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n EBEB SEM-WEEKi; "TOWN AND COUNTY -OFFERS BRULLHANT OFPOKWJMWES MX MOKDE PRMT OXFORD, NORTH CARpLINA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15th, 1916 NUMBER 21 THOSE TEN-ACRE FARMS MUCH DEPENDS UPON MEN AND METHODS The Farmers' Chance to Make a Liv ing on Ten Acres for His Family and Then Bank $1000, is Problem atic. (Dr. Jos. A. Morris) Editor Public Ledger: As to whether a family could be supported on a ten acre farm of Granvuie son, and have a surplus of $iuoo to deposit in the bank, much of a speculative nature could be written. It is safe to say, however, that the conditions for its immediate accomplishment do not inhere in the soil and in the market conditions of the county HANDSOME PA YROLL MR. R. G. LASSITER HANDS OUT MORE THAN $1000 A WEEK The Street Work is a Boon to Those Who Were Displaced by the Clos ing of the Tobacco Market. "I jes tell you. Boss man. dis here street work is a God send to the poor negroes," said a worthy old darkey, addressing the editor, and right he was. nut the lavish hand of Mr. Lassiter not only helps the colored people; it places into circulation a large volume of money that instantly uuus lis way to the channels of trade. we do not know to a penny how DOWN IN MEXICO very pretty PICTURE HA TS Tn the first nla on ,,- i much the street work will cost, but it overcropped; that is, it has been the 1S JfatlfymS to know that the bulk almost universal custom to take of he mctney will be spent in Oxford, every crop from the soil without a fr e Public Ledger was curious to compensative return of plant food to ZTJ; Lassier's P11. a" that soil, certainly for the last half "7 " ' century. This practice has reduced !df iL,0 OUr SaiSf acV??n nat lt 8 h,. nmror - f rtn a fraction m ore than $1000 a week .hpnnlv aR thP snil nf tho a X for laDor alone, and this amount does vmIIpv or of Tnnr.Pd.r r.t,- t not include some of the higher sal- oiVia 7i 7Trr ' t- arie men and the clerical force for ese & yrtauhtkS Tnere COuldf n0t Psly have been must be made in order to effect 11 opportune time to begin pav- ,hopa i i,-77t l.,7i: in& the streets than now. The work wv,,-i, . . . . " come at a time when hundreds of col- YV a- J v u. uaic (Uiuyai CU Lit). liut suppose we could find a tern acre farm with soil conditions as good as those of the said places, and ored men were thrown out of work by the closing of the tobacco season. Having the interest of his town at heart, Mr. Lassiter has given instruc- .L, to his foreman to employ Oxford articles could be as cheaply effected. Production is just one factor of pro fitable farming. Transportation and sales of those products must be ef fected before anyi profits can accrue to the farmer. Where would be a market within the range of the far mer's means of transportation, in or- help as far as possible, and by so do ing a precious little of the money will leave town., We do not speak adivsedly, but we estimate that the street work will last until the middle of August, possi bly longer. This simply means ,that a large bulk of money will be f dis- mer. i T T. -i aa. j I tributed in Oxford during the sum- oaicoiuau ci.uu. idiiiuaua emu. u.1 ixy Hit; 11 might not be allowed to subtract pro hibitively as to the objective of a support and an extra thousand dol lars? You see these agencies are not reg ulated in charges by the producer, BAPTIST SUNDAY SCHOOL The Music Feature is an Improlant Factor Since the return of Mr. C. D. Rav a-na so it is not in his power to cheap- to the superintendency of the Oxford en their charges, as it might be to Baptist Sunday School a couple of lower cost of production by better months ago, and the appointment of tnougnt out plans. Mr. M. P. Chamblee to lead the siner- A tew farmers on a small scale ing. the Sunday School has taken on might by personal soliciting and di- new life. New members are, being rect sale by parcel post, by express, admitted every Sunday. It is now by freight, skip over any other sales surpassed in membership by only agency; but the loss of time in doing seven Sunday Schools in the State it could not be escaped; nor could and there is no telling what the mem- tbe carrying charges be counted out bership will be twelve months hence in cumming his profits. if it continues to expand. The teach- in Granville county there is no es- ers, . as a general rule, are giving tablished market for anything but to- mUch study and attention to their bacco and cotton, it is a serious classes, but the music fetaures is a fact that if the farmers as a class wonderful drawing card. The four were to make crops for sale in one hundred voices and the soft tones of tenth the proportion they make to- the claronet, the violin and the trom- Dacco and cotton, tne non-prouucers bone biend into one grand meiooy of the county would not feel it m- Mr. Chamblee states that two more cumbent on themselves to obtain for instrument players have signified the farmer the highest market price their desire to join the Sunday for those products except as that School choir, or the orchestry, if you might be determined by the demand prefer to call it. We are more and within the place the products were more convinced that the Sunday offered. Three Lancaster county School is the workshop, as applied to tern-acre farmers would glut our local an churches. market, and then those constituting UNITED STATES TROOPS WILL FOLLOW