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VOLUME 29.
OXFORD, N. C, WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 25, 1914. NO 20
HG SPRING GOODS
SHORT LOCAL PICK-UPS
HINGES ON CONNECTION
OUR GLORIOUS SCENERY
MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE,
SIGNS OF THE TIMES.
BUYI
ns!ifiMTC M THF
OUR MttfnHWi
WHOLESALE MARTS
a Thought of Millinery
is
Suggestive of Spring
Time
train going north from
Every
hi Part "ri""L nn thpir
tirt
i loaded vvitn niei"..o v
to the wholesale maris lo pui-
vay
hiqo spring nu
JiioVWiH Landis, of "the firm of
Landis & Easton, lett ior rsew
York Saturday, and Messrs. Josh
King and Frank Blalock, of the
long Company, and Oscar Breed-
ove of the FerKinson-uieeu w..
Jrp on the northern markets.
'Tr" Charlie Cohn, of Cohn & Son,
111. in. iL.
as returned from the mms in me
oxb F.nffiand district, ana ne ex
acts to be on the northern markets
pain in a few weeks.
The past year was one of the very
.i. ..a in thp historv of the
tnercantile business of Oxford, and
tur merchants were kept busy re
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plenishing their stock ol goods.
n layinng in stocks the merchants
i i ' " i a!
ust necessarily anticipate uib
.i JlfJnno lioorinnr nnnn
he crops. Another thing that will
ngage their attention this year is
he new tan ft laws that are now
1 A 1
ffective on many lines oi goods,
ut the consumer will not feel the
enefit3 to any great extent until
fter July first next. The new
ariff is a kind of a sliding scale
nd its full benefit will not be felt
ntil January, 1915.
Mrs. Aubrey Moore, nee Miss
Catherine Kreider, the expert
illiner at the Long Company, left
or New York Monday to investi-
ate the merit3 and latest styles
f millinery. The many friends of
Irs. Moore and Miss Lucy Patton
ill learn with pleasure that they
ill be found at the Long Com-
any's store again this season.
Miss Moyer, the head milliner
t Landis & Easton, is on the
orthern markets. She also has
n eye for the beautiful, and the
adies of Granville can rest assured
hat the Oxford millinery establish
es will be fully abreast of the
lmes this year. Miss Coble, who
onducted the millinery department
t Perkinson-Green's last season
s on the northern markets and
Hi return tu this well known
rase this season. Cohn & Son are
ell representee! in thp marts nf
illinery, and none but a ladv of
he very best knowledge of the
itest styles of millinery will be
njraged to preside over this estab-
isnment. A nnt hfr 1 torn rk-f nomo
"the lovers of millinery art is
hat Miss Lizzie Gooch has been on
ne northp
..it! 1U1 scvciai
'Wics Sketching onrl
nlhr.ery art. It is not deffinitely
nat this time where Miss Gooch
ill nrcauti t i
r i mis season, it is un-
erstood, however, that she will
t .
ai . mr the season in one of the
'HithGrn cities.
True Turkey Story.
"ur old friend, J. R. Renn, of
"ic n, was in tr7
in
aving
e - i
"tuiuui, ins atiCK
i covered trom an attack
" US"1, ne related to us
wry about the lav.n -mial-
(Jl ri.q white tnrb'nn
en
P SHV nn .1 -if .i
rt snow she had laid 3ft pto-q in
nest
,)llandea-h dav Hp laM u
idKen
't of the nest.
He thr
o tn " d noton to
se
nest the
t3 uiiusnt on
ngbt it snowed. Mr.
enn said I,
ie nu.s"pil fU i
Kent
me ueu, auu
0;,e to thp noat J j:j
'e am-tv, "-o, anu uiu not
Ot turn n CI aS S"e dlcl
ayof thp &t theen(J of the third
' ,J1 tne snow ru:u l ,
me ya ' ""'n naa meitea
u- ne won
nd fonn,, i L dKa,n the nest
rJ r turkeyship partly
Jhrs fr :r?wanrt her tail and
Jlledh.v e(lre of nest. He
"'Jii was surnnsPfl
e haH i. : 1 un(1er her which
r,ng the thrpp. davs
r. p,
prisoner unJer the snow.
yhen an u y proud of hia tur-
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GATHERED FROM THE TOWN
AND COUNTY
About People and Things That
Are of Interest to Our
Readers. .
