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VOL. XXXVIII ^ PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY _AND FRIDAY. OXFORD. N. C., FRIDAY. APRIL 27.1923 12 PAGES TODAY. Mf) SA FATAL AUTO CRASH ON THE NAT. HIGH WAY NEAR OXFORD , thapman, Wife Of Prominent Hanker Lest C'ontroi Of Oar and Was hided—Husband is At Brant w^xl Hospital. Mrs. J Chapman, of Keokuk, tosva. a handsome woman of 35 or 40 y ars, was instantiy killed on the National Highway Tuesday afternoon Bullock, 14 miles north of Oxford, a. d her husband, Mr. J. J. Chapman, president of a string of western hanks, was severely injured when the c-tr in which they were riding turned turtie. Mrs. Chapman was at the wheel, gad it is believed that she lost con t M of the car when it struck a suc cession of bumps in the road and was precipitated against a stump in the shght embankment and rebounded with fatal results. - A colored man. in a field at the side of the road, saw the car ap proaching at a moderate rate of sired; saw the car when it struck t:- e bumps and swerved to the side of the road and rebound. He rushed to the scene and pulled the lady from beneath the car and laid her upon the embankment just as she breathed her last. He stated that when he reached the car Mr. Chapman was in a dazed condition but finally said to him: "Get all the help as quick as you can and i will pay you well." A white man, whose name we did not learn, came upon the scene in time to see the iady gasp for breath and ex pire. Remains Brought To Oxford. Late in the afternoon Mr. J. Robert Wood, undertaker, was advised of the accident. He hastened to Bullock and returned with the remains of Mrs. Chapman. Mr. Chapman, who was dazed and suffering, wag taken to Braatwood Hospital. Remains Prepared For Burial. The remains of Mrs. Chapman were prepared for burial at the funeral house of J. Robert Wood, and were later conveyed to St. Stephens' Epis copal Church and placed in front of the chancel rail to rest amid a pro fusion of flowers. Hm ail At Madtson, Ind. Mr. S. W. Lewis, of Cincinnati, Ohio, arrived in Oxford yesterday and conip'eted arrangements to con vey the remains of Mrs. Chapman to Madison, Indiana, where the inter ment win take place May 15th. Mr. Lewis will leave Oxford with the body via the Seaboard at noon today. The remains of Mrs. Chapman have rested in St. Stephen's Church since Wednesday morning. Before mar riage Mrs. Chapman was Miss Bessie I'rooks. a close relation of Dr. Phil lips urooks, noted Episcopal Clergy man of Boston. The Oxford Wo man's Club passed the word that Lowers would be received, and many v.ho passed in review of the casket left, a flower. The tribute of the Ox ford women was profuse and beauti fui. There was short prayer service m the Church yesterday morning. Mr. Chapman Badly Hurt. Mr Chapman is at Brantwoo-d Hos P lai. suffering from the effects of a b'oken shoulder blade and two ribs. Ine doctors state that his chances of recovery is good if complications do Rot set in. A Man Of Means. Many iong distance phone mes sages and telegrams confirm the re i rt that Mr. Chapman is a man of means; that he is at the head of a scing of banks and that no means Mmuid be spared for his comfort. On me day of the accident Mr. Chapman lac ample means in his pocket, in the scape of travelers' check. Mrs. Chap- { man had $500 in her own name, it is' said. Cause Of Accident. The stretch of highway at Bullock,! '"here the accident occurred, is veryj deceptive to the eye. To all ap-! h m ances the road is fiat and smooth, '' ' dtere is a series of ridges in the !oad which you do not see, causing L - car to jump as it passes over mem. Mr. Henry Critcher, assistant Postmaster and others, visited the ^cene of the accident Wednesday, and RMle they were on the ground they ^ ' a large car approach at a rate of! ^ mileg an hour, and when it struck} aeries of ridges the rear wheels O' the car jumped more than a foot soil! the ground, causing the driver stop nig car; the second large car passed while Mr. Critcher was w as affected in the same man ' by the invisible bumps in the road. MEW PASTOR ARRIVES ^ ^ ^pie Gave Him a Nice Peumding. Hudson and inter occupy the nice R' ' H-' - <and ^ ^he pastor of Is Bi- soAe other churches, a few him a nice pounding .. * nights ago. People are from High them welcome to new nome and work. B. F. DEAN HEADS TOBACCO ASSO, IN ; GRANVILLE COUNTY Mi. C. H. Cheatluun Delivers Strong Address On Unity and Co-opera tion. At a meeting of the Tobacco Asso ciation of Granville county, held in the Orpheum Theatre Saturday, April ^l, the following officers, con stituting a permanent county organ ization, were elected: Chairman B. F. Dean; vice chair man, John S. Watkins. Secretary— E. Y. Floyd; assistant secretary, J. H. Blackwell. Executive Committee—J. E Knott E. N. Clement, L. A. Royster. Mr. C. B. Cheatham, a prominent business man of Henderson and for merly manager of the leaf