PUBLISHED
ALL HOME PMHT
VOLUME XXXIII.
OXFOBD, NORTH CAROLINA SATURD.
A -r-r
JUNE 1, 1918
v HFV, HOW AND WHERE
iinvs OF 21 MUST REG
ISTER
Who Must Register.
All male persons (citizens or
nlus) ovn between June 6, 189 6
June 5, 1897, inclusive, except
i MEN J NON-ESSENTIAL.
J JOBS, EVEN IN DEFERRED
CLASSES MUST GO TO WAR
GERMANS DRIVE WEDGE
INTO ALLIED LINE ON
FRONT OF 23 MILES.
men
and
of the
Marine
i t
nnicers and enlisted
Regular Army, Navy
Corps.
When and Where.
On Wednesday, June 5, 1918, be
tv, -ceii 7 a. ni. and 9 p. m. At office
of Local Board having jurisdiction
where the person to be registered
permanently resides, or other plac
os designated by that Local Board.
Consult Local Board.
Go in person on June 5 to your
nation place. If you expect
o le absent from home on June 5,
c0 r.t once to the office of the Local
Ec?rd where you happen to be. Have
vom. registration card filled out and
certified. Mail it to the Local
Board having jurisdiction where
vo u permanently reside. Enclose a
sth'-acldresed. stamped envelope
with you registration card for the
return of your registration certi
ficate. Failure to get this certifi
.py cause you serious incon
venience. Information.
If vou are in doubt as to what to
do or where to register consult your
Local Board.
Penalty for not Registering.
Failure to register is a misde
meanor punishable by imprison
ment for one year. It may result
hi loss of valuable rights and pri
vileges and immediate induction in
to military service.
(APT. BEN J. K. HAYS.
The new amendment to the se-1 French Reserves Are
lecuve service regulations provid
ing that all men of draft age be en- I
gaged in useful occupations, means I
that men who are engaged in the
following npniinfltimio
obtain new jobs or be inducted at
once into the service:
1 Persons engaged in serving
food or drink in public places, in
cluding hotels or social clubs.
2 Passenger elevator operators
and attendants, doormen, footmen
i and other attendants of clubs, ho
tels, stores, apartment houses, of
fice buildings and bath houses.
3 Persons, including ushers and
other attendants, engaged and oc
cupied in and in conjunction with
games, sports and amusements, ex
cepting actual performers in legiti
mate concerts, operas or theotrical
performances.
4 Persons employed in domestic
service.
5 Sales clerks and other clerks
employed in stores and at other
mercantile establishments.
Men who are engaged as above
or who are idlers will not be per
mitted to seek relief because of the
fact th they have drawn a late or
der nuinoer or because of they have
been placed in deferred classes on
the ground of dependency. The fact
that he is not usefully employed
will outweigh both of the above conditions.
Arriving
Ground Lost Which Was Gained
in Great Struggle By French Last
Year.
The Good Doctor Is At Camp Green
leaf, Feat Oglethorpe.
In a note to the Public Ledger,
advising us to send the paper to his
address. Dr. Benj. K. Hays writes:
"As soon as I have a little time
I will send you some stories on
camp life, with special reference to
sanitary conditions. The work is
most inspiring, the spirit of the men
is fine, and the educational and in
spirational advantages to the men
in the army are worth all the loss
and all the danger that they involve.
A nan born and raised in Oxford
does not know how he loves the
dear old town until he sees it in his
dreams from an army bunch.
1 "h'-.r-e. wishing to communicate
with the good old doctor must use
the f olowing formula: "Capt. Benj.
K. Hays, Co. 24 Batallion 6, Camp
Greenleaf, Fort Oglethorpe, Ga."
PATRIOTIC CHILDREN.
Subscriptions to the Red Cross
Fund Made By the Oxford
Public Schools.
Record of the individual grades
follows :
1st grade Miss White $10.00
2nd grade Miss Minor .... 2.85
2nd & 3rd Miss -Furman. . ..-10.50
3rd grade Miss Biggs 6.67
4th grade Miss Clement.... 12.00
4th grade Miss Hancock .
5 th grade Miss Parham . .
5th grade Mrs. Brummitt.
6th grade Miss Barber
23.75
5.60
7.50
22.00
Total for grammar grades.. $10 0.8 7
Total subscribed by High
School grades $80.00
Total for all schools $180.87
JUMPED HIS BOARD BILL.
