North Carolina Newspapers

VOL. XXXIX PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY -_AND FRIDAY._ OXFORD, N. C., FRIDAY. JANUARY 4,1924 12 PAGES TODAY NO. 1 THINGS !HA! WE ; SAW AND HEARD IN I RICHMOND LAST WEEK! \VE\TS T'OXS OF DRESSER ! H HHHYS IXOIXERATED 1 S i-m To rbe Pmleral Rescue Hauk j tuino' llaces Of Interest—The! r„st Of Riving In Richmond Com-] pared Wiih Oxford. To any one xvho has lived for any! orytk of time in Richmond, it is al-i c., ys a pleasure to return to that ] masi delightful city of the Southern' Suae# even for a day, if not longer.! Vear^go the editor of the Public} L-.tiger reported for the Richmond] Tunes and later for the Richmond! Dispatch, and we knew the city from end to end. R was our pleasure last we- k to v:sit some of the familiar s-enos of twenty or thirty years ago! k-nd tltat could have been purchased! in tin- West Had fifteen years ago for! yld<) per acre is setting today for} 32(t.'*'0P an acre. Twenty' years ago} four bridges only spanned the James! at Richmond. They are now building! ;h, eighth bridge to tap the hills in! Chesterfield. three miles west; of Manchester. The land that this bridge brings into the market could bav been bought five years ago forj ?S0 an acre is to be a land of castles .ad elegant homes. According to} the statement, of the City Engineer! and building Inspector there are 8H4 arw budding being erected in Rich-! a and today, and five of the number j ate skyscrapers. The number of pouges that will be built in Richmond ' during the present year would easily! accommodate every man, woman and child in Granville today. New, mihufacturing plants are keeping] pace with, the steady increase of pop chdion. ; FouRry Incinerated. Dressed turkeys were selling on' Fy. Richmond market one week be-i Rue Christmas for 40 cents the i pound; fou'* days before Christmas} the price dropped to 25 cents the; pound, and on Christmas Eve the! price was 15 cents the pound. Two, (kys after Christmas the Health De part-menu condemned 20 tons of tur key and ordered it to he incinerated.. The warm weather and the g!tut oT] the market caused the decline. Strange to relate that spare-ribs of pork were not condemned, but back-! bones were. The inspectors stated rhat they did not find any tainted: sausage. - j The Federal Reset we Hank. j Desiring to see how the peoples', cash and bonds are housed, we called a the Federal Reserve Bank and was! shown through the building by Mr.! Harry L. Whitmore, who has charge of the vaults. To this splendid and! highly esteemed official we are in-i d- bted for seeing more money than! <" ever dreamed of, but he was care- ] iwl to keep it out of our reach. The - currency, bonds and collateral K' rmnted to several million dollars, j The vault is three stories high, and the- lowest story is fifty-two feet long! by twenty-six wide. The upper floori G on a level with the basement floor i of the building and the bottom floor] o tends a considerable depth below! the sub-basement. Entrance to the vault is through; the main door on the basement floor, i i^Rd communication between the vari-! "us floors of the vault is by means of j c Mairway and automatic elevator] located entirely within the vault.! l-'fis arrangement makes it necessary j lor a,ny one entering the vault to first ] cuter the vault custodian's office, '] hich ig directly in front of the vault! door and is surrounded by a heavy: steel grille. ) mam door of the vault is seven ' Dine inches in diameter and ''^Rty*ninc inches thick. This door ^ ^ th its surrounding frame weighs , J ^ ^us. und yet it is -so niceiy ad- i -'^<i and hung on specia! roller and! t'^rings that a puii of only a few ; * j^nds suffices to open and ciose it. ' jlF vault is electricaliy lighted! - ' has a complete telephone system. { is also a -specia! alarm which is : ^ funded by any one acciden-' j") mc .ed in the vault at night. By i s simple instructions can be can open the door from 'Rstdc and effect his release. The Souths Largest Store. ^ show places in Rich-! Millc ^ dig department store of! r ''heads. We are indebted oi Q . ^'Orge Harwood Bates, head iHg the departments for show The ''''^ugh the establishment., funded ^ne city block,! t'Th)[ St ' '^^d. Grace. Fourth and; !srgt-Kt' dThis is the South's i store, and serves' of n "'*"d^e from the four quar stn!.