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.: 1 Hi IT TOWM AM COUMTY OFFERS BMLL1AOT OPPOIRTUMTEE ALL HOME- PRMT VOLUME XXXI. OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1st, 1916 NUMBER 17 i ' AS THE EDITOR SEES IT HERE IS WHERE LITTLE-BUTTER BUTTS IN. The Day When People Voted For 3Ien Just Because They Were "Good Fellows" Is a Thing of the Fast. Every qualified voter in this com munity should know his man thor oughly before casting his vote. He should know all candidates thorough ly before deciding for whom he wil vote. Every candidate for public of fice has certain traits of character which should receive the spotlight of scrutiny before he receives even single vote. The people should know that he is honest, that he is intelli gent, that he is enegetic and pro gressive, that he is competent to fil the position he seeks, and this know ledge can only be acquired by a care ful study of the man and his deeds The day when people voted for men just because they were "good fel lows" is past. Now we are looking for men who are real men. Know your man before you vote. The seeker for public office who possesses the wisdom necessary to qualify him for the position is alive to the fact that the voter of today has to be shown, that deeds count for more than empty words and cheap cigars. A few years ago the candid ate circulated around passing out rag weed in the guise of cigars and declaiming upon the glories of the republic in general and the voter in particular. He promised everything and delivered little or nothing. Today he goes to the editor of the local pa per, contracts for a liberal amount of legitimate display advertising space, and talks to the voters in an honest and manly way. In the old days he reached only a few of the voters, whereas by the present meth od he talks through the medium of his advertisement to every voter in the community. What he says is on record in cold type, and carries con viction. It is the method that pro duces tangible results, that gets the votes, that appeals to the intelligence .of an honest people. Keep your eye on the advertiseing columns of this paper, and see what your candidates have to say. Along comes Marion Butler, of Washington, and one J. E. Little, of Charlotte, both of whom endeavored to make Republican capital out of the taxation question in North Caro lina. The Charlotte sage had broad casted a letter dubbed "Political Thunder," while Butler soon followed with a pamphlet entitled "Excessive Taxes and Debt." Their whole aim is to discredit the Democratic admin istration in North Carolina by ap pealing to ignorance and prejudice against the State Democracy. We don't know very much about Mr. Little except that he is little, but as to Butler we are not surprised that the State had to be defended from one of his numerous political assaults particularly about election time, when he thinks North Carolina may yet have good "pickings" for him. We do not see how the average voter would permit himself to be influenc ed or impressed by the Butler pam phlet when all he has to do is to ob serve the name of "Marion Butler" attached to it. The improved school system and school interests of North Carolina are the things that Democrats and Re publicans in this State ought to be proud of. Wonderful progress has been made, and whatever has been the taxation necessary to make that progress, the people are getting some thing for their money. Comparing school matters in North Carolina in 1898 with those of 1916 is like com paring a toy gun with a Krupp mon ster. Why, indeed, if the North Carolina school system should need economy the State certainly could not look to Butler and his cohorts for or ex pect of them relief or betterment of any description. OXFORD COLLEGE NOTES The Affable President of the College Celebrates Birthday The anniversary of the birthday of the Father of Our Country was ap propriately observed Tuesday morn ing of last week at Oxford College. This was also the birthday of the beloved president of the college, and ihn testimonies of love and esteem from the student body showed that Washington lives in the hearts of his countrymen, so will the president rf Ovford College live in the hearts fnd lives of the young women of the State the young women for whom he has done so much. Tt is stated that one of the young