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PUBLISHED SEMl-WEEKLYTO WN AND COUNTY OFFER BRILLIANT OPPORTTJNITJti H0me print: VOLUME XXXV OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1920 DR. J. A. MORRIS, OUR j TWELVE FOOT MACADAM riee HMATiTH OFFICER. POITVTft TO THE SCRIPTURES ivuau to KINTON FORK the Jewish Law As Laid Down ! Such a Road Would Cost 0nly .500 Per Mile. Quite a number of the leading cit- i OFFICERS ROUTE MOONSHINERS OVER IN FISHING CREEK. in Leviticus At a time not very remote from the present it was not known how any disease was transferred from person to person; but from very re mote times it has been known that it occurred The leper we know in early Jewish history must cry "Un clean!" to warn approaching -- per sons that the leper could infect the one approaching. . - In Levistcus 13.45-46 the Jewish law declared that a person afflicted with leprosy should wear a cover ing upon his upper lip and shall cry Unclean, unclean; and shall live alone outside the camp of that peo plae. To this people this was a God directed quarantine. Its wisdom has never been questioned. It is sepa ration of the infected from the un infected. Whoever wishes to know the quarantine law of the book of our religion will find it . in the booK of Leviticus. This book makes the appointed meeting place of God and man a holy place into which place sick peo ple should not come. From this place was excluded even those who had touched the dead or defiled by disease or other form of the ex pression of sin. Today we need the same protec tion, that while in the house of God we should not go up to the place to i ue uenieu, ui ueuie aiiutiier ac cording to our cleannss or unclean ness in this matter of sin. A person will not knowingly "kill another, or even make the other suf fer. But it is common knowledge that one will, because he is ignorant i of how he does the evil thing, make another suffer and even kill the other. Suffering and death thus at the hands of another is no less real because it comes by the way of ig norance. To perpetrate the conse quences of such ignorance is one of They Had Laid the Foundation For a Big Business. izens of Northern Granville and-L L 5 " those who live .on the Oxford-Kinton ! day tnat tne moonshiners . in Fish Fork road and around Hester Church! ing Creek, beyond Fairport, were j ii . aim me east prong of the road at Kinton Fork are discussing the ad vantage to be derived from a twelve foot warranite or macadam road be tween Oxford and Kinton Fork, a distance of four miles. It is said that some of the county commissioners look with favor upon the project. The road would have a four inch base of crushed stone, covered with cement and finished off with warrinite, the everlasting stuff that the R. G. Lassiter Construction Company used on the streets of Ox ford. Such a road would cost about $1,500 per mile. It is claimed that there is nc soil on the stretch of road between Ox ford and Kinton Fork, and such be ing the case, Warranite would be much cheaper than the long-haul of soil, to say nothing of the smoothness and duribility of the road. The business men of. Oxford hold with delight the prospect of the road being built during the present sum mer. It is said that one-fifth of the trade that reaches Oxford comes in over th&-four mile stretch of road "be tween Oxford and Kinton Fork, and in the winter it is the most deplor able road in the county. THE FLU IS SPREADING AMONG THE COLORED PEOPLE Four Burials At Corinth Colored Church Wednesday Afternoon. Rennrts renrVi the Pnh1i T .gA&av the "exteremes of wickedness it is; office to the effect that the flu i8 I'liimiicu wucu waimug uas utseii spreading at a fearful rate among the colored people of the County. There is very little influenza in Ox ford among the colored people. The epidemic that' raged here last week, if such - it could be called, was con fined almost exclusively to the white people. The flu has reached the top planning to manufacture corn liquor on a large- scale to supply the moral stunted in Oxford, . Henderson, Creedmoor, Durham and other thirsty towns 4n this section of the State. Sheriff Hunt called Deputy Con rad Walters, Deputy Lyon and Day is about him on Monday afternoon, and after placing a chart of the moonshine area in their hands, dis patched them with the injunction to "do or die." They found the rendezvous of the moonshiners on a clear trickling stream about one hundred yards from where it empties into the placid waters of Tabb's Creek; Dep uty Walters said that it is the most romantic spot in all Granville and well fortified by nature. The ren dezvous had as a back ground a large boulder, known for more than a century as "lovers leap.'