:
TO
wd. This is in keping with
i'ort that is beihg made by the
ice Department throughout
u:itry under the direction of
aaster-General Will H. Hays.
ster General Hays will ask j ancv dreams and visions shown in
nest oomeaies,
and "Twelfth
zed in the city. Some sys-1 v)crllt " At the conclusion of his
J". expected to be -yorked , out address, a rare 'liteary feast, Mrs.
-HI provide for the numbering "Warner accompanied by Mrs. Cun-'-J-y
house in. Oxford- : ! nlnham deliehted the audience with
twn fa ii It less! v, and grandly, executed
I tt n-raan-amn'fi Trpp arid
A JUOVei aiiu ma xjaoo. " x
social -hour was spent,; tea:! and sand-
. .wiche" being served oy ine uuu.
!.! J fn the. evenine Dr." Brown-delight-1
pp.EAD of Diphtheria
THROUGHOUT - THE
Dr. E. C. Brooks, State Superinten
dent Of Education Will Speak
Bible and Flag Will Be Presented
To School.
The Board of Trustees of the Ox
ford Schools is planning extensive
programs for the celebration of Ar
mistice Day. Dr. E. C. Brooks State
Superintendent of Education will
speak in Oxford on Nov. 11 at 8 in
the evening when the new High
School building will be dedicated.
In the afternoon the Junior Order
of American Mechanics will have ex
ercises presenting a Bible and Flag
to the school. The Grammar Grades i
will celebrate Armistice Day on
Thursday with appropriate exercises.
Durham who kindly acts .as judge
each year stated that .In judging the
blossoms Thursday he found ' that
they were . handsoiiier, larger and
above the standard reached last-year
by the growers. He also, stated
that they are larger than any (he has
among his thousands in his shop and
that they compare favorably with
the flowers exhibited at the St: Louis
Expedition. These prize, flowers
will be cn sale Friday night. Several
new varieties were exhibited but
space forbids mentioning any special
exhibit when all deserve mention.
The list cf premium winners in all
rlepartments will ';be published in
Tuesday's Public Ledger. :
THE NEW DEMOCRATIC 'CHAIR
MAN IS A C03IPROMISE MOVE
ment is glad to give if the man can
be located and his claim proven.
The money is spent to see that his
home fires are kpt burning while he
is being rebuilt in a hospital. It is
spent to see. that he has an oddoi-
tunity to utilize his new usefulness
wnen ne is made anew. It is the
big, big work of the Red Cross and
no one can realize its vastness until
the knowledge comes of the fact that
the Red Cross is a great humanizing
agency that is struggling to give this
man who served us in time of stress
an equal chance with his fellows in
times of peace."
New
themums.
: . ' After the ceremony the happy
couple, motored to Richmond, where
they took the tram for northern
cities. '
INDICATED TOBACCO CROP
OF THE UNITED STATES
A BID THAT DID NOT
TEMPT" O. MAX GARDNER
Mr.' O. Max Gardner generally
known to be one of the largest and
most progressive farmers of Cleve
land County, seems to have been
persuaded into selling off some of
his holdings, and he put one tract of
337 acres at the service of an auc
tioneering firm. He made sure,
however to bargain that he would
U. S.
SHIPPING BOARD IS
COMING INTO ITS OWN
ye:
mine
drr;i..
floor
tor ;
tter from the - State B6ard of
'';:' tells -me that there will very,
'''-y be more deaths in the Stato
."'ar from diphtheria fthan last
! v, i:-h to inform, the people . of
l'::vi-le County that the "number
A
ce:
trom diphtheria is deter
- by (1) how extensively toxin-
-is administered to.chil-J
ove six months , C2)f.hpw.
the mothers call the doctor af
ymptoms of croup and -sore
t develop; and (3) if diptheria
xin is used -in Jtreatmeit.; ; ' t
' your quarantine "officer Jl hope'
'!'i have no deaths froih -this
during Novemher and De?
J. A, MORRIS;
Quarantine Officer.
HUBKUT POTEAT WILL
BE HERE NOVEMBER 10
Di
es!
Hubert : Potent, of Wake For-
Collese will hp Tipro Thnrsrlnv
;(:ftJn??. November " lOthJ at' f8
ciock. under, the. auspicjes. .of .. the
Cbib" epartment of .the Voman?s
Thlner!3 wiu be no admission fee.
