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. - KMT-TOWN AMR COUNTY OFFER BRtLHANT OPPORTUNrr^T VOL. xxxix PUBLISHED EVE^i TUESDAY _AND FRIDAY._ OXFORD, N. Cj, TUESDAY. MARCH 25.1924 16 PAGES TODAY NO. 24 '-MiNTY DEMOCRATIC ^^ECUTiVE COM. HOLDS MEETING ,.p^TMli^ELDS^HE ^' GAVEL J r^niniously En Mr. D. G. M"iv.^'.mn.)ttee h.id in the '' n.bcr last Saturday at noun ^ t long and enthusiastic ^ Jit kindie the patriotic fires ^ -n horn through the campaign, """'a^Royster, the oidD.m. ^o,-se, was an inspiration yielded the gavel with firm h ^s a business meeting ^ ° a simple, hut it was sur with Democratic electricity, chatged touched emited a ^SfMen,?y strong to bt.w up Xt Dome and nu.neh the Hre ?t-n a Democratic president. !Not a ^ ras said in the meeting as to Ultou Daniels or Underwood, but KL outside one frequently heard Re name of McAdoo and Daniels. Mass I nvention. The purpose of the meeting Satur day n-as to determine the method qf Sdirg the county convention, which ^ discussed at length, after which Twas decided to hold a mass con 'Ltion of the Democratic voters of the county in the courthouse at ^oon M Saturday, April 12, instead of holding Precinct meetings and the usual delegate convention. At the o-assconvention on April 12, each, Idnct is to perfect its organiza tion and delegates will be elected to, . thoStateConvention. Mr. Bmumnitt Endorsed. Judge A. W. Graham, in a rousing} Meeck called attention to the candi-; ducv of Dennis G. Brummitt, an able son of Granville, for Attorney-Geh- j eral ,acd upon his motion the candi-, dacy of Mr. Brummitt was unani-. mously endorsed by the committee.! A committee composed of Judge Gra-j ham Gen. B. S. Royster, T. G. Currin.' Dr. P. R. Hardee, E. P. Davis. G. H. Faucette and E. A. Hunt was ap- j pointed to prepare resolutions en-; dorsirg Mr Brummitt as a candidate for this high office. Create Acw MrecmcT. ) Former Commissioner Ti L. PeedJ of Creedmoor, representing the wish-; es of many of the voters of Dutchv-j ilie. askdd for a change in the line ; between the two precincts of that! township. The matter was referred! to the two precinct committees of Dutchville township, namely, Dr. P. j R. Hardee T. G. Currin and C. R.; Gordon, with instructions to ascer tain the wishes of the ciigzens with.) respect to the matter so that it may: he presented to the County Board of ; Etections. Hoard Of Elections. The Committee recommended Mes-} 3i's. J. B. Powell and C. R. Gordon,! .for appointment on the Board of, Eiections. GMWPMWSPEHER, Hanks Ahead Of the Champion Bali j i'layer. Mr. Archibald Johnson, editor ofj Charity and Chiidren, draws this conclusion: ' We reach our hands tc Charles Livengood. Jr., 13 year o'd boy of Durham, who .outspelled the champions that came against bun at the Teacher's association in Raleigh the other dav, and walked oft with the prize. The boy was put so a terrible test, the exercise lasting ivom i) to 1 o'clock. Though tired uom his long standing and his severe ' i orpin, ho stood his ground Mn made the fight with a smile on ms face until the victory was won. "3 '"mid rather be that boy than to jc tae champion of all the ball "Unas that e'er were played. They cands and feet, but Charles used m uains. The second honor in this went to Elizabeth Keyes, of And each of the priz "as an honor indeed!" MMMM CO. TOBACCO ^ ' the HnH ci<umty Ever Led w,^ "tV Pounds of tobaocco Durham independent ''oni;;,-, 1923-24 crop, ac official report pub w^s\f, ' The year's total 'eAr'rV—Pounds over last was fi-quality this vea-r va%e. year on an ave-\ "les -inures on the year's ^2.50]^.," Pounds for $2, ^oot < year's sales were ^dr.?\p.'.'^"'^ Pounds. Average doo .... ' J'""Rd for the year's local This the Sun. . RUrkpt Drst time the Durham ^ led the Oxford ^d.but'r PPmber of pounds always led iu ' ''H ^MKKTARY CLASS " ^!