North Carolina Newspapers

OXFORD . V VOLUME XXXIV. MR. KNOTT ADVOCATES PLAN TO CONTINUE THE FAIR It Could Be Operated Successfully In Connection "With a Farmer's Exchange. Editor Public Ledger: I read with interest your recent article on disposition of the Gran ville County Fair property, which is to be sold at an early date. I agree with you in that if this property was handled by a party of several, con ducted as a fair proposition on strict ly business lines, it would j not only pay expenses but pay a good dividend j on investment. One reason our fair failed was be cause the salary paid to the secretary was so small no one cared to hold the position more than one year; there fore the fair was always conducted by inexperienced men. v In 1916 I was the secretary of the fair, and I now look back on that year's work with regret, not only on account of heavy financial losses sus tained personally, but on account of my inexperience and the mistakes I made. The man who manages a fair suc cessfully must be experienced, re ennrpAfiil. nooular. oroeressive and chock full of ideas. You cannot se-1 $300 per year. Managing a fair is a big man's job. It seems to me that just now we need this institution riintV. in Granville luu"'' i Some one said that the reason the j "X league in regara fair did not succeed was because our j to lts naval an military forces ar people thought only of raising tobac- mament. co. Unfortunately this is true in a! Provides for Arbitration, measure, but any county that holds The contracting parties re- to the one crop idea in future is i serve the riSht to take anyiction to doomed matters not what that crop safeguard the peace of nations. The sells for. When the Southern far- executive council shall formulate mers realize that they have soil ca-! Plans for the establishment of a per nable of producing anything, . and j manent court of international jus- i ..u ,1 V ir, a Aa Wneil UULLUii ctnu. iuuhtou ia uii tJj.c vie cline shift to some other crop that is profitable until we learn to do this we will always be victims of a fluctuating market. I knw of no Hotter ap-vnmr tn riamnnst.ra.te and bring out theseZiaeas than through I a county fair. . . ; ' FranKiv. i wouia iik to see a com- t pany organized to take charge of our fair and run it, cutting out all leaks that we all know have existed, and make it go. Conducted in this wey, it wrould succeed and pay those who are connected with it. Employ a man capable of doing the work; run in connection with it a Farmer's Exchange, and demonstrate to the farmers that not only can other crops be produced in our county, but that it would pay them to produce these crops. When we learn this we will hrvve a more stable market for our tobacco and cotton. Men of Granville county, be not de ceived, the present high prices for tobacco will not last without an ef fort on your part. That effort must be Diversified Farming. P. W. KNOTT. PITY THAT IT IS TRUE. A Scoundrel Married Louisburg Girl Whilo Wife Was Living. The Washington Post says that an indictment was returned by the local grand jury last Friday afternoon a-j gainst Franklin C. Morris, said to be business man of New York and De troit, aleging that he recently maried Miss Aline P. Webb, of Louisburg, N. c, a clerk in the war risk insur ance bureau, while he had a wife liv ing in New York. Morris is alleged to have married Miss Ada M. Levins, cf Ttroit, ApriM2, 1899, and they lived together in New York and De troit until the husband came here six months ago to enter the i government rvice. It is said that Morris kept up a daily correspondence with his wife during the time that he ! was payingcourt to the North Carolina Sirl whom he subsequently married. Morris is 42 years old. HETIF, IS YOUR CHANCE FOR A FLIGHT ACROSS THE ATLANTIC Tickets Are Selling As Hign As $50,000 For the Privilege. A New York merchant, who is somewhat of an - expert in gas en gines, ,has offered his services to the Aero Club of America as engineer . on the first airplane that is to fly across the Atlantic. He asks no wage or salary. On the contrary he oners ntrary, to nav ssnnnn fnr the nrivilege orj' helping at the motors on the flight a cross. The would-be passengers have hot been heard from yet, but we need not be surprised to hear of bids any where from $100,000 to $200,000 for "first tickets:" ' But what -the Public is now most interested In is announcement by the club of - the sailing day of the first airpUne to ! Europe. Later on it will become , -cerested in the matter PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLl SrVOUNTY OFFER BRILLIANT OPPORTUNITIES A LL HOME WILSON PRESENTS UNANIMOUS REPORT ON LEAGUE OF NA TIONS TO PEACE CONGRESS Pact Affords a Permanent Organiza tion United States, Great Britain FranceItaly and Japan, and Four Smaller Powers, Join President j to Call First Meeting of Delegates to World Union. (Associated Press Report.) The executive council of the pro posed league of nations, as outlined in the covenant read by President Wilson today, will consist