depart ment of the Try-state Tobacco Asso ciation, was present and made a strong speech in behalf of co-opera tion and unity. Mr. Cheatham re signed his position as manager of the leaf department, but he stated that he is a loyal member of the associa tion and always will be. A TREAT IN STORE The Musical At the Woman's Club Tomorrow Evening At 8:15. Much interest centers in the musi cal which will be held tomorrow evening in the Woman's Club house at 8:15. It means a whole lot to hear our best song-birds sing. The program will be under the direction of Mrs. Woodall. By special request the canta, "Pafn Among the Reeds," will be repeated, and Miss Franic Williams, of the college, will giyp a group of musical readings. The so loists are: Mrs. Pace, Mrs. Barn hart, Mrs. Pugh, Mrs. Bryan, Mr. Moore, Miss Breuser. All friends of the club are invited. No admission will be charged, but a silver offering will be taken at the door. MR. A. P. OVERTON DEAD Funeral and Interment At Corinth At 2 O'clock Tomorrow After noon. Mr. A. P. Overton, of Fishing Creek ,one of the most beloved citi zens of the county, died at his home at 5 o'clock this morning, aged 70 years. Esquire Overton, as he wag fami liarly known, was stricken down with paralysis three months ago and be-) came weaker day by day, but main tained his cheerful disposition to the end and was ready when the call came. Mr. Overton was justice of the peace for many years and his de ! cisions were always accurate and I tempered with mercy. He was a Christian in the true sense of the i word and his light always shined. In I the passing of this good man many ! will feel as if they have lost a close t personal friend. He will be greatly ' missed. He is survived by numerous ' relatives in the county, Mr. A. D. ! Overton, of Oxford, being onp of the ! sons. ' The funeral and burial services will be held from Corinth Church to morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. FARM WORK DELAYED Farmers Working Overtime To Catch Up. This is what the Granville county farmers call "a late" Spring. Farm work has been impeded by intermit tent weeks of rain and cold weather, the results being plainly manifest to the vision of any one traveling the highways, in the acres of fields yet untouched by the plow. Farmers tell us that a late start does not necessarily mean short crops. A late start and a continuous growing season, they say, is better than an early .start and. spasmodic weather. / The farmers are out and doing, ana a week's continuance of favorable weather will work a transformation) in the farms of this section. The Granville county farmer knows how to make up for lost time when he gets the chance andi there need be no worry over posibility of failure on his part to take the advantage of his oportunity. ' There is quite much complaint about the shortage of plow hands and other farm labor. PEACE NOW REIGNS IN KU KLUX KLAN RANKS Imperial Wizard and Imperial Em peror Reach Agreement and AH's Weil. Atlanta, Ga., April 26.—The af fairs of the Ku Klux Klan, recently involved in difficulties between the governing head and the Emperor, to day again resumed normal course. Dr. H. W. Evans, Imperial Wizard, took up the reins of government, and W. J. Simmons, Imperial Emperor, resumed his duties ag advisory and spiritual director in the ritual affairs of the organization. OVER THE HILLS TO TO THE POOR HOUSE WHERE ANGELS DWELL Superintendent and M^. W. S. Dan iel Will Retire Next December I l om the Management of the County Home For the Aged and Mthin After lR Years Cf Faith iul Seiaice. j Sixteen years ago Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Daniel were elected superintendent and matron of the "county poof house," as it was called in those days. They brought new methods to their work anti with the vast im provements that followed their ef forts to do something for the com ! fort of the unfortunates the "poor {house" was christened "the County i Home for the Aged and Infirm." Granville cpunty has always cared ! for its unfortunates so far as bread i was concerned, but Mr. and Mrs. ! Daniels took up the work with the ; mutual understanding that "no one ! can live by bread alone." The firm I but kind and gentle word spoken at } the right time, ^ and the mid-niglit vigil at the bed-side of the sick and dying, imparted a touch of home and heaven. Mr. and Mrs. Daniels have put in the better part of their lives looking after the welfare of the'poor and un fortunate of the county, and after December next they will take a much needed rest. It is indeed a pleasure to state that in their retirement Mr. Daniels owns four or five nice farms and is abundantly able to buy and build such a home as they may elect to spend the remainder of'their days in. Mr. Daniels has already said in his heart that his good wife must not be* burdened beyond the care of her pet chickens and cow. The County Commissioners re luctuantly accepted-Mr. Daniel's