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.VOLUME 28.
FLOWER SHOW SUCCESS
WOMAN'S CIVIC CLUB EN
COURAGED
Many Handsome Flowers,
Handwork, Cake,
'Etc.
Not every city and town in North
Carolina can hold a Chrysanthemum
Show, and there are only a few
places in the world where the queen
ly flower attains the beauty and
fragrance that is imported to it in
Oxford. The ladies of Oxford have
been holding a Chrysanthemum
Show for several seasons in the past,
and the spirit to excel 1 has brought
the chrysanthemum to perfection.
The ladies deserve much praise,
and if their Show which closed
Thursday night had been held in
one of the large cities more than
twenty-five thousand people would
have pronounced a benediction on
the lovely flowers. Single, double
and great clusters of them were
arranged on tables about the hall,
and to add to the attractiveness of
the occasion there was a fine dis
play of exquisite hand-work,
cakes and neatly painted menu
cards, emblematic of the season,
told of the many good things to eat.
The junior department of the
Civic Club under management of
Mrs. W. G. Pace and Miss Jeanette
Biggs made fine exhibit of junior
work. Their special department
contained hand-work of creditable
variety in sewing, embroidery,
crochet, cakes, candy, flowers and
ferns. This is the first time the
juniors have taken part in the
Chrysanthemum Show and they are
encouraged to take an active part
in the future.. The first premium,
of ten dollars for the handsomest
collection of chrysanthemums was
awarded to Thomas L. Pace.
Following is a list of premiums:
Best collection of chrysanthe
mums. Cash $5.00 by B. M. Cald
well. To Thomas Pace."
Best six chrysanthemums, any
color, Cash $5.00 by-Taylor Cannady
Buggy Co., to Mrs. W. P. Bryan.
Second best six chrysanthemums,
one ton coal by C. D. Ray, to Mrs.
A. H. Powell.
Best three yellow chrysanthe
mums cash $2.50, by Owen Ware
house, to Mrs. Drew Bryan.
Best three pink chrysanthemums
cash $2.50, Banner Warehouse, to
Thomas Pace.
Best three white chrysanthe
mums cash $2.50, by Johnson Ware
house, to Mrs. W. H. Britt.
Best three red chrysanthemums
cash $2.50, by Parham & Parham,
to Mrs. C. D. Ray.
Best single pink chrysanthemum
cash $1.00, by the Long Company,
to Tom Pace.
Best single white chrhysanthe
muum 1-4 barrel' flour, by Long
Winston Company, to Tom Pace.
Best single yellow chrysanthe
mum cash $1.00, by R. L. Brame,
to Mrs. A. H. Powell.
Best single red chrysanthemum
$1.00, by R. H. Lewis, to Tom
Pace. ' "
Best single incurved white chrys
anthemum cash $3.00,by Perkinson
Green Company, to Mrs. A: H.
Powell.
Best single reflex white chrysan
themum $2.50 trade, by Landis &
Easlon, to Mrs. H. G. Williams.
. Best single incurved yellow chrys
anthemum cut glass naDDv. bv Ox
ford Hardware Company, to Mrs. T
A. H. Powell.
Best single reflex yellow chrys
anthemum, Ironing Board, by Ox
ford Water Company, to Mrs. Drew
Bryan.
Premiums for potted plants: '
Best Australian Fern, Mrs T.
L. Booth. -. .'
Best . Begonia, Mrs. T. L. Booth.
Best Palm, Mrs. A. S. Hall.
Best Maidenhair Fern, Mrs. T. L.
Booth.
Premiums for needle work:
Best piece hand sewing, Miss
. Morton.
Best embroidery, Mrs. C. G.
Elliott. - -
Best collection fancy work, Mrs.
Lewellyn.
(Premium
List Continued
Next Issue.)
in our
OXFORD OFFERS OPPORTUNITIES FOR, HOMES.
SHORT LOCAL PICK-UPS
GATHERED FROM THE f 0N
AND COUNTY
About People and Things That
Are of Interest to Our
Readers.
Let the paint wave continue to
spread as it beautifies the town.
Cam Hunt, the. groceryman, has
supplied himself with a new dray
Most of the students in the school
of experience are forcsd to study
economy.
Pleased to learn that Mrs. Sam
Wheeler, who has been very sick, is
some better. ' .
