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" x"' - : V - - ; . . , , , - r " -w ' ....... - -. ; : .1 - " - v.-- . - c ----- -: vr w;;.v -v. - - PUBLISHED SEMKWKJ'jrr'Jvl WnTir7 A TT Antrm-nnt, L , . '- . : : u vv vVKMUJ3fT0 0LU3IE XXXIV 1K. X. G. CREWS UllfiD .SIDDEXLY WEDNESDAY MORX. Was Sitting On His Porch Reading When the End Came Interment At Salem Church Thursday' Even ing. '1 Mr. Norf. G. Crews, highly esteem ed citizen of Granville county, died at his home near Salem fchurch Jast Wednesday morning. -Hewas sitting on his front porch reading a newsr paper when the summons came. The funeral and burial services were held at Salem church at 5 o'clock Thurs day evening, conducted by the pasr tor, Rev. B. C. Thompson. The: ser vices were largely attended and the floral tribute was prof use and beau tiful. . . " . "' ., -Sketch of His Life. ; v i. Norfleet Green Crews, the subject of this sketch, died, at his. country home, five miles from Oxford, J 'and one mile from Salem . church oh the 27th day of August, 1919. He was the son of Thomasv J. -'Crews and Mary Parham CreWs, his wife and was born at .his , father's place - on September 1st, 1M2,- one mile south of the place where he spent his en tire life, he having been adopted when he was about two years old by his paternal uncle, Edward. N. Crews, whose wife was a sister of the de ceased's mother; As above . stated his entire life was' spent "with his adopted parents and he regarded them no less -tenderly than any boy does his own parents. " He lived with them until their death and nursed them tenderly through their declin ing years.. Mr."3rews was "educated at the Butler school at Salem, the Horner school at Oxford and finish ed his education at Trinity college, and returned therefrom to take up his life work on, the farm, where.it is so well-known he succeeded, most admirably and where he had one of the best farms and "was known as one of the best farmers in- the county. ' v . . - -. Mr. Crews became a member ; of Salem Methodist Episcopal ';' church in his earty boyhood1 and ever re mained a true and faithful member thereof and was foremost in all the good works of the community. He was, as his uncle had been for many years, the largest contributor to his church and its - institutions. .Mr. Crews' father was a . son- of r the late James Crews and Sarah Earl, Crews, his wife. His mother was the daugh ter of the late Asa Parham , who re sided . about two imiles; from Oxford and was well and . favorabty known in his day.- Mr. Crews .had -four brothers and two sisters, to : wit: Hayden W. Crews, H. E. -Crews, Samuel Crews, Miss Delia Crews,, all of Vance county. His other brother, Euf us T. Crews and sister, "Miss Mol li'e Crews, both died many years ago. r : ": ' ' Mr. Crews was twice married, his first wife was Miss Victoria Bur roughs, the daughter, of J. E. Bur roughs, Esq., of Dabney, who .lived only a short time after her : marri age. He was married to Miss Lot tie Marrow, . the daughter of Daniel Marrow, Esq., of Vance county . No vember, 1890, who with nine chil dren survive him, as follows: "Ed ward N. Crews, Daniel Marrow Crews, Eloise, married to Thomas Fishel, Eugenia . Crews Mary D. Crews, N. G. Crews, Jr., R. Thomas Crews, Sam Booth Crews and Char lotte Crews. Mr. Crews was a most estimable citizen, gentle and unob trusive, and foremost in ' all good works in his community. . . The Pallbearers. The active pallbearers were:, Messrs. B. E. Parham, T T. Hicks, W. P. Parham, A- A. Hicks, John H. Ptoyster, John Hicks, C. J Mangum. Honorary: Messrs. John Webb, E. T. White, C. H. Eastern, W. Z. Mit chell, L. W. Burroughs, J. P. Hunt, T. C. Harris, T. G. Currin, J. J. Med ford, E. A. Hunt, Dr. J. E. Wyche, B. W. Parham. A CASE OF PUT UP OR SHUT UP A few days ago while discussing the revaluation proposition to a num ber of firends ,on the street the speaker stated that he would gladly sell one tract, of hisland at the fig ure the assessor had placed upon it. "Alright, brother, I will take it at that figure," said i man in the gath ering. - - - v;.