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PUBLISHED TWICE-A-WEEK yEL . iSDAYS AND SATURDAYS. OXFORD, N. O. WE DNBSIX&. JANUARY 13, 1915; NO. 8 VOLUME 30. THE POSTOFFICE DOORWAY IN PASSING THROUGH THE RE VOLVING DOOR GO TO RIGHT v . - , . . . . .... OyrjEUOYSAND GIRLS - r-- -HON;6RlOLL"vK; A li.X of , Those Who Attained Honor v; Bpo1ciSent and; Study 'at this Oxford Gra4e4 School, v"; ' PERSOMALLV M MAKERS ITALY AND GREECE NEXT IMPORTANT OPERATIONS IN THE EAST Md THE WEST - The Battle Line Grows Longer and the Outlook Assumes a Darker Aspect. THE COUNTY SCHOOL FUND SOME YOU KNOW-AND BOMtpr. B K nayfe 1-11 Si SENTATIVE SLIGHTLY LESS THAN IT WAS LAST YEAR SPEND SUNDAY AT HOME !' -r- . (London Cable, January 12th) Should Rumania, now that the Rus of Russians, Rumanians, Servians and ly in Transylvania, decide to join the Allies.her army will provide themiss ing link in the chain of troops 1,300 miles long winding from the Baltic to the Adriatic. THE BATTLE LINE This battle line would be composed f Russians, Rumanians, Servians and Montenegrins on the one side, and Germans and Austrp-Hungarians on the other. RUMANIA IN THE BALANCE The Allies believe Rumanit soon will take the plunge. Other develop ments are expected. Relations be tween Greece and Turkey have reach ed the breaking point over the alleg ed ill-treatment of Greeks in Asia Minor. Italy is growing restless ov er Turkey's delay in giving satisfac tion for the violation of the Italian consulate at Hodeida, from which the British consul, who sought refuge was forcibly removed. ITALY STANDS BY SERVIA Italy also, it is reported, has agreed that Servia should be grantebfa port in the Adriatic. Rumania and Greece, it is thought, however, may . delay taking up arms until Bulgaria, which is anxious for a part of Macedonia, is satisfied, for a hostile Bulgaria on their borders would compel them to divide their forces. SEA OF MUD The thaw which has set in south ern Poland and Galicia has converted the cuntry into a sea of mud and even cleared the snow from the Car pathians so that 'fighting in this, re gion s impossible. i?HE FRENCH ADVANCE Th' French, after a heavy bombard ment of the German positions be tween the Oise and the western end of the Argonne, and after suffering "several repulses, have "advanced their fronts at several points, particular east of Rheims, where their progress has been slow but steady. In eastern Argonne the Germans have been ad vancing. GERMANS TO EVACUATE The French again report progress in the vicinity of Flirey in the Woevre district, which is of particular import ance for should it continue they will cut the road linking St. Mihiel with Metz and may compel the Germans to evacuate St. Mihiel, which they gain ed long ago at great cost. REINFORCEMENTS TO THE WEST The Germans have sent reinforce ments to Alsace, where the French advance has threatened to cut off Muelhausen from the rest of the Ger man line, and have occupied Burn-haupt-le-Haut. "NO MAN LFVETH TO HIMSELF" Our Merchants Have Built Up By Square Dealings Our merchants are approaching the Spring trade with no misgivings. They are going to do a conservative business, of course, but at all times will be prepared to give you good value for your money. They want your money.and they want your good will and support. They want a sat isfied customer. You know that it is worth lota to have a customer go away from a store pleased with his treatment and pleased with -his pur chases, and with faith in the integrity of the merchant or clerk who sold the wares. Our merchants have built up by square dealing an envi table record. They will tell you from time to time of the fact they are appreaciating your patronage. The Public Ledger tells you so now. We appreciate the patronage you give our advertisers. In helping them you help us and we are determined to help them by making the Public Led ger carrying their advertisements, a welcome visitor to every home. So you can see how we are all depend ent