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PUBLISHED TWICE-A-WEEKWEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS.
VOLUME 29.
OXFORD, N. C.. WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 2 1914.
NO 74
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IVIacHine Gune IVlade Shambles of Places Where Enemies Stood
Replaced. By Others-British Loss 6,000 and German
Regiments Were Swept
Loss Must Have Been IVIuch
Away Only to Be
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umpire odd Extromimlt
FRENCH WAR OFFICE ORDERS RESIDENTS IN ZONE OF
ACTION BY THE FORTS OF THF CAPITAL TO
EVACUATE AND DESTROY BUILDINGS
PARISIANS TO BURN OR DESTROY THEIR HOMES
Lord Roberts, of England, Declars That Defeat Would
Mean Ruin, Shame and Slavery, and Urges Every
Man of Proper Age to Join the Colors.
Most significant is the official an-O
nouncement by the French War Of
fice that the Military Governor of
l'aris has ordered all residents with
in the zone t of action of the forts
around Paris to evacuate and raze
their houses within four days.
Another significant official an
nouncement from Paris is that the
German forces are advancing in the
direction of La Fere, about 80 miles
northeast of Paris. The right wing
of the French troops operating in
this region lias driven back the
Germans on the town of Guise, but
the left wing was unable to hold
the advance of the German troops.
Both French and the British are
calling on all their men to join in
the- defense of the French lines,
which apparently are dropping back
gradually. A campaign has been
started in London and other English
centers to induce all Englishmen of
proper age to join the colors.
Field Marshal Lord Roberts in a
Ky& "Olreafi danger and
defeat would ' mean "ruin, shame and
slavery A '.' iXt ;'' V ', ''Ul
. British erasers -' and destroyers
which were in the engagement of
Helgoland have arrived it. "various
English porttrand some members of
the crew assert that at 'least eleven
German vessels of various sizes were
sunk. , '
SCHOOLS WILL SOON OPEN
Young Man, Young Woman, You Will
Ever Labor at Disadvantage
Without An Education
Within the next two or three
weeks all of our schools and colleges
will open their doors to receive the
young people of the State who are
desirous of gaining an education.
The Gastonia Gazette trusts that
every higher institution of learning
in North Carolina will find Its capaci
ty taxed to the utmost, for even in
such event only a small per centage
of the young people in the State who
should be in college will be enrolled.
Should these lines fall upon the eyes
of any young man or young woman'
in Gaston county who has an oppor
tunity to go to college and who is
wavering between the acceptance of
that inviting opportunity and follow
ing some other course of action, we
hope that this suggestion may help
f tnein,ttp a dwi9ion,tjtaTObraeftthY
cuajice ui gaining a-iioeriu aueanon
And it is easMr tpeta
eire- to. get-it. - In the. race ojt. life,
youlig mdn, young, woman," you wifl
ARE HAVING HARD TIME GETTING WAR FACTS
Kvry succeeding day .ees the cen
sorship of news coming from F.uropo
more rigidly enforced. Without stat
ing any reasons the few privileges
flint newspaper correspondents Iiare
been enjoying since the great war
started are being taken away from
Ihi m by the French, English and Bel
gian governments.
The news gathering organization.-,
in America acknowledge that the, task
is hopeless for them to obtain, the
farts about" war development and
that rhe best they can do is to have
th'ir men wherever it it possible to
place Them and have them file all the
matter they can gather, trusting ; to
luck as to what the censor will let
go through.
No war correspondents are to be
allowed to accompany the expedition
ary forces to the front for the present
This decision has been reached by
the British army council, and the
passes which had been issued have
been or will eventually be revoked.
In annonn: ing its decision the arm
onutil says that the French war of
fice also has decided not to permit
Votrespoiubnts to a ompuny the
French troops.
Regulations governing correspc nd
ent. with the French array have ben
issued by the minister of war.
s; All correspondents must be French
or citizens t.f ine of the aL'ied na
tions: They must have a perfect
knowledge of the French language.
