PUBLIC LEDGER
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rrTTllPA Yt SEPTEMBER 25, 1915
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS
sitm of Prosperity Browntown is
tiling as the grunt of the hog fld
jrd in the , .
earing Completion The contrac
; are making headway on the neat
cottage of Mrs. Joe Renn.
Fasv Dollar An easy way to make
dollar is told to you this week by
n D Ray & Son in their ad.
Broad Street Residence The resi
de of the late Dudley Bullock on
Broad street is being repaired and
beautified.
Tew Store Room We learn that
Mr R L- Brame will occupy the new
itore room on Main street adjoining
the office of Dr. Watkins.
Boost The Fair Talk for the Fair
orlc for the Fair, and come to the
Fair. A good attendance this year
means a race track next year.
Shows Improvement The price of
tobacco on the Oxford market shows
a steady increase since the opening
day. Good grades are bringing fair
prices.
Dealers Encouraged Leaf dealers
who hold last years' stocks are great
ly encouraged over present prices on
the bright markets, says the South
ern Tobacco Journal.
Tloving In The furniture and fix
tures are being placed in the new and
handsome office of the Granville Real
Estate and Trust Compr.r.y on Main
street.
Move Along Now that the at
mosphere is bracing everybody should
double their energies, at least to the
extent of keeping the blood in circu
lation. Sure Sign The register at the Ex
change Hotel shows that quite a num
ber of traveling men are on the road.
This is one of the surest signs that
business is looking up.
Improving His Place Mr. Ed
Hicks is making some improvements
at his country home near Oxford in
the way of barn and outhouses for
stock.
Kitchen Cabinets Every . woman
in Granville county should read the
ad of Hughes-Smaw Furniture Co.,
on another page in this papeer, and
see how cheaply she can save steps
in the kitchen.
More Room The government has
extended the hitching post at the post
office about twenty feet, so that the
rural carriers will have -plenty of
room to hitch their horses.
Resolved Elsewhere in the Pub--lic
Ledger can be seen" tKe "advertise
ment of the Moore Lumber Co. They
are telling how they can fill phone
orders in a hurry. '
Better Prices The big Imperial
and all the other buyers are now on
the market and there is every prom
ise that the prices of tobacco will in
crease. The warehousemen tell us
that good wrappers will sell well.
Residence Completed The hand
some new home of Mr. Cam Easton
on Front street has about been com
pleted by Contractor Campbell. It is
one of the very pretty homes in Ox
ford. A
Another Correspondent Another
Correspondent is added to our staff
'this issue, this time it is from the
Salem section. "We are glad to have
this neighborhood news and there are
yet other sections that we would like
to see represented in our paper. Let
us have the news from your section.
Fire Preventative Day The Gov
ernor has named Saturday, October
9th as "Fire Preventative Day in
iNortn Carolina." It simply means!
that everybody should get busy and
clean up the premises, especially the
rubish in the cellar and the garet
and the backyard land out houses, in
fact everywhere.
School Children Interested The
News and Observer says that the
children of the Granville schools are
interested in Raleigh and a class in a
school not far from Oxford has writ
ten Miss Hackney, secretary of the
Chamber of Commerce, asking that
she send some of her booklets and
other data on the Capitol city to
them.
Community Bnilding Community
building is a subject which touches
most vitally the interests of every
man, woman and child. The respon
sibility for the development and prop
er utilization of the community ar re
sources devolves upon every citizen,
whether he realizes it or not. The
fellow who exists for "himself, his
wife, his son John and his wife only"
is a hindrance rather than an asset to
the community in which he lives.
. Do Unto Others Some of the lead
ing business men in Oxford inform
the Public Ledger that orders are' go
ing to out-of-town houses for goods
Jnat ean be purchased in Oxford at
the same price less the freight from
the out-of-town point. The identical
brands carried in stock locally are
ordered from Norfolk, Richmond,
Baltimore, etc., and the out-of-town
firm gets the profit, large or small, as
the case may be, instead of it going
to build up a home institution. .
THOSE WHO GO AND COME
Mayor Stem attended the Durham
Fair Wednesday.
