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OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1915
NUMBER 101
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IONERS MEET
cotWTY DEMONSTRA-
jDn for the Several
Super . vvro
r '.hins or me
.S3 tor the yea. 191-
nrable Board of County
1 . ;nnflr! 01 UI AJl1 IIJ. vwuiivj
Monday last with the follow
BetonMonaajr Messrs. B. I.
"chairman; H. C. Floyd,
Hart and J. L. Peed. Mr. Z W.
R.S-Har! Kcont fiT1 account of se
men was u
OLD SANTA CLAUS IS COMING
(By Jesse Daniel Boone)
vere
illness
fas
oolnrH Tallv HO.
JhL.TrLhatP for 1915 poll tax.
.u TT-niior wa.fi ordered
, the outside pauper list.
P? H Sears Fishing Creek, was
rebate on v"" ... -
BStB , xv. 4. mo for the over-
nrderea mat -
uru7. v tVi pit reDorts be set
c in January, laib.
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Old Snnta Clans is coming
I can feel It In my bones;
In the cold, damp air, benumbing,
In tlie children's softer tones;
When they answer ma or father,
One can tell It's coming soon,
For no tasks set seem to bother.
As they sins: some joyful tune.
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Johnny wants a knife and rifle.
And some fireworks, and a sled;
Willie says he'd rather stifle
Such poor tastes and gro to bed;
He prefers some books and pictures,
H would like a chest of tools.
Or electric things and fixtures,
With a book pf latest rules.
Mary wants a lot of candy,
Dolls and dresses and a stove;
And such things as may be handy,
v For housekeeping in the grove.
But her sister Sue is wanting
Different sorts of Christmas things,
Which for weeks have been so haunting
She wants bracelets, pins and rings.
M1 vnm mad dutv for 1916.
on presentation oi cei uuw
Some want toys and some want ribbons,
Some want candies, nuts and fruits;
Some would like a set of Gibbons,
Some would like a pair of boots.
So they've got old Santa guessing,
And he scarce knows what to do ; '
But for all he'll be a blessing,
And, my child, he'll come to you.
He will ask your folks about yen.
Things you like, and how you live,
Then if they have cause to doubt you.
And Instruct him what to give,
He will write them down for reference,
- In his book he'll keep accounts;
. So you'd better show some deference.
If you'd have a large amount.
Keep your temper, love your mother,
Mind your teacher when at school;
Love your sister, and your brother,
Heed your father's will and rule;
Then when Santy posts his entries.
And he writes your name and age.
He will heed his faithful sentries,
And your list may fill a page.
Of
i licjohilitv.
1 sham Rogers, colored, was placed
...idAa manner list.
Travis Bridges, colored, was grant-
i -Vnta nn niaTlO.
S. C. Howard will complete grad-
toe and widening me roaa on we
side of the bridge, the road
leading from Howard Nursery to the
Virdnia State line, the work not to
.net flVM $15.
The motion to leave the employ
ment of a court stenographer with
the county attorney and the chair
man of the Board of commissioners
was carried.
w. H. Russell, of Clarkesville, Va.
fas Deiore me uoa.ru lu uuuiymiu txa
tn the valuation of his real estate.
in Sassafras 'Fork township. After
hearing the list takers and Mr. Rus
sell the Board sustained the action
of the list takers.
The following road supervisors
were appointed for the several town
ships for the year 1916:
Fishins Creek E. C. Harris. B. R
Pitts, J. T. Averett.
Brassfield W. H. Garner, G. L.
Allen. C. N. Floyd
DiitchviHe Dr. John L. Bullock,
lalph Currin, A. G. Fleming.
Tally Ho W. S- Gooch. E. N.
Clement. L. L. Crews.
Walnut Grove Roy Badgett, J. M.
Phipps, W. A. Sherman
Oak Hill J. S. Watkins, Chas.
Stovall, W. G. Hart.
Sassafras Fork L. H. .Gregory,
Elbert Yancev. S. J. Currin.
Salem E. A. Hunt, L. G. Breed-
lore, N. G. Crews.
