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uSstcBlation of any WB NEWSPAPER IN EDGER BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM I'U HUSHED IN THIS SECTION OF STATE. THIS SECTION Of STATE. AND OXFORD BANNER. Our Slogan---' Oxford Offers Opportunities for Hokes Schools Health. Factories and Prosperity:"' OXFORD, N. O, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1913. VOLUME 27. NO. 0 PUBLIC IN It is Not So Very Old or Not So Very Pretty, But It Has a History. Of all the trees in" Granville county the one on 'the' lawn in front of the Court House is with out' doubt the most popular of them all To be sure, it is neither old or pretty, but nevertheless we rev erence its memory. Winter and summer the bench beneath its shel tering care is always occupied. It is the recognized place for the gos sips to gather and talk polities, crops and scandal; its branches shadows impartially the just and the unjust, the young and the old, the rich and the poor. The debtor and the creditor meet there when the mortgages is to be foreclosed and the land sold. The successful litigant and the delated one pass it on their way out of court. Lawyers and laymen scheme and wrangle within its shadows. And of all the bargains that were made; to be kept or broken; of all the secrets and scandals whispered beneath it, the tree has never told one word that is why we reverence its mem ory. The business of Granville county is largely conducted under that tree. Here bargains are struck; deals made; land bought and sold, family settlements planned, and all the things that go to make up communi ty life are talked over here. As one of the most able lawyers in Oxford the other day said "There have been more lies told under that tree than under any other tree in the county." His statement is probably correct, but there were also, we venture to say, many truths told; many wise ami kind plans perfected; many quarrels reconciled; many things done under that tree that helped alongBthe ever perplexing: problems of life and the pursuit of happi- Peace to its mellow shade! ness. The Question of Advertising. The question of printing adver tisements of business men outside the home town who deal in articles supplied by local dealers is one that has long been a most interesting subject among the various pub ishers of the country. After ma ture deliberations on the subject of granting admittance to our columns of advertising matter from firms in other towns than our own engaged in a business which conflicts with one or more institutions operating here the publishers of the Public Ledger have concluded they are ab solutely iustihed in so doing. Our merchants are offering their goods at prices that compete with business houses elesvvhere and we see no reason why they should fear. We do not believe that the acceptance of such business by a paper injures the local merchant or in any way operates against the home town In accepting outside advertisements we do so at an increase rate. A paper is a business institution and not a charitable organization. It is entitled to derive income from any proper source, and in return for this income it performs invalu able services to the community. It keeps an eye on public officials and affairs, promotes local improve ments and brings the outside world to everv man's door: Therefore it should be encouraged and not hazed and heckled by narrow minded mer chants. The Public Ledger prefers to see the merchants of Oxford strengthen their business in every way possible and we do not advocate the necessi ty of oilier merchants coming to Oxford to open up stores,. The best policy is to strengthen every line of business we have. If we multiply our business houses we must multiply our population. The merchants and business men of Ox ford have in the Public Ledger a strong medium for the upbuilding of town and county, and if they avail themselves of our columns they will reach more than ten thousand readers each issue. The Public Ledger now has the largest circulation since it was established Record Breaking Work. We learn from Commissioner C. W. Bryan, who has charge of the street work charging nothing for his time, that up to Saturday evening one-third of the grading of Spring street had been done and had only paid out $64 for labor. If he keeps up Jhis low ratio of ex pense he will grade the street at a low figure. Let us hope some of the other principle streets will re ceive his hustling attention. TME IViOST NOTED TREE GRAHV8LLE COUNTY. iATIIE RED FROM THE TOWN AND COUNTY About People and Things That Are of Interest to Our Readers. Pleased to learn that