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OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA SATURDAY, NOVEMBER
3, 1917
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SIDE-UGHTS ON
THE GREAT STRUGGLE.
Tf France takes back Alsace-Lorraine
from Germany what will she
gA strip of land as long as from
fKford to Richmond and as wide as
from Oxford to Greensboro say
45 miles by 105 miles.
f that in North Carolina of about
9 000.000.
A territory one-eighth the size
of North Carolina.
The town of Strassburg with its
170 000 lnuauiwuw
A territory which produces $15
. -c n.TrarnmCiTlt rPVP.Tl 11 f 1
000, 0UU OL WCA w
Ane farming country in part
other Darts.
and
A population which is over two
thirds Catholic in its religion.
If France gets Alsace-Lorraine
away from Germany it will find 1,
"00 000 people who speak German
and' only 300,000 who speak French
as their mother tongue.
This is largely due to the fact
that Germany has enforced the
teaching of the German language
for more than forty years.
About 1,250 miles of railroad, of
which over 1,100 miles are owned
by the State of Alsace-Lorraine
Before the war there were 66,000
more men than women in Alsace-
ThTRomans ruled this territory
for 500 years and any schoolboy
who reads Caesar knows about that
part of Gaul. '
Alsace-Lorraine was part of Char
lemagne's empire.
bout 2 60 years ago France took
this territory from its German rul
ers. In 1871 Germany took it back
from France.
One of the French tragides of the
war of 1870 occured in that region.
Marshal Bazaine shut up his own
army of about 180,000 men in the
fortified town of Metz and then sur
rendered it in toto to the Germans.
He was accused of treason by the
French, sentenced to be shot, but
was only sent to prison.
When Bismarck snatched Alsace
Lorraine it was worth over $1,000,
000,000 or twice what the war of
1870 had cost Germany in cash.
Today is is worth several times
that sum.
When Germany took Alsace-Lorraine
forty-six years ago, 45,000 of
the inhabitants moved over into
France rather than remain in their
old homes under Prussian domina
tion. It is a striking fact that, in 1879
the German population in Alsace
Lorraine fought as firecely as the
Frenchmen against the German in
vasion and conquest. The German
people in Alsace preferred a French
to a German ruler.
NUMBER 88
I . 1
RED CROSS WORK
The local Chapter Adds Seventy
Names to the Roll.
The Red Cross Commitee at the
Granville Fair last week was succes
ful in collecting something over
seven dollars.
New Members.
The following names have been
added to the rolls since the last list
was published in September:
L. G. Brodie, C. G. Royster.
W. S. Gooch,
M. L. Mayes,
W. T. Murray,
E. O. Freeman,
Mrs. R. M. Ray,
T. L. Heflin,
G. T. Pittard,
W. E. Lloyd,
Willie Hart,
Hubert Currin,
W. C. Critcher,
Roy Preddy,
J. A. Morris,
G. W. Royster,
F. B. Daniel,
Mrs. E. C. Harris,
D. M. Thomason,
Mrs. L. H. Knott,
Mrs. G. Royster,
Mrs. E. A. Hunt,
Mrs. Mary Gooch,
Mrs. D. Mclver,
Dora Overton,
S. W. Parker,
Mrs. W. U. Pitts,
Mrs. Alex Baker,
Mary W. Allen,
Mary J. Renn,
OXFORD ENTHUSIASTIC FOR
THE BANKHEAD HIGHWAY.
Senator Bankhead and Pathfinders
Pleased With Lay of the Land
in Granville.
ADDITIONAL NAMES CERTDBTED
TO LOCAL EXEMPTION BOARD.
MR. JOHN WEBB, CHAIR
MAN OF THE LOCAL BANK
HEAD HIGHWAY COMMIT
TEE, HAS CALLED A PUB
LIC MEETING FOR THIS
FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE
COURT HOUSE. A GILT EDGE
PROPOSITION AWAITS THE
ACTION OF THE CITIZENS
THE MEMBERS OF THE
BANKHEAD COMMITTEE
MUST BE PRESENT.
