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OXFORD PUBLIC LEDGER B _ — - PUBLISHED SEN, WEEKLY—TOWN AND COUNTY OFFER BRILLIANT OPPORTUNITIES^ ..* H rOL. XXXIX_^rI3H^EFVREi5iTTt,E3DAT N. C., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 1924 12 PAGES TODAY ~~ N0- 71 MEXICAN Bib BULL COTTON flourishes IN GRANVILLE > uTi\\\ADY HAS FIXE Ml>- h ’ - STAND planted At the Same f.itinan U Tjme, Did Vot Thrive So Well. vopderfui stor>T Is some time comparison. Mr. J. H. iQ ’-weil. county demonstrator, . tiu*to the Public Ledger office ^rniay a half dozen bolls of cotton -e,erge as a goose egg. but not ready ~n Which were of the Mexican 10 0PBol! variety, grown by Mr. Rat dV- in his other hand were h If dozen bolls of the Eatman s ‘jtuv olanted at the same time on fa’-n! hist across the road from “ cannady. Both samples were •eked at random, said Mr. Black -phere was not a flaw in the Scan Big Boll, but the Eatman variety were small and badly dis-; •a^ed and hard and tedious to pick,! .hilc on the other hand the Big Mex ican Boll is disease free and is of; .jcellent staple. j Mr. Blackwell, our county agent,' fas born in a cotton producing State ^ what he don’t know about cot .on is not worth knowing. At the beginning of the season he preached the gospel of good seed, and among otj3?J things told the farmers that (ije Mexican Big Boll would thrive nest in Granville soil. His assertion has been vindicated all over the coun ty Mr. Cannady states that he is Jell pleased with the Big Mexican boll and that he will plant no other Iriod of seed. IMGANIZINS BRASS BAND IN OXFORD Prof, Sinclair, Of Chapel Hill, Will Be the Instructor and Director. Originally sponsored by the Rotary tlub, the movement to organize a brass band in Oxford took concrete form this week in the appointment a( a joint Rotary-Town Committee1 to put ver an intensive drive for ; sufficient funds to purchase instru- j nents, and pay the salary of an ex-' pert director for a year. | The committee is composed of aembers of the Rotary Club and other public spirited citizens of the town who plan to put on a one day drive Wednesday September 10 to raise $1500.00, the amount which las been found necessary for fi liating the venture. The Committee is composed of Gen. B. S, Royster and Dr. W. N. Thomas, Chairmen; C. G. Credle. Secretary; N',C. Remsen, publicity director; W. I Yancey, treasurer; J. H. L. Myers, drive leader; M. P. Chamblee, O. B. Breedlove, J. B. Powell, D. K. Tay lor. Vernon Taylor and J. P. Harris. ^ When approached by members of ■he Rotary Club last week the young fellows of the town responded enthu viastically, and forty boys, possessed 5f musical talent have applied for admission to the band From these be selected those best quaalified wr playing the various instruments, *. ilp the others will be assigned MOW as substitutes and used to the organization up to its full pber of fifteen. . J*r- Sinclair, a well known L bulent^d musical instructor of apf Hi!1 has been engaged as di Lsk 3 hal1 for bra^tice purposes L, ;etn seeur8fi and as soon as suf r mtunds are provided the instru I »,s "**1 be purchased. I be Committee has mailed out let llj., n retur!1 blanks for remit 1% n l° over five hundred citizens LilV‘XI,ecte(1 t0 immediately Is'.?'v?ener°US c^PCks to Treasurer I-ecurpri ancpy- VVith the amount so I cm rna,as a nuci8US the Committee l‘f the t "P-an 5ntensive solicitation Ilemher iii'1! °n the m°rning of Sep l^uirps " 0 raise the balance of the I dieted U is confidently pre efirP ^soo.oo will I liter (jjp un than one hour lltlve commencement of the l «r^MEEK,NS WILL . J HERE SEPT. 13 I ^ For Oov* 1 lHe"isr'Lss the Issues Of WMh. ■^idate f Meekins, v Republican ?