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PUBLISH EKLY-TOWN AfW COUNTY OFFER B RILL1ANT 0PP0RTUN1TIES-A LL HOME PRINT. 5 1 1 L . - ixm xxxv AT IT MEANS TO j BE A RICH MAN I i Federal . Income Tax of ttief Vi oalt!iiest Man In North Carolina I mmts To ive nunarea uoiiars; Dav Including Sundays. University Study Clubs, has lied a table for, person! income vers in North Carolina from thek ds of the Internal Revenue , Bti-1not write my article in your paper of tor xv H' in nuicu it is uiiciust;u 'x we had 24 millionaires in. the 'tt, during that year, andhere i robably many more for 1920.' v. .;' years ago only three Southern o.;jps Louisiana, Oklahoma and T had mof millionaires than " rth Carolina, he net income of t richest man in the State in 19J7 ,.'.' , bet ween '. $ 7 6 0 , 0 0 0 and $1,000, ,i and this indicates that he was on times a millionaire and 'more." There were 70 people in the State with incomes of $50,000 a year, and lVvr not gross, but net incomes :ui these 70 taxpayers "are million-' pves and multi-millionaires many r-nes over." The editor of, The Xews Letter makes interesting -&$z Mictions from Mr. Hobbs' table,' arid ii is well to go into it. An Analysis. 1. A little more .than nine-tenths of all ur Federal taxes on personal incomes in 1917 were paid by , 975 people, or less than a third $f all those reporting net incomes beyond the exemptions allowed. . 2. More than half our Federal personal income taxes were paid by ?7 taxpayers the very rich people with net incomes of $40,000 a year and more. 3. Our three richest men paid $442,795, which is more than all the taxes paid by the 9,741 people with ret incomes between $2,000 and $10,000 a year. 4. Our richest man with a net in come approaching $1,000,000 a year, paid nearly as much as the 8.000 peo ple with net incomes below $6,000 a year. His Federal income tax amounted to some $500 a day in- eluding Sundays. Wage Earners. There were several hundred thou sand wage earners, salaried people, farmers and merchants, single and married, whose gross incomes were more than $1,000 $2,000 a year; but when the legal deductions and al lowances of all sorts were counted only a bare handful of the people m North Carolina had any net incomes! to pay Federal taxes on. The Farmer. And the farmer how is he faring in the income tax matter? The writ er in The News Letter helped half a dozen of the wealthiest farmers in his community fill out their Federal income tax blanks, "but," he says. ' when we summed up the allowances for dependents, and for necessary farm expenses, investment in tools, money spent for hired help,, feed and repairs on buildings, for fences, wag ons, farm machinery, horseshoeing, insurance on barns and houses, de preciation due to wear and tear on everything used for purposes, losses from fire, flood, and storm, -and so oil and on not one of them had any income surplus to pay Federal taxes on." y.O POLL TAX FOR-, FEMININE VOTERS THIS YEAR, SURE 3iay lie Year After Next Before Wo men Have To Pay. Vashington, March 26. It will r:r: be necessary for the women to v-yy pell taxes this year or even next par unless the .state makes provi !on for such taxes. The present I.iv does not require Athem to pay I -U taxes because thti do not vote.; Kveu if they are extended the right of suffrage they will not be required ' o pay poll taxes until the legislature i: ;;kes such a provision. AGREEMENT FOR RETURN OF ALL AMERICAN DEAD The State Department announces "'t an agreement under which American dead in France, whether 1 i-hin or behind the-battle zone,; ' ay be removed to the United States : ;;oon as arrangements have been completed has been reached, at a on Terence between, representatives the French and American govern- i'iits. The agreement awaits the approval of the French government. HS. W. R. NELSON DEAD f'-ionnent Will Be At Amos Chapel This Afternoon. Tr. W. D. Brooks, of Sunset, re ' d a wire early yesterday morn- - announcing the death of Mrs " II. Nelson in Norfolk. . Hie remains will reach Virgilina ( Friday morning, and the funer ' : nd burial services Will be held at ' ' 'OS Chapel at 3:30 o'clock this Vnioon, conducted by Rev. Geor- Junstall. V Mrs. Nelson was the -daughter of ; fi laie Rhodes and Cornelia' Fra s aim .vyuiucxia, She was 59 years of