Herbert Gregory, Mrs. E. T. Allen,
R. A. Norwood. E. N. Clement.
O. C. Jenkins,
E. B. Pruitt,
Vivian Currin,
J. M. Roberts,
J. F. Cottrell,
L. R. Averett,
Sidney Currin,
L. H. Bowling,
G. Hobgood,
J. L. Parker,
E. L. Clement,
T.-C. Rogers,
W. A. McFarland
P. B. Farmer,
C. H. Cheatham,
E. Washington,
Sallie W. Pittard,
L. E. Clement,
V. A. Cheatham, E. B. Meadows,
Ben Thorpe,
Lewis Jones,
Hugh Bryan,
Mrs. H. Lyon,
J. L. Parham,
W. D. Bryan, Jr.,
V. T. Cheatham,
Will Fleming,
Clara Kennedy,
H. M. Turner,
The Granville County Chapter of
the American Red Cross acknow
ledges with thanks the receipt of a
donation of $2.00 from Mr. C. W.
Watkins. It is hoped that other ci
tizens of the County will follow the
example of Mr. Pleasants and help
the Red Cross Chapter meet the de
mands being made upon it for the
comfort and relief of the soldiers
and sailors who will represent us in
the Army and Navy.
PATRIOTIC AND WORTHY CAUSE
SIX MILLION MEN
TOTALS GERMANY'S LOSS.
Germany lost 6,000,000 men in
three years of war, according to the
declaration made in the Reichstag
by the Independent Socialist, Lede
bour. A report of his speech, reach
ing Washington through Switzer
land, states that, contemplating the
Prospects, the Socialist leader said:
"You have not, evidently, gentle
man, an exoct conception of what
war means. We have had 1,500,
000 dead; three of four million
founded, of whom 500,000 are crip-P'-c
for life, and two million abso
utely invalided. That makes it al
together, six million men lost dur
ln three years."
It is stated that official informa
confirmatory of these figures
aye been in possession of American
cials for some time.
Fine Horeses Arrive.
Mr- Lennie Smith, who has just
thltrd from Richmond, states
niuf t car load of Worses and
Wiit? Purchased for the Lyon
torv t? ComPany is most satisfac
ann he ever purchased. See
aouncement on the fifth page of
Uls Paper.
Chrysanthemum Show.
Arm6 ladIeS haVe decorated the
Wllattractively for tn Chry
held nm snow which is being
There !!f Friday and Saturday,
to eat nl the usual Sod things
rysarftl y fancy work and the
eye- A ' a fest for the
attend. easaut time awaits all who
Granville County Soldiers and Sail
ors Fond.
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
0 rl? 100
Frank B. Hays 1.00
Miss Lucil O'Brien 50
Len H. Knott 1.00
Dr. N. C. Daniel . .... 1,00
W. A. King . . . 1.00
Mrs. A. . Chapman ........ 1.00
Frank H. Gregory . . 1.00
Mrs. Cam M. Easten . . 1.00
Mrs. Elijah Crews 1.00
L. T. Williford 1.00
J. T. Britt 1.00
L. L. Sizemore (Clarksville) . . 1.00
Mr. Lee Clement ....... 1.00
Mrs. Goodridge Wilson ...... 1.00
Mrs. L. de la Croix 1.00
Frank Smith 1.00
Joe Pittman . 1-00
Mrs. Grissom Hicks 50
Leroy L. Crews 1.00
Browning School 10.00
John A. Williams 1.00
Mrs. Sam H. Jones 100
Cahrles S. Easton 1.00
S. V. Morton .ou
D. G. Brummitt 5.00
E .E. Hicks 50
Dr. G. S. Watkins 100
J. J. Paris I-00
MATHEMATICAL CALCULATION
If Judus Had Deposited His Thirty
Pieces of Silver in a Jerusalem
Bank.
