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BWGftT RAY OF LIGDT . THE GREAT CLOUD HAS ROLLED 1 AWAY. Tn Fact, Optimism in Business Reigns Supreme in Practically Every Place of Business in Oxford. That business affairs in Oxford are fast reaching normal conditions and that prosperity is more apparent than It any time during the past year is the information the Public Ledger has been able to gather from the merchants, business men and manu- faitUisrconfidentially believed that every manufacturing plant will be in full operation at an early date. It is practically sure that the cotton planters of the South will be in a po sition to buy the Oxford made bug lies in large numbers this fall. This means that the Taylor-Cannady Bug zv and the Oxford Buggy Companies will put on their full running capac ity and that a large number of work men in the community will be blessed with a full week's pay. The furni ture factory and the wheel works will he in full blast by the time frost tempers the air. Then, there is the great tobacco interest, which will give employment to a thousand people. The big Imperial and the W. A. Adams Company will employ hundreds of people night and day during the busy season. The merchants of Oxford who were questioned say that trade picked up considerably during August and that they are looking forward for the big business that is bound to come dur- ing the months of September, Octo ber, November and December. The merchants who have been in close touch with the northern mark ets state that they will purchase large stocks, believing confidently that their sales will be large. The centralization of the tobacco market leads merchants to believe that Ox ford will be the center of trade from several surrounding counties. ;v &TORY TELLER'S LEAGUE The Best Story Teller Will Draw a Prize. The Story Tellers' League was called off last Friday pn account of the rainy weather. Next Friday will he the last and most important meet ing so all of the children are urged to come prepared to tell stories that have already been told and also ori srinal ones. Prizes will be presented to those -who tell the best stories. The meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. Elliott at 9:30. OXFORD FDHEMEN RETURN They Enjoy the Ten Day's Outing Down by the Sea. The Oxford Firemen, accompanied by Mayor Thad G. Stem and the lad ies of the party, returned from-Atlantic City Friday evening. The en tire party acknowledge that they greatly enjoyed the life and the wave at America's greatest seaside resort. It is said that Mayor Stem through force of habit, swung around to the temple of justice every morning. The entire time was crowded . full .of in terest. The firemen witnessed a big conflagration and . a number of the ladies and gentlemen of the party were pleased to see Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Castle dance. GEN. ROYSTER AT GREENSBORO Addresses "Woodmen of the -World Sunday. (Greensboro News.) A crowd estimated at 700 people gathered at Center Methodist Episco pal church, near Summerfield, yes terday afternoon to witness the exer cises attendant to the unveiling of the monument erected to Virgil A. Scott. The program consisted of music by a quartette, the ritualistic exercises, a poem recited by Miss Jones and an address by General B. S. Royster, of Oxford. General Royster was intro duced by Charles A. Hines and he spoke for half an hour. He paid a splendid tribute to the ilfe of the de- ceased and praised the fraternal spir - it that has taken hold of the people m recent years. . The speaker him self a Woodman of the World who stands high in the councils of the fra ternity as well as a lawyer of state wide prominence. Rev. J. G. Blalock and family, who were called to Oxford on account of the sickness and death of Mr. Bla lock s father, returned to Weldon Monday. . OTICEL E.F.WALL OF POOLE, Webster county, State of Kentucky nave bought and paid for a Fam a n-D GraTeyard containing , ONE ACRE. Sit.im.teri noQi lim A ,3 farm, at Oakhill, N. C. I -object to Jim Adcock, or any person of srus tresspassing, cutting or re moving anv wnnd the said ONE ACRE of land. Par- thL ,, 1 ng be prosecuted to T?r!nfu11 exten of the law. E. F. BOLD SNEAK THEIVES They Enter the Back Doors in Broad Day Light and Help Themselves Several f the Oxford merchants have been missing things from : their stores off and on for some time dur ing the summer. Last week one of our leading grocery men had occasion to lay aside one of the finest hams in his, store.. .He placed it close to the back door, presumably for the de livery wagon to take out later in the day. A few moments later the1 gro ceryman had occasion to return to the back end of the store, and to his surprise the ham was missing. There being only a screendbor at the rear end of the store it is possible that the theif saw the groceryman from the outside select the nam and place it aside. , ' This is only one instance of much theiving that we have heard of in Ox ford during the summer months. It would be well to keep a close watch and make an example out of the first one that is caught. It will be re membered that the Public Ledger re cently referred to a large number of colord people who refused to go out into the country and help a farmer with his crops. It may be possible nay likely, that some of these same loafers are getting desparately hun gry. If they steal