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POBUSHEP gEffl-WEEKLY "TOWN AND COUNT Y "OFFEft BMLf!-dT OPPOKTOMITIES ALL HOHIE PRINT
OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29TH, 1917
DUMBER 69
jf ARE- LAWABID1NG PEOPLE
p0X(i niPKESSION ABROAD IN
V THE LAND.
,hh0vd Perry, Colored, Charged
V I itli a Heinous Crim, Taken to
IlaleioIi as a Precautionary Pleas
ure.
Hubbard Perry, colored, who was
our"ht to Oxford several days ago
fid lodged in jail, charged with as
lit was brought before Justice Dee
S;nt' Thursday for a hearing. At the
faring, a fifteen year-old girl resid-
4 somewhere in Granville, recog
zed the colored man and charged
Hm with a henious crime. The ac
cused waved examination and was
Lid on probable cause and sent up to
r ranville Superior Court without the
rrivilese of bail. The whole affair
gs conducted in such a manner as
not to cause undue alarm ,and if
here was any excitement incident to
the occasion there were not. a half
dozen people in Granville county that
knew anything about it.
So sure are we that the negro will
tare a fair and impartial hearing be
fore his Honor Judge Connor this
fall, we would not refer to the-case
asain before it is heard, but the fact,
that a wrong impression is spread
abroad by the press of the State it is
imcumbent upon the Public Ledger
to defend the reputation of the law
abiding citizens of Granville county.
The following cliping from the sensa
tional report published in the press
of the State is indeed misleading:
Misleading Statement.
Sheriff S. C. Hobg-ood, of Granvile
countv, probably saved the life of Her
hevt Perrv, colored, and averted a
lynching- in Oxford Thursday evening
when he whizzed away to Raleigh with
his prisoner in an automobile a little
more than an hour before a most esti
mated at 400 gathered to storm the jail
and wreak vengeance for the assault
Perrv is alleged to have committed up
on a fourteen year old white girl.
The girl, who is the daughter of a
prosperous farmer who lives about 'a
mile from the Vance county line, stat
ed at a preliminary .hearing- given Per
ry before Magistrate D. Hunt Thurs
day afternoon that the negro did as
sault her, and indentified the prisoner
as the guilty party.
The assault is said to have occured
Friday night, August 17. The negro
was captured Sunday and had been in
the Granville county , jail at Oxford
sihce that time. The whole affair was
kept a secret as nearly as possible un
til the preliminary hearing Thursday
afternoon. The entrance to the court
T"juse was guarded by Sheriff Hobgood
to aid in the prevention of violence,
and no one not concerned in the trial
was admitted.
Following the roprts that went out
after the preliminary hearing the mob
l-ran to gather late in the. afternoon.
Ty 10 o'clock the crowd was estimated
at 400, including parties said to have
come from places as far distance as
Ptocky Mount. There were numbers of
automobile loads of men who went
from Henderson, all determined to be
on the scene, and many vowing- their
willingness to aid in bringing- the ne
gro to summary of justice.
According to the story the girl is
jfaid to have told on the witness, tand,
leirv committed the assault about 10
o clock last Friday evening-. He se
cured a ladder from her father's barn a
tew hundred yards from the farm
home, brought it to the house, placed
"Put0 the window of the girl's room,
mch was on the second floor.
Correct Statement.
There was absolutely no demon
stration against the negro in Oxford,
ja place of there being a mob of 400
tere there were none at all. The
statement that they came as far dis
tant as Rocky Mount was terribly
twisted. Two men, relatives of the
bringing the charge, left Oxford
as soon as the accused waved exami
nation, it is stated that one of these
tten bought a pistol in Oxford just
.before leaving for Rocky Mount, and
" is believd that this gave rise to the
Port that a mob was gathering. The
r imor reaches the ear of Sheriff Hob
good later in the day and as soon as
Jjje shade's of evening gathered over
fo6 p he starts with his prisoner
r R.aleigh as a precautionary meas-
e it being his sworn duty to pro
t the lives of all prisoners and
t!?, I the have a fair and impar
tial trial.
The Troops at Hand,
in rushing the prisoner out of the
5 y t0r saf(eeping Sheriff Hob
Lfas purely within his rights.
Son faCt that the Jail is next
uor to a garison of Univted States
Full commanded by Captain E. E.
that seems to preclude the idea
the a m b would try to batter down
It io of a iail under their eyes.
is argued that Capt. Fuller or any
ha, I vlcer of a militar-v comnanv
a riot linmediate authority to quell
But tv, . . .
moh in
. .w. uu CY KJL th
stit,,: ana tneretore the con-
tUtUtion:-iliHr xi .,Si
r-, I : . Lue military company
not u
sted.
