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v . - VOLUME XXXIV. S 1 : WS IN SHORT FORM Seven candiates for the office of Sheriff on the republican ticket i re announced in Stokes county. Lenior county reports on hun dred gflTd eighty-six real estate trans fers during the months of Novem ber. v. Senator Simmons has made a protest to the regional committee of Atlanta against the order to close business places at 4 o'clock uptil the situation becomes critical. It has oeen authoritatively learned that American troops cannot participate in the allied drive into Germany in the event the Germans refuse to sign the protocol The United States has 25.00& men and two cruisers within easy striking distance of Mexico should hostilities follow the threatened severance of diplomatic relations, it was learned at the war and navy de partments. Giving his interpretation of the Federal prohibition law, Judge Hen ry G. Connor, in Federal court at Raleigh the past week handed down a decision to the effect that the buyer is fully as much to blame for violating the; 'law as is the seller of the intoxicating beverage. The state board of agriculture last week elected T. B. Parekr sup erintendent of warehouses for North Carolina, under what is known as the warehouse law. During the sres Eion the .board also appropriated ? 5.0 00 to the western lime grinding plant. Senator Simmons has taken up with the director of operations of the U. S. Shipping board emergen cy fleet coropration, the matter of the allocation of two suitable steam ers to the Clyde Steamship com pany for service betweenNew York and Wilmington. In preparation for the great re ligious conference which is to draw together the religious leaders of North Carolina of the various -Protestant denominations ' in Raleigh on December 15, 16 and 17, invitations are being sent out to outstanding church leaders m every section oi the State. :The Professional and Business Women of Raleigh an organization that is fast coming into prominence, v. iih Miss Minnie Bagwell at its head, is" planning, when the ques tion of finances can be arranged, to erect a modern apartment house in that city for the convenience of its members and others, coming into the city. The week ju?t ended has wit nessed such an amazing stirring among the politicians that the 1920 presidential and congressional cam paign may now be said to "be well under way. Reports from its spec ial political correspondents to the Washington Star show that in prac tically every state outside the "solid south" politics has come suddenly to the front as a leading topic of discussion. Henry; Clay Frick, multi-millionaire, iron master and collector of art, who died in New York last week inft all but. f25.000.000 of his vast estate to pubHc, charitable and netitntinns according to CUUtOUUU iusuiunu" w , the terms of his will, made PUblic;THE GOVERNMEXT DROPS iasi weeK. me nuc ui "' bequests, after $25,000,000 is set aside for his widow, son and daugh ter, is $117,000,000, exclusive of 151 acres of Pittsburg real estate left for a public park. BURLESON IN HIS ANNUAL REPORT SHOWS SUPLUS Aggregate Surplus of $35,000,000 for Seven Years Against Deficit of $59,000,000. Washington, Dec. 6. A surplus of $2,342,851 in postoffice opera tions for the fiscal year 1919 was announced in the annual report of Pnctrnfldpr ftpneral Burleson. The figures are subject to some adjust ment which would increase the sur-! plus, Mr. Burleson said, adding that this was the sixth time in tne seven years of the present postoffice ad ministration that revenues had ex ceeded expenditures. An aggregate surplus of more than $35,000,000 as compared to an ag gregate deficit of more than $59, 000,000 for the preceeding seven ysar period is shown in an appended table. ,,,,,,, COURTING DEATH A Gasoline Can in One Hand and a Lighted Cigar in the Other The Bulletin says that, the habit of many automobile owners and op erators of filling the gasoline tank while -the mtor is running is a most dangerous one and there should be most rigid regulations .forbidding it. The Kansas State Fij;e Marshal re ports many fires which originate in this manner, saying "We doubt if many people realize just how dan gerous the operation is. For the in dividual who has never had the mas ter brought to his attention, there may be an excuse, but with the ga age man who know sthe danger or the practice, there is none. A ?h" ed cigar or cjgarette is also a migh ty dangerous