LARGEST CIRCULATION OFANV
DGER
BEST iWGTISING KEDillM
I'l JJDSHED IN
IHIS SECTION OF STATE.
NEWSPArt-K in
THIS SECTION OF STATE.
AND OXFORD
BLIC
LE
BANNER
QURjLOGAN---' OXFORD OFFERS OPPORTUNITIES FOR HOrtES SCHOOLS HEALTH. FACTORIES
SItI-WJ2EKLY.
BEAUTIFUL NUT-BEARING
SHADE TREES.
Thp Soil and Climate
of
Granville Produce a
Superior Quality.
In passing out Raleigh Road our
attention was arrested by the large
and graceful nut-bearing trees on
the old Taylor estate, the former
home of Dr. C. I). Fort, a hundred
yards or so soutn of the corporate
limits. Some eighteen or twenty
years ago Dr. Fort planted a num
ber of English walnuts, Prussian
walnuts, Japanese walnuts, pecans
and possibly other nuts, and the
sylvan foil age mellowing the atmos
phere 1o a delightful temperature.
The trees are loaded with precious
nuts to day, which will ripen and
fall at the approach of frost. A
glimpse of this beautiful nut-bear-jng
grove led us to make further
inquiries as to the possibility of
glowing nuts for commercial pur
poses in Granville county.
Texas is the home of the pecan.
The nuts bring. $3.00 per bushel in
the orchard, each tree producing
from ten to twelve bushels of nuts.
Thus it will be seen that a man
who owns a thousand pecan trees
is fairly well to do. A critical ex
amination of the soil survey map
of the famous pecan district of
Texas, as compared with the soil
survey map of Granville county,
leads one to believe that surely if
there is a Garden of Eden in the
kingdom of man, it lies on the sun
kissed hills of old Granville. One
of the largest typical areas of soil
capable of producing the largest
and most delicious pecans extend
along the Oxford-Creedmoor road
from Foundry Branch to a point
,,ne mile south of Bclltown; another
typical " occurrence is that lying a
short distance north of Tar River,
and extending from the Oxford
Stem road across the Oxford-Creedmoor
road to Ballens Run. Tar
River Academy is located upon a
fairly typical body of this soil:
another in the vicinity of Tally Ho
church; another near Providence,
one between Oxford and Lewis and
still another in and around Stovall
with numerous small areas scat
tered throughout the county.
There are a great many flourish
ing pecan trees in Granville, and
those who have examined the large
tree of W. E. Rogers, at the old
Sarah Webb place in Oak Hill
township, pronounce the nuts from
it far superior to the Texas variety.
Some years ago Gen. Julian S. Carr
gave Judge Graham a half dozen
pecan plants which he set out on
his lawn, and the trees not only
siiiike a delightful shade, but-are
bearing abundant of the most de
licious nuts.
It is not a question of soil or
climate with us in the matter of
growing nuts. "The glorious
golden leaf is supreme,' 'but if we
care to side-step long enough to
plant nut-bearing trees by the road
side, in the fence corners and every
Where the greater will be our in
terests, The main thing for the
present, it would seem, is to en
courage, in season and out of season,
the planting of fruit-bearing trees,
especially of the nut variety.
The First Brick Laid.
Our good friend, Caleb Osborn,
the pair. taking newly appointed
postmaster of Oxford, had the dis
tinguished honor Monday morning
at 9:40 o'clock of laying the first
In ick in the construction of the new
Postoffice building, and we will 'be
glad see him have the honor of pre
siding over the beautiful structure
y'ben complete. When the brick was
properly adjusted and Mr.; Osborn
stepped aside Foieman Johnston
called the men to resume their work
and we have it from him that the
work will be pushed as much s
possible.
We Will Do It.
An old time subscriber in re
newing his subscription says: "En
closed you will find a dollar keep
f(n sending the Ledger as u gets
better in its old age. You don't
mind speaking out in meeting as to
county matters which suits we far
mers. Stick to the farmers and
your principles and you'll come out
all right."
