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VOL. XXXVI
'"WMO WILEY PERRY.
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OXFORD, N. C, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1921
NO. 89
CLEAN-UP WEEK
IS STILL AT LARGE
t That He Is In the
,w Afmititnins West Of Ox-
i'oi
flump
i
Thrro are
in--
all kinds of rumors !
.1 n
-m. Povrv trip muraerer oi t
I I I 1 V I I
: ' ,;ken at Creedmoor ten days
'V . loot epFTi at a cabin in
who
a.i-'O.
the
f -'Mils of Howling mountain
i.vht following the murder.
PR l'" . i ri. 4.1,
. lrmA nimn ffro In thp
of mountains rrom Stem to
ril'iMVinp, a distance of 30 miles is
Tou-nt to have been the camping
cv Cf the murderer, especially
Sen (he spot is litterea with chick
(,n feathers and bone.
It iS a fact, but not generally
i-nmvn that one can enter tie woods
,-ear Stem and keep under cover of j
tho forest a distance of forty miles,
10 a
The week beginning Novem
ber 14th has been set apart as
Clean-Up Week for the Town of
Oxford. The ihearaty cooperat
tion of every citizen is desired.
Let us begin to get ready .for
this event. More definite in
stmctior.s will be issued later.
This wok will be dene under
the supervision, of the Civic De
partment of the Woman's Club.
This the 7th day of Novem
ber, 1021.
T. G. STEM,
Mayor of Oxford.
SEVENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF j CONTRACTORS LOOKING OVER
THE GRANVILLE CROP WILL j NATIONAL HIGHWAY PRO
BE SOLD BY CHRIST3IAS! JECT NORTH OF OXFORD
PROCLAMATION
HENDERSON LODGE PLEDGES .
The Average For 2,500,000 pounds ; Contract For the Five Miles Will Be '
ml 1 L Ic
CAPT. FILLMORE AND HIS
FLYING MACHINE IS
A POPULAR FEATURE HERE
Sold To Date
I $27.96 Per Hundred.
j The 700,000 pounds of tobacco
sold on the Oxford market last week
i brought the total sales of the season
: up to "2,500,000, the average, for ail
Isold being $27.96.
: The breaks last week were the
I largest of the season, each day's sale
I running over 100.000 pounds. All
five of the warehouses and the buy
ers scored a good week's work and
they were ready to rest when the last
'pile was sold late jmaay evening
Awarded Today.
A number of keen-eyed men last;
week, with note book and pencil in i
hand examined eyery inch of land
and every marker on the National
Highway North of Oxford for a dis
tance of five miles, so as to be in a
position to bid on the hard surface
work which will be awarded by the
State Road Commission today.
Nearly all the men here last week
are agents for northern contractors,
and you can wager that nothing es-
leaped their attention
The Birdman and Mr. F. E. Young
Prices on medium and good grades We heard one fellow bemoaning
show a stiffening tendency and are
i x il. VirvVaof ncol: r f til O 5Pfl -
IlOW ill LUt UlglAGOi. ttssu.ii. vj. v
I; i?
point near South Boston, Va.
generally believed that Perry,
.;,o murderer, is somewhere in the
ran-'1 of mountains that cross the
wt'ekrn part of Granville county.
Lari:e crowds scour the mountains
daily in hopes of capturing him and
netting- the reward of $900.
Bomb the Surrounding Towns
Next Saturday is To Be Air Day
In Oxford.
Hundreds 'of- people from town
and county have witnessed Capt. i
Fillmore and his Liberty Flyer from j farmers are
son so far. The warehouse averages
run from $30 to $35, including the
$1 and $2 grades which are always
in evidence.
