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PUBLIC LEDGER JUNE 25TH 1913. PUBLIC LEDGER AND OXFORD'TBANNER PUBLICATION OFFICE. BRITT KRINTERY MITCHELL BUILDING FiMered as aecond-clasa matter at iiostoffice Oxford Published Semi-Weekly bv BRITT & COOL.E. J no. X. Britt, Dan A. Coble, EDITORS AND OWNERS. PRICE OF subscription: One Year 50 Six Months 5 Three Months y ADVERTISING RATES. Oce year contract 10c per inch. net. each inser tion, run of paper. . . Six months 12 l-2c per inch. net. each insertion, run of paper. , , Three months 15c per inch. net. run of paper for each insertion. ..... PREFERRED POSITIONS. On one year contract 12 1 -2c per inch, net. each nsertion- , , Six mouths 13c per inch, net. each insertion. Three months 18cts per inch. net. each insertion. One or two months 25c per inch. net. each inser tion .. .... Heading notices 5e per type line each insertion. The Big Estate. The estate of John Jacob Astor, who perished in the Titanic disas ter, was officially appraised Friday a week ago, at close to $88,000,000 of which Vincent Astor receives $(.8,904,499, Mrs. Madalene Force Astor $7,G78.89G, Muaiel Astor $4,S5G,758, and John Jacob Astor, Jr., son by second marriage, $2, 922,, G72. The estate is declared to be the largest ever appraised in this country. Who is Rich ? A great bank account cannot make a man rich. The more a man hoards the more he wants. What makes a man truly rich? Not his bank book, but his soul. A man may have much money and thousands of acres of land, and yet have a poor heart. A man or a woman who starves the soul is never rich. Is the constant endeavor to get an ex tra thousand dollars, the striving, the worrying for it is this being rich? Real contentment is riches. The well-rounded mind, the even tem per, the recollection of good deeds, the valiant soul tries are riches that outweigh all the pleasures that can be purchased with palty dol lars. The over rich person too sel dom smiles. Doing Well. The money that is now being spent in Stanly county by the Nor folk and Southern Railroad and the great Southern Alumnium Co., is being felt by all business. Money seems to be plentiful and every body happy. The farmers are pay ing for all of their supplies and the mortgages that have been on most of the farms are getting to be a thing of the past, and the county is coming to the front faster in farming than along any other line. Uncle Sam a Fine Cook. A contemporary, is commenting on the multitudinous activities of Uncle Sam, remarks that he is a fine cook, as well as efficient in other lines Through the Department of Agri culture he has published a number of cook-books, 12,000,000 of them having been distributed among the housewives of the nation. The la test is on how to cook mutton. It is staged that 2,235,000 copies of the bulletin on "The Economic Use of Meat in the House," were distributed and that Congress itself had 500,000 copies printed, in ad dition to those distributed Dy the department. "Of the bread-making pamphlet, nearly 500,000 have been distributed and of the cheese leaflets almost 300,000 have been sent out." Why Neglect Them? Why should North Carolina her sources of wealth? Why should we neglect the cattle, sheep and stock industry which ought to bring mil lions of dollars into the State? says the Star. When we develop the money-getting resources of North Carolina we can turn the tide of wealth in this direction. Why should either North Caro lina or Georgia spend more than all the money they get for their cotton crops in order to feed themselves and their stock on Western pro ducts? According to Secretary Cooper, of Atlanta, Ga., Chamber of Commerce, lacks $37,000,000 an nually of making enough money out of its cotton crop to pay for the food supplies brought into that State. Nothing more need be said ; to emphasize the fact that we are actually neglecting to develop our agricultural resources. With all these resources neglected and op portunities by the hundreds await ing takers, this would be a great country for live people to come to. County School Supervisor. The office of County Supervisor of Schools is the new department to be annexed to the rural school life of North Carolina during the school year of 1913-1914. Five counties in the State have already been authorized to employ a supervisor of county schools, which office is a distinct creation and apart from that of superintendent from county schools. The counties of Johnson, Sampson, Granville, Mc Dowell, Northampton, Wilkes, and Albemarle the three latter coun ties possibilities have been desig nated by L. C. Brogdon, supervisor of rural elementary schools, as the counties in the State that will em ploy a supervisor during the next school year. This departure in the rural school life, which will only be in its ex perimental stage the coming school term, is made possible by the Pea body Educational Fund, which con tributes to each of the counties des ignated by Mr. Brogdon $250 toward Lhe salary of the supervisor. The county boards of education are to contribute $550 towards the salary of the supervisor as it