PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY TOWN AND COUNTY OFFER BRILLIANT OPPORTUNITIES ALL HOME PRINT.
VOLUME XXXIIL
OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1918.
SnttD TOBACCO MARKET HUNS RETREAT NO LONGER CON
THE OA" 1 TTH Blo BREAKS i DUCTED WITH MILITARY SKILI
AND RECUivu a v xvxxvj!
0. per pound Strives Toward
Aveiage ie Nq Telling
Where It WU Get To When the
neie TTdr Wav
Markets ,
rniir Warehouses and
i
Unlimited
inrilities Ten Million
JL ."-
Expected First
storage
Season
ile t New Minor Warehouse and
the First Lot Sold Was Produced
By Mr. Will Dixon.
ApDroximately one hundred and
ttiousunu. -
ferry
between
.1.- ;noo of thp nnpn i n sr
fiirnroa f nv tnp snips
origins maeuiiic " ' r"
cei"& ' hP Thrisht leaf on the Oxford
saie.? Wednesday. These are not
market ,,vr
"St been reported by the ware
housemen when this article was writ
nouben preSeason predictions of
ten. nai yie o - fulfilled
rpcord DieiiMUB
o-oes without saying. .
S rUar cool weather ushered in the
ioV '10 tobacco season here. Hun
91: of farmers flocked to Oxford
?J witness the initial sales. Wagons
t0 i a ripn with tarpaulin-cover-
Sd leaf came in throughout the night
ea, ,io- These caravans will
Reports Indicate to Washington Of
ficers That the Withdrawal, Forced
and Precipitate, is Gettang Out of
Hand -Growing Disorganization
in German Ranks Indicated by
Capture of 10,000 Prisoners in
Two Days.
(Washington Special.)
Kecent reports from the British
rront indicated to officers here that
the German retirement heretofore
conducted with utmost military skill,
was getting out of hand. Unaer tne
terrific pressure of ' the British and
French armies all along the line from
Ypres to Soissons the enemy appar
ently is being forced to a more pre
cipitate withdrawal, particularly on
the old Drocourt-Queani front, where
Marshal Haig's men hammered f or
ward irresistably.
Decided Gap in Enemy Line.
The British now have broken a de
cided gap in the old German fortified
line and the fall of Camrai, Douai,
St. Quentin, and several other rail
and road centers upon which the Hin
THE GERMAN ARMY IS
INRETREAT ALONG THE
ENTIRE WESTERN FRONT
V STATE
LI
DUMBER 71
JUST HOME FROM THE
TRENCHES IN FRANCE
?Src'ome until the holidays
T was just an ordinary opening
dav as regards the crowds, the team
fiiiPd stables, the scenes around the
wehouVes, 'etc. It furnished no
Jnsations outride the warehouses.
irhoro is a war on. biquur is a mucu
- . - 1 1 -.-TIT
scarcer article
than in
former years.
Instead of having ex-
Foch Prepares to Launch New Blow
Upon Retiring Enemy Over 1,
600,000 American Soldiers Over
Seas If Germans Attempt Whole
sale Retreat Foch Might Decide
Upon Decisive Stroke on Account
of Confusion That Would Ensue.
(Washington Special.)
In his midweek conference with
newspaper correspondents General
March reviewed briefly the battle sit
uation of the last three or four days,
noting particularly that the British
in the mast impressive phase of the
battle, east of Arras, had smashed
their way across the Hindenburg
line on an eight mile front with Cam
brai as their objective. The major
enemy resistance along the whole 60
mile battle front from the Scarpe to
the Oise, he said, had been encounter
ed and overcome by the British and
the swift advance of the French
troops last week, when they gained
five or six miles on a 25-mile front
An Oxford Soldier Wrill Talk Of His
Experience This Frfday Evening
Lt. James I. Stegall, a mem
ber of the old Granville Grays
Company, who arrived from
France this week, has consent
ed to talk of his experiences in
France and Belgium at the
Court House this Friday even-
ing at 8:30 o'clock. Lt Stegall
makes no claim of being an
orator. A heart to heart talk
is what the people may expect
of him, and he will tell us a
bout our own home boys who
are in the thick of battle.
.iia llEDEEM PLEDGES
WITH TOBACCO MONEY
BULLOCK ITEMS.
in n sinlf dav. was due larselv to
denburg line deepnded seems immi- withdrawal forced upon the enemy
nent. if the enemy intended to fall m the north,
back upon this line when he was fore American Troops.
nt?ontliSS to y! re? Announcement by General March,
whole tiont troni Kheirns to ipres, i - . - otctff mnro thn i nn -
his chances are rapidly dwindling as Xoft troons had been embarked for
a new measure ot the torces Marshal
on for the occasion, the po
lice force was not in evidence.
