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.V rn X, ;s7' '' 'i .2!; VOLUME XXXIV. TEXT OF COVENANT OP LEAGUE OF NATIONS IS NEARLY 100,000 WORDS Question of Getting the Document lief ore the Public Is Before the Council of Four. (Paris Special.) The council of four of the peace conference, in the interval before the peace treaty is handed to the Ger man delegates, will take up the ques tion of making the document public. A plan proposed on behalf of ' the United States is for the American delegates to cable for simultaneous distribution on the American conti of the treaty; second, a 5;000- AVOl'u ouiciai suiuuiai, aim uiiru, me text of the treaty. The two summa ries would be given to the American i . J J- oknnf coma timo or, V, ! o rlav nr two lntpr th tpvt i possibly to be distributed by the in- , J x .j i stallments as it was received. The text of the covenant of the league of nations has already been telegraphed to the state department ... Wo.hinatnn for rPlPicA whpn an- Ul thorized by President Wi son, , Other "r;:rrrav ni-i i final dispatch, which may count up to nearly 100,000 words, can be cabled in four or five hours if all the cable lines are cleared for the pur pose. DRUG STORE GOODS ARE TO ADVANCE IN PRICE This Levy AVill Be Made By the Use of Revenue Stamp. . Products of the druggist's shelf will go up in price one cent on each 25 cents of cost May 1 as a result of - the imposition on that day or tnejoiems iB&yuuBB w-iae anuress ui, new war tax. -The internal revenue reminded that this levy will be made by the use of revenue stamps to be fixed by the retailer to perfumes es sences, extracts, toilet waters, cos metics, petroleum, jellies, hair oils, pomades, hair restoratives, hair dyes tooth and mouth washes, tooth past es, aromatic cachous, toilet powders and nthpr than soat) Dowders, and other similar substances and prepara-' tions j A like tax is imposed on proprie- tary medicines "as to which the man ufacturer or producer claims to have any private formula, secret or occult art for making or preparing the same." No objection will be-made by rev enue officials to affixing the stamps by tfee manufacturer or importer as agent of the retailer where practica ble. Vaccines and bacterines which are not advertised are exempt, and also sales of medicines not adver tised by a physician in attendance upon a patient. MYSTERIOUS MOVEMENTS OF TWO PROMINENT CITIZENS Wandering Through the Woods of Vance and Granville Counties Two citizens of Oxford, one of whom has often stumped the county for votes, and the other one promi nent in the commercial life of the community, attended the circus in Henderson last Tuesday night. Leav ing the circus grounds in an auto at an early hour, they found themselves a couple of hours later, in a dazed condition, wandering leisurely thru the woods north of Dabney. When they realized that they were lost to all the world, and were as babes in the woods, the gentleman who was driving the car said: ."I thought that I knew this county like a book, and I also thought that every road led to Oxford, but I perceive that I have another think coming to me. The distance between Oxford and Henderson is only twelve miles, yet these gentlemen traveled 41 miles in reaching Oxford. They arrived utre auring tne wee-sman uvuj.. the morning and entered their dens satis eloquentiae, sapientiae parum, which means eloquence enough but too little wisdom. MRS. BROOKS HEADS VICTORY LIBERTY L.OAN CAMPAIGN Asks The cJooperation of All Women In Granville. Mrs. J. D. Brooks, supported by the patriotic members of the Oxford Woman's Club, will look after the 'omen's part in the Victory Liberty Loan campaign in Granville county. She will visit 0 each of the nine townships and asks the cooperation of every woman in the county. She says that the women of Granville h. ;,Vh 1 , vpr foiloH n roonnrni to their COUntrv'a oll flia'11nnt'fail; this "wind-up drive." They will uelp .to finish the job! PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY TOWN AND COUNTY OFFER B hILLIANT OPPORTUNITIES. FIVE THOUSAND VISITORS WIT, NESS PARADE OF SOLDD3RS AND SAILORS HERE THURSDAY Col. S. W. Minor and Major Thad G. Stem March At the Head of the Column Speaking and Barbecue Dinner At tlie Fair Grounds. As a manifestation of lore and esteem the business houses of Oxford were closed and the farmers of the county came to Oxford Thursday to reet the soldiers. The warm sun shine,, flags and bunting everywhere