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rUHLiSHED SEMI-WEEKLY—tOlVN AND COUNTY OFFER BRILLLFN OPrORTUNtTtES. VOL. XXXYIH 10 PAGES TODAY OXFORD, N. C., TUESDAY, APRIL 3,1923 NO. 27 p!. LUMPK!NS EXPLAINS ' WORKINGS OF STATE BAPTIST HOSPITAL Tor XursesWiHBeHunln inWilhTheTuslilution ^ T. Lumpkin, former pastor p srd Baptist Church, explain from the pulpit of his hur-h Sunday night the scope' <, !; 'o which he was recently as .. .{ Huperinteadent of the State e -1 Hospital at Winston-Salem. Lmnnkin brought to his hear . sivid -tiscription of tlw hospital, - i -u * appears on a ten acre held -..-of Winston-Salem. Ihc buiiding is of brick and stone , - :a0 60 feet in dimension and is ;c, stories high, including the base , is absolutely hre-proof; $275,000 as it now stands, and . a capacity of 106 beds, Dr. L'.nmkinsaid. ))r. Lu'upkius stated that a shool nurs will be maintained in co t on with the hospital. He said ! ; !i has a stack of applica , t o feci'^high from wo over the State who , : professional nurs The old-line hospitals frequntly . ! tis^- for young women to conect La- hospital and be onad nurses, said Dr. Lumpkin. Many youny women, he , i cc.re to engage in general i yntal work, but would be glad to , up the work in institutions such -Hospital where thov will constantly be surrounded by religious and moral influences. The school for nuurses. said Dr. Lump i i*) will be opened about the first m noxtJulywithaclassof 20 pupils. Tliere are benevolent wards at the tospital said Dr. Lumpkin: medical attention and care of each patient is . slimmed at $25, let it be a week or a year. One day in tb^ year wili be set apart as donation day to secure und? to take care of the benevolent work of the hosppital. Those who are able wiil pay the full rate, said Dr. Lumpkin, and no patient from outside of ihe slate or from other de nominations will be admitted to the hospital. Jr., Oets $329,742 Every Wet-k Frt'.m OH .Stocks. New Yori: Special: Each week '229,742 accrues to John D. Rocke h-Her. Jr., in dividends from stock sv ned by itim in nine Standard Oil rn.pa.nies, itisrcyeuledbyacalcu Lo".* Jones and Conr p- r front it nmony given in the senate's recent investigation of the oil industry. . j The younger Rockefeller's an-.j nual dividentis from his stock in the, ' r: d.rating one-sixth of, - res tou ! t-oseto $12,000,000.' it was sho rn. At current prices his h :dings in tlmse nine companies aref '..-!y S410.6b<).t-''!". Atlantic Refin . .'-.-.Jardof A-". ' . ad of California, Ohio : r *. Prairie OH and Gas. '. -'b.e Vine, Standard of New.. T h . Illinois Pipe Line, and Em Y, num Oil Company. SMALL POX CLOSE BY ''mils Sounds Timely YVarnins —t accinaGtm Free At tl:e Cotutiy 'ie ihh Department, j Granville county public is s 1 ; < thf' near approach of small It is in Durham, and also in county near the Granville county line. County Health Officer of Vance ' u:.. ;a the office of the Health u; . ut Friday, March 30, and ' t h r vork of investigating case and conditions in his coun ts no iwe to wait unitil it closer to you before you get ' Con. Remember it is on two of you, and that there is no t v no against itg spread except sure Quarantine of vaccination. 'Vi Fever age you are you have no ' 'ten from small pox except in v ination. You need no other. C * 't be caught. Bd ye also ready; ' in snub an hour as ye think not F small ppx cometh. J. A. MORRIS, Co. H. O. EASTER iN OXFORD Larp;e f rowd Attend Church Services. Lister Sunday was rather coid, and -t*' "ho expected to blossom out in colors of the rainbow either w^-re ' ir comfortable winter clothes or -ained indoors. Services in all of hiurches were largely attended e d !he message of the risen Lord, as cmated in song and story, left its deep impress t^pon the hearts and 'uls of those who went up to the ase of worship. ^ f aster Monday was the dullest day the entire year. All the business a' asose were closed and the day took ' the air of Sunday. Your battery should