North Carolina Newspapers

;...-Ns. x -1 . "' I v VOLUME XXXIV. T- ' ' . ' OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12 1919 1 - ' . - - ' . . . " . NUMBER 99 J E N S L SHUBT FORM . since otu last issue. State ' The, sugar equalization board was severely criticized by Senator!' Overman for compelling the people j of North Carolina to buy sugar fronij New Orleans, when they had always! bought it in New York. A summary of the internal rev enue receipts reveals that during the past fiscal year North Carolina paid in taxes $101,278,152.98, this amount representing $30,000,000 in income and profits .jjaxes and $71, 000,000 in miscellaneous taxes. Clyde Roark Hoey, of Shelby, who is going to be elected to a seat in Congress next ' Monday to suceed Hon. E. Yates Webb who has been elevated to a seat on the Federal court bench, was a printer's devil at the age of 13. The news that Raleigh is to have a new hotel unsurapssed by any in the state and, "so far as modern ness is concerned, unsurpassed by any inthe south is the most impor tant item for Raleighthat has been printed in the last dozen years. A handkerchief waved by a pretty young woman, and a "come hither" glance proved the undoing of Willard Gregory, who fell into the toils of the Asheville police because of his susceptibility. Gregory learn ed after the police arrived on the scene that his' flirtation was with an inmate of a sanitarium for the .treat ment of mental cases, and the young woman was not responsible for her actions. Governor Biekett announced the full pardoning of Bill McDaniel, of Buncombe county, who was con victtd of first degree murder at the April term of court, 1895, and sen tenced to life imprisonment; also of John Garvin, Cumberland county, who was sentenced to 15 years for burglary, at the November term,' 1915. General The allies have consented to modify some of the terms ; of the protocol putting the peace treaty in to effect which Germany has made objections. For the first time in history there is. every prospect of -the Irish question being settled- satisfactorily, according to a statement made in a speech by Walter Hume Long, first lord of the admiralty. ; Recommendations of the navy general board for the building pro gram for 1921, include two battle ships, one battle cruiser, 10 scout scuisers, five destroyers "flotilla leaders" and six submarines. Reports that heavy shipments of sugar were sent abroad by Amer ican refiners" to gorge foreign con sumers and starve the- American sugar consuming public have re- ceiv such extensive circulation thatf the equalization board was led to is sue' an official denial of them. France will give to each Amer ican soldier, who aided in the final overthrow of the Hun, a souvenior pamphlet dedicated to the American overseas army. These will be dis tributed through recruiting offices in various parts of the country. A peace time regular army of ' 300,00 men and 18,000 officers was decided on by the house military sub-committee headed by Represen tative Anthony, republican, aKnsas, in framing the army organization bill. The number of. combatant troops was fixed at 250,000. Trial of Truman H. Newberry, of Detroit,- United States senator from Michigan, and 134 others in dicted on charges of fraud and cor ruption in connection with Mr. New berry's election in 1918, will begin Clarence w on the peace treaty and that ne would consider unconstitutional any attempt to end the war by passage of the Lodge resolution in the sen ate, or the Tinkham resolution in the house. It is estimated that the 20 gov ernment stores, opening to dispose of surplus army food, xhave saved the people $24,000,000. Up to No vember 24 they had sold direct to consumers $12,992,305 worth of food and through other chanels dis tributed another $12,000,000 worth. It was estimated the prices were 50 per cent below the retail levels. The secret of the failure of some of the pilots in the recent trans-continental air race "can be at tributed to too much booze," Lieut. Belvin W. Maynard, the "Flying Parson," declared in a statement made public by the -Anti-Saloon lea gue. "If all of them had been as sober as myself, I would.' not have been the winner he added. A tax of half a million dollars on a pint of whiskey will be asked of Congress, the International Re form Bureau's executive committee decided in convention in the event the Supreme Court declares the war time prohibition law unconstitution al. The Supreme Court ' has decid ed that; a thing can, be taxed to