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. it . - . - . : - . - :"- ' . THE COUNTY PAPER PUBLISHED TWICE-A-WEEK WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS tmApe at horde THROW AWAY THE ORDER CAT . 1,1 VOLUME XXX. OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30TH, 1915. NUMBER 54. P K . I HI . K Mi r. k OUR NEXT GOVERNOR SHAPING UP FOR A PAIGN. HOT CAM- All the Candidates Excepting Bickett and Daughtridge Have Sidetracked. One year from now all North Car olina will be in the throws of a politi cal campaign. At that time we will be in the midst of the probably warm campaign that will precede the first State-wide legalized- primary to be held' in this State, in which all candi dates for Congressional, State and judcial offices will be nominated at the ballot box by all political parti es on the same day. In about half the counties of the State nominations for county officers will be made under the same primary, while in about half the counties the adoption of the legal ized primary in the nomination of county officers is left optional with the people. Already considerable activity is in evidence. Candidates for a number of the State offices have announced themselves and others are being groomed or are grooming themselves. Thus far, most of the activity has been directed towards persuading somebody to offer himself for the nomination for governor. Several names have been, "prominently men tioned," including Mr. E. Carl Dun can and Mr. Zeb Vance Walser, but . neither has publicly consented to throw his hat into the ring. The fact that a few months ago there seemed to be a probability that the "woods" would be full of candi dates, only Attorney General Bickett and Lieutenant Governor Daught ridge have entered the list of avowed candidates, and it begins to look like of avowed candidates, and it begins to look like the fight may be confined to a contest between these two vali ant and stalwart Democrats, both of whom have heretofore been honored by election to State offices. The hue and cry about Senator Simmons and his friends would take the part of either candidate is with out foundation. It is known that Senator Simmons was friendly to Mr. McLean, says the Wilmington Star, and it is equally well known that Mc Lean would have been his personal preference, but Senator Simmons would have taken no active part in promoting the nomination, of Mr. Mc Lean or any other candidate. Sena tor Simmons' course since his re election has proved that so far as he is concerned the Simmons-Kitchin fight ended with the counting of the votes and if there is any dispositon to keep the factional lines drawn, it is not on part of Senator 'Simmons or o any of his friends. ;i. --v j Recently ex-Senator Neill pnarr, ot Jrfi Charlotte, and Senator O, Max Gard- -Into the race for Lieutenant - Gover nor with the determination to fight to ' the .finish and to win. Both of these 'gentlemen have served as president . . T pro tem. of the Senate, which means ; - ' that they have had experience in the most important duty devolving upon a lieutenant governor. The place of ' presiding officer of the Senate, like that of speaker of the House, is of vastly more importance than - the average voter supposes. The influ ence these officers exert in shapinig legislation, by their apponitment of all committees and by their general attitude toward proposed legislation, is probably the greatest single factor in the work of any legislature. While both Pharr and Gardner are from the center of the cotton milling in dustry and of the hydro-electric pow er development of the South Atlantic States. Both are lawyers. Considerable interest centers in the nomination for Attorney General. Several months ago Judge Frank Car ter announced his candidacy, ap pealing to the people for support as a vindication for the wrong he con ceives to have been done him in the famous Carter-Abernethy sensation and the subsequent investigation. There has been considerable talk of Collector Josiah William Bailey as a probable candidate for attorney gen eral. HoweVer late reports confirm the belief that Mr. Bailey will not make the race. Lieutenant governor R. A. Doughton, of Alleghany, has been for some time listed as a prob able candidate for attorney general. He is at present a member of the House of Representatives, having been a member of one house or the other almost every session for the last 20 years. As to the other State offices, there has been little activity thus far, ex cept with reference to that of secre tary of State. It is already understood that Col. J. Bryan Grimes is to have opposition. It s stated that Editor Fred R. Mintz, of the Mount Olive Tribune, is in the race for commis sioner of labor and printing