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VOLUME 29.
OXFORD, N. 0., SATURDAY, AUGUST 29, 1914.
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Some of the L.ost French Ground Regained The
France and England Depend on the Sturdy
s Occupy- Tilsit on March Toward Old Berlin-Both
for THeir Quick and Effective Work.
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Htesoainis pod Hdl Pirwgsoai
NAMUR, STRONG BELGIAN FORTRESS, FALLS BEFORE
GERMAN ATTACK, AND THE CRY OF THE
TEUTONS IS "ON TO PARIS."
ON PRESENT BATTLE HANGS FATE OF FRANCE.
Powers Protest Against Night Bombardment of Antwerp
By Zeppelin Air Ships Japanese Attack on
Tsing Tau Fails and Siege Begun
Namur, the Belgian 'fortress, hasO
fallen into German hands, according
to announcement by the official bure
au in London. Details of the fight
ing were not given but the English
newspapers regard the fall as inexplicable.
Berlin dispatches say five of the
forts of Xamur and the city itself
have fallen and the capture of the re
maining four forts is imminent.
A reverse to the forces of the allies
is generally admitted, by the English
and French newspapers which say
Wednesday's news is"decidedly bad."
While plainly expressing disappoint
ment at the failure of their forces,
they declare the retrograde move
ment towards the strong defensive
work near the frontier has been car-
rid out in good order.
It is assumed that the allies are
falling back on their first line of de
fensive works. - ' ?. .
t. ..The English newspapers declare
that both the English' iand Russians
wfiatever the outlook may be at pres
ent. They say the possession of Na
mur was vital for Germany and that
it "was a fine stroke for the Germans
to have rushed the place under the
eyes of the allied armies."
Newspaper dispatches assert that
the Austrian fortified port of Cattaro,
Dalmatia, has been destroyed by the
allied fleets.
Dispatches from the Servian pro
visional capital, Nish, record the vic
torious offensive movement of the
Servians and Montenegrins against
the Austrians. who are said to have
suffered very severely.
SCENE OF DESPERATE CONFLICT
(London Cable, August 26)
A dispatch to the Express from
Ostend says:
"A great battle has been in prog
ress in the province of Aainaut, on
the southern frontier of Belgium
since Friday evening. French and
British troops have been engaged in
desperate conflicts north of Charlerio
and Fleurus with Germans who
crossed the Mouse at Huy.
"Saturday French troops, which
had spread from Lille, met the Ger
man right in east Flanders.
MERCHANTS LAYING IN STOCK
Our Stores Will Present the Usual
Attractive Appearance This
Fall and Winter
Our merchants are not at all pessi
mistic over the disturbance abroad,
and when business opens up in Sep
tember the goods will be on the
shelves.
Messrs. Josh King and Frank Bla
lock left for New York Thursday to
purchase goods for the Long Com
pany. Major Will Landis, of the firm of
Landis & Easton, will leave for the
north in a few days.
Mr. Oscar Breedlove, of the Per-kinsoa-Green
Company, has been on
the northern markets, for the past
week. ...
The Gi een-Huht tComnanyJ!s fall
and winter stocll has arrived and will
be; Put, in; position ". as early as -"the
building cans-bemad'e readv.
sented on the northern markets by a
resident buyer, but he is being assist
ed by Mr. Charlie Cohn at this time.
Mrs. T. Lanier says the ladies will
wear hats, war or no war, and she
is well represented on the northern
markets and she, too, will go north
In a week or two.
EUROPES NATIONS SMALL BESIDES THAT OF THE UNITED STATES
Some idea of the size of the United
States is gained by comparing our
country with the European nations
involved in the great war. For in
stance, Russia is the only country in
Europe that is larger than our State
Texas.
France is not quite as big as Cali
fornia and Alabama combined.
Germany is about the same size as
France and about equal to Montana
and Georgia combined.
The British Isles are about the
same size as New Mexico.
Belgium is not quite as big as
Maryland.
Italy is about the size of Nevada.
Servia is almost 25,000 square
miles smaller than Indiana.
Illinois is nearly as large as Belgi
um, Servia and Netherlands combined.
