Newspapers / Oxford Public Ledger (Oxford, … / May 27, 1924, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of Oxford Public Ledger (Oxford, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
OXFORD PUBLIC LEDGER ^ -PPBUBHBD SEMI-WEEKLY TOWN AMP COUNTY OFFER BRILLIANT OPPORTTTWrmrja ~ - ; tfuSg' QXFQRD7NTC., TUESdTyTmayItTW nn ,-• ^OXFORD COLLEGE S"‘"'S3fUl ,rt Exhibits at Oxford Col fl1' . Saturday afternoon were iege laS r‘h attention of those well *°ru! h gather to see them, fho »ra;ve garments displayed by the The dainty s of Miss Boggs D°ffest!c,;nce of their excellent.train »ave eV1(je try The work of Miss M<mvdnS" graduate in Home fteta M this ’rear, was unusually gconoDiks - ^he pUpiis of Miss jisewortny Fine Arts depart' >,l|Wbibited some beautiful piec e» «?“ in charcoal and china *,«* The drawings of Miss Au (•“<*!, and the China sets of Vanoey. graduate in this *•£5 were notable for their department. •ine ff-imo’cloek the pupils of Mrs. At Woodall gave a miscellaneous M»e W°°f music and expression. all of Mw. Woodall’s en *&ict1'llk afforded much plea tertalDmlniong the younger pupils. SesLucv Floyd and Edna Bryant le5£«?Marv Misenheimer, graduate Sion, who recently delighted » S^audience with her beauti 8”, S r mtion of Mrs. Burnett’s {J ‘f 0' a To-morrow,” gave a J bit of poetry,. ‘‘Corydon. f ji Umbers by Mrs. Barn S the latter with violin obligato Mr Brvan, were greatly enjoyed. L rogram concluded with a spir 2 by the Choral Class. Baccalaureate wuimi. A large congregation assembled in iie Baptist church Sunday m°rnmg hear Dr Paul Bagby, ot Wake crest deliver the baccalaureate ser 2 to the graduates of the Oxford college. The choir, directed by Mrs. ADne M. Woodall, was composed of students from the college who ren dered beautiful music. The anthem wasSchnecker's "Jubilate in E Flat. Miss Patty Royster sang. "How Long Wilt Thou Forget Me,” which was sweetly rendered. Mrs. A. L. Cape hart was organist for the service. Her J.D. Harte, pastor of the church introduced the preacher, who first paid a tribute to the memory of the late president of the college, Dr. F, P. Hobgood, who for so many years labored so faithfully for the education of the young people of North Carolina. Mr. Bagby took as his text John 17-19, “For their sakes 1 sanctify myself,” delivering one of the most forecful and powerful ser mons ever heard in Oxford. The key note °i the discourse was the secret of successful and satisfied life. He explained that there is in each person the great thing called personality, each life radiating from selfhood and that each individual is the center of the universe who marks his own time in life. Christianity is a call for self hood and one desiring to lead a pur poseful life must abide by the wrords of this text, education of self being the greatest help. He touched on four phases of the text, master of self which is a continued and pro gressive process ultimately resulting ia eternal life, limiting of self, plac es limitations on ‘ life, having as Weal in life, channels too deey. *or o'erfiow, never complaining rack freedom; offering of self in devot JT*. combining these three for ,pro^ucinS religious education educat'erS’ thereV gaining Christian He n,,,'?’ 'vllieh alone is unselfish. °rth a mighty plea to the ^^raued On Fourth Pags) I lUrTTr-—— «S«AL SERVICES honoring dr. hobgood tfe" Services held at be ausuiCp, kV“nda" afternoon under ft«rtff,ot th*0xford BaPtist those nrivii i0^? be remembered by gefd i0 ^end. It was of sadness ai° sadness- but not one Clothe uJ,°!!e: for who could Hs ffithout fppi°’us 0;' Serious tribute s«ss to hav lp a throb of thankful honored -kl?Wn the great man r and tbe many who tr'H°bgood".;:Un\the memory of a Sen ul!n8« with it a peculiar “ever die T»°r b!essitlS that will Past0r of th. nle, Uev- J- D- Harte, Resided at ?xtord Baptist Church, ilvin?stone TieSe services and Dr. >al p °h.ason’ editor of the 5? mad* .«» »p ft *as ■ opening ad ;Stem \» ' n by Maior T !