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OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1917
NUMBER 8 1
H A(iKS TO BOYS IN FRANCE.
Must Be Mailed By November 15,
,,.u.kel Properly, and Addressed
1 1 Correctly.
Wit! the time approaching to give
thought to bringing cheer to the
lpn'can soldiers and sailors
broad Postmaster General Burle
vi vml Secretaries Baker and Dan
e's in a point statement warn the
lblie that Christmas packages for
Jhe fighting men in Europe must be
rriilod not later than November 15.
vrranements have been perfect
ed it is announced, whereby the
Chritiaas mail, to the expeditionary
force? is to be delivered Christmas
mornins?. but this can be accom
plished only by the fullest co-opera-tl(Jn
of the public.
"TVip three essential respects in
vhich the public can aid in assuring
i-ppy Christmas at the front,"
cavs' the statement, "are to mail
eaiiv. address intelligently and pack
securely. Every package must bear
conspicuously the words 'Christmas
mail.' the complete address of the
person for whom it is intended, and,
in the upper left hand corner, the
name and address of the sender.
"Every parcel must be so packed
and wrapped as to admit of easy in
spection by the postmaster. No par
cel will be dispatched to France
lias not the postmaster's certificate
that it contains no prohibited arti
cle." The rate of postage is announced
at 12 cents per pound.
WAYNE GOOCH'S ESTATE
Mrs. Margaret Radcliff Gooch Eoses
Fight.
i Richmond Times Dispatch)
Adhering to its opinion handed
down at Asheville several months
ago, when it reversed Judge Prit
chard, who sat as district judge in
thn rie, federal court last week re
fused to grant a hearing to Mrs.
Margaret Radcliff Gooch, of Lexing
ton, X. C foremely a music teacher f
at Boiling Springs institute, Cleve
land county. This was the case in
which she endeavored to have an
nulled a prenuptial . contract where
by she was allowed only the income
from $50,000-of the estate of her
late husband, Wayne H. Gooch, for
mer liquor dealer of Clarksville,
Va., so long as she remained a wid
ow. Judge Pritchard, sustaining
her contention that she did not
comprehend the importance of the
naner when she sisrned it. ordered ;
the contract annulled.
Gooch died
on his honPTmoon, leaving an estate
of $300,000.
PATRIOTIC AND WORTHY CAUSE
Fine Opportunity For Everybody in
Granville.
T-.riiec; pri Gentlemen bier and i
little; business men and f arm-j ' Military Company,
e.s, both great and small, and all The young men at the State Uni
the children of Granville county: A ' versity have been organized into
splendid opportunity is open to you 1 45 niltary companies. The train
to cheed the soldiers and sailor boys ing day by day is getting nearer to
who have gone from Granville. It the realities of modern fighting,
is your patriotic duty and great ; Field maneuvers, digging military
privilege to subscribe to a fund now trenches and route marches is the
being collected to give each one of ,
the Granville boys in the Army and
Navy a j.ice Christmas present. How
their hats will jump with joy when
they open the package and gaze up
on the little token contibuted by the
good people back home!
Send all donations to Major Will
Landis, at Landis & Easton's, Ox
ford, and the same will be acknow
ledged by the Public Ledger.
Contributions.
Will Landis $5.00
Public Ledger 1.00
p- C. T 1.00
nKPORAL HART WAS
WITHER MRS. TURLINGTON
(Fayetteville Observer)
ti1 corps of Pershing's expedition-
ary force, was killed by the prema
je explosion of a hand grenade be
ki'M the western front Tuesday, and
tnp first North Carolina soldier with
tne American forces to give his life
in the reat war, was a brother of
Mrs. w. H. Turlinton of 324 Dick
street, this city. When Corporal
Hit passed through Fayetteville
months ago en route from the
Jotip border to an Atlantic port he
ia:jMr t0 see his sister because she
on;,; fpd to be at tne home 0f a
;: at the time and missed the
; call which he put in while
"oop train was standing: at the
Corporal Hart enlisted in the reg
rrmy two vears- aero, serving on
the
border rlnTircr Vio mrkct nf that
and was on the way for Mis
'10T, Texas, to a port ,of embarka
nn AvLen he passed through Fayet
wiae in August. He visited his
lister here prior to entering the ar-
fathe-B' W Hart f xford is hiS
f 1 -j u j m.
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vay and S. R. Ry. Two hun-
at StovalL R. of GREGORY.
