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OXFORD STATB H3RAHY. LEDGER PUBLOHEu SEMf-WEEKLY—TOWN AND COUNTY OFFER BRU LLUfT OPPORTCMTIES. vdL. XXXIX PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY , AND FRIDAY. OXFORD, N. C., FRIDAY. MARCH 7, 1924 16 PAGES TODAY mrt m T"E ^MMMHHONERS (OtPl HOtSL \AFLTS BE EXLARGED WILL <«<"'" T'fasHWt'"'" Re theHoa''i ' n.^rd of County Commission M Mohdny. the f.H.wing ^ being present: J. Ennis Memo ? irtnan* T G. Taylor. C. G. SX'i 'w L. ciark, H. A. McGhee. ^ Srhool Budget, fomniisioners Daniel and Ciark appointed a committee to con ^ with ...dmittee, from the vnn ,, „M"ts of the county and the "J ^Education m regard to the schoot budget. Court House A aults. the. contract for enlarging the ^nits m the Register of Deeds of f," Mdthe Ct.rk's of"<=e was Warded to the Chapman Hunt Com p„,„ per contract submitted by them ^tion Of Aholisiiing Offic^ Of * Ti Aasurer. The Board ordered that the ques tion of abotishing the office of coun v treasurer and establishing a coun ty auditor be taken up at the April feting of the Board. Pauper List. John and Martha Ann Stroud and Mrs. Mary Alien were ordered placed U& the outside pauper list. JOMAH BAiLEY TO OPEN CAMPAiGN Gubematoriai Contender Fires First Sabo Of Season Xext Monday Mght. (Raieigh Correspondent) Josiah Wiiliam Bailey, erstwhile candidate for governor, will on Mon day night next, in Raieigh, fire the opening gun of his campaign. He has fitted speaking engagements here and there with an eye single to { th$ nomination, reserving his heavy; artdiery for the opening of hostiii-! ties on the evening of Monday, March 11. Thus far no opponent has issued a format declaration of war against Baiiey, but everybody know$ that: Hon. A Wiiton McLean, of Lumber ton, wiii in good time, enter the lists! against Baiiey, and his friends pre-j diet that there wilt be no break in! Ms defensive armament. Just whenj he is going to give forth an an-; nouncement nobody seems to know, j Put it is expected at any time. Both i are heavy weights, but nothing like the memorable campaign of Vance, and Settte is expected to develop. TOBACCO TAX AMEND MENT WAS KILLED T'jttM-To ihoduting States Burked Against the BiH. (Washington Special) By the overwhelming vote of 528 f') K!8. the house turire^ down the BAr&er amendment putting a tax of tom deiiars a thousand on cigarettes hi place of the present price of three dollars. The proposal was laid in Us grave, there to remain certainly 60 far as this session is concerned, fy Loth advocates and opponents. 1 ndeuhtmUy thp siie the major ity took by surprise, ior the feeling r*ken the body met at noon in the tatefnt knowledge that the vote ''ould conrn before sundown, was by re means that of confidence in either camp. Leader^ in the movement to admit die amendment heralded from the tobacco Knowing states chiefly Yir r'-ma Kentucky and the Carolinas. !.A. S. GREEN IN VENTS SAFETY SCREEN b'he<ht' e t ire i.oss In Tobacco biUne* '.*5 Percent. ' -'irn,? for two years. ff'ctw! ^ 5, has per ^'*'ty screen, which is now 1'^ t'-' ^^nt Xo. 13543. to }j,7 ^ be folded so as not \ ' wliKnnotinuse.lt will prevent 75 re loss in tobacco SCHOOL 8WL0IWG OAnds<n)[(. ,1. * ^ Krect ^ . ' '^^ford Orphanage. Pany'w^'^. Construction Co ^cta, contract Oxford buiiding ^ ^catK,< ''Manage, which grove T,*' grand stand '^out $8,building will c< ^ buhdin^ 'p°ben yesterday 1 brst shovel Royster c '1"sto'.