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, ' ' . .-',, tv - - ; ; ; - POTLSSHEP SEI1I-WEEKLY - TOWN AMP COUNTY OFFER BR1ILLIAOT OPPOOT1LJITO - ALL TOME PMOT GRANVILLE COUNTY'S TAX RATE THE SCHOOL TAX REMAINS SAME AS LAST YEAR The Board Names Mr. C. R. Gordon to Get Up the Delinquent List Sign Board to be Erected. The honorable Board of County missioners met Monday, July oth for the purpose of receiving the ar books and making the tax levy the following members being pres ent: Messrs. E. C. Harris, chairman; T. G. Taylor, W. E. Cannady, J. L. Daniel, R. D. Hart. List Takers Report. rrho fnllowine: list takers made x their returns: Sassafras Fork F. H. Gregory Walnut Grove (not reiurnea. . Wm. Thorpe. rwviiie J. L. Peed Tally Ho L. L. Gordon pishing Creek .C. R. Gordon Rrassfield W. M. Jenkins o.iam .L. G. Breedlove Oak Hill J- S. Watkins After Delinquents. The Register of Deeds was instruc ted to secure the services of some rompetent person under Sction 82, Chapter 234, Public. Laws 1917, to eet up delinquent list and to report ' .i ii i the list to tne commissioners at meix regular meeting in August. The Clerk was instructed to add 25 $er cent to the taxes of all delin quents. The Clerk was instructed to receive the tax books from any township vhen completed, not having been re turned at this meeting. - The following tax levy was made for the yearr 1-917: Poll ax General School $1.35 Special School .15 SuDDort of Poor .38 Pensions .12 Total . . $2.00 Property Tax State 23 2-3 on each $100 of property 23 2-3 Pension 4c on each $100 of property 4 School 25c on each $100 of property 25 County 17c on each $100 of property .17 Roads 30 1-3 on each $100 of property 30 1-3 Total $1.00 In addition to the above levy a levy of 5c on each $100.00 property vas passed upon Oxford and Salem townships for interest and principal of Oxford and Clarksvile railroad, bonds. ) The levy under Schedule B. and C. same as levy by State except pro hibited by State' and no tax on stal loins and jacks. School Tax Same. The Board of Education through the superintendent of Public Schools, Prof. J. F. Webb, requested a 5c in crease in the school tax levy, that is increasing it to 30c. The Board of Commissioners refused and ordered the levy to remain the same as last year 25c on the $100. The Clerk was instructed to secure the services of C. R. Gordon to get up the delinquent list. Penalty for Delinquents. Delinquents will be' allowed to list wv-iore the Register of Deeds during cr tins year. After that date the books win be in the hands of C. R. Gordon and all delinquents will be Presented to the Grand Jury. Sign Boards. Chairman Harris was appointed a umttee to assertain the distance and location for the sign boards to be elected on the roads of the Y. , y ani take charge of all other S1a boards, "" w Liie erection oi saiu y UST NOTICE TO DELINQUENTS tavP ,wiU be aDowe-d to list your - -es during Juiy 1917 by applying u J. H T Tl . . . Afte: xuweu, register of Deeds. be a : vtaLe an aennquents win Per eper.tamed and charged with 25 cordin- taddiUnal taxes- This is ac' it r , law and we must enforce board 1 impose this burden on-the E. C. HARRIS. Chm. Hoove r Xou 011 fifth n Sa S SaVG Fd- See als Curch ?oge of this Paper what Up ca & Currin say. - . OXFORD, NORTH THE OULOOK FOR TOBACCO. Sales Have Begun, Best SnM.imAne of Weed Brim? 2 r" "Many sales of yellow leaf tobacco have been renortpd frnm towns in eastern Carolina and from all sides come reports that regular warenouse sales will begin between now and the? middle of the month Tnrniiahniit Vmij. mi , .v,u6uuVmC uch. xiie warenouses oi some or tne tobacco towns will od- "7 .1 Xr 'a,1":umI,araDle or- "l';?8 