Thf
re i
s no doubt in the minds of
Le,P!eJof Granville county that
Mil . u ne"ro Hubbard Pe-ry
thP i-aV lr and impartial trial at
Co r,! 3ustice before Hon. George
time ipt Iv next fal1' and in the mean
the Tlfr , ie world understand that
in? , ,:,;e of Granville are lawabid-
must C ?.rcT f r 3ustice to alL it
ot t0 J llnierstood that thev will
"kind misdemeanors of' any
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LARGE ATTENDANCE EXPECT
ED AT IMPORTANT MEETING.
The units of the Granville County
Woman's Committee, Council of Nat
ional Defense, will meet for an all
day conference Friday morning at
10:30 o'clock in the auditorium of
the Oxford Graded School. A large
attendance is expected.
Plan For Work.
The organization is one of the most
important and responsible forces for
National Defense, and the Granville
county women Tiave accepted their
appointments as chairmen of the var
ious departments of work with a de
termination to do their -bit, regard
less of-the sacrifice and the claim it
will make upon their time and mon
ey. The aim of the Friday meeting
is to help every woman in Granville
to grasp her opportunity to serve the
country and to cencentrate all the
force of woman's activities in getting
ready to meet problems or" immediate
emergencies, so that there will be no
overlapping of efforts.
Work Outlined.
The program committee announce
that the program for the day has
been arranged along lines of service,
patriotism, and equipment and will
be both interesting and inspiring.
Mrs. J. P. Chamberlain, of Raleigh,
will outline the plan of work and ex
plain to the chairmen what is expect
ed of them. Mrs. W. H. Hutt, also
of Raleigh, will give an instructive
talk and demonstration on the con
servation of food, and Mrs. De la
Croix will demonstrate and explain
the Red Cross work. There will also
be other speakers and interesting
features and an hour given to. the
part of music in National affairs. The
meeting will be informal and a time
set apart for open discussions on all
topics of Woman's Defense work.
Old Fashioned Dinner.
Those who attend are expected to
bring their lunch and join in a good
old fashioned picnic dinner. Every
woman in Oxford and Granville coun
ty are invited to attend, and feel it
her duty and privilege to do so.
CHAIRMAN.
PATRIOTIC DAY.
Governor Bickett Has Issued a Spec
ial Proclamation.
It is the purpose of the North Car
olina Council of Defense, through the
several County Councils, to make
Monday, September 3rd, "Patriotic
Day," for the purpose of holding in
each county appropriate exercises in
honor of the men who have been call
ed to the colors under the selective
draft law.
His Excellency, Governor Bickett,
has issued a special proclamation for
this purpose.
First, to assemble on Saturday, the
first day . of September, in township
and school district meetings, vand
hold patriotic exercises in honor of
the men we are sending to the ront;
Second, on Sunday, September 2nd,
let special religious services be held
in all the churches in the State, and
let all good men pray for the safety
and success of the men who are going
into battle that lasting peace may
rome upon the land;
Third, That on Labor Day, Septem
ber 3rd, appropriate patriotic exer
cises be held in every county seat in
the State and let the men who have
been drafted into the public service
be the guests of honor at hese ex
ercises. ,
TICKETS FOR DRAFTED MEN
Exemption Board Gets Transporta
tion Forms and Meal Tickets.
The exemption boards throughout
the country are receiving the ticket
forms and the meal tickets for the
new draft army. The transportation
forms are signed by Quarter Master
General Sharp, of the United States
Army, and really was nothing more
nor less than an order on the United
States government to any' railroad
agent, or ticket agent in the country,
for transportation of any number of
men. The forms, of course must be
signed 'by the chairman of the local
exemption board.
These tickets are in triplicate, and
the man will have to go through con
siderable red tape before he can get
his - meal, and then the hotel keep
ers, restaurant proprietor or sand
wich men will have tp sign his name
in a number of different places before
he is paid for the food the soldier
eats.
The board is looking for an order
from the war department at any time
for calling these men to assemble at
the court house door in Oxford. They
are supposed to be gathered together
tweny-four hours before they are dis
patched to the concentration camp.
Provision will be made for lodging
and feeding both the colored and
white troops during, those twenty
four hours. Other than having to
answer the roll call twice each day
there will be no work for the men un
til they get to the camp.
The general understanding here is
that the North Carolina drafted rnNen
both white and colored will be sent to
the concentration camp at Columbia,
S C. That is where the commission
ed officers who were recently trained
29- I'-" '.
Mrs. Calve.t Entertains.
Friday night in the yard at. Mrs.
