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TAvrKS GOOD FOR
01 THK BANKHEAD HIGHWAY
Iioute Selected Will Probably
Tby faje Next week-
Public Ledger learns on the
bet authority that if the
khead Highway Commission
nnf select the route through
f valley of Virginia by Lynch
he rilville and Greensboro, it
'without a doubt pass through
TTrnnklinton and
OX101 This emnhatic state
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nJt comes" as an offset of the lit-
tip flury 111 xuuuw" -z" :
pa
ithnnaers 51 AS
uu wnhv lnst week on their
itv iue
trip.urflT3 enthusiastic to the point
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Jin0' it seems that the Hen-
of bur
ceoDle have worried tne
that have to be taken with a
5; of salt. "If you will diverge
t LaCrosse and come by Hender
L cutting out Oxford entirely, .we
ffill build a $60,000 bridge across
L Roanoke at Cannon's Ferry,"
1-as one of the statements that im
pressed the Commission as being
unwarrented and born in jealousy.
But to appease the people of our
ambitious neighbors, they suggested
to Congressman Webb on their trip
Fouth last week that he and one or
tiro others in the party to go by
Henderson. "To ignore Oxford is
to ignore the very best town in the
grate," is the exact words that a
member of the Commission used at
LaCrosse when Congressman Webb
left the party. And the commis
sioners also observed that the Gran
ule route passed through five live
to vns, while it passed through only
three on the LaCrosse turnout.
Despite the fact that the roads
south of LaCrosse to the Roanoke,
at a point where the proposed Can
non bridge is to be built, is in a de
plorable condition, so much so that
Congressman Webb's car broke
down, delaying him half a day, he
arrived in Henderson with a smile
on his face, as all good Congress
men do smile occassionally, and
bless goodness they took the smile
veying the road from Henderson to
to be a wink, and now they are sur
LaCrosse and state that the route is
shorter by more than forty miles
than the route by Oxford. The truth
is, the road from LaCrosse by Ox
ford and Fairport to Raleigh is two
miles shorter than the Henderson
route, and the fact that the road
through Granville is mostly on a
ridge seems to please the Commis
sion. In the face of the fact that the
good people of Granville gave Vance
a piece of good rich territory sever
al years ao, it does seem that the
People of Henderson could not say
such things about their confiding
neighbors.
BRITISH SINK ELEVEN SHIPS.
Torpedo Destroyer Invaded German
Mine Regions and Bagged
Germans.
Eleven German ships, perhaps
twelve, one of them an auxiliary
Wnser armed with six-inch guns
ere sent to the bottom of the Cat
et, the large North Sea arm be
tween Sweden and Denmark, by a
sntisn mosquito flotilla sometime
JS the last week. Ten of the
NJiKen vessels were patrol crafts.
BOXERS TAKEN BY TEU
TON ARMIES TOTALS 100,000
B(!n? VTrts New Captures of Men
and Also l ,800 Guns Together.
thi lin War ffice reports
hlTTe than 2(0,000 prisoners
aje been taken in the Austro-Ger-
ThCanSaign on tne Italian front.
official statement says:
Dortt !re have been no further im
poant military operations.
20ft nan the Dresent more than
1800 pnsoners and more than
Other SUns bave been enumerated.
PinfaSy." Cann0t bG estiraated
SEC(m SERIES OP OFFICERS.
Smte.,of Officer's Training
laR1I AViU Be Assigned With-
wn,. out Delay.
Cilngt,on Nov- 4. Under
w f(mS!eted b tne war depart
uates of ? lsPsition of the grad
ers' tr second series of offi
this mg camps, which close
000 X ' every man of tne 19-
sion recommended for a com
at once II ,r wiU be commissioned
subject t P 1 ed on an eliSible llst
SpEClAL TAX NOTICE
Tax
m tv.rs win
please not for-
ere and after December 1st
added t ft! e a Penalty of 1 per cent
UlPaid each month taxes remain
UllPaid.
R. B HINES.
Nov. 5
Town Tax Collector.
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1917.
OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY,
MAJOR THAD G. STEM
GOES TO FORT SILL.
It Is Thought That He Will Go To
France in the Next Two Weeks.
Major Stem, of the North Caroli
na Battery, was last week ordered
to report at Fort Sill, Oklahoma.
. Mrs. Stem, who has been resid
ing in Greenville ever since the Ma
jor went to Camp Sevier, returned
to the parental home in Stem last
week. She is under the impression
that Major Stem will go to France
at an early date, possibly in two
weeks.
DELINQUENT IS WORTH
$50 TO HIS CAPTORS.
Local Board Believes Spread of In
formation About the Reward Will
Round Them Up.
