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VOLUME XXXIII.
iTmrisH army OFFICER
THRILLS OXFORD AUDIENCE
Cr)t . J. Hutcldnson, of Lord
Heading's Staff, Visits Oxford in
the Interest of the American
Red Cross.
V"iot fresh , from the trenches
t'm-es Neuve Chappelle, arid ov
virtually all the ground which
f1 formed the battlefields of rec
l1 engagements. Capt. S. J. Hutch
fncor of Lord Reading's staff, spoke
in a capacity house Wednesday
:-.M at the Court House. The
speaker was introduced by Gen. B.
v?ovster. , A
c-rt Hutchinson reached Amer;-
t;;;o Weeks ago, and was asked by
p . c dent Wilson to tour the South-ir-T-ites
in the interest of the sec
ond Tied Cross drive for $100,000,
nno pnd when this request was
United it found the British officer
?PiW.ed with his unexpected op-m-ninitr
to repay the service in
lame Dart that he had benefited by
in heaping measure. -
In i discussion of his impres
ari the speaker said he had never
experienced such hospitality in any
poison of the world as he has found
nmons the American people. He
expressed his admiration for the
American soldier. He said he had
;een our first contingents in Eng
land md France and thought that
(p.eica was advertising herself and
hid ent over a picked bunch; but
cince arriving here the presence of
Soldiers fine stalwart fellows
rorvinced him that America did not
qerd ovr her best to impress but
cent such as she has in plenty and
will send as long as they are need-
ed'opt Hutchinson declared that
for a long time preceeding the out
break of the war he realized Ger
many's menace of aggressiveness,
hut thpt while only 100,000 British
soldiers in the beginning were at
the front to assist the allies he was
thankful to say the line is still hold
in0 England has called to the colors
all her men from 18 to 55 and is
holding the fort till America ar
rives to fight the battle of civiliza
tion. , . ,
Coming more directly to his sub
ject the officer carried his audience
with him to the port of embarka
tion to the rest tent, on the advan
ced base, the billets, trenches and
"over the top." "Three years ago
said he, "began the battle that
would end the war in victory for
our allies, it had been announced,
but a mistake proved to the con
trary. . It was in this battle that he
was wounded, and having been car
ried to a hospital an American
Rod Cross hospital he had received
benefits of the same that gave him
a fine opportunity to speak a good
word for the splendid work. - "I re
ceived the human touch that made
me feel I was cared for. My ex
perience may be that of your broth
er, sweetheart or son," he said, as
he appealed to his hearers to con
tribute liberally to the Red Cross
fund.
Capt. Hutchinson has served with
a regiment (the London Irish Infan
try) that has established a number
of records. Last November it went
into battle with 1,000 men and the
following day had ?een reduced to
47. His regiment was the first of
tho Christian troops to enter the
City of Jerusalem. The speaker
cited instances of bravery that his
hearers might get a broader vision
f f the mangled soldier so that in
looking at that they might open
their purse as widely as possible
and lay down all the money they
can possibly spare to the Red Cross.
MK. R. L. INGOLD DEAD.
Laid To Rest in Elmwood Cemetery
Wednesday Afternoon.
After a lingering illness of sev
erai months Mr. R. I. Ingold died at
his home on Cherry street last Tues
day morning in the 66th year of his
age.
The deceased was born at New
Salem, Guilford County in 1852,
and moved to Granville county with
his family several years ago.
When a young man Mr. Ingold
and his brother, Mr. A. Ingold,
served an apprenticeship on the
Greensboro Patriot. After acquir
ing a knowledge of the printing bus
iness Mr. A. Ingold settled in South
Carolina and established the York
Vl11e Inquirer and his brother re
turned to the farm.
-Ir. Ingold is survived by a de
moted kife, three sons and one
daughter, namely: Messrs E. A., E.
VpJ" w- and Miss Josephine.
he funeral, conducted by Dr. J.
