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THE COUNTY PAPER " PUBLISHED TWICE-A-WEEK v WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS TRABE AT, HOME THROW THE MAIL- iUE AND HOME VOLUME XXX. OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 1915. NUMBER 48. ii ii ii ii ii v ii ii ii 11 it h; ictAs s r,, zciji 11 11 . 11 11 u u .11 11 11 11 k 11 11 11 .1 11 ij 1 11 11 11 11 mil 11 11 - hii uu ags 11 11 11 11 11 n tin n 11 11 hii 11 - JL X-JJ J1LJU J1LJ1JIL J' JL V-M JL1L vvat I vv '--'-if. V': v ODDFELLOWS MEMORIAL DR. LUMPKIN PREACHES QUENT SERMON. ELO- The Names of Those Who Away During the Last Months. Passed Twelve About fifty members of the Ox ford Odd Fellows' Lodge marched to the Baptist church Sunday morn ing under regalia and occupied seats in the central isle immediately in front of the pulpit. JJr. Lumpkins remarKs were broad and liberal, and the lesson he drew from David and Jonathan was so interwoven into Odd Fellowship some of the brethern would have ad vanced him the signs, grip and pass words if he had not stated at the outset of his remarks that he was not a member of the order Dr. Lumpkin told of the noble sacrifices the order is making to care for the widows and orphans of deceased Odd Fellows. The Growth of the Order. The order has had a steady growth from an humble beginning in a small back room on a side street in Baltimore nearly one hun dred years ago. It will approxi mate 1,500,000 members at the present day. Besides expending $100,000,000 for the benefit of the widows and orphans it has invested an equal sum in lodge rooms and temples all over the country. The Local Lodge. The Oxford Lodge of Odd Fellows has always ranked high in the State. The first cash donation of $100 to establish the Orphan Home at Goldsboro was given by the late A. H. A. Williams, a member of the Oxford Lodge. By distinguished representation in the State Grand Lodge and the Soverign Grand Lodge of the United States, the highest office, that of Grand Sire, was at one time within reach of Gen. B. S. Royster. The Oxford Lodge enjoys a membership of nearly one hundred of the best men in the community. They own a handsome property at the head of Main street and the good they have accomplished at home and abroad will never be known to the world. The services at the Baptist church Sunday was primarily a memorial service. Dr. Lumpkin read . the names of , those who had passed away during the last twelve months, ' . 'as. follows: : - h J.. B. TURNER, ' . W. W. HART, 1 ;-j.W.;.KL MIMS, ; -VHH: HOWARD. Ct D.'vOSBORN, j "i"' . v."-.' - v. Retninescineevv, Pernrv W best rieff-jT that I I II II Wl . . i- . J WW, .iof & Jrnuaaeipnia newspaper ;m out younger" days the , -management de sired to 'ascertain as far as possible the practical workings of a half doz en fraternal orders. Six reporters were stationed at busy corners along Chestnut : street, the wealthiest ' thoroughfare in the Quaker City. We were to challenge every man passing with the mute distressing sign of the order". We took our stand at the corner of Tenth and Chestnut streets and placed our hands to our heart in a certain style, the same as an Odd Fellow would do if he was in distress, and as soon as our . hand went up a brother stepped up and asked us if we were looking for him. We explained our mission in a confidential way and had a hearty laugh. We stood on the corner one hour and had sixteen inquiries to our credit. The high est number of inquiries obtained by the other five reporters, stationed at points along the same street, were six for one order, three for another and none at all for the rest. These facts were published in the Phila tfelphia Daper. with the result that the order of Odd Fellows reported a phenominal growth the fololwing year. NEW OBJECT OP INTEREST The Babie's Department at the Ox ford Orphanage. (The Orphans' Friend) Visitors to the celebration of St. John's day which will be held here on the 24th of this month will see a new object of interest. This is the Babies' Department which has been inaugurated since the visit of our friends at the last year's cele bration The visitors this year will be delighted, as we are, to see the splendidnew building and how admirably it is equipped to care for the very young children whose home it will be. All the departments are in fine working shape and are inter esting, but the new home for the babies will perhaps be the centre of interest this year. GRANVILLE NOT IN