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SALES START TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 25TH ON OXFORD TOBACCO MARKET PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY—TOWN AND COUNTY OFFER BRILLLINT OPPORTUNITIES. yOL. XXXVIII _ PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY _AND FRIDAY. OXFORD, N. C.. TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 18, 1923 NO. 75 COL RODMAN ELECTED LEGION COMMANDER . (HiorJ Boys !'< Attendance Were ^ LnOed On Col.Bmiker, Of WH nungtor. American Legion meeting m Meant last week was a hot ' thpr Capt. Wiley C. Rodman, of wlhington. C.. was elected de l^nient commander on the sixth ? iiti Ttie other candidates were Utonel George 8. Bunker of Wil ri!n^ton Tom Daniels or New Bern, ^ Dr. Charles 0. Laughinghouse of ^Fodmarj was supported by James A ' Lockhart. retiring commander, L, his following. The following del ation of patriots from the Oxford .L were present and they voted Li iast and all time for Col. Bunk , .'of Wilmington: A. B. Clements, I „tlmr Davis, Lindsay Taylor, John Hell Kencon Taylor, J. E. Matthews. Other officers elected are as fol Vice commanders, John Ogles hv 'if Concord; Charles Sloan, of mein* and Henry C. Bourne of Tar foro ' R- E Denny, state adjutant rni finance officer, was re-elected, e^niv'n G T. Bond, of Greensboro, SS Robert B. House, of Ral eigh and Judge Advocate George K. Oreeman of Goldsboro. file next meeting will he held in Asheville. , . , . Co! Rodman stands pledged to vork for the bonus, the enforcement of iaw and a larger and more power erful menihersliip of the American Legion in the State and Nation. , tI4IE SHOWS BIG GAIN !N AUTOMOBILES increase 0) diiiitm and Half Dollars In Revenue From Taxes On Gaso Hne and From Registration Fees. On the first of July of this year the records show that in North sCaro Naa fhat-e were 209,400 motor cars aad trucks registered in North Caro lina., while on the first of July, 1922 the registration was 162,942, an in crease in the year of 46,458 motor vehicies is rim remarkable report which is found in the statistics on the registration of motor vehicles in the United States just made public by I the Bureau of Public Roads of the United Stateg Department of Agricul ture, This big increase in the num ber of registered motor vehicles in North Carolina is accompanied by a big increase in the registration reve nue reported, this having jumped over a miiiion five hundred thousand doiiars in the year, while the gaso line tax in North Carolina has in creased in the twelve mouth period ! haif miihon doiiars. The revenue from motor vehicles and front gasoiine go for road work under the supervision of the State Highway Commission. STARS AND BARS *0 Be Unveiled At Louisburg To morrow Morning At 11 O'clock. ^ The Daughters of the Confederacy ^ North Carolina have announced programme for the unveiling cer 'tries of the Memorial to the Stars ^**3 to be heid in Louisburg at ^ o clock tomorrow morning. Governor Morrison will place the rfntoriai in care of Davis Chapter; Mdress of Weicome, Mrs. J. E. Malo ti response to address of welcome, Julian 8. Carr; address by Hon. A' McLean. ^ Aii United Daughters of the Con r^'acy. an Veterans of the Civil ^ and invited guests will be served -aner by the Joseph J. Davis Chap t-roftheU D. C. H ^te, Mrs. A. S. Hall, t^-"3is, Mrs. A. A. Hicks attend MY COAL NOW ! Ml duri ' ^ have been busy fortha^ summer looking out °ai needs of the people of ) ^XtOT(j 3nrl it, They h^ve smroun-ding territory. bdst" zr '"'^R PR-iRs to stock the Rad most efficient coal t^at be bought. See an Pou^mZ , nought. Se Heat elsewhere in this paper. REAL ESTATE DEAL P- be. Factory Site On A 1. ""?s r netO! Utr. Lw, n ^ Highway the contrac !P'-*rcha.gg^ , , the contractor, has pM fronn site in West Ox RRtmg 3^ ''tb feet on the i°"s th, ^ the bm extending !^t. nmch a distance of 250 -^wa Collie Dog, col ^swersm,!^^' RR^tum size f P'e J reh' "Ted." Fin HaacoPk'^^ ^ ^ MA?1 rew^ Street a.nd recei 9-18-1 hotter——^_ 9-18 *OR SALE—m< ^ !<^res- sale; ab ^ted; y soil, easily cu ^HlTR ^ See Dr. E 9f-14-2t p ^ttery Stt^ at < rHEaM-OW/MT ! 