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EVERYBODY COME TO THE GRANVILLE "COUNTY FAIR, OCTOBER 15th AID 16m .1913 CONE
VOLUME 28.
THE MODERN TREND.
INFLUENCES AND FORCES
AT WORK
Adverse Condition that Exert
an Influence on the Life
of Granville
With the establishment of the
parcel post there is a growing ten
dency toward the neglect of the
small towns, particularly in a com
mercial and business way. There
has arisen a belief that much trad
ing should be done in large centers,
to insure the best qualities and
style. The influences and forces
are at work to establish large dis
tributing houses in the cities to the
detriment of the town merchants
have appealed ingeniously to the
seemingly advantage of the rural
folks in holding out that the country
merchant or dealer makes a profit
on all goods he sells which his cus
tomers could legitimately save to
themselves by trading with the big
cities through the medium of the
postoffice. In nine cases out of ten,
this idea has proven fallacious, for
in ordering goods by mail from a
catalogue, it is now known to all
who have studied the question that
all things considered, including
quality the cost to the consumer has
been as much, or more than the
same goods bought at the Oxford
stores after a careful and deliberate
personal inspection. In the rare
case where a small immediate sav
ing might be made by trading
through the postoffice, for every cent
so saved there is a larger direct loss
coming back like the boomerang ta
the postoffice trader. This is true
when nothing is considered but the
purely selfish effect of this trade
upon his own profits and property
interest, farm values, schools and
the thousand and one social rela
tions and community advantages
that exert an influence on the life
of Granville county.
The home market is the best mar
ket for the farmer as well as the
manufacturer Not only should the
farmer stand by the merchants of
their home town to protect their
trade, but in every town they should
combine themselves to bring new
industries to the town, to increase
its population, to enlarge both their
trade center and their market. The
nearer the market the better for all
concerned. The factory in the home
town is of vastly more importance
to the adjacent country than is the
factory and the market it makes in
a distant city.
The good roads movement which
is now widespread, is a direct effort
toward keeping country towns
on the map, and through the inci
dental agitation for these public
improvements the business interests
of Oxford should find its opportuni
ty in rallying to its support every
influence that may be brought to
bear in behalf of our town. -
Getting Ready for Bazaar
The Ladies Aid Society of the
Episcopal church are enthusiastic
in preparation for their Annual Ba
zaar, which will be held November
19th and 20th. The Armory has
been loaned to them through the
courtesy of the Granville Grays,
and every effort is being put forth
to make the bazaar a success. In
view of this the ladies have organiz
ed an "All Day Sewing Bee,'
which will meet with MrsN H. G
Cooner next Monday, and from
" morn until eve the needles will fly
making all sorts of beautiful and
useful articles for sale at the Ba
zaar. Mrs. Cooper will serve a
luncheon which forestalls pleasure
amid the work.
FOOT BALL.
There will be an interesting game
of foot ball at Horner Park this
Saturday afternoon, October 11.
The contest will be waged between
Horner and Raleigh High School.
Both teams, are in good shape with
Liie uuua auuui even. inc gauic
will be called at 3:30 p. m.
small admission fee of twenty-five ;
cents will be charged. Be present
and give the boys a good send off.
The public schools of the county
will close one day during the fair.
SHORT LOCAL PICK-UPS
GATHERED FROM THE TOWN
AND COUNTY
About People and Things That
Are of Interest to Our
Readers.
A large number of ortr people took
in the big circus at Henderson Wed
nesday. N. N. Cupp is beautifying his
home on College street by a coat of
white paint.
Rev. Horsfield will conduct ser
vices at St. Paul's Church, Goshen,
Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock.
Swat the peanut politician! Like
the fly, he's little but he can carry
a lot of devilment around with him.
Little Caroline Booth has been
confined at home several days owing
o sickness, but hope to see her out
soon .
Thos. G. Taylor is back In the
clothing store of Landis & Easton
where will he glad to serve his
friends.
