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PPBLISIHIED SEMI-WEEKLY TOWi
VOLUME XXXIII.
im:tv-si:vi:x sien
ix the new draft
CALLED FOR DUTY
local Hoard Summons Ninety-Seven
Men Before It For Induction
Into tbe Army.
The Granville County Exemption
TyniYd are getting 97 men in line
lor Camp Jackson on May 25. This
js the largest single draft ever re
ceived here.
Twenty-four men over and above
th required number are called and
lifted as alternates. It leaves only
tv o or three men in the first class
in Granville qualified for full ser
vice in the army:
' Norman A. Roycroft, Roy Gallo
roy Jenkins, M. A. Good, R. W.
Clay. Irvin S. Davis, Earley Lee
w"est, Ernest Jackson Critcher,
rob-rt Toombs Cozart, John East
wood. Spergeon Oakley, A. W.
Graham, Jr., Eric Amos Latta, Fred
ait' L. Teed, Mark A. Landis, Giooc
chi io Tola, Fred H. Daniel, Lewis
D Varhani, L. E. Whitaker, Leo T.
Xovivood, Walter Bruce Sanderford,
Slrr-liall K. Pin Mix, Benona P.
yicys, Jarvis S. Floyd, Thurman
Cih' Gecrge L. Cox, Win. Norman
Bor-h'itt, H. F. Peed, W. M. Arring
ton Samual Clyde Cannady, James
Bailv, James Roland Carrington, J.
A Bullock, Lucius Roberson, Fon
nie "M. Wilkerson, Edgar J. Cook,
"Willie L. Dean, Clauddie M. Chap
ped Cfirrie Lawrence, Grady Black
er lvis B. Loyd, Luther Patrick
cVrcud. Geo. Lonnie Wright, Ed. R.
Slaughter, Jonnie Herby Boyd,
Thomas J. Knott, Rufus W. Algood,
Kobort Thomas Clark, Fred Newton,
Samuel Hcbgood, Charles Wcodlief,
Ruhie Vance Loyd, John L. Size
more, Elmos Beck, Norman S. Jones,
Inc N. Montague, Harvey Lee Cur
rin Raymond W. Parharn, Olie Bur
ton Sanderfer, Fletcher Burnette,
Harvev R. Harris, Fred C. Wilkins.
O T. Mangum, Augustuc G. Roy
croft, Hilory M. Bullock, Vance Al-
Thomas W. Alien, itoDeri
Reamy, James- Allen Wilkins, Alton
S Waggstaff. Fred Cox, usear lee
Lovd, William E. Winters, Roy
Calvin Vaughn, Ollie Arrington,
Gattis Luther Sherman, Graham J.
W. Wilson, Wm. A. Daniel, Athie L.
Overton, Wm. Jones, Harvey Jack
son, Eugene Otis Harris, Samuel
Lee Knott, Fred R. Morris, Jessie
L. Pleasants, Elbert Buxton Hob
good, Richard W. Harris, Ollie L.
Bowling, John C. Elexson, Jessie W.
Mitchell, Arthur Taylor Pittard, Ol
lie Chaplin, Sam Jones Pleasants,
Rubin Greenway, Alfred B. Dean,
Hubert J. Knight, Thomas Mathews.
Alternates.
Samuel Joseph Pittard, Alvis Al
len Nelson, Alvis Sterling Clack,
Amic L. Longmire, Neol J. Tally,
James Adcock, James T. Thaxton,
Rov Sharp Umstead. M. H. Hunt,
Hallie Marsh Puckett, William Cul
breth, Eddie H. Horton, Otho Aver
ette, T. C. Brummitt, George E.
Fitts. Jubah Otis Jones, James P.
Blacfcwell, Phocian Fred Frezier,
Corb-tt L. Meadows, R. D. Harris,
Andrew F. Dicker son, George L.
Mathews, Arvid Frezier, Nathaniel
L. Adcock, Roy Cresham.
THE DEAD COMES TO LIFE.
Amusing Incident in the Office of
the Granville County Exemption
Board.
Last Friday afternoon Macon Ov
erby, a colored registrant of the
county, walked into the office of the
local exemption board and informed
them that he was not dead.