- r ''y-- "1 am game," said the owner of. the farm. , . ' As to whether the transfer of, the Property was made we are not advis ed, but it serves to' bring to mind an incident that took place in this State some years ago when a prominent citizen, grieved at the new .assess ment, asserted on the speaker's stand that he would sell a certain piece of Property for one-fourth of ,what : it cost him. , . . "I will take it' said a man. in the gathering. ' -JX'Xyy The said property owner tried to hack down, but the law 4 compelled him to sell at the figure he; named in his public speech.' . RICHMOND HAS SOME lERY , COLD-WEATHER New Low Record Made for 'August, With Thermometer Standing at 53.2 Degrees. . Richmond, Va., August x 27.--The coldest August weather ever record ed in Richmond prevailed at day break this morning whe.n . the - tem perature stood at 53.2 degrees., . GO VERNMENT tWlLti". EST A R LISH .RETAIL STORES TO - ' SELL SURPLUS STOCKS Washington,-Augu 28. Retail stores for the. sale of hoUsehbid Com modities includec; in the surplus stocks of the War Department will be established September 25 . The store will be located in depot centers .and other large cities and they will accept and fill mail orders. :By:Parcel Post Also.- - Consumers in the large cities where the stores will be operated Will be able to purchase over the counter but the stocks also will be made available to persons in other communities through the parcel post. v . - STRUCK THE NAIL 4 " SQUARE OX THE HEAD Liventor Here Says 1,000,000 Chi- & nese Laborers Would Reduce . . , . i . v Cost of Living. Hudson Maxim, internationally fa mous.as an inventor of guns, believ es he has a soluton for the higti cost ui living pro Diem. Importation of 1,000,000 Chinese coolies, ' under government supervis ion, and their use as farm laborers 1 1 , I Qn1 h Allnnh A A . . 1 uUu8Cuuiu vams, wouiu, ne, viciitieu m a speecn. increase Dro duction of foodstuffs twofold and in evitably decrease food costs. 1 "Through the use of coolie labor," said Mr. Maxim, "the state of Louis iana alone could within a few years' time produce more sugar than is now produced in Cuba; and the United States, The Chinese, would, of course, be restricted; . .from, marriage and could'ubt become land owners. They IWliaye V daily .wage of fifty events and two suits of clothes a year and their keep. v RECRUITING OFFICER HERE Men "Wanted For the Service to Go to the Four Corners of the :: Earth. . .- . , . , if' Sergt: J. E. Hudgins, now with, the Army-Recruitisig party of . North Carolina, is in Oxford for the pur pose of . enlisting men for-the United States .Army. . He states that all Drancnes 01 me; service are.tpen wii the exception' of the 'air service. ;The enlistments are for ... one or. J three years, to " go practically to any" part of the globe Philippines, " Hawaii, Panama- Canal, Alaska, Europe, Si beria, Kussia,, China and the nited States.-:. y, . J:. . ; , ... v"! Sergt. Hurgins-will be in' Oxford September 3rd and 4th. Any in formation "desired by ex-service men will. be gladly rendered, by hjm in re gard to government insurance," sixty dollar bonus and victory buttons. Men enlisting are given , tickets to Greensboro and from there are given tickets to Fort Thomas, Ky. ' SIX MEN KILLED S- IN CHARLOTTE RIOT r . - I. . General Royster Calls Out the State ; ' - Guard. - . ; The result of the clash y between street car strikers, and .