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OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA,
. T wnAR FOR NOV. COURT
FEW CASES ARE IMPORTANT.
vnPtv Cases Set For the Two
m Week's Term.
Mr D C Hunt, clerk of the Gran
ge county Superior Court, work-
e in conjunction with the calen
r committee and the local bar,
envolved a new form for the
Hnted court calendar. The form is
Snal with Clerk Hunt, and it is
drawn in such a business like man
or as to enable the court officials
nd all concerned to proceed with
nt asking so many questions and
much" delay. Other counties would
in well to pattern after the wise and
obliging clerk of the Granville
rounty Superior Court.
Court Convenes Next Monday.
jude George Connor, of Wilson,
h0 iS noted for his learning and
dispatch of business, will convene
the two week's term next Monday.
No time is idle in his court, and
vet lie is always courteous and
pleasant to everyone.
Lengthy Docket.
There are 34 cases on the crimi
nal docket to date; 39 on the civil
issue docket and 15 on the motion
docket. By reference to the docket
one can see the date on which the
case is expected to be heard, the
name of the attorneys, etc., except
the motion cases, which may be used
to fill in tne time and exPedite
business.
Unusual Cases.
Onlv two cases promise to be of
unusual interest, and it is barely
possible that Judge Connor may
clear the court room when these
two cases come up. Most of the
cases grew out of misunderstand
ing, infractions of the law and pure
cussedness.
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THE BANKHEAD HIGHWAY
CANNOT MISS OXFORD.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1917
NUMBER 90
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Being right in the way of the
Bankhead Highway, the Public
Ledger can't see for the life of us
how it could miss Oxford.
The people of this section are
fully awake to the importance of
this great highway and the com
munity may be depended upon to
give it whatever of support may be
required. The Public Ledger has
believed since the first plans for this
road were made public that it is de
stined to become one of the most
important in the entire country. It
is more than a probability that in
the course of time it will be resolv
ed into a military highway, that it
will he constructed and maintained
hy the Government, giving the peo
ple of the State through which it
passes all the benefits which a road
of such construction and mainten
ance would imply.
THE BOARD WRESTLES
WITH COUNTY AFFAIRS.
New Roads, Old Roads and a Lot of
Other Business.
The Board of County Commis
sioners held their monthly session
last Monday, the following being
present: Messrs E. C. Harris, chair
man: Thomas G. Taylor, R. s. Hart,
W. E. Cannady, J. Luther Daniel.
Defense Work.
The Board made a donation of
$50.00 to the Granville County
Branch of the National Defense.
Petition For Road Extention
There was a petition presented
asking for an extention of the pub
lic roard commencing near Grove
Hill church and running across Tar
River below Lyon's mill and tuch
ing the Cannady's mill road near
Sears. All parties concerned in
said road will appear before the
Board of County Commissioners on
the first Monday in December, at
which time the petition will be con
sidered. The Home Guard Company
The Board appropriated $100.00
to the Home Guard Company, better
known as the Sixteenth Company of
the North Carolina Reserve Mali
tia. Settlement Ordered.
The chariman of the Board and
the County attorney were designat
ed as a committe to settle with the
county treasurer.
Declared a IPubllc Road
The commissioners declared the
following road to be a public thor
oughfare: Beginning on the south
side of the Experiment Station on
the Providence road, crossing the
lands of Oscar Yancey, T. G. Cur
rin and the Experiment Station, in
tersecting the Enon road in front of
Dick Jones' olace. This right-of-way
is donated to the county as will
appear from petition on file. The
road is to be onened by free labor.
Sent to Training School.
The application for admittance
to the Casewell Training School of
Lillian E. Hicks and Jeter T. Brink
ley was looked into and the Board
ordered the Register of Deeds to
sign the necessary papers and for
ward same.
Indigent.
Mrs. Sallie Henri was admitted to
the Home of the ged and Infirm.
Charles Preddy, colored was
granted admittance to the Home of
the Aged and Infirm.
ORDERED TO REPORT
FOR MILITARY DUTY.
Eight Granville Men Will Be Sent
to Camp Jackson Nov. 12.