age, .and' ; survived by four daughters, two and numerous relatives- She" . . j liru v,r, i!.. v..n. tnm ai Co 1 g m 1 1111 ee i'ears. . --.m'; '.i-:. :A DRY ROT Owing to the fact that 'v' are swamped ' with' communica tios bearing on the Revaluation Acf-. hereafter all those who desire 1 air their Opinions onthf mooted 'jaestion through the Public Ledger yiti be required to pay an advertis es rate of 50 cAits an inch. MR. BRUMMITT POINTS OUT JUSTICE OP THE REVALUATION ACT ' -v twuuuw( and the Limitation of Taxation Has Not Been Reached. j Frlitnrv Pnhli( T.prlr'Pr'' ' . - - T J2J Jast week in order to t!l the people Spf the County my position On the Re valuation .Act. Every member 4 of the Legislature . supported that ' measure Democrats and Republicans, alike.' The people of this County know that.- Mr. Hancock knows it. And it has been known of all men that I heartily ap proved and supported the Act. Mr. Hancock now says that his charge of an attempt to "suppress discussion" was aimed at Gov. . Bick ett and Mr. Maxwell, although he first made it against those who "enacted?; the law. As to them I have observed no leffort to "suppress discussion" on this" or any other public matter: But that phase of the subject I puysue no further, since Mr. Hancock disclaims any 'reference to me. I suspect' that these gentlemen are amply able to take care of themselves, although resting under the deep displeasure Of Mr. Hancock and -faced with his edict that they are not to hold office any more.' Mr. Hancock does not attempt to controvert the proposition- that the Constitution requires , the taxation of ! all DroDertv "accordiner to itB true val ue in money." He does not attempt to deny a single statement contained in my former article with respect to the obligation and meaning of. that provision of our organic law. He does not deny the compelling authority of the Constitution upon the conscience of every voter and every official. In fact, if I understand him right, he gives, his mental assent to the consti tutional requirement. And yet he wants to "approach" the enforcement of it "in a gradual way." What he means by that I am unable to, say. Does he mean that we would this year assess property at one-half or one- third or one-fourth of "its truevaiue in monev" or any other proportionate nart thereof? Does he mean that we l shall obey the Constitution half-way this year and obey it fully next year or five years of ten years from now? If he means any of these things, if ha means anything less than the ef fort fu;ly to obey the constitutional mandate, the sufficient answer is that the Constitution does not so speak. It does not permit the legisla tor to make oath that he will in, a. gradual way" "support and maintain" . that instrument. It does not permit the tax-assessor to swear that he will "in a gradual way" carry out its man dates, and it does not permit the voter to so qualify his adhesion to its pro visions. Its commands are plain, clear and definite. It leaves no loop- hole for those who would escape its plain meaning and that meaning is well known. And just here, Mr. Editor, let me say that in all our thinking - on this subject of taxation, we should never lose sjght of the constitutional re quirement. I believe in the eternal justice and righteousness of geing all property on the tax books "ac cording to its true value in money," but even if J held a different theory on this subject, I would not consider myself at liberty to act upon it until the Constitution had been changed. If the Constitution is wrong, if land or any other' species of property ought to be assessed at less than its market value, let's 'change the Constitution, but until that has been done, let's at least make the effort to obey it. Mr. Hancock says that some lands are assessed higher than their market values. That is simply to say that his judgment dnTers from that of the assessors and Board of Review. I suspect that the assessors have made some mistakes. I think that I can find some land that I would say is valued too high, and some that I would say is valued too' low. But that is simply to say that in these par ticular instances my judgment differs irom theirs. To say that the asses sors have made mistakes in a few in stances is simply to say that they are human. Such mistakes are