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OXFORD" PUBLIC LEDGER . ... ' ■- - ----_s» ^ _ __PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY—TOWN AMD ■ COUNTY OFFER BRILLIANT OPPORTUNITIES. " vQT,. XXXVIII publi3hrddeverytoesday OXFORD, N. C., TUESDAY^ OCTOBER 23, 1923 12 PAGES TODAY NtTsT SUBSTANTIAL GAINS IN THE FLAT RIVER BAP- j TIST ASSOCIATION S Mr j. n. Hancock;, Sr., Reelected Moderator—Next Session Will Be Held At Grassy Creek Church. The annual session of the Flat' n,ver Baptist Association, held at Sharon Church in Southwestern Gran-. ,Vie last Wednesday and Thursday ias largely attended. Mr. F. W. Hancock, moderator, - guided the deliberations of the body idth unerring judgment, and much Ras accomplished' at the two days'' session without undue haste. Taking the association as a whole there was a substantial gain in Chare* and Sunday school member ;hip during the fiscal year. The annual sermon by Rev. L. L. Hudson, the address by Dr. E. C. Brewer president of Meredith col lege, on Education; and^the address 0f Dr. Maddry on “World Con ations,” were of absorbing interest. The good people of the comunity served a bounteous dinner on each of the two days. The officers elected were.: F. W. Hancock, moderator, J. N. Watkins treasurer, and W. A. Mangum, of Mem, clerk. The next meeting of the association will be held with Grassy Creek church, which was dedicated 150 years ago and it is one the oldest if not the oldest church in the association. CHILDREN’S WEEK Judge Devin and Prof. Guy R. Pliil lips Speak. Several years ago a number of de nominations adopted 1 a plan to cele brate from Oct. 14th to 21st as “Chil dren’s Week.” The movement, which has proven to be of great bene fit, received a big boost last Sunday morning when Judge Devin and Prof. 0*. B. Phillips spoke. Both speak ers laid particular emphasis upon the parents setting a good example. By way of illustration. Judge Devin stated that while in one of the eas tern counties of the State some time . ago a gentleman showed him through his barn-yard, in which there were many chickens and ducks. Pointing to a number of ducks the owner told Judge Devin that they were the off spring of wild ducks; that they were born and reared in the barn yard and are satisfied with their en vironment; that they have no desire to fly away and join their ancestor's on the sea and eat wild food. Good ex ample in the home is of first impor tance, declared Judge Devin. Prof. Guy B. Phillips, who was for a number of years head of the Oxford public schools, and is now head of the Greensboro schools, spoke as one having authority. He too, spoke of the importance of setting a good example for the young both at home and in the every-day walks of life. The teacher, he said, set good ex amples, but they cannot do !t all. The home, he said, is the place to inculate noble and lasting impres sions in the mind of the^young. Mrs. ft. C. Remsen al^b made a val uable talk on the influence of en vironment. THE MW PRESBYTERY To Meet In Henderson Oct. 30 To Complete Organization. The new Presbytery created by the Presbyterian Synod of North Caro lina at its annual convention in Burl ington and Graham too weeks, to em brace the counties of the Northern Piedmont section of the State, will bold its first meeting in Henderson 0u Tuesday, October -30 .for the pur pose of completing the organization. Dr. White was appointed by the State Synod to'convene the first meet ing of the presbytery, which em braces ten counties and 35 churches. K is stated that the opening sermon will be preached by Rev. F. F. Comer ford. of Oxford. During the session officers will be elected, a home misions committee appointed, an examining board chos en, whose task It will be to examine ad men. who apply for places in the ministry; a name for the presbytery will be cdected; a superintendent for borne missions will be appointed, and financial budgets will be agreed upon and apportioned for the year. THOMAS M. PITTMAN WILL BE NEW JUDGE Ihi- Henderson Man Will Succeed Kerr On Bench In Second District. T'ho la as M. Pittman a prominent “pderson attorney will succeed iuage H. Kerr on the Superior _ou:t oeuch in the second district «a Cue latter resigns this week to '" Congress. Governor Morrison Piii uate(* tbat he will appoint Mr. rpc-,'aan.as 300n as Judge Kerr’s ^' TiiaUon was received. HOUSE FOR sale cheap. _ A. y CRITCHER. ltc abmi?Gn r battery should have water »;%weetsr stopat or‘ STARTS COUNTY MARK- ! ETING CAMPAIGN! _ • \ Dates and Places Of Meetings This Week. Marketing Agent J. Y. C rews and J. IT. Blackwell, County Agent, are cooperating in putting on a county-wide edu cational campaign along produc tive lines and will be at the fol lowing places tliis week: Corinth—Wednesday night. Wilton—Thursday night Tabbys Creek—Friday night. SOUTH HILL MAN MEETS HIS MATCH Tourists Pay No Attention To His Oily Tongue. One day last week a touring house car with a trailer