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VOLUME XXXIII.
OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA SATURDAY, MAY 11,
NUMBER 37
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WILL
lUlCiIASE HOAD MACHINERY
Commissioners Coiulemed Bridge
Crossing Tar River at Lyon's
and Floyd's
The County Commissioners held
an all-day session Monday. Suni
nicr time heat prevailed and the us
ual number of spectators were on
hand to see that the temperature
did not relax. -
Soldier's Poll Tax.
The Board unanimously adopted
the following resolution: "That all
parties who are serving in the
I'rii.ed Suites Army, and are at
present charged with poll tax, shall
be rebated for same."
Donation to Gresham Daniel.
The Board made a donation of
$15 for the support of Gresham
Daniel.
To Relocate Road.
Chairman Harris, Commissioners
Cannady and Road Superintendent
S. 31. Wheeler were appointed a
committee to relocate the road from
Lyon's to Creedmoor, leaving the
old road at Ledge Rock Creek.
Ror.d Overseer .Reports.
G. L. Allen reported to the board
that J. W. Wheelous, Brassfield
Township, made his report as road
overseer, but the supervisor failed
to report same to the Board of Com
missioners. The Clerk was ordered
to settle with Mr. Allen.
The Bullock Road.
The Clerk was ordered to pay to
G. H. Faucett $50.00 to be spent on
the road leading from ' Bullock .via
Faucette's and others upon the com
pletion of the work.
Petition for Road.
There was a petition before the
board asking for a road from the
Virginia State line, near G. T. Pit
tard's to Dr. Wilkerson's, to inter
sect the road leading from Adoram
to Buchanan. The petition was
placed on file and a hearing set for
the first Monday in "June.""
Donation to Fire Company.
It is generally considered that
the volunteer firemen, who serve
without pay, are entitled to some
thing as quardians of county proper
ty and the valuable records stor
ed in the archives. They would for
feit their lives to save this proper
ty if called upon to do so. The
board cheerfully granted $50.00 to
the Oxford Fire Company, excepting
Commissioner Hart, who voted
against the proposition.
Demonstration Work.
The Board donated $25 toward
can demonstration work among the
colcrder race. Will Howell was des
ignnted as the one to do the work
under the supervision of Mrs. A. L.
Capehart, county canning demon
strator. Road Machine.
In view of the fact that it costs
a lot of money to feed mules, and
they do sometimes die, the board
resolved to purchase a tractor-machine
and three-piece drag. This
would seem the proper thing to do,
but when it come to a show-down
the vote stood 3 for and 2 against
the proposition. Commissioners Har
ris and Hart opposing the resolu
tion. The Richardson Children.
J. E. Howell was requested to
furnish Jannie Jones $3.00 per
month for the children of Robert
Itichardson.
New Janitor.
Jess Clement, colored, was ap
pointed ianitor at a salary of $40
per month.
"FOR THE CAUSE OF LIBERTY '
Oa kcm and History of the Star Span
gled Banner."
That, was a beautiful entertain
niont Riven in the auditorium of the
gnided school last Friday evening
and a most crieditable amount was
raised for the Children's Red Cross
work.
The Public Ledger had hoped to
the write-up and actual figures
in time for our last issue, but they
"were not obtainable.
The entertainment was called
"For the Cause of Liberty," and was
a splendid portrayal of the origin
and history of the Star Spangled
Banner. Colonial minuet and the
Patriotic songs and speeches were
highly enjoyed. The entertainment
arranged -by Misses May White,
Lillian Minor and Miss Sadie Par
kam, as accompanist.
For Treasurer.
we are reliably informed that Mr.
- N. Hunt will be a candidate for
Treasurer of Granville County, his
announcement will appear in next
issue of this paper.
MAY 20 TO 27 MADE RED CROSS WEEK
STRONG CAMPAIGN IN GRANVILLE COUNTY.
President Issues Proclamat'- Calling For Contributions Wanted
Hundred Million For Ret g oss War Fund For the Alleviation
Of Suffering An, g i American Troops in France.
President Wilson lias is H 1 a proclamation designating the week
beginning May 20 as "Red g s Week" and calling upon the Ameri
can "people to contribute e-e 5 mslv to the second iftinn nnn nnn
fund of the American Red C; for
the American troons in Fra 3 nrwl
among the lighting forces an vilian populations of the allied coun
tries. .
Text Proclamation.
' Proclamation Inasmuc c t the war fund of 1917, so generously
contributed by the American " ple to the Aemrican Red Cross for
the administration of relief at Home and abroad, has been practically
exhausted by appropriations for the welfare of the 111 All 111 rnr Tvi-ili
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tary and naval torces, and for those dependent upon them, and fori
u j iuuic uiguii iAcut-ooj.Lj.c ui u it l vxxich, jxiixi lary aiici civilians
who have long borne the brunt of war.
