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The Call of Pain and Suffering From "No Man's Land" Should Be Answered With Liberal Contributions to the Red Cross tobmed biweekly- - town amid VOLUME XXXIII. THE CLOSE OF A PERFECT DAY PATRIOTISM RAMPANT IX THE GOOD OLD TOWN OF OXFORD. Tiie Parade Was a Mile Long Chil dren Sing Patriotic Airs -Distinguished Minister Addresses Large Throng of People at the Court House Liberal Contributions to the Red Cross. The Red Cross parade at five o' clock last Tuesday evening enkind led a blaze of patriotism that grew to magnificent proportions before the end of a perfect day. There were fifty automobiles and three lovcp trucks in the parade, each decked in the National colors, and in many of the cars were ladies and children wearing the insigna of the Red Cross. The first car contained Mr. W. H. Hunt, Granville County T"ar Fund Chairman, and at the rear of the parade were three cars occupied by patriotic colored peo ple. The brass band of a colored carnival company, which had an en gagement in Oxford, caught the spirit cf the occasion and played patriotic airs at the head of Main street as the parade was passing through the public squai'e. A squad of boys from the Oxford Orphanage, under the alert eye of their adopted drill master, Ex-Sergt. John A. Bak er, U. S. A., appeared upon the scene with wooden guns. These lit tle soldiers, twenty-four in number, who have been drilling only six weeks, went through the evolutions with a precision that astounded mil itary men of recongnized ability. The Mass Meeting. A few taps of the court house bell at 8:30 Tuesday evening was sufficient to fill " the vast auditor ium. The school boys and girls sung the "Star Spangled Banner," and Dr. Horesfield gracefully in troduced the speaker of the even ing, Rev. A. D. Hughes, of Hender son. After speaking of the beauty of Oxford and paying a just tribute to the good people of our town and county, the speaker entered upon a most vigorous denunciation of the Central Powers, which precipitated the war without cause and had as its aim the dominiation of the world. He spoke of the ruination and destruction in Belgium and northern France; beautiful villages and towns, he said, had been devas tated and swept from the face of the earth as clean as the palm of your hand and the women taken captive and their children murdered. He said that when the Huns invaded Belgium, which they had sworn to protect, he saw that the world was stung with deadly poison. He de clared that there will be no peace in the world until the wrongs of the Central Powers are made right. The speaker paid a glowing tri bute to the worth of women in Red Cross work. They furnish a sub stitute for bravery that could not have been found otherwise, he said; traced the Red Cross from its foun dation to the present time and jus tified its existence by its large mem bership and the money that it had spent; he spoke of the friends the soldiers find when they go abroad; told of the canteen established at convenient places, where they meet sweet Red Cross women and men to give them courage. Health can have no compromise with disease; righ teousness can have no compromise with sin, and there can be no peace until the principles of the Central rowers have been driven out. Ger many, he said, was the first and on ly nation that has ever torpedoed a hospital- ship. In closing he said that our soldiers over there will see the newspapers and be encour aged by the good report of the pres ent Red Cross drive, and he urged everybody to subscribe, give abun dantly and joyfully. Taking Subscriptions. Hon. D. G. Brummitt was reques ted to state the plan of the cam paign and owing to the lateness of hour he got right down to business and closed his argument with a clap of the hand, thus: "Remember that when you extend your hand to our noys across the sea, be sure to have something in it." -p The Response. Export Tobacco Co $200 Oxrord Cotton Mills .... 200 Hnrner Bros. Co 200 atkms & Fleming 150 b. Royster 100 - JnR. Hall 100 Mjtclien (Continued On Page Eight) OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA SATURDAY, THE COUNTY PRIMARY THE TELL-TALE . KVTC. $ ' Will be Held at the Voting i cincts Saturday, June The one amusing featuL of the campaign in Granville is " th er Mr. John R. Hall, candid & for County Treasurer, will rb the twin elephants to victory or eth er he prefers to walk. I Hon. D. G. Brummitt, . House of Representatives; tus G. Currin, for the Se; James B. Powell, for Re Deeds, and Judere D. C. ;C the i. Ti ; Mr. ir of it, for Clerk of the Court, will 1ihv,, no nn position. Sheriff Hobgood -has an opponent in the field. Just what he is telling the voters js not known to the editor of the Public Ledger, but we feel quite sure that he is waging