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OXFORD PUBLIC LEDGER VOL. PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY—TOWN ANT^ 7tlTn nnttA^' (X? OtFnBK BRILLIANT OPPORTUNITIES. OXFO,^, N. C., FRIDAY, MARCH 21,1924 12 PAGES TODAY NO. 23 l rMJNTY AGENT TALMNU ^ COTTON TO FARMERS County ^ Auent J- H. Blackwell re ,-,d Te6tw<i=y that it is gratHiy J^t,,"th"t't'efh''mMS0fthe pa resetting out of the old ruts county a' = attention to ^ mcatiou. Speaking of cotton, ^'^m,c'-well said that two money Mr. are better than one. crops ... aiatrip P McCrearv, district demon ^ent with headquarters in gpgnt a couple of days in the ^ ?this week with County Agent Their visit to Virgilina Knesda'v regaled the fact that ! much interest manifested in is one trouble here, as well IStw'kmarked the district 1, """d.'' *i"" ""i ^rmers d. t .tress the importance of good They are prone to take the of some one who has "id seed "?.X* !", i,M.da-d seed. Agent Biack finds the same conditions here m nvfnrd Some men here, he said, S. know very little about cotton Ming advise the farmers what S of seed and the amount of fer ti!izertous€. t occurs to the Public Ledger that confticting advise of this kind im Lg the usefulness of the Demon A^'". " * on the job aii time and is ready to render, ex cart advise on aii matters pertaining to growing crops. He needs the sup port of every one in his great under taking. i M,M f OR THE BIRDS This morning my attention was Miled to the fact that, not only the iittie boys, but the men, were killing the robins. The boys for sport, and the man for the pleasure of eating them. I couid hardly believe it al though the beautiful robin red brest, !s a rare visitor on our lawns, now adays. I was asked as chairman of; forestry, to take steps to stop this! thoughtless sport. I took it up with, the town authorities and found it to be against the iaw to shoot in town, and aiso against the law to kill rob ins in anyway. So friends take note ; of this and join me in an efort to ! take care of. and promote the life of! the beautiful bird that God has giv-! on us to add joy and song to our' earth, especially in spring. What wouid this world be without the birds? Ihave love birds of every! kind, I tove their merry twitter and song, I tove to see them flying about! among the trees around our homes, j to study their habits, to watch them : tnuid their nests, and I love the little ; boys that shoot them, and too, I do! Mtbeiieve they wi)t do it any more,! after their attention has been called to the fact that they are destroying Mr beautiful bird iife. Now boys let us all puil together Mtl take care of our birds, especial- j -I robins. Feed them if you please, i but out water for them to drink, and j Meg some strings on the garden I knee or bushes for them to use in i Mat building. Then watch them f iy < ''P into the tail trees with the things. Iteilyou.it is more fun mm aiiitng them. Don't go near! the eggs, wait till j ..aby robtus come down on the then watch them learn to fly.' tarn sure yon will. B0XX1E W. BRYAN, Chairman of Forestry. witAKs CAPTURE ST!LL tN SOUTH GRANViLLE lra\<-Sdill With Jugs I" Hand. ^ C. Klapp and Bob last Wed ''Are in"f„l'^^RYiHe. The stills -"Me up,.,' ^ ^ben the officers heard the raadu Pe<^ them, and when they o iK-ers approaching they Mhasty ^ods\y}^;!._threat through the ^tered band, where they ^et-a.n-n.. \!! ' "aRd made their -a-ivay. ,^&allo t"e stills. itd) oHicsp's destroyed <eer and dismantled ^ W TRIPLETS OF - MRS- RAMSEY DEAD dthp]. lit an< ' Strong ia ^'''^-ibered ^ ^R ' ait^'.^rne Ramsey dir -ddetg horn to Mr< ^'Rgton ' "^"tbs ago dir edtl n^a '^rn;:r JohnV ... Rxfo,-d. " Wash'SM^'Uiys w' Two of tl S -^terdaV* was' ne ^J.I^stroa,°'anH atdipa,. healthy, ag^. ^^PRe dWay ^ddical the best attention interesting Sketch Of Coi. Wm. Lassiter -_ j SUE XT FIFTY YEARS IX ARMY OF : HIS COUNTRY Thrice Given Up For Dead, He Lived To Fight—Born In Oxford and Laid To Rest In Arlington. (Los Angeles Times, Mch. 13^ There goes East to a plot in Ar lington Cemetery today the body of an old soldier of the' Old Army, Col. William Lassiter, retired, who died here Monday in the Westgate Hotel, technically of pneumonia, in fact from a weakness following exposure in the Indian Wars. In more than fifty years of serv ice he trod among the dying embers of one war, fought in two others and at 66 years of age, when his country called again, rejoined the colors do i take charge, during the World War, ! of the military department of the j California School of Agricultural ! Sciefnce. Gen. Grant appointed him to I West Point, Myers was his command er in the Indian Wars, Custer was his contemporary. Three times he was given up for dead and as often listed for retirement, but disability was a word not to be found in the