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V-' - - - - 1 Hi VOM-ME XXXIV vn S IX SHORT FORM SINCE OUR LAST ISSUE. A bill directing errection of a m,moiial to Sir Walter Raleigh, at! liiiloigh, N. C, was introduced Wed iniday by Senator Overman, North Carolina. - - Following an illness of a month (v move, R. L. Robb, a well known farmer who lived only a short dis tance from Henderson, died Monday of a complication of diseases. He v,-lis 45 years old. - - The National Association for tl1;; Protection of American Rights in .Mexico has sent out for publica throughout the country a map .,,,1 statement' showing that 551 V loricans have been killed in Mex i o iuce November 20, 1910. .-All teachers of high school n a r hematics in the state will be in-tVn-ied in the coming meeting of die North Carolina Mathematical Teachers' conference This meeting viu be held in Greensboro January 31." "1920. Dr. J. H. Batt, a prominent physician, his brother-in-law, John and Royal Cotton, of Charles ton, were killed in a pistol fight Snnuay night at the country home or Mrs. S. 0 J. T. Bell near St. Stephens, Protesting against enactment of the Cummins railroad bill, Samuel Gei;i j-ers and representatives of the i; ilroad brotherhoods and farmers organizations urged the Senate In t filiate Commerce Committee to v, hi' raw the measure and give gov t v-i .-out operation of the roads a iT;; and thorough peace-time test. Education of union labor men, loaders and rank and file, is ,r , , i the principal aims of the As--,.. : d Teacher's Union, local 71 of th American Federation of Teach-et- v, hich is just organizing in the i'uiulMes of the colleges and schools of New York. The Teachers' Fed era' ion is affiliated with the Amer ua.i Federation of Labor. -C.reat Britain is prepared now to release American-owned goods r:t .1 during the war upon the es tablishment of their American own ership at the time the goods were shipped. It is understood to include mods shipped both from the United ?vies to Germany and from Ger n.r.rsy to this country. -Hotels, restaurants and soda contains in Atlanta may not charge ir.orc than the pre-war rate of five ten; 3 a glass for coffee, tea, choco ; ,. coco, chocolate milk, sweet milk or butter milk under orders of the 1 cal fair price committee. The (v h r also provides that at least ten r.nh.l ounces or buttermilk and six el' r.n.H- drinks must be served for a nicl h . At nearly all places here ten coins had been the minimum. - -nt'iy thousand dollars for hmwe i s ions in about 250 places in :, C -volina including salaries for IT" ;,ien. was appropriated by thf Hoard of Missions of the State Rimhi Convention at a meeting in !!;,!, i'Ji Tuesday. Dr. I. M. Mercer, of Wilson, was elected president; Per. J. I). Moore, of Raleigh, office manager, and J. D. Berry, of Ral f krh, secretary-treasurer. There are twenty-one members of the board Dr. Wm. Osier, regius profes sor at Oxford, England, is reported dyiiii;. Dr. Osier is perhaps best remembered in this country for his famous statement (which he never made) that man's usefulness was ovtr at 60 year, and it were best that he be chloroformed at that age. Living himself to the age of 70, he is the best example of the falesness of the theory that was attributed to iiira. Hundreds of tons of old Ger man army ammunition were discov ered recently by American soldiers in a secret subterranean cell below an ordnance depot not far from Coibenz. Numerous secret passages have been found. They lead from barracks used for year by the Ger man army to military points in the vicinity of Coblenz, but some of them have been out of use so long that they are virtually worthless from a military point of view. Some of the passages extended for miles. THE MARRIAGE RECORD , Preddy-Deraent At the Oxford Mehtodist parson Tuesday at high noon, Miss Florence Dement became the bride of Mr. J. C. Preddy. Mrs. Preddy has been one of Granvilles most popular teachers and is "a -very charming woman. Mr. Preddy is a substantial farmer in the southern part of Granville. At home after the first of January, Franklin, Rt. 1-Tillotson-Baker Mr. Luciene Baker and Miss Marie TillotKon were united in marriage Wednesday afternono at the home V the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs Gray Tillotson, near Stovall, Rev. G T. Tunstall officiating. ' TO'iACCO THIEVES CAPTURED 1 He Negroes Implicated in the Crime Hearing Tomorrow : Chief Hobgood and Sheriff Hunt av rounded up five colored m6n; Jv"ho are charged, with-stealing -to-baceo from the warehouses. It is i ought that two othr negroes, are lnipiicated. . - , .