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VOL. XXXVI
"TiTjK (TWD SEARCH
U 1 0!! WILEY ' PERKY
Mli;v!:iu:u of roy aiken
...,e.s lU.icve That He Is In the
Mounla:u Section Of Granville.
Sheriff Hunt was advised by wire
vor.dav that Wiley Perry, the
fearer of Roy AUen at Creed
s ,,) reeks ago, was In custody
HOC! 1 ' .,.
nvetieville.
atTb ; siriff made a hasty trip to
r, vPtVviile. and when he first saw
, roared prisoner behind the bars
1ft hoWit they had the right man,
f t unoii examination the suspect
nor rerrv. The eyes and fore
faV pwemMed that cf the much
,V1 murder of Roy Aiken, but
skin was lighter and there was
J; car on his face.
People living in the mountain sec
tion of Granville state that a thou
nd people with guns scoured that
s etion last Sunday, ana every day
flu reek cangs of men have been
in the 'hill country all the way
fVi Stem to Blue Wing.
The people of Persoa ana Durham
f0.!;i,-s join Granville m the hunt
fir" the murderer. It is generally
v'ievcil here that the $500 reward
Jill land the murderer at an early
date.
Till I iTiJ'.SKXT SHAKESPEARE
DRAMA HERE NOV. 22
For r.enc!'u Oxford Higli School
Play Grounds.
advance agent cf the
;-':;;-,!)( .-an- Playhouse of New York
r-;- -.vas in Oxford Wednesday to
arrangements to present a
P clas? (iranm here on the even
"of November 22nd for the bene
fit" of the Oxford High School play
OTOlll'ids.
real opportunity is. afforded in
iV appearance of this company. An
!r.?onr.nity to view something
rorth while staged by a metropolitan
organization.
The Shakespeare Playhouse was
founded by Mr. MeEntee in 1918, for
tiie purpose of forming a group or
association of artists and finished
cvforiiiers and producing from
time to time, net only Shakespear
e:n Plays, but the best of the modern
drama.
Some of the finishes piarers in the
cm are Frank MeEntee, director;
Adda Gleason. Frances Horner,
diaries Webster, Mr. Neville, an
Australian actor, and WTallis Roberts.
MIS IJXVILLE YOUNGER
BRIDE OF MR. H. M.
KLNG
A marriage of interest to the
reoi)ie of Virginia and Nor In Caro
lira rr that of MissLinville Young
er, daughter of Mrs. Anna T. Young
er of Stovall. North Carolina, to Mr.
Henry H. King, of Richmond.
TV marriage was solemnized very
cuierly at 1:30 P. M., November the
second, in the parlors of the Vance
Hotel at Henderson, Jr. u., niy the
immediate families of the bride and
pom and a few close fronds be
in? present.
The bride wore a handsome blue
broadcloth suit trimmed in gray fur
Kith accessories to match and a cor
face bouquet of orchids and lilies of
the valley.
Immediately after the ceremony
to", and Mrs. King left- for New
Wk and other northern cities, and
cn their return from their honey-;-',f-n
v-ill make their home in
Richmond.
Mil. W. T,. PEACE ADVOCATES
I'UXTfXf; OF PECAN TREES
On a recent trip to Warsaw, Wal
and Laurinburg the writer was
njrk viih the great numoer of
tearing Pecan trees growing in yards
as shade trees on the side walks,
u five years of age the Pecan tree
J'ms to bear and some of these
,ees produce this year as much
f thirty pounds of nuts worth 50
Ppr pound. As a pound of ker-l-'S
equals more than a pound of
meat these peopole really have
hoe at their back door" in the
2 f bf-'arin Pecan trees. Would
r:t be a good idea for our citizens
- plant Pecan trees, for shade, for
. and for ornament?
W. L. PEACE.
CATION OF OXFORD HIGH
M-HOOL BUDDING TONIGHT
fj!f r,ro-ram has been arranged
pJ; up dedicatory program of the
-n .srhoo building which will take
;!; o'clock tonight.
aiJesUjes sci'ipture reading, prayers
goners, there will be short inter-
i -.rues. i n hptitv ii.
dvZ '1U deliver the prefatory ad-
' - ri Which he will
h he will refer to the
of Win field Ta-1 nr. for
n0Jr
Ir, r. '!? '"ay ground was named.
