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- PTOLUglBIElD SE-WEEKLY TOWN AND " COUNTY OFFERS BMLLIANT OPPOITUNITHES ALL HOME PMNT VOIXMK XXXI. OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAYY OCTOBER 11, 1916 NUMBER 81 GERMANY BRINGS WAR TO THE AMERICAN COAST SIX VESSELS ARE SUNK BY DARING GERMAN RAIDER OFF THE NEW ENGLAND COAST LAST SUNDAY HEAT PACKING PLANT pVTES OF IMPORTANT MEETINGS TO BE HELD community Enterprise Effecting nio Interests of Every one Within a liadius of Fifty Miles From Ox ford. Ir. John W. Greer of Moultrie, Ga., who is familiar with every de tail of the meat packing business, ac companied by a committee of busi ness men of Oxford, will be at the places named below at the times designated to explain the operations of a meat packing plant. We shall expect a big crowd to greet our coin ing to talk about a matter which we firmly believe means more for this section than anything that can be done. Monday, October 16th at 8 p. m., Court House, Oxford. Tuesday, October 17th at 12 M., Court House, Oxford. Wednesday, October 18th at 2 p. in,. Stovall; at 4 p. m., Bullock. Thursday, October 19th at 2 p. m., at Virgilina, Va. Friday, October 20th, at 2 p. m., at Creedmoor; at 4 p. m. Northside. Saturday, October 21st, at 2 p. m., Berea; at 4 p. m., Stem. Monday, October 23rd, at 2 p. m., Wilton; at 4 p. m., Grissom. Tuesday, October 24th, at 2 p. m., Dabney; at 4 p. m., Watkins. A meat packing plant means pro fits for our farmers, our merchants, our bankers and for every other line of business. It means diversified crops, increased land values, the can cellation of mortgages and a ready cash market for all farm products, through stock raising in any quan tity, any time of the year. It looks good to us. PACKING PLANT COMMITTEE C D. RAY, Chairman. THE OXFORD LIBRARY A Very Valuable Asset to the Town. The Literature and Library Exten sion Department of the Woman's Ciub, will have a Fancy Work Booth at the Chrysanthemum Show, and "Kill appreciate any article of fancy work given by any one who is inter ested in this Department of the Club. The Library Committee is endeav oring to inake the library of real edu cational value to the town, and it needs your support and co-operation. The fancy articles that are given vdll be sold during the chow and the proceeds from the sales will be spent toward purchasing good literature, and defraying necessary expenses. The actual expenses of maintaining the library is -$15 per month and heating. Then there is the addition al expense this winter of purchasing a new book case, a floor rug and moving into a new room on the ground floor. At a recent meeting of the Depart ment it was decided to open the li brary on Saturday mornings from 10 to 12:30 to all school children or oth er citizens of Oxford, free of charge. This, of course, was meant only for the use of the books in the library room and not to be carried out. All citizens of Oxford and county can, by paying the small sum of $1.50, become a subscriber to the li brary and can then have full use of the books, taking then home to read, ad keeping them from one to two weeks. Y fpel that you will agree with us m thinking the Oxford Library a credit to the town and to the Wo man's Club, if you will visit it some morning and see for yourself the val uable collection of books it contains. But, we need more than your appre ciation if we continue to exist, and if Jou would have your town boast of ell equipped library facilities for its schools an J citizens, will you not give a piece of fancy work for the iOW or tnlro nut ct iranr'a ciihseri'D- tln to the library -for $1.50 the Price you pay for one novel and, if 5u do not read yourself, make it Possible for those who have more ;lme and need for the use of the li brary to do so. ' i our patronage and your dona tions will be appreciated and your eitorts repaid in the good you will uo others. Library Committee J . iIrs. A. H. Powell, chairman; Mrs. eja Croix, vice-chairman; Mrs. C. ij- Kay, secretary and treasurer; Miss j len White, reporter; Mrs. Annie ee Lewellyn, librarian. us Miss Hutchings' Recital Postponed nnll has been found necessary to ini , e the recital by Miss Hutch ss from thig Wednesday until next Wednesday afternoon. FOUR BRITISH, ONE DUTCH AND ONE "NORWEGIAN STEAMER WERE SENT TO THE BOTTOM OR LEFT CRIPPLED DERE LICTS OFF THE NANTUCKET SHOALS. HE HOG -EYEMEH THE HOG AND CATTLE BARONS OF OLD GRANVILLE The Hostile Submarine is Believed to be the U-53, Which Paid a Call to Newport Saturday and Disap peared at Sunset. Some Naval Men, However, Declared That at Least Two Submarines are Oper ating close to the American Shore Though Outside the Three Mile Limit. BOSTON The submarine arm of the Imperial German Navy ravaged shipping off the eastern coast of the United States Sunday. Victims of the Submarine. The record of submarine warfare, as brought to land by wireless dis patches, follows: The Strandene, British freighter, torpedoed and sunk off Nantucket Shoals. Crew taken aboard Nan tuket lightship, and later removed to Newport by torpedo boat destroyers. The Strathdene left New York Satur day for Bordeaux, and