-.c , The heaving will be held in the Jjurt house tomorrow, Justice J. J. Bedford presides. y ' . - . . ' 1 PUBLISHED- SEMI-WEEKLY TO WN-AND COUNTY OFFER BRILLIANT OPPORTUNITIES WORK COVERED BY HOME SERVICE SECTION GRANVILLE RED CROSS From March 1919 toTtecember 1919 Cases oii-File 185 Tracing allotments and allow- iuioes Procurnig Insurance 'for YamY hes at death of soldiers. . . . Letters and advice concerning insurance . . ....... Corncering Arreas of Men's" pay Apply for Liberty Bonds which were purchased in service. . Filling claims for Compensation Medical Treatment and Voca tional Training for Disabled Men, . . Providing for dependent of Men while in Service (financial aid) Investigating: h omn nnnHitinnc 63 17 29 18 j j mie in service (financial A . 20 request and applying for discharge . . n Locating men who have been lost sight of in the sea-vice.. . 17 Apply ing for $60 bonus ' 20 Locating allottes to who checks had never been delivered . , 10 billing claims for funeral ex penses of deceased allottee . , " Apply for allowance for new born children Securing certificate of Service in lieu of lost Discharge paper Furnishing transportation for strended discharged soldiers . Writing letters to men in ser vice for relatives 1 Settling Home Problems Securing delayed discharge papers 7 Locating families of Men in service ... 5 Concerning physical condition after compensation has been received 3 Concerning disabled soldiers. . . 16 Financial aid to Soldiers and Sailors after discharge 4 Furnishing Affidavits for addi tional travel pay 2 Total Services 295 This report does not give' the pub lic any idea of the amount of work it represents. We have been called upon to locate or correspond with Soldiers from New York to Panama, and as far westas New Mexico, to say nothing of many who were dis tressed over not hearing from their boys ''Over Seas" andUcalled , upon. us for information, in almost every case the results were prompt and satisfactory. Many homes inthe town and coun ty have been visited that we might come in closer touch with the Sol dier and know his needs, etc. Each case will average from three to five letters. On account of de layed allotments, some have been in great need, after investigation to these we have rendered financial aid. Perhaps our .greatest work for the past three months has been the care of the Disabled Soldier cases that would have probably gone into "tuberculosis", have been given treahmenat at Government Hospi tals through the Bureau of After Care of Disabled Soldiers and Sail ors, of the American Red Cross at Atlanta. Especially appreciative are the Soldiers to the different "Notary Publics," for the number of affidav its that have been signed for them free of charge. It is a source of regret that there is unavoidable delay at Washington in reply to letters, caused by the in oeivable rush of mails. MISS EDNA WHITE, Secy. MISS BELLE COOPER, V-Chm'n. OXFORD TOBACCO MARKET Move Than Eight Million Pounds Sold This Season Closed-for the Holidays. The offerings on the Oxford To bacco Market have been rather light this week. The class of tobacco now being marketed is below the general run, taken as a whole, but now and then the buyers run across a pile that sells for more than a dollar the pound. More than eight million pounds have been sold here this season, and tobacco men estimate that the total crop will reach the nine million pound mark, which means that the farmers of the county will have rea lized about $5,000,000 for the crop. " At the close of the saies today the market will close for the holi days and reopen on Tuesday morn ing, January 6 th. PALMER ADVOCATES STEPS TO DOWN HIGH COST OF LIVING Let Women Do Buying and Remob ilize "Four Minute Men" "Conservation and ..economy" meetings in every community, use of influences of mayors and prosecutors to stablize industrial conditions, re mobilization of the "four minute men" and buying by fWomen, who reprsent niney-per-cent of the