*s. gap, **^7"— at tt ^^Diamentary class will ^Quse Oxford Woman's Club ^^ay afternoon at 3 DR. HOLLIDAY WILL HEAD OXFORD COLLEGE i _ ! 1he Distinguished Educator Comes From Tennessee. ' The people of Oxford mid the ! county wili iearn with pleasure ) that Oxford Collegel v\lll con- ; tinue to function as an educa i tionai institution, which has ; been the gi*ejatest factor in the j county, financially and moral uplift, for many years. Gen. B. 8. Roysher announced yesterday that Dr. R. H. Holli-* day, a distinguished educator of Teennessee, will take charge of ) Oxford Colege at the beginning of next session. No change in the faculty is contemplated, said Gen. Royster. r#E SCHOOL LOAW FUAD FortyOne Counties Get $1,300,000. (Raeigh Correspondent) Final apportionment of the sec ond $5,000,000 school loan fund created by the general assembly has been completed, 41-counties sharing in the $1,300,000 balance, according; to announcement by A. T. Allen. su-[ nerintendent of public instruction, j The two loan funds are financing ap-! p^oxi^ately $30,000,000 worth of; new school buildings in North Caro-j lina. ! The first $5,000,000 loan fund was! established by the 1921 legislature.; the 1923 session duplicated that; amount. Loans aggregating $3,700,-; 000 of the second five millions were! approved in December* and this ap-j portionment takes up the rest. The; state gives the counties the advan-i tage of its borrowing capacity j through the establishment of the; loan funds, and the legislatures; creating the funds provided that the! counties should refund their loans j over a period of years. The counties sharing in the final; apportionment are: , ; Alexander $zu,uuu, Anson aricnuuv.* Bertie $12,000, Bladen $12,500.! Brunswick $40,000, Burke $20,000, j Catawba $15,000, Cehatham $15,000. j Cherokee $37,000. Cleveland $37,-! 000, Cumberland $54,000, Davie $9,-q 000, Duplin $25,000, Edgecombe.! $25,000, Forsyth $140,000. Gaston} $20,000, Gates $9,000, Guilford $55.-! 000, Halifax $32,(M)0, ^ Henderson j $30,000, Mecklenburg $60,000, Mont-; gomery $15,000, Moore $25,000,; Nash $^37,000, Nrthamptcn $3,000. j Orange $50,000^. Pasquotank $15,-} 000, Perquimans $6,000, Person} $48,000, Pitt, $25,000, Randolph: $80,000, Richmond $14,000, Rowan; $90,000, Sampson $25,000, Scotland} $18,000, Surry, $37,500, Warren $10,000, Wilkes, $4,000, Wilson} $70,000. i HHS FEARS G.4RDEW Twice a Bay, They Say, We Should Eat Fresh Vegetables. The latest stress ih diet is to eat vegetables, raw if possible, with the mineral salts and vitamins intact This makes a new motive for and consideration in the vegetable gar den. It is wise, for such households as can do sq, to raise not only what they will use during the season, but raise what they can score for fall and winter use, and what they can to fill in the gap between tha ttime and spring. Twice a day, they say. we should 4at some vegetables other than dry beans and potatoes. That will take a likely garden, a well planned store room in the cellar, and an industrius canning outfit to make us ready for next winter. MR. JAMES OF ENFIELD LOCATES IN OXFORD Manager Of the Ro^e Store He!^e. Mr. C. L. James, a pleasant and progressive young man of Enfield, arrived in Oxford last Saturday to take up his duties as manager of Roses' five and ten cent store, Mr. T. B. Rose having assumed larger re sponsibilities in the management of the Rose's string of stores in the state. TOBACCO GROWERS TO ELECT CHIEFS Hig Meeting At the Court House Inj Oxford April 5. To' the members of the Tobacco j Growers' Co-Op Association: i There will be a meeting of mem- j ber of this Association in the Court! House at Oxford on April 5, 1924, at. 12 o'clock to elect delegates for the) purpose of electing a Director for ' this District composed of Granville and Person counties. All members are urged to be present at this meet ing. B. F. DEAN, Pres., E. Y. FLOYD, Secy. GEORGIA VICTORY HAS PUT WM. G. McADOO BACK IN THE