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"roUMED SEME-WEEKLY - JQWN M COUNTY BMLLIAOT PP -. ALL HOME PMNtT"1 volume xxxn OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1917 NUMBER 79 OUR SHEEP KILLING DGGS TIIRFE DOGS TO EVERY SHEEP IX GRANVILLE. Tf it Was Not For the Dogs the sh-ei Industry in Granville Wmiid More Than Double the Value Of the Tobacco Crop. One of the wonders of the world tlie influence of the dog as a do les' ic animal. On a recent trip to the interior of the county we saw a nUr0 man, his wife and three chil dren in abject want, and on the Larth of their cabin home' lay a worthless cur dog, which .gazed up into their faces with love and admi ration. , On returning to Oxford we went to the Court House and Mr James B Powell, the efficient and obliging clerk, kindly furnished us the re cord that we desired to consult, from which we learn theat there are I S67 worthless dogs listed in Gran ville county, and upon further in vestigation we learned that there are three dogs to every sheep in the county. The dog is as much super ior to the Sheep in Granville as the Kaiser is to his subject in . Ger many. Of the 4,000 dogs in Gran ville only 1,867 are listed, as against 1,050 sheep. The population of Granville coun ty is 26,000, split up into 5,200 fam ilies of five each. Dog vs Schools. Estimating the feed of a dog at U their consumption at the low est" possible estimate is $62,400 per year. While the school revenue of Granville county is only $45,618.88. Thus it will be seen that the people of Granville county think more of their dogs than they do of their chil dren. Yes, sir; the dog is absolute master of the situation in Granville county and no man, or set of men, can dethrone him. If the cost of feeding all the dogs in Granville county was converted into negoti able notes and set aside for school purposes we would have next year $108,018.88, as against $46,618.88 this year. Dog vs Sheep Any one at all familiar with-the lay of the land in Granville will tell you that a quarter of a million sheep can graze nine months every year on the fields and valleys of the county. Here we would have a revenue twice that of the tobacco crop if old Col. Dg would permit his. subjects to raise sheep in such large numbers. Dog vs. Man The Public Ledger is not sure that it is in a position to take its stand against old Col. Dog, but we do say that he is a very severe mas ter in a majority of the homes of the county. But we do say that the Public Ledger will not support any candidate for the Legislature who is not man enough to vote to expell the dogs in such numbers as to guaran tee the safety of sheep raising in Granville county. Encourage Sheep Raising Here isj a conservative . estimate taken fro t.h- Farm Journal: Theretrfc - ore than three, times as many dogs as sheep in Montgom ery county, Kans. It is estimated that it costs $3 4 to feed a dog one year. On this basis some farmers could keep two more cows or ten more sheep with no more general expense to the farm, if they dis pensed with their dogs, as it only cost abc $60 or $70 to feed a good cow, a:' sheep can be keut on the sa rant of food as one -0w- ighbor's sheep would oe safS5! m Major Landis V Granville: he Xmas for our - m training and prepar es to protect and defend f our country? Is it to ; eary day with no word ,k home? Of course, families of these boys To th VAT boy? ing t the I be a fron the are -ng to -send Xmas box Tint TiTi wont tnom trt ?s to them Know that those who have no boys m loved ones at the front know iove and appreciate their sacri- ff and are with them in heart and spirit. Lt us make the Xmag Qf the sol. cmr .aTKl sailor boys of Granville eve? a community affair, and let litti '7!e Participate men, women, con and little Sirls each one Chr-7 a srQall portion. Let this v-unSUllC K-v . -. .i I x?c 111 be a Soldiers' and Sailors' L nd win make this possible, send, yonr nnnTr,: atoh umriDution today ana to tRv. tne amount grow. It is going Gr-'ra neat sum for no by from Let ii ei,county is to be forgotten. -Lhelp- - WM- LANDIS. T!TSaleat Victor Kaplon's next head of Main street, Granv n .to tbe National Bank of vertis;?' is in ful1 blast- See ad Paper 1 on third Page of this LOSSES OF BRITISH DURING SEPTEMBER TOTALS 104,598 ! London, Oct. 1. British casual ties reported during the month of September totalled 104,598, divided as follows:' Officers, killed or died of wounds 636; men, 18,302. Officers, wounded or missing, 2,151; men, 83,509. The severity of the fighting in which the British have been en gaged during September is indicat ed not only by the total of casual ties of more than 104,000, but by comparison with the August figures, which were 59,811. The total com pares favorably, however, with the figures for 1916, the third month of the battle of the Somme, when the casualties were 119,549. YOUR ATTENTION Just For Four Minutes, If You Please. Speaking under the auspices of the National Defense Council, Gen. B. S. Royster in a four