yQlJjME XXXIII.
PRESIDED WOULD HAVE
ALL JOIN THE RED CROSS
Tn i Proclamation Asks All to Enroll
I)urinr Christmas Roll Call Week
and Help In Work Ahead.
The proclamation issued by Presi
dent Wilson on the eve of his depar
ture for France, calling on everyone
to jo" the American Red Cross
Christmas roll call week, December
16-23, follows:
The White House
"Washington, Nov. 26, 1918.
To the American People:
-One year ago 22,000,000 Ameri
cans, by enrolling as members of the
Red Cross at Christmas time, sent to
the men who were fighting out bat
tles overseas a stimulating message
of cheer and good will. They made
it clear T.IlUl uui jjcuyic wcie ui men
own
free
choice united with their I
government in the determination not
only to wage war with the instru
ments of destruction, but also by
every means in their power to re
pair the ravages of the invader and
sustain and renew the spirit of the
army and of the homes which they
represented. The friends of the
American Red Cross in Italy, Bel
gium and France have told, and will
tell again, the story of how the Red
Cross workers restored morale in the
hospitals, in the camps, and at the
cantonments, and we ought to be
very proud that we have been per
mitted to be of service to those whose
suffering and whose glory are the
heritage of humanity.
"Now, by God's, grace, the Red
Cross Christmas message of 1918 is
to be a message of peace as well as
a message of good will. But peace
does not mean that we can fold our!
hands. It means further sacrifice.
Our membership must hold together
and be increased for the great tasks
to come. We must prove conclusively
to an attentive work that America is
permanently aroused to the needs of
the new era, our old indifference gone
forever.
"The exact nature of the future
service of the Red Cross will depend
upon the program of the associated
governments, but there is immediate
need today for every heartening
word and for every helpful service.
We must not forget that our soldiers i
and our sailors are still under orders
?nd still have duties to perform of
the highest consequence, and that
the Red Cross Christmas member
ship means a great deal to them. The
people of the saddened lands, more-
over returning home today where i
they have no home must have the as
surance that the hearts of our peo
ple are with them in the dark and
doubtful days ahead. Let us, so far
as we can, help them back to faith
in mercy and in future happiness.
"xVs president of the Red Cross,
conscious in this great hour of value
of such a message from the Ameri
can people, I should be glad if every
American would join the Red Cross
for 1919. and thus send forth to the
whole human family the Christmas
greeting for which it waits and for
which it stands in greatest need.
(Signed) "WOODROW WILSON."
SIXTH GRADE OF OXFORD
SCHOOL DOING THINGS
Editor Public Ledger:
I wish to introduce you to the
sixth grade of Oxford school. I am
writing to tell you of the relief work
done by our grade. We have raised
$36.50 for an orphan in -France.
That Tvill take care of an orphan for
a year. We are pleased to know that
our grade is saving a human life
from starvation; $24.50 has been
raised for the Victory-Boys and Vic
tory Girls campaign. We are all
members of the Junior Red Cross;
$13.50 has been raised by the chil
dren for the Junior Red Cross mem
bership fee for 1919. The money
that has been given has been earned
mostly by the children. We sent 18
jars of jelly to the soldiers. We have
fifty squares knitted for an ambu
lance robe. We are heloing.to knit
a robe to send to one of the hospi
tals in the United States. Both boys
and girls took part in knitting the
robe. We are willing to helo when
ever we are called upon. In addi
tion to the relief work that the
Sixth Grade has done we have bought
oo pencil sharpener and have
$4.50 on hand to buy a football for
our school boys.
A Sixth Grade girl,
MARY GRACE LYON.
The Toy Shop.
The children have found out that
Santa Claus is at Rose's five and ten
tf-'it store, and older ones, too, would
ho interested in a visit. See. an
nouncement elsewhere in this paper.
Reduction In Prices. '
On the third page of, this paper it
v-ill be seen that Lyon-Winston Com
pany announce a reduction, on the
fl'ipded things before taking the an
nual inventory. , -
On the fourth page of this paper
Parkinson-Green Co., announce one
fourth off on ladies cloaksfi coat
suits and dresses.
PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY-TOWN AND
OXFORD
WOMA'C PTTTU c
. vuuu uaUKD t
ISSUES NEAT BROCHURE
Outline the Activities of the Club for
the Ensuing Year. w
We find much pleasure in scanning
the neat brochure issued by the Wo
man s Club of Oxford, which we find
on our desk.
The Club,
ine Club embraces seven distinot
departments as follows: U) MusTc
4 CmcETlmCS' (3) Health.
r r 5 Llterature and Library
(b) Garden and Forestry (7) S"
C1Thpei7iCei (King's DhterV.)80'
tK f Je?ular business meeting of
oLlt Wednesday
2, eacn month in the Oxford Lib
There arp me murary.
membeXwp n the ro11 (
Officers of the Club.
President Mrs J. D. Brooks- fiust
vice president Mrs. H. G Cooper
Second Vice President, Mrs. J G.
Hall; Secretary Miss Mary Webb
Treasurer Mrs. J n t.
ditor-
-Mrs. W. J. LntiP
v .A. mm n. I I I UIIm
Program Committee.
Mrs.
White.
S.
H. Cannady, Mrs.
Kate
Standing Committees.
Ways and Means Mrs. H. G
Coop-
C1- XYiXS- JM-. anaw, Mrs. C. D. Rav
Publicity Mrs. D. A. Coble, Mrs.
D. G. Brummitt.
Cemetery Mrs. W. B. Ballou,NMrs
B. K. Lassiter, Mrs. W. D. Bryan
Reciprocity Mrs. John Webb
Mrs. T. L. Booth, Mrs. N. H. Canna
dy. ,
Parliamentary Laws Mrs. de la
Croix, Mrs. H. O. Furman, Mrs. Cogg
eshall.
Membership Committee Miss Belle
Cooper, Mrs. W. T. Lee, Miss Bemis,
Mrs. M. P. Chamblee, Mrs. Josiah
Cannady, Mrs. Ira Howard, Mrs.
Sails.
Chrysanthemum Show Mrs. J. F.
Veasey, Mrs. John Gooch, Mrs. D. G.
Brummitt, Mrs. Kerr Taylor.
Music Department.
Mrs. A. A. Hicks, chairman; Mrs.
H. M. Shaw, vice-chairman; Mrs. S.
H. Cannady, secretary and treasurer;
Miss Mary Webb, pianist. Time of
meeting last Wednesday in each
month.
Department of . Home Economics.
Mrs. Armstead L. Capehart, chair
man; Mrs. Mary Cooper Evins, vice
chairman; Mrs. W. B. Ballou, secre-
tary. Several distinguished ladies
will visit uxrora during tne year
and address the department on im
portant subjects.
Department of Health.
Mrs. C. Emmett-Brown, chairman
Mrs. E. T. White, vice-chairman;
Mrs. Mary Cooper Evins, secretary
and treasurer. We notice that Dr.
Hubert Royster, of Raleigh, is mail
ed to address the department on
"What We Should Know About
Cancer."
Garden and Forestry.
Mrs. A. H. Powell, chairman; Mrs.
W. D. Bryan, vice-chairman; Mrs. J.
F. Veasey, secretary and treasurer.
Literature and Library Extension.
Miss Helen White,-, chaiman ; Mrs.
John Webb, Vice-chairman; Mrs. C.
D. Ray, secretary and treasurer; Mrs
Annie Llewellyn, librarian; Miss Isa
bel Parham, reporter.
The Literature and Library Exten-.
sion Department offers -a prize for
the best original short story and best
original verse, written by any Oxford
woman or girl by March 15, 1919.
Doing Good Work.
The Club met last Wednesday and
Mrs. Brooks, the new chairman, tele
graphed to Food Administrator Hen
ry A. Page that the club was pledged
to the conservation of food.
PUBLIC MEETINGS CALLED OFF
In View of the Influenza Situation
Every Precaution Must Be
Taken.
The public meetings for the Red
Cross on Friday night at the Court
House, and Sunday night at the
Baptist church, have been called oft.
The executive committee did not feel
equal to the responsibility of calling
a meeting in view of the influenza
that still prevails. Every precaution
must be taken.
Itis necessary for every one to
work harder than ever to see that
Granville has a good report when
the Roll Call is over.
