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AROLINA WEDNESDAY, MAY i, 1918 NUMBER 34
VOliUHE XXXIII.
MOVEMENT OF TROOPS
MUST BE KEPT SECRET.
viol.itcJs of Army and Navy Secrets
Vie Threatened With Punishment
and Disgrace.
Hisii officials of the Army and
SxY warns the general public to
T -nain from discussing the probable
3jVtt? of the movements of troops.
The official bulletin says:
War Bulletin.
"So one is authorized to reveal
-the "movements of troops, nor is the
riuk and file invested with such in
formation. Not even the comman
uer of a troop ship is permitted to
ee his orders until he is well out
to sea. Those who start such re
ports' are subject to court martial,
punishment and disgrace."
A Safe Guard.
We are quite sure if everybody
will stop and think the matter ov
carefully they will see the neces
sity of moving troops in secrecy.
It" is a means of throwing a safe
SUard about our soldier boys, then,
too" the dear old mother would be
trreatly disturbed should she know
the hour her son approches the sub
marine zone.
Cant. Fuller Speaks.
Some one here recently wrote to
Capt. E- E- Fuller and requested
him to name the date of his depar
ture from Camp Sevier and the hour
lie would probably pass through
Henderson. It was the intention of
the patriotic citizens of Oxford to
be at Henderson when the train
passed and give our volunteer com
pany a rousing reception, but the
letter from Capt. Fuller put us all
to sleep on that question. Said he:
"I am not permitted to speak of the
date of our departure or the prob
able hour of passing through Hen
derson, or the probable route that
may be selected for our journey to
an American port."
Ladv Motors to Franklinton.
Recently, while a troop train was
moving north via the Seaboard Rail
way, some one at a point some dis
tance down the road telegraphed to
a lady in Oxford to meet the train
at Franklinton. It is stated that the
lady motored to Franklinton, and
arrived there a minute late, but the
road was-good and she overtook the
train at Henderson. According to
the foregoing the telegrapm was a
violation of the articles of war, but
the sender did not mean any harm
oy it.
MR. ZACK LYON DEAD.
Prominent Citizen of Creedmoor
Passed to His Reward
Mondav Morning.
Mr. Zack Lyon, an esteemed citi- j
zen of Creedmoor, died suddenly
early Monday morning. He was
largely interested in the progress of
his communitv and he will be great- I
ly missed in business affairs and the
church.
Ir. Lyon was a devout member of
the Methodist church. The funer
al will take place in Creedmoor this
Tuesday afternoon.
UNITED STATES MARINES
PUOUD OF NEW NICK NAME.
Gov
mans Cnll Them "Devil Dogs"
and Put Them in Class With
"Ladies From Hell."
(New York Special)
United Statejs Marines in service
in France are prouv of the title
"Toufel Hunder" or "Devil Dogs,"
conferred upon them by the Ger
mans, according to letters received
at Marine Corps recruiting head
Quarters here from overseas."
"Wow, those guys put us in the
same class with the 'Ladies from
Hell,' " a veteran sergeant of the
Marines was quoted as saying in one
ote sent home.
PATRIOTIC SUNDAY SCHOOL
CLASSES BUY BONDS.
Oxford Baptist Baraca and Philathea
Classes Make Investment.
Moved by a patriotic impulse the
Philathea class of the Oxford Bap
tist church ten days ago bought a
?00 Liberty bond. This started the
sail rolling, and last Sunday the Ba
raa Class voted to buy a $500 bond.
poth classes are so well pleased
Ytih the investment there is talk of
doubling the amount.
Judge Himt Recovering.
Judge Cam Hunt is recovering
'om a two weeks' spell of sickness.
y ls bought that he will be able to
0e at his office in a few days.
r
London, April 30. Casual
ties in the British ranks this
week totalled 18,369.. The loss
es were divided as follows:
Killed or died of wounds:
Officers, 408; men 2,661.
Wounded or missing: Officers
2,071; men, 13,229.
BAD GANG OF MEN
FIRE ON OFFICERS.
Officers Hutchings and Wheeler
Have a CIoss Call in South
Granville.
After an all night search in Dutch
ville Township, four miles south
west of Creedmoor, officers Hutch
ings and Wheeler spied a gang of
white men operating a distillery just
before the break of day Sunday
morning.
