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' , -i... .. . ..... 1 . ........ .... ( .. f-.'.-..... .. .... ............ , -.y. . . : .. :. .. .. . .t. : .," .. ,;. . ... ............. . :. r-.. :r ..; - : . : -.. . ..... ... . . . , s-, v. . i - i YOLOIB XXXIV. THE QUESTION OF A HOSPITAL BOBS UP HERE AGAIN Granville County Has Twenty-Six Thousand Inhabitants jstnH Is Abundantly Able to Support .a Hospital. : Secretary of the Navy Daniels in his address before the North Caro lina Press Association at Wilmington last week made the statement that one of our great needs of the pres ent throughout our land was hospi tals. He made a strong plea for the press to advocate' hospitals that shall be "as free as the public schools.'.' A few months 'ago- the Public Ledger secured pledges to the a niount of $25,000 to build a hun dred thousand dollar hospital, but the school bond election was at the time being advocated and quite a number' of citizens requested us to lay low on the hospital proposition until after the election. The need for a hospital in Oxford is very ur gent. , . A newcomer to our town recently remarked that having lived so long in a town which had a hospital, he felt somewhat helpless o think that if some of his family were to get se riously sick, he woud have to take them to another city in order to have them in a hospital. There is no rea son why the people of our communi: ty should not be thus accommodated. It is a fcommon occurrence in these days to have minor operations such as the removing of tonsils and ade noids. Yet all such cases have .to be taken to Raleigh, Richmond, Dur ham, Henderson or some other place. Granville county has 26,000 in habitants, a territory large enough to afford a hospital." No doubt a number of folks would still patron ize other hospitals, but many per sons would receive benefit, from such an institution .located conveniently to them who otherwise, would, per haps keep on suffering at heme. Such an undertaking would nec essarily begin on a small scale, per haps with a few nurses. But sinall beginnings ften develop into great things and no greater service can be rendered to. humjuiitjr than ; is being rendered Ty "the science " of medicine. V . - - In the last" place, having caught a vision of the need to relieve suffering and pain,; having seen the scope -"of territory to be benefitted, a hospital would be a most fitting memorial to the soldiers from our, country who fought to free the world, and some of whom gave their life blood for, the cause. "Where here's a will there's a way," is as true as; it is old, and God speed the day when the people of Oxford, the most progressive little town in North Carolina, Bhall will to honor the soldiers of this county and benefit its peace loving' citizens by erecting a memorial hospital. MR. J. A. DUKE AND HIS VALUABLE ASSISTANT Accommodating Gentlemen At the Local Seaboard Station. One frequently hears the remark that Mr. J. A. Duke, local agent of Seaboard, is the best agent that . ever struck Oxford. Sure, there can be no doubt that the company has a val uable man in the person of Mr. Duke The business ( men ot Oxford have found him to be well equipped for the work, accommodating and of ev en temperament. And Mr; Duke has a very valuable assistant in the Person of Mr. Jennings Walters, who recently returned from France' and resumed his duties at the Seaboard under Mr. Duke. With these two gentlemen at the helm, it is a pleas ure to do business with the Sea board. If all railroad men were like Messrs. Duke and Walters are most of us "would be living much nearer the pearly gates, and the rail roads would be in higher esteem of the general nnhlin - . ' -. ANOTHER POCKETrBOOK Y FOUND ON THE STREETS There' Are a ITmber of Honest People In f ord. Several lost pockctbooks have recently fallen into the"4 hands of honest people in Oxford, who are an xious to return -them to their own ers. The Public Ledger takes pleas ure in announcing that a gentleman found a pocketbook on the streets this week which contains a" nice sum money. The owner can Jg6t par ticulars by calling at the . Public Ledger office. . : . : . , Army Food Supplies. Authority to increase temboralrily parcel post weight limit to 