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OXFORD PUBLIC LEDGER PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY :_- . and_friday._ OXFORD, N.C., FRIDAY. JI INF 97 ro^ ~~ 10 PAGES rrODAY NO. 51 "rkfljTlS progressing •Vin HIGHWAY! a„,l Images Between | Thf^ , Durham Via Creed-1 < "L,* >|;uie Beady For thej li'001'1 , ~ i ^tTbeen much delay and: There tia:vpr the building of the j dirham highly via Creed-; are those who are: poor. The ager their last dollar] filling t0 r i apVei be built, and i twtthe f?hose who cling to the idea; liettare l^there is a hard surface | between Oxford and Dur ^ be via Stein, jaffl 1 nP doubts that the road j If an> 0 . . c^-pedmoor let him; i®11 b™ today alld seei ‘ v tie dirtJ ’nfUer construction Com- \ tents a few: P: “hof Oxford and eighty, «i!eS l men are grading the road: torses an the laying of the ^aratr°f;ce .Material for a con-, tard L at Tar River is on the: "^fand the foundation will be: ground ^ setting of another laW btork also progressing on | fj between Creedmoor and. the fact that there is much w^tnae tn the road ever being STc—. it does seem !! ail of the lung's horses and men. I!“■ efficient to stay the momen p‘given to the work by Chandler ^ ,3j other constructors. (far Department Calls Halts On Applications «»ven thousand five hundred cung men of the southeastern stales ; tire applied for training in the Citi , L' Military Training Camps at! Cam McClellan. Alabama. Fort Bar- ■ :l!icas, Florida, and Fort Bragg, SorthCarolina, from July Jrd to Au Mist. The war department has tailed a halt on applications due to the fact that only forty-seven hun W of these seventy-five hundred taa be accommodated. The prin ce cause for not being able to take are of a greater number is the lack althe regular army personnel re tired for this work. At Camp Mc Clellan, Alabama .where the greatest lumber will be assigned in the railed States at any one time, fdrty tegular army officers assisted by an epl number of reserve corps of of ficers will undertake the training of approximately thirty-five hundred ue|; Nig action will be taken on fu ture applications for this year’s camp aid those who have -waited this long iuforwarding their applications will, tare to wairuntil 1915. 1 _ Status Of The l T. G. Pool Case (.Virgilina Correspondent) The case of the Commonwealth Jgainst Thomas G. Pool, former Iwker of Virgilina, charged with i talaway with $20,000, funds of; ft? State Bank of Virgilina, was1 filled at 11:30 o’clock Monday oorning before Judge H. B. Gregory,! 5! Halifax. j Pool did not answer his name for; G third time since his trial was' Appearing for him, however, j *;re ®r. Robert C. Bryan, his per physician and owner of Grace : hospital, Richmond, where PotP is a’ patient. j 0a Monday last Judge H. B. Greg- ' O' at Halifax, issued an order venue of the Pool case ® Haliiax f0 the Hustings court jMdnnond. He instructed Sheriff p.1°;° t0 Richmond and to put tehkhdr.arrest an(* 10 keep watch f bedside until he is relieved by fcal,.'Ya“t o!; the Richmond cout. ondsmen will be released. ! hGE-pimix E,»«i.s (Tirr, k i: Tom,,, l- '» («ieensboro {society eirp," ot ^reat interest ; 'le marria-' nere and elsewhere , Sw a thio-u 1 : ‘ fjnsboro to- • * Cf; : °< Mto Kathe- , O^fo.-a 'lr- Marshall K. Pin- i ^0fnciatine'. -r^ ' !: Clyde Tur- : Weeks in wihey wili spend sev-! • ^Slashed Son °f Granv; He County; |fj', atd Ml-! “ Cngton Citv Winters of' '%*x)* $C7e?st‘Joha vis Ir^thePu 'j V'I,haaage and i "•IS^isa n f.*‘edger office.! 