^^of,dtrtand toldi conipi^^' -' buiidi ByruJ^^ September, s; Fine Family Will Leave Oxford Soon ! -— ! ! Mr. I. W Mangunt Will Dispose Ofj ! His Property Here and Move To' ' Rocky Mount. i : Regrets are expressed at the deci- ] sion of Mr. I. W. Mangum, the well-j ! known warehouseman, to dispose ofj }his large interests here and move to; Rocky Mount at an early date. The; i family will be greatly missed finan- ! I daily and socially. j Mr. Mangum stated that he will} engage in the tobacco warehouse^ business at Rocky Mount; that there] are only four warehouses there and} that the market handles twenty mil-) lion pounds of tobacco annually.! Rocky Mount is a nice place to live,! he said, and it is his desire to locate j in a larger town where there is a; greater volume of business trans-j acted. The fact that Rocky Mount; !ig only 2 hours and 40 minutes from ; [Richmond and three passenger trains, ! daily, and Mrs. Mangum being a! Richmond lady, is an additional in-; j ducement to locate in Rocky Mount,} said Mr. Mangum. Asked if he would dispose of his! property here he said that his resi- j dence on College street, his ware- i ! house and his farms are for sale; i that he will probably be ready to j move his family to Rocky Mount by the middle of June. HMD LUCK LOVE srORVj No One Here To identify Them and License Was Refused In Compli ance With the Marriage Law Of; the State. ; A handsome young couple, accom-j panied by a substantial looking ma-, kron lady and two young men,,all! ! dolled up in their best Sunday j clothes, entered the register of deeds' office here last Wdnesday morning i and announced that they were from j Charlotte County, Virginia, andj wanted to procure a. marriage license.! "You are strangers to me," replied j Mr. Charles G. Powell, the polite andj obliging register of deeds, "and it is: incumbent upon you to furnish sat } isfactory references in accordance j with the recently enacted State mar-: riage law.' ' "There is no one in Oxford to iden tify the contracting parties," said the matron lady, "but everybody at home; knows us and would be glad to iden tify us. I would suggest that you j call some of them up on the phone."} "I would scarcely know who I was} talking to," said Mr. Powell, "and I j had just as soon take your word as. any on^ at the other end of the line, j The burden is upon the contracting'; parties to furnish the credentials in, accordance with the law. "1 was married before I was 18 ; years of age." said the matron lady, < "but I will testify that this young j lady seeking license is more than 18 . yearg of age, if that is what you: mean." . . { When the contracting party saw that, the letter of the law must be com-! plied with, the pink cheeks of the^ bride-to-be took on color and the; would-be groom sank in statute a; couple of inches. ! They left for Durham, where sev-: eral people, they said, would be} pleased to identify them. ANOTHER PLEA FOR OXFORD BEAUTIFUL j The March study class on seea i planting and shrub pruning, will be ; held at the club house on Wednes-! day afternoon. March 12th. Domj three-thirty to four thirty; all ladies, j gentlemen or young folks who are interested, will be cordially wel-^ corned. ! Again the Forestry Department ot the Woman's Club is urging, seed; planting, flower cultivation and thei beautifying of the homes in our city, and county. Let us pull together and make our entire county fair to j took upon. Let it be so home like, and beautiful that the passing stran- i gers will be so impressed that they; will want to . pitch their tents, and ; dwell among us. In planting don t; forget to plant quantities of rose ^ crepe myrtle. - ^ ' BONNIE W. BRA AN, j Chairman Forestry. '.ICCNSHiNERS AT WORK !N SOUTH GRANVH1E Deputy Sheriff M. C. Klapp. o* Creedmoor, captured a ninety-gallon still and destroyed 1,500 gallons of beer in Southern Granville last Tues day. The still was warm when the officer came upon it. BASKETBALL LECIOX TO MEET WAKE FOREST The Game Will Be Galled At O'clock Tonight On the High j School Court. ^ Those wishing to se^ a good game of basketball should turn out tonight when the local team of the Ameri can Legion meets the strong Wake Forest College Quint on the High School Court. THE GRANVH1E WARE HOUSE BURNS TO THE GROUND OWNED BY THE CO-OPERATIVE TOBACCO ASSOCIATION ihe Fire Originated In the Rear End Of the Structure, In What Was Known As the Old Bullock Ware house—The Old Adams Tobacco Factory Bunted Beyond Repair. One of the biggest fires in Oxford in many years was the total destruc tion of the Granville Warehouse on Hillsboro Street