have water ^ out every two weeks. Stop at Ox ford Battery Co. THE TOWN ELECTION la Re Held Monday, May Tth—Rcg istrathm Hooks Y7H! He Open From Tuesday, April IT to Tuesday, May 1. , 'A notice appearg elsewhere in the Public Ledger anouncing that the registration books for the town elec tion which will be held the first Mon *day m May, will be opened on the 17th day of April and will remain open until the first day of May. 1923, inclusive, from nine o'clock a. m. to five o'clock p. m. on every day during said period, Sunday excepted. It will be recessary for those who have moved berg since the last elec tion to register and also thosd who have moved from one precinct to another. Indications are that there will be no change in the personnel of those who have in charge the government of our town. The members of the board at present are: C. D. Ray. W. A. McFarland, W. T. Yancey, W. Z. Mitchell, Kerr Taylor, S. H. Richard, J. A. Williams. Mayor Stem will have no opposition It is time the citizens of Oxford, both men and women, should be con sidering any change which would seem best. We have heard practically no criticism of present administra tion, and care should be exercised in maintaining the same efficiency. The tow n needs men to run its affairs who are safe business men, yet who are farsighted in shaping its career. The citizens want to see Oxford grow^ and develop, but men must be in charge w*ho will see to it that the growth has I a solid foundation. These things are worth thinking on during the , next few* weeks to the end that the best tchvn government possible be pro vided. Major Will Landis, Chairman of the Oxford Democratic Executive committee will name the date of the tow^a convention at an early date. ROADS TO ERECT STOP-LAW SIGNS Grade Grossing Precautions Must Be In Place July 1. Raleigh, April 2.—Wholesale erec tion of new railway crossing signs wili be required of the railroads prior tp July 1, the date on which the new 'Stop, Look and Listen" law, enacted by the late general assembly, be comes effective. The law directs every motor vehicle to stop before proceeding over a grade crossing, and it directs the railroads to erect signs "40 by 50 inches," painted red and calling attention to the "North CarQ lina Stop law," these to be placed 100 feet from each crossing. CREEDM003 The Hosiery Mill Has Large Order. We are told that the hosiery mill recently started up here has an order that will keep the mill running fuil time to capacity for the next nine or ten months. Since the mill started operations they have been short of help and they are still shy on this commodity. It has been the purpose of the management to give home la bor the first show before going eise wherp to get help. They have room now for a number of hands who want to learn the work, and are anxious to work up a full quota of hands, that the mill can run to capacity. If you want work, better talk it over with the superintendnt.—Times. MR. JOHN A, CM DEAD Former Granvilic A!an Dtxipped Dead Tn North Henderso:! Fast. Friday. While working in his garden in North Henderson late last Friday evening Mr. John A. Gill, a well known merchant of that place, dropped dead. Mr. Gill was born in Granville ' county, November 14, 1859, and wa ? marridd to Miss Chimelia Griffin in 1881. He has been in the mercantile business m North Henderson for ! twelve or fourteen years, and served on the Henderson Board of Aldermen : for 14 years. His children who survive him are: J. W. Gill, G. N. Gill, Mrs. Fletch !er White', J. C. Gill, Dan Gill, Mrs. W. F. Williams. REVIVAL !N DURHAM - Evangelistic Services At Grace Bap tist Church To Last Two Weeks. The Public Ledger is requested to announce that a series of evangelistic meetings began Sunday at Grace Bap tist Church, on the corner of Mangum street at Trinity avenue, Durham. Evangelistic Hermon T. Stevens, a native of Granville, now head evan gelist of the evangelistic bodrd^f the Baptist denomination of North Caro