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OXFORD PUBLIC LEDGER, FRIDAY JULY 7,' 1911. OXFORD PUBLIC LEDGER. P. M. PINNIX, Editor and Owner. QNE YEAR . . -BIX MONTHS $1.00 .50 Entered through Oxford, Jf. C Post Office as mail matter of the second class, in accordance with the Act of Congress March 3 1870. iWOUL.D MAKE IDEAL. OFFICER. There is no man in North Caro lina more qualified to serve as Cor poration Commissioner than Judge A. W. Graham and his friends over the state hope to see the govern or appoint him to the office to fill the vaacancy caused by the death of the late Mr. Brown. An experienc ed man is urgently needed just at this juncture and the judge is pecu liarly fitted to qualify. BE SPARING. The water situation in Oxford is so critical that the people will have to be as sparing as possible in the use of water. It is far better to do this now than to have the supply ,cut off. It is business policy as well as a matter of convenience and the citizen who wastes a gallon of wa ter is almost committing a crime The water company is doing all in its power to keep the vital demands supplied and with the co-operation of the public can, in all probability, continue to do so, but just, as sure ly as the public disregards the re quests for economy, there will be no water for use in a very short time. Then insurance rates will go up and this, in conjunction with the fact that the private wells are going dry, would put the town in a bad fix. What the deuce would we do if we were cut off? THE SMALLPOX SITUATION. Among the items sent in by one of our correspondents it will be seen that 2 more cases of smallpox have broken out on the family of the col ored man Lyon making four cases in the county- It may not be known that the summer season is not the one in which this disease flourishes, and herein lies the dan ger in not looking after the mat- ter of vaccination properly. Cold weather is the time when smallpox gets its real hold. It may get its start in the summer and, like ?v blan keted fire, smoulder until fall or ev en winter, then to burst out with great vigor. At such a late time, it is almost impossible to ward off an epidemic. Dr. Hardee was in town the other day and reported that there is an effort in his neighborhood to arrange for a free vaccination of all who will avail themselves of the privi lege within a prescribed limit of time. Other sections of the County may profitably take the same step, and unless something is done.there is eminent danger of an epidemic this fall. A stitch in time saves nine, so runs the old saw, and the stitch is very cheap in this case. Every citizen should help the health officer in his fight to wipe out the disease, and the best way to do it is to get vaccinated. Do it yourself, Mr. Citizen.and pester the life out of your neighbor until he does too. THE EXPRESS COMPANIES. Many years ago, John Wanamak er is reported to have said that a parcel's post would never be put in to operation by the government on the grounds that there were four po tent and powerful reasons which -would prevent the organization of such an institution. These reasons, given by the millionaire merchant, who wok once post-master general of the Hiiited States, were: The United Gtates Express company; the Yvtlls Fargo Express Company; the Ad-ius Express Company, and the American Express Company. At the time the interview was given ly Mr. Wanamaker it did seem as if the giant express companies with innumerable millions behind them, would be able to stand off compe tition for all time to come- But there has risen over the land a mighty call for some investigation into the express situation, and it looks as if the day of extortion is drawing to a close. The public is beginning to get behind the politic ians and something is likely to drop before long. Recently the government has drawn tip a contract with Brazil that has elicited attention from the press ov er the country .The government will carry about in the United States where the Express companies oper ate only packages weighing four pounds or less and rate for hand ling this traffic is 16 cents per pound. Upon this basis it is figur ed that it is worth 64 cents to car ry a four pound package from Balti more to its suburb a few short mil es away, Towson, Maryland. But in the Brazilian contract, the gov ernment agrees to handle parcels weighing up to 11 lbs and to haul them all the way to Brazil, down to the farthest parts, if necessary, at the very cheap figure of 12 cents per pound. A citizen of the Unit ed States can send a small parcel a quarter of the way round the globe for four cents a pound less than he can send it half a dozen miles in his own county. Further more he finds that Uncle Sam will accomodate