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VOLUME XXXIV.
NEWS IN SHORT FORM
SINCE OUR LAST ISSUE.
Organization of women's Auxi
liaries of the American Legion is
authorized through action of the
national body in convention at Min
neapolis. Federal court, which convened
in Raleigh Tuesday, had on its dock
et six cases sent up from Vance
county charging illicit distilling or
the illegal handling of whiskey in
some way.
A show down on profits made
by bituminous operators is needed
for the- American people to form a
just opinion on the coal situation,
William G. McAdoo., former secre
tary of the treasury, declared in a
speech at New York.
Closing of additional manufac
turing plants in the Middle West
with others placed on a further cur
tailed fuel ration, and lessening of
production, even in the mines
which have been worked since the
bituminous coal strike went into ef
fect three weeks ago.
With less ahn 40 per cent of
the normal output of bituminous
coal being produced, the nation is
facing its most serious period since
the strike of soft coal miners was
ordered, acording to reports receiv
ed by the roalroad administration.
Enforcement of national prohi
bition will be placed squarely up to
state and municipal authorities and
the Federal government will not in
tervene until conditions make it ab
solutely necessary, the Board of
Temperance of the Southern Metho
dist Church was told by Director
Kramar.
Miss Elizabeth Johnston, grad
uate of the Richmond School of So
cial Work and Public Health, a
specialist in juvenile work and for
some time, attached to the Richmond
Juvinile court, has accepted an ap
pointment as county and city woman
probation officer, and will enter up
on her duties in Winston-Salem on
December 1st.
The national committee in
charge of the steel strike meeting at
Fitesburg Wednesday voted unani
mously to continue the steel strike,
'shocking and indefensible" profits
in 1917 and there is "grave doubt"
that they are entitled to increase
prices because of the proposed 31
per cent increase in miners' wages,
William G. McAdoo, former Secre
tary of the Treasury, declared in a
telegram to Federal Fuel Adminis
trator Garfield. N -
The Federal Court of the Eas
tern North Carolina district con
vened in Raleigh Tuesday with . the
largest dockjet in its history, more
than 250 caes being set to be tried
during the iterm. About 175 of these
carry' charges of illicit distilling,
and there are numerous defendants
charged with removing and conceal
ing whiskey, retailing or having
whisker in their possession. The
term will last until Christmas, and
then it will be necessary for a spec
ial term to be held to dispose of
the heavy docket.
HAPPY CHILDREN RIDE
TO SCHOOL IN A TRUCK.
Three Tincks in Operation and the
Fourth Has Arrived
The County Board of Education
has secured three handsome passen
gen trucks for the purpose of trans
porting children to and from school.
One truck is in operation at Wil
ton, one at Creedoor atid one at
Stovall. The fourth truck arrived
this week and it will probably be
assigned to the Oxford schools.
These are the first trucks to be
bought in Granville County for the
transportation of children to and
from school. Franklin and Vance
counties have a number of them, as
well as other counties in the various
parts of the state. 'The truck?; are
snuggly fitted up and will ply from
the schools daily. Eacji truck has a
passenger capacity of 35 or more.
THANKSGIVING WAS OBSERVED
HERE AS A HOLIDAY.
Banks, Post Office Public Llaces
and Stores Closed Many Attend
Football Contest.
Thanksgiving in Oxford was ob
served as a general holiday. All of
the banks, the post office, the freight
depot, all public offices and most
stores were closed for. the entire
day, as were the schools also, which
have a holiday for the remainder of
the week, following the closing of
the session Wednesday.
Scores of Oxford people spent the
day out of town. The football
games of the various colleges at
tracted many of these. The Carolina-Virginia
game at Chapel Hill
was perhaps the strongest drawing
card, with the A. & E.-Wake Forest
game at Raleigh . another general
favorite.
There were no sales on the tobac
co market, all business having been
suspended after Wednesday's sales
for the remainder of the week.
