OXFORD PUBLIC LEDGER
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ynT,. SXXiX_jwj^pIgPE3PAT OXFORD, N. C., TUESDAY. .TT INF 17 1994
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rjjjjT CALLS FOR
J SECOND PRIMARY
clMElUON<'«^K'DOPMORB
XHAX 21.000
Margin Is 7.936: f*ra
flrtininnO > -
S ,-,7,3- Shipman s 11,852
ha",s’ 1 , „ .
rail' wr ;*econd Primary.
Raleigh Correspondent)
Thoudi the State Board of Elec
..1 will not canvass the returns
tl0U the recent State-wide primary
fJ! Wednesday morning at ten
m t the best figures available in
•office of the board yesterday in
t:;e, . that A W. McLean has a ma
over Josiaii W.
£«■ la Hie contest for the Depio
cr!if t::1; tote, of Durham, who
J'an agreement with R. R. Rey
of Asheville, entered into in
formaliy by'T. C. Bowie of Ashe,
; the high man even though he
“aed of a majority in the three
cornered race, would not have oppo
sition in a second primary, leads
Remolds by 21 ,r> 55.
p g. Brumniitt. of Oxford, has a
lead of '.9^3 over his closest op
Lent Charles Ross, of Lillington,
or nomination for Attorney Gener
, a three cornered race in which
frank Nash was the third man.
tv a. Graham had a margin of
j'^53 over Fred Latham, of Bel
taven. for the nomination for Com
missioner of Agriculture, a three
cornered rare in which T. B. Parker
was third man.
j[ L, Shipman, has 11,853 lead
over Frank Grist, of Lenior, for Com
missioner of Labor and Printing, a
four cornered race in which O. J.
Peterson, of Clinton, and Luther M.
Nash, of Goldsboro, were the trail
ers.
The second primary will be held
on Saturday, July 5. The ticket
fill be:
For attorney general, Dennis G.
Brummitt and Charles Ross. For
commissioner of labor and printing,
JI, L. Shipman and Frank D. Grist.
For commissioner of agriculture, W.
A. Graham and Fred P. Latham.
ill STONES OF
ENORMOUS SIZE
Crowing Crops Were Damaged In
Durham County.
Hail stones of enormous size fell in
Durham county last Friday afternoon
during a severe rain storm. Some of
item were larger than hen eggs while
others were much smaller. Con
siderable damage was done to crops
and orchards while numbers of roofs
»i!l have to be recovered because of
the damage done to them by the hail
atones.
The hail was declared by some of
the older residents of the section hit
hardest by the storm to have begn
■•e largest they have ever seen. The
argst stones fell in a scattered man
but wherever they struck on
houses, automobiles and in the fields
^ left their mark. Tobacco was
Knocked to the ground and fruit
‘re“s str*PPed of much of their fruit.
- touring ear that passed through
- stmm and arrived at Oxford late
! * battered to ribbons
il,' e uPholstery cut to pieces. The
^ stones were so heavy and hurled
terrific force the occu
ont\ad t0 get un(ler the car for
Detection, u WaS said.
‘0 THE VOTERS OF
GRANVILLE COUNTY
IWchTfrtacoept lu-/ sincere thanks to
Cireryvoter in Granviii«
0^ f Cast his or her vote in
to'*: °“ Jup-a "th, 1924. And
*iU say tha. T ^ n0t VOte for me
tot rhiri 1 an: vour friend and do
'•«MthVkrh.',ne,raoment «>«1
votinEfn, 'ai<1 any one for not
tfi make * me' d,n’t want to live
^frCmin 1 want to live to
®y inrjrprM. V “ ’>pe to show to you
text vd IOT! n’ore clearly in the
^ honest * (ii'> • H faithful service
^e m0re d ln?s' Thanking you
* am. .' ours to serve,
Hside, x, c , W-^suit,
CARD Of THANKS
7"all the voters of
1,3:5 Method '■ .. :0 ' : them, I prefer
L?Preciatioti / ’ :: -)ress mv sincere
K for0c“^ the so liberal a sup
He 7th , lt l!ss:°ner on Saturday
::;?-heoon..r: you that i wm
I it' '®°^’le(l<Tpi !, ' ° * ie very best of
I ;-?’atlvely. b u-’ mmically and con
|tJ;!',ls- food :.VlsNstand for sood
L>«tutin;'drs and the chari
ly't’s done V-,- 1 w°uld like to
j the bound of
|h _'__R- McFarland. I
H m * i*^tre To
0r^nj
IC‘horse p.oVlU be equipPed with '
I aad can be
■ y liaDd or electricity.
