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1 i -. I ' i "3; 1? - r ; - f r f 7 -?-t ' " f STATE LIBRARY. PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY TOWN AND COUNTY OFFER BRILLIANT OPPORTUNITIES AZL HOME PRINT. 1) VOL. XXXVI OXFORD, N. G, TUESDAY, JULY 5, 1921 NO. 53 ffW TOP HI STATE HAS TAK OVKR CERTAIN ROADS j OF GRANVILLE COUKT j Oxford-Person County Road; viM lie Taken Over y me Soon- nil. ototo has taken over the l r) fj .-. . . Nati onal Hignway num ,n the Granville-Durham line, ITfl C G Sanford, of Stem, has been line to of the C from Oxford to the Durham ,ntv line a distance of 18 miles. Xh s a d'rag and a truck .and is " her road taken over by the High ly Commissioners extends from Oxford to the Vance county line on the Oxford-Henderson road. It is understood the State Commis sion will take voer the rofd1.r0.m Oxford to the Person county line in f feVdavs. These roads --.will be. maintained by the-fitate. ; - ! The plans of the engineer, wheth er he will bring assistants with J m or will employ local help, are o known here, but it is presumed Ct the supervising engineer will hire laborers here- THE UTOMOBILE LICENSE TAX COMES IN SLOWLY ivtv.Five Thousand Owers Failed To Respond (Raleigh Times) . With the assigned periods for se curing automobile licenses closed and those driving cars with last vear's tags subject to coercion, it appears that 65,000 automobile own ers of North Carolina have delayed a;iplving for license. A maj-'ty of these rill, of course, secure their licenses and are merely Slaving doing so out of sheer shift lessness, oversight or because they have spent thrir money for gasoline; but it begins to look as if thousands cf automobile owners were either in tending to try to get along without cars or without licenses. Is it hard times? It is hard to return an answer v without being charged by Governor Morrison with w CD opposing his program of progress There's plenty of progress-. There's plenty of money whenever we need it, and th rads are" better. Why then do men give up the use of their automobile or decide to run them illicitly? Do they think the licenses are too high? Do they obj3ct to build ing the good roads. Of course, not. Tinco first Ano system of State high ways was p-osed the world has been told that the automobile own ers would uncomplainingly bear teir own and a part of everybody -cl's share of taxation. It must be that some consider able portion of the 65.000 have r.orn their cars out or are waitinsr to gin their cotton. Or it may be I tw Ford owners have heardV. that I tne Legislature of 1921 made it i possible for a man to pay his taxes wi'h a hard-luck story. ?.laybe this will aid you in making in your mind as to what is the mat ter. . ." TAFT IS MADE CHIEF JUSTICE BY PRESIDENT Washington, July 4.' The com mission for the chief justice of the United States supreme court was signed at the department of justice Friday by Attorney General Dough erty of Ohio, in the presence of Sen- j was sent to the White House where j it was signed by the President. Chief j Justice Taft was appointed from i Connecticut, but was formerly of Ohio. X ! v THE FIRST HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR THE SWIMMING POOL Mr. J. X. Pittman Will Be One Of Fifty To Donate $100. Editor Public Ledeer- 1 reaa with delight in vour last is- ue concerning a swimming pool for ground whicn the Shriners have ap tne city of Oxford. I, for one, will nronriated for. will cost about . v Ay X'V J. V11V) If 111 'e One Of fifty tn'?ivfl nno VmnrlroH aoiiars to this project. This will f ive us a start of five thousand dol lars. . I hope to see this work come to a nead. We need something like this as much as we need any business we nave. Let us see what nan ho done m the way of a swimming pool for UXiOrd. T M PtTTMAW MERCHANTS ADOPT CLOSING HOURS FOR THE SUMMER r In the announcement recently pub ed in the Public Ledger to the direct that the merchants of Oxford "in close their stores during July oM August at 5:30 o'clock every day :ept Saturday. Upchurch & Cur- notifies us that they will close at o clock. The closing hour of all the stores on Saturday will be 9 except tne grocery stores, "Jicn will remain open until 9:30- P!no?ce does not aPP!y to drug and hardware stores. : "ORMXA WANTS TO JOIN VANCE COUNTY -Norllna Headlight Says Strong Talk w Petitioning Legislature. (Norlina, Headlight) " ' lnere is strong talk of circulating a Petition to ask the next Legisla o?wnn? tne territory north. of PhioT0Sd railroad from Warren Par Lt0vthe VirSinia line and that road SnJh,e side of tfle rail strict to Vance county. aam in. nnti,j;j k yuns