R. C. M. Calvert's' Home there was ; an
ice cream oarty n to rMessrs
47rTetG"rVe
Pled', lllrt,' &?&VM2to'
t nnit! Thome and their girl irienus.
Mrs Calvert's victrola added much to
the Enjoyment of the evening .and the
soldier boys; appreciated . Mrs. Ca
vert's hospitality.
THE FAIR AS A COUNTY ASSET
FARMERS OWE IT TO THEM
SELVES TO MAKE IT A SUCCESS
The Community Exhibit Is One of the
ifAflnc ,.- cHmiil!iH. T, vjxcta, lu ue given mem on meir ae
Kest Means of Stimulating Inter- ; parture for Camp Sevier at an early
est in the County Fair.
"r. Jnci- ,
a heart-to heart tSik with Tho o 've them a spread here before they
Sr7? nJ.o -fl talk with the farm- ieave. Each member of the company
ers of Granville regarding the County is to . be . presented with enough
.bair to be held two days in October. lunch to serve three meals a man's
The Fair Association recently elected shoe-box full including fruit, and
Mr. Frank W. Hancock, Jr., secretary it Ses without saying that the eat
of the Fair, and he is doing all he ables wil1 be the very best the mar-
can to make it a success, and th
dications are that we are going- to
have a good clean fair, but it depends
upon the farmers as a whole to make
it the success that it should be.
More than once it has been assert-
ed in various quarters that the coun
try is "organized to death." It might
easily be granted that both investiga
tion and organization has been over-
done at times. Yet investigations
are necessary in order to keep the
yuonu yuise in a neanny condition
and organization is necessary for the
accomplishment of things needful to
be done in our complex society. In
the days of the ox cart and the prairie
schooner it was every man for him
self and the devil take the hindmost.
Those were days when individual in-
iatives meana everything. America
wa.s a wilHernos nnrl trails TrtnA he
blazed. People were so few and far
between that organization
kind was impossible.
of
Not so in the present day. A
couple of generations have removed
us far from the pioneer period. The
population of the United States has
grown by leaps and bounds. From
'the far corners of the earth people
have come to our shores, to find fame
and fortune in a new land and we
have received them with open arms.
With the rapid incxeasef in popula-
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FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE.
The Long Company Carrying on An
Offensive Campaign.
The Long Company's buyers have
been carrying on an offensive cam
paign against the "High Cost of Liv
ing" since last February when prices
on all wearables beganto soar, and
now they have reached the almost
unimaginable height.
The effect is that, The Long Com
pany is now well "Dug in" and cov
ered against the Bombardment from
jthe "Aeroplanes of High Prices" with
J a good stock at most reasonable
nrices, as compared with today's mar
ket. i Messrs Josh TCinef anrl "EVn
Blalock, buyers for the Long Com
pany, have returned and the goods
are arriving daily. See the anoun-
cement on the back page of this pap
er.
VALUABLE BIRD DOGS POISONED4fiH- to equip an infantryman for
Bad and Worthless Dogs Escape the
Wrath.
Within the last few days some one
in Oxford has poisoned six fine bird
dogs on which the owners had paid
tax. This is a misdemeanor and pun
ishable by law. It is very poor judge
ment in any one to spread poison. If
it had reached only the throats of the
mean cur dogs about town it would
have been consistent.
THOSE WHO WERE EXEMPTED
DISCHARGED FROM THE SER-
VICE OF THE UNITED STATES.
The Exemption Board of Granville
Countv Post the Following List of
Fii ! n- w i
Those Exempted or Discharged m
the First Fora- Hundred Called and
Examined.
oenaiiNo. iNarae uruer inu.
