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J; - :. -r T , - .r k .m - ' - : -: f J: VOLUMEXxT V ' OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1915 v ' NUMBER 77 COMMENTS OH THE MARKET THE TOBACCO GROWERS EXPEC TED MORE THAN THEY GOT TTead Men of the Big Companies Drop in Late in the Afternoon and the Prices Took a Jump. The Public Ledger desires to con srratulate the large number of faring ers in Granville who take a hopeful view of the tobacco situation. There is perhaps no other business involv ing so much capital in which there is Somuch uncertainty as to future prices This was demonstrated to ome extent in Oxford on opening day. The Imperial Company was not represented on the market at all, and we learn that those who bought did so without full instructions from higher up, but later in the afternoon two leading officials of as many com panies came in from Durham and took a hand and the prices almost doubled in a jiffy. The incident showed that the buyers did not have a free hand up to that time- There are no truer or more relia- ble men in Oxford or elsewhere than the buvers on the local market. The most of them, if not all, fvr the son of farmers and it grieves them as much as it does any farmer when to bacco sells at a low figure. They are closely indentified with the business interests of the county and they know that low prices throughout the sea son would spell ''ruin" to this sec tion; therefore they can be depended upon to evert themselves in behalf of every tobacco grower, whether large or small. They are hopeful, and in fact one of the buyers told the Pub lic Ledger that he would readily guarantee to take everv yound of to bacco in Granville as a whole for 12 cents a pound. Numbers of farmers say that they would be satisfied if their crop netted them twelve and fourteen cents. We merely mntion this to show that the farmers and the buyers are not very far apart, or will not be when the crop is all in. Tobacco sold low on opening day, but that is no sign that it will remain so when the buyers get their bear ings. The Public Ledger prefers to speak plain on a matter of vital im portance. We were told that some of the tobacco contained a lot of wa ter and that there was a possibility of it becoming mildewed, but despite all the drawbacks the average was a fraction over eight cents, we are told. One pile of wrappers, and only one, brought $25.00 per hundred. The Henderson Gold Leaf says that the Henderson market sold 100,000 pounds on opening day at an average of 10 cents. The Durham Sun says that the Durham market sold 150, 000 pounds on opening day at an av erage of 12 cents; that several piles sold for 25 and 27 cents; that a Mr. Williams from Alamance sold a lot for 27 cents. We have no doubt that the Sun painted the story a little bit, but the Public Ledger prefers to be as near accurate as possible, with out shade or color. If our market is lower than the nearby markets 'it is .up to the tobacco men of Oxford to get on the job,-and they can be de pended upon to do that very thing. Cursing and making speeches on the street corners and charging the Dem ocratic party with the high cost of flour and the low price of tobacco will not-help the situation at all. There fore, we desire to congratulate that class of farmers who take a more philosophical view . of the situation and stand by the Oxford market un til it shows its colors, and that, we are very sure, will not be long. The Imperial Company alone buys 40 per cent of the tobacco on . the Oxford market, and that company was not represented on opening day, but, -ve are told that it will be in a few days. RURAL SCHOOL SUPERVISORS They Are Doing Pine Work in Eight counties of the Suite. The Public Ledger has watched with interest the coming rnd going of Miss Mary Shotwell, the lady sup ervisor of Granville. If there is such a thing as one be ing born and qualified by learning and nature to fill a position, then Miss Shotwell is in the rierht nlace We merelv sneak of this hprnusa Tier heart, hands and mind are so clean m the work. mi - . - ine counties with supervisors so far have been Sampson with .Miss Lassidev. Johnston with Miss VMrn beth Kellv. Northampton with Miss Ethel Kelly.Granville with Miss Mary aaotwell, Vance with Miss Gilbert Alamance with Miss Jeff rout Mc Dowell with Miss Barnard, ami Avery This corns of school siinervisiors has been the special pet and pride of me btate Agent of Rural Schools, Mr ij. L.. Brogden, under whose wise guidance they have accomplishe wonderful results. it- Mr. "L. E. Dav of Person oonntv a tobacconist of large experience is me very able aucioneer at the John oou warehouse this season. The Hapnjr Couple Will Reside in . Wilmington. The marriage of Miss Ruth Mitch ell and Mr. James William Harriss, of Wilmington was celebrated Tues day evening at the Oxford Methodist church in the presence of a 'large audience. The church was tasteful ly decorated in palms, ferns, similax and yellow v.roses and the wedding scene was a pleasing one. Preced ing the ceremony Mrs. A. A. Hicks played the wedding march. The im pressive ceremony of the Methodist Church was pronounced by Dr. A. P. Tyer, the brides' pastor. The very pretty bride was