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f.r -v. 4 ",. '(I f v ' 't'V'i . ....... i VOLUME XXX. OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1915 NUMBER 93 "If? "- !. . 1 ; : x 8 G:':3 G I? K " j5 E E 0) I II II II MM II I II Inl II I I XV ta. - COUNTY FAIR AWARDS LIST COMPLETED IN THIS ISSUE OF THE PUBLIC LEDGER Household Department 5 lb dried apples; $1; Mrs. A. J. Dickerson. Best exhibit canned goods; $10; Mrs. J. D. Brooks. Second $5; Mrs. J. T. Cozart Best peach pickles; $1; Miss Bessie Daniel. Best cucumber pickle; $1; Mrs. A. S. Kali. Best beet pickle; $1; Mrs. W. L. Currin. Best mixed pickle $1; Mrs. Lonnie Perkinson. Best chowchow; $1; Mrs. A. L. Capehart. Best pepper pickle; $1; Mrs. T. L. Booth. Best watermelon pickle; $1; Mrs. R. C. Watkras. Best catsup; $1; Mrs. T. L. Booth. Best apple jelly; $1; Mrs. A. L. Capehart. Best grape jelly, $1; Mrs. A. S. Frazier. Best jelly, any kind; $1; Mrs. A. L. Capehart. . Best single can fruit; $1; Mrs. T. L. Booth. Best single can preserves, $2; W. A. L. "Veasey. Best exhibit preserves; $8; Mrs. J. D. Brooks. Second $5; Mrs. W. W. Brum ' mitt. Best pound cake from Tripletts flour; 1 bbl. flour; Mrs. W. D. Bryan. Best cake from home made flour; $2.50; Miss Fannie Hester. Best lemon cake; $1.50; Miss Gray Yancey. Best chocolate cake; $1.50; Mrs. G. E. Cheatham. Best caramel cake; $1.50; Mrs. Ollie Turner. Best angel cake; $1.50; Mrs. Julia Cooper. Best devil cake; $1.50; Mrs. J. M. Blalock. Best decorated cake; $2.50; Mrs. H. G. Cooper. Best fruit cake; $6.00; Mrs. R. L. Brown. ' Best doughnuts-$l; Miss -Marie ....... SStftrlf .' - .-' ' '-:', V f; t pest, rea - cases $ ; lvirs. - u,: ? i . ;" Averette. .y";- . . V:V.- Best White cakel $1:50; MrsR.L.; v Brown. V ' V ;'-' v' Best loaf cake; $1;50; Miss Annie ' Fleming. Second $1; Miss Isabel Fleming. Best rolls; $1; Mrs. Elbert Crews. Second 50c; Mrs. W. Landis. Best buttermilk biscuit; $1; Mrs. T. L. Booth. Second 50c; Mrs. E. T. Allen. Best beaten biscuit; $1; Mrs. H. G. Cooper. Second 50c; Mrs. T. L. Booth. Best corn bread; 50c; Miss Nina Cooper. Best corn bread with eggs; $1; Mrs. T. J. Averette. Best lemon pie; $1; Mrs. T. L. Bocth. Best apple pie; $1; Mrs. R. L. Brown. Best custard pie; $1; Miss Hattie Harris. Best chess pie; $1; Mrs. T. J. Av erette. -- Best chocolate pie; $1; Mrs. T. L. Booth. Best fancy mixed candy; $1.50; Mrs. Birdie Ferrabow. Best chocolate fudge; $1; Miss Sara Cannady. Best divinity fudge; $1; Miss Ellen Brown. J Best mints; $1; Miss Carrie Fuller Best taffy; $1; Miss Hatttie Harris. Best vinegar; $1; Waterline Farm. Best lard; $2; Mrs. W. S. Daniel. Second $1; Miss Eugenia Can nady. Best molasses; $1; Mrs. T. W. Burch. Second 50c; Waterline Farm. v Best ham; $3; B. F. Hester. Best middling; $2; Mrs. J. T. Cozart. Second $1; Mrs. Fred Currin. Best pound butter; $1; Mrs. T. W. Burch. Second 50c; Mrs. W. E. Dolby. Best pint cream; $1; Mrs. S. A. Fleming. Second 50c; Mrs. W. E. Dolby. Best pint sweet milk; $1; Mrs. W. E. Dolby. Second 50c; Mrs. J. Y. Crews. Best butter milk; $1; Mrs. S. H. Fleming. Best dairy products; 50c; Mrs. W. ;E. Dolby. Best cottage cheese; $1; Miss Hat tie Harris. Best dozen egg (hen); $1; Miss Alline D. Wilkinson. Second 50c; Mrs. A. S. Frazier. Best laundry soap ; $1; Mrs. Tilden Barnett. Best shuck mat; $1; Mrs. W. W. "Brummitt. Best brooms; $1; Miss Eugenia Gannady. Needle Work . Best fancy handkerchief; $1; Mrs. H. G. Williams. (Concluded on page 3.) THE RECDPROCITY MEETING The One Day's Session Brings Life to Oxford The Seventh District of Civic workers, composed of Oxford, Hen derson, Weldon, Milton, Louisburg atnd a number of smaller ,town$ in the circle arrived in Oxford early Thursday morning and immediately entered upon their deliberations at the Lyon Memorial building. Vital questions engaged the atten tion of the convention throughout the day. Mrs. A. H. Powell presided at the morning session and Mrs. John Webb yielded the gavel during the afternoon. They are both competent presiding officers