IT Other Counties Voting Large Sums. The following items show what other school districts in different sections of the State are doing to better their condition: "The Barnardsville school dis trict Jas voted a $6,000 bond issue to erect a school, school district number 1, Benson, has voted $30, 000 to purchase a site and put up a building; Chapel Hill has voted $35, "000 to erect a graded school; Gas tonia will vote June 22, on $100, 000 bonds for a fire-proof school. The school trustees of Durham will rebuild the Morehead graded school, recently damaged by fire, at a loss of $35,000." PASSING AWAY FAST : Federal Veterans Dies At the Rich v2'. mond Reunion, p Where thousands of veterans were quartered at the reunion last week, W. A. Hampton, of Appomat l tox, Va., dropped dead of heart fail- ore. He was a Federal veteran, a v euest of Appomattox Camp. He fv( ; ;. was stricken at -breakfast and died I : r soon afterward. Inclemency of the -!, ... t Veather. forced hundreds of -veter-XxS':' ;'Ka.tiB to remain in camp under care of ; 4''-'- V tttte ; doctors, and two more of them hare since passed over the river. MUSICAL TREAT AT ORPHEUM ' AMERICA'S GREATEST PIANIST THIS TUESDAY NIGHT Doubtless a full house will greet John 'Powell, America's greatest pianist at the Orpheum Theatre this Tuesday evening. This is indeed the time for the musical loving peo ple" to turn out in full with the as surance that John Powell is an art ist " without a peer. He was born in Richmond, Va., September 6, 1882. His father, John H. Powell, and his mother, who was Rebecca Lee, were of the first families of Virginia. Young Powell first studi ed piano with Frederick C. Hahr in Richmond, who was a pupil of Liszt At the age of sixteen Powel lenter- ed the University of Virginia, and after mastering a four-year B. A. course in two years, he immediate ly went to Vienna. When he enter ed the school of Leschetizky, he was considered the best prepared pupil this great master ever received, and when Powell began his public per formances, first in Vienna, the crit ics boldly pronounced him to be one of the greatest pianists Leschetizky ever produced; Next season Mr Powell will make a trans-continen- tatl tour of America, under the man agement of London Charlton, Car negie Hall, New York City. BIG CASH SALE. Landis & Easton Will Inaugurate Sale Saturday, June 12th. Beginning June 12th, and contin- uinig for fifteen days, Landis & Eas ton, Granville's big and best store, will inaugurate a special sale that will eclipse all previous efforts. All the goods in the house has been marked down to insure a quick cash sale.' The firm will give away fifty dollars in gold. This sale should appeal to every man, woman and child in Granville county, com ing as it does when the season's goods are in demand. OUR BEST LOCAL TALENT WILL PRESENT CANTATA ESTH ER FRIDAY NIGHT On next Friday night the Tues day 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 EstheT rand- heis delightful soprana suits the role perfectly. -Miss Eliza- ffe&Hel V4rti lsiB theat .-of zieresn naman s wire. rror. roieai 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. Critcher, Taylor, Street, Lumpkin, Pinnix, Moore, Adams, Howell, and White. - 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 member of the Club, because the indications are for a large de mand for seats. .- THIS TEAR FOR LOCUS PEST W ill Make Appearance in Western North Carolina in June. The 17th year locust which has not visited INorth Carolina since '98, is dne in the State, in June this year, according to a statement issued by the Department of Agri culture. Western North Carolina will be the only part of the State visited and the damage is expected to be slight, especially if effective methods of combating the pests are used. The expeeted brood is not an im portant one, says the statement, but it covers a much wider range than any of the other broods. An idea of the territory in North Carolina which will be covered mainly em braces the following counties: Alexander, Bladen, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Catawba Henderson, Iredell, Lincoln, Mc Dowell, Macon, Montgomery, Moore, Pender, Polk, Rutherford, Swain Transylvania, Union, Washington, Wilkes. The chief , damage by the locusts occurs when the females cut the bark of trees for an opening in which to deposit their eggs. Trees should be sprayed thoroughly with Bordeaux mixture of lime wash as a preventative. Young trees or nur series may be protected by gather ing the insects in bags or umbrellas in the early morning and late after noon when the locusts are torpid. If the insects get into the trees in spite of these precautions pruning is the only remedy left. The worst . affected branches should be cut, while the less injured may be coated with grafting wax or moderately hard soap. Wounds on the trees should be healed as rapid ly as possible. 