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PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY TO VN AND COUNTY OFFER BRILLIANT OPPORTUNITIES-AIL HOME print: VOLUME XXXV OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA," ftJESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1920 rilKS. WILSON REQUESTS SUC OF STATE LANSING TO TENDER RESIGNATION ih 3 lost Terrific Arraignment of a t -jsbhiet Officer By a President In ilio History of the Country The public Is Left to Imagine That President Wilson Holds Secretary Uu.snig Responsible for the Tan- (;5 the Peace Treaty. i;. bcrt Lansing ended his career s .ot.1 ciary of State Saturday after i-.;UiTiii the powers of v President . -jj'iiig meetings of 'the cabinet ii, ; Sir. Wilson's illness. Unking denied tnat ne naa RLE FOR ABSURD REPORTS j 1 "iii ,ic, intended to usurp the pres vuthority. He added, how i lie believed then and still hat the cabinet conferences trie best interests of the ' tnat they were- "proper v.i" because of the Presi- INCOMPETA Stf ATB'JXi - ' PROHIBITED FROM OPERATrvn ni'ijo Said That the County Was Paying " J as upen to Enact An Ordi- $104.30 For Pauper Coffins. ago a report was in cir- - , A A A drivers should be licensed tIZ "J ! W&1X CARELESS LISTNERS RESPONSI-1 IMPROVEMENT NOTED IN NUMBER 13 THE INFLUENZA SITUATION . ' IN GRANVILLE COUNTY xSSiST Aui Some time .Tho Hml i "A v'8, , I culation, here to the effect that tne M 10 at uaaa wnen auto county authorities wouw prove tne greatest step : yet taken in protection of the lives of the people. It has operated with fine results everywhere; it would operate -equally as well here and in all towns in the State. An autb driver in Fayetteville is held awaiting outcome of injuries sustained by a young woman his car ran over and dragged for 20 feet. This is but one incident of masiy which turns attention to the matter of licensed drivers, which is today one of the most important questions in local traffic regulations. A law that would prohibit auto i drivers under a stipulated age does 1 11 r! m Dot fho nooa VQrr n c rf V : cci-auion, and. that ho would j fact that r uthful drivers are i con (icrenct m his duty if ha the most careful handlers of machines. It is the incompetent and careless driver that is the .me nace to public safety. The argu ment that a driver will be careful to act as ne am ho record stands, Mr. Lansing re i his iCiicnaticn and Mr. Wil .(;(p;al it. The resignation I'l'erod, hov.ever, only after the under date of February 7,j ! to protect his privilege to hold his ing naa c-.pa caDine. . driyer realizes tnat a reCkless act Ull iliO 'C4.J.L 7 V.' UIU AVCXXV lliiil A, X Will the wheel, he would be carefull not to make a break. There are too many people driv- ing cars who do not know how to ; single coffin in which to bury a pau-R- per-. Just hew many paupers' coffins t Hi-.- c;ue he felt it ncco.?.sr,ry to Vie '"under cur ccnstitut'cnal pr..oiice, as developed hither : o;ie but the President has the departiaoiits into conference. , diB- rd all road laws or who are 1 just fools -in general. The way is open for any commun ity which wants to do so, to enact an ordinance recmiring license for all people who take the wheel in an automobile. The very best thing the commissioners f Oxford might do meanwhile would be to make an addendum to the local traffic regu I lations incorporating the licensed ! ,.iTTrvr. foot iivo Thp strppts nt ( ) x- ford would then become much saf- i uj oay iua j thn11 thev are at nreseiit. But vea ne nira ' n port was so. absurd very little;." atten-i tion was paid to it until a man offer ed to bet $1000 that he could prove his assertion by the books on file at the court house. The. books at the court house were duly examined and the report was found to be correct the county had paid $100 for a num ber of coffins to bury paupers, some of which only cost $4.00 each. , v The report was started as a practi cal joke, but when it reached the in terior of the county it was made to appear that the county commission ers were very extravagant in paying S100 each for paupers coffins. Along this -same line the States ville Landmark says: - V "Careless listeners who misunder stand or. misconstrue the spoken word, and iilain liars who imagine things, are responsible for much er ror, and sometimes harmful 'error. In the list of bills paid by the county comm-ssioners at the January meet ing, as printed in The Landmark, v.rao liia iioi "rrffiv.a C 1 fi A SO?' A clks rSte it "Con ,No new ca5es ha? been rel'orted fin for pauper, $104.3.0," or imagined . dn Oxford since Sunday. it that way, and thereupon the report m went abroad that the county com- I missioners vere paying" $100 for ail Influenza is subsiding in Oxford .