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r lUI In) (P TXr -TR) ' TP f SHED S vvii uN KHEAD ROAD MAY NOT COME THIS WAY. u nniks As If It Will Go Through Danville. (Reidsville Review) Mr. K- L- Watt rice-president for North Carolina of the Bankhead Na tional Highway Association, has re turned from Birmingham where he attended an important meeting of the directors of that association. Mr! Watt thinks that the Pied mont route will be the one finally adopted. It will be remembered thpt this route was formally adopt ei at the regular annual meeting of the association last spring, and Mr. Watt is of the opinion that this adoption will stand. Three new directors were elected at Birmingham, including Mr. D. B. Ilviand of Lynchburg, the hustling vice-president of the Piedmont branch of the Bankhead Highway Association. The other two ; new directors are said to be strongly in favor of the Piedmont route, via Reidsville, Danville and Lynchburg. piUFT RECORDS ARE PUBLIC. A n-vers. However, Concerning: Phy sical or Mental Condition or De pendency Must NotBe' Revealed. (Washington Special) Frovost Marshal General Crowder announced Saturday that all records kept by local and district boards, adjutant-generals, and other persons in connection with registration, ex amination, selection and mobiliza tion of registrant under the selec tive law will be open to public in spection during usual business hours, except answers to questions concerning physical or mental condi tion and dependency. General Crowder stated draft of ficials have no inclination to cause injustice or embarrassment to regis trants, and the rules and -regulations make it a misdemeanor to di vulge any information regarding physical fitness or dependency of a registrant to persons other than those directly connected with the administration of the law, and - a one-year imprisonment penalty will he imposed for violation. THE RED CRJOSS FUTD Tt Costs Only One-Half of One Cent to Collect Each Dollar. That the people may know how their donations to the Red Cross are handled, we publish the following from the Philadelphia Press: ""We could specify a big enter tainment that was given in Phila delphia to raise money for a war purpose. Of every dollar collected S3 cents went to pay expenses. Com pare tht with the expense of rais ing $100,000,000 for the Red Cross and you will see that direct giving is cheap giving. To collect that 1100.0 00,000 casts less than half a cent, out of every dollar gathered. When charity goes by the ballroom route it lsvies a toll 186 times as ?reat as when it travels by the short-cut route from your pocket into the charity's treasury. Let's eliminate the middleman in all war time giving." SOLDIER'S CHRISTMAS FUND. Packages to Cnntonmentn-Will Go Forward December 16. I now have in hand $212 collect ed for Christmas presents for the Granville county soldiers and sail ors. Some of the presents will go forward this week, but those for the feovs at Camp Jackson, Camp Sevier and Camp Lee will be held until December 16th in order to make the contribution as large as possible. It was our intention to close the col lection on December 1st, but being assured that the presents sent as late ; ,, December 16th will reach thHr destination on or before Christmas Eve we have decided to extend the time until December 15th n order to give all the people of the county an opportunity to contri bute to this worthy cause. , In my humble opinion , there .is nothing the soldiers will appreciate more on Christmas dav than a pack age given by the combined efforts of e people back home. To be re membered by the mass of peoole is to put patriotism in their breast. : I have the address of every Gran ule hoy in the service and it will tSKe a little mofck TY-innvcr Von i a in V, , . vxv. muuW "una to remember them in a fitting ktyie. bend in Vnnr prmtrihiition as early as possible and let us make hem f eel proud of the old home lwn and county. WILL LANDIS. "The Hamilton Times." In this issue of the paper will be und a copy of the "Hamilton 'pes," as edited bv Mr. R. L. Ham ilton. His object Is to make weak People strong : and ugly people ftaiulsome. : ' ivTne monthly meeting of the Roman's Committee of thjs Nation- Defence win -U -i u ; v. T L Will UB -UtJlU 1JJL . " brarv Thi,r a 1 " oua V ill Ki IKlllll ilL 1 V I u, EMM - WEEKLY - Tm OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA, THE COUNTY HOME. The Aged and Infirm Gf the County Are Well Cared For. The editor of the Public Ledsrr a AfeW momts at the Home of the Aged and Infirm last'Satur! day m company with Dr." Havs ex cellent health officer of Grlnvilfe" Utnnty- While the good docto?was m the sick ward. Mrs. Sam Daniel latrA and angel of the Home led the editor about the grounds wo th SUnny side of th house we found a group of inmates shell ing cornfield beans. This was a beautiful striped bean about the size of a peanut, and there must have been between two and three bushels of them, and some of the old ladies seemed to enjoy the task of removing them from the pods. What took our eye was the big corn crib, which is 12 feet long, 10 feet wide and about 11 feet high and filled clear to the top with the finest ears of corn we ever saw. This corn is of a uniform size and each ear contains about eight hun dred grains. The corn in the big crib only represents a portion of the corn raised on the farm this year. The pile of shucks from-the corn was half as big as the court house, and Mrs. Daniels said that it would be cut up and stored away. In one pen were four of five big hogs, some of them too fat to stand up, each weighing more than 400 pounds and in another pen were several shoats weighing Wer 1 100 pounds each, we judge. There are three or four fine cows belonging to the Home, but they were grazing in the low grounds and' we did noV see them. We regret that Mr. Sam Daniels, superintendent of the Home, was busy elsewhere and that -we could not see him, but we found his good wife deeply interested in thewelfare of the inmates and well versed in every phase of the great work. She smiles -where others would . sfrown and condoles where others would scold. It is the best managed insti tution of the kind in the State. The superintendent is a fine provider and a close observer. He has a heart as big as a pumpkin, but when an inmate oversteps the bounds of reason he . has just enough grit Jin his craw to speak with firmness. If there is anything lacking in the management of the Home it is that some of the inmates are humored in stead of being scolded. We were very favorably impressed with the discliplin. The inmates are requir ed, to keep themselves and the prem ises clean at all times, and there are few private homes in North Carolina better kept, and there are many families in the State that do not get the wholesome food that is served" to the aged and Tnfirm of Granville county, and best of all, the great bulk of it is produced on the county's magnificent farm. When .Gabriel blows his horn there are going to be two Granville county people in heaven for the thousands of kind deeds done at the County Home of thfi Aged and Infirm that the public knows little about. PROMINENT CITIZEN DEAD. Mr. Stephen T. Daniel Laid to Rest Sunday. Mr. Stephen T. Daniel, a highly esteemed citizen of Granville county died at his home at Tar River Satur day, in the sixty-third year of his age. He was for many years a mem ber of Shady Grove Methodist --hurch .and did much to , spread the gospel. . . The remains were laid to rest in Hunt burying grounds Sunday after noon, Rev. G. B. Thompson, pastor "f Shady Grove church, conducting the last sad rites. The large num ber of sorrowing relatives and friends at the funeral and burial testified to the high .esteem of the deceased. '-. The deceased is .survived by a de voted wif e and several children. The ' nllbearers were: Messrs Will Crews, E. L. Smith, E. N. Bragg. W. D. Dixon, Tim Thaxton, Ordain: Smith, Will: Thaxton, Sv H, Usry. ', HANDSOME SHOWING. Christmas Goods Are Now on Dis play at J. O. Halls. e0,i,vinfr that there would be a f ei ht congestion, J. G. Hall began to prepare ror months ago, with the result .that they now have on dispray a hand some line of Christmas presents. French ivory goods, stationery, ko daks, cigars, -fountain . pens etc for the adults, ana ivy -v included in the handsome dis- are PlToys this season are mostly of an - -. and-were maae in Amfirica. iou uij X JUL -- - tless days, your m , draw the line .on . a . toyless but we uiavy . r-- - . , 4i-2taTof thi ucyj . - Vnof. nnprfi n TTaii on the last page 7 1 AMERICA'S HORN OF PLENTY HAS NEWFULXjNESS. Greater Than in 1916 and More - Than Any Two Previous Years. - THE FORUR CROPS EX- CEED BILLION MARK. ' American farmers have pro- duced $31,000,000,000 worth of farm products, tweaking all records. Corn: production is estimated at $4,659,000,000. Cotton is valued at $1,981,000,- 000. Hay production for the year totals ,390,000,000. Wheat, the fourth crop in point oooValue' is wortn $1 '32000,- N Responding faithfully to Presi dent Wilson's appeal and the" needs of a war-torn world, American" farmers producBd a gross total of $21,000,000,000 worth of farm pro ducts, equaling in value the nation's total expenditure in one year -of war. That great total, being the value of all crops, animals and , animal products, was $6,500,000,000 great er than last year's and more than the combined value of any two prev ious years. There were record crops of corn, oats, rye, white and sweet potatoes, tobacco and beans. The principal form crops will reach more than $12,000,000,000 in value, minor -crops $2, 500, 000, OOP and animals and animal products, including butter, cheese and eggs, about $6,500,000,000. This year's values are based on preliminary production estimates and prices paid to producers November 1 as report ed by the Department of Agricul ture. An official estimate v of the principal farm crop, values will be made by the Bureau of Crop Esti mates on December 11. Corn Tops List. Corn, the country's greatest crop,' accounts for about one-third of thr increase total farm products value of this year. It is estimated -at about $4,659,000,000, compared with $2,296,000,000 last year, $1, 723,000,000 in 1915 and $1,577, 000,000, the average fdr the five years, 1910-14. In point of qual ity corn this -yfear.1 saw its largest production, being 66,000,000 bush els more than the 1912 record crop, 608,000,000 bushels more than last year and 459.000,000 bushels more than the 1910-14 five-year average. Next in point of value comes'' cot ton, with a crop valued at about $1,981,000,000, accounting for more thon one-tenth of the year's total in crease. Of that amount $1,645, 000.000 is etimated for lint and $336,000,000 for seed. Cotton l;nt last year was valued at $1,080,000, 000. and seed at $278,000,000, while the five years, 191-14, averag value was: Lint. $715, 000,000 : seed, $12 8,000,000. Production this year is about 600,00 bales larger than last year and 2,840,000 bales smaller than the 1910-14 five-year average. Hay is the next most valuable crop with a total of $1,390,000,000 compared with $1,162,000,000 last year and $1,056,000,000 in 1915. Wheat Comes Forth. Wheat, the fourth crop in point of value, is worth more than a billion dollars for the second time in Amer ica farming history. Its value - is estimated at $1,32,000,000 compar ed with SI, 025. 765. 000, last year 943,303.000 in 1915 and $629, 000. the average value of 1910-14 crops. No other crop has reached the billion-dollar total, although oats come within $25,000,000, compared with $656,000,000 last vear and the 1910-14 average of $442,909,000. Potatoes passed the half billion dollar mark witlr a total of $562, 000.000 as compared with' $417. 063.000 last year, S221.992.000 m 1915 and $213,651,000. the 1910-14 average. Record Crop of Tobacco. Tobacco, a record crop, is valued at $,?49.000,00Q, compared wih S169.000.000 llastvyear and $103,- 061.000, the 1910-14 average. Crops Compared Beans are -estimated at $120, 000, 000 comnared with $45,000,000 last vea and S27.000 000 in 1915; on ions at $19,341,000, compared with $9,882,tf0u last year and $7,281, 000 in 1915; kaffirs at $128,000, 000 compared with $53,269,000 last year and $51,157,000 in 1915, and broom corn at $13,500,000 compar ed with $6,549,000 last year and $4,789,000 in 1915. Handsome and Durable Cars. On account of the automobile plants being at the disposal of the government during the period of the war there will be a scarcity of cars, and' according to the supply and de mand the prices will advance. The Blalock Motor Company is indeed fortunate to receive a dozen hand some and: durable Chevrolet cars be fore the scarcity or cars, mgn viY and uncertainty of delivery is feltHrack whenthe cars come but don't the country over. See their announ cement elsewhere in this paper. . .... -.