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I ' PUBUSHED 3iCE-a5PS JjURDAYS ' . '' sr'- . - vmnn mooth f-AROLINA. SI TAY, -FEBRUARY 27, 191S. , - NUMBER 21. 1 SOME IMPORTANT THINGS ABOUT PEOPLE AMD THINGS OUR NEW. OFFICE BUILDING f ICOOpLO l ilOHE TOWN PERSONALLY MENTIONED THE SUBMARINE WARFARE THREE THINGS UPON WHICH ALL. - aiUST AGREE r.ATHRRFD FROM THE 'A'UWH AND COUNTY PUBLIC LEDGER WILL OCCUPY - GROUND FLOOR ' Enlaiged Facilities for Handling SchOQl Children, The Court House and the Oxford-Roxboro Railroad. Happenings That are the Many-Ledger.. of Interest to New Home of the Public Ledger Will Be Ready April 1st, and a Splendid Equipment Installed -' , k . Readers Of the 'Public ?,IAGIC The Old iitane Town, it Will Always - A Good Talker v ; A litlte adv. like this talks to 12,- In a community of 5,000 souls there are just 5,000 , possible points of difference 5,000 possibilities of infinite trouble, if every man thinks of his own particular problems and only his own. Manifestly the first essential of community progress is to find the things upon which all can asree. What are the things that everybody features are hard to surpass Mr. Charlie Easton has let the con tract to ex-sheriff Wheeler for a one Ann in rir-nnvillft countv. storv brick building on. uiubjuuu J J J C Y XVJ Cfc VJUk. - , , f m - c n- street to house tne ruouc L,eu6c . Fiddlers jonvenuon aim - , . v nnl We should like to see a grand Old maienai uuu.-- .jji ri 4 : n-n r1rl Tirnn 1 tne Bee irxford:" Granville force and rush the building to corn- has the material, and for pure , and Pletion by April ist ; unadulterated amusement the two in Oxford agrees should be done in the near future? The Public Led ger knows of at least three that it be lieves every citizen will supporat when they have been presented to them in the right light. They are, first, more school room for children; second, another railroad; third, a better Court House later on. This is only the beginning, of a long list of thines that we believe The Creedmoor Times The Creedmoor Times reaches us with renewed vigor after a brief sus pension to adjust some financial dif ficulties. Editor Jonn K. nart is stm at the helm and we wish him much success. Something to Smoke and Chew The change from the second story in the Mitchell. Block,- where the fud lic Ledger has been located all these vears. is made necessary :by the m stallationV of a heavier and faster m-ess.. When all the parts of the new plant , has been' marshalled to gether and installed in the new office building no semi-weekly in tne state will be better equipped for newspaper business. We hope to move from the rt .era to the new home Cranville county should begin to con sider. , These are the three things that must be given attention sooner or lat er. These in a position to know say that the present school facilities for handling all the children-in Oxford is inadequate. Quite a number of our best citizens will loan their in fluence to erecting an additional Dr. Harvey Wiley . figures it out Oxford and tnat 60 per cent of a11 human ener without missing an issue f the paper is directea towara geinue s to eat. So far as uranvme couniy is concerned about .80 per cent of the nnertrv is directed toward securing something to smoke and chew. Lookout, For Thieves A citizen of Oxford was told at Grand Auction Sale We are carrying a half page adver tisement in this paper that is of more than ordinary interest to the farmers of Granville and to all those who would like to purchase nice and con- Durham a few days ago oy a police- venient lots on which to build their man that there had ieen more nome3. Farming machinery, fixtur thelts there during the past i.ew es tools, appliances," furniture,iive school building somewhere south of months than during six or eight years gtock is inciuded in the immense sale the center of Oxford as soon as it is positively known that . stare of con gestion obtains at the graded school building. There seems to be no par ticular hurry to secure enlarged faci lities tor handling the school child ren, bi.t we learn that tnis will pres ent itself sooner.br later- The importance of connecting ip Oxford with a railroad line to Rox boro and beyond is frequently debat ed bv the business men of Oxford. before. Other sections are having to ftt the KiraDan Farm Saturday, suffer from much stealing now. OLD JOHN BARLEY CORN March 6th. Many bargains await those who sro after them- Read Care fully and attend the sale. SENATOR HOBGOOD The Ponular Guilford Senator Com plimented bj Chief Justice Clark. 