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A VOL. XXXVI DRILLING A DEEP WELL TO ENLARGE THE OXFORD WATER SUPPLY Struck Solid Rock At a Depth Of Three Hundred Feet Expect To Reach Subterranean Stream At a Depth Of Five Hundred Feet And Have a Good Flow Of Pure Water By the First Of July. The contractors are having all kind of trouble drilling a well to the depth of 500 or more feet at the south end of Hancock street to en large the Oxford water supply. They began boring the well in July and the old steam engine that furnished the power has been puffing and blowing every day since, Sundays excepted. One Hundred Feet Deep. The first hundred feet was easy sailing, but at that depth they struck sand-stone and the drill snapped off the boaring rod and it required sev eral days to unfasten the broken part and lift it out. The well is one foot in circumference and the drill weighs 1000 pounds. It was a very tedious job fishing for the impediment with grappling irons and winding it out of the stone and lifting it to the top of the earth-, - Two Hundred Feet Deep. ' After boring through fifty feet of sand-stone they struck a stratum of gray dirt forty feet thick, after which they struck hard rock and another drill was broken. After a delay ol several days they fished the steel point out and continued on through the rock at the rate of twelve or fourteen inches a day. Three "Hundred Feet Deep. Having passed through three stratums of earth and two of stone, the drillers made good headway until they struck the third strata of stone last week. The bed of rock that they are now penetrating is not as hard as the second strata of stone, which leads the contractors to believe that, the rest of the distance will be com paratively easy. No Indication Of WTater. The dirt and stone so far lifted from the well is as dry as powder and shows no signs of dampness- Profes sional deep well diggers state that they always stiike moisture immedi ately beneath the third stratum of stone, and they say they have, known drills, weighing a half ton to be blown to the top of the ground by the force of the subterranean . stream, and they tell us that therhave known of instances where the drill has fal len from the boring shaft into sub terranean streams and was never re covered. Substantial Flow Soon. Mr. C B. Keller, superintendent of the Oxford Water Company, stated yesterday that the contractors will go to a depth of 500 feet for a stipu late! amount and as far below that depth as is required to obtain the ne cessary flow of waert at so much per foot. He is expecting to reach water at a depth of 500 feet In that event, says Mr. Keller, the well will be ready for use in June or July if the contractors experience no more de lays. As Cold As Ice. "Don't you know," said Mr. Keller, "that the water at a depth of 500 feet is as pure as the dew from hea ven and as cold as ice!" OXFORD BAPTIST BARACA CLASS CHALLENGE PHDLATHEA CLASS riie Race Is On For Increased Atten dance Of Each Class. Judge Devin stated to the Oxford Baptist Baraca class last Sunday morning that he addressed the Bap tist Baraca class at Greenville the previous Sunday and was favorably impressed with the enthusiasm mani fested by both the Baraca and Phila thea classes, and attributed the inter est largely to a challenge the Phila thea class flaunted in the face of the Baraca class to the effect that if the attendance of their class was not dou ble that of the Baraca class from Sun day to Sunday they would treat The Philathea class, said Judge De vin, is largely attended by the girls of the East Carolina Training, and they can very well afford to chalenge the Baraca class. On motion of Judge Devin, the Ox ford Baptist Baraca class issued a challenge to their sisters and sweet hearts in the Philathea class, to the effect that if the attendance of the Baraca class is not double that of the Philathea class every Sunday, the class failing to win thereby obligates to treat the victorious class to a royal good supper. The Philathea class accepted the challenge with a smile and the race is on. Supper will be served in June and December. DANIELS WILL PROBABLY BE CANDIDATE FOR U, S SENATE Eastern Men Predicting He Will Seek Simmons' Seat. Washington correspondent of the Charlotte Observer says: "Eastern men watching the political develop ments of this general assembly are "willing now to lay a wager that Jose Phus Daniels will do battle in 1924 with Furnifold McLendon Simmons unless the senior senator surprises his close friends and contents himself with laurels already won." It will