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LEDGER PUBLISHED SEM!-— __ ,*TT ^xi^OUNTT OFFERBRILLIANT OPPORTUymES PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY —. _A^PL FRIDAY._ OXFORD, N. C., TUESDAY. JULY 1,1924 16 PAGES TODAY NO. 52 ( ATHOLIC H,,a^d Lo Hrenking ^ L("'< ^it'<OUt Ro- ! yW i„ k,u^. Asking "Wis T <m . x Y.. June 2S. ^orR.-'. .. lit P'^i' ''"'....HH'"*"; J.emLab'm" episodes of poll QlOStlt- 1 t.fA -One of .ntion history brought to; '^whea"-ui?ht session of the f comtchtee today just be when the fifty-two dis .3^?'Led almost to the ^piiint by the strain of the:?; ^ dropped to their Knees and ^L'fr 'hsdom and peace. ^ i, t hotel room, cloudy with ^ XcoLmnee had met for A..id have been its last ses eighty hours, with only finals Mr sleep, the fight had ; Should the Democratic l .o'iPM the campaign with a Skonitsphuform denouncing the : Klac by name, or shomd it L-condemn ah lawless activity of l.t societies'! Oa this depended success next ivo rcKber.it"'^^-'^- ,. , knight the wrangang continued, to gro^ u.u(i moi6 bit tor. Pcies and time iimits for the speak '.,nw? ignored. Hot personalities Lj bitter retorts, were fiung about. Lthe east side tenements the sky '.Lets reach some decision j^^yiight." pleaded one mem ^oi the committee. "Het! it's daylight." said another. Then Judge John H. CcCann, of fNMl'kania a Cathoiic. rose. It MS seemingly useless to appeal to HMRTisdom. he said, and he asked ^mission to caii for Divine inspira With the tacit consent of his itary feiiows he got to his knees, tars coursed down his cheeks as he Ktited "Lord's Prayer," Whett Judge McCann resumed his [Mr, Bryan took his place. Bryan, tM, tscited the Lord's Prayer, and i t'a;s offered a piea that the light of the Holy Spirit might shine on the i iMMSsof doubt. Bryan is a Pres-j byterian. It Ms broad daylight when the! Mmittee said "Amen." Take Precaution Against Typhoid Cranvitie County and the State M of Health are offering free DtKtion against sickness or death oa diphtheria and typhoid fever. M campaign against these two -My diseases is on in earnest throughout Granviiie County and the Mtiitso far is gratifying, but a large MNberof people have not as yet Mhzed the importance of taking the precaution against sickness. The county provides free enough it'.-typhoid treatment to keep every KM, "oman and chiid immune from HMidif they would avail them es of the opportunity. ^houtd be gratifying to Oxford -fusers to imow that the town ^ shows no color baciili. The , ^supp!y,hQv.'.^v.-r. ksnottheon ^ of causing typhoid. Milk is intected and causes the -'"scarry the germs, of spreading the carefully watched. ^ Gbody who has not already ..." should consult Dr. our county iteaith officer. ^ yourseif and to th* and i Hg. i'cp ^' iii not cost you any -^AM DANiEL WILL MOVE TO OXFORD His ( ^ - northwest ' Cork Road, an s- i the Abbo Hiil and wi on and after D< „„d n.y n,,., - ^ Phased'f Crew ^farrn'l-. Danh the' ^ ^iei has on R hh Daniels w -s r ^ithfu; " h '"** ^ th. ' ^ t-tiretiier- ' ? ' Infirm. L ,, 3"'mnb,.'„ . ' ' institutic t^^snotbp,- ^ 'Htemplated mo t""-'lrhhh " '' "<s ... b -topritv f "I Oxford ai of L o know that wiil n in Oxford. ''^[u^s^hool. '""c At Durhai Ii!C 0-rf - win',''f' ^tnday Schc ''0"- ' "otor to Durham hiornj ng or to Durham with well ^ O'e day at La f: ^ford p , hold tt ^ood Park. Durham, BEAM Fifteen Ballots and No Choice. McAdoo Leads With 479; Smith Sec. ond With 305, and John W. Davis Third With 63—Resnme Voting This Morning At 10.30. Madison Square Garden, New York, July l.