!1 17, . " '
Prw Brummitt will make the
ErooA,a,,0n speech' and Dr. E.'C.
h inl'i' tf superintendent of pub
truction, will Spea.
mcToF THE
U("? TOTCCO MARKET
S ITING BETTER DAILY
n,i;ford tobacco market has
Week Ir AcJowded every day this
thev ,.the farmers admit that
Prevail at the pr!ces that now
The '
dnieaher is better now for the
ehoiio tobacco and now the
anheavvcTn?n are expecting large
Siving y ales until at least Thanks-
bcmt 1 mtUsr7 should hare water
M Battery WeekS' Stop at X"
PUBLISHED . . 'EKLYTOWN AND COUNTY OFFER BRILLIANT OPPORTUNITIES AZL HOME PRINT
IN SIX DAYS
THOU SHALT CLEAN
UP OXFORD NEXT WEEK
A Message From Mrs. Stem.
Please carefully observe Clean Up
Week, Nov. 14-19. The unusually
dry summer is over and the rain has
come and nearly all . of the leaves
have fallen, so everything is In good
shape for giving Oxford lis fall clean
ing, making it a prettier nu nealth-
ier place to live in during the win
ter ahead of us.
Let's all do our best to make our
town the cleanest in the State, and
this can be accomplished oniy by the
hearty cooperation of each of its
citizens working together.
MRS. T. G. STEM,
Chm. Civic Dept. Woman's Club.
PREMIUMS AWARDED AT
THE CHRYSANTHEMUM SHOW
Held In the Armory Thursday and
Friday, November 3.4, 1921.
Best 6 white Miss Kittrell $4.
Best 6 white Mrs. Pete Bullock $4.
Second best 6 white Mrs. K. G. Wil
liams $3.
Best 6 vellow Mrs. Pete Bullock $4
Second 6 yellow Miss nittrell $3.
Best 6 pink Mrs. Pete Bullock $4.
Second best 6 pink Miss Kittrell
Best 3 white incurved-
-Mrs. Pete
Bullock $2.50.
Best 3 white reflex Mrs.
W. D.
Bryan $2.50.
Best 3 yellow incurved Miss
Kit-
trell $2.50.
Best 3 yellow- reflex Henry Brooks
$2.50.
Best" 3 bronze Mrs. Pete Bullock
$2.00.
Best 3 red Mrs. H. G. Williams $2.
Best 1
Best 1
Best 1
SI.
Best 1
white Mrs. Pete Bullock $1.
nink Mrs. Pete Bullock $.-
yellow Mrs. G. E. Cheatham
salmon Mrs. Pete Bullock
$1.
Best 1 red Henry Brooks $1.
Best basket of single variety Mrs.
Wade Britt $2.
Best basket of pompoms Mrs. Wade
Britt $2.
Best pot grown Miss Kittrell $2.
Best collection Mrs. Pete Bullock
$10.
Second best collection Miss Kittrell
8.
Best vase of roses Mrs. 3 no. Bul
lock 3 lbs. candy.
Best vase of dahlias Mrs. J. M.
Baird $2.50.
Most artistically arranged basket
Miss Bemis 2 lbs candy. .- -
Best geranium Mrs. W. D Bryan
inner tube.
Best potted plant Mrs. W. D. Bry
an pair scissors.
Best 3 pink chry. Henry Brooks
' $2.50.
Fancy AVo1 Dept.
Best crocheted centerpiece Mrs.
W. H. Fleming, crex rug-.
Best knitted sweater Mrs. Coggs-
hall, auto tire cover.
Best embroidered centerpiece Mrs.
Street, Aluminium boiler.
Best bead spread Mrs. Jom Rogers,
inner tube.
Best hand made baby cressr Mrs.
Fwing Smith, folding sisoi for
child.
Best baby cap Mrs. Coble, O-Cedar
Mop.
Best piece of tatting Mrs.- Street,
pair pliers.
