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OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1918
NUMBER 89
AN ENVOYS REACH THE FRONT
The Story Cabled By the United Press to the Effect That
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UNITED WAR WORK CAMPAIGN
THE GERMANS. HAVE EITHER
SHiNKI) UP, OR WILL. DO SO
V1THIV THE NEXT FEW
HOCKS.
Xew York, Nov. 8. False re
ports that Germany had accepted
the terms of the armistice and that
lighting had ended, threw the
, country into a delirium yesterday
and turned out to be the greatest
hoax of recent years.
Copy fo Cablegram.
Here follows a copy of the cable
oTani received by the United Press
at its New York office :
Unipress, New York:
-Paris: Armistice allies signed
eleven morning; hositlities ceased
two afternoon. Sedan taken morn
iUcr bv Americans.
$Knud) ' i HOWARD,
v B "SIMMS."
(Unipress is cable code address
for United Press ; Howard is Aoy
W. Howard, president of the
United Press and Simms is Wm.
Philip Simms, Paris correspondent
of the United Press.)
Authentic News.
Paris, Nov. 7. (11 p. m.).
German Grand Headquarters re
quested allied Grand Headquarters
by wireless to permit the passage
of the German delegation for ar
mistice negotiations through the
lines. The order was given to
cease firing on this front at 3:00
o'clock in the afternoon until fur
ther orders. The German wireless
message asking for an appointment
to meet Marshal Foch, says :
"The German government
would congratulate itself in the
interest of humanity if the arrival
of the German delegation on the
allies' front might bring a provis
ional suspension of hostilities,"
The message announced that the
German plenipotentiaries would
arrive at the French outposts on
the Chimav-Guise road on Thurs
day between 8 :00 and 10 :00
o'clock in the evening.
BUSINESS TO BE SPEEDED UP
AFTER FIGHTING STOPS
Necessity Is Recognized of Setting in
Motion the Wheels of Industry.
(Washington Special.)
Attention already is being given,
here to the next phase after Ger
many ceases fighting. Officials have
not lost sight of the fact that armis
tices are only stepping stones to the
permanent settlement of all the is
sues of the war. Political questions,
boundaries, even commercial rights
and privileges all remain to be de
fined. Both in the United States and in
the allied countries it is said the ne
cessity is recognized of setting in
motion the wheels of peace-time industry-
at the earliest possible mo
ment in order to afford employment
and support to the millions of dis
charged soldiers. This is expected
to hasten the peace conference once
tne Germans surrender. It is re
called that whereas the armistice or
Protocol which stopped the Spanish
American war was signed on August
12, 1898, it provided in its terms
for a meeting of the peace plenipo
tentiaries in Paris before October 1
following. The purpose was to as
semble the conferees at the earliest
Practical moment.
Probably the same purpose will
govern in the present instance, al
lowing only sufficient time to elapse
f to carry out the conditions looking
to the demobilization of the central
Powers' armies; assembly and con
trol of military supplies and estab
lishments of garrisons.
The entente allies and America ex
Pt (o go into the conference only
after they have reached a perfect
understanding among themselves.
Thry -will lay down these terms and
while they may choose to permit the
latter to make arguments and "pleas
3!' abatement," the result in the end
miit be what the victors choose to
make it. v":
deprived of any power-of resis
trice, it is pointed out, the Teutons
11 be obliged to submit, even
though they might refuse to sign
treaties, in which case the military
Pupation of their countries by the
allies might continue indefinitely.
LETTER FROM REV.
GEORGE T. TUNSTALL.
His First Work Abroad Was to Un
load Wounded Soldiers From Freight
Cars in the Railway Yards in
On September 10th I left New
York City and arrived in Paris by
way of London, on October 1st.
While in Paris I had the misfortune
to hurt my back a little while help
ing to unload some of our wounded
men who were being taken to Amer
ican Red Cross Hospitals, This lit
tle wrench I gave my back while
trying to get a big fellow out of the
crowded freight car in which he had
been with many other wounded
friends for 24 hours, without a fresh
dressing or food, caused me a delay
of a few days in Paris before I could
get permission from the doctor to
leave, but I would have been willing
to have done almost anything to have
helped hurry those poor fellows to a
place where they could get food and
medical attention. The experience
of that one night made me feel that
it was worth coming to France for.
We unloaded several hundred,
wounded in every conceivable man
ner, and many of them gassed, and
during the whole night as we moved
them from the cars into the receiv
ing stations where they were
checked up and given whatever med
ical attention necessary and then
took them out and placed them in
lied Cross Ambulances to be taken
to the various hospitals of the city.
