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- ZJP' 3Eta eM , ftW IT JLT VOLUME XXXIV A (JLOOMV SUBJECT THAT MUST BE IMPRESSED Some of the Customs That Should Not Prevail. Delayed Funerals. The policy of several of the lead ing religious denominations is to so plan their church work that their preachers can not only- go the preach ing but may be near enough to peo ple of their congregations to be on hand for marriages and weddings n ad other such things. In many places the town or city congregation that could not have a preacher nearly- tr nreach a funeral or perform a burial service would be considered j behind the times, says the Smithfield Herald. It always looks better and is bet ter to have a preacher around when sickness and death comes. But the old custioni of having funerals preach ed several weeks or even months af ter the death cf a person seems to be passing away. In fact this custom was never popular as many had doubts as to the propriety of it. It looked unreasonable to tear again the wounds made by the death of a friend or relative. Some preachers have even refused to preach such funerals. When it can be done -it seems more appropriate to get the preacher to the burial , and let him do his part there. While the influen za was raging it was often hard to secure preachers for funerals. Where they could not be had at the time of the burial in most cases it seems more appropriate to leave the fun eral off entirely. Sitting Up With the Dead Without doubt the time to render the best help to people is while they are living. When sickness comes we should do all we can for the comfort and ease and the life of those who are unable to help themselves. But after death comes there is a differ ence of opinion as to wat should be expected. In this section of the country it is customary to sit up with the dead. This is deemed necessary, no matter how fatigued or worn out the people may be. Sometimes-there are two nights of sitting up with somebody. In other parts of the country sitting up with the dead is considered entirely unnecessary. A body placed in a closed room is con sidered well cared for. Even here it is noticeable that people sitting up with dead bodies often show but lit tle respect for the dead. Young peo ple in such cases jpmetimes say that to keep awake they have to keep lively. It is perdicted that the cus tom of sitting up with the dead may be dropped in this section as has been done elsewhere. New Grave By the Roadside. We passed the home and near it saw the new grave in the field by the roadside. We knew why it was there A loved one had departed and the family desired to keep the body near bv. This was love and a noble feel ing but was it wise? If the other members of the family could live for ever and if the land remained to the same owners on and on it might be all right but this is not the case. Old. Father Time is slaying one and all. People go and homes change hands. Others get possession who cure nothing for the grave in the field by the roadside. After a while it will either, grow up hr briars and bushes or it 'will be discarded alto TfUher and farming will be done over it. Then what is the wise thing to o? Every neighborhood ' should have a graveyard. Once a year or rtoner the people should meet and work out the graveyard. It will be possible to keep up so many grave u ds. People cannot expect to have from one to three or four graveyards n each farm. When the Scotch peo e settled in America they not only started up churches and schools, but 'iny laid off cemeteries and buried heir dead in them. This would be ! good example for us all to follow. THE FARMERS ARE ENJOINED TO PLAY A SAFE GAME obacco May Be High Next Fall and It May Not. We are interested in the brief Utement of the clearing house of 1 rner Bros. Company elsewhere in 'lis paper. It is addressed to the farmers, and the " inference is that orn is the gold of the realm. They know whereof they speak: "The freight trains can hardly bring in now, corn, oats and hay fast enough to supply the trade. High rice tobacco and the influenza last fall largely account for the shortage in the county, nevertheless we hear very little talk about the corn crop rw this year, but we hear much talk about a big tobacco crop." ,. ... PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLYTOWN AND COUNTY OFFER BRILLIANT OPPORTUNITIES ALL HOME PRINT. ORDERS ISSUED BY GEN. MARCH TO SEND 120TH TO CHARLOTTE TO PARADE Parades to Be Made During Demobi lization Process Period and Not to Delay the Mustering Out of the Men- Regiment to Be Sent to Charlotte and Returned to Camp to Be Discharged, the Government Cheerfully Bearing the Expense. A Washington special to the Char lotte Observer says that it is definite- ly settled that Col. Minor's 120th regiment. will parade in Charlotate. General March told the Charlotte committee that he would order the 120th