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PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY -^_ AND FRIDAY. , -- OXFORD, N. C., FRIDAY, MARCH 14,1924 16 PAGES TODAY NO. 21 THREE LOCAL GREERS %E TO GR!EF IN ^MUNICIPAL COURT OF HAVING rossEssiox. ^,Hob3o<"' MenRaiH ^t lbe fate and Hotel and Cap ^\,verat Galhnis Of Fighting ..i,nvs of quiet inves ^^Itha'view ofcoilecting gdent evidence to convict. Chtef ^and his force on Saturday #?ood , Bee Cafe and raided fhe t^b^ ^ ^ Hillsboro street and found ns of Whiskey. Theat^ ^ te'os Contos. John Carras ^Lre Kokinos followed- The and &eo . arranged before in Municipal Court last ^ afternoon. Each of the we-e represented by an attor ^\Lrs D. G. Brutnmitt. B. W. .eyries. . Graham. Jr., each ver^d m the Greek " mrS'tM - defendant Contos if it was that he offered to bribe Chief a^th the night of the arrest. s";"""' .,,,t It an excited tone °f Chief Hobgood was called to the , j oud testified that on the night ft arrest the defendant Contos i .M he would give him $1.0 Ih if he wouid throw the J 1.at of the back door and say °L more about the matter There are good Greeks and oad Jb and we have in our com 5tv some of them that are as the days ore long, but the three that were arrested last Satur day night on the charge of retailing whiskey have been under suspicion for some time, according to the state ment of the officers. * The three men were adjudged smMty of retailing, and Moyor Stem sentenced each of them to the roads for a term of six months, i^acli of the defendants noted an appeal, and they were released under a bond of 33M each to answer at the April Term Granville County Superior ontos furnished a cash bond. Carras and Kokinos gave a mort MNMG FOR IH!RD PARTY CONVENTION rieuateorhaFoUctte Will Probably Re tim f'atuiidate For Presidettt. St. Paui. Minn.. March 12.—A can foraXationai convention ofpoliti <*"' organisations favorabie to the ''third party" movement to be held in St.PauiJune 17, was issued here Mahht hv a conference of dele gates from eight States. The purpose of the convention as S'Wd'.nthecallis to nominates Resident and vice president and a^fpt a Xationai tdatform. Thirteen <'"?anizations were represented 3t ^"fonferenpe. Senator Robert M. LaFoiiette of Wisconsin, was most j''''nmnent;y mentioned as the pro ah'^ehoieeof the June 17 conven noa for dm presidential nomination. KACHERS ASSEMBLY AKD UNVEILING nteca of all school ^3te Wednesday and p occasion being the an ' ^of the Teachers' Assem MR'.'eiiing of the Aycocx thati^''* ^'^itai square. More it^rc -^'i-tets were sold toads 3nd Seaboard 'ron; county itt* hy ^t*' R'-'to. rhefoliow were present W w"R" FI. Credle. Prof, itood.'.t ^ L. Liven iergi,i)''\..^^'-''-3'-'esCarrieFnl Webb, Elia - '-'"h (jic 'i?Kcn. M... , iot J. r,. ho th'cene Cov h. Mrs. ^.TT. Ctttr s. Jo RRctte hr He'en Prudcr Hcan Edna '.-.iY <!fHft.-*T.' 7nh(ti J3eot,i„,.'.' ' 'I^rlesm ^r. diJ.) ,f I4r. Hubert ^ this in llender ' - funeral ar ^-^heur announced CONFERENCE . . .. infancy in the "-etoHoymgTu thecomr announc Land Being Broken For Spring Planting AH over GranViHe county thrifty farmers have been faking advantage of the recent favor abie weather to break up then* ground perparation to the usual spring planting. Tobacco piants and cotton seed wiH not be put in for some weeks yet, but it ; is necessary that the ground be plowed and well broken up in i advance of planting, and that is what is going on just now. Tobacco plant beds are com plete in most instances and indications now are for an am , pie supply of plants to take care of the acreage that wiH be put ! in this year. Recent rains, and ] particularly the two snows, have [ given the much needed moisture in preparation for the crops, and the coming favorable weather will now see hundreds of fann ers behind the plows BROGDON SPLITS THE STATE BAPTIST VOTE The McLeanites Play the Smartest Kind Of Politics. (Raleigh Correspondent) A. W. McLean's selection of Willis J. Brogden. Durham attorney, as his campaign manager.has made a hit in Raleigh, and the almost universal expression following the announce ent- is that it was the smartest kind of politics. As a Baptist, Mr. Brog den is all wool and a yard wide, and if he don't split the denominational vote the faithful will want to know the reason why. It will probably be ten days or more before Mr. aBiley announces his choice of a manager and April first before he turns his campaign over and throws headquarters wide open. Until then, he will manage his own campaign and speak here and there. After April first, he will follow a schedule calling for about ninety speeches in less than seventy days. FARMERS WILL PAY CASH FOR FERTILIZER To Take Advantage Of Low Prices On