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vpL.jo(xyiii t : PUBLISHED SEMt-WEEKLY—TOWN AND CQUNTY OFFER BRIL HAN OPPORTUNITIES. 16 PAGES TODAY_OXFORD, N. C., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16,1923 TWO SECTIONS NO. 14 KU KLUXKLAN DEFENDERS ARE FORCED INTO OPEN MHJiken Bili Passes House On Third [tending and Clincher Is Attached. (News and Observer) Defenders of the Ku Klux Kian, f!ghting in desperation to delay and defeat the passage of the Milliken bill on its third reading in the House Wednesday were forced into the open with the issue squarely drawn on the declaration that the measure "cut rhe heart out of the K.u Klux Klan," ; *td went down to final defeat by a vote of 63 to 44, and defeat was sealed by tabling a motion to recon sider. Every parliamentary resource at t he command of the bili, even to the proposal to send the law into the gen eral election in 1924 for ratification was brought into play and was Gnashed against the stone wal) de faces built around the measure that requires the registration and unmask ing of all members of secret organi sations. The battle lasted two hours. THE WOMAN'S CLUB f he interior Of the New Club Mouse D Very Attractive. The ladies of the Oxford Woman's f i) are to be commended for the im v.-r.ients wrought in their no .v club i. ase. It required an artistic turn of mind to convert the interior of an o'd residence into comfortable and inviting quarters, and this was done bv throwing the rooms together and a iiberal use of French doors, wall d-corations, paint and draperies. A very convenient little kitchenette is a part of the very* clever arrangements. The club rooms were handsomely decorated yesterday with pear, peach and apple blossoms, the occasion be ing the entertainment of the Rotary Club at dinner. In the evening the club served supper to the Oxford Fire Company, who were the guests of Mr. J Robert Wood, Chief of the Fire department. THE HAT SHOP To Ho Opened By Mrs. Graham ^ Robetts. Mrs. Graham Roberts, well and favorably known throughout Oxford and the .county, has teased the new Halt building at the corner of Main and Littlejohn streets and will at an early date open a high ciass mitiinerv establishment. Mrs. Roberts has returned from the 'northern markets where she bought a handsome stock of milli nery. She has employed as trim mer Miss Street;, of Greenville. S. C. As soon as the goods arrive Mrs. Rob erts will Announce.the date of the op ening. Mrs. Roberts has for the past two or three years been the valuable as sistant in the office of Mr. J. F. Webb, county superintendent of schools. Miss Lucy Webb will fill the position made vacant by the resignation of Mrs. Roberts. LEVI GARMAN'S FARMS Situated On the Western Maryland Railroad, Near York, l'a Our townsman, Mr. Levi Garman, wiil leave this week for Bradbeck, Pa., where he owrns too stock farms —one of 82 acres and one of TtlO acres. A printed card at hand states that the annual sale of select live stock will take place on February 21. Thirteen head of horses and mules are listed for sale; 78 cattle and 70 head of purebred hogs. Mr. Garman states that all the feed lor the stock is grown on the farm and that one of the best revenues of the farm is the large amount of ma nure that accumulates. THE RUHR DISTRICT The Size Of Rhode Island and Has 3,177.637 Population. Essen Special: The area now oc cupied by the French andiBelgtans In the Ruhr aggregates approximately 720.131 acres or'nearly the size of Rhode Island, acording to figures an nounced in German quarters. ^ The population of this area is 3,T.<,03<, h'f'h compares with the population Alnsoachusetts and Michigan. Ihe military forces hold 14 city and nine rural districts. The to<ai railway mileage in the Ruhr is 1. 