VOLUME XXXIV.
THE INCOME TAX BILL
PROVIDES HEAVY PENALTIES
A Revenue Officer Has Arrived In
Oxford To Aid Tax Payers In
Making Out Their Returns
Work on the collection of $6,000,
, 000,000 has been begun by the Bu
reau of Internal Revenue. This is
the estimated yield of the new reve
nue bill. The income tax provisions
of the act reach the pocket-book of
every single person in the United
States whosenet income for 1918
was $1,000, or more, and of every
married person whose net income
was $2,000, or-more, perasons whose
net income equalled or exceeded
these amounts, according to their
marital status, must file a return of
income with the collector'of internal
revenue for the district in which they
live on or before March 15.
Here is what will happen to them
if they don't; for failure to file a re
turn on time, a fine of not mere
than $1,000 and an additional asess
ment of 25 per cent of the amount
of tax due.
For "willfully refusing" to make
a return on time, a fine not exceed
ing $10,000, or not exceeding one
year's imprisonment, or both.
For making a false or fraudulent
return, a fine of not more than $10,
000, or imprisonment for not more
than one year, or bothj together with
an additional assessment of 50 per
cent of the amount of tax evaded.
For failure to pay the tax on time,
a fine of not more than $1,000 and
an additional assessment of 5 per
cent of the amount of tax unpaid,
plus 1 per cent interest for each full
month during which it remains un
paid. In addition to the $1,000 and $2,
000 personal exemptions, taxpayers
are allowed an exemption of $200
for each person dependent upon them
for chief support if such persons is
under eighteen years of age and in
capable of self-support. Under the
1917 act, this exemption was allow
ed only for each dependent "child."
The head of a family one who sup
ports one or more persons closely
connected with-him by blood-rela
tionship, relationship by marriage,
or by adoption is entitled to al ex
emptions allowed a married person.
The normal rate of tax under the
new act is 6 per cent of the first
$4,000 of net income above the ex
emptions, and 12 per cent of the net
income in excess of $4,000. Incomes
in excess of $5,000 are subject also
to a surtax ranging from 1 per cent
of the amount of the net income be
tween $5, 000 , and $6,000 to 65 per
cent of the net income above $1,000,
000.
Payment o fthe tax may be made
in full at the time of filing return or
in four installments, on or before
March 16, on or berore June 16, on
or before September 15, and on or
before December 15.
In this case taxpayers must seek
the government, not the Government
the taxpayer.
THE THIRIETII MAY PARADE
STREETS OF GREENSBORO
Secretary Daniels Urges Senator Ov
erman to Arrange For Boys
to Stop Over.
(Greensboro News.)
No response has yet been received
from Snator Simmons answering a
recent letter from Secretary Daniel,
of the chamber of commerce, request
ing that he use his influence in hav
ing a portion of the 30th division
parade the streets of Greensboro
while en route to their point of de
mobilization. Mr. Daniel feels that the conting
ent that stops over in Raleigh might
well linger a few hours in V Greens
boro, where a royal reception would
await them. And although Senator
Simmons has not yet replied to his
communication, he believes that the
senator is very anxious to have the
30 th visit as many cities in this state
as possible. For this reason he is
watching every mail carefully in the
nope that the greatly desired visit
will be forthcoming.
ASSOCIATION OF VETERANS OF
WORLD WAR IS INCORPORATED
Organization for the Purpose of
Banding Together Veterans of
All Branches. '
Incorporation under the laws of
New York of the World War Veter
an's association a proposed national
organization for the purpose of band
ing together veterans of all branches
f the service, aiding them to ob
tain employment and facilititating
their return to civilian s life was an
nounced Saturday. The board of di
rectors include Lawrence E. Abbott,
chairman; Maj. August , Belmont,
aPt. "Archie" Roosevelt, Ralph M.
