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^ * / SALES START TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25TH ON OXFORD TOBACCO MARKET - VOL. XXXVIII^ PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY -AND FRIDAY. ^ * r OXFORD, N.C., TUESDAY. ^EPTEMRER H,1923 12 PAGES TODAY NO. 73 WORK ON COHN SONS HOS!ERY NULL iS PROGRESSiNG ^ Memg Ma<]e Xeat, San ^ita'7 on-' i For Lady ^rk on the Cohn Sons Hosiery the earner of Rectory and College streets, is progressing -ret^ A new dying house is now hiin? erected and everything m&de -itsrv and comfortable for the em cees ft certainly will be a tidy comfortable place for young f^ies of refinement to work and. gtaw substantial pay while they are " Mr Charles Cohn stated today that tip hopes to start the mill within the< 'three months and that he hopes ^ ^rga^e at least sixty young and :^,ron !adies by that date, and he. ^pes to increase the number to 100 a fpw months later. The people of Oxford should com mpod Colm Sons for bringing to opr L-g a manufacturing establishment nf such importance. Our people should encourage the better class of voung women to accept positions yUere the surrounding^ are ideal, -rework is easy and there ig no Hat or dust to soil the complexion, ^ell known matron ladies will have charge of the young women, but the young women are eligible to promo t,on as soon as they become quali fied The establishment of the mill here means a substantial payroll, all ofi which will be spent in Oxford. COLONEL JOHNSON DIED SUDDENLY Founder Of ttte Carina Power and Light Company and For Many < Years Leader In Raleigh Business j Life. Col. Chiles Earl Johnson for more i than a half 'century one of the out-j standing figures in the business life j of Raleigh, died at his home on Hills boro street m that city Sunday morning. Perhaps the greatest achievement' of his business career was the organi- j Ktion of the Carolina Power & Light} Company, of which together with sev- i oral subsidiary companies, he was! president when he died. Col. Johnson visited Oxford, fre-j queatiy in the early states of the j Carolina Power and Light Company, j He was regarded as being one of the State's best men. BAIES-HAYES Married In the Register Of Deeds Office Sunday night. Mr Willi.aan Hayes, 19, and Miss Louise Bates, 15, both of Crew, Va., arrived in Oxford about sundown on j last Sunday evening and went in starch of Mr. Charles G. Powell, reg- j Ister of deeds. The young man was oaly 19 years of age and his bride, 15 yearg old, produced a letter signed hy her mother, who consented to the marriage. The medical certificate was sigud by Dr. Jack Bullock. The girl was inclined to be pretty aad both of them reflected refine ment. They attracted considerable attention, and when Justice J. J. Med hrd arrived at 8 o'clock sharp to per form the ceremony, there was a jam h the register of deeds office. Fol lowing the ceremony the happy couple left for Crew in a high power car. HR.IOMROSE OPENS THE SIXTEENTH STORE ^.nelby and ' tabeld Are Invaded by and tO-'dent Store Magnate. Two more, new stores are to be op- j ped this month in North Carolina ; ^- H. Rose of Henderson, and j ^ Dm as B Rose of Oxford, proprie- ! tors ot the 5, 10 and 25-cent chain ! ^ n-eg, with general headquarters in k^nderson and one of the best of the Cain is in Oxford. The next store j open inSheiby on September 15, 3 i the other ten days later on Sep tember 25 in Enfield, t, of stores will make a ' of sixteen owned and operated R Messrs. Rose in the three States North Carolina, South Carolina 3^ Vriginia. ... Messrs. Tom and P. H. Rose re cned from New York last week, jenere they made large purchases for ] ''^r retail establishments. JEWISH HOLIDAY a ^ Store is closed today wdl remain closed tomorrow on ^ 'iat of Jewish Holiday. The store} Dsxii'^ Thursday morning as. IHE WAITING WORLD' ^^1 be presented at St aoo ^ 1 Church next Sunday after o'clock. The public is t)hs y ^ ^vited to come and see "us pageant. battery should have water -* Stop at Ox fo- J^ry two weeks. ^ Batteiy Co. ECHOES OF THE QtMKE —Tokio and Yokohoma are sepa rated only by a few miles of water. The water way between the two ci ties is choked with dead bodies. Among the dead are many injured, to whom it has been impossible to rescue. Yokohoma was destroyed and only about one-fourth of Tokio remains. —Three hotels in the Bluff resi dence district of Yokohoma were hurled over a cliff by the tremen dous earthquake shock and their oc cupants dashed to death. Only a few pitifully injured survivors craw led from the ruins. The French Or- ! phanage which houses 16 sistefk and 160 children went down in a heap of ruins, and there were no