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FUBUBHEP SEMI-WEEKLY TO- COTNTY OFIER BMLLIM1T OPPORTUNITIES'': ALL HONE PRINT' VOLUME XXXI. m.vY;:... rk .vnorrTT n.nTTT. w-.ir-S; - . . ' , uivin vajtvuuimA, vtii-Lijujjii.i:, uiiiUJbiiiJiiiri au, xsjao NUMBER 101 MEANEST HAN IN THE WORLD THK SKEPTIC WHO BOBS UP AT CHRISTMAS TI3IE Ami Hob the Children of Their Happy Childhood By Disputing the Exist ence of the Sweetest Saint That Ever Lived. We share the opinion of our friend joe N. Pitman that the meanest man In the world is he who bobs up at Christmas time to tell the little chil dren "there is no Santa Claus;" that St. Nicholas is a hoax; that the rein deer do not exist; that the old fel low doesn't come down the chimney and all that. Such a man must have never been a child. Such a man must have nev er known the love of a mother. Such a man must not know the love of lit tle ones in his own home. There should be no skepticism about the sweetest saint that ever visited this planet expressly to make children happy. i Though written many years ago, the testimony offered by Jermiah Tavlor has come to be regarded as a classic. It was written in response to a query from a little girl: "Dear Editor I am eignt years old. Some of my litle. friends say that there is no Santa Claus. Papa says 'If you see it in The Sun, it's so.' Please tell me the truth; is there a Santa Claus? Virginia O'Hanlon, 115 West Ninety-Fifth Street." Millions of copies, hundreds of mil lions of copies, of the writer's reply to that childish letter have been printed each year since the great heart of him framed an answer. It runneth thus: "Yes. Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and vou know that they abound and give to our life its highest beauty and jov. Alas, how dreary would De tne world if there were no Santa Claus; it wuold be as dreary as if there were no Virginias. There would be no child like faith then, no poetry, no roman ce to make tolerable this existence. We should have no enjoyment except in sense and sight. The eternal light with which childhood fills the world woM be extinguished. "You may tear apart the baby's ratine and see what makes the noise frside, but there is a veil covering the unseen world which not the strongest man, nor even the strength of ?11 the strongest men that ever lived, could tear apart. Only faith p?trv. love, romance can push aside that curtnin and view and picture the eiwernal beauty and glory beyond. Is It all real? Ah, Virginia, in all this world there is nothing else real and abiding. "No Santa Claus! Thank God, he lives, and he lives forever. A thous and years from now, Virginia, nay, tn times ten thousand years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood." A NOBLE SOX OF GRANVILLE Large Congregations Hear Rev. R. A. McFarland Rev. R. A. McFarland, pastor of the Scotland Neck Baptist church, filled the pulpit at the morning and evening services at the Oxford Bap tist church last Sunday. A native of Granville he improves with age and now stands at the head of his class. At the morning service a large num ber of out of town people came in to hear him preach. The congregation was delighted to hear Mr. McFarland pay a glowing glowing tribute to Rev. J. D. Harte, of Hickory, who, has accepted a call to the Oxford church and will arrive January 1, and enter upon his duties here. CHRISTMAS SHOPPING Only Four More Days in Which to - Make Selections Shoppers are even later than us nal this season in preparing for ( stmas. This is probably because weather during the last of No ber and first of this month was 'arm, it was hard to realize that stmas would soon arrive, ith only four more shopping days ains before Christmas those who e not completed their Christmas popping should do so at once. Go out to morrow morning and accom plish as much as possible, but do not ait until, night for shopping if you can help it.n All of the big stores in Oxford are teeming with the most useful and ap propriate gifts. Go early in the day ad the clerks will be glad to assist J-ou m making selections. BASKET BALIi Oxford Will Face Trinity and Wake Forest in Armory Hall f n TihTe Basket Ball team of the Ox i ' I! School will face the Trinity a Wake Forest teams at Armory will Wednesiay night. The game afford more than ordinary inter pq Go out and root for the home leam. The admission Is only 10 and 15 cents. COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS TREE Slogan: It's our Tree, It's My Tree, Its Everybody's Tree itv nteX?rcises arouad the Commun E,tmas. will be held on t Tkjr next, December 23, at 7 P. M., at the intersfirti Spring Streets. It is earnest hojed that the entire city and community uIenU . T.his.is to be a pub- wicuiauon or tne birth of Christ and any from the adininincr nnnin -r.,. who may come will be most heartily welcomed. The committee has about complet er cue arrangements, and the tree is being put into place. Th T3ni Church will be heated, and in case of oaa, or extremely cold weather, the exercises will be held there. Our programme will appear in the next issue of the Public Ledger. Peace and Good-will. HARGROVE POSTOFFICE Will Probably Open January 1, Says Postmaster