‘0wWly of‘rv 0xtord- He spoke °st tisefui tv, ' Hobgood as the J-^ner n-?108t beloved- the >• Even- ,CU‘Zen ia ^e com n - and wh‘ '°rd rang with sin‘ iia/eat the a'^May°r Stem took Paid* !en°e felt that he finJ^hful i-v beaotiful tribute re ; U- The Hon. D. G. tirJf Church 'lMng the Oxford »2? of Dr r h.en dwelt on the as church ctive iov-u' He remarked CUryto the'rty tor nearly half C h und i; best interests of the Ca,d(iress la'^HHnation. The J°nes. form dellv'ered by Mrs. 1 uer student and pre (C°htinue(1 — 1 0n Fifth Page.) J. H. ADAMS CHARGED WITH THE MURDER OF i ABRAHAM COLEY ADAMS IS IN THE COUNTY JAIL The Killing Is the Result Of An Old Feud—The Case Will Be Called At tlhe July Term Of Granville Superior Court. Mr. J. H. Adams, a well-to-do Gran ville county farmer, seventy years old, is in the county jail charged with killing Abe Coley at a saw mill near Wilkins station early last Friday morning. Coroner W. D. Bryan held an inquest and after hearing the evi dence thg jury rendered a verdict to i the effect that Coley came to his death by a gunshot wound inflicted by the said J. H. Adams. Abe Coley, the murdered man, and Jeff Coley, his brother, both col ored, were operating a saw mill. Adams is a white man, and a feud has existed between the two parties for some time, it is said. A year or two ago, it is said, Abe Coley chased Adams with a shot gun. The verdict of the jury was to the effect that Abe Coley came to his death as a result of a gunshot wound inflicted by J. H. Adams. The six men composing the jury were: G. H. Dorsey, O. D. Curl, J. M. Chappell, J. S. Thomasson, E. K. Allen, T. W. Wil liams. Mr. A. A. Hicks Finds A Rare Bit Of History In his memorial address on the Tenth of May, Mr. A. A. Hicks pre sented the names of many Granville County Soldiers who fought in the ! War Between the States; the com panies and regiments to which they belonged and the battles in which they were engaged. Mr. Hicks stated that it required ' several hours, with the assistance of Judge Graham, who is one of the best informed men in the State on War records, to collect the data that he set forth in his speech. The war records are imperfect, said Mr. Hicks, and it requires much reseach to collect the information desired. He illustrated this point by an inci dent that occurred during his child hood. days, namely: His father entered the war as an infantryman and was later trans ferred to the cavalry. He remem bered the name and command of the infantry to which his father be longed, but he could not recall the name of the cavalry brigade. He said that he frequently heard his father call the roll of his cavalry company: the names of those starting with H were Heflin, Hicks and Holliday. These names, he said, made an in delible impression on his mind. The names of the cavalry comnany and brigade did not fasten itself on his mind, said Mr. Hicks, and he had hoped for many years to trace the name of his father from the infantry to the cavalrv. In his recent pre paration of his memorial day speech, while tracing the records, he ran across the three names that had been treasured in his mind since childhood —Heflin, Hicks and Holliday. One of the initials of his father in the rec ord was wrong, but the three names in alphabetical order, so often re peated by his father, convinced him that he had the information that he had long desired, and when it i dawned upon him, he said, he felt i like a boy that had found a long lost father. COLORED MAN DEAD l — • Built Many Homes In Oxford and i the County. John Scarborough, for more than a score of years the leading colored contractor and carpenter of Ganville county, died at his home on Gan ville Street Sunday at 2 P. M. The j deceased was highly esteemed by, both white and colored for his many! virtues. John Scarborough built many of, the beautiful homes and residences of! Oxford and the county which testify! to his honesty and integrity. He was ! a resident of Oxford for more than j 30 years. He leaves a wife, Sarah! Scarborough, four sons and one daughter. One of the sons is Rev. I W. C. L. Scarborough, Pastor of one! of the leading churches of Greens- | boro. Funeral will take place from' the First Baptist Church tomorrow, Wednesday at 2 P. M., of which Rev.! D. L. Thomas is pastor. Granville On Honor Roll — The quarterly honor roll of the , University of North Carolina is watched with interest far and near. There is a sense of disappointment when the parents see the roll and fail : to see the name of their son, and great is the joy of those who see