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EFFECTIVE JANUARY FIRST.
The Parcels Post, the Low
Rates and Our Mail
Carriers.
On January 1, the parcels post, in
connection with the postoffice service,
goes into effect. After January 1. any
package up to 11 pounds may be sent
through the mail at a cost that is on
the average, perhaps about one-half of
the old express rate Arrangements
are now being perfected for the mail
carriers, and especially the rural route
carriers, to handle all sorts of pack
ages up to 11 pounds. This system
has been long in effect in Europe, and
in a German town, for example, the
postman, with his wagonload of pack
ages of all kinds, looks more or less
like Santa Claus making his rounds
The Oxford postoffice will resemble
an express office after the parcels post
gets under full sway, and it will be a
novel sight to see the rural carriers
plodding along the highways, deliver
ing a miscellaneous cargo. The accom
modations furnished by the new bill is
bound to be popular. The first effect
will be a very much better pucking of
goods than at present. Nothing must
be shipped that would be liable to in
jure the balance of the matter, or if
the article to be shipped might injure
the mail matter, it must be so packed
as to prevent this. Not only the
weight of the packages must be limit
ed to 11 pounds or less, but the size
of package which may be shipped
must also be limited, lhe length
must not be over six feet and the
measurement all round must not be
over six feet. Of course a six-foot
package must be some light dry goods
that weighs less than 11 pounds and
measures less than six feet long and
six feet around, and such package
would have to be neatly crated. It is
expected that this parcels post system
wiil go into effect promptly on the first
of January with great success.
The popular features of the parcels
post is that it reaches all parts of the
county, its convenience, and the low
cost of handling packages weighing
not more than 11 pounds. A lady
living on Oxford Route 1 can send her
son, who resides in New York City, 11
pounds of fresh butter for 48 cents; a
dressed turkey, neatly packed and
not weighing more than 11 pounds
can be sent from a Granville county
farm to either Norfolk, Richmond or
Washington City for 24 cents, and a
Baltimore grocery house can post 11
pounds of groceries to be delivered on
Oxford Rural Routes for 24 cents. It
is stated that the express charges on
two quarts of liquor from Clarksville
to Oxford is 30 cents. The parcels
post can beat that by over half. Aquart
of whiskey after January 1st can be
posted at Petersburg, Norfolk, Rich
mond or Clarksville, the same to be
delivered at the front door of Mr. Tom
Smvthe, Oxford Route 1, for the small
sum of 8 cents. We hardly see how
the rural carriers and railway mail
agents will handle the business, but
Uncle Sam says it must be done, even
if it requires the services of several
thousand more men to carry it through.
m
Pearson-Hines.
The following invitations have been
issued :
Mrs. Sallie Burwell Hamlin
invite you to be present
at the marriage of her niece
Miss Elizabeth Armistead Pearson
to
Mr. Leonidas Taylor Hines
on Wednesday morning the eighteenth
of December
at nine o'clock
"Stoneland"
Soudan, Mecklenburg County
Virginia.
Miss Pearson, the bride elect, has
resided in Oxford for a number of years,
and is very popular with our people.
Mr. Hines, the groom-to-be, is a son
of Mr. R. B Hines, tax collector of Ox
ford. He holds a traveling positon
with the National Biscuit Company,
and is universally popular.
AUCTION SALE,
Thursday. Dec. 12th, 1912, beginning
at 12 o'clock m, at my home 'near Sto
vall.I will sell at public auction 50
barrels good corn, three large shocks
oats, big lot fodder, tops and corn
stover, also shucks.straw, potatoes.etc
Terms cash. 3t. D. M. STOVALL.
MR. JOHN SHERMAN a well-to-do
farmer, of the Center Grove section of
Person county, was in town Monday
to attend a land sale. While here he
bought a handsome new Taylor-Can-nady
buggy from Horner Bros. Co.
CABBAGE PLANTS FOR SALE.
Nice large plants now ready for re
setting for early spring cabbage.
S A. Fleming, Hester, N. C.
Mr. E E. KNOTT, of northern Gran
ville, was in town Monday and rode
home in a fine new rubber tire Taylor
Uinnady buggy bought of Horner Bros
U. He selected a 16 inch body but
it is not supposed that he will ride by
himself all the time
HORSES AND FARM IMPLEMENTS
FOR SALE.
