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IFMfl VOLUME 29. PUBLISHED TWICE-A-WEEK-DNESD AYS AND SATURDAYS. OXFORD, N. O, SATJ RDAY, SEPT- 1 2 , 1 914. NO 77 THE MtLlLDES V gr - . . JFront LdUUUUU 1 WW The German Army Hits a Solid Wall o2 Men and 'QixgtT x: Hunger, and Sore, the Teutons aire Completely Sixriir ;arided of IParis and is Hurled Double Their Number of mm Weak From asoned Allies The (SirisDsjsjeaihiedlB ALLIES REPULSE GERMANS AND FOLLOW THEM WITH SUCCESS RUSSIANS OVERRUN AUSTSRIAN ARMY OF FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND MEN ON BETTER VANTAGE GROUND Sorely Pressed, the Germans Request an Armistic ot Twenty-four Hours, and They Were Told to Get Out of France in That Length of Time. The British and French forcesO North and East of Paris ha e had further successes against the German invaders, according to the official bul letins issued Thursday while in Gali cia the Russians continue with con siderable success their attempt to en velop and defeat the Austrian army of 400,000 men under General Anf fenberg. For the moment, at least, interest centers in the campaign in France, for it is felt that the battle pro ceeding there is the first real crisis of the war and will have a vital effect on the outcome. The Allies, according to a bulletin issued by the French War Office,have successfully repulsed another German attempt to penetrate their left center between . Fer-Champenoise and Vitry-Le-Francois where the roads and rail ways are more suited to the French movements , than they would have been further North. - In ' fact, it is believed, General Joffre purposely fell back, from Cha lons so he could choose grouctl tnore faToraldeoli'niy : for-either d f ensive or '"'off ensive operations. In this he seems to have been justified for not only was the German attack repulsed but at Vitry-Le-Franc6is the Germans actually lost ground. This has been the scene of the heaviest fighting of the present battle for on the German right, which the Allies seem to have got around, Gen eral Kluck is falling back before the forward movement of the French and British forces toward the Marne be tween Meaux and Sezanne. There must have been some fight ing there, howrever, as the French re port some prisoners were taken from the enemy. RIPE OUTAGE We Call to Mind the Names of Eight Aged People Who Have Passed Away Recently Of the eight aged people whom we call to mind that have died in Gran ville county during the past thirty days, by adding their ages together we have a total of 606 years. The list follows: Rev. R. I. Devin, 93; Cha?. Lewis, 89: Rev. W. S. Hester. S5; Mrs. Ann Davis, 85; Elijah SHORT LEDGER LOCALS- IliRALEIGIIROTARIANS About People and Things That -Ar? of Interest to The Public V TOWI, Ledger Readers i ;-v;.: , pital City Boosters Were Cordially Received Thursday Afternoon in the Public Square fO DAY'S VISIT EMBRACING FIVE COUNTIES GATHERED, FROM THE AND COUNTY New Cottage We learn that MrB .The Raleigh Rotarians, a boosting Lonnie smith will erect a cottage mm o, arrived in Oxford at 5:30 Raleigh street. 'f r Sursday afternoon. Thev left Ra Let it Come The next stpp. isj5 ;gh at 9 a. m. and came via Cary, inanksgiving-iJay as Labor uay has come and gone. Aitogetner uxonian.s ine lODacoc, market opens Tuesday and let's make a large, livelier and lovelier Oxford; Orpheum Theatre Be sure ai read the fine program of the"Moviesy; at fVia Arnriaum Torino f nn loaf no era - liarn Burned Mr. ivey Day, woo lives near town had a barn of tobaccS to go up in smoke Thursday after noon. ' " :' V " ex, Morrisville, Durham, Creed or; Lyon and Stem. There were ;elve automobiles and fifty people the boosting squad, including the I 3rd Regiment Band. They were tr Reived in the public square by a eethmittee composed of Messrs. John r'vHall, Chairman; W. Z. Mitchell ilfeA." H. Powell. Climbing into an t tpmobile in front of the Court f We Mayor Thad Stem extended a li ,rty welcome to the visitors. '.Jen. B. S. Rovster witting! v intrn- Service at Goshen Rev. Horsfiel4Ld Mayor James I. Johnsonof Ra- .Ueth . who made an excellent-talk in afternoon at 3:30 o'clock and yoelf of Raieigh's enterprises, are invited to attend. , . .XA . A . : - - JAir. D. G. Brummitt introduced Moved In Mr. Sid Usry and