and the ruin of the old Adams factory in the rear of the warehouse on Herndon street and op posite the Fleming Warehouse. The fire, of unknown origin, started in the oi!d Bullock Ware house, which was a part of th^ Gran ville Warehouse, about 11 o'clock last night, and the flames were shooting high in the heavens when the alarm was sent in. It was a seething furnace when the firemen reached the scene of the conflaga tion. Our water system was inade quate for the occasion. The fire men fought a noble battle, but the odds were against them. The pres sure was too low to throw the stream to the top of the old Adams building. Seeing that their efforts to save the building was useless they turned their attention to the Old King Buggy factory, now the repair shop of Mr. Syd Usry, and saved the building and prevented the fire from spreading to the Crenshaw Garage. The Co-Ops bought the warehouse last year and leased it to I. W. Man gum and it was managed this season by Capt. Lee Gooch. It was buift before the World War at a cost of about $35,000 ,it is said. It was partly insured. There was consid erable scrap tobacco on the floor, all of which was reduced to ashes along with the trucks, baskets and other fixtures. The blaze was so vivid it was seen from all parts of the county, and the people from the country came by the hundreds. VERY PRETTY EVENT FOR MRS. HOOKER Mrs. AT. P. Chamblee Honors Airs. Hooker, Of Kinston. Charming in every way was the party given Tuesday afternoon by Mrs. M. P. Chamblee at her attrac- j ave home on High Street, honoring, her charming house guest, Mrs.! Hooker of Kinston. Four tables were placed for bridge, the game of the afternoon. The guests were in the gayest and happiest of moods and many cordial words were passed over the card tables to the honor guest. No table prizes were award ed, but the hostess presented to the honor guest a double deck of Bridge cards. Following the game Mrs. Chamblee assisted by Mrs. Dan A. Coble, served the guests a course of delicious and attractively appointed refreshments consisting of chicken salad, wafers, cheese pe;As, olives, pickles, sandwiches, salted nuts and russian tea. Those enjoying Mis. Chamblee's hospitality were: Mrs. Hooker, of Kinston; Mrs. Anne Woodall, Mrs. J. D. Brooks, Mrs. R g. Gray, Mrs. A. R. Spencer, Mrs. John Hester, Mrs. W. L. Taylor. Mis. N. C. Daniel, Mrs. A. L. Taylor, Mis. W. W. Barnhart, Mrs. Will Landis, Mrs. Kate White, Mrs. J. A. Duke. Mrs. Scott Hunt, Mrs. Will Long and Mrs Dau A- Coble <%R. WttSON DEAD Burial At Stovall This Morning. One of the sons of Mr. Goodrich Wilson, of Stovall, died at Baltimore yesterday morning where he had lived for several years. The inter ment was at Stovall this morning. MR. JOHN CARMAN Messrs. C. S. Garnran and I S. Gar ni an Gone To Pennsylvania. Mr. John A. Garman, the father of our townsmen Messrs. C. S. and L. S. Garman, died at his home in Aork County, Penn., la^t night after a brief illness. His two sons left tms morning to attend the burial. CAKE DRAWN BY -M!SS BROWN The handsome cake baked and decorated by Mr. Aiderie* Reindeau. who gave demonstrations of the Sanico Gas* Range, Tuesday and yes terday, was drawn by Miss Brovm. Domestic Science teacher of the Ox ford Orphanage. Mr. Reindeau gave many useful suggestions and tested recipes for cooking with gas and demonstrated cake decorating. Mr. Jenkins, manager of the South ern Gas Improvement Co, is to be congratulated on bringing to Oxford so famous a Chef and to prove to the housewives the advantage of coo - ing with gas to save time, labor and money. TV"';' Grand Jurors Drawn for April Term Court Court WiH Convene Monday, April 7. } First Week. EHis Greenway, L. A. Currin, W. R. Yancey, J. T. Currin, W. E. Estes, R- M. Tunstali, L. Elliott, S. B. Wray, R. L. Fowler, E. N. Clement, P. H. H. Davis, L F. Perkinson, A. M. Daniel, R. J. Regan, W. B. Ad cock, L. M. Latta, O. M. Bullock, A. B. Dean, W. A.