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HIGHWAY V
HAS OFFICIALLY
LOCATED THROUGH OXFORD
Enters Granville County,, on the
1 xorth At Somlan' Thence Via
liullck. Stovall, Oxford, Dement,
F.lirrort, Thence Via Capehart
farm to Franklinton and Raleigh".
National Highway Association
cided to locate the Bankhead' High-
vay
v from Wasningion iu Atlanta
through
iranville county. It is to
be built of concrete, sixteen feet wide
and the bridges capable of holding a"
train of army trucks loaded with
tary artillery. .
The Official Route. ;
When the path-finding committee
was in Oxford a few months ago, sen
ator Bankhead said that he did not
see how in
the world the highway
could miss Oxford. On the evening
of their arrival nere uiey were raiuer
late in leaving Oxford. A big supper
and banquet was awaiting them in
Raleigh. They had been on the
road all day and were hungry. - Mr.
K. A. Norwood was requested to pi
lot the path-finders from Oxford to
Ealeigh, and knowing that they de-
i se ecred he shortest and best
e. "Follow me" said Mr. Nor-)"'
luuir ... . ... .
v.-nad." and I will show you the short- U
t il- 9 9 l ft 1 . A ! - V
est and Dest pain, anu uit ne went
via Dement, Fairrort, Capehart's
Farm, thence to Franklinton and Ra
leigh, which has been officially adop
ted as the route from Oxford to Ra
leigh. .
The JInp of the Route.
The map of the route selected by
the board of directors of the Bank
head Highway Association in Char
lotte last week, whose action was
final, shows that the road will pass
through the following named towns
and cities between Atlanta and Wash
ington: ' .
In Georgia. . , -
Stone Mountain, Lawrenceville,
Auburn, Winder, Stratham, Bpgart,
Athens, Royston, Hartwell. i
In South Carolina.
Anderson. Williamston, Piedmont,
Greenville, Greer, Spartanburg,' Draw
yton, Gaffney, Blackburg.
In North Carolina. -
Gastonia. Charlotte. Newell. Con-
cord, Kannapolis, Jamestown; High
Point, Greensboro, Gibsonville, Bur-
Hngton, Graham, Mebane, Hillsboro,
Durham, Cary, Raleigh, Neuse,
Franklinton, Oxford, Stovall, Bul
lock. - - -
In Virginia.
Boydton, South Hill. Skelton. Rran- 1
dy, Lawrenceville, Warfield, Dinwid-.
die. PPtPrsW, ta Qi.
mon's sorp AcTiioTiri -n tvt
co, Partlnu- ATn,1Mf w.of cjr,rtfe
ylvania, Fredericksburg, Dumfrees,
Occoquam, Accotink, Alexandria, all
in Virginia. r
Congress To Act.
Secretary J. A. Rountree, of Birm
ingham, and Col. Rountree, of Birm
ingham, and Col. Benham Cameron,
of Durham, were designated a com
mittee to Congress in an effort to
obtain the designation of the route
as a military road.
SUBMARINE LURKING IN
NORTH CAROLINA WATERS
mks the British Tank Mirlo and Is
Awaiting the Appearance of
Others.
- Tine members of the crew of the
tfmisa oil tanker Mirlo were drown
ed when the vessel was torpedoed
r a German submarine Friday
niSht off Cape Hatteras.
As the Mirlo was torrcdoed only
a few miies off shore the crew from
ast Guard Station at Cape Hatter
as reached the scene in a short time
ana picked up the survivors. All ex
JPt nine men were accounted for.
e surface of the sea for five miles
ound was covered with burning gas
OXFORD COLLEGE
1 Sesin Begins Wednesday, Sep
tember 11th.
Coll Hobgood President of Oxford
sur, has about completed his
coliiSer campain in interest of .the
in e e- and is now husily engaged
getting things in readiness for the
jj11.11 Wednesday, September 11th.
ls alwayS a eWti dav in Oxford
,nen thP ii " : , -
be
opens, mere wi"
Jore than one hundred pretty
Sirls
111 attendance this season.
XF0RD' KRTH
AN OXFORD BOY WOUNDED
Sergeant Luther Davis In
i: Hospital.
a Paris
Mr and Mrs. J.-C. Davis, received
a card; Monday advising them that
their son Luther -was slightly wound
ed Aug. 8th. .The exact wording of
the brief message follows :
In hospital in Paris slightly
wounded; no bones broken; best
of attention; wounded July
8th. LUTHER DAVIS.
A letter from Sergt Davis to his
parents, received a few days ago, ad-
yisea mem that he was in the thick
of the fight on the Marne.
