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Xv - PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY TOWM AND COTOTY OFFEK BMLLIANT OiFPOOTUMTIES ALL HOHE' PRINT VOLUME XXXII. OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1917. NUMBER 5. A DREAM OF OXFORD'S FUTURE PICTURE THAT AVE SAW IN OUR ROUNDS iVorkinS Out of a Systematic Plan u-ov the Future Growth of the City, Showing Jbuiure it-esiaenuai ana and Water Extensions and Loca tion of Sites for Public Purposes. During our rambles Christmas week it so happened that we entered a theatre to while away the time. There is nothing like a lively show or meaningless vaudeville act the more silly the better when one's brain is tired. Charlie Chaplain is a public benefactor in this respect. The show that night answered the pur pose, and did more. It set our men tal speculations flying off at a tan gent and started the train of our thoughts in a new direction. A real estate firm had a reel on that evening, apparently for adver tising purposes, showing it's ways and means of developing a piece of acreage into saleable lots, the dis posal of the same, and the building up of a new adition to the growing suburbs. Everything was shown from the survey and the turning of the first furrow to the leafing out of the newly planted shade trees and the rising of smoke from the chim neys of occupied cottages. There was calculated system, methods and efficiency in every phase of the pro ceedings that appealed strongly to our inbred sense for such thorough ness.. Everything went as per sche dule. There was no tearing up of street surfaces for piping and no piecemeal laying of sidewalks. It -was a finished job in every detail and set us to reasoning, that finally led to the following conclusions: 1st. That Oxford, relative to cli matic, shipping and supply facilities, is favorably located? 2nd. That the producing ,and consuming capacity of the county within a radius of twenty miles is sufficient, if properly taken advant age of, to warrant the future growth of our city? 3rd. That the trade of the pro ducers and consumers within this radius could be attracted and absorb ed by Oxford through the further ex tension of good roads. 4th. That the establishment of a farmers' produce exchange, by the co operation of our merchants, would be beneficial in this last mentioned respect? 5th. That the working out of a systematic plan for the further growth of the city, showing future residential and manufacturing dis tricts, sewer and water extensions, and location of sites for public pur poses would be helpful to show the latent possibilities of Oxford. 6th. That such a map, if made, could be uced effectively to advertise to attract manufacturers, capital and labor? 8th. That the beautifying of our town by parks, . improved school- grounds, parked playgrounds, and the elimination of any unsightly ob- ipot is Tint wnstp nf mnnfiV? 9 th. That a public recreation; park should be made the means of cementing together all classes of our population in civic pride and con certed effort for boosting the city, and of attraction and enjoyment to the visitors and patrons of the com munity? and 10 th. Have you faith in the fu ture and the possibilities of your home town? CHURCH NOTES It is doubtful that the pulpits of the four Oxford churches were sup plied by stronger exponents of the Gospel than at the present time. Dr. Horsfield, rector of St. .Stephens' grows more eloquent ever time we ! near him; Dr. Willis, pastor of the Oxford Methodist church is an inspir ation to every one who hears him; Kev. S. K. Phillips, pastor of the Ox ford Presbyterian church is following 'he foosteps of the three generations f his noble forefathers, and Rev. J. D. Harte, who has just come to the Oxford Baptist church, presents the Scriptures with much beauty for force. Tlev. Wm. Black and his vocalist will begin a meeting at the Presby terian church, in Oxford, on January 21, to continue ten days. The en Jire community is greatly interested in this meeting. - The congregations of all the churches in Oxford will unite in Prayer services at the Presbyterian church this Wednesday night. . Rev. J. D. Harte will arrive from Hickory this week and fill his