Cash Basis. Indications are that the farmers of Granville county will use more ferti lizer this year,than in former years, and many of them will pay spot cash for their requirements. The cash nrice is made so attractive that the farmers will find themselves doing a wise thing, it is felt, in paying cash where possible, and the recognized need for soil fertility will be taken care of this year in that manner, it is believed. Fertilizer in 1924 is selling a few dollars cheaper per ton making it possible for the thrifty farmer to use more to greater advantage than here tofore. Many grades of the soil enrich ment substance are being offered farmers here this year, and it is ex pected that a great deal of it is go ing to be sold. SNOW !S BIG HELP TO COMiNG CROPS Stops Budding Of Trees ami Works For Better Fruit Crops. The snovy that fell this week witl be a great help to growing crops. Few crops have been put in as vet. however, and there is very little than can be damaged by the colder weath er. Those who are heaping in close touch with the fruit situation hail the snow with delight. The milder weather of last week caused some swelling of buds on many fruit trees, and another week of such weather would have seen the trees well on their way toward putting out the ^"*v'l Rowing foliage. Acold snap after that would have played havoc with the fruit. This cold snap sets the fruit crop back slightly, and en hances the prospect for delayed bud ding and consequent possible killing by frosts or freezes. The outlook for a good crop of fruit in 1924 is. therefore, regarded as even better now that it has been. pg. tyXMS Will (ipen Drug Store At the Bead Of Alain Street. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Wells and fam ily have moved to Oxford from Mul lins, West Virginia. They will oc cupy the bungalow being built by Mr. R. C. Strong on Wiiliamsboro street. They are receiving a most cordial welcome* to Oxford. Dr. Wells Hits bought the J. X. Pitt nwn drtxuR ^ud fixtures in the store in the Odd Fellows building, and will reopen the store this week. Mrs Wells is a sister of our towns men, Messrs. Aubrey and George Moore. How Long Can Chicken Live Without Water ! _ I Mr. C. H. Cheatham Has a Rooster i That Fasted For Three Weeks. The question of how long a chick I en can live without either food or ! water is only partly solved by the ! finding of a fooster the other day ! which had been in a rabbit gum for { three weeks. The rooster be ' longed to Mr. C. H. Cheatham, Route ! 3. It disappeared some time ago {and 21 days later Mr. Cheatham chanced to find the old bird entrap ped in a rabbit box. When the rooster was liberated from the trap it flapped its wings, crowed lustily three times and made i a bee-line for the barnyard and the ! hydrant, where the old hens gave ! him a hearty reception. The roos I ter was fat and plump when he went i into confinement, and came out thin ! and spry, it is said. 326 MILLION IS ASKED IN NEW BILL FOR ARMY t __ j Reeded To Maintain 12,000 Officers { and 125,000 Men—Measure Car ! ides $7,0oo,000 For Continuing Work On Muscle Shoals Dam. ! Washington. March 13.—Mainte nance for another year of the regular Army at the present strength of 12, 000 commissioned officers and 125. 000 enlisted men. is recommended in the Army appropriation bill. As reported to the House, the mea sure carries $326,224,993, or $16. 224,268 less than last year's appro priation and $3,362,778 less than the budget estimate. The bill carries an item of $7,000, 000 for continuing work on dam number two at Muscle Shoals, with an additional contract authorization of $3,040,390. and provides $10,000, 000 for flood control on the Mississ ippi and $500,000 for similar work on the Sacramento River. UBRARY SERVICE FOR GRANVILLE CO. Mrs. Lillian Griggs. Secretary and Director in the North Carolina Li brary Commission, will deliver a lec ture on "Library Service for Gran ville County." in the Club House on Tuesday afternoon. March 18. at 3:30. This is a subject which should appeal to every citizen and a large attendance is urged. Mrs. Griggs is well informed on the subject of Li brary Work and can give us some help in organizing and enlarging our Oxford Library. She comes at the invitation of the Library and Lit era ture Department of the Woman's Club. Do not forget the day and hour: Tuesday at 3:30 at the Club House. MRS. W. T. YANCEY, Chm. Library and Literature Dept. Great BBzzard of '83 38 Years Today Oxford Was Snowbound For Three Days. i Bv reference to the files of the ! Public Ledger we find that the snow ' storm that visited this section last ! Tuesday was gentle in comparison to !the Great Blizzard that swept down f'om the North on Maxell lltii. 