COUNTY SERVICE FLAG.
tl
The Golden Star Should Replace
i he Ulne For Every Man
Who Falls.
The suggestion is being passed
pirurH -or? that a county service
flag ought to be bought, which will
-itniu a star for. every men from
i" county in the military service.
The flag should be large enough
--it new stars could be addded
time a new man was added to
iS'r " v or navy. The flag, it is
suggested should be displayed to
1 t Lr at the court house. For
each soldier there would be a blue
star, while a golden star would re
hhre the blue for every man who
ff115- None have yet fallen over
tiie e. but this cannot last long.
eac
j Boy Claims He Was Discharged
From the Army.
Authorities in Clarksville early
Thursday morning notified Chief
Hobgood that a young man by the
name of Wilson had jumped his
board bill in that town and was on
his way to uxroro. in a-u auiu.
When the young man arrived
here he was taken in custody. He
told Officer . Hutchins that he had
been discharged from the army
He told the Exemption Board that
he is the son of a preacher living at
Sumpter, S. C. The young man ex
pressed a desire to join the army
and go abroad. The board has the
case under consideration.
THE COUNTY PRIMARY.
i:
n the Choice of Candidates.
'hC: Polls of the primary election
m be open this Saturday. Get
your vote in.
very citizen should have a voice
in !!.; election of candidates for his
lna ty- His voice is not less impor
T;,u: tt&n at the general election; it
even more important in the num-r-us
cases where a nomination is
eqmvrlent to election.
War conditions demand that the
?;at State of North Carolina shall
SVe the best that is in her' and
fffidency of her war service
V'tl "Pend in large degree on the
ttneiency of those placed in official
ote, and vote with your eyes
JPen to the requirements of the
situation.
HINDENBURG VICTIM
OF TYPHOID.
br- nsteafI becoming peevish
"cause tne are to be removed to
r, rer camPs the interned Ger
thi f at Hot sPrins should thank
thl ! that Periits them to dodge
- stone pile and play tennis.
The reports from the battle
fields of France for the past
few days, both official and mi
official show that the alllies
have again suffered a setback,
whereby they have lost all the
ground in the Chemin des
dames region so gallantly won
by the French in the great
struggle from April to October,
191. Up to the present, ad
cording to the German claim
2o,000 prisoners have been tak-
Whatever gains in position
they have been able to make
were offset by -the price." As
a French dispatch put it, "the
enemy has gained sufficient
ground in which to bury his
dead and that is all."
Military authorities say that
Foch is w aiting to see at "which,
point the brunt of the German
assault will be made, that he
may have his reserves available
to throw into the battle. The
best we can make out of mil
itary opinion as it is coming
from France, is that it is not
so much a question of the Al
lies' ability to stop the 'Germans
as to when and where they shall
be stopped.'
THE BANKHEAD HIGHWAY
THROUGH GRANVILLE COUNTY
the
Bridges Must Be Able to Bear Pas
sage of Ten Ton Military Truck
Trains.
(Durham Sun.)
Practically definite assurance that
Bankhead hisrhwav will h
routed by Durham, in accordance
with plans and - the .-. campaign - of
Col. Bennehan Cameron, which ex
tends over a period of years, has
been received by the Durham good
roads advocate.
Strong Bridges Required.
The latest assurance came in a
message received by Col. Cameron
from government officials asking if
bridges in Durham county would be
able to bear passage for ten ton
military truck trains. Col. Camer
on wired immediately, that the
bridges in his opinion were capable
of standing the burden.
The Popular Route.
Col. Cameron stated that citizens
of Wilson, Goldsboro, Southern
Pines, Norfolk, and Newport News
formed associations in order to aid
in securing the route by Durham
and Raleigh, which will be much
nearer to those toyus, than the
Piedmont route.
GETTING DOWN TO BUSINESS.
The Report That He is Dead is In
correct. Geneva, Switzerland, May 29.
Field Marshal von Hindenbrug,
chief of the German general staff,
is in a hospital at Stassburg, suffer
ing of typhoid fever, according to
reports from that city. These ad
vices state that the report of von
Hindenburg's death is incorrect, but
that his condition is critical.
Typhoid fever is said to be
spreading in the German army.
Of late there have been various
reports of the death of Field Mar
shal von Hindenburg. Some of
these reports were given on the au
thority of German prisoners on the
western front.
