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PUBLIC L.ED G E R WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1015 PAGE TWO PUBUCLEDGER AND OXFORPBANNER Entered as second-class matter at Ox ford postoffice Published Semi-Weekly by DAN A . COBLE Editor and Manager. Price of Subscription One Year $1.50 Six Months . -7 Thmvi Months .50 ADVERTISING RATES One Page 1 time 18.00 Half page 1 time ....;...... 10.00 Quarter page 1 time 5.00 One Column 1 time 3.00 Half Column 1 time. . 1.50 Quarter Column 1 time. . . . 1.00 Ten and twelve per cent discount on longer contracts. Reading notices 1 cent a word each insertion Cash must accompany ad. unless parties have account with us. All communications, checks, and money orders should be made payable and addressed to the Public Ledger. THE FAMILY GARDEN It is well to remind our farmer friends at this particular time that the garden spot should have addition al care from them. As a general proposition the men consent to plow and manure the garden after consid erable begging, then the care of it falls to the women and children. If the vegetables are extra fine the men folks are ready to step in a.nd claim all the honor. Gentlemen, this is not a square deal. If you will take time to carefully consider the proposition of the family living that comes from the garden spot, you will realize that it is a man's job and that it deserves considerably more attention than you have heretofore bestowed upon it. A clerk in town may hustle out into the garden a few minutes ' before breakfast for exercise, but when day light overtakes the farmer he is in the field. We confess that we know very little about farming, and our advice .to the farmers along this line should always be taken with a grain of salt, but we do insist that not only can the garden be made much more profitable-, and help out' the family ration by increasing, it and also by balancing it somewhat better, but it can be made a', means ' of considerable supplement to the income . 'received from the principle farm industries We notice that there is quite a list of vegetables that can be grown in prac tically any garden in Granville, yet very many gardens are limited to a comparatively small number of vege tables, a few other included rather incidentally. In planting winter vegetables, as well as those used di rect from the garden in summer, should be kept in mind. These in elude not only such as dry navy, kid ney, and lima beans, but also lettuce, kale, spinach,cabbage, celery, carrots, turnips, and the like,. YOUNGEST SPEAKER The statement has been made that Mr. Wooten is the youngest Speaker on record. The facts will not sustain that claim, says the Charlotte Obser ver. Mr. Jos. W. Holden was the youngest presiding officer the House of the North Carolina Legislature has known. He served when he was 22 years old. Speaker Charles Price and Speaker R. A. Poughton, were also invested with the honor when they were younger men than Mr. Wootea. THE STATE PRISON The directors of the State's prison have held their regular monthly meeting and Chairman Varner, of the Board, makes the statement with special gratification . that the . entire cotton crop on the State farm has been gathered in, making a total crop of over 1,000 bales. He de clares reports that had been circulat ed that something like 300 acres of the cotton crop had been allowed to go to waste as unpicked to be entire ly false. The affairs of the prison, the directors say, are in fine shape. PECANS PROFITABLE The Kinston Free Press says that pecan raising now promises to be come a very important industry in Eastern Carolina before many years. In Lenoir county alone many thous and trees have beeu sold this year, and in some places the farmers are planting acres of them. On George N. Jves' . model fruit farm at New port are ahumber of trees from 10 to 2.0. years old, which have this season produced 600 pounds of nuts, retailing at 25 and 35 cents. If , the erop had been bigger he could have : sold every pecan produced. Ives sold 7 0". pounds in one order to "a Kinston man. He believes, contrary to what might have been expected, that the trees which sprung from seedlings bore a better quality of nut than the grafted trees, J SOMETHING ABOUT TO HAPPEN. Things are going to begin to hap pen in the Legislature in a few days. and the prohibitionists will start them off with a convention, of the State Anti-Saloon League: The bill by which the shipment of liquor into North Carolina will be made unlaw ful has been framed, and the main points of it have been printed m the Public Ledger. The advocates of the measure will submit to "no amend ments, unless possibly some amend ment might be devised by which the bill could be