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i j PTOLIElfilEP gEMIWEE.ttLiT TOWN AND COUNTY OFFERS BMLLHANT OPFOMTUNmES ALL HOME PMMT VOLUME XXXI. OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY, MARCH 18th, 1916 NUMBER 23 DEMOCRACY TRIUMPHANT LASSITER CALLS DEMOCRATS TO ' COLORS Will Open Campaign With Every Promise and Hope Dates of the Meetings to Be Held in the County. In response to a call of Chairman Ben. is.. Lassiter, the Democratic Executive and Central Committee met in the Court House Thursday primarialy for the purpose of fixing dates ana to etntnuse the party. Hon u. g. Jtsrummitt, who attended the State Executive meeting in Raleigh last week, gave a very comprehensive view ot the primary law. His state ments of facts were so plain that the pollholders. will have no trouble. Other speakers followed Mr. Brum- mitt, and it was the consensus' of opinion that all of the Democratic conventions and meetittngs shall this year be largely attended. It is the purpose of the Democratic organiza tion fremState to precinct to demon- trate iuat un the face of recent Re publican f'Mvity, there is no apathy in our rajur The Democratic Presi dent and administration are especial ly entitled to enthusiastic support and endorsement for the splendid ef- iorts to steer this nation out of the troubled waters of war and keep it inthe haven of peace, and it is not sufficient for Democrats to feel this within themselves, but it is their duty and will be their pleasure to show it to the world. County Board of Elections The Executive Committee named Saturday, April 15th, at 2:30 o'clock, for the County Board of Elections to meet at the Court House to organize. Saturday, April 22, the County Board of Elections appoints registrars and judges of election. . The State Convention The County Chairman will recom mend the same date for our county primary as is fixed for the general primary under the law, June 3, and seems to meet the approval of Democrats in the county generally, rnd will probably be endorsed by the committee. The Democratic State convention meets in Raleigh on mi.. J . A-,M aTt BORNARD COZART BREAKS JAIL Twe Bad Colored Men Jump on Mr. Connie Waltetrs About 6:30 o'clock Thursday even ing Mr. Connie Walters, keeper of the county jail, entered the prison to see that everything was all right. On entering the yard he locked the pris on gate, and when h eopened the jail door and reached down to get his basket Bornard Cozart and another negro named Pearce jumped at him. A lively tustle ensued and as fast as the two prisoners would climb up the fence, Mr. Walters would jerk them back. This was repeated three or four times before one of them Bornard succeeded in scaling the stockade and making his escape down the Seaboard Railway tracks. Mr. Walters landed Pearce behind the bars and immediately reported the occurrence to Sheriff Hobgood and other officials. Bonard Cozart, the escaped prison er, was last week bound over to court charged with breaking into the store of Landis & Easton recently. MRS. HENDERSON HERE The Guest of Mrs. Henry G. Cooper While in Oxford The Henderson Chapter of the Equal Franchise League has accept ed an invitation of the Oxford ladies to hear Mrsy Archibald Henderson speak at thejorpheum Theatre this Friday evening at 4 o'clock. Mrs. Henderson is the guest of Mrs. H. G. Cooper while in Oxford. RESOURCES OF THE COUNTY The Financial Statements Tell a Wholesome Tale We are publishing in this Issue of the Public Ledger the statements of the National Bank of Granville, The Oxford Savings Bank and Trust Company, The First National Bank, The Union Bank of Oxford, The Bank of Stem and The Bank of Stovall. The banks are the pulse of the r"vinty and one has only to examine the statements to see that they are in a healthy condition. Spring Opening Your attention is called to the Soring Opening, announced elsewhere in this paper, of the Anchor Stores o., Henderson, on Wednesday and Thursday of next week. They invite your inspection of new styles in mil linery and ladies' ready to wear. Masonic Meeting There will be a regular meeting of the Oxford Lodge, No. 396 A. F. & A. M. on Monday, March 20th, at 7"30 p. m. All visiting brethren are cordially invited to attend. M. F. HILL, Master. RESOUMCES OF OLD GRANVILLE COMPILED BY THE NORTH CARO LINA BUREAU OP PUBLICITY Population, 25,102; population per square mile 49.9; rural per. square mile 43.9. Formed in 1746. Named in honor of Lord John Carteret, Earl of Granville. Value of real estate, $3, Hh1'' Personal property, $2,540,- uvv. numoer or rural schools, white 6'" Jt-uDiic roads, 700 nines. ana Farm -Property, U. S. Re port 191 0 Compared to 1900. 1910 Number of farms 3.2 kq Av. acres per farm .:' . . . .; 96.4 Av. improved acres per farm ..44.0 value all farm property $5,882,880 av. value of land per acre . . . .$9.97 Av. value of propery per farm $1,081 1900 iNumDer of farms ....3,135 Av. acres per farm ......98.6 Value all farm property $2,952,865 Ar. value of land per acre ... .$5.13 Av. value of property per farm $942 -er cent increase in farm prop erty, 1900-1910 99.2 Agricultural Report ... ... Cora . . . . . .407.121 bu. Oats 10,711 bu. Wheat. . . 