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PUBLIC LEDGER FRIDAY, JANUARY i0 , PAGE 4 -AND- PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY BAN A; GOBLE EDITOR AKD MANAGER ; Entered at postofftce in Oxford N. C. aa second-class mail matter. - r - SUBSCRIPTION RA'jfES OWE YEAR '. .. . i . . . .. . . . . , . eight Months six months . .. four months . m ' .91.50 . 1.00 . .75 . .50 NOTICE Subscriptions are payable strictly in advaree. WATCH THE DATE ON luutt LABEL! I I I MM Ml .II. I I I I I- "II " m 'All Conimnntcanons, Checks and Money Orders should be made payable and addressed to the Public Ledger. of the , police force in orders to keep the police out of politics or allowing the politicians to appoint' subservient civil services commissioners in order to keep politics out of the ... civil ser vice. ' .. ; v.v., . "', Homeopathy as a medical theory has its tri'erMs, but the theory that like cu3's like has never been accept- ( ed in tlta realm of government unless in the belief that the best way to catch a" thief is to put another thief on his track. But there, has- always been grave suspicion in-such a case that the two thieves would form a partnership. , - I DUSEJESS LOCALS BUDLDING ROADS WITH MILK The Charlotte Observer is going to suggest to the framers of the North Carolina good road's bond issue that the figures be set at $25,000,000, in stead of the $24,000,000 that " has been proposed. The latter figure would fall just that- much short of the actual mark which should be set for the State, because North Caro lina aDDarently not only wants to ( "ion of the working man. SERIES OF SERMONS. THE READERS OP THE PUDLIC LEDGED SCRUTINIZE THIS COL UMN VERY CLOSELY. THIS CLASS OF ADVERTISING IS A VERY, EF FECTIVE WAY OB SECURING RE SULTS. THE RATE IS 5 CENTS A LINE EACH INSERTION, AVER AGE SIX WORDS TO THE LINE. STRICKLY CASH WITH ORDER UNLESS THE ADVERTISER RUNS A 1 REG UL AR , ADVERTISEMENT WITH THIS PAPER. NONPARELL READING NOTICES AT BOTTOM OF COLUMN ON FRONT PAGE 10c. A LINE. NO AD. TAKEN FOR LESS The Nations and the Issues of the World War. , ' Beginning next Sunday evening, Rev. R. C. Craven, pastor of the Methodist church will begin a series of sermons on the men, the nations, and the issues of the world war. Everybody is interested in these great themes just now. The pastor states that they will 'be, funeral ser mons, but don't come in mourning. Not with weeping:, not with saddened faces, it is the funeral of autocracy, of corporate greed, and . the oppres- maintain the reputation she has made as a good roads' state, but to increase the lead she has taken over many, other Southern "States in this progressive direction. As ,iie people have begun , to give thought to this important matterr the State road bond issued seems to gain in favor. The fact that the State of Illinois has voted the sizeable sum of $60,000, 000 for good roads construction -that Pennsylvania has followed suit with a bond issue of $50,000,000 and-that South Carolina is coming-along with a quarter of a million is only serving to crystalize sentiment in North Car olina for doing something- worth while in the establishment of good roads.y v - The Observer figures it out like this: ''The price which the farmer receives for his products has reg istered a much higher advance, so that 100 pounds of milk or a bushel of grain will buy more road today than it would in 1914. The farmer may be paying 50 per cent more, but ne is receiving lOv per cent more. The calculation is that 100 pounds of milk in 1914, which sold at $1.27 a hundred, would buy one square yd of concrete road surface which was quoted at $1.25 a yard in that year. The average price of milk this year has been $2.65 per 100 (October quotations are $3.50) At the aver age of $2.65 per 100 with concrete road surfacing at $1.70 per square yard, it means that 100 pounds of milk will this year purchase almost one and one-half yards of concrete