125, pounds so buyers of , army f o6d may take full advantage of 'the pppor-4 tunity to purchase through potmas ters and letter carriers, was grant . the Postmaster general by the terstate commerce commission PUBLISHED SEMI.WJ2EKLY-TQWN AND COUNTY OFFrillit OPPORTUNITIES-. PULL SOME OF 'TEETH' ; - FROM PROHIBITION BILL 4 Important changes by thSen- sb-judiciary committee lib eralizing the prohibition en forcement bill follow: Storage and personal use of intoxicants in homes permitted. Making of non-intoxicating ' ci- der and wines in homes allow ed. ; ;.. - . , Provisions -making it unlawful to be intoxicated or to drink on public conveyances stricken out. Searcb warrants forbidden on . mere suspicion. ' -; Limit of $3,500,000 placed for first year's enforcements Near-beers given new lease of life by . allowing dealcoholized wine and non-intoxicating brew ed drinks. A VOICE FROM THE NORTHERN : V SECTION OF GRANVILLE Good -Substantial Prices Will Aid In r Stemming the. Tide. Messrs. Ben Loyd, of the Farmers' Hardware Company; Virgilina, and D. T. Winston, of northern Granville called at the Public Ledger . office Tuesday afternoon to pass the time of sday with the editor. Mr. Loyd, who is the barometer for northern Granville and adjoining counties, realizes that the crops are short, but he feels that1 the v, high prices for tobacco will off-set the shortage of cropsto some extent. He is a (rue friend f the farmers and feels that ' they should receive " an average of not less than 4 0 cents per pound for all tobacco sold. 1 , Mr. Winston sustained aheavy loss by the recent storms. He is a large planter, and of course his loss is heavy, but to put it miidly he has some good tobacco and you will not hear any kick in that direction if the; prices are what they should be on all grades. ' . ",'';v; THE GRANVILLE WAREHOUSE The Big Structure Is Nearing Com- pletion. , , Mr. J. M. Bullock is one of the busiest men in Oxford. He has not leat a minute's time since the toun- dation stone of the big Granville Warehouse, now going up . on Hills- boro street, was laid three months j andy Halifax counties, Virginia.; He!in the; hpuse. A bill by Represen ago. The building has now reached said that. there is no mistake in the tative'Gard J Democrat, Ohio, would a stage where he can take a long breath. . The building- is so large they are talking ol installing a telephone sys tern. The glass in the skylights and windows if spread out on the ground, would cover more than an acre. Fifty stalls have been completed and more are to be built. ' -; The driveways leading f rqm Hern don avenue to Hillsboro street, on the west side of the warehouse; is being made hard so as to withstand the winter storms. The driveway on the east side is under cover. V Mr. Bullockr who has giverrv close attention to the work, says that ev erything will be in readiness for the opening any time' after the first of September. v Mr. J. M. Bullock will be the man ager of .the warehouse. Capt. -J. B Majes, Jr., who recently returned from abroad will hold an important position with the warehouse, and his father, Mr., J, B.. , Mayes, . will spend much of hi& time at the ware house. ' V :'-r.- :v " HAY FEVER IS HERE IN ITS WORST FORM As we' walked up the street yester- -day we heard behind us two short, sharp sternutations, sounding ramer like the sudden hissing escape of steam from an overburdened valve. We turned and saw a piteous indi vidual with bloodshot; eyes rapidly fumbling for a handkerchief. ' We gazed at.him with the agonized sym pathy of afellow sufferer whose time is almost come.- - - The hayf ever" season has begun. PRESENT PRICES OF FOo6. ': AND WHAT U. S. SELLS IT FOR The following is the prices of food stuffs sold by the. Government in bulk. Snould you desire to order a smaller quantity you can see the price-list arid get particulars at the f Oxford postofficer , 1 i OnantitV 20,000 lbs. sugar-cured ham 10,000 lbs. bacon . ... 4,800 No'. 2 tomatoes . . - 3,600 No. 3 tomatoes .29 .31 .09 .11 .09 .11 .07 .13 .13 .29 .63 2,400 No. 2 peas ; 3,600 No. 2 corn y 4,000 lbs. prunes . : ... 