VILLA TO THE HILLS The Mexican .Bandit Tiger States That He Will Not Be Taken Alive The Soldiers Regard Their Task a Light Undertaking Aeroplanes Will Be Used to Shadow the Bandits. THE BEAUTIES ARE TOO PRECI OUS TO BE HANDLED (SUMMARY) The Oxford Merchants Handling Mil linery nave Dispensed With the Hustle and Bustle Incident to Opening Day. It has always seemed strange to us just why the milliners set apart a certain day each season on which to display their goods. In some of the General Funston. und er nrHorc I large cities at the North thev ero so from President Wilson to hunt Hnwn far as to spend hundreds of dollars Villa's bandit army in northern Mexi- f or decorations and a string band, co, is moving his troops at the bor- remember one time while passing der behind a veil of rigid secrecy. along Chestnut street in Philadelphia War Department officials, who had ?ur attention was directed to a fash given the border commander a free ionaDle millinery establishment. The hand in working: out details nf ti handsome women going in and out expedition, made it clear that thev and the sweet music and pretty flow- regarded it imperative to success ers wer too much for "The Idle that all information which might aid Man" and we dropped in to see what Villa in eluding the American forces was going on. There were six live must be guarded scrupulously. models on an improvised stage It was apparent only that the mil- handsome women they were repre- itary plans contemDlated a drivo intn senting as many shades of beauty. Mexico that should be both quick and In those days they sold hosiery and THE HURRICANE INVADED FINDS A SIXTY GALLON STILL IN FULL BLAST The Blockaders Make a Hasty .Re treat The Still was Brought to Oxford and Turned Over to Sheriff Hobgood. other exquisite things for the ladies. and we admired them quite as much then as we do now, but a dandy Frenchman caught us by the arm and led us toward the door and remarked, "This is mo place for a gentleman and I will greatly appreciate it, please, if the reporter defer his visit a little - - i- : mi ttt t- , i Litm. xiie war department is willing to take no chances by weaken ing the border patrol, and General Funston's orders were not to move until he was fully prepared. General Carranza Satisfied Villa being nothing more than a murderer, outlaw and theif, the ques- later." nun ui ci using ouruer is not one Those big millinery openings al- for Congress to handle. When the ways seemed to be unnecessary to us, secret is known it will be seen that hundreds of dollars were needlessly General Carranza and President Wil- spent to make the event a grand suc- ui ua.v ctgieeu. upon a pian to cap- cess, and of course the expense was tuie vina. iiiiuiins uaumus. wnson j tacked on to the hats. nas assured carranza tnat as soon as The Oxford merchants have been this is done, the United States troops North and purchased a handsome win De witnarawn irom Mexico. jar- mir of millinprv Munh nf it wnniH Deputy R. B. Blackley, the fearless officer in the Southern part of Gran vill invaded the secret precints of the Hurricane distrcit last Friday night and routed a gang of blockaders. The still was in a snug corner of the woods. The fire had been kindl ed beneath it and the cap adjusted when Blackly and his men came upon it. In order to protect themselves, the blockaders had thrown a guard line around the still to warn them in the event the officers invaded their secret domain. At a point within a couple of hundred yards of the still, the of ficers heard the crack of a pistol within a few yards of them, and the. little light under the still, down in the ravine that guided their feet, dis appeared simultaneous with the crack of the pistol, and the noise that greeted the officers ears, as the block aders made their way through the underbrush was similar to that of a gang of hungry turkey buzzards flushed from a carcass of a beast. The still was of sixty gallon capac ity and showed signs of much use. The officers believe that the block aders are the same gang that was routed in Franklin county two weeks ago. There were about five hundred gallons of sour mash ready for use. This was set adrift by the officers and the kettle, worm and cap were brought to Oxford Saturday morn ing and turned over to Sheriff Hob-good. ranza has asked permission to send soldiers across the border in pursuit of bandits. It is likely that Wilson has or will grant the request, for there seems to be a determination on the part of both governments to end seem to be too exquisite for this time and generation, but the merchants look at it very much after the order in which President Wilson regards his preparedness program to be ready for them when they come. Un- Villa'S Career. The Order to capture likf the ereat nnenir.fr dav horPtnfnrfi WT- 11 1 1 . 