"voiA7ME. xxxiil
vnvcCO SEASON TO j
Market Here WUl Have fSale8 First
Wednesday Next Month.
Tobacco market will open for the
iGib-1519 season ou the morning of
September 4, according
f the Tobacco Board
t- Ti-uie at a meeting held Saturdays
riornin? to fix a date for-the sea-
ou' first sales. Markets in Oxford,
Lo'iKourg, Warrenton, Townsville,
YounEsville and other nearby towns
-ni nr n at the same time, it is un-
Record prices aro. looked for both
e. v. he opening day and during prac
t";cillv the entire season, unless un-
f. Vrtspni factors enter to cause a turn
ii the opposite direction. Reports
from ' South Carolina cities, where
le? have been on for more than a
rioi tli. continue io show unusually
Msrh 'iiriees. with the best crop and
tVe i-iost fabulous sums probably
offered for the weea.
ever
The crop all over Vance county
ar.d adjacent districts is said to be
better, perhaps, than for many years.
The long drought retarded the
growth for a time, but timely rains,
followed by warm summer weather,
has worked wonders in the maturity
0f (he plants, and a Tecord yield
would not be surprising.
HFRIFF HOBGOOD IS NOT
AX INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE
lias He Purchased Bowling's
,or
3Iountain.
It has been rumored more or less
thai Sheriff Hobgood would run as
an independent candidate for sheriff
at the November election.
Sheriff Hobgood authorizes the
rublic Ledger to say that the rumor
is without the semblance of founda
tion. He would not have the office,
he says, if it was tenderedjto Him for
twenty years on an independent tick
et. He looks forwad to his retire
ment with much pleasure.
It is also runiofeoTthar Sheriff Hob
good has an option on Bowling's
Mountain. According to the report,
it is the Sheriff's desire to build a
fine home on the apex of the moun
tain and keep a close watch out for
hlockaders down in the valleys. The
She: iff stated that this report, too,
is without foundation.
The fact is. Sheriff Hobgood has
not as yet informed his friends as to
he itends to follow when he re
tire? from office nett December.
The fact that Sheriff Hobgood is a
ry independent man, financially ,
ai d other wise, gave rise to the re
port that he would run as an inde
pendent candidate, but he is not the
hind of a citizen to sidestep in a po-
11 : 1
cal campaign.
EIGHT MERCHANTS IN
STATE FOUND GUTLTY
Four Wilmington Grocers and Four
Others Pay Penalties for Vio
lating Food Regulations.
Kaleigh, Aug. 13, The North Car
olina food administration has found
eieht merchants in the state guilty
of violating the food regulations and
has allowed them to make contribu
tions to the Red Cross ranging from
$25 to $100 in lieu of more drastic
Penalty. The concerns are:
O. H. Harris, of Louisburg, $100;
Bellamv Sr. r.n nf trinfioirf inn Tra
Woodfi, Enfield, $50; Meyer Groc-
ory Store, Enfield, $50; People's
Supply Company, of Wilmington,
25; F. M. Ross, Wilmington, $25;
Thomas F. Wnnrt Ivyf WilTnin jrtnn .
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PALMETTO TOBACCO CROP
BRINGING GOOD RETURNS
The Average For July Reached 33,86
Cents.
Columbia, S. C, Aug. 14. The to-
co crop of South Carolina will
Dllng a lot of mnnpv into the State!
this summor nJZ. a n i
nnnrmisssinner A. C.
Summers gave out an official state
ment to the effect that the sales for
month of July had reached the
astonishing . figure $8,125263.04.
rhis is an increase of $5,000,000 lbs.
$4,000,000 over the sales of
ub of last year.. The average price
aid for the July, 191 8, crop was
6 cents, against 21.65 cents last
"Tear.
Sugar Facts.
Elsewhere in this paper Horner
ros- Company advise the people to
cttply with sugar regulations.
rpiSL.LStlUU SEMI- WEEKLY TO WN AND
U
OXFORD, N'
SPECIAL REGISTRATJ
Call For. All Yomien Who Have
isecome 21 Since the 5th of
Last" June.
All men who have become 21
since the Stfi day of June, 1918,
by Presidential Proclamation,
will be required to register on
August 24th. This registration
must not be confused with the
larger registration to come ear
ly in September.
The Local Board will have
full charge of the registration,
and-the,; registration . for the
whole of-Granville County will
be held at the Court House in
Oxford, on the 24th day of Au
gust, 1918. It will last . from
7 a. m. to 9 p. m.