lexicon of that generation and, when his time camd, he died as he had predicted, on his feet—and in the arms of his brother. On its arrival at Washington, the body will pass into the keeping of the* War Department and will be buried with full military honors in the National Cemetery, wheye the colo nel's widow awaits him. Born In Old South. Col. Lassiter was born seventy three years ago at Oxford, N. C. He was the second cadet appointed after the Civil War to the United States Military Academy from a Southern State, and his first service was a tour of police duty in Louisiana. In his old age, he used to say that the most trying hours he ever passed were spent in a Louisiana Courthouse, locked up all one night, with a squad of soldiers under arms, waiting to be called out to suppress disorders ex pected during the Hayes-Tilden re count. Fording the Red River, one day while still in Louisiana, his horse bolted. He caught at the bridle, missed it; clutched the stirrup, stumbled; was dragged off his feet and kicked in the head. Covered with blood, he was carried uncon scious to the nearest tavern and left there for dead by his squad. It happened that a country doctor, riding by, heajd the story, stopped to look at the "dead man," found that three square inches of his skull had been'crushed in,* but that he was still alive. Trepanning relieved the pressue on his brain and Lieut. Las siter recovered. Uies Ltn rtns rwt. They told him he would never sit on a horse again: his regimental surgeon tried to have him retired. In the thirty years that followed, two other surgeons tried to tell Lassiter the same thing. He only smiled and said in his gentle southern way that he "reckoned it wasn't as bad as they thought/' and went batk to i work. Promotion came slowly in the Old Army. Twenty years saw Capt. j Lassiter in the Sixteenth Infantry, fighting Indians under Col. Myers.^ Incidentally, he was nearly frozen in a winter blizzard and virtually lost the use of his right lung, when pneumonia set in. For the rest of his life that lung bothered him. Whenever he caught cold, it pained him. Sometimes the pain was so intense that it pricked him to his feet. "I shall die this way," he sometimes said, and he did. Catching cold in San Francisco last week, wet to the skin in a rainstoim, he rapidly developed pneumonia, im mediately after his return to Los An geles last Saturday. Dekith came to him almost instantaneously, just al ter his brother had raised him to his feet, to ease his breathing.. Long At Salt l ake For eleven years after the Indian Wars he was stationed at Salt Lake where prior to the admission of Utah to the Union. he had organized the State Guard, which he used to sai afterward ,was the finest body of picked men he ever had seen. By special request of Utah's first Gov ernor, he remained two years mo e in Salt Lake on the Governor s statt. The Spanish War found him at Fort Sherman, Idaho. He I'eached Cuba in time to take a Maused bullet through the right lung, just over the liver A Spanish marksman, shoot ing from ambush in a tree, picked him off as he was lying in a trench, on San Juan Hill. ^ ^ ^ All night he lay in that trench, given up for dead again. Instead, e recovered sufficiently to acquire sllow fever, but he was back on his -et in 'time to muster out the Sev aty-First Nw York Volunteers at [onauk Point. Then his regiment was ordered (Continued To Fifth Page) ! MCLEAN ANNOUNCES PLATFORM !N RACE FOR GOVERNORSMP Opens His Headquarters In the Yar borough—W. J. Brogden, Of Bar ham, Is His Manager—Across the Street, On Another Comer, Is Bailey's Headquarter. (Raleigh Correspondent) The headquarters of Angus Wilton McLean, of Lumberton. which were opened in the Yarborough this week, [already shows signs of activity on the part of old line Democrats from all parts of the State who find their way to the Capitol City and desire to shake hands with the candidate for governor. The headquarters are lo cated in rooms 201-203 at the Yar . borough. C. H. English, former pri v^te secretary to the late Claud Kitchin, and W. J. Brogden, popular lawyer of Durham, arrived Wednes day to take charge. In addition to Mr. Brogden and Mr. English, J. Dickson McLean, nephew and law partner of the candidate, will spend the greater part ef his time between now and the primary in the state ! headquarters. Bailey Headquarters. I Across the street, on another cor i ner, Bailey headquarters have been opened and A. J. Fleicker, local law yer, is in charge pending the an nouncement of the Bailey manager, who is expected to take charge of the campaign on April 1. Activity is al I so noted in the Bailey camp. Mr McLean's Policy, j Aspiring to give the estate "a safe and sane yet thoroughly progressive (Continued To Fifth Page) LIBRARY NEEDS OF GRANVILLE COUNTY