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ruJHUUt&iHUbO SIEM-WEEKLY TOWN AND COUNTY OFFERS BMLLHANT OPPOMTUMTIES ALL IHOME PRINT VOLUME XXXI. OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 12th, 1916 NUMBER 64 SOME RICH MEN PIT 3IONEY IN THY PURSE, WAS A SHAKESPEARIAN INJUNCTION Tbi Injunction is Very Often Disre garded By the People Who Have Much Money A Case in Point. We happened to be talking with a big Oxford banker the other day Avhen one of his children came up aud asked him for a small coin. The banker ran his hand in his pocket and iound that he was bursted flat as a flounder. "Put money in thy purse," vvas a Shakespearean injunction nev er observed by this banker. The incident reminded us of Mr. James Pace, of Richmond. We knew him well. Before misfortune overtook him he was worth more than $1,000,000 Yet, if this rich man crossed the river to Manchester he would invariably find himself pen niless and be compelled to ask the loan of a nickle to get back to Rich mond. Rich people are so unaccustomed to carry money on their person that pickpockets give them a wide berth. The fact of the business is that a very few rich people have any money at -all. Strange to say that J. Piere pont Morgan had only $173 real cash when he died! Nevertheless, Morgan didn't die poor. But did you observe one very striking thing about his fortune of $78,000,000? It so nearly matched the fortune of his greatest rival, Ed ward H. Harriman. Stranger still, the fortunes of Mor gan, Harriman, John Jacob Astor and Hussell Sage were virtually the same all ranging ' around $80,000,000. Hetty Green's was probably no more. Morgan had very few "cats and dogs" in his strong box, although we noticed that some of his stocks were not worth ten cents-on the dollar. - Very often bankers and other rich men find themselves penniless away from home and are compelled to look up some one to stand for them at the bank. However sorely pressed for immediate cash, a thought of the strong box back home enables the rich man to sleep fairly well, or at least we would like to try it once to experience the difference between the real and the immaginary. DEATH OF MRS. GEO. W. KNOTT Was Forty-Seven Years of Age and Native of Granville County Ex tensive Family Connections '(Kinston Free Press 7th) Mrs. Sallie Hobgood Knott, widow of the late George W. Knott, died at her home in North Kinston Sunday night about 10 o'clock of Bright's. disease. She was 47 years of age. Mrs. Knott was very well known in the city. Mrs. Knott was born in Granville county in 1868, a daughter of the late Alfred Hobgood, a pioneer tobac conist, and Sophia Hobgood. She was reared in the town of Oxford and ed ucated at Oxford College. She was married to the late Mr. Knott, tobac conist, at Oxford, in 1890. Five children survive the union; four of these were born at Oxford and one in Kinston. They are Allan, Thomas, George, Fred and Miss Sophia Knott, all of this city. Mrs. Knott came to this city with her husband about 19 years ago. The following well-known persons are brothers and sisters of Mrs. Knott: Mrs. T. B. Jeffress and Miss Scotia Hobgood of Kinston, Mrs. Thomas Ozlin of Kenbridge, Va.; le-srs. A. B., -Kenbridge; S. H. Henderson; A. E , Smithfield; O. R., Camp Glenn; C. B., Reidsville, and A. L. Hobgood, Henderson. The funeral will be held from the home Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock, conducted by Rev. C. W. Blanchard of the First Baptist church, of which Knott was a member. "Interment I?i Maplewood cemetery will follow. O "Wonderful Invention Ir. John Gooch, proprietor of the Gcoch Machine Shop, on -Hillsboro street, has placed in operation at his Iant the most wonderful machine ever seen here. The machine will v'eld any kind of broken metal and J'pi- cannot see the joint. It will rnace a cog in a wheel as good as Jlew- It is worth a trip to the shop see it work. Fuller details appear ewhere in this paper in an ad. County Commissioners In Session Monday ROADS AND BRIDGTS RECEIVE THEIR ATTENTION The honorable Board of County Commissioners met on Monday, Aug ust 7th, the following members being present: Messrs. B. I. Breedlove, Chairman; H. C. Floyd, J. IS. Peed, R. S. Hart. Ordered that Sheriff S. A. Fleming meet the list takers of Dutchville township and the County list taker before the Board of County Commis sioner on the first Monday in Sep tember. The object of the meeting being the assessment of his real es tate. Permission was granted the Caro lina Power and Light Company to ex tend their current wire from the cor poration limits of Oxford along the National Highway to the Fair