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yOL. XXXVIII PUBUSmsp SBMt-WEEKLT—TOWN AM) COUNTY OFFER BMMJANT OXFORD. N. C.. FRIDAY^ OCTOBER 26, 1923 12 PAGES TODAY NO 86 TOBACCO AVERAGES CUMB AS BETTER GRADES COME !N <-nbi Weather Was a Boost To the Weed. Oxford tobacco * market has bepn running the average up for the nast few- days, and the indications ^ that the remainder of the crop yiii so'1 as iiigh as it did last year. -'ll fact that the Japanese want „eyY, million pounds 01? old belt to ad have already invaded the Oxford narket means better prices from -ow on. The Japs want good grades and the fact that they pay a good price will be a spur to other buyers Th" Oxford market has been lead in" tin- .section in prices and the rains ofi.li- ,/aek will mean that the weed is in bet ter shape and will be brought in m larger quantities and bring higher prices. BLANKET OF SNOW COVERS ASHV1LLE Preah' 1<! Previous Records For This Fime Of Year. Asheville. X. C., Oct. 23.—Ashe viie tonight was covered a blan ket of snow and despite the predic tions of the iocal weather bureau, the temperature is descending. The heavy snowfall breaks all previous records for this time of the year, al though traces of ' snow have been re ported here earlier in October. It was estimated that snow fell for a depth of two inches. Sleet and rain also fell during the afternoon while winds of high velocity added to make it the coldest day of the fall season. TO PRINT PHOTOS OF DOZEN PRETTY GIRLS Students Are Requested To Send Photos Of Their Best Girl To Yack ety Yack. Chapel Hill, Ocr. 2 5.—Twelve of the prettiest girls in North Carolina! at least in the opinion of the judges; who select them will have their pho- j tos in tins year's Yackety Yack, the; Carolina annual. " i R, S. Pickens, editor-in-chief, has j hit upon this novel feature in an en-! deavor to make the 1924 edition the; most attractive issued in years. He; pians to have the book replete with i novel ideas. The twelve beauties will be run On six pages done in high color and, will be replaced by the section here-; tofore reserved for sponsors. The; girls will be picked by an artist from. photographs to be sent to the edito-j student is invited to send a photo of his girl if she happens to be a North Carolinian. MUCH IMPROVED Mr 1 A Hartsell Retrmis From Richmond Hospital. Mr J. A. Hartsell. Oxford Route! 2, has been suffering with swollen! veins and aching joints for nearly} two years. At the sugegstion of Dr. { A. A. Wilson Mr. Hartsell a few days ago went over to Richmond to con sult Dr Vanderhoof, an eminent speciahst who, after a critical exami nation pronounced it "Hodgkin's dis ease," which is very rare in this coun try. Mr. Hartsell returned home last Sunday greatly improved, but it will be necessary to make one or two more trips to Richmond, he said. THIEVES STEAL FROM CONFERENCE MEMBERS Mr Hugh C heatham Comes To the Rescue Of the Preachers. A Winston-Salem correspondent says that Mr. Hugh G. Cheatham, chairman of the Board of'Stewards, went before the Western N. C. Metho dist conference, in sesion in that city last w ek. and stated that a+number at overcoats had been stolen from the church .in:mg the conference session, and asko j for the privilege of re paying each member who had been so unfortunate as to lose one. During Hie session at leasf a dozen have been stolen. One of the min jsten, found his in a pawn shop and haq to pay $5 to get it back. Another one dtscov red a colored man wear ing Ms The negro had bought it from a white man. It seemed to be an org 'k-d gang for the purpose of enb-dag the church and selecting coats am' walking away with them. <M.WAt BAZAAR Tl... Rk f \ ^ bazaar of the Oxford d.f r will be held on Tues fhl ^om 2:30 to 6:00 at Evp^'?", S. M. Watkins. 3dy ig cordially invited. Dr, G. Office to Stors Removal Notice. .Vatkins has removed his n room over Lyon's Drpg 10-23-ti -Yo tba„*'^b;ry should have water '"w ***** C#Ry&Mr#EMMW SHOW I TURKE^ DINNER WILL BE I SERVED ON THIS OCCASION T" Be Held In the Armory Next ^ lhursday and Eri(iay, November i —— (SECOND INSTLALLMENT) Chrysanthemums. Best 6 white. $4.00 2nd best 6 white . 3.00 ;Best 6 yellow.. 4 QQ j 2nd best 6 yellow . 3.0*0 [Best 6 pink . 4.00 I 2nd best 6 pink . 3.00 I Best 3 incurved white. 2.00 I Best 3 reflex white .1. .. 2.00 [Best 3 incurved yellow ...... 2.00 Best 3 reflex yellow . 2.00 Best 3 bronze . 2.00 Best 3 .red . 2.00 Best 1 incurved white . 1.00 Best 1 reflex white. 1.00 Best 1 incurved yellow . 1.00 Best reflex yellow .. 1.00 Best 1 pink ..^1.0^ Best 1 bronze. 1.00 Best 1 salmon.. 1.00 Best 1 red . 1.00 Best baskket single variety . . 2.00 [Best basket pompons ... . . 