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, . 1- tf-tr ...... : - ... ' . ' -' . ' : - , . .: ' ; :.' - .-; " , - . . .. . . .. JooCt " ' " . -NUMBER 89 Cm.nirnmnlMP TnCFP A TASTE AND A SJIELt DUnNUl dehiumu intto TREES AXl lAivni iuujjix AXeW Agriculture, or Nature's Great est Engines ol iToauciioii, or htcs Xhat Work For Us. . frv,a Public Ledeer is, in receipt ofra irtter from Dr. J. Rusell ' Smith, Pro fessor of Industry, Wharton School, Tlniversity of Pennsylvania, Phila delphia. Dr. Smith is also president of the Northern Nut Growers' Assoc iation and he is in search of some rare specimens of nut bearing trees. Dr. Smith is sure that the specimen e is looking for exists in the Pied mont Section of North Carolina, and e goes so far as to intimate that the soil and climate conditions in Gran ville is ideal for the nut bearing trees. We take the liberty to publish a por tion of Dr. Smiths letter, as follows : "The most valuable land in the vorld is the Sahara Desert. It is made valuable by the date trees that cover every spot where enough wat er can be had to make them grow. land value comes because Xliu c man has there utilized the productive power of the tree, nature's greatest ngine of production. It is really remarkable that we have used trees so little to do our work for us. "An orchard of black walnuts, or shagbark hickories, or native hazels, or pecans, with trees as good as the best wild ones now growing would be very, very valuable. Why don't we have them? Merely because we haven't noticed and haven't thought. It is high time we caught up with the people of the desert. : "We happen to have a million good Baldwin apple trees, and another million good navel orange trees, be cause somebody took pains to tell a lout the original good wild trees that started the million. By budding and grafting, that one Baldwin apple tree has become the parent, of many mill ions. We know how to propagrate all the nut trees, and- can turn one hazel into , millions. $ut wnere are good shagbark or walnut or pecan or the suitable parent trees from -which to graft and bud? 1 '"' i !l "To help bring promising hilt' trees to light, and thus start a new indus try, the Northern Nut Growrers' As sociation is offering cash prizes of from $10 to $50 for the best trees" of black walnuts, butternuts,; shagbark pecans. Send a dozen nuts from the best nut tree of any kind that tou know of to Dr. W. . Deming, Secre tary of the Northern Nut Growers' Association, George town, Conn! , and ask for particulars of .the prizes and rules of the contest." . ;J We hope some of our readers will get these prizes, for there ;are some very fine nuts produced in the ter ritory the 'Public Ledger covers. THE OXFORD ORPHANAGE- f Children Go Out Into the World : to Adorn High Places' :': ' ..:' Some idea of the good work being accomplished at the Oxford Orphan age is gained from a few facts recent ly published. Nineteen of the girls who have left the Institution during the past ten years are now teaching in the schools of the State; three more who taught several years are married; twelve are studying in high er schools; eleven others are in dif ferent hospitals preparing to be train ed nurses, while five graduate nurses are at work or have homes of their own. One boy is a Methodist preach er, one a lawyer, four are telegraph operators, one being in -the office of Assistant Superintendent of the Wes tern Union, in New York City. Num bers of others are in their own or foster homes, and at work, living ex emplary; Christian lives a credit to tne communities in which they live to say nothing of the large number no left the Institution prior to ten years ago, many of whom are occupy ing prominent positions in -religious, Professional or business" life. , THE OXFORD POSTOFFICE A Slight Increase of Business Over Last Year Assistant Postmaster Henry Critch foJas that the receipts at the Oxr lord Postoffice during September and 2?ber shows a decided Increase in ousiness over the same-period last year. Mr. Critcher says there! has w a steady decrease in foreign onsmesg since the breaking ou'tvof the an Pean war He related an in dS 1 ere he" issued, a money or c? Wilmern Russia during De ember last, and in tracing the order e leamed.that it .was not paid until 1WU ne during its long delay the Si? t0 to which it was sent, eu lato the hands of the Germans. tiXl was filally cashed and the ignt party received