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Wangle over appointments
nt RHAI CITIZENS AVILL PRO
TEST TO GOVERNMENT
OFFICIALS.
Ther Feel That Governor Bickett
Overstepped the Bounds of Reason
When He Named Royster and Gat
tis Lieutenants of the Battery.
The people all over the state are
matching with a great deal of interest
the row now going on in Durham in
tbe form of a determined protest to
government authorities against the
appointment of outsiders to com
mand the new unit of artillery which
has just been organized and recruited
to war stength in the Bull' City.
Both Durham papers, The Sun, in
the afternoon field, and the Herald
is5Ued in the morning, are taking an
active part in the fight. The dis
satisfaction arose, it seems, over the
appointment of Samuel M. Gattis,
jr of Hillsboro, and Beverly S.
Koyster, Jr., of Oxford, as lieuten
ants in the company.
The city board of aldermen, the
Rotary Club, and the Merchant's As
sociation have all held meetings to
protest against the appointments,
and petitions have been placed in
half a dozen or more stores for citi
zens to read and singn, urging the
War Department at Washington to
recind the appointments made by
Governor Bickett. A seperate peti
tion is being circulated among the
volunteer members of the company.
Young Gattis is the son of the so
licitor of the judicial district in
which Durham county is located ,and
Royster is the son of the Adjutant
General. The Durham Herald came
out a few days ago in a bitted attack
against the Governor, and The Sun
is spreading its protest all over its
front page, while the citizens are re
cording their "amends" in various
ways and hurrahing for their public
spokesman.
Durham people resent the appoint
ment of the so-called "aliens" to of
ficer and command a company of
their own boys, declaring it some
thing of a slam at their volunteers.
Capt. McLendon's Statement.
The following is a partial state
ment of Capt. McLendon, which we
find in the Durham Herald:
"Here is the correct total of the
men furnished by each county to
date: Durham 77, Orange 38, Per
son 11, Pitt 1, Johnson 2, South Car
olina 1, Chatham 7, Carbarrus 1, Al
amance 2, Wake 1, Granville 1, total
142. Is 77 a mojority of 142? Of
course these figures do not include
the men who have been rejected on
Physical examination but if these
ere counted the proportion would
doubtless be practically the same.
"Now as to the appointment of
Lieutenants Royster and Gattis. Not
&ore than a week after it was an
nounced by the adjutant general's
Hice that a regiment of light field,
artillery was going to be organized in
this state I was in the adjutant gen
real's office in Raleigh on business
connected with the local battery. My
collection now is that General
koyster was not present. Major
eorge Peterson, who is acting as as
sistant adjutant general and property
nf distrubuting officer for the
t Ulted States, told me that the mili
a bureau chief had suggested that
re governor draw upon Fort Ogle
jaorpe and other traiing camps for
tniVleUtenants for tne regiment. He
w me than or later, I don't remem-
Jr fK that Beverly S. Royster,
W 0xford wanted to get in the
tolS v 0lina National Guard. I
i Major Peterson I would be glad
ascT6 hlm in the Durham battery
ne of my lieutenants if he could
that j tnSifeiTed- He then suggested
stern, the matter up with Roy-niand-.r0Ugh
Co1' H' J- Slocum com
traims, fflcer of Fort Oglethorpe
or thl camp- Either the same day
ti, jr Xt 1 teamed that S. M. Gat
adi,,tQ; flled application with the
fcr frnn Seneral's office for a trans-
H ter? f thore to the Dur
utant Ji' th requested the
the
pATr -- luiiu u. 1. 1
auu siatea tnat l
f both j: me aPPointment
be tran.f. I the event they could
lear tu Several days later 1
permisinn f men nad secured
Greeted t be transferred. I was
anted th Wlre them whenever I
Stay there th 0f them out to
Vlred a;" , ng as possible.
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Lls about June 25 to
come
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ed 0tt Page Eight)
LBHED BBp-WBBKLY - TOWN AND COUNTY OFFERBMLMAMT OPPOKTUNSTIES ALL
OXFORD, NORTH
GROWTH OF SCHOOLS
IN GRANVILLE COUNTY.
The following are the school build
ings that have been constructed in
Granville County since 1906:
1900
-White Lyons. Tar River.
VyUJ. JJ.YY ctll.
1907
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White Tally Ho, Williford, Berea,
juexter, otovaii, Jbiester (room add-
Colored Chetham's -Mill.
1908
wnue Bethel, Pleasant Grove,
ccuuiuui, v,umei, iart, Koyster,
Oak Hill.
' Colored Knott's Grove, Stovall,
uiceuiuuui.
1909
vynite uurnn, Grissom, Brass-
nem, .peace, stem. Enon. Pennv Hill
Salem, Burnett, Benehan(room add-
ea ) .
