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7" .1. - t""fr5,;'!-:;':i-. If . TEABE AT HOME THROW AWAY THE MAIL ORDER CATALOGUE AND TRADE AT HOME VOLUME XXX. OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA nVEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 1915. NUMBER 50. ' .)-'' f t vA:-.-i':-.-- ' . THE COUNTY PAPER M II iDD I' MI 5 '"'JSp V -n" IpM M1 1' ,v ' SATURDAYS Jg 3 JUJ . follows : TEXT OF AMERICAN NOTE BERLIN PAPERS MAKE FAVOR ABLE COMMENT Former Secretary Was Modified signed. Bryan Says Note After He Re- ( Berlin Dispatch) The text of the American note was published today in the Berlin afternoon newspapers.Definite state ments as to the attitude of the Ger man government with respect to the note are not yet available, but in circles which, while themselves not officially responsible, are often good barameters of the sentiment in re sponsible quarters, the note seems to have made a distinctly favorable impression, and is believed to offer the possibility of negotiations on which a settlement might be reach ed. The conciliatory tone of the note apparently has evoked a re sponisve attitude here. Individuals, -who in the earlier stages of the ne gotiations displayed stiff-necked ad herence to their own views, which made discussion almost impossible, are now willing to talk of comprom ise, in which the compromise would not be all on one side. The official viewpoint probably can be correctly appraised only af ter conferences of the Imperial Chancellor, Dr. von Bethmann-Holl weg. Herr von Jagow and represen tatives of the army and navy. The Emperor, it is believed, will speak the final word. It is understood that these conferences will begin immediately. The answer will not be drafted, and the lines of the Ger man Dolicy upon before Dr. Ger hard, the representative of the Ger- ' man ambassador at Washington.has arrived and made his report. Bryan Picks a Flaw. (Washinigton Dispatch) Former Secretary Bryan, who re signed rather than sign the second I note to Germany, ha sissued an other statement declaring that the note was materially revised follow' ing the presentation of his resigna tion. The revision, Mr. Bryan aver red, softened the note," but was not sufficient to justify him m with drawinig his resignation. - "It is true," said Mr. Bryan, "that I saw the final draft of the I ; note just before myresignation took i : effect, but it contained an import- i ant change. I had no knowledge of this change at the time my resigna- ! tion was tendered and accepted. The, Note. The concluding paragraph of Wil- -. - son's late note to Germany is as "The government of the United States deems it reasonable to expect . . . that the imperial German govern ::. ment will adopt the measures neces- . - sary to put these principles into ' practice in respect of the safeguard- ' .i" ing of American lives and American lUt.1 'ships, and asks for assurances that !. ; Jjkis will be done." - fif In-a two-column tribute to Presi dent Wilson, Alfred G. Gardiner, editor of the London News, says: "No man in the democratic world today is so entirely governed by principal and moral sanctions. Pres ident Wilson is not merely the first 1 citizen of the United States, but the first citizen of the world. He makes mistakes, no doubt, for he is human. But they never are the mistakes of a weak man; they never are the mis takes of a political gambler, or one touched by sordid motives of ambi- r tion. "Emperor William has made many miscalculations about nations and men, but his greatest miscalculation s was in regard to Mr. Wilson and the United States. Incidentally, there also has been much misconception on the same subject in this coun try. Throughout the war his atti tude has conformed to the historic tradition of the United States of nonintervention in European affairs, ' but he realizes the world has changed, and the United States can no longer remain hermetically seal ed. , " "The rupture between President Wilson and Mr. Bryan will be one of the great landmarks of the war. It is a mercy for the United States - that in the nomination struggle the amiable dreamer was defeated by ' ' the statesman. In refusing to yield an inch on the rights of American citizens, President Wilson is de fending the sacred ark of freedom. He will not go to war if war can be avoided with honor, but the integri ty of the United States is his su preme concern, and it is safe in his hands." MR. HESTER ANSWERED The $30,000 Bond Issue Antici pated Editor Public Ledger: As it appears from Mr. John W. Hester's explanation of the $30,000 bond issue, that the matter is only temporarily set aside until the peo ple can be educated up tot the-issue through the lawyers and the press, there are one or two things connect ed with