Easley and V. Everett Macy.
on. anwi'wniiiiLijjLTUWN AND COUNlx umuk BRILLIANT OPPORTUNITIES ALL HOME PRINT.
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HOUSES ARE BADLY NEEDED.
More Than Twenty Families In Ox
ford Without Homes.
There are ten or a dozen families
in the dwellings on the site of the
new warehouse, who must find homes
elsewhere in less than thirty days
The three flats at the corner of
Hillsboro and Broad streets contain
eight families. One of these flats
win be torn down and meved to the
country; one will be moved to anoth
er part of town, and the other one
is .for sale.
There are other dwellings on the
site that must be moved at once. Just
where these families are to find
homes is a serious question.
After an all-day search, a srood
woman informed the Public Ledger
uuum not nna a vacant
nouse or even a part of a house for
her family.
Small dwellings, are in demand
here. Two weeks ago a couple of
men came to Oxford to rent homes
with a view of bringing their familis
hereto live, but ,110 houses could
be found, and thy were compelled
to abandon the project.
The change of schedule on the Sea
board railway recently was the
means of three families coming to
Oxford to live. Neither one of
these families have been able to find
a dwelling here in which to live.
With so many vacant lots in Ox
ford it is strange that the owners do
not erect a few nice homes for rent.
The hundreds of people who are be
ing turned away from Oxford on ac
count of a scarcity of houses, would
gladly pay $15.00 or &20.00 a month
for a small dwelling.
SENDING A TELEPHONIC MES
SAGE TO A SHIP AT SEA
From His Desk In Washington, Navy
Secretary Speaks To Mr. Wil
son SOQ Miles At Sea.
Wonderful indeed is some of the
recent inventions. According to the
press reports, Secretary Daniels trans
mitted a telephonic greeting to Pres
ident Wilson Friday by naval radio.
From-his,c:desk-at th"eavyDep"a"rt
ment, the Secretary's voice was car
ried to the George Washington near
ly 800 miles off the Atlantic coast.
The long distance radio telephone
equipment had been set up when the
Secretary reached his office. His
regular desk telephone was connect
ed with the seacoast station, where
his voice was projected by radio
waves to the aereals of the George
Washington.
Mr. Daniels opened his message
by stating that it was the Secretary
of the Navy talking, and that the
message was for the President.
Whether the President personally
listened was not understood. Mr.
Daniels said that a great welcome
awaited the President in Boston, and
upon his arrival in the capital.
Mr. Daniels repeated his message
several times to make sure it was
understood.
"Goodbye," the Secretary said
into the instrument. "I will see you
Tuesday. Goodbye."
WHEAT GUARANTEE
MEASURE ADOPTED
Empowers President With Machin
ery For Buying 1918 and 1919
Crops.
Washington, Feb. 24. The wheat
guarantee bill authorizing the Presi-
Hpnt to use existing agencies or ere- j
ate new ones to buy wheat of the j
iil8 and 1919 crops at the govern-1
ment guaranteed price auu uisyuoc
of it at market prices was passed by
the House by a vote of 277 to 15.
DR. MARY WALKER IS
DEAD AT AGE OF 87
The Only Woman Permitted to Ap
pear In Male Attire.
Dr Mary Walker, aged 87 years,
died at her home near Oswego, New
York, last Saturday night after a
long illness. She was a surgeon in
the Civil war and was awarded a con
gressional medal of honor, She gam
Id considerable fame by being the
only woman-allowed to appear m
male attire by an act of Congress.
arm? DODGERS OF THE
DRAJPTTO BE PROSECUTED
Those Who Wilfully Evaded Service
Being Hunted, While Others
Will Be Dismissed.
