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1-W 1 2; 1 i 4 1 j GILlIlS' SLAYERS 1 V MAN OF DESTINY The Real Hughes Platform; Uncle Sam's Opinion of It. TWO MEN AND A WOMAN SENT : : : " TjrTTTCA ' WEPNESDAY NOVEMBER 1, 1916 a - V' . - . - " - - TO, irny ONE BY ONE THE DOUBTFUL STATES FALL. IN LINE . The Indications Are That There Will Be a Democratic Landslide on November 7th. - One week from today the voters !rill ilnlnnminn n 4" Vi r-v l-vrllc! what sVlIlll be the policy of the National Govern- mem ior tne next iuur yeais uut umj, but their decision will have its effect upon the country's welfare for a long time in the future. Meanwhile, the What is to be the outcome? Intense partisans on either side -1 J : C( ,1-,t t-n fimirinff nut a 11 clV tJ 11 U Uillli: Ul I, V 111 iifeuniib " - - result to suit their preferences. To- day Doin me mauaseis ui j-,v-iiiw cratis campaign and the managers of the Republican campaign are sending tortn claims oi victory, auu. the other must be wrong. These claims, together with various accusa- tions and miscellaneous uy&tenua, Will ue tt-tJlJU uy until xv-w. thoughtful and well-balanced citizen ..'11 V.. Viio- ornorrl W 111 UC uu li 10 What ever advantage one party or the other may seem to have today may be -changea in me uue wccb. . va TVitir Vins been no time in many years when, at this stage of the campaign, it was so difficult to -fi irQiv nortnin of the result as 1CC1 I'umiij " . . . xtiit. voors n?n the division in 11J V V . X' will -C3- TTT'l -n, -DTiVkiirQTi nnrtv assured VV II- son's election; eight yars ago the election of Taft was not in doubt for s i Anir nf Vi o Mtivass. and 1 "cl blllgie uaj wi t."v " ' years ago the Democratic party hard ly attempted to make a campaign a- gainst Kooseven. mT.i ,tot. V10 fig-nre-men and prophets have -not had the basis of ,r liTricions at. the last normal yai U1 ' , - . , , election upon which to make their calculations.- But both parties freely admit that there is abundant evi , v, NrtHirjl tides are in . -aence mat. cue vv-- i.--.- Q this time. There active muvciuruv - . ... . . : cah-be'no doubt-that the drift is to- j -nrii-Arr. . -Pftr thfi first time m . waru. vi.m.oj-aj.. - - - , , , , i.j-i.v f .nntion -' corrupt money taiiea to caytmc - lent vote or tne couuuv. m-u x ami hiip!i Ti r should rememDer -i n, nrara rf tVlP. riKhtCOUS I Ilcl L tiic jji ctj , . availeth much and that there is no power on earth to defeat those who ;are guided by a Superior Wisdom. TRUCK GARDNERS A Motely Crowd on Wheels Pass Through Oxford. On Saturday there came down the National Highway a caravan, of five automobiles filled with men, women, children and the necessary camping outfit to make lite pieasauu The tourists stopped for a couple of hours to front of the Johnson Warehouse to replenish thir Wer. They bought among other things three fine hams, several loaves of , j a v.r,if o Hn7!PTi head or ran- 1)1 call c 1 -l nail - - bage. They had in store when they TesTched here four chickens and about a bTir-hel of egers. The party are making their way from Bar Harbor, Maine, to the East Coast of Florida. They left Bar TT i months aso and are riaruui mice .m , making the trio by easy stages and booe to reach Florida by Christmas. Thev gave no reason for the slowness of the journey. - . Thir qua'-nt looking outfit, as it -moved along, resembled a ban of rvnsies They claim to be truck -gSdnew and will try their .hand on lariy vegetation in the sunny clime. 