pay to avoid the Fat Head who acts like he had the World on his shoulders and is afraid it is going to slip off. Your battel should have water About every two weeks. Stop at Wil lard Service Station. PUBLISHED S E MI-WEEKLY TO WN AND COUNTY OFFER BRILLIANT OPPORTUNITIES-AIL HOME PRINT. . i ftT-VTB A UOUNTY-UTDE SPECialT TAX SCHOOL FOR GRANVILLE Note the Conditions In 1897 and the Existing Conditions Now. In 1897 the Legislature passed an act requiring the County Commis sioners of every county in the State to call an election in every township to determine whether or not a spe cial tax should be levied to supple ment the general school fund. This act provided that for every dollar or special tax paid by the people in each district the State would pay to the district the same amount up to $500. Under the provisions of this act an election was held in Granville Coun ty in every township in August 1897. The vote stood in the county 307 for special tax, 2174 against special tax. Not a single township in. the county gave a majority for the tax. In Tally Ho there were only two votes for and 326 against the tax. This in spite of the fact that the schools, would have received two dollars for every one paid by the residents of the dis tricts. This was a fair measure of the in terest in public education in Gran ville County twenty-four years ago. At that time the total amount spent on the white schools of the county was less than $6000. The total white school property was valued at $4655. These figures include the town of Oxford. The lowest paid teacher in the Oxford Qraded School today receives more than was spent on the whole township at that time. The $850 spent on the white schools of Oxford township at that time was less than the janitor ser vice of the Graded School costs to day. We have gone a long way, from 1897 conditions. Forty school dis tricts have voted special tax. The school property is worth over $300,-000-. The interest in education has gradually spread until now most oi the people are. sufficiently interest ed to want better schools for their children. The time has now come for a county-wide effort to give every child the advantages of a good school. An election has been called to vote a county-wide special school tax to take the place of the district taxes. This will give a uniform rate and uniform advantages to all the chil dren of the county. . There are many advantages in this county plan that cannot be explained in a short news-, paper report. Every voter ought to thoroughly inform himself on this question before deciding how to cast his vote- A detailed explanation has been prepared and will be mailed to anyone desiring information on the subject. J. F. WEBB, , County Superintendent. THE MARKETING PROBLEM The Improvement Must Be Made Gradual One of the important fundamental problems confronting marketing a gencies, according to ?h? Bureau of Markets, United States Deparimenv of Agriculture, is the education of the public to a point where it will generally realize that tno present marketing system is a product of evolution; that improvements must be made gradually by changes in me thod and procedure and by eliminat ing specific recognized evils; that it is impossible to set up instantly a perfectly eficient and automatically operated new marketing machine; or to cure all economic ills by legis lation. The public must appreciate also, say the specialists, that mar keting is quite as much a problem for the consumer as for the produc er. WILSON CALLS SENATE TO MEET MARCH 4TH Washington, Feb. 6. President Wilson, acting on the recently com municated request of President-elect Harding, has issued a proclamation calling a special session of the senate to convene March 4. , Requests that the special session be called was made to the Presi dent several days ago by Senator Underwood, of Alabama, minority leader of the senate, who receivel the request of the President-elect through Senator Lodge, of Massa chusetts, the majority leader. The session will act on cabinet and other appointments by Mr. Harding and probably will last only a short time. REVENUE DEPT. SENDS OUT INCOME TAX BLANKS The Internal Revenue Department has nearly completed the big job of mailing out nearly 150,000 incomt! tax blanks of different kinds to all parts of the State. The blanks are being dispatched to individuals, bu siness firms and corporations as fast as they are received from Washing ton. Nearly 50,000 blanks are to go to individual income taxpayers this year, and the remainder to business firms and corporations. Mailing oJ the blanks began the middle of Jan uary and will be finished some time this month. POSTAL EXAMINATIONS ARE . TO BE HELD FEBRUARY 19 Examinations for positions as pos tal clerks and carriers will be held in several cities of North Carolina Saturday. February 19. Entrance salary for the positions is $1,400 a year with promotions up to $1,800. is?. D.N.C. TUESDXFEBRUARY 8, 1921 THE PERIOD FOR FDLING FEDERAL INCOME TAX RETURNS IS AT HAND Expert WiH Visit Oxford Monday, March 7. , A Mr. Josiah W. Bailey, Collector of Internal Revenue, states that the pe riod for filing Federal Insome Tax Returns is at hand, and those who are required by the law to file re turns are requested to render their returns at the close of the filing pe riod may be avoided. This request is made not only in the interest of the Collector's Office, but also that of the tax payers, as his force of assistants in the income tax work reduced from what it was a year ago, and it is his desire to give to the tax payers all the assistance possible. Therefore those who file, before the final rush will have a decided advantage in con sideration and assistance. Every effort will be made to reach as many tax payers at the most con venient place possible, considering the smallness of the field force- De puties will begin to cover their terri tory on Feb. 15th, and work therein until March 15 th. The Chief of the Raleigh Division set aside Monday, March 7, as the day on" which a deputy collector will be stationed in the commissioner's room in the Court House in Oxford. COUNTRY CHURCH DIRECTORY The Public Ledger invites the pas tor, or whoever may have this work in charge, of all country, churches of all denominations to send us for pub lication in Friday's issue of each week a directory of their church ser vices. These notices must be in the office by noon on Wednesday. These notices will be kept standing and publishel each Friday in order that the congregations of the country churches may know what services and when they may be expected- You are also invited to send in any spe cial church notice. Fairview Methodist Church. (Rev. C- A. Brummitt, Pastor) Sunday school each Sunday at 2 p. m-, W- C- Dixon, superintendent. Preaching services at 3 p. m. the 1st 2nd and 3rd Sundays. Sample Of Notice. The above is a sample notice, first write the name of the church; then the name of, the pastor; the hour of the Sunday School and the name - of the superintendent; Aate and hour of preaching service. There is no use to say "the public is invited," as ev erybody knows in this enlightened land of ours that they are urged to attend Sunday School and church ser vices. NO LIMIT TO WINE FOR SICK Judgment Of Physician Only Factor, Asserts Prohibition Commissioner Kramer. Washington, Feb. 7. The amount of hard liquor a sick man may ac quire legally is definitely fixed by statute, but the only limit to the a mount of wine he may obtain is the "sound and honest" judgment of his physician and, perhaps, the depth of his purse- Prohibition Commissioner Kramer, in a formal announcement, says there seemed to be some confusion as to the quantity of wine that a physican may prescribe- To clear up all doubts he lays down this rule: "Until further orders physicians may prescribe in their practice such quantities of wine as they, in the ex ercise of their sound and honest judgment, deem necessary In the par ticular case, if they, in good faith, be lieve that the use of wine as a medi cine by the person for whom it is prescribed is necessary and will af ford relief to him from some known ailment." FARM PRODUCE HARDEST HIT Five Billion Dollar Decline In Products. Washington, Feb. 7. If there is any doubt in the south as to the rea son of the depression prevalent there now a glance at the following state ment issued by the department of agriculture will clear it up. The decline in the value of farm pro ducts has been very decided in North Carolina- The drop is almost entirely con fined to crops, among which the chief declines i nvalue are: Corn . . . . .$1,662,000,000 Cotton lint and seed 1,300,000,000 Wheat 854,000,000 Hay .. 