Oxford C. H. Cheatham, H. H.
Eatman. W j r nrrin
The Board dntifltoH tVio Pnnntv A
torney $50 for addional services ren-
nerea not covered by his regular sal-
n .
j. commissioner Hart voting a-
&'nt same.
The county attorney and chairman
Breedlove were appointed a commit-
" to settle with the County Treasurer.
Ordered that foreman P. A .Tnncs
the road fnroo em
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wmyb ana work all prisoners under
tontrol of the county Board until
4 ucl cu
The clerk of the court made his
, report to the Board of Countv
v-onunisisrinpro ti,
Jted and clerk to Board was in-
-vtJ l ave the same published.
1W Tl!on t0 continue the Farm
f(Mi y-u vYuin was carriea tne
donating $50 per month to-
I 4 " against aonatiotn.
f coVSttee t .look after the
fnn,n."V Hiaae tne following rec-
t0 i0n3:. "We' 'your com
S! house,
the conr :rZ:r10n or the top of
r to !pa ?f v yv iuieu 10 see a un-
hout ioovi.-: .? put a new toP on
wchiteot 5' 11 not to employ an
J- L. PEED,
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H. C. FLOYD."
ymf?iihe.earnest solicitation of
couS?8 all Parts of Gran-
THE BIG KEVTVAIj
Large Crowds Fill the Presbyterian
Church to Hear Rev. D. H.
1 Coman.
The revival services of the Presby
terian church grows in interest- The
people in all walks of life delight to
hear the Word expounded by Rev. D.
H. Coman,.
The church every -might this week
has been filled to the doors. Many
people from the surrounding country
swell the congregation at the night
services.
The singing made up from mem-
bers of all the church choirs in Ox
ford, is inspiring. There is an after
noon aad alight service every day and
the meeting will probably continue
two weeks longer.
AN OLD CITIZEN DEAD
Funeral at 2:30 This Friday After
noon Interment at Hamwooa
Mr. D. T. Cheatham, an aged and
highly respected citizen of Salem
township fell to sleep last Wednes
day night.
The deceased was 7 7 years of age.
He was a follower of General Lee.
Mr. Cheatham joitned the Methodist
church early in life and died in the
faith. He was a kind hearted man
and was much beloved by the old and
the young.
The funeral services will be held
from the Oxford Methodist church at
2:30 this Friday afternoon. Inter
ment at Elmwood cemetery. The de
ceased is survived by ten children.
They are: Mrs. Smoot, of Salisbury;
Mrs. Crawford, W mstom-Salem ; Mrs.
Farabow. of the county. Mrs. Aber-
nethy, of Oxford; Messrs. Clyde and
Fred of Youngsville; R. T. ana u. r.
of Granville, and J. H. Cheatham, of
Richmond.
LONG AND FAITHFUL. SERVICE
Dr. Marsh's Long Service in 'Flat
River Association.
rr n TT Marsh, who is now 78
years young, has to his credit a long
and faithful record in the service of
His Master. Along about tne miaaie
of the past century or to be more
exact, in 1865, he began to preach
TTlnt River Association.
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Briefly told, his interesting record is
as follows:
Pastor at Hester church 4 years,
pastor at Enon church 31 years;
pastor at Tally Ho church 23 years;
pastor at Grassy Creek church 14
years; pastor at State Line church 8
years; pastor at Bullock church 11
years; pastor at uexier cumvu .
n-rf ord church 4
years; pastor of Henderson church
4 years. He has been a trustee of
Wake Forest College for 45 years;
trustee of the Southern Baptist Theo
logical Seminary at Louisville for 15
years; president of the North Caro-
litna Baptist state conveuwu ii
years.
Dr. Marsh is now years -w
and is now pastor of Enon, Hester,
Bullock and laDD ureeu. cuuicu.
THE DEMONSTRATION VORK
MUCH GOOD HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED
The Commissioners Vote Fifty Dol
lars Per Month for the Cause One
Vote Against the Proposition.
