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, - - - S- -f " " ' ' . . . ----- - -c);, - j 1 1 1 "( y ' " C " ' '""' VOLUME XXXIV. SUPERVISOR PARHAM BUSY WITH NEW ASSESSMENT Ileal Estate Being -Valued Under Xeu Law Work Begun th . Salem Township.- County Supervisor W. A. Parham and his assistants, Messrs. Walter Stradley and John F. Loyd, have beun the work of valuing land in Granville county under the new val uation law enacted by the last Leg islature, which requires that all real estate be placed on the tax books at its full market value. V- The First Work. The work was begun in Salem township. Mr. Parham and his as sistants call at the home of every land owner, explain the law, look at his property and have .him fill out a questionnaire, answering 'many questions concerning the property, which includes the owner's opinion as to its value. When this work in a township is concluded, all the in formation gathered by the supervi sor and his assistants, together with the questionnaires, is made a matter of record. After examining - this record of the county board of review, composed of County Supervisor Parham, Dr. , Sykes, of Brass field, and Mr. John S. Watkins of Cornwall, fix the value of the" prop erty. The owner is then notified of the decision of the board and a date is fixed when he can be heard if he has objection to offer. Nothing. is permanent and final as to the valua tion until the 1st of next May. That is to say, the local board can .re-open ! -a case at any . time prior thereto "and change the figures, if it is found that errors have been made. This does mean of course that any objector not may continue through the months to harass the board. He will .be given 1 his day in court and the case closed. But if new evidence appears before the final conclusion the value may be changed. . The Real Power. The district supervisor will' also pass on the fasts gathered, and the State tax commission has the final say. Itvshould be understood clear ly that the purpose of the law is to give every citizen a square deal by assessing his real estate, at its mar ket value no more and' no less. The local officials have no discretion ex cept to carry out the "law. in spirit and letter. The State tax' commis sion has the power, and declares it will exercise it, if it be found that assessments in any county do . not come up to full yalueh to order a re assessment at the expense of the de linquent county. Salem township was selected for the initiatory work under the new law because it is regarded as a rep resentative rural township. Oxford will be selected asa representative of city values and when the work in the rural township and urban district are completed the results will be cast up as approximately - representative of the county. Mr. Parham Encouraged. " Supervisor Parham who has de voted much time to explaining the law to individuals the past two months, is much encouraged by the attitude of the people once they un derstand the purpose of the law. Of course the law provides that the tax rate must be fixed in accordance with the new valuation, which means that when the value of property holdings is computed under the new law the rate will be reduced so that not ex- ceeding 10 per cent more revenue will be produced under the new as- sessment than under the old.; Some Will Pay More. '7 Some people will have to pay more taxes of course, because so much of the real estate, and especially the more valuable property, has been as sessed at only a fraction of its real value. Those who have been, paying on near full value will pay less. The Purpose is to make every citizen pay taxes according to what he 'has, which is the only fair way. There are many erroneous reports t' about the new law and its operations, and for selfish reasons these false re Ports have been spread to dissatisfy the people. Too many folks take rumors and talk from people who purpose to deceive, as facts, rather than read the truth and form their own conclusions on a basis of corn won sense. But it is encouraging" to