-^Currin, M. D. Gar ner, E. D. tWoodtief, J. E. Satter^ white, R. C. Watkins, B. L. Size more, J. C. Crews, E. A. Dickerson, J .E. Moore, E* F. Cozart, R. B. Wil son, Durell Mangum, E. F. Currin, W. S. Cash, S. D. Holeman, E. M. May, W. R. Wheeler, C. G. Cash, H. S Grissom, W. P. Bowling, Garland Daniel, C. A. Speed, P. N. Tunstali. Second Week. Ellis Horton, Charles Boyd, H. C. Abbott, O. T. Turner, W. S. Gooch, C. P. Allgood, R. H. Butler, E. S. Ad cock, R. C. Pat-ham, E. M. Bowls, Richard Oakley, J. H. Adcock, P. L. Thomasson, E. B. Wilkins, T. L. Boyd, H. H. Hicks, N. C. Turner, J. G. Franklin, D. C. Hart, J. L. Vaughn, G. C." Saunders, Robert Walker, R. T. Crews, B. T. Stfother. FORTY-TWO STILLS SENT TO THE JUNK HEAP C ommissioner Thomas G. Taylor Saw That the Job Was Weil Done. Tuesday afternoon was set apart by the County Board of Commissioners ! as the day on which to destroy all the stills that had accumulated in }the jail yard since January 1, and I Commissioner Thomas G. Taylor was appointed a committee to aversee the job. Deputy Concad Walters was master of ceremonies and a pick-ax and sledge hammer was used to de- j molish the 42 stills captured during} January and February. The twoi that have been captured since the; first of March did not come under! the mandate. The stills were mostly copper and! the total weight of the metal was es timated to be about_,1000 pounds. Junk dealers from Durham and Nor folk usually bid lively for this class of metal. One can readily see that the cost^ of bringing in these 42 stills cost, considerable money, so much soj that the commissioners at their ] meeting last Mondoy discussed the} question as to what constitutes & j still, and reached the conclusion that j the kettle, cap and worm is a com-; plete distillery, and it was recom-; mended that all three of the parts must be accounted for before the sum of $20 is paid for the capture of each and every still. REPUBLICANS PLAN TO DEFEAT BUTLER Ike Meekins Probably Will Be Named Party Candidate For Gov ernor, (Raleigh Correspondent) More of the plans for the Repub lican State Convention, which meets here March 19, have come to light. In an open letter George Giles He bono, Beaufort editor and ranking member of the committee, says it will be some convention; that there ! is little doubt but that Col. ike Meek in, of Elizabeth City, will be the nom inee for governor. A full , btate ticket will be nominated and when the formalities are done with Col. Meekin will be called to the platform to sound the campaign key note. 1 n iess all signs fail. Butler will be em phatically squelched for all time. R. P. CNEArNAM DEAD Highly Esteemed and Prosperous Farmer Of Granville. Mr. R. H. Cheatham, aged 52, died in Raleigh last Tuesday following a decline of several years. He was a son of the late D. T. Cheatham and was a prosperous farmer. { Surviving him are the following, brothers and sisters: Amos Cheat-! ham. of Richmond; Fred and T. h.j Cheatham, of Youngsville; Mrs. S. R Ybenathy. of Oxford; Mrs. Beitie^ Farabow. of Greensboro; Mrs. Eva; Smoot, of Salisbury, and Mrs. T. B.. Crawford, of Winston-Salem. The funeral was held from the Ox-, ford Methodist Church, Pastor E. M. Snipe, officiating. Interment' was, at Elmwood Cemetery. The palM bearers were: i Active—W*. T. Yancey, E L.; Smith. O. B. Breedlove, J. Vi - Hot-, ner, B. K. Lassiter, Will Fleming, F.! F. Lyon. Honorary—C. H. Cheat ham. E. D. Hunt. T. W\ Winston, Will Landis, J M. Baird, J. S. King. E. T. White, Pete Bullock, ^ E^ B. Parham, W. D. Bryant, Jim Cottrell. MRS. & M. FLEMING DEAD The beloved wife of former Sheriff Samuel M. Fleming died at her home near Hester last night. The funeral arrangements have not been announced. b MBS BETT!E JORDAN HAS PASSED AWAY Daughter Of the Late Rev. William Hiil Jordan, Of Pioneer Fame. Miss Bettie Jordan, aged 86, folded her arms last Wednesday morning and fell gently to eternal rest. She was the daughter of the late Rev. Wiliam Hill Jordan, a Bap tist minister of fame. She had made her home with her nephew, Mr. J. B. Powell ,for some time. Miss Jordan was a