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" 1 STATE LIBRARY, TiF6f.th ! , - , . ; V0LV3IB XXXIV. tuy:hk is xo excuse I Oil THE ABSENCE OF v A COUNTY HOSPITAL let t!ie Families Themselves Testify As To the Urgent Need of a Hospital. Editor Tiiblic Ledger: The modern county is not content with anything less than good schools, roads, comfortable and commodious churches, full-time health officers as well as general welfare officers. These things are now considered ab solutely essential to the health, tow th and development of a mod ern community, and justly so. But there is cne other thing that the modern county or community (for a county is nothing more than a large community with certain artifi cial boundaries) and that is an ade quately equipped county hospital. There was a time when this need was not felt so acutely, for then it was that help might be had to at tend the sick and afflicted. That, however, is no longer the case. What assistance is obtained today, except in very rare instances, must be had from the family itself. This in many instances means that the bread winner of the household has io sacrifice his work and go attend the sick in his household. The writer now recalls cases when the family has actually suffered by rea son of the inability cf a husband to obtain help for the sick ones of his family, while a hospital in easy reach would have obviated such suf fering and hardships. But the reasons for the establish ment cf a county hospital are so numerous and cogent that it real- the matter. The absence of county j v seems useless iu luruier uiguei hosniials may be explained by the! fact that but few of them are self sustaining. But do we suffer in oth er ways because of the paltry dol lar? No, there is not any excuse for the absence of the county hospital. Certainly the probability of its not being self-sustaining is none. Our schools are not self-sustaining, our roads not, nor is our health and welfare offices. Yet we have them, But they are provided for by taxa tion, you say? Yes, and in my judg ment, the same should be provided for any deficit that accrue from a county hospital. But the courts have not yet pronounced hospitals what they -really are necessities, and until that is done, they can't be supported by taxation until the i ouestion is passed upon by an elec tion for that-purpose. But are we to await until such is done? Is the county to suffer longer because usu ally hospitals are not self-sustain-ir.e;? Are there not enough public spirited men in the county who will make the establishment of a hospi- i tai possible though it means some sacrifice? That question will be submitted to the people within the near future, and I sincerely hope the issue will meet with what it de serves the wholehearted support of the citizenship of the county. DR. WT. N. THOMAS. CHRYSANTHEMUM SHOW WILL BE HELD LATE IN OCTOBER The Premium List Will Be Issued At An Early Date. At a recent meeting of the chry santhemum show committee, ap pointed by the president of the Wo man's Club, plans were discussed and sub-committees appointed to ar range for this important event, which is to be held the last week in October. The managers are gratified to know that much interest has been manifested and that our people are already looking forward to the hap py occasion. The ladies are confident that they will have the support of the town as heretofore. The show could not be held last fall because of the influ enza epidemic, but our loyal busi ness men, who had so generously responded to the call for premiums, donated the money to the club, and $60.00 worth of War Savings stamps were purchased. This and all their courtesies on the part of the men are gratefully appreciated by the club women, who are struggling to make Oxford the best and most attractive little city in the State. The various committees, as well as the premium list, will be published at a later date. ;EX. PERSHING IS EXPERT KISSER "Full On the Lips," Says Girl Who Refused 200 Proposals., (New York Herald.) "I'd sooner have had that one kiss from General Pershing than the Croix de Guerre," said pretty Kitty Walton, of New York, Knights of Co lumbus flower girl, after the general had kissed her when she presented a bouquet of American beauty roses to him in the name of the K. of C. "General Pershing did not kiss me on the cheeks," she modestly denied. "He kissed me full on th elips. I ad Jiit having been kissed several times before; but nobody ever kissed me as expertly as General Pershing." Miss Dalton is the K. C. girl who has received and refused more than 200 proposals of marriage from sol diers and sailors and marines to whom she has sung in K. C. huts. "The man who marries me," she states, will have to kiss as well as General Pershing does." PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY-TOWN AND COUNTY OFFER BRILLIANT OPPORTUNITY S-AZL AND MAIN AMENDMENTS The reservations propose: Unconditional right to withdraw from the Jeague. 