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THE LOCAL RED CROSS MEMBERSHIP DRIVE IS N OW ON—JOIN IN THE NOBLE WORK! PUBLIC VOL. XXXIX PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY—TOWN AND COUNTY OFFER BRILLIANT OPPORTUNITIES PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY -AND FRIDAY. OXFORD, N. C., TUESDAv ^.R 18, 1924 10 PAGES TODAY NO. 92 pXfORD MAKAti ! UP WEW HIGH RECORD CASrWEEK ^ Average On t!te 691,292 ^ Ssdd Was $29.56 l*er Hun-! y asonal averages for this and ^ on were broken on the Ox *'^. i ,;n eo market last week. Dur ::it week a total of 691.292 pound- were sold at an average of per hundred pounds. *i):u'Hg the same week last year pounds were sold at an ave J'gp $25.08 per hundred potmds. ' T]io market opened strong yester (!; . u;d .verybody is pulling for ave $31.00 this week. [WfORTANT CHANGE IN S. A. L. SCHEDULE ytt HAAGE IN OXFOKD-P1 ll HAM TRAIAS ' Passenger Train On NLtin Line K\<ept Ao. 4 Is Affected. Important changes in the schedule jf passenger trains on the Seaboard Air-Line went into effect last Sun day Every passenger train on the main !ine is effected except No. 4. fhich will continue to pass Hender son northbound at 1:22 p. m. The Southbound train No. 5. which passed at 1:59 a. m. is now passing Henderson at 2:08 a. nr. No. 19. shoe-fly. now passes Henderson at ^:42 n. m. No. 12 drops back t-o 2:26 p. m. in the future. No. 3 fast through train now passes Henderson 3t 4:25 p. m. Northbound trains will pass Hen derson on the folowing schedule: No. 2 is changed from 12:12 a. m. to 1:30 a m. No. 6 changes from 2:59 a. nr. to 3:30 a. nr. No. 12 changes from 12.5b p. m. to 1:01 p. nr. No. 20. northbound shoofly, which has been arriving at 6:42 p. nr., wil hereafter arrive at 7 p .m. Four new trains have been inau ^rated also. No. 103 passes Hen derson at 3:59 p. m. and returning northbound passes Henderson, as No. lot. at 11:31 a. m. No. 7 passes Henderson at 9:16 p. nr., and returns northbound, as No. IS, at 6 a. m. Neither of these trains stop in Hen derson. They are inaugurated to ac commodate Florida tourist traffic on ly. No changes are announced for the Durham and Oxford branch lines' TOBACCO AVERAGES $23.88 IN THE STATE <i\101U) LEADS OLD BELT pppattncru Of Agriculture Reports ( o-Op Sales. The October report of the State Department of Agriculture shows that Oxford tobacco market stands first in this belt as to pounds sold and average per hundred. The num bs: of pounds sold in the State dur ing Otober was 76.744,880. as com pared to 77,562.424 pounds for Oc tober last year. Tlo report shows for October sales that Oxford sold 1.857,477 pounds at $21.29; Hnderson 1.413.342 pound- at $20.81: Louisburg 660.188 pounds at $21.08; Warrenton 510. 6<)i pounds at $16,65; Youngsville HtLSSS pounds at $19.00 per' hun ted. Wilson, the largest market in dw s*ate. is shown to have sold dur ing the month a total of 16.888.618 Pounds at an average of $28.55 per hundred. Th highest average price shown 3'a§ on the Raleigh and Farmvtiie mar.-:- which averaged $29.90 and -S.tt respectively. A number of warehousemen stat^ in th. ir remarks that 7 5 per cent of tiw r ,!) hag been sold to date. * pts by the Tobacco Co-opera iiv? Aiarketing Association are: B Pounds 'out: Carolina .13,730,000 m Carolina . 6.778,000 Oid ' c. Va.10.824,000 Toni .. 31,332,000 Lurh^lsrketls St Hi Doing Things ' *'ol. White has won a victory Creen. in the gardens, not so msnv vegetables be '^d for sale at the Curb Mar ^ a* - the directors deem it wise to ; !tsje the midweek sale and oniy on Saturday mornings, potatoes, onions, radishes.! ' h: and salid are vegetables that ^.K'd (m the market. . M: i'-eorg.e Ford's tempting disj . ' haintv and reasonably priced " proving to be almost as} ^ vitp the Oxford ladies as ^ lords cars were with the men Hie World War. You have to ^ Time'' to get one! Mr. t'ip T o^e and al to patronize ^ aange and Curb Market. DR. GEO. W. McDANIEL HAS NOT SIGNED THE POOL PETITION hat He Did Tor the Prisoner Was Purely An Act Of Mercy. the following letter is from Dr. Geo. W. McDaniel. President of the Southern Baptist Convention and Pastor of the First Baptist Church of Richmond: THE LETTER Oxford Public Ledger: Richmond, Nov. 15, 1924—My attention has been called to a news item Dorn Virgilina to the etlect that lhad signed "a pe tition" for the pardon of Mr. T. G. Pool. This was my first knowledge of a "petition." 