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VOLUME XXXII
OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 9th., 1917.
NUMBER 37
BETTER SCHOOL FACILITIES
T00 MAN Y CHILDREN PACKED
GRADED SCHOOL BUILDING
c.m0l Board Buys Handsome Prop
erty on Williamsboro Street for
School Purposes.
There is always room for one
rtrP in a railway coch or public con
veyance, and this rule applies with
pnual force to the Oxford Graded
School building. The enrollment has
Krown from year to year ,and now
there are more than one hundred and
twenty-five children beyond the nor
mal capacity of the calss rooms; but
nevertheless, Prof. Guy B. Phillips,
superintendent of the school, is get
ting splendid results and manages to
vear a smile that will not come off.
The school Board and all those
who are in close touch with the
school have long realized that the
building is crowded beyond its capa
city and the public has waited pat
iently for the School Board to devise
ways and means to relieve the con
gestion. The board is composed of
our leading citizens men who have
accomplished things and who hold
the interest of every child in the
community sacred. They have pon
dered over every phase of the ques
tion and are alive to the interest of
the community and every child, and
they are abundantly qualified to
evolve the best plan to meet the em
egency. The purchase of the old Cooper
home on Williamsboro street is re
garded as an excellent move. . The
house is in a good state of preserva
tion. The rooms are large, airy
and well lighted. . The property was
purchased for $9,200.
PERFECTLY ASTOUNDING.
$700,0000,000 Waste Each Year in
Running American Households.
Figures were submitted to the
Council of National Defense last
week showing that the women
of the United States annaually
waste $700,000,000 in running
their households. The statistics
were furnished by the Depart,
ment of Agriculture and were
presented at the conference of
governors and accredited repre
sentatives of the 48 States of the
Union, who were in Washington
studying the war problems.
Thirty per cent -of the food
that goes into American homes
is wasted, according to the de
partment's estimates.
OXFORD FIRE DEPARTMENT
Officers Elected at the Annual
Meeting.
The Oxford Fire Department Hose
Company No. 1, held its annual meet
ing last Thursday night and elected
the following officers for the year
beginning May 3, 1917:
WADE H. BRITT, Foreman.
ELVIN PARHAM, Asst. Foreman.
J. T. SIZEMORE, Jr., Treasurer.
LEE C. TAYLOR, Secretary.
DR. L. T. BOOTH, Surgeon.
Also recommended to the Board
of Town Commissioners to reelcet
J. Robt. Wood, chief, P. A. Wood,
driver, and asked the chief to reap
point John A. Williams assistant
chief.
BEAUTIFUL IN DEATH
HEARD ON THE SDDE.
The Particular Man Wanted a Partic
ular Steak.
Everybody knows Mr. A. P. Hob
good, the geneial old soul that sees
the silver lining of every cloud. He
recently made a trip in his car to a
near by city, and feeling the pangs
of hunger, entered a resturant, and
according to an eye-witness here is
what he said to the waiter:
"I want a steak cut particularity
thick with just the slightest suspic
ion of fat on the side. Understand?
And I want it cooked so that the juice
shall be kept in it. Understand?
When the strip of fat is broiled to a
golden brown, I want the steak re
moved from the fire, put on a but
tered hot platter, sprinkled with par
sley and serve immediately. Un
derstand? "In other words, I wish the steak
prepared hi such a way that when
the knife is inserted in it the gravy
oozes out and combines with the hot
butter to form that savory dressing
which is so nice to dip a baked po
tato in. Understand?
' Oh, yeah; ah understand, all
right," replied the waiter, whose eye
balls had been kepping time with his
lips in an ecstatic tattoo, as he listen
ed, enraptured-like, to the order,
"but you better take ham sah!"
"Ham? Why what do you mean?"
"Simply this: We ain't got no
such steak like that in this yeah
Place, sah! If we had, the boss
ould eat it hisself."
VETS TO WASHINGTON
County Commissioners Will Furnish
Transportation.
i he County Commissioners in ses
f. last Monday voted sufficient
junas to pay the rialroad fare of all
ianville county veterans to the re
gion at Washington.
Pw who desire to go will notify
hl " H" Wnite- See or write to
!? ,at once. He wants to know if
WnJ a llniform. Those. who go
r, lsst wear the regulation
vk;- n viu leave Oxford on the
horning of June 4th.
Mrs. R. Y. Crews Called to Her Home
' Above.
Mrs. R. Y. Crews, daughter of the
late Moses Dean; died last Friday at
Watts' Hospital, where she was re
ceiving medical attention. Her re
mains were brought to her home near
Providence Saturday.
