PUBLISHED SEM-WEEKLY TOWN AMD
VOLUME XXXIII.
lSU;i TO DEDICATE ACRES TO
VICTORY THE BEST ACRE.
Colonel P. II. Fries Calls on Plant
ei s to riant Extra Acres or Ded
icate Acres Already Plant
ed to AVin War.
While it is yet planting time, Col.
F. II. Fries, on whose shoulders
re?r the responsibility or raising
Jsc rib Carolina's quota of $50,000,
00 u of war savings, is asking the
n n ; vs of the State to do one of
Hit'. i V - - '-'
tv.o tilings, either plant an extra
acre for the cause of victory or
dedicate to this cause an acre that
iA-s already been planted. While it
cannot be said that Col. Fries is
choice as to the kind of acre that he
wishes set apart for victory, he feels
that every farmer's patriotism
should be sufficiently strong as to
direct him to make one of his best
acres his "victory acre."
Victory Acre Committee.
one hundred county chairman to
take immediate action in regard to
securing as many farmers and their
tenants in their respective counties
as possible to plant the most profi
table grain, while it is yet the
planting reason. He suggests that
a victory committee" be appointed
in every school district to encour
age tiiis work and that this commit
tee keep a list of the farmers co-op-
eratmg m tne movement, wmcn nsi ;
with he amount received and in- i
vested in war savings stamps when
the crop is harvested, will be for
warded to State headquarters.
Fly a Flag.
Colonel Fries goes a step further
and suggests that farmers adopt
some way of designating their "vic
tory acres," as by having a flag wav
ing over them, or in some other way
thai will make known their purpose.
He says this will be the means of
not only raising better and bigger
victory acres, but it will stimulate
them to cultivate as they should be.
"It would be a sorry sight," he. says,
for a poorly cultivated acre to be
pointed out as "Uncle Sam's Acre,
particularly at this time, when his
needs are the greatest."
Two Reasons Given.
Colonel Fries advocates the plant
ing of extra acres for two reasons.
The first is because the country is
greatly in need of food. The sec
ond there are people who have
no other way of securing the means
of buying Thrift and War Savings
Stamps. The Vivtory Acre will not
only increase the food soupplies sup
ply; it will afford many people
their only opportunity for render
ing their country a needed service
at a most imperative time.
PASTOR OF THE OXFORD
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Key. Stewart Oglesby Comes From
Hope, Arkansas.
The Presbyterian manse is being
made ready for the .reception of Rev.
Stewart Oglesby, who will preach
3d first sermon in Oxford, May 12.
The congregation, which has been
luiout a pastor for several months
anticipate with much pleasure the
of their pastor, his good
and sweet little child,
v. Caldwell, of Roanoke Rap
who accepted the call two
h s ago, as announced in the
t miio Ledger, declined the call,
' ' Mr. Oglesby comes to the
r' rge at the solicitation and pray
ers of the congregation. He preach
ed here once or twice last fall and
he is regarded as a strong exponent
the Gospel.
fUSSTA IS TO RE-ENTER WAR.
Exacted to Yield Large Army
Within Ten Months.
TMrograd, May 1. Russia is
preparing in the most serious man
ner to re-enter the war, so far as
ble under the present circum
stances. The pan-executive council
ia -doseow, on the eve of the receipt
C'f the "forty-second ultimatum"
irpm Germany, adopted War Com
misp.aire Trotsky's plan for univer-
maitary training for all men
irora
16 to 40 and conscription of
-vorkers and peasants.
The new plan is expected to
yieui a large army within ten
ttonths.
lr the allies hold until next spring
Russia will be able to strike with
r-sh minions and the - doom ' of
many wiu be gealecL
Wo
men will take jobs as street
conductors in Wilmington.
OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA
TWO NEW AUXILIARIES
ORGANIZED IN GRANVILLE
Oxford Chapter Makes Another
Shipment Helpers Are Badly
Needed
The Granville County Chapter
American Red Cross made a ship
ment to Headquarters on April 29
01 me ioiiowmg garm
25 suits pajamas,
caps, 9 operating hel
shirts (summer). 12 p
2 bad shirts (winter:
baby outfits.