pulpit at the Oxford Baptist Church next Sunday morning and evening. The congregation at St. Steph en's anticipate with much pleasure the arrival of their new and hand some organ. In the absence of the pastor, Mr. W. T. Bost, Raleigh correspondent of the Greensboro News, made a talk at fhe Oxford Baptist church Sunday horning. WTILL HAVE LARGE CHORUS Dr. Black WTill Be Assisted by Mr. N Aaron Burr Rev. Wm. Black, the Evangelist will begin a ten day meeting at the jrresDyterian cnurch next Sunday. He will preach at both services on Sun day and every day following at 10:00 a. m., and 7:30 p. m. The entire public is most cordially invited. Preparatory services this week at Presbyterian church: Wednesday, 7:30 p. m., Rev. R. H. Willis will speak, subject: "Prayer." Thursday, 7:30 p. m., Dr. Horsfield will speak, subject: "Hearing." Friday, 7:30 p.m., Rev. J. D. Harte will speak, subject: "Working." Mr. Black has his singer, Mr. Aaron Burr with him, and it is plan ned to have a large chorus lead the music. If you belong to a choir, go right into the chorus and let some body else have your seat in the auditorium. Pianist: Miss Lucy Webb. Chairman of ushers: Mr. James A. Taylor. Congregation: Everybody who is interested enough to attend. Slogan: "My meeting, your meet ing; everybody's meeting." OFFICERS CAPTURE STILL Down in Old Tally Ho Township Sheriff Hobgood, Internal Revenue Officer Lipsey and Chief Wheeler made a dash to the northeast section of Tally Ho last Saturday morning and returned in the afternoon with an eighty gallon still which they captur ed down by a small stream in the thick heavy woodland. The operators had dismantled the distilling plant and made away with part of it. The rock upon which the kettle rested were warm when the officers came upon the scene. No liquor, meal, sour mash or beer was visible. The kettle was brought to Oxford and locked up, pending the disposition of the court. MR. WDLSON PROMOTED Popular Clerk In the Oxford Post- - office Mr. G. A. Wilson, the young man who for the past few months attended the general delivery at the Oxford postoffice, has been promoted to mail ing clerk, the position made vacant by the death of Mr. T. S. Waller. Mr. Wilson is a substitute for Lieu tenant Stegall, who is down on the border. Assistant postmaster Critch recognizes in Mr. Wilson superior ability to serve in the capacity of mailing clerk, and the general public hopes that his position will be per manent. AGED LADY DEAD Mrs. M. H. Meadows, Formerly of Oxiora Mrs. M. H. Meadows, of Fuquay Springs, died at the Retreat for the Sich in Durham last Friday. She was a member of the Baptist church and an estimable woman. Many re lations survive in Granville. Her re mains were brought to Oxford Satur day and interred in Elmwood ceme tery. Impressive services were held at the grave-side, conducted by Dr. Marsh. A more fitting tribute to the mem ory of this noble lady, written by Dr Marsh who knew her well, will ap pear in the Public Ledger next Fri day. BASKET BALL v In a Game of Basket Ball Oxford Adds Another Victory On the armory floor Friday night the local team again won out in one of the best games seen here in years defeating Wake Forest higns by score of 2 5 to 12. It was hard fought throughout. When the two teams came on the floor all the available space was packed with Oxford sup porters who realized that the team had a worthy opponent in the visiting team. The victory on Thursday night had put confidence into the boys and they played to win. The lineup: Oxford wane oresi Parham, cpt. . . R.F Greeson Webb -L..F. ....... Carlyle Pitchford C. ... .... Reii Hunt .R G Gill Ballou R.G Wilkerson TO INCREASE PENSIONS Representative Brammitt to the Res cue of Old Soldiers . Hon. D. G. Brumraitt, of Granville, introduced in the House last Friday a bill to increase pensions for Con federate veterans and raise property limit for eligibility from $500 ta $1,000. COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH Dr. Ben. K. Hays Re-Elected Health Officer. At a meeting of the County Board of Health last week Dr.B. K Hays was unanimously re-elected County Health Officer. It is agreed on all sides that Dr. Hays is giving valuable services to the