1 SATURDAY, MARCH 13TH, 1015. PAGE TWO 4 U V KJ M. j - Mi & U M XX M- iii i PUBLIIC LEDGER AND OXFORPSg BANNER 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 : 75 Three Months .50 ADVERTISING RATES One Page 1 ime . . . 18.00 Half page 1 t ime . 10.00 Quarter page 1 time 5.00 One Column I time 3.00 Half Column 1 time 1.50 Quarter Col.imn I time l.OO 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. "Some Common Birds Useful to the Farmer," is the title of a new Farm er's bulletin, number 630. Write your Congressman for it. v If there is nothing in the charges against Judge Carter there should be some means by which those respon sible for them could be punished. The lawyers of Durham will give a banquet to ex-President Taft, at Durham, on the occasion of Mr. Taft's visit to Chapel Hill, whore he lectures on the 17th, 18th, and 19th. The senate bill to make railroads and other common carriers liable for aetual loss, damage or injury caused to property they carry, regardless of limitation of liability or amount of recovery in any receipt, lading bill or tariff filed, was passed by both houses of Congress. Only one man in each fifty-three of the sixteen million American eligibl military duty knows anything about shooting. Roughly estimated, there are 55,000 men in the navy and marine corps who have had more or less training with the rifle ,and eigh ' ty-six thousand in the army. To anchor the farmer to his land and the villager to his home; to ena ble him to till the land under equal conditions and to hold that home in independence; to save with his hands the just proportion to his labor, that he may sow in content and reap in justice this is what we need. Hen ry W. Grady. In a letter to Postmaster General Burleson, Representative Moon, of Tennessee, chairman of the house committee on postoffices and post roads, eharged the railroads with making the government pay twiee as much for carrying the mails as they do the exnress comnanie foir their traffic. He referred to the fact that "from Raleigh 100 pounds will go by express for $2.10, the railroad's por tion being $1.05; the government pays $1.55.' ' POSTOFFICE DEPARTMENT MAK ING MONEY The secretary of the treasury a few days ago reeoived a check from Postmaster General Burleson for $3,500,000,000, representing the surplus in the revenues of his de partment for the fiscal year which ended June 30, 1014. For the fiscal year of 1913 the postal revenue sur plus was $3,800,000, which also was turned over to the treasury. In ac knowledging the receipt of the check Secretary McAdoo said these pay ments were the first representing surpluses made by the postoffice de partment since 1836. GATL.ING IN CHARGE OF RAL EIGH OFFICE Mr. Bert M. Gatling was handed the keys to the Raleigh postoffice last week and assumed full control as postmaster. The postoffice occu pies up-to-date and spacious -quarters in the new Federal building. The salary of the postmaster is $3,400 a year, Raleigh being one of the larg est postoffices in the State. Mr Briggs gives up his duties after eight years, a period of two terms. During his term the postoffice receipts in creased over 150 per cent. When he took charge there were sixteen clerks Now twenty-seven clerks are em ployed in the office. A NORTH CAROLINA MAN'S FORTUNE Harry B. Belanga, twenty-three years old, of Creswell, N- C, who is taking a business course in a college in Richmond, Va., awoke in his boarding house last Saturday morn ing to find he had fallen heir to a fortune of $2,000,000. He could scarcely believe the news, which came in a letter from a cousin of his in Bordeaux, France. The cousin's father had died, leaving a vast es tate and did not forget his nephew in this country. Belanga came to this country , with his parents when a lad if eight, the family settling in Eastern Carolina. BOBS UP IN A NEW FIELD 1 Charlotte Observer The literature about the po whites of the mountains, having played out as a source of profitable stuff for the magazines, the religious publications are naturally looked to as the next most likely prospective customers. The Christian Endeavor World takes in the old, travel-stained, frazzled garmented story of the'quaint moun tain funeral service," under cover of which a lot of other standard