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t - r '''"' V" V i ; -It -It I'Fis' ,: 't : t. .' ; i VOLUME XXXIV. Hi: OXFORD WOMAN'S CLUB fOXSIDEKED FROM A SOCIAL AND FINANCIAL STANDPOINT This Agency Alone Has Added Prop 0itv Values to Oxford of Half Million Dollars During the Last iv Years. "The Garden Mart. When she was a small little girl, Mr?. R -G. Lassiter read a volume trailed "The Garden Mart." The bringing together of the big book and jit tie girl is largely responsible for much of the civic beauty enjoyed by the pecpe of Oxford, and it has serv ed io establish Oxford in the minds oi tourists as the-prettiest spot be iv.'?en Washington and New Orleans. The Garden Mart" is the angelic ward of the Forestry Department of tiie Oxford Woman's Club. The most profound secret of the whole universe is entrusted to the keeping of this department of human endeavj' or. but a covetous man may behold a beauty spot and attribute it' to Na ture and not realize the divine touch and power that created it and brought it into existence. The true value of the "garden mart" held in Oxford last Friday afternoon, like its predecessors, cannot be estimated until the seasons come and go and the hedgerows, nooks and corners and vacant lots are made radiant aad healthful by the same touch and power that brought into being the parkways and art-squares that adorn the streets and hemes of Oxford. The Social Hour. "The Garden Mart," held here an nually, is within itself a very pleas ant event, and the "mart" at the iLome of Mrs. A. H. Powell last Fri day afternoon was no exception to the rule. The flowers, in all their loveliness, were tastefully gro'uped on the spacious veranda, and a com mittee was appointed to judge their beauty and announce awards. The list of the exhibitors, the names of the ffowers and the awards will be announced in the Public Ledger lat er. In connection with the flower fete, a pleasant half hour was spent 0" the lawn at Mrs. R. G. Lassiter, where a group of bright little human fiowers, arrayed in all their beauty, held sway. These precious little children were under the direction of their teacher, Miss Lillian Minor, of the Oxford Graded School. Art and Nature Combined Passing in review of the flowers at the home of Mrs. A. H. Lowell, the visitors found themselves in the most secluded and prettiest spot im aginable. Here you came in contact with nature and art combined. Mrs. Powell has certainly practiced what she has been teaching for the past several years. A dense shade, a green velvety lawn, a grape arbor and a bright flower overhead, here and there at the proper interval, re minded one of a diamond in the sky. In this lovely paradise of a half acre, ice cream, strawberries and cake were served by pretty maidens. All .of these things, taste fully and timely arranged, contribut ed to make the "mart" a social suc cess, and the seed that was painted in the mind and the heart will ger minate and yield tenfold beauty. 'Brings Health and "Wealth. We have, but to refer to one fact to prove that the Forestry Depart ment of the Oxford Woman's Club is the best financial asset of the town and county. In a quiet, unassuming manner this agency has added an es timated property value of a half mil lion dollars to Oxford in the past six years. If you don't believe this as sertion all you have to do is to try to purchase a residence on any street facing a parkway or art-square, placed there by and through the good offices ot the Woman's Club, and compare it wtih prices five or six years ago. While queting the price of a residence to a prospective purchaser the other day, the owner Pointed to the parkway in front of Ms home and said: "Look, see what nature has done; that alone adds fifty per cent to the value of tfce property." If he had said: "Behold what the Woman's. Club has done" he would have told the truth. DIVISION MADE LARGEST ADVANCE OF ANY AMERICAN UNITS Washington, Mayf 19. Official rec ords of the War Department show that the 77 th Division made. a larger advance against the enemy than . any other of the American divisions in France. - The New York City National Ar y went forward a total of 71 1-2 kilometers. The second , (Regular) vision advanced a total of 60 kilo meters, and the 42nd (Rainbow) di vsion 55 kilometers; PUBLISHED SAMj-WEEKLYTOWN AND COUNTY OFFER B RILLIANT OPPORTUNITIES. .ITTTViTI unTTiiM - . . tT ' . POPULAR WITH THE MASSES , Admiring Friends Multiply In All Jud n'lS 1 State ! court rhaS hldinSi for SPv.7Z:r "1l.ne Sla that section iuxicAia. j. ue uaners in to say about 0, , WaS demnstrated in-this first flight XTw. TZthe thVmachine ton Daily xNews last Thursday Sd ul ha Se on beyond the Azor "Judep W A twi S o es' between which and the Continent ior Court who h?H T f Europe there intervened but 800 SSn f water, withiut a stop-that its conclu.cn. is onl of tne cient, capable and popular members J?LJZn. 1 ot the legal fraternity m North Car- -"Ti'iAo- r,r?, 1, . ,J The world stands in admiring con- DODuUr J?wv 6 im!elf templation of the, wonderful accom- had oc n LVeTT- haS'Phment, and best of all, the glory, ceedin 'fnf ti 0 takp art the pro- f it is Anerica.a. American pilots ihi Z 5 W1,th.the 1PS" and American crews manned the first " .x,i.o 11 ucicuudULs ior 01 course no , j 1 it , 1 h f 1 1 - j si - pvprvnnnv 1-1 i noes ! 