H- ' 1
1
PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY -TOWN AND COUNTY OFFER BRILLIANT OPPORTUNITIES-AIL HOME PRINT.
VOL. XXXVI
GRANVILLE COUNTY HAS
BEEN ALLOTTED SIXTY-
f Tin? urMLM rrnrrc I
m.o Pamnn iffii For lialeitrh RpHne
JL liV V. O" ,0f i .
louay. ... ;
Suffering and starving Armenian
and Syrian children today looking to j
Jsortn uaruiuia, j.ui ouyyuii. mu reu- j
- j xi - ,3 t nxx .
ruary 14 is the date named by State
Chairman George H. Bellamy for the
beginning of a general rehet cam
paign for the salvation of these
homeless tots. North Carolina has
been asked to take care of 3,334 or
phans now at Trebizonl and some re
lief is necessary at once to keep
these children alive.
Granville county has been allotted
65 children and to properly appeal
to the people to help these needy tots
m distress the Near East Relief has
been fortunate to get the services of
Mr. J. E. Jackson as county chairman.
As head of the campaign in this coun
ty he will be surrounded by a corps
of aids who are deeply interested in
the cause and who will see that ev
ery child allotted to the county is
given support. Some donations have
already been received and they will
be credited to the county.
No general appeal has been made
in this State for the Armenians and
Svrians this year, although other or
ganizations have asked for funds.
The Near East Relief is separate and
distinct from the Central European
Relief and not one penny contributed
to Mr. Hoover's council goes to the
Armenians and Syrians. Chairman
Bellamy wants the people to bear in
mind that this is the first general
appeal he has sent out over the State.
It is therefore, urgent that some aid
be extended the starving children of
the '"Land of Horrors" before death
claims its hundreds of victims-
TRICE OF TOBACCO
RISES IN JANUARY
Three Cents xYdvance Over Decem
ber, But Two Cents U"der Season.
(State Crop Reporting Service i
Raleigh, Feb. 14. During Jan
uary, the average price of the 56,
470,843 pounds of tobacco sold on
44 markets in North Carolina, was
over twenty cents per pound. This
was an advence of three cents .over
the December sales and is less than
two cents below the season's average
The month's sales from 140 ware
houses were five times the amount
sold for the same period of last year
by 163 warehouses. - -
Winston-Salem made the best re
cord in sales, amounting to 8,893,108
pounds averaging $24.43; Wilson
second with 6.398,184 pounds at
$21.53 per hundred, Mebane led
with best prices on 683,029 pounds,
having averaged $35-63 cents on
three floors there.
The 1920 crop was the largest
ever produced in North Carolina. Al
ready the first hand sales amount
to much more than last year's crop.
The Government estimate of 384,
000,000 pounds lacks but ten per
cent of being reached if we count
the North Carolina tobacco sold in
Danville and border markets-
The Crop Reporting Service will
issue a 1921 prospectus during March
that might be helpful to the farmers
in aiding their unfinished and puz
zled plans for the 1921 planting.
The Oxford market sold 2,503,519
pounds of farmers' first hand sales
and 2,755,698 pounds total for the
month at an average of $23-89 per
hundred.
GRANVILLE COUNTY SCHOOL
CHILDREN WORK THE ROAD
Making It Possible For Them To Go
To and From Edgewood School.
It is a wellknown fact that people
the world over enjoy moving pictures
but we wonder how many would in
dulge in this pleasure if the price of
admission were to work the road
Yet this is just what the pupils ot
Edgewood school have done.
Som weeks ago the director oi
Comunity Service held a meeting at
Edgewood and presented the moving
pictures. On the occasion of this
visit the Community Service truck
stuck in the mud in sight of tne
school and was not able to go on for
an hour. The people enjoyed the pic
tures immensely and sent numerous
requests for another Visit. When
the director told them that they
could not go again until the road
improved they volunteered to work it
and work it they did.
On Friday the children collected
the necessary tools and set to work
with a will, and with such result that
ycu can get to the school house now
with very little difficulty.
Who Can Solve Problem?
Editor Public Ledger:
Who of your readers will be able
to solve the following problem? Two
friends passing a woman with a
flock of geese, made a wager as to
who should guess nearest at then
number without actually counting,
one maintaining that there were not
more than thirty, the other that
there were over forty of them. One
asking the woman which was right
she replied: "If I had as many more,
and one-half as many more, anA one
fourth as many more, I should have
one short of a hundred."