0f£ ehis ho,S 6 °f Stem’ He *£***£ n l"1 Wa^ington CO.1 ime to f6Urs aad devotes Sn?hls artic:e Vr'l‘ng for maga , % DearboV e(?Uently ap’ , ‘^dependent. Tribute To Wilson (Associated Press) The first mention of Wilson’s name by Senator Pat Harrison in ! his keynote speech at the Nat ional Democratic Convention in j New York Tuesday, brought the 1 convention tio its feet almost as ! a unit and the cheers that thun dered from the floor made the framework of the old Garden vi- j brate. For fifteen minutes the de-. . monstration of respect and rev erence for the dead President j continued unabated. The ban- I ners of the various states were j caught up by the eager and en thusiastic Wilson Democraats ! and a parade was staged through the aisles that ultimately drew in nearly every delegate from I the floor and many of the specta tors. THE BRIDAL BOUQUET \ - Dr. Marsh and Dr. Booth and the Or phans Share the Flowers Of Happy Brides. A beautiful and touching incident followed the marriage last week' of Miss Alva Lee Currin, daughter of i Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Currin, +.o I/r. j Claude Vincent Long of Burlington.! It was her desire that Dr. Marsh,] who is receiving medical attention at Brantwood Hospital, and Dr. T. L.! Booth, who has been confijxed to his home for two or three years, should share her bridal bouquet. It is rela ted that Dr. Marsh, on the receipt of] the flowers, breathed a silent prayer! and raised his hand in lasting bene-; diction. Dr. Booth, who has not] spoken a wbrd since he was stricken down, was visible moved by the beautiful token and pressed the flow-! ers to his breast. Speaking of the recent Parham- j Johnson marriage an exchange says: j “Sometimes our hearts are warmed j by deeds so delicately beautiful that I there is the fear of treading on1 ground too sacred for the intrusion! of speech. “Saturday afternoon at the close! ,p£ the- beautiful marriage of Miss; Kate Johnson* to-Mr. B. W. Parham, j of Oxford, contrary to the usual cus-' tom of tossing bridal bouquet back] to the bridesmaid, the bride careful-] ly packed the beautiful shower of the i lilies of the valley, and sent it to J Lucy Sasery at the Orphanage, who i is a young lady of the Senior calss,j now languishing patiently, stricken! down by the white plague. The an-; nouncement of a, hapl million dollars; given the Orphanage would not have touched the hearts of this children's! village, as has this gentle and; toughtful deed.^' Miss Kate is widely known and i loved for her songs before the multi- j tudes, but the placing of this dash of; bloom in the pale hands of the suf-l fering girl awakens a higher melody! heard where the echo never dies. _ i MISS MILDRED HARRIS BRIDE OF CAPT. FULLER On Extened Bridal Trip To New York and Atlantic City. Leechviiie, June 25.—A beautiful wedding of State wide interest was solemnized yesterday when Miss Mil- [ dred V. Harris became the bride of i Elbert E. Fuller, of Oxford. Preceding the ceremony the wed ding music was played by Miss Cor nelia Jones of Kenansville. Mrs. Robert F. Hogue, of Norfolk, Va., cousin of the bride, sang sweetly “At Dawning” and Sweetest Story Eve? Told.” The bridal party entered to the strains of wedding march, the | ring bearer, little Miss Alice Harris of Norfolk Va., dressed in dainty white pleated crepe carried the ring in the heart of a lily. Miss Mar? Elizabeth Harris, maid of honor and sister of the bride wore lavender crepe and leghorn hat trimmed with, sweetpeas and tulle, and carried an arm bouquet of pink roses. The groom with the best man, W. W. Ful ler of Oxford entered from the right and was joined at the improvised al tar by the bride who was si’< cn in marriage of her brother^ L. M. Harris of Norfolk, Va. The bride was most becomingly gowned in a going-away suit of blue crepe with white trim mings and accessories to match and carried a shower bouqet of bride’s roses and valley lilies. During the impressive ring cere-; mony performed by Rev. J. N. Bynum of Belhaven, Miss Jones rendered softly McDowell’s ‘To A Wild Rose.” j The bride is the charming daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Harris of Leechville. She was educated at Salem College where she received an . A. B. dgree. The groom is a prominent business man of Oxford ^and captain of the Granville Greys. Mr. and Mrs. Fuller left imme- j diately after the ceremony for an extended bridal trip to New l^brk and ( Atlantic City. They will be at home in Oxford, after July 1st. THE BIG NOISE ,^v 1 UKK | VOTING NOT IN SIGHT - ' Platform Builders Are Unable To Agree Upon Ku Klu\ Klan and League of