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J3JP0KTAXT MEETING OF
GKANVDLLE COUNTY WOMEN.
Mrs. Thomas Bickett, Wife of the
Governor, Will Address the Meet
ing in Oxford Friday, March 15.
Impressed with the renewed -responsibility
resting on the women of
America, in this unparalleled strug
gle for world peace, and realizing
the greater need for coordination of
service and a clear understanding of
"hovr women in the home can best
serve, the women of Granville are
ured to form a closer union for a
truer and deeper plan for protecting
thp voung men and women for a
ciore sympathetic and loyal support j
of our country. For tnis end a
meeting of the Granville County
Woman's Committee Council of Nat
ional Defense has been called for
Friday, March 15, and not only all
the chairmen of departments, chair
men of local units of the National
Defense, and chairmen of Red Cross
auxiliaries expected, but every wom
an in Granville who can possibly
come is expected. No matter how
reat the duty inside the home, God
ha? given worn on at this time a su
preme duty outside the home,
a"d she must make this sacrifice
not shrink from the task, or else she
will rob herself of that which she
holds most dear and sacred on earth
home life of hippiness and peace.
So let the meeting March 15 be a
great one in attendance, mutual and
service. The program which has
been arranged will be instructive
and enjoyable.
The Program.
Morning session, Armory Hall
10:30 o'clock. Subject: Con
servation and Food Production. Mrs.
A. L. Capehart, of Oxford, and Miss
Jamison, of Raleigh.
Luncheon at 1 o'clock. Courtesy
of the Oxford Unit, Woman's
Committee.
Afternoon Session Graded
school at 4 o'clock. Short talks -on-Tied
Cross Work Mrs. John Gooch,
director of work, Oxford. Mrs. J.
C. Robards, director of surgical
dressings, Oxford.
Concert Patriotic Music, led by
Mrs. A. A. Hicks, chairman music.
Evening Session Graded school
at 8 o'clock. Address, Mrs. Palm
er Jerman, State vice-chairman
Woman's Committee. Mrs. Thomas
W. Bickett, State Chairman Thrift
Stamp.
APRIL. 10 DATE OF STATE
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
Precinct Primaries March 30 and
County Conventions April 6.
The North Carolina Democratic
executive committee, in session at
Raleigh this week, voted to hold
the party precinct primaries Satur
day, March 30, the county conven
tions April 6, and the State conven
tion April 10.
Resolutions were adopted amend
ing the party plan of organiation to
conform with the new primary law,
especially elimination of the district
Judicial and senatorial conventions
ad making other necessary
changes. There was no speech mak
ing. There was no discussion of Gov
ernor Bickett'a proposition to have
fco political campaign for county
officials because of the war.
MOVES TO OXFORD.
Mr. Young Relieves Mr. Green at the
Long Company's.
Mr. Morris Green, for many years
entitled with the dry goods busi
es in Oxford, has resigned his po
sition as clerk at the Long Com
pany's stores, and will engage in the
lumber business., -
Mr. j. b. Young, for many years
head clerk in the leading dry goods
Jjouse of Raleigh, has been engaged
y the Long Company. He has ar
lved and entered upon his duties
here, and his interesting family will
Jin him next week.
BE A MAN.
If You Don't Wear a Soldier's Un
iform Wear the Next Best
Clothing.
. Of course the most honored cloth
es worn in the United States the
Inform of our soldiers. The next
yest is Hart-Schaffner & Marx cloth
lnS. sold exclusively by Horner Bros.
Jjompany. See the style and fit of
Jj? garment on the third page of
lUls Paper, but it is the touch of .the
'ol and weave that gives the thrill.
SHED SEMI-WEEKLY TOWM A
GOD HELPED HUNS POivnTTOi?
RUSSIA, KAISER ASSERTS.
Berlin, March 7. Emperor
William, according to an offic
ial announcement made on the
conclusion of peace between
Germany and Russia, sent a
telegram to Count von Hertling,
the German Imperial Chancel
lor, reading as follows:
"The German sword wielded
by great army leaders has -brought
peace with Russia.
