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PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEHaY
TOWN AMB COUNTY OFFER
ALL HOHE PRWF
VOLUME XXXII.
fiOOD ROADS FOR GRANVILLE
THE NEW ACT FOSTERS HEAL
THY SENTIMENT IN COUNTY
This Act Provides for the Creation,
by the State of a Semi-Annual
lload Fund of $400,000.
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There is now a real healthy sen
timent in old Granville for good
roads, superinduced no doubt by the
1917 legislature, which created near
ly a half-million dollar fund to en
courage road building in the State.
Many farmers of the county are en
quiring on what terms the money can
be had for road purposes, which
reads:
"If a majority of the registered
voters vote in favor of borrowing
nicney under this act, the county
commissioners are authorized and di
rected to execute to the State of
North Craolina ' a bond for the
amount so voted, payable 41 years
from date and bearing 5 per cent in
terest, per annum. At the end of
said 41 years the county is discharg
ed from further payment on said
bond. In order to provide the road
fund herein, the State treasurer is
authorized and idrected to issue
state bonds which shall bear not ex
ceeding 4 per cent interest, and the
proceeds therefrom shall be1 loaned
as herein directed. From the in
come of 5 per cent received semi-annually,
the state treasurer shall pay
the 4 per cent interest on such bonds
and apply the surplus 1 per cent to
the road fund to be raised for the
following six months, and the bond
isue for the following term shall
oe reduced by the amount of such
surplus."
The fact that all the surrounding
counties have built, good roads lead
ing from Granville to their trading
centers, should be sufficient to in
spire every citizen of the county to
put forth every eoffort to cope with
them. By a recent bond issue, Per
son county was lifted Entirely "out of
the mud. Every county that touch
es Granvills has magnificent roads.
During the recent prolonged bad
fcmpell of weather the roads of Gran
ville were in a deplorable condition,
and many farmers living near the deed," said Mr. Fleming, "to behold
ends of the good roads leading up to j the havock that has been wrought in
the county line took a back track j the garden spot of the world. North
rather than plow through the mud to em France and Belgium was like a
Oxford. I
THE NEW LAW
Length of Validity of Marriage Lic
ense Now Only 60 Days.
The man that gets a marriage lic
ense on and after the first day of
June, and as has been known to
happen suffer the mortification of
having his intended stall, postponed
or otherwise delay the "happy day"
for more than sixty days after the
date of the license, must make fur
ther reinvestment with the Register
of Deeds, if he finally wins, because
ihe last legislaturs changed the len
gth of validity of a marriage license
nom one year to sixty days .
Wherebefore ministers have been
required to return the license to the
Register of Deeds after the ceremony
is performed, they may now send the
Paper back within sixty days after
the event.
NO MORE MAILS TO GERMANY
Postmaster-General Announces Sus
pension of Service During Wrar
Postmaster-General Burleson sus
pended mail sevice to Germany dur
ing ths war, and also instructed all
Postoffices to refuse as well any mail
tiued to "Austria Hungary, Lux
emburg, Bulgaria and Turkey, as it
cannot be dispatched through Ger
man. Postmast-General Burleson also
ado suspended postal moneyorders
between the United States and "the
German empire.
RED CROSS CHAPTER
Patriotic Oxford Ladies to Make
Bandgages and Garments
There will be a meeting of the
woman's Club at the Library at 3
o clock en Thursday, April 12th, to
discuss plans for Red Cross work,
' Ich means making bandages, gar
nents, etc. for use by the Red Cross
-capitals in our own country. Al
ough the movement is started by
J?e Vomail's Club all the women and
t. ns of oxford are urged to help in
est00d WOrk' AU who are i,nter
, lea are asked to be there prompt-
y' MRS. R. c. M CALVERT,
Sub-Chairman, Health Dept.
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OXFORD, NORTH
MAJOR SHOTWELL DEAD
Valuable Court Assistant Passes
Away. ,
Major. J. A. Shotwell died at 11 o'
clock Monday night. His remains
will be laid to rest in Elmwood Cem
etary at four o'clock this Tuesday af
ternoon. AN INTERESTING YOUNG MAN
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Mr. Frank Fleming Knowns Belgium
and Ncxriiiem France Like a
Book.
Frank, the splendid son of Sheriff
S. A. Fleming, of Granville, was in
Oxford Saturday. He is perhaps the
only man in Granvills that has heard
the road of battle in Europe, and we
are quite sure that he is the only man
among us who was ever struck by a
fragment of a German shell. Going
abroad a number of years ago for one
of the big tobacco companies, he was
in Belgium when the war broke out
and while waiting for his passport to
America he was arrested on suspic
ion of being a spy and detained over
night in a hotel. He came home at
the time when the idle rich were flee
ing from the war zone and on his trip
across the ocean he share a state
room with a couple of millionaires.
