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PUBLIC -LJB3DGIBB, OCT. 4TH 1913. GHOSTS OF LONDON MURIEL'S HOLIDAY Temple Bar and Tower Favorite It Was Enforced, but Brought Haunts of Spooks Lea worse than chust hunting Writer Advises Americans Who Seek By Excitement to spena an tvCM..a With the Spectral Forms That Roam in Buildings. London.-If the Americans who rome to Londou find time hanging vily on tlicir lianas, mcj xe, - divert tnemseivba wn. It is widely known, of ...... oiria rf thfi famous. rourse, mat luc American lawyer, Judah P Benjamin, haunts the picturesque old Temple, vliere as one of the most successful -K Cs" in the history of the English bar he once had chambers, and now ve'have it on the authority of one of the leading spook experts in this country that the Tower of London, vhere bo many celebrities, from queens downward, lost their heads, is haunted, too, though not by as many specters as might have been expected, considering the wholesale killing that once went on there. Thousands of our countrymen visit the "Temple" every year mainly to eee the grave of Oliver Goldsmith and thousands more explore the grim old Tower, with its racks and dun geon and site of the scaffold where Queen Anne Boleyn. Lady Jane Grey and the Earl of Essex were beheaded, Happiness Instead of Ex pected Sorrow. AUGUSTUS GOODRICH SHER-WIN. With a clang a great gate went shut, and a shrill whistle and the harsh boom of a bell told that the giant fac tory had begun the noisy grind of the business of the day. The inflexible rule of the plant was applied on the exact second the worker who was not inside the walled grounds on the stroke of seven need not apply for admission until the next morning. Half a dozen scurrying men and women had crossed the dividing line, grazed and all but knocked prostrate by the sliding barrier. A pretty,. neat ly appareled girl reached the sate to grasp its handle just as the lock shut. A young man, hurrying too, halted with a shrug of his shoulders, one-half dismayed, one-half resigned. These two were shut out. Others came strag gling along in the distance, but turned about and retraced their way home wards, realizing the futility of seeking admittance. While Sidney Harper, stock clerk, took the forced idleness of a day rath er indifferently, in fact with rather a sense of enjoyable novelty, Muriel Hope, employed In the office of the big works, paled and her Hps quivered. A sigh that was a sob but half sup pressed left her lips. Her eyes filled a on ud perhaps if these visitors stayed with tears and wltn a despondent frer nightfall, instead of going hack to their respective hotels and boarding houses, and kept a sharp eye out, they might be rewarded, at the Temple, by a glimpse of the ghost ly Benjamin, or maybe even of the ample shade of Doctor Johnson, who likewise lodged there, or, at the Tow er with a view of Henry VIII., the much-married, whc.se spectral form has been seen in the neighborhood at least once. Eliot O'Donnell, who, of course, is one of the most eminent authorities on ghosts in England, tells about the Tower ghosts in the pages of the Oc cult Review, and an astonishing crowd thev prove to be. One of them, which stai "undoubtedly." according to O'Donnell, the shade of Queen Ade step she started slowly from the spot. Sidney Harper construed aright the girl's deep concern, and his sympathy was awakened. He was a man who had steeled himself against pity, but he could not help but be interested. He knew that low wages and ceaseless work held most of the employes of the works bound like slaves to a wheel. With many of them the loss of a day meant the loss of some other day's meals. Then a memory of a dark passage in his life that had made him a lonely, resentful being on the fair threshold of manhood, caused him to crowd back his interest in the girl. Once he had loved. It was all over 'vfjlsiws!? Garden Corner of "Temple." laide, the wife of George IV., ap peared to two persons, one of them a former keeper of the crown jewels at the Tower, a3 a "cylindrical figure, like a glass tube, about as large as one's arm, and seemingly filled with a dense fluid," and another in the shape of a "huge bear" which issued from underneath the jewel room door. "A scldier thrust at it with his bayo net, which, going right through It, stuck in the doorway, whereat he dropped in a fit and was carried eenseless to the guardroom, dying on the following day." 31' u in HI I She st&Tted, drew back, and the tears gushed trim her eyes. "I dartt not that is, I cannot go home just now," she faltered. "It was of that I was thinking when I so carelessly crossed the street, and how I should pass the long day." "I do not understand," insinuated Sidney gently. "It is my dear mother," explained Muriel pathetically. "She is an in valid, nervous and apprehensive. My father when he died left nothing but a house on leased ground. The owner