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B ' ^ in- — ^^ - REftf—t(j)WN AND COUNTY OFFER BRILLIANT OPPORTUNITIES PUBLISHED SE PUBLISHED ERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. OXFORD. N. C., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2. 1923 12 PAGES TODAY ECOUNTY. EE EXCHANGE f FOR BUSINESS 1 AH RHER i^THHAHMXT ^^AitenHuiid'ug On Lom-t !he < <m't House ^r/emore & Williams' t„Rea! )cery*s aff eis FAchange Headquart , 'W T. Yancey. J- P. Har Poked. C. D. Ray, W. A. f;sJ"' , ,.,,<L F. Perkinson, di ^ M the Cranvilie County actors Exchange, met and perfected ar launch directors were fortu Ust Frt<!^ ^unch the exchange gemdats - ^^ecmiug'the services of Mr. J. s#'0 ^ . ,n River Station, as " ,put. He is a farmer C^y^J%Ju?lderable experience in ^hJ AUen building on 'Street opposite the Court Court ?n leased and the farm convenient % W T Yancey, chairman of the e if directors, stated to the S c Ledger yesterday that a man , J a woman from each township m J countv witi be appointed mem tJ exchange. The list of ap An^crts he said, is complete with S*S%. of onk H-H townshl,. yhich Appointment wiil be made at ^ H Blachwell. farm demonstra inr and Mr. J. Y. Crews, manager of L Exchange ieft for Richmond and \orfoht yesterday to get in close touch with marketing conditions. The? will purchase tne latest im proved cartons for eggs and coops for chickens „ ^ , . The business men ot Oxford more than one year ago subscribed $1250 ?o suppiement the state fund. This Mount wiil be used to maintain The exchange for the first year. It is a foregone conclusion that the Ex change wiii be self sustaining after the first year. The humiiiatiag experience of ped dling chickens. eggs and produce from house to house in Oxford is a tiling of the past. Those who have anything for saie wiii take it direct to the Exchange and get the market price in an orderly manner. It will bean incentive to raise more and bet ter chickens, eggs^and other produce. It wiii be the means of bringing a iarge number of people to Oxford, who wiii/ find a ready sale for all they bring and immediate returns. MOST BEAUTIFUL G!RL AIRALEiGH FESTIVAL AKieceOfMrs. A. S. Halt Of Oxford. Miss Aiice Cheek, of Henderson, deciared the most beautiful girl at the Rateigh Fail Festival last week/ is a niece of Hrs. A. S. Hall, of Ox ford The Raieigh News and Ob server describes Miss Cheek asfol iows: "Miss Aiice Cheek, of Henderson, chosen Queen of the Fall Festival, is a ioveiy young giri of a queenly ap pearance and graceful. She is of the Irish oeauty type, very dark hue eyas and black curly hair. Her futures are classic and she has a "fanning personality. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Cheek, of Henderson, and was grad from St. Mary's School in 1920. luncheon at the Womans &ub when she was chosen she wore a irown frock of fiat crepe and heavy ^oy'n !ace with touches of French ) M' Her ha.t was of bronze velvet -'mined with big bronze and blue o^id, she wore a brown fur." MCKEy g/RO Carefut What You a, heated argument with his ^fe, a porch. man sat. sulking on the front ^ f ^3 muttered to him ''"w insignificanat that of mine can make me ana ^be turns loose, how mean dttle and^" chg^n„ ^ —" "Cheep, cheep, naa.h' catiuaitttlebirdfroma ^arbytree THE NEW ART TEACHER <'^"'S'a Win On u, ^y, October 3. Hen in Her Wo-! V" ' ^^^ber 3, Begin Her ^ ^ fhilaA)^^^^ ^ ^ graduate of the Ron r r ^ ^.hool of Design for Wo ^nn "^ars.) Post-graduate "me Schoo] r.r ^ ^ ^e Pennsylvania bA3 tano-w . for Women. She Art, ^ Atlanta Academy of Art^Draw'''"^ usual branch of color fainting in Oil, Water Thoa,^ ^corating. m 3.re invited to call stumpy ^ssons. The high 'y "M.t'i!iMd. ^ P HOBGOQD, ^reB. SrRONG EVIDENCE ! Tiie Classical Atmosphere that Dom * inates Oxford. I Referring to the 21 graduates at ) the last term of Oxford high school -the Raleigh News and Observer say: Oxford has long claimed to be j "the Athens of North