.' This secluded spot could only be reach ed from tne west by a winding path which was guarded by night and day f i om a clump of trees and stone 100 yards to the right and which resembled a German machine gun nest. 'In front of the rendezvous flows Tabb Creek through an open country dotted with farm houses and grazing cattle. The moonshiners had selected this secluded soot with a view of doing a big business. When the officers arrived on the scene every thing was as quiet as death, save the sound of a maul in the hands of a farmer in the woodland who was splitting rails and knew nothing of the great preparations of the moon shiners to quench the thirst of the moral stunted. The officers' found 600 gallons of heer in tankards, which they sent down stream, but there wus no still present. The indications pointed stronelv to the fact that a large THE USE OF WHISKEY. IN INFFLUENZA TREATMENT Paragraph In ; the Pubic Ledger Brings On astorm. ; The following paragraph which appeared in the Public Ledger Fri day, February 6,' has .been severely criticised by more than a dozen peo ple of the County who claim that it was damaging to the cause of tem perance. The -paragraph which they took exception to is as follows: NUMBER 12 pocketbooks of a few have been op ened' to the committee" but ninetv Pra.fi t.inallv all nf tho Anntn-ra Vicvt--. ' j. .VI'- "J .. Ati n. XT, ,. .. . " jl iuc cum nuuiik mat, lutjy cuuiu use a. unuceu supply cf whiskey to good advantage during the present epidemic." ivThe Publicl Ledger is not advocat ing the use of . iquor in any shape or form, but when the members of the medical profession admit that they could use the drug to good advant age in the present emergency it is time for the average man to hold his I tongue. ' While the question of whiskey as a medicine was : being discussed throughout the county many reput able physicians claimed that whiskey could be used togood advantage in many cases, and in the new prohibi tion law there is a clause that per mits the use of whiskey under prop er restrictions. This clause was in serted at the request of the Ameri can Medical Association, composed munity have not contributed a cent. The appeal i most urgent. Make all checks payable to W. T. Yancey, Chairman and send in at, once. The following amounts have been received on account- the Emergency Influenza fund: W. T. Yancey . F. W. Hancock A H. Powell . F. P. Hobgood M. P. Chamblee Miss Ruby Vinson . . . S. H. Pritchard Mrs. D. E. Compton The . committee will in Oxford and the-doctors are hope ful that there will be very little sick- Quantity of liquor had been manu ness here among the colored people, i f actured on the spot since Christ- Yet the disease is of such a nature, say the doctors, that a hundred cases might break out here, among the col ored people during the next forty- eiven and has been unheeded. Persons carry diseases, and, in congregations of any sort, regard-' less of the purpose of coming to gether, give their diseases to others who were before the congregating free from them. This is a known fact; and upon this fact is based the very moral regulation that peo ple should not congregate. The law by which diseases are communicat ed was not man made But the operation of that law is within the hands of man to control. He has been given dominion. It is up to him to take dominion. . Not to do so is immoral, because failure to do i eight hours it works suffering and death. Let ! ; The most distressing feature of it not be forgotten that men die of , the flu that is spreading among the diseases that are perpetrated. It is; coIore(i pe0ple in the country is that tejtis accompanied with so much pneu alized by the state. Carelessness : moma; Some of tne rural mail car and Ignorance are the only cloaks ; riPrs from the Oxford postoffice say which cover up this deed from the that there is right much sickness eyes of everybody, by which the among the colored people along their graveyards fatten. Who wishes to j routes and that from one to three! maa envxr t tattot? continue to wear either of the f funeral processions are noted every ! PRICELESS SiOt.lv u uvuuu cloaks, thinking to break laws made j day. There were four burials at!