charge- ! able to tITe fallibilty of human judg ment and not to this particular - law. Of course, if the assessors possessed an unerring judgment as to land val ues they could have avoided making anv mistakes and we would not be troubled with this complaint. But I have yet to find the man who does not make mistakes. ' But Mr. Hancock's main contention seems to be that it is the "intent" of the Act to increase the taxing power of the State. If py that he means to impute to me the motive, purpose, jor desire of increasing the taxing power of the State in my support .;.of this measure, my reply is that the charge is untrue. I, of course, .cannot go in to the minds and hearts and purposes of the other members of the Legisla tive, but I believe that I can safely say the same of them. . The measure was prepared very, largely by Hon. R. A. Douifhton, Chairman of the Finance Committee of the House. He is es sentially conservative in his tenden cies. In my opinion he is the wisest, safest and sanest legislator who has served in the Legislature since I have been permitted to serve there. Others of a like type were Gray, Scales, Cam eron. Bryant. Coxe. Exerett, Johnson and 'manv others who are among the largest landowners in me oiaie.- xncj- knew that any tax measure they might pass would apply , to their' prop- . rii.w- ml erty as well as to tnat oi me omer citizens of the commonwealth. They supported this Measure because itwas in accordance with the Constitution,; and it did not occur to them that it was their duty to 'approach" -the en forcement of that instrument in a gradual way." 7 " . . But has the Revaluation Act In creased the taxing power of the StateT This is the fifth year since .there was an assessment of lands in North Caro lina. During this time our people have been enjoying a prosperity sueh as-was never before known. low lands have been cleared and brought nnitiratmn.' new numea uum great manufacturing pianis exeutcu and placed in operation, new towns have sprung up, great crops have been Ar.A qtiH manifold new forms and "-l V ,x,oro , hwn created eiemen u, , ronr neonle. On every I M I CiL UJ m-f v ' . - . side there are signs of this abounding nran0pitv The eenius. the. skill and the industry of man nav 171 VJMV " , have been tire llessly employed. Aj few government adopted the years ago 'government adopted tne vow cAKrx a hitiof money in teaching its boys and girls something of prac tital lrftSltw-e. The Corn Clf Boy of ten years ago is the ; successful far mer of to-day who maks 'two ears vf corn grow where Hone; grew before. The Und that a jShortime agOt pro duced 500 pounds of tobacco -to h i?re now, grows a thousand. Thhm :rj." ii., a nrtvrpd with clover ana I"1? The North Caroltna has come, into -his own; he (Continued On Page Four) OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA, WILSON WITHDRAWS CONTROL j OF COAL PRICES APRIL FIRST 1 i Fuel Administration Placed On Sta tus As Held Before Miners Strike , Last November. ; , .' ',' Washington.' March 25 Govern ment control; overi the maximum price of "bituminous "'coal was with drawn by President Wilson, effective April i. -..,;.; .-; At the same tinfe the President wrote the operators and miners transmitting the majority report of the coal commission and informing them that this report was -'the basis upon which the wage schedule agreements between the mine work ers and operators shall be made." Increased Coal Prices. April 1 is the date on 'which these agreements normally would become effective and ' by removingN govern ment control of prices effective that day the President paves the way for coal pricey to absorb the average 27 per cent increase recommended - in the majority report.