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vestment rn automobiles is greater
than that in schools, Guilford county
being one of them. There is food for
thought here.
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OXFORD ""B A NNER
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FOR RE-ELECTION:
W00DR0W WILSON
COUNTY MANAGER
The recommendation by the Wake
county grand jury that a County
Manager be employed to run the af
fairs of the county seems to meet
with general approval throughout the
state, and many papers are suggest
ing county managers for their respec
tive counties. Well, why not? Cut
politics out of it and have a county
manager. Where cities have tried
such a scheme it has worked admir
ably. Politics should have no busi
ness in the business affairs of a state, i
city or county.
SOME WEALTH
The capital stock of the Coca-Cola
Company is only $50,000, and the as
sets of the company, according to its
last statement, are $6,572,647. Thus
every dollar originally invested is
now worth $131.22. The Coca-Cola
Company has $3,283,000 in real es
tate and a surplus of $2,924,898.
This business was practically made
by advertising. An utomobile cor
poration reports increased sales of
over $13,000,000 last year due to,
increased advertising. A cereal com
pany reports a gain in gross earnings
of $1,356,972, or sixty-seven per
cent, increase in two years. Advertis
ing did it. On the other hand a
biscuit company, which reduced its
advertising appropriation for last
year, shows profits shrunk from
$731,172 to $422,371. These figures
will prove interesting both to adver
tisers and non-advertisers.
SELF-OPINIONATED
It is said that the mayor of the
city wore out the crowd by his long
winded speech of introduction, and it
seems took advantage of the oppor
tunity to try to exploit himself, as
if the crowd had come there to see
and hear him instead of the President
Such a breach of the proprieties of
the occasion should not go unrebuk
ed, and it is said that many of his
hearers did try to call him down.
Chatham Record.
The above was written by Maj. H.
A. London, one of the most intelli
gent and conservative writers on the
State press. The one thing that ir
remediably marred the great occasion
at Charlotte was the wanton disre
gard of all proprieties by the Mayor.
It is inconceivable that a man who
has sense enough to be elected Mayor
of Charlotte should be guilty of a
thing which contravened all good
taste and good sense.
The Country People Want One Mem
ber of the Board to Live in
Oxford.
It is generally conceded all over
the county that one member of the !
Board of Commissioners should live
in Oxford. They argue that when
you have a little matter which needs
attention with one member liviftgl
here you can come to town any day
and attend to this little matter with
him, whereas if all were from the
country you could only do this on
specified days, one a month, and this
would be a hardship on the men of
the country.
In this, the Public Ledger is not
boosting any particular candidate.
Nine good men have announced them
selves for the Board and we are quite
sure that five of the number will
make good commissioners. We shall
be satisfied to trust the affairs of the
county in the hands of the best five
of the candidates.
We have always felt that a can
didate for office should be required
to tell where he stands on all issues.
What Granville county most needs is
a Commission thoroughly in sym
pathy with good roads. They should
be thoroughly familiar with the sys
tem of roads in the county and tell at
a glance what part of the county
needed their attention most. We
should like to see a commission elec
ted with sufficient knowledge of the
ccfiinty and the backbone to tell all
"steering committees" on the spot
that their services are no longer re
quired. There are many little affairs, and
large ones, too, which the Board of
Commissioners have to attend to, but
it is their bounded duty to know
which roads of the county need their
attention first and act accordingly.
THE NEXT FULL STOP
GRANVILLE SCHOOL PROPERTY
A table in the University News Let
ter, prepared by Mr. W. B. Cobb,
gives the rank of the various coun
ties of North Carolina according to
the investment of white population
in white public school property. The
ten counties that lead are Durham,
Craven, New Hanover, Wake, Moore,
Johnston, Pasquotank, Cherokee,
Richmond and Mecklenburg in the
order indicated. Granville stands
thirty-six in this respect and has
$5.43 per capita (white) invested in
white school property. Iredell stands
fifty-third and has $4.33 per capita.
Rowan stands fifty-second, and has
$3.70 per capita investment. Stanly
stands fifty-first and has $4.39. The
table also gives the amount per cap
ita invested in automobiles, Granville
having an investment of $3.08. In
27: of our counties the per capita in-
Saint John's Day, Rain or
Shine
(Orphan's Friend)
About the most importantfctopic of
conversation at the orphanage just
now is the St. John's day celebration
which will take place on the 24th of
June. This event is a red letter day
with. everybody connected with the in
stitution. The children and the
workers are alike deeply interested
in it and from now until the day
comes the 24th will be the mainstay
of conversation.
This day means much for-us. There
is the great pleasure, of course, of
seeing a great crowd here. A crowd
is always interesting and everybody
likes to mingle with and become a
part of it. It will be a pleasure to
renew old acquaintances and form
new ones, yet there is a still deeper
interest. This is the benefit that
comes to the orphan cause through
the attendance of the thousands we
are happy to welcome each year. The
cause ever needs friends and a chance
at the public to let it see, and under
stand what orphanage work is ac
complishing. Never jdoes a St. John's
day celebration come to a close with
out more people becoming interested
in orphans and many old friends be
coming even warmer in their support.
