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OXFORD WILL HATE A HOSPITALTHE LA ST PUBLIC MEETING WII: BE IF5LD IN "UEOURT HOUSE TONIGHT a w w jffr "h. x i ar Plf TM W m i jy I i is 7 ' OLOIE XXXIV. THE FAIR TRICE COMMITTEE FOR GRANVILLE IS BUSY t;.iablislied Price For Various (Jratles of Flour No Profiteer ing In the County. , The Fair Price Committee for V. Parham, tooa administrator, recently made an investigation of price conditions in Oxford, , and rmds but little if any evidence of profiteering. In the matter of flour, tho committee finds prices a little huh in some quarters, and recom mends as a fair price for flour to the retailer not exceeding $1.70 per Kick of 24 pounds for the best grade ,,f patent flour, $3.35 for 48 pounds, j.-kI !?6.60 for 96 pounds, and on iolf-rising flour not exceeding $1.75 for 24 pounds, $3.45 for 48 puonds, and $6.80 for 96 pounds. This Fair Price Committee is a local body, and has legal rights, and its duty is to investigate exces sive protfis asked or secured on the necessaries of life by any of our mer chants, with the purpose of adjusting same and reducing the high cost of living. This can be done to a cer rain extent by avoiding extravagan ces of all kinds, and by the purchase of only necessary articles of food and clothing while prices are so hi di. and the committee urges ev eryone to be careful in these re spects. The committee is further investi gating certain articles of food and clothing which may be a little high, and in the meantime invites the pub lip tn renort to it any evidence of overcharging in Granville county on tood. ClQtnmg, or iuei, uj iumiug . i . i j? i 1 1 1 i , i such evidence to the Fair Price Com mittee, P. 0. Box 607, Oxford, N. C, or in person to the secretary of the committee, Mr. J. J. Medford, and such, evidence will be promptly and carefully investigated, and if neces sary reported to the Federal author ities. 1 1ST V LITTLE LESSON IN REGARD TO THRIFT Vow Is The Time To i Work And t Save. In front of the banks and in many other places you will see pieces of cardboard on which is printed the words: "Work, and Save." That is the best advice that can be handed out. especially at this time. In fact such advice was never so important 1 t.efore. Whv should we work hard ! now? Because there is so much .work j needing to be done and because there are so few to do this work and because there can be greater pfy had lor work now than ever before. Why are we called upon to save now? Be cause it is important to save and r.ow is a time we could save if we would try to do so. If we do not save now, which is the best time to lav bv some thing ever known, then when could we save? It should be! apparent to all that the best time to work is when work pays best, and the best time to save is when we . can really lay by something. Now is such a time and we should make use of it. Are we doing it? Some are trying to do their best but a large number of the people have not woke up to the importance of pushing w;ork and saving during this season of the greatest prosperity ever known in America. Work while it pays to work and save and save while there is something worth while to save. We shall likely nev er have such opportunities again and all who do not use them will re gret it. KAISER'S FIELD KITCHEN EN ROUTE TO WASHINGTON The Trophy Will Be Placed In the Smithsonian Institute. Washington, Sept. 22. The field witchen which was extensively used by William Hohenzollern, emperor of Germany, is on its way to Wash ington, where It will De stored with other war trophies in the Smithson ian Institute. The kitchen was cap lured north of Metz during the last lays of the fighting; German prisoners, of war last week loaded the kitchen which is said to be a most elaborate affair of the kind aboard a transport, at St. Na raire, France; and it is on its way to Washington with a large collection of war material of different kinds. Tne kitchen followed the Kaiser all over Europe while the war was on, 4,all of the fighting fronts which he visited, but shows no signs of dam age, which is taken to indicate that t kept as far to the rear as did its imperial owner. ' THE LAW HAS TEETH. i om Hunter Given 12 Months For Contributing to Delinquency of His Children. (Greensboro News.) Sufficient proof that the law re cently enacted by the general assent bly of North Carolina concerning the delinquency of juveniles is of direct concern to parents of erring chil dren was given in Municipal - court yesterday morning. The demonstra