ARMY OFFICERS DESIRING
MAY BE DISCHARGED SOON
Discharge from the army as soon
as practicable of officers who hav
signified their desire to leave the ser
vile, has been authorized by the war
ynnrtment. Vacancies . caused by
such separations will be filled tern-,
porarily by officers who want to hold
their positions permanently or by
title who have asked for commis
sions in the reserves.
Mr Jack G. Currin and bride have
returned from their honeymoon and
are making their home for the pres
ent with Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Hunt on
Front street. -
CO
iTER BRILLIANT
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OXFORD TOBACCO MARKET.
WilSr For Holidays.
iTctcmuer zsu to Open
January 6.
The Oxford Tobacco Board of
Trade at a meeting held this
week decided to close the mar
ket for the holiday sosou at the
end of sales on Friday, Decem
ber 20, and to open the market
on Monday morning, January
Gth.
PRICES FOR TOBACCO CON
TINUES TO GO UP
Seven Million Pounds Sold on the
Oxford Market This Season At
An Average of More Than
$40.50.
Reports on the sale of tobacco show
that the average price for the weed
continues to advance. - At the close
of sales last Thursday figures show
that seven million pounds for the
season had been sold at an average
of $40.50. This -is said to be the
highest average ever reached on any
market in the State.
Welt informed tobacco men esti
mate that the four warehouses in Ox
ford will sell more than, ten million
pounds this season. The prices have
advanced so rapidly in the last few
days it is thought that the. general
average of all sold on the Oxford
market will be in the neighborhood
of $43 per hundred.
JUST LIKE GETTING
MONEY FROM HOME
Mr. Wes Brummitt Palced a Load of
Tobacco on Warehouse Floor
and Forgot It.
Our old friend Wes Brummitt is
getting rich and don't 'know it. He
brought in another small load of to
bacco last Tuesday and placed it up
on the floor at the new Mangum
warehouse.
After the sales were over Mr.
Mangum looked Mr. Brummitt up
and handed him a check for $521.46.
"What's that for?" asked Mr.
Brummitt.
"For that handfull of tobacco you
placed on the floor this morning-,"
"Upon my word, I had forgotten
all about, it," said the old gray fox
of Bell Town. ? - v '
LOCAL MEN RETURNING
HOME FROM THE CAMPS
Nearly Every Day Some One, Who
Has Been Missed, Returns
Back in Town.
Nearly every day some young
Granvillian, who has been missed for
the last few weeks or months, re
ports back in town, and in civilian
garb, demonstrating that the boys
are slowly but surely returning home
They're discharging men at the rate
of several thousand a day or a thous
and a day at Camp Greene. It is pre
maTe a P actlcalTy aU other camp! j
L ,r Q rtranviiiA man
being !
in the country, and a Granville man
can.be found at about every. camp
in the land.
While the government permits
these young men to wear the uni
forms for some weeks after return
ing, it is noticeable that those who
have gone and have returned jump
into their "cits" soon after getting
home.
"Ah, it feels s good to be back
in a. suit of clothes that doesn't -feel
so tight, and which permits you to
feel freer and that you aren't under
such stringent regulations and for
malities," said one by way of expla
nation. '
Thos& interviewed during the past
few days contend that they hated to
leave camo, that they liked the
"good old army," but "it's mighty
good to be back home and in these
"cits".
While those who have received
their discharges and have returned
home thus far are men that were
stationed in camps in this country,
press dispatches, tell of contingents
landing at ports over here, having
returned from England and France.
This brings the belief to many that
Granville boys who served a time
'across the seas will be back home
pretty soon. , , . . A
Letters received by friends m Ox
ford from soldiers tell that they an
ticipate being discharged soon.
live" and learn.
A few daysr ago the editor of the
Public Ledger took a short side trip,
and great was our
j
see rearrangements of the order of
the passenger coaches on through
trains. The pullmans are carried
next to the engine with day coaches
followed by the "jim crow" car and
baggage and express cars. This re
versed order has become a law with
through trains, being adopted as a
safety measure that the steel cars
may be next to the engine. It has
been-observed, in railway wrecks that
steel cars in the rear of .the .tram
Lhave caught and crushed, ngnter
coaches next the engine, caucus
great loss of life and property. The
carrying of the heavy steel cars next
the engine is deemed safer.
