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OXFORD PUBLIC LEDGER VOL* XXXIX_ __ PUBLISHED PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY --AND FRIDAY. SEMI-WEEKLY—TOWN AND COUNTY OFFFr „P1„ ---- = -1 FKEH brilliant opportunities STATE LIBRARY. i*', --~ ——vy-* FRIDAY, JULY 18, 1924 10 PAGES TODAY jsjq 57 raf UNREASONABLE ‘ request of the SOUTHERN RY. CO. (.UAVHW OP WHICH 1 flOO D DAMAGE OXFORD fompcw Seeks Permission From f'u' 'state Corporation Commission STpiiontinup Certain Trains Be 'KII Keysville and Durham. * iming that the automobiles 11 crippled the passenger traffic, liav® 1S of the Southern Railway °fn, requested the State Corpora n' commission to grant them per tl3n inn to discontinue certain passen rdl3' lin3 between Keysville and pfriiam' and suggest the- following cdiediiif- 9:30am S’^Durham.1:10 p. m. ^Durham.1:20 p. m. [Le K/vsville.5:00 p. m. train from Keysville would v-hiv pass Oxford about 12 Kk noon, and on the return trip u ;s 0xf0rd about 4.00 in the after such a schedule as that d damage the business interest °fp one train must be taken off. let . ve a train from Durham at 8 or fn 'clock m the morning, and a down :rain at $ or 9 o’clock at night. « a meteing of the Town Commis ■»„<; this week. Mayor Stem appoint 5 Commissioners W. T. Yancey and I H 1 Myers to act as a committee co.operate with Burke Hobgood, of L Durham chamber of commerce, In trying to maintain the present .-vice. This committee has already conferred with the officials of Chase Citv Clarksville, Stem and Stovall asking that some organized effort against the discontinuance be put In the several problems of the rail roads that have engaged the atten tion of the citizens of Oxford in the past, the railroads never-failed to inform the committee that the pas 3>n»er and freight receipts at Oxford would not justify the improvement sought. This thing has been going on so ioagwe fear the railway officials re gard Oxford as a mere way-station. They should not be permitted at this time to work an injury to Ox ford. They should remember that Oxford and Granville county aided the company to buid the road in this county. Chase City, about one half the size of Oxford, enjoys six trains daily, two from Durham and Oxford and four from Keysville. We trust the Railway Company will give Oxford an honest deal this time. M SOLDIER BOYS AT CAMP GLENN Lae Hammie Qualified On the Rifle Range. A line from Staff Sgt. Ralph Wal ters at Camp Glenn, urates that the Company has finished its shooting record ,and averaged about 120 points to the man. Lee Hammie attained expert rifleman, making 230 out of a possible 250. Four others of the Company, said Sgt. Walters, made th erank of marksmen. They are: limes E. Mathews, Fred B. Perkins ind Collie Lee Wilson. Lt. Charlie ■Jones missed making the rank of sharpshooter by the narrow margin of one point. His score was 218 out of the required 219. “We are looking forward to the Field Day this week,” says Sgt. Wal ters', ‘ and hope t,o bring home the ba Gn of this event. Corp. Wiliam S. Hunt Jr., has charge of the athletics and is doing some hard work. He lad Lee F. Hammie are putting on a j!‘ia!l show at the ring side tonight. L“" challenges the heaviest man in ' :;ip to stand on his chest and after l‘lf he wil let Corp. Hunt drop a C'J !‘er knife 03 the muscles of his bv this they expect to prove to ,‘e r‘ st °f the companies that we a 11133 that not only is the campion rifleman of the Battalion somewhat of a champion in this Uite. ¥0?.<c on THE oxford durham highway ,<>l! 1 VIHtK DIS UV(’E H\s BEEN LET Now Under- Way IWi, >,k 0u H»e Middle Tank Will s'n Noon. Correspondent) ^es ofprrojp«s agregating 84.36 !{rtisem/ntf f inciuded in ad' August 5+h ,)lds to be opened ^®®iss'n ! 1:''e State Highway jfojectg' J1’, Specifications for the Mddc^t avai'able to prospec ts firs; ,V?st Mc>nday. This is and tvfttln" to 1)e held since j^rabiy ]f,e.'i;Gnt of work is con oVp» fv Lhan the average for Jug for th - oast three years. The !'"ws: e fourth District is as W>* 4?o f. ii>n Ox L ranviUe—Route 75 P5 fading d and Durham, 13.73 ID? Hendll; Vance—Route 50 be J aiiles Kr °n aud Franklinton, sradlQg and bridges. ff Am WEATHER STORY t. . 