PUBLIC LEDGEK
SJSPT. 27-TH 1913
NEWS OF THE COUNTY.
sister, Mrs. W. H. Whitaker
D. H. Reavis, of Henderson, spen
the week end with Mr. and Mrs.
NEWSY LETTERS FROM OUR
CORRESPONDENTS.
What our Neighbors are Do
ing in the Various Sec
of Granville.
Meadow Movings
Misses Lizzie and Bertha Knott
were visitors in the Hester neigh
borhood last week .
Graham Huff was one of the well
pleased tobacco sellers of the Ox
ford market Thursday.
S. L. Slaughter, the popular mail
carrier, of Berea, is sailing over
the Meadow rocks in a new buggy.
Miss Blanche Davis, the attrac
tive young daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Finch Davis, is attending
Roxboro graded school this session.
Miss Addie Broach, of Roxboro,
will teach the Meadow school again
this year. She is an experienced
teacher and gave splendid service
last session.
The storm through this section
several days ago was exceedingly
rough. Tobacco is considered dam
aged one-third and corn is laying
flat on the ground.
Mr. Biil Mangum, 3 the aged
gentleman who has been blind for
several years, fell from a porch
several days ago. He was uncon
cious for three hours, and his body
was very badly bruised.
We are glad to learn that the
Stem high school has made a good
opening. The writer has attended
the school for the past two sessions
and wishes to say that it is a splen
did institution. All boys and girls
of Granville county who are going
to attend some preparatory school
this session can not find a better
school or a better community than
Stem.
Stovall Short Stops
R. C. Puckett was a Durham
visitor last week.
Mrs. Moore left Monday to visit
friends in Virginia.
Mrs. J. T. Spicer returned from
Watts Hospital, Durham, this week.
Miss Lillie Wilkerson is visiting
Mrs. J. Robt. Wood at Oxford this
week.
Buck Currin and family, of New
York, are visiting Sam Currin this
week.
Frank Hutson, of Richmond, is
the guest of his sister, Mrs. C. E.
Earl.
Miss Mollie Hester has returned
home from a visit to relatives in
Chase City.
J. W. Dean was in Richmond
Sunday to visit his mother who is
at the hospital there.
Miss Mary Hutson returned to
Richmond Sunday after a week's
visit to relatives in this place.
Frank Gregory returned from the
eastern part of the State Monday,
where he has been buying tobacco.
Mrs. A. S. Carringcon has re
turned home from Watts Hospital,
Durham, very much improved in
health.
Mrs. Ed Earl accompanied by
Miss Huston was the pleasant guest
of Mrs. Louis Huston Saturday and
Sunday.
Stem Stemir.lngs
Ralph Jones, of Route 1, lost a
horse last week.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Gooch were
Oxford visitors last week.
S. J. Hudgins, of Shoo Fly, was
an Oxford visitor Monday.
Alfred Moore, colored, of Route
2, had a tobacco barn burned last
week.
E. W. West, of Oxford Route 6,
was in Durham last week on
business.
"ak- hh Duncan has accepted a
position with the Stem , Supply
Company.
We regret to learn of the illness
of Mrs. G. T. Walters, of Oxford
Route G.
Mrs. D. T. Gooch spent the week
end with relatives in this com
munity. H. F. Moore and daughter, Miss
Hallie. of Route 3, were Durham
visitors Monday.
Miss Bessie Daniel, of Tally Ho,
was the guest of Miss Annie Day,
of Route 2, Sunday,
W. T. Jones left last week for
Warsaw, where he will engage in
the tobacco business.
Miss Katie Lee Gooch has accept
ed a position as music, teacher with
Knap of Reeds high school.
Misses Alma and Mabel Clayton
returned last week from a visit to
relatives in Winston-Salem.
Mrs. C. J. Lassiter, of Wake
county, spent the week end with h-r
A. S. Carrington, of Route 2.
Miss Mamie Caih. of Oxford
Route 6, left Monday for an ex
tended visit to friends in Durham.
J.Mayes Jr., traveling salesman
spent several days with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Mayes last week.
Mayor E. E. Bullock, of Stem.
and C. H. Washington, of Tally
Ho, were Oxford visitors Tuesday.
A protracted meeting is in pro
gress at Roberts Chapel church con
ducted by the pastor, Rev. M. D.