EVERY FIRST TUESDAY.
Dr. S. liappprt, of Durham, will
make his regular Firat Tuesday
visit Tuesday August 5th at Dr.
Henderson's Dental office. Remem
ber that you pay nothing for the
examination of your eyes in buy
ing glasses of me and I furnish onlv
the best quality at a moderate
price.
GATHERED FROM THE TOWN
AND COUNTY
About People and Things That
Are of Interest to Our
Readers.
Monday and Tuesday were July
melters.
Oxford is still perfumed with es
caping gas.
The crops of Granville appear to
have gone Democratic too.
The "King Bee" is still buzzing
as the current is always on.
Read change in the advertisement
of the Oxford Ice Co. on another
page.
The County Commissioners will
meet in regular session next Mon
day.
Blessed be the man who is in a
hurry; he never stops to tell his
troubles.
Sorry to learn that Z. W..Lyon
is numbered with the sick, and hope
he will soon recover.
You are asked to read the change
in the date of the advertisement of
Dr. Rapport on another page.
A two story wooden building will
soon be completed in the colored
settlement on Hillsboro street.
Granville Superior Court will
convene in Oxford on next Monday
morning with Judge H. A. Foushee,
Presiding.
When you have any one from a
distance visiting you won't you be
kind enough to inform the editors
of the fact. !: '
1 1 -
The oldest inmate of the Soldiers
Home at Raleigh is D.ariiej Qliyer
cf Wilson county, who is 99 years
and 7 months old,
It is claimed that the stamp on a
love letter doesn't always stick to
facts. Jn which respect it is like
a great many editors and lawyers.
It is a pleasure to us to learn
that Dr. Frank Hancock, who has
been confined at home about 10 days
on account of sickness, is convales
cent. We very much regret to learn of
the serious illness of Will Dean,
near Knott's Grove Church, and
trust he will win the battle over the
disease
The Carriers Contest will posi
tively close Thursday afternoon at
6 o'clock. Send in your subscrip
tion if you want to vote for either
one of the carriers.
Mr. Charles Easton, who has
been confined to his" bed Couple
of weeks, is' able to tatke a ride
and is fast gaining his old time
vigor and cheerfulness.
One of the quickest constructed
brick buildings that has been erect
ed in a long time is the Export To
bacco Co's Prize House on the cor
ner of Broad street and Penn Ave.
The Henderson Gas Co. is having
the numerous gas leaks in Oxford
stopped. ' Our natural flow of gas
will not be interferred with as we
need it to keep things on the move.
Rev. Fred N. Day conducted a
revival meeting at Grassy Creek
Baptist Church last week, which
provde a soul winner, as 8 joined
the church 60' of whom' "being bap
tised Sunday.
Ike Gregory, the well known well
digger and Foreman of the Colored
Fire Company, died: Sunday morn
ing after an illness of three weeks.
He leaves a wife and several chil
dren to mourn his death.
it is a pleasure to us to learn
that our highly esteemed young
friend B. K. Lassiter is proving
a successful farmer, as he has now
growing the finest tobacco and corn
crop ever produced on the Lassiter
farm.
We calT the special attention of
ur large number of readers to the
message of H. P. Chamblee and H.
F. Holeman on the 4th page Read,
What they gay 'ar tftey" ix e a' 'Mi ttle
bashful" rarely ever appearing in
print.
If the middle aged man consnmes
1,000 times his own weight, some
of our friends in and around Ox
ford have eaten a mountain range
of rations, judging from the vast
amount Qf barbecue and brunswick
stew some of them can hide.
Who's your friend when you are
dead broke, financially? He gene
rally makes himself scarce, doesn't
he? Well, the best friend. you can
have at such times is a savings ac
count at National Bank of Gran
ville. See change of ad elsewhere.