It is a misnomer to say that the
Dieaseu. wii-jj.
the fact that it would cost quite a
sum of money, to haul water for the
project,, while another fellow fig
ured on putting in a railway siding
two miles long. How tar they will
he compelled to haul material
seemed to be the 'burden of their
highly
MAN' STATIONED AT
SOUTH HILL TO DIRECT
TOUIilSTS OVER NEW BRIDGE
the aviation field, two miles north of ! prices. They do appreciate tne,
Oxford, for the past few days and , tendency of the buyers to bid liberal-
many have availed themselves of the ly for good tobacco, and they do not
opportunity to mount on the wings j a f tne l w prIces of ini
of the wind and soar above the sur- i r . M jq T10 v, pvnvpss'
rounding country, for after watch- 'enor grades. Tn.e f'fw
ing the ease and grace with which ! regrets that there is net at least ten
this birdsman handles his ship, one j or twelve million pounds or good to-
crmnnt hnt fppl nprfpnt.lv safp in take , hnppn in fh-a.nvulfi this season, ine
BEST BOND DEAL NEGO
TIATED BY THE STATE
SINCE THE WORLD AVAR
buyers admit that they do not expect i
any decline in the price or medium
and good grades of tcoaccu, and is,
oossible the lower grades may ad-:
or
An addenttractira one day this j course this depends entirely upon;
the air with him. Seme of those who
! tnnk a snin inflndp Mrs. R. T. Crews.
Editor rublic Ledger: i Mrs. J. M. Rowland, Miss Louise
ir Ms reneatedlv been called to ! Cannady, Elizabeth Dean and Mrs.
ir Las it pea u Harding, of Emporia. Va.
r v ltteiuiou u quite ci idic uum
'L of tourists going to Florida and
pllior points south, that there is a k as tw0 flights that were tak- i the state of affairs abroad.
i,r P siim just cut irom aouui mu, . en by Messrs. Charles 1. JJean ana
reading as follovv's: "20 miles , Rodger Newton, who experienced the
to Raleigh via tne iew souin ; thrill ot looping me loop, uuiu ui
: these gentlemen state mai utty
. , x i. f wmiir! nnt tnkp a hundred dollars for
This is misieaams w w he experience: Others who took the
f!P jrning to Florida. Smce they do ah. inlude Jimmie Powell, W. .H.
Lot iitcd to go to Raleigh, but the j Blackweii Edwards Coble. Herbert
c o to Henderson, then on to Oxford, Lyon Roy Fuller, W. E. Dark, Wal-
Hill Bridge.'
Governor and Council Of State Sell
Five Million Oi? 40-Yrear Five Per
Cent Bond To New York Finn At
Premium Of $5,021.
Raleigh, Nov. 7. The best bond
deal negotiated by any southern state
since the recent war was perfected But Fights Will
by the governor, and council of state
last Friday, when they sold $5,000,
000 worth of forty-year, rive per cent
North Carolina bonds for a premium
of five thousand and twenty-one
Whereas the CongreSs of the
United States, by Legislative
enactment, hsa designated Ar
mistice Day, Nov. 11th, a
national noliday; and whereas
this day should be appropriatly
observed in every city ant town
in commemoration of this great
event in the world's history;
and whereas the local Junior
Order has very fittingly Selected
Nov. 11th as the time for pre
senting the High School of Ox
ford a flag and bible, which
presentation will take place at
three thirty P. M.
.Now. therefore, as Mayor of
Oxford, I desire to express the
hope that on said day all busi
ness places in the town of Ox
ford will be closed during such
hours as the business men may
determine, certainly to include
the time of the ceremonies of
the Junior Order in presenting
the flag and bible. I als.o desir
to suggest that it would be a
nice thing for aU business
houses to be appropriately
decorated with the national col
ors. 1
.This 7th dajT of November,
1921. T. G. STEM,
Mayor of Oxford.
BIG
AMOUNT TO OX
FORD ORPHANAGE
RALEIGH HEARS RUMBLING
OF A POLITICAL TEMPEST
half
TMhun and then on to Cary, Apex, ter Young, and John Brown, Jr.
r M n rst. etc. Oxford Alarket AYell Advert sed.
lir.tllUIM. ... c4...i font TTillrnnri
t-tt i i c r r rv AAA is T y-v t rr r rTTl d
VVltn Z,DVV.yUU Ul lug Bcaauu
nlranxr orlH tllO Wfl rph Oil Sf'tUeC
WUy antauj ,
are of the opimon that more tnan,"-"; amount our acd
been6 sold before th artma Touf -."Uons will go toward the carrying
aays . Umaining half million to schools and
s hospitals.
