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VOLUME XXXIV.
STRANGE THINGS ABOUT "FLU"
WAKE COUNTY HEALTH BOARD
BELDEVES IN FAIR PLAY.
No Discriminating To Be Shown
Where Crowds Congregate.
The Wake County Board of Health
is to be commended for the man
ner in which they handle the influ
enza question. The Granville Coun
ty Board of Health -would do well to
take the same stand. They should
close up every place where crowds
assemble, or close up nothing at all.
The following from the Raleigh
News and Observer is to the point:
"Wednesday afternoon the county
Board of Health met to discuss the
influenza sitation and came to the
conclusion that the malady is on the
wane throughout the county. One of
the members of the board is of the
opinion that if it should come ,'to a
show down to close churches, school
and theatres that there are some
members on he board who will ask
that no discrimination be shown
where crowds congregate and' will
ask that all places where crowds as
semble be fed out of the same spoon
they'll stand for no favoritism."
Help Solve the Question.
The Granville County Board of
Health is like the man from Missou
ri. If you know more about the flu
than they do it is up to you to tell
them.'
All that they know abou it. is. that
people are "dying today that never
died before," and all you know a
bout it is that the graveyards are fill
ing up mighty fast; they want to save
as many lives as possible, and we
know it is not your desire to cause
the death of any one by inuendo or
otherwise.
Within Their Rights.
If the Board thinks it right to let
four o five hundred negroes assem
ble and work all day in close prox
imity, day in and day out, and on
the other hand close the schools,
that is none of your business. We
selected them to do our thinking,
but if you know more about it than
they do it is to be regretted that
you are not on the Board of Health.
Reverse Things.
Suppose the Board had reyerse, Minor ,ih a flJt shown riis
j i j. i c i : . v,i . - t ' ' -
things, and instead of closing the
schools thay had let tnem remain op
en, and instead of letting the Imper
ial plant remain open they had clos
ed it, what would have happened?
You don't know, and neither does
the Board of Health. But it may in
terest you to know that there is no
influenza among the workers at the
Imperial plant, but on the other hand
there were several cases of flu among
the faculty and student body of the
Oxford public schools. You cannot
account for,' it, and neither can the
Board of Health rainless we acknow
ledge that the constant fumes of to
bacco is a preventative.
Somo Strange Things.
Out in California last week were
gathered several of the most learn
ed scientific men of the world. They
fed their volunteer subjects on in
fluenza germs; they broke the mem
brane in the nose of their subjects
3nd injected the germs into their
system, and they took the blood from
a victim of flu and transmitted it to
their subjects and not a single one
of them contracted the influenza.
You can not account for it, and
neither can the Board of Hoalth.
But if you kiss your best girl on the
lip, farewell, Sweet William!
Answer This, If You Can.
Memphis, Tenn., a city of nearly
a quarter million of people never
closed their schols, churches and
theatres, and the death rate for the
past three months has not been a
bove normal. Louisville, Ky., a city
of the same size, situated on the
same river, about 1 50 miles north of
Memphis, closed up everything and
the people "died like sheep."
You can not account for it, and
neither can the Board of Health. But
do vnu know what Memphis did? It
quarantined the individual cases of
influena, and that seems to be the
right thing to do.
JUDGE W. A. DEVIN WILL
HEAR INJUNCTION CASES
Hon. W. A. Devin arrived in Ox
ford fmm the eastern part of " the
State Saturday and will remain in
Oxford a couple of weeks. Several
injunction cases and points of law
thnt. can be settled out of court will
engage his attention while here.
Judge Devin will ' open court at
Elizabeth City on Monday, February
10, and Judge Lyon will open the
Granville county court on the same
date.
Th City Schools
Prof. Guy B. Phillips, superinten
dent of the Oxford public schools,
will announce in the next Issue of the
Public Ledger whether or not the
schools will resume next Monday.
PUBLISHED SEMT-WW.
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OXFORD SOLDIER ADOPTS
. TWO FRENCH CHILDREN
Sergt. Lindsay Taylor Is Father to
the Fatherless.
