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LOCAL BOARD BEGIN CpNSJLD-
URIXG OF QUESTIONAIRES.
Ko .Final .Action .By .Exemption
Hoard Until All Blanks Are
Filled.
Consideration of returned ques
tionnires, as filled out and signed
by men in the selective draft, has
been begun by the County Exemp
tion Board in a very informal way,
although it is announced that no
dennite and final action will be tak
en with regard to any of the cases
untU all of the questionaires have
been sent out.
The blarAs are being put into the
mails at the rate of about one hun
dred per day, and the board is now
about half through with this work.
It i? estimated that possibly ten
days more will be required to finish
the work of mailing the blanks to
all of the remaniing registered men
who have not received their ques-
ticnaires.
Additional instructions have been
received by the board with regard
to V:q classification, and these will
"be closely studied before the men
are placed finally in the classes to
be sriven them.
ADEQUATE CLOTHING.
Granville County Soldier Boys Well
Cared For.
The Public Ledger is very glad to
te: from some of the officers and
othtv soldier boys from Granville,
who were home for the holidays
that they have been supplied with
adequate clothing and other needed
supplies and that so far as they
know the other boys from Granville
county have likewise been cared forj
Considerable criticism right now is
going the rounds in different parts
of the country because of the alleg
ed shortage in necessary supplies on
account of deloys in making 'con
tracts and fullfillin0- them and It
will be gratifying to the people of
Granville to know that their boys
are not suffering, although. of
course, they will regret if there are
others less fortunate.
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MISSING WITH $50,000.
Xo new clue has been reported as
to the whereabouts of the missing
$50,000 which disappeared while be-;
in y
sent from Richmond to Colum
bia, S. C, last Saturday, the only
link being that the pouch was re
ceipted for at Hamlet, N. C. The
money was on the way from the
Richmond Reserve Bank to a bank
in Columbia.
FAUMER SOLDIER BOYS
MAY GO HOME TO WORK.
Se. retary Baker has a plan to per
mit farmer boys in the army to re
turn to their homes at periodical
intervals, to assist in crop produc
er He outlined it last week to a
i 1 'it Ion of New York farmers,
who protested against conditions
err rited by the scarcity of labor.
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I MEETING OF
I r JIOMAR L B PRESBYTERY.
"Was !"e?d in Henderson Presy
teKan Church This Weelc
!ct. ,J. S. Kennison Call
ed to Wake County.
A called meeting of the Albemarle
Presbytery was held in the Hender
son Presbyterian church Thursday
afternoon of this week, the purpose
of which was to consider the resig
nation of Rev. J. S. Kennison, pas
tor of the Granville county charge,
who has been called to a pastorate
in Wake county.
Everybody Sober
By reference to our railroad pass
book we see that we traveled five
hundred miles during Christmas
week, and not a single person did we
see under the influence of liquor.
How times have changed! Only a
few years ago it was dangerous to
travel on the railway trains diring
Christmas when men carried flasks
and pistols in their pockets.
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IN GRIP OF THE STORM KING.
Eastern Party or country Has Cold
est Spell of Weather in Recent
Years. Thermometer Drops to 2
Below Zero in Oxford.
The country Has been in the grip
of the Storm-King for the past
week. The South has had a most
severe cold spell, the coldest in
many years. A snow storm swept
through the East from New York
on down the Atlantic coast and on to
New Orleans. Florida has more
snow than has ever been seen there
by many of the older inhabitants.
In New Orleans the thermometer
registered 19 above zero Sunday.
At Bristol, Tennessee, the temper
ature fell to many degree below ze
ro, while at Northfield, Vermont, the
official figures showed 26 below.
Boston showed 14 below, while it
was 13 below in New York, the cold
est weather seen there since 1880.
The coldest v weather Eastern
North Carolina has had in 19 years
prevailed through this section. Early
Sunday mroning the thermometer in
Fayetteville registerer 2y2 degrees
above zero. In Raleigh it was two
below zero and the same tempera
ture was registered in, Oxford.