2r H h W a-?St ??le5 nisnt. Out of the experiences of manner and has won the admiration j tnese pioneer . planes, will come sug- wn7hf- nWyer ir 3 ef l?? Trk esti011 for the furtherrperfection of Washington is always glad to have . the fl shi Judge Devin here and it is to be hoped that he will come again soon" Record Made By NC-4. i . I The NC-4, piloted by Lieut. Elmer GIVE YOUR LOUT! j Fowler Stone, surpassed all' expec- , ,. 1 tations in speed in her trans-Atlantic Salvation Army Home Service Fund "flight. - - $13,000,000 For Humanity ! Tne NC4 got awa from Nwefound , . land at 6:07 p. m. Friday. May 19--6. . Passing ovcer station ship No. 18, The following is the. creed of the Salvation Army "I am friend of the friendless; I am mother to the motherless; 1 am champion of the weak and the hum- ble; The poor and unfortunate of 63 countries and colonies know me well; I serve on the fields of battle in time of war; I build my trenches in the streets of -poverty in time of peace; I believe a man may be down, but he's never out." Granville county is asked to give j New York to Chicago by train. v: ' $2,000. Mr. Andrew Jamison is thef The Trans.Atlantic Route.' county chairman of the ; campaign, p and Capt. Will Fleming is the chair man of the drive in Oxford. Help the noble cause. THE W ATKINS' APARTMENTS. Nice Press Brick Front To Go Up On; difficult Prt of the Journey from -Trepassey to the Azores, a distance College Street. i Qf afeout 1350 land miies, vas under Mr. Sam Watkins and associates taken and successfully negotiated, have cleared the ground on College The other two sections of the flight, street, adjoining the Johnson waer- from Azores to Lisbon, Portugal, house, for a- handsome apartment an(i from. Lisbon to Plymouth, Eng house. v land, are comparatively easy flights, The building, will be 90 feet wide, tne longest heing 800 miles. 100 feet deep and three stories high ' Tlie Azores What They Are and fireproof throughout with a press- j Where Located, brick front, and the interiors will be j The Azores ("A-Zores"") are a modern in every particular, says the , grQup Qf islands belonging to and promoters. 900 miles west of Portugal. Theor . The building will be ready for oc-; total pOpulatl0n is given as 270,000. cupancy by the first of November, jhey are nine in number and form It is thought. j tkree distinct groups a nortliwes- While this apartment house will ; tem onsisting Qf- Flores and Corvo; partly relieve the congestion here, it a centraL consisting of Terceira, Sao is not a speck in a mill pond as com-,Jorg6) PicoFayai and Graciosa, and pared .to the demand for houses , tne southeastern, consisting of Sao in Oxford. The apartments win , find ready renteds at a good price, and so would thirty or forty small neat comfotrable homes. WOULD BE HARD TASK FOR ENEMY TO LAND TROOPS ON OUR SHORES Estimates of War Department In 1915 Proved By War Experience to Be Too High. Washington, May 20. General March announced that experience 111 1 troop transport during the war had shown that estimates made by the War Department in 1915 as to the possibility of a foreign nation land ing troops in the United States were entirely too high. These estimates, General March said, included 387,000 men in, six teen days by Germany, 404,000 by France in the same time; 180,000 by Austria and 238,000 by Japan. These were based on a calculation of a transport making a round trip every thirty days, whereas experi ence proved that 35 days was re quired for even the very fastest of the transports and 70 days for car go ships. STEM GOES OVERf THE TOP Centenary Fund Oversubscribed By the Stem Church. , It would seem that no task is too great for Stem: They have bounded over in every drive in which they have taken part. " - ' .. In the Centenary drive the Stem church was asked to subscribe $1, 500. They responded to the tune-of $1,700 and the out of town people have . not been heard from. Mrs. Chamblee Critically 111. Mrs. M. P. Chamblee. who has been in poor health for some time, is dan gerously ill. Her parents, Mr and Mrs. C. B Edwards, of Raleigh, are at her bedside. - OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA, FLIGHT ACROSS THE OCEAN . IS AX ACCOMPLISHED FACT The Initial Tr Wa"s Made At the Remarkable Rate of Eighty-five Miles An Hour. .The Atlantic ocean has been cross- j 1 - - c" u peopie in nymg macnines. it rogra(i. . airplane that crossed the