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V' m BMBMBI PAGE S OXFORD PUBLIC LEDGER, OXFORD, N. C. FRIDAY, APRIL 29^ 1919 Robert Lee Rice Dies In Virginia Punerai for 75-Year-OId Far mer Conducted on April 21 Rev. Mark Andes in charge. Burial was in the family cemetery. Surviving are his wife, two sons, Kent Rice of Nelson, and Grady Rice of Clarksville, two daughters, Mrs. W. J. BowCii of Williamsburg, Va., and MiSs Myna Rice of the home, paid seven grandchildren. He was a member of Hebron Churen and was highly regarded in his coiimunity. Robert Lee Rice, 75, of Nelson, ! -n • i a j Va.. died Tuesday of last week of ; BUHQ UCt FriuSy At cerebral hemorrhage and illness of I Oxford Ol*13ll3-riRS^0 nine days. \ The annual junior-senior class ! banquet of John Nichols School is The funeral was held on April 21 with the Rev. C. E. Newman and i ioni^htr Mday,” to” the Masonic Hall at Oxford Orphanage. Chancellor R. B. House of the Uni- 1 versity of North Carolina is to be the guest speaker for the formal ! program, which is to be followed i by a dance. Chanceller House has HESTER FIRST RURAIv CHURCH IN ASS N TO GO FULL TIME (Continued from Page 1) Hester Baptist Church was organ ized in September, 1823, when two young ministers, Samuel Duty of Granville County, and Robert T. Daniel, native of Virginia, and reared in Chatham County, met with potential members. The place of the meeting was a log house, 20x20, which, together with the lot on which it stood, was donated by Captain Benjamin Hes ter for whom the church was nam ed. Hester was a large land-owner and lived at the home now owned by Boadie Currin. Later, in 1849, five acres were added to the church tract by gift of -Rhodes N. Hern don of Oxford. Worrell Inspired Church A young man by the name of W. promised to bring along his haip ).g vVoiTeii, born in Halifax County, and perhaps do a little practicing p^^iished severely, nearly unto 1 before his audience. PAY CITY TAXES NOW Real Pr'operty will be advertised May 17 and sold Sec ond Monday in June for all unpaid taxes. Pay Now and Save! THOS. 0. MULLINS, Citv Tax Collector €om& iM 7mA¥... n&ssnvs your t “ /■ MOTOR for early delivery Ovistanding (•afures you'// find in a Martin: OUTBOARD MOTOR • Exclusive Mechanically-controlled poppet valves, adapted for the first time in a 2- cycle outboard. Allow even fuel distribution, sputter-free transition from low to high speeds. • Exclusive Foil Swivel. Permits pivoting of propeller end right into the boat. Facilitates checking lower unit or removing weeds without having to reach into the water. • Exclusive Verticol Stern Adjustment. Allows correct vertical positioning of motor by turning a knob. Adjustment can be made while underway. • Exclusive Combined Filler Cap, Air Vent and Spare Shear Pin Clip. Contains extra shear pins, can’t come loose. Streamlined. Can’t rattle. Springs open at flip of latch. • Full 360 Steering. Makes possible com plete maneuverability forward, backward, around and sidewise. Assures flexible, safe steering. • Centralized controls. Three control knobs centrally located simplify starting. Easy to operate. SPEEOI SLOW TROLLIN6I INSTANT, FLOOD-PROOF STAKTINGI STREAMLINED! COMPACTI—CERTIFIED WEIGHT 3514 LBS. POWER!—4Va H.P, $154.70 HOWARD BROS. Dial .3289 Court St. FOR SALE Carload Nails, Barb Wire, Fence Wire 2 Carloads Cement and Brick Mortar Carload Sheetrock and Rock Lath 2 Cars Choice Timothy Hay Windows, Doors Screen Doors, Screen Wire Stalk Cutters, Drag- Harrows, Plows Asphalt Shingles, Roll Roofings Power Lawn Mowers, Hand Mowers Va. Brown and Pocahontas Soy Beans FLOUR, Horse, Hog^, and Cow Feeds Collars, Bridles, Hames, Traces and Other Harness (ioods SAMPSON Inside, Outside, Roof PAINTS See Us For Your Needs death, at the age of 16, for joining a Baptist Church, and he wondered aimlessly into Granville County. He was befriended by Deacon Thomas (Williams of Island Creek, who pro vided shelter and helped the young- man in his education. When the Hester Church was constituted, Worrell was called to its oversight. Dr. R. H. Marsh, who later be came pastor of the church, made his first visit to the congregation while n teacher at Oxford College. “Saturday night was spent in the home of Brother and Sister Broadie Meadows near Blackwell's Moun tain. On Sunday, the text wa5 ‘The Wicked Was Driven Away In His Wickedness!’” Dr. Marsh described the congregation as “large, atten tive and patient.’ Train of W’agon-s Dr. Marsh was first called to be pastor of Hester in 1864, but declin ed. Four years later he was called again, when a vacancy occurred, and he accepted the call and re mained for over 48 years, probably the longest continuous mini.stry in the Flat River Association. Dr. Marsh was residing in Chat ham County and he was brought to Hester, along with his furnishings and personal effects, “80 miles in a train of wagons sent out by Hester Church under the care and direc tion of Brethren B. F. Hester and J. Wash Currin.” I In his ‘’Echoes and Reminiscen- ! ces,” Di’. Marsh says ’T do not re- , i member the log house nor many j honored persons whose names and I char.acters are carved on the me- 1 moriai stones of this house of the Lord, but I recall the appearance of the more pretentious frame build ing with its shed in the rear for the colored people, its rickety and uncomfortable benches, the pulpit that was made for a short man and was boxed up for secrecy and stood as a sentinel between the front doors to mark the late comers and the out-g'oers. “I remember the upping blocks, the covered wagons, the riders on horseback, the foot-goers and the snarling curs. Pleasure vehicles were few in number and curiously eyed. One brother had an old two-horse carriage that came down as an; heirloom, out-of-style ..and about out-of-commissio'n. Another had what was called a “close carriage” or barouche with a beavered driver perched on high. These two came in state on special occasions. Mothered Two Churches Hester Church has mothered both Mountain Creek and Enon church es. the first in 1860, the latter in j 1875, when letters were granted to I Hester members who desired to I unit-e in forming the new churches, i The 1875 v/ithdrawals included ev- ! ery officer of the church with the exception of the pastor. Records show that Hester has en tertained the Flat River Associa tion five times, 1868, 1886, 1906, 1927 and in 1943. At the meeting in 1886, the association voted to pay for a new building at Thomasville Crphanage, but it later developed that most of the contributions were applied on current expenses, contri butors having failed to designate that their gifts be applied toward the cost of the Plat River building. Rev. J. A. Stradley, father of the late Town Clerk Walter P. Strad ley, was moderator of the associa tion at that time. Dr. Marsh, educated at the Uni versity of North Carolina, was pres ident of the Baptist State Conveai- tion for 14 years. He became quite feeble before retiring from his work at Hester to be succeeded in June, 1917. by George T. Tunstall. Under his leadership, the church , was re ported to have taken on “new life and began to launch out into a larger service.” Shortly after arriv al of Mr. Tunstall, plans for the new church began developing and the sti'uciure was dedicated in July, 1918. Tunstall was given a leave of absence of 12 months from June 1918, to work with the YMCA in France. Dr. J. D.’