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' ' mm JM, m ; PUBLISHED SEMlAvviaY-TOWN AND VOLUME XXXIII. XHAT SHALL. WE DO WITH THE BETUKNIXG AMERICAN TROOPS. After a Brief Rest They Will Go to Work. It lias been the experience after all wars that it takes considerable time to weave the soldier back into industrial life. The returning sol der is lionized for weeks. His ex periences are matters of deep in terest to all persons. He goes about meeting old friends. He is welcome everywhere. There are three classes of soldiers, the ones that were in the thick of the fight; the ones who got no fur ther than England and the ones who were left in the cantonments and the best of feelings will prevail. AH are entitled to tile same considera tion. The returning soldier will be a better worker than before he enter ed the army. The army has been a wonderful school, the most won derful in the world. It has raised ihe standard of the American man. It has taught discipline, system, or er to him. It has made him strong er physically and morally. Many things that are wrong in our system of living he realizes now. He will not be content with our ten ement houses or our ramshackle dwellings. He knows the virtue of liyo-iene. He knows how to take care of himself. He did not before he entered the army. Most of our soldiers have learned more in the amiv than they did in school. Ameirca is better situated to meet after-the-war needs industrially than any other nation. THE LARGEST GIFT IN THE x HISTORY OF THE WORLD COUNTY OFFER BRILLIANT OPPORTUNITIES ALL HOME PRINT. OXFORD. NORTTT n y wxxvvauiina ju.jlay, JMUVEMTVCTR 29, 1918. MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. NUMBER 95 Xorth Carolina Among the High Per centage States, Raising 160 Percent. Total subscriptions to the United War Work campaign were $203, 679.038 in excess of the amount ori ginally asked by the seven war re lief organizations for their work dur ing demobilization of the army and navy, according to an official state ment by the national campaign com mittee. Two States Failed. This is the largest sum ever raised as an outright gift in the history of the world. . . .. r According to the committee every state in the Union, with the excep tion of Pennsylvania and Minnesota exceeded the quota assigned it. North Carolina 160 Per Cent. Fourteen states pledged 150 per cent or more of their quotas, Arizo na heading the lits with 248 per cent Percentages of other high states in cluded North Carolina and Alabama each 160; Georgia and Vermont each 150. Editoivpubiic Ledger. notice it has been suggest- ument to our boys who fought uith the suggestion; but instead as iili116, r granite ? A G usual custom, why not bmldsomething that will not only be of value as a memorial out also be a monument that will aid suffering humanity now and for generations to come? v Build and endow a Memorial Hospital. This county needs an institution of this ikud, and I believe will receive the support of all patriotic citizens of th county. If you thnk well 'of the sug gestion, say so in your editorial columns in the next issue of the Public Ledger. Also please publish the above letter. GRANVILLE CITIZEN. Mr. R. M. Berry Dead. Mr. R. M. Berry, superintendent of the Henderson office of the Caro lina Power & Light Company, died in Oxford, at the home of his father-in-law, Mr. W. Z. Mitchell at an early hour this Friday morning. BRITISH LAW OFFICERS CONSIDER EXTRADITION Are Working in Close Co-Operation With French Authorities on Ex-Kaiser Question. London, Nov. 27. It is understood that the question of the extradition of the former German emperor is' be ing considered by British law officers of the crown who are working in close co-operation with the French authorities. Action in the premises was taken immediately after the flight of the former emperor to Holland. CARht PROB- I VinTED WAR WORK CAMPAIGN. lxjx .EijusiiKit JJN FEW DAYS ; Old Hickory and 27th Divisions Seem About to Start Home Only About 12,500 Men and Officers in Each. (Paris Special.) The seventy-sixth division of the American army, reduced by replacement drafts to 61 of ficers and 1,000 men, has ar rived at the Port of St. Nazaire, and is embarking for home. The twenty-seventh division (New York troops) totaling 484 offi cers and 12,681 men, and the thirtieth division (Old Hickory) totaling 488 officers and 12, 099, both of which operated on the British front, have been with drawn from the Lemans area and probably will embark in a faw days. m TROOPS BEGIN TO RETURN THIS WEEK Unites of Air Service Training in Eng lang Now Homeward Bound Ex pected to Land in New York Sat urday. (Washington Special.) First units of the American ex peditionary forces to return from ov erseas are expected to arrive in New York about the end of the present week. General March, chief of staff, an nounced that 3 82 officers and 6, 614 men of the air service and other detachments training in England now are homeward bound on the TVlin nekahda, Lapland and Orca. British liners. This announcement means that