'." Italy is about twice the size of Illi
nois. Texas and California together are
bigger than Germany and France to
gether. .'v1 Austria with 241,401 square miles
is the biggest country in Europe next
to Russia, but is 25,000 square miles
smaller than Texas.
i Montenegro with 5,603 square
liiiles is smaller than any State in the
IJnion except Connecticut, Delaware,
and Rhode Island.
I.Roumania is a trifle larger than
New York, and Bulgaria a little big
ger than Virginia.
Montenegro, Roumania, Servia,
Bulgaria and Aldania could be bun
ched together and laid down inside
the borders of either Texas, Califor
nia or Montana.
TltoeTeadftieirs7 Oirasffirte
THE TEACHERS HOLD FAST TO THE CONVICTION THAT
ARITHMETIC IS OF PARAMOUNT INTEREST
TO THE AVERAGE MAN.
LATTER DAY METHODS OF IMPRESSING LESSON
Prof. Allen and Miss Arrington Are the Able and Popular
Conductors, and Prof. Pitts Says the Institute
Is Attended With Success.
BOY WADES IN DEEP WATER
ON THE FRONTIER HANGS FATE
OF FRANCE
( Par is, Cable, August 26)
An official bulletin issued tonight
says that Muelhausen has again been
evacuated and continuing reads:
"A new battle, is in progress be
tween Maubeuge, (department of the
Nord) and Donon. (department of
Doubs.) On it hangs the fate of
France- Operations in Alsace along
the Rhine would take away troops on
which might depend victory. It ir
necessary that they all withdraw
from Alsace temporarily to assure its
final deliverance. It is a matter of
hard .necessity.
GERMANS WILL ABANDON EAST
AND WEST PRVSSIA
(The Hauge, August 27.)
The military correspondent of the
Neuwe Courant declares he can state
on trustworthy authority that the
Germans plan to abandon temporari
ly east and west Prussia and Pomer
ania to the Russian and withdraw
slowly to the river Oder, where the
main defences of Berlin lie.
"Germany," according to the cor
respondent, "appears to have under
taken this measure to give time to
herarmy operating against France to
try and deal the British and French
armies their death blow and then to
march on to Paris, the distance be
tween Mons and Paris being four
times less than the distance between
St. Petersburg and Berlin."
RUSSIANS ADVANCE ON BERLIN
(New York Special, August 27)
The military attache of the Russi
an embassy, through the Russian con-j dead.
sulate, tonight, issued the following
statement:
'In eastern Prussia on August 24,
the line of the river Angerap, al
though fortified for defense, was
abandoned by the enemy, without an
attempt at resistance. Insterburg
and Angerburg are occupied by Rus
sian troops. The enemy has retreat
ed in great disorder, partly towards
Koeingsburg and partly toward Ras
tenburg. From the front at Ortels-burg-Soldau,
the Russians are grad
ually advancing, the enemy retiring
to Osterode and leaving several guns,
machine guns, ammunition wagons
and prisoners.
"On the left bank of the river Vis
tula the enemy retired from the Line
Plock-Lentchitza, but farther to the
south his detachment, yet undisturb
ed by the Russian advance retained
in their " hands Lodz, Fetrokoff,
Konslc, Random and Opatotf.
"In Galiciathe enemy, ou August 23,
advanced his left to the line of Ar-na-pol-Zamosrie-Kamorow;
while on
their right, the Austrians are falling
back before our advance. On thei
evening- of August ?? the Russians
took Tarnopol and strengthened their
positions on the river Sered, affluent
of the rier Dnesiter.
"On A.:gist 24 the commander-in-chief
reported to his majesty a brilli
ant encounter of a sc. ua-lron of the
Nijegorodski dragoon regiment.whick
attached a c'.etachment of German
scouts of 70 picked men. Six Ger
manb were taker prisoner?; the rest
were killed. The RusMan dragoons
had four men slightly wounded by
the enemy's bullets, but none of our
men was touched by the enemy's
sabres.
SHORT LEDGER LOCALS.
