PUBLIC LEDGEK
7TH 1914.
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1913 proved all right for Uncle
Sam, as he had a ""Democratic ad
ministration which carried out its
pledges to the people.
During the first month's opera
tion of the new tariff thirteen mil
lion pounds of South American beef
came into this country free of duty.
The Kaleigh Times, is heartily in
favor of more counties in the State
in order that we may have a few
whiapers." "Pauper county" sounds
just awful, don't you know, says
the Greensboro Record.
The Road Commissioners of Ruth
erford county have decided that the
$250,000 available from a bond is
sue for building new roads there
will onlv be used in sections where
the commissioners will not be con
fronted with damage suits.
The new Currency Bill evidently
pleases the entire country, and even
Wall street seems to approve it as
a good thing. It was certainly
nppdpd. for t.hp Nntinnnl hnnWinor
system had lasted 50 vears and du-
ing that time the Republicans had
never provided the country with a
banking law that would be safe.
Fred W. Anheuser, lawj-er and
city prosecutor of Omaha, Neb.,
has had 800 proposals of marriage
in two weeks, and his office is fair
ly swamped with letters that have
not been opened. The rush is due
to the fact that Anheuser's uncle
died about a month ago and left him
a legacy of $50,000, provided he
marries and settles down within
the next two years.
Gen. Julian S. Carr says: "I am
not a candidate for Governor. I
have not said nor authorized any
one to say for me that I would ac
cept the nomination. I am deeply
grateful to friends for letters re
ceived suggesting my candidacy
ing support. I sincerely
appreciate all this, but my purpose
is to remain in private station."
Why not nominate him any way for
Governor as he is the very man we
want.
Under the direct nominating sys
tem to which the Democratic party
is pledged, the National Commit
tee is directed to incorporate in the
calls for elections a - requirement
, that all expressions for ' candidates
vsftall be given and the selection of
delegates made through a primary
election. An exchange remarks,
thus endeth the old order by which
bosses were often able to throw the
big delegations and effect the most
important nomination which a party
can bestow.
It is estimated, based on the
amount which the railroads collect
ed last year from traffic, that an
increase of 5 Der cent.
on the consumers of the country,
who, in the end pay all the freight
an increased expenditure of more
than $100,000,000 annually.
The people are already carrying too
heavy burdens, and one hundred
million added to the already high
cost of living in order to allow the
railroads to declare big dividends
would be a gross injustice to the
people.
Boys Pig Clubs. V
First came the boys corn clubs;
the girls canning clubs,-and now
;co?ne the boys pig clubs. These
are being organized in the South
for the purpose of increasing the
supply of pork and encouraging
good breeding of hogs. Clubs are
being organized already in every
part of the country. It is expected
that when the pig club is under
way it will go hand in hand with
the corn club. The boys "of the
latter w:ll produce the corn and
the newly organized association
will see to it that the pigs are pro
duced to eat the corn.
Producing Home Supplies.
The Greensboro Hecord says, the
country papers are carrying items
telling of extraordinary results in
hog raising this season, which at
tests to the remarkable strides
North Carolina is making in pro
ducing home supplies. Heretofore
barely enough meat has been raised
Viw XT-vtV Ho va! i no rmava tt aim.
ply their own table except in a few
cases, but it is noted that some far
mers in the State have started to
raise hog meat for the market. Im
mense amounts of money are sent
away from the State every year for
imported meat when it could be
raised here just as cheaply, ana the
money kept in the State. - Hog rais
ing in North Carolina is altogether
practicable, so why not have more
of it?
North Carolina Farmers Rich
North Carolina farmers are richer
by several millions of dollars at the
close of business in 1913 than they
were in 1912, or any other year
since the war, according to a bulle
tin issued by the Agricultural De
partment. The total value of the
tobacco crop for the entire country
for last year was 28.4 per cent,
greater than for 1912, The largest
increase was in the bright districts
of North Carolina, Virginia and
South Carolina. The price was
higher than ever before.
According to the bulletin, based
on prices of December 1, the fol
lowing amounts were received for
crops in North Carolina:
Corn, $43,648,000 against $42,
418,000 for 1912. -
Wheat, $7,503,000 against $5,
907,000. Cotton, $45,959,000 against $50,
378,000. "
. Tobacco, $30,983,000. against
$17,757,000. '
From the above figures it will be
seen that cotton was the only crop
that decreased in value, while to
bacco almost doubled in price, and
the corn crop was worth nearly
million dollars more than the cot
ton crop.
The Demonstration Work.