I did not hear one single man utter
one groan or word of complaint.
This was suffering more like our
master suffered than anything I have
ever witnessed in my life "Like a
lamb that is lead to the slaughter,
and as a sheep that before its shear
ers is dumb, so He opened not his
mouth." I cannot describe how I
felt. I knew that mothers and sis
ters and sweethearts would gladly
give their lives to have the privilege
of being where I was with their
own. It was a holy mission; it was
a holy hour, and it has left on me a
holy impression of unselfish service
and heroic, Christlike sacrifice that j
our boys are maknig over here for
us and for the world. If" you could
have seen these boys that night you
would not complain anymore about
your sugar ration or say ugly things
because you couldn't take your car
out for a joy ride on Sunday after
noon, and you would count it the
greatest privilege that you could
have back at home to support the
Red Cross and Y. M. C. A. that are
doing everything forcible for your
boys just when they most need help.
Our bovs call the Red Cross nurses
"Angles of Mercy," and truly they
are ministering Angles. You should
have seen those boys smile when they
were told that they were going to be
taken to an American Red Cross
Hospital. May I tell you just a word
about one brave lad. We moved his
stretcher from the car, carried him
through the Record room; brought
him out to place him in the Ambu
lance, and these ambulances carry
five men on stretchers, which is
quite crowded. We knew that he
was hit in the leg, but we did not
know how badly he was hurt, and
when we raised hii$ to place him in
the ambulance our man said to him
straighten out your legs so that they
won't strike anything. He looked
up and smiled and said: "Don t wor
ry about them, they are both gone.
Then one of the men said wait a
minute, and let me get his arms
straight and cover him up good. He
tucked his left arm down by his side
and went around to cover up his
right arm. and again this brave lad
smiled and said: "Never mind, that s
gone. too." I wonder if you
wouldn't claim it a privilege to cross
the ocean to stand and look into the
face of a lad like this. I wonder
when you read this if you won t
thank God that you gave all that
you could to the Red Cross that is
going to give this lad the best that
medical science knows, and help him
as far as possible to live again
I am delightfully located, but
have not heard from home yet. I
shall try to write you - about our local
"V Hut" before long. With loving
gLtlngs. O. T. TUNSTALL.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
, Town tax payers will please take
U o nonaltv of one per cent
Cr month will be added to a toes
I Sot Paid by December 1. .18. g
1 Town Tax Collector.
November 5-tt.
ELECTION FORESHADOWS
UPHEAVAL IN NATIONAL
LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS.
Republicans Regains House; the
Senate Still In Doubt.
Incomplete returns from the elec
tions for the United States Senate
and House of Representatives indi
cate that the Republicans will con
trol both bodies of the legislative
branch of the Government after next
March.
On the returns at hand, the House
figures Republicans 229; Democrats
19 6; Socialists 1; Doubtful 9. A
majority is 218.
In the Senate, the returns show
Republicans 47; Democrats-46.
The Republicans are insisting that
they have captured the Senate and
that they will have -some say 15
and others 19 and 24 majority in
the. House. It is manifest, from the
later returns coming in, that the Re
publicans have been claiming for
their own men whose election is yet
in doubt or who are found to have
been put through by the Democrats.
To whichever party control has
fallen it will be by a nrrrow margin.
Meantime, the Coxigress elected
Tuesday does not meet until the first
Monday in December, 1919, so that
while the Democratic chairmanships
are safe for another senatorial elec
tion, the House chairmanships have
at all events a year and over to run.
Senator Simmons led Morehead in
Granville county by an overwhelming
majority. Judge Cam Hunt, Clerk
of vthe Court, led the ticket in Gran
ville. The following totals are tak
en from the official returns:
Senator Simmons 1474
Morehead . . 344
Congressman Stedman 1471
Kurfees 324
Judge Hunt 1534
We will publish the complete re
turns for the county later.
MAX FORECASTS IMMEDIATE
PEACE.
Amsterdam, Nov. 7. Chancellor
Maximilian, says an official dispatch
from Berlin, has issued an appeal to
the German people saying that "in
order to make an end to the blood
shed, a deputation has left for the
front," and that "negotiations will
be seriously interfered with by dis
turbances and outbreaks at home."
THE OXFORD SCHOOLS.
The Announcement of Opening Is
Pending.
Superintendent- G. B. Phillips
states that the final announcement
regarding the opening of the city
schools will be made Saturday and
from the pulpits on Sunday. By
delaying the announcement this long
a better knowledge of the situation
can be had and no mistake made.
