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Minnniir 4 NiP p'hPI 4, ill, - . . - VOL. 22 OXFORD, N. C, FRIDAY JUNE 25, 1909. NO. 24 MUCH NEEDED ORGANIZATION. BuiMing and Loan Association to be Organized in Oxford. j-Vr son if time there has been a ,,r u deal of talk about organizing a building and loan association for our ,r0 :,). harsh. Several prominent r;i,:o men, who do not let things tir i;i after they hive once taken them u;i.ii:i i heen agitating in a quiet way 01 ? -abjeet, and now the organiza t;0!1 an assured thing, though the porticuiais are not out yet. ,);no noted man in the state, who is thoroughly familiar with the ins aDd 0l!tef such an enterprise, will be here wit !iia a week or so and, at a public iiiLvtinir. will explain the workings of a building and loan association. The thite for this important address will be annoui:eed later, and every-man and l.ov as well should be present, for it may mean great things. Wherever these building and loan associations have been organized, they have always been considered one of the bijgest factors in progress and growth because, by the workings of the institutions, people who did not own homes or, by the-ordinary meth ods, who would never have gotten to that pint where they could buy them, have been enabled to build them and almost pay for them with the rent. The idea is for every share taker to have as much stock as he can keep up. He should be careful nt to take more than he can with a sacrifice keep up though it does not injure him to mLO "er suuJect spimeuiy ana suc any extent if he has to settle up at COeded in conveJing a definite impres- any time and drop out. A share is twenty-five cents and any amount of shares can be taken. Whether it be one, two, or three, or -ten or twenty ghares,the proportionate amount must be paid into the association weekly, and, when a given amount, say a thou sand dollars, is in the treasury of the institution, loans can be made to the tharetakers, those having made appli cation first beinr given the loans. The applications will be pccd on file and will be taken up in their regular or der. There is no reason whv from six to twelve thousand dollars should not be paid in annually. This amount would allow loans,ou a basis of one thousand dollars at the rate of from six to twelve thousand dollars each year, making from six to twelve new homes every year that perhaps would never have been made in an v other way. Tlie borrowers can have the proper ty built and, by paying an -amount just a little above ordinary rent, can own the homes in a very few years. This is a wonderful thing for the man who, alter years of renting, has abso lutely nothing more than he had to begin with.. At the same time, the stockholders will be saving up small sums on the twenty-five cents a share basis and, in a little over five years, they will have saved up 100 from each twenty-five cents share (paid weekly) and those who take a greater number of shares will have accumulated more in pro portion. The very smallest of wage earners can lay by a bit each week, scarcely missing these small sums and, at the expiration of the series, have a tidy sum to their credit. This too can ho done with the money that is usu ally thrown away, the small amounts wasted. All the while these accumulations are being made, the borrowers are building homes and paying for them Wlth a trifle over their usual rents. Tlie beauty of these loans is that they can t be hurried up, no. matter how il't the money market may or may not got. The .borrower takes the money on long times and these cannot he sh. shortened by the length of a single day. V, though he has the privilege of I'V1' back his loan whenever he t'hoOstN, Jtllis an organization that is a fcu;!t thing for the saver, a great thlag for the borrower (who at the 6e time is a saver), and a great f lu... "'"r' ior the town. The amounts put The Woman's Literary Club. The last meeting but one, 'of the Woman's Literary Club was held on May 11th instead of the fourth accor ding to the year book. ' " Mrs. Shaw greeted one with a re freshing cup of good cheer marking her thoughtfulness as a hostess. The president called the meeting to order. Each memher responded to roll call with a .quotation from Silas Marner. Mrs. Furmau stated that the published report of the confedera tion meeting at Raleigh containrd all that took place, however.she mention ed the following No contribution was pledged by the delegates trom the Woman's Literary Club to the Coir federation this year. Arthur Landis was given a scholarship to the A. & M. College at Raleigh. The next annual meeting of the Federation of Clubs will be held in Henderson, North Carolina. The Literary program was begun with the reading of Mrs. Hicks' paper, "A Reconciliation of George Eliot's Personal Religious Beliefs with the Spirituality of Her Works," which had been postponed from the previous meeting on account of her absence from town. Says the secretary: "This paper was as carefully thought out and prepared as those previously read by Mrs. Hicks." Miss Currin's presentation of the crises in Silas Marner's life each of which definitely affected his character was fascinating. She seemed to enter sion 01 ineir psycnoiogicai worKing out upon the character oi Marner. Mrs Roller's treatment of Godfrey was kinder that nature would have it