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PERSONAL MENTION
Sheriff Fleming was in town Monday.
Mrs. Lee Taylor is visiting friends
in Tarboro .
Mr. John G. Morton, of Bullock,
was in Oxford Monday.
Mr. C. G. Royster, of Bullock, was
in town Monday.
Mr. O. G. Hester, of Route 1, was
a town visitor Monday.
Dr. and Mrs. D. C. Mclver were
in Raleigh Monday.
Mrs. Z. Y. Cheatham, of Route 3,
is visiting ' friends in Ridgway.
Mr. J. T. Averett, of Route 6, was
a town visitor Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. A. Gregory are
visiting parents in the city.
Mr. and Mrs. W S. Howell, of
Route 3, were in Oxford Monday .
Mr. Spurgeon P.ruitt, of Route 4,
was . a town visitor Monday.
Miss Mary Webb is in Greensboro,
the guest of Mrs. Wade R. Brown.
Mr. Paul Daniel, of Wake Forest
spent the week end with home folk.
Misses Mittie Lee and Pearl Taylor
are spending the week in Raleigh.
Our good old friend, Mr. J. H. Mor
ris, of Route 4, was in Oxford Monday.
Mr. R. L. Brown has returned
from Rocky Mount where he attended
the Shriner's meeting.
Mr. D. Y. Hunt, who spent a few
days in Granville with his children
returned to Henderson Monday.
Mrs. R. L. Brown has returned
from Richmond where she has been
visiting Mrs. Seldon Taylor .
Mr .and Mrs. L. C. Fletcher, J. L.
Hobgood and daughter, Miss Mary
T. passed through Oxford Monday.
Mrs. John R. Hall and little daugh
ter Elizabeth have gone to Augusta,
Ga., to spend some time with relatives.
Mrs. Wade Britt, Misses Hettie
Lyon and Carrie Fuller returned last
week from the Baraca-Philathea con
vention in Asheville.
General Davis, accompanied by his
two daughters, Mrs. Philips Mun
ford and Miss Davis, is visiting his
daughter, Mrs. R. M. C. Calvert.
Capt. E. J. Jenkins, of Franklin
ton Route 1, was in Oxford Monday.
He informs the Public Ledger that he
"will accompany the Granville vets to
the Washington reunion June 4th.
YOUNG MEN OF GRANVILLE
Mr M. P. Chamblee and family
'motored to Raleigh Saturday and
spent the week end with Mrs. Cham-blee's-
parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. B.
Edwards. Mr.. C. Edwards Coble ac
companied them. After, a visit in
Raleigh, Mrs. Chamblee and Master
"C B' went on to Wilson's Mills to
spend, a few days with relatives.
Among the young people of Oxford
who have returned from the colleges
and schools of the State we note the
following: Misses Marie Meadows and
Bessie Pitchford, State Normal;
Carrie Harris, Greensboro Woman's
College; Miss Mary Shaw, of the fac
ulty of Smithfield school; Messrs
Junius Cooper, Horner's; John Hall
and Blount Bryan, State College.
Captain and Mrs. Griffith and
their talented daughter, Miss Edna,
of Richmond, ar.e the guests of
friends in Oxford for a few days. This
interesting family a few years ago
resided in, Oxford and made many
friends here. Their two little bright
boys,, so much admired . by every
body, have reached the age of young
manhood. One of them is now a sky
pilot in Uncle Sam's army, and the
other one is an . oiler on the
S. S. St. Louis, plying between New
York and Liverpool. Captain Grif
fith is in the transportation Depart
ment of the Seaboard Railway.
Fool the Harlequin Bug.
When you plant cabbage or cal
lards this season, plant a row of mus
tard on each side of the bed to" attract
the Harelquin bugs. They will leave
the cabbage and gather on the must
ard where you can kill them by
spraying with pure kerosene oil.
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Wonder what has become of the
old-fashioned party who used to
come down town and boast that he
had eaten a dozen eggs for breakfast?
YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOUR
SERVICE
If You Wait To Re Conscripted You
Do Not Know To What Regiment
You Will Be Allotted To.
Young men of Granville, your co
untry needs you now as never before.
You will be registered and conscript
ed June 5th. The time is short
for action. Enlist in Company E,
Third North Carolina Infantry; and,
though you must register on June 5th
you will not be changed from your
home company. Neglect this oppor
tunity, and you will be drafted into
some regiment from some other state
in the Union.
The time for action is short. Sign
and mail application for enlistment
given below, and let us keep track of
our boys when they are serving their
country as volunteers.
Form of Application For Enlistment
in Company E.
I hereby offer myself for member
ship in Company E, Third N. C. In
fantry: Name (in full)
Address . . . . ....
Single . . . . Age (must be 21 over
and under 31) ....
NOTE Enlistment papers must be
signed before June 5th. Sign, and
mail to Capt. E. E. Fuller, Oxford,
N. C.
NEGROES MUST REGISTER.
A BUSY LITTLE WORLD
Eighty Orphans At Oxford Orphanage
Doing Their Bit.
We learn from Mr. R. L. Brown,
superintendent of the Oxford Orphan
age that eighty orphan boys are till
ing 150 acres, seeded toa variety of
crops, as their contribution to the
food supply. The acreage has been
doubled over that of 1916 and food
crops are predominant. The distri
bution as to acreage is: Corn, 50 ac
res; oats, 30 acres; alfalfa, 25; old
fashioned timothy and clover, 17;
soybeans, 10; and peas, 12; and two
crops of potatoes. Sixty pure-bred
Duroc-Jersey pigs are being nurtur
ed for the slaughter pens, and 17
brood sows are among the surplus
stock. The farm boys produced 90
bushels of corn to the acre the past
season, and surplus meat was raised
on the orphanage grounds."
