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jMEXXXUL OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 1918 , NUMBER 29
rrtfE LIBERTY LOAN CAM
PAIGN IN GRANVILLE CO.
GOES MERRILY ON
Th0 General Chairman, Mr. W. T.
Yancey, Has Secured Strong
Speakers to Present the Issue
Ko man in Granville county is
working harder for the success of
the Third Liberty Loan than is Mr.
T$ t. Yancey, the general chairman.
He has succeeded in procuring
strong speakers to present the strong
points of the issue to the people in
all of the common centers of the
country. The times and places of
some of the meetings will be an
nounced in the next issue of the Pub
lic Ledger.
3jrs. Candace , Brown, general
chairman of the Woman's Commit
tee, will have a pleasant story to re
late when all is in. There is no
better investment than the Third
Liberty Loan Bond, and you should
keep in touch with the various
workers and let them explain to
you the things that all Americans
must know.
The Public Ledger will thank the
heads of the publicity committees
to keep us well informed as to what
is being accomplished in old Gran
ville county. It is quite necessary
for the county to furnish its quota.
The Public Ledger will gladly pub
lish the names of all subscribers to
the loan if the list is .furnished us
through the heads of the publicity
committee. Let us see what is be
ing accomplished in Granville to
back up the boys at the front.
GRANVILLE COUNTY AVIATOR
MET GERMAN SPY
Took the Hun to Dinner and Treat
ed Him Like a Gentleman.
Writing from Washington City to
the Granville County Exemption
Board, Aviator Allen B. Cozart, a
son of former Sheriff Cozart. of
Granville, relates his -experience
with a German spy. Young Cozart
was recently in Oxford, enroute from
the aviation field in Texas to Wash
ington. The following is on extract
from his letter to the Exemption
Board:
"I thought you would be interest
ed in knowing that while waiting
for a commission I was doing some
special work for the Government
here in the way of testing out new
machines.
A little funny coincidence happen
ed to me while here in the way of a
secret spy. One afternoon after be
ing up in the air, coming down I
took a French flyer, with me to din
ner, and while at this meal, some
one gave us a good strong dose of
stricknine and in the meantime it
was found out later this was a Ger
man spy, and that he had been
watching our station for some time.
However, the stricknine did not get
me or the Frenchman, but it meant
that I had to .have two doctors one
whole night and part of a day, but
with the good assistance of those
faithful doctors I finally revived, and
am getting along very nicely now
and will leave here tomorrpw for
Champayne, Illinois, where I will
attend the Bombing School for about
three weeks. From there will go
Mineola, L. I.'
VOCATIONAL TRAINING.
Course Prepared to Train Men for
Technical Employment.
A war emergency course to train
selected men for machine-shop oc
cupations, blacksmithing, sheet
jnetal working, and pipe fitting has
been prepared by the Federal Board
for Vocational Education and will
distributed to the schools
throughout the county, It is known
as bulletin No. 8. The board is
acting with the War Department in
preparing these courses of study and
!n baling with the State authorities
in charge of the school work.
HAWAIIAN MUSICIANS.
Iusical Treat of the Season
doming to the Orpheum Theatre.
The people of Oxford will have an
opportunity on Thursday night,
APril 18th, to hear the world fam
ttayaiian musicians in an even
!ng's entertainment of instrumen
tal and vocal Hawaiian and popular
American numbers.
Mr- J. B. Young and family are at
nie on Wnnt otn t,
hom
T ce fnnerly occupied by Mrs. H.
J- Robards.
LOCAL MEN ATTEND
THE STATE CONVENTION, i
The Suffrage Resolution Was De
feated Eight Hundred
Delegates Present.
A number of citizens of Oxford
and Granville county were in Ral
eigh Wednesday in attendance up
on the Democratic State Convention,
which convened in the capital city
at noon. A large number of dele
gates were named at the county con
vention held here last Saturday,
and, many of these elected went to
the State meeting.