The following named men are
hereby called into the service of the
Government. The posting of their
names in the office of the Granville
County Exemption Board on Tues
day, November 6, 1917, constitutes
notices to each of the persons here
in named, and they are ordered to
report at three o'clock on the after
noon of Monday, November 12th,
and transportation to Camp Jcak
son will be furnished:
Order No.
Jimmie Parrott 77
George L. Tilley 192
Joshua Hobgood 253
G. Washigton Clark ....260
Nathaniel Turner 264
Luther M. Vaughan .267
N. Garland Daniel ..360
Pender Nance 354
RED CROSS TOBACCO
Judge Biggs Will Probably Speak.
Judge Crawford Biggs who is
spending a coule of day in Oxford,
the guest of his mother, will be in
vited to make a four minute's
speech at the Orpheum Theatre this
Friday night. Judge Biggs could
not be seen at this writing, but it is
thought that he will consent to
speak.
The farmers selling tobacco on
the Oxford market were exceedinly
generous with the Committee of
ladies from the Red Cross Chapter
on Tuesday and Wednesday. The
total amount of donations in tobac
co and cash for Tuesday was $146.
94 and for Wednesday $183.12. The
Red Cross Chapter appreciates all
of these donations and thanks each
person who contributed.
The tobacco buyers and warehouse-men
have been very kind and
considerate and have co-operated
with the Committee in every pos
sible way and their kindness is
highly appreciated. The following
is a list of those who made dona
tions on Tuesday and Wednesday:
C. G. Mangum, E. M. Humphresy,
STRAIGHT, OLD FASHIONED
WARFARE WON THE DAY.
PATRIOTIC AND WORTHY CAUSE
TOBACCO MARKET WILL
CLOSE FOR THANKSGIVING.
FIRST DRILL IS HELD
BY THE HOME GUARD.
Capt. Will Land is Orders His Com
pany to Drill Weekly
The first of the weekly drills by
the newly organized Home Guard
was held last Tuesday" evening in
the Armory.
The large attendance of the com
pany was an .indication that the
men take an interest in the work.
Lieutenant Vernon Taylor, a vet
eran of the Mexican War, put the
squad through the "set-up" drill.
SUGAR AND GASOLINE
SHORT IN OXFORD.
Will Skip Two Sales Days 29th
and 30th.
The Oxford Tobacco Board of
Trade has decided to close down for
Thanksgiving. When the sale on
Wednesday, November 28 th has
been completed the market will be
closed until Monday, December 3d.
The only two sale days on which
the market will be closed is Thurs
dav and Friday, November 29th and
30th.
Granville County Soldier's and Sail
ors Fund.
CARD FROM GEN. ROYSTER
Major William Landis,
Oxford, N. C.
Dear Major: I am enclosing
herewith my check for $5.00 as a
contribution to the Christmas Fund
for our Granville County Soldiers.
I am hoping that a large number of
our people will contribute at once
to this fund. It is hardly neces
sary to argue that it is a most
worthy cause, and if our boys are to
receive the gifts by Christmas7 the
purchases must be made by the mid
dle of this month. Every citizen of
the County should feel a personal
interest in our. soldier boys and they
can manifest this interest by a
prompt contribution to this fund.
Would it not be well to appoint an
active Committee to solicit contri
butions? Too many of our people
are "last minute men."
Sincerely yours,
B. S. ROYSTER.
Helief is Expected by the End of the
Week.
It was a source of much anxiety
m this section Wednesday when the
automobile owners experienced a
shortage of gasoline.
. If is supposed that the shortage
s due to the fact that the railroads
cannot handle the commodity just
at this time, but there is a possibil
ity r the shortage in gasoline be
ing hroken within the next twenty
jour hours or sooner. The relief is
to come from Richmond as soon as
a train can be rushed through. '
There is also a scarcity of sugar.
Jt is doubtful if there is as much as
two thousand pounds in the hands
f the local merchants. Some have
none at ail and those who are for
tunate to have a few bags deal it
ut sparingly to their customers.
REV. S. K. PHILLIPS
WRITES FROM GREENVILLE.
Many Thanks, Gentlmen.
