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OXFORDrPUBLIC LEDGER ^ _____- PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY—TOWN AND COUNTY OFFER BRILLIANT OPPORTUNITIES. _!!!^DEAEISI^I7~OXFORD1NLg TUESDAY. JULyIt. 1923 ^-~====r=° I. FEW WORDS ABOUT SWIMMING POOLS AND EVOLUTION , , HiUfis Again Sees Things ”*■ That Miuck His Modesty Somehow, it appears to me there lree sources upon which rests fntiire of the rising generation— T home the church and the press the, it seems3 to me that all three of and Lp losing their foot-hold and JTpeSe S rapidly drifting away. they are supressed by the %ve mentioned forces, where will th?rimdthe Public Ledger of July 10 i quote: “The people of the unity should feel proud of the f that thev have such wholesome of amusement as the two swimming pools, so convenient " I haven’t a word to say against the So gentlemen managing these pools, either am I condemning swimming Zl hut I do feel it a duty 1 owe J! ’children and others to condemn as they are being managed I n’t for my life, see the whole omeness of both sexes of all ages ! a pool of water with the modern ‘“b Would it not be far more "wholesome” to have separate days f0r each sex? What would any of 1S think if our wives or girls were to put on the modern garb and pass (Continued On Page Four.) autoist must stop “Stop, Look. Listen” Law Gets New Interpretation To be within the new “Stop, Look and Listen” law which requires that motorist or drivers of motor vehicles shall come to a full stop 50 feet from any grade crossing in the state at which there in not stationed a watch man or watchtower. The law says stop, look and listen, and it does not make any exceptions unless a watchman or watchtower is stationed at the crossing. The Attorney General also has stat ed that the failure of the railroads <^o provide signs at grade crossings framing motorists to stop does not obiviate the necessity placed upon the motorist to stop. There is no stop sign at tha Sea board station in Oxford, but accord ing to Attorney General Manning all muto drivers must stop, look and lis ten within 50 feet of this crosing. The Charlotte Observer states that there are 36 grade crosings in Char lotte at which the raidroads have not provided watchmen, and at which there have not been erected signs warning motorists to stop 50 feet from the rails, but to be within the law the motorist must stop at each of the crossings. NEGROES OF SOUTH DYING BY SCORES Buried in The Potter’s Field at De troit Unidentified Detroit, Mich., July 16.—So many friendless and unknown Southern negroes have died, been t.aen to the morgue, and failing identification have been buried in the potter’s field Imre, that civic authorites togeather with the* negro ministers, are mark ing Southern negroes with an identi fication card, giving the address of his narest Southern relatives or White Filks.” tins F1RP0 KNOCKS OUTJESS WILLARD Ivfflanl Sliares to The Amount of $120,000 knrJils Aage* t irP°, of Argentine, eiS Ut JesR Willard in the w rnTd at Boyle’s Thirty Acres, ion oLC y iast’ Friday niSht Before „n .’ 11- specta-°rs, including a jP mkhng of women. According to ,r^SR0Clatted Press the Purse and r.fui offnCeiPtS were estimated at to (°* WhIch Willard shares 10 tlle amount of $120,000. A GOOD APPOINTMENT it' B. ( heatham Is Member of Re iormatory Board I last °aTn,n?rf ^0Efison on Saturday superintp1uted Dr< H- B- Cheatham, Asvie dant of the Oxford Colored forma?’rf;me^ber of the negro re Moore t0 SUCeed Dr- A- M rmverrmrJarhiaJm'’ deceased. The better c.olnr0li d n0t have found a the positioned in the State for FVtB_ **"' m •wu TERM OF GRANVILLE COURT Judge w- A. Devin Will t, j Preside. few dagys afrived at home a cation with 1S- spendinS his va side atThe j^v£fmlly- He wiU pre c°avenes har#/ of court» which °ne week’q !I6 ,next Monday. The “• KSttKS*” be devoted t0 '“•■iff® Landis and Fran Iisit to Misa hra'Te,returtted from a Lo«i8burg. “,ouIse Edgerton at THE OXFORD STORAGE AND INSPECTION CO. The Large Structure Is Nearing Completion. j The large building now being I er©cted in the northern part of the