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'OLUMB XXXIII.
GREAT LOAN DRIVE
NO W UNDER WA Y
rlUXYiLLE COUNTY WILL, GO
OVER THE TOP.
The Stage Has Been Set and In Ev-
city. Town, Village ana Ham-
let In the United States Volunteers
Have Begun the Woi'K ot Taking
Subscriptions uranvillo Mas Al
ready Subscribed One-Third of its
Quota Team-A orkers, in Autos,
Will Leave the Court House For
All Tarts of the County Early
Wednesday Morning.
Tiie drive for the Fourth Liberty
T.nan is on in earnest. Never before
. in Granville county was there a more
perfect organization and more en
thusiasm. During the past week the
business men of Oxford dined togeth
er and talked Bonds; dozen of
speeches were delivered on the
warehouse floors by our best local
nnl.-flro' loriir cin fore; iuiaw 4.V.
guidance of Mrs. A. A. Hicks mount- 89
ed on a motor truck, paraded the 50
streets and sang patriotic songs
while tne cnurcn Dens ana the steam
whistles sounded a solemn note. Thus
was the Fourth Liberty Loan Drive
ursured in here Saturday, and before
the close or tne day seventy-five thou
sand dollars was subscribed.
The Liberty Loan Train.
Promptly at 1:15 o'clock Sunday
afternoon the Liberty Loan Train
culled, m atAthe Southern station,
-vhere were five soldiers aboard and
they, with the management of the
exhibit, drove to the Exchange Hotel
where they enjoyed a sumptous" din
ner. A bevy of Red Crossgirls from
Clarksville accompanied the soldiers
to Oxford and returned home on the
evening train.
There was such a jam at the rail
way station only a small proportion
of the corwd heard the speeches or
saw the relics from the battlefields.
hut Mr. W. T. Yancey and his com- m
mittee was successful in securing in fa
round numbers $100,000 to the K
The Big Drive Wednesday.
With one-third of Granville's quo
ta already in hand, the committee
feels that there will be no tronhle in
securing the remainder on Wednes
day, the day set apart for the big
drive in the rural districts -of- the
county. The autos have been secured
for this occasion, and the working
teams are in readiness for the strt.
The loan is the best that has ever
been floated upon the face of the
earth, and lucky indeed are those
who buy the bonds. Be in a posi
tion to tell the committee at once
the amount you wish to invest, so
that they can drive to the next house
"A Liberty Eond in Every Hand in
Every Home in Granville County"
is the slogan.
PUBLISHED TjT" m i " ' -
, KLYTOWN AND COUNTY OPwvn n kttt.
i,t-"iiiY i vrr uKT UNITIES A LL HOME PRINT
OXFORD NORTH
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NUMBER 78
eiry Sta:
ESSf GERMANS RETREAT
ON 250-MILE FRONT
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MAJOR STEDMAN'S OPPONENT.
The Republican Candidate Spends
Day in Oxford.
While Hon. Charles M. Stedman,
representative of this Congressional
District, who is rh airman of Tr,nrpism
Affairs is busy at his post of duty,
in TT7r. nr t ttt Tr
in vv aomngtuii, ivn. J. VV . .tVUx lees,
of German town, the Republican "can
didate for Congress, is going up and
down the district telling the voters
that Major Stedman is a "slacker."
He spent one day last week in Ox
ford. We met Mr. Kurfees for the first
time and we are frank to admit that
lie does not. measiir n r i r mir pttap-
tation as representative material, and
now that he is assailing the record
of Major Stedman, and this in direct
contradiction of the pages of the
Congressional Record, renders him
ouious m the sight of all men who
care to know" the truth of the mat
ter. There are hundred of republi
cans m tne district head and shoul
der above Mr. Kurfees, and we com
mend them for not coming forward
at a time of our National crisis and
endeavor to precipitate a campaign.
JNow that Mr. Kurfees is sowing
tne seed of discontent throughout
tne district in secret, it becomes the
duty of Major Stedman's friends to
go to the polls on election day. The
mends of Major Stedman here do
ot regard Kurfees with any- degree
J seriousness, but you can't always
ten what is being said and done in
tne dark; while on the other hand,
the record of Mapjor Stedman is an
open letter.