in broad daylight what may we expect them to do un der the cover of night? In speaking to a well known citi zen about the frequent daylight rob beries in Oxford, he stated that times are hard and we may expect its fre quent occurrence this fall and win ter unless times brighten up. Hard times is no excuse for theiv ery ; ; and besides, farmers have often tried to employ the idle class and they positively refuse, to work. There must be no compromise with theiv ery. If the policemen cannot cap ture ttie'm it is the part; of. wisdom . to insert a stick , of dynamite . or stnychnine iii.the Renter of a fine ham and break up the vicious practice be fore it4 becomes epidemic. ITS STENTORIAN VOICE STILLED Auxiliary Plant Being Installed at the Cotton Mill. The big engine at the cotton mill was put out of commission a couple of weeks ago and the work of re pairing i goes steadily; on. In the meantime they are preparing to move the machinery hy electrc current. Not a bad plan to have an auxiliary plant. It is a move in the right direction no doubt, but what in the world is to become of the people in a radius of several miles around Oxford who have depended so many years on the ponderous whistle to arouse them in the wee small hours of the mornirig? The whistle was the time regulator of the whole community and its sten torian voice was not affected by the cry of hard times or the furry of the war over the seas. - Even if Mr. Lewis elects to prqpell the cotton mill machinery by electric ity we trust that he' will give orders to have the old engine fird up oc casionally and play the same old tune that has fell like a benediction on this community so many years. MR. J. R. WALTERS DEAD , He Was at One Time Keeper of the County . Home. Mr. J. R. Walters aged about 70 years, passed to rest, at his home near Tally Ho Friday last. He leaves a larsrp familv of children, among the number Deputy Sheriff Conrad Wal-1 ters, Of Oxford. The deceased was twice married, both wives preceeding him to the grave."- :--r '?"'. . '; Mr. Walters was for a number of years keeper of the County Home. He was ;a member of the Baptist church and died in the faith. His remains were laid to rest at the old family burying ground near Tally Ho Saturday. Augustus W. Graham Successful For some time Chief Justice- Clark has, been awarding as" a prize a vol ume of law in each examination iu the hpst. Scholar of-each of the three law schools. These prizes on this oc casion went to Augustus W . yrranain, Jr., of Oxford, from the University; TnVin Tiatn at till, of Shelby, from xvntro TTnrAst College, and William Grimes Mordecia, of Durham, from Trinity College. ' ' " I JO ..... .v,-'. ...-.'- .J Judge "W. A. Devin spent Sunday with his family in Oxford, returning to Goldsboro. Monday where he is holding court this : week. TTors JTohn Webbt J. W. Homer atiH .TnVin Oraham Webb ate Sunday dinner with Mr. W. H. Burweli at his fine home just over the .Virginia line nftpr Whtah thev " motored to Townsville and spent the remaining part of the day with Mr. ana wis. Bally Hunt. TfTTTifHTTTlVf OATS FOR. SALE NICE clean lot of seed. Oxford Orphan Asylum. Also Alfalfa Hay ior WILD, BOISTEROUS TALK A FEW MILITARY FANATIC HAVE GONE WILD. The Public Ledger is of the Decided Opinion That Prara Will Accomplish Far. More .Than . . . , $ ' . .. ; So much has .been written since the European war began as to the military preparedness of the United States no one at this time is able to see wherec the agitation for a greater army and a greater navy will lead. Organizations whose purpose is to encourage preparedness and to urge more liberal appropriations, for the army and navy; have been organized in all parts of the country. The army and the navy have been thor oughly studied in recent months, and the president is now busy with their problems; but what of the great civ ilian army, then, of military age be tween eighteen, and .forty-four yearSj of whom according to the reports of state adjutant generals on file in Washington, thre are nearly 17,0 00, 000. Of this total, as great almost as the total of all the armies now fighting in Europe, only sixty-one hundreths of one per cent are in the militia of the various states, which means that more than 16,800,000are men practically without , military training. .-V :' J -The Public Ledger would not un dertake to say that the sentiment for a larger army, and uavy is wholly wrong, but we are of the decided opinion that the J world is growing better all the ' time, and since Presi dent Wilson has been able to bring us safely this far through the dark est period of the; world's history ar gues that pray erst and brains accom plish far more than powder and lead. We get an idea of the situation from a representative of the New York Tims who was permitted a few days ago to read some of the reports on the condition of the militia. Viewed from a1 war footing , the re sult was startling enough. In more than a score of states there is no field artillery of any; sort, and in the .whole cojantry there are fewer than 40 of ficers of ordinance. in 6b states there are no organizations trained for coast artillery, 2 4 have no cavalry a large ma j ority are without signal troops, while the total force of organ ized engineers, officers and men, to tals less than 1,500 for ! the entire country. One state, Nevada, is. with out militia organization of any kind. According to the most recent re port of the Division ot Military Af fair's threre i are X in the National GuafcK8.792 officers and 119,251 en listed men.Of this number New York has 974 officers, 15,591 men; North Carolina 209 officers and 2,367 men. To come a little nearer home our dear old Granville county has about 50 men. . -v :': It has been figured out that there are 16,800,000 men of fighting age in 'tfc United States without military training. Of this 'number North Carolina is credited i with 302,745 men, which means when figured down that Granville county has 2000 young men, more or less, available, ; The military fanatics are now fig nriw hnw hats to cet these men in training. We do not prof ess to know where the agitation will lead, out surely it is not time, for general mus ter. . .v:Jr-;r.V.