OXFORD PUBLIC LEDGER
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PUBLISHED SiflMf-WEEKLY TOWN AND COUNTY OFFER BRILLIANT OPPORTUNITIES.
VOL.XXXVILL
—_r!tAM)EFREi5lYTUESDAY OXFORD, N. C., TUESDAY, AUGUST 28. 1923
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MO AQ
50 DATE named
for opening of
CO-OP DELIVERY
(t Generally Believed That They
1 vViU pe Beady for Deliveries About
Middle of September.
Vo date has been fixed so far as
Lph learned here, for the begin
naS f deliveries of tobacco by the
ning ° of the Tobacco Growers Co
Jati« AssociaUon to their ware
li0“se \ Mitchell, manager of
4. nvford Co-ops warehouse, stated
had not been advised as to
£?.£■»« hate; ;therefore the
51 date is a matter of surmise
u far but if the same policy is
Sued’here as in other belts by the
Spendent warehousemen, the co
Mriii begin receiving ahead of the
£ 5 markets. The date tor
independent markets.
The Banner warehouse here is
,-oadv for business, and will be pre
pared to receive deliveries as soon
£ Mr. Mitchell gives the word to
drive in._
distinguished lady
VISITING IN OXFORD
*[rs Gilbert Elliott, of New York, Is
jhe guest of Mrs. Charles Elliott.
Mrs. Gilbert Elliott, of New York
'City an exquisite lady of age and
wisdom, is the guest of Mrs. C. G. El
liott on High street. She is the
relict of Capt. Elliott of Confederate
fame, who built the Albemarle, the
first iron clad gun boat of the War
Between the States.
Mrs. Elliott’s first visit to Oxford
?ras when she was a bride fifty odd
years ago .She has made many visits
here since and speaks of Oxford’s
steady growth and beauty. • She has
traveled extensively and has seen no
town quite so pretty.
Mrs. Elliott takes a lively interest
in current literature and the news of
the day, and when not conversing
with friends she has a newspaper or
a good book in front of her.
[ MR.JAMES HART DEAD
i i ■
Laid To liest With Masonic
Honors.
, Mr. “Jimmie” Hart, by which name J
he was familiarly known, died at his
home in Northern Granville last Fri
day night after an illness of several
months, aged h9 years. He was a
highly esteemed and generous citizen.
i Mr. Hart joined Mt. Creek Church
at the'age of ten years and had long
been a deacon in his church. He was
a member of Adinariam Masonic
Lodge. He was laid to rest with
masonic, honors at Mt. Creek Church
last Saturday, Gen. B. S. Royster
leading the ceremony, the church
ceremony being conducted by Rev.
Teague. Gen. Royster, J. Robert
Wood and Charles G. Powell, mem
bers of the Oxford lodge were pre
sent. Mr. Hart is survived by five j
children, his wife having passed away j
some time ago.
ILE COUNTY
COTTON CROP
(’top Is the Largest In
orv Of the County,
of the cotton grown in
t tear was ginned in
nty there is no means of
1 exact amount grown by
nf this county, but it is
wved that 5000 bales is
P. The present crop is
i;T promising. The ac
. ierably larger than last
I-i Tormed men estimate
rop at 10,000 bales, the
a history of the county.
WILL MEET
WINSTON-SALEM
ie At the Hotel Robert
7; Tuesd»y Morning,
Aug. 25.—Accord
putative program ar
| ' 1923 reunion of the
uaa Division of the
derate \-etrans the two
r!uVyiU be by General
-alueman, of Louisville,
£f:r 111 chief- Uunted
^etrans, and Major Giles
-latthews Court House,
i rviving member of the
;al Robert E. Lee. Win- i
()tnraittees have made
Sfv"t?ans0r tUe Cntel"
iOLE FOUND
y,"':;5' Oxford Route 6,
e bundle last Wednes
hational Highway near
. ; 'vas probably lost by
run nir\ 0okley- Owner
• a lie by calling on Mr.
