- : .1 - i..;.;?: vv 7 . J. It- .-V-iI-f,! if mi !-. f. STATE LlBHArOT. X. t: ski PUBLISHED SEMIVKEKLY TOWN' AND COUNTY- OFFER BRILLIANT OPPORTUNITIES ALL HOME PRIN il'':. 1- 1 ? A H I mv; . n ' ' ' ' - ' " " : - m. , - - - r-. i ;j: t, II; r.iT- T (MKOLIXA "RUVO 3WBKCT OPENED WITH LIGHT SALES er,At!eivices Average Around $5; Ak7 hVl Higher Than First mnrkets for the sale of Tobacco . - 4- rntfn nnprPn then m of eastern Norm carolma iaall,?f with comparatively light Tuesday generally averaged sale3'ito $6 per hundred pounds frfJi an the averages on the . open- more altnougn the in- .... f lnst. vear in JUtJ 1? an ui , greater at some piaceb. f Hip offerings was re- The, f Tkniev poor in man; cases, PfC w ather also was a factor and-it hi-her average. Damage f crop hv excessive rainfall was ed on a number of markets. Half aiillion At Wilson, it Wilson, the greatest leaf mai i of vi the world, arouud twenty hnimiid farmers, visitors, represen; 5 of tobacco companies and the tive marketing nssociatiou ?ere present for the opening sales. u-iLon Ported approximate re :M nf n half milliou pounds, about i.-iITlT 111 a li w he same as on the n Th 9. price ai first aay average was per Aundred ovi rer ine mat uaj o ".o (1a of the 1921 season, rarnmiie it ovrPP.linslv light sales, about DOl'teU KMcruiuB'J it an average slightly fft nnn nouiuu above $26 per hundred. Kooky M(ullt ana Kinston. it Kinston, another of the large eastern markets, sales were estimat Pd at from three to four hundred thousand pounds at an average ot So per hundred or slightly . more, official figures not being available. Rocky Mount reported saies of 12o, J0 pounds at an average or $22 per hundred. Sales were largely tended at both places. C"-operanv3 warehouses are expected to open at Rocky Mount and Kinston early next Greenville and Goldsboro. Greenville, one of the largest mar kets in the State, reported sales of around a half million pounds at an average of $25 per hundred, sevfl dollars higher than on the opening day last year. At Goldsboro the one auction house sold 36,132 pounds at an average of $17 per hundred.-' With a large crowd of "Co-operators" on hand, there was much interest in the proceedings at that place. Sniithfielrt. Smithfield's auction warehouse sold around 100,000 pounas at an average of $22.50 to $23 per hun dred, with growers reported satisfied i wita prices, ine co-operauve ware house there, it is stated, is scheduled to open next Monday. Xo Sales At New Bern. New Bern was one place in the State where no auction sales were held. It is a co-operative association center and all the warehouses will be manned by the growers' organi zation this season Wendell and Zebulon. First tobacco marketing through auction warehouses in Wake county Wednesday brought an average of 27 cents in Zebulon and above 20 cents in Wendell, according to reports from the markets. In Zebulon, where two warehouses ere open in the place or five which operated last year, 71,808 pounds of tobacco were sold at an average price M $27.21 per hundred ratinds. This as one-third, at least, better than we opening price last year, but the pade of tobacco was .considerably better. In Wendell, the two warehouses Wednesday sold approxi y iso.ooo pounds of a crop, sinoa 1 o i olers say' is tne best tobacco nrinlf i, The estimated average wee for the sale was above 20 cents J".00" Average At Tarboro. for ta0ro,s two auction warehouses with V,i8aIe tf leaf toDacco Pened Pounds ?24-20 per hundred Uw existTauout 1HBOR CHICKENS A . . thpn ha, CUizen w?1 now and rights of , decide as between the saidad3vT and those o another law reauivi "S0 aso that tnere was a h;s chicSS nc's neISnoc to keep ld n t Lf nned 50 that thay said he had f 11 ? the-arden. nS 011 that sprl ard some complaints imparted I n ! fe?ently. and that he (!uirer that fi lniormatlon to his in- matter. an V, Was a 'aw in the vho siiffor,,,! , orrenaea or the ' -""o uticuueu or wss had recoursb ;s matter. LOUD HAS RT.lT'tiCir'rk WITH ' Shojii Apart a Day Of ranville coin t"Sested recently that 5daof cy-ught t0 set apart cropT;:.1 for the splen- tverv " rUi' are fi Ti ir foi. . i b l, 7 sems that, nnr nntv unies. ess ti,. 