RUNNING His Forces Aw Going To Renew Their Activities. The victory of William ,G. Mc.'iloo in Georgia has put him l^ack inithe runing. It is believed here that'the vigorous expression in the Georgia primary was an answer to those who assert that the oil investigation has eliminated Mr. McAdoo from the race! for the democratic nomination. The Georgia result hast convinced! McAdoo supporters that p, reaction' among the people in his fa^or. The McAdoo forces are* going to renew their activities ndw. They were under hack for a time but are geting their spirit back. Rumors that William G McAdoo might withdraw from the race for the Democratic presidential nomina ion was branded as "absolutely false" in a statement issued here Saturday by Judge David jL. Rock wel, manager of the McAqoo Cam paign. "The story being circulated that Mr. McAdoo might withdraw has been directed to my attention," Judge Rockwell said "and were it not that we are passing 1 through a hectic period filled with wid rumors, j I would not dignify this qaseless ru- j mor by denying ^t. \ '^1 have only this to sayl The ru-J mor is not only absoluteiylfalse, hut it emanates apparently from a form-; er employee of our headquarters at, Chicago, a man no longer in our em-j ploy." ! i TAXABLE WEALTH Ht ! GRANV!LLE INCREASED ! $81,020 !N 1923 1 i ——— , Forsyth, Guilford,. Buncombe.. and Mecklenburg Shc^v Bulk (if In-! crease. But Forsydi Remains !\ub- i est County In Xf^th Carolina A^-! cording To Valuation. j W'ith 62 of the cot^ntieaL re^)ort(- i ing to the State CepaTtm^nt of'Reve-": nue at Raleigh showing increases in the valuation of taxable property,and } the other 36 showing decreases, \he entire increase Ip the State l^st! year was only sixty millions of dol-i lars. The figures are $276,338,436} for 1922 and $2,636,597,386 with; the 1922 figures for Alleghany andj Jackson counties shown in the latter,} otal. Two Pet-cent increase. t Under the law the counties were last year permitted to do as they; pleased in respect to the valuation} of property, retain the old values of the 1920 revaluation, adopt a hori zinal cut or order an entihe new val uation. Most of the counties elected to keep the vaiuations almost exactly where they were and in a vast ma jority of cases neither the increase nor decrease is substantial, with the total figures showing a net increase of a little more han two percent. Greatest increase. The larger counties furnish prac tically all the increase there was, Buncombe county showing the. larg est and stepping up to join Forsyth, Guilford and Mecklenburg, tour counties in the hundred million dol lar clas^. Buncombe increased its valuation from 93 to 116 million, a gain of 23 millions, or about 2 5 pet cent, as compared with two per cent for the entire State. Guilford showed a iarg gain, going from 13S to 152 millions while Mecale^but. advanced from 125 to 135 , Forsyth made'little incieas^ retained its position as the pcn^t county in the State, going troml^ millions, Guilford's new^ <? 155 millions. These tour ohmGes accounted for an aggregate xp'oase, of 49 millions, as compaiel^ ' the net increase of 60 miLio^ the State. _ ^ Decrease To atomi Randolph, dropping from pi lions to 17 milliops, showedAhe bi. ^est decrease, while bcotbp' t^a from 2 2 millions to 20 millions and was second. New Hanover decreased from 54 millions to 52 nations and was the only other coun%- with i lare decRne in valuation Granville County /alnation in GraAvi le counp in 1052 was $21,410,886 as with $21,491,906 in 19 seating a gain of $81,020. ms imis RRM; co. compared repye Extensive Repairs Are ileiiiti Made At the Store. The Wells Drug Co., who look over the stock of drugs and fipure^ of Mr. Joe Pittman, announces else where in this paper that they aid get ting things in readiness to open at an early date. The store is located m the Odd Felow's building at the head of Main street. The front is laid being recomeded, a. new floor and the rooms renoyat^d. Mrs. Vanderbilt Denies She WiH Wed Governor The Fact That They Are Good Friends Is Sufficient. Washington, Mar. 23.