tommy rot concerning the mountain people is palmed off. The scene has shifted from the mountains of North Caro lina to the Cumberlands.and the Bap tists are framed in the usual rough and uncivilized setting. It is in the Cumberlands, we are told, that "all ramifications of the Baptist church flourish Hardshell, Missionary.Iron clad, and others. ' Every one within miles attends. They ford the rivers on horsebacks, drive along the pre carious highways in polt-wagons; hor ses, mules, oxen, are all pressed into service for this great occasion. Last are the horse traders, a motley, dis reputable crowd, often the worse for too much 'moonshine'. Armed to the teeth, they present the appear ance of desperadors, and it is safe to asert that the religious aspect of the campmeeting has little charm for them.' And so forth and so on, so on and so forth goes the hilarious story for the benefit of the readers of an enlightened religious paper. There is one consolation the' publishers who have an idea that this class of literature appeals to their readers are of a diminishing tribe, and the day may soon come when they shall have disappeared altogether. ASK PARDON FOR WH,COX Another effort is to be made to se cure a pardon for James Wilcox, of Elizabeth City, who is serving a 30 year sentence in the state peniten tiary for the murder of Nellie Crop sey.. He has served something like twelve years. Governor Craig, who has the petition from Mr. Roscee Turner, attorney of Elizabeth City, will give a hearing at 11 o'clock on Wednesday, March 24, at which time those who favor the pardon and those who may oppose it are invited to be present. It is said that Wilcox has tuberculosis. A MARE'S-NEST That's What Colonel Fairbrother Thinks Mr. Craven Built (From Everything) Mr. Bruce Craven who has been in Washington had a pipe dream com ing down on the double tracks. He thought he had a vision to the" ef fect that Governor Craig would be appointed to succeed Judge Boyd. In the first place Judge Boyd has not resigned and there is no power that will cause him to resign unless he says so. And he isn't going to say bo. There can be no law that will make him resign. He is there as long as he wants to be there, be cause in the case of Judge -Boyd good behavior is implied. Judge- Boyd is today much young er than he was five years ago. If men will observe they will find that when one gets to be about 65 years of age a change takes place. Often at that age men pass out. But if they Set through and pass tto the 70 mark they take on new life. Judge Boyd is physically a more vigorous man at 70 than he was at 65 and 66. He will no doubt be our judge for several years yet. So far as Governor Craig is concerned he stands no show. Governor Craig is a good citizen, but he hasn't done much as Governor. He has been highly honored and the graciouc thing for him to do when his term expires as Governor is to go to work on his own hook and not look for a political hand-out. Possibly he will do this. OMNIBUS APPROPRATION BILL Total Appropriations Foot Up Three Million Dollars The omnibus appropriation bill carries appropriations for all State institutions, the amount being $3, 000,000. The appropriations follow: State Hospital, Raleigh, $175,350 annually for maintenance, less $61, 150.89 to the. credit of the hospital December 1, 1914, also $5,000 for heating plant, $35,000 for receiving building available in 1916. State Hospital for Negroes, Golds boro, $100,000 for 1915, $10,500 for 1916, $4,455 for permanent improve ments in changes in fire department; dry room for laundry, wash room and any balance , in hands - of the treasurer to be used for maintanenco. State Hospital, Morganton, $200, 000 for 1915; $205,000 for 1916 for permanent improvements, in install ing additional water supply, $60,000; from appropriations for support and maintenance of 1915 there is to be deducted $76,302.49 to credit of the institution for 1914. School for Deaf al Morganton, $67,500 for support and maintenance for 1915 and like sum for 1916; also appropriated annually $5,000 for eye, ear and nose and teeth specialists, $4,000 for permanent improvements. School for Feeble-iMinded, Caswell Training School, Kinston, $30,000 for 1915 and $40,000, 1916 for mainten ance, for permanent