res ignation. They asked him if he would consider an increase of pay, and his answer was that he desired to retire from the work. The Board realizes that Mr. Dan iel's place will be hard to fill. Not one woman in a thousand is qualified and willing to devote her entire time to the care of the poor creatures as did Mrs. Daniels, and Mr. Daniels has been the best provider and man ager the County Home has ever/had. There are quite a number of can didates for Mr. and Mrs. Daniels" job. Some of them do not realize that the position calls for energy, patience and Christian fortitude, and unless tthey are endowed with all of these blessings they are unht to gov ern and minister to the county's poor and inhrm people. To Whom it May Concern: — In the midst of this Christian comunity, we are not able to keep our beautiful Episcopal Church from careless damage. Time and again, we have uncomplainingly replaced window panes and slate roofing, broken by the shots of pigeon shooters. The pigeon or dove is the accepted emblem of the Holy Spirit of God, but that precious emblem is not safe, it seems, even on the House of God. , During our repairing the Church Building, preparatory to the Meeting of the Diocesan Convention, t wo Win dows have been cracked by shots, and one broken and hurled onto the tow er floor. Now, be it known, that something has been cracked in me, too, and beyond repair. Keep ofij that grass. If I find anything inj human shape firing anything toward j the Church Building; I will have it; arrested, and wlli exact the full; penalty of The law for the use of fire arms, or sling shots within the city limits,-and will praise God from whom, all Blessings flow, for the op- j portunity to do so. Now, look out,! and keep your children home. (Signed) F. H. T. HORSFIELD. j Rector of St. Stephen's Church.! Oxford, N. C., April 26, 1923. LAND FOR VETERANS The Land Is Situated In Five Wes ' tern States. Washington, April 26.—More than ! a quarter of a million acres of pub lic land in five western states was thrown open Wednesday by veterans of the world war by the Interior De partment. The land includes 222,700 acres in Owyhee county, Idaho; 24,000 acres in Beaverhead county Montana; 18, 900 acres in Elko and Eureka coun ties, Nevada; 5,500 acres Rio Arriba county, New Mexico, and 4,600 acres in Messa county, Colorado. VANCE COUNTY FARM i Farm On Epsom Road Brings $34,725. The Farmers and Merchants Bank of Henderson this week sold to the Hiland Home Realty Company 310 acres of land, on the Epsom road, known as the W. B. Daniel farm, for the consideration of $34,725.—Hen derson Dispatch. —Yonr battery should have water about every two weeks. Stop at Ox ford Battery Co. OXFORD ODD FELLOWS ! DONATE $1,000 TO ! THE ORPHAN HOME In His Fine Address Gen. H. 8. Roys ter Spoke Of the "Ail-Seeing Eye." The Independent Order of Odd Fel lows never do things by halves. This was amply demonstrated at the anni I versary meeting held in the Oxford lodge last Tuesday night, when Gen. ! Royster explained to the members what Odd Fellowship stands for. He spoke at some length on the "All Seeing Eye," and by way of illustra tion referred to a gold fish in a cut glass bowl, which can be seen from all angles. "God sees us much plainer ! than we see the gold fish," said } Gen. Royster, "and He knows our I every thougnt and act." The most of i this speech of fifty minutes was de I voted to facts aiid figures, and he i succeeded in arousing the fraternal ! spirit to such a height as is seldom } seen in a lodge room. ^ The head of the order in the State I let it be known that several thou ! sand dollars was needed to enlarge ! and carry on the noble work at the i Orphan Home at Goldsboro. To } meet this emergency the Oxford : lodge subscribed and pledged $1000. The meeting was marked with brotherly love and a sense of having accomplished something for the wi dow and the orphan. Refreshments were served. F.W. HANCOCK JR., GUEST OF GOV. MORR!SON The Oxford T^awyer Is a Close Per sonal Friend Of the Governor. Governor Morrison recently enter tained Senator Simmons at luncheon at the Governor's Mansion. Among the invited guests were the members of the Supreme Court, Mr. F. W. Hancock, Jr., cf Oxford, and a num ber of other close personal friends. The News and Observer and the Raleigh correspondent of the State papers gave Asheville as the resi dence of Mr. Hancock, but it was our noble young man and he is a per manent fixture in the hearts and minds of the people of Granville. Some of the papers claim that there Was political significance in the small but seldct gathering at the Governor's Mansion, but it appears to have been a gathering of close per sonal friends of the Governors A BUNCH OF GAMBLERS Four Ihnw Hoad Sentence and Others Pay &17.50 Each. A few days ago Chief Hobgood and his force ran across a bunch of negroes in South Oxford in the act of gambling. They scattered like rats, each negro to