-'. . , ' . - - . and many parts of the County is the expressed opinion of our doctors. Those who were taken with the dis- . - ' "... . ease ten days or two weeks ago are practically well, except weakness and avlack of appetite. i Rev. George. T. Tunstall, who has .-. . visited the membership of his chur- cjies in the various parts of the Co lin ty, notes a vast improvement, es pecially in the Corinth Church com lhuniiy. 'f Rev. B. C. Thompson,- who v.-as FRENCH DIPLOMAS"" ARE TO BE GIVEN TO GRANVILLE COUNTY PEOPLE THERE IS A LOT . OF TRUTH IN THIS confined to his bed but is now able to be out, learned yesterday that practically everybody in the Gray Itock Church neighborhood had the t Influenza, but some improvement T noted since Sunday.-' " IT Col. Minor Calls Upon Relatives of Deceased Soldiers to Assemble List of Persons In Granville to Whom They Will Be Awarded. Col. Sidney W. Minor, of the Dur ham rost. Ampriran T.psrinri has hppn requested by the war department toiLX"?&: make arrangements to" formally pre sent to the nearest relatives of fallen heroes in this vicinity the diplomas vi nonor-given Dy tne x rencn govern ment. This .presentation is to take place next Sunday afternoon, Febru ary 22, at the Academy of Music, be tween 3 and 5 o'clock. The colonel in announcing the event states that short formal memorial exercises will be held although the public generally will probably not be invited owing to the influenza epidemic. - Colonel Minor has received a list of the relatives to whom the diplomas The Fellow Who Enjoys His Own Letters' While the Other Fellow Has to Wait For His. The following from the States ville Landmark portrays the daily scenes in the lobby at the Oxford postoffice with wonderful accurracy. THE DEATH RECORD ti- ketinj's Were Held. . Lansinc answered two days ing ho had called the cabinet . now because he and others j Presidential's. official family fi..t, in view of the fact that ; ? denied communication with i, was wise for us to confer in together on matters as to : net ion could not be postponed : 'iir medical adviser permitted o vas.3 upon them." ccretary concluded by sayin, it. the President rehev that $100 paid for we don't know. Mrs- Sirs. Buck Critcher. Buck Critcher, 24 years old, are to be .given. He has made the list public with the request that every relative whose name appears notify him by letter, card or telephone if they can bo present at the Academy cf Music next Sunday afternoon. If it is impossible for- them to appear Sunday, he is desirous of knowing when they can meet him to get tne diplomas ". It is the wish of the war There is a man whom you and I know and whom we both dislike.very much.. We haye a burning inclina tion to say naughty things to him. He is the man who stands in front of our postoffice box, leisurely sorting his mail and reading a letter or two while we stand behind impatiently waiting to get to our box- You dash into the postoffice lobby in a desperate hurry. You have a pleasant feeling that there are one or maybe two interesting letters waiting for you, surely one that you have been wanting to get. Besides you are in a hurry to get to work. Then you stop abruptly and glare at the broad back of the slow gent who 'has a box next to yours and who is taking a deliberate inventory of his' morning's mail. ' He takes -a letter from the box, examines both sides, remarks audibly that he wonders who in time is writing him from De troit, Michigan. Then he carefully department that every relative en-1 tears open the letter and reads it, di- titied to a diploma be presented with i gesting each sentence. You try to it by the colonel in person. peek under his arm at your box, and "Ths price of paupers coffins is us-1 died at her home on Raleigh Road of Confederate soldiers and widows J or her death. A devoted husband, special provision being made that! who is very sick, survives. The in- vetoran's and widows shall have more j terment was at Concord Church expensive burial outtit. But latteriyy the prices of all materials being high-' er, the pauper coffins sometimes cost more than $10.00." ' given m a letter to Colonel Minor, which says in part: "The government of France, as u mark of its deen sraditude to those uaily limited to $10, except in case last Friday.. Influenza was the cause who gave their lives that democracy might live and as an expression of sympathy toward those who have been bereaved, is., distribution to the next of kin of each soldier who made the supreme sacrifice during the The explanation of the medals, is j you catch a tantalizing -glimpse ot a -Th ". :n his "loyalty" to him and if v.'i'i-.en no longer had confidence' hs was ready to "relieve you V embarrassment by placing my r.;;! ion in your hands." President' replied last Wednes-ih.