1 never heard of Mr. Pool until recently and have no desire to see him, or anyone else, escape justice. What I have done was to request tlrat he be condition ally pardoned in order that he might remain in a hospital with the distinct mwleistanding that whenever the physician at the penitentiary thought him able j to enter that institution, without imperilling his life, he should enter the penitentiary. His phy sician, in whom I have great confidence, told me that Mr. Pool's health was precar ious and tlrat to confine him in the pen itentiary would mean his death. It did not seem to me that he should "be killed," as tlie phy sician expressed it and what I did was as an act of mercy, and not an effort to help one escape the just consequences of his deeds. Respectfully, GEO. W. McDANIEL. RED CROSS DRIVE IS NOW ON HERE HALE FEE FOR LOCAL USE Local Workers To Appeal For "Greatest Mother In The World" During Canvass. 'The Greatest Mother in the World" stretches forth her arms to all the people in Oxford and Granville County to welcome them as members of the band of mercy in the annual Red Cross Roll Call which began over America on Armistice Day and will end on Thanksgiving. The committee appointed by Mr. Andrew Jamieson. Chairman of the Membership Drive, started on their rounds yesterday and every one will be given an opportunity to enroll this week. Half of the $1 membership fee re mains with the local Red Cross or ganization and is used for local char ity. The band of mercy carries help to homes of which the world knows nothing. The heart of service ren ders aid to men who in the trying days of war caught the torch from falling hands. The purse strings of the organization are loosened when disaster wrecks communities with fire, flood or famine. These facts are pointed out by the local canvassers who appeal to Ox ford and the county to answer the summons of service, to, enroll with that band of loyal Americans who with "The Greatest Mother in the Worid" carry- the message of healing to hearts made faint. C. E. COBLE, Publicity Chairman. Mrs. Ciapp Hurt In Auto Wreck Mrs. Klapp. wife of Officer M. C. Klapp. was hurt in an auto accident on the National Highway last Sat urday while returning from Stovall with members of her family. The rea rwheel of the car in which they were riding broke off and thpaxle scraped the cement for quite a dis tance. In an attempt to leave the car before it was stopped, Mrs. Klapp fell to the pavement and received slight injuries about the head and mouth. She was takekn to Brant wood Hospital, where her wounds were dressed. Thanksgiving Day Is Genrea! Holiday It has long been the custom in Ox ford to close all business paces on Thanksgiving Day, and there will be no exception to the rule this year, it is said. The tobacco market always closes on the evening before Thanks giving and open^up on the following Monday. MR. SOL COOPER SICE Col. H. G. Cooper Called To His Bedside. Mr. Sol Cooper, widely known business man, is critically ill at his home in Fayettevile. Col. H. Q C&oper, Mrs. C. G Elliott and Miss Bell ' Cooper, of Oxford are at the bedside of their sick brother. Auto Taxes Wili Bring Over Ten Millions Revenue ; The automobile fund for the pres ent fiscal year, which will end June ! 30, 1925, will amount to $10,096, ' 8 72.29, according to the estimate of Secretary of State W. N. Everett, ad dressed to Governor Cameron Morri son. Collections for the first four months of this fiscal year were §6. [015,963.70, which includes, the bulk ^'of the license tax collections. How 'evpr, gasoline tax money continues to ^roll in at the rate of about §5 00.000 a month. j Collections to November 1 were di jvided as follows: gasoline tax. §l. 627,357; title certificates. §75.357; [automobile license, §4,309.206; in terest on deposits §4,042. GRANVILLE COUNTY AGRICULTURAL BOARD i _ RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED Each Township Represented In the Meeting Held In th Court House } Last Saturday. At a meeting of the Granville County Board of Agriculture, held in the court house last Saturday, Presi jdent B. F. Dean, presiding, resolu tions were adopted that means much to the success of the county. Every township was represented and the meeting was most enthusiastic. ' County Agent Blackkwell stated the j object of the meeting, and he was followed by various heads of depart : ments. The chairman appointed a ! committee to draw up a paper ex pressing the purpose of the Board, this to distributed broadcast, j The folowing skeletonized resolu tions were unanimously adopted: The live-at-home program, which 'means the production of food and [feed for man and beast, a garden and [an orchard for every farm and home; the bringing about of a real honest to-goodness spirit of cooperation be tween the farmers and business men 'of Granvile county; the cooperative marketing of all farm crops; the sup port of our farmers produce exchange and curb market; to support the poultry industry and the Granville hatchery; to support the good seeds campaign; to erect one or more sweet potato houses wherever they are most needed: to enocurage the boys and girs club work: to radicPte bovine T. B. from Granvile county; to support our welfare officers in the perfor mance of his duty; to assist our health officer in the eradication