the matter that I think Mr. Hester will do well to explain to the people through the Public Ledger. As I understand, Creedmoor and several other school districts in the county have already voted a pretty stiff local tax to build school houses, and I have heard that the School Board, or County Superintendent has promised a sum amounting to $14,000 to pay off a part of this in debtedness in these districts, and that they further claimed they were going to pay o ffthe $15,000 indebt edness Mr. Hester spoke of. Now if this is true $29,000 of the $30, 000 is already spent which would leave only $1,000 to spend for school buildings in the next twenty years. If it is not true it would leave said districts to pay for their own buildings and their pro rata share of the $30,000. And further, if the $15,000 is not paid out of the bond issue how do they-ever expect to pay it unless the tax rate is rais ed, as it is admitted that the $30, 000 bond issue would anticipate the present tax levy for school buildings for the next twenty years. If these questions can be satis factorily explained perhaps there could be found more than two per sons in this part of the county in fcrvor of the bonds. B. E. GREEN MUSIC WITHOUT A FLAW TUESDAY EVENING MUSIC CLUB PERMANENT ORGANIZATION : "Esther," the sacred Cantata presented at the Orpheum Theatre last Friday evening by the Tuesday Evening Music Club, composed of local talent, was keenly appreciated by those who attended. While the attendance was not as large as it should have been, there is every rea son to believe the Tuesday Evening Music Club is now a fixture; in our community. - . "Esther" abounds in diflicult strains of music;' yet there was not a discord as presented by our loca) talent. The effort was far superioi to any ever attempted in Oxford be fore. It was the second time the Cantata "Esther" was presented by the same talent, and . that in a measure will account for its splendid rendition. " It goes to prove, however, that we have in our midst a superior music talent, which is a valuable asset, and it should be cherished by the community. Of course the Tuesday Evening Music Club and the entire communi ty appreciate the assistance and splendid voice of Prof. Poteat. As this was the foundation stone of a temple of music to be support ed by the community at popular prices, we watched its progress, qrith a great deal of concern. The piano; in the hands of Miss Mary E. Webb, who in music is all grace and soul, made the hour one of bliss. Mr. S. K. Phillips, possess a rare . tenor voice and he sang with much expres sion on this occasion. No one who heard Miss Helen Royster on this occasion can ever forget the grace fulness with which she is endowed; the perfect poise and the mastery which she possesses over a voice of wide range and much pathos. Misses Edna White and Bessie Howell also sang solos with marked ability. Mr. Phillips, director of the Tues day Evening Music Club is highly pleased with the prospect of estab lishing a high cless musical organi zation in this community. Nothng would speak better for the commun ity than such an organization; and we trust the good people will give the Music Club their hearty sup port. False Alarm About 9 o'clock Saturday morning someone sent in an alarm and the firemen, who are always on the alert, responded quickly and dashed off to the vicini ty of the Southern depot expecting to find that end of town ablaze, but to their astonishment they found smoke issuing from the hen house of Mandy Anderson and on close in vestigation found that she was try ing to kill the chicken vermin by smoking them with cornshucks. NOBLE LADY FALLS TO SLEEP Ml4iLlJOpLEMENT.tAIDi5ro Mrs. Ella Clement, 63 years old, the beloved wife of the late Amos G. Clement, died Sunday morning last at her home on . Broad street, after a lingering illness. She was a de vout member- of Geneva Presbyteri an church. The deceased was a sister of Mrs. W. D. Smith, of Tar River; Mrs. D. E. Allen, of Louisville, Ky., and Mrs. Julia B. Minor, of Oxford. She was the daughter of William Allen and his wife Emeline Allen. . Seven children snrvive, as follows: Mrs. E. B. Meadows, Mrs. W. T; Tahcey, Miss Ella, Miss Annie, and Miss Helen; Messrs. Jack and Amos B. Clement, all of Granville county. Funeral services, conducted by Rev. S. K. Phillips, assisted by Rev. Kinnerson, were held from the resi dence Monday afternoon and the in terment was in the family plot, near Geneva church. HON. F. P. HOBGOOD Guilford Senator Made Special At torney in U. S. Department of Justice. (Greensboro Special. June 13) State Senator F. P. Hobgood, Jr., one of the leading members of the Greensboro bar, has been appointed a special attorney in the Department of Justice at a salary of $7,500 