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ILIEIDGIEjR Mi 111 BMfr Ml , PUBLISHED S E MI-WEE ELY TO WN AND COUNTY OFFER BRILLIANT OPPORTUNITIES-AIL HOME PRINT. m is: m it "" " . . . . . . . voi ,T0i".tllOlDKRS WILL FXIX T SITE FOR HOSriTAL IX OXFORD Comi!mtee Appointed to Select Saiw of Hospital and Apply For Charter. vnvr hundred men and women, rlVPOntins the best element of Ox ford. ;it tended the mass meeting at tllt? fourt House Tuesday night as a jirelnr.inavy movement to establish j,vw..:ki1 in Oxford. It was a most 'lu'liusiastic meeting. Mayor Thad p iem presided and requested Rev. P V. Craven to invoke the divine winy. Mr. Craven responded wiVa iV inost beautiful prayer, in v,pch he petitioned the Almighty to ,v--i,'o i he deliberations of the meet and make the beds of the sick ml tuniring more comfortable. " !)!. J. A. Morris, county health of cer'lfd the discussion, in which he Lined out the great necessity of a jpirai. A doctor may be well e nniWd. paid Dr. Morris, but a hos pital with the various instruments i o .nnimments would serve to 'irake our doctors more efficient. I!r L. S. Booker, of Durham, who H',.'r.ic.i to be in Oxford, attended the"- nivc-t insr. In a short speech he spokof the time saved in emergence- cases when a hospital is at hand. xWfafer plan, he said, is to send to a distant city raid secure the ser vices of an expert than it is to take the nauem. in a dying condition, ihaps. across the country to the expert. He said that every commun is should have its own hospital, lare or small, and he saw no rea son why one would not be a success in Oxford. IV Nelson Thomas responded witn a fve minutes' speech in which he pointed out the urgent need of a lioHdral in Oxford. His speech was full of facts and figures, which is pvtr-e.ued elsewhere on this page. Di. Watkins, one of the strongest advocates for a well-equipped hospi tal, was on the program for a speech. A few moments before his time came to speak he was called to attend a severe case which, in all. probability will have to be sent elsewhere for hospital treatment. Dr. X. C. Daniel, who has had wide experience in hospital work, at one time connected with Belleview Hospital in Xew York City, has long eii the necessity of a small, well-, equipped hospital in Oxtord. He Oxford. stated that more than, one hundred Granville county people had been nv-ntpd in Durham. Raleigh. Rich mond and Philadelphia during thei I'asr twelve months, involving a cost of H3.;00, that could have been ti :ted tn Oxford with proper hos pital facilities. Dr. Daniel said that so far as he knew all the doctors of Oxford and Granville county are in favor of a well-equipped hospital in Oxford. He said that twenty-five years aco the people regarded a hos pital as a place of last resort, but they had ccrae in more recent years to see that the hospitals is a place for the saving of life and limb. He advocated a small hospital where the rich and poor alike could be successfully treated. He declared that there is not a person in Gran ville cennty that would not prefer the family physician rather than s-!:d the patient elsewhere to be treated. Mr. A. H. Powell, who is always active in the upbuilding of Oxford and Granville county, upon request of the chair, stated that in traveUng away from Oxford he was impressed with the high regard that people elsewhere had of Granville county; that it is generally regarded as one of the leading counties of the State. Mr. Powell declared that a hospital would give the county much pres tige. He said that the questions generally asked abroad point to the churches, the schools, the roads and the hospital. Dr. Thomas L. Booth endorsed 'the movement to establish a hospital, and said that he saw no reason swhy it would not be a success. Mr. P. w. Knott, in a short speech spoke of the needs of a hospital. He said that he could speak the senti ments of the country people and de clared that they would respond lib erally to the establishment of a first class hospital. The chair called upon Gen. B. S. Royster to give his views, who led off by relating an incident that hap pened in Richmond some years ago, when some ane remarked to Dr. McGuire that Oxford had a popula tion of only 3,000. "Impossible," said Dr. McQuire, "I have operated upon at least 4,000 people from Ox ford. Gen. Royster characterized a hos pital as a service station. He said that when an auto is out of order THE HOTEL QUESTION cIt. Reid Says the Jail Is Good Enough For Some People. The other