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PUBUC LEDGER WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23RD, 1D14. PUBUCLEMER -AND OXFORD BANNER Entered as second-class matter at Oxford postomce. - '- l'akliaked Semi-Weekly fcy BRITT & COBLE. J no. X. Britt. Dan A. CobU. EDITORS AND OWNERS PRICE OF SUBSCRIPTION: One Year $1.0 Six Months Three Months 50 " ADVERTISING RATES One Page 1 Time .......... fl8.00 Half Page 1 Time. lO.OO Quarter Page 1 Time 5.00 One Page 2 Times f 30.00 HalfPage 2 Times. 15.00 Quarter Page 2 Times .'7 . . 9.00 One Column 1 Time. $ 3.00 One Column 2 Times 6.00 One Column 1 Month each Insertion f 2.50 Half Column 1 Time 1.50 Half Column 1 Month each Insertion . 1.25 Quarter Column 1 Time 1.00 Quarter Column 2 Times. . . 1.50 li Column 1 Month each Insertion .75 dents other than train accidents, such as fires, floods, landslides and explosions affecting the right of way, and accidents in connection with railroad operation other than those of trains and roadway, while 117 deaths and 29,007 injuries were in dustrial accidents to employes work ing on tracks, bridges, stations, engine-houses, shops, wharves, or else where. Of the 2,792 persons killed, 34 were passengers killed in train ac cidents, and J 37 were employes kill ed in train accidents. Eighty-five passengers were killed from all causes and 730 employes from all causes, making a total of 815 passen gers killed included trespassers, non trespassers and employes not on duty, while .117 employes in addition were killed in industrial accidents not con nected with railroad operations. . - L Yet if the rQacls could be made to adopt better plans for safety, this fearful showing would be greatly lessened. Many devices have been adopted within the past 30 years.but there is room yet for improvement. Reading notices 1 cent a word each insertion. Cash must accompany ad unless parties have an account with us. THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET STATE TICKET For Corporation Commissioner E. L. TRAVIS, of Halifax County For Judge of 9th District WILLIAM A. DEVIN of Granville County. For Congressman of 5th District CHARLES M. STEDMAN, of Guilford County. COUNTY TICKET For House of Representatives D. G. BRUMMITT For Senator of 17th Senatorial District TITUS G. CURRIN, of Granville County For Sheriff CRAWFORD HOBGOOD Clerk of Superior Court J. G. SHOTWELL For Register of Deeds J. B. POWELL For Treasurer HENRY J. ROBARDS For Coroner DR. W. N. THOMAS ' For County Commissioners B. I. BREEDLOVE H. C. FLOYD Z. W. ALLEN R. S. HART J. L. PEED CHEAPER TO SAVE Church statistics show that it costs about $1,000 to covert a man to be lief in the Christian way of living. Political statistics, on the other hand, show that it costs about $20,- 000 (some authorities say $25,000) to kill a man in war. Suppose that during the past third of a century the leaders of human ac tivity in Europe had taken the money they have put into getting ready to kill people and put it, instead, into getting ready to save them that is to say, had put it into schools, churches, missions and into setting personal ex amples of practiced Christianity. Perhaps Europe will swing toward it on the rebound. MARK TWAIN ON PEACE The gospel of peace is-always mak ing a deal of noise, always rejoicing in its progress, but always neglecting to furnish statistics. There are no peaceful nations now. All Christen dom is a soldier camp. The poor have been taxed in some nations to the starvation point to support the giant armaments which Christian governments have built up, each to Christian brotherhood, and inciden tally to snatch any scrap of real es tate left exposed by a weaker owner. Within the last generation each Christian power has turned the bulk of its attention to finding out newer and still newer and more and more effective ways of killing Christians,, and, incidentally, a pagan now and then; and the surest way to get rich quickly in Christ's Kindgom is to in vent a gun that can kill more Chris tians at one shot than other existing kind. All the Christian nations are at it. The more advanced they are the bigger and more destructive en gines of war they create. WASTE OF LD7E Railroads do not of course want to kill people, but they do and the num ber of lives snuffed out by accidents is alarming. Accident Bulletin No. 50, just issued by the Interstate Com merce Commission, contains a sum mary of the accidents resulting in personal injuries caused in the opera tion of interstate railways during the months of October, November and December, 1913. During these three months 2792 persons were killed and 5 0,7 7 persons were Injured in con nection with railway operation. Of these 191 were killed and 3,726 in jured in train accidents; 2,675 were killed and 21,769 injured in acci- THE SIMPLE LIFE Simple living is not so much an economic question as it is a mora question, the morality part relating to the duty one owes to himself and others to keep himself well in body, soul and mind. That is the object of simple living not to save money The idea is to make a person's brain clear and clean, so he will think clear thoughts and take to clean living. A brain that is backed by rich and lux urious living is very apt to be clogged with passions and prejudices, with selfishness and sordidness. Not al ways, of course, but that is the ten dency. A person can contaminate a great portion of his spirit and come mighty near destroying his faith in God, by eating all sorts of rich and expensive foods. You may take boy and feed him on luxurious and seasoned diet and his future destiny is collapsed. Of course, some people will turn with ridicule on tne idea, and describe simple living as a boiled turnip