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' . . A ' v v :' --f V.,;.-. : .4 7 '"-, '4 PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY TO WN AND COUNTY OFFER B RILLIANT OPPORTUNITIES AIL HOME PRINT; " J -' ' j VOL XXXVI coi BEXNEHAM CAMERON ADDRESSED THE OXFORD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE judse Wood, Senator Jeffreys and j Others Distiiigmshed Virginia (ientlemen Attend Meeting Here. When the Oxford Chamber of Com merce a few days ago learned that Col Benneham Cameron, president of the Bahkhead 1 Highway, -would 'spend a couple of hours in Oxford on Wednesday, a hurry call was issued to prominent citizens in ' all of the towns along the Highway from Dur ham to Chase City to come and hear what Col- Cameron would have to Twenty-five ' or thirty distin guished men from Virginia, includ ing the mayor of Clarksville, Sena tor Jeffries of Chase City, Judge Wood, of Clarksville and a delega tion from Boyd ton were present. Col. Cameron stated that ; the Bankhead Highway through Oxford and Granville county . is a fixture. The recent appropriation by the state of $50,000,000, said Col. Cameron made it necessary to shorten the highway wherever it 'is possible. Instead of going via Raleigh and Smithfield they had decided to make a straight shoot from Durham, to Sanford. The reason for this, he said was to eliminate sixty miles be tween Fayetteville and Richmond. He explained that the entire length of the Bankhead Highway will be a hard surface road. Judge Wood .stated that the bridge at Clarksville is owned by the people of that town. The original- cost, he said, was $35,000. They are will ing to sell the bridge for $15,000 and make it a free bridge. He suggest ed that the towns along the highway in Virginia and North Carolina, from Durham to Chase City, contribute to wards making the bridge at Clarks ville free to the traveling public. Col. Cameron expressed the opinion that construction work on the north ern end of the Bankhead Highway in Granville County will be under way in 30 or 60 days. The following - resolution, which was- unanimously adopted by the Chamber of Commerce, was offered by Col. W. B. Ballou, chairman of the Granville County Road 'Commission: "Whereas, The road from Oxford north to the Virginia line is the joint stem road for two great national highways -the Southern National Highway and the Bankhead National Highwayran4.ai5.o; thegreat .Inter national Highway from- Quebec- to Miami; and whereas, the nature of the soil , is very pungent, being of clay, and therefore it is especially desirable to have it made a hard surface road. "We, therefore, earnestly petition the State Highway Commission to construct a hard surface road in this important link of these three great national highways." NINETEEN INDICTMENTS FOR FAILURE TO VACCINATE Expressions Of Unrestrained . Vio lence Were Uttered Against the Health Officer For Doing His Du ty. The commissioners -room in the court house on last Monday was the scene of a warm trial of nineteen de fendants from Pleasant Grove School district in south Granville on a charge of sending unvaccinated chil dren to school in violation of the rul ing of the Board of Health that eVery child attending school in Granville county should be immune to small pox. In other duties of citizenship these nineteen defendants are not further below the mark of good citizenship than other men. They are all splendid people. No one classes them as malefactors; that is, they omitted to do what public, safety de mands. A large majority of the people of Orranville county sending children to school have had their children vac cinated as a protection to theirchil dren and to the community school and to the homes connected with the school. Their action declares in plain terms for these three princi ples: 1. No parent is free to expose hia child to disease. 2. No person is free to impose his personal opinion, if .it endangers the health of others. .3. No person has the right to de prive his neighbor of health protec tion. Much feeling was manifested though under the restraint of the court room. Before and after the trial, however, it is said that many expressions of somewhat unres trained violence - were uttered a- gainst the Health officer. Intimida- y. ai ncdiiu uiiiuer. luumiua- tive speeches against an nffiror for rinintr v,io -1 ;C aomg his duty is not altogether a vvamesome sort of citizenship. It is Hoped that nnrm snhpr sppnnH thought everyone will accept even the unpleasant part of the highest type ol citizenship and that no one will impede the execution of this neces sary health law. The judgment