VOLUME XXXIII.
THE NORTH CAROLINA
COUNCIL OF DEFENSE
The Dependents of Missing Men Still
Receive Allotments.
Don't Lose That Certificate.
If you received a blue regist ..u
certificate on September 12, take
cire of it as valuable property and
carry it with you. You may be re
quired to show it at any time. When
you receive a classification certifi
cate from your local board, this cer
tificate should be where you can pro
duce it as evidence of your status.
Keep Your Liberty Bonds Safe
Many purchasers of Liberty bonds
ire holding investments for the first
time. The State Council of Defense,
therefore, suggests that all Liberty
bond owners, especially those who
are not experienced investors, remem
ber the following facts:
1. Coupon Liberty bonds that is,
r-onds which are not' officially regis
tered by the Treasury as a certain
person's property until transferred
on the Treasuy books to another per
son should be kept safe from thiev
es and fire as cash ought to be.
Most small bonds are coupon bonds.
Owners of coupon Liberty bonds may
exchange them for registered bonds.
For the method, consult your bank.
2. Liberty bonds should be kept,
and not exchanged for goods or se
curities. Beware of any man who of
fers goods for Liberty bonds, have
nothing to do writh anybody who of
fers securities, especially oil. or min
ing stocks, for your Government pa
per. Soldiers Still Reecive Allotments
The Bureau of War Risk Insur
ance has given notice that the depen
dents of soldiers reported "msising
in action" will continue to receive
allotments and allowances. As a
matter of course, Government in
surance is not paid until the soldier
protected by the policy , is certified
as dead.
Sisters of Soldiers 4 Eligible.
Under a War Department ruling,
sisters of officers and enlisted men
are henceforth eligible for Red Cross
nursing, canteen work and other im
portant work in France.
The conditions under which pass
ports will be granted are as follows:
(1) The sisters must be accredited
members of one of the regular au
thorized organizations. (2) Each
must be particularly qualified for the
position she is to fill. (3) She is
sent to France as a worker and not
as a relative. (4) She will make no
effort to visit her relatives in France,
whether sick or well. (5) The or
ganization to which she belongs will
return her to America, in case she
violates these rules, or if she marries
an officer or soldier in the American
Expeditionary Force after her arri
val. SECRET SERVICE MEN.
We Need A Few Of Them In
Granville.
In dealing effectively with insid
ious pro-German propaganda the
government has enlisted thousands j
of persons who are serving as detec
tives in the secret service, as special
agents of the Department of Justice, !
or in the bureaus of information of j
the Navy and War Departments. Al-j
ready the work of the wartime sleuth
has resulted in numerous arrests.
The preachers of peace-at-any-price,
who were in evidence in many com
munities before the United States en
tered the world war, have taken to
cover because of the activities of Un
cle Sam's detectives, and confine
their efforts to secret propaganda.
THE OLD KAISER.
The Strain Is Telling on the Old
Rascal.
"The Kaiser looked grave and his
head had become very gray," says an
issen dispatch to the Lokal Anzei
ger of Berlin, describing the appear
ance of Emperor William on the oc
casion of his speech at the Krupp
munition works. "But in his eyes,"
says the dispatch, "shone the defiant
gleam of a Prussian king. He spoke
for about three quarters of an hour
without manuscript and with rhetoric
which many reichstagers might have
envied."
EXCESS TAX PROFITS I
MEASURE IS ADOPTED
Provision ot War Revenue Bill
would Yrield $3,200,000,000
In Funds to Run-War.
u ith less than ah hour's discussion
and without amendment, the House
Wednesday adopted the general plan
and rates in the war revenue bill for
taxation of war and excess tax prof
its estimated to yield $3,200,000,
;00 in revenue.
The Building Proposition.
it will be of interest to anyvho
are contemplating any kind of build
ing or repairing to read carefully the
gage advertisement " of C. D. Ray &
kon m this issue of the Public Led
ger. ....... . ...
PUBLISHED SE EKLY-TOWN AND COUNTY
WHAT THE ARMY
IS PAYING FOR
FOOD THESE DAYS
Washington, Sept. 18.
