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PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY—TOWN AND COUNTY OFFER BRILLIANT OPPORTUNITIES. V0L-_XXXVHJ- OXFORD. N. C., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25,1923 SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY NO. 77 CAIHER AND SON ENTER COLLEGE t F^rv Moves His Family <:ev. f - To Wake Forest. L,';, (-lurches' in Granville, is ^ family to Wake Forest. F. G. Fs ty. pastor ot' several moving - ^ graduated at the Higsonn --'' , , ^ sc school last session, is .... Wake Forest College. Mr. . ^al-o entering the college for r v^ar course in ministerial a ^ v.-ill continue to have of kis churches in Granville, coming c here for each week end. He, ^yery popular with all his congrega l-m\t*'S a genuine pleasure continue his work. Mrs. 'L is at Brantwood Hospital !L"patmLt. will go to Wake For ^ Is sec- as her health permits. ^ nta'-ning to take a course in rework at the College. The Lire family will be students at Sake Forest College, a record of L-'r-i a family could well boast. MRS MARGARET HESTER RAMSAY LAID TO REST Sorrowing Friends Gather At the Hester Home. The funeral of Mrs. Margaret Hes- j tPr Ra-nsav. wife of Robert Ramsay conductM from her home Sun ^ ' Rev. J. D. Harte,! day afternoon. pastor of the Oxford Baptist. Church; Ind R^v Harris, of the Creedmoorj Baptist Church, officiated at the; sad service. Interment took place j ^ the fatohy burying ground at thej Hester home, the deceased ig sur-j ' by her husband, one title, daughter and the triplet boys born a j fpw hours before her death. She is; ats. survived by her father, William! A. Hester, and the following broth ers. John W Hester. Oxford; Lieut. B^F."Hester. Capt. H., B. Hester,; Port Sih: sisters, Mrs H. B.; Brown and Mrs. Arthur Olsen of; Washington. D. C. A large number j of sorrowing relatives and friends at- , tended the funeral of this good wo-, man. ) __; MHVAt AT GENEVA ! ——— i Will Ho Con hinted By Bov. F. F.' (omerford. A series of Revival Services will} begin at the Geneva Presbyterian ; Church, next Thursday evening, Sept.! 2"th, at 7:30. Rev. F. F. Comer ford. pastor supply of the Church wiii do the preaching In adidtion to the preaching, special music is prom ised at each service The Soliciting Committees for the erection of the new Church will wage a most intensive campaign through out this week. The result of their efforts wiil be announced next Sun day afternoon at the Church. Every one is invited to come to these Re vival services. RAIL RATES IN HALF FOR LEGION MEETING Journey To and From San Francisco Will Cost One Fare. Indianapoiis, Sept. 24.—The one fare rate for the round trip, au thorized by all American railroads to veterans attending the national convention, is an inducement which 's expected to take thousands of American Legion members to San irancisco, national headquarters has announced. The convention opens October 15. GERMAN CITY PAYS MSI WITH U. S. LEGACY -.tenberg, Germany, Sept. 23.—By -'Uit.ince of $10,000 from the es ^ e of Mrs. Emily Marx, who died "-30 in San Francisco, this tn" ^ 000 inhabitants is prepared ; ^ ^ ^ indebtedness if the 'i ctpa; authorities decided to do '*'^s horn in Altenbui o ' borne of the Duke of Ss t.oth As a girl she we fame* States, where h Di'f-burned wealth. She died cinln't ^ $50,000 to the mui wa-. ^ ^ Altenburg, but the w Only recently a s< -,^ent reached whereby t M -eceived $10,000. HAH.LWEEM P4RI*y Ctiurch ir ' ^^of the Episcopal lowest- p Plans for a Hal ^OISALL FR!DAY ^ ^ ^ ROCKY MOUNT E^erybif^' 50c. ^;'ody come—3.30 o'clock. iSUAND PICTURE See HISTORY Dane Baptized THEATRE ^"rsday af!Lj '—Wednesday at a t2.45 o'cloc ^-Adults 35c, children 10 sr/trEMEwrvEMnED ! Fdoifs Of the Oxford! High School Enter CoHege. ! The statement made in June by cJ &. Credle, superintendent of the Ox-! foid High School, that every member! of the graduating class wag planning! to attend college in the fall has been' verified this week, as the members j are at the following colleges. University—Bailey Currin, Edward Gill, Ben Medford, Henry Phipps, Thomas Royster, James Webb, Na than Wolf, Winston Taylor. Wake Forest—Jack Usry, Jessie Knott. University of Richmond—Madison Usry. Oxford CoHege—Beth Can nady,, Augusta Carroll, Carrie Dun can. Ruth Upchurch, Lillian Wal ters. Wake Forest S. S.—Catharine Ragland. N. C. C. W.—Martha Can nady. E. C. T. C.—Florence Dean, Mattie May Lyon, Mary Etta Tuns tall. y Oxford is justly proud of the scholastic training received at our excellent school and of the inspira tion received there for higher educa tion. No school in the State has a finer faculty or equipment than the Oxford High School, which has sent out 21 boys and girls to college thisj year, a class 100 percent strong fori education. RIDICULE REPORT No Kian Initiation Held At the Wliite: House. Washington, Sept. 2 3.