—The Democratic national convention after 15 unsuc^ cessful ballots adjourned until 10.30 this morning. As midnight approached the con vention had completed its 15th bal lot and nominee was still being sought. Twelve hours of balloting had served merely to advance McAdoo and Smith in a steady gradual move ment and to bring neither one within striking distance of a nomination. If it established anything it established that each of them has a one-thira vote on the other. Smith although ran second made the most gain dur ing the balloting. Although he started with 240 in the first ballot he had gone to 305.5 at the close of the fifteenth. McAdoo starting at 431 on the first ballot had climbed to 479. * John W. Davis of West Virginia starting at 31 on the first ballot had advanced to 64.5 and was in third place at the finish with 61. Fifteenth Baliot. The result was announced this way on the 15th ballot: IJnderwood 39 1-2; Robinson 20; McAdoo 479; Smith 305.5; Davis of West Virginia 61; Ritchie 17 1-2; Cox 60; Bryan 11; Governor Davis 11; Harrison 2j 1-2; Glass 25; Brown 9; Ralston 31; i Saulsbury 6; Walsh 1; Baker 1. When the Break f emes. Leaders share the opinion that the break will come with the fortieth bal lot. It requires about one hour to < record the vote, and if an agree-j ment on a candidate is not reached! before the 40th ballot the convention! will continue through Tuesday night, i name the vice-president and attend to other details Wednesday. MRS. E. W. CMMMV DE4D Interment At New York City ! Yesterday. Mrs. W. D. Hart, received a tele gram last Saturday announcing the! sudden death of her sister-in-law.: Mrs. E. W. Currin, in New York.! Deceased is survived by her husband j who was a native of Granville coun-; ty and three children. Funeral was! conducted from her home in New j York yesterday. Mrs. Currin visit-; ed Mrs. Hart here last summer. ! SECOND PRMMRf ! To Be Held Throughout the State ^ Next Saturday, July 5. There is very little interest mani- i tested in the second primary which will be held throughout the State on Saturday, July 5. The contest is be tween Mr. Shipman, the present Com missioner of Labor and Printing, and Mr. Frank Grist. The same judges and registrars of the first primary will conduct the second primary, and the hours of voting will be the same. KMMT-PERRy WEDDMG (Burlington Correspondent) The wedding last Tuesday even ing of Miss Amy Rue Perry, of this city, to Mr. John R. Knott, of Oxford, while marked by simplicity and dig nity was one of the most beautiful of the year. The auditorium of the First Bap tist church, where the wedding was solemnized, has been conceded by many to be one of the most handsome in the south, and the simple decora tions of ferns, Rhododendron, palms, etc., set off the dignity of the church. The lighting arrangement of the auditorium was a very soft, candle-like glow from the sides, and these lights with numerous candles made a very effective setting for the bridal party. The ceremony took place at 8:30 but a few minutes after 8 o'clock Dr. Hubert Poteat, of Wake Forest began a musical program. Dr. Po teat is an artist and his rendition of a number of selections on the organ and a vocal solo added to the en chantment of the wedding. His first number was 'Humores que" Dovark; then he played "Noc turne" from 'Midsummer Night's Dream." Following this Miss Mary Barbour, of Clayton sang 'Because" from Midsummer Night's Dream]," and then Dr. Poteat sang "Love Cor onation." At the first strain of Lohengrin's bridal chorus, Rev. M. W. Buck, pastor of the church, and^ (Continued on Page Five) DEMOCRATS ADOPT PARTY PLATFORM AMID CONFUSION GOES ON RECOORD AGAINST DE NOUNCING KLAN BY NAME Anti-Klan Element^ Express Wiiling atess To Remain Content With Their Defeat—League Of Nations Light Was Eclipsed On Convention Lloor By That Over the Elan Plank —The Last Plank Was Complet ed At Two O'clock Sunday Morn ing Amid Wild Scenes. (Condensed Associated Press Report) New York, June 30.