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POTLIISHED SEMI-WEEKLY Tnn -Am iL.ig OWN AND -RFUT pEBRY SENTENCED HEhl5 Fl ECTBIO CHAIR. j.u Detailed Account o of the Henious Crim whole of the first week of t was occupied in me mai ui cour ...inal cases The last one before tbe court was that against the ne Herbert Perry charged with criminal assault upon little Miss KatP Mav. The trial occupied three Javs of the court and resulted in the conviction of the prisoner. The Public Ledger has not here tofore attempted to give any ac count of this trial or of the offense at the time it occured, but it deems it not inappropriate to give a re sume of the evidence adduced at the trial. The young girl lives with her father and step mother out near pickerson on the plantation of Mr. Arthur A. Currin. She was fourteen years old last June. As has here tofore been stated Judge Connor ex cluded everybody from the court room while she was giving her tes timony except the officers of the court, but we understand that she testified that in the early part of the nisht of Thursday, August 16, the prisoner approached her while she was on the porch of her home, ield a pistol at her head and threat ened her with death is she resisted; that after he had accomplished his purpose he told her that if she re Tealed what had taken place he would kill her and every member of "her family and burn up their home; that under the influence of this fear ?he did not tell her parents and that at the same time the following night j the negro came again to her home, placed a ladder against the house and attempted to clmb into her room, but was frightened away by the approach of her father and a neighbor who were coming from the barn; that on the following Sunday in company with the other members of the family she was visiting at the home of a kinsman, Mr. Sam Pleas ants, and at that time asked this cousin to get her father to let her stay with them as she was afraid to go home; that in consequence of this conversation she told of the atempt on Friday night and her father pro cured a warrant for the negro and he was arrested on Sunday night. The prisoner denied everything that the young girl said. He at tempted to establish an alibi, but we understand that sufficient time elasped on the night in question un acounted for by him for the accur rence by the young girl. For the prisoner a letter was introduced which was delivered at the Sheriff's office addressed to him on the Wed nesday following his arrest. The let ter purported to have been written and signed by the little girl and set out that her accusation against him was false; that it was Dick Gordon who was on the porch on the Friday night and that her parents were forcing her to make accusation.-The young girl denied having written this leter and in corroboration of this statement of here it was shown that on Tuesday, the day on which the letter must have been mailed, if mailed Dy her, she was in the company of her step-mother all day except at one period when she went to the potatoe patch and the mail box in company with Mrs. Arthur Currin; that at this time she mailed one letter addressed to Sam Pleas ant and according to her statement and that of Mrs. Currin this was the only letter she mailed. The let er to Sam Pleasants was received by him and introduced in evidence, jt was further shown by Mrs. Currin that on the Monday following the ar rest the wife of the prisoner asked he- for some writing paper and she gave her several sheets from a tab let which corresponded in size, shape GftAWlLLE COUNTY BOY ACCIDENTALLY KILLED. Iver Oitcher, of Salem Township, J aUs Through Elevator Shaft, vlr. iver Critcher, a promising Jung man, 23 years old, fell "ough an elevator shaft at Hope ell last Saturday and died a few hours later. Mr. J. Robt. Wood, local under taker, met the remains at Hender son Monday evening and conveyed zf to the parental home in Sal-V?- Township. The burial will take Piace at Salem Church this Tuesday aernoon at 2:30 o'clock. GOOD LOAD OF TOBACCO Mr- C. G. Daniel is a Blue Ribbon Tobacco Grower. Mr. c. G. Daniel every body in snM llle knw-s the good man ia a load of tobacco at the Minor Weli0use Monday that brought 21,010.91. The load did not fni i to be more than a mere arm- ,.JI but the ohoMr tnl1 tho tala 'flee DaSe .annuncemen on the fourth ase or this --"wx iuux in. me lvniiur vv OXFORD, NORTH INSTITUTION OF COUNTY IN GOOD CONDITION. Grand Jury Recommends a Road Commission Form of Gov- eminent. Oxford, N. C., Nor. 13 1917 l ?i10r iUdge ergev W. Con nor, Judge Presiding- , e Gj;and Jury of November term 1917, Granville County Super f or Court, beg to report asfolE We have passed upon all bills presented for our consideration with the exception of one, and in this case it was a lack of witness We have visited the several offi ces of the Court House and found them satisfactorely conducted We visited the Jail and found it equipped with new iron beds and comfortable cotton pads. The pris oners spoke kindly of Mr. Walters as their keeper. Of the thirty four magistrates in the County, only nine have complied with the law in making their re ports to the Clerk of the Court. The Clerk of the Court has