"And, inasmuch as the American Red Cross has been recognized
by law and international convention as the public instrumentality for
war relief ;
"And, inasmuch as the vear of our own nartici nation in tlio wa-n
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lias brougnt up rece denied demands upon the patriotism and liberality
of our people, and made evident the necessity of consenting the work
of relief in one main organization which can respond effectively and
universally to the needs of humanity under stress of war ;
"And, inasmuch as the duration of the war and the closer and
closer cooperation of the American Red Cross with our own army and
navy, with the government of our allies, and with foreign relief or
ganizations have resulted in the discovery of new opportunities of help
fulness under conditions which translate opportunity into duty;
"And inasmuch as the American Red Cross war council" and its
commissioners in Europe have faithfully and economically administer
ed the people's trust;
"Now therefore, by virtue of my authority as President of the
United States and President of the American Red Cross, I, Woodrow
Wilson, do hereby proclaim the week beginning May 20, 1918, as "Red
Cross Week," during which the people of the United States will be
called upon again to give generously to the continuation of the impor
tant work of relieving distress, restoring the waste of war, and as
sisting, in maintaining the morale of our own troops and the troops
and peoples of our allies by this manifestation "of . effort and sacrifice
on the part of those, who, though not privileged to bear arms, are of
one spirit, purpose and determination with our warriors.
"In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused
the seal of the United States to be affixed.
"Done in the District of Columbia, this 4th day of May, in the
year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and and eighteen, and of
the .independence-of the United States -of-America the one hundred
and forty-second.
(SEAL) (t WOODROW WILSON.
"By the President:
NOTES FROM LEAVIS.
One of the Most Interesting Sections
of the County.
(Correspondence Public Ledger)
Myrtle, the little daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Charlie Cole, who is at the
Memorial Hospital, Richmond, is.
slowly improving.
Mr. Jim Cole has purchased a part
of the old Lewis tract of land.
Price paid, $50.00 per acre. No
buildings and no timber, some
wood. Land is valuable in this
neighborhood.
The road from Lewis to Wood
lawn Hall has been worked and put
in good condition.
Mr. Cecil Smith has opened a
store at his home place.
Mrs. Chewning who has been ill
with grippe, is improving.
Mrs. Sandy Smith, who has been
ill, is better.
Mr. Herbert Breedlove and fam
ily motored to Hopewell to visit his
daughter.
Rumor hath it that one of our
young batchelors will run his head
in the "matrimonial noose" soon.
Several of the farmers in this sec
tion will plant tobacco next week.
Many had to replant corn. Wild
fire has made its appearance in some
of the plant beds.
Labor is scarce and'hard to get in
this section, so many have gone to
the5: war. The farmers are helping
each other to plant.
Mr. Arthur Critcher's 'new cot
tage on the old Cottrell tract is
nearly completed.
There will be a saw mill in this
section soon. It will add much to
the beauty of ' our country to have
the lands cleared and cultivated.
FOR SHERIFF.
I am a candidate for re-election to
the Office of Sheriff, subject to the
action of Democratic Primary of
Granville County. I thank my
friends for their cordial support in
the past and I trust that my con
duct of the office has met with the
approval of the people of the county.
I have done my best to discharge the
duties of the office in an acceptable
manner and I shall strive to serve
you faithfully in the future.
May 7, 1918. S. C. HOBGOOD.
the alleviation og suffering anions !
thpiv rlpnpnrlpntR! o . 7. !
ROBERT LANSING,
"Secretary of State.'
BRITISH CASUALTY
LIST MOUNTING UP
AT A RAPPD RATE.
(London Special)
British casualties reported
during the week ended today
reached a total of 38,691.
Of this number 6,5555 offi
cers and men were killed or
died of wounds, and 32,136
were wounded or reported miss
ing. The casualties were divid
ed as follows:
Killed or died of wounds:
officers, 499; men, 6,056.
Wounded or missing: offi
cers 1,859; men, 30,277.
CHASING A SHADOW.
A Young Man Not Subject to Draft
Wants to Get Married.
The other day a young man, high
ly connected, not subject to draft
and holding a responsible position
and handles a lot of money, inquir
ed what it would cost him to insert
a small want advertisement in the
Public Ledger. We quoted him our
flat rate and here is what he hand
ed us:
"A young man holding a respon
sible position and not subject to
draft, desires to meet young lady
with a view to matrimony. One at
least six feet tall and not weighing
over 105 pounds; blonde with blue
eyes, tapering fingers and auburn
hair preferred. Address M, care
Public Ledger office."
