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VOLUME XXXIII.
OXFORD NORTH CAROLINA WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 9
1918
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NUMBER 2
NO MEATLESS DAVS
FOR SOME OXFORD PEOPLE
Nice Pork Roast and Choice Tender
loin Steak Finds Favor.
There are a number of concien
tious ladies in Oxford who can prop
erly be termed the "salt of the
?arth;" they signed the food cards
And are living up to their promises
by observing meatless and wheatless
days on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
We are unwilling to believe that
the showing of numerous food cards
in Oxford .s meaningless; now, after
investigation and first hand inforr
mation, we must admit that it is,
that Oxford housewives are not
keeping the pledge.
First suspicions were aroused by
tables set on Tuesdays in the homes
of two acquantances. On 'one there
was a boiled ham; on the other, a
huge juicy steak that would have
made a Sammy's mouth water and
would have enabled him to "go over
the top" without a tremor. We be
gan to investigate.
Actors: A burly butcher.
The telephone bell jingles. . Mrs.
X., in whose front parlor window a
food conservation card is placed, be
gins: ' Send me a nice pork roast Yes,
sixpounds of the best you have. And
I want three pounds of choice ten
derloin steak."
The food card had joined forces
with powder and rouge and false
hair and little social lies and what
not all camouflage
Don't censure them. They aren't
awake to the fact that this country
has entered a war that will tax to
the utmost the man power, the
wealth, the industries, and the food
supply of America; that a general
observance of meatless day would
supply our armies and the depleted
stores of our allies with thousands
of tons of foods necessary to the
winning of a victory that alone can
make the world "secure against vio
lence, murder, rape, and hell.
RURAL CARRIER EXAMINATION.
to a Good
Good Position Open
Man.
The United States Civil Service
Commissionhas announced an exa
mination for the County of Gran
ville, North Carolina, to be held at
Oxford, on January 2 6, 1918, to fill
the position of rural Garrier at Stem,
N. C. and vacancies that may later
occur on rural routes from other
po -t offices in the county. The ex
amination will be open only to male
citizens who are actually domiciled
in the territory of a post office in
the county and who meet the other
requirements set forth in Form No.
19 77. This form and application
blanks may be obtained from Mr.
Nelson Ferebee, at the Oxford post
office or from the United States Civ
il Service Commission at Washing
ton, D. C. Applications should be
forwarded to the Commission at
Washington at the earliest practic
able date.
GEN. ROYSTER DONATES FLAG
Judge Devin Received it on the Part
of the Class.
Gen. B. S. Royster last Sunday
morning presented to the Oxford Ba
raca Class, of which he is the teach
er, a handsome United States flag.
Judge Devin, who was present, was
designated to receive the flag in the
name of the class. He spoke of the
great work the class is engaged in
and. eulogized General Royster for
his talent and devotion. In speak
ing of our flag, Judge Devin declar
ed that wherever it goes religion fol
lows. There is displayed in front of
General Royster's residence a ser
vice flag denoting the two sons that
he has contributed to the cause of
democracy.
MR. J. B. EVANS WEDS
MISS JONES, OF OXFORD.
Ceremony Performed in Henderson
Bv Rev. A. T. Banks.
Mr. J. P. Evans, of Henderson,
and Miss Avalea Jones, daughter of
Mrs. J. W. Jones, of Oxford, were
married Wednesday evening at sev
en o'clock at the Christian parson
age Rev. A. T. Banks officiated. Mr.
and Mrs. Evans are spending some
time with Mr. and Mrs. S. O. Spruill
in Henderson. The ride has been
employed in the office of the South
ern Gas Company at Oxford.
THE NAMES OF OUR
SOLDIER BOYS WANTED.
We Wish to Publish All Their Names
in a Special Edition of
the Public Juedger.
The editor of the Public Ledger is
very desirous of getting a complete
list of the boys who have gone into
the service of the United States Ar
my and Navy for publication. Quite
a number of boys were already in
the service before war was declared
with Germany and quite a number
of others went in soon after the dec
laration was made. And then many
others went in through the selective
draft system.
We want to get a complete list of
these boys, with the branch of the
service they are connected with and
where, they are at present located.
