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OXFORD, N. C, SATURDAY, AUGUST 9, 1913.
VOLUME 28. NO. 67
BLIC
LEDGER
BANISTER
BOARD OF COUNTY COM-
fllSSIONERS MEET.
Much Business of a Routine
Nature Transacted
with Dispatch.
The honorable Board of County
Ciunmissioners met on August 4th
with thi following members pres-p'-.f
J P. Stedman, chairman; B.I.
iwtl'ove. J. N Tilley H. C
Floyd anil Z. W. Allen. Minutes
of last meeting read and approved.
Ordered that the county pay for
all damages .sustained by the Gran
ville County Fair Association by
the us f the Fair Grounds and
buildings by the road force.
Ordered that the Chairman be
directed to burrow $2,000 for gen
eral oeounty purposes.
The road near Skinner place, lead
ing from the new road to the old
road is hereafter known as the Cole
road is hereby declared a public
road and ordered worked as other
roads in the future. This is to con
linn the old agreement between the
county and Mr. Cole that failed to
lie recorded.
Nat Wheeler was elected foreman
of the repair force at a salary of
$50 per month, provided he secures
sufficient help by Thursday morning.
Ordered that the Clerk list all par
ties tax desiring to list at the single
rate
On motion the road in Dutehville
township known as the Hillsboro
Tarboro road was reconsidered, and
action postponded until first of
September.
W. S. Daniel was unanimously
elected Superintendent of the Home
of the Aged and Infirm at a salary
of $1,000 a year for two years.
This includes the services of his
wife and son.
Bet Mitchell was ordered put on
the outside pauper list at $1 per
month.
Clerk ordered to rebate Sheriff
Wheeler for J. Mat Thorp estate
$32.18, and E, O. Pleasant $7.02.
W. II. Pearce was exempted per
manently from road duty.
Just Like Cortez.
Parker Anderson, Washington
correspondent of the Greensboro
News, has this to say of Senator
Simmons' clerks: "As chief clerk
to the Finance Committee Joe Tay
lor has already made good. He is
courteous and is what the boys call
a 'goodfellow.' Next to Taylor
conies Billy Linister, who knows
the ropes as well as any man in
Washington, and in addition to his
knowledge of public men and affairs
is an expert stenographer and
handles all of Senator Simmons'
private correspondence Cortez
Wright of Oxford, is another of
the able assistants in Mr. Simmons'
ollice. Wright is probably the po
litest and most courteous young
man in the capital city. His asso
ciates say that he is so polite that
a few days ago when talking to a
young lady on the telephone he took
off his hat and bowed as polite as
if the young girl was present."
Colored Farmers' Conference
The colored farmers in the neigh
borhood of Fairport at the sugges
tion of one of their fellow farmers,
J. L. Faton, invited Dr. Morris,
the County Demonstrator, to hold
a farmers' conference for them.
The happy event came off Friday,
August 1st, in the grove at Fair-
port. There were gatnered not only
the farmers of the community but
a goodly number of farmers from
a distance. Dr. Morris impressed
upon ins hearers the necessity of
improving their land and taking a
paper. Dr. G. C. Shaw, president
of the Colored Fair of Granville
County, was present and urged the
larmers to put in practice the in
formation given. He also urged that
they make the farm and farm life
as attractive as possible, that their
children might have a greater de
sire to stay on the farm. Short
talks were given by others. At the
close refreshments were serve. W.
In Honor of Miss Webb.
The Gastonia Gazette savs
"Misses Rankin and Armstrong are
A I " I
entertaining l house party of col
lege mates irom Peace Institute.
lhey have with them: Misses Sallie
Webb, of Oxford; Nel Blanton, of
Marion; Net Miller, of Goldsboro,
ana well Allen, of Wake Forest.
MEDAL LOST On July 9th at
pic nic at Providence or between
"1 1
rioviuence and Oxford, a Davis
scholarship medal of Oxford High
scnooi with name. Harry J. Renn
engraved on it. Finder will please
vi f ii r n 4r T T Ti i
xui.j u.j a. u, nenn ana receive
reward". aug2-4t
GATHERED FROM THE TOWN
AND COUNTY
About People and Things That
Are of Interest to Our
Readers.
Mrs. S. D. Booth, who has been
numbered with the sick, is better.
Start on trip with wad of dough,
It's nip and tuck has swift they go.
Be sure and read carefully our pre
mium offer on the 4 th page ye sons
of the soils.
This world is full of faults, but
not so much so as the talk of the
opposition might indicate.