There were five white men at the
still and while the officers were
crawling toward the plant the moon
shiners fired upon them. The offi
cers advanced under fire and re
turned shot for shot, and when they
reached a point near the still the
enemy broke for the tall timber.
The still was in full blast and
about 1000 gallons of beer was
ready for the pot. The officers dis
mantled the plant and brought it to
Oxford Sunday morning.
Officer Blackley also captured a
still in Fishing Creek township
Sunday night and brought it to Ox
ford Monday.
MERCHANTS OF NORTH CARO
LINA TO RAISE $2,000,000.
Mr. D. K. Taylor, of Horner Bros.
Company, Will Head the Work
in Oxford.
The amount of war savings that
the retail merchants of North Caro
lina will raise this year is $2,312,
093. The amount that the mer
chants of the United States will
raise is $100,000,000. This amount
will be apportioned to the various
State divisions of merchants.
To direct this -feature of the War
Savings work known as the Mer
chants Division, Mr. E. L. Howe, a
merchant of New York State has
been appointed national director. He
will have in each State, a State Di
rector or chairman. Mr. J. L. Gil
mer, of Winston-Salem has been ap
pointed State Director of the Retail
Merchants Division of North Caro
lina It is Mr. Gilmer's purpose to ap
point a merchant in every town in
the State of a population of over
500 to take charge and direct this
work in his town. Each town's al
lotment will be apportioned accord
ing to population as were the War
Savings allotments made.
Mr. John Webb, County Chairman
of War Savings requests the mer
cantile Association to name the
chairman of the stores and mer
chants in Oxford. Mr. D. K. Taylor,
of Horner Bros. Company was chos
en by the Association, and he has
consented to serve.
The National War Savings Com
mittee expects this strong arm of
her resources to raise every cent of j
'the $100,000,000 that have been ap
portiond to it.
THE WEATHER FORECAST.
Do Not Take 'Em Off
Yet.
With temperature above normal
the middle of the week and showers
the later part of the week is' fore
cast by the Weather Bureau for the
South Atlantic and East Gulf
States.
TWO STRONG MEN.
One Lives In Oak Hill and th Other
In Dutchville.
"Mr. W. L. Clark, a prominent
farmer of Oak Hill, is being urged
by friends to run for county com
missioner. His friends say that he
is the right man for the place if he
will consent to serve.
Sentiment is growing all over the
county in favor of returning Former
Commissioner Peed, of Dutchville
to the County Board.
Woman's Club.
There will be a meeting of the
Woman's Club in the Oxford Library
Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'clock.
A full attendance is desired.
BRITISH SUFFER
18,369 CASUALTIES
IN WEEK'S BATTLE
. THERE HAVE THE GER-
X ANS BEEN ABLE TO BREAK
THROUGH THE ALLIED LINE
Stem Opposition Balks Great Ger
man Offensive in Its Intial Stages
The British Kill Germans Four
to One The Battle on the West
.ern Fa-ont is Shaping itself More
and More on the Verdun Model.
The gruelling, murderous
phase of the war on the West
em front for the past fire days
lias assumed, the proportions of
an inferno. Through it all the
battle line is practically un
changed except at a point on the
northern - sector, where the Ger
mans succeeded' in fighting their
way into control of the com
manding position of Kimmel
Hill. The gain in teritory at
that place was small in itself,
but the gain in position was im
portant and was the one fea
ture of consequence to the hard
est fought battle of the war.
The combat has been of a ter
riflc nature and on the Ger
man side, by reason of the of
fensive position, was marked
by a severe loss in men killed
and in prisoners and guns tak
en. The French have figured
more largely in the recent fight
ing than in other engagements
of the war and they have been
making an excellent account of
themselves. Their engagements
during the past week have been
characterized by fierce offensive
movements, under which the
German forces have been push
ed back in some instances and
held fast in others at a fearful
cost of life to the enemy.
From the North Sea to the
confluence of the Oise and the
- Aisne the Germans, m the
course of five weeks, have test
ed out virtually the entire line
with the exception' of the dis
tance between Arras and La
Bassee. In this line they found
two weak spots and exploited
them with great skill, in Pi
cardy and in Flanders. Now it
it fairly safe to say that, so far
as this is concerned, the period
of sha.rp break-throughs is past.
