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TOE POLITICAL POT BDlLS MR D. T. COOPER MENTIONED FOR GOVERNOR Col Al Fairbrother Places the Big Henderson Man in the Same Boat With Carr, Osborn and Travis. , Colonel Al Fairbrother, in his Ev erything, gives Mr. D. Y. Cooper, of Henderson, a rousing boost for Gov ernor, as rollow: , A correspondent says: If Gen eral Carr refuses to run for Govern or and if Colonel Osborne thinks he should remain in Washington, why don't you fellows understand that the Congressional districts are in peril and prevail upon D. Y. Cooper, ' of Henderson, to be a candidate. He is a business man who would put this State in the running commercial ly. He is big and he, is popular." Commenting on the above para graph, Col. Fairbrother says editor ially: : '. . j ' '- "Well, we are not running any body. We want to see a business man nominated for Governor, and D. Y. Cooper would suit us all right. We are only telling the: misguided Democrats that if they insist on run ning politicians for Governor there will be a land slide in North Caro lina. And it is going to happen. Mr, Bickett, who thinks he has a cinch on the nomination mustn't bet too heavy on the election. And then what will it mean to see three or four Congressmen defeated? , But perhaps the "party" cares nothing about that just so the "East" gets a candidate and the "West" can come in next time. ' The people are getting very tired of this east and west business, but not so tired of that as they are of this cut and dried politics. Even so earlry some of the papers are boasting that Mr. Bickett has it all his own way; -But there is an election to take place and it is our belief that the farmers will, swat the professional politician this go round. That, at least, is our hone." Continuing again in another part of his paper, under the caption "Be fore it Is Too Late," Colonel Fair brother goes on: "Before it is too Jate the hope is that the Democratic leaders will "put up a business man for Governor. There is Carr; there is Osborne ; there is D. Y. Cooper ; there is Tra vis many first-class business men would lead the pafrty to victory and save all the Congressmen. "To run professional politicians and office holders at this time for the big State offices means, as , it looks to us. that the Republicans will come in and give much trouble.". We quite agree with Col. Fairbro ther that Mr. Cooper, Gen. Carr, Col. Osborn or Mr. Travis would make a good ' Governor, but if Col. Osborn and Mr. Travis are not - politicians we should like to see for once just how a rear live politician does look. The Biggest Job ' rrn. J " '" i . ..." - x ii5 m seems xo De sometning in the report that Col. - Osborn, Com missioner, of Internal Revenue, will oe m tne race for Governor of North Carolina next year. It: is lal chat a business Governor is essential ool. Osborn is'-handling the hie-e-Pst job in the United States.and he is put img ure in it tnat was never in it before. vHe has gone after the peo ple who were and who bad bAn fnr years, defruding the government; he has put in" system nevpr. Trnnwn ho. fore, and he has shown beyond any v uouoi mat ne possess great ability. jum wnen and just how his cam Pdign win oe launched we do not know. In fact we do not know that 11 wm be launched. We do not see why Col. Osborn should seek the Place. He is a hieeor Ynnn iti Waeh. ington as Commissioner of Internal xvevenue than he would be in North Carolina as Governor, with only limited power. At any rate we shall wait for Col. Osborn to speak out.- WiU Run Also Hon. R. A. Doughton has finally C?nSernd t0 run f or Attorney Gener al. This conclusion was reached last week, v Judge Frank Carter is also running. The people of the State win nave achance to choose between many men, we take it before the campaign closes. Bickett and Dau lltrJ?se aro the only two candidates uuvernor, so far. Mr. W. A. Self a Candidate!, oi1: jounced that Mr. W. A. for a Hlckory wiU be a candidate Sp G;neral Tne news, was friPndfWlth ?leasure y Mr- Self's Ine? ds throughout the State. nJJl' PellTnas been a commanding fogr Ilrth Carlina democracy urn 20 ars. He has diSSS? dthth,et?tate in evenr campaign hard fi Hme and has been a hfgh in frMnis part standing erl iu councila and answering ev- iure of 1 TVed in tne THE OXFORD CORNET BAND Mir. Bert Taylor Still Working on the Proposition Mr. "Bert Taylor is-till at work on the . proposition