Mr. and Mrs. Arch Taylor were
delighted the past week when they
learned that their son, Sergt. Lind
say Taylor, American Expeditionary
Forces, had adopted two little
French orphan boys,, and that they
are expected to arrive at their home
at an early date.
Mr. and Mrs. Taylor have raised
eight of the finest boys and five of
the prettiest and smartest girls we
know anything about. Now they are
going to see that the two French
kids adopted by their son follow the
beanen path.
Sergt. Taylor doubtless found the
two little children homeless and a
lone. Their bright sparkling: eyes
appealed to him for bread and pro
tection. And then, too, there may be
a tinge of romance about these lit
tle boys. He may have found them
in the battle swept field where his
brother, Winfield, was killed. He
merely stated in his letter to his fa
ther that the two little boys would
be forwarded to him at an early date
and requested him to be on the look
out for them. They will be in the
care of the Y. M. C. A. from the time
they leave France, until they reach
their destination.
Sergt. Taylor is a member of the
Wild Cat Division. It is thought
that the wo little boys will reach
here ahead of him.
COL. MINOR RECOMMENDED
FO RBRIGADIER-GENERAL
For Distinguished Service
In the
Field.
General B. S. Royster, as adjutant
geenral of the State, gets a lot of
authentio imformation of a military
nature first-handed, some of which
he never permts to pass his lips.
We do not inow how General Roy
ster got his information,, but the peo
pie all over the State, and especially
here at home, will be glad to learn
that Col. Sydney Minor, commander
of the 120th infantry, was recom
mended for brigadier general by the
commanding general, who qualified
his recommendation with the asser-
tinguished service in the field.
MAJOR THAD G. STEM
IS COMING HOME
He is With the One Hundredth and
Thirteenth Field Artillery
If our memory serves us right Bat
tery A of the 113th. Field Artillery
is a Newbern company; Battery B is
from Washington this state, and Bat
tery C was made up from Durham.
There are several Granville county
boys in 113th. Lt. B. S. Royster, Jr.
isattached to Battery A, and Major
Stem is attached to Batteries A, B.
and C.
The following from the home
town of battery B Intimates that Ma
jor Stem will come home with the
Thirtieth Division:
"Letters received here today from
several local boys who are now in
France state that Battery "Bb", of
the 113th field artillery, composed al
most entirely of Beaufort county
boys, has halted in its invasion of
Germany as a part of the American
army of occupation and has been or
dered back to the French coast. The
letters assert that this action fore
casts the return of the battery to the
30 division and a speedy embarka
tion for home. All the boys in the
battery are in good health and are
happy, although they are terribly
homesick. They are now in a small
city called Bissen, a short distance
from Luxemburg."
Lt. Royster, in a letter to his
wife, who is now with her father,
Hon. Henry A. Page, at Aberdeen,
states that his battery has been or
dered to be in readiness to return
with the Thirtieth Division.
Everything seems to point to the
return of the Thirtieth at an early
date In a letter to Gen. B. S. Roy
ster,' Col. Minor states that ke hopes
to reach home before the March
winds blow. .
MEDICAL MEN EXPERIMENT
WITH INFLUENZA PATIENTS
Transferred Influenza Germs to the
Nose of Patients. ,
(Public Health Reports.)
In experiments recently conducted
in Boston and San Francisco by med
leal authorities of the United States
Public Health Service and of the
Army Medical Corps in which the in
fluenza germ was. transferred to nose
and mouth of a number of well per
sons from patients who had been suf
fering for over twelve hours with
influenza, not a single influenza case
resulted. Also blood of influenza pa
tients who had been ill for over
twelve hours was transferred to well
persons during this -experiment with
out developing' any jcases,-
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OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA
A
WILD CATS WILL NOT PARADE
GEN. MARCH TURNS DOWN RE
QUEST FOR REVIEW AT V
RALEIGH.
If Parades Were Formatted Time For
Demobilization Would Have To
Be Extended. . '
Washington Special.)
