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t Fail T Vidt GiraOTnlte Fanir WdimgdlaiY amid Tfomurrfay TOLESIHIEIO) SEMI-WEEKLY TOWN AND X01UNTY. OFFEK BMLLIAOT OPPOKTONITflES ALL HOME PRINT nnm V0LU3IB XXXII TwiLLE COUNTY HOME 0h GUARD ORGANIZED. or Will Landis Elected Captain and J. Kbt Wood and John A. Williams Lieutenants. In response to a. call of Mr. B. W. Parliam, chairman of the Granville County Division of National Defen ce thirty-six sons of the county an swered to their names at ameeting held in the court nouse last Friday nu Ut aud weie enrolled as members ofthe Granville county Home Guard Tiie election of officers was by ,1Vt aIid resulted as follows: 'lii'tain MAJOR WILL LANDIS First Lt. J. ROBT WOOD. Second Lt. JOHN A WILLIAMS 31r Parham immediately inform ed the Governor of the new forma tion and the names of the command and commissions will be forwarded to Mr. Parham from the adjutant general's office at an early date. When Mr. Parham distributes the commissions his business with the company ends, except as a high pri vate in the ranks. Personnel of Company WILL LANDIS j ROBT. WOOD JOHN A. WILLIAMS W. A. McFARLAND, B W. PARHAM H. WILLIAMS W. H. BRITT -L C. TAYLOR D. G. BRUMMITT JOHN W. HESTER GUY B. PHILLIPS p. W. MONTGOMERY WILLIAM MALONEE W. J. EVANS JOHN Wr. HALL JOHN W. GOOCH WILLIAM BAILEY W. K. LAMB W. T. YANCEY H. G. McFARLAND JOHN W. ELLINGTON A. W. GRAHAM, Jr. E. H. BROOKS S. M. WHEELER M. A. KING E. E. SIZEMORE J. T. SIZEMORE HAMILTON HESTER D. KERR TAYLOR, VERNON Wr. TAYLOR G. W. M. JENKINS H. T. HOLMAN W. W. CREWTS J. N. PITTMAN LEO E. BYRUM DEWITT BRUMMITT Sixteen more men will be enrolled to make complete Granville's quota. THIl Muster at an Early Date. Major Will Landis, commanding the company, authorizes the Public Ledger to state that he will muster the company as soon as the commis sions are received. Rifles and Ammunition No uniforms will be required un less the individual companies de cide to wear them and then they will e provided by individual members of the company. The enlistment is for the term of war. Attendance on Muster at least once a month is compulsory. Service at the call of the Governor anywhere within the state is required. Riffes, ammuni tioa and belts will be furnished by "e National Government. DEPOSIT YOUR CASH AND DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. An Old Fellow Thought a Federal Reserve Note Was Confederate Money Many thousands are being paid tnh V:lle countv farmers for their tici0, and those wno have raised it's rash. It is right amusing to hear com a of sr," of the illiterate, who e not used to unexampled pros ' 1!y- One fellow thought the mon rW lUd be "federate" or would Preciate in value, and become renr, -P because the inscription the "7eder?1 Reserve Notes." He rw; t had some connection with ierWna 1 lie Pprlor-il T- Z J- - x. Hon f as gold- xt is the obliga- wiii y.0ur government to pay. It of!uM 3ust as ?ar ln the discharge smJ" lPnd buy just as much as est lt is the seal of the great l nation in v. t,i T . 'u cuts WOI1U. W Ml rroted that one ignorant fel uniV: so much idle talk from uninfnr; "!ucn mie taiK irom ?i noo . people offered to swap Of)"1 Sderal Reserve notes for cepted ' Ki Ais offer was Promply ac ith ii, T- he has nt shown up yet Den bank notes. and Z0UT money in the bank thi u in yur nome tank- to keen you wiU while helping interest tlmes good' be receiving il safe a??our monev and keeping y at the same time. UNIQUE STILL CAPTURED IN WALNUT GROVE TOWNSHIP The Will-'o-the Wisp Leads Sheriff Hobgood to Secluded Spot Standing in front of the Court House last Friday afternoon Sheriff Hobgood saw a phantom in the cur rent waves which alone could be in terpreted by him. "I must hasten to a secluded spot in Walnut Grove Township," remarked the Sheriff to Sam Wheeler as he gazed up into the Heavens. Under the influence of the will-'o-the-wisp the two men followed the main road to Walnut Grove to a point where the phantom directed them to a silvery stream in the low lands. The first evidence of a tan gible nature that led them to believe that they were on the right tracks was when a gentle breeze wafted to the keen nostrils of Sam Wheeler the quintessence of crushed corn. It was an old still, and according to Sheriff Hobgood it must have caused many a joy and sorrow in its day. It was nothing more than a rude wooden box with a galvenized bottom. The only visible signs of life about the secluded spot was a white footed vulture, and a spirit that roamed in dar kplaces, which denoted that Jhe still was operated by a Granville county negro. The fire beneath the boiler had died down and the beer that it contained was sour and insipid. The sheriff dismantled the plant and brought it to Oxford and placed it under lock and