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PUBLIC LEDGER SATURDAY, APRIL 29th. iqh SECOND PAGE THE FARMER'S SALVATION Guard Natural Agricultural Mono polies "The NortL Carolina farmer has a natural monopoly in the production of cotton, peanuts, and tobacco," says Mr. Johnson, of the Office of Farm Management. "If these monopolies , are properly guarded by other food crops and live stock, then there need be no fear of his making a comfort able living. We see the same principle exemplified itn the case of a football team. There is generally two or three men on the team who comprise its stit-ngili and aggressiveness. The other eight or nine men aid and guard the work of these men. "That's what should happen in the farm methods of the State. Let the farmer pick out the two or three crops to which his soil is best suited, and, letting these do his main work, assemble a team around them that will win him the game. Cotton is a natural monopoly of the South, and peanuts .and tobacco nearly so. Rec ords show that corn, hay, and the small grains are barely more than expense payers. They would not do so well as the profit earners, but will fit in fiaie as a guard crop. Live stock falls in about the same class as tho nmall grains and corn in this State; but the natural monopoly in cotton, peanuts, and tobacco the Ncrth Carolina farmer does have, and our records show that if these crops are properly aided and upheld by live stock and other crops, they will returin a good profit for the money invested." DIRECT PRIMARIES in NAVAL BATTLE IS BRIEF Two British Cruisers and One De stroyer Are Hit But None of Them is Sunk LONDON German battle cruisers appeared off Lowestoft Tuesday. Local naval forces engaged the raiders, aud also British light cruis ers. The German warships retreat ed in twenty minutes. The German warships opened fire on the coast before departing. Two men, one woman and a child were killed. The material damage ap parently was small. In the engagement two British light cruisers and a destroyer were Jilt, but none of them were sunk. PU Be Thar An old gent had just won a case in the justice court, when the loser, in a very combative frame of mind, ex claimed: "I'll law you to the circuit court." Old Gent "I'll be thar." Loser "And I'll law you to the su preme court." "I'll be thar." "I'll law you to 'ell!" My attorney'll be thar." About 150 Elks gathered in the West Sycamore street club house at Greensboro last Saturday night. A Dutch supper was served, much music and considerable fun featured the evening. "Sugarfoot" Gaffney and Jack Crawford who are playing at a local theatre gave a vaudeville per formance with every line of the stage. The vaudeville artist, Gaffney, was recently initiated into Elkdom in North Carolina. fa Well "Thedford's Black-Draught is the best all-round medicine I erer used," writes J. A. Steelman, o! Pattonville, Texas. "I suffered terribly with liver troubles, and could get no relief. The doctors said I had con sumption. I could not work at all. Finally I tried THEDFORD'S DRAUGHT and to my surprise, I got better, and am to-day as well as any man." Thedford's Black Draught is a general, cathartic, vegetable liver medicine, that has been regulating irregulari ties of the liver, stomach and bowels, for over 70 years. Get a package today. Insist on the genuiAe-Thedford's. E-70 a Outline of Debate by the Class English, 15-16. University of North Carolina. Resolved: That North Carolina should adopt the Direct Primary for the nomination of state and county officers. Affirmative Argument I. The present convention system is unsatisfactory for the following reasons: It is indirect, cumbersome, and opetn to corruption. It is not truly representative; for the people do not elect their own representa tives, and the delegates frequently do not carry out the wishes of the people that are supposed to elect them, can didates not thought of by the people being sometimes nominated in con vention. The people take little in terest in the convention system, for less than 10 per cent participate in the caucuses or primaries for the election of delegates. II. The direct primary is prefer able for the following reasons: It is representative, for it puts the nom ination in the hamds of the people. The people use it where given oppor tunity, for in some states the propor tion of voters participating in the primaries is 73 per cent, in others 90 per cent, and the average for thirty two states is 75 per cent. It has proved a success, for no state that adopted it has abandoned it. III. The defense of the conven tion system on the ground that it represents the wisdom of the found ers of our government is invalid, for when adopted it was suited to the conditions of difficult travel and sparse settlement; conditions that no longer prevail. Negative Argument I. The convention is in harmony with our system of government; for it is a system of delegated powers, and it is representative, the people in caucus having a chance to choose their delegates. II. The convention fixes responsi bility better than the direct primary does; for under the convention sys tem the party is responsible, whereas under the direct primary the people are responsible. III. The direct primary is actual ly more cumbersome than the con vention system; for under the open primary system, voters from one party can vote in the primary of the other party and so nullify the intent of the other party, and under the closed primary system the independ ent voter has no voice he must de clare his loyalty to the party in order to vote. The large number of can didates, too, confuses the voter. IV. The convention secures the best results for the following reasons: The best men of the party are made leaders. It compels the party to nominate good candidates, for the success of the leaders of the party depends on their winning. It brings the issues directly before the people, for under it, unlike the direct pri mary, each party must put out a platform. A Difficult Task (News Letter) The Federal Government is trying to solve the problem of idle labor. The Employment maintains free labor agencies in 48 centers scattered from Maine to Texas. There never was a time in the city and country regions of the United States when the de m?jnd for labor was greater. Never theless, in January and February of tins year the number of workmen ap plying to the Federal labor agencies for jobs was only 15,000 or so; or about a tliird of one per cent of the number unemployed. The hard fact is that idle people do not for the most