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
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tba„*'^b;ry should have water
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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
}
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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.