Mrs. Josiah Cannady continues to improve. Andrew Kittrell, who has been quite sick several days, is improv- ng. Colonel Roger Gregory is hav ng the front porch to his residence enlarged. Men think they were born to rule nit those who marry soon find out their mistake about it. It is given out that the "King Bee" is still buzzing, and his sting s in good working order. We much regret say nothing as yet has been done in the way of im proving our City of the Dead. The Brooks Davis saw mill at S to vail caught fire, and the citi zens put it out at a loss of $250. Although the contest is over six more subscribers joined the Public edger family for one year Monday and Tuesday. The attention of readers is called to the advertisement of the sale of the J. F. Cole home place in an other column. Miss Burdette Joyner, who went o a Richmond hospital a few weeks ago fir treatment, has returned home much improved. If you want to reach a majority of the people of Granville county plant an advertisement in Twice-a- week Public Ledger. Owing to private sale being made of the land advertised by H. P. and W. J. Webb to take place Aug. 7, the sale has been called off. The soda fountain and ice cream business are two at any rate that have suffered no slump in Oxford on account of the hot weather. We notice some automobile run ners exceed the speed limit and it is a wonder to us policeman Willi - ford don't overhaul them sometime. Honor to women ! To them it is given To garden the earth with the roses of Heaven. Schiller. Charley Easton, who has been sick for sometime, has so far re covered as to be able to resume his duties in National Bank of Gran ville. If you want your father or broth er to win the high-grade 2-horse wagon and harness offered by the Twice-a-week Public Ledger go to work at once. M. W. Wheelous, of Grissom.was in Oxford Tuesday and we were sorrv to learn from him that Joe Wheelous was critically ill and not expected to recover. We want a bright, reliable white boy to work a few hours a day in this office one that will stick light work, and will not interfere with his school hours. Youngsville correspondent of the Franklin Times says: Misses Ruby Mangum and Helen Sledge, of Ox ford, have been spending sometime with Miss Annie Green. We will thank those who desire space in our five thousand Tobacco Edition to please send in the copy for their advertisement as the issue will be a business winner. The many friends of Miss Willie Lee Thomas and Mrs. L. F. Smith, who are in a hospital in Richmond for treatment, will be glad to learn that they continue to improve. The Gilliam residence owned by Jonah Veasey is being moved on another lot so the contractor can the erection of a nice residence for Mr. Veasey on Gilliam street. As the result of the Mail Car riers' Contest the Public Ledger goes into more homes in Granville county than ever beiore, witn an increased per centage in adjoining counties. Never before have we read so much about a good crop year. The wheat crop was a bumper one, and the farmers say that corn, tobacco and cotton give every promise of doing their best Sam Watkins has transformed the old Johnson home into a real neat place, removing the old fence and cleaning up the yard. It will be occupied by Mrs. Olivia Rogers, who will take boarders. Pleased With Improvements. A subscriber in South Granville in renewing his subscription says: I never saw such an improvement as you have made in the paper, and we like getting it two times a week. Glad to see you working for edu cation and the fair." Excellent Crop Reports. Reports of exceptionally fine cures and crops of tobacco are being re ceived from a good portion of the county and adjoining counties. It seems to be the opinion of those closely connected with the tobacco situation that prices will be good. Miss Mitchell Entertained. Miss Esther Mitchell, of Oxford, is naving a round or pleasure as the guest of Miss Corrinne Morri son at her pleasant home in States- ville. A number of heart parties have been given in her honor, in which she has made the highest scores. Oxford Hardware Co. The special attention of our large number of readers is directed to the important announcement of the Oxford Hardware Co. Read it and extend these clever gentlemen your patronage as they will do their best to please you. Remember they do all kind of repair work at lowest possible prices. Lookout Auto Owners. All you automobile owners had better look after your red rear light and the red number tax paid tag. The authorities say after Aug. 1st. the law will be strictly enforced and every car seen without these requirements