Nations Planks_Ten Candidates Up For Nomination and Five More Nominations To Come. (Condensed Associated Press Report) The Democratic National Conven tion, npw under way at Madison Square Garden, New York, is tumul tous noisy and slow. Up to adjorn ment yesterday afternoon ten candi dates for president had been placed in nomination and five more are yet to be placed in nomination. The platform builders are dead locked on the Klan and Lergue of Nations planks. , The Candidates The name of ten candidates plac ed in nomination are: W. G. McAdoo, Californian, by former Senator Phelan. Oscar W. Underwood, Alabama, by Forney Johnston. Jeseph T. Robinson, Alabama, by former Governor Brough, of Arkan sas. Governor A1 Smith, New York, by Franklin D. Roosevelt. Former Senator Saulsbury, of Dela ware, by Senator Bayard. David F. Houston, of Missouri, by Lewis G. Stevenson. Senator Ralston, Indiana, by Fred Van Nuys. Governor Ritchie, Maryland, by i Howard Bruce. Senator Ferris, Michigan, by A. M. j Cummins. Governor Davis, Kansas, by Rep- ' resentative Ayres. Today’s Program Convention called to order by; Permanent Chairman Walsh at 10:30 j o’clock a. m., eastern daylight! time. .. ' Invocation by the Rev. Dwight W. ! Wylie, Central Presbyterian church, | New York. Continuation of roll call by states i for nominations for candidates fo? | President. At least five more pres- ■ idential nominations are expected. I Resolution for the election of the ! national Democratic committeemen j and committeewomen, and providing ! for their tenure of office. Report of platform committee:. Adjournment for the day. Slow Work. No man knows the hour or the day of adjournment. The big guns say that the convention will enter I upon its last lap Saturday morning i and will continue without recess until a late hour Saturday night. j OXFORD ORPHANAGE ALUMNI ORGANIZE Three Thousand Children Have Passed Through the Institution. j Of iar reaching importance was) the meeting of the Oxford Orphan-; age alumini on St. John’s Day at which time an organization was per-; fected. ! Mr. R. L. Brown, superintendent of the Orphanage, opened the meet ing with a short talk in which he stressed the importance of an almni1 association. He stated that 3,600 had passed through the institution since its foundation. Mr. R. W. Smith acted as temporary Chairman, and inspiring talks were made by Deputy Grand Master Cash, Gen. j Royster and A. B. Andrews. The roll was called to which each member present arose and gave his i or her history since leaving the in stitution and information regarding; any others that were not present. The first to arise was W. F. Parker, of Oxford, who was one of the first members of the institution. The following officers were elect- ( ed: President Frank Neal; Vice President, R. W. Smith; Secretary and Treasurer, R. E. Ward; Govern ing Board, James McCbnuell, Pro-1 gram Committee, Mary Kennedy, Hebe Sutton, and Lotta Booker. \ Quite a number of the boys and ( girls of the Oxford Orphanage have gone out into the world and made a name for themselves. The alum ni organization means big things for '; the Orphanage. ________ HOME MILITARY CO. GOES TO CAMP GLENN j Will Entrain Here Sunday Morning,! July 6. | Sergt. Ralph Walters, clerk of' Headquarters Compand North Car-! olina National Guard, lja& been quite j busy this week making Wt the .om- j pany’s pay roll. The substantial pay i roll, it is stated, is a result of the excellent attendance of the company ; at drills during. the past quarter, j For the next two''weeks the com-j pany will,take part in a busy pro- j gram, when the annual encampment is held at Morehead City. The sol dier boys will entrain here for Camp Glenn on Sunday morning, July 6. Members of the company state that they are expecting this year's en campment to be one of the best ever hid. COTTON IMPROVING VERY RAPIDLY NOW " TOBACCO is some better Corn Looking Very Well, But Will Be Shortest In Years. 