-. police in Charlotte this week is six dead and eleven wounded. r: : 7 , Adjutant . General rRoyster dis patched six companies of North Car olina reserve militia to the scene and quelled the riot. The 'companies to respond were from Lexington, Lin colnton, Statesville, Hickory; and Durham. - . ; 1 quiet prevails throughout-, the city this morning, while street cars are being operated on several lines and troops and citizen guards , patrol strategic points, ' ; , "WE LOVE U. S. BEST, FRANCE f NEXT," SAYS FIRST in V isiu-N A Paris special says that the offi Ce'rs and soldiers of the First Divis ion of 'the American . expeditionary force, who are , on the point of- em barking for home, have sent an open ietter'of farewell to the French sol diers. '' .. . " v After 'recalling associations . of twenty-fiYe months, ' the letter ex presses -admiration ror tne courage and sacrifices of the French; troops and adds: J. "After America, we love France best of all.'! ' ;. une A It.' CAPEHAilT - IS AWFULLY SWEET Sh?Hae Barrelsof 'SugUnder :.'--'..:; Lock and. Key. ' ;r )&xi. A. L. Capehart. countyhome lady in the lWd; but- she rs the detest. . She received ten barrels o? sugar this week f or preserving mirnoses Two barrels are being par can qualify, and the other eight bar rels will be distributed in the coun ty. . "5'ODANCE- V ,7' f There will be a dance, in the Armory-Hair Sept. 4. Music will be furnished "by Garber-Davi? prches- j" , - -c 829 2t, - tra.' OXFORD, KORTH. CARbLINA, THE GROCER YMEN SAW " WOOD AND SAY NOTHING They Are Blamed For Things Oyer - Which They Have No Control. The other day while on our rounds a lady called at a grocery store in Oxford ...and sked1, the . clerk , if hej uau any sugar. , Tbe clerjc politely told her that they were : sorry ? that they could not accommodate her ; -v "I can't see why you have no su gaiL" said the ,lady, - "since thefpro .fiteers have disgorged millions of pounds,-'t and af ter she delivered her little speech she, departed from the store withoutthe' smile that usually adorns her pleasant features. . "That's the way it is," said the groceryman,vaddressing the editor' of thePublic 'Ledger, "we are" blamed for many, things over which we have no control', and: to proye his asser tion he handed us the following lefr ter from G. W. Antrim & Sons, Rich mond, one of the largest wholesale houses in the South: - - "We cannot do a thing for youlon your order for s"ugar, as there is none, available here, and also regret we can not enter your order as our files are badly congested with; rer Oil fSt S tn shin mn-ro on cro v VQfi ma I uava Kf lUUU f ? V. could ordinarily ship in six: months Or more, and we have no encourage ing information as to when it will be possible to fill any orders. We trust with this advice you will appreciate our position." ; Z fc The grocerymen have suffered more -since the advent of -the world war than any other class non business meii, Day after day for the past two or three years the government i has sent out reports to. iewspapers,stat ing'that "publicity must eqntroli" -.The "grocerymen worked alongi in silence and mdured it; all" If ; they had taken the newspapers into their confidence it would have been differ ent, as is well illustrated by the bet ter of Antrim & Sons? quoted above. The, little fellows have been .bljaiaed for the iniquities of those high-up. ' INTERCESSIONAL CONFERENCE To Be Held At tiie Baptist Church In Oxford On September thev. 7 ," a Second; ; " On the second of September, we plan to have an all day "Interces sional Conference" at the Baptist; church in Oxford. We hope" to have all of the pastors and many of--the "key" men and women ; f rom; the churches of this associatipn. Broth er Anderson, of Scotland .Neck, and Brother .Baucom,. of Smithfield,; will be present to lead us. If all who come will bring a 1 small lunch for themselves this will take all of the burden and responsibility for enter tninment off of others, and will greatly aid the meeting by giving all more time to devote . .to the - real work of the conference. Please see that. your