DIED
There died in Danville, Va. on
May 15th Miss Martha Tabb Lan
ier in her 89 th year. This' lady was
the sister of the late M. V. Lanier
L. L. D. and leaves besides other re
latives the following who are well
known in Oxford:
H. M. Lanier, Charlotte, N. C: ; Mrs.
Rebecca King, Baltimore, Md.; Miss
Mollie Lanier, Asheville, N. C; Miss
Ruth Lanier and Maj. A. S. Lanier,
Washington, D. C; Mrs. Martha
Chunning and T. Lanier, Oxford.
A PUBLIC ENEMY.
Places Sharp Spikes in Oxford-Hen
derson Road.
Mr. Graham Daniel, of Providence,
one day last week discovered eight
iron spikes at a point on the Oxford-
Henderson road near Cheatham's
mill.
The spikes were about two inches
long, very sharp and so arranged in
the road as to make it practically im
possible to pass that point with an
automobile without a puncture.
Mr. Daniel discovered the "trap"
and applied the brakes in the nick
of time. He gathered up the spikes
and brought them to Oxford and ex
hibited them to friends.
The public roads await the fiend
if he is caught, and some judges
make the sentence as much as two
years. -
CAN'T LOSE HAIR.
Twenty Years From Today a Beld-
headed Man Will be a Unusual
; Sight. '""
One of the most prominent drug
gist of America made a statement a
few weeks ago which has caused a
great deal of discussion among scien
tists in the medical press.
He said: "If the new hair grower,
Mildredina Hair Remedy, increases
its sales as it has during the past
year, it will be used by nearly every
man, woman and child in America
within eight years. ,
"When Mildredina Hair Remedy is
used almost universally, dandruff
will disappear and with its departure
baldness, itching scalp, splitting hair
and all scalp diseases will follow and
twenty yearas from now a bald
head will be a rarity." Sample sent
for 10 cents to pay postage. Mail
orders filled by Mildred Louise Co.,
Boston, Mass. For sale by Frank F.
Lyon. " adv.
The Rigistration Law is- Very Ex
' plicit.
Every day for the last two
weeks many negroes have in
quired at the Public Ledger of
fice if they must register. The
registration law does not excuse
any one, be he white, black,
married, single, Jew or Gentile.
All men of every race, color or
condition, sick or well, are af
fected by the Government's draft
requirements.
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PRESIDENT FORMULATES RUfcES
Demands That You Must Be Courte
ous to Registrars.
A strict interpretation has been
placed upon the selective conscrip
tion act by President Wilson, to
whom was left,by Congress the for
mulating of rules for registering the
men of military age of the country.
These rules, together with the act it
self, have been sent to the City and
County Registration Boards and are
being carefully perused by both these
boards and tha 33 registrars of Gran--ville
county. ,
To make the werk as light as pos
sible upon the registrars, all of whom
will serve without compensation.
President Wilson has order
ed all police officers as well as all
Federal agents, -to assist in the work
and see that all persons register who
should do so. The rules also demand
of the citizen, courteous treatment of
the registrars. ,
Section 16 of the rules laid down
for the enforcement of the registra
tion law, says that policemen, con
stables and all other civil officers,
are required to render every assist
ance possible. The act concludes.
"It is especially made the duty of
such police officers, to see that all
persons within the designated ages
have registered and to report those
who have not registered to the prop
er registration board for such action
as may be necessary. Police officers
may require any person subject to
registration to exhibit his registra
tion certificate." .
In section 47 the registrar is told
how to act,
"If the person is sullen or inclined
to falsify, evade or refuse to answer,
call his attention to the law pn page
2 of those instructions which imposes
a penalty of imprisonment for such
conduct. If he is still refractory, do
not delay the registration, but call
witnesses, take the refractory per
son's name, etc."
NOTICE
I hereby forbid all persons from
hiring one Alex Royster (col) who
has left, my employment without any
cause. OSCAR OAKLEY,
My-30-4t-pd. Moriah, N. C.
Planting Rutabagas.
A good way to drill rutabaga seed
evenly is to use a bottle tied to a
stick with a goose quill through the
stopper, A iittle:P:
you to shake it just enoutiT
right quantity of see(, to t
along. yu ai
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Orpheum Theatre
THURSDAY, MAY 31
riARGUERITE CLARK
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HISS GEORGE WASHINGTON"
WITH
ORCHESTRA
ADMISSION 15C.
There are times when a cheer
ful smile will do more good than a
donation. ,
SPEND SUNDAY
IN DURHAM
Special RoundTTrip Rate Via
SOUTHERN RAILWAY
DURING THE SUMMER FOR SUNDAYS ONLY
$110
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$1,00
Trains leave Oxford at 7:40 a.
m; 11:15 a. m. and 2:40 p. m.
Returning to Oxford at 11:15 a.
m; 2:30 p. m. and 7.55 p. m.
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Into the bank put as large a portion
of your earnings as you can, and out of it
will come a certificate of salety, a source
of security a feeling you never really had
before and one you are sure to enjoy.
And it's so easy to start, t Just come
into the bank, tell us you want to open jbn
account and we'll do the rest. You won't
know but what you've been banking for
years. -v
No distinction is made in the service
we render our patrons. We are glad to
get the small as well as the large deposit
ors, and we give each account individual
attention, and each depositor special ad
vice whenever requested.
We want your account, come in and
talk about it ask us "the why" of every
thing and we'll be glad to explain. ..
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J. VI. Horner, Pres., J. F. fleadows, Vice'-Pres., J. P. Harris, Cashier