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VOLUME XXX. OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23rd, 1915 NUMBER 87
THE DISTRICT MEETING
THE FLOWER OF THE LAND TO
VISIT OXFORD.
One of the Prettiest and Most Lov
able Women of the State Will Be
the' Guest of the Oxford. Civic Club.
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There is to be an important meet
ing in Oxford at an early date. The
flower of the land is coming. Strong
committees have been appointed . to
get things in readiness for their en
tertainment. There will be an at
tractive program with Mrs. Liggle as
chief speaker, and Mrs. Graham' and
Mrs. Pratt, of Chapel Hill, will be
present. AH. of tne Civic Clubs in
this districC composed of Weldon.
Littleton, Louisburg, Milton, Hender
son and possibly others, have been
invited by the ladies of the Oxford
Civic Club to meet in Oxford Novem
ber 11th. On former occasions the
Clubs of the district have handsome
ly entertained the Oxford Club, and
the Public Ledger is satisfied that
the Oxford ladies will reciprocate in
manner that will will reflect credit
on Oxford. The visiting ladies will
go out from us favorably impressed
with the entertainment at the hands
of the Oxford Civic Club. But we
want to say to Mayor Stem, the busi
ness men, and everybody else in par
ticular, that the visiting ladies have
the largest and prettiest eyes you ev
er saw. Make no mistake; one of the
prettiest and most influential ladies
in the State will attend the meeting.
It should be understood that this
gathering of Civic workers in Oxford
means much in the way of heralding
our greatness. The Public Ledger
is not fully advised, but we hope that
the meetings and lectures will be
open to all women interested in com
munity betterment and in the various
lines of civic endeavor.
The Oxford Club women will give
excellent entertainment to those who
may elect to come, but there is an
obligation resting on the people;
namely, to have the streets and places
of business in good order. -
JERSEY AND SUFFRAGE
The Measure Defeated by Fifty Thou
sand Votes .
If anything out of the ordinary
had been needed to center the atten
tion of the entire country on the out
come of the contest in New Jersey
on Wednesday, the casting of the
vote of Mr. Woodrow' Wilson, citizen
of New Jersey, in favor of the en
franchisement of women added the
finishing touch. Undoubtedly it was
a day eventful in the annals of wo
man's battle for (and against) her f
recognition as the political equal of
man.
Late returns show that the propos
ed amendment to the State constitu
tion granting suffrage to women was
defeated by a majority of more than
50,000.
A RUMOR EXPLODED
No Prospect of the Duponts Locating
in This Section.
According to the papers both Dur
ham and Henderson have had its
rumor of the establishment of, a big
Dupont plant in their midst, but we
notice that the Duponts, for various
reasons, confine their operations to
tidewater.
However, we proposed to one of
our citizens that we, too, make a bid
lor the plant if the Duponts really
we t0 come to dy land- There
the remotest prospect of the Du
ponts erecting a munition plant
tner at Oxford. Durham or Hender-
WrtDUt Ur ld fri9nd took u to
'"What," said he, "turn Oxford into
l-J?Pewe11'' witb its pickpockets,
wignwaymen, murders and outlaws?
L1 am agin U" S
aH ltVhis deliverance he walked
jown the street feeling that he had
aae a patriotic duty.
IT IS ALL WRONG
Shut Your Eyes And Go To
ttt Sleep. -
man'! n?lce that seral of the wo
cidCtlubs of the State havedis
Rai ouncement of the en
MrsTu of Resident Wilson and
ratw ? and some of them were
CiL!rong in their criticism of the
esident. it is all right for him to
out L 2ecod time It was argued,
or his L:ywur me memory
iRh? Some of the ladies that it
"the p:? fen later that, it was not
resident's daughters' match."
ii?Tj00killS for Location
lizwS ?!? from other states
ess t2L f 0xford is a good busi
es vZE' i merchants were here
tth a v?l .king over Properties
aVlew of opening up here.
ahi!!f rchestra There will be
0rPhenass prsram of music at the
eum nt Monday night.
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RECOVERS JEW EL
Lost By Miss Carrie Woodworth
Some Time Ago.