and control of diseases; support the di rector of our experiment staion and' encourage our farmers, and to go and study the results obtained; to sup port our county board of education in the great work it is doing for our children, our most valuable asset; helping the county agent by lending him encouragement and moral sup port: to encourage our farmers to practice the strictest economy in or der that they may become free and [independent people; to .encourage them to stay out of debt. THE PREACHERS ARE GIVEN ASSIGNMENTS No Change In the Oxford and Oraai ! villd Chmches. ! The North Carolina Conference, in annual session at Wilmington last week, come to a close Sunday night. There were two changes in the pre siding eldership. Aev. J. H. Shore. !who srved the Rockingham district during the past quadrennium. is re turned to the pastorate and will 'serve Hay Street. Fayetteville, next year, succeeding Rev. H. A, Humble, who is s-ent to the Wilmington dis trict as presiding elder. Mr. Shore's [place is taken by Rev. C. L. Read, who has been stationed at Goldsboro for two years. Rev. J. M. Daniel, who has had charge of the Wilming ton district for.the past four years, becomes pastor of St. Paul's. Golds boro. Rev. F. S. Love is the only minister in either conference that has been returned for a longer period of time than four years, he being re turned to First Church. Wilson, for his fifth year. i It is a pleasure to note that Rev. E. M. Snipes is returned to the Ox ford Church; Rev. N. B. Strickland to the Oxford Circuit; Rev. L. H. Joy-; ned to the Stem Circuit; Rev. J. J. Boon to the Croodmoor Circuit; Rev.; E. H. Davis to Franklin; Rev. V. A. .Royal to Franklin Circuit, Dr. M. T. Plyler is the presiding elder of the district, and Dr. T. A. Sikes is the business manager of the Christian Advocated I M.E.B/MM04CL4SS j The Baraca Class of the Oxford M. E. Church is going to have a big blowout this Tuesday evening at 7:30 j o'clock at the Baraca Class room. There will be something served for the hungry ones. Every member is urged to be present and to bring a list of prospctive members. 4 * utANMER DELIVERS MESSAGE FROM THE MASTER A DEEP STIT)E]VT OF THE SCRIPTURES A Large Congregation At the Oxford Baptist (hmch Listen To *%tiin With Porfomul Interest. .Judge Cranmer, of Southport, who js presiding at the November term of Granvile Superior Court, always gives a good account of himself, and never more so than on the Lord's Day. Mr. D. G. Brummitt introduced him to the Baptist Baraca Class last Sunday morning and he brought to the Class , a tender message that will long be re membered. All law being founded on jth.e Word of God, and Judge Cranmer being a deep student of the Scrip : tures. the large class of men were : deeply,_ moved by the words of wis dom garnered from God's Holy W'ord iand laid before them in plain langu age without any attempt at oratory. The class realized that it was the i Divine Father speaking to them through one of His humble servants. Judge Cranmer was introduced to the large congregation at the Baptist Church Sunday night by Pastor J. D. Harte, and as soon as he took his place at the sacred desk \*ou could have heard a pin fall, and when he stated that "no man can serve two masters" the congregation realized that they were being addressed by a trial judge who had seen sin in all of its ramification. "Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness, and all these tliihgs shall be added unto you," quoted Judge Cranmer as he held a volume of Scriptures in his hand. In a conversational tone of voice, which could be^heard throughout the sanc tuary, the Judge told of God's lp<ve and mercy, which is attained through faith and prayer and right living. He said he feared that there is a tenden cy at the present day to educate the head at the exclusion of the heart. He recommended the family altar as one of the fundamentals of God's Kingdom on earth. The large con gregation was deeply impressed with Judge Cranmer's presentation of Goffs WordiS, - -- LOCAL POST NO. 90 AMERICAN LEGiON ELECT OFFICERS Lieutenant A. H. Clement !sln Command -- j At a meeting of the Earnest F. j Hart Post American Legion last ! Thursday night the following officers j were elected for 19 25: Commander. A. B. Clements; vice j commanders: S. T. Currin, C. D. *H Fort; adjutant. A. D. Capehart; fi nance officer, A. D. Capehart; service officer, B. S. Royster, Jr.; historians Wh L. Hampton; chaplain, Rev. F.'F. Comerford; executive committee. H. L. Taylor, chairman. T. G. Stem, L H. Davis, S. J. Pittard; membership committee. Jessie 1. Clement. Robert Williford, G. 