xou. vviiu luuaau me iourtn vuc oeaaou, says tne Wilmington Star. "The Inltal sales -" nccnuy markets mai- w o buuic uesi ui early weed having sold for 26 cents q nnnnH T n u x . at iroiu iu tO 14 CentS. A , - : " axa ir i. luuaau men leu mis section of the State Tuesday after- noon and Wednesday morning for various parts of South Carolina to be at the opening of the market Thurs- uay. io report 01 tne sales on tne J uay nas as yet reacnea ux- giveil) tney are c6rdially urged to be ford but the general belief is that present at the meetinr Tuesday. Fol the tobacco will sell high this year, iowine, arft tnft nan,. Jof fhnip and that the prospects are for an ev- utjiuauu auu oetter prices than prevailed a year ago. The 1915 n.n.t.. . J J 1 AJ ' I crop brought probably the best prices nf rPPPnt vora v with iha tJa j , vv. v,v.vu of the high level of 1913: but war wCCU lieved sufficient cause for higher figures than prevailed last year. FL.AT RIVER ASSOCIATION. Elect New Moderator and Clerk 1918 Session Will Be Held at Virgilina. The two day's session of the Flat River Association, held at Olive Branch Church this week was full of interest. - Judge Devin retires at moderator and the Association elected Mr. C. D. Ray. Capt. Jack. Howard, for many years secretary of the Assoc iation is succeeded by Rev. E. C Usry. The meeting next year will be held at Virgilina. Some facts and figures will be pub lished in the next issue of the Public Ledger. MACHINE GUN DEMONSTRATION. On National Highway Near Oxford Next Saturday Afternoon. Capt. Thad G .Stem, captain of the Machine Gun Company, Third Regi- monf Viocs orraniroH f of o mi V 1 1 r PY- I aaaaac, aaco 0 - i nibition or tne gun next saiuraay afternoon at four o'clock. The firing snnad will be stationed at a Doint on the National Highway near the Fair Grounds, mis point was seieciea ue- cause of the security the mllside nearby furnishes as a protection to the public. The public on this occasion will see a modern rapid-lire gun in action. OXFORD BOY IN PHILADELPHIA Manager of an Uixtensive i'eanur i-ltint. Mr. Sheppard Booth, the fine son of Mr. and Mrs. John Booth, who left Oxford some time ago and settled in Philadelphia, is now the manager of I a Inrp-P npflmit. nlant in that City. The immense building on Delaware Aven- ue, devoted exclusively to the indus- try, caught fire last week and de- Stroyed the two top floors. The Phil- , . . . -r r.tn.iT rf aaeipnia papeis wnj a.D Ui, heroic work of Mr. Bootn ana tne large number of employees. REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE. Mr. J. S. Bradsher Establishes Office in Oxford. Mr. J. S. Bradsher, former cashie.r. of the Union Bank, has opened an office on. the second floor of the new Hall' Building at the corner . of Col lege and Hillsboro streets for the purpose of handling real estate and insurance. Mr. Bradsher is well known to the people of this section. His square dealings has won for him many friends, and those who desire inside infromation relative to real estate and insurance will receive prompt and courteous treatment at his hands. See .announcement on 5th page of this paper. PEACHES FOR SALLE. I will be in Oxford Tuesday, July 17, with a nice lot of peaches .that I will sell right from the Nwagon for $1.00 per bushel, (adv) H. P. WEBB CAROLINA, SATURDAY, JULY LOUD CALL COriES TO VOIIEN wu? wmmittbe WILL MEET ON TUESDAY, I ' A' H' PoweU :Cal1 Lwge Num- ber of Women to Meet at Oxford Baptist Church. I a . . .. - An important organization meet- ine- nf th niU r .