—The state-} ment of the Rev. Basis E. Newton, at! Charleston, W. Va., that an initiation ! of klansmen had been held in the } White House was declared today by j White House officials to be "too ridi-{ culous to discuss." Charleston, W. Va., Sept. 23.—j Rev. Basil E. Newton, of Oklahoma,} representing the Klan Imperial Coun-} cil in an address to a large audience} of Klansmen and others at the cele-j bration of the opening of the i Charleston-Huntington road, said: } "We have 227 members in the House} of Representatives and 27 in the United States Senate," the speaker said, "and we held one initiation in the dining room of the White House, you know what that means." THE WEATHER Showers and Normal Temperature After Tomorrow. Washington, Sept. 24.—The weather outlook beginning today for the South Atlantic States: There will be showers at the beginning of tiH week in the South Atlantic States and showers after Wednesday in both th South Atlantic and East Gulf i States; otherwise fair with normal, temperature. YOUNG MAH IN TROUBLE! - : Charged With Forging Name Of Mr. j Roosevelt. Washington, Sept. 23.—Assistant^ Secretary Theodore Roosevelt was; notified yesterday by the Department j of Justice that Perry Marshall John ston, alleged by the Department to have been the man who passed sev eral checks oearing Mr. Roosevelt's name and represented himself to be the Assistant Secretary, had been} arrested at Charlotte, N. C. Johnston is being held in $20,000 bond. BUSINESS OUTLOOK ^recast Of the Chamber Of Com merce Of the United States. Washington Special: An early im ovement over the present general mse in manufacturing activity roughout the country," is forecast . Archer Wall Douglas chairman of e committee on statistics and stan t.rds of the chamber of commerce the United States. The slowing ) of activities at this time is attri tted to three causes: 1_The usual seasonal slackening dich always accompanies the sum er season and the waiting upon the turns of harvest. 2.—The satisfying of a demand to 1 up partly empty shelves and to plenish broken assortments. g_A widespread feeling of con rvatism that marks buying at pre ,i*t in all its phases. SOFT DRINK PARLORS There Are 0,565 Operating Under City Licenses In Chicago. Chicago, Sept. 23.—Chicago has 971 more "soft drink" pariors n w j than it had saloons when the prohi bition law became effective m July, 1919. There are more than 15 breweries in the state, , fo which are in Chicago, and only 18 have permits to operate. n^sed in 1919 there were 5,624 licensed salons in th city. Now there are 6565 "soft drink" parlors operating under city licenses. Mayor Dever ordered that no more "soft drink" parlor licenses be sued until further notice. _The Cooperative Association will meet at Salem school house Friday aight at 8 o'clock. TOBACCO WAGONS ARE ROLLING IN TH!S MORNING! _ Warehousemen Here Look Forward ; To a Successful Season,'With Good j Prices and Large Quantity Of j Weed; Market Will He Served By - Capable and Competent Set Of! Buyers. I Wagons and trucks, loaded down j with tobabcco, began to roll in last; night and by 9 o'clock this morning! the floors of the five independent' warehouses were well filled and a} large number of farmers present to j witness the initial sales of the sea-} son. The five independent houses here are operated by the following well known warehouse men of long ex perience and close friends of the farmer. Sam Watkins, the Johnson; B. E. Parham, the Farmers; I. W. Man gum, the Mangum; Will Fleming, the: Fleming; Lee Gooch, the Granville, j Although Mr. Gooch has been! identified with the warehouse busi-! ness for a number of years, this is his} first season as owner and manager of j a warehouse. \ j A set of buyers who are declared j to be thoroughly capable and effi-) cient, and who have had many years of experience in the tobacco busi ness, have been assigned to the Ox ford market. They are: American—J. J. Jones. Imperial—E. L. Parham. Liggett-Myers—C. M. Booth. Export—G. W. Gwothmy. W. A. Adams Co.—A. Jamieson. J. F. Meadows & Co.