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, : :':V;Ai'' t;- ' V r'.:'j . .': jP.- l-i. -'s : --. -'- , y-:V w .--" "-'vv'- V-' THE COUNTY PAPER PUBLISHED TWICE-A-WEEK WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS V- TRADE AT' MOME THROW AWAY THE MAIL ORDER CATALOGUE AND TRADE AT HOME NUMBER 47- VOLUME XXX. OXFORD, KORTH CAHOUTIA, SATURDAY,: JUNE 8, 1915. 1 y llilff'lPIO) it " ira IIHHV II II II II ,1111 II II ' II II .1111 -i- M -l- V"Z . -.' .1111 THE MEXICAN TROUBLE TWO YEARS" CIVILi WAR HAS BROUGHT ON DEVASTATION The Policy of This County is Not to Stand Idly , by and see the People of the Neighbor Republic Suffer. . r- - President Wilson, in the name of the United States,. Wednesday pub licly called on all factions in Mexi co "to accommodate their differen ces," and set up a government that can be accorded recognition. Failure to unite in a movement to. bring peace to Mexico "within a very short time," it was announced in a statement telegraphed to Gen erals Carranza, Villa, Zapata, and others, would constrain the United States"to decide what means should be employed" to save the people of the southern republic from further devastations of internal warfare. Everywhere in . official and dip lomatic quarters and among Mexi cans of varied learning the states ment was interpreted as meaning that the United States would bring to bear first to unite the factions in the choice of a provisional president and failing all elements together, would give its active support to those elements ' which did agree. Ultimate intervention was consider ed possible, but only if a hopeless condition of anarchy followed with no remedy from within. the republic. President's Statement The President's statement is as follows: "For more than two years revolu tion conditions have existed in Mex ico. " The purpose of the revolution was to rid Mexico of men who ignor ed the constitution of the republic and used their power in contempt of the right of its people; and with these purposes the people of the - United States instinctively and gen erously sympathized. But the lead ers of the revolution, in the very hour of their success, have' dis agreed and turned their arms against one another. "All professing the same objects, they are nevertheless unable or. un willing to co-operate. A central ' authority at Mexico City is no soon er set up than it is undermined and its authority denied by those who are expected to support it: Devastation is Result "Mexico is apparently no nearer a solution of her tragical troubles than she was when the revolution was first kindled. And she has been swept by civil war as if by fire. Her crops are destroyed, her fields lie unseeded, her work cattle are confiscated for the use of the arm ed factions, her people flee to the mountains to escape being drawn in to unavailing bloodshed, and no man ; seems to . see or lead - the way to peace .and settled - order. There is no proper 'protection either for. her otner nation resident ana at worK within the. territory. Mexico is starving and without a government. This Country to Lend Aid "In these circumstances the peo ple and government of the United . States cannot stand indifferently by and do nothing to serve their neigh bor. They want nothing for them selves in Mexico. Least of all do they .wish to see utter ruin come upon her, and they deem it their duty as friends and neighbors to lend any aid they properly- can to any instrumentality which promises to be effective in bringing about a settlement which will embody the real objects of the revolution con stitutional . government and the rights of the people. Patriotic Mexicans are sick at heart, and cry out for peace and for every self sacrifice that may be necessary to procure it. Their people cry out for food, and will presently hate as much as they fear every man, in their country or out of it, who stands between them and their daily bread. Policy of United States ; "It is time, therefore, that the government of the United States should frankly state the policy which in these extraordinary cir cumstances it becomes its duty to adopt. It must presently- do what it has. not hitherto done or felt at liberty to do lend its active moral support, to some man or group of men, if 'such may be found, who can rally the suffering people of Mexico to their support in an effort to ig nore, if they cannot unite, the war ring factions of the country, return to the constitution of the people so long in abeyance, and set up a gov ernment at Mexico City which the great powers of the world can recog nize and deal with, a government with whom the program of the revo lution will be a business and not merely a platform. "I, therefore, publicly and very solemnly call upon the