OXFORD, PUBLIC LEDGER " - PUBLISHED 8EM1-WKEKLY TOWN AKD OOTOTY OFTBat F0LXXXIX_ PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY -_. _AND FRIDAY._ OXFORD, N.C., FRIADAY, JUNE 6, 1924 * 12 PAGES TODAY NO. 45 f^flSiGUSTOF BALLOTS to mark „r ^Mis AROUND race 4 r„tk»r Primary To Nomi P^^ndSaies For Office In No VrSXw- K9"iralent *> ^'publishing today the state We tv democratic primary tick be *en that the name of * clerk ot the court, does p C,H,P he ticket this year. He. «ot? tPd two years ago for a term fa? decte other county offi offOUr Elected every two years. The ttrsarthIt the name of Charles G. re-ister of deeds, is not on flic is because he has no op «**!„ and tor the same reason the Ftl0 ('ff n Bn-au. coroner is not ta®eof ticket. Hon. Charles M. » tn® congressman from this dis *fS no opposition; neither has ncitor McLendon. . SS ewill be no second primary m /Idle this year. Five County oners are to be elected and St are eight candidates. There are candidates for the county board ef Education and only five are to be flThe most hotly contested office in the county is that of the Board of Education. The vote in Granville Muld have been comparatively light this year if the County Board of Edu cation had not been injected into the campaign. Interest in the state ticket natur ally enters in the gubernatorial race Both McLean and Bailey supporters are claiming victory for their candi date, but it will take the vote tomor row to tell the true story. FRED THOMAS IS KILLED IN CRASH Prominent West Durham Man Fatal ly Hurt When Automobile Turns. FredS. Thomas, leading citizen of West Durham and vice-president of the Bank of West Durhajn, was fatally injured, Edith Garrard, three year-old daughter of C. E. Garrard, of West Duham, is believed to be se riously hurt, Will Sneed, son of W. P. Sneed, of the Hillsboro road, is be lieved badly injured and C. E. Gar rard and W. P. Sneed are slightly in jured as a result of a wrecfk Tuesday afternoon on the Roxboro road just this side of Bragto'rrn. The party of five was returning from a barbecue held this afternoon at the Fuller place on the Roxboro fuad, given by Dr. Joe Graham for the Durham county commissioners. s they cached a point in the high ly south of Bragtown, C. E. Gar rayd, driving his Hudson touring car, attempted to pass another automo found that he could not and it/l °n his brakes. As he did so ioo J *lelS are heiieved to have .....I16 car skidded on the slip .jn- and turned turtle, pin throwire Thomas un,maii licenses to all licenses to h ° • d a 1JP1 ie<1 for such {aUstofth "6gln June 1, 1924, be P'icants. ThSn V number of such ap !at n° PenaltvStaKGment also says f Nations run • attached to ap 1S2^ eiVed Prior to May 31, p,^ ORDINANCE [j^issioner^f,-1^ the Board of ^°iCrt f0*rd: That in tJ alarm all !; e landing of the 4streets of o°J !,ehicles upon Sltely be park-!>,Xf0rd sha11 im ohi!ha11 remain ,!? ?* a street curb lj, l Minutes t ,,: a> bed for a period 4° the alann ‘vhe first sound 'irei! ardorg,;t(Nt'2 PerS0n sha11 «fh!a m°tor vPhi«, h® SCene of the S !.minutes ha« UnU1 a period W>ling I!, " e apsed after the tbfo ^is ordb the alarm. Pro Po,>r vehicies ipCe £hal1 not apPly are JL‘„whlch firemen or then a an,i sha 1 * t0 the sceQe of s Iefire a Lnotapply at all AajS- 18 ending the It^o^th^'^ting any of the S ?25aoT ^a" be DEMOCRATIC STATE AND COUNTY PRIMARY BALLOT STATE BALLOT mark in the S(luare op Josite the name of the candidate for vhom you sleet to vote). For Governor * ,_. (Vote for One) □ ANGUS WILTON McLEAN □ JOSIAH W. BAILEY I1 or Lientenani-Governor * (Vote for One) f | J- ELMER LONG { | THOMAS C. BOWIE fl R- (BOB) R. REYNOLDS For Auditor: (Vote for One) ' Q BAXTER DURHAM □ JAMES P. COOK* For Attorney-General: (Vote for One) Q CHARLES ROSS □ FRANK NASH □ D. G. BRUMMITT I For Commissioner of Agriculture: I (Vote for One) !