GRANVILLE CO. WOMAN'S COM-
3IITTEE OF NATIONAL DEFENSE
What Woman Can Do To Help in the I
War.
nfX wSo oWe11' county chairman j
Nattona7? 9? of
; , crrr me meet-:
tant information and instructions for
"iduvme county Committee and
calls a meeting of the county chair
men of departments and the chair
men of county units at the Oxford Li-
?raoynSa,tlTday afternoon, October 13
at 2:o0 o clock.
There are three great patriotic ser
vices aske4 of women immediately,
and where is the woman in Granville
who will not gladly answer this call
in order that their husbands, broth
ers and sons '-.the soldiers of human
ity may be clothed fed and cared
tor?
The three services asked are as -follows:
v
l. Registration of housekeepers for
local conservation. This campaign
will be directed by Mrs. A. L. Cape-.
hart, county chairman of food conser
vation, and it will begin October 20th
arm going mrough October 28th. This
means that women will be asked to
put their households on war rations.
Let this be the motto of Granville
women: "Save and win the war." It
is such a simple thing to do, surely no
woman will refuse to make the pledge.
Register For Service
At the same time and at the -same
places that the food registration takes
place, Miss Lela(Routon, county chair
man of registration, will give the
women of Granville an opportunity to
register for service in whatever ca
pacity they may best see fit to serve.
Registration will be purely voluntar
ily and no woman will be asked to
leave home unless she so desires.
The purpose of this registration is
merely to get an official record of the
woman power of the county.
Liberty Loan.
Mrs. Emerson Harris, of, Creedmoor,
county chairman of the Liberty Loan,
which is the third immediate call up
on woman patriotism, will try
within the next few weeks to place as
many bonds as possible among the I
"L iNui Ln Carolina Council of
Defense in Raleigh-last week, and
brought back hom witv, v, ' "
women and school children. If worn- I Gavels in Both Houses Fell Prompt
en and .children are encouraged to , , T., rvii. P
save and invest their money in this
way a great generation of business
men and woman may thus be built up,
besides the patriotic service rendered.
It is earnestly hoped that every
chairman who is called to attend the
meeting October 13th will make ev
ery effort to be present.
REPORTED.
THE HOME GUARD
NOW BEING FORMED
Granville county's new defense
organization is now being whipped
into shape by Mr. B. W. Parham,
chairman of the County Council of
Defense. The new body will start
out at an early date with a tjjbtal of
f.v npn, and will be known as the
Home Guards No. .
The new organization will
elect
s own officers, and Chairman Par-
ham will at once report the selec
tion to Adjutant-General Laurence
W. Young, at Raleigh, and commis
sions will be issued to them.
BRINGS HONOR TO OXFORD
Elliot T. Cooper Elected Captain of
order of the day
Provisional officers for the four
companies have been announced by
Commandant J. Leonard. Elliot T.
Cooper, son of Col. Henry G. Coop
er, of Oxford, is the captain of Com
pany Four.
NORTH CAROLINA'S APPOR
TIONMENT IS 27,000,000
Apportionment of liberty loan
bonds to each State embraced in the
fifth regional district, as estimated
by Governor George J. Seay, pf the
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond,
is as follows:
District of Columbia ... $20,000,000
Maryland 65,000,000
North Carolina 27,000,000
South Carolina
20,000,000
a aaa t r r
Virginia 4D,uuu,uuu
West Virginia 23,000,000,
Total .$200,000,000
The apportionment for this dis
trict of four per cent of the total, is
$120,000,000, but Governor Seay
expects the full $200,000,000 to be
raised and on this basis has made
his allotments.
HANDSOME TURNOUT.
Ride
to the Granville County Fair in
n nrfnril ChilSC.
Vrmne- man. if you want to win that
H?i suv " handsome Oxford Chase
BuerffV and bring her to the county
fair in grand style. Get the harness
tn match and as you ride along the
Miav pob T the question gently. See
M? Tom Winston. at Lyon-Wmston
CmrTanv, and he will fix you up all
right They also have a handsome
ifSbueeies for the old men and their
frow ind handsome surries for the
whle family. Read the anouncement
of Lyon-W nston elsewhere .In this
piper and come to the Fair in hand
some style.
n c1a In TT'lill Blast.
See the advertisement of Vjctor
Sf oS the third page of this pa-
New goods constantly arriving
2nd ptea?t clerk, - to wait on you.
Store next door .10 - -
OBSERVATIONS
We observe that the National
Highway leading from the town lim-
its to the Fair Grounds should be
put in order before the 24th. as this
u j. , ,
.t a, in li jj. uavciu txiurougn-
f are during the Fair.
