P. AGE 2
OXFORD PUBLIC LEDGER, TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1919.
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COL. COX'S FIEUD ARTILIiERY
IN THE ARGONNE FIGHT
The following from Rocky Mount
theless, our infantry went forward
and captued Montfaucon, North
ast of Verdun, which was a town on
top of the Argonne hills. I was with
in the Greensboro News will prove the firgt battalion 0. artillery, and
Thad G. Stem and Lt. B. S. Royster,
Jr., and quite a sprinkling of Gran
ville county boys are members
this crack organization:
Col. Albert L. Cox's regiment.
North Carolina field artillery, played
we were almost with the infantry
in the front lines. The Germans
of fought-stubbornly thereafter, and
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i xxtuu. us up ior several aays, we Hav
ing little protection from their in-
its part in the elimination of the f a- cessant gunfire."
mous St. Mihiel salient on Septem-j The sergeant says they stayed in
ber 12-13, which task was perform-; that sector for several days, and
ed by the Americans in the record- ' were en moyed tQ another part of
breaking time of 27 hours. - , j-u A .A.
r,- , j inn the Verdun front. At the time of
ills was uisuuacu 111 x&i.t.'&x
ceived here from a Rocky Mount sol- the signing of the armistice they
dier. Sergeant Robt. H. Edwards, were still there, and expected to be
who is a member of the regiment of sent home soon.
field artillery.. Young Edwards gives ; ' ' . .
a brief history of the regiment from J AX APPRECIATION.
the time it landed at Liverpool, Eng. j T T - "
land in June last, until the signing Whereas, We the Board of County
of the armistice. The sergeant .en-; Commissioners, do recognize in Mrs.
listed early last spring, receiving.-""" v. uiicuwi, uiuvmo vuuu-
his training at Camp Sevier.
The 113 th arrived at Liverpool on
ty's very efficient Home Demonstra
tor, a valuable worker, who has ac-
June 7, and proceeded to Winches-! complished splendid . results along
ter for brief training. From there' her line, through the interest and en
to Southampton, and across the Eng-j thusiasm manifested in all depart-
lish channel on the British transport S ments of her work.
Prince George, arriving at the portj And, we do appreciate the fact
of Havre. From Havre the regiment I that wherever she has given demcn
entrained for Camp Coetuldan, near ' strations of cooking 4n the home, and
Rennes, France, to receive final j wherever Community Clubs have
training before going to the front, been organized by her, with a view
The barracks at this camp were once of imparting modern and easer meth
ui hv Npnnlenn and his fighters, ods in the art of canning, preserving,
Although a xentury old, says the ser- drying etc, that she has developed
geant, there had been modern im- mucn laienc, ana sumuiauju u utBt
provements, including the installa- for domestic efficiency among girls
tion of electric lights and other con- j and young women, that will be far
vfniPTicp? reacnmg m its good results
ttio r-ocrimnt ift the camo the And, we do value this the spirit
inttPr nart of August, and after a of leader-ship displayed by her in
trip of two days and nights arrived ' the time of the influenza emergency
at Toul, on the extreme eastern up uiyua,ua,6c, "cu cue vi6
of thP WPftprn front. It was at! ed a chore of helpers from volunteer
Toul that the Americans first locked ! men, women and girls of. the com
Tmms with the Germans. j munity, who under , her active man
"That night a raid was made on ; agemnet, cooked and served the
' meals, dailv ( including: a menu for
onr m,nS in action for the first those who were sick) for a period of
time. We went into our first dug-; two weeks, when all the helpers of
;i0o from T.Tinnin- the institution were' themselves ill
UUlO BUlllC 1C TV lUllV,iJ lii .u.-.--- ,
Toul. and began preparing for the: with the dread disease.
next effort, the St. Mihiel offensive, j Therefore, Be it Resolved, First,
"On the morning of September 12 i That we de pledge to continue our
at four minutes to 1 o'clock, the first individual and official support and
gun' fired, and the great drive was j sympathy in this work, in all its
on. Although the night was inky ; phases, which she has again under-
dark, and a drizzling rain was fall- j taken for another year,
ing, the skies were soon alighted by ; Second, That we present for pub
the' flashes -of the guns. The noise lication in our town paper this ex
of the bombardment was terrific. I pression of appreciation, with the
Thousands of pieces of artillery of ' feeling of assurance that others as
all callibres were firing at one time, f well as ourselves will be glad to rec
Our own 75's were singing lustily, i ognize the good-work of our esteem
and so were the 105's directly be-;ed townswoman.
hind us, and so on until the heavier j Board of County Commissioners, by
railroad 16-ineh guns boomed de- j J- ENNIS DAVIS, Chm.
st.riiflt.1rm far in the rear. """"
"The break of day found us ad-j
o-nnflinp- nnrl thp fiprmans rnnnins: !
in fact, 'they showed splendid ability , land badly infested by prairie dogs
for speed.- However, despite their
swiftness we captured many of them
GIVE THE ROADS PLENTY
OF SUNSHINE AXD AIR
Commissioner Wyatt E. Cannady
Tells Us How It Should
Be Done. i
If you want good roads give them
sunshine and air; otherwise we can
not expect to have good roads in
winter. There are two conditional
points in road maintenance, namely:
(1) Drainage. (2) Sunshine and air,
free from obstruction.