Currin Mr. Willie, Lee Currin. former High Lord Mayor of Providence, who was recently appointed postmaster of Hargrove, was seen in Oxford Mon day and asked as to when the new office would be in operation, stated that he is under the impression that his office supplies will arrive in time to open the office cn January 1, 1917. Mr. Currin state that the people of Providence and surrounding . country are highly pleased with the facilities the new office will afford. WHISKEY SHIPMENTS The Sacred Quart is Again in High Favor With the advent of Christmas, the liquor shipments to Oxford are in creasing materially. Some of those who have got along nicely for several months without the sacred quart have placed their order for the prescribed quantity of fire water. The favorite brand with the most of them is the right reverend North Carolina corn, uaT-rinteed to, produce eighteen fights to the gallon. QXFORD COLLEGE 4 Will Close Wednesday, December 20, for the Holidays Oxford College will close next Wed nesday for the holidays. The student body and several of the faculty will e d tne two weeks' recess at home or among friends. . REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY Assessed Valuation in the City of Oxford The following is the assessed value of real and personal property for the city of Oxford for the year 1916: Real estate value $1,039,075 Horses and , mules . . ; . 16,940 2,505 98,000 31,285 225,885 168,278 342,510 Cattle .... Household and K. furn Money Credits Bank stock All other property. $2,055,303 The tax books shows the following assessments for the year 1916: Poll Tax $ 1,335.00 General Tax 12,333.37 Interest 7,193.93 School 6,164.44 Total $27,027.24 THE OLD PRICE FOR EGGS Sold in Oxford As Low as Eight Cents Per Dozen While discussing the high cost of living the other day, an old citizen remarked that he remembers when eeers sold as low as eight cents a doz en in Oxford. It was beneath the dig nity of the farmers years ago, he said, o peddle eggs. The tasK or raising he chickens and gathering the eggs was the work of the women, who brought them to town in a basket, se curely packed in chaff. Eight cents in cash or ten cents in trade was the market price, he said. The market price for eggs in Oxford today is 40c a dozen and they are scarce at that figure. ' , Equal Suffrage League The regular December meeting of the Equal Suffrage League will be postponed until January, owing to the home duties of Christmastide, and the Christmas work to be done in the different churches and in tne community. Further notice will be given of the January meeting, when the programs announced for Decem ber will be carried out M. M. HORSFIELD, Chm Oxford Equal Suffrage League. Special Gifts ' Landis & Easton have a special as sonmeit of holiday gifts men women and children. It Is the store where women can buy gifts that will please men-the store where men can PUenSe lime JSS rrreenumeaTeed n1 their announce ment on the fifth page of this paper. THE LATEST PEACE MOVES WILSON SEEKS LLOYD GEORGE'S VIEWS ON EACE Peace Proposal Transmitted to Allied Capitals by State Department at wasnington President Wilson Known to be Anxious not to Im pair the Usefulness of the United States as a Mediator by any Pre mature Action and: He Has Not Determined on Any Action at This Time Long Statement Says That Russia Will Not Accept Peace Pro posals Securities Affected By Peace Rumors Drop From 3 to 12 Points. It is the prevailing sentiment in London that it would'be most unwise for the Entente to accede to Ger many's reported desire for a confer ence or representatiys of all the be ligerents at The Hague in January to consider peace proportions, the con tention being that "any agreement thus reached would 'not be effective Insistence upon definite peace trms from Germany seems: to be the pop ular idea in Great Britain. Berlin newspapers speak of the improbability of the Entente accept ing Germany's peace ) proposal. One, the "Lokal Anzeiger," declares Ger mans, Austrians, Hungarians, Bul gars and Turks will wage a merciless war with every weapon at their dis posal should the allies reject the pro- offer. A willingness by Germany ot ac cept disarmament as la condition of peace is discerned by Washington of ficials m a despatch from Amsterdam giving the terms upon which Berlin would discuss the ending of the war. Cables Proposals ff or Peace WASHINGTON Thfe notes of the German, Austrian and Turkish gov ernments proposing pfeace negotia tions were forwarded rom Washing ton late Saturday afternoon by cable and were not accompaified by any ex pression from the United States gov ernment, but it is stated that Presi dent Wilson has reserved opportun ity to add a word for peace in some vay in the future. I All Eyes on LloyL George With the announcenjent that the proposals had gone forward without any accompanying .coiiegit -by p this government, speculation here turned for the time being to what Premier Lloyd George will declare to be the attitude of the allied : nations when he speaks on the subject. The three versions of the proposal, differing slightly because of the trans lations made in Berlin, Vienna, and Constantinople, were