Have you got your shovel and
pick ready and your, muscles in good
trim for the 5th and 6th ? "
R. S. Usry is greailyTmproving
his nice residence on College street
by a new dress of white paint.
Sam Wheeler is moving the old
Fowler cottage on Front street near
the street, which will be a great
improvement. -
If you wish to reach the largest
number of people plant your ad
vertisement in the. widely read
Public Ledger.
Prices for all grades of v tobacco
on the Oxford market are soaring.
high and rattling against the tin
roof of the warehouses.
The popular Capt. Griffith, who
was confined at home several days
on account of sickness, has recov
ered and resumed his run.
R. W. and R. T, Elam, of fSuffa
lo Juuetion, are selling tobacco oh
our-high priced marked this Friday
and are at the Johnson warehouse.
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Ex-Sheriff SanTWJieeler has ren
ted the Dr. White farm near Rag
land store and will move out first
of the year and become a. tiller of
the soil.
The friends of Mrs. J. C. Davis,
who has been in hospital in Rich
mond, will toe glad to know that
she is greatly improved and will re
turn home this week.
The acquaintances and friends of
Lee Meadows, Oxford's fine base
ball pitcher, will be glad to learn
that he is improving after an ope
ration for appendicitis in Watts
hospital in Durham.
The two smart children of G. W.
Hendrick,. of Route 3, sold their
little" crops of tobacco on the mar
ket this week and were made very
happy. Myrty sold 221-pounds for
$53.24, and Johnnie 236 for $73.
We call the special attention of
our ten thousand readers to the
splendid statement published in an
other column by the First National
Bank which grows stronger and
stronger as the days roll by.
Mr. Roy Averett and Miss Dora
Wheeler, two of Providence's nice
young people, went over to Dnrham
Saturday and were united in the
holy bonds of matrimony, and we
wish them all the joy that life can
give. "
Gov. Craig sounded the keynote
to the development of North Caro
lina when he'issued his proclama
tion summoning the men of North
Carolina to hit a lick of some sort
for good roads on the 5th and 6th
of November.
The Oxford'Tobacco market has
had a great week having sold about
three-quarters of a mi llipii founds
of tobacco at rafter pricesV Hur
rah for. our farmers, warehouse
men ana jiberal buyers aS they are
unexcelled by none
i H, M. Bragg, of Stem, sold some
tobacco in Oxford Thursday aflhe
Banner warehouse which took the
premium at both the County and
State Fairs. . His load fetched $75,
36, 75, 21, 45, 55, 30.50, 27.50,
his check called for $675. r
"It is with sorrow1 that we Jearn
as we go to press this Friday af
ternoon that Mr. John A. Niles is
in adying condition atf a Norfolk
hospital which has r cast a gloom
over? the town where he is so highly
esteemed. His death is
rily expected. ,
momenta-
PUBLISHED TWICE-A-WEEK
OXFORD GRADED SCHOOL
THE STANDING OF THE
- CHILDREN
If Your Name Is Not On
the Honor Roll There Is
a Reason
First Grade Lucy Taylor Baird.
Mary Bland, Rebecca Bullock, Joe
Breedlove,Dalas Boyd, Matt Currin,
Lillie Dent, Charlotte Easton, Wil
liam Elliott, Virginia Hart, Julia
Hobgood,Phillip Hurst, Aline Over -
ton. Elsie Pruitt. . ..
Second Grade Tom Booth, Thos.
Cannady, Maud Clark Cam Eas
ton, Nettie Sue Green. Alice Hall,
Geneva Hughes, Edward Mitchell.
Alma McFar land, Russell Parham,
Thomas " Royster, Madison Usrv.
Parker Leigh, Tignor, Sohn Wilr
liams, James Webb, Jack Usry.
Third Grade Mary Belle Boyd.
Carrie Duncan,' Lillian Fuller,
Pattie May Green, Iola . Meadows,
Gertrude Poythress, Mary Powell,
Annie Roberson Janie Thomasson,
Joe Renn, Louise Evans Carolyn
Harris, Edwin Hart.
Fourth Grade Augusta oarron,
Travis Chamblee, inanes Jasion,
Hugh Easton, Zulene Evans, Lillian
Hughes, :Eunice Hurst, Effie Lee.