surfacing, a difference of one-half a yardr - ' "Today a bushel of wheat at $2.06 a bushel will buy 1.15 square yards of concrete road surface at $1.79 a square 3ard. In 1914, with wheat at. S.90 and concrete road surfacing at $1.25 a square yard one bushel of wheat would buy three-quarters of a yard, a difference of almost one-half a yard in purchasing power. X "A similar comparison may be car ried out for gravel and dirt roads and show more gra,phie results. The ob jection will immediately arise that while the farmer gets more for what he produces, it costs him more to. pro duce it, due to the increased cost 0f labor, material and other elements;' Come with joy and laughter and with your best smile. Come whether you are a church member or not. ' The first in the series is January 12. "The men who will sit at the Peace Table." January 19. "The threat and the Peril of Bolshevism." - STEM NEWS .LETTER. THE FUTURE ARMY. ; Nothing could be more reasonable than Secretary Baker's reminder to the House Committee on Military Af fairs that plans for the future orga nization of the army cannot be seri ously considered ' until after the Peace Conference. The whole future military policy of the United States must depend upon the outcome at Versailles. - Argument and bickering now in relation to the military pro gram or tne future can only serve partisan, sectional or personal inter ns. Until the new European poli- J "j i , jrt 1 cies are uenniLeiy nxeu, no one can foresee what is best for Amrica. In the same category of problems that must be left for consideration in .the light of future developments is that which growing from the fric tion between West Point men in the onicers: corps ana tne newer men from' the training camps. If t.hfi Port, of npafl whirh Mr. Wil son is trying to bring out cannot be realized, the country is sure to be prnd by the immpnsity of the mil itaristic program which will be -f orc pd upon it by necessity. It is .the un- fortunot.e habit of men in the House and in the Senate, as well as the man in- the street, to sneak and think of military preparedness in terms of the nr-Atjent: As a matter of fact, mili tary nations of the future will have to draw heavilv on all their wealth, on , the population on their supplies of raw materials and on their ener gies to maintain the accelerated pace which scientific evolution and ma chine methods make necessary in the war game. If there is to be no set tled peace, we shall certainly require a vast standing army ana we snail have need of all the best officers who served through the recent war. Oth erwise there jhould and doubtless will be a: plan for the promotion of all officers; on", their merits whether they are Wesf Pointers or not. "''lilr. - McAdoo is urging that govern meht control of the railroads be con tnlied for five years longer in order to keep the roads out of politics. '-Xhi&js,like-urging political control (W. R. Mangum) -Mr. J. M. Oooch made a business trip to Durham Tuesday? iZ.- -Xvir.- Vv . H. Thomasson visited his soil, Miv Dewey Thomasson in Dur ham Monday. v Z-", . . vv'. G. Averett, a hustling merchant of Providence, has recently purcnased a large new auto. -lvj.r and Mrs. J. H. Bowling have moved into the Hunt residence which was purchased by Mr. Bowling some time ago. , Mr. E. J. Nance, of Route 1, has a Jersey cow which averages one pound of butter to each gallon of milk. Who can beat that? v There are a good many cases of influenza in this sectiori, but the dis ease is reported to be in - a milder form than the October epidemic. We regret to learn of the seri ous illness of Mr. B. L. Tilley, of Route A2, and hope he will speedily recover. r-Mr. C. R. Cash, buyer for Lig- gett-Myers Co., on the Rocky Mount markec, returned to his work Mon day after spending several days with his parents Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Cash or Oxford Route 6. Mr.,. Willie Danile, of Tally Ho, returned home