was attacked at 6 a. m. The Westpoint, British freighter, torpedoed and sunk off Nantucket, crew abandoned the ship in small boats after warning shot from sub marine's gun. Officers and men were taken aboard a destroyer. The ves sel was attacked at 10:45 a. m. She was bound from London for Newport News. The Stephano, British passenger liner, plying regularly between New York, Halifax and St. Johns, N. F., torpedoed southeast of Nantucket while bound for New York. Passen gers and crew, numbering about 140, were picked up by the destroyer Balch and transferred to- the . des troyer Jenkins. The attack was made at 4:30 p. m. The Kingston, British freighter, torpedoed and sunk southeast of Nan tucket. Crew missing and destroyer searching for them. This vessel is not accounted for in maritime reg isters, and may be the Kingstonian. The attack occured at 6 p. m. Bloomersdijk, Dutch freighter, tor oedoed and sunk south of Nantucket. Crew taken aboard a destroyer. The teamer was bound from New York for Rotterdam, having sailed Saturday- night. The Christian Knudsen, Norweg ian freighter, tomedoed and sunk near where the Bloomersdijk went down. Crew picked up by destroy ers. The vessel sailed from New York Saturday for London. j Second Sensation The second sensation created Satur day when the U-53 quietly slipped in to Newport harbor and as quietly slipped away three hours latter, was less than the shock in shipping circles when wireless reports of submarine attacks began to come into the naval radio stations just before noon Sun day. Within a few minutes the air was literally charged with elec tricity as wireless messages of warn ing were broadcast along the coast. The submarine or submarines had taken a position directly in the steam er lanes, where' they could hardly miss anything bound in for New York or bound east from that port. Scurry For Safety. Vessels of the entente allied na tions and neutral bottoms carrying contraband of war scurried to get within the three mile limit of the A merican shore. Several that fol lowed the outside course shifted and made for the inside lane. The Ste phano, of the Red Cross line, how ever, was caught outside the neau tral zone. The destruction of this vessel was perhaps the biggest prize of the day. The craft had been sold to the Russian. J government and would have been used as an ice breaker after her. present trip. Patrol Hard to Locate. Through out the day and up to late Sunday night none of the patrol ling fleet maintained by the British and French to protect their own ship ping and American ships carrying munitions of war, had been gjgjted. Frantic appeals were sent to Haiitax. Called at Newport. The U-53 which anchored for three hours in Newport harbor Saturday af ternoon while Commander Hans Rose ent ashore correspondence from Germany for the German Ambassa dor Count Von Bernstroff, and ex ctlnged officials callls with Rear Ad miral Knight, commandant of tne Narragansett Bay Station, slipped out of the harbor and submerged just inside the three-mile limit at 7:05 o'clock Saturday Night. The Meat Packing Plant For Oxford is Assured and the Farmers Are on the Road to Affluence. The movement to locate a meat packing plant in Oxford has progress ed by easy stages to a point where the friends of the enterprise assures the Public Ledger that their fondest dreams are about to be realized. It would seem that the business men of the community have turned the question over in their minds and viewed it from every angle; and while no active canvas has been made, men of affairs volunteer their thousands with the ease and grace of a boy who buys a toy. The Public Ledger is not advised as to how much has been subscribed for the enter prise, but we learn in an off-handed way that if the pledges were convert ed into silver dollars there is not a horse in the State that could stand up under its weight. Hog Barons And, on the other hand, the en thusiasm has spread to the country and it sounds like ye olden times to hear a farmer say: "Cattle I have 10 head, and hogs-I will to have a 1000 head." We once knew a couple of hog barons, whose daughters were off yonder in Bryn Mawr and Vas sar, and that is what's going to hap pen right here in Granville if the farmers will raise the hogs. Mr. Greer Coming We learn from the Committee on Organization that Mr. Greer, the meat packing plant expert who was here a few days ago, w ill return to Oxford in a week or ten days. In the meantime the details incident to locating the plant in Oxford is being worked out and the prospects are xerxencouragin from , a fi nancial standpoint and the 'willing ness of the farmers to co-operate. The Granville County Campaign THE BEST TALENTS WILL, TAKE TO THE STXJMP. IS THERE MONEY IN RAISING HOGS? A FEW FIGURES THAT TELL AN INTERESTING STORY The one absorbing topic in Gran ville at the present time is, How many hogs will the farmers of the county be able to bring to the Ox ford packing plant annually? In order to stimulate the industry, we refer the farmers to Mr. A. W. Can nady, of Route 1, who can give them a few pointers. Mr. Cannady has a sow three years old, and has since January 