Mrs. Thales Turner
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VOL. 20,
OXFORD, N. C, FRIDAY, JAN. II, 1907.
NO. 9
THE VITAL QUESTION UP. ! BENEFIT OF FACTORIES.
PROGRESSIVE OXFORD !
A GOOD RECORD MADE DU
RING 1006.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
JURORS DRAWN FOR FEBRUARY
TERM OF COURT.
THE TREASURERS REPORT
BIG TAX TO BEEF TRUST.
GRANVILLE MUST MAKE A NEW
START ON ROADS.
WANT TO SEE MORE OF THEM
IN OXFORD.
MR. LACY SHOWS A GOOD BAL
ANCE ON HAND.
EQUAL RIGHTS TO ALL, SPECIAL
PRIVILEGES TO NONE.
Dirt Roads a Failare and Macadam
System Should l?e Adopted,
Time to Act Farmers.
It must be apparent to all thinking
men who have the interest of Granville
county at heart that the great question
now before the people is good roads.
There can be no doubt but that the fu
ture settlement of this question will
more material! y effect the development
of this countj- than any other question
now before us. In fact this good coun
ty can never take her proper place
among leadhig counties of State until
we have a irood system of macadamiz
ed roads.
It is useless for the editor to here
mention the various advantages which
come from .good roads. The saving
in the wear and tear of vehicles and
conveyance, the saving in the cost of
marketing farm products together with
the convenience, safety, pleasure and
general utility of good roads makes it
needless for us to argue these points.
The point we especially wish to em
phasize here is that we muse have a
new system of road working, and that
the only solution of the road question
is macadamized roads. We have
nothing to -say here against what has
been donesn other directions, and be
lieve that an honest effort was made
for the betterment of the roads, but we
believe that all our people are now
convinced that what we need is solid,
permanent roads. Yre believe it is a,
great mistake to spend the people" s
money, and especially money derived
from bonds, for dirt roads, which every
winter have to be made over again.
Now we, have in the Legislature, in
the person of Gen. Royster and Mr.
Hicks, men who will be glad to have
enacted such -road legislation as the
people may wish.
Let our people give expression to
to them as to what they desire done on
the road question. Both of them are
faithful representatives, and we know
wrill be glad to do anything in their
power to improve the public roads of
the county, and the only way to do it
is by the issue of bonds. Some legis
lation should be passed which will start
the important work of permanent road
making. Anything except this kind
of work will fee. a failure.
We have experimented long enough
on dirt roads, and while they improve
conditions for a while bad weather
brings these roads back to their former
condition. .Let us issue say 100,000
worth of bonds and let us have a
change the time has come for a change
in the road system of the county. We
will not have to purchase a crusher as
the county has recently received one to
be used oil the Kimball Jumbo road.
Death of a Little Girl.
Truly in the midst of life we are in
death. Little Ada Greenwa", daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Mea-ry Greenway
died Saturday, Jan. 5th, after 3 days
illness of miningetis. Her -sufferings
were awful being unconscious .most of
the time. She was 4 years and five
months old. The burial took place at
Hermon cliurch Sunday afternoon wit
nessed by a large number of relatives
and friends. The parents hax.e our
sympathy in this sad hour of bereave
ment. Working For Immigrants.
Governor Glenn officials of the Eas
tern Carolina Truck Development com
pany, of Wilmington, and Secretary
T. K. Bruner, of the North Carolina
department of agriculture, were in con
ference with reference to co-operation
in the work of securing desirable im
migration. They went over the section
of the governor's message to the legis
lature with reference to the irnmiarra
tion question and discussed it with the
result that they will work together in
pressing this matter on the legislators.
Subscribe to the Public Ledger.
They Give Employment to People
and Put New Life Into a Town
and Build it Up.
We believe in the establishment of
manufacturing enterprises and have
worked for many years to hear their
whistles blow in Oxford, and we are
rewarded with seven Factories that are
prosperous and pay good dividends to
the stockholders. We want to see
more of them established in Oxford
this year. Why '.?
