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V FPBUBHED SfaM-WEEKLY TOWN AMD COUNTY OFFEIR BJOTJJANT OPPORTUOTmES ALL HOME PMNT VOL131E XXXII. OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY,' JANUARY, 24, 1917 NUMBER 7 iJll in the business world TtvrKY IS THE DULLEST MONTH OF THE YEAR. ,mincss Will Pick up About the riit of February and the Out look for Oxford Bright. A tttt lion (nAnK1 a dit'o" of the weather for thepast "J ro weeks there has, seemingly, been hill ;n the general business world. & Jr AVte an know the months of Jan- and February are the ' Worst months of the year for all classes of people except the doctors and" under- taTlie 'business man sits by his stove and bums expensive eoal, reads his daily newspaper and complains of hard times. The farmer sits by his fire, smokes Tiis pipe, eats expensive flour and complains about the bad conditions of the weather. The school master sits by his stove with such a smal percentage of his students present that he actually be comes lonesome. The merchants and business men of Oxford anticipate a revival of bus iness during the month of February. We learn from the contractors and builders that there will be consider able activity in their line during the spring and summer. Owing tO lilt; vcij- vj.ioo,&Ac;oii HOBS EXPRESS OFFICE. Theives Take Sixteen Sacred Quarts and Depart. Theives on' Friday night last enter ed the Southern Express office at Sto voll and took therefrom sixteen quarts of high-grade liquar intended for the thirsty people in jind around tho metropolis of north Granville. There was wailing and gnashing of teeth next morning when it was learned that the sixteen sacred quarts ordered by that number of people, had taken their flight during the night and not another drop to be had south of Baltimore. The fact that some one on the same night entered a stable in Sto vall and placed a bridal on a fine horse and rode him away, leads to the conviction that it was the same party that entered the expres office. The fact that the horse was re covered on the National Highway iiear Oxford the morning after the robbery conveys the idea that the theif took him from the stable for the purpose of bringing the liquor to Oxford. The horse was returning to Stovall unaccompanier by a driver when captured. INSTITUTE WORK At Enon February 7th and at Hester February 8th Mr. T. B. Parker, director of Farm ers' Institutes in North Carolina, has announced the dates of the institutes which will be held in the State short ly for the first time in connection with the North Carolina Extension Service. Mr. Parker and the Exten sion workers will co-operate to in crease the efficiency of the institutes. Mrs. Jane McKimmon, State agent of Home Demonstration Work, has been made assistant director of the insti tutes and will have charge of the wo men's meetings. Institutes will be held in 39 counties. Institutes will be held at Enon February 7th and on the following day at Hester. JUDGE DEVIX BUYS PROPERTY. Takes Over the Baptist Parsonage on Williamsboro Street. The Baptist Parsonage on Wil liamsboro street was purchased by Hon. W. A. Devin Monday. The deal was consumated through a com mittee from the Oxford Baptist church, who was authorized to sell the property, the Baptist having ac quired a handsome home for the pas tor on Main street near the church. The property purchased by Judge Devin is situated near the business section and it is said that it is one of the best built houses in Oxford. The consideration was $4,500. 5 Printers Change Positions. Mr. J. Ben Comer, who has been a very valuable printer in the Public Ledger office for the past two years lias accepted a position in the print ing department of the Oxford -Orphanage. We regreted to let this good man leave us, but he falls in splendid hands and he is just the man for the place, as he will set a splendid example for the little boys in the printing office. Mr. Comer re lieves Mr. Millichampe, who goes to Washington City. The going of Mr. Comer creates a vacancy in the Public Ledger office fr a good capable printer and we hope to have him here in a few days. Culbreth Community Club At 7: 30 Friday evening, January 26th, Culbreth Community Club will pre sent a play to the public. There will be no charge for admission and ev erybody is invited. Mrs. John Booth was among the large number who went to Raleigh Tuesday to hear Paderewski. GRANVDLLE STANDS HIGH Representative D. G. Brummitt Speaks of Conditions. Hon. D. G. Brummitt, the, able re presentative from Granville, spent Sunday in Oxford, returning to Ral eigh on the early Monday morniing train. Although it was Sunday, our popular representative was surround ed by friends prctically all day and it was almost impossible to get his ear. Comparing' Granville with some of the eastern counties, especially Pen der, which caused the turburlent scenes in the Legislature a week ago, Mr. Brummitt stated that it filled him with pride to point to Granville as a model county. "The decks have been cleared," stated Mr. Brummitt, "and there will be something doing everyday until the end of the session. Some of the measured recommended by Governor Bickett are popular, but some of them are destined to go down in defeat. In my opinion the bill pending to e lect the Board of Education by pop ular vote will precipitate a contest of the first . magnitude." Mr. Brummitt