A Washington special says that
draft dodgers now are being classx-
and . the w? ho aT)Tart-
nffice to separate u --. .
ely violated the
law acciaenianj
rrom .iuv : awrvices The for
attempt w ,
np.:.- ;r.mil and the latter
will be -prosecuted ' Without regara
wuj. . -t.MMiitifis and furtn-
tn the fact mat - -
draft calls, have ceased
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OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA
ANOTHER LARGE TOBACCO
WAREHOUSE FOR OXFORD
To Be Built By Former Sheriff Hob
good, Senator Currin and Mr. K
Graham Daniel. - ' ; ;
When the Oxford tobacco market
opens next fall, the farmers will
find a large new warehouse on the
west corner of Hillsboro and Broad
streets, where the Parker flats are
now standing.
The site for the new warehouse
was transferred to Senator Currin, S.
C. Hobgood and Graham Daniel dur
ing the past week, the consideration
being in the neighborhood of $15,
000, according to the revenue stamps
attached to the transfer papers. The
site extends through the square from
Hillsboro street to Penn street.
The warehouse will face on Hills
boro street and extend back along
Broad street. It will be a modern
brick structure and will have forty
thousand square feet of floor space.
There will be a concrete driveway on
the west side and extending around
in rear of the building to Broad
street, and also a driveway through
the building on the east side.
There are five or six dwellings on
the site, all of which will be remov
ed within the next thirty days, it is
said.
Figuring in the transfer of the
property to the present owners were
Messrs. Frank W. Hancock, Jr., Sam
Watkins and Mat Nelson, who pur
chased the Parker flats from Mr! Sam
W. Parker a few months ago; a
house and lot cn Broad street, own
ed by Mr. W. T. Yancey, and a strip
of land on the west side of the old
Parker flats line extending back the
length of the proposed warehouse,
and-a strip of about 70 feet wide n
Penn avenue extending back to the
site of the proposed building, owned
and transferred by Mr. S. W. Parker
It is stated on good authority that
the owners will place orders for build
ing materials at once and
building will be ready to TTandTe the
crop next fall. It is estimated that
th'i promoters will expend about
.
f $40,000 on the equipment and that
it will be the largest warehouse in
this section of the State, When com
pleted, Oxford will have six large
warehouses, all of which will be in
full operation next fall, namely:
The Owen warehouse, which has
been closed for two yeaTfs, will be
open for business next fall. The oth
er five include the new warehouse,
which has not yet received its name,
the New Mangum, the Banner, the
Johnson, and the Farmers'.
Tobacco men here do not regard
the new warehouse as an opposition,
but rather to expand the territory
and enlarge the market, so as to be
able to handle twenty million pound
annually. -
HON. CLEM G. WRIGHT IN
OXFORD FOR WEEK END
Prominent Lawmaker Highly Im
pressed With Our Town.
Hon. Clem G. Wright, of Greens
boro, a prominent member of the
House of Representatives, came up
from Raleigh to spend the week end
with Mrs. Wright, who is the guest
of her sister, Mrs. W. A. Devin.
Mr. Wright is known throughout
the State as the champion of good
roads, and he hopes the legislature
at wis session win mi me estate put
oi me mua. ne aiso sianas rour
square on educational matters, a dog
law with, teeth in it, and a curtail
ment of the divorce evil. He is one
of the big four of the House a force
ful spaker and a splendid mixer, and
he generally getsvwhat he goes after.
He is not a politician but a business
man and is largely interested in nu
merous enterprises in Greensboro
and elsewhere in the Piedmont sec
tion of the State. We were right
glad to hear him say that Oxford is
a most delightful little city and that
it is bound to grow,
SENATOR AND MRS. OVERMAN
ANNOUNCE DOUBLE WEDDING
Washington, Feb. 23. The follow
ing announcement was made Satur
day: "Senator and Mrs. Lee S Over
man announce the engagement of
their daughter Katheryn Baird, to
Mr. Gilbert FooteHambley, of Salis
bury. This announcement should
have been made with that of her sis
ter, Grace McDowell, to Mr. Edgar
Norria Snow, ot Greensboro,. N." "C.
The double wedding will take place
in the spring."