a year and will be assigned to work with Hon. E. J. Justice m the oil land cases on the Pacific slope. The appointment was made upon recom mendation of Mr. Justice, who was several months ago appointed a special assitant to the Attorney Gen eral and who has now been placed in charge of all litigation 'west of the Missippi river. Mr, Justice agreed to take this added responsi bility with the understanding that he be allowed to select the man who would have charge of the oil inves tigations. Senator Hobgood has represented Guilford county in the upper branch of the General Assembly for the last three sessions. Two years ago he in the Senate and Mr. Justice in the House were the leaders in progres sive legislation. They have for sev eral years beenclose personal and political friends. Colonel Hobgood is a s6n of Prof. F. P. Hobgood, of Oxford and a graduate of Wake For est College. He took, his law course in one of the universities at Wash ington City and has been in the ac tive practice more than twelve years. He stands . high in his pro fession and is a speaker of great force and ability. Colonel and Mrs. Hobgood will leave about July 1, for San Fran cisco, and after spending a month there will go to Cheyenne, Wyom ing, where they will be permanently located. The government has re cently obtained some favorable de cisions in litigation over the oil and timber lands on the Pacific coast and in the Rocky Mountains, and encouraged Dy this fact it is determ ined to press the cases with greater zeal than ever. - The Cash Grocery. See the nice attractive advertise ment of the Cash Grocery elsewhere in the Public Ledger and give W. W. Alston your order and save money. - Mr. A. Williford, Oxford's ex-chief of police, is at City Point, Va. AN OLD EGG CRATEF'0 DECAY HiSH Tm 011 ROBERT RICHARDSON, COLOR ; ; ED, IN THE TOILS Officers Catch the Old Offender 'with Whiskey in the Bottom of an Im provised Egg Crate. t- . Robert Richardson, an old color sd offender, is in the toils. Robert has often made the remark that he would , kill the first; man.:; who laid lands on him. ; He had made the .hreat so many times ' he began to hink that the ' officers , were .- really afraid of him.. ' , ' " A grape 'vine message last Friday om up in Oak Hill township advis-r ed the officers that Robert was ap-' proaching Oxford from the direction of Virgilina ' with a large box of eggs fastened to the tail end of Jais one-horse wagon. Special Officer J A. Hutchins and Policeman I. H Hobgood figured it out just where they would meet Robert ajnd forfeit their lives, so they hurried up and selected a nice green sward in flowery dell some ten miles north west and waited, for Robert to come along and rip them up and strew sweet violets over ;, their re mains. The officers figured it out that their remains would lay in state in the ratunda of the Court House from Friday evening ,unti Sunday afternoon, . but as soon as they saw the meek and lowly Rob ert arive up, tne funeral services were indefinately postponed. Robert appeared to be highly pleased to meet the officers. He stated that he had been driving over the country for the past two days gathering up all the eggs he could find. s. He pointed to the five bushel egg crate on the rear end of his wagon with a great deal of satis faction, as he wiped his brow with a red bandanna, but when one of the officers began to search . the depths of the egg crate, while the other of ficer stood guard to stave-off the funeral, Robert perspired .... more freely and the broad smile gave away to blinding tears. The . officers found in Robert's large crate 30 dozen of eggs, about three gallons of corn whiskey and fifteen ' bottles of beer. Robert had very little, to say, but when the smoke clears away he may claim that the crate was packed by. an ex pert at Virgilina and that the whis key and beer was placed in the bot totm of the reciptical.as a gift with out his knowledge or consent. Robert owns the horse and wagon and Sheriff Hobgood will take care of them until court week. In de fault of $200 bond he was placed' in jail.: ' The whiskey ; is in one? cell and Roberts in another. The eggs will be sold. ' V vpr; VALl i?JifK'vn vvrc kwu'w sfvr We made a short mention in a previous number of the Public Led ger of the fact that Mr., Herbert Crews, one of Granville's best farm ers, had made an important discov ery. Worried with potato bugs, he hit upon the idea of making a strong tea of the short green sprigs of cedar. As soon as the Public Ledger containing Mr. Crews' re ceipt was sent out, people all over Granville county got busy and put it to a test. The Public Ledger is in receipt of a batch of letters, some from out side of the county, stating that they have tried Mr. Crews cedar remedy