It is our desire to publish all their
names in a special edition at an
early date. In order to do this we
must have the help of the relatives
and friends of these young men who
are now serving in the Army and
Navy of their Country. We want
ever reader of this paper who knows
the whereabouts of any young man
in the service to write us on a pos
tal card, giving his name, present lo
cation, and the branch of the ser
vice he is connected with. In this
way we can get a complete list.
When we have gotten the names to
gether we shall publish them com
plete in one issue of the Public
Ledger. Such a paper will be a
valuable one to keep.
Now we shall call on the relatives
and friends of these soldier and
sailor boys to give us these names
at once.
MUST REPORT ON ALL 1917
INCQMjbJS llLkx' H&nCxL $1,000
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ALBEMARLE PRESBYTERY
MET THURSDAY IN HENDERSON
Rev. J. "S. Kennison Was Returned
to the Granville, County Charge
The called meeting of the Albe
marle Presbytery held in Henedrson
last Thursday was for the purpose
of considering the resignation of
Rev. J. S. Kennison, who is in
charge of the Granville country
churches, and who had been called
to Wake county.
The Presbytery declined to accept
Rev. Mr. Kennison's resignation on
the grounds that his work in his
present charge was too valuable -to
change him to another field, and he
was returned to the Granville coun
ty charge.
The ministers attending the Pres
bytery meeting were Rev. S. K.
Phillips, of Greenville; Rev. J. S.
Kennison, of Stovall; Dr. McWhite,
cf Raleigh; Rev. Lewis Collins and
Rev. R. A. White, of Henderson. El
ders from the Granville county
churches,, from the Wake country
charge and also from the Henderson
church were present.
Government lyemands .Filing
r BianKs JSven t Person is n,x
empt irom 'jlux.
You must make an income
report to the Government be-
fore March 1, Ii)18, if you
earned $1,000 during the year
1917. ,
li you are a single man or
woman, and your income last
year exceeded $1,000, pou are
subject to an income tax of 2
percent on all in excess of $l
000. .
If you are a married man
your income is exempt from
taxation to the extent of $2.-
000, plus an added exemption
of $200 for each child under 18.
All taxes are based on the-in-
come for the year 1917.
In addition to the above nor-
mal tax, which amounts to 2
percent, there is a graduated
super-tax on incomes exceeding
$5,000, starting at 1 percent,
and grading to 50 percent on
incomes exceeding one million
a year.
There is a graduated "ex
cess profit." tax on both indi
viduals and business concerns
benefited by the prosperity,
starting at 8 percent and
graded up to 60 percent.
All this is in addition to the
old income tax, which is still in
effect.
All returns must" be in the
hands of the Government be
fore March 1, 1918, and all tax
es are due ' before June 15,
1918. ::
Failure to comply with the
tax law, which -,has heretofore
constituted a misdemeanor, is
now a crime, and dodgers will
be prosecuted by the Federal
Government. ; .
A PROFOUND MYSTERY.
Why Chief Hobgood Did Not Clean
the Streets of Oxford.
What is puzzling the people of
Oxford, at the present time is why
Chief Hobgood did not sweep the
snow from the sidewalks and other
wise improve the conditions that ex
isted in Oxford for the past week.
He had at his disposal sufficient man
and mule power to have swept every
sidewalk and street in Oxford. Why
he did not do it will always remain
a profound mystery. The fact that
he is one of the most considerate
of men, always planning for the
comfort and safety of the people of
Oxford leads his thousands of
friends to believe that he has turned
against them.
If he had only swiped' the snow
from the sidewalks and streets the
morning after it came he would have
averted many aches and pains caus
ed by corns and bunions aggravated
by the continuous wearing of rubber
overshoes.
The new years finds the millions
who are affected by the new income
tax in a state of mind that to call
confused would be stating it mild
ly. The thousands and one ques
tions that confront the taxpayers-to-be,
and the difficulty experienced
by those who have endeavored to
answer" them,,-have placed the far
famed questionnaire relatively iT
the kindergarten class.
Expert accountants in the employ
of the Government for the purpose
of explaining away the intricacies of
the tax-return sheet are. free to ad
mit that there are involved depths
which even their trained minds are
unable to fathom.
"Capital." for instance, is defin
ed by law, but the Government
agents have not yet been able to in
terpret the definition. Just what
constitutes capital is unknown. It
is the X of the question.
This much, however, is known. If
are a citizen or me umtcu.
(Continued On Pafire Eisnt)
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LOCAL EXEMPTION BOARD
POSTS BATCH OF NAMES.