ladies of the College inquired of Pres ident Hobgood what mile stone in his life they were celebrating. "You will observe, young lady, that that is not on the program," replied the affable president with a smile. FINE SPEAKERS HEREFRIDA Y FORMER GOVERNOR PATTERSON AND DR. SWADNER The Distinguished Gentlemen Will Lecture at the Oxford Baptist Church The Public Cordially Invit ed to Hear Them. At a formal meeting of the deacons of all the churches in Oxford last week it was arranged to have former Governor Patterson, of Tennessee, and Dr. Swadner, of the National Anti Saloon League, to lecture in the Oxford Baptist Church next Friday evening at 7:30 o'clok. The two gentlemen are recognized as the fore most leaders in the fight for National Constitutional Prohibition. Admission is free and all are wel come. This is one of thousands of "Dry America" Rallies that are be ing held over the Nation. It is for both men and women and the church should be crowded to the doors. Dur ing the past two years these speakers have been campaigning in all parts of the country, and rarely has a build ing been found large enough to ac commodate the crowds that throng to hear them. The widest possible hearing should be given these distin guished speakers. THE JAIL IS EMPTY Turnkey Conrad Walters Takes Day Off. With one stroke of the pen Judge Devin banished all of the jail birr- to the roads and left Mr. Conrad Wal ters without a single boarder. It was the first Sunday in the history of the county, or at least as far back as memory will carry, that no one was fastened up in the jail and had to be fed. Several times' before, the jail has been empty for a few days at a time, but somehow or other some one had to get drunk on Sat urday night and spoil the whole busi ness. Mr. Walters on leaving the Court House Saturday evening stated to the officers that in the event any one committed a crime he wished they would tie him to a tree until Mon day morning as he desired to see how he would feel not to be bothered with caring for the prisoners on the Sab bath day. The doors and gate of the jail are now standing wide open. The old thing is as clean as a pin, but Sheriff Hobgood will cut down a dead tree in the enclosure and. rake ovear the ground and sprinkle lime as a pre caution. Sheriff Hobgood is a fine sanitary officer as well as a splendid sheriff, and when he scents anything wrong around the Court House or jail he gets after the janitor with a hot poker. CHANCE FOR GOOD BOYS Loan Fund to the Agricultural and Mechanical College. Dr. D. H. Hill, President of the A. and M. College, Raleigh, has an nounced that the college has been of fered a loan fund of $1,000 by the Southern Railway for the purpose of aiding boys who are unable to pay their way through college to obtain an education. The fund is perpetual and was founded by the railroad in honor of the late W. W. Finley, pres ident of the Southern Railway Com pany. The fund will be given in small sums to sucn students as neea me money, and will be repaid by them after leaving college and going to work. COLORED MAN LOSES BARN Barn and Entire Contents are Des troyed by Fire. J. L. Eaton, colored, of Route 3, had the misfortune on last Thurs day night to lose his . barn and its entire contents by fire. When the fire was discovered it was tQO late to get the stock out, one horse, two mules, one milch cow and several pigs perishing in the flames. Every one in that section knows Eaton and says that he is an honest and pro gressive farmer and are very sorry that he suffered this misfortune. Tom Pace Honored Tom Pace who is a student at Woodbury Forest preparing to enter the University of Virginia, was se lected as orator to speak in the con test of declaimers at Richmond, when the best speaker will be awarded a gold medal. He was awarded a medal in the school contest at Wood bury Forest, and also received the gold medal in Granville county con test of declaimers. Strong Bill at the Orpheum The Orpheum Theatre was crowd ed Monday night to see the presenta tion of St. Elmo. "The Diamond from the Sky" serial, every Tuesday night, grows in interest as it approaches the end. The pictures every night this week, including the "Broken Coin," which has been revised, are very strong features. WAR THE GERMANS LOSE 150,000 MEN IN THE FOUR DAY'S BATTLE AROUND VERDUM One