11NTEREST ! A FORTUNE AWAITS THE LUCKY MAN S<>me People Can Grasp a Business I reposition Quicker than Others. A half dozen men gathered in the sha4e of a building on the west side ol Main street yesterday afternoon, and the question of the new water supply for the town of Ox.V'd came up. All agreed that the plarfS spok en of in the last issue of the Public Ledger is a splendid move in the light direction, and the Town Fathers were lauded for the progress that they have made. “I wonder what will become of the water tank and the wells when the new system is installed?” inquired one of the bunch. * “I suppose they will sell the tank and fill up the wells,” Was the ver sion of another. “Wonder if they would sell one of the wells,” inquired an artful busi ness man as his kfaife took a deeper hold on the soft pine stick that he was whittling; “if so, I would like to buy the well on Hancock street.” . “What in the world would you do with it” inquired one of the dumb bells sitting on a camp stool. “Oh, don’t know,” was the laconic reply of the artful one, “but the sparkling water from its icy depth would make a pleasant and con venient bathing pool fit for the Gods.” The end of Hancock street is an ideal place for a recreation park and bathing pool, after the manner of Lakewood Park, Durham. It should be owned by the town and it would be the means of raising funds to pay interest on borrowed money. Things As Seen By Mr. H. E. Crews Editor Public Ledger: Buffalo Springs, July 17.—As the political clouds have passed over, I will try to tell you the news as seen and heard at Buffao Springs. There are 45 guests here today; twelve months ago there were three or four times that number. Wife and I came here last Sunday for a two weeks’ stay. They have the giddy ance here. I think wife en joyed looking on last night. I never dance; so dancing never appeals to me. Fair weather over here; land in good order and farmers are making good use of their time. The crops look bad—in fact the worse I ever saw them in my life for this time of the year. I hope you are having fair weather in Granville and the farmers can plow their crops. I told my tenants when I left I would try to forget the crops on my place while l am away. The guests coming in from all di rection tell me the same tale about the crops I have related. I hope the Tobacco Growers’ Asso ciation will soon make the second payment, as the farmers are needing their money. H. E. CREWS. Curb Market Every Wednesday and Sat. The Curb Market has proven a wonderful success during the short tim esince it began six weeks ago. At the request of many of the Curb Market patrons we have decided to have the Curb Market every Wednes day and Saturday mornings from eight to twelve o’clock. Thanking you all for your liberal natronage and trusting you will con tinue to work with us in this great movement and make it a permanent success. Other towns have done so and Oxford and Granville can do so too. FARMERS PRODUCE EXCHANGE, J. Y. Crews, Manager. Uniform County Special School Tax Mr. A. A. Hicks, County Attorney, Is Drafting the Bill. At their meeting last Monday the commissioners instructed Hr. A. A. Hicks, County attorney, to draft a bill to be introduced at the next session of the state legislature pro viding for a uniform county special school tax. At present there are 17 districtts in the county that have a special school tax of 20 cents; ten districts that have a special school tax of 15 cents; and one district with a special school tax of five cents. A special tax of 30 cents on each $100 worth of proverty was levied for Oxford graded school district., that part outside of the town of Oxford. There was a special tax of 10 cents on each $100 worth of property levi ed for sinking funds on bonds of Ox ford graded school including all prop- j erty in said district both in and out side the town of Oxford. TABBS CREEK CHURCH The public is cordially inited to at-, tend “The Children’s Day Program] at Tabbs Creek Church Sunday July the 20 th at 11 a. m. HORRIBLECRIME MAJOR McLEARY’S BODY FOUND NEAR CHER AW, S. C. Mortimer H. King, Canton Man, Makes Sworn Confession That He and Companion Slew Major—Af ter the Army Officer Had Taken Them For a Ride, They Compel, Him To Stop At Point Of Pistol, | | Force Him Out Of Car, Shoot Him j | To Death and Carry His Body Into j Brush—Robbery Given As Motive.! I Asheville, July 17.—Major Samuel. H. McLeary, missing army officer, | was killed by Mortimer H. King, near ] Canton, and a companion whose iden- I tity is still unrevealed by authorities: on the afternoon of July 2, according to a sworn confession made at Can ton todav bv King, to federal and. local authorities. i The body was found eleven miles noth of Cheraw, S. C.. at 11:30 o’clock this morning bv a searching party. The body was horribly man-; 'gled, it apparently having been dug up out of the ground and the flesh eaten by animals. There was no clothing on the body. The motive for the killing, accord ing to King's confession, was rob-; bery. After the major had taken King and his companion into his car and offered to give them a lift up the road, they competed him to stop,! at the point of a pistol, forced him ■ to get out of the car, shot him to : death and carried his body