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1- I j TBI IPf T T f8 Sr. VOLUME XXXI. OXFORD, NORTH CAROIilNAtVEpNSED AY, FEBRUARY 9, 1916 11 -v 1 V" it,. : . - .... '!" It-" COUNTY COriHEMCEriENT DECLARED PLANS OP.THE GREAT EVENT. Get Ready for the Greatest Event of The Season. Every School Should Be Represented. The Granville County Commence ment will be held Friday, March 31, and it is desired that every school take some part in the various liter ary and athletic contests. If you have not already decided what you will have your school do, by all means get busy and find out just what it can do. It is only the just rights of the children of the county that they have an opportunity of taking part in this work. Teachers and . , committeemen- see that you do all that you can to encourage them to enjoy this day, since it is ; the one day of the year that is given over to the cel ebration of Children and their work. Examination The seventh grade examination is the principal feature of the commen- ment and will be conducted as in the past. Be sure that your pupils are ready for this examination. Do not let them try if this is their first year in the grade and your school does not last seven months. This is not treating the child right, to expect him to do eight months work in five. Declamation. Every school in the county has an opportunity of entering one pupil, either boy or girl in this contest. Children above the seventh grade may NOT compete. The first elimi nation contest will be in the group center school, date to be announced later. After these nine pupils havs beeax selected, a second contest will be held to select the two of this num ber to contest on the day of the com mencement. Chorus. The Granville County Game As i" sociation has offered $50.00 for the best eassy on "Why the farmer should protect the Birds and Animals on his farm." The association di vides the money among the town ships of the county and the town of . Oxford in the following way: V $2.00 for the best . paper in each " .Jt township- and in. Oxford. - $1.0.0 for ithenext three best pap-, -Drl 'B. - IIa 3Ui& cii etr 10p for tlje best essay,; on "How Conta gioxiK.'Diseases;are spread.!'- v$5.00 for thebest peper and $2.00 for the - second and. $1.00 for the -next three best pepers. - The work of these essays must be ; ' that of the : child and mot of an -old person. Each teacher, must correct v the paper of the pupil and send them -to the office not later than Feb. 20, ; 1916. Material may be secured from, "r. the State Department of Health, Ralr eigh, N. C, and the bird contest from State Department of Agriculture; Raleigh, and U. S. Department of Ag : riculture, Washington. v. ' ; Reading Circle Certificates. Certificates will bepresented to all pupils in the Granville Reading Circle who have read six. books in the pre ; scribed list . and have taken .a satis ' factory test on each book. Athlectics - V " There will be a little different form . or athletics this time and it is hoped ; O that schools not haying - permanent ; "equipment for these j'games will a , vail themselves of this opportunity, so they can enter the contests. There L ' will be four divisions Of this . depart-- meait and all schools" are entitled to , representation. ' Write Miss Shot well not later than February 20, if your school will enter, since it may :jbe necessary ,to make some changes in the elimination contest. : ' . Tennis ixir is' ana ooys - team. ; Basketball Girls' atnd bojs' team. 1 Baseball Boys' , team All players are allowed substitutes." ; ; - Runniig 100 yard, dash. Mile relay race, v ' i - ' . Running broad jump. ; - V Running high jump: ' ; . . '. -Exhibit.- y " ' .. The school work for the exhibit has been divided into the following groups : agriculture domestic science, and literary work. In the literary work, group the subjects under the heads of arithmetic, drawing,, history and geography, combine, language, literature, composition and sanita tion under -the head of .English: : AH, booklets are to be sent in separately so they can be placed on .cord near exhibit. . Work must be in the oflice FOR RE-ELECTION V . v To the citizens of Granville County I hereby announce my "candidacy for the nomination lor the office of Sher iff of Granville, County, v subject to the action of the Democratic Primary. I have tried faithfully to execute the law and