l&arn that as the people understand they are showing a willingness not only to comply with the law them selves but to help expose. the dodg es, which is the best evidence of good citizenship. OLD PARCEL POST RATE TO GERMANY vv ashington, July 2 1 . The pre war rate of 12c per pound oiTparcel vubi packages to Germany was re established today by the . postoffice department. The limit of weight of such Package is 11 pounds, KOAD IMPASSABLE BETWEEN I OXFORD AND STVALL Tourists Mud-Bound In Oxford and Clarksville. The recent heavy rains played hav oc with the roads of the county, es pecially at places on the State High way between Oxford and Stovall, j where the road force cut down hills and put in heavy fills. : 7 " ; It was the desire of the. : County Commissioners to complete the work on this ; stretch of road -during the hot summer months. It was abig undertaking, requiring the removal of many thousand yards of dirt, the placing o culverts and the building pf embankments, some of them ten and twelve feet high. This work Vas only partly completed when "the rains set in last week. " If the weather had continued good a few weeks longer, enabling the roadbed to settle, it - would have been the best stretch of road in the county. ' : ' . Tourists Mud-Bound. On account of the present deplor able condition there are many tour ists mud-bound in Oxford and Clarks villeone of them" being Dr. Ball, a noted preacher of Richmnod, and His family, who came in from the south and were detained here twp or three days, the guest of Dr. J. D. Harte, pas'tor of the Oxford Baptist church. : . Roads Good Via Dexter. Leaving the State Highway at Ox 'ford and going via Dexter to Stovall the bad Places between Oxford and Stovall are averted. This is the shortest Foute possible between Ox ford and Clarksville until the bad iplaces in -the State road between Ox ford and Stovall is top-soiled and be comes firm. t o. ' y' Culverts and Bridges. " - The Public Ledger learns that many bridges and culverts in the county were damaged by the heavy rains, mostly in the - northern and 'western part of the county. TFE LTTMBERTOfl TOBACCO MARKET IS ACTIVE. s Much Exacted For This Year's Crop , A j - Was Received Last Yea. - Tiiimhfirtmi. Jnlv 2ft Mnrh tn- I bacco has been-sold oh the (ton market since the opening sale 'Tuesday. A half-milion pounds has been off ered by the farmers and the prices on the better gardes are even better than they wwe last season. Second curings have sold as high as 49 cents thepound. Trashy tobacco is much . lower than it was last ylar, however, and the tobaeco men seem only to want good, ripe tobaccos. This was .not the case last year, m. - - - . 'when theprimings and black grades sold almost as high as the bright ripe tobacco. ' s With the increase in the acreage,4 'it is. expected that Robeson's 1919 crop will sell for as much money as the 1918 crop, which means ; that Fjnore than $5,000,000 will be paid out to Robeson tobacco growers dur ing the next few weeks. ThePublic Ledger will not vouch for the correctness of abovev report which was sent broadcast "from Lum berton. Oxford tobacconists, who returned from Lumberton last week, are somewhat discouraged at the way the South Cfrolina markets started off this year, and states that "we must make up our mind right n0w that the prices will not be .hiffher. if as high,, as they were last vpar ' - . COMMITTEE OF FIFTY TO CHOOSE CHAPERONS ' (Raleigh News and Observer.) . A committee of 50 well-known women of the city has been made with Mrs. Robert Bridges as chair man, and Mrs. J. S. Manning as vice chairman for thapurpose of select ing chaperons from this group for dances that are given under approv ed auspices at the city auditorium, state college, County club, Woman's club and Raney Library building. - STATE QUOTAS FOR BAPTIST CAMPAIGN Fixed By Committee, .North Carolina's Is $5,500,000- As 'Nashville, Tenn., July tas for the different states,, for the $75,000,000 campaign; of the Sou .v, .nantikt Church were fixed by ' for the tne execuuvc , XTu, lwnim in conference here. North Carolina's apportionment is $5,500,- 000. INVEST AT HOME. An invitation is extended to you on the third .page , of .P o ftftkholder of the Caroii- VAVAr & Light- Co The proposi- titn is one thit should Interest you gee Mr. C, Thayer, local manager of company - - OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA, OXFORD RED CROSS HAS MADE INSPDEIING RECORD Number of Workers In This Chapter Deserve the Praise of the Entire Division and the Service Pin. -c i ;y - ' V, Atlanta, July 18. An inspir ing report has just been receiv ed at the Red Cross Headquar ters of the Southern Division ? concerning the worlc of the Granville Chapter at Oxford, N. C, visited recently " by a di vision supervisor, who spent two . days conferring with officers of ; the chapter Regarding its work and that of the seventeen auxil iaries. A. H. Powell, chairman, was characterized in the report as being one of the ablest in the division. The treasurei- John ' Hall,, reports mere than $6,000 on hand. The home service de partment is administered joint ly by Miss Edna White and Miss Belle Cooper, both deeply and seriously interested in the work,, while Miss Villa Treffrey of the nursing department, has . accomplishedso much that the whole, community is; proud of Ier. - . ' . , - - The supervisor stated that a number of workers in this chap ter deserve the praise of the entire division and tho service Pin. ; ' , FRDSNDS JOKE MR. . FRANK W. HANCOCK, JR. They Inquire If He Is Going To Buy The Old Temple of Justice. ' Friends are disposed to joke Mr. Frank W. Hancock) Jr., who is one of the finest young men in the State and as bright and keen as a razor. "Frank knows real estate v when he sees it, and many are the deals that he has pulled off here recently, and every time he turns around his bank roll prows' .' ' ' ; Knowing all of these ' things and seeing him standing in front of the Court-House and looking up at the j uuuii-iwuoo auu. iuun.iug at llic T po crntk of NatlOnS With the v fUll! :aff, a. friend... approached- adrty Tsaid: tw-f.n Lumber-l',"Hell?' nk' e -VP t0 i Dia on me oia empie 01 justice r Always ready for" any emergency and with a smile that won't come off, Frank answered in like manner: "That'question rests entirely with the County Commissioners. If they, want to sell and build elsewhere I think I can accommodate them both going and coming." KINSTON WILL HAVE NO FLIES IN TOWN Oxford Needs the Same Ordinance Drastic The Kinston Free Press says: "A drastic new ordinance aimed at the eradication . of house flies here requires every owner of a stable to r register with the city clerk N and clean up weekly. It gives police and health authorities the right to inspect public and private stables when necessary and imposes a mini mum fine of $25 or the violation of either of the eight sections. Muni cipal authorities estimate that more than 1,000 horses and cows are kept within the corporate limtis.". j THE TOBACCO CROP BADLY DAMAGED IN GRANVILLE. Hot Sunshine Would Prove Fatal to :;: , , the Weed. The farmers of this section are .... - . " , . i looking blue and are complaining of the heavy rains of the past few days, predicting that unless the weather holds .up the better part of the gum will be washed out of the tobacco and that if the clouds should suddenly roll away the plants in the lowlands will be "stewed." If the weather clears up and it remains cloudy . for a few days little dam age will . result from the heavy downpours. " County Demonstrator t Dove, who made a trip to the country Satur day for the purpose of looking into the condition of the crop, states that the farmer will sustain a hard loss by virtue of the spoilage. ENORMOUS QUANTITIES U OF FOOD IN STORAGE Meats, Butter and Eggs Held by Big Packers. . According to press reports the fol lowing quantities of food are at pres ent stored in Chicago: Beef, 85,971,000 pounds. - Pork, 70,517,000 pounds. 