Best crocheted sweater Mrs. J. D.
Brooks, $2.50 in trade at Upchurch
& Currin's.
Best piece of fancy-work donated to
the club Mrs. J. D. Brooks, $2.50
in trade at J. Root. Wood's.
Best hand-made handkerchief Mrs.
Coble, Alarm clock.
Candy.
Chocolate Fudge Louise Cannady,
1-2 doz. photos. '
Sea Foam Louise Cannady, cash $1.
Cocoanut candy Marie Stark, 1
leather belt.
Fancy candy Marie Stark, Alarm
clock.
Peanut Brittle Marie Stark, 1 bot
tle toilet water.
Mints Sue Bryan, aluminum "boiler.
Housewife Department.
White loaf cake Miss Sue Bryan,
1-2 ton coal.
Devil cake Mrs. R. L.' Brown, $3 in
trade at Landis & Easton .s.
Beaten Biscuits Mrs. a. A. Chap
man, 1-4 bbl flout.
Loaf of bread Mrs. Lutner Stark,
1-8 bbl of flour.
Rolls Mrs. Luther Stark, 1-8 bbl of
flour.
Largest winner in candy department
Miss Marie Stark 3 mos. ticket
to Moving Picture Show.
Largest winner in Housekeepers
Dept Mrs Luther Stark, $3 in
trade at Perkinson & Green's.
GOVRNOR MORRISON CALLS
SPECIAL SESSION LEGISLATURE
December 6th Is Set In the Procla
mation As Date For Assembly Of
The State's Lawmakers.
Governor Cameron Morrison has
terday formally called the General
Assembly of North Carolina to con
vene in special session at eleven
o'clock December 6th to make pro
vision for a deficit of $700,000 in
the school funds of the State and to
correct an error, in the Municipal
Fianace Act by reason of which it
was declared unconstitutional by the
North Carolina Supreme Court,
handicapping virtually all tue cities
of the State in their financial poli
cies.
THE DAISY ADOPTED AS THE
AMERICAN LEGION FLOWER
The daisy was adopted by unani
mous vote at the Kansas City con
vention as the official flower of the
American Legion. Tne poppy had
many adherents because of its asso
ciation with Flanders battlefields,
but when it was explained that it
was not an American flower and
could not be obtained in large quan
tities, the "poppy party" shifted its
support to the daisy.
OXFORD, N. C, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1921
R. G. LASSITER & CO., OF
OXFORD, AWARDED "NATIONAL!
HIGHWAY CONTRACT!
Fiv Miles 0 Hard Surface and
Bridges For $145,207.57.
Contracts were awarded last
Tuesday by the State Highway Com
mision for the construction of ap
proximately thirty miles of road ir
tho Fourth district, totaling $690,71i
bringing the road work under con
tract in the State to approximately,
eight million dollars in new work
since the commission was reorganized
in May. Seventy-two bids were sub
mitted on the seven projects.
R. G. Lassiter & Company was
awarded the contract for five miles
of road and bridges. The project
extends from the corporate limits
north five miles. Lassiter & Com
pany' bid was $145,207.52.
Two weeks ago the low bid on To
peka paving was $2.30 per square
yard. ' Tuesday the iov figures
touched $2.56 in a bid submitted by
R. M. Hudson and Co., Salisbury, cn
the road connecting with the hard
surface highway between Raleigh
and Garner. On this bid the Union
Paving Company of Philadelphia
submitted a figure of $2.62 against
their bid of $2.30 two weerrs ago.
R. G. Lassiter & Company lias one
cf the most modern and largest
equipment, and it is understood that
the company will begin operations at
once.
THANKSGIVING TURKEYS
ARE ROOSTING MIGHTY
HIGH IN THIS SECTION
3Iany Young Birds Were Drowned
Last Spring.
- The farmers tell us that turkeys
are very scare this year on account !
of bad season for the young birds j
last spring, when heavy rams smoth-
ered whole droves in some sections j
of the county. j
"The turkey for Thanksgiving din
ner will come as high, or higher, as
in war times," said 'a farmer.