11888. and lasted until the 14th. pil ' ing up mountains of snow against the : houses. "The Seaboard main line trains were abandoned for two days between Norfolk and Raleigh, and "i"nv people in this section and Yir ginia. who could not get help, died : from hunger and .cold." according to ; the old newspaper files. AUSTIN S#NCER IS RECOVERING Moved His Hips Yesterday For the ? Fi!*st Time Since Stricken Down. Mr. Austin Spencer, the popular city mail carrier who was paralyzed several weeks ago - while in the dis charge of duties at the Oxford post office. is on the road to recovery. Stretched upon a, cot at Brantwood Hspital, where he has lain for several weeks with little, hopes of recovery, moved his hips yesterday for the first time since he was stricken down. He has make a brave fight, and when he.savy that he could move his, hins and "work a toe" he ex claimed that heAvid get well. ,psr coca? snMfs Left Halcigh Six Weeks Ago; Cap tured Xear Oxford This Week. Mr. Oakley, who resides on Oxford Route 6. caught a coon in a stee! trap one morning this week. The coon was wearing a collar, on which was the following inscription: 'AY. D. Lee. Raleigh. N. C." In the correspondence that fol lowed Mr. Dorsey Oakley learned from Mr. Lee that the coon ieft Ral eigh six weeks ago; that he advei tised for the coon several times, but this was the first information ie ceived. - BAILEY TALKS TO ! HIS NEIGHBORS! -_ t THOSE WHO EXPECTED HIM To! i RANT ARE DISAPPOINTED 'Makes No Attacks Upon Individuals; - i Talks Of 'Machine,' Taxes and ! Freight Rates. j (Raleigh Correspondent) Raleigh and Wake county neigh bors of Josiah W. Bailey filled the courthouse tonight to hear his opening gun" in his campaign for. governor. Joseph B. Cheshire, local attorney, presided, and N. A. Dunn, local merchant, introduced him. ! Hits tlie Machine. His opening campaign speech was an elaboration of his previous ad dresses on the "machine," taxes and freight rates. He is trying to get away from the "machine/' he said, but he passed a few remarks uncom plimentary to the "political power." High fight on the "machine" is noth mg less than symbolic of the great public uprising against these powers he intimated. "Kings are falling in Europe," he told his audience. Would Ciiange Tax System. On taxes, he stood for the farmers and sympathized with them in the great burdens they bear. The state government, he suggested, is re sponsible for high taxes; the state confiscated all sources of taxation but property. He woud have the state return some of the sources to the counties or bear some of the burdens. He did not propose new sources for either the counties or the state. Increase Franchise Tax. Mr. Bailey's remedy for excessive freight rates was very plain. What the state needs is a governor who will increase the franchise tax of the roads if they do not lower rates.' I Then, too, he finds there is a need I for a trunk line railroad running east and west. Lawyers' Pees. ! He succeeded quite well in refrain j ing from attacks on individuals, i Speaking once of the power of the . governor's office and its patronage, I he said he understood the present i governor had over $100,000 during his administration to pay out in law yers' fees. Mate tuticials Present. ! Chairman John G. Dawson, of the I democratic state executive eommit ; tee. was in the audience. Secretary } of State W. N. Everett was there i also. Both are reputed to be Mc ,'Lean men. but they enjoyed the j speech along with a good many other ; McLeanites who were present. He spoke for an hour and a half. HOUSTON MENTIONED AS PROMINENT DARK HORSE Native Of North Carolina and Cab I inet Officer tnder Wilson Subject ! Of Talk. Washington. March 11.—North Carolinians here are manifesting : keen interest in a report from the ' north and east that David F. Hous ton, secretary of agriculture and la ter of the treasury under President : Wilson, is going to be a prominent dark horse candidate for the demo cratic nominationn for the presiden cy. It is understood that Mr. Wilson i told friends that Mr. Houston would the a good chief executive, i Mr. Houston is not popular in some sections of the south because of ! certain acts while secretary of the : treasury to put the finances of the j country cn a normal and sound foundation. He is a man of great t ability, learning, fine character and superb courage. He is not the kind i lo whoop up the boys, but to make ' an appeal to intelligent people. ; Mr. Houston was born in North ' Carolina, educated in South Caro ! lina and taught in Texas and Mis souri. He is now in iNew York. I i KITE EEAEOW M OA Boys Cal] Foi Stout Twine and j Paper. ! Two or three enthusiastic young < American sports called at the Public ; Ledger office this week to get some 'stiff pap$r to make kites. 