Now, will some one please solve
the problem? m
Hon. B. W. Parham, our able re
presentative in the House, spent
Sunday at home-
Tour battery should have water
about every two weeks, stop at Hit
lard Service Station. -
I OUR PRETT1
' CIV t mmm.
UNIQUiA1J3 LIBRARY,
iooKing southwest troni the court
house square, a distance of a half
mile, you will see a neat little church
'iua.cu uu a mn in uui neecy-wniie
ii- v-.;u nllu. v n j
cotton mill village. On Sunday morn
ing last, general Royster, Mr- M- P.
Chamblee and the editor of the Pub
lic Ledger spent a most pleasant
hour in this pretty little church.
We were never greeted with more
genuine cordiality anywhere, nor
have we seen a greater manifesta
tion of love and reverence for the
Master. Rev. C. A. Upchurch, pas
tor of the church and greatly beloved
by the large congregation, being de
tained in Raleigh -on account of the
critical illness of his little son, we
confined our visit to the Sunday
school, of which Mr. D. F. Lanier is
the very efficient superintendent.
There were more than 200 present,
and the singing, led by a trained
choir, was inspiring.
General Royster Talks
We took our seat . in the Baraca
class, of which Mr. George L. Cole is
the teacher. He requested General
Royster to expound the lesson, which
he did in that pleasant and inspired
style peculiarly his own. Before
launching out into the lesson proper,
General Royster told the class that
ever since he has been practicing law
he only knew of three cases of
violations in the village, and one of
them caused by a quart of liquor pro
cured elsewhere. He told the class
that the statistics prove beyond
doubt that they are living in the most
lawabiding and moral atmosphere
of any village in the State- "It is a
fact." said General Royster, "that
no person of questionable character
is permitted . to live among you,
which fact con tributes to the happi
ness and blessings of any commu
nity." The Village.
On the street leading from the
church down to the cotton factory,
one can see all over Oxford and hear
the church beils calling the people to
worship. Pointing in the direction
of Oxford, a bright little boy said:
"Over among those tall trees is where
Mr. Lewis lives." The reference was
to Mr. R- H. Lewis, manager of the
cotton mill, who is so greatly beloved
by aU, the people on the hill. . !-.
We were" impressed with the neat
ness on every hand; the beauty of Mr.
Lanier's home;, the cleanliness of the
streets and the yards; the courtesy
and sincerity of the people and the
moral tone and refinement that dom
inates the life and spirit of the village-
Of the 400 inhabitants in the vil
lage every one of them above eight
years of age is either a member of
the church or Sunday School, or at
tends divine service at least once a
week-
FERRY BRIDGE XOW
IS READY FOR USE
Traffic Will Go Over It As Soon As
Approchcs Are Improved.
(Henderson Daily Dispatch)
Information available here is that
the new bridges constructed across
Roanoke river at Goode's ferry, not
far from South Hill, has been com
pleted, anl is now in readiness for
the papssage of traffic.
This bridge was built by private
capital, furnished by citizens of
South Hill, Va., and Henderson, be
sides some from interested persons
living at points - between these two
cities. The bridge is operated on
the toll plan, and is owned by a stock
company. Charges are made for
closings of ail kinds, including persona-afoot,
automobiles, buggies,
trucks and, the like- '
EIGHT LARGE BOXES OF
CLOTHING COLLECTED HERE
AND SHIPPED TO EUROPE
The campaign in Granville county
to collect old clothing for the desti
tute in Europe was a success- Eight
large boxes, some of them weighing
800 pounds, were shipped last week.
Some of the shoes and clothing
had never been worn. Stovall came
to the rescue with some very nice
goods.
Members of the committee hand
ling the work express themselves
as being highly pleased with the re
sult of the drive in Granville.
GETS $10,750 FOR BEING
SHOWERED WITH EGGS
A special from Sumrall, Miss.,
says: A rotten egg shower is worth
$10,750 to the man showered, in the
oninion of Charles H. Franck, form
er vice presilent of the Mississippi
federation of labor, who was bombed
with ancient eggs and other missiles
lat August as he was" forced to leave
town after trying to organize a un
ion among the negro employes of the
J. J. Newman Lumber Company.
The iurv held the company blame
less, but its three superintendents
responsible and levied the penalty
against them.