1 ; •- Cotton, The cotton crop in Gran ,ille is im proving as fast as could be hoped for with the liot nights and showers in its favor. This condition is also favorable for the reproduction of the boll weevil and we are warned by Prof. Franklih Sherman, our State entomologist, that the late appear ance of the weevil this spring does not necessarily mean that there will be light damage done by that insect to the crop this year. He explains that evidently the early weevils all die without reproducing anyway, as there is only one host plant that wee vils lay eggs in, or the young develop in and that is the cotton, and the squares of young bolls are always the recipticles for the eggs. The early weevils only live a few weeks after coming out of winter quarters and die before there are any cotton squares for them to puncture, and deposit eggs in. He is anxious to have specimen sent to him for identifications as they are found so he can keep up with the approximate time of their ap pearance in the fields. A large per cent of the insects sent in for iden tification are not boll weevils but some other weevil that has the ap pearance of the boll weevil. Mr. J. H. Blackwell, our County Agent, is especially anxious to know of their first appearance in this coun ty and urge every farmer to watch his fields closely and bring the first in sect that looks like a boll weevil to his office and if it proves to be a true weevil he can take Steps to com bat them at once. Tobaccp. The tobacco crop in the county is some-wliat late but looking verj good generally. There is something like a 20 per cent reduction iu ac reage planted in the county this year, but what we have was fertilized bet ter than usual and the stands are very good. Corn Cooks Well. ' The hot showery weather is mak ing the grass grow well as weir as crops and in some instances the corn seems to have been neglected and gras and weeds are injuring it. Corn is looking very well where it has been worked and given a chance. Other Crops. There seems to be more land sown to peas, millitt, etc., than usual and perhaps the hay crop will counter balance somewhat the corn shortage. It is said that there is less corn plant ed than there has been for the past five years. WILL SAIL TOMORROW Miss Daisy Smith On An Extended Voyage. Miss Daisy Smith, the talented daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Smith of the Exchange Hotel, left this week or Hillside, New Jersey, to join her sister, Mrs. E. A. Jaggers, who with Mr. Jaggers and other invited friends will sail from New York tomorrow on Mr. Jagger’s yacht for an extend ed voyage in European waters. Local Firemen Will Go To Atlantic City At a recent meeting of the Oxford Fire Company the members voted to leave for Atlantic City on Tuesday, July 15th, to spend one week. There are seventeen members of the -com pany. Mayor Stem and his family and Mr. Lee Taylor and his family will probably take the trip, it is said. SUMMER CLOSING HOUR .We, the undersigned merchonts of Oxford, agree to clase our stores at 5 P. M. from July 1st until Septem ber 1st, 1924, Saturdays excepted: The Long Co.,, Perkinson-Green Co., S. H. Fox, Harris & Co., I. Wolf, Horner Bros Co., Oxford Hdw. Co.,; (all but flue department), A. J. Kit trell, Lyon-Winston Co., Moses Kap lon, Cohn & Son. I _: x BASEBALL AT CULBRETH The Enon and Culbreth Baseball team will play a game at Culbreth to-1 morrow afternoon at 3 o’clock. The; public invited. I I - 1—Mrs. N. B. Strickland had the' misfortune to break a small bone in her left foot a day or two ago, by j striking it against the edge of a door. | An X-ray was made and the foot; placed in a plaster cast. Many friends will be glad to learn that she is resting well. —Mrs. Archibald Johnson and I Miss Lois Johnson of Thomasville I have returned to their home after a short visit-to-Mrs. W. D. Webb. DISTRICT MEDICAL \ j SOCIETY MEETS HElfe i TEN COUNTIES REPRESENTED The District Embraces Alamance, Caswell, Durham, Orange, Frank j urn, Granville, Person;' ’ ^Yance i Wake and Warren Couiilftesl. The Sixth Councillor District; Mdei :cal Society, with a membership of i 206, held their annual session in the | Graded School building yesterday. •There were about 80 members pre sent. Te Granville County Medical So ciety entertained their guests at a sumptuous barbdcut dinner,"’1 which i was served in the Armory. v | The discussions and papers" that engaged the attention of the medical !men were of a scientific natures Mayor T. G. Stem delivered the ad-j j dress of welcome, and the response! j was by Dr. Templeton. j | Dr. N. C. Daniel, retiring president! of the society, spoke on the ^Prob I lems of the Physician.”