Grounds, the said wiring to be ap proved by the County Attorney. Commisisoner Hart was appointed a committee to have a bridge built across Johnathan Creek near J. A. Yancey's home. The motion to place the tax value of the Peace Fleming Co. lot in Creedmoor at $250 was carried, this being for 1916. Grant rebate on $950 for year 1916. George Hall was appointed a com mittee to have the abutments fixed at a new bridge across Knap of Reeds creek at Crabtree's old mill. Penny Wortham, colored, was or dered placed on the outside pauper list. Hubert Gupton, colored, was grant ed admission with her three children to the Home of the Aged and Infirm. Complaint having been made to the Board of Commissioners about people hauling sand from the road and dis tricts of the County, the following resolution was adopted: Resolved: That any one found guilty of the a bove' offense will be presented to the Grand Jury. The committee to locate the special school district line near R. J. Jeff rey's made the following report: We find that three-fifths of the R. J. Jeff rey's land is in Hester special school distirict and the remainedr in no special school district. x. SOME BEAUTIFUL SCENES Mr. R. G. Lassiter Will Advertise Oxford. Mr. R. G. Lassiter is having a num ber of pictures made of the streets of Oxford which will be incorporated in his advertisements in important publications throughout the country. This will be one of the most effect ive ways yet devised of callimg the attention of the world to Oxford. More than a million people will see the pictures and be favorably im pressed with the beauties of our town. BUGGY WHEEL STOLEN Mr. HaTTHoleman in a Sorry Plight. Mr. Hal Holeman, a popular mem ber of the Acme Hardware Company, gave orders for his buggy, which was under the shed at his home, to be washed up and the axles greased. He had made an engagement with a young lady in the county to call early next Sunday morning and take her to church just over the line in an ad joining county. He told her of the easy running buggy and she, too, looked forward with pleasure to the extended slow ride through shady lanes and a lunch at "Lover's Re treat" near Gray Rock. On Wednesday morning Mr. Hole man got up rather early and while waiting for breakfast went out, to the shed to see if the old" darkey- had cleaned the buggy and made every thing ready, and found that one of the wheels of the buggy had been stolen. In removing the wheel the rogue let the axle fall violently to the ground. Sometime ago Mr. Holeman had his buggy painted an off color, a mere fancy of his to appear different from every body else. He has purchased a new wheel and placed an order with a painter to duplicate the color of the other three1, wheels. Interesting Program There will be an interesting pro gram at the regular meeting of the B. Y. P. U., to be held at the "Baptist church next Monday evening at 8:15 o'clock. All members are urged to be present. OPENING DATE TOBACCO MEN DECIDE ON TUES DAY, SEPTEMBER 5th Oxford, Henderson and Durham Are Agreed on the Date Creedmoor Yet to Be Heard From. Tobacco men of Oxford and' Hen derson held a meeting in Henderson Wednesday, at which time it was de cided to open the market at Oxford and Henderson on Tuesday, Septem ber 5th. Durham was not represent ed at the meeting, but it has since been learned that the date is accept able to them. Nor was Creedmoor represented at the meeting, but it is thought that the date will also be ac ceptable to them. Tobacco men in attendance upon the Henderson meeting were optimis tic and enthusiastic over the pros pects for a good season. Reports from South Carolina are most en couraging. The tobacco crop in this section of North Carolina is consid ered, as a whole, of a much better quality than was the case a year ago, and this is one reason why better prices are expected here. It is said, also, that the 1916 crop is slightly smaller than that of one year ago. SINKING FUND TOWN TAX INCREASED FIVE CENTS ON THE HUNDRED The Rate Was $1.20 and Now It is $1.25 Per Hundred Lower Than In Either Henderson, Durham or Raleigh. An advance in the town tax rate of five cents on the hundred dollar valuation was ordered by the Board of Commissioners at their regular monthly meeting held Wednesday night. This was done with a view of creating a jinking fund. The old rate was $r.20 on the hundred valuation and now it is $1.25. The increase will net in the entire town about $1,100 over the previous rate of taxation. The tax rate in Oxford is yet lower than it is in Henedrson, Durham and Raleigh and we have a whole lot to show for it. C APT. STEM ON FURLOUGH Will Return to Camp