j town by the Oxford Storage and In | spection Company, is nearing com pletion. The building, which has a floor space of 100x200 feet, presents a good, solid appearance. The expert sent out from Washing ton last week to inspect the property pronounced it absolutely fireproof had the last word in design and J workmanship. Mr. J. F. Meadows, president of the corporation, says the floor space will accommodate 2,500 hogsheads or 2,500,000 pounds of tobaeco. This is a bonded warehouse and the government issues a receipt for all tobacco inspected ^pd stored ac cording to regulations. These bonds are negotiable at any bank. The plant will be in rq/adiness by the 15th of August, said Mr. Meadows, and the Company will be in a position to handle tobacco as | soon thereafter as it comes in. A NEAR CALAMITY j Little Louise Walters Struck By a Cat. j While the traffic on the National I Highway was congested at Gholson’s | pool lAst Friday night, Miss Louise i Walters, the daughter of Mr. and I ^rs- Connie Walters, in an attempt i ing to cross the highway, was j knocked down by a passing car. ! Eye-witnesses state that the car [was moving at a low rate of speed; [that when she fall to the pavement | the front wheel of the car shoved iher head out of its path. With I presence1 of mind the driver cut his car to avoid the rear wheel striking :the little girl. Fortunately she re ceived only a slight cut on the head. Sheriff Hunt, with the assistance of Mr. Gholson, on Saturday last erected signs and markers to regulate the parking of cars in the vicinity of the pool so as not to interfere with the traffic. Sheriff Hunt stated that it is his intention to catch some of the speed ers and reckless drivers on this pop ular stretch of harsurfce road and make an example of them. • _ • TYPHOID FEVER — There Are Only Seven Cases In the County. The fact that only seven cases of ! typhoid fever have been reported to j Dr. J. A. Morris, county health of ficer, speaks well for the htalth of the county. Granville with a population of 26,800, has the lowest rate of ty phoid of any county in the State per inhabitant. “This virulent disease is preven- ' table," says Dr. Morris, “and I hope the people will soon learn to keep their surroundings pure and whole some." From the large number calling at the health office to receive the anti typhoid vaccination it would seem that the people are becoming wise to the importance of fortifying their systeih against an attack of typhoid fever. Six cases of typhoid fever among the members of one family in Union county and five cases among the chil dren of a Geleveland county family reported to the State Board of Health has called forth a warning frfim the Board that the typhoid season is just beginning, and that every pre caution against this preventable di sease should be taken during July, August and September, when illness from this cause reaches its peak. TOBACCO GROWERS OPEN WAREHOUSES South Carolina) Tobacco Is Tw\> Weeks Ahead of Last Season. ; Raleigh, July 16.—The Tobacco Growers Co-operative association will j begin its second year’s marketing Tuesday, July 17, when 40 warehous es of the association open to receive I the first of the 1923 crop through the South Carolina belt, it was announc j ed here today. This is two weeks in advance of the announced date of !the opening for the auction ware houses in South Carolina and the North Carolina border counties. HEAVY HAND OF LAW „ HITS RECKLESS DRIVER Fined $100 and Debarred From Driv ing a* Car For One Year Winston-Salem, July 15.