Sergt. Davis was with the Union
Bank of Oxford for two J years -or
more. He was drafted into the fed
eral army four months ago and was
sent to Camp Jackson. After a stay
of three weeks at Camp Jackson he
was sent overseas.
THREE GRANVILLE COLORED
WOtaUN JOIN THE COLORS
Mrs. Annie Bramion , (colored) Is the
Enlisting Agent.
In order, that the colored women
may be given another opportunity to
enroll as student nurses, the recruit-
ircr acotlt Trcs A-n-nfin Tt. .
i r L a Jt5 corrltor
Court House Thursday, Aug-
USt 22. and Fridnv. Ann-net
A " VXii
to 12 a.m. Three Datriotie wo
men have volunteered and we hope
that many more will offer their ser
vices to their country.
TOTAL GERMAN LOSSES
REACHES SLX MILLION
. ' Paris, "Aug. 18. The total of
. German losses from the begin-
ning-of the war to the end of
July, 1918, are understood to be
6,000,000, according to morn
ing newspapers.
The figures include 1,400,000
killed up to the beginning of the
German offensive . last March.
27 to June 17 tho German are : ;
said to have lost 120,000 killed:
- .alone. .'
HON. BENEHAN CAMERON.
The Staunch Old Frield of ihe Coun
ty Spends Night In Oxford.
Hon Ben eh an Cameron, the
champion good" road advocate, arriv-
ed in Oxtord saturaay ana spent ,iu
nielit ot.thfi Exchange Hotel. He al-
tended the meeting of the National
Highway Association in Charlotte
last week and showed some fatigue.
The people of Granville county are
indebted to Col. Cameron for his un-
tiring energy in locating the Bank-j
head Highway through; here. Me
stuck to it firstlast and all the time
that Oxford was onthe logical route
from Richmond to Raleigh.
COLORED GRANVILLE BOYS TO
GO TO CAMP GREEN
List of colored Granville county
men, eleven' of whom will be induct
ed into the military service August
24th, and sent to Camp Green, Char
lotte, N. C; ' '
Robert Lee Daniel, Wm. Andrew
Fields, Collie Lyon, sam veasiej,
Gabriel Taylor, Spurgeon Royster
Dudley White, Cleveland Lowell,
Connie Green, Huly Mitchell, Eddie
Gill, Robert Clark, Otis Lyon, Elmos
Day, Chester Cooper, Lee Lyon, Lon
nie Tharp, John Howell.
IF YOU ARE JUST 21
REGISTER BY AUG. 24
"All male persons, who have
reached their 21st birthday
since June 5, 1918, and on or
before August 24, 1918, must
register on August 24, 1918.
"These men should consult
with local draft boards as to
how and when they should regis
ter." : '. '
Crown Prince Buys Castle In Alsace
To Streiigthen German Morale
Geneva. Switzerland, August 18.
Uffder forced conditions and a nom
inal prices the Germans are selling
Sanr lceau
o&oough
Chateau of Baron, do Brussiere, near
M Thertan Crown Prince already
has bought two Places at ridiculously
low Prices and is said to be negotiat:
ing for another. .
CAKOLINA WKO : ,
GERMAN OFFICERS AND
MEN TAKEN PRISONERS
EXPRESS THEril OPINION
Both Officers and Men Agree That
the German Submarine Has
Been a Failure. -(Paris
Special.)
In addition to continued intensive
boinbing and shelling of vital points
within the enemy lines since Satur
day, the British have begun gas pro
jectiles at various places in the hope
of getting at Germans hiding hv cel
lars and dugouts from the avalanche
of shells - which now and then fall
there. This harassing apparently is
serving to lower, the already low Ger
man morale.
German . Prisoners Talk.
German officers and men taken
prisoner seem unanimous in th opin
ion that a decision cannot be won on
the t battlefield, but that peace must
be arrived' at by negotiation. They
expressed belief that it would be im
possible for the allies to break down
a nation with ; Germany's resources
and organization skill. The officers
for the most part have dropped their
blustering attitude.
Want the War to End.
As far, as the men "are concerned
all the prisoners "express a desire that!
the war should come to an end as
quickly as possibe, even if peace
should have tobe si "patched up" one 5
one or. tnem consmer, they
say,
that Germany, can win, but at the
same time believe she cannot be
beaten. 5 .
The Submarine Is a Failure.
Both officers and men agree that
the German, submarine offensive
since the early spring has been a fail
ure, when the number of American
troops that have arrived in France is
considered. ; They2ex
that the tide definitely tiirned'agamstr
the Germans when they retreated to
ward the Aisne. .--" .