Carolina." The fact that every graduate of the Oxford High School has gone to college is strong evidence of a classical atmosphere in that de lightful town. OXFORD S CONTRIBUTION j TO THE COLLEGES ! _ The following is a list of the jyoung peoplpe from Oxford who are j attending College this winter: Uni versity: Will Hicks, Rives Taylor, John Perry Hall, Fritz Hall, W. B. ! Ballou, Jr., Billy Devin, Irvine Jack !son, Joe Floyd, Bailey Currin. Ed 'ward Gill, Ben Medford. Thomas j Royster, Henry Phipps, James Webb, 'Chas. Easton, Nathan Wolf, Winston ! Taylor, Miss \ Daisy Cooper; North Carolina College for Women: Misses {Carolyn Booth.%.dive Webb, Ruth Howard, Marfha^pannady, Corinne {Cannady, Ser^pa Meadows, Annie ; Burroughs; Eafst Carolina Teacher College: Mis^s FlorendSnDean, Mat !tie May Lyop^ Mary Etta^Tunstall; State College^ Ernest MitchetL R. M. Currin, Herman Meadows; Sewanee University: Jerome Horner; Fish bourne School: Dick Taylor George ! Prichard; Woodberry Forest: Johnny* Niles; Trinity College: Misses Eliz abeth Hicks; Dora Wolf; Converse I College: Miss Courtney Peace; Wake Forest: Je^se—Knott, Jack Usry; , Richmond University: Madison Usry; Oxford College: Misses Annie Lou ,Williams, Sue Bryan .Louise Jeffreys, jBeth Cannady, Augusta Carroll, Car ! rie Duncan, Ruth Upchurch Lillian [Walters; Randolph Macon College: Miss Ruth Bryan; Furman Universi ty: Ernest Hunt; University Vir ginia: Rpy Upchurch. , - If any one will send ^n the. names of others to be added to this ligt of 52 we will be glad to add them. '*< SOUTHERN GRANVILLE COMMUNITY FAIR Mrs. S. H. Rogers, director of poul try of the Southern Granville Com munity Fair, urges the raisevs of pure bred poultry to get them ready for the fair. Mrs. Rogers says: "We do not know how to value our birds until we have placed them beside others. Keep them clean, feed yellow corn, meat scraps and all the green feed they will eat. Write me if you have anything in the poultry line and are willing to exhibit them.'* ' Mrs. W. J. Holmes, director of Domestic Arts, requests all who have articles they wish to exhibit in her department to get in touch with her at once. „ * COUNTY MEETING OF METHODIST WOMEN 1 Asembl< In Oxford Friday MornHpg, October 12. ,s county chairman of the Mis Lary Societies of the Methodist rches in Granville Co., I wish to ounce that our first county meet will be held here in the Oxford hodist Church, on Friday, Oct. h., beginning at 10 a. m- and ting at 4 p. m. V*e hope to have representatives u every Methodist church in the nty and Mis.,Vara Herring Dist -V of the Raleigh District, will side at this meeting. Other con mce officers will be present also, a treat is in store for all wlm interested and wish to attend. . program will be printed later. MRS. D. K. TAYLOR, County Chairman. VIRGINIA CO-OPS They Are Standing Manfully By Titeir Contracts. Mr T S Chrrin, a native of Gran ville, who owns a model farm at Din widdle station, Virginia, spent last week with his/her on Oxford ^ Mn Currin states that the mem bers of the Tobacco Grower^ Assoc Sn in his section of Virginia are sticking manfully#by their contracts. He expressed regmts to hear so muc complaint amon§ the members the association in Granville.. Mr Currin states that he has a Ane cr^ .fY.bacc, which witt b. p.oted at Petersburg. ^ __ PEN DOLLARS RE1VAR0 NOTICE—LOST DOG FEMALE pointer, white and liver color. Lost Sept 25th. Disappeared from the Exchange Hotel. Long tail, collar with name of L. F. Smith on it. Ten dollars reward for return to L. F. SMITH, Proprietor Exchange Hotel, Oxford, N. C. 9-28-tf -i _Your battery should have water tbout every two weeks. Stop at Ox ford Balitepy Co. MERCHANTS SHOULD PUT ON A BIG TRADE WEEK IN OXFORD! Show the People In This Trading Territory TImt They Have the Hoods and That the Prices Are j Right. ; Nothing would boost Oxford like a i "Trade Week." Tne merchants ; have fine stocks of goods, such as the people in