7 Butter 7,893,000 pounds. . Eggs,,l,280,000 cases, or 360, 000,000 dozen eggs! f The figures in the report - will . he used by District Attorney Cliney in the federal government's inquiry in to the high cost: of food' products. 1 TUESDAY, JULY 22,' 1919. . I - - -' - . 1 ' ' '- ----- ) iu . i 11EAL ESTATE VALUES ON THE INCREASE IN OXFORD ! When a Prospective Buyer Looks At A Piece Of Property it Jumps Skyward. Jl'r.I!1 -efate 1,'docket is light and it-dwindles fast ny -may appear in some lnsinncoe tn motto h&sn r-rh-T.v.; t but. such is really not, the case. Three or four years ago, when the.' mud in our streets was from six to, eight inches deep, it was possible to purchase a store or a home for three rX. t, a a u A or four thousand-dollars, but since we paved our streets the expected . , A x Ann ri.- r x aL ;A'"VV -u nunc iuut. - umcc win BLieets weic iaiu mice or four years ago. hundreds of men of means who live elsewhere have seen our town in all of its glory and radiant beauty, and many of them nave expressed a desire -to - settle here. It would indeed be intersting , to read some of the letters Mr. A. H. I Powell, president of the Granville Real Estate and Trust Company, has,the CQUrt room merely want to- take received m reference tp Oxford and a pee- &t Judge stacy and count him uranvine couniy real esiaie. - oouie . of . the largest concerns in the whole' country are nibbling , at real estate here, either one of which, should they settle here, could, send real estate values up tot2,000 the front foot. COPY OF TREATY IS RECEIVED IN OXFORD Document Printed " By -Government and Contains Total of 194 - - , ' Pages. ;v A copy of the treaty, of peacVwith Germany, the first known to have reached - Oxford, was' received here Sunday mourning .from Senator Sim mons. It is a voluminous affair, and contains all the details of the' agree ment, including the covenant of the League of Nations. 1st of 1 I ; The paper starts off with a 1 Kifntnrv nnwprs j?uti it sr the names' L: h nii'Gibrey, France, November 11, ly lb, .. , . ... . ... . . , j tne Ainea ana associated payers auu Then follows the covenant of the with the full ; members, together with thirteen others invited to become members. Germany's name appears nowhere as thA leasrue covenant. '. t w.ouu w- j .- . - - - or in the list of those powers invited to join. - I Folldwing the league covenant, thef treaty sets forth at the beginning of Part II the boundaries of Germany !shinment 0f JVew oqds WiU Go treating Luxemburg, Belgium, the, ' -. ; -Saal- basin, Alsace-Lorraine and oth- ; . 4 ; , er adjacent lauds, i There are sev- Major . Will Landis, buyer for feral annexes explaining and eluci-1 Landis &Eastpn, has returned from dating the provisions of;the pact. r the northern marts. trip at Even a casual examination oi tne j volume is in , itself proof enough of . the task the peace plenipotentiaries! faced at Paris; and gives some ex - fcuse for the length of their deliber - rations and their stay at: the French capital. EX-SHERD7F BELL TO RETURN AND SETTLE ACCOUNTS He Is Undergoing ; Treatment At N Sanitarium InThis State. Former Sheriff Bell, of Vance, whose accounts were recently found to be short $45,000; and wnose whereabouts have been the subject of much speculation since he left Henderson several weeks ago, is un der treatment at a,f sanitarium in North Carolina," and will" return to Henderson and make" a complete set tlement' of his obligations to Vance county. - . v v ; The Henderson Daily Dispatch says that a letter Was received: Sat urday morning by A. C. & J. P.. Zol licoff er, county attorneys, from C. B. Bell, brother of the ex-sheriff, who is" clerk of the superior court of Currituck county, stating that the former sheriff will return and settle in full. ; The letter was written in Greensboro and dated July 18. ADS MAIL POSTAGE. Reduced to Two Cents On the - ' . Ouncd ' - J;-v Postmaster General Burleson has reduced the postage on airplane mail to 2 cents an ounce, the regular rate for first-class mail' matter, and plac ed the air mail service on the same footing with all other means of mail transportation. OXFORD SCHOOL BONDS . -- ' HAVE BEEN NEGOTIATED Wachovia Bank &, Trust Company Is -the Purchaser. Bids for the $5 0,00 (K Oxford school bonds -were opened 'and examined last Friday evening. There ' were eighteen bids in all. The Wachovia Bank & Trust Company, of Winston Salem, was. the successful, bidder. All of the bfds were close, the Wa chovia Bank & Trust Company's bid feeing $52,306. , 1 ' , , . v .., GRANVILLE COUNTY COURT. Hon. W. Stacy, of Wilmburtmi. . Judge Presiding. . Granville County Court "convened Monday for a one week's term. The und.r the busine5s methods of Ju(jge " "v r'. . - . 