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4 PUBLIC LEDGER OCT. 8TH 1913 ' i, - - - - - i - ....... , . -- i ----- '- - , -. . - :- ' - I PUBLIC LEDGER AND OXFORD'"XrBANNER PUBLICATION OFFICE BRUT PRINTERY MITCHELL BUILDING. Entered as second-class matter at postoffice Oxford : . Published Semi-Weekly bv BRITT&COBLE. Jno.T. Brltt. : DsnA.Coble. EDITORS AND -OWNERS. PRICE OF SUBSCRIPTION: One Year $1 50 Six Months .75 Three Months. 50 ADVERTISING RATES. One year contract 10c per incb. net. each inser tion, run of paper Six months 12 l-2c per incb, set. each insertion. run of paper. Three months 15c per inch. net. run of paper for each insertion. PREFERRED POSITIONS. On one year contract 12 l-2c per inch. net. each insertion. Six months 15c per inch. net. each insertion. rhree months 18cts per inch. net. each insertion. One or two months 25c per inch. net. each Laser tion. Reading notices 5c per type line each insertion. Every farmer and business man in the county should take an inter est in the County Fair and lend it every possible encouragement. What has become of the one-idead Republican prophet who told the farmers that a Democratic victory meant ruin for the horny-handed sons of toil. Mt. Airy is arranging for a fair next year. The idea is to allow one person only one share so as to have as many interested in the enter prise as possible. The State of Oregon has passed a law that the minimum wage paid women shall not be less than $9.25 a week for eight hours and twenty minutes of work. It is stated that the parcel post will pay its own way from the be ginning. Not only this the officials of the postoffice department pre dict a surplus of ten million dollars due largely to the establishment of parcel post. The Concord Times says that the great majority of the people of the State are in favor of having the Bible read in the Public Schools. They should at least be given an opportunity to say whether or not they want such an amendment to the constitution. A note to State Department of Education from Prof. C. C. Wright, Superintendent of Wilkes county schools, is to the effect that the es tablishment of an additional tax district gives Wilkes 44, the largest number of any county in5 the State. He writss that he has just held the first county teachers convention for this term and that the attendance was 144. Discussing the killing and lynch ing of the two negroes in Missis sippi who, filled with cocaine, ian amuck the other day and killed 11 people, the Columbia State says the party or parties who sold these ne groes the deadly drug need some of the same medicine administered to the negroes. They knew they were selling it in violation of -law and that its use tendod to cause trouble. Tariff Bill Becomes a Law. Surrounded by leaders of a Uni ted Democracy President Wilson at 9:09 o'clock Friday night signed the Underwood-Simmons tariff bill at the White House. Simultane ously telegrams were sent to cus toms collectors throughout the country by the Treasury Depart ment putting into actual operation the first Democratic tariff revision since 1894. A happy group of legislators, members of Cabinets and friends encircled the President as he smil ingly sat down and slowly affixed his signature with two "gold pens. He presented the pen that had writ ten the word "Woodrow" to Repre sentative Underwood and the one that completed his name to Senator Simmons, both of whom bowed their appreciation.- In impressive silence the Presi dent arose and delivered in easy, natural tones an extemporaneous speech that brought prolonged ap plause. He declared the journey of legislative accomplishments had- not been completed; that a great service had been done for the rank and file of the country, but the sec ond step in the emancipation of business was currency reform. The Homestead Law, ; The homestead exemption law in this State enacted, if we remember correctly, away back in 1868, has been a good thingbut its abuse has had effect of tending to destroy it. Personal property to the amount of $500 is exempted and $1,000 in real estate remarks, the Daily Record. Unscrupulous men have taken ad vantage of it to swindle honest peo ple and this practice has grown so general that there has been agita tion for some time for a change. The matter is up before the special session of the Legislature. Repre sentatives of the mercantile inter ests of the State want the stipula tion that the General Assembly can enact a garnishment law to apply to the payment of debts to the ex tent of 10 per cent, of the wages or income of the debtor, where the income is $10 a week or more. Also they would amend the second section of Article J by providing that the $1,000 real estate exemp tion shall not extend to persons not heads of families or one who has