county. N NEW ENTERPRISE FOR OXFORD LARGE PLANT FOR THE MANU FACTURE OF HIGH-GRADE FLOUR A Unit Mill With a Capacity of 125 Barrels of High-Grade Flour Daily Second to None in the Entire Country. The Public Ledger learns that a company is being formed to manufac ture high grade flour in Oxford. The capital is in sight for .a large plant with a capacity of 125 barrels daily. Certain papers are yet to be signed and a name for the company selected. The geJlemen forming the company are weliKnown business men of Ox ford. The large mill will be an incentive to the farmers of this section to raise more wheat. We learn from one of the gentlemen connected with the en trprise that the mill will be operated every working day throughout the year. There will be a large elevator erected to take care of the grain. A salesman of milling machinery was recently here, in consultation with memebers of the new company and a high-grade mill with a capac ity of 125 barrels daily was practical ly agreed upon. The plant is expect ed to be in full operation by the mid dle of the summer. 4 STEM NEWS ITEMS (Correspondence Public Iedg-er) The Measle Epidemic The measles epidemic continues to rage. In one family, Mr. J. H. Dan iel of Tally Ho, there are twelve who are in the throes of the disease. New Methodist Preacher Rev. B. H. Black, recentlv assisrned by the Methodist Conference to the Granville Circuit filled his first ap pointment at Stem church Sunday. His sermon based on the theme, "Go ing: further in Christian service" was strong, w practical and. was. well, re ceived. The impression is that he has made a fine beginning in his new charge, and will put new life and en ergy into the work on this circuit. Rogen-Sherman Their host of friends throughout the county will be interested to hear of the marriage of Miss Jannie Pearl Roeen. of Creedmoor. and Mr. Ira Grav Sherman, of Durham, which was solemnized in the home of Rev. Hight C. Moore in the city of Raleigh on Thursday, January 11th, the noted divme pertormmg tne ceremony, it was the happy culmination of a ro- nance which besran several vears agro. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Rogen of Creedmoor, and is a young lady of rare attainments. She was educated m Creedmoor Hign School and Meredith CollegeRaleigh also taking a course in music at Bryant's Conservatory, Durham. She is by nature a musician, which talent she has fullv developed and is creran- ist at the Baptist church, Creedmoor. Until Christmas she was" music teach er in Creedmoor High School and it was with great reluctance that the committee accepted her resignation. She was also teacher of the Philathea class in the Baptist church, Creed moor. The groom is a young man of sterling worth and excellent char acter. For years he has been a trav eling salesman with headquarters in Durham, and is of handsome appear ance and pleasant address, and is es pecially popular in business circles 7here he has for so long been a fa miliar figure. . Mr. and Mrs. Sher man will make their future Home in Durham. With their many friends, we bespeak for them a long, happy and prosperous life. Personal Mention "Doctor" C. M. Cook, of Guilford county who has spent several weeks in our community returned home Monday. - . Miss Gracie Bullock, who is teach ing at Tar River, spent the week-end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Bullock. rtr P R Hardee attended the in auguration of Governor Bickett in Raleigh last week. ATr. Dick Beasley ot Apex was a visitor in Stem Sunday night. Lecture Postponed The lecture of Prof. N. W. Walker of the University of North Carolina, which was announced for this Tuesr day night in the auditorium of the Oxford Graded Schol building under the auspices of the Literature and Li brary Extension Department of the Woman's Club has been postponed on account of inclement weather, the date of his coming to be announced later. . Recital Postponed .. The Recital that was to have been given this Wednesday afternoon by Mrs. Wade R. Brown, of Greensboror, has been postponed. Announcement will be made later. STOCKHOLDERS MEET Banks and Buggy Manufacturing Companies in Fine Shape. The stockholders of the National Bank of Granville, The First