□ FRED P. LATHAM ! Q WILLIAM A. GRAHAM !□ T. B. PARKER I For Com. of Labor and Printing: __ (Vote for One) f 1 O. J. PETERSON !q FRANK d. grist □ LUTHER M. NASH |Q M. L. SHIPMAN j For Insurance Commissioner: i (Vote for One) | Q STACEY W. WADE P] J- F. FLOWERS For Member of Corporation Coin.: (Vote for One) Q GEORGE P. PELL Q OSCAR B. CARPENTER I " tUUfjpr BALLOT ! (Make cross mark in the square op posite the name of the candiddate for ,jvhom you elect to vote.) For House of Representatives (Vote for One) □ JOHN S. WATKINS □ DR. P. R. HARDEE For Sheriff (Vote for One) Q E. D. HUNT |q J. ENNIS DAVIS j . For County, Commissioner (Vote for Five) | [~~J THOS. G. TAYLOR Q W. L. CLARK J~| H. A. McGHEE ||~jC. G. DANIEL, |q W. E. SUIT | [~~| l. b. McFarland , ! |~| R. T. EAKES h. s. hart I For Member Board of Education (•Vote for Five) j~| F. M. PINNIX Q R. S. HART |q h. m. hobgood Iq C. H. CHEATHAM |Q DR. R. G. ROGERS E. C. HARRIS |q B. E. GREEN Q I. H. DAVIS jj—] E. N. CLEMENT G. W. POULARD 1 Frank ioyiier In Graduating Class _ ! The County of Granville is repre sented in this year’s graduating class at Trinity College by Frank J. Joyner of Stem, N. C. While at Trinity ! College Mr. Joyner has pursued a course fitting for the ministry, and ' will receive an A. B. degree in Re ligious Education, upon graduation. Mr. Joyner took an active part in college activities being a number of the Y. M. C. A., Ministerial Band, and the Columbia Literary Society. - % WEST OXFORD REVIVAL The revival at the West Oxford Baptist Church under the direction of Rev. L. L. Hudson, a local pastor as sisted by Rev. A. C. Owens, of Lex ington, is making great progress. Large crowds gather at every meet ing to hear the simple word of God, and it is expected tnat many addi tions will be made to the church. j The ^people of this denomination ! and other denominations -are ured to attend these meetings. A large i choir renders beautiful sacred hymns at every service. ALUMNI OF THE [ OXFORD HIGH SCHOOLj ORGANIZATION PERFECTED ] Mrs. Marlon Taylor Heads the New : Organization. The Alumni of the Oxford High! School were called together at the! High school building Tuesday, May! I 27, for the purpose of organizing an! I Alumni Association. Prof. W. W. i | Barnhart stated the object of the j meeting and assisted by Prof. C .G. i ! Credle perfected anv organization. The following officers were elected: Mrs. Marion Taylor, president; Miss Cynthia Dorsey, vice-president; | Carl Ragland, secretary; Junius i ; Cooper, Treasurer. List Of Graduates. | Since the establishment of thej I Qraded School in 1901, one hundred! j and eighty-five boys and girls have! graduated from the school. The list \ of graduates given below calling at-| tention to the fact that in 1911 and! 1918 there were no graduating class-! es, grades being added to the school | those years. Among this number,; three young men are practicing law, | two are bankers, two are doctors, one! an ensign and one a preacher. 1904 ! | Janie Booth, Annie Crews, Mary i Fort, Annie Furman, Pearl Taylor, j Emma Steed. 1905 ! Allene Cooper, Katie Fleming, Evelyn Howell, Florence Landis, El inor Williams, Julia Winston, Easley 1 Roller. i 1906 j Lillian Minor, Louie Mitchell, i Sophie Taylor, Willie Lee Thomas, ! Grey Yancey, Otis Brown, Ernest ' Carl Ragland, Luther White. 1907 j Iola Franklin, Lottie Hart, Augus j ta Landis, Myrtle Renn, Lucy Smith, ! Frances Wyatt, James Booth, Russell ! Webb. ’ 1908 j Fannie Brown, Josephine Brown, I Susie Brown, Norma Burwell, Eliz | abeth Coleman, Mary Cooper, Ethel I Day, Isabel Fleming, Willie Grims j ley, Alleine Minor, Virgie Pendleton, j Alma Ragland* Fannie Webb, Addie ' Wood, Jack Bullock, Leonard Mit ichell, Berkley Spencer. ' 1909 | Ruth Franklin, Marie Medford, j Isabel Peirson, Irving Royster, Ar | thur Landis, Merrill Peace, Oscar I Ragland. 