and the strains of marshali music made it an ideal day. Thew wPrA s about 150 soldiers and sailors in or rno nrottioot 5 XLorTf1 T ' M - OI. Minor and the tdati wHa nrCra i-- -'vjut fK,uo JL overseas with him. They gathered around him in groups, and the most tic IWVIWT, .v SiccnuB and warm handshake as did the officers. T a Z7T. Z wxs """"". it was readily to be seen that the fn man i , If. vision were ready to do and - to die for the commander. Col Minor is " . ' "" w" ihdence of the men who spent eigh- months worldPwar wfm Un- They were delighted beyond - measure to see him in Oxford on this j glad occasion. j Hearty Welconie. I After passing in review of five ' thousand people in the business sec tion, the line of march extended out : Hillsboro street to the Fair Grounds, ' where Dr. E. T. White, a member of the late local exemption board, de- i livered the address of welcome. His I address was only about twelve min- utes long, but what he said was a! plenty, and it was the most elegant ; address of welcome that has been heard here in many years. Major !oi i ii.. j j c Stem's resDonse to the arid welcome was delivered with much weicume was uenvereu wun xuuvu feeling. He had been overseas with the men and he spoke intimately of their enduring qualities. Col. Minor Charms the Throng The commanding appearance of: "and" -a dozen sailors, whose names i estimates that the total banking re Col. Minor here, as well as all over fare not given-, and about eighteen old ; sources M Granville county is $3, the. State,. elicits applause when he " Confederate .veterans werQ ..tbe1 6 6 20 00 and the population of the rises to speak; He is a lawyer and a financier not given to long speech- es ana poiitics ana wnat ne says is alvays eloquent, brief and to the point. It is said that he was abso- lutely cool and collective when the German guns shot the hat from his head and burnt his face with pow-; der. He is as solid as a stone and would make the best chief executive or the State that North Carolina has Floyd, Let A. Adcock, C. L. Ragan, had since the War between the Stat- m. G. Matthews, Corp. H. F. Green, es. He is very much attached to the ! Glaud W. Allen, R. L. Williams, D. soldiers and he speaks of them in c. Hall, J. B. Hart, W. H. Hicks, the most endearing terms. During Sergt. S. H. Parham, Sergt. K. S. his speech at the Fair Grounds he Bowling, Capt. H. H. McLeod, J. H. revealed the bigness of his - heart j Horton, G. T. Wheeler, S. T. Par w hen he took occasion to correct a j rptt, S. H. Wetmore, Sergt. W. C. wrong impression in reference to j Robards, Sergt. Jennings Walters, K. one of his men who is now in France. I l. Lumpkin, R- C. Pittard, J. J. It had been circulated that Capt. E. peed, S. B. Fowler, E. C. Roberts, L. E. Fuller, who was in command of g. Brown,, A. L. Wicks, C. L. Staley, Company E when it left Oxford, was j jm q. Eakes, W. Chambers. "gun-shy, or gun-shocked, or some- thing to that effect. In denying the report, Col. Minor stated .that there was never a braver soldier than is Capt. Fuller. The commanding gen eral, said Col. Minor, detailed Capt. "Fuller for other duties; that when he requested the general to return Capt. Fuller the general said that Fuller's services were indispensable where he was. Dinner At Fair Grounds. The elaborate spread at the Fair Grounds, supplied by funds sub scribed by generous people of the town and county and served by the ladies of the Red Cross, was greatly enjoyed by the soldiers and sailors. Barbecue, Brunswick stew, coffee, ice cream and cake, etc., constituted the bill of fare. Plenty of Everything. t rtnv Mr. James B. r Meadows, representing Liggettfe My-jB ers, distributed five thousand Pied - mont and Chesterfield cigarettes to the soldiers and sailors. At the soda JU11U5 , i fountains and the admission to tne v, all were free to Qrpheum theatre the soldiers and sailors The town and county were repre sented officially by Mayor Mitchell and Chairman Davis of the board of "county commissioners. Mr. J. Robt. Wood was chairman of the steering committee and every detail was close ly looked after by him and his-aids. The Formation. The formation as it passed the monument at the head of Main street was as follows: .1 Graded school children. Granville county Red Cross. Girls riding bicycles. Three troops of Oxford Boy Scouts Stovall Boy Scouts. ni Minor. Major Stem and other mmissioned officers at the head of co troops. Company E, -commanded by Lieu- tenant Ellington Member Of machine gim company : . . 