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JANUAEY 14TH 1914
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Will Stick by The Pickings.
The Salisbury Post says, as long
i-i : nnA ;lr;fro in "North
Carolina for the tigers the tigers
will be on hand to graze the ground.
So long as the people of the State
permit the laws of the State to be
violated with impunity so longwill
the illegal retailers work the game
for all it is worth. So long as these
tigers have political .influence and
pull so long will politics wink at
their violations and make it hard
for officers of the law and the
courts to break up the nefarious
business. So long as Courts put
small fines on those that slip into
court when they see themselves
caught, so long will they return to
theii haunts and quickly make up
the small fine. Whenever the courts
put the big tigers with white skins
on the road alongside the peg-leg-ged-negro
tiger the big white tiger
will take a serious thought about
stopping the selling of whiskey con
trary to law.
50,000 Cases of Pellagra.
So alarming are reports of the
spread of pellagra laid before Sec
retary McAdoo by Surgeon General
Blue, of the United States Public
Health Service, that Congress will
probably be urged to make a spe
cial appropriation to rent a hospi
tal building in the South, establish
laboratories and study the disease
in all its phases.
Although pellagra is far more
prevalent in the Southwestern States
it is estimated there have been
more than 50,000 cases in the en
tire country, the disease having
been found in 44 States and the
District of Columbia.
While pellagra has been recog
nized for several hundred years, it
still is one of the most baffling dis
eases with which the medical pro
fession deals.
The Public Health service has
been struggling with an investiga
tion of pellagra since its discovery
in this country a half dozen years
ago, but its rapid spreau has led to
a determination to urge Congress
to act quickly.
Discusses Citizenship.
At the opening of the Criminal
Term of the Court in Charlotte last
week Judge W. J. Adams, -of Carth
age, delivered a charge to the grand
jury which proved highly original
and out the ordinary so we learn
from the papers. Judge Adams'
snbject was the relation of the in
dividual to law observance, and he
emphasized the fact that the ad
ministration of justice in the courts
depended in large measure on the
local sentiment relating to the ob
serving of laws. He said that the
system was not claimed to be per
fect and that as a matter of fact it
did contain weal? points perhaps,
remnants, of feudal times, as when
the culprit is penned up, and his
family has to starve while he is
forced to produce for the State. He
said that criticism of a sound kind
was welcomed if it would show how
things might be bettered, but such
criticisms as may be heard some
time, that a case in court is like a
game of dice are not worthy of con
sideration and are " lacking in the
essential element of truthfulness.
Judge Adams stated that the per
sonal attitude of the citizen to good
government and the laws wasthe I
chief factor in good governmpnt 1
.ana the security of the same' and
that the reforming of humanity in
il - . n i- A 4-irta TI7QB i r i
lilt: agglcsalc w da uut nic vj iu
which real success lay.
Judge Adams deplored the cheap-
ness of human life in the State and
naid that the situation was one that
called for careful consideration at
this time and at present, too, he
thought that the matter was be
coming appalling. The charge was
a really a philosophical and learned
one and included in it many quota
tions from the best thinkers of the
ages.
m . j for 42 years a practicing physician
Plans for TobaCCO Crop. at Mai ton. died Monday night. j
That there will be a general ex- An eff0rt is being made to estab
tension of the culture of tobacco l i sh a farm school in connection
in this State next season is the in-! with the State high school at China
to the test Urove. . i
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farm division of the State Depart
ment of Agriculture. The culture
is to be undertaken in a number of
sections that have not heretofore
grown tobacco, notably Robeson,
Cumberland and Hoke counties and
the extreme eastern part of Bell
haven section. It is believed that
Hoke county will plant at least fif
teen hundred acres and the Red
Springs section, is making extensive
preparations for a crop.
All these sections have called on
the State Department for the ser
vices, in a consulting capacity, of
E. G. Moss, the tobacco expert in
charge of the Tobacco Test Farm in
Granville county.