7s ,iea l this resnet nnri tailed t. :ry rais which have feat deal of h Past few days do a to-r tlf Prospects are , This of 1 farmer this fall. an fr means Prosperity - is on the move. ay froi eft yes k be tolh? Danville, where 15 suest of relatiyes. u Wilson Was $23.25 Per ! To Maintain Ave,,:i!i',v l- Sales On Other Markets jln ILL I'-' " ; CIVIC DEPARTMENT OF ' WOMAN'S CLUB CALLS I i ATTENTION TO STREETS' Our Repuutlon Prettiest Town In For , thftl burins the past i streets have shown. -uuniis me past few wee&s dur the lack of be town swfiflDpr "Pos sibly it has- been on account of the sana . Deing placed on them. But noV that Work is over a st is hoped that this important work win be giv en careful attention.; -Especially do the streets in the residential section need sweeping. Tourists, na serine rough Ojxfojrd are obliged to notice """ctuwu uj. uasu on tne streets which will prevent our nosulng-our reputation ior the prettlestt own in the State. CIVIC DEPT. OXFORD, W. C. MR. JACK USRr, WILL TAKE SUBSCRIPTIONS TO THE PUBLIC LEDGER The Bright Young Man Will Enter the University Next Year. Jack Usry, the fine son of Rev. E. G. Usry, has consented to take subscriptions to "the Public Led ger this fall and winter after school hours and on Saturdays. Jack is a fine boy. in other words lie is a "chip off the old block." He wants to enter the University next year and he hop es to be able to defray bis own expenses. H0 will enter upon his duties with the Public Ledger as soon as the tobacco market opens. DISCUSS CHANGING STYLES FOE WOMEN Small Towns Demand Broadway Styles. Richmond, Va., Aug. . 17. Mem bers of the Southern Retail Mer chants Association at their annual session here heard lengthy discus sions on how the retailer can make money in the light of tne cnanging styles of the present oar. One mer chant declared that styles, particu larly in women's clothes . and ma terials, sometimes change before the goods are received from the whole saler, and there arises the problem of disposing of -goods that are out date. It waa , revealed that theityles" ot Paris, .London- andNew Torfc are the styles of the smallest cross roads town in the most remote parts of the country, and that the staarl town "flapper" demands the same up-to-the-minute clothes and materials that her sister wears on Fifth Avenue and Broadway. DR. MORRIS ADDRESS PARENTS OF SCHOOL CHILDREN Once before I have stated that Granville county would not be able to get a specialist,to remove the ton sils of our schoolVchildren. But we are having it done - at : Brantwood Hospital now the third week by Dr. J. H. Bullock and Dr. W. N. Thomas, and I am gratified to say the -work is being gsplendidly done just as well done as by the specialists we have had before. Their work will Dear the very closest investigation ! for comparison with the work of the best specialists,, those we have had, or any other, for that matter. Thursdays and Fridays are the clinic days of each week-arranged that way so the farmers could have their children for barn filling; any week, have the operation done, and I the children back on the farm for the next week. , Now is the time for everybody to get their children immunized to smallpox without- which a child cap not attend any school. Have it aone before school begins. Done free every Saturday in the office of the Health Department in 'the court house, from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. J. A. MORRIS, M. D., Co. Health Officer.0 RELATIVES OF MBS. REUBIN HARRIS HEARD FROM The Aged Lady Own Life, Interest In a Fine Farm. The last issue of the Public Ledger stated that Mr. J. E. Jackson, county superintendent of county welfare, de sired to