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VOLUME XXXIV. RliDElt CASE WILL. BE CALLED THIS WEEK judge Lyon Will Pass Upon the Guilt or Innocence of Ben .... Teasley and Will Hurt. The February term of Granville County Superior Court convened Monday morning with Hon. C. C. Ly on, of Durham, judge presiding. Hon S. M. Gattis, solicitor, was at his desk early and the court got r ight clown to business. judge Lyon condensed his charge to the grand jury by emphasizing only the crimes that are likely to en- -q. their attention. He dwelt ' at some length upon the laws covering! murder, gambling, burglary and thej liquor traffic. - The Grand Jury. . The following grand jury was drawn:: A. P. Hobgood, foreman; j. C. King, S. B. Currin, J. P. Mize, j. T. Overton, S. G. Currin, B. D. Johnson, Joe Meadows, B. D. Urn stead, N. J. Jones, E. C. Connell, J. N. Adcock E. D. Gooch, J. H. Perry, r. V. Tillotson, Barnard Dickerson, W. R- Greenway, S. T. Hunt, Capt. Andrew Williford was appointed of ficer of the grand jury. Murder Trial. There can be no doubt that the grand jury will find a true bill a gainst Ben Teasley and Will Hurt, who are charged with the killing of jtferimaii Young oil the farm of Mr. Odey Jenkins three wegks , ago. It will be remembered that Merriman Young on his death bed accused" Ben Teasley of shooting him. If the grand jury finds a true bill the case will come up either on Thursday ev ening or next Friday morning.There are fifteen or twenty witnesses in this case and np doubt a large crowd of negroes will be present from the Southern part of the county to hear the sensational testimony. FUEL REGULATIONS SUSPENDED State Administrator R. - C. Norfleet Issues Order. Gen. B. S. Royster, Granville coun ty fuel administrator, has received the following notice from Mr, R. C. Norfleet, State f ueladministrato "By order entered all national, State and local regulations with re cpect to coal, both anthracite and bi tuminous, as well as to coke, char coal and wood .produced, sold, ship ped, distributed or used after 'Janu ary 31st are suspended except , that until further order all Tidewater shipments must go through the Tide waier coal exchange. All contracts are subject to the recent contract or der of January seventeenth and the prohibition of shipment of coal for reconsignment is continued. No new orders or regulations shall be issued by State cr local administrators un less the same have first been submit ted to and approved by Washington. WILL NOT DEMOBOLIZE 30TH AT CAMP BRAGG o Adequate Facilities There for De mobilization, Writes March Send Division to Jackson. Washington, Feb. 10. Gen. Pey ton C. March, chief of staff, wrote Senator Simmons that there are.no adequate facilities for the demobili zation of the 30th division at Camp Bragg, Fayetteville. General March indicated that the 30 th division will be assigned to Camp Jackson for dis infection upon its arrival in the Uni ted States. The' men will then be sent to the demobilization center in or nearest the state frorn which the men came for demobilization and dis charge." KEDUCE NUMBER OF MISSING Men In Expeditionary Forces Being Rounded Up. (Washington Special.) Last week's casualty report, show ing more than 10,000 man of the ex peditionary forces missing in action lias been corrected to make the to tal 7,783, General March said Satur day General Pershing had reported the new total and that the figures were being reduced by from 100 to 200 names per day as a result of checking the records in France. OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. Oxford Tobacco Market Will Close For tho Season On Friday, February 28th. Jt is officially announced that the Oxford Tobacco market will close for this season on the last day of Febru ay, the same being Friday,: the 28th. ' TOBACCO BOARD OF TRADE. Members of the surgical dress ing class who have left aprons, caps, knitting bags will please call for them at the surgical dressing work room, at eleven o'clock Wednesday corning, February 12th. MRS. J. C. ROBARDS, Supervisor of Surgical Dressing. UBLISHED SEMI -WEEKLY TO W N AND COUNTY OFFER BRILLIANT: OPPORTUNITIES A LL ROME PRINT. THE THIRTIETH DIVISION IS PROBABLY ON THE HIGH SEAS A Cablegram From Col. Minor On tho Subject. According- to a cablegram from Col. Minor to friends in Durham, the Thirtieth Division is at this very mo ment on its way home. The cable gram stated that the division "will begin return movement February A couple of weeks ago Mayor Mit-j chell appointed a committee to get everything in readiness to receive the home company in good shape. The committee is supposed to collect the necessary funds and to map out a program. Mi J. Robert Wood is chairman of the Committee. Let us hear from you, Mr. Wood. EXCESS