Glenn Next Monday. Capt. T. G. Stem, Company E, Third Reg. North Carolina National Guards, arrived at home Tuesday on a one weeks' furlough. His skin is somewhat tanned by the hot sun, his flesh more firm, he appears to be, tall er by one inch and is more atheletic; his appetite is good, he sleeps well and his conscience is clear. That is Capt. Stem in a nutshell. Capt. Stem assures us that the troops are well cared for; that they are being put through the manoevu ers and appear to enjoy the life of the camp. He states that a large major ity of the troops anticipate with pleasure the prospects of going to Fort Bliss about the first of . Septem ber. Capt. Stem has been quite busy with legal matters since arriving at home. He looked in upon the May or's court to see how Acting Mayor Mitchell is getting along during his absence and congratulated him on his rulings. THE STATE FAIR To Be Held at Raleigh October 16-21. The premium list of the fifty-sixth great State Fair has reached us. The awards in all departments are very handsome and many of them can be captured - by the Granville people if they set their hearts on them. The thrilling free attraction this year is the bombardment by areo plane. f Approaching Marriage The approaching marriage of Miss Imogene, the accomplished and at tractive daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Cannady, to Mr. N. M. Ferebee has been announced to take place Sep tember 12. The bride-to-be has been a successful school teacher and is popular. Mr. Ferebee nolds an im portant position in the Oxford post office. Seaboard Excursion There were- sixty-five tickets sold in Oxford for the Seaboard excursion to Norfolk last Tuesday, and forty six sold in Henderson. Endorsement of Prayer Meeting Night LET WEDNESDAY NIGHT BE OB SERVED AS PRAYER MEET ING NIGHT IN CHURCH AND AT HOME To the Public Ledger: I wish, through the Public Ledger to give public endorsement to the idea of setting aside Wednesday night for prayer in the church and in the home. , Does it not seem rather strange that any public endorsement is nec essary? A large part of our popu lation are members of some church. Most of the business men and nearly all of our women are members. The church began in a prayer meeting, and ever since that timev the prayer meeting has been recognized theoret ically by all as one of the most help ful meetings of the church. Those who have attended are unanimous in their judgment that the prayer meet ing is of great spiritual value. Therefore, as most people are church members who profess to de sire spiritual growth, and the prayer meeting has been proved to be of great spiritual value to those who attend one would expect it to be largely attended, and the night on which it is held set aside for that purpose. But we know that only about 10 per cent, of the church members at tend prayer meeting, and Wednesday night is not especially regarded as prayer meeting night by more than that number. Church members make other engagements on that night. I wonder how many people there are in Oxford, aside from the preachers, who refuse to make engagements or attend meetings on Wednesday night on the ground that it is prayer meet ing night? What splendid testimony faithful recognition of prayer meet ing night would be! I knew one bus iness firm elsewhere that advertised to be open every night of the week "except Wednesday, which is reserv ed for prayer meeting. "t Did they fail? They made a great success. It was not Pharisaism; it was Christian testimony faithfully lived out. Let Wednesday night be observed as prayer meeting night in the home. Christian people should no more think of giving or accepting invita tions to a social function on Wednes day night than they would on Sunday night because both are nights for re ligious services in the church. If these things should be done the prayer meeting problem in Oxford would be solved and Oxford would become one of the famous towns of the world. ATTENDANT. CHURCH INSTITUTE Mr. E. L. Middleton at Mt. Zion Bap tist Church. An all-day service will be held at Mt. Zion Baptist church this Satur day. Mr. E. L. Middleton will speak There will be a roll call and reunion of all the members on Sunday. This is an institute for the purpose of con sidering the subject: "The work of a New Testament Church," and the best plans for doing that work. Public Examination There will be a public examination for teachers at the Court House in Oxford on the 24th of .August. J. F. WEBB. OBSERVING -THE LAW The Mayor of States ville Fined Him self Ten Dollars . Mayor Caldwell, of Statesville is a man after our own heart. He was out