Colored Williford.
1910
White Browning, Peace (replaced
UUIJL1L uunaingj.
1911
White Willow Branch.
Stovall
(room added), Penny Hill
(room
added), Robert's Chanel (old build
ing removed).
1912
White Knott's Grove, Mountain
Creek, Knap of Reeds, Clark (room
added).
Colored Providence, Knap of
Reeds (enlarged). -
1913
White Gray Rock, Culbreth,
Grassy Creek, Bullock, Sharon, Corn
wall (room added), . Mt. Carmel
(room added), Bailey (roo madded).
Colored Benehan, Grissom, Moun
tain Creek.
19X4
White Hester, Providence, How
ard, Stovall, Sunset, Vaughan, Stem
(room added), Enon (room added).
Grassy Creek (room added).
Colored Mountain Schoal, Enon,
Bullock, Vaughan.
1915
Colored Kinton Fork.
1916.
White Wilton, Robert's Chapel,
Clark, Woody, Culbreth (room add
ed), Knott's Grove (room added),
Caltonlina (Built by Mr. Calton).
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SCARCITY OF LABOR.
Oxford Concerns Need Several Hun
dred When the great Imperial Tobacco
plant and the Adams Tobacco Com
pany gets under full steam there will
be a need of more than 600 negro
laborers in Oxford. Just where the
labor is to come from is up until the
present time an unknown quantitiy.
Some of the tobacco plants in nearby
towns are planning newspaper adver
tising campaigns. Good wages will
be offered, and that alone will catch
many of the Granville county neg
roes.' Some of the towns in this section
of the State have been asked by the
tobacco people to aid by making it
warm for all negroe loafers in the
city, compelling them to either work
or vacate.
LIEUTENANT OF ENGINEERS.
Second Son of General B. S. Royster
Qualifies.
The following interesting news
item was announced' from the Adjutant-Generals
office Tuesday:
"Engineer Train, Infantry Division
Wilmington Ira A. Hines, first lieu
tenant; Louis E. Whitfield, second
lieutenant; Royal H. Royster, second
lieutenant."
Lieutenant Royal H. Royster is the
second son of General B. S. Royster.
He enlisted as a priyate in the Engin
eer Train about a month ago. He is
one of the fine young men of the
State and is the recipient of hearaty
congratulation" by his many friends
here. General Royster contributes
two sons to the army, Beverly S. be
ing a lieutenant in the newly formed
artillery company at Durham.
HAUL TROOPS IN DAY CARS.
Shortage of Pullman Cars Makes
This Necessary Officials Declare.
Washington, July 19. Day coches
will be used for moving the greateT
part of the National Guard to the
concentration camps in the South.
When the troops were moved to the
border, tourist sleeping .cars were
used, but it has been found that a
shortage of cars now exists. It was
i i j xt 4- Vin -rrt mr? n cr nf f TOOTiS
Denevtju. ljj.ch, iuc i , -
Lwould be well unaer way uy mo.
of the month.
Night Officer
The Town Commissioners have ap
pointed Detective J. A. Hutchins
special night officer. He will patrol
the business section of the town.
That Familiar Line.
Be it the sea of mountain way,
Where summer rest they're reaping
On the post cards they all now say,
V "I'm . under blankets sleeping."
CAROLINA. SATURDAY, JULY
m NATIONAL LOTTERY
TO SELECT MEN FOR THE ARMY
THIS FRD3AY MORNING.
j Drawing Will Start at Half-Past Nine
O'Clock Provost Marshall Gener
al Crowder Expects to Have Job
Over in Hour- Scheme For Draw
ing Has Been Stated. ,
Washington, July 19. Nine-thirty
o'clock tomorrow morning in a com
mittee room of the ; Senate office
building have been fixed as the time
and place for the war army drawing.
Secretary Baker and other cabinet
members and officers of the Senate
and House Military Committees will
witness the drawing.
Provost Marshall General Crowder
counts upon finishing- in little more
than an hour the big task, after
which the numerals will immediately
be given to the public.
Who Will Go First
Just how the drawing is to be con
ducted to establish the order for ap
pearance before the local exemption
boards for each of the 10,000,000
men was disclosed today for the first
time by Provost Marshal General
Crowder. There will be two draw
ings, one of numbers from 1 to 1,
000 and another from a cipher to 10
to form a socalled master key by
which the thousand numbers drawn
will reach every man in all the dis
tricts. The Details of the Drawing
"One group of numbers, from 1 to
1,000, and a second group, from 0 to
9, have been carefully imprinted on
opaque slip of paper, black on one
side, counted , and checked. These
slips have .been rolled up and each
put inside a gelatin capsule with the
black side out. To insure absolute
accuracy of count, the capsules con
taining numbers from 1 to i nnn
have been counted rpig lassars jn
groups or loo each; the glass jars
have hefin spnloH ori in t c
uaxu. i iJl cV DCIJ.C
awaiting the day of drwing.