V- Harte, was held from the resi
dence on Wednesday afternoon and
Te interment was in Elmwood Cem
etery. The Woodmen of the World,
ot which Mr. Ingold was a member
too chrage of the remains.,
Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Caldwell have
urned to Carolina Lodge to
spend some time.
OXFO e NORTH CAEOLINA SATURDAY, MAY 18, 1918
STEM NEWS LEI
Two Thousand Mil
p.
Wood
to his
Route
a dis
Mr. M. Thos; Clayto:
ward, Okla., is on a v
farther, Mr. S. M. Claytc
mi. uiayton made a w
tance or over two thouss tiles in
his Dodge automobile with only
three punctures. He is the prop
rietor of a cattle ranch embracing
seventeen thousand acres and has
on hand at present over three hun
dred Hereford cattle.
Painfully Hurt.
Mr. R. G. Taylor, a hustling
young merchant of our to town, had
the misfortune to have his hand
caught under the heavy lid of his
ice box last week, breaking one fin
ger and badly bruising his hand
across the knuckles.
Farmers Optimistic.
This community was visited by
the heaviest rain Monday night
which has fallen this year. A good
many farmers have commenced
planting tobacco. The outlook for
a good wheat -crop has greatly im
proved and farmers are optimistic
in view of general crop prospects.
Death of Young Man.
Mr. Herman Adcock, a splendid
young citizen of Hester section, de
parted this life last Monday morn
ing, May 12 th after a lingering ill
ness. A few years ago he was
stricken with paralysis which affec
ted his eyesight so that for the past
several months he had been blind.
He was about twenty tnree years of
age had lived a life of strict hon
esty and integrity and had won the
confidence and esteem of all who
knew him. The remains were laid
to rest in the Tippett burying
ground Tuesday afternoon.
On the Sick List.
Miss Wirta Cash of Oxford Route
6, returned home last week from
Watt's hospital and we are glad to
note she is getting along nicely. Miss
Jesse Stem, whose life has been des
paired of for several weeks, is now
convalescent.
Mr. F. O. Bullock Dead.
Our entire . community was sad
dened when it-became - known that
Mr. O. F. Bullock had passed from
among us at k his home in Stem on
Sunday, May 12. For three years
he had been failing in health and
three weeks ago became confined to
his bed and steadily grew worse un
til the end. He was born near
Stem on May 1, 1853, and had
therefore just passed his 65th birth
day. During his young manhood
days he gave his heart to God and
united with Moore's church and
when this church went down, trans
ferred his membership- to Stem
where he remained until death. He
was a meek, quiet follower of the
Saviour whose daily life exempli
fied his teaching. He is survived
by a devoted wife and three chil
dren as follows: Miss Hettie Bul
lock, Mrs. R. D. Holeman and Mrs.
L. B. Jones. The funeral services
were held in Stem church Monday
afternoon at 4 o'clock conducted
by his pastor, Rev. B. H. Black. His
remains were laid to rest in the
William Stem burying ground.
Personal Mentions.
Mr. L. E. Jones, of Stem, has
purchased a new Overland auto.
Mrs. J. R. Overby, of Oxford Rt.
6, returned home Sunday from an
extended visit to relatives in Rich
mond.
Miss Lillian Cozart left Monday
for Hendersonville where , she will
spend a vacation several months.
Mr. Dick Beasley and Mrs. Deby
Cash, of Apex, spent the week end
with relatives in this community.
Mr. L. A. Bullock, of Route 2,
purchased an automobile last week.
We are glad to learn that Mrs.
R. M. Hester of Tally Ho, who has
undergone a very serious .operation
at Watt's hospital is improving rap
idly. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Gooch and
daughter, Miss Janie Gold spent
Monday in Boydton, making the
trip on their automobile.
Miss Ollie Bullock, who hold a
responsible position as stenograph
er with Liggett-Myres Co., of Dur
ham, spent the week end with her
parents, Mayor J. M. Bullock and
wife.
NOTICE.