received no funds for minors since last report. There is no Convict force in the county; therefore no report of the same. We visited the Home of the Aged and Infirm through a committe of five as follows : Number of inmates 32; Number white women 7; white men 4; Num ber colored women 11; Number col ored men 10; One horse, Three mules, Three milch cows, Three calves, Twenty-three hogs, 75 pounds home made lard, a plenty potatoes, turnips and peas. Three bushels navy beans; three barrels old corn, three barrels molasses. The home is kept in good condition and the inmates well cared for. We deside as a body to voice our sentiment relative to police protec tion, especially in the rural districts, at a time when so many of our men are serving our country. We feel that the next session of the General Assembly, should enact a law by which, a safeguard can be thrown around our homes, that at present is not in existance. Sad as it may sound, no man can feel safe in leaving his home to go forth and discharge the duties that at some time are forced to call him away. We do hereby earnestly request that our next representatives have enacted such laws that will give us the .relief desired. Also we feel that the present sys tem of working our roads is a poor one. We have no recomendations to make, but suggest that a mass meeting of the Citizens of the coun ty be held, with our representatives present, and discuss a road Com mission form of Government or any other method bv which we may se cure better roads for the money spent. J. T. AVERETT, Foreman. BRITISH WIN TERRITORY EQUAL. TO FIVE STATES The British since July 1, 1916, have conquered or reconquered 128, 000 square miles. This area is al most equal to that of the States of .Pennsylvania. New York, New Jer sey, Delaware and West Virginia combined. Since the beginning of the war the British have captured in all the wnr theatres 166,000 prisoners. The figure is equal to that of the com bined populations or uranvme, son, Durham, Wake, Vance, and Or ange counties. CITIZENS CONTRIBUTE MB- ERALLY TO GOOD CAUSE. Mass Meeting At Court House Mon day Night Was a success. Secretary Winchell of . Camp riv,oT-intte was the principal speaker at the mass meeting at the court house Monday night for the war work of the Y. M- C. A. Mr. F W. Hancock. Jr.. chairman of the work in Granville, at the conclusion of Mr. Winchell's remarks called up on a number of prominent citizens for short and pointed speeches. The general sentiment here ana throughout the entire country is that the war work of the Y. M. A. is of first importance as it is the only means through which the mor campaign to raise m "on dollars is $3,000 Of d TYiP.pt ins: Monday night. F TIM I i (l.TO a -' nass m me, a iist The Public Leui . - - , ,M. 3 moiic ----- our neXt is of the BUDBCnyuwuB sue. VaHman Hancock and Secretary A. W. ra"am'" and raise Gran committees to try and ra ville's allotment within tne few days rc - le in the cause and the gooa y d tneir country are expected to - . duty. Fine Horses and Mules ,n TTftHn have just Nel-WatWnsnave re- ceivea uu- Go their horses and mules, o ef r.,,,.., -COUNTY- OFFEK BRILLIANT CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2l SOCIALISTS FORM CABINET AS KERENSKY IS FLEEING FROM WRATH OF SOLDIERS In Sailor's Garb Kerensky Fleeing Little Hope Now That He Will Be Able to Regain Control of Gov ernment Is Going to Moscow. (Washington Special) ,nJViXh unconfirmed"- reports reach ing Washington that Kerensky is in flight and that his Moscow garrison is besieged m the ancient Kremlin tne state Department received a cablegram from Ambassador Fran cis at Petrograd saying the socialists nave taken possession of the govern ment. They have formed a compromise ministry embracing the various fac tions of the revolutionists. They have set up a tentative sort of gov ernment with a large representation of the Bolsheviki. Kerensky in Flight. Disguised as a sailor Kerpnslrv vanished from the midst of a muti nous Cossack army while they were picking a guard to take him in chains to Petrograd and deliver him to the Boisheviki who clamor for his head. His last work before he disap peared as if spirited away was a hint at suicide. The whole vast realm workers, peasants, Cossacks, and all has turned overnight again the man whom but a brief month ago they idolized as their savior. He is be ing hunted by the wrath and ven geance of a people that feels itself outraged by him because he would not use the knout. If he is caught the death of a Robespierre awaits him whose sole crime was too deep a love for his county men, a love that knows no force. Forming Coalitions. Battles, armistices, conciliations, regroupings of forces are following one another in swift succession both in Moscow and in and around Petro grad. New "armies" and would be governments are springing up from nowhere, every hour. Provinses are seceding, setting up a&tonomies-and forming coalitions between morn ing and night. In all this chaos Kernesky, flee ing across the steppes is like a fath er repudiated and expelled by his children. An Estimate of Russia -Russia, as a factor in the war against Germany, has been lost to the Western Allies and America, ex cept