this trading territory want, , and the prices are right, j The peoplpe far and near know in , a general way how well the Oxford ; merchants serve them, but it is well ! in this day of close competition to .show them that they have the goods and the prices are right. } Tobacco will be selling like hot j cakes by the last week in October, iand tobacco growers from Granville and adjoining counties will camp here every night. It is up to our } merchants to see that they return home loaded down with their -winter wares. { Trading Week would give them an inkling as to what our merchants can and will do throughout the entire season. Dry goods merchants, ! grocerymen, hardware merchants, furniture dealers, drug stores and all , who have anything for sale should ' join in the movement to have a Trad i ing Week in Oxford at an early date. ; The Public Ledger will sound the , merchants on this proposition, and'if i it is a go we will issue a special trade edition. _ ! OFFICER GET5 A HP An Old Woitnan Sends Constable Bragg On a Long Goose Chase, i An old lady residing iA the north west corner of the County sent word to Constable Erpest N. Bragg last week that she knew where he could capture a moonshiner. Officer Bragg jumped into his car and hastened to Walnut Grove to see the lady. He found her sitting on her front porch, and after introduc ing himself, the old lady said: ! "I see it stated in the Public Led jger that you can catch a moonshiner i if anybody can." i. "Thank you for the compliment," ; said Officer Bragg with a polite smile. ' I "I am sure you will find them over in that direction," said the old lady: as she pointed to a heavy body of woodland. "1 often hear them hoi-[ lowing and cursing as they pass here ; late at night." Officer Bragg is acquainted with; the lay of the land in that section ofi the county, and he naturally believed I that the old lady referred to the' lowing the winding stream for more j her house, and thanking her kindly; for the information, he tipped hisi hat and went in quest of the still. [ After searching the woods and fol lowin gthe winding stream for more) than six miles he returned to the j home of the aged lady and told her) that there is no still in the woods or; along the branch to the north of her! house. "I did not think you would find it in Granville county," said the old j lady, 'but 1 am sure it is somewhere! between here and South Boston." i ONE AMERICAN IN FOUR ! HAS SAVINGS ACCOUNT ! _ i The Accounts Total More Than Seventeen Billion Dolars. Twenty-six million Americans, al-^ most one-fourth of all, have savings; ; accounts, Samuel H. Beach, president' i of the savings bank division, re-1 ' vealed at the American Bankers'} [Association in Atlantic City last I week. ! The accounts total $17,300,000,000. In 1922 the total was $8,433,000, ,000. In savings accounts national banks have gained 228 per cent since 1912; state .banks and trust com panies 128 per cent, mutual savings banks 58 per cent. THE STATE BAWD , Will Perform At the Oxford Orphan age Next Saturday Night, i Mr. R. L. Brown, superintendent i of the Oxford Orphanage, states that {the famous State band will play on i the lawn at the Orphanage next Sat urday night, October 6th. The Ox ford people always enjoy the visita tion of this magnificent band. The public invited. THE COMVrr SCHOOLS Berea, Culbreth, Oak Hill and Sat terwhite Opened Yesterday. { Prof. J. F. Webb, county sap^ri^, tendent of schools, states that the Berea, Oak Hill, Satterwhite an^, Culbreth schools opened yesterday with a competent corps of teachers. Practically all of *he schinla of the county, said Pro ^o, ^ open. I * WEATHER EORECA^ Washington, Oct. 1.