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PI I MI I (P fflkEWMWRM:. ; OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1916 VOLUME XXXI. NUMBER 9 tie-:-. - - . . f - . ... Y.- 5' -i - -J 1 ; j v ' Y', r. t; - 'V It ... . - - THE NOBLE FIRE HORSES THE WHOL.E TOWN LOVES SAM AND MAMIE B. The New Firefighting Machine Dis places the Two Large Fine White Fire Horses. With the coming of the more mod ern firefighting apparatus, , "Sam" and "Mamie B," the two noble white horses, have made their last ran to a fire in Oxford. Since the advent of the new and handsome fire truck last week, the two horses seem to realize that they have been relegated to the rear. It use to be the custom with men, women and children to stroke the horses with their hands and address them with kind words, but the hand some new fire truck, which stands at the entrance to the fire house, rob- hed the horses of the tender affec tion formerly showered upon them. We are fully persuaded that they liear every word spoken in their pres ence and understand much that is said. Tears actually filled their eyes the other day when a man looked them over and asked their old friend Mr. Pete Wood what the town au thorities wanted for them. The low price set upon them after a term of faithful service, seemed to fill their Tieart with indignation, but when Mr. Wood stroked them tenderly and said that he hoped that they would fall in to good, hands, they actually thanked him by lifting and lowering their heads. A touching incident in connection -with the horses occurred last Thurs day night at an hour when many people were eye witnesses, viz: - As is well known the horses have been taught to take their places at the fire truck as soon as the alarm of fire is turned in. : Just as a thrcng of people were leaving the Orpheum Theatre at nine o'clock Thursday night a false alarm was sent in-, and in the twinkling .of: an: eye -.the new truck "bounded up the street, Mr. Bell the factory expert at the wheel. . -The -firemen evidently knew what ef fect r the sound of the bell would have uponhe lied them securely to a post: . Sure I enough when the alarm sounded the horses tried their best to take their places at the old truck, but they were doomed to disappointment. Dear old friends," just in the prime of life, strong and vigerous, here is hoping that they will find a good home in old Granville. Some one .suggested that they be sent to the Allied army, but the faithful horses have a tender place in Mayor Stem's heart and he answered: "Never in this world. They deserve better treatment than that.' FREE LAND SITES Exempt From Taxation For Ten Years. In our rambles in old Virginia during Christmas week we noticed several signes en the outskirts of some of the most progressive towns that attracted our attention. On en tering Chester we noticed a sign al most as large as the size of a Gran ville county barn door with the foll owing inscription: "This is Chester, midway between Richmond and Petersburg. Stop off and see us, a hearty welcome awaits you. Free land sites for manufac turing plants." . On the outskirts of another Vir ginia town we noticed a sign which stated they not only donated sites but exempted them from taxation for a number of years. It strikes us that a town with that kind of a pro gressiveness is bound to come to the front. A guarantee of a free site and an exemption from taxation for a number of years rings clear. It carries with it a sense of cooperatin. There is quite a difference between the town that gives building sites and the one that stickes on a fancy price as soon as a prospective manafac turer puts his foot in town. We hope that the citizens - ford will realize the importance of manafacturing plants in our midst. Let them view the great question, from every angle. Let us go the Virginia town one better and print upon our banner in large letters: "This is Oxford; we invite capital and pledge hearty cooperation." WILL RESIDE ON FRONT STREET Rev. C. A. Upchurch and His Family Coming to Oxford ' Rev. C. A. Upchurch, who has ac cepted a call to Knott Grove, Mt. Zion and Stovall churches, has rent ed the John Williams cottage on Front street and will reside in Ox ford. Mr. Upchurch comes from Wake County. He will arrived in Oxford Thursday and his family will come a week or ten days later. All good people extend Mr. Up church and his family a hearty wel come to Oxford. We learn that Mrs. Upchurch was an active worker in the Tabernacle Baptist Church at IRaleigh. LIFE WITHOUT BOOKS IS PEA TH! GRANVILLE ABLY REPRESENTED AT SOCIAL SERVICE CON FERENCE. Miss Mary G. Shotwell, Who Spoke At the Invitation of Dr. Joynerj Draws a Pen Picture of Enon Com munity. Old Granville hd its innings at the Conference of Social Service workers in Charlotte last week. Oxford's own Mrs. A. H. Powell, Chairman of the Department of Literary Exten sion, State Federation of Women's Clubs, and Miss Mary G. Shotwell, Rural School Supervisor for Gran ville County were on the program. Miss Shotwell had in her minds' eye the Enon Community when she ad dressed the convention. In speak ing of Miss Shotwell, the Charlotte Observer said: "In a well-modulated and musical voice Miss Shotwell told how the school plant had been utilized in en riching the community life. The club is divided into junior and senior departments. A baseball team the champion of the countryside re sulted, and tennis clubs, too. have been formed. Money enough to buy a piano was