1910 ] Ellie Baker, Estelle Bullock, Mim ; nie Mae Cannady, Marguerite Can s nady, Edna Crews, Sophronia Cooper, j Sadie Day, Tazzie Dean, Katie Ellis, ! Mkbel Hart, Frances Hays, Pauline | (Continued on Page Five) CARD FROM MR. BOBBITT .-——'' Editor Public Ledger: | Mr. Crews tries to leave the im-! i pression thru the columns of the I Public Ledger that I am paid to be ;for McLean. I can truthfully say that I never received a cent from any 'one in my life to vote for them, or; work for them, neither have I ever I told anyone that I was for Bailey in a i barber shop, or anywhere else, who ! ever said that certainly misrepre jsented me, whether it was done in-! I tentionally or not. Just trot your-, [ man in and I can face him. I have never asked Morrison/ for a' | favor in my life, nor do I have'to get j my living thru office. I will have | Mr. Crews to know that I have means j enough to live on without being paid | to vote for anyone, neither have I ; ever told anyone that I had to have j an office to live on. I would like | very much for Mr. Crews to tell me j who that man is, and I will pay my | respects to the gentleman. ! Neither have I rode all day on Sun | day trying to persua.de people to vote i for McLean. , j | Now, Mr. Crews, you boast of your ; wealth, so did the rich young ruler.! | He tore down his barns and built j bigger ones and what did Christ say to him? Mr. Crews, you are not dis ; cussing issues and I don’t care to air your life to the public therefore I am now done. 1 A. E. BOBBITT. , (Political Advertising) New York Couple .Wed At Carthage New York, June 5.—Broadway learned today of the marriage in Car-, thage, N. C., May 23, of Robert Gould Shaw, III, a Harvard student, and son of Lady Astor’s first hus band, to Miss Hilda Burt, playing here in “Poppy'.” j The marriage was announced byi Mrs. E. Iv. Burt, mother of the bride., The groom’s father stated he ap-| proved of the marriage, having pur-j chased his son an estate in Pinehurst, j N. C. The groom’s mother is the' former Mary Harrington Converse. A CORRECTION I said I also learned frojn a kins-* man of yours not (Rino). H.E.. CREWS, ji - ' ^ ' 1 (Political Advertising) i 1 Kind Words About 1 The Special Edition i Of The Public Ledger J We appreciate the many kind j words that hhve been said about the ! isSd11editI°n or the Public 'Ledger issued last week: beautiful paragraph was written by Miss Jeannette Biggs correspondent of State papers and published in the Raleigh News and Observer: “Oxford citizens are proud of the special edition of the Oxford Public Ledger which has just come from the press. It is well gotten up and a credit to its editors, D. A Coble and Edwards Coble. It has select ed as its watchward, “Watch Oxford and Ganville Grow.” Every word, every cut in it, are creditable and will greatly aid in the progress and prosperity of Oxford which is rap idly pushing to the front as one of the State’s most progressive towns. It tells in a wonderful manner of the enterprises and the leaders in the business and civic activities of Oxford and Granville.” This from the Durham Herald is highly appreciated: “The Oxford Public Ledger l^st | Friday came out in an edition of 40 : pages of well-printed, well-arranged j and well-illustrated newspaper. Ac- J cording to its own statement, the ob- ; ject of the edition is to let the busi ness world know where we are, who we are, and then what we have to , offer those who are seeking to change their present business and location and wish to find the best place to locate.” That is a laud able purpose, and a glance through the Ledger leads us to the conclu sion that it performed its mission in j a most creditable manner. We con gratulate the Ldeger upon its enter- i prise, and the people of Granville should appreciate the efforts that the Ledger is making in behalf of the progress of the ceunty. The