/1t/overnor of North Car c°'intv° voters of Gran |l?mber ‘ f Td. on Saturdav is°nP of ■;[" at no°n. Mr. Meek ^ the J,’!ost Polished speak 1 reasor"- *' 0 lcan ran^s. and for ! ^’Srnss tV '" Wl^ want to hear V Hennh'-' lss::ef: of the day S ^i;1 ;!Can standpoint. The ___’* the court house. Sford Is AffdiT °n The Honor Roll lift l ^ ^£ain ip \.. ;r|ni>hohor roii ;rA\-ust got on the lj<? tlle menu °r havring no fires Nt ■ Only one alarm aiariI) ■ J tliat proved to be a khort Session Of The County Board erJm6ptC<JUI1.ty^Boar(i of c°mmission s met last Monday, the following Da™sberh beiUS present: J- Ennis MeP ?rnaa: T' G- H. A. IcGhee, C. G. Daniel, W. L. Clark. Insolvent List. A committee of one was appointed o accept the settlement made by W 1 • btradley with the Sheriff for 1924 as soon as it is completed; a commit tee of one was also appointed to ac cept the insolvent list and to turn the same over to the Board next meeting. Sheep Killing Dog. G L. Allen, J. W. Whitfield and E. B. Parrott was appointed a commit tee to assess the damage caused to E- T. Huskett by the killing of one sheep by a dog belonging to Marvin Weaver. County Auditor. L pon motion of Commissioner T. G. Daniel, W. J. Webb was unani mously elected county auditor. Mr. Webb will enter upon his duties Dec. l. 1924. Will Operate The Owen Warehouse As will be seen elsewhere in this paper, Messrs. Hutcherson & Grogan will operate the Owen Warehouse this season. Mr. J. T. Daniel, one of the best known and popular men of the county, is associated with the Owen. Messrs. Hutcherson and Grogan are well known men and have had large experience in the warehouse business. Mr. McLean Says He Will Meet Col. Ike Asheville, Sept. 3.—A. W. Mc Lean, of Lumberton, Democratic nominee for governor, announced that he is willing to meet Ike Meek ins, Republican candidate, in a se ries of joint speeches on the plat form during the coming campaign. The Lumberton banker declared; that he is anxious to discuss state and national issues with his Republican opponent. The Commissioners Draw a Jury For Court In October The October Term Is For One Week Only. Drawing a jury for the regular term of October Superior Court was thq principal business before the Board of County Commissioners last Monday. The following were drawn: W. G. Wilkekrson, J. L. Rogers, C. S. Currin, E. M. Evans, L. H. Dix on, A. B. Wilson, G. L. Wheelous, W. E. Loyd, G. C. Peake, J. W. Raynor, D. F. Lanier, Wallall Duncan, E. D. Gooch, A. T. Williams, W. O. Wil son, O. J. Veazey W. B. Adcock, Luther Young, J. G. Cash, E. V. Floyd, J. L. Williford, . F. Jones, R. C. May, C. A. Hicks. English Sparrows Drown In Rain Following the heavy rains a few wekes ago many dead English spar rows were found on theground in Granville. Mr. M. A. Thomas, who resides in the northwestern section of the county, stated that he found a dozen dead sparrows under a cedar tree on his premises. He stated that he was at a loss to know what killed the birds, but on a recent visit to | Mecklenburg county, Va., he learned that nearly all of the English spar rows in thata section were drowned in the heavy rains in July and Au gust. it may sound cruel to say it,” said Mr. Thomas, “but I regard the ex termination of the English sparrow as a good riddance.” Earnest F. Hart Post American Legion The delegates of the Eornest F. Hart Post 90 of the American Legion | to the State Convention which con vened at Asheville the first two days ! of this week returned Wednesday. The following is a citation awarded the Oxford Post: ! 1. The officers and individual i members of the Earnest F. Hart Post number 90, Oxford ,North Carolina, I are commended for meritorious ser i vice rendered the Amerfican Legion as herinafter mentioned. , 2. For scuring 143.2 percent of ; 1923 membership by August 15, i 1923. 1 3. Such meritorious achievement | has enabled The American Legion to continue as a great force for good in the comunity, state and nation, l This was signed by the department commander and by R. E. Deny, de jpartment adjutant. I .