THE PUBLIC LEDGER
page: 2
RAMBLING THOUGHTS
In its career as an independent nation for 141 years, the United States
has had only four generals of the army.
They were Washington, Grant, Sherman and Sheridan. And Sheridan
was general for only sixty-five days while on his death-bed.
These four were also lieutenant-generals, which is the next grade be
low generals, and we have had but a few others in the lientenant-general
group, including Winfield Scott, Schofield and Nelson A. Miles.
Now, it is proposed to revise the grade of lieutenant-general so that
Pershing may be appointed. It would put him nearer in rank to the lead
ers of the allied armies in Europe.
Of all American officers, much the greatest power was given by Con
gress to Washington. He was elected in Congress to be commander-in-chief
that title is now. held only by the President of the United States
and he was also given power to raise and equip an army.
Grant, Sherman and Sheridan never had power to raise an army. The
Continental Congress really made Washington the military director and he
held the job for eight years.
After he -had been President and while Adams was chief Executive,
Congres again passed a law which made Washington commander-in-chief.
At the time of his death he held the rank of lieutenant-general.
It was fifty-six years later when Congress revived the rank of lieutenant-general
in order to reward Winfield Scott for his conquest of Mexico.
That was in 185 5 and long after the Mexican War ended". Scott held
that rank was only by brevet and retired in 19 61 from active duty.
In 1864 Congress revived the grade of lieutenant-general for some
major general "distinguished for courage, skill and ability,"
Lincoln thought that would fit Grant and he promptly appointed him.
A year after the-war, Congress revived the grade of general of the Army
and President Johnson appointed Grant to that office and made Willini
Tecumseh Sherman lieutenant-general.
The presidency called Grant to the White House in the spring of 1869
and so he retired as geeneral of the Army his new office making him
commander-in-chief and so above even the general.
Grant, put Sherman in his old shoes as general and Sheridan in Sher
man's old shores as lieutenant-general. In 1870 Congress decided that both
office should expire with their then occupants.
Sherman continued to be ganeral until 18 84, when he asked to be re
tired, although he continued to draw full pay.
Then when Sheridan was dying, Congress once more revived the grade
of general and President Clevland put "Little Phil" in that position, but
he held it only from June 1 until August 5, 1888.
The grade of lieutenant-general was abolished in 1907, it having been
revived for Schofield three years after Sheridan's death.
From 1866 until Sherman retired as general inl884, we had both gen
eral and lieutenant-general continuously.
A scientist of national fame is authority for this statement: War has
already debted the human race to the extent of 31,000,000 lives.
When I asked how this could possibly be true when there were not
that many soldiers in all the fields of war, he replied:
"I didn't say there were 31,000,000 soldiers dead. I said the human
race had been "tapped to that extent.
Then this man of science showed me how the world is losing at the
rate of more than 10,000,000 human beings in a year.
Germany's official report shows that in 3 4 months of war her actual
dead soldiers foot up 1,100,000.
It is measured from that figure, that the total dead in all armies
reach 6,000,000.
"Now," said the man of science, who is also a physician, "wipe out 6,
000,000 young Europeans and you destroy the fathers of what otherwise
would have been in years to come 9,000,000 children."
"But, even that," I added, "does not reach by a half your colossal es
timate." "No," said this student of birthrate, "because I have only told you how
many children will be born because 6,000,000 possible fathers have already
died. You forget that three times many more men, nearly all in the young
er class, are in the armies of the world and not in homes."
The scientist paused and then made this observation:
"The fact that for three years past these millions of healthy young
men were not in the home but on the battlefield has cut at least 160,000,
000 more from the baby supply of Europe and Asia an average and it is
a low one of one child in three years for every soldier."
Three years of war! Thirty-one million human lives!
Ail who tnink that too big a price to pay for one Prussian ambition
ay aye. The ayes seem to have it unanimously.
OXFORD NEWS.
This Case Has a Hint for Many Pub
He Ledger Readers.
This Oxford woman has used
Doan's Kidney Pills.
She has found them as represented.