; Facli voricsKiilent must submit
riificates of ch.irai ter and physical
litiiess for the field with three pluto
gmphs, be kept by the military au
thorities. The -orrespond.iit will .wear a
wlote armlt with his n?.m nation
ality and the name of the newspaper
in black, letters. . He must not leave
his ijnarters without a special pei
miJ.iTiiis permit will not be issued
t. advanr- posts.
SHORT LEDGER LOCALS.
About People and Things That Are
of Interest to Tbe Public
Ledger Readers
GATHERED FROM THE TOWN
AND COUNTY
"Papa
from?"
How Titmble Hatched
where do Jail birds come
"They are raised by larks, bats and
swallows, my son." ' A
Make You Scratch Men may come
and meii; may go, but . the chiggerjis
LET US LIVE AT HOME.
It.is High Time That the Farmers of
I Granville Should Take a Be
' ;'; - trospective View
THE FARMERS CAN CONTROL
. 7 -THE SITUATION
; Now," Brethern, has come the time
ta think for ourselves and for Gran
ville icounty. We have heard all
manner, of talk and we have read all
manner of reports in the papers and
it is high, time that the farmers of
ii a& About: einp ft" new 'dwell ing
catiii-tpdayih beoccu
viddAasA piedjby Mr."'D" Hunt and family, of
no respecter of persons andlHDxijCliall
the verge
or in or .
- HEAVY RECRUITING
(London Cable, August 30.)
The French and British are gather
ing every man and gun available in
northwestern France in an attempt
to stop the German advance on the
road to Paris.
It also is said General Joffre, commander-in-chief
of the French army,
will endeavor to strike at the Ger
man right and bring relief to British
and French forces which have been
placed in a critical situation by the
German outflanking movement.
How far the Allies have succeed
ed in getting across the German path
is not disclosed ,for the outside world
is ignorant tonight of what is hap
pening on the battlefield.
A report comes Iboth from Antwerp
and Copenhagen that the Germans
have commenced a movement back
from the west to meet the Russians'
advance throuch East Prussia. But
it is hardly likely they will make any
great demands onhe western army
until the big battle in which there
seems to have been a lull has bven
4efinitely decided.
Stem
Bought Cottage We learn that; Mr.
forever -labor at "a disadvantage with- Walter Crews has purchased the nice
out an education. So get it, by all cottage of Judge Dev4 on High street
means, no matter what the cost or and will probably taket possession at
sacrifice that is necessary." j an early date.
We trust-that no parent in Gran- Much Bette
HE FELL UPON SLEEP SUNDAY MORNING AT THE
HOME OF HIS SON-IN-LAW, DR. S. H. CANNADY,
WHERE HE MADE HIS HOME MANY YEARS.
93 YEARS OLD AND LONG IN THE MINISTRY.
Founder of the Oxford and Other Baptist Churches He
Labored Long and Earnestly For His Master's
Kingdom Among Men on Earth.
BOUNDRY LINE IN DISPUTE
The Town Commissioners are Puzzl
ed Over Certain Lines on Spring
Street near-Bell Street,
it now seems that every thing cen
ters on Spring street,, whach has
been in the public eye for some
time. The material for the side
walk in- that part of town having
been piled up and ready for laying,
tno town engineer conies forward
and asks the Board of Commission
ers as to certain boundaries in the
vicinity of Spring and Bell streets.
The Board met this Tuesday morning
to settle the mooted question. There
is about eight feet of ground some
seeral feet long involved in the dis
puted territory. No decission had
r-een reached at tbe ho :r of goinc to
press.
ville county will refrain from send
ing their children to school on ac
count of the European war scare.and
even if the crops are short this year
it is well to strain a point and send
the children to school at all hazard.
According to the law in North
Carolina the compulsory attendance
term begins with the opening of the
school. All children between the
ages of 8 and 12 are requested to at
tend every day for at least four
months.
FOR SA.uE A f '.Alt HELL OF TAR
Excellent for stopping leaks in old
roofs. I will sell it for Si.50.
J. N. Pittnian.
1 TURNING ON RUSSIA
(Londn Cable, August 30)
One hundred and sixty railway
trains loaded with German troops
have passed through Belgium from
the southwest toward the northeast,
according to an Antwerp dispatch to
the Reuter Telegraph Company. This,
it is added, indicates that. the Ger
mans are sending troops back on ac
count of the Russian advance. The
German force at Brussels has been
reduced to a minimum.