night 'twelve automo biles from Detroit came rolling down College street at a rapid pace. The driver of the pathfinding car saw our big fat policeman, Capt. fceid, and inquired if there was a decent hotel in the town. "Oh, yes," responded Capt. Reid, we have a first class jail here for al such characters as yourself." "What's the matter?" inquired he pathfinder. "Seven-fifty for exceeding the speed limit or go to jail," said the &cer as he twirled the billy. EVERYTHING IN REAdI A BEGIN WORK ON THE OXFORD-HENDERSON HIGHWAY T. W. Chandler, Of Virgilina, Witt Build Two Concrete Bridges. At a called meeting of the Board or County, Commissioners last Wed nesday, all of the members, being present, the following resolution was unanimously adopted: Resolved, That the county will pay 50 per cent of the con struction of the road from Ox ford to the Vance county line, the road known as Project No. 44. The resolution is based on the bid of T. W. Chandler and the government that the two concrete bridges shall not exceed in cost the estimate made by the government engineer, which is $12,000. The above resolution clears the way for immediate work. It means that about $45,000 will be expended on the four and one-half miles of the road between Oxford and the Vance county line. Members of the board expressed a desire to see the con struction work begin as early as possible, and it is thought that ac tual work will begin within the next ten days or two weeks and pushed to completion as early as possible. With good weather and a large force of hands a good showing could be made in three months. Old Soldiers To Atlanta. The onlv other business of inrnor- tance before the Board was of a pa-1 triotic nature. Moved by a sense of reverence for the "old Confederate veterans and knowing that their ranks are growing thinner day by day, the board ordered the clork ; to pay the railroad fare of all Con federate veterans of Granville coun ty, who wish to make the trip to the reunion in Atlanta in October. RALEIGH LADIES FEED SIX HUNDRED GERMAN PRISONERS The Appreciation of Prisoners Was Plainly Shown. (Raleigh Times.) On their way back to their father land, 600 German prisoners passed through Raleigh Tuesday afternoon from the prison camp at Fort Ogle thorpe, Ga. They will sail out of New York harbor within a short while direct to Germany. ' Some of them have not seen their homes since 1914. s They were not in uniform and although apparently well cared for, many of them were despondent. Their one source of de light seemed to be the fact that they weragoing back home. Members of- the local Red Cross chapter served refreshments to the men whose appreciation and respect were plainly shown. THREE MILD CASES OF SMALL POX IX OXFORD Dr. J. A. Morris, county health of ficer, this week discovered three cases of small pox in Oxford. Each one of the cases, said Dr. Morris, is of a mild form. One of the cases was discovered when an old colored woman called on one of the doctors and requested him to prescribe for sore places on her face, legs and arms. The case was reported to Dr. Morris, who ; Tso examined the woman and found that she had small pox in a mild form. THE LACKEY RESTATE To Be Sold At Public Auction Next Month. The real estate holdings of the late E. A. Lackey, of Hamlet, will be sold at auction next month. The property is said to represent a fourth of the property of Hamlet and com prises more than a dozen storehouses a hotel, 25 or more dwellings and about 150 building lots. THE AMERICAN LEGION. Soldiers of the World War Should Affiliate. Soldiers of the world war will do well to affiliate with the American Legion at once. This organization is rapidly spreading to all portions of the United States and will soon be a power nationally as well as local; ly. It should be able to wield a tre mendous influence for good, which undoubtedly will be the case. the owner takes it to the service station, and he saw no reason why a sick man should not be taken to the service station for repairs. Do we think more of our autos than we do of our family?" inquired Gen. Roy ster. He said that he wished that i- en that he could endow a hospital in Oxford, but what have, he said, is at me uibyuaa. the committee. It was the sense of the meeting that a committee be PPinted to name the hospital and ask for a Mmrter The shares have a par c.hf.er; . One hundred thous- Ind doTlarris the goal, to begin ana Kn noo has been sub- fnllowin commiuee iu - preliminaries and procure iu ter: DR N. C. DANIEL, DR