the movement of the American troops now in England, the majority of whom are in air service detachments will continue steadily until all of them, some 20,00 have returned. There are no regiments or other un its of line troops in Great Britain. The first movement of the larger un its, such as brigades and divisions will come from French ports. CONVALESCENTS TO BE . ASSEMBLED AT 27 CAMPS EMPLOYMENT AGENTS TO BE IN ALL ARMY CAMPS Washington, Nov. 26. Represen tatives of the United States employ ment service are to be stationed in all army camps in this country to as sist discharged-soldiers in obtaining suitable civilian employment. State directors ,of -the employment service were notified to send competent rep resentatives immediately to the army camps within their jurisdiction. "WATCH ON , THE RHINE" Who, a couple of years ago, could have believed that some of our Gran ville county boys would spend this Christmas at guard duty on the banks of the historic Rhine, now the frontier of freedom! The river Rhine, it is well known, Doth wash the city of Cologne. OVATION FOR WILSON. Nothing of the King Will Equal It In the History of the World. The London and Paris papers state that President Wilson will receive the greatest reception ever given by any guest. "No emperor or king," says the London News, "ever receiv ed such a welcome' as awaits Wil son, the savior of the world." BIG SUPPLIES HELD ON HAND FOR ARMY Washington, Nov. Soldiers who nave been incapacitated in oevrseas service and who are convalescent in this country, will be assembled at 27 camps for organization into conval escent detachments. General orders issued by the war department pro vide for the formation of these de tachments and the abandonment of the praetice of transferring convales cent men from overseas to develop ment battalions. THK ADVENT CALL IN ST. STEPHEN'S CHURCH These special services begin on Sunday, and continue throughout the week, including the following Sun day. Holy Eucharist daily at 9 a. m. and Evening Prayer daily at 4 o -clock. All are cordially invited and will be welcome. It is hoped that the evening service will be specially "rteresting. During the morning service of next Sunday the Messen gers will be specially commissioned. Demobilization of the military forces will leave in possession of the government enormous stores of cloth ing. The amount of clothing on hand on November 1, ten days before hostilities ceased, is shown in a sum mary made public by a report of Brigadier-General Robert E. Wood, acting quartermaster-general. Includ ed in the list were, in round num bers Five million cotton coats, 6, 000,000 woolen coats, 4,000,000 ov ercoats and 9,000,000 flannel shirts. AMERICANS GOING TO KIEL WITH BRITISH SQUADRON London, Nov. 28. The r British squadron which will go to Kiel and Wilhelmsshaven this week, it is un derstood in naval circles, will be commanded by Vice Admiral Monta gue Browning, who will be accom panied by American, French and Ital ian admirals. The purpose of the journey is to see that German vessels in those ports are properly disarm ed The squadron, it is reported, wiil comprise one battleship and a flotilla of destroyers. WTTTTH WAR LOAN TO 1 111 H " BE ASKED IN APRIL The Loyal Thirtieth. Washington, Nov. 27. --News from France state that the- Twenty-seventh and Thirtieth divisions, which have been fighting with1 the British Fourth army, have been Withdrawn with only approximately J12,500 - offi cers and men in each, does not mean that these organizations iiave been reduced to less than half of their normal strength in the severe fight ing on the British front2 before the signing of the armistice, r The Twenty-seventh division is the New York National guard division commanded by Mapor General John F. O'Ryan, the only National guard officer to have served through the war with that high rank. The Thirtieth division was com posed of the North Carolina,, South Carolina and Tennessee National guard. Saw Heavy Actions. Both these organizations "saw heavy actions with the British and were highly commended by British officers for their desperate fighting when Marshal Haig's armies were smash ing the Hindenburg line in northern France. Their losses undoubtedly have been heavy, but it is not re garded as probable that half their original strength figured on' the cas ualty lists. r: "! ....... ' : .. . . '. . With a few districts in the county still unreported, the total amount in cash and pledges secured amounts to $12,027.95, from the following sour ces: Gen. town canvass (wh.) .