— COUNTY NURSE Miss Elvira Brock, of Kinston, has entered upon her duties here as 1 county nurse and assistant to Dr. ! Morris. She relieves Miss Tilley, who resigned a few months ago. TOBACCO MARKETS OPEN STRONG IN EAST CAROLINA I. W. MANGUM LEADS THE MAR KET AT ROCKY MOUNT Average At Wilson Was $22.50— Rocky Mount $23.00—Quality Of the Weed Reported Good and the Growers Pleased With Prices— Average On All Markets Higher Than Last Year. Between 4,400,000 arid 4,800,000 pounds of tobacco were sold on the opening of the auction and co-op erative warehouse markets in the eastern Carolina belt Tuesday, ac cording to figures tabulated on the | basis of reports from the market cen ters. The average price ranged from 20 to 23 cents a pound. Five hun dred thousand pounds were received i by the Tobacco Growers’ Co-opera | tive association with an average first I advance made to the growers of be tween $12 nd $17 per hundred pounds. Wilson led all open mark ets with sales of around 900,000 ! pounds. The sales were attended ;by probably the largest crowds in the hostory of Wilson, Kinston, 'Greenville, Rocky oMunt, Goldsboro, New Bern, Smithfield, and other points in this belt. Among the Oxford people to attend the sales at Rocky Mount were Mes srs. J. F. Meadows, Andrew Jamie son, Dr. E. T. White and Chas. W. Bryan. Members of the party state that Mr. I. W Mangum, who pur chased a warehouse recently, sold 115.000 pounds at an average of 23 cents. Co-Op. Tobcco. The association reported 50,00 pounds received at Kinston, 40,000 at Smithfield, 35,000 at Richland, 30.000 at Snow Hill and correspond ingly increased receipts from the other markets. The total received the first day of the season, more t£an: doubled the receipts of last season’s! opening and the quality and bringing a higher price. Goldsboro Market. With an average price of 22 cents per pound 400,000 pounds of tobac co were sold on the auction floor. The tobacc-o was of medium grade and prices were said to be pleasing to the growers. Big Break At Kinston. Over three-quarters of a million pounds were placed on the market constituting the biggest first days; business in local records. Some of] the tobacco was poor in quality. The average was light in weight and had a good color. Rocky Mount Offerings. Approximately 750,000 pounds of tobacco were offered on the ware house floor at the ppening of the sea son. The general average of prices was about 23 cents. New Bern Open. The local branch of the Tobacco Growers’ Co-operative association recieved approximately 10,000 pounds. First advances on the crop ranged between 16 and 18 cents. No auction market is being operated here this season. Heavy At Smithf ield. Approximately 250,000 pounds of good grade tobacco was offered at the local warehouses. The price average was 25 cents a pound. Wilson Market. Approximately 900,000 pounds of tobacco was sold on the Wilson mar ket. According to local tobacco men the amount of tobacco on the market practically tripled the amount sold here on the opening day last year, when 439,206 pounds were bought by the variouss tobacco companies. The average price paid this season on opening day, was somewhat in ad vance of the price paid on the same day last year. The highest price paid was $60 a hundred. Several baskets of the weed were sold at this price it was announced. On the op ening day last year, 439,206 pounds were sold at an average price of $21.24. The quality of the crop this season, was somewhat better than that of last season. Kinston Market. ; This town is estimated to have sold • nearly a million pounds of tobacco on this first day of the 1924 season at prices rnging as high as 90 cents a pound and averaging 21 cents or bet ter. Thousands looked on as the auc tioneers started their singsong and the initial offerings were bid off. Business boomed in the down-town district. Zebulon Market. One hundred and ninety-five thou sand pounds of tobacco were sold. The average was 24 1-2 cents, which was highly satisfactory to the farm ers. One of the largest crowds in the history of the local market, num bering possibly ten thousand people. Wendell Market. The biggest breaks of tobacco ever witnessed in the history of the Wen dell open tobacco market. The lo cal warehousemen sold a break esti-, mated at 200,000 pounds at an aver-; age of $23.10 a hundred, Over 3,000 visitors, tobacco growers and buyers at>nded the sale. MRS. FOGLEMAN, WIFE OF BAPTIST PREACHER HEIR TO BILLIONS INCLUDING a stone castle OVERLOOKING SAN FRANCISCO BAY The Virgilina Lady Will Share the ' Vast Fortune With Seventy Heirs, the Most Of Them Residing In North Carolina. (Virgilina Correspondent) | The