W. N. THOMAS, Sr. G. S. WATKINS, JOSH S. KING. J. R. HALL, W. H. HUNT, the location of the hospital. & NORTH CAROLINA, Some people seem TO THINK THAT THE FARMERS ARE PROFITEERING They fcam. Every Cen They Get and Some More. It is not right to accuse the far mers of profiteering. They have nev er been profiteers, and they never will be profiteers. We h n.ve at lpnsfr -20,000 war-made millionaires but not one of them is. a farmer. Compar atively few farmers make enough money to become income tax pavers More wil pay this year, however, than ever paid before. The income tax statistics now being compiled will show that farmers are not and nave not been profiteers. They are subject, however, to all the demands and the burdens profiteers place up on them. Some recent statistics col lected by the Agricultural Depart ment show that an acre of wheat will not buy this year any more of the things the farmer is compelled to buy than it would buy before the war. The same thing is true with every other crop the farmer raises as is very conclusively shown by these statistics. MISS TREFFREY THE BRIDE OF MAJOR GARNER , A marriage of unusual interest was celebrated on Wednesday after noon at. the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Rogers when Miss Villa May Treffrey, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs- Albert Treffrey, of Digby, Nova Scotia, became the bride of Dr. M C. Garner, of Meridian, Miss. The house had been elaborately decorat ed with palms, ferns and.- autumn flowers. In the parlor where the ceremony , was performed by Dr. J. D. Harte, pastor of the Oxford Bap tist church, the decorations were roses and chrysanthemums. Im mediately before the ceremony, Miss Edna White sweetly sang "At Dawn ing" by Cadmaii. Little Miss Rowe na Taylor and Master Frank S. Tay lor, were the two little ring bearers. The bride, who is the district Red Cross nurse, is held in the highest esteem and has won a host of friends by her untiring, efficient and faith ful work in this community. She was becomingly attired in a going away gown of dark blue silk, with hat to match. She carried Orchids. The groom, Dr. Garner, was a lieu tenant in Camp Sevier and was af terwards sent to France and for merited work over, there rose to the rank of major. Since his return to his own country in June he has been doing hospital work. Heartiest congratulations are showered on him in winning so fair a bride. Immediately after the cere mony the happy couple left for their home in Meridian, Miss., followed by the best wishes of a host of friends. TOTAL CASUALITIES NOW ARE 322,182 American Dead in War Officially Es timated at 116,492, All Told. Washington, Sept., 25 The cost of war to the United States in man power is new estimated officially as 118,492 dead and 205,590 wounded, i total of 322,182. These figures in clude losses to army and marine inits on all fronts to September 1, billed in action totalled 35,585, or 11 percenUoi the entire list; died of wounds 14,742; died off disease 58, 073: died of accident and other :auses 8,092. Under the head of "missing'' the announcement rec ords a zero, with the notation "all corrected." FORMER COM3IISSIONER HART ON THE MARKET. Some Gcod Toba-cco Left Over From Last Season. We were glad to see former Com missioher Reubin S. Hart on the warehouse floor Tuesday. It does one good to meet up with this fine citizen. We wish that the road from his home to Oxford was in first class condition so.tluit we could see him often. Mr. Hart is one of the most sub stantial men of the cornty. He has some good tobacco, but he is not in a hurry to place it on the market. He has some tobacco left over from last season that is going to bring a neat sum of money. FLAT RIVER DIRECTORS OF 75 MILLION CAMPAIGN WILL GATHER AT RALEIGH The Training Conference In Raleigh Sept. 29th to Oct. 1st. Brother Harte and I are making our plans to attend the Training Conference in Raleigh, which is to be hehi at the Tabernacle Church, beginning Monday, September the 29th, at eight o'clock and will close on Wednesday, October the 1st, at noon. Those going from this section can leave Oxford at 12:30 over the Seaboard road. We want a man and a woman fmm each church in this association in attend . this conference. The u v church director and the W. M. U. director are the logical ones to go, but if they find it impossible to at tend, we are asking that you see that your church is represented. This ia mi Master's business, and we must put it first if we hope to win. G. T. TUNSTALL, J. D. HARTE, Associational Directors COUPLE WITHOUT CHILDREN desire two or three unfurnished rooms for light housekeeping. Phone 69-J. ' 9 26 lt-x. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1919 WILL SOLICIT SUBSCRIPTIONS TO BUILD HOSPITAL At an enthusiastic mass meet- " ing of the citizens of Granville county held in the Court House at Oxford on the 23rd of Sep tember it was unanimously de cided that a hospital for Gran ville county should be establish ed at once. A steering commit tee was appointed with author ity to apply for a charter of in corporation and to solicit sub scriptions to the stock. This committee will consist of the representative men from all parts of the county. Quite a large number of the shares of stock have already been sub scribed. No location lias been decided upon as this matter has to be decided by the stock holders. CHM'N. STEERING COM. TOBACCO SELLS FOR ONE DOLLAR THE POUND ON TH EOXFORD MARKET The General Average For the Week Will Be Close to $50 Per Hundred. The prices on the Oxford tobacco market is climbing higher daily, Mariv nilps this wp.ek sold as high as or c a ,,il 50 aim i-u ceuus. uuC fe& twenty pounds, placed on the floor at j the Johnson warehouse Thursday by Mr. Geo. Hunt, of Salem township, brought $20. This was the first lot of "dollar tobacco" sold on the Ox ford market this season. As the better grades come in the higher is the general average. There is some good tobacco on the floors j of all the warehouses this morning j and it is thought that the average for all sold. this week will be close to $50 per hundred. Some of the farmers say that they have' never seen anything to equal it in all the days of their lives. SOLVING THE HOUSING PROBLEM IN OXFORD Some One Threw Cold Water On the Proposition. tJust at this time the shortage of j houses is doing more to retard the growth of Oxford than anything else. Scores of families are anxious to become citizens of the town but there is no room for them. Here, as in other towns and cities in North Carolina, the housing problem is a cute. But it is interesting to note that in some of the cities the prob lem is receiving serious considera tion, and it might be well for Oxford to take the cue and follow suit. In Greensboro it has been proposed to organize a $100,000 corporation for the purpose of helping to solve the shortage of houses. The suggestion is made that the money be loaned to aid people to build homes of their own and that as it is paid back the same money can be loaned to others. That plan was suggested at a re cent public meeting in Oxford, but some one threw cold water on the proposition. Winston-Salem has sriven consideration to the . same problem. Says the Journal: "The formation of a building cor poration was considered here, but after some thought the committee working on the plan said such a corporation would in reality be a building and loan company, that the city already n had several build ing and loan organizations whose opportunity to serve the city were limited only by the amount of mon ey invested in them. "A- decision was reached to ap peal to the people to invest money in the existing building and loan companies in order to allow them to better serve the public. This was done and the response of the people has enabled the local companies to do greater work in building homes here during the present year than for any other period in their his tory." If the Winston plan has worked well in the Twin-City we see no rea son why it would not help relieve the situation in Oxford. Surely it will be better than no plan at all, even if it alone can not soon solve the problem. ' Certainly it will bring about some. relief gradually, and, in the long run doubtless would prove a big success. While it is true that a number of houses are in course of construction in Oxford, it is a fact the house shortage situation in Oxford has reached an alarming degree. NUMBER OF CASES OF INFLUENZA ARE REPORTED Influenza is cropping out in every section of the State, according to re ports to the State Board of Health, Recent reports indicate the presence of the disease in seven counties, these being scattered all the way from the coast to the extreme west. Davidson reports 16 cases, the larg est number from any county report ing. ; Other counties reporting the disease are Perquimans, KODeson, Rowan, Halifax, Northampton and Tho rpnnrts indicate ;a mild tvne of the disease. The local doctors estimate that there are four