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- . V ' 1 - 2:,",r . PUBUSHED 8EHI-; .vLY TOWN AMD COUNTY F$m BMLUANT OPPORTTOITIES ALL HOME PMHOT volume xxxii soKrn changes schedule i?rrFCTIVfB OX AND AFTER SUN h ' DAY, JULY 8TH. Henderson-Durham and Goldsboro Lines Largely Affected. pffpctive Sunday, July 8th, South ern Railway System, made a number ft important changes m passenger 01 hotwPPti Winston-Sal- im Greensboro and Goldsboro as as otner sectiuus ui cue oaicm. iMn 108 is extended to leave ii.-rTi.fifl.ipm 6:40 a. m., Greensbo ro 8:20 a. m., Durham 10: 20 .a m., paleteh 11: 35 a. m., arriving Golds fnro 1-30 P. m. No. 116 leaves Dur P,', in -40 a m., arrive Henderson ifso p m. Train No. 21 is oper ated through from Goldsboro to a Seville, with Parlor Car Service, wring Goldsboro at 6:45 a. m., as formerly, and is operated via Win-iton-Salem and Barber N. C.-, arriv fne Asheville 8:20 p. m. No. 22 ipfves Asheville at 8:10 a. m., in Sad of 8:50 a. m., as formerly, and ?a operated via Barber and Winston ialeni arriving Goldsboro 9:25 p. m. ??e as formerly. Train No. 139 lTaves Goldsboro 2:00 p. m., Raleigh 4-05 p m., same as formerly and is extended to operate through to Winston-Salem, arriving at that point 0 .35 p m. No. 114 leaves Durham ?:5 p m., making connection for Richmond. No. 107 from Richmond arrives at Durham 2:40 p. ni., in stead of 12:40 noon. Train 113 leaves Kevsville 6:40 p. m., getting connection from Richmond and is op erated through Oxford arriving Ox ford 9:15 p. m. No. 108 which is ad ditional service, leaves Oxford 7:50 a m., arrives Keysville 10.20 a. m., making connection for Richmond. (Xos 113 and 118 are operated daily except Sunday). Trains 112 and 111 will continue to handle Pullman and keeping cars between Greensboro and Raleigh ana winsron-aaiem Goldsboro, Beaufort. 'No. 44 leaves Charlotte 5:00 a. m., making con nection at Greensboro with No. 108 for Durham,-Raleigh and Goldsboro. Trains No. 144 and 131 between Greensboro and Goldsboro are " dis continued. ,Nos. 116 and 117 be tween Durham, Oxford and Hender son are operated daily except Sun dav. Nos. 222, 223 and 244 between Winston-Salem and Greensboro are discontinued. Nos. 21 and 22 are discontinued between Asheville and "Waynesville. THE CHURCH BULLETIN. Edited and Printed By Master Wil liam Hicks. About one year ago William, the bright fourteen-year old son of Sen ator and Mrs. A. A. Hicks purchased a small hand press and a few fonts of type and entered the fourth estate, "the art preservative, the art of all arts." We have frequently seen specimens of his handiwork and pat ted him on the back, but a bigger surprise awaited the public and there was born to the Oxford Methodist Church last Sunday morn ing a neat 5x8 church paper, which .states that it has an important mis sion to fill. The good people were much interested in the publication. Some of the announcements follow: Contents. Remember that the hour for the evening services is 8:15. Be on time. We are glad to have the union Services held in our Church this ev ening. The sermon will be preached by Rev. J. D. Harte, of the Baptist Church. Our pastor, Rev. R. H. Wlilis, Vviil preach at the M. E. Church' ( col ored) this evening. This will pre vent his being at the Union Service. Our Sundav school has recently sent to Mr. J. D. Hamilton, Treasur er of the Board of Missions, $50.00 i'-r Mexican work in Texas. The missionary offerings of the school tor thp rest of the year will be direct ed to China. 7-Th? Raleigh District Conference V convene in Elizabeth Church on I our Oaks circuit next Wednes cay rvnin? at 9:30. Jh; following are the names of tiie delegates to the District Confer-e-ire. v;. r. Bailou, W. Z. Mitchell, z rir,yd p.r.rl Dr. E T. White. Al natr:s: j w. Floyd and F. F. T rt any one of the delegates ouk dp unable to attend the Dis )i o ferer.ee lle should get one of t"f a-:T"rnates or some one else to frn,e t'- plnce so that the delgation "Glaums Church may be full. kw"'"1 accordance with the procla im issued by President Wilson, io 'An01'? ay was observed as Patriot fvl by, 0Tir Sunday School. An of- of n4.26 was given to the ueiican Red Cross. What Does He Mean? vrflr' n- T- Pittard, of- Nelson, Va., -es the Public Ledger under date of,y 4, as follows: foi thmk made a mistake in the Lea! advertisement in the Public iaT as t was a watch that was Mr a POCket bo0k'" are"n d nas us guessing. There mPT, -nany lost and found advertise ments in tv, -r..-,. - . ... Plain to refers to. - mC ruonc meager it is not us which advertisement he I OXFORD, NORTH IS THE KAISER'S NUMBER 666? Our Correspondent Points to the Book of Revelation. Editor Public Ledger: I note with interest the article in your excellent issue of July 7th. In this article a Chicagoan undertakes to identify the mystic number 666, of Rev. 13:18, with the number of the German Kaiser. In view of this arti cle and the interest it has created in the mind of many who are enquiring about it, I want to offer a few sug gestions. 