Under the conscription regula
tions there are a few men in Gran
ville county with "a price on their
heads." The government offers a
reward of $50 for the delivery at
the nearest army camp of a deserter,
and the term is applied to any
young man who fails to appear when
ordered to show up by the local
board. Should it eventuate upon
examination that the young man
was not a willful deserter that may
help him, for he would be sent to
camp for training and there it would
end, but the reward would be paid
to the person who brought him up,
nevertheless.
A FORMER GRANVILLE MAN
Goes to Zebulon, Wake County and
Gets Rich.
The Public Ledger had the pleas
ure of meeting Mr. J. D. Cox and
some of his friends from Zebulon
last week. Mr. Cox is a native of
Granville, having moved to Zebulon
some years ago and is now getting
rich and don't know it. This year's
crop of tobacco netted him $6,000,
which cost only $32.75 to produce.
And the best of all, Mr. Cox raised
his home supplies in abundance and
some to spare.
AMERICAN TROOPS FALL
INTO HANDS OF GERMANS.
The capturing of American sol
diers by a German reconnoitering
party is announced by the Berlin
war office.
The statement says that on the
Rhine-Marne canal as a result of a
reconnoitering thrust North Amer
ican soldiers were brought in.
The portion of the official state
ment making this announcement
reads:
"At the Rhine-Marne canal, as
the result of a reconnoitering
thrust, North American soldiers
were brought in."
The war department' is inclined to
doubt the capture by the Germans
of any of the United States forces.
It is admitted that such a capture
is possible, however, as our men go
on parrol in "no man's land" as a
part of their trench work. It is
pointed out that the Berlin dispatch
refers to the capture of "North
Americans" and that Canadians are
included under this term.
OVER 5,000,000 FAMILIES
SIGN THE FOOD PLEDGE.
But Little More Than Half the
Country Has Been Heard From
in Official Figures.
Washington, Nov. 3. With prob
ablv little more than haif the coun
try" heard from, returns from the
food pledge week campaign passed
the 5,000.000 mark. The official
tabulations here showed 5,000,402
families had been enrolled.
NORMAL COLLEGE
GIRLS PATRIOTIC.
Student Body Votes to Forego
Thanksgiving Turkey.
Patriotic resolutions initiated by
the self-governing Greensboro State
Normal College student body Sat
urdav put the college on record as
favoring the strictest regime mthe
kitchen and dining room for food
conservation. The students 800
strong, voung women from all coun
ties of North Carolina, voted to fore
go the Thanksgiving turkey and
give the money to war work.
SOME RARE BARGAINS
At "Granville's Biggest and Best
Store."
Major Will Landis, buyer for Lan
dis & Easton, has returned from the
northern markets, where he was
successful in securing a line of tne
needed articles, which go on sale at
practically the old-time P-f06
of the articles Tnentioned will be
considerable higher six months
hence than at the invLtinfnnflgu
quoted by Landis & Easton See
annonucement on the fifth page 01
this paper.
Dr Nelson Thomas will return
from a trip to New York tomorrow.
PEOPLE PAY WAR
TAX WITHOUT GRUMBLE.
But Little Grumbling on Postage
Increase and Movie Admissions
So far as has been learned, there
has been but little grumbling and
real displeasure noticed in Oxford
over the increased taxes exacted
trom the general public for postage
accounts and admissions into
amusement places. The postage
rates became effective at midnight
Thursday, and virtually all letters
deposited in the post office since
that time have been properly post
ed. 1
All letters whose destination is
out of the city, and not on a rural
route out from the local postoffice
have to bear three cents in postage,
and all postal cards and the picture
cards must have two cents. Com
munications going to destinations
inside the county are carried at the
same old rate.
If anything there has been an in
crease in the patronage at the Or
pheum Theatre since the war tax
was inaugurated, but that is ac
counted for by the fact that the
management has arranged to show
a still higher class of pictures.
HEALTH WORK
Health Department of the Oxford
Woman's Club Brings Exhibit
Here.
The splendid health exhibit at
Granville County Colored Fair last
week was obtained from the State
Board of Health and financed by the
Health Department of the Oxford
Woman's Club. The exhibit made
a profound impression on the color
ed people and it is well calculated
to do much good wherever shown.
WEST-HOBGOOD MARRIAGE
The Bride Formerly Lived at Oxford
College.
A quiet, but pretty marriage took
place last Wednesday afternoon at
the home of Mr. John T. White,
in Norgolk, Virginia, when his niece,
Miss Jessie Lee Hobgood .daughter'
of Mrs. Benjimin F. Hobgood, for
merly - of Oxf or dp- Nof2;Carolin
became the bride of Mr. Andrew
Jackson West. The ceremony was
performed by the Rev. J. T. Riddick,
of Park Avenue Baptist Church.
The bride wore a traveling suit of
claret broadcloth, with hat and
gloves to match.
