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Our Slogan-' Oxford Offers Opportunities for Hohes Schools Health Factories and Prosperity." SEMI-WEEKLY. OXFORD, N". C, SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 1913. VOLUME 28. NO. 71 OXFORD TOBACCO MARKET IN DETAIL. Graphically Told to the Farmers of Granville and Adjo&mg Counties. This edition of five thousand copies of the Public Ledger con tains a message of vast importance to every farmer in Granville, Per son, Vance, Durham and Mecklen burg counties. In turning the pages many familiar faces will greet you, and when you have finished read ing it pass it to your neighbor, so that he, too, will know for a cer tainty that Oxford is an ideal to bacco market, the market that reaches the goal on high averages. It is natural for everybody to seek the market where they can get the very top notch price for their product, so farmers, join the pro cession and roll into Oxford with your tobacco and our warehouses will sell it. never turning a pile loose until the buyers have been coaxed up to the highest price by the astute auctioneers. A cordial and hearty welcome awaits your coming, backed up by the cold, hard silver wheels which our buy ers are more than anxious to ex change for your tobacco. Persuade your neighbors to come with you so that they may share the benefits of high prices. Another thing to be considered in favor of Oxford as a market for your tobacco is the fact that if you wish to buy anything for yourself, your family or your farm, you will find our merchants thoroughly alive to your interests. Thev carry splendid stock and their prices are the lowest. You will find every thing you need in dry goods, fancy goods, shoes, clothing, groceries, furniture, hardware, buggies, car riages, and farm supplies, and you have our word for it that you can nowhere bay at lower figures than our merchants will make. Come right along to Oxford, your own dear old town, where you will get high prices for your tobacco and can get the best goods at the lowest price for your hard earned cash. The market open3 Monday, September 1st, and a most cordial greeting awaits you for this and all coming seasons. Implements, Buggies, Etc. We call special attention to the advertisement of Long-Winston Company. This Company opened business here September 15, 1911, with the kind of men behind the business to make it go. They have by square, honest dealings with all watched their business grow till to-day they have one of the largest established trade in the country. In forging ahead they ask the farmers to help them make their business one of the largest in the State. The agricultural implement business is a special feature and they are tryr ing to introduce labor saving im plements and thus solve the labor situation. They carry the largest line and best style buggies, surries, carriages, wagons, horse millinery, etc. Able Postof f ice Assistants. We have so often referred to our excellent postmaster that a word of praise for his assistant and the clerks will not be amiss. When Mr. Osborn took hold of. the office he retained the services of all the clerks who served under Mr. Brown, and doubtless he has found them capable and obliging. In J. H. Critcher he finds a most valuable assistant. Thomas Waller, who has been the official mail dispatcher for a long time, is one of the best fellows ou ever saw. It would be hard to find t wo clerks mre oblig ing than is Nelson Ferebee, Jr. and Richard Brown; A. B. Overton pre sides at delivery window! when he tells you that there is nothing for you, you may depend upon t. We are glad to see the postoffice in such excellent hands. BAG LOST- Containing collars, handkerchiefs, a safety razor, etc. near Oxford. Reward to finder. HORACE H.LEYSATH.North, S.C. CAR LOAD clover seed and tvp and oats at Long-Winston Co., Ox- ford, N. C. GATHERED FROM THE TOWN AND COUNTY About People and Things That Are of Interest to Our Readers. There seems to be a slump in the marriage market at present. We rise to inform the people that the bank clock has decided to take a vacation. How do you like our Tobacco Edi tion which will be read by at least 20,000 people? How do you like our Picture Gal lery? They are men that our far mers can "tie too." Col. Gregory is making a num ber of improvements to his resi dence on College street. The Southern Buggy Co. made nice job of repainting two wagons of the Oxford Ice Company. Rev. L. H. Joyner, pastor of Ox ford Circuit,' assisted in conducting a revival in Cumberland county this week. Judging from their actions, a man sometimes wonders if his sup posed friends are not enemies in disguise. Indications are for high prices and the tobacco men are predicting one of best seasons that the Oxford market has known. The paper that never prints any thing except what agrees with its own opinion, may be a paper, but it is no newspaper. Mr. Farmer while you are get ting ready to sell tobacco don't for get to provide an attractive exhibit for our County Fair in October. You can jump on us with "both feet" if you will, the Public Ledger will continue to push Oxford and her splendid Tobacco Market still. Upon my soul it's September near And golden rod is gold again, And May's a memory thro' a