Our friend Ethan Allen made an
efficient and faithful Register of
Deeds this week in the absence of
Mr. Powell.
Thos. O'Briant, of Person coun
y, was on Oxford market Thurs
day, and was much gratified at the
high prices he received for tobacco.
Ye housekeepers are especially
asked to read the change in the ad-
tertisement of Cannady & Alston on
another page as it is money in your
pocket.
We ask you to read the adver
tisement of the Fair at Raleigh on
another page, which will be better
than ever this year. Of course you
are going to attend. r
In speaking of the death of a rel
ative of Mrs. Ballou in our last is
sues we should have said Mr. Caw-
thorn instead of Mrs. Cawthorn who
died at Littleton last Sunday.
The 'possum law has expired and
the yelp of the dogs are heard in
the woods. A well trained dog
knows when the bird law is out. as
they get on to it - by sniffing the
cool weather.
In publishing the proceeding of
Commissioners we stated that Mr.
Hill was to be paid $2,000 when it
should have read $200. The Caro
lina Power Co. rebate read $40
when it should have been $4,000.
J. W. Strother, Brassfield town
ship, was oh Oxford tobacco market
this week and sold a load of tobac
co at the Johnson warehouse at $4,
11.75, 29.50, 40, 31.50, 26 and 15,
and was so well pleased will bring
in another load.
Oxford relatives regret to learn
that Lucy, the little daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Crawford Cooper of
Fayetteville, while playing basket
ball on the lawn in front of the
home slipped and fell causing a
painful fracture of the arm.
Our good friend, Thos. Frazier,
of Person county, was in Oxford on
Wednesday selling tobacco, and was
greatly pleased with his priqes. He
sold his last cutting with Will H.
Fleming' at the Owen warehouse,
averaging over 13 cents round.
The pleasant Miss Willie Lee
Thomas has taken charge of public
school in Howard precinct, and the
children of that section will be sure
tn reneive excellent training. For
the benefit of the school we will be
pleased to publish the honor roll.
When you hear that something's
happened
MAIL IT IN
It will only take two pennies worth
of tin;
You'll feel better every day
All life's rugged way, '
If you'll think about the editor, so
begin.
The venerable and most highly
j - t - rw,,,
brated his 80th birthday a few days
ago, and we join his host of friends
in extending congratulations. Mrs
T. L. Booth presented him a birth-
day cake attractively decorated with
80 tiny. candles.
PUBLISHED TWICE-A-WEEK WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS.
OXFORD, N. O, SATURDAY, OCT. 11, 1913.
DIGNIFIED PROFESSION.
ONE OF THE MOST HONOR
ABLE CALLINGS
All Honor to the Young Man
Who is Content to Stay
on the Farm
To-day agriculture is being digni
fied and exalted a3 never before,
and is looked upon as one of the
most honorable as well as most im
portant pursuits. While in conver
sation with one of the most success
ful business men in Oxford JHie
other day, he remarked that if he
had a half dozen sons he would pre
fer seeing them engaged in agricul
ture rather than enter some of the
popular professions. This same
gentleman is in a position to , know
whereof he speaks, and he "went -on
to enumerate a number of Granville
farmers who began in a small way
and emerged from heavy encum
brance and are now banking . large
sums of money every year .
Indeed, why should farming not
be the most honorable calling when
so much depends upon the tillers of
the soil? To fully realize our de
pendence upon the tillers of the
soil, let there come a series of crop
failures all over the country and
see how soon the factories will shut
down, mines cease to be operated,
trains side tracked, vessels that ply
the high seas lie at anchor in port,
banks suspend business, churches
lack support, schools and colleges
close their doors, sickness and suf
fering cast a shadow across the
threshold of countless homes. A
state of stagnation and demoraliza
tion would prevail throughout the
length and breadth of the land to
-such an extent that the captains of
industry and masters of finance
would be powerless to relieve the
situation.