hear from the relatives of Mrs. Reubin " Harris, an inmate of the old folks home at Durham whose mind is not clear. . Since the publication of the notice Mr. Jackson learns ttoat the old lady owns a life interest in a nice farm in Vance county near the Granville line. Miss Jeannette Longmire, the ef ficient assistant in the county clerk's office, has returned from a visit to friends in Norfolk and Richmond. Mr. Thomas J. Smith will spend the winter with his daughter, Mrs. J. W. Adcock at Holly Springs, and will issist in marketing tn, crop of tobacco. : ' MUST HAVE COAIMN STATE TO SAVE WEED . .Washington, Aug. 16. Requests from the state authorities of North Carolina that provision be made for coal to be used in the drying of to bacco was recommended ' today by Federal Fuel Distributor Spencer to the North Carolina state fuel admin istration for favorable action. The North Carolina authorities sontended that failure to provide fuel for this purpose at this : time would result" in. the .ruination of the tobacco crop. QXFORD, N. C.FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 1922 OXFORD PUBLIC SCHOOLS . WILL OPEN ON 3IONDAY SEPTEMBER FOURTH ! AIKChildren Who Have Not Been j Vaccinated Must rjomntv tVith thft i t ijaw Jieiore the Srhnnl fiMn. . r " ' Mr'v m w i more or less nloasnro thA AfiATfr nf s ouuuiaiw wit-i the fall term of the public schools, and the school children of Oxford win report on Monday moiming, Sep-i . . I tember 4, and be assigned to their work. It would be well roi parents whose children have not been vacci nated should see that this be, done before the school opens. -The Faculty. The faculty for the Oxford Grad ed Schools for the 1922;2S session is as follows: Superintendent of - schools Prof. C. G. Credle. First Grade Miss Sallie Webb, Miss Sadie Vinson." " Secotfd Grade -Miss Sadie Par ham, Miss Ella Clumenr. Third Grade Miss Sarah Clement. Fourth Grade Miss Mildred Har ris, Leechville, N. C; Mrs R. L. Hardison, Wadesboro, N. C. Fifth Grade Miss Claire -Harris, Roxboro, N. C.; Miss Carrie Fuller and principal Of Grammar school. Third" and Fourth Graces Miss Edna Crews. First and Second Grades Miss Katharine Bradsher. French and Mat. Ml3s Mable Tate. Latin Mi'ss Florine Lewter. English Miss Lina Pruden, Eden ton, N. C. History Miss Elizabeth Allen. History and Mat. Miss EditV Mann, Middleton, N. C. Math, and Athletics W. S. Liven good. Science and Principal of higa school W. W. Barnhart. Sixth Grade Mrs. W. H. Kimball, Miss Lila Currin. . . Seventh Grade Mrs. W. W." Barn hart. One Vacancy. A teacher to fill the vacancy caused by. the marriage of Miss Harris will be named in a few days. Colored School. The same teachers have been em ployed for the colored school. An additional teacher will be added. Two rooms are being added to the colored school building. , . iX REPUBLICAN. INVASION OF ' i NORTH CAROLINA IMPENDS Desperate Party Leaders Are Grasp ing At AH Straws Laying Plans To Send Spellbinders To Strategic Points. H. E. C. Bryant, Washngton cor respondent of the Charlotte Observ er, says: "Republican campaign managers have decided to hold the congressional districts they have in the south and extend their gains. A year ago they were disgusted with their allies in "the southern states, and virtually announced that they would make no special effort to cap ture congressman from Dixie, fut now, when the republican strong holds seem to be ready for a big tion, they are grabbing at all straws. "A very determined effort with money to back it, will be made to win the seventh, eighth, and tenth districts in North Carolina. Re- publican leaders here admit that, J unless they can change the drft of j sentiment, the house will be very close. It is estimated that the next house majority will be 25 for the G. 0.