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VOL XXXiX EVERY TUESDAY -AND FRIDAY. OXFORD, N. C., FRIDAY. AUGUST 1. 1924 10 PAGES TODAY NO. 61 -THERE !S WRONG SN DENMARK ,vnH SIMM !^Y8 MS RE '^' ^ HESTER Works ^ As To the Oxford Water liter e Are Xo Closed ,„,! 'to- A!ayor Invites the ' - etth'ir fo Step In and Ex ^„ora) ' the t'nr'"hnr e. attune me !n reply'^^ ^ .. g^nt article improvement of Ox system, I desire to say ohn W. Hes relative to the t& ^tentien ford'^ - with much reluctance that I tbat't" mr^d into a newspaper nivsCh 'O' — find no*se'' '.[procedure which to me ^troYeij-. . ' the people '^entitl^h' the facts, and they ^ ^ester^gins his article. "Of "Atme will say this communi ^ „ prompted hy selfishness. ^ hv disappointment and still ^ general disnosition of to .mt-ir," Who. other ytppter himself, has ap t!'' than suggesting that his Se a.nsfof necessity be prompted such motives. He is his own ac He mdicts hnnself^ in the ,, ft,st sentence of the first para ph of his Article, and, as I shall "wiater finds himself guilty m his 'f'bsim paragraph. He begins with conscience and closes with a fusion. I have known, for some PM that in this matter he was .rompted by selfishness, but I would Lp refrained from public announce Lt of the same, had not his "dis Mpoinhnent" (when our engineer re commended a source .of supply, other than the one Mr. Hester owns and Ms been trying to get the town to decide upon) caused him to "but-in," ^ch he himself intimates is in Heptng with his general disposition, gis mania for appearing in public print is a fourth reason, which JMr. getter might have mentioned, as one pf the motives prompting his article. Mr. Hesters' statement that "Until ^ whole matter of the prodposed Water System was closed, except the presentation of the estimated total cost. the subject was handled in ex ecutive session behind closed cRKyrs,* is untrue. I assume that Mr. Hes ter made this statement through ig norance but the facts could have been aseeralned if he had made only a slight effort to get them. At a public meeting open to all the world. th efirst step was taken, when The Board of Commissioners of Ox ford purchased the Water System from The Oxford Water Company, and passed the fir} t Bond Ordinance. At a public meeting, open to all who desired to come, an engineer was em ployed to make the necessary sur veys, and recommendations to the Board. In orde rthat an opp-ortunity might be afforded the Board to ac quire a site, or sites, ajid the neces sary rights-of-wav at a reasonable price, it wsa thought wise not to Pubiish to the world the engineer's recommendations until certain op tions couid be secured. In this there was only motive, and that was m prevent having to pay exor bitant prices, and to save the tax payers of Oxford and the consumers Of water as much as possible. Dur ing that process, time and time again Mr. Hester who wanted to sell the town of Oxford his water rights at Minor's oid mlH, sought to obtain in formation as to the probable source ^ supply the engineer would recom R?nd. He even went to a law firm, Composed of men who were well ac quainted with Mr. Olsen, the engi '^er. and sought information through one of the members of that firm. He ^'ote a letter to the members of The Mtd ol Commissioners, in which he AtepW to show them that there -e only two fit and available yrces on Tar River K"Rbatl Mill one being the property, (owned by Mr. -e other being The M: oster's elient. and the H prope 1 and th< in attempt to show the advan .... Tar Valey Mfg. Com and the ' ' " " nr Mi; ' and ttmn he proceeded in this property (owned by Mr. ettm Minor Mill site, over the ^ntbail Miii site eiegram!"' ^ produced a ^ the receiver or attor or the receiver, of The Tar Val Mfg. Cot h,.^mpany. in the nature of a -'roat that the ' . Tow nof Oxford would bum damages if water ... '' diverted at a point above site. Other than ^Mnt for a while, upor emm'r' engineer's recom d ions f,jj. purpose above v- hii h t believe a vast ma ''dizens Atoned 'PProy of Oxford will no mngie step has been tak -^ept at ah public meetings open "6 tn. '' to come. When 'ecess;/ to purchase the purchase the wat-er lint ^rti^„ ^ ^ ^ar River, a notice or n'f bids was published "dain Ledger, a time n, 'gening bids was named and at an open the r ^ bids wer^e opened Jheetin ^chbur? awarded to The ' Company, the ^aots^' .' be Mr. Hestei — 'he published notice. 