against M. L. Shipman. AT SUMMER SCHOOL Eighty-six Counties and Twelve Stat es Represented at University Registration in the Summer School has reached 607, which is the largest it has ever been. The 'total enroll ment for the entire term last year was 59 6, while the first week's regis tration for this year exceeded this mark. Eighty-six counties and twelve States are represented in the person nel of the student body. Orange county leads in representation with 32 members, while Wake is a close second with 31. Durham has 2 6, Guil ford 17, while Person and Granville with 16 each tie for fourth place. Sampson and Mecklenburg have 14 apiece, and Columbus and Rowan fol low with a round dozen each. The smaller counties have representa tions proportionately large. Vance has 8; New Hanover 5; Hoke 5; Lee 4, and Scotland 4. Twelve States are also represented. Virginia has 10; South Carolina 9 ; Florida 2 ; Tennes see 2; and New Jersey, Minnesota, Louisiana, Ohio, Maryland, Georgia, New York and the District of Colum bia have one each. Mrs. S. D. Lee, of Raleigh, is visit ing her son Mr. W. T. Lee. LOST $5.00 REWARD FOR IN formation that will lead to Jack's recovery. She is a lemon and white spotted Pointer. Disappeared from home on Tuesday night, June 22. E. E. Fuller. THE COUNTY GARAGE ALSO A PLACE TO KEEP BLOCK ADED LIQUOR NEEDED 4 Sheriff Hobgood Will Soon Dump A Ixt of the Vile Stuff Into the Sewer. If the officers keep on capturing blockaded liquor, stills, wagons and automobiles the county must build a place to keep them. We don't know how much whiskey there is piled away in the jail for safe keeping, but there must be a whole lot of the vile stuff. We saw the 'Sheriff stack up fourteen kegs and a lot of beer bottles, the result of one day's work. Considerable more has been added to it since, and great will be the rivulet when the Court orders it turned into the sewer. The happiest man in Granville on that occasion will be Sheriff Hobgood. He detests the stuff so much it will be fun to see him yield the axe on the head of the barrels. There are a lot of fellows who say that it is a pity to turn the whiskey into the sewer, but Sheriff Hobgood is not one of them. There are a lot of fellows around town, too, that would like to taste the liquor, but from what we can learn the Sheriff does not intend to make the bursting of the barrels a social event; there fore those who wish to get a whip of the vile stuff must go to the end of the sewer, which empties into Harrisburg Creek. There was a time when the great resevoir of whiskey, now in the keep ing of Sheriff Hobgood at the County Jail, would win for an officer some steen hundred of votes, but on this occasion the joy water will be con sumed by the catfish, and should you happen to be down on Tar River in the near future and see them acting a little funny, you will understand that the Sheriff has complied with the order of the Court. When the old one-horse shay, the double wagon, and the buggies and automobiles, now held by Sheriff Hobgood, are turned loose there will be a mighty racket on the roads of Granville. If this thing of capturing perambu lating blind tigers, stills and block aders continue, the county will be compelled to build a store house. THE HIDDEN WEALTH What the Fifty Thousand Dollars is Doing. It will be remembered that when Mr. R. T. Lamm died in Wilson a few months ago $50,000 was found in his safe. It was the savings of a life time, but it was brought from its hidding place at a time when it was most needed. ' '-,-. It Is interesting to .note 'that they Wihsonmesrepefts'inat the'TricTden $50,000 is now at work bulding some fifteen houses, giving a large num ber of people employment, thus helping the merchants and business men to say nothing of the fact that it is providing home for people that might not have been able to procure them in a number of years if ever. The fortunate part of it all is that the greater part of it is loaned on long time, it being left' to minor children of tender age. If $50,000 will accomplish so much in Wilson what would $100,000 do in Oxford at this time. It would put to work all the surplus labor, stimulate business and make Oxford a front row town. GRANVILLE COUNTY SLANDERED Oxford Ledger Says There is Noth ing In The Story. The editor of the Oxford Ledger grows very warm (and we don't blame him) over a story that has become current, reflecting on the state of public morals in Granville county and calling for reprisal.There is just one thing the Oxford editor overlooked, however, and that was to name the GreensboTO paper which he charges with the responsibility of starting the scandal. It Is hardly fair to several other Greensboro papers to generalize in such an important mat ter. Everything. The