insofar as, in the words of Lloyd George, "a revolutionary Rus sia can never be anything but a me nace to Hohensollernism." Germany will very likely have been defeated before the new Russia takes its place among the nations of the world. Territorially, gov ernmental, in every respect, it will resemble the old empire of 1914 very little. An exact description of this future State is now impossible. But it will not cover an area of 8,500,000 square miles. The empire was constructed prin cipally by the method of - military conquest. The attempt of the Czars to "russify" all its diverse racial groups was a failure. Only one half of the population can be count ed as of Russian blood. Nothing but a powerful, autocratic govern ment, in the hands of such a con querer and emprie-builder as Peter the Great, could keep the farflung boundaries intact, and such a gov ernment is of the days gone by for Russia. It is reported, although upon hisrhlv doubtful authority, that the deposed Czar has been proclaimed Emperor of Siberia. In any case, the portion of tne old Russia is un der way. Finland, Swedish in cul ture and Protestant in religion, has declared its independence. The fu ture of Russia Poland and the Ukraine is not yet apparent. Nich olas Romanoff, despite the magic of his name of "Little White Father, wUl never be , able, even should he lift the banner of a holy war, to re store Russia to her former self. He is too weak to master the forces of democracy and revolution now at work Russia is lost to the Allies but not to herself. Out of turmoil and disaster will finally emerge the new nation. It may take years andjt may take generations. We have lost whatever Russia there was for the rest of the war, but we have not cf tn thA miehty. wonder- IOSU IJJ lei 1. - her ful struggle gome 1 i--n Viorders. on within Bloodshed and ournlng, race riots and political ov ertures, are yet to oe, uu. .u end Russia. ', Dorsey R. Wrenn, U. S. N. A letter from Dorsey R. Wrenn, of the battleship Michigan, states that he is enjoying the service. Ehs shin has passed through the war one two or three timesy. Dor- ia tYto fine son of Mr. J. W. Wrenn, Oxford Route 3. ALL LIST OF MEN SELECTED FOR MILITARY SERVICE. The Local Board Posted the Names November 16th. This list, from the date of its posting at the office of the Gran ville County Exemption Board constitutes notice to those t whose names are listed hereon, that they have been selected for military ser vice, and charges them with an ob ligation to watch the bulletin board of the Local Board and to hold themselves in readiness to report for military duty at the office of the Lo cal Board at a date to be specified in a later notice to be posted at that office. Downey Lucins, colored. Walter Wilkerson, colored. Jesse Royster, colored. Furman L. Wheelers, white. Jno. H. Newton, white. Frank T. Cozart, white. Luther P. Stroud, white. Geo. Lonnie .Wright, white. John Barnes, colored. Joe H. Lindsay, colored.. Joseph E. Mitchell, colored. Walter Wilkinson, white. James Thorpe, colored. Gladys L. Holmar, colored. Cornelius Royster, colored. Nelson Yancey, colored. -Thos. Edward Moss, white. HEAVY MAIL AND EXPRESS. There is a Congestion Everywhere in the Mail, Express and Freight Business. The Oxford office of the South ern Express Company is now enjoy ing the biggest business in its his tory. Mr. C. B. Strickland, the lo cal agent young in years but old in the business says he has never seen anything to equal it. No one in the South ever expected to see solid .express trains, but that is exactly what they are doing over on the main lines running solid trains to take care of the express shippers. These t trains take precedence ov er mail trains. There is a congestion in the ex press, in the mail and the frieght business all oyer the country. - Of course, it is understood that in times of stress like these no .. one should be alarmed if their mail, ex press packages or heavy freight does not preach them on the minute. The freight . and express - is packed and jammed at every terminal and it will be much worse from now until after the holidays. Extra men are needed to handle the business, but none can be had, it seems. It is our conviction that the mails are as important as express and that the public has a right to a bet- ter mail service than it is now get ting. The delay on the reciept of mail at the Oxford Postoffice is due to failure of mail trains to make schedules. FARMERS TO JOIN LABOR TO WIN WAR. Pledge of Their Co-operation to Federation at Buffalo. A pledge from the farmers to join hands with union labor to help win the war was given last week at the Buffalo session of the American Federation of Labor by A. C. Town ley, president of the Farmers Non partisan League, and L. V. Stray er. second vice-president of the Farmers National Congress. "The farmers realize," Mr. Stray- r said, "the great responsibility that rests upon them in this great world crisis." Thanksgiving Services Dr. Harte, pastor of the Oxford Baptist Church, announced from the pulpit Sunday that there will be Thanksgiving services in his church on the morning of Thanksgiving Day. An interesting program will be arranged. One of the Best. W. B. Hobgood