Ledger had a good town and county to present to the world, and it did its job well.” t This from Mr. S. E. Boney, di rector of North and South Carolina Public Utility Information, Raleigh, is also highly appreciated: ' My dear Mr. Coble: May I contrib ute a word of appreciation of youT excellent national publicity edition received at our office May 30th? It i is a most excellent piece of work from both an editorial and a me- i chanical standpoint. The subject matter is fine and your display ads : are tip-top. But what I would like most to j commend is the wonderful effect you i produced from your illustVations. I j never saw any better. The cuts of \ the Oxford Baptist Church ' and the | girls’ dormitory of the colored Or- j phanage are like photographs. Being an old newspaper man, these : things naturally have their appeal, j Further, the name of your publiea- j tion also has its personal appeal to j me in that I was for several years a ' member of the “Public Ledger” ' staff, Philadelphia, Pa. WEATHER IS STILL VERY UNFAVORABLE j Crons Twenty Days Late In Oran- ^ ville. and Prospects Not Over SO Per Cent Normal. ; Weather is still very unfavorable j for all farming operations and crop conditions twenty days late and the { prospects not more than fifty per ! cent normal. Sixty-five per cent of the cotton j acreage has been plowed up and j planted over, or replanted. Some is ! still to be replanted this week, and j a good deal has been abandoned or i planted to other crops. Cotton in j sandy soils is in worse condition than in clay and loamy soils, i Tobacco planting is still being done j on many farms. Plants are sorry i and late, but a high per cent ot .. those set are living. It is generally j claimed that a late tobacco crop , means poor quality, though with fa- ( vorable weather during June there j can be a great improvement in the I tobacco prospects. The worst feature of the whole i situation is the little attention and ; preparation that has been given the j corn and other feed crops. Every j one is expecting still to plant their feed crops and there is still tim^ to get them in, but the grass is coming up in a hurry in the cotton and to bacco fields and there is a great danger of the feed crops being neg lected. Annual Meeting j Of State Merchants j - i Number Oxford Members Exjpect-j ed To Attend Convention At More- I head City. ^ ,. A number of Oxford merchants! ire expected to attend the annual j neeting of the State Merchants asso- !s nation which will be held at More- l( lead City on June 17, 18 and 19 ac- j( wording to the announcement of tj President Leonard, of the State £ association, who stated that plans i ire being made to entertain one of Is :he largest crowds which has ever at- p ended a meeting of the association. ( THE COMMISSIONERS *1 HELD A ROUTINE MEETING MONDAY Jurors Drawn For the July Term Of Granville County Superior Court. The ' meeting of the- /Board of County Commissioners last Monday was devoted in large part to matters of mere routine. After revising the pauper list, the following jurors were drawn for the July term of Granville Superior Cout: S. H. Wilton, E. C. Mangum, Roy Wilkeson, R. A. Newton, M. W. Smart, W .A. Moss, R. T. Evans, E. S. Jenkins, J. T. Cozart, Jr. F Mea dows, W. R. Allen, E. B. A’verett, J. T Blackwell, R. W. Hicks, B. P. Woodlief, J. H. Renn, C. l! Emory, W. T. Pucjcett, R. B. Case, B: Y. Ave rett, W A. Wilkins, A. R. Curl, W. W. Watts, J. E. King, Buck West', O. B. Allen, J. R. Newton, Walter Brogden, J. T. Overton, S. S. Parham, B. F. Blackwell, L. F. Newton, D. W. Ad cock, Jr., A. L. Clayton, G. H. Daniel, Harry H. Kinton, C. G. Wilson, C. L. Mangum, R. M. Ragan, S. J. Hayer, A. M. Stovall, J. J. Parham. ONLY DEMOCRATS TO VOTE IN THE PRIMARY Chairman Walter Neal Sends Mes sage To County Election Boards. Laurinburg, June 5.