or five cises of flu in Granville of a mild type. ADJUTANT GENERAL ROYSTER ANNOUNCES DISTRIBUTION OF NEW NATIONAL GUARD 1 Machine Gun Company of New Na tional Guard Will Have 57 Men and Will Be Stationed In Durham. Raleigh, Sept. 25. Adjutant Gen eral B. S. Royster has announced the towns which had been asked to raise companies of militia, machine gun company, supply and headquarters company in the new national guard. as previously announced, Col. Don bcott, of Graham, will have charge of the infantry regiment and Major jonn Hail Manning, of Kinston, will be lieutenant colonel. Major L. P. McLeridon, of Durham, will be one of the majors and the names of the other two will be announced in a few days. The communities asked to raise the companies for the infan try regiment follow: First battalion: Edenton or Ply mouth, one company. ' Rocky Mount or Tarboro, one com pany. Goldsboro and Fayetteville, one company each. Second battalion: Henderson, Reidsville, Burlington and Lexing ton. Third battalion: Mt. Airy, Win ston-Salem, Charlotte, Waynesville or Statesville. The machine gun company, with 5? fl f officers. win eo to Durham, which is considered the logical place for this company, since that. city is centrally located and the company can be sent in any direc tion on very short notice. The sup ply company with 29 men and two officers will go to Raleigh. In all probability the headquarters com pany will be given to Kinston, but that1 depends on what other towns have to offer in the way of a band composed of 28 pieces and other quarters company. Kinston, so far, has made the best bid for this com pany, but the decision is not yet made, and other cities and towns will be given an opportunity to com pete for this company. In the designation of infantry companies to more than one town, the adjutant general says that eith er of these cities will be given the opportunity to raise the company of 100 men, and the city which raises the company first and offers the best outfit, will be the place designated as the home of that company. Dr. and Mrs. S. H. Cannady are spending several days" in Richmond. SPECIAL PREMIUMS FOR DE STRUCTIVE ANIMALS AND BIRDS New Feature Liaugurated By the Granville County Fair. The premium list of the tenth an nual Granville County Fair has just been issued and is being distributed throughout the county by Business Manager W. L. Peace. The Program. Tuesday, October 14, is Soldier's Peace and Jubilee Day. Wednesday, October 15, is Educa tional Day. Thursday, October 16, is Every body's Day. New Feature. Rats and mice destroy thousands of bushels of grain, are dangerous about matches, kill young chickens and spread disease. This is the first Fair in the south to offer premiums for their extermination, as follows: Largest collection of rat tails, $2.00; second prize $1.00.' Largest collection of mice tails, $1.00; second prize $0.75. The above premiums are for schools collectively or by individuals. Largest collection of crows feet, heads, or wings, $2.00;-second prize $1.00. Largest collections of hawks feet, heads, or wings, $2.00; second prize $1.0. , . OXFORD BOY HEADS S. C. V. IN WASHINGTON CITY The Washington Post contains the following mention of Mr. George T. Rawlins, son of the late E. T. Raw lins, the family being well and fav orably known in Oxford. The home of the family was on Main street, the mother having moved to Wash ington two or three years ago. The Post says: "George T. Rawlins was elected commandant of Washington Camp No. 305, Sons of Confederate Veter ans, at the annual election of officers last aight at the Confederate Memor ial Home, 1322 Vermont avenue northwest. Mr. Rawlins has been a resident of the District for a number of years, being a graduate of the Georgetown University Law School." HISTORIC WOODLAND HALL. The Mansion of Major Nat. . - Gregory. "Woodland Hall," the home . of Major Nat. Gregory, six miles north of Oxford, is undergoing extensive repairs. This is perhaps tholdest Colonial house in Granville county. Lord Cornwallis marched past the gates on his way to Yorktown. The house was built by Major Pey ton Wood, whose only daughter mar ried Dr. John Roven Hicks. The present owner is a descendant of Maior Wood. Five generations sleep in the old cemetery back of the mansion. NUMBER 77 SIDELIGHTS OX TTTTC OTTRSTTOTV s OF A HOSPITAL IN OXFORD In his address at the mass meet ing in the Court House last Tuesday night, Dr. W. N. Thomas brought out many interesting points. Dr. Thomas' Speech. There