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IllffW jet iyj joiyii PUBLISHED TWICE-A-WEEK WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS. VOLUME 29. OXFORD, N. 0., WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 1, 1914. NO (55 THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY The Ijarge Imperial Plant, Represent ing Several Thousand Dollars, Ne.'tring Completion THE MODEIIX EQUIPMENT OF W. A. ADAMS CO. The tall smoke stack and steel tank that stands near the Southern Railway station which extends up in to the air two-hundred and fifty feet and are almost visible throughout Granville and Vance counties on a clear day, is the seat of the Imperial Tobacco Company. It represents an investment of several hundred thous and dollars, just how much we do not know. The building covers more than half of the regulation city square, or to be more exact twenty buildings of the same dimensions side by side would extend a distance of one mile. The plant is the third or fourth in size and the most modern of its kind in the United States.. THE STRUCTURE The building is of brick and the floors are of concrete throughout,and a granolithic platform circles one half of the building on the railroad and Crawford street fronts.. The offices will be on Crawford street, next to Broad street. Thej' will be finished in hardwood. There are several toilet and bath rooms conven ient to the office force. The immense drying vaults built out of solid brick and steel are as wide as Main street and a half of a square long. There are two three hundred horse power boilers and the hot dry air is forced into the drying vaults with a Westen house generator, which also furnishes lights and power for the plant. The building is laid off in departments, which are divided by heavy brick partition walls. One room, which we will call the ?'wizzard room'' for con venience, will contain a lot of delicate instruments to est the degrees of heat and moisture, This wilj require the attention pf an expert who will be held responsible for the condition pf the millions of pounds of tobaceo that will be handled by the plant an nually. There are -large rooms for the recep'tion of -the golden leaves .and still larger roomsfor the tiercesT There will be a portion of the build ing devoted to storing lumber and the manufacture of tierces. Every thing is thoroughly .modern, built on a plaa to minimize time and labor. The interior of the building throughout is to be painted white, excepting the iron, which will be in black. Col. W. B. Ballou, the .expert and clever buyer for Imperial Tobacco Co. is on the ground from early morn until the shades begin to fall. There are so many blue, prints on every hand we1 wbnder that he has not lost some of His ?gob&T t'emp'er. We suggested that when the plant is finally completed that the Colonel would throw it open to the public, and possibly he wHJ do "so. ' ' 'Qny a 'poriipp of he immense, juilfjing will be ready fty the time he tpjiaocp season opens, but an army Pf men are rushing the work and no doubt the plant will be in full swing by the first of November. THE W'A. ADAMS COMPANY One of the largest and most mod ern prize houses is that of the W. A. Adams Company, which has just been completed on Hillsboro street and ex tending through to the tracks of the Southern Railway. The new build ing is two stories high 80x175 feet, built of sheet iron, with concrete base and ground floor of same material. The second floor and office are of hardwood. The new building has a capacity of 4Q.QO0 pounds' daily, "mth a side track to accommodate twelve freight ears, The entire plant proper covers two and one-half acres of ground. Along side of the prizery is situated an open air storage warehouse of galvanized iron with a capacity of 1,600 hogs heads. Another building of large di mension is devoted to the cooper shop and storage of lumber, and this building, too, is of galvanized iron. The power house, a few feet re moved from the main building is of brick. The installation of the most modern electrical machinery is now underway. They will generate their own light and power. Mr. S. R. Skinner is president of the company, and Mr. Carl B. Adams is Secretary-Treasurer. They haye both been identified with the' tobacco industry ail their lives and are men of sterling worth. Tobacconists from Richmond, Dur ham, Lynchburg, Danville, and Hen derson have made trips to Oxford to look over the plant, and they with one accord pronounce the W. A. Adams Company one of the largest and most modern plants of its kind in the United States. The rubbish is now being removed, the grounds beautified and the plant (Continued on last page) ' gy'jr' 1 .