leaders of the factions in Mexico to act to gether, and to act promptly for the relief and redemption of their pros trate country. I feel it to be my duty to ' tell them that, if they . can not accommodate their differences and unite for this great purpose within a very short time, this gov ernment will be constrained to de cide what means should be employ ed by the United States in order to help Mexico save herself and serve her people." , Old Poin Comfort The tobacco men should all try and go to Old Point Comfort on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, June the 24th, 25th, and 2 6th, and talk it all over with each other and take a part in the meetings and also enjoy the many attractive social features that will be on tap. The occasion will be an enjoyable one and also a valuable one from a business standpoint. Mr. Adams, the proprietor of the Cham berlin Hotel, writes us that he is go ing to do all he can to make the to bacco men feel at home. He will give special rates, etc. Mr. Adams likes the tobacco men and he is go ing to do his part to give them a good time. Those who are . not members had better send in their names. Durinig the first few days of June it forgets itself and acts as if it were some sort it a rainy spell in the fall. ' SOUTHERN GAS fflP. COMPANY ARRANGEMENTS FOR HOLDING DEMONSTRATION IN OXFORD Mr. T. W. Upton, the Henderson manager of the Southern Gas and Improvement Company, spent Wed nesday in Oxford, conferring with Mr. McGhee, our local manager. We learn from these ..gentlemen, and they are the spokesmen of the capitalists ; operating the Southern Gas and " Improvement Company, that the new equipment and mod ern conveniences being installed will place Henderson and Oxford on a par with the very best plants of the system, which includes Phila delphia and several of, the leading cities of the South. The company makes it a rule to erect and own neat office buildings in all the cities where they operate, and as soon as Oxford and Hender son are substantial consumers of gas we can confidentially expect that the company .will also honor Oxford and Henderson with neat - office buildings. Mr. Upton's visit to Oxford was primarily to confer with Mr. Mc Ghee as to the demonstration to be held in Oxford at an early date. We understand that a suitable room has been -secured for the purpose of demonstrating the superiority of gas as a cooking fuel. Expert ladies will bave charge of the dem onstration work, and one full week is to be devoted to the ladies of Ox ford, and one week to the servants showing certificates of employment. The head men of the Southern Gas and Improvement Company spent a few, hours in Oxford some two or three weeks ago, returning to Philadelphia from a tour of in spection of their plants which took them as far South as Tampa, Fla. They' expressed themselves as being very favorably impressed with Ox ford, and in fact one of the gentle men remarked that Oxford was the prettiest town they had seen any where . in their travels. When you hear capitalists speak of our community in that tone of voice it means something, and it is not all gas either. MISS HUNT WINS DIPLOMA Graduates From Guns ton Washinigton City. HoIL Friends throughout the State will be interested in knowing that Miss Janie Outlaw Hunt, of Oxford, who has - spent the past ' two years at Gunston Hall, Washinigton, D. C, has received a certificate from that school and also a diploma from the school of domestic science. . She is now at Annapolis for June week, where she has been a belle for the past two , . years. She is the only daughter of Mr. "and Mrs. William Henry , Hunt, presindent of the First National " Bank, of Oxford ,and will make her debut in North Caro lina society the coming winter , .aguyff.yi, I i' ,1 " : u . -if .;--rg-v--yM;- THE NOBLE GRANVILLE GRAYS . - THEY HAVE ALWAYS HUNG - THEIR FLAG . ON A STAR The officers of the Granvlle Grays hope to start for the encampment at Morehead City on-the morning of August 3rd with sixty men in line. A number of splendid young men have recently enlisted and there is room for a few more, but the Gran vills Grays are not taking Tom, Dick and Harry into their ranks by a long shot, and right they are. The personnell of the company has always been above par and we trust that the bars will never be lowered. No uniform in the State is more re spected than that of the Granville Grays. The company has a history of which the present generation may well be proud. ',- Whenever the company marches away we know that it will return with additional honors." We trust that the half. doz en vacancies in the ranks may be filled by young men worthy to wear the uniform. THOSE DEADLY BULLETS The Kind That is Being Used in the