key a relict of a past age to be placed in the coffin with Old John Barleycorn, whose resurrection day is forcasted by the Republican party in the dim f urture. " FINE PATRIOTIC ADDRESS. Hon. W. A. Devin Charms Large Audience. In a four minute's speech at the Orpheum Theatre. Friday night Judge W. A. Devin, who spent-the week in Oxford, told the audience that so far as America and her al liesare -concerned the war is unsel fish in its nature; that we entered it with the determination to make the earth a better place on which t& live. "A great responsibility rests upon America," declared Judge Devin, "and I believe that if it had not been for America, Germany would have dictated the terms. Our allies look to us for help, which calls for personal sacrifice on the part of the American people. Judge Devin endorsed the Liberty Loan plan of raising the money to prosecute the war and urged every one to sacrifice to the extent of owning one or more bonds, which he said was backed by the Govern ment and was absolutely secure. He referred to the fact that Granville county's part of the Liberty Loan is placed at $300,000. TOLL OF U-BOATS FOR THE PAST WEEK. England, France and Italy lost between them twenty-five ships of all sizes during the past week due to unrestricted U-boat warfare, the various admiralty statements show. The losses are divided as follows: France Over 16,000 tons 1; un der 1,600 tons 1. Italy Over 1,600 tons 4. England Over 1,600 tons 12; under 1,600 tons 6. Fishing-vessels 1. PATRIOTIC AND WORTHY CAUSE Granville County Soldiers and Sail ors Fund. 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 R. C. T 100 Frank B. Hays 1.00 Miss Lucile O'Brien .50 Len H. Knott 1-00 Dr. N. C Daniel 100 W. A. King 100 Mrs. A. . Chapman 100 Frank H. Gregory . 1.00. Mrs. Cam M. Easten 1.00 Mrs. Elijah Crews 1.00 L. T. Williford J-00 J. T. Britt I-00 . Thrd Anniversary- The Anchor Store of Henderson will give awav handsome souvenirs Wednesday and Thursday, October 24th and 25th, the occasion being the third anniversary. The Gran ville peoDle are invited to celebrate with them. See announcement on the 5th page of this paper. The congregation at the Oxford Baptist church greatly enjoy the cultured voice of Mrs. Graham Dav idson of the department of voice and Expression at Oxford College, who sometimes sings in the choir. OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1917 U-BOAT SINKS UNITED STATES TRANSPORT 16 SOLDIERS AND FOUR NAVY MEN AMONG THE SEVENTY WHO PERISHED ON ANTILLES. vessel Was Under Convoy When Attacked By U-Bxat in War Zone -List of Casualties Awaited By Navy Department Will Come Through General Pershing. WASHINGTON, Oct 22. The German U-boat has claimed its first victim from the) American war forces. Within twenty-four hours after an American destroyer had been disabled in an undersea attack, a j torpeao crashed into the engine room bulkhead of the home-coming transport Antilles, and sent her to the bottom with the loss of seventy lives. Sixteen soldiers and several enlisted men of the Navy were in cluded in the submersible's toll. Await List of Dead. The list cannot be completed un til the muster roll, made up at the French port of embarkation, can be compared with the roster of survi vors. .... While the deedest sympathy was expressed today in official circles for Liiust; who gaiianny gave up tneir ves, relief was general .oyer the vessel had met her fate while home ward bound and not on the way over fact that the vessel had met her fate while homeward bound and not on the way over with a large number of troops aboard. Had the successful attack been delivered while the Au tilles was on her trip to France the loss of life probably would have been appalling. She was struck in a vital spot and plunged below so swiftly that but comparatively few could have survived. Well Out at Sea. It is believed that the attack was made well out at sea, sincW 'it'took two days for news of the disaster to reach Washington. Survivors of the disaster are thought to be safe ashore in France, England, or Ire land. Sank in a Few Minutes It is inferred from Admiral Sims' report that the ship went down in a few minutes. This fact, coupled with the necessity of rescuing the survivors, made impossible, it is be lieved, any attempt to' locate the U boat. The heaviest loss of life, it is thought, was among the engine and fireroom crews. Stunned or maim ed by the explosion that virtually broke the ship in two, these men must have had but little time to gain access to the deck with its chance for life. The absence of casualties among the Array and Navy officers aboard it attributed to the fact that their staterooms lay along the decks from which they could jump to the waters below in hope of being picked up. Theories as to Sinking. Many