Being rather handsome, and hav
ing travelled all over Belgium, North
ern: France, Germany and Russia,
Frank had sweethearts all the way
from Paris to Petrobrad and his
heart ache dto get back to his old
stamping grounds, war or no war.
His second trip to Europe was in con
nection with the Belgium Relief com
mission. Like the fellow who want
ed to look into the crater of a smok
ing volcano, Frank desired to see a
big battle and took himself .to North
ern France, where he was wounded
in the shoulded by a fragment from
a bursting German shell. He came
home, all done up in bunting, and
as soon as his wound healed he went
out west, married a handsome young
lady and joined the-Missouri Nation
al Guard. . - v
One would naturally suppose that
Mr. Fleming would not have any de
sire to return to Europe, but such is
not. the case. "It makes me sad in-
finished picture until the Germans in
vaded those beautiful sectors and
shot them to pieces.''
Mr. Fleming has made application
to be transferred from the Missouri
National Gurad to the North aCroli
noa National Gurad. He is quite
willing to return to Europe and get
into the trenches in Northern France
and aid in driving out the Germans.
He speaks four languages and would
be a valuable man for the allies.
EAGER FOR WAR NEWS
The Big Daily Papers are in De
mand Here.
The declaration of a state of war
between the United States and Ger
many has been the f ormost topic of
conversation for the past week. Not
only do the people eagerly await the
arrival of the morning papers, but
the people from the county come to
town to get the latest war news.
When the daily papers fail to
reach Oxford on the early morning
train hundreds of people are greatly
disappointed.
MRS. DUDLEY HOWARD DEAD
Her Sudden Demise Shocks Entire
Community.
Mrs. Dudley Howard passed quiet
ly to her reward Sunday night at her
home near Sunset. The hour of her
death is not known. As usual, she
retired Sunday night in apparently
good health, but when she wasxalled
early Monday morning by members
of the family there was no response.
On entering her room and turning
the cover they found her lifeless
form; which indicated that she pass
ed away quietly and without a strug
gle. ;" 4
Mrs. Howard was about fifty-five
years of age. Many friends testify
that she was one of the best women
they ever knew. She was an active
member of Hester church ,at which
place her remains will he laid to
rest at two o'clock this Tuesday af
ternoon. She was the daughter of
the late James Currin. She is sur
vived by a devoted husband. We do
not know, the names of the children,
if any. Six brothers sirvive, nam
ely: James, Thomas, Frank, Wash,
Boat and Samuel Currin.
CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, A
TO UNLOCK THE HONEY VAULTS
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LOAN OF $2,-000,000,000 WILL BE
SPEEDLY ARRANGED.
Congress Will be Asked to Arrange
Immediate Bond Issue of
$5,000,000,000.
WASHINGTON, April 8.
' Administration leaders have decid
ed to unlock at once the vast finan
cial resources or the United States
to the allies.
To the hard pressed entente gov
ernments a hugh loan, of dimensions
yet undertermined, but not less than
$2,000,000,000, will be forthcoming
from this country as speedly as Con
gress can pass the necessary legis
lation. The loan will be America's immed
iate contribution to the allied cause,
with the promise of future contribu
tions of money and foodstuffs to come
as needed. An immediate bond is
sue, possibly totaling $5,000,000,000
will be introduced in Congress speed
ily . .
Within thirty days, possibly before
the end of the prensent month, a sub
stantial portion of the great loan is
expected to be available for the en
tente governments, v ...
The forthcoming bond issue, it was
authoritatively said, will .. be placed
before the public as quickly as pos
sibly, in denominations down to
$100, possibly down to $25, will bear
" a reasonable rate of interest," and
the entire army of American inves
tors banks, corporations and indi
viduals will be afforded an oppor
tunity to subscribe.
War Revenue
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President Wilson's policy, outlin
ed in, his address to Congress, df pay
ing America's war bill, so far as pos
sible, while the war is being waged,
leaving a minimum debt to poster
ity, is reflected in a virtual decision
by leaders in the House and Senate
to raise 5 0 per cent on the first year
expenditures by taxation. 7
Under this program Congress will
be called upon to raise war revenue
to the extent of $1,750,000,000
through new and increased measures
of taxation during the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1918. This is ex
clusive of the $5,000,000,000 bond
issue, authorization for which will be
sought of Congress this week. The
total demand upon the financial re
sources of the country during the
first year of the war under this pro
gram would be $6,750,000,000.
