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OXFORD PUBLIC LEDGER ^ _PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY—TOWN AMD COUNTY OFFER BRILLIANT OPPORTUNITIES. ‘ * ' ^TxSlX _p^is^d_everyyTOESDat oxford, n. C., FRIDAY, MAYSU924~- 19. PAfres today »——— "flUSTcuiB goes on record Tuentv-tliiee Resolutions ^7 of Work For the ^'rtfcarolina Federation of j The jn annUal session at j ffoma!!Sthl week adopted 23 resolu-j Rakigh t! s . and called it a good | tions >’est® Tn the resolutions adopt Wfederation went on record as «dthe. increased state appropna <Drgt e cfre'of feeble minded tions:f°r revention of conditions »ad °r !n feeble mindedness, the f state industries, the fur utiUty of s gram 0f public wel t^^Vntrv of the United States kre’fhiTworld court, more public li ^ cnual education for every, ‘!!f tie passage of a sterilisation 41 ; ; mental defectives, and many ^regarding sanitary and civ.c jjiprov emeid.______ high tribute Woodrow Wilson Thought of 'i \V McLean, Democratic Can JiHatc for Governor. Mr Wilson wrote Mr. McLean as fo!1°"S’“The White House” Washington, Feb. 22, 1921. ififlor Mr McLc3.il Thave'vour letter of the 18th of February, tendering your resignation a= assistant secretary of the treas “ n-hich 1 hereby accept, in ac- j ! rdance with your request, to take ' Sect at the close of business on the third of March, 1921. I %lov me to take this occasion | tn express my sincere appreciation of j row efficient sendee in this impor- , iant executive position, and also for | vour loyal and effective work as^di- j jector and later managing directoi, , of the war finance corporation. Id j of fine spirit of unselfish patriotism, m accepted appointment as a mem ber of the board of directors of the corporation with the single purpose j of serving your country to the ut- : most during the war. You have per- j formed this war duty with signal | ability and devotion, and you are de- ; serving of a large share of credit for j the successful operations of the. cor-j poration. I have known. particu larly from the three secretaries of the treasury with whom you have been associated, of the great value of your contribution to the success of the war. I am grateful for your help and co-operation. “I am aware that you assumed j the burdens of the office of assistant j secretary of the treasury, in addi- j ticn to your duties as managing di- ’ r°ctor cf the war finance corpora tor, at the urgent request cf the ! secretary of the treasury with pat- | notic desire of rendering every pos- i sible service to your government j during this period. I have shared j frith the secretary the comfort he i “3s felt in the knowledge that the j Mediate supervision of the bureau ! , mternational revenue and the di- i nsi0D of customs of the treasury | has been in such able hands. I was ' aPP.v to sign your commission and ! “18 my Pleasure to say that you 1 ,fe Performed the difficult tasks j Lrnltteed *° your care with the : American06 and fidel*ty °f a Patriot ; you for the kindly sen- j Bwonlii^bjyou express to me ' tie: ^ and seud you my hear- j trust btw I1Shes for the future. I i tjrjno d flle years to come may | pines,1 uus,.coritinued health and hap- ! ' S Sincerely yours, 1 sned) "WOODROW WILSON” j MOTHER’S DAY to s““day in May has, tatted Qtnt d QUlte generally in the ! honor thlf as a day on which to 1 be journ neUior-’* of mothers who > mrneyed on. On this day al- j Ud carp »«ui°^' mot^ers whose love brightened 1 h SWeetens existence are ’ m respect t. expressions of love hearts of a lls ls fostered in the Sarth has ev ,t|lat purest love that! surges bPtWoei kaown—the love that *anC^he hea^ of a moth-! holism hdd- A beautiful sym bther’s nn.?.bserved as a part of tllat a white fT:e,.'CiSes- U is ur"e(1 Purity) bP 0Wer (emblematic of %'The u-i°In personally on the’ ^osen ^ tl Ute Carnation has been1 stands *1 purpose- Its white- j and f... °r purityi its form, ■ ts wide fipiriag;ance staod for love; j asting QUalit; ^r°wth, eharity; its, r,k. toother es’ faithfulness—all ltlei Qualities. j InOvf!l fe a Crowd ' rim 0xfcrd Tomorrow I The fianks . ~- ! It HI Observe Memorial The zn, Day. fa|!r?e number'o? f l°° Wet to plow’ M«!!les are «L f farmers and thier f'^dai Dav \? ecte.d to attend the So and hear *heXtrCises ^ere tomor All of uHon- A- W- McLean T?