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PAGE TWELVE GOOD STREETS SIDEWALKS, -ELECTRIC LIGHTS, SEWERAGE, GAS, COLLEGES, SCHOOLS, CHURCHES! WHO'S WHO B Qnn, W. A. McFARLAND. Wide-A wake Grocer Merchant and Citizen. . ... -::";'- ; Mr. W. A. McFarland is one of Oxr ford's progressive citizens and oneof the proprietors of a large grocery store in town. He was born in Wal nut Grove Township, Granville coun ty, and while a boy Jived on the farm in that section of the county. When a yong man Mr. McFarland entered business at Berea in the northwestern part of the county, succeeding Fuller Bros. He continued his business at that place for about nine years until in 1906 when he came to Oxford which has been his home ever since. M Wi'l 4 Upon coming to Oxford Mr. McFar land became associated with Mr. C. H. Breedlove one of the proprietors of a large grocery store which sinec that time has been known by the name of Breedlove & McFarland. He has made many friends while in Oxford and stands among the leading mer chants of the town. He has not only been live in his business but at the same time he has taken an active part in the progress of Oxford. He is now serving as a member of the town board of commissioners. PLANT OF THE OXFORD BUGGY COMPANY T. "LANIER. A Prominent Lawyer With a Noble Ancestry. Born in Oxford in 1871 and having made it his home all his life, Mr. T. Lanier is no stranger to the people of this community. He is the son of THE MOORE LUMBER CO. A GROWING ENTERPRISE Every Year a Large Volume of Busi ness is Done. -, n When you pass down Penn Jenu.e from College street the first manu- facturing plant you come to is that of the Moore Lumber Company, es- iablished many years ago by the late L. B. Turner who ran it under his name until the spring of 19.14,.wlien. Messrs. A. H. Moore and ;-T.' ; M;? Campbell purchased it and now oper-r ate it under the name of Moore Lum ber Company. Although the two years that they have been in business have been the hardest in the history of the town yet they have maintained a busy plant with much work, and now enjoy a thriving business. As will be seen by their ad on the first page of this section they handle everything that goes in the building i ofja house, factory, etc. The plant employs about nine men, all of whom are satisfied, well-paid, and loyal cit izens of Oxford. The payroll of this firm has a telling effect upon the ! commercial life of the community. Mr. A. H. Moore, is the congenial manager of the firm and has associa ted with him in the office, his brother Mr. George Moore. These are fine young business men and their large success in the business is assured. You will find them always courteous, and polite and the best boosters in town. Linneys Move . (Wilmington" Star) If North Carolina Democracy has in its record for the last dozen years one invulnerable and impregnable fortress, it is the progress made in the advancement of public education, and yet Frank Linney, Republican candidate for Governor, attacks that. He has his nerve with him. Mr. M. V. Lanier, who during his ca reer as a lawyer became kown as one of the most prominent of the profes sion in the State. While very young he attendedr Horner Military School and Bethel Military Academy of Vir ginia. He then studied , law at the University of North Carolina and also attended the Summer School at Har vard ; University. At the age of :twenty-one years he received his lic ense to pratice law, two years after which he came to Oxford and began to practice. While at the University Mr. Lanier took an active part in ath letics and during his earlier days was known all over the State for his a bility for playing baseball. Since be ginning to practice law he has not sought political offices but has made a success in his profession and has held the confidence or: his . many friends. He has always been inter ested in the progress of Oxford and has been closely indentified with its growth. , . D. C. itUNT Clerk of the Granville . County Sup erior Court. Mr. D. C. Hunt was born in Oxford in 1869 and has -made it his home ever since, during this time being a progressive citizen and active in the business life of the town most of the while. He received his educational training at Horner Military School, following which he entered into the business world in which he was ac tive until recently when he became one of the county officers. x The first few years of Mr. Hunt's career was spent in the tobacco business. Fol lowing his experience in this work he became a wholesale grocer in which capacity he was prominent in the commercial life of the community. However he gave up his business af ter a short while to assume the du ties of the office of Clerk of the Sup erior Court of Granville county, to which he was elected to succeed Mr. J. G. Shotwell, deceased. ' Mr. Hunt O. B. BREEDLOVE. Prom the Farm to a Prominent Mr. O. B. Breedlove has worked his way from the farm into the com mercial life of Oxford, and has grad rally climbed until he is now one of i.