'Chief Justice Clark in his address The State House ot Representative Hit the Old Man Between the Eyes The State House of Representatives hit old man John Barley Corn about the hardest blow that that old arch enemv of mankind has ever had dealt him when on last Firday it said so before the Equal Suffrage League .in " xv, ok emnhnrirallv that the shipment otiareensDoro,passea toe lonow tug mere is somemms i6"'""" I . ' - T a,l! PrflnhMnrt Tr the Dronosed Oxlord-HoxDcro ran- nquuis miu iuC vuUUI.vo v as.-- i - " " 7 , . . Dii; ? f thought , that a direct North State for bever urposkpne " J. uau - - . connection with the great. Norfolk "n-nA mTckctaVTi SVStPTIl .auu t t-uLviu j i , - . ho mnst saneuine suuuorier ui uuc cause of temperance had hopes for One hundred to six is virtually unan imous. The bill was made possible bv the existence of the Webb-Kenyon tinncl anti-shiDDine law and A PRECIOUS GIRL PASSES AWAY, should the Senate now concur in the action of the House it will mean that our old "anti-friends" will have to reek other reasons for their opposi tion than the time-worn, thread-bare WELL ON MAIN STREET SOME YOU KNOW AND SOME YOU RAPID VESSELS CONTINUE TO TwVivnT lOJOW CROSS DANGEROUS SEAS Items About Folks and The Blockade, However, Has Increas- etSit?tmdation Cn Xlklr6ur Happiness. Personal Their Friends Who Travel Here and There. . - Mrs. Annie Lee Llewellyn spent the week end in Richmond. Mr. W. O. Cheatham, of Route 3, was in uxtord mursaay. Mr. Walter Bragg; of Route 2, was in town Thursday. Rev. Fred Day, of Winston-Salem, ed Insurance Rates Total of Eight Vessels Lost and Three Airmen Missing. Sllsa-r told that when a person onccj ujeaches his thirst at the well n irpnt.-of;the old Bank building on Maifefstret it makes no difference to whWtfatCt the orld he may roam tner l tJer it pursisitsiiL uesne m uia breafet wt0eturn to Oxford. We are tolMfiiose who return to Oxford was an Oxford visitor Thursday. froDK,tne. outside, woria mat uunngi j.ir. tu. j. nams auu suu, ui uuuw theiarabsence the old town appears to 3, were town visitors Tnursday. theasa kind of dreamland to which L Mr. Ed Hunt, of Route 5, was in theif JtBoughts flit and linger in those town Wednesday. brie 'moments of wisful reflection. Mr. R. W. Pittard, of Bullock, was V.Tid home town there is noth- on our streets Thursday The German submarine blockade of the British Isles has been in effect one week. The result, so far as is known, is that two Norwegian, "one French and five British steamers have been sunk or torpedoed by submarin es, with the surprisingly small loss of four lives. Two of the steamers reached port. . On the other side of the account two German submarines are reported missing and a third hit was possibly intr Sik Ht.- Stick ud for it. love it and . -always . come back to it. It will alwaTbe'a foundation, on -which to build tjidmodel your; happiness, and it wrijrsalways be an, inspiration from whichto draw courage A?g.Jthese things are true provided you jfiave a real "old home town." We can-see how a person who has left Oxfgi-d for a sojourn in the big cities might come to feel a pride in the old home town where the standards of living is high and ennobling. Pick out a baseball team composed of this young men of Oxford and send it to -Richmond, Baltimore and Phila delphiia .and you will find some one in grand stand cheering for the old ome town team. They may fret and fume and abuse the old " town while they live among us, but it is all different; when they get a touch of the cold-world. When, for some unfortunate; cause they are forced to change their" residence to some otljer town, or city, they feel sick- They see only strange faces and strange places. The houses look out at them forbid dingly, and they wonder why the peo ple .who live in them are not home sickf like themselves. Mr. Otho Daniel, of Route 1, was sunk by a French destroyer. in Oxford Thursday. Mr. Charles Knight, of Route 3, was in town Thursday. Mr. J. B. Pruitt, of Route 1, was in town Thursday. Mr. Abner Newton, of Route 2, was an oxtord visitor xnursaay. Mr.and Mrs. A. L. Babcock and children, of Route 7, were Oxford vis itors Thursday. Mr. N. G. Crews and Mr. Currin, of Dabney, were on our streets Thursday. Mr. M. W. Hunter spent a few days in Washington and Baltimore this week on business. " Messrs. J. Thomas Barnes and Thomas Hester, of near Henderson, were Oxford visitors Wednesday. Mr. Mat Hobsood has returned to Oxford to the pleasure or nis friends. Miss Louise Lewis, of Richmond; is the guest or Mrs. Annie i-.ee Llewellyn. . Major Will Landis, accompanied by Mrs. Landis, will leave Saturday for the Northern markets to buy the Spring stock for Landis &. Easton. Mrs. .W. B. Glenn, who has bepp. on SCaSrieniperhe old home 3 ;visit to her. parents, Mr. and Mrs. -.ac- 'vg-'sn'A I J w. Brown, on Hich street, return- at Rozboro -would have a decided tendency to at- lis-ts in - Oxford: Presi dent Powell, of the Commorcial Club, has the railroad question well in hand, and nothing short a sensa tion will come from that direction as soon as the big N.aW. takes hold with both hands. The good people of the county must realize sooner or later that the vaults for handling and storing the . ii w:U-;r7rr:W in Henderson Thur wusi.siuy.