PUB
k!7f ."-MY
"
PUBLISHED TWICE-A-WEEKWEDNECiJAyS, AND SATURDAYS
VOLUME 29.
OXFORD, N. 0 WEDNESDAY;; BBPT- 16, 1914.
NO 78
IjyildDTODimeDllI!: F1T MP(Sai(5o
IT IS UNOFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED THAT THE GERMAN
ARMY IS SHORT OF FOOD AND AMMUNITION.
THE REINS DRAWING TIGHTER.
r Mitch Better Mrs. Crawford Hob-
- B 5 good,, who has been on the sick list
GERMAN RETREAT US RAPID, z! " are Blad to learn 15
SHORT LEDGER LOCALS.
About People and Things That Are
of Interest to .The Public
Ledger Readers
TIIEgg:MARi(ET
The Indications are That There Will
Be Heavy, Sales Before the Frost
1
liovbctober
GATHERED FROM THE TOWN
- AND COUNTY
THE STATE OF THE MARKET
;;i-.5EJLSEWHERE .
Russians Are Smashing Austria Crown Prince Dies From
- Wounds Cavalry to the Rescue Will Fight In
Picturesque Forest of Argonne.
PEACE TALK O
It is learned in Washington that
Emperor William has bad under con
sideration for several clays an infor
mal inquiry from the United States
Government as to whether Germany
desires to discuss terms of peace with
her foes. On the tenor of the reply
depends to some extent whether or
not the informal peace movement in
augurated a week ago can be pursued
further with Great Britian, France
and Russia.
The inquiry was not a formal one
such as President Wilson's original
tender of good offices, but was an ef
fort to determine whether Germany's
reported willingness to talk peace
was based on fact. The chronology of
the peace movement was revealed
after a canvass of officials, diplomat
ists and other directly concerned.
GERMAN ARMY FALLS BACK
(London Cable, Sept. 13.)
The German armies which a week
ago today commenced a series of vio
lent attempts to break through the
French center have found their ef
forts futile and, evacuating Vitry-Le-Francois,
the pivot of their effen
sive and where they had fortified al
ready strong natural positions, they
-- have retired northward.
This retirement was made impera
tive by the continued retreat, of the
German right wing, which is some
where northwest of Rheims and the
v defeat of an army corps, .which was
3 .operating just east of Vitry-Le-Fran-
"H-JCois. around T? pvin v and Serma.iza.
;..-. ana wnicn, in us nurry to join tne re-
I f ' AS A. "l-JJi 0
u vureuieui, leit a quantity oi war ma-
-' i- terial behind for the French to nick
.lir- UP.
GERMANY'S RIGHT WING
(London Cable, Sept. 13.)
Apparently the Germans, who sent
the best of their army farther west to
take part in the advance on Paris,
Cl.'- have fnnnH tVio mmintoiTie nf AT ncollo
and Vosges, vhere the French were in
strong possessions, too hard a nut to
crack.
While French reports say that the
French army is following up all these
successes, it would appear that their
most serious driving movement is
taking place against the German
right wing, which since Saturday last
has traveled north faster than it
went south. On Friday this wing dis
posed of General von Kluck's army
and part of General von Buelow's
corps, occupied a line which follows
the Vesle and the railway from Sois
sons through Fismes to the moun
tains south of Rheims.
CAVALRY TO THE RESCUE
(Paris Cable, Sept. 13)
It is believed that General Sir John
French, who won a reputation as one
of the greatest cavalry leaders in the
South African war, will cling to the
heels of this retreating army as long
as his men and horses can stand the
strain. It is possible, too, that he will
get assistance from the French caval
ry, which has not been heard of to
any great extent during this war and
which is credited with being the
equal of any in the world.
IN THE FOREST OF ARGONNE
(London Cable, Sept. 13.)
The French official report refers to
this retirement as a general retreat,
and from the rate at which the Ger
mans are travelling it would seem to
be such, although military experts
are of the opinion that they may
make a stand or a counter offensive
when reinforcements which have
been sent from Belgium reach them.
