FUBLIIBHED SEW-WEEKLY - TOWM AMD
volume xxxin.
G KANVILLE COUNTY WELL GET
FEDERAL AID ROAD FUND"
Our County Commissioners Moved
By a Profound Sense of Duty.
The County Board is to be con
gratulated on the forward step and
manifestation of progress at their
meeting last Monday in voting to
accept $23,000 of the Federal Aid
Road Fund. The county treasury
was empty when the present Board
was inducted into office, and thus
being handicapped they could not
make as creditable showing on road
work as some of the former Boards.
Their determination to share in the
Federal Aid Road Fund is the right
step.
Minutes of the Meeting.
The following members were
present: Messrs. E. C. Harris, chair
man; T. G. Taylor, W. E. Cannady,
J. Luther Daniel. Commissioner
Hart was absent. The Board ad
dressed a letter to the State Com
mission, at Raleigh, reading as fol
lows :
Copy of Letter.
"The county of Granville hereby
accepted proposition to use $23,000
of the Federal Aid Road Fund, as
per your letter of January 29, 1918.
Under present system of taxation
our revenue for road purposes is
approximately $33,000 annually and
the Board of Commissioners will
supply from this source the amount
necessary to entitle us to the allot
ment mentioned in your letter of
January 29, 1918, and will, give
such other assurances as lies in its
power to give."
Failed to List.
The Board instructed the clerk to
charge on the books against the es
tate of W. H. Gooch $80.00, money
cn deposit for the past five years,
pluss 25 per cent, for failure to
list.
Exempted From Road Duty
The Board exempted Ellis Averett
permanently from road duty.
READY FOR SPRING DRIVE.
Samuel Davis, the Hardware Man,
is the Faamers Friend.
The announcement of Samuel
Davis, elsewhere in this paper has
the right ring. Every day in the
year he proves himself to be the
true friend of the farmer. He buys
his stock right and he sells it
right. His large business at Clarks
ville is founded upon right princi
ples, and the farmers deem it both
profitable and a pleasure to deal
with him. He does a very exten
sive business in Granville. Also
read his specials scattered through
out this paper.
PROPAGATION OF HOGS.
Leading Farmers Attend Meeting in
Oxford Thursday. v
A large number of the leading
farmers of Granville met in Oxford
Thursday and conferred with a
view of increasing the supply of
pork in the county. It was an -enthusiastic
meeting and the farm
ers entered into the discussion in
a business like way.
Dr. Morris, county agent, will
have somthing for publication bear
ing upon the important subject
next week.
NAVY IS PREPARED TO
TRANSPORT 500,000 MEN.
Heavy Movement Will Begin This
Month.
Washington, Feb. 8. Secretary
Daniels today authorized the state
ment that the navy is assured of
, enough transport facilities to make
sure that there will be 500.000
American troops in France early
this year, as was stated by Secretary
Baker recently before the - Senate
military committee.
The Secretary would not say
whether the navy department's out
look for ships was such as to war
rant the expectation of having 1,
000,000 more men in Frence by the
end of 1918.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
Must Have Their Reports in Not
Later Than Tuesday.
There is a State law making it
imperative that justices of the
peace must have their reports in
hand in time for the clerk of the
court to present them to the Grand
Jury, Judge Cam Hunt, Clerk of the
Court, can handle the reports not
later than Monday evening next or
early Tuesday morning.
VICTORY STILL THE GOAL.
A Pointer From Former Ambassa
dor Gerard.
Ambassador Gerard, who
knows the German Government
from long first hand acquain
tance, is of the opinion that the
repeats of strikes and other in
ternal, troubles in Germany have
been taken too seriously in this
country. He believes that these
reports were sent out for the
purpose of halting our war
preparations. 4 'The whole
tiling," he says, "seems to have
been staged or prearranged."
ALIEN ENEMIES IN GRANVILLE
COUNTY MUST REGISTER.
Assistant Postmaster Critcher Has
Matter in Hand During the
Present Week.
The Postmaster has received
blanks for the registration as re
quired by law of all alien enemies
residing in Oxford and Granville
county, and that persons so desig
nated were required to come for
ward and make the proper state
ment of their nationality. This
week is being observed throughout
the United States as a time for the
registration of enemy aliens, and all
persons of German birth who are
not naturalized Americans are re
quired to fill out the blanks and re
turn them to the proper authorities.
