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r stf W yifl -ciwP ciunB InSJVv yO "MPti TilP THE COUOTY .PAPER IhY II JJjJ (((( U JCET lbj tt If i ILq "o hJJ! PUBUSHEDTWICE-A-WEEK JUJ II t ' I ffe 4f v TU JIJIU 5 P f !rVf WEDNESDAYS ;AND 1 yY n V0 : VP - fl? i P w n u Al TRADE AT HOME THROW AWAY THE MAIL ORDER CATALOGUE AND TRADE AT H0ME , OXFORD, NORTII CAHDUTIA, WEDTIESDAY, JUNE 2, 1915. NUMBER 46. VOLUME XXX. r - - - - r, : w a m mr j a m w mmrm m an v t j m w- , - m m m n & n m w r-m i r r . -- . . -VV- GERMANY SHIFTS BLAME It THE PROPOSED BONDS THE KAISER DEFERS ANSWER TO PRESIDENT,. - Assumes That Steamer Was Armed With Concealed Cannon and Car ried Munitions of War. It is given out from Washington that President Wilson intends to shape the course of the United Stat es in the international crisis which has arisen, so as to leave no douht of the country's purpose not only to speak, but if necessary to act, for the cause of humanity. That Germany's avoidance of the larger questions of humanity and the spirit of international law by. a technical argument on a hitherto undisputed point in the statues of naions the exercise of the right to visit and search by war craft-when whether carrying contraband or not imust be met promptly with a note aeain setting forth briefly the facts as found bv investigation of offici als at Washington as to the cargo and peaceful equipment of the Lusi tania, and reiterating the earnest intention of the United States to hold the German government to a "strict accountability" for all viola tions of American rights on the high seas It , does appear that the President will sever diplomatic relations .with Germany within the next forty-eight hours. Submarine Menace. The German submarine menace Is bringing officials to realize the great danger threatening England if Ger many increase largely the number of her undersea craft. This has been impressed on the British mind by the success of submarines operat ing in the Dardanelles, their ever-increasing activity around the British Isles and the threat to carry this form of warfare to the Suez Canal and trade passes through that water way.1 First Ship Through Panama Canal. The Nebraskan, the first ship to go through the Panama Canal, was the victim of a torpedo or mine off the coast of Ireland. She was struck while about forty miles south west of Fastnet, Ireland, and, down at the bow, she started back to Queens town. When the vessel left San Francisco in August for her trip through the Panama Canal there was much cere mony. The mayor christened her for the trip. She is an American built.American owned, and American manned vessel. She was launched at Camden, N. J., in 1902, for the American-Hawaiian Line. She is of 4,409 tons gross, 160 feet long, and 46 feet beam. The Nebraskan left New York for .Liverpool on May 7, with a general cargo, under charter to the Atlantic Transport Line, for one voyage. She discharged her cargo and on May 24 left" Liverpool in ballastr for the Dela ware Capes. The charter to" the Atlantic Trans- ITS STRONG AND ITS WEAK v POINTS. - In Discussing Its Merits Be Careful That Nothing Enters to Defeat the Interests of the Children. TIIE OORDkCOUEGE; : " Few scenes could have been Jmore touching tnattjne resehtaiion by jthe Senior Css. ofi tbe WtraIt of the be loved former Lady Principal, Mrsi S. D.Twitty Miss Emma Hales, on behalf of the Class presend. thispivana paia a most beautiful .tribute to one of the noblest women the i -etate.: has , ever produced. Pres. . HobQod s SSRfJ? ?S of this gift was full of deep.': tender feeling as v he t spokerof- what Mrs-Twitty's life of icIhf-eta? him during the twenty-five years -she was Lady -Principal this College. There were but f ;ew dry eyes at the conclusion of these exercises. It was a real joy to the College; and to the audience that Mrs;, Twitty could De present to hear this beautiful tribute. , : - -r- $ Notwithstanding the fact that the Public Ledger is heartily in favor of placing the schools of Granville on a better financial footing, we are de cidedly of the opinion that the pro posed school bonds will be defeated unless some of our strong speakers get into the field at an early day. Th issue has never been thoroughly ex plained and as a result there i: much adverse comment. We believe if there had been a full and