It is believed that a portion of the
German army which is falling back
on Revigny is almost certain to put
up a hard fight in the forest of Arg
onne, where military men expected
General Joffre, the French commander-in-chief,
to make his defense at
the outset and which affords splendid
positions against attack.
RUSSIANS SMASHING AUSTRIA.
London Cable, Sept. 13.
The Russians continue to strike at
the Austrians left in Galicia, and, ac
cording to Petrogard reports, they
have succeeded in smashing it. The
object in concentrating the attack on
this wing of the Austrian army Is ob
vious, for the Russians have desired
more than anything else at the pres
ent time to put the Austrian army en-
Continued on last page)
GRANVDLLE county fair
The Gates Will Swing Open to tho
Public Six Weeks From
Tuesday
Six Weeks from today, rain or
shine, the gates of the Granville
County Fair will swing. open to the
public. From this time forward
Secretary Crews will have all he can
do answering enquiries and getting
things in shape. .
Side Tracked The cold snap caus
ed the man with the alpaca coat and
straw hat to seek something more
comfortable,
Down to Business Get down to
business war or no war, but don't
get down on some fellow who fails
to agree with you.
Out Again Miss Lillian Spencer,
who was numbered with the sick last
week, has so far recovered as to be
able to be out again.
Old Plasterer Dead Cameron
Green, one of Oxford's old colored
plasterers, died the past week, after
several months of sickness.
The Goose Bone It is getting
about time, for the man with his
goose bone to be predicting what
kind of a winter we are to hare.
Nine Snows This Winter As we
Great care has been exercised by
Secretary Crews and the Board of-nad nine f0gs in August it indicates
T"r s a : a I
according to old people, that we will
have nine snows this coming winter.
It is On Now If it is not one thing
it is another in Oxford. The theatri
cal season is on along with the fine
movies. Even a circus, Haag's, is
Directors in granting concessions and
securing attractions. Five clean, in
teresting and wholesome attractions
have been booked and Secretary
Crews hopes to secure one or two
more. -
Secretary Crews states that he will
go out to the Fair Grounds at ancommg
early date with a force of hands and ! Time to Get Insurance If you are
put things in tip top shape. He in- interested in insurance we ask you
tends to build more pens for stock to read the advertisement of J. C.
and put flooring in the pens set apart ; Howard in another part of this al-
for swine.
The Third Regiment Band and the
bum of song.
September 23d. According to the
Southern Railway Educational exhib-: Almanac autumn begins on the 23rd
it are good drawing cards. The Di
rectors are more determined this
year than ever to make the Fair a
grand success, but this can only be
aone oy me co-operation or tne peo- an important meeting
pie irom all over the. county
when the days and nights will be
a EIT FOILTHte liOim
The people "up the State and even
those among us, may think they
know something about the delicious
equal. It feels now like it has al
ready commenced,
Civic Club Meeting i-There will be
of the Wo
man's Civic Club , this Wednesday
morning at r 10 : 3 0 r o'clock.All
m'emEers" arerglidtdCa
Slowly Improving Mr. Jessie
Clement, who has been real sick for
some time at his home on Route 1,
scuppernong grape, but they must i we iearn is slowly improving and we
go to Warren and Halifax counties to ' trust wm SOOn be himself again,
find the grape in a perfected state J stm IncreasingTne circuiation
Last week Mr Josh King received a of the TvfIce.a.Week Public Ledger
bushel box full qf delicious scupper-.g increasing each week and no
nong grapes from his mother grown ; per is more w read -n Granyille
uii uiu iiuintJ piace near me war
ren-Halifa line. These grapes were
of a uniform size, and full of nector
and fit for a god.
county than the Public Ledger.
Do You Need One? If you wish to
buy a house and lot or rent a house
we call your special attention to the
advertisement of the Granville Real
Estate & Trust Co., on another page.
Barns Burned Messrs. John A.