The maid of honor was Miss Al
ieene C. Jones, and Miss Margaret
Hobgood, niece of the bride, was
flower girl. The groom had for his
best man Mr. Richard L. Gornto.
The rooms were prettily decorated
with palms and white and yellow
chrysanthemums.
Among the out of town guests
were the bride's uncle, President F.
P. Hobgood, of Oxford College; Miss
Maragaret Hobgood, of Durham;
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. West, of Prin
cess Anne, Virginia, and Misses
Willa McLeod and Virginia Monta
gue, of Crozet, Virginia.
Immediately after the ceremony
Mr. and Mrs, West left for a north
ern trip.
"Miss Jessie," as everybody knew
her, was for several years Presi
dent Hobgood's private secretary
and a valuable aid to the college.
Everybody here loved Miss Jessie
and she had thousands of friends
throughout this section of the State,
especially the young women who
knew her at Oxford College.
THE POLLS ARE OPEN
WOMEN SIGN PLEDGE CARDS
Committees In Granville Working
For Council National Defense.
The polls are open at all the
schools of the county where the
women can register their names for
Council Defense work. Some of the
townships of the county registered
in goodly numbers last week, but
there were entirely too many slack
ers in some places, and the time of
registration has been lengthened up
to next Saturday evening with the
hope that they will redeem the en
viable name that all good women of
Granville bear.
As soon as all of the cards have
been turned in, Miss Lela Routin,
chairman of registration in Gran
ville, will make out a tabulated
statement for publication. Be sure
your name is on the list, good and
patriotic women.
IKmations Appreciated.
The Granville County Chapter of
the American Red Cross acknowl
pdPM with thanks the receipt of a
r donation of $2.00 from Mr. W. C.
Pleasants, through Mrs. S. M. wat
kins. It is hoped that other citizens
of the county will follow the exam
ple 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.
OPPOKTUMTHES ALL
NOVEMBER 7, 1917
CHANGE "OF SCHEDULE ON
THE SEABOARD RAILWAY.
Effective November 4 All Trains
Daily Except Sunday.
(Trains Arrive in Oxford)
No. 419 From Henderson 8 a.
m.
No. 429 From Durham 11:30 a.
m.
No. 411- From Henderson 3:10
p. m.
No. 413. From Durham 4:30 a.
m.
(Trains Depart)
No. 418 For Durham 8:25 a. m.
No. 412 For Henderson 11:59
a. m., making connection for north
and south, i
No. 422 -For Durham 3:20 p. m.
No. 420 For Henderson 5:00 p.
m., making connection for north and
south.
MAJOR STEDMAN IN OXFORD.
Came By Merely to Shake Hands
With His Many Friends.
Major Chas. M. Stedman, repre
sentative from this Congressional
District, spent Monday night in Ox
ford. There was no political sig
nificance connected with his visit.
He was on his way to eastern Caro
lina to visit his sister, and came ov
er to Oxford to spend the night and
be among his friends. He stopped
at the Exchange hotel and as soon
as it was learned that he was in our
midst the hotel was besieged by
friends of the distingulished con
gressman. Major Stedman. is hale and hearty
and looks at least twenty years
younger than he did when we last
saw him.
DISTINGUISHED VISITOR HERE.
Col. Osborn Spends Day and Night
in Oxford.
Former United States Commis
sioner of Revenue Osborn spent
Friday night in Oxford. In former
years he stopped with Mr. and Mrs.
Caleb Osborn, but they having pass
ed over the river, he drove to the
Exchange Hotel, where . the genial
proprietor killed the fatted calf for
ville.
We regret to say that Col. Osborn
shows -some sign of broken health ; ;
in fact that is what compelled him
to resign from office. He has lost
considerable weight, but the quiet
rest is bringing the bloom back to
his handsome face.
Col. Osborn, who has been in
close touch with the administration
ever since the war broke out in Eu
rope, expresses a conviction that the
worst is yet to come. He stand in
mortal dreal of foreign complica
tions and a prolongation of the war;
our people, especially those who
live in the rural districts, said Col.
Osborn, do not seem to comprehend
the great import of the war; it
means, he said, unlimited sacrifice
upon the rich and the poor alike.
Col. Osborn came down from his
home in Greensboro and left for
Washington at noon Saturday. He
was the recipient of many hearty
handshakes while in Oxford.
THE ANNUAL FLOWER
SHOW A SUCCESS.
Many Lovely Flowers Were on
Exhibition.
The annual Chrysanthemum
show, under the auspices of the
Woman's club, was held in the ar
Tnnrv Friday and Saturday, of last
wek". Manv gorsreous flowers were
on exhibition and number of pre
miums awarded. The fancy work
booth was a scil feature and a
number of useful Christmas articles
were displayed. This proved quite p.
financial success as well as social
event.
