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1 PUBLIC LEDGER SATURDAY, MAY 27 PAGE TWO 1 1; SI 'hi )l5il 'if 4. If! .' IS:: ill I m 'ill I :3'? 4!: - Ml n '.;-! ::!!' IS i if 3 Ml MM I! IS f I DOWN IN MEXICO CARRANZA ORDERS 30,000 TROOPS TO EXTERMIXATE BORDER BANDITS New Troop Movements Already in Progress, and the Prompt AVith drawal of Recent Punitive Expedition AVill Have Beneficial Effect WASHINGTON The Carranza government has ordered 30,000 troops imto the region south of the border to exterminate bandits, ac cording to information received Wed nesday at the State Department. The new troop movements are already in progress, it is understood here. Prompt withdrawal of the second expedition when it reached the end of the hot trail probably will have a beneficial effect on future negotia tions with the de facto government, officials believe. Review of Situation Stated. Outstanding facts in the Mexican situation briefly told are these: Colo-nel Sibley's four cavalry troops which entered Mexico nearly two weeks ago in search of the Glen Springs and Boquillas bandit raid ers were back on the border with out casualties, having penetrated 18 6 miles into unknown country. They rescued two Americans held prisoners by the bandits and brought back five Mexican prisoners. At Mexico City the Carranza gov ernment was preparing another note to be dispatched to the United States within a few days. Officials here suggested it might contain a renewal of the demand for withdrawal of American troops, and deal with the raiding in the Big Bend district. Officers of the Judge Advocate General's office were perusing mili tary law to determine whether, in their opinion, 116 members of the Texas National Guard are subject to courtmartial for refusing to take the mustering oath to enter Federal service. A Source of Greatness (Lyman Abbott) A nation is made great, not by its fruitful acres, but by the mem who cultivate them; not by its great for ests, but by the men who use them; not by its mines, but by the men who work in them; not by its railways, but by the men who build and run them. America was a great land when Columbus discovered it; Americans have made of it a great natiotn. N.B.C. .GRAHAM CRACKERS I because theg taste so good- slightly sweetened to satisfy youngsters palates., Grown ups Inse them because they not jF only taste good out are nour- ishing as weH Soldby --JrZ I " - W WW - u , AROUND VERDUN Dramatic Surprise Spnin 1 r On -. mans, Driving Teutons From Most of Great Stronehni,! iD0.NTFurious. eoume, tacks have been made by thl at" maais in efforts to regain the trl I N along the mile and a quart es trenches extending from east 17 f Douaumont to the east of Thia farm, capturing in Wednesday'?01 ' tacks. The only sucops J s. at" mans, however, was the recmtf, a. yuoiuuu lu tue fQOrtn Of Tliio,, farm. iniaum0nt On the other side of the atp the battle has lost nothing in in tensity, but no ground has changed hands as a result, the French ment declares. le" NATIONAL &10c BISCUIT Packages KMJN X A FIXE 3IOXEY CROP Planting Time Now Here for Your Sweet Potatoes The time, is ripe for planting sweet potatoes and the indications are that the largest crop ever planted in Gran ville will be put in within the next few weeks. The scarcity of tobacco plants, a-nd the unpromising condition of grain crops, owing to the continu ed drouth, render it necessary that recourse be had to a money crop on the farm, and no better one can be hit upcn at this time than sweet po tatoes. Our lands are eminently suited to sweet potato production, says Dr. Morris. We have never grown a suf ficiently large crop to meet the re quirements of our own county to say nothing of the State at large; and were Granville to put a crop of a millio'ii bushels on the market next fall it would not have the slightest effect on prices. Moreover, sweet po tatoes rank high in fattening quality for all kinds of stock; and are among the easiest crops to raise, and, with any kind of proper care and atten tion, give tremendous yields, run ning as high as three hundred bush els to the acre. Granville should rank high in the potato producing counties of the State in 1916. It would be well for us to secure several million slips and bend our energies to raise a bumper crop. We could increase the wealth