°n and B„»ie exercises are to Csb^*ur„K ! 0fy> remainin observe the entire lnri„e business c ose(i. and some ? Certain hou^ WiU be closed PROGRAM OF MEMORIAL DAY EXERCISES HERE TOMOROW MAY 10TH _ \ HON. A. w. McLEAN orator of THE DAY Hon. A. A. Hicks Will Give An Inter esting Historical Sketch—The . .Landis-Minor Children’s Chapter Will Be In Line—Exercises Will Conclude at Elmwood Cemetery— The Confederate Veterans Will Be Entertained At Dinner At the Ex change Hotel. The celebration of May tenth will be fittingly observed here tomorrow’. The exercises will begin in the High School Audi torium at 11 o’clock, Mr. B. W. Parham piesiding. Hon. A. A. Hicks, will give a sketch of the first organization of the Granville Grays and tjheir subsequent history. The speaker of the day, Hon. A. W. McLean, will be intro duced by Maj. T. G. Stem. Mr. B. K. Lassiter will speak a trib ute to Gen. Julian S. Carr. At the close of the address the Granville Grays, Chapter of Daughters of the Confederacy and the Landis-Minor children’s Chapter and all who may desire tH> accompany them will go to the cemeteries and place flowers and flags on soldiers’ graves. In Elmwood Cemetery a cross of honor will be placed on the grave of the late Dr. F. P. Hob good when the program of the day will end with the singing of Gen. R. E. Lee’s favorite hymn “How Firm a Foundation.” The Confederate Vetjeransl will be entertained at dinner at the Ex change Hotel. COMMISSIONERS IN MONTHLY MEETING The County Road Commissioners Hold Sport Session. The County Board of Commission ers held their regular monthly meet ing last Wednesday, J. Ennis Davis, Chairman, presiding, and the fol lowing members being present: W. L. Clark Thomas G. Taylor, Graham Daniel, H. A. McGrhee. There was very little outside of routine business to engage the attention of the Board. Aged andlnfirm. Among the number of those who asked for admittance to the Home of Aged and Infirm, or to be placed on the outside pauper list, was Silas Gooch ,who asked that his monthly stipen be increased to the amount of |1.00 per month. Silas is 108 years old. He has been on the outside list for some time, and after hearing the old man’s plea for “just a litlte more, please, sir,” the board added $1.00 to his allowance. To Hold Joint Meeting. The County Board of Commission- j ers accepted the invitation of the I County Board of Education to hold a joinU meeting on May 26 to revise the budget. Road. Commissioners Meet. The Granville County Road Com missioners met last Saturday. The board ordered that the road begin ning at John Breedlove’s old place and extending to Stovall via the old Henry Gregory’s home place, a dis tance of three miles, be and is here by a public road. DO YOUR OWN PO LITICAL THINKING Mr. average man, are you satisfied with the present political conditions in this state? Do you believe the state should live within its income? Do you believe in retrenchment? Do you believe that because the tobacco manufacturers and cotton mill men of this state pay more than $100, 000,000.00 annually into the Federal Treasury in taxes that we are a rich people and can stand any tax burden that may be placed upon us? That is what we are told and that is the way we are treated. But you know that the users of tobacco and the wearers of cotton fabrics the world over are paying this tremendous Fed eral Income tax. Is this state living within its in come as to operating expenses If so, who says so? Governor Morrison said there was a surplus. Maxwell said there was a tremendous deficit. Wterhouse and Compny made $45, 000.00 audit of the state’s