The German forces today
stand on Kcmmel Hill, it is true,
but elsewhere they are where
they were a week ago, minus
thousands of men and with ar
tillery batteries more or less
disorganized. Not until they,
shall have succeeded in break
ing through,, to Ypres and
Amiens can it be said that dan
ger has developed for the cap
ture of the channel ports. As
for Paris, that city is immeas
urably saf er now than it was on
the 22nd of Mavch.
The War Board in London is
calling for the throwing into the
break of larger numbers of Al
lied soldiers, but General Foch
has givn no indication that the
time for that change of tactics
is at hand. Nor is there any
evidence that it is. Indeed,
the menace is no so great, as
the situation stands, for, at the
close of the bloodiest week in
the records of the war, Ger
manv has made no advance
whatever in the coveted direc
tion. It is declared that the Brit
ish counter-attacking Kimmel
village, killed four Germans for
every Allied casualty.
A prisoner said only fifty
men remained in three compan
ies which started out with a
combined strength of 300 men.
PLACE ARTILLERY CAMP
ON CAMP JACKSON SITE.
Four Thousand Officers Are to Be
Trained at Military Station
Near Columbia.
The War Department announces
that a special 'training camp oivar
tillery officers are to be established
at Columbia, S.-C at Camp Jack
son. About 4,000 men will be order
ed there immediately.
. Graduating Recital.
Mrs J. Graham Davidson presents
for graduation in expression Miss
Edith McDaniel Howell Friday even
ing, May 3rd, Oxford College.
Friends of the College invited.
The ladies will be interested in
the announcement of Landis & Eas
ton on the fifth page of this paper.
ALLIES DIGGING OWN GRAVES
SAYS DEVILS PARTNER
(Amsterdam Special)
"The people who wish to de
stroy us are digging their own
graves," said Emperor William,
as quoted in an interview by
Karl Rosner, which the Dussel
dorf Anzeiger publishes.
The Emperor, who was com
menting on the large amount
subscribed to the new war loan,
said further:
"Our victories in the field and
the victories of the Germans at
home must make those over
yonder realize that we cannot
be subdued by arms and eco
mic isolation."
MORE DRAFTED MEN WILL
LEAVE OXFORD THURSDAY
Granville County Furnishes 100 Men
in Less Than One Week.
The Granville County exemption
Board has been quite busy, for the
past ten days getting the men ready
to entrain for the concentration
camps. Ten white men left for
Camp Jackson last Friday, thirty
colored men left for Camp Grant
last Saturday, twenty will leave
here this Tuesday for Camp Jack
son and thirty more colored men
will leave next Thursday for the
aviation field at Fort Wayne, Michi
gan, and five white men will leave
on May 10 th for Fort Seriven, Ga.
The following is a list of the col
ored men ordered to entrain for
Fort Wayne next Thursday.
Bruce Hinton, W. Andrew Fields,
Ward Gregory, Willie Taylor, Isac
Venerable, Charilie B. Smith, Eli
Hester, Lee Lai kin Thomas, W. G.
Hicks, Willie Bailly, Norman Green,
Hubert Royster, Robert Taylor,
Richard Harris, James E. Gregory,
Parharn Jones, Al Howard,,. David
Marrow, Leroy Howard, Eddie O.
Shelton, Berry Wilkins, William P.
Jordon, Everett Boone, Robert Roy
Mitchell, Arthur Lee Lunsford, Jim
mie Howell, Fred Lee Smith, Hen
ry Banks, Thomas Royster, Freder
ick Mclver, Shepherd Royster, Eu
gene C. George, Joseph Tyler, Lee
Downy, Robert E. Thorp.
LIEUT-GO V. GARDNER WDLL
DELIVER COMMENCEMENT AD
DRESS AT GRADED SCHOOL
The Commencement Addrress at
the Graded School will be delivered
by Lieutenant-Governor O. Max
Gardner on the night of May 30th
in the Graded school auditorium.
Gov. Gardner is one of the ablest
and best known speakers in the
State. He is considered a probable
successor to Gov. Bickett and has
many friends and admirers in Gran
ville. Oxford and Granville county
are fortunate in having Gov. Gard
ner to speak in our county.
GEN. ROYSTER VISITS CAMP.
He Contributes Two Fine Sons To
Uncle Sam's Forces.
General and Mrs. B. S. Royster
and fine son, Master Thomas, spent
last week at Camp Sevier, Green
ville, where Lieutenant Bev S. Roy
ster, Jr., is stationed.