"1 sell at
.horses,
v. Dec.
my home near Creed
farm imnlempnts Atr
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icv;. in, ai iu o clock,
i: S. D. BRAGG.
OUR SLOGAN-OXFORD
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HEvnts of interest (Batt
ered 3fere aitfc DI)ere.
A man believes iu principal so as to
argue about them.
Read the sale of land advertised in
another column by T. G. Stem, Trustee.
It is said by many a bewhiskered man
has been known to tell barefaced lies.
It is said no bed could ever be built
big enough to keep cold feet out of
reach.
Mr. John Williams was confined at
home Sunday and Monday on account
of sickness.
A number of our young people are
prepairing to quit single blessedness
and try "double cussedness."
We are pleased to learn that Miss
Mamie Royster, who was brought home
some days ago from Henderson quite
sick, is some better.
There will be a sale of Christmas ar
ticles in Perkinson-Green Co.'s wi iow
Saturday, December 7th by the Meth-
djst Philathea Class.
A rise in the price of corsets shows
that the Corset Trust continues to
take advantage of its opportunity to
queeze women for what it can get out
of them.
Mr. J. G. Royster. the UD-to date
well borer, is sinking one each for the
following gentlemen near Tar River:
Messrs. Albert Crews, Robt Crews and
David Crews.
Say, girls, do you know that the time
for prosposing is drawing to a close ?
You only have four more Sunday
nights in which to avail yourselves of
leap year privileges.
Help out a worthy cause. The Bap
tist Philathea Class will serve oysters,
turkey, chicken salad, cranberries, ice
cream and cake in Armory Hall Fri
day, December 6th, from 4 to 10 o'clock.
Let our Town Authorities begin now
to make preparation for the improve
ment of the streets as we want to
make Oxford as attractive as possible
by the time the Methodist host meets
in Oxford next year.
The Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance
Association held a meeting in Court
Houe Monday and reports of the ex
cellent officers showed the Association
to be in a healthy condition, and we
wish it continued success.
Mr. H. H. Callis, who has conducted
a repair business in Oxford for a long
while, has decided to retire from the
bugy business and locate in Rich
mond. He is an excellent painter and
we wish him success in his new home.
It won't be long now before we hear
of smallpox here and there. One
thing is certain, however, and that is
that it will not get any vaccinated folks.
A gre-U many of the unvaccinated
ones would escape it, too, if they did
not huddle up into close, unventilated
rooms.
Improved agriculture will furnish the
material basis upon which will be built
an improved highway system, a better
school system, better sanitary sur
roundings, happier and richer home
life in the country, a more contented
population and healthier social condi
tions. In an interview recently in Ashe
ville Gov-elect Craig declared that
questions "relating to farm life" were
the most interesting to him and would
be urged by him as being of such fun
damental importance as to merit pri
marv consideration at the hands of the
next Legislature.
Christmas time is no different from
any time as far as the method of get
ting business by the merchants is con-
cerned. The man who will derive the j
most business from the holiday trade
are the ones who reach out for it The
best way to reach out for more busi
ness is by advertising in the Public
Ledger.
Mr. W. R. Harris, one of the excel
lent managers at the Oxfoid Orphan
age, and Mrs. Katie T. Harris of Rich
mond, were quietly married in Wash
ington City, November 27th by Rev.
James S. Montgomery. Mr. and Mrs.
Harris will make their home on Asy
lum street. The Public Ledger ex
tends congratulations.
There never was a time in the his
tory of Oxford that we enjoyed better
school privileges than we do now. The
Graded School is doing splendid work
under the Superintendencvof Prof J A i
Pitts. If parents of the surrounding
country want their children to have
the benefit of a good education they
can get it by coming to Oxford.
The brilliant and popular comedy.
"The Elopement of Ellen," which was
successfully rendered in Henderson by
fine home talent, will be produced at i
the Opera House in Oxford Thursday !
night for the benefit of the mission
work of the Episcopal Church. Turn
out everybody and give our Henderson
friends large house and help a worthy
cause.
OXFORDN. C, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER
Sorrv that we are forced to leave
out two death and marriage notices.
After six weeks sickness Mr. Luther
Davis is able to walk about the house,
which will be pleasant news to his
friends.
The annual Bazaar given by the la
dies of the Episcopal Church will be
held in Armory Hall on the 12th and
13th, and don't forget to attend.