death' said Drl Wilbur F. Crafts, head of the bureau, in explaining the bureau's action. ' ; ' Deiore District Judge uiarence w. . nflTWP.hae8 to prevent Sessions in federal court January j Saints 11 , . I are ripened, they are gathered and Republican leaders in the sen-1 anaiyzed and the seeds from the ate believed that President Wilson plants showing the lowest percen w ill oppose any effort to arrange a tare 0f nicotine are saved, and the program of, compromise reservations nr5cess repeated. Growers of the PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY-TOWN AND COUNTY OFFER BRILLIANT OPPORTUNITIES-. WTATl n mAn i . . vrvjnu lUlSAfJUU MAKKET WTTJ, LLuoi At a meeting of the Oxford Tobacco Board 1u-'Atd5y-,lt was unanimously aa-reed that the Oxford Market be closed for the Holidays, beamniRs: at the close of busi ness on Friday, December 19th .and remain closed until Tuesday morninj?, January 6, T UTfri?T ' rm.. riiviiu THE U4FITOL OF TALLY HO.! (vv K. MANGUM) t We gret to note the yiness of i Mrs. P. R. Hardee and wish hOT at speedy recovery. Mr. J. P. Mangum, of Tally Ho, killed, three hogs which weighed 360 and 398 and 466. Tally Ho church went over the top in the seventy-five million dollar drive, the allotment being $5,775. Mr. J. T. Smith, of Oxford, Route 6, purchased a new Pidemont touring car last week. Mr. Otis Stem, who has finished a career in Richmond Business Col lege, is now with the Stem Drug Company. Mr. B. L. Bragg, of Skipwith, spent the week end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Bragg, on Route 3. Mr. R. W. Wilkerson, of Route 3 purchased a few days ago a fine young: horse, rubber tired buggy and harness. Rev J. L. MeNeer and wife, of Pinetdp, are spending the winter with Mrs. McNeer's parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Nance, Route -1. Mr. T. W. Bullock, who has been carrying the mail from Stem for the past fifteen years, has 're signed and is member of the Stem Auto Co., a new concern. Mr. L. W. Hall, carrier on Route 2, has been transferred to Route 1. Mr. J. H. Bowling made a trip to Virginia last ' week looking over some faming lands which he had thought of buying. When asked how he liked the Old Dominion he re plied "I would'nt give one acre of land here for two over there and some of it over there is $100 per acre." - Mr. Vester Winkler, of Cul breth, who made his home with bis brother, G. ' E. . . Winkler, Sunday morning apparently in . the ' best of health, ate a hearty breakfast, play ed with the children, went out and fed the hogs and while returning to the house was. stricken down and died two hours later. He was about 60 years old and was a man of ex cellent habits. . The interment was at Geneva church Monday afternoon. PLAN IS TO PRODUCE 'KICKLESS" TOBACCO. Scientists Are Asked to Produce a Nichotineless Tobacco. "Now that the reformers have made this country dry, they are turning their attention to tobacco, and smokers may have to face the necessity of taking to near-tobacco to appease their craving for the weed, just as drinker. are forced to resort to near beer tor something re sembling old-time liquor," acord ing to the expressed opinion of G. Edwin rorse, oi new uivuy. is reported mat scientists, leaiiiiis that the 'vile weed as Sir waiter Raleigh knew it, is doomed, already have steps been taken toward per fecting a nicotinelsss tobacco. Ex periments so far have failed to pro duce tobacco entirely free from nico tine, but have succeeded ineducing the 'voltage'. "The method employed is said to be plant selection, such as Luther Burbank made with various fruits and flowers. A row of plants is set mit and erown and their blossoms , n. QPn 11Sftd to make the iamous Pittsburgh stogies are said to have reduced the nicotine comej -some cigar leaf plants from 3 to 1 per cent, and they expect to keep on until they reduce it to a fraction, something like one-tenth of 1 per cent. beer. The on y; draw back of this 'kickless tobacco is said to be in the aroma and thetaste, neither of which is improved by the denaturizing process." , STATE'S PRISON FARM IS SOLD FOR TOTAL $609,000 North Carolina's State prison farm of 7 000 acres brought at auction " With the' purchase price the State will first bur 3,000 acres jear Eal eieh and pay for it $225,0UU, SIt develpoed at the close of the sale that the acreage always had Sit overstated. The farm had been called a tract of "7,300 acres been ca latest survey l Lr I it S by 600 acres. The showed it ,qLufc . , fi 708 actual amount -. in iauu " w aocres The Trumpet Has Blown Cohn.