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VOLUME XXXIII
PBICE OF TOBACCO
IN SOUTH CAROLIN A
IS RECORD-BREAKER
,p Weed That Brought 17 Cents
onenins Lst Yer Nmv Sel1"
: ct i7 Cents General, Ave'age I
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lie 50 Cents.
Tobacco prices on the opening of
the market in South Carolina last
: eei; averaged a third higher than
It the same period last year, and
tith an upward tendency, accord-
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ii" tO liUUi nicn-i-- o
, , by those who were present at
tb opening sale. They are confi-e-t
of a prosperous season, and de-H-Tred
that the yellcw weed was
brining the highest prices in his-to-'v-in
the Palmetto markets.
Tobocco that sold at the opening
Tuly 11" for 17 cents per pound
lx u,itriit i fmetinn above
i.-;t "veeii. uiuu&"v
"7 cents, Wednesday, the
sale day, the prices on all
Markets were still higher.
"Vo nualitv of the crop
second
of the
is
far
obove the average, and the yield this
vear is believed to be the largest in
HlA h'orv or me unuKeL m i-
IUV.
cth of here, in ever
before
srion
figures been paid,
and seldom has the grade been so
cod at this time.
"Vayers and farmers in this sec
tion are always anxious to hear of
the South Carolina, opening, since
that'is usually taken as an indica
tion of what is in store for markets
in
ne
this part or tne onue. auu
:s that has been brought back at
the beginning or me xvo &ccluu. w
regarded as the best, for the farmer
and the warehouseman to say the
least, of any recent year.
With tobacco bringing in excess
of S10 per 100 pounds more than
last year on the markets in the
North-South Carolina belt, local to
bacconists expect East Carolina
weed to go to an ' average beyond
$40 this fall. An average price of
$45 would be compatible with the
increase south cf here; bright leaf
last season brought, nearly $3 5. Tak
ing into consideration the difference
in quality an average of $50 would
net surprise the local tobacconists.
Well informed tobacconists esti
mate the Granville crops this year
between eight and nine million
pounds. All of these things being
true, the outpouring "of money for
the weed in Granville will make last
winter's prosperity look insignifi
cant. DEDICATION OF NEW CHURCH
Fifteen Hundred People Gathered at
Hester Chiwch Sunday
Afternoon.
Fifteen hundred people from cen
tral Granville gathered ' at Hester
Baptist ehrurch last Sunday after
noon to witness the dedication of the
new church building.
The church is of brick, with beau
tiful outlines and the interior is very
inviting to the eye. It will seat
Quite as many people as church
in Oxford.
Dr. Marsh reviewed the history of
the church from its foundation up
to the present magnificent plant that
now adorns the spot where stood the
small log church of the long ago.
Dr. Marsh's review covered much in
teresting data, embracing the names
of those who were the shining lights
trough the long years.
Other speakers present were Dr.
organ, of Henderson, Dr. J. D.
irr-e, pastor of the Oxford Baptist!
church; Judge W. A. Devin, and
G. T. Tunstall, the pastor of j
cnurch, who has been sranted I
e cf absence for one year to take
the work of the Young Men's
h"n1 Association in the army
, hlS services b required in the
near future.
NEW
OBACCO BUYER.
Mr. m
on, of South Boston, Com-
mg to Oxford.
Mnr 6 Public Ledger learns that Mr.
buver11; f SUth Boston' win be the
nr' tlle American Tobacco
fny 011 the Oxford market this
Morton has rentp tKo Tvnr.
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Paper a the last Pa& of this
PUBLISHED SEMI-WEE, tl0WN AND
OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA WEDNESDAY
THE FLAT RIVER
BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
Baptist Host Will Assemble In Ox
ford Wednesday and Thursday.
The One Hundred and Twenty
Fifth Annual session of the Flat
River Baptist Association will meet
in the Oxford Baptist church next
Wednesday morning, July 17th, and
continue through Thursday. There
will be not more than fifty delegates
in attendance. But, as Dr. Harte
stated Sunday, it would be well to
place three or four extra names in
the pot and ask your country cous
ins, who may be in attendance, to
take dinner with you.
The session will be called to or
der by Mr. C. D. Ray. moderator, at
ten o'clock Wednesday morning Dr
b. L. Morgan, of Henderson, has
been requested to deliver the annual
sermon.
The following churches compose
the Fiat River Association:
Amis Chapel, Antioch, Beulah,
Bethany, Bullock, Corinth, Creed
moor, Concord. Dexter, Enon, Fel
lowship, Florence Avenue, Grassy
Creek, Hester, Island Creek, Knap
of Reeds, Knott's Grove,. Mary's
Chapel, Mount Zion, Mountain Creek
Mt. Harmony, Mill Creek, Oxford,
Olive Grove, Alive Branch. Peace
Chapel, Pleasant Grove, Providence,
Poplar Creek, State Line, Stovall,
Sharon, Tally Ho, Tabb's Creek,
West Oxford.