Here's what the amy is pav
,v ing for food these days, ac
cording to figures issued by the
quartermaster general:
Beef 33 3-4 cents pound;
Ham 34 cents; Bacon 42 cents;
lard 27 cents; and lard sub
stitute 27 cents, all F. O. B.
Chicago ,butter 47 1-2 cents a
pound in prints and 44 1-4 in
tubs; Oleomargarine in tubs
25 3-4 cents; potatoes 2.9 cents
a pound; onions 2. 97 cents,
"flour $5.15 per hundred pounds
at mill; sugar $7.35 at refine
ries. VOLUNTEERS, COME FOuJARD!
The Questionnaires Must Be Filled
y ' Out.
The following gentlemen have a
greed to assist the Legal Advisory
Board in the work of filling out ques
tionnaires for registrants: A. H.
Powell, L. T. Buchanan, R. B. Hines,
A. A. Chapman, W. Mott Pinnix, P.
W. Knott, C. A. Carroll, C. R. Gor
don and Jno. R. Hall.
The work has begun and will con
tinue for some weeks. Other assis
tance is needed for the reason that
no one is expected to give the whole
of his time. Those willing to assist
in the work will report at the Court
House and give their names to the
undersigned.
D. G. BRUMMITT, Chm.,
T. LANIER,
B. W. PARHAM,
LOCAL BOARDS ARE MAILING ,
THE QUESTIONNAHIES
Blanks Going To Registrants of Sep
tember 12 Between 19 and 36
Granville County Exemption Board
are . mailing questionnaires of , the
third editon to registrants of Septem--
ber 12 between the ages of 19 and
36. Ten per cent will be mailed out
daily until the total number: of men
between these ages have been for
warded the blanks which, when re
turned, determines their class liabil
ity for service.
As has been the case in the distri
bution of the first and second edition
of questionnaires, members of the le
gal advisory boards in the State will
be called upon to render service in
assisting registrants in preparing
their questionnaires.
Questionnaires will be mailed out
according to serial numbers assign
ed to the new class of registrants.
No entries on the classification lists
will be made until after order num
' bers have been assigned in accor
! dance with regulations subsequently
j to be promulgated.
' SECRETARY PEACE IS GETTING
THINGS IN FINE SHAPE
Mr. tutlaw Hunt Appointed Marshal
of the Granville County
' Fair.
Secretary Peace is just back
from Raleigh where Jhe placed order
for the printing of the annual prem
ium list. In a few days this will be
received and given out on request.
Many inquiries are received daily
showing the great interest taken. "-
-Mr. Outlaw Hunt has been elect
ed chief marshall and-accepted and
will shortly announce his aids from
the various sections of the county.
The midway will be full of a-
rnusements for the fun loving-youngsters
as almost daily letters are re
ceived asking for space.
SOUTH AND CENTRAL
AMERICANS TO FIGHT
May Soon Be On the Firing Line in
France and Flanders is the
Forecast at Washington.
(Washington Special.)
Millions of battling South and Cen
tral Americans may soon be on the
firing line in France and Flanders is
the latest important war forecast at
Washington. These, with the irre
sistible Japs and the Zecho-Slavs and
Jugo-Slavs -fighting in the far East
will increase the forceful torrent that
will engulf Germany and destroy
Germanic ambitions.
MAJOR CHAS. M. STEDMAN
ANSWERS CANDIDATE KURFEES
The Busy Congressman Sets the Re
publican Candidate Right.
The Republican candidate for Con
gress in the fifth district either
through ignorance or intentionally,
misrepresented Hon. Ghas. M. Sted
man. Kurfees, or any other man m
the nation, can not justly criticize
the enviable reeord of the distinguish
ed and able representative of this
district. -Read Major Stedman's let
ter on the second page of this paper.
v Pressing the Limitf.
The better grades of tobacco have
begun to make their appearance on
the Oxford market and the price go
es higher daily. Mr. I. W. Mangum,
proprietor of the new warehouse by
his name, is ever pressing the price
still higher and hgiher. See an
nouncement - of the Mangum else
where in this paper.