of repre sentatives of , . the United States, Great Britain, France, Italy and Ja- j pan, together with representatives of tour other States. The council shall meet as often as is necessary, but at least once a year, at whatever place may be designated Any matter within the sphere of ac tion of the league or affecting the peace of the .world will be dealt with. The President of the United States shall summon the first meeting of the body of the delegates and of the executive council. Permanent Secretariat. The league will-have" a secretariat under the direction of a secretary general, who shall appoint the other members. The secretary general f hu act in that capacity at all meet Guarantees for New Members. No State shall be admitted unless it gives effective guarantees to ob serve international obligations and unless it shall conform to conditions u J i n. i . , tlCe To Maintain Peace. Concerning armaments the cove nant say that the maintenance of i peace will require the reduction of national armaments to the lowest Point consistent with national safety and. the enforcement of international geographical situations and- circum stances of the various States being taken into account. World Army Rejected. The French proposition for an inter-Allied military force to enforce peace was defeated by an overwhelm ing vote of the commission on the so ciety of nations, which adopted .the complete draft. . ' Will Adjourn Sine Die. As soon as the conference has re lieved itself of this burden it is ex pected to . adjourn sine die. It has been said Sy a highly competent au thority that the date of adjournment would be about June 1. TAYLOR CANNADY BUGGY CO. INAUGURATES NEW FEATURE Complete Force of High Class Work men Have. Been Engaged. The Taylor Cannady vBuggy Com pany has enlarged its plant so as to include a 'department for upholster ing and repainting automobiles. Mr. Will J. Evans, who is now touring the automobile factories of y the west with a view of securing high grade materials, will give his personal at tention to the details of the depart ment. Mr. N. H. Cannady, president of the Taylor Cannady Buggy Company ( states that the plant will be suffi-, ciently large to take care of the work from all over the State; that high- grade workmen have been secured! and that only the best or materials will be used. The plant will be in operation by March 1st. See formal announce ment elsewhere in this paper. AMERICANS OPPOSE MOVE TO POOL DEBTS OF ALLIES Paris, Feb. 16. The movement in the Peace. Conference to adopt, an in ternational pooling system of debts, to include all neutrals, even against their washes, met determined resis tance from American delegates, who feel that America did her full share by furnishing troops and almost un limited supplies of money and mater ial. ' ' They are understood to be quite willing to extend further credits to trance to rehabilitate her - - " , - lo w and Bel industries gium as well, to horn tneir own m fhe world's market, but they appre ciate their incapacity to ux. their country to participation in any monetary credit system withEnro- nean Powers. i - They feel that some countries Have been derelfct ot .imposing, . cooa and Great as the umieu War to fons, instead of cal- indemnities. OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA WILL HURT-AND BEN TEASLEY SENTENCED TO HARD LABOR As To Who Fired The Fatal Shot , There Is Considerable Uricer- j . tainty. . . .; The Superior Court, for the trial of both criminal and civil cases con- vened Monday, February 10, and is still in session, with Judge C. C. Ly on, of Elizabethtown, N. C, presid ing. During the past week much of the criminal docket, which was great ly congested by reason of the fact that only a few of the urgent crim inal cases were tried at the November Term last owing to the prevalence of the influenza, was disposed of; though the April term willfind sev eral important cases for trial carried over from this term. Judge C. C. Lyon is not a stranger in Granville, he having held the courts of the county during the spring of 1914; but his conduct of the present court has augmented the favor with which he was already rer garded by both the legal fraternity and general public. To the layman he appears to possess that impertur bability and fairness essential to success as a trial judge, and with the! bar he is regarded as a learned and ever courteous administerer o? the law. This week will be devoted to the trial of civil cases only,' though some were set for trial last week. How ever, there were but few submissions most of the cases having been con tested vigorously, most notably be ing the cases State vs. Bud Simpson and Van Horn for the manufacture of whiskey and the trial of Will H-urt ..and' Ben Teasley for murder. In the case of Bud Simpson the jury con victed, and acquitted in the case of Van -Horn. Simpson was sentenced to one year in the State prison. Af ter the summoning of a special ven "iri of one hundred men and the tak ing of testimony for a day and a half, Ben