sur vivors. —The police of Chibadt, at the northeast corner of Tokio bay, re port a new island off the lze penin sula, while they say the island of Oshima, which contained an active volcana, is invisible, and is feared to have gone down with its 10,000 or more in habitants. —Prince Regent Hirohita has giv en Premier Yamamoto 100,000,000 yen (normally about $50,000,000) for the relief of the earthquake suf ferers. The gift was accompanied by ^n expression of great concern for the victims and instructions to the ! government ot unite its efforts to al- ! leviate sufferings. Relief funds are ! being rapidly colected everywhere. { In Tokio the foreign residents rais- i ed 50,000 yen for this purpose within a few hours. —All money in the Bank of Japan ! vaults was saved from destruction in ; the Are which followed the earth- ! quake and tidal wave. —A recapitulation of the earth- } quake and Are show Yokohama as j its center, extending north and south j about 100 miles and 140 miles east { and west from that city. The area I included 33 counties, five large ci ties, inhabited by 7,000,000 people who were caught in the disaster. It is estimated that about 70 per cent of /the cities and towns within the stricken area were destroyed. NEAR EAST RELIEF Col. Bellamy Commends Mr. Carl H. Ragland of Oxford. - Granville county raised $1268.95 for Near East Relief this year accord ing to official Rgures just announced from Raleigh by Col. Geo. H. Bel lamy, state chaiman of this great humanitarian organization. This is j 3 per cent of the 'county's $3,900 ! quota. In announcing these figures, Col. j Bellammy paid tribute to Carl H. { Ragland, of Oxford, county chair- ) man who was in charge of raising j this sum, and all of those who help- ; ed Mr. Ragland. Official figures ! were $793.70 in cash, $152.00 in un paid pledges on June 30 last, and j $323.25 in clothing. STILL CAPTURED On Sheron's Creek, Eight Miles From j Oxford. It is a dull day when Constable Ernest N. Bragg don't capture a still He went out to Sharon's Creek last Friday and brought in a 40 gallon capacity still and destroyed, about 600 gallons of beer. The officer stated that it appeared that the still had been operated and that they were getting ready to make another run. Ten stills wer ecaptured during last month, and Officer Bragg Jias set out to double the number this month. . „ "The nearer it is to Christmas, i said Constable Bragg, "the more i stills there are. As soon as the new corn gets hnrd the woods will be full of moonshiners/' THE AMERICAN GAME j _______ How a Bull Ffghter Regards Base Ball The champion bull lighter of Spain known professionally as Chicorrito, who spent his vacation in Ameiica, gives this description of a baseball game, the first he ever attended. "The people made much noise and I could not understand why they should be excited. A few men wearirng very dull clothes nothing like the brilliant costumes of our bull Rghters—were running around and throwing & little ball and trying o hit it with a stick. It was very unin teresting." NICE SHOW WINDOWS 3ur Merchants Are Beady For the Fall and Winter Trade. It is doubtful if the merchants of Dxford ever had a more creditable iisplay^ of goods than they have this 3eason. If you care to go on a tour 3f inspection in the business section md take a peep at goods on display hi the show windows you will oe proud of the'old home town. ^ Goods with a trade-mark, like the races of people, reflect liQnesty. ARRESTED ON THE CHARGE OF TRANS PORTING WHISKEY Yasser Jones and Carter Evans, Of Oak HiU, Bound Over To Courts The preliminary trial of Vasser Jones and Carter Evans, charged with transporting liquor, attracted considerable attention here last Sat urday. The hearing was held in the Municipal court room, and on account of the large number of witnesses it consumed six hours, Justice J. J. Medford presiding. Solicitor McLendon, of Durham, came over and took a hand in the! prosecution. Graham & Graham ap peared for Evans and Parham & Las siter for Jones. Justice Medford bound the two men ovre to court and' fixed Jones' bond at $300 and Evans' at $500. RED CROSS FUNDS Mr. A. H. Powell, Chairman of the Granville County Red Cross, stated this morning that funds for the relief of Japanese suf ferers is still coming in. Gran ville county's quota is $350, and the Chairman hopes to have this amount in hand today. A full statement from Mr. Powell will j appear ' in next Friday's Public Ledger. CARDEN AND FORESTRY DEPARTMENT Oxford Woman's Club Honors Lady Dahlia. The following invitation has been.