of the Court in these cases as to two of them who submit ted their cases was that these two pay the small fine of $2.50 each plus the cost of the action. ft As to the other 17 who contended, fco.oo each plus the cost of the action, and that every one of the 19 have every child they respectively send to school vaccinated. HENDERSON'S MILITARY CO. NOW STANDS ACCEPTED Very Handy To Oxford Should a Riot Break Out Here. Captain W- T Cheatham, in com l1!? of the Henderson infantry unit oi the reorganized North Carolina uard, announces that he has receiv ed notice of Federal recognition hav ing been extended to the local com V and that the .company is now officially not only a part of the North Varolina military forces; but a unit in the Federal forces for the national ?,? t?wse'mRecosnition and acceptance oi, I e, btate organization, was given several weeks ago. Your battery should have water nbout every two weeks. Stop at Wil lard Service Station. bOME LIGHT AS TO - .WHO .WILL BE THE J EXT POSTMASTER HERE K Looks As If It WiU Either Be Mr. Lassiter, the Present Postmaster, Or HlS- Assistant. Mr. TfAm-,' Critcher. ' Jiiver since Mr. Kmory Smith, edi- tui uj. ma .rnnaaeipnia Jfress, was postmaster general twentiy-f ive or thirty years ago, that journal has stood very. close, -to the Postoffice Department. The Press is the strongest Republican paper in Penn sylvania, and you can wager a cigar that it has been on the exchange list of the Marion Star for many years. President Harding, while editor of the Marion . Star,, very frequently copied from the Press, which leads us to believe that the following from the Press was inspired from on high: There are going to be some heartburnings in the ranks of the hungry spoilsmen before the new postmasters are appointed Under the present civil service rules put into force by an order of President Wilson, all the first, second and third class postmasters are appointed from an eligible list prepared . after the . candidates have taken an examination. Word comes from Washington that th Wilson order is to be revoked ', and that President Harding "is to issue a new order making some slight modifica tions in.it. But the first, second uid third class postmasters are still to be appointed from an eligible " list The appointing power is to be allowed to select his man from those at the head of the list. Whether ne will be confined to a choice between the first t.hree or the first five . . or six is not yet definitely set- ' tied- But the man who is to be postmaster must pass an- exami nation. There are one or two ambi tious Republicans in this city who have been looking with hungry eyes -at the. postoffice will hear their news without. , any manifestations of joy. The thought of passing any kind of examination strikes terror in I tljeir . hearts. . If they do not , besiege Senator Penrose and beg 1 him on. their knees to come to ; -their rescue then they will have. ' jyeiven , up all hope of the re- ! ease their minds by damning the whole , civil service system from top to bottom and will ask v one another what they elected " Harding for anyway, if not to get the fat jobs." It is understood . that Mr- Henry Critcher, assistant postmaster, is. first on the eligible list. He is loyal to his position and to his party, and it remains to be seen who will be postmaster , here if Mr. Las siter is retired. . : BARN OF WYATT ESTES BURNED SUNDAY MORNING A tobacco curing barn of Mr. Wyatt Estes, who lives about three miles South of Creedmoor on the Ra leigh road, was destroyed by fire at an early hour Sunday morning. The barn was used for storing feed stuffs and under a shed by the side of the barn two bales of cotton was stored. All the feed stuff stored in thp hnrn was destrnvpd. the cot ton was removed from the shed in a badly damaged condition. So strong was the impression of incen diaryism, that a call was sent to Raleigh for blood hounds, they ar rived about daylight Sunday morning but from what we can learn accom plished nothing. If they did it is nol being given out by the officers. It is the opinion of many with whom we have conversed about the matter, that the fire was. started by some TTrv.i0vQTr Haiiavino- hft Mr Tnctoc wfle rpdnnhsihl-fi :. for. their plants being reported to the -of f i'cers- If this theory is correci, tne diock ader is skating on mighty thin ice. The officers will leave no stone un turned to . bring the guilty party to Justice. Creedmoor Times- THE NEW BANK LAW Relatirig To Overdrafts, Payment By Officers. Etc Sectio.