^ ' globe. There are many! ^ no competitors; they but Miller & ^dness themselves. Their ht,^ upon a varied line a^k fur H Merchandise, and if you chief yQ^ silk or linen handker ^tion with ' Winter into conver ts"Mst any wide-awake, question' , zen of Richmond on the growth of the city t^int to ten to one he will T & Rhoads as the best 'Coat diued On Page Five).< AH AFTKaCMFW# BEAUTIFUL LIFE OF MISS CAR-} nn: HOROOOD COMES TO A j REAUTIFUIj CLOSE " ! At six o'clock Friday morning. De-! cember 28, 1923, the angel of death! entered the home of Dr. and Mrs F ' P. Hobgocd and quietiy bore away! the soul of their youngest daughter.! Carrie. While she had suffered great pain.' which was borne with wonderfui for titude and patience, her passing was peaceful and calm. Conscious to the very last, her thought, as was char acteristic of her unselfish nature, wag of others, and not long before; the end came. she requested the} nurse not to let her parents, whom ! she ioved with the tenderest devotion.} come into her room because -she did! not want them to s\^ her suffer. Deprived in early iife of health and' strength, she gave up the pleasures' which go with happy, core-free girl-j hood, devoting herself entirely to her ioved ones. i "Taddy," as she was affectionately! cailed by her family and intimate! friends, apreciated beauty, as only! artistic natures can, at the same time she was practical, and displayed good judgment, as well as good taste in ' every thing she didr*-' Her friends aud relatives, knowing her love for! flowers, surrounded her in her last! iiiness. which was of several weeks, duration, with specimens of rare! beauty, and the room in which he* : ca-sket iay was a perfect bower of beauty. It was indeed a never-to-he' forgotten picture,—the lovely form ! in the iovely casket, surrounded by beautitui flowers of every hue. It might be said of her, as Dickens says cf "Little Nell.", i "She wag dead. No sleep so beautiful and calm, so free from trace of pain, so fair to iook upon.! She seemed a creature fresh from the, hand of God, and waiting for the breath of life; not one who had lived i and suffered death." The 'Simple funeral service was conducted by her pastor, Rev. J. D.. Harte, assisted by Dr. F. H. T. Hors field. The active pall bearers were her nephews. B. S. Royster, Jr., Roy' Royster. Thonrag Royster, F. W. Han cock. Jr.. E. B. Howard, J. B. Mayes, Jr. and R. T. Howerton, Jr. The following nieces were the flow-! er bearers: Miss Dorothy Royster. Mrs. R. T. Howerton, Jr., Mrs. J. G.; Currin. Mrs. J. B. Mayes. Jr.. Mrs. E.! B. Howard, Mrs. F W. Hancock, Jr.,! etnd Mrs. Roy Royster. The Board of Deacons of the First j Baptist Church were the honorary; pall-bearers. The devoted parents, two brothers, i Mr. F. P. Hobgood, Jr., of Greens boro, Dr. J. E. Hobgood. of Thom asville. two sisters. Mrs. B. S. Roys' ter and Mrs. F. W. Hancock of Ox ford. while sorrowing over the sep aration from their loved one. are < sustained by the Christian comfort! which comes to the truly cultured! heart, soul and mind in such an hour. The sympathy of a wide circle of friends goes out to this esteemed j family. i MDCIKMSPOiVJnOiV _i Mrs. Mary R. Delacroix, secretary of the Granville County Horn? Ser-I vice Section of the American Red, Cross is in receipt of a letter from P. E. Moise. director of the Red Cross Service of the National Sanatorium.; in which he acknowledges the receipt j of a check for $25. Thi-s money, the; letter states, was expended for thej following publications: Life. Sat-' urday evening Post. Popular Science.] Motion Pictures. Adventures. Ameri-. can, Sl^rt Stories. The local Chapter also donated] $25 to Oteen recently. i THE M7T A. A /M.GOOD ' ! A Kind Mather and Faithful ! Christian. On October the 4th, Bro. A. A. All- I good, in his eithty first year, quietly and almost suddenly passed out to higj reward. For thirty years he was a' member of Mount Zion Church, and; for the past twenty two years has. been a member of Hester Church, ati which place he wag laid to rest. He! was married first to Miss Elizabeth j Parker of Mecklenburg County, Ya.! To