lina, will do the preaching. During the past year he has held some re markable meetings in the state. *He is a man of forceful oratorical ability and through his preaching several hundred, people were saved. CLAUDE K1TCH1N M GOOD HEALTH _ (News and Observer) Reports that Congressman Claude i Eitchin, lead-r of the Democratic minority in the house of represents. ives. was in feeble health, brought ! the information from his home at ; Scotland Neck'that Mr. Kitchin's cou=-i dition is the.best it has been for many! months. H suffered attacks of in-i fluenza and pneumonia during the ! winter, and he was said to have fully j recovered. He was out walking and ' driving today and appeared to be in j fine spirits. THiRTY-ONE YEARS AGO Table Hoard In lMt)2 Cost Dnly a Month In Oxford. — , Looking over the files of the Pub lic Ledger we find the following in teresting announcement of Mrs. T. H. Jones on September 16, 1802: I 'I have rented the Exchange Hotel, - and am prepared to accommodate the [traveling public; also want about ten ! table boarders. Table supplied with [the best the market affords. $1 for , board and lodging; table board $10 a ; month; single meal 25 cents.'* ;FRU!T BADLY DAMAGED i - Tite Freeze Sunday Mtmiing Did Its { ^ Deadly Work. ) Very little young fruit in Granviiie ' escaped the recent coid snap, accord i ing to estimates of those avho have i made an off-hand examination of the Itrees. A we it known-farmer stated I today that his fruit crop stood the coid very well up to last Sunday ! morning, at which time the ther j mometer registered 10 degrees below the freezing point. ^ ! Rports from the greater parts of i Norah Crolina regard the- fruit I crop with a gloomy outlook. A LONG JOURNEY Ring Droves That a Swallow Flew 6000 Miles. ^ Carmarthenshire, Wales, April 1.— ! News has reached here that, a ! ringed swallow wMek-Was "liberated from Langharne, a neighboring vil lage, has been picked up dead on a farm near Johannesburg, South Af rica,^ 6 000 miles away. This is the first time actual proof has beeiS^ obtained of a swallow's flight from Wales to South Africa. NICE PRESENT Mr. Gives An Additional $35, 000 To Make School Fireproof. There is to be no danger from fire in Franklinton'g new school.. Its donor, Mr. S. C. Vann, who had let the contract several weeks ago for $165,000 has now put an additional $35,000 into the building to renlfwe all' fire hazards. This makes a total cost cf $200,000 for the building, and does not include heating, lighting or plumbing. The school grounds are being grad ed and all plans pushed for the com pletion .of the finest small town high school anywhere.-—Franklin Times. FERE !N HENDERSON Itlggan's Opera House Damaged Hy Fire, Smoke and Water. Riggan's Opera blouse in Hender ! son was bad!y damaged Saturday ! night ly fire, smoke and water. The ! Maze was discovered up under the roof about 8 o Mock in ihe evening. iThe fire company responded prompt i ly, and averted one of the most disas I trous fires m the history of Hender son, thereby saving the Vance Hotei, , a large warehouse and numerous other buildings in the vicinity, i The damage was confined to a large hole in the roof of the opera ; house and the total distruction of the I scenery and stage. Only a few hours before the alarm of fire was turned in, the evening edi tion of the Daily Dispatch said: i "Not a single fire has occurred in } the city during the month of March to ! date, but everybody has felt like' } 'knocking on wood' when making the i statement foi* fear something might happen before the month goes out to night at midnight. Onjy one alarm has been turned in during the month, and that proved not to be a fire." j MR. D. R. PHELPS DEAD Passed Away Suddenly At Watkins} Last Wednesday. On Wednesday nfbrning last, at 3! a. m. there passed away very unex-i pectedly David Randall Phelps, who lived near the CrgnviRe-Vance line at Watkins. He was born in Franklin ton County ye r" ago, and had been naralvno-d R-r*. years. He leaves a wife and one daughter^ Mrs. W. C. Robertson, There are eleven grandchildren. He ' ns buried from the Ponular Creek Rmtist Church, Vance County, last Thursday. 