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PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY—TOWN AND COUNTY OFFER BRILLIANT OPPORTUNITIES VOL. XXXIX PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY --AND FRIDAY. c., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5.1924 12 PAGES TODAY NO. 97 %%%% OF THE', } WEEHWG OF THE , couwry BOARD (Miners Deine aiid the New Entei-s U;mu Ms Duties— Committees Appoiuttui— ' p^-h'G^s. Etc T]h Heard of County Commission . , n: Monday. Dec. 1. the fdlow -o ma eer? being present: J Ennis !- '.... ,--.airman; T. G. Tayior. W. L. < G. Daniel. A. il. McGhee., Gt?r r'" uiinutes of the meeting was J, - :!t*' Board adj-oumed stue die. - Diftcers Take Oath, r Bowing duly elected cocnty .'^isdoners were present and took i!?oath of office: T.G. Taylor. C. ! pai G. R. T. Eaks, W. E. Suit. . g Garland. The clerk of the go^rd also took the oath of office. \hers present and taking the oath t offk? were: E. D. Hunt, sheriff; p. Bryan, coroner; E. N. Bragg. - -jastaM^ of Oxford township; D. J. ,^'ger. Constable of Sassafras Fork t'.pros&ip The Chairman. tfter several ballots were taken fonmussioner Graham Dai'iCi was . ..y Verted chairman. Commissioner Thoaias G. Taylor moved to make the 3[pction tinRninious. County Attorney. Messrs Hicks &Stem were elected y.ant yattorneys for the ensuing year. Standing Committees. Commissioners Taylor and Eaks %?re appointed a committo to iook ycter the court house and jail. Com missioners McFarland and Suit were pinpointed a committee to look after t i? Home for the Aged aud Infirm. Rebates. The Clerk of the Boat'd was in fracted to rebate all parties where t-y had found that there had been 3 mistake made. The Dog Tax Fund. The County Auditor was ordered to pay Mrs. Julia Meadows $61.60 out of the dog tax fend for the kiling of 22 of her uurkekys by an unknown iog. Th" Board also ordered the County Auditor to pay the sum of $15 to R J Jones fpr damage sustained by the killing of four turkeys by unknown dog. Settlement With Treasurer. The Board appointed a committee, insisting of County Auditor J. W Webb the county attorney and ta. chairman of the Board to make set tlement with J. R- Hall, the retiring county treasurer, and report to the Board as soon as possible Daily Duty. The Board ordered that beginning v-ith the first day of December, 1924. the Seriff shall report daily to the county auditor all collections of tax MfLEAGE !S 6,200 fN There Are 1.434 Miles Of Hardsur tace 2.119 Miles Saml-tiay aud ^s* 037 Miles Taken From Counties. Official figures given out by the rth Carolina Highway Commission u the mileage of improved roads in G- State places the hard-surface mileage at 1,434 and the sand-clay G 2.119, making the total of con structed roads 3.553 miles. , Under construction are 131 miles of hard-surface and 479 miles of smd-clay. and in addition to^ the tbnve, the State has aken over 2.03 7 aides of county roads of various types lor maintenance, making the total of North Carolina mleage 0,^00. The estimated cost of highways to November 1 is $776,926,000; tnat G bridge work $3.219.000—$80,000, H round numbers, -of whicn $6o., f'f)0 was drawn from State bond is v:-- and the remainder from county '' Federal aid funds. STATE Lav Hans For Bus Regulation SKM-ia! Committee* To Meat Xe\t W<t-k To Work Out Pians For Handiing Conuncrcial TratLc. (Raleigh Correspondent) Phms for the regulation of the <*'.r.:norcial bus traffic in North Cai ; i v Hi be worked out at a meeting asx: week of the bus commission ap pointed by the extra session of the PPi a Assmbly in August to mves this business and to report tc iite 1825 assembly in January, it has announced by Frank Page, 'tan- Highway Commissioner and Aa -man of the commission. ?P nbers of the Comnusson arc Page, chairman; Secretary of ' W. N. Everett; Attorney Gen Ta'. James S. Manning; W. T. Lee, ' ar nation Commissioner; and R. A. ;!Pon. Revenue Commissioner. furtis And Watson Honored in Senate Senator Charles E. Curtis, r.