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. ' " " 1 ' ' - ' ' ' - ! OXFORD, NORTH CAROLE TUESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1919. ' - mmm TOBACCO WILL BRINQ. GOOD I PRICES, SAYS MR. DUKE Cheering Words Come From Tliose High Up. The great word of good cheer for farmers came in a news dispatch from Atlantic City, N. J.f quoting Benjamin N. Duke as saying that the aeniana ror robacco is the greatest in the world's history. - ' Mr. Duke stated, according .to the news dispatch, that America is sup plying much of the world's ouput and that one billion' cigarettes are made in the United States every three weeks to meet the demands. , Previous to the statement of Mr. Duke, no word of cheer, as to the possibility of high tobacco prices has been received locally. Recently the South Carolina markets opened with prices much below those for the opening last .year. The same situation has been reported from the markets opening early , in North Carolina. Recent rains destroyed a large portion of the tobacco crop in the bright belt, and this with, the reports of low prices, has caused general pessimism Owing to Mr. Duke's close affiliation with big tobacco cor porations, his statements made in Atlantic City will be- viewed with un usual interest. It is pointed out that .the rains not only affected crops here, theylof were general through the Piedmont section of the State. A short crop,' it is declared, should bring about high prices. This fact along with the declaration of Mr. Duke that the world is depending principally upon America for its tobacco, offers the greatest amount of encouragement to tobacco growers this season. GOVERNOR RICKETT VIOLATED THE SPEED ORDINANCE He Promptly Paid A Fine of $6.95 In Burlington. The fact that Governor Bickett was charged with violating the speed law in Burlington and paid the fine like a good man without "a murmur brings to mind an incident that oc curred in Oxford last week, viz: ; Several people were arrested in Oxford last week and taken before Mayor Stem. , The good mayor weighed the evidence and taxed them anywhere from seven to fourteen dollars, according to the law. 'As soon as one of the cases had been settled in the Mayors Court the Public Ledger's telephone bell rang, and when we placedX the re ceiver to our ear the air turned blue. The voice went on to say that her son was indicted for violating the automobile law and hauled into the police court and treated like a dog and made to pay a fine. The good lady wound up by requesting the Public Ledger not to mention her son's name in connection with the police court. If publicity would be the means of saving some fOnes' life, by all means the names of violators of the auto-l. mobile law should be published. And J, we file notice right now that we have no7 hesitancy in publishing the names o'f violators of the automobile ordinance, and if they don't want to see how their names look in print they must keep out of the police court. - ' Governor Bickett was placed un der arrest and subjected to a fine in Burlington a few days ago. Special Officer Luterich served notice on him to that effect, and the Governor promptly paid a fine of $6.95. We are sure that no one in Oxford has more at stake than the good Gov ernor of North Carolina. He took his arrest good naturedly and thanks ed the officer for having done ' his duty. - GRANVILLE CO. WELL REPRE- SENTED AT SUMMER SCHOOL Granville county had one of the largest enrollments of pupils at the summer school at Chapel Hill, the number being twenty-three, which included the following: Misses Helen Clement, Alva Lee Currin, Grace Frazier, Ruth Gooch, Lucile Hunt, Margaret Jones, Betty Knott, Pearl Knott, Huldah Latta, Courtney Peace, Mesdames W. L. Peace, Fan nie Feimster, Messrs. W. B. Ballou, Jr., and Moses Rountree. r Prof. G: B. Phillips was an instruc tor in the school. Miss Lillian Min or attended the. rural; supervisors conference during the summer school. COL. BRITT WILL RETURN TO WASHINGTON TOMORROW After spending a week' at .home, working most of the time in his fine garden, Col. John T. Britt will return to Washington tomorrow. ,We are under many obligations to him for some of the finest