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PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY .WWNMm' cmnrw
VOLUME XXXII
ISDIZX TO LOCAL ADS.
of tl Good Things Offered Bj
A 1 7i,. Oxford Business Firms.
" l'agre Two.
hundred barrels of Hour Hor-
Five
T - iT
Company.
pure drugs.
j-iyon, me arugr-
grist
Victor Kaplon.
I'asre. Three.
,.rnnt announcement.
A-
Union
Bank
l'affe Four.
n?0?T,noPPoyf "tie., Tuko..Or-
pheum Theatre, Wednesday. December
l8, Tase Five.
p; u farm Lands for sale by the At
lantic Coait Realty Co. (
Uj.ie3 and Wagons. Horner
pre-
:..ntorv to maKe room.
Bros
Co.
Pa pre Six.
Substantial
Presents. The Long
of dollars. Sale
. T ' w Manerum by the
conducted
Atlantic
Cost Realty Co.
c , Page Seven.
jledieine for cold weather Hamil
ton Drue Store. ' '
No' eye too dim to see See Knigrht,
eye
si'vht .specialist.
1'ase Eight.
Save
eoni. See Carolina rower &
Ticht ( otnpany.
Renu-nr father, mother, brother
-Jeetheort. See Landis & Easton.
lap;e Wine.
It i-j vour duty to make the chil
dren In'npv, and the older 'ones also
should have due consideration. See
J' -The1 Snk With the Chimes."
Vv accounts are invited.
Pagre Ten.
"Wild and Wooly." Orpheum
'Thursday.
Teaching old and young
make and save . an honest
National Bank of Granville
how to
dollar.
MONEY FOR THE OLD
VETERANS AND WIDOWS
Sow lleing Paid Out By the Clerk
of the Court.
Judge Cam Hunt, Clerk of the
Court, is now paying out $5,405 to
the survivors of the War Between
the States and to the widows of the
brave sold ires who fell in the bloody
conflict. There are seventy-five
pension veterans and forty-four wid
ows. One veteran's check calls for
$75.00; two veterans receive $55.00
each and all the rest, including the
widows, receive $45.00.
"While this money comes in very
nice just at this time when my head
is bowed low with age," remarked a
reteran to Judge Hunt, "it gives me
unbounded pleasure to know that
my country remembers me for the
service rendered in those dark days
when it tried men's souls."
Judge Hunt is anxious to place
tjis money in the hands of the pen
sioners as early as possible. It
comes to them at a time when the
earth is covered with a mantle of
snow, and to some of them it will be
a great blessing.
The pensioners last year received
only $32.00. This year they re
ceive $45.00. In this connection it
i3 interesting to know that the in
crease is due to the faithful service
of Granville's able representative,
Hon. D. G. Brummitt, who charmed
the law-makers in the legislature
hen he stated that, "I love the old
veterans with all my soul and body,
and while we are contributing to
other causes let us' not forget those
who offered their lives on the battle
field" Mr. Brummitt was highly
complimented all over the state for
the stand he took in the interest of
the surviving veterans and the wid
ows of those who perished in the
conflict.
THE SOLDIERS' CHRISTMAS.
Young Manhood Awaiting Whatever
Destiny May Br!ng..
This generation may never know
another such Christmas as that
which December will bring. A mil
ion men will be Under arms. Near
ly every home in the land will' have
oeen touched. On the sea in the"
pf'" 'Ps, on the battle lines of
prance, in the great training camps
tL- nca' the cream of the na
ions young manhood will be await
ing whatever destiny may bring.
hfJ; n; 1 1 f of Christmas are 'these
date en5oy? Is the &lad day of
A?p M GlTer l,,em happy cheer?
e triey to be made to feel that
tW P?try is thinking of them, of
anv Wfilfare an comfort? But one
host i 15 Possible. The gallant
insriv T 0 so sberly and so wili
est nf n Set Ut Unn the Sreat-
tho h i crusaies must be given
their rf est' the merriest of all
timp f 1?tmas days- Now is the
ime for making ready.
SM CHANCE OF PASSING.
