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. ' - "-. 1 - , . , - M . " - v - ... . - - , . . - . - r ' - . k - ' -, ' ijAUVAl . A GOOD HARD JOLT Railroad Engineers . Tell Congress men Tliat They flight As WeU Cut Out Politics and Get DowiiHo Business. ; : Into the aimless brawl that the House and the Se'nate have been making of the present session the cool demand of the railway engineers and the hurried order.from Mr. Wil son for a realistic policy .that may eass or explain the pressure of liv ing costs fell like a bomb. J We may now expect a quick, if not an actually hasty, settlement of the league-of-nations business. Congress has been jolted back to earth, back from Shantung back from the clouds. It has been shocked out of the fren zy of partisan bickering that has been making a national scandal out of a national crisis. The collective mind of Washington is at last made aware of the United States. A few days ago it was generally understood in Washington that the economic crisis reflected in the intol erable cost of necessities was to be made a party issue. Today there is talk of a "coalition committee" of one or both houses," with authority to put needed restraints upon the lawless gamblers -everywhere who are threatening the foundations of economic order in the United States. It is difficult to say how the general situation may be approached. The condition is one that should have had impartial and scientific considera tion long ago. The government has to deal largely with a national state of mind. The get-rich-quick mania 1 . 11 v.x innnfrv TJ lit is general an uvci mc wuuujuui, eia fl nn1 ht to, be possible for Congress j U mi? and the federal departments to to Veak the spell and avert further confusion. If the representatives of both par ties in Washington can'lfit the whole question out of politics Congress may yet atone, in part at leats, for its previous recklessness. Abroad politicians have had no trouble in temporary adjusting their difficulties to meet similar issues wisely and ef fectually. They have been willing to forget party ambitions in: any pinch that involved the interests of the whole nationV "Mf. Wilson and-his party, on the one nana, ana the Re publicans on the 7 other cannot be blamed in this instance for anything worse than, prolonged absent-mindedness. We are dealing with the aftermath of war and with thousands of speculators intoxicated with war profits and unwilling to accept less. The profiteering habit is not exclu sive to any class. Wage-earners themselves have a touch x)f. it. It was a trades union which demon strated in the past its willingness to be ruthless that aga.in issued an ulti mfltiim to the covernment. If Con- ,nA ti Kofln in a " sta.tft of hopeless abstraction it would have f cnmo aiiAh oris- oceu luc ay y i uatu ut is. It was thinking of 1920. Now the leaders who cannot forget-4920 for a time at leasC will invite the contempt of the country.' FLOUR PRODUCTION SHOWS INCREASE OF 100,600,000 BARRELS Report of the United States Grain Corporation. An increase of 2,500,000 bushels in the country's wheat receipt from farms for the month ending July 25 as compared with the same month t in 1918 was noted in a bulletin is sued today by the United States Grain Corporation. In the same pe riod the increase of flour production was nearly 1,000,000 barrels. The exact figures are 107,939,000 bush els of wheat as against 105,432,000 for 1918, and 6,268,000 . barrels of flour as compared with 5,319,000. , THREE MILLION KIDDIES ARE UNDERFED IS THE STARTLING REPORT High Cost of Living Is Responsible For the Deplorable Condition Washington, August 7.r-A study Just completed by Miss Lydia , Rob erts, noted dietitian, stated that 3, 000,000 American school children area underfed, because parents are unable to afford enough food. ' "Thousands of American families" says Miss Roberts, "are today living on an income which does not permit f an adequate diet. I Their children are going hungry because the par ents cannot afford to buy a sufficient amount of suitable nourishing food' THE OXFORD TOBAC( MARKET The Opening Date" To Be AnrVotoiced . .... oon.f.;;4v,. A meeting of the buyers and ware-nousemeri- from all of thiff section is expected