HIGH COST OF SMOKING
NOW GOES STILL HIGHER,
Higher Cost of Cigarette Tobacco Is
Blamed, for the Advance
New York, Nov. .27 The hten
cost of smoking i going still high
er. One of the largest retailing conr
cerns with branches in all parts of
the country has. announced' that the
retail price ot various" popular
American "blends" of cigarettes,
now retailing at 18 cents a package
of twenty, would be advanced to 20
cents, or something over 11-. per
cent about December 1, The raise
it is declared, is necessary to make
up an increase of 30 cents a thous
and in the wholesale price. Higher
cost oi cigarette tobacco is blamed
ior the advance.
PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY-TOWN AND COUNTY OFFER B JUL LI ANT OPPORTUNITIES-AIL HOME PRINT.
ORGANIZATION NOW IS
COMPLETE BY LABOR'
AlilY
Women to Have Equal Representa
tion With Men in all of Its De
liberations Want Government
Owned News ' Distributing Agen
cies Membership of Millions
Seen After One Year.
Chicago, Nov. 27. Organization
of .the Labor party of the United
States was practically completed at
the first national convention here
this week.
Robert M. Buck, of Chicago, won
his fight for equal representation for
women on the governing board of
the party A plan to elect members
of the national committee along in
dustrial lines giving the industrial
trades different representation were
rejected.
The convention vecinded its ac
tion taken calling on every member
of the party to give one day's pay
to the campaign fund.
Clarence White, of Kansas City,
spoke in favor of . governmental
ownership of all news distributing
agencies of the country.
John H. Walker, -)f Chicago, pre
dicted that the new party would
have a membership of several mil
lion within a year.
Declaration orif Principles
Included in the declaration of
priciples are the following:
Abolition of the United States
senate.
Election of federul judges by pop
ular vote for term not exceeding
four years.
Internal solidarity of labor.
Maximum hours of labor foremen
and women to be eight hours a day
and 44 hours a week.
Maximum wage for workers to be
fixed by, law.
Opposition to declaration of war
against Mexico.
Demand that negroes be given po
litical, industrial and economical
equality.
Non-commital on prohibition.
Government to own and operate
the banking business of the coun
try. Nationalization of unsued lands.
Incomes of individuals to be lim
ed by law.
. National initative, referendum and
recall.
Application of th "home rule"
principle in state, county and city
governments.
Condemnation of government by
injunction.
Repeal of the espionage law and
ii j
otner repressive siaiues yasseu uui-
'i ing the war.
Condemnation of umvarsal mili
tary training and conscription.
A demand for international disar-j
manient to prevent turure wars."
Immediate release of all political
and industrial prisoners.
Nationalization of all public utili
ties and all basic industries.
RECRUITING OFFICER HERE
Will Be Found At the Post
Office.
Sergt. Cornell, of the United
States Recruiting Service, will be
found at the local postoffice until
tomorrow evening, Nov. 29th, and is
prepared to give information to for
mer soldiers concerning government
insurance, unpaid allotments, !and
issue victory buttons, and will en
list men for all branches of the ser
vice from the age of 18 to 55.
It's getting cold here and with;
the shortage of coal Hawaii looks
good. The Secretary of War has
authorized the local Recruiting Of
ficer to accept men. for the Medical!
Department for service Kin Hawaii.
Only one hundred men are wanted
and men all Over the States will have
an opportunity to grasp one of these
bunches of sunshine and fair weath
er. So the young men of North
Carolina will have to -act quickly if
they want to visit "the garden spot
of the world."
GEN. ROYSTER AT REHOBATH
Elegent Dinner Served to Large Num
ber in the Grove.
Usually when G-en. Royster ad
dresses a large gathering of people
they call it a speech. According to
an appointment he went over to Re
hobeth Chapel Thanksgiving Day and
they do say that "he preached an
elegant sermon to a large congre
gation." " The Rehobath section is noted for
its elegant dinners. The spread in
the church grove on Thanksgiving
Day was no exception to the rule.
