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V 8 if V - l ' ' QhVME XXXIV. OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 1919. ! ' 1 - - ' . . . ' NTTM TiTTTT? 1 8 RECEPTION OF HOME-COMING SOLDIERS MAY BE DELAYED UNTIL FOURTH OF JULY Of the Eight Hundred Men From Granville County With the Colors, Hardly More Than Two Dozen With the Old Organization. With the rapid apprach of the time when Company E, formerly the Gran ville Grays of the old National Guard organization which left Oxford at the outbreak of the war, will arrive back in the States with the Thirtieth ? ffain. now officiallv desi ,n i .! to ! lH WW sail early in March, the question of the welcome to be given to the re turning soldiers has been revived. a- With the latest consideration new of the subject, however,, comes the suggestion from several sources carrying the weight of some influence in such undertakings, that it would be more proper to postpone the home coming celebration , until some time during the fall. Much of the glamor and senti mentality of victory will have vanish ed by that time, it is well recognized by those who have made the sugges tion, but, on the other hand, they argue that if the event is staged as soon as Company E arrives back home there will be " something like 400 or 500 Granville county men who will never have any community wel coming celebration, until July 4. No definite records " are available to show the exact number, but let ters from some offiecrs in the old or ganization are that there are hard ly more than twenty or twenty-five Oxford or Granville county men in Company E as it stands today, and even as it went into the great battle of the Hindenburg line on Septem ber 29. It is estimated, with a great deal of accuracy it is believed, that Company E at the outside hasn't more than two dozen Granville coun ty men on its roster. So, if the home coming occasion were to be attended immediately vupoii the arrival of this unit, the great majority of men who went out from this county will miss the event. It is very true, according to contention of those who have pro posed this new plan, that there are scores of men who never crossed the Eeas, and who have already been dis charged from camps in this country and are now back at home. There are still other men who were wound ed in France and who have been in valided back home and dismissed cured. It has been roughly estimated that $2,500, or about that, will be re quired to arrange for the homecom ing event. A large part of this of course, would have to go toward feeding the men in the big banquet to be given in their honor. It would , take a lot of money to pre pare a big feed for seven or eight hundred men. No difficulty is anti cipated in this respect. However, the main trouble now is in deciding upon the time for the affair to be undertaken. It is the idea of quite a few prom inent citizens that the people of the entire county should be given an op portunity to assist with the planning of the celebration. NEARLY 10,000 PERSONS KILLED ON RAILROADS OneEthird of Total Number Were One-Third of Total Number Were The report of tie Interstate Com merce Commission shows that casu alties on American railroads during 1917 resulted in the death'of 9,467 persons and in the injury of 70,970. Durine the nrevious year 9,4 7 lives were lost and 66,982 persons were injured. Accidents on grade crossings of steam railroads, number ed 3,673 in which 1,777 persons were killed and 4,356 injured. DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS. Out of a Total of 3,918 Awarded The Thirtieth Division Got 177. (Washington Special.) Of the total of 3.918 distinguish ed service crosses awarded for gal- j lantry in action to American soldiers General March announced that 644 were given to the Second Regulars; 300 to the First Regulars; 233 to the Third Regulars. The Twenty-sixth (New England National Guard), the fourth in the list(, with 229 awards, led all Na tinal Guard and National Army Di visions. The Forty-second (Rain bow) Division came next with 205, and then the Thirtieth (Tennessee, North Carolina South Carolina and District of Columbiai National Guard) with 177. - The Twenty Seventh (New York National Guard) received 139. The Seventy-seventh also a New York Division, received 145. The Eigthy First Division (North Carolina, South Carolina and Florida troops), received 19 crosses. PUBLISHED SEMI-HVEEKLY TOWN AND COUNTY OFFER BRILLIANT OPPORTUNITIES- ANOTHER HOTEL TO BE BUDLT IN OXFORD Several Real Estate Transactions In Oxford During Past Ten Days The Lines Are Tightening Every JJay, When Senator Currin, Graham Daniel and Former Sheriff Hobgood purchased a sitae for a new ware- nouse ten days ago they set in mo tion a real estate ball that gains mo mnt7, 7T , A s S m m.en.tum and startles th inhabitants of the old town The New Hotel. Mr. B. E. Parham states that 'he ?L. enlar&e he Farmers' Warehouse IU1S summer. There will hf t-n, large store rooms on the Main street front of the warehouse. The space immediately over the two stores will be divided into neat rooms. Mrs. W. H. Walters, who owners the adjoin ing property and conducts a boarding house, will move the pres ent wooden building to the rear of her lot and erect a neat brick build ing on the Main street front, the south side of which adjoins the wood en building now occupied by the Granville County Chapter of the A merican Red Cross and the Southern Gas Company. The front room of Mrs. Walters' house on the ground floor, which will have a plate-glass front, will be used as a high-class cafe. The upper floor of her build ing will be connecteod with the room over the Parham stores by a passage, making it one of the neatest hotel properties in this section of the state. The Farmers' Warehouse. According to the proposed plans, the front of the farmers warehouse will be on Wall Street. The floor will be sufficiently high above the ground to accommodate horses wagons beneath the building, driveway on the north side of building will" extend through and The the the square and there will be a driveway along a portion of the south side of the warehouse on Herndon avenue. Mr. Parham estimates that the im provements will cost in the neighbor- Other Properrses. SiAce the Public Ledger informed the citizens a week or so ago that there are twenty families in Oxford without homes, real estate has be come active. Several parties are look ing for sites on which to erect mod ern flats. Mr. F. W. Hancock, Jr., working in conjunction with" other well known citizens, have ac quired certain lands on Hancock street on which they propose to build a "small town." It is stated this morning that Mr. W. G. Pace has purchased a hand some home on Front street and that Mr. L. F. Day has purchased a resi dence on Broad street. Coimty Real Estate. Mr. A. H. Powell, in answer to an inquiry of the Public Ledger, states that real estate is firmer than it has ever been in Granville county. It is not what you would term a boom, said Mr. Powell, but farming lands in the county are reaching their true value for the first time. He cited a case where a man was here a few days ago to buy a farm. Three years ago the farm which he had in view was offered at $25.00 an acre. Last week the owner refused $100 an acre for the same farm. THE PRESIDENT YEARNS FOR PRIVATE LIFE He Desires to Write a History As Soon As Possible. (Washington Special.) Tn reeard to published reports that President Wilson told Democrat- ie committeemen who luncnea witn him last week that he would not ac cept nomination for. a third term, it was stated at the White House that the subject of President Wilson again being a candidate was not mention ed It was explained the President merely remarked to his guests that he yearned to get back to writing, and that he intended to compile a history as soon as he returned to pri- vate lif e TENTH DISTRICT WANTS REFORMATORY Fifty Representative Citizens of Granville Sign Petition. Petitions from every county in the 10th judicial district" will today be forwarded to representatives in-the leSlature from each county, asking that they favor a bill to establish a reformatory for juvenile . offenders The Petition from Granville county rimed by more than 50 represen favf citizens. It is stated that the petitions from Durham, Orange, Al amance and Person counties are sim- ilare "'proposed reformatory first recommended by the Durham, county grand jury in session last week. 1 " ' ' ' , ' ONE OF THE BIG WILD CATS RETURNS HOME Sergt. Lex A. Adcock Is Wearing a' Scar. Sergt. Lex A. Adcock, son of Mr. Ben Adcock, of Berea, reached home I iiom overseas a lew davs as:o. ie is wearing a scar on his arm that testifies in elegant language that he was up against the real thing. A piece of shrapnel the size of a bird's egg tore its way through his arm, leaving a pink stain on the skin where it entered and where it pass-: ed out. Pushing back his coat sleeve to show us the wound, Sergt. Adcock said: "It happened on the morning o September 29th. We had been giv en orders to take the Hindenburg trenches at all hazard, and as we ad-f vanced across -the open vista the shot and shell began to fall thick and fast around us. The noise was so intense we could scarcely hear onev another speak. I was, at the side of Lt. El lington when a piece of shrapnel en tered his shoulder and knocked him to the ground. I assisted him to a rise and as we advanced I saw Roy Williford fall; we hastened to his rescue and drug him to a shell hole and left him there; while all this was taking place a piece of shrapnel the size of my hand grazed my hip and tore my blouse. Presently I felt a sensation in my arm and saw the blood streaming from the tips of my fingers, but still advancing amid the groans of