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OXFORD,, NORTH CAROLIIATOfeY, JULY 31ST, 1915.
VOLUME XXX.
NUMBER 63.
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PUBLIC IMEI E
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ON THE USE OF DRUGS
THERE SHOULI BE PLENTY OF
FRESH AIR AND VENTILATION
A Word to The People of Granville
Coirnty By a Granville County
Physician.
(By Benj. K. Hays, Health Officer.)
Some time ago I made the state
ment in a public address that the
habit of taking medicine was pernic
ious and should be avoided. Further
that if I had the power to do so I
" would forbid any man in Granville
county taking a dose of medicine un
less it. had been prescribed for him
by a physician. I could not at that
time go fully into the subject and
the statement was severely criticised.
Let us note the conditions for which
medicine is most frequently taken
and the end toward which the medi
, cine taking habit leads. . -
Constipation
. It has been esiiniated that ninety
per cent- of all - medicines rare taken
to relieve, constipation or an attack
of "biliousness.' ' The constipation
is the result of neglect, and the. "bili
ousness" comes from.' overeating.
Every physician will tell you - that
the best remedy for constipation is to
form the habit of attending to na
ture's calls at a given hour each day.
When that hour comes let nothing
stand in the way, but go, even if
there is no inclination. A diet com
posed largely of vegetables and of
fruits gives a laxative tendency,
while meats aie constipating. When
purgatives are taken they tend to
make one dependent upon them, each
dose calling for another, and usually
in increased quantity. I freely ad
mit that it is far better to take med
icine than to remain constipated, but
it is also better to relieve the consti
pation by habit and diet than to de
pend upon medicine. It is needless
to add that for the so called "bilious
ness" the only cure is to be found in
a correct diet.
Headache
Second in frequency the condition
which calls for medicine is headache.
There is no known remedy which is
harmless. Opium, the coal tar de
rivatives and bromides make up the
bulk of all headache remedies, and
these are all poisionious and habit
forming drugs. Headache is a sym
pton. and indicates that something is
wrong with the body. Its cause
should be considered and, if possible,
removed. Among the most frequent
causes of headache are fatigue, loss
of sleep and nerve strain. The rem
edy suggests itself. Rest and sleep.
Digestive disturbances are a frequent
cause of headache. If proper diet
ing will not relieve this it would be
well to consult a physician. The
first sympton of Bright's disease is
often headache (never a pain in the
back) and for thisa physician should
certainly be . consulted.; Eye strain,
neuralgia and many other conditions
may. produce headache. Not one of
them is cured by "dope". A head
ache which rest, diet and the removal
of worry will not cure should receive
medical attention.
Indigestion
I once knew a preacher who suf
fered with indigestion. He carried
his bottle of pepsin and his box of
calomel wherever he went. He
would stuff his stomach as full as it
would hold three times a day and
after each meal take something for
his indigestion. At night he took a
purgative. He is dead now. Medi
cine did not kill him. He died from
ever-eating. He knew that he ate
too much but he thought the medi
ciue would save him. He simply
bet on the wrong horse, just as
thousands of people are still doing.
Neurasthenia
There are a great many people
who permit their minds to dwell up
on their physical infirmities. These
people are called neurasthenics. They
will discuss their ailments with every
person who will listen to them, and
as a rule will take any medicine that
is suggested. When these people
consult a doctor they get a jolly and
a bread pill, or something equally
harmless. Unfortunately, when they
buy patent medicines they get alco
hol, opiates, bromides, coal tar or
some other poisions. Of course
there are exceptions, even among
patent medicines. I once knew a pat
ent medicine which contained only
Epsom Salts and water; about two
heaping tablespoonfuls of salts to the
pint of water. It sold for one dollar
a bottle and it cured more diseases
and did less harm than any other
patent medicine that I have known.
A neurasthenic went to see his sis
ter who was a patient of mine. She
was expecting soon to become a
mother and was taking medicine for
a trouble resulting from her condi
tion. The neurasthenic saw her
take a dose of medicine and asked
what it was for. She replied, "For
a pain in my back." He said, "I
have a pain in my back. I wish you
would give me a dose of that medi
cine." Coughs and Colds
Most children suffer from coughs
and colds during the winter season,
and no one can blame a tired mother
for giving them a ' dope" at bedtime
that she herself can get some much
needed sleep. But when the mother
believes that the "cough syrup" is a
cure she deceives herself. Coughs
and colds are directly contagious dis
eases and can be largely prevented
by avoiding exposure to them. When
once contracted they are best com
batted by warm, dry clothes, well
ventilated rooms and regulation of
diet. Cough syrups are dangerous
remedies and should be used only
when prescribed by a physician.