.The Granville Commercial Club
Wishes to take this opnortunity to
express its thanks to the Blalock
ortor Co., Mr. C. D. Ray, Senator
ntus Currin, and Mr. Harvey Bul
jock for so generously lending their
automobiles to carry the committee
t the club to Clarksville to meet
"Pathfinders of the Bankhead
W'Snway. it is public-spirited ser
vice hke that rendered by this com
pany and these gentlemen that
"lake a community worth living in.
Miss Williams Sends Check
Miss Myrtle Williams, teacher at
T-V00d school, writes Major Will
fnarnJ3s and encloses check for $5.50
n,L Soldler's and Sailor's Christ
ids Fund, a contribution from
fcagewood school.
To my fellow-citizens and friends of
Oxford and Granville County:
I am not ashamed to confess that
what I saw last Friday morning was
through a mist of tears. I saw the
little city I loved so much and the
hills of Granville I know so well,
shoved into the distance as my train
moved away.
It came home to me with a sud
den rush, that I was really leaving
home leaving a people among
whom I had lived for nearly six
years, a kind, loyal, loving people
who had borne with my faults and
helped me to grow my virtues.
I have said "good-bye," but never
can my heart be weaned from my
Granville friends, and I want them
to know it. No words of mine can
ever express my gratitude for all
the confidence and love so freely be
stowed upon me while Oxford was
my home, and I take this occasion
to express my deep appreciation of
it. . '
May the spirit of brotherly love
which I always found, continue to
abide, and may -Heaven's richest
blessings be measurered out to
Granville and her' people; and soon
may we meet again."
Faithfully yours,
S. K. PHILLIPS.
The buyers for the Anchor
Store Henderson, were sucessful in
purchasing an unusual line of coats,
suits and dresses. These are put on
sale at special prices. See the an
nouncement on the fourth page of
this paper.
Mr. Chamblee is Sick.
The many friends of Mr. M. P.
Chamblee will regret to learn that
he is quite sick. He was taken with
a chill ten days ago, which was fol
lowed by the grip and serious com
Plications. We are glad to swxe
SE? hi? condition is somewhat im
proved this Friday morning.
Contribution to Date
Will Landis . . .$5.00
Public Ledger 1.00
0 T- X00
Frank B. Hays. . . . . . . . . . . 1.00
Miss Lucile 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
W. T. Blackwell . 50
Henry A. Hart 1.00
J. T. Gresham 100
H. B. Tilley ....... :w. 1.00
J. F. Parish . 50
W. T. Hight . ... . .Y.. 50
Ben Y. Hunt 50
Gen. B. S. Royster . 5.00
Mrs. Eliza Crews 1.00
Mrs. S. C. Hobgood 1.00
L. T. Williford 1-00
J. T. Britt . . . LOO
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 100
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 . . . 1-50
Dr. I. H. Davis v. . ..... 5.00
D. G. Brummitt . 5 "u
E .E. Hicks . . 50
Dr. G. S. Watkins ...... 100
J. J. Paris .. x-00
Mrs. Lucy Powell 50
Ottis Jenkins, .
Miss Bettie Jordan 50
Fletcher Dickerson 1-JJO
A. D. J. J-JJX
Mrs. W. W. Cozart 1.00
Mrs. D. C. Averett . 1-00
Mrs. W. S. Gooch 1.00
Mrs. Melvin Mays 1-00
Frank Shamburger Taylor 1.00
J. E. Howell ......... 1.00
Prof. F. P. Hobgood ..... ... 1-00
Edgewood School . 5.&0
Send all donations to Major Will
Landis, at Landis & Easton's. Ox
ford, and the same will be acknow
ledged by the Public Ledger.
Specials For Saturday.
The Long Company has designat
ed Saturday, November 10th as a
special sale day in the latest crea
tions of milinery. Prices of Vogue
Castle and pattern hats are quoted
on the last page of this paper. -
Elvin Cottrell.