prostrate men we heard the shout of victory ana saw the light of day when a gentle breeze from the west carired the smoke of battle into the retreating lines of the Ger man army." Sergt. Adcock was a member of the Oxford Company. On arrival from overseas he was sent to Camp Wadsworth and mustered out of ser-r vice. PHOTOGRAPHS OF IDENTIFIED GRAVES OF, SOLDIERS Will Be Sent to the Dead Soldier's ; ; Next' of Kin. " Plans have -been Terfecied-"by the American Red Corss whereby photo graphs of the identified graves of A mericarf soidiers in France will be sent to the relatives of the heroes in this country. Severa: hundred of such photographs have already been forwarded to the families .of men who died in service overseas and an announcement from the American Red Cross, Headquarters says that the work of obtaining photographs has been speeded up to the point where production from now on is expected to reach about seven thous and every month. The photograph will be sent to the dead soldier's next of , kin. Every identified grave in France is to be photographed under the plan worked out by the army photograph ers and they will not be permitted to deviate from this arrangement in or der to take a' picture of any particu lar grave. DEATHS FROM THE WAR IN ALL THE ARMIES Russia Lead With a Total of 1,700, OOO; Germany Was Second With 1,600,000, -United States Last With But 50,000 Other Nations Given. Washington, "March 3. -According to the statistics given by General by General March, there were 7,354, 000 men killed in action or died of wounds in the world war. The fol lowing list was prepared by the gen eral staff: Russia .... 1,700,000 I 1 iAn nnn .. Tn"n'nc,n I J 1 LfaLCL 11 VX .. .. ........... UUUUW Italy . . 460,000 Turkey . . 400,000 Belgium 102,000 Roumania 100,000 Siberia and Montenegro ... 100,000 United States 50,000 EVERY CENT YOU PLEDGED IS NEEDED TIUS WEEK Te Pheople of Granville Must Pay $2,205.35 Right Now. From information available at the State headquarters of the United War Work Campaign, it has been possi ble to prepare a complete statement of the showing made by every coun ty in the State.; In it is shown the total, the amount subscribed in cash and the balance in pledges which are collectible this week. To carry on the enlarged programs every cent pledged in the United War I Work Campaign is needed. The following is the report of the United War Work Campaign in Granville county after , January pay ments had been made: Cash, $9, 822.60; pledges, $2,205.35. A. flash of spring. See the an nouncement of the Long Company on the last page of this paper. GRANVILLE COUNTY WILL ORGANIZE FOR ARMENIAN SYRIAN RELIEF WORK Miss M-Clure, of Chicago, Will Speak Jn the Court House Tomorrow Night. Miss McClure, one of the most . in teresting speakers, will speak in the court house at 8:30 tomorrow night, Wednesday, March 5, in the interest of the Armenian-Syrian Relief Fund. y Dr. J. Y. Joiner is the chairman of the work in - this State, the state's I quota being $200,000. The object of the meeting at the court house to morrow night is for the purpose of organizing to raise $5,000 in Gran ville county for the oppressed people. The meeting at the court house to morrow night will be immediately af ter the close of prayer meeting in all of the Oxford churches. Listen for the court house bell and be on . hand promptly at about 8:30 o'clock. ' FOR THOSE WTIO DO NOT KEEP ACCOUNTS. The Teachers and the Preacher Are The Chief Sufferers. . . Certain systematic householders keep a record of all their expenses and can tell how much money they paid for meat the year before and what the price of flour, was the year before that. But most of us know merely that since the war began we have been paying much more for ev erything we have to buy, and let it go at that. There is a certain curious interest, therefore, in the comparative figures prepared by the naitonal bureau of Labor Statistics showing the relation of the prices of 1913 with those of last fall. Here they are, omitting the prices of 1913, which are fixed at 100 as the basis for comparison: Gasoline . . . . . ) . . . 145.80 Cotton, middling ...... 253.90 Bleached muslin Lonsdale. . 304.90 Women's shoes 223.00 Flour . i ...... .. . 222.70 Cornmeal . . . . 210.80 Potatoes ... . . . 161.70 Creamery butter . .... . .f. .178.70 'Granulated- sugar 7TV .' , r 204.70' Milk . ., .' . 234.00 Fresh eggs . . . . ......... 219.90 Bacon . . . 225.20 Lard '. . . 241.80 Fresh beef . . . 