Exepmtion
list of
Registrants Should Respond With
out Delay.
The Granville County
Board posted the following
names Monday, January 8 :
A list of the names whose ques
tionnnaires have been returned to
the Local Board unclaimed. If your
name appears in the following list,
cnll.at office and receive your ques
tionnaire:
THE SERVICES OF
COUNTY AGENT RETAINED.
CREED OF DEMOCRACY
IS SPOKEN BY PREMIER.
Commissioner Hart., Cast His Vote Acceptance of Proposal Depends Up-
Against Retention.
A large delegation of prominent
citizens of town and county .appear
ed before the County Board of Com
missioners at their regular meeting
last Monday and 'Vigorously opposed
the abolition of the office of Cpunty
Demonstrator. It had been prev
iously noised abroad that the com
missioners were opposed to contin
uing the work at this time, and the
delegation of broad minded men
were on hand, as might have been
expected, to set them straight.
The fact is, the commissioners
have at all times realized that the
demonstration work' as prosecuted
by Dr. Morris, was of untold benefit
to the county, but the question that
aggitated their minds was whether
it was the part of wisdom at this
time o borrow the money and con
tinue the work or not. Commis
sioner Hart was the only member of
the Board that registered his vote
against continuing the demonstra
tion work.
RED CROSS NOTES.
Mrs. A. A. Chapman, who has
been acting Chairman of the Knitt
ing Committee during the absence of
Mrs. Elliott, has been untiring in
her efforts, and as a result this
branch of Red Cross work is splen
didly organized. The ladies of
both the town and county are tak
ing great interest in knitting, and
the Granville County Chapter and
its Stovall Branch and Enon and
Creedmoor Auviliaries are complet
ing numbers of . sweaters, mufflers,
socks, helmets, and wristlets, which
are being forwarded to Red Cross
Headquarters at Atlanta, and under
special permit direct to Red Cross
Directors at the camps to be given
to soldiers who have gone from this
countyr It is " difficult" to keep a
supply of yarn so great is the inter
est in knitting.
Miss Nette Gregory, Chairman of
Publicity Committee, is rendering
valuable service in keeping the peo
ple informed as to the activities of
the Granville 'County Chapter. The
Public Ledger generously gives lib
eral space to the Red Cross and the
Chapter is grateful for its ever
ready willingness to publish Red
Cross notes.
Important School Notice
Due to the condition of the fur
nace at the High School building it
will be impossible to have . school
there until some work is done. The
following plan will be adopted:
The High School grades will at
tend the Graded School building un
til 12:20 o'clock each day and then
will leave so that the rooms may be
occupied by the fifth and sixth
grades until about four o'clock. In
this way all the work of the school
may go on in a very satisfactory
manner. The first grade under Miss
Haynes will use the first grade room
on College street at 12:20 when the
afternoon session will begin.
It is hoped that this plan will not
be necessary very long but under the
circumstances it seems the best. In
a way it will save a lot of coal.
G. B. PHILLIPS, Supt.
QUESTIONNAHIES MADLED TO
iiAi ViLiiE REGISTRANTS
OXFORD TOBACCO MARKET.
Sales Were Resumed Last Monday
Morning.
After the close down for the holi
days, the Oxford Tobocco Market
opened last Monday morning, and
despite the inclement weather a
large delegation of tobacco growers
from the county were present to
note the state of the market. The,
only sale of the day was at the
Banner, and the prices were slight
ly higher than at theclose in De
cember. All of the- buyers were on
hand and the bidding was lively on
all grades.
R. T. Hightower
W. E. Woodlief
H. R. Wilson
J. T. Smith
G. W. Wilson
J. Satterwhite
F. C. Royster
Jessie Jones
Alfred Clark
Carbin Taylor
Ollie Cozart
Parham Jones
Otho Chavis
Floyd Cozart
Wm. Parrish
Fred Bowden
Ben Johnson
R. D. Mangum
Walter Moss
Jas. E. Hart .
