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r . .w volume XXX. OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1915 r NUMBER 86 si Ul c;.CPc;.;i3c;.:D JiLg J Li J) JLn 10L THE ESTHETIC TASTE jHE CHRYSANTHEMUM SHOW NEXT WEEK. The People of Oxford Should Culti vate an Appreciation for Flowers, Music and Art. The love of Flowers, Music and Art may be a gift, but to our think ing it is an appreciation which has to be cultivated. Oxford, merely as an instance, cares very little for what the world calls Art. The Public Ledger has frequently thrown bouquets at the good people of Oxford with a view of strengthen in the esthetic taste; but the fact is there are only a few among us capa ble of breathing forth the essence of the finest and highest human emo tions. We can appreciate Annie Laurie and we howl at anything which sounds like Dixie, but we reach somnolency under the strains of music which are said by those who understand to be attuned to the heavenly harp. We have not exactly reached the conclusion that the taste for Art in Oxford is hopeless, but we have notic ed on many occasions that a dispro portion of the people of the commun ity are not appreciative of the beau tiful in Nature and Art. Sometimes out of our own particu lar pit of darkness we have heard flashes from the Oxford pulpits that would have moved cultured Boston; the small attendance that greeted John Powell and Dr. Minor C. Bald win, and the lack of interest mani fested in our sacred concerts speaks none too well for our community. The ladies of Oxford will hold a Chrysanthemum Show next week. It is a noble undertaking on the part of the ladies. A man who loves sauer kraut more than he loves the queenly flower can never understand why God created the lily and the violet for spring and the queenly chrysanthe mum to crown the declining year. We want to tell the sordidman some thing that he probably does not know that a flower is the savor of life If you love a flower you can shut your eyes and see them quite as well. Try it once and also remember that they are the emblem of purity. You may do this when troubles assail you and thus will a Greater Light come to your soul- The Public Ledger truly hopes that the men may appre ciate the coming of the Chrysanthe mum Show and encourage the fine sensibilities that dominate the ladies. BIG COMMUNITY MEETING Opening of the Fall Term of School at Watkins (Correspondence of Public Ledger) A commnuity meeting was held at Watkins school Friday night, the object of which was for teachers and parents to meet before the opening of school Monday morning. Miss Virginia Perrow, of Lynch burg, Va.. is principal, and Miss Crystal Bobbitt, of the Watkins com munity is assistant. The new bubbling water fountain which was wen by this school last year for the best kept grounds and noiuse, was installed in the building. A well is being dug, the grounds nave been put in order for the open ing, and sanitary privies built. There were forty-nine or more pa trons present at the meeting besides the children. Mr. E. M. Rollins made a talk, and the committeemen nad something to say in the meeting, it is expected that the school will nave a very successful term. A GRANVILLE BOY A Sign on His Window Reads: "Thos. A. Allen, Attorney-at-law." XwrVT0mas A- Allen' of Albany, ew ork, who spent several days recently in the county with his uncle, r,r Zach Allen, has returned home. ij.0ur1,snort acquaintance, we found r- f uen to be a yeTy pleasant, Droad guaged gentleman of affairs. nas been several years since he Paid a visit to Granville. "When ti g off from hme and get busy urX ' but 1 ProPose to do better the future," said Mr. Allen in bid- U tl ?s. farewe11- Our observation vn 5 in wnatver part of the world WmAd a Granville man he carries Sunt the higb ideaLs of nis home STATE OF TOBACCO MARKET Oxford's Five Big Warehouses Are Handling a Lot of Tobacco winKehere in tne Public Ledger thi a l0und a statement of each of Jtl !e biS Oxford warehouses. We Stat tobacco growers to read these fied tS6?ts carefully- We are satis fy v tne Oxford warehouses are es S? in the stat fr high averag v ihere has .been a decided ad tew d 0n aU grades during the past THE FARMERS ARE THINKING They Are Studying Their Individual Interest. It is the opinion of many farmers in Granville that they will either have to change their methods of far ming voluntarily or through neces sity. At present prices of tobacco they' cannot make a living. They have either got to diversify their crops or quit farming and engage in .some oth er line of work, they affirm; by cut ting the tobacco crop down one half they would probably get as much hioney for the reduced production as they now realize for a full crop; by diversifying their crops the acreage of tobacco would be automatically re duced. But this reduction will never be made by general agreement. Each farmer will have to make up his mind to follow this plan on his own hook and not wait for the consent or agree ment of other individuals or nations. Whenever each farmer decides that it is best for his own individual in terest to add a few acres in potatoes, peas, corn, wheat, oats, grasses, ve getables, etc., and plans to raise some extra hogs, cows, colts, chickens, etc., he