''ocribmg contents of the
should have water
weeks, Stop at Ox
DATE FOR OPENING
OF TOBACCO MARKET
MOVED TO SEPT. 25
POSTPONEMENT IS DELAY OF
A WEEK
Manufacturers Declare They Are Un
able To Furnish Buyers For This
Belt Sooner.
“Yielding to the urgent repre
sentations of T. M. Carrington,
of Richmond, president of the
United States Tobacco Associa
tion, which body in annual con
vention at Asheville last July
fixed the dates throughout this
district, the six tobacco markets
in this section of the old belt
have agreed to set back for one
week the opening. The mar
kets affected by this change are
Oxford, Henderson, Durham,
Warrenton,, Youngsville and
Louisburg. These markets will
open Tuesday Sept. 25, instead
of Tuesday, Sept. 18.
Mr. A. Jamieson, president of
the Oxford Tobacco Board of
Trade, is in receipt of a letter
from Mr. Carrington advising
him that the warehouses in the
Oxford belt iiad agreed to the
postponement. Mr. Carrington
stated that arrangements had
been made by the big manufac
turers to place buyers on these
markets Tuesday, September 25,
and owing m the lateness of the
crop in South Carolina it makes
it practically impossible to get
men here sooner.
'good sales recently
MADE BY THE CO-OPS.
■i
| A news dispatch from Richmond
I says: Reports from the headquar
ters of the co-operative tobacco grow
lers are to the effect that they have
sold in the last few days more than
il,000,000 pounds of tobacco stored
from the crop of last year, and while
the reports do not indicate the price
; or the purchaser, they do say that
the men in charge of the deal are
nleased ay.he.suc9es3.QfJhe transac
tion and that they have no reason to
find fault with the situation.
AGED COL MAN DEAD
Esteemed Servant of Mr. T. G. Tay
lor’s for Many Years. '
The passing of Jessup Taylor last
week took from our midst an aged
and valuable servant who was 9 5
years old last spring. Commission
er Thomas G. Taylor’s father inher
ited Jessup in 1848. He had been
a faithful and trusted servant in the
Taylor home on Raleigh road for 75
years. His mind was clear up to
with a day or two of his death and
he could relate many interesting in
cidents that occured before and dur
ing the War Between the States.
:
MR. KING RETURNS FROM
NORTHERN MARKETS
Prices On Most Lines Remain Prac
tically the Same.
Mr. J. S. King, buyer for the dry
goods department of the Long Com
pany, returned Sunday from New
vork and other northern markets.
Mr. King stated that he made liberal
purchases for immediate delivery.
There is a slight fluctuation , in the
cotton market, but the quotations on J
all other lines remain practically the
same ,said Mr. King.
MOTOR VEHICLE TITLE
REGISTRATION ACT|
The New Law Goes Into Effect On
October 1.
Registration of all automobiles ah(J
other motor vehicles, including
trucks and motorcycles, by their man
ufacturers’ and engine numbers, is
required by the new law, which also
makes it unlawful for a person to
operate a car on or after Octtber 1
unless registration has been made or
applied for.
An automobile must be registered
just like a piece of real property;
the owner must have a title to it.
Registration blanks soon will be
mailed automobile owners accom
panied by copies of the new act. The
registration blanks must be filled out
and mailed to i he secretary of state j
with the nominal license fee required I
The money derived from the fees will j
be deposited to a special fund, part of j
which may be used in maintaining a
corps of deputies authorized with po
lice powers to enforce the new act
and other traffic fegulations.
In view of this law, automobile
theft insurance officials already have
announced that they will reduce their
rates 10 per cent, and, according to
the secretary of state, in whose hands
rests the enforcmnt of th law, they
have assured that further automobile
theft insurance rate reductions will
be made later in accordance with the
effectiveness of the new act.
TWO BIG GUNS COMING
R. A. Patterson and J. C. Watkinns
i Will Si>eak in the Court House,
j Saturday, September 8.