-msas, has been elected Rcpub Pcaa floor leader of the Senate, sue-; ;,g the late Henry Cabot Lodge. ' ^ Senator James E. Watson, of was elected Republican *1!&, GOTO CHURCH A STATE PRESIDENT COOLEDGE SAYS: E need not tell you that your effort to quicken the church going habit among al the people meets my warmest sympathy. The Church-Going habit wiii ptrt you in touch with the institution which underlies most (hat is best in our American Life. GO TO CHUEECH SUNDAY And learn something of Eter nal Worth. VIEWS M BRIEF fMARCY B. DARNALL) —No swifter justice has been re- ; corded than that which overtook ! Eariy Hale, a 23-year-old white man, ! near Florence Ala., on Armistice day. , He is reported to have been drinking j and without cause attackekd an aged negro in a field, first shooting him with a shotgun and then using < the weapon as a club, killing the ne- ! gro on th espot. As he struck the i final blow, the other barrel of the < gun was discharged. Hale also being j killed instantly. Considerable ex- j pense was thus saved to the county, j —Figures compiled by the nation's j greatest bank show that the total ' wealth of the Unitde States is now ! 320 billions. Bank deposits have in- ! creased from 18 billions to 46 bil- ! lions in the last ten years. With im- i proved conditions in Europe and a i continuation of American progress ! in all directions, we may expect the i coming ten years to show even i greater material advancement. We ! are living in a wondreful age, despite ; the grouches who sigh for the good j old days. ; —In their ardor to advise their i readers to vote against Senator! Brookhart. a number of Iowa news- j papers published sample ballots with , an arrow pointing to the X opposite ' the name of his opponent, D F. j Steck. Hundreds of voters drew this : arrow on their real ballots in addition } to marking the usual X, which! caused the judges to throw them out. j in accordance with a Supreme court i ruling. We are frequently injured j by our over-zeaious friends. —Alaska railroad officials want ; 50,000 farmers to s-ettle m that coun-; try, where cnoditions are declared j favorable for profitable agriculture. ; On the face of it, this seems to be a , pretty long shot and we do not ex- i pect to see any grand rush on the part of tillers of the soil. —In spite of all the agitation to get out the vote in the recent elec tion, less than one-half of those eligi ble cast their ballots. The only con solation is that probably those who failed to vote are deficient in the , qualities of good citizenship and it is just as well that they have no voice in the government. _Suit for $4,500 has been brought by the Frisco railroad against an Oklahoma firm whose truck got in the way of the train. Some drivers think that the engineer of a train should stop, look and listen at eveii crossing. The trouble is that most juries appear to think the same way. GREENSBORO FINDS PROPERTY NOT LISTED Prosecction Will Follow if Such Act Was Wilful. j Greensboro, Dec. 4.—Investigations' of a tax expert who has been at work lately, presented to our city ouncil created a sensation when it was found that many pieces of property had not been listed for taxation m seme years. In one case nine acres in the city limits has never been taxei, t was reported, and another piece ff prop erty worth $40,000 had escaped for some years. In another case the fault was with the listers, who in transscribing had changed a valua tion of $7,000 to $700. The councii was of the opinion that prosecution can be made when properly was not listed if such act was willful. N e wton-Belcher ! A wedding marked by beauty and simplicity was that Wednesday after noon when Miss Sue Belcher, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Belcher, of Oxford, Route 3, became the brile of E. E. Nwton, of Oxford Route 6. The solemn vows were spoken by Rev L. L. Hudson, pastor of the bride, be fore an improvised attar in the parlor of the bride's home.' The music fer th occasion was furnished by Miss Gladys Brummitt. The bride was, given in marriage by her brother Roy Belcher. R. Elvin