I do not underrate the value of
drugs and I have no patience with
that class of people who refuse to
use them when they are required and
are intelligently prescribed. But it
is marvelous to see how many people
pride themselves upon their knowl
edge of disease and of medicines and
are entirely ignorant of the laws of
health. Only recently I was called
to see a child dying with consump
tion. The mother had treated the
child herself through its entire ill
ness, giving many different kinds. of
medicine. The mother showed a re
markable familiarity with the drugs
which she gave, and yet was so ig
norant of the nature of the disease
that she permitted the sick child to
GRANVILLE CONVICT CAMP
JUDGE AI.LEN URGES THE COUN
TY TO USE ITS OWN CONVICTS
It occurs to us that the suggestion
Judge Allen made in court last Wed
nesdavs that Granville county should
have a convict . camp to work its own
prisioners instead of sending them to
improve the roads of Person county,
is worthy of commendation. Our
roads certainly need the work and
from present prospects, it would
seem that we will have a goodly num
ber of convicts from this term of the
Superior court.
The objection raised to our having
our own chain gang have been that
we did not have enough prisioners to
keep it going and that, you could hire
labor cheaper than you could keep a
camps meaning by this last objection,
that a given number of laborers could
be hired cheaper than we could keep
a like number of convicts. n ans
wer to the first objection, "we- might
say that under the Mayor's jurisdic
tion at the present he can send more
rohvicts to the roads than formerly
Our Mayor, has final :3urisdictien in
liquor cases, . and . ar: man ' .'can be
caught to-day and working" p V'the
roads of Granville county tomorrow
if we had a chain gang. fWe" believe
that there won Id; be a.sufficient-nuni-ber
of criminals, if they were all con
victed in this county, to keep a chain
gang going.
As a further argument in favor of
our position, we believe a chain gang
working the roads of Granville coun
ty where they cau be seen by all the
citizens would be a. wholesome ob
ject lesson to law breakers and those
contemplating the commission of any
crime. Why not lets all get together
and arrange to start a force of con
victs repairing the roads of Granville
county? .We nave spent large sums
of money to improve the public roads
and if they are not properly main
tained, the bulk of this money will be
lost and we will fail to receive the
benefits we are justly entitled to
from the amount of money expended.
We receive from Person county
$7.00 per month net for each person.
This is clear money. It is stated
that we would break about even in
maintain? a camp of fifteen convicts.
This could be done where convicts
could be concentrated on a job, but
if they . were scattered up and down
the road it would require " more
guards to handle the force. Since
Judge Allen referred to the matter
it would be well for the Commission
ers to take up the question.
BROTHER CUTS BROTHER
Hsiry Ellixson, Colored, Carves His
Brother Tom With a Razor.
Henry Ellixson and his brother
Tom, both colored, hailing from Oak
Hill Township, got into an altercation
at the. Colored Orphanage grounds on
Wednesday, " and Henry, the big
black brute, proceeded to carve up
his brother Tom with a razor. Be
lieving that he had made a neat job,
Henry made for the woods, leaving
his brother Tom swiltering in a pool
of blood.
It is not definitely known what
caused the encounter, but it is sup
posed that a little corn liquor mixed
with a lot of jealousy was responsi
ble. Tom, the wounded man, was
brought to town, and it fell to the
lot of Dr. W. N. Thomas to fasten
some fifty-odd stitches in his side,
back and legs.
Dr. Thomas worked faithfully
over his patient and should he recov
er he has doctor Thomas alone to
thank for saving his life. But the
question is, will Dr. Thomas be re
warded in dollars and cents for his
professional service? On this point
hangs a sad tale, one that brings the
laws of the State in disrepute. If
Henry, the negro who carved his
brother is caught and brought before
the bar of justice, Dr. Thomas will
be called to testify in court all that
he knows abcut the wounds. His
valuable time and professional ser
vices is as naught in the eyes of the
State, but the State will see that
Henry, the negro who did the cutting
has a fair and impartial trial.
There should be a law that would
say to Doctor Thomas, or any other
doctor, "You go ahead and render all
the medical skill possible to save
this man's life, and the great State
of North Carolina will see that you
are rewarded for your services.'' But
the great State does nothing of the
kind, and it is dollars to doughnuts
that Doctor Thomas will not get one
cent for saving Tom's life. At least
there is no guarantee that he will.