The outlook is that trade is go
ing to be brisk in Oxford during the
coming Fall and Winter. Prices for
all farm products are good, the
farm products are good, the farm
ers have money and Oxford mer
chants have the goods at the right
figures.
October 9 and the weather just
lovely. We would rise to remark,
however, that if we are going to
have any bad weather this 1 month,
the man who runs the weather bu
reau would confer a great favor by
sending it along before the 24th
inst., as the big Fair opens in Ox
ford that date and everybody in this
section wants to be here.
Red Cross Tobacco donations
are especially liberal on the Green
ville market, proceeds from the con
tributed piles often exceeding a hun
dred dollars a day. Were all the
North Carolina tobacco markets to
do as well proportionately, the Red
Cross Society would receiye a migh
ty boost in its work of mercy. To
all tobaccomen from manufactur
ers to producers we commend this
cause, and bespeak the utmost lib
erality during the month of October.
Oxford should do ps well.
CONGRESS ADJOURNS
Gavels in both houses of congress
pounded down upon the presiding
officer's desks sharp at 3 p. m. Sat
urday and the first session of the
sixty-fifth congress was at an end.
Little was done in the senate ex
cept to hear the speech made by Sen
ator LaFollette, and the answers.
JLaFollett Speaks
Bristling with defiance, Senator
LaFollette of ..Wisconsin, made an
swer today to those who have charg
ed him with disloyalty and demand-
lo. r. .; k
nor the voice of power," shouted La
Follette, "will ever turn me by the
breadth of a hair from the course I
niark out for myself, guided by such
knowledge as I can obtain and con
trolled and directed by a solemn
conviction of right and duty."
Hits Fore and Aft.
Robinson, of Arkansas, white
with passion, delivered an excarcia
ting speech raking LaFollette fore
and aft. In the fact of this broad
side the Wisconsin senator got up
and left the chamber.
"If I had made the speech of the
Senator from Wisconsin," cried
Robinson in his bitterest tones, "I
would not wait for the senate to
pass upon my loyalty. I would re
sign my seat in the United States
senate this minute and apply to the
kaiser for a seat in the bundsreath.
If the senator from Wisconsin and
the kaiser had their way, liberty
would be a memory, honor a tradi
tion, and tyranny a household
word."
President Signs Bills.
President Wilson arrived at his
room outside the senate chamber
three quarters of an hour before ad
journment so that he could sign any
late bills. He affixed his name to
the soldiers' and sailors' insurance
bill, and the measure giving him re
gulation over the manufacture and
transportation and sale of explosiv
es. Full Generals. ,
Generals Pershing and Bliss were
confirmed as full generals in open
session. At the same time army
corps commanders were made lieu
tenant generals and members of the
taff corps major generals.
STRONG TOBACCO MARKET
New Record Made Last Week in
Pounds and Prices.
All previous records for the sale
of tobacco on the Oxford market
were broken last week, when the
market handled a total of 750.000,
Dounds, all of which sold for $225,
000, making an average of $30.00
per hundred pounds.
See the announcement of the Banner
Warehouse on the fourth page.
It
HANDSOME CARS.
Blalock Motor Company Receives Car
Load Chevrolets.
The car foad of handsome Chevro
let cars consigned to the Blalock Mo
tor Car Company and unloaded at the
Seaboard station last week attr acted
much attention and favorable com
ment Viewed from what ever angle
you will the Cheverolet is the most
durable, most economical and hand
omest car that can be bought tor
$675 delivered, tank full and ready to
run 4.11 of the improvements found
on "the high-powered cars are cora
hind in the construction of the Chev
erolet. and it is .pronounced the best
by test.
CHRYSANTHEMUM, SHOW TO
BE GIVEN BY OXFORD LADIES
The ladies of Oxford are planning
for their annual Chrysanthemum
show. They are making the fancy
work booth a special feature this
year and expect to have a number of
useful as well as beautiful articles for
Christmas presents. They will ( have
such things as caps, aprons, bath tow
els, guest towels, centerpieces, chil
dren's clothes, tatting, crotcheted
edges, handkerchiefs, pillows, etc.
The chrysanthemum show will be
held early in November.
Of course, there will be good things
to eat as susual. dinner and suDDer
being served for two days, with all of
the season's delicacies, and served in
the usual style.
The various committees were pub
lished in the last issue of the Public
Ledger. The following is a list of the !
awards:
Chrysanthemums.