I have known people to drive thru
mud holes axle deep, year in and
year out, rather than take the trou
ble to cut down a few small trees or
cut a small drainage ditch in front
of their own property.
You can readily understand why a
ISAAC HERNDON STEGALIi.
Honor to the gallant boys from all
the States who answered their coun
try's call and in one and , a half years
organized an army that met and ov
ercame the mighty German machine
that ad been fifty years in building
and was acclaimed the mightiest ex
ample of efficiency the world has ev
er seen, but when it camet in con
tact with true American grit it melt
ed away like a frost on an October
morning.
But while we - accord honor and
praise to the soldier of today, let us
not forget his forbears of 1861-
1865 whose manly traits were trans
motted to his sons. These thoughts
arose. Mr. Editor, when I heard of
Isaac
, -g
road should have sun and air. esDe
riniiv Hiirinp- mir Rhnrt winter rl a vs. the death of our townsman
Stop and consider how long it takes Henderson Stegall, who was one of
tne bravesi in tne legions, who ioi-
How One County Fought Rodents
More than 50,000 acres of farm
I, for one, do not see how so many
escaped death for our barrage was
perfect; hardly a foot of ground was
passed over without the explosion of
a shelL
"W spent that night at Noviant.
The next day (September 13) found
us going forward again. In the sec
ond day's drive we captured thous
ands of prisoners, the Huns being
taken by surprise and caught before
they could make their exit from the
enveloping jaws of the encircling
American line.
"In the St. Mihiel offensive we
were attached tor the 89 th infantry
division and a detachment of ma
rines." Sergeant Edwards says that on
the second day the regiment - was
designated corps artillery, and ta
ken out of the fight a few hours be
fore the junction of the American
lines was effected eliminating for
ever the salient that had for four
years been an aggravating kink in
the Verdun line.
The 113 th then began a cross
country march, and finally arrived
on the edge of the Argonne forest,
Northeast of Verdun. Here they
went immediately into the fray, al
though the men were tired out, and
the horses broken down after the
hard trip; there was no grumbling
however. The 113th's batteries were
soon spitting shells at the Huns.
"We went forward slowly now, as
every foot of ground was hotly con
tested by the Germans. After pass
ing through a small town we enter
ed the Argonne forest proper.
"I have seen pictures of woods
ruined by shells, but I had always
thought them exaggerated. Howev
er, I saw ;the gruesome picture of
devastation in reality. The woods
were nothing but thick undergrowth
the trees mostly limbless, and many
of .them shot to pieces. There were
holes in the ground where mines had
exploded large enough to hold a
company of infantry.
"The woods were filled with many
concjete machine gun emplacements
and the Huns had built numerous
machine gun platforms in the trees.
But despite these obstacles, and with
the aid of the artillery, the infantry
drove the Germans from the forest,
although the Americans lost heav
ily in the effort.
"After passing through the Ar
gonne woods the country became o
pen and hilly offering German ma
chine gunners and snipers . a good
chance to get a shot at us. Never-
Itc-j?s n pnnrlitinn tnsiT the miprfnnn
County (Colo.) Farm Bureau started
out to change With the cooperation
of all agencies it is estimated that
crops worth $38,085 were, saved dur
ing the 1918 season. From 85 to
97 per cent of the pests were killed
on the areas treated. Poisoned
grain was placed on 50,780 privately
owned acres by 300 cooperators at a
cost of $854.20, and 11,130 acres of
public lands were treated with pois
oned grain by individuals who killed
90 per cent of the dogs and saved
crop and range pasturage valued at
?2,782. A cooperative; field party
treated 27,225 acra of public lands
Using 9,040 quarts of poisoned grain
killing 95 per cent of the, dogs and
saving crop and range valued at $6,
806. ,
MOTHER! GIVE CHILD
"SYRUP OF FIGS" IF
TONGUE IS COATED
If cross, feverish, sick, bilious, clean
little liver and bowels.
Children love this "fruit laxative,"
and nothing else cleanses the tender
stomach liver and bowels so nicely.