has raised the rent, and it is all we can do to meet his exactions. Every day's wages counts. If I let mother know I had missed one, It would upset her for a week, with the added dread that it might lead to my losing work altogether. I must not go home until night, and I must keep the truth from mother." A plain story, but infinitely pathetic, it made Sidney Harper think. Then in a half humorous, half serious tone he said: "Miss Hope, this is our day of co incidences. We miss work together, you have a house, I own a lot. We are like dull children given a holiday and not knowing how to enjoy it. Won't you help me find a way?" The clear frank eyes of the girl looking into his own saw there only manliness and respect. She entered into the spirit of the proposition smilingly. "I am as unused to holidays as your self," she admitted. "Just forget your dear mother, and all your troubles, and the day's work, for a few hours, Miss Hope," advised Sidney. "Help me make it a pleasant, restful day for both of us." Children of the heart, with nothing sweet in the city for them but the pa tient lives of the poor, it seemed as if the sunshiny, golden hours drifted them into a veritable fairyland of en joyment. Never would Muriel forget the rare wonder and novelty of the pleasure park, where her courteous escort made her see everything worth seeing, where they had a delightful lunch in a water pagoda, to the strains of sweet music, and then a long row on the dreamy lagoon. Muriel with a bright laugh emptied out the tell-tale lunch she had brought from home, her beautiful eyes suffused as she sjoke softly of "deceiving poor mother!" There was the lovely flush of excitement and joy in her cheeks as they neared her home. "Miss Hope," said Sidney, "you have given me the most delightful day of BIO ST QUE DOSE of SSsyas Wonderful Stomach Remedy - Should Convince You That Your Suffering Is Unnecessary. Recommended for Chronic indigestion and Stomach. Liver and Intes tinal Ailments. Thousands of people, some right in your own ii'l UIllV , il.iVC Ittiicii .. . - - Remedy for Stcmach, Liver and Intestinal Ailments, Dyspepsia, pressure or oar rouna ths Heart? Sour isiornacn, Mistress Alter coz ing. 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Educators, Lawyers.Merchants, Hankers. Doctors. Drugrsnsts, Nurses, Manufao turars. Priests, Ministers. Fanners, with lasting benefit gnd it should be equally successful Ui your case. Send for free valuable booklet O0 3 n Store t FOR SALE 185 acres, 11-2 miles from Lyon station on the Southern Railroad and the road leading to Knap of Reeds high school. It is well adapted to the SALE OF LAND. Pursuant to an order of sale made by the superior Court of Granville county in the special proceeding entitled. "W. A. Cash vs.Paul Brogden and others. 1 shall on MONDAY. OCTOBER 6th. 1913. the same being the first Monday in October, 1913. sell to the highest bidder, by uublic auction, for cash at the court house door in Oxford. N. C the growth of Corn, tobaCCO .Wheat, clo- Rowing described tract of land, Lying and being & .1 utimtp in Dutrhvillft Townshm. Granville r.ountv. Ver and all Other Crops grown in j State of North Carolina, adjoining the lands of the ,.; 1 1 . rnnf it 'w Jl I ooll fnr oil I tate D. l. jaCKSon, ueceasea. me lam nios. GrailVllle COUnty W 111 Sell tor all Lvon deceased and others, and beingthe land for- or part cash With terms made Pasy. merly owned by the late David Brogden. deceased, , ...on if a ftr ttt a t t mr containing 100 acres, more or less. , Time of sale Apply to iVlloo lVlAi x m. VV titi-irLii, I between the hoursotland zo clock p.m. lins Hester Route 1 . pd. wr o. . RfYSTFR rlrriirii,s,inM. DON'T .New crop, CARLOAD clover seed and rye crimson ana wnue ciover seea, and oatg at Long-Winston Co ., Ox- seed rye, seed oatsat LiOng-W inston fQrd, N. C. uomDanv. I - JUST AKKlVHiD JNew crop, FOR SALE One motorcycle and crimson and white clover seed, seed my life. You live here!" he exclaimed jside car complete abruptly. "Why, yes," responded Muriel, won dering at his startled manner. Sidney Harper smiled strangely. "You own the house," he said, "and next to it is the lot I told you about. Another coincidence, is it not?" Their eyes met and their souls thrilled, and in the mutual glance was the serene promise of a closer friend ship. (Copyright, 1913, by "W. G. Chapman.) CORN STALKS MADE CEILING sep 15-tf rye and seed oats at Long-Winston H. F. WENDLE, Oxford, N. C. Company. PIGS FOR SALE Duroc Jersey FOR SALE One hundred acres and Berkshire. Apply at Oxford Or- of land at Stovall, two hundred phan Asylum. sept 10-4t. I acres at Gela and two hundred in a mile of Lewis. Terms easy. THAT PACK HOUSE, BARN OR STABLE ROOF. Cover with rubber roofing guaranteed 5, 10 and 15 years For Sale by C. D. Ray. THAT DWELLING ROOF Tin Singles are the best covering I have them. The Drice is rirfht. C. D. Ray? sep 