OXFORD TEACHERS ATTEND
ASSEMBLY IN BODY.
The following teachers of the city
schools attended the Teachers As
sembly in Raleigh .during the week:
Prof.' G. B; Phillips, Misses; r May
White, Mm . Webb, Ella Clement,
Ruth Taylor, Sarah Clement, y Lucy
Culpepper, . Fan McKinnon, 1 Lena
Barber," Lillian Hunt Jeanette
Biggs, Laura Clement, Helen . Harp
er Carie Fdtlerr Lucile Hunt; Edna
Crews, Prof. James uraaaiier, jtiui.
I. H. Butts.
Tbe Bank Statements. ,
Attention is . called to the bank
statements in this issue of the Pub
lic Ledger. It would seem that the
farmers have been saving for a rainy
day.
OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA,
11 THA I
WILSON WAS DEAD. ; DR. E. T. WHITE
Georgia Authorities Search for Per-! IN. RAILROAD WRECK,
petrator of Hoax on Vice PresijThe Cigar Was Dislodged From the
dent. ! Mouth of Dr. White.
The Georgia and Atlanta officials I 11Tw?ftWr!cJ 5 e same day oc"
are investigating the hoax perpetra-' Zea 4 Lhe Seaboard Air Line
ted in Atlanta last Snndav hv an nn-i railway Monday. The first was near
identified man who telephoned to
the city auditorium where Vice
President Marshall was speaking,
that President Wilson was dead and
that. Washington was calling Mr.
Marshall on the long-distance tele
phone. After Mr. Marshall had announced
the message to the audience women
began to weep, and at the request
of Governor Dorsey, who was pres
ent, a minister offered a prayer. As
the audience filed' out the organist
played "Nearer, My God to Thee."
Persons leaving tUe auditorium
spread the report over the town and
services at several churches were
abruptly ended. Meanwhile Mr.
Marshall communicated with the As
sociated Press and learned that the
report of the President's death was
without foundation.
Mr. Marshal's credulity is hard to
understand. Why any one should
accept such a report out of the thin
air and give it the force of a pub
lic declaration before making an ef
fort to verify or disprove it passes
comprehension.
The hoax, however, enables Pres
ident Wilson to realize that he has
a warm place in the hearts of the
people.
TO ENLARGE THE
LMPERIAL TOBACCO PLANT
Col. Ballou Acquires Valuable Real
Col. Ballou has purchased the
White & Floyd factory and other
property in the vicinity with a view
of enlarging the business.
All things being equal, said Col.
Ballou, the building operations will
be pushed next spring and summer
so as to be able to handle a larger
volume of tobacco next fall and wiri
ter.
When the foundation of the local
Tm nori n 1 nl ant WHS lair! four or five
years ago, Col, Ballou remarked that
it would grow irom year lu jeai
and that it would eventually be as
large, as any of the company's
plants. " , .r .,
When the last purchase of Col.
Ballou is developed next spring and
summer, the Imperial will have
spent a million dollars in equipment
in Oxford. A few more enterprises
like that would put Oxford over the
fence.
WOULD CUT PAPERS
TO SAVE NEWSPRINT
Reduce Size of Tyjpe, Limit News
Heads and Decrease of Advertis
ing: Space Used.
Birmingham, Ala., Nov. 27. Cut-J
tins down the size of papers by re
ducing the size of type, limiting the
space for news heads , and reducing
reading matter and illustrations, de
creasing advertising space by pyra
miding advertising and increasing
advertising rates and increasing sub
scription rates to cover the cost of
white paper and expense of delivery
to readers, in order that the use of
print paper may be reduced ten per
cent during the coming year were,
urged upon all members of the
Southern Newspapei Publishers As
sociation at the extraordinary ses
sion here this week.
THREE NEW POLICE ELECTED
TO HENDERSON FORCE.