will be held up, and all cars that pass through the streets from other places will be held up. Aristocratic Bees. It has been discovered that one or tne large Doric pillows on the portico of Mr. Henry Hunt's hand some home is inhabited by honey bees. The indications are that they have laid in a supply of honey and intend to remain there for some time. They attend strictly to their own business and give no one the least bit of trouble. Girl Baby Left at Door. We learn from Herndon Moore, the popular carrier of Route 2, that A. A. Rice at Tar River was much surprised Sunday morning about 4 o'clock to find at his front door a girl baby about a week old in a basket, nicely clothed and a letter along with a $10 bill, instructing him how to look after the child. He heard a noise at his door and grabbed his gun and went out and the wail of the baby was all he heard. Mr. and Mrs. Rice have no children and will be sure to take good care of the little girl, wrhich will no doubt soon win their love. A Cutting Scrape. Graham Alexander and Jim Jones, both colored and drunk, met near the Southern station last Sunday night about 9 o'clock and began to curse and abuse each other. In the mix up Alexander drew his knife from his pocket and cut Jones in the abdomen. Dr. Thomas was called, and took several stitches across the stomach, and he believes he will pull him through if no com plications set in. Alexander left the scene of the cutting and has not been seen since. Chief of Police Willi ford learned of the fracas Monday morning and made a search for Alexander but has not been able to learn of his whereabouts. Asked as to why he did not get on the track of the violators earlier the Chief said that the negro Jones is so trifling no one seemed to care to call his attention to the affair. The Way the Wind Blows. Though the nominating conven tion is a year off nearly all, if not all, of the papers in the Fifth Con gressional district are unanimous in the opinion that Major Stedman will have strong opposition for re election. While no formal announce ments have been made it is practi cally certain that Granville county has in General B. S. Royster the ablest man in the district, and if he decides to enter the race the Metropolitan district will have a strong and aggressive Represen -tative in Congress to be proud of. The people all over the district are taking up the refrain, 'We need just such a man as Gen. Royster in Washington, lhe district is large, but the name of General Royster is fast becoming a house hold word with the people of all classes. Hard to Get. The housekeepers of Oxford and the grocers as well, are hard put to it these days to get country pro duce. There is and has been, a distressing shortage of corn, beans, tomatoes, and other vegetables and cantaloupes have been remarkably scarce. Why is it that so little attention is paid to trucking? There is al ways demand in Oxford for every thing the farmer grows and the prices are always good. Why not raise corn and sell it on the local market at 15 cents per dozen ears green, rather than wait and sell it at 80 cents per bushel in the fall? A few days ago a good lady of Oxford, desparing of getting vege tables from the grocers, drove out from town a distance of about five miles on one road and stopped at every farm house along the road. She asked for corn, for beans, for tomatoes and for apples. Nothing doing. Nobody had any to sell. A great many housewives told her that they did not make enough of those commodities to supply their own tables. It strikes us that there ought to be money in it. We would like to see some first class trucker settle near Oxford and show our people how it is done. With our soil and our climate, it ought never to be said that veg etables of any kind, are hard to get. Granville Superior Court. The Granville County Superior Court convened Monday morning. His Honor Judge George W. Con nor, of Wilson, presiding. All the officers of court were on hand at ten o'clock, the opening hour, and Solicitor Gattiswas ready to prose cute all violators of the State laws. This is the second term of Court held" by Judge Connor. He is an able young man, with pleasant fea tures and his address to the Grand Jury, covering the State laws, was most emphatic, and well delivered Judge Connor was speaker of. the House of Representatives at the lastsession. He has the abilty to preside with dignity and honor, and is universally admired by the bar and Court officials, and he has a faculty of disposing of business with dispatch. The following Grand Jurors were drawn : C. A. Carroll, Foreman; C. R