-v80 of the. new North Carp- lina bank V ya: "Any officb AT- r than a direc-1 tor), or empliy "f n hank, whn shall permit ajy customer or-other person to overdraw his account, or who shall pay any check or draft, whirh sh nil ' nvprd ra.w any account, unless tne same snail De luc . 4,11tvlftrj7Pfi kv tha hnal-d of directors authorized oy tne Doara or aireciors or by a committee 01 sucn Doaru au- iVL aot. haii r,pronaliv iT-iiv w ?n S S and individually liable to such bank for the amount of sucn overdratts- MUSIC AT ST. STEPHEN'S CHURCH EASTER MORNING - AT- ELEVEN O'CLOCK Processional Hymn, 178: At the Lamb's High Feast We Sing, by G. J. Elvey. Anthem: Christ Our Pass-over, by Nevin. Te Deum, by Berthold Tours. Jubilate, bv Berthold Tours- Introit,' 169 : Welcome Happy- Morn ing, by Sullivan. . Communion Hymn, 334: Here. .0, my Lord, I see Thee Face to Face by Edward Dearie. Gloria Tibi: Come See the Place Where the Lord Layt by Ervin W. Read- Gloria in Excelsis: Old Chant. Recessional, 173: The, Strife is p'er. The Battle Done:. From Palestrina- WOODMEN OF THE WORLD GATHER AT GREENSBORO The seventh biennial session of the Woodmen of the.'World of North Ca rolina, was held in Greensboro this week. Among- the distinguish choper-aadEessing the open session were: B. s: Royster, of Oxford; V. E. Grant, of Hendersonville; D. E. Henderson of Charlotte, and W. M. Ruth of Salisbury. The delegates m attendance from Oxford were: Gen. B. S- Royster, D. G. Brummitt.and J. J. Medford. , OXFORD, N. C. FRIDAYMARCH 25, 1921 'jfW&l? r: : JSTOl 24x ? ? THE BEST POSSIBLE USE I ' TO MAKE OF THE i f OLD MARKET HOUSE ; Cor.vert It ido a Young 3Ian's Chris- Hnn ASsnrinHnll Riiilrhti If. Pnvinff PiTTnsitinn. I The Public Ledger is interested, in a statement that comes from Fayette-- j ville, to. the effect that the citizens of that place last week secured $80,000 pledges to establish a modern Young Men's Christian Association. Now that the town commissioners are anxious to find a use for the site of the old market house on Williamss boro street, the Public Ledger would suggest that the site is well adapted for a modern Young Men's Christian Association. Any one at all familiar with the young people of the community will readily see the necessity for such au enterprise If the people of Fayetteville can collect pledges to the amount of $80, 000 in a few minutes to erect a mod ern Y. M. C. A. building the people of Oxford should be able to secure $50, 000 in as many days. The Fayetteville plans -calls for a large dining room on the first flooi. the second floor will be devoted ,to reading and recreation rooms; the third floor will contain a number of plivate sleeping apartments for young, men.. . The basement is to have a plung bath and numerous tubs and shower baths. The basement will be rented to' an experienced man who is familiar with Turkish baths, which will be patronized by the citizens, both men and ladies- Another source of revenue would be the rental of the dining room, and the apartments on the third floor, for the young men. The reading and recreation rooms and auditorium on the second floor would be a fine place for the young men and women of the community to gather and spend the evening-1. A board of governors, composed of two ladies and two men, could regulate the hours, amusements, etc OTHER TOWNS' EXPERIENCE WITH MANAGER MOVEMENT Wichita, Kas-, Population 72,12 Furnished municipal concerts tt popular prices, complete large drain age project establish clinics fqr poor, enlarge public health associa tion, purchased land: and established parks, enlarge garbage collection service, competion of five miles .-of sewer main, granted advances in salaries -of-employees,- conducted fair es of tood, and fuel, at cost, erected a forum building seating 5,000 and increased efficiency of every depart ment of city government without in creasing tax levy over that of previ ous administration. McCracken, Kan-, Population 371. "The new plan gets results mucu quicker. It cuts out a lot of -red tape, and enldess, argument over trival San Diago, CaL, Population 95.000. ' "The past year has been a re trenchment period and the budget for the operating department was re duced to $50,000-, but out. of added savihgs the manager was able to pro videtfunds for extra work not authorized- in the budget to the extent of $51,000. and finished the year with a $7,000 balance." Sah Jose, CaL, Population 40,000 Though our receipts are about $30,000 less than they were four years ago. our disbursements are a bout $60,000 less; this in face of nrices almost double what they were 'four years ago lour years ago. All or tne service of the city has been maintained in practically normal condition. Glendale, CaL, Population 