-trTTT
TTc IV READINESS
ALL If 0 THB REGISTRATION
FOU
rrinvillo County Exemption
Jml Has Received Registra
Hon Cards and Certificates
" nnville County Exemption
T1h hns completed arrangements
Boai;L registration next -Thursday,
SePteT,tv between the ages of 18
"ueoci ond 31 and 45 yeors, inclus
alld The nation's fourth enrollment
ive- in Vower to carry on the war
f0-?i bfcarr?ed out here it is expect
will ie mucb. smoothness and as
he'obruction as were the three
'! .! Mve preceded it.
Where You Must Register.
HOj smith Oxford precincts. The
and-c??ntion for each precinct will
IeS ?f-ce up satirs in the Court
J?1? J This is because of lack of
H .1 rd room at the usual voting
8?? hi North Oxford. In all other
vltVrls those entitled to register
ff ftpear at their usual - voting
plaCCei'tifies of Registration.
The local board has received sup
of registration blanks and the
PASnf rP-istration given to
gistrants as an e meuw ui
complied with the law
NO
re
ouestionaires nave u& j ci
Sed by the board, and it ib not
l-nown wherner mese win
fino for the enrollment day or not.
the event they do, it is thought
thJ noiblv the distribution will be
iSde at that time. Otherwise they
Si have to be sent out as was the
case last winter for the first regis-
trati0n- The Penalty.
Penaltv for failure to register is
one vear" imprisonment and no man
can exonerate himself by payment
of a fine. Ignorance of the law is
no excuse it is your duty to find
out where to register and when to
register.
THE BIG CAMP AT RALEIGH
The Government Will Establish a
Bone Di v Territory Within
a Karius of Fifty Miles.
Numerous convictions for drunked
ness in Oxford recently leads to the
belief that the most of the liquor
that finds it way to this community
conies from blind tigers in-Hender-son
and Durham. - "
If that be a fact, the annoyance
from that source will be of short du
ration after the government establish
es a camp in Raleigh and declares an
absolute bone dry territory within a
radius of fifty miles of the capital
city.
Uncle Sam has very little com
passion on blind tigers, and when he
sends out a squad of soldiers they
never fail to bring them in.
OXFORD SCHOOLS OPEN.
3iore Than One Thousand Children
Enrolled.
Appropriote service, in which all!
thp Tliinict-Qvo rf C-vfrrA frvrkV T O ff i .
marked the onetime of the citv school I
i , , , i
tast Monday morning. Several strong
speeches were made, all of which en-1
joined th(
puieiiis to get. uexiinu liich
t-nnaren a
nd aid the superintendent t-n-' ni brothers why he had not wnt
rs in the discharge of their j Sifnro "I wish I could tellyou
and teaehe
duties
The enrollment this year is slight
ly heavier than last year. Prof.
Phillips announced that the total en
rollment would be about 1050. The
white enrollment is about 600.
A slight change in the opening
hour was noted bv Prof. Phillips. He
requested the parents to have theif
children at school by 8:45 until fur
ther notice.
AX EVENING OF POETRY.
By Well Known Local Talent A
Silver Offering.
, ere will be a recital tonight at
the home of Mrs. A. H. Powell for the
benefit of the Y .M. C. A. drive. The
elaborate program cannot but please
every lover of home and country,
oerns will be read by Miss Grace
Jean Sails, assisted by Miss Helen
Koyster and Miss Shamburger. The
Se?Lal feature of the program will
oe the interpretation of a group of
Poems by vrell known local talent.
silver offering will be received
ai the door.
IKAh;ks FOR THE RATION
Holy Ellcbaiist at St. Stephen's Reg
istration Day.
HoivS5 vin be a celebration of the
Thiro?,Jcharist at six m. on
St Sla n,ext- registration day, in
per tWen s Church. It seems pro
Rhmii'2al some religious sginificance
dav il? be given to so important a
viVp Rational annals. The ser-
thuq kI- take aout a half an hour,
ofiL "Jibing the registrants to the
of ihn reSistraHon at the opening
their nrvrs' and 1 f- interfering with
StatP Jdln.ary aff a , s. Church and
countrS n?aeel apart in our
in? ' hll stiH the Church's bless
tion tnn0r-tPh..sometning, and its atten
are wnl2v,lf lts bssing and attention
6 ortn anything anywhere.
PAY YOUR TAX.
anr tax books for 1918 has been
PleSfp ,ner to me for collection,
settle 1 at the Mayor's office and
e- R. B. HINES.