-s. garman; Superintenednt of Garnmn Wwi Mr. Levi S. Garman is kv.. . Mr. C. S. Garman and was reared in the state of Pennsylvania. He livf. v, Btnw.mwsi ot me time until ten years ago when he came to Ox ford. He is a manufacturer and is connected with the Garman Wheel Co. along with his brother. When Mr Garman first became connected with the. manufacturing business he went to the woods and spent one year there getting out timber for the fac tory. In 1904 he entered the fac tory, and since that time has worked there where the actual manufactur- si 1( ' J J? '1 is now serving his first term in this office but has proved to be an efficient and faithful officer. - - - What Hughes Said (Philadelphia Record) When Senator Walsh . denounced the nomination for the Presidency of a Supreme Court - Justice this might be attributed to mere partisanship: But it happens , that such action has also been denounced by Associated Justice Charles Evans Hughes, of the Supreme Court. " Four years ago he said the Supreme Court should not be dragged into politics. One year ago he said: "As a. Judge of the Su preme Court of the United States I have no right to be a candidate, openly or -tacitly." But when the chance came his scruples disappear ed, v TRAVELING MEN COMING TO OXFORD WELL CARED FOR. Hotel Accomodations are Very Sat isfactory to the Hundreds of Com mercial Me Who "Swarm to the Best Town on Earth Oxford's hotel facilities are good. The largest of the hostelries is the Exchange, a modern house on- Hills boro street. ' Mr. Lonnie F. Smith is the proprietor and manager. He has beer in the Ibusiness for twentyrfive years and is one of .the best known men in his line in the State. The Ex change is conducted along - the most modern lines, is quiet, dignified, yet enticing place, and holds a ' certain charm for the angel of commerce that impels many a weary traveler to make Oxford when in this territory to spend the week-end. Mr. Smith knows all the boys by name and re putation and mixes with them so freely that they regard him as one of them and are glad to have him a round after supper when yarn-swapping is commMei&dr-TJie cuisine is noted. The bill of fare at the Ex change is not excelled in any hotel in this part of.the cpUJiry; any com mercial traveler approached will tell you the same. The-Exchange "con tains about 50 rooms neat, clean, very comfortably furnished rooms, well heated in winter and noticeably cool in the hot months. The house is the travelers' paradise, any of them will admit. mmmm mmmmmm C r.r t & iV 'm y J , z" s JJS - y ' the proprietors of one of the leading dry goods firms of Oxford. He was born in Granville county and lived on the farm until thirteen years ago when he came to Oxford. Since this time he has had experience in both the grocery store and the . dry goods store. For a while after coming here he worked with Pitchford & Co. and then with Mr. J . D. Brooks. He then began to clerk in the Landis hardware store where he remained for two years. After this Mr. Breed love -accepted a position with Landis & Easton and has been, in the dry goods business since that time. He continued toclerk for Landis & Eas ton for six years but he went into business for himself, buying Mr. Green's interest in the Perkinson Green Company. Mr. Breedlove has been with this firm for the last three years. wis -'i' '. M ing was being done. When the fac tory was removed to Oxford in 1906 Garman came also and for the first nine years of its location here he ser ved as assistant superintendent, the factory bearing the name of the Southern Wheel Company. One year ago when the company was reorgan ized and the name changed to Gar man Wheel Company Mr. Garman be came superintendent of the business. He now serves in that capacity and is one of Oxford's valuable men. MR. N. H. CANNADY. (Continued from Page 9.) had an early beginning of his busi ness career. In the year 1896 he went into, business with Mr. B. F. Taylor. In 1900 the Taylor-Cannady Buggy Company was organized, Mr. Cannady being one of its organizers. He has been with the company; ever since its. organization and until 1911 was on the road all the time. He then succeeded Mr. Winston as sec retary and manager and since then he has spent part of his time on the road and part in the office. In 1915 Mr. Cannady bought the interest of Col. W. B. Ballou and became pres ident and treasurer of the company. He has always been loyal to-the en terprise and he still has men in his employment who haye been with the company ever, since' its organization. A Top Notch Record (Houston Post) The Columbia State says Candidate Hughes told only half a truth about the President's Mexican policy. Half a truth is a top notch record for a Republican politician. IN GRANVILLE COUNTY. (Continued from Page 9.) fed and taught the rudements of an education. There is also a colored Orphanan Asylum near Oxford, supported by and appropriation form the State, and, contributions form charitably disposed white and colored people. Oxford has good rail road facilities, being connected with ; the Seaboard Air Line System and with Richmond by a railroad from that city, via Keys ville, Virginia to Durham, North Carolina, under the Southern System, tern, Granville county contains 316, 018 acres of land, valued at $2,863,705 and 1,588 town lots, valued at $1,329,603. Of domestic animals there are 4,i4 horses, 1,978 mules, 6,240 cattle, 12,783 hogs, 31,623 sheep. Product of taxation for State purposes, $18,485.97; schools $31,691. 61; county $113,079.50. Population white 13,122; colored, 12,362; total 26,484. The other incorporated towns in the county are Creedmoor, Stem and Stovall. THITOXFORD COLLEGE And Even Then? (Durham , Herald) The Republicans are not going , to J do anything in' North Carolina untin they get together and make one earn est try at if: v v - - v it rj1-'mX IrKx :sM c3 1 1 fe. liuiiHi r y aAv .-- y - "UiL-L-uj-iitTnirtif ruc " " A BUSINESS BLOCK IN OXFORD 1
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