11,500- "In a recent address, the mayor of Glendale refers to the office of city manager as, 'primarily a clearing house for trouble' the board is not confronted with many small difficul ties that arise in the administration of the city's affairs-" Anaheini, ,Cla, Population 5,526. There are no periods of waiuns between meetings of the board or trustees. We are accomplishing i things in amuch shorter time and at I less expense than under the om me thod. There is no -opposition mani fest." Xia Grange, Ore-, Population 6,913 "Under the old system the city had a floating debt of over $100,000, the city warrants were discounted 10 per cent and the bank reluctant to take them at any price- Now no ex penditure is allowed without due au- thorization and funds in the bank to i cover." San Angelo, Tex., Population 16,500. -"An attemDt to overthrow me manager plan 'was aeieatea uy a large majority." -Tyler, Txas, Population 12,085 "For the first time in many years . , . -j:s xyier nas operaieu wuuoui a uciiui, and will have $32,000 more for im provements from current funds dur ing 1920 than during 1919." THE REVISED POPULATION OP GRANVILLE COUNTY The Area Of Granville Is 503 Square Miles-Population To Square Mile Is 53.4. The revised 1920' census, just is sued, gives to Granville county 26,846 population. 'The land area in Granville is 503 square miles, with an average of 53.4 persons to the square mile. The revised figures gives Oxford a population of 3,606; The 1910 census gave Oxford 3,018. iCreedmoor, 1920 census, 392; 1910 w "us 324. . - . Stem, 1920 census, 245. Stovall, 1920 census, 414; 1910 census 3-5. ' THE UNITED STATES HAS N AVERAGE OF THIRTY-FIVE PERSONS A SQUARE MILE North Carolina Has Fifty-two to the - Square MiV The average. density! of population throughout the United States exclu sive 'of outlying population was, 35.5 persons . per square, mile of land area in 1920 as gainst 30-9 in 1910, the; census bureau has announced. The density figure for southern states were: ' - Alabama, 45-8; Florida, 17.7; Georgia, 49.3; Louisiana, 39.6;. Miss issippi, 35-6'; North Carolina, 52.5; South Carolina, 55.2; Tennessee, 56-1 and Virginia 57.4. AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE! A MILITARY ORGANIZATION OF FORTY-TWO MEN IN OXFORD This Unit Can and Should Be Or ganized and maintained the ...Town ( ommissioiiers Have Pledg ed Financial Support. .. For more than sixty years Oxford and Granville County had a Military organization known as .the Granville Jrrays, which organization served in three wars- At present we have no military organization, but the op-, portunity has come to organize what is known as Battalion Headquarters Company for the Second Battalion, First Infantry, N. C N. G., to be lo cated at Oxford, which organization will be known as the Granville Grays. This unit consists of one officer (First Lieutenant) and forty-one (41) enlisted men, with the follow ing rank. or grade-and pay: I stafi Sergeant, $90.00. 4 Sergeants. $90 00, 5 Corporals $74.00, 11 Privates First class, $70-00, 20 privates $60. -00. This pay is the amount received annually from the Federal Govern ment, and is in addition to the pay these men will receive when they are -on duty during : encampments, at which time they will receive the re gular pay receivedrby men in the re gular service.. . Any ex-service man who has had six months service ca enlist for a period of one year- une - t i or tne most attractive features in cident to membership in this organi zation win be an up-to-date club j which is very much needed by the j vnnnsr mpn nf'this ennimnnitv. - i The Board of Commissioners of ; Oxford has pledged financial sup-f port for this unit. If the county;! board will do the sa,me, and if the people generally- will give this movement their moral support, v this unit can be organized and main-, tained. We have until April 5 th to organize, which is only a short time off- Every one seems to admit that we want such an organization and it would be of great benefit to our community. Now the question is as to whether or not we will give this movement our united moral support. If you are interested in this proposi tion, get busy. ' -.. STEM NEWS LETTER Mr. John H. Royster, of Oxford Route 6, is building a new residence . A son was born in the home pf Mr- arid Mrs- M- S Mayef , Sunday night : ' ..: vy .--.f 'T"-'' t Mr. P. B. Hardee, owner ot The; Stem Drug Co., purchased a.1 new Hupmobile touring car Friday. Mr. W. B. Cash of Oxford; Route 6, who has been critically ill we are glad to note is improving. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Montague and family of Hester were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Mangum of Tally Ho Sunday. We regret to note the continued illness of Mrs- R. W Wilkerson' of Route 3, and hope she will soon be restored to health.; ; . Messrs. C- B. Haskins, Archie, Willie and Lester Montague of Hes ter, went on a fishing trip to Flat River last Thursday and caugnt with hooks twenty two pounds, of fish. ' x,r' We are glad to learn that Messrs. J. C Hopkins and F. M. Thomassoii of Route 3, who are in the hospital in Durham for treatment, are get ting along nicely-Mr. Hopkins has just had an attack of smallpox :hut is now out of danger.. Mr. Will Adcbck the popular young salesman of Landis & Easton Oxford, is a frequent visitor in our community, and seems impressed with our, beautiful scenery in this the garden spot of the county. Mr L; E. Jones has been buy ing tobacco on the Bloomfield Ken tucky market this season, returned to his home here Monday and will spend a few months vacation in his home town. s , , v Stem and West Durham Basket ball teams played the final game on the Stem grounds Friday afternoon and Steja: was again the winner 44 to 12- Stem has V fcained 270 points and lost 148 or played 6 gam es and lost three. . Mr. W- H. Washington of Route 1, went to the stable Sunday morning and bridled a young horse, recently bought and was leading hini to the watering trough, when all of a , sud den he pranced, reared up. fell back wards, and bursted his head open so that - it was necessary to have him killed. . - W. C. T. U. TO START CAD7AIGN TO SLAY ' OLD KING NICOTINE Programs For the Campaign Are. To Be Sent Out Soon. : Chicago, March 24- A campaign by the Women's Chrisitan - Tempe rance Union for strict Sunday obser vance, and against tobacco, is an nounced by Miss Anna A. Gordon, national president, to starte April 6. That week, the announcement says.. will be-a week of prayer for the suc cess, of the campaign, and Sunday. April 10, is designed as anti-tobacco Sunday when literature, to be sent out to W- C. T. U- branches, churches schools and colleges will be distribut ed. Large signs, announcing the program for the campaign;. are to be sent out soon. - , 'Among the violations of Sunday as a dav of rest, the announcement Ann nnn nprsons now are working on Sunday in this country, and restrictions are to be sought on golfing, .pleasure automobiling. base ball, movies, theaters, and dancing on Sunday in the campaign. MOVING PICTURES. AT HOWARD SCHOOL TOMORROW NIGHT In connection with the closing ex ercises by the pupils of the school, the Granville County Community Service will give a 6-reel program of moving pictures at Howard school Saturday evening, March 26th. - The exercises will begin promptly at 7.d0 o'clock. ' Admission 10 cents eaich, children under six years of age will be admitted free. The Gas Rate .Mayor T. G. Stem has been m Ral eigh most of the week looking after tie interest of Oxford m the gas rate 'case before the Corporation Commission. CARDINAL GIBONS DEAD. The Funeral Will Not. Take Place Much Inside of a Week. Baltimore, Md;, March 24. James Cardinal Gibbon;-,, archbishop of Bal timore and primate of the American Catholic hierarchy, died at the arch Episcopal residence here today after a prolonged illness which mainly af fected his heart. He was in his 87 th year. The ?nd came peacefully. Besides the cardinal's bed stood every member of his household, and when it was seen that the distin guished prelate had passed away the priests fell to their knees and began reciting the prayers for the dead. It is expected that most of the church dignitaries in the United States will attend the funeral. It is probable the funeral will not take place much inside of a week. LOCAL BASEBALL NOTES " Buffalo Internationals Here Next Monday Other Professionals Coining. The Durham team of' the Pied mont league will play the- Oxford team here on Saturday, April 9th. x Much interest-is manifested in the big game to be played-here Mon day between the Buffalo Interna tiou als and the Oxford All-Star tncirn. ' :n v i j i a iici e . vviii ue .;, lare ciowa - nere from Durham, Chase City, Hender son and i .the county. ' The manage ment hopes that the income will be sufficient to met all expenses with out calling upon the citizens for aid. The Capitol City - Professional team': frjOm; Washington will play the Oxford team here Wednesday. April 13. "Pop" .Taff, manager of the Washington team will be here v to make things lively. His, team is scheduled to play 175 games, cov ering a territory from- Canada -to Mexico and-California., . .. The managers of the Oxford, Henderson, .Durham and Roxbofo teams will meet here next week to name the league, fix the schedule and decide which " of the following teams shall be admitted to the. lea gue: Chase City, South Boston, Franklinton-Louisburg or Wake Forest. All cannot be admitted to a sixt day league. . - - . 