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VOLUME XXXV
NEWS IN SHORT FORM
SINCE OUR LAST ISSUE.
Gaston county boasts of 84 cot
ton mills.
A Gastonia physician states
that he treated 43 cases of grip or
flu in one day.
The school at Fuquay Springs
has been closed temporarily on ac
count of an epidemic of the flu.
Thirty convictions out of 32 al
leged offenders was the record of
the Mt. Airy court in cases charged
with retailing.
-New Fmley with a bunch of
ctors has been at Chimney I
movie
Roc
the
Rock for some time. DhotocrraDhme
j f i -
the wonderful scenery. !
The formal inauguration of Dr.
Harry Woodburu Chase, president j
oi L iuversiiv ui in u rui tjaroiia. win
take place April 28.
One thousand four hundred and
IUIl ItllilLO 111 V4UU ZLl lUUUlV )U VV I
ed 13,536 acres in grain last year and
harvested 75,067 bushels last sum
mer and fall.
Tobacco at $800 and 1,000 per
acre is arousing Caldwell farmers
iw.d quite a few are planning to turn I
part cf their wheat and corn lands to i
the production of the weed.
Candidates designed for the
military academy entrance examina
tions lo be held in March include:
North Carolina Clayton C. Holm
es, Council: Wiliam G. Bell, Pine-!
ville John O Cope, Murphy. j
Fitiy-eight applicants tor liceii-!
; e to practice law in North Carolina !
took the examination before the Su-
lV - iUC , "llv-!
eigm mciuamg one woman ana mree ;
negroes.
Tfeo
prings, which was formerly us-
" " 1 "
.-ehool as a screen for his nefarious '
iir. irianrahan got an
got
automobile, a cop experienced in:
Htiiljloy and a p-ain clothes man
;-.iu; xt out to get the still. He got
i wo.
After a unanimous report from 1
the Judiciary committee the Senate
M-ay without dissent confirmed
i : ,c t.' ..,71 ii s
iab 'th City, to be United States!
viiefiijjuun; comes lorwa-ru vviui.
forwn.rd with '
ih; iirst invitation to Herbert Hoov-
:i a!
eech in the south
-: i : i s ";
nv. ir. ivi ntiju ittuuv-ucu
f nrA PMVpe
.in K.r pi ed dent, ana leaves
the former food r.dministra'tcr.
j 1 " '
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ivviiation, originating
Grt-eusooro division of
with the j
the North ;
It... . T1,..! A! 1' T17,.,
. i
The longest bridge
een Raleigh and
Norfolk.
The approaches to it will be nearly a
i . .o ;i I. gth and the bridge itself
over 1,500 feet.
Pcfkera butchered at , Seven
?.p-:ug.s and La Grange recently
v . iriy'iod rioie than 700 pounds each
(: -Hi. The Seven Springs ifog'
i;u.5 ..eii. re uie iinuiio.
ron .rJ announceineut was ma
riturday that Judge J. Crawford
; oi Raleigh, will be the state
.-aign manager for O. Max Gard
(i Shribv, candidate for the de-
t .:
v, tic nomination for
crovernor. :
Riggs, in making the announ-
. r -. x : . . , ,T x x I
outlin-
ihe political career of Gardner.
iHMcn at Kinston voted to accept
vv. :, "miS;r,nnnr .noHnl" the era-
no oueen street luetnouist
pi'.v!ient of Dr. George M. Morgan;
a; 1 wife for service in the rebuild-
ii;- of the continent across the North f
A! 'antic. Dr. Morgan and wife will f
buy become beneficiaries of a part
'.! O' on street church's centenary
furr! of $5,200. which is to be raised
V:
ear for five years.
MPTF3TS ARE TO HAVE .
TWELVE MORILE SCHOOLS
Ti- S ;diM,l For Flat River, Tar Ri-
and Raleigh Associations will
ILUl In Henderson,
At a conference of the Baptist
h of the state, held' in Greens
h r list week, plans were made for
lb conduct of a'dozen mobile schools
ii Nrth Carolina durng. the week of
Thare will be twelve of these
feho i during the week designated.
That to be held in Henderson will
embrace four associations the Tar
River, the Flat River, the Raleigh
and the Central.
Among the speakers will be Rev.