his hole in some other partg of the town. "The night was dark and all negroes look alike," said Chief Hobgood, "and the work of rounding them up one by one has been seme job." The officers finally implicated a dozen or more of them and marched them to Municipal Court yesterday. Mayor Stem imposed a fine of $17.50 on pach of them, and those who failed to pay were sent to the roads for tep days. Four of the gang ac cepted the road sentence and one negro, who was caught with a pistol on his hip, paid $55 and cost. GOES WITH ROAD FORCE Chief Of Police Of Creedmoor Re-! signs To Take Up Road Work. The County Road Commission has! elected J. T. Curl, of Creedmoor, ] foreman of the South Granville road I force. He has heid the position of{ Chief of police of Creedmoor for aj number of years and has resigned j that position to take up road work. Mr. Curl is a very capable young man. He will work from Creedmoor for a short time until the roads are put in a passable condition, and then he will establish a camp near where he will work, in order to save time. He has a force of three men and six mules and one machine to start with. OXFORD BAPTIST BARACA CLASS Program Being Arranged For the First Sunday In May. The secretary of the Oxford Bap tist Baraca Class is mailing cards this week to the members of the class, notifying them of the roll call and a big day on Sunday, May 6. A program is being arranged and Judge Devin has promised to be present if} possible. There is a membership of more than one hundred and all should make an effort to be present on this occasion. MRS. SAMUEL WATKINS DIES AT HENDERSON ______ % Henderson, April 26.—Mrs. Sam uel Watkins, widow of the late Samuel Watkins for many years one of Henderson's leading merchants and citizens, died of paralysis at her home on North Williams street yes TO ESTABLISH BOYS AND GIRLS JN CLUB WORK The Several - Banks Of Granville County Will Loan Honey To Worthy Boys and Girls To ihomote Club Work. Editor Public Ledger: I would like to write a few lines for your paper in regard to the boys and girls blub work as carried on by the Agricultural, extension work of this state. It will be my purpose to organize the boys and girls of Granville Coun ty between the age of 10 and 20 yeafs mto some phase of club work. I propose to enroll boys and girls into the Pig club, Corn club and Poultry club. The hoys may enroll in the Corn club and the pig club and the girls may enroll in the Pig club and poultry club. They will not be re quired to pay s any entrance fee or dues, but will be required to follow the directions laid down by the au thorities in charge of the work. These directions will be furnished all club members from the county agents office. Club work is an intergrial part of the county agents work and is con ; seeded by every one who has studied ! the subject as being a very impor } sion work. Club work today is at ; tracting the attention of National ag ricultural leaders and business men. : Banks loaned club members $2,000 000 last year tp carry on their pro jects, and will no doubt increase ! their aid this year. Various agencies provided $734,000 inprizes for 1922 winners to aid and promote club work. me oanks ot Granville County, will gladly loan money to worthy ; boys and girls to carry on their club work. Club work does more than demon strate the better practices in agri culture and home economics; it traing for citizenship and leadership; it produces better men and women. ^ Club work should be expended to I enlarge it so that it may reach mil I lions instead of thousands. Of all the extension work I am I convinced that the work with the j boys and girls is the most profitable [ and brings the most returns for the ; nioney invested. } Will the parents of Granville Coun : ty join me in this effort to put Gran ville county on the map? If so put your boy and girl in the club work. J. H. BLACKWELL. County Agent. FRANCE WILLING TO REDUCE GERMAN DEBT Germany's Debt Is Somewhere Be tween Forty and Fifty Billion Gold Maiks. London special.—A dispatch to The Times from Paris says it has been learned, on what Mie corres podents believes to be t^eilent au- i thority, "that France is ^willing to } agree to a reduction in Germany's j debt to somewhere between 40 bil lion and fifty billion gold marks, provided in the settlement of the in ter-alliet debt, all of France's indebt edness is extinguished^ Otherwise, it is asserted, France i sdisposed to! hold out for her original figure of 132,000,000,000 gold marks. France believes, according^to the correspondent, that the greatest hin-* drance to such a settlement arises from American sentiment, and seems to think that this plan may induce Great Britain and the United States to consent to some arrangement. OXFORD SCHOOLS IN GOOD HANDS — . Prof. Cradle Re-elected Superin tendent—The New Faculty Will Be Announced Latter. At a meeting of the trustees of the Oxford public schools last Monday