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JPAGE 6 OXFOED PUBLIC LEDGER, OXFORD, N. C. TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 1919 1881 -THE— 1949 Published Every Tuesday and Friday By The LEDGER PUBLISHING CO., Inc. No. 113 Littlejohn Street A. N. CRITCHER Pres.-Ti’eas. & Bus. Man. Tom W. Johnson Vice-President & Editor Magdalene R. ,Critcher Secretary SUBSCRIPTION RATES In Oxford—By City Carrier, or Carrier Boy pne Year $3.00 ' Jix Months 1.50 In N. C. and Halifax and Mecklenburg Counties, Va. One Year $2.50 Six Months 1.25 Throughout Balance U. S. A. One Year $3.00 Six Months 1.50 Outside the United States One Year $3.50 Six Months 2.00 Single Copy 05 No Subscription For Less Than Six Months Accepted Entered at the Post Office at Oxford, North Caro lina, as second class matter. Correspondence on all matters of interest—news items, notes, or suggestions for better methods for farm or industrial development, improvement ol roads, schools, etc., earnestly solicited. MEMBER NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASS’N and N. C. PRESS ASSOCIATION TODAY’S THOUGHT Good character is, in all cases, the fruit of person al exertion,—Joel Hawes. BUSINESS PROPOSITION This corner has watched with more than amused interest the proposal of the State Board of Education to provide self-insurance for public school properties in the state. The great howl that the companies have set up after virtually pricing themselves out of the market has not the echo of a hungrj- wolf but the growl of Communism—and it doesn’t even ring with a first note of clarity or good sense. School insurance has been profitable bus iness for those who were able to sell the pro tection against loss by fire. The record shows that the losses paid have been from one-third ton one-fourth of premius, the remainder of this multi-thousand dollar business going into the profits columns of the companies. With virtual sanction of the State Com missioner of Insurance, the companies some | eight or ten months ago gave notice that ef fective last July, rates on school properties would advaiiGe'"25 per cent. The State Board ition asked for a show of cause, Pi. I not been forthcoming. | men who comprise the State Board of j Education are good tfusiness men. They have pledged themselves ur.^ook after the best in terests of the state. Th^* action toward pro viding self-insurance for school propertie.s is predicated upon good business and econo my — things that every citizen of the state has cause to desire in government at every level. HERE’S THE MAN As the Governor has looked to Chapel Hill to find a successor for the late Senator J. M. Broughton, Chapel Hill might look to Wash ington to provide a successor for Dr. Frank P. Graham. The president of the Greater University of North Carolina must not of necessity be an alumnus of the university, but it would be more honor* to the man and to the institution should that come to pass. Under-Secretary of State James E. Webb is an alumus, a man of outstanding adminis trative ability, recognized as one of the top executives in the nation. His work and con tacts have not been in the field of education, but he has nevertheless, in the past few months, had fatttering offers from two or three of the outstanding universities of the nation. He has either turned them down, or delayed acceptance for an indefinite period. Now open is a position that should interest Mr. Webb. He is young enough to possess the physical force this important job de mands. He is suave and genteel, level-headed and far-sighted. The successes he has attain ed in the highlj’- competitive business world and in gaining political recognition have been rewards for outstanding achievement, and open to him any time are positions offer ing pay more than double that he now is re ceiving in his government position. The field of education is one in which the Webbs have shown brilliantly for a genera tion. James E. Webb has at times experienced a nostalgia for North Carolina; particularly for the ivy clad btiidings at Chapel Hill. If he could incline President Truman to release him from his present important position, he would unquestionably meet with great favor and consideration from the Board of Trus tees of the Greater University of North Car olina. A QUESTION FOR THE BALLOT The machinery has been set up for a ref erendum here in the municipal election on Monday, May 3. The North Carolina General Assembly has authorized the referendum and it is to be held, giving voters an opportunity to approve or disapprove a proposal to employ a mana ger for municipal affairs responsible only to the Mayor and Board of Town Commission ers. - What tile attitude of a majority of citi zens here will be on that issue will be accu rately and fairly determined by the result.