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GRANVILLE COUNTY FAIR
The Exhibits Were Short But They
Were Up To Standard in Quality
With ideal weather conditions
and the roads in fairly good shape,
record breaking crowds came to Ox
ford Wednesday and Thursday, but
the greater majority of the throng
aid not visit the Fair. Hundreds of
them lingered outside of the
orounds and at convenient places to
see the flying machine go up. How
ever, it is thought that the gate re
ceipts will clear the indebtedness of
the Fair.
The Parade.
Chief Marshall Harris and his
aids were a success. The young
ladies in their riding costumes and
Graceful bearings, escorted by gal
fant young men, was a very pleas
ant feature and lent a charm to the
event. The promised floats did not
materialize as was expected, there
being only two in the line of march
tlie Red Cross and Lyon-Winston
Company both very handsome.
The Red Cross float, neatly decorat
ed, contained ladies wearing the
Red Cross nurse costume. It was
very appropriate, and it was the
first time that many of the visitors
ever saw the "angles of the army."
There were about fifty boys from the
Oxford schools, under the supervis
ion of Superintendent Phillips, rid
ing highly decorated bicycles, which
made the event worthwhile.
The Flying Machine.
Despite the fact that Secretary
Hancock had a contract with the
Young's Aeroplane Company, their
flyer did not reach Oxford. Anoth
er flyer was hastily secured and
when he reached Oxford Wednesday
his machine was out of order and he
failed to make an ascent on Wednes
day. The crowd was greatly disap
pointed, but returned again Thurs
day to see him go up, but were
doomed to dissappointment.
The Exhibits.
The exhibits were very few and
far between, but the quality was
very good. The shortage was no
doubt caused by the war and the
scarcity of labor. The community
exhibits of Enon, Culbreth and Tally
Ho vied with each other in interest
and showed the possibility of the
county. The apple exhibit was very
fine. It is to be regreted that the
names of the apples were not visible,
so that the people would be in posi
tion to order the kind that took
their fancy. There was not the in
terest manifested in the stock that
should have been. Granville coun
ty has some very fine horses and
cows but they were not in evidence.
The best demonstration that we saw
at the Fair was the endless chain of
the Bank of Granville, which is in
strumental in making the county a
better place in which to live. In
one pen was a mother pig, which the
bank sold to Master Hamlin Currin
one year ago, and at her side were
four fine pigs. Next year there will
be twenty pigs instead of four this
year. And thus it is, the endless
chain inaugurated by the Bank of
Granville last year will grow larger
as the years come and go.
The Oxford Orphanage, had a fine
exhibit of the handiwork of the chil
dren, and this attracted much atten
tion and praise. The poultry ex
hibit was also short, but there were
some very fine birds on display. We
were highly pleased with a coop of
Orpingtons, exhibited by Mr. C. G.
Mangum, of Salem Township. These
birds took the premium at the State
Fair and we presume they captured
the blue ribbon at our Fair.
Red Cross Booth
The Red Cross Booth in the cen
ter of the main building attracted
universal attention. The hospital
supplies, made by the ladies of the
local chapter, gave the public an in
sight into the great work. The
town people knew in a general way
something of the work, but the
People in the country had never be
fore been brought face to face with
the practical workings of the local
chapter. The ladies in charge of
the booth were also working in the
interest of the Liberty Loan.
The Marshall's Ball
As is the custom, the Fair ended
yith the Marshall's ball Thursday
in the Armory, which was largely
attended by the young people of the
town and county.
HOW WOMEN WILL HELP
TO WIN THE WAR
Saturday, October 27, Oxford and
Granville County face the test of de
termining whether the women are
with or against the Government for
the freedom of all!
Woman's patriotism will be put
on trial.
Committees appointed by the
Coucil of National Defense will be
at the public schools in Oxford and
Granville county to register the
woman power of the towns and
county for service. America must
win the war.
Woman's part in winning the war
is great.
The great and the little services
women can, render are needed!
These services are needed now!
If she cannot serve away from
home, accepting positions for pay,
or gratis, she can at least sign her
name as being willing to serve as
best she can in her home.