to'be held nejt week'tp de cide definite the date fof opeiiing the tobacco market here: ' Durham;: Hen derson and , Creedmoor will open -'on tte same date that the Oxford mar ket will open. 1 - GOVERNOR BICKETT PARDONS MR. ftULTON B. HOBGOOD Says No : Good Purpose Can Be Served ; By Keeping - the Granville ' Guilty Man in Prison. , ews and Observer.) Governor -Bickett Tuesday pardon ed Milton B.' Hobgood, of Granville county,. conyictfedlfiii, Granville coun ty in, September, 1912, and sentenc ed to thirty years in the State's Pris on for murder in the second degree. Granting the pardon, without con- ditions, Governor Bickett made the following statement of reasons: ; "This defendant, has now served for seven years and has made a most exemplary prisoner, not a mark be ing recorded against him. The wife of the superintendent of the State's Prison says that this man has work ed under her observation, and she regards him as an honorable, upright man in every respect. He is now about sixty years of age, and is in very feeble health. The circum stances under which the offense was committed were very trying, and it is the opinion of representative men of Granville county, who know the facts, that the punishment of the prisoner has7 already been ample, that no good purposer could be serv ed by- keeping him in prison any Ion-j gerp The petition in behalf of the prisoner is signed . by all the county ; officials of Granville county, by the Speaker of the House of Representa-j tives. by the Senator from Granville county, and by other citizens of the very highest character, who have no interest in this matter- . For these reasons a full pardon is granted." . . t1v TC n.vrrrrrKn. THIN AND SHAKY Only Nine Granville County Veterans Attend the Reunion Last Tuesday afternoon at five o' clock ninf Granville county surviv ors of ' the Immortal Lee, passed the Public 'Ledger "office 5 two abreast. Their, gait was slow and their step was unsteady, but their hearts were young again. : There was-no one at the Seaboard station to -cheer when theyentrainejL f or Rocky ; jOMount tq talk about, the great slaughter they witnessed fifty odd years ago. . " v'. The Veterans. . . ' As near as can be determined, there are not more than 80 survivors of Lee in Granville county. They are rapidly passing away. The fol lowing is a list of the nine who an swered the roll-call and . entrained here: , . , .: - , v. Name 7. :' Age J. W. Adcock . . Wilkins StovallT Capt. W. H. White H7 H. Eatmari' Howard Dorsey . . 86 83 A 78 78 77 75 74 73 73 'fo ' J- H- Morris . . . . B. I. Breedlove ... .j ........ J. L. Dixon .... . . . . . . . . . V Capt; White In Command. . Capt. W. H. White was in' com mand of the squad. Mr. J. G. Nutt, a ..son of a-; veteran, accompanied them. They returned home 'Thurs day evening. ' ; ELEVEN CENSUS SUPERVISORS 1 FOR NORTH CAROLINA Nearly All of Them Are . Lawyers. North Carolina will have . 11 cen sus superyisors.They are to be: First district, Lloyd L.fJ. Lawrence, Mur freesboro, and John! D. Biggs, Wli liamston, second district, W.'O. How ard, Tarboro; third, Rivers D. John son, Warsaw, fourth; Otway B. Moss J Spring Hope; fifth, John E. Tucker, Yanceyville; , sixth, Henry L. Cook, Fayetteville; seventh, Lester A. Mar tin, v. Lexington ; eighth, Arthur ; L. Deal. Mooresville ; ninth, Joseph M McCohnell, Davidson ; . tenth, Corsey C. Buchanan. Sylvia.' Biggs has the eleventh district, which i part of tne nrst au w .iuobo uo .wv. except Messrs. Tucker and Deal, who are farmers; McConnell, a professor, and Biggs, .a; banker. - These men will supervise the taking of the next census in North Carolina. Fifths District Counties : , Ala manceJCaswell Durham, - Forsytn, Granville? vGuilf ord; Orange, Person, Rockingham, Stokes, and Surry (XI counties) 1 Population (lio? 6V, 474. , - ' ... PERSHING'S VIEWS WANTED: Congress Wants His Opinion Before Passing Oil UnivetsjMUitory: ; ?S-;&: y "nelnlliflf Bill. :M.r, 't Washington, August ?2rPi!F wante d T lvomjQenBT, fnr before making up iter mind afcout universal Tniltiary-training and the fcn's iieacenny,.iiariu5s w" : . --x . -4x Vm nn ' action Will be taken until Pershing returns from abfoad. - f ; - . ,'They win be absent about ten days. A WAVE