It is known that there are very
few citizens either in Granville .or
in Oxford who come under this des
ignation, but it is thought that there
are a few. The proclamation of
President Wilson, dated November
16th, 1917, provides for the regis
tration of all- German citizens who
are not naturalized. This of course,
does not mean that these persons
are to be sent to war or mistreated
in any way, or even to be deprived
of any of their liberties in a free
country, unless there is just cause
for such a course.;
Those who are liable to registra
tion are given until Saturday night
to sign and fill out the blanks sent
here by government officials.
OUR FAITHFUL PHYSICIANS.
They Don't Always Get Their Low
Fees.
The physicians all over the State
have been forced to advance their
fees, but the faithful Oxford doc
tors, who stand high in the medical
profession are plodding along at the
same old price, and many of them
are frequently swindled out of their
fee. When one of the good old doc
tors recently died in Oxford it was
discovered that more than $30,000
was due him for professional ser
vices in Granville.
The Public Ledger sympathizes
with the doctors in the present cris
is. All materials and medicine
they use in administering to the
sick and wounded has advanced to
such an extent the physicians were
forced to take this step in order to
get a living out of their work. In
some instances some of the drugs
they use has advanced 1000 per cent
or more and the cost of travel and
living expenses generally have more
than doubled.
WHY NOT A LADY DEPUTY.
The Public Ledger Asked to Explain
Its Position.
Some of the women about town
have requested the Public Ledger to
explain its views about the suffra
gist question. Well seriously, if a
woman can run a lathe, hustle a
crowbaras a section hand and paint
a tin roof, why shouldn't she be a
Deputy Sheriff? Is it any more un
ladylike to serve subpoenas, carry
around writs and assist in drawing
juries than it is to chop wood, run
a motor or build a fence?
Of course, there are some things
along the deputy line that she may
not do with a nice regard for the
feminine proprieties. Sit on the jail
steps and smoke a pipe, for in
stance, but she might sit there and
knit.
GRANVILLE SUPERIOR COURT
CONVENES NEXT WEEK.
Hon. AV. A. Devin Will Preside
Two Week's Term.
The two week's term of the
Granville Superior court will con
vene next Monday morning. The
criminal docket is light, but the
civil causes are unusually heavy and,
are scheduled to begin Wednesday.
(COUNTY OFFEK BMLMA
OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA SATURDAY, FEBlABY 9, 1918
TRANSPORT CARRYING
; UNITED STATES TROOPS
SUNK OFF IRISH COAST.
First Great Disaster of the War to
America's Armed Forces Report
ed in Brief London Cable.
MORE THAN 1250 MEN LOST.
Cuna.id Liner Tuscania, Torpedoed
and Sunk in War Zone Off the
Irish Coast, Carried Small Detach
ment of Soldiers From Almost Ev
ery Section of the Country No
Names of Persons Lost of Surviv
ors Reported to the War Depart
ment Number on Board Includ
ed Units From Michigan" and Wis
consin and Detachments From
Many Other States. '
(Washington Special)
The Cimard liner Tuscania, carry
ing 2,397 American soldiers was
torpedoed and sunk off the Irish
coast last Wednesday night. News
of the first great disaster in the war
to America's armed forces came in
a brief dispatch to the war depart
ment from London.
DISASTER ANNOUNCED IN BRIEF
The War Department issued the
following announcement:
The war department has been
officially advised that steam
ship Tuscania has been torped
oed and sunk and that surviv
ors numbering 2,296 as far as
could be ascertained, were land
ed at Buncranna and Larne, in
Ireland. There was a total of
2,397 United States troops and
crew on this vessel. No name of
persons lost has been reported
to the war department and no
name of survivors was report
ed. Additional pa.rticulars are
promised as soon as received.
BRITISH CONVOY.
The troops, composed chiefly of
detachments of Michigan and Wis
consin national guardsmen, were
traveling on the Tuscania, a British
vessel, under convoy of British war-
snipsrt
SOME UNITS ABOARD.
Headquarters detachment and
Companies D, E and F of the 20th
engineers.
107th engineer train.
107th military police.
107th supply train.