complete statement published as to the actual needs of the schools, showing the money handled and for what purpose, the people would have more readily grasped the signi ficance of the proposed bond issue. To many, it came like, a shot out of a clear sky and they set their faces against the issue without consider ing its strong points.' We have ; implicit' faith in the County Board of Education and we can understand the necessity of strengthening the .school facilities of the . county. The insinuation that they issued the call for the pur pose of securing more money to raise salaries, is without foundation,, and equally so is the imputation that the money would b squandered. As stated above, we tire of the opinion that it would have been the part of wisdom to have launched the bond issue after publishing a complete ex hibit. Under those conditions the people would have more readily, seen the actual necessity and 'the easy terms on which the money, could have been secured Some money must be secured for the schools, and $30, 000 is none too much. If we under stand the question the proposed bond issue is the cheapest and best way to secure the necessary funds The columns of the Public -Ledger are open for the discussion of this very important question and we trust that no one will shut his eyes to any thing that would strengthen the school system of Granville. .We do not want our boys and girls to be "hewers of wood and drawers of water." all the days of their lives. That is the thing the Public Ledger is battling against. If there is negro in tfce wood pile anywhere, run him out and we will take a shot at him. S Jk ' 4 WDLL CHANGE ITS NAME Red Springs School To Flora Mo Donald College. ' In contradiction of the proposition advanced by Mr. Shakespeare to the effect- that there is nothing in a name, the popular and successful Presbyterian , school for young ladies at lied SDrines is . aboult.gr change its. name " to that of Florst Mcuonaia College. A change of name being The charter wine Auanuc irdns.- permissible in the eyes of women, port Line expired when the Nebras- certainly when accompanied by ad kan delivered her cargo in Liverpool. -,ta otherwise unattainable, the Even though she might have taken lncreased dignity of Flora McDonald munitions of war to England on her over the mQre prImItive and common eastward voyage she was strictly an . Red Springs is easiiy discern- American aixxy, ixx uauMl, ihls J: IS l. ,iiet-.,a: ,'. t 4. " JUmXll BIG LOCAL DISTURBANCE THE r GRANVILLE GRAYS IN READINESS. , Th Public Enemy v Has Been Placed In the County Jail to Avoid the - Mob. ' - Oxford College is learning each year to pay. more attention-to, the practical side of ducation-the real needs of young women t the tSateThe Domestic Science and Domestic Art xhibits were demonstrations of fact and both Miss Marie Parish, teacher of Domestic science, and Mrs.-C.. Hobgood, teacher AD28t"fM; ?S.cA?t gratulated on the display of work done by the pupils of . these Departments. This is the first session Domestic Art has been taught in the College, but one needs no greater -proof of s success than thearticles on- exhibit The ! besui Hicni,. r,f f9nrv work. -dr.i4fis. daintv linerrie. and waists, spoke for themselves; as did the variety of breads, cakes, salads, desserts, meats, jellies, preserves, ect. attest the success of -the Domestic .Science Department. - . FRIEND OF EDUCATION WRITES : - ' WE DID NOT HAVE TIME TO READ THE PROOF. an American port when she was dam aged. Before the war the Nebras kan plied between New York ' and Hawaii. v : THE ORPHEUM THEATRE Full - House Greeted Local Talent. - The Orpheum Theatre was com fortably filled Monday night at the presentation of "Money" by the loc al talent of Oxford. It was per haps the smoothest play, with a sufficient plot to make it interest ing ever presented by local talent. Mr. Eugene Crews and Mrs. Annie Woodall were incincible, the former as "Mr. Graves, the widower,, and the latter "Ladv Franklin." The entire sustained their parts Nor is that the only inducement. Flora McDonald will not come empty handed but with an initial endow ment of $500,000 this amount to be increased by those who honor the name dear to all true heroes and patriots. SHOULD NAME ROADS. For Information of Travelers Same As City Streets. Mrs. J. G. Boylin, writing