The Opportunity is Theirs It is
a good thing to forget self once in a
while and work for a cause. It
brings men closer together and
makes them forget personal differ
ences and see the essential oneness
of all our interests. Our Commer
cial Club is the nearest approach to
a live working organization conceiv
able. And here is a cause worth
working for Oxford and the country
about her. If the men of Oxford
and Granville want to show their
metal the opportunity is theirs.
SCHOOL OPENS SHORTLY DON'T
fail to have your children's eyes
examined before they go back and
have glasses fitted to help them in
their school work. Dr. S. Rapport
will be at Oxford, at the Exchange
Hotel, Tuesday, August 3rd. It
drink from the same dipper that the
other children used; permitted the
other children to play on the bed with
the sick child; and did not destroy
the sputum coughed up by the sick
child. The child was in a dark,
closed, ill-smelling room and a pud
dle of water was standing under the
bed. Here was a case in which the
mother was criminally ignorant of
the laws of health and criminally
free in her use of drugs.
In contrast to the above it is a
pleasure to go into a home where
sunshine, fresh air and proper ven
tilation prevails where diet and
clothing are looked after with care
and intelligence, where cleanliness
and health are the rule, and where
disase, when it does appear is regard
ed as abnormal and calls for the ad
vice qf a trained physician.
PROTECT SHADE TREES
THE ONE AT THE POSTOFFICE
GREATLY ADMIRED
There Should Be a Tree Commission
Created By The Board of x Town
Commissioners.
We were standing . on V the post
office steps the other day when, an
auto car containing a couple of gen-1
tlemen and ladies came in ; over the','
National Highway and stopped long
enough to mail a batch of postal ,
cards. "'--Y''."'--. . I
Pointing to the big oak -tree.' at. the
end. of the postoflice steps,' which has
a concrete ring about its base, one of
the ladies said to us:
"I. am curious to know what in
fluence was brought, to bear to pre
serve that tree." - , -i J
We explained to the la dy that we
have in Oxford a Woman's , Civic
League, and perhaps after . all- tle
smoke blows awayv the cij;ieti in
general will give th"em' the Credit for
preserving the tree.
'bbuttcil ordered. eve,ry ttee ''ith&'fire
distrtjctut dowi .; f "Thej's w ould not
listen ..to "what anybody.' said,. . ; ani
they- just simply ;ruikfedtife 4ooks of
our beautiful town. '"-.The three largQ
water daks planted VbyfiY my -fgreat?
grand-father-more than one hundred
years ago were leveled to th& ground
and I can never forgive them as- long
as I live," said the lady. .Y . Y .
Oxford has, like numerous other
towns, been guilty of this "unutter
able folly." During the past few.
years numbers of splendid shade
trees not very old or anything like
grown, to be sure, but trees that had
been growing for years and gave
promise of making splendid, speci
mens have been ruthlessly cut
down. And why "Merely to keep
a cement sidewalk in a straight line."
There is no single thing that adds
to the beauty of a town or city ' so
much as shade tree. Magnificent
residences, asphalt drives and all the
other man-made appurtenances of a
city look bare and bleak if not re
lieved by the shade of trees. And
they cannot be made to order like
paved streets and brick walls. It
takes from one to three generations
to develop a fine shade tree. A man
with an axe can undo in a few min
utes what it has taken nature 50
years to accomplish. ,
Oxford, has some splendid shade
trees coming on and would have had
many . more today if somebody had
not blundered, if we are to have an
attractive town, one .that will appeal
to the aesthetic tastes of the visitor
and one that will be pleasant and de
lightful to live in, we must have
more shade trees. The present gen
eration wilL benefit but little' from
tres.,. .planted . now butour. children
will enjoy them and it is incumbent
upon us to make Oxford as comf or
able and pleasant for the next gener
ation as we possibly can.
The planting of shade trees is not
a matter that should be left to be
done at random by individuals. There
are certain kinds of trees that are
suitable for one climate or section
which are not suitable for another.
t is a work that should be done with
care and after a study of the various
kinds of trees has been made. The
Tublic Ledger believes that the prop
er way for this work to be done
would be through a tree commission
of three or five or seven men and wo
men appointed by the Town Com
missioners who should make a study
of the matter and then outline some
definite tree planting work and have
supervision of the execution of their
plans. We believe that such a com
mission could be gotten without cost
to the town. The cost then of carry
ing out the commissioner's plans
would be relatively small as compar
ed with the great benefits that would
accrue to future generations.
The Public Ledger believes that
this is an important matter and
trusts that our citizens will think
seriously along these lines.
KIXTUS FORK NOTES
(Correspondence of the Public T.e(J?re'''
Henderson and Kinton Fork will
cross bats at the Fork on Saturday
afternoon, July 31. This promises
to be an interesting game.