IN HONOR OF HOUSE GUESTS.
At the Morgan Home
Near
Virgilina.
At the residence of Mr. ad Mrs.
James T. Morgan on Thursday ev
ening, July 11th, there was a Lawn j
Tiartv cil'Qri in lin-n --, rf TTro T XT
party given m honor of Mrs. L. H.
Strum of St. Petersburg, Fla., Mrs.
C. C. Stapleford of Raleigh and
Messrs. T. Alfred Morgan and Alban
W. Strum, of Brooklyn, N. Y., who
are house guests at- the Morgan
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The lawn and porches were very
attractive with the., varied . colored
Japanese lanterns. During the even
ing aancmg ana games were inauig-
ed in till a late hour, and refresh- !
t
ments of cream, cake and candy j
were served, the following guests j
being present: Misses Hettie Pittard,
tt: - -r ; a j- 1 t ; ttt J Tw i
viiBiuia iriLuuu, Jiuie vvuu
Pearson, Jtsaney, jn. u.; iviattie lou
and Annie Sizemore, Helen Elliott,
Nita Sizemore, Nellie Woods, Etta
Hester and Ethel Mangum, Mrs. Em
ma Woods, Mr. and Mrs. D. T. Win
ston, and children, Mrs. L. H. Strum
Mrs. C. C. Stapleford and children,
Miss Fannie Morgan; Messrs. Tom
Woods, John Woods, Herman Chan
dler, Vernon Mitchell, Howlel Win
ston, Archie ad Carlton. Sizemore,
Julian Elliott Charlie Winston, Pat
Winston, Tom Pittard. W. L. Man
gum, Alban D. Strum, T. Alfred Mor
gan, Charlie and Frank Moragan.
BULGARIA MAY BE THE
FIRST TO QUIT KAISER
London, July 15 Bulgaria, fac
ing starvation and ruin, may be the
first of the central powers' al
liance to desert Kaiser Wilhelm
and his war.
Recent dispatches show that in
ternal conditions in Bulgaria are
rapidly approaching a state similar
to those in Germany and Austria
particularly Austria.
The Kaiser's Problem.
Therefore the kaiser and his min
ions are face to face with the task
of pacifying both their Balkan al
lies. Boys Sent to Front.
The army has been so weakened
by deaths and desertions that the
class of 1918 has been sent into the
first line trenches.
Intercessory Prayer.
The intercessory prayer service
will be held next Monday, July 22nd,
at 6 p.m. at the Methodist church,
led by Mrs. Shotwell and Mrs.
Veasey.
Handsome Show Room.
The show room of the Carolina
Power & Light Company is very at
tractive. They are now displaying
an electric iron and ironing board
at popular prices. See the announce
ment elsewhere in this paper.
There will be demonstration of
the International 8-16 . tractor by
Sam C. Howard at the de la Croix
form oil Ti pTt. Saturday afternoon.
COUNTY OFFER ER
11ILLIANT
GRAND OFFENSIVE OF
THE GERMANS RENEWED
ON WESTERN FRONT
After Wait of Thirty-three Days At
tack Is Delivered Along Sixty
Mile Front Intensity of Action
Indicates That; Operation Is Re
newal of Big Offensive That Allies
Have Been Expecting and Prepar
ing To Meet For Weeks.
The Germans at dawn Monday
launched a new phase of their
mighty offensive by attacking from
Chateau-Thierry to Maison de Cham-
pagne, north of Massieges and far
i.e.as J Rhefs'. over a front about
Reports show that so far as the
length of the line is concerned, the
present drive is the greatest of the
year. Americans, stand firm.
The attack came after a most vio
lent bombardment of high explosives
ad gas shells throughout the night.
The American troops sought shelter
wherever it was available. When
the enemy infantry appeared, the A
mericans swarmed out and met the
attacks wih a x rain of machine gun
bullets. The Americans wore their
gas masks as they fought the attack
ing Germans. V
Long Range Guns.
Heavy shelis from German naval
guns are falling in regions far be
hind the actual battle lines, many
of these projectiles having fallen in
the city of Meaux, 25 miles from
Chateau-Thierry. In many of these
towrns the German shell fire is con
stant, the projectiles being from 10
to 12-inch aval guns..
Capture Brigade Staff.