DR. HOLLIDAY MAKING
! MANY FRIENDS HERE
I
DR. R. Ht HOLLIDAY
j (President Of Oxford College)
I ___ _
The Public Ledger is glad to pre
j sent the picture of Dr. R. H. Hdlli
I day, president of Oxford College, so
j that the people will know the great
| educator when they see him and
j shake his warm hand. He is a very
' pleasant man, a deep thinker, and his
head sets square upon his shoulders,
j He made a short talk at the Oxford
i Baptist Baraca Class last Sunday on
! the “Ideal Home. ’ It was a gem of
j thought and he captivated his hear
j ers by his eloquence.
'THE PRESIDENT’S _
RUNNING MATE
! _
i General Dawes Famous As Banket,
Writer and 'Soldier.
Few men in A,merica won distinc
| tion in the variety of endeavors
• which occupied General Dawes.
[ Founder and long directing head of
i one of Chicagos large banking in
j stitutions, he also was prominent for
j his services in the world war, and as
i a lawyer, author and an active fig
! ure in the councils of the repubfican
; party since the “gold” campaign of
1896. In addition, he won a place
!as a music composer by virtue of the
1 publication of his “Melody in A Ma
jar,’ which was a “best seller” in
; phonograph records for a time fol
lowing the war. When called to tes
tify before a committee of the house
of representatives investigating the
, conduct of the war, in February,
[1921, he further distinguished him
self as a witness extraordinary,
i General Dawes was born in Mariet
ta, Ohio, August 27, 1865. His father
was General Rufus R. Dawes, com
mander of the famous Iron brigade of
Wisconsin in the war between the
states, who was sited ..for distin
guished service in the battle of Get
tysburg.
Following his graduation from
Marietta follege, he entered the Cin
nati Law school, where, at 21, he
took his LLB in 1886.
He began work during his college
years as chief engineer on a small
railroad in Ohio (now a part of the
Toledo and Ohio Central), and moved
in 188 7 to Lincoln, Nebraska, where
he entered the law partnership - of
Dawes, Coffroth and Cunningham,
which became a leading firm of pub
lic utility counselors in the state. Mr.
[ Dawes became interested in gas
i plants throughout the west, develop
| ing large holdings in several states.
LIVES OF 48 MEN
SNUFFED OUT
Disaster On XT. S. S. Mississippi May
Have Been Due To Dow Air Pres
sure.
San Pedro, Cal., June 14.—The
first definite evidence of what might
nave' caused the disaster in the
dreadnought Mississippi’s turret
number two Thursday, snuffing ou
the lives of 48 men, was presented
to the naval court of inquiry on the
fleet here today by Francis Majeswki,
one of the three sailors who escaped
from the death chamber.
Poor air pressure for blowing out
the big 14-inch rifles had been en
countered all during the firing after
the second salvo, he testified. Short
ly before the eighth and fatal salvo,
Majeswki testified, the air pressure
which in addition to blowing out the
big barrel operates to close the
breech was so weak that in his po
sition as plug man he was obliged
to lend the weight of his shoulder to
the breech.
Failure of sufficient air pressure
to cleanse the barrel of fumes and,
gas, it was pointed out by paval o -;
ficials, makes subsequent ignition oh
the powder residue in the barrels;
quite likely. j
the baptist picnic \
- I
Sunday Sschool To XJo To Lakewood,
Park. |
It was announced last Sunday
morning that the annual picnic of,
the Oxford Baptist Sunday school will j
be at Lakewood Park, Durham,;
some time during the first « fek in j
July. Full details will be announced [
in the Public Ledger at an early date.
i DR. MARSH QUITE FEEBLEj
There Are a Number Of Sick People!