—The last plank of the platform was adopted by the National Democratic Convention at 2 o'clock Sunday morning when amid scenes of confusion seldom par aded in party history the Ku Klux Klan by name was pronounced re jected by the narrow margin of a sin gle vote. Another serious contest had been decided previously by adop tion of a plank reaffirming in gen eral terms only the party's faith in the league of nations. The totals of the vote as actually cast by states and territories, how ever, and as verified on recapitula tion today show that 5 46 and fifteen hundredths votes were cast against singling out the klan by name and that 541 and eighty-five hundredths votes were cast in favor of it. This actually increases the majority to four and thirty hundredths votes in stead of the one single vote as given in the official announcement. The Smith people declared the total recorded for the proposal showed conclusively the inability of Ml*. McAdoo to muster the two thirds vote for a nomination, and the Mc Adoo men said the votes cast on the other side meant the elimination of Smith. The managers of the other candidates agreed with both of them. As a result, the only discernible trend of opinion among the leaders as they weighed the outcome of Sun day morning's session and laid their plans for the battle that begins to day was a further sifting over of available of which the party can turn if the two men now at the top of the list are both eliminated. EXTENDED 4UT0 TR/P Dr. Thomas, Prof. Credie and Mr. W. T. Yancey Are Back From To ronto.^ If anybody needed a brief rest and recreation it was Mr. W. T. Yancey, Dr. W. N. Thomas and Prof. C. G. Credle, and they elected to attend the International Rotary Convention in Toronto two weeks ago, and made the round trip of 2,400 miles in an auto and experienced no tire trou bles. They arrived home last Sat urday, much improved by the short rest from worldly cares, and speak in endearing terms of the hospitality shown the Rotarians in Toronto, and the pleasures they derived from the trip. Plenty Of Fruit In The County This is the best fruit year Gran ville county has enjoyed in a long time. Many of the apple trees are overloaded and there is an abundance of peaches. Mr. Robert Critcher, of Route 1, is among the blessed. He gathered some choice apples, last week and converted them into cider and served to his friends while it was sweet. Beautiful Marriage Ceremony At Methodist Church In Louisburg. (Franklin Times.) Charmingly decorated in Queen Ann's Lace and ferns the Methodist church was the scene of a beautiful marriage ceremony on last Wednes day at high noon, when Miss Sallie Taylor became the bride of Mr. Lyn wood S. Bryan, of Oxford. Long before the appointed hour the church was crowded with friends. Mrs. Osmond Y. Yarboro rendered several musical selections and Miss Maude Ashley sang sweetly "A Per fect Love." To the beautiful strains of Lohen grin's Wedding March, so touchingly rendered by Mrs. O. Y. Yarboro, the bridal party entered. Messrs. B. B. Perry and E. C. Perry, of Louisburg, brothers of the bride, and H. B. Bryan, of Oxford, brother of the groom, and H. L. Taylor, of Oxford, as ushers advanced down the aisles, crossing in front of the chancel and took positions on either side of the altar. Miss Eleanor Perry, dressed in a beautiful Powder blue georgette goym with large picture hat, carry ing an arm boquet of Madam butter- ^ fly roses, a niece of the bride, was maid of honor and entered by the left aisle. Then came the bride j looking charmingly beautiful in a ^ handsome navy coat suit with grey j accessories and carrying a bounte-j ously beautiful boquet of brides ros (Continued on Page Five) 'HE CUM MMKEr Nice Produce Brings Fair Brices. people must rise early, grab their basket and go to tne euro ^thYh^Y^Y want the pick of the best things the growers place on sale every Saturday morning, From8 to 9 o'clock is the rush hour, but there is plenty for those who cannot reach the curb until a later hour. There was a substantial of fermg of all kinds of- produce last Saturday. The demand for beets was greater than the supply. Sam Harris, a fine little enterprising chap of the eastern section of the county, placed on sale thirty dozen ears of green corn, which sold like hot cakes at fair prices. Sweet cider, in bot tles, brought good prices. There was a liberal offering of spring chickens, but the demand