Hlpers are Ne
Our Chapter is beinj
provide at the earliest
large quantities of h
ments and to enable, us
demands helpers are b
We are certain that t
women of Oxford will
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perating
I 70 bod
ty bags,
Belgium
3 sed
to
- possible
il gar-
et these
needed.
patriotic
ond to
this urgent call when they realize
the necessity. We cannot ' too
strongly urge the imperative need
of a large number of helpers in this
work, and we ask every woman who
is willing to help to come to the
rooms of the Chapter at once.
Auxiliaries Organized.
The Auxiliary Committee organ
ized two Auxiliaries the past week,
one at Northside with 19 members
with Miss Nannie Roycroft as chair
man, and Mrs. W. H. Fleming as
secretary and treasvirer; also one at
Wilton with ten members with Mrs.
T. C. Rogers as chairman and Miss
Elizabeth Morris as Secertary and
Treasurer.
These Auxiliaries have made a
good beginning and the Chapter is
looking forward to splendid results.
STEM GOES OVER THE
TOP IN LIBERTY LOAN.
The Capital of Tally Ho Will Get
an Honor Flag.
The hustling little city of Stem,
the capital of Tally Ho, over sub
scribed its quota to the Third Lib
erty Loan through the Bank of
Stem early this week. They went
over the top by about $1000 and the
end is not yet.
Stem is the first, and perhaps the
only town in Granville to furnish its
quota. In honor of the event the
Federal Reserve Bank has forward
ed an honor flag.
OXFORD WOMAN'S CLUB.
First Business Meeting of the
Year.
The first business meeting of the
year is always of much importance.
The first meeting for the year 1918
1919, marking the induction into
office of a new administration, with
Mrs. Robert G. Lasister at its head,
as hold Wednesday afternonr at
the Oxford Library. A large num
ber of enthusiastic women attended
and enjoyed the interesting meet
ing. NEGRO BEATS FARMER
AND BURIES HIM.
One of Caswell Country's Most Cold
Blooded Assaults.
Nat Wilson, 21, prominent tobac
co farmer of the Cedar Grove sec
tion of Casewell county, Tuesday
afternoon was the victim of one of
the most cold blooded and deliber
ate assaults in the history of this
section. The . assault was made up
on him by a negro whose name is
said to be Jake Jones and whose
motive was the theft of an automo
bile he had agreed to purchase from
the young farmer.
He threw his body into the water
and covered it with planks and huge
rocks.
Old Factory is to Be Moved
Mr. Palmer Gill, an employee of
the American Tobacco Company, ar
rived in Oxford this week to tear
down the old Kimball factory and
move it to Kentucky.
The Overland Cars.
If you are in the market for a
good car it is to your interest to
read the announcement of the Ov
erland Oxford Company in this pa
per and go to the Farmers Ware
house and examine the Overland
cars.
Donation.
The Granville County Chapter ac
knowledges a donation of $25.00
from Miss Lela Routon.
Those wishing the town cart to
call for trash, notify Mayor W. Z.
Mitchell or Chief Hobgood.
There ape now four times as many
vessels in the naval service as a year
ago.
wuwiT WW BRILLIANT nPlwnmiwi
SATURDAY,
HINDENBURG STAGGERING
BEFORE MOST STUPENDOUS
FAILURE SINCE AVAR BEGAN
General Foch's Enticements of Death
More Terrible Than Kaiser Can
Pay For The German Power By
Order of The German High Com
mand Has Come to an Abrupt
End The Allies Successful Stand
Before the Last Defenses ofYpres
Is Enormous.
The most encouraging news
as
conveyed by the Associated
Press, is to the effect that Hin
denburg is staggering before
the most stupendous- German
failure since the -battle of the
Maine.
General Foch's enticements
of death are proving more ter
rible than ever the Kaiser can
pay for.
SLAUGHTER ENDED.
The slaughter of German
man power by order of the Ger
man high command has come
to an abrupt end; but a renew
al of the panting effort to break
through the allied lines is in
evitable. The victorious German
spirit, however, has been ex
tinguished, and von Hinden
burg can no longer progress ex
cept at an even more ghastly
cost than he has previously
paid:
The morale effort of the al
lies's successful stand before
the last defenses of Ypres is
enormous. After having won the
most difficult parts of the approach-
to Ypres, the Germans
have been baited practically on
Sommits of the hills they paid
so dearly to capture. The col
laspe of von Hindenburg offen
sive under this circumstance
the British and the French ex
acted far heavier toll from the
Germans for possession of Mes
sines range and Mont Kemmell
than von Hindenburg could af
ford to pay.