General Peyton C. - March, chief of
staff, has rejected the request that:
the North Carolina boys of the 30th
division be allowed to parade in Ra
leigh, the state capital.
Involves Expense.
Requests have alread'been receiv-
ed for visits by the 30th division to
separate localities in North Carolina
South Carolina and Tennessee, the
three contributing states, and the
granting of all of these requests
would delay the demobilization of
the division and the return of the
men to civil life by a period of a
r1more' besides involving the
additional expense of transportation
and the question of railroad conges -
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Demobilization Place Not Fixed
"uc uuuuiuons existing m
France many changes have occurred
in the personnel of all units and un-'
til we are advised of the present !
composition of the 20th division it!
will be impossible to make definite
statements regarding its place of de
mobilization. W. J. HICK MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
AT OXFORD ORPHANAGE
To Be Erected At, An Early Date
Mr. R. L. Brown, superintendent
of the Oxford Ornhanaee. informs
the Public Ledger that the recent j
session of the Masonic Grand Lodge
authorized the construction of a hos
pital on the orphanage grounds, the
same to be -knOwn as "W. J. Hicks
Memorial Hospital."
Mr. Brown states that the build1- M. C, 74th Company and he says
ing is to be of brick and stone and if E. W. Taylor (Wink) was shot thru
will be modern in every particular. ; the head and instantly killed, about
Mr. Brown could not state posi- j. 2 miles from Lucy; this is a part
tively just where the building will be of Chateau Thierry and this , happen
situated. He will consult . an archi- ed on or about June 11th. : I am sor
tect at an early date and he hopes ry to hear such news although it is
the building will he ready by fall. J a satisfaction to hear definitely and
r. to know.that he died in such a won-
ECHOES OF THE GREAT I derf ul battle.
SNOW-STORM IN 1857 j You might get information as to
. his grave if you would consult Grave
Several People Here Remember the Registration Service, A. E. F., or at
Event Sixty-two Years ago.
There appeared in the last issue of
the Public Ledger an account of the
big snow storm sixty-two years ago.
Mr. Sam Parker tells us that he was
nine years bid and was living in Hali
fax county when in 1857 the snow
covered the ground in that part of
the state to the depth of four feet in
the open fields. He was sent to the
pasture to drive the cows in. The
snow would hold his weight, but
some of the small cows were so deep
in the snow they would have to stick
their nose up to get breath. It was
great fun, he said, to walk along on
the crust of the snow and pat the
cows on the back.
Mr. L. Hunter also remembers the
scnow. He was living where the
Exchange hotel is now situated. He
attended the Horner Military school
and states that the snow drifted so
deep over where Col. H. G. Cooper
now lives that it was impossible to
pass that point. He managed to get
to the school by a round about way.
This condition existed for a wohle
month and nearly all of the birds
died for the want of food.
Back in 1857 Capt. W. H. White
was living at Ridgeway, a station on
the Raleigh & Gaston Railway. His
father keot a hotel at Ridgeway. He
remember the three big engines own-j
ed by the Raleigh & Gaston railroad
in that day and time. Te names of
the engines were: "Granville,"
"Franklin" and "Warren". He re
members that it took three days to
make the trip from Raleigh to Ridge
way through the deep snow. All of
the fences in that section were cov
ered up and many of the cabins were
completely hidden in the snow drifts.
Railroad traffic was abandoned in
February and resumed in March. All
the birds died and the animals suf
fered very much, said Capt. . Whiter.
TOBACCO AVERAGES $40 FOR
ALL GRADES LAST WEEK
The End of the Crop Not Yet In
Sight.
The Oxford tobacco market last
week scored the high average of
$40.00 for all sold. ;
Buyers and warehousemen, are
fairly confident, that, with good
weather prevailing, the market this
Week will pass the 10,000,000 pound
mark for the 1918-1919 season and
that for the entire remainder of the
season nearly one million more
pounds will be , sold, bringing the
year's total close .to 11,000,000
pounds . . -
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TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1919.