Wabe Majority But Two-Thirds
jj Vote Lacking.
al nrT! r,or the Pasage of the feder
2!,nHTnent anting suffrage to
pone rr? f tbe natin is siim-
that M senate and house reveal
both ih nere 1S a majority, in
kckir,- necessary two-thirds is
0Tnp" Ihe Question which the
hetwIliFragIst9' must decide is
'n oZ hey sha" ask their friends
w Js to accept a vote this
til th l-s cneduled or postpone it un-
situation is more favorable.
IMPORTANT NOTICE TO
GRANVILLE REGISTRANTS
Whose Order Numbers Are Between
527 and. 626.
iqT?T haS day' December 15,
1917. been mailed to you a ques-
tionaire which you are required by
law to execute and return within
seven days , from date hereof.
Failure to do so constitutes a mis
demeanor punishable by not to ex
ceed one year's imprisonment; and
such failure may also deprive you of
valuable rights and result in your
immediate induction into - military
service and trial by court-martial
- E. T. WHITE,
Member of Local Board.
WORTHY OP THE HONOR
Ability of Lieutenant James A Tay
lor Recognized.
The commanding officer at Camp
Sevier has appointed Lieutenant
James A. Taylor, an Oxford soldier
in the volunteer army at Camp Se
vier, a member of the regimental
court-martial board.
Lieutenant Taylor, previous to
entering the training camp at Fort
Oglethorp, praticed law in Oxford,
and his friends here learn with
pleasure that his ability as an advo
cate of military law has been recog
nised by his superior officers.
WEDDING BELLS
There Will Be Some Surprises in
the Community, It Is Said.
There is more genuine hard
courting and fewer marriages in Ox
ford than in any other town of the
size in North Carolina. They do
say, however, that there will be
three marriages in the good old
town within the next few days, "and
it is a pleasure to note," remarked
Madam Rumor, "that marriages in
this day of Grace, run? more to age
and wisdom."
AMERICAN OFFICER IS
WOUNDED IN FRANCE.
The war department is advised by
General Pershing that. First Lieu
tenant E. W. Young, medical officers
reserve corps, attached to the Brit
ish forces, was severely wounded in
action last week. His next kin is
his wife, Mrs. E. W. Youngs, of Mc
Kenney, Virginia.
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER MAKES
SEVENTY MILLION WAR GIFT.
John D. Rockefeller, Standard
Oil magnate, has personally given
$70,000,000 toward war relief ex-,
elusive of the large sums appropriat
ed by the Rockefeller foundation.
The $70,000,000 it was asserted,
went to the Red Cross, Belgian re
lief, the liberty loan, the Y. M. C. Ai
and other war measures.
RECRUITING IS BEHIND
IN NORTH CAROLINA.
Only Half of State's Quota Has Been
Secured.
According to a statement issued
by the war department North Caro
lina is far behind in recruiting vol
unteers for the regular army. The
figures show that while the regular
army war quota fixed for North
Carolina is 4,412, the young men of
the State have only responded to
the number of 2,151.
THE BIG SHOPPING WEEK.
The Merchants" Report Reasonable
Sales.
This will perhaps be the big
shoppings week for Christmas. Mer
chants report reasonble sales, and it
is expected that while the presents
this year will be more on the order
of service, no greater holiday trade
will be recorded. Everybody has
some money; Christmas has been
universally observed as the gift
giving season for so many years it
will be hard for even those who con
sistently preach conservation in oth
er seasons to draw their purse
strings. Perhaps a couple more
years of-war and we would better
understand what is on in the world.
Big Land Sale To Be Held Soon.
Mr. J. W. Pugh, advertising re
presentative of the Atlantic Coast
Realty Co., of Petersburg, Va is m
Oxford arranging for what bids fair
to be one of, if not the biggest real
estate deals of its kind ever pulled
off in this section.
The property to-be sold consists
of 537 acres, located just 5 miles
from Oxford, and known as the
Knott Place, this farm has been sub
divided into 9 tracts rangingin from
50 to 125 acres each, located on im
proved highway, and considered one
of the most attractive farms m this
SeCTMs proposition will appeal to
both home-seekers and investors.