We objected to inserting the ad
vertisement unless the author sign
ed his name to it. He balked and
we told him that he was chasing a
shadow and not a real live woman. .
GRADUATING RECITAL
Miss Esther Kinney at Oxford Col
lege This Friday Evening.
Miss Esther Kinney will give her
graduating piano recital at Oxford
College this Friday evening at 8:30.
Exercises in the College Chapel. The
public invited.
F. P. HOBGOOD.
How Can You Save Wool?
Saving wool is one of the things
the country needs, and it's one of
the things you can do. The best
way to save wool is to stop wasting
it; fabrics that don't give long wear
are not economy; they are waste.
That's why Hart Schaff ner & Marx
make them, and that is why Horner
Bros. Co., is the sole agents for
these elegant clothing in Granville
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Iper tells of the wonderful revelation
in men s ana young men a numiu6.
IX THE WAKE OF BLOOD- j
, SOAKED BOX CARS, i
Filled With Wounded and Dving !
rom West Front. Is Trailing I
Through Germany Creating Un
rest and Growing Fear of Grip
ping Hunger.
Washington, May 9. In the wake
of bloodsoaked box; cars, filled with
wounded and dying from the west
front, growing fear of gripping
nunger is now trailing through Ger
many. Seeking Explanation.
Meantime militarists are seeking
explanations of their much flaunted
"successes" on the west front to of
fer the increasingly restless public.
State department messages, from
secret, though authoritative sources,
revealed that the empire is consid
ering reduction of the meat ration
from 200 , grams to 150 grams a
week while there is strong chance
that the bread ration too must be
cut.
Will Not Get the Grain.
A comprehensive review of the
Ukraine problem, containing in
these advices, showed that Germany
will not get the grain she banks on
from the Ukraine and even if the
Ukraine supply were, obtained it
would only "save the situation but
not improve it."
The Reichstag's nutrition com
mittee has determined that whatev
er happens there can be no increase
in the bread ration while a reduc
tion is certain unless the somewhat
vague hopes as to the Ukraine are
fulfilled.
Starvation is at Hand.
Starvation is at hand in the larg
er Ukrainian cities while the peas
ant's are secretly hoarding their
wheat and rye supplies and can
probably keep them from German
bands by very slight- resistance.
While Germany claims officially
to have 12,000 carloads of grain in
Rumania the state department mes
sage said it would be July 31 at
the earliest before these could reach
Germany, due to poor transporta
tion. GARDEN MART AND ROSE FETE
Thursday Afternoon May Sixteenth,
Five O'clock.
The Garden Mart and Rose Fete
will be held Thursday afternoon,
May 16 beginning at five o'clock in
the garden of Mrs. R. G. Lassiter.
As usual, flower plants will be given
away and following the precedent of
last year, vegetable plants also will
be given away to aid in War Gar
dens. Blue ribbons will be award
ed for the handsomest roses, sweet
peas and other garden flowers.
A committee will be on hand from
9 to 11 o'clock Thursday morning
to receive donations of plants and
flowers for exhibition.
Please wrap plants in wet paper
before sending and have flowers ar
ranged in vases or baskets.
HEMSHAW HOSIERY MILL.
Now in Operation Capacity AVill
Be Increased.
Mr. H. M. Shaw, proprietor of the
Hemshaw Hosiery Mill, is one of the
busiest men in town. The slow de
livery of freight for the past few
months no doubt worried him, but
he emerged with a smile this week
when he saw the knitting machines
in motion and the nice white hos
iery dropping from the machines al
most as fast as you can count them.
They are the most wonderful ma
chines you ever saw not much
larger than a typewriter and there
are twelve of them in a row. It is
a beautiful sight, and just as soon
as Mr. Shaw puts on a few finishing
touches here and there about the
building he will extend an invitation
to the public to visit the mill.
At present there are about a doz
en neat colored girls employed at
the mill, but the capacity will be
more than doubled as soon as the
machinery arrives.
POPULAR COUNTY OFFICIAL.
Sheriff Hobgood Is Able to Come
Down to His Office.
We doubt that Sheriff Hobgood
was aware that the people of Gran
ville loved him quite so much un
til he got sick and had a close call.
There was a long string of. people at
.his door all the time, and now that
he is well enough to come down to
his office and examine his books,
his friends gather around him in
large numbers and caution him to
go slow. The Sheriff will not talk
politics until he gets a little strong
er, and then he is going to slay
'em with the proverbial jaw bone
spoken of in the Bible.
PASTOR OF THE OXFORD
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Rev. Stewart Oglesby, of Hope,
Ark., who has accepted the call to
the Oxford Presbyterian church, is
expected to arrive this week and
fill his pulpit next Sunday morning
and night.