A man may not have enough coin
o pay his debts, but he can always
ind enough to go on an excursion.
Read the sale of excellent land
near Oxford advertised in another
part of this paper by R. P. Reed,
Trustee.
Wednesday was a regular dog ki li
ng day as it is said 18 bit the dust
on account ot being bit by a mad
dog.
The Dudley Bullock estate is
building a twTo-story dwelling on
Broad street to be occupied by Prof.
A. Pitts.
While the folks have been swelt
ering in the heat the past month
tobacco and corn in Granville made
ine headway.
Don't be influenced by public
opinion it it conmcts witn your
convictions, conscience, or honest
pursuit of happiness.
The school of experience is a
pretty bum alma mater. But the
graduates always take off their hats
when they think of her.
Rev. Mr. Horsfield will hold ser
?e in St. Paul's Church, Goshen,
on Sunday next at 3:30 in the af
ternoon. All are welcome.
You may lose your troubles in a
bottle at night, but you'll find them
staring at you when you look into
he bottle in the morning.
Subscribers have not stopped com
ing in to the Twice-a-week Public
edger as 11 more has been added
o our long list this week.
Mrs. Henry Critcher has return
ed from Richmond restored to
health to the joy of her family. She
was accompauiea nome by ivir.
Critcher.
Will H. Fleming has enlarged the
floor space of the Ow7en Warehouse
by the change of the office rooms,
also built new stair steps to the
rooms above.
In the days of shoe polish we rise
to ask what has become of the old
fashioned man who used to grease
his boots every night before he
went to bed?
The children of the Presbyterian
Sunday School pic-niced at Cheat
ham's mill Thursday and all who
attended had a delightful time and
a plenty to eat.
A kitchen has been added to the
Superintendent's home at the Ox
ford Orphanage, which was badly
needed and will prove a great con
venience to Mrs. Brown.
Why not get to work and help
one of your neignhors win one ot
the substantial prizes offered by the
Public Ledger? Send in the name
of your candidate to be voted for.
A Western man complains that
his wife clucks in her sleep. The
only way he can break her from it
is to tell her that it is a sign that
she is anything else than a Spring
chicken.
Roy Burch, son of T. W. Burch,
who now owns the Ragland farm on
Route 1, come to the front as a
long pea raiser. He showed us one
a few davs aero that measured Z6
inches in length.
It is claimed that it is always
mighty pleasant to meet a man who
hates the same man you hate. Ihere
may be a number of that kind in
Oxford, but it is a pleasure to us
to sav we are not numbered with
the gang.
The Oxford Ice Co. has moved its
business office lower down the street
in the old Harris building opposite
the Government building. The
room has been nicely repainted in
side, and you are asked to remem
ber the new location.
"August's hot noons burn with fire
Of young delight and old desire;
The cloistered honey of the vine
Is bubbling in her sunny wine;
The golden moon is on her breast
Just where the sun sinks to rest,
And in her morning sky the star
Of morning shines thro' mists afar.'
Pictures of Local Interest.
Justin Rankoff h as been very busy
for the past two weeks making
many pictures of local people and
local scenery. These very interest
ing pictures will be reproduced on
canvass for the first time Friday,
August 8th at the Opera House.
Retires From Company.
Morris Green, who ranks among
the best dry goods men in the State,
has retired from the Perkinson
Green Company, and we hope Mr.
Green will find it to his interest to
remain in Oxford as he has for a
number of years been looked upon
as one of our progressive business
men.
Visits His Home County.
It was a pleasure to "old man"
to receive a call Thursday morn
ing from his old friend Frank Pur
year, of Nashville, Tenn., who is
on visit to relatives in this State
and Virginia. He is an old Gran
ville man, and notes a great many
improvements in Oxford since his
visit 6 years ago.
Missionary Day.
The Sunday school of Oak Hill
Presbyterian church will observe
Missionary Day on the fourth Sab
bath in August. The program will
consist of exercise rendered by the
children and of an address by the
pastor, Rev. J. S. Kinnison. The
public is invited to worship with
the congregation on this day.
Boys in Camp.
By some means we failed to note
in our Wednesday's issue the de
parture of the Granville Grays for
Camp Glenn with 40 enlisted men
under the command of Capt. T. G.
Stem and First Lieut. E. E. Fuller
and Second Lieut. James I. Stegall.
We take it that the boys will have
a good time outside of drilling and
we wish them a safe return home.
Might as Well Give Up.
With Col. W. H. Osborn, Collec
tor of Internal Revenue, head of
the Keeley Institute; Col. A. D.