t THE COUNTY BRIDGE FORCE I ' Work On the Creedmoor and .SimsAt Roads Will R. At the meeting of the Granville I ! COUntv mad pntnniiasin ' Tiol dfn " vv...u.UUiVu uvlu woiui- j dflv. Jiilv 9 S T Wheals i ui lue Dnage iorce. orrerea ms res ignation as foreman, and after con sideration the board agreed to ac cept the same, and ordered the secre tary to issue an order payable to Mr. Wheeler for $300 in full settlement of contract made by Mr. Wheeler with the county board of commis sioners. ' " . Ordered that the superintendent of roads .notify Thomas Blair that owing to' the fact that there is no tnoney available at present forroad construction, work is hereby discon tinued on the Creedmoor road when he has completed same to the nine mile post; also to discontinue work on Sunset road when he has complet ed" same to Sunset. ' . , ,j . "S- M, Morton was appointed one of a committee of. three to assess dam age, if any, to J. T. Cozart on Oxford Henderson road. C. G. POWELL, Secy. MBS. CAPEHART TO BE MANAGER NEW CAFETERIA Miss Margaret Will Go To Raleigh To Assist Her Mother With the Business. (Raleigh Times) Mrs- L. W. Capehart, of Oxford, has accepted the position of manag er of the new cafeteria, which will be ;opened shortly by tbe Wake Coun ty chapter of the American Red Cross. Mrs. Capehart has been Home Demonstration Agent under Mrs. Jane McKimmon for ten years. She will be assisted by her daughter, Miss Margaret Capehart, who has been doing catering' work for parties and receptions in Oxford for some time. Both women are noted for the excellence of their home cooking, pies, breads and cakes. Home cook ing J is to be ''the 'special drawing card of the cafeteria, which will be located in the building formerly oc cupied by Williams Drug store on West ;; Martin Fjfcfeeft The former drug store is now being remodelled. The front will be, entirely ? changed, land a lobby: will be put in.' There ' .11 i j 1 .-I win De an entrance aiso irom me 100 by of the Bland hotel i:i addition to the main entrance on Mr rtin . Street The color scheme will be blue and white, and the tables w: 1 be of blue and white enamel and rf a novel de sign. The cafeteria will seat about a hundred persons. Miss Mary V. Johnse a announc ed Thursday that the cafeteria will be opened between the first and mid dle of August. THE ORPHAN'S SWIMMING POOL IS A JOY FOREVER It Will Cost About $8000 WTie"; Completed. The Orphan's Friend says: "Great vould have been the enjoyment of the Nobles of Oasis and, Sudan Tem ples had they been here Saturday when the swimming pool -was thrown open. The girls had the first turn at it. the boys their chance later. A happier lot of folks you could not have found anywhere. The girls went into the water with more cau tion, but the boys, haying . learned something of aquatic sports in a nearby pond just hopped in ker- "There is no better swimming equipment anywhere. The pool is 25 by 100 feet,-with a depth of from a foot and a half to seven feet. The shallow end is partitioned off for the benefit of the babies, holes permit ting flow of water through, to the deeper compartment. By the side of the dooI. around which is a wide con- the pool, around crete pathway, is the bathhouse. This has four shower baths and all (other neefcssary appointments- The i ue miinment. and the play nropriated $8,000 when completed. IGEN. PERSHING IS NOW HEAD OF ARMY STAFF (Washington Special) General John J. Pershing Saturday became chief of staff of , the United States army, relieving Major General Peyton C March, who was given leave of absence effective until his retirement from active service in November.' It was the first assign ment to definite duty given the gen eral since he relinquished command of the American expeditionary forces in France. Major General James Harbord who was his principal staff assistant in France is his assistant in the new office. Within a few hours after he be came chief of staff of the army Gen eral Pershing was acting as Secretary of . War- GEN. ROYSTER IN NEW YORK Accompanied By His -Son Thomas and Master Henry Hu"t. Gen. B. S- Royster will leave for New York City today to be absent two weeks. His son Thomas and Henry Hunt, the son of Mr. W. H. Hunt, will accompany him. Gen Royster goes to -New York on business combined with pleasure. They will stop off at Washington for a day on their return- Tow battery ihould have watox bwt wry two wk. . Sto? atWiV. iar4 SmtIm StattoaT - THE BIG TABERNACLE IS READY FOR THE TWO WEEK'S REVIVAL The Man gum Warehouse Has Been Fitted Up With Electric Lights, Rest Rooms, Toilets For Women and Children and Seats Installed For the Accomodation