Hix.
Miss Rheda Umstead, of Route 1,
will teach the public school near S.
H. Veazey's on Route 1, this
session.
Victor Roberts, of near Peters
burg, is on a visit to his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Roberts of
Route 1.
The public school near A. S. Car-
rintgon's, on Route 2, opened Mon
day morning, with Miss Lena Jones,
of Oxford as teacher.
Miss Dora Overton, teacher of
the South Oxford graded school,
visited Miss Etta Washington, of
Oxford Rout i 6, Saturday and
Sunday.
J. H. Gooch is having extensive
repairs and additions made to his
home. When completed it will be
one of the most convenient and
attractive homes in the community.
Dr. W. S. Cozart returned last
week from West Virginia, where
he has been assisting a railroad
surgeon He left Monday for the.
Medical College of Virginia where
he will enter the senior class.
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Starks, of
Townsville, Mrs. J. J. Bryan, of
Oxford; and Misses Alice Kimball
and Dora Kimball Allred,of Oxford
Route 6, spent the week end with
Mr. and Mrs. J B. Mayes.
While moving some tobacco sticks
in a barn last week Sidney Hunt, of
Culbreth, had the misfortune to
be bitten by a highland moccasin.
He was at once taken to Oxford
where he was treated by Drs. Wat
kins and Daniel. By taking treat
ment at once the poison did not get
fully into the system and he is get
ting along nicely.
The Calhoun Literary Society was
organized in the high school build
ing last Friday afternoon and the
following officers were chosen:
President, Carroll Dickerson; vice-
president, Sam Cozart; secretary
and treasurer, Bacon Hardee; chief
marshall, James Martin; critic,
Prof. R. H. Clayton. There are
quite a number of large boys in
attendance at this session and
everything is favorable for a suc
cessful debating society.
STOMACH UPSET?
Mi-G-na Will Prevent Further
Trouble. It Quickly and
Surely Ends Indiges
tion and Stomach
Troubles.
Distress after eating, belching
of gas and undigested food, that
lump of lead feeling in the stom
ach, headache, biliousness and lack
of energy, are warning signals of
the out of order stomach. Now
at once is the time to stop this
distress.
Mi-o-na Stomach Tablets is the
remedy. They are absoutey harm
less. Get a fifty cent box to day.
Their use surely and quickly stops
stomach distress and improves and
strengthens the digestive system so
that what you eat is converted into
nutrition and the entire system is
properly nourished. Money back
if not benefitted, at J. G. Hall's, adv.
FOR SALE One motorcycle and
side car complete. sep 15-tf
H. F. WENDLE, Oxford, N. C.
PIGS FOR SALE Duroc Jersey
and Berkshire. Apply at Oxford Or
phan Asylum. sept 10-4t.
Gov. Craig has appointed Dr. L.
N. Glenn, of Gastonia, a member
of the board of directors of the
State Hospital at Morganton to
succeed J. W Noell, of Person
county.
ill G Adler's B
''5 'Pill 1 !W Collegian Clothes fj
Will pjf Suits Giul Cverccaca
THIS is the right placG for the right clothes at the
right price. Those Adler's Collegian Suits and
Overcoats we are showing are certainly "the class.'
Hand tailored from exclusive fabrics, they have a styl
and character you are bound to admire. We have a
wide enough range cf models and materials to make
cure cf pleasing your taste. Look them over now,
whiio our stock is at its best.
Landis & Eastern
BIG BUSINESS BUILDERS
FOR SALE 185 acres, 1 1-2
miles from Lyon station on the
Southern Railroad and the road
eading to Knap of Reeds high
school. It is well adapted to the
growth of corn, tobacco, wheat, clo
ver and all other crops grown in
Granville county Will sell for all
or part cash with terms made easy.
Apply to MISS MARY M. WALLER,
Hester Route 1. pd.
FOR SALE One hundred acres
oi land at btovall, two hundred
acres at Gela and two hundred in
a mile of Lewis. Terms easy.
sep 15-tf. R. O. GREGORY.
FOR SALE 200 acre tobacco farm
3 1-2 miles from Coats and 1-2 mile
from Barclaysville Station on D.
and S. Railroad. Also nicely lo
cated on public road from Raleigh
to Fayetteville. High, dry, health
ful and well drained. Small farm
opened; more easily opened; build-
ngs need some repair. Will sell
his place very cheap. Cash or
ime. See this tobacco farm be-
Fore you buy. W. H. PARRISH,
2t. np. Coat3, N. C.