—Wea outlook for the week beginning - day: South Atlantic: Generally fa. * an^ normal temperature. TOBACCO IS NOT AVERAGING 3#c ON OXFORD MARKET It Will Be Remembered That It Was Some Time Last Year Before the Brice Climbed To a Daily Average Of Thi tty Cents. Oxford's tobacco market is under ; way and the reaction of the first i snieg is becoming evident. The ave-: rage last Tuesday, the opening date was 18 cents, and at the close on Fri-i day the average was 22 cents.! Around the warehouses during the j first part of the week some com-' plaint on the part of the growers was! heard, but among the warehousemen and buyers the general opinion was that the prices were good cnsidering the class of tobacco offered. Prices this year are not averaging! 30 cents as yet. It wHl be remem-; bered that it was sometime last year! befote the price climbed to a daily i average of thirty cents, although Ox-; ford prices - were among the very! highest in the state. The first weed! is not always the best weed, and cer-} tainly it is not this year with the! continued hot weather. True the weather is hot and hot! weather is not productive of well; cured weed. But the warehousemen! and companies cannot pay for the failure of the weed to show up bet ter than it does on the floor. It is to be expected that cooler weather will bring better results and that j the better weed will come into mar ket a litle later, when the farmers have had time to observe the trend; of affairs. With the better weed will i come better prices. There is reason j to believe the tobacco busines is anti- ; cipating better business times and in- i creased saleg within the next year or two. The companies want the. weed, the bidding will continue live-j ly and the prices will be all the traf-} fic can bear^ Oxford banks are as good as th&J best and offers real service; Oxford! offers a splendid trading place for the farmer, where by reason of the size of the city and the number and diversity of* its stores, the growers and his family has a great range and! choice and can ultimately find what he wants without the necessity of} simply having to take what he can! get. ! The Oxford market is all right, the, prices here are right and the farm-j er can expect fair treatment on either j floors ,independent or co-operative.) The co-operative market will open} here one week from today, Tuesday,; October 9th. A CEVrARMW Mrs. J. F. Thaxton of Tar River Station. In our search to find the oldest: native of Granville county, the name ! of Mrs. J. F. Thaxton, of Tar River ; Station, has been suggested. She ! was 99 years of age on t^e 15th of : last July. i Mrs. Thaxton's mind is clear and she delights to discuss events of 80 { and 90 years ago. Her physical con- j dition is good, but it is necessary at i times to guide her about the room, I Her husband, the late J. F. Thax- j ton, was a follower of General Rob- < ert E. Lee. Mr. and Mrs. Thaxton ; were living in Virginia Ave years ! ago when he died, after which she ^ returned to Granville to live with l}er i two sons. GREAT CiRCUS COMING TO OXFORD The Society Circus is scheduled to show in Oxford Oct. 19-20. The Wo man's Club is making preparation necessary to the arrival of the mon ster show. Hear the call of the bugle and the crack of the ring mas ter's whip; this is the show you have been waiting for; The Society Circus; it is the only different show on earth. Never before was such a combina tpon of whirlwind spectacle of flash ing colors and daring feats of agility and strength unrolled before the en thralled spectators. To the children it is the practical realization of many a nursery tale. Folks this is a real circus. Circus will be held in the High School Auditorium Oct,. 