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TV-TOWN AND COUNTY OFFER BRILLIANT OPPORTUNITIES-AIL HOME PRINT.
0X)M X1V'
,Lp NOW AND
WE WILL PROSPER"
Theodore X. Vail, the Financier,
c.lV lousiness Boom Is Coming
A
half century ago meoaore N.
Vail dreamed
dreams of human be-
.' tiikins across tne comment. ie
if. - v
distances annihilated by electric !
whispers. Forty years passed 4 and
ten" billion telephone conversions
took pla 011 these snores annually.
Today he sees visions of an Amer
. rjCher and more prosperous than
other wen have seen. He looks for
the createst business boom this coun
trv has ever known. We don't need
to" sit down, timidly and idly, and
wait for it. We can have it start
now if wo want to, if we care to ex
cise sense and courage.
Business Boom Coming.
Mr. ?ives some of his reasons
in a notable interview in The Ameri
can Magazine for September:
"If every corporation and company
and tirni and individual that con-
t - -
emplatos putting up any buildings,
or making extension., or eeffctingj
any improvements, woum only jump
in now and put men to work on
them. why. the business boom would
be in full swing right away. A vast
amount of repairs and upkeep work
of all kinds had to be put off during
the exigencies of the war, when it
was unpatriotic to compete unneces
sarily with the government for labor
and materials. The patriotic as well
as the businesslike thing to do now
Lla,.e order, in preparation for
catch up and put everything in
the extremely busy times tnat- are
comins and in anticipation of the ex
traordinary demands which will a
rise for the labor necessary to do
this work."
This man of clear vision practices
as well as preaches. His life has
been devoted, of necessity, to study
so as to be able, as he expresses itj
"Tn hnvp -mi the facilities readv to!
'to have .ill the tacilities ready to
handl business whenever and wher
ever it developed."
Paint Your Barn Now.
To illustrate his reasons for go
ing at full steam, the great financier
tells a homely tale which will bear
repeating:
"For four years this country has are wrongly designated. The Ro
been told to economize, to cut down man Catholic and Episcopal church-
on expenses, to retrencn ana stint
itself. To the credit of the people
here be it said that they did. Uncle
Silas' barn needed painting, but Un-
cle Silas didn't paint4t. iWhy?: Jte-Uhe
cause Anna Maria told him the gov-! siast. In the United States the Pres-;
eminent needed the ingredients ofjbyterians and Congregationalists ;
the paint pot to hlp win the war. use it instead of the word parson-!
The wire fencing around the cabbage 1
patch was coming down and needed
repairing, out again Aunt Maria iaia
down the law and said it couldn't
be done, as Uncle Sam needed the
wire to protect Nephew Willy from
the advance of the Hun. The fenc
es, remained hanging and broken,
and Willy was kept safe from the
Germans. The same was true of the
attitude in the industrial plants.
"Uncle Silas' barn still needs
painting; but now he says he won't
paint it because the rates of the vil
lage painter are too high. In the
last three years the painter has been
working for the government and get
ting high prices for his service. Un
cle Eilas thinks he is very canny and
wily in waiting until the painter sees
that he will have to come down from
his high horse and paint his barn at
the old pre-war price. Meanwhile,
the wind and the rain are eating a
way the timber of the structure; and
before very long not only will Uncle
Silas have to paint a barn, but put
up a new one as well. Not only will
he pay the price asked by the paint
er, but he will pay the price demand
ed for the timber. And that, too, is
not the same that he was wont to
Pay before we began making planks
that led the way to Germany.
"The point I am driving at is this
just now the country is in great
need of repairs. It has got to
spruce up. Otherwise, things will
So to pieces. Uncle Silas, if he is
Wlse, will paint his barn now and
save the money of putting up a new
Jne later. In the same manner the
factory owner will paint his shops
and overhaul his machines now, to
save the money on new material
later."
