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TOWN AND COUNTY OFFEM BMLLIANT- OPPORTUNITIES ALL 1HOHIE iPRHNT VOLUME XXXII. OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1917 NUMBER 14 PUBLnSIHIED SEME-WEEKLY GRANVILLE COUNTY COURT rOLKT BUSY WITH THE CRIMIN AL DOCKET The Sensational Trial of Lee Ed wards Fills the Court RoomThe Keport of the Grand Jury. After the judge had charged the grand jury, the court started right with the transaction of business. The first case taken up was that of the State vs. Freddie Harris, lar- Ce Freddie seems to be a rather fre n,.pnt visitor to the court, but be Ause of his youth, Judge Kerr sus pended judgment upon the payment 0f costs. Other cases taken up were: State v Willie Hicks, fornication aI1d adultry. Al. cap., continued. ' State vs. Dick Gordon. Carrying concealed weapon. Continued with bond renewed. State vs. John Green. Burglary. Defendant, through counsel, Mr. R . o Everett, of Durham, plead guilty nf burglary in the second degree, and after hearing the evidence, Judge Kerr sentenced him to six years m the State's penitentary. state vs. Jim Wortham. Affray. Defendant waives bill and pleads guilty, whereupon the court fines him $25 and costs. State vs. Harvey Tanner, assault vitli deadly weapon. Al., cap., and continued. State vs. Lonnie Fowler. Retail in" Nol., pros., with leave. State vs. Janie Downey. Arson; continued. State vs. Allen Vaughan. Dispos er of mortgaged property, ai. cap., in continued. State vs. J B. .Fowler, nol. pros., ivith leave. - State vs. Henry Johnson, and Er nest Garner. Affray. Guilty; judg ment suspended as to Johnson upon payment of one half the costs. Gar ner who proved to be the aggressor was fined $10 and one half the costs. State vs. Tramilla Balckley. Lar ceny. Guilty. Judgment six months in the county jail. State vs. Tom Downey. Larceny, and House-breaking. Not guilty as to housebreaking. Guilty as to larceny Judgment six months in county jail. State vs. Mattie Timberlake and Laura Clanton. Larceny.- Not guil ty as to Mattie Timberlake. Guilty as to Laura Clanton. Judgment sus pended upon payment of costs. State vs. Charley Winters. Retail ing. Defendant through counsel, pleads guilty. After having produc ed letters of recommendation from prominent citizens and state officers in Raleigh, the court sentenced de fendant to six months in county jail. (rand Jury's Report To His Honor John H. Kerr, Judge presiding: We, the Grand Jury of the Febru ary term Granville County Superior Court, have passed upon all bills presented for our consideration. We visited the offices in the Court house and found them in a satisfac tory condition. We visited the jail in a body and found eleven prisoners, 9 male and 2 females. We find the jail in a sani tary condition, but recommend that there be a change in the heating ap paratus. Some of the prisoners be ing much too far from the present location of stove. We visited the home of the aged and infirm through a committee and they report as follows: No. of inmates 31. No. of males, white 4. No. of males, colored 7. No. of females, white 10. No. of females, colored 10. One horse, three mules, three tows, 15 head of hogs, 350 lbs. lard, -000 lbs. meat, 60 bushels of corn, 5 000 pounds feed, 40 bushels peas. We find that only fifteen Justices of the Peace have made their re Ports as required by law. We wish to thank His Honor and Jne Honorable Solicitor for : all assis tance rendered us in the discharge of 0lJr duties. G. G. DANIEL, Foreman. Tom ists Praise Exchange Hotel Messrs. I. G. Meyers, of Manilla, and H. C. Heald, of Bagino, P. I., while in the city on their way to tlaml- Florida, passed quite a com rnment on the Exchange Hotel of our city which is under the Man ament of Mr. L. F. Smith. They -aid if all the places at which they -lrped were as satisfactory as the exchange Hotel, .they could over ook the bad roads, and were going jo recommend to all the tourists they met to make this point for the night. v " ouns People's Missionary Society There will be a meeting of the ioung People's Missionary Society of ;e -ethodist church at the Parson e baturday afternoon, , February ' ,at 3 o'clock. All young people i T.ue Church are invited to be pres- HIGH SCHOOLS ' The Advantage of Having Them in The County Mr. L. Elliott is a farmer and mer chant living in the northern part of Oak Hill township, Granville county. He has a boy and girl of high school age. Seeing the impossibility of giving them the right kind of high school education in his home dis trict, the term being too short, he oegan to look around last summer for a good high school to which he might send these two children. He learned that Carey in Wake county had issued bonds, built a nice school building and dormitory, had a good corps of high school teachers and a farm life department. He found that he could get board at a very reason able price in the dormitory and that the tuition would be only $4.00 each per month. His children are now at this chool doing well, one of them was among the very few that got a perfect report on mathematics. Why .did he not send these chil dren to one of the Granville county High Schools? We have three in the county