We speak as f amilarly of a bil
lion dollars as we might of our
wives' relations.
But did you ever take a pencil
and paper and figure out just what
a billion dollars means?
If on that day when Judas took
his thirty pieces of silver he had
put a dollar of it in a Jerusalem
bank he might have started a bil
lion dollar fund.
Had somebody else added a dollar
to that fund every minute, day and
night, of every year of the nineteen
centuries since Juda's day how
much would be in bank today?
Only a shade over a round billion
dollars'
Just 'thing of it!
dollar upon a pile of silver dollars
every minute since the Cncifixion
wouTd make only a billion today.
The pathfinders traveling from
Washington City to Atlanta with a
view of locating the Bankhead High
way, which is to be a military road,
arrived in Oxford Wednesday even
ing at half-past six o'clock and were
met by an enthusiastic gathering of
men and ladies in the court house,
where the highway party expressed
pleasure at being in our midst.
The following citizens left about
the noon hour for Clarksville to es
cort the pathfinders to Oxford, who
were expected to arrive here at four
o'clock in the afternoon, but they
were nearly three hours late ownig
to the fact that some one over in
Virginia misdirected the pathfind
ers. The escort from Clarksville
were as follows:
Col. H. G. Cooper, A. H. Powell,
Dr. E. T. White, D. G. Brummitt,
W. A. Graham, Jr., C. D. Ray, B.
W. Parham, Mayor Mitchell, ;C. "A.
Upchurch. W. C. Mitchell, J. R.
Hall, T. G. Currin, A. : A. Hicksj
Harvey Bullock, S. M. Wheeler and
possibly others. v
Pathfinders.
The highway party traveling from
Washington to Atlanta left Wash
ington early Tuesday morning . anjd
stopped in Richmond Tuesday nignt.
In the party were:
Senator J. H. Bankhead, Con
gressman E. Y. Webb, ex-Congressman
T. S. Plowman, president of
the Bankhead National Highway As
sociation; J. A. Rountree, secretary
of the Bankhead National Highway
Association; John Olive La ;rr Gorfce,
chairman of the Pathfinders Com
mission and editor of the National
Geographic Journal; M. O. Eldrige,
United State office of Public Roai'ds
and member of the Pathfinders
Commission; A. S. BtcheiJer,; mem
ber executive committee,,-' A. A. A.
and member of Pathfinders Com
mission; Ernest Coler. American
Morotrist; C. E. Ireland, assistant
secretary Bankhead National High
way Association; Mrs. Ruth Kramer,
member woman's board. United
States Good Road Association; Miss
Rlene Rountree, Birmingham: Col.
Benehan Cameron, of Raleigh: C.
M. Vanstory. member of board of
directors of Bankhead National
Hiarhqy Association' and w- S. Fal
list. State Highway Engineer.
Congressman Webb, who was
with the party in Richmond fell out
of the line at DeWitt, Va., and went
by Durham. ,
Enthusiasm Runs High.
There was never a more genuine
enthusiasm displaytd in Oxford than
there was at the court house dur
ing the half hour the tourist were
here. Mr. John Webb, chairman of
the local Bankhead Highway Assoc
iation, was master of ceremonies.
Several enthusiastic speeches were
'na.e. The fine streets of Oxford
?a,rna in for much praise.
Col. Benehan Cameron Present.
Tlrnt good old friend of Granville,
the Hon. Benehan Cameron, was
very enthusiastic. Moh denend
on his influence and judgement. It
is positively known that he favors
h route through Oxford and he
does not hesitate to speak out in
favor of a direct line across Gran
ville to Raleigh. Granville, has a
mighty good friend at court in the
person of Col. Cameron, who isone
of the most" influential and wise
$rood roads men in the United
Staters.
Senator Bankhead, who is travel
ing with the committee stated from
the platform that he has nothing to
do with the location of the highway
that bears his name, but if I did,
said the Senator, I don't see how it
couM miss Oxford.