Prices High.
Prices set a record, as had been
anticipated. The weed has advanced
as have all other commodities. World
production has decreased. "This is a
p-ht on tobacco," say
healines, and the Sammies and
i3na and Tommies overseas just
wp tn have it. It nourishes their
mnrai mnri timulates their nerves
When an opening day, with offerings
d rarelv good, sees
such prices as were paid Wednesday-
one can well anora iu wuuuci
iricpnsnn davs will bring forth.
The average price for Granville
r,-rht lonf this season will pass the
50-cent mark, conservative estimates
have it. It may go to 60 cents!
Good Break.
Wednesday breaks were far from
small. Opening day breaks are usu
ally just -'market testers." One esti
mates at ten o'clock, with the wagons
still coming in, placed the day's to
tals at about 130,000 pounds. It may
fall below this figure or it may ex
ceed it. Any way, quarter million
pound sales may be witnesser in mid
season when prices are soaring. To
bacconists consistently adveise the
farmers to market slowly, however.
They would prefer to sell 200,000 cr
300,000 pounds in a day and extend
the season.
No Limit to Racllities.
Ovfnrri hns fhp ffoods as a market
Storage facilities for millions and
millions of pounds, redrying plants,
sales space, etc., give the market a
ereat cauacitv. Sales of twelve mil
lion pounds this season would not
tax the market unless that quantity
of weed should all be marketed at
once. It is not improbable that Ox
ford will sell more than eleven mil
lion pounds.
Order of Opening Sales.
First The new Mangum.
Second The Banner.
Third The Farmer's.
Fourth The Johnson.
The Mangum had the first sale.
The first three piles sold belonged
to Air Win nivon. The total weight
was 124, 160, 114 and it brought
25c, 36c, 39y2c.
THE CROWN PRINCE TALKS.
Says Americans Do Nt Know What
They Are Fghting For.
An Amsterdam paper quotes the
Crown Prince of Germany as say
ing: a ,
"Among the Americans I've found
that the majority do not know what
they are fighting for. I asked an A
merican prisoner what they were
fighting for and he answered.
" 'For Alsace,' and to the ques
tion, 'Where is Alsace?' he replied:
'It's a big lake!' "
None but a Yankee could frame
such an answer. Mr. Gus Hall the
druggist, tells a good one. Return
ing from Washington recently, the
train on which he was riding took
the siding near Ashland, Va., to let
a troop train pass. The tram on
which Mr. Hall was a passenger was
southbound, and the troop train was
going north. The two trains came
to a standstill opposite each other,
and the coach in which Mr. Hall was
riding contained several ladies and
gentlemen, who engaged the soldiers
m converse and passed their luncness
very center of the great battle front.
May Force Withdrawal to Jtinme.
So evident is the growing disorga
nization among the Germans shown
in reports from the British front
that some officers are inclined to
think it possible that the enemy be
For.h has at his disposal with which
to follow up the victories already
won on the western front.
Big Battle Pending.
The size of this American force be-
fnrnpd tn a. withdrawal to the Rhine i comes increasingly important as the
this year. scope of the new British assault at
American Field Army. the very center of the German line
On all sides it is evident here that on the Douai-uamorai iront oe
announcement of the formation of comes apparent.
the first American field army and the Foch Has Ample Reserves,
fact that many American units which jn tne opinion of army officials
had been brigaded with the French here, the breakdown of the German
or British the final training have defense lines on this front may prove
been withdrawn to be added to it,. tne entering wedge for allied success
have been taken to mean that the es Qf a sweeping nature since the fact
Americans would attack during the tnat General Pershing's army has not
present year. mjl . yet been largely employed is proof
Ample time remains, it is said, for tnat Marshal Foch has ample reserv
the organization of the force to be es witn which to press his advantage,
completed and the assault launched Rapidity of Ally Advance.
l Ma rob nointed out also as
It now appears probable to many indicating the rapidity with which
nKOWOre that it will be delivered Uvio KattiP is shifting under the steady
soon and probably in a region to the drive of the allied armies, that the
east of Rheims or of Verdun, where British had pressed ahead 14 miles
the concentration oi enemy rwseiv since they launcnea men u
to meet it will be the most unucun August 21.
because of the Diter ngnuug m
ders and Picardy. "
Great AVastage of Men By Enemy.
In connection with the eivdences
of weakness noted in the German
war machine in the last few days an
official dispatch from France Quot
ing captured German documents
showing the great wastage of men in
thenemy's Fanks was received with
peculiar interest.