Poor Richard himself could not
Bpt have presented the picture more
Slmply or more admirably.
JOKE IS ENJOYED
NOW AND THEN
One of the nrominent deacons in
church not a hundred miles from
Word was seriously ill. As he was
T.ery Popular among his congrega
jun, a bulletin board was posted in
jront of the church to inform his
fiends of his condition. It read: i
ne 'clock. Deacon Jones very
"Two o'clock. Deacon Jones Is
of and sinking rapidly."
hree o'clock. Deacon Jones
dead."
A traveling man passing by that
evening read the bulletin . and see
jng no one in .sight, added at the
oottom : .
"Seven o'clock. Great excitement
Heaven. Deacon , Jones has mot
arrived. The worst is feared."
T . At Auction.
Pn L Satuday at noon Mr. C. H.
vaiw,1 vriU sel1 at auction many
cowl things, consisting of hogs,
and f ne horse' farminS implements
fi eed stuff. See announcement
lb- v;here in this paper.
THE THINGS THAT
NEEDS STRAIGHTENING
OUTJN CHURCH LORE
There Is No Such Thing As An Altar
In the Presbyterian Or Baptist
, Churches.
There is so much wrong use of
.w. iCim0 tm most ot us nppds
some information on the subject.
some information on
instance, says the Charlotte!
vuwrver, one irequently reads of
marriage ceremonies in Presbyterian
and Baptist church, that "the bride
was met at the altar by the groom"
etc. There is no such thing in a
Presbyterian or Baptist church as an
altar. There are altars i
tic churches, but not in non-ritualis-
uc cnurcnes. m a Presbyterian
church the bride is met "in front of
the pulpit" or "at the pulpit" bv
me giuuui, out tnere is no altar i
uieie-ior tnem to meet in front of
and to so write it is to attribute to
these non-ritualistic churches some
thing that their doctrine does not
recognize. Another thing, all church
jV
diat chllrPtBS? ? n.L x?"
es are spoken of as
dist church, Ptoman Catholic, Luther
an, .episcopal ana so on, with the!
one exception of the Baptist. They
use the term denomination more
tnan church, their form of govern
ment oemg such as to make
word more strictly correct.
that
than
church. The BaDtists also use thai
word church but prefer as I have!east of 0xford on the Oxford-Hen-been
informed the word denomina- derson road' whicl1 was bought by
tion. The word altar and Presbv-' the Granville Real Estate & Trust
terian are as far apart as Rome und i
Etn?a' S0L ""J? ! al
iai in a i-resDyierian cnurcn. or
home (where a wedding occurs) is
entirely un-orthodox and wrong. And
still another thing that needs
strightening out in church lore is the
use of the words minister and cler
gyman. The former of course means
all who minister in pulpit or chan-
;v"r"vT oViT i u i
f?r those wh? Pach the gospel, but
clergyman, by denviation "cleri
ous," priest and by usage in Eng
land means the established church.
Non-ritualistic churches never use
the word clergy as signifying their
ministers.
And then the house in which the
ministers, or clergy live. They also
es use tne word rectory. .tjapust
Lutheran, and Methodist say par
sonage, and Presbyterians and Con-
j gregationalists manse. In Scotland
"majise". is the house of an eccle-
age.
SUBJECT FOR A SERMON.
"Let Moderation Be Your Rule;
Excess Denotes a Fool.""
While talking the other day with
Mr. J. F. Meadows, who is always
practical and to the point, the con-
versation touched upon a general
rule of living right in the sight of
God and man, when he quoted an
old maxim as follows:
"Let moderation be your rule; ex
cess denotes a fool."
"Where did you get that pretty
and wholesome maxim?" we asked
Mr. Meadows.
"Yes4 it is very impressive and I
hope it will endure forever," said
Mr. Meadows. "Wheji I was a boy
my mother frequently called her
children about her and impressed
the truth of the saying upon our
memory, and the more I think about
it the broader it gets."