harmonized in to one official American translation, a single copy of which was sent ot the American Ambassadors in the seven belligerent countries where the United States represents German, Austrian or Turkish diplomatic inter ests. The actual official texts will probably be- forwarded later in order to preclude any chance of error or misinterpretation. Duma Against Peace Proposal The unanimous declaration of the Russian Duma against the peace pro posal aroused great interest here, particularly in view of the many ru mors during the last few months hinting at a posible separate peace for Russia. The Russian empire has been regarded in some quarters as the keystone m tne peace snuauuu, and information as to the diplomatic struggle in progress there is meager. It is known, however, that a semi revolution has occurred against the German elements in the court and the bureaucracy, and the action of the council and the Duma recently m acting together for the first time m history is taken as an indication of the great strengthening of the anti German party. Brokers Forsee Peace new YORK Traders in Wall Street and the Chicago wheat market nnnnrpntlv believe they hear the foot steps of approaching peace. No other explanation wouia account iui wild trading and crashing decline m war specials, which is continuing. News which stirred the traders more than anything else since the original announcement of the Ger man Chancellor was the report that Germany was not opposed to partial disarmament. Everything indicates that the brokers are discounting a speedy ending of the world's greatest Premier Lloyd George Sick LONDON, Dec., 18 It appears doubtful today whether Premier Dav id Lloyd George will be able to go before the House of Commons with in the next twenty-four hours. His voice is affected, but he is making rapid progress toward recovery. At any rate, it is not expected that the government will be by that time in a position to make a statement re garding the German peace proposals. The National Bank of Granville has sent out $8,000 in checks to the members of the Christmas Saving Club. Now is the time to enroll in the club for 1917. HIGH PRICES MAINTAINED Oxford Market Averages $22 per Hunderd for Six Million Pounds Sold. It is interesting to note that the av erage price paid for tobacco in Ox ford since the opening of the sea son to date is higher than any pre vious average experienced here in a similar period of time. The weed has commanded excellent prices during the present season and the indica tions are that this will continue so during the remainder of the season. While it is true that the total num ber of pounds sold here since the opening of the market last September is smaller than during , the same per iod last year, this is largely attribut able to the shortage of the crop and the lightness of the wrappers. According to President Farrish, of the Oxford Tobacco Board of Trade, the average price paid for the six million pounds sold since the market opened in September is $22 per hun dred. The Oxford tobacco market will close next Thursday night, December 21, for the Christmas holidays and the warehouses will reopen for busi ness Monday morning, January 8. This will enable the local tobaccon ists to enjoy a season of rest. EMINENT SPECIALIST HERE The Guest of Dr. Morehead Emmett, Richmond. Dr. J. M. Emmitt, of Richmond, and his friend, Dr. Wm. Sharp, of New York, spent Friday with Dr. Em- mett's mother, Mrs. Candace Brown. On Saturday, accompanied by Mr. Roy Wright, they enjoy a hunt on Mrs. Brown's farm in the southern part of the County. They returned to Richmond Saturday night, taking with them a fine lot of quail. Oxford was indeed honored in having so dis tinguished a guest as Dr. Sharp, who stands out preeminently as the great est neurologist and brain surgeon in America. Dr. Sharp has attained this reputation as a young man, be ing now only 34 years of age. He was delighted with the South, and parti cularly so with North Carolina. BANQUET FOR SOLDIER BOYS The Granville Grays Will Dine at Hotel in El Paso Major Will Landis, acting for the citizens'bf Oxford, sent tne following telegram to El Paso Saturday : Capt. E. E. Fuller, Co. E 3rd N. C. Brigade, Camp Stewart, El Paso, Texas: Arrange banquet for you Company and others from Oxford at good hotel. Sending check for one hun dred dollars from citizens of Oxford. Best wishes and assuring you and your command, though absent at your country's call, this season of good cheer. All thinking of our boys on the border. WILLIAM LANDIS. : HOTEIi MARRIAGE Miss Mary Parvrott the Bride of Mr. M. D. Critcher At high noon Monday in the par lors of the Exchange Hotel, Miss Mary Parrott, of Lyon, became the happy bride of Mr. M. D. Critcher, the ceremony being performed by Rev. E. G. Usry. Accompanying the bridal party were: Mr. Will and Miss Ora Parrott, brother and sister of the bride; Mr. Ed Critcher, brother of the" groom, and Mesrs. J. C. Mangum, Joe Vaughan and R. Z. Goss. THE OXFORD LIBRARY New Books of Absorbing Interest Arrive A number of new books have ar rived at the Oxford Library. The li brarian suggests that these books will afford much valuable reading for the