A month or more ago . Miss Carrie
Woodworth lost a handsome bracelet
on the streets which she valued high
ly. The trinket was later seen on
the wrist of a fortune teller, but she
left pwn before she could be com
municated with. Yesterday an old
lady brought the jewel to the Public
Ledger office and it was restored to
Miss Woodworth.
Now, if the Public Ledger could
only recover the fine geld watch lost
by President Hobgood some time ago
we would be happy. Somebody has
it, that s sure
THE IMPERIAL PLANT BUSY
RUNNING NIGHT AND DAY AND
COL. BALLOU IS HAPPY
More Than Four Hundred Idle Peo
ple Have Been Given Employment
The Pay Roll is a Handsome
One Work Will Continue for
Several Months; .
"Boss man, can you jes gib me a
little somethin' to keep soul and
body together; please sir, my family
is mighty poorly."
That simple request has come' to
Col. Ballou's ears a thousand times
within the past few months, and now
that he can direct the worthy color
ed people to employment makes him
the happiest man in Oxford.
More than four hundred have
found employment in the big Imper
ial plant, and it came none too soon,
for there were hundreds of "honest
colored people in Oxford reduced to
the last penny, their credit impared
and without visible means of support.
We learn from Col. Ballou that the
work will hold up for several months
Tobacco is arriving from other points
in such quantities as to keep a day
and a night force busy. , The pay
roll is a handsome one and the mer
chants have already felt the power
of the Imperial dollars.
A trip through the big plant at this
time is very interesting. It is the
most orderly and systematic big
things we ever saw. - , There are a
number of fine young men under Col.
Ballou who are destined to occupy
high places in the world of tobacco.
The W. A. Adams Company also
has a large force of hands and a
handsome payroll. We are very
glad to again see the worthy colored
people with a full dinner pail. It
means so much to the community.
THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY
Gen. B. S. Royster Rides in a Gov
ernment Car. v
Capt. D. H. Winslow, engineer of
the National Highway, was in Oxford
Thursday with Highway Engineer
Towles who is giving his attention
to the Granville division. Capt.
Winslow passed through Clarkesville
early Thursday morning and picked
up Gen. B. S. Royster, who was over
in Virginia on legal business, and
brought him to Oxford in his car.
Capt. Winslow says that, a detail
of government engineers have been
put on the National Highway leading
from San Diego, CaL, td Atlanta. Ga.,
t o connect with the Washington-Atlanta
Highway which passes through
Granville county. An al!the-year
round road is coming sure, says Capt.
Winslow, and any one can make the
trip from up north to California via
the National Highway at any time of
the year.
GENUINE BARGAINS
Men, Women and Children Flock to
Horner Bros. Co.'s Store
We called around to the store of
Horner Bros. Company yesterday and
it looked like old times to see so
many people trading men, women
and children. The attraction was the
immense Green-Hunt Company stock
which they are closing oyt. They
have sold a large, quantity of the
goods, no doubt, but you cn scarcely
miss them for the reason that the
greater portion of the stock was in
cases when it was moved to the big
store on Hillsboro street. When a
farmer buys three pairs of pants at a
time you may know that he is getting
something that appeals to him, and
this is what we saw a farmer do at
Horner Bros. Company's store yester
day. . Glance at the prices quoted in
the adv. elsewhere in this paper.
DR. LUMPKIN RETURNS -
Will Fill His Pulpit at the Oxford
Baptist Churcli Sunday
Dr. G. T. Lumpkin, who for the
past ten days conducted a most suc
cessful revival at the -..Henderson
Baptist Church returned to Oxford
Thursday and will fill his pulpit at
the Oxford Baptist church both morn
ing and evening next Sunday. ,
Urgent Call
All members of the Methodist Ba
iaca Class are requested to be pres
ent next Sunday- laorning. . Impor
tant business . ? ,
ONE BILLION DOLLARS
THAT AMOUNT TO BE EXPENDED
IN FIVE YEARS ACCORDING
TO FIGURES MADE PUB
LIC BY DANIELS
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To Be Applied to Construction of
vNev Ships,. Development of Air
Craft and Creation of Munition
Reserve There is Also to be Rec
ommended Addition to Navy Per
sonnel of 11, 500, Men so That All
Vessels can be Manned and Ade
quate Reserve Maintained for Ves
sels on Reserve List.