OF UNREST SHAK THE FOUNDATION : OF THE GOVERNMENT It Is Charged That Profiteers Have Brought the Entire Country To the Brink Of Revolution. ' - WASHINGTON, AUG. 7. Some sharp views of leaders of organized labor on economic problems were developed at the opening of hearings before the House Interstate Commerce Cominitee on the Plumb plan for operating the railroads , as . presented by; the brotherhoods and the American Federation of Labor. -V'h'.'', ' K. Warren S. Stone, grand chief , of the brotherhood of locomotive engineers, said labor might ad- v vocate a firing squad for profi teers, and said ; that unless Con gress found a solution for- the " V high cost of living problem within a few months America would see "its very worst per iod." "The people are not going to starve," said he. "They are, go ing to die fighting." ; He added that the time would - come when all prices would be . fixed by the government. yrank MorrisonV secretary of the American Federation of La bor, -told the committee that if the plan for ownership and con trol of the railroads proved suc cessful it would be applied to other industries. President Will Address Congress. President Wilson will address Congress in person Friday, to make arrangements for legislation design ed td aid in reducing the cost i of living. : . '-v;: -v. 'X - Unions Demand Raise. . Representatives of fourteen rail road, unions now. have joined in a communication to Director-General Hines asking for an increase in wages. - So far as is known; this is the first instance in which all . the railroad unions have acted-all to gether as a unit. . ' Freight Cars Idle. Arreaa-mo 1 are reported to be out of , commis sion, and unless -railroad rolling stock tian be kept , in running order, it was pointed- out, a number of mills, mines and factories and food products will be threatened with closing. : - ' : Shoe Manufacturers Responsible. ' Unprecedented profits taken by 'slaughters, tanners, : manufacturers dealers, for which there was no jus- tification, are responsible for ' ,, the . ; i. - . j . , . mgli .pW of shoes, Consrjss wa, informed by the Federal Trade Com mission. President Wilson was un derstood to have ordered a detailed Summary printed and sent to Con gress immediately. ; Farmers WillHold FifSt. Indianapolis, Ind., Aug; 7. In & telgram to President Wilson the In diana Federated Farmers ; Associa tion, "representing more than; 100, 000' Indiana farmers, condemned 'veiled threats of a revolution," and declared that if the railroad strike continues, it seriously considers ad vising its members to; hold all farm products until the strike ends." The message to the President was signed 'by Louis Taylor, general secretary of the association. , 4 ; " Criminal Prosecution. 1 Washington, August 7. The gov ernment's new anti-trust suits' a gainst the five great packing con cerns is' being brought by director of of 'President "Wilson as one of the first results of his study of the cost of living problem. It "became known today that the President came to his decision after a careful study of the investigations of the Federal Trade Commission and the hearings before Congressional i committees consider ing' "bills to control the packing in dustry. The government's case a- gainst the five big packers will be' placed before the Federal grand jury which meets at Chicago three weeks hence. - This means that criminal prosecution will be instituted. OXFORD BOY SCOUTS CAMPED" AT LOCH LILLY LAKE ; "About twenty, young boys constitut ing Troop No. 2, of the Oxford Boy "Scouts, left Tuesday for Loch Lilly Lake for their,annual summer camp ing trip. Thigy. were in charge - qf their scoutmaster, Rev; R. Cv Crav en 'and a" m,pj5tnjoyahieas well as, helpful timel' is .anticipated by the Tonhg, p6pie:;; i Hf. Craven" has greatly endeavor- edimself to-all the jpoungpeople of i (ttford ur this.tTOrk andavgeo Is being accomplished by the - differ: lent jcoutr,orgaiiixo.nsof;. Oxford- MEETING OFl THE BOARD " t F COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Commissioners Davis ' and ; Averett W :tHnd 016 Annual Meeting of vthe County Commissioners of North Carolina. ;The Board of County Commission ersheld a. short session last Monday. Messrs.