325,000,000 Tobacco 248,000,000 Oats 161,000,000 MEETING OF GRANVDLLE COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION The annual meeting of the Gran ville County Fair Association will be held in the Court House on Saturday, Feb., 12, at 2:30 P- M. All mem bers are urged to attend as this is an important business meeting. E. G. MOSS, Pres. Fair Association. Reaching the Danger Point. The Public Ledger announced a few days ago that a prominent busi ness man, who is on a still hunt for a soul mate, was at the Orpheum with a half dozen pretty girls. We notic ed last Friday, night that he had only two of the same bunch with him. By the same rule of elimination the number will soon be reduced to one. That is the real dangerous point for a bachelor. ! REPUBLICANS READY AND WILL- ING TO TAKE OVER JOBS Lining Up To Grab Everything At First ChanceOld Stuff About Spoils Still Goes With Good Demo crats. Red Buck Bryant, Washington cor respondent of the Charlotte Obser ver says: North Carolina republicans are formulating definite plans to take Democrats expect them to do that, over the federal jobs in the state, and see no reason why they should not nail down everything in sight. Their, candidate won, and this coun try is run by poiitical parties. The only serious and at the same time just criticism of President Wil son by prominent men of his own party is that he threw away good places at his disposal on "mug wumps" or "iniik and cider" repub licans instead of bestowing them on fighting democrats. The republi cans have no intention of making any such mistake. . Tentative Plan. Here is the tentative republican program for North Carolina: First, to restore as far as possible the old order of offices for the state. Second, to 'put a working republi can everywhere they find a demo crat. Third, do everything possible to encourage voters of the state to join the G- O- P. The one office definitely and vir tually agreed on now is that of marshal, and .Brownlow Jackson, of Hendersonville, will get that unless there is some slip between now and the time Normalcy is sworn in. jjjjuiej ror oiiccior The latest dope is that Frank A. Linney, republican state Chairman will be collector. He can hold this office and at the same time recruit his health, which has not been good for several months- Holton aPd Parker. w ti The disposition of Mr.- Linney would leave the district attorneyship for A. E. Holton, the old republican war horse, and John J. Parker to fight over, with the odds in favor ot Holton. Republicans point out the fact that the Winston-Salem man sacrificed a great deal to make the race for the senate against Senator Overman. " - The Power Behind the Throne . Republican National Committee man Morehead will have a large say in the naming of the republicans. He and Mr. Linney have been work ing together for several years. They will approve or veto selections. A THOUSAND GROWERS SIGN IN ONE DISTRICT Over 1000 members of the Virgin ia Tobacco Growers' Association were reported from Tunstall dis trict, one of the seven magisterial districts of Pittsylvania county, at a county meeting held in Chatham one day last week. The Danville Regis ter says:. "Owing to the bad roads, com plete reports from the other six dis tricts were not available, but accord ing to estimates made the member ship in the other districts will com pare very favorably with that of Tun stall district, in proportion to their relative sizes." M'COLL PEOPLE NEARLY ALL BELONG TO CHURCH Greenville, S. C-, Feb. 7- The town of McColl, in Marlboro county, South Carolina, with a population of 2,129, enjoys the distinction of having probably the largest propor tionate church membership of any town in the country. Excluding the mill village adjoining, every man in the town except, V two is a church member; every woman and every girl beyond 12 years 'jot age is a church member and there is only one boy in the town above 12 years of age who is not a member of the church. MR. BERNARD PITTARD DIED IN CHICAGO SUNDAY Recently Joined the United States Navy Interment At Grassy Creek News . reached Oxford Monday of the death of Mr- Bernard Pittard, of Northern Granville, who died in Chi cago Sunday morning. The Public Ledger was unable to get full details' of the death of the vmimr man. We learn, however, j that the body is in transit at this writing and that ,the interment will be at Grassy Creek Church, probably this afternoon. He recently enlisted in the Navy and was regarded by a large num ber of friends as Deing a model young man. OXFORD TOBACCO MARKET There Is Less Complaint Over Prices Than At Any Time This Season. i The five Oxford warehouses had good breaks of tobacco each day last week and the quality shows-up some better than for several weeks past. Prices are firm and seem to please the sellers very well. In fact there is less complaint over prices than at any tinie this season. . Some of the largest growers who have been hold ing back their crops are now selling freely. Some fine averages, run- fling from $ 40 to $ 60 