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PU EDGER LARGEST CIRCULATION OF ANY NEWSPAPER IN THIS SECTION OF STATE. BEST ADVERTIS.NG MMH PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION Of STA1E. AND OXFORD BANNER. BLIC , OUR SLOGAN-OXFORD OFFERS OPPORTUNITIES." SEmFwEEKLY. OXFORD, N. C., SATURDAY, MARCH 1, 1913. VOLUME 20. NO. 21 I 1 . . -- AH INTERESTING PROGRAM Oxford Music Talent Enter tains Select Audience Wednesday. The musical given by the Music Department of the VVomans' Civic Club in the auditorium of tin Graded School last Wednesday afternoon embraced a fine program. The popularity of the musicals under the auspicies of this most excellent organization, the Womans' Civic Club, is attested by the large number of those who are eager to attend them. The program .was confined to selections from American composers, and judging from univer sal pleasure expressed the committee evidentally selected the cream of the many excellent numbers. Following i the program : Of Br'er Rabbit (MacDowell). Miss Mary E. Webb. Lullaby (Nevin), Mesdames Cannadv, Shaw, Parham, Hall, Stafford and Miss White The Sum of Love Mammy's Lullaby (Cadman and Ware). Misss Eliza beth Hancock. Hungarian Etude (MacDowell), Miss Mary Whitaker. To You (Speaks). Miss Edna White. From the Land of the Sky-blue Water (Cadman). Miss Edna White. Come to the Garden, Love (Salter), Miss Edna White. O, That We Two Were Maying (Nevin), Miss Hancock. Mrs. Stafford. Novelette (MacDowell), Miss Lacy. Bluette (McDowell), Miss Lacy. Song (Shelley), Mrs. Stafford. Reading The Bells (Poe), Mrs Wood all, Miss Lacy at the piano. My Sweetheart for Aye (Galbraith), Mrs. Ernest Parham. Wynken, Biynken and Nod (Nevin), Mesdames Woodall, Stafford, Misses Royster and White. Misses Fannie Webb and May White were the ushers. It is almost imposs ible to select with justice one or two numbers of the program for special mention, so uniform was the merit which characterized them all. School Honor Rolls. The lollowing is the honor roll of Buchanan public school for fourth month : First Grade David Vaughan, Annie May Bray. Second Grade Charlotte Loftis, Ei fie Loftis, M:nnie Bray. Third Arthur Bray. Fourth Grade Dewey Lottis. Seventh Grade Fred Wilkerson. Ben Hancock, Eva Jones, Blanch Lof tis. Eighth Grade Alvis Wilburn. The teacher of this excellent school is Esma Clement. The following is the honor, roll of Fenny Hill school for the fourth month: First Grade Elvin Cottrell, Robert Hart. Second Grade Ruby Cottrell. Third Grade Lizzie Cottrell, Frank Hart, Harold O'Brien. Fourth Grade Sidney Cottrell. Fifth Grade--Allie Hart. Seventh Grade Leon O'Brien. Misses Mabel Hart and Alma Rag-la.-ul, are the teachers of this excellent school. Death of Young Man. Mr. Jesse Dickerson died at the home of his parents. Mr. and Mrs. G E Dickerson. on Route 3, on Sun Imv, February 23. after a short illness of pneumonia His remains were laid to rest at Rehoboth burying grounds on the 21th amid a host of sorrowing relatives and friends, Rev V. A. Mc Guire conducting the sad rites. The pall -hears were: Messrs. W. H. Green way, B. Y. Hunt, Dan Hunt .Harry Hunt, Aiford Vandike, Welmond Cre'-vs. Jessie was a consistant member of Pi ace Chapel, a model young man and won the friendship and admiration of every one Mr. and Mrs. Dickerson wishes to thank their friends for the services rendered in his sickness The Public Lvdger extends coudolence to the be reaved family in the hour of trial. Postal Regulations. F-r the information of our readers we v us tate that the post offices are rrquTul to dispatch and distribute mails on legal holidays exactly as on work days, but only the stamp and general deli ory window is required to open, and l it for a period of not less than one hour. All window service in excess of this one hour is voluntary j the pr. of those in charge, and the hunler. rt. s upon patrons to tranact their business of a nature requiring service at the window, during the P!nod that the same is open. WANTED- -Ail your discarded tem perance and religious papers for mis sion work. Thousauds of parents on uu.,uer with Jarge families and hunted means and no church or Sun-nay-school privileges applying to our M'ssion for