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- . ra-r J " - 9K BI ID I ibi y l 11 jy II, J v . i . : i - - 4 - ' . 1 OUR SLOG VOLUME 29. NORTH CAROLINA DAY. RURAL LIFE AND KNAPP MEMORIAL DAY Will Be Observed Through out State on Friday, December 19. The last General Assembly passed an act providing for the celebration of North Carolina Day in the public schools, and Friday, December 19th, will be universally observed. This is to be a . new connecting link between the farm, home and school and every one should enter into the plans to make the day a glorious event. Detail information and program can be had by apply ing to Superintendent J. F. Webb or Dr. J.A.Morris, County Demon strator. The following is a list of the public school teachers in Granville county: Fishing Creek First district, Lucy Belle Day; second, Lela Rou ton and Mary Taylor; third, Mary Renn; fourth, Lizzie Bumpass; fifth, Susie Critcher; sixth, Alma Clatyon and Nannie Pearl Knott; seventh, Kate Furguson and Hattie Harris. Brassfield First district, W. S. Howell and Sue Pittard; second, Louie Williams; third, Louie Mitchell; fourth. ; fifth, hJthel Holmes and Maggie Wheelous; sixth, Fedda Bragg and Sadie Bragg; seventh, Dora Jenkins and Pauline Howard; eighth, Lucie Jones. Dutchville First district, R. P. Grumpier, Susie Sossamon and Ur- "yjuytead:' second T s Maggie Veazey and Sirena Allen; third, R. A. Pope, Mrs. O. B. Allen, Letitia Midgette, Edith Fagan. and Helen Watson; fourth, Carrie Farthing and Sallie Brooks; fifth, Lucy Rag land; sixth, Zelma Clement; sev enth, Ann Clement and Daisy Nance. TaUy Ho First district, Ettie Washington and Ruth Webb; second Mr. Claytor. MoradaFarabow, and Jame Clayton; third, Reda Urn stead; fourth, Annie Rhew and Asa Rhew; fifth. A. R. Latta and Ella Hall; sixth, Hallie Jone3 and Ida Duke; seventh, Ethel Moore and Cora Phipps; eighth, Grizzelle Smith and Marie Stark; nineth, Lena Jones. Walnut Grove First district, AHie Adcock; second, Hallit Moore; third, Hatie Waller; fourth, Alice Daniel; fifth, Mrs. A. B. Howard; sixth, Nannie Lee Adcock; seventh, Willie Lee Thomas and Ruth Thomasson. Oak Hill First district, Mary Hart; and Eloise Coulling; second, Annie Davis and Eunice Gordon; third, Allene Green and Virgie Green; fourth, Daisy Brooks; fifth, Novie Sue Pool; sixth, Agnes Wil son; seventh, Tazzie Dean; eighth, Maragret Bur well. Sassafras Fork First district, W. B. Pittard and Janie Shotwell; second, Fred Deese, Mrs. J. J. Davis and Allene Breedlove; third, Etta Eakes; fourth, Lelia Hite. Salem First dsitrict; Emma Powell and Besise Howard; second, Dixie Hester and Edra Crews; third, Mabel Hart; fourth, Annie Meeder. Oxford First district, Mrs. J. L. Hunt; second, Annie Burwell, third Lillian Hart. THE FARMER'S CREED. I believe in a permanent agricul ture, a soil that shall grow richer rather than poorer from year to year. I believe in hundred-bushel corn and fifty-busheL wheat, and I shall not be satisfied with anything less. I believe that the only good weed is a dead weed, and that a clean farm is as important as a clean conscience. I believe in the farm boy and in the farm girl, the farmer's best crops and the future's best hope. I believe in the farm woman, and will do all in my power to make her life easier and happier. I believe in the country school that prepares for country life, and a country church that teaches its people to love deeply and live hon orably. I believe in the community spirit. AM-"OXF0RD OFFERS OPPORTUfllTIESftFOR HOMES, SHORT LOCAL PICK-UPS GATHERED FROM THE TOWN AND COUNTY About People and Things That Are of Interest to Our Readers. T a iou can kiji your pigs now as a cold wave is on. More sidewalks and better side walks is needed in Oxford. Read change in advertisement of Oxford Ice Co. in another column. The school pupils are counting the days until the holiday vacations begin. Tea will be served in the Library room this Saturday afternoon from 3 to 5 o'clock. Please note correction in the ad vertisement of Upchurch & Currin on another page. Attendance at Sunday school is looking up, as usual at a certain period in the year. Christmas will soon be here and after that the New Year and turn ing over a new leaf. W. Z. Mitchell is now the owner of a handsome new five passenger Cadillac Automobile. We are sorry to learn that John Gooch continues quite sick with some throat trouble. From the way some people run you would think the speed limit in Oxford had been about abolished. Your attention is called to sale pf Jipus&.a&dlo4?jadvred iguan other column by Hicks & Stem. Regular hog-killin' weather. If one's fortunate enough to have a hog it's fine to enjoy spare ribs and backbone. The groom is such an insignifi cant animal at a wedding nowadays that it is a wonder they don't make; him wear a bridal veil. If you wish to enter the mercan tile business at one of the