1 (Contra ued on Page 4) ;mAM SERVICE ON SOUTHERN REMAINS i SAME AT PRESENT j Judge PeU Requested Railroad Offi } cials To Furnish Actual Figures. ; The Oxford delegation, headed by ;W. T. Yancey, who attended the rail i road hearing before the Corporation *ast Tuesday and again yesterday, j are of the opinion that the corpora ! tion will not permit the Southern j Railway Company to discontinue one ! of the daily trains between Oxford, Durham and Keysville. j Some Figures, j The Railroal officials presented an t array of revenues which looked p-ow ! erfully lean. Taking trains Nos. 113! j and 114 and 107 and 108 in two } weeks periods of May and July, the j officials betrayed rather sickly con jditions. In 113 and during the week iof May 7-13, this train hauled 276 ! passengers for $202.32. For the j same period 114 hauled 334 passen ! gers for $205.37. For the same ! week 107 transported 38 4 at a cost .of $25 3.72 and 108 handled 246 trav-; ,elers for cash fares of $127.81. Poorly Prepared Case." j Judge Pell $hen told the officials j that they had come with an awfully poorly prepared case. He was from Missouri and desired to know some thing. He took his pencil and fig ured 88 miles four times a day or 352 miles. That done 30 times a month costs about $5,000, or accord ing to the commissioner, about 50 cents a mile instead^of $2. Then Mr.! Taylor put in that he was figuring nothing for taxes, station Costs, wages on the track or anything else. Another hearing will be necessary before Judge Pell announces the de cision. ! AT THE TEST FARM Dr. W. W. G&rner, Of Washington, Guest Or Mr. Moss. } The Granville County Test Farm was never more interesting than it is at present. On account of fhe won , derful experiments on the present to bacco crop, Dr. W. W. Garner, heard! of the tobacco diversion for the United States Department of Agricul ture, brought with him to Oxford Mr.' F. S. Knoblock, the government of fical photographer, to take pictures of some of the remarkable tests. t ' The numerous plats in a five-acre ! field reveals to the naked eye just [what certain chehlicals will do. One' plat on which no fertilizer was used produced a very small yellow leaf; one plat on which lime was used pro duced a small and inferior leaf; one : plat on which magnesia wag^ used sparingly produced a healthy leaf of good size, and on up to the most vig erous and perfect leaf attained by the use of certain ingredients. i Mr. Moss states that he hopes that a large number of farmers and their families would attend 4.^ ^et-to-get her meeting and picnic at the Tobac co Farm on Thursday, August 14, and see for themselves what has been accomplished for the benefit of the farmers along scientific lines. One experiment alone, which was devel oped this season, means a saving of more than a million dollars to the growers of the state next year. It is a simple ingredient to be added to fertilizer. - I iMPRESSiVE MARRIAGE : AT THE COURT HOUSE List Of Marriage License Issued Dur ing July. A very impressive twilight wedding was solemnized by Rev. E. M. Snipes, pastor of the Oxford Methodist Church, which took place in the Reg ister of Deeds office last Tuesday evening. The contracting parties were Mr. Edgar H. Lawton, 31, of Hartsville. S. C.. to Miss Elizabeth L. Amis, 23. of Virgilina, Va. The bride is a handsome young lady and was neatly gowned. The ceremony, which was very impressive, was performed in the presence of a number of witnesses. Mrs. Snipes being present to see that Pastor Snipes officiated in his usual graceful style. The other licenses issued durmg the month were to colored couples as follows: William Harris 21, of Vance coun ty to Adie L. Hester. 21. of Granville county;Ernest Clay. 21, of Person county to Unnies Thornton 18. of Granville county; Freddie Rowden. 