church is welf represented in this conference. - If we are to win in this big task, and J win we must, we shall have to in- kform ourselves, organize oUr , forces, get busy on the job,; and enlist in the co-operation and support of the 6,000 members of. this association. Yours to help win for the Master, J. D. HARTE, : , r G. T.tTUNSTALL. AN INTENSIVE CAMPAIGN : FOR FUNDS STARTS SOON Democratic Natonal Committee Plans To Raise Five Million Dollars (New York Special.) The' high;-cost' of everything else has hit politics, too, according to a statement issued here t by former Representative William D. Jamieson, df lowa director of finance of the A Dembdratic National": committee in announcing plans to rise a $5,000, 000 war chest for the coming presi dential electiohl . ? 7 u The greatest Democratic campaign fund raised to date, said Mr. Jamie son, was $2,500,000, contributed by 300,000; members 'of the party to re elect President Wilson inl W- This year he said, an intensive ; campaign will be- pushed' to obtain "subscript. tions averaging 5 ; from at least r 0 0 00 0 0 person . A large part of "the $5,000,000 fund," Mr. Jamieson said, would be heeded ) for !work' among 11,000,000 to .13,000,009 women who will cast a- presidential ballot . for -the 'first time. ; lncmentaiiy, ne auueu, mc cost )f :; "everything Ithat ehters into a ; camplaign," has greatly increased since J:he-last4 presidential election 5 "ToucTiiuglon ; th"question of can-dirtaffts- Mfi -Jamieson mentioned President Wilson viiTase tne lea gue of Nations is defeated) William G. McAdoo, Attorney-General- Palm er, Governor Cox,' oghio, and John W;Davis, ambassador o Great Brit ain Senator Hithcbckjof Nebraska, and Vice-Piesident Marshall. , Mr. Grady Abbottpf Rock S. CTia Visiting Ths sister, Graham Wheeler. ."' ' Hill, Mrs. FRIDAY, AtJGITgT sa,:iM0. JUDGE DEVIN'S HOME . . r - V IS IN OXFORD In referring, to Judge Deyin, some of the papers of the State credit liim to Greensboro, or Raleighf 'but the fact is, his-home is right herein Ox ford" and 'the- people of Oxford- and Granville become;" more or less - ' in dignant every time" that Raleigh and Greensboroclaims him nd his eood family, as their' own. - - J udge Devin has traveled very ex tensively over - the Stite - and the towns, cities and counties- are as chapters in a book to him. ' He wa takes particular pride in "refer ring to Oxford and Granville as his home town and county.- The: people of the district are go ing to send him to: Congress just as soon as they can express their wish in open convention, just like we did Inytimes :goneVby when -we -elected sure enough Congressmen and Gov ernors," and when he A stinds on the floor- of the House of Representatives andsays "down home," he will mean Oxford and Granville county where his wife, son, sisters and dear ' old mother lives. - Judge Devin's' home is in Oxford, f arremoved trom the political cen ters, and if the people of the dis trict want to send a good, sound ca pable servant 5 to Congress they will have to come here and discuss the question with him for he is too busy and loo attentive to his duties to run up and down the State "fixing slates" and seeking political preferment. " TWO ADPITIONL BUHiDINGS . '&&U& BE NEEDED St. Stephen's parish Meets to Talk About ihe VNationWide , 1 ; .Campaign. "Well, what is! Uhe nation-wide campaign?", everybody is. asking. To answer this question j was the object fof the meeting of SU Stephen's -cou- j gregation on Monday , night, at; the residence of MrH. G. Cooper. The. Episcopal church is 'taking an in ventory,?-' :as it were, of all her spir- i ituajfand material: resources,, for , the purpose of finding out what her. duty to the world is, and to knojr if she isi?rf6rmi$g herdtttyuandlf ot. to marshall herforces ajid resources to the intent' that she may go for ward 1 in the immediate future and makefup; for past neglect. ; . ) At rthis meeting" on Monday .night Jtfie fnames of fef efy baptised mem-peif?