The pathfinders left Oxford at a
quarter past seven o'clock and took
a straieht shoot for Raleisrh via
Fairport and Franklintqn. They ar
rived in Raleigh one hour and
thirty minutes after leaving Oxford
and en joved a huge banquet given
in their honor.
: : '
Cap t. Blair, the road man, has ac
cepted o position with the R. G.
Lassiter Construction Company. He
will probably; be assigned to work
at-Lbuisburg."
Four More Registrants Who Have
Not Been Exempted or Discharged
The District Board for Eastern
North Carolina, at Goldsboro, this
week certified the following names
to the Granville County Exemption
Board, and the same is posted at
the Court House:
VICTOR C. ROBERTS, white,
ERNEST MORROW, colored,
GARLAND R. DANIEL, white,
HUBERT A. HIGHT, white.
PROPERTY DAMAGED BY STORM
STEM NEWS LETTER
Home of Mr. W. D. Bryan Damaged
By Falling Chimney.
During the storm last -Tuesday
von... .i -,t.: tne chimney at the north
end of Mr. W. ,D. Bryan's residence
on Raleigh street toppled over on
the roof and tore its way though
Fortunately no one was hurt.
The top of one of the chimneys
on the old home of Mr. F. W. Han
cock, on Hancock street, now occu
pied by Mr. W. D. Rieves, fell on the
roof, inflicting slight damage.
The cold wave that visited this
section immediately following the
wind storm, came from the west.
Snow is reported to have fallen dver
the Asheville plateau Tuesday morn
ing to the depth of one inch. Cold
wave warnings were displayed from
New York as far south as Florida.
A QUIET MARRIAGE.
Mr. P. W. Knott Claims Handsome
w Bride.
Miss Lonie, the pretty and ac
complished daughter of Mr. T. S.
Averett became the happy bride of
Mr. P. W. Knott at the home of her
father on Route 1, Wednesday night
last. The ceremony was performed
by Rev. G. T. Tunstall in the
presence of a number of close
friends " to the onte p.4ig
A sumpteous supper 'rouowed J the
wedding.
GRANVDLLE
COUNTY;v
COLORED FAIR
The Colored People of the
Make. Splnedid Showing.
The colored people of, Granyille
are to be, commended for the inter
est manifested in the fair.' All parts
of the county wereTwell represented
both vdayjs-r-Wednesday and Thurs
day of this week. The exhibits were
very good, and in some instances
were equal or surpassed the display
of those at the Granville County
Fair last week. The househould
articles were very nice, but live
stock is not all that it should be.
County!1
TOBACCO TIPS.
The State of the Tobacco Market is
Fine.
We might write a whole column
about the high price of tobacco, but
we would not say half as much as is
crowded into the announcement of
Mr. I. W. Mangum, proprietor of the
Minor Warehouse, on the fourth
page of this paper.
Also notice the announcement of
Mr. W. Z. Mitchell,- proprietor of
the Banner Warehouse on the sec
ond page "of this paper.
:
BIG SALE AT CALTOLIN A FARM.
On Wednesday, November 14th
Rare Opportunity.
They axe goii to have a public
auction at Caltolina Farm on Wed
nMav, November 14th, and this
will be a splendid opportunity for
the farmers to profit. Hogs, shoats
aid pigs in plenty and farm imple
ments and machinery in abundance.
Everything that Mr. Calton handles
is worth its weight in gold. See an
nouncement on the fifth page of this
paper.
Lieutenant Charles E. Critcher,
medical officer reserve corps, writes
his father, Mr. C M. Critcher of his
safe arrival at his camp near Leeds,
England. The transport on which
he crossed the sea was one of the
eleven ships that traveled in close
proximity to each other with an am
ple escort. No submarine was sited.
Colored Boy Gets Turkey.
