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i V PAGE 3 PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY-TOWN AND VOUT ME XXXIIlf COUNTY OFFER B RILLIANT. OPPORTUNITIES A LL HOME PRINT. KEXl -KXING SOLDIERS ARE NOT TO FLOOD TRADES AND OCCUPATIONS. penltlulization of Fighting Men to lie Carried Out Largerly on Basis 0t Ability of Industry to Absorb Tli em. (Washington Special) Demobilization of men in the mil itary and naval service of the United states -vfter their return from France will bo carried out largely on a basis nf tho ability of trades and occupa- tions to absorb them, under a plan nul navy departments and the war industries board. It was said today that Vue plan will be submitted to president Wilson in a few days. Labor Statistics. The war industries board has sent Questionnnaires to employers in all industries, asking the needs of each for men, and the answers will show where, when and how Tapidly jobs will be ready for discharged soldiers and sailors and what trades are most in need of them. Supplementing this information will be that receiv ed from draft boards and commun ity labor boards. Military Guard., The question of the number of American troops to" be retained in France or elsewhere in Europe is heins studied on that side, Mr. Bak er said, while the general staff is preparing recommendations as to the number to be kept under arms in this countrv. The problem in Europe re mains "one of joint operations with the allied nations in after-the-war guarding and other work to be done by the military forces, and no con clusions on this point can yet be made. Men to Be Released. Mr. Baker said several factors will be" "released from the army. It is obivious. he said, that, as a matter of justice, men who had been longest in the service should be released first, but the industrial situation and' the special need for men of a cer tain calling probably will modify the principle of making length of ser vice to guide to order of muster out. OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1918." NUMBER 91 GRANVILLE COUNTY COURT CONVENES NEXT MONDAY. The Session Was Postponed One Week at the Request of Judge Devin. Owing to the spread of influenza, Judge Devin ordered that the No vember term of Granville County Court, which was scheduled to con vene on the 12th be postponed until Monday, November 18th. The court will convene next Monday with Judge Devin presiding. The docket is rather heavy, but Judge Devin has a faculty of dis patching business. We don't know what Judge Devin may have to say about the spread of influenza, but we do know that a stuffy court room is a good place to distribute contagion to- the four quarters of the country. It is a pity that it is so; for Judge Devin conducts his court in such a manner as to enable the average man to be hold the majesty of the law. It has been said that the court room is a loafing place on a cold day, but our old friend Herbert Crews recently remarked that no man could hear the charge of Judge Devin without bHng a better man and a better citizen. IMPROVEMENT IX THE EPIDEMIC AT ORPHANAGE Only Three Children Have Died of Pneumonia. After raging in all of its fury for pore than a month, the epidemic of influenza at the Oxford Orphanage is subsiding. Living in close proximity, it was impossible to arrest the spread of disease, but the heroic efforts .of Dr- Booth and the nursing organi zation that sprung into . existance averted a calamity no doubt. Of the largo number of pneumonia -parents only three have died. the conditions at the Colored Or- k-,1, !J1wnagf is improving. Good nurs lnS anl plenty of nourishment ac counts for the improvement. THE NEXT THING. t Will Thev Do With Old Bill? t earbr every man you meet wants J0 know what the allied nations will 1 with Billy Hohenzollern.: He is ? in Holland, but never mind J?en The Allies decide that they are nen the Allies dictate that they are au to deal with His Majesty. IUj RTTV ATT; OF YOUR tlaP cauerht' rabbits dressed. BUSINESS BOOM TO BE INAUGURATED AT ONCE. Says Famous Expert on Trade and Financial Matters. (Comerce and Finance.) End of the war will bring tremen fuvtl opportunities for expansion and lil prosPerity to American bus- Foreign markets the world over Will r a -iT7--. J i j - . .. lv Anrior ' fi AV"u-wmci! on- sauon ot hostilities. East - " ciuie iu supply. Such is the belief of Richard Spil lane, editor of Commerce and Fi nance, who is one of the country's greatest authorities on general bus iness conditions here and abroad. Spillane is so strong an expert that his views carry great weight with the largest manufacturers and most peworeful financers of Ameri ca. "When the time arrives for us to help in rehabilitating the devastated lands of Europe' Spillane declares, "America's opportunity will be here. "The shelves of the wold are bare. Belgium and northern France are stripped clean. Everything of bronze copper, iron, steel, tin, has gone. '.'The Germans have taken door