A child simply will not stop play
ing to empty the bowels, and the re
sult is, they become tightly clogged
with waste, liver gets sluggish, stom
ach sours, then your little one be
comes cross, half-sick, feverish, don't
eat, sleep or eact naturally, breath
is bad, system full of cold, has sore
throat, stomach-ache or diarrhoea.
Listen, Mother! See if tongue is
coated, then give a teaspoonful . of
"California Syrup of Figs," and in
a few hours all the constipated waste
sour bile and undigested food passes
out of the system, and. you have a
well, playful child again.
Millions of mothers give "Califor
nia Syrup of Figs" because it is per
fectly harmless; children love it, and
it never fails to act on the stomach
liver and bowels.
Ask your, druggists for a bottle of
"California Syrup of Figs," which
has full directions for babies, chil
dren of all ages and for grown-ups
plainly printed on the bottle. Be
ware of counterfeits sold here. Get
the genuine, made by "California
Fig Syrup Company." Refuse any
other kind with contempt.
the sun to thaw frozen ground; there
fore, you must realize how necessary
it is to have the full force of the sun
set otherwise we will have continu
ous thaw and freeze without giving
the road a chance to dry out, which
condition necessity gives a bad road.
So lets mend our methods. Instead
of driving'through the same old mud
hole which has been there every win
ter for years, lets make an effort to
get tho undergrowth and trees cut
from the edges far enough back to
allow the road to get the full bene
fit of the sun during the entire dy.
This is one phase of road mainte
nance our commissioners seem to
have given little attention to in the
past. What we need is more individ
ual as well as community interests
in these matters. Every one should
call the attention of the commission
ers to such shaded places, and if you
succeed in getting them to give the
matter attention, well and good, but
should they fail to give the matter
proper 'attention get a few of your
neighbors together and remedy the
evil by doing the work yourselves.
Lack of community and individual
effort is largely responsible for many
bad places. If you know of a bad
place, don't simply report it to your
commissioner, but try to find out the
cause of the bad condition and in
sist on having it removed, which will
generally be found to be lack of
drainage or from being shaded.
W. E. CANNADY.
National league baseball players
will receive an unpleasant surprise
,with their 1919 contracts, as a re
sult of the magnates' action in adopt
ing a club salary limit of not more
than $11,000 a month. This is the
most radical financial ertrenchment
attempted by a major league in many
years and will prove a startling up
set to those diamond stars who may
have expected a continuation of the
high salaries and long time contracts
Under the new regulation, the max
imum monthly salary limit during
the playing season must not exceed
$11,000 plus the manager's salary.
This will make the seasonal payroll
foot up approximately $60,000 for a
playing period of about five and a
half months. With a club roster of
22 players, the average will be $500
a player for the month.
LIFT t)FF CORN!
lowed Lee and Jackson, the equals
or superiors of whom this mighty
world war has not produced.
Our friend was the son of William
Stegall and his wife, Pattie Gordon,
and was born on October 22, 1838
in the historic village of Williams-
boro, the home of- the Hendersons,
Williams and others who have shed
such lustre on the name of North
Carolina. He was reared on the farm
but moved to' Oxford in early life
and became clerk in a store. He
took up the trade of painting and
hp.f.ame so nroficient he was much
sought for in all this section. In
1851 he was in the Southern part
of the State when the tocsin of war
Rnnndfid. and he was so afraid it
would all be over before he could
return home and get, in, he volunteer
ed in a company from Roberson
county, that company A of the 31st
Resiment and rose to the rank of
sergeant and perhaps lieutenant. He
took part m many battles, especial
Iv that of Battery Wagner below
Charleston, S. C, where Col. Shaw
of the "famous 8th command were
killed. The Colonel beink killed by
a young soldier from Orange coun
ty, who after the war became promi
nent at the bar of Person county and
of our district. He also took part
in the battles around Petersburg and
in Eastern North Carolina with
Hoke's Division. i
He was always a true Confederate
and few veterans enjoyed the reun
ions more than he, and he seldom
missed one.
He married first Miss Cornelia Ma
con of Warren county, who left no
children living at her death. Upon
her death he married her niece,
Miss Ellen Sizemore who left two
sons, Archibald Williams Stegall and
Capt. James Stegall, now in camp in
Louisiana. Upon her death, he mar
ried " Miss Alvenia Belle Sizemore,
sister of his second wife and the
mother of Miss Margaret Ellen Ste
gall, so popular in our community.
He also left two brothers, Raburn
Stegall of Richmond and Robert Ste
gall of Danville, whose daughter,
Miss Irene, holds a position of im-
i portance and trust with the great de
partment store of Woodard and
Lothrop of Washington, D. C.
He died November 23, 1918, sit
ting in his chair in his favorite cor
ner in his home. Genial and courte
ous in all his dealings with the out
side world, affectionate and devoted
to his family, thus ended the earth-
With fingers ! Corns and cai
t luses lift off. No pain!
