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VOLUME XXX.
OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24.1.915
NUMBER 06
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PREPAREDNESS
HOUSE LEADER AGAINST THE
ADMINISTRATION
fTalk of a Continental Army of One
Million and Five Hundred Thous
and Behind This Line it is Pro
posed to Have a Battery of 1,000,
000 Trained Men.
Kitchen Against Administration
Representative Claude Kitchen,
majority leader of the House, who
opposes the Administration National
defense program, has declared to a
constituent his belief that it will suc
ceed by an "overwhelming majority."
To Mr. Charles L. Coon, of Wilson,
the majority leader says:
"I shall oppose the big Army and
Navy program with all the earnest
ness and power I possess. However,
my fear is that the President will
push it through by an overwhelming
majority. In the first place, practi
cally all the Republicans will vote
for it. In the second place, although
I know that the convictions of four
fifths of the Democrats are opposed
to it, many of them I fear a large
majority will fling away their con
victions on this question to please the
President and do his will, as I have
seen them do it on two or three oc
casions before'
Representative Kitchin declares
that the program "at one bound, in
one year, increases our naval appro
priation more than our total increase
for the last 14 years: more than the
increase by Germany the whole 15
years preceding the European war,
and more than the combined in
crease of all the Nations of the world
in any one year of heir history."
The Public Ledger respects Mr.
Kitchin's convictions, but there is
such a thing as an honorable surren
der of convictions and we prefer to
believe that there are some Demo
crats strong enough in character to
alter their convictions.
The Administration
According to a poll of Congress on
the question of support for the Ad
ministration's program of adequate
navy and army preparedness, Presi
dent Wilson stands on safe ground.
25 Senators and 123 Representatives
have made answer. Out of this num
ber only one Democratic Senator and
10 Representatives take open stand
against the President. It is given
out that of the Senators who will sup
port the Administration 16 are Re
publicans, seven are Democrats and
one is a Progressive, in the lower
house the members for preparedness
are made up of 78 Republicans, 32
Democrats and three Progressives.
All those who are listed as against
preparedness are Democrats. Pomer
ene is the Democratic Senator who is
opposed to the Administration's plan
Congressman Kitchen, the opposition
Democrat from North Carolina, has
the company of Witherspoon of Mis
sissippi, who is a member of the Na
val Committee, and Keating of Col
orado. But it must be remembered
that some Congressmen have not yet
elected to announce their stand. Nei
ther Senator Simmons nor Senator
Overman is included in the list of
those who have made reply, but
there is no doubt of their support be
ing given to the President at the pro
per time.
Our Continental Army
The immediate publication of the
report of the Army General Staff on
the country's military needs, differ
ing materially from the Administra
tion's continental Army scheme, will
oe urged upon President Wilson by
Secretary Garrison The General
staff's report, it is understood, recom
mends increasing the regular Army
to 250,000 men; permanently with
yrtCClors' and with reserves of 300.
00 fully trained men to fill gaps in
tnis force. Behind this l?ne it is pro
Posed to have a force of 1,000,000
men with at least a year!s training,
l IISF the country an army of about
MQO.OOO men, fully equipped and
easily mobilized. No synopsis of the
report has been given out and details
are -not available.
The administration plan was pre
pared by Secretary ' Garrison and a
fecial board of officers and oificials
aner careful scrutiny of the staff re
port, it WaS decided that the staff
vfrtP0 s were so radical that there
virtually was no hope of getting Con
off i i enact tnem- Various un
imi estimates have placed the cost
ill0 d at more than twice that of
continental Army scheme which
ouid reach a total of $500,000,000
in six years.
rwh-e !taff estimates, it is reported,
a oiii- takes at least a year to make
a soidler fit to join the fighting line.
wJAntlnental Army program con-tra-
s only six months of hard
ear ngV distributed through three
thT was adPted to diminish
of T?Pense a'nd yet Produce a force
strm!i1ZAen soldiers nearly 1,000,000
creL1? suPPrt the regulars, in
fronf H to approximately, 142,000
the 103,000 now in the service.
that i e Public LedSer believes
theipcJ iis contagious, we never
aU lir. Delieve in preparedness along
unes of human endeavor.