was slow. TO BOOST OXFORD FROM THE CLOUDS T^ot of Advertising Matter Contain taining Coupons. for. Nunierous Prizes to Be Distributed Front Airpiane. ' Oxford is to receive a boost from ithe clouds within the coming week by Lieut. William H. Fillmore, who will drop a large amount of adver tising matter from his plane over the surrounding country. Lieut Fill more was formerly with the U. S. ;Air Mail Service, besides being an instructor in aviation during the i World War. He is now in Oxford to put on a big local advertising cam paign for the benefit of the business men of the community. Lieutenant Fillmore visited Oxford with his airplane two years ago and made many friends here. ! There will be numerous prizes given away during this campaign and it ts up to the people every where that the plane may be seen to look to the skies from whence these val uable prizes will come. Tile "Aero Gram", the official or ga#%of the Fillmore Aircraft Com pany, a publication which is to boost Oxford from the skies, will have a mispelled word in one of the adver tisements. he first person finding the word and presenting it in person or by letter will receive $5.00. VaMmble coupons wil be found in the "Aero Gram" entitling the hold ers to prizes given away by the fol lowing leading firms: Oxford Jewelry Co., $25 string of genuine Blue Bird pearls; Oxford Electric Co., 5 ladies' curling irons; Jack Capehart will clean and press 3 suits; Cooper Motor Co., 20 Ford tire repair kits; Harris & Co., 25 soft collars; W. F. Clegg Cigar Co., Greensboro, one box of Non-Skid Cigars; Well's Drug Co., 53 drinks, 20 Auto Strop Razors, 10 prescrip tions filled free, 25 boxes talcum powder and the first fifty children who present coupons torn from the "Aero Gram" will receive an all-day sucker or a juicy orange; Oxford Tire Co., 50 Red Devil tire patch kits. j.ne aviation field is two miles north of Oxford on the west side of the National Highway. Among those who made a trip to the clouds yes tu'd^y with Lt. Fillmore, was Mrs. T. G. Overton, who expressed de anu nuuc. ranton, wno ex perienced the sensation of looping the-loop. TIME EXTENDED FOR AUTO LICENSE That the time limit for purchasing automobile licenses will be extended to July 15 is the announcement of W. N. Everett, Secreatry of State, and given out for publication. The itime limit was to have expired yes terday, Monday June 30. FAGE-flMViX I Beautiful Home Wedding At [ Greensboro. Greensboro, June 28.—Marked by elegant simplicity, a nuptial event , of great interest in social circles here and elsewhere, was the marriage Saturday at noon of Miss Katherine Jane Page and Mr. Marshall Kerr Pinnix, at the home of her sister, Mrs. Daisy Page Walker, at 507 West Gaston street Rev. J. Clyde Turner officiating. The vows were spoken in the library, before an im provised altar, flanked on either side by palms and floor vases filled with ; white lilies, while over all th.' soft ' light of many candles reste^ Hke j a benediction There were no attendants, the bride and groom entering together j for the plighting <\f the troth. The' bride wore a handsome traveling i gown of tan Roshanara crepe and ecru baby Irish lace with hat of same color. Her corsage was of Russel! roses, orchids and valley lilies. ' Prior to the wedding Mrs. Char- , les Banks at the' /piano rdpd^red an excellent program of love melo dies while Mrs. Henry Ware sang very sweetly, "At Dawning" and "O . Promise Me," and then came the bri dal chorus from Lohengrin as the processional. Only near relatives were in at-, tendanete. Immediately following' the ceremony a beautiful luncheon' was served. The lower floor of the ' (Continued on Page Five) THE LOUD NOME IN NEW YORK IS BIG TOPIC HERE Many Vow They Will Not Support Governor Smith If He Is the Nom inee. Oxford is greatly interested in the outcome of the Democratic national convention now in session in New York, if the talk on the streets is an indication of the sentiment and feel ing of the community