-of the Episcopal church: in Ox ford was made : out, so as to be sure that we know who we may call on to help us doour duty. There is some thing for each manV woman and child to do. The Episcopal church wants ,to help the world: by spiritual means to olve its pfipt prdpiem. and so we: say the nawidfelnaign is f!to inform: thiuiia'lind ' awaken the conscience'rptif .the Episcopal churchiri America." - - - The congregation of St. Stephen's decided at this meeting, that they heed and will build a new rectory and a Parish House -and that they will provide two assistants to Mr. Horsfield for his, missions in- Gran ville county. "Oxford will soon see two new' buildings going' up for St. Stephen's Parish : FOUR :MEN ESCAPE FROM i 3 - - ; VANCE COUXTY JAIL Escape Was Effected . Through the - Roof of the Prison House. V ; ( Henderaoh Daily Dispatch. 5 : AFour prisoners, three white men and a negro, made their escape from the" county jail Monday . afternoon tfcnd affected a iciean getaway, vj v: Bloodhounds brought here from Raleigh at 1 a. m. Tuesday, nine hours after the escape, took, tie trail at the prison, and followed it a auaf ter of a milebeyond North Hender son, and- lost it at a point where ihe. four prisoners: are "believed to, have mounted .& passing "vehicle of some kind and continued their flight. 5 " Escapewas affecteil through the roof of the prisotf house. j.. ONLY TWO ; AJUERICANS -p - ARE STILL MISSING War Depitment Accounts For Every e Man In Battte Except These.,: i Only two menof the thousands of the American! Expeditionary Forces went ihtofbattle'against the Germans remain "unaccqtmted f or according to a causalty list "issued by Ihe War Deparjtnteni. previous nst.1 had shown lbOt menfuniaccouritedfori ; Total casualties now are placed at 291,732;; with 77,422 deaths- from all causes.T -" '"; v : :M. ' W 3 WiU Enlarge Plant. ; f f ';L Mr3i H. iM. I Shawii announces I that he will enlarge the plant' of ie the Hemshaw Hosiery Mill from ,25 to 7 machihesV;aniatthat JhCcan 4 give employment to 254young, ladies; r; ? LegaV Holiday. The first Monday ; in - September being Labor DanT' which is also a le gal holiday, all ' banks will beclosed. -. , . " ------1 . - ' LIST OF TEXT BOORS FOR- TOE FffiST SEVEN GRADES The following list of text .books IS Cl-VAll ,en tlint nil wrV i -.. I "Ti.': r Z??1? r ovic iu . w uivu tuey will so when: school opens may secure books hoforehand-v' This will be very much more convenient, forthe store "and will save much valuable time for" the pupils. v Parents are asked to oo?if after this matter aa early as possible as the feooks rare'; all in the store-now. 1 " - Book for the High School grades al-rwul be assigned later. Pupils are advised not to sell any books in whiph the course Avas noi finished las year. . J rirtKrid; " - - First i-Jrade; pupils need not bring any book toj school at first. ' v- ? Second " Grade. ' Fe and Tread welt Reader -Second Book. First Journeys . in Numberland. New . World Speller First Book. Third Jrade. Free .t and .Treadwell ReaderWThird Book. Keep Well . Stories. - ' .: Geographic Reader First Reader. . Our Langruage-First Book. New World Speller First Book. Wentworth and Smith Essentials of Arithmetic Primary Book. r . - Fourth Grade. Free and Treadwell Reader Fourth Book. Geographic Reader Second Book. - Practical English First Book. Wentworth and - Smith 1 Essentials of Arithmetic Primary v Book. - AJlen's N. . C. History Stories. Primer of Hygiene. , ' . "Frye's'New Geography First Book, i New World Speller Second Book. - Dictionary. ' - Fifth Grade -.Free andr' Tradwell Reader Fifth Book. " ' - Geographic Reader Third Book. Wentworth : and Smith essentials - of Arithmetic Intermediate Book. ' ' Practical Englislv First Book. . Connors 'N. C. History. 