'PREMMHMRY STEPS TAKEN TO BUILD NEW ! COURT HOUSE: T HAS SA H.'HT TE!) PL.',NS AND SPEITFIEATIOXS! _ / : The ! !ans Cnii Eoi- An Extension Of Che Present Bunding, Interior Ar !unge!ne!it Of tlie Offices atid a Jaii On Top Of the Rear End. A noted architect appeared .before' the County Board of Commissioners at their regular ^meeting yesterday^ and subnntted plans and specifica-! tiong for remodeling and enlarging the present court house*. The blue prints shoved a handsome stone front and a clock tower. The side view, extending back *30 or 40 feet ig also handsome and so arranged as to admit plenty of tight and^air. Abe plans and specifications call for a jail on top of the new part at the rear of the building. - The commissioners viewed the blue prints with a critical eye and set apart Monday, the 16th of April, to discuss the plans and specifications. PARKER-TYER Edna Tyer, Daughter of the Late Dr. A. P. Tyer, Former Pas tor of the Oxford Methodist Church, to Wed, Mrs. A. P. Tyer. of Greensboro an I nounces the engagement of her ! daughter, Edna J^yce. to John Mirrel I Parker, the marriage to take place ! the first of June. ; Miss Tyer is the daughter of the ilate Dr. A. P. Tyer of the Metho j list Church and has made a host of } friends throughout North Carolina ' to whom this announcement will be ;of great interest. Especially has she made friends in Oxford and Greensboro, where she *was a mem ber of the High School faculty for a number of years. While in this i capacity she has been regarded highly I both from a persona! and profession j al angle of her life. ! Mr. Parker is the son of Mrs. S. i E. Parker of Bradentown, Florida. ! He is an honor graduate of trie Uni versity of North Carolina, and he is now completing a medical course at Washington Unviersity, St. Louis, Missouri. GRANVILLE FOLKS ' SETTLE IN CANADA Mr. Carey H. Parham's Family Leaves ^ For Leamington Tomorrow. Mrs. Crey H. Parham and two daughters, Mamie and Liiliah, of Route 5, will iea%g tomorrow for Leamington, Canada, to join Mr. Par ham, who is interested in growing, curing and maiketing tobacco. They will make the trip by auto and go via Washington, Pittsburg and Detroit. Mr. Russ Parham wiii drivo the car to Detroit and return, Mrs. Parham and her daughters continuing on to Leamington v. here they wjill make their permanent home. We regret to loose this excellent family, but our loss is Canada's gain. Th Public Ledger has 2 3 subscrib ers in Canada who have moved from Granville in recent years. All of them seem to he pleased with their adopted home despite the extreme cold winter, as compared to the Sun ny South. WO FERES DAMAGE COUNTRY PROPERTY The roof of one of the out houses of Mr. J. T. Coza,rt on the Oxford Henderson road, was badly damaged by fire early last Saturday morning. One of the old dwellings on former Commissioner E. C. Harris' lands was damaged by fire last Saturday. Both fires v.ere extinguished before much damage was done. ^ ANNUAL MEETING At the Woman's Club Room Tomor row Afternoon. There will be an important meeting of the Oxford Woman's Club tomor row afternoon at four o'clock. This is the Annual Meeting and all mem bers are urged to be present. After the business meeting Circle No. 4 will serve tea and' sandwiches. Price 15c. A VOICE FROM CANADA Mr. Elliott Refers To Granville As i God's Country. Leamington, Ont., March 30.