S. L. Morgan, of Henderson; Rev. J.
E. Ayscue, Carthage; Rev. T. B.
Collins, Louisburg; Dr. T. W. O'Kel
ly, Raleigh; Rev. G. T. Tunstall, Ox
ford; Rev. E. R. Nelson, Henderson;
ttnr. G. N. Cowan, Apex; Rev. J. P.
Harris, Macon.
bv fire of undetermined origin last s' and the doctors are on the goi Iw -V r-Vt -V'Z Mr NHnn i 6". V L":il! H luT emoar-. urpuam meaire Qiinng mo. coming
Friday, entailing a less estimated at i .lt , , ... t I V. JnT -'vice T"' ihf nfy tor coun-hvE-ek and canvassing -will be done
-.-,,,,. , ., j night and day and seldom get a ; c.ue i-.ji.aiu ,tit-i (he t-ei vice ana money for their bail bond and i ..
lun.oou. r , . i gave him a warm shake of the hand, i CVen if entne-d to nr'son h e the town on Sunday and
tlev. George B..Hanrahan, Le-! moment's rest. The doctors hope T.i Nlf:,,v,-0 -rnnirt--! "- .. tu. , , atIoi- T?-ior qi, o-v,
,loit. r.rnivtv voifnvo rff-,v rioniovA.-i i I " -Ai.i.iucC -caucint. a:vays the satisfaction of the bank j -l-Oiiuaj, i'tbiuary 8th and 9th.
lwrniv,P, ,,co 0 hi,v ! that the disease will abate m a few ! bts. c-,n tito a.. j 1 account, reaping G per cent interest." !
Mwcrney ior -tne -erern gastric- r :y,i&W-
N. :-'h Carolina. He now begins on!orntn ilV 0rni,vine nountv. - - : pay a high ranir in 1919.". sarsltimi
a f-ur year term as prosecutor in the 1 ' 3LaY7 without public sentiment ! A WORTHY ENTERPRISE Wa-hingtcn d!r??tch. " I fession, the hospitals and the nurs
J'(.---ral couivs. j ? ffiipnt' 'OR oKAV liAA'i COfiS; .1 ; First' intimation of this new ! ing corns are prepared by nast e
, ':n--.x.., George saia. we aiv, iitenaii& uci m several counties of the State
;;. ...... u,.i,.;v a ", ! many and Austria are ciown ana oat, -r0UT)S 0f representative men in
v,;i , t. kit Uilt Lili k lemams anconqat ra 111 i several towns and explaining thi
bridge on the Roanoke below Wei- Yvwiri will tn fio-n it -R-ith ! x , . , .,
-o,,.! k.. Kiithe 011(1 t0 nn" 11 MllA- sreat work. This phase of the
i
- '! i--o 1 mn nmiis nninf H'ilson. on Ihf- cliarce oi SPGC
. , .. - ! : " "7 " , ,,r th; ..T)jthe and, develon their latent ener-
i -orM. When readv ror market ing but tailed to snow up a, tnt ap- . ' - .
i . .v. ,. w iicu iuy iv. j x , i - l gies and lead them into a higher and
car--. -S3 weighed 750 pounds. ! pointed time. i hotr li 0 m-ko iders of marv
j v ,(T"r. th- own-r of the La ' "We'll trv the case without him ; bc,f Iue ; Q --aerb oi mai.
"V. ; . , ; i ; -, u nc.t' nvn -n.rn.,r ? rn-.t i ot them and to show them their real
e Pig. which tipped the scales it he acesn t cai e io ap m couL, work is based on
; ?!lnd r.t0r. ii,, o-olilio l ' the principles of Jesus and the re-
11 oi;aeu iiioui x.vuu uo .....0 . r- " s ; iWion hft founded.
PUBLISHED j&tALYTOWN AND COUNTY OFFER BRILLIANT OPPORTUNITIES-AIL
FLU INVADES THE
PUBLIC LEDGER OFFICE
AND DELAYS PUBLICATION !
The Dreadful Disease, Wliat Ever Itj
Is, Has Touched Nearly Every
Family in Oxford and It Is Spread-
ing lo all Parts of the County
The Doctors Are on the Go Night
and Day.