PROFITS TAXES. Printed Forms Will Be Issued In Few Days. Collector J. W. Bailey, through Daniel C. Roper, commissoner of in ternal revenue, states that there will be no general extension of time be yond March 15 th for the filing of re turns and for the payment of income and excess profits taxes due on that date. . , The forms for the tax returns arjs being printed and all forms will be in the hands of collectors between February 15th and March 1st. SHEEP-KILLING DOGS. A Case Where Patience Ceased to Be a Virtue. Senator Titus G. Currin has always been an admirer of dogs, but he told the editor of the Public Ledger some time ago that he felt that the time had arrived to draft some kind of a bill that would curtail the dog's depredations to some extent. And in the" Senate chamber last week: he told his colleagues that he was kind ly disposed toward old Col. Dog and that he would wavor a bill that.would place the dog under restraint but at the same time the bill must be tem pered with mercy. , JTbe dojgjcm . .SenatorjCurrin's place last wWkgoTwittolfn j3ome"wayJ""oT the attitude of their master in the Senate chamber. "They evidently thought that he had double-crossed them, and in retaliation killed every sheep on his handsome farm. TO CONSERVE DAYLIGHT. The Clocks Are to Be Set Forward One Hour In accordance with the daylight saving bill the clocks throughout the country will be set forward one hour at 1 a. m. the last Sunday in March, and an hour's daylight will be gain ed for seven months, , the clocks be ing set back again at 1 a. m. the last Sunday in Octoiber, it is announced. Daylight saving proved a success in more ways than one in the United States last year, and it is predicted that its institution will be perma nent. NINETY PER CENT OF THE TOBACCO CROP SOLD The Oxford Market . Will Handle Eleven Million Pounds This Season It is estimated , that the Oxford market will handle elevenmiHion pounds of tobacco this season, and there are several well-informed to bacco men who estimate that it will go considerably over the eleven mil-j lion pounds. i At the close of business last Fri-i day the market had sold more than tTi million nouinds this season. The offerings at present is of very poor" m 1 111 -k 1 quality, ana tnai win auuuum. j. slight setback in prices being paid. The better grades sell as high as at any time during the season, but the indications are that ?he better grades are -getting scarce. It is practically certain that the Granville county crop will bring something like $5,000,000. Rev. Billy Going to Greensboro. Rev. Billy Sunday will be in Greensboro on Monday, February 17, filling a speaking engagement, in the evening, under the auspices of the Myers Minute Men, and for the benefit of the charities which this or ganization supports. CIVIL SERVICE MEN WHO ENTERED ARMY REINSTATED Washington, Feb. 10. The civil service commission announced that all civil service employes who gave up their positions to enter the army or navy would be reinstated upon be ing dischargedV ' We are glad to learn from Judge Graham that Mrs. - Graham, who is under medical treatment at a hospi tal in Richmond. is improving and that she will soon be able to return home. , OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA DOINGS OP THE LEGISLATURE. Bill to Tax Warehouses. Senator Price, of Union, introduc ed a warehouse bill fixing special li cense tax of $100 on all tobacco sales ; houses selling as much as 1,000,000 pounds; $300 up to 3,000,000; $1, 000 over 3,000,000 and up to 5,000, 000; and $2,000 for more than 5, 000,000. To Entertain Soldiers. The bill introduced ,hy Senator Stacy provides for the entertainment of members of the Thirtieth Division. The bill carries an appropriation of $5,000. The money would be spent for their entertainment in the city near the camp where they would be demobilized If the division is sent to Camp Jackson the boys will be entertained at Columbia, and if Se - vier is designated as the demobili zation point the . entertainment will be provided in Greenville, South Carolna. The School Bill, v The school bill introduced in; the House was christened in the Senate: "An act to provide ways and means for a six months school in all coun ties." It provides the annual setting aside of five cents of the ad valorem tax on real and personal property to be ditsributed from special funds and used solely for aiding counties to maintain the six months term, : but subject to sundry conditions: First, that no county shall receive any State aid to maintain this six monh term until the commissioners have levied a special county tax of thirty cents in addition to the twenty now levied; that before such aid can be received the Corporation Commis sion must certify that