} issued to the members of the Wo man's Club and to the teachers of Oxford College, High School, Cram mer School and Orphanage. * Gardep and Forestry Department of Club At Home " Wednesday Afternoon September 12 From Four to Six Club House Lady Dahlia Lady Aster MR. B. E. PARHAM RETURNS FROM GA. He Operated a Warehouse At Black shear This Season. Mr. B. E. Parham, proprietor of! the Farmers Warehouse, returned! froih Blackshear, Ga.. last week! where he has been operating a ware-} house this season. Mr. Parham stated that Georgia to- j bacco sold well this season. Somei grades sold as high as $90, the gen-! eral average being $29 for all sold on his warehouse floor. j Mr. Parham was agreeably sur-} prised to find that Mr. A. A. Crews, i the floor manager, had painted and} whitewashed and cleaned the sky-} lights at the Farmer's Warehouse j during his absence. He is good and} ready for business when the market j opens two weeks from today. SCHOOL TRUCK AND FORD COLLIDE _ ! A Ford car being driven by Mr. W. j L. Daniel, of Aberdeen, was damaged < to the extent of about $30 last Fri-j day when struck by a school truck; driven by Melvin Dean. The acci-! dent occurred at the corner of Col- j lege and Rectory streets. The smash} was caused by a musunderstanding} on the part of Mr. Daniel, whoj thought the truck was going down! Rectory street, but instead turned! back into College street in order to) take its load of children at the Col-i lege street school. The school truck! was not damaged at all. RAYLAND GROVE The Pretty Suburb One Mile North Of Oxford. The attractive home of Mr. R. C. Remsen, situated at the corner of Grove street and the National High way, in Rayland Grove, rs nearing completion. This is one of the very pretty homes Oxford, and those j who made close inspections of the interior while it was being cdn-{ structed, starte that the rooms and! hallways are arranged to perfection.} The streets in Rayland Grove run from north to south and from east to West. On one of the beautiful lots about the middle of the block, Messrs. Ray & Son are building a handsome home, which is owned by Mr. Graham Jones.' One can scarce ly see this pretty home from the Highway at this season of the year on account of the large trees and dense foliage. The temposabure in Rayland Grove on a hot summer day is about 20 de grees cooler than it is In the busi ness section of Oxford. DEMOCRATIC SUCCESS The Next President Of the United States Wiil Be One Of Three Men. New York, Sept. 9.—Former Attorney General Palmer, who sailed with his bride on the Olympic yesterday, predicted that the next President of the United States would be^ either Wiliiam G. MeAdoo, Senator Ralston, Of Indiana, or Senator Underwood, of Alabama. MRS. R. G LASSITER iS AN ARTIST She Uses White Clematis To Good Effect. * It was necessary some time ago to remove a large tree on Mrs. R. G. Lassiter's front lawn. The tree was sawed off even with ground, and the vacant place on the green iawn was rather conspicious. Many people would have endured it for a season, hoping all the time the &tump would decay. But not so with Mrs. Lassiter, To her it was the most unsightly spot on the lawn and, she resolved to make it the prettiest. She planted white clematis around the disk of the tree, which gives the spot the appear ance of a bunch of waving linen lace, which is greatly admired by ali who pass along Gilliam street. OXFORD COLORED BAPTIST CHURCH At the Comer Of Front and Granville Streets. The good people of Oxford are com mending the congregation of the First Colored Baptist Church for their prayers and zeal in erecting a new church in keeping with their needs. A number of years ago they pur chased from the white congregation the Baptist church on Front} street, which stood in front of; the residence of Judge D. C. Hunt! and Mayor Thad G. Stem, and moved; it to their lot at the corner of Gran ville and Front streets, where they have been worshiping many years. The new building is being erectd on th corner of the lot, and when com-; pleted the old church builjding will! be torn down. j The new church is 100x120 feetj and has a fine basement and audito-; rium and gallery. This church now, has a membership of 800 loyal work-i ers. They are charmed with their! pastor, Rev. Watson, who came to them from Virginia some time ago. Speaking to one of the members of the church he said: ' "We now have 800 members and, should have enlarged our church be-! fore now, and when Mrs. R. G. Las-! siter gave us a heating plant there: was nothing else to do but enlarge." OXFORD MUST GET BUSY \ - Signs are Being Erected in Many Places on the Public Highways Directing Trade to Other Cities. The Chamber of Commerce and the Merchants Association of Durham have let a contract to ,the Durham Sign Company