- Ta Make Contracts. The President wrote the operators and miners it was "essential to the i" "-"c flp be concluded at the earliest date practable so that the uncertainty as to the fuel supply may be ended and that the consumers may be able to make contracts for their coal sup ply." Operators Warned. The operators were warned by President Wilson against violating laws against combinations in re straint of trade and profiteering and also not to exact "unreasonable prices for coal-" REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS Filed For Record In the Office Of Register of Deeds Charles G. Pow ell This Week. John W. Hester and wife to Oxford Loan and Real Estate Co., a certain let iif Oxford for $7000. ! The Union Bank and Trust Com-i nanv to Oxford Loan and Real Es-l tate Company, one lot in Oxford forjMr- J- T- Smith of Oxford Route 6 $7000 B. S- Royster and wife to Addie C. Gregory, three lots in Camtown Ex tension, $300. Irene Burton and others to Shep- pard Royster five and one-half acres for $200. , . Dellia Pittiford and others to James Pittiford, 21" and five-sixth acres near Tar River for $66.50 and other consideration. c John R. Hall and wife to' J. A. Tay lor, one lot on Hancock street for $10 and other consideration. R. H. Alleji to Eula Allen 1-2 acre in Creedmoo'r for $500 and other val uable consideration. Mollie Jones to A. A. Hicks, I lot in Oxford for $370. Caleb Allen to J. W. Devin and I. H. Young 132 acres Brassfield for '$5000-' V W: S. Hart to Crichtoh Mayer. 28 1-3 acres for $510. ,R. S- Hart to Alexander Mayer 122 1-2 acres for $2205. F...W. Hancock Jr. and wife to B. F. Kern and wife, 1 lot in Oxford for $1000, S. V. Morton to Ollie Milton 87.89 acres in Dutchville Township for $4500:' Ollie Milton to S. V. Morton aqres in Dutchville Township 96 for $2000. i Mollie-J. Preddy to E.T. Jones 50 acres in Fishing Creek Township for $500,, - . , John W- , Hester, commissioner, to Luther Lyon, 65 acres in 'Dutchville Township for $3000. Reubip Royster to J. G. Wright tract of land for $215.00. E.( T. Jones and wife to W. J. 'Brummitt 11 6-10 acres for $1327 :. . : FLY FACTORY IN OPERATION Mayor and Town Board of Commis sioners invited to Visit the Plant. y I wrote you a few weeks ago in reference to the fly factory in my end of town, which you very kindly published. At the time, we extend- ied a cordial invitation to the Mayor and town boird of commissioners and -the Woman's Club to visit the fly manufacturing plant, but they have not as yet manifected any in i - - : . -, j terest as to the great enterprise that ; ja beinz operated in our midst with- out a license or paper of incorpora tion Those who live near the fly plant must pay an exhorbitant rate of tax ation, and receive no direct . benefit from the inflation, or revaluation. act, or whatever you call" it. "Flies by the million by Easter" is the slogan of our neighborhood. They are doing so much businessin our end of town we will' be compell ed to employ -a whole-time health 'officer and a resident physician by me nrst or may: Again, we -extend a hearty invi tation to the Mayor and board of commissioners and the Woman's Ohib to visit the iy manufacturing plant as soon as possible. Dr. Mor ris,, the health officer, is also-invi ted to come with the board of com missioners and explain the great benefit v to be derived by such a thriving industry. ; in our end of town- : Indirectly if will prove tjrbe a great benefit to the' doctors 'and the' drugstores in the near future. - '- - - J, H; MORR1& LOST ONE PAIR GOLD RIMED eye glasses. .Finder will please return to John Webb. 1 t. FRIDAY, MARCH 26,? 1920 "REPUBLICAN LIBERALS" CONSIDER FORMATION OF NEW PARTY Warning that "Republican Liber als" might form, a new political par- j lo "Bni oouroon autocracy man! enect to restore individual liberty Uited States r kV ftt,y , WT rante' Republican, Maryland. , . ; fr-r J 1 . Vltn renoal if tt a tinna nvnliiKf ' .vm, yji. imnvucvi uuiui-1 uiauc cue ctuie suggesuon to one or tion and the espionage, act as .thefmore members" of the Board of chief flanks in its tentative plat-' County Commissioners. At the same form, Senator Fraiice declared that iV1 nnprn e noon nnt hac tqa i.mn 'to raise 'ti the battle cry against all the reac- tionary forces of autocracy and un- AmpnVan hnnrhnniem American bourbomsm , v . Along with repeal of the prohibi- uuu amenameni, senator t rance urged "reconsideration" of theisive Farmer makes whole subject,, with local option and use of "certain alcohblic beverages." STEM NEWS NOTES Number of People Visit Scaie of Wreck. Dr. P. R. Hardee has purchased a new Ford Roadster. . , Mrs. J. H. Gooch is on a visit td Mr. and Mrs. D. S.;ReioV Winston Salem. . f James Chavis, - a substentiire colored farmer on Route 1, died of flu recently, after an411hess of three days. " Two new cases of influenza are reported in this community within the