KED CROSS WORK AID THE
. MOST NOBLE CAUSE.
The Surgical Dressing Department
Is Doing Fine Work.
During last week the surgical
dressing department of the Oxford
Chapter American Red Cross in
creased the output 50 per cent and
the attendance was much better.
Our .allotment for the month of
May is 600 large cotton pads 12x24.
Following is a list of members who
worked six hours last week:
Mrs. Tom Booth, Mrs. R. L.
Brown, Miss Jeanette Biggs, Mrs. A.
A. Chapman, Miss Nette Gregory,
Mrs. Jeffreys, Miss Isabelle Par
ham, Miss Janet Gregory, Mrs. J. H.
Pritchard, Mrs. C. D. Ray, Mrs.
Marsh Ray, Miss Fanny Robertson,
Mrs. J. C. Robards, Mrs. G. F. Til
lery, Miss Ruth Taylor, Miss Hixie
White, Miss Edna White, Miss Mary
Webb.
Come and help us with this good
work if only for one hour a week.
What are you going to do with your
extra hour Uncle Sam is giving you?
Why not use it for a wounded sol
dier "somewhere in France?"
The Work Room.
The Red Cross Work Room has
presented a busy scene this week as
the ladies are working diligently on
Hospitual .garments and Comfort
Kits. These Comfort Kits are to
be supplied our drafted ' men and
must be completed within the
month.
The following ladies have work
ed in the Work Room this week:
Mrs. R. I. Devin, Mrs. J. A. Taylor,
Mrs. S. H. Cannady, Mrs. John
Webb, Mrs. A. A. Chapman, Mrs.
Cam Easton, Mrs. Mclver, Mrs. J. B.
Powell, Mrs. T. Lanier, Miss Daisy
Holeman, Miss Flora Hunt, Mrs.
Chas. Landis, Mrs. B. S. Royster,
Mrs. Duke, Miss Helen White, Mrs.
F. B. Blalock, Mrs. A. H. Powell,
Mrs. John Gooch, Mrs. J. G. Rob
erts, Mrs. Tom Evins, Mrs. J. D.
Brooks, Mrs. N. , H. Cannady, Mrs.
C. D. Ray, Mrs. Irvin Mangum, Mrs.
Josiah Cannady, Mrs. T. L. Booth,
Mrs. W. B. Ballou, Miss Annie
Crews, Mrs. R. G. Lassiter, Miss
Jeanette Gregory, Miss Annie Fur
man, Miss Edna White, Mrs." H. M.
Shaw, Mrs. H. G. Cooper.
THE SOLDIER TRAINS.
Some of the Granville Boys Are On
Their Way to France.
"Uncle Sam" and the strict cen
sorship and secrecy of his war de
partment did not keep the Oxford
people from finding out that sol
diers our own soldiers would
pass over the Seaboard sometime
during the present week.
Some progressive citizen who has
a nose for news touched the wires
and the information was given him
that several troop trains had pull
ed out from Camp Sevier and that
the Oxford men were aboard one of.
said trains.
Several people accordingly jour
neyed to Henderson at various
times during the week to get a
glimpse of them. Two troop trains
in the dead of night did pass at a
terrific speed, both engineers seem
ingly throwing the throttle as wide
as it would open. From notes
dropped from the cars it was ascer
tained that the troops were from
North Carolina, but if Capt. Fuller
and his men were aboard he did not
let it be known.
SPEAKERS AVILL VISIT
THE CHURCHES
Popularity of the War Saving
Stamps is in Evidence,
last Sunday was a great day for
the War Savings Stamps in Gran
ville County, eight speakers appear
ed at various churches and again
next Sunday speakers will cover the
county.
Remember that every War Sav
ing Stamp or Thrift- Stamp that you
buy aids your government in caring
for those who stand between you
and the Germans.
Mr. John Webb( chairman of this
work in Granville County stands
ready and willing to send a speak
er to any section of the county to
tell the people about this campaign
and all you have to do is to let him
know when you wish to have t meet
know when you wish to have the
meeting. Rev. Willis, chairman of
the Minister's Committee cooperat
ing with Mr. Webb has made the fol
lowing schedule for next Sunday,
May 12:
Concord Mr. A. A. Hicks.
Hesters Mr. Parham
Beulah ..J. D. Hester.
Thinity .F. W. Hancock, Jn,
Stem . . .D. G. Brummitt.
Knap of Reeds . .D. G. Brummitt.
Banks Chapel J. W. Hester.
Handsome Cars.
The Blalock Motor Company are
the exclusive agents for the Stude
baker cars in Granville county. They
have two of these model cars on
hand and others to arrive. Pros
pective buyers will profit by reading
the specifications ' of ' this car else
where in this paper.
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