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N u Jit VOLUME XXXIV. OXFORD'S BOND ISSUE AND THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING To Be Utilized For Various Purposes Throughout the Entire Year. Naturally as discussion arises re garding the election that is to be held soon for the issuing of bonds to build a high school for Oxford, people will want to know the actual conditions. Very briefly stated the following con ditions make such a step necessary and wise: For two years the work of the high school has been carried on in a building that is not suited for nor- j mal times. At tne time tins proper ty was purchased it was impossible to do better on account of war con ditions. Since war is a thing of the past and education is very vitally a thing of the present and future at tention should be turned to educa tional equipment. The present building ought not to be used longer than this term. Cer tainly plans must be made so that no more teaching is to be done in it dur ing winter weather. From the stand point of the health and comfort of thp ntimls ana teacners tnis is nefi-i essary. Local pride in the town should also serve to carry this build ing to an early completion. Thus far there has not been an ar- ; gument against erecting a modern high school. Since a bond issue is the only way that this can be done every man interested in the schools and the community should work and vote for this measure gladly. A few suggestions as to what should be included in this building should not be out of place. A considera tion cf the needs and the plans to meet the needs is sufficient reason to expect the support of every citizen.. There must be at least eight regu lar class rooms provided, besides the extra rooms in the basement for special work in the sciences. The basement should also include a swim ming pool and shower baths for the beys and girls. There must be a vell equipped gymnasium for, the va rious indoor games and for regular physical training classes during the school day. These maly be used at other times by the crtrsens of "the town under certain regulations. There must be a special room for the work of the literary societies as that is an important feature of the pres ent day school. There must be a large library and reading room com bined. The work of these two last named features will be supplemented very materially by the departments of the Woman's Club. i These are few of the suggestions that may be of service to those who are working for this building. G. B. PHILLIPS. CERTAIN SOLDIERS WILL RE CEIVE BONUS OF $60.00 Local, District and Legal Advisory Boards Notified.. General B. S. Royster, Selective Service Bureau, Adjutant General's office, Raleigh, has forwarded to all local districts and legal advisory - XI XX IT- - C11 uuiuus iu me mate me luiiuwms tuir "Section 1406 of "the Revenue Act approved February 24, 1919, author ities the payment of a bonus of $60. to officers, soldiers, field clerks and nurses of the army upon' honorable separation from active service by dis charge, resignation or otherwise. This bonus is not payable to the heirs or representatives of any deceased sol dier. "Those who are discharged here after will receive this bonus on the same roll or voucher which they are paid their final pay without the $60 bonus, should write a letter to the Zone Finance Officer, Lemon Build ing, Washington, D. C., stating their service since April 6, 1917, the date of last discharge and their present address to which they desire their bonus checks to be sent and enclosing with this letter their dis charge certificate or military order for discharge and both, if both were issued. "Upon receipt by the Zone Finance Officer, Washington, D. C, of this in formation and the soldier's discharge certificate, this off icerx will cause the checks to be drawn and mailed to the claimants in the order in which their claims were received by him. The discharge certificate will be returned to the soldier with the check." INFLUENZA WIPES OUT SPIT BOUXE DISEASES OF CHILDREN The following diseases were report ed in Granville county during Feb ruary; IJiptheria Five cases. Chicken Pox Three cases. Mmingitis One case. SAM'L H. CANNADY, M. D., Asst. Col. Epidemiologist. PUBLISHED SEWZ-WEEKLYZGWN AND COUNTY fiFFER BRILLIANT OPPORTUNITIES ALL J FARMERS AND WOMAN'S INSTITUTES IN GRANVILLE To Be Held At Wilton and Enon Next Week. Farmer's and Women's Institutes vvill be held at Wilton on Wednes-1 aay, March 12th and Enon on Thurs day, March 13th, opening at 1 o'clock p. m. sharp. Representatives of the State Department of Agriculture, the experiment station, extension service and others will be there to talk on subjects of interest to the farmer and his family soil fertility, food and feed crops, live stock, pastures, mar keting, etc. The Women's institutes will be conducted by