Airs. Lillian Griggs, Of the Library Commission, Addressed the Ox ford Woman's Club On the Sub ject. One of the most delightful and in structive meetings of the Woman's Club during the winter was held Tuesday afternoon whep Mrs. Lil lian Griggs, of Raleigh, secretary of the Library Commission, addressed an appreciative audience on Library Needs of Granville County. Mrs. W. T. Yancey, Chairman of the Litera ture and Library Department, presid ed over the meeting. Mrs. Tom Woods accmpanidd by Mrs. Walter Crews, sang a lovely solo. In intro ducing Mrs. Griggs, Mrs. Yancey stated that she was an authority on Library Work, one who could tell us of the needs in Granville County. Mrs. Griggs delighted her hearers, all of whom are interested in hearing plans by which an enlarged and pub lic Library may be established in Granville. The speaker told of the wonderful work being done by the Library Commission, by means of which Oxford and Granville may es tablish this long felt need. It is thought by all that renewed energy and interest will be put forth by those most interested in this big pub lic work,, which will add so greatly to the Welfare of all the citizens of both Oxford and Granville. THE NEW SAFETY SLOGAN -lust Four Smali, Simple Little Words. Sometime ago the American Rail way Association offered a prize for the best slogan to be created at rail road crossings over the country, and the reward has just' been made. The prize-winning slogan is: "Wait— You may Lose." It is impressive, if you will study it for a moment, for ! most accidents at railway crossings come through the driver trying to beat the train. No/.-, when they ap ! proach a crossing, and while debat ing whether to enter a race with the t train, the slogan shouts out: "Wait I—You May Lose." Just four words, but as full of truth as a passage from Holy Writ. Far stronger in warn ing power than "Stop. Look and Lis ten" or "Watch Out For the/Cars.' Just four small, simple little words, yet words strong enough to cut down the population of our cemeteries and save many heartaches if drivers only heed their powerful warning: "Wait—You Might Lose." MRS. D. C. HUNT AT ! BRANTWOOD HOSPITAL t i ^ She Is Record iug Froin An (^)e ration. ! Many friends wiii regret to iearn ] that Mrs. D. C. Hunt is quite iH ) She underwent an operation at ! Brantwood Hospital last Tuesday morning. Assisting with the opera tion were Dr. L. S. Booker and Dr. Hunter Sweeney of Durham. Accord ing to late reports from the hospital Mrs. Hunt is resting as well as could ' be expected. CAN OXFORD AFFORD TO EXPERIMENT ? A WORD AS TO OXFORD 8 WATER STIFFLY j Editor Public Ledger: ; The question of a water supply for ! the town of Oxford is a matter of ! concern to every citizen of the town, j and the tax-payer should be interest ed to the extent of requiring of the authorities the assurance of a sup ply not for to-day and tomorrow, but for the next 50 or more years. To get this supply the town must bond itself to the amount of probably j $200,000 or more. If a mistake is made, the money expended is largely wasted money. The town now re I quires tbout 225,000 gallons daily I and the time is not distant when its daily requirements will reach 500, 000 gallons, to say nothing of its ul timate needs, which will run into the millions of gallons daily. Now, Jordan or Hicks Creek has a flow of around 225,000 daily in nor mal weather, which amounts to our daily consumption now. But this stream can't be used for the reason that the Ray Development sewer, the Hospit&l sewer. Orphanage sewer and the town sewer all empty into this stream, and to go above where these sewers empty into the stream for the supply of water would leave no water with which to flush these various sewers—and the state board of health would nev4r permit the crea tion of such a source of pollution. And to go to the stream on which } is located Cheatham's Mill will not {afford an adequate supply of water, ' as that stream has only about 300, [000 gallons daily flow in normal weatheir—only enough for the pre sent needs, which should not satisfy those into whose hands the future of the town is intrusted. Furthermore, it would require abou 4 miles of pipe lines. The other source from which the town may get its supply of water is Tar River. It is fortunate that na ture has so provided for the needs of the town. Here we have a low-; water flow of 2.500,000 gallons daily and a distance of only 6 miles from the corporate limits of the town. Tat River is the source of wa ter supply for Oxford. It may not be selected now, but the day is not distant when it will be realized,! though possibly after the expenditure of several hundred thousand dollars in an attempt to provide a cheaper] source. Why make the experiment? ! AX INTERESTED TAX-PAYER. _ _ BERGDOil 70 RE7UR1V Xo Agreement To Give Immunity To the Draft Dodger. ' Washington. March 20.