PRIMARY ALL DAY.
Polls Open at Sun Up and Close at
Sunset.
The Public Ledger is informed
thnt it. has been circulated in por
tions of the county that on Satur-J
day the polls do not open until ui
afternoon. This is an error Sat
urday's primary is conducted as a
regular election, is a legalized pri
mary, and the polls will be open all
day, from sunrise to sunset.
Find the Job or the Job Will Find
You.
The latest order of the provost
marshal general will probably set
tle the vagrancy or idlers problem
for North Carolina cities which have
found the state laws inadequate or
too leinent to properly deal with the
conditions that have arisen since the
war was declared. The matter is
taken out of the hands of the state
authoritites and be inference is put
to the federal authorities.
It is no longer a question of
working at some kind of a job, but
on holding down the right kind of
a job. The fellow who is spending
his time and energies in work that
doe's not directly benefit the war or
help in its prosecution . to a speedy
close must look up some other job,
or else serve the country in the
military departments of the government.
sot V AT. AT THE OXFORD
1EALS A GRADED SCHOOL.
Lieutenant Governor O. Max Gar
dene.r Charms Large
Audience.
The address of Lieutenant Goy
pPnflr o Mpx Gardener at the audi
torTum of tS Oxford Graded School
Thursday night was greatly enjoyed
hv a canacitr house. The distin
guishedTpeafeer was introduced by
Mr B W. Parham. Mr. Gardener
L a Strong speaker and . Ub address
was one of the best heard m Oxford
111 PicTedingthe speech about seventy-five
bright boys and girls pre
sented I splendid patriotic program
showing what the various organiza
tion! of The country have done in
the great war for righteousness.
RED CROSS NEWS.
The Chapter Work Room, will,
during the summer months, be open
Tuesday and Thursday morning and
Wednesday and Friday afternoons.
It is hoped that the work will not
lag during the hot weather as we
know the boys "Over There" per
form their duties "rain or shine,"
so let us not consider our own com
fort, but rather the privilege of
sharing in this splendid work.
Through the coutesy of Mr. J.
Robt. Wood, Oxford Ice Company
and Carolina Power & Light Com
pany the room will be comfortable,
having electric fans, and a refriger
ator with plenty of ice water, and
you are urged to come and give a
portion of your time to the needed
work.
Acknowledgements.
The Granville County Chapter
acknowledges the following dona
tions: Stem Auxiliary $7.28; For
Civillian Relief $8.61 donated from
the fund collected by the business
men of the town for the drafted
men.
Membership.
Mrs. Sidney H. Usry, Oxford; Mr.
Sidney H. Usry, Oxford; Mrs. Eliza
Crews, Providence; Miss Eleanor
Mays, Stem.
New Auxiliaries.
Mrs. John Webb, chairman Ex
tension Committee, reports organ
izing the following Auxiliaries:
West Oxford Auxiliary, Mr. D.
F. Lanier, chairman, Mrs. D. F.
Lanier, vice-chairman, Miss Lucile
Hunt, Secretary and Mr. A. W. Far
ris, Treasurer.
Williford School Auxiliary, Mrs.
A. Williford, Chairman, Miss Ophel
ia Williford, secretary and Mr.
Crawford Williford, treasurer. This
Auxiliary has thirty six members
and made a donation to the Chap
ter of $15.
Loyal Colored People.
The Colored. Auxiliary, of the
Granville County Chapter of the
American Red Cross, held a Red
Cross War Fund meeting in the
court house on ' Monday night, May
28th. The principal speaker was
Professor Pearson, of Durham. A
number of appeals were made by
members of the Colored Auxiliary,
and the people responded generous
ly, the total subscriptions and col
lections amounting to about $830.
The fine way in wiiich the color
ed people of the County have re
sponded to the Red Cross work very
clearly demonstrates their loyalty
and patriotism, as well as their de
sirev to relieve suffering humanity.
AN OLD CUSTOM REVIVED.
"Services Will Be Held in This
Church at Early Candle Light.
The Smithfield Herald reminds
us of a custom that prevailed dur
ing the War Between the States,
WThen the preachers would announce
at the close of the morning service
"Services in this church this even
ing at early candle light." Then
people wTere without lamps and oil
and the tallow candle was the best
light they had. Their light was so
poor if you came late you could
hardly see who was at church. Con
gregations began to assemble about
sunset and long before dark services
had started. By starting early the
candles lasted longer and the peo
ple returned home in time to get to
bed earlier. This custom did not
last many years after the Civil WTar.