the , names on the roll. The honor roll for the first quar ter this year was 178 as against 181 ! for the second quarter. Two Gran j ville boys, W. H. Phipps and J. F. Webb, are among the honor students for the second quarter. MANY KIND WORDS FOR MR. BRUMMITT Many Admiring Friends All Over the State. Mr. D. G. Brummitt's silver tongue is in great demand all over the state. He has delivered an even dozen of commencement addresses this season and has a number of engagements ahead of him. He delivered three literary addresses before high schools in the western part of the State last week. He addressed the Trenton high school last night, and will ad dress the high school at Elizabeth City next Thursday night and will de liver the commencement address be fore the Edenton High school on the 30th. Everywhere Mr. Brummitt goes the people sing his praise. He sel dom speaks of politics, but the peo ple have absolute confidence in his integrity and recognize ^n him the qualifications for Attorney-General and he will stand at the head of the column when the state vote is tabu lated. MR. BAILEY TO SPEAK The Democratic Voters Will Have Ail Opportunity To Hear His Cause. Mr. J. W. Bailey, who is contest ing in the 'Democratic primary for the nomination for Governor, has an appointment to speak at the court house tomorrow afternoon at 4 o’clock. It is more than a simple statement of fact to say that Mr. Bailey is p man of unusual ability and a platform speaker of the first rank. Voters in the Democratic pri mary will have an opportunity to hear Mr. Bailey for his cause, and they will find him a most entertain ing talker, whether they agree with him or not. This paper, like the chairman of the state democratic Ex ecutive Committee, is not espousing the cause of either of the guber natorial candidates in the primary contest. It is content for the voetrs to make their own choice without its help; and it is of the ''opinion that they can make a more intelligent choice by hearing the candidates for themselves^ MR. B. F. GOSS DEAD Was 111 For Several Months. Mr. B. F. Goss, well-known farm er of the Stem community, died at noon Saturday following an illness that has confined him since before Christmas. Mr. Goss had lived in that com munity nearly all of his life and was known and respected by hundreds. He was a great huntsman and lived out- of-doors much of his time. His wife died about 18 months ago. Sons and daughters surviving are as follows: Lee, Pervis, Alex, Irwin. Luther, Graham, Bullard, Early, Buell, Tom Miss Hettie Goss of Gran ville: Mrs. W. A. Ingel of Chase City Va.; Mrs. A. M. Anderson of Gorman; Miss Joe Bailey of Northside; Mrs. T. L. Ward of Durham. Forty-three grandchildren and four great-grand children survive. Funeral services were held on Sun day afternoon at 3 ’clock at the home with burial following at the family cemetery. Rev. J. A. Henderson of Durham officiated at the service. A GOOD DAYS WORK One Hundred and Fifty New A oters Registered In Oxford Last Satur day. Public spirited citizens went on the war path last Saturday and whipped into line 150 new voters. In the round up were the new comers and the young men and women who have reached the voting age since the last general election. 1 Oxford now has a voting strength of nearly 800. The old saying is: “As Oxford goes, so goes the county.” 36 GET DIPLOMAS AT OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL i Commencement Address at High j School Auditorium Tonight | The graduating exercises began j with a sermon at the Oxford Baptist i church Sunday night and the exer cises continued through Monday: and Prof. Gilbert T. Stephenson, of Rocky Mount will deliver the Com mencement address tonight. The largest crowd ever assembled in the Oxford High School Auditor ium, was present last night to wit ness the Class Exercises of the lar gest class ever graduated from the High School. These 36 young men and women entered into the spirit of the exercises, eargerly recounting the history of past events important in their school' life and told of even | greater things to be accomplished in the future. The evening’s program was divided into two parts; the first : consisted of Senior Procession fol- j lowed by the singing of the Junior Song, the song of the Rose and the White, greetings by the president, (Continued On Fifth Page.) FIRST BATTALION FIELD MEET IN OXFORD ! ON MAY THE 30TH! Program. Assembly Granville Grays at the Armory— 2:00 P. M. Address of. Welcome by Mayor T. G. Stem—2:10! P. M. I I Parade to Ball Park—Order of March: 120th Infantry Band; Bn. Hq Co. Oxford; Co. A. Burlington; Co. B. Warrenton; Co. C. Henderson; 1 Co. D. Durham. Battalion Review. 