2. Declination to assume any of the obligations of the much discussed article 10 "except by action of the Congress of the United States." 3. Reserving to the United States the exclusive light to de cide what questions are within its own domestic jurisdiction. 4. Absolute reservation of the Monroe doctrine to the judg ment of the United States alone. The principal amendments are proposed to provide: Equal voting power for the United States with Great Brit ain in the assembly of the lea- Giving to China instead of Ja pan the province of Shantung. Relief of the United States from having representatives on commissions deciding matters in which it has no concern. PROCLAMATION BY THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF OXFORD To Consider Mattel's of Vital jiortanee to the Industrial Inl and Commercial Life of Oxford. Oxford at the last meeting of said! , ,. to consider certain matters of vital importance to the . industrial and commercial life of our town. We therefore call upon all of the P90 of Oxford, both men and wo- !Iuni' aemuie in me v.oun nouse immediately after prayer meeting at nine o'clock on Wednesday night, Sept. 17th, 1919. This is a matter of great impor tance' to the entire town and we trust that all who can possibly at tend will come to this meeting. THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF OXFORD. DR. MORRIS' SON WILL ENTER WEST POINT Senator Simmons Appoints the Gran ville Couny Boy. Judge W. A. Devin received a let ter from Senator Simmons last Fri- day advising him that he had ap- Dointed the son of Dr. J. A. Morris. health officer of Granville county, to j the United States military academy! at West Point, New York. I The appointment of young Morris gives much pleasure to the people of Granville county. He is a fine speci men of young manhood and Senator Simmons is to be commended for the selection from the State at large. BOOST THE COUNTY FAIR. The One Thing That Proves Inspiration To the Farmers. Now that the war is over, Granville County Fair should An the be better this year than for several years past. The promoters have gone to work in earnest to make it a big success this year, and they should have the support and encou ragement of the agricultural and trade ' interests of this sec tion, to the end that it may prove a real inspiration to the farmers and their wives, sons and daughters and to the town dweller as well. There is an opportunity in the County Fair for benefit to all the people of the county. CONFEDERATE VETS MAY USE CAMP GORDON COTS Fifty of the' Old Heroes of Granville Will Go To Atlanta. Capt. W. H. White, adjutant of Moris T. Smith Camp, is elated over the interest manifested by the veter ans of the county in the approaching reunion at Atlanta in October. Twenty-five or thirty have already noti fied Capt. White that they intend to make the trip. At least fifty Gran ville men, it is thought, will go to Atlanta. If' that number responds, a Pullr.an car will start from Oxford- T . . It is announced from Washington that the Senate military committee has authorized the United Confeder ate veterans to use cots, tents and blankets now at Camp Gordon, dur ing the reunion of that organization at Atlanta next month. THE AGES OF GREAT MEN If You Are Not Great Before You Are Fifty Don't Despair. Dr. Osier said thatall men should be chloroformed and put to sleep before they reach 60 years of age. T f a ca nhnnt that. General t ocn tiio generalissimo forces, is 67, Premier Clemenceau. the Tiger of France, is 77. Presi dent Wilson is 63, General Pershing the American commander-in-chief, is 59 Thomas A. Edison, the wizard r, io T9 Tf vou haven't or eiecuivaij, . - -- - , . - n,w in the lists of tne uccu. , r or ko don't de- great ueiuie juiA - -fitoair- there is still a chance for you Few men are numbered among the really great before they are 50. TFARLY THREE THOUSAND PENSTONERS IN THE STATE The Pension Bureau at Washing ton announce that the records show the number of pensioners and the a mount paid during the fiscal years ending June 30, in North Carolina to be 2,825 and $1,005,756. ko r , ir 1 a yi!SiamaiT the engineer to back up, T-3 A" A 1 1 i TV iX, : : ; OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA, OXFORD