OPPORTUNITIES ALL HOME
n--w-n-r-k -
SERGT. WINFIELD TAYLOR
KILLED IN ACTION JUNE 14
War Department Notifies Family of
His Glorious Death.
After six months the devoted fam
ily of Sergt. Winfield Taylor has an
xiously awaited tidings from their
loved one, hoping almost against
hope having searched every means of
hearing from him until the govern
ment has sent their final word and
they must bow with submission to
the sad tidings "Missing in action on
June 14th." The whole community
joins with the family in their sorrow
for the brave young soldier just 25
years of age. Winfield Taylor was an
exceptionally fine young man. Duty
was the guide of his life and nobly
he lived in all the walks of his young
life. Devotedly fond of his home
and his loved ones his home life was
ideal. He was especially strong in
his Christian character. A member
of the choir and Sunday school of
St. Stephen's church it was his en
deavor to use his talents in the in
terest of his church. It was through
his earnest endeavor that the Bro
therhod of -St. Andrew was nobly
sustained. Following the sacred be
hests of duty he enlisted in the Ma
rine Corps and on the shell-torn
fields of France he made the supreme
sacrifice, doing his part in winning
for the world the victory of peace.
He will ever be the object of our
undying gratitude and the glorious
recompense that he has not died in
vain. He. won for himself an eternal
habitation in the realm of the Most
High. J. B.
CARD FROM MR. POWELL.
To the People of Granville County:
The week of December 16-23 is
Red Cross Christmas Roll CallWeek
and I personally appeal to the peo
ple of Granville county to respond
to the invitation to become mem
bers of the American Red Cross for
the year . 1919 willingly, gratefully,
and enthusiastically. The chairman
of the Red Cross Christmas Roll Call
for the Granville County Chapter,
Mr. James W. Horner, and his assis
tants have endeavored to perfect
plans whereby every man, woman,
and child in the county will receive
a personal invitation to join the' Red
Cross for the year 1919, but if for
any reason you. do not receive a call
from a Roll Call solicitor we hope
that you will look up either a solici
ter or some officer of a Red Cross
branch or auxiliary and hand in
$1.00 for a membership. We want
10,000 Red Cross members in Gran
ville county. Our Chapter is proud
of its record and we are anxious to
stand at the head of the column of
membership reported for the year
1919. As a tribute to the many loy
al and patriotic women in Granville
county, who have so patiently given
generously of their time to Red cross
worlc f or the past eighteen months
won't you encourage them by join-
ins the Red Cross for the year 1919?
The people of the county have a
right to feel proud of the record
made by the Granville County Chap
ter and as they have so generously
supported it in the past we feel con
fident that they will welcome this
great opportunity to again pledge
their support to this great agency of
mercy. "
Yours for the Red Cross Christ
mas Roll Call,
A. H. POWELL,
Chapter Chairman.
AMERICAN SOLDIERS IN
GERMAN PRISON CAMPS
( Washington Special. )
A list of Americans ; in German
prison camps, announced December
5th, includes Lieutenant Wm. S.
Cousin, Lake Charles, La., who is lo
cated at Camp Karlsruhe, and" the
following enlisted men:
At camp unknown: Wm. J. Hutch
ison, Gladys, Ark.; Allen Aultman,
Sumrall, Mis"s.; Oscar Cooper, Bush,
La.; Lee F. Rash,vR. F. D., Olin, N.
C; Phillip Krouse, Memphis. Tenn.;
Charles N. Coble, Midway, Tenn.
At Limburg: Vernon M. Harbison,
Knoxville, Tenn.; Claude C. Wilson..
Rockv Point, N. C.
Reported wounded at unknown
camp: Eugene E. Moser, R. F. D. 3,
Tobaccoville, N. C.
OVERLOADED WITH STAMPS
I received at my own request
$4,000.00, worth of War Savings
stamps, and of this amount I now
have on hand $1,500.00 worth and
I have only today and tomorrow in
which" to dispose of them. I would
regret exceedingly to be compelled
to return them unsold. To do so
would be a reflection on the county
and wound my pride. I will appre
ciate it if those who made pledges
and. those who did not, will help me
dispose of these stamps. .