100 yard dash, one contestant from each company. Five minutes Squad Drill—Batta lion Headquarters Company, Oxford.1 Equipment race, one nian from each company. | Five Minutes Squad Drill—Com pany A. Burlington. i Exhibition Boxing, Company A, Burlington. Five minutes Squad Drill, Com pany B, Warrenton. 220 yard dash, one man from each company. Five minute Squad, Company C, Henderson. Wrestling match Tailor M. Jack son, Co. C. Henderson; Hnery Pick ett, Co. D. Durham. Five minutes Squad Drill, Com pany D, Durham. i Relay race, four men from «ach company. ! Shoe race, one man from each com pany. , Blind boxing, Company D, Durham. ' Wrestling match, Lee Hamme Bn. , Hq. Co.: Frank Ellis Co. D. Cup Fight, Battalion Headquarters Company, Oxford. Macnine gun lemonsirauun, com pany D, Durham. The Oxford Rotary Club will pre sent to the Company winning first place a silver loving cup. A pennant will be given to the Company taking second place. | As a means of defraying expenses ' of the Field Meet admissions to the Ball Park will be charged as follows: General admission 50 cents; chil dren below the age of 12, 25 cents. A (Charge of 15c will be made to the 'grand stand. ; Everybody in Oxford should attend 'the Battalion Field Meet which will I be held at the ball park next Friday. ! Aglance at the program will con vince you that you will get more real entertainment for your money than you have ever gotten before. Then, too, it is the first time that the Meet has come to Oxford and we want to show our appreciation. The stores will all be closed, school is out, the weather will be fine so let us all go and have a big time. COMMENCEMENT WEEK AT OXFORD ORPHANAGE It AVill Begin With Baccalaureate Sermon .Time 15 and Close .Time 17. Final arrangements have been com pleted for our school commencement. The baccalaureate sermon will be preached by a notable minister of Winston-Salem, Dr. J. Kenneth Pfohl, Sunday, June 15. The class day ex ercises will take place Monday, June 16. and on the following day the address by Past Grand Master B. S. Royster and the awarding of diplo mas. i The senior class is composed of ! nine—three girls and six boys. They | are Ethel Ball, Frances Harmon, Sa | die Neal, Lawrence Bagwell, Troy Smith, Stamey Heath, Jesse Ray, William Muse and Tom Fincannon. While not quite so large as the two previous graduating classes, this one of 1924 has an excellent personnel. It is the first time the boys have out numbered the girls by so lar§e a ra~ tio as two to one. License Fee Sneeds Up Virginia Marriages Richmond, May 25.—The advancej in price fro m$l to $3 of the cost of j marriage licenses in Virginia effec-j tive June 16, is already showing a marked increase in the number of, licenses issued in the rural districts, j Numbers of farm negroes are taking j advantage of the low rate, annouc-j ing that the difference in cost would j pay the minister’s fee in most in stances, or start them on thfeir mar ried career with a good sized bag of grits or meal. J. D. Kinton Is The Champion Gardener I Mr. J. D. Kinton, a farmer on! Route 4, smiled when he saw in tho.1 Public Ledger a few days ago that the town gardeners were boasting of nine varieties of green vegetables on ; their tables. Mr. Kinton brough to j the Public Ledger office the follow-! ing list of vegetables grown in his; garden this spring: Irish potatoes,! English peas, onions, radishes, let-' tuce, mustard, rape, asparagus, j strawberries, sabbage, stalk of corn two feet tall, snap beans in bloom, and a half gallon of delicious cher-l ries. y Warehousemen Meet At Rocky Mount j Auction Warehouses to Open in Fas- ! tern Carolina On Tuesday, August I 19—The Oxford Market Always j Open Two Weeks Later. Rocky Mount Correspondent) | Tuesday, August 19, was desig-j nated as the warehousemen’s choice \ for the opening date of the 1924 to