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'OLUME XXXIII.
T1IK PRESIDENT WANTS
DEMOCRATS SENT TO
THE NEW CONGRESS
Issues Appeal to People to Elect
Democrats if they Approve of His
Course In International Affairs.
(Washington Special.)
president Wilson issued an appeal
,,- ronn1f to return a. DfimnnraHp
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critical period.
Text of President's Appeal.
Following is the President's ap-
pail".
"My Fellow Countrymen: The
Congressional elections are at hand.
They occur in the most critical pe
riod our country has ever faced or
is likely to face in our time. If you
have approved of my leadership and
wish me to continue to be your un
embarrassed spokesman in affairs at
home and abroad, I earnestly beg
that you will express yourselves un
mistakably to that effect by return
ing a Democratic majority to both
the Senate and the House of Repre
sentatives. Critical Issues Depend. ,
"I am your servant and willaccept
your judgment without cavil but my
power to administer the great task
assigned me by the constitution
would be seriously impaired should
your judgment be adverse and I must
frankly tell you so because so many
critical issues depend upon your ver
dict. No scruple of taste must in
grim times like these be allowed to
stand in the way of speaking the
plain truth.
"I have no thought of suggesting
that any political party is paramount
in matters of patriotism. I feel too
deeply the sacrifices which have been
made in this war by all our citizens
irrespective of party affiliiations to
harbor such an idea.
Unified Leadership Necessary.
nT .-.T,t Vo Vi a HifFiniilioa
and delicacies of our present task are
of a sort that makes it imperatively
necessary that the nation should give
its undivided support to the govern
ment under a unified leadership and
that a Republican Congress would
divide the leadership-' Theleadexs at
the minority in the present Congress
have unquestionably been prowar,
but they have been anti-administration.
At almost every turn since we
entered the war they have sought to
take the choice of policy and the con
duct of the war out of my hands and
put it under the control of instrumen
talities of their own choosing.
No Time for Individed Council.
"This is no time either for divid
ing council or for divide dleadership
Unities of command is as necessary
now in civil action as it is upon the
field of battle. If the control of the
House and the Senate should be tak
en away from the party now in pow
er an opposing majority could as
sume control of legislation and ob
lige all action to be taken amidst con
test and obstruction.
Bad Effect Abroad.
"The return of a Republican ma
jority to either House of the Con
gress would moreover, by interpre
tive on the other side of th,e water
as a repudiation of my leadership.
Spokesmen of the Republcian party
are urging you to elect a Republi
can Congress in ord,er to back up and
support the President but even if
they should in this impose upon some
credulous voters on this side of the
water they would impose on no one
on the other side. It is well under
stood there as well as here that the
Republican leaders desire not so
much to support the President as to
control him.
Means Vote of Confidence.
"The peoples of the allied coun
tries with whom we are associated a
gainst Germany are quite familiar
with the significance of elections.
They would find it very difficult to
believe that the voters of the United
States had chosen to support their
President by electing to the Congress
a majority controlled by those who
are in fact not in sympathy with the
attitude and action of the administra
tion.
Not For Party. But For Nation's
Sake.
"I need not tell you, my fellow
countrymen, that I am asking your
Nippon not for mv own sake or for
tke sake of a political party but for
the sake of the nation itself in or-dei-
that its inward unity of purpose
5-'!y be evident to all the world. In
ordinary times I would not feel at lib
J-rty to make such an appeal to you.
1,1 ordinary times divided counsels
can be endured without permanent
1nrt to the country. But these are
not ordinary times.
"If in these critical days it is you
'ish to sustain me with undivided
ltt-nds I beg that you will say so in
a way which it will not be possible
to misunderstand either here, at
home or among our associtaes on the
ther side of the sea. I submit my
difficulties and my hopes to you.
"WOODROW WILSON."
PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY-TOWN AND
OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, OCTOBER '29, 1918.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5TH
. IS ELECTION DAY
Make the Democratic Majority As
Large As Usual.
There can be no question about
how Granville county will vote on
November 5. It will give its usual
Democratic majority and possibly in
crease. Our people realize that this
is no time to be changing administra
LlOllS or to tnlr nnv o r -it- otnn v. .
Avnnlrl tVirr.nr (ii'c.nr.Au x
would throw discredit upon our great
-tresiaent.
Some Republican votes will be cast
of course, for many men in that par
ty cannot bring themselves to see the
need for united action at this time.
Some will stand by their party and
some it is to be hoped will not vote
if they cannot decide to vote with
the Administration. But regardless
of what they may do in regard to
some of the ticket, there can be no
excuse for any man's voting for the
Republican candidate for Congress.