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SEEKING TO FIND RELA
TIVES OF DEAD MAN.
Efforts Be:ng Made to Locate Rela
tives in . North Carolina.
The Public Ledger is in receipt of
a marked copy of the Globe, pub
lished at Garland City, Utah, con
taining an account of the death of
H. C. Wilson, a well-to-do North
Carolinian who died a few weeks
ago in that city. The article goes
on to say that Mr. Wilson often re
ferred to relatives in Granville coun
ty. Mr. Wilson's body was em
balmed and the authorities seek to
find his relatives. The deceaesed
was about 65 years of age.
Ask the Men Who Sell.
Turn to the fifth page of this
paper and notice the names and the
amounts and high averages of those
who sell their tobacco at the Minor
Warehouse.
Woman's Club Meeting
The monthly meeting of the
Woman's Club will be held Wednes
day afternoon at 3:30 o'clock in the
Oxford Library. A full attendance
is desired.
IHOHIE PfflMT
NUMBER 89
PRICES WILL DROP
SAYS MR. HOOVER.
Oxford people should begin to
feel some slight effects from the
workings of the food regulations, if
Mr. Hoover's ideas work out, for on
the first of November all of the re
gulations went into effect.
Both the farmers and the bigger
dealers have co-operated with the
government in every possible way,
according to a statement by Mr.
Hoover, which follows in part:
The food administration considers
that, subject to cooperation from the
farmers and the retailers, the corn
er has now been turned in high
prices and that most of the essential
commodities should one after an
other continue to show' reduction be
tween now and the end of the year.
The food administration has no
controll of either the growing or
ganizations, nor of the great major
ity of retailers. The foundations
have been laid for regulation of the
intermediate trades, and where
these regulations have come into
force the trades are cooperating
finely, the millers especially, and
considerable results are evident in
the wholesale prices.
The current prices at which flour
is being sold at the mill door in jute
bags vary somewhat with the local
ity and freight charges on wheat,
Toledo showing the lowest prices at
$10 for first patent and $970 for
second patent, the highest being
Buffalo at $10.70 for first patent
and $10.70 for second patent; Min
neapolis being $10.50 for first pat
ent and $10.46 for second patent,
and shows a large reduction under
August prices.
The regulation on the distribu
tion of wheat and the manufacture
of flour were put into force the
middle of September.
The average retail price on first
patent in 796 cities on October 13
was $13.77, or from $1.50 to $2 per
barel higher than is warranted by
the price being made by the millers.
Dealers in fundamental foodstuffs
who will b$ obliged to take out Fed
eral licenses to do business after
November 1, as indicated in the pre
sident's proclamation issued Octo
ber 8, a,re required to make- requi
sition at once for application forms
without further notification by Fed
eral authorities. These forms are
being issued upon request by the
law department, license division,
United States food administration,
Washington.
All . wholesalers, brokers, and
commission men handling the food
stuffs specified in the president's
proclamation must be licensed,
without regard to the volums of
their business. Retailers whose gross
sales do not exceed $100,000 per
annum are exempted by congress,
but this exemption does not apply
to wholesalers or to persons doing
both a wholesale and retail busi
ness. There are certain other minor
classes of exemptions set forth clear
ly in the proclamation.
Relief Sale.
The big relief sale will start at
Cohn & Son's next Friday morning,
November 9 th and continue for fif
teen days only. These goods will
be released at the old prices which
prevailed before the war. Prices,
attentive salepeople and Cohn &
Son's fair dealings to all make their
sales grow bigger in importance and
power every time they put on a sale.
For not . only are new faces attract
ed, but all their old customers re
turn. Because they know from ex
perience that these sales are just
what the application implies. It
means that you can select anything
from their vast stocks and save
money. This is a sale of sales, for
everybody. For men, women and
children. No matter what you want.
No matter how slender or how full
your purse is. If you desire to save
money on new, reliable, and desir
able merchandise make it a point to
attend this helpful relief sale.
We want the public to understand
that this is no hot air nor paper
talff, but plain facts which every
body knows, and we are putting it
before you in as plain english as the
writer of this advertisement knows.
Read Cohn & Son's adv. on the last
page of this paper. (adv)
Noble Son of GiTanviVe.
Mr. Robert Walters, of Cardenas,
who left Granville county some
years ago and settled in the extreme
southern part of Wake county, is
spending a few days in Oxford, the
guest of his brothers, Messrs. W. H.
and Connie Walters. There.. is quite
a colony of Granville people in and
around Cardenas, Verona and Fu
quay, one of the best farming sec
tions of the State, and Mr. Walters
is regarded as the earl of the col
ony. He is a farmer that does
things, lives at home and, entertains
his friends.
Miss Bettie Mae Cheatham came
home from Peace Institute Saturday
to spend the week end with the
home folks on Route 3.
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