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. - ; ' - - - - - " , - - t , . . . - PUBLSglHIED SEM-WEEKLY TOWN AND COUNFT OFF ALL HOME PRINT VOLUME XXXII OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4TH, 1917 NUMBER 27 THE SOLDIERS STACK ARMS UANY TAKE UP JOBS LEFT WHEN CALL. CAME LAST SUMMER. Captain Stem is a Busy Man Lieu tenant Stegall is Back at the Post office Window Captain Fuller ami Lieutenant Taylor Will Prob ably Accept Commissions. The members of the Granville Gray, officially known as Company E Third North Carolina Infantry, were last week formerly released by Captain E. E. Fuller, and are now hack into civil life again. Some fell into the gaps left open when they vacated their positions with various firms when the order came to them June 19, 1916, to mus ter into the service of the United States. Others who did not live in Oxford, nor even in the State, have gone to their respective homes, Captain Thad G. Stem, who left business interests of his own and won promotion in his regiment, is back in his law office, and this same pop ular lawyer-soldier is as busy as a bee in a tar bucket. The handsome Jas. I. Stegall (we speak purely irom a military stand point) has taken his old position in the Oxford postoffice. Captain Fuller and Lieutenant Vernon Taylor will probably accept commissions in the new and greater army now being formed. It is stated that two of the mem bers of the company, whose homes are not in the State, have addressed letters to the Secretary of the Navy Daniels with a view of entering the submarine service of.the Govrnment, this service paying the highest sal ary to enlisted men on account of ''arr'-'s and the hardships en countered. HOT DEBATES Oxford Wins One and Loses One to Normal High School. All over the State of North Caroli na on last Friday night there was held a most notable series of - debates on the question of Government Own ership of the Railways. It was a great day in the life of the State to have the three hundred and thirty schools represented by four pupils talking on this great subject and causing at least 75,000 people to think, about it and want the home team to w"n. Communties that have been lifeless throughout the year have been made to rise up in cele bration over the well-earned victory of the local pupils. Outside any in formation that was gained this com munity thus egenderedd would just ify the contests. In a dual debate with the Normal High Schools an eleven graded schools, won one and lost one in this great state series. At home Miss Nina Cooper and Robt. Parham won a unanamous decision over the visitors. The home team upheld the affirmative side of the contest. -The argument of the affirmative was that the present bad conditions prevail ing in the Railway industry are due to private ownership and that the federal ownesrhip will remedy and had better regulation to offer. Mr. Jas. Taylor, of Oxford, Rev. Lewis N. Taylor, of Roanoke Rapids, and Rev. J. D. Harte who recently came nere from Hickory were the judges. The representatives at Greensboro, William Webb and George Hunt, lost by two to one decision. Two girls upheld the affirmative at Greensboro. The work of the student in debate this year has meant much in the de velopment of self-exnerssion for the "(r efforts have been original as they aii should be. THE MAX WHO 7OLUNTEERS H--r-.e of Them are Without Positions. One of the deterrent or discounr- agiug features to enlistment is the j-ar of returning home and find the ; 30b fiHed and none other avail Die. That has been the experience ot some Oxford soldiers, and it is ne case in other cities where organ Jfa eifort is not made to secure em ployment for the returned soldiers. - Will Move to Durham. (Durham Herald) ch: s- L- B- Turner of Oxford pur nased from C. C. Gurley yesterday 50ft T CnaPel Hill street for $3, enw a handsome residence will be Tiir n the plot 65x211 feet. Mrs. urner will move to Durham where K?CouSgeT edUCate1 Trin" T Club Meeting. anniToi Woman's Club will hold its noon Aeetins Wednesday after reportf ?:3 in the Library. The and thp Ji ? 0fCicers wilI be heard Place .at e!e.ctlon officers will take y at this time. 8inrin?tis?f is much more than ine Fourth of July. THIRTY-SIX PRESSING CLUBS. Road Man Failed to Secure Needed - Laborers. Editor Public Ledger: With a white voting population of 457, Oxford has thirty-six press ing clubs. At least a recent census shows this. In the mean time it is almost impossible to secure help on the roads. As most of the pressing is done at night, the pressmen rest chiefly during the daylight hours. The pressing needs just now can well be devoted to the roads, even if the pool rooms suffer a little. There is no objection to the tired pressman taking needed recreation at shooting pool after his day's work, but when these pressmen loaf all day, when there is plenty of work in sight, atnd then appeal to charity to support them and their families it does not go well. If a man is engaged in the press ing clubs, he should at least have some of his earning in sight as evi dence that he is in business, and not just his word for it. Let some one call the bluff f ANON. J CAMP GLENN MAY BE USED Guard Officers