The mnffriolicf- Krt t -i
nothino- uuymg Lioerty bonds signifies
WK; ?k loks Up,n e?ch issue as presenting an investment
which has no equal today in all ule world.
he views their purchase as involving no
sacrifice nor deserving hi credit. As far as his vision lets
him . serf he is right. But unfortunate is he, indeed, who-fi
cannot look beyond the simple action and recognize the full f
power of the motive. - - - Ji
That these bonds are the greatest investment in the world U
may rightly be laid at the feet of good fortune, because they are
the promtse-tO'Pay-with-interest of government in-the
world, backed by the most tremendous resources in the'world.
Such however, is not the great overwhelming and impel- ""
ling reason that millions of red-white-and-blue men and women
now own billions of dollars of Liberty Bonds and in this Fourth
Liberty Loan are subscribing for billions more.
The motive is a far deeper one. It transcends all ma
terial considerations and its fabric is the very stuff of victory.
For Liberty Bonds to the great host of American men and
women represent work accomplished, thrift acquired, money -aved
and devoted without stint or limit, to that greatest pur
pose which shall finally 'achieve victory over organized force
inimical to the peace of the world. . . . :. -
So when your dollars are invested in United States Gov
ernment Bonds of the Fourth Liberty Loan, though they are
invested in the most wonderful investment in the world, they be
come more than ordinary dollars because they are then the
concrete expression of a hallowed, purpose and dedicated to its
achievement, the very stuff of victory. ,
SSESSaS5!SE!TH,s SPACE SUBSCRIBED TO WINNING THE WAR BYsmwmi
A DELAY IS EXPECTED
IN DRAWING ORDER
TANK CAMP AT RALEIGH
AMED FOR COLONEL POLK
War Department Honors Revolution
ary Hero W ho Lived Near the
Present Kit t Palaah
Camp Polk will be the name of the
new camp at Raleigh, where the ar
niy wnl train its tank corps. William
oik, a hero of the Revolutionary
jvar who lived in North Carolina
Jtear d where the city of Raleigh now
NO COMMISSIONS GRANTED
Drafted Men Must First Become
Physically fit men between 18 and
years of age who are placed in
iV ione b local draft boards, can
2,be.come candidates for commis-
wi ln tne armv until they have
ween inducted into the army as pri-
ffenL ' iunder rulinss of the adjutant
order and superseding previous
tho Pasn and Carry" savings equal
v imprest on a safe i:
investment.
Task of Taking 13,000,000 "PiUs"
From Bowl Involves 26 Hours
(Washington. Special.)
A new system of giving the order
in which draft numbers are drawn
i'rom the big" jlas3 bowl at the Capi
tol is beiug worked out, and it, is
likely the full list of numbers will
not be made public until five days af
ter the drawing takes place.
New Program.
Renresenta.tfves of the enmmiftee
on public information, the provost
news associations are working on a
Diosrram to meet the unusual situa
tion presented by the large number
of pills to be drawn, due to the
heavy registration.
It will not be possible to flash the
order iiv which numbers are drawn
over the press wires, as on previous
occasions, as it is estimated the proc
ess will involve twenty-six hours of
constant drawing and use of the tele
graph wires of the press associations
for a corresponding period. If the
press wires are tied up on the draft
numbers for such a, long time it
would mean serious demoralization
of all other news service.
Drawing This Week.
place this week, probably on Wednes
day. This is the date originally fore
pnet Ku- rionernl Crowder. and the
manner in which the States are re-,
porting to mm maicai-ess it uxxy
possible to hold the drawing then.
The plan under consideration pro
vides that only the' first twelve or fif
teen numbers drawn from the bowl
bv nrominent officials shall be sent
out over the wires. The remainder
HON. FRANK G. O'DELL
AT THE COURT HOUSE
Wounded Soldier Back From the
Front, Will Speak This Tues
day Night.
Hon. Frank G.. O'Dell, a
wounded soldier back from the
trenches, will speak in the
Court House this Tuesday night
at eight o'clock. He is an
crator of note and it will be
worthwhile to hear him.