"I see that you are not dead,"
paid Dr. White, "what is your
name?"
'"Macon Overby, the negro that
was shot and killed by a soldier in
Virginia, a few months ago," re
Pli?d the colored boy.
"I know better' said Dr. White,
"Macon Overby is dead and "we have
an affidavit of his death on file."
"I surely is Macon Oberby and
stand right here in front of you and
the Lord to be judged whether I am
dead or alive," responded the color
ed boy.
Dr. White procured the affidavit,
si.?ned and sealed by a justice of the
Pace, which stated that Macon Ov
erby, a negro of low mentality was
shot and killed by a soldier at a
nilroad bridge near Norfolk last
February.
After hearing the affidavit read,
the negro said: "I am the man, and
I come to tell you that I am not
dead."
At this juncture Gen. Royster
cpme inf aim seeing the commotion,
askod the negro how it happened.
"Tt didn't happen at all" answer
ed the negro.
"There must have been some
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affidavit," inquired General Roy
ster. "That's what they say," answered
the boy, "but I would' rather be in
the army than to walk about as a
dead man.
On account of the low mentality
of the boy, and the affidavit of his
ah, the board has the case under
Advisement.
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OXFORD, iN fef
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A LETTER FROM A TRUE W'
SOLDIER TO HIS PATH ?
Lieutenant B. S. Royster X ,
Gen. Royster On His Departii
From an American Port.
The letter that Gen. Royste
ceived last week from his son, C -tenant
Beverly S. Royster, Jr., C t
ten on the eve of his departure H um
an American port, breathes the
spirit of a true soldier. That im
pelling force in the mind and heart
that leads Lieutenant Royster into
battle is the noblest trait that God
has been pleased to plant in the hu
man breast. We asked General
Royster's permission to publish the
letter because it cannot fail to sti
mulate others to do their whole du
ty. The Letter
My precious Father:
In the midst of our preparation
to leave tomorrow, I'm going to
steal a few minutes to write you a
short note of goadbye for a little
while. I want you to know exactly
how I feel about going. I am not
fool enough to think I'm going on a
pleasure trip, and I know that I'm
going on the most serious mission
that I shall ever set cut upon. Now,
just as I am leaving, I realize more
and more how serious it is and
what I am giving up, at least for
some time.
No boy ever left dearer, sweeter
parents, and no husband ever left a
dearer, sweeter wife than I am leav
ing; and nobody ever left a dearer,
sweeter family than I am leaving.
Because they are each one so dear
to me is the reason I am leaving.
Just because I love each one of them
so' much I am going to do my best
to protect them against the barbar
ism of the Huns and to help make
the world safe for every dear one
to live in. I don't want to go, but
I have the satisfaction of knowing
jthat I am performing aduty that
my conscience would not let me fail
to do. I'm coming back some day
feeling that I have at least tried to
do my small part to preserve civili
zation. My love and prayers for all.
BEVERLY.
"GO THOU AND 10 LIKEWISE."
C. Braxton Taylor, an Oxford Boy,
Catches the Step.
The people of Granville county
congratulate Commissioner Thomas
G. Taylor on the noble stand his
son, C. Braxton Taylor, has taken.
He expresses himself in a letter to
the Granville County Exemption
Board as follows:
Louisburg N. C, May 10.
The Local Board for the
County of Granville,
Mr. T. G. Currin, Chm. :
Gentlemen I have this day giv
en up my position as manager of
the farm for Mr. R. P. Taylor, Louis
burg, N. C.
I am taking this method of noti
fying you, that my classification
may be changed as you see fit. My
address is now, Oxford, N. C, care
T. G. Taylor. Yours very truly,
C. BRAXTON TAYLOR.
EXCAVATING FOR FOUNDATION
OF MANGUM AVAREHOUSE.J
Mr. Mangum Is Giving Away Large
Pile of-Dirt.
By the time the fires are kindled
in the tobacco barns, the Mangum
Warehouse will be a thing of beau
ty. The dwelling at the corner of
Hillsboro and Broad street has been
moved back to Penn street and the
workmen are now excavating for the
broad foundation of the warehouse.
Despite the scarcity of labor the
work goes merrily on.