Why should a womap who can
speak but one language talk enough
for two?
We ask the ladies to read the ad
vertisement of Mrs. John Gocch in
another column.
B..S. Royster. Commissioner, ad
vertises some land for sale in an
other column. Read it.
Don't forget to take in at "The
End of the, Rainbow" this Tuesday
night at Orphenm. Theatre,
We ask all who are suffering
with dyspepsia to be sure and read
the big Rexall advertisement on
another page.
You are asked to read the change
in the advertisement of Howard
Nursery Co , a home enterprise, on
another page.
Read sale of land advertised in
another column by E. M. and B. H.
Perry, Commissioners, with B. S.
Royster as attorney.
If you can't boost your own towu
boost the other fellow's. Then you
will not be doing any harm knock
ing your own town.
A blow at the root of the high
cost of living; the raising of more
pork and cattle and if pore corn
and stuff for feed.
We call the special attention to
the most excellent article of L. B.
McFarland on another page as it is
fulLof food for thought.
Bear in mind that Farmers In
stitutes will be held at Stovall on
Friday, February 27th. and at town
of Creedmoor on Saturday, the 28th.
Our streets and roads during the
past - week were tough on the na
tives, and made them long for ma
cadamized streets and sand-clay
roads.
We were glad to meet in town
Saturday our esteemed friend W.J.
Downey, of Mountain Creek sec
tion, after several .weeks sickness
with the grip.
There ain't no irritation
Like this here one to plague;
Feeding a. hen all winter
When she never lays' an aig.
Try Taylor Bros, chicken food?
Well, it is all over now. Ham
mer has at last been hammer-ed in
as District Attorney by the com
bined efforts of Senators Overman
and Simmons, who get what they
go after.
Our thousands of readers are
requested to cast their eyes on the
several advertisements of Samuel
Davis, the great hardware bargain
giver of Clarksville, Va., and who
pays the freight, ..
There were small breaks of to
bacco on the market Monday and
Tuesday in spite of suowy weather
prices range about the ' same. It
will not be long now before all the
crop will be marketed.
Hardly a day passes now but
what the Twice-a-week Publfc Led
ger receives new subscribers and
receive congratulations upon the
paper we are now furnishing the
people, all which x is highly appre
ciated. We deeply regret to learn of the
illness of pur aged old friend Jack
Usry, of Wilton section, who is 80
odd vears old, and trust he will be
restored to health and reach the
century mark in the great battle
of life.
Charley and Sam Cohn, of the
live firm of Cohn & Son, have re
turned from the ' northern markets
where they bought a handsome stock
of Spring goods for their increas
ing trade. Watch out for their
early spring announcement in the
Public Ledger.
WARNING NOT TO HIRE This
is to warn all persons from hire
ing Dick Gordon who has left my
e m pi cy w i thou t ca u se under the
penalty of the law. H.E. Crews.2tp
WOOD-WORKING FACTORY
FOR OXFORD
Can Re Secured by a Physical
Connection of the Two
. Railroads
Ways and means of landing
another manufacturing plant and
swelling the commercial impor
tance of Oxford is being discussed
by our wide-awake business men.
The plant in question is a wood
working factory, and its location
here would be the means ot giving
employment to several men, there
by stimulating business along all
lines.