above is in reference to the story of a colored man in Granville suing a white man for alieniating the affections of his wife and the jury awarded the negro a verdict for $8, 000. Col. Fairbrother is-right. We made a charge that the story was hatched out in one of the Greensboro newspaper offices. Now that we are called to name the genius, we would ask Col. Joe Reece, editor of the Greensboro News, to please tell us where he got this "black and white" story about three months ago. COOKING DEMON STRATI ON Miss Helen W. Jones, of Philadelphia in Charge. The Southern Gas and Improve ment Company have a cleared space at the large window In J. Robt. Wood's furniture store for the pur pose of demonstration work for the next two weeks. Miss Helen Jones, of Philadelphia, arrived Monday and as soon as the little kitchen was made ready the ladies from town began to gather about her. She is a neat ac tive little lady with a pleasant voice and she will make many friends among the good people . in Oxford during her two weeks stay. Comfort able seats are provided for visitors and the ladies seem to enjoy the op portunity to learn something about the economical side of gas. Fine Meeting The big Methodist revival which progressed for the past three weeks in the Tabernacle Tent in Henderson came to a close Sun day. A large number of Oxford and Granville people attended these meet ings and they are loud in their praise of Dr. Raymond Browning, the evan gelist, and his assistant, Dr. Chas. D. Tillman, the song evangelist. Dr. Browning left Monday for Littleton, where his family lives, and Dr. Till man and his daughter, Miss Jewel, returned to their home in Atlanta. Important Meeting The Civic Club will hold a meeting this Wed nesday morning at 10 o'clock in the Commercial Club rooms. Mrs. C. B. Turley and children of Clayton visited her sister, Mrs. J. N. Pittman last week. WILL TOUR OLD GRANVILLE WAITING FOR BROTHER BEN TO NAME THE DAY. The committee from the Granville Commercial Club, of which Mr. Ben Parham is the chairman, has not as yet named the day when the business men of Oxford intend to make the rounds of the county and get in close touch with the people, conditions and things in our blessed old county. There are no better people on earth than the Granvillians, and if the bus iness men knew the country people and the country people knew the business men of the town, there would be a better feeling everywhere, and they would all realize the truth of that old saying, "There is sb much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us that it hardly behooves any of us to say anything against the rest of us." Oxford is the best town in the state, and its future is exceedingly bright. What it needs is the co-operation of all good citizens,working to gether as one man for a greater Granville, working unselfishly for the common good of all the people. We do not need knockers. We don't need men who get in the way of every pro gressive movement. We don't need men who try to prevent their neigh bors from being successful, nor men who will try to create factions and bitterness, for that course only leads to destruction. It hurts the town and incidentally every man in the county. If the men of Oxford could only bury their selfishness, envy and hate, and if we would all pull together for the accomplishment of the greatest good in the community for each indi vidual, Oxford would double its population in five years. Why not do it? In that way we would build up a great town and a great citizenship. It would be of great benefit to every cit izen in the country districts. If the truth could be burned into the minds of every citizen of Gran ville county that whatever helps, the country districts helps the towns.that whatever helps the towns helps the country, we would have greater co operation among all our people and greater prosperity in every communi ty. THE OLD HOME TOWN It Is the Old Home Town Itself That is the Joke. Do you remember the lazy fellow who used to sit around in the imple ment store and the barber shops in the old home town and predict the failure of every boy who tried to poke his nose above the common herd? Up in the village of Salem they used to crack lots of jokes at the einense k of ft lanK and. "liuiiirainlxl lage grocery, poled flat boats on the river and split rails for a living. They called him Abe in those days. He became the President of the Unit ed States and thousands from far places on the earth have visited his tomb at Springfield to do him honor. They used to make fun of Bill Mc Adoo back in the home town. Of course you've heard of Bill. He dug a tunnel under the Hudson river and is secretary of the treasury now. But there are a lot of old tads back in the old home