4,000 lbs. rice J . ;2,000 lbs.' dried peaches ... U nnn l ha. dried apples .... ;600'oriW roast' eet 0.0 2-B). cans; roast Deei. . k-sJohn Bonner, nee Miss Ruth guest of her parents, Mr.. a B. pTyiwi-'Trr rayioi, ui. and Mrs. OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA, AVVU mujjjION BLANKETS . : JWLDBYTHE -J OPENING OXFORD MARKET . WAR DEPARTMENT i ' - , , r - " Tobacco Men Will Meet in Henderson .(WashfnSton Special.) . : For That Purpose Next Monday Offering to the public of 2,000,000 Warehousemen from Oxford, Hen surplus all wool, cotton and wool,! derson. Durham. LonishnW xrkr-. and cotton blankets Va announced today, by the war department, "ar rangements haying been completed for 'their distribution through post off ice and municipal channels on the same plan as that adopted for food stuffs. . i 7 Tor individual purchasers, prices will be $6 for new wool " blankets, and $5 for reclaimed wool; $5 for new cotton; mixed ,and $3.50 for re? claimed; $3 for new cotton, and $1: 25 for reclaimed cotton ; the ; . re claimed, it is explained, are blan kets used less than a year which are renovated and laundered. : ' --'. These selling prices) will be fixed for, stocks .retailed; through munici-' palities and postmasters; 'In addi-J ion, the department win ? sell blan kets in bale lots of 20 at prices low er than" the. retail figures.. No more than 10,000 blankets, will be -sold to a single purchaser. SOUTH CAROLINA TOBACCO MARKETS TEMPORARDLY CLOSED Col. Ballon Has Made Several Trips to the Interior of Granville 1 - This .Week. Col. W. B. Ballou, inspector of the South Carolina tobacco markets, is at home pending the lifting of the embargo on shipments and the rfe-: opening of the market. ; p . About fifty-five million pounds hate been sold on the South Carolina markets this season, said Col, Ballon and it will require at least three weeks more to market the crop. He said that if the Palmetto markets opened next Monday they could fin ish in time to be An Oxford when the market opens here early in Septem ber.; ' r-'-;v'" ' r ," - ''"T , Col. Ballou said that good tobacco on the South Carolina-markets is selling high. He said that the large quanttty-qf inferior tobacco, some of it absolutely worthless, cut down the general average of all sold. Col. Ballou has made severaUtrifts to the interior of Granville county this week and over into Meckleburg report that tobacco was badly dam aged by the rains a few weeks ago. Taking the crop in this section as a whole, said Col. Ballou, it will sell well. LIUGH HESTER LANDS AT NEW YORK Assigned to Duty Down On the Mex-ust 1st, were greatly, affected, by the ican Border. heavy July rainfall is evident vfrom - ;Mr- John W. Hester' received a; the crop linformatitih from Mthe Coop wire last Saturday, from his brother,! erative Crop' Reporting1 Service.. Lt. Hugh Hester," announcing ; his safe arrival at New York, also stat ins that he would leave immediately for Texas. . ! Lt. Hugh Hester was a volunteer, and when commissioned at the" off i-! cers . traininc camo was assigned to the regular army. He was among jthe fist-of the expeditionary forces to reach the trenches. He was in the thick of the 'fight on several occa- sions and in one battle his horse was shot and killed beneath him.- The fact that Lt. Hesteris in the regular army and has gone to Texas, may mean that he will remain in the service for . some time. The govern ment has a wav of maki'ne things doubly interesting to their picked men, and Lt. Hester may be one of them. ; .. . - - . SHOE MEN ASHAMED OF HIGH PRICES The National Boot and Shoe Man ufacturers' Association, which met-. in New York City last week, adopted the following resolution: , ""The shoe manufacturers of the United States are not in sympathy with the ; unprecedented advances which have. taken place m - hides, 'An tiio nflstf six months, and it is the sense ofjthis meeting that each one of us should do- his utmost to curb and check the advancing market and discourage all buying and selling of a ; speculative character, both among manufactur ers and merchants." - " s '' ' IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS . ; IN THE H. C. L. FIGflT Binghamton Grocer Fined $500 For Selling Sugar at 15 Cents.' (Washington Special.) One of the most, interesting devel opments in the Government's fight to reduce the high cost of living was I the announcement today of Attorney General Palmer that the first fecsrat ;conviction(f or. profiteering had. beeii j ouiaiuea. iiBirici- uoiuej mjwj 'telegraphed from - Binghamton, Ni , Y thertnat a retail lirocer had been fined '1500 for, selling sugar at 15 centa.fDi Smith, p'bund;- r rsmtitim FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 191&. WELL FIX DATE FOR J icuwu ana aoutn mil, v a., will meet in Henderson next Monday to fix the date of opening the markets of said towns.