is making a close study of all bills of a State-wide nature and we are going to hear from him in a substantial manner. Some of the big papers that keep a close vigil on him classes him with the "big four of the house." Mr. Brummitt will likely spend a couple of days in Oxford during court week, which convenes Monday, February 12th. GRANVILLE BOY WINS PRIZE Some Facts About the Com Club Work. Allison Overmon, Rural Route No. 4, Keaily, in Wayne County, has been declared the winner of the 1916 corn Club contest in a decision rendered by the Office xof Agriculture Clubs of the Agriculturel Extention Service. This young man produced 120.7 hush els of cdrn at a cost of 25.5 cents per bushel, and his total score was high er than any other member in the clubs, through four other members produced more corn on an acre -of land. Joseph A. Morris, a Granville boy, living on Oxford Route 2, . was de clared a winner in the State-wide con test. His yield was 75 bushels at a cost of 29.3c per bushel. The Wayne County BOy Alilson Overman, the Wayne coun ty boy who leads the work in the State, has been a member of the Corn Clubs for three years and has always put forth great effort to secure a large yield, of corn. Last year he made 70.7 bushels at a cost of 38 cents a bushel. He has been care fully selecting his seed corn in the field for the last three years and has used a local variety, "Walter Hy att's." Some winter cover crop has also been used on his land in the winter, to be turned under in the fall, it can be seen, therefore that up-to-date methods through a period of years was responsible for the prize being awarded as it was. In addition to a prize of $25, giv en by the Board of Commissioners of Wayne County, Allison gets a certifi cate of merit, signed by the Governor of the State; a gold medal from The Progressive Farmer; four valuable pecan trees from B. W. Stone, of Thomasville, Ga., and some peach and strawberry plants from the Con tinental Plant Company of Kittrell, n. e. Some Facts. There were enrolled in the Corn Clubs as conducted by the North Cor oiina Agricultural Extention Service, 3,257 boys and girls for the 1916 sea son. Of this number 891 made re ports. Those who reported produced 48,829.4 bushels of corn, with an av erage per acre yield of 54.8 bushels. This is about 34 bushels above the State average. To raise the 48,829.4 bushels of corn it cost the members $19,152.71 including a rent charge of $5 per acre tor each acre of land in the contest This made the corn cost an average of 3 9 cents per bushel. The value of this corn at $1. per bushel is $48, 829.40, which leaves a net profit for the work-of $29,678.69. . - : ; - -'Zrr PROVIDENCE C. L. CLUB. Will Meet January 26th to Plan Years' Work. The Providence Country Life Club will meet at the school house Friday evening, January 26th, at 7 o'clock for the purpose of planning this years' work. We are to have Dr. Morris and other good speakers with US This progressive Club has done much for the school and the commun ity During December they raised $15 00 to be credited to the piano fund Most of this amount was rafsed through an advertisement social A splendid play was given under the leadership of the teachers The bad weather, however, prevented a large crowd from attending We wish th?s splendid school and club success in the community work. D. CROWDS HEAR EVANGELIST REVERENED BLACK- PRESENTS THE SCRDPTURES WITH MUCH FORCE. Capacity Crowds Fill the" Presbyter ian Church at Each Service-The Singing is also Inspiring. Rev. William Black, the noted e vangilist began a series of meetings at the Oxford Presbyterian Church Sunday morning and at each service preaches to a capacity crowd.' Even though the weather has been incle ment ever since the arrival of Mr. Black, large numbers from' the . sur rounding country who heard him on a former visit to Oxford, ventured out through he mist and mire to hear him. It is beyond us to de scribe the manner in which Mr. Black holds and sways his audience. He speakes as one endowed with much wisdom from on high and nev er fails to press home the important truths of scripture. - Prof Aaron Burr, the sweet sin ger who is here and is assisting Mr. Black with the meetings, adds much interest to the services. The choir is made up of about seventy-five of the best singers in Oxford, Eack af ternoon at 4 o'clock in the different parts of the city there will be prayer meeting at the homes -of those which are announced from night to night. The people from all the denioni nations are praying for the sucess of the meetings, and there promises to be a great spiritual awakening in the community. SQUADRONS SCOUR ATLANTIC ' NEW YORK SHIPPERS WORRIED BY BIG C030IERCE MENACE Sea Terror Reported Moving Toward Main Ship Lines Craft Has Taken or Sunk 24 Vessels Others Miss ing May be Moewe. . . New, York sniping circles are a larmed at the presen.ee of the German raider in the Atlantic, which has al ready sunk or captured twenty-four ships and is reported to be moving northward.- Fifteen British cruisers are searching the seas for the German Craf t.":' , V-' ? 