free literature Write for ner.r more names and full particulars. iLi PAPER MISSION, Woodward. "k-ia. AM papers please copy , TO THE LADIES: Wanted all kinds ove W(RkoM braid ded and made or- Braids made from your own mb1Ilgs Work guaranteetL prompt air. ntion to mail orders Address Miss r, e. H'nes Manicuring and Hair UifcSMaa Parlors, Wilson, N C. SHORT LOCAL NEWS ITEMS. About People and Things That Are of Interest to Our Readers. More rain has fallen, which will do good. We are now March-ing on with the windy month. Marriage is a failure for the man who is not a success. The new spring goods are coming in and the ladies are anxious to see them. Many an apparently straight man is crooked enough to hide behind a cork screw. The residence being built by Mr. L. B. Turner on Broad street is rapidly going up The bill to revise and consolidate the charter of Oxford has passed the Legislature. Bring in your tobacco as the old re liable Oxford market will close on the 14th instant. A married woman's description of her ideal man isn't anything like the one she's got. It seems that the members of the Legislature are afraid of the bark of the noun' dog. Even if somebody does get our goat we hope they will leave the horns for us to butt with. Glad to learn that Mrs. Mat Nelson has returned from the hospital much improved in health. During the last 10 days in February 14 new subscribers become readers of the Public Ledger. Mr. T. L. Jeffreys has become a resi dent of Broad street, having moved off of High street a few days ago. The host of friends of Dr. Marsh will be pleased to learn that he continues to improve from a severe attack of the grip. Mr. Frank Blalock returned a few days ago and is busy opening up an attractive line of spring and summer clothing, etc. When you get ready to do any trad ing you will help the Public Ledger by giving its advertisers the chance to supply your wants. If you have not done so read the ad vertisement of hustling B. G. Rogers oi Creedmoor as he is a live wire on sell ing farmers supplies. It is said that a lady's party never assassinates the reputation of more people than those whose names hap pen to be mentioned there. The Legislature has passed the six months public school bill, and will pass the bill making attendance between the ages of 8 and 12 compulsory. We regret to say the behavior at the Opera House is getting so bad that the attendance is growing smaller as the nights go by. It is a pity such is the case. The housekeepers have commenced to garden, and an old-time darkey re marked the first of the week "dey is piantin' irish taters on de wrong time of de moon." If you do not advertise and help pull trade to Oxford we are both losers. You are losing business you might get, while your patronage is also lost in helping to sustain your county paper. We think if the Superintendent of the Seaboard Railroad would inspect the first-class car on the Durham and Northern passenger train he would be sure to put a clean one in its place. Look at the label on your paper and see if you are not behind on your sub scription to the Public Ledger, if so we ask you to be kind enough remit the amount as we want to make some im provements in the paper. i Our young friend Winfield Taylor, of the Carolina Power & Light Co , has been promoted and tranferred to San ford. He is a fine young man and will continue to make good, and we con gratulate him upon his promotion. The Presbyterian Philatheas will have a measuring party at the home of Mr. J. W. Brown, on High street, this (Fridav) evening from 4 to 10. "Old and young, short and tall. Come along, folks, we measure all." Bad roads cost far more than the in creased taxes necessary for the build ing of improved highways but it is hard to convince a great many people ot this fact. The mud tax is the most ex pensive of all taxes and people living in counties where the change has been made from bad to good roads realize that fact. The walls of character that a man builds will withstand the most merci less aiaults that any man can direct at them. A man's or a woman's char acter is absolutely unassailable. Rep utation may be Besmirched but not character. For reputation is what peo ple may say a man