Zula Moore, Minnie Murray, Mabel
Sizemore, Bernice Usry.
Fifth Grade Bran sford Ballou,
ilfian Cheatham, John Perry Hall,
Fritz Hall, . Annie Landis, Idie Kerr
Taylor, Rives Taylor, Oiive Webb,
Ruth Howard. -
Sixth Grade Frank , Averett,
Loise Currin, Sam Hall, Frank Mur-
ray, Kutn .ramam.
Seventh Grade Robert Parham,
Joe Taylor.
Eighth Grade Elizabeth Floyd,
Irene Peirson.
Ninth Grade Muzette Daniel,
Buxton Taylor.
Tenth Grade Alva Lee Currin,
Helen Paris, Ruth Shaw.
Selling High
Tobacco is "up a-limb" on the
Oxford market as will be seen by
he following sales made at Banner
warehouse a few days ago: S. L.
Moss one load for $24, 31, 34, 63,
40, 28.50 and 20. The next man
rolled in and captured $15, 25, 38,
32.50,-33, 63, 49, 37.50, 30. 28and
20. .
Small Fire
Thursday afternoon an alarm of
fire was turned in, which was at the
home of Wm. Taylor, col., who lived
out of town and was put out. Our
Fire Company was out in a jiffy,
and the gallant Mayor Stem in try
ing ta get on the wagon missed his
footing and was thrown to the
ground skinning one of his arms.
W hope he wilj soon be all o. k.
An Ordinance
The following ordnance passed at
the adjourned meeting of the Board
of Commissoners October 17, 1913.
is in full forcfe: "Be it ordained
by the Board of Commissoners of
Oxford: That it shall be unlawful
for any person driving or operating
an automobile in the town- of Ox
ford to use the muffler cut-outs,
thereby producing a loud and un
necessary hose. Any person yiolat
ing this ordinance shall Defined. 50
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WILL BE HERE TUES. ilO V. 4TH.
Dr. S. Rapport, of Durham will
be at Dr. Henderson's Dental Office
Tuesday,, November 4th. .his regu
lar first, -Tuesday visit for the pur
pose of Examining eyes and fitting
glas.ses.i-. If youare need of glasses
for the good, of your eyes don ' t fail
to see - him on that date. Consul
tation'free. - " :- ' -'
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BRING us al 1 yourold hams, sides,
shoulders, chickens, old hens,
turkeys, ducks, egs - and butter.
We will pay the highest market
price in cash. Cannady & Alston,
Main street. t p. y. r'"ir -.
I LOST On last Wednesday, Oc
tober, 22, one bill-book- containing
$102.00 on the Fair grounds in Ox
ford while attending the Granville
County Colored -Fair. Reward if
returned
to W. F. Tyler, Oxford;
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N. C.
WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS.
COLORED MAN KILLED
DEXTER NEIGHBORHOOD
STARTLED
Joe Dorsey Slays Robert
Daniel With a Knife
and Escapes
Intelligence reached Oxford late
Wednesday eveningthat a murder
had been committed near Dexter
Sheriff Hobgood hastened 'to the
scene and learned that1 Robert
Daniel, colored, met his death at
the hands of Joe Dorsey, colored
The murderer made his escape in
the direction of Henderson and his
whereabouts is unknown at this
writing.
.Those in a position to know say
that the two men wene- industrious
and bore a good reputation, Robert
Daniel, the murderedman, having
been in the employ of Commissioner
B.I. Breed love for more than twenty
vears. .
Th srene of the murder was
at the camp at R. S. Green s saw
mill The two men were seated at
the supper table discussing some
trivial matter, and to all appear
ances were in the best of humor,
but unfortunately Joe Dorsey be
come, enraged, andieipg the small
er man of -the two he pulled out a
knife or a razor and 'cut Daniel's
throat from ear to ear and inflict
ing an ugly gash across his chest,
the victim expiring -eight .minutes
later. -
Coroner W. D. Bryan went out to
the'scene of the murder 'Thursday
morning and made up -the jury as
follows: B. - I. Breedlove, C. M.
Critcher, A. S. Green, C. C. Satter-
white, H. G. Woody,, F. F. Fort.
The verdict of the jury i3: "That
Robert Lee Daniel come to his death
by being cut by Joe Dorsey."