- iuc ." " .. . . ' . . 7 . . , ii v. A mrmV.aimitKr than nn women, is a distineuisneu son or drilling away iroi an mat- 6vx, WHS CYCU :"C un,ii.uv.u.."o l . . I , , . A 1T, 1 a vonr town Senator Hobgood. ie follow tne ruie ana reium w mo. tne day morning. has the courage to stand ror right and will be heard from in the vears to come as a leader. town, and if there is any good left in vou a visit oacK noiue win cl ju straight with the world. Miss Cinderella Evans Dies of .: Pneumonia Miss Cinderella Evans, Legislature conntv records are insufficient. Dif- st as to what prohibited." hm,irt he done, but there is a grow- it is going to prohibiten North Caro ir,r tenHenrv toadorn tt e. court lina after the present square with a new building some of gets through with the question fhoce Hava ovo rlim that a school ELIMINATION CONTEST Tirneo rniimnd nnd court house are the thills most desperately needed First of the Series at Enon March 3rd hv Oxford for rieht tneie we. should aged 14 kq fnr nrnhihition if prohibition years, died at tne nome oi ner Tnr- it snrelv looks like ents at aatterwniies ouoy last mw- The Old Reliable Bank We invite vour attention to the National Bank of Granville advertise ment on the last page of this paper It has capital, surplus and profits amounting to over ' $135,000,00 I The Appointment of Judge Graham Their facilities and equipment as at Trailed With Jov Everywhere your disposal. Overman is reported as - Oc-sides the vessels' wh!?T fell vic tims to the submarines, two American and one Norwegian steamer have been sunk by mines near the German coast and the Swedish steamer Specia and one or two British steamers are overdue and it is feared they have been lost. Nearly all the steamers torpedoed by submarines were small and slow vessels and at least three were caught while at anchor or while barely un der way. Vhis fact, with th failure of a submarine to hit a fast cross channel steamer at which it fired a torpedo, apparently proves to the sat isfaction of British naval writers that steamers with moderate speed, which observe obvious precautions, can es cape the underwater craft, and such vessels are continuing to cross the seas. The blockade, however, has in creased Insurance rates and some neutral owners are keeping their ships in neutral waters. In adidtion to the loss of the. mer chantmen, the British admiralty has . given up hope' for the armed steamer Clan. "MacNaughtop v. wbii has not &&ri Heard f rom "since" February 3, and which, it Is believed, went down as did another armed merchantman, the Viknor, in a storm that struck English waters early in the month. The Clan MacNaughton carried a crew of 280 men. THE COTTON FUTURE ATTORNEY THE MAN OF DESTINY raise a point of dispute. We merely claim that everybody admits that these are needed, and consequently, that there is more chance of success in going after these things than in anything else. WHAT WILL THE HARVEST BE? Crop A Few More Weeks and the Will Have Been Planted Only a few more weeks from now and the 1915 crop of Granville will have been planted. Much depends upon what the farmers will do in the few remaining weeks. In that time will be decided whether this county will continue to send out a quarter of a mililon dollars or more annually for grain, flour and meat, or will they produce these products at home and thereby enrich old Granville to that amount. The matter rests with the farmers and the kind of seed they plant will render -the verdict. and at Salem, March 4th. The first in the series of township elimination contests of the county will be held at Enon, Wednesday, March 3rd. All contestans in Tally Ho township will meet promptly at 10:30 o'clock. In addition to the contests, Mr. L. C. Brogden, State Supervisor, will be present and give an educational address. This same program will be contin ued at Salem school for Salem Town ship on March 4th, and on March 5th at Banks school for Brassfield town ship, with Mr. Brogden speaking at each of the schools. day afternoon after a brief illness of