gowned in white duchess satin, with court train, her veil was of tulle with cap effect of lace and orange blossoms, carrying orchids and lillies of the valley. She was given in marriage by her father, Mr. W. Z. Mitchell. The dame of honor, Mrs. Robert H. Berry, of Raleigh, sister of the bride, wore white taffeta and chiffon, carrying yellow roses tied with yel low tulle. i-- The maid of honor. Miss Esther Mitchell, wore yellow taffeta with over-dress of yellow maline, carrying yellow roses. ' The jishers were : Mrs. W. L. Mitchell, Mrs. Andrew J. Haris, Jr., of Henderson, Mr. John Mitchell, and Mr. Ernest Howard. V The groom, Mr. James Williams Harriss was attended by Mr. Frank Harriss, of Winston-Salem who acted as best man. The out of town guests for the wedding were: Mr. and Mrs. George Harriss of Wilmington, mother and father of the groom; Mr. Marian Harriss, Mr. Andrew Harris of Wil mington; Miss Elizabeth .Craddock, of Houston. Va.. Mrs. Andrew J. Harris, or ienaersuii, ivuss uulu Nicholson, of Littleton. . m -r-r J 9 " f i T".-.V Thfi bride and eroom left imme diately after the ceremony for a brid al trip to Western North Carolina, after which they will be at home in Wilmington. GRANVILLE READING CIRCLES Recommends the Careful Reading of Good Books. MISS MARY G. SHOTWELL, School Supervisor. The Duroose of the Pupils' Reading Circle is to secure the careful read ing of a number of good books at an age when the tastes and habits of the children are forming. Teachers and school officials should co-operate to substitute good books for the trashy and vicious matter .which too tre- auentlv falls into the hands of the bov and srirl whose reading receives no direction. The only way to create a taste for erood literature is to see to it that the right books are placed in the hands of the children. Reading Circle Certificates To this extent there will be given at the next County Commencement a certificate to every boy and girl who satisfies his teacher that he has read six books in this year's reading course The taeacher must give some rorm oi oral test to each child so as to deter mine whether or not he has read the book intelligently. r Tf thfre is no library In your scnooi secure through a well planned enter tainment, an ice cream social or some other method, as much as $10. The county and state will each, give 210 and in this way a "530 library can be secured for your school. Forty-six Certificates issued Forty-six diplomas or certificates were presented at the last County Commencement m Granvnie anu most of them were given, to pupus from the smaller schools. -y GRANVILLE DR- IN WAR ZONE All Efforts to Locate Him Have Been Forestalled. Mr. Charlie Roberts, of Knap - of Reeds, is greatly worried in his ef forts to locate his son, John Roberts, who is reported to have gone to Eu rope in company with a medical corps The last news from him was in May, when he sailed for the troublous country in company with medical students from the Virginia Medical College. All efforts to locate him have been forestalled with unsuccess ful nttfinmnta. Mr. Roberts is anx ious to know of the welfare of his son and" he fears that he has fallen into the hands of the warring country as aprisioner. He is a young man a bout twenty-four, and the fascination of caring for the wounded aoroaa wi& appealing to the young doctor. Pnr TVTen and .Younfif Men The Long Company announce else where in the Public Ledger tne ar rival of their hew fall line of Men's and young men's fine clothing. They e-rtenH an invitation to come and see them n't vour convenience The cus tom-made models in style are very attractive. Schloss Bros. & Co., and r.tv,Qr fa mrms ninth es' makers are renresented in . the display. If you flro nnt mi ite readv. see them anyway and they will gladly make reserva tions if you desire tnem. ; "THE WAREHOUSE BELLS ARE RINGING AND THE FESTIVE AUCTIONEER IS SINGING" More Than One Hundred Thousand Pounds Sold on the Oxford Market on the Opening Day- The Average Price for he Day was About Eight Cents. The Oxford Tobacco Market open ed Wednesday morning with more than one hundred thousand pounds on the floor. There were something like four hundred farmers present to see how things would move off. The quantity was larger and the quality was better than was expected, but the prices were low. A promiscuous intermingling with the planters, buyers, warehousemen and onlookers at the various sales found a disposition to sound an opti- J. M. FARRISH President Oxford Tobacco Board of Trade mistic note. It was pointed out that all the buyersVwere not on the mark et and that other buyers were await ing orders from higher up. "The feel ing prevails that the crop in this sec tion -will not begin to move before the first of October, although there will be some good sales of early cur ing before that date. The local market, is in fine shape to handle the crop. The Oxford mar ket this year will be directed by men of long experience in the tobacco bus iness and who intend exerting every possible effort to maintain the high averages for which the Oxford mar ket is noted. :. . The Public Ledger wasvsomewhat disappointed that the prices did not range a fraction higher oh the pen- ing day. We had