Let all young men who have
become twenty-one since June
5th, 1918, take notice. Regis
ter without fail. '
September s, will not be the day
for registration of men from 18 to
45 even if Congress passes the bill
in time because the largest States
in the Union hold primary elections
on that date.
The Provost Marshal has no inten
tion, it was said, of creating registra-'
tion dates for men reaching twent
one throughout the year, but the
present registration was made neces
sary by the approaching deficiency of
man-power. - v
MAN-BIRD LIGHTS LN OXFORD
Lt. Roy H. Royster On His Way
? Overseas.
The many friends here of Lt. Roy
H. Royster were glad to. see him come
in from New York this week. He
has been in training for several
months: at San Diego Fort Sill and
at the aviation field at San Antonio
He was always a handsome young
man, but he has now -been reduced to
bone and sinue and is. the picture of
heaiththis nrve
" There are two- other Granville boys
in the aviation service, but Lt. Roys
ter is our sole representative in-the
air. He" has qualified for duties over
seas and the next thing is to get the
lay of the land and the nest of the
Huns. -
Like all true soldiers, Lt. Royster
wilrnot commit himself further than
to say that the sooner we get, at the
job the sooner it will be finished. He
wears upon his left breast the insig-
nia of the flying squadron a bird
with outstretched wings, wrought in
silver.
Lt. Royster will leave this week
for an American port. Asked as to
when he would sail, he answered byc
saying that they are sending the men
over very rapidly just now.
AMERICAN NEGROES
WIN WAR CROSSES
Whole Regiment is Cited For Re
pulse of Germans At Belleau .
Wood.
(Paris Special.)
One regiment of negroes in the A
merican Army (No. deleted by censor
has had its -baptism of fire on the
fighting fields of France and acquit
ted itself so -well that the French j
commander of the sector has cited !
the whole regiment as worthy of re-
ceiving the war cross
This regi-
ment's repulse ot tne enemy attM
on the early morning of June 12
(possibly at Beiieau wouu ui co-
chesrwas briefly referred to in the !
official communique.
CROPS GOING TO WASTE.
The Scarcity of Labor Is a Serious
Proposition in, Granville.
The farmers of the county are as
busy as bees. It is practically cer
tain that much vegetation can not-be
saved on account oil. me sw
," The last reserves, including
ldU-01 ' , nre doine:
veIT JOUng-uojr . " .
the worK ui mcu .
It would be well for some ot ui
idle labor in town to go to the coun
try and help save the crops.
THE OXFORD WATER COMPANY.
Ask Permission of the Town Board
to Increase Rates. .-
The town commissioners have un
der consideration a petition from ttie
Oxford Water Company asking per
mission toncreasetherate.
Mr. Calton, of Caltolina was in Ox
"ford few: hours Thursday.
COTTNTV niwrP n r-rV77T
VyAiir OFFER: BRILLIANT
AROLINA SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 1918.
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INGr BACK TO THE ;
OLD HINDENBURG LINE
ftomiiiasu. xiiinurea square Miles Ter- I
ritory and 1,700 Guns Taken Ger '
mans May Be Able to Make Stand i
at Hindenburg Line But They'll!
Need to Get Busy Soon. j
' ,
( Associated .-Press Report.) . I
Four weeks ago Marshal Foch took
the initiative on the . western side of
me iviarne salient and a week ago
the French and British hit the Ger
man lines east and southest of Am
iens. In the four weeks the Allies
have reclaimed nearly 1,800 square
miles of territory, improved their po
sitions to the detriment, of the ene
rny, freed the important railways" run
ing east and north from Paris and
unofficially have- .captured 73;000
prisoners and 1,700 guns. These
are the physical gains, the future
holds the others.,
New Drive Expected.
Many army officers in Washington
expect that a newvdrive shortly will
be made against the enemy. Fland
ers or the area between the Oise and
Soissons are believed to be the most
likely fields of -action.
Old Hindnburg Line.
Military critics" express the view
that if the Germans reach the old
Hindenburg trenches in formation,
the Allies will crush them out.
Man-Power Bill.
Thursday Chairman Chamberlain
disclosed to the Senate that General
March told the military committee it
was up to the United States to put
enough men in France to win the war
on the west front, and he expressed
the belief that 4,000,000 Americans
under one commander could go
thrpught the German lines whenever
they pleased.
. JChree Million Men by June
The report also revealed that the
Jiemanpeg
eighty divisions" or sometHingT over
3,000,000. men, in France by June 30
next year, with eighteen more divis
ions n training at home then.
EVERYMAN'S PLEDGE
America Shall Win the War.