- ' . : T V - - - BMLLIAFOT OPPOMTOMIES ALL 1 : THE QUARANTINE LAW Dr. Hays Reports Communicable Disease in Granville. Editor Public Ledger; In accordance with the require ments of the new State Quarantine law I hand you - herewith the names of the persons in Granville county reported during the past month with communicable diseases. - N Typhoid Fever. Mrs. Dorah Averette, Oxford, Route 6. Diphtheria, Glover Durham, Stem; Claud Chavis, Creedmopr, Route 3 ; Vern on Winters, Stem; Katherine Yeag ers, Hester; Irine Dixon, Oxford, Route 2; D. Kinton's child, Oxford. BENJ. K. HAYS, .-o ' . '' Health Officer. Dec. 1, 1917. LET US FLY BIG SERVICE FLAG. A Sftar to Represent Each Soldier Gone From Granville. The Public Ledger should like to see a large service flag floating from the pole on top of the Court House. And there should be upon it a star representing every brave Granville soldier in the service. LONGEST BRIDGE IN GRANVILLE Superintendent of Construction Sam Wheeler Is a Busy Man. Mr. Sam Wheeler, who was re cently elected superintendent of roads and construction in Granville county, is now having a hard time of it. He is building a bridge across Tar River at a point near where the Culbreth-Berea road crosses that turbulent stream. Superintendent Wheeler spent Sunday in Oxford with his family, and while here we learned that he is greatly handicapped for the want of labor, and not being able to se cure it, he is doing duble duty. ,The bridge that he is throwing across the Tar is perhaps the longest bridge in the county. It is situated about three hundred yards below Meadow's mill. Mr. Wheeler lives in a tent, does his own cooking, and when it gets too dark to work he goes fishing, and manages to keep his table well supplied with the . finny tribe;. We move that our friend Mr. A. P. Hobgood, who is very fond. of fishing, go out and spend a, couple of weeks on the job. THE FOUR MINUTE MEN. Strong Men Selected for Strong Subject.' . w Mr. B. W. Parham was scheduled tb deliver a four minutes' address at Ihe Orpheum last Thursday night, but the weather was so very incle ment his address was postponed un til this Tuesday night. In his speech on National Defense Mr. Parham will hit the Kaiser between his two eyes, and it will not take him only four minutes to do it. Madame Petrova will divide the honors of the evening with Mr. Par ham. A BRIGHT LIGHT. It Ever Shines From the Hills At Caltolina- Farm. Mr. W. T. Calton, the earl of Cal tolina Farm, was in Oxford Monday, and brought with him the proverbial Calton smile. He is the man that donated a school building jointly to Granville and Person, counties. That is the light that we speaky about shining throughout the hills around about and no less a light is the splendid Community League. Thero are about three hundred people in the Coltolina community and if it had not been for the war, there would have been five hundred there The money is practically in hand for the extention of the Southern Rail road from Henderson ' via Oxford and Galtonlina Farm to Greensboro r oon as labor again becomes nor mal. Mr. Calton's big inteests at Calto lina Farm is somewhat impeded by the scarcity of labor, but he is wear ing the proverbial smile. r They Should Be Drafted The young men who make it a habit to prowl up and down the sidewalks in front of the college should be drafted -and sent to the front. Any young man able to stand as a picket in front of a college is able to do service in the trench. The sooner they are drafted and sent abroad the better it will be for the country. Benefit of Red Cross. Miss Katherine Coleman and Mrs. J. Graham Davidson will present their pupils in a joint recital Friday evening, November 7th, at 8 p. to. in the College Chapel. Public cor dially invited. 