Newton, brother of the groom, acted as best man. The bride a charming young lady, was very popular. She wore a naDdscme dress of brown faille with accesso ries to match. There were a large number of beautiful presents. A. large crowd witnessed the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Newton teft 'mmediate ly for their honeymoon. They will make their home on Route 6. - A nuMBKR OF FAMILIES ARE LEAVING THE COUNTY Going To Geor-gia To Galtvate Tobacco. The heads of six familiar in the county notified the Public Ledger this week that they want their paper sent to Georgia on and after tne first of next January. They assign as their reason for leaving Granville is that the grow ing of tobacco in this section has been demoralized beyond redemption; the weed grows more prolific with out so much fertilizer and effort in Georgia and that the prices are better for all grades. We hope these families are not "jumping out of a frying pan into the fire," and we are sure that they will find that "all that glitters is not gold." We regret to see them leave, but great will be the rejoicing if they return. Odd FeHows Elect New Officers Installation Wiii lane l'iae 1 itsf Meeting In January. At the reguiar meeting of the local Odd Fellow's lodge last Tuesday night the officers for the ensuing term were elected. The following were elected to fill the chairs of the Lodge: C. E. Coble, Noble Grand: G. E. Cheatham, Vice-Grand; J. E Pittard, Recording Seretary: D. F. Lanier, Financial Secretary, and W. H. Upchurch Treasurer. It is the hope of the new officers that the membership of the Ljdgc will rally to their support and help make the coming six months the ban ner term of the order in Oxford. It will be the aim of the new officers, who take their respctivc P'aces the first meeting night in January, to have ineresting meetings, and t'us can only oe accomplished when the membership co-operative, for after all. it is the membership and not the officers who make it possible for Odd Fellowship to accomplish the most good. Durham Shriners Visit Orphanage Distribute Christmas Packages Among the Children. A delegation of 30 Durham citi zens. 20 of whom were members of the Durham Shrine club, visited the Oxford orphanage Monday evening, bringing toys, candy and other pre sents to the children. Tli{e Durham party were guests of the orphanage at supper, served in the largo dining hall. Following the meal, the children assembled in the auditorium, where the Shriners put on a series ot stunts, one of which was the selection of the prettiest girl, and the ugiiest hoy. The girl was prescned with a basketball and a bunch of fiowers. while the boy was given a pocket knife and a football. A kiddie car race was a so staged, two girls racing first and then tvo boys. The winners of each race then competed as prizes. The packages which were prepared by Em Shi mers, were distributed to the chnat m wnile they were at supper, following which the party made an inspection ot Hick's Memorial hospital, wirch is now in use. Desertions In Navy Is Distressing Washington, Dec. 4.—Naval courts martial on charges of desertion in creased mor.e than 350 per cent in the fiscal year 1924. Rear Admiral J. L. Lattimer, the judge advocate gen eral. announced in his ancuai repot t. Against 452 listed in 192^ tire report showed 1.207 in the year ending June 30. Admiral Lattimer did not com mem on the increase, hut it is known that Secretary Wilbur recently ordered an inqciry to determine if possible the underlying causes. CareUna Debaters Picked To Contest Chapel Hill. Dec. 4.—Malcolm M. Young of Durham and Thomas C. Quickel. Jr., of Gastonia. vdl repre sent the University of North Carolina in the inter-collegiate debate with North Carolina State College here December 8. - The debate will be conducted on the open forum style and the child labor amendment on the Federal Con stitution will be the subject! FIRST NATIONAL RANH, OXFORD, N. C. Regular Annual meeting of Stock holders will be held Tuseday, Jan uary 13th 1925 at 12 o'clock. 