Mrs. Crews was a most lovable
woman. She died in the blessed
assurance of a life everlasting. She
was 32 years old and was ready when
the call came.
Three brothers and one-sister sur
vive, as follows: Mr. E. H. Dean, of
Richmond; Mr. Dean, of Stovall and
Mr. Dean of Wake county and Mrs.
Homer Bradsher, of Granville.
The funeral was held from the
home of the deceased on Sunday af
ternoon and the interment was on
the hill overlooking the home place.
A tall water oak on a velvety lawn
marks her resting place. The last
sad rites were pronounced by Rev.
B. C. Thomas, pastor of Shady
Grove Ghurch, of which the deceased
was a member.
Five hundred people with bowed
heads and sad hearts gathered at the
grave. Soul inspiring songs were
rendered and the newly made mound
was hidden from view by the beau
tiful flowers spread by those who
were near and dear.
-The pallbearers were: Messrs.
James Bradsher, Rom Averett, Willie
Lee Currin, Ed Knott, Sam Usry,
Taz Bobbitt, West Brummitt.
Among those from a distance at
the funeral were Mr. E. M. Dean, a
brother of the deceased, and Mr. L.
A. Crews, both of Richmond.
The Public Ledger extends to the
bereaved husband and his children
our sincers sympathy in the hour of
grief.
MEMORIAL SERVICES.
Sto i
vail Will Honor the Confederate
rrespondence Public Ledger)
Th, , services will be held here
j y a"ernoon, May 10th. Rev.
chur n and Rev- C- A- UP-
eh will conduct the service.
Stovall KCUt8 in and around
iea i 1 be Prenset, and the lad-
to can neai" Stova11 are requested
a3 thle und brin as many flowers
Wanted tCan.' Enoun flowers are
The r f Place some on each grave
on the ratG flag wiU be placed
Vv'ar t raves of the veterans of the
Ther n the States
and it kWlU be special song service,
Day all "I, ur aim to make Memorial
other J 11 imP!ies. Scouts from
wan.cu lu ue present
and
Participate.
WILKERSON.
WAR BONDS SELLING WELL
O
North Carolina Took Nearly $200,
000 of the War Bonds.
America has subscribed to the Lib
erty Loan of 1917 at the rate of
$330,166 a minute or $19,810,000 an
hour.
. Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo
sent messages to 27,513 banks and
banking institutions and these sub
scriptions are in reply to only two
per cent of these messages. This in
dicates that the total loan of $2,000,
000,000 will be tremendously over
subscribed and that there will be no
difficulty in floating the entire pro
posed war loan of $7,000,000,000.
New York city made the largest
subscription of any single city with
a total of $63,293,000. The largest
single subscription, $20,000,00 also
came from New York city.
Chicago made the second largest
subscription, $18,99 5,000, and Cleve
land made the third largest $7,050,
000.
North Carolina subscription $183,-
000. -: ,
SOMETHING FINE ;
Mary Pickford in "Less Than The
Dust."
Those who saw Mary Pickford
Monday at the Orpheum in her own
production, "Less Than the Dust,'
pronounced it the best entertainment
of the season. The same picture
will be -shown. again this - Tuesday
night at 8 o'clock. An Italian band
furnishes the music.
REGISTRATION
OFFICIAL OUTLINE OF PLAN FOR
DRAFT BY SELECTION.
OXFORD GRADED SCHOOL.
Careful Preperation Has Been Made
to Place the Whole Task in the
Hands of Civilian Officers.
Am official outline of the method
by which military registration is to
be carried out under the selective
plan, was made public Saturday with
an appeal from the War Depart
ment for the volunteer services of
State election and other officials in
order that there will be no delay in
enrolling and classifying . millions of
men for army duty. Carful prepara
tion has been made .to place the
whole task in the hands of civilian
officials of the states and to remove
every suggestion of military, force in
putting the ceasure into effect. The
only function of the Federal Govern
ment will be supervision through the
office of the Provost Marshal Gener
al. The department's statement fol
lows: "There was a time in the country's
history when military enumerators,
backed by baynets, went out among
the people to take a compulsory ser
vice census. Today under the prin
ciple of universal liability service the
execution of the law put into the
hands of the people.
"The approvel of the new national
army bill and the President's procla
mation thereunder will becoincident.
All persons within the age limits pre
scribed will be required to present
themselves for registration at the
customary voting places in the voting
precincts in which they have their
permanent homes, on the day which
the President will announce. The
probability is, that from ten to fif
teen days will elaspe between approv
al of the bill and registration day.