And a quick, snappy sale is antici
pated. The Red Cross has asked for
pumps to be used in France, to take,
the place of those destroyed by re
treating Germans.
OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA, WKDNKSDAY, DECEMBKR 10
EMPEROR WILLIAM TO
MAKE NEW PEACE QI S
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Responsibility for War in 1918 Will
Then Rest Solely Upon
Them, He Says. J
NEWS COME
BY WAY GENEVA
If Entente Reject Proposals, He
Figures, They Will Then Be
Solely Responsible For
the Hostilities. -
London, Dec. 18. Emperor Will
iam in his Christmas message will
make a new peace proposal to the
Allies, "on whom, in case of rejec
tion, will fall to the responsibility of
bloodshed in 1918," according to an
unofficial Berlin telegram forward
ed from Geneva by the Exchange
Telegraph Company today.
POOR OLD RUSSIA
It Is the Darkest Spot On Earth
Excepting Germany.
The organized aims of the Rus
sian bolsheviki Government are
somewhat after this order of things:
The confiscation as National prop
erty of all lands, with their living
and slaughtered stock, all buildings
and produce of the-lands, all private
ownership in lands being abolished,
schools, theatres, public buildings
and all estates to be taken over by
a landed committee. The land
owners, bankers, merchants every
body fortunate enough, to have ac
quired homes and property are re
garded as enemies of the Govern
ment and must be brought under
Government control. .It is against
such a proposition that the counter
revolution has , been organized. The
situation is pretty much the same as
if the anarchists in the United
States were to organize a party like
that composed of the bolsheviki
crowd and undertake to put the
same policy into effect in America.
There could be small doubt as to
how such an undertaking would pan
out in this country. There is but
little less doubt as to theultimate
result in Russia.
DRAFT CASE LAWYER IS
REBUKED IN OPEN COURT.
Unpatriotic Utterance Riles Chief
Justice White.
(Washington Special)
A scathing rebuke administered
by Chief Justice White to one of the
lawyers attacking to law enlivened
argument before the Supreme court
Friday in cases testing the constitu
tionality of the 'army draft act.
J. Gordon Jones, representing
Albert Jones, convicted in Georgia
of failing to register, declared the
law unconstitutional because it re
quired men to take part in a war
which had never received the peo
ple's approval. His remarks were
cut short.
T don't think your statement
has anything to do with the legal ar
guments," said the chief justice,
sharply "and should not have. been
said to this court. It is a very un
patriotic statement to make."
The attorney apologized and con
tinued his argument.
"THE FLAME OF THE YUKON,"
TO STAR DOROTHY DALTON.
And Douglas Fairbanks .in the Lat
est Hit, "Wild and Wooly."
Dorothy Dalton's new staring ve
hicle, "The Flame of the Yukon," a
Triangle play by Monte M. aKtter
john, produced under the supervis
ion of Thomas H. Ince, will be
shown at the Orpheum Theatre on
Wednesday.: December 19.
It is during the period of '98.
when the gold man crowds pack the
little town of Hope City, Alaska.
Dorothy Dalton appears, as the
"Flame." a harpy of the dance hall.
Many thrilling episodes are enacted
in the hall, where gamblers, miners
and all types of men r-eet to try
their luck with the roulette wheel.
In one exciting scene "the Flame"
succeeds in breaking the bank .
With the wide, onen plains and
rolling hills of the West as the un
limited stage space in which to dis
play his own particular talents, the
energetic Douglas Fairbanks ap
pears at his best in "WilS and
Wooly,"-will be seen at the Orpheum
Theatre Thursday:
Patriotic Speech.
Mr. John W. Hester has been se
lected by the Four Minute Men to
address the audience at . the Or
pheum Theatre this. Tuesday night.
Mr Hester is a most interesting
speaker, and every word has a true
patriotic sound.