-P. instead of 167, as It now stands. Democrats say that if the trend away from the present administra tion is that strong it will sweep them in. . ;-. , Members of the President's cabinet and the best orators in congress will be sent to strategic points to call on the voters for their support. Great stress will be laid on the party's efforts since President Hard ing came into office to ecviiomize and retrench. Attention will be directed the. Arms Conference, the act re vising me tax laws ana tne curtail ment of appropriations. The republicans are bedly worried over the outlook for a heavy cut in their majority in. the house, and a possible flop over tojthe democrats. Their hope now is to bolster up pub lic confidence by a whlrlwnd effort before the election In 'the sections most in doubt. . . HOUSE MEETS AFTER RECESS OF SIX WEEKS Members, However, Will- Not Get Down To Actual Work Until Sen ate Passes Tariff Bill. Washington, Aug. 17. The House of Representatives Tuesday ended its six weeks recess. . The members will hot "return- for work, however, until the Senate has passed the tariff bill, and the date, of tins uncertain,- The legislative programme of the House at its approaching session is: - 1 Passage; of the Fordney tariff revision bill. 2 Passage of the soldier bonus bill. 3 Passage of the additional Fed eral judges bill. PASTOR J. D. HAUTE IS SPENDING HIS VACATION On account of the absence from bis pulpit next Sunday, Rev. J. D. Harte, there will be no preaching at the Oxford Baptist church next Sun day " morning . and evening. The Sunday school will be at the regular hour, 9:30. .kj iTiuivi nx TO BE ELECTROCUTED j I 1 RALEIGH, SEPT. 15 I The Three Prisoners Leave Carthage ! Oat fkiat Tr,' i? t?i. " i . mub. .m. v i.ttiAvitbiii i uarthasre AitP- ir -Jasper Thorn- were nnnvirtaA ahnnt e .T-t. n ' I ufIlu6ua muipuj, ouui negroes,; day afternoon of criminal assault on Illl-K HPS- ! "Mrs. A. Ef. Ketchen. of Miami pi a ; Mrs. A. E. Ketchen, of Miami, Fla .1 j. .... . . ' .-! dUU oi snooting her , husband a. E Ketchen. Judge; B. F. I,ong - imme diately sentenced them to - be elec trocuted m Raleigh September 15. JohniLeev the thlrcT negro caught after the . crime: that aroused" Moore county from one end to tile other, was convicted of assault on Mr. Ket- cuen ana was sentenced oy, Judi xong to 12 years 'lmDrisonmpnt MTf' andJr Ketche' both ton-: rist from Florida,' were attacked in camp, near Southern Pines on the morning of August 4th. Mr. Ketch en was shot through tne body, the bullet entering-the breast just-below the fourth rib; passing Within'a half ihch and to the right of hia nari, and coming out still further to the rig- between the ninth and loth rib la the scuffle, Mrs. ' Ketchen was knocked senseless and rape'... presence of her husband. The whole state has watched this case with interest, and the quick conviction is assurance"." tnat the court is equal to the occasion. Tfee timely action of the sheriff m spirit ing his prisoners away to safety be fore the mob had time to Vorganize was highly conimendableon" the part of the Moore County officer, as was the speedy trial given tne.accusA All of this was done without violence, without searing the good name of the county and the State. The court has pronounced the death penalty. That is all the mob could have hoped for. Governor Morrison ,too, is to be commended for affording : troops to uphold the authority or law. SEABOARD IS DOING A RECORD BUSINESS Everybody Seems To Be Hurrying To Travel and Ship Before Worst. It ia talked among the local raii- rroad "officials at this timerthat ocrtwudiu Air i,ine. auring.the past four to six weeks has done the biggest uuomeds in its nistory. one official expressed it by saying that it" seemed IttlMIAU Aim HfTTnnmr that everybody that han anvthinr t.jthe plant breeding work, rt fnr. ship was trying td ship it and every one who wanted to so anvwnera xc trying to go and get back before the wheels absolutely stopped rolling and before . the worst cam w tue worst, if such should happen. During the month of June, the road loaded on its system