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111 miuiiiftft PUBLISH ED TWlCE-AVEEIljVnD.-UAVs AM) SA TU KDAYS. w-i-rnw --r-x -v-r rx tit rnTSVTl"riiy 'i':. ' . - . . VOLUME xSr. OXFORD. N C. WEDNliBD AY, FEBRUARY J 7. 1915. NO. 18 senator cunmrrs dill ENDORSED BY THE DEMOCRATIC MASS MEETING ACOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS GATHERED FROM THE TOWN AND COUNTY I lit. SIIUAI lUi J ftUI-Lt AlU n cnm routes ttfeiir 'CURTAIL RQUTES IN jTHIS STATE ONE-HALF PERSONALLY - MENTIONED SOME YOU KNOW AND SOME YOU MISS CLEMENT WINS SUIT JURY AWTARDS HER $5,000 FOR DAMAGES SUSTAINED THE FARMERS WANT A M08 TO LEAD THEM DO NOT KNOW Some Strong Speeches Were Made for Happenings That are of Interest to the Many Readers Of the Public Ledger. Organize and Cut Down the Individ n ;-17;-uistanees -..Burleson Cuts rersonai items ivoout xhks and Their Friends Who Travel Here She Wras Hurt at Dickerson Station Last Year The Case Attracts Con siderable Interest. and Against the Measure Lawyers Talked and Farmers Voted al Acreage and Bend Every Energy ; Iaily;Route to Thrice a Week; to Produce Tobacco of Quality r ; Others are Abolished. and There. v. - Senator Currin's bill to repeal the present crop lien system was over whelmingly endorsed by the demo cratic Mass Meeting held in the Court House Saturday. By an act ual count there were three hundred The chief item of concern " to the Granville county farmer is the tobac co crop. For several years he has reaped profits from tobacco culture by reason of the fact that weather conditions were good and he sent tp the market a crop bright in color and rich in leaf texture. Last year, how-: ever, he met with weather conditions. in the growth and curing of his crop, Earning Their Wages The school teachers of Granville county are earning their salary. The Gifted Soprano . The date of the appearance at the Orpheum Theatre of the gifted young and ten people present when the vote American soprano. Miss Belle Gotts- was taken, 152 voting for the raeas- ctialk, wil1 D announced later, ure and thirty-five voting for the Forty-Five Join Church present law to stand. Senator Cur- As a result of the recent revival - 4 I -I J. J. A 9 . A 1 - a I , rin sat in the bar of the Court room rerviceh aL lue impusi cnurcn iorty- that in a large measure destroyed and heard his bill assailed by threelnve youn& People joined the church both color and quality and resulting lawyers and one farmer and he had ana were. baptised Sunday morning hn unsatisfactory sales. This is true the satisfaction, of hearing nine farm- b3r ur- LirmpKin. uf eighty-five per cent of the farmers ers praise it in open debate upon the January lobacco Sales of Granville who grew tobacco last floor. - vve see from the tobacco sales year. The land owner mada no mon- made in the State during the month of January that Oxford ranked as the fourth market selling 1,289,342 pounds. Creedmoor sold 241,499 pounds of tobacco. - Drag the Roads Now is the time for the overseers MINUTES OF THE MEETING -. ti. F. Hester was called to the chair and he presided over the meet ing with a steady hand while Charles R. Gordon jotted down the minutes. " Upon throwing the meeting open. B. K. Lasslter was the first to address to drae the roads and fill nn th riDn the chair. Mr. Lassiter said that he hoies made during the long wet spell wished to set history straight; that Gf weather. Get busy Mr. Overseer, there was nothing "cut and dried" as the drae will save the roads iust in the recent meeting of the Granville at this time of the yea- County Executive Committee of n! Thani-c .Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Perkinson de- ey and the tenant has come out in debt. It is now up to both to get even on the coming crop. How will they do it? Grow less to bacco, and better tobacco. In doing this let there be a general unity of ' action among the tobacco growers all ovei Granville county. II is a great. economic Question Postmaster General Burleson is! Mtj H. R. Daniel, of Route 3, was the; most unpopular man in North 1 111 Oxford Monday. Mrs. W. B. Glenn, of Henderson, is visiting relatives in Oxford. Mr. C. H. Cneatnaiu, of Route 3 was in Oxford Saturday. Mr. Stephen Daniel, of Tar River, was in Oxford Saturday. - Mr. N. G. Crews, of Dabney, was in town Saturday. Mr. Carl Piper, of Route 6, was in he -routes are now operated six Oxford Saturday. times a wee they will be cut to Mr. Zack Allen, of Providence, was iuiee times a week and In other in- an Oxford visitor Saturdav. 