"Pull thp throttle wine ooen ana
Champagne at 60 cents a bottle in
-i -l j. T7 ill j-tr
, .1....; ,MQ norhr m- nart psi satumav mornine aut. numuic
Ktoi. cfill nndiWltn X . ih. iuuuS iiuyyeu uu vu. , , - - - . . f thA
nave uuu gu"- V . o 7t,;200 mile trip, bombing the towns i ouiyuz ia uue ui JUJ, -have
a man stationed out from South and countryside with hand-bills, ad- j American occupation as the result
HU1 Va., especially to insist that all j vertising the Oxford tobacco market ! 0f the continued depreciation of the
tourists take the New South Hill j and other business enterprises, j mark. ' r
B-il-e (50c toll) south. One lady i Some of the towns covered by the; wliat wm you have, Chartreuse
CHAMPAGNE ONLY 60 CENTS
PER BOTTLE L COBLENZ j jet.tne road pr0gram go through
whoop, is my
Be Localized To
Counties and Districts When
Democratic Candidates Go Before
the People In 1922 Off-Year Primaries.
T-Mrt 20 cars of tourists not to go i
tV other wav south around
' ;, x-i j 4.v trt notrnl. 1 flTroro inninrip St.OVall. rJUHOCK,
I? r r.hater "carmm, Clarksvifte, -Nelson. Vlr?ilina, Eox-
UnnnKcnn Vlicr Will Ilfl dOllht be
Dy thp niP3ns of brineine much ad-
Clarksville, va., but they must go
thp new way to get through
ditional tobacco to the Oxford market-
, ,
Next Saturday Is Air Day.
Next Saturday. November 12, will
hp Air Dav in Oxford. A free at-
or Benedictine?" asked a duck
private who was entertaining a party
of five at dinner, the other night.
"I want to finish this thing royally,"
he .added.
They all had Chartreuse. It cost
the buck 35 cents. London Times,.
with a whoop, is my message to
those in charge of the construction
of highways in North Carolina," said
the governor at the conclusion of
the meeting.
THE RESULT OF THE
OPEN HUNTING SEASON
This has been going on now fori
srine time and it has this effect on
Oxford a one. Henoers IS I traction will take place in , the air BIG CHEMICAL FACTORY
tins the tourists traae tnat uxium: . th c:tv which will include;
TTPVI
would have otherwise should they go ; innnin? the loon, hanging on the
. .-- - o - ...
STARTS UP AT HENDERSON
around by Clarksville then to Oxford
aM on to Durham. It looks to me
that it is time something was done.
JOHN W. BROWN.
landing gear ana warning uie wms ; nn T Ferti
by F. E? Youni .vhile the machine Plant AVill Make 60,000 Tors erti
thp rntP of 90 miles an ' lizer Yearly.
With all work of construction com
is moving at the rate of 90 miles an
hour. ,
Five Dollar Bill Or Free Ride.
! Just before the free exhibition
rPAcrt? rAU rrTjir TYTC A TATi AnTATT ; Vi era -nrill hp J mPSSS.Ce delivered
PARLEY WILL COST - O, cmpay two miles
ki uk.." ' - . . :4.,r irrQei niu l it 1 1 1 unci'
pleted. and virtually everything in
"apple pie order," the huge feruhz-
factory of the American Agntu.-
- , mis-sDelled word. The first person north ot tne city was yu. y--
Ensland's "Anns Clerks" WillJSe gJJ e ward and reporting it ation yesterday in all departments.
.Neatlv Dressea. nn persono.to tne umuu , it has taKen a year lu uuh
A London special says that the
ten voung women who will accom
l.anv the British delegation to the
disarmament conference in Wash
iton will be expected to be well
di-p?pd, and the Government is fur
li'iincr them 25 pounds each, equva
lent at present rates of exchange to
aliout $87.