1. The application of this number to the Kaiser involves the necessity of having the Bible in the English tongue. His calculation In any other language might not, and in many cas es would not, produce a similiar re sult. 2. There was no English langu age when St. John penned this last book of the Holy Scriptures for the encourangement and instruction of the readers addressed.4 3. The language employed by John was the Greek and it was ad dressed to seven Greek-speaking churches, (see Rev. 1:4.) By trans lating the word "Kaiser" into the Greek, and employing the same pro--cess of calculating, you will have not 666, but 636. 4. The Bible is a universal book, just as adaptable to the needs of the people in China as of America. Any inerpretation of any part of the Scriptures that would be true to the people of one tongue and not to an other, thus making the Bible less than a book for "men of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation. " (Rev. 5:9), is necessarily false and unworthy of the truth the Bible sets forth. READER. COLORED PEOPLE RETURN. Did Not Like Treatment They Receiv ed up North. Negroes recently leaving Granville county for the North have returned at a rapid rate during the last ten davs or two weeks. All trains com ing South are bringing many of the colored people who left this section several months ago. Though nothing of the kind could be Droved, it was thought several months ago that agents from the north were in this vicinity, soliciting the colored people for northern firms by which they were to be hired. While rumors to this effect were cir culated nothing could be discovered concerning the work of these agents and though several suspicious look ing characters were seen about the streets no arrests were made, due to a lack of sufficent evidence for con viction. Several of the colored people who have returned state that life in the northern places did not come up to their expectations and though noth ing could be obtained from them con cerning the work of agents, it seems that the life and wages as depicted by, the agents was somewhat exagger ated. Race riots in one or two of the northern cities are possibly part ly responsible for the negroes' re turn GEN. ROYSTER'S TWO SONS. Beverly S. and Roy H. Roystea- An swer the Call. While attending, school at the Un versity, Mr. Bev. S. Royster, the first son of General B. S. Royster, tendered his services to the Govern ment and Went into training at Fort Orglehtorp. At the expiration or three months he will be a commis sioned lieutenant in artillery. Roy H. Royster, the second son of Gen. Royster, last week enlisted in the Engineers' Train Company, now being formed at Wilmingrton.XBoth of them are fine young men and have the stuff in them to win laurels in the army or anywhere else. MISS HETTIE LYON IN RALEIGH. Guest of Raleigh Presbyterian Phil- atheas. Miss Hettie Lyon left Saturday for Raleigh where she was the guest of the Presbyterian Philatheas until Tuesday. She talked to the Presby terian Philatheas Sunday morning and to the City Union meeting en Monday evening. The executive com mittee of the State Baraca-Philathea Union, of which Miss Lyon is a most active member, opened its four day's session in Raleigh last Saturday. . CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY,. JULY FOR NATIONAL DEFENSE i MMMMMWMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM0 MRS. A. H. POWELL TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN. Preliminary Arrangements to Take up the Work in GranviUe -Date of Important Meeting. Our Government, believing in the patriotic devotion of its women and wishing to convert this devotion into terms of positive and much needed help, has acted through the Council of National Defense and appointed women to organize the woman power of the . nation for defense work. These women were charged by the Council of National Defense with the duty of co-ordinating and centralizing the work of women their organiza tions as to make it more effective in this national crisis. Mrs. A. Hamilton Powell has. been appointed temporary chariman of the Granville County, North Carolina Woman's Committee of National De fense, and Mrs. PQwell has arranged to have a meeting Tuesday after noon, July 17th at 5 o'clock in the Oxford Library with epresentatfves from every Woman's organization in Oxford, and as many from the coun ty as possible, to discuss the Wom an's work and perfect plans for the permanent, organization in Granville county. - At this meeting Mrs. Powell will give an outline of t'he plans made by the government for woman's work in the country, so long as the war lasts, which is a big part of the service for National Defense. She' will also tell just what the moyement is going to mean to the' cities, to. the country committees and whaeff ect it is go ing to have on the organized work of women. THIRD WILL HAVE NEW NAME v. -, Si THE GRANVILLE GRAYS CAN USE V-.