grapes and canta loupes we have seen this season. rviuaiUD SEMI-WEEKLY TOWN AND COUNTY ()IFER B RILLIANT OPPORTUNITIES. THE OLD FLU WILL PAY RETURN VISIT What It Does To Country -Depends VPOn Preparation For It. ' . H you hope to keep your health this autumn, get yourself into the Pink of physical condition, and take all possible precautions to avoid in fection. For the flu is going to hit us again, and the amount of dam age it will do depends largely upon how well we prepare for it. This is the cheering message 6f Dr. Otto Geier, of Cincinnati, secretary of the American Medical Association. Already the visitation of the most dramatic and destructive plague of modern times is beginning to grow dim in the memories of many people, and this despite the fact that there are reminders of it everywhere. Nearly everyone who has -traveled during the past year, and inquired for old friends, has heard again and again the, depressing worlds, "he died of: the flu!" V - ,; History Cited. v In supports his claim that the influenza epidemic will recur, Dr. Geier cites the record of the nearly allied disease of la grippe, which ap peared in epidemic form in 1899. It did not reach its peak until ' 19 OX, and two. years after that it recurred and destroyed thousands of lives. We have had two other epidemics grjppe, or influenza, one in 1867 and the Other in -1895 and both of these shbwed the same . recurrent quality. Granville County Well Prepared - It isxunderstood that Dr. Morris, who will become our wholetime health officer the first of September, is going to organize against old flu. He will , insist that the people live right and fortify themselves against the flu. He will be assisted by Mr. J. E. Jackson, superintendent of welfare work, and his valuable as sistants throughout the county, v It is admitted by the great doctors that bad teeth is the cause of many deaths from flu. Under the rules of welfares-work . the mouths ' of : all school children will be examined, and if they have bad teeth they must be given immediate attention. MONEY FOUND AND RE STORED TO ITS OWNER Lost By Miss Estelle White and Founrf By Mrs. N. H. Cannady A few days ago while passing a long Main street, Mrs. N. H. Cannady 'discovered a dollar bill on the side walk in front of the residence of Mr. W. H. Hunt. She picked it up, and when she advanced a step or "two she discovered a five dollar bill. Mrs. Cannady was very anxious to unite the money and the, owner, ;and with that end in view, inesrted a small ad. in the Public Ledger. When Miss Estelle White saw , the ad. she exclaimed: 1 "That's my money sure enough." - ty llgWed.up x , t1i w w with a smile when we told ner tnat her good friend and neighbor, Mrs Cannady, had it. ' Miss White lives on Main street bne hundred yards from where Mrs Pannfldv found the money. What She' said to Mrs. Cannady when she called to get the pocket change can well be imagined, and well she may be thankful that it fell into honest hands. UPCHURCH & CURRIN ENLARGE THEUt BUSINESS Will Move To Their New Quarters In October. T7nrrh Sr. Currin. furniture dealers and undertakers, have leased one-half of the handsome block now rented bv Mr. Sam Watkins UVAMQ m and associates on the west side or College street between the Johnson warehouse and the soutnern jpibbb 'office. ' V The store room which'they will oc M1W IS 54x100 feet on the ground flrtrtr and the second story is of the same dimensions. Messrs. C. D. Ray & Son, who will engage m ua ware business, will occupy the other Violf nf thft block. - The buildingwith its large plate- glass show windows, will De one w. the, handsomest business Elsewhere in this paper Upchureh Currin makes formal announce ment of their plans to enlarge their business. '.' A STATEMENT , OF FACTS. Landis & Easton Take, the , Public into Their Confidence, v on the fifth page of this paper will he seen the announcement of Landls Btfton. , It concerts the sUte of the market n inany lines of dry goods.