representatives of the Home Demonstration work. The women of the county are invit ed to come and join in the discus sions. Food and clothing, the all-year-round garden foY good health and economical living, hbw we may save food so as to help feed a hun gry "world, and other things pertain ing to good housekeeping will be discussed. Miss Laura Wingfield, .district a gent for western North Carolina will lecture on some of these subjects. Miss Wingfield is a college graduate in Home Economics and has had wide experience in work of this char acter. She can tell the housekeeper some interesting things that will be helpful to her in her home work. The housekeepers of Oxford are urged to attend. Bring note book and pencil, and be prepared to take part in the round table discussion. The institute is under the manage ment of Mr. T. B. Parker, Director of Institutes. MISS McKENNA FOLLOWED THE "WILDCAT" DIVISION Some of Our Boys AVill Remember the Plucky Little Lady. Traveling ahead of the army in a little Ford, setting up the canteen in a tent pitched anew every few days, Miss Vera A. McKenna, of New York, a recently returned Y M. C. A. secretary, " accompanied the famous "wildcat" division from September until the cessation of hostilities. Miss McKenna sailed one year ago and was stationed at Tours as sec retary to the divisional secretary there for eight months. When she was not doing stenographic work she served behind the counters in the Y. M. C. A. huts and helped start the officers' club in an old house in the delightful Beranger Gardens. "In September,' said Miss Mc Kenna, "I was in a traveling canteen unit attached to the famous 81st, the "Wildcat" division," from Camp Jackson, S. C. There were, besides myself, three women, two American and one British, andswe were separ ated in pairs. First, I was in the Vosges sector, at St. Die, and then we moved along with the army to a new piace every few days. In each town we pitched the little brown tent, set up our counter and screen ed off the stoves with blankets. Then we were, ready for the boys American and French as they came from the trenches. Our canteen was always crowded with men, eager for hot chocolate and sandwiches, for a hearty American greeting and leis ure, to rest and make themselves thoroughly at home. "Some times we went out to reg iments in the trenches, carrying-sup firtim? men. and often we went to the camp hospitals, where there were no women nurses. There were wounded men and 'flu' and pneumonia patients, and all of them were quick to tell us now gouu it cAmfid to see us 1UUI6 W C were allowed to, make quantities of dressings and bandages. "When news of the armistice came I was with the 81st at St Mihiel. It was a wonderful, bright cold day, and the air rang with snouts and cheering. Our adopted division was moved on, preparatory o going North into Germany, and the women were sent to Paris. NOTICE OF ELECTION There Will Be a New Registration In Oxford Graded School IMv The formal legal notice signed by j Ennis Davis, chairman of the Gran vilfe County Board of Com r will be found elsewhere m this pa per' will be held in Oxford . xt nnt. the bonds determine wneuiw , hprmine wneuiw A . , . TBad district shall be -sued or tne ;"c eding $50,000 for an amount not scnool v.o niiroose Ol eicvuxx - V- Mf ,0ff to be held building, the sam " " . the ls - - an act;of the -rinder. tne auuiwiv : " a,. nnoer. mo ------- . An Act il. ii thnniv ui xx - f"S Torford Oraded School Dis Sict to vo?r bonds" Notice is also . w a new registration of all irterse Xol lisUict has been ordered. OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA, WILSON DENOUNCES ' THE GROUP OF MEN WHO BLOCK SENATE Says They Have Deliberately Chosen To Embarrass Government and f Imperil Finances. (Washington Special.) -j Congress adjounred at noon Tues day in the-midst of a Republican fili buster in the' Senate that killed a long list of important measures. Among the bills that failed was one appropriating $750,000,000 for the Railroad Administration, with out which some administration offi cials say the railroads cannot be ope rated longer than the middle of April. President Issues Statement. Upon adjournment of Congress, with important legislation killed by a Republican filibuster,. President Wilson issued a statement declaring that "a group of men in the Senate have deliberately chosen to embar rass the administration of the govern ment and to imperil the financial in terests of the railway systems of the country." "A group of men in the Senate have deliberately chosen to- embar rass the administration of the gov ernment, to imperil the financial in terests of the railway systems of the country and to make arbitrary use of the powers intended to be em ployed in the interest of the people. "It is plainly my duty to attend the peace conference in Paris. It is also my duty to be