PUBLIC LEDGER
JULY 30TIL 1913.
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STATE NEWS ITESVIS.
!!ciW.uitl county has elected three
wimu-ii "ll school l)oards.
Di.ibani county has just completed
Its urt t the Central Highway
tliroaji-li the State.
Wai e county will vote August
12 on a proposition to issue $1,000,
QOO of bonds for jood roads.
Last v.wk Wilmington had a dis
astrous lire on the water front eaus-ir-r
n Io of about $40,000.
Or Monday Co!. C. A. Mason, a
ivuvmI ' . S, Army officer, residing
in Wi!Lo- county, diel suddenly of
Ik-0' T. 1 til. re.
Ct!.. i essman Stedman has ended
the i" V over the appointment of a
postiwa.-r.ej at Meba.e by recom
ineniii'Vi' .i,t:ii;'S 1.
A
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en ten d t'n' Mix on
iu in Heiva rt;on Sunday
ni;-.'hi :.tio carried oii ..-..o t worm or
watcher, scarf pins, to.
A iiicet.in;" of int- rest.Ml parties
will be li'-Ki in Salisbury Tuesday to
discuss the drainage of forty miles
of creek in Rowan county.
A. IS. Sale-eby, a well kru vn Sy
rian resident of Saiisburv, has
made application fo- .'pp.--iut.ment,
as United States cons 1 hyria. i
On Sunday Brigadier-General
Carle A. Woodruff, U. S. A., re
tired, died at his home in Raleigh
after an illness of some duration.
The taxable property of Winston
Salm, as appears from the tax list
just completed, shows an increase
of $2,141,203 over, the amount last
year.
Co!. Tiisden Tyler Bennett, one
of the State's best known citizens,
soldiers, jurists, and statesmen,
died at his home in Wadesboro on
Monday.
Mecklenburg county has begun
work on five or six miles of road
necessary to connect its good road
with Iredell's. The road will be
sand -clay.
Congressman John II. Small has
:iianged with the National Bureau
.f Health to send an expert to study
malarial and mosquito conditions
in his district.
ihc State Corporation Commission
hns ordered the Southern Railway,
oii and after August 1, to put on an
additional passenger train between
Mount Airy and San ford.
Msappointed in "love, Jo. Black -welder,
a Concord youth, attempted
to end it all. The bullet entered
his l ight side. Me was taken to a
hospital and is expected to pull
t h rough.
There is a great demand for high
way engineeis, this coming from
thirty unties in the State. So far
this year almost three million dol
lars have been voted for good road
ho-nds by counties and townships.
On Sunday, Louis Phelps, a pris
oncr '-barged with larceny in Beau
fort county, while being conveyed
from Mot folk to Washington, N. C,
leaped from the train into Albe
mai !e Sound and was drowned.
Mis-: Craee Montague, of Balti
more, a guest of Dr. and Mrs. Chas.
T. Harper, of Wilmington, died of
heart failure or was drowned while
in bathing Saturday at Myrtle Grove
Sound, about ten miles from Wil
mington. Mis. Elizabeth Van B. Nichols,
formerly of New York, and a lead
er in soc ial circles at Wilmington,
has been indicted in three cases
eharging embezzlement of $15,000
f'om her friend, Mrs. Helene P.
Lemassena, of Philadelphia.
Rev. W. E. Trotman, of Haw
Rive j- Circuit, a minister, who was
fried by a church committee in the
Methodist church at Pittsboro last
week or, the charge of writing an
indiscreet anonymous letter to a
lady member of his church, was
admitted of the charge.
A strenuous but unsuccessful
effort has been made to move the
i'Vee Will Baptist school from Ay
den in Pitt county to some other
town. Crpr-nville. Kinston, and
Bocky Mount made bids for the
school, but the board of fifteen
trustees from various sections of
North Carolina, South Carolina,
and Georgia voted to let the school
remain at Ay den.
Good Roads.
Governor Craig is making a tour
of a large number of counties to
talk good roads. We are glad to note
this movement on the part of the
governor. We know no way in
which he can spend a more delight
ful vacation. The folks in the
country are always glad to see their
governor and, like the preacher, the
governor always gets the best when
he comes. The people hear him
gladly and there is no theme or
issue more vital or important now
than that of good roads. We doubt
if there is any field or line in
which the governor can render a
more distinct service to the people.
The question of good roads touches
the people all the people about
as closely as do railroad freight
rates and the rates of insurance
companies. In fact, good roads
mean more than all the other things
put together, for the reason that
good roads bring all other good
things. Wherever you find good
roads you will find good schools,
good churches and good communi
ties. The primal need of the rural
communities is the improvement of
the public road and we commend the
governor in his efforts to secure
this great blessing for every county
in North Carolina.
Some Fish Story.
Edward Cannady sends us the fol
lowing fish story from Dothan, Aal
byma:"A fish story that bids fair to
rival the most wonderful yet told is
related concerning the catch of a
thirty-two pound cat-fish by Lee
Parker in the Etowh river near
Gainsviile a few days ago. The big
fish had been hanged once before,
but broke the hook. He was angled
for later, when a large hook was
used with a minnow for bait. The
little fish was swallowed by an eel.