—George C. Tudor} Jr., son of a wealth citizen, felt the heavy hand of the law here last week. He was charged with operating an automobile while under the influence of intoxicating liquor and was given a fine of $125 by Judge Hartmann, of the city court, also a suspended sentence on the county roads, conditioned, on the de fendant being of good behavior • and law-abiding for one year. He is also debarred from driving a car, «0Eher sober or intoxicated,1 onthe highways of North Carolina for 12 months. CHARGED WITH PEEP ING IN A TENT AT OXFORD LADIES - I The Trouble Occured at the Famous i ‘‘Washout” in Vance County— Sheriff Royster Found Not Guilty on Drunken Charge—Fifty Dollars Fine Imposed on Deputy Shreiff Reams for Being Drunk, But He W as Found Not Guilty on the Charge of Trespassing on Ladies’ Sleeping Quarters. (Henderson Daily Dispatch) A fine of $50 for driving an au tomobiie while under the influence ot whiskey was imposed late Friday afternoon upon Deputy Sheriff Elbert G. Reams by Recorder R. j. South jerland at the conclusion of a hear ^ lasted for the entire day. iUn three counts, namely, being drunk, trespassing upon the sleeping quarters of young lady campers at the Washout, and of assault in con nection with the arrest of Roy Long, Reams was acquitted by the record er. The case was & sequel to that of the day before when Sheriff John R. Royster was tried for being drunk and was acquitted before F. B. Hight justice of the peace. The sheriff and his deputy were both named in the same warrant for being drunk, but the two cases were separated for hearing, that of the sheriff coming first, and taking up all afternoon and early in the even ing of Thursday, with the judgement : reserved until Friday morning. The i alleged drunkenness complained of — (Continued On Page Four) EDWIN T. PARHAM WAS GASSED AND WOUNDED Critically 111 At Brandywine Hospital —The Young Man Has Numerous Relatives In Granville. The Eagle, published at Gainboro, Ga., under date of July 12, contains the following: ‘‘The tenderest sympathy of the community goes out in unbounded flow to Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Parham whose son, Edwin T. Parham, gas sed and wounded overseas, lies criti cally ill at Brandywine hospital near Wilmington, Del. ‘‘The two only sons of Mr. and Mrs. Parham answered the call ol their country during the World War, and the younge^ of the two now rests in a soldier’s grave, having made the supreme sacrifice, and now Mrs. Parham, summoned to the bed side of the other, older son, wires her husband from Wilmington under date of July 10th: “Arived safely. # No hope for son. Letter follows.” AT REHOBATH CHURCH Union Sunday School Meeting, July 29. There will be a union meeting of the Sunday schools of the Granville Vance circuit at Rehobath church on Sunday, July 29, the same being the fifth Sunday. Beginning at 10:30in the morning the meeting will take up several hours with an intermission for dinner. SCHOOL BOARD’S PRAYER God' help us to see and feel our responsibility. Help us to see the problems that confront us and give us wisdom to solve them. Help us to know and love the people whom we serve. May we forget self and work for our children, our community, and our country. Help us to lay aside personal feelings and employ worthy teachers, regardless of friendship, politics, religion, or relatives. May we live for the satisfaction of to morrow rather than for the pleasures of today. Help us to get a true vis ion of what the schools are doing for our children and of what they should do for them. May we, while work ing for better schools, be so tactful, patient, kind and reasonable that even those who may oppose us will give us credit for meaning well. May we so serve our community that the things we do today will look good to the men and women of tomorrow. And finally, when we are ‘‘ready to be offered up” may we have the sat isfaction of knowing that we lived true to ourselves, true to our peoeple and true to our God. LAWN PARTY | At Brantwood Hospital For Benefit of Nurses. | There will be a lawn party on the lawn at Brantwood Hospital next I Thursday evening at 8 o'clock. There I will be music, ice cream, cake and jfun for all. RAGLAND RELIEVED General Royster Secures His Release From the Navy. (Washington Special) Secretary Hampton wired Gen. B. S. Royster at Oxford that the Nevy Department is authorizing the dis-" charge of Joseph Ridley Ragland on the receiving ship at San Francisco. THE COUNTY TAX LEVY Adjusted By the County Board At! a Special Meeting Held Last Mon day. County school salary fund.45 County school building inciden tal purposes.. County school interest on bor rowed money and interest on State loan fund and serial bonds and sinking fund. 8 General county ..15 General road ............... 