theories were current as "to how the U-boat crept through the ( Continued" On Pase Four) PUBLICITY MUST CONTROL THE UNLICENSED RETAILER Food Administration W!res To State Food Administrators Washington. The food adminis tration telegraphed today to all fed eral food administrators in the dif ferent states warning them that "publicitv must control the unlicen sed retailers." This followed up Food Adminis trator Hoover's statement last night hat the responsibility for continued high cost to the consumer rested squarely uoon the retail dealers, ov er whom Congress has given the ad ministration no authority. FRANK YOUNGS', EXHIBIT. The Kline Car and the Bull Tractor. Visitors to the Granville County Fair will have an opportunity to see at close range the handsome Kline car demonstrated on the grounds by Mr. Frank Youngs. He will also demonstrate the Bull Tractor. Mr. Young represents nothing but the best that is made. See the last page of this paper. Ready For the Big Crowd When there is a. big day in Oxford you will find the crowd at Landis & Easton's stores, and there will be no exception to the rule this year. It is no trouble to show goods at Gran ville's Biggest and Best Store. Note the quotations of this store on the third page of this paper. - ALL READY FOR THE GRANVDLLE COUNTY FADH. Exhibits and Amusement Features Now on the Grounds. Early Monday morning - and -throughout, the day the exhibits and amusement features began to roll in and placed for the two day's event, which will be inaugurated Wednesday morning and continue through to Thursday mid-night. If the sun shines bright Wednesday morning the crowd that will gather in Oxford will simply be immense. The bird-man, who is now in Mount Airy, N. C, informs Secretary Hancock that he will point his ma chine towards Oxford this Tuesday afternoon and fly over Greensboro, thence down the old North Carolina railway to Durham, where he will nSnt and get nis bearings for Ox- ford. He expects to cover the dis tance of 140 miles in less than two hours. - ' Hon. Henry A. Page, orator of the day, will speak promptly at noon Wednesday. Representative D. G. Brummitt, who served in the Legis lature with Mr. Page, informs the Public Ledger that he is a most in teresting speaker. General Royster will introduce the speaker. Mrs. Capeart, always foremost in ! good works, assisted by a bevy of ' TTottv firlcs rifr.nm.t.Ad the main building Tuesday. The color sceme is green and very pretty. REGISTER FOR GREAT WORK. Col. Ballou Addresses Audience at the Orpheum Theatre. Col. Ballou, speaking for the Granville County Woman's Commit tee of Council of National Defense, outlined the work in a short talk at the Orpheum Theatre last Saturday night. He called the attention of the people to the importance of go ing to the school houses in their re spective districts on Saturday, the 27th day of October, and register in these campaigns that are planned for that date and the week follow ing. Mrs. W. B. Waddill, of Hender son, is chairman of registration of North Carolina and Miss Lelia Rout in, of Oxford, is chairman of regis tration in Granville. It has been de cided to use the same week for reg istering that the food administration will use for the food campaign, which is Saturday, October 27th and the week following, but the desire is to accomplish as much as possible on Saturday the first day set apart for the work. Registering Places. Next Saturday has been set apart ;as the day on which the women of Oxford will register. Those who re side in South Oxford will register at the High School building on WTill iamsboro street. Those who reside in North Oxford wil register at the Graded School building on College street. MISS MINOR SOLOIST. Charms a Highly Cultured Boston Audience. Miss Alleine Minor, of Oxford, who has recently entered the New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, made her first appearance last Saturday afternoon, October 20, on the programme of one of the weekly recitals which have been driv en regularly for more than half a century at America's oldest and lnrsret conservatory. It is very un urual for . student to be admitted as a performer at one of these r cit.s 'in-' hr first year at the school, but Miss Minor was found by her fonche. M". De Voto, of the piano forte facultv to be ell prepared to t)1t p a egoist. She took nart with Miss Alice Roberts, of Provi dence, R. I., in an interesting inter nvotatlon of Bethoven Sonata in C Minor, op. 30, no. 2, a classical work which was favorably received by a large and representative audience. You Are Invited . We would asrain remind the read ers of the Public Ledger that the Perkinson-Green Company extends a coril invitation to all good people to make their store headquarters during the Fair. Polite and oblig