in The Wadesboro Messenger and Intellig encer of -the good roads in Anson county, calls attention to the fact that neither the good roaas nor tne farm homes are named. There is no sien in big letters," she says, "to as indicate that this road leads to Mor- cast ven, or is the Morven road; and this remarkably one to Lilesville: and this one to Eduter the Publik Leger: Las' weke I writ you sum resolu shuns condaming the ' Old Board of Toun Commishuners. But I ain't satisfied yet. The more I think about the ole Bord the madder I get. They are already dead but I bulieve in punishment after death. I hed expected to devoute condidurable space to them, but an, eval of the first magnitude sturs me to the koar At the very outsot, let it be nown that I am opposued to fun an' am happyest at a funel. That iz exact ally my posishun as to bonds.. This thing of throing way money. fur the hyer edukashun of kids dont meet my vues; some uv them air two darn smart anyhow. I .bullieve- I have the rite idea. The whole kounty is gone wrong, the eduter is wrong," the; teachursr are wrong, the things they are I domain stuff yini-. the dn.,aeJ; wrong, as to tnis i snurrwre opuuun of the edukated r men dvmy kom munity. - - ; I was razed in a log house, an ackvred an' edukashun good anouf for all prackytal purpuses. I sot in a skool house with hoals in the flor as big as my han' an' I wore paches on my pantylunes ontil I was twenty- one, and on anvin at manhood i en herited a mule. What I have did others kan do. . . I have no pashents with kollege breed young men and womens. My taxes are now duble what they were some years ago an' I du not bullieve we oughter hepe up a det on postury ty. I am agin bonds toof an' towe nails. Korrekt all misspellyd wurd, but the language and . punktuashan is mine. . PLUR1UUS. The seizure of the "Brigantine Williams,"containing a goodly supply of bug juice in the war zone north of Oxford some days ago, with Capt. Crawford Hobgood and First Mate I H. Hobgood in charge, was denounc ed by two envoys as a clear invisior of the rights of peaceful citizens They point out the fact that Oxforc is a neutral port and that the loac the "Brig .Williams was carrying was not contraband of war and that the entire transaction was unwar rented and unjustifiable . under any known - rule of warfare.. There was talk of; repraisals for a while, but things quieted down, only to be. rude ly disturbed again . when the rumors reached Oxford .of the destruction of a big fort at Petrograd, Tally Ho, by the minions of Uncle Sam. Verily, with the , belligerant , powers to the north of us seizing 'our boats and with a hostile force smashing fortifi cations at the south and west.the out look for the thirsty is not bright.lt is understood in diplomatic circles that the utterance of the two envoys has greatly displeased Mayor Stem, as the speach might cause eventualities. It is positively known that Mayor Stem and his cabinet have conferred as to contraband goods and munitions of war; but their . movements are char acterized by . the greatest of secrecy. The most that can be learned is that the captured munitions of war have been, carefully stored in the Old Bastile in rear of the Temple of Jus tice and a guard thrown around it; just to the right, in the Armory overlooking the plateau, is a picked company of soldiers at the command SOLDIERS IN RICHMOND TRAINS " LEFT OXFORD AT NOON . MONDAY' ' They Will Spend Three Days in the Old Historic City on the James. ' SLIGHT CHANGE OF SCHEDULE FINALS AT OXFORD COLLEGE SPSS' :SS5r 'ZSZ TWO NEW PASSENGER TRAINS :. ADDED ON MAIN LINE OF : SEABOARD. ' - well. The play was well staged Chesterfield. It is just tne Dig roaa. and thfi costumes becoming. Misses Straneers pass along the road and filadvs Rawlins and Ethel Hancock say. 