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PUBLISHED SI STATE LIBRARY AXD COUNTY OFFER BRILLIANT OPPORTUNITIES. . xxxvm PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY --AND FRIDAY._ OXFORD, N. C., TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 20, 1923 12 PAGES TODAY NO. 93 OF GYPSIES tNVADE OXFORD ; mu''"'- **'"'*' Axvwnxc! <;HT THMK HAXBS OX j k atul Others Were ''Their lici'"'*—They Ttavel la! Three Hansens, One Gathiilac andj ,uid e:' eight or ten Gypsies' in-! I'nfor.t iast Friday, apd as the! massed up and down the) l,!J..-4tlmy accosted men and en-{ 7 . ,! thci at conversation, stating j ' v.ere fortune tellers; that) ',1 - an r ad the stars, the palm of* 'f'y id and foreteii their destiny.' "'ay or other Mr. Sam! u.y.idac oecame entangied with thej [' a mid ia some way or other) *ook about $35.00 out of his y .thook .Yhile he was talking to yfter they robbed Mr. Hock-j )7,', some of the band went out on) t- -iJk road and stole $20 from Mr.} yii' Higi* Mr. Hight caught them) ...p a,.; ot stealing the money and: the incident to Sheriff! ^h' in the afternoon, the Gypsies! id! Oxhnd in the direction of Hen- ) .icrsOR. Armed with a warrant for) hr- arrest. Constable Ernest N.{ found the hand sitting around ; , cuan-tire in the woods near the) !;r;u-.-ihe-Vance county iine. They; dining sumptousiy on fried, chicken "hen the officer came upon) tiiM' -r ' 'hlieit the offtcers informed them ) t;J the whole bunch of them were; arrest, they began to jabber i [iitt- so many jackdawes, finally con- ; siting to accompany the officers to j Odord and stand trial. It was late; n nigh; when they arrived in Oxford , "tad taced Sheriff Hunt. They told! the Sheriff that they were foreign-; ns that they did not know the laws! and customs of this country, and begged him to let them settle in full, and go their wav. As there was no j charge against any particular mem- j her oithe band, the sheriff demanded ) a cash bond of $100 and cited the! Hand to appear for trial at 10 o'clock) Saturday morning. The big and lit tle Gypsies* emptied their pocket hooks on the table, and the best they < could do was to raise $S0.'10 among; them. Of course they had rolls of) bills s^wed up in their clothing and! around their bodies, as do all wan-. dering Gypsies, but Sheriff Hunt <?.c-j rented the $80.00 without demanding j a search ot their clothing. i Tea must appear here tomorrow; morning at 10 o'clock for trial, said ) sheriff Hunt. addressing the band. ; "We pay in full as we go," said ^ the leader as they passed out of the door, and that was the last seen of them, and it was a good riddance. The band is traveling in three Hud- ; son cars, one Cadiiiac, almost new,: and one siightiy used Dodge. The ^ women were usually filthy and dirty and the smell of garlic was j upon them, and the men were more j so.ifpossi'oie. ^ COIION COES INTO NEW HIGH GROUND Hitting For Bo-t'ent Mark} On HuiUsit Crop Reports. „ York. Nov. 16.—There was] M'kve genera! buying in thecotton j marku at the opening today and < made new high records for the ; season on higher Liverpool cabdes and j tmlligh private crop and ginning fig- j ares. The iocal market open strong I ^aaadvance of ^5 to 66 points, with! [Dumber seliing up to 34.60 Jan-] "ary 24.10 and March to 34.32 on the; Mii. 10 JAM FOR SPEEDING KM'and Pom- and White and Maekl Sirnre Alike. (Greensboro Record.) going to send everybody who i "t^s before me for speeding to jail,! Owy white or black, rich or poor," ! J^red Judge D. H. Coliins, in' court here last Saturday , -"ag Four white men were J Kd with speeding and received a of ten days in the county One of hem had been married k; ration 'V'O weeks and he took the aepa Ihrt seriously. 4 GOOD DAY'S HUNT to?keys Ragged On Mrs.! RdMn )re( "a Mr: horsey's Place. coio-^ ", '^n and Mises Branch, found gang of 25 turkeys ^ horsey's -place last "tided two of them on the the afternoon they Pnv ^.'l^^oys up and kiiled three hit', total of two gobblers <*d turkey They selected the !f*orsfJ"^p. ^Rd presented it to Mrs. s work . "**sey. p;, W, turkeys was a good Th* p"'*' CR^l^TPR O. E. S. tha/n^ dodger is requested R- win CtmPter No. ^'3-. wiu ^^Pter No. 94 i^rsday prts regular mee Nov. 22, in Ma should have wat< ^ ^oruu have wah stop at O THE COW, WOG 4ND NEW TMKY PUT FARMERS, MER r t HAXTS AXD RAXKERs OX THEIR FEET Somebody Mas To Ro t!ie Job Of Raising the I armer'g Standing ajid Wiky siiouid It Xot Be You?