and found that it will do all that is claimed for it. We give Mr. Crews the credit for being an unselfish man; or did he, like the most of us, stare a fortune in the face and "knew it not? We are very sure that if Mr. Crews had placed a band of secrecy about his discovery and protected it by patent right he could have easily incorpor ated a stock company to manufac ture it and put it npon the markets of the wortd. Looking- at the matter purely from a financial standpoint, Mr. Crews has failed of an opportunity to greatly enrich himself. His cedar remedy is so simple, so inexpensive and so reliable, it would have easily earned for him a large fortune. It is too late now. Every paper throughout the entire country has already published the short story of the discovery-as found in the Public Ledger last week. Some yankee will see it floating round and the fluid will soon reach us at $1,00 a quart under a guarantee. We feel as if a big manufactur ing plant ror uxiora nas siippea through our hands because Mr. Crews and the rest of us did not grasp the significance of the discov ery soon enough. AN EXTENDED TRD? Mr. and Mrs. Britt Covers Nine Thousand Miles. Mr. and Mrs. J. T: Britt have re turned from the Panama Exposi tion. The trip embraced a visit to points up the Pacific slopes from San Francisco to Vancouver, untisn Columbia, covering more than nine thousand miles. They are both hail and hearty, but a little fatigued. "In all this broad land," says Mr. Britt, "there is nothing quite so nice as Granville." Conn' & Son. Clearance sale starts Saturday, June 19th, and will last 10 days only. Cohn & Son's make a prac tice of clearing their stocks every season, never any season old mer chandise. So you now have an un equalled opportunity to save money. Everything in their big stocks must be sold, nothing will be carried over. Cost and regular prices will be disregarded. This is a real sale for . everybody, for women, men and children. No matter What you want, no matter how slender or how full your purse, if you want to' save money on new reliable and desir able summer goods make it a point to attend Cohn & Son's , clearance sale and profit by their unmatch able bargains. Be sure to be there Saturday, - as the best bargains go the quickest. Read their - adv. on the third page of this paper. THE - MAIL OKER HOUSE AND THE COtT;,TRY STORE. A great deal - lias -been said and written of late jabout mail order houses and co,ijxlry stores, for the simple reason tRit rural free deliv ery and the parcels post have given the ' city merchart splendid oppor tunities .to ' compete with the coun try merchant "pThere - is no doubt that? mail order Jj -houses can supply the people wittfmany articles, at fairfprices, "'WhicWythe country stores dQ toot; handle-atfall, "while in other liner goods whicH they do handle are not sold - a cheaply as those handled by therfkail order houses. It is to be regretted that all this is true, and that trr ie is diverted from the ; country stores, but people al ways did trade, wjiere they could get the best bargainee and always will. Of course, a persu is "stuck" some times - by mail ?rder "houses,, and that argument is Jused against them, but the only for the country store to. break 2fip the mail order business is , to offer, inducement in quality and price! " ; r There am mj&f e groceries and canned, goods' sf Id by mail order houses than -ipeojie generally imag ine. There is no excuse for this, as the 'country merchant should be able to sell, coffee,-' tea, sugar, canned goods,Vetc, at S'fJsures that would make it unprovable for their "shOuld-be" customers to order by mail. The ' expenses of a country store are compartfvely .nominal, and as staple goods ave to be carried in stock, they shpald be sold at pric es which ' would eliminate . competi tion. ..." .' : . - How much better it would be for all the - ' people rtotrade,; with home merchants, even at an apparent sac rifice. It would &ot really be at a sacrifice, because if the home mer chants prosper, thfey will necessarily help others to prosper. T Now, how ever, a new v dfcarge is brought against the poor Country merchant, and one which we , do not see that it is in his power-. " or remedy, if the complaint is a juc one; The Wall Street Journal ;say v ."Is the couhtrj store doomed to go, because of tie pressure which is being - brought?; to bear upon it through the mailorder houses? The advocates of ' the vftied-price method of retailing regard1 the rural village shop as one of .th vital, links in the mercnanaismg . . ev onomyv ; 01. - a iarm community. Yet shere comes along a rural witness against it charging the village or country store with be ing the cause of: much of the decay in farm life, .'it iharge the country store. with, b' - f-ra nuisance . on ' fwrites a Pennsyl '2 v Ye ; Dep ar tment of "t '' X; of these is the system it toler V debasing langu . 