minute's speech at the Orpheum Theatre last Friday night, told the audience how best to win the world war. "Faith in the goodness of things and personal sacrifice,' said Gener al Royster, "cout for most." Hon. A. A. Hicks. Between shows at the Orpheum this Tuesday night, Hon. A. A. Hicks will deliver a four minute's speech under the auspices of the National Defense Council. Hon. D. G. Brummitt. Hon. D. G. Brummitt will deliver a four minute's speech at the Or pheum one night next week entitled the "Perils of the Government in Times of War." AN OLD SPORT TimesMust Be Good When Farm ers Smoke Dollar Cigars. Our friend Mr. Wes Buminitt was in the office of Horner Bros. Co. one day in August at a time when the complaint of the tobacco crop was so great, and when so many farmers were saying "thatthey would" not make enough off their tobacco to pay for the guano. Upon being asked about his crop, he stated that his prospects were good. Mr Hor ner said to him "Mr. Brummitt, it ! certainly .does sound good to hear that some will make a good crop. We expected that you would have a good one if any body did, but from the talk we feared that no one would have even a fair crop. You smoke cigars. Well, here on the desk is a dollar cigar sent me by. "a friend in New York, and I have nev er felt like smoking it. When you sell a barn of tobacco this fall for as much as two hundred dollars come by the office and get this cigar and smoke it." Mr. Brummitt made a fine crop and will have many barns to sell for two hundred dollars and over each. However, at that time in August he did not expect to see but a few barns sell at this price. Mr. Brummitt will be on the market this week and if you see him smoking a fine Hava na about ten inches long you will know that he has sold one of his good barns of tobacco. Since writing the above we found our friend, Wes Brummitt on the market with a load today and for which load he pulled down a check for $480.00. THE FAIR PARADE Chief Marshall Grady Harris Ap pointing Aids. Chief Marshall Grady Harris wishes to secure the names of all young ladies who wish to take part in the Granville County Fair pa rade. A number have already sig nified their desire to take part, but the chief marshall desires a large number of those who can ride the noble steed gracefully. Each lady will be providede with a beautiful rosette. OFFERS $50 REWARD FOR EACH SLACKER. (Washington Special) With a reward of $50 for the de livery of each deserter, the Provost Marshal General's office has inaugu rated a drive to round up all drafted men who kave not reported to their local boards as directed, and all who have not reported to the Adjutant General of their States. Where de linquency is shown to be not wilful, they will be sent to their proper camps. . Something For the Ladies The ladies will find something to interest them in the announcement of the Perkinson-Green Qompany elsewhere in this paper. Anything worn in ready-to-wear, and at invit ing figures can be found at the "Store of Quality." HIGHEST AVERAGES OF SEASON HALF MILLION POUNDS SOLD ON THE OXFORD MARKET LAST WEEK. The Average For the Past Week Was $28.16 Prices For All Grades Are Still Advancing. Figures for the sales of the five days of the past week, made public Saturday, shows that a half million pounds were sold, the average being $28.16 per hundred. The average during the previous week was $27. 13. The average per pound during the past week was more than a cent higher than any week during the season. Strong Market. The high prices are causing the farmers to rush their tobacco to market as fast as they can get it ready. They are pleased with the present prices and there does not appear to be any inclination on the part of the farmers to hold back for higher prices. At the rate the weed is being marketed there will he a very small per centage of the crop unsold on January 1, 1918. The Business Outlook The question is frequently asked, "what will the early marketing of the crop mean in a business sense?" In analizing this question it should be remembered that the farmers re ceived a very hard jolt in 1914 and 1915, from which they have not re covered. They are now settling their debts and banking their mon ey, and their acts spell prosperity throughout this section. There are numerous cases in the county where the farmers did not expect to realize more than $1,000 for their, crop now rejoice at finding $1,800 to their credit. They will spend their mon ey for the needed things, but they vpll not be in a hurry about it. We conclude that the outlook for busi ness was, never brighter. . THINGS TO BE REMEMBERED A CHAPTER WRITTEN BY AN .. OXFORD MEr . The Importance of Producing Hu man Energy in th Most Critical Hour of Our Nation. Editor Public Ledger: I wish to congratulate you on the editorial in the last issue of the Pub lic . Ledger entitled "Gnarled and Twisted boys." The preparation of food plays a very important part in producing human energy and the preservation of a nation. "Cut