We hope that this year will bring
us the banner crowd. The bigger the
crowd the happier will we be. Good
folks, put aside everything that might
interfere with your presence here that
day and bring your folks and friends
with you.
High School Text Books
(Smithfield Herald).
In a few weeks the State Text
Book Commission will meet to select
the school books for the use in the
public schools for the next five years.
Into their hands is committed a tre
mendous task, and one which, if
wisely and well done, will have an
important bearing on the future wel
fare of the people of the State. The
selection of the very best book in ev
ery study and grade is one that
should be committed only to the most
progresive and most competent school
folks of the State. In the selection
of these books no politics should have
a place. The welfare of the children
in educational matters depends very
much upon the class of books that
shall be selected for them to use in
the schools, and their welfare should
not be crippled in any way, shape or
form, through the manipulation of
politicians. The best books should
be chosen regardless of any other
thing save the best interests 6f the
schoojs of the State. The books to be
adopted are for the primary, inter
mediate and grammar grades only.
It Is also important that some plan
should be adopted whereby the high
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READ AND TAKE HEED
It will be a warning to you. In this adv. you will find the high prices on
high grade merchandise murdered at the big sale .now going on by Victor
Kaplon, Roxboro, in old stand of Kaplon & Co. next door to National Bank of
Granville, on Clothing, Shoes, Millinery, Ladies' ready-to-wear dresses, Car
pets, Rugs, etc., etc. Also piece goods by the yard, Dress ginghams 15c
kind 8 l-2c per yard, Apron gingham 8c value now 5c per yard, Silks worth
50c, 75c and $1.00 now 19c-per yard and up. Anything that any up-to-date
department store must have will be found at this great sale and at prices
that will revolutionize retail merchandising for miles and miles around.
Never before nor again will such high-grade
merchandise be sold at such rediculously low
prices.
Your dollar spent here has the buying value of four dollars spent
elsewhere. . -
Look for the big blue signs which are the signs of economy.
Lack of space will not permit us to mention each and every article,
but you may feel assured it will pay you to come in and see and be convinced.
f Fashionable new silks are the correct thing for your summer dress.
The newest fads in ginghams for your house dress and aprons, by the
yard or ready made. Ready-made house dresses 89c, aprons 21c up.
Call and ask to see the druggets and rugs they are beautiful, Oh! so
cheap it will pay you to trade with Victor Kaplon where the sale is going on
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OXFORD, N. Cr
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schools of the State should have a
uniform system of text books. The
High School Teachers' Association
should appoint a Text-Book Commis
sion of their number for the. purpos
of selecting books for use in their,
schools. As it is, there is no unifor
mity iai the , books used in these
schools.
We should have such a system in
use that any boy or girl in any high
school in the State could leave the
school he or she is attending at
Christmas and move to any other
place ajid be able to enter school af
ter the Christmas holidays and take
up the work where it was left off and
also in the same book. It is true that
this cam never be done successfully
until we have more money so that we
can all have the same length of
school term. Uniformity of school
term, uniformity of school books,free
text-books and more money to em
ploy teachers and better equipment in
our cshools are a few of the things
we need and must have before we catn
place our schools on the same b asis
as those of Massachusetts and other
States that have long regarded the
educational interests of the people as
of prime importance.
Vaccination More General
Anti-typhoid vaccination will be
more, generally used this year
throughput North Carolina than ever
before,, according to the .officials of
the Department of Health of the
State, They are laying great stress
on this treatment as an almost cer
tain means, of protection against this
terrible disease. Its general use has
practically eliminated typhoid from
the United States army, the case rate
having been reduced from 536 per
100,000 to only three cases per 100,
000. This is remarkable. A cam
paign is soon to be conducted in this
county by the State and county
health authorities, and it is hoped
that the people generally will take
advantage of this excellent opportun
ity offered them to become immune
from the disease.
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for sale Cheap one 5-pas-
senger car; one 2-passenger road
ster. Both in perfect condition.Will
trade for real estate or give one
and two years to pay for cars. Wm.
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FLIES ARE DANGEROUS PESTS
Keep them out by the use of our
screens. C. D. RAY & SON. tf
FOR SALE MY HOUSE AND LOT
on Main street. Possession given
Sept. 1, 1916. Mrs. E. T. Rawlins.
FOR SALE SWEET POTATO
plants; three kinds. Mrs. A. S.
Peace, Raleigh street. tx
FOUND PARASOL DAY AFTER
the play was given in Horner
Park. Owner call at Public Ledger
and pay for this ad and get parasol.
LOST BUNCH OF KEYS AND ONE
large key near my home. Suitable
reward if returned to Mrs. H. G.
Cooper. 11
NANCY HALL POTATO SLD?S FOR
Sale. Mrs. Cam Hunt.
BANK STOCK FOR SALE 5 SHAR
es National Bank of Granville and
5 shares Oxford Savings Bank and
Trust Co., apply td B. S. Royster tr
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Doors, Blinds, Brick, Lime,
ment, Plaster, Laths, Faini ,
Sewer Pipe, Drain Tile or Builds
Material or Coal of any kind. -
FOR SALE S. F. BOWSER GASO
, line tank holding 175 gallons,
good condition, with automai
measuring pump, can be had t n
$75. Cost new over $140. Ham tf
Drug Co.