Teasley, through his coun sel, tendered a plea of guilty of man slaughter, and Will Hurt likewise tendered a plea of guilty of murder in the second degree, which pleas were accepted by - the ..solicitor for, the State. The former was sentenced toTfnmatt 4 years and the latter to 8yearsin the State prison. As to who did the shooting that resulted in the death of the negro Young in Brassfield town ship on January 21, there is consid erable uncertainty, as the testimony was exceedingly conflicting, and the general impression is that it was one set of negroes lying against the oth er, and the Teasley group seemed to Lhave had the better of the contest. STEPS TAKEN TO ENTERTAIN THE HOME-C03HNG SOLDIERS Banquet, Music and Speaking Includ ed In the Program. At a meeting in" the store of Mr. J. Robert Wood last Friday night, steps were taken to entertain the home members of the. Thirtieth Division on their return from overseas. Mayor Mitchell's committee is as fol lows: J. Robt. Wood, J. W. Horner, R. H .Lewis, A. A. Hicks, A .H. Pow ell. The above committee appointed the following chairman of committees: Finance -W. . T. Yancey. Secretary Miss Mary B. Williams Asst. Secretary Miss Edna-White. Program B. W. Pa'rham. Decoration G. B. Phillips. Music -Major Will Landis. Refreshments J. R. Hall. Publicity Dan A. Coble. The above chairmen will appoint their assistants and report at a meet ing to be held later in the week. ' The committees practically agreed to hold the entertainment in one of our spacious warehouses. All of the Granville county soldiers and sailors who have returned will be invited to "attend. Plans were also discussed as how best to show our appreciation for the part the colored soldiers play ed in the world war. This can be done later on when an all-da event will be staged for all of the soldiers of Granville county. - RED CROSS TOTES. Mr. Summers, the sewing machine agent, has very generously donated to the Granvillie County Chapter a Richmond sewing machine, and he has, also, kindly loaned another sew ing machine for use in the work room. a This kindness of Mr.' Sum mers comes at an opportune time, for sewing machines are in great de mand in the work room at this time, and the Chapter expresses its thanks and appreciation to Mr. Summers.. It is hoped that a large number of the ladies from both the town and county will callat the work room on Main street; and assist in the-work of - completing the, large order for refugee garments. These garments are urgently needed and the chapter is anxious to . keep up its good pame by, completing all 'allotments. V i. v TUESDAY, FEB. 18, 1919. PLAN OF LEAGUE ACCEPTED ON 13TH, WILSON LUCKY DAY President Wilson Retains 1 13 as his , . Lucky Number. " The agreement on the plan for the society of nations was effected on the 13 th. 'X He arrived, in France December 13 th. He was first inuagurated Presi dent in 1913. . He was the 13 th President, of Princeton. v He has 13 letters in his name. .The League of Nations is now an accomplished fact.- The draft has been completed and adopted, and the President is speeding across the At lantic with a copy in his pocket. This is the instrument upon which the preservation of the future peace j of the world is based, and thus the , one great detail of the Peace Confer- ence is of final adjustment. The pub lie may now prepare itself for the long-expected discussion of indemnities,-reparations and organizations of tribunals for the consideration of charges against military authorities for responsibility for the war and for the outrages that characterized its prosecution o part of the German military Government. The Confer ence will shortly be in the midst of these interesting matters. The full text of. the League of Na tions embrace twenty-six articles. The plan as approved by the special commission, is a simple affair, after all. It will comprise a small body of representatives from the great and small countries which, will govern the Society of Nations. This body vWill have stated meetings at some placer which will be internatonalized. Each i country will be represented by international law experts who will acta as arbitrators in case of disputes between Nations. The country ad judged in the wrong must accept the ruling. In case it should be inclined to go to war, ; it wiiffind that it has to war against the combined military strength of the countries parties to I the "Society. The Continental and LatiniPowers stood out for detail in j Great Briain and -the United States desired agreement on general prin ciples only. As usual, in case of dis pute, they turned to President Wilson and he was ready with a way out of the difficulty, v Under his ; plan no country will be obliged to go . to the rescue of i another country unjustly attacked, but all parties to Society membership would be cpmpelled to join in an economic boycott against a country which violates its rules, and also to maintain friendly neutra. lity in favor of the attacked coun try. When war should become nec essary, all parties . to the -.Society would join in helping . the Nation upon which war is made, but the boycott would be rst resort. ARRIVALS OF OVERSEAS TROOPS TOTAL. 