wife of Rev. T. W. Fogleman, j the recent pastor of Florence Ave ! nue Baptist Church at Virgilina is | reported to be an heir to an immense ! fortune, which was left by her two brothers in California, whose names were Marsh and Moses Hopkins, : 0 left their homes in Randolph county, North Carolina, in the year l»40, seeking fortune in other chimes. They were two of the “fortynin ers.” and it appears that they made their fortune almost overnight, pos sibly in stocks, as it is said that they owned one-fourth of the capitol stock in the Big Four Railway con solidated; also the controlling inter est in the street car lines in San Francisco and other cities in Califor nia and Texasa, being possessed of $90,000,000 when they died without heirs in the West about 40 years ago and leaving no will. Neither of the brothers were ever married. The fortune has multiplied many times and now amounts into bil lions, according to the estimate of an acredited representative who made an investigation, as well by an heir Who recently went to California and writes back to relatives here. There are 70 heirs to the vast fortune, most of them residing in the Pied mont section of North Sarolina. The Hopkins home, which is twen ty miles from San Francisco, is said to be a stone mansion overlooking San Francisco Bay, and the vast es tate is threaded with beautiful driveways 100 feet wide and paved with pulverized oyster shells, which has been occupied and well appoint ed"by a care-taker of the estate. This sounds like a fairy story, ana it might pass as such, but since one of the heirs, the wife of the pastor of the Baptist Church here and a near neighbor for the past two years, they having given us the story in de tail, it assumes an almost established iact. The courts of San Francisco county it is said, have advertised on several occasions in hopes of reaching the heirs, but no one as yet has present ed the right proof; however, all the needed dates and names are fully vouched for and accepted by the courts of California. One of the North Carolina heirs, who is now in the midst of the inves igation that is now going on, in writ ing to home folks, speaks of the for tune in terms of billions, and he states that he is sure they will come into its possession. Rev. T. W. Fogleman expects to go to San Francisco at an early date to look out for Mrs. Foglemana’s inter est. Local Rotarians At Home To Friends On Thursday evening The Oxford Rotary Club, according to their usual custom, entertained the boys of the 1924 graduating class of the Oxford High School. Thsee boys, who are as fine a lot of boys as you will find any where in the State, are planning to leave within a few days to enter the respective colleges and universi ties of their choice, and not only their mothers and fathers but all of the citizens of Oxford and Granville County are expecting them to make good. Judging by their past records and the make-up of each individual member of the class, their friends do not expect to be disappointed. Out of a class of seventeen boys sixteen of them are going to college. This iq a wonderful record. Supt. Credle reports that the seventeenth boy is planning to enter college later. The following boys were invited to attend the weekly luncheon: Will Mitchell, Edward Mitchell, Edward Horner, John Williams, John Fuller, Robt. Bradsher, Sam Wrenn, Garland Hart, Henry Hunt, William Walters, Frank Smith, Matt Currin, Thos. CUtlnady, James Averett, Cam Eas ton, barker Lee Tignor, Osby Usry and I ick Taylor. Most of them were prese .t. Col. Fred A. Olds of Raleigh. North Carolina, and Elliott Cooper of The National City Bank of New Yoi*k City were guests of the Club. El liott, who is an Oxford boy, is mak ing good, and his friends are always glad to welcome him back home. Col. Olds, who knows more people than any man in North Carolina, is a member of the Raleigh Rotary Club. The Colonel visits Oxford frequently and is always welcome. His talk was constructive; and if plans do not fail, some of his suggestions will soon materialize. HOT CONTESTS ' HAVE DEVELOPED! EXCITEMENT IS INTENSE There Are Some Spots In