188.50 Rye flour . . . . . : 264.40 Wool stcrm serge 291.70 The increases vary from 45.8 per cent for gasoline to 204.9 per cent for bleached muslin. , These are the wholesale prices. The man whose salary has not been increased since 1913 the teacher or the preacher, for. -example is the chief sufferer, for he has really had his income re duced. ' MAY WEAR UNDFORM LONGER. If Bill Goes Through, Soldiers May Keep Them, Indefinitely. Washington, March 3. According to the latest regulations issued by Chief of Staff Peyton C. March, in the matter of discharged soldiers wearing their uniforms, a war depart ment bulletin says that the present law which prevents the wearing of uniforms by discharged enlisted men, except when en route from the place of discharge to their home, which J J Ui. HVJ j . - may consume three months from the date of discharge, still stands, and innrncir TVI 3 V TH Kft I J 1(! ti WJ.UJ.1JJ. that the same regulations apply to discharged officers, except that their uniforms, being the property or tne officers, are not required to be re turned. There is, however, a bill before Coneress to allow discharged officers and wear their CLl-lVA XXXU i uniforms indefinitely. In view of the fact that the bill is clearly the re- . 3 ill ..nk. suit of public opinion ana win ably be enacted into law, it is thought best to consider it as already in force. GIOiETT WHili BE THE NEXT HOUSE SPEAKER Republican representatives in the sixty-sixth Congress have chosen Rep 4.s Ci.onVlr TT ' Gillett Of Massachusetts as speaker. After one of the most spirited speakership nom ination contests in recetn years, Mr. Gillett was selected by the Republi can conference as its nominee, and, barring an improbable split in the party ranks, will succeed to the of fice now held by Champ Clark of Missouri, Democrat. . : A JUDGE BIGGS IN WASHINGTON Judge Crawford Biggs, a native son of .old Granville left Raleigh Sunday to argue for the government in the Supreme Court of the United States a case against the Southern Pacific railroad involving about 6,000 acres of oil lands in California. These cases which were tried in California last spring and which have not yet been decided involve several hundred million dollars. - - ALL HOME PRINT. - ucwwiuwjff. AND REV. BDLLY SUNDAY COMPARED Each of the Two Great Men Speak xn xneir own Distinctive Tongue. On the same day President Wilson and Rev, Billy Sunday, addressed large audiences and each spoke fer vently in his own distinct tongue. The contrast is piquant, but not a jot of sound Americanism is subtracted thereby.' Here is a samnle of the 1 the two great men employ to drive the truth home: ThA lnmn e v..J te war was sinking to a sort of stub - "mvyc ui luc lunu year of born determination. President Wil son. The whole world was going to hell so fast that it was breaking the speed limit. William A. Sunday. They found that these were strange i men, .reckless of danger not only, but reckless because they seemed to see something worth : while President ' Wilson Our boys met the Prussian Guard and went through them like a knife trough a cake of hot butter, and licked the tar out of them. William 1 A. Sunday. j And now these ideals have wrought i this new magic President Wilson. vroa is aiways ame to put tne ball, over the fence every time by stand ing up to the plate. William A. Sun day. , 'The beauty of it," said Mr. Wil Son, speaking on the matter of trans lations from one language to ano ther, "is that whatever the impedi ments of the channel of communica tions, the idea is the same and that it gets registered in responsive heart and receptive purposes." The day on which the two most dissimilar orators of the world ad- dressed their constituents orovides striking warranty of the truth of this verdict. NEW RHINE REPUBLIC GIVES BUFFER STATE TO FRANCE oinprorais jr.Xea.ting - Independent iaoon ivesioi iviver mhis xeuvu a -wwr x "w r ni "1 support to wuson s reace irropos- als. Paris, March 3. The creation of a new republic on German territory west of the Rhine gives to France, in effect, what she wants. The new republic, which has the support of the American delegation, : 'will be the buffer state, at least un- j til the indemnity is paid. After that there may be a vote whether to re- turn to Germany or not. It is not disclosed yet wnetner tn.e i- i ? . "n i n tit i 4- ri new republic will be associated with France during the period of the pay ments of reparation, but it is asst:m- J ed that the territory never will vote to return to Germany. Thus a per manent buffer state will be created. In the new republic is the Saar coal field, which France is seeking to have in its "sphere of influence." It is difficult to square this crea tion, of the new republic with Presi dent Wilson's fourteen points, but the problem of moderate military safeguards north of France has forc ed a complete compromise. PRESIDENT WDLSON WDLIi LEAVE FOR FRANCE TOMORROW Will Leave Immediately After Ad- journment of Congress. snn 's return to France, have been completed. He will sail on the trans port George Washington Wednesday morning, after speaking Tuesday night on the League of Nations with former President Taft at New York. He will go direct from the capitol to the train, leaving Washington a bout 2 p. m. and will have lunch