well filled with camp equipment and luggage iame into Oxford and Stopped long emmgh to spend a few dollars. In the party were two good looking men and two handsome women. The truck was labeled “From Troy. New York to St. Petersburg, Fla.” The ladies told the Public Ledger that they/came down by way of Phil adelphia: Wilmington, Baltimore, Washington, Fredricksburg, Rich mond, South Hill and on to Oxford. “We had a little scene at South Hill,” said one of the ladies, “and my husband came near knocking the block off a fellows shoulders.” “I’ll tell you all about it,” chimed in the other lady who claimed that she some times writes for the pa pers: “We had just finished lunch when a man came forward and an nounced that the road by way of Clarksville, Oxford and Durham was almost impassable and that he was not sure that we could get across the river at Clarksville; that the straight road from capitol to capitol is in fine shape and the bridges guar anteed. While he was telling us about the deplorable condition of the National Highway through Oxford, a nice loking gentleman and lady en route from Durham to Richmond heard what he said. The Durham man stepped forward with a polite bow and stated that he had just ar rived from Durham; that the road is in splendid condition; that the bridge is entirely safe, and this man there has told you something that is not true.” “The South Hill man grew red in the face,” said the lady, and “asked the Durham man if he meant to call him a liar.” “Now right there is where my hus band got into the racket,” said the other lady. “Kelly, my husband, is Irish through and through, and he asked the Durham man the privilege of telling the South Hill man that he is an awful black liar, or something to that effect.” TAYLOR-ETHERIDGE The following invitations have been issued: Mr. and Mrs. Benjamine Franklin Taylor request the honor of your presence ; at the marriage of their daughter Lillian Winston to Mr. Thomas Jarvis Etheridge, Jr. on Saturday, November the tenth nineteen hundred gnd twenty-three at high noon Baptist Church Oxford, North Carolina At home after November eigh teenth 202 West Morgan street, Ral I eigh, North Carolina. NOV. 2ND IS ARBOR DAY | The Day Is Becoming a Popular An nual Event. It seems that Arbor Day, November 2, will be obserVed this year in many North Carolina schools. | It is proposed that an oak tree be i planted on that day at the various | schools as a memorial to the late j Warren G. Harding, president of i the United States. The idea is a good one. I GRANVILLE SUPERIOR COURT IN SESSION I _ For the Trial Of Civil Cases Only. The October term of Granville County Court convened yesterday morning, Judge Devin presiding. There are 65 cases on the docket, and a number of" them will consume much time. MRS. J. D. HARTE SICK I On account of the illnes of Mrs. J. D. Harte, the beloved wife of the pastor of the Oxford Baptist Church, there' was no service at the morning ' and evening hours in this church last Sunday. Mrs. Harte has been sick for some time, but her condition is greatly improved this mornings Removal Notice. Dr. G. S. Watkins has removed his office to the room over Lyon’s Drug Store. 10-23-tf PROCLAMATION BY THE MAYOR Next Week Is Clean-Up Week. The week beginning Monday, Oc-; tober 29th, is hereby designated and | set apart as Clean-Up Week in the: Town of Oxford. In this matter the , officials of the town will cooperate i with the Civic Department of the Wo Man’s Club, and we ask for the hearty cooperation of all citizens. 1 Trash wil be moved according to ! the following schedule: Monday October 29th—Business | i District. j Tuesday October 30th—North Ox-j ford, West of College Street, includ-j ing the West side of College Street. I Wednesday October 31st—North | ■Oxford, East of College Street, in-j eluding the East side of College • Street. } Thursday November 1st—South j Oxford, East of Main and Hancock! Streets including the, East sides of I said streets. Friday November 2nd—South Ox-| ford, West of Main and Hancock j Streets, including the West sides ofj said streets. j Saturday November 3rd—Businessi District. Please have your trash collected atj some convenient place on your lot j not later than early in the morning • of the day alloted to your district. . j This 2 3rd day of October, 1923. j T. G. STEM, Mayor. -- DR. T. E. FAUCETTE DEAD A Native Of Granville and Was One Of Best Known and Most. Beloved: Physicians In County Of Alamance! —A Brother Of Mif. Herbert Fau cette of Granville. Dr. Thomas E. Faucette. a native | of Granville County, who located in Burlington. Alamance County 30 years ago died in a hospital at Wins-) I ton-Salem last Thursday. The Bur lington correspondent says: j Dr. Faucette has probably minis | tered to more sick people than any ! other physician in Alamance county. He was 55 years old. About 30 i years ago he came to Burlington and j located for the practice of medi-j | cine. He has since then spent every; energy in his business, making thou-j Islands of friends, caring not whether! [he would be paid for his services or! i not. About six months ago his j I health began to fail and he cut his j [practice down to office, and onlyj [three weeks ago gave up altogether, j He was born in Granville county,.; 'near Oxford. Soon after he came to! ! Burlington he was married to Missj ijmogen Turrentine, daughter of Cap-j ftain and Mrs. W. H. Turrentine. He. has been a life-long member of the | j Presbyterian church and for many | years an elder in the church here, j His father was a Presbyterian min ister. i i _ . 