The men secretaries will be al
lo.ve l 50 pounds, but they must sup
lly themselves with evening clothes,
Trust Co. will receive a $5.00 bill or ,
a free ride in the aeroplane, il is
expected that thousands will be in
Oxford for this exhibition, alter
xv.,-v. nooconp-prs will he hooked for
y w to vmm? will have fullinnv nart'of the country
charge' of the flying field, and those j in the south. Henderson Daily Dis-
wishing to taKe a m riae .wnu
ormous plant, but today It stands
out as one of Henderson s leauuxv, in
dustries, and is one of tne largest
nwnpd hv thfi chemical company in
vr if uu. j - .n
especially
Careless Hunters Have Killed Nine
Persons In Granville.
The real, honest-to-goodness hunt
ing season in Granville county opens
one week from today, and there are
stirring times ahead for quail, wild
turkey, fur-bearing animals, careless
hunters and innocent bystanders. .
Granville County, it is said, has
already made a record with nine per
sons killed during the last 25 years,
some of them having been mistaken
for partridges and some for deer.
If some of the hunters do not be
more careful this season perhaps we
will be able to boast of somebody
who was mistaken for a bear.
(By Brock Barkley)
One supreme court justice, a cor
poration commissioner, superior
court judges for nine judicial dis
tricts, 10 congressmen, 20 solicitors
and all county officers in the 100
counties of North Carolina must go
before the people in the 1922 "off
year" election.
Expiration Of Time.
The following superior court
Cornerstone May Be Laid During
the Administration Of Mr. J. Bail
ey Owen As Grand Master.
V- (Henderson Ditpatch)
Masons members of Henderson
Lodge, No. 299, and their friends
are to raise a total of $ 6,0 00 as a
contribution toward the building
fund for the Hicks Memorial Hos- v
pital to be erected at the Oxford Or
phanage, it was decided at the meet
ing and rally of the four Masonic
lodges in Vance county held last
Tuesday evening in the hail here.
It was also decided 1 at that time
that the campaign would be made at
once, and that the entire amount was
expected to -be in nana within the
space of a week or ten days. Pay
ments are to be made in three install
ments. ' ' -v.:-;
All of the other three ' lodges in
the county, including Dabney, Kit
trell and Epsom, are to raise sepa
rate funds, and which will be in ad
dition to the $6,000 to be raised in
Henderson. Representatives from
these lodges were present at the
meeting last Tuesday night.
The appeal is to be made to others
than Masons on the ground that at
least 85 per cent of the children re
ceived at the Oxford institution are
children of men who were not Ma
sons, and it is believed that there are
many who do not belong to the Ma
sons who will be glad of an oppor
tunity to contribute.
A special effort is to be made to
have the campaign for the hospital
progress so far that the cornerstone
I lor the hospital may be laid during
the administration of J. Bailey Owen
as grand master. Mr. Owen's term
expires in January, and it is believed .
that the ceremonies may ye held be
fore that time. One of the chief aims
of Mr. Owen's administration has
been to raise funds for this hospital,
which was authorized at the last ses
sion of the grand lodge in January,
1921.
judges' terms expire at the end of MRS. NORMAN BURWELL'S
WHEAT GOES BELOW
ONE DOLLAR AT CHICAGO
-Fiiimnrp nan obtain flight tickets
all the week at F. E. Young Motor
Co.. or on the field Saturday. Pas
senger flights daily f rom dirfU
o'clock to candle-light. Capt. Fill
more uses Standard Oil gas and Po
ir,. -.si -nrhinh furnishes a steady
? cutaway and accessory. . - disagreeable od-
The Foreign Office describes the j liame ana ieaveb nu u
delf-crntion as "officially dry," mean-! or- , s
A HERO BROUGHT TO
LIGHT GREATER THAN YORK
nm the commission as sucn is taiuug
to liquors.
A crops of valets, butlers and
other servants is accompanying the
la iiicipals.
1 AM ADDAMS SAYS WOMEN
WILL AVERT WARS
Sergeant Samuel Woodf ill's light
was buried "under a bushel" till
General Pershing, digging through
musty files, dragged him into the
spotlight. He picks Woodfill as the
frreatest. war hero, even ahead of Al-
Future wars will be averted j vin York. This Indiana soldier will
through the organization of women , represent the infantry at tne ounai
of the unknown soiaier.
of every nationality, Miss Jane
A Ulams, president of the Women's
Iiuernational League for Peace, de
clared in an address to Congrega
tionM ministers at Chicago recently.