12-5-6.te-Fridays . —Mary Pickford will be seen as a grown-up young woman in ' Rosita" her new photoplay sensation which comes next Monday and Tu&eday Dec. 8-9 to the Orpheum Theatre. Town Fathers Are Reducing Expenses Itoscoe Clark, Of the Notice Perce, Laid Off. i The Town Fathei*s have entered upon a schedule of retrenchment, and wherver a penny can be saved they don't hesitate to use the axe. Among the things they regretted to do wa3 to lay off Policeman Rescue Clark, who had been on the force for sev eral years. Chief I. H. Hobgood and Policeman Jackson are the only two officers on duty. With che advent of cola wea ther, which is always follo wed by ani epidemic of crime, Officers Hobgood ' and Jackson are very apt to have their hands full. ! DEV0EF0RE6Mrs wwre Snow From Maine To Texas Ac< om- i panied By a Blizzard. Devoe is recognized as being the} leading prognosticator in this conn-} try. His forecast for December fo! - lows: j Fourth to 5th. blizzard over north-' ern and rain over the southern state; , 6th to 7th, cold and squa.ly; Sth to 9th, clearing; 10th to 11th, cloudy; ! 12th. a great storm will move up the Mississippi valley—blizzard west and ' rain east of the Ohio vaiiey; 13th to 14th. clearing and warmer. On the; 15th a storm will form over the Mis-I souri valley; 16th to 17th, the storm j from the Missouri valey moving! southeastward; rain and snow; ISthj to 19th. cold wave. On the 20th aj great storm will form over Texas and j move norheastward; 21st to 23rd,! snow from Texas to Maine; 24th to! 25th, a bizzard—providing'real 'old fashioned white Christmas? weather; 26th to 27th, northwest gales; 28th! to 29th, clearing and cool; 30th to! 31st, clear and pleasant. I STATUS OF THE T. G. POOL CASE; Delegation Of Virgilina People Call On the Governor. (Virgilina Correspondent) ' A nurabe^ef- Viegilfna people went r to Richmond last Monday to appear ; before Gov. Trinkie as regards the! T. G. Pool ease. For some reason a formal heariqng did not come off.; However, the Virgilina delegation had a satisfactory conference with the Governor. It is reported that telegrams, per sonal letters, as well as petitmns had been pouring into Gov. i'rmkle at a lively rate, urging him mA to in tercept the course of law m the Pool case. Guif Gas Moves Upward Two Gents Gulf Advan-es Price To Levs ! Of! Standard Oil increase. New York. Dec. 3.—The Gull Re ! fining Company advanced gasoline prices 2 cents a galion in North and South Carolina, meeting the tank wagou on prices of 15 1-2 cents a gal lon respectively quoted by the Stan dard Oil company of New Jersey From Henderson To Raieigh In ^8 Minutes (News and Observer) Lt. Sidney Maloy after a round trip fiying visit in his arplane to Henderson yesterday moruing with Miss Ruth Fowler, of that city, said, that he made the trip from Raeligh to Henderson in forty minutes, but that he returned to Raleigh in twee-j ty-eight minutes. BIG BUS COMPANIES ARE FORMING Will Do Business In Virginia ami (he Caroiinas. Richmond^ Va., Dec. 4.—A. chafer was granted by the Virginia state corporation commission yesterday to the Transit Finanee corporation to engage in the business of financing the purchase of motor vehicles used ' in th public service. The company is capitalizd at $1,000,000. Said to oe the first company ever organized to finance the purchase of equipment by motor bus com panies, the new corporation, with headquarters in the State and City Bank building of this city, pRns to do business n Virginia, the two Car oiinas, Georgia and Alabama accord ing to its prospetus filed with the commission. The company is now organizing subsidiaries in each of the states in which its plans to ope rate. ^We came upon a Latin proverb the other day whose significance not a few wil appreciate, "Judox damna tur cum nocens absolvitur"—The ac quittal of the guilty is the condemna tion of the judge. f/tX (COLLECTIONS NOW SPEEDING UP! - ! Sheriff Hunt Is Very Well 1 leased; With the Collections. Tax collections are proceeding; more rapidly this week than at any! time since