—War and] i-State Department officials jointly ' anounced that the Washington gov ' eernment would enter no agreemnt ! to extend immunity to Grover Berg ' doll, as an inducement for his return ! from Germany. The government ; has taken no part in steps to have the draft evader return. ! - ! Xew York, March 20—Low in; i funds and anxious to recover his j } fortune, Bergdoll is willin^to return; ; to the United States and do his bit in; {prison as a slacker and ready to ex-j ^pose those who aided him to escape.! [said Norman Hapgood. editor ofj [Hearst's International Magazine, fol-j } lowing receipt of a cablegram $rom a j I representative in Berlin. I - ! D47ES 70 REMEMBER ! Get Ready For the Distinguished Visitor. ; The Seventh District of the North j Carolina Federation of Woman's {Clubs, of which Mrs. R. G. Lassiter jis president, will hold its annual ! session in Oxford Wednesday, ! April 23. There will be a number of i distinguished women here on that j occasion. , ) { On Tuesday. April 22. the Odd; ' Fellows of this district will hold a j [meeting in Oxford. A large delega-; jtion is expected. j The Granville Presbytery .recent ! ly formed and embracing twelve {counties and thirty-two churches. ! will hold a three days' session in Ox jford beginning Tuesday. April 22. ! The County Jai) Is Practically Empty } Deputy Coauad Walter Hits Onl^ Two Boa.! ders. ! There was only one inmate in the ! county jaii for some time and it be gan to look as if the prisn house would be deserted by the end of tne present month, but another black bird was caught in the mdshes of the law Wednesday, and now Mr. Wal ters has two prisoners awaiting the April term of court. MRS. COUNCIL S FATHER DEAD Mr. R. S. Armstrong, the father of Mrs. H. J. Council, died at Emporia, Va., yesterday afternoon Mrs. Council left this morning to attend the burial at Elm City this afternoon. STATE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION MEETS I. M. Aleejkins Nominated For Gover nor—Marion Butler Knocked Out Of the Box—The Session Was Stormy. (Raleigh Correspondent) The Republican State Convention met here Wednesday and nominated I. M. Meekins, of Elizabeth City, for Governor, and selected Blair, Meek ias. Branham and Parkeir as dele gates to the National Republican con vention to be held in Cleveland. Thomas W. Miller, alietn property custodian, the key-note speaker, lauded "the administration of Presi dent Coolidge and the late President Harding. He referred to the present conditions in Washington as shaking the confidence of the people and de clared that a lot of the talk about public official was "jackass propa ganda." A resolution presented by Martin Butler to "Make the State party or ganization conform to the national organization created considerable de bate. On a motion to table, a vote by roll call was demanded, and the resolution to table was carried. The convention was stormy from beginning to end and left a sore spot on some of the sore backs. MM. E. A. HUW DEM Laid To Rest At Salem Church Last Wednesday Afternoon. Mrs. E. A. Hunt, who was taken with pneumohia last week, died at her home near Salem Church last Tuesday morning, aged 40 years. The doctors battled continuously for four or five days, but the heart action was not strong enough to carry her through the crisis. Mrs. Hunt before marriage was Miss Elizabeth Moyer, of South Bos ton. She was head milliner at Lan dis & Easton's for two or three sea sons, and made many friends in Ox ford and county. She is survived by a devoted husband and three small sons, Edwin, Graham and Alfred. She wag a member of Salem Metho dist Church and was highly esteemed by the congregation and the whole neighborhood for her many Christian virtues. The sympathy of the entire community goes out to the grief stricken husband and the three little boys. The funeral and burial was at Salem Church last Wednesday after noon. The ceremonies were con ducted by Pastor X. B. Strickland, who was assisted by Rev. L. H. Joy ner, of Stem, former pastor at Salem Church, and by Rev. Hudson, pastjar of Island Creek Baptist Church. The active pallbearers were: Oscar Breedove, Will Landis, L. T. Breed love. A. A. Hicks, T. G. Currin. W. Z. Mitchell, B. W. Parham. The hon orary pallbearers were: Dr. A. Sails. Dr. X. C. Daniel. Hamlin Cheatham, C. G. Mangum, M. F. Adcock, George Barns, E. B. Parham. James Parham. D. X. Hunt, Cam Easton. Calvin Breedlove, Samuel Hobgood, A. B. Hart, Sam Holeman, Dr. E. T. White, E. E. Fuller, John W. Hestei*, Josh King. BONUS BILL PASSES HOUSE THIRD TiME Washington, March 18.