'W. Harris, Hugh Peed, chairman entertainment committee, Earnest Mathews, John WL Medford. The Post is in fine shape and the retiring officers are to be congratu lated for the faithful discharge of their duties. Lt. Clements, the new commander, is a very efficient offi cer and a pleasant gentleman. Major L. P. McLendon, solicitor of this district, who is attending Granville Superior Court, delivered a forceful address to the local Post last Thursday night. He outlined the constructive work now being done by the American Legion through the country. He was heard with much interest. DUCKS IN DRY AREA DROWN IN OIL TANKS Shreveport, La., Nov. i6—The drouth in Louisiana is resulting in the death of thousands of wild ducks, i in a manner unusual. North Louisi ana ig dotted with giant earthen ! tanks, in which is stored crude oil ' from the Arkansas and Louisiana fields. W ith most of the small lakes , and marshes dry. and minor streams little more than brooks, ducks, ar- ; riving from the north, are mistaking the oil tanks for water and alighting i in them. They never rise again for j the thick oil permeates their feathers making it impossible for them to fly. . Thousands are succumbing in the ; tanks -while others after struggling to ' the*edges flop over to the ground.and ! die. , i Mr. H. E. Crews Sick Has Been In Bed Far the Past Four Weeks. Mr. H. E. Crews, the old bard of Watkin's station, had a general break-down four weeks ago and he has been in bed ever since. Hopes are entertained of his recovery soon. In a note to the Public Ledger last Saturday, Mr. Crews stated that ha will be glad to see his friends. GRANVILLE BOYS. STAND FIRST AND SECOND IN STATE -- 1 num hue Schools At Creedmoor and; Ste!n Turning Out Good Melt j Edwin Duilock and Battie Roberts.! students of the Creedmoor Farm Life ; school, were awarded first prize j of $20 in judging live stock at the re-i cent State Fair, gnd Clayton Wheeler' and Grandy Lyon, students at the! sam^ school won the sixth prize 4n j judging crops, and Ben E. Lyon. of! the same school, won the third prize individually for judging crops, and Wilton Cozart or the same*^ school, won the 7th prizes making a total of $43 awarded to the students of the Creedmoor Farm Life school. Thomas Harris of the Stem Farm Life School took the tenth for judg ing live stock. ' This was a state-wide contest, in which 8 5 young men took part. That the Farm Life schools at Credemoor and Stem are doing good work there can be no doubt, and all ,honor to these young men for cap turing first and second place in the State. Their pictures will appear in the farm publication throughout the State. MR. MTEAW WANTS PARDON LAWTER WiH, SEEK REUEF FROM MOST OXFUOFS EXE(TT!YK DUTY Attorney Would Hass on All Appli , cations and Make Recommenda ! tions to Governor. (Raleigh Correspondent) Governor-elect McLean's purpose to ask for a pardon attorney, report-, ed in a recent newspaper interview. : has drawn a hearty ament from those { about the capitol who have watch- ! ed the workings of the pardon ma-i chihery. Mr. McLean would have the attorney hear pll pardon ap plications and report to him with recommendations as to the action. In this manner. the governor would be saved the time and trouble ! of receiving the several thousand ap- j plications for pardons who call on { the executive during the period ofj an administration. Exrcise of the pardoning power! has developed into the most demand- j ing and trying task imposed on the j governor. It is estimated that at j least two-thirds of the time he } spends in his office is taken up with ! hearing applications for pardons or j paroles. Most of the applications ; are placed by lawyers and the prac- ! tice professionalized to that extent j Occasionally, however, the wife and i children of the prisoner, or his moth-i er make a personal call on the gov- ; ernor, seeking clemency, and he ! must hear these and reject their ap- j plications in the face of pleas and j exhibition of varying degrees of } hysteria. THE WORLD'S LARGEST TOBACCO MARKET! Wilson Sells Forty Million Hounds At An Average of $26.28 Her Hun dred. Wilson. Xov. 15.—Tarboro contin-i u#s to sell high. Thursday's sales.j 731.876 pounds, averaged $34.05 per hundred. Sales for five days this week totalled 3,100,142 pounds which sold for $1,048,352.24; an average of\ $33.85 for the week. Total sales for the season 38,617, 598 pounds which sold for $10,151, 548.93, an average for the season to date of $28.28 per hundred. FARMERS COMPLAIN OF DEPREDATIONS Many Hunters Are Tramping the Fields With Dogs and Gun. Since the opening of the quail sea-! son in Granville, scores of hunters with dogs and guns and scouring the woods and fields in search of the elu- j sive bird. Quite a number of farm ers complain of so many hunters tramping their lands and shooting their birds without being consulted. The average farmer is a very kind man at heart and it is nothing more than right to ask permission to hunt on his land. A well-known farmer in North^ Granville informs the Public Ledger that two covies of birds were so gen-: tie they