'And fertilizer used to stimulate recovery. The department asks that indi viduals notify it of the appearance of locusts in any locality. Specimen insects should be sent. The politicians are concerned over the apparent probability that na tional prohibition will figure in the presidential campaign next year. Representative James R. Mann, of Illinois, Republican leader in the House of Congress, has been men tioned for the presidential nomina tion of his party and the Anti-Saloon League leaders have given no tice that they will fight Mann on ac count of his record "on the liquor question. Mr. R. E. Transou, clerk of the Superior Court of Forsyth county for 12 years, died a few days ago after a protracted illness. He was 60 years old. RURAL MAIL SERVICE FAITHFUL SERVANTS WILL RE CEIVE A LIVING WAGE On-and After July 1st Those Cover ing 24 Miles Will Receive Twelve Hundred Dollars. On and after July first all rural mail carriers covering tweny-four aiiles and over will receive $1,200 a ear. Practically every carrier in Uranville benefits by the increasel The seven carriers serving from the Dxford postoffice cover more than wenty-four miles. We are glad hat the boys will now receive a liv ng wage for their faithful service. This reminds us of an incident hat occurred some time ago. It vould seem that our present Post naster General would cripple the "ural delivery system if he was giv m a free hand. He has stretched ais authority a little too far already, vnd not long age he accepted the resignation of a faithful carrier .vho stated in the resignation vthat ie was not receiving a living wage Instead of investigating the merits of the case Burleson put on cheaper man, stating that he was determined to save the Government a neat penny. The cheap man was compelled to travel a sandy river road six days in the week. He stuck to his job like a man for three months, at the end of which time he asked to be relieved, stating that two fo his horses had perished by the wayside. We believe it to be a good policy to pay all public servants a good wage, and require of them high grade service. Cheap men never fail to cheapen a service, and this will hold good in business as well as in Governmental service. BOYS FROM THE FARM We Feel Like Taking Our Hats Clean off When We Meet Them. We are not given to boasting but we are proud of the farmer boys of Granville. They are, with rare ex ceptions, a healthy, intelligent and happy class of young men. We feel like taking our hats clear off when we meet them upon our streets, and no class is more welcomed in the of fice of the Public Ledger. To the Observing one it is plain to be seen that the old farm is the best place in the . world for the average young man and never fails to bring a happier or more useful life than the city. Young man, you who till the soil and earn your bread by the sweat of your brow, we are proud of you; our latch string is always out to yon and you will always have a friend in this paper. Come and see us and give us the news of your neighborhood and tell us what you are doing m ttbe - corn ctiib'-work -Ate. We would like to see every boy in Granville county interested in things that will help in the betterment of the farm and we are willing to "help just as much as we can. A SON OF GRANVILLE Mr. J. H. Brummitt, of Tennessee, Visiting His Brother, Mr. West Brummitt. Mr. J. H. Brummitt, of Martin, Tenn., is on a visit to his brother, Mr. West Brummitt. He left Gran ville forty odd years ago with Har grove's Company, Forty-fourth North Carolina Regiment. He is on his return home from the Rich mond reunion. Mr. JBrummitt is one oi the uranvme ooys tnat nas made good in his adopted State and he is the recipient of many hearty handshakes. He will doubtless find many changes in his boyhood coun ty. We wish it was possible . for him to cast his lot among us and re main in Granville permanently, but he is too well fixed in Tennessee to think about that. SOME VALUABLE PAPERS Four Essays Bearing on the History of Oxford. We are publishing in