supported in part by the county and state. If he had done this he could have saved the tuition of $8.00 a month. The reason is very plain. Not a single one of the Granville High Schools has provided dormitory facilities. It makes it necessary, therefore, for Mr. Elliott aaid others like him, to send their children off to another county keep ing them farther from home, at a greater traveling expense, and extra cost for tuition. What are we going to do about it? Is Granville County going to lag behind in this great educational movement Are we going to let other counties make preparation for building up great high schools, get the larger part of the state high school fund, and all of the state farm life fund because there is no place in the county with enterprise' enough to provide the equipment? If those place that already have the high schools will not measure up to the greater responsibility and oppor tunity that the present day condi tions are forcing forward, are there not other places in the county that will come forward and say, "Give us a chance. We will do it." Is it right for Mr. Elliott to have to support his own county high school and then send off and pay $64 tuition to get his children in a Wake County high school J. F. WEBB. Canning Club Members I believe it would be wise for Can ning Club members to order cans immediately for the entire season. The best prices I have been able to get are higher than last year, yet this should not have the least in fluence against home canning, as we may be reasonably sure that canned goods will be proportionately high. Prices quoted for February ship ment are: No. 3 cans, $30.75 per thousand, f. o. b. Oxford. No. 2 cans, $26.00 per thousand, f. o. b. Oxford. These prices are for immediate ac ceptance, subject to change without notice. The lowest price I have had quoted to me for shipment later than February is $36.75. Canning Club members who wish to take advantage of the February prices will please communicate with me without delay as I will give the club order not later than the 20 th. LILLIAN W. CAPEHART, Home Demonstration Agent. A HARBINGER OF SPRING The Oxford Milliners Depart for the Northern 'Markets It is generally about one month to balmy weather when the Oxford mil liners go north to lay in their spring goods. ' Mrs. A. H. Moore, who has charge of the millinery department of the Long Company will leave for New York today. Miss Lena Coble, of Greensboro, who has charge of the millinery department of Perkin-son-Green Company; is in the north in th einterest of her house, and all the other Oxford milliners will go north in a few days. Miss Lizzie Gooch, who spent the summer with her mother, will go north Sunday to buy for her house in Albemarle, where she will spend the Spring. All of the buyers for Oxford mer chants will go north within the next four or five days. OXFORD MAN IN WRECK Commissioner T. G. Taylor Has Close Call Leaving Richmond last Monday af ternoon on the Florida limited, Mr. Thomas G. Taylor, Commissioner of Granville county, was shaken up and slightly bruised in a head-on collision with a local train near LaCross. The impact was so great the seats, in: thenar were ripped from the floor, throwing Mr. Taylor forward several feet and landing in the lap of a fat person, he escaped with slight bruises on his arm. WAR SEEMS T(1BE INEVITABLE GERMANY HAS LITTLE HOPES OF AVOIDING WAR WITH TJ. S. Army Officers Are of the Opinion That The First Call of The Presi dent Will Be For One Million Men. To the observer in Be rlin, the ap proach of the crisis has been plainly and definitely evident since the re jection of Germany's peace over tures. - In the meantime the United States government is rushing everything in preparation for any eventuality. Army officers are quietly making preparations to meet a possible call for volunteers. The size of the first army to be called for is, of course, problematical, but the general opin ion will probably be for at least 1, 000,000 men. But before any procla mation congress must authorize the President to take that action. General Conditions The war department has decided and announced that the appoint ment to volunteer commissions will be made from those classes of our citizens who have had such experi ences and that from those classes the selections will be made in the following order: J' , (A) Persons who have had ex perience as commissioned l officers in the regular army of the United States and ex-officers of volunteers of prov ed experience and efficiency. ( B ) Noncommissioned officers of experience in the regular army. (C) Persons who have, had ex perience as officers in the militia. (D) Persons who have qualified according to law under prescribed examinations to test their fitness ,to command and.