It appears that the only obstacle
in the way at the present time
hinges on-a physical connection of
the two railroads so as to be in a
position to handle more readily the
raw and finished products of the
factory. It is stated upon the best
of authority that there is now
available for the factory $50,000 if
this concession from the two rail
roads can be secured. Those in a
position to know what they are
talking about, figure that the
physical connection can be made for
$4,000, this amount being equally
divided between the two roads.
Parties con templaing locating the
factory here states positively that
they are governed entirely by the
ability of the citizens of Oxford to
effect this connection with the
railroads.
This is a splendid opportunity for
the business men of Oxford to get
together and show- railroad com
panies that it is to their interest
as well as ours to make the physi cal
connection at once. Oxford's
freight and passanger business
should appeal to the railroads with
out much argument.
Buy, Sell or Rent
The Granville Real Estate and
Trust Company comes as near fill
ing a long felt want as anything
we know when it comes to buy,
sell or rent real estate, or when
you need tornado, fire or any other
kind of insurancec. All they ask
is an opportunity to serve you.
See adv. elsewhere in this paper.
Oxford College Musical.
The public is most cordially in
vited to attend a recital in piano
given by Miss Fannie Buchanan in
the Oxford College auditorium on
Friday night,the 27th, at 8 o'clock.
Miss Fannie is a junior in the
course in , piano. In this recital
she will have the assistance of the
College chorus.
Train Lead
Car load lots sounds very good
for Oxford but when our business
men talk about train load of goods
that sounds a little more like busi
ness. The train load which the
Lyon-Winston Company speaks of
elpewhere'in this paper embrcces a
great many things, and all these
goods are the right kind and the
prices are also right. They are
reasonable goods, just such as the
farmers need at this time.
Stop and Listen
Landis & Easton comes forward
with an interesting announcement
elsewhere in this paper. They are
in receipt of one cf the prettiest
and most up to date line of ladies
ready made coat suits that has been
shown, here this season, and the
prices are lower than they have
ever been. They are showing some
prettv and stylish suits extra coats
in the new and popular shades.
.( . HOG WIRE,
field fence, garden wire, barb
wire, roofing of all kinds, handled
by the car load and sold at whole
sale prices and delivered to your
station by Samuel Davis, the hard
ware man, Clarksville, Va. Davis
pays the freight.
FOR SALE-rFine Pedigree Berk
shire sow for sale, or will trade
for Registered Brekshire boar.-
D. A. Burwell,
f.-25-tf." Stovall. N. C.
The coal dealer, is now having
hi'3 innings.
A VISIT TO THE "LAND OF
THE SKY" j
The Educational Features of
the "Movies" at the
Orpheum Theatre
One of those glorious Western
North Carolina scenes was thrown
on the curtains again Saturday
night at the Orpheum Theatre. The
applause was liberal but if the au
dience had been aware that they
were being taken on a trip along
the French Broad Kiver, instead of
the Rocky Mountains, their hearts
would have swelled with pride. The
romantic scene in which a lady ap
peared astride a horse was none
other than Sandy Shoals, the home
of the late humorous writer "Bill
Nye' A full house enjoyed these
scenes', but only a few were aware
that they were viewing the glorious
scenery of our own State. Harris
& Crews are conducting the Orphe
um on a high plane, and almost
every night scenes are thrown upon
the curtains- that could never be
reached by the great mass of peo
ple, either through the school, the
book stores or libraries. The man
agement is now figuring to produce
The George Kleine film, "Quo
Vadis," which is the acme of the
movies at the present day.
How to Own a Home
There" is something in the funda
mental principles of a building and
loan association that appeals to the
average man.- The home thathe
hopes some day to call his own
grows in his mind's eye in propor
tion to his accumulations and loan
ing capacity of the association of
which he is a member. The Ox
ford Building and Loan Association
is fast becoming a recognized
factor in the .upbuilding of the
town. The young and the old are
availing themselves of the oppor
tunities it affords of securing a
home on the most liberal terms yet
devised bv man. It is the one
place in which you can place your
money and. retain your voting
power. The Oxford Building and
Loan Association is a power for
good in more ways than one. In
the first year of its existance it
paid taxes to the amount of more
than one hundred dollars; the
taxes the second year ran up to two
hundred and fifty dollars, and it is
thought that the taxes this year
will reach $450. Elsewhere in
this paper is a financial exhibit
showinjr the activitiesof the Build
ing and Loan Association.