tion came after the evidence was heard in the case charging Tom and Bora Hunter, negroes, with contri buting to the delinquency of their two largest children, Roosevelt and Taf t. The father received a sentence of 12 months on the roads of the county while the mother, adjudged guilty, was not -sentenced, judgment being continued by Judge Jones. PUBLISHED SEA :tiltLYOWN AND COUNTY OFFER B tilLLIANT OPPORTUNITIES A LL HOME PRINT. DR. G. S. WATKINS ADVO- GATES HOSPITAL FOR OXFORD Sets Forth the Reasons Why. It Should Be Established. The Question of a Hospital For Granville County: 1st. Do we need one? Yes because the time has come when the people as a whole, cannot get adequate nursing at home. Because domestic help as well as trained nurses, are not ob tainable in 50 per cent of the cases where it is needed. Be cause there is increasing scar city of physicians all over the country. Which is being felt in the -towns and villages as well , as in the rural districts. 2nd. Are we going to have a hospital? Yes, because the peo-v pie of Granville county are a wakening to the fact that they cannot furnish their sick with proper nursing and in a good many instances they cannot se cure proper medical attention.' Because the people realize that they are spending too much money and too much time in taking their sick to distant hos pitals and looking after them while there. . Because the peo ple realize that they had rather be under the care of their fam ily physician, which is impossi ble in distant hospitals. 3rd. Will it succeed? Yes, because the people want it to succeed. Come out tonight and see it succeed from the begin ning. DR. G. S. WATKINS. Mifia$ras TV T. RREEDLOVE AND . HOWARD DORSEY WILL DANCE Will Vie With Youth and Beauty on Ball JRoon Floor at Confeder ate Reunion. It is officially announced that the old-fashioned polka aitd minuet will share horfors with the Liberty waltz at the Confederate reunion in Atlan ta;: October 7-101 For the first time in the history of the reunions, arrangements "will be jmade at the grand balls for the vet ' eranfe and their ladies to have the floor j:o themselves at certain inter vals during the evening. Two bails will be given at Atlan ta's city auditorium, the vast hall capable of seating 10,000 -, people. The rows of chairs will be removed from the arena, the floor will be polished until it shines ilike stage dia will monds, and on the big be seated an- orchestra second oniy in size to that of the Metropolitan Opera company. - It would be worth the time of any man in Granville county to go to Atlanta and see Capt. ,W. H. White. B. I. Breedlove and Howard Dorsey on tne ponsneu uuui. y i are glad-to know Judge Graham van , be there to see that the young men don't get too gay. SHIP GOES DOWN OFF COAST OF FLORIDA Carried a Crew Of 88 Persons and . Four Hundred Passengers. -.'Key-West, Fla., Sept. 22. The Spanish steamer Valbanera, wrecked off Key West, ten days ago, carried a crew of 88 persons and fpur hun dred passengers. - Rear Admiral Decker, commander of the seventh naval district, after returning from an inspection, of the vessel which was lost between this port and Havana m the recent nurri cane, declared that they bad no doubt the ship: was the Spanish steamer Valbanera. Admiral Decker said that the wat ers about the ship were so rough as to make diving impossible. No bod ies were seen on the surface of the sea, but an odor arose from the wat er supposed to come from the decom posed corpses inside the . ship. The vessel carried a general cargo includ ing wines' and Iiquors YOU CAN ALWAYS TRUST GllkNVILLE COUNTY PEOPLE There Is Not a Rogue In the Whole Bunch. Mr. Eugene Moss, manager of the Granville County Experiment Station one mile south of Oxford ; on the State Highway, can speak for the honor and integrity of all the peo ple, both white and black, who pass the test farm by day and by night. Desiring to realize something on the apples grown on tne ieti uum, Mr. Moss procured a numoei ui y per bags and filled them with apples and placed them by the roadside and put up a sign, on which ;as written in large letters, the following words. "These bags are 25 cents each... ' One by one the bags disappeared and in their stead was twenty-five cents in silver. Mr. Moss had so much confidence in the Ifopto that pass his Place, he did not take the trouble to remove the bags at night, and s ?ange to relate that therS were more saleat night than there, were during the day. , : Vi vV ENJOY SPEAKING" AND BARBECUE AT -HESTER