one upon another, and how a de termination for mutual helpfulness can be made to bring out the best that is in us. "No man liveth to himself." Mr. Luther Davis Accepts Agency. Mr. Luther H. Davis has accepted the agency for the Royal Typewriter. The Public Ledger has one of these machines and we can recommend it. Call at the Union Bank and let Mr. Davis explain to you the merits of the "Royal." Banner Warehouse When Z. W. Mitchell tells the farm ers a thing they can rely upon him. He makes a bid elsewhere in the Pub lic Ledger for the remalnedr of the crop and it would be well for the to bacco growers to heed what he says. Granville County With a School Pop ulation of Eight-Thousand and Forty-Seven, Receives $2,495.05 The State oard of Education has apportioned $200,000 among the counties of the State, based upon scholastic population, which is 777, 267 for the State. The funds allotted to Granville amounts to $2495.05. The fund this year is something like $30 less than it was last year. The appropriation was approved by the State Board of Education at a meeting held in Raleigh, and the checks for the money will be mailed to all counties during the next week or ten days. This ' money comes from the $250,000 annually appro priated by the State to the schools in North Carolina. From this amount $7,500 for the biennial appropria tion for rural libraries, and $1,500 for teacher training has" been de ducted, leaving an amount of $241, 000 to be divided among the one hundred counties of the State ac cording to the total school popula tion. NORMAL INSTITUTES The Dates and Places of Institutes to Be Held in Granvile Will Be Announced Later Director of Farmers' Institutes T. B. Parker, of the State Department of Agriculture, has mapped out his winter campaign of Farmers' Insti tute work. Prior to holding the insituttes among the people there was a Farm ers' Normal Institute held in Raleigh this Monday and Tuesday. At this institute the various lecturers who are to go out among the people and give nistruction gathered and discuss the topics which are to be presented to the people. The Farmers'Institute work in the State has become very popular and the work lasb year was the most satr isfactory in the history of the de partment. The combined attendance of both men and women was 71,819, against 57,805 for 1913. The at tendance of women was 36,187 against 33,227, the previous year. This year especial emphasis will be laid on the diversification of crops and the growng of live stock so as to reduce the cotton acreage. The dates and places of the Insti tutes to be held in Granville will be announced in the Public Ledger later. Mrs. Anna Biggs Dead Mrs. Ann Biggs, 65 years of age, passed to her reward Saturday last and her remains were laid to rest Sunday afternoon at Mt. Zion in the presence of a large number of friends and relatives. OLD TIMES ARE BACK Old General Prosperity is Nearing His Home Port Is there a single man of your ac quaintance who is still wearing a long face and talkinig of hard times? Do you know any one who insists on howling calamity? Have you met any one recently who declares that the newspapers, the financiers and the public officers of the government are wrong in their statement that the old friend of America, General Prosperity, is near ing his home pGrt? If you find such a man lurking in some corner that he has darkened by his own -gloom and covered with cob webs by his idleness, will you oblige us by asking him these three questions?,- 1. If "times are hard," why is call money going begging in New York at 2? 2. if foreign trade "is dead," why was it that London exchange sold in New York Friday at $4.83? 