M. W. HUNTER.
Extra Specials.
On the seventh page of this paper
it will be seen that Victor Kaplon
announces extra special, sale for
Christmas. , '
PRINT.
NUMBER 99
LE US START SOMETHING
IN THE GOOD OLD TOWN
The Proposed Memorial Hospital Is
the Next hing On Docket.
France and Belgium were "bled
white," but by spme hook or crook
they are rebuilding the devastated
territory. Last week a French syn
dicate bought thirteen thousand
woden buildings at Hopewell, Va.
The lumber in these buildings will
be shipped to Belgium and northern
France and converted into comfort
able homes. They want to buy all
the cantonment buildings in this
country and erect them in the devas
tated regions of France and Belgium.
If a country that was "bled white"
can do things, why can not the peo
ple of Oxford build a memorial hos
pital? Some one has said that it would
not be a paying institution. Never
mind about that. Listen : When our
neighboring city want a thing they
go after it with both feet. The Hen
derson Daily Dispatch contained this
brief announcement last Tuesday:
"Because of the lack of facilities
and the ever-growing demands made
upon it by the people of this city
and county and adjacent territory,
Sarah Elizabeth hospital is to be en
larged in the immediate future. This
was determined by the stockholders
of the institution, who at their an
nual meeting Monday evening voted
to launch at once a campaign for
$75,000 additional stock for . the
erection of a new building and the
installation of a greater equipment.
Reports of those in charge showed
the hospital has been self-supporting
during the past year. It' has re
ceived more than five hundred pati
ents since December 10, .1917, and
could have cared for as many more
if it had the room. There was some
discussion of the suggestion that has
been made that the hospital be great
ly enlarged and made into a perma
nent memorial to the honor of the
men from Vance county who gave
their lives in the war."'
The Public Ledger has already se
cured about $25,000 in pledges for
the proposed memorial hospital. Sev
eral men from various parts of the
county tell us that they can secure
$5,000 or $10,000 in their commun
ity. It is proposed that all who are in
terested ; in - the proposed memorial
hospital to the memory of our sol
diers, hold a meeting early in Jan
uary and map out the word.
An architect should be procured
at once and the "blue print" placed
upon exhibition. Then you will see
the money roll in.
SHORT OF PENNIES.
s
Using Potage Stamps To Make
Change.
A local ticket agent in making
change gae a man a five-dollar bill,
a one dollar bill, twenty-five cents
and a one-cent postage stamp. Un
able to secure pennies, he kept a
bunch of postage stamps at hand to
use instead.
He said that pennies and other
money of small denominations were
scarce. He said, "We're living in a
day of big money. There is such a
litle demand for small pieces of mon
ey that only big money is circulating
extensively. As for pennies, there is
hardly anything you can buy with a
penny. Here at the ticket window,
payment for fares does not always
run in round figures and we need
small change. The folks that come
to buy tickets generally produce
large bills. They aren't dealing in
small money. They don't have small
money. We are forced to use post
age stamps instead."
LOOKING FOR LACKEY HEIR.
Three Brothers Died of Influenza At
Hamlet.
(Charlotte Observer.)
It will be recalled that three
Lackey brothers E. A., O. E. and
Fred Lackey natives of Alexander
county, died recently of influenza at
their homes in Hamlet. They were
prominent business men of Hamlet.
E. A. Lackey left an estate valued at
more than a million dollars, it is
said. Half the estate was left to his
wife, the balance to near relatives.
W. R. Lackey, a cousin of E. A.
who lived in Kansas City, Mo., was
one of the heirs, his share being esti
mated at $72,000. About three weeks
ago W. R. Lackey left his horn at
Kansas City and has not been heard
from since.
GOLDSBORO ENTERTAINS N. C.
METHODIST CONFERENCE
; " . (Goldsboro Argus.)
The North Carolina Methodist E
piscopal Conference opened at St.
Paul Methodist church Wednesday
morning at .11 o'clockT when the an
nual sermon was preached by Dr. ; T.
N. Ivey, of Nashville, Tenn.
The annual meeting of the histor
ical society, was opened Tuesday
night with a splendid address by Dr.
R. H. Willis, of Oxford. W :
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