CARE OF FEMALE PRISONERS
The Grand Jury Recommends An Ad
ditional Room at the Jail
The report of the Grand Jury of
the present term of Granville County
Superior Court was one of the best
and wisest reports of ,the kind we
have read in many a day. One sen
tence alone carries a deep signifi
cance: 'We recommend and insist
that the Commissioners add addition
al cells in the jail ill' order that the
white and colored female prisoners
can be kept separate."
The Public Ledger has fought for
this very thing, and now that the
Grand Jury comes to the rescue we
may be thankful. On our first visit
to the county jail two or three years
ago we recognized the necessity of
additional rooms. It is a violation
of the law to lock a white man and a
negro in the same cell and it is still
a greater crime to lock a white wo
man and a negro woman in the same
cell.
J udge Allen noted the importance
of the recommendations of the Grand
Jury and he ordered that a copy be
sent to the County Commissioners
and to the next Grand Jury following.
The Grand Jury further finds that
the roof of the court house leaks and
recommend that it be repaired or a
new roof put, on at once. It does
one's heart good to read such a
straight forward report as was
handed in by the Grand Jury.
They were moved by a humanitarian
and business sense, and when they
say that they found the Home for the
Aged and Infirm in excellent condi
tion we are prepared to believe them.
They were sent cm. a mission to in
vestigate the conditions of the county
and they reported their findings with
out fear or favor. Hats off to the
re tiriny Grand Jury. ,,
DAN CDPID CUTS CAPERS
A POPULAR OXFORD COUPLE
STEAL MARCH
Mr. John W. Hester and Miss Pearl
Lakel Were Married Whole Month
Before the Union Was Made Public
A genuine surprise was sprung in
this community Saturday morning
when it was learned that Mr. John
W. Hester and Miss Pearl Lakel were
married a month ago in Raleigh. The
public ' was aware that Mr. Hester
had met his affinity a couple of years
or more ago, and while the announ
cement of the wedding was daHy ex
pected, no one for a moment thought
that Cupid would cut such awful
capers. It would have been such a
pleasure to have pouaided the couple
with old shoes and rice.
The ceremony was performed in
Raleigh on October , 21 at the home
of C. E. Mcintosh, cheif clerk to
State Superintendent of Public In
struction J. Y. Joyner. Rev. L. S.
Massey, editor of the Christian Ad
vocate and former pastor of the Ox
ford Methodist church, officiated. By
choice the marriage was to be kept
a secret till early spring, but the ro
mantic story leaked out. The. bride
is the daughter of Samuel Lakel, of
Addison, Pa., but has been a resident
of Oxford for the past three years.
She lived with her ssster Mrs. N. N.
Cupp. She is a woman of splendid
accomplishments, and has endeared
herself to Oxford social life. She
has demonstrated her ability to keep
a secret, just the kind of a wife a
lawyer should have
Mr. Hester is an able member of
the Oxford bar. b.'ing associated .with
lion. D. G. Brummitt. He s a grad
uate of the University and received
his law training in that institution.
He was once' an instructor in Oak
Ridge Institute and his ability as an
educator is m ne the lesq r..al than
his ability as a lawyer.
The newly wedded couple at this
writing is off on a bridal tour.
THE WEEK IN DURHAM
Bargains and Free Tickets Will Draw
the Crowd.
The big refunding sale at Durham
is on to the full this week. The
merchants have planned to give free
round trip tickets to all customers
who visit Durham during the week
and make a purchase sufficient to
justify a refund equivoletnt to miles
traveled. Those who intend going to
Durham from this section would do
well to turn to the third page of this
paper and read the ad of Kronheimer
This old reliable firm will treat you
all right.
Card of Thanks
To our neighbors and friends in
this, and adjoining communities, in
Durham, Oxford, P.uIIocks, Clarks
ville, Virgilina, Kichuiond and else
where, we wish to express our sincere
appreciation for their kind manifesta
tions of sympathy in the sudden tak
ing away of .our dear brother. Es
pecially would we wish to thank the
railroad officials and employees in At
lanta, where I met the remains, and
at every station on the Jine where
there was. shown such kind consider
ation for our sorrow. J. H. Gooch.