Doing Well
The little daughter of Mr. Car-
rington, who was taken to a hospi-
al in Raleigh Monday morning,un-
derwent an operation for appendi
citis and is getting along nicely.
She is one of the bright scholars in
he Oxford Graded School and we
hope she will soon be well.
Special Sale of Furs.
Winter is coming on and the la
dies want to keep warm when they
go out and for that . reason we call
heir attention to the special Fur
Sale at Landis & Easton's this Sat
urday as advertised on the eighth
page: Read it ladies and Jbe sure
and see the beautiful display of
he latest things in furs.
Fair Premiums
Miss Margaret Capehart, who was
the successful competitor in the
Tomato Club contest in Granville
Fair, was also awarded the first pre
mium in Raleigh. In the tobacco
exhibit we are glad to say the first
and second prizes were awarded to
Selly Montague, of Hester, and H.
M. Bragg, of Stem. We extend
congratulation.
A Card of Thanks
I hasten to Thank- neighbors,
friends and all who so faithfully
rendered favors, kindness and such
valuable aid during: the sickness
and death of my beloved wife.
Words fail me when I try to ex
press my appreciation, though deep
down in my heart there is appreci
ation and love for every one.. s
I am your friend,
W. H. UPCHURCH.
Wake Up and Get Busy
'- Are you" going to grow old with
out a dpllar in the bank? Old age
comes&s sure as the clock ticks.
A comfortable old age is the am
bition of every, man. The way to
have this is to have money to make
i t ' comf or table .' The muney that
you could save now.by cutting out
a' few- extravagances would grow
into a big sum. by the time your
life reached its December. ' While
enjoying the May' time of your life, j
prepare for the- December. lriB
01d,Reliable,, The National Bank
of Granville -is. a- pleasant and
profitable place to do business. Read
record breaking statement on 8th
page of this paper. U.-
SCHOOLS AND PROSPERITY."
CARD FROM I. A. PITTS
A VERY IMPORTANT MES
SAGE Parents Are. Urged to Read
and Study the Actual
: i Conditions -
People are continually coming to
us with requests which if granted
would be making exceptions of
their children. We try to use the
same standard for all and treat all
as fairas we know how. There
seems to be a misunderstanding
about absences. Arid in order that
our patrons may know just what
our regulations are, I am writing
this note of explanation. Every
unexcused absence and all are unex
cused except for sickness or provi
dential hindrances takes five points
j? l nf that dav: Also
J. vQftd absence keeps a stu
dent off honor roll for the month.
You can readily see the justice of
this. It is not fair, to mark a boy,
who has been absent for a day, as
high as the boy who stayed at school
and went through all the work. This
last boy must have gotten some
things thatthe absent boy missed.
We are trying to hold up the
standard of our school and to do
this we must have regular attend
ance. The student who is continu
ally missing a day now and then
will soon become disinterested,
spread this indifferent spirit among
his classmates and finally leave
school saying he was not learning
anything. Then the blame wJ!Me
put on the teacher for not doing
her duty. I appeal to the parents
of Oxford to assist us teachers in
this the. most important period of
a child's life, the time of getting
an education. . J. A. PITTS.
LOCAL SHORT STOPS.
County Commissioners will meet
Monday.
T. Lanier and D. G. Brummitt
attended the Supreme Court in Ral
eigh this week.
The old friends of Ed Crews will
regret to learn of his illness at his
home in Rocky Mount.
J. S. Bradsher has rented the
Taylor home in North Oxford and
will move his family to Oxford.
Mrs. J. W. Daniel and Mrs. May,
of Franklinton, 'were the guests of
Mrs Sam Watkins the first of the
week.
T. J. Brummitt, of Fairport.who
has been quite sick, has so far re
covered as to be able to be in town
Wednesday.
We extend our sympathy to our
old friend A. Cook, of Henderson,
in tbe loss of his home, and hope.
he had it insured. .
The many friends of B. M. Cald
well will be sorry to learn that he
s right sick at Carolina Lodge and
wish him a rapid .recovery.
Mrs. W. B. C. Hershey has re
turned from a pleasant visit to Col
umbus, Ohio, and the "old man"
is happy. She was accompanied by
her relative, Mrs. Clover.