1 : r : " , ' - . OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA, FRDDAY APRIL 1919. ;, -jfr m 1 . - ... - - - " 17 lj- GRANVILLE COUNTY'S QUOTA The Victory Loan campaign is on in earnest throughout the country. North Carolina's quota is approximately $40,000,000.00, and Granville county's quota is $363,500.00. Can the 'State and Granville county absorb their respective quotas? Yes- imphatically, yes. As to whether Ave have sufficiently left of patriot ism tmpered with a little business acumen to avail ourselves of this opportunity some have doubted, but such doubt is not well founded. Granville county people know that Uncle Sam needs this money to "finish the job' that this money is to be used to discharge his honest ob ligations, and that the rate of interest, 4 3-4 per cent, with the ordinary tax exemptions, make it a very attractive business proposition, especially to people living in incorporated areas where the tax rate s from 2 1-2 per cent upward. To the people of 'Oxford, for in stance, the certificates of the Government are equivalent t6 7.40 per cent, irrterest bearing securities. What could be better, considering the security and other conveniences connect ed with the ownership of such securities? , . W. B. BALLOU Chairman. J. W. HESTER, Vice-chairman. commanded by Sergt. John Mitchell.' boidlers who were in. the service, DUt dirt not co ftverpacj rnm tturnpn t , n rrvT ' ,7 C. Thayer. , ' The Personnel. The list of Company E, the ma- chine gun company, the drafted men; guests at dinner, as follows:' ; j Commissioned Officers. Capt. J; I. Suegall, First Lt. J. A. j Taylor, First Lt. James M. Elling- ton, First Lt. W. T. Landis. Second ' Lt. R. A. Speed, Second Lieut. C Thayer, Second Lt. W. A. Graham, Second Lt. Luther Critcher. Company E. Sergt. J. E. Matthews, Thos. C. Machine Gun Co. ! 111 i.m..i,aroiin irom juiy x, Sergt-Major J W. Medford, First March 10 inclusive, was $412, Sergt. John G. Mitchell, Sergt. Chas. 322,27. If you will divide this a G. Powell, Sergts. William H. Pow-'mount y ?5-35' which the average ell, Sergt. W. F. Parham, Corp. Hen ry L. Taylor, Corp. Robt. L... Fort, Corp. Augustus Landis, Cook Charles W. Eakes. , United States Navy. Ensign James L. Booth, Lee Aver-r. ette, Lucius Howard, Roy Gresham, Francis Bradsher Reid Wilson, Ches ter Ellington, L. M. Simpson. - Drafted Men. Sam 'Oakley, L. L. Preddy, H. J. Jackson, Nathan L. Adcock, Sam J. Tittrrt Loran Wrieht. Frank E. Parrott, C. W. Davis, JEddie Cozart, R. W. Allgood, Sergt. E. B. Bragg, J. G. Hobgood, Frank Averette, Hugh P. Cutts, Charles J. Wilson, R. C. O'Brien, E. J. Critcher, L. H. Da vis fillip B. Mitchell.' H. Landis. T. Williams, C. P. O'Brien, Herman !T gnermail) Robert Owen, Marion j w. Lawrence, Geo. L. Matthews, ' Franlc Qm Thomas, James M. Thomas- ron, Freddie T. Hicks, Mark G. Gar rett, Roy S. Umstead, .Otho T. Man gum.- -1- :. 7. Granville Ckmnty's Hoaor Roll The following soldiers . constitute the honor roll of Granville county white soldiers who died In the ser vice of their country during the World War: BENJAMIN EAKES. FRED L. CLARK. THOS. L. OAKLEY. - ERNEST HART. WINFIELD TAYLOR. TENNY B. WEST. O. B. FOGLEMAN. ' BEN W. BRAGG. SYDNEY. MAYES. v GEO. ELLIOTT. 4 V CHARLES. WOODLIEF. C. D. WHEELOUS. V PAUL VENABLE was a natire of Durham, but ' resided in Oxford. HARRY CURRIN, died at Camp Sevier. . GRANVILLE'S QUOTA OF THE VICTORY LOAN The Apportoinment of the Seven Banks of the County Is , " $363500. The Fif ch Federal Reserve District. county at 27,000. The - apportoin ment .of each of the banks of the county is as follows: Oxford. . First National . . . . . . . . . .$118,900 National Bank of Granville 148,200 Oxford Saving Bnk & T. Co. 30,200 Union Bank & T." Co. . .". . 12,400 Creedmoor. . First National Bank ..... 36,5 50 Stem. Bank of Stem .. .......... 9,850 Stovall. Bank of Stovall . . . . ..... 