NO DEPENDBNGY QtESTIONS
ON NEW REGISTRATION CARD
TOTAL OF 808 NAMES
IN THE CASUALTY LIST
J. M. Parker, of Granville County
Severely Wounded.
Casualty lists issued for Wednes
dav contain 808 names. .
billed in action, 110; missing m
action, 170; wounded severely 309,
dipd of wounds, 21; died or acci
dent 15; wounded, degree undeter
mined, 160; died of disease, 18 .
From the southeast: Killed in
action, Jonathan Tayloe, Windsor,
C died OI WOUUU&, j- :
, i "nt r. . Hid from air-
Features of the 18-to-45 reg
istration card follows:
It contains twenty questions.
Questions concern name, age,
date of birth, color, citizenship,
occupation, employer and name
of nearest relative.
Contains no exemption clause,
questionaires, to be filled out
after- registration, caring for
thlMakeJ"no mention of social
status whether married or sin
gle nor of dependents as on
original registration card.
LIMITED SERVICE MEN.
The farmers of this section are
very much pleased with the prices of
tobacco on the opening sale Wednes
day.- . ,
Among the Oxtord visitors Wed
nesday, were Messrs. T. A. Royster,
B. T. Hicks. Horace mcKs, v. li. ua-
vis, Ray Shotwell, G. W. Royster, G.
H. Faucett, and Mugh Jfittara.
Misses Zulene Evans of Oxford,
and Rosa Nelson of Virginia, are vis
iting their uncle, Mr. I. B. Royster,
this week.
Miss Martha Davis will leave
Tuesday to accept a position as teach
er in the Dunn High School.
Miss Melia Hatcher, Mrs. E. G.
Frppman and children, of Richmond,
returned home Thursday, after spend
ing some time with relatives around
Bullock and Vance county.
Mr. Banister Royster left this
week to accept a position with the
Imperial Tobacco Company in Oxford
The Bullock School will open
October the 1st, with the following
teachers: Misses Eulah Turner, of
Rougemont, Principal; Myrtle Crews
of nvfnrd Intermediate and music
and Dorothy Hicks of Bullock, Pri
mary. .
Tho Rnntist sunaav scnoui naa
fnirpd the Fidelis and Baraca class-
es, OI Lilt; r ueus( uuivwa -
-r-rov,T- TTipirs, President: Susie
t5tor Tfirst. Vice-resiaenx; ma.i
Norwood, 2nd Vice-President ; Mary
Royster, 3rd Vice-President; Pattie
Royster, secretary; raimie yaiiivc
Treasurer; Blanche Norwood, Report
er; Mrs. Sue B. Fittaru, leacuei.
Ti. T. BUCHANON APPOINTED
UNITED STATES COMMISSIONER
To Fill the Office Made Vacant By
Hancock, jr.; - -Mr.
Frank Hancock, Jr., having re
signed the office of United States
Commissioner for Granville county,
Judge Connor has appointed Justice
L. T. Buchanan to the high calling.
It is understood that Mr. Hancock,
who filled the office with distinguish
ed ability, resigned under pressure
of business. . . ,
rm,rt onnnintTTlPllt Of JSUtlCe UBCfi-
anan is very acceptable to the people
of Granville. He has long acted as
justiee of the peace; is familiar with
the law and above all is possessed
with an abundance of common sense.
It will be his duty to pass upon those
who are gualiyt of seditious remarks.
THE RECORD OF GRANVILLE
COUNTY IS AT STAKE
The farmers were right when they
said they would buy stamps and
bonds in the fall. Many of them, to
bacco farmers, are not waiting till
the fall. As soon as they sell their
first load of tobacco, and get the
money for it they remember their
War Savings pledges and go buy an
installment o fstamps.
As a result of fine tobacco sales
comes the report that War Savings
Stamps are selling rapidly and that
the farmers are redeeming their War
Savings pledges in full. Many, of
them, the report says, are buying
more stamps than the number for
which they pledged, and are doing
this with the feeling that the War
Savings Certificate is the best invest
ment a farmer can make.
For the reason tnat tne succe&s
the WTar Savings Campaign depends
almost altogether on the farm and
the farmer, it is expected that the
unusually good crops and the pre
vailing high prices will furnish the
stimulus to put over the State s
War Savings quota. Many county
chairmen have been encouraged by
these conditions to make a second
and a third attempt to subscribe their
full quotas in pledges at once. Other
rv,iv foit that, their task
via vi rnpv wtji duic w
A t w-t f T
meet have expressed men u
being able to raise their Quota as
the result of good crops auu
prices.
