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-—— - "fA-TK' - PUBLISHED SEAH-WEEKLY—TOW AND COUNTY OFFER BRILLIAN OPPORTUNITIES. voL-jogtyni 10 PAGES TODAY - -- " - ^ OXFORD, N- C., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23,1923 NO. 16 OXFORD-HENDERSON mGHWAY TO BE FiRST CLASS GRAVEL ROAD y Of t!te Curves In Vance WiH ^ Hiiminated—The New Survey C U3s For An Underpass Under H 4h Railroads In the Suburbs Of Henderson. Mr. John Sprunt Hill, highway -ommissioner for the Fourth District s))ent last Saturday in and around Henderson investigating the best routes for various highway projerts. He war asked by the Daily Dispatch ns to what he proposed to do in the way of building the road south to Haieigh and west to Oxford. Mr. Hi)t was asked to state what his ,<)ans were for these roads, the kind of construction that would be used, rnd when work would likely be start } pd on them. On his return to Dur i -,-am Mr. Hill wrote the Daily Dis mtch in part as folows: Oxford-Henderson Road. Referring to your inquiry about Road Project 472, from Henderson to Granville county line, I beg to say that Mr. Charles Prichett, chief of .uneying party, is now working on this survey, and as soon as the sur vey can be ifnished and road plans properly prepared, it is my inten tion to let contract for tho construc tion of a first-class gravel road. The [ocation of this road at present is very bad and, in all probability, the new road will cut out most of the dangerous curves and also provide tor an underpass under both rail- , roads at a point just south of Mr. huues Cooper's house. An Important Road. 1 regard this as an important j road and would like to make it hard j surface construction, but we are so j cramped for funds for the construe- : tion of the main highway from Hen- ! derson south to Raleigh that I am ! compelled to makt Road Projects i 472 a gravel road. Vance county, j by reason of its area, population amd road mileage, brought into the road ' district $314,000, under the fifty- j million dollar bond issue, and un^ ! der the fifteen-million dollar bond j issue you brought in about $94,000 i additional, making a total of about SAP'S nop Of this amount $26$,00Q i has already been allotted to "tRe con- j struction of Project 473, Henderson ! north of Warren county line, which ' leaves me a balance of approximate ly $143,000 for the construction of : road from Henderson to Granville ; county line and also for the con- i struction of the main highway from ; Henderson south to Franklin county ^ line. \ i More Money Needed. You cun readily understand, there fore, the very difficulty I am experi- ^ enving in attempting to finance the ; construction of road from Henderson ! to Granville county line and road { from Henderson to Franklin county i line. In all probability it will be j necessary i'or the counties of Vance, j Granville, Durham, and perhaps ! others in the fourth district, to do- j nate considerable amounts of mon ey to the State for the building of hard surface projects in these coun ties so as to give them the class of roads that the traffic requires. PUBLiC HEALTH LAWS The People Are Becoming Educated and Cheerfully Obey the Rules. The State laws governing public healih a,re necessarily severe, but they are disregarded by a larger num ber of people than any law. on the statute books, which is attributed to down right ignorance. The law re quires that a placard be placed at the front door of every residence where hiere is contagion. The placard is Placed there to warn the people of the disease, but there are numer ous families in Granville who look upon the placard ah a disgrace, and as soon as the health officer turns his hack they remove the card. Some o- them watch for the health officer and when they see him coming they tack the card up again, but there are atheis who hold the card and all health laws in utter contempt and are disposed to argue with the health of ficer. There have been numrous ar r$ts and convictions in Granville for violation of the public health laws o' the State. The violations are con lined largely to the ignorant class of colored people, but now and then the health officer encounters white fami nes who are unreasonable and in sulting, and nothing short of the law fits their case. Dr. Morris, our health officer, re marked the other day that he is cer tainly glad that the people of the county are becoming educated and cheerfully comply with the public health laws. Above all things he nates to make an arrest, but when ignorant person plapes the lives of others in jeopardy there is noth mg else to do. WANTED YOUNG LADY TO TEACH at home two small children of 5 years. P.Q.B.612. —Your battery Should have water every two weeks. Stop at Ox ford Battery Co. DR. F. A. PARSONS WILL SPEAK IN OXFORD ON MARCH NINTH He WiH Talk About Everything From Red Hats, White Shoes and Black Stockings to the