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! v: f S V: 1 ' y 1 ' t s - , . 1 1 . i PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY-TOWN AND COUNTY OFFER B RILLTANT OPPnnTTTTT -ALL HOME "PRINT. rOLUME XXXIII. OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1918. THE MENACE OF THE HUN AII)KESS DELIVERED BY HON. FRANK G. O'DELL. NUMBER 79 The Court House Was Packed With People Last Tuesday Night to Hear the Inspiring Address of the Distinguished Secretary of the Land Bank of Omaha. It is no part of niy purpose at this time to wave the flag or recite the historic glories of the Republic. Time i? too precious for perfunctory ora tory or phrase-making. Our sons are fighting to the death in France on the far-flung battle line of de mocracy and the writing of history's jnost resplendent page awaits the hour when their sacrifice shall . - be complete and their valor meet its re ward in the liberation of the world. This is the most momentous time in the history of man. This thing for v.-hich we have sent our most prec cious possession into battle shines with greater spirituality than any e vent in human progress since Christ died on Calvary. As God reigns and cares for His creatures,- there can i.e but one ending to this conflict: 'The World must be made safe for democracy." PrussianisnT is damn ed of God and all liberty loving men. It is doomed to speedy extinction. Having drawn our sword in this right eous cause, it shall never be sheath ed until the foul philosophy and dev ilish statecraft of the Hun is sent reeling down to the hell from whence it came. I have no quarrel with any man, of any race, who loves democracy; but I submit that, in the light of his tory there is no more of concord be tween Germanism of the present day and democracy than there is between Heaven and Hell. Nor have I any time or inclination toward soft-speaking, or sweet char ity for the lover of German forms of government and apologies for Ger man politics of social development. Mv son, liek yours, faces the Hun 4 over there." My Government is at war with Germany and the German people. My Government has declar ed that German, ideas of government shall not-be chained on the world if force can prevent that : calamity, To the accomplishment of this end the Congress of the United States has sol enmly pledged "all the resources of the nation." And, God being my helper, I shall endeavor to help keep that pledge though it cost my last penny and my life if need be. I could do no less, and be worthy of the exalted trustof citizenship. We are at war with Germany, not only in France, but here. in America, and the man who does not his utmost 1o root Germanism out of this nation and make it one hundred per cent, loyal to the flag: is a yellow dog, less worthy of respect than the cur that; slinks through the alleys feeding on garbage. -"Peaceful Penetration" The Germanization of democratic peoples began with the typical Ger man rolicy of "peaceful penetration" with the studious and carefully plan ned colonization of the countries they were determined to dominate, with the establishment of little German- iea in pvpu' nnnlr nnH rnrnpr nf thfi , world. In the prosecution of this im I perial plan our own country was not j neglected. As a result, the doctrine of Deutschtum has saturated our na tional life. "The German vote" and the German influence has been one of the dominant factors in our poli tics and, over a large part of our na tion still exists as dangerously potent. I submit to you that if we are to perform our allotted task in winning this war and make safe the democ racy of the constitution for our chil dren, we must fight German and Ger man ism in America with as much of unselfish devotion and of deadly pur pose as we fight that foul blight in Europe. The whole history of the Germanic empire since the time of Tttila, fif teen centuries ago, reeks with barbar ism, hatred of individual liberty and free government. In modern days we have swallowed the doctrine of the German "siinprmnn " Tinnlr. line - - - , " J i and sinker. We have accepted one 5fH - vAiuiuo ui uur miBiieuiuai auu scientific progress that the German Itads the world in everything. It.is " lie, conceived by the father of lies, assiduously spread by German Propaganda and aided by liberty loving men who should have known hotter. But we have believed it. We have bowed down in humble rever ence to German "Kultur" . and ac knowledged ourselves the inferior Of Hun. If the signs-of the times can be relied upon we are about through with that suicial idiocy. We had suggested to us what a "wonderful stimulus might be given to ur higher education by adopting a system of exchange professorships ynth German universities. Few fell rr,r it like the time honored "Rube" ne paragrapher . falls for a gold COMPLETE DRAWING OF THE NEW DRAFT NUMBERS The Granville County Exemption Board Is Waiting for the Master List. The third great miltary lottery since the nation went to war was com pleted Tuesday, and the machinery of the provost marshal general's- of fice was set in motion to finally check the master list and mail copies to the 156 district boards over the country which are to make them immediate ly available to the newspaper within their area and to post them for the public. The last of the 17,000 numbers which are to determine the order in their respective classes