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VOLUME XXXIII
3IK. J- GORDON KNOCKED
DOWN BY AUTOMOBILE .
sed Citizen of Granville Sustained
Bruises From Which He May
Not Recover.
The fact that Mr. J. I. Gordon, an
aged and highly respected citizen of
rr-mville county, lays at the point
f rJpnth at nis name near jonntn
ia n sad calamity.
While crossing Main street Satur
,4oV about the noon hour an autonio-
bile driven oy a young xauy, aasn
Pd around the corner at Long Com-
pany's store ana situck lvir. uoraon
in the side, doubling him under the
car one wheel passing over his leg,
and his face and hands badly lac
errted. With the blood gushing
from the wounds and his clothing
uadly torn, the limp form of Mr.
Gordon was hurried to Dr. Watkin's
office where restoratives were ad
ministered and the wounds dressed.
Later in the day Mr. Gordon was
placed in Mr. J. S. Veasey's car and
tVken to his home near Corinth.
Later reports say he is suffering in
tensity. He is 76 years old and
Tiiq recovery will be slow.
The car that struck Mr. Gordon
belongs to Mr. Frank E. Youngs. It
w?s at the time of the accident in
the care of Mr. Fred Peed. At the
moment of the impact the pretty
sixteen-year-old daughter of Mr. W.
C. Currin. was at the steering wheel.
No one regrets the accident more
than the young lady, but of course
that does not ease the pains of Mr.
Gordon. .
Mr. Peed, who was in the car,
states that he saw Mr. Gordon com
ing steadily across the street, but he
quickened his pace ana got in iront
of the car; that it was all done so
quick it was impossible to stop the
?ar before the damage was done.
Eye-witnesses say that the car
was moving at the rate of ten miles
an hour; others say not more than
five miles an hour.
The speed limit in Oxford is ten
miles an hour, and the state law
permits any boy or girl to run a car
who has attained the age of sixteen
years.
What Oxford needs is a rigid-test-of-eff
iciency-law before any . one
should be permitted to operate a car
in the business section of the town.
The Public Ledger again requests
the Town Board to enact such a law
that will safeguard the life and
limbs of the people.
OXFORD DOCTOR PROMOTED.
Doctor Nick Cannady is Naturally
Smart.
The many friends of Dr. Nick
Cannady will learn with pleasure
that he has been advanced to the
rank and pay of captain. He is the
son cf Mrs. M. C. Cannady and is a
brother of Mrs. Wade H. Britt, Mrs.
Harry Williams, Hillman and Josiah
Cannady.
Dr. Nick Cannady took first hon
ors at Jefferson Medical College,
Philadelphia. He tendered his ser
vices one year ago and entered the
officer's training camp at Fort Ogle
thorpe and was commissioned first
lieutenant and assigned to Camp
Lee. He is now a full fledged cap
tain and one of the handsomest sol
diers in the service. If he is not
already in France he will be in a few
days.
BFiTTEK MAIL FACILITIES
FOR OXFORD PROMISED.
Southern Trains Will Arrive and De
part From the Seaboard Sta
tion in Henderson.
The Public Ledger is advised from
Washington that arrangements are
under way whereby the Southern
Pasnmger trains will arrive and de
Part from the Seaboard Station in
Henderson at an e?rlv date.
The fact that the Seaboard and
southern Stations are some distance
P?rt in Henderson accounts for
ch 0f the delay .n the 0xford
iacilitate matters, it is said.
For All Occasions,
fnriui ng more attractive and com
sii? PVor men and boys than a
OvLI StylePllis Clothing. Sold in
word exclusively by the Perkin
reen Company. See announce
per on the fourth page of this pa-
At Wilton School
tonimer!Porr.
ton Sch nnT r. Jcises or i
exercises of Wil-
eniiKr a . , u em Saturday ev
n' Apnl 20th, at eight o'clock.