holidays and hopes that the patrons will call and get them. They also have some exquisite fancy work on sale at the Library. FRIEND OF THE FAIR President B. M. Caldwell Extends Congratulations Writing to Dr. J. A. Morris from his winter home in Florida, President B. M. Caldwell expresses his regrets at not being able to be present at our last Fair, and also his great pleasure at hearing of its success. More es pecially was he pleased at the, credit able showing by the communities in their exhibits. He says, "Please pre sent my congratulation and thanks to all those responsible for the good work; and express my hope for a re newal of their interest next season." DR. H. C. MOORE COMING Distinguished Editor Will Preach Here Next Sunday It was announced from the pulpit last Sunday that Dr. H. C. "Moore, editor of the Biblical Recorder, will fill the pulpit at the Oxford Baptist church next Sunday morning. , : : ' Correspondent says farmers are getting fire dollars a barrel for sweet potatoes. If the thing keeps on they will also be getting dress-suits, dia monds and high hats. - . SIX PRAIRIE DOGS AT LARGE THE STRANGE PETS OF LIEUTEN ANT JAMES STEGALL Brought Them From Texas and Fast ened Them up in a Chicken Coop and they Gnaw Their Way to , Liberty. On his return from the Mexican border last week, Lieutenant Stegall brought a half dozen pararie dogs with him and fastened them up in his chicken coop. He was not. aware that the strange little animals had a propensity to gnaw, and great was his surprise a couple of days later when he went to the coop and found that they had enlarged a one-inch knot hole large enough to admit them to freedom. Prairie dogs burrow holes and live in the ground. One of their number stands guard at the entrance of their den three hours and when his time is up he goes to the entrance of the hole and barks like a dog, which is a signal for the next watchman to come out and relieve him. This is done throughout the day and night. Lieutenant Stegall is of the opinion that the bunch which escaped from him has established a camp some where near Oxford. They are full grown and weigh about two pounds each. They are a shaggy looking ani mal and wear a coat of fur, their atil being short and stumpy like the tail of a rabbit. They are perfectly harm less. DISABLED AT SEA m The, New Superdreadnaught Arizona Ripped Her Blades The new superdreadnaught, the pride of the American Navy, to which Lieutenant Henry G. Cooper, of Ox ford, was assigned last spring, ripped her blades at sea last week and was taken in tow to the Brooklyn Navy Yard for repairs. She was making the final trial test with full bunkers and larder and the blades proved to be too slender for the powerful en gines in heavy sea. MAY- SMITH MARRIAGE Rev. It. C. Beaman, of ! Henderson, Pastor of the Bride, Officiated Mr. Erby Smith of Oxford, and Miss Ha May, of Henderson, were married Thursday evening- at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. D. May, in the western part of Henderson, Rev. R. C. Bea man officiated. The bridesmaids were Misses Lois Wright and Mary Capps; the maid of honor was Miss Emily Smith; Messrs. Otho May and Archie Harris were groomsmen, and Mrs. Barker of Oxford, was best man. Just before the bridal parly enter d the parlor. Miss Katherine Beaman ang, and Miss Lcnie Nelson played the wedding march. The decorations were cut flowers and potted plants. The bride wore a suit of dark blue cloth. Immediately after the marriage Mr. and Mrs. Smith came to Oxford, where they will make their home, and were accompanied by the bridal party. The groom holds an important po sition with the Golden Belt Bag Co. COMMUNITY SERVICE LEAGUE Organized Last Week at Caltolina With Sixty Memebers (Correspondence Public Ledger) The good people of Caltolina com munity gathered at the new school house for the purpose of organiznig a Community Service League. After a splendid speech by Dr. E. B. Mea dows on club work, about 60 names were registered and League organiz ed with the following officers: W. T. Calton, president; W. A. Davis, vice president; W. A. Sherman, secretary and treasurer. Farmers :n this section have sown quite a large acreage of wheat, oats, and rye this fall and did it more far mer like than in many years. We believe in raising our own bread and meat over here regardless of tobacco prices. Denny Brothers have a new corn mill and have good custom. Now we need a wheat mill, and a good op portunity awaits the man that .wants to put one in operation. : CARD OF THANKS The Late Joe Hunt, Who Died In China Mr. and Mrs. Tom Hunt, and fam ily, of Tar River, sends us the follow ing card of thanks for publication: "We most earnestly desire to thank all persons who have shown us any kindness or aided us in any way dur ing the sad hour of bereavement of our dear son, Joe. Especially do we invoke God's richest blessings up on all who have spoken or written us words of condolence and sympathy, and may we all meet him in higher realms of love." Good place to hide Christmas presents from little Johnny is behind the box of ashes you told him to tote out last week. -1 -1 r I
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