Most of the young people of this
section attended the picnic at Calto
lina Farm on Saturday, July 17th
and report a grand time.
The revival at Mt. Creek, conduct
ed by Rev. Fred N. Day, of Winston
Salem, assisted by Mr. H. B. Esom,
of Buies Creek Acadamy, closed last
Saturday with very good success.
The protracted meeting begun at
Enon last Monday conducted by Rev.
McFarland, is drawing the crowds.
Mrs. Mattie Noblin and children of
Mt. , spent Friday with her
sister, Mrs. S. T. Floyd.
Mr. Dee Mangum of "The Mea
dow" was in this neighborhood on
last Sunday. ,
Mrs. S. T. Floyd and daughter,
Miss Nannie Belle, and sons, Messrs.
Joe, Oscar and T. C, attended the
revival at Mt. Creek, this week and
visiting relatives.
Miss Irene Dean returned home
last week from a visit to her cousin
Misses Viola and Thelma Hester.
Recovered From Illness Mr. G.
F. Downey, who was ta'ken down
with fevtr two or three months ago,
is out again. He called at the Pub
lic Ledger office Thursday and told
us how thankful he is to the good
people of Oxford for their aid and
sympathy during his long illness. He
says that it makes all the difference
in the world when sick to know that
friends sympathized with him. He
desires especially to thank the Bap
tist Baraca Class, of which he is a
member, for the interest manifested
during his affliction.
Mr. R. M. Currin and three boys
were Henderson- visitors Thursday
afternoon.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 3rd DR. S.
Rapport of Durham will be at Ox
ford, at the Exchange Hotel, Tues
day August 3rd, for the purpose of
examining eyes and fitting glasses.
Eye-strain Nerves-strain and head
aches relieved by my correctly fit
ted glasses. It
Tfc ;lady told us that .Tier home
wan -in 4 ma!J5v4Jiag f nponnetieuV
and ithal a year, ago TthKime-kitorrlL
I GRANVILLE COBTIODRT
JUDGE ALLEN AJI) ' SOLICITOR
GATTIS STKOX TEAM -
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Five Defendants Are Sentenced by
. Judge Allen to the Person iCounty
Roads for a Teiro-ot lOmWf Year
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Judge Allen . is one blf the. most
learned , and concienti.ous;' Y judges " to
hold court in Granville int'long-time
No point in law, however j great , or
small escapes his attention.- Y, Y Y, '
A large nu?nber?f.the' eases .dis
posed of have been byj submission,, on
the part of defendants. jSomeV bow
ever, have been vigorously' contested.
The first case tried out before a
jury was that of State. vsY Tuck.-, The
defendent was indictfdfor an." as
sault upon Mr. HYCSi.yGUlisvin his
store at Stcvall. : y 'he ijury "had the
ca.se for some time wetore arriving .at
a verdict finallyHaSquittingi the de
fenfdehtJYY Hiik& System, appeared
for'-Tuck. '-.V S'y '
Gillar;Ln;Y5Vas'Y indicted" for
shooting jntQ?anbtUer negro's house
over hearStem ..The evidence against
Lyon was,rior convincing and -'the
iury, turned. Mm loose. Gen. Roys-
ter andt, X.W. Ilfster -represented
LybiHhnei3lte 3teni assisted the
; Aaron Neal ' came up before the
couTt; charged with stealing 'Joe Pit
man's bicycle. ,Tb0idence was cir
cumstancial the Strongest point a
gainst Neal being His recent possess
ion of the wheel. He attempted to
explain this possession by evidence
that OUie Lewis had placed the wheel
in his bands Tht4ngref used to
accept this view, : however, and re
turned a verdict of guilty. Mr. Las
siter represented Neal.
. Richard Harris was indicted for
selling whisKeyv. ; The evidence was
pretty conclusive against the defend
ant, Mr J. P. ' EraTtshed testifying
that he received the whiskey form
Harris and " Chief Wheeler corrobor
ating him by testifying that he saw
some money passed I The jury found
no difficulty-in convicting Richard.
There were two cases each against
Tom Loyd and Irby,-Keith, one each
for carrying concealed weapons. sd
for distilling whiskey. These defend
ants Y entered submissions'' through
counsel and in the concealed weapon
cases there was judgment, of $100. 00
fine each and . costs. VSlii the i otfier
cases judgment was suspeiided upon
payment of costs and def4ndants giv
ing bonds in the"sumr;$2O0t':each
for appearance before the 'court( Idr
the space of 'oayear'sftov- gfood
behavior. ' -,. Messrs. 'Brummitt- and
Hester represented a def endeiits Y and
Hicks & Stam an,
Royeiv..apr
peared with the
The case aga
les Williams
and John'. Win
beguiiVWed-
nesday af ternb
nttauedYtiU
Thursday.