Jublic""ls cordially invited.' ' -
"-Jour battery should hare water
about.
evory two weeks. Stop at Ox-
Washington, Nov. 3. The United
States Shipping Board has gone into
the junk business on a tremendous
scale in an effort to dispose olS
000;00 worth of surplus materials
and supplies on hand aitcr building
fleet. Within a few uayb advertise
ments will appear offering every
thing for sale, from "sliglJy used"
steam locomotives to drugs and to-,
bacco.
ed a large audience an uifc' vxiau
Schopl Auditorium, .his subject be
ing "Folklore of ' North1 Carolina
He was introduced byiCoL. s vH. G.
, T)r. -Brown in a , most . en
lightening , and; entertaining , talk of
the wonderful FoiKiore or r ui
Learning of ''our 'najtibh state and
put 'foHh a mighty Plea- f6r'th pre
servation by every one of Uhis price
less" treasure.. :Mrs. Warner again
pleased the audience with a number
of 'beautiful trallads and songs, so
attractively i rendered. Dr. Brown
and 'Mesdames ;Warner and Cunning
ham' will always receive a most eor
dial welcome to Oxford.
WATCH YOUR POCKETBOOK
Wake County Farmer Held ' Upland
, . Bobbed 0 S25. 4 . ;
Raleigh, Nov. 3. Held up at the
point: of "a pistol.' byv three negroes
J. Barham, a well-known farmer
of the Rolesville; s'ectioa of Wak.e
county, was robbed off. $225 at the
Neuse River bridge while lie was go
ing home from RaleigiL.where h&ha4
sold a load of tobacco. Although
the police received a fairly good de
RPrintion of the negroes, no trace of
RU3IOR THAT BAILEY MAY RUN
He Is Now Associated Aith His
! ' , Father-In-Law
1 Mr. J. Bailey this week from his
office as collector of internal reve
nue. The Wilson Times says:
"Rumor has it that Mr. Bailey will
mnfor "governor at the -next guber.
nator.al election. However, these
ru iofa ! have' had ho confirmation.
Mi. I iley goes at once into he prac-
icS o lawith' his father-in;law'
JameVH. Pou and- ;his brother-in-law,
u mes H. Pou;? Jr.'V - : r "'
. '.y- iigright :- Jewels. ,
The "Bright -Jetvels'V'WiU i bave
charge , of ' the ' Sunday evening ser
vices atthe Methodist Church, next
unday'tie"'exercrses ' will" s begin
at ,7 :30 and everybody Is .cordially
invitW to' attend: v The offering tak-
en will be used in the jChildren's Mis
sionary work. . ' "
J' '-'i : '!!.' ..' 1 -' i . . y r ; J -
Engagement Announced.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Caleb Hah
jcis,,a.nnoun;e Jthe engagement of their
daiis'hter' Arefania La Vera. ta Wf.
Mr. Hugh D. .Baker, Jr.;18?0'.' ''hlls
Mount. N. C. The wedding to take' y of silrer valued at $601,801,98&-i
Chairman Is Friend Of Former
Treasury. Secretary.
Washington,Nov. 2. The . selec
tion of former ' Representative Cor
dell Hull, of Tennessee for chair
man of the Democratic National com
mittee to succeed George II., White
is considered a compromise move
between the McAdob and Cox 'f orces
which have been-' warring with each
other for months.
Mr. -Hull is a devoted friend of
Mr. McAdoo but "never exerted' him
self for him at .the San Francisco
convention. He is considered a safe,
sane; conservative, leader. The most
serious objection , to :: him. is that he
comes from -a southern state but it
is believed that he will ,bring about
harmony in tlie party and prevent a
bitter fractional fights '
.
ottr TVfR. CHARLES OSBORN
IS NOT MARRIED 3IAN
But There Was a Mrs. Charles Os-
born In Oxford This Week.
, i On day this week. a. handsome el
derly lady, enroute to Florida from
Netf- England, drove- np to the Ex
chahg'e' Hotel in a 'big touring-car
and registered- as- "Mrs- Charles Os-
born;'' -.y.-.v .i.....
Seme of the boys about town
looked up Mr. Osborn andUold'him
that a lady had registered at" the; ho
tel by his name. Charles Most ho
time in calling on, the. lady." ' 4 He
found her to be about 50 -years -old
dignified and pleasant.-. After .dis
cussing their ancestors they - agreed
that the two families-are related..