- Others on : the program were: Dr. Hi H. John ■ son, Louisburg; Dr. Z. M. Caveness, i Raleigh; Dr. J. H. Wheeler, Hender son, Dr. W. S Cozarti 1 Ftrquay (Springs; Dr. H. A. Royster; Raieigh; Mrs. McPherson and Kerns, Durham; j Dr. E. A. Abernethy, Chapel Hill-; Dr. j Hugh A. Thompson, Raleigh; Dr.i : Ivan Proctor, Raleigh; Dr. B. Y. jBrooks, Durham; Dr. H. HU Bass, ! Henderson; Dr. A. J. EllingtonpBur . lington. Chapel Hill was elected as thenext | II meeting place. The following'1'-offi-1 jeers were elected: President, Dr.i jE. A. Abernethy, Chapel Hill vice-! j president, Dr. R. P. Nobles, of ,Ral: jeigh; secretary and treasprer, B.! I W Fasett, of Durham ! V - - ! i THE NEGRO QUARTETTE | ! That Beautifufl Spiritual SjjfcigJ “Swing Low Sweet Chariot.’H Oxford has an excellent nfegro quartette. Mr. M. P. Chambleetpn ! gaged this quartette to sing at l the Oxford Baptist Baraca Class last s|in I day morning, but sickness prevented | them from filling the engagement, j and many were disappointed because they failed to put in their appb&r j ance. Very likely they will sing for the class next Sunday morning, it is Said. \\ any one is disposed to question the propriety of a colored quartette singing in a white church, let l$m read the following from the Notfh Carolina Christian Advocate: “At the close of the simple funeral service of Dr. C. Alphonso Smiifti, which were held last Sunday afti^r-j noon in the First Presbyterian j Church, GreensborQ, the. negro qu$ir| tet from the Agricultural College j sang that beautiful negro spiritui^I, “Swing Low Sweet Chariot.? TJ^e jsoft strains of this melody as they! ! floated out on the stillness of the sah-' jbath afternoon amid the garaftej i shafts and above the “mossy mar-! j bles’ ’of Green Hill Cemetery, wette I a fitting farewell to the great spir'ft i which never lost touch with the corhrj ; mon man. >,■>! | “And this was sung at the reque&f j j of Doctor Smith with whom the song! |as the negroes sing it, was a special! favorite of his. * ■! ; “I asked what was the mark, 6f • the real greatness of the • man, "tfe! would not answer, the charmTfff • his j diction or the eloquence of Jiis fcpn-j gue on the platform, neither wany it | the inspiring magnetism of his pre^j sence in the class room, nor the wifrej and accurate scholarship of this m^ijfi of letters. But it was that touch pf‘ nature which ignored all artificial;! distinctions and saved him, though'm! man of the schools, from ev^ry seriiij blance of academic snobbery, an4] that bound him with golden cords fd' the fine and simple things df liffeii This passion of his life was §trogg. in death. His farewell was not thq'j warrior’s salute of guns, but whites was more fitting the farewell of iajf negro melody.” JOHN B. CURRIN DEAD jj ■ ■ Funeral and Burial Services At ; Ij* Stovall Yesterday. ' i f, Mr. John B. Currin, a native cjfr Granville county, died last Monda^r night at the home of his daughter,]? Mrs. W. R. Oakes, in the Redwood L section of Durham county aged 82; years. Funeral and biirihl servicejsj were held at Stovall Wednesday afl-y ternoon. ■ | SERVICES AT OXFORD BAPTIST CHURCH f - , Pastor Harte Will Rot urn From ,\ Richmond In Time To Fill'His 1*111- ij pit Next Sunday morning and Kv--j ening. Rev. J. D. Harte, pasta? 