'men,'-.wh(
were rouna wi
,0 gallons of
whiskey on th
Toad some
time ago going
gsville. De-
fendants put up
Williams go-
ing on the stand
testifying that
lie bought the w
key for his own
use because he could get it so cheap
at Virgilina. A number of Youngs
ville people testified to his good
character. The principle evidence
against him was the possession of
the liquor. Judge Graham, Mr. Las
siter and Mr. Mitchel of Youngsville
appeared for Williams while Gen.
Royster and Hicks & Stem helped
the Solicitor. The jury returned a
verdict of guilty.
Thursday morning Robert
dows and Robert Richardson
came into court and through
counsel, Air. Lassiter, pleaded
Mea
both their
guilty
to having whiskey for the purpose of
sale. Richardson was caught with
eight gallons coming from Virgilina
and Meadows with two gallons com
ing from the same place.
Judge Allen imposed a sentence of
twelve months in prision to be work
ed on the Person county roads upon
each of these five defendents the
white man Williams from Youngs
ville, and the four negroes, Richard
Harris, Robert Meadows, Robert
Richardson ana ' Jobs Winston. Coun
sel for Williams and Winston gave
notice of appeal to the Supreme
court and bond to stay execution was
fixed at $1,000 in case of Williams
and $r00 for Winston.
Another case was that against
Royster, a neero boy here in Oxford,
for forgery There was a conviction
in two cases and he was sent to the
penitentiary for one year. Gen.
Royster and Judge Graham deended
him.
The case of Charlie Lewis charged
with the murder of Jim Bullock was
entered upon abcut noon Thursday
Mr. Ben. W. Parham and John W.
Hester are representing the prisioner
This is the case where a young negi
killed another of his race near Grassy
Creek church on May 19 th.
The jury is as tollows: I. W.
Mangum, J. C. Overton, Mack Brum
mitt, D. L. Mangum, J. F. Hester, T.
M. Arrington, H. T. Hobgood, J. P.
Mize, Sam Clark, J. F. Puckett,, J.
F. Hobgood, L. W. Oakley and J. E.
Puckett.
INCREASED ACREAGE
Estimated to be From Five to Ten
Per Cent Above Last Year
If the Department of Agriculture
at Washington is correct in its esti
mates, there is an increase in the
acreage in tobacco planting in North
Carolina this year. The Depart
ment reports that there is in culti
vation this year 287,200 acres as
compared with 265,000 acres in 1914
This would make an increase of a
bout five ter cent. The Department
bases its reports upon the best avail
able information from all sections on
July 1st. This acreage increase may
or may not mean an increase in the
pounds produced. It all depends up
on the seasons from this time on.
One year ago it looked as if there
would not be more than half or three
fourths of a crop produced. At that
time the growing crop was anything
but healthy and promising, and yet
the State produced somewhere about
twenty-five millions more than the
previous year. The crop at this time
is healthy looking and it looks as if
there would be a big crop, taking the
entire country over.
DAVIS WILL SAVE YOU MONEY
on flues and pay the freight.
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THE VERY BEST PEOPLE
THEY. ARE FOUND IN OLD GRAN
VILLE They are Thoroughly Alive to the
- Things Which Count Most in the
' Long Run.
. We have something on our mind
worth telling the people of Granville.
The experiences we have had from
the snow-clad hills in Canada to the
sunny valleys of Old Mexico entitles
us; to, be a judge on the subject of
ptople jrood people and better peo
ple. . The very best people in the
whole' country are in Granville coun
ty.. Not the best educated; they
are found in the New England States.
Not-the wealthiest people; they are
found in the middle west and in and
around New York. , Not the most
energetic; they are found in the val
leys, of Fennsjlvania and within the
borders of little Rhode Island and
Cohneticutt' . .. ,
'Y What we mean by the very best
people is the most evened, up and the
best prepared to . meet the present
day requirements. Citizens who are
alive to the general welfare of the
whole people.' For example we will
take the people in and around Ox
ford. Educational, they are alive
and doing things. They are putting
into the public educational work
their very life. They have
pledged their sacred honor, their
money and their body and soul and
heart that they will give to the chil
dren of this region the best school
facilities that can be given the chil
dren of any land, and they mean to
do this and will do it. And this
pledge of theirs justifies us in saying
Granville county people are the best,
the very best.