George Sherman rolled in town
Thursday from "Shake Rag" with
good load of tobacco and sold with
Will Fleming, averaging $40,-and
hia check called for the nice sum of
$495. . -
Miss Hettie Lyon rejourned Mon
dayvfrom a two weeks stay at Ashe
ville. Old Ttort and Greensboro.
While at Asheville she attended the
Western North - Carolina Baraca
Philathea Conference where she
took part in conference program.
Read the fine statements made by
the Citizens' Bank of Creedmoor,
Bank of Stem, and Bank of Stovall
i n another column . "We dare . say
no county in the State has better
conducted banks than Granville, and
enjoy the confidence of the people.
There will be a meeting of the
Civic Club- on Wednesday afternoon
at 3 :30 oclock at , the pommercial
Club rooms. All members' interes
ted in the Parliamentary Class will
please be present at 3 oclock in
oyier to" take", part in the drill in
charge of the Parliamentary Com-
mittee.
NUMBER 91
NOVEMBER 5TH AND 6TH
REMEMBER YOUR OBLIGA
TION Turn Out on Good Roads ;
Day and Do Your u
Duty
The 5th and 16th of November
will go down in history as one of
the most eventful periods in the
history of the State. They are the
days which Governor Craig has
designated as "Good Roads Days."
The Governor will wear overalls
and he has requested that he be as
signed to the roads in Buncombe
rofds eat men all over the State
will take their place m line rnd
shovel dirt along side of the most
lowly. - 2
Eyerythng seems1 to be shaping
up well for an observance of those
two ,days in Granville county.
Strong committees in every part of
the county are at work night and
day with this end in yiew.
As a preliminary.. the work a '
mass meeting wiTbe held at the
Court House this7 .-Friday night,
at which timevProf T. F. Hicker
son will make some valuable sug
gestions.
Read the letters of well-known
men of the county published else
where in the Public Ledger to-day.
Some were omitted for the lack of
space.
Prof. Joseph Hyde Pratt, State ,
Geologist, advises Mr. J. F. Webb,
chairman of organization for road
work in Granville county, that he
can not reach Oxford on Friday
night. Arrangements have been
perfected whereby T. F. Hickerson,
Processor of Highway Engineering
in the University of North Carolina
and one of the Highway Engineers
of the Survey, to represent the
Geological Survey in Granville on
Friday.
Prof. Hickerson is scheduled to
speak at Stem, and it is likely that
Mr. Webb will meet him there and
bring him to Oxford in an automo
bile for the night meeting.
Prof. Hickerson will spend Satur
day morning in Oxford and vicini
ty, giving suggestions regarding
road work in this part of the county.
On Life's Journey
Another marriage took place at
he Exchange Hotel on Tuesday,
he contracting parties were Tucker
W. Seymour, of Brunswick county,
Va., and Miss Mary. E. Yancey, of
Clarksville, Va., Rev. L. A. Joyner
performing th ceremony in the
back parlor of the hotel in the pres
ence of a number of the guests.
The Antics of an Old Mule.
Mr. Evans, who resides in Fish
ing Creek township, came to Oxford
Thursday and after disposing of his
tobacco he loaded his wagon with
furniture and started home.
; There
wagon
were four neighbors on the
with him, and all was serene until
they reached the old Lanier corner
at Gilliam and High streets, where
the mule took fright and dumped
the entire contents of the wagon
into the street, including Mr. Evans
and hi s four neighbors. The wagon
was badly demolished and the furni
ture damaged to some extent, but
fortunately the men escaped unhurt.
The Best Authority
: Prof. C. B. -Ross, instructor of
poultry culture at .the A. M. Col
lege and who was judge of poultry
at the last Granville County Fair
writes J. I, Stegall of Oxford re
garding the proposed Poultry Show
as follows: .. . . ' ';
"Granville has good stock to"
start with as was shown by the
large and splendid exhibit at the
County Fair. The birds, of the
American class being of stronger
competition at the Granville County
tFair than at the great State Fair.
In fact an Oxford . man wi th his
White Plymouth Rocks carried off
all honors at the State Fair in this
variety. By all means organize,
and by the co-operation make Gran
ville county not only the leading
poultry county of the State of
North Carolina, but a bright and
shining light nationally.
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