1 J 1 1 I . vina ana nis Danaits aeaa or anve, observed by our milliners, one can has gone forth ana it must De quicR now ero in at amy time an select a hat ana certain. The ulan aerreed udoii bv all of our Villa in the Mountains milliners is a good one. See their J 11 Villa has taken to the hills of his announcement on tne secona page 01 childhood. He knows every- nook I Lms paper. amd norner Of the mountain fastness iYi-ItUl'2Vl- 3111 KUtTE that market would forthwith play all the others against those three and assure them that on account of over production prices "just must bust. I hold up the fingers of one hand OXFORD'S HOSPITAL LIST The Little Colony in Richmond Do ing Well. It is stated that Mr. Cam Hunt, to count the individuals wno nave clerk of the Court, is getting along actively tried to establish a market nicely. He will probably be able to that is a market for the products such come home in three weeks, it is said. as the Lancaster county tern-acre far mer makes so much on. I wish you to let me relate this in cident said to have transpired be tween a farmer of, the county who raises some of the Lancaster county products. Among many other things he raises to sell, he has fine poultry. Not satisfied with the price offered on the local market, he investigated other markets and sold his poultry some nice hens far above the prices offered in our largest market. In deed that market offered so little that few hens were going in at the time; so that it became necessary for a pretty free Tuyer in that town to go to the country to get his needed supply. I suppose before reaching this particular farmer, he had been buying hens at his offer; but when he challenged said farmer for a trade In hens, he was asked what price he offered. A price was named so far below what had been obtained in an out of the State market that the far mer laughed, and told the buyer the price he had already sold at. I wish I had the right to give the names and figures; but I have not. But here is the pith of the whole narrative. That buver did not feel glad the farmer had received half as much agarn al most, as he had offered him, and had the gall to express that lack of sym pathetic joy by exclaiming to the farmer, "Please do not tell that to anybody else!" Certainly he of our largest market wished to keep the prine of the farmer's product down. Where among such is the farmer s chance to make a living on ten acres fr his family, and then bank $1000 r Poor land or soil and poor markets rnke such problematic, if it is possi ble. How to make it possible, I could d spurs; but it would make this pa per too long, if, indeed it is not al ready too long. Mr. Baldy Williams was a very sick man when he reached McGuires' Hospital ten days ago, but he is so well versed in drugs, the doctors and a fine nurse soon started him on the road to recovery. He will soon be able to return home, it is hoped. Mr. Roy Osborn, who has been in the hospital for some time, is mend ing slowly but sure. He could prob ably come home now, but prefers to remain and get good and strong. The happiest children itn all the wide, wide world was those of Mr. Cam Easton last week when their de voted mother returned to them from Richmond restored in health. The Flying Machines Will Not Pass Over Granville The first draft of Postmaster Gen- cidi uuiicauu s yictu uu lo, unci o ECHO FROM WALNUT GROVE The People Want Mr. W. A. Sherman For Commissioner Editor Public Ledger: Men and measures are being dis cussed in old Walnut Grove Town ship. We have had but one Com missioner since the days of Mr. Nat Daniels, before him, in 1878, we had a negro. The attention of the good people are being directed toward Mr. W. A. Sherman, an able and fearless Democrat, who has the interest of the county at heart. I. among a number of voters, should like to see him on the Board of County Com missioners. We trust that Mr. Sher man, will permit his name to gtobe fore the people. J. M. pnib. In the Laps of Spring With the importation of silk and linens practically cut off, the dye market in a very serious condition Sid the domestic mills shutting down it is pleasing to know that Landis & Faston have an abundance of all tlese things at reasonable prices while they last. See their announce ment on the fifth page of this paper. It is stated that he has disbanded his army, but this may not be true. Aeroplanes will drop bombs into his den. It may require weeks or months to capture him, but the trap has been st and hated and it is only a matter of time when the boys will march aeroplane mail routes from Key West back home. L" yvnmsiuii nas, unueigoiie a siignt cnange, isonoiK Deing sudsii- J 1 T" . 1 wttt, TSFATATN TV OXFORD tutea unsieaa oi itaieign. -mm -r " v I W-TT we anticipatea seeing tne numan Rev. S. K. Phillips Will Not Accept birds pass over Granville as they Call to Jacksonville wingea their way irom uaieign to It became known a few weeks ago Richmond, but a slight change in the that the pastorate of the leading plans will take them fifty miles to Presbvterian church in Jacksonville, the east of us Florida, had been tendered to Rev. S. Wilmington is named as one of the K. Phillips, the beloved pastor of the five cities on the second lap of two Oxford Presblvterian church. The routes that will give thorough ser- call was loud and long and it carried vice between Key West and Wash- with it money and prestige, but after ington, D. C. The first section start- due meditation Mr. Phillips decided ing at Key West, includes a stop at that there is nlenty of unfinished Jacksonville, another at Savannah work in Oxford, and it was a great and the last at Charleston. There the relief to his congregation last Sunday second route begins taking in Wil- rViar Vio aTimniiTippd from the Dulmt minston. then Norfolk, then Rich- his intention to remain with them. mond and ending at Washington. Sinre the coming of Mr. Phillips Seven routes, six in Alaska ana one to Oxford four years ago he has com- in Massachusetts, have been deter- nletelv snne and Dreached his way to mined upon for immediate experi- the hearts of the people in the entire mentation. The contracts for the community. His congregation loves carrying or tne mans on tnese routes iiim hnt not more so than do the will be let May 12. If these experi- neonle of the other denominations. ments prove successful, the aerial - . . i . t 1 I . -4.i - n . 