him by carrying a pack age weighing as much as 11 pounds to its destination in Brazil but if it is to go only a mile or two away, four pounds is all that the old man feels he can safely undertake to car ry. But the day of wrath is sure to come- Just as soon as the situa tion is realized, congress will be forced to come to the relief of a suffering public. In fact, it is al ready supposed to be studying Euro pean methods of the handling of express by government.where every thing is transportable by parcels post, from a live bull calf to a false tooth . Speed the day of relief. NOW JUST WATCH 'EM. Legally there are no near beer joints, nor is there any place where an alcohlic thirst can be assauged, but actually those who want to trav el the booze route will find one, you may rest assured- So far from being satisfactorily adjusted, the temperance question is in great need of attention. The old quota tion "the price of liberty is eternal vigilance," can with especial apti tude be read with this question.for the price of freedom from the traf fic is certainly eternal vigilance and a heap of it. When some men want to drink other men will find drink for them because there is a profit attached to the transaction. This is a fact that no law can outlaw,and the arm of the law might as well be kept in trim 24 hours in the day. The law is going to be violated, as it always is, and the thing to do is to shanghai the venders for work on the roads. "'Near beer" licenses were simply opportunities to sell other things alcoholic, and malt li cences will be simply opportunities to sell "'near beer,"' and the other things alcoholic. All of which is beating the devil behind a stump. There is going to be a wonder ful crop of venders over the State and we do not envy the policeman's job. The Ledger agrees with the Greensboro Record which said just prior to the first of July, when the law in respect to the non-issue-ing of licenses went into effect: The courts are going to have trou ble with the men who have been running near beer saloons. An act of the legislature puts them out of business to-morrow, but in various parts of the State they are going to make a effort to continue selling drinks by various names, headed by malt, which they contend has no al cohol in it and that a United States license is not required to sell it. It stands to reason that if there is no alcohol not a particle in these proposed drinks, that the public is not going to buy them. There is a "nigger in the woodpile" somewhere and the best thing the authorities can do is to place the license ax so high they can't live. It is said that a test case will be made with malt, attorneys having been employed for the work. Some of them are fix ing to get a term on the roads. Perhaps a majority of the dealers have been strictly obeying the law in -selling nothing but near-beer.for there is a great deal more profit in it, "going and coming," in that it costs less and one can drink twice as much as he can of the genuine beer. There is just enough alcohol in it to make one imagine he has had a drink, but some of those who like to get drunk long ago discover ed that about two bottles of the stuff followed by a spoonful of Ja maica ginger will produce the desir ed effect, The discovery is one thing that has kept the near-beer saloons going. , FOR MORE BUSINESS. The meeting of so many citizens in the Mayor's office last Thursday night in the interest of a campaign for increasing the commercial pres tige of Oxford and Granville Coun ty is to be highly commended. The fact that so many citizens were suf ficiently interested to come out on a hot night is a fair index of their faith and promises much fruit la ter on. In a short time a thorough organ ization was perfected, and commit tees have been appointed to draw up a constitution and formulate a plan to operate upon. It has not been decided as to exactly what will be done, but the men on the committes are drafted from every line of business, and nothing look ing to the welfare of local business will be passed over . The speeches of Judge Graham.Mr. Parker, Mr. Lassiter, Mr. Powell, Mr. Gorman, and others, showed where good work can be done and remarks made upon them by oth er citizens showed that while seem ingly along different lines, they supplement and strengthen each other, and a successful application of the recommendation will make for a prosperous community. Truth is, in spite of our intelli gent citizenship and our undisputed advantages, Oxford and Granville County has not received its propor tional part of business that is possi ble to be had. In the matter of purely local trade, thousands of dol lars that should go into the tills of our merchants and warehousemen unfortunately, have found