Mr. R. A. Patterson, manager
I of the leaf department of the
Tobacco Growers Association,
and Mr. J. C. Watkins, manager
of warehouses, will speak in the
court house Saturday morning,
September 8. These two high
officials are interesting speak
ers.
They will tell the growers
what has been done and plans
for the future. The meeting will
have to be held in time for them
to catch the train in Henderson
that afternoon.
E. Y. FLOYD Sec.,
County Assn.
ON MAIN STREET
WHAT ONE SEES AND
HEARS
!
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Knowledge of an interesting sort
| and even wisdom may 'be picked up
: in unexpepcted places; on ' Main
| street, for example where a day or
! so ago a pleasant young man with oil
on .his face was bragging about a
truck, of which he was pilot and lov
er. “A wonder,” said he warmly;
“a honey! The firm bought her and
she works like a horse and never
gives any more trouble than a tame
kitten. Sometimes we put 7 or 8
tons on her and she waltzes off with
it as nice as you please.”
Seven or eight tons for that faith
ful truck were far above legal limits
and far more than even the costly
streets are supposed to withstand.
Some of us have queer ways of look
ing at things at times. We focus one
eye on an object and close the other
lest it discovers something else.
Standing in front of the postoffice
the other day, chatting with a friend,
he pointed to an accumulation of lit
ter on the street. A moment later
he tore the wrapper from a news-,
paper •*Rtrd -tossed It Into the street.
unmindful of the fact that he did the
very thing that he was condemning
others for.
" !
Few persons know that some of
the finest peaches and apples are cul
tivated in our own State. In a nor
mal year the quantity reaches more
than six million bushels.
Apples from New York and the
West bring high prices in all markets.
But the finely flavored North Caro- j
lina apples have ^aken a second;
place, for the simple reason that thej
growers never took enough pains toj
make buyers aware of the peculiar ex
cellence of their product. Taylor
Bros., the Sanitary Grocery on Main
street, are handling a peach grown
in Moore county that retails at 10
cents each, or 3 for 25c, and there isj
none better grown anywhere.
“Many Oxford and Granville coun-j
ty people are going to nearby towns;
every week to buy goods,” said a naan
about town the other day as he took j
his seat on a bench in front of the
court house. “They get it into then
heads that the cities 25, 50 or 100
miles away handle better quality
goods than the small town merchants
can afford to carry. Prices have
nothing to do with these days,” he,
said as he brushed the cigar ashes,
from his pants and pointed to a store j
across the street, “I paid only $30;
for this suit over there three months |
ago, and the very next week I saw a!
suit just like it on a dummy in ;
Richmond marked down to $35.” ;
“What the Oxford merchants Should i
do ” said the man at the other end of;
the bench, ‘‘is to put on a Fashion j
Show and advertise their goods to,
beat the band.”
MANY ROAD MAPS
PUT OUT BY STATE;
You Can Get One for the
Asking.
Over 40,000 maps of North Caroli
na’s highway system giving the dis
tances between county seats have
been distributed durnig the past
three months by the state highway
commission. A new lot of revised
maps are now available at the high
way commission’s offices and can be
had for the asking if they ar not to j
be used for advertising purposes, in)
which case a nominal charge is made, j
New map plates are being made j
and it is expected that the highway j
commission will distribute over 200,- j
000 prints. I
The latest batch of the state high
way maps bear some wholesome ad
vice to drivers of cars.
OXFORD WOMAN’S CLUB
Executive board of the Oxford Wo
man’s Club will meet in the Club
house tomorrow morning at 10:30.
WANTED EXPERIENCED SALES
man apply at COHN & SONS, Ox
ford, N. C. 8-21-tf
! NATIONAL highway
WORK IS PROGRESSING IN
NORTHERN GRANVILLE
The Unbroken Link Of Hard Surface
Road Between Oxford and Bullock
Will Be Thrown Open On Monday
j September 2.