based our opinion on reports coming from other mark ets and the promises of the ware housemen, buyers and the big com panies, who. stated that they are in a Dosition to handle the crop. Per haps we all expected a little too much on the opening day. The quan tity certanily did exceed all epecta- tions and the color looked good to us, but the Public Ledger is frank to admit that we are not. a good judge of tobacco. We can say, how ever, that we have seen . similar to bacco sell 'in previous years, for; more money. In talknig with a warehouseman, he said that his long experience Jiad taught him that opening day wae "more or less experimental," mean ing, possibly, that the buyers send away samples and wait orders for the quantity and the quality they are ex pected to buy. - Richard Baily, colored, of Person . ' 11. , X. A county, was me nrsi man to arrive in Oxford with a load. He arrived at the noon" hour on Tuesday .and drove immediately to the Farmers Warehouse. He had 364 pounds, for which he received $25.51. Several loads were received on Tuesday af ternoon, but Bailey has the honer of placing the first load on the floor. The first sale was held at the Minor, which is now in the hands of Mr Irvin W. Mangum. ' The first load sold belonged to- George Bass, colored, which brought 4c, 6c and 10 He .'" " Tobacco Board of Trade The Oxford Tobacco Board of Trade met Monday and pledged anew their fidelity to -the market. It is a strong Board, organized for work. Nothing will be - left undone that looks to the advancement of the mar ket and to jjnaintain the high averag es for whiWi me uxrora marsei is noted. The officers are: J M. Farrish, president, v R. S. Usry, Supervisor, rnrl Adams, secretary-treasurer. Now, my gOQd, farmers, the Public T edeer will. 'give "its estimate as to -" 'i" i I'll Jl . what the maruei win uo mis seasou THE CHIEF MARSHALL TALKS He is Working Along Safe and Sound , Lines. We met Mr: Parham on the street the other day and had a considerable conversation jjyith him concerning his plans as Chief Marshall of the Fifth Annual Granville County Fair. Mr. Parham said that he intended to ap point ""several aids and wished to en list the active support of all ex-chiefs or our irair. We think this an ex cellent idea and believe he is pro ceeding along the right line. The mam trouble in the past has been that there were too many people rid ing Horses, wearing rosettes and ves ted with full authority to arrest any one on the grounds for us to have a well arranged and orderly parade. If the present chief marshall carries out all his plans, the people of Ox ford and Granvilie county should see the best parade that has ever' passed tnrougn its strees and we-confidently expect as large crowd in Oxford during the cominsr Fair: as has ever been here on the 24th of June or any other public celebration. - FOUND THE SONG BOOK A Short Local in the Public Ledger Did theWork, The Quartette of the Oxford Bap tist Church notified the Public Led ger last week that-they had lost four valuable song books. The Quartette at the time the books were lost a year gao was composed of Messrs. M. P. Chamblee, B. F. Taylor, Prof. L. T. Buchanan, Vassar Critcher, and sometimes Dr. Lumpkin would sing with them. vv ; They sang that good old song en titled, "Is There Any Starsr In My Crown?" with so much pathos that we were willing to trust them to the limit. - . , - A search was instituted by the en tire Quartette and they tried- to rem ember all the homes which they had visited in their rou ids and the cir cumstances surrounding the mysteri ous disappearance of the books, and as a last resort they, reported tHeir loss to the Public Ledger. . . Dr'. Lum kins read the notice and got busy, and when he did he found the books, riot exactly where the Quartette left them, but behind the book case where they had fallen. , ,, , BRISK TRADING Horner Bros. Company Reporta Brisk ' . - Sales. ' .. Horner Bros. Company -report that their dash sales on Wednesday, the opening day of the tobacco' market were se veral times larger than on any fbrmer opening tobacco day. This, they say, was due to more to bacco than usual being sold, and on account of the special sale of mer chandise which they have on. With their own large stock and . the tre mendous Green-Hunt Co. stock re cently bought by them at such a sac rifice price, they have their store on Hillsboro street full of goods and are making prices that will move them. They are still selling horses, buggies, wagons and harness for cash or on time. On air other goods they are getting the cash they are meeting the low price of tobacco with the low prices on the Green-Hunt Co. stock. Remember they have moved the Green-Hunt goods to their store on Hillsboro street. Some prices of these goods are given elsewhere in this paper. Vv' MRS. CREWS SLIGHTLY HURT FeU From a Buegy and ; a Wheel - Passed Over Her. -Last Monday Mrs. Walter Crews was slightly hurt in front of her resi dence on High street, by falling from a buggy. Mrs. Crews, her little child and Mrs. Shamburger were in the buggy ready to start when the little child lost its balance and tumbled out. In grabbing: for the little one Mrs. Crews alsb losther balance and she, too, tumbled