$ 3,643.25 jen. town canvass (col. . . ' Corporations Factory employes (wh) ... Factory employes (col.) . . Oxford college students .. ' Mary Potter school students Victory boys and girls clubs County subscription to" date 3,600.47 Tobacco donations from Co. 1,660.42 Total . . $12,027.95 Owing to several school districts m the county not having yet complet ed their canvass, returns in full from the county are not yet in, but 136.91 865.00 812.35 429.45 425.10 312.00 143.00 IMPORTANT ARREST IS MADE ON TRAIN wllP'be published in detail a little later. R. H. LEWIS, County Chm'n. NO CENSORSHIP OF PEACE CONFERENCE President and Party Will Leave For England Some Time Next Week Washington, Nov. 27. President Wilson will sail for Europe next week to attend the opening of the peace conference and he expects to be back in Washington soon after the middle of January. No Date Made Public Yet. There has been no indication when the peace conference will assemble but the general belief here is that it will convene immediately after the Christmas holidays. The Praesident goes in advance to confer with the entente statesmen, and it is expected that the broad outline of the treaty will be framed beforehand with a view to its adoption soon after the conference meets. No Censorship of Repotrs. Reports of .censorship of the news of the peace conference were met to day with the statement that not on ly would there be no censorhip, but that the American newspaper corre spondents would be given all facili ties possible for transmitting their dispatches. John Poythress and Percy Conn, Henderson Men, Captured With Whiskey. (News and Observer.) What Federal authorities regard as the most important capture of whis key and alleged whiskey carriers ev er perfected in this section of the State was affected early yesterday morning on a Seaboard Air Line train near Norlina when John Poy thress and Percy Conn, of Hender son, were arrested when they found in possession of five suitcases of bot tled whiskey about 75 quarts the prisoners were brought to Raleigh' by Federal officers and December 9 has been set as the date of their heai ing before Commissioner Batchelor. Poythress furnished $1,000 bond but Conn was still in jail. Poythress, who has figured in Fed eral and State courts several times is one of the oldest and wisest al leged whiskey transporters who has ever brought whiskey into the State according to revenue officers. For several months, -it is said, he has re peatedly transported whiskey from Baltimore into the State in open de fiance of Federal and State officers and has always laid his plans careful ly enough to evade arrest. Upon one occsion, stated one revenue officer yesterday, he backed four Virginia officers off a train at Richmond by using a knife to good advantage and then succeeded ni escaping and sav ing his whiskey. Poythress is also pardon, it is said. He was saved pardon, t is 'said. He was saved from a road sentence by Governor Bickett upon condition that he leave the State, when he was convicted in the Durham court of- whiskey charges. NEW GERMAN GOVERNMENT ESTABLISHED BY AGRREMENT WILSON TO OCCUPY THE MURAT MANSION AT . PARIS Prince and Princess Murat Have Placed Their House at Disposal" of Government. (Paris Secial.) Prince and Princess Joachin Mu- British Will Bring 400,000. New York, Nov. 27. Although the British government may be Compell ed r iica virtnollw nil Uo a rvt i 1 o Vi1 a i transports for the return of its own I rat at " e?e.st ?f the government colonial troops arrangements for the j ave placed their town bouse, at , 28 early transportation home of appro- futJ "f," ? y ura irimnflrr A l 1 IIIUI Amur oin trnnna rn -" x i vuv" j.x x .iYillleXLvxj' 1 v V , V V V xxxaiivaxi i,xwj British ships have been affected it was learned tonight in authorative British quarters.. This includes 12, 000 who have been training in Eng land and who have already embark ed for home on British transports. BREEZY TIMES AHEAD OF US Washington Morning Papers Will Reach Oxford Before Breakfast What will become of the vast fleets of airships when the war hosts are disbanded and the boys come home. Don't you reckon that with so many thousands of the machines on hand, and so many trained avia tors, the government will establish air mail routes all over the country, even as thev are already establish ed between New York and Chicago and Philadelphia and other points north and west. We should hope to see some of the birds come this way, and help us out with the problem of bad roads. Imagine aerodromes at Oxford, Clarksville, Henderson, Ra leigh and Durham, with the Wash- ington, Richmond ana Kaieign, nai- to receive President Wilson during his stay in Paris. The President will find in the man sion various souvenirs of President Washington, whose niece married Prince Achille Murat. The house, which was noted before the war for the splendid receptions held there, has a large garden. Prince Murat is a son of Prince Joachin, who was born at Borden town,N. J, in 1834, and is a de scendant of Caroline Bonaparte, iss ter of the great Napoleon. BAPTIST CONVENTION POSTPONED BY EPIDEMIC Influenza Conditions in Greensboro Given as Reason for Calling Off Gathering. At a meeting-of representatives of the several Baptist churches of Greensboro, it was decided that it would be unwise to hold the meeting of the Baptist State Convention, sche duled for the third of December. This decision was based upon ,the present conditions growing out of the influ- An agreement has been reached between the German Soldiers and Workmen's Council and the Govern ment,, at is officially announced in Berlin. The agreements provides: . 