21st last produced 31 pigs. He now has six of the 31 pigs of this litter that will tip the scales at 200 pounds each. This sow has had 72 pigs in her life. Mr. Cannady has sold this year $64.00 worth of pigs and retains six for killing purposes. Get out your pencil and figure, or at least make a mental calculation as to how much Mr. Cannady made from the litter of 31 pigs since January 21 last. Of the 31 pigs nine died. He sold $64.00 worth and still has six hogs that weigh 200 pounds each. It cost Mr. Cannady about $15.00 in cash to produce the six hogs with a total weight of 1,200 pounds. The hogs were fed cane, soja beans, sweet and Irish potatoes. The active work of the Democratic campaign in this county begins this week. Appointments have been made for the county candidates and from now on they will be. out on the stump some days in each week. On Tuesday night of this week they will be at Dickerson,on Friday nightxat Corinth School House, on Saturday afternoon at Stem and Saturday night at Tar River. Chairman Hicks expects to have a speaker at each of these places in ad dition to the candidates. Gen: Roy ster, Mr. Parham. Mr. Hester and Mr. Lanier will be called on to address the voters at different places. It is expected to haveHon. Victor S. Bry ant of Durham with the candidates at Stem next Saturday afternoon. Mr. Bryant is one of the ablest lawyers of the district, a forceful and pleasing speaker and his speeches in other parts of the State have been most favorably commented on by the press generally. In another column we carry a schedule of the speaking as made to date. Other appointments will be made as chairman Hicks expects to make a canvass of the entire county going to Stovall, Wilton, Grissom, Cornwall and other places. It is understood that the Republi cans are making an active campaign in certain sections of the county in behalf of Gilliam Grissom for Con gress. At present Major Stedman is sick in a hospital. But chairman Hicks and his co-workers will present his cause to the people. As is well known Major Stedman is the only Confederate soldier now in Congress from this State. He will be the last of that noble band who followed Lee and Jackson to serve in the National Congress from this State. Granville should give him a loyal support and especially should this be so in view of the sectional issue raised in the North by Mr. Hughes and the" Republican party. From the very beginning of "his . campaign. .Mr. Hughes has made an effort to create prejudice in the minds of Northern people by calling attention t6 the promince of South ern men in the Wilson Administra tion. This furnishes additional rea sons why Southern white men should support Major Stedman "and the whole Democratic ticket. From now on the fighting for Dem ocracy will be as it should-active and straight from the shoulder. Gran ville should roll up an increased ma jority for every man on the Demo cratic ticket. MRS. C. G. BOND DEAD THE MUNICIPAL BONDS The Award Was Made to Leach & Company, of New York The Farmers and Merchants' Bank of Henderson was the second highest bidder on the $180,000 issue of bonds offered for sale by the city of Oxford Thursday evening. The award was made to A. B. Leach & Company, of New York, at a premium of $3,269. The Farmers and Merchants' Bank of Henderson, offered par and a premium of $2,49 5. Harris, Forbes & Company, of New York, offered $2,43 6 as a premium, together with par. These were the three highest bids offered. The bonds are for municipal im provemnts in the town of Oxford. NEWS OF FEFTY YEARS AGO The Same Farm Was Planted to To bacco This Year (Richmond Dispatch, Sept. 30, 1866) A small package of bright yellow leaf tobacco (wrappers) from the crop of J. J. Adcock, of Granville County, N. C, was sold by D. T. Wil liams yesterday for $1,000 per 100. This tobacco was a part of the same crop that was sold in Petersburg some ten days ago for $600, and a bout which the Index bragged so much. The Petersburg crowd will have to pick their flint and come again. Sister of General B. S. Royster Dies In Tennessee. General B. S. Royster last week re ceived the sad intelligence of the death of his sister, Mrs. C. G. Bond, which occurred at her home in Jack sonville, Tenn. Mrs. Bond was a native of Wil liamsboro community, and was be fore her marriage Miss Kate Royster. She was a sister of Mr. Edward Roy ster, of Henderson; jMr. John Roys ter, of Townsville, and General B. S. Royster, of Oxford. The remains were buried at Jacksonville. Deceased is survived by a hus band, two sons and one daughter. BOX SHOOK FACTORY The Machinery is Now Being In stalled. The Jeffries-Spalding box plant, on the Sputhern Railway adjoining the White-Wood Furniture factory, is nearing completion. The long build ing to house the machinery was com pleted some days ago and now the work of installing the machinery goes merrily on. To all appearances the machinery is ponderous, intri cate and costly. Great stacks of lumber of good quality, representing more than a million feet, are arranged convenient ly about the plant and the indications are that we will hear a new steam whistle-in town within