GOLD OUTPUT LOWER
The 1920 Product Was Valued At
' 1 $51,186,900.,
Gold production in the United
States in the' calendar year 1920 fell
pff by 9 ,14 6 00,. as compared, witb,
1919, according to' the' Director of
the Mint,? Baymond, T; ;BaKer. i - T:
In 1920 he country produced 2.-
'4'7fi.l66' Ounces' of 'gold, valued at
The Department of Agriculture
states that the indications for the to-
KrmAi -mvVv rr rtnfnVior 1 wore. QQ1 ' -
Rfii nnn Lr, .that this is an n.ot .confirm the sale unless the price
r.V'V" "7" r mato nf sprr,.;0. suited him. , The farm
ili(Jl'CClDC UVC1 HIV "J. ' Xr
ber 1 of 43,240,000 pounds.
The December, 1920, estimate
was for a crop of 1,508,064,000
pounds, while the five year average
from 1915 through 1919 was for a
crop of 1,271,717,000 pounds. The
acreage this year was 1,338,000
acre, which is 70.6 per cent of the
1920 acreage.
place in December.
4The Second Coming Of Christ."
Editor Public Ledger:
It is a deplorable thing, that after
the wonderful preaching in the
Tabernacle meetings in Oxford this
summer, in which the simple gospel
of Jesus Christ was held up as the
only remedy for a lost world, here
comes one from "Pastor Russell" to
teach that terrible and pernicious
doctrine.
This is truly a fulfillment of
prophecy 2 Tim. 4:3, "For the time
will come when they will not endure
sound doctrine, but after, their own
lust shall they heap to; themselves
teachers having itching "ears." The
Devil surely is a lurking deceiver and
he laughs at putting in 'just enough
truth as to The Second Coming of
rhrist The Millennium. , etc.; . that
will catch many earnest,
brought $39,800 at public auction
and as that) appeaped the best pros
pect for the day., Mr. Gardner
called off : the sale. ' The incident
goes to show the increasing valua
tion of farming lands in this State.
Time was not so long ago when an
offer of nearly $40,000 for this farm.,
would have been taken up quick as"
a flash by the owner and the Cleve
land Star would have been advertis
ing the fact, to the world that Cleve
land County boasted of a Rockefeller.
MR. THOMAS FRAZLER SPENDS
DAY ON OXFORD MARKET
Mr. Thomas Frazier, of Surl,' Person
county, was on the market last Tues
day. T Speaking of the day on the
market' Mr. Frazier says:
"They , begam selling at the John
son at 9:30 and when they got
through at that house they went to
the Mangum warehouse and they
finished selling at the Mangum ware
house at 5 minutes before one o'clock
and then the buyers' stopped for
dinner; begin selling at the: Banner
warehouse at two p wock and when
seeking they finished there they came to the
souls ino a trap of condemnation.
- HATTIE HARRIS PERKINS.
ARMISTICE -DAY WILL BE
MADE NATIONAL HOLIDAY
IN HONOR UNKNOWN HERO
Washington, Nov. iZ'h-Armistice
Dav November 11 will, be declared
t a nationa) holiday in; honor of Ameri
ca's unknown soiaier to De Duneu
that day in ; Arlington.
iCpngressional action on a resolu
tion requesting the President and
all state governors to proclaim the
day a holiday was complete today
through adoption by the Senate. Is
suance of the proclamation by Mr
Harding is expected within a few
'days r- ::A ?K ' : '
New York Herald.
GEORGETOWN TO CONFER
DEGREE ON JWARSHAL FOCH
.JWashingtpn. .Nov. ; 3. Marshal
Focn bn nis retufh to Washington for
the ArmisticeDay. ceremonies will
receive . from Georgetown -University
UheCAonbrary degree bi-doctor, pi
Canon and civil laws.
(Farmers and when .they wound up
selling at the Farmers it was 10 min
utes cf 5. The Granville warehouse
had no sale "Tuesday owning to the
fact that night overtook them at
the Farmers; ' t saw '-right much
good tobacco sell ih the fifties and
sixties and every' house sold tobacco
up in the seventies. Seventy-seven
was the. highest I saw sell. I saw
first class mahogany fillers sell for
31, 49,' 58, and old common brown
tobacco was a big aavahc- in the
price of that kind. In the face of a
glut, prices remained high all day
long. on good, desirable tobaccos."
PRESIDENT HARDING CELE
BRATES HIS 56TH BIRTHDAY
Washington, Nov. 2. Prtesident
Harding celebrated his 56th birth
day today quietly at the White House
no special program having been ar
ranged for the occasion. Scores of
congratulatory letters and telegrams
were received during the day from
friends; thrftughoutUhis country, and
many from abroad; ,
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