for entire loads, have been made by different farmers. There is auite a lot of the weed yet in the farmers' hands. REPUBLICANS ENDORSE MR. JAMES ROGERS FOR POSTMASTER AT OXFORD Mr. Leak Peace Endorsed For De puty Collector Of Internal Reve-j nue. The Republican Executive Com- j mittee of Granville county met in the court hpuse at noon Monday., Dr. Sykes, county chairman, presided ov er the meeting. Among other things, the commit tee endorsed Mr. James Rogers for postmaster at Oxford, and Mr. Leak Peace, one of tbe most faithful men in the party, was endorsed for depu ty collector of internal revenue. Mr. Rogers, Mr. Peace anl Mr. Fagan were the three candidates for the Oxford postoffice and each of the three have a substantial backing by the business men of Oxford. The fact that Mr. Peace did not get the plum that he was throwing at sig nifies nothing. Will Hays, More head, Grissom, Linny and Butler will split .their shirts for Peace. The party will take care of him all right and nothing short ofa$4000job will heal th wound inflicted by the lo cal executive committee. The Pub lic Ledger would like to see Mr. Peace on the ' Lame Duck Roost." GENERAL ASSEMBLY GETS . DOWN TO REAL WORK Educational Legislation Will Get Started This Wreek Roads and Taxation May Come To a Vote In tfhe House, Before End of Week. (News and Observer) The General Assembly Monday en tered upon the six week of its sess ion. While it is unlikely that either branch of the General Assembly will reach either of the two major matters before it roads and taxation the week will see disposition made of The Welfare measure, tick eradication, State-wide stock law, and the bill to increase the salaries of statutory State officers. All of these matters have been set for definite action dur ing the week. Against a total of $4,341,686 for 1920-1921, Dr. E. C Brooks, Superin tendent of Public Instruction, has rec ommended, and the Budget Commis sion concurred in the recommenda tion that $5,170,200 will be needed f or the years.19 21 and-192 2. "A --,. .-, THE AMOUNT IS SMALLER THAN WAS EXPECTED North Carolina Gave Only $119,009- 29 To European Relief Council. (From North Carolina Headquarters European Relief Council Aberdeen, N. C-) To date the people of North Caro lina have contiibuted through all sources including the Literary Di gest; to the European Relief Council Child Feeding Fund $119,009.29. Certainly we have failed to realize the dire distress of these millions of children and the imperative nec essity of relief being granted them by us when we spend in one day for manufactured tobacco $21,000.00 more than we have contributed in three months for saving child lives- Surely we can afford to contri bute to this worthy cause at least as much as we spend in a single day for tobacco. We ardently beseech the people of North Carolina to awaken to their responsibility and contribute liberal ly and at once, before it is too late, in order that these precious children may not be allowed to die. THERE W DLL Bti A SHORT CROP NEXT YEAR It Is a Physical Impossibility For the Farmers To Raise More Than a Half Crop. The prospect is that the Gran ville farmers who are signing pledges to cut their tobacco acreage one-half the coming spring, are for once, at least, signing with a determination to observe the pledge. And it is equally safe to say that the farmers who are keeping themselves in the background have quietly made up ! their minds regardless of the pledg ing movement they know what they are going to do. They will raise to bacco on the pin money basis, and they will go in for home supplies as the big thing. The conditions under which the Spring crop will be cast es tablish drawbacks in addition to the discouragements of low prices. The prospect is that fertilizer will be cheaper, but the labor situation is not improved. In fact, reports from the farmers indicate that they are being faced with greater difficulties than ever in repopuiating the tenant hous es. It would be a physical impossi bility for the farmers of Granville to raise much over half of an average crop this year if they wanted to do so A "short crop" of tobacco for 1921 seems to be one of the certainties of the year. KNOCKING THE "H" OUT OF HIGH COST OF LIVING Read the Market Letter Of T. R La nier On the Fourth Page Of. This Paper. The buying public will greatly ap preciate the reduction: noted in the market letter of T. R. Lanier on the fourth page of this paper. Occonee chee flour at $1150 per barrel; five pound bucket " , .of pure, lard $1.05; white granulated, sugar 8"cents per pound; coffee