this issue of the Public Ledger the graduating essay of Miss Lorene Elwood Peed, Oxford High School 1915. The three others papers to f ollow are en titled "The History of Education in Oxford," by Miss Muzerte Daniel; "Some of Oxford's Noted Sons," by Miss Allene Brent Hicks; "The Churches of Oxford," Gary Buxton Taylor. We consider all four of the pap ers very valuable since they are well written, brief and to the point Legal Notices. See in this issue of the Public Ledger notice of W. E. Yancey, exe cutor of Absolom Yancey, deceased. A. A. Hicks, trustee, announces in this paper re-sale of the Gee place. CALTOLINA NEWS NOTES Bachelor's Hall Completed Per sonal Items. f Correspondence of the Public Ledger) The new Bachelor's Hall is now completed, Mr. Floyd R. Colton be ing the proprietor. Mr. Oscar Epting ,a civil engin eer of Canada, spent Saturday and Sunday in Caltolina visiting his sister, Miss Myrtle Epting. Mr. Lester McFarland and Mr. Frank Wilkerson went (dear) hunt ing Sunday afternoon but it is thought that they took the heart failure and didn't catch any game. The Bereaim Bible class met at Mr. M. D. Caltons and rehearsed their play, "Out in the Streets," Tuesday afternoon. Miss Annie Lee Elliott spent Friday night with Miss Wiloree Cal ton. Mr. J .D. Calton went to Oak Hill Sunday. Miss Myrtle Epting left Monday for her home in Pamara, S. C, ac companied by her brother. The farmers of this section are hahving plenty of rain. Mr. Martin McSwain left Monaay for. his home in Lattimore. We are expecting Rev. F A. Dent to leave us as. soon as the weather permits. Mr. Jack Curnn of Apex is spena- ing a month or two with his parents There i was some extra ordinary singing at Mr. John Elliott's Sunday afternoon. . SAMBO. THE BAPTIST BARACA CLASS SEMI-ANNUAL . ELECTION OF OFFICERS. . ' ' - The semi-annual ' . election of the officers of the Baraca Class of the Oxford Baptist church last Sunday morning resulted as, follows: v Teacher Gen. B. S. Royster. Ass't Teacher- B.W. Parham. President J. Robt. Wood. Vice-President W T. Yancey. - Secretary H. H. 'Burroughs. Usher Jos Hunt. 1 Class Reporter p. A. Coble. , Ay w (Gen. B. S. Royster) The Baraca Class, which we think proper to designate as General Roy- ster's Class, at the (Baptist church each Sunday morning-at ten o'clock is growing larger in number and greater in interest. U is an. inter esting sight to. go uk tere and see 150 men men in alt tralks of life out last Sunday m6iag and each one enthused. Geaeral Royster talks like a layman -nd he doesn't fail to interest to thV. end. He has the happy faculty of .faying just the right thing ; he is a 3ep 'I student and he discovers thini 4n the Book tnat tne average van; nas.' never. seen. He paints cor. t.as a man we would all like -.JtS' et;-a. man with whom we ".coul , ' man whose views'; ri,. J agree; a ".always in '.post '.for .jrs ago, as Christ ;jii' down order furnishings a ?V people two thousand 1 well as for peopte c ;t two thousand years.ri, a rule for our moiils and, as to hnortt "and what we should do a$ n aa friends. . He looked t leend of things. And fieri. Rc these things before y way, that you see them; a whole lot better for L otrture veard. While we are" not ot 1. "icity committee i;-of:s the Oxfo. 11 Baraca Class; poor old y' are,w.&;d:i are In ertted in ' seeing" ' that our friends get all the good -things out of life possible.- : -i '. We . wisb that. Miss . Hettie Lyon, a splendid writer, and. tne memoers of other classes would send in good reports to the Public Ledger. If they don't do it we shall visit their classes and write them up, only that we don't want to . miss a single Sun day from our own class.'. - We wahj to say that the Sunday morning hour is very precious to our Baraca class. No man can go hear General Royster without com ing away feeling better.. We know a dozen gentlemen -wno started in weeks ago, . just to see what it is like, and you can't keep them away. Go out Sunday and hear something that will make you feel better for whole week. If not' to the Baptist Baraca Class, to some other class that will lead you into the Light. , THE BABY COTTAGE Grand Master Hobgood Will Deliver Address. Appropriate exercises will mart the formal opening of the new Baby Cottage at the Oxford Orphanage on Thursday morning, June 10th, at o'clock. The following is the program: Hymn Orphanage children. Prayer Dr. F. H. T. Horsfield. Chorus-: Orphanage Singing class Opening Address General B. S. Royster. - ' i ' " ; ' Address By Grand Master F. P. Hobgood, Jr. Chorus Orphanage Singing class Five Minute Talks by Masons and Friends. Song By the children. Inspection of Baby Cottage. AN OLD CITIZEN RETURNS Mr. Philnot. of Texas, Visits the Home of His Childhood Days Mr. R. S. Philpot, of Northern Texas, a son -of old Granville, is spending a few days in Oxford on his return from the Richmond re union.