One only has to read his creeds
to be convinced of John W. Kurfees
of Germanton's utter unfitness for
Congressman. But sometimes men
vote for unfit men. There may be
excuse for such voting at times, but
there can never be any for voting for
a man about whose loyalty tnere may
be question. At the very time that
this country was going into the war
with Germany Kurfees was writing
things that plainly showed his sym
pathy with Germany and making ex
cuses for her conduct which finally
dragged us into this war.
The county of Granville ought not
to give this man a single vote. The
rank and file of the Republican par
ty, the leaders who look to its future,
ought not to burden themselves with
the weight which present support of
this man will hang about them while
this war is remembered. The Public
Ledger is not saying that in any spir
it of partisanship. It simply warns
Republicans to investigate this man's
record and when they have done this
we cannot conceive his receiving
their support.
GEN. LTJDENDORFF RESIGNS
Often Described As 4 'Military Brain"
of Germany .
Copenhagen, Oct. 28. General
LudenaoxffT--firs.t,auarle.rjiiaster, ... gen
eral of the German army, has resign
ed, says a telegram from Berlin. In
accepting his resignation the Emper
or has declared that the Lower Rhen
ish infantry regiment number 39, of
which General Ludendorff long had
been a commander, shall bear his
name.
Sensation in Switzerland.
Bern, Oct. 28. The resignation of
Goneral Von Ludendorff has caused
a sensation throughout Switzerland
and the Central Empires and is com
mented on as a sign that German
militarism is really abdicating.
Surprise In Berlin.
London, Oct. 28. General sur
prise was caused in Berlin on Satur
day afternoon by the fact that the
daily report from the German head
quarters was not signed as usual,
with the name of General Luden
dorff. OLD BILL IS SARCASTIC
The Kaiser Is Willing To Become
Like King of England.
London, Oct. 28. Emperor Wil
liam has no intention of abdicating
but is willing, if it is for the good of
the people, to ordain that his rights
shall be reframed, according to a
statement attributed to German
court circles. The Emperor is said
to have remarked:
"I will not abandon my sorely
tried people, but
ready to become something like he
reditary president of a German re
Public Tike the Kings of England and
Belgium."
TI3IE TO EXERCISEPATIENCE
Machinery of Business, at Present a
Little Out of Order, Will Soon
Be Running Smoothly.
It is true that the epidemic has dis
ruoted business in our midst, but the
same condition prevails all over the
country. There be some among us
who fet and fume. They say that
the churches should never have been
closed; that tobacco kills the influ
enza germ and that the markets
should have remained open.
just a little patience if you please.
The world will soon be running
smooThly again; the times will get
back in joint; things will be done the
way they should be done; business
Ind industry will be scheduled up
and Si will be well. It is up to us
to be more patient than ever before
and smile, smile, smile all the time.
DK. GRAHAM INFLUENZA VICTIM
President of University of North
Carolina Dies at Chapel Hill. .
Edward K. Graham, president of
the university of North Carolina,
Prominent leader in State Southern
and National Educational affarrs,
died at his home in Chapel Hill Sat
urday night last with pneumonia fol
lowing influenza.
COUNTY OFFER S RILLIANT
GERMANY AWAITS THE PRO
POSAL OF THE ALLIES
FOR AN ARMISTICE
Dr. Solf's Reply to President Wilson
Is Very Short, Again Calling At
tention to Changes In German Gov
eminent and Then Asking For
Conditions of Armistice.
AUSTRIA IS READY TO ACT RE
PLY SAYS.
Reply to President Wilson Declares
Government is Ready to Negotiate
Peace Without Waiting on Ger-
many. f
Washington, Oct. 29. -Germany's
rejoinder to President Wilson's last
note was rather unexpected here and
pending receipt of the official text
through the Swiss legation, comment
is withheld.
Germany asks Allies to name the
terms for an armistice. A note to
this effect, the unofficial text of
which was obtained by the Associat
ed Press, has arrived from Berlin.
It calls attention to "far-reaching
changes" made in the German con
stitutional structure and declares
that a people's government, which is
in control of the military powers of
Germany, is carrying on the negotia
tions. Amsterdam, Oct. 29 Austria, in
her reply to President Wilson, ac
cepts all the views expressed by the
President in his note of October, 19.
Austria says she is willing and
ready without awaiting the result of
other negotiations, to negotiate, a
a peace and an armistice on all Aus-tro-Hungarian
fronts
Enemy Fears Nnvasion of Germany.
With the American Army North
west of Verdun, Oct. 28. Although
the German army is making the most
desperate effort in the war's history
to prevent the Americans from
breaking, through in the vital Verdun
sector, it is equally or more fearfu'
that there may be a breach endanger
ing Metz with the consequent neces
sity of abandoning all the territory
still occupied and an invasion of the
German Empire itself.
