WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 1918
PUBLIC LEDGER
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PEOPLE AND THINGS
Good At! vice
Better raise your own food this
year. You can't be sure that some
body else will raise it for you.
Public Enemy
Abolish spring fever. One of the
best methods of prevention is for
everyone to abolish the word. If
you think you are catching this kind
of fever, forget it.
Much in Little
One tittle penny from you every
tinie the clock strikes will foot your
country's entire war bill. A thrift
.stamp a day keeps the German in
demnity tax away.
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New Mail Carrier
A fine little son was last week j
born to Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hunt. Ac
cording to the way Joe sizes up the
little man, he will be able to help
him deliver the mail on Route 7
very soon.
Fine Pig
Mr. E. T. Jones, the stock farmer
on Route 3, often buys meat, but
it is of the live Jersey Duroc kind.
On Monday last we noticed that he
was shipping a nice pig, which he
raised on his farm, to another part
of the world.
Handsome Bungalow
Mr. Marsh Ray has broken ground
for a handsome bungalow on the
west side of Hancock street, situat
ed between the old home of Mr. F.
W. Hancok and Dr. Pritchard. He
hopes to move in by the first of Au-
gust.
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Joined the Colors
John G. Norman, a colored man
and a brick mason by trade, who
volunteered in the Federal Army
some months ago, has been ordered
by the War Department, through the
local exemption board, to report at
once to Gamp Sherman, Chillecothe,
Ohio.
Corn Wanted
No doubt about the demand for
corn on the Oxford market. The ad
vertising columns, of the Public Led
ger show that corn is wanted "in un-limit-f.
quantities. The ruling
price is 2 per bushel for best
grades and the food administration
is of the opinion that both corn and
wheat are now at the top in price.
Kill the Flies
Kill the flies, is the warning of
Dr. B. K. Hays, as summer approach
es. It is pointed out that the cold
weather recently killed off practical
ly all flies in Oxford. If the killing
campaign can be put underway early
the annual summer fever menace
will be lessened, , says our good
health officer.
Vivid Aurora Borealis
For the first time in several years
the aurora borealis was observed
here last Thursday night. Many
' citizens thought that Henedrson, on
the east, and Clarksville on the
north, were on fire. Tradition says
that once before, about the time of
the civil war, the aurora borealis
was very vivid here, and many be
lieved that the light was caused by
the flash of the guns, around Rich
mond and Petersburg.
Gardening Year
This is going to be War Garden
Year in Oxford in the best sense of
the word. The Oxford Woman's
Club is giving encouragement to the
work and the school children are
going to put many of their vacation
after-school hours into the work.
There is room for an aDunant ex
pansion of gardening endeavors in
Oxford and it might be a good plan
to offer prizes, as has been done in
many cities. But prizes or no prizes,
this should be made a record gar
dening year, for out of the gardens
every community may gain much
independence from war conditions.
SUBSCRD3E TO PUBLIC LEDGER.
DETACHMENT OF SOLDIERS
SPEND NIGHT IN OXFORD.
Twenty New Yoi-k City Soldiers Go
ing From Camp Wadsworth to
Washington.
A detachment of the One Hundred
and Second United States Engin
eers spent last Friday night in Ox
ford. They were traveling, in mo
, tor vehicles, which the men parked
j at the Banner Warehouse. A fine
; young corporal,, with erect bearing
and crisp courteous speech guarded
the equipment. He didn't want it'
to be forgotten that his was the
22nd of New York city, despite the
fact that its xindentity was merge
red to an extent in the change of
numbers, as the national guard reg
iment is now the 102nd United
States.
"We have the record as the best
national guard engineers regiment
in the country," he volunteered.
Captain Roberson was in com
mand of the detachment here, with
Lieut. McCrosby -the other officer
along. They traveled in a conglom
eration of vehicles. They had two
huge Garfield trucks, a smaller
Commercial, two Dodge touring
q,axs, one Ford, a Winton Six and a
Studebaker. The ' cavalcade at
tracted considerable attention as it
wended its way along the National
Highwey from Durham. The de
tachment carried a ten day ration,
and Oxford was the fourth night
away from Camp Wadsworth, Spar
tanburg, S. C, and the group ex
pected to spend two more days en
route.
The most of the soldiers spent the
night here in private homes. Some
of them had "Smileage" tickets and
spent the evening at the Orpheum,
and those who did not have tickets
entered free at the expense of the
public spirited management.
AN INTERESTING CLASS.
Six Young Ladies Will Soon Qualify
as Telegraph Operators.
The Western Union Telegraph
Company has inaugurated schools
throughout the country in which
young ladies are give nthe chance
to qualify as . telegraph operators.