night, Prof. C. G. .Credle, who has been in charge of the Oxford schools for three years, was unanimously elected superintendent for the next term. The schools have flourished } under his wise management, and his re-election meets with hearty ap proval on all sides. The trustees will announce the new faculty later. IN OUR MAIL Two Highly Appreciated Letters. Mr. Lee M. Henry of Leamington, Ont., Canada, writes: "You will find inclosed copy of want adv. I believe I met you in Oxford three years ago while I was spending a few days there at the Exchange, the guest of my friend Lonnie Smith. Should you see him kindly remember me to him. I found him, with others, a prince of good fellows." Mr. J. W. Currin, Rehoboth, Va., writes: You will find inclosed a check for $3.00. - Please continue Public Ledger for two years, as I like it because it gives me the news from my old neighborhood, the best place and the best people in the world." , NEGROES MOVMG TO THE NORTH More Thao 100,000 Farm Hands Have Left Georgia and South Car aiina, Says Government Report. TAashingt^u, April 26.—The negro migration started soon after the out break of the world war keeps up at a steady and increasing lick. Thou sands of negroes are leaving the south for the north daily. Several hundred thousand have moved with in the last few years. The bulletin issued by the depart ment of agriculture says: 'High industrial wages is given aa the chief reason for the reported mi gration. During the last twelve months 32,000 negro farm hands or laborers left Georgia. That is 13 per cent of the total number in the state a year ago. "The movement goes on, although crops for the present year are al ready started," the department states. 'A large abandonment of acre age is reported and the labor short age is expected to be a major factor in limiting acreage this season. The situation in Georgia is much worse than is generally realized." The movement from South Caro lina for a irear has been three and for Florida two per cent of the total. Approximately three and one half per cent of the negro farm labor pop ulation has moved from Alabama to the north since the crop season. Fifteen thousand have quit Arkan sas. Kentucky, Missouri, North Car olina and Oklahoma report but slight movements. Louisiana and Tennes see have lost about one per cent. Texas hag experienced a small loss. OXFORD CLUB WOMEN WANT PRISON REFORM Ministers, Health and Welfare Of ficers: Address Meeting. At their meeting Wednesday after noon the Oxford Womans club adopt ed a resolution urging prison reform. The meeting was addressed by Revs, i Horsfield and Harte, Dr. Morris, County Health Officer, and Welfare Officer Jackson. The resolution is being drafted by Mrs. H. C, Pinnix, Mrs. H. M. Shaw and Mrs. H^ G. Cooper, and the same will be presented to the State Federa tion of Wphian's Clubs in Winston Salem next week, praying for legis lation on prison reform. DISTINGUISHED SON OF OLD GRANVILLE ^1. V Faucett, Of Tennessee, Sperls Day in Oxford. Mr. L l./ard W. Faucett, a promi nent business man of Mt. Pleasant, Tennessee, t was the guest of his brother, Mr. Herbert Faucett, this week. He came over from Fayette ville where he had been visiting his mother. t Mr. Herbert Faucett and his brother Edward were born in Oxford, their parents settling in Northern Granville when the boys were quite young. Mr.! Edward speaks of Ox ford as the Old Home Town. He has been in practically every state in the Union and gives Oxfxord the credit of being the prettiest and best town on the map. THE TOWN ELECTiON The Nominating Convention Will Be Held In the Court House Tuesday Night, May 1. The registration books indicate that there is very little interest mani fested in the approaching town elec tion. Only ten percent of the voters have responded to the request to reg ister. The registration books close at sundown Tuesday, May 1st. See that your name is on the books. A mass meeting for the purpose of nominating a mayor and seven com missioners on the Democratic ticket for the election to be held on the first Monday in May, 1923, will be held in the Court-house at eight P. M. Tuesday night, May 1st, 1923. ASKS RECALL OF GEORGE HARVEY Ambassador Talks Too Much And , Says Nothing. Boston, April 26.—The recaijLef Colonel George Harvey, ambassador to Great Britain, would be sd^ed for under a resolution to Presidgpt Harding proposed in the legislature today by Representative Coleman E. Kelley, of Boston. The resolution said: "Whereas, the Amarican ambassador to England George Harvey, boasts more of Ris English ancestry than of his Ameri canism—be it "Resolved, mat it is the sense of the Massachusetts house and senate that George Harvey should be re called." —Randall O. Stone, of Thomas rille, N. C., a Student of the Western Maryland College committed suicide n Baltimore Tuesday by hanging limself in the! college gymnasium.
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