^Harte, pastor of I Oxford Baptist Church, supplied in his absence. Sixtee*!! young men went from the church to serve their country in World War I. Centennial Observed Hester celebrated its centennial on the second Saturday in Septem ber, 1923. B. p. Hester,, a former member, made a talk on the early history end Dr. Charles E. Maddry was present. In 1924, Hester, in conjunction with Enon, erected a parsonage on Broad Street in Oxford. Upon the resignation of Rev. Mr. Tunstall in 1926, Rev. W. D. Poe accepted a call and began his work in September of that year. Under his leadership, Hester church mov ed steadily forward. The member ship has increased from 285 in 1917 to a little more tha‘n 500 as of the present date. Mr. Williams Takes Over Both Mr. and Mrs. Williams are graduates of Stetson University. Mr. Williams received his divinity degree a* Southern Baptist Semi nary^ Louisville, Ky., where he also did graduate work. He came to Ox ford two years ago from Wirt, Ind., where he was serving a small church, tc become missionary in Plat River Association. His work here has been outstanding and his efforts have caught the eye of Bap tist leaders throughout’ the state. Mr. and Mrs. Williams are resid- , ing in their own home on Stovall road and they have three children. I Talent Show at Oak t Hill School May 11 I The senior class of Oak Hill High j 'school will sponsor a talent show j on Wednesday night, May 11, at 8 [o'clock. The proceeds of this show j are to be used by the class to pur- j chase new stage curtains for the auditorium. An excellent program, of singing, dancing a'nd music of all kinds is being planned by Mrs. S. M. Watkins. LATE NEWS SULLIVAN QUITS POST John L. Sullivan has resigned as Secretary of the Navy, tiring a roaring broadside at Secretary ot Defense Johnson for halting con struction of the Navy’s super^jar- rier, the USS United States. The New Hampshire Irishman said he w.is deeply disturbed because Johnson acted “so drastically and arbitrarily” without consulting the Nj Vj . Association in New York. At tM’o simiiitaiieous meetings, one lor small papers and the other for newspapers with 10,000 to 50,000 circulation, dozens of questions on business management, circula tion. labor relations, mechaffical methods, newsprint and person nel problems were discussed. STOVALL SERVICES Rev. .'\riiold B, Poole, pastor ol'^- the Pre.sbyterian Church at Clarks ville, Va., will preach in the Pres byterian Church in Stovall, Sun day, May 1, at 8 p. m. TEXTILE MILLS SLOWING The growing slow-down in the textile industry has moved into North Carolina. Production in some of its largest plants is be ing curtailed. A survey this week indicated that payrolls are drop ping in a size larger than the list of totally unemployed, A number of mills have g(Mie on a five-day week, with all shifts working. NEW FLIGHT RECORD Six ^veeks of droning monoto’n- ously through the skies ended on Tuesday at Fullerton. Calif., ror Bill Karris and Dick Riddel after they boosted the worlds flight en durance record 1,008 hours. Tired, but .smiling and fresh-shaven, the two Fullerton airport employees were abl(5 to walk away from their little Aeronca monoplane, the “Sunkist Lady,” without help. Inlaid Linoleum and Hand Set ASPHALT TILE FLOORS Honor Students To Make Raleigh Visit TWO JOBS FILLED Governor Scott this week nam ed his private secretary, Miss M.-sTtha Fleming, to a §6,336 a year job as chief clerk of the State TUilities Commission and named a campaign aide, John 1. Baines of Clayton, to the ST,92U a year job as State Burial Asso ciation Commi.ssioner. Both will take oifiee Monday. The Gover nor has indicated that he will act rapidly toward filling other state j posts. TRIAL ON HOGS ASKED Congress w’as asked this week to let the administration try its controversial new farm program out on hogs. The “trial run” would mean guaranteed prices for farmers and possibly cheaper pork chops for consumers. Secre tary of Agriculture Brannon told the House Agriculture Committee he vvoiild like authority to con duct the experiment immednate- ly. His aides disclosed that spe cial legislation is being prepared. ELECTION PLANS SHAPED A state-wide citizens commit tee, conceived and incorporated in less than two hours, opened a campaign this week to sell North Carolinians better schools and