- He left Granville for the front at the breaking out of hostili ties and .later settled in Texas. We met him in front of the Court House Monday morning and he told us that he could scarcely realize that it was the same Oxford of forty threeyears ago when he last looked upon the town. The Greek corner. at College and Hillsboro streets, he said, was about the only, natural looking place. Mr. Philpot is a substantial citizen of the rich black belt in the Loan Star State. The Knocker and the Booster A Grenesboro man writing the Daily News concerning some local subject beeins his communication with this picturesque definition of a knocker, quoted from some source not given: "When the Creator naa maae an the good things, there was still some dirty work to do, so tie maae ine beasts and reptiles ana poisonous insects, and when He had finished He had some scraps tnat were too bad to put into the rattlesnake, the hyena, the scorpion ana the skunk, so He put all these together, cover ed it with suspicion, wrapped it with jealously marked it with a yellow streak, and called it a knocker." - The proposition to issue $250,000 of bonds by Guilford county ,to build court house . and' office building combined, was overwhelming de feated at an election held last Tuesday. MOVEMENTS SECRET IT IS STATED THAT THE TURKS ARE DEMORALIZED Germany Sends v Reinforcements to the West French Troops are Victorious. Speculation . is ripe throughout the country as to what the delay of the Germans note signifies. 'There is little doubt that there are some things about the cabinet situation which the public has not been permitted to know. The people are curious to know why the German ambassador, von Bernstorff, is sending a confidential igent to Berlin, with the assistance of the Washington administration They have wondered how it was possible to get papers from the French and the English guarantee ing safe transportation for this en voy. There is an impression that this development may signify some effort in the direction of general peace. Condensed War News (London, June 8.) A general Italian adavnce ceeding across, the Isonzo from Caporetto to the sea, tance of about forty miles. is pro River a dis- The movement is one of importance and hard fighting is taking place at Gra- disca. The Screen of Secrecy The Italian authorities are draw ing tighter the screen of secrecy as to Italian operations. Nevertheless it may be said that masses of Itila- an troops have been concentrated on the roads from Cormons, Palma- nova and Cervignano. French Troops French troops, after a very effec tive bombardment at Tracy Lee Mont and north of the river Aisne, carried two successive lines of tren ches together with several German works. In the east the Austro-German ad vance continues. This move is re garded in' London as being political. - Turks Demoralized. " It is stated that the Turkish forc es i are so demoralized tnat it is doubtful if it will be able to offer serious resistance to a further ad- Germn. Reinforcement Vot Since the capture of Przemvsl the Germans have "brought reinforce- ments into , the west and ; there are distinct signs of the resumption of i German offensive in the nortb. The French: report gains north of the Aisne.' -: : IMPORTANT MEETING To:,.; Boost Oxford and Granville County. . - - Members of the Commercial Club tare urged to hear the speech of Mr Forrester, "61 Grensbbro; -at the Club couni Th4irBdx'jnlgbt-,Atw-thie meeting plans will be discussed ' to broaden the scope of the club -by urging farmers who live more than a mile from Oxford to become mem bers of the club. The matter of organizing a series of automobile tours of the county will also be dis cussed. OXFORD COLLEGE NOTES Miss Bessie Noles, of Georgia, Will Return. President Hobgood informs us tliftt" ho lias mutism mnct caticf str-rv arrangements for the school of science and that of Home Economic For the School of Science he has secured the services of Miss Egbert. This teacher it will be remembered condncted this school with marked ability pr