TAKEN NO VITAL POSITION
Nevertheless von Hindenburg
must risk still further gambles
for he has not yet taken a
single position that is vital.
He can't turn to the German
people and claim a decisive vic
tory which even they will- be
deluded into accepting. . . To be
along the present line indefinit
ely must in the end prove the
undoing of von Hindenburgs
reputation; and the collaspe of
Kaiserism. The people at last
ae beginning to realize that an
enormously pewerful American
Army is piling into France. The
Americans may not be fully pre
pared to strike before next Au
tumn or next Spring, but if Hin
denburg is blocked this sum
mer he will stay blocked until
America's major offensive is
ready, to start. That means de
feat for von Hindenburg. That
is why each German halt such
as the present one before Ypres
is a -terrifying nightmare for the
Hohenzollern absolutists.
GRANVILLE COUNTY WILL
GO OVER THE TOP.
We Are Sure to get
an Honor
Flag.
We are reasonably sure that
Granville county will subscribe its
quota of the Third Liberty Loan
Bonds before sun down Saturday.
We are advised that somthing ov
er $200,000 is in hand, and all of
the workers have not as-yet re
ported. The committees are very
much encouraged with the work,
and state that Granville, will go over
the top and get an honor flag.
A few more practical heart-to-heart
talks like the one of Senator
Hicks delivered at the Orpheum
Thursday night wil do the job.
PATRIOTIC TOBi
ONISTS.
1
Oxford Tobacco Boar
de Ad-
dress Letter to
nnii attention to tne patriotic
announcement of the Oxford Tobac
co Board of Trade on the second
page of this paper. Every farmer
in this section wil profit by reading
it. -. -
Nice chance for a pleasant
trip through the land of sunshine.
See the announcement of E. xi.
Crenshaw in this paper.
MAY 4,
TOBACCO WILDFIRE IN TO
BACCO PLANT BEDS.
Great Care Should Be Taken to
Avoid Carrying the Disease on
One's Hands.
(Extension Service, B. W. Kilgore,
v Director.)
The tobacco disease called wid
fire, which was so destrctive in many
sections of the State last year, has
already appeared in the plant beds.
It can be recognized by the pres
ence, particularly on the lower
leaves, of small, light brown spots.
The tissues surrounding these spots
are yellowish green in color. Af
fected plants may either remain
stunted, or may die in the plant
bed. Last year's experience has
shown conclusively that plants will
not recover. If they are set into
the field many will perish within a
few days, and those which survive
will bear a diseased crop. If,
therefore, diseased plants are trans
planted, and if several rainy per
iods occur during the growing seas
on, the crop can be expected to be,
at best, injured to the extent of 30
to 50 per cent., and may even be a
total failure.
Growers should carefully exa
mine their plant beds now. The
presence of brown spost is not to be
regarded as frost injury, but as cer
tain evidence of wildfire. Plant
beds, where diseased plants occur
throughout the bed, should be
abandoned. Great care should be
taken to avoid carrying the disease
on one's hands, shoes, or otherwise
from diseased beds to healthy ones.
It is advisable, where only a few
plants diseased, to dig them out im
mediately, with all nearby plants, in
the hope that by so doing one may
prevent the spread of wildfire over
the entire bed. Subsequent exami
nations will show whether or not it
is safe to use plants from such beds.
It is believed, but time has not
yet been affordd to establish proof,
that one can grow a crop free from
wildfire if he starts with healthy
plants. Many farmers have such
healthy plants, sufficient perhaps
for our entire crop. See if they can
be had from a neighbor. Even if
he refuses early plants get those
from a later drawing. The danger
of failure is too great to risk plant
ing diseased plants.
OLD GLORY SHOULD FLY
OVER OUR PUBLIC BUILDINGS
The Schools, the Banks, Armory
and the Court House.
Here and there one will see the
American flag flying in Oxford, but
they are scarce and far between.
TheMlag should fly over the schools,
banks and public buildings every
day in the week and Sunday, too.
We see it stated that some of the
churches in some of the citites of
the South and Eastern States have
adopted "Old Glory."
A flag on the National Bank of
Granville would be an inspiration
viewed from Main street; on the
First National Bank, viewed from
College street, and on the Court
House, viewed from all directions.
It wouldn't be a bad idea to ask
Mrs. W. H. White's consent to put
a flag on the Soldier's monument at
the head of Main street.
Nothing like the presence of Old
Glory floating in the breeze will en
kindle quite as much patriotism in
the breast of the average man.