to parade in Charlotte. The regiment is expected at Charleston about April 12. It is possible the parade may be arranged for the 15th The war department's idea is to have the parade while the process of demobilization at camp is under way, and return to camp for muster ing out. No delay- in demobilization would be entailed and the expense would be nominal and one which the govern ment cheerfully assumes. FOE'S ARMIES NOW ABOUT 15 PER CENT OF OLD WAR UNITS Aggregates Forces of Central Powers i 1,125.000, Compared to 7,630,000 In November -Allies 13,663,000 Then. (Washington Special.) Statistics made public by general March show that the armies of the central powers as now organized con stitute about 15 per cent of their strength when . the armistice was signed. The central powers now have 1,125,000 men as against the combined strength in November last of 7,630,000 men. The Allied arm ies in November totalled 13,663, 000, of which 25 per cent have been demobilized. . The German army, estimated of ficially at 4,500,000 on November 11,. has bppm reduced..0.&2,O,OO-Q;. the Bulgarian army has dropped from 500,000 to 129.000; the Aus trian army from 2,230,000 to about 60,000; and the Turkish from 400, 000 to less than 20,000. FINE SCHOOL AT CORNWALL Interesting Program Arranged For Next Saturday Evening. Friends of Cornwall school are looking forward with pleasure to the entertainment Saturday. evening, April 12, at 8 o'clock. Quite a num ber of Miss Nellie Wood's town friends will be present if the weather permits. A (most interesting prog ram has been arranged for the oc casion, and ice cream, cake, candy and drinks will be served, and the public is invited. THIS IS CLEAN-UP WEEK. Do Your Bit to Help Make Oxford Clean, Healthful and Beautiful This week has been set aside by Mayor Mitchell as Clean-Up Week in Oxford. The Mayor salys: "Let every one see that his or her premises are absolutely clean and sanitary and that all rubbish is re moved. Place your trash boxes on the street the carts for this week will go on lot to get trash where it is possible to N turn on the clay set apart for your part of the town." The wagons started out on the big job bright and early Monday morn ing. Get your trash ready right now so as not to hinder the great work. CAPT. HT7TCHINS ON THE JOB. Captures Still In Southeastern Part Of Granville. Four hundred gallons of beer and a still plant were destroyed by reve nue officers Sunday afternoon about six miles north of Youngsville in Granville county. The y plant was found about 500 yards from the home of Med Davis a negro and was ready for operation when the officers arrived. The still had not been placed in the furnace. E. G. Rich ardson, N. E. Ranes, N. A. Watson, t rfo Snrines. J. A. Hutchins, of Oxford, Deputy Collectors; J. marshal, and W. P. A. o leu, - - . , Watkins, posseman, made the raid. CORPORATION TAX. Mr Thomas D. Weaver, Jr., of the Internal Revenue Service, Raleigh will be in Oxford April 21st and 2 2d inclusive for the purpose of assist ing corporations intpreparing their income and excess profit tax returns. Any one desiring his assistance will find him at the county court house on those days. . - OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA, THERE IS A GANG OF V BAD BOYS IN OXFORD U h1a 4 It rJr . n-l, - iitna ii hbiccj - Prowl About Town and Do All Kinds of Devilment. "i If VOU Should finrt -v-on-r nthmises turned over cr the door of your dwell J mg removed when you get up tomor row morning you need not be sur prised. There is a gang of "gosling" boys in Oxford that are up to all kinds of deviltry. Recently they took the twin elephant sign in front of J. D. Brooks' store and deposited it on i or tw, ist ti, . " v .jj.jf jjusucu all uiu auiy mobile through the .streets and left it on the lawn at Oxford College, and then on Wednesday night last they j took the large Public Ledger sign from in front of the office and took it over to Oxford College and stood it up against a tree. Who are these little monkeysand why do they act so foolish? They are the sons of parents who care nothing about them. They are made to feel at the evening hour that their presence around the fire side is not wanted. Being kicked out into the street, as it were, they prowl around like wild beasts. It is the same gang no doubt that recently drew indecent pictures on tombstones in Elmwood Cemetery and smashed the windows in unoccupied buildings It is said that they tried a few nights n pt tn lassn til & 1-rnz Bnlrlior nil thfi j monument at "the- head of Main street with a view of pulling it down. Since the parents of. these chil dren care nothing about them and the night policeman is unable to catch them, there is nothing to do but let them continue to terrorize the town and grow -in numbers. INFLUENZA LEFT MANY DEFECTIVES IN THE STATE Majority of Those Suffering From Influenza Not Completely i