THE PHYSICAL CONNECTION
THE RAILWAYS WILL DO THE
RIGHT THING
Mr. T. Lanier Lays the Question Be
fore the Corporation Commission
-the Commission Will Prob
ably Hold Meeting in Oxford.
The question of a physical con
nection of the Seoboard and Southern-railway
tracks is again the ab
sorbing talk of the business men of
Oxford. The question has been de
bated four or five years with little
encouragement held out by the rail
way companies, until Mr. Lanier, act
ing for the business interests of Ox
ford, took the matter up with the
commission this week.
A meeting will be held either in
Oxford or Raleigh within the' next
ten days, says Mr. Lanier, and he
feels that the Seaboard and Southern
will do the right thing.
The physical connection does not
signify a union passenger station at
this time, but it is doubtless a step in
that direction. With the link estab
lished, cars from each of the two
lines can be set out and picked up at
points most convenient to the busi
ness houses.
Under the present trackage ar
rangement, freight arriving via Sea
board consigned to firms located
along the Southern railway tracks in
the western part of Oxford must be
carted across town at great expense,
and the same condition exists as ap
plied to the Southern placing cars on
most convient Seaboard sidings.
There are more than one-hundred
and fifty sites touched by the pro
posed physiacl connection, which
have laid dormant for years on ac
count of their issolation.
The establishment of the physical
rnnnection removes an obsticle and
creates an incentive to indusrial
growth.
LAST NOTICE TO DELINQUENTS.
You will be allowed to list your
taxes during July 1917 by applying
to J. B. Powell, Register of Deeds.
After that date, all delinquents will
be acertained and charged with 25
per cent additional taxes. This is ac
cording to law, and we must eniorce
it. Don't impose this burden on the
board, E. C HARRIS., Chm.
21ST, N1917.
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KMM.j-m ii m n iuyi Fill.
Affidavits Only to Be Allowed, and
Councel Will Only Cause Delay
All claims for exemption from the
operation of the selective draft must
be presented before the county
boards in the form of an affidavit,
and legal councel, is not to be per
mitted, according to instructions re
ceived by the county board Wednes
day from the War Department, and
forwarded by the Adjutant-General
at Raleigh.
No oral argument will be tolerated,
the statement says, and the employ
ment of oouncel by any person claim
ing exemtion will serve only to delay
the decision of the board. Bar As
sociation in some parts of the coun
try have gone on record as opposing
the employment of councel to repre
sent any person. '
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MRS. MEDFORD DEAD.
Passed Away Suddenly Thursday
Night.
The community was shocked this
Friday morning to learn of the sud
den death of Mrs. J. J. Medford at
her home on Gilliam street
Mrs. Medford with some of her
children visited a neighbor early
Thursday night, returning about
9:30 in perfect health. She was lat
er attacked with a sinking spell and
a physician hastily summoned, but
she was beyond recovery and passed
away at 11:30,
The funeral arrangements have not
been completed at the hour of going
to press, but it announced that the
interment will be in Elmwood Cem
etery Saturday afternoon.'
THE FLAT RIVER ASSOCIATION.
Two New Pastors Strengthen the
Pastoral Force.
(Biblical Recorder.)
The meeting of the Flat Rives Ar-
sociation convened atOliye Branch
church,, Granville county; on July .11;
12." - -:-;V7
Judge W. A. Devin, who had been
Moderator for several years, declined
to be re-elected, and Mr. C .D. Ray
was elected Moderator, and Rev. T.
G .Ursy, of Oxford, Clerk.
The ingathering and reports of the
work in the churches for the past
year were very encouraging. The
budget system and every member
canvassed was discussed, and by vote
was abopted by the Association to be
carried out in all the churches of the
Association.
With the exception of several re
ports not having been prepared, the
sessions of the Association were good
and the attendance also good.
The visitors representing the va
rious departments of our work, were
Archibald Johnson, Dr. R .T. Vann,
Secretary Johnson, E. L. Middleton,
and the writer for the Recorder.
All object were presented, and sev
eral addresses were of high odrer
that of D. Branson, Walter Johnso'n
address on Missions, and that of Rev.
J. D. Harte on Foreign Missions, etc.
IN "HER GREATEST LOVE"
Theda Bara Will Be Seen Not As a
Vampire.