Official estimates of the navy's part
in the administration's billion dollar
national defense program were made
public Wednesday by Secretary Dan
iels. They show that within five
years it is proposed to spend $5 02,-
482,214 oil construction of new ships
development of air craft, and crea
tion of a huge reserve of ammunition
and guns. .
The hve year Duilding program
contemplates construction of ten
dreadnaughts, six battle cruisers, ten
scout cruisers, fifty destroyers, fifteen
seagoing submarines, eighty-five coast
defense submarines, four gunboats,
one hospital ship, two ammunition
ships, two fuel oilships and one re
pair ship. The last of these vessels
will be in cvommission late in 1924.
On naval aviation it is proposed to
expend S6. 000. 000 during the .five
years and on reserve munitions $25,
000,000. k
With the addition of $48,518,127
for completion of ships already au
thorized a total of more than half a
billion dollars will be expended upon
the navy in addition to the : regular
budget which approximates $100,-
000,000 a year.
Big Increase for Personnel
Secretary Daniels will recommend
this winter the addition to the naval
personnel of 7,500 bluejackets, 2,500
apprentices and 1,500 marines, a to
tal of 11,500 men.
BRDLLIANT RECEPTION
Given, in Honor of Ma, and Mrs.
Marsh Ray.
A charming reception marked by
refined simplicity was tendered
Thursday night by Mr. and Mrs. C.
D. Ray, the occasion being the home
coming of Mr. Marsh Ray and his
bride. The guests were received at
the door by Mrs. Mitchell and Mrs
Shaw; in the hall, Mr: and Mrs. A.
H. Powell, Mrs. White, Mr. and Mrs.
Hamilton; and Mr. and Mrs. A. A.
Hicks received in the parlor.
In the receiving line were: Mr.
and Mrs. C D. Ray, Mr. and Mrs. R.
Marsh Ray, Dr. and Mrs. Marsh, Mr.
H. F. Lee, Mrs. William Hariss, Mr.
and Mrs. R. G. Lassiter. The bride
is a young woman of "refinement and
charming personality, and is pretty.
An elegant dining room salad
course was. served by Mrs. Lewellyn,
Miss Annie Crews, Miss Mary Webb,
and Mr. B- W. Parham, Miss Lucy
Landis and Mr. Paul Venable. Punch
was served in the reception hall by
Miss? Marv B. Williams and Mr. A. H.
Taylor, Miss Nettie Gregory and Mr.
Leonard Mitchell.
Mr. and Mrs, A. L. Glasgow invited
uests upstairs where many beauti
ful and handsome gifts were display
ed. In -this room were Miss Helen
White and Mr. Eugene Crews and
Miss Isabella Parham and Mr. James
White.
GREAT ADVANCE IN COTTON
Prices Bound to Be Higher, Says
Congressman Heflin, Who Looks
for $100 a Bale.
"I am expecting to- see- $100 and
more for a bale of cotton and $60 or
$65 for aton of seed' said Repre
sentative Thomas Heflin of Alabama
in concluding an interview in Wash
ington Friday.
"Cotton prices are bound to be
much higher than at any time since
the War Between the States," said
Mr. Heflin. "It will require more
than 500,000 bales of cotton and lin
ters for the manufacture of powder
and high explosives shells for our
Army and Navy. The cotton-holding
movement will become general in the
South before very long and , then
prices will soar.
"I shall not be surprised to see cot
ton seed selling at $ 60 a ton before
Christmas. Cottonseed meal is selling
as high as $36 a ton and some are
asking $40. Cottonseed oil has ad
vanced in price and is in great de
mand. Cottonseed hulls are being
used more extensively than ever and
the linters cut from the seed are be
ing consumed 'more rapidly than ever
before, when bleached linters sell for
10 cents a pound." -
Bicycle Repairing '
The Excelsior Bicycle Repairing
Company has opened a first class re
pair shop in the old Booth Garage.