as a whole. There is quite an opinion that neither McAdoo nor Smith win out -ipuuo aqj jo auo juqj pun 'pua aqj m dates with less strength than these will emerge with the nomination when the convention ends. There is also a conviction in some quarters that Smith would not be a good candidate, and that he would at least have difficulty in carrying some Southern States if indeed he got them at all. Quite a number vow that they would not support Smith on account of his religion. I Qxford has quite a number ardent I supporters of Canter Glass, but some j of them feel that he will fall short I of the necessary two-thirds majority to secure the nomination/ And then jthere are the supporters'of Josephus : Daniels for vice-president. : It seems to be pretty generally I conceded that the nomination is al I most anybody's guess, and the ballot I ing is awaited in order that some thing definite may be had upon which i to basis predictions. FOUR SM4RF G7RLS Seeking th-actica! tnfnt-mation Ainna Industrial Lines. The Public Ledger was honored last Saturday by the visit of Misses Annie Green and Pauline Harris, of Providence, and Rosa and Bessie Wheeler of Knap of Reeds. These smart and pretty school girls were seeking information of a practical nature and they wanted to see a newspaper in the making. They will use this information in their school work. KEEPING COOL Johnny Baker Gets a Quart Of Ice Cream Every Week for a Year. In the Waverly ice cream mystery brick contest John A. Baker, clerk at the Oxford postoffice, was one of the successful 23 winners out of a total of 182,316 votes cast. He will re ceive one quart of cream once a week for one year, the first quart to be delivered to him today. FHE CRT RESERVOIR To Be Situated On the National Highway. The town fathers are making rapid headway in thier efforts to supply the town with an abundance of pure clear water from Tar River at an } early date. It is understood that they have an I option on a piece of land, the proper i ty of Senator T. G. Currin, on which I to locate the reservoir. The pro : posed site for the reservoir is about I two hundred yards north of Senator I Currin's residence and adjoins the ! National Highway on the west side. } This site was recommended by Engi ; neer Oslen as being well situated and j an ideal location. LAYMEN HOLD MEEHNC Players Offered For the Success Of the Approaching Revivals In Oran I viHe. i The Laymen's Federation of Dur ham, a survival of the Ham-Ramsey evangelist campaign in that city, held a meeting in the Oxford Baptist church last Sunday afternoon. The i meeting was largely attended and {was very impressive. Reading of the : Scriptures, short talks and ardent ! prayer was ,the order of the meeting. ! An impressive feature of the Lay men's Federation is a well organized band of musicians, who use various instruments and confine their select ions to sacred music. j Rev. J. D. Harte, pastor of the Ox ford Baptist Church, stated that 29 ; Baptist Churches in Granville County! will hold revivals during the month, of July, and he requested the Lay-, men's Federation to pray for the suc cess of these meetings. MM. A. E. DANIEL DEAD Mother Of Mr. Xorman Daniel, Of Oxford. Mrs. Sallie Lee Daniel, relict of the late Stephen Daniel, died at her home at Tar River early last Saturday i morning, aged seventy years. She was a follower of the Master and was! highly esteemed for her Christian vir, tues. She is mourned by the follow-} ing children who call her blesed: G. N. Daniel, Mrs. Anna Gordon, W. L.: Daniel, Mrs. Walter Suit, A. W. Dan-! iel, Mrs. Lester Currin, all of Gran ville and J. B. Daniel, of Victoria, j Va. ! The funeral services, conducted by! Rev. Hartsell, was held from the resi dence last Sunday afternoon. The, interment was at the William Hunt place. LITIGANTS ASK COURT TO GIVE STEM PEOPLE A NEW ROAD HEARING ASK PAGE TO STOP THE WORK It Is a Million Dollar Job, Durham to T*"*"' May Not B. (Raleigh Cor. Greensboro News) Durham litigants