—Reports printed in a society "gossip" publica tion that Mrs. George W. Vanderbilt is going to marry Governor Cameron Morrison of North Carolina, were de nied here at the aVnderbilt home. "There is no truth in these re ports." Mrs. Vanderbilt's secretary said. "They are merely good friends and have been for years." HOW MR. COOL1DGE SPENDS THE DAY ^ ills Five Appointments In One Hour And Fifteen Minuted. The Presidential's engagement' ast Friday were the lightest of an* day since he entbred the White House, says the Washington Post His appointments were: 11:30 A. M.—William F. Whiting, of Holyoke, Mass. 12:00—The Rev. John B. Creeden, president Georgetown University. 12:15 P. M.—William Homer Car roll, captain, and delegation of crew of Admiral Peary ship No. 427, Vete rans Foreign Wars, to present "Bud dy Poppy." * 12:30 P. M,—Walter Cohen, of New Orleans. 12:45 P. M.—Officers and Execu tive Committee, National Association of Insurance Agents. MM C .6. AMEN DEAD l aid To Rest At Poplar Hill, Amelia Comity, Va. ^ Mrs. Carrie Elizabeth Allen, aged: 26. died last Thursday evening at her! residence, 125 Hopewell Street,! Hopewell, Va. She had been with} her husband in Hopewell for the past j fourteen months, they making tneir; residence with her brother, H. B. Til ley. \ Besides her husband, she is survived by two sisters, Mrs. J, H. Gvitr-het- <tf and Mrs. Mack Pace, of Raleigh, N. C., and two brothers, H. B. Tilley, of Hope well, and G. L. Tilley ,of Oxford, N. C. The interment, on Friday, was at the hqm eof her husband, Poplar Hill. Amelia County, Va. j The following relatives attended} the funeral and burial: Mr. and Mrs.} H. J. Critcher and daughter, of Ox-j ford. G. L. Tilley, Oxford Route 3; : Mrs. L. M. Page and Mrs. Jones, of; Fuquay Springs. WITNESS REFUSES TO KiSS DIRTY BIBLE She Opched the Book, However, and j Kissed the (lean Page. Our Chapel Hill Correspondent j says that Miss Iona Cates, proprie-i tress of the University Cafeteria,! {went to Durham recntly to testify ini a case on trial before Judge Garham. As she took the witness stand she i was handed the Bible in perfunctory j maimer and asked to take the^ath., Miss Cates glanced at the Holy; Book and then at the judge and <owned. She returned the book to he judge without kissing it. "Judge/' she said "that book is ! dirty. I hope you do not think I'm; i going to kiss it." ! Jrdge Graham scowled and was, i plainly irritated. r ' Mss Cates persisted in her reius ! al tl kiss the Holy Book. ! "yell," said Judge Graham, his } good nature returning, "suppose you iopeJ.it. You are sure to find every ! leaf ^iean." Miss Cates followed his instruc tions and the trial proceeded, MR. D. N. HUNT ON JOB Tc Come Up Town After a SpesU Of Sickneaa. The many friends ut Mr. D. N. unt. the popular citizen and mai! carrier of Oxford Route 5, will be ^lad to learn that he is able to be. about after a spell of sickness. He was greatly missed by the good peo ple during his disability, but he brought the sunshine with him when he chme down town last Saturday foi the first time in several weeks. His patrons on Route 5, may look for him as soon as he gains sufficient strength to make his rounds. sMrE s.4Pnsr woM&v To Meet In Goldsboro Upril 1-3. The Baptist women of the State will meet in their annual State con vention at Goldsboro April 1-3. It is to be expected that all the church es in Granville county will send re presentatives this year;. The hard surface highway extends all the way from Durham to Goldsboro, and there will be special railroad rates. THE HEADQUARTERS COMPANY ENTERTAINS OXE OF THE NICEST BANQUETS THE SEASON Tlie Cm-emonies Were Marked With a Flow Of Wit, Wisdom, Feast and Fun. The Headquarters