Therefore, I will Work. I will
Save. I will Sacrifice. I will
Endure. Ir-wlll Fight--cheer-f
ully, and to my utmost as if
the whole issue of the struggle
depended on me alone. I will
thus prove I am a one hundred
per cent American.
UNLAWFUL TO ENTICE CHIL
DREN FROM THE ORPHANAGE
Superintendent R. L. Brown Is Wor
ried at Recent Happenings.
Dear Editor :-
It becomes my duty as Superinten
dent of the Oxford' Orphan Asylum
to call the attention of the citizens
of this ahdTother counties to the fol-
lowing Act-of the Legislature, pass-I ioo,000 for the relief of suffering
ed March 5, 1,917, Chapter 133 ofjJews m Europe and Asia and that
the General Laws of North Carolina: j $1,500 of this amount has been al
SECTION 3. That it shall be un- Noted to Granville county. If we
lawful for any person to entice or knew the poverty and suffering as
attempt to entice, versuade, harbor
or conceal, or in any manner induce
and indignant child to leave any of
the institutions neremueiuic - uj.u-
tioned without the knowledge or con
sent of the authorities of such insti
tution. SECTION 4. Tbit any person or
persons violating any of the provis-
ions of this act shall be guilty of
a misdemeanor, and upon conviction
shall be fined or imprisoned, or both,
in the discretion of the court.
We have enjoyed the hearty co
operation and sympathy of the citi
zens of this State in the past to a
marked degree for which we are
most profoundly grateful, but of late
since labor is scarce, some few-individuals
in Granville and Vance coun
ties have been trying to obtain the
labor of our children in an unlawful
manner. We should very much-dislike
to invoke the enforcement of
the law but wish to give notice that
we shall not- hesitate to use every
means in our power to protect our
children from thbse who, for selfisH
aiid' sordid reasons, wish to unlaw
fully obtain the labor of our chil
dren. Respectfully, ..' -R.
L. BROWN, Superitendent.
Mr. Moti Pinnix has returned from
Ovean View. The sun scorched his
arms and back to a beautiful brown.
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OPPORTUNITIES J X.
TjL home
REGISTRARS APPOINTED- FOR
NEW DRAFT REGISTRATION
t The Date of Registration Will Be
Announced Later.
The Granville County Exemption
registrars for the -new registration to
be held soon. As far as possible the
gentlemen who served June 5th,
1917, have been " asked to serve a-
gain. - . --
! Dement W. S. Howell, A. P. Ov-
Wilton
White.
-Dr. J. A. Morris, Philo
Grfssom E. P. Davis, C. E. Floyd.
Creedmoor O. A. Curl, U. O.
Peed. " ."
Wilkins Hugh Fleming, R. T.
Roycroft. "
' Stem W. S. Gooch, Melville H.
Bragg.
Berea- L. S. Russell, S. T. Slaugh
ter. "
Howard C M. Knott, P. G. Pruitt
Oak Hill J. S. Watkins, R. L.
Eake.
Buchanan D. C. Winston, Ballard
Norwood.
Stovall Frank Gregory, Dr. W. L.
Taylor.
Bullock C. G. Royster, I. A. Roys
ter.
Salem L. G. Breedlove, E. A.
Hunt.
N. Oxford J. C. Howard, D. G.
Brummitt, W. J. Webb.
S. Oxford W. H. Walker, Cam
Easton, Kerr Taylor.
Bell Town C. N. Gordon, L. T.
Buchanan.
CAPT. BEN K. HAYS LOOKS
HANDSOME IN liHAKI
Capt. W. H. White Calls on the Dis
tinguished Granville Physician
At New Haven.
Capt. W. H. White has returned
from a visit of a mc nth; in New Ha
ven, Conn.-, at the home of his sis
ter, Mrs. Whitfield, with whom Capt.
White's son, Rogers White, makes
his home,, being, jio w employed in a
large government munition plant, in
New Haven. While , there Capt.
White called to see Dr. Ben Hays,
who is located for the present at U
nited States Hospital, No. 16, where
special treatment is arranged for tu
berculosis patients. This hospital is
two miles from New Haven where-
Capt. White found Dr. Hays in fine
spirits and looking remarkably well
in his uniform, in vank of Captain.
Capt White enjoyed a fine auto trip
of 700 miles, in company with his
nephew, Mr. Nathan Whitfield, who
is manager of the Overland cars and
trucks- going from North Carolina
his friends here are glad to hear of
his , success in' New Haven.
HELP THE SUFFFJRING PEOPLE.
Granville County Is Asked to Sub
scribe $1,500.