At Brantwood Hspital.
i The Oxford Baptist Church Bui-!
i letin last Sunday contained the fol-:
jlwoing: j
i “The Brantwood hospital is full to j
! overflowing of sick people. Dr.
; Marsh is quite feeble and has been
j suffering with rheumatism. Our
j citizens are very generous in takflng
I flowers to the sick there. This is a
j beautiful and appreciated service.
I There are always some sick ones '
j there who will miss the joy that;
flowers bring if some thoughtful per- j
son does not carry them. If you!
haveTlowers and no particular friend!
j there, take the flowers anyway and j
Miss Herndon will be glad to direct j
you to the room where they will
bring gladness."
GENERAL ROYSTER
UNDER THE DOME
Friday Is the General’s Lucky
Day.
| (Raleigh News and Observer)
I “Not a thing to this business of
: Friday the Thirteenth being un
lucky,” avowed General Beverly S.
; Royster when an idler in the halls
' of the Copital asked him yesterday
i if he was not superstitious about set
ting out to have Judge W. A. Devin
I appointed to the Supreme court
j bench. The General was there with
! the rest of the Oxford bar to see the
i Governor.
I “My postoffice box is No. 13, and
I moved to Oxford on Friday, Febru
i ary 13th some years back. It’s my
lucky day and I expect the Governor
j is going to appoint Judge an associate
justice before he is through with it.
■Anyhow, we have no misgivings
about it.” So saying the General
walked into the Executive Offices
and presented an eloquent plea for
; Judge Devin.
1 i
STEDMAN SEES VIC
TORY FOR DEMOCRATS
- « • !
The Congressman Will Speak in Ox-'
i ford During the Campaign.
(Greensboro Correspondent) !
i Major Charles M. Stedman, back
home from Congress, where he re-1
presents the Fifth North Carolina;
, District, predicts a great victory for |
the Democrats in the next election.'
i From the West and Northwest there j
have come to the Capital rumblings
of discontent with the Republican!
i regime ,he said.
The Major, who is a candidate to !
succeed himself, stated that he will
probably make a speech in each of
the counties in the District.
He is in good health, he said, al- ‘
though he arrived here with a slight
cold.
It’s McAdaa or Davis for the Demo- j
cratic nomination for President, he1
thinks. I
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Tune in on Rotary
International j
— " -■■■
A pleasant feature of the Rotary;
International Convention in session I
at Toronto, Canada this week is the
45 minutes musical program. A j
report of the Rotary International j
; Convention with a musical program
! and short Rotary talks by oveseas
j delegates will be broadcasted every j
1 evening of the Convention at seven;
o’clock, standard Eastern time, from
; Station C F C A, Toronto Star. I
—
—Mr. J. T. Smith of Oxford Route
6, was in town Saturday.
LOCAL LEGION POST
GROWS IN NUMBERS]
The membership contest of the
Ernest F. Hart post which started 60 ;
days ago came to a close last week.:
Team number on ewith Amos Cle
ments captain leads with a total of
298 points; team under two with
Waverley Harris captain came next
with a total of 211 points; and the i
third team with C. D. H. Fort, cap
tain, brought up the rears with-a.to
tal of 177 points. The two low
teams are to ,get together and give
the Post a feed at a early date. The
contest was hard fought and resulted j
in almost doubling the membership
of the local post.
tO THE VOTERS OF
GRANVILLE COUNTY j
I wish to take this means of sin- ,
cerely thanking all the people of ;
Granville County who supported me
in he recent primary, and I wish
to assure them that I genuinely ap- j <
preciate their confidence in me.
While I W'qs not nominated, I am in i
no sense of the word sore with any- 1
body, and assure the leaders of the (
party at that the Democratic ticket. i
this fall will receive my active and j
enthusiastic support.
Again thanking you all, I am ; •
Gratefully yours, i1
* J. ENNIS DAVIS.