Saturday from a visit to Florida, where; he spent the Xmas holidays. - Mr. Elvon Wilkins and. wife of Route 3, have moved to old -parson age place hear. Tally Ho, church. Mr. Wilkins was recently, honorabley dis charged from the military serdvice. - Miss Blanche Farabow, of Ox ford Route 6, has returned to the training school -at Greenville after cniJthehHolays with her par entClrand ikrs J.W. Farabow. Miss Ollie Bullock who has been at home for Christmas holidays, left Wednesday for Richmond where she will resume her work as stenogra pher for the U. S. Government. Mr. E. P. Mangum received a letter last week from his brother, Pri vate Otho' T. Mangum, who was se verely wounded in France November 11th, stating that he was getting a- long nice and was walking about. He expects to come home in a short while. Private Leed Whitaker also writes that he is improving. Mr. Marion P. Sandford, who recently returned home from Camp Wheeler, where has was commission ed a second lieutnant, left Monday for the A. & E. College, Raleigh, where he will complete his course this being his graduating term in this institution. His brother, Robert Sanford, has returned to Elon- Col lege, - Mrs. Frank Beasley, of -Richmond wife of Mr. ; Frank Beasley, who in vented the Beasley plow, while on a visit to her mother, Mrs. M. W. B. Veasey, of Knap of Reeds, was taken with influenza a few days ago which developed into pneumoia, was rushed to Wtt'si hospital Monday" evening, on Mr. W. H. Whitaker's car. A tele gram was received here Tuesday con veying the sad intelligence of her death. She was born and reared in the neighborhood of Knap of Reeds and was the daughter of the late M: W. B. eVasey of that section. She leaves a husband and one son about nine years of age. .1 1 Rev. Li .M. Hobbs, of Durham, lias accepted a call at Tally Ho, Creed moor, Concord and Mary's Chapel Baptist churches. The time of preach ing at Tally Ho has been changed from the fourth Saturday and Sun day in each month to the third Sat urday and Sunday. Mr. Hobbs will preach his first sermon at Tally Ho, the third Saturday afternoon in this month. He moved to Creedmoor last OXrOVZl OKFSAJMAGI5 SHOE SHOP ' wil. repair your shoes - nicely. Will fnd for them and return them promptly. Call Phone 24 Jan27tf . ' ; IT, WILL PAY XOV TO KEEP this one: Resolved, That during the year 1918 I will send my or ders tor P R I N T I N G to the Printing Department of the Oxford Orphanage. There's a reason. Ring Phone 24 aud we will ca . J16tf FOR SALE DODGE 1918 MODEL as good as new. Will sell at a bar gain to quick buyer. P. O. Box 503. J. E. Roberts. Jan 7 4t-x. OLD FASHIONED POTATO ONIONS sets for sale. Price $1.00 per peck. John L. Suit, Farmers' "Warehouse. Jan. 10 pd lm foeflee Parish : t FIRST SUNDlAy AFTER THBJ EPEPHAJiTY, Epiphany means manifestation, and refers to, the Manifest tiori of Christ to thVGentiles.- It is a Foreign " Mission Seaso 'Walking through the streetsof Londonand Paris and Rome and Vienna and Berlin and New Yorkvl have been impressed with thp fact that the monuments have been erected by a grateful people t soldiers and sailors, to statesmen and orators, to scientists and in ventors, but I have not yet seen a monument to a missionary of th Cross, writes S. TarL Taylor in World Outlook. - e "Yet, when the record is finally written, may it not appear that he has done more than all others combined to bring about the final day "of democracy and universal brotherhood? ' 'The London Tiines has said : We' owe it to our missionaries that the whole region of South Africa has been opened up." ' "Japan's Statesman, Count Okuma said: 'The origin of mod ern civilization is to be found in the teachings of the Sage of Judea, by whom alone a necessary modern dynamic is supplied.'" New Yord Evening Post. Sunday Services x Holy Eucharist 7:30 a. m. Sunday School 9:45 a. m. Morn ing Service and Sermon 11 o'clock. Evening Prayer 4:30 o'clock. TRACTOR