tear Along the sylvan dreams of men. Come right along to the Oxford market as the last red cent will be paid you for your tobacco that the live auctioneers can squeeze out of liberal buyers. The old reliable, steady high av eraged Oxford tobacco market is again ready to please the farmers with top-notch prices, and with greatly increased facilities. Yes, Cordelia, the Public Ledger continues to grow in popular favor with the people, and hope you will be pleased with our 12-page To bacco Edition, the largest ever is sued in the county. We do not hesitate to say that you will not find better warehouse men or buyers anywhere than the Oxford market affords and it will be to your interest to sell here du ring the cqming tobacco year. The cost of producing and mar keting a crop to the best advantage and in good shape counts for much in the year's returns on the farm. Modern farming rnethqcls cut down the cost of production and get more for the labor expended, It never pays to brag and we are not doing it now, but these nights and mornings begin to feel a little like fall of the year, However, even September gets mighty hot some time along about the middle of the day. We point with pride, Mr. Far mer, to the fine record the Oxford tobacco market made last year in selling tobacco. It sold between six and seven million pounds at the high average of 18cts for every thing sold on warehouse floors. Tobacco, more tobacco and all grades of tobacco is what our buy ers must have, and will pay the highest possible prices to get it, as they can handle ten million pounds. That's a good reason why you should sell your whole crop in Oxford. Automobi lists say that tires for machines now being sold are no account. There is something in the that makers of tires and I tnhea ar usinff odds and ends and all manner of inferior material and ithat thp thinor is arrowing worse. The Union Bank of Oxford. Though young in years the Union Bank of Oxford is fast forging to the front. Thoroughly familiar with banking in all its phases the polite and accommodating officials will look out for your interests. Read their advertisement elsewhere in the Public Ledger and call to see them and we guarantee that every courtesy consistent with safe and sound banking will be shown you. A Power in the Land. There can be no doubt that the Granville Real Estate and Trust Company is a prime factor in the commercial life of Oxford '. When you want to buy, sell or rent or need insurance of any kind give them an opportunity to serve you. This Company is prepared to render services of the highest character on the most economical basis. They are prepared to make loans on real estate. and advance money for build ing purposes and to develop property. See their advertisement elsewhere in this edition. Opening of Graded Schoo!. The Graded School of Oxford will open Monday, September 1st. The term of compulsory attendance, as provided by law, will begin with the opening of the term, and con tinue four months. All children between 8 and 12 years are required by law to attend four months each year. Parents and guardians are hereby notified to have their child ren ready for entrance opening day. We trust the young people will avail themselves of this splendid opportunity by applying themselves closely to their studies. "The Old Reliable." During the past ten years the farmers of the country have come into their own. They have grown somewhta larger crops by intensive methods, but the real reason of their propserity is that they have handled their affairs more carefully and have become business men as well as farmers. A prime requi site in the proper handling of a farmer's business is a checking account at the Nationl Bank of Granville. No merchant would try to conduct his business without a checking account, and no farmer should try to do so. "The Old Reliable" Bank of Granville, is the place for the farmer to do business. Satisfied Customers. Horner Bros Company extends a cordial invitation to the farmers and invite them to make their store headquarters while in Oxford. The farmers want to know where they can get the most money for their tobacco and the most goods for their money. As for the goods, see Horner Bros Company and we vouch for them treating you right. They carry buggies, wagons, harness, wire fencing, clothing, shoes, groceries, feed stuff, farm implements, guano and horses and mules. This is one of the large firms in Oxford that draws a large number of satisfied customers from a radius of many miles. See ad vertisement of Horner Bros. Com pany elsewhere in this paper, "Virtue, Liberty, Patriotism." We know of no secret fraternal order that has a more attractive creed than the Junior Order, United American Mechanics. ''Virtue, Liberty, Patriotism" are their cardinal prinicples. They teach uprightness in the individual and are a tremendous force for the preservation of liberty because of their patriotism. With them, the Bible and the Flag go together, and all over North Carolina they have presented replicas of Old Glory and the Scriptures to the public schools, which they actively support. More than once a Junior Council in a community has turned - the balance in favor of better schools. They know no politics but they do not