- 3 faA Colored Church in Oak Hill ongs That Can Be Heard a Mile cinu CAjjexi vjtuu iu niLci v cue wuuc the perpetration continues? The public is to be congratulated upon its awakening to the needs of the day as to influenza. To refrain from congregating is better than ministering to those made sick by congregating. Whenever this awakening is vig orously applied to all infectious di seases there will be very much less suffering, and death longer deferred than by the most vigorous fight against it after it has been scatter ed. It will effect the very finest ministry to the man. J. A. MORRIS, County Health Officer. country who claim that whiskey has no place in the practice of medicine, and they regard any compromise as absoutely dangerous to constitution al prohibition. Without equivocation or evasion the Public Ledger stands for the en forcement of the prohibition law. It is not the part. of wisdom to dis cuss Old John Barleycorn too much just at present, but rather to see that the law is enforced. AN APPEAL THAT MUST CAUSE OF RFXTGToV ra aik. BE ANSWERED IMMEDIATELY j r ING THROUGHOUT WORLD Some Money Is Needed To Prolong J The Gain In Membership During the , Life. v ' i Last Four Years Is Three Million. The Oxford Influenza Emergency The Year Book -of the Churches Committee, formed for the purpose for 1919, indicates that the cause of of rendering aid to families stricken religion is marching on at an en with influenza; is largely handicap- couraging rate, the gain in member ped for the want " of " funds. The ship since 1916 havinz been 2.861. 182, with an addition of 3,519 min isters and 6,347 churches. Figures show that there are now 233,834 churches in the Nation. These are served by 195,313 ministers, priests and rabbis, with 44,788,036 member of these various organizations. The total Roman Catholic baptized mem bership is reported-as 17,549,324. The report of Jews who hold mem bership in various synogogues is on ly zbu.uvu, m spite of the large pop ulation of persons of Jewish ances try. This is accounted for by the fact that membership in Jewish con gregations is, in most cases, restrict ed to heads of families and these on ly, are reported in the table. The two Mormon bodies report a mem bership of 494,388. -The Greek" Or thodox Church reports 119,871, while the Russian Orthodox Church has a membership of 99,681 An other Oriental body, the Syrian Or thodox Church has 50,000 members in this country. The total Protest ant Church membership reported is 25,980,456. The membership of the largest Protestant bodies is as follows: Methodist Episcopal, North, 4,175, 502; Southern Baptist Convention, 2,887,974; Presbyterian in the U. S. A., 1,603,033; Northern Baptist Con vention, 1,502,341; Disciples of Christ, 1,193, 423; Protestant Epis copal; 1.065,825; Congregational Churches, 808,122; the newly form ed United Lutheran Church in Am- $25.00 .... 25.00 25.00 ... . 5.00 .... 5.00 : . . . 5.00 .... 2.00 . . 2 50 greatly ap predate it if the people of the com munity will kindly sent in all amounts promptly as the chairman ?he countrv Physicians m tQ be in R position tQ pay aU bUls Tw o np promptly. It is hoped that our peo. nenrmel men hcut Tho le will cheerfully and generously hand in meeting a community obli gation. A large amount of money has been spent in relieving suffering and distress. , THE INFLUENZA SITUATION IN STEM COMMUNITY WORSE THAN LAST YEAR The Voters Are Pretty Evenly Dm- f. -An T.nh' hnAi in ih TTf f SALE OF RED CROSS SEALS IN GRANVILLE mas. In rambling around the lowland looking for the still, the. officers tcame across a 1 flaxen cord; as4arge as. a knitting ' needle; which ' lay close to the ground and was attach ed to a topedo. This was placed there bv the moonshiners with a view that the officers in approach ing their den would stumble on the cord and discharge the torpedo in ample time to make their escape Dr. L. B. McBrayer Compliments Mrs. Graham Roberts For Faithful Work. Mrs. Graham Roberts, Chairman of the Red Cross Seals Committee of Granville Caunty mde a very creditable- showing, during the Christmas campaign. : ! ;, Fcrty thcunand seals were allotted to her for sale, of which 29,244 were sold. The amount kept for local use was $219,31, and Mrs. Roberts sent the executive secretary of the ed States totals 2,451,997); the four leading colored denominations, Na tional Baptist Convention, African Methodist Episcopal, African Metho dist Episcopal Zion and Colored Methodist Episcopal total 4,191,257- ded On the Question of the $25, i 000 School Bond Election. Stem, N. C, Feb. 12. The influ enza situation in this community is worse than at any time last year. There are more cases and the disease is in a very malignant form. New cases are every day reported, several MAMMOTH CONCERN WILL enure iamiiies Deing cuimueu iu Anmimj ruT their home and everybody seems to i OPERATE CHAIN STORES SLilLSS:..