lady of keen in tellect having composed a number of poems of rare merit. During the most of her life she taught school, haying at one time been connected with the Oxfqrd College. She left a beautiful personal impress upon all with whom she came in contact. She was so gentle in nature, it was a rare privilege to converse with her. Surviving are one nephew, Mr. J. B. Powell, former register of deeds, and now the cashier at the First National Bank of Oxford, one niece, Mrs. Annie Sholar, of Chattanooga. Funeral services, conducted by Rev. J. D. Harte, pastor of the Ox ford Baptist Church, of which the deceased was a member, was held from the home yesterday afternoon. ! Dr. Hardaway, for many years pastor j of the Oxford Baptist Church was present and made a beautiful talk. The floral tribute was profuse and beautiful and gave mute testimony of the love and esteem in which this good woman was held. The interment was at Elmwood Cemetery. The pallbearerg were: Active-—J. B. Powell,, C. G. Ppw ell, James B. Powell, Jr., Robert T. Powell, R. G. Lassiter, B. K. Lassi ter. Honorary—W. H. Hunt, Scott Hunt, Ellis Cannady, W. T. Yancey, Hal Holeman, Dr. S. H. Cannady, Dr. Taylor, B. F. Taylor, Gen., Royster, Will Landis, D. C. Hunt, C. D. Ray, S. W. Parker, Sam Webb, Baldy Wil liams. BRANTWOOD HOSPITAL NURSES GRADUATE Impressive Exercises At the Oxford Graded School—Gen. Royster De livered the Address. A beautiful exercise was the grad uating exercises of the class at Brantwood Hospital^ on Tuesday ev ening at the Graded School. Dr. W. N. Thomas, a member of the hos pital staff and surgeon, presided ov er the exerciseg which were attend ed by a large number of friends and patrons of Brantwood Hospital which has become the pride t)f Ox ford and Granvilie. Rev. J. D. Harte opened the exercises with an invoca tion, after which Dr. Thomas intro duced Gen. B. S. Royster who deliv ered an inspiring and beautiful ad dress in which he told the four mem bers of the graduating class of the century of opportunity which they were entering which offered to them lives of usefulness and service, wherein they might put into practice the high ideals and wonderful in struction received at Brantwood. He made to them a plea for attaining the heights of joy and pleasure now dreamed, of by creating beams of sunshine as angels of mercy and love. Two beautiful solos were rendered by Mrs. A. A. Wilson. Prof. Credle gave the report of Brantwood Hos pital which showed the Hospital to have accomplished a wonderful work since its foundation in 1920, as fol lows: Patients admitted since the opening of the hospital in Septem ber 1920, 959, of this number 91 were colored; major operations 236; minor operations 334; out patients treated 163; charity cases admitted 31; X-ray plates made 372; bed ca pacity 30, of which six were for col ored patients; at present there are 9 .student nurses who received ^ complete course as prescribed by the State Nurses' association. The Diplomas were presented by Dr. G. S. Watkins to the following grad NELLIE MAE BURCH LULA LEE1A tiAni JULIA ELIZABETH JONES HALLIE RUTH DANIEL Miss Kate Herndon, superinten dent of the Hospital presented to the graduates the Hospital pm. On the rostrum with the officials were: Mrs. R. S. White of Raleigh, former Su perintendent of Brantwood Hospital, the nine student nurses in training and Drs. W. B. Bullock, N. C. Daniel, J Morris. A. A. Wilson, and R. R Herring. The following young men acted as ushers for the occasion: Hu bert Currin ,Allie Hart, Jack Pittaid and Alfred Dean. GOME ro COMM Mr. George P. Hunt Sails For i China. Mr. George P. Hunt, sailed from! San Francisco this week for Shang-j hai, China. He has been identi fied with the Ligget-Myers Company, for several months and the transfer to China comes as a reward for mer-j it. He visited his sisterg at Greens boro and Saranac Lake before em arking. ' Three New Sensations Sprung This Week in the (MI Scandal DOHENY UNABLE TO GET WALSH INTO OIL DEALS HiUiani J. Bums Says He Hinted To