3. If the "poor South" has been "ruined" by the cotton slump, how- can the reserve banks afford to redis count thirty-day commercial paper at 4y2? Powhatan on Thursday Night The performance of the Indian Opera Powhatan at the High School Auditorium on Thursday night prom ises to be the best thing of the kind ever seen here. All the principal parts are in good hands, the chorus is a splendid feature and the smaller pupils who do' a special turn, be tween acts, bring the total number up to one hundred who take part. The stage will be decorated to rep resent the forest and the director pre dicts a capital performance. Seats ! can be procured from the pupils or at Lyon's Drug Store. The admis sion is only 35c; children 25c; and there is no extra charge for reserved seats. It Is a Simple Arrangement,But Com mon Sence and Decency is Neces sary to Pass ThrougL ' t We were aware that railway trains some times try to pass each other on single tracks, but this feat has never been successfully accomplished. And we sometimes hear of entangle ments on the highways, but who among us ever thought that there are amng us those who really know not how to pass through the revolving door at the new postoffice? As strange as it may seem, nevertheless it is a truth We saw two strong men the other day, one trying to pass out to the right and the other one trying to pass out to the left, both at the same time. This reminded us of the old mathematical problem of the "irresistable force meeting an irres istable force," only that one of the men became disgusted and permitted the other one to pass through,though a little faster than he expected to. We learn that an elderly lady was thrown down in passing through the door the other day. Some one in passing out gave the door a quick whirl, which caused her to loose her balance and she stumbled and fell in the arms of a bystander. It is a simple arrangement, and if the people will use common decency and a little judgment all will be Well, but if not, .some one will get hurt. The rule of the highway is to turn to the right and the same rule applies to passing through a revolving door. In Hands of Receiver . We learn that owing to some com plication arising the Oxford Furni ture Co. has deemed it best to go in to the hands of a Receiver, with Mr. Henry Hunt, Cashier of the First Natinal Bank as Receiver. We truly hope all the differences wiir soon be adjusted and the hum of the ma chinery will be heard again. - RUSSIAN TOWNS-AND OTHERSj of Places" Some American Names Would Puzzle Petrograd Readers Inowlihow, Boalihow, Borjimow, Malaoszcz, Bokhinetz, Zakliczyn, Gor janko, Uzok. These are names of Russian towns culled from the lat est war news. They give us Ameri cans a sort of orthoepiic lockjaw. Yet what would happen to a gentle Russi an reader of the Novoe Vremya in Petrograd if theje were a war in the United States and the poor cuss had to wrestle with : Chillicothe, Oshkosh, Tuskeegee, Ossawatomie, Kalamazoo, Swannanoa, Xenia, Schochoh, Talla poosa, Sylacauga, Yamme, Wawaw, Pocomoonshine, Schenectady, Tiough- niougha, Ronkonkoma, Skaneateles, Cheektowago,, Philadelphia, Indiana polis, Cincnnati, Chicago. You may not beleive it, but all these are per fectly good American towns. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. IiOss of Cotton aiill Stock Attention is called to the notice of ex ecutors ofv the will of Rev. W. S. Hester published elsewhere in this paper. Death of Aged Man J. I. Marrow, aged about 84 died Sunday afternoon and Mr. years, the funeral and burial will take place at Marrow's Chapel this Tues day at noon, conducted by Rev. Jones. The deceased is survived by a wife, one son by his first marriage, Mr. T. T. Marrow, of Henderson, and six daughters by his last marriage. They are Mrs. N. G. Crews and Mrs. Fuller ton, of Granville, Mrs. Sorrell, of Chapel Hill, and three Misses Marrow of Vance County. Old Reliable Banking House We call your attentin to tne soli dity of the National Bank of Granville and the Oxford Savings Bank, as set forth in statements on the last page of this paper. The Next Stop , If you will think it ver you will find that ground hog day s the next stop. Scarcity of Birds While the question of going hunt ing was being discussed the other day by a couple of local sports, one of them remarked that he was unable to account for the scarcity of birds this season. President ' Hobgood, of Ox ford College, was present and set them straight. "Why,' said ; he, "don't you know that birds suffer and die. for want of moisture? Last spring was very severe on them and a great many young birds perished." i BUY A BUGGY ROBE NOW, FROM the Lyon-Winston Co. They have the largest and finest assortments First Grades Mittie Lee Blackwell, Jackrc?HiJda :;. Eisenhart'FranK Greei E.