On Monday, September 2, the
flay on which the National High
way between Oxford and Bullock
will be thrown open to the gen
| eral public, one can travel four
teen miles on an unbroken
I stretch of hardsurface. The on
ly thing to be done is some ditch
ing and the removal of the dirt.
The contractor oh that stretch
I of road between Stovall and the
} State line, a distance of six miles
| are hustlers in every sense of
the word. They have laid a
track by the side of the road and
[ use two gasoline engines to pull
| their trains. While one train of
| 40 tons is being unloaded the
other train is being loaded. They
hope to reach the State line, the
end of their contract, before the
snow flies. . *
The contractors north of the
State line, extending to Clarks*
| ville, are working like Trogens.
There is some prospect of their
I project being completed and
thrown open lo the general pub
j lie before Christmas, it is said.
Major Shirley, the great Vir
ginia road builder, who recently
spent a day in Oxford, the guest
of his father-in-law, Judge Gra
ham, thinks that it will be pos
sible to travel between Oxford
and Washington on an unbroken
stretch of hardsurface before
the next President of the United
States is inaugurated.
PERHAPS OLDEST LADY
IN GRANVILLE COUNTY
Miss Amarnla Ross Is Over 95 Years
Of Age and Was Never Kissed..
In answer to the Public Ledger’s
campaign to l'ind the oldest native
citizen of Granville county word
jsumes from the County Home for the
Aged and Infirm that Miss Amanda
Ross, an inmate of that institution
passed the 94th mile stone on the
26th of last month.
Miss Ross is vemarkably active for
one of her years. She retires with
the chickens and rises long before
the sun. She eats heartily and en
joys a short nap in the afternoon.
She is very tidy and delights to
sweep and dust her room and in front |
of the door. She prefers the old;
fashioned straw broom.
“Aunt Amanda,” as she is affec-l
tionately called by Superintendent!
and Mrs. Sam Daniels, is a native of
Granville and has lived here all of
her life. “With railroads, automo
biles and electric lights everywhere,”
said Aunt Amanda, “makes me feel
as if I had just emerged from a dark
age. Ninety-five years ago a news
paper was a rarity, but when they
did arrive a week or two late they
were always interesting. They fre
quently spoke of Washington, Jeffer
son ,Patrick Henry and other public
men as patriots or statesmen, but
public men are now called Democrats
or Republicans.”
Miss Amanda ?s 100 percent Ameri
can. The boys and girls did not kiss
each other in her girlhod days, and
when a girl bobbed her hair it was a
sign that her head needed w'ashing
with home-made soap. Of a retiring
disposition, Miss Amanda natural
ly shrinks from a camera, but the
Public Ledger must get her picture
if we don’t find an older person in
the county soon.
OFFICERS CAPTURED
SIX STILLS THIS MONTH
The moonshiners of Granville coun
ty have fired up their stills and hope
to have a “nip” on hand when thej
frost touches the vine, but it does]
seem that the demand is largely in!
excess of supply.
Constable Ernest N. Bragg landed j
a 30 gallon capacity still in Tally Ho
last Friday evening, which was prac
tically ready to manufacture a low
grade of corn liquor. Quite a lot of
concentrated lye and elderberries
were close at hand to give tone to the
deadly concoction.
On Thursday night Deputy Newton
of Northern Granville, captured a 20
galltn capacity still in Oak Hill,
which had been in operation a few
hours before he found it.
The officers are of the opinion
that a bountiful corn crop means
greater activity on the part of moon
shiners. They generally begin to
manufacture the Christmas supply in i
November.
PLAY POSTPONED
On account of the crop conditions
it has been decided to postpone the
play at Culbreth, which was an
nounced for September 1.
.—Sam Currin, who had an opera
tion at Brantwood on Saturday for
appendicitis is ’‘mproving.
OXFORD SCHOOLS WILL
OPEN MONDAY, SEPT. 3
The Law Requires That Every Child
Shall Be Vaccinated Before En
tering School.