-.t ho was "'much disappointed" '. 'r. Landing's iotter "regarding 1 socalled ' cabinet ---.meetings,." it would be a fine thing for the license law to apply to all parts of the State. Drivers on the highways see the need of it every day. IERCKANTS LUCKY TO GET GOODS AT ANY PRICE MEE CRATS ARE CALLER TO T IN RALEIGH MARCH n r,n,! he found' nothing m the see 'viavy'r. letter '-'which justifies your Committeemen Will Fix Bate For CeiiteiitieiVlai5d," County and Fre cinct-Meetiiigs. W ,:;;rr' Call has been issued to the 100 lrtion of presidential authority! members of the Democratic Execu i::h a matter," and added thatjtive Committee of North Carolina, nisi irankiy take advantage of ito meet in Raleigh Tuesday, March :-:ind suggestion" to resign. U ot a .vinrv in th pvpninsr in the 4J f LA. L. KJ J VA V J .u.v v z Senate Chamber of the Capitol, the call coming from Hon. Thomas D. Warren, chairman, of New Bern. The committee will determine up i mist say," continued the Presi . ' ' , ''t;iat it would releve me of em : : r -loument, Mr. Secretary, the ern b.irrassment of feeing your reluc and divergence cf judgment, if you i.culd give up your present office lr -1 afford me an opportunity to sei cj f scmscne else whose mind would r::ro willingly go along with mine." The Split. difference between the two to;;,- pro-dated first cabinet call by riv Ti; -.nring, vhich was issued last Ock.ber 5, seven days after Mr. Wil- Manufactuvers ard-Jobbers Are Re sponsible for the High Prices. Merchants and other business men who have been to New York and other business centers, recently to buy goods for their stores, report that new goods are selling at an al most prohibitive '' price, and . the think themselves lucky to get: goo axanv price -: Mrs. Roma Fcrrell. Mrs- Roma Ferrell, mother of Mrs. J. T. Cozart, died at the home of her daughter on the Oxford-Kenderson road last Saturday, in the 64th year of her age. The interment was at Wendell. ' . Mrs. Fredrick Miller. Mrs; Cenie Miller, the beloved wife of Fredrick Miller, died at her home east cf Oxford last Saturday, aged 65 years. The interment was at Tabb Creek Church, the services being conducted by Rev. G. T. Tunstall. Miss Pal Sounders. C .Mis,' Pal Sounders, 70. years of age, died at her home in West Oxford MM Bgnday ,TJie-4 jitermentV .was iiKvthe I old famlfytiryin'g grSund. uea? rHes Tin on the date for holding precinct ughout the country would only let meetings and county conventions of the party throughout the State and issue the call for the State conven tion, which is expected to meet some time in April to formulate the Dem ocratic platform and make ready for the drive against the opposition later in the year. returned from his western speak- j UPON THE FARMER RESTS in-, i cur and took to his bed. They ! r. at the peace conference in P i'i", r-.s Mr. Lansing disclosed in fur 3tter to the Presdent last nd ';'. the differences being over t v :,vcrnment's attitude toward Merico. liCtters Made Public. Mr. Lansing, in his final letter to tho President said that "in thus sev our official association,1' he i'-lt th';t he should make public a r.ent he had prepared recently 5hrv;nr 'fat he had "not been - un ' 'h i that the continuance of our rrt--'-t relations was impossible" 1 ihal it was his duty to bring ii in to an end "at thp pnrlipst mnm- -r.t r T.trat ible with the public in- "Ktu fince January, 1919," Mr. Lansing continued, "I have been con-H-ious of the fact that you no long f : were disposed to welcome my ad 'r ? in nii'tters pertaining to the ne 'To'iaticns at Paris, to our foreign ' vie - cr to international affairs in general." Why Not Earlier. H- added that had he followed his r' r-onai inclination he' would have '"Kilned while in Paris, but that he !- ;I rr-froined because he felt it his '''ify to "cause you no embarrassment i carrying forward the great task in b you were then engaged." Af'r'n Lansine said that while been "surprised and disap-1 at the frequent disappro- 1 f his suggestions, he had never ' " t'- fallow the President's de . "however difficult it made l-,ir-t of our foreign affairs." s': Ignored In Paris. ' nsing accompanied the Pres r paris in December, 1918, as vl:e American peace delegates, : f - friends have said that while ' ." on wn,s at the peace confer- 1 Lansing was virtually with uyrity and that naturally he 7iio, Keenly, since the other alli sociated countries were re 'r l by their premiers and not ! 