About People and Things That Are
of Interest to The Public
Ledger Readers
GATHERED FROM THE TOWN
AND COUNTY
THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY
Capt. Winslow, in Charge of the Rich-mond-Fayetteville
Division Calls
on the Public Ledger
PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE OLD AND
1 - . .. THE NEW
BRITISH OCCUPY OSTEND
(London Cable, August 28)
The British marines have occupied.
Ostend to prevent the Germans from
setting a foot-hold on the English
Channel. ""
TWENTY Mn,LION SOLDIERS
(St. Petersburg Cable, August 28)
It is officially announced that Rus
sia can put 20,000,000 troops into the
field if needed to bring the German
emperor to his knees.
GERMAN LOSSES APPALLING
(Paris Cable, August 28)
In the region of Vosges and Nancy
2,500 dead Germans were picked up
from the battle field and in the reg
ion of Vitrimont 4,500 were found
Greater Oxford What is our stra
getic movement to be in the fight to
make a greater Oxford?
Continues to Improve We are
pleased to see Mr. Dudley Fuller
able to be out-after a few wee'ks siek
ness, ,: .' --,'. vl.v
Show Coming r-Haags- - hQW-s
coming to Oxford-next jno'ntttTObjij.
begin 19 save, yotirinicKlesvsoyiy
an tjlro it 1 . " vei!'':5L'"'?-; ...
i'HChunge lrf"Ad:-Yoti are askecTlfef
read the change in the advertisement
of the Granville Real Estate & Trust
Co. on another page.
Executor's Notice We" call atten
tion to the Executor's notice of Guy
V. Barnes in another column, with
Hicks & Stem, Attorneys.
With Us Again The mud hole at
the inter-section of Main and Little
john streets is still with us, and will
continue to be with us unless it is
filled up.
Will Make Corn If the heavy
down pour of rain Tuesday night
was general over the county it will
come near finishing up the fine corn
crop growing.
Take Notice The attention of our
many readers is directed to the Ex
ecutors Notice of Messrs. Marvin W.
Hester and D. N. Hunt to be found
in another part of this paper.
More Harm The war may be play
ing havoc with some farmers, but
from what is heard from some tobac
co growers want of rain has done
more harm than anything else.
Being Closed In The roof of the
large brick storage house and sales
stables of Horner Bros. Co. is now
being put on, and when completed
will be a good substantial building.
Changed Homes Mr. Ira Howard
and family have moved to the F. W.
Hancock place at the head of Main
itreet and the dear children will have
a good time romping over the large
lawn.
A Little To Fast We stated in our
last issue that Mr. A. S. Hall had be
come a member of the automobile
brigade, but it turns out that we were
mistaken. It was his sister. Miss
Sue Hall, who purchased the ma
chine. The New Garage The roof with
skylight in it is being put on the new
Highway Garage on Hillsboro street.
The sides will be closed in with gal
vanized iron. When completed will
be one of the largest garages in this
section.
Deep Cut We notice in order to
ge the proper grades quite a deep
cut was necessary on the sidewalk in
front of Mr. Dick Taylor and Mrs. Joe
Curi-in's homes. Glad to know that
the grand old oak will not have to
come down.
Mr. Howell Beat Mr. W. S. New
ton, of Route 3, comes to the front
with several peas 30 inches long and
hence Mr. Willie Howell will have to
come again.The runners on the vines
are from 15 to 25 feet in length and
are full of long peas.
Regular Fight Two negro boys
had a regular fist fight in the rear of
the Long Co. store Wednesday after
noon, which resulted in -almost a
drawn battle. But one threw a rock
at the other as'he departed and nar
rowly escaped striking- a plate glass j
window.
Capt. D. . H. Winslow, United
States Superinetndent of Road Con
struction, in charge of the Richmond-Fayetteville-Highway,
called on the
Piiblhv Ledger Wednesday. In as
suming charge ; of the division some
mnthsagot Cap0 Winslow . made
many, 4 photographs 6t scenes along
the roajJ .and Qn his" recent ;trip he
"jMe photos f "4Beme scenes and
fmprqm6nVnbted,;in't,he Die.
tures will - be mbuhted,"s-K3&flti
Winslow," and universally exhibited
throughout the county. ' Some of the
scenes lay in Granville county, and
one of the pictures taken by Capt.