Suffrage Amendment Defeated
There was no particular business
pi interest to come before the con
vention, so far as the minutes of the
meetnig show, except the question
of endorsement of a woman suffrage
plank for the party's platform. Party
leaders had discussed this proposi
tion at length prior to the conven
tion of the meeting, and the en
dorsement of suffrage by the Repub
licans at Greensboro Tuesday was
expected to have spurred the Demo
crats, but the following resolution,
which was the only one before the
convention, was overwhelmingly de
feated: "Resolved that the question of
equal suffrage be submitted to the
women of North Carolina under such
rules and regulations as may be pre
scribed by the Democratic executive
committee at the election of 1918."
The opposition to the suffrage
plank was not based on opposition
to suffrage as a principle, as Camer
on Morrison explained, but because
it is afighting point, a matter over
which North Carolinians are divid
ed and as such ought not to be al
lowed to become an issue now and
distract attention of men from their
duties toward the nation in the war.
Against Partisan Strife.
Mr, 0&ter Jfeanj
party resolve against partican strife
for subordination of internal poli
cies in State and nation for the
continuation of support to the cause
of public education, for the main
tenance of worthy charities, and for
the loyal backing of the administra
tion for the winning of the war.
The Committees.
The platform committee as an
nounced consisted of Col. Wilson G.
Lamb, Willimason, first district;
Senator W. H. S. Burgwyn, North
hampton, second district; R. A.
Nunn, Craven, third district; Walter
Siler, Chatham, fourth district; Gen.
B. S. Royster, Granville, fifth dis
trict; Frank Gough, Robeson, sixth
district; R. E. Little, Anson, sev
enth district; J. A. Hartness, Iredell,
eighth district; Cameron Morrison,
Mecklenburg, ninth district; Walter
E. Moore, Jackson, tenth district.
The State Executive committee
members of the fifth District were
named as follows:
S. M. Gattis, Orange; S. C. Braw-
ley, Durham; J. H. Vernon, Ala
mance; D. G. Brummitt, Granville;
C. A. Hines, Guilford; N. L. Cran
ford, Forsyth.
General Royster at Greedmoor.
It is announced that General B.
S. Royster, and peitiaps others, will
speak at the High School Auditor-
ium in Creedmoor, Saturday niut,
April 13th .The topic for discussion
will be the war. Don't fail to be
there, the speaking will begin at
8:00 o'clock.
We read in an exchange about
a printer who started in business
twenty years ago with nothing but
a Canadian half dollar and is now
'worth $100,000. His accumulation
of wealth was the result of frugal
ity, good habits, hard work, strict
attention to business, and the fact
that an uncle died and left him
$99,999.50.
Active Red Cross Workers.
Hester, Bullock, Enon and Cor
inth churches, of which Rev. G. T.
Tunstall is pastor are very active in
Red Cross work. The four auxi
liaries formed in these are doing
splendid work. A more lengthy ac
count of the activities of these en
thusiastic workers will be given lat
er. Annual Meeting.
The stockholders of the Oxford
Building & Loan Association will
hold their annual meeting in the
court house this Friday night at
8:30. You are urged to be present.
HAPPY LOT OF AMERICAN
TROOPS ARE NOW RE-
ENFORCING BRITISH LINE
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Deep Salients Driven By the Ger
mans on Several Sectors of the
New 20-Mile Battle Line Furious
Assaults Going Around Chauny,
Which Has Changed Hands Sev
eral Times.
Maintaining their powerful
attacks in the northern part of
the British line, the Germans
continued to gain ground today.
The official report from Field
Marshal Haig says that the
British troops were forced
back to the line of Wltschaete.
On several sectors of the new
20-mile battle line a few deep
salients have been driven by
the enemy, but 1 in the process
the Germans nowhere have been
able to break through, the line
merely bending back $nder the
great pressure.
American troops are now re
inforcing the British line in
France, along the greater por
tion of which the Germans are
keeping up their strong attacks
with hordes of men and great
concentrations of artillery in
assaults that how apparently
have their objective in the pen
etrating of the battle front in
northern France and Belgium.
It was a happylot of men, that
swung into the sector chosen for
them, and they were greeted
with enthusiasm.
TALK LESS AND DON'T
BELIEVE ALL YOU HEAR.
Some of the WildT Rumors That
Float Upon the Air.
It does not require a great
amount of ingenuity in these excit
ing days of the world conflict to
concoct a wild story that will gain
momentum as it floats upon the wind
to all parts of the country. In
searching for the originator of the
story you will generally find that
"a traveling man told me so."