2 42 kilometers, of which two lines are militarized. SOME FINE SHOATS Rockers Grow To Perfection In Fish ing Cpeek. Messrs. M. J. MeGhee and Mack Brummitt, of Fishing Creek, killed hogs recently. One killed by Mr. Brummitt weighed 512 pounds and one weighed 482. Mr. McGhee, who is recognized as one of the best-hog raisers in the county and no[w has a number of pigs for sale, killed one That weighed 500 pounds. These shoats were only, 12 months old. —Your battery should have water About every two weeks. Stop at Ox* lord Battery Co. THE NEW TENT HAT i i _ I New Headgear For Women Will Afake j Its Appearance Here Soo t, j Milliners who have gone north to purchase goods state that the new headgear for women has made its ap : pearance on Brodaway, and they are ; going to be turning around to look at jit on the streets of Oxford the fir^? j thing you know. ; j It is called a "hat" merely because !it serves that purpose, and truth to j tell, it is no a bad looking affai'*. To j wear it the hair must be done up in a compact mound on the top of the head and a miniature "tent pole" j thrust vertically through it. Over this is stretched a square foot of can vas, with a flag or ribbon, for a dec oration. Strangely enough, this new fancy did not come from Paris. It j was born and tried out in Kansas ! City, and the photograph of its first ' appearance in New York shows a ! crowd of men following the wo-nan ! who wore it. NATIONAL HIGHWAY i _ j Durham Feels Good Over the Promis ing Outlook. (Durham Sun.) Every opportunity is to be ext.eud ! ed Durham to make this city a sort i of division headquarte rs for national ! north and south overland, passenger ; and freight transportation. Oppor ! tunity rests in the assurance of a , hard surface highway from Durham j directly north l!o the Virginia State } Line. j Contract has been let for the last , stretch of hard surface between Ox i ford and Virginia. This stretch will ! be concrete. Survey is under way ; for a route from Durham to Oxford. } This stretch will be asphalt, but. part I asphalt, part concrete a great boule ! vard will be laid for fast through ! motor transportation .provided Dur ham pulls for it and beats Raleigh to j the game. ; Determination of the Durham Ox ; ford road awaits the result of the surveys under way. Authorization of ' paving and letting of contract is still j further away, but ultimately the road wiii be built. i ^ PLEASING NEWS i - The Health Of Majoi Stedm.m Is Much Better. News of the condition or Major Charles M. Stedman, the fifth dis ; trict's representative in Congress , brought back from there by <1. Lee i Fentress, city attorney of Greons boro is pleasing. Mr. Fenress says that the health of Major Stedman is much better than it was! while he was indisposed during the pciitical campaign. Major Stedman is yet !vigorous, blessed with a vitality that ! took him through the Civil war, ' through the hard reconstruction pe j riod, through mahy campaigns, , through years of service given his ; state and nis country.-?—Greensboro Patriot. i WHEAT LOOKS GOOD There Is a Fairly Good Crop Sown In The Comity. ' Farmers tell the Public Ledger that , the recent snow and sleet has done ; the wheat a great deal of good and i that already it is showing an im ! proved appearance. There is a fairly ! large crop sown in the county and ! farmers generally are hoping for a ! big crop this year. Some plowing has I already been done in preparation fcr I spring crops, but not a great deal. DUKE BUYS HOTEL - . . ^ Durham and New York Capitalist Acquits Majestic. ' New York Special: Benjamin N.; } Duke, of New York and Durham has j ' purchased the Majestic hotel, be- i ; tween Seventy-first street and sev-j !enty-second street, New York. The ideal involved about $4,000,000.. t i Mr. Duke is a brother of .1. B.} 'Duke, of Charlotte. Mr. Duke re-; ! cently purchased the Hotel Lorraine, j ! Mfth Avenue and Forty-fifth street. } ! BORAH SAYS THAT WAR SHOULD BE OUTLAWED ! Washington, Feb. 15.