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VOLUME XXXIV
THE PROPOSED BONDS FOR
HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING
Expression From Hon. D. G. Brum
mitt, Mr. A. H. Powell, and the
Oxford Woman's Club.
All communications for and a
gainst the bond issue must necessar
ily be short and to the point, other
wise the Public Ledger- cannot accept
them. EDITOR.. V
Letter From Mr. Powell.
Mr. A. H. Powell has always stood
for the best in community life, and
he is willing to support anything that
will build up. In a letter to the sup
erintendent of Oxford schools he!
makes the following statement:
"I have read with much interest
and pleasure your several timely ar
ticles in the Public Ledger in which
you have so forcibly called attention
to the pressing necessity of a modern
High school building in Oxford, and
I sincerely hope that such a building
will at once be provided for.
"We are able look at Oxford's
record in buying War Saving stamps,
Liberty bonds, and gifts to the Red
rrnw. Y. M. C .A., and other war
rpi;efS See what we have done for i
our country and for the relief of suf
fering. Now surely we can do some
thing for ourselves our own girls
and boys the women and men of to
morrow. One outstanding lesson of
the war is, we must have an educat
ed citizenship. Our girls and boys
are worthy of the best and we
should have one of the best equipped
high school buildings in North Car
olina now not next year."
A. H. POWELL.
Letter From Mr. Brummitt.
Hon. D. G. Brummitt, speaker of
the House, in a letter to Prof. G. B.
Phillips, superintendent of the Ox
ford schools, endorses the better
school movement. Mr. Brummitt
says :
"I am very heartily in favor of the
erection of a suitable high school
building for the Oxford graded j
school district. I would be .perfect-, L
1 1 1 A. .. J- 11. .
iy wining 10 pay my part oi me uiun-;
ey needed for this purpose by a di
rect tax at the present time. Of
course the most feasible way is to is
sue bonds. I am also very heartily
in favor of the proposed bond issue
and will take pleasure in supporting
and voting for it."
D. G. BRUMMITT.
Women Endorse, Movement.
The school authorities recently ad
dressed a communication to the Ox
ford Woman's club, asking for an ex
pression as to the support of that
body in the development of the school
system. The following reply is typ
ical o fthe feeling of the entire citi
zenship. It looks forward in the
growth of the institutions that must
care for young life:
"Your communication in regard to
the new school building which it is
proposed to erect as soon as possi
ble, was read to the club at its last
meeting and was received with en
thusiasm. "This club was organized for the
purpose of civic improvement and
the subject of child welfare, especial
ly in regard to a play ground has of
ten been discussed.
"A new high school building is a
necessity and in erecting that provis
ion should be made for equipping de
partments for special training, such
as domestic science, manual training
and physical culture, for a library
and reading room, and for a well or
ganized play ground. y.
"The club heartily approves of the
plan for the development of our
school system, and by a unanimous
yote pledged itself to full cooperation
in this great work."
"MISS MARY WEBB, Sec."
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MR SAM WATKINSAVILL
BUILD HANDSOME GARAGE
Messrs. John G. and A. S. Hall Will
-a. i UUUUl JIU1U. I
It is a settled fact that Mr. Sam"
Watkinc will Kiiil4 V. - 1 enmo fflT- !
"v. if aaa uuuu a uauuoviuv o-
&ge this summer on the old Johnson
Property on College street between
the Southern Express Company and
the Johnson warehouse. It is stated
that a couple of young men well
known in the community will lease
the building for a number of years
and open an agency for the sale of
cars and trucks. "
lt is stated that Messrs.:-John G.
and A. s. Hall have been approached
by certain parties witlv a view of get
tine fhaTY j. - . i : i s
iu erect -a nanasome duw
Sfss Gliding on the vacant lot at
"V, kjl main ana jLaixiejonu
streets.
In answer to the rumor Mr. John
aii would neither deny ox confirm
ine report He stated to ie Public
tert ?r howeyer. that they would en
t n a!n tfle right kind of a proposi-
0n t0 wect a building.
PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY TOWN AND COUNTY OFFER BRILLIANT OPPO RTUNITIES A LL
JURORS DRAWN FOR
APR-EL" TERM COUNTY
SUPERIOR COURT
At the Meeting of the County Board
of Commissioners the Following
Jurors Were Drawn for the April
Term.
First Week.
A. T. Pittard, S. W. Robards, J. T.
Gooch, C. H. Cooper, G. B. Gordon,
P. N. , Tunstall, Dr. N. G. Rogers, J.
W. Goode, A. A. Vaughan, F. H. Bum
pass, J. E. Jones, W. H. Blackwell,
O. A. Roberson, H. K. Matthews, Ira
Black, J. E. Dixon, J. C. Tippett, J.
Wiley Davis, E. C. Montague, J. N.
Daniel, F. D. Spruill, F. S. Hobgood,
J. A. Belcher, C. E. Fargis, G. W.
Pollard, E. B. Tunstall, B. L. Wilson,
W. A. Parham, C D. Currin, Jr., M.
D. Oakley, N. C. Bratcher, B. G.
Bragg, J. W. C. Cottrell, S. L. Vaug
han, M. M. Jackson, Thomas Grissom.
Second Week.
J. E. Frazier, J. N. Norwood, L. M.
Smith, E. W. DeMent, W. T. Black
ley, D. L. Haskins, M. H. Eastwood,
L. E. Jones, L. C. Davis, R. C. Dan
iel, N. B. Cash, J. L. White,' R. C.
Daniel, R. H O'Brien, C. B. Loftis,
E. C. Davis, H. H. Hicks, I. H. Hob
good. THE HOUSING PROBLEM IN
OXFORD IS SERIOUS
Twenty-Five Families Here Without
Homes and Hundreds Turned
Away. '
The question as to whether Oxford
will grow depends entirely " as to
whether the people seeking homes
are able to find them and locate here.
There are two dozen families in
Oxford now, and have oeen ror weeks
seeking suitable houses in which to
live, and every day come from other
places to join in the hunt for homes.
One or two modern apartment
houses could immediately be filled
with desirable tenants, and a large
number cf single houses could be
easily filled if they were available.
But they are not. available, and so
far as the signs indicate will not be
for some time. - Oxford cannot grow
without more houses.
Is there any way in which the com
munity by taking thought can cause
rent houses to be built?
81ST NOT SCHEDULED
FOR EARLY RETURN HOME
According to announcement by
the War Department there were, Feb
ruary 14, 225,000 men belonging to
rivisions of the American Expedition
ary forces not yet secheduled for re
turn home. They were the seven
regular divisions,, th 36th (Texas and
Oklahoma) national guard, and the
81st (North and South Carolina, Flor
ida and Porto Rico) national army
and 88th (North Dakota, Minnesota,
Iowa and Illinois) national army.
THE HOUSE PASSES HON.
D. BRUMMTTT'S BDLL
Would Benefit Moral, Mental, and
Physical Condition of Wards
J of State, J
Speaker Brummitt's 'bill to "ben
efit the moral, mental and physical
condition of inmates of penal and
charitable institutions" has been
characterized as the most humane
piece of legislation offered to the
General Assembly, specifically endors
ed and urged by Governor Bickett
and endorsed by Secretary Daniels
and the North , Carolina Social Ser
vice Conference.
The bill came from the health
committee with a unanimous favor
able report" and the house passed it
ayes, 67; noes, 25.
SAFE-BLOWERS CRACK ,
SAFE AT CREEDMOOR
Get Three Hundred Dollars From B.
G. Rogers & Co,
Early last Friday morning safe
blowers entered the store of ; B. G.
Rogers & Co., Creedmoor, and secur
ed $300.00 in cash. They used so
much combustible material the safe
was blown to pieces and the. building
badly damaged.
There was $2;10J in the safe, dis
tributed in three drawers, the thiev
es taking only one drawer, which
contained only $300.