'The Oxford. All-Star team "-and Wake Forest team; played a spirited game at Wake .Forest on Tuesday &qmQ$i did the twirling for Wake Forest, VSi la ter allowing no hits during the last two innings, Gooch, of Oxford and Johnson, of the Baptists, did the of fensive work of the game, the. former with a tripple and the latter with a homer. J ' " ' ' ' ' Score by: innings R- H. E. Wake ' Forest . f . 1020 013 4 2 Oxford All-stars .120 003 3 3 Batteries : Wake Forest JbrielJT?bw that they were strong the tram- JohnSan and Morrison, Holloweli. Oxford Coffey, and Sniith.. , y CREEDMOOR MERCHANT FAILS H. R. Sanderford Files Petition In Valuntary Bankrupt Proceedings. Mr. H. R.; Sanderford, who has been conducting a dry goods and. notions store, in Creedmoor for the past several years, has filed a peti tionith the Federal Court in vol untary bankruptcy. No community has a more clever, courteous merchant than Mr. San derford, and his friends are in sym pathy with him in the trouble. The steps he has taken were the most logical to take, under the circum stances. ' NEXT SUNDAY IS EASTER Few People Know How To Tell the , . Date Every one knows that Easter is the festival kept to commemorate the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead arid it is a very precious season to Christian people, but few people, comparatively, .remember from one season to the next how to tell the date, as Easter, is a movable festival, and therefore red letter calendars and almanacs must be consulted to arrive at the date of Easter which this year falls on March 27th. "Easter is always the first Sunday after the f till moon which happens upon or next after the 21st day of March, and if the full moon happens upon a Sunday, Easter day is the Sunday after." - , Easter may be as early as March 22. and as late as April 25. , The custom of giving colored or Easter-eggs at this season is without religious significance in the United States, though in. some- parts of Eu rope eggs are colored or Rildedto symbolize the Savior's resurrection. The practice seems to have been of pre-Christian origin, -and to have been originally connected with the New Year when that was reckoned from the 'vernal equinox. THE NEW MARRIAGE LAW The Register Of Deeds Must Neces sarily Be Very Careful. Medical certificates must -be pmT ned to the stubs in the marriage li cense book in the register of deeds Office, according to the present ar rangements. Very few licenses have been issued under the hew law, but. enough has been done; to prove that this system is' going to proye un wiekily and , troublesome. In ad dition to these documents, the reg ister of deeds requires a "written con sent for the marriage of all young women whose ages are not apparent-) ly well beyond the 18-year require ment. These papers are also-usually pinned to 'the stub.' s EASTER SERVICES In the Auditorium Of the Graded School Sunday Evening. An interesting Easter service will be held in the auditorium of the Graded School at 6 o'clock' on Sun day afternbon, given by a chorus of 65 boys and girls from the sixth and seventh grades. The public is cor dially invited. r. .. j Fertilizer purchases in the west ern part of Lenoir county have agz gregated only 20 per cent of the purchases to March, 20 last year, deal ers at LaGrange state. !;?t -" KAISER WANTED PEACE, IT MAY BE, BUT ONLY ' ON HIS OWN TERMS Reports " Of Former German Em perior's Book Draw Story From -' Colonel House. -- (By Col. E. M. House) V New York, March 2 4.--Cable dis- ' patches from Europe tell Us that the former German emperor has written a book in which he seeks to prove himself a man of peace. v It may well be that he did not want war but he wanted peace on his own terms. - : . ,v . oir-.. -.