—Read \\ bat the Dry Goods Economist Points Out Witat Has Been Done In a Certain Section Of the South By Merchants and Bankers Boost ing tite Cow, Hog ami Hen. Probably everybody in the South has heard by this time of the "Turnei County program." the program by \\hich a poor farming community has lifted itself unaided out of debt and despondency into solvency and in creasing prosperity. The proved sue cess of this program is of exceptional interest to Southern merchants, and, indeed, to ail merchants who do business in agricultural territories; for it demonstrates (1) the value oi diversification and (2) the vaiue oi cooperation. It is especially a iesson in what business men can do cooperatively to improve the local conditions $n which the success of their business depends. For the Turner County program was not developed by the farmers them-} selves. It was developed by the! bankers and merchants of the county j and sold to the farmers. Turner is a small county of South! Georgia, with an area of only 231 j square miles, an urban population! of 2576 and a total population of j 12,466. Its largest town, Ashburn,! has a population of about 2500, and} its next largest town in Sycamore,! with a population of 562.^ Except j for a littie lumbering, it is an ex- j clusively agricultural county, It} possesses no particular physical or; economic advanages. Perhaps it b less favorably situated than the ave rage farming community in respect both to soil and location.^, Like so many other southern coun ties, Turner has been a victim of the: one-crop system. Staking practical ly everything, gjy cotton It went hrpke as a result of boil weevil damage and post-war deflation. Its position at the start of 1921 was desperate. The farmers were hopelessly in debt and altogether broken in spirit, and the local merchants and bankers suf-j ferqjfl accordingly. v ) Merchants and Bankers Woke Up But instead of sitting back and complaining about their unhappy lot, the local merchants and bankers de cided to do something about it. They had the good sense to realize that their prosperity was dependent upon the prosperity of the farmer, and that in order to help themselves they must first help t^e farmer. Under the leadership of George T. Betts, a prominent banker and business man of Ashburn. they got together to de-] vise ways and means of putting the farmer on his feet. With the aid of all the information j they could acquire from every pos-j sible source, they mapped out what, seemed^to them a good plan. Then: they called into consultation farmers: and all other interested members of the community, with whom they went, over the plan in detail, revising it: where revision seemed necessary.j Their next job was to sell-the pro-, gram to the farmers of the county.. This was a tough job. TKe farmers j were discouraged, skeptical and sus (Continued On Second Page) THANKSGIVING y CONTRIBUTIONS Oxford Chin ches, Sunday Sclnxils and Lodges Ai-e Collecting donations. Thanksgiving day is the one day m the year when the nation turns to heaven for its preservation. Let us be thankful that we live, that we live in times of peace and jiyosperity.Let us be thankful that we have hopies with husbands and children to love and to love us. Let us be thankful for the comforts of life. Let us be thankful for work, strength and de sire to do our work gladly. Let us cultivate a spirit of gentleness, brightness and gladness and wisdom that will make all about us thankful that we are alive. In view of the great blessings tna God Almighty has bestowed upon us in the abundance of crops and good prices, health, happiness and go Sungs. ... to another what more fitting tribute of gratitude could pay than to remember the Ld motherless and homeless chihLen in our State with gifts. In sm much has been given us ought we not d^our mite to