GERMANY'S LATEST
REPLY TO DEMAND OF
PRESIDENT WILSON
Copenhagen, Oct. 27. Ger
many's answer to President
Wilson's latest communication
says :
"The German government
has taken cognizance of the an
swer of the President of the
United States.
"The President is aware of
the far-reaching changes which
have been carried out and are
being carried out in the German
constitutional structure, and
that peace negotiations are be
ing conducted by a people's
government in whose hands
rests, both actually and consti
tutionally, hte power to make
the deciding conclusions.
"The military powers are also
subject to it.
"The German government now
awaits proposals for an armis
tice, which shall be the first
step toward a just pease, as the
President has described it in
his proclamation.
(Signed) "SOLF."
OXFORD TOBACCO MARKET
Will Open Next Monday, November
4th..
There seems to be no doubt
existing in the minds of ware
housemen and buyers that the
Oxford tobacco market will op
en next Monday. The State
Board of Health has granted
permission to all warehouses to
resume sales on that date.
BOARD WILL RESUME
PHYSICAL EXA3HNATION SOON
Mr. Walter Stradley, clerk of the
Granville County Exemption Board,
announced Monday that the physi
cal examinations of men in the Sep
tember 12 draft will be resumed as
soon -as the epidemic of influenza
will permit; Fifty men are to be ex
amined" daily for three days, negroes
being called the first day and white
men the next, alternating for the re
mainder of the time.
OPPORTUNITIES A LL HOME
j THE INFLUENZA SITUATION
IN GRANVILLE COUNTY
The Ban To Be Lifted In a Few
Days.
Dr. S. H. Cannady, Monday after
noon, authorized the Public Ledger
to say that the influenza situation in
Granville county shows marked im
provement. In some parts of the
county, said Dr. Cannady, the epi
demic is at the top, while in other
sections it is on the wane, and in
some parts of the county it has dis
appeared entirely. :
"You may quote me as saying,"
said Dr. Cannady, "that I hope to
lift the closing ban in a few days.
If the same improvement continues
it is safe to say that they can gather
in their respective churches next
Sunday for worship.
Dr.: Cannady said that so far as
Oxford, is concerned he believed the
picture houses can open up next Sat
urday. As to opening the schools
of the county, Dr. Cannady did not
advance an opinion, but in every in
stance he stated that the lifting of
the ban depends entirely upon the
state of the epidemic later in the
week.
THE INFLUENZA SITUATION
AT OXFORD ORPHANAGE
The influenza is sweeping through
the Oxford Orphanage at a rapid rate
and the epidemic struck the institu
tion with such force that it has been
difficult to handle. There have been
about 200 cases of influenza and ten
or twelve cases of pneumonia and no
fatalities to date.
With the arrival of Miss Patterson
a trained nurse from Greensboro, and
the volunteer nurses of Oxford, a
change fo the better was noted Mon
day night.
The sick children needed nourish
ment, and there not being a supply
of chickens at hand several of our
citizens drove to the county Monday
and returned with a hundred fowls,
all being donated to the Orphanage
by the good ; people of the county.
Mrs. Capehart, who is worth her
weight in gold at any time or any
where, got busy on the arrival of
the chickens and now good chicken
broth, the kind that mothers use' to
make, is beingservetl t6 them.""""
The community deeply sympathiz
es with Superintendent Brown and
Miss Bemis, the matron, in the sick
ness of their large family of small
children) and it is truly hoped that
there will be no fatalities.
INFLUENZA MAY KILL SEVEN
THOUSAND IN NORTH CAROLINA
Estimates Based on Belief That Total
Cases WTill Reach Quarter of
Million.
The State Board of Health an
nounced Monday that the influenza
situation showed a marked improve
ment in a number of places in the
State.
Mortality figures on the epidemic
will not be available until after the
tenth of the month and the State
Board of Health will venture no fig
ures on the number of deaths so far
recorded. On the basis of 46,000
cases in 54 counties of the State Sat
urday, which was arrived at from im
perfect reports, however, the esti
mate is that the number of cases in
North Carolina, dating from the first
outbreak in Wilmington, will pass a
quarter of a million before it runs
its course.
WILL USE MEN 19-36
FOR PENDING CALLS
Applicants For Induction To West
Point and Annapolis Must
Stand Examination.
The Provost Marshal General has
advised that men between nineteen
and thirty-six years of age, regis
trants of September 12, would be us
ed in filling pending calls on North
Carolina for 3,500 men. ust as soon
as the influenza peidemic will permit
one thousand white men will be en
trained to the coast artillery camp
at Fort Caswell, below Wilmington,
and 2,500 negroes will be entrained
for Charlotte.