bacco market season at the annual i session of the eastern Carolina ware- j househousemen’s association, which! was held at Riverside park here* Tuesday. After this date had been; fixed as satisfactory to the ware-] housemen, the association named a committee to confer with representa- j tives of the United States Tobacco as-| sociation, which meets at White Sul-1 phur Springs, W. Va., in July, in re-' gard to the opening, so that official | announcement cannot be definitely given until after that conference. | The other important business matter j I) come before the session of the asso ciation was the annual election of of fleers, which was held with the fol lowing results: Officers Elected. President, W. E. Fenner, of this' city; vice president, Geo. P. Fleming,! of Kinston; secretary-treasurer, B.! B. Suggs, of Greenville; board of di-! rectors, P. C. Vestal, of this city; i Selby Anderson, of Wilson; J. F. j Brinkley, of Greenville; L. R. Tapp, j of Kinston, and W. Z. Morton, of j Greenville. Selection of the next meeting place i for the association is left to the direc-1 tors. The meeting, which took the form 1 of an outdoor sessin at Riverside Park, was called to order shortly be fore noon by President Fenner, with approximately 700 in attendance. Shop Talk and Barbecue. In addition to handling the two important matters of designating a date for the opening of the eastern Carolina markets and electing offi cers for the ensuing year, the ware housemen indulged in quite a lot of | shop talk, business methods and practices coming in for discussion, al though no action of any kind was | taken. Co-operative marketing, i which it was declared had fallen flat, likewise came in for a share of the attention of several speakers, as i the session devolved into a general I round table discussion of the tobacco outlook. A CARD FROM DP. GEORGE S. WATKINS Editor Public Ledger: In the Public Ldeger of Tuesday, J May 20, you stated that four mem-: bers of the County Board of Educa-| tion are to be be voted for by the j people. This is the most important} office in the county except possibly, j the Board of County Commissioners, j who handle the funds and control the; public schools and finance them and [ to see that htey are economically and i judicially handled and expended. We need on this board the best j type of good, balanced, level-headed men with practical business quali-l fications, capable of seeing through I a financial proposition, quick at fig ures and will object when things are going too fast; that can smooth things down when troubles arise willing to compromise when a dead lock comes. And above all, liberal enough to give us good schools, but see that expenses are kept in bounds and the funds economically expended without being nigardly or too close, j I have been informed from a re-! liable source, and think the records j show that there now exists an in debtedness of about $95,000, incured ! by the present Board of Education., Fifty thousand of |his was borrowed to meet the expenses of the schools; until the 1923 taxes were available! with which to meet the debt. The j $50,000 is still unpaid and an addi-j tional $45,000, making a total of; $95,000 over and above the receipts,! all of which have been expended. The Board of Education is also re-j quired to make an annual itemized} statement of its receipts and dis-1 bursements. If it has been made, orj published, I have failed to find any . one who has seen or read it. G. S. WATKINS, M. D. | THE COUNTY BOARD j OF EDUCATION| The Old Board Will Be Opposed By | An Equal Number of Aspirants j Tt is understood that all of the I present members of the County Board j of Education have signed up and j are candidates for re-election. The I names of the five candidates who will ' oppose the old Board of Education j are not available at present. It is} 3aid that former County Com mis-*! 3ioner E. C. Harris, Ed. Clements and Mr. Green are in the race Geo. j Pollard announced his candidacy !