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VOLUME XXXIV. THE OXFORD-HENDERSON HIGHWAY SHOULD BE BEST IN THE STATE It Should Be Thirty Feet Wide and As Smooth As the Streets of Oxford. Sow that Granviue and Vance counties will share in Federal and State aid, sentiment in favor of a high class road between Oxford and Henderson is growing. The Granville-Vance line is mid Avay between Oxford and Henderson the two best towns in North Caro lina and it is understood that Vance county will meet Granville county at the half way post with any kind of a good. road proposition. The best stretch of road in the state lays between Greensboro and High Point, and it was built by the K. G. Lassiter Construction Com pany of Oxford. That is the kind of a road that is needed between Ox ford and Henderson, and we are go ing to have it. Mr. B. Y. Cooper and other leading men of Hender son are for it, and the leading citi zens of Oxford and everybody who lives between Oxford and Henderson are in favor of a high class road. When the hteh class road between High Point anc Greensboro was first proposed, the merchants of High Point kicked like steers against, the proposition. They were afraid that the good road would lead their cus tomers to Greensboro to make pur chases, but when the road was com pleted it was found that about as many Greensboro people went to High Point to make puchases as there were High Point people who went to Greensboro to buy goods. The merchants of Oxford and Hen derson carry the same line of goods and the prices are practically the same, or should be. If there any dif ference in the style and prices of goods in Oxford and Henderson a good, quick, easy-going road between the two towns would soon adjust the style and prices to the satisfaction of the consumers. Neither town has j anything to lose and all to gain by the high class road; There are '36 passenger trains ev ery day between Greensboro and High Point, but the people up there j & on t nave nine iu wan im .uauio. The distance between the' two cities ; is about fifteen miles and an auto car can cover the distance in 2 0 min utes with perfect safety. Here we are, situated twelve miles from the main line of railway travel! Think of it, ladies and gentlemen, it takes all day to get in and out of Oxford if we depend on the railways. What is more aggravating than to arrive in Henderson on a fast train from- the north or south and have to wait there for the Oxford "dinky" to get up steam and bring us home? When we get the new high rclass, easy going highway built there will a car every hour in the day ready to bring you to Oxford , and take you to Henderson for a few pennies. We don't know of anything that would bring more sunshine to the people of Oxford and Henderson than to link up the two thriving - towns with the best highway in the State. Just because it was his old home town, R. G. Lassiter laid the streets of Oxford with an everlasting foun dation. He also has county pride, and should he build the new road between Oxford and Henderson he would make Greensboro and High Point ashamed of themselves.. OXFORD TOBACCO MARKET The Season Closed With Cutters Sell ing at $55.00 Per Hundred, iu; The last pile of tobacco of the sea son was sold at the Farmers' ware house last Friday morning at ll:15 o'clock. Several piles of good cut ters brought $55 per hundred. The Public Ledger has tried to get the exact figures of total numbers of Pounds sold on the Oxford market this year and the general average, hut no one seems to be in a position to furnish the information at present SECRETARY OF THE NAVY SAILS FOR EUROPE He Will Be Absent About Two Months. Secretary Daniels and a party of Navy experts, sailed from New York Saturday for France on the transport Leviathan to study naval and avia tion problems! They will visit Great Britain and Italy and also will be absent until about May 12. Secre tary Daniels was accompanied by Mrs. Daniels. S - . SHOWING OF TRIMMED HATS.' THE PERKINSON-GREEN CO. WILL, HAVE ON DISPLAY THURS DAY AND FRIDAY A SHOWING OF TRIMMED HATS. THE LADIES OF TOWN AND COUNTY ARE COR DIALLY INVITED TO BE PRES ENT AT THIS SHOWING. '" S HOWPKESjpENTIAfc OATM TUBX CLOCKS -FORWARD ra S1AKD pN-OEl. Presidential candidaiesfpast, pres ent, and 'future have so lined up on the league of nations mat no matter what American public opinion decid es the major parties will have a can didate who stood for that very thing. .The Democrats. . Among the democrats: President Wilson favors ratification of his lea gue of nations plan without amend ment. v ' Bryan favors a league of nations which safeguards the Monroe Doc trine, gives the United States more votes and each nation the right to re ject the council's decrees. While Champ Clark has not made public his position his opponents credit him with intimating that the present league of nations plan has little chance of adoption. ( The Republicans. Ameng the republicans: Former President Taft favors adoption of the present covenant unamended, if nec essary amended slightly . if possible. Republican Senatorial leader Lodge favors a league which would pre serve the Monroe Doctrine and main tain the sovereignty of the U.S Senator. Knox has offered a sub stitute plans which would declare war an international crime and es tablish a court to administer an in ternational code. Senator Harding signed the "Round robin" as opposed to the Wilson covenant. The "Progressives." As to the "Progressives." Senator Borah demands a refer endum on the league to determine what the people want and would a bide by the decision. Senator Johnson, California, sign ed the "Round Robin" as opposed to the Wilson covenant. TERMS OF JUSTICE OP PEACE EXPIRE APRIL There are about forty justices of the peace in Granville county.' Their term of off ice will expire April 1st, and it is iiicumbentupon -them, says JUd ge C am HUn t," Clerk "of T:ner Court: to qualify on or before that date. The clerk of the court will administer the oath to all justices who call at his office. " A marriage ceremony performed by a justice of the peace one minute after his term expires on April 1st, is illegal unless he takes the oath of office on or before that date. THE LEGISLATURE NAMES ' JUSTICES OF THE PEACE Usual Batch of Magistrates Appoint ed When Attorney General Man ning Rules Amendments Not Pro hibitive. The News and Observer says that the heart of every legislator was made glad when Attorney General James S. Manning ruled, a few weeks bfore the session came to a close, that the recent constitutional amend ments would not prohibit the Gen 'eral Assehbly from making appoint ments of justices of the peace in the several counties. The following justices of the peace for Granville county were named by the General Assembly: Fishing Creek L. T .Buchanan, C. R. Gordon, J. T. Gordon, J. T. Aver ette, A. J. Dickerson and J. T. Bob bin. Brassfield E. J. Jenkins, G. L. Al len, Elwood P. Davis, M. W- Wheel ess, Otis C. Jenkins, Samuel H. Mize. Dutchville M. L. Coley, E. B. Co zart, J. N. Tilley, R. G. Stem, John H. Perry, Henry G. Aiken. Tally Ho W. S. Gooch, W. B. Hor ner, L. L. Crews, L. T. Williford. Walnut Grove E. D. Gooch, B. F. Hester, W. M. Thorpe, L. B. McFar land. . Oak Hill J. S. Watkins, J. P. Sto vall. " aSOofiac: Fork D. A. .tfurwen, R. A. Norwood, T. A. Royster. snlem A. S. Green, E. A. Hunt, L. G. Breedlove. ' Oxford T. N. Burwell, C. H. Cheatham, R.N B. Hines, J. L. Par ham, W. A. Farham. ' " THE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD. Mr. F. M. Plnnix Will Serve a Term of Six Years. Members of boards of education for 93 counties in North Carolina were passed by the General Assem blv ' Fourteen counties increased their membership on boards from fiwp to five months. Mr F. M. Pinnix, editor of the Orphans' Friend, was placed on the Granville county boardof education for a term of six years from the first Monday in July' . Serve Mr Pinnix is well qualified to serve and his appointment gives general satisfaction here. COUNTY OFFER BRILLIANT OPPORTUNITIES. m iVORD, NORTH CAROLINA, AT 3 A. M. ON MARCH 3M Washington, March 17. In structions for the setting for ward of railroad clocks and time pieces on March 30 issued by the railroad administration is effective at 2 a. m. March 30. Efforts during the last congress to kill the daylight saving law failed. COLONEL COX'S ARTILLERY W ILL LAND AT NEW YORK No Explanation For Sudden Switch In Plans of Wrar Department. Will Parade In Raleigh. Advice from Col. Cox, commanding the 113 th Field Artillery, sent from aboard the U. S. S. Santa Teresa, says: ' ' - '- "Regiment will arrive in New York on Sana Teresa Tuesday morn ing." ' --7 Supplemental advices to the same effect was received Monday by Gen. Royster from his son, Lt. B. S. Roy ster, who with Major Thad G. Stem, are on the Santa Teresa. They will arrive in Raleigh about the 25th and parade. They will be entertained at the Fair Grounds with a sumptuous banquet during their ten or twelve hours' stay in Raleigh.) en route to Camp Jackson, where the regiment is to be demobilized. EXEMPTION BOARD DISCHARGED Government Will Soon Publish List of General Deserters. Orders issued by Adjutant Gen eral B. S. Royster, provide for the demobilization of all draft boards in this State March 31. All boards were instructed to box and ship to Washington as soon as possible, and not later than March 27, all records of the respective boards. Action against draft deserters by local boards after March 31 