show humble recogni tion of that power that does all things ^*The combined thanks ^ the Oxford Churches, Sunday Schoo and lodges to the '^^^^r^to the state . amount eatih year to $1000 or $1200. The needs are great *T th^ amount win probably b. rger than that this year. Removal Notice. nr G S. Watkins has removed his [ice to the room over Lyon^s Drug TOBACCO REACHES $26 PER HUNDRt R ON OXFORD MARKET j — Iletter Grades Are Now Coming tn. , yie general average on the Ovford} i tol^cco market every day last week! iWas above $25 per bundl'd , and on! i Friday the average for all sold was' : $26.05. The break amounted to 161,000. } The better grades that are now be-j jing offered will boost the season's! !average and off-set the low levels of} } October. ! i It is generally believed that the i I better grades yet to come will send! ! the general average of all such grades j } unsold to the high level of $30 per ; hundred. About 4,000,000 pounds} have been sold on the open market ! here so far this season, but much of ; it came from adjoining counties. j THE SALVATION ARMf } V arious Committees Will Meet At the Woman's Ciub House Tonight. An important meeting of ail com mittees appointed by various frater nal and civic organizations in Oxford to assist in the annual Home Service Appeal of The Salvation Army will; be held Tuesday evening, Nov. 20, at: 7:30, in the rooms of the Woman's; Club. Chairman Andrew Jamieson} of the Oxford Executive Committee; has notified the chairmen of the re- i dpective committees, as well as each j individual member of the different! committees, as well as each indivi dual member of the different commit-: t'ee^, of the hour and place of meet-! ing and urges a full ' attendance be! had. The formal inauguration ofj the intensive effort will be launched! Wednesday morning, had a number} of important final details are sche- i duled for completion at tonight's; meeting. The following committee was ap pointed Saturday by President R. H. Lewis of the Rotary Club, following a highly interesting and inspiring talk on the work of The Salvation! Army before the Club Thursday evening: ) ' E. B. Howard, chairman. L. C.; Taylor, T. B. Rose, Jr., T. G. Currin,! D. K. Taylor, Dr. N. C. Daniel. Committees have already been ap-j pointed from Woodinen of thej World, Jr., O. U. A. M, American Le-j gion and Rotary Club, among the; mens organizations and from Oxford; Chapter Order Eastern Star a,mongj the women. Additional committees from Oxford Lodge 396, A. F. & M. Odd Fellows and the Womans' Club are expected to be present at the; general meeting at the Womans' Club ^ tonight. M GOOD FORM i The Word Christina Should Be, Spelled Out. It has always seemed more or less' horrible to us to see Xmas used for} the word Christmas. None but aj thoughtless person would do such aj thing. The News and Observer ex-} presses our sentiments. It is as fol-j lows: s "No matter how far people mayj fail to keep Christmas aSt the birth-; day of Christ, it is His festival. In recent years acme writers and abvei- . tisers have fallen into the habit of j ! writing it Xmas. If prmeditated this ! use would be ,to say the least, iire-j iverent. , } "Let it cease. The holy holidays; I should be spelled in full br not used: iat all. The Detroit Merchants As-' ! sociation has appealed to all to cut iout the shocking Xmas. Let busi-j I ness men everywhere do likewise." j MR. FROWMMHMN DEdD — I Maj-ried In Oxford Many Yeai*s ! i- Ago.. News has been received in Oxford j by relatives, announcing the death i of George P. Frothingham at his j ! home in Hampton, Virginia, on Sun- i !day, Nov. 11. Mr. Frothingham was! i well known in Oxford as he married! jMiss Tempe Williams, daughter of, i the late Dr. J . Buxton Williams, a< ! noted physician of the town. The, j deceased is survived by his widow j ! and three children, Kary. Helen and j j Richard. The burial took place at j the -home in Hampton. Mr. Froth : ingl i n was! -a retired officer in the Government Ship BuildMg Depart ment, where he had been employed; i for thirty yars. H was a native of! Boston but had a host o^ friends in ^ North Carolina and