roads. Chartered as the “Better Schools and Roods, Inc.,” the or ganization set as its first goal the promotion of the 8200,000,000 road bond issue and 825,000,000 scjJiooi bond issue voters will judge at the polls on June. 4. The incorpo ration papers carried 110 signa tures. Eventually, two directors will be appointed for each county to set ui^imilar county organiza tions. Inslalled by Factory Train ed Mechanics Let Us (iive You An Estimate : Granville Furniture Do. Main Street Oxford. N. C. »44*444 >4444444444444444< X4444444444444444444444e UISING COSTS REPORTED ! The rising cost of publishing a : newspaper was the main discus sion topic at the Tuesday session | of the 63rd annual meeting of the American Newspaper Publishers Strawberry Time Qujck, Long-Lasfing f^\ HBAMCm Relief »'Tj Treat Yourself to (Joocl Eatinu This j ♦ A Winter by Putting Your Strawberry Surplus In Your Locker Honor students of Oxford Or phanage will spend a day in Ra leigh early next month sightseeing as guests of Hiram Lodge. Orphanage Superintendent Leon Gray stated that the students j would visit the museum, capitol, j parks and other places of interest . before being entertained as guests ' of Hiram Lodge Masons at supper, i Date of the visit i? May 12. | The Navy has the only two en- listed men piloting planes in the | Berlin Airlift. Hail - Hail - Hail HAILSTONES can qui-ckly ruin any crop—fruit, berries, grain or vegetables—but the wisest growers make it a point always to have a Hail Insur ance policy. This protects spe cified crops up to the limit se lected by the insured. When hail strikes, Hail Insurance saves a season’s labor and ex penses. a TROUBLE FREE We are constantly being called to repair plumbing and - wiring installations. Some of the troubles are small size wire . . . improper fusing . . . overloads ... no relief or check valves on water heaters . . . refrigerators operat ing on drop cords . . . unfused w'ater pumps. This montii to date we have serviced 27 such troubles. You can’t af ford this. Let us make vour installations “trouble free’’ / Electric Wiring Moe Lighting Fixtures Ben Hur Freezers Copeland Refrigerators Quality Ranges Rural Plumbing Wagoner Water Healers I.ancaster Pumps Eijer Sinks and Bath Fixtures •Just add one pound su gar to four ])ou)ids of strawberries; .stir, pack in containers and brin.g them over for the quick- $ est freeze in town. Granville Locker Plant, I fir*. LEWIS ELECTRIC CO. “YOUR FOOD BANK” Roy T. Rreedlove, Mgr. Main St. “BEN HUR” LEWIS Phone 2.90-G Oxford, N. C. Dial 32fi.5 Oxford, N. C. I >44444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444^1 Carrington Supply Co. Your Hardware and Farm Supply Dealer Phone 440 Oxford, N. C. Oxford Loan & Rea! Estate Co. THOS.W. HARRIS Manager Phone 740 107 Williamsboro St. Good Insurance Is Not Uheap— —Cheap Insurance Is Not Good CHAPMAN LUMBER COMPANY i ' zn Dealers In i Building Materials Phone 3333 Your Neighbor Knows Us J. E. PITTARD, Mgr, Oxford, N. C. liiamiau WIMii Eastern Carolina's Biggest :yc 6 — BIG EVENTS — (5 TIME TRIALS . . 1 P.M. FIRST RACE . . 2:.30 OCCONEECHEE SPEEDWAY Hillsboro, N. C, SUNDAY, MAY 1 ADMISSION: Infield . . . $2.00 Grandstand . . . $3.00 (Tax Included) Children under 12 admitted FREE with paid escorts. ^ JlooJz at the jEoat^ Last year the banks of the United States made the equivalent of' one agricultural loan to every U.S. farm family. These loans totaled $4,195,491,000—and there was over Z’A billion dollars more available at the banks for farm loans if it had been needed. Your bank is the logical place to get a loan. UNION NATIONAL BANK OFFICERS J. P. Harris .... .... President J. H. L. Myers . ... Vice-Fres. J. P. Harris, .Ir. Cashier Lucy P. Murray Asst.-Cashler Oxford, North Carolina DIRECTORS D. T. Currin J. H. I* Myen E. L. Parham Dr. W. N. ThonuM E. U. Davis J. P. Uarria A. H. A Williams
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