No. 100 aero squadron.
213th aero squadron.
Replacement detachments Ncs. 1
and 2 of the 32nd .division.
Fifty-one casual - officers.
The 32nd division is composed of
national guard troops from Michi
gan and Wisconsin. The division
trained at Camp McArthur, Texas.
The 107th engineers was compos
ed of the first battalion. Michigan
engineers; the 107th military police
was made up of the 4th and 6th
Wisconsin infantry and the 107th
supply train was .composed of the
4th, 5th and 6th Wisconsin infan
try. WAS 14,000 TON LINER.
The Tuscania was a British pas
senger and freight steamship of 14,
348 tons gross register. She was
built at Glasgow in 1914 and was
owned by the Cunard line .
BIG CITIES IN GERMANY
UNREST PREDOMINATES.
s
The centres affected by unrest
in Germany are scattered from
one end of the empire' to the
other. The principal cities affect
ed are:
BERLIN Within the metro
politan district of the German
capital are Spandan, where mu
nitions works and the famous
tower said to have contained the
gold war hoard of Prussia, are
situated; Tegel, Aldershof a nd
Mariendorff. All these surburbs
are manufacturing centers of vi
tal importance to war work. Pop
ulation, 2,156,112.
HAMBURG The great Vul
can Steel Works are situated in
this free city. Altona, which ad
joins Hamburg centers, contain
ing works and ship yards. Popu
lation, 1,187,292.
DANTZIC Steel and muni
tion works are located in this
city. Population, 170.037.
MUNICH The famous Mauser
rifles are made here. Population,
596,467.
BREMEN Shipyards are lo
cated in this city. Population,
295,715.
Total population of affected
centers, .4,405,923.
1 . -
v uORTOMTEES ALL
HINDENBURG SAYS
THAT HE'XAi BE IN "
PARIS BY APRIL 1.
The Inference is That the Old
Scoundrel Will be There to Beg
for Mercy.
(London Special)
Travelers from Germany
bring an account of a recent
conference at Berlin, at which
Field Marshal Von Hmdenburg
received thirty editors and dis
cussed the food sitpation with
them. The editors told him
that by May there would be no
food in the German Empire.
"My reply is," said the Field
Marshal, "that by next April I
shall be in Paris."
STEM NEWS ITEMS.
(Correspondence Public Ledger)
Personal Mention.
We regret to' note the illness of
Mrs. Clayton and Mr. Alex Walters
of our town.
Mr. Herman Overby, of Oxford
Route 6, spent the week end in
Richmond with relatives.
Mr. Ed. A. Franklin, discharg
ed from Camp Jackson for physical
disability, has taken his former
position with Mr. J. H. Gooch.
Farm work of all kinds has
been practically at the standtill in
this community for the past two
months on account of the severe
weather.
Rev. J. L. McNeer, of Route 1,
has been appointed by Bishop
Chandler to take charge of work at
Stedman. He is a splendid preach
er and we are sorry for him to
leave our community.
Private Josh Thomas, confined
in the hospital at Camp Jackson sev
eral weeks with meningitis, is
spending a short time with his par
ents. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Thomas, of
Route 2.
Mr. and Mrs. Calvin - Clements,
who have been spending a week in
Durham county, following their
marriage, returned to their home on
Route 3 Friday and received a
hearty welcome from their many
friends in this community.
BAPTISTS PLAN ENDOWMENT.
Representatives of Two Associations
Met in Henderson.
Preachers and laymen from the
Tar River and Flat River Baptist
Associations gathered in Hender
son Thursday in the First Baptist
church for a meeting to discuss
ways and means of raising the allot
ments for these two associations of
the proposed million dollar endow
ment fund for the Baptist educa
tional institutions of the State.
Apportionment of the shares of
the fund to be assessed upon the
Tar River and Flat River Associa
tions will be named later.
SHOCKED AND SURPRISED.
Number of Soldier Boys Can Neith
Read nor Write.
The public was aware that Gran
ville county had its quota of illiter
ates, but the people thereof will be
greatly surprised and alarmed to
learn that there has gone from
Granville, since President Wilson is
sued the call, forty young men who
can neither read or write.
This is a most alarming condi
tion in this day of enlightenment.