proposition to have near the tank while it is being rul ed, and yet there are 'thousands who take the chance daily.'' v PUBLISH - SEMI-WEE PRESIDE The announcement that President Wilson is mentally capable of at tending to the.affairs of the nation should set at rest the ock of rum ors going the rounds since the breaking down of the President Those in Washington who knew the real condition of Mr. Wilson issued vigorous denials to the rumors but somehow they would not down. The Mexican sit uation brought about a recurren.ee of the reports concerning the Presi-j dent's condition and the Republicans members of the - foreign relations; committee professed to believe that; there was an element of truth in the! report, at least ther decided to send a committee to confer with the Pres ident and find out if he is really capable of handling the affairs of his office. On this committee was one! HOLIDAY RAILWAY TRAVEL TO BE DIFFICULT , AND UNSATISFACTORY. Hines Gives Warning to the . Pttblic That Persons Forced to Take Journeys After Tomorrow Should Consult Railroad Agents as to Available Trains Before Arrang ing Their Plans Coal Shortage Makes Curtailment Necessary... Washington, Dec. 7. Warning to the public that railway travel will be "difficult and unsatisfactory" until the coal strike emergency has pass ed and should be avoided wherever possible was issued by Director Gen eral Hines of the railway Adminis tration. Many trains are to be tak en off to censerve coal, parlor car service is to be sharply curtailed and persons forced t to undertake journeys should consult railroad a. Brents ns in available trains before arranging their pl?ns, the statement said. MILITARY COURTMARTIALS Thirty-five Soldiers of United States Army Executed. Since 1917. """'Major General Enoch Crowder, judge-advocate general of the United States Army, in his annual report says: During the last Sscal year 16,547 persons were tried before general courmartial, and 85 percent were convicted. The rerort made public for the first time an official sum mary of the .capital cases occuring in the army since April 6, 1917, the beginning of the war period. Death penalties were adjudged in 145 cas es from that date to June 30, 1919, and execution was consummated in 35 cases ten in France and 25 in the United States. Murder was charged in two of these cases, mur der and munity in 19, assault in eleven and murder in three. "In no case," according to the re port, "was a capital sentence for a purely military offense carried into execution." THE SUGAR PROBLEM. Wrill Prosecute Dealers Caught Profiteering The Government's sugar equali zation board is to be dissolved De cember 31 and the official attempt to control the sugar situation will then come to an end. Matters could scarcely get much worse, and the public will have to take the risk. There is not very much encour aeement in the government's prom- J ise of protection to the extent of en tering upon, a vigorous prosecu tion" of dealers caught profiteering. It will be the duty of district attor neys to suppress profiteering under the Lever act. In future there will be no attempt t0 set a price on sugar or to control its distribution, and every sale will be treated on its own merits. The Department appears inclined to prepare the people for future rises in sugar, one reason advanced being that for the Cuban supply, American buyers will run up against Euprop ean competition. USERS OF ELECTRIC POWER, LIGHT AND HEAT. The Fuel Administration has classed the Carolina , Power and Light Company as a steam driven plant and- directs that all users of electric current, power and heat ob serve the rules. ... a In this connection the Public Led ger is requested to state that the Carolina Power and Light Company built a large dam down on the South Carolina border during the past summer. As soon as the pond fills up the current will be generated by water power. Copious rains, it is Sd! would fill the pond in ten days or two weeks. Demented Solider. . The Red, Cross and the public general are requested to look put foj Private Chester A. Heal, a demented soldier who escaped, from fthe pub is P health service at Cape May, N. J., direction. Notifr 'the local Red Cross if found. . KLYTQWN AND, COUNTY OFFER BRILLIANT OPPORTUNITIES ALL HOME PRINT. OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1919 of the bitterest critics of the Presi-! dent, Senator Fall, and the enemies j of the President felt sure that if j there were signs of mental weakness! on his part that Senator Fall would j be the ,man to discover it. The com- j mittee went to see the President! and spent three-quarters of an hour! discussing the Mexican situation, j After the COnfererino nrVion ', .