-m- al Defense will be ield Tuesday "th at 5 o'olcol at the Oord BaDtist chnrrh. Mrs. Palmer Jerrrim c-oi,. hady 0f National importance; Is ex- nected to attend the meAino- Mrs A M Trtwll i is chaiman of th arm X Z " v" " "V wuucj Committee, and through the press linn tio,o gicu uwuw ui.iub lueeting, ana the namfis of thns.whn ia chosfin tn R oti th nr.sf? committees. If there i Q Uf Oxford nr aTin ested in the CouncU Of National De- fensft whnse naTTlfia ar4 nni in -tllo lief from the various woman's Orni. 0 tions of Oxford and Granville-county: woman's cub Mrs. John Webb, President; Mrs. J. .?rooKs,-mrs. . m. BiaciocK, Mrs. C. Upchurch, Mrs. it. .U. 13rown. Red Cross. In W T- H W S 1 J. - ciift! Robards. Mrs. I. W. Mansrum' ATr Louis De la Croix, Miss Nette Greeorv. King's uaugrnters. Mrs. C. G. Elliot, Leader: Mrs. Cam Eeaston," Mrs .Hluzelc, Mrs. R. P. Tay lor, jmiss ieiie cooper. Woman's Literary. Mrs. "W. B. Ballou, President: Mrs J. W. Horner, Mrs.A. L. Capehart, Mrs. i. M. Shaw, Mrs. A. A. Hicks Shakespear Club Mrs. G. A. Coergeshall, Mrs. H. O. Furman, Mrs. John Booth, Miss Susan Graham, Mrs. B. K. Lassiter. Embrlodery Club. Mrs. S. K. Phillips, Miss Evlyn How ell, Miss Helen White, Mrs. w. T. Xan cey. Woman's Missionary Society Bapt. Ch. Mrs. S. H. Cannady, president Mrs. Jack Howard, Mrs. B. f F. Taylor, Mrs. TJpchurch, Mrs. Sam watkins. Ladies' Aid Society Baptist Church Mrs. A. H. Powell, president: Mrs. D A. Coble, Mrs. I ov Cannady, Mrs. W. T. Lee, Mrs. Jj. i D. Ray. . Pliilatheas -Baptist Church. Mrs. J. M.Blalock. president: Mrs Harry "Williams, Miss . Gray . Yancey, Mrrs. W. D. Reeves, Mrs W. T. Lee. Y. W. A. Baptist Church Miss Ruth Shaw, Miss ' Ruth Taylor, Hiss Isabel Parham, Miss Mary Webb, Miss Mary Koyal Hancock. Woman's Missionary Society St. Stephen's Enlscolpal Church. Mrs. R. H. Lewis, president: Mrs. H G. Cooper. Mrs. C. G. Elliott, Mrs. Louis Thorpe. Ladies Aid Society St. Stephen's Epis copal Church. Mrs. R. G. Lassited, President; Mrs. J, A. Taylor, Mrs. Annie Landis, Mrs. T.W. Winston, Mrs. J. B. Powell, Mrs. Joh n Booth. Woman's Missionary Society- Metho- titst nil 11 rli. i Mrs. J. P. Fiowd. president: Mrs. N H. Cannady, v Mrs. John Bullock, Mrs T. White. Mrs .Ellis Jiaria Brown Missionary Society M. E, Mrs. Kerr Taylor, president; Mrs. lv. Li. Street. Mrs. T. G. Stem, Mrs. Elbert Crews, Mrs. W. N. Thomas. Woman's Auxiliary Presbyterian Church Mrs. C. E3. Brown. - v Ladles' Aid Socitey Presbyterian Church Miss Belle Cooper, president; Mrs. W. J. Lone:. Mrs. W. D. Bryan, Mrs. Sails, Mrs. Harte, Mrs. I. W. Mangum, jvirs. w. 'x. lancey. From the County Townships. . stovaii. m o Mrs. William rayior. jvxrs. w. o. White. Miss Annie Gresrory. stem. . r , s. x. p. ravxrs. Mrs. W"illie Lee Currin, Mrs. Kim- oan. miss maryKenn Mrs. Morris. Mrs. Whitefleld, Mrs. Will Gooch. Cpeedmoor Mrs. F. H. Rogers, Mrs. O. B. Allen. Fred CuronMiss Lena Gooch Mrs Thorpe, Mrs. Titun Currin. Cnlhreth. Mrs. Ed. M. Clement, 3 ows. Caltolinn. Mrs. W. T. Calton, Mrs. clement, Mrs. D. Mead L. B. McFar- land. , . Salem. Mrs ham. Ea. Hunt, Mrs. Hamlin Cheat- Howard Oxford Route 1. MrsEthel Daniel., Bullock Mrs ster. Pitt Royster, Mrs. lieorge xtoy- ; Virgilina. Mrs. W. B. Marrow, Mrs. w . x x-iar- be. BETHHAHM HQLLWIG RESIGNS THE KAISER REALIZES SITUA TION IS SERIOUS. Berne, Switzerland, (British Ad miralty Per Wireless Press), July 12. The Vossische Zeitung of Ber lin says the German Imperial Chan cellor, Dr. -Von Bethmann-Hollwek has resigned. Emperor William, the newspaper adds, has postponed his decision whether to accept the resig nation. -' ' "' Berne, Switzerland, (British Ad miralty, Per Wireless Press); Julv 14TH, 1917 i SAB DEATH PF granville man. Accidental Discharge of Pistor Ends Life of Mr. G. B. Crews. The people of Granville county were shocked beyond measure when they read in the