"I have 18 turkeys that I will of
fer for sale in a few days," said a
Tally Ko farmer, "and if tiiv don't
bring a fair price I will take them
back home and hold them until
Christmas. My observance is that
turkeys sell higher at Christmas than
at Thanksgiving."-
DEMOCRATS MAKE GOOD - i
GAINS IN FOUR STATES'
President Harding's Home Town
Goes Democratic.
Richmond, Va., Nov. 10. The
democrats swept Virginia Tuesday,
giving Senator E. Lee Trinkle, for
governor, a majority that will reach
possibly 65,000.
New York City Democratic.
- New York, Nov., 10. Complete
returns from Tuesday's election to
day showed. that Mayor John F. Hy
lan was re-elected by a plurality cf
417,986, a figure unprecedented in
the history of New York city poli
tics. Marion, Ohio, Democratic.
Marion, Ohio. Nov. 10. This city,
President Harding's home, return
ed to its normal democratic moor
ings, Tuesday, when George Neeley,
democrat, defeated Mayor Andrews,
republican candidate for re-election,
by a plurality of nearly 1,000.
Kentucky Democratic.
Louisville, Ky., Nov. 10. The
outstanding case of Statewide Demo
cratic victory was in Kentucky where
the party regained control of the leg
islature, which has been Republican
for two years. In Maryland, where
the entire lower House was elected,
with 27 members of "the Senate
Democratic control was increased.
IT AYILL PAY YOU
TO TRAP THIS YEAR
Many Kinds Of Sidns Are In Great
Demand.
A wholesale price . ' list at hand
tells us that trapping for muskrat.
skunk, coon, mink, etc., is not dif
ficult, and that many boys derive a
substantial income from the sport.
But it is necessary, says the pamph
let, to know the habits of these ani
mals where they may be found,
what traps to use and where to place
theni, the proper bait and so on.
You can obtain all this information
by writing to one of the big fur
houses, explaining your intentions
and asking for a catalog. Trapping
brings rewards today mat were un
known a, few years ago. Muskrat
sold 15 years ago for as low as 7
cents, and just before the war at 50
cents, whereas on the present mar
ket muskrat is bringing as high , as
$1. Other skins are also in great
demand.
AVHOLESALE BEEF PRICES
AT 1914 LEVEL BUT
RETAIL PRICES STAY UP
Chicago, Nov. 9. Wholesale pri
ces of beef have dropped to the
1914 level. The institute of Amer
ican wheat packers, in a bulletin
made public today stated that car
cass beef at the end of October, 1921,
was selling for 11 1-2 to 12 cents a
pound. In October, 1914, the aye
rage wholesale price was 12 cents.
Retail beef prices, however, are
not reflecting the decline in whole
sale prices.
Air Day In Oxford Tomorrow.
Capt. Fillmore has several people
booked to take the air with him from
the aviation field two miles north of
Oxford. Watch out for the mis
pelled word in the circular and get
a free ride or $5 in cash.
THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
MET IN MONTHLY
SESSION LAST MONDAY
The Question Of Employing a Spe
cial Prohibition Deputy Was Dis
cussed. The county. board of commission-;
ers met in monthly session last Mon- j
day, the following members being
present: Messrs. J. Ennis' Davis,
chairman; B. F. Currin, T. G. Tay
lor, W. L. Clark, C. G. Daniel.
The board had under considera
tion the question of appointing a
special deputy to enforce the prohi
bition laws in the county, and with
that end in view requestec our re
presentative to secure the passage
of . law giving the Board of Com
sioners authority to employ a spe
cial deputy, the salary to be fixed
by the board.
There was nothing of special im
portance outside of routine business
to engege the attention of the
board.
T. P. Patilla. a white man, was ad
mited to the Home of the Aged and
Infirm, and Ella Skinner, colored,
was ordered placed on the outside
pauper list.
FORTY YEARS AGO OX
FORD WAS A CENTER OF
EDUCATION AND REFINEMENT
Many Of Her Older Citizens Can
Testify To the Cultural Preemi
nence Shs Held Then As Now.
Editor Public Ledger:
Your article on "Forty Years Ago"
in Oxford reminds me of two conver
sations one of which I heard and
one of which was repeated to me.