and E. Morris sold one load of tobacco at the John son Warehouse Monday for $842.67. The load weighed 2,100 ibs. This lot represented only about one-sixth of Mr. Hobgood's crop of tobacco, and best of all he is a man that lives at home and does his bit to feed the Sammies. Tti nlrecH vi n Sale. Notice some of the big bargains n,ontinnDii. in Vivtnr KaDlon's adv. U1CU Mr vtA no o-a of this naner. VJU. CUO lull u jc&v wi - Thair ThnnirssriviTifir sale is now Ro- ;nr nn - " Twenty-Five Men Go to Camp Twenty-five drafted man left Ox- ford at seven o'cloek this Tuesday mnminp for Camo Jackson. The local Exemption Board elected Pri vate A. H. Veasey, of Lyon, com mandant at the squad. Granville's Colored Soldiers The Public Ledger Is advised from Washington that the colored soldiers in this section of the State will be mobalized at a northern camn within the next ten days or two weeks. mr HOME PMNT NUMBER 03 TNRKEYS ROOST TOO HIGH FOR THANKSGIVING DINNER Farmers Ask Thirty Cents a Pound For Thanksgiving Bird. Turkeys during the last week bounded skyward on the Oxford market and unless they come down within the reach of the 'average ci tizen there will be very few families in this section able to procure the festive fowl for Thanksgiving din ner. . Two weeks ago several farmers visited the homes of the people in Oxford and took orders for turkeys to be delivered two weeks or ten days before Thanksgiving. Verbal contracts were entered into with that simple faith that has dominat ed the good people of this section for many years the farmers to de liver the bird for .twenty-five cents . the pound and the head of the fam ily agreeing to take it at that fig ure. It is not often that a farmer in this section will violate his word of honor, but in this instance many of them have notified the housewives that turkey meat is now worth thir ty cents on the wing, and hard to get at that figure. The farmers ar gue that everything they buy is ad vancing by leaps and bounds, and that eveything they sell must also advance. Highest Market in State. Turkeys were quoted in Richmond last week at 25c the pound; Raleigh 20c; Wilmington, 18 20c, and Charlotte, Winston, Asheville and Fayetteville at 20 23c. The Granville county farmers are ask ing 30 cents the pound for the big bird. On a High Perch. It is interesting to note just how the turkey got on such a high finan cial perch in the good old county of Granville. The fact that three of four former Granvillians now living up north must get their Thanksgiv ing turkey from the old home coun ty, is responsible for the phenomi nal rise. They wrote to friends in Granville and told them to pur chase the handsomest turkeys that could be found regardless of price. The whole county was scoured from end to end for a dozen of the finest fowls that could be had. These se lect specimens brought 30 35c the pound, and the news spread ov er the county like wild-fire that the price on the Oxford market was 30c on the wing. The farmers are ask ing 30 c, and the offerings at that figure are very scarce. Turkeyless Thanksgiving. Only about one man in twenty is able to eat turkey at 30c the pound. They may not tell you so in so many WQrd but when h them compare the turkey with jack rab bits and say that their meat is "too dry anyhow," you may know that it is the thirty cents that is bothering them. TO SELECT THE MOST FEASABLE ROUTE. xhe Pathfinders Will Report 111 Sixty Days. A letter from Mr. J. A. Rountree, secretary of the Bankhead Highway Ascociation, states that the Path finders tour, which passed through Oxford three weks ago, was a great success from start to finish. Secretary Rountree says: "Messrs La Groce, Batchelder, and Eldridge took observations, notes, data and maps of the two routes the East ern and Piedmont Routes. They will study the same and within the next Sixty days or more will make a re port recommending the most feas ible route, and will report to Pres ident Plowman, who will call a meeting of the Board of Directors to pass upon the same." DELIGHTFUL EVENING Select Singers Will Give Concert. Saturday. The Oxford Orphanage Singing Class will give its concert here on Saturday night, November 24. The local Masonic Lodge has appointed a special committee to prepare for this concert. The committee is corn nosed of D. G. Brummitt, chairman; Pete Bullock, Dr. N. C. Daniel, H. F. Holeman, Gen. B. S. Royster, A. H. Powell, ond E. H. Brooks. This committee is anxious to show what Oxford can do for its Orphanage. It I wants a full house at tne concert. 1 . . a a I Tt aieo wants everv resident of tne 1 - " community to purchase one or more tickets whether they can attend the I pnnpprt nr not. Tickets may be had 0f anv Gf these gentlemen , in any quantities desired. Further an- I n mm rem on t will be made in our next issue. Granville Real Estate. Granville real estate is increas ing in value all the time and it will never again be as reasonable as it is todav. Mr. A. H. Powell, president 1 aranville Real Estate and Trust Co., nas a number of valuable proper- tloa itatA which he will gladly show I nouncement elsewhere - j vwu - I in this paper. CI ! f 4 V, - f
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