As soon as the eel swallowed the
minnow he in turn was nabbed by
the monster catfish. True to his
proverdial slickness, the eel ran
through the gills of the cattish and
found himself only to be captured
again by the big catiish. A second
time the eel ran through the gills
of the fish, and when ; tie big. fish
was landed, after pulling a boat and
three men some distance up the
river it was found that ti e eel had
tied a complete running noose about J
the fish's head. It is perhaps the j
first instance on record wheie a cat
fish was hanged by an eel and the
execution was witnessed by t-overal
citizens above reproach .and was
related to the writer. The fish
weighed exactly 32p"ounds and that
number of neighbors were invitod
to feast on it."
Age of Opportunity and Peril
Steadfastness of spirit and purity
of thought about public service
have been stamped into the life, of
the South by its strange, sad his
tory. There are now added to these
moral tonics, social sympathy and
practical faith in common man, and
these new ideas have been won out
of such experience as to guarantee
their genuineness and permanence.
This nation should not forget that
such qualties are spiritual forces
needed to combat coarse power and
indifferent ism to finer issues, in
dustrialism must modify but will
nnt wholly destroy this spiritual
quality. Our country is a venerable
example ot republican government,
linf after all. as a society, it is
vouno- and unformed. The golden
age of the Southern nan oi tins
unformed society is about to dawn
an age of wealth, of bouyant power,
of freedom to run an unhindered
race. Golden ages are the ages of
danger to the character of individ
uals or people. The eternal merits
and treasures of our risen empire,
standing upon the threshold of its
o-olden age of peril and opportunity,
believe me, my friends, are not its
mighty potencies of wealth, but a
clear idealism bred in the bone, a
tutelage of fidelity, an instinct for
integrity, an aptitude for ethical
insight powerful enough to steady
the course of this great experim nt
as it encounters its moral crises,
and to contribute abundantly to the
realization of the old hopes and
faiths that give such solemnity and
majesty to American beginnings.
Edwin A. Alderman.
Get a Lesson From the Jew.
Get a lesson from the Jew. He
sticks to a thing until he makes a
success.
Over half the failures in business
are brought about because of the
lack of stick-to-it-iveness.,
A man goes into business with a
bright fu-ktrc ahead of him. He is
clever, honest and popular.
At first he is successful. His
profits come in fast. His reputation
spreads through the country. His
influence grows. He is envied by
many and respected by all.
Alter a while business gets dull.
He becomes discouraged. He loses
the energy he once possessed and
only half works at his job. He wor
ries instead of working; and worry
doesn't help.
Business gets worse. Collections
fall off. Profits banish.
Soon he cannot meet expenses.
The sheriff closes him up. All is
gone. He and his famliy are in
rags ,
He is now an outcast; people re
fuse to assoicate with him. Tne
man that once commanded a fortune
is a pauper.
If he had only put all his energy
in his work and stuck to it the re
ward would have been great.
But he didn't stick.
If the Amreican people would
only get the stick to it idea firmly
in their minds the failures in busi
ness would dwindle in number.
Get a lesson from the Jew.
Fines and Forfitures.
In a ruling just made by Attor
ney General T. W. Bickett as to
the much agitated question of the
division of fines and forfeitures in
municipal courts between the city
and the county treasuries instead
of the present constitutional re
quirement that they be turned over
to the county school fund when
produced through the regular chan
nels, he holds that when a penalty
is recovered in a civil action by
the municipality, having authority
to sue for the same the town suing
on account of violations of its or
dinances the constitutional require
ment docs not apply and the town
can retain the revenue in its own
treasury. He holds furthermore
that for violation of ordinances the
o (fending party can be proceeded
against at the same time by the
State for having committed a mis
demeanor and by the city for the
collection of a penalty. This rul
ing is given Superintendent of
V'uMic. Instruction J. Y. Joyner in
a case that has come up from Char
lotte in which the city sued for
and recovered the penalty for ex
ceed im the speed limit with his
automobile and the countv demand
ed the amount of the penalty for
the county school fund. Under the
Bickett ruling the city will retain
the penalty instead of turning it
over to the country It is probable
that many towns will now adopt
this method to hold on to revenue
that haj! heen much in dispute a
long tin -;.
Clerk-Carrier Examination.
A Clerk-Carrier examination will
be hei'i in Henderson August 9.
1913. Ave limit, 18 to 45 years
on date of examination. Married
women will not be admitted to ex
amination, Tins prohibition, how
ever, does not apply to women who
are divorced or those who are
separated from their husbands and
support themselves, but they are
eligible foi appointment only as
clerks. Applicants imTSt be physic
ally sound, and male applicants
must be not less ihan five, feet, four
inches in height in .atv feet and
weigh not less than 125 pounds
without overcoat or hat.
For application blanks and for
full information relative to the ex
amination, qualifications, ijaties
salaries, vacations, -promotions'
etc., address E. S. Rogeison, i,oca'l
Secretary.