Gov. Morrison
Names Connor
Raleigh, N. C., June 16._
Governor Cameron Morrison to
night tendered Judge George W.
Connor of the superior court
appointment as associate jus
tice of the state supreme court
to succeed Justice W. A. Hoke,
recently elevated to the chief
justiceship.
At the time the govern
or tendered to M. A. Barnhill
of Rocky Mount, the*5position as
superior court judge of the sec
ond circuit, the position now
held by Judge Connor. Judge
Connor is a native of Wilson,
N. C.
NOTED EDUCATOR DEAD
Dr. C. Alphonso Smith, Class Mate Of
O. Henry, Laid To Rest At Greens
boro.
Funeral services for Dr. C. Al
phonso Smith, head of the English
department at the United States Na
val Academy, and former professor
of English at the University of Vir
ginia, who died at Annapolis Friday
afternofn, were held at Greensboro,
his native city .Sunday afternoon.
Services were held at the Presbyte
rian Church, where his father, the
late Dr. J. Henry Smith, served as
pastor for 50 years. . Exercises were
held at the ’Naval Academy Saturday
afternoon.
The hnorary pallbearers were:
Rear-Admiral Henry B. Wilson,
superintendent of the academy; Dr.
Enoch B. Garey, president of St.
John’s College; Dr. Carroll S. Alden,
senior assistant in the department of
English; Professor Howard McCor
mick, Commander George F. Neale,
Commander John T. Bowers, Com
ander Henry G. S. Wallace and Cap
tain Barron P. Dubois (supply
corps). Eight naval ensigns.
After receiving his A. B. degree at
Davidson College, N C., in 1884, Dr.
Smith took the A. M. degree three
years later, followed in 1895 by the
degree of Ph. D. at Johns Hopkins.
Beginning in 1850.. Dr,, Sn&ith waa
instructor in English at Johns Hop
kins for three years, going from
there to Louisiana State University,
where he was professor from 1893
until 1902.
In 1907 he was made professor of
English at the University of North
Carolina. From 1903 to 1907 he was
dean of the graduate department. He
went to the University of Virginia as
Edgar Allan Poe professor of Eng
lish. serving in that capacity until
1907, when he was called to become
head of the English department at j
the Naval Academy.
Dr. Smith was one of the found-;
ers and president Qf the Virginia;
Folk Lore Society, organized in j
1913. He studied abroad and was
Rooseveltian professor at the Univer- j
sity of Berlin in 1910 and 1911.
An author of note, Dr. Smith’7
books include a number on English.
Among his writings is a “Biography
of O. Henry.”
CLASS IN PHARMACY
—
Examination At Chapel Hill This
Week.
Mr. F. W. Hancock, Secretary-1
Treasurer of the North Carolina
Board of Pharmacy, is attending.a
meeting of his Board this week at
Chapel Hill where they will examine
a class of 40 candidates for license to
practice pharmacy. Mrs. Hancock
accompanied Mr. Hancock.
G. 0. P. Platform
Is Meaningless
Washington, June 16.—The Re-;
publican platform, adopted at the
Cleveland Republican National Con-i
vention failed to endorse any of,
President Coolidge’s major policies ;
and repudiated most of them, Sena-1
tor McKellar, Democrat, . Tennessee,
declaed here in a statement.
“The Republican platfom is a!
meaningless, courageless, spineless, j
colorless, hopeless aggregation of j
wordy excuses, explanations, con
cealments and promises,” the state
ment said.
SCHOOL TEACHERS
Immediate Demand For One
Hundred. j
A great scarcity of school teach-;
?rs of every grade rating is now pre
iominant throughout North Carolina,
iccording to Jule B. Warren, secre
;ary of the North Carolina Educa
;ion Association, with offices in Ral-i
ugh. I
It was stated that the bureau could j
ise immediately at least 100 teachers j
)f various grades. Demands for*:
:eachers are coming in constantly j i
ind they far exceed the applications, j <
According to Mr. Warren, the j'
greatest need is for teachers of s
icience in high schools. However, 1
le said, he is anxious to get in touch 1
urith teachers for all grades. i
\N APPRECIATION
FROM JUDGE PELL
Tlie 1 eople Of Oxford and the County
Are Dear To Him.
