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t - - V-tr V-'-'-xrv--!- u-. "At - - f v-tn-r '-r :1 J. VOLUME XXXI. OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY, '1-' T ZX V 1916. NU3IBER 10 E;. c .GPg;.;Jc .;d -k:: ... - - - V A ' -" " -" - . r.,.i- -,-r :- . v : --V.V- ; v " T -' . ,' . 4 v ' ..." ; : .'--.v. r iri LOVE WITH GRANVILLE THE EDITOR OF THE PUBLIC LEDGER TALKS WITH A MDLLIONAIRE " He Used to Visit Oxford With Droves of Horses and Put Up at the Tav ern on the Cornea. . 4 We recently saw a comfortable looking old gentleman in the lobby of.Murphay's Hotel, Richmond, and he looked so much like some one of our good Granville county farmers that we pulled our chair up and en gaged him in conversation. He ex tended his big chubby hand and said "My name is Drewery L. T. Drewery .from up in the Shenondoah Valley, God's country, sir. What's your name, sir?" We gave him our name and address and stated that we were the editor of the Oxford Public Ledger. "Oh, yes," said the old gentleman, 4 'I know where it is very well; I have sold several droves of horses down in that section." The old gentleman was wearing a suit of clothes that appeared to have cost him $12.50 marked down from $15.00, and he was puffing away at a two-for-five cigar. He seemed to be very comfortable, and while we were talking a messen ger boy come into lobby and asked the clerk to point out "Mayor L. T. Drewery." The old gentleman wemt down in his jeans and pulled out a roll of bills in order to go a little deeper in his pocket to get a nickel to tip the messenger boy. We watched the whole proceedings with a .great deal of concern, and when the oldj gentleman had read the telegram 'and placed his.spectar cles - back in his vest pocket he .re marked: . v ;.,,-v , "It was my " intention to go back i,o the Valley tomorrow, but-my ; son shipped me. a couple of car 'loads of "horses today." ; c " : ' . ' - By this -time we had begun to set up and take, notice, and something ; seemed to say to us that Mr. Drewery rwas . all right at the .bank. In lact he " told us that .he had 'been M .Rich mond . -for Hen daysr during 1?hich i-hundred liead of horses, three car : ,ioaas ; oi sneep ana xwo oi ,caiuer ' -We" yen turedUhe assertion that the prices were' good; and: j he" replied . We talked for more than one hour with Mayor Drewery. He told us that a bridge near Clarkesville years ago gave away with a drove of his horses and thai he was a heavy loser, jgjjfc- During our conversation, Mayor Drewery remarked that an expert livestock man told him that Gran ville county is an ideal section for livestock and dairying ; that he did not know of any section of the Uni ted States that is better adapted for the growing of livestock than Gran ville. "Personally," he said, "I was greatly impressed with the wonder ful resources and possibilities of Granville county as a livestock sec tion." He asked us what land was worth in Granville and informed us that there is none for sale in the Shen ondoah Valley at any price. When Mayor Drewery bade us -good night and retired, we enquired at the desk and learned that he is worth more than a million dollars. t)h, well; how did we, with the five cent cigar feel? About like 30 cents. s COLOR OF THE PAPER . The Color is That of the Spruce From Which it is Made. Perhaps you will discern that the color of the sheet on which this pa per is printed has a yellow tint. All of thjs papers of the country are now being printed on paper of a natural color, that of the Spruce from which it is made. This is a direct result of the war, for among the analine dyes which came from Germany was one that -gave the spruce paper used by news papers the blue-white, artificial color most of . us are accustomed to. Dp- rprived of that dye, the big paper mills must now supply us with paper as it comes from the wood pulp. The blank paper costs the same . price as did the blue-white sheet. A great many of the publishers of the country prefer the paper in its na tural color and it is doubtful if they -will ever return to the artificial color, vand there is consolation, too, in the fact that some occulists claim that the natural color is less trying on the eyes: r - Ground Hog Day If the Ground Hog emerged from hibernia Wednesday last there is no point in Granville from which he could have seen his