1 I The Weather Bureau attributed } the cold wave last week to the earth quake and tidal wave which occurred in Japan on September 1 and set in motion the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The mercury registered 57 here at six o'clock Saturday morn ing. MR. C. L. LEW!S DEAD Founder Of the Bank Of Stovall. Mr. Charles L. Lewis, founder of the bank of Stovall died at his home in Stovall last Saturday afternoon, aged 60 years. He had been in de clining health for three years. ' Mr. Lewis founded the Bank of Stovall in 1907 and had been cashier until two years ago when he resigned on account of bad health. He is sur vived by his widow, who was Miss Ella Gregory, daughter of the late Archie Gregory and by two children, Mrs. Pittman of Atlanta and A. G. Lewis of Richmond. The funeral was conducted from the home on Sunday afternoon, by Rev. At M. Earle, papstor of the Presbyterian Church of which Mr. Lewis was an elder. Mr. Lewis was one of the best known residents of Granville county and a prosperous citizen. The pallbearers were: Active—C. L. Emory, C. T. Hester, R. H. Butler, J. W. Dean. L. S. Puckett, J. P. Davis, H. Carr, G. A. Wilson. Honorary —D. A. Burwell, B. W. Butler, H. M. Gillis, R. C. Puckett, Dr. Taylor, H. Gregory, W. C. Allen. R. H. O'Brien, W. C. Donnell, W. L. Taylor, F. H. Gregory , F. W. Weldon. W. G. O'Brien, J. G. Harris, W. T. Yancey, j Dr. E. T. White, A, A Hicks, G. Wil son, J. A. Taylor, Boyd Taylor. MEETING YOUR OBLiGA HONS LIKE A MAN } Almost Every Housp Owner and Mer chant Was Once Poor Himself. } (From the Writings Of the Late John Wanamaker) ! You cannot pay a dollar of debts ! with a sad face. A pound of melan I choly and a ton of promises will not alter conditions in any matters of fact between the landlord and his tenant. But as almost every house owner or merchant was once poor himself, his sympathies will go out. Do not slink away or avoid whoever you owe, but, like,, a man, see him yourself and tell him what you can do and ten times opt of twelve he will believe and enopprage you. JUDGE HORTON RULES TENANTS NOT BOUND Greenville. Sept. 16.—The Tobacco Growers Co-operative Association lost three cases ia the Superior court when Judge J. Lloyd Horton, signed a judgment dissolving the temporary, restraining orders against Ed. Bow-} en, D. F. Dixon and Andrew Turner.: This means . that tenants can sell their tobacco on the auction market without penalties against the land lords. The court held that the association had no control over tenant crops when the tenant did not belong to the organization, and when the land lord pooled his crop with the associa tion no right existed to collect five cents a pound liquidated damages from tenants. ! OUT OF THE SHADOWS" Free Picture at th eOrpheum Tomor row Afternoon. Dr. R. O. Porter, of the United States Department of Agriculture, who is making bovine tubercular tests in Granville, invites all who drink milk and eat meat to come to the Orpheum Theatre tomorrow af ternoon at 3 o'clock and see the free picture entitled "Out of the Shad ows." This is a very interesting pic ture and shows how tests are^made. No charge for admission. SAFETY FiRST Every Parent Can Do Three Things Towards the Protection of the Child's Life. (Health Buiietin) First—-Have the child immunized against diptheria by having admis tered three doses of toxin-antitoxin. Second—Take no chances on ty phoid fever. Innoculation with an tityphoid vaccine is safe and sure. Third—Protect against smallpox by vaccination. AMMWAtCEMHVT The Orpheum Theatre wishes to announce that 'Singed Wings," ad vertised for Wednesday and Thurs day of this week, sifoul'd be Wednes day and Thursday *ojf next week, Sep tember 26-27. J3dk Holt in "No^ bodiy's Money" be the feature Wednesday and Thursday of this CO OPS Win OPEN HERE TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2 Raleigh, N. C., Sept. 17.— The Tobacco Growers Coopera tive Association wiii open its 50 markets in the bright belt of North Carolina and Virginia on Tuesday, October 9, according to the announcement of T. C. Watkins, director of warehouses for the Association. (Signed) FR1SSELL. 4S OWE WOMAN SEES !T A Few Do the Thinking, But the Many Must Indorse the Thought To Make It Worth While. The usefulness of the Parent Teacher's Association is being dis cussed by noted educators in Phila delphia. The Press of that city quotes Mrs. Sarah D. Lowrie in part as follows: "Sooner or later I suppose each of us learns by first-hand experience that the things that get done in this world are plaqnqd l?y a few persons at some kind of an informal confab, with no speeches and, indeed, gen erally with very few words. "That is where political bosses come in, where Ambassadors come in, and that is the way Presidents are nom inated and—one suspects—the way the disputes between labor and capi tal are first made and then tentative ly settled. Big meetings are useful chiefly, I suppose, to confirm the de cisions of a few. "You may have the model school house and even an inspiring teacher and yet not have a progressive school, because the parents do not co-operate with the teachers. A rural popula tion that belittleg education or that thwarts it can nullify the school's in fluence and stalemate the best of teachers. "What the parent-teacher associa tions are primarily