improvements $16,500, to include girls dormitory, $14,000, . and re-enforcing present foundation $2,500- Jackson Training School, $18,000 for maintenance annually; $18,500 for permanent improvements includ ing deep - well and light plant im provements; erection cottage, $11, 000. Tuberculosis Sanitorium, $25,000 annually for. maintenance; $10,000 annually for extension work; $60, 000 for permanent improvements, divided equally between two years. $115,000 annually for maintenance, $30,000 annually for permanent im provements; out of this must be paid $40,000 "land notes," the re maining $20,000 to be. used in dis cretion of the board of trustees. East Carolina Teachers Training School, $50,000 annually'for main tenance; permanent improvements, $18,679.12. Appalachian Training School $20, 000 annually for maintenance and permanent improvements. Cullowhee Normal and Industrial School, $10,000 annually for main tenance and $15,000 permanent im provements, including $12,684 debts. State School for-Blind, Raleigh, $72,000 annually and authority to use $12,910 left-over appropriations for maintenance. A. & M. College, Raleigh, $85,000 annually, for maintenance; $10,000 annually for permanent improve ments. State Normal, Greensboro, $100, 000 annually for maintenance; $15, 000 for indebtedness. Negro Agricultural and Technical College, Greensboro, $15,000 an nually. Masonic Orphanage, Oxford, for whites, $20,000 anually for main tenance. Masonic Orphanage, Oxford, color ed, $6,000 anually, and $2,500 for debts. Soldiers Home, Raleigh, $35,000 annually; $7,500 for hot water plant; $22,522 to be deducted from main tenance for left-over appropriation. Confederate Museum, Richmond, $200. Confederate cemetery, Raleigh, $250. Guilford Battleground, $500 an nually for maintenance; $200 per manent improvements, Cherokee Indian Normal, $2,750 annually for maintenance; $2,000 for dormitory State Laboratory Hygiene; $10,500 maintenance 1915, $15,500 for 1916; $15,000 for equipment for making antitoxins. State Normal for negroes, $16,000 annually fo rmaintenance; $10,000 permanent improvements. A companion bill provides $30,000 annually for the State Board of Health and its work. WHY LIVE STOCK? (By Dr. J. A. Morris) Because it is a way of making something to eat, and cash besides. Many farms of vegetable matter un fit for human food are transformed into human food.for available energy, by farm animals. 2. Because Live Stock necessitates grass, clover, cover crops, for hay and forage; and these save the rich ness of soil by preventing washing and bleaching. Mark that in your mind, please. You save the soil you have by these crops. Then you feed the crops to animals; and the ani mals return most of their soil value back to the soil, See? You save the soil you have, and then make it rich er while you get your money out of it by consuming the animal" you would otherwise buy with money, or by sale to some one who must be fed. Sell an animal raised properly on your farm and you sell very little richness of soil; but you keep and aven increase this latter much more easily. But sell plants directly, and soon you can't make sure profits thereby, because the richness of soil is sold, and you'll want to call a meeting of the Farmers' Union to buy some more! See? It's mighty high this year because potash in bags is scarce in America. But potash is plentiful in animal manure. So is amonia or nitrogen- Whoever sells a ton of clover, hay or pea hay sells approximated $10 worth of soil richness. He gets about $20 to $25 for it. If he sold two 250 lbs. pigs, he would receive at least $50 and would have parted 1 with only about $5 of soil richness all told. Go back and study these figures. They are interesting facts, not fancies. You will from this easily reason why the Western live stock man gets richer than we do.and meanwhile keeps his land "richer. 