Industrially they believe in stead
ily going ahead. There's not a man.
be he farmer, merchant, manufac
turer or worker in the Oxford section
btit who is industrially improving
from year to year. ' Every farm
home is being improved. Every town
residence shows that the . inmates
therein are progressive. Flowers
made to grow where they will give
new life and happiness to the passer
by as well as the owners of the
homes. Every family is saving mon
ey and their bank accounts are be
coming larger every year.
Mixed with their education and
work comes pleasure. The person
that works for the dollar all the time
misses a great deal of this life's
pleasure.' - The people around Ox
ford believe in mixing work.progress,
good education, good Christian citi
zenship Ywith pleasure. Since we
have-been with these people, nearly
five years, we have not seen one of
them,, drunk, have not seen any un
pleasantness between any of them.
; Another . thing about - Granville
county 'that is -worth telling is that
her -peopTe haventoi tiuitivrork ntte
count of the European war. Come
to Oxford and you will see more
money being spent for building
houses and business buildings than
any place in the State. These peo
ple have not been waiting, they have
been w-orking. All this is worth tell
ing and it should show the people of
other sections that it pays to keep
happy.
All this is worth talking about.
Come to Oxford and Granville county
and enjoy life with us.
ELECT OFFICERS
The Oxford Lodge of Odd Fellows in
Healthy Condition
Tuesday night last was regular
meeting night of the Oxford Lodge
of Odd Fellows. There was a full
attendance and much business of im
portance was transacted.
Lodge Deputy J. E. Howell being
present, assisted by Grand Marshall
P. H. Montgomery, the lodge proceed
ed to install the following officers:
Noble Grand J. T. Pruitt; Vice
Grand Pete Bullock; Recording and
Financial Secretary F. C. Spencer.
Appointed officers were as follows:
Right Support to Noble Grand J. S.
King; Left Support to Noble Grand
J. B. Powell. Right Support to
Vice Grand A. H. A. Williams;
Left Support to Vice Grand R. R.
Herring; WTarden P. H. Montgom
ery; Chaplain J. F. Meadows; Con
ductor B. S. Royster; Right Scene
SuDDort to Noble Grand J. C. Has-
kins; Left Scene Support to Noble
Grand E. T. Crews. Finance Com
mittee: A. A. Hicks, J. S. King, F. B
Blalock.
After the installation many good
talks were enjoyed from the new of
fleers, especially, that of our Past
Grand H. . M. Shaw, whose office as
Noble Grand had just been made va
cant by him. Report of the treasur
er, was rendered and accepted, re
porting the lodge in a flourishing
condition. The newly made Noble
Grand, Mr. J. T. Pruitt, in his talk
urged the members to be more regu
lar, and on time.
F. C. SPENCER,
Financial Secy.
For the Women A program for
the women has been arranged to take
place at the Oxford graded school
building this Saturday monring at 11
o'clock. Mrs. Corneilia C. Murray,
of Graham, is expected to give an in
teresting demonstration for house
keepers, probably on breadmaking
and cooking of meats. Following
this there will be a lecture on dairy
subjects. At 1 o'clock a basket din
ner will be served. In the afternoon
at 2:30 there will be a demonstra
tion in making jellies and jams by
Miss Margaret Scott, and a talk on
canning. This is to be a get-together
picnic as well as an educational
occasion. Come out and help the
cause.
A Cattle Market The Public Led
ger realizes that a thrifty town must
have a thrifty rural district. We
urge the farmers to go into the live
stock industry. The people of Ox
ford should like to eat beefsteak pro
duced at home. We should like to
see the livestock business in Gran
ville increase to such an extent as to
establish a cattle market in Oxford;
so that bidders from Richmond, Bal
timore and several northern markets
would visit our town on market days
and bid on cattle the same as they
do in the Western States, and there
is no reason why they should not.
COLORED FOLKS HAVE BIG DAY
-
They Gather in Oxford to the Xum
' ber of Several Thousand
The annual pilgrimage to the Col
ored Orphan Asylum, two miles south
of Oxford, was celebrated by a picnic,
speaking and a general good time on
Wednesday last by about four thous
and colored people of the better class.
Gen. B. S. Royster was down on
the program for a speech, but it turn
ed out to be one of the most logical
sermons the colored people have
heard in a long time. The large
ihroni;-, anc! there must have been
three thousand within the range
of his voice and they drank down ev
ery word that fell from his lips.
Gen. Royster complimented them on
their good works and fidelity to the
orphanage work, he urged them to
Keep out of politics and pointed out
many things that will be cf lasting
benefit to the race.