YriU See What the Ut most Capacity of Camps. Dfficers of the North Carolina Nat ional Guard and Colonel Slocum for the war department are investigating conditions- and utmost capicity of Camp Glenn. It is likely, says a Raleigh special, that the Second and Third and probably other principal units of the guard will be concentra ted there for regular training very soon. Also the guard officers will investigate other available locations for permanent mobilization quarters for training and sasoning troops for service. A PLAY FOR PATRIOTS Writh Victor Herberts Accompayning Music "The Fall of a Nation" is sure to stir patriotic enthusiam when pre sented for the first time here on Mon day and Tuesday, Auril 9 and 10, matinee and niht at the Orphgeum Theatre. In New York atnd Chica go the great spectacle was the mecca of many thousands of patriotic Amer icans who cheered the big scenes to the echo. Thomas Dixon's play (as likewise Victor Herbert's acompany i'ng music) vibrates with genuine A mericanism. The author describes It as "a bugle call to arms for the na tional defence!" The story is of an imaginary kivasion of the United States by a foreign power. After the defeat of our puny army and the! sub sequent usurpation of authority at Washington, the women of the coun try come to the rescue and by means of a necret oathbound conspiracy contrive to expel the invaders. Tickets at popular prices, are now on sale at F. F. Lyon's Drug store. GRANVILLE COUNTY VETS. 3- Commissioners Authorized to Pay Transportation. An act of the recent Legislature authorizes the commissioners in a number of counties to pay the ex penses of Confederate veterans to re unions and in others to contribute the transportation. A general bill was passed which allows the county commissioners of any county to pay the expenses of an indigent Confeder ate veteran to the coming reunion at Washington. x. Seperate acts were passed , allow ing Montgomery, Stanly. Rurham, Ir edell, Robeson and Union county to pay the expenses of the vetrans to reunions. The following were included in which permitts the county commis sioners to pay actual expenses: Ala nance, Perquimans, Bertie, Rich mond, Northhampton, Orange, Dur ham, Person, Nash, Cumberland, Brunswick, Lenior. Another act passed to pay trans portation expenses to State and gen eral reunions included the following counties: Lenior, Onslow, Yancey, Pitt, Greene, Craven, Hyde, Bun combe, Jones, Rutherford, Transyl vania, Scotland, Guilford, Forsyth, Macon, Northampton, Gaston, Wata uga, Polk, Perquimans, . Person, Granville, Clevland,- Johnson, Chat ham, Pamlico, Vance, Warren, Cas well, Chowan, Wake, Bertie, Lee, Beaufort, Carteret. -4 CIVIL SERVICE ORDER. All Good Postmasters Will be Re tained. A President Wilson took a long step towards eliminating patronage in pol itics Saturday when he signed the executive order placing all first, sec ond a.nd third class postmasters un der civil services. The order, how ever, does not necessarily affect those postmasters now in the service who are giving "exceptional service," be cause Postmaster-General Burleson says such men will be retained in the service and that civil services ex aminations will only be held in case of resignation, death or removal from office. ( STATE OF WAR EXISTS PRESIDENT WILSON APPEALS TO THE CONGRESS Asks that Steps be Taken Nt Only to Put Nation in More Thorough State of Defense, But That AH Possible Power be Exerted to Bring the Government of the German Emipire to Terms and to End-the War. Washinton, April 2. -Presindet Wilson tonight urged Congressi, as sembled in joint session, to declare a state of war existing between the United States and Germany. In a dispassionate, but immeas urable, denunciation of the course" of the Imperial Government, which he characterized as a challenge to all mankind and a warfare against all nations, the President declared that neutrality no longer was feasible or desirable where peace of the world was involved; that armed neutrality had become ineffectual enough at best, and was likely to produce what it was meant to prevent, and urged that Congress accept he guage of battle with all the resources of the nation. , WHAT PRESIDENT RECOMMENDS Utmost practical co-aperation in councel and action with the govern ments already at war with Germany. Extention of liberal financial cred its to the governments so that the resources of America may be added so far as possible to theirs. Organization and mobilization of all the material resources of the country. h; Full equipment of thejNavy, par ticularly for means of dealing with submarine warfare. :i An army of at least 500,000 men, based on the principle of universal liability to service, and the authori zation of additional increments of 500,000 each as they are needed or can be handled in training. Raising necessary money for the United States Government, so. far as possible without borrowing and on the basis of equitable taxation. Clark Elected Speaker. Champ Clark, of Missouri, was e lected speaker of the House of Rep resentatives of the Sixty-fifth Con gress by a vote of 217 to 205, over James R. Mann, of Illinoise, the Republican candidate. ' MONEY IN BOTTLE $ A Citizen