Two North Carolina friends of
mine were talking extravagantly,
for the benefit of their New York
auditors, about the primitive condi
tions in their native section when
they were boys. Seeing the ignor
ance and gullibility of their listeners,
thev increased the extravagance of
their talk. Finally one or tnem said
that when he was a boy he ran wild
in the woods, wore no crothes and
was covered with hair, only recent
ly, since he had come to New York
and made a regular practice of wear
ing clothes, he said, had his fine
coat of fur disappeared. To this
the other North Carolinian assented,
but said that he was so wild that he i
ran away, that his parents caught
him and tied him in the woods, near
a creek so that he would nave plen
ty of water, and that there were then
rings around his legs, left there by
the high water of a freshet.
The other conversation took place
in Chicago between a Tar Heel and !
a man from Wisconsin. The latter
asked if it were true that the bar
barous conditions of which he had
heard really existed in North Caro
lina. "Man, you're a fool," replied
the Tar Heel. "When Wisconsin
was still under the domination of
savages and when wild beasts
roamed at will through its unbroken
forests, my State had reached the
zenith of the then known civiliza
tion." My friend was from War
ren County, which was formerly a
part of Granville, and probably had
in mind the culture and refinement
cf the Williams, Hendersons, and
others of those fine old Williamsboro
families of a century to a century-and-a-half
ago.
Evidently some joker has been
"spoofing," "kidding" or "string
ing" you, and was probably as much
astonished at seeing mat you took
him seriously and printed his humor
ous statements, as I was at reading
them.
If there were over twenty saloons
in Oxford at one time the town and
county tax records will show it. My
knowledge of Oxford saloons of for
ty years ago is not extensive, but I
doubt very much that there were ev
er as many as even ten there at once.
While there have always been
murders and other forms of lawless
ness wherever men have gathered to
gether since the days of Cain, and
probably always will be, Granville's
record of from thirty-five to forty
five years ago is probably better than
its record of the past ten years.
Forty years ago the first railroad
to Oxford was completed and the
town began to take on a livelier air.
Professor Hobgood moved his girls'
college from Raleigh to Oxford, and
the Horner School was going strong,
as were several smaller private
schools. The town, noted then . as
now for its refinement, was main
taining its reputation as the Athens!
of North Carolina.
In closing it may not be out of
place to add that forty years ago
such a thing as night joy riding by
unchaperoned mixed parties would
not have been tolerated for a mo
ment by the Oxford people.
FRANCIS B. HAYS.
New York. November 7, 1921.
THOMAS JEFFERSON, ABE
LINCOLN AND JUSTICE TAFT
William Howard Taft rides on a
street car to take his new job as
chief justice of the United States
Supreme Court, This, too, though it
was a rainy day in Washington and
most of us under similar circumstan
ces would' have called a taxi.
It recalls Thomas Jefferson, who
rode horseback to become President)
and hitched his nag in front of the
White House.
Or Lincoln, who used to receive
diplomats when his barber was shav
ing him and his face covered with
lather.. .. .
HON. W. A. DEVIN WILL
PRESIDE AT NOV, TERM
GRANVILLE SUPERIOR COURT
To Begin Next Monday Morning and
Continue Two Veeks.
The .people of Granville will be
glad to learn that Hon. W. A. Dev
in. will preside at the November term
of Granville county eouit which wil1.
cc --"e Monflo.v morning.
A lePfthv. docket, awaits Judge
t u hvo pre 31 crises on the
trial docket and 41 on the motion
docket.
Some of the cases are calculated
to engage the attention of the court
for more than a day. Taylor against
Meadows, involving a small strip of
land on the west side cf the tobacco
house on Williamsboro street, will
be brought up again at this term of
court. It has been heard several
times, . and it generally consumes
mor than one day.
Judge Hunt, clerk of the court,
requests the several justices of the
peace to hand in their reports on or
before Tuesday, Nov. 15.
THE PHILANTHROPIST
FROM GRANVILLE COUNTY
GIVES A BANQUET
At The Smith Hotel, November 5th,
1921.