All honor to the young man who
s content to remain on the farm
and, develop agriculture in all of
its branches.
Special Premium
The Fair Association has decided
to offer a special prize of $500 for
the best four chickens enterd by any
one person, rnese must consist oi
cock, cockerel, hen and pullet.
In addition to this $3.00 will
be given for the best single bird on
exhibit. .The second prize on hogs
will be increased to $4.00.
Cupid at Work
It seems that Cupid is getting in
some gpod work in Virginia as an
other couple came over Thursday
morning over the Southern and
were married at the Exchange Ho
tel. They were J. E. Hawkins, of
Petersb.urg, and Miss Mabel Clair
Gregory, an attractive young lady
of Chase City. They returned to
Virginia in the afternoon.
The Year's Work
The King's Daughters held a
meeting at the home of Mrs. C. G.
Elliott Wednesday which proved a
very useful and interesting review
of the year's work, and the mem
bers pledged renewed interest in
the work of associated charities.
At the next meeting, on the first
Thursday in November, officers will
be elected for the following year.
Fashion Fair
Being ever mindful of the com
fort and needs of the people of
Granville The Long Company has
laid in one of the most complete
stock of goods it has been our pleas
ure to see. It embraces everything
wanted in wearing apparrel by man,
woman and child. Their two stores
is a vertiable fashion show. See ad.
on last page.
The Big Two Still on Deck.
Mangum & Watkins, the hustling
proprietors of . the Johnson ware
house, are recognized as the "Big
Two" who get big prices for all
farmers who sell tobacco on their
floor. They have achieved the rep
utation of hovering over a pile of
tobacco until the last cent is coaxed
out of the buyers. Tobacco con
tinues to advance on the Oxford
market so read their advertisement
in another part of this paper and
let them sell your next load.
THE HADIT OF SAVING.
A WORD TO THE BOYS AND
GIRLS
The Foundation of Success
Depends Upon What
You Save.
A new interest centers in Oxford's
excellent banking institutions. The
depositing of money in a bank is
valuable in different ways. It af
fords a easy and convenient method
of laying aside a surplus fund which
will bear interest and be available
when needed for investment or
when the "rainy day" comes, as it
often does. Also the habit of thrift
inculcated through the regular de
positing of saving funds, especially
on the part of young people, is cal
culated to be of great value in later
life. More than one great master
of finance has attributed mucn of
his success later in life to the sav
ing habit developed in youth.
The opening of a savings account
is not only valuable to tne young
person, the boy or girl through the
inculcation of the habit of saving.
It is also of value to those who
have a little money on hand. Such
money is far safer in a bank than
in the house. Frequently 'the news
papers tell of instances where
houses are robbed and money taken
or where a house is burned and the
accumulations of months and even
years .swept away, which would
have been prevented, of course, if
the money had been in a bank.
It is often surprising to people
to realize how quckly they can ac
cumulate a good little sum merely
by saving' money that before had
been wasted.
Theatre Party
Mr. and Mrs William Landis
will give a theatre party to their
sweet and attractive little neice,
Annie Landis, this Friday evening.
Thirty lads and lasses are invited.
A hay ride was planned but the
rain broke it up. The attraction
at the Orpheum will be greatly en
joyed. After which an elegant
luncheon will be served, including
choice cake and ice cream, and no
doubt the evening will be long re
membered by the participants.
Old Reliable Banner.
It is a well settled fact among
farmers that it pays to sell tobacco
at the old Reliable Banner ware
house where the highest averages
are obtainable every sale day and
Will Mitchell takes a delight in
making his farmer friends happy.
Tobacco keeps advancing-on theOx
ford market and the Banner ware
house is the place to sell it where
a warm welcome and good accom
modations awaits you. Read the
important message to you on an
other page. -
Death of Isaiah Breedlove.
The many friends of the aged
Isiah Breedlove will 'earn with sor
row of his death, which occurred
at the home of his daughter, Mrs.