European War. (Wall Street Journal) From the - point of .view of engi neers; shrapnel, one of the most ef fective agencies for the destruction of human life yet devised, is an ex tremely complex- mechanism,its com plexity being shown by the sub-con tracting of the order received by the Canadian Car & Foundry Co.among 50 concerns in the United States and Canada. That company's order call ed for 5,000,000 shrapnel, at an ap proximate cost of $83,000,000, or $16.65 each. Close to 20,00,000 pounds of copper are being used in their manufacture, or about four pounds to each shrapnel. - The complete shrapnel is com posed of three principal parte: (a) The time fuse. (b) The projectile proper, a hollow steel shell filled with bullets and a bursting charge of black powder, (c) A brass cart ridge case filled with smokeless powder to shoot the projectle from the gun. This brass cartridge case is similar to the shell of an ordinary rifle or revolver cartridge. ' " The cartridge case is from a foot to almost two feet long and is made of sheet brass and filled with smoke less powder. It is set off by a per cussion cap and will hurl the pro jectile up to 6,000 yards, making that distance in a trifle less than 20 seconds. The smokeless powder in the brass tube differs slightly in form. The American powder is granular, the British and Russian crystalline, and the German and French stick form. Smokeless powder consists essentially of guncotton acted on by a solvent such as acetic ether or ac etone. The English cordite is 58 per cent nitroglycerine, 37 per cent guncotton and five per cent mineral jelly. Recent necessity has greatly aid ed the development of the shrapnel with its marvelous death-dealing qualities. The most important im provement being .a method whereby the explosion of the shell can be ef fected right at the mouth of the gun if necessary, where it sprays out its hail of bullets. DISTRESSING ACCIDENT BENJAMIN ADCOCK KILLED BY FRIGHTENED HORSE Became Entangled in the Chains . and was Dragged a Distance of One Mile. The Goshen section of Granville was startled by the sad accident that befell Mr. Benjamin Adcock last Monday evening. - , Mr. Adcock had been plowing in the field and when the hour arrived to turn in he unhitched the horse, leaving the gear on the animal. He climbed upon the horse's back and pulled his little son up after him. In making the trip home the horse be come frightened, presumably at. the rattlinig of the chains. The . first jump dislodged Mr. Adcock and his son. The son fell to the ground with great force but he was not ser iously hurt, but unfortunately Mr Adcock's foot became entangled' in the gear and in the mad race for a mile, across the rough country it is not known at what point Mr. -Ad cock lost consciousness. He was badly bruised about the head and body and when the horse arrived at a neighbor's house the lifeless body was still dangling at the , animal's side. Nearly all the clothing -had been torn from the bruised and bleeding remains in the mad rush through the bramble and stones. The deceased was an exemplary citizen. He leaves a wife and five small children to mourn his loss. The family has the sympathy of the entire community. His re mains were laid to rest at Hester church. ' ' , ': WATCHMAN TELLS US OF NIGHT We Should Be Careful and Prepare for Emergiences The warehouse bells and the voice of the festive auctioneer . will . not again be heard abroad in the land until the markets open up in the fall. Considering the many perplex ing problems which have confront ed the trade since the opening of the markets last fall, the farmers every where have planted largely, and we hope they have planted wisely. It is true that a very annoying state of affairs exists on account of the difficulty shippers find in get ting tobaccos of certain kinds to for eign countries, and if this difficulty should grow and continue we do not know to what , extent the trade will be affected. . In fact, we prefer to believe ? in answer to the cry of "Watchman tells us of the night, what its signs of promise are," that "all's well." But at the same time it is well that we should be careful and prepare for emergencies , that might occur pn account of the possible continuation of the European war. . , . GRANV1LL.E COUNTY, FAJJ The Premium List Is In the Hands " of the Printer. Mr. Eugene Crews, the genial and capable secretary of the Granville County Fair Association, has placed the copy of the premium list of the Fair in the hands of . the printer. He hopes to have it ready for dis tribution within the next ten days or two weeks. "This year's Fair will be the best ever held in Granville county," says Mr. Crews. He already has . his eye on a few ' magnificent attrac tions