CAPT. BOY-ED MARRIES
AMERICAN SOCIETY GIRL
Lancaster, Pa., Feb. 14. A- pri
vate cable from Berlin today an
nounced Captain Karl Boy-Ed,
ejected from America during the war
as a German plotter, had married
Virginia Mackay Smith. Washington
and Philadelphia society girl-
OXFORD, N. C, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1921
j MASS MEETING OF TOBACCO
(X) GROWERS WILL BE HELD
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 31ST
Dr. Joyner and Other Distinguished
Speakers Will Be Here.
' There will be a mass meeting of
the tobacco growers of Granville
county held in the court house at
noon on Monday, February 21st. Dr.
Joyner and other noted men will be
present.
Spread the news, by telling your
neighbors, and make it the biggest
and most enthusiastic meeting ever
held by farmers in Granville county.
WELL THE FARMERS
HEED THE WARNING
(Southern Tobacco Journal)
We wonder if farmers will
heed the warning that has been
given them in regard to the
planting of the next crop. Will
the farmer reduce the acreage
or will each one think that aS
all the rest will reduce this
crop this is a good tune for a
fellow to slip by with a big
one. We have known this to
be done, but we would urge far
mers against any such notions
now. The thing for each farm-
er to do is to-Rgree with himself
that iia matter vxt his neigh
bors do he will not plant more
than half of a crop, and then if
his neighbors make a mistake
he is on safe ground. We are
of the opinion that a considera-
ble reduction will be made. We
are forced to this conclusion
from the fact that fertilizer
dealers say there is a conside
rable falling off in the sale of
fertilizer, ad then iere is but
a small demand for tobacco
seed this season compared with
previous years.;
GROWERS GET SAY
SELLING TOBACCO
Commodity Organization To Make
Them Sure Of Fair Price Year Af
ter Year.
(E. G. MOSS.)
Sec. Tobacco Growers Association.
Tobacco can be marketed co-operatively
as well as "beans, eggs, prunes,
wheat, apples and other agricultural
products for which growers on the
Pacific coast are sure of the price to
be paid them year after year. Tobacco-can
' be sold commercially
through a growers' association by the
same methods in use for products as
diverse as eggs and alfalfa. Com
modity organizations are the oniy
ones that last and are effective in
marketing agricultural products-
These are some of the conclusions
of Aaron .Sapiro, who represents 14
successful growers' co-operative mar
keting associations of the Pacific
coast, and who came to North Caro
lina to give the tobacco growers the
benefit of the enormous amount of
experience in co-operative marketing
gained by growers in California dur
ing the last 25 years.
Referring to the co-operative mar
keting contract, now being signed by
the North Carolina tobacco growers,
Mr. Sapiro says: "This contract is
not a visionary thing. There is not a
single thing in this contract that is
not being done today by some co
operative association. Every point
in this contract is conditional upon
getting 50 per cent of the growers in
North Carolina, South Carolina and
Virginia to sign up, and if you can
not get 50 percent you cannot have
an association. 4
"It is not a contract made between
you and the dealer, or the ware
houseman, but between you as an in
dividual and as in a group. If the
growers want to do it there isn't a
power on earth that can keep the to
bacco growing industry from becom
ing stabilized and prosperous in a
year's time-"
HENDERSON MILITARY CO.
Personnel Jn eludes Three. Officers
and 73 Men On Inspection.
(Henderson Daily Dispatch)
With a total strength of three
commissioned officers and 73 non
commissioned officers and enlisted
men, the new lnfrantry company
here of the reorganized Nortrh Caro
lina National Guard, was inspected
and "passed upon last night by Major
Ristane of Raleigh, War Depart
ment inspector for militia organiza
tions in this State. Major Ristine
passed all the men enrolled, and
made out his report, recommending
the acceptance of the company by
the Federal government,-which will
follow in a short time.
W. T. Cheatham is captain, and
J. C. Cooper, Jr., first lieutenant,
hntb heine overseas soldiers." and
both having had partial command
in their rank as first lieutenants of
men in active warfare in the World
War. Measurement of all the men
has been completed and requisition
has been made" for the uniforms,
guns and otlW equipment required.
Union Prayer Service For Missions.
On Friday afternoon,' at 3 o'clock,
in the Episcopal church, there will
be held a prayer service for missions.
Representatives from the Missionary
Societies of all the churches will take
part in-the. program, and every wo
man is urged to attend. We need
thesie inspirations.
Tobacco brought the splendid
average price of $65 per hundred
pounls last week at ElkinThis price
was above the fondest hopes of the
growers.