Mr. Mangum is spending a whole
lot of money on his vast undertak
ing, but he is doing it with the
same pleasant smile on his face. In
excavating for the foundation a lot
of dirt will have to be removed, and
Mr. Mangum authorizes the Pub
lic. Ledger to state that he will give
the dirt free of charge to those
who will obligate to haul it away.
A Chance For Bargains.
The big sale of Victor Kaplon is
now in full blast.
THE MEANING OF
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(T. N. MacCracken) : . .
The red in our cross stands for sacrifice, for giving, as the warm,
crimson blood gives life to the body The cross has the same length on
four sides of its arm, to signify that it gives life equally to all, high
or low east or west. It stands alone always, no words or markings on
it to show that the Red Cross workers have only one thought to serve
They ask no questions, they care not whether the wounded be ours or
of another people-their duty is to give, and to j"- gacrifice
The Red Cross stands on a white ground, because eal sacrince
can come only from pure hearts Service
hut from love: from the noblest thoughts and wishes or. the heart or
Tt-is wly children love.this "SS
by millions in the schools of our land m a 7
under the President to make to save ( to ive jf or
day the children of aU lands, under the Red V the beau
grown people the ways of understanding and Xeir lives
tiful meaning of the Red Cross which is echoed m their lives.
COILJMTY OFFER BMLL2AMT PPORTOMTHES ALL
TH CAROLINA WEDNESDAY,
THE BAXKHEiD HIGHWAY
WDLL PROBABLY PASS
THROUGH OLD GRANVILLE
W. R. Lyncn Says the Piedmont Di
vision Was Denied a Square Deal
Denounces Some of the Officials
of the Bankhead Association.
CReidsville Review)
Mr. W. R. Lynch, one of the sev
eral representatives of the Pied-1
mont Division to the meeting of the
Bankhead highway association
which was held, at Little Rock on
April IS and 19 tells of the sad
story of the dashing of the Pied
mont division's most rosy hopes at
being selected as4 the route through
Reidsvill'e, Danville and Lynchburg
of the National Bankhead highway,
which is being exploited notably by
Senator Bankhead of the associa
tion. He roundly assailed the at
titude of Mr. Rountree and exposed
the so-called truculence of T. S.
Plowman, president of the associa
tion and presiding officer of the
convention.
As the matter now stands, a board
of directors named by the conven
tion (the personnel of which is
hardly favorable from the Piedmont
division standpoint), was nominat
ed, and these gentlemen will at a
later meeting settle once and for all
the question of route.
When the voting strength of the
different States were read out,
Piedmont division adherents felt
proud for a moment when they had
a voting strength of 1,960, but their
hopes went to zero when it was an
nounced that the Eastern division
had 4,400 votes.
With Mr. Plowman ruling heav
ily against the Piedmont division
and with no report of the pathfind
ing committees, which might have
shed a favorable light on their
claims, Mr. Lynch and other dele
gates from the Pjedmont division
fought a losing fight.
One point which weighed against
them heavily was the fact that the
Eastern route would link up so
many of the big. government camps
and naval slants..
SUNDAY IN OXFORD.
Whiskey, Brass Kuucks and Pistol
In Evidence.
Oxford, is a law abiding town, but
like all other good towns it has its
bad element. Last Sunday while
the good people were attending di
vine worship, a white man reported
to Chief Hobgood that a vicious ne
gro held him up on Wall street. The
chief accompanied the man to Wall
street, found the negro and ?in his
pocket was a pistol. The negro was?
arrested and on his way to the
lock- up he told the officer that
the white man had a pair of bras?
knucks in his pocket. The officers
searched the white man and found
the brass knucks and arrested him
for carrying deadly weapons. To
give tone to the occasion Arthu"
Chavis, colored was arrested for
selling liquor.
An Open Letter.
To the voters of Granville County:
This is not an announcement, but
a reminder to the voters of Gran
ville County that I am a candidate
for the Office of County Treasurer,
subject to the action of the Demo
cratic primaries. I feel that I am
well qualified to fill this office and
if elected will of course give the
County my best services.
Respectfully,
JOHN R. HALL.
The Hugbes-Smaw Co.
The Hughes-Smaw Co. announce
on the fifth page of this paper the
arrival of new and handsome lines
of furniture.