'm for. ANYTHING- 7 WfLSON wt nusr : HAVe him our. enPLov-we know him - we ow trust htm VETOED INSISTENTLY (h Busy - Wilson Kpt us OUT OF WA- No one knous Hts 'pOUCl&S ON 'ANV7H(M I want VAif Hughes 'jfllL I? , n The Secret That We Tried to Keep Inviolate O. HENRY WROTE SHORT STOR IES WHILE CONFIXED IN A PRISON CELL A SUCCESSFUL FAIR GATE RECEIPTS OVER TWENTY- FIVE HUNDRED DOLLAlio HESTER COMMUNITY FAIR v Branson, Brogdon and Joyner Will Be Present Th oommn-itv at large, the school committee, and the faculty of Hester vite the people J lew tt tSe school building, Fri- dV Bn of Chapel Hill will jjr. morning. eTpfcnirdinner served on grounds A ree P"1 jnvner. and Mr. one o ciock. pl u j v.o present. Wester is sta,itA'n& L first community fair Sver hVdjrGranville DK. MJMPKIN AT COBINTH We lea?nThyat the good peoples out at Corinth will have ownrd Baptist ldn, pastoroi iuo Tl afternoon Church, witn -mber at of the secona?unua, ftt o'clock. ou T -7rind out the bottom says - " bUc at Cormtn, :t we are very Ledger, "and state that Lump thankful tatV have already done to for what they for the ijum -At numc . ... nnr.A College wil The ladies, oi" "fiends bn this Lratteron from 4 to 6:50 The fact that William Sidney Por er a-nd the editor of the Public Led ger were class mates when we were ii,. i, oHanrfin? thft SChOOl OI UlS j. TvTi., t i t-i o Tnrtfr. on West Mar- auiit, xvxiBo -L - - e .tll ket street, ureensDuru, una " regrets that an incident in his career : a nr,v, Thprp were only nas come tu ii6"" . ,TT i a half dozen of his friends who knew vmt hp served a senieiice veare among the number that hoped .ii.- wmi d never leaK rnfli Lilt; i'ui-iutiiv. e Liiat liac a?ov was one of ihemost honorabte boy. yeem knew and the tact inai u i" - hU Tnnocence to the end makes it doubtful in the minds f . hose who knew Wm that he was guUtof em bTt ' waTnot untU the prison doors AL .n fr-opVl the worlds swung open ctvx - Wniiam bPt short story writer that vviinam kSewHS best that when any - rmlro.XnrTthrtears would ml his eyes. inom sidnev Por- Thetaci V::""r" and three ter did serve iu t Nev YorK v-- w1th having A P.ath. He was c y - ft embezzled $554.4 on j2 1894; ?2?9.oyA - - - vnvflmber 12 189 4, and . v on Feb o n r Tip was IOU'uu fou.-- 189 5. "eJl; and sentenced on ruary 17, 1898, ana r Secretarv Knott is Now Mailing Out Premiums List , of Awards Will Be Announced in the Public Lea ser Next Week. The Granville County Democratic Campaign BIG BARBECUE AND SPEAKING AT WILTON March 2d tered the peni imprisonment.. He en came tentiary on ApriW&. Qf I I V4 I lllkJ out on Juiy - -' . pn reduced confinement rg from nve - thre montns oc havior. isqi. William JnVp became paying and re- (Continued On and be- The three days Granville County Fair held last week goes down in his tory as the biggest and best fair ever , K nn,,ntv Much praise is . iU i 4.-- r v Knott. who uu, i istP for the succes of the -Mr. Mr. Knott authorizes tlie Public Ledger to state thatHht rtl1t the awards and that ... xi ,,rv.r rpppivfid nremiums wilf be an"ouucea Wi the Public Led- ger next week. , J lit" - r4.i Rank of Granville iue , .... tt-Wo for having in ?Z?r:ll decorated au- - - . w Powell was tomooiie. mx - Wo T30th 1J V-v -v CPI'III II Li X ' awaraeu tuc ' FTU1T1 r vmndsome. Lne ii.non cars wtfic n Agricultural noax - - -7- The three successful community wwt9 were: CulDretn, nrbt, second; Proyidcoce iuhu. x v,i o-itro n full re- .rr of the National oort.ui rrj - this writing. Bank 01 iiciixv r: - onmo were raiseu a.ccwiui"& Some were and some prescrioeu were ot Mr. J '..Vw. ; th lareest prlTharwarer idea of a pig and she was successiui. Gate Receipts While the figures