The at-home that was to be given
by Mrs. William Landis in honor of
Misses Maud Parham and Lizzie Pear
son, two attractive brides-elect, has
been postponed on account of a death
in the family of Mrs. Landis.
It is said that three-fourths of the
tobacco crop has been marketed, and
that the highest prices on all grades
is still the watchword on the Oxford
market. There were large breaks at
the warehouses Friday, Monday and
Tuesday.
Greensboro and the State lost one
of its noblest women on Sunday last
in the death of Miss Stella Grimsley,
of typhoid pneumonia. She was an
educator in truest eense of the word.
The deceased was a sister of Mrs. T. L
Booth, of Oxford, who attended the
iuneral at Greensboro Mond av. and
the sympathy of our entire community
goes out to her in this sad hour.
Good Place to Sell.
We are glad to be able to sav that
tobacco is selling high on the old and
reliable market; and especially so at
tne Jonnson Warehouse. Mandum &
Watkins, proprietors. They are still
giving away $10 m gold each day,
and a load of scran will pntitlA
you to a chance as well as a load of
tobacco. See the adv of Johnson
Warehouse elsewhere in this paper
- . .
The Long Company.
The Long Company is now offering
some very nice things for little money.
A reduction on millinery for the next
fifteen days wiil hold the attention of
the ladies. This is a great opportunity
to buy up-to-date goods at a bargain.
Their line of goods in all departments
are complete andlegant. Their rugs
and druggets are beautiful, and like a
hundred other things in the large es
tablishment, would make a handsome
Christmas present. Suits and cloaks,
shoes, underwears, linens, towels,
napkins and novelties are only a few
of the many nice things in stock See
their adv. on last page of this paper.
.
New County Officers.
Last Monday, December 2d, was a
regular "March 4th" inauguration day
so far as the county officers were con
cerned, and it also reminded one of
the fading year, when we "ring out the
old and ring in the new." The old
county officers were true, competent
and faithful. The new officers, too,
are men well calculated to adorn the
high positions to which they have been
called to filled.
Mr. R. W. Lassiter, who served as
Chairman of the Board of Commis
sioners for six year, was not a candi
date for re-election. Mr. Ralph Currio,
of the old Board, whose tenure of office
expired Monday, was not a candidate
for re-election. Messrs. H. C. Fioyd
and B. I. Breedlove, of the old Board,
were re-elected and took their seats
with the new Board. The new mem
bers of the Board are Messrs. J. N
Tilley. Z W. Alien and J. P. Stedman.
After the meeting of the old Board
the new board was inducted into office
and the oath administered by J. G.
Shot well, Clerk of the Court.
Mr. J. P. Stedman was elected chair
man of the new Board, succceeds Mr.
R. W. Lassiter, who served the county
for six consecutive years with signal
ability, and we predict the same suc
cess for Mr. Stedman.
Mr. J. B. P we !, who succeeds him
self as Regi t; r of Deeds, is ex-officio
clerk of the Board.
Gen B S. Royster, who has served
as County Attorney faithfully and well
for a number of years was succeeded
by Hon Mr. A. A Hicks, whose salary
was placed at $150 per annum. The
salary of the chairman of the Board
was also fixed at $250 annurn.
Sheriff S. M. Wheeler, who
served faithfully for four years,
has
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turing and destroying no less than 40
stills during his incumbency, was
succeeded by Sheriffs. C. Hobgood, a
competent and fearless officer. Ex
Sheriff Wheeler, as is customary, will
collect the tax for the year 1912
Mr. W. T. Lyon, the retiring County
Treasurer, served for twelve years,
and no county niver had a more con
cientious and fiathful Treasurer. Mr
Lyon was succeeded by Mr. A. E.
Bobbitt, a gentleman of integrity who
bids fair to serve the county faithfully
and well.
James Mangnm, the faithful colored
janitor and a life-long Democrat, is re
tained in the service of the county as
janitor of the Court House.
LOST: On Saturday afternoon be
tween the Oxford College and Breed
love &. McFarland's a black ribbon fob,
with a gold charm in shape of watch
key. Finder will be liberally rewarded
by returning same to this office.
A KODAK will
Christmas.
please your girl
J. G Hall.
NUTS, English Walnuts.Nigger Toes, j
Almonds and Pecans. We have a big
lot of nuts, candies and fruits. We can
supply your Christmas wants.
J. G. HALL.
OFFERS OPPORTUNITIES."