- KHoward, Mary Norman MitlL"fSam "CParham, Elizabeth ,SneHVjrgftiia Turner, Doris - Wat? kins,;na,jrlie Worsham. V . j. -Z ;:' Second -Graded Mary. Blan'd; Betsy BairdirJLucgr Taylor "Baird,'. Rcbert Bradsner,V; Joe :1Breedlove, Lizzie BlclililVirginia3 Hart, .In6z Hobr good, :- " Louise '.Jeffreys, "Elizabeth Lump inkS, JXJyod Magee," Inez White.: ThifdGradeTdni Booth, Thomas Cannafly, Cam, Easton.Minnie Munich, Cour Pence, Thomas ' R oyster, Usry, James Webb, r John Madison.' Williams, ThitfH Grade- Stuart Green, MollieJ LeavLster, Edward jMitcliell.' FourXh Grade Jefferson Brooks, Lillian ,-Fuller,'. Charlie Green," Pa ttie MayeenHarvey; Magee,- Robert Moore," Iola Meadows, Inez, Patterson, Mary .Powell; .Edwih", Shaw, Austin Spencer, Dora. Wooif, Lillian Willi- Fifth" Qrade Carolyn Booth, Sarah Covingtpn Daisy -Cooper, ' Zulene Evans, HighJEaston, Charles Easton, Effie Lee, ipMinhie." Murray, - - Earnest Mitchei,i iThelma.' t Poole, - Bernice Usry;-SaraTyWoolf,, :;: . Sixths WaeMartha Ciipp, John Perry, -all,' yhelma' Hester, Maria Nash Z Htiliard R.uth ItowardvElizai' beth Hucdiise'Sizemore, Rivesl Tay lof Tdie KeayloOliv Webb. Seventh .Gresmes Cannady, Louise Carrihv'Sam Hall. Riith ; Par- ham..:s;H"--';-.': . Eighth i-ferRobert Pfarham', Earle uht arioh;Sneea,vEmmie Cpoper Hedod!?V Ninth Grade-EUzabyth Floyd Ida WaltersllSf-----' Tenth ' GradeMuz;etleTDniel, Al- ieme cs.;.jf-. It Now V Seems that5 Many of us Will Ge one Biscuit for Break- "" fast Yhei.t is now seling at $1.45 per bushel and a lfteal grocery merchant states that he believes flour will be quoted at $10.00 a barrel within the next two weeks. We distinctly re member the days following the Civil War when the best of us only got one biscuit for breakfast during the week, and that, was on Sunday morning. What difference does it make any how? Corn bread is very wholesome. We beg the farmers of Granville to make preparations for planting a bumper crop of corn. Of course, it is too late now to talk wheat, but you can still do the wise thing by sowing spring oats and planting corn. These things are going to bring a good price, and if you have a few bushels to sell you will see a wonderful difference from having to buy a few bushels. It will simply mean the difference between profit and loss. If you depend on tobacco exclusively and have to sell that crop at a low price which we candidly ex pect to see, and then buy your hog and hominy you may just expect to see hard times hovering around your door. These are facts, but many of the very best men of Granville will not see it. BRITISH-AMERICAN TOBACCO Business Expanding Despite Losses of 750.000 Pounds Due to Effect of Conflict in Enrope (London Dispatch to Central News) At the annual meeting of the stock holders of the British-American To bacco Company, Ltd., today, the ac tions of the directors were approved and the report of the company for the year ending September 30, which showed net earnings after taxes of 2,177,022 pounds, against 2,151,836 pounds in the preceding year, and a iurplua cf 456,915 pounds, against 215,218' pounds in the previous year, was adopted unanimously. Chairman Joseph Hood was opti mistic over the prospects for the com pany, in spite of the fact that special losses consequent to war were esti mated at 750,000 pounds to meet which a new general reserve of 1,500, 000 had been established. Mr. Hoed said that thanks to the British navy there had been no inter ference with leaf tobacco from "Amer ica. With the permission of the British and German Governments he said, the company's interests in Ger many had been transferred as a right course in a difficult position. The Pessimist Do you know that you cannot frown and be a pessimist with the corners of the mouth turned up? Personal Items " About Folks and ' Their .Friends Who Travel Here 'and There. Mr. ; J. B. ETllott, of .Route 1,- was in town Saturday: -" . Misa Mary Brown spent the week end with relatives Henderson. vMr. MjlA.. Hunt, of Route 7, was on our streets Saturday. '. .. . - Mr." and-Mrs R. I. Newton of Route &, were in Oxford Saturday.'