Mrs
John
day
Ct. TT oil ennn r
few
S m Richmond last week.
on thln!La slacker could stand idly
armv of ldeT?lk and criticise as the
of workers marches by.
losw"J5;G.tlle Germans are rapidly
nam n, V on th
smP of land in France
Hindi mgly be changed from the
& uiie to the Foch line.
JUDGE BOND IS A
VALUABLE SERVANT.
Dispenses Justice During the Day
and Delivers Patriotic Adda-esses
at Night Number of Cases Dis
posed Of.
Quite an amount of business was
disposed of by the Superior Court
last week and Court adjourned for
the week on Friday.
The principal criminal cases dis
posed of were as follows:
State vs. G. C. Bowling for selling
whiskey, verdict of not guilty direct
ed by the court.
State vs. Silas Harris for larceny,
mistrial and continued.
State vs. Will Ramsay for distill
ing liquor, verdict of guilty and sen
tenced to one year in State's prison.
State vs. Osborn Chavis for man
ufacturing whiskey, defendant
pleads guilty and sentenced to one
year in State's prison.
State vs. Eliza Bachelor, selling
whiskey, verdict of guilty, fine and
costs.
State vs. James Battle, petty lar
ceny, verdict of guilty and fine of
one dollar and costs. Two other
cases against this defendant were
nol prossed.
In the civil case of L. A. Wilkins
vs. Loyd Tilley there was verdict
snd judgement for $80.00 against
defendant for injuries to automobile
of plaintiff. In the case of Thomas
vs Overby the jury answered the is
sues in favor of the interpleader,
Mrs. P. F. Chapman. This case grew
out of attachment proceedings
against Overby.
The Court resumed its work Mon
day morning and there are a num
ber of important civil cases to be
disposed of. Judge Bond has the
happy faculty of getting to the
points at issue in the cases and
quickly disposes of them. He is de
servedly popular with the bar and
with those in attendance upon the
court. He believes that the courts
belong to the people and acts upon
that theory.
On Friday night he made a speech
at the Orpheum discussing the pres
ent war and our duty in it. Satur
day night in company with a party
from here he went out to Creedmoor
and addressed a large crowd in the
school auditorium. These speeches
were much enjoyed by those who
had the good fortune to hear him
and we have heard high praise be
stowed upon them. Judge Bond is
not only serving acceptably as a
jurist ' but is throwing himself
wholly and entirely into the expo
sition and presentation of the issues
at stake in the Great War.
HOLSTEIN COW MAKES RECORD
Every Farmer in Granville Should
Read This Item.
Time and again the farmers of
Granville county have been urged to
raise cattle. The answer has al
ways been that it costs too much and
it requires a great deal of prepara
tion. We would ask the farmers to
read the following from the Fayette
ville Observer and if there is any
thing wrong about it let us call them
down, or forever hold your peace:
The Jersey cow should look to her
laurels, lest she be shoved aside by
the Holstein. It is claimed that a
Holstein out in California, with the
unusual cow name of Raphaelia Jo
hanna Aggie, has broken the record
for milk production in 30 days. Ra
phalia "let down" 3,794 pounds, or
more than 63 quarts a day or, if
she was milked three times a day,
more than five gallons at a milking,
the earning capacity of Raphaelia, at
the present rate she is giving milk,
is put down at $208 a month, or
$2,496 a year. So that, as an in
terest bearing proposition at six per
cent she is worth about $40,000.
CLEAN-UP WEEK.
WW Be Observed In Oxford Next
Week.
Owing to the failure to get the
notices in the hands of the people of
Oxford, clean up-week has been post
poned until next week, beginning
next Monday. The notices are now
being distributed and posted and it
is the earnest desire that everybody
cooperate and make Oxford "the
spotless town."
"Clean up and paint up!"
Don't you hear the call?
Indoors and outdoors
Work for each and all!
Clean house and paint house,
White or brown or red;
Tidy up the back yard
And paint up the shed;
Burn up all the rubbish;
Send the tin can hence
After that the tr ought is rich!