3' loafing ' clien- three ; ctrr bcr' itt?r fT,..nv. .3 tv- neglect of ling the burderi to all on the women ana staDimy ror ine 110 me. r To digress from the main subject, we wisn .to reiute one ,siaiemeni. 01 The Journal; at least so far as this part of the country is concerned. That paper alludes to The decay in farm life." There .- is no decay in farm life. The .farmers are more advanced in thought and methods of farming, are better morally and live better . than did their ancestors, while their children are as well edu cated as the children of the town and citv n'eoDle. This latter fact has been amply hown in the school commencements held over the coun try within the last few years. The rural free delivery, ranroaas, telephone, good roads and automo biles have brought the farmers right up, to the front. They have more time to read, and can do it under auieter and better conditions.There- fore, many of them are becoming more thorouchly informed on the vital issues of the day than are the majority of their neighbors in the towns and cities. COUNTY PEDDLING The Farmers Who : Purchase From Peddlers Pay Overheard Charges Some years ago dealers in this county handled sewmg machines which they sold for $22.50. Later on traveling agents hit the .county and sold the same machines for $4.5 or $50 on time. We do not propose to knock the agents. , If they can sell articles at a -higher profit than our mercnants we nave no kick coming. It is not the agent' who needs the "cussing," but it is the fellow who permits themselves to being talked into purchasing things at a higher price. We are informed that agents from somewhere invades the lower part of the county with all manner of articles and reap a reward. There is a screw lose somewhere. Every time a farmer purchases an article from a traveling . man he is simply paying an overcnarge ior tne sup port of the man and his team. If a local merchant should employ a man to go out 10 your nouse to sell you a sack of flour and then em ploy him again to haul that sack of flour out to your home he would have to get two prices for that sack of flour. ' If the local merchant should decide to adopt the agency method of selling and should get an expert to render the service, board him at an expensive hotel, and hire expensive teams from the livery stable and sell you his goods, wares and merchandise on the two trip method, going first to make the sales and then to make the deliveri es don't you think you would be compelled to pay about twice as much for the goods as you now pay? The astounding thing is that men in their right minds will be induced to buy things from traveling agents. when they can get something equal ly, as good from local dealers at much less prices. It would be interesting to know just how much excess is carried out of this county each . year, on an average, more tnan. snould have been paid, on account of; men being 'persuaded to ouy: through the agency system, t ; . We have called attention to this before, but it appears that all the unwise people are not dead yet. A PURE FABRICATION LAUGH AT THE ABSURDITY OF THE THING " . A Colored Man In Granville County Awarded $80,000 for Alienation of AVife's Affections. In commenting on the recent act of an Arkansas judge who sentenc ed to life imprisonment three white men for the robbery and murder of a negro, the Progressive Farmer concludes as follows: , "In this connection, too, we notice with some pleasure this statement In the Norfolk Journal and Guide: "The courts of Tennessee have decided that a white man's Negro common law wife is entitled to his estate, and accordingly awarded Negro woman and her children $80, 000 left by their white common law husband and father. A short while ago a Negro man in Granville Coun ty, N. C, sued a white man for alie nating the affections of his wife and the jury gave the Negro a verdict for $8,000." We regret that this bareface falsehood ever found its way to the public prints. Why Editor Poe did not discern the rascal in it we are at a loss to know. The idea of Granville county jury giving a negro a verdict of $8,090 for the alienat ing the affections of his wife is pre posterous. There . are no men in Granville county worth $80,000 who would be guilty of . such trick. uoi. uregory wno nas lived in Granville county all his life and his head is as clear as a bell, says that nothing of the kind has ever occur red in Granville during his recollec tion, and that will cover a period of sixty years or more. This slander has not been handed down from generation to generation, out it is a newspaper fabrication of the black est