The War Department advises Gen,
B. S. Royster, adjutant general, that
the induction of applicanets for the
Military Academy at West Point and
the Naval Academy at Annapolis
would have to be deferred until af
ter the appointees and alternates
stood examination. There are twen
ty appointees and as many alternates
from North Carolina.
VOTE TUESDAY FOR SEX
MONTHS SCHOOL TERM
Both political parties have in their
State platforms unanimously endors
ed the six months' school term a
mendment to be voted on Tuesday,
November 5th. The General Assem
bly of North Carolina passed an act
submitting it to a vote of the people
by an unanimous vote of the House
and with only one vote against it in
the Senate. The leaders of both po
litical parties are actively advocat
ing its adoption and working for it.
No opposition to it has yet been re
ported from any county.
PRINT.
NUMBER 86
LT. B. S. ROYSTER, JR., WRITES
FROM THE WAR ZONE
Forests Were Shot Down, 'Hills
Leveled, Roads Tom Up and Sup
plies and Materials Scattered .
Everywhere In the Wake of the
German's Retreat Lt. Hugh . Hes
ter Promoted to Captain.
The following extracts are taken
from a letter of First Lieutenant B.
S. Royster, Jr., of Battery A, 113th
Field Artillery, North Carolina
Troops, written September 18, 1918,
to his father, Gen. B. S. Royster.
Extracts From the Letter. '
I have been waiting for "about two
weeks for an opportunity . to write
you somewhat in detail of my recent
experiences. What I shall write in
this letter I have no idea whether-or
not it will pass the Censor, because
I have been unable to find out just
what is permitted to be told, so I
must trust to somebody else to cut
out what cannot pass.
Battery In Action.
Since we have moved up and out
of the sector where we took part in
the great offensive, I think I can tell .
you most anything I want to. The '
offensive started with our battery oc
cupying the most forward position of
any in the regiment, one which was
only a very short distance behind the
infantry lines. I am ' more than
thankful to say that we passed thru
that position and another forward
position without having a single man
to get scratched and only one horse
slightly wounded. During the whole
thing our regiment suffered very
light casualties and came out of a
big offensive very little worse for it,
except , that most of our horses were
worked down. I have read of "drum
fire," but I could never have imagin
ed what, it was until I had heard it.
l am sure that there has never been
such artillery, preparation as there
was in this offensive. " The guns kept
up one continuous roar and it was
hard to hear one's self think, and to
hear one speak was practically im
possible. The artillery fire must
have been something awful from the
looks of the country that we passed
thrpugh when we moved, forward,., s
Germans Retreat.
I can hardly blame the Germans
for their mad retreat, which, from
the amount of supplies left behind,
must have been a desperate rush for
safety. Forests were shot down, hills
leveled, and roads torn up, and sup
plies and materials scattered every
where. We moved forward for many
miles though territory previously oc
cupied by the Germans and every
thing gave evidence of the great hur
ry they left in. Be it said for them,
they are wonders at organization and
preparation and the country showed
signs that they expected to stay
where they were at least until the
war is over. They had spacious elec
trically lighted dug-outs and shelters
most everywhere and everything was
splendidly fixed up. But they were
certainly in a hurry to leave their
Paradise when the fun started. The
"doughboys" tell some interesting
tales of what happened and I wish I
could tell you some of them.
Certain of Victory.
One thing is certain, the Germans
are mortally afraid of Americans,
and I have heard in the past two
days of as many as seventy-five Ger
mans surrendering to one American.
To, have seen something of what the.
American Army has accomplished
and to hear about it all makes one
prouder than ever to be an Ameri
can. Our Armies can certainly win
the victory and they are going to do
it before long. But the Germans
have got to be defeated and not starv
ed, as we have heard so much about.
They seem to have plenty of supplies,
and we have been able to get large
quantities of them. Our second po
sition was again just in rear of where
the infantry had advanced and we oc
cupied this a day and a night before
being withdrawn. Since then we
have been constantly moving, few
know where. Until last night, we
have been up all night for about ten
nights and days with little food and
sleep. Yesterday, last night and to
day we have stopped in a deserted
French village and will probably
move out tonight. The rest has been
wonderful and has about restored
all of us.
Personal Mention.
Everybody has borne the recent
hardships with an inspiring fortitude
and grumblers and grouchers are not
to bejlound. We have been through
practically everything, gas, shell fire,
shrapnel fire, infantry fire and aero
plane bombing, and so far we have
been mighty lucky. I pray that this
may continue and that all of us can
be here to see the glorious end. I
had the good fortune yesterday to
see Frank Shamburger, which was a
most pleasant surprise. I was pretty
close to Hugh Hester, but didn't see
him, wish I could have. He is now
a Captain. It's about time for me
to stop and get ready for the move.