Company First atta ion 120th Infantry, North Car olina National Guard. familiarly knoy n as the Granville Grays, held a ^anouet in the armory last night Capt. E. E. Fuller was the master of ceremonies and it was a brilliant af fair from beerinning to end. The Program. The ladies tn charge of the music vyire Miss Virginia Cnrroll, at the piano; Miss Edna White and Miss Faisv Smith soloists, aided by the Company's quartet. Sargent Will Mitchell delivered the address of wel come. The speakers were Mr. Frank Pinnix, "What the Company Means to the Town;" Gen. B. S. Royster, "What I Remember;" Major T G. Stem. Mayor of Oxford, and Major j! W. Jenkins, of Hendefrson. There was a milk drinking con test. a pie eating contest and a crack er eating contest. In the pie eating contest the hands of the three contes tants were tied behind them and the pies placed upon the table. In the milk contest each of the three con testants were given a pint bottle of milk. They were asked to set the bottles on the table and face about, and while their backs were turned from the table the botties were re moved and bottles with nipples sub situted. These three events were very abusing The Menu. The menu was prepared - by and served *under the personal super (Continued To Eighth Page) qRANVHJE CO: SCWOOM Compietiug and Equipping tine High Schools Wiil Continue. At a joint meeting of representa tives of the County Board of Educa yesterday, the County Commis sioners Ttird—thjg iri^h school districts of the county the question was dis cussed of completing and equipping the high schools. After a through discussion it was decided to go ahead j and make plans to complete thisj work provided the ne\v expenditures! together with ail indebtedness al-j ready incurred did not exceed $150! per child enrolled in the white! schools of the county. Those present were J. E. Davis. H. j A. Mcghee. T. G. Taylor, C. G. Dan-; iel, Dr. R. G. Rogers. R. H. Lewis, J.! W. Whitfield, John S. Watkins, W. j S. Gooch, R. H. Whitfield, D. A. Bur-* well, Macon Hobgood, C. H. Cheat-! ham, J. D. Hinton, R. S. Hart and L. ! T. Williford. LOCAL ROTARiANS j ENTERTAIN AT DINNER Col. Fred A. Oids and Roxboro Citi zens Their Guests. The Rotarians of Oxford had a particularly interesting dinner Thursday night last when a quartette of Roxboro citizens Were guests of the club, their presence being preli minary todhe founding of a Rotary! club in the capital of Person. These j visitors were Messrs. Nathan Luns-{ ford. J. W. Noell, Edwin Eberman! and Rev. J. L. Martin. The program was by way of giv ing the Roxboro delegation an in sight into Rotary. The speakers; ^ who performed this duty w*ere Frank i ; Hancock, Charlie Mainor, Ben Las isiter and Ham Powell, each of whom ! made capital addresses, this being; I one on the best programs local Ro ! tary has enjoyed since the beginning. ! Col. Fred A. Olds, of the Raleigh j Rotary Club, and Mr. R. L. Brown, Superintendent of the Oxford Or pnanage, were also guests ana pre sented to the club by Chairman Dick Lewis. Coi. Oids made one of those delightful and forceful talks for which he is famous. Announcement was made at the meeting that at next Thursday night's dinner the Hederson club w^ouid be the guests of Oxford Rota rians. &4RRER-.MWES The Ceremony Was Performed At Kinston. The marriage of Miss Lucy Vivian Barrer to Mr. Williant-J. Jones was solemnized Saturday afternoon in Kinston. The simple but impressive ceremony was performed by Rev. C. P. Proctor. Mrs. Jones was an em ployee of the national bank of Gran ville Mr sometime. —Mrs. S. S. Hutchinson and two children of Bladenboro are guests of Mrs. J. P. Floyd. Mrs. Hutchinson is remembered as Miss Susie Brown who formerly lived in Oxford. —Master Ben Pace is confined to his home by an -attack of measles. ! AN APPRECIATION OF DR. F.P.HOBGOODBYTHE OXFORD BAPTIST CH. Meinoidal Service Will Be Held In the Oxford