■ last week, and it is said that the oth- i ar candidate lives in" South Granville j* There is more or less secrecy about the whole affair, but it will all come out in the wash. The question has already taken the starch out of the i Gubernatorial excitement. THE GARDEN MART~ AND ROSE FETE Held On the High School Lawn, Friday, May 23. Large numbers of beautiful rosea, Peonies, Poppies, Pansies and Sweet Peas were shown. There was also quite a variety of both unusual and early blooming flowers on display. A heat sum was realized from the sale of ice cream, strawberries and cake. The Home Economics Dept, had this in charge and we are very \ much indebted to them as they con-* tributed greatly to the success of the Garden Mart. This money will be spent in beautifying our town. The Garden & Forestry Depart-* ment wishes to thank everybody for their generous response and hearty co-operation in every way. The fol lowing is a list of those winning rib bons. Roses. Best bowl Marchal Neil—Mrs. E. L. Parham; second best, Mrs. Marsh Ray. Best Paul Neyron—Mrs. W. P. Parham; second best, Mrs. E. T. White. i Best basket red roses—Mrs. J. D. (Continued To Eighth Page) FLOWERS COVER GRAVE OF AUSTIN SPENCER The Passing; Of the Young Man Brings Sorrow To Many Hearts. Austin Spencer, who was stricken ' down with paralysis three months ago, while in the discharge of his du ties as city mail carrier, died at Brantwood Hospital last Friday night, age 23 years. Austin was born in Oxford and lived here all of his life. To know him was to love him, and his pass ing brings sorrow to many hearts. He had been the object of special prayers ever since he was stricken down. As he lay upon his bed he realized that his condition was serious. The knowledge that God does all things : well sustained him until the end. I The deceased was a member of the Oxford Methodist Church; he was an active member of the Methodist Ba* raca Class; he was a member of the Headquarters Military Company, and a member of the Masonic fraternity. The remains of the deceased were removed from the hospital on Satur day to the Walters House, and the funeral was held from the Oxford Methodist Church on Sunday evening at five o’clock, conducted by Pastof E. M. Snipes, who was assisted by Rev. J. D. Harte, pastor of the Bap tist Church. Every available seat in the church was filled and many stood about the doors and windows until the services were completed. Both of the officiating ministers knew Austin intimately; they had called upon him at the hospital and learned from him that he was ready to go to his Heavenly reward. They spoke of his gentle and noble char acter, and as being a worthy exam ple for other young men to follow. During the service the choir sang “Nearer My God To Thee,” “Abide With Me,” and “The Far Away Strand.” In addition to the impres sive Church service, the deceased was laid to rest in Elmwood Ceme tery with Masonic and Military honors. Gen. B. S. Royster read the last sad rites at the grave and the firing squad of the military escort fired three volleys over the grave. Taps was sounded just as the sun went down. Austin spencer is survived Dy nis father, Mr. Frank Spencer, manager of the local office of the Western Union Telegraph Company; one brother, Mr. Wadsworth Spencer, and one sister, Mrs. Lillian Crowell, of Johnson City, Tenn., and a grand* mother, Mrs. Bell Austin, all of whom were at the bedside when the end came. His mother died several years ago The active pallbearers were eight Masons, as follows: Joe Hunt, C. G. Powell, B. K. Lassiter, E. B. How ard, J. W. Medford, Sidney Walters, A. H. A. Williams, B. S. Royster Jr. The Military Company was the hono rary pallbearers. Austin’s teachers during his school days spread the flowers upon his grave. They were: Mrs. W. T. Yancey, Misses Carrie Fuller, Ella Clement, Sadie Parham, Lucy Webb, Jeanette Biggs, Lelia Routon. The floral tribute was profuse and beautiful. The Bobbed Hair Fad Has Struck Oxford A year or two ago a bobbed hair girl on the streets of Oxford was a rare occurence, but nearly every girl you see now has no use for hair pins. The fad is not confined to the .oung girls, but some of the mothers and grand mothers have been shorn >f their silver tresses. Some of them resemble Dutch dolls, and some do aot look quite so well. The barbers have found the bob bed hair fad to be quite remunera :ive.
Oxford Public Ledger (Oxford, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
May 27, 1924, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75