John Wheeler, on Broad street on
Thursday night after an illness of
several weeks with Bright's disease.
He was truly a good man and citi
zen, and a member of Salem Meth
odist Church for many years and
lived the life of a christian. He
was a brave veteran, of the civil
war and highly esteemed by all
who knew him. May he rest peace
fully in the arms of Him he faith
fully served. He leaves one daugh
ter, Mrs. John Wheeler, of Oxford,
and two sons, Anderson Breedlove,
of Wilton, and Herbert Breedlove,
of Lewis section to mourn his de
mise. He was 78 years old.
The funeral and burial will take
place at Salem Church this Friday
afternoon at 3 o'clock.
AR'N'T YOU going to try and
be the lucky housekeeper by winning
the barrell of "Tripletts Best"
flour offered by Taylor Brothers at
our County Fair.
NOTICE All parties who bought
turnip seed of Hamilton Drug Com
pany, and . are contesting for the
prize are requested to present them
for weight and - inspection at
i Hamilton's before noon Thursday
!l6th. ;R. L. HAMILTON.
MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE.
SOME YOU KNOW AND SOME
YOU DO NOT KNOW
Personal Items About Oxford
Folks and Their Friends
in General.
Mrs. J. A. Niles and son were in
Raleigh Friday.
L. D. Parham, of Route 7, was
in town Thursday.
W. C. Allen, of North Granville,
was in town Tuesday.
Dave Adcock, of Route 4, was
on tobacco breaks Thursday.
L. E. Wilson, o, Route 5, was in
town this week selling tobacco.
George Sherman, of Berea sec
tion, waKi tobacco market Friday.
Miss Etlen Brown is visiting her
sister, Mrs.W. B. Glenn, at Hender
son. Willie Cottrell and brother, of
near Stovall, were in town Thurs
day.
D. W. Newton and family, of
Clayton, are visiting relatives on
Route 7. ' -
J. P. and C. A. Stovall, of North
Granville, visited Oxford few days
ago.
George Hart, of Oak Hill town
ship, was on tobacco market first
of the week.-
H. W. Caldwell and H. A. Mc
Gee, of Route 7, were on our
streets Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Hobgood and
daughter Eva, of Ronte 4, were in
Oxford Thursday.
- Capt. Henry A. Hart and Will
Allen, of Northern Granville, were
in town Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. D. N. Hunt spent
Thursday with Mrs. B. I. Breed
love near Dexter.
Charlte and Elberc Pleasant and
Zeb Patterson, of Route 5, were on
our streets Monday.
T. B. Newton and Lewis Parham,
of Northern Granville, were on the
tobacco market Tuesday.
Misses Clyde Hart, of Route 7,
and Hattie Harris, of Route 3,
were in Oxford last week.
Miss AUhea Veazey, of Durham,
is visiting her cousin, Miss Ruby
Hart, of Northern Granville.
Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Walters, of
Dutchville township, were among
the Oxford visitors this week.
Mrs. J. F, Puckett and Miss Claud
Currin and J. E. Puckett, of Route
4, were in town a few days ago.
Mrs. J. F.v Meadows and daugh
ter are at home from a two weeks'
visit to relatives in Richmond.
'Misses Foy and Lois Hester, of
Oxford College, spent the week
end with their parents on Route 1.
Masters Clifton Dean and Roy
Hobgood, two fine boys of Route 4,
were town visitors a few days ago.
Miss Dollie Hicks, of Bullock,
spent Wednesday with her cousin,
Miss Lois Perkinson, on College
street. -
L. G. Breedlove and family and
Miss Mattie Rice, of Salem town
ship, were among the many visitois
here Monday.
The ladies of tfte Methodist Phi la
thea class will sell lunch at the
Fair, consisting of oysters, chicken
salad and other things.