Sunday was the clodest day felt
here in a great many years. Some
of the older people say they never
saw a colder day. The highest
Lpoint the thermometer was able to
reach all day Sunday was 17. Mon
day morning it was a little warmer,
the thermometer standing at 4
above. Some of the citizens of the
town state that their thermometers
went way below zero.
There is a slight chance for
warmer weather. Snow still lies on
the ground and is likely to be here
for several days unless there is quite
a change in temperature.
THE OXFORD TOBACCO MARKET
WILL RESUME NEXT MONDAY.
One Million Pounds In Granville Yet
to Be Sold.
The official figures show that 7.
509,281 pounds of tobacco have
been sold on the warehouse floors of
Oxford during the season. The mon
ey paid for the same amounted to
$2,351,836, representing an aver
age of $31.32 per hundred for all
gQjd
After a brief close down for the
holidays, the Oxford market will re
sume next Monday morning, Jan
uary 7th. WeYl informed tobacco
men estimate that there is at least
one million pounds in the hands of
the farmers.
All of the buyers are on hand and
ready for the sale next Monday.
They state that the nl-arket will op
en strong and that there will be liv
ely bidding on the remainder of the
crop.
MEN NOT IN CAMPS
ARE TO BE CLASSIFIED.
No Formal
Calls Until
15th.
February
Provost Marshal General Crowder
has notified state governors that
there will be no more formal calls
for deferred percentages of the pres
ent quota of national army men be
fore February 15. All men who have
been called but Whose order num -
bers are so low tnat tney are nut
actually in camp, will get the bene
fit of the new classification.
Boards have been instructed, how
ever, to continue sending men to
make up deficiencies in the quota
caused by rejection of men already
in the service, until they have
enough men finally placed in the
first class.
They were notified also to expect
very shortly calls for men skilled in
special lines of work.
ADDITION AI, CONCESSIONS Ts
' Thp central
, London, January 8 .The Central
will make new declarations is
patch from Geneva
Saying. It auueii. mat
attitude of the Entente Powers,
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OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA SATURDAY, JANUAr! 6TH, 1918
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PEAR Ol? AMERICA IS
SEIZING PEOPLE OV-
ERALL GERMANY.
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London, Jan.. 3. Allied air
raids oyer Germany are awak-
ening the people to a recogni-
tion of their rulers' mitaken
air of ruthlessness according
, to the Times. There is great
nervousness throughout Ger-
many, especialiy in the more
exposed sections, owing to the
announced intention of. the
Americans to invade Germany
by air. Efforts are being made
to claim anxiety by expressions
about American bluff. The fre-
quent explosions in German
munition plants are causing the
German officials anxiety not on-
ly because of the "threat to the
supply of munitions, -but for
fear of uprisings "in those dis-
tricts. The disturbances have
greatly increased .since frost.
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ROBBERS RAMPANT.
Do Everything Except to Present
Their Visiting Crds to the
Town Police.
Thieves visited Oxford again last
Saturday night, and for the third
time in recent months smashed the
rear door at the Hamilton Drug
store and entered. Mr. w. J. Ril
ey, who has a room over the drug
store heard the lick that shattered
the glass door. He hastened down
the front steps and went over to the
Mayor's office in search of the po
1 ice men t but .they wi?re not there,
and when heV returned i to the court
house corner he looked, in the direc
tion of the; drug , store and saw a
short colored man behind the coun
ter. Mr; - Riley! waTunarmed and
bef pre her could se?u. help therob
ber disappeared in theTdarkness.
During the same night robbers
visited the store of Mr. J. L. Garrett,
on College street, and smashed the
glass, in the front door and entered
the building. This was the second
time robbers have visted Mr. Gar
rett in recent months, each time ef
fecting an entrance by the front
door.
The robber, or robbers, searched
the money drawers at both places
and found none. If they took any
thing, neither Mr. Hamilton or Mr.
Garrett did not discover it.