3. Because, when the equipment is once made up for live stock farming, fewer units of manual labor are re quired for a given return in cash than by croppinig exclusively. The management is more of brain than brawn. This means- that boys and girls, women and old men may still perform work of profit, whereas, in other systems even intelligence must be supplemented by more manual strength and labor. A hog may be put to work that you would have to do, or pay for- A yearling, a colt, a lamb browses for his living! If he does not on your place, you pay your money for him ,or do without him or the cash for him. 4. Because, many ; farms' in Gran ville have rough lands, hills too steep to cultivate with profit and not wash away to . worthlessness. Both these classes of lands, if cultivated at-all, must be managed by outorn methods. Because of this, they consume so much time per unit of profit in re turn, that machinery is not purchased lO CENT "CASCARETS" IS YOUR LAXATrVE Best Liver and Bowel Cleanser and Stomach Regulater in the World Work While You Sleep Get a 10-cent box. Put aside just once -the Salts, Pills, Castor Oil or Purgative Waters which merely force a passageway through the bowels, but dJ not thor oughly cleanse, freshen and purify these drainage organs, and have no effect whatever upon the liver and stomach. Keep your "insides" pure and fresh with Cascarets, which thoroughly cleanse the stomach .remove the un digested, sour food and foul gases, take the excess bile from the liver and carry out of the system all the constipated waste matter and poisons in the bowels. A Cascaret to-night will make you feel great by morning. They work while you sleep never gripe, sicken, and cost only 10 cents a box from your druggist. Millions of men and women take a Cascaret now and then and never have Headache, Bilious ness, Severe Colds, Indigestion, Sour Stomach or Constipated Bowles. Cas carets belong in every household Children just love to take them. adv. because of its worthlessness for such lands, and because there are no pro fits arising from such a system with which to purchase machinery, even if it could be used on such lands. Now these rough lands and hills too bad for machinery might be put to grass for live stock, and actually make more net profits soil fertility and cash returned both considered, thaE if plowed over with such man-killing effort. With such lands left out of the cropping system, - and yet, still producing even more than wben crop ped, machinery might be bought and used on the better lands made richer by more manure, grain and forage thus cheaply produced with which to finish off animals for market, and profits come back without so much hired labor. CIRCUSES HARD HIT BY WAR Unable to Get Animals for Menager ies From the Hagenback "Trust." (New York Sun.) The European war has cut off the main source upon which zoological parks and circuses depend for their supply of wild animals. The Hagen back brothers, the sons of Carl Hag enback, are penned up in Germany and are unable to send expeditions into the wilds or to ship animels abroad. The Hagenback s have had an ani al trust which no one up to the ient time has had (Sufficient experi- nce or capital to break but now Lon- on capitalists haT'e formed a concern the Wild Animal Supply Company, which will attempt to take the world market from the Hagenbacks during the war. Curator Hornaday at the Bronx Park Zoo has already received offers from the new concern to supply himi with animals but the Bronx Zoo is in good condition to run along two or three years yet without increasing its present supply. MUST KEEP UP YARDS Punishment Meeted Out to Lads for Defacing Public Buidings Because they defaced the public school building at Pleasant Garden and wrote indecent phrases on the blackboards, three boys will serve in the place of the hired help for the building for one year. They will clean up the builiding, keeping it immacu late, and see that the surrounding yards are in fine shape for the entire twelve months. This sentence was imposed upon the trio by a justice of the peace in Guilford county. HUSBAND RESCUED DESPAIRING WIFE After Four Tears of Discouraging Conditions, Mrs. Bollock Gave Up in Despair. Husband Came to Rescue. Catron, Ky. In an interesting letter from this place, Mrs. Bettie Bullock writes as follows : "I suffered for four years, with womanly troubles, and during this time, I could only sit up for a little while, and could not walk anywhere at all. At times, I would have severe pains in my left side. The doctor was called in, and his treat ment relieved me for a while, but I was soon confined to my bed again. After