-iv.-t-.v--" p jjp' V3!h? r i tY.....,.'.i if -t i, " & I ISsP f "flr fp?3TQg W'&Zi AKtSVCftN PRESS ASSOCiAT-ON NflV 9nnhntc Mme. Heuriette Caillaux, .wife of the former prime njiuiijter and minister of finance of France, wsis-placed on trial in iMrl for CWi OnapallUlS siayjng Gaston Calmette, editor of Figaro. President' ilson directed Attorney General McReynolds to begin civil and crimi Of the lVeelt nal actions 'Si"118 the New York, New Haven a nd Hartford Railroad company, of which James H. Hustis Is president, and some of its present and former directors and officefrs jl-violation of the anti-trust act. Organized baseball, of which Ban John son is the admitted czar, received a shock when David L. Fultz, president . o f thj. CPlayers' fraternity, notified the magnates that the organized players would quit if Clarence Kraft was returned to Nashville after he had been drafted&y Brooklyn and farmed out to Newark. George R. Meehau of Boston won the cliamuionship long distance s-wim from the Battery,. 5Sew York city,, t o Sanity Hook. " ' SHORT LEDGER LOCALS. About People and Things That Arc of Interest to The Public Ledger Readers GATHERED FROM THE TOWN AND COUNTY New Tank Dr. N. M. Ferebee is having a cypress tank built at his home on High street. Two Cottages Finished Mr. J. W. Floyd has about completed twp cot tages on Goshen, street for reiit. Plenty pf 3IeloiisrrThere are plenty of home-grown watermelons in town now everyday and the boys are happy. Building House Mr, Dudley Ful ler has commenced the erection of a dwelling oh his lot in lleavis Park, which will be for rent;; Making "Improvements- Mrs. John Niles and Miss Margaret Hilliard are making some needed improvements to their respective homes. Remove the Clay In order to get rid of the red mud in front of our nice new post office is too remove the clay which was hauled there. Do You Want Land? If so, con sult the Granville Real Estate and Trust Co., as they have land for sale. Read advertisement on the iast' page. Best" Corn Crop One of our farm er friends Hells us ? there - will' be made ftr Granville rthis year 'pne p the best corn crops made in many years. " ' il Commissioners Sleet The Board of County "Commissioners 'will nee $e$t Monday anji if 'you have any business before them you had better be on band, The Minor Warehouse We learn that the cleaning up and repairing the Minor warehouse and building of stables will commence next week as we learn from Mr. W. J. Webb. Dr. Thomas This coming young physician has purchased a good new j automobile, and when inducted Into the Coroners Office will be prepared to respond quickly to a call of duty. ..Can't Reach It Even if a man may be the tallest individual in his community he may not be able to reach a conclusion. His little sawed off neighbor is liable to see it first. Pleasant Affair Mrs. A, L, Cape- j hart handsomely entertained quit a number of her friends on Tuesday morning at her home in Ridley Park and delicious refreshments were ser ved. . 1 Come to Pass A writer says it has about come to pass where a man has to work twelve hours a day to buy his wife the kind of clothes that give other men a view of her plans and specifications. Good Law Firm -Hicks & Stem, the well and favorably known law firm of Oxford, who enjoys a good practice, has a card in this issue. All business entrusted to them will meet with prompt attention. Good Rain Sunday There was a refreshing rain Sunday afternoon and it came at a, time 'wh.eR i was, bdly needed. More rain and seasonable showers during this month will vir tually" make the crcps. Money to Burn A great many people imagine that Uncle Sam has money to burn. He has, but it isn't his. It belongs to the people because Uncle Sam get it out of them.Most everybody who wants the government to spend money 1 for all sorts of thing.4, do not know he gets his mon ey out of .hem. He simply holds it in trust for the people, ; and every time they pull his leg for it they are pulling their own leg. -Vis llf lift A SPLENDID RECORD. Total Tax for 1913 Amounted to $1 02,4)80.63, of this Amount $591. 