to erect large adver tising signs at strategic points along the highways leading to Durham, ad vertising the city and directing tour ist traffic along the routes which lead through the city. "Durham will erect a number of signs at points along the National Highway north of Oxford. Espec ially should the people of Oxford be thankful for the magnihcant sign they will place at South Hill, there by heralding the truth and directing traffic through Oxford. The Dur ham Sun says: "Erection of the signs is made pos sible by the action of the city and county governing boards, both of which have expressed an opinion that the advertising signs will prove of great benefit and value to Dur ham. Each board contributed $780 anuually for five years, giving the sign committee $7,800 during that period for the erection and main tenance of the signs." Raleigh, Henderson and other places are erecting large signs on the highway, preaching the value of their cities as a trading and marketing center. „ ^ It would be well for Oxford to get busy and erect signs on all the high ways leading to our town. Any town that neglect to advertise in this pro gressive age is neglecting a grand op portunity for expansion. RECEPTION IN THE NEW RECTORY TONIGHT A reception will be given by the Rev. F. H. T. Hors field and Miss Horsfield in the new rectory tonight, Sept. Hth, from the hours of 8 to "A general invitation is cordially extended to ih^ members of our con gregation and to our friends and ac quaintinMes^^ said Dr. Horsfield. W TCXHgRDBNCB3) 8AMM man apply at COHN A SONS, Ox ford, NO. * S-21-tf CO OPS PREACH THE , GOSPEL OF STICK ' BROTHER STICK The Meeting Held la the Court House Last Saturday Was Largely Attended Mr. R. A. Patterson, manager of the leaf department of the Tobacco Growers Association ,and Mr. T. C. Watkins, manager of warehouses, ad dressed a large crowd of tobacco growers in the court house last Sat urday. There were quite a number of independent growers present, who also gave close attention to the speakers. The speakers made a profound im pression on the growers, pointing Out the wisdom of cooperative marketing, and urging the members to be loyal to the organization. OXFORD COLLEGE OPENS TOMORROW "The Outlook For the Session Is Very Bright," Says President Hobgood. Every train arriving in Oxford tomorrow will bring their quota of girls to Oxford College, and many will also come by auto from near-by points. Practically all of the stu dents at last session will return, and there will also be new faces in the throng, said President Hobgood. "The rooms will be comfortably filled," said President Hobgod, "and wd^*can take care of later commerst should there be any, without crowd ing." The faculty of last year, said Presi dent Hobgood, remains practically the same, with one or two changes. Miss McMickin, dean; Mrs. Jones, lady principal, Miss Boggs, home and economics; Mrs. Woodall and Miss! Brueser, music department; Missj Matthews, history, will also return.) Mis Sails, teacher of English has re turned from an extended course at the University of Virginia. Wearing 8! pleasant smile and step ping a little quicker this morning than usual, President Hobgod said that everything points to a most prosperous year. The good people of Oxford are al ways pleased at the return of the teachers and student body of Oxford College. Business always drags when they leave and resumes when they return. MR. 1. W. MANGUM VISITS S. C. TOBACCO MARKET The Growers Are Highly Pleased He Said. j Mr. I. W. Mangum, the well known warehouseman of Oxford, spent a day last week on the tobabcco markets at Lumberton, N. C-, and Mullins, S. C. His visit at this time was to get first hand information. Up to the end of sales last Friday 8,000,000 pounds had been sold on the auction floors at Mullins, said Mr. Mangum. The general average; for all sold, he said, is about $22 per hundred. There is a demand for the common grades and the bidding is spirited for good, honest tobacco, said Mr. Mangum, but the higher grades seems not to create any special en thusiasm on the part of the buyers. He talked with the farmers and learned from their own lips that they are pleased with the prices. Mr. Hutchins, buyer on the Oxford market two years ago, and Mr. John Booth, of Oxford, are buyers on the Mullins market, said Mr. Mangum. They told Mr. Mangum that the prices has remained practically the same ever since the opening; pos sibly a cent higher or lower on some days, he said. Lumberton is a good market, but there is not as much enthusiasm there as at Mullins, said Mr. Man gum. In answer to a question Mr. Man gum said: "Yes, sir, I am sure that all grddes of Granville county