and you can always depend on Secretary Crews to do the right thing at the right time. VIRGINIA COUPLE WED Ceremony Performed By Rev. S K. Phillips at Exchange Hotel Mr. Byman Sperluck and Miss Nellie Glover, both of Laurenburg county, Virginia came over to Ox ford Thursday and were happily united in marriage at the Exchange Hotel at the noon hour. The cere mony was performed in the parlors of the hotel by Rev. S. K. Phillips, pastor of the Oxford Presbyterian church in the presence of a number of the botel guests. CHURCH MEMBERSHIP Nearly Doubled in Granville During Last Ten Years. . According to the ' 'Commercial Service Week Bulletin the total number of members of all the churches of 'Granville in 1906 was 5,064. The population of Granville in the same year was something over twenty-three thousand. We were agreeably surprised to learn from Dr. G. T. Lumpkin that the churches in Granville have made substantial gains in the last ten years. The Doctor estimates . that the Baptist denomination alone in Granville is between 5,000 and 6,000. The Oxford Baptist church has a membership of 569, with more than one hundred accessions during the past twelve months. At any rate, it is safe to say that more than one third of the population of Granville are church members. Instead of ranking elevnth in the counties of the State in 1906, we believe that when all the figures are in Granville will have climbed up considerably in the past ten years. Mrs. F. W. Hancock is spending some time in Raleigh with Mr. Hancock. SCHOOL BOND ELECTION WITHDRAWN It is evident from the wide spread opposition to the proposed SCHOOL bond issue that the people do not approve of this method of securing money at five per cent for building and equip ing rural' schools in Granville County. The Board of Education take this as the verdict of the people and hereby announce the recall of the5 proposed election. The Board of Education in asking the County Board of Commissioners to call this election acted on the advice of a large number of the leading citizens of the town of Oxford and throught the County. 1 BEN K. LASSITER, Oiairman Granville Co Board of Education. AVO) A CAREFUli ) PRESENTATION foF . J'ACTS IJxV ONE -WHO KNOWS v .:. " " V ;-vv-f Editor-Public Ledgrc . ; , ? 7. f : Since the notice of an election for a bond . issue iof .thirty thousand dol lars to be used ,-for the,r purpose of building better suhodl houses in the County apepared in yojir paper, we have heard liuehsaid, aainsWV I wish to 'lay- in th . beginning that I have, thought over this 'peas sure carefully,', taking: , into 'consid eration . ; thB"; jedsin $ my "to.wn dis trict and in Br other districts of our county a; also, taken into con sideration .tlii;; demand being made on the Board Education by every District ' in r th " ounty "tor better school f acilXtlrl.I . . iave decided that it is a' etf-Si in . the, right direc tion and shall 'gfye this 'measure my hearty support. "I ani interested in the future of a the boys and girls in Granville ccfmtyv ' I want to see them have opportunities equal to the opportunities of boys and girls of any otherrsounty or town in the State, and ,ittr my : opinion the expen diture of thejmoney derived from this bond issu4 would give the coun try child as good an opportunity to obtain an education as the town child. ' -x;-; , i ' It seems to tie that in reaching a decision in regard to this measure there are threV" questions we should consider; namely, First, Do we need better school, buildings, in "other words has every district in the coun ty a school building that is suitable and comfortable" and meets the de mands of : that-, district? Second, Have we f undj available now that will place y in these districts that have not suitable buildings, ' build ings . that . will v; be suitable ? Third, Can we affardT-to wait five, ten, or twenty years -to build the needed buildings? , In regard it the question, do we need better school buildings, let Us bear in mind that a school building is the children's home for six or eight - months iof the year. . Is the school" building in your district suit able as a home, for your boy or . girl for that mahyf months out of every year? If not, -then you need a bet ter one. I doi't think any one who is familiar witS the type of build ings we have-iit some ,:4of our rural districts will "say . that we do not need better Z tones.