their way into other towns. We have done so well here that it has not occurr ed to us that we could do much bet ter, and we, let it be admitted.have been lagging in the matter of exploi ting the advantages for trading in O ford. It is well to have a concerted consistent, and persistent advertis ing of our business interests and it is well to begin at once as last Thurs day night's meeting ordered . Conjointly, the work for new in dustries and increased foreign business should be taken up and worked along with our home work. One is just as important as the oth er and the success of one guarantee? the success of the other and vice versa- The wisdom of offering the prize of five dollars to be given the per son whose suggested name for the organization is accepted, is also self-evident. Every citizen of Gran vilel county is interested in this general movement and it is eminent ly proper that each one should be given a right to suggest the name, for there is a great deal in a name, some folks to the contrary notwith standing. At the same time, by ap pealing to the public, the public's views and wishes are secured in the premises and the committee can the more intelligently proceed to work. Mark the predictions of the Led ger, this is going to be the best fall for business that the County has seen for many years. Crops are vastly better than it was feared they would be some weeks ago,and there is an interest growing among our business folks that they have never exhibited before. Those who want to bet on the reverse had better not. Watch us grow and help us at the same time. The contest for a name for the Club is open to all. Let every one enter. A little boy or girl in some far off corner in the county is just as likely to win as any one ' ' Whoever', .suggestion is accepts gets five dollars to say nothing of the distinction of naming an organi zaiton that promises to make busi ness hum. SIGN POSTS. Elsewhere is published a clipping that is taken from the Lexington Dispatch in which the sign post law is given with a recommendation that the road supervisors observe it in Davidson County. Since this as justly applies to Granville as well at to every other county in North Car olina,, the Ledger submits it to our road men. The law calls for the placing of sign posts at all forks leading to the most prominent place These are to point in the proper di rections and are to carry the dis tances to the places indicated. People who are thoroughly fa miliar with the highways and by ways of the county in which they travel never stop to think of what a convenience these inexpensive guides really are. In old sections where strangers never go perhaps there is but little need for them; but in all growing counties there are daily scores of strangers who are greatly in need of such devices for keeping them on their right paths In the country it is often difficult to get such exact information re specting the roads without much in convenience and loss of time. Every body who has been in strange baili wicks will remember that often the nearer he comes to his destination, the greater is the number of miles that he has still to traverse. Es pecially is such the case when the information comes from little coun try darkies. These remarks are respectfully submitted to our road supervisors and it is hoped that Granville Coun ty will soon be bristling with sign posts. Escaped With His Life. '"Twenty-one years ago I faced an awful death," writes II. B. Mar tin, Port Harrelson, S. C. "Doctors said I had consumption and the dreadful cough I had looked like it, sure enough. I tried everything, I could hear of, . for my cough, and was under the treatment of the ve ry best doctor in Georgetown, S. C., for a year, but could get no relief. A friend advised me to try Dr King's New Discovery. I did so,and was completely cured. I feel that I owe my life to this great throat and lung cure." It's positively guarantee! for coughs, colds, and all bronchial affections. 50c, and $1.00. Trial bottle free at J. G. HALL'S. TAR HEEL NEGRO WINS FIRST OF DIS COLOR ON N. Y. POLICE FORCE. Comes From Newbern, Tips the Scales at 285 Pounds, and is Over 6 Feet. The editor of the Ledger was in receipt the other day of a letter from Mr. F. B- Hays, of New York, in which he enclosed a clipping of a New York paper giving an accoum of the first negro policeman ever ap pointed to a New York police force. The negro, who secured the ap pointment, is a native of North Carolina, going to New York from New Bern. Commenting upon the clipping Mr. Hays wrote as follows: '"New York City with a negro popu lation of over 60,000 in 1900, ap pointed its first negro policeman the other day. His name is Bat tle and he was born in New Bern, 28 years ago, is 