is, but character is what he really is. Gen. B. S. Rovster and Mr. Frank W. Hancock spent several day in the National Capital this week. Mr. Josh King has returned from the Northern market where he pur chased a spring stock of goods for the Long Co. Mr. Will Landis is at home from the Northern markets where he bought a large spring and summer stock of goods lor Landis & Easton. Dr. and Mrs. A. P. Tver were called in the early part of the week to the bed-side of their . sick daughter, who re sides in Winston-Salem. The Oxford people will have a lot of voting to do this spring, and everybody will have to Register anew. Mr. P. Q Bryan is the gentleman appointed to Register your name, commencing on Saturday, March 8th. The search and seizure law under went amendments whereby a man is limited to keeping 3 gallons of whiskey or 15 gallons of malt liquor, and he may receive as much as five gallons of whiskey or 20 gallons of malt liquors within four successive weeks. 'I could'nt stand up by a sunset and not believe in God, I couldn't sit down by a lily and call man merely a clod ; I couldn't climb over a hilltop and come suddenly on a sea, And not feel that more of the Master had suddenly entered Me. For this is the creed that it teaches, This book of the out-o'-doors That the more God shines in sunset The more you have made Him yours. North Granville Notes. Mr. Arthur Pittard has become one of the popular beaux of this section. In district No. 6 the school taught by Miss Esma Clement closed last Wed nesday. We are glad to learn that Mr. D. C. Frazier, who has been right sick with gripp.is improving. Mr. Alva Chandler, of Suffolk, Va, visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C S. Chandler, last week. Messrs. G. T. Pittard and J. B. Chan dler, the mail carriers of Nelson, Va., spent Saturday in High Point, Misses Castello and Joyner, the bright and attractive teachers of the Cornwall High School, and Messrs. Fred Winfree and Macon Clement were in Oxford Saturday. Misses Lucy Ragland, Jennie and Oma Mulchi, Bulah Breedlove, Messrs. Walter Puryear and Wash Mulchi were pleasant visitors at the home of Mr. G. S. West Saturday night. Regular services were held at Grassy Creek Saturday and Sunday by Rev. P. H. Fontaine and largely attended. After the service Sunday morning a large number of friends went to the hospitable home of Mrs. Sallie Pittard where a sumptuous dinner was much enjoyed. Crawfish. Stoval Short Stop. Mr. W. C. Daniel, who has the gripp, is impioving. We are glad to report Mrs. W. H. Cutts is improving. Mr. Bennie Hicks, of Bullock, was on our streets Thursday. The attendance at school is good, despite much sickness Mr. W. C. Daniel is haying a hand some office built at his saw mill Misses Ruth White and Ruth Hcr wood spent the week end in Oxford. Miss Georgia Henry, of Wendell, i3 visiting her sister, Mrs. J. G. Harris, this week. Mr. L. G. Hinson, of Drake's Branch, is relieving the Railroad agent here for a few days. Miss Mianie Frazier, of Rocky Mount, is spending a few. days with Miss Mabel Gill. Mrs. Elijah Williams and wife, of Virgilina, visited Mr. J. K. Willkerson and family Sunday. The social functions of the town are on the increase, which" indicates that the sports are not dead. Mrs. Wm. L. Taylor, wife of Dr. Taylor, and children, are spending some time in Washington. Rev. L H. Joyner has ordered the benches placed in the new Methodist church, and services will be held there soon. ' Dr. Frank Brown, department of English, Trinity C6llege, will deliyer an address in the high school building Saturday nigh. Archdeacon Hughes of the Episco pal Church, preached a masterful sermon in the Episcopal church here last Fridav night. Those who will graduate at the high school this year are: Misses Ruth WJiite, Lucy Stovall, Ruth Norwood and Pressley B. Davis. FOR SALE One-half interest in Globe Warehouse at Creedmoor, N. C , price fifteen hundred dollars. House rents for four hundred dollars per season. B. G. ROGERS. Stem Ste minings. There is a scarcity of labor in this section. Mr. L. W. Hall spent the week-end in Durham. Mrs. W. S Gooch is on a visit to relatives in Durham. Mr. E. P. Roberts, of Route 1. was an Oxford visitor Monday. Miss