tightened, and it is go ing to be a direct question of "yes" or "no" with the Legislature. At the same time, there is going to be a flank movement by the woman suff rage advocates, and this matter will be put up in such a way that it can not be laughted off. President Wil son has recommended that such movements be prosecuted in the sep arate States, and the North Carolina suffragists are going to make a dent in the present Legislature, if they do not knock a hole in it. PERSONAL AND REAL PROPERTY In his message to the General As sembly Governor Craig gives his views on revenue and. taxation as follows: ' ' REVENUE AND TAXATION The revenue for the last two years has met all the obligations of the State. There is a small balance in the treasury above all demands. This fact must be gratifying to this Gen eral Assembly, and to all the people, for ft is the first time in many years that this condition has .existed. Our revenue system, however, is far from satisfactory. The problem of taxa tion is always difficult and vital. The Government must be economically ad ministered. No extravagance has ex isted in this State, and ..none should be tolerated, but we must provide revenue for all appropriations and necessary expenses. With the State as with the individual, the element ary rule of business is to live within your means. North Carolina has am ple resources with which to meet all her obligations. Within the last de cade the value of all real property has enormously increased, and per sonal wealth has been multiplied. .. We. cannot repudiate the obliga tions of Christian civilization. Now that the land is yielding bonuntif ul harvests, nOw that the stagnant town of the last generation have grown in to cities of increasing wealth, now that industry is triumphant, now that destiny is unfolding to us in grander revelation -shall we in this day of our strength not fulfill the duties of a progressive State? We must sup port Our. institutions of learning to increasing usefulness. We should listen to the appeal 'of the Confeder ate 1 soldier, and to those stricken in mind and body. We must provide for the improvement of our rural communities and for aggressive work for the prevention of disease and for the conservation of health. In this new century, when Southern ideals have been restored . to the Union, when Southern statesmen have come again to place of power, when the future beckons to renewed effort and life.. Forward is the order. PROPERTY NOT ASSESSED The fault with our fiscal system is that we do not assess our property for taxation. Real estate, and espe cially unimproved real estate, and real estate; held for speculation, have been greatly undervalued, and most of the personal; property has not been listed at all. It should be un derstood that the quadrennial asses- ment will be for the purpose of lower ingthe rate of taxation, and with the determination of securing a more equitable and a more complete listing of taxable property. . A graduated tax on inheritances should be in creased and it should be collected. Our citizen's do not refuse to re turn their property for taxation be cause they desire to take advantage of others, ; but for the reason that they do not desire that other men and other communities shall take ad vantage of them and of their com munities. The property has not been equally assessed for taxation, and fort his reason men are actuat- 3d by a purpose to undervalue prop- orty, and to refuse to list their sol vent credits. They would be willins to submit to a square deal, but de sire . . to protect themselves against inequity. PERSONAL PROPERTY . The personal property of the averT ige man cannot be concealed. The securities of the wealthy can be con cealed: The average citizen pays his tax; the wealthy often escape. The Tax Commission should : be clothed with plenary powers to enforce the ind to enforce the uniform and just valuation of all property. Every cit izen should bear the burdens of Gov ernment in proportion to his ability. This policy should be carried out with unalterable determination. On a subject related to the finan ces, 1 recommend that the .General Assembly require the State Treasurer to give as his surety for the faithful discharge of the duties of his office a bond executed by one or more sure ty companies, and that this bond be paid for by the State; that the Treas urer be allowed to put out at interest all available moneys in h'is hands. This would yield to the State an in come of many thousands of dollars a year. xiEAD TAX NOTICE. READ AND heed Sheriff' Tax notie on this page. EUROPEAN IM1 SHAT TERS KING C0T10IIS FLEECY STAPLE MUST PAY RAN SOM INTO THE COFFERS OF WAR. - Nation Rings With Cries of Stricken Industry. By Peter Radford Lecturer National : Farmers' Union. King Cotton has suffered more from the European war than any other ag ricultural product on the American continent. The shells of the belliger ents have burste&i-xveE--his throne, frightening his subjects and sliaTEler ing his markets, and, panic-stricken, the nation cries out "Qod save - the king!" vr .