books, and yet the people of the state know noth ing more than they formerly did. The Governor still contends there is a surplus, while his secretary of state says there is a deficit. But you do know that the tax burden increas es from year to year and the end is not yet. The last legislature lopped off $116,000,000.00 of stock in for eign corporations as a source of reve nue by making them tax free. It is said this was done to get Buck Duke to move back to North Carolina so that the state might collect the inher itance tax on his estate. But Buck has not moved back and the legisla ture did not have him bound so as (Continued To Fourth Page) Memorial Meeting ) In Auditorium | Of High School - On account of the court house be I ing repaired and cannot be used for ! the Memorial services tomorrow, May 10, the meeting will be held in the high school auditorium, where Hon. . H. W. McLean will speak at eleven ; o’clock. The Oldest Man In Granville County | Silas Gooch, a colored man resid ing near Oxford, attained his 108th | year on the 25th of last April. His | youngest child is 72 years old. j Silas states that he belonged to | Zack Hester, the grand father of Mr. | B. F. Hester, of Enon section. ! “What do you remember of the i long ago,” was the question put to I the aged man. i “I remember all about my' old | mama as she smoked her clay pipe; i I remember the horses and the mules j and the chickens and the pigs as they | cut up in the barnyard more than j 100 years ago, he said. “When I was I a little b°y my old master took me j away off yonder to see them build a ! railroad. I don't remember where he took me, but I saw them cutting a big ditch through a hill.” He probably saw them excavating for the. old Raleigh & Gaston Railroad which was begun in 1835. Silas attributes his long life to i careful living. He has always slept! | in well ventilated rooms and eats ■ I light suppers, and has neither | smoked or chewed Tobacco during the > past 60 years. He has implicit faith, in the Lord and Saviour and is wait- j ing patiently for the summons. HON. JOHN S. WATKINS IS STILL IN THE RACE And He Will Be There When the | Votes Are Counted. It was intimated in the last issue of ■ the Public Ledger that the two can-: didates for the House of Representa- j tives would possibly withdraw from j the race in the event Judge Graham> decided to announce his candidacy, j Hon. John S. Watkins authorized; Hie Public Ledger to state that he is ] in the race and that he will be there j when the votes are counted; that he’ has neve/r entertained any idea of, withdrawing from the contest and j that he has not authorized any one to say that he will withdraw, regardless j of the number who may enter. The Public Ledger is glad to set, Mr. Watkins’ friends straight on this! proposition. He is safe and sound, and proved his worth at the last sess ion of the Legislature and he will do the same at the next session if the ■ voters send him back. The other candidate for the House of Representatives is Dr. Hardee, of, Stem. He too, is a safe and sound \ man. So far, Hardee and Watkins] are the only candidates, and both; will be there when the votes are; counted on the 7th of June. BOB HAIRED BANDIT | Bites Her Lip and Smiles As She and | Husband Draw 10 and 20 Years In; Prison—The Victim Of Enviro ment. New York, May 7:—Celia and Ed- j ward Cooney, wife and husband and \ pals in banditry, took separate roads to prison for 10 to 20 years. The youthful couple who commit-j ted nearly a score of daring robberies and then were captured in Jackson-] ville, Fla., whence they had gone to; await the arrival of the baby, bade ‘ au revoir in Brooklyn county court, j She went to Auburn prison; he to] Sing Sing. County Judge Martin pro-: nounced sentence aftbr they pleaded. guilty to assault and robbery and in j the jurist’s chambers confessed to 15 i of the “bobbed-haired bandit” series ] of sensational chain store holdups, with which their names had