Most Ele gant Things in Dress. It is a source of pleasure to know that Dr. Frank Alvah Parson, school of Applied Art, will be in Oxford March 9th, and will speak on "Art In Life." He is endorsed by the Parent-Teacher Association, and all the clubs in Oxford, and he will talk about everything from red hats, white shoes and black stockings to the most elegant things in dress and the home. His purpose is to uplift ideas and ideals in our community. Raleigh correspondent of the Greensboro News says: The club women ot Raleigh are to have the privilege of hearing Dr. Frank Alvah Parsons, president of the New York- School of Fine and Applied Arts, in a series of four or Ave lectures on art in the home and art in dress. In October of 1921 Dr. Parsons gave two lectures in Raleigh and the women weer so de lighted that he has been invited to give a return engagement, lecturing along the same general lines. In view of the amount of time that Dr. Parsons must of necessity give to the Paris School of Fine and Applied Arts which he has established in the past few years, taking him for months at a time away from this country, the club women feel that this may perhaps be their last chance to have him visit North Carolina. He is one of the most popular lectur ers Raleigh has had in a number of years despite the fact that he step ped on a goodly number of toes in discussing clothes and furnishings. Even to the disparagement of at least ten Aaming red hats in the au dience, ever so many pairs of black hose with white shoes and large medallioned-trimmed frocks, his lec tures brought forth the friendliest sort of discussions that resulted in a rearrangement of both costume and home furnishings by many people." Mrs. W. T. Bost, president of the ! Raleigh Woman's Club, writes as fol- * lows to Mra^A,. A. Hicks; ^ I think you wonTregret Ratlhg Rim, for lie is about the most popular speaker the women here have ever had." The proceeds are for community uplift. The price of admission is 50-cents for adults and 25-cents for school age. BISHOP GAiLOR DENOUNCES KU KLUX _ i Head Of the Episcopal Church In: America Declares the Elan Is Spreading Discontent. Chattanooga. Feb. 21.—Bishop! Thomas F. Gailor, head of the! Episcopal church in America, in an; address here denounced the Ku Kiux I Klan, declaring he believed that "groups of people who are obsessed with an antipathy for any certain so cial or religious class are doing more to spread discontent and disorder than any other thing in the United States today." The bishop also stated that he was opposed to turning the country oVer to followers of socialism, "because" he said, "I think they are simply chasing rainbows. They lack imagi nation and are merely professonal reformers." MOVEMENT TO CHANGE THE SCHOOL HOUR Superintendent Credie Will 1 ay the Proposed Change Before the Teachers. Some of the energetic members of the Oxford School Board insist that 8:45 o'clock is rather late these mornings to take in school. They have suggested to Superintendent Credie that the hour should be changed ^fO 8.15, or not later than 8.30. ; It is understood that the proposed change is left entirely in the hands [ of Prof. Credie, who will probably consult the wishes of the teachers i on the question next week. ___ - I FORMER EMPLOYES MAY SUE PRESiDENT [ Washington, Feb. 21.—Senator I Caraway, Democrat, Arkansas, said today that information had been giv en him that some of the 28 Bureau of Printing and Engraving employes dismissed about a year ago by order of President Harding had decided to bring suit against the President for defamation of character. No Service At Geneva Sunday. There will be no service at the Geneva Presbyterian Church Sunlay afternoon. The pastor, Rev. F. F. Comeford being called home on ac count of death in his family. All the Geneva people reading this no tice will please make it known to others. NEARLY 8,000,000 POUNDS SOLD ON THE OXFORD MARKET The Amount Paid Out Is $2,136, 867.54—the Average For All Sold Is $27.72 Per Hundred Pounds. The three auction warehouses here, ! including the Annex, which did not open until late in the season has sold 7,708,355 pounds of tobacco at an average of $27.72. These figures include sales through last Monday. It is expected that the total for I the season will go very near to the [ nine million pound mark. The open i market here will be brought to a close some time next week, it is said. The Henderson Daily Dispatch states that the two auction ware houses in that city sold up to end of business last Friday a total of 6, 897,750 pounds at an average of 24.15, which brought $1,666,113.58. THU CLUB GROUNDS Graded and Ready For Shrubery and Flowers. The Oxford Woman's Club is con verting their newly-acquired property at the corner of Gilliam and Little john streets into a beauty spot. Much has been done to convert the interior of the building into a comfortable place