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SATURDAY. Anmrar
i1 U i Ll C L ED GE.B
TO THE COLORED PEOPLE
OF GRANVILLE COUNTY
The War Savings Stamp drive is
still on. The county has not raised
the amount ($552.00) allotted to itj
We are about $130.00 behind. What
are we going to do about it? The
Government must have the money.
Men and equipment will win the war
Every War Savings Stamp helps to
put a man on the battle front and e
quip him. To refuse to buy these
stamps is to play tt the hand of the
enemy. We are slackers yes worse
than that traitors. The government
can conscript your money just as eas
ily as it can your eons. It prefers
not to do that, but appeals to our
patriotism to volunteer the use of
our money for only a short time,
promising us good interest and the
best cf security. The colored peo
ple of the county have bought about
$520.00 worth of stamps. We must
make it $750.00. We can do it. Let
us do so. The new drive will begin
September 2nd. Those who have not
bqught now have an opportunity to
redeem yourselves don't do down in
history as a slacker. Those who
have bought increase your subscrip
tions. Buy more. Each person in
the county is asked to buy at least
$20.00 worth of stamps. If you
have not done that you have not done
your part. There is not a man or ev
en a boy who has entered the teens
who can't earn $20 in ten days, your I
allotment. Can't you loan the gov
ernment ten days labor. You have
loaned your sons for the duration of
the war, which may be ten years.
The more money you loan the govern
ment the quicker your sons will come
back home. If you have a family of
ten you should buy $200.00 worth
of stamps.
The larger your family the more
able you should be to purchase
stamps. The man with a large fam
ily is in a position to make large
crops, and thus large sums of money
Because there are a few old and. . af
flicted people in the County Home
and elsewhere whom we cannot ex
pect even in these favorable times
to loan the government $20.00, those
of us who are more fortunate are
asked to buy $100 or 01,000 worth
to make up the allotment. As chair
man of your Committee, I appeal to
every colored person or me county
to do your full duty. Back up our
sons who are fighting so heroically
on the battle front. The enemy is
pressing them. Their cry comes
back to us "send me something to
eat, a gun and plenty of ammunition
and we will drive back the enemy,
preserve our civilization and estab
lesh Democracy for the world. The
man, let him be white or black who
will not buy stamps to his full capac
ity answers the cry of these brave
boys by saying, "I will not send you
ammunition, bread nor a gun, but
will fight the Huns from this side
with my tongue. God forbid that
historic Granville county, famous
the world over for its production of
fine tobacco should ever disgrace its
self by the production of slackers and
traitors. The eyes of our State are
upon us. We are expected to do our
full duty. Let us do it.
g. c; SHAW,
Chairman of colored Com.
FOR BETTER SCHOOLS
At the November Election An A
mendment to the Constitution
Will Be Voted On.
School committeemen are experien
cing difficulty in finding teachers for
all the schools. This is not only
true in Granville comity, but also
throughout the State and. Nation.
Other occupation are calling for men
and women at better salaries than
the schools will pay. It is natural
that some of the best teachers leave
the schools and take up these more
profitable employments.
Th only remedy for this difficulty
is to raise more money for the
schools. The teachers have reached
a point of. competition and if the
schools are to be kept open they
must enter the market with as much
money as the other lines of busi
ness. Nexf November at the regular elec
tion an amendment to the consti
tution is to be voted on to require a
six months' school in every district.
For a generation or more the people
of North Carolina have been content
to have 'their constitution require a
four months' fterm. The time has
come for a rewriting of this clause
and put into the fundamental law of
the State the requirements that ev
ery child of North Carolina shall
have at least six months of school
ing. - In order to insure the passing of
this amendment it is necessary for
those who are interested in better
schools to begin to discuss the ques
tinn with their neighbors. There are
always some people who object to
any change. The good old way of
their fathers suits them. To their
mind any change is bad. This is the
class of voters that must be aproach
ed and reasoned with. They must
be convinced that education is an in
vestment and as ,in the case of other
investments you get about what you
pay for.
If this amendment is passed it does
not necessarily mean that every dis
trict will have to pay more school
tax. Of course there will be a higher
general levy, but oach district will
share in this increased amount of
school fund and those districts with
special tax can reduce the special
levy or take off entirely if they are
satisfied with a six months' " term.