.. ,Dr.J. A, Morris, of Wilton was in fown Saturday. . :':'. ' Dr. J. Fl Sanderford, of Creedpioor was an Oxford" Visitor Saturday. Mr.' Cam Burnett, of Route 5," was in-town Saturday. . ' - ; "Mr. H.tM. Lanier, of the Road, was inOxford Siturday Mr. W4U 'Dixohof Routed was In' Oxford Saturday. 1 ;-. L Mr. C A- Hicks, of Rpute 3, was in town Saturday,; .-' .- ; .k' "-i.Mr.. St T. . Dickerson, of.. Route. 3j, wasv in Oxfor4 Saturday. ' ' mV. Charley Gdrdo of Route" 2, was on our streets Saturday; Mr. Efd Dickerson," of Route 3, was In '"town Saturday. ". v1.. - far.. Wiir Currin, of Tar Rivep, was oh the tobacco- market Monday. - Mr.-Wj L. Umstea.d,4 of- Knap of Reeds, was an Oxford .visitor Monday. ,Mr. Al: Daniel, of Henderson, was in Oxford Monday.' ' ; t . After a twQ ; weeks stay 'with par- ents, :Mrs. W." M. 'Pugh - returned - to Greenville Saturday.',; . ' Mrs. Alice Gooch. and Mr. Joe Gooch have returned from a visit to friends near Benehan. t ::"V 'V: r'r ; Mr., W. -A.Erwinj the great r. mill man of Durham, was an Oxford 'Visit or Saturday. ' ; ' - . . .-S': Mr. ChayHaskins, of Stem eec- tion,vwas in town Monday .selling to bacco. ' 'rv.c :"--' : "-. -:;' Miss Blanch Adcock and little sister were pleasant visitors to the Public Ledger office ISaturday. v.: I Mr.2Nat Brummitt 6f-5ray..Rock, was among. thVQxfordirisitors Saturn day ' f;;,? r,fj4lGijl(dan, of Route 2, has returned from a pleasant - irip to. friends in South ' Carolina. - - ' . Col. and Mrs. S. W." Minor, of Dur ham, spent the week end with Mrs. Julia Minor in Oxford. Mr. T. E. Bobbitt, of Fishing Creek township, was on our streets Satur day. Mr. and Mrs. B. Y. Hunt and Mr. D. Y. Hunt, of Route 3, were in town Saturday. Dr. A. P. Tyer This able and beloved divine is on a visit to his sister at Nashville, Tenn md s having a delightful visit. It is jrobable he will return thi3 week. Mrs. John Hunt The good lady has moved into the Sam Hobgood dwelling house on Col lege street, and is now better prepar ed to accommdate her boarders. - Is Able to Be Out Mrs. T. L. Cannady, who has been numbered with the sick for some time, we are glad to see is able to be out again. , Missionary Sermon Rev. Braxton Craig, of Monroe, fill ed the pulpit at the Oxford Baptist church last Sunday, talking in the in terest of the Judson Memorial Fund. There being no services at either the Presbyterian or Methodist churches, there was a large congregation pres ent. Coming Back Home Mr. Benjamin W. Parham, who has been practicing law at Thomasvillr for five years will return to Oxford on the 18 th and occupy the office room in the Mitchell Building just racated by Mr. J. C. Howard. Owen Warehouse We bespeak for Capt- W. H. Flem ing, the genial proprietor of the Owen Warehouse, his share of the balance of the crop. Elsewhere in this paper he asks the farmers to bring the re mainedr of the crop to the Owen Warehuse and get all that is coming to 'them in the way of high averages. HAVE YOU PAJD YOUR TAXES. Your State and County Taxes were due October 5, 1914. 