City Tax Collector.
PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY TOWN 4.
OXFORD, : s-Sth CAROLINA Wednesday.
MEN WHO ARE
MUST REGISTER SEPT. la
fice f the Provost MarshaGeS
iS Sff ages to include meS
ive ?h ,and. 45' both
made followuig statement is
A manJs considered to be in
cluded within the new agehn
lts unless on or before Regis
tration Day, September 12, he
.has reached his forty-sixth birth
o ,If hls aSe is 45 years and
304 days on September 12, he
- must register. - V
The minimum age limit of 18
years, on- the other hand, is in
, tended to include any young
mair whQ, on of before Septem-
ucr Aia, suau iave reached his
y-Am 1 - a. 1 1 J 1 -m
iiicciiiu ouxiiaay.
For these reasons it is impor-"
taut that all men who have the
slightest doubt whether they
are included within the new age
limits ascertain as soon as pos
sible before registration day the
date of their birth and their age
on their last birthday. The bur
den is on the. man who fails to
register to show that he Ioes not
come within the new limits.
RED CROSS TOBACCO.
There
Is a Booth In Each of
the
Oxford Warehouses.
The farmers of Granville county
subscribed so liberally during the
recent Red Cross drive, the Gran
ville County Chapter of the American
Red Cross decided not to unduly
press them for donations just at pres
ent. '
Booths have been erected at con
venient places on the floors of each
of the Oxford warehouses and adorn
ed with the sacred emblem. The far
mers so far this season have depos
ited very little tobacco in the booths,
but the Public Ledger is sure that
they will contribute liberally in kind
as soon as the market takes on . a
lively aspect.
The following special from Golds
boro is of interest here:-
The average amount of pounds
per day of tobacco donated to the
local chapter of the Red Cross this
-week has been eight hundred pounds
the gift of Wayne county farmers.
When offered - for sale - this - tobacco
has netted the chapter more than
$100: per day. In donating a large
quantity of tobacco for this cause
Friday one farmer stated that he was
just beginning to realize what the
war means and the great work being
carried on by the Red Cross. . This
planter donated his tobacco with a
smile and said, 'help yourself because
I know Uis for the boys over yon
der." .
MISSING BRO. HEARD FROM
Sert. Guy barman Is In the Avia-
Service Overseas.
Messrs. C. S. and Levi Garman
jumped for joy Saturday when they
u,viai. nvrspaf? whom ney had not
received a Dig iai icitei uuu
" , - c Viott fniir lOTlET
v. nr.H 'hoi pved that
lie
was
rQOf1 v n airman prison.
iiiuii an" xw. .
at aarman is in the aviation
He did not
vrpnch of tne service,
all I' have seen and heard and done
since crossing, the seas but military
rules forbid," said Sergt. garman.
"I like the aviation service all right,
I enjoy the best of health, and get
nlentv of wholesome food.
P ''I have seen and heard enough ov
er here to inspire me to any emev
gency to win the war. - I must ask
you, brother Charles, and Levi, ,to
hell) the noble cause mwhich we are
engaged; contribute cano
the Red Cross, andthe Y. M. ; AA.g
and you can also help by buying
b?Wt that fine," saM Mr. Charles
Oarman when he read the letter, we
will do faU that brother has request
ed, and more too." , '
DEPUTY SHKUtTCUNSMAX
Slipping up to Bud Simpson on one
of the warehouse floors last week
Officer Hutchins addressed him m his
usual, characteristiostyle: . : . .
"It seems to me as if I have seen
won before." said the officer.
7 T don't recollect of having met
you before, stranger," said the man
f?DoS? '$SKecall tte: f act that you
dashed a bucket full, of sour mash m
v flee two or three weeks ago and
Sokf for X ta-11 timber?" asked the
CYou are certainly mistagen in the
man? where and when did such a
thing happen?" ... tn the sher-
Superior Court under a bona oi
$1,000. '. N.--- : J -
t. W-Saving 3Iachinery. --.
Weall the attention ,or ?