Week of Prayer.
The Ladies Missionery Society of
the Oxford Baptist church will hold
a week of prayer for wide-world
I missions beginning Monday, January
j 7th and continuing through the 11th.
The meeting will be held in the Sun-
school room at 3:30 o'clock in the
afternoon.
LNDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS
Page 2
Perkinson-Green Co. extends greet
ings. Banner Warehouse Messrs Mitchell
Maneum remind the farmers that
the market willbpen next Monday.
Page S
Frank P. Lyon, the popular drug
i g.ist wishes his customers a happy
and nrosnerous year.
Carolina Power & Light Co. Happy
New Tear. . .
E. II. Crenshaw The latest m au
tomobiles. -
All kinds of wagons and buggies,
the best made at Horner Bros. Co.
j Another shipment of good flour
; Hnfhffre-ewel
er.
Sound Lumber The Moore Lumber
Co
Beg-in the year right and open an
account with the Union -Bank &
Trust ' Company.
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The Ambon.
Page 7
Lyon-Winston Co. have warm
place in their hearts and in the store
for their customers. .
J. Robt. Wood wishes his customers
many happy returns.
Pages 8, 9, 10, and 11
The County Exhibit.
Hamilton Drug Co. extends hearty
greetings. .
!,.,., TO nl.: MA,,: , TEUTONS.
Powers within the next ten days
W e declarations, a dis-
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CARD FROM COM. HARRIS.
A Word In Reference to the Roads
of the County.
To the citizens of Granville County:
Dear Friends The old year has
passed and gone and we are begin- i
ning the new. We should profit
from the experience of the pas"? and
not lament over and talk about what
could be . done or should have been,
neither what could be done next
year. We recognize three days
yesterday, today and tomorrow
yesterday with all its opportunities
has gone forever. Tomorrow with
its anticipations never conies. Today
is with us and if we fail to avail
ourselves of the golden opportun
ity of today, they too, will soon be
gone forever. Your commission
ers fully realize the existing condi
tions of our county and the abnor
mal state of almost the entire
world. Why these conditions we do
not propose to discuss. They exist
and must be met today. We come
to ask your hearty and helpful co
operation, not your harmful and ad
verse criticism. Perhaps the one
thing most needed just now is bet
ter roads. These we can have when
ever the people as a whole are will
ing to lend a helping hand. It is
the small things saved that counts.
The best and about the only thing
that can be done to the roads this
winter is to drag them. I am go
ing to ask every community to do
just what my community ts going to
do keep three miles of road drag
ged, the side ditches open and keep
the boxes and small bridges in good
repair. The county will furnish the
drags, apply to Sam W. Wheeler.
Any community that will not do this
w ill have to travel bad roads and
they need not abuse the commis
ioners. It is but natural to try to
keep those who keep themselves.
Now my good people, let's every
body help the. good cause along the
best we can and be sure to remem
ber that your commissioners have
the interest of the county at heart
and are trying to do the very best
they can for all concerned. Unkind
criticism is harmful. Respect,
E. C. HARRIS.
Income Tax Man Coming.
Mr. F. W. Hancock, Chief of the
Internal Tax Division of the Inter
nal Revenue office at Raleigh, re
quests us to announce to the public
that Deputy Collector E. A. Hughes,
of Durham, will be at the Court
House at Oxford from January 7th
to January 12th, both dates inclus
ive, for the purpose of assisting all
persons who are liable to make a
return of their income for the year
1917. The United States Govern
ment requires every single person
in the country whose net income for
1917 equalled or exceeded $1,000
and every married person whose
net income equalled or exceeded
$2,000 to file a return before March
1st, 1918, with the Colector of In
ternal 'Revenue .at Raleigh.
HAND OF ALIEN ENEMY
SEEN IN NORFOLK.
Nearly Two Blocks Destroyed in
Heart of Business District of
Norfolk.