I witnesses - relate how
SERGT. WINFD3LD TAYLOR
WAS KILLED IN BATTLE
He Was Killed Instantly At Chateau
Thierry.
i The following is nrt f
received from friends of the late
Winfield Taylor, A. E. F.f who was
killed about the 11th of June. The
facts all tally excepting the date.
Extracts From Letters.
Brooklyn, N. Y., Jan. 14, 1919.
I knew E. W. Taylor quite well
and had been with him a great many
times, and was with him on the
front at Bellau Woods. I remember
one Dartiiiar ne,- t
lor' and a fellow named Carlson a
j very close friend of Taylor's and a
j member of his squad, and myself
were sleeping in a barn, and a shell
' hit the roof and covered us with
, plaster and we had to get out and
; find another place to sleep It was
about the 12th of June that we went
1 on the raid that Taylor was reported
killed.
j Taylor was a fine fellow and was
' thought very well of by the men, and
j I surely hoped that he might have
oeen taken a prisoner.
- R. L. MYERS,
U. Sv Marine Corps.
Portsmouth, Va., Jan. 15, 1919.
E. W, Taylor was transferred from
the 137th Company to the Headquar
ters Company and stayed with it un-
S til after reaching France. He was
! tnei transferred to the 174th Com-
pany in April, and was with it in
Bellou Woods in June.
There 1 lost track of him. He was
iwholeonthe lzth of June, I. am
sure' as lt was then that I was
wounded.
N. T. BONTELL,
U. S. Marine Corps.
Hagerstown, Md., Jan. 18, 1919
Today while visiting friends here,
I came across Private Schradef , U. S.
Washington. ,
, H. B. BAIR,
553 Arch St., Sunbury, Pa.
THIEVES CAPTURE THE
TOWN OF APEX
We Hope They Will Stay Away
From Oxford.
, Thieves and highway robbers are
on the increase throughout the state.
They made a general raid on the
stores of Apex one , night last week
and laid in a supply of clothing, gro
ceries, hardware, drus, jewelry and
general supplies.
With Apex sleeping the thieves,
for there must have been more than
one to carry out such a wholsale
robbery, went from store to store,
'taking in eight in all and making a
try at the Merchants and Farmers'
Bank.' . -
The bank alone withstood the raid
a pistol taken from a desk drawer
being the only, thing missing. Money
and other valuables were.safe behind
time lock and other modern bank
vault contrivances'.;
As soon as Capt. Reid, of the Ox
ford police force, heard that Apex
had been wiped out by the thieves
he called at a shoe' shop and waited
I while the shoemakers tacked a pair
of rubber heels to his ..shoes, expect
ing ,as it were, to slip up and nab
the thieves when they arrive.
Oxford covers too much ground for
one night watchman. Th thieves
shot him and by signals protect those
of the gang who break locks and en
ter the stores. v .
AT THE ORPHEUM.
TTi Usual Good Service Will
Be
Restored Immediately.
After a close down for two weeks
on account of the influenza epidemic,
the Orpheum opened up Monday
night. The management has wired
for a good picture tonight.
The celebrated Australian soldier
poet will be at the Orpheum Wednes
day night.
Every night from now on there will
be something doing at theplay house
with several fine pictures looked for
immediate release.
Look Well and Be Comfortable
The best thing to keep out the flu
is a good comfortable overcoat. . You
can get a good one at Perkinsoh
Green's for less . money than, you
think. You will be surprsed at the
low figures quoted in their half page
announcement elsewhere "in this pa
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CAPT. IIAYS VIIft DISTINCTION
GRANVILLE COUNTY SOLDIER IS
GIVEN THE SERVICE CROSS
Captured 242 German Prisoners
He Is a Brother-in.Law of Major
Thad G. Stem Other North Caro
lina Soldiers Cited.