33,909 bu. Dry Peas 1,853 bu. Hay and Forage 2,943 bu. Potatoes, Irish .... ....23,854 bu. Potatoes, sweet . 71,096 bu. Tobacco 7,073,646 lbs. Cotton 1,593 bales Cane, syrup . . ....13,622 gal. Apples 37,968 bu. Peaches 9,751 bu. Grapes. . . 84,419 bu. Figs 3,474 lbs. Strawberries. . .4,564 qts. tLive Stock Products Value of domestic animals $751,040 Value of cows .138,186 Value of horses 39 8.411 Value of mules . .156,561 Value of hogs .... ...... . . .52,529 Value of sheep . . . . ......... 4,596 Eggs produced, dozen 241.970 Value of .poultry , and. eggs , . .9536 Dairy cows reported . . . . . . . .3,716 Milk produced, gallons . ..1,062,815 Butter produced, pounds . . .395,168 Honey produced, pounds. ... 10,935 Granville county is situated in the" northern central part of North Caro lina in the Piedmont Plateau. Area 503 square miles or 321,920 acres. In 1910 the population was 25,102, and in 1900, 23,263 showing a gain of 1,839 or 7.9 per cent gain. The surface features of the county vary from gently rolling to hilly. Two distinct watersheds traverse the (Continued on Second Page THE COUNTY COMMENCEMENT GETTING READY FOR THE EVENT FRBDAY, MARCH 31st. The County Commencement on Friday, March 31st, is only two weeks from this Friday. Let every teacher, committeeman, every father and mother and all students of Gran ville county get all things In readi ness for that great day. The Public Ledger and all good people in' Oxford hope to see every school in the county take a deep in terest in these commencements, for they will be annual events, and help get the children interested in them. It means muchto the boys and girls to have them appear before the pub lic in the various exercises, and it will make 'the fathers and mothers feel mighty proud to know that John and Sarah won the medal at the County Commencement. The day is a crreat stimulus to school affairs and we can well afford to lay aside our work and help to make the Commen cement the success that It should be. We doubt if the Board of Education makes a wiser expenditure than the little amount they , contribute to this day. Watch the Public Ledger irom now on for information. Miss Mary Shot- well the efficient and obliging super visor of schools is very busy, but we trust she will find time to make use of the Public Ledger in her noble un dertakings ORPHETJM THEATRE o . Splendid Bill Every Night Next On Monday night, March 20th, William Fox presents "Wormwood," the dramatic masterpiece of Marie Corelli. Coming Monaay mgm, Mnrrh 27th. Theda .Bara in "The Devil's Daughter." Friday night of each week is devotea zo run ana Pathe pictures and the interesting feature for Saturday night is the lroken Coin; General Royster Returns Clan nun Mrs. B. S. Royster have returned from Western North Caro- ina. . AFTER VILLA FOUR THOUSAND SOLDIERS CROSS BORDER Very Little Authentic News Flashed Over the Wire Nothing of Defi nite Nature Will Be Known Until Villa Has Been Captured. There "Is very little authentic mews coming. from Mexico. It seems reas onably certain that General Carranza is co-operating with. General Funston in the pursuit and capture of Villa. The grim pursuit of the bandits is completely hid behind a veil of se crecy, the most rigid censorship the United States has ever witnessed. The Eleveuith United States Caval ry from Chattanooga has reinforced the border patrol and it is given out that 4,000 troops have crossed the international frontier and disappear ed in Mexico. They are accompanied with a dozen aeroplanes and numer ous autocars. It is more than likely that the first authentic mews to reach the . Associated Press will be to the effect that Villa has been captured. It is evident that General Funston, who has been given a free hand wishes to capture Villa and his ban dits without the world knowing of the ease or handship or dangers en countered. WILL JOIN THE CELESTIAL BAND MESSRS. HUNT AND CREWS FACE A LONG VOYAGE A few weeks ago the British-American Tobacco Company began to search for a number of bright young men to go to China and sell cigarettes out of season and teach the natives in season how to raise and cure to bacco. Several young men in this section made application through Mr. John Webb, the local agent of the British-American Company, who re quested them to set forth their quali fications , in writing. The selection of the twu young men comes down the line from headquarters and Messrs.Hunt and Crews will sail from Sah Francisco on,"; April 15th. ' . The appointment, carries with it a good salary and promotion for faith ful service. Their headquarters will be at Shanghai. They will teach the natives the art and science of raising and marketing tobacco. Both young men look forward with pleasure to their departure. They are. both mak ing diligeait enquiry as to. the cus toms, likes and dislikes of the China men. Our young friend, Mr. Joe Hunt, is much worried over a clause in the Chinese book of etiquette which stipulates that all young men rallinsr on maidens must depart at 8:30 o'clock. . HIGHWAY RECORDS BROKEN THE AUTHORITIES AT WASHING TON COMPLIMENT WINSLOW We Now Have Through Granville