21 NATIONS FIGHTING
CENTRAL POWERS.
There are now 21 nations
at war with the central powers.
They are: Belgium, Japan. Mon
teogVox Russia, Serbia, China,
Cuba. France, Portugal, Ru
mania, Great Britain, Greece,
Italy, Liberia, Panama Can
Marina, Siam, United States,
Brazil Guatemala, inc-in
OUR BED CROSS
MAY 15, 1918
HERO OF THE MARNE.
Will Speak at the Court House Wed
nesday Night.
Mr. W. H. Himt, Chairman,
Second Red Cross War Fund
Campaign, announces that
Captain Hutchison of the Irish
Rifles, now attached to the
British Embassy in Washington,
D. C, will make an address at
the Court House on Wednesday
night at 8 o'clock. The pub
lic is cordially invited to hear
this address.
Captain Hutchison has serv
ed in the British Army on the
front for three years and what
he has to say will be interest
ing. LONDONERS SAW THE
AMERICANBOYS.
Parade Was Witnessed By King and
Queen and Other Dignitaries
King George V and the Prince of
Wales, standing outside Bucking
ham palace at noon Saturday rev
erently bared their heads as Amer
ican national army troops from
Camp Gordon, Atlanta, Ga., march
ed by to the strains of "The Stars
and Stripes Forever, played by the
Grenadier Guard band.
The British war office flew only
one flag, "Old Glory." At a window
stood the leading statesmen of the
British empire, waving greetings to
the . American fighting men as they
passed by ' the historic building in
the first parade of United States in
fantry ever held in the British cap
ital x
Whereever the doughboys passed
they were halted and every open
space for a sea of human faces.
With the king and histhrone heir
at the palace were Queen Mary and
Princess Mary.
Only commissioned officers in the
marching throng returned the
King's salute.
RED CROSS NEWS.
Knap of Reeds Auxiliary was
organized the past week with 29
members, Mrs. J. Ralph Weaver .was
elected Chairman and Mr. J. Ralph
Weaver elected Secretary. '
-The Granville Chapter acknow
ledges a donation of $50.00 from
The Junior Red Cross, Grammar
Grade, (Miss May White. Miss Lil
lian Minor and Miss Sadie Parham
Teachers).
The Chapter acknowledges a
donation of $10.00 from Mr. W. L.
Umstead, Knap of Reeds.
r-Several members of the Exten
sion Committee visited the Stovall
Branch, the past week. This Branch
is doing a splendid work and is en
thusiastic in its support of the Chap
ter in all its work.
Rev. G. T. Tunstall organized
an Auxiliary at Amis Chapel the
past week with 60 members. Mr.
Tunstall is doing a splendid work
for the Red Cross both in the or
ganization of Auxiliaries and stimu
lating interest. He will in a short
time organize an Auxiliary at West
Oxford, as about sixty persons have
signified their willingness to become
members at West Oxford.
Enon Auxiliary spent a busy
week, the following ladies worked
for the Auxiliary during the week:
Miss Eugenia Cannady, Mrs. W. B.
Currin, Mrs. F. L. Currin, Mrs. Os
car Yancey, Miss Mary Gooch, Mrs.
C. D. Currin, Mrs. T. G. Currin,
Miss Cora Phipps, Mrs. J. M. Phipps.
DOCTORS AND OTHERS MUST
REPORT CHICKEN POX.
Septic Sore Throat and German
Measles Also Added To List.
Under the rules just adopted by
the North Carolina State Board of
Health three additional diseases are
added to the list of those reportable
in this State, they being chicken
pox, septic sore throat or epidemic
tonsilitis and German measles or
roseola. Quarantine officers in all
part of the State have been instruct
ed to enforce the regulations for the
control of these contagions.
The law makes it mandatory up
on the physician, or upon the par
ent, . guardian or housholder, to
promptly report the name and ad
dress of any person who may have
asay of the infectious and contagious
diseases which are reportable. Un
der the law failure to do so is pun
ishable by a penalty of a fine not ex
ceeding $50 or thirty days in pris
on. For the first three months of 1918
therewere a total of 9,872 cases in
the State reported to the State
Board of Health.