2.00 ! Best pot grown chrysanthemum ! plant . . . .... . 2.00 } Best whole collection in this de ' partment ..10.00 [Second best whole collection.. 5.00 Third best whole collection ,..2.50 (Continued On Eighth Fage) "SALUTE THE BRIDE" A Society Event In the Court House. A Granville county colored couple came to Oxford last Wednesday to bej married. They were a bashful couple j and they wanted some enlightenment, j They were informed by practical jok-; ers that the rules of marriage had re-t cently been changed; that at thej close of the ceremony Justice J. J.j Medford requires the groom to salute the bride. "Now I will tell you what to do." said the practical joker addressing the groom, "when the justice tells; you to salute the bride you drop back two steps, make a polite bow and with the wave of your hand say: "Boss, you go first." Desiring to conform to-the latest rules, the groom became very profi cient after the third rehersal of the step and the bow. . After performing the ceremonny,! Justice Medford, true to form, or-! dered the groom to "salute the bride. with a kiss." This was the'first in-j timatibn the groom had as to the' meaning of the salute, and he fal-; tered for a moment. The crowd was! there and they began to titter and! urged the groom to perform his part] of the ceremony, and there was loud j applause as he stepped back andj bowed, but his tongue failed to re spond. FORMER GRANVILLE HEALTH NURSE GETS COMPENSATION Mrs. Villa Treffrey Garner Thanks Oxford Friends. Many Oxford and Granville peo ple r&member with pleasure Miss Villa Treffrey, who was engaged ip public health work in the atounty four or five years ago. Miss Treffrey married Dr. Garner, of Mississippi, whose death was announced some time ago. In the discharge of her duties as [ health nurse in Mississippi Mrs. Gar :ner contracted tuberculosis. She is ! now at Oteen, the government hos ipital at Asheville. In a card to Dr„ [Daniel, dated October 20, Mrs. Gar dner says: "Due to the combined efforts of ! my Oxford friends my compensation ! has been allowed and I received my ! first check last week. I am to draw ! $80.00 per month from the time I am } hospitalized. Please thank the j others for me if you have occasion. pROHMtnowPARrr Henry Ford Afay Head the National Ticket. y Los Angeles, Calif.,. Special says Henry Ford t&ill in all likelihood get the Presidential nomination of the Prohibition party, according to Virgil G. Hinshaw, chairman of the Prohi bition National Committee, who has issued a call for a national con ference at Washington December 12. C. 0, P. COWVEiWWW Committee Will Meet November 1J* To Hear Bids. Washington, Oct. 22.—The Re publican National Committee su^ committee appointed to consider sites for the 1924 national conven tion will meet Washington, Novem ber 15, to hear proposals from cities making bids. D. W. Afulyane, national commit teeman from Kansas, chairman of the sub-committee, has sent out notices that all invitathms be forwarded to him by November 10. MATERNITY AND I INFANCY WORK IN GRANVILLE The Illiterate Midwife Will Soon Be a , Thing Of tiie Past In This Comity. ! Dr. Bonner, of Raieighg, director ; of the State Board of Maternitv and i Infancy Work, and his assistant, Dr. E. D^ Andrews, field supervisor, met with the Granville County Medical Society at the special meeting last Tuesday and out-lined plans for maternity and infancy work in Gran viile. Dr. J. A. Morris, president of the society, presided over the meet ing. After the work wa^ fully ex plained by Doctors* Bonner and An drews, the medical society accepted the plan. The work is under the supervision of tlie State Board of Health-and has been for several years, but this, is the first effort to organize the work in Granville. Dr. Andrews will remain here un -til the organization is perfected. There wilt be a meeting of ail the doctors of the county here next Mon day to perfect the organization, said Dr. Morris. ^ Startling Facts. There were some startling facts brought, to light at this meeting There are ,50 mid wives in Granville county gnd only two of the number can read and write. There are only two white midwives in the county— one in Northern and one in South ern Granville. The Work. Miss Lillian Tilley/ the valuable as sistant in the County Health office, will have charge of the maternity work in the county. There wili be eight reporting stations established in the county, at which places ex pectant mothers will report, and also children under two years of age. but not diseased. The Stations. Fredrick school, Cornwall school, Stovall. Berea, Creedmoor, Wilton, Stem, Oxford. All of the doctors of the county have