County a Highway That Holds up All the Year Round. World records in highway improve ments have been broken by the Washineton-Atlanta highway from Washington, D.. C, to Atlanta, Ga., by way of Oxford, according to a re port to Captain D. H. Winslow, dis trict engineer, from Mr. E. W James, in charge of the highway, with headauarters in Washington, JJ. U. Can tain- Winslow states that the record was broken by the ability of tourists to use the Washington-At lanta highway 366 days during 1915. Mr. James compliments Engineer Winslow for his part in the work. Records are produced by Captain Winslow, showing that during Janu ary, 1915, only 12 automobiles passed through a certain part of the high way between Durham and Granville counties. In 1916 383 automobiles used the route. In February, 1915, there were no automobiles to pass the given point, 'while in February, 1916, there were 317. Cumberland county will stay on the National Highway, the Commis sioners having alloted 50 per cent, more than last year. Granville county was the first to sign up this year and take first place on the Government records. PAY YOUR TAXES BEFORE APRIL THE FIRST j 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. H 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 DIAMOND W THE ROUGH LAYING A FOUNDATION AND CREATING A DEMAND There was never a time in the his tory of Oxford when the pride of the entire community was so thoroughly aroused as now. Those who could only see the diamond in the rough, now behold inDxf ord as the streets are rounded off and paved a most precious jewel. With the coming of good streets a sense of security is felt on all sides. The farmers are particularly pleased with the prospects of trading in a home town where there is no dust to soil the goods; they regard the good work inauguarated in Oxford as preparing for their reception. When the street work is finished, Oxford will be the one bright spot in Gran ville that- will attract the farmers as never before. May they come more frequent and linger longer. Six months ago you could scarcely get up a dog fight in Oxford, but eve ery man you meet now asks you what kind of an enterprise can we start in Oxford? There is not at the present time a real live kicker in town all is enthusiam. There .were so many knockers in Oxford twelve months ago it was practically impossible to agree on any thing. It actually got to be so bad that when a mass meeting was called to try to get together and "start something," the knockers would hide as soon as the "Court House bell rang. It was actually so bad a few years ago that it .became fashionable to disagree about .any thing that looked toward enlarging our commercial prestige. Ther0was enough kicking about the grading - on Spring street two years ago to float a minion dollar loan but tne worse kicker now admits that it' was a good thing. ' ;-The ''Panama Ditch" marked the death and burial of the chief of knockers and when the rest of them lay down to rest the good people elected a new Town Board and prayed loud and long for them to get busy and do something in the way of street building. The new Board,' ever mindful of the obligation, got bjsy and submitted a proposition which- instantly" met the hearty" ap pr oval of the majority of the prop erty holders. .Their proportion, as accepted by the property owners to pave the streets, has brought new life to the town. It is the first time in the history of Oxford that the old town has had a chance to show what can be done here. , When Mr. Lassiter 's paving con tract has been.fulfilled, one has but to cast his eye over the town to see that property values have greatly in creased. The people of Oxford- are now united in laying a broad founda tion and creating a demand. THE GRANVILLE GRAYS READY CAPT. FULLER SAYS COMPANY COULD ENTRAIN IN TWELVE HOURS There never was a more patriotic citizenship than the Granville Grays. Within twelve hours after receiving orders for moblization, Oxford's crack military company could be pre pared for service and ready to en train, according to Capt. Fuller, who. in conversation with the Public Led ger, stated Thursday that his soldier boys were in the best of condition and willing to respond to their coun try's call whenever needed. The Granville Grays now number about sixty enlisted men, and Cap tain Fuller is of the opinion that he could increase the number to one hundred within three days after the moblization order was given. Since the Villa attack on Columbus New Mexico, last week a number of young men about town have signified their desire to join the local company as soon as the war bugle sounds. In the event more troops are need ed for the pursuit of the bandits in Mexico, and the National Guard should be called upon, the order, of course originates with President Wil son. The War Department would then notify the Adjutant-General . of every State, who in turn would issue orders to the captain oreach company in his jurisdiction. Practically the only delay that would be occasioned in the event of a call to -service would be in notify ing the members of the company, some few of whom are understood to be out of town at the