Of Three Thousand People. ? Twenty-five workmen got busy last week and converted the Mangum warehouse into a splendid taber nacle, where Dr. Ham, of Atlanta, will conduct revival services begin ning July--Hth and continuing for two weeks- The meeting will be held under the auspices of ,tbe West Ox ford BaDtist Church, and all of the churches of Oxford and the county are expected to take a lively interest. , Dr. Ham, who will do the preach ing, is pastor of the Tabernacle at Atlanta' one of the largest Baptist Churches on earth. He succeeded Dn Len : Broughton as. pastor of the church when the famous minister was called to, London, England. Prof Spooher, the director of the choir in Dr. Ham's church at Atlan ta, will-direct the music in the meet ing here. Pastor Upchurch, of the West Oxford-Church, states that 250 invitation cards are being mailed to the best singers in Oxford requesting them.' to join the tabernacle choir during the revival. Pastor Upchurch insists that the meeting will be known as the West Oxford' Baptist Church revival ser vices and that Dr. Ham will do the preaching.. Pastors of the Oxford churches and as many of the pastors of out , of town churches as possible will take a lively interest in the meeting, and converts will be asked as to what church they prefer to join. The Mangum warehouse has been made very comfortable for the pro tracted meeting. Two dozen large electric fans will be installed, and toilet and rest rooms have been set apart for the comfort and con venience of women and children. The preacher will stand upon a platform ;four feet high. The choir loft, with a seating capacity of 300 is on an elevated platform in rear of the speaker. There , is, much interest manifest ed in the approaching, revival.. Three cottage prayer meetings were held in West Oxford last' night and the regular prayer meeting will be held at West Oxford church at the usual hour .tomorrow evening. CERTIFICATES GRANTED TO SEVENTY-EIGHT YOUNG WOMEN 58 Pass Nurses' Examination and 20 Are Granted Reciprocity Licenses. , ' Miss E- E.t Cain, of Salisbury, sec retary of the state board o examiners cf the trained nurses of North Caro lina, announces that certificates to practice in the state have been a warded to 78 young women as a re sult of the examinations given by the board at Raleigh recently. Of this number 58 passed the examinations and 20 were, granted license through reciprocity with other states, these 20 young women already having li cense from other states. GERMANY MUCH INTERESTED IN AMERICAN WITHDRAWAL Berlin, July 4. Prospective with drawal of the American troops from the Rhine as reported from Washing ton, attracts much attention in Ger many in connection with the news of the adoption of the peace resolu tion by the house. The papers com ment that the only advantage of this symbol of re-establishing of peaceful relations with the United States will be a reduction of the expenses of oc cupation through the retirement of the most expensive contingent in the allied army of occupation, but doubt whether this, will compensate for the inclusion Vpf the prersent American zone in the area occupied by French troops, and declare the population of the Coblenz district certainly will regret the change. BIG DECREASE IN FRENCH POPULATION DURING WORLD WAR Paris, July 4- The population of France oh" March 6, 1921, was 76, -084,206, according to the figures given out by the census bureau. The previous census taken in 1911 gave the population as 38,468,813. Thus the population of France decreased nearly two and a half million during the war- It is explained, however, that the 1921 figures do riot include the sol diers, marines and sailors outside of France THE GLORIOUS FOURTH The Stores Were Closed and There Were Very Few People On the Streets. Yesterday, the Glorious Fourth, was the quietest day Oxford has had in a long time. Practically every business house was closed and there were very few people on the streets. The day was rather warm, " and those who , did tiot go fishing or to the woods or joy riding, either re mained at home or went over to Henderson to attend the big celebra tion and ball game. About 5,000 people gathered at the fair; grounds? in Greensboro Fri day night to hear W. J. Simmons, impehial 'wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, discuss the past, the present and the' future of the organization. About 22.5 men clothed -in the robes of the order marched in the parade- THE FARMERS ARE SIGNING THE MARKETING CONTRACT IN GOOD STYLE Averaging More Than Two Hundred Contracts and a Million Pounds Per W eek. Sentiment continues to grow in favor of the Cooperative Marketing plan for tobacco in. Granville County, and the "Sign Up" is progressing fine, averaging oyer 200 contracts and about a million pounds a week. Granville now. has about four mil lion pounds already signed up with no work done in three townships and just a very little in two others. .Enon School District has signed every white man. in it except four, two of these have said they would sign Oak Hill and Sassafras Fork Town ships have from 60 to. 80 per cent signed up. with Oxford and "Brass field Townships next, averaging over 40 percent. The first two townships will be completed within a few days with practically 90 percent signed up.. ' Dr- B. 