30c Interest on road bonds and float ing debt. 13 Sinking fund for bonds and re tiring road note . 7 : Total .$1.30 Poll Tax. Poll tax County $1.50; county poor 50c, total $2 for each poll. Special Levy. V in<lre ^as a Gi/cmai tax of 30c on each $100 of property levied for Ox ford Graded school district for that part outside of the town of Oxford. There was a special tax of 10 cents on each $100 of property levied for interest and sinking fund on bonds for Oxford Graded School district, in cluding all property in said district both in and outside of the town of i Oxford. Levy For Special School Districts Fishing Creek—Bethel 20; Shady Grove 20; Currin 20; Corinth 15; Knott Grove 20; Browning 20. Brassfield 20. Dutchville—Knap of Reeds 20; Creedmoor taxing district 20; North side 20; Hester 20. ; Tally Ho—Stem 20; Culbreth 20; ! Providence 20; Enon 15; Tar River | 30. Walnut Grove—Berea 15; Sharon 15. Sassafras Fork—No. 1, 20; No. 3, 20; No, 4, 15; Salem 20. Oak Hill—-No. 1,15; No. 2, 15; No. 3; 15; No. 4, 15; No. 5, 15; No. 6, 5. ' ©kxfbrd-^Wil'fbw Branch 15. INSTALLATION OF MASONIC OFFICERS Monday evening in the hall of Ox ford Lodge No. 396 A. F. & A. M., a public installation of officers was held. Gen, B, S. Royster was master of ceremonies and in his opening speech welcomed the visitors and es pecially welcomed the ladies of the Eastern Star chapter. He said Mas onary stands for the best, for the up lift and betterment of our commun ity. The response was graciously given, on the party of Eastern Star, by Worthy Matron Virginia Carroll. Mr. R. L. Brown had as his subject: “Relation of Eastern Star to Mas onic Lodge.” Mr. Brown spoke of the wonderful help different Eastern Star Chapters have given the Oxford Orphanage. Hon. A. A. Hicks and Dr. F. P. Hobgood were called on for impromp tu speeches. This is the second time this lodge has held a public installation of of ficers. General Royster said that at the public installation 28 years ago he was made master of the lodge and Rev. R. I. Devin made the address, so it was fitting at this time to call on his son, Judge W. A. Devin, for a few minutes talk. Installation of officers then took place. Each officer was told his duty and obligation. Charles G. Powell was installed as Master of the Lodge. After this a social hour was spent and punch, ice cream and cake were served and * cigarettes and cigars passed. JUDGE DEVIN AT TABB CREEK CHURCH Large Congregation Enjoyed His Sermon. After teaching the Oxford Baptist Baraca Class last Sunday morning, Judge Devin, and the Baraca quar tette motored out to Tabb Creek Church, where Judge Devin conduct ed the eleven o’clock service. The congregation was highly pleased with the sermon and the-singing. GRANVILLE COUNTY DOCTORS IN SESSION Favorable To Establishing Hospital For Tubercular Patients. The county commissioner® and the county health department held a joint meeting yesterday, Mr. J. E. Davis, County Chairman, presiding. A committee was appointed look ing to the establishment of a county hospital; the county health officer was authorized to exclude from the schools of the county all conditions detremental to the children; the es tablishment of an adenotonsil clinic i was discussed and the doctors offered their services free to all children not able to pay for the service. The | medical men also had under discus [sion the application of the Sheppard Towner bill* —Mias Sophronia Cooper has re turned from Blue Ridge and Burling ton. : 1 - -." ;■ ' / /'■" , —Your battery should have water ■boat every two weeks. . Stop at Ox ford Battery Co. BOLL WEEVIL INVADES GRANVILLE COUNTY Found On the Farm Of Mr. O. A. Daniel. V County Agent Blackwell was called to the farm of Mr. O. A. Daniel yes terday to identify the boll weevil found on his place. As soon as Mr. Blackwell saw the little pest he re i marked that he “knew the little | scoundrel." | “T,^e only ttung that can be done now, said Mr. Blackwell “is to look carefully for the old weevils