IS A FINE TOWN BUT WE HAVE TO BACK IN TO GET TO IT That See-Sawing In the Local Yard oi the Seaboard Railway Is a Nuisance and Should Not -Be Tol erated. The way things are conducted on the Seaboard Railway is enough to provoke a saint from the time the train enters the local yards to the time it reaches the station. The see sawing in the meadow east of the station is a nuisance, pure and sim ple; it could he avoided and no doubt it would be if the division superin tendent was fully advised as to the loss of time and the worry it inflicts upon the traveling public and'the de lay in the mails. To show you how it works, we in vite you to take a seat on the train at Dickerson. We will take it for granted that 'you are hungry, tired and anxious to see your loved ones, and when the engineer rings the bell and blows his whistle and starts for Oxford your heart beats with expec tancy. All goes well until you reach the eastern boundary of the town, at a point known as the "Y," and then the train comes to a standstill. The fireman, or some one else, gets out and changes the switch and the train, at a snail-like pace, moves a long down to the vicinity of Par ham's mill, where it stops. At this x rear brakeman jumps juuvir, cimii ges a switch and signals and the ward iu a point where it was a half an hour before, and as soon as everything is properly adjusted at that point, the train starts on its backward journey ! to the station. If you want to get a good strong dose of that kind of medicine we would advise you to take the even ing train at Dickerson. If the train was brought straight on in to the station it would be a great accommodation to the travel ing public and the mails would be distributed at least half an hour ear lier. But there are two sides to ev ery question, and should the trains be brought straight into the station and the passengers and mail dis charged, the train's crew would be compelled to do the shifting after wards. It does appear that when the train ; enters the eastern boundary of the town it is in "No Man's Land" while it is Rp.e-sawins: in the meadow." No superintendent who is strictly on his job" and has the interest of the' traveling public at heart would per- jmit any such Tomfoolery. The thing hurts more ways than one, namely: A distinguished gen tleman of Charlotte was recently in troduced to an Oxford man, and he knocked him stiff when he said: "Oh, yes, I remember Oxford very well: it is indeed a very pretty town, but you have to back in to get to it." The Public Ledger does not wish any one any harm, but we do wish that the Oxford Chamber of Com merce, or some other body of men, or some body of sweet women, would get after the division superintendent with a hot poker or broom, as the case may be. INFLUENZA MORE DEADLY THAN GERMAN BULLETS Nearly Half 3Iillion Deaths From the Disease In This Counr?y. Th the war wtih Germany pneu monia killed more American soldiers than were killed in battle. This fact, brought out in the summary publisheod by the general staff, em phasizes once more the important part played by disease in impairing national efficiency. In 200 days of fighting in which 1,400,000 soldiers took part, 34,000 men were listed as killed in action. There were more than 40,000 deaths from pneumonia. It is estimated that 25,090 of these were due to the in fluenza epidemic, which lasted about eight weeks. 1 The heavy death toll from influen za was not confined to the army, of course. The census bureau obtained reports from 46 cities including about one-fifth of the country's pop ulations In these cities 82,000 death occurred from the epidemic, most of them from pneumonia. If the same rate was kept up throughout the country the number of deaths must have exceeded 400,000. This was nearly four times the number of deaths from every cause that oc curred in the army in two years of war. THE ENROLLMENT AT OXFORD COLLEGE LARGE Ovfnrd Colleee oDened last Wed- l"l train moves slowly back of 'all the Alliedlnesday with the largest enrollment in the history ot tne insiuuuuu. faculty and student body attended services at the Oxford Baptist church last Sunday morning, which gave the public, for the first time this ses sion, a chance of seeing the young people in the line of march from the college to the church. Many new faces were seen in tne student body and it was a pleasure to see Mrs. Woodall, the highly cul tured teacher of voice and expres sion, who returns to the faculty af ter an absence of two or three years. Dr. Hobgood, president of the col lege, is highly pleased with the out: look for the present session. --The Anchor Store, Henderson, announce elsewhere in this paper the arrival of fall goods. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1919 MINORITY REPORT SHOWS FULL FATH IN COVENANT The minority report of the foreign relations committee on the peace treaty, submitted to the Senate declares: The treaty is the best hope of the world. The United States would sac rifice all" concessions made by Germany if the treaty is reject ed or amended. The treaty should be ratified without amendment or reserva tion. , The majority report reserva tions are designed to destroy the league, which has stood the test of unlimited attack. Treaty foes are attempting government by obstruction. Amendment cannot be accept ed by other nations. The a doption of any is equal to re jection. The league would save the world from wars and reduce ar mies, navies and taxes. LARGE CROWD ATTEND THE OPENING OF THE OXFORD TOBACCO MARKET At the hour of going to press this morning the floors of the five Oxford warehouses are well covered with to bacco and a large number of farm ers from Granville and surrounding counties are present to get first hand information as to prices. Preliminary to the opening hour, the Tobacco Board of Trade will hold a meeting and warehousemen will draw to decide as to what ware house will have the first sale and the order in wiiich th sales will take place at the other warehouses. The buyers for all the big compa-f nies are present and it is presumed that they have their orders to buy everything in sight, but it will take at least a week or ten days for them to get their bearings. As a general thing the prices are higher after the big concerns and their buyers have a complete understanding than they are on opening day. The warehousemen feel safe in their position that they expect to make this the best year in the his-, tory of the Oxford market. Get a load ready and try Oxford. The warehousemen, the market and the town invites and offers you a wel come to our town and market. WATKINS' BLOCK ON COLLEGE STREET NEARING COMPLETION The Watkins Block on the west side of College street, adjoining the Johnson warehouse, is nearing com pletion. The Byrum-Hunt Company are the builders and when completed will add much to the appearance of the street. The building is practi cally 100x100 feet, two cories high. Half of the building will be occupied by C. D. Ray & Son as a hardware store. The other half of the build ing will be occupied by Upchurch & Currin, furniture dealers and under takers. ine rjyrum-Jiunt company are working like beavers to complete the building by the middle of October. Several car loads of hardware have been received by C. D. Ray & Son, which is being marked up by Mr. J. J. Clark, an experienced hardware man of Henderson, with the assist ance of Mr. E. E. Bullock, of Stem, who are employed as clerks. REVIVAL SERVICES THIS WEEK AT KNOTT'S GROVE CHURCH Rev. Fred Day, the noted evange list of Winston-Salem, is. assisting Rev. C. A. Upchurch in revival ser vices at Knott's Grove Baptist church, two miles south of Oxford, this week. The first sermon of the series was preached last Sunday afternoon. The meetings are largely attended and much interest manifested. There will be services at 4 o'clock in the afternoon and 8:30 at night. WOMEN OF SOUTH LED IN RED CROSS WORK The Country's Total Production of Articles Was 875.174,825 Articles Valued At $98,184,359. (Washington Special.) Women of the south produced in the workrooms of the American Red Cross nearly 100,000,000 sweat ers, rolls of bandages and other ar ticles that were used for the com fort and relief of soldiers, sailors and refugees during the war. Nation al headquarters of the society esti mates the value of the articles sou thern women contributed at approxi mately 26 per centof the total value of that produced in the entire coun try. , Southern (North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Tennes see), 10,390,796 articles, valued at $3,187,233. NEW YORK CITY SCHOOLS The Roman Catholics Have Heavy Enrollment. The New York City public schools opened Monday, Sept. 8, with 800, 000 children answering to the roll call. There are 24,000 teachers em ployed in the schools. The Roman Catholic schools, 113 in number have an enrollment of about 80,000. On the back page of this paper the Long Company announce the daily arrival of suits, coats, dresses, and waists. HOME PRINT. DEDICATION CEREMONY AT ENON BAPTIST CHURCH Minute History Of the Church Writ ten By Dr. -Marsh and Read By Dr. Harte and the Pastor, Rev. Geo. T. Tunstall. It is estimated that more than