You may take the dullest and most
prosaic town and erect within its bord
ers a busy, thriving manufacturing in
dustries, where large numbers of work
men are employed, 'and a new life is
at once imparted to the place, which
Oxford has experienced to some ex
tent. The dull monotony of the past
gives way to the -sound of the steam
whistle and tfee clangor of the shop.
The streets no longer look deserted.
People move with an active restless
ness in strange contrast to the times
when no manufacturing was carried on
in our midst. The liveliest towns
that we have in this country are those
wholly devoted to manufacturing. The
dreariest towns, where drv-rot is visi
ble on every hand, are those wherein
no workshops. are to be found. Man
ufacturing towns are noi only more ac
tive, but as a rule they are prosper
ous, as well as being far more enter
prising and affording better social and
commercial advantages. The typical
manufacturing towns are to be found
in New England, in fact the Connecti
cut river may be said to be lined with
them. It is invigorating to the mind,
as well as to the sight, to travel
through these towns, -which justly may
be termed "bee hives of industry."
An air of thrift and enterprise is every
where displayed. The proprietors of
the industrial institutions, the trades
men, the artisans and other citizens ex
hibxt every outward indication of that
contentment and happiness which arise
from a prosperous condition.
There is a reason for this a social
as well as & business reason. First the
presence of work-shops and factories in
the midst of a community is in itself a
source of acti vity. These institutions
drawing to them daily their scores and
hundreds of workmen, bring life and
activity, not fox a week, or a month,
but as long as they are in operation.
But in towns purely commercial, or in
lazy, seaport towns where the bulk of
the male portion of the population is
at sea, there is a too perceptible lack
of life and animation. This can be
better observed than described. But
to one standing in a manufacturing
town at the morning hour, at noon, or
at night, when the workmen are wend
ing their ways to and from work, there
need be little said to prove whence the
vitality of the town arises.
State School Apportionment
. The apportionment of the first $100.,
000 of the $200,000 thestate gives an
nually for the public schools of the
state has just been completed in the
office of the state superintendent, the
money in the case of the first hundred
thousand being apportioned per capita
in proportion to the number of children
in each county. Mecklenburg county
leads with 21,223 children receiving
$2,992. Wake is second with 19,056
children and $2,686.90; Guilford 16,
842 children and $2,374.62; Durham
county with 10,481 children receives
$1,477.72. The smallest amount re
ceived by any county is Tyrell which
has 1,619 children and received $228,
28; and Granville with 8,339 children
receives $1,175.73 from $100,000 ap
portionment. The apportionment is in
the basis of 709,185 children of school
age in the state.
FOR SALE: I have for sale 2
young mules, 1 Nissen wagon and one
carriage. Apply to Sam Hobgood or
E. L. Parham. jan.ll 2t.pd.
New Enterprises EstablishedOld
Ones Enlarged 30 odd New
Residences Built.
The wave of progress which has
swept over the country over our -own
Southland, over North Carolina has
not left Oxford and Granville -county
in the lurch. Our county and our
town have felt the impetus, and during
the year 1906 made substantial pro
gress ail along the line. Let us note
some of the evidences of our material
growth.
The Cotton Mill under its present
fine management enlarged its plant
and its operations, and is now earning
very large dividends.
The Buggy Body Factory finding1
its original house too small for ti
growing business made quite an addi
tion, and is now doing all the business
it can turn out with the present plant.
Two new Buggy Concerns were orJ
ganized during the year The King
Buggy Company and the Oxford Bug
gy Company, the latter with a capital
of $50,000." The Oxford Buggy Co.
took over the plant and the good will
of the Chase City Buggy Co., and is
doing a thriving business. Oxford
now has three Buggy Go's which ought
to give us the name of 'wheel town as
we also have the largest wheel factory
in the South.
From Pennsylvania came, in part, a
newr concern, the Southern Wheel Co.,
capital paid in $50,000, in which sev
eral of our financiers are interested
with certain Pensj lvanians. This en
terprise has been quite a benefit to our
town and county.