-N4HtM0tHCHtMAAM9tM9M0aO0N60Met
Magic! Just drop a little Frc&zone
on that touchy corn, instantly it stops
aching, then you lift the corn ou? with
the fingers. Truly! No humbug!
WE WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT
we have on hand now that good
Avery corn planter that has no
chains to giev you trouble, but the
improved side crank drive that
plants every grain accurate and
made of solid steel construction.
Samuel Davis has the goods and
the price. Jan. 10 3t.
Try Freezone! Your druggist sells a
tiny bottle for a few cents, sufficient to
rid your feet of every hard corn, soft
corn, or corn between the toes, and
calluses, without one particle of pain,
soreness or irritation. Freezone is the
discovery of a noted Ciaiciniiati genius.
The Kind You Have Always Bought, and which has been
In use for over thirty years, has borne the signature of
: - and nas been made under his per-
jfyZ7Jl sonal supervision since its infancy.
fCCt0&k; Allow nn ntift tn Atroitrt trn i
All Counterfeits, Imitations and Just-as-good " are but
Experiments that trifle with, and endanger the health of
Infants and Children Experience against Experiment.
What :la CftSTOR IA
Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Paregoric,
Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is pleasant. It contains
neither Opium, Morphine nor other narcotic substance. Its
age is its. guarantee. Eor more than thirty years it has
teen in constant use for the relief of Constipation, Flatulency,
Wind Colic and Diarrhoea; allaying Feverishness arising
therefrom, and by regulating the Stomach and Bowels, aids
the assimilation of Food; giving healthy and natural sleep.
The Children's Panacea The Mother's Friend.
CASTOR
'Bears the Signature of
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In
Dse for Over
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The
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nd You Have Always Bought
Hg CENTAUR COMPANY,
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ly pilgrimage of one of that gallant
band whose line of gray has grown
Chamberlain Tablets
When you are troubled witb indi-
so thin. ' May he rest in peace under ! gestion or constipation, take Cham
berlain's Tablets. They strengthen
the stomach and enable it to perform
its functions natuarlly. Indigflestion
is usually acocmpanied by constipa
tion and i3 aggravated by it. Cham
berlain's Tablets cause a gentle move
ment of the bdwels relieving the con
stipated condition.
the shade of the trees on the other
side. of the river by the side Of his
comrades and their immortal
manders.
A. W. GRAHAM,
com-
The Republicans of Asheville
and the 10th district are preparing
to open an office to arrange details
Restrictions will be removed, ef
fective January 20, and refineries in
for the Asheville . Morning Tribune, I tn North and East will be permitted
which they propose to establish dur-
ig tho nest two months. A lead-
to ship granulated sugar to any sec
tion. This section has been forced
1 fl Ilea 411 T.ntlioionfl cmrvn-w f r--r r
ing Jxepabliean stated that nearly
$50,000 had alreadv been sold in I
stock, all of this however, has notjwTcj tvatvtt vott to know tttat
oeen m casii ana a lew of the sub
scribers, it is felt, were too enthus-
ow to Be Rid e
Dangerops Dandruff
iastic in their subscriptions, so the
company will only ask for a charter
with an authorized capital stock of
$50,000, and they will begin busines
,when $30,000 has been paid in.
we have on hand now that good
Avery corn planter that has no
chains to giev you trouble, but the
improved side crank drive that
plants every grain accurate and
made of solid . steel construction.
Samuel Davis has the goods and
the. price. X Jan. 10 3t.
n
If yo have dandruff you must get
rid of it quick it's positively dan
gerous and will surely ruin your
hair if you don't.
Dandruffy heads mean faded, brit
tle, gray, scraggy hair that will not
grow then you are bald and nothing
can help you.
The only sure way to abolish dand
ruff for good is to destroy the germ
that causes it. To do this quickly,
surely, and safely and at little ex
pense, there is nothing as effective
as Parisian sage, which you can get
from J. G. Hall and good druggists
everywhere. It is guaranteed to
banish dandruff, stop itching scalp
and falling hair, and promote a new
growth, or the cost; small as it is,
will be refunded.
Parisian sage is a scientific prepa
ration that supplies all hair needs
an antiseptic liquid, neither sticky
or greasy, easy to apply, and deli
cately perfumed.
mm
SGMOE.
On account of the scarcity xf skilled labor and raw materials
in the large Optical Grinding Plants and the rapid growth of my
Optical Business, it has become necessary for me to install ma
chinery for grinding and drilling my own Lenses that I may b
able to give my trade better and quicker 'service.
Thanking my friends and the public for their liberal patron
age and soliciting a continuation of the same in the future,
I am yours for best service,
J. W KNIGHT.
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