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VOLUME XXXIII THE WORLD WILL. NEVER BE QUITE AS LONG AS THE FORMER KAISER LIVES renewal Estimate Indicates . that Ts Kesponsible For the ,Deat He Death of Ten Million iuen. Quoting Judge Devin: "The logic of the case involving the former Ger man Emperor is pitilessly cold and Hear. There is, in fact, no place on earth tor the Hohenzollern. There is no place where he may be permit ted to remain alive without being a menace to civilization in one way or another." The government or even the social order that attempts to shield him wil do so at the risk of his life. Alive, lie must remain an incitement to the just suspicion of those who have faith in the fixed processes of human justice. Wherever he is sheltered there will be danger of revolution a ainst the forces that give him pro tection. And if he is returned to Germany the world can have no peace. The sooner the Allied or the enlightened, if there be any, seize the one-time War Lord, court-martial him and shoot him the sooner will it be possible torestore the equilibrium of civilization. There is a large part of the world that will never be quieted, never rec onciled and never at peace while Vil helm is permitted to live. It is some times said in defense of the former German Emperor that he was but the instrument of hidden forces beyond his control. If that plea be accept ed then the task of Allied statesmen will be more complicated and more dangerous. The world wants to know who caused the war, and it will not rest until that stupendous ques tion is answered. General estimates indicate that 4, 000,000 men were killed in battle iip on the Allied side. The war has so far cost the Allies about $200,000, 000,000. It was at this staggering price that the Kaiser was tried,, con victed and isolated for punishment. It is inconceivable that any lesser criminal should ever again be punish ed if civilization fails in a mood of weakness or uncertainty at this hour. The Allied nations now have Germany upon her knees. They can leave her to an existence, of endless poverty and to hunger through , the control of the materials essential in her economic life. They can divide and weaken the German-people or they can permit a new Germany to consolidate and grow. And if there is honesty and foresight in the gen eral Allied policy the attitude of the victorious nations toward Germany will be guided largely by the attitude of Germans toward the man who wrecked their country and did his ut most, to wreck civilization. Wilhplm is still a menace. There are 4,000,000 reasons why he should be executed. They are the 4,000, 000 men whose death he caused. Add to this the blind and the cripples and the millions of German dead and the Lusitania, and it becomes plain that no code of law can remain valid in general estimation of it fails to visit punishment so terribly justified. Respect for law will fail hourly in Europe while the maddest and cruel est criminal ever known is permitted to live in luxury and swank and swaeer and plot new deviltry for the future. EXTRA SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE IS PROPOSED Sentiment Grows in Favor of Very Short Session Until Peace Settle ment Is Concluded. (Raleigh Special.) With the nearer approach of the 1919 session of the North Carolina general assembly and the indications that the world peace readjustment will scarcely be more than barely un der way by that time and with cer tainty that the post war conditions will develop with the conclusion of the peace negotiations and conse quent readjustments will require far reaching readjustments of state laws governing taxation and all the legis lative matters that affect the industry and civic life of the people, the sent iment is growing that there should be merely the briefest possible ses sion in January with an adjourn ment or recess subject to the call of the governor when he and his advis es deem the time for legislation of a permanent nature to be enacted fr adjusting the affairs of the state to the settled new conditions. 11,000 GALLONS OF BEER POURED OUT NEAR APEX Deputies from the United. States marshal's office and from the sher d's office reported the pouring out of 11.000 gallons of beer, ready to be distilled into whiskey, within sight of the town of Apex, about 18 miles Kuth of Raleigh, in a raid made Wed nesday night. This quantity of beer, connoisseurs say would have, after distilling net ted, an even thousand gallons of Cockade liquor, worth on the local Jrkets today between $30,000 and 40,000. OXFORD NORTTT n a hat T . . . , OPEN AIR MEETING IN FRONT OF THE POST OFFICE Hon. D. G. Brummitt Is Master of ' Ceremonies. Editor Public Ledger: ly Sret11 f ford most kearti sLnfnTnT yU ?hat Peace and the fittinfv L ar,mjstice has not been towngaLCfiebrated in our Patriotic nn? V?? are' Planning a public meeting on the aftorn r ?.0,;emb.?r "th..at wWch time i-uyie win give unrestrained ex- areSfn?hf .the )0y and ide that are in the hearts of all. At 3:45, in front of 'the post of- 1,anPPi0pria.te Psram will be hi The ?0n' D' G' Brummitt will be master of