There has been much comment of
late in regard to the farm demonstra
tion work in Granville. Every broad
minded progressive farmer knows
that a farm demonstrator is essential
to the county. . But there are some
farmers "who know all there is to be
known about farming," so it is use
less for the demonstrator to talk with
that class. They are the ones that
have thrown themselves against de
monstration work as they cannot be
taught anything. But those that do
"not know it all" are more reason
able.
The editor of the Public Ledger is
frank to admit that if we were going
to plant a crop .we-would be very
thankful to consult some one who
knew more about farming than we
do. We take it for granted that
there are hundreds in Granville coun
ty in the same fix.
Many well informed farmers of the
county have told us that they have
been greatly-benefitted by the dem
onstration work, and in this way we
were lead to believe that the work is
absolutely essential to the progress of
the county.
The question came up before the
Board of County Commissioners last
Monday and they voted fifty dollars
per month to continue the good work.
The Public. Ledger feels that they did
the right thing, but we notice in the
minutes of the Board that one Com
missioner registered his protest a
agaimst the proposition. We respect
the opinion of the dissenting Commis
sioner as he is one of the very best
farmers in the county, a man who has
studied the soil and conditions of the
county and ther.can be no doubt
that he voted his honest convictions.
The people in many of the counties
of the State realize that the demon
stration work in these counties has
been beneficial. This is especially so
in New Hanover cbiinty. They real
ized that their farm demonstrator
was partly the cause of the success
of the Corn Show, and for that rea
son they: presented, him with a beau
tiful gold watch and $50-00 in cash
for his faitnful work.
WILL HAVE MODERN HOME
Judge Cam Hunt Buys the Home of
His Childhood.
The many friends of Judge Cam
Hunt will learh with pleasure that he
is to have a modern home. It has
been his desire for many years to
have a home large enough to enter
tain his thousands of friends in Gran
ville and now that he has purchased
the home of his childhood on Front
street his smile is broader than ever.
Of course the popular county official
cannot hope to entertain all of his
friends at one time, but he is one
among a thousand who feel that there
is nothing too good, for his friends.
The old dwelling will be turned
around, electric lights, water, sewer
age and broad porches will be added.
It will probably be ready for occu
pancy by early spring. "
Three or four weeks ago, at the
time the Hunt estate was sold at
public auction, the home at the cor
ner of Front and Raleigh streets
where Judge Hunt now lives, was
sold. He and his family will reside
there until his new home is ready
for occupancy.
1116 countv t v, " aris i uran
eandidacv 3erey announce my
ct to th. Jle r beriff:
- cmucraiic voters or
fey for the office
hZl? e Democrats
i t l Peking the office, if
i-4t Respectfully,
C. CURRIN.
Jean's Mii- .
YS lC e a meeting of the
Mhissi?ary SociS?
ternon Jw ls1t0??urcli on Monday
!eW0f m 13th at 3-30 P. M.,at
"lemw. of Mrs. jamoo vn -'a,,
11 is the liquested to e present
lue last mpotim. r.
"& XJL tu year.
v,., uor. secy-
t,7i . to -. 5. Farmer is
4n Wedne.dv some
farTn,!, weignea one
pound Mnh
JENKINS-OWENS
Virginia Couple Wed at Exchange
Hotel.
A pretty marriage was solemnized
in the parlorse at the Exchange Hotel
at high noon Wednesday when Mr.
Ernest Owen and Miss Ruth Jenkins
were pronounced one by Rev. S. K.
Phillips. " '
The party came over from Red uaK
Charlotte county, Va., on the morning
train and were accompanied by
friends. The marriage vows were
taken in the presence of about fifty
people, mostly guests of the hotel.
The bride is very pretty and was
extremely neat in a handsome travel
ing gown of gray cloth! The groom
is a tall, good looking young man
about 24 years old. They are mem
bers of the very best families in
Charlotte .county and their coming
to Oxford to be married quietly was
nothing more than a caper of Cupid.
MADAM BUTTERFLT
Mr. W. H. Moore-Captures Beautiful
Ruby Ring.