and dinner on the train. The President will leave Wash ington on a special train Tuesday afternoon after the adjournment of congress and will stop for an hour and a halfat Philadelphia' to see his daughter, Mrs. Sayre, and his new grandson. He will reach New York at 8:30 in the evening and after speaking will go directly a- board the transport to spend tne night. THE THIRTIETH DIVISION IS COMING HOME SOON Major Thad G. Stem Is On the Broad Atlantic. Mrs. Thad G. Stem, who was in Oxford Saturday, stated that she had just receivedva letter from Major Stem stating that he would sail for home port Sunday, March 2. The above message from Major Stem confirms the report issued by the War Department Sunday to the effect that units assigned to early convoy home from Franca include the complete Thirtieth Division (Ten nessee, North Carolina, South Caro lina and District of Columbia troops. WEAVER-BRITT CONTEST WAGED ; " FOR TAVO YEARS IN ' TENTH DISTRICT ENDED j The Government Gives Britt His Seat and Hands Him a Check For $21,000 Back Pay. Washington Special.) Because of the absence of a dozen or more Democrats last Saturday, Representative Weaver of the Tenth North Carolina district was unseated and Representative Britt was seated. ! T?al aCti0n n the contest cam Just (before midnight after five hours of continuous roil can. ! There was much Darliamentary maneuvering by the democrats to pre vent a final vote on the contest, but they lost. Britt will hold his seat only two days, but the victory gives him salary and allowance for the full term. The contest was over the 1916 elec tion. Mr. Weaver was elected to suc ceed himself last fall. He will re turn March 4 and begin to draw pay again. Congressman Britt was sworn into office following the final decision" of the House. He will serve three days in Congress, the sixty-fifth Congress ending on aiarcn. we win draw a ioTv nf annrnTimtPiv n nnn Qnri I win be allowed something like $1,- 000 for 'his expenses In conducting the contest. TROUBLE IN THE LAND. Chickens About To Scratch Up All Creation and Two Red-Headed Women Rush At Each Other With Brooms. 1 Every day during the past week j some one, either in person, by phone or letter, requested the Public Led- ger to publish the town chicken law j and request Mayor Mitchell to see that it is enforced. "You had better attend to this at once," said a woman, "or there will be serious trouble in my neighbor hood. I donM; propose that any red headed wdman's chickens shall scratch up my garden." Forf ear,, that-there - might be ser- ious trouble, we hasten to publish the state law whicn ig alsQ the law in Oxford. But we r.re here to tell you that the law is not worth the paper on which it is printed unless those who are always complaining about other people's chlckena are will ing to swear out a warrant and place it in the hands of an officer. Suppose Chief Hobgood sees a luot fae supposed to rin& tne door bell and agk Mrg Brank .f the chickens her? 1 - "No indeed," says Mrs. Blank, "they belong to my neighbor, Mrs. John Doe, and I want you to make heT keep them-out of my garden." "All right," says Chief Hobgood, "swear out a warrant and I will see that her chihckens give you no fur ther trouble.'' "Would Mrs. Doe find out that I swore out a warrant, or could it be kept secret," inquires Mrs. Blank. When the chief told Mrs. Blank that she would be required to go to the Mayor's court and testify against Mrs. John Doe she said that she wouldn't do it for all the chickens in Oxford. Right here Is where it all ends. Unless you, are willing to stand up for your rights and assist the offi cers to enforce the law you might as Here is the law: Be it resolved by the board of commissioners of Oxford: 1. That it shall be unlawful for any person to permit or allow any chickens, turkeys, ducks geeses or any other domestic fowls to run at large within the incorporate limits of the town of Oxford . 2. That any person violating the provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and fined $1.00 for the first offense, $2.00 for the second offense and $5.00 for the third offense. MR HENRY PAGE IS PLEASED. And the Newspapers of the State Are Pleased With Mr. Page. Hon. Henry A. Page, Federal Food Administrator for North Carolina, writes the Public Ledger as follows: "We are preparing to wind up the activities and close the offices of the Food Administration in North Caro lina, and we can not do this before expressing to you our deepest and sincerest appreciation - for the gen erous and effective co-operation which has been given this office by the newspaper men of the State. "We simply want you to know how deeply we appreciate this co operation." Meeting: Postponed. The regular meeting of the Ox ford. Woman's Club has been post poned from Wednesday, March 5 th to Wednesday, March 12 th. Y
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