We can scarcely realize how such
a condition could exist in Gran
ville county. Every young man in
the county has had some kind of a
cha-nce to imbibe sufficient know
ledge to read and write to some ex
tent. What is the matter, is our educa
tional system wrong and is illiteracy
and ignorance in control?.
With such a condition confront
ing ua -it occurs to the Public Led
ger that the time has arrived to
conscript wealth to avert a disgrace
that will fasten itself to the good
and honorable name of the country.
DAME NATURE AT WORK.
Doing Everything in Her Power to
Put Us Over.
Last year when the world de
manded a record crop Dame Nature
did everything in her power to
achieve it. She realizes that we are
going to need an even larger one
this season, and to guarantee it she
has sent upon us . the most severe
winter in many years, which is a
sure sign of a large yield.
MOHE PRINT
NUMBER 11
TOBACCO SEASON IS
TO END ON FEBRUARY 28.
More Than Eight Million Pounds
sold on the Oxford Market this
Season.
The Oxford tobacco market will
close' for the 1917-18 season on
Thursday. February 28, according
to a decision reached by the buyers
and warehousemen at a meeting
held recently. If is believed by to
bacco men that the remainder of the
present crop can be prepared for
market and brought to local ware
houses by that time without any in
convenience on the part of the farm
ers. Will Probably Adopt Baskets
Our tobacconists are discussing
the advisability of handling the to
bacco next season on baskets and
many of them favor the popular
sales process adopted by other mar
kets. If the method of handling is
adopted here, tobacco will be spread
on baskets when first placed on the
floor, and will be removed to stem
meries and prizeries in that condi
tion, thereby eliminating consider
able labor that has heretofore been
necessary. This change is due, it
is said, to the shortage of labor in
handling the weed, and is in keep
ing with changes that are being
made on most of the larger markets
of the State. It is understood to
have prevailed in many instances
during the past season, and is grad
ually being adopted in practically
all of the larger tobacco markets of
the State.
State of the Market.
Those who estimate that the Ox
ford market would handle nine
million pounds during the present
season will not miss it very far.
With brisk sales so far this week
the number of pounds sold is 8,020.
000. It is estimated that there is
yet between a quarter and a half
million pounds in the hands of the
farmers. The prices on all grades
are very satisfactory, say the farm
ers. SOMEBODY IS GOING
TO TELL ON YOU;
Collector Josiah W. Bailey Sends Out
Ample Warning.
Raleigh, Feb. 7. "Somebody is
going to tell on you if you don't pay
your income tax; Congress has fixed
it so that somebody must tell,
whether he wants to or not," says
M. J. W. Bailey, Collector of Inter
nal Revenue.
"One section of the War Income
Tax Law, exhaustively comprehen
sive in scope, requires every person,
without exception, and every corpor
ation, partnership, association, and
insurance company, in whatever
capacity acting, who paid $800 or
more to another person, corpora
tion, partnership, association, or in
surance company, as interest, rent,
salaries, wages, premiums, annui
ties, compensation, renumeration,
emoluments or other fixed or deter
minable gains, profits, and income,
to report the name and address of
the person, corporation. etc., to
whom the payment was made, to
gether with the amount of the pay
ment, to the Commissioner of Inter
nal Revenue at Washington, using
a form prescribed for the purpose
Form 109 9 now to be had from
this office. The Forms must be
filled out and returned on or before
March 1, 1918, accompanied by
Form 109 6, which is a letter of
transmittal and affidavit certifying
the accuracy of Form 1099."
TWO-OUNCE BREAD RATION
NOW ORDERED BY HOOVER.
Regulation Applies to Patrons of
Hotels, Restaurants and
Dining Cars.
A two-ounce bread ration has
been ordered by the Food Adminis
tration for patrons of hotels, restau
rants and dining cars. This allow
ance is about that now observed in
England.
Community Rook Party.
Men, women, boys and girls all
who are interested in the Red Cross
work are cordially invited to attend
the Rook Party at the Granville
Commercial Club and spend a pleas
ant evening, this Friday.. Tickets
are being sold, at 25-cents. No re
freshments will be served.
Mr. Oscar Breedlove, buyer for
Perkinson-Green Company, will
leave for the northern markets next
Monday. He will be away ten days
or two weeks.