It was a good orderly crowd of col
ored people, and they regretted deep
ly that two of their race became in
volved in a difficulty, an account of
which appears elsewhere in this pa
per. In speaking of the occurrence
a prominent colored man remarked
to us that "there are black sheep in
every flock."
Some of the younger element en
gaged the Farmer's Warehouse and
installed a piano. They had an old
fashioned cake walk, a pie eating
contest, turkey trot, and bunny
hugs, all of which they entered into
with est.
SCHOOL OF MUSIC
To Be Conducted by Misses Hamme
and Wortham
We are glad to know that Misses
Hamme and Wortham will open a
thorough school of music in Oxford,
as they have had thoruogh training
from some of the most immenient
teachers of Leipzig, Berlin and
Pragne conservatories.
In Mi"?s Hamme's school of music
a uniform system, based upon the
most adorned modern methods em
ployed by the best Furopean instruc
tors, will be used for Pianb, Violin,
VioJincello, and Mandolin. Also a
thcruogh course in Theory of Music,
Harmony and History of Music will
be given. See announcement else
where in this issue of the Public Led
ger, r
JUDGE DEVIN'S ADDRESS
He is Holding Court on the South
side of the State This week.
We learn from Judge W. A. Devin
that mail matter addressed to him
at Greensboro is frequently delayed
and possibly mutilated by virture of
him not being at that point any long
er. The Public Ledger stated some
time ago Judge Devin moved his fam
ily to Greensboro for a time so as to
be In closer touch with his work dur
in the winter and spring,
i. J$dge Devin is ,& very-busy man
and at present he is holding court in
some of the counties over on the
south side of the State. By refer
ence to our exchanges we are enabled
to locate him most of the time, but
when we lose sight of him for a day
all we have to do is to call at the Ox
ford postoffice and get his address.
All those desiring to communicate
with Judge Devin can get his address
at the Oxford postoflftce.
BARGAIN IN HIGH GRADE GOODS
A Large Corps "of Polite Clerks Kept
Busy
The Green-Hunt stock of goods
bought by Horner Bros. Co., on ac
count of quality and price is selling
rapidly. Customers from Hender
son, Durham, Roxboro, Chase City,
and from all parts of Granville were
purchasing these goods this week the
same as if there was no war. A
large corps of polite clerks are con
stantly on the go. A lot of the goods
had never been taken from the cases
when Horner Bros. Co., bought them,
and as soon as the shelves are emp
tied more bran new goods take their
place, and thus the sale will continue
until it is sold, but the excellent
quality and low prices will have a
tendencj' to deplete the stock in short
order. We call attention to the ex
traordinary announcement elsewhere
in this issug of the Public Ledger.
Our Preachers The Puolic Ledg
er, like many others does not believe
"n waiting until after death to throw
bouquets Therefore we want to
hand over one right now to the clergy
of this town. We will stake them
against any town in the world for
their many splendid- traits. Every
church member in Oxford should be
willing to "fight, bleed and die" by
his pastor.
Judge Graham at Home Judge A.
W. Graham, cotton futures attorney
with headquarters in New York City,
arrived in Oxford Sunday from New
Orleans and is looking after some
legal matters this week. He will
leave for New York Saturday. The
Judge is looking well after three
week's hard work adjusting things
in New Orleans.
His Only Guide
The distinguished and well-beloved
bishop of a certain Southern State
is so absent-minded that his family
is always apprehensive for his wel
fare when he is away from them.
Not long ago, while making a jour
ney by rail, the bishop was unable
to find his ticket when the conductor
asked for it.
"Never mind, Bishop," said the
conductor, who knew him well, "I'll
get it my second round."
However, when the conductor pas
sed through the car again, the ticket
was still missing.
"Oh, well, bishop, it will be all
right if you never find it!" the con
ductor assured him.
"No, it won't, -my friend," contra
dicted the bishop. "I've got to find
that ticket. I want to know where
I'm going." The Youth's Compan
ion. MISS HAMME ASSISTED BY HER
niece Miss A. E. Wortham will
open a school of music, Sept. 6, at
the residence of Mrs. Powell cor
ner Raleigh and Front streets, No.
55. Special training in Piano,
Violin, Violoncello, and Mandolin.
Will organize and train Orchestra.
Will also form Mandolin clubs for
girls and boys. Apply for terms.
Miss Hamme, Oxford, N. C. It.
FOR A FARM LIFE SCHOOL
A CHANCE TO PREPARE FOR A.
DEFINITE LIFE WORK
Equip the Man Who Must Master
The Difficult Problem of Running;
a Farm.
"A farm-life school!" The name
sounds well and the thought back of
the name is even better than the
name itself, says the News-Letter.