town who sort of hope that Bill will fall over some thing yet and land in the consomme. And Orville Wright was a regular joke in his old home town. It is the old home town itself that is the joke. STORY TELLERS' LEAGUE Fairy Tales and Nature Stories the Subject of the Narratives Told Friday. The story hour, conducted under the direction of tne OxfOTd Civic Club was "held at 9:30 o'clock Friday in the Library Rooms. Miss May White delighted the younger members of the League with three stories. The first, "The story of the Three Little Pigs," from Jos eph Jacobs English Fairy Talks, was very amusing to the small listeners. The second, ""Raggyling," adopted from Ernest Thompson Seton's, "Wild Anmals I Have Known," was a nature story with a moral, which showed the punishment of disobed ience. And the third, "The Ginger bread Boy" was especially interest ing to the little tots. Master Jack Brinkley told "The story of the three Bears" a family story which always pleases the little people. Mrs. A. H. Powell and Mrs. J. A.. Niles entertained the older children and the listeners seemed much pleas ed and entered lively into the spirit of the occasion. The tales told were of Nature. Mrs. Powell "began fcy telling three little stories of fitness, the first one, "Why we have pink roses" showed .the nec essity of pure air antl sunshine for health and beauty. The second, "Why the Morning Glories climb" al so illustrated a nappy moral. The third' story was called -"The Funeral of the Flames," and of the death of the "Giant of Battle," or the Red Rose, the king of flowers und in this story the medicinal qualities of the flowers and herbs was told, and many pretty puns were made on their nam es, which created much interest and merriment. Mrs. Powell illustrated this story with real flowers of nearly all those named in the tale. Mrs. Niles then, told tales from Kipling's "Just So" stories, which brought forth many exclamations of delight and for a short while the Story Tellers were en tertained by tales from the children themselves. At the close of the hour it was de cided to conduct the next meeting out of doors, and Mrs. Powell invited the children to" meet at her home Friday morning at 9:30. The tales will be told by Miss Sal lie Webb and Mrs. R. C. M. Calvert, and Miss Mae White will be in charge of the games. All children from the ages of 6 to 12 are invited. Miss FRANCES ABBITT, Ch'm. Miss SALLIE WEBB, Sec'y. Miss Lizzie Gooch, the artistic mil liner, has returned from Albemarle, where she had a most successful sea son. Oxford never seems exactly right when Miss Lizzie is away and every body rejoices when she returns home to spend her vacation. CORONER'S INQUEST -: - INVESTIGATION: INTO DEATH OF LITTLE HENKX yiMLdUiOTT -, 1 xite ury r L"" way Company Wiot Using Pro - per Precaution at PnMic Crossing. The coroner's mcmsi over tne re- mams or little Henry. . t-mott, tne child killed in the yards' of .the South ern Railway Company on St. John's Day, was held Friday at the under taking - establishment of J. Robt. Wood, where the remains were taken and prepared, for burial 4 :;.; Dr. W. N. Thomas: -coroner, and the following empaneled jury sit through the hearing: - .. The Juiyi . R. B. Wright; RM. urrin, D. M. Fullerton, J. B.' McGhecv Lu D. Black well, E. D. Hunt. Baker's' Testimony John A. Baker,: a maiV easier, tes tified that he was. passg-iong De pot street at the timely tt accident and saw the wagon - apjrcching the crossing some twenty is vaway ; heard train, approachii jg . and :; the sound of ; the bell, but fid not hear the whistle. This was, f Jout 5.20 p. m., said the witness." II. W. Harris TL , tt3es. ; I was standing in m;. Jtront yard and saw saw the collisioB,''Vut ' did . the whistle orltn; not hear Engineer Testa $ - J. A. McAlisterifehgir testified that he pulled out f f om i siation at 5:05; my fireman ta-vfj bell for the crossing; I:wa2ft'- feet from the crossing J jt lvjifirst saw the horses; I was ruhiilrit'- about, six or eight miles an v n-OTiiVl .brought train to stand -'Stiirj:)z;pilot struck wagon ! "hjetwec":,hels; ; on seeing horses appli? 