the money. ' 1 ' - A ' . ; . . .. " , . . , '. '-v M 1 , , '- on l' VvY Cozart of Creedmoolr was a the Oxford market Friday. ; J . i twu and Mrs' Parrot of Wilton . . on ere in Oxford Wednesday A TASTE AND A S3D3LIi How the Tobacco Men Act at a Big Break While following the sales last week an old friend stepped, up to our side and remarked that it always amused him to watch the warehousemen, auc tioneers and buyers. "In what particular?" we inquired. "Well, I will tell you," said he. "Without exception, Mr. Z. W. Lyon, was the best judge of tobacco I ever saw. I have watched him buy and sell millions of pounds of tobacco and I cannot recall that I ever say him take up a pound of the weed and press it to his nose." While talking to our old' friend he ran his hand down into his pocket and fished out a silver dollar. "Now, listen," said he, "if you follow the sales all day and see Col. Ballou pick up a leaf of , tobacco and smell it, the dollar is yours." To satisfy our curiosity we watch ed Colonel Ballou all that day and the next, and we are yet to see him touch a bunch of tobacco on the warehouse .floor, and it is a well known fact that he is the largest buy er on the market. Following up our research we no ticed that one buyer always spreads the leaf and apply it to his nose; oth ers simply feel the texture without even smelling or looking Vat it. It is a noticable fact that Col. Bal lou, who 'never touches the tobacco on the warehouse floor, is generally seen with a big black Habanna cigar in his mouth, while those who de pend upon smell and touch seldom smoke at all.- - Our greatest surprise was to find the comparative ease in which some of the warehousemen and auctioneers conduct a big sale, .while others ac complish the same end with a flurry. At any rate, it always looked to us that a big break is calculated to test the nerves of the best of us. PROF. WEBB REMEMBERED Faithful Service Won for Him a v -. ', : v Handsome Watch Among! the many nice things to transpire Muring the closing hours of the CoUj$y Fair, was the presentation of a , handsome watch;to Prof.- J. Ff Webb by the Board. Vdf Directors of the Granville County Agricultural Association- Gen, B. . S. Royster in presenting the token in graceful style told of Prof Webb's long and faith ful service asu the first secretary of the Fair for which he never charged a cent.' r. , iWe i never saw, a token fit the man re'::aerjlflhan does the watch browed ;up6nVProf. Webb by those who learned "to; recognize his worth. Trie same faithfulness is displayed in his enereies to " build ud the public school system Of Granvillecounty, HIGHCIiASS SHOWS - .- - . V " - i - - The Best Companies do Not , Appeal . . to the Oxford PeopleN 4 It must be a great disappointment to Harris ,& Crews,, managers of the Orpheum Theatre, to see so little in terest manifested in high'-class shows Just as the Public Ledger remarked a; few days ago, the majority of the Oxford people are slow to patronize .real merit. The J S ladies; orchestra from the Chicago" Art Cbhservatory at the Orpheum last Monday night, one of the best , musical organizations on the road, was poorly attended, and the': same can; be said of "Within thy LjgLW." a melo-drama presented Wednesday night. However, there are plenty of shows on the road that the management could secure- that would fill pit and gallery, but Harris &' Crews are determined to present only high class shows and pictures or none at all.' ' - Capt.v Abiier D. Peace Cap t. Abner JD. P6ace whose death on the fifteenth-' instant at Creedmoor was chroniclev in the Public Ledger was the son of William K. Peace liv ing near Mt Energy. He was fine looking; tall and handsome but never married, had no sisters but six bro thers, one of whom was the late Capt. Alexander S. Peace. : Three brothers survive him : Vassar Peace of Creedmoor, Sam; Peace of Sylla cauga, Ala:,v Wesley Peace of Jack sonville, -Texas., :':'..;.y :: ' "vi Granville ; Superior Court The Granville' County Superior Court will convene Monday, Novem ber. 15th, with Judge Oliver H. Allen, presiding. - This reminds us that the several Justices of the Peace of Gran ville should, get busy and make out their reports and file them with Judge Cam Hunt, Clerk of the Court, and this should be done some days previous to court week. . .r . " They're Coining In The Oxford tobacco market is drawing largely from the, Durham and Henderson territories. , The high averages for the-past few week is do ing5 the work. New and; satisfied f acs from the" adjoining ' cbUnties is notteedroh:-tiL8'ioarut daily-: ' . , t. .