raised. Now the social club is well equipped, the school term has been increased from the 5 months' term of a decade ago to 7 months and instead of 5 grades there are now nine. Closer co-operation between home and school has been secured, and rural life has been made more attractive. Spelling bees are held in which the children frequent ly worst their elders." "Life Without Books is Death" The Charlotte Observer carried Mrs. Powell's address in full and adds editorially that it was an inspir ation. MRS. POWELL'S ADDRESS "Life Without Books is Death" was the challenging subject of an inspir ing address by Mrs. A. H. Powell, of Oxford, chairman of the Department of Library Extension, , State Federa tion of Women's Clubs. ' ::V - "The trend of this great meeting of organized womanhood," said she, "is to seek the social welfare of our State, and this is as it should be, for unless we are a part of that great power that makes for social right eousness, we might as well not be at all. "In thinking over'the questions be fore us today, my first thought was, when so many vital conditions enter into the works of each of us, how can we meet them all efficiently, and this leads us one step further: "That we must live within, before we can serve without.' So my plea is for the book 'one of the chief foods of the inner life' and this is a plea that we read books that will enrich our minds, enlarge our understanding, and expand our souls. Can you imag ine a bookless world a world intel lectually famine smitten and not picture a world stripped of its real creative power! ' So often the questicn is asked: "What must one read to give one a clear and sympathetic understanding of Man and Man's Struggles, of Na ture, and Nature's Beauties, of Effort and Effort's Worthiness." Some years ago this discriminating advice was given i 'For clearness, read Macaulay For logic, read urke and Bacon. For action,- read Homer and Scott. For conciseness, read Bacon and Pope. For sublimity of conception, read Milton. For vivacity, read Ste venson and Kipling. For imagination, read Shakespeare and Job. For com mon sense, read Benjamin Franklin. For elegance, read Virgil, Milton and ( Continued on Page Two) HEALTH NOTES CDr. Benj. K. Hays, Health Officer.) Grip Again I desire to again call attention to the dangers of grip. It is a most treacherous disease . and should be combatted with the utmost caution. Its after -effects are especially dan gerous. The feeling of derssion which follows the disease demands rest in bed, warmth and fresh air. The use of stimulants to overcome this depression is but as a whip to a tired horse. Heart troubles and pneumonia are the complications to be feared in grown people, tubercu losis in children. Children with a cough following grip should not be permitted to attend school and it is the duty of both parent and teacher to see that they are kept at home. In the inspection of school children the Health Officer will refer all sus picious cases to the family physician. Where no physician has been employ ed he will, as far as possible, see that the parents are instructed in the care of the diseased. Mrs. J. C. Robards is spending sometime with Mrs. Tillery in Wilmington. WILSON WARNS NATION COUNTRY MUST BE PREPARED; AND AT ONCE, TO DEFEND e- . ITSELF .V ..Ji Does Not Know What Single Day May Bring Treading Among in tricate Dangers Not tinder .Our Control oa of Our : MaldngTime May Come When It Is f Impossible to Keep Honor Unstained and So grave is the question of prepar edness President Wilson. -lias" taken the platform to warn the iNatibn of the impending danger.. In a speech at Cleveland Saturday he stated that the time - may come when he cannot both keep, the Unite'd States out of war and maintain its honor. He declared -that ithe "Coun try must be prepared tc (defend it self and prepared at oncei "America is not afraid 1 of .any body," he said. "I knowi I - reflect your feeling and the feeling of all our citizens when I say thefonly thing I am afraid of is not being ready to perform my 4 duty.: I am- afraid of the danger of inadequacy: I am ; a fraid of the danger of no ti being fable to express the character Hof this coun try with tremendous might- and ef fectiveness whenever we are ' called to act in the field of the world's, af fairs?" - " : . "f-.-.-.- The Associated' Press reports say that the President spoke with: more gravity and force than iie has shown during any of his previous addresses on preparedness. He was applauded frequently and' when h spoke of de fending the nations' hoiior the cheer ing was tremendous. "Let me tell you very solemnly you cannot postpone this- thing." he de clared. "I do not knpwSirtat a single day may bring forth. I O.'notVish to leave you with the Imjpfcssion that I am thinking of some particular dan,: Y : l merely wish to teil?jrou that we areljily treading r amidst intricate danfp3i.v.: The dangers that we are treardmg amongst ?arotyc V of our' own maingndolnx"-- r control. I thinks 4io : iki$QijJ9 knows what a,? single week a single day may bring forth." ' , Speaks of the Nation's Honor V Again and again thV President spoke of the nation's honor. He de clared the real man beliyes his honor is dearer than his life, and a nation's honor is dearer than its peace and comfort. He said it had been dif- ficHlt to keep the United States out of the war, and he felt he had proved he was a man of peace when possible. Regret that the question has come up in a campaign