will naturally reduce his tobacco crop correspondingly. If every intel ligent farmer in this county would make up his mind to follow this man ifestly wise plan, regardless of what the other fellow does, he would find the plan a paying one, aside from the probable advantage to be gained from better prices on a reduced production of tobacco. AGED CITIZEX GONE Capt Abner Peace Called to His Re ward Friday. Captain Abner D. Peace, second son of seven sons of Wm. H. Peace, was born near Mt. Energy, Granville county, March 22nd, 1838. Attend ed the country schools. Enlisted in the Confederate army was elected captain of his company to succeed Capt. James Horner (founder of the Horner school who resigned) was wounded in arm and leg. After the surrender lived in Waldron, Ark., 20 years, returned home in Granville to finish out a peaceful, quiet life, which ended October 15th, 1915.- A man gentle in manner, pure in heart, up right and Godly, with not ah enemy on earth, loved by many friends who knew him best. He died of paralysis in the home of Mr. Louis Wilkins at Creedmoor, the burial services were conducted by Rev. M. D. Hix, the Methodist pastor, and his body laid to rest in the Peace burying ground at his father's old homestead where sleeps his father, mother, brothers and kindred. A good man is gone, whose life is worthy of imitation. "It is well with the righteous." A GEM A Picturesque Scene in Old Virginia i - By an Oxford Boy The following is an extract from a letter written by a graduate of the Oxford High School, who is now in Virginian It speaks very highly for the English training received in our school : - "Up by half past six! The sun has just risen above a ridge of the mountains and is casting its long ray down through the valley in which the Rapidan River has its bed. The meadow lands of the school property roll away, down to the banks of the river. There is a slight fog hanging over the river, but that is rapidly dis appearing in. the sunlight. On a dis tant hill across the river that rises suddenly from the valley there is lo cated an immense Colonial house. As it shows up now 'in the light of the rising sun it appears to be some an cient castle. It much reminds me of one of those bid German watch tow ers that hangs over the Rhine and are said to be so picturesque. The air is crisp and cool, and makes you feel as though you would like to take a five or ten mile walk before breakfast." BETTER START NOW Hay at $25 a Ton is Rather Steep for the 1 Faffmer (Raleigh Christian Advocate) Better start that marketing associ ation right now. Here is a good ex ample for co-operative marketing re ported to us the other day. Said a farmer i ' 4 About two or three months ago I Was in town and saw one of my far mer neighbors sell s6me hay to a store. I asked him what he was get ting for it and he told me $12 a ton. This week I was at that same store and saw another farmer buying some of that same hay. I was curious to know what he was paying and when I asked him he said $25 a ton." Moral: Isn't it time for farmers to learn more about buying and sell ing? And isn't it time ior farmers in your county to begin organizing a "marketing association," as farmers in many progressive counties have done and are doing? Hadn't you better speak to your neighbor about this? THE WAR ENGLAND AND FRANCE ARE GROPING FOR LIGHT If the Germans Are Balked in the Campaign to Reach Constantinople Disaster to Their Army is . Sure to Follow. . It can hardly be said that the war situation has greatly clarified during the past few days. The impression is rather general that the war is reaching the crucial stage. The ev ents on the western and eastern fronts suggest no military changes of importance, , although the fighting has been of a desparate character. The Balkans comprise the immediate concern. Out of a study of the developments the past week comes a conviction that Germany has staked all on the success of her invasion of the Balk ans, the impelling motive being the rescue of the Turks from a position that had become dangerous. The movement was marked by the same impetuous dash that characterized the march on Paris and the east. In both these directions the Germans have been held at bay. If they should be halked in the campaign for Con stantinople, the situation for the Ger man armies would be one of grave portent. The invasion of Servia may resolve itself into a Waterloo for the Germans. Meantime, the neutrality of Greece appears to be in some peril and just how long it can be main tained is an interesting question. t With two million men drawing to ward Constantinople it would seem that a great battle is pending. The next ten days ought to determine how things is shaping up. There is a re port that Italy will yet co-operate with the Allies in the Balkan theater It must be remembered, however, that Italy has not as yet declared war on Germany, and it is pointed" out that her navy would have no right to sink a German submarine. It would seem that England and France are somewhat alarmed as to the slow ness of Italy to declare against Ger many. With the rapidly changing condi tions the government themselves scarcely know where they stand, but the world may confidently look for big newspaper headlines in the near