19-20. PMME FOR OXFORD Letter From the State Superinten dent Of Public Instruction. Col. H. G. Cooper, chairman of the Oxford school board, received the fol lowing letter yesterday from Mr. A. T. Allen, State Superintendent of Public Instruction: "Dear Mr. Cooper: I thank you fpt vour letter enclosing clipping J - the Oxford Press, which shows! that 100 per cent of the high school i ^graduates of 1923 are now in institu-j tions of higher learning. This is aj record that has not been equalled so! far as I know in the whole State of ) Carolina, and it is something vh^ your school and superinten den hould be very proud of." —The regular business meeting of the Wbmian's Club wiH be held in the Club House tomorrow afternoon at 3:30. All members are urged to be present. , CHARACTER SKETCHES ! _ } Two of the Prominent Figures in the ) Oklahoma Row. William Dalton McBee, repre- t sentative from Stephens county, : an ex-cowboy. S;)ent his eariy manhood breaking "bucking horses" on the Mule Shoe Ranch in Texas. Grew up hardy, but turned to a miider occupation, that of law and today resembles a typical country school teacher. He is rather thin, mild manner ed and smiles kindly over horn , rimmed glasses. He was born in Amstin, Texas, and is 47 years old. He is married and father of live children, four boys and one girl. Was at one time State Senator in New Mexico; now rep resentative from Stephens county Oklahoma where he has lived and practiced law since 1890. John Calloway Walton, fifth Governor of Oklahoma. An ex- } locomotive engineer and sales man of electrical appliances. Six footer and weighs more than 200 pounds. Dynamic in man ner. Has personality of rough and ready sort. Well liked by the so-called common people. Born on farm near Indianapolis, ind., 42 years ago. Came to Oklahoma in 1904. Went into , business, than in politics. Was ; elected mayor of Oklahoma City, ; then governor of the State. Entire political career pictures que and stormy. In June 1923, he instituted a vigorous cam paign against the Ku Kiux Man which led up tP present situa tion. CHRfSAWTHEMt/M SHOW To Be Held in the Armory Thurs lay and Friday, November 1-2. Mrs. Jj C- Robards, president of the Oxford Woman"s Club, states that arrangements are progressing nicely for the Chrysanthemum Show, which will be held in the Armory on Thursday and Friday, November 1-2. the proceeds to be applied to the club house. Mrs. W. N. Thomas is the presi dent of the Chrysanthemum Show. ! She is preparing a list of those who will serve on important committees, the same to be announced in the Public Ledger at an early date. CASWELL COUNTY TOBACCO SOLD HERE Late Tobacco in Caswell Totally Be- ! strayed by Worms. Mr. C. A. Parish, who lives near Milton, Caswell county, sold three loads of good tobacco on the Oxford market last week. He told the Pub lic Ledger that late tobacco in many sections of Caswell has been totally, destroyed by worms and fields will cot be harvested on account of this pest. The season being late is al ways a harvest for worms known as the late crop, and their coming in a busy time with a shortage of labor, they play havoc. An estimate of the loss in Caswell is reported to be more than 300 barns. CARRIER PIGEON LIGHTS AT E. M. DEAN S PLACE Serial Number On the Leg Band Is 48931. While at work on her porch yes terday morning at 10 o'clock a car rier pigeon descended and lit upon a shelf close to Mrs. E. M. Dean, who resides on Oxford Route 6. The bird was very tame, and upon exam ination Mrs. Dean discovered two bands upon its legs. One of the numbers was 334T, and the other one was 489^1. The bird seemed to be very much fatigued from its long journey. Mrs. Dean fed it, but it had not taken its leave at this writing. The pigeon is probably from Eliz abeth, New Jersey, where a large numbebr of birds were liberated last Sunday morning, having Statesville, N. C., as their destination. ; Af GENEVA CWOECH Much Interest Manifested In the Revival Services. The Geneva Presbyterian Church is the scene of a real revival, crowds galore are coming. With the first service, the crowds have measured up to our accommodations, and far be yond our expectations. In addition to the preaching, special music is furnished at each service. Miss Ed na White of Oxford sang for us last night. And Miss Scanlon of Dur ham, a teacher in. the Oxford High School will sing a special number for us tonight. Everybody is invited. Come early so you can