present time. Besides this, too, equipment would have to be issued to every man leav ing for active service at the front. Extra Specials Spring trading by very brisk at Landis & Easton's stores. From the quantity of white goods that is being sold we have no doubt that a large majority of the children of the coun ty will be dressed in white at the County. Commencement. The millin ery department is also busy. Landis & Easton are quoting attractive fig ures in this issue-of the Public Led ger. - THE SOLDIER'S MEMORIAL WHY MOVE IT FROM THE HEAD OF MAIN STREET? There Are Those Who Would Move It to Beautiful Elmwood Others Should Like to See it Adorn the Grass Plot on Spring Street It is Likely to Remain Where it is. Two well known citizens came into the Public Ledger office the other day and stated that they should like to see the monument at the head of Main street given a permanent place in the grass plot on Spring street, immediately between the residence of Drv 13. T. White and the Baptist church. No sooner had they depart ed than three other citizens came in and stated that the best place for the monument was-4mmediately in front of the Court House door. Dartlv on the sidewalk and partly on the street with a drinking foutain at its base. Later in the day we heard a crowd of men discussing the same question and they all agreed that the proper place for the monument was the sum mit of the hill in beautiful Elmwood, where it would be seen by the thou sands of tourists who travel the Na tional Highway and from the win dows of the Southern trains. Those who would move the monu ment to Elmwood say that it should stand in the open, overlooking the town; those who would move it to a point immediately in front of the Court House door claim that it would have a red back ground and would be more readily seen; those who would move it to Spring street claim that it would be in a quiet spot, sur rounded by a church and beautiful ll6mes and a large grass plot. These are-some of the things that have been talkedthis week, and the Public Led ger .gives them for what they are worth with brief editorial comment. Doubtless the talk originated from the ' fact that Main street is being paved and the question naturally arises as to how much park space should be given to the monument. In deference to the feelings of those noble ladies who labored so faithful to ere,ct the memof ial to those who responded to the call of their country, the Public Ledger has nothing to say beyond the fact that we - should like T6-eethe7memorial:suirohaded by a grass plot and protected by- an iron railing. If it remains at the head of Main street the park at its base will necessarily be small too small for the noble sentiments that, it repre sents. If those noble Daughters of the Confederacy desire to let the me morial stand where it is, by all means let the good citizens place a neat and substantial iron railing ' about its base. The Woman's Missionary Union t;i.The Woman's Missionary Union of. 'the Baptist churches of North Carolina will meet in Winston-Salem Match 21-24. There are 1,162 Mis sionary Societies in" the Union, and during the year, March '1915-1916, these Societies have contributed to Missions, $46,600.00. A In" the churches of the Flat River Association there are about 30 So cieties. Their gifts to Missions for the year amounted to just a - little over their aim of $1,400.00. Quite a number of ladies from Oxford and also from, some of the other churches will attend the . meet ing in Winston-Salem. From Oxford Mrs. J. D. Brooks, Mrs. G. T. Lump kin, Mrs. E. K. Howard, Mrs. Len Pitchford, Misses Sallie Webb and Ruth Taylor, Mrs. C. A. .Upchurch, Mrs. John Webb. From Enon, Miss Fannie Hester; Grassy Creek, Miss Mattie Sizemore; Mountain Creek, Miss Mary Hart; Creedmoor, Mrs. S., C. Lyon and Mrs. S. H. Rogers." There are perhaps others going from other churches. This large repre sentation will bring home to their so cieties much new life and inspiration. Every society should send a delegate. Pierian Literary Society One of the most interesting meet ings of the Pierian Literary Society was held last Friday. The subject for the afternoon was a debate, "Re solved, That the United States Should Within the Next Four Years Grant the Phillippines their Independence.' Those on the affirmative were: Treva Garmam, Mary Day and Ruth Parham those on the negative were, Ruth White, Mozelle Walters, and Eliza beth Bryan. The judges. Misses Carrie Fuller, Irene Pierson and Georgia Winston, decided in favor of the affirmative. R. Services at Stovall Lenten Services will be held in St. Peter's Episcopal church, Stovall, this Friday night at 7:30. On Sunday as follows: 8 a. m. Holy Communion. 11:15 a.m. Morning Prayer and Ser mon. 7:30 d. m. Evening prayer and Sermon. The public is very cordial ly invited to attend these services. -0. Handsome Spring Display The fine display of Spring goods at Perkinson-Green Company is at tracting widespread attention. It is perhaps one of the strongest lines of Spring goods "The Quality Store" has ever offered. See their ad elsewhere in this -paper. v
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