-: - . ' ' '- ' ' THE -WAR THE ALLIES -WILL DIRECT EV ERY ENERGY TO WEAR OUT THE GERMANS ; - Military Strategists Say That Ger man's Loss in Blood and Bone Will Put Her Out of the Fight In a Year at ' Most--The German Army Will Get Smaller All the Time While Allied' Armies Will Get Bigger. How the Armies Face Each Other In the west 1,5 0 0,000 Germans face 2,000,000 French, 750,000 Brit ish and 100,000 Belgians. In the east 1500,000 Russians face 1,500,000 Germans and 1,000, 000 Austrians. In the south 500,000 Austrians face 750,000 Italians and 150,000 Serbians. ' In the Dardanelles 150,000 Turks face 350,000 ( British and French troops. Military strategists claim to know what is the chief aim of each side. Briefly, this is what Teuton and Ally hope to do to finish the war: The Allies will direct every energy to wear out the Germans. They say Germany's loss in blood1 and bone will put her out of it in a year. The Al lies' purpose from how on will be to make the Germans: fighV and lose men all the time and ' k4ep themselves from being decisiveel-. whipped. . The G ermans- know-' this. - , Their strategy, which has been forced up on .them, is this : . To try to whip one enemy nation at a time thoroughly, !so" thatrthat couiitry will "be compell to ask peace or he- so Weakened as to be harmless. . Inrthe meanwhile, the Teutons will try r to break out of their iron ring towhere they can get more men for their armies, - sThey hope to get . supplies of blood and bone in Turkey, Asia Minor, Egypt and India.- i: If they can' do neither, they are defeated. v: -f--' -'' , s Summer oi;'l ft Crisis. Their armies will get; smaller all the time while, the allied armies will get bigger. .; It's all a case of blood and bone The allies have nearly three times as much blood and bone to feed to their cannon as the Teutons have. -: This problem in human' flesh and arithmetic makes the summer of 1916 as the crisis in this colossal struggle. ... It's a three5 toVone bet, with the odds against te Teutons. For the Jonger Germany fights the smaller her. armies; become and the larger be comes the fighting: forces of the allies in comparison. : And, if the losses on both sides are as heavy in . the second year-1 of the war -as in the firstr when each side lost approximitely: " 5,000,000 men permanently rthere are not- enough lives in Germany, Austria, Turkey or Bulgaria to keep up a real fight long er than net summer against ther gap filling millions of men. Weight Against Germans At the end of the second year of war next August, Germany will have approximately only 3,500,000 men to fave 7,000,000 iOf the allies. ; (These figures of course are based oh belief that- the: losses of the sec ond year will equal, if not exceed,; those of the first.) The permanent losses of the allies in the first year of the fighting were some thousands over 5, 00 0,0 00. Their field armies today total practically the same. ' Figuring that 5,000,t)00 more men will have been lost by Aug. 1, 1916, the allies will still have 7, 000,000, which is the number of re serves .which the allies can easily fig ure on having in the field," fully train ed and armed, by that time. That is unless Germany has soundly and fin ally whipped one or more of them in the ' meanwhile. . The . permanent losses of the Teu tons are' also oyer 5,000,000. The Teutons now have 4,500,000 in the field. And theyi had 12,000,000 men available in 19i4. Assuming; that their losses : will equal those of the first year their total losses at tne end of two years would be 9,500,000. Subtractimg this from the original available forces in 1914, Jt will tie found that 2,500,000 men will be left next August. .' . . : - s: 4 Population to Decide Figuring that this numbefwill be increased by 1,000,000 when the con tingent of conscripts for 1917 takes the field, the Germans will have but 3,500,000 men to face the 7,000,000 of the Allies. ; - vAs it is calculated that it will take 1,500,000: to hold the" lines in the west and 500,000 to handle Italy. and Serbia,' only 1,500,000 are left to face the Russians..;. ':" " "' ,:. . ;: ; . , A country's war 'strength: in : men jnay be determined .by.: taking, one tentn of its population r . The total population of the entente THE NEW OLD ROAD Some Splendid