ten years, resigning six years ago when her mother remov ed to Oklahoma. There she has taught for the last six years, and President Hobgood has the greatest satisfaction in announcing her re turn. For Domestic Science that for three years Miss Parris conducted with marked ability he has secur ed the services of Miss Bessie Noles, of "Georgia. She is an A. B. gradu ate of Bessie Tift College of Georgia ana taugnt tnere six years, she is now finishing up her Domestic Sci ence course in Columbia University New York City. The Columbia Uni versity Course, it is conceded, is one of the finest offered m the worlds President , Hobgood feels that the school of Home Economics (Domes tic Science in charge of Miss Noles and Domestic Art-sewing in all branches, in charge of Mrs. Carrie L. Hobgood) is one of the strongest offered in North Carolina. A BRIGHT LITTLE GIRL Only Four Years Old and Can Read and Write. (Correspondence of the Public Ledger) Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Sizemore, of Nelson, 5Ta., have a little daughter who bids fair to become another Winifred Sackville Stoner. The little girl, Gertrude, while only four and one half years of age can spell wonderfully and reads well in the third reader. She can also reproduce stories far better than most children of her age, and always trys to get the true meaning of what she reads. Gertrude took up her studies of her own accord, and her parents have to sometime hide her books and also newspapers, including the Public Ledger, for fear that she Will overtax her brain. Will Cross Bats There will be a match game of baseball between Kinton Fork and Penny Hill Satur day afternoon at the Fork. Business men and bankers in the United States must not expect to develop trade with South and Cen tral America unless they conform to the standards of those countries, make the right prices and are will ing to extend terms of credit such as the Southern republics have : rer is the message delivered in behalf of I the delegates to the recent Pan- American Financial Conference in Washington. If you want to help your county I and your State, send to Dr. Hender son at Chapel Hill a full list of books, pamphlets and newspapers articles known to you, dealing with ocal history in your county and whenever possible, send the publi cations themselves. MRS. HICKS' SCHOOL CLOSES - HISTORICAL PLAYS PRESENTED BY THE CHILDREN A number of invited guests were present at the closing exercise of Mrs. Hicks' private school for child ren at 6 o'clock Saturday afternoon in the parlors of her handsome home on College street. The children had been carefully schooled and trained in a series of plays embracing the colonial period. In the translucent light the child ren were cute, pretty and clever in their quaint costumes of Revolu tionary days. They were so accur ate in detail the minds of the guests were freshened in historical data. The program follows: , Colonial Virginia Anne The Lady of the House, Eliza beth Niies. hloe The Negro Mammy, Rebecca isuiiocK. Jock A Negro Boy Johnny Niles Bettie A Young Lady from James town, Josephine Ballou. . . . . IJ. A Witchcraft Story. Hope v William Hicks ?aith . Henry Hunt Charity ' Elizabeth Hicks Mercy Mary Owen III. A Pennsylvania Incident Mistress Mary Mary Owen William Henry Hunt Jane Elizabeth Hicks Anne Elizabeth Niles IV. Life in Aew York Katrina Elizabeth Hicks Hans will Hicks V. The Georgia Debtors Sam Henry Hunt John Will Hicks Joe Rascoe Bond Hunt VI. An Indian Story Mother Elizabeth Hicks Hope ; Rebecca Bullock Ted Johnny Niles Father Henry Hunt Nathan Barnes ....Rascoe Bond Hunt First Indian Will Hicks Second Indian.. Elizabeth Niles Third Indian .. Mary Bland VII. Revolutionary Days Mother Mary Owen Dame Prudence Elizabeth Hicks Mercy Andrews Elizabeth Niles Elizabeth, Gov. Winthrop's Daughter, Julia Brent Hicks. ' Elizabeth, Gov. Winthrop's daughter. Josephine Ballon. James Hadley Will Hicks John Frederics Henry Hunt THE BEGINNING OF OXFORD . INTERESTING GRADUATING ES SAY AT OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL i.yxvrNr. tru.) Oxford, the county seat of Gran- vme' nas a Population of about five mousana.' it is saia to be the sec ond oldest town in the State. The land on which it is situated was first owned by William Willis. It in cluded about 508 acres and he sold 200 acres to Samuel Benton, which Benton called his "Seat." The seat of Justice for Granville was located here in 1765 and it was known as