with such a weak selfish person. The punishment for weakness is naturally as severe as for any other human vice which it becomes when indulged as in the case of Godfrey. Mrs. Webb's reading from Silas Marner was much enjoyed. Mrs. Dixon, of Danvilie, and Miss Buxton, of the Seminary, were guests of the club. Their evident pleasure in the program presented added much to that of the members themselves. Misses Mary and Ruth Shaw serv ed tempting refreshments to the club members and their guest?. The social time at this part of each club afternoon is by far one of the pleasantest remembrances of the club life, which would be lacking indeed if the intellectual qualities were cultiva ted to the exclusion of the purely fem inine, social charm of womanhood. The club adjourned to meet with Mrs. Furman. h. m. hicks. r YOUNG MAN DIES. Bright Young North Carolinian Dies in at Hospital in Texas. Early Tuesday morning, Mr. and Mrs. W. Henry Hunt received the sad intelligence of the death of Dr. Richard Benbury, Creecy Lamb, brother-in-law of Mrs. Hunt and member of a prominent North Car olina family. The young physician died in Providence Hospital, El PasD, Texas, of typhoid pneumo nia, the sad event occurring early on the morning of the 22nd. Dr. Lamb is well remembered in Oxford, he having married the sis ter of Mrs. Hunt. Miss Mary Miller Outlaw,J,he ceremony taking place on February the sixth. 1906. The deceased, who was about 26 years of age, was the son of Col. and Mrs. E. F. Lamb.and grandson of Col. R. B. Creecy, of Elizabeth City, and a nephew of Mrs. M. L Hargrove, of Oxford. The remains will be brought t NoJth Carolina for burial. in these associations are f most ly the amounts that are annuall wast ed; that is why they benefit every sharetaker and hurts not a single one. Let every citizen watch out for the date of the public address and make it a point to be present. Nobody ought to be too poor to take stock; in fact, there are few who are rich enough not ot become interested. WHO WILL HELP THE FIRE BOYS? State Firemen's Association Con venes at Asheville 6th-9th July. Our Company wants to attend and they ought to go! Every single mem ber of them ought to have the money donated by the town, or by private subscription to pay his expenses to this Convention. The town has appropriated one hun dred dollars towards this trip, but that amount is not enough by half. There are 22 boys m the depart ment and if the town can't or won't give each member fifteen dollars each to buy his fare to Asheviile and back again, and to pay for what he has to eat while there, then the business men of Oxford, and the residents of homes men and women should certainly take the matter up and see to it that they have the money to go. . Our boys have proven their efficiency as a fire company. Their brave spirit and unselfish labor has been mani fested often enough since their organ ization for the town to fully realize the value of it. There is no money in it for the boys and the glory hardly compensates for the damage to their clothes, the abuse of health and sometimes the risk of their very lives. What citizen is there in the town who would not willingly give five, ten or twenty five dollars to the Fire De partment any morning, supposing they had the night before rescued his home or place of business from destruction by flames. Now need we wait for them to show their willingness or prove their ability to serve us? Why not let the boys have the money now, and so prove our faith in them and also our gtatittude for servic3 already rendered. Who will be the first to follow the example of Messrs. Pinnix & Pinnix with a ten dollar good will-offering to make up an appreciation funcT for our noble Fire Boys? Right now while it is fresh in your mind take what you feel able to give in the Job Printing office to Foreman Wade Britt. He will see to it that the money is spent judiciously for the boys and they will all be pleased to think that you are pleased with them. That's Gratitude! CITIZEN. We hope that the people of ,Ox ford will, with their usual liberality, make up a good purse for the boys, and give them a well deserved outing. We are glad to see "Citizens" speak oat for them.J Missed our Aim. Ten days ago we placed our stock in the hands of the Baltimore Cloth ing and Shoe Syndicate for the pur pose of raising fifteen thousand dollars in ten days. We find we will fall -behind this amount at least four thous and dollars and in order to raise this difference the sale will be continued for ten daays longer.i The stock will be replenished in seasonable merchandise and sold at the prices which have prevailed for the last ten days, j Lines in which we are still heavily overstocked will be further reduced. We now have in transit one case of Androscoggin Bleach to go at 8c. One case of staple Ginghams to go at 4c One case of light calicoes to go at 4 cents. Five cases of men's heavy work shoes to go at 98c. Our stock of fine clothing and fine shoes for ladies and men are practically yet unbroken and those who have, not yet taken advantage of this money saving sale will have a further chance to do so. No such rush for bargains was ever before witnessed in Oxford; certainly no such bargains in new and up to- date merchandise were ever offered. These bargains will still be ottered to the people of Granville