year was expressed by Mr. Wilson. "Let us forget," he said, "that this is a year of national elections." The preparedness issue, he added, should have nothing to do with politics. , Sources of Danger. - Among the possible sources of dan ger mentioned by the President were the difficulties growing out of the protection of Americans abroad and the obligation of the United States to maintain the liberties of the people of the Western Hemisphere. "I sup pose that this country has never found itself before in so singular po sition." the President said. "The present situation of the world would only twelve months ago, even after the European war had started, have seemed incrediable, and yet now the things that no man anticipated have happened. The titanic struggles continues." THE RELIGIOUS FORUM An Institution Which Bids Fair to Become Uniquely Powerful The Baraca Class around at the Oxford Baptist church is assuming interesting proportions. Men who were far from regular attendance up on religious exercises in Oxford a year ago are regular in thier attend ance upon, the Baraca Class. So great has" grown the interest of Ox fodr men in this organization that we consider it an institution which bids far to become uniquely powerful. The International Lesson as pre sented by Gen. B. S. Royster to the class has much to do with it. Here denomniational lines are laid aside and men of other churches attend the Baptist Baraca Class and then separate for visitations of their own denominnational churches. A GOOD REPORT Mr. Ben W. Parham Returns From Up the State. Mr. Ben W. Parham, who spent a few days in Thomasville last week on legal business, says that the man ufacturers of the hustling chair town state that they have all the business they can handle. Thomasville was struck hard a year ago,, says Mr. Parham, but business now moves at a nice rate. Mr. Parham is secretary and an enthusiastic member of the Granville Commercial Club, and his good report from the "Lowell" sec tion of the State will be a stimulus. THE CAMPAIGN ' IS NOW ON W. D. BRYAN. ANNOUNCES HIM- SELF" FOR SHERIFF Other, Announcements to Follow- in .Rapid Succession The Public Led ger Points With Pride to Mr. R. S. Usry. . " ;. , Elsewhere in this issue of the Pub lic Ledger will be found the card of Mr. W..D. Bryan, who announces his candidacy for .the office of Sheriff of Granville county. . Other announce ments, we understand, will follow in a few days.; This .would indicate that the s campaign is" now. 'in its first stages. . . . . . . . . ' . ; : . : .: Mr. Bryan is no stranger to the people of. Granville, county. He is a simon pure . Democrat. . He was for a long .time, county coroner and two years ago ran for the office he now seeks. . He is a valuable assistant in the big. house of Horner Bros. Com pany and has the confidence of the firm and -a large .number of people in all parts ,of the county. , In handing his . card : to the Public Ledger, Mr. :Bryan Mated that he had no fight to. wage with, any other can didate;, that if he could not be elect ed by f air, meanse would not have the.offiec by foul means. "I don't mnid telling you," said Mr. Bryan, "that I. seek, the office with a view of bettering .my financial condition, and if elected,! shall give a -good account of myself." v . Mr. E. D. Hunt, another good man, well known to , the voters of Ihe coun ty! announcehis candidacy,for Sheriff in" this, issue f the Public Ledgers' He states that he enters the campaign with clean hands and clean tongue, and he proposes to emerge a. clean man. ., Mr. W. C. Currin, an honored citizen is also in the running for Sheriff.. ; : v Nothing pleases the Public Ledger quite so much .s . to: knjcrw that the bounty campaign is t, conducted on a high plane: - Mr. Iljryan knows, and you know and know... that nothing is tovbe gained by misrepre- sword -lt&wms and it - kills. jjgTe cola efficient you must name your man and sign your name, otherwise your communication will go to the wall. We have enough mugwump-progressive-republican articles signed by a so called "Jeff ersonian Democrat" to fill a half dozen papers. While the Public Ledger is partial to those who have been tried and found to be efficient and accomodat ing, we shall in no wise disparge the candidacy of good efficient men. We have long loked upon county affairs from a purely business standpoint. In fact, so many municipal govern ments are prospering under the com mission form of government we fre quently ask ourselves why a county government would not prosper under the same form of government? The County Commisipners consti tute the most important part of a county government. It is best that hereafter the men who compose it shall not be struggling among them selves for concessions to please a township or district constituency. The general elections result in the choice of estimable men for the board but there are many of then, from time to time, who consider participation in the county councils as a thankless participation and some of them carry to the task just about as much busi ness acumen as they are paid for and the amount of the salary is gen erally known. There has possibly been too much tearing at the county vitals by men whose chief ambition have been to disparge an honest ef fort to serve. The affairs of the county were nev er in better hands than they are at this time, but if there is to be a change in the commission,' the Public Ledger believes there is in the town of Oxford one