—A resolu tion declaring it to be the sense of the i Senate that war should be "outlawed ! as an institution or means for the set i tlement of international controver sies," and proposing creation and a i doption of a code of international law iand an international court, was in-j produced by Senator Borah. Rcpub ! lican, Idaho. OFFICERS CAPTURE STILL NEAR OXFORD i Constable Ernest Bragg and Deputy Crawford Davis captured a still in i Fishing Creek last Tuesday. The kettle showed much usage, but it was not In commission when the officers found it. - WANTED YOUNG LADY TO TEACH ! at home two small children of 5 and ^years. P O. B. 612. GRANVILLE COURT IN MIDST OF SENSATIONAL TRIAL Case Called Yesterday Morning— Henry Hicks, the Durham HoyL'i ^ der $1000 Bond Did Not Appear In Court. Henry S. Hicks, son of William H. Hicks, well known Durham young i man arrested here last week on the charge of attempted assault and placed under $1000 bond to appear in Granville Superior Court yester day, did not put in an appearance. Hicks was a roadman in the employ of the State Highway Commission, } and was working on a stretch of high : way near Oxford at the time of the jarrest last week. Bond was ordered forfeited by Judge W. M. Bond, and capias issued for his arrest. The Oxford boy, held on the same ! charge, was ih court. The case en gaged the attention of the court until a late hour in the afternoon. It will : probably reach the jury by noon ; today. MR. GRAY TO WED Will Go To Charlotte For His Hride In April. The following announcement from the Richmond News Leader is of in terest to the many friends of Mr. Gray, popular manager of the Oxford office of the Carolina Power and Light Company: "At an entertainment given by Misses Laura and Margaret Alexan der in their home in Charlotte, N. C.,j last Saturday, anouncement was made of the engagement and aproachhig marriage of Miss Mary Isabel Ardrey to Robert Sommerville Gray .Jr., formerly of this city. The wedding will take place in April. Miss Ar drey is the daughter of Mrs. Lois Har ris Ardrey and the late Dr. Lucius L. Ardrey, of Charlotte, N. C. She was graduated from the North Carolina College for Women at Greensboro in the class of 1920, and for the last year has been technician at the Pres byterian hospital in Charlotte. Mr. Gray is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Rob ert S. Gray, of 2301 Grove avenue. He was graduated from V. f in the class of 1916. He received uis commission at the officers' training camp, and served at Fort Monroe. After the armistice he went to Ral eigh, N. C., and now makes! his home in Oxford, N. C." HICKS LED ATTACK ON LONG'S B!LL I'resent Law Is a SafeGuard To the Poor Man. The measure introduced by Sena tor W. L. Long, of Halifax, to "limit the resale" of real estate sold under deed of trust to one resale mot with opposition when put on its third reading Tuesday in' the Senate where ; it originated. Senator Hicks, of ! Granville, led the attack on the bill, ! contending that the present la v is a' safeguard to the poor man who has j jeopardized his home by contracttiug : debt during prosperous days and has I been called upon to pay in a period of ; depression. I Senator Hicks offered an amea-1 , rnent to the bill which wouid limit ' the resale *o two and leave it op i tional with the clerk of court whe ther he shall require a bond with the ; bid or not. In advocacy of the bill as intro duced Senator Loug expressed the conviction that the fact that the sale tyould be final would bring out ! the best bid on the one tender of the { real estate. THE STATE SUNDAY SCHOOL WORKERS To Meet in Winston-Salem \p il 10-11-12. Winston-Salem is? to be the host of the 1923 session of the North Car I olina State Sunday School Contention. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, April 10th, 11th and 12th. From the of fice of the State Sunday School As sociation in Raleigh comes the in formation that the Sunday School workers in Winston-Salem are al ready busy with plans for entertain ing the convention. It is expected that this will be one of the most no table conventions in the history of the State Associaion work. i ENGINEERS COMING Organization Front Fort Bragg Is Re cruiting a Few Men. For a short time the young men of this district will have the chance to enlist in Company "A," 4th Engineers now stationed at Fort Bragg. Starting Thursday the fifteenth, a detachment of six (6) Engineers will make a four day trip thru this vicin ity. Headquarters will