fam-: Mr Jonn A Parks of the Raleigh ily have become residents of College Tils; We were impressed with the street as they have moved inttfUhe sinfeerity of Mr Park.s utterances. Dr. Sam Booth residence. yi-aA.' i 1 , ijko . ii juu luuai yciti jiii,c Lilt; Literary Club Mrs. C. D. Ray deniaU order houses, do not send to Frazier, 85; P. B. Hobgood, 87; , lightfully entertained the Literary Chj2ago for the articles you can find Stephen Slaughter, 84; Miss Julia ! Club Tuesday afternoon at her atrfyajat home or in Raleigh." Hefflin, 86. With one or two excep-1 tractive home on College streetu.'ljiwas a jolly good crowd and they tions all of these aged people werej Glad He is BetteiWe are mucirrhloed their stay of forty minutes in full possession of their faculties i nias Ad to leam that our ennA and-"imimclns. kind postmaster, Mr; Caleb OsbornV ,0ai leaving the public : square the who has been right'sick for a few up to within a few hours of their death. Their long and useful lives are attributed to cleanliness of hearts and mind.' GOES TO MINNEAPOLIS N , and d.be Band played:" two numbers, . At the closeqf tbe serie;'' played liyTtliCJ Carr --.X 'hesday ivirt'EeBooen'of tne Raleigh team, who was recently sold to the American Association, left for Min neapolis to join - his team. The American Association embrace the cities of Minneapolis, St. Paul, Cleve land, Columbus, Milwaukee and Kan sas City. The salaries of the play ers in the American Association ranges from $250 to $500 per month. GENERAL AUSTRIAN RETREAT (London Cable, Sept. 9) A dispatch to the Evening News from Petrograd says the Russian newspapers publish a report from a highly authoritative source to the ef fect that there are signs of a general retreat of the Austrians on their whole front between the Rivers Bug and Vistula? DRIVE ENEMY BACK (London Cable, Sept 0) The British official press bureau is sued the following announcement to night: "The general position continues satisfactory. The Allies are gaining ground on their left all along the line of the Ourcq and Petit Morin Rivers. The British have driven the enemy back 10 miles." FEAR REVOLUTION (Paris Cable, Sept. 9) A Petrograd dispatch to the Havas Agency says that according to infor mation received at the Russian Cap ital, the Austrians' fear that a revolu tion will break out in Bukowina, a Crownland of Austria-Hungary in the days, is better. :. ',-: '. . Just the Place Farmers-Hurrah JW was ; greany . enjoyea Dy me for the Oxford tobacco market as ! "Sement and the children, she always proves a winner an&'al "Ta party left "for Henderson at y -9&ys tCA notca X"ces or cropping. ior jne nignx ai me YtHi riiiicir i ucj , vr.iii icatu itai eigh via'Louisburg and Wake Forest at 6 o'clock this Friday evening. LOST BETWEEN STEM AND A. J. Veasey's one Ladies Hunting case gold - watch. Liberal reward to finder. Apply to J. E. Bullock, Stem, N. C. Route 1. One French officer estimates prisoners at 30,000. the RUSSIANS IN FRANCE (Paris Cable, Sept 9.) According to The Rome Tribuna there is in France today a total of 250,000 Russian troops. This newspaper attributes Em peror William's presence at Metz to ; ' Contractor Clements This hustl ing gentleman is now putting down granolithic walk on Williamsboro street as far down as Mr'. W. K. Wood's residence. Concrete Floor - Ex-Sheriff Sam Wheeler is putting down the large concrete floor in the new Highway Garage on Hillsboro street, which will soon be completed. Herself Again We are pleased to S learn that Mrs. A. A. Hicks, who ac cidentally fell a few days ago and hurt herself right badly, has about recovered and is herself again. Two Busy Men Messrs. Sam and Charley Cohn are now very busy get ting their two new connecting stores ready for the fall trade as they have made many marked changes in them. New Auctioneer Mr. Ed. Beasley, the new auctioneer of the : Minor Warehouse, has arrived in Oxford and is accorded a warm ,Telcome back among the scenes of hi , youth. Beautiful Millinery We ask the ladies to read the special message of Mr. Will Landis on another page, PRESIDENT ALEXANDER'S CALL To- the County Unions of North Carolina: I hereby call meetings of all coun ty unions in the cotton and tobacco belt -at the court house of each re spective county, on