The Creedmoor people are dispos
ed to believe that the job pulled
i hv local talent. Bloodhounds
weySummoned from Raleigh They
successfully followed, the trail from
th tnre -to a point where the rob
oers entered chicle and drove a-
way. - - -
uvYK TAXES.
" -Owing to the fact that I am com
pelled to make settlements on spec
ffled dates, this is positively the last
caU for taxes. Please come forward
d make immediate
- Sheriff Granville Co.
3 7 ZC
OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA,
STANDING ARMY OF MORE
THAN HALF MILLION MEN
Will Be Maintained Until CongTess
Fixes Figures Otherwise Demob
ilization To Date Numbers 1,361,
528 Officers and Men.
(Washington Special.)
General March announced that the
army would not be reduced under any
circumstances below the figure men
toined in the reorganization bill
which failed in Congress, a total of
509,909 officers and men.
To Resume Enlistments.
The statement was made in con
nection with the information that
General Pershing had been authoriz
ed to resume enlistments for the
regular army. Men now overseas
who desire to enlist in the regular
establishment would be accepted and
assigned to duties in the army of oc
cupation, releasing other men to be
discharged.
-Discharges to Date 1,361,528.
Demobilization reports show that
1,361,528 officers and men have
to date, while the number ordered re
leased had reached 1,613,500.
Up to March "3 departure of sol
diers from France numbered 419,555
of whom 354,824 had landed in the
United States Hospital records from
the expeditionary force, General
March said, showed 81,231 patient's
on February 20, a reduction from
112,217 when the armistice was sign
ed. Troops. Participating 1.390,000
American troops actually partici
pating in engagements against the
enemy numbered 1,390,000. The
figures made" public show that 1,
10 0,00 9, comprised divisional troops
and divisional replacements; 240,000
corps and army troops, and 50,000
service or supply troops.
Battle Casualties.
Battle casualties in France by A
mericans as announced by. General
March totalled 240,197. These m
i elude killed in action, wounded,
missing in action and prisoners.
There probably will be some slight
further revision as final reports are
received.
The secori d " regular division show
ed the greatest losses in the revised
list, with 24.429. In the new list the
42nd (Rainbow) division reported
p. total of battle casualties of 12,
252. Thirtieth .and Eighty-first
The battle casualties of the Thir
tieth division, composed of North
Carolina. South Carolina and Tenne
see troons, numbered 6.893; the
Eighty-First (North Carolina, South
Carolina. Florida and Porto Rico)
division, 1,062.
MR. HART IN FAVOR .
OF GOOD ROADS
Editor Public Ledger:
There is a crying need for good
roads in Granville county. The oth
er day I saw two mules hitched to
a wagon and stuck in the mud and
could not get out. This was within
one mile of Oxford and there was
not more than eight hundred pounds
on . the wagon. I got out into the
mud and assisted the man in extri
cating his wagon and mules. In his
worry and confusion, the man stated
that he would have rather given a
barrel of flour than to encounter any
thing like that again. !
We need good roads, but how to
get the money is the problem. I am
in favor of taxing every taxpayer in
the county $100.00 to get the money
for eood roads. '
j Unless we do something we will
soon be N about twenty years hehina
the progressive counties of the State.
Let us evolve a plan and get to work
I on. the roads of the county.
I live twelve miles from Oxford
and eight miles from Stovall. With
the nresent condition of the roads I
could scarcely get a doctor to my
house from either Oxford or StoVall
I in time to save human life if the calf
was urgent. The roads should be in
such a condition as to make it easy
to get to the county seat.
Let us devise a good plan and start
the ball rolling. J. A. HART.
LATEST WAY TO SWINDLE
RELATIVES OF SOLDIERS
The latest swindle scheme being
practicel by crooks and sharpers to
secure funds from the families of sol
diers is announced by the war de
partment, to consist of "telegraph
ing home for money" in the name of
the soldier, sailor or marine.
Now that demobilization is under
way relatives and friends are cau
tioned' to "beware ) of the sharpers.