THAT PACK HOUSE. BARN OR
STABLE ROOF. Cover with rubber
roofing guaranteed 5, 10 and 15 years
For Sale by C D. Ray.
FARMS FOR RENT OR SALE.
I have several tobacco farms for
rent or sale within four miles of
the town of Wendell. There is no
wilt in this section; a fine graded
school at Wendell, and one of the
best tobacco markets in the State.
For further information, address
M. A. GRIFFIN,
sept. 6-8t. Wendell, N. C.
N SAGE
FOR THE HAIR
If your hair is too dry brittle color
less thin stringy or falling out use
Parisian Sage now at once.
It stops itching scalp, cleanses the hair
of dust and excessive oils, removes dand
ruff with one application, and makes the
hair doubly beautiful soft fluffy
abundant. Try a 50c. bottle to-day.
It will not only save your hair and make j
it grow, but give it the beauty you desire, i
For Sale by G. J. Hall Oxford. N. C. I
Malaria or Chills & Fever
Prescription No. 668 is prepared especially
for MALARIA or CHILLS & FEVER.
Five or six doses wHl break any case, and
if taken then as a tonic the Fever will net
return. It acts on the liver better than
Calomel and does not gripe or sicken. 25c
CAR LOAD clover seed and rye
and oats at Long-Winston Co., Ox-
ford, N. C.
NOTICE SPECIAL ELECTION
Notice is hereby given that in
pursuance of a writ of election is
sued by the Hon. Locke Craig, Gov
ernor of State of North Carolina,
a special election will be held at
the various polling place3 in the
county of Granville on
TUFSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1913,
to select a member of the House of
Representatives of the State of
North Care Una as successor to the
Hon. William A. Devin, resigned.
This election will be held between
the usual hours and at the regular
polling places in the county and
under the laws and regulations
pertaining to the holding of regular
elections insofar as the same may
be applicable. The various regis
trars and poll holders appointed to
hold the general election in Novem
ber, 1912, will serve at this elec
tion, and any vacancies that may
exist in such offices will be filled in
the usual manner.
F. W. HANCOCK, Chairman
Board of Elections Granville Co.
This September, 23, 1913.
FOR SALE 1000 acres fines
tobacco land for sale cheap, sub
divided into small farms, located
in Johnston and Harnett counties.
See this if you want bargains. Box
293, Coats, N. C. sep 15-4t.
J Absolute reliance can be j
piaceu in any prescription
compounded by us. It is our
business to dispense health
giving prescriptions in the
right way. It is a business we
have not learned in a day,
but only after hard, steady
and persistent work, coupled
V -WITH A DESIRE TO - J
yknow our business in all its H
cost. It is our thoroughness !
in every particular that gives I
our prescription dept. its'1 !
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NOW IS THE TIME
To put in your winters
supply of Coal as we
can furnish you
the best and all
kh.ds at
REDUCED PRICES
until Oct. 1st.
AH coal kept under cover
and screened before
delivery.
Oxford gs Co
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I am Offering for Sale my Farm Lying Seven Miles
North of Oxford. I will Sell the Home Piaoe
With 300 Acres or the Home Place
With 432 Acres.
The old ten room dwelling which is in
excellent condition is located in the center
of a beautiful Elm Grove. The stable
building is large and new, good tenant
houses and other out buildings. This
property adjoins the land of B. M. Cald
well and is one mile from Gela siding. No
finer tobacco, cotton, grass or grain land
in Granvilje county, well watered. I am
offering this property at an
Exceedingly
Low
For a
siring
Quick Saie. I will Meet any one
to Look Over Property in Oxford
if given Notice day In Advance
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Don't Forget that the
Is Still in the Race for
1 JUieJ
All we ask of you is to come and bring your tobacco
in order that you may tell your neighbors what High
Prices Mangum & Watkins are getting for all
Grades of Tobacco
Sold on their floor. Try us with a load and we
will send you home happy with the eagles
spreading their wings
Proprietors JOHNSON WAREHOUSE.
COLLEGE STREET. - - - - . OXFORD, N. C.