whose selection would be more than generally satisfactory. Reference is to Mr. R. S. Usry. The Public Ledger has no expression from this man it has dared to suggest for the offiec,but it believes that he would accept should the place be offered to him. If he was offered it and assum ed the place, we have no doubt that he would put in the duties the best of this thought to the furtherance of Granville. Mr. Usry is not merely an Oxford citizen, he is a citizen of Granville, too. and has proved in the past that he is able to hold tne scaies so that the rural population have no fear of his attitude. need Changed His Mind ' It is amusing to see what a few dollars will do. About one month ago a tobacco grower told us that he would not plant another crop of to bacco under any consideration. We met the same man at the Minor Warehouse the other day. He show ed us his sale slip and check and he remarked that he was encouraged to plant another good size crop this year. He stated that he had1 raised some very good tobacco without pot ash and that he could do it again. ififof , the Public Ledger it aropenoaeuiscussion; bf men and measures; btit" ifJolrhlJoini THE LUCKY SUBSCRIBER MR. J. P. FLOYD CAPTURES THE TEX DOLLARS A Committee of Five Disinterested Citizens Blindfolded Justin Rankoff Who Drew Name From the Box. In order to stimulate business, the Public Ledger announced early in December that the name of each and every person paying one dollar . on their subscription would ' be deposit ed in a box, the box to be opened at noon on January 31st. The time having arrived to open the box, we summoned to the Public Ledger office Messrs. M. P. Chamblee, Capt. W. D. Rives, L. M. Currin, George Matthews and I. E. Jacobs, who blindfolded Justine Rankoff, the Russian, and just as the fire bell on the Municipal Building sounded the noon hour on Monday last the box was . opened by the said committee and the said Justine Rankoff, blind folded, drew from the box one card of uniform size and shape on. which was written in plain English the name of "J. P. FLOYD, COLLEGE STREET, OXFORD, N. C." ; -The Public Ledger wishes to thank our many friends who subscribed or renewed their subscription. It has been an off year in all lines of busi ness, and. w are indeed thankful, that so many have responded to our call for cash, many of the delinquents having paid in advance. It gives us renewed faith in the goodness of the noble people of old Granville. We are fully persuaded that they will pay every cent they owe when they are in a position to do so. THE GRANVILLE GRAYS ' Col. T. L. Springfield and - Major Hunt Will Inspect Company .,.f. -The Granville Grays bad a nice oy ster; supper at the Armory "Monday night. Strong coffee and lucious 1 bivalves were served . in tempting I style. Capt. Stem and Capt. Wade j H. Britt, who are down on tho mus ter roll as reserves, wef presefii and told, stories in regular camp-fire styl& There Was nothing said as to prepar edness, but nevertheless lihe - soldier boys regard the. issue with a great ueai. uf interest rv. v Seated at the table Captr : Stem enlightened the company to the fact that the United States issues, a badge of honor -corresponding to the Iron Cross issued to soldiers by the Kaiser's army for conspicious brav ery, and the Victoria badge- of the English army, and the French badge dating back to Napoleon. Capt. Stem stated that so far as he was able to learn, the badge issued by the Federal Government was. much harder to secure than any of the honor badges of the European armies He explained that in our own coun try a soldier must go beyond his pre scribed duties to win the badge that the incident must stand out in bold relief and shown conspicious bravery. The hour spent in the army was indeed pleasant, after which Capt. Fuller, commanding, took his men to the streets for a practice drill. Military Inspection Major Hunt, Instructor Inspector, U. S. A., and Col. Thomas L. String field, Instructor General State Guard, will inspect the Granville Grays this Tuesday night at the Armory. THE OXFORD TOBACCO MARKET Prices Have Jumped Up Three Dollars We have soudned the tobacco men of Oxford and learn that prices with in the past few days have advanced about $3.00 on the hundred pounds. Well informed tobacco men, in cluding the farmers and buyers, es timate that not less than 1,000,000 pounds remain unsold. This, of course, means leaf and scrap. It is estimated that 8,000,000 pounds have already been sold this tobacco year. The actual figures are not at hand at this writing, but there seems to be no doubt that the eight million mark was reached including Monday's sale. With one million pounds remaining unsold the indica tions point to a nine million pound market this tobacco year. 'Sacrament of Baptism Dr. Lumpkin, pastor of the Oxford Baptist church announced from the pulpit Sunday that'th" crament of Baptism will be administered Wed nesday night, preceded by a Bible reading. The good people of the community are very much encourag ed over the results of the recent re vival. There were about 125 conver sions, including 50 children at the Oxford Orphanage; twelve will join other churches and 68 will join the Baptist church either by letter or Baptism. The Old-Time Feeling . If tobacco had sold all the season in all the 'warehouses like we saw it sold at the Johnson Warehouse Mon day the farmers of Granville would be independent.
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