die. The falsehood is not origin al with the Norfolk Journal and Guide, where editor Poe found it floating around. . It originated in a Greensboro newspaper office some three months ago. It is simply a falsehood. There is no such record in Granville county and the indica tions are that there never will be. We trust that the newspapers which so eagerly published it will hasten to correct it. If our. recollection serves us right such . a thing did happen in one' of the middle coun ties of the State some years ago, but surely we will not mention the name of the county unless we posi tively know that such was a fact. This $80,000 story will have broad publicity of course, and possi bly when it gets up North we may see the half-tone photos of the couple in some of , the yellow journals. .. GRAftVILLE SUPERIOR COURT 9a jrTu2r.'irtv Tnviwr- : The next term of Granville Super ior Court will be convened Monday, July 26th, Judge Allen presiding, The following is a list , of jurors drawn for the one week's term: Mack Brummitt, J. C. Overton, J. L. Wheelous, Irvin W. Mangum, D L. Mangum, Frank Eaks, J. B Robards, E. R. Briggs, R. P. Black well, W. A. Sherman, W. C. Sheron, Thomas R. Tuck, J. A. Hester, A. H. Woodlief, W. H. Thomasson, W. H. Cox, B. F. Taylor, E. G. Weaver, C T. Parrott, C. L. Floyd, J. B. Callis, P. B. Dillard, J. Vassar Winston, J. T. Garrett, J. B. Mays, Sr., J. H Garrett, J. H. Renn, W. L. Mangum, R. T. Noblin, J. H. Cox, C. J. Turn er, W. B. Hobgood, Leonard Vaugh an, W. J. Riley, R. L. Ingold, J. E Callahan, T. H. Royster. ADVERTISING PAYS As Applied to the Taxes of Granville County. Proof that advertising pays was amply demonstrated in the adver tisement Sheriff Hobgood carried in the Public Ledger of Granville county land for taxes. Of the 140 parcels of real estate advertised in this paper for taxes all but forty' four have been settled.. Sheriff Hobgood has by reason of his following the law and advertis ing property for taxes, succeeded in collecting all taxes due on real estate something that has not been done in this county in years. A few of those who were advertised were at first disposed to "cuss" the sheriff, but after thinking it over and seeing in what a distinguished and numerous, company their nam es were placed, got over their peev ishness and turned to praising Sheriff Hobgood for his business like methods in "getting the money" due and needed by our county. Under the new law which will be in force next year a penalty of 3 per cent per month will be imposed on all unpaid taxes after February 1 of each year. This will doubtless lighten the burden of tax-gathering to a very considerable extent in the future. A NOVEL LAW SUIT Wins Suit for Bottom of Banker's $500,000 Lake; Would Drain It Having won a law suit by which he is adjudged owner of one-eighth interest in 392 acres of land which lies at the bottom of Lake Toxaway, George Fisher, now demands . that the court order Toxaway Lake, eight miles long and five miles broad, to be drained, so that he can secure his land. E. M. Jennings, Pittsburg banker, who built the lake at cost of $500, 000. is aghast at the idea, and wants the court to award Fisher his por tion out of the land remaining above water. Fisher replies that commis sioners can not apportion land they can not see and, as' they . have no submarine, can 'not see it until the lake is emptied. Three lawyers named as commis- lsoners win decide wnetner Fisher gets wet or dryland. Fisher, who was one of eight; has established that the deed which . the Toxaway Company supposed: transferred his interest to it, was a forgery.- He refuses to sell to the company. j TOWN COMMISSIONERS MEET . . . MUCH PRELEVHNARY WORK EN GAGE THEIR ATTENTION Mayor Stem and his cabinet of seven members of the Town Board of Commissioners met in the May ors' office last Friday afternoon. They were confronted -with an ac cumulation of details which had to be cleared away before they could take up greater things. By invitation , of Dr. B. K. Hays, Health officer , Dr. Cooper of the State Health Office was present. The Board paid marked attention to the two able medical men and that they will be .largely influenced by what they said in regard to sanitary measures there can be in doubt The six hundred surface closets in Oxford is well calculated to cause the Board and all other good people to sit up and take notice. Dr, Cooper explained that a perfect sewerage system was the best pro tection against many diseases. He would have every house in Oxford connected up with the sewerage system. But in view of the fact that times are close, the Board in all probability will not issue a sweeping order to that effect just at present. The Board has set next Friday as the time to take up the problem of