county. Yours truly, E. BL CRENSHAW CO. Flour 86 90 per bbl., pure lard 13c pound, compound lard 11c per pound, meal $2.10 per sack at W. L. Peace's cash storeV Hillsboro street. WANTED To rent 4 or 5 room cottage in desirable and healthy loca tion, convenient to work, withjwell or city water. Address X. Y. Z., Care j Public Ledger. OXFORD VS CHASE CITY. Local Boys Give Their Visitors Drubbing. Saturday afternoon on the Horner diamond, the Chase City baseball team tackled the local aggregation and went down in defeat by the score of 9 to 0, the visitors being unable to reach the home plate. Mize, the Enon twirl ei, who was being tried in the box, gave the Chase City boys something in the way of curves that they wouldn't get on to. The game, tor a one-sided affair was very interesting. The local team shows that it if capable of playing ball and, as plenty of it will be on tap during the season, the fans have a nice lot of sport to look forwaid to. Manager Devin has good material to work oh. Quite a good crowd was out to see the game. The score in detail was as follows: Chase City. AB R H PO A E Fields, If .... 3 0 0 2 0 0 Goode, lb . , . 4 0 1 7 5 1 Borden, 2b ... 3 0 0 3 2 2 Philips, rf ... 4 0 0 0 0 0 Bell, 3b .... 4 0 0 4 2 0 Duke, ss.... 3 0 0 0 1 1 Morgan, p . . . 7 0 0 0 2 1 Gullyson p . , . 2 0 0 0 2 1 Thomasson, c . . 4 0 1 7 0 0 Sturdudge, cf . 2 0 10 0 1 Totals .... 31 0 3 23 9 8 Taylor, B., out, hit by batted ball. Oxford. AB R H PO A E Hanis, 2b ... 3 3 2 4 1 1 Pinnix, If . . . 3 2 1 0 0 0 Hicks, rf . . . . 5 1 3 10 0 Thompson, c . . 5 1 1 7 5 0 Devin, lb ... 3 1 2 7 '0 2 Mitchell, ss ... 3 0 1 1 1 1 Taylor, M., cf . 0 0 0 0 0 0 Howard, cf . . . 3 0 0 0 0 0 Taylor, JL, cf . 0 0 0 0 0 0 Taylor, BM 3b . 4 1 2 2 2 0 Mize. p .... 4 0 0 2 2 0 Totals .... 33 9 12 27 11 4 3 base hits Pinnix, Harris; 2 base hits Hicks (2) Harris; struck out by Mize 10, by Morgan 7; bases on balls by Mize 4, by Morgan 4. Umpires Messrs Gregory and Goode. Time of game 2 hours Score by innings: Oxford . . 103 310 01 x 9 12 4 Chase City. .000 000 0000 3 Pretty Good Yarn. Mr. L. Thomas brought in the of fice the other day tbe following good yarn that he clipped from one of the papers: "This advertisement was inserted in the local paper by a memher of the Virginia Dale district school board: Wanted For school district No. 12 a teacher with a glass eye,grayheaded, a wooden or cork leg, so she can't dance, and is sure to take to the woods if she sees a man coming. , Miss Myrtle Purdee taught the Vir ginia Dale school. She was pretty and was deluged with invitation to dances. A dozen youths of the farm ing country laid their hearts at the al tar of her beauty. " The grave heads of the school board soon decided that a teacher who danc ed so divinely and so frequently at night could not properly work her head during the day. Then the board inserted its adver tisement.". Soiree in Armory. Friday night marks the end of the dancing lessons that have been given by Misses JuliaWinston andGertrude Landis for the last few weeks and the season was to have been ended in a soiree on Friday night, but a number of the young men have persuaded : them to let the occasion be resolved I m into a german. This has been done and King's orchestra of Durham has been secured to make the music. A large number of couples will be present, and the occasion promises to a pleasant one. On account of removal to Parker & Hunt yards, we are selling the stock of coal at our yard at 85.50 per ton for Virginia Splint and Pocahontas, and $8 for Anthracite delivered cash. Better lay in your supply at these prices.. C. D. Ray. Our County Home. Appointed by The Board of Public Charities of North Carolina to visit the County Home from time to time, the jail, and the convict camp,w7e sub mit the following report to the State Board of Charities and to the people of Granville county: We have visited the jail, made a thorough inspection and found every thing in good condition and no prison er at all. Mr. Conrad Walters, the keeper of the jail, is a sober, honest and clever man, and performs his du ties well. We visited the Convict Camp, about three miles southwest of Oxford. Mr. Charlie Jones was in charge that day (Sunday). He was courteous and showed us into every department of the camp. We found eight prisoners, one of which was a wThite man. We went into the cage and talked to them. We found everything in good condi tion and the prisoners well cared for. Mr J. D. Wheeler, who was then su perintendent of the camp and roads, was very courteous and answered promptly all the questions . we put to him. It is with much regret that we give up Mr. Wheeler as superintendent of our publiciroads inGranville county. Visiting the County Home, we found 24 inmates. Supt. W. S. Daniel and wife wTere in charge. Everything was in good condition;many improvements and many changes made since our last visit there. We are trying to arrange for more preaching at the County Home. Rev. E. G.Usry preaches for us there the second Sunday afternoon in each month and Bro. Pace preached the thira Sunday in this month. We thank these Brethren for their help in this work and invite them to come again. TheNvay is open and the in vitation extended to the ministers of our town and county to preach at the Home. We invite the friends of the Home to go out at any time and see