® of the voting on the proposal in that election. Now under consideration by some local groups of interested citizens is a proposal to merge the courts of Oxford and Granville County. That, too, is a proposal on which there can be no accurate measure of the will of the people except via the ballot. We sub mit, therefore, that any change in the judi cial machinery of the Town of Oxford ought to be made only with the approval of voters. To provide for them an opportunity to vote on the form of their city government and de ny them the opportunity to have a voice in judicial matters is not good democracy. So far as has been learned, the proposal has not been considered in open meeting by either the Board of Town Commissioners or the Board of County Commissioners, the two bodies have been duly elected by and are rep resentative of and responsibe to the electo rate. For the action to be taken by any group or groups other than those elected by ballot is usurpation of authority that has been placed elsewhere. The proposal is one closer to citizens of Oxford and Granville County than to the Legislature; the responsobility rests in the voters, not on the will of the Legislature. One hopes that citizens of Oxford will not be denied or otherwise deprived of any right in the current renovations of the municipal government. Eight bags of onions were reported stolen from a school lunchroom at Waynesvillc. There should be scented evidence against the culprit. THE TOWN PUMP Copy for this department should be complete and on the hook at this late hour Friday morn-, tag . . . but by golly not the first line has been written . . . not the first note made ... so a mental retracing of footsteps around the beat might be helpful .... G. R.. Harrison was leaving the post office with a neatly prepared package . . . which he exam ined carefully . . . “My gloves,’’ he said. "We went up to see Joyce last Sunday and I left them on the divan” . . . the route of the trip was up U. S. 15 for a substantial part of the way . . . at Farmville, Va., he stopped to examine the fire damage at Virginia State Teacher’s College . . . a'nd to talk with some of the Farmville firemen abuot their work on that-flre , . . that’s the way G, R. Learns how others cope with difficult fires . . .he came back via Richmond, not to see a fire but because the driving is better on U, S. No. 1 . . . incidentally, Joyce is in school at Fred ericksburg. Va. . . . Vernon Taylor had on his next to Sunday suit ana we a.sked him why . . . luj was he said, going over to Chase City, Va., in the afternoon to attend the funeral of Harvey Murray, a bro ther ofj his co-worker H. H. Murray ... and with whom he worked here in Oxford many years i- the biio-ffy-building days , . . just outside the door of the Mayor's Court a woman of con siderable size, short stature and interest in the indoor proceedings remarked: ‘‘Lawzy, she plead not guilty a'nd he done plead guilty . . . don’t see how they git that a-way’’ . , . Mrs. Stahl was busy at work in the office of Morgan-Crews Company . . . Millard Hill leaving in the direc tion of up-street customers, an order book in his pocket ... Across the street, Miss Martha Crowell was engaged in making colorful programs with the Easter motif . . . for distribution at the Home Demonstration Club Federation meeting Wed nesday ... it was quite a nea’t job, too , . . gleaned also was the information that the Arti ficial Breeding Association is getting into busi ness . . . that Technician Vernon Much is get ting one, two or three calls a day . . . that he is right on the ball with his service . . . W. Leak Peace heading into the Granville Library where he unquestionably can find information and en tertainment . . . moving west on ’Williamsboro, one encounters Miss Hilda Carroll with her new (and becoming) hair-do . . . J. P. Floyd, Jr., ankling up the hill to confer with Mrs. D. K. Taylor in the chamber of Commerce office . . . T. S. Royster comes along and says be sure and see him for a story about the danger of tres passing on Butner lands . . . that the recent fire there revealed a great many dangerous mines and shells that must be removed by exprets . . . that the job will require about four months . . . Ed Taylor, before going off with Horace Hicks, who had a matter of business with him. suggect- ed an editorial advocating James E. Webb as the next president of the University of North Caro lina . . . wherewith, we showed him a note book where a mental jotting had been made to do that ■very thing . . the Prosecutor evidently fixed up Mr. Hicks, for shortly thereaftet Banker r; K. Taylor was looking for Lawyer Taylor . . . and Mr. Hicks sent Him off tn the general direction in which the lawyer disappeared behind swinging- doors .... Into the inner sanctums of the court house . . typewriters are beating rhythmically on the broad pages of the record books . . . Mrs. Marion Ro gers, Miss Charlotte Easton, Mrs, Flora O. Mann, Mrs. E. F, Taylor and Mrs. Lillian Crowell each preparing pages that will be searched by histor ians in the years to come . . . Miss Mary Shot- well continues her work, digging into the musty but well-kept records of county school progress of more than half a century ago . . . most every day shp comes across something of unusual inter est .. . in the sheriffs department there is news of a distillery seized . ... somewhere below Pish ing Creek Township . . . just inside the Gran ville County line . . . the mention of snake bite medicine reminded Deputy O. L. Harrison that he already has seen the first one of the sea son ... a big black number around three feet long ... Across the way, a couple of patrolmen prepar ing their daily records . . . nothing of unusual intere.st along their beats in 24 hours . . . O. J. Mitchell was On the job until about 2 a. m. . . . was out of his sleep and out again by about 9 . . . W. G. Allen keeping his eye open for an apartment . . , the recent warm days aroused Jerry Harris’ enthusiasm for gardening .... when encountHed at the seed counter, he was wondering if turnip salad planted now would be w'orth. while . . . E. H. McFarland is getting garden conscious, too . . . perhaps because of his daily association with Harry Dunn . . . Henry Hall was working in the soil the other afternoon ... he had extremely good luck a year ago with his gardening operations . . . but that puts us jam up against the bottom of the column . , . ex cept for just this word . , . Stem Seniors to Stage Class Play Friday 8 oTlock “Don’t Be Bashful” to Be Presented Under Direction Mrs. Morgan Daniel I expose 3^our little brother to these igolf links?" “It's all right," the boy reassur ed him. “He’s stone-deaf." By EDITH FOWLER STEM, March 28.