'W.. Kilgore addressed a mass meeting at Creedmoor on July 4,. followed" by an intensive cam paign - va. Dutchville Township. AH the Banks of Granville County have endorsed the movement, and Mr. W. H. Hunt, President of the First National Bank of Oxford, Mr. W. T. Yancey and Mr. J- P. Harris. Cashiers of the National Bank of Granville and the Union Bank & Trust Company, also Mr- Joe Gooch, President of the Bank of Stem have used their personal influence in favor of the movement with telling effect. Since it has been decided best not to try to handle the 1921 crop through the Marketing Aassociation, everybody is interested in making the "Sign Up" 75 percent strong be fore the markets open, and this should be the slogan over the entire belt. A number of men who refused to sign two weeks ago have looked up some of the workers and signed the contract within the past few days. BASE BALL Oxford 4; Polarine 3. , The biggest; attraction jn Ox ford for the Fourth, was " the" " ball game between Oxford and Polarine Team from Norfolk which is compos ed of bona fide employees of the Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey, Nor folk Division. These fine young men are all amateurs and are enjoy ing a holiday, touring N. C- and Va in local games, directed by C- W. Bender. This game was one of the best played on the local diamond this season and was won by Oxford score 4 to 3- The features of theh game were lovely catch of Langley in cen ter, three bagger by Holding and lovely work of Hughes shortstop, all for Oxford. Score by innings . R. H. E. Polarine ...002 100 0003 9 1 Oxford 300 010 0004 5 1 Batteries Crump, Bost, "Spees" Coffey, Reece- Henderson 1; Oxford 0- Henderson defeated Oxford in a fast game at Henderson yesterday. The game on the "Glorious Fourth' had more snap than any yet played. Score by innings: R Henderson .... -.000 000 0011 Oxford :.. -.000 000 0000 Batteries Becle and Powell. Krepps and Cutchins. Wliee They Play. Wednesday Oxford at Roxboro Thursday Henderson at Oxford. Friday Oxford at Henderson. Saturday Chase .City here- TAFT'S PUBLIC SERVICE HAS covered: WDE RANGE Mr. Taft's appointment to the chief justiceship ot the Supreme Court marks a precedent. It is the first instance on record of a former President of the United States being named for high judicial honors. - While John Quincy Adams and Andrew Johnson returned to public life after their retirement from the presidency, they entered . the legis lative branch of the - Government To Mr. Taft has come the unique distinction of being translated, after a comparatively brief lapse from the post of chief executive to that of chief iudiciarv. Mr. Taft's career has been one of ! conspicuuos public service-' In his youth he was an assistant Prosecut ing Attorney in his native county; promoted thence to a local judge ship; later Solicitor General of the United States; then a Federal Judge; Governor General of the Philippines; Secretary of War, and ; President of the United States. Even after his retirement from the latter exalted post, his - useful ness as a public servant did not cease, for he .was made co-chairman of the War Labor Board at a critical period in American history. ORDERS PROPERTY OF . BERNSTORFF RETURNED Washington, July 4. Alien Pro perty Custodian Miller was ordered today by Justice Hitz, of the District of Columbia supreme court, to re turn to' Countess - Bernstorff , wife of the former German ambassador to the United States, stocks, bonds and casn.mduntiiig .to '$1,000,000 which was seized- under the trading with the enemy act JACK DEMPSEY KNOCKS OUT I CARPENTIER IN FOURTH ROUND j AT JERSEY CITY SATURDAY American Retains Championship Of the World By Flooring the Trench- j man With a Rleriyer Blow To lul I rW-"SSt C i u if nn? 1 afwr r p" M- It is not often that the Public Ledger is disposed .to print the de - tails of a prize fightbut prize-Jight-1 ing is not so -verj-horrible, itoil annum hannon jrntlrnnWitho