4U4 , aroima today. He has just issued an order which will practically an- iiui4ie me rural delivery service throughout-the country and make it I almost impossible for people living j in the sparcely. settled districts to have additional routes established. VMS 1 e order will curtail the rural routes in North. Carolina almost 50 jer cent. . In many Instances where good. VWhen Burleson's order accidentally. reached members of Congress Satur day there was an indignation meeting among the North Carolina and other state delegations. ; They say that if iturleson isVallqwed to have his way Frank West, of Route 4, was a town visitor Saturday. Mr. George Cannady, of Dunn, was on our streets Saturday. Mr. T. V. Bobbitt, of Route 3 was in town Saturday. Mr. J. F. Hobgood. of Providence. bout the only means the average was in Oxford Saturday. riuzfen living in the country will have I w -a - ii sires to thank through the . public "4l""3"1 CSIJ' luuacew Ledger the manv friends and neieh- ruaur- ine mumper or acres culti- bors for the sympathy and kindness vatod last year and have him sign a shown them during the sickness and which he Is chairman. Before tak ing his seat Mr. Lassiter declared that he was in favor of Mr. Curirn's bill or some measure that would im prove our methods. E. C. Harris followed Mr. Lassiter, death of their dear little danirhtr . .Mi in ms opinion me uurirn Miss Jjizzie Goocn Goeg Nortn Kill mn V.rt 1 i A? j.1 I wao iuC Ci, ui lumg ior me Miss Lizzie Goocn will leaVe for pOOr man. Raltimnro Thil a lolnliJo aH Monr Morris advocated the passage York TWsriav mnmin? tn .ti,rfv th. of the measure; he stated that it was advaneed Rlvles of miliir.rv Aftr agamst me nueresi or tne poor man a brief stay in the north she will re tu yermn it. io longer remain on tne turn to Albemarle for the season. siaiue dooks; tnat the supply man Pi-oeression " r " ai 11 1UW poct .oecause We have noticed that it Is the cus ue n io sen u everyoody; tnat the tom in Oxford for, the men who buy 1915 crop under this policy would be wop uen ooes not Denent tne poor a- w J , k ti,lone Hrh in mlnr nn,i x J -"v nUUU UJ- t-uc r- .v .u!!, laniiui Py I Rtilr in snv. that whan . fhav ra elnlr I Tt k u - j . ' : ' . thirtv nr cant whan Ma fow, 7" -- j " , xV aD uwu ag8BSiea XUtLX V " ""Itney send for the "doctor". Those the tobacco growers want a MosAfn who buy flour by the sack and wood lead them out of' the wilderneci of One of two things should be done to : f getting his mail will be by private combat the situation and bring about i-1 owned airship lines or hot foot it tv the. nearest postoffice. . ,The only reason any one can give for thet postmaster genefal's order is that he wants to make good his de claration that he would make the sure relief. the acreage. First the reduction of Hold a .meeting " and paper to the effect that he.will de- ?ostoflK;e department self-sustaining:. crease his acreage thirty per cent and 'So far Mr, Burleson has made a mis the troubles of theitobacco gfowesr ferfleLaW will be partially solved. By this 1Ine it ls ciaimed.There is already! plan the tobacco land and labor will a 'ieQGit of some dozen or so millions be conserved. ; or idouars and the : ehd ; is not yet. A thirty per cent reduction in the He n?w :DrPses t0 Inconvenience individual crop acreage will be suffl- f:0"1109 f .good American citizens cient to frighten the four arms of.the "nout the countiT by depriving so-called tobacco trust. A better lm f -their dailyrE?wsPaPers and crop-will be produced, ' in. fact, the Mr. David Crews, of Tar River, was a town visitor Saturday. Mr. J. A. Davis, of Route 3, was among the farmers in town Saturday. Mr. Joe Baird is in Louisville, Ky.f on busines- ' Messrs. L. F. and Ben Currin, of Route 