daily papers Thurs day morning the following special telegram sent, out from Norlina, dat ed July 11: "G. B. Crews, 'agent for the Sea board Railroad at this place, attemp ted suicide this afternoon about 6:15 o'clock by shooting himself through the mouth with a 25-calibre automat ic pistol. As soon as the deed was committed medical aid was rendered by Drs. Morton and Packard and he was started, on a special train to St. Lukes Hospital at Richmond but he died on the train at,Bracey, about 15 miles from here. ' - "Mr. Crews was alone in his office at the station when the shot was fired there being no eye witness. Gordon Hall, who is employed by the South ern Express Company was the first to reach him at once called . the doc tors. ,. - . "Mr. Crews left no intimation as to why he wished to take his own life but it is generally thought that de spondency over business affairs was the trouble. His remains were re turned to Norlina and prepared for burial. He is survived by his wife and one child. Mr. Crews has been here as agent for about two months and has, favorably impressed those coming in contact with him. The tragedy cast a gloom over the town." Funeral at Tar River. -Mr. C. B. Crews was the son of Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Crews, of .Tar River. The remains reached the parental home Thursday amid genuine sorrow of the entire countryside, where the good name of the deceased was rev erenecd by everyone. The funeral will take place this Friday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock from, the residence of the bereaved parents. The Masons from Littleton, Norlina and Oxford will , attend the funeral. The inter ment will be in the family plot. Death Was Accidental. The deceased was a yong man of exceptional character and possessed a cheerful disposition. It is hardto believe that he took his life, and it is believed that if the truth was known it would prove . to be purely accidental. His entire life was such as to inspire confidence and admira tion, and as thre was na one present when the shot was fired 4t does ap pear that Mr. Crews was the victim of an accident. The hearts of evreyone in the en tire community goes out in sorrow for the bereaved family. . : e : ANOTHER BOLD ROBBERY Flourish Gun in the Face of a Lady. Shortly after sunset last Wednes day evening, Mr. Eugene Moss man ager of the " Granville Experimental Station, situated one mile west of Ox ford on the National Highway, de sired to make a quick trip to town in his automobile. Just . as he got ready to laeve the house, two Jady friends of the family drove up in their auto, and Mr. Moss was greatly relieved to know that Mrs. . Moss would have good company until he returned from town. He did not get back as soon as he expected and the two lady visitors departed for home, leaving Mrs. Moss alone. Just as the car in which the ladies were seated, left the grounds, another au tomobile entered the grounds and when it arrived at the house Mrs. Moss went out to greet her husband, but to her great .surprise she discov ered two strangers seated in the car. "What does this mean?" demanded Mrs. Moss. "It means that we know Mr. Moss is not at home and you had better get into the house as soon as poss ible," said the robbers. Mrs. Moss returned to the house and the robbers went to the chicken house and got twenty of her finest chickens and threw them into the au tomobile and departed. There were no lights and Mrs. Moss could not tell whether they -were white or colored. 