'fj jnergency brakes, but dldnbf" ; time : to reach for the whistle! ; ' a? there was no whistle postf iQt Wow whistle. ' Fireman ' TestA R. H. that he. Merriman,'- fiie,ar Iestified iijBusly i; until ring the b( ? from the time the-rtr it struck the wagon.. CjjiductioSi I -4t ii. J. v. J.yier, that he was at the- 1- Ihe Imuact taking tickets and?t the emergency brakf Flagman's F. W, ' Hsafh;f that he herVi . th the rear Vad of -impact; i'Mif)tt' 15 or 2 feet 1 coach fr! m(.the 4- h9i i died as, Fat lay If svii; 1XK , Irw of Dead Chlhl.TsV;-c- land W Jve pallbearers: V iott, father f tfcfeT 'dead l : Ac Jre P. H. Montgomery, J. A. Mr. child, t .ified that he was SkS1 in a wester irection : about S?o clock I was in t' waeon with m v ife and six childr n; Henry, the dead child, was in hi; mothers lap abfut 1U1U way of tme wagon; l wai ou nrsi track of crossing when saw the train; train! was going abcf1- eight miles an hour when it st:fuck tne wagon; did not hear bell .whistle. Verdict of GmKm'k jnrfr "We, the jurors, find 'that the de ceased, Heny Elliott, - came to : his death June 24th, 1915, at 5 o'clock p. m., by being struck at Cherry street crossing by train No. ,207," engine 3409 of Southern Railway Company by said railway company not "using proper precaution at said Cherry. Hill crossing." "7; ' THE OLD SOLDIERS Are Now One Huadiwd and There Ninety in Granville, ;; The Public Ledger began search for the names of all thfrssErvtvof s of Lee in Granville during last JVIay. The number at the time the reunion was held in Richmond on June if h, 1915, was 18$. The list was landed in by Capt. W. H. White. He stated that the record was as neaT perfect as it was possible under the easting cir cumstances, meaning that r the old boys evidently were hard - to keep up with. Since we published the statement one has passed' over the river 187 of the list as published. Friends advise us that the' names of F. M. Bobbitt and J. W. Burchett, both of Granville, should be .added to the list. These two 'with the one al ready reported makes the list of sur vivors at the present time an -even 190. If any body lcnows of any; one who should be added to the list please give their names to the- Public Ledger. - . MITCHELIj-BLAKRISS- Popular Young Oxford ILady to Marry in September. ' - - The following announcement has been issued: Mr. and Mrs. W. Z. "Mitchell an nounce tne . engagement oi meir daughter, Ruth, to Mr. James Willi ams Harriss, of Wilmington, N. C. The marriage to take place in Sep tember. The 'bride is an attractive -and pop ular young lady of Oxford who made many friends, while at Peace Insti tute, Raleigh, is well Tmowis through out the State and was the popular sponsor for Company B. at Horner's Military School. The groom holds a responsible po sition with the Atlantie Coast Line Railway Co., at Wilmington. CARROLL-HERRING . MARRIAGE Pretty Wedding to Take Place This Wednesday. There will be a pretty marirage at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. John Gooch this Wednesday at high noon. The contracting parties are Miss Lou ise Carroll and Mr. Geo. W. Herring, both of Clinton, Sampson ' county. The bride-elect is the sister of Mrs. John Gooch and has taught school in the eastern part of the State for sev eral years. Miss Ruth Cooper, of LaCross, Va., a friend of Miss Carroll; Capt. Car roll, of Clinton, father of the bride-to-be, and Messrs. W. N. and L. M. Car roll, of Washington City, have arriv ed for the wedding and are the guests of Mrs. John Gooch. DEATH OF MRS. EMMA S. LYNCH LAID TO REST IN ELMWOOD CEMETERY MONDAY AFTERNOON . "in the midst of life we are in death," these words are indeed true and finds some verification in some famil e d of our u b tne depature of some soul who lays aside mv tai auu v" immuiinj. A truly noble and lovable woman, Mrs. Emma S. Lynch, died last Sun day at 12:20 o'clock at the home of her beloved neice, Mrs. G. A. Dur ham, Hillsboro, where she had gone to spend the past winter. She was taken sick in February and continu ed to gradually decline with a com- plication of diseases until she peace fully fell asleep on the day she loved to worship her Maker whom she de votedly served. The watchful and de voted care of her neice and husband, physicians and nurse could not stay the hand of disease, and she now sil ently "sleeps inthe windowless house" of the dead. For a number of years she had made her home in Oxford with her neice, Mrs. J. T. Britt, and was a consistent member of the Presbyteri an church, and took deep interest in all church work. One characteristic of her fine christian character was that she was "the same yesterday, to day and . tomorrow," and was ac counted every one's friend, and loved company. She never tempered with wrong, but was charitable, and her home life sparkled with love and her friends who enjoyed, her association saw evidences of her cultured charac ter, as she was a well equipped wo man, and thoroughly devoted to truth and right. She took a deep in terest in everything and really en joyed life, carried sunshine along her pathway, to the age 72. .The remains arrived in Oxford over, the Southern Railway Monday afternoon at 2:47 o'clock, accompani ed by Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Durham, Rev. Bradsher, Solicitor S. M. Gattis, and Mrs. Harry Parrish and the fun eral took place at the Presbyterian church at 4 o'clock