Edward B. McLean That Latter Ought To Resign His DoRir-i iear t omission As Secret Agent 0^ Depart,neat Of Justice—Fran cts H. McAdoo Testifies That His CUent McLean, Toid Him Pahner ^as Attorney For FaU and Sin ciair. Washington, March 6. T^fee addJd contributions were added to the records of the oil com mittee yesterday while special goY rnment counsel were cbmpleflng Plans for action within the next few hours for the annulment of the Sin ciair and Doheny leases. Senator Waish, of Montana, chief prosecutor in the oii scandal, dis closed that, in the midst of the in* ^'Doheny had suggested hat he might care to associate him ; self with the Doheny interests In n proposal to develop Montana oil lands. Waish told Doheny that he could not appear to use his official ; position for profit. I The second disciosure was pro I duced by Wiiliam J. Bums, director of the bureau of investigation in the department of justice. He testified that, in order to save possible em barrassment to Attorney General ; Daugherty, he had hinted to Edward B. McLean, publisher of The Wash ington Post that he resign his com i mission as a $l-a-year secret agent I of the bureau, a position he said Mc ;Lean had held since 1921. Francis H. McAdoo, of New York, son of William G. McAdoo, furnished ; the third sensation of the two-hour ; committee session. He declared Mc Lean, for whom he is counsel, had I telegraphed him that A. Mitchell , Palmer, a former democratic attor ney general, wag counsel for Albert B. Fall and Harry F. Sinclair, j Paimer denied before the committee last week that there was any such I relationship. The home of Mrs. Sue Williams was the scene of a pretty marriage on Thursday morning. when Miss Martha Parker Brinkley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Brinkley of Richmond, became the bride of Mr. David McCurty Sioan of Henderson. A beautiful color scheme of yellow, green and white was carried out, baskets filled with jonquils were banked around the improvised altar where a profusion of candles were arranged. Before the ceremony, an elaborate musicai program was ren dered by Mrs. A. W. Graham, Jr. Miss Edna White pong. "Dawning" and "Promise Me." The only atten dant was iittle Lucy Wiliiams Cren j shaw who was most becomingly at ^ tired in plaited pink siil*, carrying the ring on a silver tray. The groom entered from the hall while the bride came in from the rear par lor. She was most beautiful in a robe of white crepe, embroidered in crystal beads, her bridal veil being gracefully arranged with oronge blossoms and silver ornaments. She ; carried a shower bouquet of bride's roses and valley lilies. The impres sive ceremony was performed by Rev. F. F. Comerford, pastor of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Sioan i3 a former resident of Greenville, South Corolina, now the popular manager of the Carolina Power Of fice at Henderson. The bride is a young woman of many iovabie traits of character and very talented. Im mediately following the ceremony, Mr. and Mrs. Sloan left for a bridal tour South, after which they will be at home in Henderson. Several lovely social functions were given in honor of the bride on dayg preceeding the marriage. CREEMKMR 801 HURT* Fell From a Ladder and Was Rendered Unconscious. While playing in the snow ten days ago Winter Flowers, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Flowers, of Creed moor, ascended a ladder to the to? of the two-story building occupied by Will K. Wood. Just as he reached the top, the ladder broke throwing him to the roof of the Chapell build ing several feet below, and was ren dered unconscious. WEW CORRORAHOW The Authorized Capital Of the Gran ville Hatchery is StO.OOO; $610. 00 Subscribed. The Granville Hatchery Inc., Ox ford, with authorized capital $10, 000 and $610.00 subscribed. Some of the incorporators ace J. H. Black weii, J. K. Blackwell, W. W. Gra ham, E. H. Crenshaw and J. ,Y. Crews, aii of Oxford—News and Ob server.
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