property in such counties is assumed at a fair and equitable valuation; provided, third, that no county whose per capita valuation is $1400 and more for each child of school age shall receive aid. Moveover, no V county shall reecive more money than the equivalent of the annual fifty cents tax on each $100 valuation, "calcu lated' on the difference between the property and ''such assessment as would make the per capita valuation equal $1400. - A budget system is also provided. CASUALTIfiS AMONG THE AMERICAN SlIN ARCHANGEL REGION '409 TO JAN 31 180 Killed, Dead and Missing; 229 WTounded or Injured; Out of Force of 4,925 Men Engaged. ' (Washington Special.) Total casualties in the American forces in the Archangel region of Russia up to and including January 3-, were 180 killed, died of wounds, sickness or from other causes, or missing in action, and 229 wounded or injured making a total casuality list of 409 out of a force that num bered 4,925. official Estimate of taxes from the various SOURCES OF THE REVENUE BILL x - " (Washington Special.) V The following is the re-draft of the six million-dollar war" revenue bill as adopted in Conference, passed the House and will be debated by. the Senate and w'ill probably be enacted into law this week : The official estimates of taxes from various sources as provided In the bill follow: ' ' ; ItvcoYftG Tax ' ' ' Individual ... r. ........ . $1,432,000000 $1290,000,000 Corporation .... . . . . . , 775,000,000 510,000,000 Excess Profit Tax 2,500,000,000 i;250,000,000 Estate Tax . : 110,000,000 110,000,000 . Transportation. Freight . . 115,000,000 Express . . . . 14,000,000 Persons .: .. I . 75,000,000 Oil by Pipe Lines . . '5,000,000 Seats and Berths 6,000,000 Telegraph and Telephone ...... 16,000,000 Insurance . . . . ...... -; 14,000,000 Admissions . . . . ...... . .' 50,000,000 Club Dues . . . : 3,500,000 ' Excise Taxes. Automobiles, etc. . . , ..... Jewelry, Sporting Goods, etc. Other Taxes on Luxuries at 10 per cent. . Yachts and Pleasure Boats . . Beverages ... Stamp Taxes . . Tobacco. , Cigars . Sigarettes .... . . ............. Tobacco Snuff,' etc. . . . . - Leaf Tobacco Dealers . .'. . . . . . . .... Cigarette Papers and ' Tubes . . ..... . . Special Taxes. Capital Stock .... . . Brokers .... . . ..................... Theatres, etc. . . . . . . y. Bowling Alleys, Billiard and Pool Tables Shooting Galleries ;;; . .. . ... ....... . Riding Academies . . .". . . . . . . . ." . . . . ' : Manufacturers of. Tobacco . ! . ..... Manufacturers of Cigars . . . Manufacturers of Cigarettes . . :. . . . ; . Automobiles for TTio - - - : '- Use ofVIotor Boats, Yachts, etc. . X- xwr oiuujt l ax . . ............. TUESDAY, FEB 11, 1919 f " : : : 1 1 T1 M -m . f - .. ADVERTISED, FOR SALE They Will Be Sold At Pub Auc tion Monday, March 10: " To satisfy outstanding obligations, the Granville County Agricultural Soicety will sell the fair grounds and buildings to the highest bidder at the Court House door in Oxford at noon Monday, March 10. It is 'all right to sell the property and wipe out the debt, but it is poor policy to abandon the fair. It has been a great benefit to the county, and despite poor management it has been a financial success. We speak advisedly. The original investment was only about $1,500; tne association kept it going for six or seven years, 'adding a little here ! and a. little there. each year, and to- uay ii is one 01 me nanasomest iair ground plants in the state, and it is worth every cent of $10,000 to any man' who will buy it and operate it along business lines. - "We have no fault to find wtih the numerous secretaries who managed to keep the fair on its feet for sever al years. Their sphere of usefulness was circumscribed by a lot of bosses who knew no more about conducting a fair than a ten year old boy. We actually heard one of the di arectors state that he was opposed to charging an admission fee. He advocated a six day event and thought ttfat a collection from the crowd would more than Jay the ex- kpenses. He Denevea tnat a large ar rbor should be built on the grounds and that one of the features of the fair should be .an old-time camp meeting and that the tunes should be set to "do-ra-me" music. j The trouble of the Granville coun ty fair was that the directors could not find any one who would take hold and make it a success. And the only way it can be made a success is for four or five men to purchase the plant and operate the fair along business lines. It is a very simple j matter, to make the fair a success. You must have the' exhibits and you must, have the crowd. How will you etCffS-CTOOTt ? -r Liftieat- we.