Restored. Influenza was the direct cause of 9,686 deaths in North Carolina dur ing October, November and Decem ber 1919, according to the reports received -by -the state board of health and up to March 1919, the number of deaths from the disease exceeded 11,000. This loss of life, together with the suffering and financial cost, is a burden that it will take the state many years to overcome. The most serious result of the epidemic, in the -opinion oi tne state ooara or neaitn, is the after-effects, which will crip ple a majority of the men and wo men who suffered from the disease. Injuries to etiher the lungs, the kid neys, or the heart are a common re sult of influenza and if persons hav ing these defects arenot treated ear ly the defects will become more pro nounced' and lead to handicaps and, in a great many instances, to invalid ism and early death. APRIL TERM OF COURT. Hon. C. C. Lyon, Judge Presiding. The two weeks' term of Granville county Superior court convened Mon day morning, Judge Lyon, of Pender, "presiding. The able solicitor, Hon. S. M. Gattis, of Orange, arrived ear ly and the court got down to busi ness. In his charge to the grand jury, Judge Lyon cut out al the frills and emphasized the Law in unmistakable language. - The following is the grand jury: M. D. Oakley, foreman; B. G. Bragg, J. A. Adcock, Ira Beck, J. T. Gooch, C. D. Currin, J. W. Pittard, E. B. Turistall, W. H. Blackwell, J. M. Daniel,' J. W. Gooch, W. K. Mat thews, N. C. Bradsher, G. B. Gordon, J. C. Tippett, F, T. Pittard, J. E. Dix on, J. Wiley Davis. ; ; ( DR. DEW, NOTED EVANGELIST, WTLL CONDUCT SERVICES HERE The Protracted Meeting Will Be Held At the Oxford Baptist Church. Dr. J. D. Harte, pastor of the Ox ford Baptist church, announced Sun day that Dr. J. H. Dew, one of the strongest and best evangelists in the South, is coming to his church May 20th to conduct revival services. In announcing the approaching revival, Dr. Harte stated that Oxford is a good moral town as compared to other places, but there are hun dreds of people here, he said, who are not members of any church. NEW WAREHOUSE FOR OXFORD To Be Built By Stem Capitalists In Oxford This Summer. Persistent rumor has it that three prominent men yot Stem have pur chased a sfte-on Hillsboro street for a large tobacco warehouse and that the. same will be built this summer. Full particulars are not obtainable it this writing, f ., .TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 1919. CARD FROM MR. DOVE, OUR COUNTY AGENT I t . . , i " j,iij5t3ixiciii.s are tiemg Made to f Offer a Number of Prizes Nitrat Will Arrive Thin WppIt I Olirin o- V, i . ; " "'O littciltJSS 111 r 13 s(w. son for the making of arran?Pmf.nt for the club work among the boys of the county, it will be almost impos sible for me to visit before the Planting season is on, of the sections of the county to get in touch with all who may desire to enlist, and since it is desired to extend to all in the county the advantage offered in farm extension in crop contests. I shall be pleased to meet at our office here in Oxford and take up with them cur plans in regard to these clubs. Encourage the Boys. To encourage our boys, especially arrangements are being made to of fer a number of priz.es in cash and other for the best acres of corn and other crops grown by them this year. So, parents, come and bring your boys. It will help you, it will help us; it will help all. Today please. Nitrate To Arrive. All those having orders for govern ment nitrate are urged to be in readi ness for the receipt, of same when it arrives. It has been shipped and we are expecting it here not later than Saturday, April 12. v JOHN L. DOVE, County Agent. MR. B. M. CALDWELL DEAD. Was Interested In the Affairs of Granville Comity and "Was Highly Esteemed. Mr. A. H. Powell received a wire Monday from Winter Park, Fla., stat ing that Mr. B. M. Caldwell is dead and that burial will the take place in Wheeling, West Virginia, Wednes day. - Mr. Caldwell had been a resident of Granville county for a number of years. He was the first president of the Granville County Fair Associat ion and was deeply interested in the affairs of . the county. It was his great desire to see the farmers and the. business men. avail. themselves of the vast resources at hand. No man in our midst was more beloved by all the people. At "Carolina Lodge," his home near Gela, he frequently entertained his friends lavishly. The deceased is survived by a no ble son, Mr. Halstead Caldwell, who resides at "Carolina Lodge" when business permits him to spend some time in Granville. ALL OF THE HEROES ARE NOT IN FRANCE Two Oxford Boys Rush Through Flame And Rescue Children. The fire bell sounded last Satur day a few minutes before the noon hour and off rushed Master' Henry Hunt, son of Mr. W. H. Hunt, and Master Cam Easton, son of Mr. Cam Easton. Smoke was pouring through every crevice