- You should avail yourself of this advanced information and act accordingly. ' ' - '' 1 r : . - : " WDLSON LAYS BEFORE CONGRESS, v ; PROPOSALS. FOR CHECKING COST OF LIVING : !'';-:vV - I t - 1 Declares, Jlowever, That , Permanent! Results Can Not Be Expected Until Peace Time Basis Is Restored bj Ratification of Peace Treaty Warns Labor That Strikes Only Make flatters Worse Some Fresent Prices Brought About by "Hlegal" and "Criminal". MethodsPresent Laws to Be Energetically Employed to the Limit to Force Out Food Hoards and Meet Situation as;Far aa PCssHrte, but Legislation to capprement Existing Laws Is SpeciflcaUy Urged in Address to Congress Recom mendations Include a Penalty In Food Control Act for Profiteering; License of all Corporations Eririged in Interstate Commerce; Exten sion of Food Control Act to Peace Times; Laws Limiting Period of vtnu storage, .Kite.; (Associated Press.) s." President Wilson laid several spe-. .... . . - - ... . cific proposals before Congress Fri- day for checking the high cost; 'Of living, but at the same time declar-i ed permanent results could not be expected until peace time bases were fully restored by ratification of ; the peace treaty. ' : ' High' prices, the President told Congress, were not justified by short age of supplyreither present or prosf pective, but were created in mahy; cases "artificially and deliberately"; oy "vicous practices." Retailers, he' said, were responsible in large part for extortionate prices. - -f Strikes, the President warned the labor world, would only make mat ters worse and those who sought to employ threats or coercion were on ly "preparing their own destruction' Leaders of organized labor, the Pres ident said, he was sure would pres ently yield to second sober thought. "Illegal" and "criminal" were the words the President . used in char: acterizing the methods by which some present day prices have been brought about. .-.';!" Present laws, he said, would be energetically employed to the limit to force out food hoards, and met the situation so far as possible, btti to supplement the existing statutes he specifically urged the following Specific Recommendations. . Licensing ' of all corpotations en gaged in interstate commerce, with specific regulations designed to se cure competitive selling' and prevent unconscionable profits", in the metM od of marketing. -. Extension of the food control act to peace times and the application of its provisions against hoarding to fuel, clothing and other necessities of life as well as food. A penalty in the food control act for profiteering. , A law regulating cold storage, lim iting the time during which goods may be held, prescribing a method of disposing of them if held beyond the permitted period and requiring that when released goods bear the date of storage. Laws requiring that goods releas- WAR DEPARTMENT ISSUES PRICE LIST OF SUPPLffiS ARMY FOOD TO BE SOLD 'Baked Beans Five Cents For 1U Pound Can; Other Prices in Proportion, F. O. B. Ship ping Point. The war department made public Saturday a complete price list on all "subsistence stores available for sale 'to the public through the parcels post "or through municipal selling agen cies. Costs of the commodities to the government, the department said had been disregarded entirely in fixing the prices of the sale which are materially lower than prevailing market, rates. . ', ' Thirteen Areas. The prices quoted are f. o. b. and from storage points in each of the 13 districts into which the country is "divided for war department subsis tence purposes. The department now is re-distributing the food supplies 'in the 13 areas in order ' that each may have its proportion per popula tion of, the ;72 articles offered for public sale. Quotations off some of the leading commodities are: The Prices. Bacon, $4.15 per can of 17 pounds; corned beef, 55 cents for can of 1.36 pounds; baked beans, 5 cents per can of 1 pound can, dry beans, $6.49 per 100 pounds; crackers- 5 and 6 ! cents a pound; army flour, $6 per 00 pounds; foiled oats, 12 cents two riounds: seeded raisins (10 cenis per pound ; . rice, $ 6.74 per hundred founds; tomatoes, 9 cents per two pound can, and white corn meal, $3.50 per hundred pounds. ' GEORGIA TOBACCO. , Labor Is Cheap and Very Plentiful. Mr; O. ;T. Davie, who has .been with the tobacco interests in Georgia this season, returned -home last week; He saya that he saw ground leaves sell for: 32c and v 42c thelt