from all sources . o for nnhlication ai are not avaudu- . r- . that the gate receipts amount saymg that tne s a ed to more ma r ar thP ex mount will more than cover the, ex mount 1Ai a V,-r. ic now Serable talk of annexing a race track next year uTaiHtio- IMoney a liable tobacco A well known "V d got it grower re riding Orfa rd s r4. v.i-c Vipad last weeis. y. 1 II LU . -rrT infi wecu (r iiiiii l w j. market was yet v r:v seiected than the Oxf or a d of he Ut tthtoethe J nearb; town. The best went to the neiiu ce he could P J8. he quiet did not suit the farmer Oxford, iy withdrew ana - fQT the I same lot of tobacco. Predicts Wilson's Election, ireaicis rrcrv.t Vir arrived Va&in wUl mf e the rminds with the candidates. Mr rounas wim t, tttiIcoti and Wright : aamtv- . Ude favorable to the election of Mr. Wilson. -. A Ev-Tiiidents u y r. nnt ra,nrri a single wiU be no exception to the rule. Owing to the County Fair very lit tle campaigning was done in the county last week. On Saturday af ternoon the speaking was at Bullock and at night at Stovall. At Bullock t 2 5 nresent and at ornii ohnut 150. Stovall turned Oiuvaii u. w - out one of the largest and most en- thusiastic auaiences oi me cduiyax5u. mi, nnob.inr wn c; in the Auditorium - 1-. 1 ...V. .Ah Tiro o of the Dickerson bunuiug wuau appropritaely decorated with the A- merican flag. a large sueaiuci 1, ,-r.Q nf thP President and the words, "Do you want Peace with Wilson or war witn tiugues.. Mr. Kittrell Talks iro nt both nlaces JYXr. Cl UUllllll-l SlIUiiV r giving particular attention to a dis cussion ot taxation iutuci0. Parham was present ana gave t 1 I 1 -v.-vr-,rT"ITOT1"IT"l OT inspiring .ana logical yicscuiy" certain phases of the Democratic re- ord. Hon. J. J. ivittieii 01 -i rfinircil snfififih DOtn t Bullock and Stovall, For an hour at each place he neia tne aueuuuu J 1J nnnn WITn TT1MI1V cL LF c Cll-ivx OI 111s auuicuc . . - 2 ,. . nnonto!! illustrating interest tjus ouuv-v- - his points, with glowing and logical -r fnr nomncrapv. and tne arsuiucii'.0 " - J . I QTI rQ 111 I'll V1LL1UU waa cerity. Mr. Kittrell makes a fine speech and will De wameu a6am z --k r in 1 n 1 s; fu 1 1 v. x ers on this trip come back with glow- fine rpppnhon accora- mg accounts yL 3- or ed them. The moriT p ; trine '-l 11 1 1 will luii moinriTv for the ticket. nn Oiu Lime jj.io.jw - Air D A. Burweii, me yicuu - aptive and is throw- Sgrmself wUh fnll zest in the cam- paieu. otiiI Sneakinff , ?crv.f nf this week the 1UCSU4J "ib"' 7 mi k ot rifiYtfir. On Thur- BpeaKinB v " .-:;r::- to Cul- pay Korhp(,llp n(i rally at oretn. x : 1 . wiiton on v v cuuv.j,, , - th much m- inS: looneu iui , j teres? GJV. Kitchloi will speak and tne very . . - f Sr,eech tipient eviucuc v - , r. . 1 0t0H At the reauest that may oe j---- ;-pinot of Mr. J. ea,uTV.r- - AH rf-k-M W I1VI M II l Jl ' - aBrnmmittwhls"peakatCreedmoor .-4. ic r,tori to discuss State tsrumiim-i. 10 -r. etnn 1 nun ly wouca , . Ster will no doubt nandle national is- sues in his usual enective . Tl!,1rc nnnfinilftS hlS aC- (jnairmau xiicrvo tive work for the party. He could Baltimore Thugs Convicted on Charge of Intent to 110 awhj Granville County 3Ian. -DAT ttat rT? tt! spvprp ... nenalties were meted out by Judge-McLane in . - a a 1 - Via the circuit court saturaay wut-n uc entencd hte three men implicted in the assault on Hugh M. Gillis, of Stovall, IN. U., in tne easieiu auuuiuo -on July 25, last, to ten years each in the penitentiary. The woman, Pearl Thornton, who was connected with the case was sen tenced to three years in the peniten tiary. All were charged with assaulting Gillis with intent to kill. In passing 4- Tuilna AToT ono nointpd . out that he was more lenient with the wo- 1 Jl i x. 1.. man because ne Deiievea ner to uc under the influence of one of the men. THE MARSHA L s liALtlu The Most Brilliant Success of the entire series TTiii. nrooV ic 'hictorv fltld with it goes the fond recollection of the most brilliant ball ever neia in uaiuiu. 