of the two-story wooden struc ture down in "Cam Town" when they reached the scene. The building was occupied by three or four families of colored people and all of the occupants were away, save two or three helpless children. The two brave little boys, with no one to advise them, entered the build ing while the firebrands were falling thick and fast around them, took the children in their arms and carried them to safety. The roof of the building fell in soon after the two brave lads, of eight or ten summers finished their rescue work. f 1 The building was only partly sav ed by the timely arrival and hard work of the fire department. THE CALL IS MOST 1TRGENT Granville County and the Armenian Relief Fund.' v To the people of Granville Co.: I have today mailed a "cashier's check for one thousand dollars to Dr. Joyner, , state chairman of the Armenian-Syrian Relief Association. One hundred and sixty five dollars have been forwarded through other agencies for which, however, we re ceive credit on our allotment of four thousand dollars. , Our treasurer, Mr. E. B. Howard, assitsant cashier of the Bank of Granville, - holds a number of signed pledge cards we would be glad to have cashed now Please call in at the bank and pay these. He who ives quickly gives The school districts and the Sun day schools and churches of the county are in the midst of their col lections, and as far as heard from, they are very liberal. There have never been presented to the wodld a more urgent and insistent call. F. P. HOBGOOD, County Chmn. THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS j HOLD TWO DAYS' SESSION Delegations From All Over the Coun ty Here In the Interest of Better Roads In Their Section. ft,, j nB must nave oeen at least 100 fer with a view of organizing a base men standing around the court house ball team here composed exclusive Monday eager to get before the Couni ly of Rarana ohPr I ty Board to. tell them something a-1 oout tne roads .in their section. They 'the Oxford Baptist Baraca class, haa heard much about state and fed- heartily endorsed the movement. He ,eral aid and they were here to let stated that much pleasure and bene the commissioners know that a good 'fit can be derived from the game dur chunk of the funds could be spent toeing the summer months, advantage on the roads that pass j it. is understood that a dozen or their doors. Roads, bridges , etc., 1 more of the home bovs who hrnir I engaged the attention of the board mrougnout Monday. ..baU players. They will reach here ioaay the board will select two of "in a couple of weeks. If the Baraca the best qualified men in the county boys are successful in organizing a to aid in the work of revaluation of good strong team 'we may expect to the property as .provided under the 'see some good ball on the local field law passed by the last session of the' this summer, general assembly. I . - On the table before the coinmis- HUNGRY BLOODHOUNDS CAME sioners was a letter from Governor j NEAR EATING HUMAN FLESH Bickett, with the following injunc-! tion : j They Jump At the Overhanging "On the first Monday in April you j Abdomen of a Fat Man. are called upon' to discharge the" Ten days, or two weeks ago a cou most important duty that has devel- Pie of ferocious bloodhounds were oped upon you in many years, that brought from Raleigh to trace a ne is to appoint two men to act as as- gro thief. It is a well known fact sistants to thex county supervisor in that the longer a bloodhound ab carrying out the Revaluation Act of stains from food the keener is his the General Assembly of 1919. This scent. They came to Oxford as hun act means more fpr the moral and gry as a bear and ready for work, material advancement of North Car- ;" While waiting down on Hillsboro olina than any act that has been pas-! street to get things in readiness to sed within my recollection. But the place the dogs on the trail of the act will utterly fail to accomplish ' thief, a crowd gathered, and while the wise and just purpose intended . they were discussing the qualities of unless men of splendid intelligence and lofty integrity, and great firm-; ness of character are selected to carry out the law. Therefore I urge you before making your appoint- ments to take pains to ascertain whe ther or not the parties under 'consid eration have the qualities above named." , COUNTY ATTORNEY HICKS, EXPLAINS THE ROAD LAW All Abie-Bodied Male Persons of Cer tarn Age Must Work the Roads'1 can- prove an alibi; I did not take . Vr Y ,T - -r - . the plant bed clothy and now I know Unless Excused bv Countv Boards., uiujr "v "z. , a certainty that you are no more - It is so long before the laws of the than a common hound dog, ready to last Legislature can be published and 'ne at the last provocation." there are so manjT questions being; - asked about the road law, that I ! NINETY-FIVE YEARS OLD wish to call the