& Son are now conducting a manful economic saie ch means a great saving to the pi Shg public. Be convinc e by the fMs as printed in their, announccmeii i of this paper. ; on the last pa?e ruK THE hUUUAYS A PROCLAMATION BY THE i GOVERNOR OF THE STATE ' The annual sale of the Red Cross Christmas Seals is now on. No more beautiful expres sion of the Chrirtmas spirit can be made than for every letter, card and package to bear the seal of the Red Cross. The seal adorns the packa-ge, is a recognition of the blessings of the Red Cross, and the money will be used to stamp out the Great White Plague. We are enjoying an era of unrivaled prosperity. . Let every one have . the grace to show forth grati tude by buying Red .Cross Seals. T. W. BICKETT.; THE CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL Horner Bros Co. Offer Prize For Best Eessay. - Of the many problems now con fronting the education leaders in the effort to improve the rural school, consolidation with transpor tation is perhaps receiving the greatest attention in North ; Caroli na. The larger grded school with the better graded classes, ' longer periods, of recitation, larger - classes and consequently greater rivalry and interest, better supervision, broader social advantages, opportunities for special classes and high - school work, will eliminate many foi the disadvantages of the isolated school. In order to stimuate the study or this important subject Horner Bros. Company will offer a, cash prize' of $25 for the best -essay on the sub ject "The Advantages of the Consol idated School". This contest is op en to the pupils enrolled in the public schools of Granville county. 'Lrterattrre-tair -this subject - fia&y be had from te United States" Com missioner of Education, Washington, D. C, the., State Department of Edu cation, Raleigh, N. C, and from most of the colleges of the State that maintain educational departments.; r This is an unusually interesting and vital subject and should enlist the interest of a large number 'of children in the county. v Through the interest of the children a study of this question will extend to the older people and bring out a wide spread discussion. President Wilson says that ours is a "Government of discussion". He also says that "Discussion rational izes everything it touches". -iThere is no doubt that the best way to hasten . the growth of an idea is to get a large number of people to talk about it. Consolidation is a live question in Granville County and t.here is going to b. some talk about it in the next six montns. J. F. WEBB DO YOURSELF THE FAVOR OF SHOPPING EARLY: Conditions Are Very Different This j Christmas From the Usual. The matter of early Christmas shopping this year is more than or dinarily desirable, because of the fact that if it is done with the de gree of satisfaction the average buy er seeks, it must be done early. It would not be a vry great exagger ation to say thatvif it is done at all, it , must be done early. For it" must be remembered Jhat conditions are very different this Christmas from the usual. There is a general shortage of goods at a time when a peculiar form of pros perity makes for an unprecedented demand. The Oxford merchants have laid in large supplies of roods, and there will- probably be enough gifts of some sort to go around, but with such an unusually heavy .demand, one will be extremely unlikely to get the things he esires if shopping is put off till late. All indications are that holiday stocks are going to be badly broken long before Christmas Eve this year. The early sTiopper will have the best , of it in every way.. This year he is doing no one so uch a favor as himself, in buying early. SHORT SKIRTS AND HIGH PRICES FOR NEXT YEAR. At the annual -convention of the National Cloak, Suit and Skirt Man ufacturers Association held in Cleve land, Ohio, last week the Style com mittee recommended skirts from three to four inches shorter than at present for the 1920v season. "Prices of coats, suits and skirts will stay up," said Micnaei f ruits, of Cleveland, chairman of the style committee. . " r t Hydro-Electric Power .' The current of the Carolina Pow er and Light Company is now gen erated by water power: Users of this current for light, heat and pow er are unlimited in its use. . , THE COAL MINER'S s STRIKE IS DECLARED AT AN END. The Miners Have Returned to Work and Shipment of Coal From the Mines Will Begin Next Monday Dec. 10. The coal miner's strike is