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" - " PUBLHSIHIEID OEM-WEEKLY TOWN AMD COUNTY OFFERS BMLLHAOT OPPORTUMTnES. ALL HOME PMHNT VOLUME XXXI. OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28th, 1916 NUMBER 51 BETTER HAIL SERVICE ELA3L OP THE POSTAL SER VICE, RUNS DOWN FROM WASHINGTON. "plans Being involved V hereby the Mail Will be Handled Between Oxford and Henderson on the Southern Trains. air. &iam, a, very pieasant . and capable postal official, made a trip to Oxford last Friday to see what could be done to expedite the delivery of mail a few hours earlier here and at least twenty-four hours earlier on the rural routes of the county. Mr. Elam good naturedly read and enioved the criticism of the Public Ledger, and in the presence of Col Ballou and the editor of the Public Ledger held up a largt bundle of cor respcndence that had accumulated, in Washington and remarked that the more you agitate the question of mail service the sooner you get it. Mr. Elam explained that up to Friday last it had been practically impossible to perfect arrangements for the mail to be carried between Oxford and Henderson on the South ern trains; that there is more to it than to simply toss a bag on a train and say" here you are." Mr. JElam places the blame, if blame there be, beyond the jurisdiction of either the Oxford or Henderson postoffices, as a monetary consideration is involved in the handling of the mail on the early morning Suothern train. He not only hopes to perfect arrange ments for the mails to reach Oxford on the early morning Southern train, but he is working with the view of fcnvarding the afternoon accumula tion of mail in the Oxford office by the Southern train that leaves for Henderson at 7:55 p. m. Mr. Elam hopes to accomplish this in a few days, and if successful the service will be better than it has been in a long time. N The Public Ledger is the rece pient of many hearty congratulations for having referred to the inferior mail service, but on the other hand we offended certain ones at the local postofnce, and since Mr. Elam has explained that the part played by the Oxford and Henderson offices were in keeping with their instuctions we withdraw the charge of incompetency or inferiority as applied to their leg itimate duty and condemn those higher up who permitt such a thing to occur in an enlightened com munity. ST. JOHN'S DAY CELEBRATION All Trains Brought in Large Crowds. No Rowdyism. The celebration of St. John's Day last Saturday was a grand success. The crowd perhaps was not as large as on former occasions but the spirit of the occasion was greater than, ever. The conditions of the crops in Gran ville made it necessary for the farm ers to remain at home and fight the weeds, but the crowd from a distance was larger than ever before. The exercises at the Orphanage were very interesting. The speech of welcome by Mr. B. K. Lassiter was a gem, and the annual address by Rey. Dr- A. D. McClure, of Wilmington, was one of the best ever delivered in Oxford. The songs by the. children v-ere also greatly enjoyed. The occasion was livened up with fine music from the Third Regiment Sand of Raleigh. It required 48 pigs, or 1,561 Pounds of barbecue to feed the great throng of people. Quite a number of the visitors did aot leave Oxford until the shades of evening, and they had not gone far into the country before a heavy ftorm burst upon this section, tear lnS trees up by the roots, breaking electric light wires and rendering 0xfcrd as dark as pitch. MINERAL LANDS Krety at Knap of Reeds Transfer al to Pennsylvania Company la t J B' Powe11' Register of Deeds st week transferred to Messrs. John svl an and Jermian Rife, of Penn y vania several certain tracts of th neraly nd. It is understood that wmpany will open an office in xford r Dmham at an early date and begin operations DrBT7 Mell, Grady Harris and iom Booth are at Nagg's Head. CARRANZA ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY It Was He Who Ordered General Trevino to Fire On the American Troops at Car rizal Last Week General Roaster Will Remain in State GOES TO RALEIGH TO TAKE CHARGE OF THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE Several months ago General B. S. Royster, brigadier-commander of tb North Carolina National Guard, in ac cordance with the advise of his phy sicians informed, the Governor that he feared his physical condition was not such as to permit him to further 3 GEN. B. S. ROYSTER command the brigade. At the time General Royster announced to , the Governor the necessity of his -retire ment he recommended General Lau rence Young as his successor. On Monday morning following the call of President Wilson, bright and early, General Royster tendered his services to the State and the Nation unreserv edly, and in this hour of National peril he feels most keenly ''the disap pointment cf being'compelled to sur render the first honor. General Roy ster must admit that General Young is much younger and physically fit to endure the hardships incident to war- are. By tendering his services to he State and the Nation General Royster becomes Adjutant-General of the North Carolina National Guard, and in the event of a prolonged strug gle he will of necessity be compelled to cross the border. His duties as adjutant-general will call him to Raleigh and t'le concentration camps very often, but we are not to loose him from Oxford entirely. Exchange Duties In announcing the change Gover nor Craig said: "Several months ago Gen. B. S. Royster, brigadier commander, in ac- (Continued on Page Eight) ABANDONED CAR On The National Highway Near Providence Some four or five weeks