in close con tact with the public business during-a session of Congress. I must make my choice between these two duties, and I confidently hope that the people of the country will think that I am making -the right choice. It is not in the interest of the right conduct of public affairs that I should call the Congress in extra session while it is important form to be away from the country. "I take it for granted that the men who obstructed and prevented the passage of necessary legislation have taken all of - this. ation, ,nd are willing to assume tne responsibility of the impaired effi ciency of the government and the embarrassed finance of thef country during the time of my enforced ab sence." Recess Appointments. Inability to secure an executive session of the Senate because of the Republican filibuster caused failure of scores of nominations including those of A. Mitchell Palmer to be attorney-general Norman Hapgood to be American Minister to Denmark, Brigadier General Robert Noble to be Major General of the army medical corps, and scores of nominations for postmasters and other similar posi tions. Recess appointments will be made. Signs Wheat (Bill. Before leaving Washington, Pres ident signed the wheat guarantee bill carrying an appropriation of $1,000 000,000 to maintain the guaranteed price of $2.20 a bushel. TWO DD7FERENT DIVISIONS. The Old Granville Grays Company Is In the Old Hickory Division. We had thought all of the boys in the Thirtieth Division were "Wild Cats,' 'but Sergt. C. C. Staley, a member of Company E, 120th infah- try, A. E. F.f writing to the editor J of the Public Ledger February 17th, says: Editor Public : Ledger: i xaave uccu iwumg uaiuiu i HVy XiCUgCl 3XL2.ji UXXXTXXX XXX X lUvv, and am very glad to be allowed the privilege of doing so ; however, ' If am not a citizen of Granville coun ty, but as I once lived in Oxford, I am interested in the paper of that progressive town, and feel with feel ings of such, that I am privileged of taking the liberty of calling your at tention to an error which seems small to the public but large to us, and I write in behalf of the company and solid for the boys of Oxford and Granville county to correct this er ror. However, we feel proud to know that the "Wild Cat". division consists of friends from the said town and county and they have been receiving the credit that we have won. Our division is the "Old Hickory" and the Granville Grays is a unit of the "Old Hickory." I wish to say that I am a member of the Granville Grays, and am very glad to have been with a unit which has never let their name fall. With best wishes and luck for a progressive future, I remain, very truly, . C. C. STALEY, Company E, 120th Infantry. An ounce of assistance is worth a pound of advice. FRIDAY, .MARCH 7, 1919. AN UP-TO-DATE APART- MENT HOUSE FOR 6xFORD The Public Ledger Will Have An Aristocratic Neighbor. "We have been accustomed to look out of the side window of the Public Ledger office and get a view of the early morning sun, but ivhen the plans of Mr. Ben K. Lassiter mature we will not be able to see the morn ing sun from our window until it climbs high in the eastern sky. Just below the Public Ledger of fice, on the corner of LittlejoTin and Gilliam streets, immediately in front of the Presbyterian church, Mr. Ben K. Lassiter will erect at an early date a modern apartment blouse. This building will be of brick and fire-proof throughout and will be suf ficiently large to solve to some extent the house shortage that now prevails jMn Oxford. , Th( dwelling that stands on the con;:; jx. occupied by Mr. Gus Hairs i!4 Tibe sold of moved to a vacani?--ci'!X jJ?7'h Ox- XU1U, Well informed men express the o pinion that Mr. Lassiter's scheme will pay substantial dividends on the investment, and it is generally hoped here , that he will break ground at an early date. CLOCKS TO BE ADVANCED LAST SUNDAY IN MARCH Washington, March 5. Failure of Congress before final adjournment to take any action on pending bills providing for repeal of the daylight saving act made certain that the na tion's clocks again would be advanc ed an hour during the period between the last Sunday in March and the last Sunday in October. Opposition of farming interests to the daylight saving act on the ground that it was of no benefit to the peo ple of rural communities led to the introduction of several bills provid ing for its repeal, but all of them failed. ihtxx-eonsider-ijjjjQg POINT TO A BIG TOBACCO CROP Farmers of Belt Getting Ready Plant Increased Acreage In Weed. to While some tobacco is still coming in, practically, the entire crop has been marketed and there are buffew farmers who have not already taken their last load to town. The prices, while not quite so good as during the top stage of the season, are consid eder as highly satisfactory, the qual ity of the weed beirTg taken