OXFORD, N. O., WEDNESDAY, JULY 30,
Comes to Stay With Us.
We extend a cordial welcome to
Mr. Lakel, who has joined Mrs.
Lakel and daughter who have been
spending the summer in Oxford
with Mrs. N. N. Cupp, and expects
to make Oxford his home in the
future, which we trust will prove
both pleasant and profitable.
Miss Bullock Entertained.
Miss Anna Neal Fulter delight
fully entertained Tuesday evening
of last week at the elegant home
of her father in Lumberton, in
honor of her guest. Miss Estell
Bullock, of Oxford. After the
guests had been served with punch
there was a very interesting game
of progressive hearts, in which
Miss Estell won first prize.
Looking Up Data.
Prof. Howell, of the Historical
Society of the University of North
Carolina, accompanied by R. I?. W.
Conner, of Raleigh, came over to
Oxford in a touring car last Satur
day and were joined here by Col.
Ballou and John Webb who ac
companied them to the old Lucy
Thorp place in Oak Hill township,
near Goshen, to look up historical
data concerning the late General
Pearson but failed in their mission
Our Athletes.
In the game at Winston-Salem
last Friday Lee Meadows, who is
the star pitcher on . the Durham
team, was fined $25 for jawing at
the umpire. Meadows was quite,
indignant and refused to leave the
park and it was necessary for a
policeman to escort him from the
field. The trouble seems to have
grown out of an unjust decision.
Hermpn Winston, who played
on the Oxford team two years ago
will be on the Chapel Hill team
next season.
Lee Gooch, who spent the week
end with his mother, Mrs. Alice
Gooch, will play foot-ball on the
University team this fall. They
will play Lehigh University and
Richmond College this fall.
Pictures of Oxford Merchants
The current number of the
Merchants Journal, published at
Lynchburg, in their write-up of the
Convention of the North Carolina
Merchant's Association recently
held in Wrightsville, they reproduce
a handsome photograph of the
Association seated on the steps of
the Seashore Hotel. In the centre
of the group, and easily desernable
for good looks from all the rest, is
seated one of Oxford 's leading mer
chants, Mr. Morris ' Cireiin.' Turn
ing ov'er a' few pages of the Journal
we come across two pages of indi
vidual photographs of prominent
members of the North Carolina
Merchants Association and con
spicuous for distinguished bearing
among the number is Mr. F. B.
Blalock, of the Long Company.
House Burned.
.... i -
Shortly af ter 12 o'clock last Satur
day night the fire bell announced a
fire at the home of Charles Legon,
opposite the BodyFactory. The fire
department responded, but as the
house was out of . the fire district
and could not be reached with a
hosa it burned to tjhe ground in
short prcer, The house was the
property of C. J. Turner and its
destruction was complete; estimat
ed loss about $$1,000. Mr. Legon's
family had a narrow escape and all
the household effects and a lot of
th?ir wearing apparel was consum
ed. The fire was so hot that it
burned away the facing of; the' well
and nrelted the chain ujecl iri' draw
ing fitter. lihe orgin of the fire is
unknown but probably it was caused
by the kitchen flue.
Mr. Vernon Walters Dead.
Vernon Walters, brother of
Deputy Sheriff Conrad Walters, of
Oxford, and son of J. R. Walters,
of Route 6, died at his home Mon
day morning from a severe attack
of erysipelas in the face. Saturday
two weks ago he was a member of
a party who went seining in Grassy
Creek near Soudan, Va. As he had
a little pimple on his upper lip at
the time of going in the water it
is thought that he in some way got
poison in the sore, which develop
ed into a case of erysipelas and
caused his death, ""
The deceased was a promising
young farmer and a rievout merrT
ber of Tally Ho Baptist church and
leaves a wife and four small chil
dren to mourn his death ThA
Public Ledger extends heartfelt
sympathy to the bereaved family.
Funeral and burial will take place
this Tuesday afternoon at thefamjjy
burying ground, near Tally Ho i
A Quiet Marriage.