Atlantic L nnrl it ,c a71ct.0 v, ,5.Q n i W i-Aiiivi iVU, LUat IO VV i lllv x J. lli. r history as the pioneer in across-oceau . nine hundred nautical miles south east of Newfoundland, shortly after 5 o'clock Saturday morning, she re- ported to the destroyer Craven that she had maintained an average speed i Up to that time of 82 n'auticalu miles ! or 95.58 land miles an hour. - She passed over station ship No. 22, the destroyer Harding, off Fayal, Azores at - 8:10 a. m. (New York time) having .crossed the Atlantic in ! less time, than it takes to go from The first part of the trip was made from Rockaway Beach, N. Y., to Hali fax, N. S. This was quickly f ollow- i ed by the second "leg" from Hali ! f ax to Trepassey, Nf. With incohse ! quential delay, the third and most Miguel and Santa Maria. The total area is about 900 miles square. Sao Miguel (containing the capital, Pon ta Delgaga), Pico and Terceira, are the three largest. The . islands, which are volcanic and subject to earthquakes are apparently of com paratively recent origin, and are con ical, lofty, precipitous and pictures que. The most remarkable sunimit is the peak of Pico, about 7,600 feet. There are numerous hot springs. The islands are covered with luxuriant vegetati0n EXPENSES OF THE UNITED STATES DURING WAR PERIOD Washington, May 19. Total expenses of the United States . government during the war per iod, General March announced was approximately $23,363,000, 000. s - The normal expenditure of the government for the same period would have been $2,069, 000,000.. Expenses due directly to the war were estimated at $21,294,000,000, of which the army spent $14,000,000,000. THE SIXTY-SLXTH CONGRESS IS NOW IN SESSION Call For Extra Session Restores Republicans To Power After Eight Years . Washington,. May 20. President .i Wilson's message" to the extra session of Congress is in the hands of Sec retary Tumulty, it having been re ceived over the cables. It ' contains approximately 4,500 words and prob ably jwill be transmitted to Congress today. . .... The principal organization feature is the election of Republican officers by both -Senate and House, marking the passing, of control from the Dem ocrats to the Republicans after be ing in the hands of the former for eight years. - t - ..-... .. . ----- - - , . 0 ' ' - ' - ' , TUESDAY, MAY 20, 1919. OXFORD METHODISTS MAKES LARGEST SINGLE GIFT IN HISTORY OF THE COUNTY The Oxford Church Was Asked . to . Raise $20,000 In Centenary Drive In Three Hours Actual . Work They Secure $23,5G2 Outside Membership to Be Heard From. One. hundred years ago the first Methodist missionary society was or ganized, and the s'oicety's income the first year for hiissionerv im mnsps ao 700., The Methodists of tTm.r TT,,; ,n oj; x i umi otitis ana uanaaa have in augurated a campaign, in celebration of their hundred years of missionary activity, to raise $125,000,000 to be used in a world program of evange listic, educational and medical work The campaign has been subdivided as follows: The four million Methodists of the northern churchy-dan to raise ?80, 000,000, the two million mem bers of the southern branch of the church have undertaken to raise $35,000,000, and the one million members of the church in Canada have, allotted to themselves $10,000, 000. This means tha seven million Methodists are this week bending ev ery effort to attain the goal they have set for themselves. ; The Oxford Church. The Oxford Methodist church, Dr. R. C. Craven, pastor, was asked to raise $20,000. It organized for the work, and On last Sunday the cam paign committee, after much prayer and supplication, launched the drive. After three hours work they return ed with the olvie branch of peace in their grasp, having pledges amount ing to over $23,500, with outside members such as Dr. B. K. Hays and other members to be heard from, bringing the grand total up to $25, 000 or more, it is the largest gift in the history of the county. The next largest gift in the history of the county was made to the Red Cross fund during the height of the war which amounted to $14,000. . The Drive. After a frugal meal in the church parlors last Sunday at noon the can vassing committees went forth with the following captains underthe coraJ mand of Col. W. B. Ballon, the coun ty chairman : - ' - , Team 1. M. F. Hill, 21 subscribers ..$1,220. Team 2. J. S. King, 15 subs. ....... 1,950 Team 3. Mrs. R. L. Brown, 20 subs ... 1,735 . Team 4. Mrs. N. H. Cannady, 15 subs 1,655 Team 5 . Mrs. D. K. Taylor, 15 subs 832 Team 6. Miss Carrie Fuller, 26. subs. . 1,270 Team 7. Miss Lillian Hunt, 11 subs 905 Team 8. Miss Helen White, 15 subs . . . .865 Team 9. , W. Fuller, 18 subs 1,000 Team 10 W. Z. Mitchell, ,27 subs 3,140 Team 11 J. E. Jackson, 13 subs ..... 