There is a place for every woman.
Later our brave soldiers may not
need us. Today they are putting
their lives in the balance, leaving
their homes and loved ones, that we
may be safe that America may be
safe.
If you fail them in offering your
services, (great or small) may God
help you when you realize that this
failure to perform your duty, has
caused the sacrifice of many lives
perhaps the lives of your own dear
ones.
The Pledge Cards for service con
tains the following blanks to be fill
ed. 1. Agriculture. 2. Clerical. 3
Domestic 4 Industrial. 5 Profes
sional. 6 Red Cross. 7 Social Ser
vices. 8 Misellaneous. 9 Contri
butions. Surely among these, every woman
can find something she can do.
Ask yourself the question: "When
so many of our men and women
have offered their lives tor service
upon the battle field, can I fail m
the . performance of , my duty?"
Find the place where you can best
serve and sign your card Saturday.
COMMITTEE.
TURKEYS FURNISH AMUSEMENT
Chicken
Flvs Into the
Arms of
Sambo.
One of the most amusing events
of the Fair proved to be the turkeys
liberated by Horner Bros. Company
from the second story window of
their building on Wednesday and
Thursday morning.
We all live to learn and Horner
Bros. Company desiring to give full
weight and measure, made the mis
take of supposing that fat turkeys
would fly. On Wednesday the two
turkeys liberated were too fat, and
when shoved from the window they
liirA a nlummet into the
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arms of Master Tom Harris, the son
of Mr. T. C. Harris, and Mr. Wade
Smith, of Tar River.
Thinner Turkeys were secured
for Thursday, and they were captur
ed by Mr. Stephen Jones and Mr. J.
Robt. Wood. Mr. Wood was com
ing up a side street and met the
turkey and took him home.
Thfi o.hicken that was liberated
flew into the arms of Sambo, and a
haDDier negro was never seen on
earth.
At the Colored Fair next week,
Horner Bros. Company will liberate
several guineas and a couple of wild
turkeys if they can get them.
PATRIOTIC AND WORTHY CAUSE
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Granville County SoMl' and Sail-
n rfXHnnn to Major Will
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ford and the same will be acknow-
lodged by tne -udhc iix&c.
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Mrs. Elijah Crews
L. T. Williford ;V;. 1.00
L. L. Sizemore "(Clarksville)
Mr. Lee Clement
Mrs. Goodridge Wilson
Mrs. L. de la Croix
Frank Smith
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OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1917
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STATE FOOD ADMINISTRATION
TALKS TO LARGE CROWD
Hon Henry A. Page Addresses the
People at the Granville County
Fair.
The address was delivered by
Hon. Henry A. Page of Aberdeen
and at present "Food Administrator
for the State. '-At noon Dr. E. T.
White called the assemblage to or
der in the Main building and pre
sented Gen. Royster to introduce
; the speaker. In well chosen lan
guage the presentation was made
and Mr. Page mountaing an impro
vised stand launched into his speech.
The address .lasted hardly more
than twenty minutes and yet one
would go far tot hear a speech with
more packed into it. Mr. Page's
style is clear, direct and incisive.
Every word fitted. Every sentence
had meaning. In the beginning he
declared that he could not talk of
economic develpoment, the usual
theme for fair speeches, while the
preservation of liberty and demo
cratic government by the people
hung in the balances. He then de
scribed the condition of the world
five years ago when man made in
image of God seemed to be climbing
back to kinship with his spirit. He
told of how the whole world was
united in a seeming brotherhood
while disaster and distress in many
places brought a response from all
lands. In cutting, definite lan
guage he laid at the door of the
German Kaiser the responsibility
for present changed conditions
where the monster machinery of the
world had been turned to destruc
tiveness. The dominant . note of the speech
was revealed when he declared that
a nation could not fight a successful
warfare unless the whole mass of
the people co-operated. In challeng
ing" language ne demanded ot every
person present "Have you found
vmir nlace for service to your coun-
try at this time?"
The strength of the speech lay in
its direct personal appeal to the in
dividual. There was no generaliz
ing, no scattering, no talking of
what somebody else ought to do.