the next two or three weeks. MR GOOCH ISSUES CARD Candidate for the Legislature Ad dresses the Voters of Granville Mr. J. H. Gooch, of Stem, Repub lican candidate for- the Legislature, celebrated his fiftieth anniversary re cently by writing an epistle, -which contains about 2000 words and was last week printed in pamphlet form and distributed throughout the coun ty. Mr. Gooch is opposing Hon. D. G. Brummitt for the lower House, and has thereby undertaken a larger or der than any Republican in the county could fill. However, it is pleasing to note in passing that both of the candidates are high-toned gen tlemen and that there will be no mud-slinging in that quarter. HIGH COST OF LIVING t THE FARMER HAS THE BEST OF THE GAME He Gets a Good Price for Everything He Sells, But He Must Fork It Over When He Buys the Necessit ies of Life. We heard a farmer complaining the other day about the high cost of living the high prices qf things to eat and wear. He said the present crop of tobacco, now being marketed at good figures, would not mean more to the farmers than either of the last two crops because food and clothing are almost out of reach, and a dollar won't go anywhere. Our old friend was somewhat inclined to feel as if somebody were growing rich off his sweat and that he was not getting a square deal. It sornds rather funny to the lay men to hear a farmer kicking on the high cost of living, when the profit is headed all his way. Not within the memory of our oldest citizens have farm products of every kind com manded such fabulous prices. Any thing that the land will grow even blackberries, which toil not, neither do they spin is a salable commodity for good coin of the realm in most generous allowance. "Oh, yes," admitted our old friend, "but shoes clothing they have doubled in price." It is a fact that shoes are more costly than ever before, but so are hides. If our farmers have but scant beef cattle to sell, the loss is theirs. Local cattle dealers will tell you the skin of a yearliing will bring more money today than the yearling would have brought, hide and all, a few years ago. And Granville is an ideal cattle country. Beef used to sell for 6 cents in the country now it brings 15. were 10 cents, now 25 or 30. Cick ens then 6 to 8 cents per ponud, now they command 25. Potatoes were 25 to 50 cents per bushel, now $2 to $2.50. Wheat $1.50 per bushel today, corn $1.00. Beans, peas, onions, hay fruits everything from the farm cash at fancy prices, and the great stanle, tobacco, 20 cents per pound. The farmers, as a class, are among the highest salaried workmen of the world today, and we are glad that they have come into their own. COME! Remember the Dates of Granville County Fair Come! Keep that word in mind for the official assembly of all Gran ville County in the metropolis Ox ford on those great and glorious days to be Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, October 25, 26, and 27, the dates of the big Granville Coun ty Fair. The latch-strings will not be need ed, for the doors will be open. Wel come will be the word that is breath ed in the very atmosphere of the occasion. SEE MR. R. I. DANIEL He Is In The Field For The Public LedgeJf. Mr. R. I. Daniel, well , known throughout the county, is taking sub scriptions for the Public Ledger, and will be glad to wait on our many friends. You are very apt to see him on the warehouse floor every day. He has a list of names and can tell you in a moment how you stand. The present high price of news-print pa per makes it very important that we collect from those due us on subscri ption. Prices on tobacco are high and the best time to pay is when you have the money. Cohn & Son's Money Saving Sale Begins Friday Oct. 13th. This re liable firm opens the greatest sale in the history of their business. An out pouring of dependable merchandise such as Oxford has never before known. It will be a 20-day sale 20 days during which their stores must be kept active throbbing pulsive with eager buyers. For months Cohn & Son's buyers have been preparing for this event armed with the power of cash they scoured the markets of the Easrse curing numerous desirable purchases at enroumous concessions that will enable them to quote prices on their sale never before heard. It is gener ally known fact that the prices on practically all sort of desirable mer chandise has been steadily advancing due to the high cost and scarcity of raw materials. Through forehanded buying of huge quanties for spot cash Cohn & Son's have over come the general market conditions and are enabled to turn over to you quan tities of new most desirable and de pendable goods at surprisingly real and absolutely unequalled savings. It will pay you to buy at Cohn & Son's sale now your winter out fit not only for present but for future needs. Read Cohn & Son's big advertisement on last page of this paper and hurry to their sale. ' ad te xt'. I a! Iti if? ' ';.;f i'.v $ liil f. i k v K . " J" I t '! ii' - r w , ' ' ? V -K i- M1 l ii 1. 1 It: i .1 i. '1 ' I 1 I' i' V i ' I 1 ' . iil.S . :s I; (Continued On Page Four) r.':r f m
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