TOBACCO SALES
ALL
GRADES SHOW IMPROVE
MENT IN PRICES
The Oxford Market During December
Will Handle a Lot of the Better
Grades. f
Farmers have been marketing to
bacco very gradually during this
month and none of the markets. have
had unusually heavy breaks. Prices
have stiffened up some recently and
are now from $1 to $3 better than
they were a couple of weeks and more
ago. The advance on bright lugs has
been greatest, but all grades have
shared to some extent in the improve
ment in prices. Oxford is selling a
fair share of the weed and stands
high with farmers on prices in com
parison with other markets.
The farmers, warehousemen,' and
buyers tell the Publiie Ledger that
December is to be the banner sales
month of the season. Some of those
in close touch with conditions esti
mate that the Oxford market will
handle two million pounds during
December.
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Dispiration
The recent sales at the Banner
Warehouse is nothing short ef an in
spiration. Turn to the second page
of this paper and note some of the
names of those picked at random.
No Sales Thanksgiving Day
There will be no sales at any of
the Oxford Warehouses on Thanks
giving Day. Farmers desiring to
bring tobacco to (the market on that
day will find the I driveway open. The
regular Friday sale will, however be
held.
Figures Talk
The state of the market was well re
flected in the sale at ' the Johnson
Warehouse Monday. There was 40,
036 pounds sold at the old reliable,
which totaled $6,311.46. The John
son will have the third sale Friday. ,
The Farmers Warehouse
Mr. B. E. Parham, proprietor of
the Farmers Warehouse, is having
phenomenal sales these days. On
Friday last the average of all sold on
the floor at the Farmers' was a frac
tion over $ 17.85', and there , must
have been at least 35,000 or 40,000
pounds on the floor.. The two sales
so far this week sustains the enviable
reputation of Mr. Parham and the
Farmers Warehouse.
According to Mr. Parhams' state
ment' on the back page of this paper
the Farmers Warehouse leads for
high averages in this section: of the
State.
REAL ESTATE GOES BEGGING
The Ancient and Honorable Gregory
Home Place Bid In.
Saturday did not seem to be a good
day for ail aucticai sale, judging by
the small attendance and the low bids
placed on the magnificent old home
place of the Gregorys in north Gran
ville. The property, consisting" of
numerous houess in good repair and
three hundred acres of land, was
first offered in two separate parts. In
this shape no bid was placed. When
put up as a whole it was bid in .by
Mr. Gregory at $12.50 per acre.
The property lays close to the Na
tional Highway some six or seven
miles north of Oxford and ' many
regarded it as worth ten thousand
dollars, but for some reason the color
of the money did not appear. , The
fact that the property did not bring
anything like what it is worth is no
sign that real estate in Granville is
on the decline. The only way that
we can account for the insignificant
pnee offered for the property is that
the right man did not appear on tho
scene at the right time. With so
many Northern men finding their way
to Granville, the property will some
day bring its true worth.
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INTERESTING PROGRAM
Preaching, Music, Oysters and Other
Refreshments.
The observance of Thanksgiving at
Stovall will be as follows:
Wednesday afternoon, November
24, Thanksgiving exercise "by the
school at the school house.
Thursday November 25 th, Thanks
giving service at the Presbyterian
church at 11 o'clock with special
music by the Mountain Creek choir.
Thursday afternoon, at 3 o'clock a
basket ball game will be played by
the girls at the basket ball court.
Thursday evening from 6 to 10 o'
clock oysters and other refreshments
will be served in the Dickerson build
ing for the benefit of the school.
The public is cordially; invited to
attend all of the exercises.
SINGING CLASS .
' The Singing Class of the Oxford
Orphanage will give a concert in the
auditorium at the Graded School
building Friday night beginning at
7:30 o'clock p. m. The Singing Class
gives one of the best entertainments
that come this way.
MR. RAWLINS LAID TO REST
Sorrowful Friends Pay Last Tribute
of Respect.