Watts, author of the Watts' Bill,
now Collecctor of the Western dis
trict, and Bill Bailey, of the Anti
Saloon League, as Collector of the
Eastern district the moonshine tribe
might as well quit the game and
come out of the woods.
The County Fair
Oxford is beginning to think
even in the midst of the hot weather
of the county Fair to be held in Oc
tober. The premium list of the
Fair Association is now in the hands
of the printer. The premium list is
liberal and attractive, the manage
ment of the Fair manifesting a dis
position to make the Fair "worth
while" to the farmers and the far
mers' wives, sons and daughters.
The Fair grounds and buildings are
being arranged to meet the require
ments of the modern agricultural
fair. The Association has the enter
prise to give to Granville county
the best county Fair in the State
ftlusic Lovers.
On next Thursday night the peo
ple of Oxford are invited to enjoy
a musical afternoon at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Cooper. They
will have with them at that time,
as guests Mrs. Simmermon and her
daughter, Miss Katherine Simmer
mon, of Virginiaboth of whom are
such rare musicians. Mrs. Cooper
has decided to ask them to play for
her friends in Oxford, in behalf of
St. Stephens Reredos fund, for
which the guild is working so faith
fully this summer. Miss Eva Minor
has kindlv consented to add to the
attractions of the occasion by ren
dering a few vocal selections. Miss
Katherine Simmeron is only thirteen
years of age and plays with such
wonderful skill the very best music
that in our next issue we will give
in full the program she will offer
us, assisted by her mother and Miss
Minor.
SALE OF BRICK OFFICES.
I offer for sale the two brick
offices at Oxford, occupied by
Graham and Pevin, together with
about sixty feet of land in the rear.
I will sell on long time, three, four
or five years, if desired. Write
to me at Raleigh, R. W. Winston.
I FORBID anybody harboring or
hiring William Obey, who left my
employment without a cause.
T. H. NELSON,
2tnp. Oxford Route 7.
Mrs. W. A. McFarland and chil
dren have returned from a visit to
relatives at Chase City.
Mrs. Connor joined Judge Connor
j in Oxford Thursday.
Stem Stemmings.
Miss Ettie Washington, of Tally
Ho, was in Oxford Tuesday.
Lee Parrish, of Gorman, visited
relatives on Route 1 Saturday.
Miss Ruth Webb, of Tally Ho, is
on a visit to friends in Edgcombe
county.
Several people in this section
took in the excursion to Norfolk
this week.
We are sorry to note the illness
of J. E. Duncan, and wish him a
speedy recovery.
We are glad to note that H. A.
Stem is able to be on our streets
after a brief illness.
Mrs. F. M. Thomasson, of Route
3, returned Sunday from a visit to
relatives in Skidwith.
Miss Lean Pleasants, of Rich
mond, is on a visit to Mr. and Mrs.
W. R. Allen, of Route 3.
Master Frank Birthright, of
Washington City, is visiting his
aunt, Mrs. W. S. Gooch.
Miss Mary Harris returned home
Saturday from a visit to Miss Re
becca Winters on Route 2.
Miss Pearl Reavis, of Henderson,
is on a visit to her sister, Mrs. A.
S. Carrington, of Route 2.
MissLucile Ellington, of Oxford,
returned home Wednesday from a
visit to relatives on Route 3.
Lightening struck and killed a
large hog belonging to J. C. Hop
kins, of Route 3, Friday night.
Master Hardee, of Providence, is
spending the week-end with grand
parents Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Stem.
Mr. and Mrs. G. II. Clayton, of
Oxford Route (S, were the guests
of Mr and Mrs. R. L. Longrnire
Sunday.
J. S. Allen, of Richmond, who
has been on a visit to his sister,
Mrs. D. G. Bullock, returned home
Sunday.
Miss Katie Lee Gooch, of Stem ;
OthoGoss, of Route 2; W. H. Wash
ington, of Route 1, were Oxford
visitors Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. F. Meadows, of
Culbreth, were the guests of Mr.
and Mrs. R. Overby, of Oxford
Route 6, Sunday.
Miss Josephine Ingold.of Oxford,
who has been on a visit t$ Misses
Eva, and Nora Woods, of Route 3,
returned home Friday.
A dozen or more from this sec
tion attended the Primitive Associ
ation at Roxboro Sunday. The next
Association goes to Camp Creek
Church.
Mi. and Mrs. A. J. Honycutt, of
Hillsboro, who have been on an ex
tended visit to Mr. and Mrs. W. B.
Cash, of Oxford Route 6, returned
home Tuesday.