-.y-'.;.IAJRIiINTJ The Local Company May Become 'Known as Company E, One Hun. dred and Fifteenth Regiment. The Third North Carolina Infan try is to be some other number of infantry shortly. The War Depart ment announces that all regiments, regulars, guardsmen and National Army outfit, are to be numbered right straight along from one to as far as they go. For instance, the local regiment 'may. become the One Hunderd and Fiftieth. The regulars will keep their present designations, the guardsmen starting where the regulars leave off, and the Nationals where the guardsmen leave off. . Guard regiments may have their former designations in parentheses, but will not be referred to officially in that manner. A FINE MACHINE. Large Crowds Admire the Bull s Tractor. The Blalock Motor Company, Wyatt . E. Cannady and Frank E. Youngs formed a copartnership early in the season and went forth to thresh wheat. They have the very best threshing machine on the road and the big Bull Tractor, 'which fur nishes the motive power, attracts considerable attention. Mr. Frank E. Youngs, district agent for the Bull Tractor, has placed several tractors in Granville and the indications are that he will sell eigh teen or twenty in this section this season. Senator Titus Currin, Craw ford Knott and the Colored Orphan age are some of the recent purchas ers. Commission Wyatt E. Cannady and Dick Gooch, who know a good thing when they see it, state that the Bull is the best tractor built. See the announcement in reference to this traetor on the eight page of this paper. . GEN. ROYSTER TO ATLANTA Will Also Visit Officers Training Camp at Fort Orglethorp. General B. S. Royster left Monday for Atalntarto attend, the annual meeting of the Woodmen of the World. At the close of the session he will visit Fort Oglethorp, where his son Beverly S. Royster is in train ing. General Royste will be absent from the State eight or ten days. 11TH, 1917 HOW IS THIS? Henderson People Say They Will Tap the Highway at Bullock. The Henderson Daily Dispatch last Saturday contained the following: "The work of surveying the route of the proposed extention of the Na tional Highway from Bullocks across the Vance county line to Williams boro is to begin as soon as an engi neer can be spared from the State Highway Commission by W. S. Fal lis, chief engineer, it was learned Friday. Subscriptions for the link between the Vance county line and the town of Bullocks, where the high way will be tapped, have not as yet reached the figure needed, but those in charge of the fund say that the re mainder can b had in a very short while, once active work is started. "More than $1,200 of the $1,800 needed has been pledged, and the re quired deposit of one-tenth has al ready been sent to the State Highway Commission. As soon as the survey ing has been completed, subscriptions promised will be called in, and the work of construction started- soon thereafter, it is announced." The understanding in Oxford is to the effect that the Bullock link above referred to did not have the endorse ment of the Granville County Board of Commissioners nor the Highway Commission. The Henderson people claim that they would like to capture the tour ist travel. If that is all they want, would not suit them quite as well to divert the travel at Oxford instead of at Bullock? Diverting trade and travel has caused serious trouble in some parts of the world. If Hender son is really solicitous about the wel fare of Oxford, let our hustling neighbor join in the proposed plan to link the two towns up with a modern highway. THE MOVIE CALENDAR Strong Bill For the Balance of the Week. Beginning this Tuesday night with Vivian Martin in the "Spirit of Ro mance," an interesting five-reel fea ture, the patrons of the Orpheum will have an opportunity throughout the week of seeing several of the lead ing movie stars. Grace Darmond in -'The Shielding Shadow," and Louie and Henie in., a farce comedy and Pathe News fea tures is the interesting bill for Wed nesday night. Sessue Hayakawa in "The Bottle Imp," for Thursday night, is a tfve act Paramount feature. Mrs. Vernon Castle in "Patria," is a serial for each succeeding Friday , night and matinee. Theatre goers find much pleasure in this very clev er artist. Other interesting features make Friday night big night. The serial foi' Saturday night and matinees in which Pearl White poses in "Pearl of the Army," grows in in terest. Her frequent change