Dick Taylor,
C. R. Gordon.
T. G. Taylor,
Moses Overton,
J. B. Adcock,
Jno. Greenwood,
Roland & Sneed,
Otho Daniel,
Z. E. Franklin,
Lony Freenman,
L. P. Wortham,
M. H. Frazier,
B. Chandler,
Willie Cooper,
J. W. Phipps,
Simon Parker,
Daniel Hester,
C. H. Gregory,
C. R. Brandon,
W. B. Bragg,
W. B. Bragg,
J. T. Mangum,
A. W. Cannady,
Mack Brummitt,
Geo Lunsford,
Estes Sykes,
A. L. Overton,
A. Greenwood,
A. B. Currin,
Cally Cash,
E. D. Woodlief,
J. T. Stem,
E. P. Brokden,
J. W. Cottrell,
Tom Thorpe,
J. A. Brinkley,
Matt Nelson,
J. S. Watkins,
J. S. Watkins,
W. E. Yancey,
J. T. Allgood,
W. H. Nelson,
Bailey & Fields,
D. Marrow,
W. H. Haskins,
E. A. Bobbitt,
Sonny Peace,
Wm. Wilson,
Yorke Allen,
C. H. Burnett,
Amos Waller,
Rhody Harris,
James Marable,
Mrs. Stovall,
Cheatham & Sneec
Tom Guisson,
W. C. Critcher,
Frank Key,
J. A. Williams,
W. B. Dixon,
W. T. Barnes,
C. C. Loukhlin,
E. Taliorn,
Arthur Hays,
J. W. Caviness,
Thurman Knott,
Morton & Harris,
Sherman Linsey,
W. B. Blecher,
R. C. May,
N. B. Patton,
R. Gill,
J. E. Duncan,
J. B. Stovall,
Cheatham & Hern
Graham Belcher, don,
A. H. Brooks, -A. L. Oakley,
J. N. Watkins,
John Bullock,
L. T. Hays,
J. R. Hobgood,
H. B. Tilley,
J. W. Russell,
J. B. Pleasants,
G. A. Pruitt,
E. C. Clayton,
Buck .Marrow,
O. L. Bowling,
Gus Thornton,
Luther Royster,
U. J. Brooks,
N. F. Hobgood,
Ulma Elixson,
P. N. Tunstall,
W. M. Royster,
C. W. Knott,
Doc. Chandler,
S. E. Peed,
Elijah Crews,
Weldon Suit,
J. P. Mangum,
Peyton Howell,
S. E. Montague,
J. D. Jackson,
Currin & Parrish,
Mita Cooper,
W. J. Braswell,
W. J. O'Brian,
Mitchell Bros,
R. C- Bullock,
E. M. May,
H. M. Puckett,
Reuben Parrott,
Acknowledgement is made by the
Red Cross Chapter of a donation of
$2.00 from Mrs. A. M. Stovall. This
donation is greatly appreciated.
STOVALL ORGANIZES
A RED CROSS BRANCH.
Sta-rt Out in a Most Flourishing
Condition. .
A Committee from the Granville
County Chapter of the American
Rde Cross accepted the invitation of
citizens of Stovall and met with
them in Dickerson Hall on Tuesday
night, November 6th, for the pur
pose of organizing a Red Cross
Branch. The committee . from Ox
ford was composed of Mrs. John
Webb, Mrs. L. de la Croix, Miss
Mary Webb, Mrs. A. H. Powell, Mrs.
G. B. Phillips, Mr. John R. Hall,
Mr. G. B. Phillips, Mr. A. W. Gra
ham, Jr., Mr. J. Robt. Wood, Mr. A.
H. Powell. ..
On reaching Stovall the commit
tee found that the main part of the
work of organizing a Chapter had
already been accomplished, by Mr.
C. L. Lewis, who had in one day
secured seventy-five members, and
eight more members were added
during the meeting. The genuine
interest of the people of Stovall in
' the Red Cross work was strikingly
attested by the large number of peo
ple present at the meeting. The
spirit of the Red Cross has really
touched Stovall and there is every
reason to expect splendid work by
this Branch.
The following officers were elect
ed: Mr. Waller L. Taylor, Chairman;
Mrs. White. Vive-Chairman; Mr.
O'Briant, Treasurer; . Mr. F. H.
Gregory, Secretary.
The Stovall Branch leads all
Branches and Auxiliaries organized
bv the Granville . County Chapter,
both in membership and ? enthusiasm.