be at Rocky Mount and visits will be made to Tarboro, Wilson, Goldsboro and Smithfield, Postmasters at these places will be able to give informa tion concerning the time the detach ment will arrive. SIMULTANEOUS REVIVAL SERVICES IN OXFORD CHURCHES To Be the Greatest and Most Far Reaching Meeting Ever Held In Oxford. March 12 is the time set for the big. Silumtaneous Revival. Services to begin in the several Oxford Churches. That this is to be the {greatest and most far-reaching meet ing ever held in Oxford, indeed re hiains to be seen; however those plan ning it do not have the slightest ^doubt of its abundant success. , "A word to the wise is sufficient," but a word of explanation may be worthwhile. These are called Sim iltareous Revival Services 'because p. separate service will be in progress In all the Churches -at the same 'time. It is the plan of the different pastors of the several Churches to secure the best man possible, (pre ferably a man from the pastorate) to conduct the services in the separate churches every evening. The morn ing service will be a union meeting conducted by a different minister each morning, and in different Churches. The meetings are to be preceded by a number of cottage prayer services in as many homes as possible. And different members of the seveari con gregations will be called upon to lead some of these services. Sufficient advertisement will be made by means of posters, street banners, and through the columns of the newspaper. Remember the date and watch this paper for further advertisements. CHM. PUBLICITY COM. NORTH CAROLINA IS ON A SAFE AND SANE BUILDING BOOM Two Hundred and Sixty Million Dol lars Expended During the Past Year. An unexampled boom in construc tion work has been recorded through out the entire state of North Caro lina during 1922, led by the $50, ##0J)(ttLroad- _ Investment- and- Abe modernizing of state institutions for half this amount. Larger centers have made notable records, but building has not beeu confined to the cities. Small towns in every section of that state have put into construc tion many millions of dollars. A survey of the construction in progress in the state, made by the Greensboro News in July, showed a grand total of $260,000,000 being expended, divided as follows: State highways ,$35,000,000; county high ways, $15,000,000; municipal im provements $30,000,000; churches, $10,000,000; state institutions. $15. 000,000; public schools, $15,000, 000; other public buildings and bus iness structures, $75,000,000; homes and apartments, $60,000,000; miscel laneous, $10,000,000. Much new work has been orig* ant ed since this survey was finished, and it is probable that the total record far the state for the entire year can be conservatively placed at $309,009, 000. i Asheville, pop. 28,504, expended ! $3,123,450. Charlotte, pop. 46,338, expended $5,148,656. Durham, pop. 21,719 expended $1, 208,122. Gastonia, pop. 12,871, expended $1,783,701. Greensboro, pop. 19,861, oxpeudod $4,223,137. Hickory, pop. 5,07 p. expended $329,525. High Point, pop. 14,302, expended $1,831,144. Raleigh, pop. 24,418 expended $3, 020,346. Washington, pop. 6,314, expended $64,162. Wilmington, pop. 33,372, expended $951,000. Winston-Salem, pop. 48,393. f ?r pended $3,286,857. SUMMER FASHIONS Styles Hack To Good Old Ginghams Of 1860. The gingham and chintz if our grandmothers are with us again. They are the most distinctive note of the summer fashions which are now shown in advance here by hundreds of mannequins sent for the purpose. They are wearing the seif-same airy, printed frocks that the Yankee } girls wore when they bade the beys ; farewell in 1860. } The whole idea of the summer styles seems to be to accentuate the lower half of the gown, making the bodice and sleeves less conspicuous. The concensus regarding the creations shown on the famous Croissant board walk here is that, they are conclusive proof of the tendency toward the "daylight skirt," which must be at least an inch an da half shorter than last year.