ceremonies. Toasts will be given to our Presi dent, to Generals Foch and Pershing and to our own brave soldier boys. Every body come, and be ready to cheer to your hearts content. Mrs. A. A. Hicks, chairman music department Woman's Club, will have charge of the music and will expect all who can "turn a tune" to join in the singing. COMMITTEE. HALF OF OFFICERS AT CAMP GREEN WOULD STAY IN ARMY (Charlotte Observer.) Preparations at Camp Greene head quarters for the mustering out of army officers indicate that about half desire discharges from the service and half desire commissions in the new regular army which is now in process of organization. All officers applying for regular army commis sions will not receive such, and a rather high percentage will be mus tered into the officers' reserve for re-call to service in the event of na tional emergency. "There will be no shortage of capable officers in the new regular army," it was explained. 145 AMERICAN VESSELS DESTROYED BY GERMANS Washington, Nov. 25. Loss of 145 American passenger and merchant vessels of 354,449 tons, and 775 liv es through acts of the enemy during the period from the beginning of the world war to the cessation of hostil ities. November 11, is shown by fig ures made public today by the depart ment. of labor's bureau of navigation, The report does not include several vessels that loss o fwihch has not been established as due to acts of the enemy. Nineteen vessels and 67 lives were lost through use of torpedoes, mines and gunfire prior to the entrance of the United States into the war. NO SHORTAGE IN TURKEYS SAYS THE FOOD BOSSES The Bird Can Now Be Bought In Oxford For 25 and 30 Cents. The food administration at Wash ington urging the housewives thru out the country to prepare a holiday menu in keeping with food conserva tion for world relief. Reports to the administration from all oyerithe country show that the supply of tur keys, chickens, ducks and- geese is good. The price for turkey in Oxford this week shows a marked decline from the price asked last week. Several parties here this week purchased tur keys at 25 and 30 cents the pound. AMERICANS DESTROY 661 MORE PLANES THAN LOST Paris, Nov. 25. When hostilities were suspended, American aviators had destroyed 661 more Germ.-fi planes and 35 more German balloons than the Americans had lost. The total number of enemy planes de stroyed by the Americans was 926 and the total number of balloons 73. Two hundred and sixty-five Ameri can planes and 38 balloons were de stroyed by the enemy. NON-WAR CONSTRUCTION MAY BE RESUMED NOW Removal of all remaining restric tions on non-war construction by the war industries board was announced Saturday by Chairman Baruch. All building operations of whatever char acter may now be proceeded with without permits either from the board or the state councils of de fense. BIG SALE AT CALTOLINA FARM NEXT SATURDAY The big annual sale at Caltolina Farm begins at 10 o'clock next Sat urday morning on the premises. Else where in this paper will be found a list of the valuable things offered at thi sale We notice among other Smgs that the list contains about 100 hogs and pigs. Suits and Coats. Ladies should read the announce ment of Conn & Son on the last page of this paper. High Averages. - nn tnp fourth page of this paper w U be seen that the Banner ware house carries the banner hign. ; OFFERRILLIANT wxxvvauhna UliiSDAY. NOV. 26, 1918. WELL SEND BACK IMMEDIATELY IEN NOT IN OCCITIpNALARMY Eight Regiments of Coast Art J1T11 TV. T.J "1 . -m!s . . . " -v iMigwesi x'leia Artillery Coming Home Total "American Casualties 236,117 to November xx til. ;r: . ( Washington iSpecial. Y - - On receipt of dspatches from Gen- eral Pershing apnraMoK :ifr6m some of the counties of staff, announced Mcnday" that" the I aston and Forsyth counties, ac movement homeward of . v JS cordlnS to tne figures at hand, suf- movement nomeward of sick wounaea was already S under w- Several thousand American41 soldiers sailed for home from; Liverpool Sat urday on the liners Lapland and Min nehaha. It was a stirring scene as the men marched from the railway station and local camps to the land ing stage amid the rousing cheers from the throngs of people along the streets. . To Be Returned. The divisions which General March said have been designated by Genejr al Pershing to return as soon, as the sick and wounded have been moved to the United States, are: ; Naional guard: Thirty-first (Geor gia, Alabama and Florida) , 34th (Ne braska, Iowa, South ! Dakota arid Minnesota), 3 8th (Indiana; Ken tucky, and West Virginia), and 39 th (Arkansas and Lousiana.) National army: Seventy-sixth (New England) 84th (Kentucky, Indiana and southern Illinois) , 86th - (north ern Illinois), and 87th (Arkansas, Lousiniana, Mississippi and! southern Alabama.) . i"y General March, showed that virtu ally all of the supplemented army corps and army troops are to be with drawn. He said he already had au thorized General Pershing to send back railway artillery, army artillery gas troops and tank corps units In addition to the divisional organiza tions. Some of - the divisions desig