E. B. Cozart. who is engaged in
the warehouse business at La
Grange, spent the week-end with
his faimly on Route 1. He reports
good crops in that section.
W. J. Webb, of Tally Ho, has
purchased his brother's interest in
the Dr. Russell place near Tally Ho,
so it will not be sold at public auc-
toin as advertised recently.
J. J. Guthrie, formerly of Drake's
Branch, has been appointed section
foreman of this section, to succeed
E. A. Jackson, and occupies the
residence vacated by Mr. Jackson.
Miss Orma Lee Walters, of Ox
ford Route 6, and Miss Katie Lee
and Othelia Minor, of Route 3,
were the guests of Mr. and Mrs.
R. L. Minor, of Route 1, Saturday
night. !
Mrs. Vernon Walters, of Oxford
Route 6, widow of Mr. Vernon who
died recently, has moved into the
house with J. R.- Walters and
daughters, of Route 6, where she
will make her home for the pres
ent. Miss Hallie Jones returned Satur
day from Richmond where she has
been taking a course for several
months in a business college. She
has been elected principal of the
school at Providence. The people
of that community are indeed for
tunate in thus securing her services
The protracted meeting held at
the Baptist church at Knap of
Reeds last week, in which the pas
tor was assisted by Rev. Riddiek
from the Second Baptist Church of
Durham, resulted in seventeen con
versions, twelve of whom united
with that church, besides two by
letter and one by restoration. The
baptising will take place next fourth
Sunday morning at 9.30 on Knap of
Reeds creek near the bridge.
SOME YOU KNOW AND SOME
YOU DO NOT KNOW.
Personal Items About Oxford
Folks and Their Friends
In General.
J. H. Evans, of Route 4, was in
town Thursday.
J. K. Daniel, of Berea, was in
town Wednesday.
Will Dorsey, of Route 3, was in
town Wednesday.
W. P. Hobgood, of Route 4, was
in Oxford Thursday.
Dr. Morris, of Wilton, was on
our streets Thursday.
Miss Sallie Baker is visiting rel
atives in Richmond.
Mrs. J. E. Adkerson is on a visit
to her sisters in Virginia.
Ben Dean and son, of Route 4,
were in town Thursday.
H. Taylor Hobgood, of Route 1,
was in town Thursday.
Mrs. T. L. Daniel, of Berea, was
a town visitor Thursday.
Messrs. W. J. Currin and R. S.
Hart, of Route 7, were in town Tues
day. Mr. and Mrs. Graham Royster,
of Buchanan, are at the Panacea
Springs.
Vassar Peace, a fine old bachelor
of Creedmoor section, was in town
Wednesday
Thomas Pruitt returned Wednes
day night from a pleasant visit to
Ocean View.
Misses Silvania and Rachel Par
ham, of Route 3, were in Oxford
Wednesday.
Joe D. Newton and daughter, of
Northern Granville, were in town
Wednesday.
Capt. Henry Hart and Maurice
Pruitt, of Route 7, were in town
Wednesday.
Miss Margaret Hester, of Rich
mond, is visiting Miss Luke Hunt
on Lanier street
Rev. F. M. Shamberger.of Hert
ford, came up to see his family in
Oxford this week.
Rev. WS. Hester left Wednesday
to visit his daughter, Mrs. R. I.
Aikin, in Durham.
Miss Lizzie Bumpass and sister,
of Oak Hill township, were on our
streets Wednesday.
Miss Bessie Tiurwell, of Wash
ington City, is visiting Mrs. Anna
Land is on College street.
Mr,, and Mrs. Rufus Blackley
and children, of Wilton, were Ox
ford visitors Wednesday.
Miss Jessie Perkinson, of Stovall,
is visiting her brother, Louie Per
kinson on Rectory street.
Mrs. Moses, of Lynchburg, visi
ted her sick sister, Mrs. JosiahCan
nady, in Oxford this week.
Mrs. C B. Edwards, of Raleigh,
is visiting at the home of Mike P.
Chamblee on High street.
Mrs. D. A. Coble and son Ed
wards, are on a visit to relatives in
Washington and Richmond.
Luther Stark, who is selling tobac
co on a South Carolina market, was
at home the first of the week.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Fuller are on
a visit to relatives in Rocky Mount.
They went down in their car.
Mrs. W. R. Smith and Miss Bet
tie Clark, of Weldon, are the guests
of Mrs. Bur well on Broad street.
Mr. and Mrs. Ward Montague, of
Henderson, visited Mr. and Mrs.
Lester Montague in Oxford this
week.