Virginia,. /ippoiivrM&Yrs Speakers For the Seventy-Five Mil-! lion Doiiar Campaign Next Sunday, j E. R. Harris and Mrs. B. E. Par^j ham at Bullock, 11a. m. ! L. L. Hudson and Miss Pearl Tay lor at Island Creek, 11 a. m. ! Judge Devin at Harmony at 11 a. }m. ; EG. Usry and Mrs. W. S. Knott at ' Peaces Chapel at 11 a. m. } T. W. Fogleman at Stotall at night, j L. L. Hudson at West Oxford at night. THE METHODIST ! PREACHERS ARE ON THE MOVE j RE\. E. M. SNIPES REMAIN WITHES Rev. H. H. Rta<ck Sent To Stantons-i bnrg Circuit, Washington District,! and Rev. N. H. Strickland, Of j Rocky Moiuit Circuit Takes His! t'hurches in the Oxford Circuit— Conference Goes To WHmMgton Next Year. Methodist preachers members of the North Carolina Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, got their marching ordersj Monday as Bishop Collins Denny,' who presided over the sessions j since the conference opened in Eliz-1 abeth City last Wdnesday, read the' list of appointments" stationing all! the preachers for another year. It j ig always the most interesting hour of the conference. . ^ There were.numerous changes this! year, pastors of a great many of the} most important charges shifting to other locations. Raleigh District. ! Presiding Eider, M. T. Plyler. Bailey circuit, L. C. Brother^. Benson circuit, J. E. Blalock. j Cary circuit, D. N. Caveness. Clayton, Marvin Self. Creedmoor circuit, V. A. Royall. j ^Four Oaks circuit, W. J. Watson. j "Franklinton, E. H. Davis. Camden circuit, G. A. Starling, j Granville circuit, L. H[. Joyner. } Kenley circuit, W. B. North. Louisburg, O. W. Bowd. Milbrook circuit, M. G. Irvin. / Oxford, E. M. Snipes. Oxford circuit, N. B. Strickland. Princeton circuit, G. B. Perry. Raleigh. Central, H. 1. Glass; { Edenton street, W. A. Stanbury; Ep-j worth. R. F. Buinpass; Jenkins Me-' morial, W. H. Brown. } Selma. Edgerton Memorial, O. P-j Fitzgerald. Smithfield, D. H. Tuttle. Tar River, D. H. Williams. Ybungsville circuit, W. B. Humble, i gebulon circuit, E. M. Hall, '! Business manager North Carolina} Christian Advocate, T. A. Sikes. Superintendent Methodist Orphan-: age, A. S. Barnes. ! Superintendent North Carolina' Anto-Saloon League, R. L. Davis. NEW TOBACCO CO. Under the Laws Of Delaware By the Whelan Intere&ts. (Western- Tobacco Journal) Details relative to the formation of j a new tobacco company to be known} as the Union Tobacco Company have' been completed and it is understood j that incorporation papers^are being, filed in Albany, N. Y. Tnh Whelan j interests^ it is stated, are fostering j the new organization. It is thought} that the Union Tobacco Company - will take over Phillip Morris, and pos-: sibly some other company, and that! in addition a working agreement} with British interest relative to mar- ; keting of certain brands is in con < temptation. ^ i Several other producers- of cigaret-; tes in this country may take an in-} terest in the new organization, but; this could not be confirmed. Acorn-} pany of a similar name had been in-; corporated a year ago. under laws of Delaware by the Whelan interests, but beyond organizing the company and registering incorporation papers} no further action was taken. SUPERIOR COURT The Trial Of Hie Two Oxford Police- j men, Charged With the Killutg Oft } Will Harris, Colored, Is On. I The trial of Rosco Clark and Har-{ jvey Jackson, members of the Oxford! I police force, charged with the death } !of Will Harris, colored, which occur-! !red last June, was^called in Superior} [Court yesterday morning. The whole ; day was consumed in the examina I tion of witnesses, and three or four I are yet to be examined this morning. ; There are six lawyers engaged on the t ease, and it will probably not be giv !en to the jury until late this after-} inoon. ' . 1 _ RUCRtERERRyfMiV — } Cast Of Ten l iving Cirat acters—At the Orphaum Tomorrow Night. "Huckleberry Finn," Mark Twain's American Comedy, will be at the Or pheuni Theatre tomorrow night, Wed nesday. Nov. 21; curtain at 8:15 o'clock. This is not a moving pic- j t ture. Ten living characters in the I ! cast. j JUDGE WEBB S WIFE DIES AT HiGH POiNT ; High^oint, Nov. 17.