J. M. Williams Made Assistant
Chief; Australian Soldier Is
Another.
(Henderson Daily Dispatch)
Three ' new policement were elect-
hv thP Citv Council Monday even
ing to fill vancancies that have oc-
curred during the past montn as a
result of resignations. ' One oL the
new men chosen is J. M. Williams,;
former chief of the police depart
ment, and another is Frederick
King a former Australian soldier
who saw service on five fronts in
the Great War, and who is some
thing of an author in relating his
own experiences. The third man is
a sanitary inspectoi-, W. L. Rogers'
being the choice of the , board for
this place.
GEN. MARCH SAYS ARMY OF
HALF MDLLION IS NEEDED.
Chief of Staff Corrects Statement
Contained In Analysis of Re
port Issued Sunday.
(Washington Special.) , v
The - opinion of. the army general
staff and the administration . is that
a peace time army of 500,000 men is
necessary to care for the national
interest, General March, chief of
staff, said correcting an interpreta
tion of his annual report published
Sunday. General March said he
never had changed, his estimate of
500,000 as the smallest, force the
country, could afford to get along
with. . - . . : . .
CARNIVAL COMING NEXT WEEK
An Aeroplane Will Make Daily
' . Flights.
There will be a carnival in Oxford
alt next week. There are a dozen
diflerent shows in the aggregation.
The management announces that an
aeroplane - will make : daily flights
over Oxford. The show grounds
are in the rear of the Oxford Bug
gy Company's plant.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1919
REVV R. C. CRAVEN AND
Littleton early K the morning,
when passenger train No. 16, bound
for Nortina from Norfolk, crashed
into the rear of a freight standing
on the main line.
The second of the two wrecks oc
curred at Wake Forest Monday eve
ning .when the shoo-fly crashed into
an open switch and struck a freight?.
mat was on the siding. No one
was injured, but tbe Oxford passen
gers were three hours late. Rev. R.
C. Craven. ReV. B. C. Th nmnsnn nnrl
Dr. E. T. -White were on the
flv. Dr. WhitP was smnVinir Q o-a .
when the crash came ,and it will al-
ways be a mystery what became of
the cigar, but he is sure he did not
swallow it. -
Dr. White always "sees the funny
side to everything. He was talking
to his old friend Mr. Taylor, of
Louisburg, when the crash ..came.
When the noise ard confusion had
subsided, Dr. White asked Mr. Tay
lor what they were talking about
when the railroad company disturb
ed their conversation.
"Oh, yes," said Mr. Taylor, "I!
will tell you what it was why it!
was about I cannot think what it
was just now."
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
The eighteen pieces of property
sold by Mr. Leak. Peace at nublic
auction last Monday at a handsome
price, indicates that suburban prop-
! ert is, in demand
property is situated on Raleieh road
and some just beyond the Southern
end of Hancock street and along a
new street, which extends west from
Raleigh road, known as Franklin
street, which was opened up and
graded by Mr. Peace, The property
was sub-divided into 26 lots, eigh
teen of which were sold last Mon
day. . '
Real estate 1 men say that the
j foperty ''lays well to the town" and
has a bright f utur
Mr. Phil Kearney, the mail carrier j
purchased the place on Raleigh
road known as the Murray home.
"Mi J. J.-Medford bought the place
on Raleigh Road recently occupied
by Mr. Evans. Hi also purchased
four -Vacant lots. '
Dr. J. L. Bullock bought the
Loonan place on Raleigh road.
Mr. R. L. Hamilton bought the
house and lot on Raleigh road re
cently occupie'd by Mr. Poythress.
J. W. Moss and L. A. Mathews
purchased building lots.
DANISH VIOLIONIST HERE.
wJ War uxioru
iJI- 1 vrr.su . -.