the books were turned; over to Shriff Hunt for collection. } "Checks are being received for large and small accounts," said Sher-j iff Hunt, "but the railroad companies have not settled as yet." The County has been offering a! discount of on eper cent on a&d be fore December 1 .but from now on until at least the first of February all accouns will be net. informa tion was not available yesterday as to the total money already collected or as to the total amount to be col lected. Music At The First Baptist Church There will be special music at the First Baptist Church next Sunday morning and evening. Mrs. Benja min Parham has recently taken charge of the choir, which has been augmented by a dozen or more new voices. Next Sunday at the morning ser vice the -following wil: oe sung: Re sponse by Choir ' Hear Our Prayer, O Lord." by Whelpton, and an anthem "1 Sought The Lord," by Stevenson. At the evening service the choir will sing "Jerusalem the Golden." by Le Jeune and Mrs. Parham will sing a solo: "He Shall Feed His Flock," from "The Messiah" by Handel. CO-OP TOBACCO T. B. Brummitt Pooled Load That Averaged $20.81 First Advance, T. B. Brummitt, of Oxford Rouet 3, on the Fairport road, pooled 1,704 pounds of tobaco Wednesday. His check called for $354.61 first ad vance. The lot was graded as fol lows: A-30, 178 at $26; B 20, 80 at $22.50; B-3m. 388 at $17; D 20, 204 at $27; D-30, 126 at $25; D-40. 132 at $21; D-52, 506 at $19.50, D-70. 30 at $14; D-Svp, 60 at $12. i GUESTS OF THE COUNTY - i Two White and Three Colored In the! County Jail. There are only five prisoners in ! the county jail at present, said Mr.! Conrad Walters, the turn key, this morning. Two are white and three are colored. Two of the n .uuber will be placed on the roads in a few days, said Mr. Walters. "We always give the prisoners a little something extra for Christmas dinner," said Mr. Walters, "but it looks now as if I will only have one or two guests for the holidays." The "Schick" Test Dr. MorHs Doing Good Work h the Schools. The Oxford high school, the graded school and West Oxford school have taken the "Schick" test for diph theria. and literature bearing on the seriousness of diphtheria has been distributed in the other schools of the county, said Dr. Morris, superin tendent of the public health of Gran ville. , The test is being given every Sat urday morning at the health office, and a large number will be in line tomorrow morning. It is a pleasure to note that the people are hemming more and more impressed in move ments thatp rolong life. Army Plane To Race The Moon Pilot Will Stmt From UtHtalo To Get Pictures Of Eclipse Oa January j 24. Washington, Dec. 5.— A United States Army airplane will race the shadow of the moon nearly 4Oh Utiles across New York during the eclipse i of the sun January 24. Carrying aj specially designed camera, photo graphs will be taken from the plane of the sun's flaming corona as made visible during the eclipse. —The Oxford Methodist Church will be the scene of a lovely wedding tomorrow evening when Miss Daisy Smith, daughter of Mr and Mrs. A. F. Smith, becomes the bride of Mr William Leonard Mitchell. Among the out of town guests for the wed ding are: Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Jaggers, Hillside. N. J.: Mr. and Mrs. Thur man Wiliams. High Point: Mr. and Mrs. John Mitcheli. Warrenton: Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Townes. Jr.. Mrs. F. L. Douthat, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Cnr rin, Miss Mary Helen Currin. Mrs. W. B. Hanes. Danville: Miss Katharine Vonwenck, Piedmont, N. C.; Miss Emma' Cooper. Laurens. N. C.: Miss Emily Swain, Danville Miss Margaret Wainwright, Hampton, Virginia; Er nest, Will and Edward Mitchell of State College, James M. Lea, Dan ville. 'Smu.icm XnpunR ixau qojnpo isio -opia^ pjojxo aqi in ssmo nan-reg aqi ua^ai ut-A XnAinpjcH S 'f 'JO— COOHDGF SAPS FCOWOWyCMFFJOR FOR COVFMWFWr UBES!DEyTs MESSAGE HEAD !