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A -Xl.-.V': -1-' TRABE AT HOME THROW AWAY THE MAIL ORDER CATALOGUE AND TRADE AT HOME THE - COUNTY, PAPER PUBLISHED TWICE-A-WEEK WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS VOLUME XXX. OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 1915. NUMBER 28. ANNUAL EXHIBIT OF STYLES THE FORMAL OPENING GROWS MORE IMPORTANT EACH YEAR ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS THIS IS ULEAN-UP WEEK TO HOLD MONTHLY MEETINGS LIVE TOPICS TO BE DISCUSSED BY LIVE MEN THOSE WHO GO AND COME SOME YOU KNOW AND SOME YOU DO NOT KNOW KNAWIIIG BARK FROM TREES ALL FOOD SUPPLIES CUT OFF FROM GERMANY GATHERED FROM THE TOWN AND COUNTY THE TOWN IS LAID OFF IN FOUR 'DIVISIONS M is 1LJJ JEJLjiJIa Crowds Throng Stores and Inspect Latest and Best in American and Foreign Articles Among the Millin ery Shops. Through the co-operation of the - merchants, "millinery opening day in Oxford grows moie important with oach succeeding season. With a beautiful day before them, the ladies this Tuesday morning are flocking to the annual style show, and the sec ond and closing day of the opening will attract quite as much attention ?s the first. The ladies without being urged to buy ard given the freedom of the stores, and through the courtesy of the firm? and sales people are given a liberal education as to the beauty of tbe American mcde goods, with a sprinkling of imported patterns, but the foreign goods, are not a whit prettier. . We would prefer to speak of the formal opening with a view to es tablish confidence in the ability of our merchants to serve the ladies of Oxford and Granville. POPULAR SHADES The season's popular shades are Belgian blue, Queens blush -pink, Palm Beach sand, covert, Gettysburg gray, Oregan green and sand- Models : shown were Vogue, Moorhead Jar dine and others. The big Georgette crepeJiat is very popular. A number of smart sajlors were on display Lemonade braid, imported, in black - and dark blue was the subject. of much favorable comment. There were hundreds of hats on display and new ones will be coming in weekly. N. .. WHAT WE SAW From an art standpoint it is color rather than line that is being studied - this season; and it is quaintness, pret tiness and becomingness that decides the woman in her purchase in the last analysis. Later she may want to be "chic" or "smart," but for Easter.es pecially for her faster bonnet, she . seeks beauty. THE LONG COMPANY The very, last word in attractive - mininery wason -display- -and ' filled the cases at Lotag Company's store. Flowers, flowers, of all kinds, especi ally the ' tiny, old-fashioned ones Bows, great aeropiahe bows, building the hats high in the back, are favorit es. One little envelope bat of Belgi an blue was set off with such a trim ming in brass-colored velvet ribbon. Another in tete de Nigre was combin ed with sand-colored taffeta. Sailors grow wider daily, and for the season Mrs. Aubrey Moore will show some of the huge gage leg-horn .sailors. PERKINSON-GREEN COMPANY Poke bonnets that charm, and mod ification of the poke are displayed by Miss Lena Coble, at Perkinson-Green Company's stores. One, a Belgian blue, with tiny pink rose-buds, would make a delightful frame for a face with the new low hairdressing that is coming in. Another is a transparent black lace affair with high crown and a brown and rose ostrich tilted de bonairly over the. face. The "heart shaped hat" is one of the recent mod els, and is attractive in black with Alice blue ostrich and velvet ribbon COHN & SON The military note found in much of the spring apparel is again sounded in hats. Miss Johnson, at Cohn & Son, has a "chin-chin" sailor in black with the black and white checkerboard top trimmed onlywith a black military pompom that is one of the types poprlar with the women who likes to look "different." Fasci nating pink fabric hats struck a hap py note in this display. Cohn & Son's display covers a wide range of the season's styles. LANDIS & E ASTON Ribbons form an important combi nation with flowers in. the head wear shown by Miss Moyer at Landis & Easton's stores. Especially in the form of bows with long streamers at tached under an upturned brim in the back. A picturesque creation that would be especially suitable for a grayed woman is one in the new pinkish purple with flower crown. It is all in the softest tones and con servative in style. A red sailor-shape trimmed with cherries is a dear little hat for a young face. Cherries, by the by, are quite "au fait" this year. MRS- T. LANIER Mrs. T. Lanier's millinery parlor is so inviting and handy ' that, you could scarcely call it an opening day with her. As soon as the first pretty pattern hat wes placed in the case a few days ago she has been kept busy constantly waiting on customers who could not wait for a formal opening. - Mrs. Lanier