ended. With but one dessenting vote, the general committee of the United Mine Workers of America in session here' this afternoon voted to accept President Wilson's proposal for im mediate return to work pending fin al controversy -with operators by a commission appointed by him. Palmer's Statement. Mr. Palmer's first statement ex pressed his gratification at the decis ion of the United Mine Workers and commended Mr. Lewis and Mr. Green for "their wise and patriotic action." The statement follows: . "The coal strike is settled as the government wanted it settled. When! Mr. Lewis and' Mr. Green came to see me Saturday, I re-stated what the government's position had been from the beginning and insisted on their . acquiesence. They finally agreed to it. They have now per suaded the officers of their organiza tion that the situation calls for com pliance with the court's order and the government's wishes, and I am certain that all the miners in the country will cheerfully acquiesce. Garfield and Hines Washington, Dec. 11- Fuel Ad ministrator Garfield immediately, on receipt of word that the miners in Indianapolis had agreed to. accept the President's proposal,' .declared that immediate reraoval of . regula tions on soft coal consumption was not to be considered. Director General Hines in a , for mal statement asserted that disloca tion created by the strike could not be remedied instantly. The public, Mr. Hines said; wiU be expected to continue conserving 1 coal until nor mal conditions are restored, but just as soon as practicable restrictions will be rescinded or modified. SCHOOLS OF NORTH - CAROLINA IN NEED ; 863 MORE TEACHERS. Dr. . Brooivs Says Output s of Teachers Does Not ;Meet the Requirements v The,.' schools., of North Carolina neeT 3 6" rimi iiAfrpS oh institiitinns of the colleges state supplied last year,! Dr. E. - C Rrboks,' superintendent of public in; struction said emphasizing the state: ment made in a . speech by Presi dent, .Robert H. Wright, of the East ern Carolina Training School.. There are 11,730 white teachers in North Carolina 9,250 rural and 2,210 urban. There are 1,519 grad uates from normal schools. Of these 924 are in the country and 595 in the towns. There are 2,393 who have attended normal schools, exclusive of summer schools but who have not graduated. This leaves 718 without normal training except the training that' some" have obtain ed by attending : ? summer schools. The best data -the department can get shows that 3,000 white teachers have not had normal training. That means that at least 25 per cent of those who are teaching bave had no training for the work. "Information received from 75 counties would indicate that there are 1,762 teachers working in the state who have- never taught before and there is a normal yearly need of the state.' THE EARTH GOES WEST. Amiable Planet Bumped Off by Un fortunate Collision. We notice that' the old apprehen sion concerning the possible collis ion of the earth vwith a meteor, and consequent destruction of this lively planet, is undergoing its periodical revival. Some day, we dare say, a paragraph something like the fol lowing will appear somewhere in the back pages of the , leading Mars newspaper: (Intercosmic Press Dispatch) It is with much regret that we announce that the World was bump ed off last last night by collision with a speeding meteoroid. Al though little is known concerning the life of the deceased planet, .those who had watched its career always predicted a successful future for him when he had outgrown the troubles of youth. It was sometim es rumored. that his private life was not altogether a happy one, but he always looked7 on the sunny side of thines af least half of the time, and he was a pleasant fellow to have around. - . - - It is said that the planet Mercury will take over the good will and will onen un the old orbit as soon as the adiustments have taken place. CONTIUED IMPROVEMENT i IN POCHANTAS REGION Roanoke, Va., Dec. -10. The coal and coke situation in the Pocahontas region continues to improve, and is above normal compared with a week agq, the car supply being ample to meet all requirements, acording to the weekly statement of the local of fice of the railroad' administration issued here. , , ..