Miss Ella Baker, of Norfolk, is vis
iting Mrs. Frank Dorsey.
Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Chapman spent
some time in Raleigh this week.
Mrs. J. M. Campbell, of Bullocks,
was in town Wednesday shoppnig.
Miss Sarah Stem of Route 4, was
a visitor to Oxford Thursday. y
Mr. Eugene Morris, of Cannadys
Mill was in town Thursday.
Mr. Arthur Pitts, of Route 2, was
on the streets Thursday.
Mr. S. V. Morton, of Route 4, was
in town Wednesday.
Mrs. M. B. Hobgood, of Route 1,
was in town Wednesday.
Mr. James Renn, of Route 6, was a
visitor to Oxford Wednesday.
Miss Floyd Taylor, of Richmond,
is the guest of Miss Josephine Brown.
Mrs. Kate Hays Fleming, of Ral
eigh, is the guest of Mrs. D. G. Brum
mitt. Mrs. W. S- Gooch and daughter,
Miss Katie Lee, of Stem, were Oxford
shoppers Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Mangum, of
Tar River, were on the streets of Ox
ford Wednesday. v
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Miss Mary B. Williams has return
ed home from a several month's visit
to relatives in Chicago.
Mr. M. F. Adcock, of Route 5, was
a pleasant visitor to the Public Ledg
er office Wednesday.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. J. Graham
Wheeler at Kings Mountain, a fine
boy on the 20th.
Messrs. W. B. Adcock and Oscar
Tingen, of Tar River, were among the
visitors to Oxford Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Blackley and
daughter, of Wilton section, were a
mong the Oxford shoppers Thursday.
Mr. Melvin Hunt, a prosperous far
mer of the Stem section was a. caller
at the Public Ledger office Thursday.
, Willie and Sudie Adcock, the
daughter and son of Mr. M. F. Adr
cock, are attending school at Mars
Hill.
Messrs. J. D. 'and R. H. Allen, of
Creedmoor, stopped over in Oxford
on their way home Thursday from a
visit to their brother, Mr. Zach Allen,
the popular County Commissioner.
While in Oxford they paid the Public
Ledger office a visit. The Aliens are
prosperous farmers and no better
men live within the county.
A FORMER GRANVILLE MAN
Operated One of the Largest Ware
houses in the State.
The Kinston Free Press contained
the following in reference to Mr. G.
W. Knott who passed away last Mon
day: "Mr. Knott came here over fifteen
years ago from Oxford, N. C, and
engaged in the tobacco business.With
his brother he operated the Knott
Bros.' warehouse, one of the largest
in the State. He was known to all
the tobacconists, and about every
planter in this section. He had a re
putation for fair dealing and an ex
cellent disposition. His good nature
had not been in the slightest impair
ed by the long period of ill health
which culminated in his death, and
at his last appearance on the streets
he greeted his friends with his char
acteristic cordiality. Mr. Knott was
very well connected in Granville and
Wake counties.
"W. Allen Knott will succeed to
the management of the warehouse.
He is the eldest son and has been con
nected with the business for some
time." . ;
COUNTRY-MINDED MINISTER
Country ' Churches Urged to Build
Church-Homes.
The University News-Letter gives
an interesting account of Rev. W. W.
Diehl who was reared on a farm, just
like five-sixths of the ministers of all
denominations in the United States.
He is a graduate of the Michigan Ag
ricultural College; was a country
teacher, and is now in cnarge of a
Mathodist Church in a country vil
lage in north Illinois. So by choice,
because says he, I think it is the best
place on the footstool of God to in
vest a life.
He Lives With. His People.
He lives alongside his church, in
the midst of his peoplef where he can
share their fortunes or- misfortunes
and becomes keenly and sympathetic
ally aware of community conditions
and needs.
He can shepherd his flock daily
and be a minister to them in sickness
and health. He can marry the young
comfort the old, bury the dead, and
bring hope intov the house of mourn
ing. ' -Ministers
as Well as Preachers
He can nurse his Sunday school,
have an active interest in the chil
dren in the day school, and develop
a wholesome recreational life in his
neighborhood.