258 Cash, Wilbur E. . . .1 'who was visiting Pugh, an the latter
143 6 Roberts, Vassar F. .... .3 were on their way to the railroad sta-
TTipkq pnjrpnp E 4 ! tion, and were about to board a street
854 Hicks, Eugene & . . .4 car at Nineteentn and Jefferson about
1894 Williford, Geo. T 5 1:L 0'ci0ck last night, when Stokes re-
109 5 Mayes, Melvin S 7 presenting himself as an officer, told
1455 Ross,,Leo T 8 the two men they were under arrest.
-co xx V a q When they laughed he became abus
ed iart,.joe ... .if ive and Thomas and Pugh proceeded
1813 White, Nedon. . . . .10 to administer a beating.
! 1752 Veasey, David N 12
1572 Smith, Obey ............ 14
1748 Veasey, Freeman B.
15
337 Cooper, James D 17
n? n x - -ici
676 Green, James 18
275 Careys Russel B. ........... 19 !
! enn n;i.r.r. WT OtTin 90 I
945 Jenkins, Leland Stanford., . .23
1913 Wright. Patrick ... .... 2 4
596 Ferebee, Nelson M 25
1267 Norwood, Hubert 26
536 Downey, William 27
1495 Riggan, Cuff. v28
126 Blackwell, Turner. . . . . .30
1237 Nelvis, Cloudie Lee.... 32
784" Hart, -S. C. . . . 33
755 Harris, Nathan ........... . 3 5
107 Bettsy John. . ..... . i .36
1563 Smith, Byrd Randoff . 38
L1676 Tharrington, Oscar. ...... .4
600 Fffiley, Harvey ......... . . . 4 8
LUNCHEON TO SOLDIER
BOYS WILL BE SERVED.
At, a called meeting of the Home
Defense Council it was decided to
prepare a luncheon for each of the
soldiers of CompanyE, formerly the
Grays, to be given them on their de-
date. CaDtain Fuller advises that
this would be a more expedient plan
land more helpful to the bovs than to
in-let can anora. mis win De ne only
demonstration made to the soldier
boys while sojourning in our midst,
and it is taken for granted that every
man, woman and child in Oxford will
want the privilege of contributing a
bit (e) to make our boys comfortable
and happy while traveling.
Mr. B. W. Parham has the busi
ness part of the plan in hand, and
will see' that every, one of the sixty
odd boys in the company be provided
! with a share, or a full box, of what
! the good women of town and county
prepare, if every housekeeper or
tnend who will furnish one luncheon,
will kindly give her name to Mr. Par
ham it, will greatly facilitate matters.
Everybody knows what it requires
to make a good "snack," and every
mother, wife, sisteri or best girl
knows what she'wishes her particular
boy to have in his box. A quantity
of fruit will add variety to the lun-
CheOn.
nf ai pocSe BibJ.e will also be
presented to each soldier in the r.om-
anyjpany by the Oxford Council of wom
en upon their departure for the
camp. REPORTER.
OPENING EXERCISES
Next Monday Morning at Graded
School Building.
. Opening .exercises will besrin at the
.College Street Grammar School Mon
day morning at nine thirty o'clock.
The hour is put this late so that all
the mothers who have work to attend
to before coming will have the chance
to do so. . The teachers will be in
their rooms at nine o'clock and chil
dren will not be expected to report
before nine that morning. There
will be directions as to where to go
as they come into the building.
Remember that all pupils of the
graded school and of the high school
will come to the graded school the
first morning and will go to their
building as soon as the exercises are
over. Please remember this and
there will be no confusion.
Remember also that this is to be
an occasion which you must not miss
if you are at; all interested in the
work of your boys and girls. '"Find
out what is going on at the best place
in town. G. B. PHILLIPS, Supt.
COST OF SOLDIERS EQUIPMENT.
The Enfield Rifle Will Supplant the
Springfield.
It costs the United States iust
lie show that of this total clothing
represents $101.21; fighting equip
ment, ?47.3b and eating utensils
$7.73. The soldier's gas mask costs
$12; his steel helmet $3; and his
rifle $19.50. The first 60,000 to 80,
000 of America's fighting men will be
equipped with thevpresent Springfield
army rifle, but those to follow will
carry the Enfield, used by English
troops.
TWO NEGROES BEAT ANOTHER
Held Without Bail to Await Outcome
of Injuries.
(Philadelphia North American)
Jacob Thomas, of Stovall, Gran
ville county, North Carolina, and
-v v - h W A A A -w tr i A
ooeri f ugn, , jenerson sireei,
were neld b Magistrate Collins, at
the Nineteenth and Oxford streets
poJice statIon today without bail, to
awajt the result of injuires to Oscar
Stokes, 2330 Stewart street, who is in
!St. Joseph's Hospital. All are ne-
Accordine to the Dolice Thomas.
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I TRANSFER OFREAL ESTATE r
3IPT R. L. Knowles Buys the De la
Croix Farm.
Mr R L Knowles, who moved
from the eastern part of the State
rwf o rnn nl p nf months afirof
jhas purchased the De a C
onfi mile north of Oxford on the Nat
ional Highway. The consideration
has not as yet been made public, but
it is understood that the price was
between $30,000 and $40,000.
Mr. Knnwle's interesting family
now resides in the former home of
Mr. J: G. Hall, on Main Street. m He
will build a modern home on his el
egant estate next Spring. What
Granville county needs -is more men
like Mr. Knowles. '
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Mrs. Booth's School of 3Insic , '
Mrs. John D. Booth's School of
Music will open Sept. 3d, in the mus
ic room at both the High school and
the Graded school.. , , , Aug253t
THE MARKET OPENS NEXT WEEK
EVERYTHING IN READINESS FOR
; THE, OCCASION.