- ; The Miracle Man is coming! Don't forget the dates January 16th A and 17th, v adv AIL HOME PRINT. OXFORD WILL HAVE HIGH-CLASS LAUNDRY EARLY IN NEW YEAR One of Enterprising Citizens Inter ested iii the Project. The good people of '.this vi cinity will rejoice that a high class laundry will be establish ed in Oxford early in the New Year. One of our enterprising citizens, whose name spells suc cess, is interested in the enter prise. ' The plant will be sufficiently large to take care of all classes of work, and the very best of service is assured." - END OF THE WORLD IS NOT YET Read the Twenty-fourth Chapter of St. Mathew's Editor Public Ledger: On Deceber 17, 1919, the union of planetary bodies may produce sun spots, which will do damage to the earth, but the end of time is not yet. When you see all the things men tioned in the 24th chapter of St. Mathew, know the end of time is near. I don't see why the preach ers don't read and preach from this chapter more than they do. . I don't believe I have heard a preacher read or preach from this chapter in twen ty years. When you see all of these things come to pass mentioned in this chapter look out little ones and big ones too. When the four kings mentioned in 7th chapter of Daniel rule the earth and then one of the four will rule the wohle arth. The end of the world will be near then. OLD SUBSCRIBER. DISREGARD OF TRAFFIC LAWS Two Very , Close, Calls During the . .Past Week. ; Sometimes :::wejare made to tremble for the safety of our little ones . riding .bicycles , to . and from school. Only, last , week one of our little girls came. very, near being run down in front -of Lyon's Drug Store. On another street a little boy on a bicycle was struck by a car and knocked against the curbing. These were both narrow escapes. Since our traffic is becoming more complex every day we should exer cise greater care in driving cars. Also the people should be taught I ralic laws, i When the streets are crowded with cars and 'vehicles, don't; get impa tient and try. to break-through like some of our kuto drivers; have been in the habit of doing, a little time and patience may save a life that is! dear to someone. J. E. JACKSON The People of oxford are peculiarly blessed ThousanIs-of Cords of Wood Close : at Hand. There is satisfaction .; in the thought that there are many thous and cords of wood within a radius of ten miles of Oxford which could be brought in if it became absolut ely necessary. , . "ITou want to tell these people here how lucky they are about the coal," said a traveling man in Ox ford the other dajT. "I spent half a day in Kansas City. The stores can remani open from 9 to 4, or from 10 to 5. All restaurants are closed at 7 p. m., except a few small ones which stay open until l a. m., this being a special permit. Every moving picture place is closed. Each church is allowed one service a week. No business house is allow ed to have but one light, and that over the safe, and there is only one light at the intersection of each street. The hotels are allowed just lightN enough to carry on business, one being hardly able to read by the lights. . "Kansas City uses 100 cars of coal a day, and now has 200 cars of coal and coke. : The western railroads are all splashed to pieces by the situation Denver is practically in as bad fix as Kansas City. "The people her do not appre ciate the coal situation. Strange to say that Denver, Birmingham and Kansas City, in the center of the coal district, are the most affected by. the shortage." THE JOYS OF' THE v NORTH CAROLINA HILLS. In the Shadow of Grandfather Mountain. , A friend of the Public Ledger who spent the past sumraer at Linville, in the balsom groves of Grandfath er mountain, writes: "Such is the variety and flavor of the food here that, when you place your, foot on the threshold of the masticating de partment, your nastl proboscis is greeted with the aroma of rpasted mutton or beef, and the ailmentary nunils of . your orbicular instru ments are fixed upon large slabs of comb honey, consisting of the gath ered sweets from mountain flowers, and rivaling in delicacy the nectar of the gods. All around this infant' metropolis of the High lands are landscapes for - the arists, sublimity for the poet, recreation for the tired business man, invigo ration for the weak, ease for the old, and for- the young beautiful retreats, where Cupid wield the subduing power of hisNgoldeti dart and sends his y victims into the royal presence of Hymen, presiding- beneath his crown of sweet 'marjoram r j ONE OF THE BEST EDITORIALS OF THE YEAR ' ' - .... We Fiddle and Fiddle While Rome BurnsJ Oh! The Pity of It! (J. C Tapper in Chicago Tribune) The world is hungry for the things we eat, wear and use. Stark Hungry! The cupboard