and the grounds have been graded and are now ready for flowers and shrubbery. No institution has done more for the up-building of Oxford than the Woman's Club. They l^ave always been on the right side of every issue —especially for good government, health, education and morals. They deserve a handsome, perma nent club home in which to enlarge and carry on their work. They are to be commended for taking steps to procure such a home, and have partly paid for it. Their present qaurters are more like a "band-box" than a. club house. To be sure, it is pretty and sweet, but the club should have something more endurable and spacious. The whole community should contribute to make it all that it should be. OFFICERS CAPTURE STILL NEAR BEREA It Wag Dismantled and Hid In the Brush. The good people near Caltolina Farm complain of the numerous moonshiners operating in that sec tion. Constable Ernest Bragg and Deputy Crawford Davis made a, visit to that section last Wednesday and saw many evidences of the moonshin er. They returned to Oxford with a 60-gallon capacity still which they found dismantled in a pile of brush. It is generally believed that the moonshiners who infest that section of the county are Person county negroes. AN EMPTY JAIL Deputy Conrad Walters t arried a Hunch Of Jail Birds To the Hoads Monday. " A bunch of prisoners convicted at the last term of Granville Superior Court were taken to the roads Mon day. Bill Barnes, a dapper negro, was convicted in municipal court Wed nesday and sentenced by Mayor Stem to serVe one year on the roads. He became a boarder at the county jail, but he will either give bond or be taken to the roads today, leaving the jail vacant again. ILLUSTRATED LECTURE TONIGHT Dr. Collier Cobb At Oxford College. t This evening at 7:30 o'clock Dr. Collier Cobb, professor of Geology in the State University, will give an il lustrated lecture in the college audi torium. Dr. Cobb is one of the most widely traveled men anywhere. The public invited. F. P. HOBGOOD. ! HERE FOR RECRUITS Detachment From Fort Bragg Is Spending Three Days In Oxford. A detachment from Company A, Fourth Engineers, Camp Bragg, ar rived in Oxford yesterday and will remain here through Saturday. These men are actively canvassing for recruits for their organization, j and are prepared to set forth the ad I vantages of Army Service in a con vincing manner. GRASSY CREEK SCHOOL List Of Boys and Girls On the Honor Roll. First Grade—Davis Lowman. Second Grade—Lee Cifers. Third Grade—Frank Cifers. Fourth Grade—She Lena Vaughan and Richard Cifers. Fifth Grade—Charlie Wilkins and Lottie Cifers. Sixth Grade—Mary Loftus. Teachers—Misses Bettie Teague and Virgie Newton. t ' ' ' WHOOPING COUGH IS PREVALENT IN GRANVILLE There Are ThirtyFonr Cases At Stovall. The epidemic of whooping cough that has been raging in the adjoin ing counties for some time has reached Granville. Prof. N. W. Wel don, superintendent of the Stovall High School, reports 34 cases. The first symptoms of whooping cough is a bad cold, and even the best doctors cannot detect the disease until the child begins to "whoop." Dr. Morris, county health officer, commends Prof. Weldon on his quick report to him and his determination to do all he can to aid in its suppres sion. Rocky Mount is the worst stricken city in tht State, there being 1,500 cases of whooping cough raging there. LOCAL MAN WANTS A 'HAREM BRibE." Writes To the American Vice Consul At Constantinople. Mr. Justin Rankoff, who operates the picture machine at the Orpheum Theatre, is in receipt of a letter from Mr. J. H. Keeley, Jr., American Vice Consul at Constantinople, who writes under date of Jan. 13, 1923, as fol i lows: "In reply to your letter of Dec. 5, I 1922, wherein your request to be in : formed what steps are necessary to secure for the purpose of marrying I certain 'harem girls' alleged to have I been discharged from the ex-Sultan's Palace, I regret to have to inform you that this Consulate General is i not cognizant of the exixstence of any ! girls answering to your description, j and furthermore that this office is not authorized to act as a matrimonial agency." THE BACHELOR'S BILL Creating Amusement Throughout tire State. t Representative Hauser's bill now ; trqfbre the Legislature providing for ! a tai of "bachelors over forty to snp ! port old maids over thirty is creating quite a bit of merriment throughout the State. A Macedonian cry in the form of a telegram has been sent up from a number of Fayetteville con firmed bachelors which reads: "Fight bachelors tax bill at all hazards. Most of rights gone now. Save what few remain." SMOKES CIGARETTE AND GETS ARRESTED Sait Lake City, Utah, Feb. 21.