Mr. Edwards Coble, the main stay
ot the PuDlic Ledger and son of theirmains reached Oxford Saturday
Pditnr PaB i,; ,.., ..j
iu.n.ru iasi oatuiuav Willi
ia,cni11 and. all the aches and pains
that old Col. Grippe and his allie
! prmlH inflinf nnnn v.," rvu .1 !
I 1
dnrtnr snnn hmVo tho ma f uJ
disease, but the weather was so bad
he would npt consent to let thejsiveliy "Abide With Me," and as xhe
young man go to the office until to-! R,1 .th th Pristian's
i Good Night. ' The other hymn
ciay. 'l he delay of the publication
was . absolutely unavoidable, and we
ask our patrons to bear with us inT.
the jdelay. We are making the best
showing possible under
the trying;
;
houses in Oxford, i
circumstances,
Qlh business
have been touched by the dreadful
; disease, and Mr. U. S
lontague's ;
, , , !
grocery store nas oeen closed tor h
I nearly a week. Nearly every home
in Oxford has been touched by the!
da'S.
HOME LAW ENFORCEMENT j
AND WORLD PROHIBITION :
FOOD
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THOUGHT
i 1 The Naiicnal Prohibition
A-
16
i
Moira ooiviiTv10Vit
v..lHc f,v.- 'jPfl,.f.
1 Even the hounds " of St. Ber-
hfn rr-cipue the bodies cimen i
w iv-h.uv, mt uoaju Li iut.i.
o rrtt vnr r.o rir.,t of rescue
I - ' . - i
' have fair play, and see what it will ;
j
1 A t'au n i r t
sriPPe or cold-whatever it isiG. T. Tm-tall paid a tribute to the 1 notCo great as it.' Those I Local speakers will be usad at 1
; i0i;u - i men ot tne countv. my. u- v. Kig-
i ? Pitv the weak brethren! Pityii r,-r.-f Dnrr,r'-:vn ti1Q
the next generation!
Pitty your
..
. '. li v.iiimi.ii.
I'ixts in i- the Will:
Lloyd i
PUTTING THE SPEEDER
OUT OF COMMISSION
Compsn-atively Speaking Mayor Stem j
Is Very Lenient.
A few davs ago a gas burner was
to ape.r DCicre iviavor rmi,
, r r tt-ti
h.
customary to fine first offenders ior
endangering limb and life $25, but
as my friend was going the limit I'll
do
likewise and make the fine $50
and costs,
nd turning to Chier
warren uie iuu;ui t&
id: "It's up to
you."
DANCING jIODIFIED
One Step Meu Im
" And Added to The I'OX Jiot,
Tanffo
) A special from Paris, where the.
fancy dances originate, says that the
dancing teachers have decided that
inasmuch as the church has con-
demned the fox trot and other steps
there is nothing to do but to suduih
Thev therefore decided to eliminate
a step from the tango ana rename n
ithe "Habanera." 'They nave auueu
I a step to the fox trot and called the
dance the spamsn. ocuuu;
Some steps have been modified in
the one step and it has been named
. e "American polka."
INFLUENZA HAS MADE ITS
REAPPEARANCE HERE
In Scattered Cases Reported The
Doctors Do Not Fear An Epidemic.
Influenza which tdok terrific toll
in Granville county last year, has re
appeared in Oxford and the county
in a mild form.
The- cases have been mild; m
fact only one death from the scourge
has been reported in the State re
cently. The outbreak of a few days
ago i attributed to. the visit pf a
Granville citizen to a city, .in which
influenza is,, epidemic. In scatter
ing cases reported the doctors do
not fear an epidemic. The disease
run its maligant course last spring
and the fall before.
,. mailv, AUbilia aiiu iuin:.. yji flip notif ffiw rjovq nieetin0" w
OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA,
: : ; . ; .
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i MR. MATT M. NELSON
j DIED LAST FRIDAY- IN
! RTfTinfOXTI HOSPTT4T,
Remains Reached Oxford Saturday-
funerai neirt From tlie Oxford
Baptist Church Sunday Afternoon;
Interment In Elimvood Cemetery.
Mr. Matt Nelson, owner of the old
Owen Warehouse and other invest
ments amounting to several thou
sand v dollars, died in Richmond hos
pital last Friday night, where he
was under medical treatment. His
and were conveyed to his resf-
rl oPO 0n T-TicrVi ctraot
aece on mgn street
The funeral was conducted from
the Oxford Baptist Church, of which
Mr. Nelson was a member, at two o-
r.lnpk fiinirtsv sftpvimnn hv flip tSna-i
.: I T- T . T-v T V . 1 t 1 -f I
' ' L' J' y-aail assiiea Dy lvev.