and a glass of water, but simple living means an appetite for simple things that make for health, work and gentle spirit. HAS CITIZENSHD? A VALUE Citizenship has a definite value This value cannot be computed in dollars and cents, but it is worth fighting for. Citizenship grows out of commun ities. Were there no communities there would be no citizens. We would then be merely unprotected individuals entirely at the mercy of all other individuals who might wish to destroy any weaker or less feroci ous one. - By dwelling in communities we have many advantages. Some of us value and appreciate these advant ages while others selfishly accept the advantages but refuse to do their share toward maintaining the com munity. Laws have been enacted to compel us to pay taxes used for the finan cial support of communities for our protection. But there are no laws which com pel the member of any community to show appreciation of the benefits de rived from living in a community. One of the benefits of living in a community is the opportunity fur nished us to buy merchandise re quired for our comfort and indul gence, right here in our own town This facility permits us to buy what we need when we need it. We can step into a store, lay down a dollar and buy a dollar's worth of goods. Perhaps we can . get the goods with out paying the dollar down in cash that is, if we have the credit. What a genuine benefit it is to be able to do this. In the olden days our forefathers were compelled to drive many miles to a store where the merchandise might be obtained Large quantities were bought at a time because the trip to the store could not be made at frequent inter vals. As our citizens increased in num bers and gathered into communities. stores were established at the vari ous centers of the increasing popula tion until now we can buy, right at home, our necessities and luxuries That which we value we endeavor to protect. If we value the facility for purchasing goods at home we should protect it. The best way to protect - it is to make it possible for the storekeepers to continue to do business. If we do not help them to continue to do busi ness here In our community the nat ural consequence will be for them to close up their stores and go out of business. If we buy from our local store keepers only such merchandise as we cannot buy conveniently elsewhere.we will soon discover that the stores will carry only such restricted lines of goods as are in demand by the peo ple who live here. Then we will find out that we are not much better off than our fore fathers were. We must send away for such merchandise as we require. We must wait until the order has been received in the mail order house and filled in the due course of time by the employes of the concern we are patronizing. There are many disadvantages in this method. We do not fully real- ze them now. But they will come home to us when conditions arrive which compel us to buy everything by mail if such a time does come. However, if we look at the matter in the right light we will not permit such a contingency to arrive. Why should we be deluded into sending our money away from home because of the fulsome and flatter ing descriptions in a mail order cata logue? Why should we prefer the questionable qualities . in merchan dise, as exploited by a catalogue writ er to the honest, . dependable goods which we can see before us in our own local stores?" " Do we save money by buying from the mail order houses? When the matter of freight and express charges have been figured out, when the ques tion of delays, unsatisfactory - ship ments, breakage, damaged goods.etc, have been answered, where is the profit, if any? On the other hand, the local mer chant is always responsible for any thing he sells." The purchaser can examine any article for sale in the local store and buy only that which is satisfactory. It will be delivered without delay. If there is any imper fection it will be quickly remedied. If there is any shortage in the deliv ery it will be supplied at once. A personal call or a telephone message will always get full value for your And when it comes to prices you wil lalways get full value for your money when dealing with the local storekeeper. He buys his merchan dise in the market and he sells it at a profit to us. He asks only a mod est profit and he is entitled to it. We should be perfectly willing to' pay him a profit for his investment, for his labor and for his ability to save us time, trouble and money. If we are not willing to do this, we should be heartily ashamed of ourselves. And we would not be en titled to the advantages afforded by his store. DEATH OF MR. J. G. SHOTWELL Perhaps in the history of Granville their is no death to be found that ever shocked the people of Berea sec tion more severely,' and made their hearts throb with more sadness than the death of Mr. J. G. Shotwell.which came in his home in Oxford late Sat urday evening, September 12, 1914. Mr. Shotwell had not enjoyed the best of health for several years, but was most all the time able to labor in his office until Saturday morning a few hours before the death angel claimed the victim. He was born near Stovall in 1848, and lived there until he almost devel oped into manhood. He then moved to the section of Berea, and their liv ed until he moved to Oxford when he was elected to fill the unexpired term of the late Charlie Crews, Clerk of Granville County Court, who died several jears ago. He was renomi nated in the recent primary by a large majority of voters. In the early days of life Mr. Shot- well professed faith in Christ and united with Trinity Methodist Chufcn where he remained until death came He was an excellent church worker