a roi iuwu, ursi unuer tne name or Oxford, afterwards - of Merrittsville, Post Town, first under the name of and again, in 1812, as Oxiord. The n ... x S A 1 m .1 ford, . there being no ' coprt-house here. The Court House was situat ed on a hill overlookine Harrisbure Bridge. At Benton's death he di rected his "Seat called Oxford" to be sold, and the proceeds to be used in educating his children. The first setlement in the place was probably made by Willis in 1760, and the name Oxford was giv en to the "Seat" by Benton. The county being divided, the court house was moved from Harrisburg and placed in Oxford, the home of Benton. Benton's tract lay east ward of the original town tract. which would include Mr. Hancock's and Mrs. Powell's lots. He was the first Register of Deeds for Granville county, in 1761. The first mention that is made of Granville county was in 1751 and of Oxford not until 1760. The county is supposed to have been named after the Earl of Granville. On account of disturbances at Hillsboro by the Regulators, Gover nor Tryon ordered a special term of court to be held at Oxford in 1771. In September 1775, the proprietors of Transylvania, which, was a small place beyond the mountains, owned by some very wealthy men, most, or all of whom resided in Granville, met in Oxford to transact some very important business. . In 1787 at a meeting of the General' Assembly held at Tarborough, Thomas Person of Granville, brought in a bill, ask ing ta establish a town in Granville at a place known by the name of Oxford. His bill made some pro gress, but seems never - to have be come a law. During the Revolu tionary War a regiment of mounted volunteers was mustered into ser vice at Oxford and the headquarters of an army were at Harrisburg, a few miles away. M When the town was laid out in 1811-12, Thomas B. Littlejohn own ed the land on which it was situat ed. It contained lands on both sides of Reedy Branch. The boun dary line was as follows: Beginning at a pine near the road between what is now known as Venable's lot and J. H. Horner's, near the old de pot, and passing by the Mary Potter school and across Reavis', Hundleys and Edwards'. Jots, it crossed Col lege street in front of Dr. Davis'and passing on to an oak near W. Z. Mitchell's, it ran south, through Taylor's and Johnson's fields near Hillsboro Road, bevond where the cotton factory now stands; thence it Pursued an Easterly course to a red oak and then ran north to Han cock's field, through Rev. Stradley's ana v. a. Hunt's lots, across C. W, Bryan's lot to the betrinnine. Mr Littlejohn was not favorably inclin ed io sen land and there was some taut or moving the court , house inis made him more liberal and he agreed to sell 50 acres for the lay ing off of a town. Writing about Oxford he said it was a place famed far and near for gamblers and sportsmen of all descriptions. Now it is noted far and near for the in- tellectuality of its people " Governor Jarvis Better. Ex-Governor Thomas J. Jarvis, w" was seriously ill for several i weens ai ms nome in Greenville, is reported to be improving slowly and his ultimate recovery is expected. Owing to his advanced ' age, his re covery - must necessarily be slow. - Artistic Touch Mr. J. G. Hall is giving his handsome Colonial home on Main street a fresh coat of paint. THE WATER LINE FARM ONE OF THE PRETTY IN GRANVILLE PLACES Mr. Tliomasson, One of Granville's Best -Farmers and a Substantial , Friend of the County Fair. ' - Mr. L. P. Thomasson, one of Granville's very best and most pro gressive farmers, was a pleasant visitor to the Public Ledger office Saturday. We got after him for not having a sign up at his elegant farm for the .information of the traveling public. He Is not at all. egotistical, and while recognizing the fact that it is just as important to name a farm and put out a sien as it is to name a horse or a dog, he ' has never taken the time to paint the sign and hang It out. The Water Line Farm is . one of the elegant places in the county. We recently passed it in an automobile and no one in the party could tell us who resided there. We were really worried when we learned that we had passed Mr. Thomasson's place and did not know it. The Water Line Farm is on the road from Stem to Tally Ho, and near Mr. Thomasson's place the roads fork, the right hand leading to Franklin and the left to Oxford. By all means there should be a sign board at that point, and in fact there should be sign boards