-J.. Ennis Davis, chairman; J. T, Averett, B. I. Breedlove, and W. , E. Cannady were presents Com missioner J, L. Peed', of Creedmoor, was absent on account of sickness. New Road. - , The county engineer was instruct ed to. survey a new road, running west from a point near Gela to in tersect with the Mt, Creek road, j Joins State Association. I The .County Commissioners of the several,, counties of the Satte having formed an association' for the dis semination of such knowledge v. as will benefit the people at large? the clerk was instructed to mail a $5.00 check to the association;' the ' same being the annual fee for county mem bership. The board named Chair man Davis - and Commissioner Aver ett as delegates to the annual meet ing. - ' , V" - - Old Soldiers Made Happy; The motion to pay the railroad fare of the veterans of the War Be tween the States to the' reunion at Rocky Mount met with hearty ap proval. - .Only nine or- ten veterans answered their names when .the roll was called. They highly appreciated the favor the commissioners betow ed upon them. - - '." The County Homo. .. The commissioners in accordance with the law, carefully revised ; the outside paupef ' ' list of the cotiiltyr ; Sarah Tingen, white, was granted admission to the Home of the Aged and Infirm) " . . . -r , , Tlie Insolvent List. v The Sheriff presented his insolvent list of $ 8 44.3 5,r which, was .examined by the commissioners an4, : allowed.. SEABOARD ANDSOUTHERN PUTS EMBARGO UPON OUT- GOING -FREIGHT. SfflPMENTS i v. V. i.fi: S Service To Public.' The public is , getting its first real of- the effects of the shopmen's strike on thie railroads' of the country when officials notice from Vthe Sea board Air Line was issued late Wed- nesday afternoon ordering an em bargo on all freight, except food stuffs for human . consumption, and that may be accepted only subject to delay and with the bill of lading so enaorsea. a.ne oruer, uaiue ituui -u .. feague,at Raleigh. superJnten- endorsed. Jhe order, came from 0. dent of this .district; . . Mr. Teagues Order. "Am wiring you': embargo on all 'freight, car load and less car load, to all points, except 'foodstuffs for human consumption, and. only sub-. "ject to delayand bill of lading so endorsed. GeFthis notice to press tonightantfbelbverned.; according ly, 'making what labor reductions you can." ; . . .'t The? ISbuthern. ; )'": Although ' the embargo against the acceptance of freight! shipments ex- 'pected momentarily had not been re ceived at one o'clock Thursday af ter- 'nqon, movement oL freight over the Southern Railway's branch line into 'and out of Oxford was restricted en tirely to 'f local shipments. ; Embar goes on the Atlantic Coast Line and the Chesapeake & Ohio, - connecting Jines tor. the Southern,' made it im possible "that goods .be accepted by delivery any great distance from the j starting pointy v - u .-.y v ' At Richmond no consignment of any kind was being received -Thursday, it was said at the local freight office, but deliveries were being made as usual of shipments that had come in. A complete "tleupN of all the lines is expected within a very short. . time unless there is a settle ment of the strike. TERRDFTCV STORM SWEEPS ( , OVER GRANVILLE 4DOUNTY About f nine o'clock Wednesday night a terrific storm broke .over this section,; doing much damage to farms and roads. The downpour for half an hout I was .the -hardest that has been f seen here in many years. The street drains m Oxford- wete swelled beyond their capacity. Capt. ? Reld, ; of ,' the Oxlord police force, sought -refuge ; in the Mayor's office, andlect a bolt of lightnfng knocf edTtimI to the floor.": He' soon recovered : from back yard and left .its .mark. T3 chonerjams-pTit; out of commission. - . k thehock ai; Jeft the building. iVhich'wiU cost Mm-absOoM A?m; r-4m.-l;:i--L. 'If.. TV J HI. 4rM mb 4 1 . 1'.' .!