BRIGHT AND PRETTY GIRLS
For the first time this session the
pretty and haoov voune women of
Oxford College formed in line last Belcher, of Route 3, Crawford Knott,
Sunday morning and attended church ! of RoutG 1' and Walter Averett, of
in a body. The old institution of j Route 6' a11 nad a barn of tobacco
learning has long been noted for ' each to UD in smoke on Friday
bright pretty girls, but this year they i lasc
seem to be prettier and more of
Alone Entitled When a man
them. We noticed quite a number wants to rake you over the coals for
of new faces among them, and like having an opinion it is a sign that he
the morning glories, all dispel sun
shine.
STUDYING ART IN NEW YORK
Miss Fannie Webb, the attractive
and talented daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. John Webb, is attending an art
school in New York City and will re
main in the North until Spring.
Miss Webb is a graduate of Meredith
College, Raleigh, and won first dis
tinction as an artist in a large class j portant message to you
of clever young women.
TAKE 180,000 PRISONERS
thinks he alone is entitled to have
an opinion. It's too funny to men
tion. Filled at Last The mud hole at
the intersection of Main and Little
john streets has been filled at last,
which will be quite a relief to the
traveling public.5 Thanks to the
street man.
The Old Reliable Mr. J. G. Hall,
the old reliable druggist, has an im-
in another
column which you are invited to read
and call and se ehim.and let him sup
ply your wants.
New Gasoline Tank Mr. R. L.
Hamilton is installing a new and up-
( London Cable, Sept. 14.)
A lispatch to . the Central News
from Rome says telegraphic advices ( to-date Gasoline Tank, in the front of
received there from Petrograd are to ; his store, which will put the desired
ine enect tnat tne 17 days' battle of quantity of gasoline wanted right in
the Russians against Austro-German
forces ended with the following re
sult: Prisoners laken 180,000; field
R"Jr V 1 ' . gest this year and the best.
captureu i,uuv pieces; transport
wagons taken 4,000; aeroplanes cap
tured 7.
The Russian embassy in Rome, ac
cording to the correspondent of the
Central News say3 that the German
army commanded by General Von
to the tank of an automobile.
Keep it In Mind Keep talking
for the Granville County Fair. Sec
retary Crews says it will be the big-
Let
everybody conclude to make an ex
hibit. Let everybody come . and
bring the family.
Mission at Stovall A four days
Mission will be held at St. Peters
Episcopal church at Stovall begin-
Hindenburg has been defeated near on Sunday morning, September
Mowo ncoian PnlanH anrt that V,z I oci t iwco uuuuuvi uy AUY.
Germans are evacuating Poland with
a loss of 50,000 men. The ambassa
dor adds that the Russians have as
sumed the offensive in Prussia and
have commenced to lay siege to Koe-nigsberg.
Lewis N- Taylor, You are cordially
invited to attend. v
lake Vance's Mule Automobile
drivers are like Vance's Mule have
a short memory. They have forgot
ten the ordinance, along with the
policemen, about making all the
Big Moccasin Last Sunday night 1 noise possible with the mufflers mak-
ing a racKet nice a mogui engine on
a steep grade.
Wedded Bliss Mr. Nathan T. Dan
iel, of Fuquay Springs, formerly of
Granville, and Miss Maggie M. Vern
on, of Patrick county, Va., were
quietly married at her home on
Thursday, September 10th. We join
AiKhis Granville friends in extending
congratulations.
The optimistic ; tone of the trade
situation is -becoming more pronounc
ed, and It ,is "expected that measures
which have been taken for the pro
. tection of the tobacco crop will soon
j have the effect of f arther increasing
connaencen ;a favorable outcome.
: The Oxford,- Tobacco market open
ed this Tuesday- morning. All the
buyers were, on the market and pric
es ranged from $4.00 to $19.25 per
hundred afeiHh.e breaks were of the
common -medtumi quality, each ware
house having fair breaks.