IMPREGNIBLE FORTS
Each ot the many forts around
mass of concrete topped Avith huge
:mass o fconcrete topped with huge
isteel helmets which are revolving
the bottom vast stores of ammunition
sand disappearing steel turrets. At
-are contained in a chamber below the
level of the surrounding ground. Next
come what might be called the living
rooms, with stairs leading through a
thick mass of earth to a protected
parapet for close rifle against an at
tacking force. This mass of piled-up
earth is between 30 and 40 feet thick,
extending practically to the turret.
The dome above opens as a gun is
flred and closes as the gun sinks back
with barbed wipe and other entangle
ments. The defenders also make
good use of blinding searchlights.
The steel turret capping the
whole work carries two six-inch
howitzers, four five-inch quick-firers
and a bunch of machine guns. The
ground about them is often mined, as
at Liege, for timely explosion by an
electric charge. Two hundred men
form the minimum garrison. Some
forts have more armament and some
less. Airsuch forts are usually lo
cated with reference to supporting
each other and to earthworks pre
pared or admitting of quick construc
tion between.
Germans" retreat
(Paris Cable, August 30)
The French War Office gave out
the following official statement this
afternoon:
"The Russian army has completely
invested Koenigsberg and occupied
Allenstein, both in East Prussia. The
Germans continue to retreat."
RUSSIANS TAKEKOENIGSBER(J
(London Cable, August 30)
A dispatch to the Reuter Telegram
Company from Paris says an official
communication given out in the
French capital confirms previous re
ports that the Russians have com
pletely invested Koenigsberg in East
ern Prussia.
Koenigsberg is a strongly fortified
seaport and capital of the Province
of East Prussia. It consists of throe
parts, the Alstadt, the Kneippof (an
island), and Loebencht. The indus-
-Tbe old friends of
the beloved Mrs. Ann Davis will be
glad to heai that she continues to im
prove at her home near Stt vall after
a long illness. , j
Fence Completed The nice iron
fence with white brick gate post in
front of the attractive home of Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Hunt's home has
been completed. j
The "XX" Club Mrs. T. G. Stem !
will entertain tbe XX" Club this
Tuesday afternoon at hex home on
Front street in honcr of Mis Blanch
ard, of Hertford.
Puting Down Sidewalk Contract
or Clement4-- has comi ieted the side
walk on High street and is working
on Williaimboro street which will be
completed this w-ek.
Moved to Othe.' !storeCohn & Son
bankruptcy
urd for. us to lose our heads over a
situation-v-Vfe can control. We heart
ly believe that the European war is
of short - duration. Already the
channels of trade are opening up and
in just a little while there will be
scarcely enough freight cars to take
the product to the sea ports. It
might have been worse.
Let us at once harvest all our
fall crops, plow at once our lands
and sow winter crops. Soon the
time will be here for wheat, oats, rye,
barley, clover, vetch, turnips, rape,
etc.
We import thousands of tons of
feed for onr stock into this county.
Let us raise that feed here.
Let us raise cattle and meat. Let
us kill strictly what we need, save
our breeding animals. Meat will be
worth good money next year. Let
us carry the greatest amount of this
stock through the winter. If next
year the world will not need our to
bacco it will need our hogs, our
beef! '
Let us live, at home. There is
still time to set out and plant things
for winter. We have abundant corn,
- .'KICKED BY A HORST .
Currin, of Fishing Creek township,
was hitohin? up his horses to the
wagon one of them kicked him on
the side of the stomach, from which
he has been suffering very much, and
his attending physician's have been
trying to relieve him. After consul
tation we learn that they have decid
ed that he wil'. have to be taken to a
hospital for an operation as the kick
must have injured him internally.
have moved their clothing and gents i plenty of sweet potatoes, worlds of
furnishine sroods .ieoartment into the ' peas, and enough meat to do us. In
storeroom formerly used as the post
office, and will soon be nicely fixed
up.