54. was Returned as Insolvent - AVE COMMEND SHERIFF HOB GOOD 3IOST HEARTILY The settlement made by Sheriff S. C. Hobgood of the taxes collected by him for the year 1913 is interesUn to all the tax payers of the county, and these are some items which de serve more than passing mention. The total tax for 1913 amounted to $102,080.63 and of this amount only $591.54 was returned as insolvent, which is the, smallest, amount of in solvents ever returned by any sheriff of the county, so far as we can learn. During the -year he collected $ 3, 612.50 in license taxes, an amount about double that collected hereto fore. In addition to the above splendid collections, Sheriff Hobgood collected from the insolvent list for 1912 the sum of $392.48 and from land redeemed from sales in 19 121 the sum of $157.46. From this it will be seen that the sheriff collected from I'D 12 insolvents and lands re deemed within about $51.00 of the total insolvents returned by "b.irh. The land sold for 1913 tax was1 'the smallest for years1 the tax'beihg only $138.54'. ' ;' " -' - ' u ' We commend sheriff Ho)goo for. this' spiehdi4 recofd 'ajicj we are" sure the people of fhe county are proud of this most" excellent ' officer . G. BRUMMITT, Amoflg thg candidates for the Leg islature who are fighting the people's battle without waiting for orders from the machine Dennis G. Brum mitt, of Granville, is entitled to men tion. Nobody can cast any reflection upon Mr. Brummett's party regulari ty; he was nominated without oppos ition in a county where the Democra tic nomination is equivalent to elec tion, and he is"heart and soul for the primary and the constitutional amendments. Grensboro News (Ind) SECOND HAIL STORM The hail has been very severe in the Watkins section :ths Vearl' '"fir.e( or four weeks ago ihary at the ' a'f ers suffered" "heaVy jpssgs anfl again, last s?unday tliey- were visited by an other hail storm. Much tobacco and corn was damaged fully 50 per cent. The farm of Buck Parrott and Clair Parham were damaged by more than half. Other farmers who suffer dam age were: Hewitt Hicks, Ollie and Troy- Parham, Walter and June Barnes, Harry Wright, Tom Bobbit, Chas. Laughlin, Virginius Cheatham, and W. E. Dorsey. MISS GERTRUDE LANDIS WISHES to announce that Mr. Rudolph Shedd, of Washington, D. C. will give a series of lessons in all the modern dances, beginning (lie : iwee.it '.of August 3rd in the Armory. iFor .particulars apply to Miss Lan- :;(dis . A class for chidr.en will " tye : held in thg morning. I; - A STRANGE PET In a country town in northern Pennsylvania there lives a little old man who sells milk, carrying it from house to house morning and evening inia .-small hand-cart. There is noth ing strange about that, but his com panion on these daily trips is the very strangest you ever heard of an old gray goose, who follows him about in the most dignified manner, and stands watch over the cart, let ting no one go near it in his master's absence. His name is Major, and his j master says that he is just as useful as a dog would be. . - i CAa.LAUX'TAHD PALACE OF JL:5 THE END OF THE LINE. Humored that in the Scheme of Re trenchment Oxford Will Get it in the Xeck READY TO STEP OVER THE DEAD - ''K'".' LINE ... zi We get it from an unofficial source that the Seaboard Railroad is plann ing ftf ianhui one of the trains plying between Oxford., and Henderson. The word jriaa , gone forth that the Oxford braricji does not pay expenses, and in their.j scheme of retrenchment we would. not be surprised to see one or two good men loose their places. It is rumored that a shifting engine when not employed on the yards in Henderson-or Durham, will be sta tioned at; this-end of the line "to pull the cjr3 6 and from Dickerson, or that the . rlenders6n-tu rliam "' trains may back in from Dickerson to Ox ford twice a day. As much as the Companies have been patted on the back, and fed sweet morsels by the citizens, neith er the Seaboard or the Southern has been any too good to Oxford. "Oh well,," says sgme" one, the Seaboar clges nVt treat us square. w$ can' throw, 'a of our' busijiess to. the. Southern.1' at soui4s right, ty you must not forgej.' that the. S.ou(h ern; an ie geaboaid do not ntgg nize eaciroiiers interests, an.4 when, ope Company strtites a. blow the other must ip t?fi sfime,. h au.etipfl of pttgr railway fac ilities fpr Jjafldling pasiiengers and freight in Oxford is now pending, and if our memory serves us right