nated by General Pershing are dis placement units. ' ; . . Army of Occupation. General March said no report on the organization of the army of oc cupation had been received, but that the divisions designated byGeneral Pershing for return were, .'among those he could spare ; ' immediately. The order in which .tJbrwiHretTim has -not-been 1 establisfieiatresat gave assurances that the "war depart ment had no intention of allowing the veterans of the battlefields of France and Belgium "to sneak into the country" unnoticed, but that timely announcement would be made so that adequate receptions could be planned. Million Men to Remain. Secretary Baker supplemented Gen eral March's outline of demobiliza tion .plans later by stating that Gen eral Pershing was reducing his army to a strength of 30 divisions and would further reduce it as condition justify. At an average strength of 40,000 men to a division which would cover all necessary auxiliary forces, this would retain 1,200,000 in France from which the actual, ar my of occupation and its reserves would be organized to provide- a gainst an possible emergency. 30TH DIVISION IS WITH V BRITISH FORCES RESTING UP FROM HARD FIGHTING The Thirtieth Is the "Wild Cat" Division, In Which There Are Sev eral Granville Boys. Washington, Nov. 25. Many North Carolinians are interested in the whereabouts of the Thir tieth division of the American expeditionary force. It was stated at the war department today that the Thirtieth is in party with the British, resting after hard fighting. Particular units could not be located. ENORMOUS STORES OF - FOOD IN KAISER S PALACE The Old Scoundrel Lived on the Fat of the Land. According to Berlin advices, enor mous stores of foodstuffs were found in the castle of the former German emperor in Berlin. A member of the soldiers' and workmens' council is authority for the statement that there was a great variety of food stuffs found, the value of which nor mally would be several hundred thousand marks. FOOD ADMINISTRATION WEEK To Be Observed Throughout the United States. The Conservation Week will begin with "Conservation Sunday," Decern ber 1. on which day a message from Mr. Hoover will be read in all the churches. Tuesday, December 3, will be a Community Day, on which there will be local meetings in school-houses, churches, and other places of assem bly Wednesday, December 4, will be Woman's Organization Day. TT-ririn v December 6, will be School Day, on which there will be elaborate exercises. OPPORTUNITIES A LL HOME T : THE INFLUENZA DEATH TOLL IN STATE APPALLING i Total Deaths Reported In Granville Is 19. 1 nqlaiVh XTo-t Off n r -v&jj., a-iv. o. more man nve k thousand PePle in the State during I October died from either influenza- or influenza-pneumonia. The exact figures can not be given yet because or tne incompleteness of reports .j-cacu. tuc llCdVlCM iUSSCS, tJclCU Having 4 a total of 210 deaths. Wake was a close second, with a total of 203, with Granville thirty-ninth, its total being 19. Only one county in the State, Alle ghany, reported no deaths from the epidemic during October. Two coun ties, Alexander and Clay, each report ed one death. Among the other counties of the State the deaths are very evenly distributed according to population, showing that the entire State was affected by. the epidemic, all sections suffering alike in the death toll levied- CASUALTIES SUSTAINED BY THE AMERICANS TABULATED r Almost Double the Previous Esti mates. Total casualties in the American expeditionary forces, General March said, showed the following divisions: Killed and died of wounds ..36,154 Died of disease 13811 Died from -other causes 2,204 Wounded, .. 179,625 Prisoners .2,163 Missing 1,160 Total . . . 236,117 The American forces in France, General March said had taken 44, 000 German prisoners, in round num bers, and 1,400 guns. MOVING AMERICAN TROOPS TO REST AREAS (Paris Special.) The movement of American troops to the rest areas behind the: former fighting front is progressing rapidly. The. 7 8th, 82nd, 29th and 26th divis ions have wtihdrawn from the front .ajmVnow: are in jrexamps. vTbe.36thperailH , DOte. the prices- of- tobacco ... 80th,. 81st, and sixth divisions " aTe marching, to the rest areas. It is understood that the 77th division will be moved to a rest camp in Sou thern France. The 5th, 89th, 90th and 79th di visions have been formed into the seventh army, corps and wift remain temporarily in their old positions. EXTREME CARE OF THE DRAFT BOOARD RECORDS To Be Filed Away For Future Ref erence. Extreme care in the protection and completion of all draft board records is asked by Provost Marshal Crow der in orders sent to state draft exe cutives. The man power record, the order points out, has extremely "val uable uses in the administration of war insurance, the treatment of de serters and delinquents and the prep aration of the historic record of the war. . Local boards are instructed to seal the records, all of which prob ably will be completed November 30, and await orders for their, final con signment to some central collecting station. INSURE YOUR LIBERTY BONDS AGAINST