Dement, R. A. Norwood, William Wilkerson, C. E. Averett, J. T, Poythress, B. W. Butler, J. M. Cottrell, J. C. Frazier, B. F. Cur rin, W. O, Dickerson, J. G. Smith, E. G. Crews, J. Russell Webb, C. A. Day, L. G. Patterson, R. L. Hunt, J. P. Tunstall. D. W. Lakes was sworn in as officer in charge of the Grand Jury. There are about thirty criminal cases on the docket. The following cases were disposed of Monday: State v. John C. Peace, disposing of mortgage property; plead guilty and judgement suspended on pay ment of cost. State v. Wade Mobley, carrying concealed weapon; not guilty. State v. Wiley McGhee, a. w. d w. ; guilty; fined $15 and cost. Robert Hicks, larceny; guilty, fined $15 and cost. State v. Ben Allen, carrying con cealed weapon; fined $5 and cost. State v. Sandy Gregory, assault; guilty; judgement suspended upon payment of cost and doctor's bill. State v. J. A. Hutchins, failure to list tax; guilty; judgement sus pended upon payment of cost. SALE OF BRICK OFFICES. I offer for sale the two brick offices at Oxford, occupied by Graham and Devin, together with about sixty feet of land in the rear. I will sell on long time, three, four or five years, if desired. Write to me at Raleigh, R. W. Winston FINE FARM FOR SALE. Home of late J. Frank Cole, sit uate 8 miles West of Oxford in Walnut Grove Township, containing 400 1-2 acres of good tobacco and errain land. Stumps removed in most of fields for use of machinery Nice quantity of original growth timber besides old field pine. House contains 8 rooms, including kitchin and bath room, with modern water and sewer fixtures; good buildings for handling tobacco and grain ;two tenant houses. .Possession given this fall or if preferred a good man will rent next year. Sale to le made Saturday, August 23rd, at 12 m., in front of the Court House will be sold in several tracts and as a whole. Terms 1-3 cash, re mainder one and two years. Prem ises shown on request. For further information address SAM C. HOWARD, aug.6.5t.pd Stovall, N. C. SOME YOU KNOW AND SOME YOU DO NOT KNOW. Personal Items About Oxford Folks and Their Friends In General. . E. C. Harris, of Route 3, was in town Saturday. A. M. Cash, of Route 5, was in town Saturday, Ben Currin, of Route 1, was in Oxford Saturday. J. L. Woody, of Route 5, was in Oxford Saturday. T. V. Bobbitt, of Watkins, was in town Saturday. J S. Watkins, of Cornwall, was n town Saturday. Miss Lucy Webb is visiting Miss Bruton at Kinston. Mrs. J. M. Currin has returned from Buffalo Springs. C. G. Royster, of Bullock, was on our streets Monday. E. T. Rawlins, of the road, is at home for a few days. Mrs. P. C. Parham, of Route 3, was in town Monday. Miss Edna Tyer has returned from visiting friends at Maxton. Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Brown are in the Land of the Sky. Mrs. Hamlin Cheatham, of Route 3, was in town Saturday. N. G. Crews and son, of near Dabney, was in town Saturday. Bailey Owen, of Henderson, spent the week end in Oxford. Mrs. C. G. Couch and children are visiting relatives in Norfolk. Mrs. G. F. Downey is among the many visitors at Panacea Springs. Josh King left Tuesday morning for Buffalo Springs to spend a week . Titus, D. and Frank Currin, of Route 6, were town visitors Satur day. I. E. Harris and W. R. Garner, of Creedmour.were in Oxford Mon day. John Haskins has returned from a visit to relatives at Lumberton and Apex. Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Taylor and daughter, of Route 7, was in town Saturday. Miss Sallie Wood visited her sis ter, Mrs. A. B. Howard, of Route 4, last week. Mrs. W. T. Lee and two bright daughters are visiting relatives in Clarksville. Miss Edith Parham spent last week with Miss Eugenia Crews near Salem. J. A. Shotwell returned Saturday from a pleasant visit to relatives in Vance county. B. T. Harris, T. L. Bullock and W. A. Hester, of Hester, were in Oxford Monday. J. T. Grissom and John Dicker- son, of Wilton section, were on our streets Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Brewer, of Wake Forest, are house guests at Wood- lawn Hall, near Oxford. Miss Hettie Lyon has returned from a 10 days stay with Miss Wil lie Thomas in Richmond. Misses Alverlee and Li la Currin were the guest of Miss Ruby Ad cock, on Ruote 5, last week. Mrs. T. M. Evins, of Spartans- burg, S. C, is visiting her parents. Col. and Mrs. H. G. Cooper. Mrs. James Floyd and Master Joe and sweet little Lucy are visiting relatives in Brassfield township. Mr. and Mr. Tillery, of Wil mington, are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. A, Taylor on Raleigh street. Mrs.W. B. Ballou returned home Saturday from