-Notice the many items in Rose's
advertisement on the last page of
this paper ranging in price .from five
to twenty-five cents.
TUESDAY, FEB. 25, f919.
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THE OXFORD MARKET WILL
CLOSE FOR THE "SEASON
FRIDAY, MARCH 14TH
Eleven Million Pounds Have Been
Sold Here This Season.
At a meeting of the Oxford Tobac
co Board of Trade it was decided to
keep the market open until Friday
March 14th in order to give the far
mers time to get their tobacco on the
market. The date set for the close
down is at the end of business Fri
day, March 14 th.
The' sales on the Oxford market at
the close of -business last Friday was
a fraction over eleven million, pounds
This amount included resales durfng
the season,. which did not exceed
300,000 pounds.
It is estimated that there is a half
million pounds in the hands of the
farmers to be marked here, which
will bring the total amount of sales
on the Oxford market this tobacco
season up to twelve million pounds.
If these figures are realized the
total amount. of money paid will be
nearly $4,500,000. This is greater
than anything-'ever heard of on any
of the markets in this secjtion in pre
vious yeargrv V
OXFORD MERCHANTS ON THE
NATIONAL HONOR ROLL
Stejm Goes 536 Percent Clear Over
the Top.
According to the official figures
received here from Washington with
reference to the outcome of the War
Savings Campaign waged by the va
rious State Retail Merchants' Divis
ions from the first of May until the
end of December of last year, the
North Carolina Retail Merchants' Di
vision, under leadershipof Mr. J. L.
Gilmer, of Winston-Salem, made the
best record of any State in the Union
in the sale 6f War Savings and
Thrift Stamps through retail stores.
North Carolina was assigned a quo
ta of $2,312,093.00 of stamps to be
sold by the retail merchants. At the
North Carolina was assigned a quo-
e the sales amounted to 3.220.352 25
making a percent of 139. Mr Kerr
Tavlior. of Hnmr hnmnon
I " vvm uu.ix.r
was director of the campaign in Ox
ford. .
The fifth, or Raleigh District, of
which Mr. William Perlstein was
chairman, and which comprised the
counties of Caswell, Granville, Per
son, Durham, Lee, Johnson, Chatham
Alamance, Orange and Wake, sold
$421,143.75 or over $75,000 above
its quota.
It is also intersting to note that
the merchants of Stem are credited
with 556 per cent.
PRESIDENT WILSON BACK
ON AMERICAN SOIL
Must Return to Paris By March
15th.
President Wilson arrived in Bos
ton harbor Sunday night; received
an ovation in Boston Monday sur
passing all public demonstrations in
history, and arrived in Washington
at 3 o'clock Tuesday mordning as
fresh as a daisy.
, In his address to the American
people at Boston, President Wilson
said that a new Europe is in the mak
ing; that hope is a living thing
there for the first time in four years;
nations will now understand each
other in every just cause and unite
every moral and physical force to see
that right prevails throughout the
world.
President Wilson will leave Wash
ington March 5 th on his return trip
to Paris to ratify and put in force
the league of nations.
HOUSE CUTS ARMY TO 175,000
Passes Senate Measure, Eliminating
540,000 Plan.
(Washington Special.)
The peace time army of the United
States for the year beginning next
July 1, is fixed at 175,000 men the
number authorized by the national
defense act of J$16 under a Sen
ate bill sent to conference after pas
sage by the House. In voting to sus
tain a point of order and to substi
tute the Senate measure for the tern
porary army provision of the annual
army appropriation bill the house re
fused the request of the War De
partment for a military establish
ment for the7 next year of approxi
mately 540,000 officers and men.
As the bill passed the House in
virtually the same form as enact by
the Senate, the conference will have
for consideration only the House a
mendments fixing the period of en
listment in the new army at one year
and fixing the pay for enlisted men
at $30 a month.