SfePrf toTu iabor-Bag machinery
PfjptemiW
concextratio3iWa3iericans
ajukiuan SECTORS
IS PROCEEDING RAPIDLY
More Than 90 Per Ct of Men
Overseas Under Direct Command
of General Pershing Germans
Now 60 Miles From Paris at Clos
est Point Enemy Retreating A -long
100-Mile Front From Ar-ras-Cambrai
Sector to Rheims
Concentration of American
m the American sectors in France
proceeding rapidly and "Genera? Per
slung now has under Ws direct com"
r""u iuan .au Der rpnt
troops who rTA r'S. 01 . ,me
side. This wfl . mSu oc. u Llir
General March .i2f7 . Z
said that more' thin 9 0 per cent o'
the Americans are now in the Amer
ican sectors. ue Amer"
Twenty-Seventh'Divisin in Line
hoH?i?rai. Marcb announced also
that the Tweny-seventh division nre
viously training behind the British
lines, is interpreted to mean that the
division soon would be withdrawn to
join Pershing's army.-
Germans In Retreat.
n niS TeT7 l m battle situa
tion General March pointed out that
;nn Gffmans are retreating along a
100-mile front from the Arras-Cam-brai
sector to Rheims. with French
British and American; forces in "close
pursuit.
Sixty Miles From Paris!
Official reports show that the ene
my now is 60 miles from Paris at his
closest approach to that city, General
March added, while the old Hinden
burg line, from .which the greatest
German effort of the war was launch
ed last March, stands at the point of
maximum distance only ten miles be
yond the present -active front.
Drain on German Man Power.
Further evidence -of the drain on
German man power during the fighting-:
of the last few months reached
Washington in official" dispatches,
which quoted captured enemy documents.-
Numerous German battalions now
are composed of three companies in
stead of tour, it was said, as reserves
were not available to keep four com
pany units up to necessary strength.
In this process of consolidation for
ty German regiments are said to
have been wiped out entirely. ;
No Recruits Available But Boys .
, It -also is stated that the men "of
the class. 6X9i9arsrM
pearing and those of the 1920 class
must be drawn on to fill gaps, a mea
sure which the enemy is said to be
postponing as long as possible.
The dispatches note that the mili
tary efficiency of the class of 1920
is very low as the boys are exhausted
by under feeding before they joined
their regiments. The dispatches al
so sav that the actual monthly arri
val of American troops in France is
equal now to fully one-half of the
German annual recruitment.
IUBSTANTIAL INCREASE IN
PROPERTY TAX OF GRANVILLE
Nearly One Million Dollars Over That
of Last Year.
Mr. James Powell, Register of
Deeds, has finished the tax books and
turned them over to the Sheriff. The
following summary shows an in
crease of S909, 622 over that of 19-
17: 1917. - o
Real and per. propert.y $6,464,988
Corporate excess oSIcak
Bank"stock ' oq
R. R., Telegraph, etc . . . -2'289
Domestic Corporations . . . .b6V,6bv
Total
......$10,163,533
Real and per. property $7,870,942
R. R., Telegraph, etc.
Corporate excess . - - J??' ?24
Bank stock .. ..271,34
Total .. ... '11QnQ'fi22
Increase for year 1918 . . $909,622
COMMANDING A BATTERY.
Lt. B. S. Royster, Jr., Is Near the
River Rhine.
rr Claude L. Pridgen, past grand
mS&rrf tto Masonic order in Nor h
ramiina. who is now on duty m
France in a letter to General B. S.
Kr Days a glowing tribute to
able and upright sPieii. p
is the manner in which Dr. -riageu
'AdSn' who ranks as a cap
x '.Dr'-?Sftf. the troops on the east-
SSSSSi tfflwm be in Berlin
bGfT?r PrhiSenasays that Lt. Bev. S
Dl: Fri?f who is commanding a
Royster, A?ni-itae. is as fat as
battery on be flrmg im e recel d
a pig and that ne mQ
the trenches. - -
MRS. BIC1SETT IN FRANCE.
Sailed From New York Several Days
A cablegram gceklu
rival of Mrs. Thomas york
France. he sailea com.
several days m k survey
mission aPPJeortS Y. W. C. A.
of -hostess nouses. ui
in the war zone.
OPPORTUNITIES-
ALL HOME
SEPTEMBER 11, 1918.
CASUALTY LIST RULES A3IENDED
Names of All Wounded to Be Brought '
to vvasnmgton Tvice a Week
by Courier. v
(Dashington Special. ) .,
Under a new policy of reporting
casualties in the. American expedi
tionary forces adopting by the-war de
vui, Luc lictmes or tne men t
wuuuaea will De sent to the United
bta.tes .-by courier twice a week and
only the names of the dead and miss
ing will be cabled by General Persh
lng when the system" is f ully-4n ef
fect. -
- Why Change Is' Made.