She wishes her neighbors to know.
She publicly recommends them.
No need to look further for a test
ed kidney remedy.
The proof of merit is here and can
be investigated.
Profit by the state of Mrs. G. S.
Daniel, Clement Ave., she says: "I
was in pretty bad shape from kidney
and bladder trouble and I had very
little control over my kidneys. I be
gan taking Doan's Kidney Pills and
the trouble soon eased up. My health
was better in every way and I have
little trouble that way now."
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy get
Doan's Kidney Pills the same that
Mrs. Daniel had. Foster-Milburn
Co., Props., Buffalo, N. Y. adv
"GOOD TACTICS."
Cattle ticks and powder don't mix.
Would you rather feed a . tick or
feed a soldier? The dipping vat
gives you a real choice.
Every herd marched to the dipping
vat helps our soldiers march to the
front.
Every tick is sucking at the Na
tion's commissary.
Don't let ticks entrench themselves
in the hides of your cattle.
That dipping vat will help keep
our navy afloat and our armies afield.
Give the ticks a ticket to the dip
ping vat.
No Lack of Excuses.
(Christian Monitor.)
Those food gamblers who find, in
the alleged fact that the supply of
early growths of potatoes, in one
State of the American Union are ex
hausted, an excuse for advancing the
price of potatoes sixty cents a bush
el, have forty-seven other States, and,
therefore, forty-seven other excuses,
to look forward to in case quotations
should, at any time during the year,
show a downward tendency. There is
only one effectual way of dealing
with the food gambler, and that is
by butting the opportunity of gamb
ling beyond his reacn.
Don't exaggerate or misrepresent
an article advertised in this page.
It will certainly prove a boome
rang and besides we do not want
that kind of advertising.
The more ticks, the fewer pounds
of meat, quarts of milk, pats of butter.
If your really believe in efficiency,
take ticks off and put leeches on do
the same work but faster.
The days of cupping for blood are
over dip that tick.
A dipping vat may not be able to
float a battleship, -but it can help to
feed the Navy.
How much of your feed is going
to fatten blood-sucking ticks?
Every dipping vat is a solid foun
dation for the Nation's storehouse.
Ward From Wisconsin.
(Milwaukee oJurnal)
Let some German spy tell the Kais
er we had 2,000 applicants in Wis
consin for the second officers train
ing camp. He'll understand.
(Saftga Kilter
FOR SALE BY
J. G. HALL,
F. F. LYON
STEM MERCHANTILE CO. Stem,
N. C.
AND ALL GOOD DEALERS
LEGAL ADS
ARMIES IN TRENCH BY 1918.
Recent Gloomy Semi-Official Fore
casts Are Held to be Wholly
Erroneous.
(Washington Special)
From higest official sources it is
learned that the United States fight
ing forces will begin to take a major
part in the military operations on the
western front before January 1.
Gloomy semi-official forecasts of a
few days ago that the United States
could not place more than 100,000
men on the fighting line by January,
nor more than 600,000 in France by
September 1, 1918, were held by a
high official to be wholly erroneous.
The details of the plans for moving
the American armies to Europe
manifestly cannot be told. But this
much may be told there will be
fast as it can 'be trained and trans
port every unit of American soldiers
to France as fast as that unit can be
trained.
There will be a million and a quar
ter fighting men under training in
little more than a month. There will
be 20,000,000 men under arms in the
spring.
It has been officially stated that all
this force will be sent to France as
fast as it can be trained tnd trans
port facilities now are assured. Heavy
artillery will be used on a huge scale
on the American fighting fronts in
France, including the largest seige
guns. It is officially anounced that
the item of $2,500,000,000 in the
emergency appropriation just sub
mitted to Congress under the head
ing of "armament of fortifications"
is to be used exclusively to manu
facture of artillery for use of Ameri
can troops.
The war department has designat
ed Brigadier General Peyton March
now in France, as chief of artillery
for all American forces. He will
have under his command every type
of ordinance capable of being used
in mobile operations, from heaviest
siege guns to smallest cannon.
Troops to man this artillery will
be raised by transferring cavalry
and excess infantry units to artil
lerymen. No mounted cavalry what
ever will be taken to France.
Port of the American artillery will
be manufactured in France but the
bulk of it will be of home manufac
ture and all will be manned by
American artillerymen. The war de
partment made this plain in correct
ing an erroneous impression given
out in a recent statement by George
Creel's commission on public infor
mation that France was going to
manufacture all American field artillery.
SPECIAL EXCURSION FARES
FROM OXFORD, N. C. VIA
SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM.
$26.25- Cleveland, Ohio account
I. B. P. O. E., Colored, on sale Au
gust 25, 2 6 and 27th final limit Sept.
5th.
$9.60 Lake Junaluska and Way
nesville account various Conferences.
On sale July 15, 16, 17, 21, 22, 23, 24
and 25th and August 2, 3, 4, and 5th
10, 11, 12 and 13th and 17th, 18 and
19th. Limited 17 days.
$18.50 Monteagle and Sewanee,
Tenn., account various conferences.
'On sale July 13th and 21st and Au
gust 3, 6, 9, 16, 17 and 23rd. Final
limit September .5th.
$13.55 St. Louis, Mo. Su
preme Lodge and Military Encamp
ment Knights of Pythias, uoiorea.
Dates of sale, August 17, 18 and
19 th. Final limit August 29 th.
$36.30 Vicksburg, Miss. National
Reunion and Peace Jubilee, on sale
October 14th and 15th final limit re
turning October 31st.
For further information call on tick
et agents or address
J. O. JONES
Traveling Passenger Agent, Raleigh,
North Carolina.
"The Southern Serves the South"
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION.
Having this day qualified as admin
istrator on the estate of Roland Goss,
deceased, this is to notify all persons
holding claims against said estate to
present them to the undersigned or
this notice will be plead in bar. of
their recovery.
All persons indebted to said estate
will please come forward and make
prompt settlement. This 19th day of
July, 1917. B. F. GOSS. Admr.
T. Lanier, Attorney.
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
At a ,Circuit Court Continued and
held in the county of Mecklenburg,
Virginia, at the Court House thereof
on Tuesday the 22nd day of August,
1916.
Old Dominion Trust Company.
Curator of the estate of
W. W. Gooch,. deceased, plaintiff.
VS
Margaret Corwin Radcliff
Gooch, Annie Wayne
Suhor, etc, Defendents.
And the Court doth further order
and adjudge and decree that this
cause be referred to C. T. Reekes one
of the Commissioners of this court
and the said Commissioner is direct
ed to take and state the following re
ports, viz:
First: An account of the assetts
both real and personal of which the
late W. H. Gooch died, seized and
possessed, wheresoever the same may
be situated and as to the real estate
he is requisted to report the number
of acres, the buildings, the character
of the land, of each of the several
tracts, together with the fee simple
and annual value thereof; and as to
the personal estate, the said special
commissioner is directed to report
the same consists of money due the
estate that said Commissioner is re
quired to report the evidence of the
debt and whether the same is secured
and if secured, how secured, and the
characted and value of the security.
Second: An account of all the
debts , obligations and liabilities due
by the estate of W. H. Gooch, deceas
ed, together with a statement show
ing to whom said debts or obligations
are due, how the same are evidenced
and whether the same are secured or
unsecured and if secured how secur
ed. Third: An account of all debts
for which the late W. H. Gooch is
bound as endorsed, guarantor, secur
ity or otherwise, together with a re
port as to the solvency of the origi
nal obligors or debtors, and whether
or not the said W. H. Gooch or-any
one else holds or should hold se
curity or collateral for the payment
or said original debts.
Fourth: And said Commissioner
is further directed to report any oth
er and further matters deemed ma
terial and pertinent to the matters
above directed, and to return to this
Court all the evidence taken by him
in pursusuance of the above enqui
ries. Fifth: Before precee.ding to take
above accounts the said Commission
er shall advertise the time and place
of taking the same once a week for
four successive weks in some news
paper published in the city of Rich
mond, Va., also in the county of
Mecklenburg, Virginia, and also in
the city of Oxford, N. C.