'A-silver offering will be taken at the door for the benefit of the Red Cross. , ' ' Bv all means get off the railroad step in front of an automobile- when doing it. " ' : , IHIOHDE PMOT THE WAR CERTIFICATES ARE NOW OBTAINABLE. Cards For Sixteen Stamps are Fur nished and Then Later Redeem ed For $0 Certificates. War saving certificates issued by the United States Government, and by means of which it is hoped to raise $2,000,000,000 in war reven ue during the next few months are now on sale here. A large shipment of the stamps and certificates have been received at the post office and unpacked and stored ready for delivery to all per sons who desire to make purchases. The local post office will send sup plies to all the smaller post offices in Granville, including Creedmoor, Stem. Stovall, Hargrove, Berea, and Northside. Announcement was made- several weeks ago that the stamps would be offered for sale in banks, all govern ment offices, in the department' stores, and in hotels and other places where the proprietors of such establishments wish to extend this service to the government. The issue is handled by means of stamps and certificates. When a person buys the first stamp", a small card folder on the order of a bank book is issued along with it. In this book are spaces for, sixteen stamps. When it is filled with the stamps, each of which will cost 25c it may be taken back to the post of fice, where a larger 'certificate will be issued in the place of it. - During the month of January the book of sixteen stamps and twelve cents, making $4.12 in all, will be exchanged for a certifiacte which will be due January 1, 1923, and be worth $5.00 at that time. Books of stamps turned in in February will represent $4.13, and one cent each month is added throughout 1918. The certificates are in the form of a stamp, except that they are about six times the size of the" ordinary postage stamp offered at stamp win dows. It is also gummed, like the others of the twenty-five cent de nomination, and may be attached to another card. These may be ac cumulated until they total $100. in valuation, when a larger certificate will be issued. The idea is to place these stamps and certificates among ( the masses, and the law forbids any. one person holding more than $1, 000 worth of the investment. A STRONG BID. Farmers Warehouse Wants a Quar ter Million Pounds of Scrap and Wrappers. Mr. B. E. Parham, proprietor of the Farmers Warehouse, makes a strong bid for the remainder of the crop. He announces elsewhere in this paper that he wants a quarter million pounds of scrap , and $100. 000 pounds of wrappers. Themar ket is strong and Mr. Parham guar antees satisfaction to his customers on all grades. . There is about two million pounds of tobacco unsold, in this section and Mr. Parham makes a strong bid for it. ORDERED TO RFPORT AT CAMP JACKSON. Lieutenant and Mrs. R. C. M. Cal vertrWill Go to Columbia This Week. Lieutenant Calvert, who has been in training at the engineers caton ment near Washington for the past few months, is spending a few days in Oxford with his family. He re ceived orders Sunday to report at Camp Jackson,. Columbia, for duty. Mrs. Calvert -will accompany her husband to Columbia and make her home there -a?, long as Lieutenant Calvert is stationed at Camp Jack son. It is also Mrs. Calvert's wish to accompany him to France or any other part of the earth where he mav be called. It begins to look as if Oxford will loose this excellent family. At the call of the President LWitenant Calvert was one of the first to ten der his pervices to the Government, and he will be in, it when the Allies dictate the terms, and possibly long er. ' - - - Mail and Express Irregular. By this time we have all learned to wait patiently for the arrival of the expected letter or exDress pack age. It now requires from four to five days to get a package or letter from points two or three -hundred miles away. The picture houses possibly suffer more from the delay than any other business. ' Not only the proprietors of the picture houses but the public are disappointed when the films do not arrive on schedule time, but Harris & Crews, managers of the Orpheum has hit upon the best scheme, that of having good pictures every night. Every night at the Orpheum this week is "best night." ;- v- -.: . - ' . ,v Ford Owners. -; See the Briter-Lite at Crenshaw's Garage; particulars qf which is ful ly explained on the fourth page of this paper. ' - - - ". ... . - A, 6 y H if. I i - clock. ' paper.
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