to establish a Cornet Band in Oxford. : He is in communi cation with a high class musician to instruct the members of the band in the event Mr. Taylor is successful in launching the movement. , , Mr! Tavlor savs he will exoerience no trouble in securing the co operation of good musical talent in Oxford, but the temporary delay Is occasioned by. the lack v of funds to purchase high class Instruments. It will require at least $700 for this one item, but several of the young men prefer to purchase their o,wn instru ments: : ;-'.,-.;-:- .;. '-: If was the wish of the community that Mr. Taylor could get his band in readiness to meet Miss Prosperity down the "road and escort her- lady ship to " town this fall ; then there is the County Fair, followed by the County Commencement and a whole lot ot s other things wherein the band would enlive things. . THE PRICE OF TOBACCO MR. SAM W ATKINS BUYS FIRST . ' LOAD. . - 0 Eastern Market Opens up Good Last Week, Prices Ranging From Sev en To Twenty Cents. The Greenville Reflector reports an initial: sale on the Greenville market, which opened last vweek, of 60,000 pounds at an average of nine to ten cents; some bringing as high as twenty cents and some as low as two cents. ; Greenville is one of the two or three leading markets of Eastern North Carolina, and sales of a half to three-quarters of a 'million pounds a day are an- ordinary thing at the season's highest. Tne small Degin- ninsr. in the Quantity of the weed put on sale on the ; opening day, may be taken as an indication of the dispo sition of the farmers to wait, and to hold their product until themarket becomes a little more adjusted to the situation. ; : ; v-: ; . .13 ; ". . . ; The Goldsbbro; market opened last week and the prices on common grad es ranged from seven to twenty cents; ; better gradesbruhg 25J cents. A 'large load of primings found its way, to Oxford last Saturday and Mr. Sam Watkins . Dronirietor of the Johnson Warehouse took it1 in and sent the old man home very well sat isfied. It was indeed a very inferior grade, ranging from two to , seven cents. We are inclined to the belief that the price is going to rise from its opening figure.v Buyers are anxious to see the quality of the crop, and if it is good, in all probability- it -Will bring a reasonable price this -season. One of the puzzling features of the sales is that the big companies must necssarily . wait to get their bearings They have a sufficient quantity J stor ed away for twelve ; months for two years! and what they elect to buy tb is tfA.;on will bet for later use. : It is stated that they, have .worked all along with Jan eye single to store a four- years' ' supply, The big com panies admit that so far ; as the Unit ed States, Canada and South Ameri ca are concerned the outlook for the manufactured product was never bet ter. : The only thing that is lacking i&f just a" ray of light from over, the seas, and that is very apt to mase its appearance before : the frost comes or at least it begins to. look that way. Thnsfl nftonl nvsr 1 there will not fierht all the winter: if they do. they are bigger fools than we thought they , were. MR. Ii. -THOMAS RETURNS -- They Are Celling -a Pleasant ; Iiittle ' Joke, at His Expense. . Mr. T. Thomas has returned , from a suionrn at Buffalo Springs . much improved in health. They are telling a pleasant little joke on him over ai the ; springs. 7! - " '. ' " - Everybody, knows that Mr. Thomas can write very plain when he tries, but when it comes to his - signature Tftii havo tn mit on vour specKS. Seeing hini at leisure in a big arm chair, a young man desiring to make his acquaintance requested the clerk tn -toll him thA name of the distin guished eentleman. The clerk, -turn ed back a few pages of the hotel reg ister and came to the . following In- scriptioni "Li. Thomas, uxiora, xh. C. "v ; You should see the signature to appreciate the story. The clerk and the dapper young man - looked at It f rom several angles and decided that it must be '.'Landis." .. With this in formation In : hand the ? young man sauntered out and greeted "Mr. Lan dis" very cordially, and Mr. Thomas very cordially set the youns man sitraight. ' . j Mr. ThoraS3 through , force of habit or hurry, may. not write his signa ture very plain, but he Is. one -of the very best and most methodical, busi ness. men in.Crfcrd, arid his .checks are, as good as c-id- - ! K-2E. W.AES ITAIiY DECLARES