into the brush at the roadside. King is a deserter from both the United States army and the marine corps. FARMERS AND FARM WOMEN WILL MEET j At State College. Next-. Wednesday,' Thursday and Friday, July 23-25. ■ There will be a state-wide meet-; ing of farmers and their wives at the State College, Raleigh, beginning Ju-i ly 23rd, and lasting through the! 26th. j This is a very important meeting' and a fine opportunity for the farm- j ers and their wives to gain a lot of; valuable imformation relative to; their many problems. Every farmer that possibly can; should attend this meeting. It would b ea nice vacation for many, and 1 i am sure would be beneficial to all. j Some of the speakers of note that will address the meeting will be Dr.j B. W. Kilgore and J)r. E. C. Brooks, j of Raleigh and Senator E. D. Smith, j S. C.; Miss Susie Powell, State Home I Agent for Mississippi. j Those who want to go and stay j more than one day can get rooms at 1 the College and meals at the dining ; hall for 25c per meal Those of you that are going for the | entire time should write Mr J. M. Gray to reserve rooms for you and, also a seat at the table. J. H. BLACKWELL, j County Agent.; WATER BORNE TRAFFIC j Los Angeles Leads All Ports Except; New York In Shipping. Washington, July 16.—A survey! of water-borne traffic, completed by \ the shipping board’s bureau of re-i search discloses that nearly 126,000,-! 000 tons of freight, exclusive oL coastwise commerce, were handled by j American ports during the year end- j ed last December 31. Fifty-five per cent of this total! passed through six ports. New York; led with 27,600,000 tons and next in order were Los Angeles, 11,495,0001 tons; Baltimore, 8£300,000; New Or-j leans, 8,690,000; Philadelphia, 7,-j 870,000, and San pFrancisco, 5,740,-j ooo. 4 I ! _: i Dr. Wall Declines ! High Point Proffer j — . High Point, July 16.—Rev. Dr. j Zeno Wall, pastor of the Baptist church at Goldsboro, who was invit- j ed to accept the pastorate of the First | Baptist Church of this city declined i the offer. He had indicated a pos sible favorable attitude toward the! proffer, but his letter to the congre-: gation acquainted the church with; the fact that his declination followed I a week of prayful consideration.; This leaves the church without a successor to Rev. J. A. Clark, who, resigned recently to accept Tennes-' see pastorate. A CARD _______ 1 I wish to announce that I am an applicant for the appointment of. Postmaster at Oxford, will appre-j ciate any interest and support given, me by my friends. j MRS. JAMES ROGERS. July 18, 1924—2tc THE HOME CHAUTAUQUA WEEK OF OCTOBER 5-9 No Movement In Oxford In Many 'ears Has Been Received With Such Enthusiasm and Given Such Ready Cooperation. The Home Chautauqua, to be held October 5-9 and presented by local talent under the auspices of the Wo man’s Club and the Rotary Club has been thoroughly organized and com mittee are at work on the program. Gieat enthusiasm has been manifest ed and for the next two or three months citizens of Oxford will be preparing for the most important en terprise of its kind they have under taken. The program, not yet com plete, comprises music, drama, ad dresses by eminent speakers, page ants, demonstrations and exhibits, the intention being to make the work diversified and on a broad scale in order to bring out Oxford’s talent of all kinds. One of the great aims is to perfect each program in far greater degree than is usually done in ordinary music and dramatic programs, and for this reason all to have part in the Chautauqua will be requested to work intensively in pre paration and to give careful atten tion to details. The work is so thor oughly divided and appointed to com mittees that ample time is given for developing the program. The several committees met in joint session at the Woman’s Club House last night to thresh out de tails, but the meeting adjourned without perfecting the program. Last night at the Woman’s Club, Miss Ethel Rockwell and Dr. Harold M. Meyes, of the extension Bureau of the University of North Carolina, and Dr. R. H. Holliday, of Oxford College met with the committees for expert advice and cooperation. No movement in Oxford in many years has been received with such en thusiasm and given such ready co operation. The response has been prompt and complete in every in stance. Every member of the sev eral committee is actively interest ed. Each has been alloted definite responsbiility but no one is burdened by any feature of the Chautauqua assigned to some one else. Oxford’s capacity for accomplish ment and versatility will be under demonstration October 5-9. If the interest and spirit of cooperation so far manifested are sustained, as as suredly they will