LT. JAMES I. STEGALL
BACK FROM THE TKEtnca
Sienduig Few Days In Oxford WTith
1 His Family.
Lt. James I. Stegall, an. old mem
ber of the Granville Grays Company,
arrived from France Tuesday morn
fng and will rest with his family here
a few days. He comes direct from
the trenches at Ypres, about 30 mil
es from Dunkirk, an important
channel port as rge as Richmond
Va. He has been fighting side oy
side by with the British opposite the
armv of Prince Rheupert.
army "J . m the pink Gf con-
rfitVon Asled if he -iaa ever been
hurt he replied that he had not, but
?uI:r iSot h had done some
harp dodgVng. He" brings with him
a german helmet, which he took
from a Hun prisoner.
f TOe report that Pershing's army is
infested with vermin and that the
mwi never shave, said Lt. btegan, is
rfot trul The men, he said, are com
Selled to keep themselces clean and
are . required to shave at . lease t twice
trtnriies do much of their sleeping
compaW hbeen killed and four
wounded. Neither one of which
We? Sgalltus to America for
sneikl duty, the nature of which he
would not reveal. However it is
known that new divisiVwill prob
ated and sent abroad. He s will proo
?onitsSt!ni0tnheed JSJZ
oT&s?a!dTt.'1sTgaaum!u3t0ViJ
there will be something doing mighty
quick. -
THE LARGEST WAR SAVINGS
TirnTED FA31IUX aixiiti
Family of C. E. Neisler, Kings Moun
tain Heads List With Ten
Members.
Mr. C. E. Neisler of Kings Moun
tain, has a $10,000 War .Sayings
Limit Family. Each of his eight chll
dren, as well as himself and his wife
own $1,000 of War Savings Certi
ficates all that the law allows to
any one person. ,
Mr. Neisler's family heads the list
of the North Carolina Limit War Sav
ings Society as the largest limit fam
ily.. The next largest families that
have qualified and become members
are those of Mrs. R. J. Reynolds, of
Winston-Salem, with six in family,
and Mr. W. T. Alsover, of Charlotte,
also with six.
CZECHS ' ARE KNOCKING
AT GERMANY'S BACK DOOR
United States Strikes Heavy Blow
for Freedom Tom iiapsuuig
Yoke.
(Washington Special.)
The United States Wednesday for
mally recognized the Czecho-Slovak
National Council as a def acto belli
Onvernment. clothed with pro
per authority to direct the military
and political affairs of the Czecho
slovak pepoies.
It recognized that a state of bel
ligerency exists between the Czecho-
SlOVaKS anu Liie uciuia" " ,
Hungarian peoples. It also announced
that it is prepared to enter formally
into relations with the de facto gov
ernment, thus recognized for the pur
pose of prosecuting the war against
a common enemy, the Empires of
Germany and Austriao-Hungary.
Kir TTlPtCher. IN.
nidnp accident, Robert
W A Ui M.M. w w
H. Wood,
Charlottsville, ay. wo -
lv. I. li- aiuuu i j -vr r
I 1 I ,us K II CbXA. .
verelv. T
,Guy C. Baxter, Clifton, S. C, J J.
nnehins. Rosemary, N. C.; J. L..ni
dreth, Chesterfield, S. L . ,
tc Pron IrRVl lie. JN.
McManus, Buffalo, b.
fi.nnVor Atinersuu, o. v
W. L
Hurley
Arthur
George
Crocker, Aimtsis,, . xlarence L.
Houck, Baldm, N. C Saic G
Waters, Winston-Salem N. C-,
-rrr t Joocipr Greenville, & p-
vTnSck Conway, S. C.; J. m.
Parker, Stem, N. C., George
Winston-Salem, N. - . F
Hatchell, Hartsville, S. L., J'clT.
Shoemaker, Jewhope, N C. , Clar
ence Orvin, Bouneau v von
ed, degree undetermined, tner
T' Ea RUeyM' Iders, Va. ;
Robert B. Kephart Charlotte N C
Kellis Ryers, Brooks Va J.ghep.
Canton, N. C.,; a. Ahins-
! pards Va. ; Tonsmonth,
I don, Va.; T.L. Pearson, Robert
XaW 8C M O Hoffman, Red
Gaffney, S. C. , m-. swangune,
dies River, N. C, J
Asheville, N. C. -
PUBLIC'cOrBiALLY INVITED.
Oxford
To Be Called Only As Substi
Man classified under the selective
ofQ mi alined for "limited or sv
o2$1iem not be called unless
S assisting in construction of
rterminal at Charleston rS C This
was considered a tePreadr-to other
noT being doSf hTmen eligi
ble for full military service.