Winslow, that of Enon school house,
while not immediately on the Nation
al Highway, is a very pretty one and
it, too, will be universally exhibited
Capt. Winslow showed us a pic
ture of a farm house at the end of a
bridge somewhere in Virginia, which
the owner was offering for sale some
months ago for $1,100, but since the
National Highway passes the house
the farmer has repeatedly refused
$5,000 for the farm.
The Petersburg Commercial Club
is painting three rings, red, white
and blue, around all the telegraph
poles along the National Highway in
Virginia south of their city, the blue
ring containing an advertisement of
the commercial importance of Peters
burg. Capt. Winslow is highly pleased
with Messrs. Sanford and Butler, the
two National Highway patrolmen in
Granville county.
Capt. Winslow is very enthusiastic
over his division, and says that those
who have not passed that way in the
last three months would scarcely
know that it is the same road.' The
price of real estate along the Nation
al Highway, says Capt. Winslow, is
advancing very rapidly and will con
tinue to advance.
Was at Picnic and Saved by Superin
tendent II. L. Brown, of the
Orphange
When you speak of the Oxford Or
phan Asylum you speak, of large num
bers, and when all the teachers and
children are in line it makes a pretty
picture. Hardly a church in town is
large enough to hold them should all
the members take a notion to attend
at the same time. When Mr. R. L.
Brown, Superintendent.determined to
give the children a picnic it was nec
cessary to divide them into squads
and go out on alternate days.
Providence was the chosen spot
and on Wednesday last Mr. Brown
accompanied a squad. There is a
river close by and everybody knows
what the average boy thinks of the
water pn'awarm, day. ,There is .an-
other-.thjng about en orphan that : in
O A peep at the methods employed
by the Granville County Teachers'
Institute, now in session at the Grad
ed School building, is a long step in
the right direction from the time
when we were school boys. Perhaps
one of the most advanced methods
during the past decade is the ques
tion of how to secure and hold the
attention of pupils. This has now
been reduced to a science and much
has been gained by it.
A poor fellow will have to be very
careful in the presence of a Granville
county school marm these days. She
may smile in deference to his fell
ings, but we are convinced that if he
makes a grammatical error while
courting her, she will detect it. We
heard them analyze a sentence in
toto and fought it to the last ditch.
The Institution holds fast to the
conviction that arithmetic of para
mount interest to the average man. '
thinks so too, and when he'satv one
of these little fellows floundering in
deep water he shucked his coat,
jumped into the deep stream and sav
ed the little fellow, and there was
rejoicing and the clapping of hands.
REV., R. I. DEVIN ILL.
Owing to the extreme age of Rev.
R. I. Devin, who is 93 years of age,
grave concern is felt for his recovery
from the illness which he has endur
ed for some time. Judge Devin was
notified and reached the bedside of
his father Thursday. Dr. Cannady
informs us that Mr. Devin is slightly
improved this Friday morning at the
hour of going to press.
ENTERTAINS RECREATION CLUB.
Mrs. R. L. Brown charmingly en
tertained the Recreation Club Thurs
day morning in honor of her sister,
Mrs. Bagby, of Danville, and Mrs. E.
R. McKethan, of Fayetteville. The
home was tastily decorated with cut
flowers and growing plants and pre
sented an attractive scene.
The guests were cordially received
by Mrs. W. C. Tyree, of Greenwood,
Miss., and Mrs. A. H. Powell, who
ushered them into the parlor where
Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Bagby and Mrs.
McKethan were receiving after which
the guests found places at the tables
and played a very interesting game
of Rook.
On completion of the game re
freshments were served, the color
scheme of yellow and white being
carried out, composed of orange ice
and ice cream, and white and yellow
cake, and each plate was decorated
with a spray of Golden Rod, which
each guest used as a corsage bou
quet as a souvenir of the occasion.
The guests of honor were presented
with nice willow baskets, the handi
work of the orphans. .About 30
guests were present and a delight
ful morning was spent.