—This I month sets a new cold weather record j for this section. The month goes down in history as the coldest month on record. The thermometer today registers three degrees below zero. Some differnce as compared to the Sunny South. The people in my old home county of Granville should ap preciate their climate, and bear in, ihind that they reside in God's coun-i try. B. P. ELLIOTT. POPE DIES AFTER , A BRIEF ILLNESS J. W. Died Sturday l\ioining ^ After An Siluess Of Tinee Bays Duration. (Durham Herald) Durham was stunned Saturday when-the newg of the death of John Wya^t Pope, well-known anjd greatly beloted citizen of Durham, became known. After an illness of only three days duration one of the city's best and t^iost widely known citizens passed away at Watts hospital Satur day morning at 10:30- o'clock. He becnie ill three days ago and Saturday morning about 1:30 o'clock his con dition took a change fo/ the worse. He was rushed to the hospital in the hopes of prolonging Sis life but all of the skill of the medical profession proved to be unaycilingmnd he passed away at 10:30- o'clock. Death was caused from a complication of diseas es. Mr. Pope was in the business for lO^years. warehouse STOVALL DOWNS STEM : Masses rauihie Fittrud, Sallie Taylor ; and Wiliia^n Davis and Gordon Sjwncer Won Their Way To Funds. ! Stovali, April 2.—Stovalls debat ; ing team composed of Miss Pauline Pitard and Air. William Davis of the ; affirmative, and Miss Sallie Taylor j and Mr. Gordon Spicer of the negative ! won their way to the finals to.be held : at Chapel Hid. When Miss Pittard ! and Mr. Davis unanimously defeated ; negative team of Stem High School, : Air. Forest Jenkins and Mr. Robert } Hardee, while Miss Taylor and Mr ! Spicer defeated the affirmative oi I Bushy Fork High School, Miss I Aliene Wilkerson and Mr. Irv {ing O'Brient two to one. The de j baters were by no means walkovers , buf wre hotly contested from begin i ning to end. } OXFORD WINS DEBATE I Oxford Received the Three Votes Ol j. tl<e Judges. In the triangular debate last Fri day night, Oxford won over Franklin ton and was awarded the three votes of the judges. Prof. W. W. Barn hart, principal of the Oxford high school, presided over the debate, and the occasion afforded much pleasure to the large number present. Franklinton was' represented by Miss Vera Wester and Joseph Banks; defending the negative side of the i qury; Oxford was represented by Miss Mattie Alay Lyon and Jack Usry. The judges were Miss Russell, Alessrs. Rawson and Blackmail. J. T FREEMAN DEAD Was a Native Df GranviHe County. Joseph Thomas Freeman ,after#an illness of some months, died last Fri day at his home in Henderson at the age of 66 years. Mr. Freeman was a patfve' of Granville county, but ha^ lived in Henderson for about 22 years. Mrs. Freeman, who survives him, wag a Miss Strother, of Gran ^ill^ county, before their marriage about 40 years ago. DR. RAWLINGS HERE Spoke On the Centetmry lund and the Good It Is Accomplishing. Eishop Hay, who was to speak at the Methodist Church last Friday evening, was prevented coming to Ox ford on account of sickness. Dr. Raw tins, of Nashville, Tenn., secretary of the Foreign Board of the Southern Methodist Church, filled Bishops Hay's appointment here, and deliv ered^, strong address on the "Cente nary Fund," explaining what ig being accomplished at home and abroad by the fund. His very able address will strengthen the Centenary campaign that is now being waged in th South ern States. REAL ESTATE VALUES STAND Will Remain the Same For Tinee Years. The Qounty Board of Commission ers of Granville at their regular meet ing last Monday authorized no reval uation of real estate in accordance with the alternative plan outlined in the state machinery act. The present valuation will remain as it is. MR. W. C. POWELL DEAD Interment At Wake Forest Tomorrow Afternoon. Mr. W. C. Powell, a very successful business man of Jacksonville, Fla., died at Hendersonville, N. C. yester day morning. Interment at Wake Forest tomorrow afternoon. * Mr. Powell's first wife was Miss Pettie Royal, who died 15 years ago. Mr. Powell lived in Wake Forest some years ago. He moved to Flor ida and accumulated considerable wealth and was highly esteemed by all who knew him. ' TOBACCO GROWERS BEGIN ELECTIONS Association Members To rsl^et April Yth To dominate Electoral Dele gates. Tobacco farmers from T27 counties of the Caiolinas