1 n ttt ill r -r tv. - rt tnaT trip rpr.piiT 1 1 n l 1 1 11 ir ui i i r h jisiiiji llli un ui uicliio yyhjl tjf gold did not take from us two of our tended to the other 41 routes. beloved ministers gives us tne Diess- -H assurance that there is not as much commercialism in the pulpit as the laymen are sometimes disposed to believe. Equal Suffrage Lecture As was announced in the Ledger last week, Mrs. Archibald Henderson will give a lecture on Equal Suff rage, under the patronage of twenty ladies of Oxford, at the urpneum ATTENTION DEMOCRATS and Central Committee. The Democratic Executive and has just completed her term of office n f i nm called to meet as President of the Equal Franchise Pen.raL Conlnl.i". 'Sall?m Leaeue of North Carolina, and had TluTarch IBtC at 12 o'clock the WilFe ad- Ul Di-JLiX -- J- .--...- " an d a full attendance is urged. Matters of importance will be tak en up at this meeting and the candid ates for the several offices in the county are requested to attend. BEN K. LASSITER, Ch'm Granville Co. Democratic Ex. Com. PAY TOUR TAXES BEFORE APRIL THE FIRST Unless your taxes are paid before the above date, your property will be advertised for sale. More than five thousand have paid and it is your time now. If you delay and your property gets advertised it will be you, not me. Settle now. You are near enough to the last day. Respectfully, 3-20-4t. S. C. HOBGOOD, Sheriff . a m r ject. Among other things to mrs. Henderson's literary credit is the translation of the German nassge sang which created an international sensation. The ladies are fortunate indeed in being able to secure a speaker "of such literary brilliance nnd social standing, as wen a ui such authoritative knowledge of her subject. Through the courtesy of the management of the Orpheum, the theatre will be loaned for the occas onH nn admission fee will be charged. X. Spring Merchandise Everv lady in Oxford and Gran ville are cordially invited to call at Perkinson-Green store and see the latest creations in hats and a strong line of Spring merchandise. See the announcement on last page of this paper. Something Nici See L. Thomas' specials on the last page of this paper. HEALTH CONDITIONS A Live Community Handles a Live . Proposition Last week was notable in Oxford for the boost that was given to the care of health. The Woman's Civio Club scored for the baby. The lat ter day views of the women as re gards the baby is no doubt a step in the right direction, but the methods employed by the good old mothers of statesmen were woefully lacking in some instances. The cake of castile soap, the drop of turpentine and the crack in the floor has no place in the Dresden Chinaware-baby of today. How the former generation managed to live and create statesmen and presidents amid the flies and unsani tary conditions is a puzzling question. It would be interesting if some of those good old mothers could step in for a moment and tell us how she did it,- but we doubt that the new women would give her a place on the program. ' Be not deceived, the methods of the old mothers were a hit or miss proposition, but the new women bring to the work scientific knowledge. The present interest in child life and children's health is proof that the good women of the land are coming, to realize more and more how heavy rests the responsibility to preserve the home, the church and the funda mentals of government. The public health meeting held in the Graded School Building Friday night will be of lasting benefit to the community. If we mistake not it was planned by Dr. Ben K. Hays, our. valuable health officer. There were many subjects discussed, all bearing upon the preservation of health. There were an equal number of men and women on the program, and here again is where the latter scored in a knowledge of conditions. LENTEN SERVICE Visiting Clergymen at St. Stephen Church Every Thursday Night St. Stephen's Episcopal Church ia holding the usual Lenten Services. Dr. Horsfield has service every after noon during the week and in addi tion to the usual services, there has been arranged an especially interest ing program for every Thursday night. A visiting clergyman preaches. This Thursday night, the 23rd, Rev. Robert E. Roe, Rector of the Episcopal Church in Greensboro, will preach the sermon. Rer. Mr. Roe has travelled much and spent several years in Alaska. The public is cor dially invited to attend. Last Thursday night the Rer. Lewis N. Taylor was the visiting clergyman and preached an excellent sermon. An Old Oxford Boy Major Sydney Betts, of Richmond, is spending a few days in Oxford shaking hands with his many friends. The Major was with the Farmers' Warehouse two seasons ago, but he was identified with the tobacco inter ests at Lexington, Kentucky, during the season just closed. Dirt and Sand It is against the law to haul dirt and sand from the ditches and road ways of the county. The people in general will please not violate this statue. B. I. BREEULOVK, Chariman Board Co. Com. (
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