of the 13, 000,000 men who' registered Septem ber 12, was taken from the big glass bowl in the caucus room of the sen ate office building. General Crowder stayed with the workers during the entire 20-hour period, and the drawing was watched by a constantly changing but never large audience. Time of receipt of the master lists by district boards will be governed by the distance they are located from Washington. The boards have been instructed to make them public im mediately. Twenty-four Million. When General Crowder took the last capsule from the bowl, order numbers had been given to approxi mately 24,000,000 registrants. Num bers for the first 9,000,000 registrant were drawn July 20, 1917, and those for the nearly 1,000,000 youths turn ing 21 before last June 5 were drawn last June 27. -V President Draws First Number Standing blindfolded in the pres ence of a great crowd which throngr ed the marble caucus room of the Senate Office Building, President Wilson drew the first capsule in the draft lottery. It contained No. 322. Vice-President Marshall drew 7,277; Senator Saulsbury of Delaware, pres ident pro tern, of the Senate, 6,708; Speaker Clark, 1,027; Secretary Dan iels, 16,169. Other officials partici pated in the drawing.- The order of the drawing follows: First, 322; fourth, 1,027; eighth, 1, -697; 10th, 24781;- 14th, 438; 15th, 904; 17th, 1,523; 23rd, 1,240; 2 5th, 1,907; 31st, 20; 33rd, 1,255; 36th, 2,132; 39th, 739; 45th, 535; 49th, 219; 53rd, 625; 54th, 72;' 56th, 832; 60th, 954; 68th, 348; 74th, 1,9 61; 78th, 134; 82nd, 395; 86th, 657. All of the above numbers except the 10th (2,781), affects Granville county. FORMER GRANVILLE ROY IN A GERMAN PRISON of Lt. Edwin Klingman Is At Friedric'h staten, Wiirtenburg, Germany The parents of Lt. Edwin Carlyle Klingman, who live at Kimball's Farm, six miles south of Oxford, re ceived a telegram from the War De partment Wednesday apprising them that he is in a German prison at Friedrichshaten. The Red Cross at Geneva, Swit zerland, reported the capture of Lt. Klingman to the War Department. He was reported missing September 1st. . Lt. Klingman was ?n ?he aviation service. His machine fell behind the German lines and it was not known whether he was killed or taken pris oner until the Red Cross reported his capture. Mr. John Webb was present at the Klingman home when the telegram was handed to them, and he says the joy of hearing that their son was a live was complete. - REV. G. T. TUNSTALL SAILS FROM AN AMERICAN PORT Rev. G. T, Tunstall, former pastor of Enon, Tabb Creek,- Hester and Grassy Creek churches, who recent ly tendered his services to the Y. M. C. A., advised friends in Oxford this week that he was on the eve of sail ing from an American port. OXFORD TOBACCO MARKET Price of the Weed Goes Higher Here. The farmers of this section are a bout through curing their tobacco. The breaks grow heavier daily and the price on all grades are much stronger than during the opening week. " Quit Your Fooling. Every farmer in this section has known B. E. Parham, proprietor of the Farmers .Warehouse, long e nough to know that he is their friend He proves it by high averages. See his announceemnt elsewhere m this paper. -- "v SPECIAL NOTICE. The 2nd payment on street im provement bonds will be due and musf be paid by October 25th 1918. Call at Mayor's office for statements of amounts-due. R-B. HINES; Tax Collector. TQIBERLIN FINAL ADVANCE IS NOW GOING FORWARD. Wide Front North and South of Le Basse Canal is Scene of New Ret trograde Movement Allied Forces Continue Brilliant Achievements in Restoring Flanders Keeping Up Ther Successful Advances on Six Other Battle Fronts. Germany's conquered provinces and cities are slipping rapidly from her grasp. Allied troops in Belgium m French Flanders,- in Artois, in Champagne and in Lorraine are ad vancing in country .-"which has been German -for fortyrseven long months and all chance, of a German return to the offensive is gone. - The march to Berlin has begun. Cambrai, St. Quentin and Lille are only the starting places, but after four years no one can fail to see that the grand march has started. If the road is long the rate of our advance is increasing. ... r ; One of the darkest nights in all human history , is coming to a close. Victory is no longer even a matter of debate. From the North sea to the banks of the Moselle the final ad vance is going forward. Hincienburg Line Crumbles. (Washington; Special.) The German grip on northern France and Belgium has been defi nitely broken. Even the most cau tious military observers in Washing ton agreed-that the Hindenburg line was disintegrating, and army officers centered their whole attention on the efforts of the German leaders to ex tricate their armies without a crush ing disaster. 