In making the announcement, Gen
eral March, chief of staff, said: -v
"There-has been some discussion
m the United States , about our cas
ualty lists, and the war department
has been trying to get in touch with
the exact condition of casualties in
France, because we have heard from
a number of sources of relatives at
home receiving the information di
rect from their people in France of
men being wounded when the war de
partment had not notified the rela
tives at home. ,
"Of course, it is very well under
stood that "the opinion of a man who
has been wounded may differ mate
rially from the opinion of the doctors
as to its severity, and undoubtedly
a great many men haveiwritten home
telling about wounds that the doc
tors had pronounced light, and which
Pershing had listed as not being se
vere, when the letters might indicate
to tne people at home that they were
20,000 Not Reported.
"General Pershing reports that up
to August 20 there were 20,000 cas
ualties which he had not reported
which were listed by doctors as light
men who have gone to hospitals
and gone back to the line, and that
sort of thing; but in order to meet
what I think to be the 'just demands
of the people at home for informa
tion about their relatives in France,
I am going to have General Pershing
forward by courier to us here the en
tire hospital records of the American
expeditionary force, giving all casual
tiesr no. matter if a man is in a hos
pital only a day, wit h medical diag
nosis, of each case; and then I pro
pose to put in the hands of the rela
tives,, after the arrival of the first
courier, with such records, a state
ment of the diagnosis.
."We will then suspend on the part
of General Pershing any report of
woimded He-will .... report deaths,
missing,-ah d such major casualties,
and the war department willtart in
with the arrival of the first courier
to cive out all information about cas
ualties." WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION.
Annual Meeting Held at Enon Last
Week.
The Woman's Missionary Union of
the Flat River Association, held its
annual meeting at Enon' last ThursJ
day and Friday. The attendance
was good, and the reports of the del
egates showed progress along many
lines. Notwithstanding the liberal re
soonse of these people to the calls
tor gifts to war work the societies
made an increase of $200.00 in their
gifts to missions and have taken as
their financial aim, for the coming
year, the sum of $1,800.00
- It was voted by the. body to give
$500.00 to the church building loan
fund of the Home Mission Board, this
fund to be a memorial to Mrs. John
Webb, Superintendent of the W. M.
U of the Flat River Association. -
The program was- interesting and
inspiring from the beginning to the
close - - N
Mrs. Walter Phipps in a pleasing
manner gave the words of greetings
for the Enon Society. We were es
pecially fortunate in having Mrs. W.
N Jones, State W. M. U. President,
Mrs. Waddill of Henderson, and Rev.
j D Harte, all of whom added,mucn
to the interest of the meeting.
The talk by Mrs. A. H. Powell on
"Things Essential in a model Society
meeting" deserves special mention.
- At the does of the Sunbeam Con
ference, successfully conducted by
Miss Sadie Parham, the ; Sunbeam
Band of Enon under the Readership
of Mrs. Titus Currin and Mrs. Char
T? mnrioroH an - interesting
frfd itstructive program. Enon f ul -
w cMotnpd hfr reoutation for hospi
talitv everything being done for the
Tii ;h nlelsure f the guests.
On Friday a delicious dinner was
served to the delegates and visitors
on the church grounds.
The following officers were elected
JWebbpt:;. A; H.
Powell, Associate Supt ; Mrs. C. D.
Rav Sec-Treas.; Mrs. F. B. BlalocK,
St. lei? Miss' Sadie-Pariam, Sun
beam Supt.. Group Leaders. Mrs.
W D. Amis; Mrs. S. H. Rogers, Mrs.
sV' wlcnott, Mrs. C. A. Upchurch
Mrs. Naomi Honeycutt, Miss Cora
Phipps, Miss Maud Shanks, Miss Mat
tie Lou Sizemore. -
CULBRETH C03IMUNITY FADH.
To Be Held on the Sixteenth of
:t- " October. '
There will be a community ' fair
held at Culbreth on October 16th.
We most cordially invite all the peo
ple within reach of us to co-operate
with us in making this the most suc
cessful fair in the county. We al
ready have plans for a most enjoy
able day good - speakers and most
attractive program. - The premium
list will be out in a few days.
E. B.' MEADOWS, Secretary.
PRINT.
NUMBER 72
TIT
OLD-'GSAXVTLLS GRAYS
- ARE DOING THEIR DUTY
Lieutenant Stegall Addressed Large
Audience.