- "dlKe Largest Transaction Ever Re- direction," is the busiest man in this THERE IS TOO MUCH IDLENESS AND GAMBLING township Wednesday afternoon, allj Have Been Installed to Froteci: . victims of flu-pneumonia. 1 An elaborate burglar alarm sys- One of the indications that there iAm lma- bpen installed in a lonely farmhouse in South Darmouth, Mass is much sickness among the colored people, of the county is the fact that every hour in the day large numbers of colored people call at the doctors' office here and the quanitity of medi cine they are buying. to protect a priceless stock of liquor owned by Colonel Henry H- R. Green, son of the late Hetty Green. The liouid treasure, which in the days of freedom was worth $40,000, accord- HON. W. A. DEV1N ISA m? lo aquaif" 7 ll'T' POPULAR PUBLIC SERVANT ?nce no JL lectea m arranging iui it The Ablest Charge Heard In Manvltion. Gongs that can oe nediu (Red Cross Seal Commission $73.11. In acknowledging check, Dr. L. B. McBrayer, executive secretary, San atorium, thanks Mrs- Roberts as fol lows: "Report of sale of Red Cross Seals with check for $73.11 being 25 per cent of the entire amount derized from sale of seals in your town, is acknowledged. We wish to take this opportunity to thank you for the time and energy given to make a success of the campaign.. The re ports coming in indicate the largest sale ever recorded in North Carolina and this has been accomplished by the . intelligent cooperation of the chairman.' We trust ycu will find time to act as chairman next year." THE NEW CLOTHING STORE There seems to be a widespread increase in juvenile delinquency all over the United States. There are a number of causes for this; among these, the breaking down of home life and home influences, increase of idleness and widespread desire for extravagance and fast living the Population generally. Ii many localities there have been little epidemics of theivinc; from stores, from tobacco warehouses and other places, often done by small groups of boys. Goods thus secured are often sold to adults and in many Years. A special to the News and Obser ver from Windsor, Bertie County, where Judge Devin is, holding court this week, says : Superior Court convened hee Monday with Judge W. A. Devin, of Oxford, presiding. His charge to the grand jury was the ablest heard in this county for many years. The importance and value of intelligent jury service were impressively ur ged and gave those attending court a higher perception or tneir duty - m this office j a mile have been installed in such a way that will arouse- the country ride upon the opening of a door or window. In addition a caretaker and his family live in the house, which-is a vertiable arsenal. DURHAM VOTES $655,000 IN BONDS FOR SCHOOLS IN SPITE OF INFLUENZA (Durham Special) ' Durham voters Tuesday voted Judge Devin. is agree-.' $655,000 school bonds in a special able on and off the bench and has made an excellent impression on our people. .t -- YOU CAN SAVE A NICE PENNY BY ACTING NOW instances aro prompted to steal by ?flult.s in order that the money may! Those who did not settle their tax bo used by the boys to gratify thir es at the normal rate before January extravagance and taste for luxury. 1 1,, were required by law to pay one Again, it has been found that gambl-l per cent additional. One per cent ing is prevalent among the adult i,is added each month until the taxisvj rT'iilation all over the country and settled in full.' Two per cent was in manv.1n8ta.nraa small liovs have added for .February, and those who election called by the city alderman. Despite the influenza epidemic, which kept many advocates of the bonds away from the polls, 819 votes, out cf a nossible 1,332 were cast for the bonds. Only 41 votes were cast against the , bonds, although citizens registered who did not vote, counted against the issue. ' Several new school buildings will be erected. LAST TOBACCO SOLD OF PRESENT SEASON Mr. . Wayerley Han is Is No v On the Northern Markets. Mr.. Waverley Harris, buyer for pthe Mitchell-Harris Company, which will do business in Oxford, is now on the northern market Work on th3 stcr as printing, erecting r helves and in stalling show cas:.3 arid counters, will begin next Monday morning and pushed to completion. The store is located on the east side of College street and was formerly occupied by 'Sizemooor Bros. They hope to be ready for business March 10. f -en permitted to Darticipate in there games of chance. When cases of gambling and, thiev v are found a dilegant search will or no are guilty or contributing to delinquency of children. These 11 on are legion and should