"The govrenor of ach-State will
A VALUABLE DISCOVERY
NAVY BOARD FINDS WEAPON TO
COMBAT SUBMARINE
MENANCE.
Plans Forwarded to Washington
Which May Sweep U-Boats From
Bowels of the Sea.
jProf. M. H. Stacy Will Deliver the
Address.
Two more weeks of work completes-
the term of the Oxford Graded
School for this year. During the
nine months pupils and teachers have
aone excellent work. The enroll
ment has been larger than in the
past.
The closing exercises will begin on
the night of the 17th of May with
exercises by the school. On Friday
night the Diplomas will be given to
the members of the Graduating Class
which numbers fifteen. On that
night Prof. M. H. Stacy, dean of the
University of North Carolina will de
liver the- address. He is an attrac
tive speaker who always has a mes
sage worth while for his audience.
No man or woman in Oxford should
fail to hear this address.
A full program of the exercises
will be published in the next issue
of the Public Ledger. Watch for it.
MRS. BOOTH'S SCHOOL OF MUSIC
W. L. Saunders, chairman of
the Naval Board, announced in
New York Saturday that the
Board has forwarded to Wash
ington plans for dealing with
the submarine problem, which it
was believed would solve the
situation now confronting the
Allies.
Mr. Saunders, who has been
chairman of the Naval Consult
ing board about two months,
supplements - his announcement
by saying that while, the sub
marine problem cannot be sol
ved until the submarines have
been destroyed, numerous ex
periments have been made along
the coast which led the board
to feel confident that it had
found a means of coping with
this means of warfare.
Officials Worried
Washington May 6. Navy de
partment officials are indignant be
cause of the announcement by W. L.
Saunders, chairman of the Navy con
sulting board in New York city that
a device had been obtained which
practically guarantees the destruc
tion of the German submarine
meance.
Secretary of the Navy Daniels
urged all newspaper men and all ed
itors to refrain from publishing any
thing, even speculation as to the na
ture of the invention. At the same
time every official of the department
was warned that he would have to
face serious consequences if he per
mitted any further information as to
the nature of the invention or its ca
pabilities to get into print, because
of the urgent necessity to keep the
details of the invention from reach
ing the hands of alien enemies.
Pressed for confirmation of Mr.
Saunders4 statment, Secretary Dan
iels said he could not give any de
tails and during half an hour's talk
with newspaper men impressed upon
them the necessity for keeping de
tails of such an accomplishment from
obtaining further publicity.
Primary and Intermediate Grades
Render Interesting Program.
One of the most delightful events
of the whole year is the program ren
dered by the pupils of Mrs. John
Booth's School of Music. When the
weather is ideal, there is not a hall
large enough in Oxford to accommo
date the throng that goes out to this
popular annual entertainment, and
it grows in interest from year, to
year. Mrs. Booth plucks the little
people from the primary and inter
mediate grades and before the end
of the session they make a joyful
noise, and if they remain in her
hands for two or three sessions they
blossom out as tenors and sopranos.
The following program was render
ed in the auditorium of the
Graded School last Saturday even
ing: Program.
There's Magic in the Flag. Spaulding
Chorus 4th, 5th, 6th Grades
Waltz . . . . . . . . . . Goerdeler
Endo Buchanan.
Blind Man's Bluff. . . . . . . : .Blum
J. Annie,IutWUliajns,
Little Boy Blue . . .... . . Engleman
Elizabeth Bragg
I Wish My Dolly was Alive. Gullerson
Virginia Hart
Fairy Fingers Lindsay
Carolyn Booth
Sing Little Bird 'Spaulding
Sue Bryan and Mary Powell
Fairy Mazurka .... , . . . Straehog
Alma McFarland
Queen of the Night Poldini
Senrena Meadows
Come Play with Us .... . Ellsworth
Mary Norman Mitchell and Chorus
Fairy Festival . Heine
Mary Lee Crithcher.
In May Sartorio
Margaret Davis
Elden Blossom . Epsen
v Helen Hunt
Song of the Pines Ollendorf
Mabel Sizemore
May dog Jack Stults
Tom Booth and Chorus
On the Meadow Lichner
Olive Webb
Song of the Shepherd . . M. De Colas
Mary Powell
March Engfemann
Agnes Cannady, Margaret Pendleton.
HINDRANCE TO PROGRESS
THE PEOPLE MUST BUY
CONSUME.
AND
To Hoard is to Waste, and Waste is
to Commit the Dead list Sin of
, Our Critical Times.