The banquet given by Mr. Robert
M. Jefffreys, now of Chase City,
Virginia, to the honored stockholders
of the Jeffreys-Myers Manufactur
ing Company was a Feast Day and
a Thanksgiving Day indeed.
Promptly at half past one the
guests were invited from the parlors
into the spacious dining room of th&
Smith Hotel. Covers were laid for
thirty-two and one long table beau
tifully decorated with very large
white and yellow chrysanthemums
extended almost the entire length
of the room.
A Thanksgiving bounty, yes a
wonderful and well appointed din
ner then commenced one long
round of genial merriment.
Menu.
The fruit was of the citrus variety,
Turkey and cranberries served in en
tirety . Potatoes, tomatoes, pickles and
peas
Old ham (Mr) Smith's special,
The best if you please.
The salad was of chicken a-la- let
tuce galore
You tasted but' once, you wanted
some more. J j ...
'Bu't''teirTn,Va's''therever any
where in the world
A 'possum with -his tail, so "taste
fully" curled?
Cream and cake
We just ate for old time's sake. '
Even so, we had plenty of cigars.
Senator W. H. Jeffreys, also of
Chase City, was a most gifted toast
master. He spoke graciously of the
loyalty of the Jeffreys Myers Man
ufacturing Company, of wnat Mr.
Myers had meant to the factory in
Oxford and the confidence they had
in him was nothing short of real af
fection. He was also strong in his
testimony of a true and tried neigh
bor in person of Mr. Wyatt E. Can
nady. It was with feeling and deep
appreciation that he spoke of his
"Old school teacher" Hon. A. A.
Hicks and the little log-school-house
where first they met and
fought and conquered.
Senator Jeffreys speech was
pleasing, dignified and sincere. Is
it any wonder that his adopted state
called him to this high position of
honor and trust?
To this eloquent speech Mr. A. A.
Hicks responded. He wns reminis
cent of the olden times and wove an
interesting story of the life of Mr.
R. M. Jeffreys and his wonderful
family.
Mr. Early, on behalf of the opera
tives, declared you could always
count on a square deal from tne Jeffreys-Myers
Manufafcturing Com
pany. .
In educational matters Mr. R. M.
Jeffreys this . veteran of good
deeds and exemplary business prin
ciples was' deeply concerned, but
his humane interest m people has
been and will ever be his most be
loved asset.. His financial success
made, it possible for him to finance
his great will to do for the sick and
the afflicted. ,
His business activities carried him
beyond- his state, but this North
Carolina Tar is still making foot
prints on the sands of time.
Virginia has borrowed our Smiths-one-two
and three
OurAlderman, too, 'tis piain as can
be
And now our Philanthropist is lend
ing two sons
To help make her laws her State's
Rights to run. 4
All joined in wishing that the
Jeffreys-Myers Manufacturing Com
pany might live long anu prosper
and hoped that all their annual meet
ings would be' held in Oxford at thf
Smith Hotel. .
GRAND JURY IS ASKED
TO PROBE DEATH; OF BOY
WHO HAD NO DOCTOR
Fayetteville, Nov. 9. A grand
jury investigation into the death of
the eight-year-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. S. W. Carroll, of this city,
which occurred here yesterday, was
requested in a report of the' coro
ner's jury today. The coronor's
jury report stated that the boy came
to his death from diphtheria and
that there . was negligence on the
part of the .parents, who refused to
get medical aid for the child, but re
lied solely upon prayer.
Frazier-Dean.
Cards reading as follows have been
issued: "Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Frazier
request the honor of your presence
at the marriage of their daughter
Inez Augusta to Mr, William Hays
Dean on Wednesday ' afternoon,
November 23, 1921, at four o'clock.
At home Matoaca, Va."
NO. 90
NEW YOUNGSTOWN MAYOR, A
CITIZEN OF THREE MONTHS,
HAD PECULIAR PLATFORM
He Rode To Victory On a Wild Ca
Platform.