Misses Ethel Moore and Cora
Phipps. teachers of the Enon school,
Route 1, were among the many
visitors in Oxford Saturday.
Gen. George W. Davis, U. S. A.,
of Washington City, will arrive in
Oxford Saturday to visit his daugh
ter, Mrs. R. M. C. Calvert.
D. W. Frazier and son, W. O.
Parham and son and R. S. Wilker-
son, of Northern Granville were,
on the tobacco market Thursday.
Mrs.T. W.Winston leftFriday for
Selma to attend the marriage of
her cousin, Mr. Albert Noble whose
marriage to Miss Elanor Myatt of
Smithfield will take place Tuesday.
NUMBER 85
THE SAME OLD TRICK.
THE FARMERS THEMSELVES
BEAR WITNESS
The Oxfoxd Tobacco Market
Leads all Others in
High Averages
After a critical examination we
find that there is absolutely no
foundation for the report circulated
last week to the effect that tobacco
was bringing higher prices in other
places than it is on the Oxford
market. The farmers themselves
are witnesses that the general
averages for all grades of light type
tobacco are higher and more steady
on the Oxford market than any
where else the same type of tobacco
is sold.
We can understand why the re
port was circulated. It was simply
an old trick to deceive, in which a
few pounds or a pile of tobacco was
set aside and boosted up to a fancy
price. Such an act is nothing less
than an attempt to obstruct and
confuse the real facts. Our ware
housemen will resort to no such
tactics. They are willing to exert
and concentrate their entire energy
for tip-top prices, and do not feel
it is incumbent upon them to re
sort to any "tricks of the trade."
The fact that the large manufactur
ing concerns look upon Oxford as
the center and headquarters for the
bright type of tobacco, they neither
limit their buyers to the price or
quantity, and these buyers being
largely -interested in the welfare of
Oxford is a sufficient guarantee
that they have a pride in the Oxford
market and will do all they can to
maintain its reputation for high
averages.
The report that other towns,
where buyers are limited in both
prices and quantity, are paying $10
a hundred more than the Oxford
market is without foundation and
should be taken with a grain of
salt. The reverse is nearer the
truth.
Pittard-Gordon Marriage
A pretty home wedding was
solemized at the home of the bride's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. R F. Gordon,
Clarksville, Va., October 1st, at
2 o'clock p. m. The contracting
parties were Miss Gertrude Gordon,
one of Clarksville fine young ladies,
and Mr. W. B. Pittard, the efficient
and popular agent of the Southern
Railway at Oxford. Rev. Williams
was the officiating Clergyman, who
tied the nuptial knot pronouncing
the ceremony which united the
lives of these estimable young
people. The wedding was a quiet
one, witnessed only by the immedi
ate relations of the'brideand groom
and a few intimate friends. Prompt
ly at 2 o'clock to the music of
the wedding march the young couple
took their place in the pretty deco
rated parlor when the minister
with an impressive ceremony made
them man and wife. The bride was
becomingly attired in a handsome
go-away gown and with bridal roses
looked the very queen that her life
characterizes her to be. After
congratulations the happy couple
took the Southern train for a bridal
tour, which took in the Mammoth
Cave in Kentucky, and prominent
points in Tennessee and Western
North Carolina. Mi, and Mrs. Pit
tard arrived in Oxford Wednesday
evening and stopping at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Hunt on
College street. Mr. Pittard took his
many friends by surprise and is now
receiving their warm congratula
tions.
Burglar Enters Dwelling
A burglar entered the residence
of Mr. John R. Hall Wednesday
evening by breaking the front door
lock while the family were at the
Orpheum to see the moving pic
tures. About nine o'clock Dr.
Daniel returned to the home where
he boards and heard the burglar up
stairs, but thought Mr. Skinner
was up there in his room, and made
no attempt to search for the burglar
who made hi escape. A thorough
search of the house revealed nothing
stolen or carried away except the
bank of Mf. Hall's little daughter
with contents of three dollars.
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