: German Deserters.
German deserters who came over
to the British lines say that just be
fore they left their line volunteers
to go on a raid for the purpose of ob
taining identifications were called
for. They were offered 150 marks,
four days' leave and iron crosses;
but not a single man volunteered,;
the desefters assert.
Acitvity of Airplanes
From other sources it is learned
that an order has gone the rounds
in the rear of the German lines that
rations and roll calls must ' not be
held in the open when visibility is
good, because of the activities of the
allied airplanes. -,
LIEUT. PAUL VENABLE
IS KILLED IN FRANCE I
I Young. Durham Man Was Popular In
Oxford. -
We see it announced in some of
the state papers-that Lt. Paul "Ven
able, of Durham, has been killed in
Frahcer In answer to a phone mes
sage late Monday evening, Mr. S. W
Venable, a' prominent tobacco man in
Durham, said that he had not been
advised of his son's death.
Lt Venable spent two seasons in
Oxford and while here Kept books
for one of the big tob&eeo companies.
He volunteered for the -first officers
training camp at Fort Oglethorpe,
and was commissioned as a lieuten
ant. He was among the first troops
to go to France. - r
VESSELS ARRIVE AND
DEPART EVERY SIX MINUTES
U. S. Shipping Board Has Fleet of
1,500 Vessels Under Its Control
. (WashingtonSpecial.) ;
vwrv si minutes a merchant ves
sel. arrives and another departsfromn
American ports. From worm -tic
seaports, there is
erv eleven-minutes, and oneior Eu
ronevery forty minutes. - This rate
ofoperiion-does not includeessels
i the service of the Army or Navy,
"rchant fleet of W
under the control or tne Shipping
Boara are run as railroads or a time
schedule: - : '
Hobgood, the most be-
, UT- "ician at Thomasville with
loved physician .,n 0l,
;V .-TP - rri
Hobgood. of Oxford Col
lege. " ' - '
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DR. COURTNEY AT THF1 nT. I
FORD METHODIST CHURCH
3Iuch Interest ' Manifested In the
Revival Services The Hours
' ofsjService. V :
Great interest is already being
manifested Jn the, vevsvai , serviced
held in the 'Methodist church. .The
preparatory prayer services heir last
week in different parts of the town
were well attended, and on Sunday
night all the other churches in town
were closed, their congregations wor
shipping with the Methodists. The
cooperation of the other denomina
tions is very: greatly, gratifying, and
it looks now as if this will be to all
purposes a union meeting from which
the whole town should derive great
benefit. ' -'. -:- : .
The first three sermons of the
meeting were preacLed by the pastor
Rev. R. H. Willis, but Rev. R. M.
Courtney, of Hickory, N. C, arrived
Monday night and conducted his first
service Tuesday morning. He will
do the preaching from this time on.
Mr. Courtney was pastor of-the West
End Methodist church in Winston-j
vSalem for the past four years, but
was sent to Hickory at the last ses
sion of the Western North Carolina
Conferen ce. He is a pastor who has
been very successful in revival work
and Oxford is fortunate in having
secured his services.
At present the day services is be-
inS neld at nine o'clock in the morn-I
ln& and the night fcervice at haif-
Past eight. These hours
changed later. r :
may be
THE GRANVTLLE COUNTY FAIR.
Secretary W. L. PeaceTJusy Com
piling PremiunvLlst. ;
Secretary; W. L.-Peace is highly
pleased at the interest manifested in
the-Granville County Fair which Will
be held October 29-30. '
- From ail-over the county comes as
surances pfL-hearty co-operation, and
i quite, a - number of .the farmers; have
ritif ormed SecretajrjPeaeithat her
will have exhibits. : v
Mr. P. L. Thomasson,. proprietor
of the .Water Line Farm, is among
those who " will have some pigs and
'shoats on exhibition. Mr. Mangum,
the chicken ' farmer in Salem town
ship, who never fa?s to capture the
blue ribbon, will have a number of
choice birds; on exhibition.
Secretary Peace is very busy this
week compiling the premium list and
'correspondingwith owners of high
class attractione of an educational
feature.'- He has a iesk in the office
of Prof, Webb, Superintendent of
Granville county schools, where he
will be glad to talk with- those wh.0
desire information regarding ' the
fair. V .
THE PROFITEERS SPECIALIZE
IN FOOD AND CLOTHING
Most Numerous- In Business Devoted
to Food Production .
(Washington Special.)
War profiteers in 1917 were
most numerous in business de
voted to food production ; and
distribution, cotton and woolen
manufacturing and dealing, coal
milling, iron, copper, aluminum
and other, metal production, and
oil production and distribution
according to a treasury analysis
of income tax returns in hand.