1, were town visitors Saturday. Mr. Graham Smith, of Tar River, was in town Saturday. s r Mr. Lee Hobgood, of Route 1, was in Oxford Saturday. . Mr. Len Knott, of Enon, was a town visitor Saturday. The Misses Adcock, of Route 5, were Oxford visitors Saturday, The case of Miss Annie J. Clement vs. the Seaboard Air Line Railway, heard in the Granville County Super ior Court, came to a close Saturday night, the jury awarding the plaintiff $5000 damages. It was a hard fought battle. Gen. B. S. Royster and Hicks & Stem ap peared for the plaintiff. Judge Gra ham, and Murray Allen appeared for the defendant. The council on both sides handled ihe case with credit to the and the Judge's charge covering the egal points at issue were covered In an admirable manner. Owing to the prominence of Miss Clement , the case attracted consider able interest. She sued the Sea board for damages " sustained at Dickerson station. Farm Work Delayed Farmers in Granville have done little farm work this winter on ac count of the wet weather all through December, January and the first part of this month. During that time Lhere were very few days that it did uotrain. With a. few days of dry weather the farmers will get busy turning the soil preparatory to pitch ing their crops. Unloading Sale Kaplon & Company, the new tor i next door to the National Bank of Granville, announce elsewhere in thi3 paper a ten days sale, starting Wed- pays five per cent upon an average; that It makes an unthrifty farmer be ; cause he cannot pay his accounts. .tlatthe measure could be carried in .. .Gran Vllle, Yance, Warren and other '- counties in this section of the State. by the load send for a wbeiHtaken-siek other, mail In ; order that ; he., make a good financial ; stbTring ta-Congress in town Saturday. when hie hands sirv ..annual report next Deeeinher. f- . Z : mijlsijcki i that the 'latne gt:ck;:rdcjjandlU ivtfr two tizcless ents-of t' r- ?rm"-it are iyways wiu Drr Hays; , our excellent Health J gy to prdduoJT tobacif ualityiIt xaa. Jit a. - - r L j 1 ' . . ... l -i tr- - - - . T omcer, win visit me principal cities lean not be done by ovopping. A4 and towns of th StatA at afi parlvMonlr nf Knrn -i.? : :V James W. Horner argued that the date" to inveSti.ate ntaVn WZZ JZCZ nasaaee of thA Cnrrln hill will H .----, w uu.u..w ,ftUtf ie iwo ruin- 4 V, I iuav u VUM UUb piOyUSlllOUS xia.xxu l vkt nunc ycuyic lllitu I of fhft t wnrV will , ho nnoWto it would to the negro; that the negro by tne distinguished Health Physici- has the happy faculty of getting an of Granville. along somehow or other; that the 0up Healtn PhysIcian real milk In the cocoanut was the At. thoir nbr mnnthiv ti question of labor. 1oct TV v, J. I. Gordon registered his protest LprtA, nr H9Vs tn sarvo aB ,1Mnh against the passage of the bill. He nffi,or nf nvfnr,i WILL. EXECUTE THE LAW Chief W'illiford Has His Weather Eye On You The various city ordinances con eerning tnrowing trash upon and utes is viewedy all as being "penny .wise was in town Saturday. nesday morninig, February 17 at nine Mr. Lee Veasejr, of Lyon section, 'clock and ending Saturday night, was in Oxford Saturday; reuruary-, tn. This is to be a Mr. J. T. Daniel, of Route 1. was bWeeoinS unloading sale that involves irday every amcie and every garment in J- ' I 11 1 -ww m : Mr. J." R. Daniel, of Berea, was inj aPlon store. The quality Oxfprd Saturday. . and the price of the goods are set v Mr -L G: Breedlove. of Route 5. -Iiorin m tne advertising elsewhere. was in town- Saturdav. Mrs; Luther f Infant 2lf0wW1owniiWoT Sat"ffrdaV-1 :The ; iniimt daughter bf Mr. and Leroy Crews, of Tar; River, l " rermnson aieo Saturday a:ppun4l-'fopllsh." We believe that at the home of her parents on Rectory MieWs a wornxne. a a ireet, louowmg an attack of miniel- MfJJr4er,Uttwed.to stand WoTtham" have Just - returned from a tls ' -Tne dear little irl had been rtiR lmV tendency Mse the delightful visit ta friends in Norfolk. crIticallJ: 111 for several days, and ititu m tue wisuom or tne adimms- Mr. Nat Brummitt, of Gray Rock wn"e ner "re nad been despaired of tration at Washington. : stinn w9 nn nvfnH m 1 loving