'One of the boys had a ball of stout cotton cord, which he stated was a mile long. The March winds is the time to fiy a kite, said the boy. and he hopes to make a kite six feet long ^ and three feet wide with a tail ten :yards in length. THE DEFUNCT BANK AT VIRGILINA, VA. Date Of Hearing Set For Aext Thursday. : Virgilina, A"a., March 13.—Mr. i Henry Ford, assistant cashier of the Bank of Virgilina. was arrested last ! week by Deputy Bass. He went to Halifax and gave bond for $15,000 } for appearance at court. } The last reported shortage of the bank was $200,000 and the audit still incomplete. The date set for the trial of the case is the fourth Thursday in March. AN EXCITING CHASE AFTER A WHISKEY CAR CONSTABLE E. N. BRAGG IN HOT PURSUIT Three Men On a High-Power Packard Touring Car, Weal ing a Virginia License, Evaded Arrest. It esterday morning a bran new Packard touring car, in which was seated three weil-dressed men, parked in front of Crenshaws Ga rage on Hiilsboro street. White nosing around the car some one smelled a first-class brand of whis key and hastened to inform Con stable Ernest N. Bragg of the discov ery. Before leaving the court house Officer Bragg deputized Bob Walker and Ernest Hunt to get a car and fol low him to the Crenshaw Garage. Bragg and the other two officers met at the garage just in time to see the Packard car move off in the direc tion of the Southern depot. Bragg directed his two lieutenants,^ who were driving a Ford ear, to take the shortest route and head them off. but when they arrived at the depot the Packard Car was passing through Elmwood Cemetery at the rate of 50 miles an hour. Sunnosing that the whiskey car was on its way down the National Highway, the officers returned to the business section with the intention of phoning to officers at Stem and Durham, but instead of turning down the National Highway at the ceme tery gate, the whiskey car returned in the direction of the business sec tion of the town, where the officers again spotted it. Seeing that the of ficers were still on the job, the Packard car turned down Granville street, where Fords dare not go in muddy weather. As it passed through Cam Town the car threw mud as high as the houses and tightened the colored people. At the south end of Granville street the whiskey car turned up Front street in the direction of Oxford College. Hoping to head the car off Officer Bragg and his deputies took a short cut for the intersection of Raleigh road and Front streets. General Royster's corner, but when they ar rived at that point they saw the Packard car a quarter of a mile a head of them down the Henderson Realizing that a Ford car could not hold a light to a high-power Packard car, the officers returned to the business section and phoned to the Henderson police department to head them off, but the whiskey car did not show up in Henderson. Officer Bragg is as sore as a hor net because he could not , place the three men in the clutches of the law. J. ELMER LONG FOR LIEUT. GOVERNOR Jno. W Hester Speaks In Behalf Of the Durban! Lawyer. Editor Public Ledger: I have never before advocated the candidacy of any man runnig for a state office through the columns of a newspaper. But in this instance I am going to a§k of you th^ space of a few lines in advocacy of the candidacy of J. Elmer Long, of Dur ham, N. C., for the office of Lieut. Governor. Mr. Long is a man not very well known to the people of this county; otherwise there would be no occa sion for his friends to say anything, in behalf of his candidacy. His abil ity, integrity and high character gen erally would be all the advocates needed. Mr. Long is a young man. a grad uate of the University of North Caro lina, a lawyer of varied and exten sive practice and a legislator of ex perience, having served in the House two terms from Alamance County and two terms in the Senate from the district embracing Aiamance, Cas well, Orange and Durham. Knowing Mr. Long as I do, I have ' no hesi tancy in saying that the people o^ Granville can do no better than vote for him in the coming primary. The office* of Lieutenant Governor has been neglected in the selection o/ men to fill it, resulting recently in considerable embarrassment to th< Democratic party. - But J. Elmer Long will reflect credit on the party, fill the office with becoming dignity and efficiency, and in the event of the death of the Governor, the chief magistracy of the state would be m safe and sane hands. JOHN. W. HESTER. mSS C. E. HESFRR DE4D !nte!