this union wag born two children.: In 18 74 he was married the second] time to Miss Elizabeth Knott, byj whom he is survived. To this second union nine children were born. He; has twenty nine grandchildren and: six gfeat-grandchildren. Bro. All-j good was a good ' husband, a kind i father, and a faithful Christian. He; served for eighteen months in the Civil War. having been within twenty, feet of General Robert E. Lee when j he surrendered, and after the sur- j render he stacked his musket against! the famous "apple tree." ! A FRIEND. —Magazine Subscription taken anv time to all magazines. * JEANNETTE E. BIGGS. _Your buttery should have water about eyory two weeks. Stop at Ox ford Battery Co. TOBACCO MARKET W!LL OPEN NEXT TUESDAY, JAN. 8 TWKKTY-H\H FMBCEKT OF THE < HOF !S EFT TO BE MAHKMTHD The Oxford Co-Operative Sta tion and the auction tobacco ware!Louses will open next Tues day. January Sth. It is estimat ed that percent of the un signed crop is in the hands of the growers and that about 40 percent of the association's crop is yet to be marketed. It is generally believed that price.; will la* better when the market opens next week than when the market closed for the holidays. Or. Wilson W eds One Of Itk-hmond's finest Young Women. Di'. Archer A. Wilson and Miss Amorefte Elizabeth Barker were married last Saturday morning at the heme of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Brannon Barker, 3211) Seminary Avenue. Richmond. Ya. Dr. George W. McDaniel, pastor of the First Baptist Church, Rich mond, performed the ceremony. He wag assisted bv Rev. Thornton Wil son. father of the groom and pastor of the Presbyterian Church at South Boston. The large and elegant home of the bride, in the shadow of the Theologi cal Seminary, was made more beau tiful for the occasion. A large num ber of the intonate friends of the con tracting party witnessed the impres sive ceremony. The bride is a handsome voung wo man of nleasing personality. She is a musicmn. and in the language of Dr. McDan'ei "she is a song bird." Dr. and Mrs Wilson are ou a bridal trip to New York. They will return to Oxford today and will reside at the home of Mr. and^Mrs. D. C Hunt on Front "street. MRS. BETTIE NASH DIED IN CHARLOTTE Daughter Of the Hate James T. Lit tlejohn Of Oxford and Sister Of Mrs. J. A. Taylor. Charlotte, Oec. 30.—Mrs. Bettie Littlejohn Nash, widow of Captain Fred Nash, of Hillsboro and Char-; lotte. died yesterday evening at her home in this city after an illness of months, following a stroke of paraly sis. She wag a daughter of the late James T. Littlejohn, of Oxford. She! married Captain Fred Nash, of Hills-j boro in the early seventies. She was a member of the Episcopal church, and was 72 years of age. She is survived by five children, Misses j Mary Armand. Lydia and Bettie Nash, and Fred and Abner Nash, all of this city. The interment wag in Hills boro. COOUDGE PREDICTS CONTINUED PROGRESS Washington, Dec. 31.—President Coolidge tonight extended new year's greetings to the American people in a message which said: "At the end of the old year and the beginning of the new, it is well to take account of our spiritual, moral and material resources, and se riously apraise the progress of the past 12 months and the prospect of advancement in the coming year. The nation hag made a record of gratifying accomplishment. There is every reason to believe advance-, ment will continue in the coming months. "It is a pleasure to extend the heartiest of new year greeting-s to the American people and express the hope and confidence that 1924 nill bring them to full measure of pros-, perity and happiness." MAJ. LAMER PROMOTED TO RANK OF COLONEL Assigned To Staff Of the Thud Army Corps. Major A. S. Lanier, of Washing-; ton, a son of old Granville, has had the hmor as-signed him as Assistant Chief of Staff of the Third Army, Corps, a position usually held by Colonels. Major Lanier did valuable service during the world war in prosecuting! spies and enemies of the Government.! OXfQRD SCHOOLS OPENS; All Gf Teachers Return To Resume Their Duties^ The Oxford schools closed for the Christmas holidays on Friday, Dec. 21st and open' last Wednesday for the final semister. Members of the faculty