-stj. i - -"vv nutu IUC i liu a of the, administration flocked around Fall expecting to hear him say that the President was not able to handle the problem? they were doubtless surprised to learn that he was per fectly able to deal with any question that might come up for his consid eration. The statement, coming as it did, from Senator Fall is. all the more significant. In fact, the New Mexico senator surprised the coun try by making complimentary' state ments concerning the ' President's condition and his knowledge of the Mexican situation. THE COUNTY BARNS ARE NEARING COMPLETION Situated One Mile .-South of Oxford , Along the Southern Railway tracks The four acres of land the county recently acquired trom Mr. Lassiter, situated one mile south of Oxford. along the Southern Railway tracks, is being fitted up for. county purpos es under the supervision of Mr. Sam Wheeler, foreman of county bridges. The first thing that Mr. Wheeler did was to grade .the land and mass the lumber for the buildings. A small, rat-proof building for grain and a building for hay have been completed and the buildmg for the horses is nearing completion. There will be a" building for tools and ve hicles, a small work-shop and two or three small buildings for em ployees. There will be eight build ings in all, neatly grouped around a common center, and when com pleted it will take on the appearance of a small village A spring branch, which has its rfse on the Lassiter estate and flows through the county property, will furnish an abundance of fresh water for the stock at all, season of the year. "' .-" - - - - - - ? - Three roads lead , to the county barns. Mr. Lassiter kindly gave the county a right-of-way across his property to intersect on the west with the National Highway and on the east with the Oxf ord-Creedmoor road, affording an outlet to the southern and western part of the county. The county commissioners are to be congratulated , on acquiring such an admirable location for the barns. URGING FARMERS TO SELL THEIR TOBACCO BEFOR XMAS The Average on the Oxford Market Is About Seventy Cents. Prices are still "booming" on the local market and lots of the offer ings went over a, dollar a pound. The warehousemen are. urging the growers to sell the balance of their holdings as soon as possible now. They can see no good reason for holding when tobacco- is averaging about seventy cents a pound. The warehousemen do not believe thi prices will advance when the breaks begin to be very light and it is be lieved that during, the next two weeks the crop now in the hands of the growers will practically all., be sold. The Kentucky market opens on Tuesday and the prediction is made that those markets will be the cen ter of attraction for the tobacco trade for the next sixty days. The opinion seems to be that the burley growers will sell fast this time, and with the prospect of prices "being good it will take millions upon mil lions ot dollars to handle the big Kentucky -crop. The opening of these markets, however, is not ex pected to effect this market, as the 'type of tobacco is so different and the demand for brights was never so strong as it is today. The market closing for the Christ mas holiday period 'has ' not been announced yet, but it is expected that this; announcement will be forthcoming in a few days. If the gf rowers show an inclination to sell out by Christmas the Tobacco Board of Trade will no doubt be. willing to co-operate with them by having sales held until a few days before the holidays; if the growers hold back the Tobacco Board of Trade may decide to close soon, as the btiyers do not like to keep open their plants when only a few thousand pounds come in each day. THE AMENDED FEDERAL FUEL CONTROL RULES. Mayor Stem has posted a copy of the amended Federal Fuel Control rules on the front window at Pitt man's drug store, where interested parties can- see them. The rules are so simple and direct no one could possibly tail to under stand themeaijLing ot the law.. Fine Horses and Mules J See" the announcement of Lyon Winston on the 5th page of this paper-' A -Car l ad.of fine horses and muies and many other things just received. : AGREEMENT IS REACHED BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AND' MINERS' OFFICIALS Compromise Proposal for Ending Strike to be Submitted to Miners Committee Today Acceptance . Forecaste. , (Washington Special) v Attorney General Palmer issues the following statement: "A conference was held at the department of Justice, in .Wash- .' ington, on Saturday at which were present the attorney gen eral, Mr. Tumulty, secretary to . the President, John L. Lewis, acting president, and William Green, -secretary -treasurer of . the United Mine Workers of America, with. a view to reach ing an understanding between the' govrenment and- the min ers which would result in a settlement of the coal strike." "At this conference there was submitted a definite, concrete proposition from the President looking to a speedy termination of the strike situation on an adjustment of the entire contro-' versy. The officers of the United 31ine Workers in re sponce to suggestions of Presi dent, agreed to and have call ed a meeting of the general scale'-commitee, the representa tives of all the district organi zations and the international ex ecutive board of the United Mine Workers, to be held in Indianapolis on Tuesday, De cember 9th. at 2 o'clock p. m., at which time the President's proposal will be considered and its acceptance by the miners by Mr. Lewis and Mr. Green. The attorney general will be ;in, In dianapolis on Tuesday.,'' -f A LONG STEP 'M -THE . RIGHT DIRECTION Miss lone Yancey Elected Assistant -Superintendent of Sunday School Baraca Notes. The Oxford Baptist Sunday School is one of the most flourishing institutions of its kind in the State. It has grown during the past year under the superintendency of MiS? W. A. McFarland, who on last Sun day, was reelected for the ensuing year. - Miss lone Yancey, a very ca I able young lady and a good work- err and Mr. Marsh Ray were unani mously elected assistants to the superintendent. - , The election of Miss Yancey Jo the second place in one of the best Sunday 'schools in the State is re garded :by the membership of the church as a step iiv the right direc tion. ' - The Oxford Baptist Baraca Class on Sunday last-nominated and elect ed officers for the six months begin ning January 1st. For many years in the past it has had as its teachers such men as Judge Devin, Gen. Roy- ster, Mr. B. W. Parham and other learned men, but the policy now is to elect a new teacher every six months. For the . next six months the class will be taught by Mr. J. M. Fagan, one of the bright and shining lights of the class. The class officials for the next term were elected as follows: President L. Fv Perkinson. Vice-Pres I. W. Mangum. Teacher J. M. Fagan Assistant C. O. Mainor.v- Sec-Treas. Vernon Taylor. Press Reporter C. E. Coble. The activities of the class during the past six months was strengthen ed considerably by the untiring ef forts of Mr. E.B. Howard, presi dent, and Mr. Ben W. Parham, the teacher. "TEN NIGHTS IN A BAR ROOM" To Be' Presented at Cornwall School By Local Talent. ' "Ten Nights in Bar Room" will be presented to the public at Corn wall School Saturday night, Decem ber 13th. Doors open at 7:30; play begins at eight o'clock sharp and the admission is 50 cenvs. ! Cast of Characters. Joe Morgan, the, drunkard John Vaughn. ' " ,r , Sample-Swichell, a live Yankee Frances Mitchell Simon Slade the landlord Allie David Eakes. ' Mr. Romaine, the : philanthropist John Pittard. . Harry Green, the gambler John b. Watkins. Willie Hammond, the pride of the village Tyree Currin. Frank Slade, the horirble example Lonnie Wright. Mrs. Morgan, the drunkard s wife Nell Woods. ? Mary Morgan, the drunkard's child Carrie Currin; Methitable Cartwright.a yankee girl Belle Wright. : Mrs. Slade, the landlord s wife Grace Wright. t Maid Mittie Belle Hart. REFRESHMENTS AND MUSIC Ladies of the Oxford Baptist Church Will Hold Bazaar , The ladies of the Oxford Baptist church will have a -bazaar -Friday afternoon, December .12th, from 3 to 5 o'clock at the home' of Mrs; J. D. Harte. A silver offering will be re ceived at the-'door.' Refreshments will be served and a fine musical program .will be rendered. Come and buy your Christmas gifts. MRS. WATKINS, A WORD ABOUT THE. TAX MONEY OF GRANVDLLE. i How It Is Spent and For What 1 v Purpose. The General Assembly in North Carolina decreased the State taxes for state. purposes to 11 2-3 cents. The total tax rate in Granville coun ty for all purposes in 1919 is $1.60 on the hundred and is divided "as follows: te, V 112-3 School 72 Roads ; ; ; ; ; 53 1.3 County .v . in r elisions . a Total on the $100: $1.60 So we see that about 3 3 1-3 per cent of the amount of taxes paid by us comes back to us to maintain the roads we now have and to extend them to sections which have hereto fore been neglected. Of the ammf 45 per cent comes back to educate the children of the countv. 