'f- - - It is generally admited that the raider may possible enjoy a long im munity, as it is recognized that it is easier to. find a needle in a hay stack than a ship, bent on eluding capture, in the Atlantic. Anxiety is expressed over the fate of careroes of srrain and meat from Argetine and steel from the United States. It is admitted that-the loss of such cargoes may be severely felt coming on top of he de predations, of the submarins. A number of steamers, distinct from victims of the raiders, are post ed at Lloyds as missing. . Missing Aessels. In addition to the twenty-four ves sels reported captured or sunk by the German Raider, the following vessels are reported missing: Lorca, British steamer, left Nor folk October 29 for Queenstown. La Roche Jacquelin, French bark, left San Francisco late in June for Ip swich and has never been heard from. Consult Olsson, Swedish steamer, sailed from Galveston, November 16 for Harve. Consul Corfitzen, Swed ish steamer sailed from Galveston November 13 for Havre. - Believed to be the Mowie. According to official announcement the British steamer Yarrowdale en tered a German harbor twenty days ago carrying 469 prisoners, members of crews captured by the German sea raider in South Atlantic waters. The official announcement of the arrival of the Yarrowdale in German waters was announced Saturday by the On ternational News Service. The prisoners brought to the home port in Germany numbering 469, were the crews of vessels sunk or captured by. the raider. The statement speaks of captured vessels, but does not name them. It does say that the cargoes of these captured vessels consists principally of war materials for the entente al lies and food stuff. The Berlin dispatch emphasizes the fact that three of the vessels which have been overhauledby-Lthe raider in. the south Atlantic were found to have been armed. The dispatch says they were sunk. It is believed that an nouncement in Berlin that the arrival orthe British vessel in a German port was occasioned by the report .of the raidr's acivity and the doubts as to just what had become of the Yarrow dale. The surprising feature of the whole matter is how the Yarrowdale happened to run the gauntlet of British" warships and reach German port with the large number of per sons taken from the entente vessels sunk or captured. At least three of the British vessels previously sunk are reported to be now assisting the Moewe in her ter rorizing campaign. They are British 5 000 ton steamers St. Theodore, said to have been converted into an aux iliary cruiser armed with two guns (Continued On Pagre Eignt) PROPOSED NEW RADLROAD. Given Tremendous Boost By Hender son Board of Tirade. We gather from tne ' Henderson Daily Dispatch that the annual ban quet of the Henderson board of Trade held in the dinning room -of the Vance Hotel last Thursday night, was the occasion of much enthusiasm. Seventy odd citizens, including a number of invited guests, were pres ent, and the proposed Oxford, Henderson-Wilson railroad came in from the lion's of attention and discussion. Mr. J. H. Brodie was called, and he told of the tremendous resources of the territory which the railroad would open up to Henderson and de clared it would bring hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of busi ness to the city every year. He wanted to see the road started and built without delay. Senator R. S. McCoin, home form the Legislature to attend the banquet, was called on to tell of the fight for the charter. This he did, declaring that the char ter had been granted, but that a great effort was going to be made to have the law repealed. He urged the ut most co-operation on the part of the local business men, and wanted it at the time it was called for. J. C. Kit trell, who has acted as secretary of the old coporation under the original charter, explained the attitude of Mrs. J. M. Turner, widow of the man who seemed to have, originated the idea of the railroad. He did not think any injustice was being done her, but he believed the proposition of the new boosters to give her in stock dollar for dollar the amount Mr. Turner had expended was fair. He believed the road could be built by the proper effort on the part of the Board of Trade. - NAME FOR VANCE FAIR. ter February 1 When List No Suggestion Will Be Accepted Af ter February 1, When List Will Close. (Henderson Daily Dispatch) Many responses have been receiv ed by Secretary E. M.-Rollins, of the Vance County Fair Association, for names for the Fair in its enlarged capicity as taking in all the surroun ding counties, including Warren, Franklin, Granville and Mecklenburg county, Virginia. A meeting of the officers . of the Associaton will be held shortly after the contest is ended, and the name, which is meant to imply the larger scope of the Fair, will be selected by them, and the winner will be a warded the $10 in gold offered by the Foir officials for the best name sug gested. ' MEMORIAL SERVICE To the Memory of the .Late .T. .S. AValler. At the Oxford Baptist Sunday School last Sunday morning approp riate services were held in honor of the late T. S. Waller. In short talks Gen. B. S. Royster, W. A. McFarland, D. G. Brummitt, J. C. Howard, B. W. Parham and C. D. Ray bore testimony of the good work of the deceased. The following resolutions were, a dopted: -J Resolutions of Respect. Death has claimed one of our use ful and highly esteemed Sunday School workers. Brother Thomas S. Waller for many years the Secretary of our Sunday School has been called to his reward. In discharge of the duties of his office as well as in all the relation of life, Brother