been j linked by the police. The report of Probation Officer Marie Mahon, spread upon the rec ords, disclosed that Celia was the victim of environment. Born 20 years ago, the youngest of eight chil dren, she was forced to live amid i squalid surroundings. . I Bones of Verdun Dead ! Sold By Vandals I (London Times) i “Bring us old copper; we will pay. 10 cents a pound. Bring us bones;! we will pay 3 cents.” Bones of the men who died attack-* ; ing or defending Verdun are being; sold for a few cents a pound. Three , men, father and two sons, have been i arrested and charged with collecting bones for the traffic. Local peasants, when they turn up j remains of soldiers, carry them to j |the cemetery. J The three men arrested were found j ! digging in the waste of the battle ! field. I •- i ■^Mr. Charles Easton was taken to, | Richmond this morning for medical treatment. THE FIRST FRUITS 1 Chicks Incubated Last February Sell ' For 75 Cents Each. One dozen little chicks that left j the Granville County Hatchery on. the 20th of February last were: brought to the Granville County j Produce Exchange this week for shipment. From the time the chicks left the Hatchery to the time they were brought to the Exchange, a pe riod of two and one-half months, they gained one and-half pounds each. The Hatchery fee was 16 cents each for chick and they were sold by the Granville County Produce Exchange this week, for 75 cent* each. The Hatchery began business in January, and the firs't pullets incu bated will begin to lay in June. This appears to be a quiet and substan tial percent on the investment. NOTED WILLIAMS SINGERS COMING Will Be At Mary Potter School May 13. I am making ample preparation for the whites who wish to attend. You remember the high class per formance given by this troupe last; year, and we predict another plea-1 sant evening for the lovers of music, j Admission 50 cts. Reserved seats* 75cts. Doors open 8:30. We havej reserved 144 seats for whites. They! are on sale at Mr. Lyons Drug Store. Those planning to come, we would suggest that they get their tickets between this and Monday, night May 12, so that we may know how many more, or less to reserve. 5-6-2t G. C. SHAW. WEATHER IS GOOD FOR FARM WORK Farmers Make Good Use Of It In Pitching Their 1924 Crops. Generally favorable weather for farming has prevailed for the last few days and the farmers are making good use of it. Planting of cotton is under wayj this week #nd it is reported that many Granville county farmers who \ have never planted cotton before are, takings steot at it this yeatV It is estimated that there will be a 50 perj cent increase in the cotton acreage | of the county this year. Many well j informed farmers predict a reduction 1 of 20 per cent in the tobacco acreage] of the county. With good weather this week the ! farmers will get a long way toward making up for the lost time by the bad weather of the early spring. GREAT LECTURER HERE NEXT SUNDAY His Theme: “America’s Opportunity| At Home ami Overseas.’’ GEORGE W. MORROW Don’t fail to hear Dr. George W. j Morrow of Detroit Michigan Sunday j afternoon at the Presbyterian i Church. Dr. Morrow is a noted lec- j turer representing the Anti-Saloon! League of America. His theme will I be: “America’s Opportunity at Home and Overseas.” The meeting is to be a “Community Mass Meeting in Interest of Law Enforcement.” Dr. Morrow comes to Oxford, high ly recommended by some of the greatest men of the age, and the larger newspapers of the world. He has been compared to a “Lion Awak' ened Out of His Sleep.” ! The Lecture will deal largely with law enforcement. It is his great Chautauqua Lecture. ; The meting is free. All are wel- j come. The time is 3:00. The place, j the Presbyterian Church BLAST KJLLS TWO MEN j One Dies At Brantnvood Hospital. i \ "hile blasting stone on the National Highway between Soudan and Clarksville, one man was killed yesterday and'the other man, who was badly crushed by flying stone, was brought to Brantwood Hospital where he died last night. GIST OF INCOME TAX SCHEDULES i _ I Senate Had Choice Of Four and j Chose The Simmons Plans. (Washington Special.) A comparisan of the various in-: come tax rate schedules before Con gress this season follows: Simmons Plan: Normal rates 2 per cent on insomes of $4,000 and under; four per -v>nt • on incomes between $4,000 and $8,-! 