AUGLSX jEAR TWO BILLION
r..ili0.tmi. Sent. 5. Goy-
w ' JUnroe in
ernment war
ugust br"K
rds by more
mou"l"'5 tai show Later
rlPTs p raise this by $50,-000,000.
e"lV all monthly rec-
CAPT. BEN. K. HAYS.
and candey boxes over to them. Fm- ,10 the High School and oi tu
ally some one in Mr. Hall's coach pils of the meet at the Col-
asked the soldiers where they were Graaea "ool or the opening ex
Ro nsr. N lege V
"To Texas of course," answered a
ig strong voice, "don't you see we
are headed in that direction?"
Books Are Needed.
Mrs. A. H. Powell, Chairman of
Camp Activities, is somewhat disap-
foiiiteu at tne tardiness m wnicu me
Ptcple of the community have re
sponded to the call for more books
for the soldiers. There are plenty
i good, interesting books in the
homes of the people that would be
highly interesting to the soldiers.
Look over your list and call up Mrs.
Lowell. It is her desire to forward
a box on September 10t.h. Think a
moment, then act.
eJt ST theV will-go to
ercises. J DOOk and work
the High School torbooK a tQ
assignment The .exercises.
be Present for the ope s r
The Prospects for haatgaU upils will
nne. a- rfiro av it pay LW
be in for the first day. P
get the auvau.D- PHILLIPS.
G OF
days.
DRASTIC SHOBTENIXGEUXJpoN,
aoT.f c The evacuation
London, Sept. o. th tneory
- t tends tO COnili"i L" ,
oi licuo nnve decuieu uv"
that the Germans havefatheir
a nrasiiu oxiv
1 line.
N -rr ttovs former health of-
Dr-?'anvi5e county, has been
ficer of Gjanvuvc A General
transferred to the su. . o. tne
Hospital, Azalea, N. U im Aglie
new tubercular hospital n
t will be"good to
says Carolina again, dui
b? 5Sere I go or what I am
The people of Granville county is
given an opportunity to say to the
Government whether or not they can
be counted on to help wm the war
particularly through the W ar Saving
Campaign. This is the second time
iT v, navertimfint has asked this
coSnty to declare itself in regard to
tMs work, to say whether or not it
would pledge itself to raise its quota
of War Savings Stamps during the
vearlt asked that this be done by
subscribing . its entire quota in
nlpdees. whicn was uie ii -the
War Sayings Drive of the week
f nowiul'is we do the size of the
task that is before us our first duty
tVVIMdofore this call
PerTonSTSs can be dhould
bf let aside until we have redeemed
our comitry from the . unfavorable
position it now holds in this wom
Lnndt Wot c ''Vhtfwilf'ca1!!0 ?S
?iHKnd oerhaps a little sac
rifice on tte part of our cmzens DU
wp will be a poor lot if we are nut
IB llCUCOdtt J
cause. y
ville.
X Mnf that-comes to
the newB
me is
LETTER FROM TEXAS.
Mr. Jeff
Daniel Is Now Being Busi-
ness xn iffprson Tex-
Having motri well known in
as, Mr. Jeff. Daniel, wei
Oxford and Granvme pub.
us to change the agar street Beau
Uc Ledger to 79 SAipm
mont, .Texas.
Mr. Daniels says. the Coast, near
"Wear? SSdco and may experi
the Gulf of Mexico, &ccount of
ence some ats but we are here
the German U-boats, uu
to stay. wrkTlder how many of our
I often wonaer rseas. i am
Granville boys .are averse unt
sure they triumphal march
vm selves on LUC
to Berlin."
theMfuda5 Tnw WJmobl
ofawate? 'The d?lver explained that
wHeon bis way home f orm chur ch
Spmlrately IU. The county roads
showed fewer autoists than on form-
J
er sunuap.
No gasoline
All
of this in accordance with the govern
lomiPRt that there be less au-
t Qnr fdav school and church will be
??..?Sn,L?. Snce nublic opinion has
mucii ,oii hp nn iov
decreed tnaiaueic "
riding on sunaay.
Vc,."" will nreach at
HeJn PresbMhurch t Sn
day evening, sepieiuuc -
clock.
Public School Examination.
There will be a nexamination for
white teachers at the Court House
Thursday, September 12 th, for col
ored teachers Friday September
13th. J- F. WEBB.
The Surgical Dressing Class of'
the Granville County unap ii ,
iran Red Cross win oe upeu
Ifleht at 8 o'clock; Wednesday and
at 9t3U O ClOCK.. ai
member' asked to.be present.