The German prisoners captured in
the counter-attack by the Americans
at the bend on the Marne number
between 1,000 and :i, 500. They in
clude a complete brigade staff.
Washington Jubilant.
Washington, July 15. An air of
elation was apparent in government
circles tonight as Associated Press
dispatches from Fra-irr: 'folded the
story of the valiant stand of Amer
ican troops along the Marne, where
they hold the left flank of he great
battle front, while he French army
aided near Rheims by Italian divis
ions, stood fast over the far greater
extent of the line they defended a
gainst assauls by he enemy.
VON HINDENBURG AGAIN
REPORTED TO BE DEAD
Deatii Said to Have Followed
Stormy Interview With the
German Emperor.
Amsterdam, July 13 Field
von Hindenburg is dead, accord
ing to the newspaper Les Nouv
elles. His ilath is said to have
occurred after a stormy inter
view wUh the German emperor
at great headquarters at Spa.
The emperor and the field mar
shal are declared to have had
serious differences of opinion
concerning the German offen
sive toward Paris. The fild
marshal died from congestion
of the brain.
The violent interview be
tween Von Hindenburg and
Emperor William occurred on
May 16, Les Nouvelles says. It
was followed by an apoplectic
stroke which ultimately result
ed in the field marshals death.
The newspaper says its in
formation was obtained from
"good sources" in the occupied
district of Belgium.
NEWS OF MHATARY MEN,
Some Across the Sea Others are
Elsewhere.
First Sergeant Elliott Cooper,
who was stationed at Camp Jackson
has been transferred to Atlanta.
Corporal Norman Devent, son
of L. H. Devent, is said to be one of
the handsomest soldiers at Camp
Jackson.
Private Luther Davis writes
his mother, Mrs. J. H. Davis, that he
hopes to take Christmas dinner with
her Of course he hopes to go to
Berlin before he returns to Oxford.
Sergt Robert L. Williford, fine
son of Mr. L. T. Williford writes
his father from Camp Funston,
where he has charge of the camp
bakery, that he hopes to get a fur
lough in August to come home.
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OPPORTUNITIES ALL HOME
JULY
17, 1918
THE USE OF SUGAR.
Food Administrator B. W. Parham !
Quotes Scriptures.
I desire to call attention to one
or two matters with reference o the
present regulation as to the purchase
of sugar. We have some good peo
ple who are making a practice of
buying sugar at two or three differ
ent stores and in this way evading
the express direction of the Food
Administration. Merchants are in
structed not to sell sugar to custo-i
mers whom they know to be buying
sugar at other stores. I confess my
inabiliy to understand the mental
or moral processes of an intelligent
mind which concludes that it is pro
per'to deprive suffering humanity of!
an amount of food, provided it be S
done through twTo or three stores.
However, there are still a few good
people in the world who haven't yet
begun to think.
One other thing I should like to
suggest. The Flat River Association
meets with the Baptist church of Ox
ford this week and I wish to call at
tention to the wheatless Wednesday,
people who entertain visitors wTill
have an opportunity to offer an ex
ample of patriotism, loyalty, and, I
may add, Christianity. "For I was j
an hungered and ye gave me meat."
B. W. PARHAM, Co. Food Adm'r.
MORE THAN MILLION AMER
ICANS NOW IN FRANCE
North Carolina National Guard Men
Including Oxford Company, in
30 th Division, Second Corps
(Washington Special.)
The number of American troops j
in France or on their way there, now j
is 1,100,000, General March, chief j
of staff, Saturday told the Senate I
Military committee at his weekly
conference.
Three army corps of from 325,
0 00 to 250,000 each have been defi
nitely organized from American di
visions in France, General March,
chief of staff, announced.
In announcing the designation of
the army corps, General March
showed that five regular divisions,
nine National Guard and four Na
tional Army divisions have been us
ed to make up the three corps.
The second army corps, he said, is
composed of the following: j
OCV CULv .jCV Ull til iiauuuui
(New York troops); 3 5th National
Guard (Kansas and Missouri troops)
82nd National Army, (Alabama,
Georgia and Tennessee rroops) ; the
30th National Guard (Tennessee,
North Carolina, South Carolina and
District of Columbia troops)! 28th
National Guard (Pennsylvania
troops) ; and ( the fourth division of
regulars.
CROWDER CALLS FOR
THREE THOUSAND MEN
TO WORK SPRUCE PIXE
Provost Marshall General Crow
der has issued a call for an addi
tional 3,000 men from 38 state to
produce spruce wood in the forest
of the Northwest for airplane con
struction. From class one only men
who are qualified for special or lim
ited service will be accepted.
The men are to entrain July 29
for Vancouver Barracks, Washigton.