0r "r, x tho ontth in ta c,.. . n vprv nhlo QnA enrna Twc ' His charge to the grand jury, cov- 0,in(, an c, - ....i, fnnTM TT mucn favorable comment. He itance-of a higher conception of citi- zensh.p and gpoke of laxUy in many places caused by the war. Judge Stacy i&r good to behold. He is popular with the bar and will make many friends during his (short stay amoig us. - ; - : - Judge Stacy and Solicitor S. ; M. Gattis - are a strong, working team. j There is nothing on. the docket to elicit more than ordinary interest and thp mainritv- of thnse who visit as one of their friends. . The Grand Jury. Messrs.. Sam Webb, foreman; J. W. Pool, S. T. Harris. Sr., C. H. Par ham, Kemp Culbreth, Sr., W. L. Cur rin, A. vB. Cfitcher, C. L. Hudson, W. A. Gooch, J. T.- Oakley, J. T. Turner, C. T. Blackwell, J. R. Col pen, J. J. Eggleston, W. S. Wheary, J. R. Averett. r x : . GRANVILLE COUNrf BOLDD3R ' CITEDFOR BRAVERY Sergt. Paul B. Jeiikms VTas Killed Only, a' Few Moments Before , Armistice Was Signed. ' Sergt. Paul B. Jenkins, a native of Granville county, "enlisted in i PhiladelDhia and was assigned to enlisted Headquarters company, 31 5th " In- fnVimt A V TT1 Via woo lrilldd of - . I only a few minutes befc "only a few minutes before the last 'shot of the world war was fired. He wa55 . euueavuiiug w csuimwu icr graph connection when he was kill- b vuunvvwuu " ,7- of thresMef the United States, Gen. John. J 'Pershing, commanding general A. B. 'F. cites him for distinguished brav- ery and forward medal to nearest of . - j.--111 MAJOR LANDIS RETURNS FROM . NORTHERN , ARKETS uu-.um-,w. wui-i Uv dies', dresses , and..coatf suits and to see. that, the early contracts made j with tne wnoiesaiers wouia oe iui- j filed promptly. Major Landis found that the con tracts which he made some time ago will be a great saving to his custo mers in the face of a rising market on practically all lines. Shipment or 'early fall goods will go forward on schedule time. ' ; SAID TO BE PREJUDICE AGAINST THE ARMY UNIFORM Boston', July 20. Major Clar ence' R. :Edwrads, of , the Northeast ern Department, and former com mander of the 2 6tr ( Yankee) divis ion, has asked the War Department that .soldiers stationed at ' the coast defences be allowed to wear civilian clothes while on pass ,or furlough Investigation has disclosed, he says that pre-war prejudice against the army uniform is apparent. - CHURCHES MAY HAVE WINE FOR SACRAMENTAL PURPOSES, SAYS GAYLORD Every Religious Organization Afford - ed Opportunity Under Regulations of Internal Revenue Bureau.' A Washington dispatch says that regulations issued by the bureauof internal revenue - afford every reli gious organization in the United States opportunity to obtain wine for sacramental purposes. - - V 'We have endeavored to cut j out all 'red tape," Deputy Commission er Gaylori said, "and have . made the organizations to -follow."; LIGGETT AND DICKMAN HAVE RETURNED HOME Witli Nine Other American General ; Officers 'Aboard Transport .I,", - Acquitania. ; - Washington,: July 20.Lieutenant General Hunter Liggett, former com mahder of the American, army of oc cupation in Germany; Major General Joseph T. Dictfman, and nine ottes general officers are aboard the trans port -Acquitania, landed at New York today. ; NUMBER 58 ENTHUSIASTIC MEETIN(f OF THE COUNTyS CLUBS The Songs, Recitations and Speeches WereAU Enjoyed Last Friday was the day set apart for the anual meeting of. the. coun-7 ty's