—Paris Cable in the New York American. Successful Operation. Miss Madry, the oldest daughter of Mr. Madry, the baker, underwent a successful operation for appendicitis at Brantiyopd Hospital last night. THREE MIXED UP IN TRIAL OF SLAYER One Is Dead, Another* Is Being Sued ! For Divorce and Pollard's Wile Has Left Him. ; Richmond, Feb. 15.—Fates of three women are involved in the trial cf Thomas Pollard, real estate man, who went on trial in the Corporation court before Judge David C .Richard son, charged with killing one of ^ them. One is dead, another is being sued for divorce and the third, his wife, j has left him and is having nothing! to do with the case. { I Pollard is charged with shooting to! ; death Mrs. Thelma Richardson, ui-! jvorcee, his former stenographer, on! the night of December 11 in his' ! home. i It is alleged that the muf der oc^; j curred after Mrs. Richardson had ! ; gone to his home to protest against! ! his alleged fickleness in spurning her! j for another wpman, said to be Mrs.' Louise Black, former choir singer. ! i Able lawyers are connected with! ^the case. Former District Attorney; j Hiram M. Smith and his father,! - Harry M. Smith, one of ithe most! ' noted criminal lawyers in Virginia.} ; represent the defense: David E. Sat-; iterfield and Richard E. Byrd, former; i United States district attorney, ap-} ; pear for the prosecution, j. There have been charges in tarn-: ipering with witnesses aired 'n court' i and affidavits are being repudated by ! those who made them, i Interest attaches to the case by! i reason of the promnence of the de-! ! fendant, who is a descendant of one} of the oldest and most prominent! families in iVrginia. He is anephewi of a former attorney general, j Work of selecting a jury started ; jat noon Wednesday, 40 men having! : been summoned. j i —Mrs. Richardson was a Miss! Hamm of Georgia, stylish as well as' j pretty, when her effects were t x-{ j amined she had in her pocketbook a! ' biank check signed by Pollard, dated; j several months prior to her discharge ! ! by Pollard. ! Since the Pollard shooting Beck! ! has instituted suit for divorce a-; ! gainst his wife. It is pending in the { courts._- } ! Pollard's wife has left him and re- i turned with her child to her father's; ! home, and she is taking no part in the j cast. ) J. Mosby West drove the car that} ! carried Mrs. Richardson to the Pol ! lard home. He says that on the way i ' he gave Mrs. Richardson two drinks! I of w hiskey. ; . __ I TO ARREST MAN FOR ATTEMPTED SUICIDE! ! _ i The Wanant is the First Of the Kind Ever Drawn In the State. Raleigh Special: City Prosecutor: Beckwith states that a warrant has! been issued for the arrest of J. J. j j Wilkes, traveling salesman, of Allan-! ta, charging him with attempting to I commit suicide at a local hotel Sun ! day night. Wilkes is at a local hos-i ' pital suffering from a deep gash in! his neck. The wound is said to have j j been inflicted with.a nail file, i It is said that the warrant against; j Wilkes is- the first of its kinl ever ; ! drawn in North Carolina. Attempt-: ! ed suicide, it is said, is a felony under j the common law. The warrant willj ! be served when Wilkes is able to jleave the hospital, Mr. Beckwith j } stated. ! LATER: Wilkes did in the hospital! j Tuesday night. [ ! ! t CO OPS PLEASED WITH SECOND PAYMENT Second Payments Netted Ninteen To ' Twenty-two Cents a Pound To ! Date; ! Headquarters of the Tobacco Grow : ers Association at Raleigh sends out j -the following statement: "Many members of the coopera- j ! tive at Danville and a number of the j ! old belt markets state that the ave- j ! rages of the first two payments of; ! the association exceed the averages j ! paid by the auction markets last sea- } son. At Danville, Burlington, Apex, j ! and other points -soapad payments j j have netted the organized growers i '.from nineteen to twenty two cents j ! a pound to date." HARDING CALLS i THE GOVERNORS' To Discuss the Prohibition Question. t Washington Special: Another con-! [ ference of State governors will te< j called by President Harding to meet < in Washington for discussion of the i ; prohibition