the railroads were given to understand what they may expect after a reason able delay to comply to the wishes of the committee. Recent developments look as if the Railroads have snapped their fin gers in our face and told us to go where there is no ice; but neverthe less, .they are up against a tough proposition just the same. The com mittee that is waiting upon their de cision of better facilities is held ft check by judicial -'temperament, b.u behind, Vuejirsslum.bering. Yoic.ano. T Keh 'aii i 'all,-. i ' 09 ' ji't it & case tor. "yporti'pnitsgin. .J)!E!) IN PENITENTIARY gam Taylor, the colored man who shot to death William Sullivan and sentenced to two years in the peniten tiary died of blood poison 1 in the State Prison on June 12. The peo ple of Granville remember the mur der and'lhe trial very distinctly, and wo alwavs felt that the other man who helped Sam in the killing should have also received a sentence. WE HAVE A FINE TOWN It is a well known fact that O.xford possesses many ady"antages"bver oth er towns. . " y$f' bta"y,e people, tha. aye flard. o beat anywhere,. New people would come from many spates tg livg among them if they onjy kflew about them. W haye a gligtful elimate and the epuptry round about this good town is the best in the state and would prove irresistible to farmers everywhere if; theyonly knew about our fine farming outlook. . What we need more than anything else on the face of the earth is a band of intelligent boosters.. Is the Com mercial Club and the Civic League "asleep at the switch?" This thing we do know Oxford i3 losing every day because of the in difference of our people ' and there should be an awakening all along the line. WATCH FOB LOST OXE LEATHER foS with a gold cross, lietura to VV. M. Pinnlx. MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE. Personal Items About Folks and Their Friends Who Travel Here and There SOME , YOU KNOW AND SOME YOU DO NOT KNOW Mr. J. T. Duncan, of Berea, was in Oxford Thursday. Mr. Nat Jones, of Route 1, was in town Wednesday. Mr. O. C. Currin, of Dabney, was in town Thursday. Mr. J. T. Averett, of Route 6, was in town Thursday. Mr. George Stem, of Stem, was in Oxford Wednesday. Mr. Otis Hester, of Route 3, was a town visitor Thursday. : Mr-.- Ra.t; Cannady, of Route. 1, was in town Wednesday. Mr. W. J. Brnmmitt, of Route 3, wa& in town Wednesday. Mr. J. H. King, Of Stem section, was in tjwn. Wednesday. Mr. W, p, Thomas, of Route 6, was in. Qxford. Thursday, Mr. J. A. Peace, of Fair-port, was on our streets, Thursday, Mr. J,. R.-Renp, of Route 6, was a town, yisltor Wednesday. Mr, Durell Bruinmltt, of Route 3, was a town visitor Thursday. Mr. John Morris, of Wilton section, wa-'J a town visitor Thursday. Mr. Rufus Stroud, of the Wilton section, was in town Thursday. Mr. James Walters, of Route 6, was a town visitor Wednesday. Mr. Graham Daniel, of Providence" section, was in Oxford Wednesday. Mr. W. A. Sherman, of West Gran ville, was on our streets Wednesday. Mr. R. W. Wilkerson, of Stem sec tion, was on our streets Wednesday. Mr. Jphn Booth, of Raleigh, visit ed hrs old. home In Oxford this week. The children of Mr, W. H. Up church, are yisitig relatives at Apex. Mr, Melvin, York, o,f Grissom, was among the Qxfor-d visitors Wednesday-. Mr. J. W. Whitfield, of, Brassfield township, was a town visitor Wednes day . Mr. Burwell and two sister of Fairpori, were Oxtord visitors Thurs day. Misses Alva Lee and Lila Currin are vuuting relatives in Durham and Chapel Hill. Miss Edna Spencer, of Keysville, Va., is visiting Mrs. Len Pitchford on Goshen street- Mrs. Aflnie. Landis is on a visit to her sister, Mrs, Harry Burwell, in Washington, CHy. Miss Bartla Hutehins, of Birming ham, Ala., is visiting her sister, Mrs. W. G. Pace, near town. Mr, Ben Thorp, Jr., one of our ex cellent young men, of Oak Hill, was on our streets Wednesday. Dr. and Mrs. Skinner, of Green ville, are the guests of Mrs. Julia Minor. They motored to Oxford. Mif-ses Lucy W-ibb, Helen White and Evelyn Howell will leave to-day for a weeks visit to Panacea Springs. Our nice young friend, John Ham ilton, has located at Bluefield, West Va., and we wish him continued suc cess. Miss Frances Abbitt has returned from .the State Normal Summer school, and will teach at Dickerson's this year. Prof. H. H. McLean, superinten dent of Farmville Graded school, is visiting his friend, Mr. Na DanieC on Route 4. IN THREE