Nation al Bank, The Union Bank, The Tay-lor-Cannady Buggy Company, and the Oxford Buggy Company, held their annual meetings last week. The business of the banks during the lat ter part of 1916 graphically demon strated that the people in this sec tion of the State are in a prosperous condition, and as evidence of this the quarterly statements of the banks published under the supervision of tne Government were in evidence. Mr. Meadows Elected President There were no changes in the per sonnel of the National Bank of Gran ville or the First National Bakn. Following the meeting of the direc tors of the Union Bank, Mr. J. F. Meadows was elected president, which position was made vacant by the death of Mr. Jack Haskins last fall. The directorate of the Union Bank is as follows: J. F. Meadows, W. H. Fleming, Dr. I. H. Davis, J. M. Baird, J. T. Cozart, Herbert E. Crews, Jacob Thompson. Tayior-Cannady Buggy Co. Regular annual busmess meeting of Stockholders and Directors of the Tayior-Cannady Buggy Company was held January 9 th. Elections were as follows: Directors: J. P. Floyd, Dr. E. T. White, J. W. Horner, N. H. Cannady, H. H. Burroughs, W. J. Evans. Officers: N. H. Cannady, president; C. W. Bryan, vice-president; H. H. Burroughs, secretary and treasurer; W. J. Evans, factory manager. information that the company was rushed with business, beyond its ca pacity was received with enthusiasm. Records show that at the beginning of the New Year a larger ambunt of business was on hand than known at one time for perhaps the past ten years. Often mail orders are recived for solid car shipments of twenty-five buggies at once. It is speaking well of the Tayior Cannady buggy for that Company to be experiencing, such a revival of business, and to be favored with such a liberal endorsement of their pa trons as evidenced by the amount of mail orders received. Oxford Buggy Company The report of the secretary and treasurer was very gratifying, espec ially considering the condition of business for the year just closed. The Stockholders expressed themselves as greatly pleased. The following! were unanimously elected Directors for the ensuing year: Messrs. W. J. Long, Z. W. Lyon, W. G. Pace, I. N. Howard, R. L. Green, B. S. Royster and B. F. Taylor. Immediately after adjournment of Stockholders Meeting, the newly elec ted Board of Directors met, and the following officers were elected: W. J. Long, president; B. S. Royster, vice president; I. N. Howard, secretary and treasurer; B. F. Taylor, general manager. It is gratifying to note that the "Oxford Chase Buggy" is holding its own. Many orders are received daily and the factory is running full time. A large watermellon which had been in cold storage since last fall was cut. The stockholders were very jubilant and it was thought best to have the melon on hand to cool their enthusiasm. Resolutions of sympathy were passed for Mr. A. L. Capehart who had the misfortune of getting his arm broken first of year. WILL CONTEST SEAT Congressman Britt Will Try to Oust ' Weaver. Formal notice that his seat in Con gress will be contested in the house wase served on Congressman-elect Zebulon Weaver in Asheville Monday morning. Boiled down to the bare statements Britt's charges in substance are: That Buncombe county board of canvassers unlawfully added 27 un marked ballots to Weaver's vote in Buncombe countv. thereby changing the contestants majority of 13 into a majority of nine for the contestee. Debate Peace Negotiations The Carteret Literary Society met for its weekly meeting on January 12th. Our secretary, Francis Brad sher having stopped school necessi tated the election of a new secretary. George W. Hunt was unanimously elected to fill that office. The debate was, "Resolved that now is the time for the U. S. to open peace negotia tions with the warring nations." Af firmative: Moses Wolf, John Knott. Negative : Roy Upchurch, Thomas Woods, Samuel Hall. Sidney Currin failed to render a declamation. W. Here is the bright side again. The uncultured person who eats with his elbows resting on the hash house table saves the waiter the trouble of wiping it off with a wet cloth. MR. THOMAS S. WALLER DIED HEAD OF THE OXFORD MASONIC LODGE SUCCUMBED TO