—Mrs. Edwin j Yates Webb, wife of Federal District .Judge Webb, of Shelby, died at 2:45 I o'clock thig afternoon in a local hos pital where she has been a patient for nine weeks. Before her marriage, 29 years ago, the deceased was Miss Willie Sim mons, daughter of the late Professor William Gaston Simmons, of Wake Forest College. MASONS OF THE 20TH ! DiSTRiCT HOLD MEET ! 1NG IN OXFORD! THEBE ABE SEVEN LODGES IN : GBANVILLE Adonira, Berea, Siiiloff, Granville. Tally Ho. Oxford and Creedntoor. The Masons of the Twentieth Dis trict held an enthusiastic meeting in the local lodge last Thursday and Fri day nights. Deputy Grand Master B. W. Parham opened the meeting Thursday night and requested Gen. B. S. Royster, phst grand master, to deliver the address of welcome. Addresses were delivered by Grand Master Hubert M. Poteat and Educa tional Field Secretary W. C. Poteat. Mr. D. G. Brummitt, P. M., intro duced Capt. B. S. Royster, Grand Steward of the Grand Lodge, who de livered an interesting address on "Washington, the Man and the Ma son." The Grand Master followed with an address on "Why Is Freemas onry," outlining the duties and re sponsibilities of the members of the order. After the secret work was dis posed of the public was invited to see the Masonic educational film, "Who Can Best Work," put on the screen by Dr. Wicker. This film is a) graphic Story contrasting the differ- j ence between men educated by an ap- j predation of the dignity of labor and j people who orioneously believe that) the world owes them a living with out any effort to be displayed on their part and who naturally gravitate through failure of that plan to work, into disloyalty and dissension. Friday night's session was devoted to an address by the Educational Field Secretary, who set forth the aims and plans of the educational program of the Grand Lodge. His subject was, "The Brotherhood of Man." Dr. Wicker has been requested by the Oxford Masons to make an early return and to bring his other films. This he has promised to do and the meeting is already being planned. Th3 appearance of the Gf%nd Master and the Educational Field Secretary was no doubt a great stimulus to Masonry here. BYRUM CONSTRUCTION CO. BUYS VACANT LOT Will Enlarge Their Office Building (hf Uttlejohn Street. The Byrum Construction Company a month ago purchased from Mr.' W T. Yancey the building on Littlejohn, Street adjoining the Public Ledger! office. Last week they purchased; from J. G. and A- S. Hall the vacant' lot adjoining their building. This lot fronts 22 feet on Littlejohn street and extends back 81 feet to the wall of Hall's Drug Store. This lot gives the Byrum Con struction Company a frontage of feet on Littlejohn street. The ad dition will go up at once, said Mr. Leo Byrum. ' ^ . The new addition links up the tour buildings on Littlejohn street and makes it one of the handsomest busi ness blocks in Oxford. Does Oxford grow? Less than two years ago a billboard ad^rm^. e corner of the lot on which these handsome buildings now stand and the remainder was a hitching lot. FIRE AT VIRGINIA NORMAL SCHOOL Use Hundred Giris Routeil From Reds—AH Escaped. Farmvile, Va.. Nov. 18.—More than 500 women students at the State Normal School were routed from their sleep early yesterday .morning by fire which destroyed a wing ot the main building, with an estimated loss of $200,000. Of an estimated 800 studentg enrolled in the school, about half were housed in the mam building. and about 100 of these m the rear Wing. All were aMe toes cape unhurt, however, and without the loss of a great deal of their per sonal belongings. HUMTMfCQtMM. The Average Shot Brings In a Doz en Or More Birds. Quite a number of hunters scoured the fields of Granville last week for auail. Those rated as "good shots returned with a dozen or more birds, but the "poor shots" had to content themselves with a less number. One old sport informs the Public Ledger that he fired fifteen shots add killed ten birds. One man who fired twenty-one shots and got nothing, stated that the birds are so wild this season he couldn't get a decent shot. DR. PEPPLE THE GUEST OF DR. WATKINS < Dr. Pepple, a