attention of the nub- lie to just a few items in regard to 'the road law, as there are very few changes in the law as it existed be fore the Legislature met. And I add some points of law which I think are necessary on account of those who come into our county from other counties who bring with them the laws of other counties and states, which are not the laws of this coun ty. In order to be free from working the public roads the person of road, age must pay to the board of super visors on or oef ore the first day of April of each year $6.00, or he must pay $3.00 for the first half of the J year on .or before the first of April and $3.00 for the last half of the year on or before the first of Octo ber. 1 A statute requiring the working of the public roads by free labor is not unconstitutional, as double taxation. The conscription of labor to work the public roads is not a tax at all, but the exaction of a public duty. State vs. Wheeler 141st N. C. page 773. All able-bodied male persons be tween the ages of. 18 and 45 are re quired to work the roads unless ex cused by the county commissioners for physical disabilities A- male person between the ages of 18 and 45 years of age who resides in this state and pursues a voca tion for his income of an indefinite period, he is liable to road duty al though he is a citizen of another State to which he intends to return when he finished his present employ ment. State vs. Johnston, 118th N. C. 1188. From time immemorial it has been rthe law that people who refusel to appear and work the road when sum moned to do so were indictable, and 'many cases have been to our courts and the law has invariably been up held by the decisions of our courts. A. A. HICKS. PROGRAM AT , THE ORPHEUM THEATRE FOR THE WEEK Tuesday "Madame Spinx". Wednesday Dustin Farnum, in "The Virginian." Thursday Douglas Fairbanks, in "Mr. Fix-It." Friday Ruth Roland, in "Hands Up"; Charlie Chaplin, in "Shoulder Arms." Saturday Pearl White, in "The Lightning Raider"; Charlie Chaplin, in "Shoulder Arms." NUMBER 28 OXFORD BARACAS TO OR. GANIZE BASEBALL. TEAM Plenty of Good Material To Select From. The Baraca classes of the several Oxford churches last Sunday ap- DOinted pnmmittpAs tn noof o,ii - w . aiiu lUll- Judge Devin. .who was oresent at the Hindenburg line, are expert base the dogs in general, a big fat man, his overhanging abdomen shaking , like a bowl of jelly, came upon the ! scene and remarked in the presence of the dogs that he could not see any difference between them and the or dinary old hound dog. Whether for ulterior motives or not, the bloodhounds sprang at the big fat man, but owing to the short ness of a chain in the hands of an at tendant, the dogs did not reach him. When the fat man recovered his ! breath he said: "You durn fool dogs. AND STILL ACTIVE Mr. Graham Royster Vouches For This .Story. Mr. Graham Royster, the splendid citizen of Northern Granville, was in Oxford last week, the guest of Mr. John Webb overnight. Talking a bout longevity and activity, Mr. Roy ster says that there is an old colored man in his section of the county nearly 100 years old according to tradition, but to be on the safe side he places the old man's age at 95 years. This old man is very active, says Mr. Royster. He takes two horses to the field with him, but plows only one at a time. "Uncle Stephen, why don't you hitch both horses to the plow," he was asked. I tell you, Boss man, it is jest like I told you, if I hitch both horses to the plow they wear out and get ,slow, but if I let one rest a while and then make a change dis old" nig ger can keep gwine all day long." LOCATION OF OUR TROPPS Some Are In Siberia And Insular Possessions. .Washington, April 6. A total number cf officers and men in the army on March 25, was 2,131,503, the War Department stated. This is a decrease of 42 per cjent from the strength when the armistice was signed. . The locations of the troops is given as follows: Europe, 1,409,789; Si beria, 8,893; at sea, 63,760, United States, 603,178; insular possessions 45,883. y. Cohn & Sons Sale Still Going On Cohn & Son's sale opened Friday, big business. Stores were crowded with people, who were aware of the fact that the goods they advertise are all strictly up-to-date and gen uine bargains new lots of spring and 'summer goods have come to light air over their stores, and that will help to make a continuance of the sale a -welcome occasion. You can save money by buying at Cohn & Son's sale! They have earned the reputation and for years have wide ly been known as the economy stores for all the people. Even if you were there at the opening of their sale, it will pay you to go, there again this week and next, for many new bar gains will be placed on sale every day. Read Cohn & Son's advertise ment on the last page of this paper. , ... . .. (adv.) ( I t i.
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