Tuesday, Septem ber 15th, to hear reports from dele gates to the State convention at Ra leigh Friday, September 11th. These county meetings, as well as the State meetings, will be open to all farmers and the public in general. The -purpose of. these county meet ings is to organize and put into oper ation the plans which will be adopted at Raleigh next Friday. this concentration of the Russians. The steamer Mauretania which who is in New York Peking up bar reached New York September 3d., gains for the firm of Landis & Easton. brought the first reports of exten sive landing of Russian troops at French ports. The strict British censorship prevented transmission of this intelligence by cable. "GET OUT OF FRANCE" (Paris Cable, Sept 9.) The battle proceeding to the East of Paris appears -to be the most im portant and most stubbornly, fought combat of the campaign. Military authorities decline to indicate the number of men engaged but hun dreds of thousands are participating on both sides. According to those in position to obtain authentic information the Public School Examination Tne.re will be a public school examination for white teachers at the Court House in Oxford, Saturday, September 19 th. J. F. WEBB. Going Merrily Forward The excel lent improvements being made, to the Exchange hotel are going merrily forward and Mr. and Mrs. Smith will be happy when they are completed. Return Thanks- We are requested by tne family to return their many THE JOHNSON WAREHOUSE The Johnson Warehouse will open its doors next Tuesday morning for the sale of this season's crop of leaf tobacco. By reference to the adver tisement of Messrs. Mangum & Wat kins, elsewhere in this paper it will be seen that they make a hearty bid for their share of the tobacco. The old reliable Johnson Warehouse en joys an enviable reputation, for high averages, and the farmers know it. ATTENDING OPENING SALE The Richmond Times Dispatch says that prices on the Chase City tobacco market, were equal to those of last season and altogether satis factory. The South Hill market will open this Friday morning and Messrs. n AT - . 4-T. HTmiM n i -mo I region.oi tue ydimdn iunno, casualties have been so great that where Hungarian sentiment is report- tne Germans nave requested an ea 10 De giuwms m lavu. ui armistic of 24 hours. The armistice was refused with" the response: LOST 4,000 MEN (Paris Cable, Sept. 9.) Dispatches received here from Trieste, an Austrian seaport on the Adriatic coast, say that mourning there is general on account of the losses suffered by the Ninetyseventh and Twenty-seventh Austrian regi ments composed of Italians from the Istria Peninsula. The regiments lost 4.000 men in Galicia. "We grant you that time to get out of France." An official communication issued by the War Office shows that the German wing, while retreating be fore the Allies, has offered the stern est resistance, delivering fierce but unsuccessful counter-attacks. The fighting today extended along both the Ourcq and Marne Rivers. In the latter region the British forces have engaged in a strong of- W. A. Parham and Sidney Betts are thanks to neighbors and friends for Jn attendance upon the sales. their kindness during the sickness ; and death of Mr. J. R. Fowler, near Help Us. Out We are still here to Tar River. continue to give you a live, progres- Getting Ready Fast The new firm sive newspaper. Our ambition is to of Green-Hunt Co., are getting ready let no item escape us. However, we fast to open up their two stores. The ccr. only be in uno place at a time, so Boss Carpenter, Mr. Morris Green, has about completed his excellent work and the painters . are on the job. Hamilton Again We call the at tention of all in need of a. good foun tain pen to the advertisement of R. L. Hamilton's on another page. Bear ia mind . he can, furnish you with a splendid line of stationery to write on, too. 200 Tobacco Worms Dr. J. A. Morris got a colored woman to gather him 200 large tobacco worms which if you see an item getting away from us please capture it and deliver it at the Public Ledger Office and great sliall be thy reward. PERSONAL ITEMS Judge ' Devin is at home from Greensboro. Mr. R. F. Murray is at Buffalo Springs for his health. Mr. S. L. Green spent Sunaay with Mr. Grissom Hicks at Berea. Mr. Clyde Cannady, of Rocky Mount, is visiting relatives in Oxford. Mr. Dudley Gooch, of Norlina and Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Gooch, of Ra leigh, were among the Oxford visitors Thursday.,. - TUESDAY NEXT IS THE DAY UPON WHICH THE OXFORD TOBACCO MARKET WILL OPON FOR THE SALE OF LEAF TOBACCO. ALLIES TAKE 30,000 ! forces have engaged in a strong of- he shipped to the Agricultural De- (Paris Cable, Sept. 9.) 