who spent the holidays away from Oxford have returned to re sume their duties in the class room. ! CHRISTMAS WEEK WAS QUIET IN THE OLD TOWN ONH XHAB HTOT AND A HAH DOKEK DRUNKS Hillard Lyon, Colored, Sent To the Roa,ds Eor Eight Months. The hydro-headed snake that lurks in moonshine liquor made its - appearance on the streets of Oxford; several time-s during Christmas week.! Strange what effect the vile stuff j ha.d on some of those who inbibed I freely. One man thought he had! religion whiie another one thought; he was being chased by the devil.; Only about a half dozen of the most violent ones were arrested. Giliard Lyon, colored, who was : found guilty of trafficing in iiquor six months ago forfeited his $600 ! bend and enjoyed freedom up to New dears Eve, at which time he returned S to the oid town and his former ! haunts. Officers Ciark and Jackson traced him to a house in the lowet : part of town, but he jumped through ; a window and came up town, the two ; officers in hot pursuit, ^hey arrest ! ed him near Crenshaw's Garage, but a large number of colored people rushed in upon the officers and swore at them and accused them of having murdered a man recentiy. One old level-headed negro in the mob ad vised the prisoner to submit quietiy to the arrest and avoid any trouble, but this had very little effect upon the crowd. Admid threats and jeers the officers finally landed their pris oner behind a closed door in Cren shaw's Garage and phoned to the! Sheriff and Constable E. N. Bragg to; come to their lescue. In Municipal Court Wednesday. Mayor Stem sentenced the said Gil iard Lyon to eight months on the road. He had previously served two terms cn the road and is regarded as a bad man. The recent triad of Clark and Jack -son on the charge of having killed a negro in self-defense while in the dis charge of their official duty, does not set well on th minds of a large num ber f colore dpeople, and this is re schsibio for the mad spirit tlia.t mani fested itself on Christmas Eve, at which time the officer'-s lives were threatened, and they were justified in shooting, but preferred not to do so. The sooner the people, both black and white. learn that they must not resist an officer the better it will be. The. officer may be wrong in making thej arrest, but while there is life there j is a possibility of speedy adjustment, j EASTER OF 1924 WILL COME ON SUNDAY, APRIL 20; — And after h.ew V ear the next great j festal occasion is Easter. So the; story runs, and brings to mind the; fact that Easter of 1924 falls on Ap-j rii 20, just about as late as Ea-ster; ever comes. i A late Easter means a well-dressed} crowd, fruit trees robed in plente-i ous bloom, flowers exhibiting every] color of the rainbow. Ye who now< shiver in the cold of a bleak Jan-j uary may picture to yourself a balmy April day in Oxford. Through thej ooen windows of churches turned in-j to floral cathedrals is heard the peai; of the organ, the words of the bene-j diction and the "Amen" of the choir, j Down the.step-s of the church comes; the ioyous crowd, some members of i which while others meander along, greenbordered sidewalks. But it is a long time before Easter! and the reason it is such a long, long j time is that the full moon in March; falls on Ihe 20th of that month which is just one day before the equinox j which marks the beginning of spring, i The rule as to the coming of Easter is! simple and should not be forgot. It t is this: Easter is the first Sunday' after the first full moon after the ver-; nal equinox next year is scheduled. for April 19. which is a Saturday. I FINE FAMLY WILL LEAVE GRANVILLE Regrets are expressed of the de parture of Mr. M. F. Adcock and fam-j iiy of Route 5. Mr. Adcock will re main in the county until Saturday, January 12, at. which time he offers for sale hi-s stock, feed and farming, implements, the same being adver tised in this paper. The loss of this: spiendid family is Wake Forest's! gain. i TWO OF THE LARGESr Two of the largest shoats butch-! ered this season belonged to John' Clark, who lives in the suburbs ofj Oxford. The pigs were only 14; month-3 old, and when dressed last' week each weighed 610 pounds. They! were fattened by Mr. C. J. Turner. j