'lc .f their governments. V, 'fison Deeply Grieved. is the President's reply in ac-'"r-ce of the offered " resignation 1 ' .caused the country to -tingle 'n a surprised excitement, because ';' erverity of language ' used. : i''ent Wilson reveals an extraor (1 ry depth of feeling over what he i!lrks a wilful disregard of his in ituv 'r I1ri.he boldly charges Mr. THE NATION'S LIFE Upon the cost of food largely rests the question of industrial wages, and the prosperity of all manufacturing, and all other busi ness. Indeed, upon food rests the whole question of the nation's prosperity, and of increased or lessened Social- istic-Bolsheyistic agitation TVint coomo tn'hd tl-ia Tool noMioti of - --- - tor cto (inn tlin oonripnr! hoinw on I all the high cost of living today, r."- tC i 4, box 30; father, When a jobber is approached, these! s m ir ' Rev. B. C. Thompson informs the Public Ledger that Mr. A. T. Harris, one of fhe good men of Gray Rock Church section, died Monday. The burial will be at Gray Roc1; Church this afternoon. Mrs. Lucy Beviing. Mrs. Lucy Bowling, an inmate of the Home of the Aged and Infirm, died Sunday, aged 63 years. world var an engraved memorial di- j Thi ploma bearing the name of the de- j fun ceased and an inscription." ' The following is a list of Granville County persons to whom diplomas are to be presented, their addresses; and relationship to the soldier wno lost his life. Miss Willie Rodgers, Oxford, 7 de pot street; sister. Addison D. Oakley. Oxford.. 52 Church street; father. J. T. Blackwell, Oxford; (?) J. Scott West, Oxford, It. F. D. No. 7; father. - James B. Elliott, Yirgilina, Pv. F. D. No. 2; father. James Danielr Oxford, R. JYJ), No. merchants state, he. will say: "1 have so much of this. It has to be delivered now, and paid for now. I can't hold it until tomorrow,', for the price may be higher then." If en ough merchants or purchasers thro- them hold it until tomorrow, speak ing in terms of days and months, the price would soon come down. The manufactures know that the jobbers .will pay any price, for the jobbers know that the merchants will pay any price because the peop le will pay the merchant any price. If enough merchants would juct call the jobbers' bluff one day, and let him hold it until tomorrow, there would soon be a mighty tumble in the price of things. ABRAHAM LINCOLN TYPICAL AMERICAN, SAYS MR. LANSING Robert Lansing, secretary of state, has issued the following' Lincoln Day message: ' f The memory of Lincoln, of his Back, therefore, to the farm run ; humDle origin, of his attainment to the highest honor in the gift of his fellow countrymen, of his unsurpas sed service to the republic, and of his character as a man and as a, pub lic servant: is one of the ereat snirit THE BEST METHOD TO RESIST THE FLU GERM Mrs. Sarah Roberts, Stovall; (?) Obie E. Wheeler, Creedmoor; (?) W. E. Mays, Oxford, R. F. D. No 6; father. Lewis Woodly, Oxford, R. F. D. No. 6; (?) Joseph William Morton, Oxford, R. F. D. No. 4, Box 69; father. . D. W. Hart, 173 N. Broad street, Oxford; father. fat letter for you. Bat the man is placidly taking two more letters from his box. You thankfully observe that one is merely a circular. But the ether seems long and interesting. The man reads this one ejaculating fiow and then, smiling over some message. You watch his counte nance, half-fascinated. He laughs aioud and slaps himself in glee. s letter is chock full of something ny, something delightful, some thing that ought to be shared with other folks. The man looks about for somebody to share with him the amusing epistle. His eyes lights on you and he is opening his mouth, "This fellow says that down ." For some reason he stops. Maybe it is the intense expression on your face that stops .him. At any rate he stops a moment .and then he mur murs apologetically, "Were you wait ing to get to your box?" And you say, "Oh, no; but since there's a letter in it I'll just take it." But the sarcasm is lost on him. He has:jnovedaway a few feet and is once more chuckling over his letter. TAR HEEL DEATHS IN WAR GREATEST all th nroblems of the hour in poli tics, in business, and in finanace, and every thoughtful man, whatever may be his position or line of bus iness reeoehizes that one of the supreme questions of the hour is the! uai assets of this nation production of