DRAWN PLANES PROV ES TO BE BIG SUCCESS ORANGES, TANGERINES AND grape truit. Fresn car just ar rived, sound stock. R. B. POW ELL & CO., (Wholesale), Hender son, N. C. Jan. 10 2t. WHEN YOU THINK OF THE BEST oil engine, think of Hercules and when you think of the best feed cutter, think 'Blizard, and Samuel Davis, has them in large quanti ties. Jan. 10 3t. week. V - A pint of wet goods makes peck of troubles in .a dry town. : -Beauty is either skin deep paint thick. or REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF UNION BANK & TRUST CO. at Oxford, in the State of North L Carolina at the close of business, December 31,1918. - Resources Loans and discounts . . $ 98,426.12 U. S. Bonds and Liberty bonds .. .. ....... 20,550.00 Furniture and Fixtures. . 3,200.00 All other real estate own ed . . . : .T . : . . . .'. 330.60 Cash and due from banks 27,909.31 Total . : U : . ; . : v $150 , 4 16. 03 Liabilities Capital stock paid in $20,000.00 unaiviaea pronis, - current expenses . taxes paid Deposits ". . . . . . . . less and . . . 5,397.17 . . .125,018.86 Total . . . . . . $150,416.03 State of North Carolina. County of Granville. January 7, 1919. I, J. P. Harris, Cashier of the above named Bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. J. P. HARRIS, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 7th day of January, 1919. E. G. CREWS, Notary Public. Correct Attest: J. M. BAIRD, W. H. HUNT, JAS. W. HORNER, Directors. Device of State Highway Commission : Attracting Wide Attention. : (Raleigh Times.) 1 The . Maintenance' Department of the State Highway ; Commission has devised a rural road " planer , drawn by a. tractor that has proved a mark ed improvement Wer the split-road drag and since its successful try-out in" the latter part of November, has been adopted in six counties in the State and the states of Wisconsin and Alabama. 1 , ' The plane is in two sections, the first of "which is six feet long and seven feet wide. This section is composed of two sets of teeth whi ( is some thing, like a carpenter's plane Binooins oui me Dumps in the road The other part of the section pushes the dirt so loosened into the depres sions that exist between the bumps The second half of the device is a bout four feet long and packs the dirt that, has been loosed and smooth ed out by the front part of the road. IF IT IS THE BEST CORN PLANT er it is an Aveyr, and if it's the best harrow its an Avery or Imper ial, and believe me we have them. Samuel Davis the man who pays the freight..,. Jan 10 3t. REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF The National Bank of Granville AT OXFORD IN THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS ON DECEMBER 31, 1918. RESOURCES Loans and discounts, including rediscounts . . $949,580.75 1,655.72 15,000.00 1,655,72 Overdrafts, unsecured . . U. S. bonds deposited to secure circulation . ...... U. S. bonds and certificates of indebtedness owned and unpledged . . .. 30,000.00 Liberty Loan Bonds, 3, 4 and 4A per cent, unpledged . . . . . . ... .... ... . . . . . . ... . . . 16,600.00 Payments actually made on Liberty 44 per cent bonds of the Fourth Liberty Loan owned .... 46,237.00 Securities other than U. S. Bonds, (not including stocks) owned unpledged . . Stock of Federal Res. Bank (50 'per" cent of sub) . . . Furniture and fixtures . . . . ". . . .... . ... . ... . . . . . . Lawful reserve with Federal Reserve Bank 76,754.26 Cash in vaults and net amounts due from nat banks ...... 216,759.91 Net amount due from banks, bankers and trust companies other than included in items 13, 14 'or 15 . Checks on banks located outside city of town of reporting bank and other cash items ; . . 