21, to Clavinie Perry, 18. both of Granville county. NEW HAf SHOP WiH Open About the First Of August. Mrs. Bryant, mother of Mrs. Blount Brvan has purchased the millinery business of Mrs. Graham Roberts, which was located in the new Hall building at the corner of Main and Littlejohn street. The office on Main street, occupied by Dr. Watkins for many years, is now being re modeled and fitted out for Mrs. Bryant, who expects to open business about the first of August with en tirely new stock. The store retains the name of "Hat Shop." MR. McGEE WILL TENDER RESIGNATION TO COUNTY BOARD THE CLERK OF THE COURT WILL NAME HIS SUCCESSOR The Names Of I arlo^s Business Men and Fannet-s Are Suggested For tite High Position Of Honor. Tongues began to wag at both ends this week when it became known that Mr. H. A. McGee, the good and faith ful cunty commissioner, intends to tender his resignation to the Board at the regular meeting of the com missioners next Monday. "What in the world does it all mean, and does it have any political significance?" was the question most frequently asked. Mr. McGee is not the kind of a man that would inject politics into the County Board. He has always had the interest of the county at heart, and in his retirement from the Board he feels that the county will profit by the appointment of one of the new candidates on the ticket to fill out his unexpired term. Summing up the situation, Mr. McGee said: "There will be only two old mem bers of the present Board elected in November. By appointment one of the candidates to the vacaTfcy, said candidate would gain* much valuable information at the hands of the old board between now and December 1, at which time the new board takes the oath of office." Judge D. C. Hunt, Clerk of the Court, is authorized by law to ap point some one to fill the vacancy in the event the Board accepts Mr. Mc Gee's resignation. It is held by some that it would not be neces sary to appoint any one to fill the unexpired term of four months, citing the fact that a board of three men can accomplish more in a given time than a board of five members. All eyes are on Judge Hunt. It is claimed by some that it would be unfair to the candidates to select one of their number to fill the vacancy. Why not pass the temporary honor to some one else is one of the ques tions that seem to stick in the craw of a few. BOOST THE OXFORD TOBACCO MARKET Other Towns Are Scattering Pro paganda,, Why No Oxford. The Oxford Tobacco Board of Trade, the merchants and business men of Oxford should get busy and advertise the Oxford Tobacco and Cotton Markets. They should begin at once to impress the people in this trading territory that Oxford is one of the best marketing and trading centers in the {State. Other near-by towns are trying to lead the Granville tounty people to their doors, and our Tobacco Board of Trade, merchants and business men seem not to realize that such a thing is being done. The fact that Oxford is a most de lightful town and a pleasant place in which to live and do business is not sufficient to keep us on the map It is up to all of us to make some kind of a demonstration, and now is the time to begin the campaign. The Crop Condition In South Granvilie (Creedmoor Times-News) Since the excessive rains have stop ped and we are now having some fair weather, the crops are suffering from the effects of the wet season. Es pecially is this so, in regard to the tobacco crop, which is deteriorating as fast as it was ever witnessed in this section. It is being harvested as fast„as possible, but that part of the crop not cut and housed in the next ten days, or less will be lost. The cotton crop is suffering, but not so badly as the tobacco crop. There has been so much rain that the crop could not be cultivated properly and in many instances it is a mass of grass and it will be impossible to gather anything like a crop. It is conservatively estimated that the cot ton crop will fall short of a normal production at least 40 per cent. While the tobacco crop will not be more than 50 percent of a normal crop through this section. It is cur ing with very good color, but it is light in weight and the turnout in pounds will be short. The corn crop is a very good one. Community Smer Sunday Afternoon AH Are Requested To Join In the Glad Noise At Creedmoor. The Public Ledger is requested to announce the regular monthly meet ing of the Community ,Sing. will be held in the Creedmoor High School auditorium Sunday afternoon. August 3. at 2:30 o'clock. The public is cor dially invited and all singers of the 'surrounding communities arie ref quested to come and join in the sing ing. If you enjoy good singing, come out and you will not be disappointed. A good program of song service will be rendered. 