WAR AGAINST TURICEY. Great Brittian Issues Decree Declar ing; United States Cotton Abso lute Contrabrand Unusual Ac tivity; , By - . German . Underwater Graft in JLast Pew Days r Italys long-expected declaration of war against Turkey has been made. For weeks the tention existing be tween the two governments has been so. acute that the breakine noint was looked for at any moment. Turkish support of the revolt in Libya and the prevention; of .the departure of Italian- residents from Aisia Minor are the reasons for Italy's hostile move, as given m a note which was handed to the Porte on Saturday by Marquis de Garrioni, Italy's ambass ador to Turkey, when he demanded his passports. , News . dispatches recently stated that a squadron of fast Italian cruis ers was being held in readiness to sail from Taranto, - Italy, at a mom ents notice, and. it is expected these warships would; be sent against Tur key, presumably to the Dardanells, if hostilities were declared. It is also said that simultaneously with the de claration of war by Italy about 150, 000 men would be sent to aid Franco British forces in the fighting on the Gallipoli Peninsula. . c. Cotton Absolute Contrabrand News ; dispatches state that cotton has been declared absolute contra brand by Great Britian and that the proclamation ; was signed ; by . King George Saturday. . The . statement .declares that the government proposes to initiate mea sures to relieve depression which might temporarily disturb . the--cotton market because of x-the contrabrand order. - . . It was learned upon inquiry at, the foreign, office that the French; gover nment will atjtonce issue a similar no tice. . v . y v Tina ifctloV'i'finn malrinir nrttrTi.-rTi trabrand ; is effective., from Saturday; A - hfif rnvni 'nrnrln mat ion mihtished . . Tr.--.-: Mr -t -r i in a supplement- of the London ;Gaz- "Mnw tharof nris wa do herebv de- nlaPA hv and with the advice of our privy council,; that during ;the con- tinuance ot tne war, or uniu we au give -further, public notice, the follow wilT - Vtck tratftil as ahs?0- lute contrabrand" in addition to those set out in our royal proclamations aforementioned: . . "Raw cotton, cotton unters, couon waste cotton yarn. .... -m m m t J-1 ' And we ao. nerepy iuriaer ueware Viia rtiir voval nroclamation. 'ft-uAii 4mm fhA rlata nf -its Bliaii ,an.o' cvv1' .- ,11 publication In the London Gazette. United states wui rroujsi Affioi-oic tato that thA Washington government is certain the United Sta- tes will protest agamsi tne , xi xax action, citing the previous consistent WMir dronf Tiritian in ' holding cotton free of restraint. The result to fivnoAfftd w rA to araw out a full explanation of the; reasons be- w. TtiHtiah p.hanffA "of" DOliCV. A long course Of diplomatic interchang- es undoubtedly win ionow oeioi e ' nan rflflpllfid - Or ' tfl6 question possibly submitted to ; arbi tration." - Fourteen steamers with a' total gross tonnage of 47,698 have been sunk in the last 48 hours by German --.4. iAftrHinp to' news ad- vises. , This toll, which establishes a record for so short a period was more than twice as heavy as that levied by underwater craft m tne v rZ ca .ivQo irnnwn there :nas been no loss of life except in the sink ing of the White Star liner Arabic. nf submarine activity .bekan, on, Awturt Ifnd ,m the weeK enamg u.& w V 1BU auiuw "vj -1 -, ob 07A v rtTinacA' of 22.y7U ..t jw,).nutTr ronnrrs o inula.! v vessels 01 z-'na-were sunk, 11 of them by ffj craft, and two by mines This mak es a total known loss of 70,668 tons of shipping in nine days. ' . Underwater craft torpedoed on Friday the Britisn steamer xv-v-- Baron Eslkine; City of New- Yortc, i, ri tr' Ttitttrr and. me samara., wv - ... q n...VA rHK a . tntal- Of 44, t -v tons. The Norwegian steamer Sver rhnr? and Bras and the Spanish steamer Peria Castillo also were sunK making grand total of 26,674 tons. rrv, ttoccaIq fiimk- Thursday were the Arabic, 15-,801,tons; the Grodno, i ncrc : Via QorhinA 2.205 .tons and the Magda 1,063 tons, a total of 21,024; ; All these were of British registry; except the Magda; Norwe gian. - " . Judge W. A. Devin, who last week presided at the Johnson county court arrived at home Saturday. He left Sunday afternon for Goldsboro, where he 1 holding court the week, c ' ! FIVE GOGI FAIIT.IS FOB RENT Apply to T Linler. 