"It is perfectly obvious," says the
war department, "that no discharged
soldier needs to telegraph to hjs kin
for funds to travel. When discharg
ed he is paid off with ample allow
ance lor travel expenses to his home,
and this fact should warn relatives
that telegrams requesting: funds
should be investigated." .
: TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 1919.
THE NORTH CAROLINA
LEGISLATURE PASSED
GOOD ROAD BILL
Provides License Taxes On Motor
Vehicles Counties to Raise One
Fourth Funds State to Spend
Ten Million Dollars on Roads This
Year." ". ' . " L.
After, much grand-stand play the
House last Saturday passed upon its
final reading the Pharr-Matthews
road bill, which enables Granville
county to lift its head above the mud
and compete with other counties of
the State in building and maintaing
good roads.
-Text of Bill.
The bill provides for a schedule of
license taxes upon motor vehicles;
counties may caise one-fourth of the
funds needed for projects, although
this feature is not compulsory. Coun
ties first raising one-fourth are to be
given first highways. The remainder
needed to meet federal aid is to be
obtained by issuance of state short
term notes. The state highway com
mission is to make surveys and build
roads considered a part of the state
highway system, while counties are
to assist ir the work.
Good Investment.
North Carolina is expecting to
spend a round ten million dollars on
its roads this year. The people are
fast learning that a system of bad
roads is a tax while on the other
hand a' system of good roads is a
paying investment.
H. F. BAILEY TAKES THE
LIFE OF LAWRENCE DAVIS
The Tragedy Occurred Over In the
Hurricane Sunday Afternoon- Af
ter lining the atal Shot Bailey
Left For Parts Unknown.
Lawrence Davis, a prominent and
ell-to-do "citizen of the Hurricane
istrict of Granville county, was shot
"death Sunday afternoon by H. F.
ailey," white, the two men were en-
ged in a game of "crap.
The, tragedy occurred on a branch
near the juncture of Granville, Wake
and Franklin counties.
- The news of the tragedy traveled
like wildfire, and when Sheriff Dee
Hunt and Dr. Nelson Thomas, the
coroner, arrived at the scene they
found a large crowd standing' over
the prostrate form of Lawrence Da
vis. '
N At the coroner's inquest that fol
lowed, three witnesses testified that
they saw Bailey level the pistol at
Davis and fire five shots, four of the
shots taking effect in his body and
one shot going wild. The shot that
killed Davis, which was fired at close
range, penetrated his heart.
Eight or nine years ago, Lawrence
Davis, the de'ad man, killed Buxton
Bragg, for which he served two years
in the State's prison. After shooting
Bragg, Davis often made the state
ment that he never again would car
ry a pistol. There was no weapon
on his person last Sunday by which
to defend himself whne nis antago
nist, Bailey, was filling' his body with
lead.
FAMHjY FOOD AVERAGE SOUTH
ERN FARM SHOULD PRODUCE
Garden.
White potatoes
Sweet potatoes
Vegetables . . .
Acre.
... 1-3
. . . 1-2
. . . . 2-3
. . . 1-2
Fruit
One hog equivalent to 138 pounds
of nork for each adult.
fiiiffioiont (zcrfTQ and. noultry for
home use from 30 to 50 fowls. j
One acre of corn for meal.
Three acres of wheat for flour.
nit- onH snpar for family use
kfil mum -
from one-half acre of sugar cane or
surghum.
. Two cows to provide milk, butter,
and cottage cheese.
Enough grain, hay, and pasturage,
should be grown for all the live
stock, including two or more work
animals.
UNITS OF 30TH RAILED
FROM BREST MARCH 6
113th
Field Artillery To
Arrive
About March 15.
(Washington Special.)
It is practically certain that units
of the Thirtieth division sailed from
Brest March 6th. -
The 113 th artillery is traveling on
the Santa Teresia.
The 113 th Field Artillery will be
disembarked at Newport News, Va.
The regiment will -be transferred
by train to -Raleigh, N. C. where it
wiM. be paraded, more than 1,000 of
its members being from North Caro
lina. It will then be sent to Camp
Jackson, S. C for demobilization.