The speech went to the individual,
and to his relation to his country.
Mr. Page was listened to with an
attentiveness rarely seen under sim
ilar circumstances. Tne manage-
q Fair ig tQ be congratu.
lated upon inducing Mr. Page to be
present at this time.
GRANVILLE COUNTY WOM-
EN, ARE YOU READY FOR j
THE GIGANTIC REGISTRA-
TION DAY. EVERY WOMAN j
IN OXFORD AND THE COUN- j
TY ARE URGED TO BE AT j
POLLS SATURDAY' TO IN- j
FORM THE GOVERNMENT J
OF WILLINGNESS TO AID j
NATION SCHOOL HOUSES j
PLACE OF REGISTRATION, j
BOUGHT AND PAID FOR.
41ir Rradv in Broadhurst's Fam
ous Success.
The Orpheum has been putting on
some very fine pictures recently, but j
none of them will approach interest
Alice Brady in "Bougnt ana -aia
For," which will be seen in the local
play house next Monday evening.
"So much truth to nature m a
niav." That is tne way uue uun-
has summed up the evidence for and
ins play: Amusement seek-
ers above all other class ot people
ers aboe
things rarities. The scope of this
i iWOreQi ThP herioine is a
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poor gin who is struggling to make
Q tiniest living. Tne nero is a man
of unlimited resources. The strong
comedy parts are characters who
are a typical middle class couple.
winning story of the piece is so
constructed that you will laugh with
one eye and cry with the otner.
This is really an unusually strong
sermon which is made easier for us
to receive because of the manner of
its handling. For future happiness
and contentment, be sure and see
this picture.
List of Premiums
As soon as Secretary Hancock can
rQt nremium awaras m
the Public Ledger will publish the
same.
LETTER FROM GRANVILLE'S
FOOD ADMINISTRATOR.
To the People of Granville Co.:
The registration for food conser
vation and also for women's work
will be held during the week begin
ning Saturday, October the 27th. It
is hoped that the registration and
pledge cards will be at every school
house in the county on the 27th and
that every family in the county will
be represented in the registration on
that day. During the following week
you will have an opportunity to
work among your neighbors who
have not signed.
If we do our part to win the
war, we must save wheat, meat, fats
and sugar. These are the articles
that will feed our soldiers and our
allies. This is our chance to do our
part toward winning the war. Will
you do yours? Are you willing to
use a little judgement in saving
these absolute necessities? Are yon
willing to try to find out how you
can help? This war may be won
without your help, but are you will
ing that it should? If you are, are
you worthy to live under the best
government in the world?
Thousands of our boys are in
France. More are going every day.
They will do their part in winning
the war. They will do it gloriously.
The blood of the men who followed
Washington and Lee and Jackson
beats in the veins of these boys and
they are true to the bone. Will you,
who stay at home, do your bit? Will
you help the men in the trenches?
Can humanity county on you?
BENJ. W. PARHAM,
County Food Adm'r.
GRANVILLE COUNTY
COLORED FAIR NEXT WEEK
It is the wish of the Association
to have the best and largest fair in
its -history It will endeavor to fost
er everything that means progress
in industry,, agriculture and edu
cation. To this end the premium
list has been carefully revised,
placing special emphasis upon agri
cultural products.
The prospects are bright for a
large canning exhibit. Special prem
iums will be offered for canned
fruits of every variety.
We expect every school in the
county to have an exhibit, not only
to compete for the prizes ,but to let
others see what is being done for
the education of our youth.
Special attention will be given to
poultry and articles of demestic
science.
Amuesments will be clean and
entertaining.
For infomation regarding space
for tables or anything connected
with the fair, write
B. R. SMITH, Secretary.
Figures Talk Louder Than Words.
Forty-two thousand pounds of
tobacco at an average of $36.55 per
hundred is going some, and . that is
exactly the amount and the aver
age, including scrap, sold at the
Farmer's Warehouse Wednesday.
The fifth page of this paper is of
unusual interest to all tobacco grow-
ers.
It's just like getting money
from home when you
Farmer's.
sell at the
OXFORD TOBACCO MARKET
SMASHES ALL RECORDS.