215,749 More Than a Million Officers and Men Demobilized in This Country to February 10. ThewWr Department says that from the signing of the armistice to February 8, 287,332 American troops Mn France and Great Britain had em barked for the United States, while up to February 10, 67,454 officers and 1,069,116 men had been demob ilized in this country. Total arrivals of overseas troops up to February 7 were 215,749 c v Since the end of hostilities 53,042 sick and wounded have arrivedl in this country, bringing the total since the beginning of the war to 63,160. On Feruary 1 the occupied beds in hospitals in the United States num bered 60,777, while there were 47, 048 vacant beds available for return ing cases. ' MR. J. T. POYTHRESS DEAD The Old Painter Was a Victim of the .. . Flu. . ."' .. Mr. J. T. Poythress, 57 years old, died atxhis home on Raleigh .Road last Saturday morning after a brief illness of influenza-pneumonia. Some years back Mr. Poythress served on the police force and was regarded as a fearless officer. ie was a painter by profession. . He is survived by three children. The funeral services were conduct ed by Dr. Harte Sunday afternoon and the interment was in Elmwood Cemetery. The pallbearers were: Harvey Murray, R- W. Brown, W. J. Longmire, R. Bowden, L. G. Mangum E.Z. Rainey. ; ..V '-y TlieBaracaPlUlatbeas. May 16 is the date set for the an nual Baraca-Philathea State conven tion to be held in Greensboro. The "principal meetings of the convention Will lje held in the First Baptist church and in West, Market Street Methodist church. - PRINT. WILSON WILIi XAND AT BOSTON TO MAKE AN ADDRESS THERE Great Welcome Meeting To Be Air ranged In Boston For Presi- ' dent Upon His Arrival Home. "Washington, Feb. 17. President Wilson left Brest on his return to the TTnitprl Rtntaa nn hnonl fha TTm . ted States Ship George Washington ' shortly after 11 o'clock last Satur-1 day morning. I The President will land, in Boston j February 25, where he will deliver an address covering the achievement ! of his trip to France, Articles In His Pocket, pn leaving France, President Wil son cabled a request to the Foreign Relations committees of Congress to defer debate on the constitution of the close range view that Dr. Harte the proposed league of nations until ! got of the great evangelist, as out he had an opportunity to go over it lined to an overflowing congregation, "article by article" with the mem-j will cause those who heard him to ers. i withhold their criticism until they, "There is a good and sufficient too, get an intimate view of the man reason for the phraseology and sub- who possesses the greatest religion stance of each article," declared the force in the world today. President in his message, transmit-) Dr. Harte started out by saying ted through Secretary Tumulty. ( that Rev. Billy Sunday is 63 years To Rush Matters. old. That within itself was a great Members of the Senate and House surprise to the congregation. He committees 'will dine at the White spoke of the early life of the great House on February 26, the day after preacher; how he was converted on the President is expected to land at the streets of Chicago; his entrance Boston. This early meeting was in- upon his great career 25 years ago terpreted as evidence of the Presi- as a handy-man in the employ of the dent's determination to get the de-. late Dr. Alexander, the great evan tails of the new world federation for gelist; later purchasing a tent and peace before Congress as quickly as preaching to large congregations in possible. .the West. f 1 . Respect President's Wishes. j Dr. Harte attributes much of the Democratic and Republican' lead- success of Sunday to the perfect or ers indicated that both parties, were ganization down to the minutest de inclined to respect the President's tail. In Richmond he said, one wishes in the matter of debate, al- thousand select musicians furnish though" it was said some members the music; that the entertainment might desire to express their views before the sermon lasts for one hour forthwith. GRAND JURY'S REPORT. Recommends That the Vaults in the Clerk's and Register's Office Be Enlarged. To His Honor, Judge C. C: . Lyon, We. the frrand iurv of February-' term 1919, Granville County Super- m Ricnmona last week which was ior: Court beg leave to report as fol- attended by forty ministers, one of lows: - j , whom spoke discouraglngly of Mr. We have passe&upon all bills pre- Sunday's preachings, but when ques sented for our consideration. We tioned as to the grounds for his atti investigated the Home of the Aged tude could not name a single short and Infirm and found that the mem- coming of the great evangelist. In bers'are well cared for and the man-' tnis connection, Dr. Harte stated agement of the institution satisfac-, tnat the whiskey men of Cincinnati tory. We found therein 23 inmates ' for many years had