-- I know many that are crowd id and totally inade quate for either teacher or pupil to do good work 1 v - When -you .select a piece . of mac. .nery-' for your farm you select one Vat T11 "!0 tne Dest work even u in costs - more man an inferior machme.: Isn't;the train ing of your, fefy ' of - girl as equally important?' w - . t v As to the ot :tita. Have werunas available now Fo4hiff, et-the rJres- ent. rate cl-bi- "s as-, te ' fund become - 'i:an will, care from ten-- tt tMec"1&zJt- &Z,'2r9&6 -tiis necessary building and equipment that will probably . take care , of the educational interests of this county; where will your boy or girl that is of school age now. be in that length of time? They will be grown men and women and will possibly enter manhood and womanhood unpre pared for the duties of life on ac count of our not having provided better things for them in the way of buildings and equipment and- not making their school life more at tractive for them. I realize the-Jact that there are a great many people who oppose a bond issue for any cause and-1 think myself it is something we should carefully consider. In re gard to this proposed bond issue, if you will take your pencil and paper and figure it out just as has - been stated in the colmuns of this paper you will find that by starting with thirty thousand dollars and setting aside each year out of the present building fund of about thirty seven hundred dollars, the .sum of nine hundred, sixty-eight dollars ana eighty cents to be set aside each year for a sinking fund and fifteen hundred dollars a year to pay the interest on the amount of bonds. this will certainly leave us twelve hundred dojlars to be used as' a building repair fund. Someone will possibly say, But what about the amount . of interest paid on these bonds? and regard this as a total loss. I do not -so re gard it, I tatke it that the benefits that the boys and girls will receive in these districts where this money will be sent will be far greater than the interest paid on .these bonds. It will increase their earning capacity making them more useful men and women and better: citizens. There is where I expect to get the results from the amount of interest paid on the bonds. Much - has ' . been said recently about the bonded indebtedness of this county and the way money was spent. In the spending of this money no doubt mistakes were made and I doubt not that if we who complain about these mistakes by these people had had in charge the expenditure of this money, would have made the same mistake or others just as bad. But take in consideration the benefits we have derived from these bonds in. the way of better roads and better schools and the increase ' in value of real estate in the country; pile on "top of this every mistake made and compare present conditions with the past of bad roads .insufficient schools with an irregular atten dance arid a low valuation of real estate. Considering these things, I ask you a plain question. If it was in your power to . rid Granville coun ty of all these bonds and take off every cent of the bonded indebted ness and go back to the old state of affairs, would you do it? I don't think you would and of course, if you would not be willinig fo do this we are bound to admit that we have been benefited. . . -, . I. am more interested in the edu cation of the. boys and girls . of our county than I am in anything ,else outside of my own business. I con sider them the county's biggest as set, the future development ( and progress of our county . wilL be largely determined by . the - training and equipment they receive- at. our hands. . ; ' v-----, I have heard some of the .best men we have compare ' our schools , THE SUMMER SCHOOL NO ONE AYTLL BE REQUIRED TO . ATTEND SCHOOL ALL DAY A List of Those in the Sixth Grade Who Will Receive Certificates of Promotion. Summer school will start on Mon day, June 7, at the Graded School All students who want to work off conditions will report for work. No ?ne will be required to attend school all day. A schedule will be arrang ed and different . classes can come and go. We hope it will not be a disagreeable but rather .pleasant task and a chance to get in good shape for the coming year. Miss Sadie Parham will have the grades below the high school. I am not quite sure about the high school grades as yet. The expense of the summer school wil lbe divided be tween the students and I hope to get the teaching done cheaper than if each pupil sought a different in structor.; Let all come - at nine o'clock.) - "' The following eighth grade pup ils made the deportment honor roll for nine months and should have been read out last Wednesday night as worthy of distinction. They were unintentionally overlooked at that time: JAMES BALLOU, JOSEPH TAYLOR, ANNIE LEE COVINGTON, ' EARNEST HUNT. Owing to sickness in Miss Clem award - sixth condi- ent's family we could hot certificates to those in the grade who passed without tion to the high school. The fol lowing passed unconditionally and will receive certificates of promo tion: r BRANSFORD BALLOU, LILLIAN