Youngstown, Ohio, Nov. S. A
man who has lived in Youngs".im
only tjiree months, ar-3 whose plat
form provided for discontinuance of
streec car service, turning the street
over to jitney buses and jailing any
citizen who paid taxs unavr a re
cent revaluation, yesterday was .elect
ed .mayor over candidates Backed by
the. major party organizations. He
is George L. Olds, who came in from
the country, established a residence
in a hotel, and carried on an ec
centric advertising campargn without
the aid of party support.
Other "planks" in Olds' platform
included permitting "spooning" in
city party under police protection,
dismissing the entire police force
if it doesn't mend its ways and a
promise to his salary over to charity.
The women's vote is believed to
have been responsible for Olds' elec
tion. .
THE MOST LUXURIOUS APART
MENT HOUSE IN THE AVORLD
! It AVas Built For Wealthy People Too
Indolent To Be Bothered With
j Homes.
The New York Times tells us that
the most luxurious apartment house
in the world has just been opened
in New York. . It has gold-plated
door knobs, silver-plated cliandeliers,
and a separate set of elevators, run
ning to each of its 16 floors. It was
built for wealthy people too indolent
to be bothered with homes of their
own although having the means to
build a home with every modern con
venience. Their lives have become
bo artificial they wish to live close
to the center of a great city. Year
ly rentals in this apartment house
range from $10,000 to $55,000 for
an apartment and there are 90 apart
ments, the largest one containing
30 rooms. One tenant has installed
1-4 million dollars worth of ancient
tapestries. A magnificient ball
room, a restaurant, a grill, a tea
room, and a confectionary shop are
a part of the equipment. No ten
ants are admitted whether or not
th ey have the price, except by-1 vote
of an entrance committee of ten
ants. Yet this desire for exclusive
ness is not great enough for those
who live in the building to inspire
them to be sole tenants in a house
of their own.
MR. R. AV. LASSITER'S
HAND IS MUCH BETTER
A bruised Dlace on Mr. R. W. Las
siter's right hand, recently contract
ed, got cold in it and gave him some
concern. Mr. Lassiter's friends will
be glad to learn that the hand is
practically well.
Mr. Lassiter is wearing the usual
pleasant smile and greeting, but it
will be some time before he extends
the "right hand of fellowship."
THE TATTLER
Published AVeekly By the Athletic
Association Of Oxford High
School.
The first number of "The Tattler,"
published weekly by the Athletic As
sociation of the Oxford High School,
is on our desk. It is a very hand
some four-column folio and Is well
worth 50 cents, the price of sub
scription, for the school year. Mr.
Edwin Shaw; is the editor-in-chief;
Mr. William S. Livengoood and Miss
Mildred Harrington are the manag
ing editors; literary editors, Herbert
Rountree and lvey Allen; associate,
Bessie Faulkner; school activities,
Jack Brinkley and Annie Gray Bur
roughs; community activities, James
Webb and Clarence Burch athletics,
Edgar Reece and William Hunt;
agony column, Almon Upchurch and
JJ. D. Brooks, Jr.; treasurer athletic
association Madison Usry.
MISS BLACKNALL, ALASKA MIS
SIONARY, COMING TO OXFORD
Fresh From the Field Of Snow and
Rqmanoe- AAill Deliver Address
At St. Stephen's Church Next
Sunday.
Miss Bessie B. Blacknall, one of
our faithful Missionaries from Alas
ka, now on furlough at her home in
Henderson, will address the Sunday
School of St. Stephen's Church on
Sunday next, Nov. 13th, and will al
so make an address during the
morning service in the Church. The
addresses which Miss Blacknall has
made in other of our churches, have
proven to be both profitable and in
teresting. It will be live informa
tion right from that field, so full of
snow and romance, and there will be
local pride, too.
SCHOOL POPULATION OF U. S.
33,250,870; IN SCHOOL 21,370,000
"School populatioon" of the Unit
ed States 33,250,870, the census
bureau announces. Of this number,
comprising citizens five to 20 years
old, more than 2 1,3 70,00 a were at
tending schools between September,
1919, and January, 1920. when the
census was taken. Utah apparently
is the most studious State," -73 per
cent of her citizens eligible -by, age
being registered in schools. Massa
chusetts leads in the 7 to 13 group
with 96.1 per cent, and Louisiana
comes last with 75.9 percent.
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