Fix that garden fence!
Card of Thanks.
We wish to express in this public
way our deep personal appreciation
of all the many expressions of kind
ness and sympathy shown to our
father, the late Samuel J. Currin,
and to us during his recent illness
and death. His children and his
Grandchildren.
OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA WEDNESDAY,
ENTIRE ALLIED LINE IN
BELGIUM AND FRANCE IS
NOW HOLDING FIRM.
Germans Unable Despite Great Num
bers of Men Hurled Against Line
to Gain Inch of Ground Thous
ands of German Dead Lying Be
fore the British Americans AVith
stand Persistent Assaults Second
in Intensity Only to Those Against
British.
According to the Associated
Press reports the entire allied
line in Belgium and France is
holding film. Nowhere have the
Germans been able, notwith
standing the great numbers of
men hurled against it, espec
ially that portion in Flanders
where the British are holding
forth, to gain an inch of
ground. Field Marshal Haig's
order that no more ground be
ceded is rigidly being complied
with, as is attested by the
thousands of German dead now
lying before th e British posi
tions southwest of Ypres, where
it is the ambition of the high
German command to break
through and envelop Field Mar
shal Haig's forces and gain an
open highway toward the En
glish channel.
Preceded by an intense bom
bardment of high explosives
and poison gas shells, picked
troops from four German com
panies hurled themselves
against the American positions
on the right bank of the Meuse
north of St Mihiel early Sun
day morning, but were complet
ely repulsed after terrific hand
to hand fighting.
The Americans captured some
prisoners.. The German losses
already counted are 34 dead and
10 woimded, who were in the
American trenches, and 30 dead
in No-Man's Land. Several of
the wounded enemy were taken
back by their comrades to the
German nositions.
HINDENBUURG UNDOUBTEDLY
TO PLAY FAST TO END WAR.
Whatever Card America Has Up Her
Sleeve She Must Prepare to Show
Down Within a Month.
(BY WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS.)
With the British Armies ' in
France, April 14. Whatever cards
America has up her sleeve she must
be prepared to show down within a
month. Hindenburg undoubtedly
intends to play fast and furious to
end the war as soon as possible.
Avowedly he is aiming for annihila
tion of both the British and French.
He is prepared to concentrate
against either, shifting his drive first
against one, and then the other, ac
cording to conditions.
Concentration Against British.
Present indication point toward
concentration against the British.
Checked from Arras southward, the
Germans took advantage of their
exceptional transportation and very
auicklv sent ud divisions between
Armentieres and Labassee, striking
the Portuguese and British. They
were stopped by the stiffest hand to
hand fighting, notably by the 55th
division, holding Givenchyhill, which
commands the line as far as Armen
tieres. Slipping to one side, the enemy
struck again against Messines, where
as I write British bayonets are flash
ing re d while Crown Prince Rup
precht's guns thunder.
Hoping to Pinch Armentieres.
Hoping to pinch Armentieres the
German intends to reach Bethune
and outflank Vimy and Arras, and
more important still, Notre Dame
Loertee.
The figty-fifth's stand undoubted
ly checked this ambitious plan, the
British taking nearly 1.000 prison
ers who testified to the German
methods of enthusing their fighters
by promising to quickly relieve their
troops who advancing successfully
and threatening those who delayed
with a long stay in the lines. The
new arrivals make a total of about
200 divisions with more coming. The
ranks have been refilled by the en
emy and their troops are being
cheered by tales of big victories.
Hindenburg has the greatest net
work of railways and highways.
The allies, fighting like lions, are
crying "Come on America!"
THINK THIS OVER," ASKS
THE FODD ADMINISTRATOR
"What does it profit a man if
he has his wheat bread fdr ev-
ery meal and thereby sends to
an early grave a Belgium
baby?"