Gen. Royster was highly pleased
with the excellent condition of the
troops and the progress that is be
ing made in the army, and spoke
j with pardonable pride of the fact
that his son, Lieutenant Royster
made the best score on the range of
the Artillery Brigade.
General Royster would not dis
cuss the probable date of the Gran
ville boys departure from Camp Se
vier. General Royster had a wire Mon
day from his son, Lieutenant Roy
H. Royster, who is in the flying
squadron at Rockwell Field, San
Diego, Cal., apprising him of his
commission. The telegram closed
by saying "you will hear from me
later." And we will hear from him
sure enough if he ever gets a
chance at the bald pate of the old
Kaiser. ' '
Sheriff Hobgood Improves.
Sheriff Hobgood, who has been
confined to his bed two months, is
now able to sit up and talk to his
friends. He has lost some flesh,
but he is the same good, jolly old
Sheriff and his thousands of friends
anticipate with pleasure his return
to his office at an early date.
THE CAMPAIGN FOR THE
SALE OF LD3ERTY BONDS.
Total Sales Come Up to Two and
One-Half Billion Dollars to Date
The Women Are Doing More, in
Granville Than the 3Ien.
Official reports of the Liberty
Loan subscriptions show that the
great national canvass brings the to
tal sales up to within a half bil
lion of dollars of the goal, which
leaves $500,000,000 to be subscrib
ed before next Saturday night, if the
minimum of $3,000,000,000 is to be
obtained.
The sale of the bonds in Granville
is moving along nicely, but it will
require hard work during the re
mainder of the wek to secure the
county's quota of $240,000. Gran
ville's total reported to date is $150,
000. Of this amoiit Mrs. Candace
Brown's committee has secured
about $90,000.
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THE GREATEST ENGINE OF
DEATH YET DEVISED.
To Exchange Compliments With
Germany's "Toy of Death."
Philadelphia Pa., April 29, The
greatest engine of destruction that
has yet been produced in artillery by
the great war moved out of one of
the munition factories on the Dela
ware river last week.
America's super gun is ready to
exchange compliments with Ger
many's. Toy of Death.
The engine of destruction was
planned, designed, constructed and
completed within ten weeks time.
LOCAL FUEL SITUATION.
The Outlook For Coal and Wood
Next Winter is Not En
couraging. It is estimated that 5000 tons of
coal will be the needs of consumers
in Oxford to last them through the
winter of 1918-19 up to March 31
of next year.
Just how much is in the hands of
local dealers and just how much
they have contracted for, the Pub
lic Ledger is not advised, but those
who are in a position to know state
that very little encouragement of
shipments is held out to the deal
ers. In view of the uncertainty of
coal shipments, the Public Ledger
wishes to impress upon the public
the necessity of purchasing wood in
large quantities and doing it now.
Wood will not be any cheaper, and
unless the public will buy the wood
now, the wood dealers will not be
able to stock up enough for the win
ter, and the farmer is not going to
bring wood to town in the winter, as
we have learned from experience.
We believe that the Public Led
ger's views on the fuel situation will
be sustained by Gen. B. S. Royster,
the Fuel Administrator tf Granville
county. The scarcity of fuel in Ox
ford just before the close of the win
ter was such as to cause grave con
cern here, and if the bitter cold
weather had continued a few days
longer it was Gen. Royster's inten
tion to send a delegation to the
woodland to chop and haul wood.
Candidate for Sheriff.
We are authorized to state that
Sheriff Hobgood will be a candidate
in the coming primary for the office
of sheriff, which he has so acceptably
filled for several years. Sheriff Hob
good has been very sick for the past
five of six weeks and we are very
glad to note that "he is now rapidly
improving. Formal announcement
of Sheriff Hobgood's candidacy will
be made in the next week or ten
days.
Red Cross Allotment Received.
The Surgical Dressings Depart
ment of the Red Cross has received
an order for 600 large cotton pads.
This is an allotment which must be
done during the month, therefore
many willing workers are needed to
accomplish the required work in the
time given, so let the slogan of ev
ery member of the Granville County
Chapter be "Get Busy."
The Stewart Motor Truck.
The Blalock Motor Company is
the exclusive agent of the Stewart
Motor Truck in this territory. It is
the best truck made and there
should be a large number of .them
placed in Granville. We invite you
to read the specifications of the
truck on the second page of this paper.