down your supply of sugar," orders Herbert C. Hoover. He touches the fifth part of our food fuel when he takes hold of the sugar tongs. Each of us consume just about his own weight in sugar in a year. Were you to offer a hungry work man a couple of lumps of sugar, he would tell you to send them to the girl's boarding chool. Just the same, those two lumps of sugar would do more actually to allay his hunger than a large slice of bread. The sugar and cream which you put on your oatmeal are much. more nutritious than the cereal itself. Four fifths of all the food value in peaches and cream belong to the sugar and cream. The peach is mostly useful for flavor. Little Jonnie's cookie keeps him going longer than an equal -amout of wheat bread more essential food units in it. Fads order many of our meals aid. Fashion buncoe nearly every dinner table shamelessly. Here we are in an "R". month, so Fashion cries out: "Serve oysters." All right, serve them, but just re member that $10 spent for codfish "nil mir chase twenty-two times as much real nutriment as the same "buck" expended for oysters. Fashion also created not long ago a new hreakf ast . necessity grape fruit. Refreshing and all that, but when it comes to just plain life-sustaining food,' the same money will buy five times as much - if invested in apnles. I presume all her dinner guests would fall in a faint were a hostess to serve army soup beans instead of the aristocratic and tender variety But the old dried soup bean has the string beans beaten just three to one for nourishment. And that goes with a lima bean, too. Not only three times nutriti ous is the dried bean, but only a fraction as expensive. Mistress Fashion would cut you off her calling list were you to dare substitute dried fruits, such as ap ples, peaches and cherries, for the nifty fresh "fruits in season." Barring flavor and " order, the - ( Continued On Pace Four) A LOVING MESSAGE TO OUR SOLDDER BOYS. A Question That Calls For Serious Consideration. "How much have I done, how much am I going to do, to give our Granville soldiers a happy Christ mas? That is a question which we wish every reader of the Public Ledger would put to himself or her self today. We are sure no one can ask that question of himself without putting his hand in his pocket and making the largest contribution in his power to the fund that is being raised for this purpose. This appeal is not addressed prin cipally to those who have given their boys, their husbands or their fathers to the country. They will all, according to their means, re member their absent ones. But the moral value of the gifts purchased with the general fund is that .they will not come simply for relatives and acquaintances, but will repre sent the love and pride of the people of Granville for those who are ren dering the greatest service which men can render. When you contribute to this fund you are saying to the Granville boys in American camps and to Granville boys abroad at Christmas: "We are all thinking of you at home; not merely the members of your own household are thinking of you, but 'we who never saw you, perhaps. We are thinking of you lovingly and tenderly; you are in our minds and hearts and hopes. No ties of faul tily kinship bind you to us, but you are of our blood nevertheless. You are not our boys in . flesh, but you are oUrs in the spirit. We love you as our own ; in all your sorrows we suffer and m all your triumph we re joice. Our prayers and our praises, our smiles and our tears go with you, wherever you may be.' This is the sort of message we want to send to those brave boys at the front. Every man, woman and child in Granville should enlist- in this Christmas fund army. It is the finest army of Kriss Kringles . that any Christmas "has ever known. Send all funds to Major Will Lan dis; Oxford, who will acknowledge the receipt of the same through the Public Ledger. Soldiers' and Sailors Fund. Will Landis .$5.00 Public Ledger 1.00 CHANGE IN LYCEUM DATE. Ralph Bingham Coming Tuesday Night, October 9th. There has been a change in the dating of the Lyceum Courses given under the auspices of the Graded Schools. The Rob Roy Quartet was advertised as first. A telegram Sat urday and a letter Monday stated that the famous Ralph Bingham would come first on Tuesday night, October 9th. Ralph Bingham is a humorist of the highest order. He has given more than seven thousand perfor mances and filled more return dates than any other humorist. He has missed but two engagements in twenty years. He has been with the Redpath Buerau for fifteen years. He is America's foremost platform humorist. The Season tickets will be deliv ered this week. If you have sub scribed for tickets, be ready to pay for them by the middle of the week. If you have not subscribed, do so at once, for you will get this fine en tertainment for thirty cents in a season ticket when it will cost you fifty cents at the door. You cannot afford to miss this or any of th courses. Place Oxford Graded School