a clean fight. Nevertheless, he is up against a. man that is back ed by a record unsurpassed by any Sheriff in North Carolina or any other State. The files of the Pub lic Ledger shows that Sheriff Hob good is the best tax collector the county has had in the last thirty two years. That is as far back as our record goes, but it is safe to say in the ( last 5 0 years or more. We have never known a man to have a higher regard for the oath of office than has -Sheriff Hobgood. If he has offended any one bv enforcing the law, you should blame the law makers and not the Sheriff. We merely speak of this valuable servant of the county because we know these things to be true. If you will look over the list of candidates for County Commission er as announced elsewhere in this paper you will see that we are sure to have a good board next term. There are seven of them, and five of the number will be chosen. With one exception the men are scattered advantageously over the county. Commissioner W. E. Cannady is the only member of the present board that stands for reelection. COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES OF THE OXFORD GRADED SCHOOLS High School Pupils Will Present Patriotic Program. The annual exercise of the Grad ed Schools will be held on next Thursday night at the School Audi torium at 8:30. The High School pupils will present a patriotic pro gram prepared for the occasion. This wil preceed the address to be delivered by the Lieut. Governor of the State O. Max Gardener. The purpose of the program by the school is to show what the va rious organizations of the country have done in the great war for righteousness. About seventy five boys and girls will take part in the program representing every phase of national endeavor at the present time. The address of the Lieut. Gov ernor will be one of the best heard in Oxford in a long time. In his addresses as the closing of schools all over the State he has set a high standard. Naturally he is a strong speaker, and under the present con ditions when he has such a great cause to plead for he is even bet ter. An invitation is given especi ally to the people cf the county to be present at that time to hear his address. HONOR WORTHILY BESTOWED. The Learned Men Decorate Pres dent Hobgood of Oxford College. The commencement at Wake For est this week is largely attended. The college is prefixing "L. L. D." to President F. P. Hobgood's name, an honor most worthily bestowed on one of the State's best men. Dr. Marsh, Dr. J. D. Harte, Rev. E. G. Usry, and Rev. G. T. Tunstall, of Oxford are in attendance. POPULAR DRUGGIST WEDS. Mr. Frank F. Lyon Goes to Green ville for Handsome Bride. Mr. and Mrs. Hoy Taylor announce the marriage of their sis ter Miss Pearl Taylor to Mr. Frank Fuller Lyon on Wednesday, May the twenty-second, one thousand nine hundred" and eighteen, Greenville, North Carolina. No announcements in Oxford and Granville county. SEEKS TO ENLIST. Mr. E. W. Howard, of Oxford, Vis its Washington. The Washington correspondent of the News and Observer says: "E. W. Howard of Oxford is in Wash ington seeking enlistment as a vol unteer as a field clerk for duty m France: Recommendations were presented Representative Charles M. Stedman from B. Lassiter and H. G. Cooper, lawyer and bank er, respectively, of Oxford. county toto buluant omirnminES - all ON THE WESTERN BATTLE LINE PRISONERS OF WAR IN VIENNA KILLED AND BODIES EATEN Great Masses of Germans and Aus trains Are Sick of the War Time it at Hand When Famine Will Be come Ally of Entente. Two months ago, on the af- " temoon following the begin ning, of the great German drive, the Public Ledger declared, with all confidence in what it was saying, that the Huns would not be able to break through the Allies' lines. And they have not broken through. ... ' They have been thwarted. The slaughter in their divisions has been appalling. Their ad vance has amounted to a de feat. That the menace is over no one ..will pretend. Prepara tions are clearly making for another effort, the failure of which will be fatal. But the Allies are better prepared for it than they were for the first drive. Not only have the French and English torces been strengthed, but American troops are. now on the battle line in helpful numbers and ail are fighting as one command. Every day's Jdelay is a day of gain to the Allied forces. Nothing has braced the spirit and determination of the great defence more than the ener gy and success with which American troops have been rushed to the front; '-and there they are giving that account of themselves which American NINETY-SEVEN MEN ENTRAIN HERE FOR CAMP JACKSON. Business Houses Close One Hour In Honor of theSDeparting - ; Soldiers. Ninety-seven young men, the very flower of the v country will entrain here this Saturday