One of the funniest incidents in
connection with the colored fair
was the manner in which the color
ed people went after the turkeys
and chickens liberated by Horner
Bros. Company from the top of
their building on Hillsboro street
Wednesday and Thursday. A color
ed boy captured one of the turkeys
and administered a hundred kisses
to its red bill in rapid sucession,
saying '.all . the while - that "you sho
is my meat, you iz:"
(Correspondence Public Ledger)
Box Supper Success ,
The box party held at Culbreth
School building Saturday night was
a pronounced success, the atten
dance being large and the young
people in a "buying notion." Mr.
W. T. Currin, of Culbreth, presi
dent of the Community Club, of that
vicinity, acted as auctioneer in the
sale of boxes and no doubt has miss
ed his calling in not being on the
warehouse floors utilizing his natur
al gift in this line. The contest for
the cake was close but Miss Mary
Bowlnig was declared the winner,
the prize box of candy selling for
the neat sum of $30.80. The whole
proceeds of the party amounted to
$63.20 which will be used for the
improvement and furnishing of the
school Tmilding.
Revival at Creedmoor.
The revival meeting at Creed
moor Methodist church closed Sun
day and resulted in three .additions
to the church by confession of faith,
and a spiritual awakening of the
membership. Presiding Elder, J. E.
Underwood of the Raleigh District
was present the last three days and
delivered sermons of great power.
Rev. B. H. Black, pastor1 of: 4 the
church is accomplishing a great
work in this new charge, and is
greatly beloved by his membership.
All-Day Meeting
Providence permitting, there will
be an all day service at Gobch's
Hall in Stem, on Thanksgiving Day.
Services to begin at 10 o'clock. El
ders Gold, Hooks, Coats, and others
are expected to be present.
Pack-House Burned
On last Friday night about the
midnight hour, Mr. Frank Meadows
of .Route 2, was awakened by a call
of "fire", his pack-house being rap
idly devoured by flames which are
to have origniated from fire
used m'his ordering house by Enoch
Williams, a colored tenant, that af
ternoon. A few of the neighbors
auickly gathered and saved about
three hundred pounds of tobacco
s-badly damaged in the
V , (tontinuea un t-age n our;
THE THEFT OF A FUR MUFF.
Shop Lifters Are Operatnig In
Oxford.
Last Wednesday a small insigni
ficant looking colored girl smuggled
a handsome fur muff from the
store of Perkinson-Green Company.
The theft was immediately re
ported to Chief I. H. Hobgood, who
took up the trail and found the girl
at the Colored Fair.
"That's a very pretty muff you
have there," remarked Chief Hob
good, addressing the girl.
"Yes,' answered the girl with a
sheepish look, "I done bought it at
Kaplon's store."
"Perkinson-Green had one just
like it," ventured Chief Hobgood.
"I don't know nuffin about Per
kinson-Green, I don't," said the
girl.
The Chief recovered the muff
which was identified by Perkinson-
Green as being their property, and
the girl was sent to the county jail
to await a hearing at the Granville
County Superior Court next week.
FIRST SHELLS OF AMERICANS.
Indiana and Georgia Sharde the
H mors of F'ring First Shots.
The International News Service
says that Indiana and Georgia di
vided the honor of having isaugur-
ated America's warfare on land
against the Germans.
A sergeant from South Bend,
Ind., pulled the lanyard to send the
first shell tearing across the valley
n the direction of the German po
sitions at 6 : 15 the morning of Oc
tober 23.
A lieutenant from Georgia gave
the order to "fire."
The remainder of the . shells sent
that morning by this particular
battery across no man's land under
the direction of a lieutenant from
Indiana.
The Open Season.
Thursday being the opening day
of the hunting season, several of
the crack shots of Oxford .went
forth in quest of quail and wild tur
keys.
o
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Lewis and
grand-daughter, Lillian Baird; Mrs.
Sallie Morris and daughter, Eliza
beth and Mr. J. O. Overcash, of Rox-
boro, spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. K. L. Street.