a total of more than 23,000 freight cars' with shipments originating on its lines, not including merchandise consis-n ments, which would swell the list U f iar greater proportions. The 23,000 ears spoken of are made 'up of con signments in which no single commo dity was loaded in the same car. ' These figures, of course, have nothing to do with shipments receiv ed, which possibly equalled thoae BCUl away, ana ior which the rail- road was paid the same as . cargoes departing. ...... Practically every available piece of rolling stock is being, usees to the ut- most to meet the demands being made upon the road, as an evidence of the heavy passenger traffic the congested conditions of the trains un der present conditions is cited, when large crowds of people are moving backhand forth over, the company's lmes. Henderson Daily Dispatch. PLENTY OF SOFT COAL " BUT NO TRAIN ; - , TO HAUL IT , The beginning of the end ' of the coal strike is at hand, according to the associated press, reports. It is the soft coal industry in which the initiative is made, the anthracite field not being involved, but the pros pect is that the country is to have all the soft coal it may need: for indus trial and commercial purposes, for the agreement "just entered into un questionably, opens the way to gen eral resumption of soft coal mining Operators .and workers, in the an-, thracite industry are to get together the coming week under proposition similar to that through harniony was restored between the operators and workers in the soft coat industry. Plenty, of Coal and no train to haul it is none too encouraging. The railroad strikers are still Insisting oh the seniority rule Tand. the railway executive appear to have no desire to comply with their demands. - The end of the strike may come in a day or two, and it may be vreeks. CONDUCTOR STRUCK I ' - BY NEGRO SUNDAY Capt. Woodsworth Was Conductor On the, Oxford-Henderson Train For Two Years. Captain Woodsworth, running as conductor on one of the through pas senger trains oh the Seaooard at the present time, was struck and flight ly injured- by a negro 'passenger "on No. 3 last Sunday afternoon south of Petersburg. The negro jumped off the train and was painfully injured, according to reports, but , Captain Woodwortfi was not badly hurt. It is understood the negro was taken back to Petersburg hospital oy Train No. 4 when it passed northbound. " -r -7. ; ., N0.; 65 , : ,:--A - - crv-&mn i -. ouumtiK UK ijAfJsKi'P v GRANVILLE COUNTY MUST HAVE A RURAT "POr iriivr A v ft Is n9S, .u. mcniga- ways Of thettounty. The time has "arrived -when safety and th iiitotoM.i ,tVia &rove i Deionging to Dr, : :B. : K. T riLi 1 iv,-c JL cei LdlU llllll- i unities in Granville require the dil- i "seni services of courageous rural vuiitcuieu; ana ; tne i- authorities and should provde for them. . Lacking the legal authority to nut i on rural polcemen, a bold request iher three sturdy sons, is visiting her shpuild be made for such authorty to i siister, Mrs. D. G, Brummitt - and the end that decenncy may enjoy its j tne little boys playing in tfci?!ferove rights and privileges. of massive oaks causes a&bldtJimerr Crime in the rural sections is just to indulge in TetoretUifk bad as crime in ' incorporated About the middle of thVlcen townsr and the fact that -portoin. tw-"6o"w...i t.,, .v.:a.ivii- 1 corPrated towns; use the - - uv-vuuuiij mj i j uLi meir airty work, should Dot be -overlooked in suth a way as to make such joints appear' privileged or licensed. An Oxford business man informs the Public Ledger that he had to stop his. car - three-times between Offord and Stem thA MhhiJ,Z the dare devils would run into hm. Three cars that passed, he said had only one headlight, and of course, he could not tell which 'side of the car the light was on. A good rural policeman could soon put the breaks on all soeeders and the violators should be required to pay the expense and morei too. WILSON AVERAGE FOR FIRST DAY WAS $23.25 Special To Public Ledger f Wilson, Aug.