7 r cent goes for state purposes, 2 per cent comes back as pensions for our Confederate veterans and their wid ows, and 11 per cent goes to pay the expenses of running the county government. The last item is made up of salaries of the county officers, and the expense of part maintenance of the health department. The fore going explains where the money j sues, .every citizen is entitled to know that the taxes are properljfc ex pended. In conclusion we desire to say that tne increase in the taxes of 1919 over 1918 has no connection whatever with the revaluation work which is now being carried on in the county. When this work is com pleted, we feel certain that the tax rate will be cut from $1.60 on the hundred to not more than 40 cents on the hundred, so that nobody will be hurt, as it -is not the purpose of the revaluation act "to collect more taxes Jn 19 2 0 . but , its main purpose is to i equalize taxation so that every citizen TWilt. 'carry his proportionate part of the tax" burden. The result will be that in' 1920 there will be thousands of taxpayers who will pay less taxes than ; they did in 1920 there'jxrill be thousands of taxpayers who will, pay less taxes than they did in 1919. At the same time there will be'a few hundred who will pay more taxes in 1920 than they have i 1, ' 4ru:J U1U - YV tilt 1U1 LUC U1BV 1 1111 0 111 tllCll lives, begin to pay their proportion- ate part of the taxes. The revalua-1 ion act is not going to hurt, any body. It will only place the bur den of taxation on the shoulders of i the people in the proportion that they are able to pay. :., , i PROSPERITY: REFLECTED IN GRANVILLE COUNTY BANKS TotalResources of Four Oxford Banks More Than $5,000,000 Deposits In the four Oxford banks are larger, than ever before in their history. The combined resources of the four institutions on November 17 amounted to the huge sum of $5,129,102.13. One alone has more than two and a quarter millions, and all show a steadily increasing fig ure on this side of the ledger. -These figures are pointed to by business men here as a correct bar ometer of the general proseprity arid increasing wealth of the people of Oxford and Granville county. An examination of the periodical reports of the condition of these banks at close of business November 17, made according to the requirements of Federal and State laws, shows what is regarded as a most favor able state of affairs in the financial affairs of this section.,. This prosperity is pointed to as a result of the prevailing high prices now paid for tobacco. It is noted, also that more farmers than ever be fore are depositing in the banks the money they received for their pro ducts, and that the savings depart ment are swollen to a considerable larger figure than has ever been the case before. One of he local banks has more than a quarter of a mil lion dollars in its savings depart ment on November 17. BE PREPARED WHEN NOR MAL CONDTIONS ARRIVE The Man Who Buys Land to Farm Is Likely to Get Small Returns The Youth's Companion is gener ally orrect in its estimate. Speak ing of high priced land it say: "Since the high prices of farm land that now prevail are caused largely by speculation, the man who buys land to farm is lively to get very small returns on his investment when conditions become normal, and the peculator who deals largely on credit is liable to find himself ser iously embarrassed. If you are going to buy a farm be sure that under normal conditions its probable net earnings will justify the -price you pay, and do not buy it on a narrow margin in the expectation that you can get the rest of the money by selling the farm." . Barker-Tillotson - Mr. and Mrs. G. G. Tillotson an nounce -the approaching marriage of their daughter Lucy Marie - to Mr. Lucius L. Barker at the home of the bride's parents at 3 o'clock on . the afternoon of. December 18. Rela tives and friends are invited. NUMBER 98 KICKERS AGAINST " s REVALUATION ASKED TO AWAIT RESULTS. Every Man Will Be on an Equal Footing, Declares A. J. '. Maxwell. (Raleigh Special) . "All we are asking now- is