1 ■ — A DOWN RIGHT SHAME | AND A DISGRACE -. | Bridge Closed To the Traveling Pub lic and No Sign Posted. Should you want to take the short cut to Franklinton and Raleigh and go by way of Capehart’& Farm, in the lower edge of Granville county, you would find the bridge across Tar river two or three miles beyond the I Granville county line, closed to the j public. There is no sign to Ml you that the bridge is closed, and when you reach there the only thing to do I is to turn around and drive back a 1 distance of three miles and take the ! Kittrell road. You will have traveled ! a distance of six miles for nothing, j The above is bad enough, but, | should you try to come over the same i | road from Franklinton you would j ! travel a distance of six miles to find i the bridge closed, and the only thing \ to do is to turn round and drive a distance of six miles and take the Franklinton-Wilton road. This thing has been going on for | more than three weeks, and some J thoughtless official, either in Vance i or Franklin, is responsible for the ! trouble. A lady from the eastern part of the state tried to come to Oxford last Saturday evening. She reached this bridge about dark and fodnd it closed. She tried to take a short cut through the country to Wilton and got lost in the woods. It was quite | late when she arrived in Oxford and I her car was somewhat damaged, all ion"account of the thoughtlessness of i some official to post a sign. MORCQ. AND CONPANY These World Famous Magicians Com ing Next Thursday Night. Remember to go to the High School Auditorium Thursday night at eight o’clock. Even if you have just been to something else give yourself that evening of pleasure, for a good magician comes very merely. Reserved seats on sale at the Lyon Drug Co. WHY WAS THE GRANVILLE COUNTY FAIR A FAILURE? T he Naughty Midway Had Something To Do With It. In a county like Granville, where majority of the people are clean-! minded, a fair must be clean to suc ceed. After a trial of several years, during which time there was much murmuring about the naughty mid way, interest in the Granville County Fair began to dwindle, and the year and day on which some ofsthe men of town and county danced with painted faced ladies in the “wild and wooly west” tent, its doom was forever' sealed. After that day there was aj cry for a purely agricultural fair, | but others could not see it in thatj light, and the fair died a natural! death. I And now it has been proven beyond j doubt that gambling devices and painted girls are not necessary to maintain a fair. It took a woman to clean up the State Fair, and there was a record breaking attendance this year. “All of the gambling devices and the un clean things must be eliminated,” I said Mrs. Vanderbilt, and the thing j was done. This good and intelligent! lady seems to have effected some-! thing of a revolution in this respect, j for which she is to be commended and the State Fair congratulated. NEGRO SHOOTS TO KILL JOE ROBERTS MURDERS HIS UNCLE CAM SLAUGHTER Unrequit {ed^Love Mixed With Liquor Was the Cause Of the Trouble— The Murdered Is At Large. Joe Roberts wanted to marry his first cousin, but his uncle, Cam Slaughter, father of the girl, object ed on account of close relationship by blood. After several refusals and' fights the young negro became furi-i ous last Sunday and went forth with shot gun in hand. He met his uncle *and the girl on the Kinton Fork road, two miles northwest of Oxford. They were seated in a Ford car, and when the first shot was fired the girl leaped from the car and begged Rob erts not to kill her father. The first shot went wild and as Roberts leveled his gun for the second time Slaughter got out of the car, and the second shot went wild. The third and last shot took effect in Slaugh-i ter’s face, neck breast and arms. The sheriff and coorner hastened to the scene of the murder, but the murderer laft for parts unknown and has not at this writing been heard from. Coroner W. D. Bryan held an in vestigation Monday and the verdict of the jury was: “Cam Slaugther came to his death by the discharge of a gun in the hands of one Joe Roberts. DATE FOR POWER COMPANY HEARING Petition Followed Threat Of Duke | To Withdraw- From Carolina De j velopment. ! Raleigh corespondent says it is [announced that a hearing will be