The up-to-date Taylor-Cannady Bug
gy Co. and the Oxford Furniture Co.,
we are pleased to learn, did a good,
business in 1906.
A new building was erected at the
Oxford Seminary to take place of the
one destroyed by fire. Prof. Hob
good's beaming countenance is evidence
enough that the Seminary is prosper
ing. The Horner Military School,too,
is flourishing, and deserves to. All
the schools, public and private, have
felt the new life on account of the in
crease in population, and had more
pupils and did better work.
An entirely new enterprise was ad
ded toward the close of the year in a
Bottling Works which bottles various
soft drinks. We are pleased to know
that this undertaking has started well,
and that it is doing an increasing bus
iness. It goes without saying that these
new enterprises, and the enlargement
of old ones, have brought new faces to
Oxford. There has been a notable in
crease in population, which ;is deafly
seen in the more crowded condition of
our schools and the unusual activity
in house-building. Over 30ibuildings
wTere erected in 1906, and -several are
going up at the present time. There
are no vacant dwellings or stores.
Oxford enjoys fine banking facili
ties as it has two of the safest and best
conducted in the State- the First Na
tional Bank and Bank of Granville,
which carry about $700,000 deposits.
They are accommodating and doing all
in their power to build up our town
and county.
Tobacco sales increased, so that it is
clear that Oxford is the best average
market in this territory, and is not los
ing its character as a tobacco market
by becoming a manufacturing center.
General trade kept pace with the
progress we have noted. Many of our
wide-awake merchants who sought the
trade through the columns of widely
read Public Ledger enjoyed a large
and increased patronized in .1906.
a l a
HICKORY outsides for sale $3 per
cord easily Southern Wheel Co.
IF YOUR watch has gone on a
strike and your clock has quit striking
why bring them to W. D. Stimson
and he will adjust the matter prompt
ly and properly. Located at Paris Dry
Goods store,
Proceedings of Meeting Monday
and TuesdayElections of Three
School Districts Called.
The Board of County Commission
ers met in Oxford Monday with Messrs.
E. C. Harris, Chairman, F. H. Greg
ory, W. P. Wilkerson, Ralph Currin
and W. L. Taylor present. The
Clerk, Mr. James Powell was at his
post.
The rebate mill was put in motion
and several rebates fell into the hop
per. It. was ordered that the Clerk notify
N. F. Bennett, overseer of road in
Dutch ville township, to appear at the
next meeting of the Board to answer
charges made against him by Rev. M.
L. Winston, a citizen of -said township,
who lives on the public road of which
the said N. F. Bennett is overseer.
Ordered that Anna Kimball be
stricken from the outside pauper list.
Ordered that F. H. Gregory be ap
pointed committee to pass upon the
bonds of Constables C. E. Earl and L.
G. O'Brien.
Wiley Umstead resigned as super
visor of roads of Tally Ho Township
and W. S. Gooch was elected in his
place. R. A. Loyd also resigned as
supervisor of roads, in Oak Hill and
D. T. Winston appointed in his place.
The sewerage question came up on
the complaint of Mr. J. C. Horner as
to where it now emptied and wanted it
extended, which was agreed to by the
county and the owners of the private
line, and General Royster was appoint
ed a committee to draw up the con
tract. Elections were ordered in 3 school
districts, Hester, near Stem and in
Brassfield township near Franklin line
for the purpose of levying special tax
fos" school purposes.
Commissioner Frank Gregory was
appointed to look after damages to the
Wiley Ragland land.
Sheriff Howard reported the follow
ing taxes collected for December: For
State, $740 60; School, $690 20; Coun
ty, $718 37; Roads, $462 76; Railrod,
$240; Special school, $400 total $3,
251 93.
The following jurors were drawn for
February term of Superior Court:
Frank Tippett, J. T. Britt, M. L.
Winston, L. V. Catlett, B. T. Karris,
C. D. Morris, H. P. Webb, T. L.
Green, E. B. Cozart, L. E. Adcock,
S. H. Hobgood, J. R. Daniel, J. E.
Callahan, J. W.Cottrell, W. J. Clem
ent, D. W. Usry, W. A. Slaughter,R.