to preserve the peace and . morals of the county. I promise to do the same if I am electedi again. Your support will be; greatly appre ciated. - Sineereb S. C. HOBGOOD. ,vi February 8, 1916. - ; Miss "Net Gregory is spending some ' time in Danville Va., ; ; - OUR GOOD PEOPLE FORGET TO THINK IT IS A FAXlIiT AND CRIME NOT A Stored Away in the Vaults of Our Banks are Thousands and Thous ands of Dollars Drawing Interest for Various Good Citizens Who Do Not Think. Forgetting to think is a prevalent ailment thelvprld over, and in this respect our pn community is no ex ception to ihMgeneral rule. It is of daily occurence right in our own midst. ". It is not the big things in life that we forget, for our nature is such that important matters are more indelib ly impressed upon pur mind and therefore the more certain of receiv ing attention at the proper time. But it is the little things that slip our minds, promises lightly made and soon forgotten, duties that are left unperformed because we simply, for get to think. Stored away in the vaults of our banks are thousands and thousands of dollars drawing interest for vari ous good citizens when they by rights should be credited to the accounts of other people. Our merchants, doctors, lawyers, carpenters, practically everybody in fact, have small accounts due them here and there because people have forgotten to pay, have forgotten even to think. It is fifty cents here, a dollar there or two "or five, small in the indivi dual account but enormous in the ag gregate. If all of these accounts were collected together and one man became responsible for the combined sum he would never forget to give it consideration, regardless of the ex tent of his' wealth. It would be too important to overlook, too vital to forget. We could name a merchant in this town who has thousands of dollars on his books in insignificant amounts The people who owe him these sums are not dead-beats, for they are a mpngour best class of .. substantial citizens. He is not worrying over eventually, getting the money: because he knows from long experience Jwi are as ceo J v's tion. The goU-triMli. 't''thtiHt him to increase ?ti: and,seii more oqa&fnQpBy&ttt greater dividends on hiii investment. But wholesalers and manufacturers require their money:on tht dot,, and a hundred or. a thousand small "accblints due the' merchant; " arpttcnjBered' in the light of anasset " byltlie Imen frdm whom hebuys ; his gobdsi i v If each, of the meil who owe these small accounts .would ..take the trouble to think, they would rush in one great throng to that store and pay up these small bills ; and the merchant would then be in position to do even better by them in the future. But they for get to think.and their money remains in . bank and they continue to draw interest On it while the merchant pat-, iently waits for his due. And this merchant is only one of the many. But it will not always be so"., Some day people will not forget to think; for our people are right minded and their forgetfulness is but a fault and not" a crime. But if it were only today!- ; ; ' : - ' r ; ' . ' 3 A SON OF OLD GRANVDLIiE Rosa, to Ro Vicft-Presidfint n.nfl, den era! Council of Great Railroad i V There died in Petersburg last- Fri day a prominent mna who, was bortr in: Granville county in 1851. He sat? the light of day at old...Williamsboro;' His name was. Alexander Hamilton The family was quite prominent on that side of the county fifty or sixty years ago. The editor of the. Public Ledger enjoyed an acquaintance with; the' deceased and we regard him 1 as a high type of the Southern. gentleman; It is very likely that General Royster who was also born at old historical Williamsboro, knew Mr. Hamilton in his younger days if not later: on Saturday before the day of Com mencement. - 15 pieces of cardboard will be allowed each school and the work must be arranged in. grades 'us ing thefollowing plan: - v Name of School' . 4 No. words, 1-3 grades ; writing and language. , Arithmetic; 6 & 7 ; Georgraphy. . Algand Arith. ; 8-10; Science. r. Paper-Cutting; Drawing. . ; , Arithmetic; 4 & 5; writing .and language. , -f5 s t English ; History and Composition 'English; History; Composition and Language. . ' Drawing. v , Prizes - . J A globe will be given to the school making ; the largest percentage " for the year of the actual census in dsil attendance. ,v "" An industrial map of North Care Una wilj be given the school . havli: the largest percent of its enrollinti in the parade. ' ."' CHOICpOPWOKD THE GER3VIANS OBJECT TO THE PHRASE CONTAINING THE WORD -HtLEGAL Germany Ref ers the United States to an Incident on the North. Sea and in the Same Breath Asks if that is Right?