-;- '-"Vi'v-K:':: - ' Announcement to this effect was made yesterday; by Mr. I. w: Man gum, who is a member of the Tobac co Board of Trade and who is active ly connected with the organization which will have the final voice in de ciding the opening. date. ' r- I It has. been a matter "of specula tion . for a long while as td just how, la'te the season would be this year, both on account of the damage done by the recent heavy, rains, and the delay in the start of . the season on f other' markets which always' begin prior to this belt.' A request" was made. by the buyers that there be a delayin this belt on accopnt of the -expected rush in the feastern section at the' time this belt usually opens, this being due ' to the postponment of the start in Eastern North Carolina. ' ' Mr. Mangum voiced the opinion that the market will open - Monday, September 8. -i " AN APPROPRIATION OFj $500,000 WANTED FOR PROBE OF LIVING COSTS Bill Introduced Providing $10,000 v Fine' or Five Years Imprison- ' v . ment f or pStejerf . r k Washington, Atiil 4-4n appro priation of ' 5 0 0,0 0 Q for ;; investiga tion of living by the .Federal Trade Commission, was asked of Congress by acting chairman Munback, of the commission. Funds for -the commis sion already authorized are insuffi cient to conduct the proposed in quiry. ; t: Appropriations of $175,00 was - asked ' for the secret service by Sec- retary Glass, who asked that in au? j. thorizing the tippropriation a clause be inserted to permit the use of the ) service operative in running down ' food lioardea and iprdfieexsS.& Hoarding and profiteering were the ! subject of- two measures presented provide ,$10,000 fine or five years' 'irprisohment for hoarding, profiteer ing or monopolizing the production of foodstuffs, ruel or clothing. CROPS ARE BADLY DAMAGED BY THE RECENT FLOOD That the crop conditions of Aug- ,The Norjh Carolina corn crop now , 'shows a condition of 5 per cent bec low last month and 2 per cent below a year ago. The acreage is much the same as last year and the forecasted , production z .per cent iess. - Wheat. The ; State's xwheat crop shows a ery low yield of , wheat .which has j dition, of May lst- 11 IS,off in 1 Tne acreage is the same as last year, and last month's condition was 85 per utjui, uui was iuuuu iu ucwnci when threshed. . ' ' Tobacco. The tobacco crop shows conditions I very irregular and the prospects are rvery uncertain. The present ' tlotts reported approaches only two- ! conditions prevailing in the heavy producing belts, even in theincreas - ed acreage forecasts a production Lof 1 2 per cent less than last year's crop, with quantity only fair and the weight light. ;r:- .' .v v c :: JUDGE DEVfN IS . CONSTANTLY ON THE GO When in Oxford for a few days' rest, - Judge Devin, can usually be found during office hours "among his law books" in his office on Williams- boro street. 1 . -4 ' : It C would seem that Judge Devin gets very little rest at any .time. Several prominent attorneys from the ' eastern part" of the State have been I in Oxford this week to see him in re- 1 ferehce to injunction cases and other legal-questions. He left for Durham 7 this morning' to hear a mundatous case from Alamance county. I When Judge Devin's vacation ends in a week or ten days, he will prel I side ; at Tarboro, Wilson ' and other j courts in v that , part of , the . State; for several months. He makes it a rule to. be with m. famiiy. eyery.Suciay if the schedules and thi dUstince ill tit & tijm&Hf. V ISA called Thursday to the bedside of Mrs.CW. ALL HOME PRINT. THE FINAL CASUALTY LIST; Washington, Aug. 12. Fin al casualty reports from the cen tral records of the A. E. F. in France, made public by the war departnnt today, gave the to tal battle deaths as 49,498; to tal wounded, 205,690, and pris oners, 4,804. 