Who Stays at Home and Attends to His Business. In his rounds the other day, Mr. L. Hunter saw a lady place a silver quarter of a dollar in a cut glass bot tle. Taking the lady to task for hoarding the money, she told Mr. Hunter that it was her intentions to fill the gallon bottle with quarters. Mr. Hunter estimated that the bot tle would hold at least $ 1000 in sil ver quarters. He later measured a pint of quarters at the National Bank of Granville and learned that the measure contained $100; therefore the cut glass bottle of the lady will hold($800.00. That is a lot of mon ey to hoard. Besides loosing two or three hundred dollars interest, it is a dangerous precedent. : J Mr. Hunter also relates another in stance that is worthy of note. On his return from Durham the other night, while waiting for the Oxford train at Dickerson he" met a well-to-do farmer of Granville, fifty-five years of age, who acknowledged to Mr. Hunter that he had never been to Durham; that he had only been to Raleigh one time; that he seldom goes to Henderson and that he makes it a rule to come to Oxford to sell his tobacco and do a little trading. That is what we call a good loyal citizen and we should be glad to have his photograph for a first page, top of column news item. But Mr. Hunter would not divulge his name for publication. ' -T- The Spring Bird . (By A.. P. Hob good) V What does the spring bird say ' When he chirps the livelong day In twitter sweet and fine; What 'can there be in his refrain To the-angler but words plain: "Get out your fishing line?" . BIG LEAGUE GAME East Durham Baseball Park, Thurs day Afternoon. N Thousands of enthusiastic base ball fans are expected to be present at the East Durham basb all park on Thursday afternoon, April 5, at 4 o' clock, to witness the only big league game of the season, to be staged by the Durham Bulls and Philadelphia Nationals, former National league champions. Hundreds of fans are expected from the tbwns along the roads leading to Durham to be pres ent to see fast ball. See announce ment of the game elsewhere in this paper. DR. MARSH IMPROVES Filled His Appointment at Bullock Last Sunday. After a spell of sickness covering several weeks, Dr. R. H. Marsh was able to go to Bullock last Sunday and fill his appointment. The faith ful old servant is not very strong as yet, but it is hoped that the balmy weather will have a tendency to build him up. We regret to announce that the condition of Mrs. Marsh's health does not improve. ACCEPTS FOREIGN POSITION Oxford Boy Will go to Cape Town, South Africa. We learn that Mr. Wilbur Smith has resigned his position with the local branch of the Imperial Tobac to Company and accepted a position with the British-American Tobacco Company abrod. He will enter the maufacturing department, and has been assigned to a large cigarette factory at Cape Town, South Africa. Mr. Smith has been instructed to prepare to leave on short notice, and will sail from New York as soon as his transportation can be arranged and passports secured.. He will be accompanied by Mr. William Sumner, of Petersburg. Mr. Smith is a graduate of Washington-Lee University, and is a ne phew of Dr. E. T. WThite. : SENIOR CLASS PLAY "All on Account of Polly" Will be Presented To-night at the Orpheum. ' The Senoir Class play presented by the young ladies of Oxford Col lege ten days ago will be staged by the same cast at the Orpheum this Tuesday evening. These young lad ies are under . the direction of Mrs. Graham Davidson, who is in charge of the School of Expression. The play as presented by these young lad ies in the Chapel of the college was received with hearty applause. The young ladies in the cast are very lov ely in appearance and are well up in stagecraft. ROGERS-GENTRY Oxford Couple Wred in Chatham, Virginia. (Danville special, April 2) ' Miss Carrie D. Rogers, of Oxford, N. C, but who has been teaching school at Lone Oak not far from here, closed her school for the ses sion on Saturday and meeting her fiance, W. L. Gentry, cf Oxford, mo tored over to Chatham and were mer ried there by Rev. Kearfoot. They left yesterday afternoon for Greens boro and will, in a few days be at home at Oxford, where Mr. Gentry is established in business. Luke Ligon accompanied the bridal couple to the county seat and witnessed the marriage. The bride is the attractive daugh ter of Mrs. Olivia Rogers. Mr. Gen try holds a responsible position in the grocery store of Mr. L. Thomas. They arrived in Oxford Sunday and are making their home with the bride's mother on Collge street. PROGRAM AT PROVIDENCE, "Back to the Farm" WTill be Presen ted Thursday Night. We wish to state there will be no charge to see "Back to the Farm," which will be presented here Friday night free of charge. The play is copywrited by the extension, division of the University of Minnesota, and we are required to pay a royalty for its use, but the amount has been re vised and theplay will be presented ab1"-tol-"- free. 