Read their advertisement elsewhere
in this paper.
CUPID CUTS CAPERS
The Happy Couple Are at Home Near
Oxford.
The marriage last week of Mr.
.George Dorsey and Miss Mary Ellen
Tarrington brings to light a bit of
romance. .
It is stated that the bride, who was
a professional nurse at the Sarah
Elizabeth Hospital, Durham, came to
Oxford to attend the Fair and from
here Mr. John Brown took the couple
to Durham where they were happily
united in marriage. ,
Miss Tharrington nursed Mr. 'Dor
sey's mother during an illness some
time ago, and it is said that the two
have been lovers since that time.
PRISONERS AID SOCIETY
COURT HOUSE HAS BEEN ENGAG
ED FOR SERVICES SUNDAY
Rey. Sidney Love, Expert Criminolo
gist, Who is Recognized as One of
the Best Speakers in the South,
Will Address the Assembmlage.
The North Carolina Prisoners Aid
Society, having as its president Dr.
A.-G. Springier, has engaged the
nnriitnriiim of the court house for
services next Sunday. The meeting
will obmmence at 3 o'clock.
Rev. ' Sidney Love, the noted
preacher, author and lecturer, will
occupy the stand. He will lecture
upon the following three subjects :
"Compensation of Prisoners' Wives
and Children," "Parole for a Certain
Class of Prisoners," "A Law to Pun
ish the Man Who is Guilty of Asso
ciating and Helping to Support a
Fallen Women." The lecture is . for
men only.
The North Carolina Prisoners Aid
Societv is incorporated. The direc
tors are: Mrs. J. E. Stevick, Hon.
James I. Johnson, J. B. Blades and
C. E. Bowman. The public should
be interested in the following clear
statement of the Society:
"That every penny that a prisoner
earns, above the cost of maintenance
and cost to the State or county, which
is incurred for official supervision, be
naid to his wife and family or those
that were dependent upon , him pre
vious to his arrest.
"That this Society will provide for
prisoners children, when found in
destitute circumstances, until a law
is passed providing for them."
ADEQUATE SHIPPING FACILITIES
What An Electric Road to Henderson
Would Mean.
The Public Ledger has had much
to say . about a railroad to Rpxboro
and an electric road to Henderson. It
is true that there are a lot of people
that don't see anything in- those
things, but we do, and we propose to
keep the question before the people.
Our observation is that dairies' and
creameries always follow the traction
Wherever you find, an nterurban line
that acts as a feeder you will find a
lot of prosperous farmers along the
entire length of it. These small
farms abound in butter, eggs and
truck of the best quality, and there is
always a ready market at good prices.
Where there are one hundred homes
between Oxford and Henderson there
would be five hundred. Land that
now sells for ,$100 an acre would find
ready buyers at $300 an acre. The
interurban line would create the mar
ket. . - v- - ! -
Avman or a corporation that would
lay out $150,000 to equip an electric
line to Henderson and expend $50.-
000 for land along the route would
haver in less than fiveyears, a pro
perty worth half million dollars.
There is nothing that builds up a
country quite so fast as adequate
shipping facilities.
The western part of Granville and
the eastern portion of Person is an
El Dorado waiting to be tapped. To
strike it rich, the road should by all
means pass through Enon, Berea and
Caltolina. There you will find
wealth, backed by the most progress
ive citizenship of this section of the
State.
BECORD EXPORT TRADE
Total for the Week Was! $73,694,653
Imports Were Nearly. Thirty
; Million. , . .
A record export business is shown
by foreign trade figures for the week
ended October 16,; made public Wed
nesday by the Bureau of;Foreign and
Domestic Commerce- Exports for the
week were $73,694,653, as " ; against
$67,744,921 the week before. Im
ports were $29,782,055 giving a fav
orable trade balance of $43,912,598
for the week. ,
" The Best on the Road.
The best ladies' musical organiza
tion on the road will appear at the
Orpheum Theatre next Monday ev
ening. Their program is exception
ally well balanced. .v. '
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Hays, Health officer, unavoiably left-
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OLD EflOil AND HESTER
THEIR CO-OPERATIVE SPIRIT IN
EVIDENCE
The Noble Sons and Daughters Out
in That Section of the County Are
Called, "Blessed."