-control men in the field. " " : (E) Graduates of educational in stitutions of military standing to which regular army officers are de tailed as professors of military science under the law. Vv . .. (F) Should the necessary num ber of volunteer officers required not be furnished fromthe1?la es the war department will 'r give civilians lacking in actual military experience an opportunity to ap pear for examination to test their fitness for comissions before boards which the war department proposes to create in the several states. Begin Training at Once. Under the caption "Training of Volunteers" the War college pamph let reads: "The training of volunteer troops must begin without delay after their "nduction into the service. No time must be lost. It should begin at the company rendezvous without waiting for complete mobilization. Under our traditional policy of relying princi pally for national defense upon citi zen soldiers the larger part of our land forces will not be fully trained on the outbreak of warr It is more than probable that we shall have to employ some of them with little or no training as soon as Nthey can be assembled m suitable units. - - ONLY A PHYSICAL CONNECTION A Correct Statement of the Two Banks' Connection In our edition of the 13th, in an article entitled "First National Rank Aainex." in connection with the Union Bank, we find that we unintentionally made a mistake due tn si misnndfirstandiher. which we hasten to chrrect. The folldwinsr. as handed in, is a correct statement of the "deal" re ferred to in our last issue: "Thfi stockholders of the Union Bank have voted a reorganization of the Bank whereby a physical connec tion is made with the First National Rank of Oxford, this bank, under the name of the Union Bank and Trust Co., to retain its identity and remain in business at the old stand." We are now informed that the Union Bank is now in a better posi tion than ever bef ore to serve their customers. "' ? ;;S;"; w" - " Real Estate Transfers C. K. Beck to G. G. Hobgood, 70 acres of land, $2,550. G. D. Estes to H. D. Estes, 156 acres, consideration $540. J. D. Gholson and wife to J . H . Knott, 157 7-10 acres of land, $100 and other valuable considerations. Luther Burden and wife to Cora E. Pittard, 5 acres, consideration $400. V ' tt B. K. Lassiter and wife and S. V. Morton "to B. W. Brown and J. H. Peace, lots in Oxford, $3000. E G. Crews and others to W. W. Crews, lot in Oxford, $1000. Mrs. Mary L. Hargrove to Robert Bagby, 208 1-2' acres or land, $2000. J. S. Thompson to Wylie Brodie, three lots in Creedmore, $79. A. H. Powell, trustee, to I. N. Jones, . 10 0 . acres land, $ 5 0 p 0? . k Sunday newspapers air about the war, PITTM AN & HERRING, Hall's Drug Store. Febl71t FIRST DEGREE MURDER So Says the Jury in the Case State . vs. Lee Edwards Ten days or two weeks asm the home of Lee Edwards, Colored, on tne 3eii Town road four miles south of Oxford, was the scene of a fire. People in the neighborhood rushed to the burning , building and through tne openings discovered the wife of Lee cn a bed in the corner of the room and her brains were oozing from the back of her head. The trial held the attention of the court for a day and the circum stantial evidence was so great there was no escape. Solicitor Gattis; with a masterful niind, presented the facts in such a manner as to pre clude any doubt of the brute having Killed his wife and attempted to burn her body. The defendant was represented by able council, as follows: Messrs. Ben W. Parham, J. A. Taylor and F. W. Hancock, Jr. At the hour of going to nress this Friday morning the Judge has not passed sentence. THE OXFORD POSTMASTERSHIP It is Stated That Major Stedman Favors Primary The following news item under Washington date, of February 14th, appeared in the State papers: "Representative Stedman will let the people of Oxford say whom they want for postmaster to succeed the late Mrs. Caleb Osborn. He thinks that a primary is the best way to select a man. . The contest over the Oxford office is quite spirited and acute. Ben Lassiter, son of Robert W. Lassiter, private secretary to Col onel W. H. Osborn, and F. W. Han cock are candidates for the position. The partisan spirit is rampant in the little city, and Democrats are lining up for one or the other of the candi dates. Several other persons are spoken of in connection with the place. Mr. Stedman is about ready to ask for a primary." Up to the hour of going to press this Friday morning, the respective candidates "for - postmaster are unad vised as to what steps Major Sted man will take. BOND ISSUE DEFEATED The Citizens of Stem Bury the Hatchet ?TFt. n. C, February 14. (Our Stem Correspondent.) The elections held here Saturday on the $12,000 bond issue resulted in the overwhelming defeat of same. Out of 121 registered voters only forty voted in favor of the bonds. We regret to note that much bit terness was injected into the cam paign. Now that the election is over it behooves us to bury our differences and pull together for the uplift and upbuilding of our town and com munity. -M. AN INSPIRATION The People of Knapp of Reeds Spread Themselves You will have to take off your hat to Knapp of Reeds. The pioneer in voting local tax in the county, the first to secure a high school, and now the district comes forward and votes a bond issue for a better school building. This school will start off next year with one of the best equip ped buildings in the state. The plan contemplates well-equipped and well-lighted class rooms, office, do mestic science department, -ample au ditorium facilities, central heating plant, electric light, and toilet ar