Na tion's purchasing power," of nothing out f actual necessities untU pr ces come down are some of thetops advocated by Attorney General Pal mer in a speech at Chicago Wednes dalo meet the high cost of living. Big Sale Still On - -The big reduction sale at Conn & Son's i still on. See the .second page of this paper for bargains. OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA, VT nr-M- m . i ra?OTsi4Wrif. olDERAliLE DAMAGE ; ) I wrigm ot me Fire is Unknown ' RXe2uudred Pounds of Sausage m-. - "'-' ! HoT 1 uated three miles south of Oxford, j Cases con timiY ' Vi was destroyed bv .iw wnOe;ilasel C0ntagI0Us dl HigUl. . , inTK'A. .Tfi5;ife Cards of Examined school " -.vii iuc (tllU Was USbU; as a wash house contained a 1 'solid concrete floor and a fire-place K Mr0.noAiB. x., K 1 , - iaiiicio aim iier utup were Dusy an aay ..dressing pork and -making sausage, and when night came Mrs. Daniels "banked" the fire and lock- ed the door. When the fire was discovered .about 10 o'clock the building was 1 wrapped in flames phH nnthin? could be done to save it. The fact that there was a concrete floor and that, Mrs. Daniels had taken the precaution to "bank' 'the nre, me origin oi me Diaze is a mystery. Mr? Daniels' son, who arrived at home in the afternoon, parked his car near the wash house, and it, too, 'went up, in flames- Four hundred pounds of sausage and some of the irork, which was left in. the building, was a total loss. C i.1 ' - n . t m - bupenntenaent uanieis places his personal loss at several hundred lars, and the loss to the county was not "less than $1000. The inmates of the home were greatly excited, and it being the 17 th day of December, . some of them thought that the world had come to an end sure enough. SERVICES AT THE GRADED SCHOOL SUNDAY NIGHT Next Sunday evening at 6:30 o'- clock there will be a short Christ mas service in the auditorium of the uraaea fccnooi. - ine carojs will oe Ky J Af VilVl U. KJ KJ 1 W V1111U1 VH The local ministers will also take part in the exercises- , ' ' This service will consume about forty-five minutes and will not in fringe upon the regular services of the churches. The public is cordial ly invited to be present. The Program Processional . ... Mendelssohn Invocation Sing Hosannas .... . . Mendelssohn Christmas Bells Beethoven Scripture Reading Long Age the Shephers Watching. . Off Gnl33cti Prince of Peace Braga Address Sleep, Sweetly Sleep Baptiste Star of Hope Wagner Benediction Recessional Smart AT THE GRADED SCHOOL AUDITORIUM TONIGHT Miss Harold Will Present Second Number of Lyceum Course at 7:80 O'clock MISS CLARISSA HAROLD Miss Harold is a , gifted and charming person who is by nature and training equipped for her work as reader and interpreter of plays. Such plays as the following appear in her selections: Expreience, Truth, Mary Magdalene, Wind Tossed Sayr les, Bible Stories, Evenings with Modern Poets and many other strong attractions. Please remember that all tickets must be checked this time tor the final performances. Thus far there has been no conflict in seats- It will be necessary for all tickets to bear the mark of this performance before a seat can be secured. TEACHINGS OF JESUS WILL SOLVE UNREST Presbyterians Called Upon to Apply Them to Industrial Tension Ninety-six hundred Presbyterian churches in the United States have been advised that the teachings of Jesus Christ would solve the indus trial " problems. The churches were urged by Dr. John McDowell, direc tor of the social, service division of the Presbyterian New Era movement tn nnniv the teachings of Jesus un- derstandingly to -the solution of the industrial Questions. F MKT j:x-v": M FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1919 WORK PONE IN NOV. BY j mmw m?u mir Ain! .. inaauin vrrjjD;; Public maet.nCT, hplrt . . .held . : No. nf 1 pttora cent nnf .". . 4 ...485 Cases, contagious diseases 210 antined . . 130 seases vis- 34 . T ...... , 30 nil 1 1 rl ran incl trt-kA CCO xt v. i j X ?T reu ea. . y No. Life extention examinations made , 2 No. vaccinated against small pox . . 47 Visits to sick at county home. . 1 Visits to county jail : . . ... ..... 