With deep gratitude to God,
who has been with us, I am fill
ed with proud joy at the deeds
of my army and the tenacious
perseverence of my people. It
is of especial satisfaction to me
that German blood and German
kulture have been saved. Ac
cept my warmest thanks for
your faithful and strong co-operation
in the great work."
GOV. BICKETT SPEAKS HERE
MONDAY MARCH 18TH.
Mr. Eaton Will Spend Three Days in
the County.
Mr. O. B. Eaton will spend three
days in the county in the interest of
the W. S. S. campaign. He will
speak Thursday the 14th at Stem at
11 o'clock, Knap of Reeds 2:30.
Friday, the 15th, Stcvall at 11
o'clock, Bullock 2:3C. Saturday, the
16th, Wilton at 11 o'clock, Creed
moor at 2:30..
Governor Bickett will speak in the
court house in Oxford Monday, the
18th at 12 o'clock.
Everybody in reach of these
places should come to hear these
speeches. This great war can be
won only by the united help of the
100,000,000 people of the United
States.
APRIL TERM OF COURT.
Jurors Drawn For the Two Week's
Term.
First Week.
E. T. White, G. P. Roberts, Wade
H. Jenkins, R. W. Boyd, G. C. Wil
son, T. N. Fullerton, E. J. Smith, L.
F. Day, J. A. Daniel, R. M. Walker,
D. C. Davis, John H. Dixon, W. B.
Horner, L. D. Oakley, L. M. Inze,
Richard M. Harris, W. L. Gentry, N.
F. Hobgood, H. G. McFarland, A. B.
Hughes, M. M. Nelson, J. K. Long,
D. P. Stroud, W. R. Ellington, John
R. Mathews, C. L. Emory, N. B.
Bullock, E. N. Allen, T. F. Parham,
T. L. Boyd, B. E. Green, O. W. West,
D. G. Walker, F. B. Bradsher, H. F.
Lee, M. S. Mays.
Second Week.
R. E. Parrott, T. M. Tally, B. D.
Wilson, L. E. Critcher, W. A. Wal
ters, Joe W. Horner, H. Gregory,
Lee Mangum, L. A. Burnett, F. E.
Parrott, J. B. Bailey, R. R. Herring,
Roger Faucett, W. B. Currin, E. E.
Woodlief, B. L. Bragg, Ellis Green-
way, H. E. Haswell.
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W.S.S
WAR SAVING
STAMPS.
Issued by the
U. S.
GOVERNMENT.
S. represents Opportunity, not Sacrifice.
Opportunities to earn money at a generous rate of interest: 4 per
cent compounded quarterly.
Opportunities to save money that might otherwise be needlessly
snent leaving nothing to show for it. .
Opportunities to save lives at the front and help win the ar by
providing funds for the Government. You can buy W S S. out
right' for $4.13 now. The Government will pay $5.00 for it in
1923
Or you can buy a Thrift Stamp whenever you have a quarter to
spare 16 Thrift Stamps plus a few cents (depending on the
i-ionth in which you buy) bring you a W. S. S.
W S S can be cashed before 1923 if you give ten days notice.
Enlist your "Slacker" Quarters in the War.
' Buy Thrift Stamps and W. S. S.
They'll earn Money for you.
They'll Help Uncle Sam Win the War.
Buy them at your postofiice or any bank
(This space contributed by F. W. Hancock, Jr.)
OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA SATURDAY, MARCH 9TH, 1918
BOLSHEVIK, GOVERNMENT WILL
NOT RATIFY PEACE COMPACT.
Apparently Germans Have Not Ceas
ed Operations in Russia Action
to be Taken ;by Japan hi Siberia
Undecided.
Late reports from Russia indi
cate that the bolshevik government
probably will not keep its engage
ment with the Germans to ratify
next Tuesday the peace compact
agreed upon at Brest-Litovsk.
In a speech before the Diet in
Tokio, Viscount Montono, the Japa
nese Foreign Minister, said: "Re
garding the question of Russia's
seperate peace, the fullest under
standing exists with Gerat Britian,
America and the other Allies."
There is every reason to expect
that Japenese intervention will be
limited and restricted by considera
tion of the position of America and
the Entente Allies with respect to
Russia.