be found V:'i stopped. The police and grand jury will be called upon to aid in all s'J"h cases. J. E. JACKSON, Supt. Public Welfare. do not settle this month must pay an additional three per cent on and after March 1. Taxes must be paid, and here is an made to find and punish those ' opportunity for the tax payers to save a nice penny, ine new law charges the tax to the sheriff, who must see that it is paid, or he must pay it himself. NOTICE TO JURORS All jurors summoned for the sec Arl week of February term of Gran ViU.p Countv Superior Court need not - t nd. . D. C. HUNT, Clerk of the Court JIAYOR STEM RECOVERING Was Not Well Enough To Attend Commissioners Meeting Tuesday . Night. Owing to the sickness of Mayor T a. Stem, there has been no session of Mnnicinal Court this week. There are several cases noted on the police blotter that will engage his attention as soon as he regains his strengtn. Mayor Stem bad a touch of the flu, which sapped some of his vitality. He was not strong enougn 10 aueuu Final sales for the 1919-1920 sea son in tobacco market were held Wednesday. The break was about in keeping with the recent sales, and ends the trading in the crop of 1919. Figures showing the market's record for the year are expected to be avail able the latter -part of the present .All'-of the Oxford Warehouses will be open until March 1st to take care of tobacco that may be offered for sale. section of the county. He has the work of two men upon him and is ob liged to turn down some calls as his physical powers are overtaxed. School Tax -Election A special tax election is ordered to be held here March 10th, a bond is sue of $25,000.00 being voted upon in order that a better school building be built and better school facilities provided. The people are pretty evenly divided for and against and the subject is beginning to be great ly agitated. We hope that no bitter ness will be injected into the cam paign and that all will fell free to express themselves one way or the other. Among the Sick. We are glad to note that Mr. F. M. Thomasson of route three, returned last week from Watts hospital where he underwent a very painful opera tion, and is now getting along nicely. We regret to note the critical ill ness of Mrs. A. J- Montague, of Hes ter, andhope she will soon be im proving Reuben .Bullock, colored of route two, was stricken suddenly with par alysis Tuesday afternoon and is not expected to recover. Good Colored Man Dead J. H. Moore, an honorable colored bulMing. such! ??s IM'tif SUTi I Ul ill.' ' ill atiii utlov-J luav i week and his remains were brought back and buried at the old Moore on Route 2 Sat- SAD DEATH OF 3IRS. MOLLIS GRISSOM AND SON Mrs. Mollie "Grissom, 35 years or age, who lived on Oxford Route 3, died ast Tuesday of flu-pneumonia. The whole .family was taken down and for several days they were un able to help each other, and on Wed nesday evening last, her son, a bright boy of eleven years, as cal led to his reward. Mr. Grissom and 'the other two children are very sick. After finding out that the family was sick, neighbors hastened to ren der assistance, and it is - thought that Mr. Grissom and the children wilj survive. , - ONLY ONE GERMAN WOMAN ON ALLIED WAR GUILT LIST burying ground urday. Flu Closes Schools Stem High School and Tally Ho Graded School were closed last Fri day on account of the influenza epi demic and it is quite uncertain as to when they will reopen. " Personal Mention Rev- J. L. McNeer and wife, of near Wilmington, are on a visit to Mrs. McNeer's parents Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Nance of Route one. Mr. J. B. Mayes and son, Captain John- B. Mayes Jr., of Oxford, were visitors in our town -Wednesdpy. CAPT. REDD ON THE JOB At Tho educational system of Am rr'f" is threatened' Trf a shortage of 1r"-W? duo tn inadeauate compen-, th meetine of the Board of Commis sioners last Tuesday, nignt, duw sation offered those wh enterv the aching field, the dean of Columbia University . announces. He said there are more than 13 0,0 00 vacan cips in the schoolrooms of the coun ty and that 3000,000 teachers in America are paid less than $450 a Tear. . . . . . , . - j a. AAttraytr inn WTl 1 1 now on tne roau tu icw be out . in a day or two- Nash county commissioners have Arrests Thirty-six Negroes All One Clip. While patrolling the streets in the business section of Oxford early last Sunday morning, Capt. Reid, of the police force, came up on 6 negro es engaged, in a skin game., This was the largest single arrest eer made in Oxford. . - All ol the men told Capt. Reid that they would be at the trial and