-. People from every walk of TO have contributed their mite towardTrescue work. Society has danced before the king; milady has decreed that the family wardrobe shall contain only cotton goods; the press has plead with the public to "buy tf- bale"; bankers have .'been formulating hold ing plans; congress and1 legislative bodies have deliberated over relief measures; statesmen and writers have grown eloquent expounding the Inalienable rights of "His Majesty" and presenting schemes foif preserv ing the financial integrity of the stricken staple, but the sword of Eu rope has proved mightier than the pen of America in fixing value upon this product of the sunny southT Prices have been bayoneted, values riddled and markets decimated by the battling hosts of the eastern hemisphere until the American farmer nas suffered a war loss of $400,000,000, and a bale of cotton brave enough to enter a European port must pay a ransom of half its value or go to prison until the war is over. Hope of the Future Lies In Co-opera tlon. The Farmers' Union, through the columns of the press, wants to thank the American people for the friend ship, sympathy and assistance given the cotton farmers in the hour of dis tress and to direct attention to co operative methods necessary to per manently assist the marketing of ail farm products. The present emergency presents as grave a situation as ever confronted the American farmer and from the viewpoint of the producer, would seem to justify extraordinary relief meas ures, even to the point of bending the constitution and straining business rules in order to VSL;g!!ilcm ofthe burden off the backs hf ,e farirrer, for unless something is depe to check tne invasion or tne war forces . upon the cotton fields, ; the pathway of the European pestilence on this continent will be strewn with mortgaged homes and famine and poverty will stalk over the southland, filling the highways of industry with refugees and the bank ruptcy court with prisoners. All calamities teach us lessons and the present crisis serves to illuminate the frailties of our marketing meth ods and the weakness of our credit system, and out of the financial an guish and travail of the cotton farmer will come a volume of discussion and a mass of suggestions and finally a solution of this, the biggest problem in the economic life of America, if, indeed, we have not already laid the foundation for at least temporary re lief. -More Pharaohs Needed In Agriculture. Farm products have no credit and perhaps can never have on a perma nent and satisfactory basis unless we build warehouses, cold storage plants, elevators, etc., for without storage and credit facilities, the south is com pelled to dump its crop on the market at harvest time. The Farmers' Onions in the cotton producing states have for the past ten years persistently ad vocated the construction of storage facilities. We have built during this period 2,000 warehouses with a ca pacity of approximately 4,000,000 bales and looking backward the results would seem encouraging, but looking forward, we are able to house less than one-third of the crop and ware houses without a . credit system lose 90 per cent of their usefulness. The problem is a gigantic one too great for the farmer to solve unaided. He must have tjae assistance of the bank er, the merchant and the government. In production we have reached the high water mark of perfection in the world's history, but our marketing methods are most primitive. In the dawn of history we find agriculture plowing with a forked stick but with a system of warehouses under govern mental supervision that made the Egyptians the marvel of civilization, for who has not admired the vision of Joseph and applauded the wisdom of Pharaoh for storing the surwus until demanded by the consumer hut in this age we nave too many Josephs who dream and not enough Pharaohs who build. At Oxford every Fourth Tuesday to Facii Mcntli at Fxclianoe Hotel. THRO E ' of PICNIC TWIST." In every convenient twist of PICNIC you'll find the true tobacco uplift without the letdown that comes from dark, heavy, rank tobacco. PICNIC TWIST is a light colored, soft, twist of the mild, mellow parts of the leaf. Men accustomed to "strong" tobacco will be surprised how much they can chew of this mellow twist with its sweet, lasting taste. 