ranged around his house and barn until the hunters came and killed or scared them away. Tobacco Buyers To The Rescue Mr. Andrew Jamieson, local Chair man of the Red Cross Membership drive, has requested the tobacco buy ers and warehousemen to enroll members this week. Got the Wrong Ove ^oat. Sometime during last week some one left their overcoat in the Sher ; iff's office and got the coat belong ing to J. J. Medford. Please re turn coat and get the one left. J. J. MEDFORD, Oxford, N. C. 11-18-tx FMMMM-BOMVD sr#&4M OF roo^Hn Hie North and Wset OH to a Clime Whtw Summer Reigns in Win ter. Hundreds of tourists from the North, West and New England pass ed through Oxford last week enroute to Florida, and the traffic will grow hea\ ier day by day for the next six weeks. And yet we are told that more than 50 per cent of the tourists di ^erxe at Southhiil and go via Ral eigh. Another popular tourist '-oute from the North and West is m Danville, Greensboro and Char lotte. The papers state that hun dreds are passing over this route daily. < It has been freely predicted that the automobile would take all the Florida travel from the railroads, but the auto traffic, large as it is, represents but a small part of the tourist hood. The Pullman car is taking them there by the thousands. The Florida-bound travel has devel oped at such a tremendous rate that the railroads are being put to their utmost exertions to provide the ac comodations demanded. Instead of the regular t^in carrying a Pullman attached, the order of the day now is solid trains of Pullman cars. Twenty-seven such trains are now going into Florida each day. It is noted in The Manufacturers Record that the. Atlantic Coast Line has lat ely nanounced a program of 1$ trians daily to Florida, three more than last Winter, seven of them from the East and the North and eight from the West and Middle West. There will also be put into service on this line through Pullman cars from Canada to meet the increasing demands of Canadians for comfor table and rapi^ transportation to a more congenian clime. The service announced by the Seaboard Air Line, which comprises Rve trains from the North and the East and that of the Southern Railway, which covers sev en trains from the North and East and West, so that there will be al together 27 trains whirling over the roads to Florida every day through out the winter and a corresponding number going in the other direction in the Spring. The further impressive fact is brought out by The Manufacturers Record, that in the case of the Coast Line alone there will be 100 Pullman sleeping cars regularly assigned to Florida service, with berth accommo dations for over 2.500 passengers, so that the aggregate sleeper accom modations of the three trunk lines mentioned will be about 5,000 pas sengers daily. EDMM7TD FOOL POOR SPECL4C1E HIT NOT SO GREAT MENACE AS WEALTH UPSTART (oolidge So Declares in Characteriz ing Education as Nation's great est Gift. t Washington, Nov. 17.—President Cooiidge described education as "America's noblest contribution to civilization" in a proclamation issued designating November 17 to 28 as American Education week. A broad and liberal culture is necessary to enable men to think and to know how to live, the Presi dent declared in his proclamation, adding: "An educated fool is a sorry spec tacle, but he is not nearly so dan gerous to society as a rich fool. We want neither in this country. We want the educated to know how to work and the rich fo Itnow how to think." Caliing attention to large numbers of children who failed to receive educational advantages, "either through negligence or because of unfortunate circumstances which might be controlled with sufficient effort," the President asserted this condition "demands the solicitude of all patriotic citizens." The proclamation urges educators aud all others connected with the teaching profession to take part in observance of the week. It suggests that patriotic, civic, religious, social and other organizations also con tribute to its success by conducting meetings and demonstrations. Nutrition Work In the two months that Miss Her shey has been giving nutrition in struction in Granvile county she has given lessons in 54 school rooms, several in each room—2,075 children have been reached in this way; 23 children hav^ been reached in visits in the home and several through office consultation. She has held four classes for adults —subject Food Selection. This meets every week in Oxford and every two weeks in the County classes. Miss Hershey has spoken at four Parent-Teacher's Association Meet ing, one at Oxford High School, one at Oxford Graded School, one at Stem and to the parents of the children of Graded School for colored children in Oxford, where they are forming a Parent-Teacher Association.
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