offered their services. Expec tant mothers and children wili report to Miss Tilley and she wiii arrange for the doctor to visit the station. Ignorant Midwives. Forty percent of the deaths in North Carolina are caused by ig norant mid wives. They have been permitted to piy their trade in Gran ville without a license. Dr. Morris says that some of them have regis tered and can be used to advantage in the work. The established of a maternity bu reau in Granvilie. . means that the; midwife will soon be a thing of the! past. The Oxford Woman's Club is also behind this important unit of the State Board of Health. Granville's Health Record. There is nothing the matter with Granville county. The report for October, issued by the State Board of Health, credits Granville with fewer deaths per thousand inhabitants than any county in the state, and there will be fewer when the maternity bu reau supplants the illiterate mid wives. PAPYRUS NO MATCH FOR THE GREAT ZEV Zev-Papyrus Receipts Estimated At $1X2.000. New York, Oct. 24.—The running of the $100,000 International Match race between Papyrus and Zev at Bel mont Park'left no doubt that the American representative was niuc<t the better horse. The victory Zev was so decisive that no one in the great throng that saw thb test could ! doubt thh superiority of the winner, j Zev proved under the prevailing con } ditions npt only to have greater speech which had been admitted for him in advance, but alge more stam ina than his English- rival Estimated Receipts. , Boxes .. . $ 26,000 j Enclosure . 66,000 { Grand stand .. 165,000 i Admission .., . 100,000 Infield s. 75,000 Motion-picture rights ..... 50,000 Total .. .?..$482,000 Estimated E xpenditures Purse, winner .$ 80,000 Purse, loser . 20,000 Cups ... . 10,000 Miscellaneous . 80,000 Total ..$19,000 NO THIRD PARTY FOR HENRY FORD PLANNED Detroit, Mich. Oct. 25.—Not to form a third party, but to decide upon the best manner of assuring Henry Ford's election to the Presi dency of the United States is the pur pose of the National For-for-Presi dent Conference to be held at Dear born December 12, according to the statement today of Judge Edward J. Jeffries, who presided at the meeting eariy this week from which the con ' ferenqe call w,as issued_^ ! THE MOCKER i - After God had finished mak ! ing the rattle snake, the toad t and the vampire, he had some awful substance left of which he made a knocker. A knocker is ! ^ two leggetl animal with a cork screw soul, a water soaked brain ' and a combination backbone of j and - glue. Where other ; tuen carry their hearts, he car ! ries a tumor of decayed princi I pies. Witcn the knocker comes ; dowTt the street, honest men ! turn their backs ,the Angels } weep in heaven, and the devil I shuts the door oi hell to keep Mm out. Therefore don't be a I knockekr. You can't saw wood with a hammer. REV. E. M. SNIPES IS HIGHLY ESTEEMED BY HIS CONGREGATION ! — i Pastors Busy Preparing For Annual ! North Carolina Conference. ; The paistors of the Methodist Epis ! copal churches are preparing for the } coming annuai session of the North I Carolina conference which meets in , Eiizabeth City near the middle of { November. The pastors of all the i churches are rounding out their i year's work and are getting their re , ports together to present at the !conference. j Members of the Oxford Methodist i Church are expecting no change as j pastor. Rev. E. M^ Snipes is just } completing his secoml year's work at [this church. He is a strong preach ! er .and he is not only greatly beloved j by his congregation but by all the j good people of Oxford and through-; out the county. There will be a ; mighty row if the good Bishop takes j him* away from his faithful flock, j Rev. B. H. Black of the Oxford; Circuit, is finishing up his second year. He has ^one a good work in the countv and Mg churches are praying that he will be returned. It may be the part of wisdom to move pastors every few years, in ac-j cordance to the rules of the Metho-j dist.but when it comes to moving} ^such noble servants as Brothers I Snipes and Black the Public Ledger ! draws the tight line. We deeply; sympathize with less fortunate; churches, but we know a good thing; when we see it. and we want to keep j what we have. COUNTY SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION} FOR AM, SUNDAY SCHOOL WORK-j ERS OF ALL DENOMtNATMNS At the Oxford Methodist Church To morrow and Sunday, October ST 28. Those in charge of the arrrange ; ments for the Granville County Sun day School Convention, which will be ! held at the Methodist Church, Oxford, on Saturday and Sunday, Octobep 27 and 28 are confident's that Sunday School workers from all sections of the county will be in attendance at the. various sessions of the meeting. Horn Of Meeting. First session—Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock. i Second session—Saturday night at j 7 o'clock. Third session—Sunday afternoon } at 3 o'clock. Fourth session—Sunday night at } ! t i 7 o'clock. Regular Church Service. Rev. E. M. Snipes, pastor of the Methodist Church, states that the hours of the convention will not con flict with the usual hours of church service and Sunday School. NEGRO EXODOE Half Million Have Left the South, But Many Will Return Before Cold Weather. Washington, Oct. 25.