Nearly two blocks in the heart of
Norfolks busines district, including
the Monticello hotel, were destroy
ed, at least one man was killed ,and
a score more injured in a sreies of
explosions and fires Tuesday which
both the police and naval authori
ties believe were incendiary.
The loss -is roughly estimated at
more than $2,000,000.
Three distinct explosions in as
many buildings, one after the fire
virtually had been brought under
control, led to the general belief
that enemy agents .were at work.
President Hobgood informs us
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Spring term on next Tuesday, Jan
uary 8. He has arranged a brief
but complete course in stenography
and typewriting for the benefit of
girls who wish to prepare for busi
ness positions. He invites corres
pondence.
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TOME PRIOT
NUMBER 1
COUNTY TREASURER" HENRY J.
BOBARDS OHS SUDDENLY.
Death Came At the Close of His
Official Year Remains Laid to
Rest in Elmwood Cemetery
After,, completing his day's work
on Thursday, December 27th, Mr.
Henry J. Robards, treasurer of
Granville county, went to his home
on Front street, and after enjoying
a hearty meal at five o'clock that
afternoon he retired to his room to
take his usual short nap. An hour
later, at six' o'clock, a member of
the family discovered that he was
dead. Heart failure was the cause
of his death, and to all appearance
he passed away quietly and without
a struggle.
Mr.Itobards was serving his sec
ond term as treasurer of Granville
county. He audited his accounts
up to the day of his death and had
forwarded check, to renew his bond
for the official year beginning De
cember 1, 1917.
On the afternoon of his death
Mr. Robards passed in and out
among the county offices and greet
ed the officials in his usual pleas
ant manner. To all appearance he
was enjoying the best of health, and
his suden death was a distinct shock
to the community.
Mr. Robards was one of the most
sympathetic, kind and gentle men, it
has been our pleasure to know. He
was quick to relieve suffering and
distress wherever he found it. For
many years he was a traveling sales
man, covering North and South
Carolina, in this capacity he made
many friends.
Mr. Robards is survived by a de
voted wife and three children as
follows: Mrs. Farrier, of Keanans
ville; Sergeant Neil Robards, now at
Camp Sevier, and a younger broth
er, Henry, and two devoted sisters,
Misses Sue and Bettie Robards, who
made their home with him.
The funeral services, conducted
by Rev. J. D. Harte, who was assist
ed by Rev. R. H. Willis, were held
from the Presbyterian church, of
which the deceased was a member,
at eleven o'clock Saturday morning
and the interment followed at Elm
wood Cemetery.
KAISER BROKEN BY CRIMES,
HAUNTED BY FEAR OF DEATH
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There is a story that grim fear
haunts the conscience stricken soul
of the Kaiser. He is afarid that he
will die before peace has come to the
suffering humanity of Europe. The
fear lies at the back of all his
arrogant talk; it underruns all his
blasphemous boastings. The story is
based on authenticated reports
brought to this country by Ameri
cans recently returned to the United
States after long residence in Ber
lin. It pictures the Emperor as he
is today a man whose spirit . has
been utterly broken by the dread
that he will suffer eternal punish
ment for his great crime against
humanity, a cringing figure entirely
unlike the dominating personality
hat drove nearly all of civilization
to the battlefield.
An Opportunity to Laugh.
"Fatty Arbuckle" will be seen at '
the Orpheum this Saturday matinee
and night in his best play, "At .
Coney Island." A rare opportunity
for old and young to laugh.
The Financial Exhibit.
We are printing n this issue of
the Public Ledger the financial ex
hibit of Granville County for the
fiscal year ending November 30 th,
1917. Read it carefully, and if you
find any. mistakes blame it n the'
linotype machine and not on the
commissioners. The exhibit of Mr.
D. C. Hunt, Clerk of the Court, will
follow in our next issue. Read and
file them away for future reference.
Horner Military School.
On account of the shortage of fuel
and the wisdom of exercising the
saving spirit .the Horner Military
School, Charlotte, has postponed the
opening of the Spring Term until
January 15. '
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