T. Cottrell, R. O. Smith, B. B. Slaugh
ter, J. L. O'Brien, J. P. Thomas, S.
M. Daniel, K. E. Parrott, N. D. Hob
good, H. A. Royster, L. D. Royster,
A. J. Dickerson, W. R. Currin, C. L!
Wilson, J. C. Tippett, L. S. Sizemore,
Wm. Boyd, B. E. Rogers, H. E. Fra
zier, O. W. Eakes.
Mr. Robert Crews was appointed
to have repairs made to Minor bridge
over Tar River.
Commissioner Ralph Currin was ap
pointed to investigate Adams road mat
ter and report at next meeting.
Buck Overton elected . guard over
convicts for the year at salary of $25
per month.
Spanked Boy and Shot by Torpedo.
Mr. Thomas Gatewood, a merchant
of Wadesboro, was the victim of a
funny accident last week. One of the
small boys oi the town was helping
himself to some nuts and candies in
the merchant's store. Mr. G. spoke to
him several times, but the lad paid no
attention to Mr. G. and his remon
strances. Patience ceased to be a vir
tue. Mr. G. threw the lad across his
knee and proceeded to give him a
spanking. The first blow produced an
explosion, the result of which, badly
scorched Mr. Gatewood's hand and
carried away the seat of the lad's pants.
The lad had a lot of torpedoes in his
hip pocket, which exploded in the
spanking process. -
What the State's Money is Used
for and How it is Spent, the Col
lection of Taxes, etc.
State Treasurer B. R, Lacy trans
mitted, his bi-ennial report to Govern
or Glenn for the general assembly.
The financial report is much the same
as that of the state auditor heretofore
published. It shows a balance of
$347,524.38 to the credit of the gener
al fund and $58,431.58 to the educa
tional funds. State debt, interes; and
non interest bearing, is $6,873,450,
while the income from the state stock
in the North Carolina railroad is
$210,014 and Atlantic & North Caro
lina $31,665.
The state treasurer recommends that
the county commissioners be compell
ed by some effective legislation to set
tle with the sheriffs as to state taxes by
the second Mondaj' in January of each
year. He also wants legislation that
will prevent the state from loosing its
share of taxes where land or other
property is sold for taxes. He com
plains that the law in this respect is
not very clear.
WHAT MONEY IS SPENT FOR.
He estimates that the income for the
State for the coming two years will be
$3,954,158; that expenditures will be
$3,505,680; leaving a surplus for the
two years of $448,478. These esti
mates are made upon the basis of pres
ent assessments of property for taxa
tion and present appropriations.
Of course the State's revenue will be
increased and appropriations will
doubtless be increased. The State
Treasurer says:
"As required by section 5372 of the
Revisal of 1905, I herewith submit the
following estimate of expenses for the
two fiscal years ending November 30,
1907 and 1908.
Agricultural societies ... $ 6,000
Auditors Department .... 10,000
Board of Internal Improve
ments 2,500
Bureau of Labor and Print
ing .... . 7,000
Board of Public Charities . . 2,500
Convict Account 6,500
Contingencies 10,000
Dangerous Insane 10,000
Department of Public Instruc
tion 10,000
Enabled soldiers 25,000
Executive Department .... 11,600
Firemen's Association .... 5,000
Freight and Express charges 5,000
Fuel, lights and water .... 9,000
Fugitives from justice .... 5,000
General Assembly 71,000
Governor's mansion and
grounds 6,500
Guilford Battle ground . . . 1,000
Historical Commission . . . 1,000
Insurance Department .... 8,000
Insurance State property . . 10,000
Interest 4 per cent, consoli
dated debt 273,000
Interest six per cent, contruc-
tion debt 326,400
Interest four per cent. Prison
debt 8,800
Interest four per cent. State
debt ...... 44,000
Jamestown Exposition .... 30,000
Judiciary 165,000
Laborer's pay roll 15,000
Legal service and expenses. . 6,000
N. C. A. & M. College (col-
oro,) Greensboro 15,000
N. C. Board of Health . ... 4,000
N. C. College of A.& M.Arts,
Raleigh 50,000
N. C. Corporation Commission 26,000
N. C. Institution Deaf, Dumb
and Blind ......... 120,000
N. C. School for Deaf and
Dumb 85,000
Normal Schools 44,000
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Oxford Orphanage (col.) . . 10,000
Paper account 20,000
Pensions . 550,000
Postage and Stationery .... 12,500
Public buildings and grounds 15,000
Public Printing 70,000
Public schools 400,000
Soldiers' Home 30,000
State Department 10,500
State Geological Survey . . . 20,000
State Guard . . . 32,000
State Guard Special 7,000
State Hospital, Goldsboro . . li6,000
State Hospital Morganton . . 300,000
State Hospital, Raleigh . . . 195,000
State Normal and Industrial
College 90,000
Appeal to Town Commissioners to
Protect Rights ' of the People
and Abolish Ordinance.