the bedside of her sick father, and glad to learn he is convalescent. Misses Emma Foushee, of Dur ham, and Ruth Conyers, of Youngs ville, are the guests of Mrs. C. D. Ray on College street. R. W. Lassiter arrived from Washington City Saturday and re turned yesterday, and his many friends were glad to see him. Prof. J. A. Pitts, the most ex cellent Superintendent of Oxford Graded School, hs returned to the county, and was in town Saturday. McPherson Ferebee, of Montana, is on a visit to his father, Dr. N M. Ferebee, after an absence of 6 years and his old friends are glad i to see him. RARE CHANCE FOR THE TILLERS OF THE SOIL. The Public Ledger Will Give Away a Number of Valuable Prizes. The success of the recent Mail Cariers' Contest warrants us in launching one for the benefit of the farmers. The three high-grade prizes given in this contest, which begins with this number of the Public Ledger, consists of one two horse wagon complete and double set of harness for first prize; one sulkey plow or cultivator for sec ond prize, and one set of single wagon harness for third prize. In selecting the prizes the Public Ledger is eager to put on such useful articles as are always accep table and in demand by our farmer friend. During the life of this con test the price of the twice-a-week Public Ledger will lie one dollar per year, or seventy-five cents for six months. The rules governing the contest are printed on the fourth page of this paper. The Public Ledger has reason to feel proud of its already handsome subscription list, but we desire to run it up to the 4,000 mark, and the substantial high grade prizes are given with a view of making the twice-a-week Public Ledger at $1.00 a year still more popular with the people of Granville county. We will ask every reader to turn to the last page of this paper and careful ly read the rules governing the con test. Select out the farmer in your township you desire to see win the capital prize two-horse wagon complete and double set of har ness and go to work in his inter est. We apprehend some friendly rivalry during the contest in as certaining who is the most popu lar farmer in each of the nine town ships of old Garnville and we will thank every one to eneter into the spirit of the occasion and help us solve the quetion. Key Causes Fire. Editors Public Ledger: I note your item in last Friday's issue, regarding the recent fire in the residence of T. C. Harris. In order that no false impression may be left in the minds of the public regarding the cause of this fire, I ask space for the following expla nation: A door-key was found laid across the fuse plugs at the en trance switch which bridged the circuit at this point, causing a "short circuit." As the only fuses that could out blow and relieve ex cessive flow of current, were the transformer fuses on the pole and as these were large because the transformer feeds a larger number of customers; the wires from the point of entering the house to the entrance switch, got very hot and the insulation melted off and the wire burned in two, which opened the circuit and relieved the situa tion. The wires were not in con tact with the wood at any point and nothing was burned but the insulation on the wires on this very short run from the point of entrance to the entrance switch. If the short circuit had occurred anywhere behind the entrance switch, the fuses in the house would have blown and no damage result ed. The whole 'trouble was caused by using the entrance switch for a door key holder and not from any thing defective in the wiring. Yours very truly, E. G. COUCH. Oddities of the Parcel Post. A few days ago one of our under taking establishments received an order for a small coffin. The par ties recieving the coffin expected it to arrive by express, but when it did not make its appearance on the arrival of the train the parties were in a quandary. The first impres sion was that the express messenger was negligent of his duties, but on calling up the undertaker it was learned that the coffin was sent by parcel post, and advised the parties to call at the post office and get it. The little coffin only weighed eleven pounds. Nice Furniture. In speaking of the recent Furni ture Exposition held in High Point the Southern Furniture Journal said: "A line that was probably more talked of and admired thfwi any other was that of the Inter national Furniture Company of Ox ford. A striking handsome cham ber suit was shown in white enamel on maple, consiting of bed, dresser, table, chiffonier, washstand and table of Colonial pattern."
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