Among the speakers to be
heard in the war conferences
which are to be held in every State
in the Union during the next few
months, are Secretary McAdoo. Sec
retary Baker, Vice President Mar
shal, Henry J . Allen, Rabbi Stephen
S Wise, Bishop Charles D. -Williams,
and Lieut. Paul Perigord. . of
the French Army. '
OPPOTTOMTSES ALL
XX' .AiONAL RED CROSS
MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN.
Granville County Must Do Its Share
of the Great Work
Ten million members in a week!
That is the goal the American Red
Cross has set for itself in its, Christ
mas membership camDaiernthat was
launched last Sunday and will close
Christmas Eve. Throughout the
united States Red Cross chanters
arepreparing for the enrollment of
the new army which is to stand as
the organized support of the boys in
tne trenches
Mr. B. K. Lassiter is the chairman
jl cue me muersnip campaign in
uranvnie and members are being
enrolled in large numbers. The
campaign committees are as f ol
lows: -
A. H. POWELL,
Chm. Granville Co. Chapter.
B. K. LASSITER,
Chm. Campaign Work.
Merchants.
J. -ROBT. WOOD,
JOHN A. WILLIAMS.
: Lawyers. .
. A. A. HICKS,
FRANK W, HANCOCK.
Manufacturers.
JR.,
C O. MANOR,
R. H. LEWIS, JR.
Education.
PROF. J. F. WEBB,
DR. F. P. HOBGOOD,.
PROF. G. B. PHILLIPS.
Tobacconists
W. LYON,
M; FARRISH.
M. W ATKINS.
Z.
J.
s.
Bankers. -H.
G. COOPER,
.." J. P. HARRIS.
Doctors.
DR. B. K. HAYS,
DR. C D. H. FORT.
Farmers.
Hon. TITUS G. CURRIN,
CRAWFORD M. KNOTT,
W. W. BRUMMITT.
Ministers.
Rev. R. H. WILLIS,
Rev. G. T. TUNSTALL.
Druggists.
J. G. HALL.
F. F. LYON. .
The Ladies Are Helping.
Miss Esther Mitchell is heading
the ladies, and thoge who know her
nne record on the warehouse floor
in obtaining tobacco for the Red
Cross regard the selection a most
happy one for the success of the
Christmas drive.
The Proclamation.
No man is more deeply concerned
in the world war than President
Wilson who is also president " of
the Red Cross and this is his pro
clamation: To the people of the U. S.:
Tne million Americans are invited
to join the American Red Cross dur
ing the week ending with Christmas
Eve. The time requires that every
branch of our- great national efforts
shall be loyally upheld, and it is
peculiarly fitting that at the Christ
mas season the Red Cross should be
the branch through which your
willingness to help is expressed.
You should join the American
Red Cross, because it alone can car
ry the pledges of Christmas good
will to those who are bearing for us
the real burdens of the world war,
both in our own Army and Navy and
in the nations upon whose territory
the issues of the world war are be
ing fought out. Your evidence of
faith in this work is necessary for
their heafening and cheer. ,
You should join the Red Cross
because this arm of the National
Service is steadily and efficiently
maintaining its overseas relief in ev
ery suffering land, administering
our millions wisely and well and
awakenings the gratitude of every
people.
Our consciences will not let us en
joy the Christmas season if this
oledge of support to our cause and
the world's weal is left unfulfilled.
Red Cross membership is the Christ
mas spirit in terms of action.
WOODROW WILSON.
Important Meeting
- An important meeting- of the
Granville . Commercial Club will be
held in. the club rooms. on Thursday
night at 7:30 o'clock. , All members
are urged to attend, and all bus
ness men of the town who have the
interests of Oxford at heart will be
welcomed. A. W. GRAHAM, Jr.,
. Secretary.
Mrs. ; Roger Newton Dead
Mrs. Roger Newton, an esteemed
christian lady passed to her reward
last Sunday morning after a long ill
ness. She is survived by a devoted
husband and two small children.