of the Seven Defences Protecting Verdun From Northwest Given Up By the French Onslaught Has Had Few Precedents Since War Begun French Express Confiden ce Verdun Will Hold Out The German Emperor is at the Front. r The Associated Press reports esti mate the German losses during the four days of batttle around Verdun at 150,000 killed. With the ground lit erally strewn with the dead and wounded the Germans succeed in capturing Fort Douamont. Douamont is one of the cluster of 'seven forts protecting Verdun from the east. The conquest of this fort was made by the right wing of the huge attacking army, which has scored the greatest advances in the assault on the French positions. Douamont is somewhat to the east of what has hitherto been the prin cipal line of progress, being situated four miles east of the Meuse river. The main force of the German at tack, as indicated by the previous official communications, was being exerted southward along the Meuse. The capture of Douamont is the most important achievement since the inauguration of the German drive from Verdun,V an onslaught which for fury and" weight of men and guns has few precedents in the war. f Germans Determined The resoluteness Of the Germans to capture the fortress is explained by the fascination that the name Verdun has had on the minds of the Germans people since 1792,and the consequent moral value of its fall to the Ger- mans. Tnis psycnoiogicai reason in the judgment of high official critics THE explains the presence of Emperor months ago on the National Highway William behind the troops,' and the en route to Durham. It was so con orders of the day issued to the army structed and arranged on an autocar by the Crown Prince and the gener- that it passed up and down the pub- ';jjn Danger The importance to England of the Vmttlfi rapine: around Verdun was emDhasized by Maj. Sir Francis T.lovd. sreneral officer commanding the London district, in a speech Sat urdav at the opening of a military building at Wimbledon. "Tn tTi a jrreat. war which is now nroceedine:." said General Lloyd, "every individual must give up self absolutely and all must unite in one bend to make war result in victory. Do vou realize that fight is now go- in sr on for a passage to Paris? The result will hang in the balance until vic Tpntnn is driven back, as I have great confidence he will be. "But if once our allies' line is pierced the way will be open to the F-rPTir.h caDital. and it tnat capnai i& reached a new complexion would be out on the whole face of the war and on our lives ana Demg. a wiuitiu success on the French front would not merely mean the loss oi -ans but would endanger London. German Valor A Paris SDecial says that the Ger mans began preparations for the Dat- tie earlv in December, when the first j nrtvf.vn wprp I rrooDS assiKiieu. lu luc uawv " i brought up. Eight divisions that re turnea irom owui w Hum for a rest, and then transport-mv A . jnriii. I ed to tne region ui vCxWxx miss ivuyK ana rroi. roieai are sure piace. Tne Public Ledger is inform ary. Five army corps m all are to draw a full house on their return ed tnat Mr H j Robards, County vnnxpti to have been brought up to to oxford. t. ;n i u' " r - i reintorce two curys wun-u yi.,w.j held that part of the line between Fit in and Vauauois. These were the best troops of the German army, in- ninfiinf as it is learned from prison- or ho famous Third corps of Brand- enburg, supposedly equal in valor to the Prussian Guard, and the Fifteen- th Army Corps, commanded by Gen. Von Deimling, Known in nauw one of the most brilliant of the Ger- man eeneral officers. ThAiir crunlnti vt The French war office has express- 111 W - J flAa.-nna that ffl flTWl inSiaUUlUK I the admitted weight of the great Ger- Verdun and its protecting e would be able to hold out. rrocso fortresses have been described a? one of the greatest strongholds oi J. llVJV . I T7"i-iT-rno Tt IS the Strongest ioriress of France, and is of a particular im- ister of Deeds, subject to the action severai iines of g0ods. Read the an nortance from the fact that it offers of the Democratic Primary. I will nouncement elsewhere in this paner direct communication with Paris, whioh is 150 miles to the west. The Public Ledger is of the opinion tnat m the event the Germans pass tne forts encircling Verdun they will des- troy both