giving the people the best protec tion for the least money. We have great faith, in the wisdom and integ rity of Mayor Stem and his cabinet. UNFORTUNATE ACCD3ENT Mr. Roy Dickerson Badly Hurt in Collision. About 2 o'clock Sunday after noon Mr. Roy Dickerson, astride a motorcycle, collided with an auto mobile, driven by Mr. Baldy Willi ams at a point two miles west of Henderson on the thoroughfare leading to Oxford. Seated in the car with Mr. Williams were Messrs. H. F. Lee, Cortez Wright and Eugene Crews. The accident occur red at a sharp bend in the road and it is reasonable to suppose that it was caused by the high speed at tained by one or both parties to the accident. At any rate, there was a terrific crash, in which Mr. Dicker son sustained injuries that may prove fatal. He was taken to the Henderson hospital where his wounds were dressed. The motorcycle .which Mr. Dicker- son was riding was completely de molished. Mr. Baldy Williams, driver of the autocar sustained minor flesh wounds. The other members of the party escaped with out injury. One wheel of their car and the windshield was slightly damaged. OUR BEREA NEWS LETTER r.. - (Correspondence of the Public Ledger) 8 , Mr. and Mrs; Sam Currin, of Apex are spending sometime with Mr. J. C. Currin. Mr. George Williams, of Oak Hill, visited his brother, Mr. J. A. Willi ams, Sunday. It is reported that the old Fuller mill dam washed away last week during the heavy rains. Miss Laura Edwards, of Roxboro, spent Saturday night, in, Berea with Miss Blanche Davis 'Mr. S. L. Slaughter, the excellent mail carirer of Berea, Route 1, is this year running a. nice farm. We wish him much success. Dr. G. T. Lumpkin, of Oxford, preached a most eloquent sermon last Sunday at Mt. Zion church. He emphasized the fact, that we should seek first the Kingdom of God and his righteousness. The Berea and Fidalic Bible class of Sharon Baptist church are going to give a play sometime soon, entitl ed "Out in the Street's." The Bible Class of Sharon church is doing fine work. It was organiz ed about two months ago with twelve members and has increased to. .thirty. Mr. J. B. Elliott who is owner of the Capt. Alfred Sherman farm, is doing some ideal farming this year. This is Mr. miiiott 's nrst year in this section, and he and his fam ily are very beneficial to Sharon church and community. The' Calton brothers are greatly improving our little "City Calto lina." This community is very for tunate indeed to have such distin guished . men and their families lo cate here. They will give another picnic sometime in July and they de sire the presence of every good citi zen of Granville County to come out and be welcomed in their nice settle ment. Mr. O. F. Davie, accompanied by Mr. M. D. Calton drove over to Vir gilina Wednesday on an automobile to meet Miss Clara Daniel, the neice of Mr. Davie, who has been at tending school at Asheville, but had to return home on account of sickness. Miss Daniel is a popular voune lady and her many friends will be elad to know that she is much improved. Special For Ten Days. In order to meet the popular de mand, the Long Company, Oxford's leadine store.has made a substantial reduction in the season.s goods Anything left in the millinery line is reduced to one-half. Shoes, white, goods, laces, the very things you are looking for. are at the Long com Company in abundance. See display ad on the last page of this paper The Long Company is on the pop ular corner and they are always glad to see you. ' The Presbyterian Church There will be no preaching at the Oxford Presbyterian church either morning or evening this Sunday as Rev. S. K. Phillips will be at Townsville Sun day morning and at St. Andrews Sunday afternoon and at Brooktown Sunday night,, to Install Rev. Shields, pastor of the Vance county groupe of country churches. Children's Daj There will be a Children's Day at'Tabb Creek Bap tist church next Sunday morning at 10:30 o'clock. Dinner on the ground and preaching in the after noon. The public is cordially invit ed to attend. PULL FOR A CREAMERY BY ALL MEANS LET US HAVE ONE IN GRANVILLE Wliat One of Our Farmer Friends is Doing on the Bleak Hills Around ' Richmond. We don't believe it would be very long before there would be a co operative ' creamery in Granville county if the farmers realized the profit sharing possibilities. We have a farmer friend living at Fall ing Creek, a few miles from Rich mond, who has twenty cOws .each giving 12 quarts of milk a day, opened his books and showed to our pleasure and satisfaction that he realized a profit of not less than $20 a month on each cow. He is able to give his cows the very best care and attention, and he said he would rather have ten good cows than the best farm in Chesterfield county. Four