-17. The Wil son tobacco market on the op- -ening break of the senmxx Tues day sold a total of 488,30 pounds, at an-average of $23.25 according to the official totals announced today. , ABRUZZI RYE THE BEST COVER CROP Plant Breeding Work At State f!nl- lege Kecwnmends It For Planting It is gratifying to know that Abruzzi rye thrives in Granville county. The small planting of Dr. E. T. White on his farm wr nt rw j ford three or four years ago mul- upuea iuu told. A high authority saya; fhe true Abruzzi rye, as improved fpt high yielding qualities by tho agronomists m tne juxperiment station at state College, Is far superikn'Ttlh'pr winter cover crop, according to Dr. R. Winters, who fa In chares nf !nishes more and better grazing, it xixatuiea earner man anv othr t. riOtTT QnI i . ' ' - uu it uiaa.es an aDu&jance 01 organic matter to turn ninter nn nnAr 1- . v K y KJ A. AHUU GREENSBORO PLANS BIG MEET FOR EXSERVICE MEN American Legion Convention and Reunion Sent. 8 and 9. Plans have been conrntetpd fnr ing visiting exservice men and women a royal welcome., in Greensboro Sep tember 8th and 9th, at which time the American Legion and the Amerr can Legion Auxiliary will hold theirj ttuuuai cuiiveiiuon. , J ' Governor Cameron Morrison will address the convention Friday morn ing September 8th, Mrs. Edith S. Vanderbilt Friday .afternoon, and Senator J. Thomas Heflin of Alabama Saturday morning.. There will also be many other prominent visitors present for this occasion. The Railroads have granted a one and a haif fare rate for this conven tion. TRAINMEN MADEJK) SD3E TRACK 5 CARS Murphysboro, Ills., Aug. 1 . Ap proximately 500 striking miners forced the crew of a-Mobe and Ohio train to sidetrack five cars of coal at Willysville, 10 miles north of here, late tbU afternoon, which was bound for East St. Louis,; according to -an announcement tonight by E. E. Nor ris, vice president, of.: the railroad. HIGH AVERAGE ON . MARKET AT MULLINS High averages for the season are reported on the open auction market in the South Carolina tobacco belt. A report received here is to the effect that sales through last moay, Au gust 11, amounted to pounds, with-' a general average iur the season to date of 1 22.9 6. This is said to be considerably. indvance of the price paid there last ear. THE TRD? TO THE" ' . 1 . "WASHQUT?! POSTPONED , On account pfiVmuddy stream the Oxford Baptist 'Baraca Class did not go to the Washout" yesterday as was proposed last Sunday. The class will -take further"" action next Sunday. .... ; ' One of the loveliest social func tions of the mid-summer season was given Monday evening by Mr.jand Mrs. J. gHprnWM honor olr. and Mrsl" Av W. Graham, Jr., "who have "recently, returned from an ex tended wedding" trip ; , through f the west. Artistically arranged : flowers decorated the handsome home. Punch was served by Mesdames R. H." Lew is and R. G. Lassiter. Eleven tables were placed for v bridge. Atractive place cards suggestive of weddings, marked the places of the guests. After the game, ice cream, ' cake, mints and nuts Twere. servedt ; TWO HOUSES IN OXFORD IN WHICH FIVE GENERATIONS OP DESCENDANTS HAVE LIVED This Makes An Old-Timer Indulge in Retorspection. Up on College Street in: the fine . TT . . .. . y ' r witneasei tWS week. " . IM""8 i5ut, wnren naiig uy UUc umciyuoure ;the town or possible the ; county. Mrs- Garland Talton of Zebulon, with house and lot now occupfedl Mr. and Mrs. Brummitt. Thetie: may pot have been quite so laUhen, although much more nunieroiis5,' but the lot was "decidedly . laTWV To this place Dh Duty and his kodd wife a i r vt - 8 unw?iaaiu--., . v and re played their younger chil and the date of-this Is uncertain. aren Uim ot tnese-later revr up a married the late John W. Hays, wno in course of time bough, the ' snares of nis wife's sisterln the I premises. The Hays childreil pfayed !n the old yard as had theTTTribther before them. One of these children rwhen grown married arid became the mother of Mrs. Brummitt- and - Mrs."' Talton, who spent their girlhood in the shadows of these same old trees. And now the grove ; is ringing with the laughter of the fifth generation in direct line from Dr., Duty, his great-great-grandchildren. About the same time Dr. Robert Kennon Taylor bought the Little john property on Williamsboro street now owned by Mr, Richard P. Taylor, his grandson. The late Dr. Leoni dis C. Taylor, father of the; present owner, bought the property and ;i it has remained in the family since that dayr Every day may be seen nlavinz on the SDacious lawn, the j five sturdy grandsons and . one beau tiful young granddoughter of the. present owner. Across the street from the Hays S property, Dr. Robert H. Marsh and his great-grandson live under the same roof. Across the street from the Taylor home may be found the great-grandchildren of vthe late James Crawford Cooper, living in the old Cooper home: further out on the same street some of the great-grand- i children of the late James H. Horner '. live in thp old Korner" residence. i tint ot tha TTnvs honsft and the Tav- lor house, are to be found the only 1aB nvfnvi nf tho fifth ?en- 1 t3AUlliiCiJ 1" o-- erations in the ancestral home. In these days of rapid-changes this is a sight as pleasing as it is unusual. CALLS UPON CAPITAL AND LABOR TO STOP BICKERING' Secretary Wallace Discusses- Rail road Strike In Address to Virgin ia Fanners. Addressing a farmers convention at Leesville, Va., last Tuesday, Sec retary. Wallace, of the Department of Agriculture, -presented compara tve figures to show that the purchas-' ing power of the farmers- nollar had decreased sharply since 1913; "white the wages of the workman, and es pecially in" organized industries, are considerably higher then they were before the war, whether measured in dollars and rents or In. purchasing ' power." "The purchasing power of the wages of the railway employe in 1921," he continued, ,Vas;.51f;!;per cent greater-than in 191j.vn;r. . ; ' The purchasing powftf ;J the wages of the coal miner f n'192-ii was: 3 0 per cent greater than in 19 13 The purchasing power of the farm hand who worksfor wages In il92l was four per cent less man in 1913f while the purchasing ppyrer of , the farmer himself was, on an average,' from 25 to 45 per cent jes than in , 1913. "In short," Mr. Wallace- .empha sized, the farmers of the country, numberng almost one'tnjrj$ -fit ohr entre; population, have JoqgtSvalto gether the heaviest burdejodefla-' tion and they have not .stiwiKiiVvi "They have kept on weSng and in the fact of extraordinary:., low; prices have this year groiRiihe of the largest crops in our entire Ills tory. The farmers believes in law and order. He believes in govern ment. , He believes in fairness be tween man and man. Hi believes in workng hard and produqng-efficent- ly. ; -.r . , "But 1 there .are too many people who seem to be thinking only of themselves and how they: can profit at the expense of the community at large, and especially at the expense of the farmer. The farmer is sick and tired of this sort of business." Goes To Columbus Co. Judge Devin will leave next Sun day for Whiteville, Columbus ;county, to hold aiwo.weeks term iQr.court. Miss Helen White enieitaincd the Social Club Thursday afternoon honoring Miss Evelyn Howell , , and Mrs. Gibson; Howell of Pranlklin, Va Zenias, "come arid cut asajnJ, sun 1 flowers and scarlet sage were .used as decorations through out the house. As the guests arrived punch was served. Five tables were arranged for Rook after an enjoyable game, ice cream fcake and nutXwere served. PRIVATE FAMILY CLOSE IN, OF fers to desirable parties first clasj ' table board . at $7.50 per week. ' "X," Care Public Ledger. id -'I'ii'i.jf'f i. : I ."j 1; K 1 W. A 4 ;-. 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