Paris and London. We Dy the first lines. The desperate The time has come when your are rather of the opinion that the character of the assault and the State and County Taxes must be set Germans cannot break through the equally desperate character of the re- tied. All unpaid taxes is a liability lines. In the early stages of the war the Germans hammered at the forts around Liege for forty days and nights. The American War college pronounce the forts around Verdun to be almost impregnable. A vast sacrifice in men will be exacted of the defenders, but it will not at its worst be comparable to that of the attacking columns. In expectation of the character of the task the Ger- mans are said to have massed in re-' MR. CAM HUNT IN HOSPITAL WAS TAKEN TO RICHMOND LAST SUNDAY Internal Troubles Threaten the Life of the Popular County Official An Operation May Be Necessary. The thousands of friends of Mr. Cam Hunt, Clerk of the Court, will regret to learn that he is now in a Richmond hospital. It is stated that he is suffering from intenrnal trou bles, and, as such, grave fears are entertained in the event a surgical operation is necessary. Dr. Cannady accompanied Mr. Hunt to Richmond Sunday and he will remain by his side during the consultation. Mr. Hunt was taken down about three weeks ago, but rallied suffi ciently to come to his office one day during court week. On his return home during the afternoon he was taken with a severe attack. During Mr. Hunt's illness, Mr. J. A. Shotwell is in charge of the Clerk's office. LIQUOR IN THE SEWER Seventy-Five Gallons Destroyed Order of Judge Devin. N By order of Judge Devin, by the Hunter-Johnson liquor, the Kersey poison, the Calvin . Lyon lightning and the Reubin Parker corn juice, a mounting in all to about seventy-five gallons of the vilest stuff ever con cocted, was destroyed by Sheriff Hob good Saturday in the presence of a number of responsible witnesses. The liquor was in jugs, bottles .and a large thtirty-five gallon tankard. , It had been in the custody of the Sher- iff for sometime and it was a great relief to him when he saw it emptied into the sewer at-the jail. me, Jtiunter-j onnson liquor was in a tankard. It was captured several lic highway several times without be ing molested, but Chief Whittakerat Stem finally picked it up. The tank was galvanized and the liquor naa stood in it so long that the fluid was as black as ink when it was emptied last Saturday. At the price whiskey is sold at in the back lots in Oxford, the seventy-five gallons destroyed Saturday would have netted the owners something like $500. Sheriff Hobgood also destroyed four large copper stills Saturday. These were cut up into small pieces and sold to a junk man in Norfolk. THE CRUCIFIXION The Oxfcrd Choral Club Will Sing at the Oxford Methodist Church The Oxford Choral Club sustaned their reputation so well last week it wiil be a genuine pleasure to the cul tured people of Oxford to learn that the Club will sing "The Crucifixion at the Oxford Methodist Church on the evening of Good Friday. It is announced that Prof. Poteat, ' of Wake Forest, who is well known to musical Oxford, will assist in present ing the sacred drama. Tt if? also a sonrre of nleasnrA to learn tnat the Choral Club will pre- L . x sent anotner siroiiK uruKiaiu at an i early date at whlch time Miss Kuyk me soprano soioisi vvnu su cuaruimg- entertained last week, will assist. ,r , i ine uxiora unorai uiuu is a strong organization, so far as talent is con cerned. The Club presents nothing DUt high class music rather too high for the average Oxfordtonian. If thev rattled off a few rag time selec- tions and a jig or two, they would fin the house. The Club should be commended for their high ideals and lt 1S tne auty oi an gooa citizens xo gjve them liberal support. Misses Katherine Johnson and Adrjana Kuvk. who entertained Oxford au diences with their sweet voices last WBCtt. W Cti-l lUuUH Atlvll music lovers. FOR REGISTER OF DEEDS To the people of Granville County: . Jf J i nereDy announce my caaaiaacy iwi uuiumnLiuii iui iuc uim,c kjl uc6- appreciate any and all support tf - x jajv huwaku. serve an army of 750.000 men to take advantage of any breach made sistance has already resulted in per- haps the largest losses sustained in any previous battle- and Verdun has not yet been taken. Military