at 14 cents per pound are some of the items enumerated NO. 11 PEOPLE OF GRANVILLE INTER ESTED IN RECORDER'S COURT AND ROAD COMMISSION A partial canvass of the county in-' dicate that the people of Granville are bver-whelmingly in favor of a Recorder's Court and a Road Com mission., The Public Ledgerrlearns A that a bill for both measures will be drawn and presented to Representa tive B. W. Parham, who will Intro duce the bill. Mr. Parham will probably went to know the sentiments of the people of the county before he presents the two bills. It is stated on good au thority that in all probability a meet ing will be called next week to as sertain the views of the people on establishing a Recorder's Court and a Road Commission. THE WILLIAM T. HICKS MEMORIAL HOSPITAI To Be Built At the, Oxford Orphan age As Soon As Funds Can Be Raised. The current number of the Or phan's Friend contains a picture of the proposed William T. Hicks Hos pital, which will cost at least $100, -000. At the annual communication of the Masonic Grand Lodge of North Carolina subscriptions a little in the excess of $10,000 were made in a few minutes and a plan inaugurated whereby Masons and the public will be asked to subscribe to this great .need at the orphanage. Subscribers will have three years in which to make full payment, one-third pay able each year. The Orphan's Friend says: . "We are very much in earnest about the new hospital to be built at the Or phanage. Ever since the flu epi demic, when the need of much better facilities for caring for sick children was so emphatically brought home to us, the subject has never left our minds. We venture to say that no institution approaching the size and scope of the Orphanage' stands is so urgent need of a new hospital. There are about 375 children to be cared for at the institution and a thoroughly appointed hospital is a necessity, as we have sadly real ized on more occasions than one." The Hicks Memorial Hospital will be a great credit to Oxford; and our home people should do all they can to hurry it along. Of course, Gen eral Royster could go out into the State and get $100,000, but that's not the thingour, people should start the ball rolling with a goodly sum. A big brick and stone hospital under the big oaks at the Orphanage would add much to the civic beauty of Oxford, and it would be the talk of all the tourists from Washington to Atlanta. RECEPTION GIVEN BY MRS. JOSEPHUS DANIELS Miss Mary Elizabeth Niles of Ox ford, Was Among the Pretty North Carolina Girls Present. (Washington Post) Mrs. Josephus Daniels held her last and general reception for tno season Wednesday afternoon. She was assisted by the wives of most ot the members of the Naval Affairs Committee, Mrs. Adelaide W. Bagley. and the Misses Bagley, and a bevy of North Carolina young ladies who are attending school in Washington at Guston Hall, the Fairmont Col lege and the Cathedral School. The young ladies assisting Mrs. Daniels were: Marjorie B. Hoyt, Washing ton; Elizabeth Canady, Kinston; Mary L. Lasater, Winston-Salem; Carrie Hendren, Winston-Salem; Elizabeth Hendren, Winston-Salem; Frances Montcastle, Lester; Dorothy Mandenhall, Lexington; Mildred Cooley. Nashville; Margaret Pou, Smithfield, Caioleen Lambeth, Tho masville; Katherine Baker, Raleigh; Margaret Vaughan, Greensboro; Margaret Forester, North Wilkes boro; Blanche Balles, Wilmington; Mary Archer Williamson, Burling ton; Mary Elizabeth Niles, Oxford; Margaret Thorpe, Wilmington; and Eleanor Brown, Asheville. CONVERT COMMON TOBACCO INTO FERTILIZER NO TAX Tobacco growers of various' Stat es who have refused to sell their pro duct at the prevailing market pri ces may convert their common tobac co into fertilizer, without payment of a federal tax, under a ruling yes terday by the Commissioner of In ternal Revenue. ' Commissioner Williams held that if tobacco is used for making fertil izer it becomes a fertilizer ingredi ent and is not "manufactured tobac co" within the meaning of the reve nue laws. This ruling means that large quan tities of common tobacco will be used for. fertilizer, and we believe the idea is a good one. Southern Tobacco Journal. Fine Boys and Girls. The members of the Browning Litr erary Society of the Graded. School presented a little play Friday, en titled "Judge and Burglar," for the benefit of the fund for the starving children in Europe. . The admission was only ten cents, and $52 was realized. Miss'Janette Biggs de serves much credit for the success of the play. j. ..;.'.-. -. -il
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