- :,-.-v'-..r Information reaching the Associat ed Press Friday Indicates that under no circumstances will Germany ad mit that the sinking of the Lusitan ia was an illegal act. New instruc tion forwarded to the German Ambas sador at - Washington, according to this informations : represent the ex treme limit of Germany's concessions, and make no mention of the word "ilegal." :;: . The results of the negotiation ap pears to hinge singly on the - sole word "illegal!' .which President Wil son and Secretary j Lansing insist must be embodied in the German for mula expressing regret tor the loss of Amercican lives aboard the Cunarder. The Associated Press" is informed positively and authoritatively that Germany cannot land will not desig nate as illegal th sinking of a liner by any submarin. , . The German Goteqament holds that ha THno-Hcli flooti at the hocrinin fr nf the English fleet at the begining of the war rushed ut upon the North Sea and inaugurated: a blockade, and in the next breath ; informed the U nited States that under, such circum stances submarine waref are is not il legal. Germany reminded the Wash ington Government , that " heatural powers were warned not to take pas sage on English boats. - At the same time disovowing; that the .sinking of the Lusitania was an illegal act, the German Government is wiling to pay for the loss of lives on thXusitania. Taking into account all the details of the sinking of the Lusitania, many of the American newspapers express the conviction thatllthe 'Washington Government has gone a step too far in the contravercy with Germany. : Won't Be Too Exacting Latest draft of Berlin Communica tion goes before ithe Cabinet this Tuesday, SOUNDS CHEERFUL, NOTE cupicorccyu l: last- week v6dy:Eyen ,rl2ld to see (tohim.- htor of the ailroad Was to at- shaiiht-"-3 43 teft bloiir: darkifl himanti'ci Jed-tb:eir :" Mr.;-Ldss'UeE being.. a hi s4iMi?S ;tend;;L;?.. nieelfe;n wj ichitfonal lastaw tour oi the property. ; Wj6 culd'only ge ear .' for : a ; moment b: space of time" it wasi he issoUcitaus about Die of his home' coui rr,ctbrs held ljnake a .Lassiters' 'vthat brief 7 Jtqt;ee that ieod'peo- . ille hopes that ; they, will diversi. It3tr -crops and - raise. Cfnly r a suC quantity ,ofi tobaccpf tovguarant' good prices; fMr;Las&tle would 1 X speak of politics orTpolicies, hul iiere fell froiix his-lips an- utterci a Itfikt great ly impressed, us. 4,Do yc know" said Mr. " Lassiter, L .tnat xrc; can -pcarceiy realise the worxh of Pre rsht .Wilson trt the fin tird. world vat ! "shioment? JHis superi9. iudgmt .ntl wisdom conies soni clear inin ; and' heart." Mr. issiter, spt)ke vsrds in a .t-Vo '-trriTiliArl tlie' 7 ' "PfsirtATlt's mission, is too sacred . to 'jeonnected with anythiug.but therd. truth In epal:in5 QlxazZiY ZlSr. Las siter 'described a hopeft tc ,-ncy ,iii-all lines ! iic:lty throughout the try. Continuing he-.sr ; , wlnterV4etrs and ? vitii many public , csr tions. Thlanufacturerg.Vt r indlimword f. industrial ,C ndence j ' corpora-- honfeesi-hare jConnriheC" i " riarked 1 rfi nrfivftment ancl uniisi actlyity of improvement atid' unust trade, ahd4nStistry-Tepcr months. "-Collations nv good; 4 Anncuncements made cf A nr niber 'of in , nr., Johi TcCace, an tr i'in recent - c'raiiy -;been iitiwage red citizen :-.his home Tednesday ' The de- a, -short trouble Jernment rsday. 'v C -! Granville r vrar. and !ied early :f Illness, by" three 3. LVand of Granvirr county, cit hear TipItfa Hilt loct' in C "tZrz-zr hi3 t 43UT .y 'v " : A' - v ccttlt -in lie i-j urrfr - i :rsr 5 r the big Tnipiny: 3 Crpods' Gloria S lO Tf r- : ---.;:- ;.' - 4. THREE MILES OF ASPHAL f STREETS WORK TO BEGIN ON SPRING STREET AT ONCE College Street Will Be Beautified and Adorned The Work Will Enhance Property Values at Least Twenty Five Per Cent, in Five Years. Since the advent of the National Highway the beauties and grandeur of Oxford and Granville have been sung by tourist from one end of the country to the other, but in their praise they left a sting "the streets of the town are worse than the roads