knobs and letter box fixtures. Every metal utensil has been taken. Hinges off the doors are gone. "There is enough hardware busi ness in Bulgium to keep -the factor ies of New England busy indefinitely. The raw and finished materials so urgently needed in nearly every sec tion of the globe, America possesses today in greater quantity than any other country. "Our new merchant marine will be turned over to private interests to operate. There will be no govern ment regulation of rates. Govern ment regulation of shipping rates is as iniquitous and uneconomic as price fixing. "We must let the law of supply and demand take care of ocean rates. Unrestricted competition will be therule. "And America shall win. ."Our manufacturing industries are in better condition than ever to undertake the conquest of foreign markets. "We have the raw material, the industries and the labor power ready. An era of 'unexampled pros perity should follow the war for us. "For the first time in history we have an accurate inventory of our manufacturing resources in Wash ington. Our prosperity after the war is bound up with- foreign com merce. PEACE SERVICE. Taylor Br Next Monday Afternoon at the Ox ford Baptist Church. There will be an intercessory pray er service at the Oxford Baptist church next Monday afternoon at 4:00 o'clock led by Mrs. H .G. Coop er. Everybody is cordially invited to attend. MILLION GERMAN PRISONERS. Half Million Captured Since Last January. London, Nov. 15. -Two hundred thousand prisoners were taken "by the British on the western front from January 1 to November 5, including, according to an official announce ment made in the House of Com mons of several hundred thousands previously reported. - In the same period the French captured 140,000, the Americans 50,000 and the eBlgians 15,000. When the total for the war has been added up it will approvimate one million German prisoners. RETURN TO CIVIL LIFE. Some of the Boys Will Reach Home Beforf Christmas. Provost Marshal General Crowd er's cancellation of all outstanding draft calls releases for civilian work hundreds of thousands of men who were on the point of entering the cantonments for training. We can be reasonably sure, too, that the men now In the canton ments will be returned to civil life nc raoidly as possible. Just now soona?heyy will be discharged no one knows, because no one knows exact lv what new demands will be made upon our armies. It is certain, how ever that we have men enough in uniform here and on the other side of the ocean for any task which will hQe enect ot the provost marshal i t h or nnon uuui - tions is more in teresting than its ef- The wives and 3 r-i Tr SM. 'of thV me, sublet to call C ov,ori n qieh of relier wnen breathed.-a sifcu u rtP?r Inv- -Tit for it means that their, loy-lare right, and rememb re,ad Lf to be summoned to Always pays the freight But their os. Nov. 15 It. ti ATI PS UVt- c" . r7 cnfrifice. BUt ESS is a? nothTng compared with toat of the mothers and wives of he men in France,;, now . that fighting has stopped. - day Graphically Described. Paris, Nov. 12. When dawn came Monday there was no hint of the ces- of the Meuse, regardless of the situation, the American second army attacked in force at 8 o'clock. The onslaught was defeated by a tremendous bar rage which was returned in kind by the enemy. For three. hours the A mericans swept forward, hurling themselves against the xrtre entangle ments. The German gunfire was devas tating. Then at exactly one minute of 11, like a final thunder crash at the clearing of a storm, the guns on both sides abruptly ceased. The silence was more startling than the deafening roar of the bar rage. For a brief minute intermit tent rifle fire followed; then came a pause, punctuated by rippling cheers from the trenches on both sides of the line. What followed on one sector was perhaps one of the most singular events of the war. Against the sky line figures were suddenly silhoutted They appeared cautiously at first but soon growing bolder all along the line, they stood upright. These were Germans. The Americans were not so cau tious. As the barrage died, ending in a final husky rumble in the dis tance from the big , guns, runners went springing along tlife fire line. Instantly comprehending the whole line of doughboys leaped from tren ches, fox-holes and shell craters, split ting the unaccustomed silence with a shrill cheer. The roar of voices was verpr like an outburst at some great college " contest. Strange to relate, the defeated en emy joined vociferously in the cheer ing. The world war was finished. At one minute before 11 it would have meant death to show one's self above shelter. Not more than, a min ute after the hour the rolling plain was alive with cheering, shouting men, friend and enemy alike.. Not many minutes later Germans and Americans were coming along the narrow stretch of gro'ind, so fiercely fought over, some shyly and awk wardly, like embarrassed schoolboys. The first