is bare as a bone. Prices mouut to staggering figures and the cry of our worker is- more pay; shorter hours and then a shortage shoots the price of things up another notch; again the cry more pay; less hours. Ye Gods! Must the 'vicious circle continue? Shall we never see that it is more hours we need, that to re duce the cost of things we use, . we must produce not less but more? , I jus't received a cablegram from my brother in London, reading, "Market bare, prices awful, hope less, sailing home. Oh, if Ameri cans would grasp their opportunity." . Prices had gotten so high in this country and merchandise so scarce, we sent two of our firm abroad, hop ing to find what, we needed and at lower prices. The cable message is the" answer! Merchandise is even shorter on the othor side than here. They have nothing to sell and their shelves are bare. They .want to buy to buy from America to buy the things that Americans make and the answer oi our workers is reduce our hours 44 hours a week instead of 60 a cut in production of 25 per cent. The writer sympathizes with those who work. He understands what hard work, privation and the struggle of life is he has lived it. He has walked eight miles a day to earn .fifty cents, carrying water for the - workers who built the town of Pullman: He has gotten out of bed at 3:00 o'clock to milk 15 cows on a Winter's morning. He has put in 15 hours a day in a store. He is not a natural born plutocrat; rath er he is the son of a steel worker. He feels that he knows the needs of those who struggle, but anjone Would be indeed foolish who failed " to see that the waste of time by car penters, plumber cr other work in turn raised the price of rent, raised the price of the very clothes that he himself wore, and everything used by him orchis fellov worker. . Short hours in the city has made the farm- worker restless; he, too, wants short Jiqurs and ; increased . pay. " "May kind" Providence preserve us if farm workers ever insist on 44 hours per week, or; an eight-hour day. - You and I, my friend, will go hungry. I farm 800 acres and I know what short hours in the city are doing for the farm. - We may keep high wages, we may keep our present scale, and still re-, duce the cost of living by a simple remedy work good, hard, honest, faithful service not 8 hours, ratht. er 10 and then some. Let us for one year, ajt least, resolve to work, and work like H .... ! C. D. RAY & SON'S HARD WARE STORE COMPLETED The Goods are Being Unpacked and Placed Upon the Shelves The business section of College street is enlivened by the completion . of the handsome Watkin's block, sit uated on the west side of the street and adjoining the Johnson Ware house on the south and the express office on the north. Shelves have been put up in the double, room next to the Johnson Warehouse, which was . leased by C. D. Ray & Son for their hardware business. Mr. Clark, an experienc ed hard ware, man tf Hendreson, is at present unpacking and placing the goods. There appears to be a whole train load of hardware goods on the first and second floors, which must be marked and properly placed before the store is open for business. The double store next to the -express office is being fitted up for Up church & Currin's furniture and un dertaking business. The store is practically ready for . them. The ' Byrum-Hunt Company, con tractors and builders, 1 are the re cipients of many congratulations for adorning Colege street; with one of the handsomest business blocks in, Oxford; ENFORCING THE SCHOOL LAW Mr. J. E. Jackson Issued Ten War rants This Week. Mr. J. E. Jackson, superintendent of welfare work in Granville put in a busy week rounding up violators of the compulsory school law. i He found a most flagrant case ov er in Tally Ho, where a guardian re fused to send his ward, a .healthy fif teen year old girl to school. The girl had not been to . Sunday School only two times in the past two years and was never inside of a school house. ' Mr. Jackson also found one man who absolutely refused to let his children attend school... When he aproached this man he accused Mr. Jackson of interfering with his bus iness and said that there was no law that could. compell him to "edu cate" his ' children. Mr. .Jackson .swore put ten war rants during the week. Some of the violators came forward jand settled without being prosecuted -" The compulsory 'school law is a good . ; one, and . all' goo people are backing Mr. Jackson in ais determi nation to enf oricelt; t 4 .''vt, Jl , 1