Grace Malone spent the week end with parents at Moriah. Mr. J. M. Minor, of Tally Ho, had a telephone installed last week. We refcret to note the illness of Mr. W. H. Jones and Mrs. W. H. Thomas son, of Stem. Mr. H. G. McFarland, of Berea. was the guest of Mr. W. E. Morgan, of Route 3, Friday. Mrs. R. M. Hester, of Tally Ho, was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. W H. Thom asson Sunday. Mr. N. L Clements, of Route 3, who has been quite ill for the past week, is much improved. Petitions for postoffice, compulsory education, good toads, etc, continue to go the rounds. Mr. W. J. Webb, of Tally Ho. left Friday for a hospital in Richmond, to undergo an operation. Mrs. W. G. Averett. of Hargrove, was the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Stem Saturday. Miss Janie Jones and Miss Myrtle Peed, of Route 2, returned Sunday from a visit to friends in Chapel Hill Elder P. D. Gold, of Wilson, will preach in Gooch's Hall Thursday night and Friday afternoon, March 13 th and 14th. Mr. Lewis Ellington, of Durham, formerly of this section, spent the week end with relatives in this sec tion. Messrs. Bryan Conoly and R. L. Brown, of Trinity College, were the guests of Dr. and Mrs. Hardee Satur day night. Mr. Joe Fuller, of Oxford, and Mr. and Mrs. Sudie Ellis, of Rocky Mount were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Eastwood Sunday. Several of the young people of Stem community were pleasantly enter tained at the home of Mis3 Janie Pearl Rogers, of Stem Route 3, Satur day. Miss Ruth Thomasson, of Oxford Route 6, has returned home from Dur ham, where she was visiting her little niece, Helen Haskins, who is confined to a hospital. A union meeting will be held at Mary's Chapel, Creedmoor section, the fifth Saturday and Sunday in March. Several good speakers will be present and deliver addresses. Miss Annie Longmire, of Oxford Route 6, happened to a very painful accident one day last week while chopping a piece of wood. A chip struck her in the eye, inflicting a very serious wound. While on their way to Tally HoSunday to visit Mr. J R. Overby, of Oxford Route 6, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Meadows, of Culbreth, had the misfortune to get their horse and buggy into a deep mud hole near Shoo Fly, from which it took six men to liberate them. On last Friday afternoon the death angel, for the second time within a month, entered the home of Mr. Allen Jones, of Robert's Chapel, this time claiming Maggie, the five year old daughter, for his own She was buried Saturday afternoon at Robert's Chapel by the side of her little brother, who preceded her to the grave a few weeks ago. On last Friday night a public debate was held at Knap of Reeds in the con test for the Aycock Memorial Cup. The affirmative was upheld by Messrs. F. P. Sherman and Bacon Hardee, of Stem; the negative by Augustus Bul lock and Alex Veazey, of Knap of Reeds. Messrs L. L Tilley. R. L. Minor and Rev. M. D. Hix were the judges, the decision being 3 to 0 in favor of Stem. In a debate held the same night at Creedmoor between Creedmoor and Knap of Reeds the de cision was awarded to the latter. Wfc are sorry to relate that the Creedmoor find Str m boys had no de bate. The Stem boys agreed to let Creedmoor select two men of the committee with theund standing that neither were .to live in or near Creed moor and both of whom were to have a bachelor of arts diploma. This was the contract, and both provisions were violated; therefore the Stem boys re fused to debate. Later two of the citizens of Stem took the negative side of the query, "Resolved that North Carolina should amend her constitu tion so as to allow women to vote un der the same qualifications as men" NOTICE In future I will make my visits to Oxford every first Tuesday in each month. My next visit will be Tuesday.March 4th,at Dr. Henderson's Dental office. MOVEMENTS OFTHE PEOPLE Personal Items About Oxford Folks and Their Friends In General. Mr. J. F Hobgood. of Route 1. was in town Thursday. Mr. Ben Dean, of Route 4, was in town Thursday. Mr. Crawford Knott, of Route 1, was in town Thursday. Mr. Will Currin, of Tar River, was in Oxford Thursday. Mr. C. H. Cheatham, of Route 3, was in town