1,650 Team 12 Miss Annie Crews, outside mem. Team 13 Dr. E. T. White, 2 subs 1,425 Grand total . . . . . . $23,562 Safe For Democracy. The figures above emphasize an important truth, and give amount to the, world's challenge for the Chris tian churches to make democracy a safe. thing in a world in process of reconstruction. These figures are wholly inade ouate to reward the fine spirit of J unity, and enthusiasm on the part of every one -who made it possoue ior the Centenary drive to be put over in Oxford in three hours, when eight days had been allotted for the cam paign. ; The raising of over $20,000 is the least part of the great campaign, as it will inspire and make active church material which has been dormant for years. , OUR PEOPLE DO THINGS. We Go Over the Top i;very . - Time. No place on the globe will you find biff-hearted, generous and noble as people as reside in this old town. dQ not wear silk stockings and Thev are not mucn on areas yo, silk hats, but they have hearts as big and warm as ever pulsated m nu- man breasts. We go over the top every time, but the pure gift of $25,000 by the Oxford Methodist church to the Cen tenary fund' leads them all. V Thanksgiving Service. There will be a Centenary Thanks giving service of the women- of the Oxford Methodist church in the Ly on Building this afternoon at 5 o'clock. 'A AZL HOME PRINT. AVI1r -m-. -Hvi7 1S STABTED I ON "SURE-ENOUGH" B003l Business Houses And Dwellings In ijcreat Demand. -' Reconstruction or no reconstruc-j tiOn. thi? tnwn ia . ot-ortin -r - boom, a sure-enoueh boom, if nnp i to judge from appearances in many years. One of the sure evidences is that , not a single dwelling or busi ness house in Oxford is vacant. One thing is certain and that is that no additional hnainoasi nart nnrrta tn fVH v, v, n i, litii mcic bjiciii nave UBCU toUliie building done, and mighty few fam ilies can now move into thfs place unless some one gets busy and builds some more dwellings. , These two ? shortages are certainly retarding the growth and development of Oxford. It'is true there are many new dwell ings now under construction, but these are mostly being erected by the owners and will not be for rent. A move will be started, no doubt, soon in an organized way to encourage fthe building of homes for renting purposes. NET-WORK OF GOOD ROADS TO BE BUTLT IN THIS SECTION Millions of Dollars Will Be Spent In Granville and Adjoining" Counties. The building of good roads anckihe determination to lift North Carolina out of the mud is. on in earnest. Fifty counties of the State have al ready asked for State, Federal and county aid to build good roads, and other counties are getting in line for the great work. , Granville county has .asked for a very moderate sum as compared to most of the counties. Vance, whichj adjoins us on the east, has arranged: to spend nearly one million dollars ; Durham, on the south, has arranged to spend more than a million and Person county will spend a half milj lion dollars. The Public Ledger learns on gocd authority that every high-grade road built in Granville county leading to the Granville-Vance county line will continue oir to Henderson 4n like manner of road. Durham county is going to build highgrade roads up to the Granville county line, which means that we must look to our laur els. The type of road to be built be tween Oxford and Henderson is in conformity of a plan adopted by the government; therefore the road from here to Henderson will .be of the same style and material. A . good roads official here last week told the Public Ledger that the road will have a , good heavy coating of top soil and that it will be as smooth as rthe streets of Oxford and will have a life of five years with ordinary at tention and small cost. 4 The old Oxford-Henderson road may not be adopted as the official county seat to county seat road, says the officials. They look with favor It is said, upon , a more direct road leading out Williamsboro street and a straight shoot to Dabney via way of Salem church. After leaving Ox ford a couple of 'miles it would be on the crest of a ridge all the way to Henderson, it is claimed by these m a position to know, and it is said that it would cost considerable build and maintain. less to OXFORD BAPTIST REVIVAL NOW IN PROGRESS Preaching Every Afternoon And Night By Dr. Dew. The first of a series of revival ser mons at the Oxford Baptist church 'was preached last night. The meet ings will be held every afternoon at 4 o'clock and at 8 o'clock in the ev ening. . Dr. Dew, the noted Southern Evan gelist, is assisting Dr. Harte. He-is an intense and interesting preacher and confines his remarks to Bibical truths and is entirely void of sensa tionalism. . HOMEWARD NEXT MONTH Washington, May 19. The fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh regular divisions have been re leased for return to the United States, General Pershing notified" the War Department today. The four divisions are to sail from France, in