The opening , sale drew between 300
and 400 farmers who gathered at the
different warehouses to see how to
bacco wouja start off.
Tha first sale was at 10 o'clock at
the Banherarehouse, and were con
tinued in r the -following manner:
Farmers, Of en, Johnson, Minor.
THE NEW; WAREHOUSE '
The new Minor warehouse looked
as neat as a .pin with nice even floor,
new skylights," new oflices, modern
conveniences-along with good warm
stables foe 'f he farmers horses and
mules. It is; one of the largest ware
houses in the State for the sale of
leaf tobacco; and is in command of
the v eteran .warehousemen, - Zack
Lyon, who certainly '- made good in
the past ami is ably assisted by
Messrs. Vass Critcher, W. J. Webb,
R. S. Usry, -with Mr. Beasley as auc
tioneer, who las the. art down fine.
The reportSfroml which we gather
at random, 4i'.e encouraging, as will
be seen- below: '
greejbbor6?market
While the quantity jrf tobacco be
ing brought io the,Greensboro mark
et is nothing) startling. Vstill each day
shows a decided gain, both as to the
amount tfdJaJityt The prices are
about ona liththose paidasf
year the -ay erl i f r'orf4he'
jirsyQj&jU:
being about' 12 cents perjpouhdrv " "
i GREENVILLE MARKET
Friday was a big day onthe tobac
co market there being more than on
any day this season.. It began com
ing in late Thursday and all night
carts and wagons loaded with , the
weed came in. Friday's break was
estimated all the way up to over
400,000 pounds. The quality was
rather good for so early and prices
were corresponding good? Prices are
better than at the opening of the
market and are bearing the last years
prices. The full quoto of buyers are
now on the market. It is said the
big companies are putting their men
to buying to keep the independents
from buying too largely, which would
mean that next year or the next when
they (the big ones) may want tobac
co too much may be in the hands of
the independents and to get it the
big ones have to pay too big prices.
Therefore all are buying and compe
tition is expected to bo strong and
prices better.
DANVILLE MARKET
Although the warehouses have
been open for the sale of loose tobac
co since August 1, the receipts have
been quite small owing to the late
ness of the crop.
So far the offerings have been con
fined to colory primings, selling at
from 1 to 5 cents, and medium bright
to fine bright primed leaf selling at
from 6 to 10 cents for medium 'to
good and 10 to 15 and 18 cents for
good to fine.
It is thought that it will be Octo
ber 1st or later before the sales are
sufficiently large to attract a full
corps of buyers.
CHASE CITY MARKET
So far the offerings have been
largely on the priming order, but
these goods are bringing prices that
are satisfactory to the farmers.
SOUTH HILL MARKET
Deliveries of new tobacco are so
far small, consisting mainly of prim
ings, but the buyers are eager, and so
far prices for the week are yery near
ly as good as they were for the same
period of last year.
SOUTH BOSTON MARKET
The sales of loose-leaf tobacco this
week: have been confined almost en
tirely to primings". Much to the sur
prise of the farmers who marketed
the early croppings, prices have been
!very nearly as good as they were a
1 year ago, when there were no wars or
rumors of wars. -
Mr. L. Hunter discovered a large
highland moccasin crawling across
the sidewalk ' near the. Episcopal
church, and let him pursue his jour
ney as he did not have anything to
kill him with.
WANTED A LOAN of $1,200 SE
cured by first mortgage on real es
tate worth three , times the loan.
Address "R" care Public Ledger.
FOR RENT ONE NICELY FURN
; ished room with use of bath
ply at this offlct,
YOUNG LADY DESIRES POSITION
on short time as stenographer and
assistant bookkeeper. : Address L.
100 BUSHELS LITTLE RED SEED
wheat for sale. $1.25 per bushel.
Route 2, Virgilina,
6t-np.
DEATH OF VALUABLE COUNTY OFFICIAL COMES SATUR
DAY EVENING AS A DISTINCT SHOCK TO
THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
SPLENDID CITIZEN AT REST.