JOUNTIES. Out of (iranville, Across Vance into Warren, a Distance of Fifty one Miles OXFORD PEOPLE" (JUESTS OF PANACEA iiPRINCIK The management pf the famous Panacea Springs, in Warren county, fifty-one miles from Oxford, extended an invitation to a number of their friends within a radius of seventy-five miles to come and enjoy the annual barbecue at the Springs last Wed nesday. There were three hundred people present. The following is a partial list of tho-se who made the trip from Oxford in autos: Mr. and Mrs. W. Z. Mitchell and daughter, Miss Esther Mitchell, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Bryan and family, Messrs. Will Fleming, Henry Hunt, Cam Hunt. Thornton Yancey, Eugene . Moss, Earnest Howard, Winfield Taylor, Augustus Graham. Prof. J. F. Webb. John Webb.'J. W. Horner, Hillman Cannady, and D. A. Coble. A PRETTY SPOT Nature has done much in beauti fying the landscape about tho Springs preserve. One would not ex pect to find in Eastern North Caro lina such gigantic overhanging boul ' der3 with air healing water gush ing through the crevice of them. The I hills are just steep enough to make a maiden's cheek glow. It is an ideal place to repose, romp, eat, sleep and fbe merry. The barbecue was served over on the picturesque lakeside and it fully sustained the delightful cus ine for which the hotel is noted. NOTES BY THE WAYSIDE The (rip in an aulo'car at this sea son of the year, when the roads are good and firm, is delightful. The running time is about two hours and thirty minutes. The best corn and tobacco we saw enroute is in the first seven miles of the journey between Oxford and the Vance county line. In the twenty-five miles across Vance county the conditions change consid erably. The tobacco and corn has a good color, but it is by no means as vigorous as it is in Granville. There is considerable cotton and peanuts grown in Vanee and ljottj?f hese crops look exceptionable - well. - At Ridgeway we noticed that they were loading four refrigerator cars with cantaloupes for the northern mark ets. Entering Warren ..county at a point near Norlina the distance to Panacea Springs is seventeen miles. Corn, cotton, and peanuts predomi nate along this portion of the road. Tobacco looks good, what there is of it, but in places the drought left wide" gaps in the rows. SOCIAL NOTES Mr. M. C. Braswell, who is largely interested in the Panacea Springt Corporation, is a most delightful gentleman. His excellent wife is the sister of our townsman, Mr. C. W. Bryan. He has been very successful in business ' and has accumulated mere than a half million dollars. Mr. James Powell, Register of Deeds, and Mrs. Powell, are rusticat ing at the Springs. Miss Leach, of Raleigh, a very at tractive and talented young lady, the daughter of the late James Leach, of Granville, has charge of the modern dances. She will be the guest of Miss Gladys Rawlins next week. Tho Hotel register shOAvs that mom than one hundred Oxford people have been guests at the hotel during the' season. FOR UNITED UPLIFT! Oxford, wants advertising. It wants advertising not so much through printers ink as through unit ed personal effort. We can all help. Business men can help by keeping the dollars at home through enter prise and good service. Town olficial ; can help by giving as many improve ments as possible for the benefit of the whole community, showing par tiality to none. House owners can jhelp by maintaining their places at j all times as spick and span as dur , ing clean up week. Citizens can help by spending, their money in Oxford, thus keeping it in circulation. But you say we are already doing these things. No wre are not. We are; not doing these things with united ef fort, with determined purpose, will real civic zeal. It needs team work Let us organize at once a sensible, campaign of publicity. OXFORD COLLEGE PRIMARY" DEPARTMENT In response to repeated requests I have decided to reopen the Primary Department that was discontinued on the opening of the Graded School. Girls only will be received. For par ticulars as to charges and etc apply to me. F. P. HOBGOOD 2tt DAVIS THE FLUE MAN PAYS THE freight on all solid se,t, f flues you buy, so send, y-our order and: get quick sjkment. MR, T, I ANIEFt ANNOUNCES THAT "ilie has., decided to remain in tho same store, which will t eKMtc-lfe:t and greatly imprQvel t'or the comies
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