CHURCH The entertainment in honor of re turned soldiers at Hester church last Saturday was largely attended Mora an five hundred enjoyed the Seeches of Rev. R. Cv Craven and Mr B W. Parham. Barbecue and Buntwick Ptew.was .seed,hich were pronounced excellent. QXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA, CHEAPER BEEF. , This is good news. The rep resentative Of the Swift Pack ing Company, of Chicago, was in Oxford last week, and was offering beef fore-quarters at 9c, hind-quarters at 22c. f. o. b. Richmond; or by the side at 14c. Perhaps the retail prices will now be lower. SEVERAL OXFORD PEOPLE WANT TO GO Upix AIRPLANE Lt. H. J. Runser Will Accommodate All Such During the Comity Fair. Lt. Harry J. Runser, aviator, will make daily flights over Oxford ITues day, Wednesday and Thursday, Octo ber 14, 15, 16th. All who wish to go up with him can do so by paying one dollar "a minute for 15 minutes. Several well-known men about town have expressed a desire to a1 vail themselves of the, opportunity of looking down on the' surrounding country from an altitude of oneor two miles. Lt. Runser will cut all . kinds of didoes in the air when he is alone, but it is understood that- when he has a passenger aboard he soars a loft and volplanes downward at a rate of not more than one - milea minute. While there are several who have expressed a willingness to pav $15 i to go up, quite a number have said that there, is not enough money in all the banks of Oxford to induce them to leave the" ground. Former Commissioner Thomas G. Taylor re marked that he did. -not have enough insurance on his life to tempt' him to go up in. an aeroplane. Since it was reported that Lt. Run ser said that he would not take on a passenger who weighs more than two hundred pounds, .several fat men, who said they want to fly heav enward, are grieved to know that they are overweight and cannot take the trip. If Lt. Runser decides to take on men 'who weigh not more than one-eighth of a ton, there will, be three or four fat men around town so small you can't find them. NEGRO SNATCHES $79 FROM FARMER IN HENDERSON Willie Grissom, of Near Kittrell, -t Minus Part of Returns Brought - By His Tobacco Sale., ' Farmers cannot be too careful with their money. The Henderson Daily Dispatch relates the following: "While parleying with a negro drink, according to the tale the po lice say he told them, Willie Gris- som, a white farmer living near Kit trell, was relieved of approximately $79 in cool cash in a local ware house Thursday, and the negro. who made away with the greenbacks has t b heard from since that time. "It is related that Grissom had already entrusted another negro with $4, and that he went away and didn't come backh and that the dis cussion was under way with the" negro in question, when, the latter snatched the roll of bills from Grissom's pocket, and he and several other negroes in the crowd ran and made good their escape." CASE AGAINST THE KAISER. The Time and Place Not 3Ientioned. v - (London Special.) The Attorney-General ir Gordon Hew art has completed the case for the prosecution of the German Emperor, according to the Mirror. The place for the trial has not been settled. LIVING EXPENSES ARE AT HIGHEST PINNACLE , IN HISTORY OF NATION Advanced One Per Cent During August Despite Efforts of Gov ernment to Force Declme Retail" prices of food .increased one per cent in August, as compared with July, and reached the highest point in the nation's history, despite the government's campaign to re duce fhe cost of living. The increase probably already apparent in, the consumer was re vealed tonight when the department of labor's bureau of -labor statistics made public its monthly Teport. The foodstuffs increasing in price were eggs, rice, potatoes, milk, pork chops, butter, cheese, coffee, sugar, dry beans and bread. Prices declined tor sirloin and round steak, rib and chuck roastsr onions, bacon, flour, cabbage and canned' peas, corn, beans and tomatoes. ; . ( ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE WILL ENTER POLITICS IN CAMPAIGN OF 1920 . tJhicago, Sept. 21v The Anti Salocm League of America will enter national politics immediately to enforce-the aemand that the national parties next year elect candidates who are openly favorable to the en forcement of (the national prohibi tion law. nn? WTCST KNOTT BUYS RESIDENCE Iff OXFORD Mr. P.- W. Knott, of Enon, has n,.i.aeoH thA residence of -Mrs. J. W. Brown on High street and. will make it his home. The good people of Oxford extend a hearty welcome to Mr. Knott and his excellent fam ily.. Mr. Knott is withTlhe: Mangum warehouse this season. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1911 INCREASED SCHOOL ATTEN DANCE IN GRANVILLE CO. Transportation of the Pupils to Larger, Better Graded Schools Is Growing Rapidly, The schools are all openine with increased attendance. Providence I nas an enrollment of over a hundred. Hester opened with ninety. Tar River, Creedmoor, Stem, and Cul breth all report an increase. Sever al of these schools" "are, calling for more desks and more teachers. This enlarged interest is no more than was expected. The whole world is waking up to the importance of more education. Not only all of the public schools but all the boarding schools and colleges are overflowing. The call everywhere is forV more room to accommodate the larger number of students who are seeking the advantages of the schools. ' The Concord school is trying out a new feature this year. For a num ber of years this school has had two teachers. It is. so near Creedmoor that most of the larger children wanted to go to the high school, and so it was, decided to buy a truck and take all the. children in the up per grades to the Creedmoor school. The truck was started last week and the people are well pleased with'the new arrangement. They still have one teacher at Concord for the smaller, children. The idea of consolidation and trans portation of. the. pupils to the larger, better graded school is growing rap idly. It is the only practical way to develop the rural school and give the country child equal advantages with the town child. Edgecombe county ig planning to use twelve trucks this year. It is possible that several others will be used this year in Granville county. J. F. WEBB, Supt.';"of: County Schools. THERE ARE MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED BACHELORS IN GRANVILLE COUNTY Five Thousand Well-To-Do British Women America-Bound Bent On Getting Husbands. Fiye thousand well-todo British women determined to -obtain Ameri can, husbands wrill soon arrive in the United States, according to a warn ing, issued to bachelors by Mrs. S. C. Seymore, of Camden, N. J., who has just returned fro'm Europe. Mrs. SeymOre was employed to supervise the . transportation of American war brides; f rom vairous parts of Europe ov-iShe announced that the invasion of the army of matrimonv-inclined would begin as soon as the blockade on passenger travel is lifted, which is October 1. ... There are more than one hundred bachelors in Granville who claim that they cannot find any woman who wants them. In that event we hope that the women bound for this country will settle in all parts of Granville, They -can find at least a half-dozen good old bachelors out Enon way. ; . COL. SD3NEY MINOR RETIRES FROM MILITARY SERVICE Colonel WTio Commanded 120th In fantry Will Devote Time To Business. , It is announced from Durham that Col. Sidney W. Minor, who led the 120th Infantry in its history making smash against the Hinden- burg line will retire from military service. The colonel made this fact plain in explaining why. he refused the colonelship of - the first national guard regiment in t North: Carolina, in favor of Col. Don Scott. . . (Col. Minor declares that he will give up. military life m its entiretylcantonment where nundreds of thou with genuine , regret, but feels that home life and, business necessarily neglected during the war, demand iiis attention. Just as he felt it his duty .to command the 120th t France, he. now feels that be should uevoie ms ume- wms laniwy auu i his business. . BAPTIST MINISTERS MAY GO ON STRIKE Proposal Has Been Made In North ern Church-But Scouted In South. (Richmond Times-Dispatch.) r Bantists generally here' were in clined to discount the reports of pro-! posed strike of ministers in . the Northern Baptist church." When informed of the strike sug gestion, the Rev. T. B. Ray,, asso ciate secretary of the Southern Bap tist Foreign Mission Boa?d, said: "Our people are paying no atten tion to such a silly .thought as that. It 'is all fooliehness. I amv inclined to take the whole matter as a joke. "Baptist ministers in the South, where their congregations could af ford it have had their salaries raised to meet the increased cost of living. Besides, the $75,000,0Q0 campaign to be waged November 30 to December 7, will carry 'a large pension and annuity fund wherebjr ministers when they are too old to have active charges, will be protect ed against want." ; NORTH