Capt. J ohn B : Mays, who was a
mong the first of the Granville coun
ty boys to go to France, is among
the number of officers and men an
nounced by the War Department Sat
urday as having been awarded the
American Distinguished Service cross
for bravery in action in France. So
far as is known here Capt. Mays,
is the only man who went from
Granville county to be so highly hon
ored, and in fact, comparatively few
of the crosses have been given in the
army as yet. ' '
Capt. Mays is a brother-in-law to
Major T. G. Stetn.
The official citation, as announced
by the War Department for publica
tion Saturday, follows:
Official Citation. ,
Capt. John B. Mays, Jr., 130th in
fantry. For extraordinary heroism
in action near Bellicourt, France,
September 29, 1918. Capt. Mays,
with eight otehr soldiers, comprising
his company headquarters' detach
ment, cleared out enemy dugotus a
long the banks of a canal, capturing
242 prisoners. Home address, John
B. Mays, Stem, N. C.
Other Carolina Boys.
Sergt. John H. Gill, A. S. 1319816,
Headquarters Company, 120 Infan
try. For extraordinary heroism in
action near Bellicourt; France, Sep
tember 29, 1918. During the attack
he was wounded in 13 places by machine-gun
bullets and shrapnel, but
continued the attack with the utmost
coolness and bravery. Home ad
dress, T. S. Gill, father, Rural route
No. 4, Henderson, N. C.
Second Lieut. Samuel F. Telfair,
2nd Anti-aircraft Machine Gun Bat
talion. For extraordinary heroism in
action at Birieulles, France, Novem
ber 4, 1918. . Making two -trips thru
the heavy shell fire he secured the
assistance of Pvt. Samuel B. Heath,
and earried- the -wounded soldiers to
safety. Home address, Mrs. Sam-'
uel Telfair, mother, Cameron Park,
Raleigh, N. C. .: .
"Pvt. (First Class)' John W. Berry
hill, Company ,D, 120th infantry, A.
S. 1321092. For extraordinary hero
ism in action near Bellicourt, France
September 29, 1918. Home, address,
Mrs. John W. Berryhill, wife Char
lotte, N. C. '
First Serft. Joseph N. Robertson,
Company D. 120th infantry, A. S.
1320073. For extraordinary hero
ism in action near: Bellicourt, France
September 29, 1918. - Home address
Mrs. Ozzie Robertson, wife, Graham,
N. C.
Pvt. (First Class) Alvin O. Bridges
Company D, 120th infantry, A. S.
1320096. For extraordinary hero
ism in action near Bellicourt, France
September 29, 1918. Home address,
Mrs. R. D. Bridges, mother, route
No. 3, Jonesboro, N. C.
Pvt. William B. Lyerly, Company
D, 130th infantry, A. S. 1320094.
For extraordinary heroism In action I
near -tseiiicourr, trance, csepiemDer
29, 1918. With eight other soldiers,
comprising the company headquar
ters detachment, Pvt. Lyerly assist
ed his company commander in clean
ing out enemy dugouts along a canal
and capturing 242 prisoners. Home
address, J. Lyerly, father, route No.
1, Woodleaf; N. C.
Corp. Willie Higson, Company C,
120th infantry, A. S. 1319800. For
extraordinary heroism in action near
Bellicourt, France, September 29,
1918. Corp. Higson showed extra
ordinary heroism and courage in
leading men under heavy shrapnel
and enfilading machine-gun fire dur
ing the attack, on the Hindenburg
line. During a temporary halt he
acted as runner through this fire and
attempted to return after being se
verely wounded. Home address, Mrs.
W. B. Higson, mother, Rosemary, N.
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THE AUTO ASSOCIATION
WANTS MORE ROADS
Appeals To Legislature To Meet
Federal Appropriation,.. Dollar
For Dollar.
The North Carolina Automobile
Association in session at Raleigh last
week appealed to the Legislature "to
take such action as to meet dollar
for dollar ; the proposed appropria
tion of the Federal Government to
aid the States in the constuction of
roads and to provide a; fund to con
struct a State system of modern high
ways reaching every county seat in
the State and to maintain the 'same."
Mrs. Pace, the aged mother of Mr.