Thursday. Mr. W. S. Hester, of Route 3, was in town Thursday. Mr. W. J O'Brien, of Route 5. was in Oxford Thursday. j Mr. T. S. Averett, of Route 6. was a town visitor Thursday. Mr. R. H. Rogers, of Creedmoor, was in Oxford Thursday. Mr. S. L. Moss, of Creedmoor, was in Oxford Wednesday. Mr. E. B Mangum, of Tar River, was in town Wednesday. Mr. S. A Green and son, of Route 5, was in town Thursday. Mr. D. T. Winston, of Adoniram, was in town Thursday. Mrs. T. L. Daniel, of Berea, was on our streets Thursday. Mr. Norman Hobgood. of Route 4, was on our streets Wednesday. Messrs. Will and George Dorsey, of Route 3. were in town Thursday. Mr. N. M. Ferebee returned Friday morning from a pleasant visit to Nor folk. The popular Mr. Eugene Moss, of the Experiment Station, was on our streets Tnursday. Mr. W. W. Knott, of Church Roads, Va.. was among the Oxford visitors on Thursday. Mr. I E. Harris. Cashier of Citizens Bank at Creedmoor, was in Oxford on Thursday. Mr. J. H. Smith, the popular agent of the Progressive Farmer, was in Ox ford Thursday and were pleased to re ceive a call from him. Secretary of Navy Daniels. We are assured through the medium of Washington dispatches that Mr. Josephus Daniels is to be favored with the Navy portifoiio. It is gratifying to every man in the State to know that a North Carolinian will exercise a di rect and complete supervision of our large and growing fleet of battleships. We extend hearty congratulations not only to the gentleman who is to be come a national figure, but to the Na tion in having Mr. Daniels at the head of the Navy Department. To Be Ordained. The Right Rev. Joseph Blount Cheshire, D. D., Bishop of the Diocese of North Carolina, will, on Low Sun day, March 30th, ordain to the Sacred Order of Deacons, Lewis N. Taylor, A. B ,of Oxford. Service will take place in St. Stephen's Church and will be the first ordination in the church. Mr. Taylor is studying for the priesthood at the General Theological Seminary in New York City. His admission to the diaconate is the first step in Holv Orders The preacher at the ordina tion will be the Rev. W. V H. Filkins, S. T. B., rector of Calvary Church, Bayonne. N. J, the presenter Rev. F. H. T. Horfield. M A., rector of St. Stephen's Parish. There will also be some visiting priests in attendance After his graduation from the Semi nary in May Mr. Taylor will work un der the direction of Bishop Cheshire in this diocese. He will be advanced to the priesthood vithin a year. Death of Mrs. Massenberg. The many friends of Mrs. W. E. Mas senberg in Oxford where she was rear ed, Henderson and other parts of the State learned with deep sorrow of her death which occurred in Asheville on Wednesday morning after an illness of many months. She was a member of the Oxford Methodist Church and was greatly esteemed by all who knew her, as she possessed a warm sympathetic heart. Besides a grief-stricken husband and son leaves behind an aged moth er and one sister, Mrs Alex Feild, of Raleigh, to mourn her passing away.to all of whom we extend deep sympathy. The remains airived in Henderson Thursday afternoon and conveyed to the Methodist Church where the fune ral services were conducted by Rev. A. P. Tyer assisted by Rev. M H. Tut tle in the presence of a large number of sorrowing friends, and the inter ment was in Henderson cemetery. The following Oxford people were the floral bearers ; Messrs. Sam Wat kins. J. M FarK Carl Wortham. W. Z. Mitchell, and Ballard Norwood. The floral offerings were profuse and beau tiful. The ladies who attended funer al from Oxford were: Misses Gregory, Mrs. R. B. Hines and Mrs. J. A. Taylor A RETROSPECTIVE VIEW. Much is Due the Old Boad and Much Expected of the New Board. In looking back over the vpar nrl counting the many blessinngs that nover over our fair town we fi id Hint our Mayor and Bjard of Commission ers are due much praise for the faith ful discharge of their rintv SrnrHnd out with a depleted treasury, they have Deen conironted at every turn, and if one will stop long enough to nnnlv all the work they have accomplished during their administration they will wonder how they managed to pull through so well At most, they did not have above $2,500 for street