11 ii 3 . j a Everything was wen timeu auu mctu- aged; the nan was neatiy ueuuiaicu and comfortable and the music was - J A H A fine. The .young iaaies were uauu , , rcotafnllv HrpRSPd and the young men were the mdt:,gliant set t- : r. 0 ten you ever saw. reiiuuiiiB o clocK 11 riaay nigut uue uduvm5 tinuea on up to two o aucn, oaiumaj morning. There were more than one hundred or tne Dest peopie ul A i- . town ana county present. - 11 1 - H T . ID alii The aance was leu uy xvn. jraui Venable with Miss Garcia of Brook- m t . . Hf i lvn. Among those aancing weie and Mrs. K. M. Kay, iur. auu mia. Roy H. Royster, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Mellichampe, Mr. and Mrs. George Tillery 01 vvumiugwui Mr. and Mrs. XN. 1U. Jereuee, iii. . -m a- Jl T r fk Mrs. Scott -Hunt, Mr. anu ina. Taylor, Mr.- and Mrs. Roy Wright, Miss Annie uregory, 01 Diuvau. nu Mr. R. L. uregory; iMiss oaine f t Aiiiohnr? withl Mr. Lindsay Taylor; Mts.-E.VO, Outlaw, of Eliza- ...iii1i-i-t:s4Uii.'f-'"''c. LIST' 1 w a rfno. k i Miss May White with Mr. B.v W. Par- ham Miss Estelle vvnite witn auei, 11 a, 1x1, TTJtJ ao Compton Bobbitt or tne unites tes Naval School; Miss Ethel Han cock with Mr. James A. Taylor; Miss Helen Royster with Mr. James itti.!. tt,-o t nnisp f!nrrin. of lcicn- vviiiLe, iiiio mond, with Mr. Sharon; Mrs. Arthur Landis with Mr. Outlaw Hunt; Dr. and Mrs. Taylor 01 fctovau. Chapercnes were: Mr. and Mrs. J C. Robards, Mr. and Mrs. Will Landis, Mr. ana lurs. . a. Mr and Mrs. Titus Currin, Dr. and Mrs. W. N. Thomas. Favors of fancy caps, noma, feittie and colored ribbons made an attractive finale. - t . OXFORD TOBACCO MARKET Prices For All Grades Goes Still Higher In point of high averages paid for . tobacco en the Oxford market last week, the result of five days of sales was the best of the season. The number of pounds soia gS as that of the previous week out the average per hundred for all toiin The highest price SOIU Nvcxa " "v- ct, wns for a single aay 01 vue " " made Friday when an average of $25.15 was attaineu. There was not as much tobacco of- 5raS wnen they come to the County Fair. - . streg SornkdeaVtDhedan Cyers Sn han'rana eager for the good grades Thp srades keep on iiuyiv...u0 Sindfcations are that there .S goin to be a lot or iuonej this week for tne veeu. JONES-BRADSHER Comes From Montana to Claim His 111UI . - rr. n ,hor t"hp fine son 01 TV. 1 r I 1. Ui auonv , Mr and Mrs. J. S Bradsher was i,r marripd in Durham last bat uraly to mS Emny Jones, of Milton uraay lu snme time heKoon.Hhthe Big Elk Mining - l" dft is the pany i" tt-ov Jones, the , ?eS merchant of" Milton N. C ieauiii& nii ,;t- home for Thev are matuus ; the present with the groom's parents on r.oiiege subq.. not attend the Bullock appointment Hut ioined the Doys ai ---brings blck most encouraging reports brings o--" nmonratic major- and says tnat iu ; - ' reach ity in the county ' lt" of inn if the voters twm - ".tS.RblJ-venohop. or PTnectation 01 cariyi"& . or I2S and. the cations now are int a miehty sweep , WUson Throughout the Western and middle Western oiate. I 1 1 , o'clock.
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