what a nice place wre have for our un fortunates ones. We recommend to our county commissioners that these buildings be painted; it will be econo my to paint them, both for looks and for durability. From year to year.this writer when foreman, or clerk, or a member of the grand jury would most always get a clause in the grand jury repcrc asking for a chapel at the County Home, Now we have it and we want to use it to the-best advantage for those who are there We wish to state that this board of visitors is composed of Rev. W. S. Hester, Mr. John H. Bullock, and this writer. Mr. Bulloch has been recently appointed to take the numerous buildings that from year place of the beloved Charles F.Crews, to year have been raised as the in deceased. Mr. Bullock accompanied stitiition has broadened and grown, this writer to the Home last Sunday jn the centre of them all, stands to hear Bro. Pace preach. back the four stoiy miin building, Respectfully submitted, simply constructed and capacious, The Board of Visitors, within which i3 located the execu By D. N. Hunt. tive ofnces.and which contains dor- - m . mitories for the children. Back to Texas Back of this isJthe enormous din Mr. J. T. Ragan, of Fort Worth, ing hall, and to the front on the Texas, and son, L, H. Ragan, of right and left ai ranged ina crescent Brownswood, after a pleasant sojourn formation are eight cottages, each of some weeks in Granville county containing 8 rooms. 4 for the boys visiting friends and relatives, have re- and four for the girls, turned to the Lone Star State, going to Conveniently bcatteied about Brownswood, where they will make over the premises are to be found their future homes. the kitchen, the printery and the During their stay in the East, the shoe shop, the laundry and sewing young Ragan married a Carolina girl roorr . the plaining mill building, who goes to Texas with him. The the infirmary, .and such other struc young lady, Miss Ophelia Winston, tures as are necessary to the needs who is the daughter of Mr. New Win- of the orphanage, ston, is vesy attractive and popular. The object of this institution is The ceremony took place on the 15th not simply to take physical care of instant. The Ragans are doing well in Tex- as and are very fond of their adopted State. Great Reduction In order to make room for their new fall goods, Long, Blalock & Has- kins will, for the next thirty days, sell at greatly Teduced prices their entire stock of Women's and Misses Oxfords, grounds and that it will be unnecessa ry j r . i ii ct l i - I " . . . . ri. Auese suuus are slxiuh msj, cmss m : ti,- They also have a beautiful line lawns, now marked down to 10 cents per yard. These are the very things for hot weather. SAINT JOHN'S DAY, Big Crowd Expected Today, Many Excursions Being Rnn. St. John's Day is here agai'i and.as there is no s ate conventu.-n to di vide the attention, the crowd that will gather before the dav over is expected to beunusnally large. The railroads are 1 unning plenty of excursions and people from neigh boring points, as usual, will be here in droves. The Oxford Orphan Asylum where all the programme will be given is the foremost charitable in stitution in the state, perhaps in the south and the fact that so many people annually gather in Oxford to give honor to the occasion and to countenance the noble work that the institution does it; a great credit to the people themselves. Up to 1872, the grounds now oc cupied by the Asylum belonged to an institution called St. .John's Col lege, which had gotten in such fi nancial difficulties as to jeopardise its existence. Through the strong efforts of the late lamented J. H. Mills the Masonic fraternity trans formed the college into an"asylum for the protection, training and ed ucation of indigent children," and very wisely put the new organiza tion in the hands of the able Miilr, he being the first superintendent Since then several very capable men have been at the head of the Asylum and it has been brought from a small, struggling tiling to the great power for goodthatii now is. Since February 187 3. when the doors were first thrown open, it has enlarged arid grown and in the in tervening time has taken care of mrre than 2 500 orphan children, maKing men and woman of the poor unfortunaies who otherwise might have fared badly. It is a noteworthy fact that the boys and girls that are annual y sent out from this great training school -sit may well be called, always find po sitions awaiting them, and further more that they fill these positions with credit to themselves and the institution that fathere ) them, be they humble ones or not. Mare than three hundred children are now receiving the inestimable ad vantages that is afforded by the generosity of the masonic fraterni ty." The grounds of the Asylum coin prise 247 acres in the northern part of Oxford where, scattered through the big grove, are to be found the the homeless and indigent ctuid- rendthas the further aim of making Qf them useful boys and girls to fit them so that when they leave its fostering care that they will be able to fight life's battle. Remember that plenty of good things are for sale at the Orphanage tn 0 hack home to dinner. j e- : knnia anrl lftt the 1 rumz-e of go lor tne DGUiUh U1 5 " tion. Subscribe to the Public Ledger ir
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