1 1T "F iMC MIS CHEWING The Thinkers of the Country Are the Tobacco Chewers" It comes, also, in economical, freshness-preserving drums of 11 twists for 50c. BAD TEETH AND CRIME Defective physical development has been almost certainly proved to be the primary cause of much antisocial conduct, particularly of boys, and girls also. Back of that, apparently, is deficient and poor food. Misde meanors and crimes are being traced back to a material basis. The delin quents are not able to act normally. Psychologists have found that arrest ed or delayed mental development is almost the rule among youthful crim inals. Of course, some may have been taught to be bad, but the large number of splendid citizens who were raised, in the slums shows that we have vastly overestimated the envir onments moral effect upon the healthy. One of the main effects of bad de velopment, bad nutrition and infec tion in childhood is the defective na ture of the materials in the teeth. They are practically never good in such unfortunates, and, of course, they increase the damage by interfer ing with mastications and by constant poisoning from the numerous pus foci they harbor. One of the most satisfactory parts of school hygiene is the attention given to the teeth, and now we learn that such good re sults have obtained in young delin quents as to have created the opinion that defective dentition is in reality the main cause of their immorality. 1 Ths is going a bit too far, but no harm can result if any reformer does think so, for it will" diretc attention to the ultimate cause and perhaps lead to prevention of some of it, though we do not know where we are to get the money or food to nourish the great mass of babies of the sub merged tenth. Sad as it seems.some must go hungry, become physical de fectives and drift to the reformatori es, to be patcnea up as tar as our means permit. American Medicine. THE LAME . DUCK'S ROOST The foreign affairs committe of the house Thursday pulled most of the tail feathers from the "Lame Ducks'c Roost," known to the treas ury department on pay day as the in ternational Joint commission. The committee cut the annual appropria tion for the "Roost" from $100,000 o $65,000.' It went further and ut the $10 per diem "in lieu of sub sistence" to $5 a day and ordered the disbursing officer to pay none of this amount to the commissioners except "The Thinkers of the Country Are the Tobacco Chewers" said one of the greatest thinkers this country ever produced. Says the Pilot: "Nosing. a big stern wheeler I ;i along a muddy river with sand- Jyw' bars reaching up to grab her that's when you need real steadi ness. When there's nothing but your judgment between your boat and a shoal, take a chew TOBACCO JfjzitfesSaeco Car. when they are traveling for the gov ernment outside of Washington. It is a cruel blow to the members of the "Roost." One of the commissioners, ex Governor Glenn and the secretary, Whitehead Kluttz, are from North Carolina. There is talk of cutting the salaries of the commissioners from $7,500 to $5,000 and that of the secretary in half. Sena or Overman will be appealed to, to save the commission from poverty. He will be urged to re store the $35,000 lopped off and to raise the per diem back to $10. mmii LAWS) FOR SALE We have for sale about four hundred acres of high c 'ass farm land, located near Oxford. Soil adapted to general crops. Will cut into tracts of one hund red acres and will sell on resonabfe terms. If in terested call at our office for full particulars. GRANVILLE REAL ESTATE & TRUST COMPANY. A. H. POWELL President. REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE. First National Bank Building. Telephone No. 88 A Sewing Machine be cleaned at least once a ye2r. Now is the time to put your machine in readiness for Spnrg sewiijg. We clean and repair sewing machines of all makes for little money. You are told the cost before the work is begun. All work guaranteed. Machines called for and delivered. Phone 162-B or Call to See lis. SINGER SEWING MACHINE COMPANY W . T. MURRAY, Local Salesman Office in store occupied by Mr. H. J. Council 1 WILSON .WILL BE THE MAN Speaker Clark, in an interview with the Washington correspondent of the St. Louis Republic, reiterated his de claration of a few months ago that President Wilson will be renominated by the Democrats in 1916 if his ad ministration "makes good," and, if it doesn't make good, the nomination will not be worth having. The Speak er was led to repeat his programme by the publication of a syndicate ar ticle by John Temple Graves, of the Hearst newspapers, declaring that ! President Wilson is sick of public life and may support the Speaker for the presidential nomination in 1916. tp give the best ? service, shoutd
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