The Public Ledger appreciates the
following from Hon. George P Pell
a member of the State Corpoation
Commission;
Editor Public Ledger:
Dear Sir:—I have been so busy
I have not had an opportunity to
write and thank you for the kind ex
pressions in your papeV concerning
me duing my campaign. I want jrou
| to know how greatly I appreciate
| them. Ever since my friend, John
| Britt, owned your paper I have al
; ways been a friend to it, and ever
| since my dear mother had a long ill
| ness in Oxford many years ago, your
j People have been very dear to me, as
they were excedingly kind to our
: family at that time.
; I want to thank you sincerely for
| the fine majority I received in Gran
; v'ille and assure you that I trust the
day may come when I will be able to
I show my gratitude.
| Always desirous of serving you in
1 every way consistent with my official
duties, I remain,
Faithfully yours,
| GEOORGE P. PELL.
WELCOME TO ALL
St. John’s Day Is Only One Week
Ahead. c
[ With one week intervening be
tween now and St. John’s Day. the
I Orphan’s Friend extends a hearty
' welcome to all and then goes on to
say: “We b^gin to feel the spirit
of the anniversary of St. John’s ex
erting its influence. Especially is
this so since belated summer shows
sings of asserting itself. Our great
trees and vegetation are particularly
fresh and inviting this year; we do
not recall having seen the Orphan
age and environe so well favored by
nature in a long time. Changes on
the grounds and the work going on
will furnish more than the usual in
terest for our visitors who come to
.%help in the celebration. •* •
These annual gatherings have for
decades been occasions of importance'
in the life of the state and especial
ly for the Masons and Eastern Stars.
The world is a busy one and always
there is something to detract from
established things, but today the in
terest in the anniverseries of St.
John’s day is as strong and stronger
than when the people had less to
think about. Other interests may
come and go but the orphan child is
a fixed subject in the minds of the
people of North Carolina. So we re
joice to find that from year to year
the public retains and deepens its in
terest in the Orphanage.
“Thi^ year we feel , that there is
more reason for visitors to make
thir annual pilgrimage than usual.
Never were conditions better than
now; never was there greater cause
for those who have made the insti
tution what it is to come and see
how it is getting along. The chil
den are well, a fine school year is
coming to an end, the work of im
provement progresses satisfactorily
and we feel that our children are re
ceiving more substantial attention
than ever before.
For^many reasons we extend a cor
dial welcome to our friends. In ad
dition to the pleasure of having them
we wish for them to get first hand
information as to what they are ac
complishing and how well worth
while it is. Reading about the Or
phanage, or having some one else talk
about it, is not like seeing for one
self. Visitors who come regularly on
the 24th will vouch for the fact that
a day spent here with our children is
a day well spent.
“All hands join in extending an in
vitation to the public to be present
and enjoy the day with us June 24.
The children have some pleasant sur
prises by way of entertainment.”
Baccalaureate
Sermon to Orphans !
_ i
Dr. Phohl, pastor of the Moravian!
Church at Winston-Salem delivered j
the baccalaureate sermon Sunday)
morning before the graduating class
of the Oxford Orphanage. j
Sunday night Dr. Phohl delivered!
a strong sermon at the Oxford Metho- [
dist Church and his gifted wife and!
six talented children gave a concert!
under the auspices of the Oxford Wo- j
man’s Club, which was greatly en-j
joyed by the large congregation.
THE CURB MARKET
f
The Curb Market last Saturday
ivas patronized by a large number of j
50th producers and consumers and i
learly everyth^ig was sold out. Fry-]
ng size chickens were !n good de- :
nand. If we will work together we {
:an make this Curb Market worth,
vhile. Other towns have made it a j
success and we can, too. Remember]
he time, Saturday from eight to j i
welve, at Farmers Produce Ex-j
shange.