has a pretty display,eare fully selected. Many who only visited the estab lishment to look decided to buy as the hats were attractive and the pric es so reasonable they could not resist. Happenings That are of Interest to the Many Readers Of the Public Ledger. Gentle Spring ' Spring began Sunday, if this is not another almanac joke. - Do Your Duty , The town election comes off in May. Don't forget your duty as a citizen and a voter. Reductive Influence Fishing and baseball weather will und us too busy to give our attention to either. Fall Pockets A style authority says ' men's trou pers are to have full pockets this sea son." Let us hope so. Hurt While Skating While skating a few days ago, .Master Marion Sneed had the misfor tune to fall and sprain his arm. Signs of Prosperity Good roads, good churches, good schools, good farm " homes, good times. Keep It Up The only way to avoid being mis taken for a tombstone is to keep on being light-hearted. Snow and Sunshine The people of Oxford witnessed the novel sight Monday at noon of see ing flakes of snow fly while the sun was shining. The Civic League. When we get into our new office cn Littlejohn street -we .shall extend an invitation to the Civic League to drop In at any old time. The Dust Down Man The Ideal Manufacturing Company has moved its place of business into the old stand of the Gooch Machine shop. - Entertainment at Grey Rock There will be an entertainment held at Grey Rock-schcol Wednesday night. Exercises will begin promptly at 7:30 o'clock. Fine Odor At this season of the year when the thoughts of maidens turns to Love, we would remind them that an3r kindof "perfume poured into ink" wi i give letters a fine odor. A Fading Flower The anti-jug law goes in effect April 1st. We shall watch with a ?reat deal of concern the "bloom" fade from the nose of a half dozen men. The Trade Mark Manufacturers are known the world sver by the labels on their goods, and .he wide awake merchants in Oxford xre known by their ads. in the Public Ledger. Clean Up Week Bright and early Monday morning :he work of cleaning up the town be gan in earnest. What are you doing to aid in the preservation of the health of the community? Properly Observed Saint Patrick's Day was properly observed by ten sons of Erin in Ox ford last Wednesday. There are more Germans than there are Irish in Oxford, but they won't own it as long as the war lasts. Good for a Dozen The handsomest keenest and most brilliant man in Granville owes us a dollar on subscription, and we xre expecting him to favor us with an 3arly call. (That ought to bring 'em all in-) Stuck on Oxford When a man once gets stuck on Oxford he won't stay away, even if he runs the chance of returning and being caught for something that -aused him to absent himself for a while. Light and Air Judge Cam Hunt has asked for more light on the subject, and the County Commissioners have granted the request. A large window is be ng placed in the outside wall of the Clerk's office, which will admit the light, air and sunshine. How's This A man owns a small piece of land on the National Highway a few miles North of Oxford, had offered it for :?1,200 and it went begging at that price. Nobody wanted it. Since the National highway comes along by the place the owner has many prospective buyers in sight and the price is now $2,500. Even -good roads prospects pay. The Wrong Idea "It is my opinion . that there are more gossips in Oxford per thousand inhabitants than any other town in the country." Thus spoke a man smarting under a mild criticism. We beblieve the irritated man spoke with Out authority when he referred to Ox ford as a tattler's town. He should live in South Carolina for a season. The greatest lesson in life is to learn to take people at their best, not their worst; to look for the beautiful, not for the ugly; the bright.not the dark; the straight, not the crooked side. A Committee From the Granville Commercial Club Will Support Dr. Hays in Public Health Measures. For the purpose of proving in. a practical way its interest in the annu al clean-up week designated b his Honor Mayor T. G. Stem, the Cf-ran-ville Commercial Club ay the Presi dent, has named a Committee irom the Membership of the club td co operate with and support the 'City Health Officer, Dr. B. K. Hays. I DIVISION NO. 1. I (North Oxford, West of College T-St.) First day March 22. C. S- Gar- man. Second day March 2 3,:;: J. Robt. Wood. ; ' DIVISION NO. 2 "tl (North Oxford, East of College St.) Third day March 24th, Mr. LVG, Brummitt; Fourth day March 2&th, Mr. C. D. Ray. . A.V DIVISION No. 3 k j, (South Oxford, West of Main Xand Hancock Streets.) - j Fifth day March 26th, Dr. W ,N. Thomas. Sixth day, March .27th, Mr. John R. Hall. - : DIVISION NO. 4. ' (South Oxford, East 'of . Main ind Hancock Sereets) ."" ' Seventh day March 29th, Jlri.R. C. M. Calvert. Eighth day March 30th, Mr. James 15. Powell, 'v'ih (Written for the Public Ledger,; by L. H. F.) ft f Tn the Spring a Woman's fancy Lightly turns to thoughts of cleaning, "Rake and brushbroom" is the mdttp, Everybody knows its meaning! j.V Let the clean up idoa get you, 'J You clean yours and I clean inin, If everyone would do his duty 4. Wouldn't Oxford fairly shine! Let the smoke from trash piles burning, . Advertise your task well done ,r. Then scatter to the winds the ashes, E're the setting of the sun. ixv uij. vauoj Lxaoii cull vj. tti f f - And everything that you can't burrff -wilt Ityp-" A"""-' "- ..