advances followed by of fers from the Americans of cigarettes chocolate and chewing ' gum. The Germans in some places reciprocated with offers of hot coffee, bread and sausage. The orders frobidding fraternizing were strict, but the novelty of the situation at times overcome prudence and doughboys sureptitiously visited nearby enemy dugouts. Along the barbed wire at a road crossing some doughboys and Germans began a brisk barter for souvenirs. The Ger mans were bewildered by the num ber of Americans speaking German. SILENCE MORE STARTLING j HUMAN INTEREST STORY WHEN FIRING CEASED THAN - i OF LIFE AND DEATH. DEAPENINGBABR4GE ROAR j Difflcnlt Tat Falls to the What Happened on the American S Lot of &me Ien- Front at Evartlv ii i There are some positions that the out ai exactly 11 O clock Mon- i averaee man wmiin n. wwv4. iiv t, -C-i LVJ Jill . I namely, that of being a health of- S i hcer ;or a place on the exemption board. Dr. S. H. Cannady, our val- uaoie health officer, held the lives of thousands in the palm of his hands ; yet there were those who ap pealed to him to lift the ban and let them die of contagion. In this instance, as it were, men were will ing to take a powerful risk, but up at the war office it was a different story. For the past seventeen months it was the lot of Dr. White, Senator Currin and Mr.-Ray to listen in sil ence to the most heartrendering ap peals that ever moved the human heart. At times they could scarcely stand it, but it was the part of wis dom for them not to show emotion or compassion. It was one of the times in this life that called for good nd in?t men in high places, and Granville county was wonderfully blessed in the personnel of the Ex emption Board. In speaking of an incident that came under our observation, Dr. White stated that during the seven teen months that the Board wrestl ed with the life and death problem of the young men of the county, he never heard a cross word. Indeed, the Board must feel proud of the praise bestowed upon them by the Provost General of the Army. i SCHOOLS WL PROBABLY OPEN MONDAY, 18TH. WAR SAVINGS SALES AT $8 PER CAPITA. Total For Country Has Passed $825, 000,000 Mark, Reports Show. (Washington Special.) Enough War Savings Stamps now have been old to make nearly $8 for every individual in the Unitejd States, according to the latest report- from national war savings headquarters. Total sales have passed $825,000, 000 and now are increasing at the rate of nearly $100,000,000 a month. Ohio still needs the states with the largest monthly and aggregate sales, but .Nebraska reports higher per capita sales. - - ADJUTANT GENERALS MEET IN RICHMOND CAPITOL A PLAIN STATEMENT. All registrants of the Granville County Local Board are requested to pay special attention to the follow ing instructions. 1. All registrants between the ages of 18 and 36, both included, must fill out and return their ques tionnaires. 2. All registrants 37 and over must returr their questionnaires to the Local Board, but need not fill them out. However, let each man 37 or over write his age on the face of the questionnnaire before return ing it. (Singned) LOCAL BOARD Walter Stradley, Chief Clerk. General B. S. Royster Is Attending the Session. The Adjutant General's Associa tion of the United States convened in Richmond, Va., Thursday. Every state and territory is represented. Reorganization of the National Guard will be under consideration. THE END OF THE DRAFT? The Great Last Act of the War. The time is coming when those who were not in the world war will feel that they were the unfortunate ones just as those now in the ser vice at home feel Hiey are unfortu nate because they aren't abroad for the great last act of the war. Only those who entered the army know how much has been lost to those who didn't. The millions of men in the military service will be richer in the future because of the discipline of mind and body and spirit which, curiously enough, seems possible only under the military system that all of civilization consistently deplores. A LIBERAL RESPONSE. "everything in hardware And Samuel Davis Always Pays the Freight. Scattered throughout tnis paper Samuel Davis, the big hardware mer chant at Clarksville; mentions a few hardware items that are of interest to prospective buyers. The prices are right, and remember that Davis WANTED - A GOOD MILCH COW giving at least three gallons milk. Mrs. D. C. Hunt, Oxford, N. C. November. 