and are familiar with parlimentary rules. The body which assembled here is composed of womenly women, as sound in their deliberations as the rock of Gibralta. They came at a time when the semi-weekly pages of the Public Ledger were well filled, therefore the report in this issue is necessarily short. Suffice at this time to say the meeting was inspir ing and that the Oxford contingent did the handsome in entertaining and discussion. HUNTING WILD TURKEYS Mr. J. B. Powell Bags Fine Bird in North Granville Messrs. J. B. Powell, Cam Easton, Abner Garman and Sam Averette a rose early last We Iresdav morning and journeyed out to Gela sfcticn i. search of wild turkeys. They estab lished themselves in a blind and a waited the crack of day. The air wis crisp and with the appearance of the gray streak in the eastern hori zon an old turkey gobbler broke the deathly silence in the deep woodland. The hunters used a decoy whistle and led a fine gobbler and his mate to within shooting distance of the blind. The party knew that Mr. Powell was a deadly shot, and it was he who fir ed and brought down a" fine turkey hen. - Hester Local News (Correspondence of the Public Ledger) . : Mrs. S. A Fleming who has been ;nuinbr4gd with the. sicJ-lMiaid Mrs. - Kate Freeman is now fmaking her home with the family of Mrs. W. A. Hester. Mr. S." A. Fleming attended . the quarterly meeting at Mount Tabor, Saturday and Sunday. Mr. Thollie Gjeen left Monday for Watt's Hospital, Durham, to undergo am operation for appendicitis. Misses Isabel and Annie Fleming spent Wednesday in Durham. We are glad to know that Mr. Ernest Crews, the popular mail car rier on the Wilton route, is again able to resume his work, after a short illness. Mr. Leon Lyon has gone to City Point to work. Mr. Garland Bullock has accepted a position as clerk with I. W. Bul lock Co., Creedmoor. We are indeed sorry to hear of the illness of Mr. M. L. Winston, and hone that he will soon recover. Dr. Battle Bullock and family, Mrs. J. C. Pittard and Miss Camilla Pit tard were in Oxford Tuesday. Miss Ella Hall, our intermediate grade teacher, spent the week-end at her home near Knap-of-Reeds. An all day service was held at Bul lock's church Thursday. Presiding Elder Plyler, Rev. Jones of Oxford and Mr. Branton of Raleigh, being speakers of the day. Quite an interesting meeting was held in the school building Friday af ternoon, to discuss the wilt problem, Dr. Fulton of Raleigh, Y Dr. J. A. Morris, and Mr. Eugeaie . Moss all made short talks on the subject. Our teacher's report quite an inter esting meeting at Creedmoor Wed nesday. We hope these section meetings will continue. Popular Warehouseman There is no warehouseman in this section of the State better and more favorably known than Mr. Sam Wat kins proprietor of the old reliable Johnson Warehouse. Turn to his ad elsewhere in "this paper and, notice the sign over the door. Currin-Roycrof t 9 Mr. and Mrs. Henry Thomas Roy croft announces the marriage of their daughter, Lillian Clyde, to Mr. John Clay Currin on Thursday November the eleventh, nineteen hundred and fifteen, Creedmoor, North Carolina. At home after November twenty second, Creedmoor, North Carolina. Figures Tell the Tale By turning to page six of this pa per and reading the advertisement of the Owen Warehouse you will make no mistake should you drive in with a load. Capt. Fleming is on the job. No Evil Word C. D. Ray & Son speak well in their ad on page five when they advise people to say no evil- -speak no evil hear no evil. Rear; their adv. TRADE IN OXFORD WEEK CO-OPERATION IN EVERYTHING MEANS SUCCESS ALWAYS It is Estimated That There Yet Re mains Seven 3Iillion , Pounds of Tobacco to be Sold on the Oxford Market This Season, at Good Prices It Means That Prices Will Get Better Every Day From Now Until Christmas It Also Means That There W ill Be Some Money In Cir culation By Rights All This Mon ! ey Belongs in Granville., With the advance in prices on all grades of tobacco, placing Oxford at the head of the markets;, in