The allotments by States includes
North Carolina, 20; South Carolina,
25; Tennessee, 95; Virginia, 10.
"EYES OF THE ARMY."
Handsome Picture of Lieutenant
Roy H. Roofer.
General Royster was showing
friends the other day a recent pic
ture of his son, Lt. Roy H. Royster.
The photo shows him seated in his
aeroplane, ready to adjust his eye
shield and take a flight.
'After qualifying as a marksman
at Fort Sill, shooting from an alti
tude of several thousand yards,
Lieutenant Royster visited his pretty
wife in New York and reported to
the aviation field in Texas last week.
Oxford Jewelvy Company.
Owing to the proposed Federal tax
law now pending in Congress, the
Oxford Jewelry Company will main
tain the 1917 prices on all goods up
to the time the new law goes into
effect. By reference to the an
nouncement of the manager of the
Oxford Jewelry Company, elsewhere
in this paper, it will be seen, that a
great saving to customers await
their pleasure.
PRINT.
NUMBER 56
MRS. WTLIj COLEY KILLED
IN AUTO ACCDDENT
Was Bom and Reared Near Stem
and Was Previous to Her Mar
riage Miss Hattie Haskins.
(Special to The Public Ledger)
Stem, N. C, July 15. Our com
munity learns with deep regret of
the tragic death of Mrs. Will Coley
which occurred in an auto accident
hear Little River seven miles this
side of Durham Suday afternoon a
bout 6 o'clock. Mr. andMrs. Coley
and two children were returning to
their home in Durham in a large
automobile and had reached a point
a few hundred yards this side of
Little River when Mr. Coley attemp
ed to pass an auto on the deep fill
about two hundred yards from the
river bridge. The road forces it
seems had mowed the weeds from
side of road at this point and be
ing cut level with road bed the
road had the appearance of being
wider than it actually was. Mr. Clo
ey is supposed to have run into
these high weed stubs thinking he
was still in the road. When he was
nearly opposite the car he was pass
ing he suddenly turned over, Mrs.
Coley falling out and the edge of
the car striking her body across the
breast as the machine turned over
into the ditch. Mr. Coley still held
to the steering wheel and was not
thrown out, and escaped sustaining
only a slight injury to one hand and
the two children miraculously escap
ed unhurt. Mrs. Coley was killed
instantly and was breathing her last
when her husband reached her. Dr.
Robinson, related tG the deceased by
marriage, was among the number
who first arrived from Durham and
found that her lungs were crushed
from the impact of the car and
death resulted from blood strangu
lation. The funeral was held in Dur
ham Monday afternoon and the re
mains interred in the city cemetery.
Mrs. Coley was born near Stem and
was. previous to her marriage,1 Miss
Hattie Haskins, daughter of the late
Henry Haskins, grand daughter of
the late Woodson Duncan of this
community. Her husband, frantic
with grief is said to have remarked
to those who gathered around the
mutilated corpse that "I blame no
one but myself." "Why is it that I
should make such an awkward drive
as this as much experience as I have
had in driving machines."
SOME FAT JOBS
With the Work Cut Out of Them.
Senator Lee S. Overman has re
ceived notice of the appointment of
J. H. Haywood o fBryson City, Swain
county, to a position as an inspector
in the internal revenue service. He
will receive a salary of $1,800 and
expenses.. Senator Overman has also
been advised of the transfer of Col.
John C. Cunningham . of Durham
from North Carolina to the first dis
trict in the Illinois revenue service.
He will draw a salary of $1,500.
Senator Simmons secured a position
for Grover C. Hamrick of Shelby, as
tax inspector. His salary will ap
proximate? 2,000. He will be station
ed in North Carolina.
3m. GEO. W. FULLED DEAD.
Remains Taken to Franklin Oounty
For Burial.
Mr. George W. Fuller died at his
home in the Hurricane Saturday af
ter an illness of several weeks.
The deceased was a noble citizen
and counted his friends by .the thous
ands. His home was at all times
the abode of genuine hospitality.
Mr. Fuller often boasted taht he
lived in the geographical center of
the Hurricane and that his home was
the capital. y
He was a good, kind jovial man
and will be greatly missed. His re
mains were taken to Franklin coun
ty for interment.
THE WIRE BILL.
Government Takes Over Telegraph
and Telephone Lines.
The resolution authorizinig the
President to take over the telegraph
and telephone lines in the United
States was passed by the senate Sat
urday night by a vote of 46 to 16.
The measure now goes to the Presi
dent, having been passed by the
house.
Mrs. Kate Hays Fleming and Mr.
and Mrs. Talton and two children, of
Selma, are at the old Hays home
stead for a month. .
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