-will mg-i gesf one feature that would more than pay all of the expense, namely: Have an old-time fiddlers convention and invite all of the fiddlers in Gran ville and adjoining counties.. Every body within a radius of fifty miles would be here to' hear that one tune, especially if it was accompanied by the Confederate yell. WAR COST $200,000,000,000. Writer Estimates Financial Distur bance at $250,000,000,000 ' More. London, Feb. 10. -The direct cost of the war is estimated at $200,000, 000,000 in a special article in the Daily Telegraph- The author estimates the indirect cost of diminished trade, and finan cial disturbance at $250,000,000,- ooo: : 115,000,000 14,000,000 75,000,000 5,000,000 6,000,000 it;ooo,ooo 14,000,000 50,000,000 3,507,000 75,000,000 60,000,000 58,000,000 1,000,000 50,000,000 41,200.000 14,500,000 250,000. 450,000,000 31,000,000 75,000,000 31,000,000 43,000,000 46,500,000 125,000,000 72,000,000 6,300,000 100,000 1,000,000 '80,000,000 1,200,000 2,100,000 2,500,000 400,000 50,000 70,000 850.000 240,000 700,000 1,000.000 . 106,500,000 61,000,000 6,000,000 20,000 1,000,000 80,000,000 1,000.000 2,000,000 1,900,000 10,000 10,000 50,000 640,000. 180,000 350,000" . .... 1,000,000 . . . 5V,))i),VVU .... f HOUSE VOTES TO ABOLISH STATE PRISON AT RAJLEIGH The Old Penitentiary To Be Cleared- . - , and Room Made For Insane. T There Was No Political Significance The House of Representatives Fri- Attached to His Visit, day passed without .a dissenting vote : Desiring to rest and be among the the McCoin bill to remove all state best people in' the state, Lt. Governor convicts from Central prison at Ra- O. Max Gardner came over from Ra ?lg State farm and convert leigh last Saturday evening and the $1,500,000 central, prison into a spent a night and a day in Oxford, hospital to provide quarters for 1.000 Being somewhat fatigued from ths intern; patients irom central nospi- tal. Brummit Removes His Kid Gloves. Evedintly,, opposition was antici pated several members speaking from the force of striking convictions on the. subject. The House was de- lx milieu to put it tnrougn, nowever, iur opeaiter cruiumiu swapped tne 'chair for the floor and was ready to take a hand in the debate if opposi- tion developed. , Gardner, who is an acknowledged Everything Will Be Moved. 'candidate for governor, it was not I Everything connected with the manifested here. He-came in "like prison save the grounds and build- a lanb and departed like a lion," or, ings will, be carried down to Calo- in other words his rest did him good donia farm in Halifax. Even the and he wag a much larger man in the death dealing electrical machinery estimation of the people when he will go out with it 130 prisoners, the departed then when he came, guards, clerks, , officials and records, j Lt. Governor Gardnfer is a splen It is probable that one wing of the- did churcn worker. On invitation of prison will be kept for the confine- Judge Devin, he addressed the Ox ment of patients to whom the cli-; f ord Baraca class Sunday morning, mate of Eastern. Carolina might d one WOuld seldom hear more prove aetrimeniai. - .Will Use Building Fund. With the transfer of the property to the State Hospital, provision is made for the money appropriated for building purposes during the last session to be used in remodeling and reairine the brison buildings -J;o house the insane. MoreVRoom for the Insane. By the Bryan t-McCoin bill, - room will be made for the State to care tor an additional tnousana aeiecuvea ernor Gardner's visit to Oxford, The doors will be opened to hundreds j wbich- seems to smack of politics of insane men and women in th and in that particular is overdrawn State who have been clamoring for jand misleading. Read it: admission and a hope held out for . "Lieutenant Governor Gardner and their restoration. By it, also, room Speaker Brummitt were guests last will be made for the more promising night of the Granville county Demo inmates at the Caswell school in pr-cratjc executive committee at a ban der that more room be had in that quet in Oxford., The affair was quite institution for abnormals. x i. an elaborate one. and attended . by imtt o PMd rrAiTT j members of the executive committee I including Senator Currin, who re- Remittance of Tax Due Under The New Law. In anticipation of the early passage of the Revenue bill. Collector of In ternal Revenue J. W Bailey has mail ed tobacco floor tax inventory forms to retailers of tobacco, cigars, snuff, and cigarettes throughout the 5 6 counties in the eastern district of North Carolina. The day following the passage of the revenue bill, an inventory must be made of all manufactured tobac -jo products on hand so that the same may be verified by deputy collectors who will canvass every county in the district for this purpose. Within 30 days from the passage of the a.ct, sworn returns on forms