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""4 '- j. ' " ' "V. PUBLIS1HIEDX SEMI-WEEKLY TOWN . .... vBKIIJJANT.-nPPfMmiWBTIBB'- ALL: HOME xohxnw xxxn OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA, WaNK.SIAY, DECEMBER 2, 1917 NUMBER 103 . 6 . "V ' . . ' " .i " ' ...t mm HAVE BK' PASSED AWAY DURING THE PRESNT YEAR. qome years are noted for one tg other years for other thiS 1892 was the hottest sum- ,pr tor near a century. B Ird 101 years ago was the cold- Tear in American history-the ?Lr without a summer," when ..je i wis a frost in every month. th?o almost the whole civilized wor d 18 49 recalls just one thing Z discovery of gold in California It VI, the first great body of gold -ver 'found anywhere. The rear 1917 is remarkable for the immense fatality among noted men and women. America lost its most renowned imvil hero since Farragut, Admiral rpoWe Dewey, and also the fore most lawyer of the continent, John 0. Johnson. The Zepplin is a factor in our world war, and its inventor, Count Zepplin. passed out last March. But his invention didn't match in benefi cent results that of John M. Stud'eV baker, maker of wagons used by a continent, and who died the same month. . . Anions: leaders in American poli tics and public life many have fallen since last New Year's Day. There were Joseph H. Choate, laywers, or ator and ex-minister to England, and Richard Olney, Secretary of State and Attorney-General in riPYPlnnd's Cabinet, one of the brainest men of the last generation. The man who had probably been seen by more different people than any other American was "Buffalo Bill." was died last January. Another mighty hunter and scout also passed away that month Cap tain Frederick C. Selous, who ac companied ex-President -Roosevelt through Africa and who had prob ably slain more lions than any other man, as William F. Cody had killed more buffaloes. Captain Jack Crawford, poet and scout, soon followed them, as did General Fuston, , the man . whose dramatic capture of the Filipino chieftain, Aguinaldo, makes one of the thrilling chapters in American' war history. General Maude is still another in the hall of fame, as his capture of Bagdad will ever remain a world in cident of mighty import. Death loves a shinning mark, "and in 1917 it struck distinguishedflg ures in all fields. There was "Bob" Fitzsimmons, the man whose mighty fist planted on Jim Corbett's body put the phrase "solar plexus" in our daily lexicon. Queen "Lil" of Honolulu; W. H. Kendal and Berrbohm Tree, the fam ous British actors; Herbert Kelcey, the American, and Auguste Rodin, the French artist, went the way of all human flesh. For fifty years Wayne MacVeagh was a real figure in political history, as for a briefer period was James McNichol. They went with Earl Cromer, the. remaker of Egypt, and General Peter J.' Osterhous, a dash ing soldier of the Rebellion. Tens of thousands laughed with Bigby Bell, the comedian, and more than once laughed at Belva Lock wood, woman suffragist and twice candidate for President of the United States, but learned to laugh no more. Joseph B. Foraker, Ohio's fiery Senator and political foe of William McKialey, once occupied the first Pages of newspapers with persistent regularity. One of the world's most celebrat ed sports was "Diamond Jim" Brady and one of the world's great imon-m-mers was Ferdinand W. ,Roe bling, whose Trenton mills built the fir Brooklyn bridge. TV. dean of all photographers on earth was Frederick Gutekunst who had "taken" more big men than any other camera man. All gone! HOGS IN GERMANY America Will Have to Feed the Huns When the War "Ends. Of course, our first obligation is to the allies, but when the war ends Amor?ca will also feed the Germans. Therefore it is up to the farmers to lay his plans accordingly. It is interesting to note Jn this onneotion that there are now only J 000,000 head of hogs in Germany, fts compared with 30.000,000 before the wnr broke out. During the first year following the war, however, there is everv reason Jo believe that Germany will import hundreds of millions of pounds hog Products from the United States, in erdr to conserve her breeding stock o far as possible. At any rate, the farmers have a hig job ahead of them and wise is the man who produces his own sup plies and to spare. Mr. R. w T n Washington Friday and is spending SO NEAR AND YET SO FAR. ; Allied War Aims. ' (-Premier Lloyd-George) Germany must comnletAiv restore- 11 invaded territories and must make full compen- sation.. Future world peace can be - guaranteed only by destruction of Prussian militarism and a democratized German govern- ment ; Fate; of German coloinies must be decided by an inter- national peace congress at which"; the wishes and interests of colonial inhabitants must be ttie;decisive factor. Mesopotamia, Armenia, Jeru- salem. "must never be restored to; Turkish rule." V Tueton Terms. . (Latest Unofficial Peace Letter) Germany is willing to sell her lost African colonies to En- gland. With the money paid ; therefor she promises: To rehabilitate Belgium, Northern France, Serbia, Ru- mainia. Popular