- .... : To an observer from a distance it seemed certain towards the end of 1913 that the two great European groups.known as the entente and the triple alliance were moving rapidly towards a head-on collision. It al so seem,ed certain that Germany was forcing the issue, and that she had determined to be, not alone the greatest military power, but also the' greatest naval power. ; In May and June of 1914 this a' larming condition of affairs ; was brought directly to the attention of" the kaiser and his advisers, and the inevitability of war was pointed out unless some understanding or ' change of policy was brought about. The safety of the situation1 seemed to lie in the personnel of the cabi nets in , London, Paris and Berlin. The English and the French govern--mental heads were liberal and en-', tirely pacific. And on the whole the German cabinet was pacific the only , two belligerent members being Von. Falkenhayn. minister , of ' war. ' and .Von Tirpitz, minister of naval affairs. .These two . represented the spirit M the army and the navy, and' that spirit was for war. AfTostdam, June 1, 1914; , the mighty Teutonic empire was in full flower. . At the emperor's invita tion the pick of the imperial army was present. It is doubtful whether there was ever before or since suchV a brilliant military display. In the ' parl and outside the palace the kai- ser stood alone, apart from the royal V family; and reviewed the honor men . from the many regiments 1rhich went ' to make Germany's terrible and effi cient. :war machine. : He looked 1 a ; martial and imperial figure-the em- j , jl a, uiuuciu wax,-' iuiu. Then came luncheon in the stately;-! shell hall of. the palace, and after-; wards ; a never-to-he-forgotten con- ference on the terrace. 'V "It waS in this conference that the . ''jd-So: him the dan4J ger to his country ana . to Europe? He disclaimed belligerent intentions and declared that the imperial army was for protection only. He said the enemies of the fatherland were powerful. The bayonets of Europe were directed at Germany. For ceu turies his beloved land had been the battleground of Europe, and Ms peo ple had been too weak to prevent it. pie of alien armies was ' no longer heard on German soil: that his in tentions-were pacific a- record ' of more than 40 years of peace fully tes tified. During these 40 years what had the. accusing nations done? Great Britain and despoiled the Boers, oc cupied Egypt and had driven the;. shadow of her empire over the fair-, est part of a great continent. Rus-: sia, France, Italy, Japan and then United States had not been idle and," during those 40 peaceful German years, had claimed vast territories for their own. Persia, Korea, Tunis." Morocco, Porto Rico, and the Phil ippines were called by name. ' . t It was the German case ! well and j, stronel v nut. There was some dii- f iculty in bringing the conversation. back to eartn and to where it toucn-; ed the present and the future rather than the past. It may be that the kaiser, his chancellor and minister for foreign affairs did not at that mo- ment know that the hour had been: named for action, but someone ml Germany did know, for. even th: moves were being made which could' mean nothing if not war. a When the . memory brings bafck; that brilliant day in June with ah- the pomp which surrounded the mod-, era Caesar, another picture blots it out. There comes to mind an old and shattered 'man, without friends and without power on a lonely, mist driven moor in Holland. babbling of the things of yesterday when he held; within his keeping the destinies of a, great and prosperous people. FINE DEGREE WORK A Bunch Of Fine Youg Men The Odd Fellows. Join The first degree of Odd Fellow ship was conferred upon a class pf fine young men in Oxford lodge last Tuesday night, and they will climb higher each Tuesday night for the next three weeks. ' We reveal no secret when we state that the Oxford Odd Fellows has one of the best degree teams in the State. The degrees admit of much theatri cal work of a highly interesting and impressive nature. The men com- posing the team have applied them-: selves closely to the work for somej time and they are now in a positionl to challenge the best drilled teams in the State. . -s J And we do not divulge . a. secret when we state that there are four degrees in Odd Fellowship, and it, has always been a debatable question is to which of the four degrees ' if the most' impressive. At any rate,! the next three meetings of the Ox,-j ford lodge are going to be mighty irnf terestiffg, and it would pay the Heni derson and Durham loages to comt over aaa gei. a iew puimeia. VARNER WANTS HIS WTFE TO HAVE NEW TRIAL .' H. B. Varner, throngh his attpK heys files his answer to the complain of his ;wifey asking that the yerdic ; against her be set aside and a ner trial ordered on the ground that sn did not have a fair and topartte trial. Practically all her allegation are denied. "j The . Fordney emergency tarif bill is to be rushed through the ne r n.Ainn1,, na vatvail hv rTfl- sident Wilson
Oxford Public Ledger (Oxford, N.C.)
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March 25, 1921, edition 1
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