Loan to the Allies
Of the $5,000,000,000 to be raised
by a bond issue, $3,000,000,000, it
was definitelly stated, wauld be loan
ed to the entente allied. The en:
tire issue, House and Senate leaders
have agreed, will bear interest at
the rate of 3 V2 per cent. It is pro
posed to make the loan to the allies .
at this interest rate, whicn is lower
by far than the rate they have been
compelled to pay on their previous
issues.
After the entente governments
have been granted the loan, the plan
is to hold the remaining $2,000,000,
000 of the $5,000,000,000 to be ap
plied on the cost of the military and
naval establishments and other war
expenses of the United States. Indi
cations are that with the new war
measures in effect, the full amount
$2,000,000,000 would not be entirely
exhausted at the end of the first year.
(Continued On Page Five)
GUARD HERE SEEKS RECRUITS
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Captain Fuller Gets Orders From
Colonel Minor r
Captain E. E. '. Fuller in command
of the - Granville Grays, Third North
Carolina Regiment, Satutday receivr
ed a telegram from Col. S. W Min
or, of Durham, commander of the
Third Regiment notifying him that
a state of war existed betwetri the
United States and Germany, and urg
ing him to rush recruiting. as rapid
ly as possible. ...
An effort Is being made to recruit
air National Guard units up ti fuU
war strength, and thevmessagt froin
Colenel Minor is a preliminary," it is
thought , for increased attempts to
get into the service the full number
of men required at the earliest pos
sible moment.
. Nothing in the telegram intimated
the time for the calling out of the
Third Regiment, or event that it
would be called, although further ac
tive service is accepted as a certain
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11, 1917
DEATH OF MRS. PARHAM
Falls to Sleep After Brief
Hlness
Mrs. W. A. Parham, a most esti
mable lady, died at her home on
King street early Saturday morning
after a brief illness lasting only two
or three days. She gradually lapsed
into coma Friday morning from
which she never regained concious
ness. She was forty-six years old.
Mrs. Parham was a devout member
of the Oxford Baptist Church and
was always striving to advance the
Lord's Kingdom., She devoted her
entire time to her family and the
Lord's work, and she was a knid and
thoughtful neighbor. She leaves a
devoted husband and seven children
to mourn her loss as follows: Fred,
21; Beatrice 19; Ruth, 17; Maurice,
15; Claud 11; Sam 9; and Thomas,
7 years of age.
Two sisters survive the deceased,
Mrs. Newcomb, of Boydton and Mrs.
W. A. Buttler, of Lawrenceville.
Mrs. Buttler was unable to reach Ox
ford in time for the funeral.
The funeral services were held
from the residence at three o'clock
Sunday afternoon, and despite the
downpour of rain the attendance was
very large. Rev. J. D. Harte, pastor
of the Oxford "Baptist Chuch, assisted
by Rev. R. H. Willis, pastor of the
Oxford Methodist Church, conducted
the last sad rites. The internment
was in Elmwood Cemetary.
The pallbearers were : Active,
Messrs. J. C. Howard, L. T. Pitch,
ford, Oscar Breedlove, A. L. Cape
hart, C. H. Easton, C. W. Bryan, J.
R Hall, W. T. Yancey. The honary
pallbearers were the members of the
Oxford Baptist Philathea class, of
which the deceased was an active
member.
The following out-of-town relativ
es of the family attended the funer
al and, burial : J. H. Parham, Mrs. J.
T. Parham, Mr. and Mrs. C. W.
Finch, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Cheatham,
Miss Kate Cheatham, Henderson;
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Kittrell, Kittrell;
Mrs. jC. D. and Mr. Julian- Wyche,
Dabney; Mr. H. L. Wright and Miss
Kate Parham, Watkins; Mr. and Mrs.
F. C. Newcomb, Mr. E. L. Loone,
Mr. and Mrs. Howard NBeal and Mr.
L. Li Anderson, of Boydton, Va., and
from the county: -Mr.
H. E .Crews, J. A. Davis, W. A.
Cheatham, Mrs. L. V Bobbitt, Miss
L. U. Bobbitt, Miss Cristal Bobbitt,
Miss Hattie Harris, Mrs. W. E. Dor
sey and possibly others.
The sympathy of the entire com
munity goes out to the bereaved hus
band and children in the hour of
their grief.
THE STARS AND STRIPES
Now Floating Proudly From Many
Places in Oxford
The wave of patriotism that is
swteping over the country has found
a ready response in Oxford the past
few days as is shown by the display
of the Stars and Stripes from busi
ness buildings, windows in offices
and in the. homes. However, the
more patriotic have carried their en
thusiasm for the flag to the greater
extremes and ,many of the automo
biles are now "gaily flying small flags
as they run about the streets.