vote by the people of Alasce-Lorraine to decide to which country those provinces are to belong. An independent Poland un- der Austria suzerainty The Turkish empire to re- main as it was before the war. Russian provinces bordering on Prussia, Baltic and Black Sea, to be made independent states under a scheme to be de- vised by Germany. - Serbia to have access to the sea. Serbia, Rumania and Monte- gro to be restored to per-war frontiers. Peace conference to decide questions of disarmament, free- dom of the seas and free eco- nomic intercourse. . THE NEGRO SOLDIER Thirty Thousand Constitute the Nlnty Second Division. !; More than half of the 1,250 negro men . who completed the course at the reserve officers' training. camp at Fort' pes ; Moines, Iowa, have been commissioned as officers in the ar my. Nearly 100 negro physicians and surgeons have received com missions as. ".officers in the medical reserve corps; A full fighting force of 30,00 negro soldiers, including representatives iii all . branches of military service will constitute the ninty-second divisipn;to . be detailed for duty in Frahc'e . uder 1 General Pershing. " 1 :3 . .7. SHERIFF HOBGOOD BUSY Getting Ready to Settle in January With the State. One of the very busy men of Gren ville at this Christmas tide is Sheriff Hobgood, who will be found in his office every day throughout all this week. The new law compelling the Sheriffs of the several counties to make settlements in January is re sponsible for the strenuous days which confront Sheriff Hobgood and all the-other sheriffs of the State. Inquiries elicits the information from Sheriff Hobgood that he will make a very creditable showing in January. He says that the tax pay ers are responding promptly. ADDRESS OF SOLDIERS WANTED Please Communicate With Major Will Landis as Soon as Possible Tn fnrwardine Christmas presents to the Granville county soldiers and sailors last week Major Landis ran across a number of names in the list that he could not locate. Those knowing the address of the follow ing will please communicate with Major Landis at once: ' Arirlressra; Wanted George Green , Elliot, Elvin Wil kins, Rufus B. Dickerson, Dawson Finley Latta. Cahrlie Morton Tilot son, Roy B. Dickerson, Victor C. Roberts, Willie Herbert Blackleyr Willie Green Cottrell, Lee Aiken, Tnnni Onenev B. West, Geo. L Tilley, William Oscar Culbreth. Arthur G. Meadows, James Earnest Daniel, Joshua Hobgood J1 Collins, Geo Washington Clark, Na than C. Turner, ther M Vaughan, Berthram T. Strother, A. W. Blanch ard. Pender Nance Ja.m' Champion, Robert Garland Daniel, Herbert S. Moss, Graham T. Law rence, V. D. Currin, Thomas E. Moss, Walter H. Thomas Rufus E. Chandler, E. W. Evans, F. Solomon Clark. W; M. Currin, H T. Lyon, W. vt Walker W. H. Moss, A. i. rLonnie M. Latta. The Headquarters. The Local Chapter of the Ameri can Red Cross has rnt?ddUnadt floor of the new Hall bldfle the corner of Hillsboro; and College a and will move from the ux ENGLAND AND -FRANCE WILL FOREGO FOOD IN ORDER TO GET TROOPS. With Release of g Germans in East Allies in West Will Be Out numbered. AMERICA IS THE . RESERVOIR. France Cannot Raise More Men England Must v Draw Heavily on Her Large Army at Home; United States to Do the Rest. V" (Washington Special) Decisions of policy that must en able the allies to overcome the' de tachment of Russia and the help lessness of Italy are in the making. Adjournment of the inter-allied con fenrence at Paris was ror the pur pose of consulting the governments at home. President Wilson has re ceived from Colonel House, Gener al Bliss and Admiral Benson an out line of how the entente sizes up the situation. r Great Britain and France have learned what America is willing to do. The problem - which the allies must decide and it is matter ' of days is how their" peoples shall re duce to the minimm their food and supply requirements : and release thereby to the United" States ton nage suff icient to: transport hun dreds of thousands of men to France. " J5- Russia is out of the war and that means the release of millions of fighting men as Veil as German prisoners. Italy cair just about hold her own, but canifot aid the allies. France has lostr pearly 3.000,000 men. On the wtern front the French, with abOiit 1,200,000 men are holding in chejk an equal num ber of Germans. - Germans Will Qutnumber Allies The superiority 'in number of the British over the Germans is less than half a million ' men. The ar mistice between l Russia and Ger many provided that -no troops be moved to other fronts after Jan uary 14.T but the'llrmanstodk a chance on the supers rof thenego- tiations and - h&M ahead of that date. If the Ger mans and Austrians can transfer out of the 1,400,000 men which they arrayed against Russia . only half that number they will have a Trctal force on the western, front outnum bering the British and French. Be sides this, Germany can expect grad ually to get back some of her hun dreds of thousands of prisoners. The central powers also have 2,000,000 men undergoing military training. Must Hasten Men. Those are