last few days and one new case on Route 3. Misses May and Pauline Stem, of, Route 2, who are at Watts hospi tal for treatment, are getting along nicely and expect to return home in a few: days. ; 'i; . -' -Mr.Ia and ;Mrs. W. H. Hall and family rof Route 1, and Mr. andJMrs. L. W.HailCof-Stem motored over to Durham Sunday and spent the day 7nQ o w $eing the ccasin of th birth- with Mr. W. H. Hull's mother, this J . ' We regret to note the illness ofj Mr. and Mrs. Luciu Burnett and daughter, Miss Maggie Burnett, of Providence, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Longmire, of Ox ford Route 6. Quite a number of relatives and friends gathered in the home of Mr. W. L. TJmstead of Route 1, Saturday night in honqfr of their son, Mr. Lu ther Wiley JJmstead and college mates, Messrs, Stones and Nichols, students at the University, who are spending the week end with Mr. and Mrs- Umstead. Mrs. Tom Cupley, of Durham County, tlied at the home of her pa rents. Mr. and Mrs. P. C. Garrett, Stem Route 2, on Monday, March 21, aged 26 years- She is; survived by her husband, a four-months old son, father, mother and four broth ers and four sisters. The deceased was a consecrated Christian woman. The interment was at Henderson Tilley's place. Two basket ball games of much interest were played between Creed moor an! Stem on the Stem school ground last Monday afternoon. The first playing, was by the second teams, the score being 6 to 11 in Stem's favor. The second game, played by the first team, the score being 2 to 7 infavor of the home tow::. . , ; i In Tally Ho Church conference last Saturday, Mr. J. P. Walters, of Oxford Route 6, was. elected Super intendent of the Sunday School, and Mr. W. J. Royster, Assistant. Mr. O. G. Clayton, of Stem Route 3, was chosen to collect for the nastors sal ary. It was ordered that the Sunday School continue to take collection by classes each Sunday for the purpose of buying- literature, paying "for Sunday School papers, and other ex penses. Many people have visited the scene of the terrible auto accident near here, which occurred ten days ao, when One man lost his life and two others were seriously injured. Mr. W. E. Stem, who witnessed the accident says that it was too awful for description, rfe hastened' to the relief of the suffering men, and was met by Mulowitz, the driver of the wrecked car, who had just crawled from beneath the machine. He screaminy frantically ' "I have kill ed a man," and threw his arms around Mr. Stem in his agony of grief, and went from him to Mr. Silver, the dead man, shaking him in an attempt to revive him. Accord ing to Mr. Stem, the car as it turned turtle, cleared some very high bri ers without bending them to the ground. Both the injured men are still in the hospital, the, mental con dition of Mulowitz showing very lit tle improvement. Silver the dead man, and Mulowitz .recently purchas ed a handsome business property on Main stret, Durhain. SALVATION ARMY CAMPAIGN INCLUDES GRANVILLE COUNTY Mr. Alexander Jamison Has Been f Chosen ' Chairman. The Salvation .Army is planning to put on-a campaign - throughout the- Southern states for the purpose of raising the; necessary funds to carry on important work. - Granville County ... people should subscribe libVrally to help along the4 good work. Mr. Alexander Jamison is the Chairman-Of the drive in Gran ville. He will' explain the details later. - LAND ASSESSMENTS F CO. SHOULD BE PUBLISHED, SAYS 'MR. L. THOMAS County Board of Education Should Be Elected For Term of Only I Two Years. - , T "T tolfTw A krZZ Z " i est to a. I Poun- and the won aua ine propriety or. publishing the ' lands assessments of the countv I wwtuvil .J J I, tUC 1.11 A asked Mr. Brummitt, Champ-1 1 1 ATI rt 4-ln s - T A . 