be, the Chautauqua is bound to be a huge success. Everybody on the job for the best music, the best dramatic productions, the best demonstrations and exhibits, ever presented by local tealent. Let’s go. AN ACCUMULATION OF STILLS DESTROYED The accumulation of stills, 27 in number, which had been stored in the jail yard for the past two months were destroyed last Wednesday by order of the County Board of Com missioners. Commissioner Thomas G. Taylor was on hand to see the job well done. Most of the stills were of copper and the total weight is more than one thousand pounds. CO-OP MEET TOMORROW An Interesting Lady Speaker Will Address, the. Meeting. At. 2:30 O’clock. The regular county meeting of the Tobacco Growers Cooperative Asso ciation in the court house tomorrow afternoon, Saturday, Juiy 19, at 2:30 o’clock will be enlivened by the pre sence of Miss Kelly, who will address the meeting. She is a very pleasant and fluent speaker. The ladies of the county are invited and urged to attend the meeting. And the ladies of Oxford are cordially invited to hear Miss Kelly speak. The County Financial Statement Will Be Printed Next Tuesday The county financial statement, which was handed to us six weeks ago, will make its appearance in next Tuesday’s issue of the Public Ledger. The document makes 26 columns in small type. WILL NOTIFY DAVIS AT CLARKSBURG Democrats To Greet Nominee With in Fortnight At Native W. Va. 'J own. Ne" ' York, July 18.—John W. Da vis, Democratic nominee for Presi dent, makes plans to be formally no tified soon at Clarksburg, W. Va., his native town of nomination. Mr. Davis is arranging to make an extensive speaking tour of the West addressing the farmers in the coming campaign. The nominee’s plans for the campaign are fast taking shape. democratic saying BY A DEMOCRAT THE democratic party has SURVIVED Extracts From the Speech Of John AY. Davis, the Democratic Candi date For President. It is the not uncommon history of political parties that they come into being for the purpose of executing a definite program and when that program has been finished they fall into decay while new parties rise upon their ruins. To this rule the career of the Democratic party is a striking exception. It has survived long days of adversity. When one program was completed, it has always possessed the energy and thQ imagi nation to prepare another; and today, unlike its great Republican rivai which has abandoned an entire sec tion of the country save for the pur pose of collecting delegates to con ventions. it fights battles in every State from Main to California and from the Lakes to the Gulf.—John W Davis. The Issue This Year. Make no mistakes. No matter flow many separate questions may be in volved in the inquiry, the issue be fore the American people this year is the question of confidence or no confidence in those who are now seeking to administer the Govern ment, and their vote will be “con tent” or “non-content.”—John W. Davis. —_ Back To Jefferson. Much has been said, and rightly, of the unholy alliance between big business and crooked politics, but there is danger of putting the empha sis on the wrong adjective. For whether it is big business striving to grow bigger, or little business hop ing to grow big, it is crooked busi ness and crooked politics that make the accursed partnership. In the court of public opinion as in a court of law, we mcfet see to it that no dis tinction in point of guilt is drawn be tween the public official who betrays his trust and the private citizen who j Profits by that betrayal, j Let us get back to Jefferson. “The j whole art of government,” said he, | “consist of being honest.” A pob lic office is a public trust.”—John W. Davis. Scandal Unknown. I The Democratic party has no place in our national life except as the par | ty of Liberalism. There has never been a public nat | ional scandal under a Democratic ad j ministration.—John W. Davis. _ Tli© Genuine Democrat. ; In short, the genuine Democrat is | a liberal with a liberal’s outlook on j life; loving freedom for freedom’s | sake; beieving in the wholesome vir tue of self-help; hating privilege in whatever form; wishing nothing for j himself from the Government that j his neighbor can not also enjoy; will i ing to think of the rights and inter | ests of other men equally with his own; trusting the best and not the , worst in human nature to prevail; and looking to a reign of good-will, j mu_tual aid, and cooperation as the ultimate goal not only of men but also of nations.