C. D. Ray & Sua By the judicious
use of paint the business office and
other building ol C. D. Ray and Son
now present an attractive appearance
along .with nice signs o nthe build
ings. - '
Green-Hunt Co. This splendid
new firm is v,-ry busy getting ready
t- open up thAjr double 'lores, as
the new goods are arriving daily.
They hope to complete their shelves
and counters in a few days.
The Campaign War or no war we
will soon hr-ve to get ready for the
our gardens we can still plant win
ter vegetables. This is the time for
winter lettuce, for turnips, for celery,
for late snap-beans, for late cabbage,
for collards.
Wise will be the man who will cur
tail his home expenses and raise his
own food end feed.
Let the farmer and his tenant
stand shoulder to shoulder. This is
a day of the highest patriotism. We
must stand together. United we
stand, divided we .fall.
SEWING WEEK
Landis & Eastern calls attention
; elsewhere in this paper that the first
campaign for Congressman, State
and County Ollicers, and Gen. Ben K.
Lassiter will gallantly lead the vot
ers in Granville this time.
Get Your liooks Iieady The dear
boys an I f,h is of Oxford will com
mence to gf-t their books together as
the Graded School will open on Mon- tnere
day. They have had a pleasant vaca
tion and are ready to go to school.
AnoTh-?r Barbecue- The good ladi
es. of Baptist church will give
another one of their fine barbecue
and brunswick stew suppers at the
Lynch place Thursday afternoon at
i o'cJofii and you are invited to at
tend. Under the Flag Our good little
friend, Master Willie Hicks, is a
young American patriot, and must
have caught the peaceful spirit of
resident Wilson as we found him
week in September is the time to get
ready for school. The good mothers
of the county will find the goods
needed to make the little folks com
fortable and hapi) at Landis & East
en's and should they want anything
for the rest of the family it is also
trial establishment includes locomo-
-to its carriage. It is nothing more i tive works, iron foundries and flour
-than a thin, rounded, projectile-turn- mills. The population is about 200,- Thursday afternoon quietly setting
ing curve of steel even when open. 00. The distance from Koenigsberg benh "Old Glory" with a smile on
Outside runs a deep ditch provided, to Berlin is 388 miles. his face.
TAKEN -JO.OOO RUSSIANS
(Berlin Cabb. September 1)
Uv wireless to the Associated Press
via Say ille, L. I.
It offi irilly ai nc-un'e I here to
day ti:it ab it OOO Rusvsyns had
been talcen prisoner ly the Crm:'ns
during the fighting in East Prussia,
larti ularly at Ortelsbarg. Holier -stein
and Tannenburg. They include
many officers of high rank.
Th fiormau at tick nt these three
points was across swamps and lake-.
WANTED FOUR i PAINTERS TO
j paint on my house. J. N. Pittnian.
CAUGHT SELLING LI Q 17 OR
The selling of "White Lightning"
goes merely on in the back lots, of
Oxford and' the effects of it can be
easily discovered when there is a
crowd in town on Saturday.
Constable Poythress had nis eagle
eye out Saturday afternoon, and it
did not take him long to catch an ole!
colored olfender, John Chavip, along
with his son, William, in the act of
selilng, so the Judge this time will
not have any excuse to let them off on
ti hniealitifs. John aTid his son
were tried Monday before F-quire
Ellis, and he bound them over to
Court in a bond of $150 each, which,
01 course, they A romptly gave.
SIX O'CLOCK DINNER
The bright and attractive Miss
Mary B. Williams gave a six o'clock
dinner Friday afternoon and charm
ingly entertained 20 of her girl
friends. The menu was all that could
be desired, and humor and wit flowed
freely to the enjoyment of the honor
ed guests. At the close of the ele
gant repast the engagement of
Miss Irene Hines and Mr. Leon Mar
row was announced. Little bride
dolls were used as souvenirs to make
the announcement, and when they
were brought in Miss Edna White
arose and sweetly sang the wedding
march with Miss Mary Webb grace
fully playing tne accompaniment. It
was indeed a most joyous affair and
Miss Williams proved a charming
hostess.