ones who watched beside her dav. ' ' SWINDLERS IN THE COUNTRY Mr w t. -n , joined the crowd of farmers in Ox- declared that its passage would hurt his duties as County Physician and Pitting on the sidewalks are going! the white man more than it would the colored man. Senator Hicks was called for and in a vigorous speech he said that he would always be found in full sympa thy for the poor man. He stated Health officer. Dr. Hays was pres- to De rigidly enforced by the police ent at the meeting and addressed the authorities from the present time on Board on health measures. and any careless and unthoughtful Mr. Hobgood Gets a Raise person who has been in the habit of We are glad that the Town Com- expectorating here and there, when- lever the fancv struck him. is in tnn that he was opposed to the repeal of ihgkir WQV a!t1. tn iTW1.OQOO iha ooio ger of beinfr escorted to nolice hH- :the present lien system because it tT xtk Quarters hv Chif wiiiifnrH rnra would work a hardship on the poor I " - -x - Ihnvo hoon franimni o5ii I 11 t;tjt gang, iiuiu $ov iu u per umu j num man. M. F. Adcock .and P. W. Knott took the floor in favor of repealing the crop lien law Representative Brummitt was call . ed upon to give his views onVthe question. He stated that he would not give an expression unless he was permitted to talk longer than the al lotted five minutes. In a neat speech of ten minutes he argued the meas ure from a legal standpoint. He stated that the big land holders like Senator Currin could take care of - themselves, but that it was the inter ests of the under dog that should have protection. Mr. Brummitt thought it would be the best thing to submit the question of a repeal to the primary next year. Judge Graham said that this was a serious question and needed careful consideration. He stated that it was the interests of the common laborer, . the white man and the negro that was involved. He stated that he does not represent any supply house in Oxford, but that he was opposed to the repeal of either the crop lien law or , homestead law. J. L. Peed, County Commissioner, stated that he wished to correct an error. He stated that when the Board of Commisisoners recently sat with the County Executive Committee in a body the Board did not go on records for or against the passage of the Currin bill. The motion of W. S. Howell to submit the question to a vote of the people at the 1916 primaries was de feated by an overwhelming majority. SENATOR CURRIN'S VIEWS Immediately after the adjourn ment of the meeting we. asked Sena tor Currin if he intended to work for the passage of his measure, fie re plied that he was reasonably, sure that people of Granville and some of the counties in tHis part of tp.e State month. Mr. Hobgood is an industri- some public spirited ladies of the ous man, and if he is given the ma- town, and the mayor and commission terial he will show results. ers have decided that the sections of The Store of Quality the town code concerning spitting in We invite your attention to the Pubblic buildings, on sidewalks, and advertisement of the Perkinson-Green to throw peanut hulls upon the Company on the last page of the floors of any public building Public Ledger. Read it carefully sna11 a11 be rigidly enforced: and as you pass along Main street With the officer on the lookout for notice their fine display window and the spitters, expectorators, etc., the we are sure the rest will be easv. throwers of peanut hulls and other Their line embraces everything that refuse, several persons who do not is needed to make the ladies neat. Pause to think are going to be, to say pretty and comfortable. The Roads Old Sol, the road mender, has per formed wonders in the past few days. There was more water in the ground last week, perhaps, than there has been at any time these seven years. Roads that looked then as if they A Gang of Chicago Crooks Working ford Saturday. ,'.iie ianiiei-s Mr c D Currillf of Route 6 waa From different parts of the country among the large number of farmers come stories of a. swindle successfully in Oxford Saturday, worked on farmers, who thought they Miss Flora Edwards