distinguished phy sician of Richmond, was the honored guest at a luncheon at the home of Dr. Watkins last Friday night. All of the Oxford doctors enjoyed th# feast and the social hour. GRANVILLE COUNTY PRODUCE EXCHANGE ; Appoint.,tents For This Week in the ; Educational Campaign. Demonstration Agent j Blackwell and Manager Crews of the w n^hnm Prodnce Exchang^ i ^ Meetings this week at Hie 'following time and places: Tonight at Bethel School Friday night at Knott Grove. tinnT!,* a culling demonstra nft^°f Mrs. Tilden Bar it at ^ o clock Thursday afternoon. CUT IN GAS RAFFS EFFECTH E ON DEC EMBER l. The Reduction Begins After First 3000 Cubic FeeirOf Gas Has Been Consumed. a<""«'"'em.nt of C mn, .n ?. """ ImP'OToment ^ ^ ^diction in ^s rates in Rj^d Henderson will be put in o effect beginning December 1. The complnv. voluntarily by the noon ^ consumers using over 5000 cubic feet will be effected by ! the cut. The reduction will be of ad I vantage to consumers using gas for I house heating, water heating and i other large userg where the meter ) registers over 5000 cubic feet per month. , For the first 50^0 cubic feet, the gross charge is $2.50 with net $2.45; nen 5000 cubit feet gross $2.00, net $1.95. , The minimum monthly charge isr $1.50. CAPT. WHITAKER CAPTURES BIG STILL It Was In FuB B!ast Over In the Mountains. ^ the fearless Chief of Police of Stem, brought in a&O gallon capacity still Monday moramg which he cJptured on the west side of Bowling Mountain early last Sunday morning. The moon shiners had made a "run" during the night and had just refilled the kettle when the officer came upon it. * Capt. Whittaker states that the manufacturers of moonshine have adopted Saturday night and Sunday as the best time to ply their trade. He said that they hide their liquor as soon as it comes from the still, which will help to defray their court } expense if they are caught. He foUnd ionly a half pint o fliquor at the still t last Sunday morning, which was laid aside by the moonshiners for their own personal use. He saw two men at the still, but did not get close enough t? discern their color. Capt. Whittaker is of the opinion that there will be much activity on the part of the moonshiners from now until Christmas. MORRISON ASKS FOR OUSTING OF McBRAYER Head Of the State SajiR/nium Ac knowledges His Guilt But Wants To Retain His Position. (Raleigh Correspondent.) Dr. L. B. McBrayer, superintendent of the State Sanitorium, who pleaded i guilty of trading with himself, and ; was fined $50 and ordered removed from his position by Judge N. A. Sin clair in Hoke county superior court last week, "is no longer qualified for the position he now holds," in the opinion of Governor Cameron Morri son, who wrote Dr. W. Long, chair man of the board of trustees of State Sanitorium, to call the board to gether at once and take steps to re moYB^Or. McBrayer and select his successor. Governor Morrison's letter to Dr. Long follows: "I do not see how, without a clear cpt violation of the law of your board Dr. McBrayer can longer remain at the head of the institution. The law cannot be violated by the resig nation of Dr. McBrayer, followed by hig subsequent election. Under the law he is no longer qualified for the position which he holdsf in my judg ment, and I hope your board will take immediate steps to remove him and select his successor." PLEASANT ADDITIONS TO OUR TOWN Mr. and Mrs. John H. Dixon and/ their ten year old son Frednay, of Chatham County, Va., and recently of Mulling^ S. C., are now residents of Oxford and have rooms at the home of Mrs. J. S. Bradsher. Mr. Dixon, & Supervising Grader for the Tobaceb Association. Mrs. Dixon is ! en enthusiastic club woman, and is a Mbasing addition to the membership Of t^e Oxford Woman's Club. Among the recent new corners to our towd is Mr. J. R. Fanelty recent ly^of Mt^Olive/ who may be found in bj&siness hours at Oxford's new apple !#b36 Mr. Fanelty is a member of %he Johnston-Caswell Masonic Lodge No. TO of Warrentoh, N. C. He ia making his home in Oxford at the residence of Mrs. J. S. Bradsher.
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