Such a school exists in Oxford, and
Capt. Frank Spencer, manager of
the local office, is the instructor.
The office, which was recently ren
ovated, presents an animated scene
with the following young ladies of
the class at the telegraphic board:
Miss Hattie Parham, Miss Bettie
Hobgood, Miss Eunice Crews, Miss
Myrtle Blair, Mrs. S. P. Jeffries,
Mrs. Rose Wilson.
Capt. Spencer states that some of
the most apt scholars of the class
will graduate in three months. There
are twenty applicants awaiting their
turn at the keyboard, but the class
es are limited to six.
In this connection we are glad to
note that Capt. Spencer, who has
been repeatedly importuned to go
up higher, will remain in Oxford for
the present at least.
PLA2IxG "I SPY.'
To Win the Game Otir Navy Needs
Eyes Binoculars, Spy-Glasses
and Telescopes.
There is a game familiar to all
children and remembered by all
grown-ups sufficiently
called "I spy." It is
fortunate
a pleasant
game and harmless, but out in the
waters of the Atlantic, where sub
marines are lurking for their prey
and ships are plying their trade of
saving humanity from the Hun, a
deadly game of "I spy" is being
played. One of these submarines
sank the Tuscania.
To win the game our Navy needs
eyes binoculars, spy-glasses, tele
scopes. : t The call has already been
answered by welcome contributions,
but thousands more of these eyes
are still required. The more there
are the greater are the chances that
someone on a merchant ship or
transport will see the periscope first
before it is too late. Help pre
vent the sinking of another Tuscan
ia by sending your binoculars, spy
glasses and telescopes to Franklin
D. Roosevelt, Assistant Secretary of
the Navy, Naval Observatory, Wash
ington, D. C. You can spare them
better than you and yaur country
can spare American lives, and better
than France, England and Italy can
spare the ships that bring them aid
etnd relief.
The articles will be return, if pos
sible, after the war. The Atlantic
Monthly puts it this way: They will
be returned without charge for the
increment of historic interest.
Classification Cards
The order goes forth ' from the
provost marshal general's office that
all registrants must carry their clas
sification cards with them. Regis
trants may be called upon to show
their cards at any time when the
general round up to locate slackers
is started. ' .
THE LIST OP GRANVILLE'S
WHITE QUOTA CALLED.
Will Entrain For Camp Jackson
. March 20th.
The Exemption Board has notified
the following . registrants to report
in Oxford to entrain on the 20 th day
of March :
WYLEY L. LYON.
RUSSELL B. CAREY.
O. B. MITCHELL.
STEPHEN H. JONES, Jr.
EARL G. HARRIS.
JOHN COLEY.
EDWIN COZART.
BEN R. LYON.
SAM OAKLEY.
SYDNEY M. HOCKADAY.
CARL MOSS.
The above list completes Gran
ville's quota of white men.
There are about 100 colored men
in Granville's quota. It is thought
that they will be called during the
next thirty days.
NAMES IN THE HANDS
OF THE POLICE.
When Caught They Will Be Immed
iately Sent to Camp and Tried
- For Desertion.
The Granville County Exemption
Board has received orders from the
War Department to place the follow
ing men, who are classified as de
serters, in Class One:
Hubert Norwood, colored.
Will Harris, colored.
Robert Smith, colored.
Geo. Jones, colored.
Jno. Parker, colored.
Warren Hopkins, colored.
Dana Braxton, colored.
Joe Lewis, colored.
Chas. Amis, colored.
Wm. A. Hicks, white.
Aenett Nelson, colored.
Otis Fuller, colored.
Geo. Wm. Ferrell, colored.
Judge Elkerson, colored.
Col. Thomas Faison, colored.
Jesse Jones, white.
Allen Baker Cozart, white.
Davis Morris, colored.
Fred Lee Smith, colored.
Sam R. Harris, white .
Wm. Martin, colored.
Floyd Davis, colored.
Walter Moss, colored.
Willie Jeffreys, colored.
Jos. Harris, colored.
Otho Allen, colored.
David Schaffer, colored.
Samuel Dabb, colored.
Jimmie Rogers, colored.
HOW7 TO BECOME A MEMBER
OF AMERICAN RED CROSS.
It is Just as Simple as Falling Off a
Log.
A subscriber in Person county
writes the Public Ledger, seeking in
formation as to how to become a
member of the American Red Cross
Society.
"I read much about the activities
of the Red Cross and I fancy the
name and believe that it is doing a
good work," says the good lady,
"but it occurs to me that its mem
bership is confined to the cities and
thickly settled communities. I will
thank you to inform me what steps
those who reside in the remote dis
tricts should take to affiliate with
the society."