Correct Snring Styles
All young men desire to be cor
rectly dressed. The Schloss Cloth
ing will get you in the swim. See
the announcement of the Long Com
pany on the last page of this paper.
APRIL 17, 1918
SERIES OF MEETINGS NOW
IN PROGRESS AT THE
OXFORD BAPTIST CHURCH.
Dr. Garland, Secretary Virginia Bap
tist State Board of Missions, Is
Heard By Large Congregations.
Dr. Garland, who is assisting Dr.
J. D. Harte, pastor of the Oxford
Baptist church, in a protracted
meeting is a most remarkable revi
valist. To see and to hear him is
a profound delight.
The first of a series of sermons,
which he preached here 'last Sunday,
started a spiritual tidal-wave that
will spread over Oxford and Gran
ville county during the next ten days
or two weeks, for many of the coun
ty people, as well as town people,
will want to hear a business man
preach the gospel of the living God.
jji. vxitriana is a ousmess man,
ana not an ordained minister. In
stead of selling goods, as in former
years, he is now the Secretary of the
Virginia Baptist State Board of Mis
sions. He preaches religion from
Dusiness man's standpoint. "You
are indebted to your family, to your
neignoor, to the, merchant and to the
living God; they are open accounts
and must be audited and settled in
a business way," said -the distin
guished speaker.
You should hear Dr. Garland. Ser-
vices every evening promptly at
eight o clock and every afternoon at
three o'clock.
ENDLESS-CHAIN PIGS.
Those That Were Fostered By the
national Hank of Granville.
With a view of fostering the live
stock industry in Granville, the Nat
ional Bank of Granville two years
ago placed a number of pigs in the
hands of the boys and girls of the
county. Those eighteen or twenty
pigs that were placed in the hands
of these young people with certain
restrictions as to feeding, was the
best day's work ever accomplished
in Granville county. Those thor
oughbred pigs have multiplied to
such an extent that we cannot count
them, and their owners have pros
pered and are now. purchasing Was
Savings Stamps and Liberty Loan
Bonds.
If thisv same industry had been
launched twenty-five years ago, and
if the pigs had multiplied at the
same rate, there would be no trouble
today to secure three million dol
lars in Granville county for the
Third Liberty Loan instead of the
paltry little sum of $240,000 that
the campaign committee is begging
for.
Hamilton, the bright little son of
Mr. Frank L. Currin, Route 6, was
one among the first to secure a pig
from the National Bank of Granville.
We do not know how many he has
sold already, but at present he has
eight of the finest pigs you ever saw
and they are for sale. He has one
hog of a former litter that he would
not sell for $200.
Though only knee-high to a duck,
so to speak, Master Hamilton Currin
and the like of him, are fighting the
Kaiser by fostering an industry of
vital importance.
FOUR IMPORTANT QUESTIONS
The Bond Issue, The Prohibition
Amendment, Woman Suffrage and
the School System.
Editor Public Ledger:
Since no one has yet announced
himself a candidate for the Legisla
ture and this article cannot be con
sidered as personal towards any one,
now is an opportune time for the
voters in this county to ask the
would be candidate to disclose his
position on the following vital is
sue: 1st How he stands on the $3.
000,000 Bond Issue rushed through
during the closing hours of the last
legislature almost without discussion
and without giving the people of
the State an opportunity of express
ing themselves on it.
2nd The Prohibition Amend
ment to the Unite-V States Constitu
tion. 3rd Woman Suffrage.
4th Whether he favors the pres
ent undemocratic school system
which virtually says to the people
of this county and others "you are
all right for rearing children and
paying taxes but you are not com
petent to say who shall manage your
schools or who shall teach them.
You must have a guardian as you
have no authority whatever in this
matter. L. T. BUCHANAN.
NUMBER OF BRITISH SHIPS
SUNK BY U-BOATS.
Feb. 28 Dec. 30, 1917.