and ves try them; don’t stop yhen you find the old ones, but look for the fallen punctured squares and burn them up Make the search perfect.” j Everybody who owns a cotton . patch, said Mr. Blackwell, should j look it over carefully and stop the | progress of the pest at once. f __ I THE MAN AND THE JOB Some Of the Many Duties Performed Dy J. E. Jackson, Welfare Officer. Now that Mr. J. e. Jackson has been re-elected county welfare officer or a term of two years, herewith is some of the many duties he is expect ed to perform and does perform many duties not herein enumerated School Attendant Oficer. To see that all the children are in (school that should be there, and if not why not; chief probation officer and with the Juvenile Court have oversight of dependent, neglected and delinquent children; enforce the child labor law—see that children are not worked under improper conditionsmr iinder the age provided by law; over sight of persons discharged from state hospitals for the insane and persons on probation or parol from State institutions; under the county commissioners he must look out for the paupers outside of the county home and administer the funds pro vided for their, assistance; promote wholesome recreation and enforce such laws as regulate commercial amusements and to find employment for the unemployed. Other Duties. And in such leisure as may remain after the afore-mentioned duties are given proper attention, the county welfare officer shall ip.ake such inves tigations and act as agent of the State welfare board in such matters !as the State Board may direct. Man Size Job. | That is a big job for one manMn ! a county as large as Granville. One | important work not mentioned and | of which the public hears little, but | which requires much time and tact, | is the smotaiag over and adjustment of domestic relations. The welfare officer is a sort of court of domestic ; troubles. He hears and adjusts | numerous cases of domestic difficul ties that would probably end in sep ! aration, probably the divorce court, but for his assistance; and through his efforts many girls and boys are j pulled back from the brink of ruin. Tact and Courage. j All that is a job for a man and I Granville is fortunate in having the i man for the job in Mr. Jackson. | First and most important, his heart | is in the work; and he. has the intelli I gence, the practical judgment and ! the courage to meet and work out in the best way circumsances will per mit the many and difficult problems submitted to him. WHAT IT COSTS TO RUN SCHOOL TRUCKS j Summary of The Cost of Running j Four Trucks To Our School At j Oxford. The following actual cost totals j were prpared by Walter W. Barnhart j principal of Oxford High School, ■ from daily reports made by the driv i ers of 4 of the 6 motor busses bring ing pupils to the Oxford schools the past session. In Granville County, nearly all of the 49 motor school busses are driven by some of the older school boys, and it works well. - In each of the follow ing cases the drivers salary of $145 for the nine month is included in the operating costs of the trucks. One Ford Truck with a 12 foot body traveled 2.801 miles, and haul ed 4,296 children to. school, with a total operating cpstrof-$256. This was an average .operating cost of 5.9 cents per child per day. Another Ford, which . was three years old, traveled 4,191 miles dur ing the session, hauling 5,535 pupils, at a cost of $45,2,04, which cost in cluded a new set of tires. This route was 12 miles each way daily, though the operation cost was only 8.3 cents ! per child per day. One Dodge (or Graham) truck with a 14 foot body transported 4, 110 children, covering 3,843 miles, at a cost of $273.7 6„an average cost of 6.7 cent#':per child per day. Another .Dodge truck took 6,843 passengers tp fchoqp-in going 3,9§1 miles, at an operating, cosfof $410.11 which was eyeh $ cents per child per day. —Dr. and Mf&. FJ^twood, of Wes ton, West Virginia, spent the week end with-Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Chap man. Dr. Fleetuno^is the general surgeon of th»r ‘BaUiiaore Jb Ohio railroads. j; - - — ■» '-r m w • NOBODY TO BE BLAMED FOR THE MUDDLE IN THE STATE CAPITAL STATE S FINANCIAL CONDITION) Auditor’s Report Embraces Two Typewritten Volumes Of Sonne 200 £ag?