the figures on the Teu tonic side. France cannot raise more men. . England has a large army v at home, and will draw from it heavily to meet the increase which the Germans are bound to make as a result of the seperate peace ; with Russia. The United States therefore, will have become the. reservoir vf or men hereafter. ..:it had been believed, ; and ; the; United State's, acted7 on the. ad vice of France and Great" Britain, that, the Ameri can army could fie slowly prepared for action in 1919. Things havev changed. If the entente is not to be beaten by Germany as a resutt of the Russian and Italian situations, the United States must hasten men to France so as to meet the maxi mum effort which Germany is plan ning for next September. COL. SIDNEY MINOR HERE Everybody Is Rroud of the Big, Fine Soldier. The right hand and arm of Col. Sydney Minor, who spent Sunday in Oxford with his mother, must ache from the hearty and whole-souled erecting that he received here. Wherever he happened to be and whether P.t church or on the street, old and young, especially the lad ies, pressed forward to shake his hand and ply him with questions as to when he will "go over - there." tt?s answer was postive and brief, like the true soldier that he is: "In the near future, I hope." rni Minor is the nicture of health, and his magnificent personality in-1 spires confidence. Another fine soldier here from Camp Sevier is Lieutenant James A. Taylor, who was recently appointed assistant to the Judge Advocate of his division. The first court martial case heard by Lieutenant Taylor was that of desertion,, and the poor, fel low was sentenced to the military prison for a period of ten years The maximum penalty for desertion ; is death. '' Ionconsitency ted nress is respond sible for the report that the Krupp Gun Works was last week destroyed oV fire. Possibe.pprt may true, but a recem u; . ii Scientific American stated that all fhe buildings of the Krupp Works are absolutfly fire-prdof . It isore Hkely that Essen, a city of 40,000 inhabitants, was partly destroyed. AMERICAN DEFENSE - SOCIETY (WARNING. . -'- - -. . Every German or '.-Austrian in the United States, unless known by years of association to be absolutely loyal,. ; . should' be Be on the alerti ' Keep your eyes and ears open'.. Take noth- 1 mg for granted. '.Energy alert-' ness may save the life of your son, your husband' or your brother. The enemy is- engaged in .making war in this; country, in trasmittmg news to - Berlin and m spreading peace propaganda as well as lies about the condi- tion and marie of . American mil- itary forces. v Whenever any suspicous act ordisloyal word comes to your notice communicate at once with the police Department. 1 -i :- THE PUBLIC LEDGER FORCE WILL - TAKE - A ; SHORT REST. The Next Issue Will Make Its Ap pearance Friday Morning, Jan uary 4, 1918. The Public Ledger force will take a needed rest during the Christmas holidays with a view of returning to our work stronger and better fitted to serve throughout the sternious year before us. One of the things we contemplate during the coming year is the en largement of the Public Ledger to a six-column eight-page paper. News print paper is still costly, but we hope and believe that the Government-will succeed in securing an equitable rate for the small pub lishers. As soon as this has been accomplished and the affairs of the world has been so adjusted as to re store confidence, the Public Hedger will make its appearance in an im proved form. - We wish to thank . our many friends throughout this section for their patronage during the year" now drawing to a close. To those who have been successful we wish con- Aauusflr- ai fa .: Here - to f serve, and our ambition is to serve to the best of our ability. The next issue of the Public Led ger will make its appearzftice on Fri day morning, January 4, 1918. REPORT TO THE CHAIRMAN. The Schools Will Take An Active Part in the Campaign. The State Director of the War Savings Stamps campaign is desir ous of keepingup with the progress of the work and asks, each county chairman to report . to him every week how many stamps are being sold. He can not keep up with this unless the postmasters and banks keep him posted. Mr. B. K. Lassi ter, Cojinty .Chairman, asks those selling stamps in this county to re port: to him the number sold every .Friday or Saturday. In some places we ' understand that the people are getting busy and we expect good re ports later on. The Schools will soon' take the matter up and push it along. This cannot be done to a great extent until after the schools open the spring session after the Christmas holidays. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN'S NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION TO endeavor to speak the truth in every instance, to give noboby ex pectations that are not likely to be answered, but aim at sincerity in every word ' and action: the most amiable excellence in a rational be ing. TO apply myself industriously to whatever business I take in hand. and not divert my mmd from my business by any foolish project of growing suddenly r5ch; for industry and natience are the surest means of plenty. I resolve to speak ill of no man whatever, not even in a matter of truth; but rather by some means excuse the fault I hear charged up on others, and upon proper occas- slons, speak all the good I know of everybody. Community Christmas Tree Oxford's Community Christmas Tree was brilliantly illuminated soon after, the sun went down Sup- day evening, and the exercises that followed - were moatimpressive. The Star of Bethlehem, at the top of the tree, and the : appearance of the wise men; the angel and the shepherds brought the Scripture lesson near to us. - -: v J - - - . " -. The Very Worst Weather. "Some one said that Col. O. H Gregory said that he has "been around here for 'something more tvisvn fiO-or 70 vears and ; that last week " was the coldest, spell he has ever seen; it lasted longer ana was fiercer. - - - WARNING AGAINST , USE OF CANDLES. Red Cross Society Withdraws Sug gestion About Placing Them Behind; Flags. - Realizing that enormous fire haz ard involved in the placing of can dles behind the Red Cross flags in windows at Christmas eve at first suggested by the Red Cross Society at Washington has sent instructions to air district chiefs and Red Cross chapters withdrawing the sugges tion, v -' The Red - Cross national head quarters has also requested the no tice to be displayed in all motion picture theatres: . - - "Do not put a lighted candle be hind the Red. Cross service flag in your window upon Christmas eve. To do so might cause fire. Your flag will be sufficiently displayed if you merely raise the shade or draw the curtainsand have the room illumi nated." ' A WORD TO REGISTRANTS. The Legal Advisory : Board Over worked. During the past . week the law yers of Oxford have been over whelmed by registrants seeking aid n answering the questionaire now being sentout. Some of them have.. given practically the whole of their time to the work. . lt developes that practically n6ne of the men have at tempted to fill . out the ' questions themselves. In fact it seems that very few of them have even read it over. - . , ; In censequence the lawyers, with , the approvel of the local Exemption Board, have adopted a new plan. In the future they will not fill out the questgionaire for any one at their .. officers. Instead haif of theni will each; day attend - upstairs v in . the Court. House for the purpose of ren dering assistance. By this plan each lawyer will give half of his time to the work and ha,ve the other half for his practice. The work cannot be done, however, without other assis tance. . The Board, therefore, urges X TOenowa-"""tr lio carLIan- , swer questions intelligenty and with" a fair hand to volunteer their assis tance in this work. The Legal Advisory Board has al so determined that the registrants who can read and write" must .read over the questionaire before they are given assistance. THE LADIES WORLKNG HARD The Men Are a Total These Red Cross women are at it today with sleeves rolled up, figura tively speaking. Hundreds of peo ple are responding and the dollars roll in. No better campaign was ever on, and the hope is that the membership campaign will secure the' 700 members allotted to Gran ville county. It has been demonstrated time and time again that man is no good in more ways than one. and in this campaign his ability to secure mem bers is woefully lacking. We saw the thing tested to our satisfaction the other day. One of the campaign commiteemen ap proached a well-to-day farmer and told him that it was his duty to join the Red Cross Society. "I will see about it and let you know later," said the farmer. Five minutes later a pretty girl met the same old gentleman and told him that he "must join the Red Cross Societv." And beleives me, he joined without further argu ment, and was proud of it. A YOUNG MAN IN TROUBLE. "Was Fond of Givinsr the Girls a Good Time The daily paners on Friday last orried the story of how a Granville county boy got in serious trouble in Richmond by check flashing. The police say "that the young man had been going at a rapid pace in recent months; that he owned a Chandler car and was fond of giving the girls, a good time; that he had inherited considerable property, but- had al--read run through with it." - : The public Ledger withholds the name of the young man on account of the prominence of the family, but no newspaper can escape the respon sibility of warning . youngs men( against straying , from the "straight and narrow path." PERSHING WANTS 750 MEN; 40,000 VOLUNTEERS TO GO. Camp Sherman, Dec. 23. Want ed 750 volunteers to join General Pershing's forces in France. - Willing to Go 40,000 of ' the national army now in camp here. Not a man held back. ' ;' That tells the story. ; " As- all of them cannot , just now at least 750 will be.hosen by the camp commander and they have the assurance that they ; will be in the fighting zone soon. J ill M kf n Hi i j i i I t f i B I ford Library this week. lue holidays with his sons. -I
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