Mr. Shotwell Suffered a Stroke of Appoplexy While Seated
In His Office-Rernoved to His Residence,
Where His Life Ebbed Away.
O About 9.30 o'clock Saturday morn
! ing last, while seated in a rhair in
Th Siuweon f h.a i t0 t "ia um-" iu iae oun wouse, Mr. J.
COUNTY CONVENTION
well to Be Named in Contention
October 9th.
At a meeting of the Democratic
County Eecutive Committee held in
the Court House this Tuesday morn
ing, it was decided to hold a county
convention on Friday, October 9, in
the Court House in Oxford at 12
o'clock m., for the purpose of nomi
nating a successor to the late J. G.
Shotwell, Clerk of Superior Court of
Granville County. It was also ordered
that the different precincts in the
county to hold meetings on Saturday,
October 3, at-3:?0 o'clock and fo?Vived
the two Oxford precincts at 4:30
o'clock, to elect delegates to the
County Convention. The following
members of the Committee were pres
ent: Chairman B.- K. Lassiter, with
Mr. Thurman Knott, Secretary; E. C.
Harris, C. R. Gordon, E. J. Jenkins,
3. L. Slaughter, Dr. Hardee, J. A.
Catlett, J. L. Peed, E. C. Allen, F. H.
Gregory, G; H. Faucett, N. G. Crews,
T. Lanier, C. M. Knott, D. T. Wins
ton, J. S. Watkins, along with the
Central Committee A. W. Graham, A.
A. , Hicks, W A. McFarland, J. T.
Bfitt. . '
- The following is a list of the pre
cinct, chairman - with the number of
cast ' in the ' convention : " ' ,
Dement E. C. Harris ' : ...... . . 3.
Bell Town C. R. Gordon ........ 4.
Wilton E. J. Jenkins 6.
Grissom J. A. Cattlett .....7.. 4.
Creedmoor J. L". Peed 4
Wilkins H. T. Roycroft 2
Stem Dr. P. R. Hardee .5
Geneva E. C. Allen..... 3
Howard B. F. Dean . . 2
Berea S. L. Slaughter . ; 3
Oak Hill Jno. S. Watkins ... .2
Buchanan D. T. Winston 3
Bullock -C. H. Faucette 2
Stovall D. A. Burwell .... . . 3
Salem N. G. Crews 3
South Oxford T. G .Stem . . 9
North Oxford T. Lanier .10
ACCIDENTAL OR OTHERWISE
Two Colored Men Carrying Concealea
Weapons Meet at Stovall ami. a
Shot is Fired
The same old story that they "did
not know it was loaded" conies from
Stovall. Two young colored bucks
met in that quiet little town Satur
day, each with a concealed weapon
in his pocket. They proposed to swap
pistols, and while one of the pair
was holding out for a bonus, the
pistol in the hands of Ed Goode ex
ploded, the ball entering the abdo
men of the other man, whose name
we can not recall. Dr. W. L. Tay
lor, of Stovall, hastened to the scene
of the tragedy and probed for the
bullet, and not finding it he hasten
ed the wounded man to a hospital in
Richmond.
G. Shotwell, the valuable Clerk of
the Superior Court of Granville
County, suffered a stroke of appo
plexy which rendered him unconsci
ous. Able physicians were summon
ed to his side, but their long vigil
was of little avail and the end came
late in the evening at his home on
Asylum street, where he had been re
moved from his office a couple of
hours after he was strickenShortly
before death came he regained con
sciousness and the last words which
fell from his lips was that the hour
which he had long awaited had ar-
Mr. Shotwell was an excellent cit
izen and the stroke of appoplexy fol
lowed by his sudden demise, was the
absorbing topic of conversation in
the communit and to what ever part
of the county the sad intelligence
vas conveyed.
Mr. Shotwell was born near Berea
in 1849 and was therefore in his
65th year when the summons came.