Auditorium next Tuesday night at seven thirty o'clock. Cramped Quarters We notice in the Red Cross Noter on another page of this papare that the local Chapter of the American Red Cross are cramped for room, in their present quarters. . It occurs to the Public Ledger that it would be a natriotic act onHhe Dart of the Granville Commercial Club to share their rooms with the local chapter. Thief Captured Recently Flem Hester, a hard working farmer, was robbed in Ox ford. Ira Davis, colored, has been connected with the crime, and now lingers in the county jail under fail ure to furnish a $200 bond. . . Drafted Men Notified. Twenty-six drafted, men have been notified to appear in Oxford Thurs day ready to depart for Camp Jack son, Columbia, S. C, next Friday. It Pays To Be A Fore Fronter. Our readers will be highly enter tained by turning to the last page of this paper and consulting the figures in the Longx Company's announce ment. It pays to be a fore fronter and it is costly to be a season ender. DR. VANN AT PEACE CHAPEL TWO THOUSAND PEOPLE WITH IN RANGE OF HIS VOICE. Fine Dinner Served In the. Old Oak Grove the Afternoon Was De voted to Singing. Last Sunday was a glorious day a Peace. Chapel. More than two thousand people, gathered there, to hear the address of Dr. Vann, Secre tary of the Board of Education of the State Baptist Convention. Cen tral, Southern and Northern Gran ville and the west side of Vance county was well represented in the gathering. As many as could crowd ed into the chapel, and the windows were thrown open so that the vast throng outside of 'the sanctuary could hear the inspiring message and the sacred songs. After a short song service Mr. W. 6. Howell, a prominent member of Peace Chapel, delivered the address of welcome. Then followed the timely introduction of Dr. Vann by the pastor, Rev. E. G. Usry. The Value of a Teacher. Dr. Vann is one of the most lov able of men a man moulded by God's supernal grace. His silvery voice instamtly catches the attention of his audience. He takes them from the exciting scenes of life and leads them to the still waters for prayer and supplication. Dr. Vann's theme was "Educa tion," arid he went down to the very roots of things. The soil, he said, must be properly tilled to produce abundant harvest; the colt must be properly groomed to make a valu able horse, and children must be properly taught and inspired in or der to produce valuable men and women. It was a great message and it was a great day for the -Lord and the schools in Granville. The. Singing. The afternoon was devoted to singing Gospel hymns. The choirs of West Oxford, Concord and Dex ter churches were there in all their glory, and.jye must confess that the choirs of Rev. E. G. Usry's four churches are a singing aggregation when all of them assemble under one .roof. - ,There,.was just .1. enough friendly rivarly to make the singing doubly interesting. Former Com missioner J. L. Peed led the Concord choir; Mr. H. G. Blackley led the West Oxford Choir; Mr. Lucius Gra ham led the Peace Chapel choir, and if we are not mistaken Mrs. Matt Nelson led the Dexter choir. Good Reports. The reports read at the after noon session revealed a steady and satisfactory upbuilding of the four churches under the charge of Rev. E. G. Usry. Dinner Served Picnic Style. We actually counted 104 automo biles on the ground some of them "-rai"Pg 0;! far away as Durham and ClarksWlle. It reminded one of the Flat River Baptist Association. The dinner, consisting of all the good things, was spread upon long tables and there was an abundance and to spare. MEDICAL DEPT'MENT OF ARMY Dr. W. N. Thomas Is Now a Lieu tenant. The War Department last week named 46 doctors of North Carolina for the medical reserve corps. In the list we find Dr. William Nelson Thomas and William J. H. Booher, Oxford. -4- TIRED OF LPVING. Col. John Nichols Takes Own Life In Despondent Mood. Col. John Nichols, former mem ber of Congress and for nearly Tvty -"-ear's a UnUed States com missioner in Raleigh, shot himself through the head with a 32-calibre vstrl at :Pt.oTi minutes to six o' clock last FrMav. afternoon. A mes sage on his desk said: "poor, old md blind; what is the use of liv ing?" Handsome Ca.r. Messrs. Crawford Knott, J, S. Bradsher and Frank Youngs, motor ed to Richmond last week and Mr. Knott returned with a handsome new Kline car, of which Mr. . Frank Youngs is the local agent. It is one of the best cars made. Watch for further announcement in the Public Ledger this week. : Bifir Sale Now Going OFn. The big sale at Cohn & Son con tinued with unabted interest. See announcement on the fourth page of this paper. Misses Naomi Crews, of Washing ton City, and Miss Ruth, of Durham, the two pretty and talented twin daughters of Mr. Herbert Crews, are spending some time at home to the delight of their many friends. They are graduate nurses and hold impor tant positions in leading hospitals in the above named cities.
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