best places in the county read Huff & Sherman's advertisement in another part of this paper. Cord wood has advanced from $3 to $3.50 per cord on the local mar ket, and hard to get at that. It is a wonder to us more people do not haul wood to town. Special attention of our many readers is called to the Christmas advertisement of the Granville Real Estate & Trust Co. on another page as it is worth reading. An examination for Clerk-Carrier will be held at the Oxford postoffice on January 10, 1914. For further information see Nelson Ferebee, ex aminer, at the Oxford Postoffice. During the month of November Oxford sold 1,121,363 pounds of leaf tobacco, and Creedmoor 380, 402. The total amount marketed in the State was 27,451,689 pounds. . Oxford's merchants are getting busy. Shoppers are profiting by past experience and are getting an early start for their Santa Claus supplies. It is all very well to exhort peo ple saying, "Do your Christmas shopping early," but people are simply not going to do their buying until they get the Christmas spirit in their bones. Thousands of. people read the ad vertisements in the Public Ledger twice-a-week, and that is why they are so profitable. It matters little what is advertised so long as it is something the people vant. Dr. S. H. Cannady, who has been attending special lectures at the New York Post-graduate school of Medicine and Surgery for the past month, will return this Saturday and resume his practice to the plas ure of his patrons. a pride in home and neighbors, and I will do my part to my own com munity the best in the State. I believe in the farmer, I believe in farm life, believe in the inspira tion of the open country. I am proud to be a farmer, and I will try earnestly to be worthy cf the name. PUBLISHED TWICE-A-WEEK OXFORD, N. C, SATURip.Y, DECJ3, 1913 PREMIUM LIST READY. GRANVILLE COUNTY POUL TRY SHOW Many Inquiries Coming In and Everything Points to Success The premium list, of the Gran ville County Poultry Show, to be held in Oxford Wednesday and Thursday, January 14 and 15, is now being distributed broad cast In distributing the pamphlet to the public Mr. Stegall, the manager, says that if there is anything not thoroughly understood the Execu tive Committee will be elad to take the matter up with all who desire enlightenment on any point. lhe Executive Committee is com posed of W. G. Pace. President of the Granville County Poultry Asso ciation; R. Bowden, H. A. McGee, D. G. Brummitt, W. H. Britt and Jim Stegall. One of the drawing cards of the Show is that competition is open to all the. world; 'Season tickets will be issued free of charge to all whose entry fees amount to $3.00; single ad mission tickets 25 cents; children under fifteen years of age ten cents. Inquires are coming in rapidly and the indications are that the show will be a success in every par ticular. Useless Presents Did you ever stop to think how much useless giving is done every Christmas in this abroad . lanxl -,tf ours ? It i s safe to 'say that n i ne out of every ten gifts given at each Christmas do the recipients no good in the world and are not apprecia ted in the least. Needs Aid The King's Daughters have many calls for immediate help. Any one has garments suitable for adults or children, or who desire to give cash contributions can send the same to the Leader, Mrs. C. G, Elliott, on or before December 20th, and they will be gratefully appreciated. . Parcel Post Delivery The postoffice people are urging that Christmas packages be mailed early to guarantee safe delivery and avoid congestion in the parcel post system during the holidays. The government has provided a de livery wagon for Oxford for the delivery of parcel post packages dur ing the Christmas rush. Mr. Gattis III Mr. Samuel Gattis, father of the solicitor, is critically ill at his home near Chapel Hill. Mr. Gattis is 92 years of age and this advanc ed age is attributed as the cause of his present illness. Mr. Gattis has been in failing health for the past two years and his condition at present is considered serious Dur ham Herald. Fine Turnips Mr. Jeff Averett, of Route 1, brought to the Public Ledger office two of the finest turnips of the season, one weighing s'x and the other seven pounds. Mr. Averett was awarded first premium on turnips at the County Fair, and he also captured the prize offered by the Hamilton Drug Company for the best turnip grown from seed handled by that firm. The Union Bank. There has been a steady gain in business since the doors of the Union Bank was opened and they bid fair to add many new accounts before th.e close of the present year. Mr. J. S. Bradsher, the cashier, has won the friendship and esteem of the people of both town and county since coming to Oxford and it is a pleasure to do business at the Union Bank. Read adv. elsewhere in this paper. IF IT IS a gun, pistol, amunition, hunting