'f th^jj Oxford Baptist Church, is ^^iding; a marriage in Richmond. The Pub-1 lie Ledger is advised that he will re-, turn in ampel time to fill his pulpiti next Sunday morning and evening, jj —Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Healey, of Tampa, Florida, are the guests -of Mr and Mrs. M. P. Chantblee GROWING INTEREST IN ST. JOHN’S DAY Thousands Of People Spent Day At the Oxford Orphanage. Day is always a popular event in our town and at the Oxford KSe- The attendance is us “ * between five and six thou sand, drawn from the several adjoin mgcounties and the State at large. f Vlsit°rs last Tuesday mani fested more interest in the Orphanage han at anytime during its history, n!fh'??,,unte(i for by the fact that uch had been accomplished during the year that appealed to them; Th* SST J‘ HlCks Memorial Hospital, little °f Ihe best of the kind build in f^i?’ ^nd the new school uilding which is now going up, and the enlargement of the cottages at tracted much attention and favor able comment. Distinguished Visitor The following grand officers were weST^‘: n LkEyere« Grand Ma£e” .Leon Cash, deputy grand master; J. H. Anderson, Senior Grand War den; J. e. Cameron, junior grand W w:w-,P- Peed’ grand ‘measurer; W. W. Wilson, grand secretary; a. B Hartsell, grand chaplain; R. X, Ldwards, grand lecturer; W. A. Mon roe, senior grand deacon; P. L. Wil son, junior grand deacon; A, J Har ris, grand marshal; Dr. J. Spurgeon grand steward; W. D. Terry, grand tiler; M. DeL. Haywood, grand his torian; W. C. Wicker, educational Held secretary. The past grand mas ters present were: Gen. B. S. Roys ter, Oxford; A. B. Andrews, Raleigh; J. B. Owen .Henderson,and J. W Webb, Hillsboro. impressive Exercises. Following the grand lodge meeting the corner stone to the new high school was laid with masonic honors. At this exercise Prof. R. L. Flowers, of Trrinity college, and the stata re presentative on the board of direc tors, delivered a short and inspiring address, paying high tribute to the noble work being done by the ma sonic organization along the lines of education. After o the laying of the corner stone, the Grand Lodge asembled in .the grand stand in the oak grove where Capt. B. S. Royster, Jr., de livered the address of welcome on be half of the Orphanage, the town of Oxford, and Oxford lodge. Prof. E. W. Timberlake ,Jr.f of Wake Forest, responded to the address of welcome. Dr. W. R. Burrell, pastor of the First Baptist church of Monroe, de livered the oration. He spoke in eltoquent terms of the work being done by the masons of North Carolina and referred to the spirit of masonry as a relief to the* suffering of the world. A very pretty feature of the program wer& the songs rendered by the chil dren during the exercise. Barbecue Dinner. You can generally estimate the size of the crowd by the amount of bar becue consumed. Seventy-five large shoats were butchered and prepared for this occasion and all was sold. An Orderly Crowd. On St. John’s Day one year ago there were 1864 automobiles on our streets; this year there were more than 2,000 cars here. It was the most orderly crowd this year that ever celebrated St. John’s Day here. There was no accident, arrest or drunk to mar the occasion. There was a cloud burst about 4 o’clock and some of the visitors were drenched by the rain before they could reach shelter, but they all seemed to enjoy it. AT MT. ZION CHURCH Interesting Program For Next Sunday. Next Sunday, June 2i>, will be a big day at Mr. Zion Baptist Church. De votional service will begin at 10 o’clock, followed by specific prayer. The lunch hour is set for 12 o’clock sharp. Several important topics, in cluding a round-table discussion will be taken up after the lunch hour. Rev. J. A. McMillan, of Wake Forest, and pastors and other fluent men and women of the Flat River Association Will be speakers on this occasion. GONE TO GEORGIA ; Mr. Eugene Moss Studying Crop Conditions. Mr. Eugene Moss, manager of the Granville County Test Farm, has gone to the tobacco belt in Georgia £0 study crop conditions. On his re turn home he will visit points in. South Carolina. There Will Be a Great v Meeting Next Sunday i| Members of The Laymen’s Fed eration from Durham, will hold a Service at the First Baptist Church in Oxford next Sunday at 3:30 p. m. A great time expected. Everybody in cited. , !’ J. D. Harte, D. N. HUNT.