GET iN LINE FOR THE BIG j
BANQUET THURSDAY NIGHT j
On Thursday night, February 17th, j
at i o'clock the memoers of the Ox
ford Chamber of Commerce, which
includes the members of the Mer
chants Association, will sit down to
a banquet in Armory Hall. The
banquet will be served by the Home
Demonstration Department of the
Womans Club. The principal speak
er will be Mr. VV . T. Dabney, General
Manager of the Richmond, Virginia.
Chamber of Commerce.,
Enthusiasm Manifested.
President Andrew Jamieson of the
Chamber of Commerce and President
William Landis of the Merchants As
sociation with the Committee of ar
rangement composed of C. S. Gai
man, J. Robert" Wood, R. H. Lewis,
Jr., and A. H- Powell report much
enthusiasm and expect the meeting
to be largely attended.
You Are Invited.
Business and professional men of
Oxford and Granville County, who
are not already members of the Ox
ford Chamber of Commerce or Mer
chants Association should join v im
mediately and at the same time re
serve a plate at the Banquet. -See
some member of. the Committee to
day and join, and thus do your part
to bring better times and better bu
siness. Don't leave it to the other
fellow, for every "man, can help.
BLOCK SALES ON THE
, OXFORD MARKET YESTERDAY
The floors of the five Oxford ware
houses were loaded down yesterday.
The first sale was at the Banner and
the second at the Farmers. The
third sale ended at the Johnson with
about half of the house sold. Ware
housemen estimated that the totiage
yesterday was at least 400,000
pounds. The offerings today is not
as heavy as it was yesterday.
The prices opened up Monday about
the same as at the close last Friday.
Some grades brought as high as $65.
Several farmers who said they would
be pleased if they realized $40 per
hundred got as high as $50, the same
quality averaging $100' last year.
DEEP SADNESS FOLLOWS DEATH
OF MR. AND MRS. HEDGPETH
Irs. Sadie Roberts, Mother Of (Mrs.
sHedgpethDied Sunday" andMrT
Roberts Is Critically 111.
The last issue of the Public Ledger
contained the death notice of Mr., and
Mrs. W. H. Hedgpeth, who died near
Providence last week and were laid
to rest side by side in the family plot
Today we mention the death of Mrs
Sadie Roberts, the mother of Mrs.
Hedgpeth,-who died last Sunday on
the adjoining farm and who was laid
to rest in the same family plot
Pneumonia was also the cause of
her death, and Mr- Roberts is quite ill
with same ailment.
BEER FOUND IN AN
OUT BUDLDING AT THE
OLD FURNITURE FACTORY
Officers Hulchins, Hobgood and
Lyon last week found two barrels of
still beer in the boiler room at the old
abandoned furniture factory, in the
i identical spot where a blockade still
was found a few months ago.
There was no sign of any liquor
having been made there, but Officer
Hutchins is of the opinion that the
beer was fermented there with a view
of taking it elsewhere to be distilled.
It was suggested by some one that
the beer was a remnant left in the
barrels when the still at that place
was captured and put out of commis
sion several months ago. After plac
ing his hands in the barrels and
smelling the mait and meal, Hutch
ins said:
"Not on your tin type; the ingre
dients have not been in the barrel
more than three or four days, just
long enough to ferment and fume."
REVENUE MEASURE WILL
CARRY ONLY THREE CENTS TAX
Graduated Income Tax Ranging
From One To Two and a Half Per
Cent.
(Raleigh News and Observer) ,.
A graduated tax on incomes, rang
ing from one per cent to two and a
half per cent, with $1,000 exemption
for unmarried men "m l wcnien aaa
$2,000 for men-and -women with fam
ilies, increased privilege, corporate
and franchise r?,xes, ami no tax on
real property oth-ir than three cents
on the $100 to be used as an -equalization
fund for public schools will
be provided for vi the Revenue and
Machinery act scheiuied for presen
tation to the General Assembly
Thursday.
OREGON TO PAY $15
TO SERVICE MEN FOR
EACH MONTH SERVED
Salem, Ore-, Feb- 14. ThesOregon
House Saturday passed a bill provid
ing a bonus to Oregon ex-service men
of $15 a month for each month serv
ed in the world war- The bill also
provides an alternative of farm or
home losses, not exceeding $3,000
If passed by the senate and approved
by the government it would be sub
mitted to the people. . - t
Real Estate Transfer.
It is rumored on the streets this
morning, and confirmed by good au
thority, that Mr. R. H. Lewis has pur
chased the large residence of Mr. M.