Nov people are returning to the
hours used long ago. Churches
which have adopted the new time
are asking their congregations to
ppsemble bv sunset er just a little
later. If a" few years ago some one
had predicted this change it would
have been considered impossible,
but the people are becoming accust
omed to meeting early and the old
custom of long ago prevails again.
Millinery Opportunity.
As the season draws to a - close
Perkinson & Green Company are
closing out a handsome line of mil
linery. It will also be seen else
where in this paper that a handsome
line of white wash waists await the
ladies at inviting figures.
Handsome Cars.
The Blalock Motor Car Company
are hourly expecting the arrival of
a car load of model Chevrolet cars.
They are going to give every buyer
the benefit of this order. See their
announcement elsewhere in this pa-
Der.
NUMBER 43
DOUBLY SUCCESSFUL THE
RED CROSS TRD3UTE.
The Most Skillfully Managed Cam
paign Of Any Sort Every Con
ducted in Granville.
Oxford and Granville County ac
quitted themselves handsomely in
the cause of the Red Cross. Their
allotment was $5,000. The con
tributions was nearly three times as
much. That tells the eloquent
story. The campaign brought con
tributions from approximately 2.
500 people. Considering the num
ber of people who are utterly un
able to help, the babies, and the
very, very poor of the country, the
percentage is a very fine one.
Credit is due the committee
chairman and the workers and the
directors of this campaign, for while
it is true in this as in all other war
work no one should "work for mon
ey" and ho one should "work for
fame." Names need not be men
tioned here, and the truly patriotic
do net care for a mention of namesS
The little boy in the poorer sections
of county who gave up his three
cents to a solicitor deserves just as
much credit as does the man who
gave his thousands.
It was. the most- skillfully manag
ed campaign of any sort eevr con
ducted in Granville county and it
was given spontaneity through the
deep-running Red Gross spirit which
pervaded the people of the several
communities.
STORAGE FOR POTATOES
WOULD SAVE HUNDREDS
OF BUSHELS.
It is Difficult to Buy Sound Sweet
Potatoes Here In Winter.
The call to farmers for greater
production of the necessities of life
is growing stronger each day. One
of the great needs of the world to
day is food.
No,t only is there need for veg
etalSles and perishables but for
staples that can be stored and used
next winter. Much of the perishable
food produced can be preserved
through proper conservation meth
ods, through adequate market and
storage facilities and more intelli
gent handling.
The Public Ledger has frequent
ly pointed out the need for market
centers, where the farmers can
dispose of their produce. The pro
duction of bumper and surplus
crops of produce and food , stuffs
has been attended by some degree
of risk, which the farmer has rea
lized and which has caused him to
go slow. Adequate market centers
where home products, meat, grain,
canned goods, potatoes, fruit, etc.,
would have an established exchange
would make food production more
of a so-called money crop than any
other that could be raised now.
Suitable storage for potatoes
would save hundreds of bushels
each season. It is difficult to buy
sound sweet potatoes in this sec
tion in the winter.
Oxford would do well to plan
now for such market centers and
storage facilities as will guarantee
profitable sale and safe storage for
all the food that can be produced
during the present season.
THE PICNIC SANDWICH.
Where Food Value Is Lightly Re
garded. There is a well grounded move
ment in some quarters not to have
any picnics this summer. It is
pointed out that there is probably
no other festivity where the'value
of food is more lightly regarded.
Everybody who packs a picnic
basket prepares more edibles than
many can eat, and once in the woods
everybody eats twice as much as he
needs. In most cases sandwiches
consittute the lunch, which are half
eaten and the remnants thrown
away.
Nor is the picnic the only offen
der. There are numerous . other
gatherings where the lunch is a
social requirement rather than a
physical necessity, and to these the
warning might be extended with
the same conserving aim.
Off to Join the Navy.
Messrs John Webb, W. D. Bryan,
Jr., Good Ellington, Thomas Tackey
and James Bullock left this week to
enlist in the Navy. Fine boys, all
of them, and we don't see how Uncle
Sam can turn them down. Mr. A.
B. Wilson, another Granville boy.
enlisted last week.
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