clubs and its annualb'asket, pic nic. Plans had been ma,de .for thia meeting to be held at the Fair Grounds, but the day? as so many days have the habit of doing recent ly, opened with rain and the down- pour continued intermittently all day long. But a few of the faithful 'came with baskets in true picnic r yiugirttuiue was car ried out at- the school auditorium and at the Court House. . t There were songs, recitations and 'speeches. In the morning ,; Mrs. Kate Brew Vaughah spoke on "De veloping a Health Conscience." This was followed by. an address by Mr. S. G. Rubinow on "Community. Spir it" and one from Dr. N. C. Daniel on public health subjects as related 'to the work of the physicians. All of these addresses were thoroughly enjoyed by those present and made a jdeep impression. In tho afternoon the beautiful poem of Judge Bragaw was recited in splendid style by littje Miss Car olyn Booth, and Henry Brooks, Ew ing Upchurch and William Yancey told and illustrated in realistic man-, ner how "The Farmer feeds them 'all." A recitation by Master Wil liam Kimball brought down Nthe house.. Mrs. R. Ransom told one of Herbert Quick's stories particu larly applicable and appropriate to the occasion. - f The feature of the meeting was the address by Lieut-Gov. O. Max Gardner. He was presented to the audience by Prof. G. B. Phillips and caught the ear of his audience at once and swung into .'', a masterful speech. WWe will attempt no epitome of, or quotations from, the speech, ' but it as but just to say that no speecii delivered here in a longtime has so been thoroughly appreciated by an audience. In every utterance It appealed to the best in his hear--erBfr-iiited them t -higher : concep tions 'of . civic duty, and pointed . the way to that better county to promote which the-club meeting was held. It is safe to say that by. that speech "Max Gardner added many friends to I the already large list which he has in this county. Another feature of the meeting 'was the reports from the various f clubs of boy and girl scouts, com munity clubs, etc. scattered through out the county. All who attended this meeting plan to; be here year.x . . . ' l . next BOY HAS CLOSE CALL Jumped In ' Time To Save His v ife. V " - ' , ' There was an exciting race down Main street . yestlrday of a " blood-, curdling nature. A little boy, ap parently about eight or. ten years of age seated oia bicycle, came sail ing upthe street on the east side, circled e "end of the parkway at the Baptist church as graceful as any dancing master ever cut the pigeon wing, and darted down Main street as fast as his little legs could pro pell his machine1. . V -"' A little boy driving a car, who was apparently under the age limit, saw the' boy on the bicycle dart out in front of him and took it for a dare. Instantly speeding up his machine, the race was on. -The auto fairly flew down the street, and gaining at every turn of ,the wheel. AH went Well until the bicycle boy ; reached the intersection of Main and High streets, where he turned to the left, encountering two, machines, one on Mainland one on Front, - bearing down upon him.' . His 7 little heart must have fluttered jwhen he, realiz ed that he was in the jaws of death and jumped for safety. - ' THE COLORED HONOR ROLL OF GRANVTLLE COUNTY The Part They Took In the : World Elsewhere in this . paper will be seen the prospectus v of "Granville County's Honor Roll," or the part the colored people tookjn the world war. Dr. G. C. Shaw, president or Mary Potter School, and his valuable assistant, Rev? B. R. Smith, are com piling the records anddata. It will be a handsome volume. Tabb Creek Church. - Much interest is manifested in the protracted meeting, now in progress at Tabb "Creek church, f our . miles "east oC Oiford; on the Henderson ..... : .--'.- - ' - -J ''v.- f road. Preaching every afternoon at 3:30 o'clock Rev. J.vF. 3Iitchiner, of Franklin county, is assisting the. ipastor, Rev. G. T. Tunstell.; ft... t .1 r.f. i 1 1 r 4
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