This is a great constructive work
and deserves thoughtful considera
tion at the hands of the farmers.
It has accomplished more for. the
uplift of the South in the last six
years than any other agency, and a
writer says if it has not benefitted
every man it may safely be said
that it is not on account of lack- of
merit in the methods of the work,
but rather because of failure to get
in touch with it, or because the
agent did not properly present it.
If a man stands aloof and refuses
to place himself in touch with the
work and gets nothing out of it, it is
his fault.There are plenty of farm
ers who do not like for someone to
come along and tell' them how to
manage their farms, but the same
farmers, very often, can makegret
improvements in their farm man
agement. Just recently, we heard
of a farmer who said he did not
need the farm demonstrator to
teach him how to farm, and he was
going to show what he could do.
, What induced this farmer to try
to make as much corn or cotton or
wheat as the other fellow? It was
the fact that some of his neighbors
had been working under the county
demonstrator and had been making
better -yields than he. and he had
determined to get a move on himself
and do better work, but he wanted
all the credit himself. - v '
It does not matter how. it is
done, so it i3 done, and if the farm
demonstration work does not get
the credit for it, that does- not'
matter. Getting the work done is
the object of the work.' . .
EDITORIAL PARAGRAPHS
; -Nobody envies a fat man in hot
! weather.
j If you can't swim, any depth of wa-
ter is too deep.
- s- . .
Even Boston has started a crusade
against "animal dances." -
An outing for a man usually means
an inning for a mosquito.
Fishing must be good. Mighty fe"W
stories of wonderful catches.
The most popular currency bill is
one with a green back and a good fig
ure. ,
Vesuvius again shows signs of activ
ity. As a rule such signs are unmis
takable. Still, they managed to play ball be
fore the word "Jinx" entered the vo
cabulary. It does no good to turn the ther
mometer to the wall. You can't turn
off the heat.
No matter how many troubles a man
has, he can forget them all when a fish
grabs the bait.
Every time hot weather comes a
man wishes he had the courage to
dress comfortably.
The man who ate six dinners to win
a bet of $25 could have sold" the food
for twice as much.
Tongues can get a man into trouble
it more ways than one. A Philadel
phia man choked on his.
A title doesn't seem to fit the man
who wrote "Peter Pan," at least a
"tailor-made" title doesn't. -
There is not "sufficient tension in the
baseball situation at present to make
the fans en joyably maniacal.
Excursion rates make it almost aa
cheap to travel as to stay at home
and not nearly so monotonous.
As potato cars are to be heated in
winter, the earnest hobo will proceed
to disguise himself as a potato.
Little birds that frolic in the woods
and eat berries do not get as much
stomach-aches as the picnickers do.
The Chicago husband who has to
woo his wife all over again probably
will not be so ardent as the first time.
A Chicago doctor says Amejicans
are short-sighted. ...Still, ; that's not the
real rjeasori why they don't save money.
There is an 'opportunity for some
genius to bless mankind by thinking
up a reasonable excuse for going fish
ing. It is a mean business man who
asks the college graduate that applies
for work to translate his college di
ploma. Ab Lady Constance suggests, what's
the use of acquiring a beautiful
figure if you can't get rated accord
ingly? In New York one might say, if one
were sufficiently reckless, that the
combination is "wine, women and Sing
Sing."
To discover that last year's bathing
suit has shrunk does not daunt the
young woman who is as courageous as
she is fair.
People who take poison by mistake
may be careless, but what shall be
said of those who leave the poison
lying around? '
A $19 steer is said, to cost the con
sumers $99. Men are given steers oc
casionally that eventually cost them
more than that. .
Jacksonville, Pla., announces a
movement in favor of more clothes
for women, but nothing has been
heard from Yuma, Ariz.
It is fortunate that all the best
poetry of love and practically all the
best romances were written before
eugenics became a fad. -
It pays to keep the public amused.
A popular novelist is just back from
a long tour of Europe with his fam
ily, bringing with him 90 trunks.
Now that the navy has abolished
"starboard" and "port" for Vright" and
"left," cannot somebody relieve the
clash between "interstate" and "intra
state?" - "'-
s A New York woman died while doing
the turkey trot. .The turkey trot is
too strenuous. , She might have lived
longer ; if , she , had : stuck to the
bunny hug. "
According to a decision recently
made by the supreme court of Mis
sissippi, a razor is not a weapon.