'NEED OF REPORTING ALL COMMUNICABLE DISEASES STRESSED There Should Be A High Regard For ; The Quarlntine Laws i People who violate the quarantine; j^ws, and who fail to report reporta ble disease can cause no end of trou i ble according to Dr. Morris, guardian of the public health of Granville County. I Recently, several cases of violation of the quarintine law have been found by the health officer, and in lone case an offender was haled into jCourt and fined. Dr. Morris said: "Peoplp who con ' sider such diseases as whooping cough and measles unimportant should consider the fact: There j 'were several deaths among very } young children, during the past year, ) ,—caused by measles and whooping! cough, the so-called 'minor diseases/ ! guarding their children from these ! diseases." As stated by Dr. Morris, the law regarding communicable diseases is as follows: All reportable diseases are to be reported to the health de- j partment. Where no physician is at- } tending a case, the parents or nurse i of the patient should notify the de- ^ partment. When the doctor is in at- i tendance, the report will be made by : him. When a quarantine placard is ordered placed on A house in which i there is a patient who has some re- j portable disease, it is not to be re- j moved without the consent of the health officer. i —Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Abbott and children left Thursday Jor Mrs. Ab-' bott's home at Maxton, while away} they wil lattend the Cottingham re-! union at Little Rock, S. C. -—Mrs. Peyton Uzzle of Warrenton is relieving Mrs. H. C. Abbott during her vacation. i AMWVHMARr Mr _;_ Five Thousand Colored People Cele-! brate the Annual Event Here ! What St. John's Day means to the'; Oxford Orphanage, Anniversary Day' means to the Oxford Colored Or phanage. The;colored people to the! number of five thousand celebrated the annual event here last Wednes day in good style. The large gather-i ing was composed of the best colored, people from Granville and the ad-i joining counties. Dr. Cheatham! superintendent of the Orphanage was delighted with the marked in terest manifested in the work of the institution. Dr. E. G. Toney, of Ox-; ford, was the chief speaker of the day. i The people of Oxford extend a hearty welcome to this class of col ored people who attend these cele brations. It is a pleasure to look on and see them enjoy the deiightfui oc casion. James Downey, a native of Granville, who owns a ten-horse farm in Person County and has be come well-to-do by being polite and attending to his own affairs, was among the throng of visitors. Many of the business men of Oxford who knew him extended the hand of friendship. The majority of the visitors spent the day at the Orphanage, but two or three of the younger generation came up town and got hold of some mean liquor, and it was necessary to lock I them up for a while. There were several arrests for violating the traf fic laws of the town, but they were strangers and were let off lightly. Automobiles and heavy trucks made frequent trips from the public square in Oxford to the Orphanage and not a single accident occurred -during the day. ODD FELLOW'S SiNGiNG CLASS HERE TUESDAY The Singing Class of the Odd Fel low's Home at Goldsboro, will ap pear here next Tuesday night at the high school auditorium at eight o'clock. The Class this year has an excellent program, and reports from towns in the State where they have appeared have an outstanding tone of praise. There are twelve members of the class and among them will be found much talent, both vocal and instrumental. The singing class is' the pride of the Odd Fellow's of North Carolina, and has been for years past. Everybody is a music lover and therefore you should not miss this treat. ; The Class will arrive here Tuesday evening and be the guests of the good ; people of Oxford until Wednesday af j ternoon. On Wednesday afternoon ! owing to a change