'Only sUght re visions" will be made in this re port, it was announced. Recent corrections in tne" list of missing have reduced r the number to only 127 names, as compared . uitli 264,000 for France and 121,000 for England To July 1 the army had report ed 149,483 cases of disabled sol diers to the War ' Risck Insur' aiice bui-eau 1 . It was estimated that the final total would be close to 200,000. LETTER FROM THE CAPITAL OF -TALLY HO Tombstones In Grave Yard At Camp Creek Torn Down and Piled -. v'. Together. H ( W. R. MANGUM.) Mr. William Gooch , and family motored to Oxfotd Wednesday. Mr. Li E. Jones purchased a new, six cylinder Oakland Monday, Mr. Robert Harctee left Monday for several days outing at Virginia Beach. ' x Mr. and Mrs. C.G. Nelms, and family spent Sunday with relatives near Roxborb. ? - : Major T. G. Stem and" wife, of Oxford, .were the guests of Mr. t and Mrs. M. H-j. Bragg Sunday and attend ed services at Stem church. -rMr, ajra;.Mrs. ,a R. Dickerson, of' Oiford, were ? the guests of Mrs. Pickerson's parenu; Mr. and Mrs. fc. M. Crymes, Sunday.- . - Miss. ;Bessie, Oyerby , who holds a responsible position in Richmond,' is spending seVeralweeks vacation with her parents Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Overby, of Oxford Route 6. v Some of the farmers of this community havfe finished curing to bacco and report the lightest crop they have made ;in a V number of Mr. Jessie Lunsford, of Rpxborb accompanied by Mr. J. W., Daniel, Of Tally Hoi in a Ford runabout, came very hear naving a serious wreck oh Betsy Green hill Sunday afternoon. They Were going from Stem towards "Oxford and in:1 making a short turn of the s ba,th:efij front wheel was completely : smashed -but neither , ot the parties; -rfM'Jatt J Oliyton "returned home last week- f rpm an extended visit Jlo Eagle- .."Springs in Moore county. During her stay she visited Montrose Sanatoriumr Jackson Springs.Ellerby Springs, also Sou thern Pines and Pinehurst! V The last nanied place-is xpwned in most part "by ; Mr. Foote, a northern man. Moore county rjs noted for its fine " peaches which " are" shipped byar. loads to other points.. ; -' ' -.'''-' ' Mr.lW Ei Meadows, of Oxford Route' 6, very narrowly escaped los ing a barn and five hundred sticks of -primings. The, fire seemed to have originated from a stick-falling on the furnace and when he opened the door, "the blaze was spreading v up ward to the top (he bafri being cov ered with galvanized roofing which had a tendency to smother the' fire. I Mr. Herman Overby climbed up , in burning, tobacco. ,used water lavish ly and soon brought the fire under control and saved the barn, although all of the tobacco was injured,, a good portion aimost a . total loss. .v. Mr. ; and Mrs. J. H. Gooch and ! daughter, Miss Janie Gold, and their little nephew, Gooch Reid.f left Wed nesday to attend the Upper County Line Primitive Baptist Association beld at Monticello, which is situated between Greensboro andReidsville. Otte of the strangest acts, of criminal violence "and desecration, on record occurred ' at , Camp Creek Primitive Baptist church, which is located just across the line in Dur ham county, last Sunday night. The tombstones in the church graveyard were torn ; down, -piled, together .' and some of p them is said to have been broken. ; No clue has yet been discov ered as to the guilty parties , and just what their motive could have been we are.at a loss to know. k ' , : Death of Mr. Green. Friends in Oxford were grieved" to hear of the death df Mr. R. L. Green 4oh Wednesday at his home in Boy- 'kins, Va. For many years ; he has een 2, traveling salesman for the Ox ford Buggy Company and has a great many: friends' in Oxford. His home was at Shelby, but he hadLl. summer home si Boykins, Trhere he and hia family were st&yins at the time of hia 'death. He: suffered: fron acute indigestion.; which, closed his death. The funeral services-was conducted at his. home in Sfoyihs on Thursday where the burial took place. 