—-The house today for th ethird time in four years passed a soldier bonus bill. The vote was 355 to 54 and was taken after 40 minutes debate. Twenty speakers took the floor during the brief period, however, ad vocates of a full cash payment op tion assailing the rule under which the bill was taken up, which limited debate and prevented the offering of amendments. "Die hards.'.' of both parties declared against the measure on principle, while proponents ar gued it was a measure wdiich would become law. The measure provides for paid-up 20-year and endowment life insur ance policies and cash payments to veterans entitled to not more than $50 in adjusted sarvice credit. Pro visions of* the old bill for vocational training and farm or home aid are eliminated. CREEDMOOR'S NEW POLiCE OFFICER Mr. W. O. Bowling of Rougemont has been elected policeman bf Creed moor and entered upon his duties last Monday. He was formerly on the Durham police force and is a good man. EQUINOCTIAL GALES The sun rose this morning at 6.P3 and sets this evening at 6.12. Eqiii nox is determined by the time the sun enters one of the two equinoctial points when the days and nights are equal in duration and rain and wind is usually the result. McADOO LEADS UNDER WOOD IN GEORGIA ' ' -- < ! Presidential Prinraty Figures Show I McAdoo, 91.6S3; Underwood, 49,. j 945. ^ . Atlanta, March 20.—Complete and from all but two Of {the 160 counties of the state late to* j day showed William G. McAdoo lead, i "ig Oscar Underwood by almost two to one in yesterday's primary, fof the Democratic preference. Returns complete from 137 coup* ties and incomplete from 17, gavo McAdoo 91,682; Underwood 49.94$. j Elections were not held in four coun. t ties. c. &M.#OSfERyiMM. Will, UK RRADY TO START IX TEN DAYS Ever^ThMg is Ng.v and Modem and the Working Conditions Are Idea!. The C. & M. Hosieiy Mill, located at the corner of New College and Rectory streets, will start up in about ten days, said Mr. Charles Cohn, one ^of the promotors. The buildings have been remodeled and made new with a view of health .comfort and expediency. The machinery is all nev and of the most modern type, such a6 Is used in the large manufacturing centers. The mill will start up in ten days with a force of forty men and wo*' men and increased to 7 5 as soon as the new beginners qualify to taka ! higher positions and make room for ' others. It is hoped that all the force needed can be had from the town and coun ty. The working conditions are ideal; the work is light and clean and the pay of the operatives is increased as they are promoted and assigned to larger responsibilities. The fore ladies of ability and pleasant per sonality will set an example for those who are under the supervision. The citizens of Oxford are justly proud of this new enterprise. More manufacturing plants with substan tial payrolls is what is needed in Ox ford, and it is hoped that all of the opreMlvos can be Supplied here at home. It will be seen on the back page of this paper that the C. & M. wants i 40 people a.t once, and there is no ! earthly reason why the most fastidi I ous cannot accept good, clean whole ) some work at good wages. -: [COL BALLOU MOVES j TO HIS SUMMER HOME ; On the National Highway Near Clarksville. Many friends in Oxford will be glad to know Col. W. B. Ballou is j this week preparing to move his j family from his residence in Rich mond to his summer home on the } National Highway ndar Clarksville, j overlooking the two picturesque riv I ers. i His summer home puts him in close touch with his headquarters in { Richmond and the tobacco interests } in Virginia, the Caroiinas and other states. The people of Oxford hope j to see more of the Colonel and his j excellent family, i - I a.y p.u.srupycLASs i ' Undejr the Direction Of Miss Kathleen Covhutton. ; The Baptist Young People's Union ! held a three days' study course in j the Oxford Baptist Church this week. ! Miss Kathleen Covington, of the high ' school faculty, director of the work, j with Miss Pearl Taylor in charge of j the intermediate department, and i Miss Bernice Usry in charge of the ! senior department. The services j came to a close last night and those I wiip passed the examinations were ! given rewards. PROF. M. C. S. NOBLE COMiNG NEXT WEEK . — ! W iH Deliver Commencement Address j At Fredrick School Next Monday ! yight. j Prof. M.. C. S. Nobie. of Chapel ; Hill, will deliver the commencement address at the Frederick School next ! Monday night at 7:30. Thef*e will j be a play presented the same evening i by the elementary department, and ! on Wednesday evening there will be ^ a play given by the Senior depart ment. All friends of the school are invited. Two Strong Boys Want Good Homes Welfare Oficer J. E. Jackson re quests the Public Ledger to an nounce that he has two strong boys that he wishes to find good homes ! for, aged 15 and 18. T&ey would be j valuable help on the farm, said Mr. Jackson.