—Er nest Bamberger, Republican natiohal committeeman from Utah; Edgar Xewhouse, general manager of the American Smelting and Refining company and J. C. L'ytch, local capi talist were placed under arrest in a restaurant today charged with vio ltion of a section of the state anti cigarette law which prohibits smok ing in public places. POSITION OPEN TO CLERKCARR1ER There will be a civil service exam ination on March 21, to fill the po sition of c^rk-carrier at the Oxford ! postoffice. The salary ranges from $1400 to $1800 per annum. The civil service test embraces spelling, penmanship, copying, letter writing and arithmetic. ! MRS. SALL1E TW1TTY DANGEROUSLY ILL Was Lady Principal Of Oxford Col lege For Twenty-Five Years. Mrs. Sallie Drake Twitty, lady principal of Oxford College for twen j ty-five years, surstained a severe ! stroke of paralysis last Tuesday at !her home in Warrenton. ! Mrs. Twitty is enshrined in tthe I hearts of thousands of women who attended Oxford College. She re tired from Oxford College a few years ago. SIGNS OF SPRING Leaves On Alder Bush Are Half Grown. While in the woods on his place j last Wednesday, Mr. J. W. Brum mitt, of Route 2, ran across an alder bush on which the leaves were half grown. The leaves evidently got ] their growth before the cold spell. If there had been no cold spell the I leaves would probably be full grown by this time. Enjoy a Delicious Meal. The annual turkey dinner and sup per to be served by the Baptist Phi latheas today will be in the store formerly occupied by the Whitmore Bakery next to J. Robt. Woods. Get dinner and supper with the Phila theas and enjoy a fine meal. SOUCITORS SALARY BILL PASSES FINAL READING IN HOUSE' Flat Salary Of $4000 Pr Year With! $730 For Exxpenses. Raleigh, Feb. 21.—Amended to! provide a flat salary for solicitors of! I $4,000 per year with $750 annually ! for expenses, the Warren-Con-! nor solicitor bill passed the house of representatives tonight on third, reading by a recbrd vote of 72 to 23,' after four-hour, session of spirited de-{ bate, and the clincher was applied by} Representative Townsend, of Harnett, i who moved reconsideration of the j vote by which the measure passed and; , the subsequent motion of Representa-j I tive Conn or,of Wilson ,to table the! I Townsend motion, which carried, i The bill now goes to the senate. ! Representative Warren, of Beau ; fort, led off with the discussion of! the bill, explained its application. He ! said that no county which had adopt- j ed a salary basis for paymen of their! officers had ever gone back to the fee! system, and pointed out with facts ^ and figures the amounts solicitors! I now derived, ranging from $4,000 per] ! annum up to $13,700, owing to the! ! size of the district and the number*of; } weeks of criminal court. SPRING MILLINERY Many Pretty Models Will He On Display. ! The feminine heart begins to j ! flutter at the advent of Spring and ! ! the pretty hats incidental to the sea- { I son. Oxford has four millinery es-j jtablishments, namely: Perkinson-] Green, Landis & Easton, Cohn &' Son and The Hat Shqp, recently] opened by Mrs. Graham Roberts.! i Miss Street, an experienced milliner, j ; has arrived and will assist Mrs. j ! Roberts. ) Miss Annie Burkhead, who has { been with Perkinson-Green for sev j eral seasons has arrived from the ! norhern markets and will soon have; ! on dispiay a most attractive line of j up-to-the-minute millinery. } Miss West, who has been with! Landis & Easton two seasons, will j I return this week from the northern [ ! markets and will make a handsome j j showing of up to date millinery. ! ! Cohn & Son will conduct their } millinery department this season as, ! usual. They will have an exper- { lienced milliner to handle the trade.! - ' FIRE DESTROYS GA RAGE AND AUTOMOBILE j t _ ! ! Fire of unknown origin broke out! in an out house on the lot of J. F.! White last Thursday morning about! ! twelve-thirty and before the fire com- j panv arrived had spread to a stable i that was being used as a store house j and garage. Each building and their j contents were a complete loss. Mr. j White had a new Oidsmobile in the ^ garage. It is understood that no in- j surance was carried. The fire cast; its reflection for many miles and} brought a great many people from j ! their warm beds. i The car of Mr. J. B. Mayes, stored; !in an adjoining garage, were pushed j ! to safety as were two other cars of t ! Mr. White that were in a shed di-! ! rectly in front of the destroyed; ! building. i j One of the neighbors turned in the j i alarm. Mr. White's loss is estimated ! ! to run into the thousands. ORPHANAGE BOY MAY GO TO ANNAPOLIS! ! - ! ! One Of the Bright Boys At the Odd Fellows Home At Goldsboro. } ; It is announced from Washington j ' that representative Abernethy has of-; ! fered to appoint a boy from the Or-; : phans' Home of the Independent Or- j j der of Odd Fellows at Goldsboro to j jAnnopolis. He has made the prbpo-} {sition to the superintendent of the j ! institution. DISTINGUISHED SON OF OLD GRANVILLE Dr. Walter Hardee Returns From Abroad and Will locate In Dur