oe thousand people attended the dedi cation service at Enon church, five miles west of Oxfordlast Sunday af ternoon. The church is situated in one of the best sections of Granville county, and its beauty and symmet rical outlines are in keeping with the high-toned, cultured people of the community. Description Of the Church. Viewed from a distance, the spire, curves and graceful outlines of the church resemble an Eno-lish rtio The interior is of an octagonal form, the pastor's study and eight class rooms are arranged in a circle a round the auditorium, which are cut off by heavy folding doors. The many stained glass windows and the trefails on either side cast a mellow light over the sanctuary. Only the best of material and workmanship was employed in the construction of the building. It was planned and executed during the recent world war at a cost of $12,000. The Dedication. A congregational song service pre ceded the Scriptural lesson read by Dr. J. O. Harte, pastor of the Oxford Baptist church, and at proper inter vals the quartette of Mountain Creek and Hester churches, sang, and Rev. E. G. Usry, pastor of the West Ox ford Baptist church, and Rev. Joe Currin read appropriate passages of Scriptures relative to the dedication of the church. History Of the Church. Dr. Marsh, for many years pastor of Enon church, wrote a minute his tory of the activites of the church from its foundation up to the pres ent day, covering a period cf forty- five years. Owing to the age of Dr. Marsh, Dr. J. D.' Harte read the first half of the historical sketch, and the last half was read by Rev. G. T. Tunstall, the beloved pastor of the church. Dr. Marsh's historical sketch would fill about, one page of the Pub lic Ledger, and he had taken pre caution to condense 'it as much as possible. Some of the interesting facts gleaned from the reading fol lows: Early History. The late Rev. R. I. Devin organiz ed Enon church in the spring of 1875. There was a heavy rain on the previous day, which hindered one of the forty-three charter members from being present, and on that ac count Mr. Devin suggested that they name the church "Enon." The Hob goods, Knotts, Averettes, Daniels, Currins, the Hesters and others were active in securing materials and building the church, which cost a bout $2,100. The first sermon was preached in October, 1875. Rev. C. A. Jenkins was the first pastor. The pulpit Bible used at the service 44 years ago was presented by Miss Lucy Currin. It has been rebound three times and it adorns the pulpit of the new church. Only three of the original charter members sur vive at the present time, the names of whim we did not catch, but Mr. B. F. Hester is one of -them. There have been only four pastors of Enon church, namely, Rev. C. A. Jenkins, Rev. Fountaine, Dr. R. H. Marsh, who gave up the work on ac count of age three or four years ago, and Rev. G. T. Tunstall, the present pastor. Dr. Harte supplied while Mr. Tunstall was engaged in over seas duty. Charge To the Church Dr. Marsh also wrote the charge to the church, which was beautiful, and told of Jesus entering the church as a stranger and was not recogniz ed. The charge was read by Mr. Marsh Ray in excellent form. At the close of the reading of the historical paper, Rev. G. T. Tunstall, who was active before going over seas in organizing the forces to build the new church, told the con ! gregation that he often thought, while in France and Germany, how the new building would look, and how pleased he was to return , and find it completed. JACKSON-BREEDLOVE. Mr. Luther A. Jackson Weds Miss Zelma Breedlove Ceremany At Bride's Home. Mr. Luther A. Jackson, of Hender son, and Miss Zelma A. Breedlove, of Granville county, were married Thursday afternoon at the home of the bride's father, Mr. W. C. Breed love, near Oxford, Rev. E .R. Nel son, of Henderson, officiating. After the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Jackson went to Middleburg to visit his people and will be at home in Henderson on Andrews avenue. The groom holds a position with the George A. Rose Company. He returned from France with the 120th Infantry after several months service overseas. TOBACCO BOARD OF TRADE ' Mr. S. B. Morton Elected Presi dent. At a meeting of the Oxford Tobac co Board of Trade, Mr. S. B. Morton was elected president; Mr. W. G. Pace, vice-president, and Mr. Henry T. Osborn, secretary and treasurer.. The board fixed the hour for open ing the market at 9:30 o'clock on sales days throughout the season. NUMBER 74 CONTRACT HAS BEEN LET FOR THE OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL Work Will Begin In Early Fall Plans Will Be Worked Out A$ Once For The Development Of Playground Work. Mr. W. F. Hayes, of Littleton, was the successful bidder for the erec tion of the new high school building authorized by the vote on the bond issue in the early spring. Three bids were submitted to the board for consideration. The contract price of $40,300 was the lowest bid for the erection of the building by July 1st, 1920. The other bidders were Byrum-Hunt Co., of Oxford, and C. F. Cutts, contractbr, of Henderson. Ready For Next Session. While it -had been hoped that the use of the building would be had for a part of the present school year, conditions in the building line have been so uncertain- that it has been impossible to get the proper amount, of work done on the proposition un- ' til the present time. Since it is nev er wise to rush a building of this kind the position of the board is that sufficient time should be al lowed to insure good work. A build ing erected in a great hurry is never as well settled as one where time is allowed. The plans call for the op ening of the fall term next year in the new building with proper exer cises. The plan will possibly call for a real reunion of all former Oxford high school pupils. This should be come a permanent feature of the school year. The Play Grounds. In purchasing the large amount of ground for the high school site the board had in view a permanent lo cation for a modern playground for the children of Oxford. The size and type of the location both are well suited to this kind of develop ment. An expert will be called in to ad vise regarding the proper steps to take in preparing the grounds and installing the .various forms of equip ment that will be used. No money will be spent unwisely in this very importaont work. A committee has been appointed from the town board of commissioners and one from the school board to look into the plans for this school playground. Campaign Pending. As soon as the plans can be work ed out a campaign will be put on to raise money to supplement the do nation of the commissioners until a suffiicent sum ha.s been secured. Oxford can proudly look forward to the time when this six acres will become the most attrictive spot in the town. The present plan calls for this playground to be open for use in the early spring and it will re quire wholehearted cooperation of the community to get it accomplish ed. The Parents-Teacher Associa tion that has been organized will be able to push this movement. NEGROES SAH TO HAVE THREATENED AN UPRISING (Wilmington Star.) News has been received here of the planned uprising of the negro population of the town of Shallotte, twentv-two miles west of Southport, in Brunswick county. The several hundred citizens of the place were startled when they found tacked up in different public places in the town notices of an incendiary nat ure, "inviting" the white population to beat it. . The notices read: "White People Get Out, This Means Death. Remem ber the Beatings and Lashings that Our Parents Received." The warn ings were hand-written, and the leading white citizens of the town started to investigate. By compar ing writing on deeds, mortgages, notes, etc., available, it was found that indications pointed to several more or less prominent negroes be ing mixed up in the a!farr. Two of them were quickly arrested and tak en to SouthporJ. THE COURT HOUSE SINGING The contest singing to, be held at the Court House in Oxford at 3 o' clock p. m. the 4th Sunday in Sept. is expected to be an occasion of great interest to the public. It will be strictly a religious service. Our plans are not yet fully made. We aim to have a good organ for this occasion. We expect two choirs from Henderson and one from Gray Rock and one from West Oxford. We invite Hester, Enon, Dexter, Sa lem and any other who wish to come and take part. You will please get in touch with us. Please call . on Mr. W. M. Moser at the City Barber Shop in Oxford. Further notice will be given next week. With best wishes, D. N. HUNT. State Traffic Association. The State Traffic Association was organized in Raleigh last week at a meeting of the shippers from all parts of the state. The meeting en dorsed the suggestion that the can didates for Governor be required to insert a plank in their platform promising to keep up the incessant fight for better freight rates for North Carolina. The secretary is to, be named later. See the adv. elsewhere in this paper of the Granville Real Estate & Trust Co. See Mr. A. H. Powell and get inside information on the property you wish to sell or buy.