AT TACK OF PERITONITIS Died In Watt's Hospital Friday Even ing -Buried In Wake County Sat urday With Masonic Honors. Following a brief illness Mr. T. S. Waller, for many years a clerk in the Oxford postoffice, died at Watt's Hos pital, Durham, at 6:30 o'clock last Friday evening. Ten days ago Mr. Waller exper ienced an acute attack of appendicitis and was removed to Watt's hospital. Peritonitis developed and his condi tion steadily became more critical until death resulted. The deceased was born at Knap of Reeds, Granville county, January 12, 1881, and his death occurred on his thirty-sixth birthday. He was the son of S. W. and Louisa Waller. He attended the Cary high school and Wake Forest college. Mr. Waller lived at Knap of Reeds until ten years ago when he moved to Oxford. During the past decade he had served as postal clerk at Oxford. He maried Miss Nannie Sorrell, daughter of Mr. A. J. Sorrel, of Morrisville, November 13, 1909. To this unicn three chil dren were born and these, with their mother, survive. They are Clyde, Hr,zel and Thomas Waller, aged res pectively five years, three years, and two months. Mr. Waller's father lives at Knap of Reeds and the deceased is surviv ed by the following borthers and sis ters: Mrs. Willie Hedgepeth, of Lyons Miss Hattie Waller and Mr. James Waller, who reside at Knap of Reeds. A number of relatives live in Durham and Granville counties. Mr. Waller was a member of the Oxford Baptist church, being secretary of the Sunday school for the past eight years. At the time of his death he was worship ful master of the Oxford Masonic lodge and was also a member of the Jr. O. U. A. M. at that place. The body was taken from Durham through the country to the family burying ground, near" Mount Herman church, four miles north of Morris ville, Wake county, leaving Durham at noon Saturday. Masons of Dur ham and Oxford took charge of the burial services. Rev. J. Ben Eller, pastor of the West Durham Baptist church conducted the services. The following from Oxford, mak ing the trip in automobiles, attended the funeral and burial: Messrs. Will Landis, J. Rcbt. Wood, Col. W. B. Ballou, John Baker, B. K. Lassiter, J. W. Hester, B. W. Parham, J. L. White, Cleveland Moore, Sam Clark. O SURELY HAD SOME FEET Two Granville County Farmers Dis cuss New Comer Some time since two Walnut Grove farmers were seated in the corner grocery talking about crops and the joy of serving 'on the Grand Jury, when one of the pair chanced to men tion a man who had just moved into that locality "An' mebby he ain't got some feet!" continued Uncle William. "I think: thorn feet o' his'n is the long est feet I ever seen." "He's eot to go some if he needs more cowhides than Jake Bowers," commented the other. "Jake Bowers is a Cindereller a long side o' that new feller," declar ed Uncle William. "T'other day he come to our house to see about some corn, and he had to walk up to the door backwards to ring the bell." CrVIL WAR GREENBACKS Will Be Used After February 1 in Place of Notes A new issue of one and two-dollar greenbacks of Civil War days, dis continued more than 30 years ago, will be put into circulation probably about February 1, displacing similar United States notes of larger denom ination to provide relief from the unprecedented demand for small pa per money. lae Treasury ueparr-. ment announced Wednesday that the ssue had been decided cn because . : 7 4-1 -A 4- 1nl sliver cei tiiicaLes ui uuc iiiu iwu-uur lar denomination could not be issued under the law in sufficient quantity to meet the demand. A limit of $346,681,016 to the amount of outstanding Federal notes was fixed by law in 1873 after the greenback had become an issue in politics, and had resulted in the birth of a new national party, backed largely by the farmers of the West and South. No greenbacks have been issued since 1885, and the amount of outstanding $1 and $2 notes of that variety now is slightly over $3,000, 000. There is, however, $102,445,300 outstanding in United States notes of $10 denomination and higher and a portion of these will be retired and cancalled dollar for dollar, to meet the new issues of small denomina-. (tions. .
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