in schedule they will appear in Franklinton instead of Creedmoor as previously announced. The Class will be in Creedmoor Thursday, Aug. 7. GREEX-CONRAD Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Green, of Shel by announce the marriage of their daughter, Patty May to Mr. Edward Conrad, which was solemnized last Saturday. The bride is a native of Oxford, the family moving to Shelby ^ some years ago. Mr. Conrad is a member of the Edward C. Conrad Realty Co. of Winston-Salem.. M!SS BURNICE WOOD THOMAS RESUMES HER MAIDEN NAME Court Annuls Her Marriage To Dr.; George Norfleet Thonms. Miss Burnice Wood, daughter of! Mr. J. Robert Wood, who married* Dr. George Norfleet Thomas about} five years ago, has been granted an! absolute divorce and restored to her' maiden name. Miss Wood completed} her education after her marriage, and Dr. Thomas took up the study of medicine at Wake Forest College and was graduated two years later with honors, and accepted a position at Jefferson Medical College, Phil-i adelphia. Mrs. Thomas, who is now Miss Bur-! nice Wood, has been a member of the! Virginia State Normal School *at! Fredericksburg. In recognition of^ her worth and the high esteem in' which she is held, the Kiwanis Club! at Frederickksburg presented to her' a silver loving cup of handsome de sign and proportions, on which is en graved the following inscription: "Presented By The Kiwanis Ciub of Fredericksburg, Va. To Miss Burnice Wood Oxford, Who By Loyai and Unselfish Service During Her School Life Contributed More To the Upbuilding of the State Normal School At i Fredericksburg, Va. June 12, 1923." Miss Wood is spending her vaca-j tion at the home of her father to thej deiight of her many friiends in Ox ford. j MCA! R0L4RMMS They Have Several Things Under Consideration. The Oxford Rotary Club held its weekly meeting last night with; Chairman Ben Lassiter presiding.} Mr. Lassiter has the happy faculty of j starting a meeting off in fine spirits j and guiding it succesfully through-; out. There were a number of visi-i tors including Rotarians from Hen-! derson and Fayetteville. Dr. Gar-j ner of the United States Department< of Agriculture ,who is visiting the! Tobacco Experiment Station here,' was a guest of Eugene Moss at the! meeting. j Thornton Yancey and Mike Cham-j blee reported on the trip to Raleigh: before the Corporation Commission^ in the interest of train service on the! Southern Railway. They seem toi think that the Railway Company has! lost its case in the effort to curtail! the service between Keesville and: Durham. i The Home Chautauqua to be held in Oxford this year was further dis-l cussed and a committee appointed to! secure a speaker for the occasion. Eugene Moss gave notice of the bas ket picnic to be held at the Experi ment Farm on the. 14th of August and invite the club to attend. Increase in Amount Of Leaf Tobacco Washington, July 31.—Leaf to bacco held by manufacturers and dealers on July 1 aggregated 1,843, 736,896 pounds compared with 1, 736,896 pounds compared with 1, 697,844,445 pounds a year ago, the; Census Bureau announced. Chewing smoking snuff and ex-! port types totalled 1.327,851,72? pounds compared with 1196,445,884 pounds a year ago; cigar types to-, tailed 442,696,052 pounds compqj-ed with 525,000,271 pounds, and im-; ported types totalled 73,189,077 pounds compared with 76,398,290. pounds. JUSTICE J. J. MEDFORD ! HAS A BUSY DAY Sends Lawbreakers To The County; Jail. Wednesday was a busy day for Jus-; tice J. J. Medford. Some of the i cases disposed of were as follows: Harry Smith charged with carry ing concealed weapon, on finding ,pro-; babie cause he was bound over to su perior court under $100 bond. He is in jaii in default of bond.. James Cheeks was found guilty of driving a car while intoxicated and bound over to superior cburt under $100 bond. He has not been able to give bond and is in jail. Albert Allen charged with running a car without license was dismissed on payment of the cost and for him not to run the car until he secured license. Ollie Bullock was arrested for be ing drunk and placed in jail to sober up so he Can be given a hearing. John Rhodes Was found guilty of failure to observe the'city ordinances and was fined $5 and the costs. THE IRON MINES OF GRANVILLE COUNTY On^ Hundred Thousand Tons On the Lands Or Mt^. Graham Robots. The mining of iron ore near Knapp of Reeds wiii be resumed as soon as a spur track can be buiit to connect vnth the Norfolk and Western rail-* road near Wiliardsvilie station. The president of the mining company, whose office is located in New York, stated, according to responsibie infor mation. that he hoped to have every thing in readiness to begin taking out ore by November first, next. According to an unofficial report of the engineers the ground on which the party has been prospecting, cov ers about seven acres and contains about 1,650,000 tons of iron ore. This estimate is based on a fifty feet depth. The analysis of the ore shX/ that it contains from 52 to 57 per cent iron. Of the above estimate. There are 100,000 tons of high-class iron ore on the lands of Mrs. Graham Roberts, of Oxford; the five acres on the farm of J. A. Veasey is estimated at 1,350,000 tons, and 100.000 tons on the farm of H. R. Dixon. The company has an option on three thousand in tjiat section of the county with good prospects for ore in Northern Granville. The officials state that when every thing is in operation they hope to mine 8 00 tons of ore daily. NEW YORK STATE TO BE BIG BATTLEGROUND The Democrats Will Probably Win. / New York. July 30.—New York state is to be perhaps the greatest battleground of the coming presiden tial campaign. With John W. Davis as their standard-bearer, the Dem* crats realize their best chance or '"in ning the election lies in winning some of the States East of the Miss issippi River to add to the electoral votes of the Solid South. The general feeling here at the mo ment is that the Democratic mana gers will permit the Republican and the LaFollette followers to fight it out in* a-great many of the Western states. Of course, the Democrats will not neglect these Western states. Mr. Davis undoubtedly will visit them. But the battle will be Con centrated in the East and the bulk of the campaigning be done there. Oxford Is Mentioned In A Chicago Paper (The Publishers' Auxiliary) The Oxford Public Ledger recently carried an interesting story about Pro Bono Publico, a newspaper print ed back in 18 74 at "Sassafras Fork, Granville county; North Carolina, by Eugene L. and Frank S. Harris," a copy of which was sent to the editor by a former resident of Sassafras Fork who now lives in Ontario, Can ado. This paper was a four-page weekly, 4 1-2 by 6 inches in size, and the entire front page (a facsimile of which was reproduced in the PubiiC Ledger) was devoted to comment on Biela's comet, which was causing con siderable comment at that time. The story also tells about the local items in the paper, which give an interest ing view of journalism in that state half a century ago. BMS7WESS 75 BE7TER Textile Plants Disposing Of Accumu lated Stocks At Profit. (Charlotte Observer) By the middle of October practical ly all the textile mills of the pied mont section of the Carolinas will be unning full time and on a profitable basis in the opinion of David Clark of Charlotte, editor and publisher of The Southern Textile Bulletin. Mr. Clark who is recognized as an authority second to none on southern textile conditions, said last night that there has not as yet been any great decrease in the curtailment of output of the textile mills, which has been in effect for some months, though the position of the mills is decidedly better and is "picking up" right along. 4 SL4R W7777 4 77E4Rf Madam Olga Petrovar Set a Good Example. The Associated press states that in deference to the wishes o fher hus band, Dr. John D. Stewart, of New York Olga Petrova, the great motion picture actress, who has just re turned from a tour of Europe, has refused to have her hair bobbed. —Mrs. H. C. Pinnik entertained on Wednesday afternoon at the Wo man's Club House in honor of her daughter, Mrs. Marshall Pinnix. The rooms were attractively decorated for this happy occasion and a delightfui course of refreshments was served Quite a number of friends called to greet this attractive young bride, who is so charming an addition to Oxford Society.
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