rangements. The people of this district put the child before the dollar. They have been paying a local tax for fourteen years and have found that it pays so well that they are willing to go a little deeper and have something still better. Those Who Travel The following were guests of the Exchange Hotel Thursday: Mr. E. A. Hinton, Baltimore. Mr. W. N. Holt, of Norfolk, Va. Mr. I. W. Ayers, of Petersburg. Mr. W. W. Wilson, . Washington. Mr. Charles Pearl, Atlanta, Ga. Mr. L. L. Moell, Raleigh, N. C. Basket-Bali Friday Night The local High School team will meet the Local Star team on the Armory Floor at eight o'clock Fri day night. The Townsville team was due to be here but has cancelled the game and this one is to be played. Several days ago these teams played to a score of 14 to 12. This record of close games will undoubted ly be kept up tomorrow night when the teams again meet. The High School boys are deterimned not to be defeated by the Stars, Come to see the game and have a good timer Local stars who -played -before are : Roy Royster William Bryan, S . K. Phillips, G. B. Phillips, and Henry Roberts. KNAP OF REEDS SCHOOL BURNS GENERALLY BELIEVED TO BE THE WORK OF AN INCENDIARY The Building and Contents, Includ ing an Upright Piano, Books and Other Valuables, go up in Flames. (Our Stem Correspondent.) The people of Knap of Reeds and, surrounding community were as tounded when the news spread Mon day morning that the Knap of Reeds high school building was in ashes having been destroyed by fire Sunday night. Prof. J. Ralph Weaver, prin cipal of the school, whose residence is about four hundred yards from the site of the building was the first to discover the fire. He haooened to awake about 2:30 o'clock Monday morning and seeing the light shining against his window thought it was day and that he had over slept him- seit, hurriedly arose and went to the door, and beheld the school building wraDDed in a mass of flampts ttp ran over to Mr. Atwater's, who lives a short distance from the school grounds, awoke him and made an alarm. ' When they reached the building the top had fallen in and all the .weather boarding burned through except a few feet. All the fixtures, consisting of b. valuable upright piano, ; a library of books. Eight new maps and a large globe recently installed and a goodly number of books belonging to the teacher and students were complete ly destroyed. Of Incendiary Origin . The origin of 'the fire is generally believed to be incendiary and all the circumstances seem to justify such a conclusion. On Saturday morning the poll holder for the local tax elec tion met at the school building early and made a fire in one of the stoves intending to hold the election in the building, but before the votine: be gun, decided to move to a store, as that was more publicly located. About an hour after they had left, Prof. Weaver went through the building and took special note of the stove to avoid any danger of fire. When he left the fire was practically extin guished. This was the last fire made in the stove. Originated in Piano Room Late Saturday afternon after the vote had been counted, one of the school boys repaired to the school building and rang the bell in cele bration of the victory of the bond issue. He saw no trace of fire and not a spark was in the stove. Those who gathered at the building while it was burning say that the fire must have originated about the piano room. This part of the house was de stroyed first and was the apartment fartherest from the stove in which the fire was last kindled. , Estimated Loss The loss of the building and fix tures is conservatively estimated at $2,500 and was insured for $1,200. Prof. Weaver and faculty will con tinue the school in the old building. MANGUM. HON. W. A. DEVIN HERE The Greetings of the Two Judges Were Most Cordial ' This is Judge W. A. Deyin's week off and he has much pleasure in shaking hands and conversing with his many Granville county friends. He looked in upon Judge Kerr's court Lhst wook. and the greeting of the two jurists were most cordial. Judge Devin took his seat in the bar and remained until an opportune time to leave the court. "It seems like old times to see Judge Devin in the bar," remarked a friend, "but he is much heavier than he was when he went on the bench." Judge Devin is stopping with his sister, Mrs. John Webb. In order to keep peace with the family, he will have to stop with Mrs. S . H. Can nady the next time he comes to Ox ford. Mrs. Devin will arrive from Greensboro today and will probably go with Judge Devin to Louisburg where he holds court next week. To The Lovers of Music The noted Williams Singers Will Appear at Mary Potter School Thurs day, February 22. This company has toured Europe with a hit. They are considered the best on the road. We invite the white people of the community to hear-these singers. We will be glad to reserve 50 or more seats for them. Admission, 3 5 cents. v , G. C. SHAW. Look for Your Picture Turn to" page three of this paper and . see if you can recognize your self in the group picturo taken in front of. the fertilizer works in Hen derson:. The next issue of the .Public Ledger will also contain interesting pictures.