It will help all districts that are not
levying a special tax and also bene
fit special tax districts that are levy
ing the maximum amount but . still
are not getting enough to give them
the kind of schc-ol they need.
Both the Democratic and Republi
can parties of the State have strong
ly endorsed this amendment, and
have included planks in their plat
forms to this effect. It is inconceiv
able that a state as progressive as
North Carolina should fail to vote
for this important amendment.
J. F. WEBB.
WHEAT GLUTEN ON WAY
TO HUNS SEIZED BY PALMER
New
by the
York, Augfi.
23. Seizure
of 1,057,000
government
Pounds of devitalized wheat gluten
which was to have found its way to
Germany through Switzerland was
announced in a statement today by
A Mitchell Palmer, alien property
custodian.
The grain, worth in pre-war times
CHAS. D. RAY
Builders Hardware
Lead and Oils
LUMBER
BUILDING
MATERIAL
C D. RAY
To their
Subject:
' 1.
is of
It
ing and
you had
approximately $200,000, was discov
ered in "June in a warehouse here
ready for shipment overseas. It will
be sold at public auction August 26.
The custodian withheld the names
gf the shippers and consigners of
the wheat, a product from which the
germanating seed has been taken.
Its value in ordinary times, lie said
was 18 to 20 cents a pound.
HOSPITAL RECORDS
Will Report on Wounded and Sick
' - Soldiers. ,
Exact information concerning
wounded and sick American soldiers
admitted to hospitals overseas will be
made immediately available to rela
tives or friends of the men under a
plan being worked out at the war de
partment.
Secretary Baker said he had visit
ed the office of Surgeon General Gor
ges to look into the daily reports
from the hospital with a view to hav
ing them carded, catalogued and tab
ulated so that the most instant infor
mation can be given to all inquiries.
The hospital records, Mr. Baker
said, will be brought to Washington
weekly by courier from France, and
thus it will be possible to give the
exact nature of the wound or teh dis
ease from which the men, are suffer
ing. Tne information will be availa
ble through the adjutant general.
Odd, but a woman will confide
more to a strange fortune teller m
ten minutes than she will to her own
husband in a lifetime.
Eight of the olive trees in the
historic Garden o fOlives in eJrusa-
lem are more than on thousand
years old. -
TELEPHONE 7
Oxford,
& SON
Customers and Friends
Roofings
This is the "building
first immnrtannfi t.n
other building material
better see us.
2. We handle the Neponset or Paroid. brand of Asphalt
roofing in one, two and three ply manufactured by
Bird & Son. It .is the best. It pays to buy only the
best. Each roll has the name of the mannfacturer on it. 1
Beware- of roofing that has not the name of the manufac
turer on it. ; Our roofing requires no painting. It makes
a pretty appearance on the roof, and strange to say we
are. selling thi-s roofing at a very small advance oyer old
time prices. -
3 . We also have all grades of pi-ne , cypress and
cedar shingles. Our stock of shingles is full as well as
of all other kinds of building - material. The value of
your money is what you get from us always.
- Respectfully,
D
R. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is all
that it is claimed to be and T ;n
always keep it in the house as it is all that I
need for my children, and grown folks as well
I do not hesitate to recommend Dr. Caldwell's
Syrup Pepsin to my friends.
(From a letter to Dr. Caldwell written by
Mrs. Esther Porter Harrelson, George- 1
town, S. C.
Dr. Caldwell's
Syrup Pepsin
The Perfect Laxative
Sold by Druggists Everywhere
50 cts. G) $1.00
A mild, pleasant-tasting combination of simple
laxative herbs with pepsin that acts easily and
naturally. Children like it and take it willing,
ly. A trial bottle can be obtained by writing to
Dr. W. B. Caldwell,. 458 Washington Street,
Monticello, Illinois.
A fashion, magazine is an inno
cent enough looking thing in itsway.
But in the hands of a married woman
it can come pretty near wrecking a
man's income sometimes.
C, August 9, 1918.
and repairing season.
npp. nnnH 'm f-.o-r-i n 1 TFn-r
that you can rely on
.
Vessels sailing from New York
in June were out more than 25 per
cent in their sugar requisitions, to
conform to the Food Administration,
ration.
R MARSH RAY
Terra Cotta Pipe
Wire Fencing
PAINTS
and
COAL
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