—A study of the northward migration of Southern negroes, made by the De partment of Labor, indicates that 478,700 negroes left 13 Southern States in the year ending September 1. the figures were compiled from State, municipal and industrial sources. The migrations from States were as follows: Alabama . 90,000 Florida . 80,0^0 Mississippi, . 82,600 Georgia . . ...420,600 Virginia . 10,000 North Carolina . 25,000 [South Carolina . - 25,000 Louisiana . 15,000 Tennessee . 10,000 Arkansas . S'Mf) Kentucky . 5'(Ml) TeTfM .* - 2,000 Oklahoma'::!!. I'OOO Southern observers have advised the Labor Department that d.uring the winter months, in their opinion, large numbers would return to the South. —The Bright Jewels will have a pie, cake and candy sale Saturday morning at 9 o'clock at Sizemore & Williams. ' 10-26-itx ! GRANVILLE COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT: t Several Tedious Cases On the t Docket. The one week term of Granville County Superior Court, now in session, has made wonderful progress } despite the tedious cases on the dock-! et. Judge Devin's rulings have been; wise and timely and bespeaks an era; that is of especial value to the coun-! ty financially, as well as to its tribu-} nal of justice from a moral and re spected standpoint. The same thought and care that he is ^giving to his work in his own home county this week is characteristic of his! impartial rulings in other districts of i the State. One of the cases that attracted! much attention was J. M. Ellington, t et al vs. M. P. Chamblee. This suit! was brought to recover $8,000 dam-! age claimed to have been sustained! } by Mrs. Ellington, who stumbled and fell on a sheet of wire spread upon* the sidewalk in front of tlmAcme ; Hardware store. Mr. Chamblee of fered to compromise for $1,250, which the plaintiff did not accept. The jury returned with a verdict that both the plaintiff and defendant were negligent, and awarded the plaintiff! $1000 damages. t A number of witnesses were ex-! amined in the case of B. E. Parham' against the W. A. Adams Company.} About 60,000 pounds of trash tobac-! co was damaged while in the hands of the defendant company. V^hen! the tobacco was returned to the piain- j tiff he sold it at four cents a pound, t The jury awarded a verdict of dam-; age to the extent of 1 cents the ! pound. The case consumed more f than one day. j RED CROSS ROM. CAM ] Sale Of Tuberculpsis Seals Will Be gin Thanksgiving Bay; Red Cross Roll Call Begins Armistice Day. The sale, of Tuberculosis Christmas j Seals for 1923 will begin November! 29th, Thanksgiving Day, and will! last till Christmas: The Roll Call of the American Red! Cross will begin Armistice Day, No-i vember 11th, and will close Thanks-, giving day. This was the agreement reached at a recent conference of re-, presentatives of the American Red Cross and the National Tuberculosis Association. " Since there is no official connection I between the Christmas Seal Sale! campaign of the National Tuberculo-i sis Association and the Roil Call of } the American Red Cross, both organ- } izations would avoid confusion? by strictly observing separate dates for their campaigns. On account of the former association of the Red Cross with the sale bf Christmas Seals, there still exists in the minds of some people the idea that they are one and the same, or at least re lated, while in fact they are in no way connected. } The Granville County Chapter of} the American Red Cross will an-} nounw the date of the Roll Call la-} ter. SHERIFF ROYSTER OF VANCE IS DEAD Passed Away Suddenly Tuesday Afternoon. { Sheriff John A. Royster, of Vance i county, died at his home in Hender !son, last Tuesday afternoon, aged 54 i years. ! Sheriff Royster was a native of i Granville County, the ancestral home } being at Bullock. He moved to } Vance county 18 years ago and } bought a farm near Dabney. He was i twic4 elected sheriff of Vance coun j ty, and was serving in that capacity ' when the call camje from on high. ! Sheriff Royster is survived by his } widow and several children. He