P. Chamblee on Gilliam street.
THE VOTERS OF THE
COUNTY ARE INVITED
TO ASK ANY QUESTION
Inquire Into the Workings Of the
Propo&ed County Unit Of School
Districts. '
The question has been raised as to !
what effect the county-wide fifteen
cent special tax would have . on the
building operations and the district
bonds already voted. -
The law already provides that
special chartered schools shall re
ceive out of the annual building
fund the same ratio that the salary
tuna of such districts bears to the to
tal salary fund of the whole country.
If this fund is large enough to take
care of the annual building cost, in
cluding interest, nn hnnrle and cinlr-
ing funds, then it will not be neces- f
sary to make a special levy for this
purpose. If it is not large enough
the difference between the amount
needed and the amount to be receiv
ed from the county building fund
will have to be provided from a spe
cial levy. .
All other districts except special
chartered districts will be thrown
into the county unit as far as build
ing are conceine(rjust as they are in
the current expenses of the schools.
District debts already incurred ana
those to be incurred in the future
will be taken care of out of a county
building fund. This will be, fair to
all sections. Each district pays its
part into this fund and in turn re
ceives its annual apportionment " In
the case of a district bond it simply
means that the people of the district
become responsible for the money
for the building until the building
fund of the county can reach the
i needs through an annual appropria
tion.
It is important to note the fact
that this plan is not dependent on the
carrying of this election. The con
stitutional requirement of a six
months' school in each district pro
vides ample machinery for making
the county the unit in building ope
rations. It requires a building and
equipment for a term of six months
It is mandatory that this be provided.
The extension of the terms' by the
special tax does not add to the build
ing cost or in any way change the
method of providing for such 'buildings-
.The answer to the question in
the first paragraph, therefore, is
that the county-wide special tax will
have absolutely -nothing-whatever-to
do with the buildings of the county
It will be used, entirely for salaries
of teachers for the extended school
terms-
Another very important considera
tion in the extension of the school
term is that the length of term six
months does not cost as much in
proportion as the same length tak
en during the six months' period
The reason for this is that in the ex
pense for the six months' term must
be included cost for buildings, fuel,
desks, insurance, supplies, and oth
er district and administrative expen
ses that have to be met whether the
term is six months or eight. The on
ly extra cost of the extended term
is for teachers' salaries.
The voters of the county are in
vited to ask any question or inquire
into any special feature of the pro
posed change. It is very evident
that thought is being given to this
question and the more the people un
derstand it the better it will be re
ceived. J. F. WEBB.
WAKE MAN ORDERS
MEDICINE BY RADIO
OUT FROM RALEIGH
The new way of getting medicine
sent to the rural district, when' a
telephone line is not available, is to
order it by radio- E. A. Dupree, a
farmer who lives --seven miles from
Raleigh, an amateur wireless opera
tor one night last week wanted some
medicine sent to his home in the
country. There was no telephone
line, so he wirelessed a local drug
store, where a clerk has a similar
set installed and gave his order.
The medicine was sent to him by
parcel post early next morning.
An Urgent Call..
All members of the Brassfield
township Tobacco Growers Associa
tion are called to meet at Wilton
school building on Friday, Feb- 18th,
at one o'clock. The business to come
before us is important and neces
sary for you to know before start
ing your crop- Our county presi
dent and secretary will be with us.
All who are not members are cordi
ally invited,-'
C W. ALLEN, Pres.
E. Y. FLOYD, Sec
FORMER KAISER IS SORRY
SIGHT IN CORDUROYS
A cablegram from'Doorn, Holland,
says: "The former German Kaiser
glimpsed today as he shuffled throu
gh the grounds of 4 his estate here,
looked like a, peasant
"What they saw was a stooped fig
ure, clad in corduroys with clumsy
rubber boots bagging the trousers
about the knee. A dirty-hued gray
sweater, the neck' sagging under a
straggly gray beard, completed the
raiment. His hands were covered
with white cotton gloves of the sort
much used by laborers'
Rutherf ordton is to have a large
modern hotel at an early: date. The
pproprietress will be .Mrs. M. H. Jus
tice, widow of Uie Jate Jftdge. Justice.
The fact that she will ; manage it
means a new yea forRutherford in
hotel accomodatipnst
NO. 13
TWO GRANVILLE COUNTY COL
ORED MEN GO DOWN TO RAL
EIGH AND GET INTO TROUBLE v
A Drink Of liquor Cost Dock Veasey
$52.40 Herman Cooper Also
Coughed Up $30 and Cost- '
(Raleigh Times) .