hundred dollars a month as a side line looks good. With a few such side lines our farmers would soon be free from debt and be able to' live at home. Our old Virginia friend is consid ered truthful and his word is ac cepted on all occasions but suppose he realizes Only half the amount a month the year through, would this not be better than some of the things the Granville farmers are do ing? What would be f more help to Oxford than for our farmers to raise thousands of heads of cattle where there are now only hundreds. A co-operative creamery would mean a business of nearly $100, 000 by the time it was in good run ning order. Estimating eight quarts a day to a cow, the yield from 500 cows for 300 days in the year would te 300,000 gallons which at 25 cents a gallon would be $75,000, which would be put ,back into the hands of the farmers. Then under the co-operative plan any profits ac crued after expenses are paid would come to him in dividends. Statis tics show that the counties that have live stock are worth more per capita than those raising tobacco. cotton, or truck. So we find this a safe investment. Now then, if this is safe and pro fitable, can the farmer's expect fi nancial help in getting started in this class of farming? The Public Ledger believes that our banks and business men will assist by helping to finance such a proposition. The farmers would have to enter into an agreement with local bank ers or with other persons who sup ply the loans to adopt a uniform and approved system of dairying operations. The security given by the farmers is not different from that ordinarily required. Those furnishing the funds also buy the dairy stock under the advice of dairv soecialists. who r concerted withJthe ...State P.r.FederaJL.wraW.a&i the farmers at actual cost plus a certain per cent, (say two per cent) to cover travel or incidental ex penses. The "lender takes the farm er's personal note with or without endorsement or with mortgage se curity as he sees best. The cream ery would keep back a certain per cent of the amount due the farmer each week which will be applied on the note. Thus in time the note and the interest would be paid off. The farmers would agree to take proper care o fthe animals purchas ed and to. breed them only in such manner as might be approved by the company. These precautions would assist in giving confidence to the business, and would cause the herd to be kept up or improved all the time.' If any farmer did not care for the cows, well, then the cows could, be at once taken in and given to the other man. The editor of the Public Ledger would like to hear from Dr. Morris and some of our business men on the matter of a cooperative cream ery. , VILLA SENDS NOTE TO WILSONS Expresses Willingness to Invite New? Union of all Mexicans as Solution of Problem. Carranza's answer to the practi cal mandate which President Wilson sent to all of the Mexican revolu tionary leaders to get together and save the country from starvation, was made public by the State De partment Saturday. The statement is regarded as a bid for recognition. Carranza as serts that opposition to his govern ment practically has been over thrown, and that nine-tenths of the population of the whole country now acknowledge his authority. He expects, he says, in a short time to regain control of Mexico City,and promises that when he does he will convoke elections for the election of a national Congress. The Congress so elected will then issue a call for the election of a President, and to the President so chosen he will re sign his authority as first chief of the revolution. Meanwhile, he calls upon all factionists to submit to his authority. He does not promise that he will not be a candidate for election to the presidency. MAIN STREET PORPERTY t Store Room and Office Building Going Up. The ground on which the old burnt building stood above Little john street on Main street has been cleared for a one-story brick build ing. The building ' will have a frontage of 30 feet and extend back to Hall's line a distance of 60 feet. The building is jointly owned by Messrs W.- T. Yancey and A. H. Powell, the property, being divided by a partition wall and the room nearest the postoffice, owned by Mr. A. H. Powell, will be the home of the Granville Real Estate and Trust Company. The store room own ed by Mr. W. T. Yancey is 15x60. The work .will be completed in sixty days.. The corner property owned bv ffesrs. J. G. and A. S. Hall, now oc Wpied by R. W. Brown and Co., as a uicyvie jsiana, win proDaoiy make away for a neat structure during the summer. - 4
Oxford Public Ledger (Oxford, N.C.)
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June 16, 1915, edition 1
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