and Virginia will start the election machinery this week, by which 22 directors for the Tobacco Growers Coperative Associa tion are to be elected for the coming year. " Mass meetings in over 100 counties ail the way from Virginia to the Geor gia line, wiil be held Saturday, April i. when the organized growers will nominate the members of their asso ciation from whom the delegates will be chosen to elect the directors who are to market the crops of 8 5,000 to bacco farmers for 1923. i From thp hundreds of delegates to oe chosen this week the farmer mem beis of the cooperative association i will later select by balloh those repre sentatives from the counties and dis tricts who will complete the final election of directors, j This week's mass meeting for mcm i bei'g of the Tobacco Growers Co-ope ! native Association will be held in\tho i Court House in Oxford on Saturday I April 7th, 1923 at. 2 o'clock F. !M. : Delegates from this county will be nominated at thig meeting and asso ! ciation members are to elect one— ! half ot these at the final election to ! be held on May 5th. ^ ! THE ATHLETIC MEET i - Oxford on (he Loving and Relay Tups—An Unequal Co:dest. ! A large crowd attended the Second Athletic Meet of Granville County Schools. which was held on the Ox ford High'School Athletic Field on Easter Mohday. Visitors from all ov* i er the county attended and en I couraged their contestants on to vic ! tory in the various contests. The ! rivalry was spirited but very friendly and the ' cbntestants in many of the events established good records. The Loving Cup offered to the School in High School Contests, to be owned permanently was w on by the Oxford High School. Also the Cup offered in the Relakr Race was w on by Oxford. The following points were made by the schools entering; High Schools: Oxford 46; Creedmoor 10; Wilton 4; ! Stem 3; Grammar Grades, Oxford 26; ! Creedmoor 11; Stem 15; Wilton 2. ! This event is quite important in the [ school life of the entire county and I much practical good is derived each ' year from the events. DURHAM YOUTH WINS Victor Yoyng Is Hest. A!!-Hound De bater in National Contest. Washington, April l.-^Hugo F. Biumenberg, University of West Vir ginia, and Victor V. Young, Universi ty of North Caroline, won the final debate oh the subject, "Should capi t-ai punishnient/be aboiished," held last week under the auspices of the , National Literary Society. They up held the negative. Carter M. Brax ton, University of Virginia, a^id Ar thur T. Gillespie, University of Penn ; sylvania, wgre on the affirmative side. ! - ' Young whs adjudged the best all round debater in the contest, which began last week and v/as participated in by a number of colleges, and in ad dition to winning the medal, was^ f awarded a bne-year scholarship in any school he may select. Building Operations Will He Deferred !/ At Present. [ has arisen ih the ranks of southern ; Baptist educators on the question of j builddng a three miilion doilar semi- * j nary in southern territory, according * to the Rev. J. M. Ehelburn, D. D., j chairman of the commission appoint^ *"* j ed to make recommendations on the t subject at the next annual conven I tion. Dr. Shelburn returned yesterday i from conference swith leading Bap I tist educators and ministers in several southern states. He said he found ! one group in favor of establishing the I seminary while another deemed the expenditure at this time imprudent and favored strengthening the chairs of religious education in Baptist insti tutions already in operation. Dr. -- Shelburn said it was probable that his committee would make no definite recommendation to the convention. Danville, Va., April 1.—A division SLIGHT BLAZE Fire Was Discovered at Seaboard Passenger Station Sunday Morn ing. A blaze was discoverd on the roof of th eSeaboapd passenger station on Shnday morning about eleven-thirty o'clock. The damage done was slight. The Sre started around a chimney and was quickly extinguish* ed. !