June. The 90th and 81st divisions also will embark that month. HEAR MAYOR STEM. Will Speak In the Court House To night at 8:30. Mayor Thad G. Stem will speak at 8:30 to night in the court house in the interest of the Salvation Army fund. No religious organization ev er did more for suffering humanity than the Salvation Army. Mayor Stem saw them at work in the trenches. NUMBER 40. BTfl Xf4SS imwrrvn wtt t t,. ATAmj J.xi.ij V V AJJli MJ'f HELD HERE SOON The Time Has Come When There Must Be Concerted Action It is requested that every citizen Oxford, who has any interest in the commercial development of the town and county, and as many far mers as can conveniently arrange to ! come, be present at a meeting in the Court House on an early date. This meeting will be called for the purpose of organizing a cham ber of commerce or some such organization similar for the town and county The proposition has met with a great deal of , interest among quite a number of our leadng citizens, and it is urged that all the business men of the town come out to this most important meeting. The time has come when Oxford and Granville county must have some jjuch wide awake organization which will take hol4 of matters of public interest if we are to push ahead and keep abreast with the other towns and cities of our state and section. From the interest manifested at a recent meeting of the old Granville Commercial Club, it is quite evident that some of our citizens at least have finally made up their minds to get together and do something. It must be remembered that an organi zation for the public must be support ed by the public--in other words the Granville Chamber .of. Commerce must have the cooperation of every citizen in the county and town for "whom and by whom it is going to be organized and operated. Come to this meeting and show the men who are taking the scheme in hand that you are in favor of seeing your town and your county push ahead. It is requested that every citizen of Oxford who has any interest in f the commercial development of the town and county, and as many far mers as can conveniently arrange to come. COMMERCIAL TRAVELER IM PRESSED WITH OXFORD Will Return and Bring His, Friends With Him. - A few nights ago a commercial traveler-arrived on the "owl" train and retired to bed early. It was his first trip to Oxford and he expected to see an old sleepy town of about 3,000 inhabitants. Knowing that' there "were no street cars here to bother his repose, , he raised every window in the rofom so as to let in the fresh air and while he was peace fully dreaming along in ' the wee small hours of the morning, a whis tle blew, and it kept on blowing. He got up and looked, out upon the, street and everything seemed serene, but the whistle, he said, seemed to get loudr and louder and closer and closer. . ' Alarmed' and frightened, the thor oughly distressed man -s closed the window, stuff ed - cotton in his ears and got back in bed and ducked his head under a pillow, and clamped it down with both hands, but the noise of the pondrous whistle, he said, shook the bed with such terrific force he could not sleep. But there is always a spark of hope in the breast of a gay and fes tive commercial traveler, and judg ing by the sound of, the whistle it oc curred to him that Oxford was a big town. He had never heard anything like it in all of his travels and he came to the conclusion that all was hustle and bustle here, or else we had a contract to wake up the peo ple as far up the road as Clarkeville, the next town that he was scheduled to make. After the commercial traveler told us all about the whistle, he said that Oxford was the prettiest town that he ever saw; that -it surpassed his fondest expectations in every parti cular, and that he "booke'd more or ders here than at any other place in the last four years, and that he ex- vpects to return to Oxford and bring his friends along to hear the early morning concert of whistles. SECRETARY DAND3LS RETURNS. War-Torn Areas Visited Made Pro found Impression On Him. Washington, May 19.' -Secretary of the Navy and Mrs. Josephus Dan iels, after, an absence from Washing ton since March 15, on a' tour to for eign countries, arrived in the Na tional capital Saturday. Secretary Daniels describes with rare insight the war-torn areas as "gaping ruins still bleeding, the de vastated towns incite fresh sympathy and the destroyed fields and orchards show, the physical extent of the hell of war, without reference to. the wid owed hearts of hundreds of thous ands of people." :MH Ml ' 1 ' .! lit ii 1 MM '.si,! 'Mill:; .ii i . . j .1 1. If :; ' 1 :-l '! ' y-i i mm J 1 I I Mm 'it s ' - - if !hf-.(-:f IK ' :' s'tif t ' : -i 1 ; s it. aM'II;'.! 'I' I. !.- I 1 ' ! : f J! ill -M'l i -1 a 1 vll 1 IF . .'.:( ; v-- 'hj'.t ;:.'f-:. .1 X : i ' ';'$ : if ; ' i ' t ' 1 i 'fjl if, 1 t t 1 ! f.'r 1 I 1. ' 1 ; i -