get a seat. COL PEACE TO SAIL Col. W. G. Peace, U. S. A., who has been on a visit to his mother, Mrs. A. S. Peace, returned to Washington this week and will sail for Panama on October 4th with his family where he has been assigned to special duty. DELEGATION WILL ARRIVE HERE TOMOR ROWMORNING Special Train Leaves Raleigh At 7:30 and Reaches Oxford At 11 O'clock. Mayor T. G. Stem is in receipt of the following letter from the mayor of Raleigh, advising him that the State Fair Special Train will leave Raleigh tomorrow morning at 7-30 and arrive at the Seaboard station in Oxford at 11 o'clock: Dear Mayor Stem: I am sending herewith the sche dule of the State yair Special which shows the time the train will reach your city. A large number of Ral eigh citizens will be on this special and I hope that yx>u will give us the pleasure of meeting you and your friends on that occasion. With high respect and. good wish es, I am cordially yours, E. E. CULBRETH, Mayor. Mayor Stem requests the citizens of Oxford to meet the distinguished visitors at the Seaboard station at 11 o'clock tomorrow and show them every courtesy' possible. The train will remain here only a few min utes. MOONSHINERS ARE ACTIVE IN GRANVILLE Officers Captured Three Stills Last Friday. Constable E. N. Bragg, Deputy J. E. Newton, H. J. Jackson of the lo cat police force, and Chief M. C. Clapp, of Creedmoor, did good tea!* work last Friday. ' They captured a 50 gallon capacity still in Dutchville township and de stroyed 2000 gallons of beer. The officers got close enou^i to the still to see and recognize the men who were operating it, but an ala-m waa given and the men made their escape. ,In their rounds the officers found a 40 gallon capacity still in Sassafras Fork which was ready to be fired up, and enough beer present to make 60 gallons of Liquor. In Oak Hill they found a "warm" 30 gallon capacity still. The offi cers are of the opinion that this was operated jointly by a white man and a colored man who hUve been giving them trouble for some time. NEW PHOTOGRAPHER Mis Sadie Bragg, of Durham who purchased the photographic business of J. D. Brinkley has arrived in Ox ford to take charge. The people of Oxford regret to lose Mr. Brinkley but are glad to have Miss Bragg who is well known in Granville county come in and take his place. REV. OGLESBT COMING Rev. S. R. Oglesby, former pastor of the Oxford Presbyterian church is expected to arrive here the latter part of this week. Rev. Oglesby and family are now making their home in Monticello, Ark. The people of Ox ford are looking forward with a great deal of pleasure to the visita tion of the former pastor. FIRST FIRE IN OCTOBER The first fire of Qctober occurerd yesterday afternoon^ about twq o'clock at a house occupied by col ored people on Smith Hill. The dam age being confined to the roof was slight. AN ACT Amendments To the Laws Relative To Mortgages. Elsewhere in this paper will be found an act to facilitate the exami nation of titles and to create a pre sumption of payments of instruments securing the payment of money after 15 years of maturity of debts secured thereby. The act, as it appears in this paper has a black border around it, denoting that it is of special im portance. GOME ro wAsuwcroN Mr. Claud Allen, who has been in the Government Department service for several years, having been trans ferred from Washington to New Or leans two or three years ago, has been transferred back to. Washington. He spent a couple of days in Oxford and the county last week to the de light of many friends. TUBERCULOSIS CAM PAIGN POSTPONED The County Has No Money For the Work At Present. ^FE^*"bounty Commisioners, in session yesterday, debated at some length the question of appropriating $3000 for a county-wide bovine tu bercular test. They recognized the importance of the work but post poned the" campaign until fudda Are available. ..i ! ' ' '
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