Baptist Clmreli During I Commencement Week Of Oxford i College In May. Mr. D. G. Brummitt, a member Of the committee of aopreciation. read a beautiful tribute to the memory of the late Dr. F P. Hobgood at the Ox* ford Baptist Church last Sunday morning, which was adopted by a standing vote as the iarge congrega tion sang "Walk In the Light." Following the adoption of the ar* tides of appreciation, it was moved that a committee be appointed to ar ra4K(i for a memorial service of Pr. Hobsrood,to be held in the church on Sunday afternoon of commencement week of Oxford College in May. The committee of arrangements are: B. W. Parham, Chairman: F. W. Han cock Sr., C. D. Ray and Pastor J. D. Harte. Article Of Appreciation. Franklin P. Hobgood was born on a farm in Granville County,' February I 22, 1847. He passed through those early experiences so essential in the foundation of character. In the : home, at school, and on the farm, he developed those primary virtues which in later years became second nature in him. His early training was at the fa mous Horner school in Oxford under the tutelage of James H. Horner, one of the great teachers of that time. The War Between the States broke into his schooling, and in the latter part of it he served in the Junior Re serves. At the close of the War he returned to Wake Forest College, from which he graduated with the A. B. degree in 1SR8 as valedictorian of his class. With him there was no question as to the calling into which he would pour his life. In the schoolrooms Of his state he saw that field for service which his heart craved. He taught in a boy's school at Reidsville for two years. Thereafter his work was confined, exclusively to the education of young women. In 1871 he was elected President of the Raleigh Female Academy and re mained there a number of years. But the fine fiower of his service was (Continued To Fourth Page) H!GH SCHOOLS OF STATE WiLL DEBATE Resolved, Finn the tnter-AMied War Debts Should Re CanteHed. High schooi debaters in 250 high schools of the State are now making final preparations for the triangular debates op March 28th of the High School Debating Union of North Car olina. Representing these 250 high schools, which extend from Murphy in the West to Manteo in the East, one thousand student debaters will speak in the .triangular contest next Friday on the query. Resolved, That the inter-allied war debts should be cancelled. The high schools which win both of their triangular debates on March 28th will send their teams to the Uni versity on April 10th and 11th to take part in the final contest of the High School Debating Union for the Aycock Memorial Cup. Oxford, Roxboro and Chapel Hill will hold a word battle Friday, the hour as yet undetermined by the fact that the High School play," Spring time," will be presented Friday night. The debaters are: Affirma tive, Marion Mogue and William Hunt. Negative, Cornedia Strick land and Alice Hunt. The alterna tives are James Averett and Julia Hobgood. One affirmative team will debate at Oxford against one of the other teams, and our negative team will go to Roxboro or Chapel HiH next Friday. MVADES THE WEST The Long Arm Of a Local Construc tion Company. The Lee Byruni Construction Company, a local concern with a long arm, was last week awarded a com tract to erect a school building at Al mond, Swain county to cost $40,000. If they had gone ten miles further west they would have landed in Ten nessee. TO (TtOCHET m OS An afternoon devoted to crocheting rag rugs will be held by the 'Home Economic department of the Oxford Woman's Club at the heme of Mrs. D. K. Taylor on Wednesday after noon from 3:30 to 5 o'clock. A1 In terested in this domestic art are cor dially invited to attend. Rugs of aristic design will be shown and in* structions for making them will be given by pur own Club Women.
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