The diseases required by law to
be reported to the Quarantine Offi
cer of the county by the physician
in attandance, or if there is no phy
sician, the parents, guardians, or
householder in whose liome the dis
sease occurs, are as follows: Whoop
ing cough, diptheria, scarlet fever,
infantile paralysis, epidemic men
ingetis, chicken pox, septic sore
throat and german measles.
A failure on the part of those
mentioned above to report any one
of these diseases constitutes .a vio
lation of the law and is punishable
by a fine and imprisonment.
SAM'L. H. CANNADY,
Quarintine Officer.
COUNTY OFFER IBMLUAW OPPORTTOOTnEg - ALL
BRITISH LOSSES 41,612
IN WEEK; BIGGEST OR WAR
London, May 16 Brftish
- casualties announced for the
past week total 41,612. ... They
are divided as follows:
Killed or died of wounds: Of
ficers, 501; men, 5,065.
Wounded or missing: Offi
cers, 2,123; men, 33,923.
The casualties during the
preceeding week was 38,500.
READ THE WAR NEWS BUT
DON'T LOOSE ANY TIME.
Adjust Your Business and Habits to
The War Program and Settle
Down in Harness.
Each morning brings its passing
changes in the war situation; now
gloom in "the form of a setback on
the Western Front, or further dis
integration in Russia, or rumors
of delay in our own war prepara
tions. Next morning, like as not,
there will be something of a hope
ful nature, such as checking the
Huns' drive in Italy, or a raid by
the British or French, or good news
here at home.
It is good business, good patriot
ism and good conservation to forget
most of the headlines in the morn
ing paper and concentrate strictly
upon the long, hard grind between
today and the final result. That
will save your spirit, buck up your
resoultion, t a,nd enable you to do
your utmost in winning the war.
Germany is not beaten yet,but
the results are sure, because we
have right on our side, and also the
largest battalions. The good reso
lution to save food, support Uncle
Sam financially and cheerfully, ad
just your : business and habits to
the war program, is the proper thing
to do.
Even should peace come tomor
row you can never go back to the
old heedless wasteful days either in
business or livelihood.
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EVERYONE MUST HELP:
Wars cannot be fought with
out money, and: upon the Treas
ury centers evesry financial de
mand upon the Nation.
The rich of this country can
not alone meet the needs of
the nation; the men of the
country cannot doit alone; the
women of the country cannot
do it alone; but all of us, the
people of the United States,
disregarding partizanship, for
getting selfish interest, think
ing only of the 'suppremacy of
right and determining to vindi
cate the majesty of American
ideals and secure the safety of
America and civilisation, can
do the great and splendid work
which God has called upon us"
to do.
W. G. McADOO,
Secretary of the Treasury.
RED CROSS SPEAKERS.
Will Be At the Places Named Be
low May 19th.
Eleven O'clock Forenoon.
Corinth Rev. C. A. Upchurch and
J. W. Hester.
Mt. Creek- A. A. Hicks and John
Webb.
Dexter Rev. E. G. Usry and F. W.
Hancock, Jr.
Fellowship Gen. B. S. Royster.
Bullock Church Rev. Black and B.
W. Parham.
M. E. Church, Stovall G. B.
Phillips.
Brassfield Dr. W. B. Cullum and
D. G. Brummitt. ; -Geneva
Rev. J. R. Kinnoson.
Tabb's Creek Rev. G. T. Tunstall.
Three O'clock, Afternoon
Knott's Grove Rev. R. H. Willis
and C. A. Upchurch.
Bethel Rev. B. C. Thompson and
D. G. Brummitt.
Creedmoor Rev. Black and B. W.
Williford School Rev. J. D. Harte.
Noel-Clary.
A marriage of unusual interest
to friends throughout the state was
solemnized Monday evening at 7:30
o'clock at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph Wi Noel, in Roxboro when
their .daughter, Breta Gay, became
the bride of Whitfield S. Clary, Jr.,
of Greensboro.
Mrs. T. B. Venable Sick.
Friends in Oxford were advised
Wednesday that Mrs. Dela Kings
bury Venable, relict of the late T.