at noon for Camp Jackson. All of the business houses will close their doors from 11:30 to 12:30, and practically' the whole town will gather at the Seaboard Seaboard station to see them off. It is the largest body of men to leave Oxford since the declaration of war. The entire list of those who will entrain was published in the Public Ledger last week. The local Chapter of the Ameri can Red Cross will give each one a comfort kit filled with useful ar ticles and the ladies of the Nation al Defense will give each one a copy of the New Testament. It would be hard to find a better looking set of young men anywhere. They realize, to the full the serious ness of their mission, but. on their faces are depicted the determinana tion to do or die. REGISTRATION FOR MILITARY SERVICE JUNE 5TH 1918. The act providing for the re istration of men who have be come twenty-one years of age since June 5, 1917 has been passed by act of Congress. JUNE 5, 1918 is the day set for the registration and no tice is hereby given to all per sons concerned to apper at the , Court House in Oxford, N. C. on the date named for the pur pose of registering. Failure to register is a misdemeanor. Attention is called to notices, . "How to answer questions on the registration cards" posted in the Court House and Post Office in Oxford, N. C. Respectfully, LOCAL BOARD GRANVILLE COUNTY. The Deserters. The two deserters captured here last week, giving their names as Burns and Murphy, were taken to Camp Lee this week by Chief Hob good They made the trip through the country. Mr. Frank E. Youngs accompaned the Chief. On arriving at the camp the deserters gave a different name and stated to the military authorities that they were from Camp Green, Charlotte. Tt was the intention of Mr. J. B. Pewell, the efficient and popular Re-ister of Deeds, to announce his candidacv for reelection in this pa llv and 'thank the voters but Powell was taken sick and it was neJessary for him to accompany her tmeftf pw ell will return in a day or two. MAY 25, 1918 troops have always given in times and places of danger. Significant Statement. (London Special) The story of terrible want is the case of two prisoners of war hi Vienna who were mur dered by fellow workers, and ate part of their bodies. The Arbeiter Zeiter Zeitung de manded an investigation, and the entire issue was confiscat ed in consequence. The affair was referred to in Parliament but was hushed up in the Vien na Press. "The health of many is such that they can hardly stand, to say nothing of work, and things are getting worse every day. Even the soldiers do not get enough to eat. It is a com mon sight to see soldiers beg ging for food. v Everybody is convinced that the expected food relief from the Ultra ine is a mirage. 4 Only another Prus sian swindle, they say. The three worst months June, July and August are yet to come. Last year there was al most nothing to eat in those months but cucumbers and fruit. Typhus and dysentery became epidemic. The people are shuddering at the prospects of these three months now. "As far as they dare," the dispatch continues, "the peo ple jeer at the talk of smash ing the British and French, and at the submarine cam paign, the only result of which they see is to make additional enemy cf America. Every one made fun of President Wilson at first'but the people ar now convinced that in America they have aroused an enemy which is likely to prove their own downfall.' LIEUTENANT B. S. ROYSTER ARRIVES IN FOREIGN PORT. Col. .Sydney Minor and Major Thad - G.' Stem Are in an American Port. y We judge from the following message dated at a foreign x port May 21, that several of the soldiers from this section have arrived safe ly. The telegram: B. S. Royster, Oxford, N. C: The ship on which I sailed - has arrived safely. B. S. ROYSTER, JR. The above message will bring consolation to the hearts of parents if they can assertain that their sons were on the same ship that carried Lieutenant Royster over. There was no doubt many other boys from this section on the ship, rand par ents and loved ones will receive a card from them in a few days, but but Lieutenant Royster took the precaution to file a telgrarn in New York with the instructions that it be forwarded to his father as soon as the Admirality learned of the safe arrival of the ship in a foreign port. We can safely say at this writing that Major Thad G. Stem and Col. Sydney Minor are in an American port. WAR SAVINGS APPOINTMENTS. Strong Speakers Will Cover the County Sunday, May 26. Rev. R. H. Willis, chairman of the ministerial committee of the Gran ville County War- Savings Stamps work, announces the following speakers for next Sunday: Enon Rev. G. T. Tunstall, Mr. G. B. Phillips.. ''Grassy Creek Rev. Jerre Reav es, Mr. D. G. Brummitt. i Sharon