—J. F. Mea dows. R. J. Reynolds—J. P. White. There is much speculation as to the average price that will prevail in the old belt this season, but the price will depend largely upon the quanti ty of the weed offered. Well in formed tobacco men estimate that the five independent warehouses and th Coops wiil handle twelve million pounds on the Oxford market this season. Low grades are selling high er this season than at any time since the World War, it is said, and the better grades about the? same as last season. SHORT STORY CONTEST i - i Miss Miidred Hanington, Of Aber-! deen, Winner Of First Prize. Miss Mildred Harrington, a former j leacher in the Oxford public schools,! now studying journalism in Colum-} bia University, New York City, is the! winner of the first prize of $100 in! the News and Observer's short story j contest. The subject of her story! was "A Gentleman's Son." The second, prize, $50, was award-} ed to Miss Miriam Brietz of Selma,} the title of her story being "A Mes-} sage From the Dead." Miss Lula B. McPherson, of Cameron, won the third prize, $25, with her story on "White Butterflies." The News and Observer gives thei following account of the contest: "Final decision ag to the merits of! the contesting stories was made at} a meeting of the judges at the Mai-1 bourne Hotel in Durham Saturday! afternoon when views were ex-} changed as to the merits of the out-} standing stories. Those serving as} judges were Dr. J. F. Royster, Kenan j Professor of English Literature at} the University; Dr. Roger McCutch-i eon, Professor of English at Wake} Forest College, and Dr. Frank C.} Brown .Professor of English at Trin-j ity College. None of the judges knew of the! identity of any of the authors. Each } story bore a number, only Misg Nell; Battle Lewis, who managed the con-i test, knowing the authors represent- } ed by the several numbers. The dis-j cussions were reached purely on the} merits of stories entered." NEW COTTON MILL FOR HENDERSON} (Henderson Dispatch) Henderson is to have a new cotton ! mill. This information came to the Daily Dispatch today from a thor oughly reliable and trust-worthy source, but with the understanding that no names could be mentioned. The mill will do a spinning business, but nothing was given out as to the number of spindles to be installed, the amount of the capital stock nor the promoters. It was stated, how ever, that definite 'announcement; would be made within^ the next thir- j ty days, and that work would bginj thig fall. JUDGE DEViN TO SPEAK iN DURHAM! (Durham Herald) Judge W. A. Devin, of Oxford and a distinguished jurist, will speak to the nmemberq of the First Baptist church Wednesday evening, Sept. 26, at 8 o'clock at the regular prayer meeting, according to an announce ment made Yesterday. Judge Devin is well known throughout the city and it is expected that a large au dience will greet his appearance. NASHVILLE CHURCH CALLS REV. UPCHURCH The Good People Here Will Regret! To See Him Leave. Rev. C. A. Upchurch, pastor of the! Baptist Churcnes at Stovali, Bullock, j Knott Grove and Rocky Springs, has! received a call to the Baptist Church j at Nashville, Nash County, this State.; The Nashville Chureh has a large and i influential congregation. Pastor Upcurch is a strong preach-j er, and he has doce^ a fine work in j Granville. His several churches and j all good people will regret to see him! and his excellent family leave Ox ford. SECOND CROP OF BLACKBERRIES —. , i Grown In the Suburbsb Of { Oxford. Mrs. W. E. Warren, who lives on ^ the National Highway near Brant wood, brought to the Public Ledger office yesterday enough second crop of blackberries to make a dumpling. The berries wre as large and as de licious as the first crop, which speaks well for our climate. MR. MILTON HOBGOOD RETURNS FROM CANADA i } The Canadian Tobacco Crop Badly Damaged By Frost. Mr. Milton Hobgood returned f^)m: Canada last Saturday, where he had ' beeh engaged in curing tobacco sev- I eral weeks. He stated that he had} cured 30 barns when the frost came! ten days ago. "Practically all tobacco standing, in the fields was destroyed by frost, ! and there was no need for me to stay ] there any longer," said Mr. Hobgood.! CAPT. WELDON 47 HOME Removed From Monroe To Wart^nton. Capt. S. H. Weldon, the popular Seaboard conductor who was strick-j 3n down with paralysis at Monroe j several weeks ago ,has improved suf-t Eiciently to be taken* to his home in} Warrenton. The many friends of! Capt. and Mrs. Weldon will bej pleased to learn of his improvement.