6 feet 2 inches, and weighs 285 pounds. He gained his appointment through a civil service examination, and when the police surgeons tried to prevent the con firmation of the appointment, and succeeded for a good while, it was finally shown that the man was physically fit and there was no al ternative under the law, but for him to get the position. This shows how the Yankees love the negro at a distance. In Oxford, under dem ocratic administration twenty-odd years ago, Willis Moss, a colored man, served as policeman for a long time." This is the clipping: A negro.the first ever appointed to the New York police force, began his duties yesterday. There have been two negro bluecoats in Brook lyn, who were taken into the metro politan force at the time of consoli dation and are still serving. But Samuel J. Battle, 22 years old, of 2" West 136th street, is the first negro to be made a policeman since the merger. Battle did not get his place with out considerable delay. He passed the mental examination prescribed for patrolmen by the Civil Service Commission in June, 1910, with a percentage slightly above 84, tak ing 199th rank out of a roll of 638 names. Previous to this the Civil Service surgeons had passed his as physically fit. In September he was called to Police Headquarters and examined by department surg eons. A few weeks later he saw in one of the civil service journals that he had been rejected by these sur geons. This was at the beginning of Cropsey's Commissionership.A letter was sent to the Mayor by negroes, making no complaint , about Battle's being passed over, but asking that the Mayor grant another examina tion by the police surgeons. In re ply the Mayor wrote that the appli cation would be looked into. Then ame Commissioner Cropsey's diffi- Jties with -;: James Creelman of ;the Civil Service Commission over the ap pointment of patrolmen not sanction ed by the commission.and the Com missioner's forced resignation. Passed As Fit. Last week Battle was called before the civil service surgeons and again passed. On Monday he was sent for and examined in the Chief Sur geon's office at Police Headquarters He was declared physically fit, the only reservation being a suggestion of a "'murmuring heart." It was on this that Commissioner Cropsey re jected a patrolman who was after ward reappointed. Battle has remarkable physical de velopment. He is 6 feet 2 inches in, height, and weighs 285 pounds. He said last night that he had never been ill a day in his life. "I have been working from 7 in he morning until 7 at night," he said, "in the Grand Central Station as assistant chief of the attendant's forces I wanted to be a policeman, because I thought I could pass the examination, and it would be a per manent place in which I could sup port my wife and family without worry. I received a common, school education at Newbern, N. C, where I was born. My study for the civil service examination was done at home, and I often fell asleep in a chair over my books when I had come in from a hard day's work. Doubted His Success. '"When I first talked about be coming a policeman my friends and some that were not friends, said it was ridiculous; that I could nev er be appointed because of my col or. But I said that what one man could do another could, and was not willing to admit any inferiority. I have stuck to it and got the ap pointment on my merits. I don't owe it to any political influence, nor has it cost me a cent except what time I may have lost from my regular work." Battle, with forty-three others, was started on the thirty-day apprentice ship period yesterday They report ed at the Police Training School, whose sessions are held in the old Police Headquarters at 300 Mulber ry Street. Some of these men, like Battle, received appointments as a result of the investigation following Mr- Creelman's difference with Mr. Cropsey. Commissioner Waldo started eigh ty probationers in new uniform on rheir careers as regular patrolmen in the morning with a speech in the trial room at Headquarters in which he discussed increased pay for first-year men and the penalty lor neglect of duty Started "On the Job-" "You have passed the probationary period," he said, "'and now you go f rom the school to the street. I want you to understand that your appointments came about through your ability to get on the civil ser vice list and not from any outside influence. Now its up to you to go out and make good. Do honest patrol duty. I may say here' that in the future any man fQund off post will get the maximum punishment for that offense. "I am going to try to do some thing in the way of better salaries for first-year men before the year is over," he continued. I am in fa vor of having your pay raised from $800 to $1,000 a year. I succeeded in doing that in the Fire Depart ment, and I shall certainly make efforts to succeed in this depart ment During the first year new men are put to greater expense for uniforms and equipment than at any subsequent times-" Thirty-four of the new men will go to the East Sixty-seventh Street Station. Seventeen to the East Eigl ty-eight Street, and the rest to the East 104th Street. The Com- of Lieuts. Henry B. Schryzer, John A. Butler, and Gerald B. Hillyer, to gether with five policemen and a doorman. The Commissioner mentioned Bat tle's appointment, saying he was glad to see a representative of the black race on the force. He had had previously congratulated the negro personally. Thin Hair On Top- If Parisian Sage, the hair grower that J. G. Hall guarantees, will not cause hair to grow where the hair is thinning out, nothing on this earth will. And we say to everybody, man, woman, and child, young or old, you can have your money back if Parisian Sage isn't the best hair grower, hair saver, hair beautifier and dandruff cure on the market today. It stops itching scalp and falling hair, and makes hair grow thick anc" abundantly, or money back. Fifty cents for a large bottle. "Parisian Sage makes the hair soft and brilliant and promotes growth. I gladly recommend it to everyone." G. M- Emmons, Albion House, Potsdam, N. Y., June 7th, 1910. If your wheels need new rubber. See CALLIS first. He makes the price right. MEN: For .Tender face and neck after shaving, for pimples, black heads, dandruff or any skin or scalp dis ease use ZEMO and ZEMO SOAP. ZEMO is guaranteed to relieve all sores and itching. The soap is part of the treatment, best for all toilet purposes. Sold by druggists everywhere and in Oxford by J. G. You can save Twenty Dollars and more on a Bug gy if you will get in a hurry. They are going rapidly, but we are also getting them out with a vim. Orders rolling in from every lucky corner. Mail orders, ver bal orders, and P. O. money orders. You can buy them now and sell them for a profit later if you are much of a trader. Make yourself some easy money. You can do it if you will get in the game now. We have a hundred or more to sell. Styles varied. Cash only. Oxford, N. C. IdDiey Cai Be Made In Real provided you use good judgment. It is just as easy to lose, money in buying or selling Real Estate as it is to make it. If you are not posted on values, stability of localities and general conditions it is absolutely nec essary for you to have the services of , a Real Estate office that will supply these wants and make your interests its first consideration. Buy right, and when the time comes you will sell right. We can help you do either. For Homes, Farms or Investments our complete or ganization is at your service. We make a specialty of collecting rents. WE WRITE INSURANCE IN ALL ITS BRANCHES Granville Real Estate & Trust Co. A. H. FOWELL, Prest. J. A- MILES, Sec'y-Tres. NO. 30 MAIN STREET. OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA. TELEPHONE NO. 88, " n 33 CONFEDERATE GENERALS. Colonel Jones Gives the List of Those Who Survive. ; : Exchange. ' ' Col. Charles Edgeworth Jones, per t.hfl best nosted men in the South on Confederate history, and whose historical works on Geor gia have been widely read, contri butes to the Augusta Chronicle a list of 474 Confederate officers of all grades. Of these but 33 are still living. Mr. Jones says so far as his knowledge goes the lists are absolutely correct. The survivors are divided up as follows: One lieutenant-general; .5 major generals; 27 brigadier-generals- Lieut-Gen Simon B. Buckner, Rio, Hart County, Kentucky. Maj-Gen, L. L. Lomax, Gettysburg Penn. Maj-Gen. E. M. Law, Bartow.Fla. Maj-Gen. G. W. C. Lee, Burke Station, Va. Maj-Gen. De Camile J. Polignac, Orleans France. Brig-Gen. Arthur P. Bagley, Hal lettesville, Texas-Brig-Gen. William R. Boggs, Winston-Salem, N. C. Brig.-Gen F. M. Cockrell, Wash ington. Brig-Gen William R. Cox, Penelo N- C. Brig-Gen Basil W. Duke, Louis ville, Brig-Gen Clemant A. Evans, At lanta, Ga. Brig-Gen. Samuel W. Ferguson, Guayaquil, Ecuador. Brig-Gen. Richard M- Gano, San Antonio, Texas. Brig-Gen. Geo. W. Gordon, M. C. Wasington. Brig-Gen Daniel C. Govan, Mar tana, Ark. Brig-Gen George P. Harrison, jr Opelika, Ala. Brig-Gen Adam R. Johnson, Mar ble Falls, Texas. Brig-Gen Robert D. Johnston, Birmingham, Ala. Brig-Gen. William R. Kirkland, New York City- Brig-Gen. Thomas H. McCrary, Richmond, Va. Brig-Gen. John McCauseland, Ma con Courthouse, Ga. Brig-Gen. William McComb, Gor donsville, Va. Brig-Gen. William R. Miles, Miles, Miss- , Brig-Gen. John C. Moore, Mexia, Texas. CALLIS' Repair Shop for rubber tires. Estate II
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