1.. X A a. ucvaiuduuii aci. lu usi - . u ftCvaiuuou acl, to use i i j 1 1 1 1- iii u i n Tin r " ma. eti ornrftotirvn tir i ?. JMi , ' gentlemen took a favorable view of tne matter, and cast the suggestion aside with some slight remark or a piaceDQ smile. - Now the Progres the same sug gestion, which is endorsed by the Kaieigh News & Observer as fol lows: - - One of the most difficult . matters is to determinefthe real' value1 of land, for all IJhd Pl uses are speculative. There is no tangible value to land. It gets its value because some body wants it.. If one man wants a piece of land he takes it and it has no value; If two want it, it has a value and they bargain over it. If several want it the value -goes up. L.ana that brings a hundred ; dollars an acre today, and would . not brings ten dollars an acre -ten years ago -is not higher in price because it has been im proved in any way, but because more , people want it and are willing to .pay a higher price. What that higher1 price is or should be is cajnparative. The v government is taking-: lands in uamp uragg tor, ten dollars. Buyers outside that camp, a mile away, are payings a hun dred dollars for land .very lit tle different. One of these prices is purely absurd. But who knows which? In estimat ing values of land in- that neigh borhood, both these prices are to be considered. In lesser degree the - same N conditions prevail everywhere. One peice of land is assessed high, another near by Is low. Conditions being the sanie the price should correspond. In a community prices should agree with each other much more than they do. Publishing the assessments would let every man know how his valuations compared with all the rest. It . is fair to the man who pays on the high ( valuation . for he should be no higher than the other. It is just to the man who pays on the low valuation for he should pay as much as his neighbor. , And while I am having a little say, and the various' candidates are in incubation,' permit me to make a few rambling remarks: Mr. Brummitt said in his letter some days ago that the Constitution, the highest la,w of the State, re quired that all preperty, or all land, be assessed at its true value in money. Very well! As this law was already in existence why create hundreds of offices and spend more than a million of dollars to put this new tax assessment law in opera tion? For forty-five years I have, been voting'the Democratic ticket be cause I believe in -representative government in its mostliteral sense, and from my youth . up I have been taught that the Democratic party was the truest exponent of this prin ciple. When a matter of great im portance is presente'd to. the Legis lature, I believe it -to 'be right and Droraer that the representatives elect ed should call a mass meeting of their constituents ana asK ior in structions, or have the matter re ferred to the people for ratification or rejection br popular vote; espec j tally so. when it is a nmtter of very great importance to, all the people, and one upon which they have not had an opportunity to express their wishes. When the representatives elected disregard the will of a ma jority of the people, and act of their initiative and in accord with their individual views,' or for expediency our government ceases to be a de mocracy and becomes an oligarchy. Again: For a long number of years I have contended that the mi nority party was entitled to repre sentation on all of dur Boards. Its members are tax payers and as such it is not right to deny them repre senta'tion. Besides, such an arrange ment would often inure to the good of all the people. I believe that the holders of all public offices should be made as re sponsive to the will of the people as possible; therefore, I think the pres ent mode of 'electing, or appointing, members of the County Board of Education for a term of six years should be changed so as to elect, or re-elect if the people so desire, the whole Board every two years. . L. THOMAS.1 PRECINCT .MEETING TO BE HELD SATURDAY Democratic Voters All Asked, To Meet At Polling Places Promptly Democratic .voters in all precincts are asked to meet at their - polling places in convention Saturday after-' nooii at 2 o'clock for the purpose of choosing delegates ,to; the-county convention ;-to be held in the court house: Saturday a week later, on April 3. ' ' ; . j : : ; Announcement to,- this effect was made this week by Judge Cam Hunt county chairman, who called upeni all party adherents to make a spec ial effort to be present at the time of the, convention. ' NUMBER 24 SHERIFF HUNT SEARCHING FOR ROSCOE C. TUCK Said To Be Hiding Somewhere Near . Virgilina. There is a $50Q reward for Ros A Icoe C, Tuck, former assistant cash- ier of the Citizens Bank of Virgilina. , wnose accounts were short several , thousand, dollars and who left -for art . k . Daris