3 No. Miles traveled 625 In addition to the above much time has been given to individuals in giving specific directions as to the construction of Sanitary Privies as comprehended by the law relating to them in North Carolina. I want, to be of help to every one who wants to conform to that law, and yet feels like te does not exact ly know how to proceed. The public attention is also again called to the fact that . no unvacci- nated person is safe from snialipox.K, nm, t. onm-mnXtv Hw mi i n i j r ThP nnmnor nf psscpq jsg nnr npfinit- elv known. Not. all are reported: dol-jand so j cannot ascertain how n:any f case3 we iiave in the county, j "'smallpox has no respect for the ; opinions of any one, but it has such ' a wholesome resnect for a eood scar ! produced by vacillation that I have never seen a case of smallpox in a person having a good scar. Vacci nation is free to everybody in the office of the Health Officer of the county. J. A. MORRIS, Co. Health Officer i DISTILLERS FIND WAY . . T0 DISPOSE OF LIQUORS Cuba Is to Be the Great Landing Place For Booze. Louisville, Ky., Dec. 18. A way out apparently has been found for distillers caught with large stocks of liquor on hand by the Supereme court's decision holding wartime prohibition constitutional. A plan was presented to distillers by representatives of steamship lines operating service out of Charleston, Brunswick, Jacksonville, Savannah and Wilmington, to Cuba, South Ameriea -and, Uurope. It contem plates immediate shipment of liquor stocks in Kentucky estimated at 39,- 000.000 gallons in bonded ware houses, largely to Cuban ports for,nave nioved into their new residence storage and subsequent resale in Cu ba, or shipment to other foreign countries. To Handle the Trade Havana, Cuba, Dec. 18. Cuba is making ready to handle the trade. Here is what awaits the tourists: Three breweries, beer "at five cents a glass, 10 cents a bottle. All night cabaret and gambling halls with the tropical sky as the limit. Shiploads of all kinds of 2 wines and liquors. Whiskey, 15 cents a glass, cock tails 25c each. Here's what is planned for the future: A 2,000 room hotel on the Stat ler plan, to cost $6,000,000. : Other hotels, more exclusive, with rooms at $30 a day. A Drivate bank with a bathing 'pool filled with bathing beauties im ported from Broadway. More gambling halls, more caba rets, more everything. An airplane line to Key West, Fla., which will begin serving drinks to passengers after the three-mile limit is passed. BUSINESS MAY NOW RESUME ITS NOMAL COURSE Christmas Should Be a Merry Old Time. The removal of restrictions on the use of light and heat follows the set tlement of the coal strike without delay. , Business may now resume its nor mal course and every business man may get as much coal as he can in duce any one to sell him. Or he may use the supply he has on hand, confident that within two or three weeks it will be possible for him to renew it according to his needs. Now it is possible for us all to enter the season of Christmas holi days in a cheerful mood and at night to go about the street festive with the usual display of lights making attractive the show windows of the shops, gay with gifts awaiting trans fer from the merchants to the recip ients. COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS TREE. In Front at the Court House Christ mas Eve. The Civic Department of the Ox ford Woman's Club will have a short Christmas service in front of the court house at 7:30 p. m. Christmas eve- Ashort address will be made by Rev. R. C Craven, and all the other ministers of the town" will as sist in the services. The Graded school children wUl render carols and hymns, under the leadership of Mrs. John Booth. There will be a fire in the court house for the comfort of those who wish to stay indoors. Everybody is cordially invited to A attend. -AIL HOME PRINT. LETTKB FROM THE. JA11TA1j OF TALLY HO (W. R. MANGTJM) First Lieut. David L. Hardee who is in the regular United States Army and who is stationed at Camp Taylor, Louisville, Ky., arrived at home last week on a thirty day fur lough. Lieutenant Hardee is a son previous to his entry into the mil itry service, was manager of the publicity department of the Wacho via Bank and Trust Co., of-Winston-Salem. He fought with distinguish ed bravery through the Meuse, Ar gonne offensive and was among the last U. S. Soldiers to return from France. He is a fine ispeciman of humanity