CHEATHAM, MARTHA CUPP, EVA MOORE FAGAN, BEULAH FARGIS, JOHN PERRT& HALL, FRITZ HALL, THELMA HESTER, VIOLA HESTER, RUTH HOWARD, WILLIE HOWELL, GEOFFREY HORSFIELD, ELIZABETH HUNT, ALICE LEAVISTER, MAURICE PARHAM, LOUISE SIZEMORE, IDIE KERR TAYLOR, RIVES TAYLOR, OLIVE WEBB, JAMES WHITE, ' J. A. PITTS, Supt. CONFERS DOCTOR OF LAWS Diplomas Are Awarded to 138 Young Men. The University of North Caro lina 'Wednesday conferred . the hon orary degree of Doctor 'Of Laws on Senator F, M; Simmons, Gov: Lock nd rnVt - - n'iinnrM'vntMi - mington. The honor "'was voted on Senator Simmons at the last Com mencement, but he was unable to be present. Diplomas were awarded to 138 young men. Justice A. Mitchell Palmer.of the court of the District of Columbia delivered the literary address, and Governor Craig addressed the grad uating class. Accumulation of Gas When they hold the next Natural Gas Conven tion in Pittsburg it is up to the Ox ford people to send one of our citi zens as a delegate lest he explodes in our midst. of today with those of fifteen years ago. Tiiey say we were getting more for our money , fifteen years ago than now. I can't agree with them. If you will pardon me I will give you some facts that I have gathered from time to time in re gard to the schools in my own dis trict. Fifteen years ago the aver age length of school term was .three months, average attendance about twelve of fifteen, value of school property owned by the county noth ing, number of boys and girls over ten who could not read was five.one teacher doing the work up to the fifth grade, and at this time the people of the district were paying a thousand or fifteen hundred dollars a year to send their boys and girls to school elsewhere. Today the length of the school term is seven months, average at tendance forty-seven, not a boy or fgirl in the entire district over eight years that 'can't read and write, value of school property owned by the county about fifteen hundred dollars, two teachers doing work up to the nineth grade, every boy and girl between the ages of six and six teen attending school, . the amount being paid out by the people of the district to send boys and girls else where less than three hundred and fifty dollars and this is necessary because our school could not carry any more grade owing to the crowd ed conditions in the school room. We hear people say that they don't see any use of spending so much -money on education, that thev eet on very well with what they had. This may be true but the average person with which they came in contact had about the same amount of education they had, but today the boys . and girls all over the country are being educated and trained as never' before, and our children will be in competition with trained and educated men and women, and if we do not train them better than we were, they will be left behind, in' the, race. Let us see that this important thing is not neg lected. ' I am not a prophet but as I look at the future I can see Granville county as our boys and girls will make it if we but do our duty by them. I can see the unfertile and gullied fields that are standing as monuments to our system of farm ing disappear, in their places will sprinig up . others bearing luxurious crop, in the midst of these will be beautiful country homes surrounded with every modern convenience and the landscape wilr be dotted with attractive school buildings where other! boys and girls will be trained to take up the work where they lay it down and civilization and pro gress in old Granville will march on through each succeeding genera tion. . ' P. WESLEY KNOTT. THE BAKER-DORSEY MARRIAGE RECIPIENTS OF HEARTY GRATULATIONS , - a CON- I UTise Sallia Tlalro-r ani) M TTVnV Dorsey were united in . i in. the home of the bride at six o'clock last Tuesday evening. " The ceremony was performed by Dr. A. P. Tyer. There were no at tendants and only the immediate families of the contracting parties were present. The bride was handsome in a tailored suit of midnight blue with hat arid gloves to match, and carri ed a bouquet of lillies of the valley. After the ceremony and congratur lations the bridal party repaired to tne nome oi tne groom wnere a sumptious supper was served. . The bride is well known in Ox ford and admired for her sweet dis position. For some time she has held a responsible position with the Perkinson-Green Company. Mr. Dorsey is a successful young farm er, residing about three miles east of Oxford on the Henderson road. He is to be congratulated on win ning a bride with such rare grace of character and accomplishments. The many pretty and useful gifts testify to the popularity of the con tracting parties. ORGANIZE BOY SCOUTS The State Scout Master Will Visit