The latest report handed out in
Oxford by "a traveling man" is the
most absurb story of them all. It
is whispered in great secrecy that
the allies have captured the Crown
Prince and Hihdenburg and are ex
hibiting them in an iron cage in
London and Paris. The capture of
these two men, it is said, -accounts
for the Kaiser taking personal
charge of the German army on the
western front.
It was recently reported here by
"a traveling man" that an aviator
was shot down on the Mexican fron
tier, and on investigation it was
found that the aviator thus shot Was
none other than Ruth Law, who
proved to be a man attired in wom
en's clothing.
It is well to remember that very
little authentic news comes out of
Germany, and it is equally as cer
tain that the allies, too, have their
secrets; therefore it is not the part
of wisdom to talk too much or be
lieve one-half you hear.
SPEEDY COURT WORK.
Judge Bond Gains One Day in
Two.
Learning that members of the bar
desired to attend the State Conven
tion held in Raleigh Wednesday,
Judge Bond, who is presiding at the
Granville Court cut out all of the
unnecessary frills of court work and
completed the criminal docket Tues
day evening Just one day ahead of
schedule time. - .
Judge 'Bond had considerable
legal work ahead of him that need
ed attention and he remained m his
appartments at the Exchange Hotel
nearly all of Wednesday while the
members of the bar were attending
the convention in Raleigh.
The civil docket was taken up
Thursday.morning on schedule time.
This is a two week's term of court
and we would not be surprised if
Judge Bond gains a couple of days
more during the term.
THE GRAND JURY'S REPORT
Institutions of the County Are in
Good Condition.
The Grand Jury at the April term
of the Granville county Superior
Court made the following report
Tuesday evening,, April 9th,- and
were dismissed with thanks by Judge
Bond.
The Report.
Hon. W. M. Bond, Judge
Presiding: ,
We. the Grand Jury, have visited
the several county offices and find
them to be in excellent condition.
We also visited the county jail
and found that also in excellent con
dition. We visited the county home and
found there the following:
Number of inmates 30; number of
white males, 5; females, 9;. number
of colored males, 7; females, 9;
number of convicts, males 3 ; fe
males, 1; three mules, one horse,
sixteen hogs, four cows, one calf,
50 barrels of corn, plenty of dry
feed, eight hundred pounds of meat,
one barrel of molasses.
We recommend that the roof of
the colored home be cevered or
patched, as it is very leaky; and has
caused the plastering to fall off. We
found other things in good condi
tion. There are 34 Justice of Peace in
Granville county, 13 of whom have
reported; 20 have not reported.
Very respt. Submitted,
THE GRAND JURY, .
M. S. Mayes, Foreman.
April 9, 1918.
EXEMPTION OF FARMER BOYS.
The Man With the Hoe In This Day
and Time is a Patriot.
Some criticism has been directed
against the District ' Eexmption
Board in that it has not ruled alto
gether in favor of the exemption of
farmer boys, but it would seem that
any young man who hs business oh
the farm and who leaves for the
front is himself largely to blame.
Perhaps many of these young man
have refrained from asking exemp
tion because they feared they might
be looked upon as slackers, but the
Government does not place them in
any such classification. In fact,
special measures have been taken
for the protection of farmer help.
Young men who are needed on
the farms should bear in mind that
their desertion from the farm is
but little less of a crime than deser
tion from the ranks. The Govern
ment looks at it in that light. They
should sign the blanks which would
bind them to the occupation of feed
ing the men who handle the guns.
The man with the hoe in this day
and time is as much of a patriot as
the man with the gun.
THE LONG RANGE GUN HAS
BEEN LOCATED AT LAST.
French Aviators Are Bombarding it
Constantly. .
Paris, April 11. The German
long range gun which has been' bom
barding Paris, has been located in
Crepy-En-Laonnois.
French artillery and aviators are
bombarding it continuously.
Crepy-En-Loannois is a village of
1500 population. 75 miles north
east of Paris. It is located just
east of the eastern fringe of the St.
Gobiann forest.
The village is noted as the place
where Charles V. and Francis I con
cluded peace in 1544.