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Income Tax
Mr. F. W. Hancock, chief of the
income tax division of the Eastern
District of North Carolina, was in
Oxford on Sunday and Monday vis
ting his family. In conversation
with him we asked him who were
expected to file returns in his de
partment and what was the last
day in which the returns could be
filed. He stated that under the pro
visions of the Income Tax Law
every person whose net income for
the period. of March 1st to Decem
ber, 1913, both dates inclusive,
whose net income equals or exceeds
$2,500 were required to file returns
before March let. . If their net
income did not final or exceed this
amount it would not be necessary
for them to file su-h a . return.
What is meant by net income is
the Gross Income less the general
deductions allowed under the law.
Some of the general deductions are
necessary ; expenses in carrying on
business, but not including perso
nal expenses or family living
Taxes, interest paid on indebted
ness, a reasonable deduction for
wear and tear or depreciatio. A
specific exemption is allowed a mar
ried man if living with wife of
$3,333.33; if single $2,500. The
gross income, general deductions
and specific exemption from the
year IP 13 is bassed upon five-sixth
of the year. : T ;
DAVIS PAYS V
the freight and Davis saves you
money - write him, ClarksviHe, Va. ,
and he will show you.
SOME YOU KNOW AND SOME
YOU DO NOT KNOW
Personal Items About Folks
and their Friends in
General
J. M. Phipps, of Route 1, was in
town Monday.
D. Haskins, of Hester, was in
town Saturday.
J. L. Parham, of Route 3, was in
town Saturday.
Will O'Brien, of Route 5, was in
town Saturday.
Dr. Sails, of Route 4, was on our
streets Saturday.
M. A. McGhee. of Route 7, was
iu town Saturday.
J. D. Haithcock. of Hester, was
in town Saturday.
Elijah Pittard, of Route 2, was
in town Monday.
Norman Hobgood, of Route 1,
was in town Saturday.
R. C. Smith, of Route 7, was on
our streets Saturday.
James Perkinson, of Route 5,
was in town Saturday.
C H. Cheatham, of Route 3, was
a town visitor Saturday.
Charles Gregory, of Richmond,
spent Sunday in Oxford.
W. E. Loyd, of Grissom section,
was in Oxford Monday.
'J. T. Morton, of Route 4, was a
town visitor on Monday.
Cam Burnett, of Route 5, was a
town visitor on Saturday.
" Pi " Cheatham , of Route 5 , was
a town visitor Saturday.
Roy Crews and Ed Hunt, Route
5, were in Oxford Saturday.
D. M. Melton, of Creedmcor sec
tion, was in Oxford Saturday.
D. Y. Hunt and A. J. Dickerson,
of Route 3, were in town Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Jas. P. Mize, of
Route 1, were town visitors Satur
day. '.
Charles Powell, of Raleigh, was
in Oxford Sunday visiting -home
folks.
Miss Elvyn Howell returned a
few days ago frjm a visit to sunny
Florida.
We have been a hog-in on weath
er since,, the ground hog saw his
shadow.' s
Edwaru and John Hayes, of the
Wilton sction, were in Oxford on
Monday.
L G. Breed love and Clarence
Breedlove, of Route 5, were to Ox
ford Saturday. ' .
O. C. Hester and J. W. Wrenn,
! of Watkins, were on our streets on
Saturday afternoon.'
Judge Devin spent the week-end
at home, and is holding Rocking
ham Court this week.
Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Steed spent
the week end in Durham with Mr.
and Mrs. E. T. Rollins.
Mrs. . Strum and 4 ; daughters,
Misses Sarah, Mamie and" Mary, of
Route 4, were in town Monday.