The whole income of the Ger
man Empire is only one-fourth as
great as the income of the American
Republic; but the German Empire
last year spent more money to whip
you than we spent to whip him.
Moral: A pigmy can defeat a giant
if the giant refuses to eert all his
strength.
TOME PRINT
NUMBER 38
BEAUTIFUL FIELD OF
WAVING ABRUZZI RYE.
Much nterest Manifested in Dr. E.
T, White's Experiment.
Those who have visited Dr. E. T.
White's farm on the, Enon road,
about one mile west of Oxford, ex
pressed delight as they looked out
upon the field of Abruzzi rye. Very
few people in this section are fa
miliar with this wonderful cereal
and its productiveness.
In planting the fourteen acres in
Abruzzi. rye, Dr. WThite did not se
lect the best land on his broad and
4iandsome farm of many acres, but
in due time every part of the farm
will be tested to see what class of
soil is best adapted to its cultiva
tion, said Dr. White.
The green field of rye as it now
stands and waves in the noonday
sun, reminds one of the ebb and
flow of the tide. The stalks are
about four feet tall and are anchor
ed in the ground by a stout root of
much productiveness; the heads of
the rye, which are at the present
time in a milky state, are about six
inches in length and are good for
100 grains each, and the entire ac
reage will average fifty heads to the
square foot.
To get the farmers interested in
his experiment, Dr. White propos
es to give $10 to the person who
will guess nearest the number of
bushels produced on the fourteen
acres. The guessing contest was
scheduled to close May 15, but
owing to the fact that the grain is
in a milky state at present, and de
siring that as many as "possible will
visit the field and behold it in all
of its grandure, Dr. White has de
cided to extend the guessing con
test to Saturday evening, June 1.
Many guesses have already been
registered, and it is interesting to
note that they range fom 150 bush
els to 450 bushels for the entire
fourteen acres.
Dr. White's experiment means
the spread of Abruzzi rye through
out Granville county. When it is
produced in large quantities it
would justify the community to pur
chase a "header." Such a machine
gatheres the heads and threshes the
grain, leaving the stalk standing to
mellow and enrich the land. This
plan is also in line with recent Gov
ernment experiments looking to the
prevention of wilt.
MUST SELECT GOOD MEN
The People Demand an Active Pro
gressive County Board.
From all that we can gather,1 the
people of Granville are more care
ful this year than ever before in
the selection of able men to serve
on the county board. As an in
stance of good judgement of the
people we refer to the candidacy of
Former Commissioner J. L. Peed,
of Dutchville, who announced his
candidacy at the earnest request of
a large number of people from ev
ery part of the county. They know
that he has served the county faith
fully and true, and- they want him
in the harness again.
Mr. W. E. Cannady, a member of
the present board, has announced
his candidacy at the soliciation of
many people. They know that he
is able, safe and progressive.
Mr. J. Ennis Davis, of Brassfield,
and also Mr. W. B. Dixon, of the
same township, have announced
their candidacy at the request of
many friends. They are both able
men and have a large following, but
the people will hardly select two
commissioners from the same town
ship. Twenty-three men during the past
week called at the Public Ledger
office and requested the editor to
announce the candidacy of former
Commissioner B. I. Breedlove. We
saw Mr. Breedlove in town Satur
day and asked him if he is in the
race. He said that the people from
all over the county were asking him
to run. We understand that Mr.
Breedlove will announce his can
didacy in the Public Ledger this
week. The old war horse, as we
are pleased to call him, is a real live
issue. He has always stood for the
best interests of the county and few
men are better qualified to render
valuable service. We want a good
man from old Salem, and Mr. Breed
love is the man. There should be
a good, capable man selected from
the northwestern section of the
county, but every man selected
should be big enough to serve the
whole county.
NEW PASTOR HAS ARRIVED
Rev. Stewart Oglesby At the Oxford
Presbyterian Church.
Rev. Stewart Oglesby, who ac
cepted the call to the Oxford Pres
byte rian church, preached the ini
tial sermon of pastorate last Sunday
morning. A large number of peo
ple from the other churches were
present and the verdict is that he
is a strong preacher.
Mrs. Oglesby and little child will
arrived Wednesday.
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