Dr. E. B. Meadows and Mr. J. F.
Meadows are brothers. They are
splendid examples of what a maxim
of right living means to men. The
dear old mother laid the foundation
upon which they stand.
COUNTY TEACHERS MEET
Fine Looking Body Of Intellectual
People.
A most enthusiastic meeting of
the Granville County Teachers was
held on Monday in the graded school
auditorium. A holiday had been de
clared in the county that all the
teachers might attend and it was
an inspiring sight to see assembled
this erreat bodv of educators. The
graded school declared a half holi
day. The" meeting was presided ov
er by Supt. J. F. Webb and opened
with prayer by Rev. R C. Craven.
Interesting talks were made by Col.
H. G. Cooper, Mr. Craven, Mr. High
smith, of Raleigh; Dr. Morris and
Prof. G. B. Phillips. The teachers
were all inspired to work even hard
er during the coming sessions.
THE STATE FAIR
To Be a Record Breaking Crowd All
This Week.
(Raleigh Special:)
Raleigh, Oct. 21. Unless every
sign fails, three hours .before Gpv
ernor T. W. Bickett formally opens
the fifty-eighth Great State Fair this
afternoon at 1 : o'clock a- record
crowd will be . pouring', through the
gates -and North Carolina's indus
trial exposition, peace jubilee and
family! reunion will be; on. ;:
THE GBAKVILLE MOTOR
The Granville Motor Company
which adjoins the Oxford Buggy Co.
has a fine display of cars and trucks
on the floor and more to arrive this
week The Columbia Six is being
lemonstratea; car load of Dorts t and
all kinds of trucks are on the floor,
and a car load of Briscoe cars are on
the road.
tFORD, NORTH CAROLINA,
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BUSINESS ACES.
The aces of business may be
f?rad among the advertisers.
Watch the aces and it will
pay you.
uThe, aces of bargains are in
the advertising columns of the
Public Ledger.
The aces of enterprise are the
advertisers.
The aces of public service
tell of this service through the
columns of the newspaper. ,
The aces of money-saving
opportunities are to be found
in the advertising section of
the Public Ledger.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
Mr. J. L. Jones Buys the Residence
of the Late Dr. Ferebee-Capt.
Royster and Others Acquire
Property.
The home place of the''-late Dr.
Nelson Ferebee, situ&ted'at the eas
tern end of High street, which was
subdivided, was sold last Friday at
public auction. Mr: J. L. Jones, of
uuiDretn, purchased the residence
and certain land.'' The other divis-
luno vycic yurunasea dv otner nar-
ties' tne tot.al amount for the entire
yioperAv DemS aoout $14,000.
lne H- H- batman place, one mile
company ten days ago for $12,000,
changed hands last week. Capt. B.
S. Royster, Jr., now owns the prop
erty. The consideration has not
been made public, but it is under
stood that Capt. Royster paid $14,
000 for the property.
"Brantwood," the summer home
of Mr. Hicks, of New York, situat
ed on the National Highway one
mile north of Oxford, which contain
ed 12 6. acres, and which was acquir
ed by Mr. I. W. Mangum a few weeks
ago for about $38,000, was sub-divided
and sold last Friday, Mr. Man
gum retaining the residence and 26
acres. The 100 acres brought $20,
000. Dr. Nelson Thomas, Mr. John
W. Hester and possibly others were
the purchasers.
As stated above, Ir. Mangum re
tains the residence and 26 of the
most choice acres. The residence
alone could not be duplicated for
$30,000.
SUGAR FAMINE COUNTRY AVIDE
Japan Grabs the Output of the Pa
cific Islands.
,The Baltimore American says:
"There is a near-sugar famine all
over this big United States a worse
situation as to sugar than has ever
before evolved. It is an evolved sit
uation that people nowhere were ex-J
pecting. Six months ago statements
,were civen out from Federal Food
control sources which conveyed the
-
impression that there would be no
further trouble about sugar. . As to
winter prospects there seems to be
no break in the gloom that over
hangs the sugar situation.