Finest 6 W hite Chrysanthemums,
oash $5.00 E. G. Currin, Richmond,
Va.
Second finest 6 White Chrysanthe
mi at -Landis & Easton.
Finest 6 Pink Chrysanthemums,
casn $o.00 R. G. Lassiter.
Second finest 6 Pink Chrysanthe
mums, Electric Iron Oxford Water
Co.
Finest 6 Yellow Chrysanthemums,
cash $5.00 A. A. Hicks.
Second Finest 6 .Yellow Chrysanthe
mums, crepe de chine waist, value
$3.50, Perkinson-Green Co.
Finest 6 Red Chrysanthemums, cash
$5.00 First National Bank.
Second finest 6 Red Chrysanthe
mums, cash $2.50 Farmers Ware
house. Finest collection of Chrysanthe
mums, cash '$5. 00 Lassiter & Parham.
Second finest collection, electric
(Continued On Page Five)
OXFORD POST OFFICE
DISTRIBUTING OFFICE.
All Other Offices in County Report
to This Office and Get Supplies
Here.
Under a new ruling of" the Post
Office Department at . Washington,
the Oxford post office has just been
made a distributing point for all of
the other offices in Granville county
There are 10 others Stem, Creed
moor, Stovall, Hester, Berea, Tar
River, Hargrove, Bullock, Lyon and
Northside. All supplies of stamps,
postal cards, wrappers, and other re
quirements of those offices will in
the future be supplied them from
Oxford.
Reports of the county offices, also,
are to be handled entirely through
the city office. These will be made
out and sent here, and at the end of
the quarter they will be embodied
in me report sent in iiom iieie itiiu.
included as a sort of supplement of
the local office.
The new order became effective
September 30, in order to cover the
quarter ending on that date. The
system has been adpoted, it is pre
sumed, for the convenience of the
Post Office Department at Washing
ton, and prevails throughout the
country. The largest post office in
the county, where the most conven
iently located is made the supply of
fice in each instance, it is under
stood. :
REV. S. K. PHIL.L.IPS ACCEPTS CALL
Will Enter Upon His Labors at Green
ville at an Early Date.
Sad were the hearers of his congre
gation last Sunday morning when
Rev. S. K. Phillips, for six years the
pastor of the Oxford Presbyterian
church, formally tendered his resigna
tion in answer to a call to Greenville,
N. C. Earnest and faithful in all
thirTs, Mr. Phillips labored to build
up the moral and social life of the
community.
Rev. S. K. Phillips was installed
pastor March, 1910; born at Burgaw
September 1885: educated at Richmond
College, and Union Theological Semi
nary. His first pastorate was' at Ber
rvville, Winchester Presbytery, synod
of Virginia. The Oxford church was
per-ctheied during his pas
torate. The church edifice beautified;
full indirect lighting system install
ed; all indebtedness cleared; members'-
p more ' than doubled; per capita
gifts increased from $8.60 to $20.56
per member last year. One of his
storng points is in promoting unity
among churches, and the interest
manifested in the colored people and
their work in school and churches.
Mr. Phillips will also be greatly
missed in the fraternal and social cir
cles of Oxford. He was noble grand
of the local Odd Fellows lodge and a
Mason of high standing and chaplain
of both lodges and the Granville
Grays; vice-president "Athenum"; or
ganizer and director of Oxford Choral
Club; active in community and county
interests, and a power for good in all
human endeacvor and was instrumen
tal in forming the Granville County
Chapter American Red Cross.
RALPH BINGHAM
At the School Auditorium This Tues
day Night at 7:30
Oxford will have one of the best en
tertainments that has come to this
place in a long time when Ralph Bing
ham begins his lectures tonight. He
has a reputation that is nation wide.
Every where you go some one has
heard Ralph Bingham. Many Oxford
people have heard him and each one
expects to hear him again without
fail. A man who continues to please
all kinds of people is worth hearing.
Be present promptly so that no dis
turbance may mar the program. One
failing that Oxford people have is the
habit of coming in late. Something
will be missed if you come late to this
for he will start on time.
Handsome Men.
The "Style-plus" clothing sold ex
clusively in Oxford by the Perkinson
Green Company is having a big sale
among the big and little men who
want something durable and nice.
Turn to the second page of this paper
and notice the cut of the garment.
RED CROSS PLACES
SANITATION UNITS
Station Placed at Greenville As Well
As At Other Cantonments.