of Gran ville this year about three-quarters of a million dollars perhaps a full million by the sweet potato route. We feel quite sure that if a suffi cient quantity of sweet tubers are raised, the Granville Commercial Club will devise means of handling the crop to best advantage to the far mers. The value of sweet potatoes at harvest time is around 50 cents per bushel. The average price realized by farmrs in Granville during the past season was in the neighborhood of 75c per bushel. At the present time $1.00 is being paid in Durham, 85c in Rocky Mount, 80c in Raleigh and Hamlet, and 75c m Charlotte. Vice-President Marshal spoke, at State Normal College at Greensboro, Tuesday. Swiss Rendered Relief Geneva The little independent principality of Liechtenstein, with its 10,000 inhabitants, wedged in be tween Austria and Switzerland, which declared its neutrality and refused to send the 1,000 men asked for by Austria, would have starved had it aiot been for the assistance of the Swiss government. Austria declared a "tacit blockade" and nothing was allowed to cross the frontier. The principality appealed to Switzerland, which at once re sponded, though it has not too much food of its own, and has been con tinuing its good work for the last twelve months. Liechtenstein is Europe's smallest sovereign state, and celebrated in 1899 its second century of independ ence. The total area is 39,000 acres, and the reigning prince aiot only re ceives no salary, but pays an annual subsidy to his subjects. The latest official bulletins on ti fighting along the Austrailian front indicate that the Austrians are con tinuing to gain ground in their drivl in the southern Tyrol. The current Austrian report clanr important successes on the Lavaront platau east of the Astico valley Th official statement from Rome, while recording the repulse of Austrian at tacks in other sections, is silent as to the result of the fighting hi the La varone region. Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Smith of el kin will give the Southern Method Board of Missions $5,000 to build a church in China and will also pay th salary of a young pastor for the charge $900 a year. The fourteenth annual meeting of the North Carolina State Nurses' As sociation will be held in Winston-Salem, Zinzeaidorf hotel, May 30-June 1-2. Carson Griffett, a patient at the State Hospital in Raleigh, imagined himself a squirrel, climbed a big oak in the Hospital grounds and refused to come down. The Raleigh firemen were called on for help and with their aerial fire truck they removed the man from the tree. DAVIS CARRIAGE PAINTS are colors ground in tough, elastic Coach Varnish and one coat will make your faded automobile or car riage look like new. They are easy to apply and dry with a strong, high gloss-clinching Enamel finish. Made for wear and tear. For Sale by Oxford Hardware Co. ! DONTWAIT FOR RMI! This transplanter will water and set your Tobacco Plants and plants will get good start and be growing while others wait for showers. A greater per cent of the plants will live and start growing than if set and watered by hand. Let us show you why. These transplanters are good investments and there isn't a better transplanter made. The price is reasonable 9 9 B "Iron Age To make room we are offering Iron Age Riding Cultivators at reduction. The Iron Age is the best and easiest to operate and is a great labor saver. The Famous Oxford Chase Line. Young Mens' Buggies The Handsom est and Pret tiest Buggy Made. Also Carriages and Harness to Match ..-W -J-r4ll IMIUlip II .J i in Bin arrr'grtrti We have a large stock of 3 and 4 point cultivators, Climax and Stone Wall Plows, Hoes, Spike Tooth Harrows, Disc Harrows, Grain Cradles, Grass Blades, McCormick Mowers and Rakes, Wheat Threshers, Corn Planters and Guano Distributors, in fact a full line of labor sav ing Implements. Large stock Farm Wagons and Harness, Magnolia Flour and full line of Groceries, Feed Stuff, Hay, etc. We have several varieties of fine seed corn in both white and yellow, the early and late kind, including Daniel's Prize Winning Seed Corn. It is fine and the kind that makes the big yeild. We want your patronage. We appreciate it. r :- - : i. i ..ill ! 'ITi 1 ' Jjii jmjaMtUMMIMMtl HI' f T ' 'C
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