OUR ENON LETTER
Son of Commissioner Daniel Enlists
With Hospital Corps.
(Correspondence Public Ledger)
Mr. A. T. Knott and wife motored
over to Durham Monday to visit
Mrs. E. K. -Howard, Mrs. Knott's
Mother, who is under treatment at
Watts Hospital.
Sergeant Charlie Jones, of Camp
Sevier, spent a few hours with his
mother, Mrs. R. C. Jones, Sunday.
Mr. C. W. Knott has purchased a
nice Chevrolett car.
Mr. Sam W. Daniel, son of Com
missioner J. L. Daniel, has enlisted
with the hospital corps, and left this
week for Fort McPherson.
The play "Topsy Turvy" present
ed by the Caltolina community club
at Enon April the 24th was a suc
cess. Mr. Manning ,of Palmilee, spent
the week end with her sister, Mrs.
O. A. Daniel.
Greek citizens of Charlotte sub
scribed for Liberty Bonds to the
amount of $11,200. , ,
w HOME PRHKfT
NUMBER 35
OUR CHRISTIAN DUTY IN PRES
ENT NATIONAL EMERGENCY.
Speakers Invited to Assist Churches
of the Country.
Plans are being worked out for
the presentation of the ' above sub
ject in the churches of Granville
County during the month of May. It
is proposed to have the messages
which the efficient pastors have been
delivering supplemented by addres
ses delivered by visiting speakers,
some of them laymen and some of
them ministers. This plan was rec
ommended at a meeting of the
Church Committee on War Savings
Stamps held on last Monday at
which a number of the pastors of
the county were present. Mr. John
Webb, Chairman of the Granville
County War Savings Stamp Commit
tee, wishes to provide means of con
veying speakers out to the churches
every Sunday, and owners of auto
mobiles are asked to offer their
cars for this service. All who are
willing in this way to render a pat
riotic duty and aid in this worthy
cause will please notify Mr. Webb
at once.
R. H. WILLIS, chm. Church Com.
on War Savings Stamps.
ACREAGE NOT TAX PROBLEM.
Government Wants to Get Estimates
Without Guessing.
Efforts of the State bureau of es
timates to procure through official
channels definite information as to
crop acreage in North Carolina, has
led to an unfounded rumor being
spread to the effect that crops will
be heavily taxed. Such rumors are
absolutely false and without foun
dation, County and State officials
let it be known. The listing of ac
reage is purely for the purpose of
giving food officials and the bureau
of estimates a clear conception of
the part the state can play in pre
paredness. It is stated that all the essential
enterprises of the nation have fur
nished the government with figures
showing their ability to do emer
gency work. County commission
ers have nobly arranged for the se
curing of crop acreage at the time
tax lists are made. This is purely
an intelligence movement and will
in no way effect taxes or the sales
of farm products.
TWO OF THE OLD GUARD.
They Speak of the Days That Tried
Men's Souls.
It is always interesting to hear
two old soldiers of the War Between
the States, and two of the most in
teresting boys of the Old Guard met
in Oxford Wednesday. They were
Lieutenant Wilkins Stovall, who is
now in his 82nd year, and Comrad
S. R. Puckett, of Route 4. They
we re in the thick of the battle at
Gettysbury when fourteen thousand
dead men lay at their feet. A ball
struck Lt. Stovall in the jaw and he
was '"vntured and taken to a prison
in Ohio. Veteran Puckett came
through the three day's scrap with
out a scratch. These old war hors
es know whereof they speak, and
they have a very tender spot in
their hearts for the boys over yon
der. There were not many more than
1,000 cannons and there certainly
were not so many as 6,000 smaller
pieces of artillery which would re
present machine guns in the whole
Confederate Army and the ammu
nition its factories would turn out
in year would scarcely equal a three
week's output of the British muni
tion factories, and yet, within a
month of battle, the British have
lost that aggregate in guns and am
munition. Another feature of in
teresting comparison between war
now and then, is the statement that
all this loss in guns and ammuni
tion has been replaced made good
as fast as it was sustained. The
three days' battle at Gettysburg
could ; be swallowed up in an hour
on the Somme.
There can be no harm in just
criticism, but unfortunately there
are too few critics who are able to
differentiate between criticism and
knocking.
The navy has developed an
American mine believed to combine
all the good points of various types
of mines, and is manufacturing them
in quantities.