Work on Highway . East of Dickersonv We heard so many compliments in the past f eww days bestowed on the public road but beyond Dickerson station that we took it upon our selves to visit the scene Thursday and look it over. , Beginning at Dickerson and con tinuing east for three miles, passing the Tiome of Messrs. D." Y. Hunt, E. C. Harris, James Renn, Arthur Cur rin and ohters,. coming out at home place of Mr. Herbert Crews, is now one of the. best and 'most scenic roads in the county. This stretch of road up to five weeks ago was almost im passable, at which time Chairman Breedlove withdrew the. road force from Creedmoor section with the a vowed purpose of getting it in better shape, and to appreciate what -has been done in so short a time one must take in account the many de tails confronting Mr. Breedlove and the road force. Ton upon ton ;of stone was blasted out in order to se cure a twenty-foot stretch across - the country to the "Vance line; many, ex cavations as high as a man's" nead had to be made; new bridges and cul verts had to be installed and the tall embankments were made permanent with stone. . In its completed condi tion it reminds one of the splendid stretch of road on the . Oxford-Henderson highwayy immediately east of the Vance line. " : ; The residents along the new and modern highway are highly pleased with the work. They will now be able to reach Oxford in all kind of weather. The cry is, "Hat& off to Commis sioner Breedlove and Capt.: Jones of the road force." - " Some other road work, in the vic inity ef Dickerson section wa&; also completed by the road force this week, after which the force returned to the Creedmoor section. BETTER GRADES COMING IN The Oxford Tobacco Market Leads the State 1 The Public Ledger was very sure that .the , Oxford. Tobacco market fwould ; so . far -advance as to put it ahead of all the markets of the State, This has been the case 'in . former years and it is the case now. , Prices have steadily climed since the open ing day and all grades are: selling very well. v e met Senator Titus Currin, one of the truest and best men in Granville, a splendid f armer. and a man thoroughly posted in to bacco, and he told us that while to bacco was selling much better on the rOxford market the farmers by no means were getting rich at the busi ness. "There is some good tobacco in the county," said Senator Currin, "and when that is put upon the floor you will hear of some real' good prices." .... Tobacco on the Oxford market dur ing the past few days has sold any where from two to fifty-eight cents. Farmers tell us that they are holding back their better grades until next month. A great many of the tobac co growers have not sold any tobacco this season at all. ' Now since the farmers .have learn ed to their satisfaction that the Ox ford market is the best in the State they are-coming in greater numbers. - THE NATIONAL GUARD The Granville Grays to Be Inspected -r:--' in November (v ' Orders have been' issued from the office of Adjutant-General Laurence Young for Sergent John Holman, U. S.A., instructor in the North Caro lina National Guard, to proceed with instructions beginning November , 1- The program outlined inthe order is as follower - .Company (F, Third Regiment, No vember 1-6, Franklinton; . Company D, Louisburg, . November 8-1 3 ; Com pany C, Henderson, November 15-20 Company E, Oxford, November 22-27 Company H, Warrenton, .'November 29, December '4. " The Crysanthemnin Show i The ladies are happy, an so is ev ery one " who visits the .chrysanthe mum show now in progress in the Brown building. i. The. price of ad mission is only ten cents : and it .: is well worth the money to see the fine flowers. Luncheon and supper will be served this Friday and the- menu is very tempting oysters; barbecue, turkey wih cranberry sauce, chicken salad, cream,; cake and coffee -fit for a king, and everything is so nice. nations is 340,984,000. The central powers have : a total ' population of 120,083,000, including Bulgaria. It will be readily seen therefore, that the allies can eventually put three times as many men in the. field as can the Teutons. v V I - Besides, were the' war! to last five years, Russia alone could be. depend- ed upon to put 3,000,000 men in the field each year, while Geraiany..canr not much more than equal that num ber as the thirdyear ofr the m conflict wiir begin: " TWO THINGS WE NEED A FARM LDFE SCHOOL AND A