A STRONG FIRM
Everybody's 5, 10, and 25 cent
Store, successors to Everybody's 5,
10 and 25 cent store, the transfer of
which recently took place, makes it
a more formidable merchandise con
cern in as much as the Oxford
branch becomes a member of a string
of stores of no small proportions.Mr.
K. L. Street is the business manager
of the new store and it is located at
the same point where Mr. Street
formerly did business. See adv. on
last page of this paper.
Oral drill is now given to firmly fix
tegoirtwgd,that Are glad to .
eVary.ery e'precious -V Mr Drown (ay that twice 5. Is 10 it was 1$; ,
PERSONAL MENTIONS
Mrs. J. F. Veasey is spending a
while at the home of her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. T. C. Rogers, near Wilton.
Mr. and Mrs. Graham Daniel and
children, of the Providence section,
were in Oxford Thursday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Leak Landis, of New
Orleans, are visiting relatives in Ox
ford and are meeting with a warm
welcome.
Superintendent J. F. Webb attend
ed the meeting of County School
Superintendents at Rockingham this
week.
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Brown have re
turned from a trip to Boone, Blowing
Rock, the great Mocksville picnic and
other places of interest in the moun
tains. "
Mr. Roy Currin is taking his vaca
tion this week and having a good
time feasting with his friends in the
country.
Mr. T. E. Hicks motored from New
York City in his splendid car and is
spending a few days at his country
home near Oxford.
Geting Better The many friends
of -Mrs. E. K. Howard will be much
pleased to learn that she continues
to improve under treatment at a
hospital.
WELL, WELL, WELL, DO YOU
know that Oyster season is at hand
I will open up with, fresh oysters
Saturday, August 29. Don't say
it is too soon, just come on and
get a nice plate. You all know
me. I have been in business for
eight years, H. G. Harris, 25
Main St., Oxford, N. C. lt-pd.
that "5 and 5 are 10." There were
plenty of fellows in the old school
that could figure you out of a hou?e
and a home in a few minutes, but the
latter day methods will enable the
thing to be done half the time. The
Granville county school marms don't
need any adding machines they just
look at a long column of figures,
draw a line and write the answer be
neath it.
"The Seven Wonders of the World"
have undergone a slight change since
we were boys, and some of the capi
tals of Europe have been moved and
no doubt the whole map of the world
will undergo a change in the near fu
ture, but to hear them discuss geo
graphy at the Institule one would be
lieve that the Granville ounty teach
ers have been livinx in the r.uberbs
of Berlin, Paris and London all their
lives.
We were highly pleaded with our
visit to the Teacher's Institute and
are thoroughly convinced that there
is much for us to learn and a few
things to be unlearned in order to
keep abreast of the great ct rides
along educational lines. In one
room at the Graded School building
Miss Mary Shotwell, the valuable as
sistant superintendent of. the Gran
ville county schools, has for inspec
tion a large number of specimens of
the handiwork of the pupils of the
various schools throughout the coun
ty, from which a selection will be
made for the County. Fair. We notic
ed a most interesting piece of vork
by Miss Sudie Crews. She gives a
brief history of all the presidents ct
the United States, draws a map of
the States from whence they cam.?
and adds to the map the states that
were formed during their administra
tion. Prof. Allen and Miss Arrington,
the conductors of the Institute, arc
very popular with the hundred or
more teachers. We have it from
Prof. Pitts that it is a great institute
and that it is attended with much
success.
The teachers of the Institute ar;
loud in their praise of the many cour
tisies showered upon them while in
Oxford. The Institute will adjourn
this Friday evening and the teacher:;
will leave for their homes.
WILL RETURN NEAT WEEK
It was announced last Sunday .that
Gen. B. S. Royster would lecture the
Baptist Sunday School this Sunday
morning on the "Arrest and Convic
tion of Christ." Gen. Royster is en
joying a much needed rest at Buffalo
Springs and will not return to Ox
ford before the middle of uext wonk.
The Sunday school, and especially
his class of 150 men, are looking for
ward with pleasure to the promised
FOR SALE A BARREL OF TAR. ! lecture, but they will rejoice to know
will sell for $3.25. J. N. Pitt- that he is gaining .strength at the
man. pd. Springs. '
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