is for bidden by the order, whieth explain ed that such men would be dealt with after thatdate in much '-. the same manner as soldiers deserting after acceptance at a camp. The or der stated that the adjutant general bftre as possible lists of general deserters, but until such list is published it was declared that persons desiring infor mation regarding these men should apply to the State draft executive of the State in which the man is regis tered. HOW TIMES DO CHANGE. . An Old-Time Democrat Would Vote For William Howard Taft For President. When such men as 'Col. ' R. O. Greg ory, a life-long Democrat, comes out fiat-footed for Hon. William Howard Taft for President of the United States, you may , know that party lines are being smashed to smither marines. - Col Gregory has voted the Demo crat ticket ever since the party was organized. .He has followed the leaders thru all their ramnifications, but the time has come, he says, to vote for the man ajid not the party. He has kept an eye on former President William Howard Taft, and he is now of the opinion that Taft is one of the biggest and best men of the age. "Mr. Taft has met all the require ments of a noble statesman," said Col. Gregory, "and if we can't get Wilson we want Taft, so as to head off the destructive tendency of the Republican party." THE MONEY CENTERS OF THE UNITED STATES Wall Street Furnishes One-Sixth of The Revenue. New York, March 16.- A single payment of $20,000,000 for income taxes yesterday, was the largest sin gle payment made this year. Mil lions of additional dollars rolled in to the office which takes in the Wall Street .section. The district, one of the smallest in point of area, is the country's biggest income tax produc ing offices. Last year the office col lected about $500,000,000. This year it is expected to collect- close to $1,000,000,000 or one-sixth the sum the country is to realize under the new revenue bill. THEY WERE READY FOR ' - V ANY EVENTUALITY 3,018 Liberty Motors at the Front When Truce Came. t The American Expeditionary. Forc es had 3,018 Liberty motors at the front when the armistice was sign ed. . .2: - .- .. : m , , '' .v..-"' Major Bates, who flew the first complete American airplane at the front, said that .the Liberty motors were being assembled, " tested v!and turned over for action at the rate of forty a day on November 11 . 1 TUESDAY, MARCH 18, 1919. . t Til?. " nn vrr rit7-iir - - - I '. ' : DR. T. W4 O'KETrTCV WITT. PREACH SERIES OF SERMONS IN OXFORD Rev. Charles C. Smith Will Have Charge of the Mobile School To , Be Held In Oxford Monday, March 31st to FridayAprii 4. Dr. J. D. Harte, pastor of the Oxford Baptist church", announced from his pulpit last Sunday morn ing the outline of the "mobile school" to be held in Oxford six days, beginning Monday, March 31. : : Series of Sermons. Vr. T. W. O'Kelley, pastor of the First Baptist church, Raleigh, who Is one of the great preachers of the 3outh, will deliver a , sermon at the Oxford Baptist church at 7:30 o' clock each evening during the denom inational school week. -' ' J ' Perfecting Arrangements. f Rev. Charles C. Smith, pastor , of Edgemont Baptist church, Durham, was in Oxford last week arranging for the school. Mr. Smith will be the Dean of the school to be, held here. Mission, B. Y. P. U. anf Sun day school manuals will be used for the short study course. Outline of Work. "The term "Mobile" is used be cause 'they can be moved anywhere and because they are the hope of mobilizing our' Baptist forces in North Carolina." "Nine of these schools are to be held March 31st to April 4th. Here are the places where they are to be held: Waynesville, Hickory, Reids ville, Sandford, Oxford, Wilson and Wilmington. ; "The sessions will be short, cover ing just a week. The attendance is limited to about fifty. The subjects to be taught are the practical work of a church, and the text books are standard works by authors of expe rience and ability. "A Dean is appointed to have charge of each of the schools, and capable teachers are selected to give instruction. The schools, will be run simultaneously and each will be kept j in touch with the others . by wire. "Then from July 21st to 25th rhe-wiiHfoe-a-siig bile schools. Tfiers will be sixty two or three of these. . Those who attend the first series will furnish th faculties for thesecond. series. Their object will be to train workers itt-'the local churches, and in this way it is hoped the great mass of idlers in our churches will be reach ed. "Of the nearly 300,000 white church members in the denomination in this state, only one third are at work. The remainder are indeffer ent, idle and useless. They are drones 'in- the hive. Their names are on the church roll, but if they are