McADOO WILL BE
THE NOMINEE, SAYS
SENATOR SIMMONS
Republican Platform and Ticket Are
“Stand patterns Gone To Seed.”
(Washington Correspondent)
Senator Simmons has returned
from a business trip to New York and
! !®ft Iast Sunday for his home in New
| Bern. He remarked to a group of
SticSand’oT’t? that th“ ReP«t>»eao
1 gone to seed^0*? Was "sla"dpatlsm
! tt was the tf'-, He sald th,? Proof of
;rah Lowdeu 1Ursl° aet men like Bo
! Weli kn?wf aQd Kenyon and other
the tS°T f me°to acceot a Place on
ifnfnfc 8t f°r Vlce~President. These
jmen, he said, knew what is going to
; occur next November and they have
\ hearse.Ire to ride on ‘he tailed ^
! „ Senator was more than ever
Mnf!fent 0f the nomination of w G
of mV?? a reaS0nab,e *»*&
or ballots.Some of Mr. McAdoo’s
manats h oredicted his nom?na
,tion on the fifth or sixth ballot.
I PENSION MONEY
FOR VETS IS HERE
I Eighty-three Men ami Women In
! Granville Will Receive $4,587.50.
I Granville county Confederate vete
>rans and wWows of deceased Confed
erate veterans will receive 4,587.50
; from the state of North Carolina in
pensions sent out from Raleigh
: twice every year. Checks for that
amount have been received by Judge
■ G. Hunt, clerk of superior court,
jand already several of them have
j been distributed to the people for
i whom they are made payable to.
I Eighty-three men and women will
! reoeive the semi-annual pensions in
this county, representing 30 men and
53 women. Many of the old veterans
i look forward to the receipt of their
pensions every six months. Some of
I S&m ?ave travel several miles in
j order to appear at the courthouse for
. their checks, but they present them
i selves when the checks arrive, re
| gardless of infirmities of old age.
I They are too old to work anymore
! and the pensions paid to them by the
i state represent a lot of money to
: many of them. Each year finds the
number of the old men who offered
their all in a cause they deemed right
in 1861-65 decreasing. One by one
they are being called to their lasting
regard, but those who remain still
get their pensions.
One Granville county veteran, Ma
jor N. A. Gregory, wiLl receive first
class pay amounting to $77.50.
Twenty-nine soldiers get $5 5.00 each,
while 53 widows of Confederate vet
erans will receive $55. The number
of veterans receiving pensions in thl*
county show a decrease each year,
while the number of widows increas
es.
PLENTY OF FINE
FISH IN THE DAN
The Open Season Is Now
. On.
! The Dan and Roanoke rivers, near
! Clarksville, is the favorite fishing
[grounds of a number of Granville
[ county people. The special act of the
Virginia Legislature protects the
fish in these streams during the
spawnin gseason. The open season
began last Sunday and it is said that
there are plenty of fish.
OVER THE TOP
St. Stephen’s Church Over-SubscribeS
Its Qtjota.
The members of St. Stephen’s
Church were assigned $2000 to raise
for the Thompson Orphanage Cam
paign. R. G. Lassiter was appointed
chairman of the drive and he re
ported that over $4000 has been
pledged which over doubles the as
sessment made on the Parish. It is
very gratifying to the members to
know that the Parish was able to
over subscribe the amount asked. The
entire Diocese is also meeting will
ingly the amount asked.
Three Are Killed
In Auto Accident
Petersburg, Va., June 17.—Mrs.
Amelia Heller, of Richmond, Va.,
proprietor of Heller Brothers’ shoe
store; Gerson Heller, her son, of Ral
eigh, and Maurice Rosenthal, Jr., of
Raleigh, were killed yesterday on
the Richmond-Petetsburg highway
near Petersburg in an automobile ac-y
jident in which two others, Miss Beu
ah Hutzler, of Richmond, and Stan
ley Kahn of Raleigh were injured,
rhe three people "met their death
when a Studebaker touring car, driv
en by Gerson Heller, left the road,
jlunged down a ten foot embankment
ind, struck a telephone pole.