The Public Ledger will see to it
that this good lady is supplied with
an abundance of Red Cross litera
ture. Though she resides in a 'spar
cely settled district, her light shall
no longer be hidden beneath the
"bushel."
In order to becoae a member of
the Red Cross, one goes to the chap
ter headquarters in one's commun
ity, registers, and pays the member
ship fee.
That is all. Membership implies
no obligation to give either labor or
money beyond the membership fee.
Thft Rfid Cross is entirely and con
sistently, a volunteer society.
There are several sorts of mem
bership: annual membership, fee
$1.00; sub-annual membership, fee
p.rvntrihiitiner membership, fee
$5; sustaining membership, fee $10;
life membership, fee $25; and pat
ron membership, fee $100. All
forms except the first include sub
scription to the Red Cross Maga
zine.
If one does not happen to live in
a community where a chapter is lo
cated, one may secure membership
by sending the fee by letter to any
nearby chapter or to divisional head
quarters (for the Southern Division,
to Mr. Guy E. Snavely, Healey
Building, Atlanta, Ga.)
If the esteemed subscriber in Per
son desires to become a member of
the Granville Caunty Chapter of the
American Red Cross she can send
the fee herein stipulated to Mrs. A.
H. Powell, chairman, at Oxford, and
we shall see that her name is print
ed in the Public Ledger and regist
ered among the immortals.
Five prisoners made their escape
from Lee county jail by overpower
ing the jailer when he went in to
give them supper.
LETTER FROM EAST AFRICA.
English "Soldier Acknowledges Re
ceipt of Christmas Present Sent
From Oxford.
Last fall Mr. W. Z. Lyoix contri
buted a parcel of tobacco to the sol
diers abroad. The package was
numbered and sent in, the usual way,
and from England it found its way
to a soldier in East Africa, totally
unknown to Mr. Lyon. The recip
ient of the package writes to Mr.
Lyon as follows:
Copy of Letter.
Royal Engineers Telegraph,
Dar. Es. Salaam, East Africa,
December 23, 1917.
Dear Sir I am taking the liberty
of writing to you direct and thank
ing you for the parcel of tobacco. I
often used to wonder whether sol
diers ever did receive parcels that
the public of the various countries
subscribed to. Now that I have per
sonal experience of receiving one. it !
gives me great pleasure in acknow-'
ledging the same. It is really en
couraging to receive a present from
U.'S.1 A. I suppose you little thought
that it would be delivered in ex-German
East Africa. I have acknow
ledge the post-card; but thought the
occasion demanded more than a for
mal acknowledgement, hence this
letter. As you know this is one of
the last colonies the Germans have
lost possession of, so you immagine
your tobacco being enjoyed in a trop
ical climate in shirt sleeves and
shorts. Our uniforms are now like
"THE BANK
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ankjng Responsibility
THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANKING SYSTEM OF- THE
UNITED STATES WAS ESTABLISHED TO GIVE MAXIMUM
STRENGTH TO ITS MEMBER BANKS; TO AFFORD THE UT
MOST PROTECTION FOR DEPOSITORS; TO INSURE FINAN
CIAL STABILITY.
. THIS INSTITUTION AS A FEDERAL RESERVE MEMBER
BANK, OFFERS ITS PATRONS ABROAD, DEPENDABLE SER
VICE OR RECOGNIZED RESPONSIBILITY, AMPLE TO MEET
THEIR EVERY NEED.
NEW ACCOUNTS INVITED.
Natroma
W. H. Hunt, Pres., Z. W. Lyon, Vice Pres., T. C. Harris, Asst. Cshr.
The FIRST and Oldest National Bank in Oxford.
THE BANK WITH THE BIG CLOCK
4 Per Cent PAID ON TIME DEPOSITS
CAPITAL $100,000 , SURPLUS $60,000.
Boy Scouts in England -a vast dif
ference between the troubled condi
tion which must prevail, in France;
and now your soldiers are fighting
side by side with the British Tommy,
I sincerely trust they will soon bring
us a speedy victory and an everlast
ing peace. Wishing you and yours
every success. Yours sincerely,
Prvt. W. H. H. THURSTON,
Ne Resting Place.
(Cleveland Plain Dealer)
Nowhere can the Russians scuttle
in peace and safety. In armenia the
Turks began to attack as soon as the
Russians began to get out. What
is a nation to do when it won't fight
and is not even permitted to be a
coward without molestation?
The North Carolina Luthernans,
who were to raise $10,000 as their
part of the $750,000 war fund of
the Lutheran Church to provide
camp pastors, raised a little more
than that amount. The total fund
was over subscribed, the amount go
ing over a million.
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