8-4-tf OXFORD OVERRATED Richmond Lady Discusses the. Size of the Town. 4 5 A gentleman returning frony Rich- jnond says he met a very interesting old lady in the historic city, ; and a- mong the things discussed was the population of the various 1 cities x and towns itt North .Carolina, , "How large is Oxford ?',' inquired the lady. y 4 f . . - . "We have between -six and seven thousand inhabitants,"., said the Ox ford man, stretching the blanket- a little: - . "Is that all." resoonded the ladv' I thought from the number of pa- ucuio vuai jruu obuu lu tue xvicumona hospitals that Oxford was a citv of twenty or thirty thousand .inhabit ants." ? " The gentleman explained to r the lady that most of the patients going to tne nospitals from Granville were credited to Oxford, and that is the reason the number is so great. PASS-TO T HEIR REWARD TWO OF GRANVILLE'S HONORED CITIZENS. Mr. Wilton Blalock andMrJ' J. R. Wilson' Fall on c Sleep Funeral and Ihtennent of Mr. Blalock This Wednesday Afternoon at MtiZion. ' One by one the old v and much be loved' Confederate soldiers answer the last roll call of the Great Cap tain of their Salvation. ,This:time it is our good friend Mr; Wilton v Bla lock, who succumbed suddenly Mon day afternoon about 3 o'clock' at his home at Culbreth of heart disease. Although his health had not been good for some months yhis ; sudden death was indeed a shock; to his fam ily, neighbors and friends. Mr. Blalock was 7 2 years of age;; served gallantly in the Confederate army and was Adjutant, of the Gran ville Confederate Veterns Association of Granville county. He. was a true and ever faithful soldier, of the cross and loved to do good in; the world and make others happy,,. Fbjr. many years he was a leading and enthusias tic member of Jthe Mt.Zion: Baptist church at Berea: i, " : ,s.vA : At - the time of his sudden taking away he' was, secretary, .of Granville County Farmers Mutual- Fire "Associ ation, which he had successfully man aged for a number of; yekrs.7He also served the; people of his county faith fully and well several years ; . as a County Commissioner, withvan eye single to the best interest, . of the county. EifP : ' Mr. Blalock will be greatly missed in his home . life as he TyaSf. devoted to his family, an obliging 1 ieighbor and always ready to comfort the af flicted and aid the needy,, and, to his many friends always received , a hos pitable welcome at thepbrtal of his home.: r-y. - - " '- It can be well said of this good man, 'Well done faithful -servant, enter thou intb thy Master's joy." He leaves behind to mourn. his sud den passing a devoted wife and four loving children, four sons' and two daughters, Messrs. Frank B. 'and J. M. Blalock, and Mrs. Jf. , C .Howard, of Oxford: Mrs. T. G. Currih, of Ox ford Route 6 J Rev, JJ GBlaJock, of Weldon, and Mr. Arch Blalock, of hAtlante, Ga.; along with'a nuniber of interesting -grand-children, 7 4 The last sad rites over hisremains will take place this Wednesday after noon at TVIt. Zion church, and will be largely attended by his many .friends from both country and . town. To the grief stricken wife and dear chil dren we extend deep sympathy inthe sad hour o&glpom., J. R. Wilson Mr. J. R. Wilson, a .follower of General . Lee, who livedo at " Dexter, gave' up the ghost last Saturday night after a long period' of affliction, in the 80th year of his life. . ; Mr. Wilson - followed General Lee for four years and .was at Appomat tox when the hostilities were . con cluded: He ; was for fifty-two years a consistent member of Salem church and - bore a lovable v, disposition throughout his, life. Three daughters -survive, namely: Mrs. Day, of .Oxford ; Mrs. R. T. Green and Mrs. Dennis O'Brien,- who made their home .with .their father. . The funeral and burial-service was conducted by Rev. C.YA. Jones at Salem church Sunday afternoon in the presence of a large throng of sor- rowing relatives ana irienas. ' Who'll R3 First?