called they do not respond. "Our general meetings such as the associations and convention have fail ed to enlist this vast army of the un enlisted. We have protracted meet ings, baptize thousands of people ev ery year, shake hands with them and let them go. The real recruits to the Lord's army from this multitude can be numbered only by hundreds. They are out of touch with the cur rent of the denominational life. These Mobile schools are designed to remedy this evil." ALLIES TO END FINANCIAL BLOCKADE OF GERMANY Paris, March 17. The financial blockade against Germany is expect ed to be lifted as a result of nego tiations going on at Brussels. This blockade was applied at the same time as the commercial blockade, all neutral money centers being inform ed that any loans to Germany would result in the termination of their financial relations with the Allies. Neutral bankers furnishing funds to Germany were blacklisted. By raising the blockade, neutral money markets will be opened' to Germany as a means of obtaining loans for payments for food. The Scandinavian countries, particularly Denmark, are said to have such ex ceptionally resources that further im portations of gold have been prohibi ted. These large resources wil be opened to Germany. GOLDEN BELT MFG. CO. Distribute ' Two Thousand DoUars -.. Weekly In Oxford. It takes all kinds of manufactur ing plants, great and small, to make a city. The Oxford branch of the Golden Belt Manufacturing Company located on College street, has a week ly payroll ranging between' $1,500 to $2,000. : " , u Mr. L. D. O'Brien, the local man ager, is a very pleasant young man. What Oxford .needs is a number of great "and small enterprises and a few young, energetic business men like Mr O'Brien. ; ALL HOME PRINT. THE MAYOR OF OXFORD ISSUES PROCLAMATION Whereas, the week of March 24th to March 29th has been designated . as Clean Up 1 and Fire Prevention Week for North Carolina; and x Whereas, the Health and Property of the community de mand that closer attention be given to conditions which are prejudiced to sanitation and feeders of conflagrations; Therefore, I, W. Z. Mitchell, Mayor of the City of Oxford, do call upon all of our people, our manufacturing plants, bus iness houses and householders, to join in this most worthy ef fort, and to respond with dili gence and determination, fothis urgent call. W. Z. MITCHELL, Mayor. A GOOD SCHEDULE FOR THE SUMMER MONTHS Mr. w. L. Peale Suggests., A Few Things For -Oxford. Editor Public Ledfiger: An era of great prosperity is just ahead of us. Suppose our citizens. establish some or all of the below named industries in Oxford this year. ! A fertilizer, factory. j A wagon factory. A steam laundry. A high School Buildings. A memorial hospital. A brick hotel, as already proposed, with an up-to-date cafe Any of the above would be a pay- ing proposition. W. L. PEACE. THERE ARE ABUNDANT REASON FOR BUILDING RIGHT NOW There Wrill Be A Shortage of Mate rial Later On. Again the Manufacturers Record desires to drive home with all the energy it possesses the urgent nec- j gaining two from points in Virgin essity 'of the widest possible appli-jia' cation of the "build now" spirit. At Kansis, City many persons are "As pointed out, the chief factor ; reported to be suffering from the in the high price of construction I disease. Among noteworthy cases materials of every kind is labor, there are . Miriam . Johnson, 14, who No intelligent man believes today j has been sleeping for five weeks; that the price of -labor - can be or --Adelaide Odwood, - asleep - for 7 shouldVbe appreciably . reduced at days, and Emanuel Machovee, who this time. It is clear, therefore, that there is no advantage to be gained by delay-and that in many lines of trade there may be a greater shortage of materials in six months' time than there is today. "Public improvements, the build- 111 of schoolhouses, the erection of hotels, apartment houses, and churches, municipal improvements of every character, including, of course, street and road building, should proceed with all possible vi gor. All of the materials required for this work can be secured now, and within a brief time there will undoubtedly be a shortage in certain lines that will result in a further set back to new construction." THE "17-YEAR LOCUSTS" What You Should Do When They Come. The United States Department of Agriculture says that the year 1919 is likely to be one of the worst "lo custs years" on record. The periodical cicada, the real name of the insect commonly called "innnftt " will annear this year in AWAMwy - this section of the State. Young fruit trees are sometimes killed by the cicada. The precaution ary measures are: Defer putting out young fruit trees till next year; pos