-. . V:.i.4.f 1-mM .4. I nAVal i STRIKERS MUST RETURN TO THEIR WORK TO A HEARLNG rfomt session of Congress Today: to Hear President He Will k Make Rpmn,m0nHnD . niLJL' w xvl vs High Cost of Living By Strength- ening the Present Statuses As To ' . Profiteering. v . ; WASHINGTON AUG. 7. President' Wilson tonight notified Director General Hines that he was authorized to take up the demands of railroad shop employes for high-' er wages and decide them on their merits. ' ' . The following is an 1 extract ' from the text of President's letter to the,loads of eitner vegetables or meats, Director of Railroads: MUST DEAL WITH, HEADS. Y . are, therefore, .aathorixed 1 any -to the railroad hop cm- . . : ploye that the question or wages 1 they have raided will be taken up and considered on its merit by the Director General in conference., .with . their duly . accredited repre sentatives. I hope. . that yon will make it clear to the . men concern ed that the ' RaUroad Administra tion tsnnot deal' with problems of this sort or -with any problems af fecting the men except through the duly - chosen International of- " fleers or the regularly constituted ' organization . and their authorised committees; Matters of so var-'J . ious ar nature and affecting so . "many men - cannot be - dealt with i except in thisway. contrary: action would ' d& feat purpose. " l "Any ' action whfch - brings the . authorised representatives of the, orginlzation ; into . question or dis- credits; it: mst interferer with, ii not prevent i fictioa - altogether. ; The 'cherif obstacle: to, a decision has been createby the. men them selyesTThey.l.'aTe.Bevon strike and .repiidlate' 'the, authority of ' .their , o infers ;a t "the very ' moment when they were urging action in jregard e various Jbiterests. , rSTRlfKir WXa. BUSrAURE -You$ wW rememberikat a con . f erencebetweem youreMand the authorized ; representatives of the jneltwas a'rrnjeajtt instance of , , ' theirs .reprtsf ntatlY i for jniy zs tQsennejirage aues- tlon.'of natHMMI 'j9ient but Te 4th vonfreice took place could ";ake place local bodies of Mhopmeiv took aetln looking to- : ' ward a , strike on. the first of Au gust. IiT-the presence of . - these: strikes and the repudiation of -the authority of the representatives of the 4rsaniztlon '' concerned, there can be no consideration of the matter 1 in controversy. Until the eniployes return - to work and a J t . A I ter must beat a standstill." ter must beat a standstill. WilL Address Congress Today ; President Wilson put "the finish ing touches on his high cost of living address to Congress tonight and pre pared to deliver it in person tomor row Friday ) afternoon ; at 4 o' clock. : : ' ; ':J;"h ' Immediate ;LegisIatidh ;IJrged The addrfi&$! A to laying beJEol'CQngit ; meas ures in tfijOPioo?4b"President and of tlo.e s,ubcomniittee appointed by : Attorney Geral Palmer, should be enadMatcefiring relief to epuo:IraIi6ix prices.- -;All the : elements.that have helped create the .condition the coun try finds itself in today, in the view of these men, will be dealt with. These includ, it was learned author atively, labor problems and striKfes resulting from them, and production which , would be interfered with by strikes. - r..!y ":t'y"''?-& ROGUES GO THROUGH POCKETS OF MRS. WALTERS' BOARDERS Saveral Watches and Some Cash ':.-r Was Stolen v r ; , ; Some time" between three and four niinoir Thursd'av morning thieves entered every room of Mrs Walters' Thomas; "again stopping; with her un boarding house, on Main street, andj cle and Mr. Thomas continuing on to helped themselves to , valuables. i Oxford. ; . - : , :rK -Nine people -in all were ; robbea. j Considerable t cash and five watches were taken. A man, from Durham was robbed of his pants, pocketbook and watch There is no clue as to who perpe trated the crime. , , v AUTOMOBHjE smashes . THRU PLATE GLASS WINDOW The Car Was Driven By Mr. Pie .V Cheatham Mr- . p; a r.hPfttham.a one oi tuc 1 good men of the couW met with bad; luck at noon j.nuruy. just bought a handsome new Mitchell car and was driving it for. the first time when it took a notion.