15-tf. R. O. GREGORY. SALE OF HOUSE AND LOT. By virtue of authority conferred upon the under signed by a deed of trust executed by Dorsey Young and wife, dated August 1st, 1912, and duly record ed in book 94, page 204. of the records of deeds of trust of Granville county, default having been made in the payment of the debt thereby secured, I shall on MONDAY. OCTOBER 6th. 1913 sell to the highest bidder for cash at the court house door in Oxford the following described lot or parcel of land: Near the town of Oxford, in Fiah iug creek Township, adjoining the lands of James Harris and the colored Orphan Asylum. Beginning at a stake on the East side of Harris street, corner of Orphan Asylum land, thence eastward! y along iine of said asylum land 150 feet to an iron stake near a peach tree, corner of said asylum land, thtnee northwardly along line of said Asylum land 225 feet to white oak, corner of James Harris. thenco Westward ly along line of said Harris 244 feet to stake in Harris street, thenbe Southwardly alonj Harris street 100 feet to the beginning. Time of sale, about the hour of noon. Terms cash. This Sept. 6th. 1913. A. W. GRAHAM. Trustee. FARMS FOR RENT OR SALE. I havft 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. TO TEACH HENS TO LAY EGGS English Agricultural Experts Tour North Wales in Special Train to Show Machine. London. The Agricultural Organi zation and the National Poultry Or ganization Society aro jointly respon- Eibie for a unique scheme by which it is hoped hens may be taught to lay. What is known as the "golden egg" train left London recently bearing a party of poultry experts who aro going to teach the hens in Wales how eggs really should be laid. The train con sisted of throa special coaches, fitted with every modern device calculated to encourage the roost educated hens to lay prize egg3, and it will travel from station to station in North Wales for a fortnight. The poultry experts vill lecture at each stopping place to the local chicken farmers. BABY THREW MONEY AWAY Steelworker Gave Child Pocketbook to Play With on a Train and H Drops It Out of Window. Newcastle, Pa. According to word received here from Fernando Russo, a steelworker now at Hsrrisburg, Pa., his savings, a small fortune, were thrown from a train near Philadelphia by his baby, Jose Russo, and his fam ily are stranded. Russo, his wife and children were returning from New York, where they went to meet a relative, when the sav ings of several months were thrown away. The parent gave his baby his pocketbook to play with and Jose iosseo it out of a window. The family traveled from Philadelphia to Harris- fcurg on a freight train. These Two Were Shut Out. now, but he had never forgotten the false beauty who had been a traitress to her vows. "Heigh-ho!" he communed with himself. "In four years of steady, per sistent work at last a day off. I'm not sorry I'll try and see if I am still hu man enough to be interested outside of the dull treadmill of hard labor." He had noticed off and on for a year or more the fair young girl who an swered to the name of Muriel Hope. Once he had adjusted a gas jet above her desk when she had some extra night work. Only a week since, too. he had brought a new chair to replace the crippled and uncomfortable one she ocupied. After that he had al ways bowed to her when they met. Even that morning they had spoken, but very briefly in the urgency of get ting through the gate in time. His thoughts came irresistibly bacii to the girl as he saw her shift the lunch box sha carried and move her handkerchief to her eyes, as if to wipe fha, too r awav. He wondered what dreary life drama hers might be, wliat secret care and trouble might sear hsr tender girlish heart. And then just as she was crossing a street he saw her step directly in the path of an on rushing automobile. He made a spring. Just at the critical moment he seized and drew her out of the way of a dreadful peril, and led her back to the street curb half fainting with ter ror. "Oh how can I thank you!" she panted, and her hand rested uncon sciously on his own as though she was glad that her rescuer was an acquaint ance, if even a casual one. "Had you not better let me help you into the drug store yonder, where you can rest till you recover your fright?" he asked solicitously. "Oh, no, I am quite quite myself now," insisted Muriel, although she was trembling still and her lips were unsteady. He took her; hand and drew it through his arm in a kindly brotherly way she could not resist. "We will walk on slowly then," he said quietly. 