Two small toddies that his j wife
gave him in the morning before leav
ing home to buy hogs was mighty
costly to Dock Veasey, negro, of Ox
ford, for -each drink of whiskey rep-
resented exactly $52.40. H was
found guilty Thursday in city couiw
of speeding and operating an auto
mobile while under the influence of'
whiskey. Judge Harris fined him
$10Q and costs. . ,
veasey ana juerman uooper, a
friendy came to Raleigh in the for
mers automobile. They were en
route to Zebulon to ship two hogs
back to Oxford. Before leaving home
Veasey's wife gave him two toddies,
he stated, and the effect of the whis
key caused him to step down on the
accelerator. Officer Strickland cau
ght him making thirty-five miles an
hour on Person Street. Cooper was
found in possessions of a pistol and
he coughed up $50 and costs.
OFFICERS LAND ZEB SHAW
IN THE COUNTY JAIL
The Acute Se"se Of Smell Led Capt
Hutchins To Zeb's Door.
eoming up from Durham on a pas
senger train a few days ago. Special
Officer Hutchins of the
Squadron," smelt a moonshine still
in the woods near Wilkins- The train
was running at the rate of 25 miles
an hour when the fumes from the
still struck his nostrils as he sat at
an open window. His sense of
smell was so acute he at once real
ized that the still was within a few
hundred yards of him, and with this
knowledge at hand he rushel to the
rear platform of the train to ascer
tain in what direction the wind was
blowing. i
Hutchins came on to Oxford and
did not say a word about "smelling"
the still until next day. He asked
Sheriff Hunt to detail Deputy Craw
ford Davis, and Tipstaff Ed Lyon to
accompany him on a "little expedi
tion" to Southern Granville. On
their way down to Wilkins, Hutchins
told Davis and Lyon that Tie smelt
the still fromthe car-wfndow atid had
calculated where to find it. Enter
ing the woods near Wilkins the of
ficer's struck a bee-line for the spot
where Hutchins had previously fig
ured the still was located. On reach
ing that particular spot they found a
small running stream and on the hill
a short distance away was the homo
of Zeb Shaw, colored.
The of f ices went up to Zeb's house
and foundVtwo gallons of liquor in
his barn and placed him under ar
rest. Scouring the woods near his
house they found 300 gallons of still
beer. They brought Zeb to Oxford
and on Friday Justice J. J. Medford
Dound him over to court.
BODIES CARRIED HALF MDLE
AND LODGED IN TREES
Seventy-Five Negro Houses Des
troyed and Thirty-One Persons
Killed.
According to telegraphic reports
28 negroes and two white persons
were killed and 75 negro houses
blown away, entailing a property loss
of $600,000, was the three minutes'
work of a tornado that sweppt over,
Onconee, Ga-, last Thursday. A spe
cial from Sandersville, Ga-, says:
, "An eye witness of the tornado at
Oconee who arrived here tonight
with some of the injured said that
the bodies of ten negroes were car
ried a half mile from the path of
the storm, bodies being, lodged in
trees.
"The wind was of such violence, he
said, that one negro's body was cut
in two when it came in contact with
a tree." "
The tornado covered a stretch of
land about five miles long and half
a mile wide clear of all standing
houses and trees."
GRANVTLLE SUPERIOR COURT
Hon. J. Loyd Horton, Judge
. Presiding.
The February term of Granville
county superior court convened yes
terday, Judge Horton, of Farmville,
presiding. The docket is lengthy,
but Judge Horton is learned in the
law and possesses a business turn of
mind- This is his first visit to the
bench here-
Still At It
As will be seen in this issue of the
Public Ledger T- R- Lanier, the gro
ceryman down on Hillsboro street,
is selling staple groceries at a great
reduction. Merchants tell us that he
is selling goods at and below cost and
say the.y don't see how he can do it.
With a dozen or more automobiles
lined up in front of his store and a
half dozen clerks on the jump from'
morning to night reminds us of the
Old Dutch Market in Richmond. .
Rare Bargains.
The big special sale at the An
chor Store in Henderson is attracting
considerable attention by virtue of
tte goods and the prices. See an
nouncement in this paper.' s -i
Record-Breaking Prices.
The prices quoted in the announce
ment of Cohn & Son on the last page
of this paper points to the near ap
proach of normal times. ,
f