RILLIANT
OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA satiqrday, September 21, 191s.
general pershing about
to carry Battle
V TO GERMAN SODL
General Pershing's American First
Army Is Standing In Front of the
Fortification of ; Metz and Its
Positions Are Being Heavily Shelled
By the Germans, But This Shell
Fire Is Not Interfering With the
Preparations For -the Invasion of
Germanf -Metz Must Be Taken
By Strategy-There is a Probabil
ity that the Next Few Days Will
Bring Developments of Unques
tioned Significance.
The American Army is standing in
front of Metz, one of-the strongest
fortifications in the world. This is
one interestinf proposition in the sit
uation, andyet the possibilities are
that the Americans may get through
at some other -point. They are "on
German soil there; they may hold
their footing until- a more interesting
development comes to pass at some
other place. : To break through fur
ther into Germany at the . Vosges
would entail a direct assault on the
German Army entrenched to the west
of, the Rhine and the Allied comman
ders may have a better plan than that
in mind. ;
The American storm is due to
break at any moment. Just where
is the important and interesting de
velopment for which the" public must
wait. While interest is centered on
the Ainericansituation and the com
ing events, boil the British and the
French are closfrig "Nearer on their . re
speetive goals;-pushing more relent
lessly to a further . victory. But
what has undoubtedly shaken Gef
many . more than any recent occur
rence was thej world-reply to her
"peace" proposition, as briefly and
emphatically worded by President
Wilson. There is a probability that
the next few days may bring devel
opments -of r unquestioned significan
ce. " '- -
Metz the: Foundation.
(By Frank H. Simonds.)
A direct attack upon Metz is un
thinkable, not merely because of the
forts, which are'.far more modern and
infinitely stronger than those; of Ver
duri, but because ot the lines of de
fense which the Germans have newly
constructed upon the circle; of hills
surrounding the old French city since
the war . began. We must recognize
that Metz is the foundation of the
German defense not merely of the
old frontier, but of all the country
between the Rhine and the Belgian
and French 'frontiers. If, Metz shall
fall a permanent stay of the German
armies west of the Belgian frontier
would be impossible. A defense of
Alsace-Lorraine could not long be
maintained and the Germans would
have at no distant date "to retire to
the line of the Rhine, of Lauter and
the Saar, at. the very least.
More" than tins', Metz defends all
that great iron district from Longwy
in France, on the Luxemburg fron
tier, southward to the point where
the present front crosses the Moselle
near "Norroy. To lose this iron dis
trict would be to lose the main
source - of indispensable war material
It would be tantamount to the loss of
the war itself. When Bismarck took
Metz -he obeyed the urgings of the
ilder Moltke and the military men.
He took it because they advised him
that in German hands Metz was the
key to France.
Must Be Taken By Strategy.
As a military problem, it is well to
ilismisa the idea that the - taking of
Metz can be by direct assault. There
have been too many operations like
.the Somme and Flanders last year to
make such an operation tempting
now, Metz will have to be taken by
the now familiar method of the
"pincers." Unquestionably we shall
see next year we may see the begin
ning this year a double thrust from
Verdun straight out -toward the Mo
sele east of Briey and below Metz and
another thrust northeastward from
the front beyond Nancy into the gap
between Metz and which ended so
disastrously at Marhange. These
two- thrusts will together, envelop
Metz as St. Mihiel' salient was envel
oped the other day, and compel the
Germans to choose between evacua
ting the whole Metz position and
risking an army in a beseiged fort
ress, as Bazaine risked his army and
the French cause in 1870.
Slow Campaign.
We are likely to see ,a long and
slow campaign for Metz. We are
bound to see the main thrusts deliv
ered, not at the forts and the. imme
diate circle of defenses which now
face our troops, but north and south
of these defenses, a thrust designed
to envelop Metz, not take it by storm
And the envelopment will inevitably
force the Germans to evacuate the
town when their garrison is threat
ened with immediate encirclement.
Pershing is on the point of carry
ing the war into Germany. Metz is
his first obstacle and Metz may well
be a matter of months not days.