"Love Letters."
Be careful what you write. "Love
letters," is a fascinating story of the
love affairs of a very young girl,
who had written some indiscreet
love letters in her youth which are
the cause of her first matrimonial
misunderstanding after she becomes
the wife of the District Attorney.
You will be interested to see how
cleverly she proves her innocence to
her stern husband in her struggle to
live down an early love affair.
In this production Miss Dalton
will wear her smartest gowns,
as well as a stunning riding cos
tume, while riding her favorite
horse Lord Chesterfield.
Come to the theatre early and
bring your family and friends. You
will be charmed with the picture, we
feel sure. Will be shown at the
Orpheum Tuesday, April 16.
About 60,000 officers and men are
engaged in coast patrol work of the
Navy.
A TRB? OVER OXFORD
RURAL ROUTE NO. 7.
Things That Engaged the Attention
of the Carrier on Route No. 5.
Recovering from a spell of gripp.
I accompanied the carrier of Route
7 around his route one day last
week. On a trip of 28 miles on any
public road there are many things to
attract your attention. First of all,
good roads are very attractive and
especially on a car. The most of the
roads on this route are in fairly good
condition ( but most all need work.
About 3 miles of road on this route
between Gela and the Stovall and
Mountain Creek road is in awful
bad condition and needs work at
once. People are required to keep
the roads in good condition where
the daily mail is brought to their
homes. The people on Route 7 and
in the Mountain Creek section are
clever, honest and a prosperous peo
ple. We find many splendid farms
and homes and many of the best
people of the county live on this
route.
We found nice school houses well
painted on this route which speaks
well for any community. The farm
ers were all busy getting ready for
the planting time. We stopped at
Mountain Creek church and accom
panied by two young ladies, the
Misses Newton, a small boy and a
lady who came out for the mail, we
were shown the out and inside of
the . beautiful new brick church
which is nearly ready for service.
We noticed there are seven Sunday
school rooms beside the main audi
torium. As yon go in there are two
rooms on the right and two on the
left with folding doors. There are
also 3 Sunday school rooms behind
the platform or stand. This is fine
for the good people of Mountain
Creek. I have worshipped with
you with great pleasure in the old
Church, and,, hope - it willbe-my - pri
vilege to worship with you in the
new one some time. On leaving the
church I was conducted by these
friends to the newly made grave
where the three children of Mr. G.
W. Hart were buried a few days be
fore. The flowers were fresh but
my heart was. sad as I stood by the
grave of loved ones who had come to
a sudden and untimely death. We
also noticed the grave of one Mrs.
Eakes who was buried the same day
as the others and whose grave was
covered with beautiful flowers. To
all the bereaved ones of this com
munity we extend our heart felt
sympathy. The Lord bless, comfort
and save you all.
As a further evidence that the
people are clever on Route 7, they
subscribe for and read their county
paper, The Public Ledger. One of
the largest rolls of Ledgers going
on any route from this office goes
out on Route 7. The people also
take their church paper which is
mainly in this Section The Biblical
Recorder in a Baptist family as I am
to get the Christian Advocate in a
Methodist family. It is indeed a sad
sight to see a fellow riding in a new
automobile and he cannot afford to
take his county or his church pap
er. Last but not least the people
on Route 7 appreciate the service of
a good mail carrier. There are many
who would do anything they could
to help lighten the burden of the
mail man. This writer desires to
thank the good, people on Route 7
for their kindness and courtesy to
the mail man, especially during the
severe weather and bad roads of the
past winter. With best wishes I am
your friend.
D. N. HUNT, Carrier Route No. 5.
In the Lapse of Summer.
About this season of the year our
thoughts naturally turn to spring
apparel. While the weather -has
been a little cool for the past few
days summer is peeking around the
corner and will be here before you
know it. The Long Company has
anticipated your summer needs and
have laid in a most elegant tline of
men's and boys' spring and . sum
mer wear and are selling it at prices
surprising low. Before you buy your
summer outfit drop in and let these
gentlemen show you the many good
bargains they have to offer you. See
their announcement on the last page
of this paper.
Misses Lena and Annie Coble
spent the week end with relatives in
Greensboro.
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