"The women of the wortd will save
League of Nations," she said,
slaving that one of the chief caus
es for the friendly attitude of Euro-I'-aa
peoples for America was the
hite, despite its rejection by the j
T'md States
Henderson's Fire Loss.
The fire loss in Henderson during
the month of October amounted to
a total of $44,450, this figure in
nindinfr damaee to both buildings
and contents, according to othe tab
ulation of the figures m the records
of Fre Chief J. L. Buie, and wnicn
have been reported to the . North
a v-ar thp. i r.arnlina Insurance Department.
iri.E VUU A"u " i
- . t : i t- A n m o cron . fl Tin
htcic vnlnpfl at $74,275. with insu
ranee to the amount of $33, 700.
Daily Ditpatch.
MR ARTHUR CANNADY
DIEg IN 3IISSouri
I VY . tli I JUil
' . , A VlTO0teTlP(1
- ' -rtt I r M a n rtlT TT J IIIM I I 1 I II I IjCJiLUUVM.
i unio was conceived bv an- Amen- rruyeitj rrr .
she added. "There are two
f'i'inct mnvpmen ts through Eu-
Jii'c. One is antimilitaristic
patch.
WRONGED POSTOFFICE CLERK
WINS ELEVEN YEAR FIGHT
In an executive order entered by
President Harding Tuesday. George
E. Taylor, for many years an em
ploye of the Richmond, Va., post
office, and who was accused of em
bezzlement 11 years ago, is to be re
stored to duty, the charges having
proved to be unfounded. The order
places Mr. Taylor in line for rein
statement and removes the cloud
upon his name.
RAILROADS TO HAUL
GRAIN FREE OF COST
W. H. Biby, regional manager of
the Near East Relief Association,
has been notified by J. R. Koontz, as
sistant freight manager of the. San
fa ttp Railroad, that the Sante Fe
I has joined other railroads of the
United States in a plan to iuiuisu
free shipment to seaboard of two
million bushels of. grain for export
to Near East sufferers. Tne ship
ments also may include grain products.
Wheat fell below a dollar on the
Chicago board of trace one day last
week for the first time since Octo
ber 1916. December wheat dropped
to 99 1-2 cents when a large number
of stop loss orders remained un
covered. The new low level price
caused a strong buying movement
by traders who were short to set in
and the resulting rally sent the price
back over the dollar mam.
next year, necessitating referendum
on the judgeships in nine judicial
districts:
Judges W. M. Bond of the first;
George W. Connor of the second;
Oliver H. Allen of the sixth; C.C.
Lyon of the ninth; William A. De
vin, 10th; T. J. Shaw, 12th; W. F.
Harding, 14th; James L. Webb, 16th,
and Judge Walter E. Brock, appoint
ed by Governor Morrison to fill the
vacancy in the 13 th caused by the
promotion of justice Adams. '
County 0ficers.
Representatives and senators
must, of course, be voted on in all
the counties and the county officers
will go before the people again.
Many local fights of unusual inter
est are predicted byxvlsitors in Ral
eigh, commenting on expected de
velopments in the counties.
Primary In June.
The democratic primary will take
place the first Saturday In June,
giving candidates and prospective
candidates seven months ni which to
lay plans for campaigns ana put on
their fight. It is estimated that
the whole cost of a primary to the
STBDIO AT HOT SPRINGS
Has Finished the Portrait Of Mr.