a. standing re as follows: White males 3; white ward of $25,000 to any one who females 4; colored males 8 ; color-1 could furnish proof that Rev. Billy ed females 8. We found the 'follow-! ing stock: 4 cows, 3 mules, 1 horse, 4 sows, 18 shoats, 2 barrels of molas es, 250 pounds of lard, 1800 pounds of meat, 4 tons of corn stover, 8 tons of pea hay, 5,000 pounds of fodder, 125 barrels of corn. We visited the jail( and found the prisoners well cared for. We would recommend that screens be placed in the windows and doors by spring. We visited the several officers of the Court Housef and found them . conducted- satisfactory. We would rec ommend that vaults in the clerk's of fice be enlarged; we found papers outside that ought to be"in vaults.; we also recommend that the vault in the register of deeds' office be en larged, as all space in vault i filled. We find that there are 30 justices Of the peace in the. county and pnly 9 reported. Respectfully submitted, ( A. P. HOBGOOD, Foreman. WA1 REVENUE BDLL NOW LACKS ONLY SIGNATURES To Be Signed By President Wilson c) On His. Return From Abroad. (Washington Special.) Final legislatnvei action on the war revenue bill levying $6,000,000, 000 in taxes this year and $4,000, 000,000 yearly thereafter untiLrevis ed was taken by the senate without a record vote, and with but a few scat- tering "noes," the conference "agree- ment was adopted as approved rec- ently by the house. After the bill Is signed by Vice President Marshall and Speaker Clark it will be sent to the white house for approval by President Wilson after his return , from France. Formal approval of i the bill by the President is regarded as assured., ' ' In the Casualty List. In the casualty list issued Sunday William Hill Powell, of Oxford, is reported' slightly wounded. This no doubt refers to the dose of gas re ceived last fall, from -which he has completely recovered. He is a son of Mr. J. B. Powell, Register of Deeds J and he is wearing J:he distinguished medal . awarded for bravery. ;, Mr. Josh King, luyer f or the Lng Company, left for New York 'today. NUMBER 14 ; DR. HARTE LAUDS THE WORK OF BBLIiY SUNDAY The Evangelist. Is the" Greatest Sin gle Religious Force In the ' ' s World Today. Dr. J. D. Harte pastor of the Ox ford Baptist church, made a trip to Richmond last week and while there heard Rev" B.illy Sunday Preach six sermons. On his return so many people asked Dr ?arte about the great evangelist' he sat aside last Sunday night to pay a just tribute from his pulpit to the man -whose voice is heard by five million people every year. It has been the custom here, as well as elsewhere, for the uninform ed to criticise Rev. Billy Sunday, but and. is interspersed with high class sacred music. Across the street from the auditorium, said Dr. Harte, is a cafeteria run by the Sunday forces practically at cost to prevent' others from profiteering by virtue of the great throng of people who stand in line for hours' waiting to be admitted ir. nane spoite or a meeting neia unaay is a graiter ana not sincere. To prevent damaging reports by un scrupulous people, said Dr. Harte, j Mr- Sunday throws a safe-guard a- bout himself; that he will not enter tain any lady, or delegation, unless in the presence of his wife or other reliable persons. Dr. Harte said that he woud be afraid to speak discouragihgly of the great evangelist's work. He is sat isfied, he said, that Mr. Sunday is the greatest single religious force in the world today. He said that' he had no fault to find with him for jumping and skipping about the plat- form. Those antics, said Dr. Harte, are a part of his very nature, and after you hear him a couple of times, and know the man, they appear to be absolutely natural. Let the. actions be what they may, continued Dr. Harte, Sunday arrives at the funda-. mental truths of the Scriptures. He f is an educated man -a man of let ters -and through the maze of words and action is able to make you laugh or shed a tear and through it estab lish the divine truth. , Billy. Sunday will be in Richmond two weeks longer, , announced Dr. Harte, and he . urged all ; who can possibly hear him to do so to hear him more than one time if possible. ROMANCE OP A POCKETBOOIC Sweetheart Claims Purse of Soldier Dead At Ypres f i v v ir. m p - - " r, " , several years ago. It was sent by ; BajtniP. of Essex, Eng., and in hlf le"er he explained that it was enTrom,ne. pocKet oi an urn- dentified . officer after he was killed on the battlefield . of Ypres a few months ago. Stamped on the in side of the pocket book was the name of the Urm which sold it and, also the address. A few hours after the pocket ; Dook was placed in the win dow of the Winston clothing firm a sister of . the v dead soldier and the young .man's sweetheart appeared and identified it by . the kodak pic ture on the inside as that of Pri vate William B. Johnson of . Stokes dale, who left home for camp last April and who went to France with his company in July. He was killed August-2 by a bursting shrapnel. alia Tirinoa ; tuwo