pneumonia. The deceased was a member of the Methodist churcn, a consistent christian and possessed a sweet and amiable disposition. The remains were laid to rest in the fami ly burying ground at Satterwhite's Shop Thursday afternoon and as a mark of esteem for the precious child and the family the funeral was large lv attended bv sorrowing relatives and friends. The pall bearers were: Miss Lula Stem, Mrs. Meadows Ad cock, Mrs. Carrie Hobgood and Mrs D. C. Howard ;the'honorary pall bear ers being: Messrs. Crawford Hobgood, Senator saying that he is highly pleased with the appointment of Judge Graham to the post of cotton future attorney Papers all over the state thinks the Oxford Attorney's selection was a wise move SIGNS OF PROSPERITY. Business in This Reserve District Improving Pre-eminence in the Federal re serve system attained by the Rich- The people of Oxford to mond Federal Reserve Bank is grati- ,Mr. Lonnie Smith, Genial Proprietor of the Exchange Hotel, Joins the Suffragettes It will, be remembered that Mr. Lonnie Smith, the genial proprietor of the Exchange hotel, and a party of friends a year ago made a flying trip to Richmond in a private car furnish ed them free of charge by the great a man rejoice m m Beiev,iu Judge Graham We know that ,tne Judge will handle the affairs of the ofi&ce with economy and skill. Judge Graham writes to Mr."B. K- Lassiter from Washington advising him that he is having a pleasant sojourn in Washington with Mr. Lassiter 's fath er. : The Judge states that he will go over to New York Thursday and will reach - Oxford Saturday night and Eugene Puckett, William Howard and that he will be at home all next week Charlie Adcock. excepting Tuesday. Honor RoU Working For a Prize Mrc t f! Harris has taken the local agency for the Soutnern wo man's Magazine, published at Nash .riiio Tomi with a view of joining a number of ladies. who will visit PANAMA-PACIFIC EXPOSITION the The following is the honor roll of Exposition at San Francisco in June, Sale n school: First Grade- Many WiU Attend From This Section of the State. The Panama-Pacific International Exposition threw open its doora Wed nsdav. The occasion was at of fying not only as an indication of the southern Railway Company. It was manner in which the bank is fulfilling a triumph for the Smith party, and its destiny, but as evidence also that many were the congratulations show- the business of this district is fast ered upon them by a community getting back, into its old position of which rejoiced in the knowledge that prosperity and steady growth. The we have in our midst a local talent bank's rediscounts for last week qualified to coge with a trunk line amounted to more than ?1,00U, uuu. railway. M n this there is ample demonstration For a whole year Mr. Smith was of the fact that the money or .ine n0oked upon by his menus as a mau member banks is being employed and Gf destiny, but the Fates, decreed that employed with profit. Enterprise sooner or later he must return to emerges from the cyclone cellar into earth and "again become mortal nice which it was driven by war's alarms, the rest of us. new industries are planned, old in-j Think for a moment what must dustries are expanded. have been his chagrin last Sunday when he and Dr. Puritan, of Dur- Third Grade- THE FRUIT CROP Ebbie Dement.' -Blanche Woody. Fourth Grade Neeia Woody. Fifth Grade Sam Critcher, Booth Crews, Mary Adcock. Seventh Grade David Adcock. Eighth Grade Casper Critcher. Teachers Misess Crews and Hester. is soliciting. She is meeting with con- I siderable success and it begins to loot as if she will win the coveted prize. It Appears That the Trees Will Have An Early Start. There has been all sorts of a win ter big rains and mild temperature. It may come to pass that we will have an unusual spring one that may carry us beyond the danger point wifhnnt the occurrence of a killing A CLEAN TOWN GOVERNMENT guests of the Magazine for which she tended with flfe and drum. The pre paratory arrangements have been car ried on amid many obstacles, but the management announces that all is in readiness for the reception of guests. The -exposition will attract thousands of visitors from all sections of this country and the world, despite the depression that has been occasioned by the European war. Onite a number of Oxford and THE EVELYN THAW PICTURE After Second Thought Harris & Crews Declined to Show it. Mayor Stem Editor Public Ledger: You hit the nail squarely on the head in your article Wednesday on "Who Should Be Mayor?" We want frost for it is clearly that the fruit Mayor Stem to be re-elected, and we trees are going to