As has been announced, the 1923-24
session of the Oxford Graded Schools
j will begin Monday, September 3. The
I buildings have been thoroughly
j cleaned and everything is in shape, i
I want first to urge parents to enter
their children the first day and to
make a special effort to have them
in school every day.
I want also to call attention to the
fact that the law requires that every
child shall be vaccinated before en
tering school. Parents will please
see that this law is complied with. ,
Examinations, for those who were
conditioned last spring will be given
i during the first week of school.
! C. G. CrCREDLE, Supt.
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DRAMATIC DEBATE
Rev. Arthur Kale, As Deacon Keen,
and R. L. Davis, Jr., As Sheriff
Keener.
Rev. R. L. Davis, superintendent of
the North Carolina Anti-Saloon Lea
gue, requests the Public Ledger to
announce that R. L. Davis, Jr., and
W. A. Kale will arrive in Oxford on
their Ford car Friday, September 7,
and stage a dramatic debate, or dio
logue, under the auspices of the Ep-j
worth League. It is not stated
where or at what hour the debate
will be held in Oxford, but this will
probably be announced later.
Speaking of the two young men,
the Goldsboro News says: “This was
not likek an ordinary debate. It was
arranged in the form of a drama. The
scene was laid in a sheriff’s office.
Mr. Davis played the part of the sher
ill, while Mr. Kale played the role of
a deacon. At first, the deacon
scored the officer for not performing
his duty. Later, the sheriff got it
back on the deacon, pointing out that
the deacon as well as other citizens,
were not backing the officers as they
should. In the end the men shook
hands and agreed to co-operate. The
prohibition situation was presented
as it is. Encouragement was given
to those who are performing their du
ty, and a severe denunciation was
given to those who are not doing
their duty. These young men are
fighting the liquor traffic hard, and
much good is to be expected from
their efforts.”
BAKER TO CHAMPION
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
Result Of Next Presidential Election
Depends Upon the Popular Appeal
Of the Platform.
Hon. Newton D. Baker, former
Secretary of War, in an interview
with the New York correspondent of
the Associated Press, stated last Sat
urday that he intended to go before
the next Democratic convention in be
helf of the League of Nations and the
World Court, two subjects in which
his chief, former President Woodrow
Wilson, is vitaUy interested.
Speaking of former President Wil
son, Mr. Baker said:
“He is hale and strong .1 saw him
not long ago. He is lame, but he is
vigorous and his brain is alert as it
ever was.”
Asked if lie thought Mr. Wilson
might be named by his party in 1924,
Mr. Baker replied:
“I know nothing of such matters.”
Asked if he thought prohibition
would be a factor in the next cam
paign, Mr. Baker replied:
“I have not oeen interested politi
cally in that subject.”
Mr. Baker declared that no one
could forecast how Ohio would go in
the next election as everything
hindged on '.he popular appeal of the
platform.
LITTLE GIRL KILLED
Eight Year Ohl Daughter O Mr. and
Mrs. A. B. Clifton, Of Clay Station.
While visitiug her grandmother in
Wake Forest, the eight year old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Clif
ton, of Clay’s, was struck and in
stantly killed in the street last Sat
urday by a passing automobile.
Mr. Clifton is a section master on
the Seaboard road and has the sym
pathy of the community. His little
daughter attended the Oxford Grad
ed schtol and made the trip daily in
sl truck. She wus lctid to rest bund&y
near Wake Forest.
FINE MILK COW |
Gives Three Water Buckets Full
Daily.
Mr. C. E. Snipes, Stem Route 3, is
one of the most progressive young j
farmers in the county. He came to
town last Saturday with a Load of
corn, which sold readily at H-10 per
bushel. He has one of the finest
milk cows in the county, part Jer
sey and part Holstein, and it is neces
sary to milk her morning, noon and
night. She gives about 8 gallons of
milk a day. Mr. Snipes also has a
fine crop of corn and tobacco.