in to con sideration. The season as a whole has been a good one, and the prices paid in Ox ford is ahead of the prices paid any where in the old blt. The interest taken in the local market the past season was most gratifying, both from the standpoint of buyer and seller. More tobacco was sold here and there was more competition on the market. This year gives promise of produc- in a much larger crop than last year, with favorable seasons. Nearly ev ery farmer who grows tobacco saved seed. And it is understood that the farmers are preparing to set out a larsrfi aereaere of the weed. Already the plantbeds have been seeded and within a short space the young plants will be growing, beneath the protec tion of straw and the canvas cover ing. Meantime, as soon as the soil can be worked the preparation of the ground will be commenced, that ev erything may be in readiness for the planting season. ' With an" increased acreage, increas ed attention will be directed to the efforts to induce the farmers to mar ket their crop in Oxford, when the season opens next fall. The exact sales on the Oxford mar ket for the present tobacco year will not be known until next Friday when the market closes for the sea son, but it will be somewherein the neighborhood of twelve million pounds. For this the buyers here will have paid nearly five million dol lars. A goodly portion of this was spent in Oxford or deposited in the banks by those doing business with local institutions. Many farmers came here from a distance of 20 to 30 miles and after making a sale us ually patronized the merchants. WON'T TURN ROAD BACK UNTO OWNERS Despite Failure of Appropriation In Congress, Government Will Hold. Washington, March 6. The gov ernment has no immediate intention of relinquishing control of railroads as thevTesult of failure of Congress to appropriate, funds for railroad legislation, Director-General Hines said. ? C TTTTJrn '.) r -, -T-1 - STEM 3. . ITEMS. (W?Ry GUM.) Mr. W. H. kauTof Route 1, has ! purchased a hundred acre tract from Mr. W. W. Adcock, of Route 1. Mr. F. Meadows, of Culbreth, has purchased from Samuel H. Jones the Duncan Farabow place near here, j inSton, on which president Wilson and expects to move in this fall. j and his party sailed for France ear- J. H. Daniel has bought an up to : ly Wednesday morning, has been ov date wheath thrasher and a stand f rhauled and repainted outside and for his engine and will be prepared inside since her arrival in New York to render the very best service to the ,a week aS- That the President may farmers of this section. : be in touch with the shore during the M S Mayes returned last Friday entire vy&e independently of the' from Dayton, Ohio, where he has ' ZlTt WarJhipf: the tranPort has been taking a special course in the Jff? equipped with a new high pow Delco Light factory of that place. I el"? apparatus with a radius t of 1,100 miles. She will be in com- Messrs. Preston T. and W. R. munication with the station at Bruns Farabow, of Carthage, spent the wick N j.f until sne picks up Poidhu week end in this community looking station on the other side of the Eif after property interests. Both of fej tower. these gentleman were formerly resi-j If the George Washington hits its dents of this community and always j usual pace the President will arrive receive a hearty welcome in our in Brest on lis lucky day March 13 midst. Mr. P. T. Farabow is now . county demonstrator of Moore coun ty. There will be a union meeting at Tally Ho the htm Saturday in March, jvith two services and dinner ing income Tax returns are amply on the grounds. On the next day, ' protected by provisions, refunds and Sunday, there will be a Sunday appeals,' 'says Commissioner Daniel school rally, one service, no dinner, c. Roper. An interesting program will be ar-j "Every person can be sure of a ranged. It has now been a number , scquare deal. No person is expected of years since a union meeting was j to pay more than his shart of tax. held with this church. i His share is determined solely by the Mr. Herman Overby, of Oxford amount and nature of his net income Route 6, iiappened to a very painful for 1918, as defined in the law. accident last Thursday while attejid- "Abatement petitions are dealt ing a cutting of Mr. C. H. Washing- wjth open-mindedly. Refunds will ton. He had just cut off a log of a be made in every case where too tree and was standing by watching much tax is erronously collected, two others who were cutting downj "The Income Tax is 'on the level' a' tree some distance above him. an the way through." When this tree fell the long limb : struck the ground, first causing it to THE 113TH ARTILLERY whirl around, pinning Mr. Overby's ! ORDERS TO SAIL leg between the two logs. His right i leg was badly bruised and very nar- j From Col. Albert L. Cox, com rowly escaped being broken. manding 113 th Field