Lmnberton. pound." He says that-labor is .plen tiful and cheap in Leesburg, Ga. where he was located. ' SEVERAL SPECIFIC ed. from storage for interstate com- Imerce bear the selline ' nrices at which they went into storage and re quiring that sill goods destined for interstate "commerce, bear the prices at whieh they left the hands of the producer. - . Enactment of the pending bill for thecontrol of security issues. Additional appropriation for gov ernornment agencies which can sup ply the public with full information as to prices at which retailers buy. Early ratification of the peace treaty so that the "free 'processes of supply and demand" can operate. Immediate Steps Promised. -Immediate steps by executive agen cies of the government promised by the President included: . The Jimiting and controlling, of wheat shipments; and credits to fa cilitate the purchase of .wheat in such a way as not to raise, but rather ito lower the price ;.of flour at home. iT y Sale of surplus stocks' of food arid clothing in the hands of the govern ment. The forced withdrawal from stor-; age and sale of surplus stocks in private hands. General Recommendations. . : General - recommendations- includ ed: ' - :- Increase of production. Careful buying by housewives. : .Fair dealing wrth the people on the part; of i; producers, middlemen and merchants. ' That there be no threats and un due insistence . upon the interest - of & single class.. t - . J j r- -f Correction ot "many - things", in the relation between capital arid lat bor in respect to wages and condi tions-of ilaborty i ' . vInX concluding the President made a plea for deliberate, intelligent ac tion,' reminding Congress that an un balanced world was looking' to the United States. , fc I - v. "We and we almost alone," he said, "now hold the world steady". Upon our steadfastness and self pos session depend the affairs of nations everywhere. It is in. this supreme crisis this crisis for all mnakind that America must, prove her metal." CHILD LABOR RULINGS ARE MADE BY STATE WELFARE COMMISSION Statement Issued, Sets Forth Rules Prescribed Under the , New Law Which Are To Be Enforced by the Commission Hereafter; The State child welfare commis sion in session at; Raleigh last week laid: special stress upon-sections 5 and. 6, urging publication herewith; as follows: -7 - - Section 5-tt-"No child under the age of 1 4 years v shall be semployed or permitted: to tfqrk in or, about or in connection with any mill, fac tory, cannery work shop, manufac turing establishment, laundry, bak ery; mercantile establishment, office hotel, , restaurant, barber shop, boot black stand, public stable, garage, place of amusement, brick yard, lum ber yard or. any messenger or deliv ery service, except in cases and un der regulations prescribed by the conimission hereinafter 1 created." "Section ,6 No person under 16 years of age shall be employed or permitted to work, a,t night in any of thf places of occupations : referredi to in section five of this act, be tween the hours of 9 o'clock in the afternoon and 6 o'clock in the morn - mg, and no person unaer id years iu age shall be employed or permitted tovwork in or about or in connection with any quarry or mine." RAILROAD EMBARGO HINDERS SALES OF TOBACCO South Carolina : Tobacco : Market Temporartly U Halted Because of Strike. , Sales of tobacco on the South Carolina ' marketf and , in those . towns over the North Carolina line classed with the South Carolina district have been temporarily tied up ,on account of the embargo the railroads' re sulting from i the strike of the shop; nlen.; News 4)f thesd' conditions was broxighthere Saturday by Ur. Sam Catkins,- wlio -operates ;a warehouse Shopmen having returned o work, it is generally believed that the -em-hargo will-be Ml ted at once. , : AIL HOME PRINT. ) :, v. - I - , , ... .- ... . ... : . ANDREW CARNEGIE, STEEL , KING, PASSED AWAY AT LENNOX SUMMER HOME His Wealth Accumulated Faster . Than He Could Give It A way He Had Hoped to Die Poor Man. 1. Carneffie Benefactions Carnegie Ins., Pittsburg. ..$22,000,000 Branch libraries in N. Y... 5.000.000 Scotch universities . ..... 10,000 000 Carnegie Ins., Wash.. D. "C. 24,000,000 Carnegie Steel Co. employes benefit fund- ............ lfcO00,00Q Carnegie Hero Fund Com... 5,000.000 St. Louis Public Library. 1,000,000 Carnegie Hero Fund, Scot... 1,150,000 Hero Fund, France , ...... 1,000,000 Hero Fund, Germany 1.500,000 Carnegie Dum'line. Trustx S.sno.nnn nague rea.ee Temple ..... United Eng. Society ...... . Municipal library bldgs. .. Foundation for Advance ment of Teaching in United . States, Canada, Newf6undland 1.500.000 1,500,000 60.000,000 16,250.000 Lennox, Mass., Aug. 11. -Andrew Carnegie, steel magnate and philan thropist, died at his Lennox summer home "Shadow Brook," at 7:10 this morning after an illness of less than three days with bronchial pneu monia. His wife and private secre tary were with him at the end. Andrew .Carnegie began a race against time when, in 1901, at the age of sixty-five, he resolved to gTve away his enormous fortune. He held It "disgraceful" for a man to keep on 'gathering idle millions. In the com paratively few. years which the actu ary could allow him, he would dis embarrass himself of practically all he had. No; man had ever launched a philanthropic 'campaign of such dimensions. (t-f. w- !Tb; give this stsipendous sum away, in about half , the;, time he had taken to. .gather ttf , wask a purpose Carnegie '"had fairly weltiulnllewhen death overtook! him' today. v?He had dis tributed about -1 300,1)00, 000. He was giving mdrifey-: away kal. the rate of over $20,0'00dOO raVyearf or more lhan '$50j500 a day.. . i Born In Seotland. r An4rew was.2 "when his father, a master weaver, was brought almost to destitution. The steam looms drove him out of business. The fami ly numbered four, including "Andy" and his younger brother William. The -parents, decided tojemigxate -to America whence sons relatives had fproceeded them with fsuccess. j They Settled at Alleghany City Pa., across the river from . Pittsburgh; in 1848. :The father and Andrew found work ln:a cotton factory, the , sbn as bobbin boy. It V was his, first .work. The salary was: 11.20.. a' week. He was soon promoted, at a 'slight advance,' i ta engineers -assistantjrjtie stoKea tne boilers . and' ran the . engine in the Tactory.Jjellar." t - . . .. , i InvestSjOil Lands. . Unwittingly following : the lead of a man who vras later . to eclipse him in fortune buildings Carnegie, at 30 years of age, invested in oil. As uutj oi a .Bjuuwie ue uougni up a vast tractof oil land. In a year, to the surprise of all the investors, it paid the astonishing return of $1,-1 AAA AAA in nooli AiiAnnAc, . capital ot $40,000. Retired . With a .Competency. ' ' Carnegie's strong points were steel. It was certain that the grip which lie had upon the steel situation made his elimination necessary if others In quest of wealth in steel, were to realize the millions they saw going to him. " He was, accordingly, bought out in 1901. The syndicate headed by J. P .Morgan, which de- isired to form the billion dollar "States Steel Corporation, paid $420, 000,000 in their five percent bonds Tor the Carnegie company's hold ings. Upbraids Himself. -"What a fool I was,M Carnegie later said in a hearing before a Con- 'gressional Committee at Washing ton, "to sell out , to the steel corpor ation for only $420,000,000. I have since learned from the inside that I could have received $100,000,000 more from Mr. Morgan if we had laced tnat value on our properties, Carnegie's personal share, in these holdings netted him about $25 0,- j00 000 His firgt actual invest ment in iron had been $1500 of bor rowed money, 36 years before. SOME IMPROVEMENT NOTED ; IN THE GROWTH OF TOBACCO The tobacco growers are not quite so blue as they were two weeks ago when the heavy' rains visited' this sec tion. Quite a number of farmers say that there has been some "come out" in the tobaccoduring the-last, ten days. - - ; Quite a number of warehousemen, buyers and other well informed men have visited all points in the county recently - and report considerable damage here and there. Some grow era. thav say. wererumea by tne rains, While others were only partly damaged. - 1 ' T 3h Granville crop is estimated to 'be about 8,000,000 pounds. It is thought that , the general - average will about 40 cents or higher. DR.. DtJXAWAY SPENTTHE WEEK-END IX OXFORD Dr. G. T. Sompkiii and Family Will , Visit Oxford. Dr. A. B. Dunaway, of Acomac, Va., former 'pastor of the Oxford ( Baptist . church, spent the week-end in Oxford and filled the pulpit at the Baptist church Sunday morning.'