Much favorable comment has been
heard of the spirit of union in evi
dence at the Enon and Hester Com
munity exhibits at the County Fair
last week. In the past the occasions
has been so rare, when matters of
general interests in Granville were
being considered, that the people did
not split up into cliques and take
sides, that the practical . demonstra
tion set by these two communities is
most pleasing. No progressive step
has been taken by old Granville,
which the Public Ledger believes will
be more far reaching and beneficial
than the examples set by the excel
lnt ecommunity exhibits at the Coun
ty Fair last week.
The biggest accomplishment in
Granville is the development of co
operation among the residents. of the
rural districts, and blessed old Enon
and Hester have set the example. The
encouragement of working together
is beautiful in the extreme. The
younger generation who live out
where where neighbors" are few and
far between is becoming possessed of
much of that attitude toward life
which was once called the urban spir
it. The . members .of the canning
clubs, the corn clubs, the pig clubs,
the poultry clubs, have franternized
and have learned the social arts and
many of the graces, and out of it all
has come a greater pride in home and
surroundings and there is being en
volved a better condition of living.
We believe it is a great work and will
be more productive of good than all
the other efforts at education which
have been undertaken.
Oxford would do well to catch the
step and the spirit of cooporation.
Let there be more of this getting to
gether for the wellfare of all and not
so much of the petty selfishness of
the past.
BRINGING LIQUOR TO OXFORD
Railroad Authorities Will Be Noti
fied. Chief Wheeler has discovered that
some of the breakmen on the South
ern Railway are quietly bringing
more liquor to Oxford than the law
permits. The Chief on two occasions
has seen the bulk of the liquor, but
no one would acknowledge the own
ership. Chief Wheeler proposes to take
the matter up with the proper rail
road officials, and when be does, we
guarantee that the practice will stop.
Mr. Ambrosia Curtis, who sometimes
travels over this division in the guise
of a tramp and at other times in the
guise of a vgentleman, will have no
trouble in landing the guilty party.
TOBACCO GROWERS PLEASED
Five Surl Farmers Rake in Nice Pile
of Money
The following parties from Sur.l,
Person county, sold at the Minor
Warehouse this'week: Thomas Fraz
ier, J. R. Welch, E. T. Chandler,
Jack West, Geo. Oakley, Lohey Bla
lock, J. H. Chandler, Henry Welch,
M. L. Frazier. Five wagon loads,
which weighed 5,055 pounds, brought
several hundred dollars. The big
hearted and popular Erwin Mangum
had the pleasure of pleasing the
whole crowd.
A Young Hostess
The home of Mrs. Sam Watkins
was a scene of pleasure last Saturday
afternoon, when little Miss Katharine
was "at home" on her sixth birthday
to a number of her little friends. At
4:30 o'clock the little guests began
to arrive. They were met at the door
by Master Jack Cannady and John
Ray Watkins. They were then ush
ered into the parlor where many
games and contests were enjoyed and
then into the dinning room where de
licious ice cream and cake were ser
ved. The decorations were lovely,
color scheme of pink and white was
beautifully carried out. Those pres
ent were: Doris Watkins. Virginia
and Laurita Howard, Ernestine Par
ham, Charlotte and "Tiny" Easton,
Elizabeth and Katharine Hunt, Eliza
beth Hall, Sarah Hall, Mary Taylor,
Francis Council, Carry Watkins,
Elizabeth Cupp and Elizabeth Lump
kin. '
About 6:30 the guests began to
leave, each voting "little Miss Kath
arine" a charming little hostess.
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The Pierian Literary Society held
its weekly meeting on Friday, Oct. 15
The subject of the evening was a de
bate. The query was: Resolved: That
Wilson did more for his country than
Washington. ';
Affirmative: Irene Pierson, Emmie
Medford.
Negative: Jessie White, Annie Lee.
The judges were Miss Carrie Fuller
Mrs. Booth and Nina Cooper. They
decided in favor of the afflrmative.W.
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