-to crawl upon the sidewalk in front of OCohn & Son's store; , It pushed two! i big hboxea out of the way and continued oh to theBrown building and poked itehood-through the plate glass from in the department occupied by R. A. rwiggins, whV sells the Eveready atteryv'. . ,s ; . . .. . -The-fact that the steering-gear oi the new. car was .rainer upi p coiinte for the acrfdenllr , eatr hahi ls-g'alrbu iand:'a6kiiewlig6d' thaY-if fe hfe fault Hioffered to pay. tt damage,' tlio'Oeflertfbtte-.ireM.ibeing out maneuvered vp General Cussca- 5416S3. . r-: -' ' - - J HOW TO PURCHASE FOOD ROM -THE GOVERNMENT p s- j ' or paw by War Department r At Reduced Prices. "ms.wn, August, 71 The meth- od of nrocedure whrphv Mnh n olina cities can take advantage of the reduced prices offered" by the War Department in its saje of surplus canned and cured meats has been an nounced. , v Government Dontt Pay Freigh The surplus products-are .offered to the municipalities in not less than' carload lots buXat tnese warehouses ' ttl ; WI11C11 BLOCKS'. Ol ' V AETAT)l.lil AS anfi meats are stored a municipality will be permitted to purchase mixed car- qr both' vegetables and meats. The prices; quoted are f. o. b. location. The War, Department does not pay f reight charges or ; transport the goods. . The; responsibility for such ? detail must be assumed by the mu nicipality. , : ..: ; '. Nearest Zone Supply Office. Municipalities desiring to take ad vantage of the War Department's offer are requested to negotiate di rectly with the surplus, property of ficer, at the 'nearest of the zone sup ply offices, which are located in the following cities;; Boston, New York, Philadelphia, , Baltimore Newport News;-' Atlanta, , Chicago St. Louis, New Orleans, Fort Sam Houston, .'.El Paso Omaha and San Francisco." These surplus property offices have , been instructed by the' War; Depart- jnent to make sales to towns under the conditions prescribed by the War Department;; and , are supplied with complete inf ormation 'concerning the , commodities available, in each of the zones and the actual prices at which they may be disposed at. ' ' , r'; The : Prices. . . . ; r I Compare: the following, prices with those you have to pay in North Caro- . lina:: Corn beef, No. 1 cans, $3.60 dozen; No. .2 cans, '$6.96; No. 6. pound - cansl $ 2 6 per ' dozen ; roast ,' beef, No. 1 cans," $3.49 per .dozen; roast beef, No. ;1 pound- cans,, $4.92 per doteh;;' roasr beef, ;2-p6tind cans, 7.92 per dozen ; ;rpiist; ;beef, ; 6 pounds, 7 $26.40 per dozen; corned beef fhsl-poimd' cans, x$2?6 dozen; corned beef hashil 2-pound , cans, $ 4. 80 a dozen ; or. bacon in crates, 34 cents a pounds -- Bacon in 21-pound tins, 36 cents a pound. :' WOOD-THOMAS MARRIAGE Oxford Couple Go To Wasliington .:';.:. : : . NCity To Wed. s ' Miss Bernice Wood, the pretty and attractive second daughter of Mr. J. Robert Wood, and Mr.' George N. Thomas, clerk of the late Gran ville County Exemption Board, Were quietly married by Rev. Hugh T. gtevenson,. No., 157 U Street, -N. W., Waahinrtnn rdv 1aaf MftoV ff Washington CJity, last Monday after noon. - -vvt . :': There is an interesting tinge of romance in the life-story of the young couple, embracing an ardent 'courtship of more, than onex year. Miss Wood ; went over j - to Chester, ' TaVf last, week te yisH her uncle, A 1 day or two later Wr,n Thomas calls on her at the home of her uncle, and on Monday last they made a trip to r Washington and were quietly mar- 1 ried as stated above. ' - r " , : Immediately following the mar riajgB the happy couple boarded - the train and' returned to Cheater, Mrs: ine nrsi mumaiion oime marn- age was contained ma wasnington wire, to the State press,-received here Wednesday ; morning. ,) 'i - v The bride is a very attractive and smart young woman and' has many friends here. Mr. Thomas is a bright medical tudent at Wake For est .college and will - complete-- his studies in one or two years., ; SHD? BRINGS 4,600 TONS w POTASH ; T) WILMINGTON 4: (Morning Star.) , -, - , The Dutch , steamer Veerhaven ar- v rived here today with. thV first potash . from Europe that has, been . brought here since the war. stopped shipment ' in 19.16," She brought 4' 8 00 tons , from the Alsdtian potash fields now ; in control of the French after 40 years under. German direction. '- SOMEBODY LOST SOME: . MONJ3Y ON THE STRECT While alkrag along Main street Y last Tuesday mjorntng, a lady found a v ;. small' suni 6f money in:lrbnt 'of MrV W.VH. Hunt's residence. The. owner f can get '"e-jlai UlJbtec4L tllci ' - pubuc Lejager onice, . describe. . tne z. money and paying for this announce ment ''e - betccl-tne igsedted plan of roil- n m k m mm 1 -r p1 :1 ' xnent? v. ? - t .1 A .'