He was a life long member of Trinity
Methodist church and he was tho ac
knowledged friend and-counsellor of
the whole neighborhood, and he ser
ved, his community long as a. Justice
of the Peace and his. decisions were
always prompted by a sense of justice
anaUercy.It-ii the univefsal opin- -t ,
icii tbarfewbetter men at heart ever
adorned .the walks-of life.
Mr. Shotwell: was elected to fill
out the unexpired term of the late
Charles Crews, Clerk of the Court,
who died some years ago. Had he
lived until next December he would
have filled out his four year's term.
He was re-nominated at the recent
primaries by a substantial majority
of those who had been drawn to him
by tha ties of friendship and his ac
knowledged ability as an official.
Mr. Shotveil married Mis3 Mary A.
Lyon, daughter of the late Woodson
Lj'on, and sister of our esteemed
townsman, Mr. Z. W. Lyon. He is
survived by a devoted wife and three
daughters, Mrs. Thomas Shotwell, of
ance county; and Misses Mary A.
and Lizzie Shotwtll, and one brother,
Mr. J. A. Shotwell.
The funeral was held froi the Ox
ford Methodist church Sunday after
noon at 4 o'clock, conducted by Rev.
N. C. Yearby, of Roxboro, a former
pastor of Trinity church, of which
the deceased was a life-long member
assisted by Dr. A. P. Tyer. The
church was filled to the doors by peo
ple of all denominations and every
walk of life, drawn hither by the ties
of friendship and the sacred memory
of one who was always gentle and of
lovable disposition. Mr. Yearby
told of the many virtues that charact
erized the deceased in relation to
church work, in the family circle and
in the private and public walks of
life.
A large number of intimate
friends and the following pallbearers
I
' k
i -
Deputy ' Sheriff Conrad Walters accompanied the remains to It
Elmwood
went up to Stovall Saturday and se
Cemetery, where the interment took
eurc-d Ed Goode and brought him tojllace at flve o'clock, Sunday after-
Oxford on the evening train and land
ed him in jail.
New Lithographs Bright new pic-
noon.
Active Messrs. A. W. Graham,
A. A. Hicks, T. Lanier, D. G. Brum
mitt, T. G. Stem. Honorary J. B.
PoweH, J. F. Webb, S. C. Kobgood,
turesque lithographs of the Granville E. T. White, J. J. Renn, W B. Bal
County Fair, bearing dato of October
28-2Qth are being distributed
throughout th county.
ANNOUNCEMENT
To the Democratic Voters:
I hereby announce myself a candi
date for Clerk of the Superior Court
of Granville County to succeed the
late J. G. Shotwell, subject to the ap
proval of the Democratic voters.
Your support will be heartly appre
ciated. . JOHN S. WATKINS.
W. L. Clark,
Virginia.
PRETTY FALL MILLINERY
It begins to look like business sure
enough at Mrs. T. Lanier's millinery
parlors. With cases and boxes of the
latest paterns of pretty feminine
headgear coming in. ;Mrs. Lanier
and her expert milliners are as, busy
as . bees. Mrs. . Lanier has been well
represented on the Northern markets
with an expert milliner, drinking in
all the styles; and: Mrs., -Lanier says
her many customers are - patiently
awaiting the pretty styles for fall. It.
lou, Jim Meadow3, W. Z. Mitchell,
Bob Daniel. W- H. Hunt, J. S. Brad
tiier, John Webb. E. E. Fuller and
I. H. Davis.
The floral tribute, was profuse and
beautiful.
LOST A PAIR NOSE GLASSES
with ear hook and chain between
home and store. Sunday morning..
Finder will please return to R. L
Hamilton.
THAT OLI STRAW II AT
According to an ancient custom
the wearing of straw hats is forbid
den on and after September 15 th.
True, it may cause many heart aches
and pains to do away with that old
straw hat which has sheltered your
fate from, the hot summer sun. In
fact it may have figured in many
cheering episodes and incidents and'
it may boast of quite a history. - But:
as there must be an end to all things
they do tell us that September is the
end of the straw hat season. "