future. THE ECHOES OF THE FAIR THREATENING WEATHER CUT SHORT GATE RECEIPTS Though the Attendance Was Not Up to Expectation the Fair in Every Other Particular Was a Grand Success. To President Caldwell and Secre tary Crews credit is due for the suc cess of the Granville County Fair which closed last week, but the most credit is due the exhibitors and espec ially to the people who attended so faithfully in spite of the threatening weather. Under normal conditions there would have been at least two thousand more people present during the three days. It does seem that every family in Granville wanted to be present. With such a universal feeling how can the Fair fail to suc ceed? Just because the gate receipts were a little short this year, there should be no alarm. If it had been possible to have a race track the re ceipts would have been ample. Even with the apparent shortage, the Pub lic Ledger is disposed to believe that the Fair is better off than ever before The stock exhibits were fine, the ag ricultural displays were extra fine and a healthy sentiment was present everywhere. Let those fellows who annually say that the Association will disband quit complaining, for a Fair that has gained so much momentum cannot fail. We have passed the doubtful stage and must work and plan for larger and better things. The Gran ville County Fair is a permanent in stitution. The National Highway K Mr. Tales, an expert road man sent out from the National Good Roads Department, has put the Na tional Highway leading to Durham in first class condition. He is now giving his attention to the northern end leading from Oxford. Directors Meeting The Board of Directors of the Granville County Fair will meet in the Court House this .Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock. Every mem ber of the Board is urged to be pres ent." - fc EUGENE T. CREWS, Secretary. A NOVEL FEATURE Woman Collects Fares on- Motor Buss. Mr. A. H. Hewitt, his wife and three children, from Berlin, up in the northwestern part of Canada, are stopping at the Exchange Hotel. Many visitors to the Fair last week will remember seeing an active little lady taking tickets on a motor buss operating between the Court House and the Fair Grounds. That little lady was Mrs. Hewitt, and her hus band was the driver of the buss, and they have a very interesting history. They purchased the buss two years ago and left northern Canada with the avowed purpose of making a liv ing by hauling people where people are to be hauled. They worked their way down through Canada and the several States reaching v Henderson ville. N. C, early this spring, where they had a successful season hauling tourists about the mountain town. We found Mr. and Mrs. Hewitt to be very interesting, and their three lit tle children at the hotel are little darlings, every one of them, with just enough Canadian brogue to make tnem interesting. They will remain in Oxford for the Colored Fair this week, and from here they will go to Kinston, where they have a week's engagement, and thence on toward the South. IT IS THE SAME HERE Criticisms Are Easier to Give Than to Bear We clip the following from last week's issue of the Sandhill Citizen and change the words Southern Pines to Oxford. Question. Does everybody like Oxford. "Answer. No. It is not likely that everybody will be satisfied with Heaven. Such being the a,se, it would be foolish to expect people whose judgment of value may not be strictly first class to appreciate a mere earthly paradise as its merits deserve. Once in a while a man with a grouch settles here. Sometimes somebody bumps up against some thing that isn't just pleasant and it sours on his stomach. Occasionally a man or a woman does not get the at tention he or she thinks is due, and because of this nothing seems just right. There are those who cannot see why the town, wjLth less, than six thousand souls, does, not have a park system equal to that of Phila delphia or Baltimore; why it does not employ a force of white wings sufficiently large to "chase every scrap of waste paper to its lair before it has time to disfigure, the landscape; why all the streets are not oiled every morning before breakfast so that there shall be no particle of dust; why there is not a cop at every cor ner to assist timid ladies and heed less men across the street, so that they need not give their personal at tention to the preservation of their own lives from the congested traffic of a. metropolis boasting of i. popu lation of not much less than 6,000 men, women and children why there are not municipal band concerts three times a day as in some of the large cities of this country and Europe; why the restaurants are not open all night; why the Seaboard and South ern roads do not employ a force of ticket sellers and baggage men large enough and of sufficient ability and love of work to sell tickets to 50 or 75 travelers and check their trunks -within the last five minutes before the trains are due; why supplies are not as cheap here as ,in town 500 or 1000 miles nearer the great distrib uting centers; why the streets are notkll paved and graolithic sidewalks extended to the last house in the re motest section of the town; why Uncle Sam does not hire enough post office clerks to