queston. No date has! ' been set. FEDERAL GRAND JUROR j Federal Court Meets In Raleigh Next. Monday. Mr. S. O. Parham is among the^ Federal Grand jurors drawn from i Granville and will a<ttend Federal! Court at Raleigh next Monday. MANY ARE WORKING FOR THE TWENTY DOLLARS IN GOLD The Contestants Have Until the Even ing Of Feb. 32 To File Their Ans wers. ih'om all accounts reaching the of fice of the Public Ledger, the ocntest for the $20.00 in gold prizes print ed in our last issue, is creating a big lot of interest among riders of the paper. This contest is a plan to as certain just what the public knows about local business affairs, and a number of contestants are begiuing to realize that there are many things of interest concerning the city's com mercial life of w hich they were not a ware. There is plenty of itrne left for those who are not working to win the money to get in and take down the prizes which are worth striving for. The contestants have until the even ing of February 22 to file their ans wers. Of course it means a— ltitle work, but at the same,time every one will be gleaming valuable information about the business life of the com munity. Those who send in the best answers will win the money. The names of the prize winners and the answers completed will be printed Tuesday, February 27. GOOCH HOT AFTER GOOD PLAYERS Durham Manager Tenders Contracts To Fifteen Dali Tossers. Capt. Lee Gooch, Manager of the Durham ball club, has gone to Dur ham for the purpose of sending out 1923 contracts and to supervise the building of a new park. Capt. Gooch announces that the following men have been tendered contracts: Louis Kearney, of Raleigh; Alex Gibson, of McColl, 8. C.; J. Rogers, of South Amboy, N. J.; George Rescoe, of Mt. Olive, 111.; Elmer Ben son, of Manley, Iowa; O. W. Donald son, of Whitmire, S. C.; H. E. Atkin son, of Cardenas; W. L. Stit !er, rf Harrisonburg, Va.; Paul DanieRy, of Atlanta. Oa.; Mahi Meyers,. 3<# East Liverpool, Ohio.; Walter Dayton, of Memphis, Tonn.; Ikey Sad!-r, of Greensboro; Edwin M. Holmes, of Beverly, N. J.; William Hinc, of Adison, N. Y.; and Vann B. String field, of Wake Forest. FATHER OF OXFORD MAN DIED IN RALEIGH Mr. W. S. Mann, father of Mr. J. J. Mann, popular [flagman on Ihc Ox ford-Henderson tarin, died in aleigh Monday and was laid to rest Tuesday afternoon. He leaves a wide*' two sons, J. H. Mann of Ralei t and J. J. Mann of Oxford, and one daughter, Mrs. E. V. Jenkins of Orangeburg, S. C. METHODIST ORPHANS DOWN OXFORD QUINT Clever Passing Wins Hard Mnrght (Rune For Raleigh (D ew, 1S-1 4. (News and Observer) Unable to form a defense for the clever pass work of the Methodists, the basketball team from the Oxford Orphanage went down in defeat IS to 14, in a hard-fought contest nith the Methodist Orphans Monday after noon at the Raleigh Auditorium. The score was close throughout the game. FAMILY POISONED Rat Poison Got Into the Bread Hy Mistake. Tom Gordon's family, who live near Soudan, were taken violently sick last Monday morning. Dr. Thomas was called, and upon examination found Mr. Gordon, Mrs. Gordon and two sons were poisoned by eating rat pois on in the bread. A white and colored boy on the place are suspected. BIT BY MAD PIG Carl Puckett Takes Pasture Treatment. A mad pig bit Mr. Carl Puckett, of Route 1, on the hand last Sunday. On examination at Brantwood Hos pital poison was discovered in the wound and he was sent to Raleigh to take the Pasteur treatment. MUSIC IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS On Monday, Feb. 19th, at 8 o'clock p. m. in auditorium of the Graded School, Mr. William Breach, of Wins ton-Salem, will speak to the people of Oxford and Granville County on the subject of "Music in the Public Schools." Mr. Breach gives his entire time to this subject and speaks with authori ty. Every body come—fill the audi torium. If each person will bring his neigh bor, the audience will be assured. Let the automobile committee get to gether and work out plans for as sembling a record-breaking audience.
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