He was especially happy and helpful in his own Sunday school and pro tracted meetings. Here he had gifts and power. With but few equals and no superior. In exhortation he was able and eloquent; in prayer he was tender and sympathetic.in spirit, in attendance, liberality, in judgment and :n efficiency he vas a model cnurca member. He was every preacher's friend and helper. He was thoughtful and encouragaing. His home was the pastor's home always and nothing was to good for him. He had highly developed the gifts of pleasing, not complaining or criticis ing. As a man he was noted for his good judgment, fair Handedness and upright life. He loved to talk but he was remarkably clean and prudent in his words. He was full of wisdom and laudable self esteem and yet could "Condescend to men of low es tate"- the equal of any and the su perior of none. As a citizen Mr. ShotwelL was a wide awake, progressive, prominent man. He served his neighborhood as a justice of peace. No man has ever filled the Clerk's office more satisfac tory to the general public than he. The writer has known Mr. Shotwell ever since he has been old enoughs to know any neighbor. Living "only two miles from hira all the time until he moved to Oxford. The writer casted his first vote in the recent primary election at Berea for Mr Shotwell and that vote will never be regretted or forgotten. The funeral services were conduct ed in the Methodist church of Oxford by his former pastor, Rev. N. C. Yearby, of Roxboro church, immedi ately after the remains were laid to rest in Elmwood Cemetery. Mr. Shotwell leaves behind a devot ed wife and three daughters; Mrs. Tom Shotwell, of near Henderson, and Misses Mary and Lizzie Shotwell, of Oxford, and a large number: of friends whom he had won throughout the State. May God's blessings rest on -; The relations and friends, While life to them God will lend, May they remember and follow The examples he set, So in after-time they can say "-- With him we have met. For, as the golden sun went down, His face contained no frown. But was lighted up with love As he reached that home above. LESTER B. McFARLAND. Grease spots on marble may be re moved by applying powdered mag nesia. ' 840,000 YEAR SAVED ON BARN The cost of curing can be reduced hv hnildine better barns than we are now using and properly ventilating them. The barn tnat we are now us ing at the experiment station is prac tically air-tight,' covered witn v- crimp galvanized iron, leaving an 8 or 10 inch opening on the cone or the roof across the top to within about two' feet of the sides. This is) covered with an open and shut ridge board which can be operated from the ground by means of a wire or rope, fastened to the end of a short lever device at each end of the peak. To admit air at the bottom at least J two 4-inch terra . cotta pipes should be set in the wall on each side of the barn, a total of eight joints of pipe to the barn. It is well to have one pipe extend to the middle of the barn. These can be plugged up by means of a piece of plank sawed to fit in the -bell of the pipe from the outside or a round piece of wood 4 inches in diameter. By this system of ventilation you cair control the moisture conditions of the barn, and reduce to a mininum all danger of sweating and ? ponging. In actual tests it has been found that the fuel consumption can be re-j duced 40 to 50 per cent 1y using a barn of this type. This is in itself quite an item in the flue-cured dis trict. In North Carolina alone fuel con sumed a normal year in curing tobac co is estimated between five and six hundred thousand cords of wood. Putting this wood at an exceedingly low valuation ($2 per cord) would mean over a million dollars worth of wood a year, and a saving of 40 per cent in consumption would mean four hundred thousand dollars an nually. The additional cost "of construct ing these barns will amount to but very little, and during the life of the barn the saving of fuel alone will pay for the difference several times. CHURCH SERVICES The church is for the people, and the people, all of them, ought to be for the church. The world owes an inestimable debt to the Christian church, not for its religious benefits, but also for the moral education and general enlightenment it has brought to the world. For that reason, life is happier, pleasures are deeper and all good interests better safe-guarded than would possibly be the case with out the Christian church. Therefore the church makes an ap peal to every man, woman and child who has an appreciation of what is good and true, to attend its services and farther its objects. Ii ' w ' - wm . ? riv" iiti UJ rJ v 111 II MM II II I ft I II III I Ml II yf II II II llTM II fl If ll U OH OIL lll(LUlLiivuuucmu mMm - OXFORD, N. C in s-f5'.-n Jimm wtss&i&zaan 0 - Capital - - - - - $100,000 It fv SI MM IirniBI - - - . . N ZJLflB HIIIBQ " r y -w I V im him mill ii n i hi in i g!r TTTn To remove scorch stains wet the scorched place, rub wi th soap and bleach in the sun. Oh you Credit you've Fiad. IRling Cash Must D From Now Until October 10th, I Will Sell IHIigh Grade Straight Flour at $4.50 Per Ehl highest Patent at $5-50 Per Bbl. I bought this flour before the war began, when wheat was at its lowest and 1 can sell every barrel of this flour at the above price to jobbers and not toueh it, but I prefer the farmer getting the benefit of the Low Price I arr offering it at. Its a Bargain Get Your Supply For Buggies, Wagons, Harness, Mowers,' Rakes, Furniture, etc., Get my Cash Prices. CLOVER SEED ARE COMING DOWN. Crimson Clover Seed at $3.25 per Bushel,Rye, Ap pier and Rust Proof Oats at Right Prices, Creednioor, H. C. B 4 p ,1
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