with some people and they want ed to catch the train and the only way to do it was to exceed the speed limit. There were two machines in the mayor's party so these machines turned on the juice, caught the train, but burned the air. Going down to court next morning Mayor Caldwell fined himself $5 in two cases for ex ceeding the speed limit. It cost him $10, but he wanted it understood that he had no more rights than oth er men. This is administering the law just ly. This is what we would call an efficient officer. Had he failed to fine himself there would have been people to criticise him. It is under stood that he is now in a position to read the riot act to those who exceed the speed limit a thing that is hard to do in a small town, but should be done by all means. THE CAMPAIGN THE OPEX SEASON FOR POLITICS AND PLOITICIANS HAS BEGUN The Very Air Is Electrified and it is the Same Old Thing Every Four Years. The open season for politics and for politicians has begun. From now on until election day there will be speeches, addresses, pronouncements and "whirlwind tours" enough to fill the columns of dozens of papers ev ery day. It is the same way every four years. At the end of that period the Am erican people take on an expectant attitude. The very air is electrified with 'portents and forebodings. Like the small boy who is expecting the circus to come along, the man in every hamlet, village, town and city looks forward to election day. It's great fun. And during the time that elapses from the nomination days to the end of the campaign he fairly devours the newspapers. What would a presi dential or any other vcainpaign be without the daily and weekly press of the country? It would be a mighty dead affair, and very likely the voters would have to be notified by postcard or other means to come and cast their ballots the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. It is understood that several noted Republican speakers will invade the Fifth Congresional District and try to defeat Major Steadman. It is stated that Linney, Settle, Grissom and two or three big Republican guns from the North will be fired in Gran ville. If any one thinks that the Democrats of Granville will sit still and see Major Stedman defeated they are sadly mistaken. The -Ma jor is somewhat of a speaker himself, but if he should happen to be a little short on ammunition we have right here in Oxford two or three speakers that can handle anything that" comes down 'the pike. T? It' is "understood that the county candidates are committing their little say to memory and will be ready for the stump the first, week in Septem ber. INSPECTING THE HOTELS The Exchange Hotel Extends Cordial Greetings to the Inspectors The State Board of Health has be gun the work of inspecting the hotels' in North Carolina. This is a move in the direction of cleanliness and good health and while it is optional with the hotels whether they shall have a visit from the inspecting com mittee there is not a hotel in the State that should not invite and wel come such inspection. If the kitch ens and dining rooms are kept in fine order there should be no objection to the visits of the inspectors. On the other hand, the hotel that would ob ject to an inspection would condemn itself in the eyes of the public as an institution that is not in shape to bear it. The hotel that passes in spection has the further benefit of an advertisement of the most valuable sort. Mr. Lonnie Smith, of the Ex change Hotel, has invited the inspec tors to come to Oxford and spend a few days at the hotel with him. Mr. Peter Arrington Dead Mr. Peter Arrington, formerly of Warrenton, died at his home at Bronxville, N. Y., Wednesday after an illness of several months, which forced his retirement as manager of the British American Tobacco Com pany in that part of the country. He was indeed a good man and will' be greatly missed. His remains were laid to rest at Warrenton Thursday. Brave Boys Hugh, Charles and Cam Easton have gone to Smithfield to spend a couple of weeks. They looked for ward to the trip with a great deal of pleasure. Each was invested with a ticket and they seemed to rejoice to know that their parents would trust them to make the trip alone. Notice of Meeting The Maria Brown Missionary So ciety will meet on Monday afternoon, August 14th, at 5 p. m. at the home of Miss Julia Minor. All members are s requested to be present. A.V.C.CS. Col. Horner Here C. Horner, of Horner Mili- Col. J. tary School, Charlotte, is the guest of his sister, Mrs. Henry G. Cooper. : f ' i ; f fr ' .5 I 1 i ) : i .
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