} Capt. Weldon and his good family! made many friends during their stay) in Oxford, and the people here regret' to give them up. JOHWEOiV-WEM Mr. William Webb To Marry Editor Johnson's Daughter. Mr^ and Mrs. Archibald Johnson, of Thomasville, announce the en gagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Ella, to William Webb, of Oxford. The wedding will take place in November. Mr. Webb is the fine son of the late John Webb. Miss Johnson taught in the Oxford Graded schools the past two sessions and made many friends here . CHILD IS FOUND DEAD Tiny Footprints Leading To Place ^ Show How Pitiful Tragedy Oc-! curred. } (Durham Sun.) The infant daughter of Mr. and j Mrs. William Lassiter, of the Edge-} mont section, was found dead Friday { morning at about S o'clock, hanging j by her neck from a small swing at j the rear of the Lassiter residence at j 120 Lyon street. Doctors state that! the child's neck was broken. She; was found dangling from the ropes) of the swing by her mother, after} having been missed from the house. ' M ADOO MAY SPEAK iN NORTH CAROLINA} Probably At the Durham and [ ^ Kinston Fairs. William G. McAdoo, Secretary of} Treasury during President Wilson's; administration.will probably speak inj Durham on October 8 at the opening! of the Harvest Festival, and at the Kinston fair between the 9th and 12 of October. Frank A. Hampton, secretary to Senator Simmons .wired to William T. Kyzer, secretary of the Kinston fair association that Mr. McAdoo ad vises Senator Simmons that he thinks he can probably speak at your fair between ninth and twelfth of Oc tober although he is not yet entirely certain and will advise you more definitely within ten days." A simi lar wire went to Joe H. Bugg, of Durham, with regard to the Durham WILTON LOCAL Will Meet Next Friday Night, Sept. 38. Wilton Local, Tobacco Grower's Cooperative Association, will meet Friday night, Sept. 28 for reorgani sation. Some of the best speakers in the county will be there. Every member is urged to come. C. W. ALLEN, Chairman. OXFORD PUBLIC SCHOOLS - i Enrollment Heavier This Session j Titan Ever Before. Although the Oxford public schools! opened Monday, September 3, the:' enrollment for the term is not yet complete. It is thought that fifteen or twenty more will be enrolled this sveek. The enrollment in the Oxford schools last session reached a total of 774 white children, and the en rollment this session surpasses that of last session, it is said. There is also a substantial gain this session at the Stem, Creedmoor, Wilton and Stovall high schools. It is interesting to note that there are more than 1300 pupils enrolled in the Henderson schools, and Chase City has an enrollment of 48 0, a sub stantial gain over that of last year. SUNDAY SCHOOL WORK Sunday School Convention Wiii Be Held In Oxford October 26-37.. . . Mr. D. N. Sims, Superintendent of the North Carolina Sunday School Association was in Oxford last week making arrangements for the annual Sunday School Convention. The: two day's session will be held in the! Methodist Church October 26-27. All} denominations in the county will i participate. ! MpCKLEAfBURGFAIR Opens Its Cates To the Public This Morning. The Mecklenburg County Fair, at; Chase City, Va., opens its gates to} the public at 9 o'clock this morning [ and continue through Friday. Quite j a numbebr of Oxford people will' probably attend. Good, shows, good] exhibits, horse racing, baseball, bas-! ket ball, fire works, and free acts are' some of the especially attractive fea- f Lures advertised. j C. 0. D. SHIPMENT OF SEAMAN S BODY — The Incident Is Causing a Stir. Protest of the Wilmington, N. C., lost of the AHierican Legion that ] ;he body of E. L. Vause, said to have ^ 3een a seaman, had been shipped to < lis homa in freeman, N. C., from the , Veterans Bureau hospital at Palo Alto, California, with a C. O. D. card ] narked $246 attached to the coffin, j las caused a stir among oversea men.! j Director Hines of the Veteran's , Bureau, states that a thorough in- j ^estigation will be made to see if the . 3eaman was a beneficiary of the bu-j. reau. At the Navy Department no , record was found of Vause having ^ )een in the service. ANG1ER B. DUKE S WILL Oxford Orphanage Gets $5000; Ox ford Colored Orphanage, $1000. ! The late Angier B. Duke, of New fork and Durham ,who was drowned Labor Day at Greenwich, Conn., willed $292,000 to educational and charitable institutions in North Caro lina. As previously stated. The Oxford Orphanage gets $50*00 and the Oxford Colored Orphanage $1000. CURING OF TOBACCO ABOUT ENDED HERE! _ Crops Are Shorter In Granville Than j Was Thought. Many farmers inform the Public Ledger that the crops did not mature as well as was expected a few weeks gao. The shortage is attributed to unfavorable weather conditions. Curing of tobacco will practically be completed in Granville thig week, which is about three weeks later than usual. Some of the tobabcco is not as heavy as had been expected, but taken as* a whole the crop is nor mal. The outlook for a bumper corn crop is very pleasing to the farmers. Late cern is declared to be fine. DEATH Of CHILD After an illness of only a few hours the infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Badgett