ham. Dr. Walter Hardee, of Stem, and his father, Dr. P. R. Hardee^ were in Oxford Wednesday. We were pleased to see Dr. Hardee upon his return j from abroad, where he has been j spending the past two years in Eu-j rope, specializing in diseases of the j eye, ear nose and throat. We hoped that he would locate in! Oxford, but learned in the course of conversation that he will shortly be setting up offices for himself in the First National Bank Building Dur ham. Many friends trust that he will jot down for our entertainment some of his experiences during the 10 years of his stay in the Far East. —Bom to Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Morrisette a girl at Watt's Hospital, Durham. Feb. 20th. Mrs. Morrisette and baby are well. MCADOO AND UNDER WOOD SEEKING PRES IDENTIAL HONORS Simmons and McLean Will Support Former Secretaty—McAdoo Is Flitting With the Ku Kiux Kian. H. E. C. Bryant, Washington cor respondent of the Charlotte Observer, sizes up the political situation as fol lows: , Harding is the Logical Man.. As Congress approaches the end, politics becomes more important, and more interesting. Two facts are apparent here: First, that President Harding is to be the standard-bearer of the re publican party, and second, that the democrats, confident they can win in 1924, are beginning to spar for the nomination. Harding is the logical man for his party, must stand or fall on the rec ord of his administration, and a horse-swap now would be an ad mission of faiuure. With a cut and dried scheduled, and Normalcy Harding the centerpiece, the G. O. P. will attract but little attenion. McAdoo and Underwood. The interesting situation is in the democratic party. The leading candiate in the dem ocratic camp at the present time is William Gibbs McAdoo, son in law of former President Wilson, and ex secretary of the treasury. Mr. Mc Adoo and his friends are active al ready. They are now preparing for the round up of delegates. But an other Richmond is due, and then there will be lively days. Senator Oscar W. Underwood is going to run. His friends admit that it is his in tention to get in when the water feels good. The threatened political bat tle between Messrs. McAdoo and Un derwood is subject of comment here. Stage Fight in South The south is to see the first stages of the McAdoo-Underfvood contest. Senator Simmons, of North Caroli na, is looked upon as the leading Mc Adoo man of the south. That ac counts for the stubborn fight made against him for the leadership of the senate minority. Underwood and his lieutenants formed a solid line behind Senator Joseph Taylor Rob inson, of Arkansas. Both sides claimed victory, IJut Sefmtdr" SiM"— mons withdrew because of ill health and for the sake of party harmony. That gives th^ Underwood forces the whiphand in the senate, where poli tics are formed, and plans made, but Senator Robinson is a fair man, and will make a- good leader. He is a brilliant debater, and will lay the foundation for party victory. McAdoo Courts Klan. The McAdoo people are flirting with Ku Klux Klan in some of the southern states. That is going to hurt in the showdown. Texas dem ocrats are criticising Mr. McAdoo for what they apprehend is a disposition to court the klan. Some of the pa pers that boast the invisible empire are talking McAdoo. SENATE CONFIRMS SHIP COMMISSION \ - Raleigh, N. C., Feb. 22.-^-By unani mous vote the senate last night con firmed the governor's appointment of nine men to compose the state ship and transportation commission which wili investigate the practicability of the plan proposed for the state to operate a ship line. The appointees are H. M. Miller, Jr., Charlotte; W. A. Hart, Tarboro; A. M. Scales, Greensboro; D. D. Carroll, Chapel Hill; George Stephens .Asheville; Charles S. Wallace, Morehead City; Emmett H. Bellamy, Wilmington; J. A. Brown, Chadbourn; and Dr. J. Y. Joyner, LaGrange. MEAT CONSUMED DURING THE YEAR Each Person Ate One Hundred and 1 Fifty Pounds. Washington, Feb 22.—More meat was consumed in the United States last year than in any previous year, the department of agriculture an nounced today. The total consump tion . estimated at 16,333,000,000 pounds which is 149.7 pounds per person applying the July 1, 1922. es timate of population. The per capita consumption showed an in crease of 6 pounds over 1921 and pounds over 1920. NORRIS DiES iN CAPiTOL CITY Raleigh, N. C., Feb. 22.—Herbert E. Norris, for 16 years solicitor of the seventh judicial district, and who retired from office in January, died at a local hospital yesterday after noon at 1 o'clock following an illness contracted during the October term of Franklin county court. —It it is anybody's business to iook after the boosting of your community, it is yours. If you do not do your share of it, how will you have the nerve to profit by what others do? ... - - /
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