—Judge Wal ter H. Neal, chairman of the State Board of Elections, today sent the following telegram to the chairman of every county election board in the State: “It has come to my attention that persons who are regularly affiliated with the Republican party and who are known to be Republicans in their communities have expressed their in tention of voting in the Democratic primary to be held June 7, for coun ty, district and State offices.This is contrary to the letter and spirit of the law regulating the hold ing of Primary. I have, there fore, called upon you to notify all registrars and judges of election in yppr covjnfy to see that the law is strictly observed and that no persons be permitted to vote In the Democratic primary who is not regularly affiliated with that party and who does not intend in good faith to support the nominees of the Dem ocratic party in the November elec tion. (Signed) “WALTER H. NEAL, “Chairman State Board of Elections” Schools Too Sacred To Be Trifled With Figures recently compiled by Mr. Allen, North Carolina’s superinten dent of public education, show that Granville county stands well to the head of all the counties of the State. This is a splendid showing for Granville, and one of which citi zens generally should be proud. But one of the things that con cern us most at present is to get full, returns from the property we al ready have. To do this there must be unity in each school district in the county. The school divided against itself can not function effi ciently. Moreover, the school 'houses of the county belong to all the people. All the people have been taxed for the money to build and equip them. Besides, all the people are paying taxes for their support. Conse quently, no citizen, or group of citi zens, has any moral right to cripple the efficiency of any school by coun tenancing, stirring up or helping to keep alive strife or factionalism in any school district. The citizens who persist in doing this are enemies of public order and wasters of the people's money. During the summer all differences, if %any exist in any school district in the county, should be permanently J settled. Next fall the county will ! have better school houses than it ev er has had before. And we owe it to j the children of the county to see i that each school opens with a united j community behind it. Public edu- I cation is too sacred a thing to be j trifled with. THE COUNTY SCHOOLS In Dr. Davis’ card, published in the last issue of the Public Ledger an er- • ror occurred in the statement that “there exists an indebtedness of' $95,000 and is not included in the! $400,000.” We had it $40,000. j — Editor Peterson I ^Visits Oxford Mr. Peterson, editor of the Samp on Democrat was in Oxford yester lay looking after his candidacy for Commissioner of Labor and Print ng. He is a very pleasant and cap ible gentleman, and is supported by nany of the best people of Oxford, mong whom are Messrs. A. H. A. Villiams, R. R. Herring and Mrs. Iraham Roberts. MISS NILES BRIDE OF MR. PAUL STEVENS St. Stephen’s Church Beene Of Pretty Ceremony—To Reside In Hurling, ton. A wedding of interest to a largo circle of friends in North Carolina and other states took place at St. Stephen’s ehurch on Wednesday at 6 0 clock when Miss Mary Elizabeth Niles, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Las siter became the bride of Paul Stev ens, of Burlington. The ceremony was beautiful and was performed by Rev F. H. T. Horsfield ,the rector, m the presence of a large number of relatives and friends. The bridal music was beautifully rendered by Miss Virginia Carroll, organist at St. Stephen’s. The bridal party entered the church as follows: First came the two ushers, Junius H. Cooper and James j Baliou, followed by the grooms 1 men, R. P. Reima, New York; Clem I Strudwick, Hillsboro; Walter Holt, j Burlington, W. DeRossett Scott, Gra | ham; Johnny Niles, Oxford, brother j the bride. Next came the brides i maids, Misses Phoebe Sterrett, of | New York City; Betty Moulton, Har> ! ilton, Mass.; Mary Owen, Oxford; i Betsey Ballou, Josephine Ballou, | Clarksville; the bridesmaids were | gowned in pastel shades of chiffon i and lace and beige colored hats, car* ! rying arm bouquets of vari-coloyed i sweet peas. ! n/r- a_1. w.i . . I vv nuamson, ot | Burlington, robed in a gown of ecru ! lace and corsage of salmon sweet 1 peas, was maid of honor. Immedi ately preceding the bride came little Miss Letty Lassiter, sister of the .bride, as flower girl, who was dainti ly attired in a robe of flesh colored chiffon and who scattered roses in the path of the bride. | The bride then entered with her i father, B. K. Lassiter by whom she ;was given in marriage. She was ! charming and radiantly beautiful in her wedding robe of white satin crepe with rose point lace and court train; her veil was arranged with a coronet , of lpce and orange blossoms and she : carried an arm bouquet of lilies and | valley lilies. The bride-groom had iJEfiff jjpajSHman his brother, Henry Stevens ,of New York City. The be ; trothai service was held at the chan cel steps after which the bridal party i repaired to the altar where the mar riage vows were taken. The bride is a young woman ' of lovely personality, winsome and charming manners, beautiful bru nette and a graduate of the National l Cathedral school of Washington city. I The groom was a junior lieutenant | in the navy during the World War. i He is the son of the late Rev. W. Dubose Stevens and Mrs. Stevens of j New York City. He is an alumnus ! of the University of New York and is now owner of the Stevens Manufac turing company of Burlington. Immediately following the cere | mony a brilliant reception was held i at the home of Mr. and Mrs. B. K. | Lassiter, where over two hundred j guests were entertained. Receiving | were Mr. and Mrs. Lassiter, Mrs. Lassiter robed in a gown of biege colored georgette with cosage of sal mon sweet peas; Mrs. Stevens, of New" York City, mother of the bride igroom; Mrs. C. *M. Foulke, of Wash ington City, aunt of the bride; the bridal party .and out of town guests. Following the reception, Mr. and Mrs. Stevens left for the south for their bridal tour after which they will be at home in Burlington. Among the out of town guests for the wedding were: Mrs. W. D. Stev | ens and Miss Helen Stevens, Henry New York; Henry Stevens, New York City; Mrs. C. M. Foulke, Mr. and Mrs. B. S. Simmons, Maury Dove, Lawrence Green, Washington, D. C.; Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Holt, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Cheatham, Misses Mary Archer Williamson, Margaret Holt, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Holt, Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Williamson, Miss Minnie Wil liamson, Walter Holt, W. D.~ Scott, Burlington, Mr. and Mrs. J .P. Maul ton, Miss Betty Moultoi:, Hamilton, Mass.; Mrs. Paul Andre ws, Newport, R. I.; Oliver Iselim, R. P. Reima, New York City; Clem Strudwick, Hillsbqjp; Miss Grace DuPrey, Greensboro; Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Bal lou Clarksville^ Of Interest To Keepers Of Bees , - __ * C. L. Sams, extension specialist in bee-keeping, will be in Oxford next monday and Tuesday. All who are interested in his visit will please* call to see him at my office at 10 o’clock Monday morning. Arrange ments will be made at this time to visit bee keepers. J. H. BLACKWELL, County Agent. “TUNE IN” One-tenth of the people of the United States, about twelve million persons, may “tune in” on the pro ceedings of fihe Republican national convention, at Cleveland, Jane 10. The proceedings wil Ibe relayed from station 16 station and so amplified chat people on both the east and treat coast oday hear it.