Washington, London and Paris,
express the opinion that bedraggled
Russian Bear may turn around and
swat Hindenburg a mighty blow.
Such things do happen in war.
At any rate, President Wilton
don't believe 110,000,000 Germans
can permanently beat 410,000,000
Americans, Britons, Frenchmen,
Italians and Russians.
ALL OF THE REGISTERED MEN
OF GRANVILLE CLASSIFIED
There Were Four Desertions and
Six Deaths.
On the fifth day of June last,
1964 men in Granville county regis-
I tered. Six have since registered,
bringing the total up to 1970. The
following figures, given out by the
Granville County Exemption Board,
accounts for the distribution of the
men as follows:
Class 1
Class 2
Class 3
Class 4
546
101
54
929
4
1
1
c
L!aj3S.S
Men in Camp .......
Deserters from last fall
Cancelled (too young)
Cancellen (too old) . . .
Deaths
Total 1970
The twenty-seven registrants who
failed to file questionnaires were
placed in Class 1. .
Congregational Meeting
There will be preaching at the
Presbyterian church Sunday, March
10th at the usurl hour. There will
be a congregational meeting at the
close of the morning service for the
purpose of calling a pastor. All
members are urged to be present.
Will Entertain.
Lady Ursine Cow, of the royal
family, will entertain a number of
her aristorcratic friends at the Nat
ional - Bank of Granville this Satur
day. W. S. S
BRILLIANT OPFORTUMTIES ALL
QUOTES OLD HEBRAIC LAW
TO GET DRAFT EXEMPTION
St. Louis, March 7 A quo
tation from the Bible Deuter
onomy, chapter 24, verse 5 is
cited by a St. Louis man in his
appeal for exemption which the
District Board now has under
consideration. This portion
says :
"When a man hath taken a
new wife he shall not go out to
war, neither shall he be charg
ed with any business; but he
shall be free at home for one
year and shall cheer up his
wife which he hath taken."
This is said to be the first
time a quotation of this kind
from the old Hebraic law has
been so cited.
CROPS WDLL NOT BE DIS
TURBED, SAYS BICKETT.
This Applies to Farm Laborers in
the Second Draft.
Governor Bickett this week re
quested the members of the local
and district exemption boards to
give the following anouncement the
widest publicity possible.
The Governor's Letter.
"I am glad to be able to announce
after a careful investigation of the
subject that, in my opinion, no farm
er or farm laborers in the second
draft will be sent to training camps
before the 15th of July. I am giv
ing out this opinion in order that
the farmers and farm laborers may
proceed to cultivate their crops up
on the assurance that they will not
be disturbed earlier than the 15th
of July, by which time the crops
will be laid by.
"This announcement, however,
does not include the deferred per
centage of the first quota made up
of colored men. Colored men who
were liable to call in the first draft,
are now liable to be called at any
time." - " " ' '- 1 -- -
CALLS 5,192 N. C, NEGROES
WITHIN NEXT FEW DAYS.
Department Waited for Milder
Weather to Send Them ' North.
Completes State's Quota.
Washington, D. C, March 8. The
war department is preparing to call
out 5,192 North Carolina negroes
within the next few days. This
will wind up, the first draft list for
the state, as the quota was 15,974,
and 10,782 have already been called.
North Carolina negroes will be
sent to camps north of the Mason
Dixon line. The failure to call the
negroes heretofore was due to the
fact that camps had not been select
ed. The department has waited for
milder weather before' putting theni
in Northern camps.
Many industrious negro farmers
and farm laborers will be exempted
if they can' show that they are ac
tually helping to plant crops. No
loafers will be excused.
EXAMS FOR TYPISTS
AND STENOGRAPHERS
Examinations Held First and Third
Fridays in Each Month.
Civil service examinations for ste
nographers and typewriter, field po
sitions open either to men or wom
en, will be held ' the first and third
Fridays of each month, beginning at
6 o'clock in the afternoon, at Char
lotte and Greensboro, in this State.
Applicants should apply for appli
cation blank No. 1371 and for Form
1424 which can be had at the post
office. ENLISTS IN ENGINEERS.
Mr. C. B. Strickland, Express Agent,
Leaves For Fort Slocum.