Oxford. Messrs. J. B. Shaw and John A. Baker are at work organizing a Boy Scout Camp here, and will have the State Scout master here in a short time "to perfect the organiza tion. All boys wishing to become members of the Scouts are request ed to see or send their names to either Mr. Shaw or Mr. Baker as soon as possible. NEW STEAM LAUNDRY Messrs. Cobb and Micheal Looking Over the Ground. Former Express Agent R. J. Cobb and Mr. J. A. Micheal, of. Concord, are favorably impressed with Ox ford as a place for a. first-class steam laundry. After canvassing the situation thoroughly they have practically decided to put in a first class plant sufficiently large to take care of the work in this section of the State. Oxford needs a first -lass laundry and we should like to see Messrs. Cobb and Micheal make it go, and we believe it will go when two real live men get behind it. The laun dry business in Oxford has always been a failure on account of our people preferring to patronize Petersburg or Durham. We trust that they - have seen the error of their way by this time and that they will look with ' favor upon the ef forts -ot- cpba, and Micneai . to es fin' - - eeplng' - it - tIi progress, ut the town.- - SPEAKER AT COMMERCIAL CLUB MR. FORRESTER, OF GREENS BORO,. WILL ADDRESS CLUB At the next regular meeting of the Granville Commercial Club which will be held in the club rooms on the night of June 10th, Mr. J. C. Forrester of Greensboro, will talk to the members of the club. Mr. Forrester is perhaps the best known of Greensboro's com mercial exponents. He is Secretary of . the Chamber of Commerce of that city and is now actively engag ed in the task of uniting the com mercial organizations of North Car olina into a . sort1 of federation. Commercial men generally . recog nize the fact that a state-wide or ganization would be far more effec tive than single commercial associa tions scattered here and there. Mr. Forrester will discuss this subject Thursday night. At this meeting also will be tak en up the proposed' ; amendment to the constitution of the club which will permit the admission of mem bers residing in Granville county more than one mile from Oxford upon a payment of a yearly due of three dollars. Such members to have all privileges of the club ex cept the power to vote on the con trol and disposition of the property of the club. - The matter of organizing a seri es of automobile tours of the coun ty will be discussed at the meeting. The need and the advantage of such a series' of trips for the pur pose of getting the citizens of the county better acquainted with each other and promoting our home trade generally is Teadily seen. A full meeting of the member ship of the club is expected. THOROUGH VENTILATION The Electric Fans at the Orpheum Theatre Does the Work We notice that the doctors in the large cities are making war on the play houses because they are not properly ventilated. They claim that many diseases are contracted at the "movies" because the houses are thronged with people from noon until near mid-night and that the only ventilation to. the room is that of the fanning doors through which the people pass in and out. The public need never, have any fear as to the improper ventilation of the Orpheum Theatre. It is an established rule with Harris & Crews to open up the front and rear doors of the Theatre every morning and turn on the electric fans. Last summer when the mer cury was standing at 98 in the shade we passed along by the Or pheum f at an early hour one morn ing when Monsieur Justice Rankoff was opening up tne tneatre. xne mercury stood 91 inside of the play house when the six large- electric fans were turned on, and in 30 min utes the temperature dropped to 80. The Pitiless Rain A young blood who was caught in the rain without an umbrella the other day deliberately pulled off his straw hat and let the pitiless drops fall upon his handsome brow. There are sights to be seen when you have no kodak. ' marriage uzjohY, iOUp1 SOME SPLENDID MUSIC PRESENT -t TIva John Powell on Tuesday Night and - - -w Esther on Friday Night, Uotn at the Orpheum Theatre. , . , John Powell has not only won fame in Europe as a master at the piano but he has been honored all over America as one of the world's greatest pianists. Oxford music lovers will have the pleasure of hearing him play at the Orpheum next Tuesday night, under the aus pices of the Woman's Civic Club. His work is beyond description, and the people of Granville county now have an opportunity to hear a pian ist who . has completely captivated critics and music lovers in all the great musical centers of. the world. On Friday night of next week the Tuesday Evening Music Club of Ox ford will give its second public con