In addition, thousands of
small concerns in a great va
riety of industrial and com
mercial classifications made
. profits ranging from 100 to 3,
OOO per cent above their normal
profits for pre-war years, which
even then were considered high.
WILSON TO WRITE ADS.
Watch the Result and You Will See
That Advertising Pays.
President Wilson will try his hand
- at ad writing for the next Liberty
Loan. -.. - . " ' . .
He is producing what he believes
will be a money g'Jtter advertiser
ment for the Government and as a
result Secretary Daniels, Baker and
others in the government are doing
likewise. - - -:
The, Liberty Loan officials have
the President's "copy" photograph
ed as originally penned and distri
buted for publication throughout the
United States. -'rT' -
Other cabinet ad writers, will be
supplemented by the leading ad artists-
in th country as well as prom
inent writers a new wrinkle in Lib-;
eray Loan-advertising.
NUMBER 66
THREI MILLION AMERICAN , '.
: SOLDD3RS ARE UNDER
ARMS HERE AND ABROAD
1;500,000 : Are Overseas and 1 ,555,
' OOO are In Cantonments Here
America Plans to Have 3,000,000
Over By July Next.
: At his semi-weekly talk to news
paper men in Washington Saturday,
General March chief of staff, said
that more than; 1,450,000 American
soldiers have been embarked1 from
the United States. This" includes men
sent to Italy and Siberia as well as
to France.
Army Over 3,000,000
, General March told the Senators
that the American army now under
arms numberel slightly - more than
3,000,000, with 1,450;000 men now
in France or on . the way, and ' ap
proximately 1,550,000 in cantonment
at home.
Russian Situation Bad.
Senators were also informed that
the Russian situation is very bad be- .
cause of the general complexity of
affairs there. They were given to
understand that there was not much
chance of establishing a 'real offen
sive on the eastern front, because
of the great number of men that
would be required.
Treatment of American Prisoners
General March "said that official re
ports through .the Spanish Embassy
giveno evidence that American-pris-
oners in Germany are singled out for
mistreatment, as has been reported.
Very detailed reports, including the
daily menus, are received and show
that the, question of the treatment
of prisoners has largely become stan
dardized.
Germans Voluntarily Surrender ,
Discussing the battle situation in
Finance, the chief of staff drew attention-
to the fact that the- Germans
have now voluntarily surrendered
portions of their line at four dif-
, ferent nlaces. He Dlaced no con-
! strttction of nis own on this, but. it
Hras taken a s an Vindication of fuYth-"
er. executed withdrawals by" the ene
my. In a general way, 'the line is
now established on -a front closely
resembling the 1916-1917 positions
in Picardy and along the Aisne-Vesle
positions to the south.
The American Program.
Speaking of the" American pro
gram, General March said it "is pro
posed .to put eighty divisions into
France by June 30, 1919, if it' is
possible to do so, as is shown in the
man-power bill.
Virginia Soldiers at Toul.
General March said the eighteenth
division, composed .of Virginia and'
Pennsylvania troops, was training
with the British in Flanders, while
the eighty-second division, composed
of Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee
troops, was in the battle line north
of Toul.
HIGH PRICES-PAID FOR
TOBACCO 7,'AT DANVILLE
Warehousemen Siunristed At
the
Large Volume of Sales on
Opening Day.
Danville, Va., Aug. 19. Predic
tions as to prices ' made by tobacco
men were fully sust&med last Thurs
day when the market .opened for the
1918-19 season. Primings brought
from $16 to $43 per hundred pounds,
an unheard of price for that partic
ular grade, and there seemed to be
very keen demand for almost any
kind. Warehousemen were surprised
at the size of the opening sales, more
than 30,000. pounds being disposed
of.
Before sales began, the Danville
Tobacco Association took generous
action. Every buyer on the market
willingly .agreed to let the Danville
Red Cross-Chapter have pne bundle
of tobacco from eevry pile of tobac
co bought one day in the week
throughout the entire season-. This
means that, the Chapter will receive
a sum which may well be reckoned
in the thousands.
A Message to Farmers. .
When you come to Oxford with a
load of tobacco on the opening date,
September , 4, it would be well to
call at Horner Bros. Co. , See an
nouncement on the fourth page of
this paper. -
" Judge McCoy's Son Killed.
Lt. G. 'B. McCoy, son of Judge W.
I. McCoy,- was . recently killed in
France. He spent Isome time at the
Granville Couny .Experiment Station
and made many friends here.
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