wag } a brother of Mr. T. A. Royster, at ! Perkinson-Green Company's Store, Oxford. - ; Sheriff Royster had been a mem ber of the First Baptist Church of j Henderson for several years. Inter iment was in Elmwod Cemetery, Hen-} ! terson, Wednesday afternoon. , WED IN NORFOLK Mr. Willie Day, 38 years of age, the son of Mrs. J. R. Day, who moved to Norfolk some years ago died suddenly yesterday in Washing ton City where he was attending a convention of Railway men. The deceased was a railroad man and was popular. Interment will be at Nor folk this afternoon. FIRST COLD SNAP OF THE SEASON ! : - Thermometer Dropped To 40 Last ^ Wednesday Morning. ""Overcoats and heavier underwear, smelling of moth boMs, were resur rected from packing chests last Wed nesday morning. A strong wind, ac companied the cold, sent the mercury down. The thermometer in front of Hall's Drug Store registered 40 at 6 o'clock Wednesday morning. JOE ROBERTS, WANTED FOR MURDER, . SURRENDERS Walked Into the Sheriffs Office and Confessed To Sheriff Hunt Thai e Killed (am Slaughter Last Sunday Afternoon. Joe Roberts, colored. 21 years old, light complexion ?nd weighing 150 Pounds, walked into the Sheriff, of. Him^^T*^ **nd stated to Sheriff Hunt that he killed Cam Slaughter Finf Sunday afternoon rm the Sedti ^ewas accom Ke ^id ^ f same and' ^^.^ "I"* -e calm ''Why did you kill Slaughter?" in huired^ the Voy^^ ^ Self-desense," said The prisoner accompanied Deputy Conrad Walters to the countervail without being hand-cuffed. ^ As stated in the last issue of the Rub ic Ledger, Joe Roberts killed his Lncle, Cam Slaughter, on the Kin ton Fork Road last Sunday afternoon*, it was stated at the coroner's inquest that Roberts wanted to marry hts tirst-cousin. the daughter of the said Cam Slaughter, but the father would not give hig consent. The trial will come up at the No vember term of court. 3P&4KERS ASSIGNED Baptists Arouse Themselves For 75 Million Campaign. R^v. T. W. Fogleman, director oi the "75 Million Round-up Cahipaign,' called for the key men and womet trom the various churches to meet him m the first Baptist Church Ox ford, Oct. 25, 1923. The following assignment of speakers for Octobet ^Hth was arranged. Judge W. A. Devin speaks at Is land Creek, Oct. 28th, 11 a. m.; Rev. L. L. Hudson speaks at Grassy Creek Oct. 28th. 11 a. m.; Rev. j. u. Teague speaks at Hester Oct. 28th, 11 a. m.: R^v. G. T. Tunstall speaks at Knapp of Reeds Oct. 28th, 11 a. m.; F. W. Hancock, Jr., speaks at Providence Oct. 28th, 8 p. m. We hope each of these churches may have a great hour Sunday. Let ill who have madp pledges to the "75 Million Campaign" keep look-out in Ihe Ledger for other announcements cf speakers. There will be speakers In the various churches of the As sociation during the whole month 0! November. J. U. TEAGUE, Assist. Director. DEMENTED YOUNG MAN GETS INTO TROUBLE His Father Comes To Oxford To look After Him. J. R. Robinson, a young Person county man drove through Stem last afternoon, and after passing the Stem Motor Company's place of business a short dstance he walked back to the filling station and told the man in charge that he was out of gas and asked him to loan him a can, promising to return it after he put the gas in the car. Instead Of re turning the can, he lit out toward Durham at a lively rate. Capt. W. H. Whitaker, chief of police, pursued the car and captured the young man near Bragtown. The officer brought the young man back to Stem and at the hearing Mayor Gooch bound him over to Superior Court under $150 bond. Unable to furnish bond, the young man was brought to Oxford and lodged in jail. Mr. Robinson, the young man's father, came to Oxford Wednesday to look after his son, who appears to be thentaliy unsound. RADIO SPEAKER'S WATCH TOO LOUD Chicago, Oct. 24.—Bishop William Frazer McDowell's watch ticked SO loudly last Sunday night while he was addressing the Sunday Evening club that radio transmission of his remarks was affected, according to Complaints from New York state and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, received to day by the club. The bishop waa talking about how small &e world is and the ticking of the watch in front of him was plainly heard by the radio receivers. HALMWEE'EW PARTT Young People Getting Ready' For the Big Noise. Some of our little friends inform the Public Ledger that they are pre paring to make a big splunge next Wednesday night, the eve of Hal loween. "We want all the cow bells that we can get," said the little fel low around the comer. ' —Miss Sue Douglas, ojf Norfolk, Va., will arrive today Bor a visit with Mrs. J. B. Young.
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