conducted by Rev. Bradsher and Rev. S. K. Phillips, the interment was in Elmwood ceme tery, and beautiful flowers from lov ed ones covered the sacred mound. "Thou art gone to the grave, but we will not deplore thee, Whose ..God was thy ransom, thy V guardian, thy guide; , H gave thee, He took thee, and He w511 restore thee, death has no sting, for the Sav- r has died." leaves behind one son, Mr. i Lynch, of the State of Wash four brothers, Messrs. How- rsey and Seabrook Dorsey, of Innty; ' Mr. Edward . Dorsey, of ni Va; and Dr, Melville Dorsey lierson,,and a number of neices i. vtiwf ft ima-arn 'j"pi dr'Artr I v Th TtilXixminir- wsro tho honors rv Wily Ins, Major Landis, J. T. Size mojfyJ John Booth, Drew Bryant. Honorary John V h, H. G. Coop er, JV. I. Howard, A. T. Smith, Eu geni Moss, W. B. Ballou, Gen. Roys terf H. J. Roberts. LLIOTT CHILDREN IMPROVE Mr. FJllott. Was Confused bv the Movement of Train. 7Mr. TT. T. Elliott. father of the child that was run down and killed by a Southern train in the yard limits of Oxford on St. John's Day, was in town last Saturday. We were glad to learn from him tnat Mrs. Elliott was rapidly recover ing from the terrible shock. . If she is not injured internally her recovery will be rapid, says Mr. Elliott. Mr. Elliott had just heard from his two little boys in Watt's Hospital, Durham, when we talked with Mm Saturday and he was much pleased with the prospects of their Tecovery if complications do not set in. Mr. Elliott said that the train was almost upon him when he saw it ap proaching at a- Tapid rate. "He ad mitted 'that he neither neard the en gine bell or the whistle, and in fact there is no testimony to the effefct that the whistle was sounded, but tne employees of the railway company and a few otner witnesses testified, at the coroner's inquest that the "bell was rung for the. crossiatg. In speaking k1 the accident Mr. Elliott said that he was confused by watching the "movements rof another train andwTifle his 'attention was fix ed on that train, "his wagon was struck ny a train moving in the oppo site direction. Burial of Child. Early Teports wonld "have it that Mr, Elliott Treed in the outskirts of Stem, hut that is a mistake. He lives ra the TSerea section, and his little child was "laril to rest in the family plot Friday:. The burial services were largely" attended by the relatives and sympathizing friends. A POPULAR "FEATURE Pictures of Teople and Things That You Know. Some pictures of the homes and children of "Oxford, thrown upon the serene at the Orpheum Theatre Mon day night, -was 'a pwpular feature. There were bo -many -off the pictures taken they could not show them all in one night. The entire series will be seen this "Tuesday and Wednesday nights. A flash-light picture was tak en of the assembly at tfhe Orpheum Monday might, and this, too, will be shown this Tuesday night. A FINE YOUNG MAN Comes From the Oxford Orphanage Printing Establishment. .Five years ago H. L. Sutton, a lad about fourteen years of age came to the Oxford Orphanage from Golds boro. He was placed in the printing office to learn the printer's trade. Later the Orphanage added a, lino type machine and young Sutton was given a chance to practice on it. He made rapid headway under the skil ful hand of Mr. Hulse, manager of the printing plant, and to-day young Sutton is "hitting the keys" in the Daily Winston Journal office. He is an exceptionally fine young man and his future is bright. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Phipps, of Route 1, were in Oxford Monday. They had with them their little eight-months old baby and it is the finest little chap you ever saw. ROADS POINT WRONG THE MOST CRITICAL PERIOD IN THE HISTORY OF GRANVILLE The Roads That Lead From and Not Toward Oxford Something Must Be Done. It is humiliating in the extreme to hear Vance county people chuckle about the way Granville county is paying the interest on $250,000 which they have invested in that county in a system of good roads that lead the people out of Granville to the doors of the warehouses and the merchants in Henderson. It would not be so humiliating if there was not the semblance of truth in the assertion. Nothing could be plainer to the av erage mind . than the fact that the modern roads which lead from the Granville line straight to Henderson is a severe drain on the county. No one can blame the farmer in the least for traveling over good roads to the exclusion of the roads that sap the life blood of his team. Granville county farmers residing near the Granville-Vance line tell us that they can haul three times as much stuff to Henderson as they can to Oxford with a two-horse team. Many of them express their regrets that they are forced to choose be tween the good and