foodstuffs and tne re- "It. is turning our thoughts to lation of the price of food to the the career of this great American nrosoerity of the country Manu-jtthat we learn the true meaning ot facturers Record. v. - Lansing with having taken advantage f ho nrnnrtnnitv for acting con trary to the President's desires and j plans while tne president, wism.u rope and inferentially of taking ad vantage of his illness; that he was extremely reluctant to accept the in structions left for his guidance, and to forestall the President's judgment in a number of instances by formulating action and merely asking his approval. Personal Feeling Revealed. It is the most terrific arraignment of a Premier Cabinet officer by a President in the history of the coun try There is "aS much personal feeiing as possible," left out of it, yet that it tingles with indignation over an injury, supposed or real, by v,o trusted Cabinet officer, there can ho no mistaking. The .development ic in font nn administrative sensa tion before which all others will pale insignificance. ' - The public is left to imagine that Wilson holds Secretary Lansing responsible for the tangle of the Peace Treaty. The New Secretary. Under-Secretary -Polk, John W. Davis, ambassador to Great Britain, wiicrh n Wallace, ambassador to France, are foremost among those be iennscpd to head the state de partment as successor to former Secl retary Lansing; patriotism and gain a true concep tion of the opportunities which Am erica offers to those who, inspired by lofty ideals, press onward along the path of unselfish public service. "In" commemorating the birth of Abraham Lincoln we do honor to the American spirit of which he is the personification. He is the typical ! American for future generations, the inspiration to us all to forget self in devotion to our country and to the eternal principles of liberty and of justice which are the life blood of the nation." You Must Keep Your Resistance Up To Par. (The Ohio State-Journal) Probably you who read-this have influenza germs somewhere on your person at this very moment Every- j one v ho stus about at all is sure to be exposed to the prevailing ailment, now Fold by seme of the doctors to be not t:--; ro-ca!Ied flu but the old fashioned grip. One may as well make up one's mind to submit to en tertaining the germs, but that-does not nraa at all that one must have the di".ea-3. Everybody, for that matte ban tuberculccis germs in his systeu c one tine cr another but comparatively few contract the mal ady. The flu germs are nothing to worry about if you can resist them. Their chances of . laying their intend ed victim low are almost negligible if he takes the precautions to keep his resistance up to par. Dress warmly, do not overeat, drink much water, avoid excessive weariness, sleep eight hours a night, get mucn fresh air as possible, do nOt overheat the house, avoid sitting in drafts and keep a cheerful spirit. " ST. VALENTINE'S DAY WAS HAPPY EVENT IN OXFORD JUDGE STACY RETIRES FROM BENCH ON MARCH Wilmington, Feb. 15. Superior Court Judge W. P. Stacy, of the Eigh th Judicial District Saturday for warded to Gov. T. W. Bickett, his resignation to take effect March 1st. In his letter to the Governor Judge Stacy says that for some time he has contemplated taking this step and that it is his purpose to return to the bar and devote attention to the prac tice of the law. This precludes any idea that Judge Stacy is to become a candidate for Congress in the Sixth Judicial District and it is conceded here that he will not enter the race. HON. A. B. KIMBALL DEAD Rear the bargains on the , last page of this paper that Cohn & Son are offering to the public of Granvile and adjoining counties. Interment At Kimball Burying Ground ' Near Providence Tom'or row. . " , Hon. A. B. Kimball died at Eliza- beth Hospital in Henderson Monday evening. - ; '.; -' The interment will be at the Kim ball burying ground near Providence tomorrow afternoon at 4:30. The Editor of the Public Ledger Was Remembered By Dear Little Friends. The sweet little children of this community certainly did enjoy St. Valentine's Day last Saturday to the full. They started out by sending the valentines through the mail, but Uncle Sam was so slow they adopted a quicker method, that of placing STOVALL AND TAR RIVER ' Progressive : Communities Vote for Better, Schools. Stovall and Tar. River both iroted bonds for schools Saturday by hand some majoritiei. The issue at Sto vall was for $25,000 and was car ried 57 to 10. Tar River voted on $10,000 and the election was par ried by the vote of 18 to 4. These districts expect to start at once to make plans for nice brick buildings to be ready for use by the opening of thefall term. Stem and Creedmoor will vote on the 10th of March. They will both in all probability give as good ma jorities for the bonds as Stovall and Tar River. THE STATE AUTHORIZES THE LOAN OF $144,350 Total Dead for State. 