Robt. Bullock, of Hester, was a
town visitor Saturday and bought
a nice mule from Lyon-Winston Co.
We had the pleasure of meeting
in Oxford Saturday our old friend
D. Lyon, of Creedmoor, who does
not come this way often.
Fine Entertainment. ,
The Boston Musical Club at the
OrpheumTheater Monday night was
good from start to finished, and
proved one of the finest 'entertain
ments that has been in Oxford in
years, and greatly enjoyed by a
good audience. Among the good
jokes gotten off by one of the Ja
dies was as follows : She said Ox
ford was one of the towns that it, was
not necessary to vaccinate the po
licemen. The manager asked her
why? Sihe. replied, because they,
couldn't catch anything, which was
greeted with a storm of applause.
BY COMMON CONSENT OX
FORD BECOMES A CITY
Manufacturing Plants Will
Come as Natural as Day
Follows the Night
Some of the near things that are
scheduled to take place in Oxford
will shove the old town forward at
a rapid rate. - The greatest good
will come in the laying of more
than five miles of granolithic siitf
walks during the spring and sum
mer. The new street running south
from Front street, named "Han
cock street" in honor of that splen
did family by that name, will open
up not less than one hundred ele
gant buildng lots. By the middle
of the summer the new postoffice
will be utilized, and before the
closing of the year doubtless Ox
ford will have a hospital. To be
sure the list of improvements noted
is sufficient to swell every man's
heart with pride, and when they
have been accomplished Oxford by
common consent becomes a city.
Other improvements will follow as
natural as the day follows the
night. There are certain signs
hooevering about that speaks louder
than words. Certainly the crust
has been broken and business men
are now ready to grasp the oppor
tunities. By these unmistakable
signs of a glorious future our in
terests become the interest of oth
ers; men of means will knock at
our door and their credentials will
bear the imprint of manufacturing
plants. Let no man despare, the
manufacturing plants will come as
a result of the light that radiates
from the improvements now in
hand.
Knotty Problems
One of the most convincing proofs
that the advertisements in the Pub
lic Ledger are read and thoroughly
digested is ascertained in the inter
est manifested in the advertisement '
of the National Bank of Granville
last week. The scheme was cort-
ceived in the mind of Col. Cooper, '
who requested Prof. J. A. Pitts,
Dr. Morris and Prof. W. S. Howell ;
to compile two dozen knotty mathe-'
matical problems, for which Col.
Cooper obligated to pay one dollar
each for the first ten correct
answers of the list of problems
handed to Dr. Morris. In less than
three hours after the Public Ledger
was placed in the Oxford post office
we saw a dozen men working on
the examples, and the advertise
ment was received with the same
spirit in nearly every home of the
county. No doubt the question has
been asked a thousand times why
Cnl. Cooper inserted the advertise
ment, and the answer is that the
educational feature it contained is
valuable and of absurbing interest
to the general public Whether
they captured one or more dollars,
all who have tried to work out the
problems have been benefitted.
Settled With Legatees
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Day. of
Atlanta, Ga., were in Oxford the
past week and were the guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Parker on Front
street Mr. Day was a warm friend
of the late William Herndon and
appointed his executor, and his
visit to Oxford was to close up the
affairs of the estate and to distrib
ute a goodly sum among the heirs
of the estate.
Charter Granted
The Secretary of State has issued
a charter to the Allen-Averett Co.,
of Providence, to do a general mer- .
can tile business. The incorpora
tors are: W. G. Averett, Carl H.
Piper, E. K. Daniel, J. D. Allen,
of Providence, and James W, Hor- '
ner and C. W. Bryan, of Oxford.
Beware !
Fake seed peddlers are said to be
operating among the farmers, of
fering to sell them seed at fancy
prices for spring and fall planting
on the representation of miraculous
yield. They have np license to carry
on this : business, and let our far
mers beware of them.
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