G. T. Tunstall.
As 'the funeral party entered, the
choir sine hprr, if-illv mid imnres-
sun
s aurme:. me runerai service was
iisieeD in jesus. ine active pan-
beares were: Luther Blackwell, W.
Yancey, Frank Hancock, Jr., Er
nest Howard, Pete Bulock, A. M.
Fruitt, Tom Mnllins, H. M. Turner.
Honorary pallbearers: John Black-
V.&11, Ed Pruitt, Will Landis, J. T.
izemore, Dr. E. T. White, Col. H. G.
Cooper, Arch McFarland, J. G. Hall
an.i J cnan easey. - ?
Lerxinrr the church tha "nrocessioh
moved slowly to Elmwood Cemetery !
whore the bodv of Mr. Nelson
bv the side
of his wite I
,T - no m
ded h
im to the grave four j
'-.;;' tZ"S'.
r.v tiv. vfin1 tro
o.
era! service, Rev
tor aid his power to save beyond the ,
grave. !
Ivir. Nelcn was born iv. tie Gras- j
sy Cre. k section cf Granvillj County i
about i years ago, and rdnce ccvaing '.
to Oxford several years ago accumu- i
latcd a ccitipelcncy. He was strick- (
y nones i
hand was
m
his dealings
any Ais
e ver or en
to the neeii":
survived by an only .daughttr,
The peep's or Granville County
have an opportunity to engage in a
i i
gaiHamg an(i carrying on tha work
t. -r ..-- .
Ul lilt- IOUUS mi:.U U Kill lbclLtli -Vb-
.jov,, v-ith ii.n mr
kJW.tt.li.VIi l 1W1 UlU WVJ III IV. jr J 3
, -- -i-v -r, .
1C1 IVL llC:.'iCi5CUUllilC Ul Lilt'
c0nty work, of Rocky Mount, and j
j Mr. Hugh D. Maydole, of New-l'.orK,
j Special ' Field Representative of the
uijciiai i iciu xifi v3v
international Y. M. C.
have been
for
ith
the;
3
M. C. A. work has been tried in but
few counties in the South. Quite a
number of counties in the North have
been organized and the work has
j)een meeting .with splendid success.
The movement has a fine program
I and one that should interest every
i T??mr7 tv n nr..s ;v n v. i . k t h . .
c j 1 T - 1- , Til- . . X
w ;
i u u. eii io 10 tcUvt; caie ui uie uu o.ui
Already quite a number of men
have taken hold of the matter ana
are rrreatlv interested. It will re- j
quire a budget of five thousand dol
lars fcr the first year and if only
five boys are reached and lifted into
a better and more useful life the
money will' be well spent. It may
seem to cost much to save a boy,
"but if that boy is yours," says Mr.
i Maydole, "it would be cneap at any
price.
OXFORD'S GREAT OPPORTUNITY
Our Growth Is Only Limited By The
Ability. to Get Material to Build
The Necessary Houses
One of the great marks in Ox-
! ford's wonderful progress is the
perty in the town has more than
doubled in a year and the prospects
are bright for its going higher.
The citizens and surrounding com
munity have shown their faith in
the town's future by investing their
money here. When the business
men cf a community show .that they
are willing to invest in real estate at
greatly advanced prices over a year
ago, it argues well for the town's fu
ture. The Public Ledges is glad to see
the great progress that has charac
terized Oxford during the year 1919
and expect to see greater progress
during the new twelve months. Our
growth is only limited by the ability
to get material to build the neces
sary, houses, both business and dwell
ing houses during this year.;
Justice J. J. Medford, who has
been suffering with rheumatic pains
for some time, has gone to Richmond
for medical treatment.. He hopes to
1, return in a week or ten days-
FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 1920
DEFIES MOONSHINERS
IN THEIR OWN HAUNTS I
"Prohibition Leader Speaks to Au
dience Which Knows All About
Stills."