44 Lynchings fn 1913.
Only 44 lynchings, known to be
such beyond doubt, occurred in the
United States during 1913. This
is the lowest number on record,
more than 50 being recorded last
year and as many as 250 in some
previous years.
The record for the year shows de
cided improvement in other re
spects than in the mere number of
victims. So far as the newspaper
accounts show none of the victims
were burned at the stake, nor were
any of the lynching cases accom
panied by the so-called race riots,
which always added to the number
of victims and served to Intensify
the antagonism of the white and
black races.
In the 44 lynchings the-victims
of all but one were negroes, and all
but two of the cases occurred in
Southern States. No woman was
included among the year's victims.
A Remarkable Dinner.
Without doubt the most remark
able dinner ever given in this State
was that at Andrews in the western
part of the State. J. McWhi taker
was the host, and guests were 17
widows, whose ages and a number
of whose decendents tell two stories
at once, one. of the longevity of
North Carolina, the other of the
fact that race suicide has no foot
ing in tlis commonwealth. The
combined ages of the 17 widows are
1,033 years, the average being 61.
The number of children of these
women is 152, grandchildren 289,
greatchildren 60, g"reat great grand
children 9. The dinner was a
bountiful one. There are big fam
ilies in this State. .One has 32
children, all living; three have 30;
seven have 24 ; and a number of 20
is by no means uncommon,. Says an
exchange, in one family there are
three sets of triplets and four sets
of twins.
Bitter experiences are sometimes
productive of sweet results.
Weak Lungs Often
lead to Serious Illness
If you have weak lungs, you are gener
ally subject to colds or throat trouble
and easily susceptible to serious Lung
Trouble. In many cases pneumonia or
bronchial troubles leave the lungs in a
much weakened condition. Eckman's Al
terative is a medicine. for the throat and
liinys fhich has been found to be very
beneficial, even when a change of climate
and other treatments failed to bring re
. lief. Read of this case: ,
231 -S. Atlantic Ave., Iladdonfleld, N. J.
'Gentlemen: In the fall of 1903 I ton-
traded a very severe cold which settled
on 'my lniis. At last I began to raise
sputum, an I my physieian then told me I
must go to California immediately. At
this time I Mdvised to take Eckman's,
Alterative. I si. ved at home and com
im need taking it ;hd k;st- week in Oeto- -ler.
I began to k;proe, and the -first
week in .January. 1C"hJ, I resumed my reg
ular occupation, having aained 25 pounds,
fully restored to health. Tt is now seven
years f-inec my recovery Lis leen effected,
ai;d Ieanuot praise Ectnan's Alterative '
too M?h!y."
(Signed) W. M. TAT EM.
(Alios e abbreviated; more on request.)
Eckman's Alterative has been proven by
many years' test to be most, efficacious '
f;- fsfvore , Th oat ' and Lung Affections,
. P.ror.oli.'ti.'- P.rdnchial Asthma, Stubborn
Co'ds and in upbuilding the . svstem.
Conti'ias no narcotics, poisons or habit
fot minsr drugs. Ask for booklet telling
or tTtovciMes. and write to Eckuian
I :ti oratory.--- Philadelphia, Pa., for evi
dence. For sale by all leading druggist -
FOR SALE BY J. G. HALL
THE OLD NORTH STATE
NEWS FRGSV2 FYS UR PHY TO
MANTEO AND BEIWELN
Many North Carolina Stems
Condensed into Brief
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Louisburg township, Franklin
! county, this week voted $40,000 of j
I bonds for road work. j
I )r. J. D: Croom, 69 years Old, !
Wake county commissionershave ;
let to anAtlamta construction com-j
pany the contract to build a court
house to cost $300,000.
George L. Linn, a young white
man from Marion, met ' instant
death at Whitney Tuesday after
noon in a dynamite explosion.