pone budding operations; do not pruning this winter or spring. When the insects begin coming out hand pick them from young fruit trees or spray them with pyrethrum powder, kerosene emulsions, or a so lution of carbolic acid or acetic acid. ARMENIAN-SYRIAN RELIEF. Only About One-Fourth of Our Quota Pledged. Active work in the campaign for tbe destitute Armenians is on in Granville. Dr. F. P. Hobgood, pres ident of Oxford College, is the chair man of the work. He has been ask ed to raise $4,000 in Granville coun ty. Sergt. Alex. T. Coubrough, who was with the Australian army at the battle of Gallipoli, spoke to a large audience ; at the Oxford Baptist church Sunday afternoon, after which pledge cards were distributed. It is, not known at this writing just how much has been pledged, as the schools of the. county are yet to be heard fromj It is .thought that only about one-fourth of th county's quo ta has been pledged. Something Nice. Turn to the fifth page of this pa per and read the attractive announce ment of the Anchor Store. The line is complete. vrrfTTr'T - APRIL twenty-fdust IS THE .DATE OF THE VICTORY LOAN CAMPAIGN Issue to Be Short Term Notes; Not Long Term Bonds. Amount to Be Offered Not Disclosed, But v Understood to Be Five Billion Minimum. The Victory Liberty loan campaign will open Monday, April 21, and close three weeks later Saturday May 10. Short term notes maturing in not over five years will be issued instead of longer term bonds. The amount of notes to be offered was not- dis closd, but it -has been generally un derstood the loan will be for a min imum of $5,000,000,000 with the treasury reserving the right to accept all oversubscriptions. Mr. Glass said the interest rate on the notes and the amounts to be exempted from taxation would not be determined until a week or two before the campaign. It was inti- i matea, nowevr, that the notes might bear interest in excess of 4 1-4 per cent, the interest rato on the third and fourth loans. THE "SLEEPING SICKNESS" IS ON A RAMPAGE Disease Said to Be an Aftermath of Iufluenza and First Cousin of Infantile Paralysis. "Sleeping sickness," now believ ed by physicians to be an aftermath j of influenza and first cousin of infan- tile paralysis, has appeared in many sections of the country. ( Five cases of this "epidemic som nolence" have been carefully segre gated and are being investigated in hospitals in Richmond, Va. Of the five cases under" suspicion one is from South Richmond, two from North Carolina and the re- has been unconscious for 120 days. Public' health officers have issued statements - warning the public a gainst a possible visitation of, the - disease. They point out that the symptoms of the disease are marked by dizziness, aching and drooping of the eyelids and drowsinss and sore throat. In addition to" these symp toms, it is said, the patient seems to lose every particle of strength, some times is unable to make any volun tary movement and resembles a wax figure in expression. LASSITER COMPANY WILL PAVE DURHAM COUNTY ROAD Just the Kind of a Road That Is Needed Between Oxford and Henderson. TheDurham Herald Says : "Laying of a high grade bithulith ic paving on the Roxboro road from Bragtown to the home 'of J. B. Ma son, between five and six miles north, Will take place within the next three months. Contract for the work was last week awarded by the county commissioners to the R. G. Lassiter Construction Company of Oxford. The road when completed will be the finest in the entire county and will be a sample of better grade paving decided upon at a recent meeting 'by the county commissioners. The bi thulithic paving is to be placed on top of the macadam foundation now on the Roxboro road. The work is contracted for by the Lassiter Com pany for approximately $12,000 a mile, making a total of more than $60,000." Thus it will be seen that it would cost about $120,000 to build a high class road from Oxford to Hender son. Granville" and Vance counties would share equal in the expense of building the road. With State and Federal aid available, our, county commissioners can handle the propo sition right now. NOTICE. All members I. O. O. F. are requested to . meet at the Lodge Hall Tuesday night from '7:30 to 8:30 for important business. A smoker and refreshments after the session. Please come prompetly. J. F. MEADOWS, N. G., H. M. SHAW, V. G. J. S. BRADSHER, Sec. Conn & Son's Spring Showing The beginning of a new season finds Cohn & Son splendidly prepar ed to meet the needs of men, women and children, in quality, style and price. This Is bargain week at Cohn & 'Sdn's. Some of the prices -are, quoted in their adv. on the last page of this paper. 1; 11 t l ' ' !'
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