5 The drive in Belgium is menacing vital communications on one side while American and French troops in the Champagne are surging for ward toward equally vital supply lin es on the other. The battle line is assuming the shape of a vast trap thrusting-its jaws out to engulf the German armies. : Turkey Makes Proposal. Turkey has made further indirect approaches to the allies through fi nancial channels which are - being considered by the British war cabinet The Standard says it learns on good authority, important developments the newspaper adds, are expected. HOW LONG WILlij IT LAST? Thu White Flag Is Not Yet In Sight. Nearly every man: you meet these days asks, "How long will it last?" With Bulgaria out of the fighting, the war zone in the Balkans blotted out, the Ottoman Empire cut off vir tually from intercourse with its Al lies, while its army in Palestine is going to pieces, and, perhaps greatest of all, the Americans, French, Brit ish and Belgians on the Western front are driving the crumbling Ger man army back home the situation never looked so good for America and her Allies nor so darfer for the Teutonic Powers. . This situation has inspired a new mass of speculation as to how early the war will end. Not until every German is driven from France and Belgium. German soil lias oeen soak ed with German blood and the Ger mon government has sought peace on the same terms that Bulgaria ac cepted, full surrender with no condi tions reserved then it will be time enough to talk about ending the war The terms and conditions exacted from Bulgaria for the concluding of an armistice are not one with more exacting than should be required of Germany.- Let the Kaiser agree to demobolize his army; surrender arms and ammunition, and release every foot of ground taken during this war then the Allies will be in position to arrange an armistice for the con sideration of peace terms. But un til military autocracy surrenders ab solutely, there must be no consider ation of negotiations looking to peace. ARMY CAMPS HAVE 1,400 NEW CASES OF SPANISH "FLU" Camp Lee Has 6,000 Cases and Petersburg 1,800 Cases of New Disease. Washington, Oct. 3. Spanish in fluenza contiuues to spread in army camps; More than 14,000 new cases were reported to the office of the surgeon general during the last 24 hours. The total number of influenza cas es in all camps now is 88,000 "while pneumonia cases - number 6,769. Deaths since the epidemic began num ber 1,877. . - . Camp Custer, Michigan, where in fluenza had not previously appeared, reported 1,764 cases. The most se rious increase was at Camp Meade, Maryland, which reported 1,327 cas es against 396 yesteTcray. Camp Pike Arkansas, again reported more than 1 000 cases, while Camp Hancock, Georgia, 'reported 716 cases against the two days before. At Camp Fun ston, Kansas, the number of cases increased from 141 to 756. Camp Devins, Massachusetts, was the only one which did not report an increase. SSSxe! the disease sfreabing Many Strange Things Revealed Throughout the County. The canvass of the county Wednes day for the sale of Liberty Bonds met with considerable success. The returns have not as yet been tabulat ed, but the committees are encourag ed with the result. In many instances the convassers were surprised beyond measure, as for instance in the case where men of means pleaded poverty and those who were supposed to have little of the world's goods subscribed liberal ly. Some men who have a dozen or more hogs in the pen and their barns bulging with feedstuff could not see beyond their immediate possessions, while those who have only one hog. a mule and a yellow dog subscribed liberally and expressed a desire to help win the war as quickly as pos sible. The committee was very muct e lated over the fact that the colored farmers bought bonds to the limit. On Nelson Route, car No. 1, the committee composed of Col. H; G. Cooper A. A: Hicks, D. T. Wilson and R. T. Pittard, called at 36 homes and sold 36 bonds. While the committee feels very much encouraged at the results, Gran ville has not as yet gone over the top. The committee will announce further details of the campaign in the next issue of the Public Ledger. Messrs. Hal Holman and Lonnie Perkinson found a patriotic nest of women working in the field ontheir route. The twofold mothers had sons in the front line of battle, and as soon as the committee explained the object of their visit one of the daughters went to the house and got the money for a good substantial bond. EPIDEMIC OF LNFLUENZA HAS CREATED SERIOUS SITUATION THE EPIDEMIC OF GRIPPE PREVALENT IN GRANVILLE Dr. S. H. Cannady, County Health Officer Arrives .. From Wash ington. The physicians admit that the Spanish influenza is prevalent in Granville county. - Dr. Cannady, our county, physician arrived Ifroni Washington this week and suggests the following for gui dance of the people: Don't" associate with the impolite and careless, who spray your air with their spit; don't go to unnecessary public gatherings while the epidemic is on; don't drink from common dip pers and drinking cups; don't use a roller towel. ' FORMER CITIZEN OF OXFORD DIED AT SOUTH BOSTON Mr. Gibson Howell Victim of Spanish Influenza. - News reached Oxford Wednesday afternoon that Mr. Gibson Howell, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Howell, of Oxford, had died in South Boston, Va. The deceased was a very promising young man and had many friends here, where he spent the most of his life. The remains were taken to Frank lin, Va., the home of his wife, for interment. - Miss Bessie Howell, sister -of the deceased, who lives in Wilmington, is suffering from a severe attack of the Spanish influenza, andthe moth er was too sick to attend the funeral of her son at Franklin Thursday. MR. JAMES M. HOWELL DEAD Granville Man Succumbs to Spanish . Influenza. Mr. James M. Howell, son of Mr. James W. Howell, - died at Central ia, -Va., Monday. The Spanish influ enza, it is said, was - the immediate cause of his death. Private B. D. Howell, of Camp Wadsworth, was granted a ten days' furlough to attend the funeral of his brother. Mr. Howell was about 35 years of age. The interment was near Can nady's Mill Wednesday. OLD' BILL SAYS HE . WLL KEEP IT GOING London, Oct. 2.