—The senior class of Stem High School will pre sent its play, “Don’t Be Bashful," directed by Mrs. Morgan Daniel. April 1 in the school auditorium at 8 o’clock. The players are Rosa Green, as Nancy Adams^ the cause of it all. secretly in love with Ken Hunt, a popular college freshman. Walter Adams, Robert Watkins, Nancy's father, is a dignified and comman ding man; Grace Adams, Mozelle Moss, Nancy’s mother, is a gush ing, talkative matron of 45. Ken Hunt. Julius Moore, an amiable youth of 20, is friendly and aggress ive; Sam Hunt, Nelson Ellis, Ken’s father, is a loud talking, jovial bus iness man. Judy Hunt, Ken’s young sister, a girl of 15, vivacious and 'noisy, with a reputation for both frankness and inquisitiveness is played by Edith Fowler. Larry Mar shall. Billy Ingold, is a good‘look ing chap ih his late 20s, energetic and agreeable in his efforts to suc ceed as a book salesman. Phyllis Burk, Mary Maude Washington, is a pretty young woman of 21, both ambitious and enterprising. Fi-nacy Terry, an attractive secretary in her early 20s, is played by Lillian McDoniald. Caroline Greene, Mat- tie Lois Bullock, an advocate of law and order, is a dignified authorita tive woman of 45. Officer Pluck, Pine Lakes’ police force, is a lively litle man of 50, who views his po sition as an officer of the law. Sam Oakley is Pluck. We cordially invite the public to come out and see our production. Admission will be 50 cents for ad ults, and 3‘5 cents for children. IMMUNE The boy stood on the edge of the golf links, holding his younger bro ther by the hand. A thoughtful golfer, conceiving the child’s peril in being thus exposed to the flying golfballs, paused in his play, and going over to the childreh, said re provingly to the older boy, “Young man, don’t you know better than to We wish to express dur deepest appreciation and thanks to our doc tors, nurses, friends, and church for their thoughtful kindness, help fulness, and sympathy during the long illness and death of our dear beloved husband and father. May God bless each aqd everyone of you. Mrs. J-ohn ' ^ -ur 'Vi i 1 r1 Naval aviation midshipmen in pre-flight training at Pensacola, Fla., are drilled by Marines. ' The Constitution, Navy’s giant iSO-passenger plane, can fly from San Francisco to Tokyo in 19 hours. I Notice of Sale of Personal Property I ♦ As Executrix of the Estate of T. W. Cutts, deceased. :♦ the undersigned will offer for sale at public auction to X the highest bidder for cash, at the T. W. Cults home- X place, on ♦ ♦ > ;♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ t ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ t ♦ ♦- e ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Saurday, April 9, 1949, at 10:00 o'clock, A. M, the folloiwng described personal property; 1 Mo-sving Machine 1 Rake Harrow, plows and other farming equip ment and tools, and household furniture. This March 17, 1949. Mrs. Zuia Elizabeth Cutts, Executrix of the Estate of T. W. Cutt.s, deceased. Municipal Election May 2—Nominations In accordance with the ’ “Charter and Ordinances” of the Town of Oxford a municipal election will be held May 2, 1949 at the Granville County Court House be tween the hour of 6:30 am and 6:30 pm, eastern stan dards time, for the purpose of elcting a mayor and seven commissioners to serve a regular four year term (un less, as is now contemplated, said term shall by action cf the General Assembly of North Carolina be reduced to a two year term prior to said election, in which event said officers will be duly elected for a two year term), or until their successors are elected and duly qualified. All persons intending to become candidates either for Mayor or for the Board of Commissioners may and shall on or before noon Of the 20th. 'day of April 1949 file with me a written statement of such intention. The names of all persons so filed with me will be placed on the ballots and the ballots so prepared will be signed by me with my facsimile signature pursuant to statutes in such cases made and provided. This the 29th day of March, 1949. THOS. O. MULLINS, Town Clerk WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30 WE WILL ... # Remove oil wheels end check condition of broke linings and broke drums.' C Cleon broke drums. 9 Adjust brakes. 9 Replenish broke fluid. All FOR S2.J5 Parrish-Medford Motors, Inc. Phone 626 Sorry! No Mail or Phone Orders. Come Olar Values! Sensational Dollar Values! ONLY ONE .SET OF EACH TO A CUSTOMER Penny Furniture Company Next to Carolina Power &Lig'ht Co. Hillsboro St. r:
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