part want work, or they do not want the kind of work ti.at offers. Jobless people in the cities, for instance, turn their backs rn country jobs. When Dickens visited us a half century or so ago, he said that a tramp in America would be as rare as a meteor at midday. Now our con firmed tramps number four millions cr more. Helping people who need help is almost the most difficult task that mortals ever undertook. Thomas Harris, 67 years old, a farmer, living near Barnardville, was shot and instantly killed last Satur day by his son-in-law, Buncon Davis, following a dispute over a fence which the deceased was dividing be tween the Harris and Davis properties. Beware of Ointments for Catarrh That Contain Mercury as mercury will surely destroy the sense of smell and completely derange tiie whole system when entering it through the mucous surfaces. Such articles should never be used except on prescrip tions from reputable physicians, as the damage they will do is ten fold to the good you can pos sibly derive from them. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O., contains no mercury, and is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous sur faces of the system. In buying Hall's Catarrh Cure be sure yoa get the genuine. It Is taken Internally and made in Teledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney Sc Co. Testimonials free. Sold by Druggists. Price, 75c. per bottle. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. MORE MEN THAN WOMEN HAVE APPENDICITIS Surgeons state men are slightly more subject to appendicitis than women. Oxford people should know that a few doses of sizjiple buckthorn bark, glycerine, etc., as mixed in Ad-ler-i-ka, often relieve or prevent ap pendicitis. This mixture removes such surprising foul m:-tter that ONE SPOONUL. relieves almost ANY CASE constipation, sour stcmaeh or gas. The INSTANT, easy action of Adler-i-ka is surprising. J. G. Hall, drug gist, adv Hon. T. W. Bickett (Orange County Observer.) Some time between this and a lit tle later, North Carolima is going to say whom she wants for her next Governor. Judging from the press reports the state over; from what the usually well informed political leaders of the different sections say; from the general feeling abroad in the land, she has already decided in her own mind. If T. W. Bickett is not the next governor, the sigms have all failed. A rabbit crossing the road wouldn't mean anything from this out. No body would care any more whether the ground hog saw his shadow or not. It's Bickett or the signs have failed, All of them. And incidentally this isn't a band wagon utterance either. We came to know Bickett personally four years ago. That was when we lined up. Not that we knew then exactly what Bickett would be for. All that we knew at that time was that we were for him for what ever. Every body who knows him is. He- is probably best known, at large, as the state's foremost orator. ; He is also a lawyer of the highest type and class. Without under esti mating his attainments in these res-1 pects it can still be said that they do not comprehend him. He is a little too broad and a little too inclusive to be summed up so easily. The out standing, over-mastering fact about him remains his personality. In sympathy he is as broad as all out-doors. His very countenance radiates good nature, good humor and a benevolent feeling toward everything. Figuratively speaking he has a heart about the size of a battle-ship. Constitutionally shorn of the veto the office of Governor of North Caro lina is not one of tremendous power. To be really effective, the governor must have the backing of a powerful machine or a powerful personality. Bickett gets his on what he has with him; not on what he has be hind him. PEN LE turn U EARM AND PliACE THE DIFFERENCE IN A SAVINGS ACCOUNT IN THIS BANK. 1PRACTICE THRIFT. For the more the habit of THRIFT is practiced the easier and 'the sooner the compensation of self-denial is rewarded for the effort. With the practice of THRIFT and setting aside a part of the Savings in this bank it becomes a constant worker for you. "Every little bit you Save and add to what youVe got makes a little bit more." TH Bffl w OXFO KB "TH e Bank For Everybody" J. C. HASKINS, President J. F. MEADOWS, Vice-President J. S. BRADSHER, Cashier OPEN SATURDAY EVENINGS FROM 7:30 TO 9:30 O'CLOCK. i 11 "r 3 Sale of Valuable Farm Lands ON SATURDAY, APRIL 22, 1916, AT ABOUT 12 O'CLOCK 31 I shall selj, to t he highest bidder, by public auction for cash, ac cording to advertisement the R. B. Wright Farm. The tract has been divided into three smaller tracts and at the sale these separate tracts will be offered and it will then be sold as a whole. TRACT NO. 1 Containing about 100 acres, seventy cleared, on which there is situated a new seven room Bungalow dwelling, new barns and pack house. TRACT NO. 2 Contains about 100 acres, sixty cleared, on which there is sit uated three story metal roof dwelling, five new barms, pack house, tenant settlement (3 rooms), stable, crib, and young orchard just beginning to bear. TRACT NO. 3 Contains about 93 acres, more or less, seventy-five cleared on which is situated a four room dwelling, two new barns, stable and crib. This land is on the National Highway, about 2 miles from Oxford, and adapted to the growth of fine tobacco, grain, fruit veg etables, etc. The buildings are practically new and the farm is in a most excellent condition. Mr. R. B. Wright will be glad to show this land to interested parties. Plats will be exhibited on the day of the sale. By consent, this sale is continued to Monday, May 1, 1916, at 12 o'clock M. B. S. ROYSTER,Trustee. 0 ANNOUNCE!! ENT! tisM W slip Mafly Wfith th& Easteir day pedals in Vehidtei The Famous Oxford Ciiase Line. Young Mens' Bug gies The Handsom est, Prettiest Buggy made. H Easy icffiu Several good Largest stock can suit you. Walking and Also Carriages and Harness to match. Horses and extra fine young mules. Labor Saving Farm Implements we Corn Planters and Guano Distributors. Riding Cultivators. Spike harrows: Disc and Smooth ing harrows. Chattanooga, Girl Champion and Dixie plows. Stonewall and Climax plows. Double and single Shovel plows. Hoes, Rakes, Shovels, etc. Mowers and Rakes and many other useful implements. Wagons and wagon harness. Magnolia Flour and Full Line Heavy Groceries, Hay, Grain, Shipstuffs, Bran, Cotton Seed Meal, Molasses Feed, etc. Prices Reasonable. CASH OR CREDIT. WE SOLICIT YOUR TRADE LycDini Walton o J n II!
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