000; six per cent above $8,000. Surtax rates start at one per cent ] on $10,000 and graduate up to 40] per cent on amounts in excess of i $500,000. J Present Plan: Normal rate 4 per cent up to $4, 000; 9 per cent above. Surtax rates start at one per cent on $6,000 and graduate up to 50 per cent on amounts in excess of $200. 000. Mellon Plan: Normal rates three per cent on in* I comes under $4,000; six per cent! above $4,000. Surtax rates start at one per cent at $10,000 and graduate up to 25 per cent on amounts in excess of $100,000. House Plan: Normal rates two per cent on in comes under $4,000; five per cent on incomes between $4,000 and 8,000 and six per cent above that amount. Surtax rates start at 1 1-2 per cent at $10,000 and graduate up to 37 1-2 per cent on amounts in excess of $200,000. Senate Roll Call. For the Simmons normal tax: Republicans: Brookhart, Capper, Frazier, Johnson of California, Ladd, I Norbeck and Norris.—7. Democrats: Adams, Ashurs, Brous-j sard, Caraway, Copeland, Dial, Dill, I Ferris, Fleacher, George, Gerry, Har- j rison Heflin, Jones of New Mexico, j eKndrick, King McKellar, Mayfield,! Neely, Overman, Pittman, Ransdell, | Reed of Missouri, Robinson, Shep-j pard, Shields, Sijnmons, Smith, Stan ley, Stephens Swanson, Walsh of Massachusetts Walsh of Montana and Wheeler.—35. Against the Simmons normal rates: Republicans: Ball Borah, Brande ge#, Buromn, Colt, Curawates, Curtis, Dale, Edge, Ernest, Fernald, Fess, Gooding, Hale, Harreld, Keyes, Lodge, McKinley, McLean, McNary, Moses, Oddie, Pepper, Phipps, Reed: of Pennsylvania, Shortridge, Smoot, j Spencer, Stanfield, Sterling, Wads-] worth, Warren, Watson, Weller andj willis.—35. Democrats: Bruce and Edwards.! —2 Total—37. Fourteen Senators were absent in this coll call and ten of them were] paired. _ i Devoe’s Weather Forecast for May Tenth to 11th, heavy rains over South Atlantic states; 12th to 13th, warmer; 14th to 15th, pleasant; 16th | a storm over the Ohio Valley will move eastward; 17th to 18th, heavy thunder storms; 19th, a storm over South Atlantic states; 20th to 21st, heavy rains over Atlantic Coast states and cold wave over New Eng land states; 22nd to 23rd, warmer; 24th, a storm over the New England states; 25th to 26th, heavy rains along the Atlantic coast; 27th to 28th, cool and pleasant; 29th to 30tli,! showery; 31st, thunder storms. The Proposed Baptist Seminary Danville, Va., May 8.—A new Bap-| tist seminary to cost $2,500,000 will be recommended to the Southern j Baptist convention when it meets ] this month at Atlanta, Dr. J. M. Shel-: burne, of this city, chairman of the j special committee appointed to make ■ recommendations on the subject, an nounced. The five cities which will be men tioned in the report as seeking the seminary are Richmond, Va., Birm ingham, Ala., Macon, Ga., Jefferson j City Tenn., and Greenville, S. C., it was stated. Mr. Brummitt Returns j From East Carolina Hon. D. G. Brummitt has returned from Bertie County, where he deliv ered two commencement addresses this week. His talents are in de-j man at this commencement season, j He will deliver an address at Eliz-j abeth City next week and he has} ether dates in the eastern counties, j i —Mrs. J. C. Robards, T. M. Evins, j J. W. Horner, W. N. Thomas, D. G. I Brummitt, R. H. Lewis, R. C. M.! Calvert, B .K. Lassiter, E. L. Smith, E. T. White, Miss Helen White, Mrs. J. F. Veasey, F. B. Blalock, C. G. Dredle, R. M. Ray, C. D. Ray, R. L. Brown, Misses Jeannette Biggs, Ed na White, N. N. Bemis, Branch, Mrs. R. G. Lassiter, Mrs. A. H. Powell have returned