Waller was faithful and conscientious and we. desire to bear testimony to his fi delity and to record our estimate of his worth, Therefore be it resolved, First, that in the death of Brother Waller our School and church have lost a faithful officer and member and consecrated servant of God .Second, That we tender to his wife and children our deepest .sympathy in their sad bereavement and we com mend to them the God of the widow and the orphan. Third, That a copy of these resolu tions be furnished to Mrs. Waller and that a capy be sent to the Public Ledger with request to publish the same Fraternally submitted ; ; M. P. CHAMBLEE, L. THOMAS. v 5 F. W. HANCOCK. Committee Judge Devin at Troy. One of the judges being sick, Judge Devin was selected to preside over the court this week at Troy, Montgomery county. The bright side again. No longer hear some men boasting, that they can eat twelve dozen" hard-boiled ggs. raw -Elsewhere in this Taper it will be seen that Fleming & Mangum have a fine, lot of mules and horses for sale. Read the announcement of the Lyon-Winston Company elsewhere in this paper. THE COHTlISSlON MERCHANTS WHO OR WHAT IS RESPON SD3LE FOR THE HIGH COST OF LIVING? You Might as WeU Ask That Old One About Aunt Ann's Age Or the Othehr About Which Came First, tne Chicken or Egg. Some people believe that the mer chants rejoice in the fact that many lines of goods have advanced, but such is far from the truth. In our rounds the other day, one of our big-hearted grocerymen took us into his confidence and showed us that he sellsan old brand of high-grade goods-at the figure he paid for them. He lamented the fact that the price f f A joods had advanced, and stated that he would rather discon tinue handling the brand than to ad vance the price. But -since -society must hlame somebody for every economic change that affects its pocketbook, the com mission merchant has been singled out as the guilty party. Almost ev erybody from the President of the United States to the youngest stu dent of economics, places all the blame on him. The charge frequently made now adays that the commission merchant is in some manner responsible for high cose of living is based-upon an uUer misunderstanding of the com mission business. The commission man is exactly what his .name -implies a salesman who disposes of the produce of his customers on a strictly commission basis. Whether the price reveived for tho oii sold is high or low he receives only his per cent, commission. If pro duce sells at a high rate the volumn of sales diminishes, and while his 10 per cent, on each or hunddred weight of goods' sold a- mounts to more, his volumn of bus iness is less, and he makes no more money. On the other hand.if the price of his produce falls, he does a large volumn of business, but receiv es a low rate of return per unit of goods sold. In either event, - he makes his legitimate percentage of profit, which; depending on other cir cumstances, may be greater or less when the price, per pound or bushel is high or low. . Undoubtedly at present, priecs of food and, indedd, of almost all artic les of consumption are unprecedent edly high. There are many causes for this condition, among which are the present great prosperity, the un usual amont of gold in circulation, and the fact that .Europe has bought goods of all sortsMn our markets to an unprecedented volumn. The merchants are only too well aware that there is a popular im pression abroad in the land that they make more when prices are' high and it must be painful and embarrassing to them at times to know that their neighbors suspect tjhat they are re sponsible in a measure for the ad vanc in prices. Neither commission merchant nor speculator nor any other controllable agency can raire or lower the prices of articles of food for any extended period. The whole matter is one of supply and demand. When the country is prosperious and crops are short, high prices will result. When vegetables are plentiful, prices are low, and if times are hard, and there is not much money in circulation, they may go to unprecedentedly low levels. GUARDSMEN COMING HOME. All Units Ordrred Released Will Move as Fast as Facilities Can Be Provided. War Department officials explained Monday that some units of the 2 5,000 National Guardsmen whose return from border service had been ordered probably could start for home with in the next few days, and that all "will be returned for muster out as rapidly as transportation facilities can be supplied." Carterett Litera.ry Society. ' The Carterett Literary Society met" January 19th, the debate being: Resolved,- that the Electoral Col lege should be abolished. Affarma tive: J. M. Sneed, William Howell. Negative, Travis Ghamblee, William Farmer,. The Judege were Thomas Woods, Joe Taylor, William Webb. The declaration rendered by Sydney Turner was in favor of the Nagative. "Pounding Party" The ladies of the Oxford Baptist Church are planning to "pound" the new pastor. Breedlove & McFarland store has been designated as the place to leave the packages. . Blacksmith Shop Changes Hands. Lonny Hicks, colored, who has op erated a blacksmith shop for several years in the lot in the rear of r the Ac me Hardware Company, has sold the business to Mr. J. N. Norwood, for mer proprietor of the Granville Garage. n i 1 r I
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