The funeral and burial services
over the remains of Mr. E. T. Rawlins
Sfaturday morning was a sad hour in
this, community. The Bap tiist-church
of which the deceased was a devout
member, was filled with sorrowful
friends. Dr. G. T. Lumpkin, who
preached the funeral, read David's
psalm: "The Lord, is My Shepherd
and I shall not want." In eulogizing
the Christian virtues of the deceased,
he reminded the congregation that
Mr. Rawlins made it a rule of life
never to speak ; evil of any one, and
that if he could not speak a good
word he preferred to keep his own
council.
The Oxford Lodge of Odd Fellows,
of which the deceased was an honor
ed past grand, had charge of the re
mains. The services at the grave, in
Elmwood, was solemn aoid impressive
The floral offerings were profuse
and beautiful, testifying to the es
teem in which the -deceased and the
family is held in this community and
elsewhere.
The pall beraers, selected from
the Odd Fellows, moved to Elmwood
Cemetery in the following order:
Active Messrs. W. H. Hunt, J. J.
Medford, Jack Haskins, A. H. Powell,
W. A. McFarland, H. G. Corper.
Flower bearers Messrs. J. G- Hall,
W. T. Long, Cam Easton, W. Z.
Mitchell. E. T. White, John Webb, S.
H. Cannady, H. T. R-oberts, C. D. Ray,
J. D. Brooks, N. H. Cannady, J. M.
Beard, J. A. Taylor, T. W. Winston,
R. L. Brown, Mr. Peebles, of Vance.
Several relations of the deceased
from Vance county and Virginia were
present.
CHAIN GANG FOR OXFORD
LET THE TOWN EMPLOY
CONVICTS
THE
Twelve Strong Men. .Were Convicted
Last Week and Sent to Roads Out
side of Granville County.
x At a former term of Gramville Su
perior court, at which time Judge
Allen sent fourteen prisoners to the
Person county roads,; it was suggest
ed that Granville start a chain-gang
and employ the prisoners on the
roads of the county. This question
was debated at some length and it
was finally decided that the county
realizes more for the hire ot the con
victs than if they were employed by
the county. It was estimated by
some at the time of the discussion
that it would require at least twenty
or thirty convicts to break even; or.
in other words, that it would not re
quire any more guards to watch
thirty convicts than it would a dozen
or fifteen. It was estimated by some
that thirty-five or forty prisoners
would be a paying proposition if
placed on the roads of Granville.
With the twelve convictions last
week, Perscn county must now have
at least forty Granville county, pris
oners at work on their roads. They
are building some fine roads in Per
son with Granville county convicts.
It is reasonable to suppose that what
can be dene in Person can be dome
in Granville.s . "
. The Public Ledger is of the opinion
that it would . be a good and wise
plan to start a chain-gang and em
ploy the convicts of the county on the
roads. This proposition is met with
the assertion that t a ire wi'l be few
r sentences in the future. But let
us see about that. From the large
number of prisoners sen5- to the roads
by Judge Allen, it might occur to
some that His Honor is a severe
judge, but such is not the case he
is one of the most lenient judges in
the State and there is not a single in
stance in Granville county where he
administered the full extent of the
law. A Judge who is known to in
flict the fullest extent of the law will
follpw Judge Allen at the next term
of 'court; therefore, the number of
convicts is not likely to decrease.
If the county cannot see its way
clear to handle the convicts on the
public roads of the county, it would
not be a bad plan to pick out a dozen
good strong fellows and put them .to
work on the streets of Oxford. Some
of the Town Commissioners are in
favor of such a plan. Street Foreman
Olobgood states that hevould handle
a dozen convicts to advantage, we
heartily approve of any plan that will
keep the convicts of the county at
home. Their presence, with chain
dangling from their legs, would have
a tendency to teach others to respect,
the law. At the same time we be
lieve they would better serve the in
terests of the county from a financial
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Do Your Eyes Trouble Yon?
If you ha eye trouble or head
aches, don't fail to consult Dr. N.