ALLIES ENTERING GERMANY
ON THE SOUTH SDDE
Landing Army Stores Where Apos
tolic Fishermen Cast Their Nets
Good" Samaritans Outside the
Gates of Gaza.
The ccvyr that rnilitflrv evnedi-
tions remote rrom j? ranee wouia prer
vent tne war from being rought to a
clean-cut decision on the western
front has been shattered with the
TnyiRh fi-rmv in the hills of "Pales
tiriA Tt is in rl rl thft eliminntinn nf
the loose ends of the,, world struggle
that will bring us closer to its crux.
Authentics reports indicate that
Allnlw has virtimllv annihilated two
Turkish armies, the Porte's chief mil-
nary arm. x1 ui lv muusauu uuu-
mans have been trapped. The release
of all Syria from the Sultan's rule is
i tyi mi'non
war has suddenly become almost neg
ligible. The British advance of sixty
miles in a week is a triumph as cate
gorical as it is relatively new in this
war.
In the Balkans the Bulgarian pow
er is crumbling, with the Franco-
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i . :i J i rtvintari licrc nv . . - 7 -- , i , i , .
win De couiyueu xxx """i"! sfirh ans drivinff aneaa at tne rate
a special force at tne ..ornmeiii. Qf twentyfive miies a day already a
nrintiner office and mailed to Tne cT.io ho single railway from Uskub
i.nnnt.B for nnblirn tinn on tne
fifth day following the drawing. This
it is intended, will prevent a demor
alization of the news service outof
Washington and will enable every
newspaper to have an eQaV0Ppo.r"
tunity of printing the full list as
drawn.
Regular meeting of theOxf ord
Woman's Club will be hehTWednes
day evening in the Oxford Library.
to Saloniea. Turkey and Czar Ferdi
nand's pestiferous "empire" are be
ing ruled out of the conflict.
The fall of St. Quentin, when it
comes, as it inevitably will, will thus
have a new import. It means the
dashing of German hopes in the place
where they are concentrated. Look
ing far ahead for comfort will be
vain. The western front, partly, be
cause of distant triumphs, becomes
the war's barometer.
HOPES ENTERTAINED FOR
SERGEANT WINFEILD TAYLOR
British-American Tobacco Company
Looking Him Up.
Having not heard from Sergt.
IVifieJ,d TM01' American Marine,
V t" fiive months his brother,
Mr. Kerr Taylor, some time ago ad
uressed a letter tr tho t?
ican Tobacco Company, London, re
questing them to search the records
ot the war department.
Mr. Taylor last week received a let
ter from the London company in
which it stated that there is no report
as to Sergt. Taylor being dead,
wounded or missing. v
The parents and friends of Sergt.
Taylor were much encouraged by the
above report of September 10th, but
tne mci mat no letter has been re
ceived from this splendid soldier boy
for five months, causes deep concern.
Before enlisting in the Marines,
Sergt. Taylor was with the Export
Tobacco Company, with headquarters
m Petersburg. The company, too, is
nneiesiea .in tne searcn for him and
will leave no stone unturned to find
mm it alive
REGISTRATION IN NORTH"
CAROLINA WAS 261,608
Complete returns from North Car
olina in tne recent enrollment of men
between the acres of 1 8 and ax loH
Provost Marshal General Crowder to
auuuuucc ixictL il is piam mat every
livinsr man of reeristration acre oam
forward. North Carolina's total en
rollment was 261,608. General
Crowder estimated that the enroll
ment in this State would be 263,
242.
HEALTH OF SOLDIERS GOOD
Surgeon General Reports Death Rate
ar ueiow nat ot Civilians
Health of American trooDs ar nom.
and overseas continues remarkably
ed Thursday that for the two month
period, enaea August isi tne death
rate of the entire army was 2.18,
compared with that of civilians nf
military age of 6.7.
Health conditions are better a
mong soldiers overseas than at home
This is due, the surgeon general
said, to the fact that onlv mmi nt rho.
best physical condition are sent tn
France.
THE BACItBONE OF THE CEN
TRAL POWERS BROKEN.