1915 is here and your unpaid taxes is a liability on me. Besides I am called upon daily for money to satisfy the State school, County and Road Funds, with noth ing in hand to pay over. It is a busi ness proposition now. They have the law to force me. After this you will be called upon personally unless you eall at offlee and settle. Be ready. The law forces me to eolleet and the expense too great to make more than one trip. If you haven't paid your taxes this notice is for you. S, C. HOBGOOD, Sheriff. Both of the Granville Men Stand Four Square for Prohibition and all that it Implies. ' Senator Titus Currin and Repre sentative D. G. Brummitt arrived in Oxford Saturday and spent Sunday with their, families. Both of the Granville men were assigned to im portant committees and their time will be very closely taken up during the entire session. . Both of them stand fiat footed for prohibition, but they declined to be interviewed at this time on the proposed Equal Suf fragettes bin. , . -; . . . His many friends' will be glad to learn that Capt. E. J. Jenkins-, of Granville,' was named Assistant Ser geant-of-Arms of -$he. House? j. - -' . The Senate and House was organi zed with the following clerical force j . . Principal Clerk R. O.- Self -Jias wih. him J. -J. Mackey,' of Raleigh, as Jour- nal clerk; H: Mj iiurras, of Martin , cuhty,. as calendar clerk; John' Wall, of Mecklenburg county ,as assistant calendar clerk; -R. T.. Wade, of More head as pay clerk Miss . Mary Ay cock, daughter of the lamented Gov ernor Aycock; as Btpnographer to the principal elerk. ; " r - ; Principal Clerk T: Q. C6bhc,of the. house, has with hihj Alexander. Lasr siter, of. Bertie county, veteranand 9xpert;in t.he'wprk, as Journal clerk; W. S. Page of Ireclell bounty," as cal endar clerk; W. -A. Bobbitt, Of Itms ton, as'pay clerk;-J. M.. Edwards; of Alleghstny; "F. ; M. 'Hodd, of Selma," and Thpmas'.Moore, of Jackson coun- " XV, -as -assistant "journal clerks; Roy tie, cterk and cqpyist. It is probable .that .during, the-present week questions will "come before the legislature that will attract at tention ' because f their nature. Among some matters which are ex pected to be brought forward are a ae-wideprimAry-bill, child labor hill, taxation' ;etc. - '; a- : - Few bills .have been introduced up to this .time that ar of great impor- tance, the first week; or 10. days of the general assembly being consumed' principally with organization and other routine matters. ' . A Good Year This should be a good year for .Ox ford. Help the cause along by work ing, planning, hoping .nd boosting. For the town's sake don't knock, don't pull back. Hog Cholera We learn that Cholera is still pre valent in Granville and should be stamped out as quick as possible. Mr. G. C. Daniel has had quite a num ber of hogs to die during the past two weeks. Office Repainted Dr. B. K. Hays has had his office o.n College street repainted a dark color. A New Awning Kaplon & Co. have put up a new awning in front of their store, at the head of Main street. y Rev. S. K. Phillips Sick We are sorry to learn that Rev. S. K. Phillips Is confined to his home with a deep cold, and hope he will be out soon. Sale of Real Estate We call attention to the sale of Philpott land, advertised elsewhere in this paper, W. L. Taylor, Trustee. Executor's Notice We call attention elsewhere in this paper to the notice of S. V. Morton, executor of the will of Benjamin P. Thorp. Oxford College President Hobgood, of Oxford Col lege, says that all the boarding stu dents except five have returned Fince the holidays, and that . he is expect ing this week more than enough rn:w students to make good the loss- This is a most encouraging report. Minor Ware rouse We call attention to the card of Z. W. Lyon & Co. elsewhere in the Pub lic Ledger. Their sales last Friday averaged 15 cents and you can rert assured that you will get the cream of the market at all times with the Z. W. Lyon Co. The Bank of Stem We call attetnion to the splendid showing of the Bank of Stem, as shown in statement published else where in this paper. PAY YOUR TAXES. IF YOU HAVE not paid yur taxes see Sheriff! notice on this page. H..E. Eckard, Catawba, f te&orapher; S' '?i Mrs. T. A:Gri'ff in, oCClaytoh; steno'g-'Tu J 'V' rapher, "and- Pernon Lassiter, of Ber- ? i '-"P ':'T 'Aft 5 - 1 i - ' r. r ) . y 4