WANTED Man with horse
I buggy to work Granville County
jgood proposition to right man.
dress P. O. Box 230, Durham. 3tp"
Wood's Ilipji-Grade Seeds.
Crimson Clover
The Kin? of Ses! Improvers,
aico makss s.i!endcd fell,
winter and spring; grazing,
the earliest green feed, or
a good hay crop.
CRSSON CLOVER will increase
the productiveness of the land more
tLan twenty times as much as the same
amount spent in commercial fertilizers.
Can be sown by itself or at the last
working of com, cotton or other cultiva
ted crops.
W e are headquarters for
Crimson Oover, Alfalfa,
Winter Vetch, and all
Farm Seeds,
Write for prices and Descriptive
Fall C3;it ;VIocj, giving information
about all seeds for fall sowing.
T. W. WOOD & SONS,
Seedsmen, - Richmond, Va.
B. S, Rouster,
S'tesy-At-Law, SSces ia m Fellows' Bidg.
Practices iu State and Federal Courts.
Hillsboro St., Oxford, N. C.
JT. T. CRiTCHER,
Livery ana Feed Stables.
Up-to-date turn outs at your com
mand day or night. Call us when you
want to ride. Phone 55-A
Malaria or Chills & Fsver
Prescription No. 606 is prepared especially
for MALARIA or CHILLS &. FEVER.
Five or six doses wMl break any case, and
if taken then as a tonic the Fever will not
return. It acts on the liver better than
Calomel and does not gripe or eiekoii. 25c
Dr. 3.
Rapport
Will be at
Dr. Henderson's Den
tal Office every First
Tuesday. Ha ve your
glasses nude and fitted by
m. It will mean SATISFAC
TION TO YOU.
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Have you ever visited our
Soda Fountain? If not. you
missed a rare treat. Our I
fountain is" marked by its
daintiness and cleanliness, j
Our pure fruit flavors and
ice cream arc the kind surcj
TO PLEASE YOU J
We are confident of that for H
1 . 1 9
no purer or oeiter can oe
made than the ice cream we
sell. Come try it for
n fgt 1 srr.e t i
. OXFORD
FOR THE HAIR
Unsightly matted colorless scraggy
hair made fluffy soft abundant and
radiant with life at once. Use Parisian
Sage. It comes in 50c. bottles.
The first application removes dandruff,
stops itching scalp, cleanses the hair, takes
away the dryness and brittleness, increases
the beauty of the hair, making it wavy
and lustrous.
Everyone needs Parisian Sage. "
For Sale by J. G. Hall. Oxford. N. C.
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1 ABBESS 18 A 'fe If I ! J ft
h ".dsa 5 m 11. ii a
PARISIAN SA
25
FOR THE NEXT
IO TEN
We Offer the Following For Sate
Several Porch loclcer-s, Three
Piece PoyclTL Sets, art Green,
3Reei Oafey OsnisLges, Porch
Shades,Porch la-win Swings.
At 25 Per Cent. Less Than (lis Rsnuii Prise
Call quick they are rare bargains Simplv wnnt to olan out our
Summer Goods to make roo-'a for f ill stock. Who will ha tha first to
get a bargain.
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Funeral Directors
College Street. -
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..MONUMENTS:.
17. O. SSaaxvp !VIHbIe artd. Granite Go
Durham, IM. Carolina..
Remember we do not travel agents, hence our reduc
ed prices and satisfactory service. Tell me your needs
as?d I quote you my best proposition. RespectfuSfy
rr. O. SHARP, Omrham, IV. G.
EAST CAROLINA TEACHERS TRAINING SCHOOL.
A State School to train teachers for the public schools of
North Carolina. Every energy is directed to this one pur
pose. Tuition free 1o all who agree to teach. Hall term
Ixins September 23rd, 1913. Sept. 13 d
Winn 'riirr or.-mrwr rrnnwiTiirii hi mmm n ,i t niMnmmi .nnmi'inii iimm.ii inmii y i m.i mm ii,
For Catalogue ond Othtir Information Address
ROBT H.WRIGH1', ie.,OreeiwiIIe,IJ.C.
Warrenton
WARRENTON, IV. C.
First Class College Preparatory School for Boys anrl
Girls. Strong and Experienced Faculty. Boarders un
der the immediate Supervision of the Principal.
so Pt i2.i.2m J'olnn. Graham, Frlracipcti.
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I S2.00 For- You. 1
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Would you have $2.00
to you? If so then read this notice and buy your
Turnip Seed from Hamilton Drug Co.
one who grows and presents at our store between
now and the last dav of the Granvilie County Fair,
the largest turnip by weight grown from Wood's
seed purchased from us. We believe now that we
can get this offer suppSamented by T. W. Wood &.
Son which will make your prize $4 in cash. This we
think is worth your attention.
amilton
Ofliu:
DAYi
and Embalmers.
- Oxford, N. O.
nmrmianeEm
MigK School.
if offered you without co:
We will give a
icash prize of
$2.0D to the
iirug io.