o? Raleigh, is M. P. Cham- were going to get cheap groceries. visiting her sister, Mrs Two smooth -strangers went through blee. the, communities taking orders for a .Messrs. J. L. Peed and W. H. Dan house in Chicago, pretending to sell :el, of Lyon, joined the large number a standard brand of sugar and flour of farmers in Oxford on Saturday, so cheaply that every farmer visited - Mr. Ethan Allen, of Providence, took from $10 to $60worth, and was numbered with the Oxford visit other things besides. Because of the ors Saturday. low prices the flour and sugar had to Mr. and Mrs. Woodson Cash, of De paid in advance.' It is alleged Tally Ho, were among that in one community the swindlers visitors Saturday. picKed up some $3,000, and no gro- Mr. J. N. Watkins, ceries delivered. Moral ? cradle hoped against hope for a turn in the tide that would restore the pre cious babe . to health and strength. The heartbroken mother and father have the sympathy of a multitude of friends in the sore bereavement that has come upon them. The little body was consigned to the tomb on Sun day amid the tears of loved ones. Jesus said: "Suffer little children to come unto me and forbid them not, for of such is the Kingdom of Heaven." Spring Greeting The announcement of the Long Company on the last page of this pa- the Oxford Per is a reminder that Spring with all of its freshness is upon us. The an- the merchants : who advertise wares in the Public Ledger, can't run away. of Cornwall, nouncement carries with it a large Buy from was among the large number of far- list of the pretty things that the ladi- the least, slightly embarrassed if they do not look sharp. BOARD OF HEALTH MEETS MORE POTATOES their mers in town Saturday. es must have. These goods are so They Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Dean and very nice we thought that prices daughters, of West Granville, were must be high, but Mr. King tells us among the Oxford visitors Monday "ai considering tne excellent aualltv Mr. Ernest Meadows, of New York tne Prices are very attractive. City,, is visiting his sick mother at Quantity of Seed Being Bought By Uhe home of his sister, Mrs. W. Z. Mitchell, on Broad street. Mr. W. H. Howard, of Route 4, was in Oxford Saturday and inform ed us that he killed a pig 18 montha A BAD PRACTICE Passes Strict Quarantine Law For Small Pox The County Board of Health met never would be navigable again are in Oxford last Saturday and adopted now in pretty fair shape. However, the rules and regulations regarding there are still treacherous places, that infectious diseases in the county as look much better than they are, as recommended by the State Board of automobilists have been finding out, Health in Raleigh. Copies of these to their sorrow. rules will be mailed to every doctor in : the county as soon as they can be ob- 500 barrels Magnolia flour, every tained. In addition to these rules pound guaranteed. Save you money the County Board of Health passed a at LYON-WINSTON CO. strict quarantine law for small pox. The diseases which must be reported CONCRETE BRICK WALKS BUILT, to the County Health Officer (and One dollar per sq. yard. Curbing, this in writing and within twenty 20 cents per foot. Sample may be fur hours after the presence of the seen at residence of Mr. H. M. disease- Is known V are dinhtheria. . . The, Farmers If one may correctly judge the "out look for the"" coming; potato crop by i quantity of seed being bought by the farmers, The Public Ledger feels safe in saying that a larger Irish and sweet potato crop will be planted in Granville the present year than ever before. While talking with a whole sale drummer a few nights ago as to the general crop" outlook in his terri tory the drummer in -question told us that he has. already? sold twice as many seed potatoes here in this sec tion this year as "he has ever sold be fore and that he still has in view sev eral prospective buyers in Oxford. The Business Men of Oxford Observe Banking Rules The almost usual custom of over- G ABB AGE 'PLANTS Shaw. Works. Oxford Brick & Tile scarlet fever, measles, typhoid fever, tf whooping cough, tuberculosis and . ' . - - small pox. This report is required become a state law. , "It is always not only of the physician in atten best to reason together," said Senator dance but of the house holder where Currin, "and while I had the'private the disease exists.