out. Mrs. Sham berger had hold of the reins, but the horse was impatient and backed one wheel ! of the light buggy over Mrs. Crews, inflicting a slight bruise from which she soon recovered; f . Just put it down, boys and don't forget it the market will sell 8,- 500,000 pounds of tobacco, and when it is all in the average will pe nigner than that of any market in North r.flroiina. Quite a number of farm ers have told us that they will be sat isfied if their crop averages 12 c the nonnd. The big buyers say that the rron in this section will average more than that on the Oxford market this year, and we believe them, i Second and Third Days There was very little tobacco on the market Thursday and v Friday, but the price paid for the' best grade of the weed was an advance of that paid on opening day. A very good price, it is said, was paid for some of this, and it is believed that the same grade will bring even a better price within tne next week or- ten days. THOSE DESERTED ACRES WHY DO PEOPLE GO FROM GRAN VILLE' TO FIND HOMES? Old Granville Has Recently Lost a , Number of Good Substantial Far- mers, and we are Unable to .Say Why. Sometime ago we published an item from the Wendell -Times which gave the names of a dozen families who had recently moved from Gran ville to that section, and last week we carried an item from an Oxford gentleman who had . just returned from a visit to Harnett county in which he told the Public Ledger read ers of the large number of Granville county people who reside in that se tion a whole colony of them. It is indeed distressing to know that all of these good people have gone elsewhere to make their homes. Is not the opporunity as good in old Granville as elsewhere? We are ready to show by well authenticated statistics that Granville is one of the best counties in the State, then why have these good people gone else where? Here is a splendid chance for investigation and co-operation. Gran ville has recently lost rural popula tion that exceed the State average. Can the Commercial Club with the co-operation of the business men stop the ebbing tide? Ifso now is the time. The loss of poulation by a com munity menances every business and social interest. Dwellings become vacant, land values decrease or fall behind other "communities in whole some increase, farm labor becomes scarce, land goes out of cultivation, tenants become restless and exacting, community leaders disappear, schools and churches dwindle, life and enter prise drop into stagnation and decay. The Big Tent Meeting The Browning-Jones meeting now oh is just two miles from Oxford on Henderson road. Service at 10 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. There will be no morning service next Saturday morning, but will be at night. Service at 10 o'clock on Sunday morning and 7:30 p. m. The crowd increases at almost ev ery, service, the interest increases all the time. By Sunday you will have to come arly to find a place to leave your buggy or car. Evangelist Brown ing is doing some great preaching, the further he goes the better he gets Let everybody be ihterested and come with the right spirit. Before the close of the meeting we expect to see a hundred converts at a single ser vice. We wish to correct a false' state ment. It has been told by some one that J. Robt. Wood was getting $25 a week rent for the ehairs at the tent, this is entirely false, Mr. Wood has loaned us 800 chairs and two nice pianos without charge. , The Lord bless the meeting and all -' the workers. D.N.HUNT. SUSTAINS BROKEN ARM A Local Baseball Pitcher Comes to Grief. Mr. Isaac Newton, a young man in the Berea section; full of life and vim, sustained "a broken arm last week under remarkable circumstan ces. His strength, activity and pre cision had won.for him a reputation as a base ball pitchr. He was the idol of the whole country side and they began to look upon him as ma terial for the big leagues, but his life as a pitcher was of short duration. Gathering the ball between his fing ers and with a mighty swing the bone in his right arm above the elbow snapped and the weakened limb fell by his side. The arm snapped in midair and the ball fell short of the plate. Advance Showing , f The big firm of Landis & Easton are quite busy unpacking new goods and arranging for the fall trade- The ready-to-wear garments for , ladies are very- pretty and so is the millin ery and all other things handled . by this well known, firm. In a conver sation with Mr. Landis we learn that the stock is very full and complete and that the prices are within the reach of all classes. See display ad elsewhere in. the Public Ledger. . Millinery Opening V.' Mrs. T. Lanier and her buyer have returned from the Northern markets and have every thing in readiness for the opening next Friday, September 24th. The styles are certainly very pretty and Mrs. Lanier bought with a view of suiting all size pocket books A great many, hats are being sold he fore re opening day. 18-lt , V ? Bank of Stem The statement of the Bank of Stem published elsewhere in this paper speaks well for the business of that part of Granville. It is a strong and healthy neighbor. t - i 2 - - ' i '
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