1 - TT a - V. Frve's- NewGeofffanhv First Book, t New 'World- Speller Second Book. . . Dictionary., ' . ." Sixth "Grade. AStadies , in Reading Sixth Book. Wentworth andvSmith Essentials of Arithemtic Intermediate . Book. - ' Orai nd WjfJUen: Comp. . , The Body . and" Its- Defenses. " : : TarK and IeMurryr New Geography Second Bodft. -r - " s New World SpelleJ Second Book. - Dictionary." " -.v' . , Seventh Grade. . Spirit of Democracy. ..'" " Wentworth and Smith Essentials: of A .141 A.1 - i J . 1 ' Ai iimueix iuvanca sook- - . .... Oral and Written Composition. - X OurRepublic. -"( -,. -General Hygiene.- ' -, , Tarr and McMurry New Geography Second Book, , - New-JXarid-SpelleE-TSecond Boolu Dictionary. - - - i Writing-.-Books- for all the grades will be assigned Jater. - . . j G. B. PHILLIPS." THE OXFORD BAPTIST BARACA CtiASS STRONG BROTHERHOOD MrV D. Br utrimitt and Judge W. A- Deyin-wrejlte speakers at the have consisted and rightly, of arith Barefvihe Baptist church j metic, reading, writing, spelling, on iasfl saMftr Notwithstanding! geography and history, but we the-tact tnati many of the regular; members of the .class were absent trncUyfiala of men greeted; the ; speakers. " .r: V krBjkdfor';hl'B: sub ject "The 'Road to 'Jericho." He point ed out the ,f aci that the initial fail ure of the Priest and the Levite, the Roman government, and the 'Jewish religion consisted in not having made the road from Jerusalem to r Jericho a safe jolace for a traveler. Mr. Bruminitt developed this idea into a geni of a ten minute talk, showing that while it is a fine and a good j thing to pick up a brother who has fallen, it is a better, thing to keep him from falling. , . 4 Judge Devin discussed. "Who is MyNeighbor?" He said that : the robbers, the Priest and : the Levite, and the Good Samaritan represented three classes of people,: Those who do active injury to man; those,, who simply-are not concerned with the troubles of humanity; and those who are helping to alleviate those trou- Wb9.: Jndee ' Devin -snowed. tnat a neighboris not necessarily one lives near; but is ahy inau in need : : v . - ... . x j of Aelp.. . The, Judge tis.ai nis dcsi iiu a Sunday school talk and he sus tained his reputation. The meeting Sunday was, intensely ' helpful and enjoyable. w'"'- ' Mr. B7 W. Parham is the teacher of the class and there is. .something doing every Sunday, It is the largest brotherhood of r meu in Oxfords : MR. WIMUR SMITH MARRIED AT CAPE TOWN, SO. AFRICA (The Young .Widow of An " ; Officer. - English A cablegram received this week by Dr. E." T. White-announced the marriage of Mr. Wilbur Smith at Cape Town, South Arrrca. His wife is a widow of an English officer, a" captain, who lost his life hf the battle of the Marne in 1916. She and her former husband toured this country previous to the breaking out of the world war. Mr. Smith, before -leaving Oxford four years ago, was the chemist at the local plant .of the Imperial To; bacco Company. He is affiliated with the tobacco; injeresttf at Cape Town: It will be remembered that the ship on which he was voyaging oh his trip Hover, was torpedoed "off the coast of Africa and ne came uear,perisiiiuB in the water.'- v Miss fone Yancey'is visiting in Chase City. , ( ' - NUMBER CD THE FUNDAMENTAL' . - 7 AUIS OP TEACHERS Some, of the fundamental ainu for' ' . the elementary schools i are as follo: i. To, present In an orderly .man ner sonje definite ideas from ; the whole field of - knowledge; to ac- quaint the child- with the world in which he, lives and the civilization into which he is ' born ; of his rela-, tion to these, including Jiis duties , and his privileges. In this way. to provide for the right exercise of all his useful powers', mental, moral, esthetic, manual, and constructive . through good .instruction and ; wise discipline. - V ,2. , To guard and "promote the child's normal physical development, v Z. . To enable him to see that the prizes of life, wealth, leisure, use fulness, ( service, and honor must be earned. - ' " , . ; 4. .To teach him that the world' owes no one a living unless he earn it honestly and fairly.v .. ,r: V We must remember that . the old, narrow course of study has passed -away as the dew from the mornng grass; its formal content and me chanical routine are doomed. These days call for closest ; connection with life that is outside the school. All subjects, that we teach and "all meth ods that we use must pass the fol-' lowing examination silfely.or be cast aside: are these, things used outside of school, arid in "the manner we are " teaching them? t ' " Parents may help teachers to bring the subject matter and methods uf "vfV v w o, nnu Qusines8 and social practice of the best in the community." ; Plan, for the serious purposes of iifer : (1) self-support; (2) lutelli gent and active?.: participation in hu man affairs to! work' with one's as sociates in harmony and fairness. . - Let the affairs of the school make the children better able to meet the social and business life of the home and of the town. Endeavor to make the school a live, interesting, wide awake place, .rather than the kind of place described by Washington v Irv- inipiiUis .story.; of. Sleepy Hollow: "The low murmur of Jthe pupil's voices conning, over, their lessons might be heard on a drowsy sum mers', day" V - Remember that learning consists tin uuwrji iu uu as wcu ao tu uuvio from books. Our: school courses made too little application of them, and the children ave soon forgotten them. . -; ,The aim of education, in , brjef , is the perfect man and the perfect wo man., .The school has a relatively small but important part in the'ac- cofmplishment of this aim. The home tfag by far the larger taskj. but the school may connect; scnool work- with the dally, activities of the .child; cor relate with the world - beyond . the schoolroom; more closely. Away, with the things and methods peculiar to the school and found no where else! Have an aim and know why you teach each subject; not reasons you have "read in books or papers, but -rd&sohs of your own which the child and you understand, and that have some: visible . and .practical value-, ,; The "child is more than the course of:, study. To reach each child, to know , what he thinks and how he thinks, . to enable him to acquire facts and skill- of thought and action, coupled with right ideals, is the task, before us. It Is not an elusive -task, but a real task. It is not an impossible 00V litiif it dnmands our. best ..ef- lUSU) Uv fort. ' ; REAL ESTATE TRANSFER." Old Landmark Returns to Son of - Original Owner. The (old Hancock mansion, which for. more than a half century stood at the intersection of Majn and Front street's, for many years.,the home of late Hon. A. H.' A. Williams, , which was moved to Hancock street three years ago and which now adorns a lot on the original Williams - tract; was sold by Mr. Frank Hancock, J r .;. to Mr. John A, Williams, son. of Hon. ' A. H. A. Williams, the consideration; being $4,000. ".''::; V ' ' WILSON TO START ON 7 " ? TOUR NEXT WEDNESDAY First Peace Treaty Speech Will Be Delfvered At Columbus, Ohio. ' .Washington, Aug. - 29. President Wilson will leave - Washington next", Wednesday on his speech" making tpuf "iETthe interest 'of the peace trea ty and will-deliver , his , first address in Columbus, Ohio, next c Thursday, probably in the evehing.Accompany-i ihg Mr. Wilson will be Mrs. Wilson, Secretary Tumulty, Dr. Qary Tl Gray son; his personal physician Jand ;. a corps of secretaries and4 stenograph ers. , 1 ' ' x p4 .1 .1 i 1 : :" .1 ii '" . 'i !: mi 4 -. ' - - ,-m. f :.!!- II . Vis1 -?.. - mi T7- f
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