cert. The first was at The Baptist church in April when they sang the "Crucifixion" before a crowded au dience. The program this time will be ' Bradbury's Cantata, "Esther," and it is known among musicians as one of the most beautiful ever written. The chorus will be direct ed .by Rev. S. K. Phillips, and will be assisted by four soloists. Miss Helen Royster will sing as Queen Esther and her delightful soprano . suits the role perfectly. Miss Eliza beth Howell will sing the part of Zeresh, Haman's wife. Prof. Poteat will sing the parts of Haman and King Ahashuerus; and Mr. Phillips will take the role of Mordecai, the Jew. Miss Mary Webb will be at the piano. Other members of the chorus are Misses Minor, Crews, White, Webb, Howell, Brown' and Hancock; Mes dames Herring, Parham, Street, Henderson, and Phillips; Messrs. Pinninx, Moore, Critcher, Taylor, Adams, Howell, Street, Lumpkin and White. The club Is offering this concert to the public at popular prices, the tickets being 25 and 35 cents. They are trying to fill a want often ex pressed here for just such music . and if the public shows its approval next Friday night they promise to attempt even bigger things. Let's give them a packed house and en courage their efforts to give to Ox ford what every progressive town has, regular Music Festivals with its own . talent. The Civic Club an nounces itself as the Patronesses of this concert, and the Chorus hearti ly appreciates their support. The Public Ledger has said before "All success to just such an enterprise.",. We would suggest to our friends in the country that it would be well to get their tickets in advance from. Mr. Street on Main street , or from any naieihber of the club, because the Yisdfctlonsi , irt.i-tt . a &TKa4tej fcahU f or t.ti. Ku .l-L-L- rf VALUE OF BAGGAGE The New Act Will Put Passengers to Inconvenience. On and after Thursday last, June 3, all persons who check trunks on railroad tickets will be obliged un der the provisions of the Cummins Act amending the interstate com merce laws to declare the value of their baggage, and the baggage master a man of many troubles is beginning to suspect that he is due for an unusually unhappy sum mer. Railroad officials are now working on plans to enable their subordinates to enforce the provis ions of the act with the least possi ble inconvenience to the traveling public, but they are not altogether sanguine that the new regulations will be popular with the summer passengers and others- who will check trunks when the rush to the seashore, country, and mountains is made. The railroads now carry trunks and other baggage not exceeding 150 pounds in weight free with tick ets of transportation and assume li ability in case of loss. or damage up to $100. They declare they cannot assume unlimited liability as per mitted under the Cummins act, but will accept the alternative of assum ing the $100 liability on each piece of "baggage checked and insuring the passengers for all over that amount on a basis of ten cents per $100, the rate laid down by the In terstate Commerce Commission. Persons traveling and designat ing the value of their goods must in the future be careful. If they check a trunk that contains a $500 dia mond ring, but claim the value of the trunk to be less than $100, they will be guilty of a misdemeanor. It is not believed that the new regulation of the railroads is going to prove popular with the traveling public, particularly if the passenger is in a hurry to catch his train. SURL NEWS NOTES -t A Busy and Prosperous Farming Section. (Correspondence o? the "Piibllc Ledger) Measles is bad in this section. Mr. Al J. Jackson and his force received $14,000 for his crop of to bacco this season. The farmers in this section are through planting' tobacco and have a good stand. The farmers are now planting their corn the second time. ' Mr. John Satterfield has some good pigs which he is selling for fine prices. Mr. C. Cates has a field of corn land in wheat which he put six sacks of guano under. It is a thing of beauty. It Is right about one mile west mony church. on the road, of Mt. Har- Mr. Lucious Evans is a. good far mer and when he gets "in a crowd he is ready for fun. The writer has ten old cats and eleven kittens. The old cats catch rats and mice and brings in younsr rabbits. We are having an abundance of rain and the ground at this writing is too wet to plow. When you are In Oxford be sura to drop in at the Public Ledger of fice. Mr. .Coble will extend a most hearty welcome and he is always glad to meet them. the people and know , THOS. FRAZIER. I:
Oxford Public Ledger (Oxford, N.C.)
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June 5, 1915, edition 1
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