All wealth springs from productive
industry, 'and the mainspring of pro
ductive industry is a brisk demand
for an efficient distribution of the
output of productive industry .
America will not lack wealth with
which to prosecute the war so long
as her great manufacturing plants
are encouraged to maintain or to
increase their normal output of pro
ducts. How is that encouragement to be
supplied? There is only one sound
wholesome way to supply it. The
people must buy and consume al
most as in times of peace. They
must help maintain a healthy volume
of money in circulation .
War economy is not attained
through business stagnation. Sud
den or prolonged retrenchment on
the part of the consuming public will
lead surely to commercial and indus--
trial paralysis. .
The Government might, conceiv
ably, close every "non-essential" in-
dustriy, put every citizen cn an al
lowance of food and clothine and
draw arbitrarily upon wealth al
ready created by the conduct of the
war.
But that would be stupid, and in
the end, disasterous. By stimulating
rather than restricting, the volume
of trade which flows through ordi
nary channels, the people and gov
ernment can insure the annual crea
tion or enough wealth to make un
necessary any draft of the nation's
c'apitalT-rits invested revenue produc
ing wealth.
A dollar in circulation is worth
ten in the safe. To hoard is to
waste, and to waste is to commit the
deadliest sin" of our critical times.
SEABOARD CHANGES SCHEDULE
MOTHER'S DAY.
'
Oxford Bantist Baraca Class Will
Wear White Flower.
The beautiful custom of wearing
the white flower on Mothers Day
will be observed next Sunday morn
ing by. the Oxford Baptist Baraca
class. This is General Royster's class
and he will be present if his
military duties will permit. An ef
fort is being made to have a tun
attendence next Sunday morning.
The white flower will be furnished
to all who come, and the lesson for
next Sunday moring is a strong one.
BUSINESS MEETING.
There Will Be a Patriotic Feature
Also.
The Woman's Club will meet in
regular monthly session on Wednes
day afternoon at 4 o'clock in the
rooms of the Oxford Library. All
members are urged to be present as
the meeting is one of unusual impor
tance and interest.
Reports from delegates to the Fed
eration in Durham will be heard and
plans for coming club year will be
discussed. There will be a patriotic
feature also.
Any ladies not already members
of the Club are invited to attend this
meeting. The Club would be pleas
ed to enroll all the women of the
town who are intereid in the kind
of work the Woman's Club stands
for.
:
Drumhead Court-Martial
The neighbor's fowls" which invade
a patriot's backyard garden in these
days are guilty of high treason and
subject 1 to drumhead court-martial
and the axes and the pot.
Nos. 5 and 6 Between Richmond and
Hamlet are Discontinued.
Important changes in the schedule
for the operation of its main line
passenger' trains of the Seaboard
went into effect last Sundya morning.
The biggest change of the sched
ule is the discontinuance altogether
of trains Nos. 5 and 6, operating be
tween Richmond and Hemlet. No.
6 heretofore has arrived in Hender
son going north at 5:51 a. m., while
No. 5 passed Henderson going south
shortly before 4 o'clock in the morn
ing. No. 1, a through train from New
York to Jacksonville, now passes
Henderson at 4.03 a. m.
No. 2, from Jacksonville to New
York passes Henderson at 1:52 a .m.
No. 8, also a through train, north
bound, between Jacksonville and New
York, arrives in Henderson at 4.03
a. m., instead of 6.08 on the old
schedule.
No other change in schedule are
included in the announcement.
How are You Showing Patriotism?
In every town and city in the
United States these y days the Star
Spangled Banner may be seen float
ing from almost every building.
Almost every man and boy you
meet on the street is wearing a small
flag in the button hole of his coat.
In any place of amusement you
go in, that has an orchestra at some
time during the performance "The
Star Spangled Banner" will be play
ed. Every man rises to his feet and
stands at attention to do honor to
the flag.
Freinds have you done your whole
duty by wearing a small flag in the
button hole of your coat?
What did you tell your son, when
he came to you for advise concern
ing enlisting in the Military Com
pany? Have you used your influence to
get young men to enlist?
It is the earnest desire of the un
dersigned that you give this matter
immediate consideration.
ELBERT E. FULLER,
Capt. 3rd N. C. Inf., Com. Co. E.
' THE WHITE SEASON.
The Long Company's Fine
Showing.
The'' people of the surrounding
country have long waited for such a
rare opportunity to purchase . high
class goods at reasonable 'figures as
is shown by the Long Company. The
style, quality and prices are most in
viting. See special announcement on
the last page of this paper. v
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