WTilliam Whitt and Miss Sahie
Whitt, both of Roxboro, came over
to Oxford Saturday and went to the
home of Rev. L. H. Joyner, who
united them in the holy bonds of
wedlock and sent them on their
way rejoicing.
Enjoyable Occasion
On Friday afternoon last Mrs. W.
L. Peace gave a euchre party
complimentary to her guest, Mrs.
Willis G. Peace, and also on Satur
day morning entertained at bridge.
A large of number of ladies atten
ded both entertainments where
tempting refreshments were served.
Pleasant Visitors.
Capt. and Mrs. Willis G. Peace,
who have been on a visit to his
brother, W. L. Peace and wife, on
Rectory street, left Monday for Fort
Caswell where he was ordered to
report for duty August 1st. Capt.
Peace for the past three years has
been stationed as commandant at
the A. & M. College. Raleigh.
Granville Grays to Camp
Our fine military organization,
the Granvlile. Grays, are getting
themselves in readiness to go to
Camp Glenn. The soldier boys are
in good trim and ve are sure they
will make a very creditable showing
under the guardance of Capt. T. G.
Stem. We wish them much pleas
ure in their camp down by the sea.
Two Potent Factors.
Enumerating the agencies and in
fluences that go into the making of
good citizens and good communi
ties, you will find that the two
most potent are the savinga account
and the building and loan associa
tion. They both make a man in
dependent and the owning of a home
anchors a man to the soil and gives
him a feeling of proprietorship in
the community.
Hints and Suggestions.
The columns of the Public Ledger
are open to contributors who have
something to say of a suggestive
nature, and who are willing to
make hints and suggestions looking
to the better development of the
good old county of Granville, and
who can hold their suggestions
down in any one issue to from 150
to 200 words. Such communica
tions will be gladly received and
given prompt attention.
The Last Call For Votes.
The Mail Carriers Contest comes
to a close at Q o'clock on Thursday
evening July 31. The tabulated
statement of the standing of the
carriers occurs for the last time in
this issue of the Public Ledger. If
there is any outstanding funds in
the hands of anyone that should be
handed in and votes placed to the
credit of the carriers, or if there
is any one who wishes to subscribe
and place the votes to the credit for
any particular carrier the time is
short!' This is the last call for
votes. The next statement will be
that of the result of the contest in
Saturday's issue.
Fine Tobacco Farm.
Mr. -.Joe Meadows, who has re
turned from his large tobacco farm
near Blackstone, Va., speaks en
couragingly of the bright type of
tobacco being produced on his place
this year. Mr. Meadows is one
of the best tobacconists in the
State, thoroughly familiar with the!;
weed in all its phase, and - to. be,
able to produce a'br'ight golden--hued
leal, ' with just enough red
to make "it beautiful, is enough to
make the old Virginia farmer of
the heavy dark-red variety set up
and take notice. Though nearer
Petersburg and other markets than
Oxford, Mr. Meadows looks upon
marketing his Virginia product in
Oxford as a special blessing.
Rural Carriers Contest.
The following is the standing
of the contestants up to Tuesday
at noon :
Carrier No. 1 Oxford 7,8QQ
f.nrripr No. 2 Oxford. . . .4U, UU
Carrier No. 3 Oxford.. . , .28,100
Carrier No. Oxford 21,200
Carrier No, 5 Oxford 16,800
Carrier No. 7 Oxford. . . .16,100
Carrier No. 2 Virgilina. .11,500
Carrier No. 2 Northside .11,400
Carrier No. 1 Hester 45,800
Carrier No. 1 Stem 21,000
Carrier No. 2 Stem 13,2$)
Carrier No. 3 Stem. . , . ..'li,400;
Carrier No. 1 Creedmoor. 12,600
Carrie No. 2 Creedmoor. 11,300
I Carrier No. 1 Franklintonll,9.G& I
1913.