for is to act as confirmation boards of the Board of Education's plans and expenditures, "It is for them to help the Board of Education in fitting the childreh for life. The parents must co operate by upholding the value of the education, by keeping the children steadily at the work of getting an education, by taking the teacher's] point of view with justice as the only I criterion and all sentimentality and partisanship left out." THE BOY'S BEST FRIEND The Teacher Who Sees Only His Hood Points. What makes a bad boy bad? There ! is no such animal, according to Mis? ] Jeane B. Elwell. After teachhing in j the public schools of Xenia, Ohio for ; nearly fifty years, she says: "I've had to deal with misunder stood boys and misplaced boys, but I can't recall one that might prop erly be called bad." She thinks that the greatest mis take our schools make is in teaching that school is only a preparation for later life. "Why, school is life," she told Mr. Kelly, "every day more abun dant life; meeting, competing with i one's fellows, responding to the im pulse for initiative, the )oy of work well done. Whenever a school is conducted only for the good the learning will be in after years, it is a failure. The days that make the child happy are the ones that make him wise." OFF TO SCHOOL More Than Eight Hundred Children of School Age in Granville. Most of the schools of the county have already opened, and by the first of October 8,500 Granville bdys and girls will take up their studies. We would remind our young friends that birds and bees do not have to study in little books and neither do the ants go to school to be lectured daily about shoes and ships and sealing wax and cabbages and kings. But then ants and bees and such like creatures are content to be as they are and to live a very simple sort of life. The education that'you get in school is intended to help you hold your own in the complicated order of modern society. The study of histories will have to be revised. Georgraphy is likely to be shifting , sand for some years to come. Many I children will think of these things j with only half their minds and give j the other half to dreaminr of next j summer. But knowledge ,s one of! the requirements of citizenship and it is really worth having. You can not be even safe without it nowa days. MR. LEX LANIER HERE Mr. Lex Lazier, prominent attor ney of Washington, D. Cl is the guest of his sister, Mrs. Chewning and brother, Mr. T. Lanier. Many friends are always pleased to wel come this very pleasagt, gentleman back to the old home town. DEMPSEY KNOCKS OUT LUIS ANGEL FIRPO ! Jack Battered Through Ropes In Sen sational Battle Of Eleven Knock I downs. The Dempsey-Firpo buot at the ! Polo Grounds .n New York last Fri day night was the greatest fistic bat tle on record, according to newspaper reports. Jack Dmpsey still is possessor of the diadem, out it was only after a grueling fracas—short though it-was that the American was able to dis pose of the invading enemy, Luis An gel Firpo, from far-off Argentine. Length of fight—3 minutes 5 7 : seconds. I Attendance—8 5,000. } Receipts—$1,200,000. Knockdowns—Eleven. I Dempsey down—Twice, both in first round. Dempsey knocked through ropes for count of four. Crawled back groggy and was lucky to last out the round. ; Firpo down—Seven times in first, twice in second, last for fuli count. ! Knockout punches—Left and right to Jaw 57 seconds after start of sec 'ond round. Dempsey receives approximately $450,000. Firpo receives approximately $150,000. Tex Rickard gets about $600,000, , less expenses. . FRANCiSCO V!LLA LEFT B!G ESTATE Was One of the Greatest Landholders of the Republic. Mexico City, Sept. 12.—Had not the bullets of ununown assassins cut short the life of Francisco Villa at !Parrall on July 30, the former ban jdit leader bade fair to become one of [the greatest landholders of the re ! public. In addition to the huge ranch at Canutillo, Durango, which the government ceded to Villa, and his followers, another rich property the Pueblito hacienda, south of Ojinega on the banks of the river Conchos in Chihuahua, had been added to his holdings by the gov ernment. Villa was also on the point of be ing given control of the San,Isidro ranch, situated in the Jimmenez dis trict of Chihuahua, and the Carr tena property, in northern Durango. OUR TOBACCO MAMET Read the Announcement Of the Ox ford Tobacco Board Of Trade In] This Paper. With the effort that is being put forward for the Oxford Tobacco mar ket thi§ year there is no reason that we can see why Oxford should not re- i ceive at least fifteen million pounds this season. Read the announcemnV elsewhere in this paper of the Oxford I Tobacco Board of Trade and thej warehouses. Oxford