tobacco will sell well." MISS OLIVE WEBB TALKS ON SOCIOLOGY Miss Olive Webb, who is a senior student the coming session at North Carolina's College for Women, at Greensboro, gave a talk at the High School On Friday. She spoke to the class in Sociology, telling of the work of the V. W. C. A. in her college, especially the social service depart ment. FOUR NEW TRUCKS To Be Used On New School Route At a call meeting of the County Board of Education last Friday ev ening, it was ordered that four new school trucks be purchased. These trucks are to be placed on new routes. COOPS, ATTENTION Your regular meeting will be held at the coprt house next Saturday, Sept. 15th, at 12 o'clock. By all moons be present if possible. E. Y. FLOYD, Sec. Co. Imo, ANGIER B. DUKE'S LAST WILL AND TESTIMENT ! .. -_ i Disposes of Five Milion Dollars—Re mesD!bers The Oxford White and j Colored Orphan Asylums—The i Nante Of His First Wife Is Not Mentioned. *" f New York, 8ept. 8.—The will of j^ngier B. Duke, millionaire tobacco I merchant, drowned Labor Day at Greenwich, Coen.,, ^was hied today. Educational and charitable bequests aggregated $292,000,including $250,* 000 left to Trinity colege, Durham. N. C. , No mention was made in the will of his former wife, Mrs. Cordelia Biddle Duke, daughter of J. Drexei Biddle, who on October 24, 19.21, ob tained a divorce from him. Legacies of $20,000 each were provided for three of his executors, conditioned on their acting as such. They are E. Bayard Halstead, George G. Allen and John C. Thorn. A fourth executive, William R. Perkins, is to receive $30,000 under similar conditions. Alfred Gardner, his butler, was bequeathed $500. Other bequests insluded Memorial Methodist church, Durham, N. C., $10,00-0; Methodist Orphanage, for whiet children at Raleigh,N. C., $10,000; Methodist orphanage for white children at Salem,, N. C., $5, 000; Oxford Orphan Asylem for ne gro children at Oxford, N. C., $1, 000; National Religious Training school at Durham, N. C., $1,000; Ox ford Orphanage $5,000. To his sister, Mary Duke Biddle, was bequested the family silver and pearls left Mr. Duke by his mother and also a one-fourth share of the residurary estate. The remainder of the estate if left to members of the family. -- No petition stating the vaalue of the estate accompanied the will which was attested December 26, 1922. Conservative estimates places the value, however, near $5,000,000. WANTS $10,000,000 FOR PROHIBITION LAW Washington, Sept. 10.^—Appropria tion of $10,000,000 for ifederal work in enforcing prohibition next year, an increase of $1,000,000 over last year, has been requested of the bud get bureau by Prohibition Commis sionr Haynes. An increase of $500, ' 000 additional for enforcing the nar cotic drug laws also has been asked by Commissioner Haynes, both re quests now being before the burget offices. . LIGHTNING STRIKES COUNTRY DWELLING In the terrific thunder and light ning storm that passed over this sec tion at 2 o'cLock this morning, light ning struck the cook room of Mr. Clarence Breedlove in Salem town ship. The damage was considerable, but fortunately no one was hurt. PREACHING AT THE COURT HOUSE We^ cordially invite all the people from town and the country to meet us at the Court House in Oxford next Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Rev. L. L. Hudson will preach for us. Nothing in common or unusual is ex pected, but we hope to give you a good time. Please be on time; come in the spirit and ready to render ser vice. D. N. HUNT. REAL ESTATE Mr. B. K. Lassiter Buys the Home Of the Later Miss Amanda Jones. The home of the late Miss Aman da Jones, situated en the east side of Raleigh road, near the home of Dr. Fort and others, Was sold at pub lic auction last Saturday. Mr. B. K. Lassiter, whom Miss Amanda nursed when he was a child, purchased the property. The price paid was some thing over $2,100. FARMERS SUSTAIN LOSS ON WHEAT Cost Of Production Is $1.23 a Bushei and the Price Is Oniy $1.11. Washington, Sept. 10.—Reports compiled by the department of agri culture from 4,000 farmers in all parts of the country show an ave rage production cost in 1922 for wheat of $1.23 a bushel; for corn, 66 cents, and for oats, 53 cents. Against these figures the average sale price realized on the crop was $1.11 a bushel for wheat, 73 cents for corn and 48 cents for oats. "The cost figures/' the department said, "include charges for the labor of the operator and his family and for use of the land." WEATHER FORECAST Sept. 10,—South At* lanMc States: Generally fair but with a p*Wb*MMty o^ local showers latter twit at week; aaederato temperature.
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