shadow. Accord ing to the Ground Hog, winter Is over - but wp. are thinking that Jack Frost will get his nose if he remains out of his hole. TOBACCO PRICES LOCAL MARKET, COMPLETE OUTPUTS DISPOSED O AT AN AVERAGE OF 30c Another Element is Introduced Into the Already Speculative Tobacco Situation. , Some phenomenal prices have been recorded for tobacco during the past week, and buyers have been free, to admit that Oxford is paying the highest prices for all grades at pre sent. Of course, Oxford has - this reputation anyhow, but it is not us ual this season to see as high as 50c paid nor 'complete outputs disposed of at an average of" 30c, yet we are informed there were several instan ces of this kind on the market re cently. Another element is introduced in to the already speculative tobacco situation by the fact that Austria Hungary will, in all probability, pro duce no - tobacco during the coming season. The resources of the env ptre will be devoted to the raising of wheat and other grains, and1 un doubtedly, with the high price, and scarcity of potash, there will be a heavy acreage put into grains and grasses in Granville county in -1916, Tobacco raisers in this section will find it hard to procure sufficient com mercial fertilizer to put in a crop In their best tobacco lands, and without doubt tobacpo prices in 1916 will be higher if the European war lastsan other year, Should the war collapse early in .the year the entry of Austria-Hungary into the tobacco field, together with the impoverished con dition of the European nations, win operate to bring prices; lower. We belive the attitude of Granville farmers this year will be that of jheh who. will plant a limited acreage In tobacco, "and trust to Providence for results. : THE ; STREETS OF OXFORD ,A The Town Commissioners to' Meet .T ; - This Friday. f': . :V.:'-";A - It is stated that the property own ers' abuting on the .streets leading from the corporate limits on, Raleigh along" Spring street to the : : Baptist church have signified their wisn to have-said street paved from curb to "curb. It is understood that there are three property owners in the said territory that object to the improve ment as prescribed by an act of the Legislature and laid before the citi zens by the Town Board of Commis sioners, the same having had three insertions in the Public Ledger, a gist of which reads as follows: "One third of the total cost by the Town of Oxford, and the remaining two thirds by the abutting owners (that is, one-third each by the abutting owner on each side of the street ac cording to the extent of his respect ive frontage thereon, by an equal rate per foot of such frontage.)" It would seem that the Town Com missioners have devised the most plausable plan by which the citizens of Oxford may ever hope to have creditable streets. Now that the most feasable plan has been worked out, the Public Ledger hopes that the work will progress, this in view of the fact that the streets must be put in order less the property, of the town will decrease in value. It is barely possible that there are property holders in Oxford who have not takenj the time to investigate the merits of the plan promulgated by the Town Board. They should thor oughly inform themselves before they throw their weight against the meas ure as the issue is of vital impor tance. Entertained Recreation Club Miss Lizzie Gooch was hostess to the Recreation Club and some invit ed guests on Wednesday afternoon at the home of her sister, Mrs. R. L. Hamilton on Broad street. Progressive Rook was enjoyed at several tables. After the game Miss Gooch assistedxby Mrs. Hamilton served a delightful course of refresh ments, consisting of chicken salad, tomato jelly, peanut sandwiches, pickle saltines, beaten biscuit and hot coffee with whipped cream. After the games the score cards showed that Mrs. H. M. Shaw and Miss Sara Parham had made the highest score. There were no prizes. Laugh and Grow Fat The management of the Orpheum Theatre has designated Friday night of each week as "Funny Night." A good laugh is an antidote for many ills. If Charlie Chaplin cannot make you laugh there is something the mat ter with your liver. Fine Young Man Mr. James Taylor, one of the fine sons of Mr. R. P. Taylor, recently graduated in law is at the State Ti niversity is now at home. He will return to Chapel Hill for the summer school and will later secure his li cense to practice. 