hesitate to leap into a campaign for funds to improve school conditions, and work and vote with energy and zeal for the strengthening of this bulwark of the National existence. JUST ARRIVED New crop, crimson and white clover seed, seed rye and seed oats at Long-Winston Company. Phone to Us. Our readers, who can phone to us, are invited to do so whenever they have news in their neighbor hood or in town, or when they have anything to advertise for sale, or when they want something they do not get quicker by any other meth od than advertising in their county paper. Let us get in closer touch. Impetus to Business. The opening of the tobacco mar ket will give new impetus to the business life of Oxford and a few good sales will encouage all of us who have been waiting through the dog days for the season to open. Prospects for a particularly good market are bright; and with the farmers in funds again after their season of waiting the money which was buried in the soil of Granville and adjoining counties last Spring will again be in circulation in the business channels of the town. From now until well into the Spring of 1:j14 business should boom. Opening Day September 1st. The tobacco interests of Granville, Vance and Durham counties being so closely allied the tobacco men of Oxford, Creedmoor and Henderson recently held a meeting, at which time Durham was asked to join in making Monday, September 1st, the day on which to open the to bacco market. For some reason Durham preferred to open August 20th, ten days ahead of the three other markets. There is so very lit tle done before September 1st Ox ford, Creedmoor and Henderson, preferred to open on that date. In speaking of the opening of the Durham market last Wednesday the Durham Sun says: "While to-day was designated as the formal open ing of the market, there was noth ing unusual about it, it being merely a calendar date set for the opening." Dr. Weatherspoon to Leave Next Sunday, August 24th, will be the last day of Dr. Weather spoon's pastorate here. He will occupy the pulpit in the Baptist church at the morning hour. At the evening hour the congregations of all the churches will hold a fare well service to Dr. Weatherspoon at the Baptist church. Everybody is invited to be present, and the ministers of the other congregations and others will speak. Dr. Weather spoon has occupied the pulpit at the Baptist church for more than two years and under his pastorate the church has been greatly strengthen ed and the congregation realize that his place will be hard to fill. He goes to a field of much usefulness, that of instructing young men in Hebrew history at the Southwestern Theolgical Seminary at Fort Worth, Texas. Our Big Store Window. To the many families who will read this paper both in Granville and adjoining counties we have a real value aside from the news we print. Our advertisers have the goods you want to buy. You can save money by reading what they offer and going to see them when you are in the market as a buyer. You too have your fall and Christ mas season coming. Within the next few months you will receive the profits of the summer's work, much of which you will spend too provide for your family necessities for another year. It depends on how carefully you buy and how much you get. The advertising sections of this paper are worth many times the price of its subscription to you if you study them. The Public Ledger is a big store window where the goods you need are displayed. Study the window and see what you can buy to the best advantage. It means good value to you for your money when the spring trade opens. LOST, strayed or stolen, one black and white steer, weight about 600 pounds. Any informa tion as to his whereabouts will be thankfully received It. pd. G. S. W ATKINS, Oxford. FOR RENT Fine tobacco arid grain farm. "New buildings, good location. Apply to T. Lanier. SOME YOU KNOW AND SOME YOU DO NOT KNOW. Personal Items About Oxford Folks and Their Friends In General. C. A. Carroll left Thursday for New York. L. F. Currin, of Route 1, was in town Thursday. J. T. Daniel, of Route 1, was in town Thursday. Chas Hester, of Route 5, was in town Thursday. Will Morton, of Route 4, was in town Thursday. Mrs. Mary C. Cannady is on a visit to Durham. E. C. Harris, of Route 3, was1 in town Saturday. Early Moss, of Tar River, was in Oxford Thursday. J. P. Hargrove, of Fairport, was in town Wednesday. B. F. Hester, of Route 1, wa3 a town visitor Thursday. Mrs. H. G. Williams was a Dur ham visitor Wednesday. J. F. Hester, of Route 1, was a town visitor Wednesday. Joe Pruitt, of Route 1, is on a visit to Fuquay Springs. Will Stem, of Route 6, was an Oxford visitor Thursday. Jack Howard, of Route 1, was on our streets Thursday. Miss Myrtle Wrenn is visiting Miss Hattie Harris, on Route 3. Miss Minnie Kimball, of Provi dence, was in Oxford Thursday. J. M. Phipps and daughter, of Route 1. were in town Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Badgett, of Route 1, were in town Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Allie Morris have returned from a visit to Greensboro. Miss Augusta Land is, of Durham, is visiting her old home in Oxford. J. B. Pruitt and Wesley Knott, of Route 1, were in town Thursday. Miss Rachel Parham and sister, of Route 3, were in Oxford Monday. Hood Parham and George Dorsey, of Route 3, were on our streets last Friday. L. F. Perkinson and family spent the week end with relatives near Dabney. J. P. Currin and son, of north ern Granville, was on our streets Monday, Misses Fannie and Dixie Hester, ot Route 1, were on our streets Tuesday. Prof, and Mrs. J. A. Pitts have returned to Oxford from a visit to Tennessee. The pretty Miss Lucile O'Brien, of Culbreth, was on our streets Thursday. Miss Effie Davis, of Lillington, js visiting Miss Fannie Brown on High street. Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Freeman, of Route 6, were in Oxford Thursday afternoon. W. E. Yancey and son, of Sassafras Fork township, were town visitors Thursday. N. G. Crews, Roy Crews and E. A. Hunt, of Salem township, were in Oxford Saturday. Messrs. Terry Howard and Graham Currin, of Route 7, were in town last Saturday. Dawson Burwell, the excellent broom maufacturer of Stovall, wa? ! on our streets Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Powell, of , Farmville Va., are visiting the I family of L. A. Royster. Miss Ruby Adcock, of Route 5, left last Sunday for Mars Hill to enter college at that place. Miss Eunice Crews and sister, of near Watkins, were the guests of Mrs. L. Thomas last Sunday. Misses Helen and Dorothy Hunt returned Sunday from an extended trip to relatives at Mila, Va. Will Daniel, George Land, Will Currin and Albert Crews, of Tar River section, were in town Thurs day. Mrs. James S. Rogers is visiting her brother, Dr. A. S. Priq'dy, Superintendent of State Epileptic Colony, Iynchburg Va. PLANS WELL UNDER WAY FOR COUNTY FAIR. All Departments Enlarged and Many New and At tractive Features Added The Agricultural Department of the United States is sending out literature, to help the fairs of the country. Nearly every State, and hundreds of towns and municipali ties are helping with money and in other ways, recognizing the fact that agricultural fairs have a peculiarly direct and intensive value. Fairs are a public enterprise, their purpose being to keep abreast with advanced conditions that each community may take front rank and cope with the revolutionizing influences and changing customs that are annually taking place. For that purpose a time and place are set each year to bring together the products of the field and shop that stimulus may be given to those departments of labor upon which rest our great natural wealth. Not only does the fair afford opportunity for educational advancement but it is a trysting place for the old and the young, a place to meet and visit with old friends, to form new acquaintances and to more firmly cement the ties of true friendship. The management of Granville County Fair has announced that plans are well under way to make the coming fair one of the most attractive County Fairs that will be held in North Carolina during 1913. It is a difficult matter to estimate the immense task of pro moting and arranging such an in stitution as the County Fair, but the management assures all that no effort is being spared to make it the biggest and best of all. It ia not only going to be the banner fair of fairs, but the biggest, brightest and best event in the recent history of the county. How ever, the men who work faithfully for the success of these annual events cannot accomplish great things without the interest, co operation and assistance of the people. The fair is not a private concern run in the interest of a few, nor is it a money-making con cern. We are assured that attention has been given to a thorough re vision of the premium list for this year. All departments have been enlarged and some added and it is believed each department will be found to be complete in every detail. The entertainment program is being prepared and all can be assured that it is one of high character. There will be many special features equally pleasing to old and young. The fair has proven to be one of our greatest exhibitions in en couraging friendly rivalry in the production both of stock and crops. It draws a large and delightful crowd to town and gives us oppor tunity to know our neighbors better and enjoy fellowship with them. Oxford and Gxanville people owe it to themselves and to the Fair As sociation to give the aid that is necessary. It will encourage the faithful officials. Let the slogan be, "Get ready for the big fair," and let us line up for it. Owing to the steady growing in terest in poultry in Granville county the Fair Association recognized the importance of enlarging the poultry house to double the size of its for mer capacity, and other depart ments will also been enlarged and beautified to take care of the ever increasing exhibits. Oxford Colored Firemen Win The Oxford Colored Fire Com pany won first prize at the annual meeting of the Colored Fireman's Association at Concord this week. They are a fine set of colored men and will wear the honor becom ingly. TUESDAY AUGUST 26TH AT OXFORD. Next Tuesday, August 26th, Dr. N. Rosenstein will be at Oxford stopping at the hotel for the pur pose of examining eyes and fitting glasses. He guarantees satisfaction with every pair of glasses.
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