from Raleigh where) they attended the State Federation. NEW YORK HOTELS WILL ABSORB THE VISITING DEMOCRATS Hotels And Restaurants Have Agreed Not To Raise Prices (New York Special) u°rk city is used to conven u’ about 800 are held here at test fn ha\v WiI1 get itS first bl* area/dhng a convention on a meet in jl ^ the Demo«»tB fee’ t0 nominate candidates Thta T fl“xT°f many thousanda of feeT the irffT’ 7 York is bound to visitor l X many thousands ' S me estimates place **•$ fi^?ber e.xpected at 200,000. The first result will be to tax the city's ThpSP1hf:atl0n systern to the limit. The subways, elevated and trolley lines are already jammed dailv with struggling, strap-hanging people, es- ' pecially in rush hours. New York, however, has a habit the TVf 8uch pr°hlems and tne out of town visitor may be pushed a bit in the subway jams but quickly ** ^ t0 S6t ab°Ut town The city has 300 hotels and huh* dreds of boarding houses. Reserva tions already have been made for the delegates and alternates at the prin cipal hotels. The visitors accom pnymg the delegates a>lso will be pro vided for, and a special committee has been working for weeks perfect ing plans for taking care of every one. 1 The hotel owners have agreed not o raise prices. The thousands of restaurant owners have entered into a similar agreement. Temperature Above 90 Is Hard On Folks Washington Special says: Ninety degrees Fahrenheit is the highest temperature which the human body can endure indefinitely, according to tests conducted by the United States bureau of mines to determine the best conditions for the healah, com fort and efficiency of men engaged m the mining industry. The results of the experiments, as made public showed that: Heavy-men, when subjected to un comfortably hot temperatures lost most weight than lighter and thin ner men, but as a rule could endure high temperatures for longer periods. Loss of weight gradually increased with an increase in the atmospheric temperature. Drinking of ice water results in gains in weight and causes no cramps when taken immediately after exposures to high temperature. Exposure to very nigh tempera ture humidity- for short period caus es greater weakness than exposure to a moderate high temperature for a long period. The pulse rate rather than the body temperature deter mined discomfort. Co-Ops Will Elect Delegates Tomorrow The annual election participated in by members of the tobacco cooper ative association in this county, for the selection of delegates to the dis trict conference to elect a district delegate will be held here tomorrow, May 10. It is expected that there will be a large representation of the membership. The ballot box will be maintained at the court house, and the votes may be deposited there in person by the members or may be mailed to the prope r officials. At a mass meeting of the member ship held here several weeks ago, no minations of fourteen members was made to afford a list from which the seven delegates to be chosen next Saturday shall be picked. The district delegates will meet a few weks later with delegates simi larly chosen in the counties of Gran ville and Person counties, which con stitute this district. MEDICAL CONFERENCE The County Health Department wishes to urge all mothers with ba bies under two years to attend the health conference and receive in structions before the many ills of summer begin. The next meeting will be in Oxford next Wednesday af ternoon at 3 ’clock and at Creed moor on the same day each week thereafter. Exercises At Home Of Aged and Infirm At 3 o’clock Sunday a* "moon, May 25, Rev. E. G. Usry will pxcaen at the Home of the Aged and Infirm. The Peace Chapel Cchoir will sing on this occasion. PRICE OF EGGS ADANCE Now Selling At Thirty Cents Per Dozen. Ten days ago eggs were selling on the strets of Oxford at 20 cents per dozen. The price is now 30 cents per dozen and still advancing rapidly.
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