James Branch Cabelft
The Daily Letter, published at Hot
Springs, Virginia, contains the fol
lowing reference to Mrs. Norman
Burwell's artistic work:
. ."In the Homestead tonight is
harrging"a"portrait' "of one ' of the
three greatest American men cf let
ters Mr. James Branch Cabell. Hav
ing been honored with the Censor
ship, no doubt Mr. Cabell should
have first place, but we should still
have to reckon with Mr. Joseph Her
gesheimer and Mr. Booth Tarking
ton. But there is glory in being in
such a trio and so there is glory even
for us in the privilege of looking up
a portrait of one of these men. An
excellent portrait indeed, it is, this
painted by Mrs. Norman Burwell of
the great American writer.. Life is
there and spirit is there spread ov
er the canvas and life looking at one,
and spirit inspiriting one. Do go
down ond look at this portrait of
Mr. James Branch Cabell. It is a
privilege. Three other examples ot
state and the counties aggregates ! Mrs. mirweu s veiy
$125,000. with an additional $50.-1 is on exhibition, and we should cer-
000 or $75,000 being necessitated by I tainly look at them.
and
' other nromilitarv. .. Militarism is
'-nalcing a strong effort to maintain
its former foothold."
IT COST SOMETHING TO
RUN THE GOVERNMENT
DR. POTEAT WILL
; BE HERE ON THE
EVENING OF NOV. 10
The
Was
Total Cost For Year
$3,940,000,000.
Washington, Nov. J6. Estimated
pemlitures of the government for
the fiscal year 1922 are now placed
&t $3,940,000,000, a "reduction of
?f't 000,000, from the August 10 es
J:mate of $4,034,000,000,. President
Harding has informed Congress in a
tter to Speaker Gillette. ...
The new estimate was presented
t7 the President iii connection with
deficiency ' estimates ttppropria-
ion of $187,922,576.74, which, Mr.
Hardin jr said wprp taken into con
sideration in arriving at the hew esti-
wies for 1922 expenditures.
-Your battery ikould haw water
wai every two weeks. Stop at ox
wd Battery Co.
Mr W. C Currin received a tele
gram yesterday morning from Tren
ton Mo.anouncing the death or,
Mr. Arthur Cannady, son of tne late
J. P. Cannady, ;. of Granville he
deceased had been living iu -
for thirty years, survivea uy w.t
anc" several cniiartu.
- ATTENTION JUNIORS!
You are requested to meet in your j
Council Room on Friday iNovemuei
11th at 3 P. M. to attend in a body
the presentation of Bible and Flag
to our new High School. mm
THE COMMITTEE.
THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND
-FOR EXPORT N. C. TOBACCO
Washington, Nov. 5. An advance
of $300,000 to finance the exporta
tion of, Korth Carolina tobacco -to
Great Britain was announced today
by the War Finance Corporation.
Miss Edna White, Chairman of the
Music Department of The Woman s
r-ih hoc thp honor of presenting
Dr. Hubert Poteat in his famous lec
ture "Church and Sunday School
Music," at the Graded School Thurs
day evening, November 10. at s
o'clock. .
Dr. Poteat, a gifted musician, ,is
known and admired throughout the
state for his Glee Club concerts, sa
cred music, lectures etc.
He comes to us from Wake Forest
- - r Til O -4''
and neeas no liitruuucLiuu w
ford public. His numerous friends
arA admirers will be elad to hear
him again. The publie Is cordially
invited. REPORTER.
IOWA MAN CHOSEN HEAD
THE AMERICAN LEGION
The national convention of the
American Legion adjourned at Kan
sas City Wednesday night afteT elect-,
ing Hanford MacNider of Mason
City, Iowa, national commander.
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
HAVE BEEN INVESTED
IN KENTUCKY WAREHOUSES
The Investment Has Not Paid a
Decent Percent
(Southern Tobacco Journal)
We are informed that the Ken
tucky tobacco growers are rapiary
signing up as members of the To
bacco Growers Association, and that
is almost a certainty that a suffi
cient number will sign the agree
ment to put the plan into operation
in that state. Such papers as the
Louisville Courier Journal are advo
cating the plan.
How true it is we do not know, but
we have been told that some of the
large warehouses are in favor of the
plan.
Millions of dollars have been in
vested in the warehouses in Ken
tucky since the loose leaf system
was adopted in that section and it is
a difficult matter we believe for the
investment in warehouses to pay a
decent per cent.
MANY PEOPLE IN GRANVILLE
ASK FOR ASSISTANCE
a state-wide second primary.