'This is a beautiful field of clov- wprft staere - beauties. Mr. Frank er and oats. Who does this field be Pinnix as Sir John Vesey was splen- long tot?' How is anybody to know? did and Mr. John W. Hester punc- There is no signboard or any name tuated the "Will" so naturally that it seemed real. Mr. B. W. Parham portrayed his character with exact ness and won many friends. Mr. W. H. Powell, as "Sir Frederick Blount," was very clever. Messrs. Elliott Cooper as "Captain Dudley on thf mail box savine this is C. A. Winfree's crimson clover farm. Why will farmers and farmers' wives not trv to make a little show? Another writer notes that the roads in Anson are bordered' with rose bushes, but there, as in almost Smoot," and Mr. William Pace, as every other part of North Carolina, "Lord Glossmore" sustained their parts with credit to themselves and pleasure to the audience. AMERICA'S GREATEST PIANIST. there is not only an absence or names, but of mileposts. AH of which leads to the conclusion that North Carolina can beat the world in build ing good roads and in the neglect of small things that would add to the John Powell Coming to Orpheum j joy of the public traveling them. , Theatre Tuesday Evening, June 8. "Having cancelled engagements in Europe on account of the war, and bearing modestly fresh laurels gain ed in England and on the Continent, John Powell returns to America, the country of his birth." The London Critics said of him: JThose who were not present at the pianoforte recital given by Mr. John Powell at Aeolian Hall last night probably missed one of the most re markable performances that London has ever heard." Tha London Daily Express said : "Sensations have been few, for re turn in the concert world lately, COMMUNICABLE DISEASE n State or Local Law to Prevent Children from Spreading Disease The Public Ledger is informed that there is no law, State or local, reouirine Quarantine or. placarding of a house, where whooping cough exists. The children afflicted with it are permitted to roam at large, un less m excep nuiiai tMeo v"- '"u are too conscientious to allow their children to thus menace the health of others. Although whooping cough is 'a communicable' disease, and is considered by authorities as quite fatal in the case of infants, no pro tection is civen them whatsoever Joohn Powell at Aeolian Hall last nigm orue we niouwj j iMrA f n.i th: it. seems was m every way, an dBiumomnsv --- . . Wonu nf masterful, eloquent and powerful s oppu uu q TZZLTZ 7 nerformance of Liszt' s B. Minor e expene -uu -uu Sonata. The Berlin paper said of mm : "John Powell is one of the few who play from within, under whose fin gers the piano sings and really gives maintainine Quarantines, but what objection can there be to tagging those houses, where whooping cough or. other contagious or infectious di sease exists? The Public Ledger De and for whom . every lieves that it should be done, and forth music. niece he Dlavs signifies a confession. It is not probable that those "who I heard -Mr Powell when he was in ux- f ord two years ago, have forgoten u. then if people take' the chance it is their'--" lookout:- Children, - having such diseases, should not be permitt ed to minele with others in crowded ;ln returning again to Oxford Mr.Pow- p ell pays the music lovers or tnis com- mai. iawa suuum - r a HHnatecom- and such a point would be granted. mentatoTraWe that The parents should,have t fellow i mi thic 'uTineii-f feeiinsr: Tor . otner vareuie. : wmu. al opportunity to hear so distin vnls'hed an artist. Let us give him the great oration tjrr Prt well "comes.undei' ' the att ticable to be offered. as a a.., ttt fitrn rinh Maclr nf lee-islation. feel in e for. other j parents, wpuld " impel them to keep their children from being the means of snrendinsr disease. That. however ia idealistic, and not sufficiently-prac reason ior THE COLDEST YEAR. The Year 1816 Was a Year Without a Summer. It looked a little odd to see people standing around on the streets last week wrapped up m winter over coats, but it was nothing, to compare with the year 1816, which was known throughout the United States as the vear without a summer. Jan nary of that year was so mild that most people would have let tneir iur naces eo out had they possessed any; and February was only occasionally colder.. March and April coaxed the buds and flowers out, and May was a winter month, with ice and snow. Bv the end of May everything per ishable had been killed by the cold, and the young leaves had been strip ped from the trees. June was as cold as May. Both snow and ice were common throughout the month all over the corn belt, and after hav ing planted corn two or three times the farmers threw up their nanus. Snow fell ten inches deep m Ver mont. The following winter was the hardest the people of the United States have ever known. is taken to. prevent the