The' Oxford Jewelry Company put
on a novel guessing contest two or
three weeks ago. A huge butterfly,
operated by pressure, was put to
work in the window. The public was
given a. chance to register a guess.
The contest came to a close last Wed
nesday evening and the editor of the
Public Ledger was requested to be
present at the opening of the box, in
to which 361 names and as many
guesses had been deposited during
the life of the contest.
Before opening the box, a sealed
letter was brought from the safe. On
opening the letter it was found that
"Madam Butterfly' flapped her wings
29,673 times in eight hours.
There were some wild guesses,
ranging from 100 to 1,000,000, but
many of the guesses ranged around
2.8,000, which signified that the wings
of the butterfly had been timed by
the public.
Mr. W. H. Moore, : who guessed
"29,760", was declared the winner of
the ' guaranteed genuine synthetic
ruby ring, his guess being the nearest
the registered number of times the
butterfly flapped her wings. -
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Figures and Names
Turn to the last page of this paper
and see what Mr. I. W. Mangum,
proprinetor of the Minor Warehouse,
says. The names and the figures tell
an interesting story.
THE RALEIGH DISTRICT
REV. R. H.-WLLXJS COMES TO OX-
. FORD CHURCH
BAPTIST STATE CONVENTION
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Rev. W. N. Johnson Elected Corres
ponding Secretary.
The Baptist State Convention in
Charlotte this week elected Rev.
Walter N. Johnson, pastor of the
Wake Forest Baptist Church, corres
ponding secretary pf Missions to suc
ceed Rev. Livingston Johnson, re
signed. The convention took three ballots,
It declined to adopt any rules which
would eliminate any nominees. Seven
men were placed in nomination. The
third ballot resulted in the election
of Rev. W. .N Johnston, who re
ceived 318 votes, a majority of 113.
Rev. C. E. Maddry, of Raleigh,
asked prior to the ballot that his
name be withdrawn, but he received
44 votees, and Rev. C. H. Durham,
Winston-Salem received 36. There
were twelve scattering ballots. Im
mediately the convention made the
election unanimous. He is a native
born North Carolinian, educated at
Wake Forest. His work in erecting
the meeting house at Wake Forest
was monumental. He is recognized
&s one of the forceful men of the
State. . . .
Statistics
The statistical report shows that
duringThe past year there have been
baptized into the denomination 17,
903 people. This is a gain of 3,187
over last year and of 4,639 over 1913
There are now 268,088 Baptist com
municants in North Carolina.
The amount reported for conven
tion objects is a follows: State mis
sions, $50,214.44; home missions,
$31,341.9 6; foreign missions, $49,
542.26; Sunday-school missions, $3,
040.17; orphanage, $54,550.47;
Christian education, $15,018.34;
ministerial relief, $4,488.30. Total,
$208,195.94.
BLACK LEG ERADICATED
The State Comes to the Rescue of the
County.
. Dr. E. G. Hargett, assistant State
Veternarian, has been in Granville
county for the past few days wrestl
ing with the terrible disease known
as the Black Leg. . .
The disease made its appearance
in the northern part of Granville one
month ago and threatened to sweep
everything in front of it. .The mat
ter was referred to the proper State
officials with the result that Dr. E. G.
Hargett was dispatched to the county
Dr. Hargett assures the Public Ledg
er that the disease is under control.
Conference Takes Good Care of Dr.
Tyer, Who Goes to Beaufort Ap
pointments for Raleigh District.
All good people will be glad to
learn ,that the conference took good
care of Dr. A. P. Tyer. the faithful
servant of the Lord who has been.
with us for the past four years. He
goes to Beaufort to preach to one of
the best congregations in Eastern
North Carolina and watch the sun
come up out of the deep blue sea. It
is an ideal place to live.