The prospects are good for an op
ening next Monday unless there is
good reason to keep the school clos
ed. It is to be understood that there
is to be every precaution used when
there is an opening.
LT. W .T. LANDIS WOUNDED.
Was in the St. Quintin-Cambria
Fight.
It had been known here for sev
eral days that Lt. William T. Landis
was wounded a few weeks ago, but
not until this week did the casualty
list contain his name. He is a son
of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. . H. Landis,
of Oxford.
Lt. Landis volunteered and signed
up .with the Oxford company as a
private. He wa s commissioned at
Camp Sevier to Lieutenant and as
signed to the Asheboro Company.
TWO GRANVILLE COUNTY
BOYS REPORTED KILLED.
Privates Bennie Eakes and J. B.
Elliott Die of Wounds.
Mrs. Ella Eakes. Rt. 7, received a
card from the War Department this
week announcing the death of her
son, Bennie Eakes, who died of
wounds received in battle.
Mr. J. B. Elliott, of Route 7, also
received a message from the War
Department this week stating that
his son, George Elliott,, was killed in
action. He was a brother of the
late Mrs. R. S. Hart and a nephew
of the late Oscar Yancey.
The War Work Drive.
More than 2.000.000 American
soldiers, iiundreds of them from
Granville county, the flower of our
land, liave been sent to France on
the holiest mission fighting men ev
er embarked upon. Thousands have
made the great sacrifice, more
thousands have been wounded, and
all of them daily deny themselves
the pleasures and comforts we at
home enjoy as they endure without
a whimper discomforts and priva
tions we cannot understand.
These boys give all ; - their lives,
their time; their pleasures; they are
ready to Go West at a moment's no
tice, that we may be free. Too busy
and unselfish ' to think about them
selves, they must not be allowed to
suffer for anything. Their wants
should be our commands.
Under the sanction' of the govern
ment and with the full endorsement
of the leading men and women of
the country of all stations, creeds
and affiliations, seven organizations,
under the consolidated name of
the United War Work, will open a
campaign Monday, November 11th,
which will extend through Monday
the 18th, to raise a fund of $170,
500,000 to minister to the wants of
our men overseas. The fund will be
apportioned among the seven as fol
lows: Y. M. C. A., 58.65 per cent.; Y.
W. C. A., 8.8 per cent.; Knights of
Columbus, 17.6 per cent.; Jewish
Welfare Board, 2.05 per cent.; War
Camp Community Service, 8.8 per
cent.; Salvation Army, 2.05 per cent;
American Library Association, 2.05
per Cent.
When this War Work Campaign
was first announced, there were rais
ed certain objections as to the advis
ability of raising funds upon an as-j
sociated basis. There is nothing in j
that except for a carping critic, j
Each of the organizations is dong j
an it can ana in me quickest iiictu
ner possible for the good of our boys.
Every dollar is expended for a noble
purpose ,and the plan has the recom
mendation of speed and economy of
service.
What difference 'does it make who
ministers to a soldier, cheers him
when he is blue, whites his letter for
him when he is sick, supplies him
wTith personal comforts, looks after
his affairs, waits on him when he is
wounded, and does a thousand and
one needed little jobs for him? The
main thing is to see that he gets
these attentions and that the ship
loads of tons of supplies for the end
come in regularly.
Some people have the erroneous
imperssion that an early coming of
peace would render the fund unnec
essary. To the contrary, the need
for this $170,500,000 fund; will be
all the greater after the war. Two
years will be required to bring our
boys back home and as long as they
are away they must be looked after.
Granville County must do its full
duty. It has never failed to do its
bit. Granville will "go over the
top" in the United War Work Cam
paign November 11 to 18.
Every additional dollar means ad
ditional service for somebody's boy.
Let each of us remember that and
do our best. Give to the fund as
liberally as possible. Talk for it.
Work for it. Don't wait to be urg
ed. The folks at home don't want
to be ashamed to look the boys
straight in the face when they come
back home. Those who back them
now won't have to make excuses
then.
The drive in Oxford will begin
Tuesday, November 12th, at 9 o'clock
with the following organization:
R. H. Lewis. Jr., Chairman: Miss
Bennette H. Gregory, T. C. Harris,
Treasurer; J. R. Webb, Secretary;
F. M. Pinnix, Publicity.
Advisory Committee; W. B. Bal
lou, A. H. Powell, A. A. Hicks, F. W.