Artillery, The J. B. Mayes received a few days News and Observer has received a ago from his son Captain John B. cablegram from Lemans, France, an Mayes, Jr., alarge map of the river nouncing that the regiment is under Rhine " showing ""all the places 'of In- orders to sail. terest for a distance of more than . q0i ' qox gave n0 details and did two hundred miles. Captain Mayes not specify the time when tjie regi is now with the army of occupation ment will leave French shores. Five and is billeted in a German home, WOrds only were used to convey the being the only American in this home mssage: It will be remembered that Capt. , "Regiment under orders to sail." Mayes highly distinguished himself Major Thad G. Stem and Lt. B. S. for bravery in being one of twelve to Royster, Jr., are with the 113th Ar capture 242 Germans out of the tillery. strongest point in the Hindenburg ' line and was awarded signal honor MR. DANIELS ORDERS by the government. The many friends of Miss Graec Ta6kett, who has visited in this com - munity for the past four years, will be interested to know that she was united in marriage to Mr. James i Washington, March 6. Naval sta Finch Tuesday last in her home in J tions and yards were directed today Chase City, Rev. Tailer, a Methodist j by Secretary Daniels to restore to minister, performing the ceremony. ' his former position upon discharge Immediately following, they left by every man who left non-combatant rail for a bridal tour to Key West, ! work to enter a fighting branch of Fla., and other southern points. Re- ( the service. turning Mr. and Mrs. Finch will make their home in Wilmington. The groom is a railroad engineer and has a run from Wilmington to Rocky Mount. The bride is the sister of Mrs. iE. A. Ingold, of our town, and is a beautiful and accomplished young lady and has a number of friends in this vicinity. RED CROSS NURSE HERE. Will Give Instruction In Home Hygiene. , The Granville County Chapter of the Red Cross has been officially no tified of the' arrival of Mrs. Gordon Wheeler, the nurse, who will give a course of instruction in "Home Hy giene and Care of the Sick." Mrs. Wheeler is strongly indorsed by the Atlanta Chapter, as she has instructed there for the past two years. The text books have already been received, and the class will begin work Thursday the 13 th, in the Wo man's Club room, the hours to be announced later. WILL COME HOME AFTER LOADING 4,000 CARS Much Work Ahead for Motor Macs Before They Can Embark for States, Letter Says. ' After the Third and Fourth regi ments, motor mechanics, now station ed at Romaratine, France, have load ed 4,000 railroad cars they will em bark for home, according to a letter received by the Public Ledger from a colored boy named Walter Wheel ous. The letter stated that about 45 cars can be loaded a day so that about 86 or 87 days will be required for them to finish up this work and embark for the States. Many young men of this section of the Carolinas are members of these two regiments which were at Camp Greene . last spring and summer. NUMBER 19. PRESIDENT WILSON IN TOUCH WITH LAND ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE ATLANTIC ThA rsnwo woCr,., T , 16 Ge0rge ashiStn In Good lonumon tor Trip. The naval transport George Wash- SQUARE DEAL FOR EVERY INCOME TAX PAYER i "The rights of all persons now fil- JOBS BACK TO MEN . All Who Left Non-Combatant Work To Fight Get Places Back In Navy Stations and Yards. CHANT TAKES i HIS OWN LIFE At 9:40 o'clock Wednesday morn ing wen the large dry goods store of Rowls & Son, Main street, Durham, was full of customers, Mr. Normon C. Rowes, head of the firm retired to the basement of the stare and fir ed a bullet through his brain. He had been in bad health for several weeks. MITCHELL PALMER SWORN IN j AS NEW ATTORNEY-GENERAL Pennsylvania Democrat Accepts Oatti From Chief Justice White, of the Supreme Court. (Washington Special.) A Mitchell Palmer was sworn in Wednesday as Attorney-General of the United States, succeeding Thomas W. Gregory. The oath was adminis tered by Chief Justice White, of the Supreme Court. JUDGE DEVJN NEVER IDLE ON THE LORD'S DAY Last Sunday morning before leav ing for the-eastern part of the State to hold court, Hon. W. A. Devin ex pounded the International Sunday School lesson to the Baraca class at the Oxford Baptist church and went qver to the West Oxford church and delivered an address that greatly pleased and . enlightened the congre gation, j ' In whatever part of the State Judge Devin is on Sunday he finds plenty to do on the Lord's day. . LAST CALL FOR TAXES. Owing to the fact that I am com pelled to make settlements on spec ified dates, this is positively the last all for taxes. Please come forwarcr and make immediate settlement. L . E. D. HUNT, Sheriff Granville Co. . 3 7 2t ; 1
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