keep the box window, the general delivery window and the money order window open while the large mails of the town are being handled, so that nobody need wait an instant for anything. Question. What do the members of , the town Board and the street commissioners get? Answer. They get it in the neck. Radcliffe-Gooch A-wedding of much interest, owing to. the prominence of . the bride and groom and the romatic incidents con nected therewith, occurred in Lexing ton last week when Miss Margaret Radcliffe became the bride of W. H. Gooch, of Clarksville, Va. The cere mony took place at the home of the bride's parents Mr. and Mrs.. H. S. Radcliffe, the vows being spoken be fore Rev. J. M. Hamrick, pastor of the First Baptist church. . The bride is one of the leaders in Lexington social circles, a young wo man of rare beauty and charm of manner. While teaching in Virginia she met Mr. Gooch, who is a wealthy property holder, and the courtship began. Still Going On By reference to the back page of this paper it will be seen that the money saving- sale at Cohn & Son's two big stores is .still going on. A DUMMY POLICEMAN LET HIM TAKE HIS STAND , THE MONUMENT AT Only One in Ten Thinks of Turning to the Right at the Head of Main Street. We were somewhat amused last week while watching the crowds go ing and coming from the Fair grounds. The traffic was so great it was necessary to station a policeman at the head of Main street. x He was a good man and experienced no trou ble in handling the crowd. All he had to do was to point the way and the vehicles would go as he directed, but if he turned aside for a moment all was topsy turvey and a blockade was sure to ensue, but so long as he faced the crowd and held . his billy high over his head all went well. We watched the interesting scene . for more than half an hour; not a single driver'desired to infringe -all that was necessary to keep things moving in the right direction was for the drivers to see the uplifted billy and the pleasant features of the handsome policeman. Things moved along so nicely we began to think that it would be well to station a po liceman at the monument all the time, but it occured to us that the town's finances would not permit of such a thing. The more we watched the crowd the more we became thor oughly convinced that some people do not know their right hand from their left. Like the man from Miss ouri, you must show them. While thus pondering the scene, it occurred to our mind that a, good looking dummy, with stick in his hand, would answer all purposes. We might get a couple of them and ar range their arms so as to point to the right all the time. Dress them in blue and burnish the brass buttons and you will have solved the ques tion. It is a dangerous point at the head of Main street in the moment of speed. The monument may be the means of saving your life, if you are on the lucky side of it, but ' if you get caught between it and danger, the chances are against you. As no one wants to violate the law, the con stant vigil of a dummy might save a life, who can tell? HENDERSON BAPTIST REVIVAL Able Efforts by Rev. G. T. Lumpkin in Sunday Sermons Were Well Received. (Hnderson Daily Dispatch) Many hundreds of people heard the several sermons preached by Rev. G. T. Lumpkin, of Oxford, at the Baptist revival on Sunday, and the efforts of the minister were well re ceived by the large number of people who hard him on all occasions. Of particular interest was the ser vice for men only held in the after noon. A large number were present, and the closest attention was paid to the line of thought developed throughout the discourse. At the close of the meeting practically every man in the church gave his hand to the preacher signifying his intention and desire to live closer to God. ANOTHER CROP RECORD Wilson Leads With Number of Pounds Sold The tobacco production in North Carolina, as ascertained by the sales in the tobacco towns, shows a ma terial increase over that of last year. During" September the planters sold 38,195,730 pounds, which indicates a gain of 6,310,796 pounds over the same month in 1914. Six markets in the State are in the class of over a million pounds in sales, Wilson lead ing with the splendid record of more than 7,000.000 pounds, which was not very far from doubling the sales of the next highest town. Raef ord and Sandford in the new tobacco sec tion, marketed considerably over 100,000 pounds. DATE OF THE WEDDING The President Will Wed December 20th. President Wilson and Mrs". Norman Gait again have changed the date of their wedding and will be married at the home of Mrs. Gait in Washing ton December 20th, if information which leaked out in Erie, Pa., during the visit of John W. Wilson, the pres ident's cousin to Miss Margaret Wil son is true. It is said that the hon eymoon trip will be to the Panama canal on the presidential yacht "May flower." The couple will return in time for the New Year's reception. ; Note of Thanks We wish to take this method of ex tending thanks and appreciation to the many kind friends and neighbors who rendered . assistance during the recent illness and death of our hus band and father. ' . MRS. W. J. DOWNEY and FAMILY. M V J t I n
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