have asked the . S'*"" advocates tn the [ate road controversy between Colonel Bennehan Cameron and Highway Commissioner John Sprunt Hill the petitioners asking for another chance upon the litigant's convic* tion that the court has erred. justice Hoke is here, but Justices Connor, Stacy, Adams and Clarkson ar enot in town at this mo* ment Justice Stacy is lecturing at Chapel Hill and Judge Connor is nursing himself back to health after a protracted combat with the sur geons. Their associates are at home from a brief rustication and there la no way for the court to reopen the issues now. meanwhile, the work will get un der way. The Durham people have asked Chairman Frank Page to hold up construction, but it is not likely that there will be any delay. The Durham-Oxford route is a million dollar affair. Commissioner Hill de sires to get to work on it as soon as ;he can to avoid much winter busi ness. The Oxford to Durham route ;by Stem is now one of the best soil roads in North Carolina. This is a fact that militated against Stem when the hard-surface project waS presented. There is a navigable road all the time between the two capitals. There will be no delay. The Dhrham petitioners predicate their appeal on the legislative map which shows Stem on a road and does not present Creedmoor. The court is sharply divided on the functions of the commission. Jug* tice Clarkson, who was one of the great road boosters, helped to write the act and he was impressed with the sovereignty of the legislature over that of the highway commission. Judge Stacy's opinion very strongly leans to the disposition to allow a I highway commission to build high ways on the engineering of experts jrather than on the engineers (in the } legislature) of the inexpert. In a {word, Judge Stacy builds roads on soil, not paper. And there is where the dispute arises. OFFICERS BRAGG AND KLAPP ON THE JOB Captured Seven Moonshine Stiilg Last Week. Constable E. N. Brfagg and Deputy !M. C. Klapp captured a total of sev* I en stills in the county last week. } On Monday morning a week ago they captured two large stills neaf Knapp-of-Reeds and destroyed 900 I gallons of beer. . On Wednesday they captured a 60 I gallon copper still near Providence ;and destroyed 500 gallons of beer. I On Thursday they captured a large still and one that was in the making :with tools, tubs and containers and g destroyed 1000 gallons of beer. They I captured nine bushels of meal and a I half sack of malt. This still was , near Olive Grove colored church. ; The officers stated that the plant wae not in operation, and attributed the ! reason for this to the fact that there jwere services at the church. ! On Friday they found a small still hid out near Knap-of-Reeds. ; Deputy Klapp on Saturday last cap tured a 50-gallon capacity still in i'Tar River section and destroyed 700 gallons of beer. Everything wae in ; readiness to begin work when the of ; ficer came upon it. ! The county pays $20 for each and : every still captured. Figured on this basis the two officers made a living wage last week, but they were on the go night and day and were exposed to danger. fORFAMF ON EHHBir Painted By Mrs. Norman BurweH, Of Oxford. (Richmond Times Dispatch) The portrait painted by Mrs. Nor man Burwell, of Oxford, of Dr. Lyon G. Tyler, noted historian and genea logist, for thirty-one years president of William and Mary College is now on exhibit at 415 East Franklin Street. F0UR7W OF The Following Stores Will Be Closed Next Friday. July Fourth. Horner Bros. Co., Oxford Hard ware Co.. Reece & Co.. Carolina Power & Lieht Co., U. Carry 'Em, A. & P. Tea Co., D. Pender's store, Breedlove and McFarland, M. D. Oakley, Lyon-Winston Co., J. W. Knight, Rose's 5 and 10-cent store, Harris and Co., The Hub, Oxford Jewelry Co., The Long Co., Perkin son-Green Co., Sizemore and Wil liams, Taylor Bros., Cohn & Son, R. S. Montague, Holeman Hdw. Co., J. Robt. Wood, W. M. Cherkas, Gran yille Real Estate and Trust Co., The Hat Shop.