I opened November 12 to consider the I petition of the Southern Power com | pany for an increase in the hydro | electric power rates. : The petition for an increase, filed, ; ten days ago, followed a statement by James B. Duke, president of the com pany, that unless the rates were in creased he would discontinue his de velopment of North Carolina water power. He stated that he had put approximately sixty millions of dol lars into his water power projects in North Carolina and was not receiv ing more than 4 to 4 1-2 per cent on his investment and declared that this [ was not a reasonable return, j A committee of citizens from Hick ;ory, N. C., last week appeared before i the corporation commission declar j ing they spoke for operators of ap j proximately 40,000 cotton spindles ! in and about Hickory And for various 1 other industries using the Southern | Power Company’s power, asked that j the increase in rates be alowed by the commission in order that the power company might "‘pay a fair and adequate return upon the capital I invested.” i A REFRESHING RIDE j ——™ Dr. Archer A. Wilson spent the week end with his father in Virginia. In returning he left home at six o’clock Monday morning in a closed car, and he said the air that hour of the morning was rather bracing. Best Magazine -v Clubbing Rates of Year Given This Week. Wont you let me renew your maga zines for you this week? The best clubbing rates of the year are of fered on your favorites until Nov. 1st. - Let - me show them to-you. 1 Thanking you for past orders. JEANNETTE BIGGS. COUNTY SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION! FOR ALL SUNDAY SCHOOL WORK-j ERS OF ALL DENOMINATIONS j To Be Held In the Oxford Methodist! Church Next Saturday and Sunday. Those in charge of the arrange ments for the Granville County Sun day School Convention, which will be held at the Methodist Church ,Oxford, on Saturday and Sunday, October 27 and 28 are confident that Sunday School workers from al sections of the county will be in attendance at the various sessions of the meeting. Programs for the convention have been sent throughout the county, and each Sunday School invited to send a large delegation of teachers, officers and othter interested mem bers to the convention. While the convention is planned primarily for Sunday School teachers and officers, all who are interested in Sunday School work are invited to at tend, and a special invitation is giv en to the members of men’s and wo men’s organzed Bible classes. County Officers. John It. Hall ....County President W. A. McFarland • • • .Vice-President R. H. Lewis . . . .Secretary-Treasurer Opening Session. The first session will be held Sat urday afteroon at 3 o’clock. The second session wi|^ be held Saturday night at 7 o’clock. The third session will be held Sunday morning *4A0.30 o’clock. The fourth session will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock. Its Aim. The North Carolina Sunday School Association is a co-operative effort of Sunday School workekrs of the evangelical denominations to extend and improve Sunday School work in* North Carolia. _ COTTON OCCUPIES CENTER OF STAGE Granville County Fanners Have Put On Their Thinking Caps. The farmers of Granville county are inquiiThg ' IT their land will produce cotton, and scientific men are telling them that much of the land in this county will produce high grade cotton. It does seem at this writing that high price cotton and low price tobacco will be the means of { leading the farmers of Granville! county from producing a luxury to j the growing of a necessity. Cotton is all the talk of the county,! and when such level headed men as Dr. E. T. White gets into the game there is something doing. This good old doctor, who is the son of an emi nent doctor, used to prescribe for his patients, but he is now prescribing to the growth and development of the cotton stalk. Dr. White vras probably the first one to plant the famous Italian rye | in Granville, and it thrived. He has ! long preached the gospel of grow ! ing cotton in Granville, and now that ; he/will devote his attention to scien ; tific investigation the outcome will i be watched with interest. ! Talking to a crowd of men on the I street last Saturday Dr. White stated j that he had in mind an idea that if ! cotton seed were immersed in ferti jilzer and a solution a few hours be-. ! fore planting that much time would i be gained and it would be less ex pensive to produce a crop. He does | not recommend this method to the I farmers, but he will make tests by | j the use of a hot house and announce j j the results if it comes up to his expec- j tations. . j I in vears nast it was customary in some 'parts of the State to soak cot ton seed in ashes before planting, j Dr. White’s suggestion is a step in advance of the old system. TOBACCO PRICES ARE ADVANCING .