4I will see yea aaiely s far aa vaur home." Weary Traveler Slept Soundly Amid Primitive Surroundings in "Hotel" in Mexico. A tourist who was tramping over Mexico last year was "put up" for a night at a lazy, rickety little shack that was called a hotel. It was in the country, in the northern part of Nuevo Leon state. "At that hotel," the tourist said, "the old stage joke about stopping on the outside was no joke at all. Very much travel-worn, I arrived late in the af ternoon. There were only two rooms in the 'posada,' meaning in Mexico 'the hotel' a large dining room, and a much smaller side room, which was kitchen and everything else connect ed with the hostlery. "I did not find out until after I had paid, a little matter that was demand ed in advance with such a flourish of courtesy that I could not hesitate. I spent several perturbed moments, off and on, wondering where I was to sleep. However, there were three oth er 'guests,' Mexican, who did not ap pear to be worrying so I tried to be patient. "Supper, an affair of lots of pepper and little food, was 'served' by the proprietor's wife. Shortly after night fall the proprietor, with much bowing and gesturing and 'Senor Americano' ing, signified to me that he would take pleasure in assigning me to my room. I followed him out of the ho tel and into a small corn patch behind the building. "In a corn row, at a spot where the j overlapping top blades were thick enough to form a canopy that was at least dewproof, my landlord halted and pointed to an old blanket which had been spread in the hollow between the rows, and, bowing and Seuoring some more, commended me to the care of the saints and departed. "That was my room. There was an old frayed mat for a pillow and a di lapidated blanket for covering. "Did I call up the office and kick on the room? I did not! The earth was dry and warm, and having been re cently hoed, was not hard; and being dead tired I turned in at once and had a dandy sleep' EXECUTOR'S NOTICE. hpn Hn!v nullified as Executor of the last will and testament of the late Joseph W. Wheelous, notice is hereby given to all persons havind claims adainst said estate to present them to me on or before the 1st day of September 1914. or or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recov ery. All persons indebted to said estate win piease make immediate paymenc to me. ims epi. i. 1913. . .TOHN w. WHLrJLUUS. executor of Jos V. Wheelous. deceased. Graham & Deviu, Attys. Sept.6th.4t.pd. A Rare Convenience. "How do you like this apartment house? Service good?" "Best ever. Why, the janitor even has a dress suit and makes a good emergency man at bridge." Too Much in Earnest. "Why did you quit that barber? His talk i3 harmless." "I could stand lite talk. But, with a razor in his hand, I didn't like his emphatic 'gestures." SALE OF VALUABLE LAND. A ten nfr (inf hid having been tendered upon the purchase price bid for the Spencer R. O Bnen home place, sold this day we will again offer said land for sale for cash at public auction at the court house door in Oxford on MONDAY. OCTOBER 6th. 1913. Said land is situate in Tally Ho Township. Gran ville county, bounded on the nortn D Mrs. T otf-a .itiH Misa Nannie Currin. on the east by J. L. O'Brien, and Dr. E. B. Meadows, on the south by Dr E. B. Meadows, on the west by It. H. Currin, containing one hundred and forty two seven tenth acres, being the Home tract or iana oi oyeucer r, O'Brien and wife. Ih epi. . ot RICHARD H. O'BRIEN. At nd Executors of apencer K. u crien. ear t?4A. . sri- (.NOT SOLD Hi &TOSE6) are fitted to you in your own home. They will re tain their beautiful iines and keep you looking your best in continual comfort. You can have corsetry ad vice free by sending for The best dressed woman has her corset, like her gowns, fitted to her measure. The flexible" Spirella boning, which is guaranteed not to rust or break is used only in Spirella corsets. MRS. JOHN W. GOOCH. Phone 135A Miss Myrtle Cothrum, of Russellville, Ala. says: "For nearly a year, I suf fered with terrible back ache, pains in my limbs, and my head ached nearly all the time. Our family doctor treated me, but only gave me temporary relief. I was certainly in bad health. My school 1 teacher advised me to TAKE &rdu The Woman's Tonic I took two bottles, in all, and was cured. I shall always praise Cardui to sick and suffering wo men." If you suffer from pains peculiar to weak women, such as head ache, backache, or other symptoms of womanly trouble, or if you merely need a tonic for that tired, nervous, worn-out feel ing, try Cardui. E-65 Schoo AbtblcI Stationery. Just Received an up-to-date line of School Supplies, Tablets, Pencils, Ink, etc. New line Stationery of all Kinds. Prescriptions Frilled by Registered Druggist Hamilton Drug Co POVOU WANT ASRMH FA33EV1 Let us show you our Suburban Home Farms, 5 and 7 acres, desirably located near Oxford, attractive surroundings. Will arrange easy pay ments and help you build your home. Only a few f these farms are unsold. WE BUY AND SELL REAL ESTATE AND WPITE IN SURANCE IN ALL BRANCHES. GRANVILLE REAL ESTATE & TRUST CO J. A. NILES. Sec. & Treas. OXFOSD. N. C. TIlEPiiONE 88. A. H. POWELL, Pres. BROWN BUILDING. 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