1 III I llil I Ulll I IUII C i TTATtrPTTITV ROADft RY OEll--i: - - !'' m ; , : '.,V'', With a German Prize Crew on British Passenger- ) Liner V Picked up in West : African : Borught to . Hampton r am Creating a Sensation .Greater; That Aroused ""Whn" the 43erman Auxiliary Prinz EitHel Friedrich and Kronpnnxilhelm riuSthe Gauntlet of the" British Blocking 4-. Squadron and Entered tho Virginia .'-.-.4- -.sr.. -j, '-;-;s-rf .'iA'i-'i- J1''' V -' Capes. " . ""' " " ' 'z Given up for lost days ao, ; the British pasen'gi-Hn'erPPipiy- ing in the West African trad ap peared like an appariation hi Hamp ton Roads Tuesday, flying the Ger mkn naval ensign, and with her. ship's company under guard 'of a j German prize crew. - - , She brought - word o..a. mysterious German; commerce raloX'r the? Moewe, which, now. roams the seas j and had on . board the crews oi; seven,' British merchantmen and Adraity trans ports captured by theIbe;w& before shfe seized the Appam '4hd started her .across the Atlantic f b-aiAmerican port; with XiiXSeot the German: navaf: rerve, and ; ..;2 2 men'inchargeJ ":- .- : , According tp the sl)ry told with great reserve by Lieut? hant Berge to Collector Hamilton Wl' n he formal ly reported his preseni in; American territorial "i water waP he Jteffect that the Moewe cantut id the HAnnam. bound from.Dakara,:-V0st Africa, "for Liverpool, aftera brlel1 sho of -re- sistance, on JahuaryM.iQl tmiles northxof th$ Maderfe lahte On board the MOewe thef jjbpe the crews of five vessels, preyV-v Jly" captured, all of -whonweremiffe the Appam which? ehii thieSiriTgiiiia Capes early Tuesdayv y Fromall reports t err MoeweVis';: atf: con mrechanthianlith? forecastle .'concealin? pabattle armed Austrailian- trader; Vthe Clan Mactavish, which she ; sank after ah exciting, ,combat with? a loss of 15 men killed: on the Clajn Mactaish. The Appam, which was 10 miles away at the time, in charge of the prize crew, steamed hurriedly back to the scene of the sinking Clan Mactavish, who were struggling in the water. Later, under orders from the com mander of the raider, Lieutenant Berge headed his prize! for American ports and parted company with the Moewe. On board the Appam all told are 452 persons the prize crew of 23; 20 German civilians who were on their way to England for internment; 138 seamen captured with the Brit ish ship, 114 passengers on the Ap pam and the Appam's crew of 155. When the Appam dropped anchor in Hampton Roads she was boarded by the quarantine officer, Dr. H. W. McCaffery, and given a clean-bill of health. Soon afterward Lieutenant Berge came ashort and called upon the German consul, von Shilling. To gether they went to the office of Col onel Hayes, commandant of Fort Monroe, to pay an official call. The commander of the prize then report ed by telephone the arrival of the ves sel to Collector Hamilton of the Nor folk Newport News district, and' later he came to Norfolk and made a state ment of facts to Mr. Hamilton for transmission of the Government of ficictls Among those aboard are 15 women and many children, the exact number of which has not been determined. Sir Edward Meriwether, Governor Of Sierre Leone, a British province in West Africa, and his wife are pas sengers. There are also several offi cers of the British army and navy. The masters of all the vessels captured are on the Appam except the captain of the Clan MacTavish, who with most of the members of his crew, probably were taken aboard the Moewe. The captured captains of British vessels are: H. G. Harrison of the Appam Ralph-T. Yeates of the Author, David Barton of the Cor bridge, Robert Reid.of the Adriadne, John Brockett of the Dromonby, John P. Jones of the Farringfold. THOMPSON OR DUNCAN? The Granville Republicans Will En dorse Thompson One of the staunch Republicans of Granville told the Public Ledger, this week that Dr. Cyrus Thompson would undoubtedly be endorsed for Governor by the Republican County Convention to be held in Oxford next Monday. He stated that Dr. Thomp son had let it be known that he would run if nominated. Our infor mant also stated that Col. Duncan and other prominent men of the party are mentioned. ; tiic i net nniTiQH c hoJcnian raidl- -; cauvu3 .7 17; she YOUNG MAN 1 SUCCUMBS AT EXCHANGE HOTEL AFTER-: BRDE3F DLLNESS Popular Young Telegraph Operator ;j at- the. Local v Southern Railway r.' i9uuiuU' irxes ui niouu . jroison. , J-.