wnrkinf a of the game . rv 1 it is notning more than a money making venture. Thromotors se lect two men that, Iook good to the public. The two Combatants . are Drought together--arid it is then and there agreed as to which will win. In the life time of old Richard K. ox ne Dei zo,uuu on ine-ioosindg -their st0res t0 help. man in orderto get up enthusiasm, and at the same time bet $125,000 on the man whom he knew would win- We have no doubt in our mmd that thein nroi! o laoet V 11111 11111111(111 hate : there was at least $100,000,000 bets placed on the Dempsey-Carpentier fight. It is necessary in a prize fight to shed some blood to satisfy the people- Since the advent of the moving pictures, the greater part of a prize fight is purely theatrical and very tame as compared to two farmers engaged in a first-fight on a ware house floor. Ttie Jersey City Fight. (Condensed Report) Jack Dempsey is still the pugelis tic champion of the world- The fight took place last Saturday after noon in an arena in Jersey City which covered 10 acres of ground and was witnessed by 91,000 people First Round. Carpentier walked into Dempsey and landed the first blow, a light left to the head- They fell into a clinch, and Dempsey battered, the Frenchman in the body with short rights and lefts- Dempsey was short with a left to the head, but repeated with a left that staggered Carpentier and made him miss with a swing Demsey landed a left that skimmed Carpentier's nose., and drew blood. The Frenchman backed away and missed with a right Dempsey coun tered with a left that made Carpens tier's knees sag- There was a furious exchange at close quarters and end ed with Carpentier falling through the ropes. Carpentier crawled back, gamely flew at Dempsey and they exchanged body punches in a clinch Just before the bell Carpentier nail ed Dempsey with a left and punished him in the body as the bell rang. Demsey's round- Second Round.- , Carpentier missed with a left and then landed a hard right to the chin that sent Dempsey reeling to the rop es The blow apparently disconcert ed the champion and sent him back on his heels, but he came back with a terrific right to the jaw that caus ed a look of worry from the French oa nandinra. Thev went into a ixxciiu- a - - j clinch and when they were separatea a: iccnA a loft trt tVlO CYl 111- nsirnpntier missed a left to the chin Carpentier landed a half dozen rights and left to Champion Jacks head- Dempsey hooked a right to Carpentier's cheek and split the flesh under the right eyev Blood be gan to trickle from the gash- Car pentier missed a right swing, and Dempsey's right also was short- They were locked in a clinch exchanging punches to the body as the bell rang. Carpentier's round. Third Round. Dempsey began crowding Carpen tier and the Frenchman backed away- Carpentier ducked a hook and Dempsey backed him into the ropes, shaking him with a solid right to the chin. Then Carpentier landed two right upper-cuts to the body in the clinch. The Frenchman missed a right swing and nearly fell down. Then he reached Dempsey with a long right to the jaw and as he came into a clinch Dempsey clubbea mm on the neck with the Trabbit punch Carpentier led with a left and they clinched. Dempsey was out-roughing his frailer foe in the: clinches. Car pentier circled around, waiting for a chance to whip over a right, but Dempsey's body punches had weak ened him- The champion drove Georges into a corner, hooking him with rights and lefts to the head as the bell rang. The bell saved Car pentier. Dempsey's round. Fourth Round. Dempsey rushed Carpentier to the ropes and sent a left to the body that made him wince. Carpentier landed a right to the head and tried to bang on. Carpentier was floored by Dempsey and was knocked out when he' started to rise. Extent Of Injury. The following certificate. from Dr. Connolly ought to satisfy the people that there was a fight: . "This is to certify that I examined Georges Carpentier after his fight with Jack Dempsey and found him to be suffering from a compound fracture of the meta-carpal bone of his right thumb and a slight wrist sprain. These injuries have render ed his right hand useless." The Financial End- Tex Richard, the promotor, an nounced immediately after the fight that the gate receipts was more than one million and six hundred thou sand dollars, Richard said that it probably would be several days be fore a final and accurate accounting ould be made. The Women Were There. More women than ever before were gathered for a prize fight anywhere, SIXTY-FIVE THOUSAND FARM HANDS NEEDED TO HARVEST WHEAT CROP Farmers Paying From $3 to $5 For , Ten Hours Work, Hutchinson, Kan ! July 4. More than, 65,000 farm hands are .needed in tne Srat neat Producing states of the middi9.West to save the 1921 cr0D -.