this sec tion of the State for high averages, all Oxford (needs now is. to show the farmers what the merchants have in stock. Especially is this true if the L town is to keep pace as a trading cen ter. It is up to the business men to get together and induce' the people from the rural districts in this ter ritory to trade ' for at least a week and prove to them that the best town in this section of the State for the evervday shopper is Oxford. During these sevon davs the mer chants should make it an object to the buying. public in. ,the way of prices and assortment of goods. The occasion should, be known as "Shop in Oxford Wek." It would be a great opportunity . to demon strate what can be done by co-operation, because the shoppers will be able to buy anything and everything that they want f or some time to come. ' , , A score of merchants in Oxford by making special inducements in the way of goods and prices for this sale, and those in need pf anything from a dis:ipan to a complete outfit for the home, or from a pair of hose to a complete dress, or Clothing outfit, Fhoes and all, or ? from a pound of sugar to a big order of groceries, drugs, and novelties, would-be the means of turning many faces toward Oxford. i ,! Manv people may wonder why the merchants of Oxford are not united in a movement of this kiad, but the reason is simple when explained. Ox ford has-the best- stores of. any. town tiitMK5 '?Xe people of Oxford know this and the mer chants know it and the Public Ledger knows it But that is not enough. It is desirable that all the people of this secticn should knw it. As tated above, the price of tobac co is going up higher with every sale. The buyers and warehousemen pre dict that 10,000,000 pound will be sold on the Oxford market during this tobacco "season, leaving seven million pounds of the best tobacco yet to come to the market. That means a whole lot of money, and it should be remembered that it all be longs in Granville: county by rights. "TEACH ME TO READ" "I Can Read and Write My Name." Lessons 2 and 3. The first of the twelve lessons to be used in the moonlight school cam paign throughout the State was print ed mi the Public Ledger last week. Lesson No. 2, which follows, will be used next week. It is the desire of the Public Ledger to assist in every way that it can in this campaign, and the teachers and school workers are invited to make suggestions or ask for whatever help they feel that we can render. Lesson No. 2 write s I want to write. Can you teach me to write? Will you teach me to write? Will you write to me? I will write to you. TEACH ME TO WRITE (Writ ten by hand). Lesson No. 3 and my name I can read and write. I can read my name. " Will you write my name? I can write my name. I can read and write my name. I CAN READ AND WRITE MY NAME (Written by hand). A Nice Sweet Message What we consider one of the neat est and most pleasant commercial annoucements of the season is the one Mr. Mangum, proprietor of the Minor warehouse, addresses to the farmers elsewhere in this paper. Read ik He means every word he says, and you, like every one else shall be pleased. A Pretty Line Perkinson-Green Company have just received their last shipment of ladies and children's coat suits and long coats. The style, quality and price will appeal to you. We ask you to read their announcement, else where in this paper. , The Dean of the Market Elsewhere in this issue Mr. W. Z. Mitchell, proprietor of the Banner Warehouse, mafes a strong bid for the golden leaves. There is a strong market at the Banner. MAKING CHRISTMAS WHISKEY Officers Route Squad From South Side of Bowling Mountain Tuesday afternoon Chief Wheeler and Special Officer Hutchins left Ox ford in ample time to reach Bowling Mountain just as the evening shades were gathering about the summit. On reaching the foot of the mountain a deathly stillness pervaded the atmos phere, save the cooing of doves at Culbreth. The night was cool and clear and a streak of blue smoke, like a rainbow, attracted the atten