The Average Price Per Hundred
Pounds Sold This Week is Above
$35.00.
The present tobacco season has
been one of unprecedent success,
both in regard to sales and prices.
On Wednesday and Thursday of this
week there were about 150,000
pounds sold each day and the price,
as near as we can assertain, was
slightly above 35 c. the pound. Of
course, the grades have improved
since the opening day of the market
early in September, but there is no
denying the fact that the prices on
all grades have improved. Owing
to the fact that farmers have rushed
their tobacco on the market ever
since its opening, because of the
high prices received, the season will
be an unusual short one. The to
bacco men estimate that at the end
of the sales this week fully fifty per
cent of the crop will have been sold.
The Flower Show will be held
in the Armory Tuesday and Wed
nesday, November 6th and 7th.
HOME PRINT
NUMBER 80
MR.- WILLIAM JACKSON LONG
DIED THURSDAY NIGHT.
Burial Will Take Place This Satur
day Afternoon.
Mr. W .J. Long, retired merchant
and popular citizen, died at his res
idence on Gilliam street Thursday
night at ten, o'clock. The funeral
will take place from the residence
Saturday afternoon and the inter
ment will be in Elmwood Cemetery.
Mr. Long was 54 years old. He
retired from business some years
ago on account of failing health, and
he was a suffereer more or less ev
er since. He was one of the most
charitable of men and was highly es
teemed by every one who knew him,
and his acquaintanceship was very
extensive. He is survived by a de
voted wife and one child.
Mr. Long was a member of the
Oxford Baptist church and did all hie
could to extend the Gospel of his
Master. He was a Royal Mason and
Knight Templar. A fitting trubute
to the memory of this excellent ci
tizen will be published at an early
date.
OXFORD PEOPLE INVEST
IN LD3ERTY BONDS.
With $300,000 Allotted as Gran
ville's Share More Than $100,
000 Has Been Taken
In a quiet and unassuming man
ner the subscriptions to the second
Liberty Loan, through the Oxford
banks, jumped slightly over the
$100,000 marks at the close of bus
iness Wednesday. Three patriotic
citizens subscribed $10,000 each and
serveral well-to-do farmers sub
scribed amounts ranging from $1,
000 to $3,000.
Granville county's share is
placed at $300,000. It is under
stood that the people from the coun
try districts have awakened to the
realization that it is their duty to
lend their money to the Government,
as far as practicable, to win the war,
and with that end in view they call
at the banks and discuss the matter.
It is not likely that Granville county
will subscribe to the amount of
$300,000, but it is thought that the
town and county subscriptions may
reach the $200,000 mark by Sat
urday.
OXFORD FACES FAMINE
IN SUGAR SUPPLIES
The Supply is Practically Exhausted
With Little Prospects of More
Soon.
Oxford is face to face with a sug
ar famine, and, unless the people
content themselves with smaller
proportions for their meals they
may find that they will have to get
along without any at all in the
course of several weeks, according
to retail merchants handling this
commodity.
It was stated this week that a
sugar salesman here last week made
the statement that there would be
but very little more available before
the new crop begins to come in
about December 1.
DISTINGUISHED SOLDIER WILL
SPEAK AT GRADED SCHOOL.
Captain Allen, of Princess Patricia
Royal Legion, Will Speak.
Cant. Allen was in the battle of
the Somme, at Vimy Ridge and
many other engagements in which
the Canadian Rolay Light Infantry,
of which he is a member, was vic
torious. This is the famous regi
ment endowed by Princess Patricia.
Capt. Allen will speak in the Au
ditorium at the Oxford Graded
School Saturday night, October
27th, under the auspices of the Nat
ional Defense and allied organiza
tions. Highest Averages Yet Quoted.
As will be seen on the last page
of this paper 41,634 pounds of to
bacco were sold at the Johnson
Warehouse Wednesday brought
$16,446.73, an average of $39.50
for all sold.
Lieutenant Henry G. Cooper, Jr..
United States Navy, sailed from an
American port last Friday night.
This is the third trip the brave. Ox
ford soldier has passed through the
war zone.