'The primary part of the school cou. ....uiu-h follow on Friday night and the public is cordially in vited E. A. F. . - : BIG DAY AT KINTON FORK General Royster, Senator Hicks and Dr. Hays on the Program. They are going to have a big time at Kinton Forks on Easter Monday, April 9 th, that being the day on which the annual basket picnic is held. A large crown is expected to attend and everybody is urged to brnig a basket. The exercises will begin at 11 o' clock, at which hour General Royster will deliver an address of welcome. Hon. A. A. Hicks will follow Gener al Royster in a short talk on "Edu cation." At the conclusion of Mr. Hick's remarks dinner will be served from your own baskets. After the noon hour, Dr. Hays will talk of health conditions in the county. The athletic events, including ; a foot race and walking race, etc., is to begin at two o'clock, - It is stated that measles have made their appearance at Kinton Forks, but this will in no wise interfere with the picnic. Z. " ' ; Cake Sale. The ladies of the Methodist church will have a sale of cakes Saturday, April the 7th at1 Taylor 4 Brothers. Come and buy your cakes for Eeas ter. . GERMAN WILL OTHE WISP NEWEST RAIDER HAS CAPTURED AND DESTROYED ELEVEN . . SHIPS. Is Equipped With Powerful Wireless and Has Sufficient Supplies to Last Eighteen Months. Rio de Janeiro, April2. The new German raider haunting the Atlan tic, though scarcely half as large as her predecessors, the Emen and Mowie, and jjot nearly as well equip ped, is more than upholding the rec ord of destruction set by them. Al ready she has sent to the bottom eleven ships, aggregating a tonnage of 27,858 tons and captured one. The latter, the French bark Cam bronne put into this port Saturday bringing 263 members of the raider's victims and two women, wives of of ficers, whose ships were destroyed. She also brought the first news of the new sea rover. From the stor ies told by the survivors who had the raiders upon the latter's order twenty-two days ago, one March 1 in latitude 1, south longitude 7 west, the following details were given re garding the new commerce destroy- er: ...tV... The raider's name is Seeadler which is German for sea eagle. Some say she is the American ship Pass of, Bahama, captured by a German sub- marine and taken to Cuahuaca by a prize crew in August in 1915, after having previously been seized by a British cruiser. Description of Craft. This vessel is of the 1,700 tons class and was launcned in 1892 at Danzig. She belongs to the Gier slass and, her speed is given at 15.8 nautical miles and her arament as consisting of eight 10.5 centimeter guns and five 3.7 centimeter rapid fires and two topedo tubes. She is 79.6 meters long and 10 width. Hre complacement consists of six officers, one engineer, one doctor, a purser, seven non-cimmissioned officers and X44 men, a total of 160. From des cription of the-raider it is probable that she is the ship in question. The raider has three masts and is equipped with a powerful wireless cleverly concealed in the rigging. She is loaded with mines and is armed with two guns of 10.7 mili meters and 16 . machine guns. She carried a great supply of munitions and explosives. She has two con cealed military gasoline engines. Her supplies are said to be sufficient for 18 months. The raider left her Ger man base on December 22. She is commanded by Count vcn Luckner. Americans Aboard. There are many Americans among the survivors brought here by the Cambronne. Among them are: Roy Clark, of Virginia; and John Ron doni, of California, from the Brit ish vessel Yoeman; Luther Leaters, of Ohio; Ernest Ray Gilbert, of Washington, from the British sailing vessel Pinmore; Manuel Gurro, of Manila. Off Trinidad. The survivors said they were treated well while aboard the raider. Practically all the vessels sunk by the Seeadler were sent to the bottom off Trinidad and th cost of Venezu-la. Cohn & Son's Easter Sale. Sale starts Saturday, April 7, and will last 15 days only. Wonderful in its scope, unrivaled in its saving opportunities the greatest sale of Cohn & Son's career. For months this reliable firm have been-preparing for this sale. Armed with the power of cash they have scoured the mark fits of the north, .purchasing thous ands of dollars worth of latest up-to-date spring and summer goods at remarkably low prices; that will en able them to offer prices at this sale -. f. bforp o.ard off. No s.le they have even had was planned along lioial knes. And while the lots in most instances are big en ough to last several days, it is to your advantage to get there the first days of the sale. Cohn & Son's motto is "When its Advertised -or Sold Elsewhere it is cheaper at Cohn & Sons." Their Easter sale is now but another proof of their old established motto. Read their advertisement on the fifth and eight pages of this paper.v We advise you to walk through their two big stores on Main street and get your share of the Easter bargains. (Adv) Special Ten Day Sale. Mr. Sid H. Gross, of the Gross Sales Promotion Company of Durham, is conducting the ten day sale at the Kaplon store. See announcement of this special sale on the second page of this paper. . ; Change in Date. . The date' of the corset demonstra tion at Long Company's store by Miss Gertrude King has been changed to April 16th, 17th and 18th inclusive. See announcement elsewliere in this paper.
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