1 fensive in undulating country. The partment at Raleigh for Experiment- Accounts of wounded soldiers who progress of the Allies has been ex- al purposes and to find out the best reached Paris late today indicate ceedingly difficult. method of destroying them.- that the result of the three days In the center of the Allied line Safe and Reliable On the last page fighting in the Champaign country several further encounters have oc- of this paper the National Bank of - 'r- , ' -has been more favorable for the curred, the two opposing factions Granville invites you to make use of WANTED Glviii EN OR SEASONED Allies than at first supposed. They ending the days with varying for- its complete equipment and services J 15 cords of Split Oak, 5 cords of say the German losses in killed were tunes, which, however, are regarded in the transaction of any banking or ' Split Pine. v To be delivered by enormous and that a great number as more favorable to Allies than to -financial business, where every safe. November 1st.., N. M. Ferebee, of prisoners were taken. , their adversaries. j guard known to banking is provided.! THE WAR AMD TOBACCO PRICES Let There Be a Generous Feeling Among Us, and Let This Same Generous Feeling Find Its Way Into the Channels of Trade. FUNERAL OF MRS. ANN DAVIS Large Number of Sorrowing Relatives and Friends of the Noble Wo man Gather at the Grave The funeral and burial services of the late Mrs. Ann Davis were con ducted Tuesday evening last by Rev. Kennison, pastor of the Stovall Presbyterian church and the inter ment was in the family plot on the old homestead, a mile from the resi dence. As a testimonial of the es teem in which the deceased was held the entire countryside gathered at the residence and grave to witness the last sad rites along with many people from Oxford. The following telegram which ap peared in the Charlotte Observer carries some additional facts in refer ence to the noble old lady and her ancestrial home: - ' A telegram was received .Tuesday O The business season of the year will be launched next Tuesday with the opening of the Oxford Tobacco Market. The tobacco crop is in fairly good shape much fuller than was anticipated during the hot, dry summer months. From the indica tions gathered from the numerous markets which have already opened up and sold tobacco it appears that prices are on a par with last year, or nearly so. We learn from well in formed men every where that the thirst and demand for tobacco is even greater than it has ever been. Even should the European war con tinue for any length of time, doubt less some way will be provided to transport the tobacco to every part of the globe, excepting Germany, which is absolutely cut off from the outside world. .The merchants of Oxford have tak en a philosophical view of the situa tion and have laid "in good, substan- evenjng by Mr. W. W. RpbarOs -an-, ual stocks,, p roofed jiniLg?S&y$H- Titfttcmr-Vhe1 cTeatlbT "Mrar. Anne'ffatroii we nnd mat the prices are Dowdy Davis, which occurred at her not above those of last year. home at "Abram's Plains" near Stov all, Granvilie County. Mrs. Davis, It was the most natural thing in the world for the state of trade to be- who was in her 83d year, was the come demoralized when the nations widow of the late Isaac H. Davis, one of Europe plunged into war, but it of Granville's prominent citizens, a did not take long for a sensible peo brother of the late Hon. Joseph Davis Pie to realize that Germany could associate justice of the State Supreme not stand alone for any great length Court. She was of the highest type of time with three powers of equal of Southern womanhood, possessing the virtues that make up the charac ter of the perfect woman. She was a large landholder, having several thousand acres in the home tract, "Abram's Plains," which was