tion of the lonely officers. They fol lowed the blue thread up into the mountain expecting to find at the end of it the proverbial bag of gold. 0n drawing nearer they discovered in the underbrush a live bed of coals, resembling a pot of gold mixed with diamonds. With drawm guns they drew nearer, expecting ever moment to meet resistance, but the challenge did not come. With hearts beating they drew still nearer and on reach ing the fire discovered that the block aders had made a hasty retreat. They took the still1 with them, but in their compassion they left a couple of gal lons of liquor for the officers and some sour mash. The officers are of the opinion that the blockaders set tled there the day previous and were getting ready when routed to make a big Christmas "run." SHERIFF HOBGOOD And Other Large Men of the County A few days ago a touring car came in over the National Highway, in which was seated a little man and a large handsome lady. While in conversation with them in front of the Court House the little man' :saw Sheriff Hobgood and re marked, with a nod of the head: "I see you have some handsome men down here." ' Yes, that's the high sheriff of Granville," we informed him. 'Well, sir, I have seen many Sheriffs in my day, but he is the most typical one I have ever seen. . He looks like a Senator, wonder how much he weighs?" "Two hundred and seventy-three pounds." "That's fine," chimed in the hand some woman, and nudging her hus band in the side remarked in a sub dued tone of voice: "William, lie is as large again as you are and I guess he could hold, you out at arm's length and not half try." The little man was game and he looked his wife straight in the face and remarked: "Sheriff or no sheriff, I will be blamed if I ever saw a man big enough to throttle me like that." Sheriff Hobgood is a large man in more ways than one, but he is not the heaviest man in Granville by a long shot. There is one man in the county that weighs 302 pounds, but he is sensitive about his weight and we are not permitted to use his name in this connection. However, there are others that make an ordinary man look small when they line up beside them. Capt. Vaiden, the cross-tie man, weighs 284; Fred Currin 290, Elam.Coley 292. THE PUBLIC LEDGER SIGN It Was Painted By Mr. Cleveland Moore Those who wish to see a handsome artistic sign can do so when they pass along by the post office and look east on Littlejohn street. It was painted by"Mr. Cleveland Moore, Ox ford's artistic sign painter and it bears the following inscription in large letters: 'PUBLIC LEDGER." The sign was put up in front of our office to direct our friends to the new home of the Public Ledger, where we trust many will visit us and make themselves at home. CROP IS A RECORD BREAKER Second Largest Corn Crop Ever Pro duced. The nation's corn crop his year, according to government reports sent out from Washington, was the most valuable ever grown. Based on prices paid farmers November 1st, it is worth nearly two billion dollars $1,913,025,000 in exact figures. In size it is second only to the record crop of 1912. The production was 3,090,509,000 bushels, 34,000,000 less than the country's previous big gest, crop. Granville Cotton Ginned We receive from the Department of - Commerce, Bureau of Census, Washington, the followmg through Mr. L. C. Wilkerson, of Stovall. who has kept an eye on the Granville cot ton crop: "The tabulation of the separate re turns from the ginners for the Nov ember 1 report shows your telegraph summary to be correct. There were 590 bales of cotton, counting round as half bales, ginned in Granville county, from the crop of 1915 prior to November 1, 1915, as compared with 604 bales ginned prior to Nov ember 1, 1314." SALE OF FAIR BONDS- - BETTER GET IN ON THE GROUND FLOOR A List of Those Who Have Secured Bonds More to Follow A Later Date for Holding the Fair is Sug gested. The Fair is over, and like its pre decessors, it has been a fine success. The management did all thy could to give the people of the