wo-k and it would seem that this amount was expended on Goshen and Cherry streets, to say nothing of the excellent macadam placed on Gilliam. College and other streets. Wherever they have done work it was badlv needed and it is unjust to bring the charge tnat tney have been negligent to duty when the means were not at hand to work the streets in front of every man's door. The most of the criticism comes from a lack of knowledge of the amount of work the Board has done. They are as free from "feathering their own nest" as any Board the town ever had or ever will have No two mn view an object from the same angle, and possibly if any other set of men had been in power other streets would have received attention instead of the ones worked by the Board. Othei men composing a Board, confronted with a depleted treasury, would have cast about to make the greatest dis play with the least money, and doubt less they would have devoted more time and money to the side-walks than did the Board. You seldom hear a grouch in a town where the side walks are sufficiently solid to permit children and the feminine population to move about with freedom at all sea sons of the year. There was so much said at the citi zen's meeting in favor of good side walks at the exclusion of streets that we took it as a very good indication that if the major portion of the funds was spent for side-walks improvement it would meet the hearty approval of the citizens. The next administration may be governed largely by the senti ment of the feeling expressed at the meeting; and if so. we are sure to have better side-walks if the bond issue carries. And if we are not mistaken, Dr. I. H Dayis, who has been favora bly mentioned in connection with the mayoralty of Oxford, concurred with Mr J. P. Stedman in his fight for bet ter side-walks. We do know, however, that Dr. Davis' heart lays in the right place when it comes to the up-building of Oxford. There is no equivocation or evasion about Dr. Davis it is a decided "yes" and "no," and should he decide to head a ticket picked from the large number of citizens qualified to serve with him there could be no doubt of the ultimate outcome. In view of the fact that the old Board will retire concious of a duty well performed under the most adverse conditions, much will be expected of the new Board, but they will doubtless have a much larger sum of money at their disposal Much depends on a thoroughly practical, wide-awake ad ministractin. The material available is practically inexhaustible, if we only have the wisdom to select the best. Superintendent of Banks. The Senate committee on banking and cunency will report favorably to substitute for the general banking bill endorsed by the North Carolina Bank ers' Association. It establishes the office of superintendent of banks at a salary of $2,250, to appoint and have charge of three bank examiners, one chief examiner at a salary of $2,400 and two assistants at $1,800 each; provides for two examiners annually of all the banks; gives direction to cor poration commission to refuse to char ter a bank; prohibits banks from start ing business with less than $10,000 in cash empowers corporation commis sion to appoint receivers to wind up the affairs of banks the commission may declare insolvent. Sunset Siftings. ' Mr. Sam Currin visited xMountain Creek section Sunday. Measles and whooping cough are raging in this section. Mrs. Russell Daniel, of Henderson, spent the past week with parents. We are glad to learn that Mrs. J. F. Puckett, who is in a Richmond hos pittal, is improving. Mr. Walter Chadwick, who hold a position in the eastern part of the Statr. spent the week with his wife, who is visiting Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Hamme. Miss Sallie Brooks and Mr. Marsh Puckett, from Mountain Creek section; Miss Hallie Wood and Mr. Joe Hunt, of Oxford, spent the week end wirh Miss Hanna Howard, of Route 4. Dr S. RAPPORT, of Durham, will he at Creedmoor, at the Granville Hotel, Wednesday, March 5th, until 3 30 p to. for the purpose of examining eyes and fitting glasses. Dr. RAPPORT is ai expert in fitting glasses and his charges are moderate indeed.
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