and a true type of Ameri man army officer. The mountain section just above Shoo Fly and around Mt. Ver non colored church, is full of small pox. Dr. Morris was called out there Monday to visit the colored school, and found five cases well de veloped among the children in the school building. When the writer asked him about the situation he re plied that it is amusing to know just how much smallpox there is up Y) nra TTo adirieoG oil ir nrntont r - v - iv ha tuv vjviiiiiiuiiiij j j - ... rf J being" vaccinated Mr. Milton Washington, who has been in Exeter, Calf., for the past eight years arrived at the home of his father, .Mr. W. H. Washing ton, of Stem Route 1, Tuesday, and will spend about three weeks visit ing relatives in this section before returning to California where he is engaged in business. Mr. E. Bacon Hardee son of Dr. and Mrs. P. R. Hardee who is in Trinity college this session, was taken suddenly ill with appen dicitis last Thursday evening about 7 o'clock and was taken immediat ely to the hospital and operated up on. We are glad to know that he is getting along nicely and expects to be at home in a short. time. ' Sergeant Frank T. Cozart ar rived at home Tuesday from Staten Island, N. Y:, where tie has been stationed for the past year in the drug department of the hospital. Ev erybody is delighted toUiave Frank at home again and he is universally liked by all who know him. Work will commence the first of the year on the new Stem Auto Garage. Mr. M. S. Mayes, an ex pert mechanic will be a , member of the new concern and will give the business close attention. : Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Brinkley on Sunset street Messrs O. T. and E. P. Mangum have moved into their house on the same street va cated by Mr. Brinkley. Mr. F..M. Thomasson, of Route 3, and Mr. Armie Daniel, of Tally Ho, each purchased a new Ford touring car last week. Three oth er people of Tally Ho have put in orders for new cars. Beginning January " first there will be preaching at Tally Ho on the third Sunday and Saturday before, instead of the fourth. Miss Jessie Overby, of Oxford Route, 6, returned ihome Sunday from a visit to Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Jones of the county. The tobacco crop of this com munity is practically all sold, with a scattering load left here and tliere. Mr. R. Toombs Cozart recently made a visit to Chester, Pa., where he visited his best laJy friend. MEXICO CLAIMS THE RELEASE OF JENKINS CLEARS DISPUTE Mexico City, Dec. 18. The re lease of William 0. Jenkins, the American Consular Agent at Puebla under bail has removed all motive for misunderstanding between the United States and Mexico, the Mex ican reply to the latest American note. The note declares the Jenkins case had taken on an altogether dif ferent aspect since the American's release. In nolite terms it differs with the American objection to for mal technical legalities, reaffirming that the Jenkins case is an entirely legal one. THE OFFICE OF OUR HEALTH OFFICER Located Over the Law Office of Graham and Devin On acount of the crowded condi tion of the Court House, it became necessary for Dr. Morris, the County Health Officer, to find quarters else where. He is now located over the office of Graham & Devin, on Hills boro street. It is to be regretted that this im portant county office is not grouped with the other county offices in the Court House. The only way in which this could be done would be for the County Board to hold its meetings in the court room, but the fact that the Grand Jury uses the same room precludes any such idea. The only way out of the dilema is to enlarge the court house, not on ly to take care , of the health work, but to accomodate the accumulation of records. ' TAX PAYERS Will please take notice that a pen alty of 1 per ment per month is be ing added to all taxes not paid by December 1st. Better come across now and save any further expense. R. B. HINES, Tax Collector. Dec. 15th, 1919. NUMBER 101 PENSION 310NEY IS NOW BEING DISTRIBUTED Confederate Veterans and Widows Get Allotments From State Fund Pension money to be distributed among deserving Confederate veter ance and widows of the Confederacy, as provided by the . State of North Carolina, has been received by Judge Cam Hunt, clerk of the