is the best mar-} ket and is certainly a logical point ] and trading center. ,SCt/PPERMMfC GRAPES Good Cro{j Of This Delicious Viand In Granville This Year. Scuppernong grapes are getting ripe and the Public Ledger, as usual every year, will send liberal samples of this most delicious Southern pro duct to a number of friends in Phil adelphia. If the grape is picked with care and placed in a wooden box they reach Philadelphia in fine condition. And, oh. my, how the Northern peo ple do enjoy them! CANADIAN TOBACCO CROP KILLED BY FROST Several Granville County Men Are In the Tobacco Area Of Canada. A message was received here last week to the effect that the Canadian tobacco crop had been killed by frost. It had been previously stated that the crop was unusually late, and fears were expressed that it would be ruined. There are 25 or 30 Granville coun ty men engaged in handling Canadian tobacco this season. Mr. Cary Par ham left here early last spring and planted a large crop of tobacco in Canada. Fears are expressed that he hprs sustained a heavy loss. THE STATE FAIR To Be Held October 15-19 Inclusive. Raleigh, 17.—Believing in the old adage that a stitch in time saves nine, Mrs. Edith Vanderbilt, presi dent of the State Fair, which will be held October 15-19 inclusive, an nounces that all entries for Hie live stock and ^poultry divisions mjust be made by October 1 while entries for other divisions must be in by Octo ber 6. Ail entries should be made to General Manager E. V. Walbom, whose postotfice address is State College Station, Raleigh. ^ TUBERCULIN COW TO BE SLAUGHTERED HERE The Public Is Invited To Witness the Test In Oxford Next Saturday Af ternoon At 3 O'clock. Dr. R. O. Porter, who is mak ing tuberculosis tests in Gran ville, announces that one of the animals being tested reacted to the test, indicating tuberculosis. This animal will be slaugh I tered in Oxford next Saturday j - afternoon at 3 o'clock. The pub ! lie is invited to be ^present and see for themselves the ravages of the disease. This animal is healthy in all outward appearances, and would not have been detected if the test had not been made. CAUGHT WITH THE GOODS ON HIM Constable E. N. Bragg Captures Two Cations Of Liquor. Driving along the public highways near Culbreth early last Monday morning, Constable E. N. Bragg saw a white man emerge from the woods with a sack on his shoulder. The officer engaged the man in conver sation and learned from him that he had two gallons of corn liquor in the sack, where it was made and who helped him to make it The man, whose name is withheld pending arrest, led Officer Bragg i to the still, which the officer de I molished and brought the liquor to the sheriff. 'The party who had the liquor in his passession is a well known white man, and Officer Bragg can lay his band on him any time when he wants him to testify against those who are implicated. ECHOES OF THE QUAKE —Sighty-six thousand bodies were cremated ip Tokio up to September j 14, acording to the foreign office. I —Since September 10, sayg the foreign office, 600,000 persons had ieft the capital by train, but no esti mate of the number who departed by foot, by boat or other means. —In Yokohoma up to the 15th, says the foreign officer, there were 68,000 houses destroyed out of a to tal of 93,000. —It was announced from Wash ington yesterday that the Red Cross fund for Japanese relief wiil reach a totai of more than $10,000,000. NEW PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH AT GENEVA The New Edifice Will Be Brack Veneer Or Stucco. The Public Ledger learns that the enterprising members of Geneva Presbyterian Church, Oak Hill town ship, have perfected plans to build a new church on the present site of the wooden structure. The new building is to be brick veneer or stuc co, it is said, and will contain six modern Sunday school rooms and an auditorium capable of seating four or five hundred peoplp. The congregation at Geneva church is one of the best in the county, and the new buildiag will have a decided tendency to strengthen the Sunday School and the activities of the church. LETTER FROM D. N. HUNT Dear Friends, Relatives and Readers of The public Ledger: I It is expected of me to give some I account of the Court House service of last Sunday. Well, we had a great service and the people were greatly pleased an dhelped, and so expressed themselves. We had song and prayer service before the sermon. Rev. J. D. Harte, Rev. L. L. Hudson, Rev. Mr. Teague and Brother R. T. Black well all afforded fervent and beauti ful prayers. Brother Hudson was at his best and his splendid sermon pleased and helped a large audience. The large audience was composed mainly of the good people from the country. They