not one dependent on him, or one whose wife has the homestead in her own name. Some kind of a change is needed ; what it will be is not yet clear. Men who are well able to pay their debts snap their fingers in your face and tell you to collect it if you can. The idea in enancting the law was to protect innocent women and children from worthless and drunk eo husbands who often sold proper ty or mortgaged it and finally left a wife without a home. It is said that the merchant should not do a credit business; that he should de mand cash, butthis would be a hardship on a great many worthy people. What is needed is some amendment that will prevent grand rascals from swindling the public. Investigate Insurance Rates. We are glad to see some steps are at last being taken against the ter rible insurance trust that haa an iron grip on the people, as resolu tions have been introduced in both bodies of the General Assembly pro vidingr for an investigation ofj the conduct of the Fire Insurance Com panies operating in North Carolina. The resolutions introduced in each body are identically the " same, the resolution being introduced in the Senate by Senaor Q. K. Nimocks, of Cumberland, and in the House by Representative A. I. Seawell, of Lee, who conferred with each other in drafting their resolutions. The resolution is of State-wide interest, as there is strong senti ment throughout the State that North Carolina pays a much higher fire insurance rate than is charged in other States. Appeals have been made through the press and by in dividuals that the Legislature tak e such action as is contained in the resolution. The resolution provides that a joint committee composed of three members from the House and two from the Senate be appointed by the presiding officers of the two bodies. The committees will form a commission known as the Fire In surance Investigating Committee. Each member will receive his per diem and all other necessary ex penses incurred while making the investigation. The resolution provides that it shall be the purpose of the Com -mission to investigate the conduct of the various fire insurance com panies doing business in the State. It requires the ascertaining of the rates charged insurers, and to com pare the rates with those charged in other States. .Aside from these special provisions it requires an inf vestigation of the fire insurance companies in a general way. After the Commission has made its investigation it will submit will submit the report to the Governor, who will include it in his recom mendation to the next General As sembly. The resolution becomes effective immediately upon its ratification. Harnett County I Investigate at Once. Much Cheaper than Lands in Your Section. 200 acres near Fuquay Springs. 88 acres near Coats. 326 acres in Johnson County. 205 acres near Fuquay Springs. Write lor Full Description, Prices etc, to J. F. Stevens The Fararaoir And his Account Boots. The farmer, more so than any other business man re--quires the services of -a bank, if he manages his farm in a systematic way, While he has no need for a set of books in which to keep a record of every transaction made, yet, during the course of a year he must pay out large sums of money for various purposes, and a record for future reference is highly important. Merchants may fail to give a receipt for cash, a neighbor may not recall the payment of money owed, but the farmer who pays , his obligations by check has written evidence of such payments which any court must recognize. In the same way he has a record of monies received by the deposit entries on his bank book. To the farmer, who desires such a record for his busi ness, we extend an invitation to open an account with this bank. . . . . B ank of Granville CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $120,000. E. T. WHITE, II. G. i PER, 17. T. YAtiCEY, nn M WAY 3E iver Before lav We Congratulate You On the Immense Quantity of Seed of all kind which you have Already Bought so Far This Fall Crimson Clover, and White Blooming Clover, Seed Kye, Old Fashioned Red Clover, Appier ats. and Winter Turf ats We have in Granvilie a great Tobacco County. But you will never get rich making good tobacco. Buy a Harrow and Drag from Us. Buy a big lot of Seed from Us, and sow before it is too late. KtoMir lorn D nn Mm Place to Sell Your Tobacco. (UlHHmUUUUUUmHIUIHHHHHHIl wc OBIVE1N if? After OFFICER We. have built. a large addition to our Warehouse aiirt rfM , V : - ' entirely new and up-to-date stallstany S. 5S& fa? O comfort and convenience. ZxXll . glad to inform our farmer friends that . Tobacco Unas Increased from S3 to S7 - You want every dollar you can W for vr-v , -?J , S U , load ofW touacco Wiethe maZ1 Ml I ii y 1
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