15 But the Full Amount Is Badly Needed. The campaign for the United War Workers which commenced on Tues day of this week has so far been very successful. According to scat tering returns, the Committees have turned, in subscriptions, including cash donations of tobacco, amount ing to about $5,142.00. Those in charge of the work are very much encouraged and feel reas onably sure that Granville County will be One of the banner counties in this State and will subscribe it's total quota of $11,150.00 within the prescribed time, viz: November 18. Those who have not already made contributions to this splendid cause will take' the opportunity of doing so at once. If you have not been visited by one of the Committees drop in the First National Bank and leave your contribution with Mr. T. C. Harris. HIGH PRICES RULE. See the Statement of Mr. I. W. Man gum in This Paper. The sales of tobacco have been light this week, bu the prices are the best ever obtained on the Oxford market. The statement of Mr. I. W. Mangum, proprietor of the - New Mangum warehouse, published else where in this paper, is of interest to the tobacco growers. Conditions now seem to make it possible to open the schools of Ox ford Monday morning with proper precautions. There is still some in fluenza in town, but that may be the case all the winter. - The following precautionary meas ures will be taken when school does open. No child will be admitted who comes from a home where there is a case of influenza. A child who comes from a home where the cases are dismissed after school opens must bring a statement from the doctor that there can be . no danger of spreading the' influenza. These measures will be carried out strict ly and no one should attempt to dis regard them. - Parents are requested to keep children out who may have any signs of sickness. It is a public .duty they owe other people to keep a sick child at home until an exami nation has been made. It is true that good attendance is very necessary in any good school. Still I feel justified in stating that it will be much better to have a poor average than to cause another out break of a serious epidemis. It is hoped that parents and children will co-operate from now on in every way possible to make up for the lost time. The plans are such as to as sure the patrons that practically the full nine months term will be given and that the regular work of each grad completed. No child should be thrown back on account of lost time. The right to send any pupil home at -any time who may in any way en danger the health of the pupils is taken for granted. Special attention will be given to ventilation in all. the rooms. G. B. PHILLIPS, Supt. THE WAR WORK CAMPAIGN. You Must, Make Good eBfore Mon day, 1 November 18. The war has been won and the Kaiser put to flight. No more need the world tremble lest an unhuman race of men subjugate and humiliate it. Who achieved this wonderful vic tory?. Who has borne the. brunt of privations and suffering while the is sue was at stake? The boysat the front who have immortalized them selves for all time to come. What is good enough for these boys? Is there anything that we can refuse to do for them? The United War Work Campaign to raise a quarter of a million dol lars is now on and will be contin ued through Monday the 18th of November. This money is for the purpose of making the lives of our boys more comfortable, healthful and better in every way. Seven organ izations, of the working in unision, will use the funds subscribed dur ing the compaign for the welfare of our boys. Contribute to the fund liberally. Dig down in your pocket deeply. It is impossible to do too much for the boys over yonder. When the campaigners approach you, don't waste time arguing. Come across. Your money is needed. THE INSIDE HISTORY OF THE AVAR. Ambassador Gerard At the Orpheum Theatre. Coming to the Orpheum Saturday the 16 of November the wonderful feature film production made from Ambassador James W. Gerard's book, "My Foui Years in Germany," in which you will see scene after scene that will eloquently expose the Prussian menace to America and world freedom. You see the Kaiser tell Gerard, af ter he had churlishly refused to see him for six months, "that America had better look out after this war, I will stand no nonsense from her." You see the overrunning of Belgium, the German prison camps, the U boat warefare, the underground pages of Germany diplomacy that Germany never intended Americans to find out. It is a historic document of tre mendous importance to every man and woman who would know the truth and stand loyally behind our government. THE RETURN OF PEACE. It Is Here and We Are Going to Find New Cause for Rejoicing. Another blessed .relief comes in the abdandoment of the War Depart ment's for further mobilibation of new troops at the-camps. The an ticipated disruption of business af fairs in, consequence of the . calling of the November draft is thereby avoided and 300,000 men who had prepared to leave their homes and businesses will remain at their, usual avocations. It is hard to realize that peace has come so quickly. But it is here and daily we are going to find new cause for rejoicing. mm Mm V' 3' 'V ii ill 'Sih'iiirS it;, j-i fit.. t' '! ! ?? it. . i hi ' '!,'! ! fjfe til 51 i'i h ,1 i ! Pit w it t-t r-w 4 tit ri J;! .:, ' mm h .; r-A 'IS X- . '! i :.:V" v '' I. B : . . I s ;:-'!rv'ti-. !!.: li I, r '. it- J"' ' " . ft Wit mm f : t i ' . c t I " "' ' fi mm 7.
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