*nient At Creedmoor Yesterday Aftetmoon. Miss Clyde Elizabeth Hester, oi Creedmoor, died at Watts Hospital, Durham, last Tuesday night from g chronic case of appendicitis. The burial was a Creedmoor yesterday afternoon. Besides her father aihd mother, Miss Hester is survived/ by ! one . brother and five, sisters. They are: Joseph E. Hester, Malice. Annie Britt, Vivian May, Mary %wain and Edith Winston Hester. COL WM. LASSITER'S REMAINS WILL REACH WASHINGTON MONDAY TI*e Interment Will Be In the Rational Cemetery At Arlington. The remains of Col. William Las *** Los Angeies. Calf., ^st Tuesday morning, are enroute to Washington City, wheye they will be t ^ ^ Arlington cemetery next Monday. Accompanying the re mains from the Pacific coast are Mr. Lassiter and his daughter, Mrs. Berkley Simmons, of Washing ton, brother and niece of Col. Lasai ter. Mr. and ^Irs. Robt. G. Lassi ^ ^ Lassiter, nephews ot col. Lassiter, will leave for Waah ington next Sunday, accompanied by other near relatives of the deceased. Coi. Lassiter was 73 years of age. He entered West Point Military Academy at an early age, and when ' e received his commission he was assigned to the Indian campaign in the West. It is said that he was en tirely fearless and one of theamost graceful riders and popular officers in the qervice. At the end of the Indian Wars he was assigned to special duties in the Department of the East and 3pent much time in Washington. Col. Lassiter was born in Oxford and spent his boyhood days here. On entering the army his duties were such as. to claim his entire atten tion and it was seldom that he had time to visit the old home town, which he often referred to as the dearest spot on earth. Having attained the age of retire ment, the War Department placed Coi. Lossiter on the retired list a few years ago. He finds a fitting res ing place in Arlington Cemetery, overlooking the Potomac, at the side of his wife, who died several years ago. The surviving brothers of Col. Las siter are: Mr. R. W. Lassiter* of Ox ford; Rev. Skinner Lassiter, of Hert ford. N. C., and Mr. James Lassiter, of New York. HIGH SCHOOL DEBATE TOBEHELD MARCH 28 Five Schools !a Granvilie Enroll For the Contest. ! High school debaters la 250 high schools scattered through all sections of the state are now making prepara tions for the approaching contest of the high school debating union of North Carolina i The triangular debates will be held throughout the state on March 28, according to an announcement made by E. R. Rankin, secretary and ' the final contest for the Aycock me morial cup will be heid at the univer sity on April 10 and 11. ! The query which will be discussed this year by all the schools taking part in the contest is: Resolved. That the inter-allied war debts should be cancelled. An extension bulletin on this subject, containing a statement of the query with limita tions, a brief of the subject under discussion, a bibliography of the sub ject, and selected articles bearing on both sides of the question, has been issued by the university extension di division, and copies of ti^e bulletin hat*? been forwarded to the member schools f 1 he high school debating union of North Carolina. The high school debating union is conducted under* the auspices of the Societies and the University exten sion division of the University of North Carolina. It was organized in the fail of 1912, and\his year's con test will thus mark the twelfth In the history of the movement. Win ners of the Aycock Memorial Cup in the past have included: The Pleasant Carden high school, 1913; the Win ston-Salem high school ,1914; the Graham high school, 1916; the Way nesville high schol, 1917; the Wilson <&igh school, 1918; the Durham high schol. 1919; the Asheville high school 1920; the Durham high school, 1922, and the Elizabeth City high school, 1923. Granville County has enrolled five Ttip contestants of the Oxford Ui"h .r-Ur-r the care ful guidance of Prof. Walter Barn hart. are leaving no stones Unturned. They arc searching the libraries, magazines, files of newsnapers and all mariner of publications for arti cles bearing upon the query. This was the first call for the files of the Congreroidnci 'Record the Public Ledger has had for some time. HNS. €. E. GOOCH DE4D Mrs. Mary Esther Gooch, wife of G. E. Gooch, of Enapp of Reeds Sec tion, died at Watts hospital. Durham, yesterday. Surviving her are her husband, four children. Estelle, How ard, Farnk, and Carmena Gooch; her parents. Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Dixon. of Granville county: one brother, John Dixon, of Granviile county, two sis ters, Mrs. J. A. Veazey and Mrs. Otho Curl, both of Granviiie. Other rela tives and many friends also survive. Funeral services wiil be conducted Saturday^aftepnoon at 2 o'clock from the'homCof her father with Rev. Mr. Joyned ^officiating. Interment will be in the family burying ground