of hand some costumes is a delight for the ladies. The "Seven Deadly Sins" is also an interesting and instructive feature for Saturday. THE OXFORD CHORAL CLUB ith Precision and Good In terpretation. The, Oxford Choral Club, thirty voices strong, scored a victory Mon day night at the Orpheum when they presented "Esther" to a large and appreciative audience. The sacred cantata was presented under the direction of Rev. S. K. Phillips with Miss Mary Webb ac companist. Miss Helen Royster, whose beautiful voice made her an ideal "Esther" sang the role of the Queen; and Mr. Edgar Howerton, of Durham, who possesses a fine bari tone voice sang the roles of the King, Hamon and others. ; The swTeet soprano voice of Miss Edna White, the prophetess, was de lightful, and the rare tenor voice of Mr. Phillips was highly appreciated, as was also Miss Elizabeth Howell, contralto. The proceeds go to the Granville County Chapter of the American Red Cross. A FINE PICTURE. Taken in Front of Horner Brothers Company's Store. Turn to the back page of this pap er and see if you recognize yourself perched on a Geo. B. Nissen wagon. Read the inscription beneath the cut. NUMBER 55 WILL CLOSE OWEN WAREHOUSE MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM CAPT. FLEMING WILL RETHIE FROM THE FAMOUS OLD STAND. The Four Strong Warehouses in 'Ox ford are Capable of Handling an Abnormal Crop of Tobacco Grown, in Granville and Adjoining Coun ties. It is stated that Capt. Will Flem ing, for several years' the proprietor of the Owen warehouse, will close his dodts this season. Those who are closely indentified with the tobacco trade claim that five warehouses split up the business so much that it was unprofitable. It is rumored, but not cdnfirmed, that Capt. Fleming will be indenti fied with one of the four waehouses in Oxford. He is a very strong man and numbers his friends by the thousands. His house last year was second in number of pounds sold and he led the market on high aver agees. If the closing of the Owen means the retirement of Capt. Fleming from the tobacco business, the news would be regarded as a calamity, for no man has stood more manfully for the interest of the market than he. How ever, it is pleasing to note that the four large warehouses in Oxford are capable of handling an abnormal crop. CAPT. SPENCER PROMOTED. Mr. Roy M. Osborn Will Relieve Mr. Spencer. Capt. C. H. Carroll, of Charlotte, division superintendent of the West ner Union Telegraph Company, and his assitant, Mr. Peacock, spent Sat urday morning in Oxford in consul tation with Capt. Frank Spencer, manager of the local office. The Public Ledger learned from the high officials that CajH. Spenced has been tendered the position of in spector for the Western Union in the two Carolinas and that he will this week enter upon his new duties. The appointment covers a period of three months, at the expiration of which Capt. Spencer can return to his old position or accept a more lucrative place with the .company. The promotion comes to Capt. Spencer after twenty-six years of faithful service with the company. He will wear his honors with dignity, Mr. Osborne at the Key. Mr. Roy M. Osborne, for many years the agent, of the Seaboord, will relieve Capt. Spenoer Wednesday morning. He is an expert operator and will give fine service if his health will permit the strain. Mr. Osborne retired from the agency of the Sea board one year ago on account of bad health. His recovery has been gradual and it is hoped that he will not have a backset. Remembers Messenger. While the high officials were here they noted the agility of Tommy Jones, the bright messenger, and re warded him with a two week's vaca tion with pay. Improvement Ordered. The officials also surveyed the lo cal telegraph office with a critical eye and ordered such changes made in the room as will insure better facil ities for handling the business and a more comfortable place for the oper ator and messengers. Sunday School Donates $37.50.. Red Cross Day was observed by the Oxford Baptist Sunday ScFiool last Sunday morning. The small children sang patriotic songs 'and Hon. D. G. Brummitt made an inter esting talk on the Red Cross work. The collection amounted to $37.56. ; ' Be Comfortable. Elsewhere in this issue of the Pub lic Ledger Upchurch & Currin an nounce special reduction on refri gerators and porch and lawn swings. HOUSEHOLD ECONOMICS- Department AVill Hold Important Meeting AVednesday. The Household Ecomomic Depart ment of the Woman's Club will meet Wednesday p. m. at 5:30 o'clock with Mrs. Kerr Taylor. The chair man f the department is anxious for a full meeting as a subject of impor tance is to bediscussed. Don't have an empty preseving jar in your neighborhood next fall.
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