Evening, Nov. 29. '
The eminent-artist needs no in
troduction to the.' American public,
having filled more than a thousand
six hundred engagements from coast
to coast. The first violin and
teacher young. Shovgaard received
was whenhe was five years old. He
was first 'Concert Master with the
Berliner Philharmonic Orchestra in
i 1902 ; first Concert "Master of the
New York Symphony Orchestra in
1903 and since then has devoted
his time exclusively to the concert
platform of America and Europe.
Skovgaard plays --n a violin that
cost $13,000 and his left hand is in
sured for $50,04)0, , Madam Skavo
gaard, who accompanies him receiv
ed from her mothe:, a distinguished
pianist and musician, not only her
early musical training, but also' a
liberal endowment of that inborn
gift, the mark of genius.
A rare opportunity to hear the
world's distinguished violinist is of-
tered music lovers at Oxford College
I at 8 o'clock tomorrow evening.
RED CROSS XMAS SEALS.
Mrs. Graham Roberts Is the Chair
man of the Commission''
The drive for tho ale of Rea
Cross Christmas Seal in Oxford and
Granvi'le county is now on. Mrs.
Graham Roberts has been appoint
ed chairman of the commission ana
asks a hearty cooperation of the
people in Oxford and the coi-nt.y.
The proceeds from the sale of
Christmas seals is to stamp out the
white pk-gue n and other diseases.
The seals should be purchased lib
erally and placed on overy letter and
package you mail from now on
throughout the Chrictmas holidays.
For sale at all dr:.g stores and
many other places.
CAROLINA DEFEATS VIRGINIA-
Tar Heel Gridiron Warriors On Na
tive soil Take- Scalps of Ancient
Rivals, By Score of 6 to O.
In the annual gridiron classic play
ed at Chapel Hill Thanksgiving Day,
Carolina defeated Virginia 6 to 0 in
one of the most brilliant and hardest
fought football games ever staged
between elevent of the two colleges.
The 1 attendance was estimated at
between ten and twelve thousand
people. Twenty-five cars left Oxford
for the scene ot battle early in the
morning, i -It 1 isestimated that ;20a
Granville county people saw the clas-
SIC. , ' - ;' y? I . ' . 1 -, .K. : .
Messrs B.'WV Parham and A. W.
Graham, JrJ argued cases in the Su
preme Court Wednesday.
LETTER FROM THE
CAPITAL OF TALLY HO.
(W. R. MANGUM)
Stem, N. C, Nov. 27.
Miss Minnie Goss, of Route 1,
returned Monday from an extended
visit to relatives in Apex.
Mr. N. L. Clements, one of the
excellent farmers and splendid citi-j
zens of Route 3, moved this week to J
the D. G. Bullock place near here.
At. a recent meeting of the .town
commissioners, Mr. E. S. Parrish
was elected chief of police in the
place of Mr. C. G. Xelms, resiged.
Mr. Connie Winters, of the
Stem Garage Co. while shoving a
plane a few days ago stuck a splint
er about an inch long in his hand.
Mr. R. C. Daniel, salesman for
Mr. Lem Day, of Oxford spent the
Shoo-!week end witn his Parents, Mr. and
Mrs. j. i. uaniei
Mr. ,R. W. Wilkerson, of our
vicinity, sold two loads of tobacco a
few days ago on the Oxford market
for the neat sum of $2,3.00.
Mr. Roy C. Comes, who is tak
ing a Ncourse . in Richmond Business
Colege, is spending a few days with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. M.
Crymes.
Mr. Roy T. Walters, who has been
a most-successful young farmer has.
opened up a grocery business in the
store house he recently purchased
formerly occupied by Walters &
Sherman.
A new up-to-date garage will in
snon ume ue oyeiia on me sue ot j
i a a i j ii e i
the old Stem Mercantile Co. The
new concern, The Stem Auto Co.,
will be equipped with all the latest
modern auto accessaries.