the Public I Ledger’s Territory Where Contes | tants Have Not Canvassed For i Subscriptions. ; The members of the Public Led-i ! ger Salesmanship Club are working | with feverish haste gathering in the | all important subscriptions which [count to apply on the winning of the j extra Ford Roadster, and the Extra [Vote offer of 165,000 votes on each [and every $30 worth of subscriptions | turned in before nine o’clock Sat urday night, Sept. 6th. Hot Contest. Already hot contests have develop | ed both in and out of Oxford and it ; is safe to say that every member i whose name is in the list is making | the campaign of their lives this week j to win the Ford Roadster, and to | pile up votes on the present big of 1 fer to apply on the winning of the [big automobiles in the end. Excitement Intense, j All is excitement today and there ! is a reason for it. A good day for j vote-getting is before the workers | who close up one of the most impor I tant periods of the race tomorrow ; night at 9 p. m. The Extra prize 'offer of a Ford Roadster ends to ! gether with the 165,000 extra vote | offer on $30 clubs of subscriptions." I There is a reason for all this hust j ling on the part of the club mem i bers today. Unsolicited Territory. | There are som e“soft spots” in the; | Public Ledger’s territory where con- J j testants have not been to canvass for j i subscriptions and as the roads are in i good conditions to get over now, and' i from reports from several of the j workers they are making prepara- j tions to get out on the rural routes. This will afford a splendid field of! opportunity to get subscriptions and! votes. The race, is just warming up. j It is just hitting its stride. Every- j where one goes one hears something j about the Public Ledger “Salesman- i ship Club” or its workers, therefore it is well advertised, and to mention that one is a worker for the “Sales jmanship Club” prizes brings almost I ready response from the one ap iproached because they know that it ! is votes the workers are seeking, j Promises To Be Record-Breaker. From all indications this week willj ! be the biggest week, for each and every member of the “Salesmanship ; ! Club” campaign will endeavor to j double their quota over last week, I for the members realize that such j : big, costly prizes will be much sought ! after by the workers and a hard j j race will be made to capture them. : ' _;_I_'_ZlL_._ I The University Extension Class! — i The Extension Division of the Un ! iversity of North Carolina offers to I the people of Oxford the opportunity I to organize a class in American Lit S erature to be taught by Professor iMcKie. A registration fee of ten ; dollars will be charged each student, ‘ and this fee is the only cost to the ! student other than the price of the j text books. The class will meet once | a week in the Womans Club Building ! and will be for a period of an hour land forty five minutes. There will J be sixteen meetings, beginning the first week in October. Those inter ested should report to Miss Helen j White within the next few days, as it is necessary to complete the or : ganization and arrange date and hour of meeting and other details I before Professor McKie’s schedule is I closed. _ i LOST IKK; The little white shaggy haired dog belonging to Mr. Marsh Ray, on Han ! cock street, is lost or strayed. Fin ' der will please notify owner and re ceive reward. KEEP THE BOY IN SCHOOL i i (to • 1> : I \ | * A high school education will J multiply his chances for leader | ship by 22. A College educa- j I tion will multiply his chances for leadership by 200 0XF0RD-R0XB0R0 1 — New Bus Line Connects The Two j Communities. Mr. S. L. Slaughter, an enterpris- ( ing citizen of Berea, will operate a bus line between Oxford and Rox-j boro. The schedule appears else where in this paper. Miss Kathryn Hunt Bride Of T. B. Rose, Jr. Wedding Of Prominent Young Oxford Couple Interesting Event. Nonh rlrnr ’ interest throughout ™ A- ollna was the marriage of Miss Kathryn Gilbert Hunt and Mr 1 homas Benton Rose, Jr., which was CheurchiZWef Hthe Fh’St Ba^t Rev j D wn?day at hish nhon, nUMV*- ' H I ' pastor