S. R. Harris
Geo. Pettway
Jno. Hunt
L. Anderson
Jno. Winston
C. T. Faison
Ed. Taylor
E. Howell
G. W. Ferrell
D. A. Hicks
Robt. Smith
J. N. Smith
R. L. Taylor
H. R. Harris
Charlie Crews
Early Cooper
Robt. Wilson
Will Waller
F. N. Sneed
Andrew M. Jones
Lonnie Harris
Geo. Moss
A. Henderson
-Three eclipses this year, one of
the moon, one of the sun and one of
the kaiser. . . :-
Registrants Hrve Only Seven Days
in Which to Return Ques
tioniyiires. In tne order of progression the
highest draft number reached by the
Granville County Exemption Board
Monday was 1826, leaving only 100
men, lO WHO tile (juesuuuuauc "o
mailed Tuesday.
Quite a number of the question
naires are being returned without
being opened, which seems to impli
fy that many of the registrants have
changed their address since register
ing. It is the duty of the regis
trants to notify the exemption board'
of change of address, and there is a
heavy penalty for such failure.
The lawyers have been busy as
sisting registrants in filling out the
questionaires. As all of the ques
tionaires must be returned to the
Exemption Board within seven days
after mailing, the lawyers will soon
have a breathing spell.
on Sincerity of Germany and
Readiness to Stop Fighting Befor .
Her Own Economic Strangulation.
Washington, Jan. 6. Premier
Lloyd George has pronounced the
creed of democracy the terms un
der which the entente and the
United States would be willing to
make peace with Germany.
Within a single speech, carefully
considered and explicitly phrased,
the British premier has satisfied
Russia's plea' for a statement of war
aims, has answered the growing de
mand of socialists and laboring
classes in all the belligerent coun
tries for a definition of allied pur
poses, and has told the German
people that there is no intention to
destroy them or to force upon them
a form of government which they
may not desire.
But, at the same time, the people
of Germany are given to under
stand that the war cannot at this
most critical hour be discontinued
unless there, is convincing evidence
of sincerity and such an evidence
from the viewpoint of the allies,
would be a democratization of the
imperial constitution.
Presumably the British premier
wishes to convey the impression that
the allies are not interfering in the
internal affairs of Germany, but
from the 'outside must of necessity"
be influenced toward peace accord
ing as the Germans themselves show
a desire to adopt amore responsible
form of government. Obviously he
has in mind making the imperial
chancellor directly responsible to
e reichstag and a limitation of the
power of the bundesrath.
,No Rererence to the Kaiser.
As for the overthrow of the kais
er, the British premier discreetly
avoids the . mistake which allied
newspapers have made in the past
by attacking a personality instead .
of a system. - Attacks on -the kaiser
heretofore have only served to rally
the German people just as foreign
criticism of an American President
would tend to solidify popular sup
port of him. But changes in the
German constitution, together with
franchise reform, would greatly di
minish the p'ower of Emperor Wil
liam, and sooner or later, bring
about the downfall of the Hehenzol
lern dynasty.
In a general way Lloyd George
has followed the principles laid
down by President Wilson himself,
but the British premier has develop
ed the situation much further by
giving an explicit statement on ter
ritorial questions, something " which
Mr. Wilson- in the very nature of
America's position could not with
propriety discuss in detail. Yet
whatever inferences or doubts may
have been raised by the President's
general statements have now been
clearly expressed by the British
leader and the allies have given to
the world a formula for peace that
is equitable and just. Its accept
ance depecOs upon the sincerity of
Germany and her readiness to, stop
fighting before drastic measures of
trade discrimination by "the allies
lead to her economic stragulation no
matter what the military outcome of
the war.
MOOSE PARTY MAKING
TOUR OF ARMY CAMPS.
. German peace terms at . the
present time are interesting but not
important. "
Passed Through Oxford Last Week,
Stopping at the Exchange Hotel.
National Director John H. Ris
beck of the Loyal Order of Moose
with his staff arrived one day last
week from Pittsburg in a big brown
automobile which he styles "The
Chocolate Soldier," after a thrilling
trip over themountains in which he
made the run from Pittsuburg to
Washington in less than 16 hours..
Mr. Risbeck is on a tour of all ar
my camps between -Washington and
Florida, where he will hold Moose
rallies, and he carries letters from
secretaries of all Moose lodges in
Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Vir
ginia, requesting him to take their
greetings to their home boys.
Basket-Ball Friday Night at Armory
The first game of the new year
will be played this week with the
team from the Durham High School.
That school always puts out a strong
team and Oxford will have a hard
contest.' The team at home is put
ting in regular practice each day
and hopes to get in good shape.
Be certain to be there.