COLONEL GLEASON IS
TO HEAD OLD HICKORY
Colonel James A. Gleason of
Knoxville, former commander of the
114thA field artillery in the thirtieth
division, was unanimously elected
president of the Old Hickory Asso
ciation, and Frank P. Bowen elected
secretary-treasurer at the closing
session of the thirtieth division re
union in Nashville,. Tenn., last week.
"Mrs. Burwell is naintmg Miss
Mary Johnstone, the famous Ameri
can novelist." ...
WEALTHY NASH COUNTY
FARMER SHOT TO DEATH
RECORD TOBACCO SALES
ON FARMVILLE MARKET
Some Families Are Not Able To Pay
For Schpol Books.
Mr J. E. Jackson, County Super
intendent . of Welfare, states that
many people have called upon him
during the last three weeks lor assis
tance. He named three or four
families whose sickness for a few
days reduced them to absolute de
pendency upon others.
The most frequent calls for assis
tance, said Mr. Jackson, Is for school
books. One man wno naa ueeu
the roads for some time, called on
Mr. Jackson and . stated that if he
could manage in- some way to get
school books for his children it
would be a great blessing to nis
family. . ; .
Mr. Jackson explained that there
jo no provision for all such cases,
hut some of them were sa urgent he
provided for them out of his own
pocket.
Farmville, Nov. 7. The Fahnville
tobacco market, sold 858,000 pounds
of tobacco during last week at an
average of $35 per hundred pounds,
according to figures furnished by the
Farmville Tobacco Board of Trade.
The market to date has disposed of
5,504,000 pounds at an average of
$30.90 per hundred pounds. Prices
continue good on all medium and bet
ter grades.
Mistakes and Comebacks.
When the plumber makes a mis
take he charges twice for lu
When a lawyer makes a mistake
he has a chance to try the case all
over again.
When a carpenter makes a mis
take it's just what he expected.
When a doctor makes a mistake
he buries it. S
When a judge makes a mistake it
becomes a law of the land.
When a preacher makes a mistake
nobody knows the difference.
But when an editor makes a mis
take goodnight. The Country
Press. .' : "
GOVERNOR ASKS PRAYER
FOR REDUCED ARMAMENTS
Governor Cameron Morrison has
issued a proclamation for the ob
servance of Armistice Day In North
Carolina on November 11 and calling
upon the churches and religious
Deoble in the State to hold services
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snending one hour in orayr ior tne
reduction of the armaments of na
tions of the world and for peace on
earth." ' V
Rufus Beard, Reputed To Be' Worth
Half Million.
Bailey, Nov. 5 Intense feeling
exists here tonight over the killing
of Rufus Beard, age 78, reported to
be worth a half million dollars, who
was shot from ambush as he was
coming to town this morning from
his farm. He was shot to death as
he was riding along the road just
outside of town in a stretch of woods.
Aaron Morgan is being held on sus
picion of having been implicated in
the killing.
That robbery was not the motive
for the crime is indicated by the find
ing of $620 on Beard's person. He
was in the habit of paying cash for
his purchases and he had probably
brought along the money to make
some investments.
DR. N. B. CANNADY AC-
CIDENTLx SHOT Lpi , JliUN V
Friends in Oxford regret to learn
of the accident to Dr. N. B. Cannady
of Laurinburg in which he acci
dentally discharged a gun, causing
the ammitation , of his right hand.
Dr. Cannady is a son of Mrs. M. C.
Cannady of Oxford and deep sympa
thy is expressed in this deplorable
accident. ,
DISTINGUISHED MEN INVITED
TO SPEAK HERE FKlDAx
The Junior Order United Amerir
can Mechanics will present a Bible
and Flag to the High School on Fri
day. November 11th at z:3U o'ciock
P. M. The committee for the Ju
niors are endeavoring to secure Hon.
O. Max Gardner, Shelby, and Hon.
Frank R. McNmch, Ex-Mayor or
Charlotte. The public Is most cor
dially invited to attend. .
A marriage of interest to Oxford
friends took place at' Stem: on last
Thursday night, the contracting par
ties being Miss Minnie Mae Cannadyv
pf Oxford,, daughter of Mr; Wyatt
Cannady. and Mr. Clyde ? Jones of
Durham, f The happy couple are
now residing in: Durham.1''
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