'j, . . . . ; . , , NUMBER 65 GRANVILLE COUNTY'S MAG- NIFICENT WATER SHED The Streams of the County Flow Into Four Rivers. With Tar River passing through Granville county and the Dan and the Roanoke close to the northern -border and the Neuse close to the" southern border, into which the wat ers of the county seek their cnmmnn level, Granville is one ot the best drained counties in the United States. " Up in Walnut Grove, Oak Hill and Sassafras Fork townships the water shed in many places is determined by ' a ridge almost as sharp and thin as the blade of a case-knife. At- one point in Walnut Grove ' there are two springs within fifteen feet of s each other, one leading to the Tar and the other to the Roanoke. No point in the county is more than fif teen miles from a river. . Two or three years ago Dr. Rhod enecker, of .the University of - Minne sota, while on a motor trin thmno-K I this section called on the Public Ledger. He noticed a hand of tobac co in our office and spoke of its beautiful color and' fragrance. We gave the tobacco tp him and explainr ea mat if it gets two dry all he has to do is to dampen it and it will be come limp again. The Doctor. reX jnarked at the time that he prized the gift very highly and that he would take it home for experimental purposes. Shortly after, returning home he wrote an article for the St. Paul Pioneer, in which: he spoke of the beauty and fragrance of the to-' bacco grown in Granville county and attributed it to a "magnificent cli mate, mild sunshine, sandy soil and thorough drainage." ' Speaking of , water-sheds, ' the "7 Smithfield Herald traces two - spring . branches from Cary, below Durham, 1 to Neus River and on to the Atlan tic, thus: : . " : . , "Apex for many years claimed to I. be the highest town anywhere near it. It can still cliam to be the high est town between Cary and Hamlet, but a-recent survey shows Caryl to be the highest place in that section. In the southwest part of Caryv the waters make the head of sSwift creek . which flows through Wake and John ston ; and empties into . Neuse river just south of SmUhfieid, In the southeast part of Cary, is the heald of Walnut creek which furnishes the water supply for Raleigh. This creek reaches Neuse a few miles east of Raleigh. Two prongs of Wake coun ty's Black creek and also Cole branch have their heads in the north part of Cary." " - 'v ' ...... r' . - A LARGE MOSQUITO A Thing That Mr. J. B. Meadows Had To Contend With. . ' Mr. J.' Meadows' the popular buyer for the Liggett-Myers Tboacco Company, now on the Nichols, South ' Carolina, market, says In a letter to i the Public Ledger: 1 "I am mailing you under separate cover a mosquito that bit me last night. Aftervthe first of September you will please mail my paper) to Zebulon, N. C, and oblige." V - The mosquito reached ) the Publi c Ledger office in good shape neatly . pressed like a rose between the leav es of the old family Bible,and it was about the size of a half-dollar in sil ver. - ; 'v4 : '';--;':A. ',;'V Mr. Meadows has the sympathy of this entire community and all of the pretty girls here will, be glad to know that he will be located somewhat nearerr Oxford during the remainder " of the tobacco season. v. OUR PART OF THE FEED About One Dollar's Worth to Each - . Individual North' Carolina's apportionment of the $125,0(10,000 surplus food sup plies . of the War Department is $ 3 , O6o,000 worth according to a. tele gram received by Gov. Bickett from the War Department. The telegram came as a response to the inquiry made by the Governor. Municipali ties and organizations interested the telegram said, should communicate with the Zone Surplus Property Of ficer, Atlanta. VALUABLE PROPERTY FOR SALE The Home Place of the Late Dr. N. ?: M. Ferebee. The elegant home place of the late Dr, N. M. Ferebee, situated in the eastern section of Oxford, Is for sale. Dr. Ferebee gave his personal atten tion to the erection of the buildings, the heating, lights, water and sew erage systems. There is about eight' acres in the plat, part of it being out of jUie. corporate limits of Oxford. Formal announcement cf the sale, by Mr. Lea C. :Taylorr agent, appears , elsewherer in this paper., ? Mrs: R. L Devin, lira. John Webb and Mrs. S. .H. Cannady, have return ed from a delightfultrip to Ridge- sLrest and Junaluska Lake. ,'fcij 1 . ) : j."-. V.
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