The above is a copy of the head
lines that appeared in the New York
World last week, and the article:
that followed is somewhat mislead
ing in its nature. It was probably
written by some one sent out dv the
liquor interests to . trail the distin
guished counsel of the National Anti
Saloon League on his recent speak
ing tour, who spoke in Oxford re
cently. The article follows:
"Reidsville, N. C, jan. 18. Way
ne B. -Wheeler, srenpr.il cr.i nwi iv-.r
jth - e Prohibition forms this nftomnnn
r,,ij 1 j., X
der the auspices of the Law and Or
" 'Lit
der League and defied the moonshin
er to work in the face of the ner
Prchibition statue. He said that if
the local authorities of any com-1
munity were unable to coe with the S
illicit still evil, appeal to the Govern-
rmnA t-,r. w. - nn
agonts, if necessary, to stamn it out.
"He made a deep impression, for
there were many moonshiners in. the
audience
Thewood.s around Reidsville are j
full of illicit stills, seme of them op- i 1
cvnnz r-oiciy b-'-ir-R of the laxrtv
of Federal -urrvi-.
"Th-
! mederii raoca"hincr no long
er wears a slouch hat or carries a
long sir. sle-barre! f:d ctItpI "it" in
the hollovr of his ?nn ' nrnfit
enccie nini to own
a car and he
a tie, and ins
tvpt'-c- c-ft niior
is not eorunr--. With linnof
i selling at Sj5 a oua rt he is getting
rich and the risk of detection today I
E SA! WILL .
START DRIVE ON
RENT PROFITEERED
" ' "
1.019
ough the collection
of taxes 'o.i
mc
:ho " first tsps
last week, the
m
which was .Liken
i
;-ov
crnnieiiT. n :r:
ing Tandlords
;n. profit-
with
"sweet revenge'
pect.'.crar.e in an announcement bv
Daniel C. Roper, commissioner of
the bureau of internal revon.ue, -that !
forms for making income tax returns
which will be in the hands of all in
ternal revenue collectors and ready
for distribution Monday will contain
a section providing that tenants
shall include in their statements the
amounts of rents paid and to whom
It was paid. This information win
be turned over to the department, of
justice to be used in its high cost or
living campaign.
Whilo" the work cf collecting the j
internal taxes will be yav'c as heavy i
this year as it was in 1919, the gov-!
eminent will receive less revenue, j
Instead oi collecting b per cent on i
incomes between $2,000 and $4,000
from married persons as was done
last year, only 4 per cent will be ex
acted 'this time. Single persons will
get an exemption cf $1,000, as was
provided under the previous revenue
! law. On incomes above $4,000 the
normal tax will be 8 per cent instead
-of lper cent of last year. But the
surtax begins operation at $4,000
and continues upward until the gov
ernment will assess 60 p"er cent of
annual incomes above one million.
International revenue officers win
send income tax forms to all persons
who paid taxes last year. Others
; who are 'taxable must apply to the
collectors for them. Mr. Roper
warned that there would be unswerv
ing enforcement of the revenue laws.
Returns and at least one-fourth
of the amount .'due must be in the
hands of internal revenue collectors
bv the 15th of March.
FRENCH PEOPLE DECLARES
WILSON WAS POISONED
The newspaper I'Eclair cf Nice
has advanced an entirely new
"cause" of President Wilson's ill
ness.' "The president's malady accord
ing to the newspaper was caused by
a mysterious poison administered by
a Balkan blackhander last June.
Similar attempts made against
Premier Nitti of Italy and M. Trum
bitch, head of the Jugo-Slav peace
delegation failed the newspaper said.
aBBIBvH---B-H--M--B-v-H--a--M-r'
THE TOBACCO MARKET
Very Little of the Weed Coming In.
From the scanty loads of tobacco
that have reached the Oxford market
during the past ten days, we : inter
that the season's crop has practically
been sold. Occasionally a Y.ery fair
load reaches the market these days,
but such is the exception and hot the
rule.
The season in Oxford will end it
is announced, on Wednesday, Feb-
,riiary 11.
House Bums Down ,
The residence of Dr. Anderson, on
Granville Street, caught fire Thurs
day afternoon and the roof was prac-
tically consumed Derore me iiriueu
could get the blaze under control.
o- fennnf i-rlio hoc i Thii nmoitrtr - ' - :
HOME PRINT.