SOME YOU KNOW AND SOM?
YOU DO NOT KNOW.
Personal Items About Oxford
Folks and Their Friends
En General.
John Hall is at Panacea Springs
J H. Oaks, of Route 7, was in
town Saturday..
G. E. Dickerson, of Route 3, wTas
in town Saturday .
N. G. Crews, of Dabney, was in
Oxford Saturday.
Rev. and Mrs. A. P. Tyer are at
Buffalo Springs.
Macon Hobgood, of Route 1, was
in town Saturday.
Col. Sidney Minor, of Durham,
was in town Sunday.
Lucius Burnett, of Route 6, was
in town Saturday.
J. S. Satterwhite. of Route 6,
was in town Saturday.
J. W. Davis, of Route 3, was a
town visitor Saturday.
H. A. McGhee, of Route 7, was
a town visitor Saturday.
Buck Howell, of Kittrell Route 2, J
was in Oxford Saturday.
W. C. Breedlove, of Route 3, was
a town visitor Saturday.
Yirgjnus Cheatham, of Watkins
section, was in town Saturday.
Ed Pruitt and Wesley Knott, of
Route 1, were in town Saturday.
Miss Esther Mitchell in the guest
of Miss Hal Morrison at Statesville.
John Haskins is visiting relatives
this week in Apex and Lumberton.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Knott, of
Route 5, were on our streets Satur
day. Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Meadows, of
Culbreth,were on our streets Satur
day. W. R. Nelson, of Route, 4 was
among the Oxford visitors here
Saturday.
Mrs. Ernest Critcher and children
are visiting her sister Mrs. Lonnie
Perkinson.
Mrs. Will Minor and child are
visiting Mrs. Julia Minor on Col
lege street.
Mrs.John Mitchell, of Lillington,
is visiting Mrs. J. W. Brown on
High street,
Frank Blalock returned a few
days ago from an extended stay at
Ocean View.
Mr. and Mrs. A, R. Howard, of
Route 4, spent Sunday with rela
tives in Oxford.
Chas Hester, one of the fine tobac
co growers of Route 2, was in Ox
ford Saturday.
, II. M, Caldwell and son Halstead,
of Carolina Lodge, w7ere on our
streets Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Chapman will
return Saturday from a pleasant
stay at Buffalo Springs.
C. U, Thomas and Mr.GreenwTay,
of Oak Hill township, were among
the Oxford visitors Saturday.
Miss Leah Perry, f Henderson,
spent the fjrfe part of the week with
. the Misses Gregory on College st.
Mrs. Walter Stark returned a few
days ago from visiting the family
of James Stark in Vance county.
Mis Nellie Van De venter and
Mrs. H, M. Bo.yken, of Richmond,
are visiting Mrs. I. W. Mangum.
Dr. I. H. Davis retnrned Satur
day from Ocean View. Mrs. Davis
and pretty little Miss Margaret will
return tomorrow.
Russell Webb and Claude Allen
returned Sunday from an extended
trip to. Washington City, New York
City, Niagra Falls and Toronto,
Canada, and report a fine time.
Mr. Taylor Marrow, book-keeper
for J. G. Hall, has accepted a sim
ilar position with the LiggetMyers
Tobacco Company and, will leave
for Durham to eftter upon his duties
Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Bonitz, of
Chicago, and Mr. Walter Bonitz,
of Pittsburg, are in Oxford in at
tendance upon the bedside of their
sick sister, Mrs. Josiah Cannady,
who is some better.
Messrs. Latham and Scott mem
bers of the Board of Agriculture,
accompanied by Mr. Eugene Moss,
visited the Test Farm near town
Tuesday and were much pleased
with what, they saw.
HAVE A NICE lot of Pigs and
Shoats for sale at the de Lacroix
Farm.
AND PROSPERITY."
VOLUME 20. NO. 04
GOOD PLACE TO EXCHANGE
VIEWS.