-Vv,;':., The talk Qf increasing the standing army to the proportion demanded by the fanatics . is , absurd. Doubtless there should be more encouragement held out to the National Guard and there? should be some system where by an adequate supply of guns and ammunition would be in readiness for a volunteer army of 18,000,00 0 IllClX WxxCXx uccucu. ; r . wo sii mil A rfiret to see our young mpn called from their present duty; to prepare for a war that is not likeiy to occur during their natural .exiat-. ence. VVv- .v-Z - rv' .We shall not be unduly t alarmed iiTitn the enemy leaves the foreign shore, so sure are? we that the' Uni ted States is toa position to exterm inate them as fast as they -come. Give th Granville Grays a few big . guns with a range of twelve miles and staj Viqti rlnWri nn-thft Rfia Wall and we guarantee an enemy's hip would never land its men and provisions on North Carolina soil, : STATE INTERNAL REVENUE Thirteen ' and One-Half Million - of xtwvi Parnlina. noTit.ribiit.ed v thir-" teen and a half million dollars to the Federal revenue ot tne past nscai rlin s? to the reDort of Col. William H. Osborne, Commissioner of Internal Revenue, made public x. j nf iis amount $5,477.- 314 17 was collected by J. W. Bailey in the eastern district, and $8,174, 622.67 by A. D. ; Watts in the western district. ; . . V A o .tnn taiTAs in " the state a- monte4 to $257,825.38, while ,n- OXFORD TOBACCO MARKET There Are Five Lrge Warehouses r Hei-e. s --. The Public Ledger has frequently called attention to the fact that Ox ford has five large warehouses for the sale of leaf tobacco.. Three.?of them" announce in this ' paper that they will be glad on and after Sept ember loth to handle all the tobacco entrusted to them and push the sales as much as possible. . : :L ; r - Farmers Warehouse " . v The Farmers Warehouse is con- ducted by Mr, Ernest Parham. He has had a life time exnerifinnn in the tobacco business and has represented some ot the largest companies in the world. Turn to his advertisement elsewhere in this paper and see what he has to say. . Johnson Warehouse r'" j Mr. Sam Watkins. who is so fav orably known to the tobacco errowi wo vmuuuuui vjiaiivixie ana aa- -irii-n intr nnnntinn Jn T kl0 Vt n-Vk A.. 4- 211 1 - , and manager of the Johnson Ware house. '.' Turn, to nasre three ' of this issue of the Public Ledger and see what he has to say to his friends and they are many. . Owen Warehouse Capt Will Fleming with a corose of valuable assistants have renovated the Owen and got it in readiness for the, opening date on September 15thi The Owen is the warehouse forihigh averages. See announcement on last page of the Public Ledger. AN INTERESTING CONTEST A Chance for Some Girl or1. Boy In . Granville to Win Fame and ' - Prize. ' It is left for the school! girls and boys to point to the finest hog at the Granville County Fair on Thursday, October 14th, and win a ten dollar cash prize. . " " This interesting contest has been inaugurated by the Animal Industry Division of the North Carolina De partment of Agriculture. Any boy or girl under 1 8 years of age may enter the contest. The contest will be under the supervision of the Ani mal Industry Division of the . North Carolina Department of Agriculture. Young people who enter this contest should write to the Animal Industry Division at Raleigh for score card and literature! Prizes of ten; six and' four dollars are to be awarded the girl or boy who makes the best score in judging hogs at the Granville County Fair. These three prizes are offered to the competitors- making the three high est grades, and every, school child in the county should try for one of the prizes. This is a new feature for fairs in North Carolina and one that will ad in making the growing of live stock in the state a more popular oc cupation. By awarding the prizes to the children instead of the animals a' greater interest is hoped t6 be -de veloped. 