OPPORTUNITIES A ZL HOME
AMERICA'S PROMPT
ANSWER TO QUESTION
"The government of the
United States feels that there
is only one reply which it can
make to the suggestion of the
imperial Austro-Hungarian gov
eninient. It has repeatedly and
with entire candor stated! the
upon which the United States
would consider peace and can
and will entertain no proposal
for a conference upon a matter
concerning which it has made
its position and purpose so
plain." ,.
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BULGARIANS ART1 TAT FLIGHT
BEFORE FRENCH AND SERBS
Progress Is So Rapid They Are
Unable To Count Prisoners;
Pursuit Kept Up Day and Night.
(London Special, Sept. 19.)
The Bulgarians are in flight in
Macedonia and are burning stores
and villages.
The Allied troops now have ad
vanced more than 12 miles and their
progress is so rapid that they have
not been able to count the prisoners
and war material taken. New regi
ments thrown in by the Bulgarians
have been forced to retreat with the
others. '
The Bulgarians have been defeated
completely and the Serbian troops
are pursuing them day and night.
10,000 Prisoners and 60 Big Guns
Taken, Says Haig.
The prisoners taken by the Brit
ish in the operation begun Wednes
day northwest of St. Quentin now ex
ceed 10.000. More than 60 big guns
were taken.
FOUR MINUTE PATRIOTIC SONG
SERVICE AT THE ORPHEUM
Mrs. John Booth Appointed Chair
man of Committee on Public
Information. -Four
minute singing henceforth
will. be aded to the activities of the
Four Minute Men of the Committee
On Public Information, in conformity
with instructions just received from
Washington. '
The new activity will be conducted
in those motion picture theaters
which are co-operating with the gov
ernment, their audience being afford
ed an opportunity to join in singing
patriotic-songs and choruses. 1 - .-
Words and music of specially se
lected songs ' have been sent to Mrs.
John Booth, who has been ap
pointed chairman of a singing divis
ion of the Four Minute Men.
.. Slides giving the words to - be
thrown on the screens for the infor
mation of the audience will be pre
pared for early use.
Four minutes will continue to be
the time limit of the new activity,
which will be kept entirely separate
from the delivery of Government mes
sages. ' , .
It is hoped that the new activity
may be inaugurated during the com
ing campaign for the Fourth Liber
ty Loan.
TEN DOLLARS IN GOLD.
To Stimulate the Sale of War Sav
ings Stamps.
Mr. Milton Hunter, railway postal
clerk, offers $10.00 in gold to the
first boy or girl in Granville county
who will inform him to whom he can
sell $1,000 worth of War Savings
Stamps, the prize money to be given
to the said boy or jgirl as soon as the
sale of the stamps is negotiated.
Mr. Hunter is prompted by a spir
it of patriotism to reward the said
boy or girl, and we feel quite sure
that he not only deserves the patron
age of those who are able to purchase
to the limit, but those who buy in
smaller lots should patronize him.
Mr. Hunter is a postal clerk on
the main line of the Seaboard road
and comes to Oxford to visit his fa
ther every week. A message . will
reach him at the Oxford postoffice.
. THE MDULINERY OPENING.
The Oxford Milliners Had a Hand
N some Display.
The Ladies from town and county
manifested much interest in the' dis
play of millinery Thursday, the for
mal onening of the millinery estab
lishments in Oxford. The ladies
were not only pleased with the hand
some showing, but the prices range
somewhat lower than they expected.
The stores were crowded all day
with the gentle sex from the town
and county and the sales are report
ed, to have been heavy..
MR. C. K. COZART IN OXFORD
Creedmoor Tobacconist Now With
The Banner.
Mr. C. K. Cozart, the well known
Creedmoor warehouseman, has clos
ed his warehouse for the season and
is now affiliated with the Banner
warehouse, where he will be glad to
see his many old friends in this and
adjoining counties. See the forma!
announcement elsewhere in. this pa
per. WORK OR FIGHT.