Misses Olivia and Bettie Mae Cheat
ham, members of the faculty of the
Wakelon High School, spent the
week end with relatives on Route 3.
A LETTER FROM SOMEWHERE. 1
Which Ve Find In Our
Morning
Mail.
Jason Gage got fired out of the
band. He didn't play loud enough.
Since this town went dry Mar
shall Pusey carries a, barrel stave in
stead of a mace,- he usese it to lo
cate hip-pocket flasks.
Old Hank McGee is a good pro
vider. He took his little boy's wag
on, went around the town and pro
vided his wife with seven washih's.
Steve Mercer, the barber, says
that a customer in the chair is worth
two waiting and a whole shop full
of loafers.
Old Job Terrell told the Whit
tling Club out under the hay scales
shed that he hadn't took a bath in
twenty years. Jake Bentley says
he's now gone so long he ought to
begin usin' harness grease.
Hub Neff was just seen leaning
up against the Jones Block down at
the corner. It seems that he ran
away with acircus. He wore a big
cow-boy hat with straps around it
and" his wrists. When asked what
states he went through he said he
didn't know, for they travelled at
night.
1 Aunt Amelia Yoder was 87
years old yesterday. She can dis
tinctly remember the wet spring of
1852, 'for Marsh Hilliard's wagon
show came through here that year
and the elephant got loose and et up
every vegetabfe garden in the settle
ment. Aunt Amelia says she owes
her long life to Dr. Gunn's Domestic
Physician, and still keeps it on the
center table with the Bible and Watt
Hymns. -
Jake Bentley, who is one of the
trustees, visited the McKees Creek
school house yesterday and heard
the first class in arithmetic recite.
He gave the head of the clas sa prob
lem which was: "How many grains
of corn will it take to make a square
foot of mush?" The scholars all
have a good time when "Jake comes
to visit 'em but the teacher says it's
hard jfco maintain order.
NORTH CAROLINA CASUALS
REACH HOME PORT
Come Aboard Transport Orizaba,
Which, WTith Henderson,
Reaches New York.
-"The army transports Henderson
and Orizaba arrived in New York Sat
urday with 77 officers and 4,203
men.
The Orizaba's passengers includ
ing Casualty Company No. 497, com
posed of North Carolinians.
WAR INSURANT PAYMENTS
BILL PASSED BY CONGRESS
The Senate has passed the House
bill directing the war insurance bu
reau to resume payment of allot
ments to enlisted men of the army
and navy, which it discontinued last
July. Because" of minor Senate a
mendments the bill was sent to con
ference. The cases of more than
20,000 men in the service are affected
by the measure.
SENATE VOTES FIVE CENTS
A MDLE FOR SOLDIERS
For Travel To Thear Homes
From
Places of Discharge.
Washington, Feb. '24. The Sen
ate has adopted the conference re
port on the authorizing men discharg
ed from the military service te re
tain their uniforms and allowing
them five cents a mile for travel to
their homes from places of discharge
The house is expected to take simi
lar acthion within a few days.
TOTAL CASUALTIES TO DATE
Official Report of the Commanding
General A. E. t
Killed in action ...... 31,555
Died of wounds ........... 13,139
Died of disease 19, 722
Died from accident .. 2 929
Wounded in action 187,296
Missing 'in action 6,917
Total to date
261,557
Rev. Billy Sunday's Age.
Dr. J. D. Harte, pastor of the Ox
ford Baptist church, stated last Sun
day that he desiredl to set everybody
straight as to the age of Rev. Billy
Sunday. While in Richmond ten
days ago he heard several preachers
and laymen say that Mr. Sunday was
63 years old. He returned to Rich
mond last week to escort Mrs. Harte
home, and while there learned that
Mr. Sunday is "53 or 56" yars old.
In making the correction he stated
that he hoped the. great evangelist
would lire to be .100 years old and
some more.
--Mrs. H. G. Cooper went over to
Henderson Friday to hear Mrs. T. W.