ago an au tomobile with a broken axle was parked at Olive Grove church, on the j National Highway, near Providence. There is very strongs intimation that the car contained a lot of liquor when the accident occurred. One or two inqueries have reached Sheriff Hobgood regarding the abandoned car. On Friday last the Sheriff re ceived a telephone message fromPt tersburg, asking his permission to re move the car. It is understood that the Sheriff told the Petersburg man that he had nothing to do with it just at present, but we are of the o pinion that the Sheriff winked the other eye when talking through the phone; or, at any rate, he is very apt to find out the particulars when the car is removed from the present place. Planning Year's Work The Home Economic Department of the Woman's Club will meet at the home of Mrs. John Webb Wednesday afternoon at five o'clock. All mem bers are urged to be present as Mrs. Brooks, the chairman is anxious to organize this department -and make plans for the years' work. All ladies interested in this work are invited to come and join. AMERICAN GOVERNMENT RE PLIES WITH DEMAND FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF MEN CAPTURED Carranza is Asked to State at Once His Intentions Through ... Proper Channels He Will Not Be Allow ed to Shrink His Responsibility If War Must Come Carranza Must Come Out in the Open and Not Hide Behind a Subordinate Com mander Text of Lost Mexican NTote is Repeated and Its Contents Branded as a "Formal Avowal of Deliberately Hostile Action" A gainst Troops. (SUMMARY) WASHINGTON A demand for the immediate release of the Ameri can troopers taken prisoners at Car rizal, coupled with a stern notifica tion that the United States expects an early statement of the purposes of the Carranza government was tele graphed to Mexico City Sunday by Secretary Lansing. The note discloses that the State Department received a . communica tion from the def acto government stating that the Carrizal fight was the direct result of orders to attack American soldiers moving otherwise than toward the border personally is sued by Gen. Carranza to Gen. Tre vino and by the latter communicated to Gen. Pershing. In reply Secretary Lansing requir es that the de facto government tran- jnit a definite statement -"as to the course of action it has determined upon," through the usual diplomatic channels "and nprthrouglisubordin ate military officers."' ' " The Mexican communication is construed, Secretary Lansing states, "as a formal avowal of deliberately hostile action against the forces of the United States now in-Mexico, and of the purpose of attack without pro vocation whenever they move " from their present position" despite , the friendly minion on which they vare engaged and which is re-affirmed in the American rejoinder. General Carranza is required to place himself on record .formally, and the plain intimation lies behind the restrained language of Mr. Lansing's communication that force will be met with force. Apparently, however, the Washington government is determin ed that the defacto government shall not evade responsibility before the world if war is forced upon the Uni ted States.'"" American Note to Mexico The text of the note to the Mexican defacto government, transmitted to day to Jas. Linn Rogers, special rep resentative of the American govern ment in Mexico City says: "Mr. Arredondo Saturday deliver ed to this government the following communication: " 'I am directed by my govern ment to inform your excellency with reference to the Carrizal x incident, that the chief executive through the Mexican War Department, gave or ders to Gen. Jacinto B. Trevino, not to permit American forces from Gen. Pershing's column to advance further south, nor to move either east or west from the points where they are lo cated, and to oppose new incursions of American soldiers into Mexican territory. These orders were brought by Gen. Trevino to the attention of Gen. Pershing, who acknowledged the receipt of the communication rel ative thereto. On the 22nd instant as your execllency . knows, an Ameri can force moving esatward quite far from its base, notwithstanding the above orders, and was engaged by Mexican troops at Carrizal, state of Chihuahua. As a result of the en counter, reveral men on both sides were killed and wounded and 17 American soldiers were made prison ers.' "You are hereby instructed to hand to the Minister of Foreign Re lations of :.e de facto government the following: " 'The Government of the United States can put no other construction upon "the communication handed to the Secretary of State of the United States on twenty-fourth of June, by (Continued On Pace Four) Mayor Thad G. Stem Joins the Natl Colors OXFORD'S CHIEF EXECUTIVE GOES TO THE STAFF OF THE THHID REGIMENT At the call of . President Wilson, Captain Thad G. Stem, mayor of Ox ford, tendered his services to Colonel Minor, ranking officer of the Third Regiment, North Carolina National Guard. By the appoinment, Captain Stem goes to the staff as inspector, of CAPT. THAD G. STEM small arms practice with the rank of captain and the emoluments of ma jor. The military record of Captain Stem, now on file in the Adjutant General's-office is asfollows: - ' Enlisted in the Granville Grays February 18, 1908; promoted to cor poral February 27, 1908. Promoted to sergeant July 19, 1908. Promoted to first lieutenant September 27, 1909. Promoted to Captain May 11, 1910. Retired from service on ac count of business February 2, 1914. Tendered Lis service to Col. Minor June 20, 1916- Received his commis sion as inspector of small arms prac tice, with the rank of captain, June 