1 . . Redemption -fund with U. S. Treasurer and due from U. S. Treasurer 45,000.00 68,837.00 6,175.00 4,500.00 2,304.20 10,662.22 9,369.59 750.00 Total $1,386,348.65 IF ITTS WAGONS, WE HAVE THE Studebaker, Thornhill, Chase City and Nissen and we have got the .price, so see Samuel Davis now. Jan. 10 3t, GRANVILLE COUNTY BOY IN THE BIG FIGHT Private William Crews Tells Where He was When the Last Giin Was Fired. -.'; The following is an interesting exr tract from the letter of Private Wil liam Crews, A. E. F., to his mother, dated December 4 : We have been on the march ever since- the 18th; hiked it from Verdun to Laugnes, where I am at present. We were pretty well exhausted after a march of 12 days, covering a; dis tance of 175 miles. On the 11th of November the day the armistice was signed, I was at Verdun. We return ed to 35th division here on Novem ber 5th, and on the 9 th the 81st started - a drive ; our artillery put a barrage over; the 322nd infantry went over the top and we advanced all that day amid barb wire entangle ments , and machine gun fire, and shells bursting all around. We were relieved on the evening of, the 10th and on Monday morning at 11 o'c- clock.we were a few kilos behind the front line, and" while expecting to re turn to the front any moment word came that the hostilities would cease at eleven o'clock. We could hardly believe it, but when the clock, struck the hour the thing, was over. ' I have been on : two fronts, namely, St. Die, near the Swiss border,; in the Voges mountains, and' at Verdun. The worst turn up town I have seen was St. Mihiel. The whole city was shot to pieces. This is where the Germans blew up the bridge across the -river onl their retreat.' p. 8,665.82 LIABILITIES Capitar stock paid in ... . . ... . .... . . . . . . . . . . ; $ Surplus fund . .-. . . . : . . . . . V-. . . . . . ........ Undivided profits . . . . . .'. . . .... ...... . Circulating notes outstanding . . . ... . . . . .". Net amounts due to iNatJtpnal, banks ; . . . . . . . . . . ... .... Net amts. due banks, bankers and trust companies (ohter than included in. items 31 or 32) . Total of Items 32 and 33 . .. . V. .. . . ... .7 Individual deposits subject to check . . . Cashier's checks outstanding . . ....... Total of demand deposits (other-than bank de- . ' " posits) subject to Reserve, items 34, 35, 3 6-3 7, 38, 39, 40 and 41 . . . . 896,334.88 Certificates of deposit (other than for money bprrowed) .... Other time deposits . . . . . . .... ... . . ... .............. ... Total of time deposits sub. to Res., Items 42, 43, 44 and 45 . . ... . . .". . . . . . . . . . 308,873.41 60,000.00 90,000.00 7,474.54 15,000.00 8,361.13 31)4.69 882,220.74 14,114.14 93,405.58 215,467.83 Total . . .... . ......... . . . .$1,386,348.65 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF GRANVILLE, ss: I, W. T. Yancey, Cashier of the above named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. . W. T. YANCEY, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before pie this 8th day of January, 1919. , JNO. R. HALL, .r. Notary Public. CORRECT Attest: H. G. COOPER, n J; G. HALL, E. T. WHITE, directors. yA REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF : The Oxford Savings Bank ndrTrust Company AT OXFORD, IN THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS, DECEMBER 31, 1918. " : RESOURCES. I Loans and discounts V;. . . . ...v.'.' .$263,548.51 All other Stocks, Bonds, and Mortagages. . .V. . I . . . 1,100.00 Due from National Banks . ....... ...... '' ' ' 4o'2fifi.46 Total . .$304,914.97 Capital stock paid in . . . ?. ....... .. . . . . J . . . 16,300.00 Undivided profits, less current expenses and taxes paid , . ... . . 26,505.31 . . .. . . . . . . . ..... . . . ... . .... . . . . 262.109.66 Savings Deposits Total . . . .$304,914.97 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF GRANVILLE, ss: v II T. Yancey, Cashier of the above named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true tothe best, of my knowledge and belief. W. T. YANCEY, Cashier. CORRECT Attest: H. G. COOPER, Subscribed 'and sworn to before me this 7th day of January, 1919. . JNO: R. HALL, . . . Notary Public J. G. HALL, E. T. WHITE, directors.