that, nothing seemed to do me any good. I had gotten so weak I could not stand, and I gave up in despair. At last, my husband got me a bottle of Cardui, the woman's tonic, and I com menced taking it. From the very first dose, I could tell it was helping mer I can now walk two. miles without its tiring me, and am doing my work." If you are all run down from womanly troubles, don't give up in despair. Try Cardui, the woman's tonic. It has helped more than a million women, in its 50 years of wonderful success, and should surely help you, too. Your druggist has sold Cardui for years. He knows what it will do. Ask him. He will recom mend it Begin taking Cardui today. Write to: Chattanooga Medicine Co., Ladies! Advisory Dept.. Chattanooga. Tenn.. for Special (instructions on your case and 64-page book. Hon reatment for Women." sent in olain wrapper. E6b-fl Ui PENNY HILL SCHOOL The following is the programe of the entertainment at Penny Hill school, February 27th: Welcome Song If We Were You and. You Were Us. - Recitation -Charlie O'Brien. Recitation James Hart. N The 12 Months 12 small children. . Clapping Song 6 small children. The Fisherman Johnnie Grissom. Baby Small Edna Cottrell. Dialogue The Goose Feather Bed. Song, Little Stars Edna Cottrell, Margaret Breedlove, Annie L. Currin. The Invitation Louise Williams, Elvin Cottrell. Dialogue Some noted characters. Dialogue Uncle Peter's Visit to the School. Duet, Hard Times in Boyland Frank and Robert Hart. License to Sell or Little Blossom Ruby Cottrell. Playing Hospital Elizabeth Cot trell. Dialogue Wanted a License to Wed. Song, G Double O D Good Eight Dot Entertains Dorsey Slackwell and Louise Williams. To Our Teachers Emmett Gris som. Song, Shining For Jesus By the sehool. Dialogue O! You Teacher. Song It's Home Sweet Home I'm Longing For. Good-bye Annie Laurie Currin. DEATH OF ALMA WILKEKSON On Saturday evening about half past six o'clock God in his mercy saw fit to remove from earth the be loved daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howell Wilkerson. She did not stay with us in this lonely world but four years and thirteen days. O, what a ihort while little Alma spent with us, but her face was of joy to her father and mother and also her sisters. She was born February 21, 1911, and then she was taken with whoop ing cough which caused her death March 6, 1916. She leaves behind to mourn her death a dear mother and father and three sisters. Do not grieve after her for God knows best md has called her to do his work on high. She was laid to rest in the Hester cemetery Sunday afternoon. Sleep on beloved, sleep on and take tho urest; Lay down thy head upon the Savior's breast, We love thee well, but Jesus love the best; Good-night, good-night. . A FRIEND. BUN'; an advertisement in our WANT column, and see w hat surpris ina: results you will get in return. TRY IT! SUBSTITUTE FOR NASTY CALOMEL Starts Your Liver Without Making You Sick and Can Not Salivate. Every druggist in town-your drug gist and everybody's druggist has noticed a great falling-off in the sale of calomel. They all give the same reason. Dodson's Liver Tone is tak ing its place. "Calomel is dangerous and people know it, while Dodson's Liver Tone is perfectly safe and gives better re sults," said a prominent local drug gist. Dodson's Liver Tone is person ally guaranteed by every druggist who sells it. A large bottle costs 50 cents, and if it fails to give easy re lief in every case of liver sluggish ness and constipation, you have only o ask for your money back. Dodson's Liver Tone is a pleasant tasting, purely vegetable remedy, harmless to. both chlidren and adults. Take a spoonful at night and wake up reeling fine; no biliousness, sick headache, acid stomach or constipat ed bowels. It doesn't gripe or cause Inconvenience all the nxet day like violent calomel. Take a dose of cal omel today and tomorrow you will feel weak, sick and nauseated. Don't lose a day's work! Take Dodson's Liver Tone instead and feel fine, full of vigor and amibtion. SOAP OF Many makers of toilet soaps cater to dealers who regard their customers from the stand point of profit only who ignore quality when it stands in the way of profit. - Wcrepresent some of the best soap makers in the world. For an AbsolutelyPure