newspapers SOME NOTES AT CLOSING HOtJR from getting hold of anything that TOKEN TO MRS. TWITTY would inflame the people. Almost the whole list of passenger trains on the main . line has been changed, and two have been added. The old trains are to work on a schedule' which will, afford many more conveniences f or " trips of both business and pleasure for those who travel. , Slight changes have been - made also on the Oxford and - Durham branches to conform with the re arranged schedule on the main line, .' ' Main; Line. " " ' The authorized official schedule, as given out by' the Seaftoard authoriti es trains will arrive and leave Hen derson on the .main line as follows: 1 2:50 a. m. No;: 2, for Richmond, Washington and points north.' ; 3:55.a.m. No. lyxr" Raleigh, 6:1 a;' m. for- Richmond. 1 points north, connec for Weldon, Portsmou n r -a . . . - . t-. -. - t Raleigh, , ; Hamlet, fLi ajia. Rutherf ordton. -f o - t 't'i Si 1:26 p. m,. Noi 12, for Weldon, Portsmouth and Norfolk - -. ' - 1:47 p. m., No. ;4, for Richmond, Washington and points north. 2:16 p. m., NoirI for Raleigh, Hamlet, Atlanta, and Birmingham. . 4:34 p. in., No; 3, for Raleigh, Hamlet, . Columbia, r and -"-- Florida, points. " ' i'"' ' 9:56 p. m. No. .7,;Flamingo' for Raleigh, Hamlet,' : Columbia, and points in Florida! v JiA;y Oxford-Henderson Branch Depart fToroL- Oxford) No. 418 . . . . . 6.05 a. m. No. 212 . V. ... .11.59 a. m. No. 422 2.30 p. m. No. 420 . . . .: '. . . 5.15 p. m. Arrival at Oxford) Those who were fortunate enough to hear Rev. Calvin B. Waller, pas tor of First Baptist church, Ashe- ville, in his address before the Liter arv Societies of the College on "The Men We Need," had a rare treat Oxford College has been fortunate in securing many eminent speakers -in the past, but never in its history, has an address given greater satisfaction than Dr. Waller's. It was clear and convincing in thought, strong and forceful; full of deep truths and practical advice, and the keen appre ciation of the audience was demon strated by the hearty applause which greeted him throughout, Art. Kvhihit. The Art Exhibit showed that in black cigar. That touched the this Department also, much has been man's heart and he tried tWeivp; accomplished, and Miss Sue Hall, dollar ..bill. on ; the -cotihterr bu teacher of art, together with her pu- clerk wouldn't bave .lt .that wa -the!' -v- 1' 1 '" -r. BIG HEARTED CLERK - Traveling Man .Calls for Cigar on Sunday. ' A traveling man walked into a local drug store Sunday and with a confidential air laid a dollar bill on the counter and called for a good ten cent cigar.; "No. sir, we don t sell cigars, gin fiz, coco-cola, soda-pop or anything of that sort in Oxford on Sunday," said the clerk. r r VWhy,-! hadno idea that a live town like Oxford would submit to a blue law like that," said the travel line man., and as he turned to walk away the clerk treated him to a big1 More than fifty surviving Confed erate veterans and twice as many sons of veterans left Oxford on the noon train Monday for the three days reunion in Richmond. In searching the faces of the -brave sons of old Granville as they lined up at the Seaboard station there seemed not to be one much, under 70 years - of age. There' were some in tne ranKs tremDimg with age, but they were affection ately s and tenderly . cared for by their comrads in arms, a half cen tury ago, or their sons. The gath ering of the soldiers at Richmond this year is the most notable re union in many years. It comes at a time when the veterans are near ing the shank of their fading day, and the people of Richmond have made preparations that will insure perhaps the tenderest and the best treatment ever accorded them, ine veterans - go there assured In ad vance of a royal good treatment. , CONFEDERATE VETERAN'S DREAM. ' (Lance Hendrlx) He marches away In his slumbers, . With a eray. romantic heart. And thinks of the coming: battles In which he will soon take part. He thinks of a mother he's leaving-; And a sister so bonnv and eray. But his thoughts are most of another. His beautiful, dark-eyed May. Again he's with Lee in Virginia, rWhere the RappahannocK nows, And forming in line of battle - To nght the Northern roes. His heart is again rent with passion His mind is fiery with hate; He rushes into the battle ' Leaving his safety to fate. Very true and vivid Do all those battles seem. ! But, alas! he wakes to find 1 That he's only had a dream. A little maid before him, Her head a mass of gold. Whispers softly, "Grandfather dear, Your'r tea is getting cold." Death of Aged Man. Mr. J. J. Brooks, 88 years old.the father of Mr. J. D. Brooks, of Ox ford, died at his home in Woods dale, Person county last week. He is survived by eight children. TtkQ,T'liin' WW "' fTlie Eiial -doiicert on Tuesday Mean.' FranJr'lIancock and Ass m ' sLx 'clock. wff largely at-r . Graham Will .Practice Law ; ; l x.