- - in-Kansas, - with a bumper wheat cro aad ri farmers nave raised . li wftsrpa trnm xx t sh n nav for 10 hours' work in the field. In this i state aione . iarmers are caning ior from 35,000 to 40,000 additional men, at once- . In iriany Kansas counties women and girls are going into' the field to help - save the crops. ' Business men in rrmnv of tfia cm oil or fnTtrna arP : Machinery companies.; report the labor shortage - is- so serious., that they are being flooded .witfojorders for narvester and thresher marines .""jn- . . A survey made inline seven big wheat producing states shows that the 28,028,000 acres of wheat plant ed land will produce approximately 375,217.000 bushels. ri Wages paid this season areloYer than the $7 a day harvesters were paid last year. But this is because wheat now is bringing only ,$1.25 a bushel this year, while a year, ago it was selling for $3. . .,',,',. The survey in the wheat states shows also that the co-operative marketing plans a movement that stirred wheat growera.ijbaore than any other single idea in, a decade will not be carried out'onrany vast scale with the 1921 crop. - PROPERTY VALUES IN GRAN VILLE NOT KNOWN AT YET County Assessor Walter P. Stradley Is At Work On the Books. No accurate estimate is available as yet as to the value of property in Granville county under the 1921 valuation as given in the recent task of list-taking, and probably will not be urmll.the tax books are turned ov er to the . Board of County Commis sioners. Mr- W. P- Stradley. county assessor is busy writing up the town ship books and getting them in read iness for the commissioners. Mr Stradley stated that no totals had as yet been made, but he said that he is certain the taxes will be higher this year than they were last year When asked if there will have to be an extra tax levy, Mr. Stradley stat ed that the commissioners are re stricted by the constitution as to the levy of county funds. WILL HAVE FINAL DRILL BEFORE LEAVING FOR CAMP Advance Squad Left Today" For Morehead City. Officers and enlisted men -of the local headquarters company a5te get ting things in readiness for their de parture to Camp Glenn, Morehead Citv. next Satnrdav. where the an- nuai encampment of the? North Caro- I linn -Matnnnl ".. n - J ,:ii"W 1. 1 J lina National Guard will he held- A squad of five men left this morn ing for Camp Glenn as1 ail advance guard to take preliminary, training courses before the full cornpany ar rives at the seaside camp. The rest of the company will leave here next Saturday via Seaboard and will be a way two weeks, returning home, on Saturday, July 23. MR. JOHN WEBB'S CON- DITION IS IMPROVED Mr. John Webb was taken criti cally ill last Friday arid grave fears were entertained that he would not survive for many hours.' ' We' are advised this morning that his con dition is somewhat improved. Mr- Webb has been in poor health for some time. The Export 1 Company, which he represented on tne local market many, years re tired him last season with the hope that the intermission would prove beneficial to his health. . The many friends in this part of the State will be glad to learn that he is somewhat better this morning. Successful Operation. It is not often that two of a family are taken with appendicitis at the same time, but such was the lot of Miss Willie Lee Smith and her broth er Frank, daughter and son of Mr. and Mrs- L. F. Smith, who under went a successful operation at Watt's hospital in Durham last Friday. They were accompanied to the hos pital by Dr. T. L- Booth, their old family physician, and members of the family. Many friends will be pleased to know they are resting well and will be at home soon. Dr. Davis Returns. Dr. I. H. Davis, has returned from the North Carolina Dental Associa tion which, met in Charlotte last week- This good old doctor always has a good time wherever he goes- about 15,000 according to the most cautious guessers. were packed into the front sections of the big arena They were, for the most part, furi ous rooters for the Frenchman. A bout $500,000 forth of summer mil linery was threatened with devasta tion when early in the day the clouds lowered omniously. But there was no sign of concern among the femi nine spectators. They were clearly on edge and eager. They wanted to see action. Old fighting men shook their heads doubtfully. They don't know what this new sign of the times forbodes. 1 1 a I I 1 I J t i , 1
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