Baptist Meet at Goldsboro.
- The BaPtist State Convention met
m Goldsboro this (Tuesday) morning.
The annual sermon will be preached
u is evening by Rev. Q. C. Davis, of
vvmusor, or Key. j. u Turner, of Greens
boro. The convention will be heldin the
newly-erected and commodious meet
house of the Baptists, and the good
people of Goldsboro, regardless of de
nomination, has left nothing undone
that would add to the Dleaanra nrt
comfort of the Baptist host. The Bap-
usl ministers oi uxford and Granville
county, accompanied by laymen, are
m attendance.
Bad Little Boys.
We saw a gang of little boys the
other day, under a big oak tree, filling
their pockets with acorns, and on in
quiry it was learned that they were
gathering them for the purpose of "pelt
ing the people" at the Opera House.
Sure enough, as soon as the boys got
their supper they lined up at the Opera
House ready for the fun. The crowd
began to gather and the acorns and
hickory-nuts began to fly about the
room. If you think it funny, just ask
the old bald-headed man who sat in
the front, his shining pate furnishing a
target for the the bovs.what he thinks
about it.and if he does not object we
fail to see how any one else could, un
less it was the parent of the extraor
dinary marksman, whose aim was very
true. There are some very good little
boys in Oxford, but a host ot them are
not so good, a few still worse, and the
remainder wiil bear watching. It
would be well for parents to explain
to these little fellows that the Opera
House is not a shooting gallery.
Stark-Burdsall Marriage.
The Asbury Park Press of Novem
ber 27th contains the following:
Miss Mazie Birdrsall, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Hudson Birdsall, of Man
asquan, N. J , was married at noon to
day to Mr. W. Edward Stark, ot Ox
ford, N. C. The wedding took place at
the home of the bride, only immediate
relatives being present. Miss Liilian
Benedict was maid of honor and Miss
Ida Birdsall played the wedding march.
The ring ceremony was used, Rev. R
B. Stephenson, pastor of the First
Methodist Church of Manasquan, offi
ciating. Mr. Arthur Birdsall was
groomsman. The bride was charmingly
attired in white chiffon over white
satin.with pearl trimmings, and carried
abouquet of bride roses. Immediately
after the ceremony a delightful lunch
eon was served, after which Mr. and
Mrs. Stark left for Washington and
points South. They will live in Ox
ford N. C. The bride is a lovely and
charming young lady, and is well
known and popular.
"Mr. Stark is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Stark, of Oxford, N. C , and is
well know here, having been cashier
in the freight department at Asbury
Park for several years. They were
the recipients of many lovely pres
ents. Conference Coming to Oxford
The special correspondence of the
News and Observer in speaking of the
Methodist Conference which was held
at Fayetteville last week, says :
"Talking about laymen and talking,
the two best short speeches heard here
this week were made in the contest
for the honor of entertaning the next
session of the conference. Wilming
ton, Greenville and Oxford extended
invitations and several ministers made
good talks, but the best were made by
Governor Jarvis and Mr W. B. Ballou.
of Oxford. The governor was delight
ful in his reminiscences and happy
praise of Oxford and Wilmington, and
eloquent in adyocacy of holding the
conference in his own town. And if
the vote had been taken when he fin
ished, Greenville would have won as a
compliment to the ex-Governor. But
Mr Bailou, a business man. not ac
customed to speaking, won the day by
referring to trie great love the people
of Oxford had for Governor Jarvis and
begged the Conference to go to Oxford
so that his town might be blessed bv
having the ex-Governor once again its
guest. That compliment, plus Ox-
ford's attractions and the fact that it
has been forty-three years since the
Methodist Conference met in Oxford,
won the day for Granville's capital
Every preacher and delegate who goes
next year will be thankful that Oxford
won out, and they have already made
up their minds then to accept Gover
nor's Jarvis' invitation. In this con
nection I lecall a speech made twenty
five years ago by the late Dr. William
Closs, the big brained leader of Meth
odism in Eastern North Carolina. An
invitation was extended the Confer
ence to go to Oxford Dr. Closs had
put another town in nomination, and
opposed Oxford I am opposed to
going to Oxford. said the venerable
man in his emphatic way 'until they
get rid of their red mud. The last time
I was in Oxford it rained.and it rained
I brought enough red mud off on my
boots to make me guilty of the larceny
of real estate.' The picture of Oxford's
red mud being toted away by the
preachers, killed
conference then,
mud, but it has
trol."
its chances for the
Now it still has red
it under better con-
Mr. J F. Sherman, of northern Gran
vflle, was in town Monday and rode
home in a stylish new Taylor-Cannady
buggy, bought of Horner Bros. Co. It.