writers express the con viction that the Kaiser's army will be compelled to retire from around Verdun in great disorder. But the Germans have, proved themselves su- perior at every turn and the world awaits the results of the big battle now raging around Verdun. THE LAST DAYS OF COURT THE JURY AWARDS MR.BADGER CHANDLER $215.00 A Most Ditelligent Jury Faces the Bench Judge Devin at the Clos ing Hour Commends the Court Officials. Superior Court adjourned Friday evening with the civil calendar prac tically cleaned up. A few cases were continued from one cause or anoth er, but this term was remarkable for the number of cases tried and dis posed of or settled by compromise judgment. The lawyers say that quite a number of old cases have been finally disposed of and without doubt they are glad to get the docket clear ed up. Two divorce cases were tried at this term and divorces granted in each case. One Johnson vs. Johnson and the other was Steed vs. Steed. Graham & Son appeared for the plaintiff in the first case and Hicks & Stem for plaintiff in the other. " In the case of C. G. Daniel vs. J. A. Hutchins, which was an appeal from a Justice of the Peace and involved . only a very small amount, there was a settlement and judgment without trial, plaintiff taking a non-suit. Mr. Daniel was .represented by Mr. Las siter and Mr. Brummitt while Hicks &i Stem and Gen. Royster appeared, for Mr. Hutchins. In the case of J. D. "rv a. M.; Daniel there was judgment a gainst the defendant for a small a mount, an agreement having been reached between the parties without a jury trial. This case had been tried before Judge Cooke and a mis trial had at a previous Herm of the court. Hicks & Stem represented the plaintiff and Mr. Lassiter and Gen. Royster appeared for defend ant. The appeal of the plaintiff in the case of Stockdell Hardware Co., vs. Acme Hardware Co., was dismissed. Mr. Hester appeared for plaintiff, while Gen. Royster looked after the interests of defendant. There were two cases of T. C. Howell vs. I. E. Harris, taken up on appeal from a Justice of the Peace. The matters in controversy were com promised and settled between the parties without a jury trial and judgments signed in favor the plaintiff. Mr. Brummitt represented the plaintiff in these cases, while Mr. Hester appeared for defendant. In the case of N. H. Cannady vs. F. W. Hancock there was likewise settlement without trial and judg ment entered for the plaintiff. Hicks & Stem appeared for Mr. Cannady (Continued. on page 8.) IN THE RACE Mr. Jack Howard is in the Running For Regiter of Deeds. Elsewhere in this paper will be found the card of Mr. Jack C. How- ard who announces his candidacy for the offif,A of RpirisAr of twh v WCJ v- M U. U ject to the action of the Democratic primary. Everybody in the county knows Mr. Howard. He has long been the efficient secretary of the Flat River Association. His card was omitted from the last issue through mistake. xxVVvaa mat We suppose that Mr. J. B. Powell, -.r., -o TAr. ;n w the onljr opposition that Mr. Howard WI - ii have in the rar hut therp i? u, a v, tellrv " " inciii iui me iicasuici, win ue uuuusru uy x very strong man. We are not at liberty at this time to divulge the name of Mr. Robard's opponent. THE DRY GOODS MARKET Scarcity in Some Lines and the Ten dency Is Higher. We get a smattering of what one may expect the coming season by ref erence to the advertisement of Lan dis & Easton published elsewhere in the Public Ledger. Fortunately for tMs section that Landis & Easton had for goods before the markets of the world advanced. Mr. Landis is now in New York seeing that shipments are made immediately. The old and reliable firm advise their customers to buy early as there is a scarcity in amd be in a position to take advan- tage of a rare opportunity awaiting you. HAVE YOU PAID YOUR TAXES? on me. I'm called upon daily for money to satisfy the demands for the State, School, County and Road Funds, with nothing in hand to pay over. They have the law to force me and the same law forces me to col lect. I shall perform this duty promptly, unless you make settle ment now. This Notice is for all parties whose taxes are not paid. S. C. HOBGOOD, Sheriff. i . i: f t if- t 1 if -1 V . i k - V .1 r I. i ; t I; tt A . 9 - -! i i V. I'
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