which will be furnished in a few days accompanied by original inventory, must be mailed to Collector Bailey with remittance of tax due under the new law. Penalties are provided for failure to make returns within the time prescribed. WHO CAUSED THE WAR? Commission Appointed to Answer This Question. ; (Paris Special.) wr-hnt individual, erroun or fac tion was responsible for starting the j Before the war, for that matter, the world War? What part did the ex- j Red Cross was doing n'ot a 'little hu kaiser nlay in instigating it? The j manitarian work day in and day out. peace conference has named a com- mittee to answer tnese questions, so , operauug m iue y.i even nun ui muus- that punishment may bes meted out! trial accidents and promoting. health to the off enders. The committee is 'education among the people. This composed of sixmen, as follows: work in kindred effort should now be c?prrptarv of State Lansing, uniteu States; Sir Gordon Hewart, trreai Tiritain: Andre Tardieu,. France; Ferdinand Larnaude, France; and Viterio-Scialjoia and Deputy Bairn-j ondo, Italy. POUIiTBY IX COLD STORAGE ' - . - V Fif tyight Per Cetot More Than One " Year Ago. . An increase of 58 per cent, in poul try held in cold storage on January 1, 1919, compared with stocks on the same date last year is shown by the cold storage report of the Bureau of Markets, United States Department of Agriculture. Total stocks on Jan uary 1, 1919, reported by 334 stor ages, were 106,917,290 pounds. Pres ent stocks are about 15. per. cent smaller than on January ' 1, 1917, when holdings were unusually lai&e. An increase of 62.4 per cent in fowls held in cold storage on Jan- j uary 1 - of this year compared :, to a year ago is shown by; the report, while percentage increases in other classes of poultry . are '. given as : Broilers, 48.6; roasters, 51.2; - tur- keys, 57.9; and miscellaneous pom- disagreeable effects from tne climate try 67.3 per cent. . ..'and the effects of the campaign. NUMBER 12 LIEUT. GOVERNOR GARDNER SPENDS SUNDAY IN OXFORD strenuous duties as nrpsint f h senate, the high state official was immediately escorted to the elegant home of Mr. B. W; Parham, where members of the Oxford bar and a number of personal friends called iater in the evenine to dine and nass :a pleasant hour in congenial com pany. If there was any political slfinifi cance in the visit of Lt. Governor i wisdom crowded into twentv minutes He made such a profound impression' in the Baraca room there was an in sistent demand for his appearance be fore the whole Sunday school, and here, too, he was received with open hearts. In the afternoon he spoke to the children of the Oxford Orphan age. It is well to keep history straight, There appeared in the Raleigh News and 0baerver an account of Lt. Gov turned home with the two presiding officers for'the banquet. Addresses were delivered .by the Lieutenant Governor, Chairman B. W. Parham, Speaker Brummitt and Senator Cur rim" I THE RED CROSS MUSTCJO ON. The Local Chapter Has Important Work In Hand. The Granville County Chapter has accepted several large allotments of refugee garments which are urgent ly needed, and the ladies of the town and county are asked to assist in making these garments. For the past several weeks only a few ladies have been going to the work rooms,, and it will be impossible to finish the work on hand without more work ers. This is very important Red Cross work, and the local chapter is anxious to do its full share, but. the wodk can not be completed unless a large number of ladies visit the Main street work room, and take a part in this work. It is hoped, that the ladies will respond heartily to this urgent appeal. . Obviously, ample scope for Red Cross effort will remain after the last war victim has been succored. notably in the way of nursing, co- intensinea ana extenqea, lor ine saKe of both of those among our millions who need to be helped and of those i who will benefit in sharing in the helping. It would in truth be a sad mistake if after the war the Red Cross were permitted-to fade to a mere shadow of its splendid self. OUR SHTP TO STEAM UP RHINE TO BRING SOLDIERS BACK HOME Only a Few Cases of Influenza Among Our Troops. : x (Paris Special.) N American ships will soon steam up the Rhine, using Rotterdam as a base. It is announced that the trans port of Americans to their homes is progressing rapidly, and that during February the number of Americans would be -increased greatly. The soldiers in the occupied territory show willingness to re-enter the war if it were necessary? j The'.number of leases -of influenza among the troops is negligible. The excellent physical standards set by the army guaranteed the men against
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