! OXFORD SCHOOLS ARE
I
CLOSED FOR FEW DAYS i
Bad Weather and the Epidemic Is!- Chapel Hill, Jan. 25. One sta
tue Cause, j dent totally blind, one Porto Rican,
Prof. G. B Phillips, Sjperinten- j two pairs of brothers, iive co-eds and
dent c f the Oxford schools, said th-,t j one . married couple, husband and
on account of the large number of ;
Perils who are shk and localise
those who are still well do not feel
safe in coming to school during such
bad weather with an epidemic spre
ading the schools were closed Mon
day morning to be reopened just as
soon as conditions will permit. No
more time will be lost than is abso
lute necessary to preserve the health
of the pupils and teacherj.
Fully three fourths of all : ui-ils
were absent when th-3 rolls were call
ed Monday. It would have been
foolish to operate ihe plants for this
number.
Notice will be given out and all
Parents and children are requested
t0 e 011 tne lookout for such notice
regarding reopening.
WORLD PROHIBITION MOVE
MENT 'dKIVE UNDER WAY
Mr. S. H. Priteliard Takes Charge of I
The Work.
Oxford aslcpd'to rm' mmt, nf k
vi. Y
uu.uu ror Anti-balocn League to be ;
used for Law Enforcement, Pan
American Porhibition and the exten
sion of this work to the Western
Hemisphere. Mr S. H . Pritchard j Wilmington, Oxford, Salisbury, Gas-1:
takes entire charge of the work here! tonia and Raleigh have three each,
as Director, with Mr. W. T. YaneeH Oxford Ws are: John G. Mit
v r ' i n i p . . - jchell, M. Rountree and i. W. Un-'
oi the National Bank of Granville, church. -
assiscing nim as treasurer.
f ie '
THE RETURN OF THE
si -ExiK'-'icnte Is a Most ValaaWs i
! Teai'-icr. ! 1:or' tn9 chairmen of the house and
I -tt-1 :i u " "V - .(senate committees on finance and
! vvli itUi'rc i i'-c-,a-ui
! f cr a season cf influenza and uneu- i
"coma it is an encourasrm-? fact that
these diseases have -made return u.
rauch milder form than characteri
sed the first- epidemic which swept
perieiice to handle the situation much
more effectively than was
under former conditions.
- i l
The country, furthermore, will
feel a greater measure of safety be-
cause of the organized readiness of ; tion by 'the legislature."
the Red Cross chapters in all parts of j The budget commission is meet
the country are organized and 'pre-I ing with the tax commission much in
pared to combat the disease wher- i advance of the special session of the ;
ever developed. The Red Cross not j legislature, but that is considered
only has an efficient body of work-1 necessary this year because the re
ers at its commiwl, but is measur- I valuation vr ohon"'es the eld system.
ably well provided with money
It is scarcely possible that the in-
fluenza could find so helpless a fieldV,
to operate in as it found in 1918.
NEWS NOTES FROM STEM
:ur. liODt. Li. LiOngmire, oxrora
Route 6, has purchased a piano.
Mr. T. C. Goss, of Route 2, lost I gest pcstolfice appropriation bill ev
a fine milch cow Mcndav night. j er presented, carrying $560,977,866
-Mr. C. H. Parrish, of Route 1, 1 V
purchased a Ford touring car . lasi
week.
' ' . : Smuh of Oxford Route
6, is visitng relatives at Fuquay
Springs
Mr. Elijah Daniel, Route 2, visi
ted his wife who is in the hospital in
Durham, and reports that she hopes
to return home in a few days.
We are sorry to note that Mr. T.
M. Thomasson, Route 3, is quite ill,
and is in Watt's hospital, Durham j routes also were eliminated, mem
fcr treatment. bers urging that existing methods of
Mr."b. S. Reid a substantial I mail delivery were adequate.
business man of Winston-Salem, is Extraordinary increases in prices
spending a few days with his sister, of supplies and the rapid increase in
Mrs. J. H. Goocb. the volume of business necessitated
Amie Currin and brother John, of
Oxford Route 2, spent the week end
with Misses Jessie and Thelma Over-
by, Oxford Route 3. j
vv e n?t,rvJi iu iiuie iuai xui&a
Muzetto Bragg, of Route 3, is in
with pneumonia. Rev. P. G. Hart
sell and wife, Mrs. Fannie Hartsell,
sister of Miss Muzette,- of Star, are
at her bedside.