23, 1916. COMEMORATING PATRON SAINT Services to be Held at Stovall Thurs day 3Iorning and Evening Thurday being St. Peter's K Day, services will be held in St. Peter's Episcopal church, Stovall, commem orating the memory of the patron saint of the church. The Holy Com munion will be celebrated at 11 a. m. At 8:30 in the evening the vested choir of St. Stephen's Parish Oxford will sing and a special sermon "The Life and Influence of St. Peter" will be delivered by Rev. Mr. Horsfield of Oxford. The public is most cordially invited to worship at these services. TWO GOOD MEN And They Live in Person County We were very much pleased to meet in Oxford last Saturday Rev. J. A. Beam, who prays and preaches and acts as the superintendent of public schools in Person county. We told Mr. Beam just how much we re garded Dr. Tucker, the Granville- Person Senatorial nominee, and ask ed him if he thought we overrated the gentleman. "Impossible to overrate Dr. Tuck er," replied the reverend gentleman, "I have known him for many years and I regard him as being one of the best men I ever knew, and withall a smart man, capable and true." Dr. Tucker spent St. John's Day in Oxford, the guest of Senator Titus Currin. Unlike Mr. Ex-Justice Hughes, his face is unadorned with alfalfa. You would take him to be about 35 years old and full of, life, but he is 48, full of wisdom and wears a pleasant smile all the time. Sargent Baker Applying the efficiency test to a new recruit in the Granville Grays the other day, we asked him who is Secretary of War? "See Sargent Baker, he is secretary and puts all the names down in a book' came the quick response. ENTERTAIN SOLDIERS FAREWELL POEM RECITED BY 3IISS ELIZABETH WORTHAM Smoker Given By the Citizens Held in the Armory Friday Night and the Ladies of Oxford Entertain Soldiers on the Broad Porches and Lawn of Col. and Mis. Ballou Monday Night. The Granville Grays will leave Ox ford next Saturday for the concen tration camp with every assurance of the esteem "and well wishes of the pa triotic ladies and citizens of Oxford. Not since the outbreak of the War Between the States has patriotism flown quite so freely in Oxford as it has during the past week. The citizens of Oxford tendered the, Granville Grays a smoker in the Armory Friday night. Mr. A. H. Powell was master of ceremonies, and among the speakers of the even ing were Gen. Royster, Mayor Stem, Col. H. G. Cooper, Major Will Landis, Col. Ballou, B. K. Lassiter, Ben W. Parham, Capt. E. E. Fuller and pos sibly others. There was every assur ance given the soldiers that the lov ed ones left behind would be guard ed with zealous care by the "home guard" and that they would carry with them the well wishes and es teem of the people of Oxford. The Ladies Entertain The expansive porches and broad lawn of Col. and Mrs. Ballou was an enchanting scene Monday night, the occasion being a farewell entertain ment given by the patriotic ladies of Oxford in honor of the soldiers. Gen eral Royster was master of ceremon ies, and again the soldiers were made to feel that they are the objects of profound solicitude. Mrs. W. H. White, a pillar of the Confederate monument, and who on two previous occasions bade the Granville Grays farewell, made appropriate; remarks, and there were tinudred of other pat riotic ladies of Oxford present jbo bid the soldier Godspeed. Miss Elizabeth Wortham gracefully recited an ori ginal poem, found elsewhere in this issue of the Public Ledger, entitled, "A Call to the Granville Grays." - During the evening the ladies ser ved cream and cake in the Armory. FAMILY REUNION Children Gather at the Ancestrial Home on the Roanoke Mr. and Mrs. Jas. W. Horner at tended last week a delightful family reunion at "Berry Hill," the home of Mrs. Horner's father, Mr. William Henry Burwell. The old homestead, a large colonial, house built in 1809 and located on the Roanoke River in Mecklenburg county, Virginia, has been the scene cf may a happyn fam ily reunion. Mr. Burwell, the head of the house is now in his eighty-fifth year and enjoys good health: He had with him on this occasion his twelve children, eleven in-laws and twenty-nine of his grand children, be ing the entire family except five grand children, as follows: Mr. and Mrs. M. P. Burwell and three chil dren of Warrenton, N. C; Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Boyd and seven children, of Warrenton, N. C; Mr. and Mrs. Jno. C. Burwell and their children of Mayesville, Ky., Mr. and Mrs. Henry Burwell, Jr., and three children of Mecklenburg county, Va., Mrs. Willie Burwell and three children of War renton, N. C.; Mr. and Mrs. Geo. G. Allen and two children of New York; Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Powell and two children, of Henderson, N. C; Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Boyd and three chil dren, of Warrenton; Mr. and Mrs. William Baskerville and three chil dren of Baskerville, Va., Mr. and Mrs. Edmond White of Warrenton; Mr. and Mrs. James W. Horner of Oxford; and Misses Lucy and Edith Burwell. . The sumptous meals served attest ed to the fine housekeeping of Mrs. Burwell. Fine Bill at the Orpheum Beginning Thursday night, and continuing, the bill at the Orpheum Theatre abounds in classic pictures. Blanch Sweet in "Ragamuffin"; Dus tin Farum in "The Call of the Cum berlands"; Pauline Frederick in"The Spider"; Theodore Roberts in "Pud-din-Head Wilson" and Fannie Ward in "Tennessee's Pardner' are some of the celebreties billed for this and future dates. See announcement on page four of this paper. ft r. S4 n - ft $" r if it. i
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