--':-?i Paid to serve you, in your turn. Leave no trashey bits, of paper -For every" stormy wind that blows, Leave no sour and loathsome garbage To reach your cleanly.neighbor's nose The Eible says that "after goodness The next best thing is being, clean" Then pray be careful to remember How much of Heaven the two words mean . And while your thoughts are running thusward Improving hights for public view Just bear in mind tome things that worry, Which, maybe you can alter too Your neighbors plants his flowers and garden; His labor, time and means he pays in one short hour your greedy chick ens May ruin up his work of days Perchance you have a cow that's tethered, Close to your neigrbor, by the steeet, She'll tramp the lawn grass, nip the roses, Besides She's neither clean nor neat And do be careful of your stable On warm, damp days the odors rise And make one think of typhoid fever The favorite breeding place of flies. Just bear in mind to have no nui sance To keep your neighbor in a fret, We need each others' love and friend ship And what we give is what Ave get. LADIES VISIT NEWBERN Delegates to the Woman's Missionary Union Woman's Missionary Union Auxili ary to North Carolina Baptist State Convention will meet in New Bern his week. A number of delegates represent ing different societies of the Oxford Baptist church are attending this meeting. Mrs, J. D. Brooks, Mrs. Ernest Parham from Woman's Mis sionary Society; Miss Sallie Webb from Y. W. A., Miss Mary Royal Han cock from Sunbeams; Mrs. John Webb, Vice-President from Flat Riv er Association- The Baptist women of Nortii Carolina report a good years' work, having reached their financial aim and have given more than $6,000 as their Jubilate offer ing. The thirty odd missionary societi es of the Flat River Association have given their apportionment to the var ious mission causes. Valuable Lard for Sale '-s A part of the Williams' track of T?.nd will be divided and cold at Fair port this Thursday. See adv. of R. S. McCoin elsewhere in this paper. The Club Will Have a Meeting Once Each Month .With an Interesting Program For Every Meeting. To build a bigger, busier, better town; to improve trade conditions and give stability to business; to en large the opportunities, increase the earning1 capacity, and raise the stand ard of .living of the average citizen ; in short, to make Oxford the best town in North Carolina for one to spend his entire life in; such is the purpose of the Granville Commercial Club. Working slowly but faithfully toward this end, the club has inaug urated a series of monthly meetings of its entire membership for the free and frank consideration of the things enumerated above. The first of these meetings will be held in the club rooms at 8:00 p. m., on April the 8th. The principal top ic for consideration for the evening will be enlarging and holding of our rural trade, and the following pro gram has been arranged: Our Trading Radius Dr. E.T. White. Community Interest, : Mr. J. W. Horner. The County Fair Gen. B. S. Royster. A free for all discusison by mem bers of the club. Meeting not to last longer than-one hour. It is believed that these meetings will be of vahie to the members of the club and will be felt in the town There is a general feeling among the membership of the club that it is at last coming into its own as a fixture in Oxford and, perhaps, the greatest agency for our industrial advance ment in the town.. The president and the entire membership wish to "make this year a banner year of achieve ment in the way of good things which the club can do for the . town and country. If you are a member, help. If . you are not a member, join. If you won't do either, just sit down and watch somebody who will. STICK TO IT, BOYS i A Desk Bought on Installment We are told that one of the great est" men Oxford ever produced start ed business on a desk bought on the installment plan. He made a fine success. However, he happened to be a lawyer whose capital was his brains and whose stock in trade was his knowledge of the law and the in dustry to make it an asset. He was one of the kind who got on his job and staid. FINAL. ANNOUNCEMENT Everything in Readiness For the County Commencement this Friday Every one expecting to be in the line of march at the County Com mencement is expected to assemble promptly at 10 o'clock in Horner Park so the procession can be formed and -the parade begin by 10:30. The committeemen are asked. to lead their schools. After the parade reaches the Graded School Building the pag-e.