4, 1912
(Touting ait& (Being of friends
and Strangers.
Mr. J. H. O&kes, of
Oxford Monday
Route 7. was in
Mr. J S. Bailey, of Route 4, was in
Oxford Monday.
Mrs. Bonitz has returned from a
visit to Lynchburg.
Mr. R. P. Black well, of Cornwall, was
in town Monday.
Mr. A. M. Cash, of Route 5, was in
town Saturday.
Dr. Bullock, of Hester, was on our
streets Monday.
Mrs. W. H. White is visiting rela tives
in Fayetteville.
Mr. B. F. Hester, of Route 1, was in
Oxford Saturday.
Mr. "Rat" Cannady, of Route 1, was
in town Saturday.
Mr. J. T. Bobbitt, of Route 2, was m
town Saturday.
Mr. R. A. Adcock, of
in town Saturday.
Cornwall, was
Mr. J. G. Royster, of Bullock, was on
our streets Monday.
Mr. J T. Hart, of Cornwall, was on
our streets Monday.
Mr. J. S. Watkins, of Cornwall, was
a town visitor Monday.
Mr. W. H. Tillotson, Sr., of Route 2,
was in town Saturday.
Mr. N. G. Crews, of Dabney, was on
our streets Monday. '
Mr. E. C. Frazier, of Route 1, was a
town visitor Monday.
Mr. Nick Fullerton, of Route 3, was
on our streets Saturday.
Mr. S. M. Green and son, of Route 5,
were town visitors Monday.
Mr. Arch Blalock, of Atlanta, Ga .
was on our streets Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Trodden returned
Saturday from their bridal trip.
Messrs. Erby Adcock and Geo. Duke.
of Route 2. were in Oxford Monday.
Mr. and Mrs Cary Parham. of Route
5, were on streets Saturday afternoon.
Mr. J. A. Satter white, of Providence
section, was on tobacco breaks Tues
day. Messrs. Glaude Allen and Ed. Par-
rott, of Wilton, were Oxford visitors
Monday.
Mrs, Wyatt Cannady returned Mon
day morning from a visit to relatives
in Durham.
Messrs. Outlaw Hunt and Jas. Tay
lor, of the University, spent the week
end in Oxford.
Rev. J. B. Weatherspoon is attend
ing the Baptist State Convention at
Goldsboro this week.
Miss Castello and Miss Jovner. two
attractive school teachers of Cornwall,
graced our streets Saturday.
Messrs. W. S. Howell and Walter
Howell, of Fishing Creek township,
were Oxford visitors Saturday.
Mrs. Emma Lynch has returned from
a two months' visit to relatives in
Washington City and Baltimore.
Messrs. Meredith Crews, Wes. Brum
mitt and Tilden Barnett. of Shady
Grove, were in town Saturday.
Miss Margarite Cannady, who is
teaching school at Wilton, spent the
week-end at her home in Oxford.
Messrs W. R. Garner. Sim Meadows
and I. E. Harris, of Creedmoor, were
among the Oxford visitors Monday.
Messrs. W. A. Sherman, J. H. Sher
man and beorge bherman, of Berea
section, were on our streets Monday.
Mr. John Booth spent the week-end
in Oxford with his family and was join
ed by his son Shepard, of University.
Mrs. Kate Hays Fleming and Miss
Isabel Fleming,, of Kinston, enjoyed
the week-end at their old home in Ox
ford. Misses Norma Burwell and Loie
Mitchell, two popular teachers of the
Hillsboro Graded School, spent the
week-end at their homes in Oxford.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Stark arrived
in Oxford Saturday afternoon from
their bridal tour and are at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Stark on Col
lege street.
Mr. Charles E. Pugb, of Philadelphia,
and who is interested in the Hender
son Gas Works, was an visitor Monday
and informed us that we would have
gas in Oxford m about 90 days
WANTED: An experienced sales
man for a general store. Good salary
for' a hustler Write "Merchant" care
Pubiie Ledger, Oxford, N C, Dec.4.