ing clerks will be delighted to show you a handsome stock of goods. Their formal invitation appears on another page of this paper. : RED CROSS FUNDS DUE. Mr. McAdoo Wants to Check In Outstanding Indebtedness. Subscriptions to the Red Cross Funds were due October 1. This re minds us to state that those who are due the Granville County Chap ter funds should call on Mr. J. Pear son Harris at the Union Bank and Trust Company and settle the same. Secretary McAdoo has notified all chapters-that he desires to check in all dues as early as possible. NUMBER 85 YOUNG MENS' CHRISTIAN ASS'N WORK IN GRANVILLE. Messrs. Hancock and Graham Will Carry on the Work. That the people of Oxford are in terested in the moral welfare of our soldier boys was abundantly demon strated at the. Lyon Memorial Build ing Sunday afternoon, when a ma jority of the business men of the town.in response to a call issued by General Royster only three hours before the gathering, listened to Mr. G. F. Warner, of Durham, explain the necessity of surrounding our sol diers in the cantonments and abroad with every possible moral influence. Mr. Warner, who is organizing the work in this district states that the war council of the Y. M. C. A. will conduct a campaign from No vember 11th to 19th to raise $35, 000,000 for the War work of the as sociation. Of this sum approximat ely one-third will be expended in the army Camps at home, another third among the American enlisted men overseas and the remainder among the armies of Italy, Russia, France and in the prison camps. North Carolina's Part. Seven States of the South, North and South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, Florida and Mis sissipi, comprise the Southeastern department and have been asked to raise $1,500,000. North Carolinas apportionment is $300,000 and South Carolina's is $200,000. The association will look after the personal comfort and the moral wel fare of the American soldiers, whether he be from rural commun ity or populous city, hence this ap peal for funds is made to the rural citizen as well as to those in cities. Every subscription will make it pos sible, no matter how small, to do something for some American sol dier. Buildings are being erected in all the camps where the soldiers may go to spend their spare time, maybe to read, maybe to write to the folks back home, or to enjoy a moving picture show, or a lecture or concert and to attend the religious side. The Work in Granville. After the work had been fully ex plained by Mr. Warner, on motion Mr. F. W. Hancock, Jr., was elected chairman of the work in Granville and W. A. Graham, Jr., was chosen secretary. Get behind these young men and help them push the work. LIEUTENANT ROY H. ROYSTER JOINS AVIATION CORPS. Will Attend Aviation School Three Months Before Being Assigned to Flying Squadron. Desiring: to enter the aviation branch of the service, Lieutenant Roy. H. Royster was released from the Engineer Train Service with the rank of lieutenant and assigned to the Aviation Corps. Lieutenant and Mrs. Royster ar rived in Oxford last Saturday from New York, where he was on duty at Manaola for several weeks. He was granted a furlough for two weeks, at the expiration of which he will enter one of the many aviation schools. When he is fully equipped and joins the Flying Squadron he will be appointed first lieutenant. Other Oxford boys now spending their furlough at home are Ser geants Charles Powell and William Medford, of the Machine Gun Corps at Camp Sevier. Good, strong and healthy all of them. 1 OXFORD TOBACCO MARKET IS VERY STRONG. There was sold on the Oxford market last week 685,896 pounds of tobacco at an average of 34 cents. The market opened up good and strong on Monday last and the indi cations are that the quantity and price will surpass last week. Wonderful Prices. Never in the history of the tobac co market in Oxford, or elsewhere in the State, has tobacco sold as high as it did at the Minor Warehouse last Monday and there seems to be no end to the steady increase in the nrice. Picked at random, we found Mr. J. B. Oakley, of Stem, on the floor with five piles, which sold for $35.00, $56.00, $80.00, $49.00 an average of $55.75.. See announce ment on the fifth page of this' paper. Attention Farmers. If you sell at the Minor Ware house Wednsday and Thursday morning you will have time to at tend the Granville County Fair. Sec ond sale Wednesday and First sale Thursday. . ' A Sweet Farmer. Mr. Tom Critcher, one of the best farmers in the county made 700 gal- Ions of molasses this season. It would seem as if he will be able to get along without much sugar for a while at least. . i 1 !;. I : I, t 1 i !'. 1 t ; -h'i I-' : ' ) 1 I , ; I ! t .:' i u ? t ' 1) ft, i ft it 1 1
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