and mile posts all over Granville. Mr. Thomasson is a good friend of the Granville County Fair and the display of. the Water Line Farm always attracts a great deal of at tention. He is a blue ribbon man from the very start and it is a pleas ure to know that he will , have a splendid exhibit this fall. OVER 100,000,000 PEOPLE Population of United States Crossed the Mark on April 3. The Census Bureau has announc ed that according to its official esti mates, the population of the United States passed the one hundred milli- . on mark at 4 o'clock on April 3. The manner in which the Census Bureau computation was worked out was simple, says "Greater New York." - The estimate was comput ed under the direction of C. C. Sloane, geographer . of the Census Bureau.. The process was to take the population of the United States . on April 151910, which - was 91.-- 1 972,266, and subtract from that' the - population of the United States on : June 1, 190.0, which was -75, 9 34,- 575, the days named beings the oCi-' . cial dates for the actual Census- of - the years, nan?.. f.' .Vh "difference, which. Is .11. T' ; if-; Kwf .divided r mt ,4'JiZ.- -' V eh the two . IJl'il .. , " factual n- creacT.iduc'.J.'t, "-"V jtr. one . month 1348Z8.4. 1. This being- accepted; it is not a diftlcult task , to find out that , the increase for one day is 4,494.21 and. for one ; hour 187.2. Necessarily . the increase for One minute appears to be 3.11. And with this result f cominig hot from the actuary's pen cil it follows that three native-born -Americans, to say nothing df the fraction of eleven-hundredths, must dispute for the honor of being the one hundred millionth. TAX DODGERS. Wake and Durham Counties Take The Cake. The man who is constantly dodg ing and shirking his responsibility and support of his government, mak es a poor display of his loyalty as a good citizen. In the neighborhood of Durham and Raleigh there has re cently broken out a new compelling disease that is more contagious than the chicken-pox. In the "Bull City" there is talk of indicting about 500 of the "best citizens" for fail ure .to list their poll tax. And in Raleigh it is said the number is more than one thousand, under tjjft same complaint. ' My! my! Can this be true? Yet it is nothing more than right. It is justice; and Justice should have no lead on the heels in ' going after these and all other gov ernmental delinquents. Every man twenty-one .years old knows he has a poll tax to pay ,to support the gov ernment that protects him, an he should not be allowed to slink away under the flimsy pretext, concocted in his own brain, that because he do es not see fit to vote he is not ex pected to pay his poll tax. His vot ing has nothing to do with it. Get the poll tax, Mr. Sheriff. Not only in Durham and Wake counties, but every other county in the State. Make every man, that is a man, try ing to dodge his responsibility, bear his part of the burden of our gov ernment. It is right so to do. CAN OWN THE BANKS Ten Thousand Milk Cows in Gran ville Would Do the Work. A poor soil means poor people. The only agency to permanently en rich the soil is live stock. The cow is the best end of the live stock proposition. Properly handled she will pay her board and the board of her owner in the direct sale of cream. She will buy some things for the family through the chickens and pigs she will raise off her skimmed milk. She will return to the soil 60 per cent of what is given her for food. She is the most useful attachment on every farm, and will do more for man than any other known animal . if she is simply .giv en the slightest encouragement. Ten thousand cows scattered over clover fields and permanent pastures in Granville ' county will make this a wondrous rich country in a very few years. Ten thousand milch cows will put handsome homes on hundreds of farms. That many cows enriching the soil, feeding men on fried chicken and baked pigs and selling their cream to butter ma kers will put a garage at three out of every five farm houses . in the county. They will make the farmers . own the banks of the county, be the financial masters of the district and rapidly develop into city as well as county builders. Then will the Granville ' county farmer wake from his Rip Van Winkle slumber and get on the. job? m -:v
Oxford Public Ledger (Oxford, N.C.)
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June 9, 1915, edition 1
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