Red Cross Sanitary Units are be
ing established to protect the health
of civilians surrounding three more
army encampments in this country
Fifteen cities are now receiving the
co-operation of the Red Cross in
making the communities surround
ing the camps safe for the soldiers,
and in taking measures to prevent
the spread of disease of epidemics.
The three latest cities to receive
Red Cross aid in sanitation are
Greenville, S. C, Macon, Ga., and
Manhattan, Kan. It is near the lat
ter city that the Fort Riley Nation
al cantonment is located, and there
are National Guard encampments
near the other two cities. Each San
itation Unit operates under the di
rection of an officer of the Public
Health Service, and the Field Direc
tor of the Red Cross Bureau of
Camp Service have been made the
business agents of the Units. Co-op
eration between the Public Health
Service and the Red Cross has been
firmly established.
72,513 PRISONERS TAKEN
BY BRITISH SINCE JULY 31
(London Special)
In a statement to the Associated
Press on yesterday's victory test of
Vpres, in which he reported the cap
ture of all the British objectives on
a front of 16,000 yards, General
Frederick Maurice, chief director of
military operations at the War Of
fice, summed up British gains since
July 3.1. I
Since that date, he said, the Brit
ish has captured 51,435 Germans
and 33 2 field and heavy guns on the
west front, having themselves lost
I5.0fi5 nrisoners and no guns. In
all theatres of the war they have
taken 72,513 prisoners and 470
guns and have lost 15,850 prison
ers and no guns.
The troops which have been en
gaged in the fighting from July 31
to the present are composed as fol
lows: British (English), 70 per
cent: Colonials 16; Scottish 8, Irish
6. The casaulties in the same per
iod are distributed as follows: Brit
ish, 76 per cent: Colonials, 8 Scot
tish, 10; Irish, 6.
PARKER-FA RRISFI MARRIAGE.
Ponular Tobacconist Gets
Handsome
Oxford Bride.
Just at dusk Friday afternoon, Oct.
5th. a very quiet and beautiful home
wedding was solemnized at the resi
dence of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Parker,
when their daughter Lois, became the
bride of Mr. Julius M. Farrish. Rev.
A. P. Tyre, former pastor of the bride
officiating.
Only the family and a few friends
witnessed the ceremony which was
performed under an arch covered in
runnig cedar, with a back ground of
ferns and candles.
Her only attendant was her sister
Selene Parker whose gown was a
creation of dark blue chiffon and
charmeuse. She carried American
Beauty Roses.
The bride entered on the arm of her
father by whom she was given in
marriage. She was attired in a going
away suit of Taupe broad cloth with
hat, shoes and gloves to match. Her
shower bouquet was of lilies of the
valley and bride's roses.
The groom had as his best man Mr.
I. B. Newton, of Durham. The wed
ding music was played by Miss Vir
ginia Carroll. After the ceremony the
couple left by automobile for a short
visit to . the groom s peopje. Aitnougn
he wedding was svinpoerl to be a se-p-ot
Tvoxr (beauiful gifts came dur
ing the dav. among them a handsome
silver service from the Tobacco Board
of- Trade.
Upon their return to Oxford Mr. and
ATrs. Fpr'sb will be at home in the
Devin Cottage corner Williamsboro
and Gilliam streets.
GROWING IX POPULARITY.
High-Class Amusement Features at
tmie Granville County Ffir.
So far as the amusement features of
the Oraville County Fair this year is
fonrnP'' ? wm eurnass all previous
vears. It is true that no midway fea
tures have been booked, but there will
be something doing all the time.
Still Going On.
The monev saving sale at Cohn &
Son's is still going on. When their
doors opened for the first day of the
sale it was the beginning of the big
gest selling event. The throngs that
crowded their store know. too. that it
is a real sale with genuine bargains.
Everybodv seems to be hapny with a
smile. What causes this? Prices, at
tentive sales people and Cohn & Son's
fair dealings to all. Cohn & Son's
sales grow bigger in importance and
cower every time they put on a sale:
for not only are new faces attracted
to their stores, but all the old custo
mers return, because they know from
experience that these are just what
the appellation implies. It means that
vou can select anything from their
vast stocks and save money. Even if
vou were there at the opening of the
sale it will pay you to go there again -this
week and next, for many new
bargains will be placed on sale every
dav. Read Cohn & Son's adv on the,
l9&t page of this paper. (adv)
Lost or Strayed.
A fine setter dog, brown and whit
spots, straved from the. home of Sena ;
tor Titus Currin this week. The Sen
ator wants the dog to be returned t
him and he is willing to pay a rewarf
for his recovery.
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