of the county." This and other con tingencies moved the Board of Town Commissioners to submit a plan by which the streets of Oxford could be made as good as the best. : The plan, as set forth by the Town Board, was signed in dividually by each and every member of the Board with a gold pointed pen, and it was published three times in the Public Ledger. It was left entirely with the propertyholders themselves to say whether they wanted good streets or not. The sentiment-in favor of as phalt streets is very strong and still growing. Some of those who did not at first understand the plan, and op posed it, are now the strongest ad vocates. More than enough have sig nified their wishes to insure more than a mile of streets equal to those in Greensboro, Durham, Raleigh and Henderson. On examination of the petitions, now in hand, the Board in regular session last Friday granted the request of the petitioners and the work will begin at the intersection of Main and Spring streets and proceed out Spring to iGlliam, along to Gill iam, along High to Raleigh and along Raleigh to the corporation line. Mr. R. G. Lassiter, one of the best civil engineers .in the South, has been awarded the contract to put down the asphalt. Oxford is Mr. Lassiter's home town and" he. will; bring to the work that, fine touch which only ex traordinary pride will inspire. Mr. Lassiter will also finance the work on a long time basis. .1 The " plan evolved by y the Town Board, .was the result of ' much thouerht and research, and when it 1hadfinally been rea4 anflf digested by a;sigj4$ hiniestipi wasypujt atr'the meeting last Friday, to grant the x- request - 01 the petitioners, which was the out- -eomei'of the plan submitted' to them by the Board, one member registered his vote against the proposition. It is' thought that when this same mem ber of the Board sees the streets of his dear old town lifted out of the mud and slush he will regret that he voted to stay the hand' that meant a greater commercial center.- In all the-history5 of the world, good streets have never failed to enhance prop ertv. values. . rAU people do not see ' an object from the same point of view. . We rflmfimher well at a time when Greensboro " was in the mud and slush. It was left with a progressive town, council to do something, and they came to? the rescue with a pro- . . i t nr gressive measure, uia man xjevi-m. Scott, now of sainted memory, op- nosed it with all of his might, and he, was one of the States most bril iifltit lawvers; Be fought it with tooth ;and toenail, but the good work progressed. Mr. Scott offered to sell out and leave town for eight thous and dollars. Nothing doing, and to make -matters worse the town council -ran a streets through a portion of his large estate. It came near-breaking his heart, but a few years later one- fourth of the estate which he would have - gladly sold for $8,000 brought $19,000. leaving him tnree tourtns of the property with a still greater advance. Business men of discriminating judgment claim that the action of thP Town Roard in launching this movement to secure good streets, leaving it entirely with the property owners themselves, means at least an advance of property values anywhere from twenty to thirty per cent in the next five years. It is the biggest and best thing that ever happened for the town, and it came the nearest of be ing unanimous as any question ever debated in the community. There is in it " that element that disarms the critic and knocks : the kicker higher than a kite. The question has been decided by the property holders themselves and they have said "Go ahead with the good work," and the Town Board will do that very thing. - Of course... there are some kickers, but. we saw one . of them slain, at the -meeting of the Board . last Friday. He could not see for the life of him why they would begin the work on Spring street and go south instead of beginning at the Court House or on College street. But he was told that the petitioners south of the Baptist church were in favor of the asphalt being' placed on College street 7first, as that thoroughfare is on the . Na tional Highway and subject to tour ists criticism, but the- good people on College . street; .sajr that they, are trilling, to abide their time. . ; ' WORK SHR-' ,OBGOOD RECEIVES TkcE S. O. S." FROM THE - HURRICANE Captures Sixty-Gallon Still in Full . Operation Five Shots Were Fired In Rapid Succession to Warn the Distillers That the Officers Were Approaching. On Saturday last Sheriff Hobgood received a wireless message to the ef fect that a gang of negroes were op erating a distillery in the heart of the Hurricane, and it was believed that the notorious "Cyclone Bill," a color ed desperado, very much wanted by the Government, was the commander in chief of the still. "Clyclone Bill" as he is known to the revenue offi cers, is a dangerous negro and he has at least a half dozen notches on the barrell of his gun, representing the number of men he has killed in ac tion. At least the Sheriff was advis ed to proceed to the Hurricane heav ily armed. We saw the Sheriff a moment be fore he started to the Hurricane and he asked us if we wanted to go with him, but we flatly refused to put our selves in a position wherein "Clyclone Bill" could add the seventh notch to his gun barrel in our honor. Sheriff Hobgood regarded the venture light ly and remarked that he did not care if "Clyclone Bill" was as big as a house; that the message came from an honorable citizen who wanted the gang rounded up, and he proposed to enforce the law at the risk of his life. Seated in the car as it pulled out to the scene of the trouble were Sheriff Hobgood, Chief Wheeler and Leo BjTum. In describing the capture of the still Sheriff Hobgood stated that they proceeded to the Hurricane and left the car in the public road at a point about one mile from the spot where they captured the still. While passing across an old field on their way to the opposite of v; the thick woodland where the still was located, the, officers heard five gun shots close at hand. The shots were evldentally intended to notify the distillers that the officers were at hand. The offi cers quickened their pace, but if "Cy- cutantlier htrtiilron- the bar- rell of his gun. t On cbming. upon the still the offi cers, found that,? the violators ha'd , made four runs of liquor; within the last twenty-four hours and : the fire had been lit and the still cap adjust ed for. the fifth run.. It was one of' the largest stills captured in the county in recent years, having a ca pacity of sixty or seventy-five gallon. The officers base their: calculations on the four large tankards of, beer which had been distilled in the last, twenty-four hours, there being only one tankard left; and this the officers set adrift. The officers searched for the liqiior but none could be found. When the officers returned to Ox ford late in the evening they.v were covered from head to foot with red mud, but they had with them a tro phy well worth going af ter a ; com plete outfit for making a couple of hundred gallon of whiskey per day. THE COUNTY DEMONSTRATOR We Need Dr. Morris Presence in Town Occasionally So far as the Public Ledger is con cerned,, we wish that Dr. Jos. A. Mor ris, County Demonstrator, had an of fice in Oxford where we could see him occasionally. He comes to town once in a while, but . he is always ready to, jump and 'run to the coun try as quickly as possible. We con sider Dr. Morris' openion very val uable and we wish that it was pos sible to counsel his often. There are a whole lot of other fel lows in Oxford, too, that need Dr. Morris' attention. Take for instance the fellows who get up at a quarter of eight in the morining and works in his garden until breakfast, is nearly ready; why, bless you he can tell you more about farming than any man in the Department of Agriculture, but some how or other we have never ' been able to believe all he says. If a town man raises a turnip as bigfas your fist it looks double to himt but out in the country where the farmers raises things for sale they have long since learned that they must discount the actual size. We need Dr. Morris' ' presence in town to equalize things. Clearing the Ground -The old eye-sore, better known. as the "Blunderbus,". which stands op posite the Court;House in the rear of the Brown Building, is being torn a way. It will, be remembered that the building caught-on fire last Novem ber and that the firemen had the hardihood to save it. It is hoped that a neat building will take its place. -1 v " "y r Sale of Fertilizer Horned Brothers Company an nounces' in this issue the agency for six different brands of fertilizer. - t
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