Elanor, the little daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. M. S. iviayes, is quite
ill from the effects of ptomaine
poisoning last Summer. Her grana-
Tto her home with a mild attack
of influenza.
LECTURE POSPONED
Miss Schiffer Will Not Come to Ox
ford Until February 5.
The Chairman of the Home Eco
nomic Department of the Oxford
Woman's Club says that on account
of so much bad weather and sick
ness . in our midst, the . lecture on
Household Management that was to
take place on the 27th has been
postponed until February 5, at 3:30
in the afternoon at the Oxford 'Libr
ary. . . ' ; '- ' - J
Charles S. Hallanan, state pro
hibition commissioner, says? that the
nrohibition laws will be relaxed in
regard to the liquor regulations f or i
the benefit of the influenza suffers,
NUMBER 8
OXFORD BOYS ON THE
UNIVERSITY HONOR ROLL
wife are among the 75 undergradu-
ate students of the University of
North Carolina who during the past
fall made grades of 90 percent and
above on all their studies. The
figures have just been announced by'
Dr. Thomas J. Wilson, Jr., registiar
pf the university.
Among the 75, eight students
stand out as having made the high
est possible grade on every course
they took. A student who makes
above 95 percent on a course is grad
ed "one" and between 90 and 95
percent on a course is grade "two."
Particularly noteworthy Dr. Wil
son pointed out was the record of
B. B. Worsham of Reith Bend, Va.,
Worsham is totally blind. He can
not see the light of day. He is one
cf the three blind students who en
tered the university last fall from'
the North Carolina school for blind
I at Raloish. He takes the same wori
thrit ether freshmen do and he re-
: ceives no favor of any sort. Yet his.,
I grade for the fall quarter place him
on the honor roll of students with
the average grade of 1.7
Chapel Hill leades all towns in the
state in number of, students on the
honor roll with 6 and another from
Carrboro, just adjoining Chanel' Hill
BUDGET C03LMISSION
HELD ITS FHIST MEETING
Ccyinmission Was Provided For At
Last Session of State Legislature
First Will Get Estimates and Then
Will 3Iap Out Expense Account.
Raleigh, Jan. 26. The budget
commission, consisting of the gover-
appropriations, provided for in
last sop?i-;n of. th leHr.lnti'rf
the
will
V; f l A lie fI C-nfcin ill DnlnirvVi
on :
January 28. The commission at
this time will meet with the tax com
mission and the district supervisors '
for,: revaluation ,kwork; ; The budget ,:r
purjose of familiarizing themselves, '.
j with the details preparatory to mak-?
ins up their budget for the next .
This budget will be submitted to
the legislature, and will become the
budget of trie state upon its adop-
of taxes, ond this imposes more de
tailed study and work on the budget
commit lienors than will be required
in the future.
HOUSE ADOPTS LARGE POST-
Washington, Jan. 25. The lar-
for maintenance of the department
during 1921 has passed house. The
original estimate was $391,713,673
but the hcuse added $75,783,911
fcr increaBe in salariea prov
in previous legislation.
ded for
Provisions for continuing Ihe ex
isting aeroplane mail service after
July 1, and for its extension were
eliminated from the bill.
Appropriations for experiments in
operation of motor vehicle truck
routes and country motor express
COMPERS GETS WHAT'S
COMING TO HIM
Texas Congressman Denounces Him
For His Opposition To Anti-Sedition
Laws.
(Washington Special)
Urging enactment of anti-sedition
legislation before the House Rules
Committee, Representative Blantoii,
Democrat, of Texas, vigorously at
tacked President Gompers, cf the
American Federation of Labor for
his opposition , to such legislation,
and Fed
Asserting that, Mr. Gompers had
not been patriotic during the- war,
Mr. Blanton charged that when Pro
vost Marshal General Crowder issued
his "work or fight order," the labor
leader openly opposed it, . declaring
he "would call a revolution."
Blanton added that 6,000 strikes
occurred in this country during the
war, and that at times President
Wilson had to compel men to wort.
David Franklin Houston, of St.
Louis, Mo. who has been secretary of
sericulture since the beginning of the
Wilson administration, was given
the treasury portfolio, and Edwin
L. Meredith,; a newspaper man, of
Des Moines, la., was named to suc-
ceed him as head of the department
of agriculture
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