The County Fair Enables all
Our People to Get Together
in Pleasant Intercourse.
We have been having County
Fairs for the past three years and
now we cannot do without them.
It offers too good an opportunity
for all our people in town and
county to get together in pleasant
contact, to shake hands, exchange
gossip and have a royal good time
generally. It helps us all to get
better acquainted and closer to
gether, encouraging a mutual feel
ing of fellowship and good will.
It helps and broadens us to know
what our neighbor is doing, his
aspirations, ideals and views of
matters and things in general.
All this aside from anv resulting
trade benefits, which are mutually
desirable and important, and tho
encouragement and stimulating of
farming interests. It is nothing
less, then, than our duty as well
as our self-interest. to crive the Fair
Association every possible encour
agement in the effort to pull off
this year the biggest and best fair
we have ever had,
A Romance.
An incident occurred in Oxford
last Saturday that brings to mind
a romance in Louisville some years
ago, when a poor girl married a
millionaire only it is different.
The Louisville lady meeting a gen
tleman in a muddy street, and notic
ing that his boots were neatly
polished she stepped into the mud
to let him pass. This led to a
courtship and final marriage.
Different with the Oxford young
lady. She met a gentleman in a
muddy street where only one at a
time could pass dry-shod and she
gave the man a nudge and sent,
him out into the mud-puddle, and
to make matters worse, she stood
there and laughed at his predica
ment. Dog Commits Suicide.
A party touring North Granville
last week relates an incident which
occured on one of the smooth roads
of that section. They were coming
down the pike in a touring ear at.
the rate of thirty-live miles an Jiour.
In rounding a curve they observed
a little cabin up. a gentle incline
some seventy-rive yards from the
railroad, in front of which sat an
old colored woman with the prover
bial yellow dog at her side. The
canine spied the ear and dashed to
the road a. thing he had done a
thousand limes before, the old wo
man never- dreaming of the inevit
able fate that awaits all 'Jogs that
habitually chase cars. As the little
dog ran down the path and leaped
to the middle of the road, evi
den tally with suicidal intent, his
life was snapped out in the twink
ling of an eye. Nothing could
appease the old woman and the party
left her lamenting the death of the
dog and the dogs inability to block,
the highway.
Order of the Eastern Star.
Grand. Lecturer It. F. Edwards,
of the Masonic fraternity, after a
brief stay in Oxford successfully
organized a chapter of the Order
of the Eastern Star and installed
the officers last Saturday. Mr.
Edwards besides holding the office
of Grand Lecturer is also District
D?puty Grand Master and Grand
Patron of the Eastern Star, a de
gree conferred upon the wives and
daughters of Masons. The Order
of the Eastern Star is founded upon
Scriptures and its teaching are
both beautiful and noble. The
chapter installed here will hold its
meetings in the hall jointly used
by the Masons and the Odd Fel
lows, and starts out under the most
favorable conditions. The following
is a list of officers selected from the
charter members:
Mrs. Emma Turner, Worthy Ma
tron; R. L. Brown, W. P. ; Mrs.
Marian B. Brown, A. M.; Mrs.
Eugenia Couch, Secretary; Frank
W. Lyon, Treasurer; Miss Mamie
Royster, Conductor; Miss Josephine
Brown, Assistant Conductor; Mrs.
Selvia McFarland, Chaplain; J.
Robt. Wood, Marshall; Miss Lizzie
Gooch, Adah; Miss Bennette Greg
ory, Ruth; Mrs, Josie Gooch, Es
ther; Mrs, Hettie Minor Hicks,
Martha; Mrs. Nannie Waller, Elec
tre; Mrs. Kate Brummitt, Warden;
Roy Osborn, Sentinel.
Other charter members are: Mrs.
Nannie Ballou; Mrs W. T. Lee..
Mrs. Fannie Griffith, J. H. Griffith.
W. D. Reves and Mrs. Mabel Henderson.