superior court, and is now ready for distri bution to those entitled to a share. The pension now - is more by one- fourth than it has heretofore been, although under the act of the 1919 Legislature making is so only half is distributed now, the other half to be given next June. There is one first-class pensioner who gets $50 at this time and a like amount next June; one in the second-class, whQ gets $45 now, or half of the annua! allowance, and one in the third-class whose allowance is $40. There are 61 fourthclass ap plicants and 44 widows of Confeder ate soldiers who receive $30 now as half of the "yearly allotment. Class 1 is composed of ex-soldiers totally disabled; Class 2 are men who lest one arm or one leg above the first joint; and Class 4 is made up of men who were about three fourths disabled, being afflicted with old age or disease. The re quirements for widows is that they shall have married a Confederate soldier prior to the year 1868. Judge Hunt desires to place the money in the hands of the pension ers before Christmas. THERE IS NO ROOM ABROAD FOR SIGHTSEERS Admonition to Americans Who Con template Touring Battlefields Next Year. (New York Special) Americans who contemplate visit ing the battlefields in Europe next spring or summer will be well ad vised to secure their hotel accom modations well in advance or to postpone their journey until condi tions are more favorable. Percy S. Builen, treasurer of the Association of foreign Press Representatives in the United States, who has just re turned to New York, says that Lon don even now cannot find room for visitors, and that the state of affairs when the floodgates of tourist in vasion are again open will be ap palling unless the intending Ameri can, , visitors , are forewarned and therefore forearmed.. It is estimated that some 2,000, '000 persons one for each man sent to Europe by the United States dur ing the war are making plans for a trans-Atlantic trip in the next two vpnrs. Their chief object is to see the historic spots where the Ameri can soldiers fought the Argonne Forest, Chateau-Thierry, bt. MihieL and in devote such a period to a visit to England as time and funds will permit. MR. HOEY WINS OUT IN THE NINTH DlSTiuu'i: Morehead, Republican, Reduced the Democratic uiujumj and Votes. rt a Vnr several oi me ivcvibcu , mountain counties of the ninth , con gressional district gives tiuey ; vQ onprinl election . or. majority m - - , Tuesday, in which he was elected ov er John M. Morehead to succeed Judge Yates weou m v.uuB' Burke county remained in the re publican column and gave Morehead a majority variously estimated from. 100 to 150, according to reports from Morganton- Republican head quarters in Charlotte would concere Hoey a majority of only 1,100- The Democratic majority in the district was reduced from 4,152 to 1 864 a los of nearly 2,300 votes. ' It apears that both sides are fair ly well salisfiied, the Republicans because of the inroads made upon the Democratic vote, while the Dem ocrats claim the result was quite favorable considering the fact that this was a bye-election. WATCH THE LABLti ON YOUR PUBLIC LEDGER. The Subscription Price Will Be $2 After January 1st. Subscribers will please notice the label on their copy of the Public Ledger. If you renew before Jan uary 1, 1920, the price will be at the old rate of $1.50 per year. On and after that date the subscription price will be $2.00. Mr. Hart Overton, who can be found on the streets of Oxford every day, is' our authorized agent to take ubscriptions. The date on the label is the date your paper will be stop ped. - Burnt By a Fire Poker. regret to learn that Mr. Joe Hunt, mail carrier on Oxford Route 7, had the misfortune to have nis p.vfl burnt very badly last Thursday morning. Mr. Hunt stooped down to pick up his child that had gotten too near the fire and just as he start ed to raise up the hot poker fell and he caught the blow right under the; fight eye.' Mr. ' Hunt hopes to be able . to carry his route in a few .days: , ; Fine Holiday Bill O The management -of the Orpheum has booked a fine holiday bill. See the announcement on the fifth page of this paper. Matine every after noon at ?. o'clock. The evening cur tain is at 7 o'clock sharp.
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