-Z n BY- 111 1 1 -.js. ' Mr. R. W. Winstead, of Samora. N. C.V died at the Exchange Hotel in Oxford Tuesday, after a brief illness V vMr Winstead came to Oxford last October and .accepted' the position of telegraph operator at the Southern ,Railway . station. He was an except ionally fine young man and made many, friends in Oxford. He was in the 2 4th , year of his age " when the summons; came. ; y Mr. Winstead was sick only a few days, . It was only ten days previous to his death that a small inflamed bump developed on his upper lip. He remarked ; to a companion that the bump gave him considerable pain and trouble. . He persisted in'' squeezing the bump and some one of his com panions advised him not to mash it, as such was dangerous. Blood poison set in and developed very fast and the best medical skill could mot ar rest its ravages. A particular sad feautre of the young .man's death was that he was largely the, main support of his mother; who was with him when "the end came. He had "long performed his duties faithfully looked forward to promotion and better pay. His singular ability and skill as an oper ator fhad won. for him a promotion that carried with it a handsome sal ary.,, A letter from Jacksonville, Florida," came to him while confined to. .his death bed advising him to rer port :f or. duty at an early date. -He prayed earnestly that he might be a ' j. j. xl .si:. pueu iu accept,; tue pusiLiuu. so ta to - better provide for the . loved one 4ack in the old. home.- The one jgreat -object in- the young man's life seemed. to be that of his mother. v His remains. accomDanied bv his momer, .aepanea ior me , oia no me near. Danville Wednesday and the in-, terment at Samora took place Thurs- day : morning. -; ; ' .; : -r S. .. ; -r ; ;. ihVOTE POTASH; QUESTION An Old VeteranIfiJeifeo . - -' ' Talks. Bewailing the fact that the farmers will" not be able to get a sufficient quantity of potash, Mr. P. B. Farmer, a veteran tobacco grower, says that it is folly to cuttarge heaps of wood and burn it for ashes. "Nearly every farmer of note," says Mr. Farmer, "has tried tobacco dust and trash on their crop and find it very injurious, so we will be forced to let this idea go by." -Getting down to business Mr. Far mer says: "Now brother farmers, let me say to you, use some judgement in mak ing and taking care Of your manures, not a product you raise deserves bet ter attention than making and sav ing manures and none gives -better returns. Five or six days' is all that is needed to get your manure ready for the plant. Cut you some poles to make a pen to hold what manure you have. Put convenient to your field, clean out your stables and barn yard. After discarding com stalks and other rough stuff, haul out to your pen, putting in 10 inches of manure and 2 inches of good rich soil, keep this up until you have fin ished, cover the pen with boards', let stand 2 days, take off the cover, next remove the poles around the manure or heap, build another pen as you fill. Commense at the top of the pile and cut from top to bottom and you will thoroughly mix before it goes in the new pen, you will find it will get a little warm, but not enough to heat. It will be best to change it the two times and you will find the lumps or cakes are granulated, and in, fine fix for applying, and you can much easi ly regulate the quantity wanted. It will not take very much to make a good crop with the best so-called fer tilizer. By doing this you can go over quite a lot of your poorest land, and you will have saved every par ticle of its value. This is no experi ment to me I have tested the results in every way and I find better results by compost. I am not and analyti lal chemist and yet I am by practic ing 45 years of my life was spent in the. tobacco fields. "I can remember when there was not a bag of fertilizer used and there was plenty made, and good times was the general cry all over the land. These" are simply sugges tions and if you see anything to help you, all O. K., if not no harm done." HAVE YOU PAID YOUR TAXES? Unless your taxes are paid prom ptyl you will be called upon person ally for the same. I'm forced to col lect by distress to meet my settle mnets unless you"settle