The funeral and burial services were
conducted by, Rev. G. T. Tunstall
Monday afternoon and the inter
ment was at Knotts Grove,-
; v A Generous OfTeK
Mr, J. S.r Bradsher, notary pub
lic, authorizes the Public Ledger to
state that he ; will give his services
free of charge to : all drafted men. -
HOHE PMOT
NUMBER 101
SOME ADVICE TO REGIS- r'
TRANTS HELP THE LAWYER
- The questionaires to the .regis
trants under -the Selective Service
Act is. now being sent, out by the lo
cal Exemption Board. About one
hundred of these are being sent
each day. The registrant must an
swer and mail the questionaires
back to the Board within seven
days. .
The Legal Advisory Board ap
pointed by the Governor and consis
ting of Mr. Graham, Chariman, Mr.
Brummitt and Mr. Parham, has or
ganized for the purpose of provid
ing the proper legal service to the
registrants. All the lawyers of the
town have signified- their willing
ness to engage in this work and we
are quite sure that the Creedmoor
lawyers will do likewise. The work
is not limited to the members of the
Legal Advisory Board but every
lawyer is expected to do his part.
The task of assisting f the regis
trants in anskering the questions
is a stupendous one and means fully
a month's work for every . lawyer in
the county. It is therefore very
necessary that the men give the law
yers all the aid possible. They
should carefully study the question
aires before taking it to a lawyer
and be prepared to answer all ques-.
tions as promptly as possible. The
registrant should go to the lawyer
he prefers but should -he -find him
engaged in assisting mothers he
should then seek another lawyer
who may not be so engaged at that
particular time. . '
It should be remembered too that
the lawyers are acting officially in
doing this work. None of them will
try to get any man out of the ser
vice. Their duties are limited to. as
sisting the registrant in answering
the questions truthfully and in com
pliance with the regulations of the
War Department. The registrant
should as soon as possible after the
questionaire is received by him take
it to some lawyer and get the need
ed assitance. In this way the work
will be done promptly and without
piling it up on the lawyers at one
time.
CAPT. GEO. H. COBLE DDES.
Was the Beloved Brother of the
Editor of the Public Ledger.
The editor of the Public Ledger
was called to Richmond Sunday by
the death of his brother, Capt. Geo.
H. Coble, for 42 years in the trans
portation department of the South
ern Railway, In point of service he
was the " oldest conductor on the
main line, running between Wash
ington and Charlotte. For many
vears he ran between Richmond and
Charlotte, and the only accident of
a serious nature that befel him in
his long career, occured eight years
ago when Jiis train plunged into
Reedy Forkv a few miles north of
Greensboro, causing several fatali
ties. The morning was bitter cold
and Capt. Coble, drenched to the
skin and covered . with ice, crawled
to the nearest telesraph office and
summonsed aid. He was never
again the strong man physically that
he was previous to the accident. As
a reward of faithful service the
comnany transferred him to the
Washnigton-Charlotte division "and
placed him in charge of their finest
-train the Southwestern Limited.
Capt. .Coble was popular with the
railway officials and the , traveling
oublic. His remains were laid to s
rest in Hollywood Cemetery,- Rich
mond. Monday, the funeral and bur
ial being conducted bv Dr. James" Y.
"PViir. pastor of Westminster Presby
terian church.
A noble brother has eone from us.
and he will be generally missed by
his many friends and the loved
ones.
GRADED SCHOOLS CLOSE
UNTIL AFTER CHRISTMAS.
During the past week it has been
hard to keep the buildings comfor
table even though a large amount
of coal has been used. It does not
seem wise to use so much fuel in
this critical time when the maxi
mum amount of value cannot be de
rived, from it. Only about half of
the students attend during such un
usual weather. .
The schools will reopen on Jan. 2
unless further notice is given. If at
that time it should seem wise not to
open, notice will be given.
The parents are requested to do-
all in their power to keep the pupils
in touch with their work during
this time. It is so easy to put aside
all thought - of school work that
teachers dread" a .long vacation. It
means that there is a lot of wasted
time when work is resumed. Let . the
child Itfave a good time but remind
him ofTnis work as often as possible.
In this critical time when .every
parent should, be very; anxious, about
the development of child - life,-- this
request should meet with hearty ap
proval.
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