THIEVES Treasury Department Urges Regis tration of Liberty Coupon Bonds. To insure against loss, or. theft of Liberty Bonds, owners are being urg ed by the Treasury to have their cou pon bonds registered, although the procedure results in a great amount of work and expense for the govern ment now that the number of bond owners runs above thirty millions. The registration can be arranged at most banks, and is done without cost to the owners. After registration, if a bond is accidentally lost, stolen, or destroyed, the government wlil5 pay it at matiruty just the same, and interest checks will be mailed to the bond owner twice a year without re quiring him to go to the trouble of clipping coupons and presenting them at a bank. RED CROSS SEEKS TO INCREASE ROLL During Week of December 16-23 Hope To Enlist Every Adult Person. Important conferences in each of the five states comprising the Sou thern Division of the American Red Cross are planned by that organiza tion to inaugurate what is known as the Christmas Roll Call, and which has for its obpect the enlistment dur ing the week of December 16-25 of every adult person in the division as a member of the organization. -- The local chapter has been notified of the campaign and is making pre parations for the drive in December. PRINT. NUMBER 94 MR. I. H. STEGALL DEAD The Oldest Native-Born Citizen of Oxford. Mr. I. H. Stegall passed away quiet ly at his home, in South Oxford last Saturday afternoon in the 80 th year of his age. He was on the streets about the noon hour and to all ap pearances was enjoying his usual good health. He went home and re tired for his afternoon nap, and later in the day members of the family entered the room and discovered that he was dead. To all appearances he passed away without a struggle. Ap poplexy was the cause of his death. Mr. Stegall was a follower of Gen eral Robert E. Lee. The veterans who knew him well say that there were few braver soldiers. He was the oldest native born citizen of Ox ford when he passed away. He was kind and gentle to every one and possessed a forgiving spirit to a re markable degree. The deceased is survived by a de voted wife and two sons and one daughter, namely: Capt. James I. Stegall, who recently returned from France and is now at one of the can tonments in Louisiana; Private Bal dy Stegall, of Camp Lee, and Miss Elen, of Oxford. Funeral services were held from residence and the burial was in Elm wood cemetery Monday afternoon, conducted by Rev.' C. A. Upchurch. The pallbearers were Messrs. John Williams,' A. H. A. Williams, Jno. R. Hall, J. M. Baird, S. M.- Wheeler, Frank C. Spencer. WOMEN'S WORK FOR THE FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN Mrs. Candace E. Brown Secured More Than a Quarter Million of Dollars. In the Fourth Liberty Loan Cam paign the members of the Woman's Liberty . Loan Committee for the State secured subscriptions amount ing to $.14,129,300 out of the State's quota of $39,900,000. Granville's quota was $540,000, of which Mrs. Candace Brown's commit tee secured. $276,0.00. The Market Is Strong. .Turn ..tn-. the third naere of this na- sold at the hew Mangum. CORPORAL CARIi BLACKWELL KILLED IN ACTION Son of John T. Blackwell of Oxford. The casualty list issued by the commanding general of the Ameriacn Expeditionary forces, published last Sunday, contains the name of Corpor al Carl Blackwell, of Oxford, who was killed in action. Corporal Blackwell is the brother of Mr. W. T. Blackwell, who runs a store in the-suburbs of Oxford. SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY W. G. MCADOO RESIGNS President's Son-in-Law Resigns From Cabinet Because" He Can't Live On Pay He Gets. (Washngtoh Special.) Giving necessity for replenishing his personal fortune, as a reason, William G. McAdoo has resigned as Secretary of the Treasury and the Director-General of the Railroads. His resignation has been accepted by President Wilson. A FINE HOG. Worth As Much As a Vance Comity Horse. A few days ago a farmer from Vance county camle to Oxford, and while taking in the sights he saw a Granville county farmer with a very fine hog. "How much will you take for that hog," asked the Vance county man. "Not anxious to sell," answered the Granville man. "I'll tell you what I will do," said the Vance man, "I will give you my horse for the hog." After examining the horse with a critical eye the Granville county man said: . . "If you'll give me the horse and $10 the hog is yours." The Vance man forked over the ten dollars and he was so well pleas ed with the trade that he took the Granville county man to the "Greeks" and treated him to a bot tle of Bevo. PRIVATE THOMAS L. OAKLEY KILLED IN ACTION The casualty list issued from the War Department Sunday contained the name of Private Thomas L. Oak ley, of Oxford, killed in action. THANKSGIVING SERVICE. , Oxford Baptist Church Thursday Morning At Ten O'clock. Dr. J. D. Harte announces a thanks giving service to be held at the Ox ford Baptist church next Thursday morning from ten to eleven o'clock. The public is urged to attend. lihM
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