- w"- thought-y -many to ' Mr. Frank- Hancock, ' -the sln ot W t-e best trea'' for - several years Mr. and ? Mrs.' F. . W.' Hancock, vr&4; past. It was indeed 'a real treat .to has been studying law at the State lovers of music. : -The selections were University .is at home on. short vaca- choice and many of, them superbly tion ? He wilt return to the Univer- rendered all showing most careful I sity Summer School at an early date Rtndv and trainine. Those taking and hones to secure his "Sheepskin" narts wr: Misses Fannie Buchanan, this fall. It is indeed seldom that Rt.hel Hancock. Dorothy Jones, o vouner man graduates in law be Tranche Surles. -Sue House. Marguer- fore he is twenty-one years old. If ite Jenkins.Ethel Walters and Esther Frank is successful in getting Kinney. J through, and we have no doubt he To Remain. 1 will, he will necessarily have to rwfrn-A r'nllee' is to be coneratu- wait a. few months before he is iated that Mrs. Woodall and Miss twentv-one to hang up his shingle. Hankins, Directors of the Musical! . Mr. Augustus Graham, the brilli Department, will return next session. ant son of Judge Graham, will gradu OPPOSED TO BONDS ., The Voters Are Urged to Register. (Uorrespona-ance os e rii diic I see you have given both sidf their views on the bond issue I columns. We do iiot wA,1 . . . . . ,.1 i- oonas jusi now. iue i r' v posed , to " it and ' on ' ttf June will settle it oe I tuink if the County. J cation; ctild call off th wTildj S ihe countj') near xy 7 .,-5; "ave heard" t . ere in favor bt bonds 1 f. 'Everybody is stirred J reelsterine faster that Tresic, election. ' Next SaturdaiO J une last day to register. Be sure to vour name put on books before sun down next Saturday, i. 1. vtJ w V No. No. No. 419 429 411 No. -413 . .10.10 a. m. ..12.45 p. m. . . 3:00 p. m. : 7:30 p. m. An Instance of What Manufacturing Plants WTill Do for a Town As" an instance7 of what capitol will do. the little town of City Point, Va., is an example. Twelve months ago it was not quite as large as StovalL The Du Pont people did have an insignificant powder factory STILIi IN THE RING The Report that Mr. Carl Adam Took Unto Himself a Wife is i ltn out Foundation. As an instance of how things will flv and multiply as they go, is exem plified in the report reaching Oxford last Friday to the effect that Mr. uari Adams had taken unto himself a wife. .Every one will readily admit that Mr. Adams is very fond of tne laides and a more gallant young man never lived. As to whether the report was start ed as a joke, or whether it was a case of mistaken identity, is not known.On leavings Oxford last weeK, Mn Adams f confided to friends that h was takine a little jaunt down the mad to see his sweetheart.' It anneara that a commercial traveller reni.h 1 n ft . Oxford ' saw Mr. ; - Adams coatprt at a. limine taDie on me Florida limited and In conversation with the star of a theatrical company. tt the mean time Mr. Adams ar- iHn-ori in town and 'entered a. closed car and drove home. After ' dining sumptuously and donning a new suit, of clothes he came down town and wa th recipient -of many- heartly nncrratnlations. The' f act - that'' his f,a wor a iit.t.lA nale and he was so well groomed, added intensity to' the situation and Vuwas t some-time j.be fn-ra Vi a Min 1 d convince his friends that there was a mistake somewhere. " rrtsx r-rmAn rvived bir Red' Tone Tabules. v25 cents at . The Jf'OT Drug Store. Money back if dissatisfied. TWENTY-SIX THOUSAND PEOPLE The Church Membership in Granville . - is Only , fere inonsand The Commercial? Service Week Bulletin throwsS some light on the church, memberships in: North Caro lina. Among -. .trie counties of the State Granville links eleventh from the top with a ntembership of 5,064. According