Mr. W. g. Pruitt* of Fishing Creek,} recently killed a porker that weighed; 560 pounds. This hog was 14 months] old, and it took.on weight at the rate of o^e pound per day last year. 1 NEWraMCREEnMH To our friends who favored the Public Ledger with their pat ronage during the past year, we extend our heartiest thank* anQ the since!est of wishes that the Xew Year may bring for them prosperity and an abundance of good things. t DECIDES TO ENTER THE MINISTRY! Geoffrey. the Youngest Son Of never-' end Horsfield. It will be learned with genuine! pleasure that Mr. Geoffrey Horsfield,! youngest sen o!' Rev. F. H. T. I-Ior<3-i field, Rector cfSt. Stephen's} Ruiush, has decided to enter the min-} istry of the Episcopal Church. This! talented young man after attending! the Oxford High Schol finished his: gocular education last June at Prince-! ton, where he did most creditable; work, receiving his A. B. Degree. He; is now studying at the General Theo-! logical Seminary. New York. St. Stephen's Vestry and members are proud to give most flattering recom mendations for this young man to take up his chosen life work, follow ing the footsteps of his saintly father, who is well-known all over North Carolina, having served for many years as Rector in Goldsboro and Wil mington, before coming to St. Steph en's Parish. Mr. Horsfield is very talented and has a keen sense of hu mor and is well fitted to assume the grave responsibilities awaiting him in his chosen profession. OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL Miss Sue Fletcher Has Been Added To the Faculty. The High School of Oxford which is one of the State's accredited schools, has recently organized a new Literary Society which has been nemed the John Jordan Baugless in honor of a North Carolina man of let ters. The Oxford school takeg pride in having already established in its cur riculum two Literary Societies named after two other late distinguished sons of Carolina—the O'Henry and the John Charles McNeill. The school evidently realizes the fact that there can be no better way of instilling state pride, patriotism, ambition and the taste for literature! in the minds and hearts of the grow- ] ing youth of today than by keeping! before them the names of North Car-! aliniang who have wrought along lit-i erary lines and whose attainments} are akeeping the torch-light to be j flung to a new generation. ; Miss Sue Fletcher of McCall, South! Carolina , has been added to the i Faculty of the Junior High School of Oxford. Miss Fletcher takes the po sition heid by Mrs. W. R. Kimbail, j who has gone to Winston-Salem to j become secretary of the local y. W. C.' A. Miss Fletcher is a graduate of' Winthrop Normal College and comes! to Oxford most highly recommended} as a gifted teacher. i MRS. ARTHUR W. DANIEL DIED NEW YEAR S NIGHT Mrs. Arthur W. Daniel, of Tar Riv-i er section, died last Tuesday night,! aged 31 years. She was a consistant Christian and was highly esteemed and loved by all who knew her. She was laid to rest at the old Moss ceme tery Thurday afternoon. The poll hearers were: P. N. Adcock. S. C. Connell. J. A. Adcock, J. D. Tippett, J H. Newton, L. M. Adcock. MR. W. H. ROYSTER DEAD Burial In Northern Granville Today. Mr. William H. Royster, a prom inent and influential citizen of Nor thern Granville, died in a hospital at Donville last Tuesday night, aged! 58 years. He had been sick only aj few days. The remains of Mr. Royster; reached the home place in Northern, Granville Wednesday afternoon,! where the interment takes place this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. j Mr. Royster is survived by a de-j voted wife and the following chil-j dren: Miss Joy, a student at Ox-j ford College; Miss Jessie, Miss Hazel.! Lonnie, Dwight, Clarence and Buster., BIG BLACK DOG LOST Wills Hancock has lost his pet and companion dog. He is a big black Newfoundland dog and answers to ] name of Toby. His collar gives hisj name and name of owner. Has a, white spot on breast and white hair tip end of tail. Wills offers liberal; reward for informotion as to his j whereabouts. Everybody should help this young man find his big pretty dog. Removal Notice. Dr. G. S. Watkins has removed Ma office to the room over Lyon's