. He was the guest of his good friend Mr. H. M. Shaw. Dr. Dunaway was called to the Ox ford church at the conclusion of Dr. Hardaway'S ' pastorate some 16 years ago. and left Oxford nine years ago. He is one of the strongest preachers the Oxford church has ever had, and everybody was glad to see him here again. vDr Dunaway's sermon last Sun day morning was most inspiring. His subject was: "Cast Your Burdens Upon the Loril." He stressed the im- . "portance of knowing how to lay the burdens at the feet of the Master,.; Dr. Lumpkiii Coming. Dr. G. T. Lumpkin, former pastor of the Oxford Baptist church, now pastor of the Baptist chfurch at Suf folk, Va.; and ' his family, have 'been invited to visit friends in Oxford arid spend several days here. They will probably arrive 'in Oxford about the 18 th of August While here Dr. ' Lumpkin will fill the pulpit at the , Baptist , church one or two Sundays. Dr. Gorrell Here. -Dr. Gorrell, of the Chair of For- 'eign Language, Wake Forest college, filled the pulpit at the Oxford Bap tist church last Sunday night. His discourse 6n the authenticity of the Bible and the divinity of Christ was profound. Throughout the sermon he frequently enjoined his hearers to hold fast to the old truths, ' SO NEAR AND , . . . YET SO FAR AWAY Immense Stocks of Food Stored In , . Richmond.: While the people of Oxford and Granville county were squeezing to make both ends meet, the profiteers over in that good old city on the James were hoarding : all . manner of food,: : -7--- --v y - -f- ' ;;Goyern'ment inspectors sent to Richmond found on investigation that immense stocks of food are held in storage there by the larger stor age concerns. , , Inspectors report finding 115,473 pounds of beef, 358,465 pounds of fresh pork, 422,832 pounds of pick led pork, 286,285 pounds of cheese,: 600,000 pounds of American cheese, 138,000 pounds of butter, 35,000 pounds of frozen beef, 85,000 pounds frozen pork, 19,200 crates of eggs, 5,000 pounds of seed potatoes, 125, 000 pounds of miscellaneous meat 'supplies, 11)00 barrels of potatoes, and 155,000 pounds of dried fruits. Richmond has been suffering from - a sugar famine for the past, month and e a?ons advancedby the grp- two wom nfto iiui-wwiMw w v..u a supply sufficient to supply the de mands. ' An inspector's report says that certain commission merchants have teen buying food for individuals and 'charging a commission, . and then selling, ifand charging another com mission. - - WATCH PRICES ON " ) - FOOD TAKE A TUMBLE Aii Army of Secret Service Agents Turned Loose on Food Hoarders. ? '' TTT .l,lnlrnn A H or ' 1 1 OrlArH were flashed from Washington Sat- T urday to hundreds of special oper atives of the bureau of investigation of the United States, instructing them to co-operate, with Federal District Attorneys in the profiteer hunU Hoarded food stocks' wilhbe taken over by the government and placed upon the market to hetp re-establish the operation of the law of supply and demand. The belief exists here that it will not be difficult to get these supplies on the market. after the department W justice by legal process; has crack ed open a number of warehouses With full publicity, owners of other hoards will probably hasten to sell, to avoid prosecution and exposure. CLASS IN BASKET MAKING. Under the Direction of the Oxford . Woman's Club. : ' On Friday morning in the Home Demonstration office a class in bas ket making was organized by Mrs. A. L. Capehart, under the direction bf the Woman's Club. Quite an en- 'thusiastiC' crowd ' of ladies enjoyed the thorough instruction given by tin. Capehart.- The iollowing ladies Joined the class, a cordial invitation is; still extended to any: others wish- fing to join. -Uesdames Cr D. Ray, T. W. Winston, Frailer, A. L. Glasgow, J. B. Powell, II. Evtnv Jr D. Brink- ley, J. BN Booth, Missss Carrie Fuller ana Jeannette isiggs. m 1 Ml m 3 s f
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