GRANVILLE FAIR. : Will Be Held At Stovall October v. 9th. ' -.4, The management of the , North Granville. Fair ' has decided not 'to postpone the fair As'was announced.' Everything is in teadines to be beld at Stovall on Thursday, October 9th, raih or shine. DR. DANIEL SAYS THAT WE MUST HAVE A HOSPITAL He Asks and Answers Questions " Important What are you going o do about a hospital for Granville county? . Do you know that we have the largest population bf any county in the State without a hospital? Do you know that Oxford is about the only town in the State of its size that has no hos pital? Do you know that our rural population is ;more intelligent than that of any other county in the State; but we have no hospital. Do you know that we are' spending thousands of dollars in maintaining hospitals in other towns? Why not one of our own? ' The time has come when we must have one. The time has come when we will have one. Come out tonight and let's talk it over. DR. N. C. DANIEL. THE FARMERS ARE NOT BEIN, G, IMPOSED UPON They Are Perfectly Willing For Their Land to Be Assessed At Actual Value. There is a report in circulation in Granville to the effect that an in justice is being imposed upon the farmers in the matter of assessing their property. Some of the disgrun tled ones, merely to bring the law into contempt, has said that the far mers must pay more taxes-in propor tion than the owner of town prop erty. '" The Public Ledger can readily see how this report got into circulation, namely: The property in Oxford has been , taxed nearly at its true value for many years and the owners of town property . have paid more in proportion than the county outsidle of the"; corporate limits. The new assessors have "not assessed the val ue of property in Oxford as yet. When they start in on Oxford - they will find that most of the property here is valued almost at the correct figure. In the county the increase is about four times, while in Ox ford it may not be over two' times. Thus it will be seen that what ap pears to be an injustice is not an in justice, j There are a lot of people kicking; the new valuation law because they think they are on the popular side of the question, Jbut the farmers are perfectly willing for their holdings to be assessed, at. actual value. They want their lands, dwelling Houses, tenament house's, old feed barns and tobacco barns assessed at actual val ue, and they want the same thing to happenjo their neighbors and all ov er the county. What - the Granville county farm er wants to know is that when the revaluation of real estate and im provements is finished that every foot of land In every city and town and village and every taxable build ing, small as well as great, has been assessed at its true value or taxHe wants to feel that if his land is as sessed at $50,000 that the land would bring $50,1)00 if it was put upon the market ' DEMOBILIZING WTLL END AT CAMP- LEE SEPT. 25 The War Department announces that the demobilizing group at Camp Lee is to be dispensed with on j3ejt. 25, and, therefore, there will be no mnvfl TmieTrintr rmt nf THPTl flt tTia.t. sands of men were trainedfor ser vice in the -United States army in the war against Germany. TV nro o t-q oorbral flraTWille mil Tit. V inWe nn Hntv at Pnrnn t pp. who will jbreleased ; . , ABSORPTION AMERICAN TOBACCO CO. REPORTED New York, Sept. 22 Negotiations looking' toward absorption of the A merican Tobacco Company by the United Retail Stores Corporation, formed last June by George J. Whe lan, reported to be well under way, according to rumors in the financial district. Thedeal would involve at least the amount bf the American Tohacco Company's capital, which is '$50,000,000. THE COURT HOUSE SINGING Our plans ior the contest ringing at the court. house are about com plete. Mr. Andrew Kittrell will fur nish us a nice new organ for the oc casion. The singing will begin promptly at 3 o'clock p. m., ' next Sunday. A number of choirs are ex pected to take part. We invite "all to be on time. We hope to make this occasion interesting and profit able for all who arepresent. We will try and have the court room in good shape. For further particulars call on Mr. Wi M. Moser at City Barber Shop. D. N. HUNT. A DAY OF PRAYER. The 5,844 churches of the South ern Baptist convention are asked to meet on Wednesday, September 24, to join in prayer for victory in this greaf campaign. G. T. TUNSTALL, J; D.HARTE, - . . e ','.: Associational Directors. NUMBER 76 THE SCHOOLS OF THE COUNTY AND WHAT 1 ", THE Y ARE FOR niiteracy Is the- Greatest Danger That Can Threaten Democracy Elsewhere on this page is a letter from Prof. J.' F. Webb, superinten lent of the county schools, present-, ing a brief outline or the school work. The Public Ledger is deeply interested in the success of the schools and we are always glad to publish news items concerning the great work. It'is well periodically to remind' ourselves why wet educate our chil dren at public expense. There is no better time for considering this mat ter than when the -public schools reopen for the work ofr the year. We have popular government in the. United States. The majority rules. It is of the first importance that it be an intelligent mapority, with some knowledge of the princi ples of government. Illiteracy is the source of the greatest danger that can threaten a democracy. So we set up the public school system primarily to qualify our citizens for intelligent participation in the art of government. In recent years a group of propa gandists has arisen, the members of which have been trying to convince us that it is the first duty of the state to teach the children the art of self-support. Vocational training has been urged in season and out)f season as though it were more im portant than the teaching of. history and-geography and the elements of economies. We are asked "If you dpn't teach a boy to earn-his living what good is it to him to know the Declaration of Independence?" as though an unanswerable conundrum had been propounded. The question might be answered by asking another; "What good is it to a boy to know how to earn his liv ing if bolshevism flourishes and de prives him of the proceeds of his toil by seizing it to give to some in dolent agitator?" The cure for the evils of democracy lies in making that democracy more intelligent with a broader conception of the rights of man. If the persons in charge of our public schools will keep in mind the primary purpose for which - the schools were established they will find.it easier to decide. what changes should be made in the course of study than in the past. THE OXFORD TOBACCO MARKET TAKES ON NEW LIFE Sales Each Warehouse Show a Strong Demand For Weed- Farmers Well Pleased. . Y ' Although the Oxford tobacco mar ket, sold 140,000 on opening day at an average of $35.10 per hundred, the prices each day following the op-' ening showed a substantial advance on all grades. ; If there was any dissatisfaction on the opening day it has been dispell ed and ,11 of the farmers that we have talked with admit that prices are high. Oxford is leading the markets in this territory in high prices, and our warehousemen are lending every effort to help the patrons el this rfiarkftt. ; " - Get)a load ready and come to Ox ford. A welcome awaits you. MORE! HOUSES NEEDED. Many People Here Are Looking; For . Permanent Homes. Every home built now and for many months to come will find a. . family ready to occupy that any body who doubts ,the truth of this might ask the real estate men who also handle rentals. Not one will remain idle. There is a rush nowa days for each home that becomes va cant for any reason and the price charged doesn't figure as once it fig ured. There is plenty of evidence that the population could be increas ed 4ay several hundred in a few weeks if , the houses were available. With the war over, the folks bf this country are getting settled down'and- fthany are looking for - permanent homes and new opportunities. To these a tovpi of the characteristics' of Oxford could appeal strongly provided she had the homes to offer. HOME ECONOMICS OF THE OXFORD WOMAN'S CLUB Tc Meet In the Oxford Library Thursday Afternoon. There will be a meeting of the home economics department of the Woman's Club in the Oxford Libra ry on Thursday afternoon at -3:30 Subjects basketry.. Any one inter ested in making baskets is asked to attend. Materials, reed, rafia, need les, etc. .will be supplied at a small cost. " Bring scissors and thimble. These classes are intended not for the members of the Home Economics Department alone but for .any one who wishes to learn to make baskets. LILLIAN W. CAPEHART, Chmn, Home Economics Dept. i i . DISTINGUISHED LADIES COMING TO OXFORD WEDNESDAY Mrs. Bickett and Mrs. Jackson Will Speak In the Episcopal Church Mr. : J.. L. Jackson, of Charlotte, and Mrsr T. W. Bickett, of Raleigh, will speak in the Episcopal church Wednesday night, at eight o'clock on the Nation-wide Campaign.; "V-
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