- The . attention of our women readers and more es pecially the housewives, is called; to our ".Household Department" in - this issue of the Public Ledger. We are anxious, to have recipies from " the women of Granville county ,to. appear weekly in this column. Who will be thejfirst one to send . us a rccipie or household suggestion? .Ve will not publish your full name .'fyith it if you prefer. - V" , , '. . ARCII EIJEfJY CAPTURED NOTORIOUS EMM1TT SMITH HIND PRISON BARS BE- Sheriff Hobgood's Notice in the Pub lic Ledger Led to ; the Capture of the Ex-Convict, Thief and Ail Round Bad Man Near Chase City; On Monday night "of last week some one entered the stable of John Burwell a : well-to-do ; colored farmer five miles north1 of Oxford and took therefrom one of his finest horses, " valued at $250. On the following morning some one entered the, stable in ;the Lewis community and stole a set of harness, and that night some , one entered the shed of a -farmer in the . same section of; the county and stole a buggy. , - Sheriff -Hobgood got busy and is sued a, ,discription of the horse, which appeared' in the last issue of the Public Ledger, . requesting the public to keep a close lookout for the theif . The printed notice did the work. ;'.'-; r:v . :.- Emmitt Smith was seen in Chase X 1 X 3 111. 1 11 '. vi t ; iaa i. i ui uajr mm d uuiav mill. tallied with the description of the one taken from the: stable of John Bur well last week. Emmitt tarried only a short ' while in Chase City, passing on- to the north in the direction of Petersburg, the haven of .bad ne groes. When about six miles .beyond Chase City he was overtaken by an officer and arrested at the point of a gun. In the' excitement of the mo ment .the negro acknowledged that Viies -ti Q tvi a two e' 1T'mTvii ; Grvii-H-t ' T'Vio 1110 ' UU 0.1-1 J . IT 1U1111 V t : v - tUll bll . 1 11 W officer returned with . his man to Chase City and" immediately notified Sheriff Hobgood of the arrest. Spec ial officer J. A. Hutchens was ; dis- patcnea to unase uity ana rerurnea to Oxford' Saturday night .with the prisioner, who proved to be Emmitt Smith, the notorious negro wanted on; a half dozen charges in Granville and Mecklenburg' counties. Emmitt Smith has served a five years' sentence in the Virginia State Prision for maliciously poisioning the cattle 'of a farmer in , Mecklenburg county some years ago with paris green, i - '4 ll : .V.'.'-v The Mecklenburg authorities did '. nrifiirmpr .but." titinn th asssertion' of Sheriff. Hobgood that the theft of a horse in North Carolina was a grave over to the Granville authorities. The horse, . wagon ,and harness have been returned to their rightful r owners, and Emmitt Smith 'languish-' es : in i ail awaiting the return of Judge Oliver H. Allen at the next term , of Granville Superior Court. FARMER'S MODEL FARM The Old Astronomer s Has . Settled v Down to Work. ' .- There is a small advertisement ap pearing in the business locals of the Public Ledger whioh is; of, much in terest to the people of Oxford. Mr. F. B. Farmer, who lives on Route 5, is' taking orders for peaches for, can ning and preserving, as well as all kinds of iresh vegetables. He de livers the goods every day, or twice" a day as the case may" be. The phone line does not. extend to Mr. Farmer's placewhich is located' one mile in rear of the Oxford Orphanage and- was formerly known as the Col. Horner place, on .whioh there is one of the finest peach orchards in . the Ub(lbV . - t Quite a number of ladies of the town, since reading Mr. Farmer's ad vertisement elsewhere in. the Public Ledger have phoned or asKea us now they could get out: to Mr. Farmer's farm; or make arrangements to. see him when he comes to town. A pos tal will reach him all right, but if one wishes to see the big lucious fruit on the limb, they can go out Williams burg road and turn to . the north at a point a few rods from Harrisburg ; onAli- Tlia farm ia tin on a bierb hill VI VVAlt .f - w . . . . , 1 L a V . . f. rt was ' , smoke stacks and watertahk. Mr. Farmer has done a lot of . work out there.: Some people are dispos ed to believe he is a '-'Down Easter," but he comes from Wake county. It is true that he" is an old astronomer and ,has a .handsome telescope cost-' ing three thousand dollars, with which he traveled over the country, gazing at the : stars and the moon. He is a most interesting man. Mr. Farmer also,, with his brotner owns a handsome grape fruit and orange orchard in Florida. He is sending many fine boxes of - peaches to J ack- sonvine ana u any uue va.wi. wishes to get fresh grape fruit right off of the tree, Mr. Farmer will: take their order and see that they get it post haste. : ; - - :o ".-,.; Live Pictures .. The Pathe pictures to be seen at the Orpheum Theatre every night is the quickest and safest route to Eu rope that we know of at this partic ular time. Scenes in Paris, London, and Berlin, all shown in one night, is traveling some, ' r
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