An extract from the records.
Teste: H. F. HUTCHESON, Clerk.
191T
WILLIS MOSSLOTF555555
Under and bv Z . R
t j "tue Of a
Judgement and Decree of
Perior Court of Granvi f 8
made and entered on ie
of March 1917, in th
ceeding entitled: 'AbrtvSPeial Pro.
hill Admr. 0f Willis '
others, Ex Parte' i -an4
sale by public auction a nT for
house door in Oxford on cUrt
SATURDAY, AUGUST 4TH 1,
at 12 M. the house and lot lu '
on the South side of Hiii.K SItuatd
in the town of Oxford TClV'T1
Willis Moss resided. Saide
about 50 feet front and !
150 feet by parallel lines Z
joins the lands of Emily Hll? ad"
East and the lot of the 1 qZ
Green on the West. There i
residence on this lot. p00d
Terms one-third cash, one-third
six months and the balance in t w
months from date of sale e
ABRAHAM C. COGHILL
Admr. of Willis Moss cW 1
Hicks & Stem, Attorneys '
Extracts from decre entered in va
cation in said court on September 18,
1916:
The court being of opinion
doth judge, order and decree that
the said Commissioner C. T. Reekes,
shall further inquire and report: (X)
What debts of W. H. Gooch (dee'd),
if any, in order to conserve the best
interests of the estate should now be
paid, and
(Y) Whether the payment of said
debts will affect the priority in the
order of payment prescribed by law,
and if so, how.
To the Clerk of Mecklenburg Cir
cuit Court.
WM. R. BARKSDALE, Judge,
Sept. 18, 1916.
An extrect from the records,
Teste: H. F. HUTCHESON, Clerk.
We Have In
Stock The
Most Relia
ble and Best
Line of
JUL JlJJiiOi
Turnip
i)66(l
FRANK F. LYON'S
"Is the Place."
College St. Oxford, N.C
EES
DK. BEN J. K. HAYS
lay be found in his office from 10 a
in. to 1 p. m. 'y except Sunday.
D. G. BRUM MITT
Attomey-at-Iav
Hillsboro Street
OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA
J. L. HAMME
A TTORRE Y-AT-LAW
Oifice Above A. W. Graham
Oxford, N. C.
JOHN W. HESTER
Attorney-at-Law
Practice in Both State and
Federal Courts
Oxford, North Carolina.
Boydton, Va, July 12th, 1917
COMMISSIONER'S NOTICE
Parties interested in the decrees,
from which the foregoing are ex
tracts, will take notice that I have
fixed upon Tuesday, the 14th day of
August, 1917, between the hours of i
9 a. m. and 6 p. m. of that day as
the time, and Grace Hotel, Clarks
ville, Mecklenburg County, Va., as
the place for preceeding to execute
the same, at which time and place
they are required to attend with such
books, papers, vouchers and evei
dence as will enable me to comply
with the said orders of 4he Court.
If the taking of said accounts, for
any reason, be not begun on that day
or if begun, be not completed, the
same will be adjourned from day to
day, or from time to time till com
pleted. CHAS. T. REEKES,
Commissioner in Chancery for the
said Court.
1
"1
r.
The Filipinos.
(Washington Star)
Filipinos in this country are strong
American potriots and eager soldiers.
Events may prove that the islands so
unexpectedly are after all to be ac
counted among our valuable Nation
al assets.
DR. D. C. McIVER
DENTIST
office in the Brown buildinf for
merly occupied by Dr. L. V. Hen
derson.
OXFORD, N. C.
. T
Stem
Clicks &
Attorneys-at-Law.
OXFORD, - - N. CAROLINA
Practice in State
and FederalCourti
B. S. ROYSTER
ATTORN EY-AT-L AW
PRACTICE I
FEDERAL COURTS
OFFICES ODD FELLOWS0
Himboro St.. 0nn