that those men Who are kicking against the revaluation act, is that they wait until the job has been completed and see how it will resuin putting every man on an equal footing so far as the taxes are concerned," says A. J. Maxwell, of tie state tax com mission. "The new system will increase the taxes on some of the larger indus trial enterprises if they have been getting,- a low valuation becauce of their immense holdings. The in dustrial appraisers, who are experts in their line, and know the indus try which they appraise, are now out in the state and will contniue their work throngh the spring months. One of the reports just turned in shows that a certain kind of industry in a certain county of the state had been placed on the tax books at 67 per cent of its real val ue. Jus.t a short distance away, in the same county, the same kind of an industry, which was perhaps five times as large as the other one, was assessed at only 17 per cent of its real value in money. "If the income tax amendment is adopted it will bring about even more interesting changes in the tax ing system, so far as the little fellow is concerned." DOCTORS ARE EXEMPTED FROM THE FUEL ORDERS. -- - Men in All Similar Professions Were Allowed to Keep Their Of fices Open. Practicaly the ouly change in or ders from the Atlanta office of the Regional Fuel committee affecting business in Oxford Saturday was one exempting surgeon?, physicians, den tists and men -of similar professions from the 4 o'clock closing hour. There was more or less confusion throughout the business district Saturday as to the requirements for stores remaining - open Saturday night. Some of the stores ran with their full lighting equipment ablaze. Other stores cut down their . lights to 50 . per cent.v A few places of L , - , - , . . business - burned only lanterns or wa"ulc So far as is known there is no designated authority in Oxford for Pting the machinery of the orders into action. The agents of the railroads operating into Oxford are the direct representatives of the regional committees. Whether or not they are supposed to put the va rious orders into operation, has not been announced. Mr. J. A. Duke, local agent of the Seaboard, and Mr. W. B. Pit tard, local agent of the Southern are direct representatives of the regional committee. So far as is known there is no designate author ity beyond them heie. They are en trusted With the distribution of "coal and report direct to the regional committee as to the conditions in their jurisdictions. SEABORD LOCAL TRAINS CUT TO SAVE COAL Passenger Service Greatly Impaired By Late Order loes. Into Effect at Noon Today. Practically all the local passenger trains on the Seaboard Air Line rail road will be suspended after 12 : 01 a. m. Tuesday under orders of the Fuel Administration in an effort to conserve coal in the fact of the fam ine threatened as a result of the na tionwide strike of miners. Trains No. 13 and 14 on the Sea board between Richmond and Nor lina are discontniued; trains No. 5 and 6 between Richmond and Ral eigh are discontinued; trains No. 19 and 20 between Raleigh andVWeldon are discontinued; Louisburg branch is cut to one round trip daily to con nect with Nos. 11 and 12; Ox ford branch train discontinued and train between Henderson and Dur ham will be extended to Oxford; No. 1 will do work formerly handled by No. 5 from Richmond to Raleigh No. 3 will also do local work be tween Raleigh and Richmond. Orphan's Best Friend The Orphan's Friend Says: "Gen. B. S. Royster, special committee from Oxford Lodge to raise a Thanksgiving donation, reported at the Lodge Monday night that he had donations to the amount of $1,078,- 50, and that before he was through the sum would be. $1,100.00. Tne donation represents Masons, friends and workers at the Orphanage. Gen eral Roycstef has been the special committee from the Lodge for years and each year beats his previous record. He has served notice that he has raised his minimum for, next year which will be $1,500.00 to $2, 000.00. General Royster is one of the best friends the orphanage has ever -had -barring none. We know whereof we speak." ; Weekly Weathw. Forecast . Issued bys the United States Weather Bureau, Washington, D. .- C, -for the period- December 8, to -December, 13, - inclusive. ' For South . Atlantic States: . Wattled - during the week with occasional rains and normal temperature. ' - -J - - v i Mi
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