has been es timated that the office will employ ladv supervisors at a salary of $800. The duties, as only partially and generally outlined by Mr. Brogden, who will have general supervision of this department of rural school work, will be to personally super vise the work of not over ten rural schools in each county, and the ten schools or less are to be named by the county superintendent of each county. The office empowers the supervisor to note the work of the school room in each of the ten schools named by the county super intendent. The progress in each department is to be personally noted by the supervisor and in grades where interest seems to be lagging on the part of pupil or teacher, the supervisor is to give a brace. To seek a remedy for weak depart ments in each school ;why interest is dead in languages or maybe mathe matics; and the whyness thereof are to be the duties of the super visor. The work of the county superintendent will be supplement ed materially by the supervisor who will be a persistent eye-witness to the work of teacher and pupil in the school room. The office of supervisor makes the specific provision that the super visor of each county during, the vacation months shall spend her time in clerical work in the office of the county superintendent. Granville county was the initial county to annex the office of su pervisor and the counties of Samp son, McDowell, and Johnston fol lowed in close succession. The new creation in the rural school life was made possible by the Peabody Fund, and although the counties given the opportunity to experiment with a supervisor during trie first year, is limited, the list of counties will in all probability be trebled the session following. The Board of Education of Gran ville county has adopted the super visor school system and selected one of our own excellent young ladies to get the benefit of the fine salary of $800, Miss Mary Shotwell, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Shotwell, of Oxford, who is well equipped for the position, as she has had consid erable experience as a teacher and will do her part well. Death of Aged Lady. On Wednesday last Mrs. L. M, Gordon, a devout christian lady, fell asleep at her home near Tally Ho church. She was about seventy three years of age, and joined Tally Ho church when she was fifteen years old. She is survived by four children, as follows: J. M. Elling ton, of Oxford: L. G. Ellington, of Durham; Mrs. Ida G. Newlin and Mrs. Hettie McDonald, of Tally Ho section. A large crowd of sorrow ing relatives and friends gathered at Tally Ho church Thursday, where she was laid to rest. .'.Why Not - .Keep G OO I 1 o TRese Figures are tlie Actual Cost of Running Electric Fans. Size. Watts. Cost 8 inch 12 inch 16 inch 52 inch 25 56 90 140 o .o .66 1.1 1.7 Cents it it We Carry a ITxxll Stock: o Fans and Would be Glad to Have You call and let us Show Them to You. PABftMNA DAUFD A Rift I unnuLiim i uiilh nw I HILLSBGRO STREET. :-: OXFORD, N, C. Discrimination. The business interests of Oxford and Granville county are deeply in earnest in the movement in prog- ' ress to remove freight rate discrim ! inations against North Carolina points. If there is a full co-opera-, tion among those working to this end, and so far a splendid spirit of co-operation is being manifested, there is no reason why the shippers of the State should not be victorious in this contest. 'EAT Sweet Home Bread. " wellixigs for Rent Cottage on Spring Street, Cottage and 3 acres about 1 mile Court House, Cottage on Bell Street, Cottage on College Street. FOR SALE Two Story Dwelling King Street, Cottage in West Oxford, Farm of about 60 acres near Oxford, Farm of 115 acres near Oxford, "Little fl-ums" of 5 and 7 acres near Oxford. WHEN YOU WANT TO BUY SELL OT RENT SEE US. INSURANCE IN ALL BRANCHES Granville Real Estate & Trust A. H. POWELL, Pres. BROWN BUILDING. MAIN STREET. J. A. NILES, Sec. & Treas. OXFORD, K. C. TELEPHONE 88. Strong, Financial Institution 6 IU fKsrx'wiKzysKtt ZBBSBS32S ECURITY Y THE NATIONAL BANK OF GRANVILLE, OXFORD, N. C. ought first to be considered in the selection of a depository. "The Old Reliable" offers the best of security to its depositors in the shape of $700, 000.00 of clean unimpaired, quick assets and demands good and stable security from its borrowers It invites your business on a con servative banking basis, whether large or small.and the special per sonal attention of its officers is given all matters intrusted to its care and attention. COMBINED STATEMENT OF CONDITION OF AND Oxford Savinas Ba OK 0 TrsFfif Vfl H mt mm n. 0C I1U5 At Close of Business June 4th, 1913, Loans Overdrafts . . . . . United States Bonds . Office Furniture . . Cash & Due From Banks. $561,278.47 1,236.87 24,290.65 3,942.28 116,211.00 $706,959.27 ! LIABILITIES. Capital $76,300.00 Surplus & Undivided Profits 82,649.06 Circulation 15,000.00 Rediscounts . . . . . 30,500.00 Deposits . . . 502.510.21 $706,959-27 E. T. WHITE, President. H. G. COOPER, Vice-President. . T. YANCEY, Cashier. III it S 2 5 U W. M m i
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