Mr. J. S. King is the County. Chair
man of the Committee of Em
ployment. Governor Bickett this week named
Mr. J. S. King, of the Long Company
chairman of the Granville County
Committee of Employment. This
means work or fight.
PRINT.
NUMBER 75.
THE NEW DISEASE FROM
OVER THE SEAS
An Attack Usually Lasts Only a Few
Days. ..
Spanish influenza, which has at
last penetrated to the United States,
has mystified European scientists. It
is presumed to have originated on
the French battlefields. Some phy
sicions believe it to be nothing more
or less than the Black Plague of ear
lier wars, rendered rc-atively harm
less because of the enervation which
time has brought to the persistent
bacilli and by modern -processes of
sanitation. Others are still convinc
ed that the appearance of the disease
represents one of the fantastic meth
ods of the German warmakers, who
are supposed to have developed the
menace with weird dreams of pros
trated armies laid low and surround
ed after the disease had been spread
by shells charged with it.
Isolation camps are already estab
lish at several places in the United
States. Spanish influenza is not us
ually a faal malady. Its chief dan
ger is in the lowered vitality that fol
lows an attack and according to the
Surgeon General of the United Stat
es army, leaves the convalescent easy
prey for more dangerous diseases.
Thus phyisicians suggest quick and
thorough care of those who may be
afflicted. Sudden prostration and all
the symptoms of an aggravated cold
are the usual signs of Spanish influ
enza. An attack usuaiiy lasts but a
few days. It is in the period of re
covery that the patient needs most
careful attention. Complete rest,
fresh air and good food are the chief
methods of cure.
SPEdlAL AGENTS ARE
ROUNDING UP SLACKERS
Gathering Information From Hun
dreds of Sources.
A nation-wide effort to round up
men who failed to register for the
draft Thursday will be started imme
diately by a specially organized corps
of department of justice agents. This
corps has been in process of organi
zation for some time, and will work
quietly, without making general
raids.
Methods have been developed for
gathering information from hundred
of sources on men within the new
draft ages' who failed to respond and
this will be used to prevent evasion.
Many volunteer members of the A
merican Protective League; a citizens
organization against draft dodgers,
are understood to have enlisted in
the new campaign against draft dod
gers, and the system is said to be so
thorough that it virtually will be im
possible for slackers to evader-arrest.
TWENTY GERMAN DIVISIONS
HAVE BEEN DISBANDED
Women and Children Are Being
Called to the Auxiliary Service
. Wit hthe American Army on the
Lorraine Front, Monday, Sept. 16.
One hundred and eight German in
fantry battalions, equivalent to
twenty divisions? have been disband
ed, it is learned, in order to fill the
gap made by the past year's fight
ing. Women and boys are being
called to the auxiliary service to re
place men. Five thousand women
have already been mobolized for this
purpose and boys of fourteen are
being utilized.
Captured officers say that Ger
many is very tired of the war and no
longer hopes to do more than keep
what is its own.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEX.
As to the Ages of All Persons Re
quired to Register.
There appear to be some misun
derstandings on the part of registrars
in the county as to the limit of ages
of persons required to register on
September 12, 1918. Notice is here
by given that all male, persons who
had reached their eighteenth birth
day on September 12, 1918, and ivho
had not reached their forty-sixth
brithday, are required to register and
should at once appear before the Lo
cal Board at Oxford, N. C, for the
purpose of registering.
REICHSTAG AGAIN WDLL MAKE
A BD3 FOR WORLD PEACE
London, Sept. J.8. It is rumored
in Berlin that when the Reichstag
meets there will be another peace
demonstration similar to that of July
1917, according to a dispatch from
Amsterdam. It is said that the term
of the, proposal are being drafted by
the leaders in conjunction with Chan
cellor Von Hertling. The Reichstag
is scheduled to meet November 5.
War Exhibit.
There will be a meeting at the
Culbreth school on Tuesday after
noon, September 24th, at 3:30 to
plan a war service exhibit for the
community fair. The county chair
man of the Woman's . Committee of
the Council of National Defense will
be present to confer with the Cul
breth committee. A full attendence
is urged.
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