coat, pocket knife, carv ing set, silverware, cut-glass, din ner sets shaving set that you want for Xmas, call at the Acme Hard ware Store. WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS. V- : : COMMISSIONERS MEET. J. R WOOD ELECTED CHIEF OF FIRE DEPARTMENT The Board Entertains Propc sition to Open New Street The Board of Town Commission ers met Thursday night with Mayor Stem in the Chair and all members present.' S. M.; Wheeler, who has been Chief of the Fire Department since 1905, and has made a faithful and efficient oihcer, tendered his resig nation. on account of his moving to the country. The Board tendered him a vote "of thanks for his ex cellent services. J. Robt. Wood, the Assistant Chief, was elected to succeed him. Messrs. Hillman Cannady and F. W. Hancock appeared bpfore the Board concerning the opening of a new street through their property, they agree to give 50 feet for a street to run back to the town limits and to remove all fences and the town to open and take possession of said street. The Commissioners accepted the proposition and the street will be opened. A committee was appointed to establish some lines in connection with property on Spring street. Much routine business was trans acted. " Eakcs-Phipps Marriage. From the following invitation it will, be seen that our young friend b reo-Jmippa is to become a benedict : Mr. aft$Irs.03. W. Eakes requests tne nonor oi your presence at the marriage of their daughter Lila Kathrine to Fred Ambrose Phipps on Tuesday, December 23, 1913, at 1:30 o'clock, Corinth Church, Route 2. Oxford, N. C. Local Short Stops. Mr. and Mrs. WT. B. Pittard are now keeping house on Broad street. We are glad to learn that Mrs. A. P. Tv er is slowly imorovine from an attack of sickness. E. G. and S. C. Connell, of Tar River, killed 6 pigs Tuesdav that weighed 430, 360, 285, 257, 256, and 257. As we go to press this Friday noon our warehouses are enjoyine: a good break of tobacco and prices are well sustained. Granolithic sidewalks are being put down from Gen. Royster's cor ner to the Baptist Church, a dis tance of four blocks. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Garrett are now occupying the old Gilliam res idence which has been moved to a lot on Spring street. W. H. Tillotson, Jr., of Wilton section, sold a load of tobacco on Tuesday at Farmers warehouse for $746. The wrappers of the load sold for $67.50 and $70. r M. J. McGhee, of Fishing Creek township, was in town Wednesday and informed us thatT. E. Bobbitt had just killed 2 pigs, one weigh ing 530 and the other 376. Paul, son of Mrs? Sarah Parham, of Route 3, fell in the fire Monday morning and badly burned. He is doing as well a3 could be expected atJast news of his condition. On December, 19th there will be a box party at Rehoboth Academy school, beginning at 7:30 o'clock, all invited to come, teachers Misses Helen Machen and Crystal Bobbitt. If you are in need of a chiffonier you can buy one at the large fur niture emporium of J. Robt. Wood on Main street. He has in stock a nice line of carpets and rugs, and many suitable things for Christmas presents. Read advertisement on another page. LOST On the streets of Oxford j last Wednesday a child's white voil collar with three rows of lace around it. Finder will please notify Mrs. Sarn Watkins. COOK WANTED Male or fe male. Good salary offered. Apply to Stem Hotel, Stem, N. C. 2t-pd; SCHOOLS AND PROSPERITY." MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE. SOME YOU KNOW AND SOME YOU DO NOT KNOW Personal Items About Oxford Folks and Their Friends in General. Ben Currin, of Route 1, was in town Friday. . George Royster, of Bui lock, was in town Friday. Marsh Daniel, of Route 1, was in town Wednesday. E. A. Howard, of Route 1, in town Friday. was James Stem, of Stem was i n town Wednesday. Charlie Cox, of Route 2, was in Oxford Wednesday. W. D. Vaughan, of Lyon, was in Oxford Wednesday. J. L. Woody, of Route 5, was a town visitor Wednesday. "Babe" Burchett, of Providence, was m town Wednesday". R. S. Jones, of Berea, was on the tobacco market Thursday. Thos. Fleming, of Lyon, was on the tobacco market Friday. S. T. Puckett, of Vance county, was on our streets Thursday. T. J. Brummitt, of Fishing Creek township, was in town Wednesday. Crawford and Wesley Knott, of Route 1, were in Oxford Thursday. B. P. Chandler and L. G. Elliott of Buchanan, were in town Thurs day . - - - l- Ham and Richard Harris, of Gray Rock.wert on tobacco market Wed nesday. Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Averett, and daughter, of Route 1, were in town Thursday. W. T. Montague and little son, Talmage, of Route 2, were in Ox ford Thursday. J. C. Hopkins and D. G. Bullock, of Stem, were on the tobacco market Wednesday. Mrs. W. H. Gregory and Mrs. D. A. Burwell, of Stovall, were on our streets Wednesday. W. H. M. Jenkins and Wade Jenkins, of Wilton section, were in Oxford Wednesday. R. A. Adcock, Reuben Blackwell and W. L. Clark, of Cornwall sec tion, were in town Friday. Dr. and Mrs. E. B. Meadows and bright little daughter, of Culbreth, were in Oxford Wednesday. John Buchanan, of Durham, was in Oxford Wednesday shaking hands with his old friends. Miss Alice Outlaw, of Elizabeth City, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Henry Hunt, on Main street. Mies Lizzie Gooch has returned to Oxford from Lumber ton, to the pleasure of her many friends. A. J. Yancey, J. A. Jones, and R. A. Yancey, of Buchannan, were in Oxford, Thursday selling tobacco. Bishop J. M. Horner and wife and daughter, of Asheville visited relatives in Oxford this week. Norfleet Crews and two sons, N. G. Jr. and Booth, were among the Oxford visitors here Wednesday. Mrs. Walter Stark and daughter, Miss Irvin, have returned from a visit to Baltimore and Washington. Thus. Fraizer, one of Person county's wide-awake young farm ers, was an Oxford visitor Wednes day. ASSOCIATED Ga'soline Engines, all sizes, guaranteed for five years, for sale by Oxford Hardware Co. HAD YOU EVER THOUGHT OF IT? What Christmas present would afford the Housekeeper more real pleasure than a nice coffee percula tor? We are making a special run on them at the present, selling you a regular $3.50 perculator for $2.50. Shall we hold one for you? TAYLOR BROS., 3t. The Sanitary Grocers. .NUMBER 1 VOLUME TWENTY-NINE STEADY INCREASE OF BUS INESS Larger Field of Usefulness and the Future Bright With this issue the Public Ledger enters upon its twenty-ninth vol ume. Twenty eight years is a long time and few of us in this day of speed take time to count the many changes in the last quarter of a century. When the Public Ledger was launched twenty-eight years ago, chickens were selling on ha streets of Oxford from 10 to 12 1-2 cents a piece; eggs were only ten cents a dozen, beefsteak eight cents and pork six cents a pound. The farmers have no trouble now in disposing of all these commodities at. more than three times the price quoted twenty eight or thirty years ago. The greatest change, however, has come along political lines, and the Public .edger has always been in the thickest of the fight, for good government and we rejoice that the good old county and the State is no longer in the thralldorn of missrule and graft; we rejoice in the rapid s rides of education and the multiplicity of schools, and in the commercial and farming in terests of the county. The Public Ledger now enjoys the largest subscription list in the history of the paper, and we desire to thank our farmer friends, the merhcants and the public in gen eral for the liberal patronage dur- Mng he past fiscal year. The Public Ledger now covers a larger terri tory than in the past and is there fore in a better position to serve our advertisers. We have at all times labored to advance the pros perity of town and county and es pecially to build up the tobaccco market and we shall enter upon these duties with renewed interest throughout the coming year. Praise for Judge Devin The Durham Sun of Wednesday last contained the following: The December term of criminal court wound up businesss this morning with an address by At torney R. O. Everett, in behalf of members of the bar association in appreciation of presiding Judge W. A. Devin, of Osford. -The ex pression of appreciation in this county was very appropriate and is considered highly deserved byJudge Devin. The new judge held his first court in this county and this is the last court that he will hold in Durham, for the present term. Should 'he fail to be re-appointed. Judge Devin will not return to this city. In his address to his honor, Mr. Everette stated that the members of the bar were highly pleased with the efficient manner in which Judge Devin presided. He also express ed the sentiments of the bar in hoping that Judge Devin would be re-appointed as judge of this dis trict. The address of the local attorney goes down on the minutes of the court and was greatly ap preciated by the judge. Kicked by a Mule Mr. ThomasBlair, road contrac tor, who resides close to Oxford, had the misfortune to be kicked by a mu'e Wednesday evening. He purchased the mule from Horner Bros. Co. and .was preparing to take the animal home when the ac cident occurred. Mr. Blair received the blow in the groin and fell to the ground. It happened in the lot in rear of Public Ledger office and a large crowd gathered around the prostrate form. Dr. Watkins responded and he says while his patient is getting along nicely it will be a day or two before his act ual condition is known. WHITE Holland turkeys for sale. $5.00 per pair, $7 00 per trio Miss Eugenia Cannady, Oxford,. Route 1. - 2t pd. CUT GLASS and Rodgers silver ware makes a nice Xmas present. At the Acme Hardware Co.
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