Every home should have up its col
or u. hivery place of business should
have old glory on the window or from
the roof. Old Glory should be float
ing this morning and tomorrow mor
ning and all the mornings. If you
can't aftort an expensive flag buy
one for a nickle, just so its a flag.
There is something about old Glory,
something that brings the thrill.
Under the stars and stripts many
of our young men will doubtlessly
walk the path of glory even if it
leads but to the grave. So run out
the colors- the stars and stripes ; let
them proudly wave; let all know that
Patriotism is not dead; that Old
Glory shall forever waveo're the land
of the free, and the home of the
brave.
GRANVTLLE COUNTY COURT
Began Session Early This Tuesday
- - Morning.
Monday being a holiday Court did
not convene until Tuesday morning.
Judge Kerr of Warren, is presiding
and he is able assisted byjCol. Sam
Gattis. The docket is quite lengthy.
Special Sale Going On
For real bargain attend" the big
special ten day sale now in full blast
at Cohn & Son's. See their announ
cement on the last page of this issue.
NUMBER 29
TO FULL PEACE STRENGTH ONLY
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NATIONAL GUARD MUST NOT RE
CRUIT BEYOND EQUIPMENT
SUPPLIED
General Royster Spends Much Time
in Raleigh He will not Talk For
Publication.
National Guard units still in the
State service will not be recruited be
yond peace strength, according to in
structions received by Adjutnant
General B. S. Royster from the De
partment of the East. Units of the
Federal service were ordered to stop
recruiting several . days ago. This
move it is stated by the department,
is due to lack of equipment.
State commands will not stop re
cruiting, however, as practically all
are still in need of men to bring them
up to the maximum peace strength.
WTill Not Talk
For the past month General Roy
ster has spent much time in Raleigh.
He will not talk for publication, and
when asked by a newspaper man if
he would go to some one of the big
forts around New York City, he cut
short by stating that "they know
where to find me." N
Navel Recruits ' ,
General Royster last "week consign
ed more than two hundred naval re
cruits of the State to the concentra
tion camp at Norfolk. '
BAD MUD HOLES w
Tourist Spend Night on Highway
Near Stem
Mr., Moses C. Winston, of Selma,
arrived in Oxford Saturday with a
new Packard car and- spent Sunday
with his brother, Mr. Tom Winston.
Late Sunday evening Mr. Winston
and his party, composed of three
young ladies and as many young
men, started for Durham, and when
they reached a point about one-half
of a mile north of Stem they encoun
tered a mud-hole in the National
Highway, into which the car settled.
Mr. Hal Holdman, of the Acme
Hardware Company, proved to be the
stumbling block for Mr. Winston. Mr.
Holdman was driving a fordcar,' and
when Mr. Winston arrived at the
north end of tht mud-hole he saw
Mr. Holdman's car emerging from
the south end, and of course Mr.
Winston who was not aware of the
depth of the hole, drove his car into
it. Mr. Holdeman is a courting man,
and that will account for him not
warning Mr. Winston in time to a
vert the danger.
Mr. Winston's party remained in
the car all night, and early the fol
lowing morning Mr. P. B. Evans pul
led them out.
THE LION AND THE LAMB
William Jennings Bryan Tendered
Services to the President
W. J. Bryan, three times candi
date for, President and former Sec
retary of State, sent this message to
President Wilson:
"Believing it to be the duty of
each citizen to bear his part of the
burden of war and his share of the
perils, I hereby tender my services
to the Government. Please enroll
me as a private whenever I am need
ed. Asign me to any work that I
can do until called to the colors.
I shall, through the Red Cross, con
tribute to the comfort of soldiers
in the hospitals and through the
Young Men's Christian Association,
aid in guarding the morals of men in
the camp."
Mr. Bryan, with the rank of Col
onel, commanded a regiment of Ne
braska volunteers during the Spanish
-American War. . .. '
"THE FALL OF A NATION"
Spectacular War ' Drama' at the Or
. ' ... pheum Theatre. - -
" Tom , Dixon's masterpiece, "The
Fall of a Nation," "surpasses all ex
pectations. , Oh ; rits ; presentation at
the Orpheum Monday night, the
house was not large enough to ac
comodate the crowdi The .picture
will be shown again this Tuesday af
ternoon and night. There is in it two
hours of genuine thrill. The battle
that rages off Long Island Sound is
well worth the price of admission. -Here
you see the trim German sol
diers pushing back our imperfect ar
my. The Woman's Brigade, which
we have been accustomed toV take
slight notice, saves the "day. It is"
a wonderful realistic picture.
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