He can organize the farmers of the
community for better farming, better
business and better living. He can
lead them into the material and- spir-
itual significance of co-operative en
terprise. T
He !can establish them in organic
democracy; which is something dif
ferent from our imported civic dem
ocracy. It is St. Paul's kind of dem
ocracy, the democracy of membership
in one body; not the democracy of
freedom and equality, but the dem
ocracy of subordination, team-work,
and service to one another.
Mr. Diehl not only can do these
things. in his country church home,
but he does them.
: Absentee Ministers
How can an absentee-preacher
who lives apart and away from his
charge, who preaches where he does
not live and lives where he does not
preach, hope to make his church a
center for the "occupational, recreat
ional, and spiritual life of the com
munity? He can be a preacher but
can he be a pastor? He can plant
but can he water- He can point to
Heaven but can he lead the way?
Country Clinc h-Homes
Country congregations must make
it possible for . country-minded min
isters to live in the country. They
must provide church-homes for them.
And many country churches in
prosperous communities are able to
build homes for their ministers. They
used to be fairly abundant in the
South. But they are fewer and
fewer with every passing year. How
many are left in North Carolina?
The Georgia Club was never able
to find but nine in Georgia. How
many are there in North Carolina?
We should be glad to know and to
celebrate such communities in the
University News Letter.
The Core of the Matter
The point we make is this: the
country church problem wil lbe solv
ed only by ministers, whose souls are
saturated with country-mindedness ;
and country-minded ministers cannot
live in the country alongside their
churches unless country church
homes be provided
In town and r.oiiTi trv - nriitost-
ant communities need sepKerding
far more than they need preaching
There is a chance for it in ; Uptowns
and cities, but almostao,.cliance , for
it in the' country. And the country
church is suffering for lack of it.
Mrs. W. H. Walters left Wednes
day morning for Richmond, where
she will undergo an operation at St.
Luke's Hospital.
Three Small Farms For
Sale.'
ABOUT ONE MILE FROM OXFORD NEAR STATE TEST
FARM IN FINE NEIGHBORHOOD CONVEND3NT T6 OXFORD
SCHOOLS. SOIL ADAPTED TO TOBACCO, CORN, AND ALL
GENERAL CROPS. EXCELLENT LOCATION FOR ORCHARD,
TRUCK FARM, DAIRY AND POULTRY FARM.
NO. 1 26 ACRES
NO. 2 26 ACRES
NO. 3 20 ACRES
ATTRACTIVE AS AN INVESTMENT.
i TERMS CAN BE ARRANGED.
GRANVILLE REAL ESTATE & TRUSTjGO.
REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE
A. H. POWELL, President. First National Bank Bldg., Phone 88
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your wants with all the latest styles and best
materials in every line of Dry Goods, Notions,
Shoes and Millinery.
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We have our department full of the very best things
out in woolen and silk dress materials, and we want to
call your special attention to our good and large assort
ment of Roman striped and plaid chiffon taffetas used
for waists, combination dresses and dress trimmings.
(Coat SiiMits snmdl Cloaks
We have added to our line one of the largest and
best line of Suits and Coats shown out of Cleveland.
We also have our same line the house has handled for
years, which we feel that there is none better. Don't
fail to let us show you through our stock before placing
your order elsewhere.
Milliirueiry!
We are glad to say to her many friends in Granville
County that Miss Lena Coble is4 back with us again
with a full line of the latest creations in millinery
found in New York, Baltimore and Philadelphia, and
we want to cordially invite every lady in Granville to
attend our opening next Friday and Saturday, Sep
tember 24th and 25th.
Shoes!
Shoes!
It is useless for us to tell you of our reputatfon on Shoes because you know
it, but we want to Nsay to you that our stock has never been nearer com
plete, and every pair of shoes that go out of our store goes under guarantee.
We also have a complete line of House Furnishings, such as Rugs, Table
Linen, Sheets, Pillow Cases; Towels, Bed Quilts and Blankets. Come to see us
and make yourself at home. We will do our best for you and yours.
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