™Each”~To T©11 th«T Tale I Next Thursday. I Raleigh, July 16.—Two typewrit ten volumes Of some 200 pages each make up the report of the auditors flnanc!anyh0W NorUl Caro“"»%W<i» On next Thursday the legislative investigation committee will teilAhe . tale, and assumedly the state ,;wjll know for the first time in years its financial condition with exactness. The big job thereafter wilij^for the auditing and treasury depart ments to make use of such, systems and methods of control that an enig matis situation may not develop againj and recommendations to this effect will constitute one of the fea ture suggestions of the report. The governor and budget commis “«0ns^?ere %vronS in their estimate of a $2,500,000 surplus with the an-? ticipated revenue from due but not collected taxes; Treasurer Lacy’s report of a current deficit of $1,000 - j 000 was wrong, and Corporation | Commissioner Allen J. Maxwell’s * claim of a $5,000,000 deficit was wrong. That is the impression the committee left when it adjourned its meeting Tuesday night. MR. J. H. TERRY DEAD Laid to Rest at the W. T. Allen Place Last Sunday. Mr. J. H. Terry, highly esteemed citizen of Enon-Culbreth section died last Saturday morning after a linger ing illness, aged 70 years. ,,¥r- Terry was a devout member of Geneva Presbyterian church. He is survived by a devoted wife and one son, Billy Terry, Jr. The funeral and interment was at the W. T. Allen place Sunday after noon conducted ‘ by Rev. Kennison, of Durham, who was assisted by Rev. P. F. Comerford, of Oxford, and Rev. Earl, of Stovall. The last sad rites were .largely attended by sorrowing selatives and friends. The active pallbearers were: E. N. Clement, C. G. Daniel, Frank Hob good, William Ellis, Lee Clement, Joe Currin, Amos Averett. The hon orary pallbearers were: J. W. Davis, J. Luther Daniel, E. B. Meadows, Ernest Allen, Ellis Averett, Sam Dan iel. REVIVAL AT KNOTT’S GROVE CHURCH The meeting at Stovall closed last Sunday night. Pastor Upchurch re ports some strong gospel preaching, a score or more additions to the church 'and a fine revival, i Rev. C. A. Jenkins, Jr.„ who did | the peraching at Stovall, will assist | Pastor Upchurch in the revival at | Knott’s Grove this week. The hours of service will be at 9 in the fore noon and at 8 in the evening. HOUSE PARTY Miss Mary Owen To Entertain School Mates. * Miss Mary Wilson, of Fairmont, West Virginia; Miss Jane Mitchell, of Independence, Kansas; Miss Mary Louise Ficklen, of Warrentpn, Va.; and Miss Virginia Flowers,, of -d>ur ham, will arrive Wednesday:* ,to, be the house guests of Miss Mary. Owen. All of the young ladies were . class mates in the graduating class of Miss Madeira’s School, Washington, , D. . C., and all will enter college , in the fall. SINGING CLASS. At Salem Church Next- Sunday Morning. Rev. A. S. Barnes, supe#pl$ndent Methodist Orphanage of .) tyaieigh, with his singing class will ^nt ,On a sacred concert at Salem nexfs^Bdilday morning at eleven o’clock. Wjhere will be no admission fee pii$.-ho col lection. This concert will be* worth your coming. Please be on time. A hearty welcome awaits all who will come. Pleasant Social Hour. Hugh Easton was host to'several visiting young ladies Tuesday even ing of last week. Dancing and^eards were the amusements for fh&.«rren ing. The honerees were: MlBses Mary T. Watkins, Lucy Kltfljfell and Annie Gray Bourroghs, of ^Hender son; Edna Coats, Ava Wellons and Mattie Lassister of Smithfield>J3liza beth Masten, of Roxboro; Lovard Lee Priddy, Mary Thomas of Richmond, Va., and Mr. Washington priddy, of Keysville, Va. Ice cream and cake were served. _-Mr_ Henry Osborn has returned from a trip to Lake Erie.. In his rounds he found an old college chum worth a inillion dollars, a pretty wife and house full of children. Henry is still single, but the happiness of the fkthiiy broughtto h|a seizes.
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