the bad roads and cast their mite in a county, other than their own. If the county as a whole shuts its eye to the things of such vast impor tance, no one can blame the individu al farmer for accepting the road that nets him most. We have long been an advocate of good roads, but on account of the un settled condition of the country we have gone slow on any and all things that call for a large outlay of money, but this thing of other counties tap ping our resources should be met in an orderly, systematic manner. Granville county is abundantly able to meet the emergency, and it should do it without delay. Every road should lead to, and not from, Oxford. Granville county today faces the most critical period in its history. We need a strong leader to point us to duty and to ultimate success. We can not afford to wait for the younger generation to analize the demoraliz ing influence that threatens to estab lish a barrier which we cannot hope to remove in later years. We should look well to this. The hair of the dog is good for the bite, and there should be no hesitancy in applying the remedy. This thing of setting still like sim pletons, and see our glory i depart, should not be tolerated. Let Vance county., have, all the good ryads that she can get.- but there arjej certain thiasrvtiaxhed aie; to .Gra? ills aad-i we hbutd?KSe We must get together like, men and leave all that petty strife and bicker ing at home. When we strengthen the road system of the countw we also strengthen the schools, the Churches and traded DR. DAVIS CHOSEN PRESIDENT Oxford Doctor Heads State Dental Society. The forty-first annual convention of the North Carolina Dental Society in session at Wrightsville Beach last week, elected Dr. I. H. Davis, the well known Oxford dentist, president of the Society. The State Dental Society is reckoned as being one of the best equipped organizations to be found anywhere. None but the skill ed can become a member of the or ganization, and as it is composed of high-toned gentlemen the quack or crooked methods could not posisbly exist in their ranks. The Dental So ciety has to its credit some of the best health measures on the statue books that have been enacted in re cent years. Granville county is to "be congratu lated on having a doctor that will wear the honors with such marked ability. Asheville, Raleigh, Mount Airy, Gastonia and Wrigntsville asked for the next convention. Asheville was chosen. President DaTis made but few changes in committees for the year His appointments follow: Executive committee: D. L. James, Greenville; J. S. Spurgeon, Hills boro; J. A. Sinclair, Asheville. Ethics: 1. E. Horton, Winston- Salem S. Tt. Hofton, Raleigh; J. M. Parker. Mouth hygiene: J. C Watkins, Winston-Salem; L. L. Dameron.New bern; G. W. Whitsett, Greensboro. PubTisTiing: R. T. Allen, Lumbers- ton. Tjerg'isTa'tive: J. M. Fleming, Ral eigh; F. L. Hunt, Asheville; J. N JonrrsoTi, Goldsboro. FIFTY DOLLARS IN GOLD Mrs. C. G. Elliott HeM the Lucky Nmnber. The drawing at Landis & Easton's store Monday morning was witnessed "by a large number of people, all holding a coupon in fheiT hands with expectancy. The coupons from ay to day, as they were issued, had been placed in a sealed box, and there were a half- "busTiel of them. These were taken out rn the presence of the large gath erfng a,nd placed in a banbox and vio- lenty shaken so as to give every tick et "holder an even chance. 'The crowd selected Master Cam Easton, the nine year tld son of Mr. Cam Easton to put his hand through the improvish ed nole in the box and draw one num ber. The little fellow was blindfold ed and the world was so dark to him he could not find the hole in the top of the dox. When his little bare arm was finally adjusted, he brought out one coupon which bore the following number: "008112" The search for the corresponding number began at once. Later in the day it was learned that Mrs. C. G. Elliott, an Oxford lady, had won the handsome prize. . Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Currin, Mr. Matt Currin, Mr. Eugene Currin, Jr., and Miss Louise Currin will arrive this week to spend several weeks with Mrs. J. M.. Currin. - Mrs. A. S. Peace is attending the this Chautauqua in Henderson week. iDRIVE TOWARD PARIS BIG GUNS BEING MOVED TOWARD WARSAW FRONT. With a Deathless Expectancy Eng land is Awaiting the Next Move of the German Armies. From what can be gathered from the war news it would seem that all Europe trembles with deathly expec tancy the momentary pause on both: battle fronts. The English public is awaiting the next play on the Euro pean cheesboard. It is conceded the move is Germany's, and that it probably will be against Warsaw, Paris, or Calais. German activity has been reported in the Argonne, which