On the Same Land Where Napoleon
Made Himself Master of the
World 120 Years Ago.
General Cadorna was clearly out-
wited, out-thought, out-fought and
out manaeuvred by his German foe.
Having behind him a greatly super
ior force than that of the Germans
and Austrians, the Italian "comman
der has lost according to Berlin re
ports, 180,000 troops, 1,500 guns,
all the Austrain territory which he
had won in two years and 1,000
square miles of Italian territory be
sides.
It was upon this very field that
Napoleon Bonaparte, then but 2S
years of age, at the head of a French
army made himself master of the
world.
It was there that he smashed his
Austrain enemy and sent him whirl
ing back from Italian soil and won
for himself the last gratitude of
Italy.
Now 120 years later General
Mackensen, the brainest man in the
German army, by using, exact tactics
empleyed by the young Eagle of
Corsica, has struck the Italian army
a terrific blow.
Smashing the left or northern
wing of Cadorna's forces, Macken
sen rolled it rapidly southward and
westward, and dit it so swiftly that
the Italian commander had to flee
with his whole force or else have
its life-blood cut off with its lost
comunications to the rear.
And Mackensen did this in old
fashioned warfare, not by trench
fighting. He rushed the Italian ar
my off its feet, precisely as Napoleon
in his immortal Italian campaign
had rushed the obsolete Austrain
commander off his feet, although
the Austrain had a greatly superior
force.
Germany learns in any school
that has a good lesson to teach, and
she learned this from a French Em
peror. Mackensen took a great
chance in making his drive with In
fnatry even ahead of his big guns
and was thus able to surprise the
Italian leader, who didn't expect
any such manoeuvre.
Military men in the United States
and in England say that the day
must come when the decisive blows
will be struck beyond the trenches,
when straight, old-fashioned war
fare will be used and when the gen
eral with the biggest brain and who
knows best how to plan battles up
on a grand soale will surely crush
the contending foe.
We are training our American ar
mies for just such work and that
work requires trained men and not
raw recruits. But it required mot
of all the genius for great general
ship backed by the daring skill of a
commander who is not afraid to
take long chances to win superb
victory.
Directors Elect President
At a recent meeting of the direc
tnrs of the Oxford Buggy Company,
Mr. Z. W. Lyon was unanimously
elected president and Mr. A. H.
Powell was chosen director.
SOLDIERS OF THE SEA
The Marine Corps Is the Most In
viting Branch of the Service.
Seregant George A. Mursick.who
is in charge of the Marine Corps re
cruiting office in Durham, was in
Oxford Thursday . in the interest of
recruiting.
Sergeant Murcisk is desirous of
interesting the men of this part of
the country in the advantages of
enlisting in the Marine Corps. "A
man is much better off in the volun
teers, than to wait and be drafted.
The Marine Corps is the oldest
branch of the military service; its
ranks are filled with some of the
finest men in the country, and the
opportunities for promotion to high
er ranks are unsurpassed by any
other branch of the service. The
Marines do duty ashore and afloat,
serving on air our large battle ships,
at all our, naval stations, and in all
our foreign possessions. We want
clean cut young Americans between
the ages of 19 and 32 years. Any
man who is eligible for service and
wants to serve Uncle Sam in an ef
ficient branch of the service, can do
so bv enlisting in the Marine Corps.
Applications for enlistment can be
made through the postmaster at Ox
ford or at the recruiting office in
Durham. Postmaster Lassiter has
some books on Life in the Marine
Corns which he will gladlv give to
anv man wishing information, and
will also be glad to talk over the
matter of enlistment.
"All men who applv for enlist
ment in the Marine Corps must be
single and have no dependant rela
tives. The Marine Corps has filled
its ranks mostly with volunteers
which speaks well for the life in this
branch of the service."
The Oxford Tobacco Market
Though we have no . advertise
ments this week for any of the to
bacco warehouses, they are all four
open, thoroughly equipped and
ready to sell what-ever you have on
hand at a price beyond comprehen
sion, and remember Oxford wants to
buy what you have to sell, and
wants to sell what you have to buy.
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