—John W. Davis. MR. PHIL GUERRANT WITHAUSTIN-HEATON Mr. Phillip Guerrante, who has for | a number of years held the posi tion of miller with the J. F. White Co., has given up his connections in ! Oxford and entered upon his new duties with the Austin-Heaton Co,, of. Durham, one of the largest flour mills in the South. The many friends of Mr. Guerrante wish for him un limited success in his new field of ; endeavor. | FAMILY REUNION J A family reunion is on at the home j of Mr. D. N. Hunt. The occasion be ing the coming of their son Ray mond A. Hunt, wife and 2 children from Charlottesville, Va. ! Every member of the family is pre sent ecept Wiliam Gibbs Hunt, wife and 2 children of San Antonio, Texas, MR. PIKE CREWS IS VISITING HIS MOTHER Mr. Lewis A. Crews, popularly; known as ‘Pike” Crews, who is look ing after his sisters interest at Lit tleton, is visiting his mother on Ox-j ford Route 6. He states that the crops in Granville county are more promising than in Halifax and War ren counties. Pike states that the report that he will get married soon is without foundation so far as he knows at this time, but he will not vouch for what might happen if the right party should happen to cross his path, he said, —Mrs. H. G. Cooper and Miss So phronia Cooper left Thursday for a visit to Buffalo Springs. GOVERNOR BRYAN IS DESIROUS TO BE CALLED BAPTIST HE ATTENDS church REGULARLY The Democrats Candidate For Vice, resident is Xot a Member Of Any Church. * Although he is not a member of any church. Governor Charles W. thlan ViCe presidential nominee of the Democrat! cnartv. wishes To ha ipLZ^TLt' XtoSJ Post8’ accordlng to the Washington i dr^^areTf11 ^ the eovernorS chil nren are members of the First Rat). ; St Church of Lincoln. Np^ an(j Governor Bryan attends this church i regularly with them, he said !BanUstsrn°r a™’8 Parents ^ere Baptists and the governor was rought up in that religion although I he has neer formally affiliated with any church. The vice nresidential and TLT " beHever in Christian^: a d / Jellever m what the church moSerSnfs°tr' h# fs »« » BUS OWNERS TO ASK REGULATION Oxford Ma„ Ts One Of the Directors Of the State-Wide Movement. ! (Greensboro Correspondent) : The North Carolina Bus Owners Association, in Convention here this week, made plans to try to get the general assembly pass a law regulat or °£JT of tbusses* elected offl w”*htwiiiJnand elected wnghtsviHe Beach as the next meet* ! g place. The association will hold JulyT9V2?tiTn^heT1SeCOnd Mond&y m uiy 1925. L. F. Bernard, of Greene* boro was chosen president of the or* gaa zation. The thr.e vice presh dents are A. B. Bales, Goldsboro ‘ i Harvey Hester, Asheville, and J. M*. Wright, Gastonia, L. E. Scholl made Six directors were chosen, M. E. wS’ 5? gh: T> c Caudill, North WilheshoroT W. A.Averett. Oxford? I • M. Holt, Greensboro; Guy Car* ! Fevt^^f,84011 Aa* and S‘ T- Sahara, Tf ^hit Kn1,le'v,.Almong the provisions of the bill which the association will fho general assembly to pass, jth® Allowing are the chief points. ' Pr™de for granting certificates by the state corporation commission • without discrimination to all opera tors of motor busses now operating j in good faith. I 2. The commission be empowered to , refuse a certificate to any further applicant if it be shown he intends to parallel another bus operator’s route. j 3. Any new applicant must show I that operation by him of bus line i would bo ‘he public convenience ; and necessity. j 4. License tax to be on a seat-mile j basis for passenger busses: on a ton* j mile basis for package and freight i carriers. j 5. When certificate is granted op* • erator of bus will be required to fur* j nish the public service in accordance i with dependable schedules. | 6. Operator will be required to j furnish indemnity insurance as a pro* } tection to the public. BARBECUE DINNER ; _ | The Young People’s Missionray {Society of the Oxford Methodist ! church will serve a barbecue dinner ;at the court house next Tuesday, iJuly 22 from 12:30 to 2 p. m. Ev I ervbody turn out and eat dinner i with the young ladies, i - . SUNDAY SERVICES ! At St. Stephen’s Church Next ! ’ Sunday. I A card from Dr. Horsfield, dated 'at Richmond, says: “There will be ; usual service at St. Stephen’s Church Ion Sunday next—7:30 a. m., 11 a. m. and 6 p. m. “The interior decorations effected on my nose yesterday were very suc cessful, and I expect to return to Ox ford Saturday.” LARGE SWEET POTATO Crown In the Carden Of Our County Agent. Mr. J. H. Blackwell, our County Agent, exhibited in his office yester day a sweet potato that was five inch es long and as large in the center as a hen’s egg. It was grown in his garden and it was the largest we have seen this season. As county agent he sets a splendid example, as much as to say “follow me.” —Capt. W. H. Fillmore and wife, left Oxford by plane Wednesday for Tarboro, where they will spend a few days.
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