All the Big Companies and Additional
- Independent Buyers Will Make
Things Interesting To the Tobacco
Growers.
Prectically everything is in readi
ness to open the Oxford Tobacco mar
ket on schedule time next Monday
morning, September 3rd. This year
will find the Oxford market in far
better shape to handle the crop than
ever before. This statement is sub
stantiated by the fact that the four
warehouses have been enlarged and
jnow have a greater floor space than
xne nve warenouses operated here
last year.. The re-drying plants in
Oxford will want more tobacco than
is grown in Granville and the ad
joining counties. All of the big com
panies will have their buyers on the
floor, and it is practically certain that
there will be several more indepen
dent buyers on the Oxford market
this year than ever before.
The warehousmen havemade and
are making preparations f dr. a great
season, a much larger s'eason in
pounds than ever before. With record
this market has made in previous
years in regard to high averages and
with even more keener competition
assured there is no reason that they
should be disappointed.
Each of the four Oxford ware
houses have an announcement in this
issue of th Public Ledger, to which
we invite your attention.
The Fanner's Warehouse.
Mr. B. E. Parham, proprietor of
the Farmers' Warehouse, has added
a third more selling space, and other
improvements on the building. He
is planning to show the people that
even with the additional floor space,
it is easy to fill it up with good high
priced tobacco. Mr. Parham is a na-
itive of Granville county, but he has
, operated successfully on some of the
largest markets in the world, and his
(chief aim is to secure for his ware
house the highest averages on all
' grades. He gives his personal atten
tion to every pile on the floor. His
former auctioneer, Mr. Wood, is with
jthe Farmer's Warehouse again this
I season. See announcement of the
i Farmer's Warehouse on the third
page of this paper.
The Minor Warehouse.
Mr. I. W. Mangum, proprietor of
the Minor Warehouse, has put a few
finishing touches on his warehouse
and is now ready to handle a large
bulk of the crop. His friends from
all over this entire section and he
counts them by the thousands- will
find him thisk year wearing the same
congenial smile and striving to ad
Vance the price of tobacco higher and
higher. Mr. Mangum is himself a
farmer and he knows how to treat
the farmer, and nothing pleases him
more than to see a farmer smile. See
announcement of the 'Minor else
where in this paper. !f
The Johnson Warehouse. '
The Johnson Warehouse, known to
the tobacco growers throughout this
section as the "Old Reliable," has
been enlarged and its proprietors are
something handsome to look at.
When the farmer places his foot on
the long, broad floor he instantly
feels that he is in a big clearing
house. That is exactly what it is
a big clearing house. Capt. Will
Fleming, closed up the Owen Ware
house and crossed the street and
joined hands with Mr. Sam Watkins.
Both of these popular warehousemen
have so many friends in Granville
and adjoining counties they, simply
had to enlarge the selling space. See
their announcement on the second
page of this paper.
The Banner Warehouse.
The Banner Warehouse was en
larged by Mr. Mitchell two years ago
and it is one of the largest and best
lighted warehouses in the State. Mr.
Mitchell is dean of the market by
'virtue of his long indentity wHh the
! tohacco business. He is a director
in the United States Tobacco Assoc
iation, which stands for the interest
of the farmer. He is a cloe observer
and works hard for the dollar.
An Urgent Call.
Thse urgent call made on the Gran
ville County Chapter Red Cross for
knitted Ssweaters, Mufflers and socks
makes it necessary for the Chapter to
anneal to the people of the county
for donations in money with which to
buv the yarn for making the articles.
It is hoDed that our people will-re-snoid
gerously with money and too
without dlav as the time is pxceed
inelv short. If von have already con
tributpd to the Red Cross, do sn again
and those who have not helned are .
urged to heo now. The .Granville
County Chapter needs money at once,
wont vou send a liberal checktoday?
Not one cent of this -ihonev will be
wasted and every penny will be ac
counted for. This is a splendid op
portunity for a fine service. Do not
wait to be solicited, send your dona
tion today to Mr. J. P. Harris, treas
urer, and state the purpose forwhich
you contributed. ' V ;
Notice to Masons.
This is to notify the officers and
members of Oxford Lodge No. 396
A. F. & A. M. that Dr. W. C. Wicker,
Assistant Grand Leturei-. will be in
Oxford from Thursday afternoon un
n Snturriiiv afternoon of this week
'for the purnose of giving instruction
to the members of tne uxiora iuuge.
ah whn can do so are urged to at
tend w PARHAM, W. M.
,L ,HO WARI. Secretary. . f advlt
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