-.nt .ill be gieu on the front porch of this building. Just at the close every one is asked to join the child- The school exhibit will r e placed in ren in singing th". Norti? State, the front rooms of the Oxford Buggy Factory Building and verv one is in vited to inspect this work of the Granville County school children. The Story Telling contest for the Primary Grades will be held in the court room insteiid of the Graded School building as announced last week. THE DISH i OF OUR FATHERS Mr. Herbert E. Crews Touches the Tender Spot We have our opinion of any man who is not passionately "fond of tur nip salid cooked with a hog jowl. We don't mean the "turnip greens" vari ety of the Eastern part of the State nor the "razor back hog" of the west ern counties. We refer to the savory dich as it is prepared here in Gran ville, where turnip grows to perfec tion and the salad takes on a crisp ness unknown elsewhere. Much de pends upon the jowl and the cook. All must come from Granville jowl, the salad and the cook. By a happy coincidence, Mr. Herbert E. Crews, the man who lives at home, brought us a fine jowl the other day cured a brown, and near at hand was the sal ad patch and old Aunt Hannah. Do mestic science may have its place in the world, but it does not apply to this aristocratic dish of our fathers, .n. dozen people enjoyed the dinner which resembled a banquet with the frills cut out. In this connection it would be well to state that Mr. Crews livei just over the line in Yance coun ty, but all of his shcats are raised in Granville. Personal Items About Folks and Their Friends Who Travel Here and There. Mr. Josh King spent the week end with home folks near Littleton. Mr. J. T. Morton, of Route .4, was in town Monday. Mr. L. F. Currin, of Route 4, was in Oxford Monday. Mrs. S. H. Brown is visiting in Richmond. , Mr- S. H. Usry, of Route 2, was in Oxford Monday. Mr. Melvin Jones, of Route 2, was on our streets Monday.' Mr. W. D. Kimball, of Route 6, was an Oxford visitor Monday. Mr. W. B. Dixon, of Route 2, was in town Monday. Mr. John Wrenn, of Route 3, visit ed Oxford Monday. Mr. Sam Hunt, of Route 3, was in Oxford Monday. v Mr. Amos Harris, of Route 6, was m town Monday. Mrs. Will Hunt, of Route 3, was in Oxford Monday. Mr. Jesse Clement, of Route 1, was a visitor to Oxford Monday. Mr. Ray Crews, of Watkins, visited our town Monday. Messrs. Perry Rowland and Hugh A. Jordan, of Henderson, were visit ors to our town Sunday. Mr. M. Murray Robinson, of South Boston, Va., spent the week end in Oxford Mrs. Annie Lee Llewellyn has re turned home after a visit to Miss Louise Lewis in Richmond. Mr. Hillman Cannady has return ed from a successful trip through a a half dozen Southern states. Mr. and Mrs. Sidney A. Jones, of Henderson, spent, the week end in Oxford with relatives. Miss Cabell Jones, of Ashland, Va-, is visiting Miss Edna White at her home on Main street. . Mr. O. D. Wilson, who was con fined to bis room several days, is im proving in health. - ; Wo regret: to learn of the illness of Mr. Joe Hunt, the polite and acco modating clerk'at Landis & Easton's Miss tena Coble, :'the popular and efiVient milliner at'Perkinson-'rreen's was called to her home in Greens boro on account of the serious ill ness of her father. Mr. W. J.. Long, who has been under treatment in a Richmond hos pital for some weeks has returned home accompanied by Mrs. Long. Mr. Long has very much improved in health and is looking well. . . Rev. S. K. Phillips will leave for Rocky Mount to hold a ten-day's re vival. Rev: Lewis H. Lancaster, of Richmond, will fill the pulpit at-the Presbyterian church during Mr. Phillips absence. RIFLE RANGE The State Aids the Granville Grays The prospects of a rifle range for the Granville Grays is almost in sight for the Granville Grays if not an active fact. A 1000 yard range has been selected on the east side of Harrisburg Creek just below the Henderson road- It is an ideal spot for rifle practice. It is understood that the papers in the case have not as yet been signed up.but there seems to be no hitch in the proceedings. The State will maintain the range. While it will be the property of the Gran ville Grays other companies from Louisburg, Durham, Henderson and elsewhere will visit the range at the request of the Grays and participate in prize contests. Cohn & Son's Easter sale starts Friday morning March 2Gth. Wonderful in its scope Unrivaled in its savings opportuni ties The greatest sale of Cohn & Son's career. For months this relia ble firm