Please give notice that on Monday
August 19 th, by proclamation of the
Governor, ( on August 1 4 th ) this
State has been requested to raise
j eixsts we could raise much more,
- The' following committee has been
appointed to look after the canvass-
ing:
R. H. Lewis, Oxford
Samuel Cohn, Oxford "
Isaac Wolf, Oxffrd
Chas. G. Royster, Bullocks.
D. AV Burwell, Sovall. -Hugh
Fleming Creedmoor.
C. E Lyon, . Creedmoor.
G. L? Allen, Creedmoor.
W. S. Gooch, Stem.
E. C. Harris, Oxford.
In addition to this committee I
call upon all our good people to aid
in this great work of relief.
A. A. HICKS,
Chairman Jewish Relief Fund.
Preachers, Please Take Notice.
The Granville County Exemption
Board requests the Public Ledger to
ask the preachers ofjthe county, both
white and colored, to announce from
their pulpits next Sunday that there
will be a -special registration on Au
gust 24th of all young men who have
become 21 years of age since June
5, 1918. : "' -
The Hub. - -Everything
is new and stylish at
The Hub, and new goods are arriv
ing daily. See ann ouncemen t on the
fourth page of this paper.
print.
NUMBER 65,
CHIEF FRUITS OF THE
VICTORY WILL NOT BE
SEEN ON MAP OF WAR
The Greatest Part of War Is to Find
Out What Is Taldng Place
v . Behind the Enemy's- Line. "
(London Special.)
Writing on "The Moral of Vic
tory," after a. single paragraph, H.
Sidebotham, summarizing, the situa
tion cabled: " "
."The importance of. victory is not
so much geograph'cal as moral, for
once the German newspapers give a
better idea of the real value of our
victory than the map. Hitherto
when the Germans suffered reverses
they had some catchword to comfort
themselves with the hopeof victory.
This time they are caught without
one. Their strategy is clearly in the
transitional stage from the ideas with
which Ludendorff began the offen
sive in March to some ideas, the na
ture of which is not yet revealed, and
which we can only conjecture.
"The greater part of war is to
find out -what is happening on the
other side of the hill, and undoubt
edly some revolution is in progress
in the German military policy to
which we have not yet the key.
PERSHING TELLS OF CRE
ATION FIRST FIELD ARMY
American Army in France Now on
Same Footing as the French or -British.
(Washington Special.)
Secretary Baker was formally ad
vised by General Pershing that the
first American field army had been
created, General Pershing retaining
command of the army as well as of
the entire American expeditionary
force for the present.
Formation of the army is taken
here to mean that the Americaniza
tion of a definite portion of the front
has been completed. - Supply lines,
railways, bases, storage facilities de
barkation ports,, and the jike, creat
ed and-operated by Americans, stand
behind the first army. The only state
ment of the location of this American
front given is that it is "South of
the Marne."
CAPT. A. A. CHAPMAN
HEADS LABOR COMMITTEE
Twenty-five Skilled Workmen Want
ed From Granville.
Capt. A. A. Chapman has been ap
pointed recruiting agent by the Unit
ed States Public Service Board.
Messrs. C. S. Garman and James
Fagan will assist in securing 25 skill
ed laborers from Granville. '
A district agent will visit Oxford
in a few days and outline the work
to the committee. This district em
braces seven counties, out of "which
must come 171 skilled laborers.
Child Knocked Down By Auto
While playing on the parkway on
lower Main street Wednesday even
ing, little Gus Hall, the bright four
year-old .son of Mr. and Mrs. John
G. Hall, suddenly emerged from the
shrubbery and walked to the middle
of the narrow driveway and was
knocked down by an auto. The car
which was cfriven by a careful lady,
was moving very slow when it struck
the little fellow. Itwas a close call,
but fortunately no tones were brok
en. It frightened the lady at the
wheel, who saw some blood and
thought that the little boy was badly
hurt, but he escaped with slight bruis
es and is getting along nicely.
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Colored Students
The Exemption Board Wednesday
sent the following colored boys to
the A. and T. College at Greensboro
to qualify for special duties: R. I.
Brodie, Gabriel Taylor, Spurgeon
Taylor.
Preaching at Oak Hill.
Rev. J. F. Coleman, of Rosewell,
Ga., former pastor of the country
group of Presbyterian churches in
Granville county, will preach at Oak
Hill next Sabbath,-August 1 8 ,th, at
11 o'clock, a.m. ' , . ,
Mrs. F. ' W. Hancock-has returned
from Wadesboro, N. Cr-where she
has been visiting for several weeks
her daughter, Mrs. R.- S. Pruett.
While jthere she has been the recip
ient of many social courtesies.
Not the least -of the airman's com
pensations has been that he could al
ways climb higher than the mercury.