Mr. C. B. Strickland, local agent
for the Southern Express Company,
has enlisted in the Thirty-third Reg
iment of Engineers and will leave
this week to join his command at
Fort Slocum, New York Harbor. He
is assigned to the regiment in which
Lientenant Calvert, of Oxford is at
tached. Mr. Strickland has made many
friends during his stay in Oxford. He
is a fine young man and it is un
derstood that he will be engaged in
office work, and will probably go
abroad with first contingent of en
gineers. "Give until it hurts." That's
what the soldier does when he goes
to battle. He gives until it hurts,
even unto death. '
HOKIE PRMT
NUMBER 19
THE COUNTY COMMISSION
ERS HOLD MEETING
Guarantees a Thirty-Five Cent Gen
eral Sshool Tax.
The honorable board of County
Commissioners met on Monday last,
all the members being present, as
follows: Messrs. E. C. Harris, chair
man; W. E. Cannaday, R. S. Hart,
T. G. Taylor, J. Luther Daniel.
Prison Guard.
Ordered that the prisoners sent
to the County Home to do work on
said farm until otherwise ordered.
R. W. Clay was hired as a guard at
a salary of $40.00 and board per
month.
The Janitor's Salary.
Ordered that the salary of the
janitor be increased to $40.00 per
month.
The Pauper List.
Lizzie Gregory, Frank Eakes and
Mrs. Frank Eakes were placed on
the outside pauper list. Eugene
Nevels, white, was granted permis
sion to enter the Home of the Aged
and. Infirm.
General School Tax.
The motion to guarantee a thirty
five cent general school tax for
Granville County carried. Messrs
Harris and Hart voted against the
motion.
Road Work.
Sam M. Wheeler was appointed
superintendent of roads and bridg
es at a salary of $2,000.00, he to
furnish his conveyance and expens
es of same. R. A. Jones was elected
foreman of the road force at a
monthly salary" of $85.00.
GERALDINE FARRAR.
In the Gigantic Masterpiece "The
Woman God Forgot."
Geraldine Farrar, the greatest of
American artists, will appear at the
Orpheum next Tuesday, matinee and
night, in "The Woman God Forgot."
The following is selected from a
mass of press notices:
"Did you see Geraldine Farrar,
she of the glorious voice, in "Joan,
the Woman"? If you didn't, go
when it comes to your town. And
in the meantime don't miss a chance
to see her in this latest story from
the pen of Jennie McPherson. The
production is a wonder, and as the
daughter of the ill-fated Montezuma
Miss Farrar is superb. The story
revolves -around the Aztecs . in the
days of Cortez, and as can be imag
ined the scenery and costuming are
maginificent. The cast is practical
ly the same as supported the star in
"Joan," including Wallace Reid,
Raymond Hatton and others. A big,
dramatic story with life and action
in every inch of reels. It is a win
ner from start to finish."
NEW TOWN COMMISSIONERS.
Messrs. John Williams and Lonnie
Perkinson Elected.
On account of having purchased
the Oxford Water Works, Messrs.
W. H. Hunt and A. H. Powell were
disqualified from serving on the
Town Board. Their resignations
were accepted at the last meeting of
the .Board, and Messrs. John Wil
liams and Lonnie Perkinson were
elected to serve the unexpired term
of office. The new commission
ers will take the oath of office at
the regular meeting of the Board
next Tuesday night.
Sheriff Hobgood Sick
Sheriff Hobgood, who has been
confined to his home for the past
week with grip, is improving. The
good doctor states that he will be
able to come to his office in a day
or two.
First in Fifteen Years.
Mr. Virginus Cheatham, the good
farmer near Dickerson, states that
this is the first February in fifteen
years in which the weather was such
as to permit the planting of oats.
For Business and Pleasure. '
If you want to get there as quick
and as cheap as possible and enjoy
the trip, read R. W. Brown & Com
pany's advertisement elsewhere in
this paper.
Nice Line For Men.
Mr. W. M. Cherkas, the merchant
tailor, takes much pleasure in show
ing his handsome line of spring and
summer styles. See his announce
ment elsewhere in this paper.