Rosenstein, the Optometrist of Dur
ham, next Tuesday, Novembebr 23rd,
stopping at the Exchange Hotel in
Oxford for the purpose of examining
eyes and fitting glasses. . - dr
THE CRUEL WAR
A COLD WINTER FACES THE
ARMIES OF EUROPE
Military Writers Assert That the Ger
man Army is Better Clothed and
Fed Than That of the Allies--Very
Little Authentic News Comes
Through the Sieve.
With the German fighting machine
sweeping the earth in every direction
the world has begun to ask what will
become of the King of Great Britaiu,
Defender of the Faith and Emperor
of India?
All that we are permitted to know
at this distance is that Germany , is
holding England and France with one
hand arid threshing Russia with the
other. As the crowning event of a
summer campaign, Germany has
brought Bulgaria over to her side and
set the splendid Bulgarian army in
motion, which seems to preclude all
hopes of the Allies reaching Constan-,
iinople. These great achievements
are due to the collective organization
of the German Empire and its Na
tional tam work.
It is iven oit in London that the
Germans are stiff ereing. for food, but
this is vigorqusly denied at Berlin.
With the snows of v.int r approach
ing it would seem that there will be
little fighting. ;
Military writers say that the Ger
man army is better fed and better
clothed than is the allied a?niy. On
top of all this the same writers assert
that the Allies will win in the enL ,
They state that the death rate of the
German army, through sickness and
exposure, disng the winter , w 11 al
most put her out of the fi.ghtingl
As stated above, if the Associated
ress reports caai be relied upon, the
German Empire is spreading in a I!
directions, and 'It is strange to say
that the1 vast population caught in tho
drag net are easily converted' to the
Teutonic way of thinking. . . .
Is it pissible that the Washington
administration sees the Kaisers' tri- .
umphal march through the rtiiins of '
Kurope?
COOKING AND SEWING
Four Gifted ' Granville Girls Will En
- ter Contest.
By reference to Miss Mary Shot
well's letter on the third page of this,
issue of the Public Ledger , we see
that four bright yqung ladies have
been selected to represent Granville
at the Teachers' Assembly in. Raleigh.
Misses Bettfe Hobgdbd - and Mary
Belle Knott, of Enon, will enter the
sewing contest, and Misses Julia
Burwell and Ella Lewis, of Stovall,
will enter the cooking contest.
The Public Ledger regards the de- .
monstration work in -which , these
young ladies are engaged as one of
the noblest and far reaching features
of education. The whole county
should feel proud of these young la
dies. There will be abevy of other
bright girls there to contest for first
honors, but our girls will return vic
torious. SOME FINE CORN
Great is the Soil of Old Granville.
Others Can do as Well
Mr. Bill Williams, who owns the
Drezzel farm near Grassy Creek
church, last week measured up 501 .
barrels of corn. Mr. Williams has
demonstrated that something besdles ,
tobacco will grow in Granville. Those
who have seen his corn pronounce it
to be of superior quality. Some how
or. other we regard a Granville man
who . produces five hundred barrels
of corn as a public benefactor. -
SUPERIOR COURT
The Criminal Docket Finished
Last
Friday.
The criminal docket of Granville
Superior court was completed Friday
afternoon and Judge Allen left for
his home in Kinston to spend the
week end. The civil docket of the
term is holding the attention of the
court this week.
"THE GILDED FOOL
The President's Niece Will Be Seen
at Orpheum Thanksgiving Day
"The Gilded Fool," ; a powerful
dramatic photoplay, in which Margar
et Vale, a niiece of President, Wilson,
will be seen at the Orpheum Theatre
Thanksgiving Day morning, after
noon and night.
TAX BOOKS OPENED
The tax books are opened for col
lection now. ' Ther.j will be no go
round this year and all Taxes not set
tied at office will go out for collection
after Christmas. Please make set
tlement promptly.
Yours very truly,
tf S. C. HOBGOOD, Sheriff.
LOST SUNDAY NIGHT BETWEEN
Baptist church and my home on
Broad street an old fashioned solid
gold half moon shape pin. Reward
if returned to Mrs. Hubert Turner.
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