to thl906 Census report North Carolina' rank among the States of the Unidn was 17. Bertie Makes he Best Showing Non-church membership, of people ten years old and older, ranges from 4 per cent in Bertie to 77 per cent in Edgecombe county. The showing for Bertie, Hertford,' Northampton, Gates and Chowanj in the -Albemarle region is most remarkable; less than a fifth of the - population of these counties being outside j. the - church. The counties . making ? the . best showing have large per cents of negro popula tion. . - ;. r But in 27 counties of the State, a full half or more of the people of re sponsible age, are outside the church; nl5 of these counties, three-fifths or more; m tnree or these counties, seven-tenths or" more of the people are outside the church. - The Poorest Showing ., The , counties with the highest per cents of - non-church membership form three groups ( 1 ) Martin.Edge' combe, Nasa,-Wilson, and Johnston in the east center; . ( 2-) Rockingham, Stokes, Surry,- Alleghany, and Ashe along the north-west border; and 3) Haywood, Jackson, Swain, and Gra ham in the , south-west corner, on slow, is isolated. . 0 , , The Home Mission Field. All told 685,500 people of respon sible age in North Carolina in1906 were'outsidr-thehurch. At that time, 1,081 tiurches in North Caro lina-had no C otiday schools, and z z z , 3 00-. ehildre " ot .school age,, or, nearly one-third c 2 them all, were outside the-Sundar "iiiools of the State. ; With ne. j twothirds of the total population V the United States and three-fifth: 7 ! thet people of North Carolina c fi ' !e the church, , and third of , children ' outside the Sunday f - pi, there is abundant work for." try r.jchurch - to do, at home otc rrrainst every s church door. - " A HUSTLING TOWN ate in law at the University law School this session. He will open up his fathers' office and be associa ted with him in -business. THE BEST IN YEARS Apples," Pears in Peaches and Abundance. According to the statement of re- liahio farmers the fruit crop in there but during the twelve months Granville this year will be the larg t-hr v,o crteii thrPA larefi nowder est for the past five years. It is re niants and todav the population is ported that apples, peaches and pears ,nm)iinff nvor nn ani mcreas- diq iair 10 oeuu ncca xx DUUlCkUlU " v , w w v 1 -11, i-rr t-ho. hnnircHe Pitv Point is I sections of Granville. f fr.nm Potorshnrp and about It is also predicted by the farmers twenty from Richmond, at the junc- that the grape crop is to be larger t Tomoe and Annomattox this vear than usual. The early l.llill v . vui w-uw v. Mr mt i rivers. The uufonis lactones em ploy 10,000 people. They let con- tracts for a hundred tenement hous es at a time. Property that ; six wopks aeo sold for. $2 50 a lot now brines in every instance from $2,000 to $2,500, it is said. One instance is cited of a building lot that cost 2KO six weeks aeo sold last weeK for $3,750. ' . DR. E. T. WHITE VISITS FLORDDA. Meets Three Granville County Men in Tallahassee. Dr. E. T. White, who returned from a business trip to Taiianassee, Florida, last week, was very favorab spring rains have aided the grapes materially and give promise of the ponntv's havine a large assortment of fine grapes. . In every other fruit crop the pros pects look good and the chances are that fruit will, during the summer months, be plentiful. Each year the farmers - are cultivating their or hards w'ith ereater care and the re suits are said to be very satisfactory. - NO RESPECT OF PERSON JjAlex Porter Arrested Charged With Operating a Blockade Still Kicn and Prominent. T Alex Porter, retired capitalist ly impressed with the neat Southern was arrested in Asheville Saturday : , Tift irtnttnA tVio T ocH siatiire hv United States internal revenue officers charged with operating "blockade" distillery. At the, same time Wes Patton. a farmer, was ar rested in Haywood county charged with having furnished Porter with materials for makine whiskey. The officers alleee that the still was oper ated on the property - of Porter at nntmnrd near Asheville. witn ms knowledge and consent. The arrests xkroro the culmination of an invest! une city. He visited the J-egisiaiure which is now in session at taiianas see and met the Hon. W. A. Pruitt, Representative of Leon, the county in which Tallahassee is