On the other, hand It could hardly be
called a toy. ' 1
The San Francisco - Dishwashers
union announced that-it has 100. col
lege men as members. A blow to per
sons who claim that the college man
is not practical. s ; j -:
Might be pleasant to take a trip
with Count Zeppelin about now in one
p M.s airships. The atmosphere is
'old when a certain velevstirr
"earth's surface is reache.-I
COLDS & LaGRIPPE
5 or 6 doses 668 will break
any case of Chills & Fever, Colds
& LaGrippe; it acts on the liver
better than Calomel and does not
gripe or sicken. Price 25c.
EXECUTOR'S NOTICE.
Letters testamentary upon the estate of Mag
deline B. Booth having this day been issued to the
undersigned by 'J. G. Shotwell. Esq . Clerk of Su
perior Court of Granville County, notice is hereby
given to all persons indebted to said estate to
come forward acd make immediate payment to
me, and all persons holding claims against the
estate must present them within twelve months
from this date or this notice will be plead in bar of
their recovery. This Dec. 17th. 1913.
Dec. 20. 4t. SAMUEL D. BOOTH, Executcr
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If "Y"otlu Oomi't ItCirtLO'w
Have Put Them aim
-Tle;-. Jiaclge Tell
LvJJlLILcdl
Not only the best judge in the South, but one of
the most successful breeders arid he will be glad
to give you any advice you want, and the
premiums will pay you handsomely
for your trouble in exhibiting.
Iff afl faort
You
nnTL. .
For you only have to beat the other new fellow and
the old exhibitors doesn't stand any show.
If you havn't
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HOUSE AND LOT FOR SALE.
iwant to move back to my farm and have de
cided to offer my six room house and lot 115x300
feet on Taylor Street, for sale on "axouu
MONDAY. THE 19th DAY OF JANUARY. 1914.
LwVmJi1- 'mPrved place with stables and
h0118' uthf ,ot is ,are enun o build
another house on the front. Terms one half cash
balance in one and two years -
Hicks t Stem. Attys. SBRIJ4t.
SALE OF TOWN PROPERTY.
d,X$A offf rclhe Harriett Herndon place on the
Southside of Sycamore Street 72 feet front and
66 1-2 feet wide at the back line, and 110 feet deep.
aVJ&?urt house door in Oxford on
.MONDAY. THE 19th DAY OF JANUARY. 1914
At the same time and place I will offer the Eliza
Uaniei place on Taylor Street, now occupied bv
Lonnie Pettiford. Terms 1-3 cash, balance" in 12
h vth- c. . E. C. HARRIS, Owner.
Hicks & Stem. Attvs. Jan.3rd.3t
The Entries For The Poultry Show
ardayo Jainiaoaiiry 1
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Stand a Chance
a Premium List just
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nn. ;
IVIOIME3Y
.. ...$174.31942
We will be hl'isd to srve you, and we
wanf your business. Four percent
paiJ o i saving accounts, coai
1 pOuuded ; every 3 months
DIRECTORS:
j. H. Perry, Z. T. Perry, L D. Eraaiy, A. A. Lyoa
H. D. Mangum. Tre. J. N. Tilley. Vice-Pres.
I. E. Harris. Cashier. S. C. Lyon, Vice-Pres.
ljff Statement iat Close of Business on R
WlM Decemlier 6ftf; 1913. mm
U Lains and Investments ...... $109 936 89 JS
aJsQM : B inking house and Fixtures.. 3.800.00 VWXA
feJfilM Cash -on hqnd and due from. We&2
inffll iks ......... .... .. 60,58253 S
'jJ Total... $T74jl9"42
'fl L,IAeiL.IXIE2S 1 " '
MiM v Caoital Stock . .$ 10.000.00 IM.
Bp) Suipltisaml Profits. .. 3 339 48
deposits. 160.979.96
NOTICE OF SimiftlONS.
North Carolina.
Granville County.
In Superior Court
Before the Clerk.
C. B. Edwards and M. P. Chamblee
vs
Mrs. Rebecca King. Miss Mollie Lanier. Mrs M I
Chewning. Miss Ruth. Lanier. Chas Lanier and
.Wlfe Lanier, and Miss Ada Lanier d
The defendants in the above entitled action
Mrs Rebecca King Miss Mollie Lanier. K
Ruth Lamer. CW Lanier and wife Lan
and Miss Ada Lanier will take notice that an
action entitled as above has been, com menopS
against them in th Superior court of saidoumf
for the partition of land described in the pS !
m said action. And the defendant will fur,, '
take notice that they are required to appear
the clerk of the Superior court for said counu
the 24th day of Jan. 1914 and answer or demur ,
the petition m said action or the relief therein nl
manded will be granted. This Dec. 19th vm
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