within next few days. Please call at office and settle same. Statements will be mailed you upon request. Yours very truly, S. C. HOBGOOD, Sheriff. RECRUITING ROAD FORCE TWO COLORED MEN GET YEAR EACH. ONE Mayor Stem's Court Has Shown Much Activity During the Past Few Days. Among the large number of of fenders, caught in the drag net dur ing the past week were York Allen and John Mangum, colored. In due process they were found guilty of handling more liquor than the law allows and Mayor Stem handed them the annual almanac, which is equiv alent to twelve months on the public roads. . There were several others before his Honor, some charged with gamb ling and depravity, but we merely re fer to Allen and Mangum to show that Mayor" Stem has fully made up his mind to break up the whiskey traffic, and ho one found guilty need expect anything short of twelve mon ths, unless they make a clean brast of the whole business and throw themselves on the mercy of the court. -r It is sometimes amusing to visit v the Municipal Court and watch the proceedings. When a' .whiskey case is called Mayor Stem never fails to .. advise the offenders to tell the truth and nothing but the truth; The case may involve a dozen witnesses, more or less, all determined to reveal everything else but the truth. ; The tension is very high and under the excitement of the moment, some one of them will drop a remark that 'gives the Mayor the upper hand. Finding themselves hopelessly entangled, they break down and shed copious tears. "Too late," . says Mayor Stem, VPerhaps I would have given you only ten months if you had told the truth, but the circumstances impell me to give you twelve months." Source of Supply v The o there is Oxford. crs are of the opinion that t a single , blind tiger in hey belive that- country negroes come to town during , the " night and sell the liquor. The fact that the most of! the liquor captured in Oxford during thet past few weeks is a very inferior grade of moonshine - whisieyTleadsVfthe, that it. is handled pH, this .vicinity by me- country . negroes m - Close riCEpj with the source of supply. Clarkesville and Soudan Now that the Mayor of Clarkesville is working hand in hand with Mayor Stem no doubt matters will improve very much. The officers state that Soudan is a kind of a central point for the accumulation of liquor. The little village lays just north of the State line, making it easy for the violators to reach Oxford between the setting and the rising of the sun. There are a lot of good people in Soudan and they rejoice at the com ing of the telephone line which is now being installed and which will put them in connection with Oxford. This, they say, will have a tendency to curtail Xhe whiskey traffic in Ox ford. ORDINANCE OF BAPTISM At The Oxford Baptist Church Sun day Night. Owing to the inclement weather only six of the candidates were bap tized at the Oxford Baptist church last Wednesday night. Dr. Lumpkin announced that the ordinance will be administered Sunday night, February 6th, preceeded by a Bible reading on the sacred rite. There will be the usual service at the morning hour. A Box Party There will be a box party ul Marsh- wood School near Mt. Creek church Friday night, February 11, beginning at 7:30 o'clock. The public is cor dially invited. Miss Webb Entertains Miss Sallie Webb . handsomely en tertained the young ladies of the Thurdsday Afternoon Club at her pretty home on Main street on the Club's natil day this week. There were three tables of rook. Miss Webb is a very clever hostes. Card of Thanks Mrs. T. M. Winstead, mother of Mr..R. W. Winstead, the young tele graph operator who died at the Ex change Hotel last Tuesday, requests the Public Ledger to ; thank all the good people in Oxford who aided and sympathized in the recent illness and death of her son. She especially de sires to thank Mr. and Mrs. Smith and certain guests of the Exchange Hotel for the tender solicitude mani fested in her son's welfare. President Hobgod, of Oxford Coll ege, Thursday attended the instal- ation of the new president of .Mere dith College, Dr. Charles Edward Brewer. The v new president began. his work in September, dropping into the position or Dr. Dick Vann who was called to other work. 1 1 r IT -. i -4 r : V. V ' 1' jr A- y.
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