7,450 THE NUMBER OF AUTOS IN GRANVILLE COUNTY j Tli Average Amount of License Is $5.35. The amount collected for automo- amount paid for a license, you can find approximately how many auto mobiles there, are 'in the State. There are in Granville county a bout 1500 automobiles. According to the above license figures there are about 94,750 automobiles in the State. THE NEWS BOILED DOWN. The World Is Full. of Trouble. Japanese carving Koreans up into dog meat. Bullshewhiskers knocking bourge- oise for row of Chinese pagodas. - Spartacans busting each other for goals. Mexicans making nincushions of one another. - - - . Reds throwing: bouquets of hand grenades at the orchestra. Italians and Austrians sparring for an opening. , . r Soviets cracking skulls like pea nuts at a picnic. Wife wanting a new Easter trench hat. -- . - First flight across the Atlantic postponed. GERMAN -HELMET FOR PRIZE. The One Who Writes The Best Essay Gets It. The Woman's Committee of the Victory Loan campaign offers a Ger-tuai-. helmet to the boy or girl in the fourth, fifth or ixth grades in any school in Granville countny, who writes the best essay or composition on "The Victory Liberty Loan and why we should subscribe to it." One Of these helmets will also be given to the woman or girl who sells 'the most bonds. - " . " For particulars phone' or write to MRS. J. D. BROOKS, Oxford. A HOME .PRINT. REVISED CASUAIITES ' SHOW 75,344 MEN DEAD v IN OVERSEAS FORCES Washington, April 23 -Revised casualty totals announced by the War Department placed the total of dead in the army and Marine Corps at 75,344,, of which 33,887 were killed in action.- Prisoners reported were 4,791, including 15 reported now held by the Bolsheviki. Of, prisoners previously held by the Central Powers, the "records show 281 died during intern ment and 118 of doubtful status The grand total of wounded is 201,230, of whom it has been estimated more than 85 per cent returned to duty. MORE THAN 5,000 MEN IX)ST TO MARINES IN CHATEAU THIERRY BATTLE Brigade Lost 126 Officers and 5,073 Men of the 8,000 Taken Into -Fighting to Stopt Thrust : on Paris. ; Washington, April 2 4. Of the 8,000 officers and men composing the marine brigade when it and oth er units of the second division were thrown into the fighting near Cha teau Thierry last June to stop the German thrust at Paris, 126 officers and 5,073 men either were killed or wounded before- the brigade was re lieved at the end of the month. A FAMILY OF FIGHTERS. The Four Sons of Mr. Charles Landis. Four, finer young men are hard to find than the sons of Mr. Charles Landis. Lieutenant William Landis is the only soldier in Granville coun ty who enlisted as a private and rose to first -lieu tenapt. He was attached to Company K, 120th regiment, Old Hickory Division. He was twice wounded and his company literally shot - to - pieces in crossing the Hin- denburg . Jine,; Corp. Gus Landis was the youngest soldier furnished; by Granville coun ty. , He volunteered in the machine gun company, at the age of seventeen years The boys say that he acted all rig'ht under fire. Sergt. Mark Landis, a handsome young man, is in the Army of Occu pation. . He and Sergt. Luther Lan dis have the distinction of having been shot across the ocean-with only one month's training on this side and being rushed to the front with only one month's training in France. Hamilton, Landis was in camp when the armistice was signed, and 'he will always regret that he missed the big show. Major Thad G: Stem was the old est soldier furnished by Granville county. v THE HOUSING PROBLEI Modest-Cost Houses Are the Kind Needed Here. One of the most practical sugges tions yet made for relieving the hous ing situation is that a company of public-spirited capitalists be organiz ed to build modest-cost houses for rent. ; - ; If is estimated that twenty-five houses at a cost of $2,500 each would be a safe investment and relieve the congestion, but double that number would be rented ml less than six months. Hundreds of people have been turn ed away from Oxford during the oast few months because they could not find houses here for their fami lies. .' A nice, pleasant man from Dur ham called at the Public Ledger of fice yesterday and told us that it was his desire to move his family to Ox ford and start a small manufacturing plant here, but he failed to find a home for his family. He said that "he would be willing to pay $25 per month for a modest home. We asked him if he would be will ing to live in a modern apartment house, and he said that . he wouia gladly pay $30 per month for three rooms and heat in a conveniently lo cated apartment house. - The Public Ledger is keeping a tally sheet and- there is no mistake that ..there is an:, unprecedented, de mand for houses here. WILL ENTERTAIN THE SOLDIERS AND SAILORS At the Home of Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Lassiter This Evening. The ladies of St. Stephen's church will entertain in honor of the sol diers and sailors of