GOOD ENOUGH FOR JUDGE DEVIN
The Greensboro papers last week
were elated over a report to the effect
that Judge Devin intends to become
a citizen of the "Gate City." The peo
ple of Oxford gave no credence to
the report, but meeting Judge Devin
we inquired as to his intentions and
he replied that Oxford was good
enough for him and that he intended
to live and die here.
The fact that Judge Devin sold his
Oxford dwelling last week gave rise
to the report, but it has been known
for some - time that he intends to
build a home here in the near future
more to his liking. For the next six
months Judge Devin will hold court
in the countiescontigeous to Greens
boro and later In the counties on the
south side of the State around Ham-
O Rev. R. 1. Devin, the good and
faithful servant of the Lord, passed
to eternal rest Sunday morning just
as the golden rays of the sun pierced
the eastern horizon. For 93 years
he was a living exponent of all that
was good and noble.
HIS EARLY LIFE
Rev. R. I. Devin was born in
Henry county, Virginia, August 14,
1822. His early training was at
Rocky Springs Academy, Virginia,
and while not a college graduate he
mastered Latin, Greek and German,
and by presistent effort became a dis
tinguished linguist.
COMES TO NORTH CAROLINA
A large book would not begin to
hold the many noble deeds performed
by Rev. R. I. Devin during his long
and useful life among men. He was
ordained to preach the gospel, August
11, 1346, and his first labors was to
serve two years in the capacity of.
missionary work to the; Baptist State
CDnventicfn: He 'settled In Oxford in
1848 and immediately set about to
establish "the first Baptist church in.
our midst, which was for years locat
ed on Front street and which he ser
ved as pastor for' many years. He
spent his life mainly in the service of
the country churches. He was pas
tor of Grassy Creek church for 37
years and of Mountain Creek church
for 25 years or more.
RETIRES FROM THE MINISTRY
On retiring from the ministry in
1866 on account of failing health Mr.
Devin come to Oxford from near
Young's Cross Icoads.Granolle coun
ty, where he has resided ever since.
In 1880 he wrote and published a
most interesting history of Grassy
Creek church.
Mr. Devin was twice married, first
to Miss Herndon, of Granville county,
and second to Miss Mary Transom, of
V. inston, the latter marriage beins
solemnized just previous to the
breaking out of the Civil War.
SURVIVORS
The deceased is survived by his
life long companion and help meet,
Mrs. R. I. Devrin, a most devout lady,
and their three children, a3 follows:
Judge W. A. Devin, Mrs. John Webb
and Mrs. S. H. Cannady and Mrs.
Ellen Dalby of the first union and a
number of grand children,, all of Ox
ford. Judge Devin, who had been at
the bed?i;'e of his father for a couple
of days returned to Greensboro Fri
day, where he was holding court, and
on the receipt of the news! that his
father was sinking rapidly he hasten
ed to Oxford and found him at rest.
FUNERAL AND BURIAL SERVICES
Th-3 Baptist church was filled to
the doors and a solemn and impres
sive dirge was played when at 4:30
Monday afternoon the remains of the
founder of the church were conveyed
down the isle and placed in front of
the pulpit. The funeral f orvioes am'
the last sad rites were conducted by
Dr. G. T. L'lmpkins, pastor of the de
ceased, assisted by Dr. R. H. Marsh
and Dr. W. C. Tyree, of Greenwood,
Miss , who uttered a beautiful prayer.
lr. Marsh, who had intimately
known Mr. Devin for a great many
vears told of his life's work. Dr.
Lumpkin tenderly referred to the de
ceased as one of God's noblest ef
men. He said that the community
would reap a blessing for yeaia to
come thiough the good works he es
tablished among men. He .said that
the gentle, loving and kindly dispor-J-tion
of Mr. Devin reminded him of
St. John, the Divine. As the re
mains reposed in the church the
choir sang "How Safe a Foundation,"
"Abide With Me," and "Ruck of
Ages."
AT THE GRAVE
The procession to Elriwood Cem
etery, where the interment took
place, and the beautiful and profuse
floral offerings testified to the love
let, and this will account for his tem- the community holds for the deceas
porary residence in Greensboro. (Continued on last page) .