have an unusuaiiy warn mm iu ue myCa - early start, and the danger of a nip- power to inforce the serving of search irninir-tn be more than and seizure warrants and other writs, ;r wo ran scarce- resardless of what somebody else oruiuai ny umiuucui.. - - , , i frr- o fruit rrnn so abundant may think about tne matter. oo'thot f last vear. It was an If it is true that Mayor. Stem has i vt will rtennd said that he would not accept an zioto f the first killing other term as Mayor on account frost According to Blum's Almanac the lack of backing he has received will he nn frost in Marcn UP in ms eiiuns t- &ic " " -tit ii. l. 54- KrAdoic TTorria Rr ri. rrr t " iu.iirie8 as to routes and rates. It is Well-Known Business Man Endorses ineatre.tu ""7 Urettv well settled that Mr. J. T. Britt our oia siae partner in cue u.um. Ledger for three years, and his good wife will take in the Exposition in May. any risk in the young people, after second thought they cancelled the contract and declined to throw upon the screen the picture of Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, which was scheduled to appear last Monday night. The management was very sure that there was nothing in the picture to offend the most fas- Cheaper Eggs The price of eggs has rapidly the past week or declined ten days of I there to the last day of the windy month. No frost at all is 'booked for April. PAN BISCUITS at Taylor Brothers. i i 1.1.a m lot 11 C2 and Dusme-ii - CI picture confirms this belief re-elect him anvhow. and see that lie viUUlc e-ets the backing. T.AW AND ORDER. PAN tidious. but the fact tnat mveiyn nas Two weeks ago tne mercnants wwe been in the public eye so long they paying 25 cents a dozen and selling at felt that it would be the part of wisr fr0m 28 to 30 cents. Some of the dom to. decline to show the picture, merchants yesterday bought tb,e hen The very best of us can rely upon fruit as low as 16 and 17 cents and the management of the Orpheum for sold them as low as 20 cents. It is cmnti wh olesnme nlean Dictures and said that eees are the lowest tney their declining to handle the Thaw have been at this season of the year for several years. Collection will be forced after this ham, became stuck in the mud on the notice and you need not blame any National Highway nine miles from one, when you find your property ad- Durham and had to appeal to tour vertised for sale. You have had fair handsome ladies, seated in a touring warning for a long time and now it car,. to extricate tnem irom m muu. is simply business. I am forced to Mr. amitn says iu uc collect and I am going to collect. No Doctor had about made up their one need ask for further time as all minds to retire for the night when will be treated alike. Positively no the Dig car containing iuui iam- some ladies ana a anver uuie uuwu upon them. One of the ladles, of course the best looking. one in the party, eyed the floundering men crit ically and told them to be good and sweet and not to cry and all would be well. The two cars was linked up with a rope. The big car moved for ward with comparative ease, but the rope snapped and the little car with discrimination. - .u . . 111 . S. C. HOBGOOD, snenn uranviue ju. SOME RATS One Way in Which to Get Rid of the ' . ' Pests. The business houses and many homes in Oxford are infested with rats. How to get rid of the pests is the big men settled back into its bed, a question that puzzles the wisest of and tne Dig car with its precious load us. . The Lavrinbr.rg News is respon- of feminine beauty proceeded on to sible for the following suggestion: Durham. On reaching the bright "For sometime the prisoners in lights they noticed that the trailer the county jail have been complain- was missing. They returned to the ing to Sheriff McLaurin of being dis- SCene of the rescue as gaily as they turbed at night by rats running over had jeft it and succeeded in landing them while asleep, and to find out tne Doctor and Mr. Smith in Durham whether they were joking or not, nign an(j dry. Instead of being a Sheriff McLaurin told them that he man Qf destiny Mr. Smith is now a would give a plug of tobacco for every suffragette. three rats killed. One prisoner got BISCUITS at Taylor Brothers. HOLSUM BREAD at Taylor Brothers. busy and invented a hand made rat killer in shape of a dead-fall, and the first clip out of the box he landed 37 rats." HOLSUM BREAD at Taylor Brothers. CONCRETE BRICK WALKS BUILT. One dollar per sq. yard. Curbing, 20 cents per foot. Sample may be seen at residence of Mr. H, M. Shaw. Oxford Brick & Tile Works. tr ri A. . .
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