Bickett's and Mrs. Hoke's addresses
at the church of the Holy t Innocents.
She was the guest of Mrs. J. Y. Par
is at Mrs. S. J. Lane's
s NUMBER 16
BREAKFAST RACOV AT
THIRTY CENTS THE POUND
And Sugar Cured Hams At Thirty
Four Ceiits the Pound.
(Mrs. J. p. Caldwell, in Charlotte
Observer.)
Some days ago I took occasion to
reprint some figures regarding the
status of advertising and non-advertising
grocers and meat dealer. Since
then I have run across a novel idea '
in grocery advertising, down at
Greenville, S. C, where an immense
business has been built up by. a
man who has the goods, makes the
prices right and tells the people a
bout both of them.
Last week this grocer announced a'
"white sale." Soundedike a dry
goods- store, but it challenged your
attention and when you read the
"dope" you found that it was really
a white sale. He showed the regular .
market price of the items on . sale.
together with the price he would
charge for a specific number of days,
together with the saving his custom
ers would make, extended after each"
price.
On Friday of last week he an
nounced that the sale was a winner,
that he had sold enormous quantities
of high grade groceries and that the
man who did not patronize him lost
bargains. N
Then he announces for Saturday
some interesting facts. I do not know
the prices being charged in Charlote
and these shown by this grocer may
be higher or lower than we are pay
ing. Since I do not know, I can not
be charged with making odious com
parisons, but he offers breakfast ba
con, "every ounce guaranteed," in
the pieces, four to 12 pounds at 30
cents.
Sugar cured hams, Swift's or Ar
mour's, 34 cents.
Eggs by the million, every one
guaranteed brand new, at 38 cents
a dozen.
Sugar at $2.50 a bag, or at 10
cents a pound when sold loose.
Country cured harms, 34 1-2 to 36
1-2 cents a pound, every one guar
anteed: A Finest cream cheese, 35 cents;
finest fresh creamery butter 58 cents
And thus his list goes. Says he
can maie these prices because of
the enormous volume of trade, he
has built up by good goods, good
prices and his advertising, 20 inches
in both papers daijy.
COBLENZ ALONE LOST
1,033 SOLDIERS KILLED
During Four Years of War 11,723
Men Were Drafted Into Army
From That -German City.
(The Paris Martin.)
Coblenz, a city of more than 50,000
inhabitants, lost a total of 1,033
men killed in the war, according to
German army estimates which reach
ed the Army of Occupation headquar
ters recently. In the four years of
war 11,723 men from Coblenz were
drafted into the Gerin&n army. Sev
eral thousand of these already have
returned and many have taken up
their trades where they left off in
1914. ,
Since the armistice was signed 6,
532 men of Coblenz have been dis
charged from the German army, and
every day additional soldiers are re
turning to civil life in the district
now occupied by the Third American
Army.
THE NAME OF LT. LANDIS
. IN THE CASUALTY LIST
J
He Returned To His Company After
He Was WoundetJ.
The casualty list issued Sunday
contains the name of Lt. William
T. Landis, of Oxford, the degree of
the wound undetermined.
It was known here several months
ago that Lt. Landis was wounded in
the shoulder, and it is thought here
this is the wound referred to in the
current casualty report. He recovr
ed from his wound and was with his
company when it smashed through"
the Hindenburg line. He was at
tached to the Asheboro company and
very few of the boys were left to tell
the tale.
'GROSS INCOME
The New Revenue Law Fully Ex
plained. Mr. Thomas D. Meyers, of the col
lector's office, Raleigh, arrived in Ox
ford Monday for the purpose of ex
plaining the new income law to those
who must pay the tax.
' Mr. Meyers is located in the com
missioner's room at the Court House,
and in the early hours of the night
he will be found at4he Exchange Ho-,
tel ready to explain the law to all
who desire information. He will re
main in Oxford until Wednesday af
ternoon. .
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