"Sugar-growing is a specialty of
the Hawaiian Islands, and the Phil
ippine sugar crop is of large export
importance. Japan, it seems, has
been permitted to close an option up
on the Hawaii output, and, also,
there is reason to assume, the Fil
lipinos' surplus has been diverted to
other markets not shunted to the
United States as it could have and
should have been moved.' '
THE TWO GOVERNMENT TRUCKS
HAVE ARRIVED HERE
Will Be Placed On the Roads of the
County At Once.
The two government trucks, se
cured by the County Commissioners
for road work, have arrived. Large
and strong, the trucks look as if
they have never been used.
In capable hands, tnese iwu uuvM
fifteen or twenty mules
to say nothing of the great saving!
in wages paid to drivers.
With a right and left hand drag
f no twn machines it
k nnceihiA tft machine tne,
YVUU1U .
road from Oxford to Cree dmoor,
thence by Wilton to Oxford m one
day. '
NOT A WOUNDED SOLDIER
HAS A REPULSIVE FACE
Many of Them Look Better Than
They Did Before Being
Wounded
Facial reconstruction has been so
successful that there is not an Ame
rican soldier, wounded in the war,
with a repulsive face, according toa
report made to the convention of the
Association of -Military Surgeons of
the United States in convention at
St Louis last week.
"There are a few exceptional cases
where the faces are more shapely
than before the wound was inflicted,
says the report.
drP harte holds revival
services in virginia
Rev. Frank Pool Will Preach Here
Next Sunday. '
Dr. J. D. Harte, pastor of the OX
fordford Baptist cburch left yester
day for Parksley, Accomac county,
Virginia, to hold revival services in
one of the churches of his early min
istry He will be absent from Ox
ford about ten days.
Rev Frank Pool, of Wake Forest,
wiU nil thl pulpit at the Oxford
Baptist church next Sunday.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1919
MAYNARD COMPLETES v
FLIGHT ACROSS THE
COUNTRY AND BACK
The Flying Tar Heel Parson Was
First to Finish Army's Great
Transcontinental Air Race '
Traveled Through All Kinds of!
1
Weather at Nearly Two
Miles a
Minute.
SUMMARY OF MAYNARD'S TRIP
The following table shows the
destinations reached bv Lieut.
enant Maynard at the end of I
eacn day's flight in his 5,200
mile journey:
. . WESTBOUND
Left Mineola, Oct. 8 at 9:24
a. m.
Place
Chicago, Oct. 8 .
Cheyenne, Oct. 9
Miles
. 805
. 786
. 487
. 518
1:20
Miles
. 356
. 642
. 342
Salduro, Utah, Oct. 10
San Francisco, Oct. 11.
EASTBOUND
: Left San Francisco at
p. m. October 14.
Place. x
Bat. Mt., Nev., Oct. 14 .
Sidney, Neb, Oct. 15 . . .
Wahoo, Neb., Oct. 16 ..
Clevelond, O., Oct. 17 . .
Too
Mineola, Oct. 18 ......... 498
Forced Landing.
Steering by compass and flying
at an average speed of nearly two
miles a minute 5,200 miles across
the continent and return, through
snow and. rain, Lieutenant B. W.
Maynard landed on Roosevelt" field,
Mineola, N. Y., at 1:50 o'clock last
Saturday afternoon, the first avia
tor to finish in the army's great
trans-continental air race and relia
bility test. He carried as passeng
ers Master Electrician W. B. Klien,
of ' Harrisburg, Pa.,- whom he de
scribed as deserving the "greatest
cvredit," and "Trixie," a German po
lice dog. - "
Changed Motor in Cornfield.