1,610 and To tal Wounded 4,128, With Gross Casualties, Including Prisoners, 5,799. (Washington Special) Tennessee suffered heaviest of the nine Southern States east of the Mississippi river, in casualties among her officers and men who were mem bers of the American Expeditionary Forces during ,the World War, Vir ginia's losses were second, North Carolina's third, and Alabama's ana Georgia's fourth and fifth respective ly. A statistical summary of all cas ualties prepared in the office of the adjutant general of the. army and just announced shows the total cas ualties of these Southern States to have been 37,266, including -officers and men, out of a grand total of 302- 612 for the entire country. These casualties include losses from every cause which put the men out of ac tion. - The total casualties for each state follows: Tennessee, 6,190; Virgin is, 6,310; North Carolina, 5,799; Alabama, 5,160; Georgia,. 4,425;, South Carolina, 3,919; -Mississippi, 2,303; Louisiana, '2,169 and Flori da, 1,171. ' North Carolina's losses from of ficers and men killed in action were r heaviest, numbering 684; Tennes see's losses from that cause were sec ond, totalling 680 and Virginia's, third, aggregating 664. In deaths from wounds Virginia was first with 291, Tennessee second, with 250 and North Carolina third with 238. OFFER $50 REWARD FOR . "N BARIUM SPRINGS SLAYER Granville County Will Get $5,500 for School Buildings. The State Board of Education in session at Raleigh Saturday approved the valentines under the door, ring- j loans from the school building fund RAILROAD STRIKE DEFERRED It Was Scheduled To Go Into; Effect Today. The threatened strike by the Main tenance of Way organization . has been'def erred. The men have agreed ko hold the matter in abeyance, pos sibly until roads are taken over by former owners, and by which time the Government will have nothing to do with the matter. . ing the bell and departing on the; wings of the wind. j Miss Mary, the pretty little daugh ter of Mr. and Jlrs. A. S. Hall, and our little friend William Yancey, son of Mr. W. T. Yancey, who lives on Spring street, kept things" lively in their neighborhood, as did the young people in ether parts of the town. In the shuffle the editor or tne jtudiic Ledger received three valentines which was 'greatly appreciated. There were several valentine par ties in the community which were also, greatly en joyed by the young people. ' , -, -. . . , , , Mr. James W. Horner, who was numbered with the sick, is regain ing his strength. If the weather re mains good a day or two longer he will be able to come down to the store. of the State amounting to $144,350 distributed through 107 districts in 44 counties. This is: the largest batch of loans ever approved at one time. Under the terms the loan bears an interest rate of four per cent, and is to be repaid at the rate of one-tenth annually. It is to be used for School building. , The authorized loan for Granville county is $5,500. The loan for Or ange county is $44,450. ' FLOUR DROPS ANOTHER 25 CENTS IN CHICAGO MARKET The county commissioners of Ire dell have authorized Sheriff M. P. Alexander to offer a reward of $50 for the capture or information lead ing to the arrest of George Davis, the ! boy who killed Laurie Auton at Bar ium Springs about ten days ago. Davis is nearly 17 years "of age and is blind in one eye. Bakers' flour dropped-25 cents a barrel in Chicago last week, making a total decline of 50 cents in a week. Carload lots were sold at $12.5 Q : a barrel and small purchases at $13 a barrel Blazed Caused By Carelessness. On Sunday afternoon about three o'clock a colored man discovered smoke coming from beneath the insurance office of Mr. John R. Hall. He called the attention to several people nearby and on investigation found sill that supports front of the office was ablaze. The" fire alrm was immediately turned in and the blaze was extinguished before any damage was done. It is thought that the fire' originated from a match or a cigarette that was carelessly thrown down on the street and was . blown under, the building by the high wind that was blowing. People should: be more carefull where they throw lighted matches and cigarete stumps. m