died last Sunday morning at the residence of the pa rents on Horner Hill. MR. J. M. BLALOCK BUYS THE HARGROVE HOME Mr. J. M. Blalock has purchased the home place of the late Mrs. Mary Hargrove at the comer of High and Raleigh streets. WRGMM'S MG f AM Full Week Of Education and Amusement. The Virginia State Fair, at Rich mond, will open its doocs,next Mon day for six days and nights. There will be horse races and automehMe races every day. The cattle exhibit is said to be very fine this year. JUDGE CONNOR DE CiDES AGAINST CO-OPS. Tenants Of a Co-op Farmer May Sell On Open Market. Rocky Mount Special says: In Nash county superior court at Nashville ast Friday fudge G. W. Connor de fied the permanent restraining order sought by the tobacco growers co* operative marketing association against certain of its members to en join them from aiiowing their non member tenants to sell their tobac co save through the association and ilso held that where the crop was covered by a iien or mortgage this oen or mortgage took prior claim ever the association contract. The specific case in question was Chat of the co-operative association against J. W. T. Eason. The plain tiff sought a permanent injunction whereby the defendant would be held responsible to the association tor the tobacco raised on his land which he had rented to tenant and whereby the five cents a pound pen alty could be collected for tobacco which the tenant, not a member of the association, sold on the open mar ket. The list of the court's ruling in dissolving the temporary injunction and denying a permanent restrain ing order was, it is explained, that where a landlord, who is a member of the co-operative association, makes a valid binding lease for money rent and the tenant is not a member of the association, the tenant can sell his tobacco on the open mar ket and the landlord ig not subject to a restraining order. Not only were permanent restrain ing orders denied the asociation, but fudge Connor issued an order pro ing a member landlord the five centg a pound penalty for tobacco which iris non-membebr tenants sold on the open market. Judge Connor's rui ng was in line with the decision randed down by Judge Horton in 3-reenville last week. DON T K!LL BULLBATS Ihet-e Is a Federal Law Which Im poses a Fine Of $50 For Every Bulibabt Or Nighthawk Killed. The National Association of Audu )0 nSocietieg is calling attention to ;he fact that in many communities )f our country and especially from some sections of North Carolina, the Dullbat, or nighthawk, is being tilled, although in every state where t is found it is protected by state aws. There is also a federal law vhich imposes a fine of fifty dollars 'or every one of these that is killed, rhe reason that the bullbats are so veil protected is because they are nore valuable as insect-destroyers ;han any other birds. Perhaps it is because their value is not known by ;he average person who kills them, hat they are often shot for amuse ment. Every citizen should coope rate with the state and federal au thorities in trying to protect the bull )at which 's one of man's best leathered friends. MEW HEADQUARTERS BE AT SALISBURY The Change Is Made In the Interest Of Economy. A Washington Special says: Head quarters of Benjamin C. Sharpe di visional chief, general prohibition agents for North Carolina and part of Virginia, will be maintained at Salis bury, N. C. Hhe change from High Point, N. C., was made in the inter est of economy, it was said, so that Mr. Sharpe may continue his service as head of the field force of North Carolina, whi(^i office is located also at Salisbury. WINSTON TOBACCO MARKET OPENS OCT. 2 It Had Previously Been the Plan To Open the Market On Sept. 35. Winston-Salem, Sept. 24.—At a meeting of the local tobacco board of trade it was decided not to open the leaf market until Thursday, Oc tober 2. This action was taken on the request of President T. M. Ar rington, of the tobacco association of the United States who pointed out that several of the larger buying concerns would be unable to get their buyers to the old belt markets before that date. FIRST LOAD OF SEASON Delivered At the Fleming Ware house At 3 O'clock Yesterday Afternoon. George Mays of Lyon's Station ar rived in Oxford yesterday at 2 o'clock with a load of tobacco and drove to the Fleming Warehouse and placed it upon the floor. This was the first load to reach the Oxfbrd market this season. RETURNS HOME r Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Powell have re turned from a ten day's trip to Ashe ville and other points in Western North Carolina.
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