— —■ Yesterday’s Sales Averaged $24.10 j At One Or More Warehouses. j ! Things looked more cheerful! around the warehouses yesterday. Fleming had the last sale, and the 52,108 pounds on the floor brought $12,526.87, an average of $24.10. Some of those who sold were: W. H. Hunt, 1288 pounds, average, $37. Lee Mangum, 808 pounds, average $36. Currin & Co. 860 pounds^ ave rage $31.13. W. S. Daniel, 2634 pounds, average $31.72. F. H. Cur rin, 858 pounds, average $39.12. Mi-j nnor and Allen, 786 pounds, average I $31. S. F. Crews, 494 pounds, ave rage $42. POSTED LAND i _____ The land owners of the Meadows have instructed me to give notice to the general public that a list will ap pear in the columns of the different papers with the signatures of the land owners of that section of county forbidding all persons hunting with gun 6r dog by day or night. Watch this paper for notice. L. B. MCFARLAND, J. P. ALL OFFICIALS ARE TO CO-OPERATE IN EFFORT TO MAKE COUNTRY DRY Press and C itizens Called On To Do Part. Washington. Oct. 20,_Ee4ueste4 by President Cooiidge to assume their share of responsibility for en forcement of the prohibition laws governors or representatives of gov ernors of 37 states and territories theewl5tWlih the President today At the Whit, House, adopted a program of co-operation. • ^-doPtion of the program in cludes the co-ordination of all federal state, county and municipal enforce ment forces. The press is also asked to support prohibition law enforce MR. J. T. MORTON DEAD Remains Laid To Rest Yesterday Af ternoon At Tranquility Burying Ground. Mr. James Thomas Morton, aged ,69 died of heart failure at hi3 J/r°m'Lnear 0xford’ on Sunday night. Mr. Morton’s death came as quite ft shock to all, as apparently he was in excellent health. Deceased was one of the most prom inent and prosperous farmers in P*a?v*^e county and was a son of the JttW'Joe and Annie Daniel Morton. He is survived by his widow, who was ! Miss Fannie c. Daniel. His first j wife was Miss Sue Gregory to whom j was born one son, John Gregory Mor [of* Stovall. There were five I sons to. the last union namely: George L£v doe Richard, Francis and i Thomas. He has the following broth* : ers:. and sisters: Nat. D. Morton, Townsville; J. W. Morton, Satter white, S. V. Morton, Oak Hill; Mes daanes W. S. Burwell, Satterwhite, and Mrs. B. N. Booker, Oxford. The funeral was conducted ftt Tranquility Burying ground on Mon day afternoon, where members of hid family are all buried. Rev. A. M. Earle, pastor of the Oak Hill Prea byteria ^Church conducted the service, assisted by' Rev. F. F. Comerford. Of Oxford. Mr. Morton was an active member of the Presbyterian Church and a progressive farmer, j The attendance was large and the I following were the palbearers: Active [—W. T. Yancey, Dick Howard, D. S. | Howard, Will Howard, Dr. E. T. | White, C. G. Powell, Will Hobgood, jP. G. Pruitt. Honorary—Wil Thorp, i Gen. B. S. Royster, W. E. Cannady, j Herbert Faucett, D G. Brummitt, Will ! Landis young ladies were the flow* [ er bearers. “SOCIETY CIRCUS” \ WAS A SUCCESS _ Clever Clowns and Pretty " j Girls, j “Society Circus,” which waa un I der the auspices of Circle No. 10, of the Oxford Woman’s Club, was well attended at, the two performances given in the High School auditorium last Friday night and Saturday after noon. This Circus had all the ear-marks i of a big circus. The ring was in the | center of the large auditorium, | around which was a sprinkling Of : sawdust. A brass band now and I then struck up a lively tune in the I hallways. < Mr. Ben K. Lassiter, with whip in hand and ^rearing a black moustache, and dressed like a French dancing master, made a typical ring master. Ben fits in well anywhere, and some one remarked that he would look well in the Congress of the United States. There was so much paint and pow der on the face of the actors you could scarcely tell who they were. The clowns were Hugh Peed, Tom Rose, Edwin Horner and Kilgo Hunt, and they made things lively. Wil liam Webb, dressed as a woman, was the vamp clown, and he sustained his part very well. Mile Marguerite, the tight rope walker, who in real life is Miss Mary Powell, was one of the most interesting numbers on the program. The rope on which she skipped and danced was upon the floor. The dancing girls, jockies, catchy songs, etc., were greatly en joyed by old and young. Boys and girls, as venders of ice cream cones, peanuts and candy, passed through the audience. The whole thing was highly pleasing. 1 _ A SON OF GRANVILLE Mr' E. C. Howard Is Making Good In Florida. * Mr. E. C. Howard, of West Palm Beach, Fla., is spending a few days with his father, Mrs. S. R. Howard, on Route 4, following the sad death and burial of his mother last week. Mr. Howard has developed into a fine business man and is affiliated with one of the largest construction companies on the East Coast of Flor ida. He lost an arm a few years ago, but a- Tittle thing like that does not interfere with his activity.
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