W." G. Pace, is critically ill and . her
death' is ' momentarily expected. -,
NUMBER 8
PEACE CONFERENCE . UNANI
MOUSLY ADOPTS PLAN FOR
: LEAGUE OF NATIONS
President Wilson and Mr. House Are
American Members of Peace Con
ference's League of Nations Com
mission. (Paris Special.)
The jeace conference Saturday u
nanimously adopted the league of na
tions program. President Wilson
and Colonel House are the American
members of the commssion thereon.
The delegates of the great powers
on the league of nations, it was
learned tonight, will be: For the
United States, President Wilson and
Colonel House; for Great Britain,
Lord Robert Cecil and General Jan
Christian Smuts; for France, Leon
Bourgeoise and Ferdinand Larn
aude', dean of the faculty of the law
of the University of Paris; for Italy,
Premier -Orlando and Viterio Scia
loia; for Japan, Viscount Chinda and
K. Ochiai. The delegates of the
small nations will be announced lat
er.. Text of Plan.
The Conference resolved that :
"It is essential to the maintenance
of the world settlement wheh the as
sociated nations are now met to es
tablish that a league of nations be
created to promote international ob
ligations and to provide safeguards
against war. This league should be
created as an integral part of the
general treaty of . peace and should
be open to every civilized nation
which can be relied on to promote
its objects.
"The members of the league should
periodically meet in international
conference and should have a per
manent organization and secretaries
to carry on the business of the league
in the intervals between the confer
ences. "The conference therefore appoint
a committee representative of the
associated governments to work out
the details of the constitution and
the functions of the league. The
draft of resolutions in regard to
breaches of the laws of war for pre
sentation to the peace conference
reads: -,"That,&
.?oniadLission composed of
two representatives apiece from the
five great -powers and five representa
tives to be elected by the other pow
ers be appointed to inquire and re
port upon the following:
"First, the responsibility of the
authors of the war; second the facts
as to breaches of the laws and cus
toms of, war committed' by the forces
of the German empire and their al
lies on land, on sea and in the air
during the present war; third, the
degree of responsibility for these of
fenses attaching to particular mem
bers of the enemy's forces, including
members of the general staffs and
other individuals, however highly
placed; fourth, the constitution and
procedure of a tribunal appropriate
to the trial of these offenses; fifth,
any other matters cognate of ancil
lary to the above which may arise In
the course of the inquiry and which
the commission find it useful and
relevent to take into consideration.""
HANDSOME AUSTRALIAN SOL
DIER IS SERGEANT SINCLAIR
Traveling With His Comrade-In-Arms,
the Famous Soldier Poet ,
Dressed in the picturesque uniform
of the Australians, with his looped
up service hat perched jauntily on
his head Sergt. George Sinclair, of
the First Anzac Division of the Aus
tralian ariny, attracted much atten
tion in Oxford Monday, and many
were the curious eyes turned in his
J direction, and various were the ques
tions asked concerning his identity.
Sergt. Sinclair fought the Germans,
Austrians and Turks on four differ
ent fronts. And the most wonder
ful of all he has come through the
four years' struggle 7 without a
scratch, clean in body and soul. He
was in the -battles .at; the Somme,
Ypres, Boulecourt, Cambrai, Pashon
dale Ridge, Messines, Menin Road,
Armentines and the tragic Galipoli
campaign. Having fought through
the war from start to finish he was
granted a six months' furlough to
come to America, and he is now
traveling through the south with his
old college chum and comrade-inarms,
the world famous soldier-poet,
Signaller Tom . Skeyhill, who will ap
pear at the Orpheum theatre tomor
row night.
A CLOSE CALL.
Blaze Flares Up In Johnson Ware
. house.
The prompt response of the Fire
Department averted a conflagratpn
at the Johnson. warehouse at ten o'
clock this morning.- The fire Origi
nated In the farmers' rooms, up stairs
over. the store of Mr. GarretJ. The
damage was very light and will be
made good at once. ';:'
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