are many wavs in which a hospital in the town of Oxford can serve the people of the town and county that they are not served to day, though the hospitals of the neighboring towns of Durham and Henderson may be as well eauiDDed as money could equip them, because or tne iact of the nearness of the hospital. In many instants it ic very inconvenient, if not actually im possible, for the doctors of the coun ay to -get their patients to either of the two hospitals mentioned, to say nothing of those of greater distance. Farmers can not leave tlieir homes and carry members of their fami lies to distant hospitals without great sacrifices sacrifices in many cases that are actually prohibitive. This results in individual suffering that could be avoided, while at the same time burdening the head of the family unduly. The husband could place his wife in a hospital here in Oxford and be with her some time during each . day, while he could not in a distant hospital, and that fact is the controlling factor in providing adequate treatment for many sufferers in my judgment, as many a wife or child will not consent to go to a hospital if such means the separation from the members of the family for any considerable time, and too many mothers and fathers are controlled by the same feeling. They do not want their loved ones where they can't see them 'and be with them. We may think this a foolish view to take of the matter, but many take that view and are controlled by it. It is a fact of hu man nature and we might as well act upon. . Furthermore, there are many peo ple in the town and county that have no families living in either the town or county. When they become sick, they are dependent upon their friends for attention. They can not get the attention they once could for it is not to be had. If we had a lo cal hospital they could go there for treatment at much less inconveni- ence ana expense, unere are ap proximately 30,000 people in the county, some 10,000 more than in Vance. But Vance has found that there -existed" a need for a hospital and she has endeavored to meet that need. There exists, we know, a need for a hospital and the only logical and sensible thing for the people of this county to do is to provide a place for the proper treatment of its suffering and afflicted people. We need a hospital in case of epidemics, which is a spasmodic need, I will admit. But we are subject to epi demics we have just gone through a very severe one and possibly a re curring one. However, there is an ever increasing need for a hospital in connection with child birth, and with the increasing scarcity of lafioT this need is becoming increasingly acute. Hundreds of children are born in this county yearly and many I are started on life's journey handi capped in infancy becanse of the lack of adequate attention for either them or their mothers, and possibly both, at this critical period. In this service alone the hospital would pay for itself within the next decade or two in a more efficient and vigorous type of manhood and womanhood on the part of the citizenry of this coun ty. MR. WES. BRUMMITT, WILL SMOKE LARGE $1 CIGAR Horner Bros. Company Having It Made To Order. Mr. Wes Brummitt is sure to smoke the big Horner Bros. Com pany's cigar again this year. The ci gar is being made to order for some one who qualifies. Wes has won it the two past seasons on best grades and he says that he will win the honor again this season. Wes Wd one barn of ground leav es at the Johnson warehouse yester day that brought $475. GEN. PERSHING INVITED TO ATEND N. C. FAIR Senator Simmons and Representative Pou Request American Leader to Visit North Carolina. Washington, Sept., 25. Senator Simmons and Representative Pou jointly have requested Gen. Persh ing to visit North Cartlma and at tend at least tne day at the Norh Carolina State fair some time from October 20 to October 25. BLOCKADE DLSTILLERY RAID ED OVER IN DUTCHVTLLE Last Monday night Sheriff Hunt received a tleegram requesting him to hasten to Creedmoor and assist Chief of Police Curl and Deputy Sheriff Averette to raid an ilicit dis tillery on Ledge Rock creek, located between the Seaboard railroad and the public road leading to Northside. Sheriff Hunt started early in the night, but his car broke down nine miles south of Oxford and it was day light when he reachel Creedmoor. However, the faithful officers cap tured the still and poured out a lot of beer and ten gallons of whiskey. 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