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VOLUME 26. NO. G
THE SHOPPING DISTRICT.
The Monument in the Public
Square Is the Accepted
Centre of Gravity.
One can well imagine the important
part a large manufacturing plant, em
ploying a thousand skilled workmen
would plav in the future growth and
prosperity of Oxford. The mere form
ality of signing a deed often secures a
plant of like dimentions, but a num
ber of diversified plants, employing a
thousand skilled men is preferable
and it is not at all unlikely that we
could secure even more than this num
ber if we had the determination to
work with that end in view. Our climate
and the lay of the land make a good
impression upon those who are seek
ing investments. The soil in the out
skirts of Oxford, a mile to the north
and the west, is of the same texture
as the land in New Jersey where five
thousand glass-blowers receive $5 00
a day each; we can manufacture as
good terra cotta here as they can at
Pomona; and there is a great quantity
of other raw materials at our door, and
taken as a whole there is no better
place in the South for diversified man
ufacturing plants, and if our natural
advantages and resources were ex
ploited as they should be we would
get our share of them.
A thousand workmen, taking fiye as
a basis for each family, would more than
double the population of Oxford. Aver
aging each man's pay at $3 00 a day,
$18,000 per week would find its way to
the channels of trade. The taxation
of Oxford, all told, amounts to a frac
tion over $22,000; one thousand work
men would run this amount up to $50,
000 annually, leaving $35,n00 instead
of $15,000 for municipal purposes. With
this revenue in hand our streets and
sidewalks could be covered with stone
and cement, and new avenues oaed
up and beautified
The shopping district of Oxford will
very likelv remain where it is to-day.
It can neither expand on Main or Col
lege streets to any great extent, but
Hillsboro street, the only avenue in
Oxford, affords an outlet in each direc
tion from the public square, and the
one thing that would aid materially in
staving the present boundry of the
shopping district would be to erect a
skyscraper on the north-east corner of
Hillsboro and College streets, around
which business would cluster and cling
for a generation to come. A few simi
lar improvements on Main street
would have a tendency to permanently
anchor business in the vicinity of the
public square.
There are several ways to attract
capital, but civic pride is the most in
fallible way. We should meet the de
mands of the the town by a bond issue.
Death of An Estimable Lady.
Mrs Mary Jane Howard, sister of
Capt. T. D. Clement, died at the home
of Mr. E. N. Clement on the evening
of November 30th. The deceased was
in the 80th year of her age, and was a
follower of the Lord and Master all the
days of her life. The funeral services
were conducted by Rev. S. K. Phillips,
assisted by Rev. Hudson, and the in
terment was at the Clement burying
ground on Sunday, December 1st. The
pall-bearers were: Messrs. O. A. Daniel.
C. G. Daniel, J. H. King, Sam Webb.
J. B Bowling. R. H. Gooch. A. W. Can
nady, Nat Jones and J. W. Davis.
The First National Bank.
Thu man who does not protect his
family does not deserve a family. The
first duty of any self-respecting man is
to bank some money against death or
sickness, or any unlooked for calamity
that may befall him. If you have not
realized this before, think it over now.
By a few slight sacrifices on your part,
you can start a bank account that will
come in handy to you and your family
some day. You can start an account
with the First National Bank of Ox
ford and draw 4 per cent on time de
posits. This bank appreciates small
accounts and they have money to
loan. They invite the farmers to do
business with them. See the adver
tisement of the First National Bank
elsewhere in this paper.
Christmas Presents.
A visit to the large furniture store
of Upchurcfi &. Currin will make
Christmas shopping an easy task They
have a number of pretty things for the
home and the office. See their sec
tional bookcases, mahogany tables,
ladies' desk, brass beds, rocking chairs,
oak and mahogany, fine rugs and
druggets, felt mattresses. Nothing is
more beautiful or useful for a present
than a nice piece of furniture See
their adv. elsewhere in this paper.
Application for Pardon of P.
H. Bivins.
Application will be made to the Gov
ernor of North Carolina for the pardon
of P. H. Bivins, convicted at May term
1910, of the Superior Court of Granville
County, for the crime of manslaughter
and sentenced to the State's prison
for a term of five years. AH persons
who oppose the granting of said pardon
are invited to forward their protests
to the Governor without delay. This
the 25th day ot Noyember, 1912.
T. H. BIVINS,
Noy. 27.3t.pd. Father of P. H. Bivins,