CO-OPS WIN TRIAL IN
PITT COUNTY COURT
Ju" \«'''''« That Contract
Of p?amtiff Pittman Was Not Se
cured Throuugh Fraud; Verdict,
However, Holds Plaintiff
50 Per Cent of Crop Was Not
Signed Up; Notice of Appeal To
Supreme Court Given By Pittman
Counsel.
(Associted Press)
Greeftville, Aug. 25.—The Tobacco
Grower's Co-operative Association
today won a victory when a £itt
county jury declared that Henry G.
Pittman, of Falkland, was not in
duced to sign his contract by fraud.
Judge J. Lloyd Horton therupon
signed a judgement holding that Pitt '
man is bound by his contract and
the plaintiff gave notice of appeal
to the Supreme Court, where the
case will come up next February.
Verdict a Surprise'.
The jury surprised by its verdict
as to fraud, but an even greater sur~
prise was sprung in the answer to
the other, the triers of fact holding
that under the evidence the plain
tiff had proved that the association
did not secure the necessary sign up
of 50 per cent of the 1920 crop.
Puzzling Ruling.
Three rulings of the judge were ex
tremelyy puzzling and confusing to
the large crowd which had remained
throughout the week of the trial and
which was still there when the jury
returned at six o’clock after two
hours of deliberation. However,
there was no opposition from the
opposing lawyers, as Judge Horton
had at first intimated that he would
not submit the issue at all and did
so only on the distinct understating
that he would take the course he did
in the event of split verdict.
Sign-Up Issue
There was very little evidence as
to the sign-up issue, both sides con
centrating on the fraud charge. The
only direct evidence on the point
was furnished by Dr. J. Y. Joyner, a
director in the association and chair
man of the organization committee,
who was put on the stand by the
plaintiff. Dr. Joyner testified that
(Continued To Fourth Page)
TOBACCOSALES
SHOW ACTIVlfY
Prices Are Good on the South Caro
lina Markets.
(Danville News.)
j uver Zv,000,000 pounds of tobacco
[have already been sold on the South
j Carolina market and probably over
25,000,000 pounds is yet to be mar
iketed in that section, Colonel A. B
Carrington, of Dibrell Brothers, said
I here this morning in comment on the
[conditions he has found in the south
ern growing area in a week’s tour
I which he concluded on last Saturday.
The auction sales on the large
number of floors in the territory are
| going ahead with great speed toward
.disposition of the crop while the co
[ operative warehouses are also receiv
ing much tobacco.
[ Colonel Carrington estimated that
the entire South Carolina crop, to be
sold by auction, would be disposed of
by the middle of September. He es
timated that the total crop from the
[state and bordering territory would
| run close to eigthy million pounds
I this year.
| Average price for the weed on the
market will, be between twenty-four
and twenty-six cents, he said. The
cheaper grades of tobacco are much
in demand and are going like wild
fire. All of the companies are bidding
sharply for it. The better grades of
the weed are, less in demand and con
sequently are little, -if any, higher
in price that they were last season.
Th crop as a whole is said to be good
in quality, and much better than that
of last year. Farmers are pleased
with returns secured and the entire
trade in the section is very busy and
! satisfied.
| Lake City is leading the section in
j sales on the auction floor, while Mul
! lins is running second.
WESTERN U. TEL HOURS
Slight Chang© In Time Of Opening
Office.
Effective on and after Sept. 1, the
ftllowing hours will be observed:
Open at 8:30 a. m. and close at 7:30
p. m. during week days. Sunday
hourus: Open at 9:00 a. m. and
close at lb a. m.; open at 5 p. m. and
close at 6 p. m.
Capt. Frank Spencer, manager of
the local office, states that the above
hours will be observed in all of the
Western Union offices in towns the
size and impostures of Oxford.
BROTHER OF MR.
W. H. WALTERS DEAD
Died Suddenly In Nashville, Ga„
Last Friday.
Mr. W. L. Walters, of La Grange,
died in Nashville, Ga., last Friday,
where he was conducting a ware
house. He was a brother of Mr. W.
H. Walters, of Oxford, who attended
the fuaeral and burial at LaGrange
Sunday. y