In Tally Ho church conference
! last Saturday Mr. W. T. Currin ten-
i dered his resignation as treasurer
Some . of thelas he intends leaving tms section
and Mr. C. H' Washington was chos-
en in his place to All this position,
I " Miss . Mary . Webb, accompanied
! by Miss Lucy. Culpepper, both teach-
ers in the Oxford Graded School,
spent the week nd with Miss
Webb's mother, Mrs. J. H. Webb of
Tally Ho.
Prof. J. G.- Feezor, Mrs. A. M.
Daniel and Miss Rebecca Long, of
Stem High School and Miss Janie
Clayton, of Hester School, left Wed
nesday to attend the Teacher's , As
sembly in Raleigh.
Jordan Moore, colored, has pur
chased from "W. H. Lytle his farm on
Route 2. : The. latter, . who is well
known to both white and colored,
for his square deading and upright
ness of character, has moved to Ral
eigh and accepted a position as head
cook at the Yarborough Hotel. .
The Seventy-five Million Dollar
Campaign in Tally Ho church is
making satisfactory progress. The
allotment of; this church for the five
years is $5,500, Of this amount
$3,750 has" already been subscribed
and an active campaign of solici
tors will be ' made beginning next
Sunday. "
A public debate was held in the
Stem High School building Tuesday
night on the query: "Resolved that
the Constitution of North Carolina
should be so amended as to include
the initiative referendum" Speakers
for the affirmative were Misses
Irene Stem, Floy Daniel, and Ora
Parish. The negative: Wesley
Veasey, Stanton Hardee, Edward
Jones and Raymond Bullock. Judges
of debate were Prof. Green of Knap
of Reeds, Mr. Jackson and Captain
J. B. Mayes, Jr., of. Oxford. After
a most spirited contest in which
both sides acquitted themselves with
great credit, the judges decided 2
to 1, in favor ofHhe affirmtaive. ,
THE LAST WORD
The great 75 Million Baptist Cam
paign will be completed within the
next week. Reports now coming in
show that the churches are ready for
the great effort. Virgilina has al
ready raised double her share. Creed
moor could not wait and in a short
time raised (more than her share.
There are one or two things that we
wish kept in mind: Nobody is paid
for services in this work, except the
central office force in each state. The
cost in the Flat River Association to
date is only $22.47, paid by the cen
tral office. The percentage of cost
in the whole South will be less than
one per cent. '
The less than one per cent of total
cost is more than off-set by the Edu
cational value of the campaign to our
Churches. The explanation of the
small cost to the denomination is the
fact that thousands of willing work
ers have cheerfully given their time
and personel expenses without
charge. v
We need not expect to have full
and final reports in for more than
two weeks. The active work is on
from November 30th to December
7th and the final results will hard
ly be announced before December 15..
Do not consider your work complete
until every member of your church
has had a chance to make a subscrip
tion. Let each church director re
port to us' Sunday, Wednesday and
the following Sunday. j
G. T. TUNSTALL,
J. D. HARTE.
DISTINGUISHED LADY VISITORS
Address Large Congragation at the
Oxford Baptist Church.
Miss Kathleen Mallory, of Balti
more, and Mrs. W. N. Jones, of Ral
eigh, both prominent in church work,
addressed a large congregation at the
Oxford Baptist church Thursday night
in: the interest of the Seventy-five
Million Dollar Campaign.
NUMBER 93
GRANVILLE SUPERIOR COURT
This Report Was Unaviodably De
layed. Superior Court adjourned last
Friday, after devoting the week, to
the trial of civil cases. A number
of cases were compromised and fin
ally -settled and these was a mis
trial in one. . "
Probably the most, important case
tried at the term was that of Mrs.
Mattie A. Lyon and others vs. A. T.
Aiken. This case involved the
question of the capacity of the late
Mrs. Lou Daniel to make a deed un
der which Aiken was claiming about
47 acres of land near Cre,edmoor.