'V" NATIONAL HIGHWAY IEASIJRED Mr. J B. Powell Applies the Rod to the Road. 0 One dav last week Mr. , J. B . Powell Register of Deeds, got busy and -laid off the National Highway in statute miles.;-; : -'y'::: '. Startme at the curb in front of the Court House Mr. Powell proceeded north with a tape 75 feet, long and after he erot his bearing he marked each inile to the Virginia state line, which is exactly 17.05 from the court house in Oxford. On the return trip Mr. Ppweil remeasured with the snedometer on Mr. John Brown s machine and the first and .second measurements tallied. ' ThA samp, methods was employed on the South end of the National TTi P-Kwa v an d it was found that the Durham county line is exactly 1 8 .10 miles from the court nouse aoor in n-ford Total distance of the Na- inirtnoi TTiVhwnv: in Granville, accord ing' to Mr. Powell's measurement .which is as accurate as it is possiuie for human engenuity to get.it, is ex actly 35.15 miles., Other roads of the county ; were measured by Mr. Powell rid hand some mile posts are being s placed, fekding from the court house door in Oxford. . r '" Note of Thanks We, the family of the late Milling-ton- Blalock, wish to i express our grateful appreciation to our neigh-, bors and friends for their- timely help and many - tokens of sympathy in our deep sorrow-, in the death of husband and; father. , MRS. M. B. BLALOCK and FAMILY - - - ; : ' HSS ! HA30EB 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 . J 55. Special training in . Piano, Violin; Violincello, and Mandolin ; W ill organize ana . tram urcnestra. ; ''Will also form Mandolin clubs for '' "girls and boys. Apply for terms, ; Miss Hamme, Oxford, N C. ; It. THE PHYSICAL CONNECTION ITS IMPORTANCE DEMONSTRAT ' . ED DAILY IN OUR MD3ST The Cotton Mill People Spend Two Days Hauling Heavy Machineay Through the Streets of Oxford While a Side Track at Their Back Door Stands Idle. V One of the crying' needs of the tim es is a physical connection of the Southern and Seaboard tracks. Com petent civil engineers estimate that the cost of connecting the two tracks would hot exceed four thousand dol lars. The business interests of Ox ford has suffered long for just such a connection. We sat in our office the other day and watched strong men transfer . a lot of heavy machinery from a Sea board freight car and .transport it across town to the cotton mill. ' It is a well-known fact that the cotton mill has a first class side track lead ing out. from the Southern railway. If we mistake not, the better part of two . days was squandered in trans porting the ponderous machinery through the streets of Oxford, when, with a physical connection, a dinkey engine could have accomplished the task in less than thirty minutes. We do hot know where the heavy cars of machinery were loaded, but we do know that they landed in Ox ford and the heavy contents were carted across town , because there is no physical connection of the two roads. The incident served to im press the importance of a physical connection. -. Oxford can never hope to compete i with the outside world until this physical connection is made. An op portunitey rests with the Commer-' cial Club to go after it in a business like way. A town of five thousand inhabitants surely ought to possess enough influence -to get some kind of a consession from the two railway companies entering here. . , CARR TO BE RECKONED WITH Many Loyal Friends Urge Him to En- It is being talked with increasing confidence by Democratic leaders over the State that General Julian S. jxkk, ui uuiuam is yet to De recKon ed with in the 1916 campaign for the Democratic nomination for governor. It is stated that his refusal to seek the nomination up to this time has been on account of Mrs. Carr's illness N and it develops that since her death' that friends in every section of the State have renewed their insistence that he enter the lists in spite of the impression until now that T. W. Bick ett, and E. L. Daughtridge would liave the contest between them. NO ANNOUNCED OPPONENT It is Given Out That Congressman Stedman Will Have no Oppo x sition. A paragraph which had its origin in Greensboro, the home of Major Stedman, is being extensively copied by the State papers. The Public Led ger learns that the respective friends of General B. S. Royster, Victor S. Bryant and Judge E. B. Jones are urging them to make the race. It would. appear that none of these gen tlemen, have as yet authorized - the use of their names, but we would not be surprised to see the smolder ing embers fanned to a flame at any time. .The paragraph referred to is as follows: . ''While candidates for Congress havebeen announcing themselves in other congressional districts of . the state, there has been a noticeable dearth of proposed candidates again st Major; GhaVles M. Stedman in the fifth district. It has been said from time to time that the "major would have opposition next year in the pri maries, but it now looks as if his op ponents have not been found. Cer tainly no man has ; been mentioned who has avowed his candidacy. It is also certain that Major Stedman is not worried about the matter. He is now serving his third term and is probably stronger with the people than he has been at any time before He has told his friends that he will ask for renomination. He has al ways been a staunch advocate of the primary for the selection of party candidates, and naturally he is glad 'that if iie-is"1 opposed his. cause -will be submitt6d to all of the - Demo crats of the district. The names that have been mentioned as possible can didates are General B. S. Royster, Solicitor Porter Graves,.. Mr. Victor S. Bryant, and Judge E. B. Jones. None - of them have authorized the usVof their names in connection with the fight -"a: , ; : , Mrs. Booth's School of Music Mrs.: John . B. Booth requests her music class, for the coming season to meet her at the Graded School on Wednesday morning, September 1st, at ten o'clock. . v "a"' 9-lHtx dividual incomes pam ? -".'1:-
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