Mrs. Sterling Boddie and child
ren, of Rocky Mount, are visiting
Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Smith on Asy
lum street.
Our good old time friend, W. H.
Daniel of Creedmoor, was in town
Wednesday and we had the pleas
ure of meeting him.
E. W. Harper, of Durham and
formerly the excellent manager of
Asylum Printing Department, was
in Oxford Wednesday.
Mrs. G. C. Daniel, Mrs. Hubert
Turner, Misses Mary Allen, Lillian
Spencer and Fannie Wyatt visited
Ocean View this week.
Miss Florence Brem, Miss Ro
berta Hicks and Master Edward
Hicks, of New York, are at the
country home near town.
Mrs. Graham Daniel and daugh
ter, who have been visiting Mrs.T.
L. Daniel near Berea, returned to
her home in Richmond Thursday.
TKE8E IS SUFFICIENT EVI
DENCE AT HAfcD.
As a Matter of Precaution
Dogs Should Be Placed
Under Muzzle.
The dog of Mr. W. Z. Mitchell
which acted rather funny a few
weeks ago and bit a dozen other
dogs in the community, causing him
self and the other dogs to be locked
up and held as suspects died a few
days ago. His head was cut off and
sent to Raleigh for a critical ex
amination, which proved to be a
case of hydrophobia and all the
the dogs bitten by him were order
ed killed.
At the last meeting of the Town
Commissioners the question of mad
dogs running at large in the com
munity was discussed and Mayor
Stem was. requested to draw up an
ordinance, putting all dogs in town
under muzzle for a period of time,
but upon investigation the Mayor
decided that the proof was not suf
ficient to warrant the muzzling of
dogs and the motion was not car
ried out. The members of the
Board, and others, who believed
there were rabid dogs in the com
munity and wanted to place all dogs
under muzzles are certainly vindi
cated by the highest authority in
the tate when he announcevd that
the Mitchell dog died as a result of
hydrophobia. With this information
at hand the Board should order all
dogs placed under muzzles until
it is definitely known that there
are no dogs suffering with hydro
phobia in this community.
President Hobgood Gets Fall
We find the following in the Bib
lical Recorder:
"We were sorry to learn from
one of the dailies of the accident
which befell President F. P. Hob
good, of Oxford College, on July
31. The dispatch stated that he
jumped from a moving train at
King we presume he was on his
way to the Pilot Mountain Associa
tion and was thrown violently to
the ground with the result that his
collar-bone and one rib was broken.
We join a multitude of friends in
hoping that he will soon recover
from his injuries."
We were cognizant of President
Hobgood 's misfotune and sympa
thize with him, but for the fact
that Oxford College will open in
a few weeks he preferred that noth
ing be said of the accident. We are
giad to say that he is on our streets
attending to business every day and
that his mishaps will in no way in
terfere with the opening of the
school on schedule time.
Jim Jones Dead.
Jim Jones, the colored man who
was cut by Graham Alexander Sun
day night in a row near the South
ern Railway station, died Wednes
day evening. Dr. Thomas, who had
charge of the case, said it was im
possible to save his patient's life.
The gash was four inches long, en
tering between the tenth and
eleventh ribs and extending into
the pleural cavity. Jim was for a
number of years janitor of the
Graded School building, and was for
some time janitor of St. Stephens'
Episcopal Church. He perhaps has
mowed more lawns than any one in
Oxford. He was a handy man about
town, and but for his drinking at
times he would have made a most
valuable servant. His slayer, Gra
ham Alexander is at large, and if
caught he will be tried for his life.
Coroner W. D. Bryan empaneled
the following jury Thursday morn
ing to investigate the case: L. T.
Buchanan, D. K. Taylor, C. M.
Critcher, S. V. Ellis, E. J. Taylor,
W. C. Currin. The finding of the
jury was that James Jones came to
his death by a wound inflicted by
a knife in the hands of Graham
Alexander on August 3, 1913, from
which he died on August 6th.
Granville Cantaloupes.
C. D. Osborn, our excellent post
master, has sent Commissioner Os
born, of the Internal Revenue De
partment, a fine lot of "Albert and
Erson" cantaloupes, raised in Gran
ville county. Officers of the Treas
ury Department and newspaper men
who mobbed Col. Osborn 's office
did not have to be told that these
were far superior to the ones on
the Washington markets. They
were raised from seed perfected
through long selection.
FOR SALE. One black mare 7
years old, lady broke, sound and
all right. One nice milch cow.
One trap in good condition. On
Ladies' phaeton in good condition.
3t. D. C. HUNT.