Hnhniit: but Mayor Stem has been Ann fined to his room all the week j fnmfltit nf mire bred SSSrhiSTM; county and the date ot the trial has not been farm near Nashville. , 'set. - (Paris Special) Miss Elsie Scheiner, the only wo man whose name appeared, on -the list of Germans demanded y the Allies, is a daughter of a prominent professor of . Berlin University, and had charge of the women's' concen tration camp at Valenciennes during the war. ' CROWN PRINCE IS READY FOR TRIAL corded In the Marpantile World. (Richmond Special) ; Formation of a merer. nt5le corpo ration with $750,000,000 capital, is announced here with the return or officers of the Southern Wholesale Dry Goods association. The new combination is said to have quietly purchased 1,600 stores within the past, few wee&. The an nouncement shows that the en tiro property of J. L. and P.- Gilmer, of Winston-Salem, N. C-, with stores lo cated in various parts of that state, figure in the transaction. The firm o'wnes stores in Greensboro, High Point, Durham, and Lexington, N. C, and Roanoke, Va. Complete hold ings of the Montgomery Ward, Unit ed Candy company, Marler, Daiton and Gilmer company are also in cluded. George J. Whalen, of the United Cigar Stores, the United Retail Stores corporation, of New Yor, and James B. Duke, of the American Tobacco company, of New York, are said to bo the backers of the new cor oration. Announcement is that an appli cation has been filed in Delaware for a charter. Besides the various stores obtain ed, it is . said, the corporation ,has gained control o"f several known textile millsi. Diccusing the new coalition Norman H. Johnson, secre tary of the Southern Wholesale Dry Goods association, declares this is tho largest business transaction ever recorded in tho mercantile world. YOU MUST GET BUSY UnleHA MR. KNOWLE'S CONDITION A Change For the Better Expected - Today. A telephone message this morning from the Knowles residence in the suburbs states that the condition of Mr. Knowles is about the same as it was yesterday. He has been a verv sick man for the past week." A change for the better is, expected to day.'., : ' - If Allied Governments Will Take Him in Place , of 900 - Who . Are Wanted. ". v " v( Washington Special) President Wilson had before him a personal cablegram from Federick Wilhelm, former crownr prince of Germany, suggesting "if the allied and associated governments want a victim let them take me instead of, the 900 Germans who have commit ted no other offense than that of serving, their country in the war." What action the President might take on the message, which presum ably was identical with that reported in Amsterdam, dispatches as sont to the rulers and presidents of other powers opposed to Germany in the war, was not disclosed. There was a suggestion at the White. House that he might reply. In some quarters, however, the opinion prevailed that he would not even acknowledge its receipt since, it was pointed out," the United States is not a party to, the treaty or a member of the leagjie of nations and has no legal voice , in any proceedings as to extradition of Ger man officials or officers ior trial. Somebody May Go Hungry ' We Work. , ' Farmers who remain on their farms, in consequence of the fact that cotton and tobacco, bring great er returns than food crop are giving less time and attention to the. pro duction of wheat, corn,', potatoes, vegetables, and other produce for thei table. There is every reason to believe that even less of these things will be produced in 1920. Locally, then, as well as generally somebody may go hungry unless we get busy and work. The most, practical solution the Public Ledger has to offer, ' is for every household in town, which has any space at all, to begin now mak- king preparations for planting gar dens. Back yards and front yards may be fertilized and made to pro duce an abundance of potatoes, to matoes, beans, peas, and other pro duce which will add greatly to pro duction and cut a big slice out of the grocery bill. We must all get into our heads that we must work more, produce L rnore, and save more, and there is no occupation which will give fathers, mothers, and their children more fruitful exercise than gardening. Grow gardens and talk about them, but let us not become so. interested in the conversation that we forget to work. ' The erecting of a memorial in the vicinity of Belleau Wood to the United States-' Marines who were kill ed in France is advocated by Major George Barnett, commandant of. the , Marine Corps. - ' --'-s 1 II -Hi : ma i
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