Dr. Tyer's appointment brings to
mind an incident that transpired
while we were superintending the
Odd Fellows orphan home at Golds
boro several years ago. At that time
we enjoyed the friendship of the late
Dr. Swindell, pastor of St. Pauls'
Methodist church. He was . a good
Odd Fellow, Chaplain of the Grand
Lodge, a fine speaker and a sincere
preacher. He had a large pile of un
revised manuscripts which he wished
to convert into book form.
In speaking of the manuscript one
day he intimated to us that it had
long been his desire to receive the
Beaufort appointment, so that he
could put the finishing touches to his
book. We shook his hand the morn
ing he departed for Conference and
the next time we saw him he was a
presiding elder, but the desire to live
(Preach and work down by the sea re
mained with him until the last.
The New Pastor
Rev. R. H. Willis, former presid
ing elder of Warrenton District,
comes to the Oxford Methodist
church. He is a strong preacher and
he will be received here with open
hands by all good people.
Rev. C. A. Jones, whose four years
will not expire until the fall of 1918,
was returned to the Oxford Circuit.
The appointments in the Raleigh
Districts were made as follows:
Raleigh District
J. E. Underwood, presiding elder;
Benson circuit, J. T. Stanford; Cary
circuit, B. P. Robinson; Clayton, T.
A. Sikes; Four Oaks circuit, T- E
Da'vis; Franklinton circuit J. H.
Buff aloe; Garner circuit, E B. Cra
ven; Granville circuit, , M. D. Hix;
fjonhnston circuit, J. G. Johnson?
Kenly district, A. J. Parker; Louis
burg circuit, A. D. Wilcox; Millbrook
circuit, L. E. Sawyer; Oxford, R. H.
Willis; Oxford circuit, C. A. Jones;
Raleigh Central, J. H. McCracken;
Edenton Street, M. Bradshaw; J. O.
Guthrie, supernumerary; Epworth,
A. S. Parker; Jenkins Memorial, J.
W. Potter; Selma, Frank Culbreth;
Smithfield, R. B. John; Tar River
circuit, B, C. Allred; Zebulon circuit,
G. W. Starling; superintendent N. C.
Anti-Saloon League, R. L. Davis;
editor Raleigh Christian Advocate, L.
S. Massey; superintendent Methodist
orphanage, A. S. Barnes; editor Nash
ville Christian Advocate, T. N. Ivey;
assistant secretary Epworth League,
J. is,. Culbreth.
The Studebaker Cars -'
Mr. J. I N. Norwood, proprietor of
the Granville Garage, is the agent for
the Studebaker cars in this section of
the State. He has already placed six
of these handsome cars. There is no
better car .on the market. See the
picture of the handsome car on, the
second and ninth pages of this paper.
HOPEWELL IN ASHES
The Powder City Destroyed by Rag
ing Flames
Fire broke out at Hopewell Thurs
day evening and did $3,000,000
damage in short order and made 10,
000 people homeless. A negro was
lynched and four white men shot by
troops for looting. ' The great pow
der plants of Dupont Company were
saved from destruction. ' Richmond
and Petersburg sent fire fighters. The
fire is thought to -be the work of a
German spy.'
THE COUNTY CAGE
Eleven Prisoners Working the Road
of Granville.
The prison cage is again in use.
Eleven prisoners have been sent over
to the Creedmoor section to work the
roads. Road Foreman Jones will see
that they put in a full day's work.
Christmas Novelties
If any one don't belive that the
Christmas spirit is abroad in the
land let them drop into J. G. Hall's
drug store. The big building ia
chuck full of Christmas goods. It
was generally believed , that many
toys and novelties would be much,
higher this year on account of the
European war, but such -is not the
case at Hall's. . .
Merry Christmas
. The National Bank of Granville has
formed a "Christmas Savings Club."'
There is no charge to join. Full par-'
ticulars are set forth in a statement
on the last page of this paper. It is
one of the best ways to save yet de
vised. s
TAX BOOKS OPENED
The tax books are opened for col
lection now. - Thero will be no go
round this year and all Taxes not set
tled at office will go out for collection
after Christmas. Please mike set
tlement promptly.
- Yours very truly,
tf .. r S. C. HOBGOOD, Sheriff.
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