of the hride, scene of^’ h® pulpit Presented a ’Cene ot unusual beautv with its decorations of green and white Quantities of white clematis, palms and ferns, interspersed with aspara gus fern and white pedestals hold mndieVhr candelabra with cathedral tto bein§:,used. Across the en tile choir rail was a row of white tapers the whole forming a beauti fy1 and appropriate background for the wedding party. The music was rendered by Mrs. A. W. Graham, Jr. Preceding the ceremony, Mrs. W. G. Pace beauti fully sang “When I’m With You” ind “At Dawning.” Mrs. Pace was gowned in blue with corsage of red roses. Mrs. Graham’s gown was of coacoa brown lace over crepe-de chine and she wore a corsage of pink roses. At the first strains of the Bridal Procession from Lohengrin the ush ers entered as follows: William Medford, Dr. S. J. Finch; Will Ful ler and Joe Renn. Mrs. Paul Rose, of Hender son, was Dame of Honor. She wore a lovely gown of pink chiffon over pink satin, with black velvet picture hat and carried an arm bou quet of sunset roses, showered with /alley lillies. The bridesmaids were: Miss Annie Lou Williams, who WOfe a frock of Green Georgette over green crepe-de-chine; Miss Gladys Tg’pp Jones, of Stem, in a frock of orchid crepe-de-chine over pink; Miss Elis abeth Hunt, sister of the bride, in a frock of yellow Messaline with pleat ed georgette panels; and Miss Carrie Myrick, of Littleton, in a frock Of powder blue crepe over pink crepe* de-chine. All of the bridesmaids wore black velvet picture hats, black satin, slippers-,and carried Hresden Colonial bouquets. The groomsmen were Luther Davis, D. C. Hunt, Jt., Carey Parker Hunt and N. B. Ro$e, of Franklin, Va. They wore mid night blue suits with white rose bud boutonnieres. The bride entered on the arm ftf her father, who gave her in marriage. She was met at the altar' b'y the groom, who entered with his brother, Mr. Paul Rose, of Henderson, who acted as best man. The bride was radiant in her wed* ding gpwiy of white Cashmere-de Soie with trimmings of pearls and marabou. Her hat was of white panne velvet with trimmings of chen ille and marabou. Her slippers were white brocade satin. She carried A bridal bouquet of bride’s roses show ered with valley lilies. The jedding ring was of platinum in a beautiful forget-me-not design and she wore a diamond and platinum pin, the gift of the groom. During the ceremony Mrs. Graham ! softly rendered Etude, by Chopin I Mendelssohns Wedding March was ' used as a recessional. | Immediately after the ceremony I Mr. and Mrs. Rose left for a bridal | crip to New York, Niagara Falls and i jther Northern points. For travel j ing the bride wore a modish suit | of dark blue with hat and shoes to | harmonize. Mrs. Rose is the daughter of Judge j and Mrs. D. C. Hunt and is a young woman of unusual charm and grace. Mr. Rose is one of Oxford’s most prominent young business men and enjoys the esteem of a large circle of friends.He holds the position of gen eral manager of a chai nof 18, 5 and 10 cent stores. A handsome array of weddiffg gifts were received by the young couple. After the wedding trip Mr. and Mrs. Rose will be at home at 28 Front street. Among the out-of-town guests who attended the wedding were: Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Rose, of Henderson, Miss Carrie Myrick, of Littleton, Miss Lovie Preddy, of Keysville, Mis3 Mary Thomas, of Richmond. Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Bobbitt, of Wilton, Mr. D. C. Hunt Jr., of Wilson and Mr. Na than Rose, of Franklin, Va. ON THE SICK LIST Mr. Ebbie Howell, who received his first stoke of paralysis 12 years ago, which has rendered him lame in the right leg ever since, was stricken the second time last week. The doctors state that he is quite sick. Many friends will be pleased to learn that Mrs. W. H. Walters is im proving. MRS. WEL CREWS HURT While standing on a chair and picking grapes on varanda Mrs. Will Crews, an estimable lady of Tar Riv er, fell yesterday and sustained an injury on her knee.- She waa brought to Oxford and Dr. Cannadf dressed the wound.
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