may indicate a drive toward Paris. The closing of the Belgian frontier may mean the. transfer of German veterans from the eastern front for another attempt on. Calais and the English Channel. There is a report that the Germans are -bringing big guns from Essen for the Warsaw front. No great activity is noted on any of the minor fronts. The Italians claim to be consolidating the posi tions they have won along the Isonzo, while from the Dardanelles come re ports of enormous Turkish losses in defending the Gallipoli peninsula from the attacks of the Allies. The question of munitions still is absorbing public attention in Eng land. The House of Commons will be assured by Walter Ransiman, president of the board of trade, that Great Britian has sufficient high ex plosives for her. own use and that she need have no concern over her sup ply. The requirements for shells, however, still are admitted to be acute. Decissive Battle. The battle of the Dniester, which will decide the fate of the left wing of the Russian army in Galicia, sways back and forth along the river banks, so far without decisive results. The Russians have thrown considerable re-enforcements into this area, but whether they are planning a serious offensive or are merely fighting stub bornly, preparatory to another re treat, is uncertain. Strengthening the Lines The Russians have been fortifying' their lines from the river to the Rus sian frontier, and, with the Austro German lines of communications lengthening daily, the task of forc ing the Russians eastward becomes more and more formidable. Al though Berlin claims that the Teu tonic allies have been forging ahead between the Dniester and the district: which they occupied east of Lemberg the advance lacks the characteristics of the impetu'ous . rush so noticeable in former stages ok the Galician cam- Publication of the Socialists' ap- " peal for peace has resulted in tne suspension oy tne uerman govern ment of the German Socialist news paper Vorwaerts, which has not hesi tated on several occasions to express: views regarding the war which arous ed resentment in official circles. Chief objection to the Socialist, party's propaganda apparently is bas ed upon the belief that it may create- abroad the impression that uermany is weary of war. A HEALTHY ORGANIZATION ... Some Figures That hnow wnai i Being Done. The rerjort that was made last Sun day by the secretary-treasurer of the Baptist Baraca Class was indeed a good one. During the pasi six inunLur the average attendance of that large class of men has been 60 per cent. A total amount of $170.46 was contrib uted for all objects during the six months beginning January 1st, 1915. Below is given a table of the items as disbursed: Paid to Sunday School". tt x-. i n:i 5 9 0 .r FT' b or ruieigii iviiiuim t- For Home & State Missions. For Sunday School Mission t For Library 14.29 3.74 7.40' $55.98 $60.00 39.65 9.00 Total to Sunday School. To Orphanage To Relief Fund To Class Expenses Total paid out $164.63. - An Interesting Trip ;. President Hobgood h jwt' re--turned from an extended tffur" ih the Western part of the State,, im the in terest of Oxford College and rerarts a most successful trip;. He visited Asheville, Hendersonville, Bryson, Canton and Ridgecrest, spending two or three days at Blue- Ridge Inn in ' attendance upon the conference of the Y. M. C. A. of the South. He re--turned by the Seaboard If torn Ruther--fordton, visiting several' places inj Cleveland and Rutherford eoir&'ClftJJi He reports the crops all along the roads to be in fine condition oatsr;. wheat, corn, cotton, tobacco in Moore t and Wake counties; and he found the? people cheerful and hopeful. The out look for Oxford College he says i?, bright. FARMER'S UNTO.V PRIZES All in the Fifth" District Goes Up Roxboro; Prizes offered by the" Farmers' Union for the best accounts of com munity service observance writtpr by school children in the ten districts of North Carolina have been award ed. The three prizes awarded in ho Fifth District went to Roxboro. as. follows: Miss Susie Blalock. Roxboro Ralph F. Whitfield, Roxboro: Miss:. Jessie Wilkerson, Roxboro, The Old Records It is not eener- ally known but it is a fact that thr should be more room for our valu able county records. We are not go ing to urge the enlargement at pres ent, but the work must be done in the near future. You would not like to see these valuable records nhcc indiscriminately on lots of filing cabinets and exposed to dust and' danger. That is not the case now,but it taxes the judgment and patience of Judge Hunt and Register Powell They are as jealous of the old records as a thirteen-year old girl is of her first lover. Mrs. W. D. Sackett has returned to her home in Fort Callia, Col.