It is still the intention of the War
Department to disembark as large a
portion, of the Thirtieth as can be
handled at Charleston, S. G.
HOME PRINT.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TAKE
UP THE QUESTION OF NEW
OXFORD-HENDERSON ROAD
Committee Appointed
to Secure
xvigui-oi-ivay, sou, utc Demon- struction, who is the chairman of the
stration Agent To Be Employed. j Armenian and Syrian Relief Associa
The honorable Board of County . tion for North Carolina, I have un
Commissioners met Monday, March dertaken to raise in this county our
3rd, the following members being , allotment of four thousand dollars,
present: Messrs. B. I. Breedlove. J. i In the near future, committees will
L. Peed, W. E. Cannady, J. T. Aver- be appointed in the various school
ette. In the absence of Chairman J. districts 'to make a close canvass.
Ennis Davis, Mr. B. I. Breedlove was j ' The purpose of this letter is to
called to the chair. -Mr. Davis came acquaint you with the needs of these
m ; later ana resumed the duties of
chairman.
Resolution Adopted.
The following resolutions was un-
Janimously adopted:
That, Whereas the people of nor-
thern Oak Hill desire a road from
Grassy Creek church to Wolf Pitt
branch; and whereas they propose to
pay one-fourth the cost of the pro- been loyal to their Lord and Master
posed road bed, etc., in the construe- for all these years and have been
tion of said road, the Board feels persecuted, beyond the power of
that the county cannot afford to dis- j language to express, by the Moham
courage such a patriotic spirit and 7 med and their neighbors. Only eight
that the Board of County Commis- I 0r ten years ago as many as one hun
sioners will pay three-fourths of the dred thousand were cruelly slain;
construction of the road, provided I ana now duringr the Great War the
that the total cost of the road com-
pleted shall not exceed the sum of mans, have slain around one million
$15,000; and further, that the bond Df defenseless men, women and chil
sisue is passed by the general Asem-; drn.
bly.
Road Work.
B. I. Breedlove and S. M. Wheeler
were appointed a committee to in-
vestigate the advisability of a change
in the road from east of Kittrell
Cross roads to J. J. Thomas' place.
The motion to machine and put in
filler on road from Creedmoor to; sufferings in a cold, mountainous
Ledge Rock creek carried, 'the work ! country, wihtout fuel, without cloth
to be done when they complete the . ing without nourishing food. We
fill at Robeson's creek bridge.
Commissioners Davis and Averett so insistent as this. What we do
and S. M. Wheeler and R. A. Jones ' must be done quickly, else the Ar
were appointed ,a committee to look menian people will be blotted from
after the location of a bridge between the earth.
Cannady's bridge and Lyon's bridge j v The United States have been asked
and report their finding at the reg- by Mr. Hoover, with the approval of
ular meeting first Monday in April. ' President Wilson, for thirty million
Motion to rescind the order pass- dollars. North Carolina's part of
ed at the February meeting discon- this is two hundred' thousand. Gran
tinuing the road from Dorsey's to ville county is asked for four thous
the Vance county line via L. V. Bob- and dollars. F. P. HOBGOOIX
bitt's carried. P. S. There will be a mass meet-
Commissioners Averette, Breedlove ing in the COURT HOUSE on
and Cannady were appointed a com- next Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock
mittee to look over the road from to be addressed by Miss McCor
Dorsey's to the Vance county line mick, a representative of the Armen
via. L. V. Bobbitt's and report at ian and Syrian Relief Association.
April meeting. The people from the county are cor-
Oxford-Heiiderson Road. dially invited to be present.
Messrs. W. B. Ballou, W. Z. Mit-
chell. B. E. Parham, W. H. Fleming THE SIX MILITARY ORDERS
and John Webb were appointed ai OUR BOYS OBEYED
committee to secure right of way. I
soil, etc., for the road from Oxford The American Soldier Was Trained
to Vance county line.