Glycerine Soap one fit for bath ing the tenderest skin and one ideal for general bath use HARMONY of Boston Glycerine Soap. - J. G. HAL L RENEW YOUR roiiflction will be forced after this notice and you need not blame any o.ie. when you find your property ad vertised for sale. You have had fair warning for a long time and now it is simply business. I am forced to collect and I am going to collect. No one need ask for further time as all will be treated alike. Positively no discrimination. S. C. HOBGOOD. Sheriff. Granville Co. REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK At Oxford, in the State of North Carolina at the close of business. Mar. 4tb. 1915. RESOURCES Loans and Discounts.. 502- 2 Overdrafts, secured and unsecured .... nSx U. S. Bonds to secure circulation JE Premiums on United States bonds. . . . 650 00 Bonds. Securities, etc ; u ' Subscription to stock of Federal Re serve bank $7,200 Less amount unpaid 4.800 $2,400 All other stocks Jm J840'18 JMimm Banking house. Furniture and Fixtures f2SxXX2 Due from Federal Reserve bank 10.000.00 Due from approved Reserve ! Agents in central Reserve cities $'7,319.12; in other Reserve cities .... $77,207.79 M.526.91 Due from banks and bankers 14,445 .52 Checks and other cash items. i'SA xi Notes of other National Banks.... 1.000.00 Fractional Paper Currency. Nickles and Cents 535.65 Checks on banks in the same city or town as reporting bank . . . ... .... Atsaa.uj Specie 28.612 35 Legal-tender notes 3.500.00 32.112.35 Redemption fund with U. S. Treasurer (5 per cent of circulation) 2...50 Revenue Stamps 5a.33 Total ' $759,269.13 LIABILITIES Capital stock paid in $122'52!I 05 Surplus fund 20.000.00 Undivided profits, reserved for Interest less current expenses and taxes paid 41.615.02 Circulating Notes 45.000.00 Due to State. Private Bank and Bankers 163ii-55 Uudivided profits 1 00 Individual deposits subject to check-. . 322.792 65 Time certificate of deposit payable after 30 days or after notice ot auaays or longer..... Cashiers' checks outstanding 212.164 21 1.379.67 $759,269.13 total. State of North Carolina, County of Granville. SS: I.W. H. Hunt, Cashier of the above-named bank do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. W. H. HUNT. Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 9th day of Mar.. 1915. E. G. CREWS Notary Public. Correct Attest: Z.W.LYON. W. G. PACE. R. S. USRY. Directors. SALE OF TOWN LOTS Default having been made in pay ment of Town taxes for 1914. By order of the Board of Commissioners of Oxford at regular meeting held February 12th, 1915, and as author ized by Town charter granted by Gen eral Assembly of 1913, I will sell to the highest bidder for cash at the Court House door on SATURDAY, APRIL 3rd, 1915 the following town lots, vizi WHITE Bryan, Mrs. Ellen, High st., . . . 28.14 Cheatham G. E. Henderson st. 22.47 Day, L. F., Hillsboro st, 32.00 Hancock, F. W. Front st 79.20 Hilliard, Rev. F. W. Est. New College street 2 2. 02 Horner J. C. Wmsboro st. . .". . 46.08 Hunt, J. W. College St 27.22 Long, E. A. Asylum St.,. . 7. . 13.46 Landis, Mrs. Annie, College st. 19.58 Moore, Mrs. M.G. McClanna- han st., . 14-68 Thorp, Lewis, High st 31.02 Turner, R. S.; King St 23.24 Weinman, K. G. King st 10.40 Williams, Mrs. A. A. Wilming ton st 13.82 Wood W. K. Wmsboro. St.,. . . 27.80 Wright, R. B. Broad St., 16.76 COLORED Burwell, Dicey, Granville St. .$ 3.06 Cooper, Willis, Granville st. . . 3.67 Crews, Mark, Sycamore st.,. . . 8.26 Garrett, Rufus, Hillsboro st., . . 5.69 Green, J. R., McClannahan st. 11.00 Hawkins, Nelson, Hillsboro st., 6.12 Littlejohn, Ben Granville st , . 12-24 Littlejohn John,, Orange St.,. . 3.67 Lockett George, Front St 7.95 Mangum Junius, Herndon Ave. 5.26 Ridley, E. H. Granville St.,.. 10.40 Pool, H. A. Orange St.,. ..... 4.29 Taylor C. H. Lanier St 14.68 Thomas, John, Taylor St 5.32 Thorp George, Herndon Ave.,. 5.50 Thorp Andrew, R. R. Ave 8.56 Gill Levi, Oronge St.,. 62 This Mjirch 4th, 1915. R. B. HINES, Tax Collector. QUALITY A ten cent cake of this soap is from 10 to 50 per cent heavier than anyother ten cent cake of glycerine, soap sold today. The quality is unsurpassed. PRICE 10c Three Cakes for 2Se. , The Druggist SUBSCRIPTION

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