A farm-life school as we are trying
to have it in North Carolina, is a pro
fessional school which attempts to
train for life on the farm, and thus
to give to the prospective farmer
and his wife and sister a chance to
prepare for a definite life work just
as other professional schools give
one a chance to prepare for law,, med
icine, pharmacy, dentistry,' architect
ure, engineering, and many other
professions.. What about such a
school for the boys and girls in Gran
ville county?
The Subjects Taught
In addition to the subjects taught
in the rural high school, the curricu
lum of the farm-life school offers in
struction in agriculture, sewing,
household economics, and many oth
er farm-life subjects of' practical,
every-day value. People who be
lieve that certain subjects should be
studied in order to train the brain
are coming to believe that it does
train the brain when one studies and
attempts to master, the difficult and
intricate problems of the man who is
to run the farm.
Helps the Grown-Ups
A farm-life school will present to
the farmers of the county the best
methods of cultivating crops, the
splendid results of carefully planned
rotations of crops, the use and care
of the latest and best types of farm
machinery and implements, the care
of animals on the farm, and the care
of orchards and vineyards. Would
a farm-life school that did these
things help the grown-ups in Gran
ville county?
A Center of Enthusiasm
The farm-life school is destined to
be the center of a genuine and
spreading enthusiasm that will have
a constructive influence upon the
whole country. Big summer picnics
will be held at the farm-life school,
and fine growing crops out in the
well-tilled fields around the school
will be practical lectures on agricul
ture, lectures so clear and so convinc
ing that all will heed with interest
and profit as they look around the
well kept farm. Does Granville
need such a center of constructive
enthusiasm?
Cost of a Farm-Life School
The cost is not great and the State
will help the counties that are will
ing to help themselves. Any county
may have a farm-life school, if it will
provide the required equipment and
make an adequate appropriation for
its support. ... Whatever it provides
in "money for the support"' of the
school, up to $2,500, the State will
duplicate. Superintendent Joyner is
ever ready and anxious to confer
with the school authorities in any
county who wish to know about the
details of establishing a farm-life
school.
Twelve Counties Have Them
At last twelve counties in North
Carolina have taken advantage of the
present law permitting the establish
ment of farm-life schools, and there
are now in these counties as many
as fifteen farm-life schools. The
number will increase rapidly as the
years go by.
IN NEED OF HELP
Government Wants Men Who are
Draftsmen to Enter Competi
tive Examination
The United States government is
in need of draftsmen for marine en
gines, for the submarine develop
ment department. The civil service
commission advertised a competitive
examination to be held during the
month of July of the current year
and the number of entrants wan not
sufficient. Because of the dearth of
men who wanted to hn ;,bmarne
draftsmen, the evam'natim w?.s put
off for another month and i'5 being
re-advertised for August 18-19. Any
one who wishes to take it here can
do so on those dates in the Federal
building at Raleigh or Greensboro.
The jobs will pay $5.04 a day.
The duties of this position will'
consist in preparing notes and recom
mendations, checking plans and spec
ifications, making sketches, dtsigm;,
and drawings of proposed gas and oil
engines and auxiliary machinery usu
ally installed in submarines, and all
changes and additions thereto. The
appointee will at times be required to
witness, conduct, and record tests
and work up test data for submarine
machinery and must be capable of
preparing notes for correspondence
in connection with the submission of
plans, proposals and contracts con
cerning the installation of submarine.
ga,s and oil engines.
Remarkable Case of Perjury
A remarkable case in the Wako
Superior Court last week was that
against Sam Maynard of Morrisville
charged with perjury in that he came
to Raleigh recently and made affidav
it to the register of deeds that Miss
Cleo Small was 20 years of age, and!
that she was his sister, procuring
thereby a license for her to marry
Genie Louqnire, also of Morrisville.
In reality the girl was only sixteen
and is not related to Maynard, who
gave his name as Small. D. H. Small,
father of the girl, prosecuted him and
Maynard submitted and plead that a
magistrate at Morrisville advised
.him as to how he could get the li
cense for the couple. Maynard has
a wife and three children in depend
ent circumstances and Judge Peebles
suspended judgment on payment of
the costs.
Will Sing Miss Hutchins the very
talented vocalist is now at the home
of her sister, Mrs. W. G. Pace. She
has been invited to sing at the Epis
copal church on next Sunday.
ine tjivic Club will hold their reg
ular business meeting on Wednesday
morning at 10 o'clock in the Com
mercial Club rooms.
Miss Sarah Cooper has returned
from the summer school at Chapel
Hill and brought with her Miss Burk
of LaG range.
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