County Demonstrator
Mr. McLean, State Farm Demon- the fact that it required only half as
stration agent, was before the board long to train an American to be a
at their request to discuss the pros- soldier as was required by men of o
pects of procuring the services of a ther lands, by explaining that the A
county demonstrator. The question merican soldier was trained to go
d. securing an agent was left entire-' only one way.
ly with Mr. McLean, and the Board) Here is a copy of a card carried by
donated, the usual amount of $75.00 , every officer and man from the time
per month for the work. j the division entered the fight until
The salary of the Home Demon -
stration was placed at $75.00 per
month for the ensuing year. The
vote was unanimous. This takes ef
fect December 1, 1919, as the State
year begins on that date. .
Individual Lights.
The clerk was instructed to have
wiring in the Court House changed
so that the superintendent of public
schools office would pay their own
light bills.
To See Land Owners.
The county attorney, and the clerk ;
were appointed a committee to inter-
view land owners relative to the;veiues.
right of way for the new Oxford
Henderson road, and if they think
advisable, to sign the resolution and
send same to the State Highway De
partment. THEODORE WILSON KILLS
HIMSELF ACCIDENTALLY
West Oxford Boy Didn't Know the
Pistol Was Loaded. ,
Theodore Wilson, a handsome boy
16 years old, who lived in West Ox
ford, met his death Sunday while
handling an old pistol '
It is said that some one cautioned
him about the pistol being loaded,
but to prove that it was not loaded
he pointed it at his right temple and
pulled the trigger, the ball passing
through1 his brain.
The funeral services, conducted by
Rev; E. G. Usry, were held from West
Oxford church Monday-and the in
terment was at Bank's Chapel.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
This is to advise all town tax pay
ers that all property on which the
taxes are not paid by
Friday, March 21st,
will be advertised as required by law
by order of the Board of Commis
sioners. R. B. HINES.
, Town Taz Collector.
NUMBER 20.
TO THE PEOPLE tF
GRANVILLE COUNTY
At the request of Dr. J. Y. Joy-
ner, ex-suDerintendent of Pnhlin Tn-
grievously afflicted people in the
opinion of Mr. Morgenthau, our for
mer Ambassador to Turkey, the
most severely afflicted of the world's
'history.
The Armenian Nation was the first
nation to embrace Christianity in the
fourth century and to make it the
, religion of the state. They have
: ahetted and urered onv bv the Ger-
Four hundred thousand .children,
fatherless, and motherless are, ready
to die from the lack of food and
clothing, and will perish unless re-
, uef comes soon. There are two mil-
iiuu uuuus in me ixiusi. ucsuiuic ven
dition. We can form no conception of their
have never had an appeal so urgent,
To Go Only One Way.
Some one recently accounted for.
; it was over over there
1. This position will be held and
the section will remain here until re
lieved. 2. The enemy can not be allowed
to interfere with this program.
3. if the gun team can not remain
"here alive, it will remain here dead,
but in any case it will remain here.
4. Should any man, through shell
shock or other cause, attempt to sur
render, he will remain here dead.
5 Should the gun he turned out
of action the team will use rifles, re-
j volvers, mills grenades or other no
6 Finally, the position, as stated
will be held.
GRANVILLE'S DELEGATION VOT
ED FOR WOMAN SUFFRAGE
They Placed Their . Ears To the
Ground and Heard the Na-
tional Noise.
The State Senate last week passed
a bill giving municipal suffrage to
the women of North Carolina. The
measure was taken up in the House
Wednesday night, where it met de
feat. The vote was 54 to 59.
Senator Currin and Representative
Brummitt, speaker of the House, vot
ed for the measure. As to whether
they voted their own sentiments or
the sentiments of the' people of the
county is hot stated.
r! A FINE CITIZEN.
Mr. W. T. Calton Captures a Moon
shine Still. .v- ,,t ir.h
Last week while driving oveishis
large estate, Mr. W. T. Calton, of
Caltolina Farm, ran across a whis
key, manufacturing plant.
The kettle was warm when Mr.
Calton arrived on ; the scene. The
Sheriff of Person county and Mr. Cal
ton had the pleasure of destroying
the plant.
i