.Under the rules of the contest,
however, time spent between con
trol stations must be counted in the
actual flying time as computed by
the army in deciding the winner of
the race. This means that the 18
hours Lieutenant Maynard spent
changing motors in a corn field, at
Wahoo, Neb., where he was forced
down because of a broken crank
shaft, will be added to his official fly
ing time. The-unofficial total elaps
ed time on the return trip was 92
hours, 32 minutes and 48 seconds.
Including three days spent in San
Francisco the round trip was made
in approximately 10 days and five
hours.
Brave Boy
Undaunted oy the fact that ten
lives have been lost directly and in
directly as a result of the race, Lieu
tenant Maynard announced within
an hour after he had landed that
within a few weeks he would at
tempt a one-stop flight from Mineola
to San Deigo, Cal., with Dallas,
Texas, the only stopping point.
RESOLUTION BROUGHT ,
UP IN HOUSE HOLDS
SUGAR FOR AMERICA
Resolutions Call Upon Army and
Navy Heads to Report on Sugar
Held by Government With View to
Distribution to Public.
(Washington Special.)
To prevent a sugar famine in the
U. S. an embargo on the exportation
of all raw and refined sugar and su-
igar cane is provided in a resolution
introduced in the house by Repre
sentative Dallinger, Mass. Other
resolutions of Dallinger call on the
secretary of war and of the navy to
inform congress of the surplus sugar
they have on hand, with the view of
devotring it to public use. The em
bargo proposed is for six months or
aa Inner as thereafter as the Presi-
dent may determine by proclamation
DDPTHERIA IS ALMOST
AN EPIDEMIC IN THE
STATE THIS YEAR
Number of Cases in September Ran
Over 700, Double Last Year
Raleigh, Oct. 20. The epidemic
of diptheria in the state this year
during the month of September ran
over 700 cases, or double the num
ber the same month last year, and
during the first two weeks of Octo
ber 369 cases were reported. This
is more (than the number reported
during the whole month, of October,
1918, when 2 3 3s cases were report
ed. FIVE HUNDRED VACCINATED
AGAINST THE SMALLPOX
Dr. J. A. Morris, county health of
ficer, has had his hands full since
trfe smallpox made its appearance in
the county a few weeks ago.
He estimates that more than five
hundred people have been vaccinat
ed against the disease since it made
its appearance here.
While not at all alarmed, Dr.
Morris is devoting much of his time
to prevent the spread of the disease.
nhn jfe ftrm's Pall Opening Sale
mi. v.;,, trnnia OfnT1 OTT1V Sale at
nv, & sati's is an event of great
importance to the buying public.
You will note the prices quoted m
lv: Axt r ha loat naze of this
oii not accordingly. When it
is advertised or sold elsewhere it is
always cheaper ai uuuu , v- .
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CHANGE OF SCHEDULE ON
MAIN LINE OF THE
SEABOARD RAILWAY
There Is No Change on the Oxford
Henderson Branch Line.
Effective on nnrl q f tor Cnmioir
no'n last a slight change of the main
line trains of tne Seaboard Railway
TIT A 1
was inaugurated.
Chief interest in -the hew arrange
ment centers in the fact that thej1? marking him up for another
shoo-fly is operated on Sundavs as
well as on week days. It is run on
the same schedule as has prevailed
f or some time, arriving at
Hender
son, southbound at 9 a. m., and re
turning north will arrive at Hender
son at 6:48 p. m. The train will
make the same run as on week days,
with a round trip between Weldon
and Raleigh. - .
A new train has been put on. It
will not carry passengers, however,
and will be limited altogether to the
express business, relieving Nos. 3
and 4 of much of the delay occasion
ed by the heavy traffic.
: There is no change on the Oxford
Henderson and Henderson-Durham
branch line.
TOBACCO OX THE
OXFORD MARKET IS
THE HIGHEST EYR KNOWN
Tobacco on the Oxford market last
week, and every day was a 'big day,
avfirae'firi $R0 ftO fnr tho on ti I'O flro
days. This is the highest figure ever
known. On Friday the average was
$62.15 for the market.