\! BOTH HOUSES M Budget Is Adhered f) Aloiletate Reductions Will Me Ros To World Court \V dh Reservations, Sale Or Lease Of Muscle Shoals Under GutM-np. tees and Farm Riief Also i avoted. (Associated Press) Dec. 3.-Pcid.nt Co.h"g. submitted t. CeugreM to aay a broad program dealing with do* mestic and foreign affairs, but frank* iy said the chief job for the go ,-em ment was to kep down expenses. Message Read. Departing from the custom of re cent years, Mr. Coolidge din not do* iiver his message in person. He transmitted it by messenger and if was read simultaneously in both houses. Senators and Representa tives as wel as fairly crowded gatte ries gave it ciose attention. In the Senate there was an absence of the applause which genrally greets execu tive declarations when made in per son. but in the House members ap plauded several of the re:immnda tions. Tax Rduction. Prsident Coolidge made no rec ommendations with respe t to imme diate tax reduction, but he told Con gress that if it would keep within the limitations of the budget pmented, it would be possible ho have a "mod erate amount of tax reduetion'and all the tax reform that he Congress may wish for during the next fiscal year." High Lights. Agriculture and through !dgis!& tion; full constitutional right3 fef the negro, with safe guards against lynching; the placing of the prohibi tion enforcement force and first, Sec ond and third class postmasters un der the Civil Service; amendment of the Immigration Act so as to permit immigrants this country more lati tude in attaining admission of mem bers of their own families; passage of legislation for the reorganization of the government departments; repre senattion of all parties at the ballot boards; establishment of a national police bureau. No More Toys Come f rom , Germany. Wpen you go down to the Stor? some day between now and Christ mas to buy toys for the ittle folks, there is only a remote chanca that you will carry home any that were made outside of America. It is not so long ago that most <of the toys were made in Germany and millions of dollars of American mon ey went to Europe, when it should have remained at home to provide capital for the employment of Amer ican labor. j Thus the American toy business off German imports, and if the Ger mans could have transported their toys to America's shores, the preju dices engendered by the war would have made their sale impossible. Thus th American toy business !was built up, and this year it will ex ceed $56,000,000, which was the re cord established in 1923. This does not include children's carriages, wag ons and sleds made and sold in Amer ica last year, which brought tlto total up to more than $90,000,000. This is a very substantial industry shat should be supported by Ameri cans as they come to the season when games and toys are purchased as gifts. It provides employment for thousands of men and women, who in turn spend their money for other American-made products and the pro duce of the farm, which thrives best under the stimulus of a good home market. The Woman's C!ub Doing Good Worif There WiH He a Chiistmas Celebration. The Oxford Woman's Club met in their ciub house Wednesday after noon and listened with pleasure to th inspiring reports of active com mittees. Mrs. Marsh Ray, chairman of the Civic Department, reported that clean-up-week and fire preventive week had been held, with an impres sive play on fire prevention given at the Graded School. Mrs. Ray also reported that plans are under way for Christmas celebration, with Mrs. E. B. Howard as the chairman. Mrs. C. G. CredleJ Chairman of Health Department, reported the can vass for selling Tubercuiosis seals was on and that her committee was well organized and working. Home Economics Department-re ported dinners had been served the Rotary Club during November. The Literature ancl Library Dept, reported a number of-new books in the library apd a plan for sending books and readers to Brantwood Hos pital at an early date. Mrs. W. N. Thomas, Chairman of Garden and Forestry,' reported the parks and club grounds were being cared for.
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