situated. Mr. Pruitt is a first cousin of Messrs. Ed and Jim Pruitt, of Oxford.? He was born and reared on the Granville-Franklin line and took up his abode in Florida several years ago. Dr. White also met two more Gran ville countv boys in the Southern "' THE CONSTITUTION , - Gem Falls From the Lips of Hon. F. P. Hobgood, of Guilford Senator Hobgood, t of Guilford, on. the occasion and presentive to tne graduating class of the State Normal and Industrial College copies of the Constitution, of the United States ana the State of North Carolina, rings clear in the following gem: '1 am reminded that there are out two occasions. upon which mere man is required formally and iegany to pledge support. The one is when he would register for the purpose of qualifying himself to vote ana tne other when he stands at the altar. Is it an act of pure gallantry on the part of man that there is no similar or anaiagous occasiuu - " woman is placed under a like neces-. sity?" ! : J i A HEALTHY SIGN 7 4 Most Encouraging to Friends or Education. The "largest class in history" has characterized the headlines of a great many of the commencement stories in North Carolina this year. ine fact that more children are attending; the various institutions of learning" and larger classes being graduated is' most . encouraging to-the menas ot education. No healthier sign is to be had than to see the walls of the school buildings bulging, figurative ly speaking, with increased classes and to note the consequent tearing down of old and inadequate struc-. tures to be replaced by new and larg, er buildings. The Public Ledger re joices to see 'the school architects of the State kept on the run. Not only should larger buildings be erected, but more of them. Let the good work progress uninterruptedly- " I .. . 1 tUa i in thajr I catinn ia.stins Beveiai muums City whu nave '" f"7 iT , and, nrominent adnnted ' State: RaiTter and John Brown, the sons of Ex-postmaster J. W. Brown, of Ox ford. "Fine young men, are these," says Dr. White," "and they have made many friends.'': - The Doctor r says the people in Tallahassee are on the move and that they scarecly pay any attention to the war . over the seas and less nhout the- Mexican troubles. He was within ten miles o fthe Gulf of citizen created a' sensation, it is said. GOOD STAND The Splendid Season Encourages the Farmers. , . Encouraging news comes from the farming interests of the community. The good seasons prominent .farmers say, have . been of ; incalculable bene fit. Thev have enabled the replant- was witnm ten mues o ! uxl to-baeco and practically insure Mexico and regreteriwr 4id not g tor Jhe weed, iwhile have more time at his disposal. FcriX hai, aireadv been-re- Merchant's Association The pro- planted, is given a splendid stimulus. eram for the thirteenth annual con-1 Good crops in txranvie wiiv insure vention of the Merchant's a associa- gooa times, leswuiwB.v.. -.."" tion of North Carolina, which is to be going on elsewhere in; the worlds convene in -Asheville on June 15,i l6, The key to the situation ox.prosperfty and 17 has been issued. Some ot is held by the agricultural, interests, the live merchants of'Oxford contem- When the farm prospers, the welfare plate attending the. meeting, i , ctv of the city is assured! - ,r7. j f0 CANNING DEMONSTRATION" 4 Mrs. McKimmon Will Instruct Clubs In Practical Details. The large school for canning club agents which Mrs. McKimmon, State agent in home demonstration work, has heretofore conducted in Ral eigh, will be held this year at the State NoAnal College at Greensboro. Dr. Foust has offered the college and its equipment for. this purpose, and the home demonstration forces have shown their appreciation by the ac ceptance of this offer. . This school of canning is the larg est, school of its kind in the South embracing as It does all of the can ning club agents in the forty organ ized counties in North Carolina as well as .the field .forces Many out side, canners have asked permission, to enroll and agents In several other States will be . In attendance. , .... , .. . . .. , Sheriff Hobgood, Cam Hunt, J. B". Powell and Connie . , Walters are in. Richmond. ''Vim, vigor, ambition' and new life are imparted "by Red-Tone Tabules. 2& cents at the Lyon Drue: Store. Money back if dissatisfied. , . cmces or me wviuou o vnv .