have been preparing for this .sale. Armed with the power of cash they have scoured the markets of the North, securing numerous desirable purchases at enormous concessions that will enable them to quote prices f-:t their sale never before heard of. No sale they ever had Avas planned along such liberal lines, and while (he lots arc in most instances big enough to last some days it is to your interest to get there the first day of the sale. Cohn & Son's motto is : Vhn its advertised or sold else where its ch'-ape the i-. Tl-eir Eas te rsale now is but another proof of their old established motto. Read their adv. on the last page of this paper. We advise you to walk through their two big stores, and get your share of the Easter bargains. AT CREEDMOOR Dr. Rosenctein. the optometrist of Durham, will be in Creedmoor, stop ping at the Central Hotel, this Fri day, March 26th. . It. If the Reports are Correct the Europ ean War Will, Soon Come to An Abrupt Ending. It now seems to be the announced policy of the Allies to cut off all sup plies of food for the Germans. This is -virtually an order to starve Ger many out. If the order can be en forced; if it becomes impossible for Germany to receive supplies from the outside world it is only a matter of mathematics to determine when the war will end. ' Just how far the Allies have suc ceeded in starving the Germans is a matter of grace concern. Only a lit tle while ago a prominent American citizen held in Germany wrote to his people in this country, and among other things he told his wife to pre serve the stamp on the envelope. When the good woman removed the stamp from the letter dated at Ber lin she found beneath it in a clear hand these words: "The Germans are literally starving to death." The re port comes from London and Paris that , the Germans are gnawing the bark from young trees to sustain life. ENEMIES TO THE CROP Do Not Be in Too Great a Hurry to Get the Corn in the Ground It is well to rememoer that the time of planting corn has considera ble to" do with the amount of damage that the crop will suffer from its in sect enemies. If the observant farmer will think over past experiences, he will remember that as a general rule cut-worms, bud-worms, and stalk borers all do their worst damages to corn which Is planted early. Don't be in too great a hurry to get the corn in the ground. If planting is put off awhile and the time used to put the land in the best possible shape by plowing and harrowing, the insect injury to; the young corn will be less. The Cost of Delivery - The cost of delivery is quite an item in Oxford.- It is estimated that mbretftan $6,00 0 is. spent4n Oxford . annually-in the, delivery of goods to families in the corporate" limits. The amount for the butcher and dry goods dealer must approximate that of the grocer, with the druggist prob ably ranking fourth. Real News An exchange makes the following bid for news, and so de we: "The friends of this paper will please hand us in items when they are fresh. We prefer not to publish a marriage af ter the child is weaned, a marriage after the honeymoon is over, or the death of a man after his widow is married again." HTDDEN WEALTH The Safe Could Have Been Carried Away By Two Men When the little iron safe in the home of T. R. Lamm was opened in Wilson last Friday, night by members of hi3 family over $50,000 In cash was found in it. Mr. Lamm died a few days before, and it was supposed that he was worth $100,000, but it now appears that he was worth three times that amount. In the safe an old home-made sack containing $34,832 in gold certificat es and 13 envelopes held $16,000 in cash. The money had been hoarded and would have' been a rich haul for yegg men. The safe could have been car ried' away easily by two men- Search is being made for other hidden wealth. In nearly every community there are men and women who hide their wealth in old tin cans, and there are a few of this class in Granville coun ty, and the first thing you know some of them will be knocked in the head. To our certain knowledge there is one old fellow who makes his weekly visits to town to convert all of his greenbacks into gold coin. It is real pitiful to see the old fellow slip into the banks and business hous es and beg for gold in exchange for paper money. There is danger in such a precedent. The banks are the only place for money, and those who presist in hoarding money are flirting with certain death in the event the thugs and sand-baggers find it out. PAY YOUR TAXES BEFORE APRIL THE FIRST! Unless your taxes are iaid before above date, youi property vilt. be ad vertised for sale. More than five ho.isand hove paid an 1 it is your time now. If you delay and your property gets advertised it will be yea, not me. S-ttle rV. You are near enough to the last day. Respectfully, 3-20-4t. S. C. T'ORGOOD.Sheriff.