Oxford, N.C., July 22—Miss Margaret Davis left Wednesday for a two weeks’ stay in Richmond.
Miss Leonora Aiken of Durham is visiting Miss Lula Hunt on Lanier street.
Mrs. J.Y. Paris of Henderson is spending some time with Mrs. John Paris.
Miss Margaret Capehart of Raleigh is spending a week on the Capehart farm.
Miss Bell of Williamsboro is visiting Mrs. D.W. Hart.
Mrs. C.A. Upchurch returned Sunday from a visit to Raleigh.
Mrs. J.S. Hardaway and daughter, who have been at Buffalo Springs are visiting Mrs. John Webb and Miss Sadie Parham. They are well known in Oxford and the county, Rev. J.S. Hardaway having been pastor of the First Baptist church here some years ago.
Mrs. Nelson Ferrebee returned Monday from Richmond. Mrs. Ferrebee was operated on last week at St. Luke’s and is improving fast.
Mr. and Mrs. Shepard Booth and baby, of Lawrenceville, Va., are visiting Mr. and Mrs. John Booth.
Miss Dora Wolfe is home after spending a month with Mrs. Abraham Young of Durham.
Mr. and Mrs. D.G. Brummitt are both quite ill. Mrs. Brummit’s mother, Mrs. Kate Fleming of Raleigh, is with her. (Paper spelled last name with two and then with one “t”.)
Mrs. W.T. Yancey and William Yancey left Thursday for a visit to Mocksville.
J.G. Hall, John Perry, Gus, Sara, and Henry Hall left Thursday for Virginia Beach.
Mrs. ?d McKethan and children, of Fayetteville, are visiting Mrs. W.H. White.
Mrs. Easley Pace, Evelyn and Easley Pace are guests of Mrs. N.C. Daniel.
Marshall Pinnix is visiting in Warrenton.
T.W. Winston is on a business trip to Richmond.
Mrs. Sam Booth of Portsmouth is visiting Mrs. Tom Booth.
John Hall is in Richmond with Mrs. Hall, who continues to improve.
J.F. Veazey is in Norfolk for a few days.
Margaret Bland of Durham, who has been visiting Lucy Floyd, returned home Wednesday. Lucy Floyd went with her.
Mrs. F.B. Blalock entertained the Ladies’ Aid Society of the First Baptist church Monday afternoon. A lot of business was attended to, after which the hostess served an ice course.
Miss Sallie Webb charmingly entertained her bridge club Tuesday morning. After an interesting game, a delicious salad course was served.
An enjoyable picnic was given by Misses Virginia Carroll, Mozelle Walters and Mary Fort at Cannady’s last Friday afternoon. Swimming and fishing were enjoyed, and afterwards a delicious picnic supper. About 15 young people enjoyed the hospitality of these ladies.
Mrs. Carl Harper and baby, of Zebulon, are here on a visit to Dr. and Mrs. S.J. Finch.
The Oxford orphanage boys are hard to beat at baseball; but they met their match Saturday afternoon. The Stovall nine came over and beat them 13 to 7. The orphanage has put out some good teams this year, that reflect credit upon this institution.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Howard and Mrs. W.T. Lee chaperoned a merry party of young people on a picnic at the famous “Wash-Out,” near Henderson Tuesday afternoon.
On Wednesday afternoon, Mrs. J.F. Veazey entertained the Round Table Bridge club at her pretty home on Gilliam street. The home was tastefully decorated with gladioluses, hydrangeas and zinnias. A spirited game was enjoyed at two tables, after which the hostess served a delicious salad course. Those present were Mesdames F.B Blalock, J.A. Duke, Kate White, W. Landis, Scott Hunt, Will Long and Miss Lela Routon.
Rev. Warren V.H. Filkins of Arlington, N.J., who is well known in Oxford and this state, was injured last week when his car overturned in a collision with another car. The wife of the rector suffered a fracture of the left arm and severe cuts and bruises; Mrs. Anna Filkins, his mother, had her right collarbone broken. The rector, his daughter, Frances, and Mrs. B.T. McDougal of Fordham, N.Y., mother of the rector’s wife, suffered minor bruises and shock. Mr. Filkins was driving toward Princeton, N.J., to attend the conference of the Provincial Summer school of the Episcopal church. As he approached an intersection of the turnpike, an automobile came out of a side street and struck the pastor’s car. The latter machine was overturned, but the two occupants of the car escaped injury. The Filkins family were taken to the Princeton hospital, where their injuries were dressed.
Mr. Filkins is pastor of the Trinity Episcopal church of Arlington, N.J. Several years ago he held a mission here in St. Stephen’s Episcopal church, and with his family has visited Oxford a number of times.
Will Fleming attended a barbecue and Brunswick stew dinner at the Never Fail farm in Moore County last week and paid a visit to John D. Rockefeller’s model farm, which touches the Never Fail farm on the west. Among the other things that interested Mr. Fleming was the splendid dog kennels. Mr. Rockefeller paid $500 for some of these dogs. Mr. Fleming purchased two pups of pedigree stock from the manager of the Rockefeller farm. The mother of one of the pups won the first prize of $5,000 at the recent New York dog show. Mr. Fleming has purchased other pedigreed pups, and will establish kennels at the Stephen Jones farm, near Oxford.
The farmers of Granville county began curing tobacco this week. Buyers and warehousemen and others interested in the tobacco market, who have recently driven over the county, state that the tobacco crop is very promising. Well informed tobacco men here believe that tobacco will sell well this fall, and will bring a good price.
Two stills were captured in Granville last week, near Geneva church. Sheriff Hunt found a dismantled still hidden in the brush near the church, and few days later Capt. Whittaker found one of 40 gallon capacity within a few hundred yards of where the first was found.
From the Durham Morning Herald, Sunday, July 23, 1922
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