St. Stephen's church tonight at 8:30 o'clock at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Lassi ter. A most en joyablej event is an ticipated by the young men and their friends. ). , . . , a - r A STORY WITH A MORAL. Searching For a House and Found - it Not:; ' The specialists was about to re move the bandages from a man's eyes who had been blind since birth. "What do you want to see most?" the great doctor asked. - "Flowers and a . nome," replied ; the expectant one. The patient -was led into, a garden and his eyes bared to the light of day. As the flowers and their colors ings were photographed in his brain, he stood as though turned to marble. : "Oh!" he breathed, "it is wonder- ful,' beautiful. I never dreamed such marvels existed," and tears of joy rolled down his face and 1 onto the "grass at his feet. He was then led to another part of town, as it was growing dark. Plac ing him before a window, the doctor again removed the bandage and al lowed him to gaze into a home. He leaned eagerly forward for a better look, then straightened "up, and, turn ing to his friend said, "Take me back. I can stand no more. How can I ever become accustomed to the joys and wonders of this new world" MORAL What muc? be the. feel ing of the hundreds of people who come to Oxford and drink in the beauties with two perfect eyes and find an "alarming scarcity of homes here or no home at all for them. THE CLERK OF CO. E. Passed Around Paris, Came Through London In the Dark and , Was Within Fifteen Cents of New York Sergt. Jennings Walters, the effi- fcient clerk of Company E, who ar- i rived from overseas a few days ago. didn't get to see Gay Paree. Com paring ""notes with a crowd of soldier boys, Jennings said: "They sent me around Paris; I N came through London -in the dark, . and was within fifteen cents of New ? York." v A by-stander who knew very little of the havoc wrought in northern Franceaiid Belgium, asked Jennings : if "he didn't see some of the other large cities in the old world.. "Yes," said Jennings, ' "but what good did that do; the houses were all knocked to pieces and all of the girls- gone to Paris or London or some other sea port town." , HONOR COMES TO CAPT. JOHN B. MAYS District of Columbia Army Officer . Disclaims Credit For Daring Dod . . (Washington Post.) Lieut. John Buckley, of Washing ton, D. C, is among the first Ameri cans to disclaim credit for heroic honors and in -publicly announcing his forfeiture bestowed the distinc tion on Capt. John B. Mayes, Jr., of . Stem, Granville county, North Caro-. lina. "He was the officer. who turn ed the trick and was decorated with a distinguished service medal and the military cross," said the District of Colubmia soldier upon his return from overseas service. Lieutenant, Buckley was credited "by Washington newspapers on De cember 7, while a member of the headquarters platoon company D, 120th infantry, as having led six men in the capture of 224 Germans. Captain Mayes, the rightful claim ant to the heroic honors, is a son of John B. Mayes of Stem, Granville . county, who was formerly register of deeds there. He is a brother-in-law of Major Thad Stem, of Oxford, who was attached to the 113 th field artil lery under the command of Col. Al bert Cox of .Raleigh. WAR BILL AGAINST GERMANY HAS BEEN COLLECTED More Than Enough In Hand to Square With Germany. . (New York Special.) Seven hundred and fifty million dollars is the war bill of the United States against Germany. .It is al ready collected and under lock and 'key in the United States treasury. The above statement was made by A. Mitchell Palmer, Attorney General of the United States. ' Palimer said the war debt includes payment for the destruction of all At merican property by Germany and also' the lives of American citizens lost on the Lusitania and similar dis asters. , . iraimer aeciarea the alien prop erty custodian had seized alen property- in this country totaling an ac tual value of $800,000,000 owned by Germans. . : . 7 :-: - Mr. and Mrs. Connell Hart, of Suf folk, Va., spent a few hours, in Ox ford Thursday, returning, home from a visit to "relatives in Creedcjoor. .-1 1 : i .'4 ,t; ' P 5 . 1 ' :. ' ''li-;, f I if mum: t i i t' l? I i' i ; i : t '-it' . ; .iff ::!' d ' i'Vi 1, f ' ' !!v' r'' 1 1 -rmUi" I: t ;-"'"-viJv I I'ii "..'.4-rM i K :, ' ''i ' i. :-f 1 '1 i i . .-r. p.; " i: ! 'V i 4 : t 7 XI ''.i f.:-' i ' - ViA'W ' ! 1 l a 1. r i.
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