- Should any of views of a majority of my constitu- the above named diseases exist In a ency I am glad we came together in home the head thereof will be subject a jiuiet way today to discuss the ; to fine and imprisonment.even though question I have alays loked at the question of abolishing the crop lien system from a ; business standpoint, and not from a political point of no physician be in attendance.should the disease not be reported. Fresh From old that weighed 420 pounds, from drafts at a bank is a bad one. Bank ers know this and would like to get away from it if they knew how. Per-, haps they may be able to do so.. Comptroller William's order which looks to its elimination from national Elizabeth banking should immediately be fol lowed by State bankers. No banker desires to pay an overdraft, which in Misses Betsy Ballou and Elizabeth the nature of thines means loss in- wnes, two charming little ladies stead of profit to his business. He is about ten years old, saddled their forced to do so in certain instances, ponies Saturday evening and rode or thinks himself so to be forced, bo out to the Niles bungalow at Fairport. cause of competition for business and It was getting dark when they reach- because of the bad custom of the past. cd meir journeys end and after con- Nevertheless, the loss of n tmnri u , QWU -- which Mrs. Howard made CO pounds of lard. DARK OVERTAKES CHILDREN Misses Betsy Ballou and Niles Ride to the Country . 1 nnv. iu... .i i . j .i I . . Young's Island, South rCIil"f Wlt" Ctt." "IUC1 Lllvy uetlueu tomer who may be offended by a refu- Carolina parents, noiiiying sal of honor his draft drawn against ThMflilM,, r , them that they had decided to re- a non-existent account would in any tnn?.bel!In: ChTarles- the Fairport section untl event prove the exception and not the . v?iu..-.ttu(4 v ariy jvmvy Monday morning. Friends -.uni,uciu. lWKUlV (Hnr.S Ilr I Un- minvv tIrl f ham thnt Vk I .11. - i , . ... " uiiij w.vi iiitui tuuL iciici i i.i h man to nvornraw nn 000 , v. n n dred. Office. F. C. SPENCER. W U. T. advt ! 1 collect and I am troin- f- fnllprt. No Prof. J. C. Horner, of Charlotte, ,'cne need ask rvr r,v v nw. oil view. I am sure the passage of the was an Oxford visitor Saturdav and will ho tanA nw. :- SIl'A in tavnv nf ranoalinir tha nracant kill rl11 nf A K m. . i..-- . . . . - . - ...... wva,,u ;aunc.- . -lllVCiy UU -v- , j.v-mv , urn. w.i Mc "i., 6imi uoueui iu me 111s many uxroru mends were gum to tiiscrimmation. system. He doubted that it would people as a whole." ..- -. i see him. in the rule. The good bank customer is not country told them that would not. reach their parents until pen that overdrafts are the fashion Monday morning anl advised tbem to There' is no' question but that, as a ret readv and return to Oxford. ThAifooii iAA,nuatb- parents of the youug people were Before issni Collection will -be forced after this sreatly alarmed when the children troller announced that overdrafts h had not returned home before dark, already fallen from $47,000,000 in They were at a loss to know where national banks to $19,00,000. This Ihey were and all the roads leading shows that bankers generally have out of Oxford were kept, warm by been "drawing in the sail they had the automobiles. spread too widely. Good bankers led Mr. Eugene Crews took the Fair- Into bad banking had already seen port road and met the little girls, their error before the issue of the fi coming to town, escorted by a boy nal order. The order itself should es who held the lantern high above his tablish a hard and fast rule in all head, ' I sorts of banking. notice and you, need not blame any one, when you find your property ad vertised for sale. You Lave had fair warning for a-long tir: r and now It is simply business. I r m forced to S. C. HOBGOODi ShefiC -jville Co. c? - V .
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