unKnown. Sheriff Hunt heard last Tuesday, from what appeared to bo a reliable source, that Tuck was in hiding near Virgilina. The Sheriff and two of his -most trusted men hastened to the Virginia border only to leam that Tuck was .hot there. r t Mr. W T. Harris, a leading citi zen of Virgilna, was in Oxford Wed nesday x and he stated that Tuck's shortage had in ho wise impaired the strength and standing of the Virgilina bank. He stated that Tuck had made over to the stockholders or tnebank all of his real and per sonal property. It is supposed that Tuck lost heavily in games of chan ce.. Mr. Harris said that he had) heard incidentally that Tuck was a heavy winner at the end of his gamb ling career, and he is disposed to be lieve that the unfortunate man will come forward at an .early date and make his shortage good. The Pub- flic Ledger has frequently heard good men from the Virgilina section say that Tuck is a high toned gentleman and they expressed much sympathy for him in the hour of weakness. A BUNCH OF PUSSYWILLOW Plucked In New Jersey By Mr. Frank B. Hays, EditoV of the Druggists Circular. Two or three weeks ago the New York Herald spoke of the first har binger of . spring to make its ap pearance on ' Manhattan Island 'this , year wafc the silky aments of pussy willow and rare specimens of skunk cabbage. v - .s We published the item and asked some one to inform us as to whether theskunk cabbage is a flower or a sure enough stinking cabbage, as the- name implies. While rambling around in New Jersey last Sunday, Mr. Frank B. Hays, editor of the New York Drug gist Circular, plucked a bunch of pussywillow and sent it to the edi tor of the Public Ledger, and upon examination we find that the. shrub has a close resemblance to the na tive willow in this section, ouly that the aments are larger and has a waxy substance like balsam of fir. JOHN HOG AN ARRESTED FOR WHIPPING HIS WIFE His Wife Testified That He Did Nothing of the Kind At the instance of Mr. J. E. Jack son, superintendent of welfare work in Granville, a warrant was issued for the arrest of John Hogan, white, charged' with assault upon his wife. The trial came up yesterday and was heard ' -by Justice Thomas G. Taylor. - Three witnesses swore that they saw Hogan strike his wife", and four witnesses testified that Mrs. Hogan frequently pointed to bruised places on her body and said that John had given her a beating. Things looked bad for John until his wife took the stand t and swore that he had never struck her a lick in " his life. On the testimony of the wife, Justice Taylor dismissed j j-ne case THIEVES ENTER WESTERN Xfri ION TEL. OFFICE ToOk $15 00 From The Till and Escaped. ? ; Aboiit 11 o'clock yesterday morn- . ing, Capt. Frank Spencer, manager of the local Western Union Telegraph Office, on Bank Street, stepped2 , across Hillsboro street, with a friend to get a cool drink at the drug store. He left his keys in the money drawer aiid failed to fasten the of fice doofSwhen he departed. While in the drug store it occurred to him that he left the office door open and the money, drawer exposed, and he hastened back to find that some one had entered the office and rifled the drawer to the amount of $15.65. Capt. Spencer had previously plac ed a neat sum of money in an envel ope and sealed it This money was in the same drawer that the thieves robbed, but they did not take it. NORTHERN NEWSPAPERS ARE KNOCKING THE FARMERS .. The railing of some of the North ern papers about the high prjee of tobacco are not hurting the tobacco growers. The papers that are mak ing war on the farmers do not know anything about what, it cost to grow the crop. As a matter of fact, to bacco that sold at an average of 60 cents in Oxford last season is as to bacco that sold at 15 cents six years ago. ; Prosperous conditions in the to bacco market means prosperous con ditions in the New York financial markets, and the surest way for The New York World or any other New York paper to bring, about a panic at that center would be to create a condition panic in the tobacco mar ket; The prosperity-of the Nation depends upon the prosperity of the farmer, and tobacco at any price un- der 75 cents means anything but prosperity for him. m mm v ;i ; -.. J w ,r ! mi
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