were there from Salem, Herman, Tabb's Creek, Cor rinth, Shady Grove, Providence, Enop, Hester, Mountain Creek, West Oxford, and other churches. It was noticeable and'remarked on that the Oxford people were not there only a few. Every person pre sent received a welcome. The sing ing, and the whole service was fine. The special selections sung by Choir leader brother Newton, and Capt. Henry Hart and his splendid quar I tette from Mountain Creek was great ly enjoyed by all^af the people. From 'Mountain Creek we had their able Pastor Bro. Teague, the quartette and tho Deacons of the Church. These and all others received a wel come. ; It is a good thing to.be a Christian, and it in a great thing to meet some times 'and worship - together in a Uniop meeting; With best wishes to all. ' _ _ D. N. HUNT. CO-OPS WILL MEET TWO TIMES A MONTH ! - jJThe Extra Meeting WiU Be Held On the First Saturday During the Mar i keting Season. I The monthly meeting of the Gran I vlile County Tobacco Growers Asso ciation was well attended in the court house last Saturday. Among other things it was decided to hold an extra meeting on the first Saturday of every month during the tobacco season, instead of only one meeting each month. This meeting wih be held promptly at 2 o'clock. Each meeting hereafter will be opened with prayer. It was the sense of the meeting that it was the duty of each loyal member to report any member that sold any tobacco on the open market. J. W. Hester, local attorney for the associa tion, urged that the people stand to gther and that they report all viola tions to him and that he would assure them immediate reLief. LYON G. TYLER WED& B^;n3 the White House 73 Year# Ago. Of more than passing interest was )the marriage iast Thursday of Miss j Sue Ruffin, daughter of John Ruffin of Charles City County; Virginia, to i Lyon G. Tyler, a son of the late Presr ident John Tyler of Williamsburg. A large number of social leaders as sembled to witness the ceremony, which was performed by the Rev. William Bayshaw. The groom's son, John Tyler, was his best man, the groomsmen being Gardiner and Alfred Tylers^ The groom was the son of the tenth President of the United States and was born in the White House 72 years ago. Both father and son were president of William and Mary* Col [ ledge. MR$, LUCY MiNOR &EAD Sister Of Sheriff K. D. Hu^t Of OranviHe. Mrs. Lucy Hunt Minor died Sun day morning at 9 o'clock at her home in Durham after an illness of five ! weeks. Her death - was not unex pected. She was a daughter of the I late W. T. Hunt, and a sister *ot * Sheriff E. D. Hunt of Granville coun ty, but had resided in Durham for 20 years. She was well known through out her community and was a devout Christian woman. She is survived by several sons and one daughter. Her husband pre ceded her to the grave several years ago. ! The remains were brought to Gran ville County and were intered in the family plot near Tar River Monday, the ceremony being conducted by Rev. L. H. Joyner, of Stem. DEVOE'S FORECAST ON SEPT. WEATHER On the 18th, heavy rains over the northern states; 19th to 20th, clear and cool; 21st, a storm will form over the Gulf states and travel east ward; 22nd to 23rd, heavy rains ov }er the South Atlantic states. On the i 24th the storm will move up the Ohio } Valley; 25th to 26th, showers; %7th ito 28th, pleasant. The 29th and 30th 'will be hot and sultry. NEW COAL COMPANY The Oxford Coal Company, a new concern that has started in Oxford this fall is now ready for business. They have a large quantity of Cdal On hand that is free from trash and slate. Money can be saved by buying at their^cash prices. Read their an nouncement on the last Page of this paper. COURT HOUSE SERMON Large Crowd Hear Rev. L. L. Hudson. The meeting in the court house last Sunday afternoon was well at [ tended. Rev. L. L. Hudson used for ! his subject "Amas, the Man of the Hour." The song service also greatly enjoyed. GATEWOOD MAN KILLS HIS OWN SMALL SON Coley (jlibson Runs Over Child With Automobile While Emerging Ffom His Garage. Danville, Sept. 16.—Coley Gibsdn, of Gatewood ,N. C., yesterday even ing ram. over and killed his o#n five year-old son while in the act of emerging from the garage close to hia home. Gibson intended ixuning to Danville and was hacking ;hi8 tar out, not knowing that the little boy was in the path of the car. He lieArd a cry and stopped^ jumped from the machine to find that ope of the rear wheels had passed ever hla .son's hpdy. The little boy died within ^0 tpiputes, having been intenpali^ In jured. Danvilief dPolornT^'^led ;bnt it was seen th^ thd dw4jc<^uld ho^ survive. Gibson is r^pol^d! pros trated by the fatality.
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