Hancock, J. F. Webb. E. T. White,
W. T. Yancey.
Captain Team No. 1, N. H. Can
nady; Captain Team No. 2, J. B.
Powell; Captain Team No. 3, Lee C.
Taylor; Captain Team No. 4, W. A.
Parham.
INFLUENZA LAYS HOLD OF
THE PUBLIC LEDGER.
boro,
Mr. Atlas Critcner, of Wiks-
who has been iii the me
chanical department of the Pub
lic Ledger for some time, was
taken with the influenza this
week. We miss him ever so
much, and this issue of the pa
per shows it. We must ask our
patrons to pardon any delay or
shortcomings until he gets well.
The young man is getting along
nicely, but he must be quiet for
a few days.
WE WILL HAVE FRESH OYSTERS
Saturday Morning Taylor Bros.
Nov-9-ltx
Corporations W. B. Ballou, C. E.
Mainor; Industrial Workers John'
R. Hall; Speakers G. B. Phillips,
Victory Boys.
G. C. Shaw, Chairman Colored
Division. v
Mrs. H. G. Cooper, Chairman Col
ored Woman's Division; Miss Sarah
Parham, Victory Girls.
The County is organized through
the school districts, each having a
member of the school committee as
chairman, there being 55 of these
districts.
An, Appeal From the Pastors.
No more important call for mon
ey has come to us this year than that
which is to be made next week. No
vember 11-18 is the time set apart
for the raising of $170,500,000 to
be used by the Young Men's Christ
ian Association, the Young Women's
Christian Association, and other kin
dred organizations. The amount to
be raised in Granville County is $7,
400, and we must not think of doing
less than our part.
This money is to be used in min
istering to the physical, intellectual,
social and spiritual welfare of our
soldiers and sailors. It is hard for "
us to conceive of the tremendous
task that devolves upon the organi
zations that are undertaking to do
this work. Both in this country and
abroad, and especially along the
fighting front they are meeting a
need in the life of the men that is
being met in no othre way. Those
huts, supported out of the contribu
tions of the people, are the only
places where they can find comfort
and those cheering ministries which "
mean so much to them. The boys
in their letters home .tell of the great
good these associations are doing.
The very stationery on which they
write reminds us of the service be
ing rendered in their behalf.
We should contribute to this fund
not only because of our interest in
the boys, but also because of the
love we have for our country and our
devotion to the cause for which we
are fighting. General Pershing has
been quoted as saying that "nine
hundred men with the Red Triangle
are worth one thousand men without
it." This was only putting in other
form Napoleon's statement that mo
rale is three-fourths in war. It" is
to the upbuilding of the morale of
the army that these associations are
devoting their efforts.
Let no one think that the work of
these organizations' is in any way
nearing an end. Even if. peace should
be declared within a short time, the
work would have to be continued for
many months yet. The period of
demobilization will be among the
most trying. Those will be the days
of relaxation, when the men will no
longer be facing the dangers of war
and will be inclined to give them
selves to all manner of self-indulgence.
Temptation will be fierce
and strong in that day and every pos
sible agency will be needed to help,
counteract the forces of evil.
We cannot emphasize too strongly
the demands of this work upon our
people. True, we have just been
nassing through a giving campaign.
It has taken sacrifice, but whatever
has been put into the Liberty Loan
is as good . as cash. . Upon it the
government pays interest regularly.
Here, on the other hand, is an ap
peal for a gift. If we are able to
buy Liberty Bonds we are certainly
abie to give to such a cause as this.
The boys are giving their all, of
fering their lives upon the altar of
freedom. It is for us to stand back
of them every comfort and relief
that it is possible to devise. This
is the purpose of the United War
Work Campaign. It is an anpeal for
sacrificial giving for a noble cause.
Let every person respond to the ex
tent of his ability.
B. C. THOMPSON,
J. D. HARTE,
R. H. WILLIS,
E. G. USRY,
F. H. T. HORSFIELD,
C. A. UPCHURCH.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MEET.
Their Term of Office Expired First
Monday in December.
The honorable . Board of County
Commissioners met in monthly ses
sion last Monday. There was very
little business outside of the routine
work to engage their attention. All
of the members of the Board were
present.
The present Board will retire from
office and make room for the new
Board on the first Monday in December.
Mr. and Mrs. Clingman, at Kim- '
ball's Farm, received a letter this
week from their son, Lt. Erwin C.
Clingman stating that he is getting
along all right in a German prison.
Lt. Clingman was an aviator and his
machine became disabled and he
came down behind the German lines.
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