county a Fair worthy of their support and en couragement. Mr. E. T. Crews, wl:o has been secretary for the past year, has shown to-the people of Granville that they could have as good a Fair as any one. He has labored faith fully for it and his efforts have been ably seconded by President Caldwell and the Board of Directors. They have all done well and deserve the plaudits of the ockholders and the people generally for their success. Now is the time for the plans to be laid for a bigger and a better Fair next year. We have this suggestion to offer concerning Friday. Let us mat-e Friday Education Day for Granville County and invite all the schools in session to meet here that day. togetbei with all the prospec tive teachers, school i-oiximitteemen, attendance offices and other friends of education, and form a parade at the court house and march to the Fair Grounds, led by the marshals and the band. We might further make the day more interesting by of fering the school children a reduc tion on admission tickets. Let the children come and seo what the coun ty is doing along ail lines, and no loubt this would spur many a father to make an evhibit so that his chil dren might see that he is standing in the frcnt ranks ,with others in his line of work. Th Public Ledger would also suggest that the date of the Fair be two weeks later." Another Suggestion which has been made by other friends of the Fair, is that a nice and attractive prize be offered to that townsthip of the Coun ty which makes the best exhibit, and then mark off a space-in the hall and allot it to the several townshios. This would be a fine ince itive to draw out good exhibits from the several sec tions cf the county Whatever w may do, let us resolve that we will join hands in trying to get more of the farmers of the county to take an interest in the Fair and bring to it an exhibit of the products of the farm. s explained in a previous issvi. of the Public Ledger there is a debt of. $2,000 on the Fair property estimat ed to be worth $6,000. Bonds in denomination of $25 se cured by first mortgage, 'carrying in terest at 6 per cent payable in two years, will be offered the puulic and friends of the Fair. Th Public ; edg-r herewith starts an honor roll of those who take the bonds and it will be added to as fast as the list grows: T. G. Currin, two bonds $ 50 C. D. Ray, two bonds 50 W T. Y-tncov, one bond 25 C. G. Daniel, one bond 25 J. F. Webb, two bonds 50 A. H. Powell, two bonds. 50 B. M. Caldwell, 20 bonds ..500 W. Z. Mitchell, 2 bonds 50 4 RECORD BREAKING THRONG Orpheum Theatre Packed and Jam med. More than nine hundred people during the afternoon and night wit nessed the first installment of the "Diamond from the Sky" at the Or pheum Theatre last Tuesday. Great throngs lined up in front of the Theatre during the evening perform ance awaiting their turn to enter. Nothing like it had ever before been seen in Oxford. In single file the line would have extended all the way up the street to Hamilton's Drug Store. Those who witnessed the in itial episode declare the serial the most entertaining play ever seen in Oxford. The play has a beautiful setting. It centers around a dia mond plucked from a meteor which fell to earth in James City County, Virginia, two hundred years ago. "The Diamond from the Sky" is a $20,000 prize photoplay. $10,000 was paid for the scenario, and now an other $10,000 is being offered for the best suggestion, in 1,000 words or less as a sequel to this remarkable picturized novel presented in fifteen chapters. ' Notice for Men No wonder that great crowds flock to Horner Bros. Co's. Store on Hillsboro street to fit themselves out for fall and winter. They purchased the large and magnificent stock of the Green-Hunt Company at about 60 cents on the dollar on wholesale and factory prices, and they are giv ing their customers the benefit of their sagacity. Look over the prices quoted in an ad elsewhere in. this paper. t I fa V" ! I i .:;H V
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