owned by her great great great grandfather who fought in the battle of Abram's Plains during the Revolutionary War, and she was the fifth, generation that had -owned the plantation. Her great grandchildren who reside there now constitute the eighth generation that has lived there. The original deed is from the Crown, something very unusual in this State." The pall bearers were: Crawford Currin, James Waltz, R. T. Gregory, Luther Carrington, Marion Clement, Charles Landis, Will Daniel, Sam Morton, John Currin, R. T. Smith, Goodrich Wilson, James Elliott, Charles Lewis, Dr. W. L. Taylor. SPORTS IN THE FIELD With a touch of autumnal air, the horn of the hunter is heard in the land. Messrs. E. G. Hobgood, A. A. Williams, Frank Blalock, W. T. Brooks, and E. T. Watson have been in search of the cunning old fox and five of them were bagged in a jiffy. It is said that foxes are plentiful in Granville this year and the indica tions are that they will furnish a lot of sport. Deer, too, abounds in some sections of the county. OXFORD COLLEGE OPENS The young college women began to arrive early in the week and by Wed nesday morning the halls and campas of Oxford College were fairly alive with them. Among the throng were a large number of those who were enrolled last year and the year be fore. The pleasant features of President Hobgood was wreathed in smiles as the work of registration and assignment was conducted by an able corps of teachers. These young ladi es in thirst of knowledge bring sun shine and joy to our community. A FREAK OF NATURE - Mr. Joe Beard is showing a curios ity which he found growing in his patch of corn. It i& what you might term a family gronpe, in that eight ears of corn forms a cluster, all springing from one branch. The strength to contend with. The War College is not permitted to make' public their views on the foreign war, but if we read aright some of our best tacticians who have studied the lay of the land in Europe are firmly convinced that a superior force have the German army at their mercy, and that it is only a very few hours until the German Emperor will acknow ledge his defeat. And when that hour does arrive, and the smoke of battle blows away, there will be re joicing, so far as commercialism is concerned, throughout the entire world. But why not rejoice now, so re mote are we from the scene of con flict! . You- talk about a short crop of tobacco and hallucinations of war, but did you ever stop to think that if two-thirds, of the present crop was destroyed the other third would bring as much as the whole if it was handled correctly with that end in view? The demand for tobacco is great, and the prices will find their level at home, and abroad. While the farmers have been busy, not even taking time to read about the war, the merchants have also been busy anticipating their wants and laying in substantial stocks of goods. The sun will rise next Tues day morning on an auspicious day the opening of the Oxford tobacco market.. The season of activity will be pretty much as we are determined to make it. Let their be a generous feeling among us, and let this same generous feeling find its way into the channels of trade. "THE DINGBAT FAMILY" The jester's tinkling staff and merry jingle, with the sinuous danc ing girls has since the days of that of prehistoric times that even ante date the theatre, been the favorite amusement of mankind. Musical comedy is the one standard attrac tion that always pleases. The enly question is which musical comedy show is the one to see. If one might judge by reports that reach us of the wonderful reception every where given "The Dingbat Family," and the record-breaking business that it is doing all along its route, there would seem but one answer to this question. This latest of laugh-pro-vokers, adapted from Herriman's fa- Oxford, N. C. 2t-pd. middle ear-is 10 inches long and vig- !mous newspaper series, will make its orous, but the other seven ears that local bow here at the Orpheum Thea- are fed from the same core are not tre, Monday, September 14, with an ; so vigorous. These were all housed exceptionally large and capable corn- in one shock. . 4pany and a large chorus. - ' i .1 if ! il ! . it i ar,- -r
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