Bulgarian Acceptance of the Condi
tions Spells the End of Teuton
Dreams in the Near West, And Al
lies AVill Proceed to Put on the
Finishing Touches.
Paris, Oct. 1. The- Bulgarian
armsitice has been signed.
The terms laid down by the Allies
were reported to be as follows:
Surrender of all Bulgarian forces
outside Bulgarian territory and de
mobilization of the amy within.
Complete breaking with Germany,
Austria, and Turkey.
Free access of Allied forces to
Bulgarian territory.
(Paris Special.)
. French, British and American
and Belgian troops in he last three
aaEs.ESye caPured 40,000 prisoners
and 300 guns it is estimated here.
SiuJuly 18 tne allies. have captur
?a ffl'000 Prisoners, 3,000 guns,
0,000 machine guns and enormous
quantities of material. This does
aKe lnto account the operations
in Macedonia and Palestine.
Bulgars Want Peace.
London, Sept. 30. The news from
Bulgaria which comes through va-
TushaSnels.comPels the belief
that the Pssia of the Balkans is
not merely seeking a breathing spell
but really wants peace. All the evi
dence indicates that she needs it erie
viously and must have it.
T?16 german pretense that Premier
Malinoff was acting on this report
find no ,. confirmation. King Fer
dinand's crown is at stake and he is
trying to save his dynasty.
The Bulgarian finance minister and
commander in chief are now on their
way to the front, according to the
newspaper Vaterland, which .adds
that an American attahe will parti
cipate in the negotiations. While
Bulgaria has been disintegrating for
months as a factor in the . war her
military defeat has hrnn?ht
swiftly to a crisis. Her three armies
are sepaarted and not only are beat
en but two of them are spaftrri in
flight with their German allies shar
ing the same fate. Yesterday's offi
cial report irom tne tront speaks of
the number of prisoners taken and
points out . that most of them were
Germans.
Occupation of Sofia, hv nlliori
is a possibility of the near future.
The Terms Offered, Bulgaria.
The terms of the allies atp nlnin
but stringent. Bulgaria will not be
anowea to witnaraw irom the war
and assume the position of a near
neutral.. She miist'sntrenHpr anH
give up what territory she has gained
oy arms as wen as-some privileges
of transit and the same usefulness
she yielded to Germany while profess
ing neutrality, mere is even a sug
gestion that she may be required to
use her army on the side of the en
tente.
Germany's Darkest Hour
(Amsterdam Special.)
"Germany's most sprinns linr
seems to have struck," declared the
Lokal Anzeiger of Berlin in discuss
ing the Bulgarian question. The
Frankfort Zeitung says:
"It is useless to gloss over this
news and we are not quite sure wheth
er it would not be useful to attach
considerable importance to the semi
official attempts to veil the treacher
ous secession of Bulgaria- or raise
any hopes."
Tarheels In Sunday's Battles.
London, Sept. 30 Troops (from
the States of New York, Tennessee
and North and South Carolina at
tacked the Hindenburg lines on a
front of nearly three miles Sunday,'
capturing Bellicourt and Nauroy.
PATRIOTIC CHURCH MEMBERS
The Oxford Methodist Congregation
Buy Bonds.
At the Oxford Methodist church
last Sunday morning the congrega
tion gave their support to the Lib
erty Bond campaign in a very prac
tical way. Col. W. B. Ballou, made
a very eloquent appeal in behalf of
the old preachers and proposed that
the congregation purchase a hundred
dollar Liberty Bond and donate it to
the. Endowment Fund being raised
by the denomination for the relief of
these retired servants of the church.
In a few minutes the money was sub
scribed. At the close of the service a mem
ber of the congregatibn came to the
pastor ana stated tnat she had a
fifty dollar bond which she wished to
give for this same cause.
. Second Red Cross War Fund.
. Your attention is dirertAri r
your patriotic Pledge to the Ped
Cross War Fund. - Your final period
is now due and navahle- Tho wo.
- - Tr a4
council has notified, the Treasurer to
be ready for settlement by October
15. and will thank von in mail ViAAi.
for your pledge to J. P. Harris, Treas
urer.
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