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OXFORD. N. C
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1950
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NO. 84
GranviMe's Distinguished Bar
Brief Sketches of Oxford Men Who Have Practiced in the Lo
cal Conrt Since the Civii War—An Unusuai
Array of Legal Taient
(Continued from Ledger of Oct. 13)
James A- Davis
18M-1887
James A. Davis was born August
3, 1385, and died November 4, 1887.
He was active tn the pi-w.tice of
law for some years after coming to
Oxford from his home in Orange
County in 1879. At one time he was
associated with Stephen A. Good
Ton Coa t Beat Oar Goods, You
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Beat Oar Services. What More Caa
Be Asked? Samaei Davis Hardware.
Inc., Ciarksviiie, Va.
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jTo relieve miser
fly. rub throat,
chest and back
with comforting
win. He was a brother of Wiiitam
Adolphus Davis who founded and
for many ygars published the Ox
ford Torchlight.
Thurston T. Hicks
1857-1927
Thurston Titus Hicks was born
near Oxford October 1% 1857. and
died at Henderson July 28, 1927! He
received his license to practice law
in 1881 and-immediately opened an
office in Oxford over Mitchell's
Drug Store. He soon moved to
Henderson and gradually worked
his way to the top of the legal pro
fession in that city, and was twice
elected its mayor. In association
with his brother A. A. Hicks, he did
much practice in this county. In
1910 he was named by the Republi
cans as their choice for Chief Jus
tice of the North Carolina Supreme
Court, and later was nominated by
them for an associate justiceship of
that body. Recorder Edison Hicks,
of Henderson, is a son.
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Creedmoor High Schooi is preparing
for its annual haiioween carnivai,
at which the popuiarity queen wtii
be crowned. Mayor i E. Harris of
Creedmoor. is shown as he crowned
the three queens of the 1949 car
nivai. They are Fatricia Farrish,
Sne Feed and Nancy Lyon.
The coming camivai is to be
staged at the schooi on Oct. 27.
Events wiii incin te a progtyun by
Mrs. Vema Mangum, costume con
teat, cake walk, bingo, house of hor
rors, fishing, fun room, appie room,
guessing games, food and drink and
fun fdr everybody, according to the
planning committee. — Cut from
t Creedmoor High.
Adoiphus R. Wortham
Adolphus R. Wortham was bom
in Warren County tn that part that
now forms a part of Vance County.
He attended Henderson Academy,
was graduated by Trinity College in
1876, studied law there and also
under William Eaton, and was li
censed to practice in 1878. He was
a kinsman of George W. Wprtham
and came to Oxford to be the law
partner of that gentleman in 1879.
He remained about a year and tiieh
moved to Henderson, where he con
tinued to follow his profession. m
1883 he married Miss Mattie Lewis,
daughter of Dr. Willis Lewis, of
Lewis. Granville County, and left
four sons.
James ML. Sikes
James Monroe Sikes was a mem
ber of the Oxford bar in the 1880's.
He was postmaster during the Har
rison administration in 1889-94,
having filled that office just 40
years previously. Mr. Sikes married
Mrs. Norfleet Hunter (nee Barnes)
and moved to Durham.
Robert Watson Winston
1860-1944
Robert Watson Winston was born
at Windsor, N. C., September 12.
1860, studied at Horner School, was
graduated by the University of
North Carolina in 1879, taught in
the Horner School (I being one of
his pupils), received his LL.B. front
the University in 1881, settled in Ox
ford and practiced law, sometime tn
partnership with A. W. Graham,
the two having married sisters,
daughters of Dr.-James H. Horner.
The Winston buil# and lived and
brought up a family in the house
now occupied by the W. T. Landises.
Mr. Winston was elected to the
North Carolina Senate in 1884 by
a vote exceeding tttat of his two Re
publican opponents combined. In
1889 he became a Superior Court
judge when only 29 years old, re
signing in 1895. To find larger fields
he moved to Durham and then to
Raleigh, and at the age of 60, hav
ing accumulated a competence,
went back to the University as a
freshman to study writing and
turned out several notable biogra
phies, including his own autobiog
raphy, "It's A Far Cry." He died
October 14, 1944. Robert W. Win
ston, of Raleigh, head A BC. man,
is a son, as is Horner Winston, a
oromihent Chicago attorney.
A. S. Grandy ,
1862-1900
Albert Sidney Grandy was born
September 8, 1862, and died Decem
ber 28, 1900. He-studied at Chapel
Hill and in Washington, D. C„ and
was admitted to the bar in 1888.
For about two years he was a part
ner of-John W. Hays in the prac
tice of his profession. In 1890 he
moved to Nashville, Tenn., where
he continued to practice for about
nine years. He then went to Florida
for his health but too late, and
there he died.; His father, Titus
Templeton Grandy, was for many
years a leading merchant of Ox
ford.
Aivi. W. Alien
Alvis W. Allen was a member of
the well-known Allen family Of the
Brassfield section of Granville
County. He was graduated by the
University of North Carolina in
1882, read law under Robert Wat
son Winston and was admitted to
the bar in 1884. He was in a fair
way to build up a good practice in
Oxford when a promising career
was cut short by typhoid fever in
1887. About the time of his admis
sion to the bar he edited the Ox
ford Torchlight.
ArchibaM A. Hicks
1882-1941
Archibald Arrington Hicks was
bom September 9, 1862, near Ox
ford on the Hicks plantation that
had been in his family ever since
Earl Granville granted it to his
great-grandfather in 1749, and died
at his home in Oxford May 24, 1941.
After reading law under his brother
Thurston T. Hicks and being ad
mitted to the practice in 1887, he
continued to follow his profession
with increasing success until his
final illness overtook him.
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Mr. iRcks was mayor of Oxford
in 1891-94 and a member of the
North Caroitna Senate for six terms
between the years 1899 and 1931,
both included. At different times he
had as law partners T. O. Stem,
(Continued on Page 2)
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STOVALL, Oet. 19. — The home
economics girls of the Stovall High
School met Sept. 25 to organize a
FHA Club. The following officers
were elected for the year: president,
Oenevieve McGhinnis; vice presi
dent, Minnie Ella Currln; secretary,
Rebecca Hart; treasurer, Bertha
Guthrie; song leader, Etta Jane
Matthews; parliamentarian, Gwen
Blackwell; historian and reporter,
Sally Bullock.
The club advisor is Mrs. F. C.
B,oyd, Jr. The members of the club
are planning to attend the State
Fair on Friday.
The direct interview story was
first used by Horace Greely.
TO ASK PAY RAISE
The North Carolina State Em
ployees Association reelected the
1949-50 slate of officers In a
meeting at Winston-Salem and
decided to press for wage Increas
es for all state employees.
The REA estimates that more
than five miiiion farms, or 96.3 per
cent of aU U. 6. farms, had centra!
station eiectric service as of Jane
30, 1950.
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