On Monday of this week the mar
ket opened up strong. The farmers
are no longer talking about "dol
lar" tobacco. Tobacco that don't
bring $1.25 per pound on the Oxford
market is regarded as nothing extra,
and one lot sold a? the Johnson
warehouse yesterday brought $1.27
per pound.
The prices are still advancing,
but the farmers are satisfied and are
marketing the weed as fast as they
can get it ready.
SAFETY COMMITTEE OF
THEV SEABOARD ROAD
VISITED OXFORD MONDAY
Made a Close Examination Of the
Railroad Property Here
Messrs. W. R. Vaughan and A. A.
Talley, two of the lynx-eyed mem
bers of the Seaboard Safety Commit
tee visited Oxford Monday in the in
terest of "Safety First."
These gentlemen made a tour of
the railroad property here with wide
open eyes. - Doubtless they will re
port on the condition of the station
platform here, which is particularly
rotten, full of holes and very unsafe.
THERE IS NO INFLUENZA
IN GRANVILLE COUNTY
On Account of the Epidemic Every
tiiing WTas Closed Up Here
One Year Ago.
If the flu is prevalent in Granville
county, Dr. J. A Morris, county
health officer, has not been advised
of it. Not a single case of the dis
ease had been reported to him up to
last Friday.
"If there are any cases of the flu
in the county," said Dr. Morris, "I
hope to be advised of its appearance
as early as possible."
"We were closed up here one year
ago," remarked Dr.. Morris, "and I
am thankful that the flu in its pres
ent form is not so deadly as it was
last year, but the greatest of pre
caution must be observed."
ORGANIZING FOR THE"
THIRD. ROLL CALL
Executive Committee Of the Gran
ville County Chapter Will
Meet Tonight.
As a preliminary for the third
roll call drive for twenty million
members of the American Red Cross,
the executive committee of the
Granville County Chapter wMl meet
in Prof. J. F. Webb's office at the
Court House tonight to organize the
work in the county.
The Third Roll Call is for the pur
pose of seeing the last soldier clean
through; to save the lives of Ameri
can babies; to stop the spread of in
fluenza; to send food to starving hu
manity abroad; to provide more hos
pitals and nurses at home; to make
the next generation healthier than
ours, and to build up a safer, hap
pier America.
THE GERMAN DOG "TREOE"
It Belongs to the Brother of a Young
Lady At Oxford College.
When pretty ltitlie Miss Wilson,
of Sampson county,, who is now at
tending Oxford College, learned that
the flying parson, W. B. Maynard,
of her county, had :won the trans
continental air race and landed safe
lyat Mineola, N. Y., last week, .her
heart jumped with Ipy.
"Trixie," the German dog that ac
companied Lt. Maynard, said Miss
Wilson, belongs to her brother, who
was a lieutenant in the A: E. F.
THE COLORED PEOPLE ARE
DOING GOOD WORK
Raised $1,011.62 Last Sunday For
New Church.
The First Baptist church,- color
ed, of Oxford, raised $1,011.62 list
Sunday for their new church. " The
membership anticipate with much
pleasure the prospects of getting in
to their new church building at an
early., date. ;
NUMBER 84
SOIE OFJTHE THINGS
THAT AN EDITOR HEARS
The Families in Granville Are
ST1;gi5maIIeiwXow There Are
Hld With-
An old friend who has been a sub
scriber to the Public Ledger iov th
ty-four years called on the Public
Ledeer th niv. a . UUili'
1 , , ua aim wnue we
bill, which necessitated us to send a
boy to the bank for. the change, the
? dientl,eman remarked that back
in .the olden -times, when he was a
boy so high, nine children or more
was nothing uncommon in the fami
nes of Granville county, and in near
ly every family there were children.