Rev. E. G. Usry Mr. W. B. Ballou, Mr. John Vv7ebb. Tally Ho Rev. H. G. Bryant, Mr. B. W. Parham, Prof. J. F. Webb. - Pleasant Grove Rev. J. L. Mar tin, Mr. J. W. Hester, Knapp of Reeds Rev. J. H. Bass, Judge W. A. Devin. Grove Hill Rev. Mr. Sikes, Dr. J. A. Morris. Salem, 11 a. m. Rev. B. E. Thompson, Mr. B. S. Royster. Stovall, 4 p. m. Rev. B. C. Thompson, Mr. B. S. Royster. Mr. O. Joe Howard, of Pomona, a most pleasant gentleman, spent a few days this week in Oxford and the county, the guest of his broth ers, Messrs. Ira and Sam Howard. Mr.' Howard has associated with Mr J. Van Lindley so long he re sembles the famous horticulturist in his younger days. President Wilson's White House sheep have just yielded a ninety-pound clip of wool, Which should go far in convincing those who are skeptical about selling their dogs and buying a live mutton. tome p: it NUMBER 41 THERE WERE MANY DESERT ERS DURING THE CIVHi AVAR. Sortie of Them Are Living hi Gran ville Comity at this Very Hour. If the young men of the county who are now called upon to rally around the" flag could realize the disgrace that follows desertion from ,the army, we are quite sure he would never bring dishonor up on himself. When a mere boy, living in Greensboro, the writer remembers very distinctly that the Home Guard went out to a country school house in the country one bitter cold night and captured five deserters who had lived in a cave for three long years. We remember how they looked when they were march ed into the court house and brand ed as cowards. - The hiding places of deserters were darkly hinted at by the people of the neighborhoods, and some times these places were raided, but as a general thing the occupant had been warned in time to escape. It sometimes happened, however, that the deserter was captured and in sUch event he was paraded as some thing worse than , a criminal. In the minds of the children there was created a wholesome fear" of the de serter and he was a character the women stood in awe of. The deserter now, as in all ages past, is the product of a cowardice born of war. He would rather in cur the detsetation of his neighbor hood and live the life of a horse thief of an outlaw than to go forth and fight for his country. In some neighborhood cave, in some old barn, in garret, or out building, he lives in concealment from day to day, like a hounted an imal, afraid to venture out in day time. His one ever present thought is how he may continue to avoid capture while the war is going on. What would such a man care for the scorn of a community, so long as he could continue to exist with a whole hide? The deserter may live to a good old age, but he can never outlive the dishonor he brought upon himself or regain the respect he has lost. Only a few days ago an old soldier pointed ;out a man on the streets of Oxford and told the editor of the Public Ledger that he was a "bushwhacker," all during the Civil War. CANDIDATES AND THE WAR. They Must Prove That They Are Backing the Boys in the Trenches. The candidates for office whose record for war work is not all that it should be, deserves little consid eration at the hands of the voters who have sent sons, and brothers, friends and relatives into the firing lines. The man appeals to the pub lic for support this year, who has not done his very best for all pat riotic causes, should be snowed un der. It would be a mighty bad showing for the county where a per son who has failed to respond to the calls to receive a large vote. It is understood, of course, that some men can not do as much as some other men, but the public on the whole will not fail to size up a man correctly. If the general un derstanding is that some man in the community is holding back his cordial support and hearty financial backing to any war measure, the chances are nine times out of ten the public is right. The public has a right to know the extent to which the candidates in this primary and in the elections of this year have contributed to the Red Cross, and the Y. M. C. A. funds, have bought liberty bonds and war savings stamps, for these are the visible means by which the civilian today has to prove that he is backing the boys in the trenches with other than cheap talk. Be on the Safe Side. You cannot tell the hour or day When the thunder and the lightn ing, the rain and hail will ruin your crop. .Be on the safe side. See the anouncement of Mr. J. R. Hall in this paper. Mr. and Mrs J. M. Baird, Mrs. W. D. Bryan, Miss Daisy Holeman, Messrs Hal. Holeman and Travis Chamblee motored v to Durham Thursday. Miss Caroline Hunt is spending a while with friends, in Roxboro.. : f fat) -it ' I -1 i ' l .l; i -j, h ft?'.- .- ' " ! ? : 1 - .. -v r . ' ' '.V, . ' t V. ,1 K'H.i." . i " 7 if j hi k'
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