B. Venable, is dangerously ill at
the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Southerntih, in New. York. She is
in the 84th year of her age.
Hot Weather Materials.
The Long Company announce on
the last page of this paper the ar
rival of ladies', Misse and chil
drens' wash dresses, spring coat
suits hot weather materials, and
now is the time to place your 'order
for that big white summer hat.
ENJONED TO WORK WITH
VIM AND TO SAVE FOOD f
To the People of Granville Co.:
It appears that the efforts of the
Food Administration in Granville
County have met with a reasonably
patriotic cooperation on the part of
the people. Many of our citizens
have lived up to the regulations to
the letter, some have been willing
to save the foods needed for the
war, provided they be allowed to do
it their own way, and some have
either been unwilling or too thought
less to observe the regulations.
There are still some of the two last
named classes in Granville County.
I wish to say a word about each of
these classes.
To the first class, who have tried
to keep up with the regulations and
then observed them, belongs the
appreciation and thanks of America
and her allies.
The second class simply have not
thought. It is impossible to regu
late anything of magnitude without
uniform rules. These rules may be
inconvenient to us at times, but we
have to fall in line.
As to the third class, those who
willfully violate the food provisions,
the time has come when they should
fade away. Our boys are on the
firing line and even now American
boys are being brought back day af
ter day wounded and crippled by
German bullets. Every day this
war is prolonged means the death
of more Americans and the taking
of more of them from their homes.
"Give us food", is the call that
comes to us daily from the war worn
countries of Europe and from our
own men. "Save wheat, sugar,
meat, and fats" is the mandate of
our Government. The people who
are wasting these articles today are
wasting the blood of our own boys
They are helping the Kaiser in his
mad attempt to conquer the world
They are entitled to no place in any
self respecting American commun
ity. They ought to be made to un
derstand that they are beyond the
pale of respect and esteem among
men and women who love their
country and thefine -brave fellows
who have gone to fight her battles
m a distant land.
I. call upon the people of this
Smflut cherish a sentiment
and a resolution which will permit
the presence of no slacker male or
or black in oSrcom
Sand thnf mC11 famiI der
tW? tw a failUFe t0 save f00 at
reprob "if ?attep- fr shame
xeproacn. If there are violations
among y0Ur neighbors or by yoSr
S,rteit horfmerCh,ant' report fc Re
port it bodly and openly, if You are
brave enough, quietly, ,
n?1? ?VS must not be struck in
the back by shirkers at home
B. W. PARHAM,
Co., Food Admr.
BULLOCK NEWS.
Mrs. Harry Davis, returned home
last Sunday, very much improved
from St. Elizabeth Hospital, Rich
mand, Va.
Mr. Horace Harton, and Miss Mel
lia Thacher, from Richmond, spent
part of last week, around Bullock
visiting kin people, and friends.
Mr. Banister Royster, took the
pleasure of carrying Mr. and Mrs.
B. T. Hicks, Mr. H. H. Harton, and
Miss Mellia Thacher over to spend
last Thursday with Messrs Jim and
Will Hicks near Island Creek
church.
Mrs. J. J. Vaughan, who has been
in the St. Elizabeth Hospital for
treatment, is expected to return
home the latter part of this week.
It will be a great pleasure to her
family and friends to see her back
home again.
The people of Bullock, and oth
ers that came, heard one of the best
sermons that was ever preached at
Bullock last First Sunday, by Mr.
Usry of Oxford, and his text was one
of the commandments of God: Hon
or they Father and Mother, that thy
days may be long, upon the land
which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
Messrs Usry and Hicks of Oxford,
who came to Bullock on First Sun
day took dinner with Mr. and Mrs.
George W. Royster, and itwas a
great pleasure to have them in their
home.
Miss Dorothy Hicks is visiting her
brother Mr. and Mrs. Bennie Hicks,
of Stovall, and will also attend the
school commencement.
Republic Trucks.
Mr. Frank E. Youngs, local agent
has sold two more of the fine Re
public Trucks, the Moore Lumber
Co., and G. W. Royster, of Bullock,
are the purchasers.