Theatre goers will have an oppor
tunity next Monday, matinee and
night, of seeing the great Russian ac
tress, Theda Bara, in "Her Greatest
Love." The New York World says:
"When an actress has become inden
tified with a certain kind or part.it
is rather unusual to see her in a role
entirely different and have her more
than make good' in it. You will be
surprised and pleased at the way in
which Theda Bara portrays the part
of an unsophisticated girl in "Her
Greatest Love." This Fox feature
will interest and intertain." ; .
In the role of a school girl lifted
from the gray walls of an English
school to marry a member of the
fashionable colony, the changes of
characted as the sordidness of the
world impressed itself upon her vir
gin heart are depicted with remark
able vividness by Miss Bara, in the
role of the girl who finally won hap
piness after passing through the
crucible of dillusionment.
BIG SALE NOW GOING. ON.
Crowds Drawn to the Big Store of
Landis & Easton. r -The
big ten day's sale inaugurated
by Landis W Easton has :sr tendency
to draw a large numbers fo people
from all over the countyThe people
of Granville county . know; a good
thing when they see it, andt when this
old reliable merchantile firm speaks
they know that the time has come to
act. It is doubtful . if t some of wthe
goods and the prices offered; bj. this
firm can be duplicated. See announ
cement on fourth page , of this paper.
HOME PMNT
NUJIBER 58
ORDERS REACH LOCAL COMPANY
CAPT. FULLER BUSY WITH THE
DETADLS
In Close Touch With All of His Men
Will Arrange Board For the
Boys.
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Company E has been officially in
structed to report at the armory on
July 25 at 9 o'clock, as that has been
the hour designated for the organiza
tion to be mustered into service.
. The announcemnet of the date on
which the local malitia would be call
ed into service was received with
gleeful shouts of the young recruits
and; the appreciative smile on the
faces of the men who have seen ser
vice on the border and other places,
together with fire in the eyes or both,
evidenced the ting of enthusiasm in
every man. ""
Though the men will be called into
the service on July 25, they will not
go to the training camp at Greenville
until a week r two after that date.
It is thought atnhe present time that
the organization from this state will
go to the encampment on August 5.
The men will be expected to report
at the armory every day, however,
and will be put through a course in
close order drilling. There is little
possibility that much extended order
drill will be attempted before the
men go to camp, but the fundamental
principles of close order can be per
fected and this will be very benefi
cial to the organization when it
reaches the training camp.
Capt. Fuller has been in Raleigh
much of the past week, but he is now
in Oxford and will make sleeping and
boarding arrangements for all of his
men who live out of Oxford. If no
sleeping arrangements can be made it
will be necessary for the men to stay
at the armory.
Men living - out of the- city, or
boarding and wishing to give up their,
boarding placse will; be provided for
bythecompany. -; Sleeping quarters
can be 'bbtatnedrat the armory and
the men will be furnished their meals
at cafes and other places in the city.
Capt. Fuller will urge all men who
are able to live at home to do so,
both on their account and for the
company. He states that by staying
at home they could in most cases re
ceive better food than would be fur
nished by the cafes and at night they
would not be forced to sleep in the
hot and crowded armory.
Under instructions from the War
Department, the Adjutant-General's
office has also notified Captain Fuller
that he may enlist men five feet and
one inch in height, and weighing as
little as 110 pounds. This is a con
siderable reduction from the previous
ruling, but was not unexpected on the
part of the military men, as the form
er regulations kept out many men
for enlistment, and many men who
otherwise were physically perfect and
who would have been enlisted.
r The Red Cross Fund.
Latest reports show the total con
tributions to the Red Cross' war fund
during the recent campaign week
were $118, 121, 37 0 North. Carolina
is credited with $3 14,439, of which
and that they do not know how long
Granville county contributed about
$3,500.
Short Prayer Services.
There will be a short prayer ser
vice this aftenoon at 6 o'clock at the
Episcopal church for the present
crisis of our Nation's Welfare, and
especially for those who will be draft
ed. Every man, woman and child is
urged to come and join in this inter
session. Similar services will be held
next week at the same hour, on Mon
day at the Baptist church, on Wed
nesday afternoon at the Presbyterian
church and on Thursday afternoon at
the Methodist church.
A Great Saving.
By purchasing this week from the
Caolina Powe & Light Company you
will save considerable money. Elec
tric irons have nearly doubled since
January 1st. They sell them now at
$3.00. Mr. William Bailey, the man
ager, announces that the price after
July 1st will be $4.50; one six pound
electric iron and one $2.00 ironing
board toad ysells for $3.95, which
represents a saving of $2.55.
Patriotic Announcement
''- The announcement of Upchurch &
Currin on the second page of this
paper has a decided patriotic sound.
It will do you good to read it.
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i I ; .' Gone to Hospital
JiMrs. J P. Pruitt, of Route 4, has
kone -to. a hospital in Durham for
medical treatment.; She was accom
panied by Dr. Nelson Thomas. . ; .
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