The plaintiff asked that 'the deed be
set aside and that thos,e who would
have been the .heirs of Mrs. Daniel
take, the land. The itirv answprml
'all the issues as the mental capacity
ot Mrs. Daniel, undue influence, etc.,
on the part of Aiken, in Mr. Aiken's
favor. Messrs. Hicks & Stem rep
resented the plaintiffs and Gen. Roy
ster and Mr. Hester appeared for.
jVIr. Aiken.
the case of Henry Bumpass vs.
W. S. Ellixson involved a question
of rent with respect to about 7,000
hills of tobacco. The jury found
in. favor of Mr. Ellixson. Messrs
Hicks & Stem apearedNfor Bumpass
and Gen. Royster for Ellixson. There
was a verdict for the plaintiff in the
case of Wood vs. Southern Railway.
Gen. Royster was attorney for Mr.
rtr j i i i .
w ooa wnne hicks & stem repre
sented the Railway.
There was a mistrial in the case
of Hedgpeth vs. H. G. Coleman. In
this case the plaintiff, a young boy,
alleged that defendant has slandered
him in a letter which he alleged
had been written him by, the de
fendant. Mr. Coleman denied hav
ing written the letter in question.
Mr. Brummitt and Mr. Hester were
attorneys for plaintiff and Gen. Roy
ster and Graham & Son appeared
for defendant.
"A large number of cases were
left for trial and there is a sugges
tion to dispose of them it will be
advisable to have a special civil
term in the near future.
TOBACCO LEAGUE FORMED ,
TO FIGHT LEGISLATION.
Users of Alleged Evil Weed Launch
Campaign and Organize an Offi-
' cial Organ. ' v
News comes from Washington to
the effect that Tar Heel tobacco pro
ducers and crushers are interested
in a movement where the National
Tobacco League of America, a new
organization launched for the pur
pose of "defending;" the use of the
weed, has literally" taken time by
the forelock and opened headquar
ters and a campaign in Washing
ton. The league, it is asserted was
brought into existence "by tobacco
users to combat anti-tobacco legisla
tion." It publishes an official or
gan called The Defender. The pur
pose of the movement is "to wield
into a concrete organization the to
bacco consumers of this country, the
league believing that is the only
practical way to defeat anti-tobacco
legislation whether federal, state or
municipal." , .
NOVEL METHOD EMPLOYED
TO SAVE FREIGHT CLAIM.
The Agent at Stem Commended By
. the Officials of the Southern 1
The Southern Railway issues a
monthly news bulletin from the
headquarters in Atlanta, which con
tains many interesting items con
cerning the employees. The follQw
ing is in reference to the agent at
Stem:
, "Agent L. M. Crymes; of Stem, N.
C, has a very novel method for re
ducing the loss and damage account.
A shipment of two coffee mills
reached Stem broken and the con
signee, refusing to accept them, filed
claim for $1.25. Mr. Crymes took
the good parts from one of the brok
en mills and used them to fix the
other. The consignee accepted the
repaired mill and the claim was
thereby reduced to 63 cents.
5 "We believe the same idea,'! says
Staff Officer W. H. Gatchell, "could
be used successfully on chairs,
stoves and other commodities which
are reaching destination broken and
refused, and we trust that more of
our agents wil display the com
mendable initiative Mr. Crymes has
shown."
NO REMOVAL OF B0DD2S
FROM FRENCH SODL NOW.
Foreign Office Promises To Consid
er Latest Request of the
American Nation. , ' ;
Paris, Nov. ; 27. The 65,000
American dead in France must be
left in the graves they now occupy
until the French are ready to ex
hume their own dead,' which it is
hoped will be before January 1,
- The foreign office has promised
to consider the t latest request of the
American government for the return
of its fallen soldiers, but later the
following official announcement was
made, - 4 '.
"It has been definitely decided
that the Allies ;who fell together for
the same cause should remain to
gether in death until circumstances
permit of .the returning of the bod
ies to the families for whom they
sacrificed themselves;l '
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