Over 1600 tonnage 733
Under 1600 tonnage 263
otal 996
Jan. 6 April 8, 1918
Over 1600 tonnage I..152
Under 1600 tonnage 67
Total 219
fmrnT
NUMBER 30
DAYLIGHT SAVING SCHE
DULES PROVES UNQUAL
IFIED SUCCESS.
Merchants and Citizens Find Extra
Hour Means Big Saving Every
body Pleased.
Two weeks on the new daylight
schedule has completely won over
this community to the merits of sav
ing sunlignt. No war-time conser
vation requires less sacrifice or pays
better returns. By now the change
has almost been forgotten, except
that the days seen longer than us
ual. The new summer time schedule
will prevail through to the last Sat
urday in October.
Many merchants report that arti
ficial light .is no longer necessary in
their stores at the end of the day.
Not only is there a saving on the
electric light bills to the merchant,
but the customer has the advantage
of an extra hour in which to select
fabrics in natural instead of arti
ficial light.
In many homes artificial light
has become unnecessary during the
evening meal, and there is also op
portunity afterward for recreation
before the approach of darkness.
Many of the farmers inform the
Public Ledger that they moved their
clocks up merely to keep in touch
with the official time, but the sun
controls farm operations.
COLLEGE FOR WOMEN
Does Oxford Want Another Large
Educational Institution?
Rev. J. H. Henderlite, of Gaston
ia ,for a special synodical commit
tee has written the various cham
bers of commerce of the State rela
tive to the establishment of a Pres
byterian synodical college for women
at the most advantegeous point in
the state. "The place offering the
best inducements and advantages
will get the school," wrote Rev. Mr.
Henderlite. The school is to be the
consolidation of Queen's college,
Charlotte, and Peace institute, Ral
eigh. The synod will select the site
about June 1, at a called meeting.
LASSITER CONSTRUCTION CO.
AWARDED GOV. "CONTRACT.
The Oxford Office Force AVill Prob
ably Be Moved to Norfolk.
The Raleigh News and Observer
states that the R. G. Lassiter Con
struction Company, of Oxford, has
been awarded a two million dollar
contract at Norfolk.
In the absenc eof Mr. Lassiter it
could not be learned whether or not
the office force here would be moved
to. Norfolk.
PROGRAM AT THE ORPHEUM.
Hawaiian Singers and Players Lead
ing Feature Thursday Matinee
and Nght.,
The following is a summary of the
leading features at the Orpheum this
week:
Tuesday, matinee and night Dor
othy Dalton, in "Love Letters." Be
careful what you write. See this
picture and save yourself from
trouble by careless writing.
Wednesday "His Brother's
Wife" another powerful sermon in
5 parts.
Thursday Pauline Frederick, in
The Hungry Heart," and Hawaiian
singers and players. Pictures, 7:45
p. m. JPlay, 9 p. m.
Friday Pearl White in "The Fa
tal Ring"; "A Hindu Hoodoo" and
Hearst-Pathe News.
Saturday "Vengeance and the
Woman"; "The Lost Express": "Are
Married Policemen Safe?" and
Hearst-Pathe News.
DR. POE WILL DELIVER
COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS
The Distinguished Editor Will Be At
Wilton Next Monday. .
Miss Mary Hunter, principal of
Wilton School, advises the Public
Ledger that Dr. Clarence Poe editor
of the Progresive Farmer, will deliv
er the commencement address of
Wilton school Monday, April 2 2d.
Annual Meeting.
The annual meeting of the Gran
ville County Agricultural Associa
tion will be held this Tuesday af
ternoon at five o'clock in the office
o fthe National Bank of Granville.
All members are urged to be pres
ent. The Hub.
Elsewhere in this paper will be
found the announcement of The
Hub, the new store on the corner of
Hillsboro -and College streets. See
the show windows and the electric
sign.
It is now up to the pacifists to
send out the warning that if we
continue to consume our valuable
in the construction of conceret ships
we may soon have to cut the Union
down to forty-seven States.