Mr. Herbert Crews and pretty
daughter, Miss Naomi, were in Ox
ford Thursday.
Surrender your wheat or your
Nation's cause. s
HOME PMMT
NUMBER 39
YOU ARE REQUESTED TO
KEEP YOUR LIBERTY BONDS.
Secretary McAdoo Explains How Re
tention of Bonds Helps the
Government.
The same conception of patriot
ic service that made the Third Lib
erty Loan campaign a vast success
imposes on purchasers, the obliga
tion of retaining their bonds until
the end of the war. Secretary Mc
Adoo explains how retention of the
bonds helps the Government:
First, it protects the credit of the
Government by maintaining the
market for the bonds at par.
Second, it signifies the practice of
those economies and savings which
release materials and labor essen
tials to the support, if not to the
very life, of our Army and Navy.
"Every subscriber," says Secre
tary McAdoo, "who keeps his Liber
ty Bond is performing a double ser
vice to his country during the period
of the war."
He recognizes that there may be
instances where a person in unfor
tunate circumstances will be con
strained to sell. But the Liberty
Bond owners of the country who are
approached with propositions to sell
or exchange should bear in mind
two facts :
First, that Germany has agents
here who wish to depreciate the
market; and
Second, that the man who offers
some other bond or stock in ex
change for a Liberty Bond does not
have it in his power' to hand over
something "just as good." There
is nothing just as good from a fi
nacial standpoint, as a Liberty
Bond, guaranteed by Uncle Sam
and dedicated to the United States
Army and Navy and to the victory
which they are going to win.
Morally it is as bad for a purchas
er to sell a Liberty Bond during the
war as for a soldier to desert the
Army after he has enlisted. Make
your dollars fight to the end exact
ly as a good soldier will fight to the
end. v
The man who tries to induce you
to sell is the identical pro-German
who- will secretly urge soldiers to
desert the flag.
FIELDS OF HONOR."
Pictures the Shot That Caused the
War.
The shot than rang around the
world the 'murder of the Archduke
of Austria never was more vividly
reproduced that in "Fields of Hon
or," the Goldwyn picturization of
Irvin S. Cobb's stirring story ( star
ring wistful Mae Marsh, seen at the
Orpheum Theatre Monday night,
May 20.
For realism and fidelity to de
tail, the scene portraying the assasi
nation of Francis Ferdinand at Sar
ajevo, has never, been approached.
So realistic is the screen version of
the tragedy that one is forced to
doubt whether it could be more so
had a photographer clicked the ac
tual killing the event that trans
formed a peaceful worldx into a
bloody battleground.
Annetta Kellermann, the physi
cal beauty, will be seen in "A
Daughter of the Gods" at the Or
pheum, Monday night, May 27.
No Slackers on the Farms.
Several times recently farmers
have requested the Public Ledger
not to print their names in the per
sonal column of the paper during
these strenous times on the farm for
fear that some one would be
lieve that they are slackers. There
are no slackers on the farms of
Granville county, and when you see
a farmer in town you may know
that it is a matter of urgent busi
ness, and when they do come to
town they get out as soon as pos
sible. DISTINGUISHED GUEST.
Capt. Hutchinson Falls in Love
With Oxford.
Capt. S. J. Hutchinson, of Lord
Reading's staff, who spoke here
Wednesday night for the benefit of
the Red Cross, was the guest of
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Hunt while in
Oxford. ,
Capt: Hutchinson is a fellow of
Oxford College, England, and said
that he fell in love with our pret
ty little city by that name. He is
a most pleasant gentleman and is
spoken of as a candidate forv Parlia
ment from one of the shires.
The Irish Potato Squad.
The ladies . of the National De
fense have placed on display in the
window at Hall's Drug store a
number of vegetables to represent
the potato squad at court. Cab
bage is king, and corn, rye and po
tatoes are the princes, all bedecked
so as to resemble an ensemble.
These are the reserves that will
win the war.
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