Lt. J. L Stegall, back from the
trenches, was greeted by a large au
dience at the Court House last Fri
day night. That the war is becom
ing, more and more in the. hearts and
minds of the people in this section
was. attested by the fact that the
court room was overcrowded and
hundreds were turned away from the
door.
a. oiuw, ciear voice, J-1. Oiegail
held the vast audience spellbound for
a half hour in the all-absorbing story
of the aff n.irfe nvprcooo
He spoke of the brave Granville
boys going out into "no man's land"
at night in search of German out
posts, and how thev would vnnlr th
Germans out of the pockets in the
earth and lead them captive. He
paid a glowing tribute to the work
being accomplished by the American
Red Cross and the Y. M. C. A. Asso
ciations. "
Lt. Stegall said that he often
heard soldiers wish .that they were
back in "the States," but the Gran
ville boys always say that they wish
they were back in Oxford for a few
days.
Lt. Stegall was in the trenches at
Ypres for two months. " Ypres, pro
nounced "Epes" by the Belgians,
said Lt. Stegall, was a beautiful city
of more than twenty-five thousand
inhabitants before the war,, but every
building has been completely demol
ished and -the Germans still contin
uedto shell the ruins until they were
driven back He spoke of the burst
ing shells, the light in the heavens,
the flying shrapnel around him; some
times farther down the battle line,
sometimes a hundred miles away,
which reminded him of a terrific e
lec trie storm, but a thousand times
worse.
. Lt. Stegall confirms" the oft-repeated
story that the Germans destroy
and devastate the region through
which they pass. He said that he
had seen times and again where the
Huns had destroyed vast orchards by
sawing down-the trees a foot above
the ground.
Lt. Stegall stated that the Brit
ish, French and American soldiers
dwell together in perfect harmony,
and there is a feeling existing be
tween them that bordered on to bro
therly love and affection..
COL S. W. MINOR IS
COMMANDING A BRIGADE
Col. Cloud McGee Is In Cnarge of the
120th Infantryi of Which the Old
Granville Grays Is a Part.-
General March, chief, of staff, told
newspapermen at the semi-weekly
conference Wednesday that it had
been ascertained that the division
fighting with the British is the' 30th
division, which is composed,x)f troops
from Tennessee, North Carolina and
South Carolina. This division was
taken across the ocean by General
Reed, who was at that time command
ing general. Since General Reed has
been given a corps, said General
March, "the senior brigadier gener
al of the division will be in command
untiL-a major .general is assinged to
it. This officer has not as yet been
identified.'?
. ( At the present time Lieut. Col.
Claud McGee is in charge of the
120th infantry, of which E Gompany
is a part, succeeding Col. S. W." Min
or, who is temporarily commanding
a brigade.) y
NEW FOOD REGULATIONS.
Under the new regulations retail
ers will sell one pound of cereals, or
flour substitutes, with every four
pounds of flour.
I wish to call attention especially
to the 'fact that no excepions will be
rnadeto this rule. Farmers and oth
ers who have meal of their own pro
duction must buy twenty per cent sub
stitutes just as other purchasers.
For customers who have produced
their own wheat the mills may grind
a sufficient supply of flour for the
customer's family until August 1,
-i-910. This supply is to be calculated
on a oasis oi twelve pounas per
1 month per person. Producers of
1 wheat may not sell their wheat or
I flour except to merchants and mills
in due course of trade.
r. vv . x-Axtni-ivi,
Granville Co. Food Adm'r.
This September 9. 19JL8.
NO CHANGE YET IN TWO
POUND -SUGAR RATION
T . TTT T A T- TT A H C
Inadvisable To Permit Change In the
Ration At This Time.
Retention of the present sugar ra
tion of two pounds a month for each
person was announced by the Food
Administration Saturday. The-certificate
system by which sugar is allot
ted dealers was explained, showing
that it would be, inadvisable to per
mit changes in the ration at this time
Notwithstanding the promise of a
bountiful harvest, the administrators
agreed that food conservation must
ue in Leiibiiicu iu ediry uui i.ne plan
of sending 15,000,000 tons instead of
10,000,000 tons overseas in the next
year, and to meet demands of a
growing army.
Speaking of the fine Granville boys
in France, Gen. B. S. Royster says
that Lt. Robert M. Klnton, Pioneer
Infantry, is an excellent soldier and
is making good.
and supplies.