1.- All political power to be in the hands of the German Socialists Republic and the Soldiers and Work men's Council. , .... . ;. . , - 2 :Their ai nris to def encT and- de-: velop what has been achievd by the revolution and to suppress all counter-revolutionary activity. 3. Pending the election of repre sentatives of the Soldiers and Work men's Councils to an executive coun cil of the German republic the exe cutive council in Berlin is to exer cise its functions. 4. The appointment and dismis sal of all members of the , various legislative bodies of the republic, and until the final constitution is estab lished of Prussia are to be made by the Central Executive Council, which also has the right of control. 5. Before the cabinet appoints assistant ministers the executive council must be consulted. 6. A convention of deputies drawn from the Soldiers and Workmen's Council is to be summoned as soon as possible. HOW PRICES OF FOOD SOARED DURING YEAR enza epidemic. lotte and Greensboro papers, like the postponed meeting will be held. nin oinrKr v a tinnlr line railways Treasury Calls Fo $600,000,000 Certificates of Indebtedness Payable May 6, 1919. Washington, Nov. 28 prepara tion for the fifth war loan, the Treas ,irv announced the issuance of $600, JK.S00or -ore of certificates of in debtedness payable My .6, .1919, and Xavinfr 4 1-4 per cent interest, ine maturing date of the issue indicates that the fifth loan will be floated m April. ... ; p'eople along the trunk line railways get their papers, only much quicker. And then think of getting aboard the winged creature for a ride to Raleigh or Greensboro in twenty minutes, with no more danger than to go in a car in two or three hours. These things seem impossible; but they are coming, brethren, and the time ain't far off. NEW BOOKS AT THE OXFORD LD3RARY AN ODD CUSTOM Land Gene A Daughter of the Stratton Porter. ' Every Man's Land C. N. and A. M. Williams. A Minstrell In France Harry Lauder. . Tarzan of the Apes Edgar Rice Burroughs. : The Return of Tarzan Edgar T? ino "Rnrrnnsrhs. ' The Beasts of Tarzan Edgar Rice , tered with tobacco juice and profan- That of Blocking the Street WTith Second-Hand Articles. When the people in the good old town of Oxford want to sell a lot of second-hand articles they cart them to the front door of the court house and dump them on the sidewalk and street. We - suppose that they pro cure permission from some one, but nevertheless it is an odd custom and should not prevail. It is all right to sell land in front of the court house door, but to block the side walk and street with second-hand ar ticles is a different proposition. Quite a. crowd gathered at one of the sales the other day and blocked traffic for a few minutes, and a lady, attempting to elbow her way through the crowd, found herself in unpleas ant Quarters. Her dress was bespat- Burroughs. THANKSGIVING AND PRAISE. in Ox- The Day Was Very Quiet ford. It rained all day Thursday and as a general thing the people remained at home. The public celebration that was scheduled to come off in front of the postoffice was postponed. ity smote her ears. Why not have these sales in front of the May6r's office or in some va cant lot or store? , Horses and Mules. The farmers will do well to see the car load of horses and mules received by Lyon-Winston Company this week the announcement of which appears elsewhere in this paper. Government Report Shows An Aver age Increase of 16 Per Cent. An average increase of 16 per cent in the cost of 22 basic food commo dities throughout the United States during the year ending with Septem ber was shown in figures made pub lic by the Labor Department's bu reau of statistics. The figures are based on price quotations received monthly from more than 2,000 re tcLil stores. Baltimore led all cities of the coun try with an increase of 23 per cent while Salt Lake City showed the low est increase, ten per cent. Other points showing a high increase were Seattle, Wash., 23 per cent; Scran ton, Pa., 21.3 per cent; San Francis co, 20.6 per cent; Richmond, Va., 20.6 per cent; Charleston, S. C., 20.3 per cent; Portland, Ore., 20 per cent; Atlanta, Ga., 19.9 per cent; Los Angeles, 19.5 per cent; Wash ington, D. C, 19.4 per cent and Mem phis, Tenn., 19.1 per cent. GETTING EXPERIEN CE. Will Come to Granville to Get His Wife;- ' A sailor friend of the Public Led ger, who is now an "old salt," re ports progress as follows: - "I got sick and tired on that ship for two months, 1 month in the North River and another in dry-dock it was -disgusting for I did not get a bit ahead, what I want is some ex-, perience on my license, so that I will be able to get my chief Mate's ticket, well I am going to get all the expe rience I want, for this Is a rour mast ed sailing vessel, I guess, we will be away for about four months and when I get back I intend to get mar ried to a little. Granville county girl." 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