Secretary Shaw informs us that dur
ing 1906 the per capita circulation of
money increased $5 in the United
States. This per capita share of the
housekespers of Oxford wt s toughed
up to the greedy Market Houi;e Beef
Trust.
By the way in speaking of the hide
bound trust, we wish to show the solid
compact which exists among the mem
bers. If a farmer carries a good beef
to the market to sell the President
will walk out. covered with his white
wrap, hands thrust into bis pockets
and asks "how much will you take for
the steer?" The farmer replies, "1
want $25 for him." The President of
the Trust assumes a serious and par?on
like look, and replies: "I cannot
come out on him at that price as the
town makes me pay such a high rent,
but I will venture to give you $15."
The farmer replies, "cant take that
low price for him," and turns oft and
invites the Big Vice President to come
out and make him an offer for the fat
steer. His Fatship accepted the invi
tation and after thumping the steer in
the side to see how solid he was re
marked: "Well the steer is a fairly
good beef, but the best I can do i?15
as it cost us so much to run our busi
ness." The farmer refused the price
and about that time the Secretary an
other fat member of the hide bound
trust, come to the door of his high
priced stall, and he, too, was asked to
come out and make an offer for the
steer
The smiling Secretary made a care
ful examination of. the. steer, and walk
ed off a short distance and said "the
best price I can offer is r$l5, as it conts
us so much rent I can't afford to p.iy
any more." This is said to be a true
bill, and proves the solid compact that
exists in the market house, which
should be bioken up by allowing our
farmer friends to sell meat on the
streets. It is just and right that they
should be allowed the privilege. In
the name of the Beef Bled people of
Oxford, who are in the Black Claws,
and at the mercy of the most hide
bound trust any liberty loving white
citizenship could ever possibly be af
flicted with, and injustice to the hon
ored tillers of the soil, who should
have the same right to sell a pound of
meat as a pound of butter, we appeal
to the Board of Town Commissioners
to repeal the ordinance which compels,
the people to buy meat of the Greedy
Trust at the market, whether they ask
15 cents or 25 cents a pound for it.
In our appeal for the repeal of the or
dinance we voice the sentiment of nine
tenths of the people of Oxford aa they
have been bled long enough by the
trust.
As the Granville Grays, an organi
zation which must be encouraged and
maintained in Oxford, is without a
home and the Market House could be
turned into a splendid Armory which
would meet with the hearty approval
of the taxpayers of Oxford, as the
Beef tax is the most paralyzing tax
their pockets have to meet. Down
with the Beef Trust and up with the
liberties of the people of our town and
county.
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FOR SALE: Four building lots
on Raleigh road, excellent location,
convenient to two stores, faces the east.
W. JL. PEACE.
State Library 4,100
State taxes refunded 10,000
Supreme Court reports, print
ing of 6,000
Supreme Court reports, reprint
.ingof 15,000
Treasury Department .... 15,000
Turnpikes . . 10,000
Unversity of N. C. 90,000
All other objects 22,800
, Total 83,505,680