- Emperor Wil liam according to an Exchange Tele graph dispatch from Amsterdam, has sent the following telegram to the Westphalian Patriotic Society: "Germany is decided to utilize all force to fight this enforced defen sive war until a victorious end is secured and the fatherland protect ed for all time against foreign oppres sion. THE COUNTY CHAIRMAN. Sxecutivo Committee Elects Judge D. C. Hunt. At a meeting of the Granville coun ty Democratic Committee this week, Judge Cam Hunt was elected chair man to fill the office made vacant by retirement of Hon. A. A. Hicks from the chair. State Board of Health Wants Physi cians As Volunteers for Assign- ment to Stricken Sections Doc tors Nelson Thomas and W. B. Bullock, of Oxford, Tender Their Service Other Volunteer Doctors and Nurses Needed Statement Is sued to the People by the State Board Disease General in State. Influenza of a virulent type, in many instances indentified as Spanish influnenza, has appeared in practical ly every section of the State. In or der to care for the serious situation that has arisen in many sections the State Board of Health has secured a number of physicions as volunteers for special duty, their names having been transmitted to the council of na tional defense for assignment through the public health service. Among the physicians of the State who have tendered their services are Dr. Nelson, Thomas and Dr. Wr. B. Bullock," of Oxford. The state board of health wants physicians from any section of the State who can volun teer for emergencies which are sure to arise to wire their offers of service at once. Adequate compensation will be guaranteed any man sent to any place where needed. Statement To tiie reople. In connection with the epidemic ,the state board of health today is sued the following statement to the people of the state; "State cf North" Carolina is in the grip of an epidem ic of lagrippe. The disease is invad ing the state from many quarters as it prevails throughout the United States, but the principal lines of in vasion seem to be from the seaports of Wilmington and Norfolk. Already the disease has appeared over the en tire state, being very prevalent in the east and having established itself in a number of centers in the west. The indications are that within another week it will be generally prevalent throughout the itate. "The disease started in Spain May, this year, involving 30 per cent of the population of that country with in a short time. Already the disease has invaded and practically passed through Europe. The rapidity with which it travels and the large per cent of the population involved indi cate (1) the exceptionally contagious nature of the disease and (2) that with it public health measures have little influence. The only good for tune attending the present epidemic in North Carolina is that it will prob ably exhaust its supply of suscepti bles before its dangerous ally, pneu monia arrives in force in December, January and February.- Spit Swapping Spreads Disease "The disease is due to spit swap ping. Spit is swapped or exchanged 'in the following ways: (B) By cough ing or sneezing into the air instead of into a handkerchief. In open coughing or sneezing, an, infectious and invisible spray'is thrown several yards into the air and floats from 30 to 60 minutes. The greater , the spraying, as in the-psychic waves of coughing, that pass through the assemblages, moving picture shows, churches and other gathering the denser and more potent the in fectious atmosphere; (B) by soiling the hands with spit, very small and invisible amounts, and transferring the spit to the hands of another per son in handclasps or by handling something, as a door knob or some article from which a second person gets the minutest amount of spit; (C) by using the common roller towel, contaminating and being con taminated; (D) by using common drinking dippers, common drinking cups and common spit-in-freted wat er from a common bucket; (E) by us ing anything other than sanitary pa per cups, paper ice cream saucers and spoons disinfected in visible boil ed water at soda fountains-. MONROE VANHORN LANDS IN OLD LIMBO An Old Offender Brought To the Bar of Justice. Monroe Vanhorn an old offender out o. the Granville-Person line, was bc.api.ured in Boyctton, Va., this week. It is said that he after stated that he would never be taken alive, but when Deputy Hutchins went over to Boyd ton this week to get the sly old fox he found him as gentle as a lamb., Vanhorn is charged with manufac turing moonshine liquor. At the last term of the Granville county Court, a true bill was found against him and a capias was issued, which simp ly meant that Vanhorn must be taken dead or alive. - Vanhorn has the reputation of be ing a bad man. He admits that he has served two terms in the pen. He has been dodging the officers for some time. " - Attend to your subscription to day so you wont miss a copy of the Public Ledger. t. At- . ' $ 'i f if r ' .' ! ; v I. I 1 1 'I I vl i ;V: t .1 t 4 (Continued On Pace TwoV
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