NEW COURT HOUSE Both Will Cost Some Money, But Nothing is Too Good for Old .. Granville. It seems to the Public Ledger that there are two things that Granville stands greatly, in need of. One is an up-to-date Farm Life School located in some central farming portion of the' county, and we may add that Enon is the exact geographical center and in many ways well adapted for such a school. Another is a modern and up-to-date Court House. Both will cost money but nothing is too good for; Granville. The Court House belongs to no one political party or to anyone section of the countjbut all the peo ple in all parts of the county. It ought to be a building convenient in every way and so modern in appoint ments as to give the people a right to be proud of the one building in the whole county, which everjr .man, 'wo man and child has a right to use as their own. Granville with her 316,- 018 acres of land, certainly needs a farm life school so that her 1 people may be taught to make the very best use of the thousands of idle fertile acres. Granville county people should realize that, for everyrdoliaf hey will put in a farm life, school the State of North Carolina will .puV'in a dollar. . In this way the people of the county can get a dollar by expending one. Mind you, all of these dollars would be spent in Granville. Progressive farmers, why don't you look into the matter of a farm life school and start the agitation? The Farmer's Union folks in the county ought to, take the lead- . ... . , ; -; - EIGHT STATES VOTE TUESDAY Voters in Three States of More Than 20,000,000 Will Ballot on Wo man Sufli-age. Eight States, New York, Massa chusetts, Maryland New Jersey,: Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Ohio, and Mississippi, will hold elections on Tuesday, November 2nd. k In four of these states, Massachu setts, Maryland, Kentucky and Miss issippi, governors are to be elected; 4n six states, Newr York, Massachu setts, Maryland, New Jersey, Ken tucky and Mississippi the state legis latures in whole or in part, are to be elected, and in five stdtes, New York, Massachusetts, Maryland, Pennsyl vania and Ohio, important constitu tional issues are to be decided. With a few local exceptions, in fact these constitutional questions will be the dominant issues on election day, including as they do such f undamen tal matters as woman suffrage, muni cipal home rule, prohibition, state in come taxes, referendum plans and sonie lesser reforms. ' V The importance of this is indicat ed by the fact that, in point of popu-' lation, the states of New York Penn sylvania and Massachusetts, which will vote on suffrage November 2nd, include over 20,000,000 people a fifth of the population of the entire United States and these 20,000,000 are practically, double the population of the states in which equal suffrage lias as yet been fully achieved: . :; -,u;V Young r Man Dead s Mr. J. Carlton Coley, the popular son of Mr.' and; Mrs. J. E. Coley, of , Northside, died Tuesday after a ling-y ering illness of several months. The ' burial services were conducted Wed nesday, by the Woodmen, of which, he was li, member. The deceased was a barber by trade and held positions in various cities until he was forced by bad health to give up the work, f : The deceased at one time worked t in Mr W. R. Trogdon's barber shop here, and Mr. Trogdon states that he . was one of the finest young men' he ever knew. -: " ' -i . ' '.. . The Pierian literary Society The Pierian Literary Society held its weekly meeting Friday, October 22, 1915. The roll was called and it had been requested that-all the mem bers respond with current events . re-:. lating to science. Edison was the sub- v ject for. the afternoon. Isabel Nor- -wood read a paper on his life. Mar garette Pendelton read; of one of his latest inventions." - Treaya Gorman played a solo. ' "-'m-'. ' NOTIoiri - ' " VLadies I wish to:, announce . that I- will be in your town Saturday morn ing Oct. 30th -at Exchange Hotel, with a full line of Woolens and fash ions for the Fall season, and will take orders. Those thai - wish . . to have their Suits made will call and inspect the hew fabrics.. .I give -you- reference .if required.' .Don't, miss this, opportunity. I assure you to get your tailored ; suit : cheaper than ready made.- k 1AUL JIAOTKY, La- ; dies-Tailor, Richmond, Va. , : 2 7-2tx - i 1 - ! V 1". i -
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