Drug Store. iO-23-tt COMMUNITY CHRIST MAS TREE. WAS A PLEASANT MEMORY One Of the Most Heautifui Annua! ^ Of A!! the Various Activi ties Of the Oxford Woman's Club Is the Community Christmas Tree. For the past few years a tree has been set up in Oxford at a central location of the town (at the Christ mas season) the magnificent cedar of this year being perhaps the hand-som est one ever displayed. Towering up twenty odd feet into the air its branches wired with hun dreds of colored incandescent lights a substantial platform surrounding its trunk with steps leading down from it to the ground, and all dis gmsed with evergreen shrubbery_ the whole made an impressive setting for the enactment of a beautiful pageant on Monday evening, the day before Christmas. The scene was inspiring, and the spirit of Christmas became infectious in the great throng that gathered round to view the pageant of the Holy Nativity, and to hear the read ing of scripture, aud join in the singing of Christmas anthems—the words of which were flashed by spot ight on a mounted placard, that all might see. To the Executive Committee of the Civic Department of the Woman's Club who planned this Community Christmas tree, is du^ something more than the vote of thanks ih'ident to ordinary entertainments fTkd it is very certain that from ali thought ful persons of the community a sin cere and hearty tribute of apprecia tion is felt for this splendid feature of common interest so carefully and beautifully planned aud executed by a few of Oxford's enthusiastic young club women. One can never tell how far reach ing in effect is the pure and hearten ing influence of a Christmas tree in which ali may claim a share—nor how many homeless " hearts are cheered at the mere sight of the tree, with all its blessed associations. The Star of Peace that burned so brightly in the topmost branch may have guided -some wayfarer in the right way, Or, suggested reverence and devotion in an indifferent heart as did that other star at Christmas time, so long ago. The committee wish to thank every one who gave time and encourage ment and substantial aid toward bringing their plans to pass. Es pecially do they feel grateful to Chief Hobgood without whose active in terest and vauable assistance they could have accomplished little—and to Mr. J. Hobt. Whood who is always dependable when help is needed, in the interest of the community work. The community at large, with one voice, wishes to thank the entire force of workers-—with the hope-that the New Year yield each one a har vest of happiness that is commensu rate with the pleasure that hag been afforded by them in their efforts ex pended on the Christmas tree. CARD OF H/AMM —The people of Goshen Chapel Church, near Berea, wish to thank through the Pubiic Ledger, the peo pie of Oxford for aid in making the Christmas tree a success. —Mrs. Roxie O'Briant wishes to thank the good people of Oxford and Berea -section for sympathy and gifts since she moved to Berea the last of November. Her husband died iast February and left her with 8 small children. She especially desires *t0 thank Mr. J. E. Jackson. Welfare Of ficer for the interest manifested for the children and herself. GRAHAM TAKES OATH TO SUCCEED FATHER William A. Graham, Jr., Of Lincoln Now Commissioner Of Agriculture, f Raleigh Correspondent) William A. Graham, Jr., has been sworn in to succeed his father, the late Major William A. Graham, Sr., as Commissioner of Agriculture. The oath was administered by Associate Justice W. A. Hoke, a lifelong friend of the Graham family and formerly of Lincolnton. Mr. Graham assumed his duties in the office of the new agricultural building occupied by his father. Be sides Associate Justice Hoke, there were present, Joseph Graham, of Akron, Ohio, brother of the new com missioner, and two sisters, Misse3 Carrie and Evelyn Graham, of Ral eigh, also a number of intimate Mends. Mr. Graham assumes ac tive charge of the Department of Ag riculture at once. GONE TO MM AAfGFUES Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Gulick, who have resided in Brooklyn, N. Y., for A number of years, have moved to 1229 Lockwood street, Los Angeles, Calf. Mrs. Gulick is a daughter of the late Howard Dorsey.