I venture to say.V added the old
gentleman, "that I can count on the
fingers of my two hands all the fam
ilies m Granville county at the pres
ent time that have nine or more chil
dren and there are hundred of fam
ilies that have none at all."
"How do you account for the de
crease in the birht rate," we inquir
ed. -
"My theory," said the old gentle
man, "is that we are living in a fast
age and don't want to be bothered
with a lot of children."
Drawing his chair up a little clos
er, he whispered:
"It is "a well known fact that white
the white families of the county are
J .
decreasing in size the negroes
are
increasing at a wonderful rate, and
m a proportionate number of years
they will outnumber the whites two
to one and then, mark what I tell
you; there will be H 11 to pay."
THE GREATEST MAN THE
: STATE EVER PRODUCED
And the Hottest Day In the State
Was August 1, 1881.
In his interesting letter, publish
ed in the Orphans' Friend, Col. Fred
Olds says:
"The people of Kinston and of the
fine county of Lenoir set great store
by the memory of Richard Caswell,
who has been declared by a great
authority to have been the most
notable man North Carolina ever
produced. Caswell was many-sided
j and could be anything, from gover-
nor or iNortn uaronna ail the way
along down to member of a village
council.
"A remarkable thing about Cas
well is that in no case did his own
town and county people knock him.
It is true that one man - tried to
blacken his character, alleging that
he "was a hog thief, hut' the base fel
low who made-the jcharge had to
make a run tor it to save "nis own
bacon. In other words Caswell was
citizen, patriot, soldier, law-maker,
governor and gentleman. It was Na
thaniel Macon, himself of great note
in this commonwealth and elsewhere
who paid Caswell the compliment
set out in the opening paragraph of
this story.
r "The first memorial erected to the
memory of Caswell was a monument
in Kinston, at the intersection of
King and Caswell streets, on the
first day of August, 1881. That day
goes down into history as the hottest
ever known in North Carolina. The
temperature was over 90 degrees a.
little after 8 o'clock in the morning
. A , m Am mm m a . a
land kept on climbing. At least 10,-
000 people were present and over
150 were sun-struck, three of them
dying." V: "-7-; '
THE ANNUAL CONVENTION OF
NORTH CAROLINA BAPTISTS
- -v
(Special to The Public Ledger.)
Raleigh, October 20. The Annual
Convention of North Carolina Bap
tists will be held in Raleigh begin
ning November 11. The change of
place was the direct result of a wide
spread opinion that because of the
Baptist . 7 5 Million Campaign, the
Convention should be held in a cen
tral point. The convention will be
held on the "pay plan" all messen
gers paying their own expenses. Ar
rangements are being made to care
for several thousand vsiitors.
OXFORD IS THE BEST
TOWN IN THE
STATE"
That Is What Col. Osborn Says A
bout His Old Home Town.
Col. W. H. Osborn, of Greensboro,
was in Oxford last Friday and got .
away before most of his friends got
a chance to see him. He .is looking
fine after riding to and from his
Guilford farm all summer. He likes
to call himself a farmer, but he is
an agriculturist. 1 .
Col. Osborn has a profound love
for his old home town and the peo
ple of Granville. Standing on the
corner and gazing up and down the
streets, he remarked that Oxford is
the busiest, the people better dress
ed and more highly cultured than
any town in the State.
Oxford has a soothing effect oa
Col. Osborn. When he comes to his
old native town he leaves all care
behind and sleeps well, just like he
did when tucked away under the
parental roof by a fond mother.
URGE RETURN OF ROADS
BEFORE COMING NEW YEAR.
National Association of Railway and
Utility Commissioners Oppose .
Federal Ownership.
Return of the railroads to private
ownership not later than. December,
31, 1919, is urged in a resolution a
dopted by the National Association -of
Railway and Utilities commission
ers -at the Closing session ot its an- .
nual convention at Indianapolis last
Friday. . .'
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