12. An "official communication is sued in Berlin yesterday say& Emper or William expressed the opinion that the political and constitutional reforms demanded by the Reichstag are such as that they concern not merly himself but his successor, in asmuch as they weuld be permanent. NUMBER 56 GET READY FOR LATE CROPS THE CONSERVATION. CQMMIS - SION URGES THE FARMERS ' TO ACTIVITY. It Becomes More Apparent Every Bay That Every Pound of Food stuff Raised is Going to be Needed. Th3 tobacco farmers of this sec tion are being urged by the State food conservation commission to uti lize their tobacco lands for a food or feed crop to be planted at the time and harvest in the early fall. The cultivation of tobacco has been practically finished in some sections and practically the entire crop will be out xf the field within a few weeks. It is pointed out that a feed crop could be planted in alternate middles in tobacco fields ,leaving ev ery other middle, for the handling of the crop. There is quite a num ber tof crops which might yet be planted that will mature before frost. Probably the most suitable for this section are cowpeas and soybeans. while sorghum for forage, corn and potatoes could also be grown. Corn and soybeans would have to be plant ed immediately If they are expected to mature a crop of grain. There is ample time yet to plant snap beans and turnips may be planted much lat er. The North Carolina food conserva tion commission states that it be comes more and more apparent ev ery day that every pound of food stuffs that can possibly be raised is going to be needed for the success ful prosecution of the war and to prevent the starvation of the people in Europe and the suffering of thousands of people. A pound of corn, beans, peas or potatoes is of mush importance in the war as a bullet. A bag of flour or meal or beans sent to 'France will do 1 more good than a 10-inch shell. The more food supplies this country can send to Europe the fewer soldiers she will have to send and the shorter will be the war. : "Our country needs every pound of foodstuff that can possibly be pro- duced," writes Secretary Lucas of the North Carolina food conservation commission, "and our people must realize that each one of us has an in dividual responsibility and duty in this crisis." "There will be labor of man and beast available on our tobacco farms after the cultivation of the tobacco crop has been finished and this labor should be utilized to the utmost for the production of food and feed pro ducts. Our farmers will not only be failing in their duty to their country and civilization but' they will be neg lecting a very unusual opportunity for profit if they fail to plant every foot of ground possible." : ROBBERS ENTER SMOKEHOUSE. Took AH the Meat Mr. Gooch Had. Thieves one night this week enter ed the smoke house of Mr. Edward N. Gooch, at Wilton, and took all the meat he had. Among the seventeen pices of fine meat, there were, thir teen large hams carried away by the robbers. ... 'Princess Winsome." The Public Ledger acknowledges with thanks a beautiful write-up of "The Rescue of Princess Winsome," a play given by the young girls for the benefit of the Red Cross Society. This reached up rather late for this issue, but 'we promise our dear little friends that it will appear in our next issue, and we hope it will inspire othersV' to imitate them in good works. A CASE FOR THE MAYOR. Some One Destroys Young Tree in Parkway. Thursday night someone drove an automobile across the Main street parkway in front of Dr. E: T. White's residence and restroyed one of the yeung maple trees and did other damage. This is a case for Chief Hobgood ; 4 Miss Jessie White is in Raleigh, the geust of Mrs. B. F. Knott. Can! Summer investment time and money, small; winter turns in food and health, large. of re- r, i I; Hi ci: 1 J I'! I, it i I. f i t - V . I r ' f '