Mrs. Ila Smith Avett, wife of
Rev. HI. M. Avett, pastor of Row
an circuit of the Methodist church,
died Monday at her home at Gran
ite Quarry of pellagra.
Some of the 200 students at Shaw
University, colored, in Raleigh,
who instituted a strike and were
dishonorably discharged, are now
repentant and seeking reinstate
ment. Big snows in the mountains last
week. The Lenoir News says that
on account, of snow drifts in the
vicinity of Blowing Rock the mail
did not come from that place to
Lenoir Munday
To encourage the growing of
b?ef cattle in western North Caro
lina, the Southern railway has
agreed to establish a- cattle ship
ping station on the Murphy branch
of the Southern.
Six months' confinement in the
county jail was the sentence im
posed on Robert Jones, the young
white man charged with having as
saulted Mrs. W. C. Hobbs in New
Berne two weeks ago.
Under the direction of Special
Examiner J. Edgar Smith", repre
senting the Inter-State Commerce
Commission, a freight rate investi
gation instituted by Charlotte ship
pers was prosecuted in Charlotte
Wednesday.
The grand jury of New Hanover
Superior Court has brought indict-
in ents against 10 local dairymen
for violating the State anti-trust
law. They are charged with agree
ing to increase price of milk from
10 to 13 cents.
At W7ilmington last week a Brit
ish steamer being towed up North
east river bumped into the railroad
bridge of the Atlantic Coast Line
and Seaboard roads and knocked it
askew, delaying traffic and causing
a loss of $25,000.
The estate of the late President
Thomas Martin Emerson of the At
lantic Coast Line railroad, is esti
mated at more than $250,000 and
some think it may go considerably
above that amount. The property
is left to the family.
Congressman, Kent, of California,
has a winter home near Fayette
ville and last week Mr. and Mrs.
Kent and their guest, Mrs Rogers,
of New York, all advocates of wo
man suffrage, spoke in favor of
suffrage to a Fayetteville audience.
A. W. McLean, of Lumberton,
who has been frequently mentioned
as a candidate for Governor in
1916, said m Washington last week
that he had not made up his mind;
that is it too early to start out 'and
he will decide within a year what
he will do.
McKinley Sigmon, who ischarged
with firing a gun on the streets of
Hickory New Year's eve, which re
sulted in the death of Terry Shell,
was given a preliminary trial in
Hickory Wednesday and required
to give $2,500 bond for his appear
ance at court.
Paul A. Hubbell, now, teaching
school in Marshall, Madison county,
gets the 1914 Rhodes scholarship
from North Carolina to Oxford
University England. The holders
of these scholarships get $1,500
annually for their maintenance at
the University.
The prosecuting witness on whose
testimony the jury convicted having
admitted that he testified falsely,
Governor Craig has pardoned " Sam
Scoggins, -of Rutherford county,
who has served since October 19 12,
on a two-sear sentence for attempt
to wreck a train.
In the Seaboard Air Line rail
road yards in Raleigh, a few nights
ago, Rafe Williams, a negro fire
man, asleep in the cab o f h is en
gine, awakened suddenly with the
idea that he was in a head-on col
lision, leaped through the big glass
window, of his cab, severed the main
artery in his left arm and inflicted 1
other severe wounds.
The full rich taste of
the velvet, olive is
in this olive oil
" " fff: :
Just as the olive oil is pressed
from the finest fruit of Italy so it
comes to your table in Pompeiari.
None of the original delicacy jand
fruity flavor is lost in the dainty
air-tight, light proof tins. Full
measure ; quantity and price marked
on the tins. Half pints 25c Pints
50c. Quarts $1. FREE booklet
ef salad recipes on request.
For Sale By
Taylor Brothers.
Thke Sanitary Grocers
Phone US. Oxford, N. C
That Depends
x A diving queen
Upon the stage '.
Would not, if lean,
Be such a rage.
Birmingham Age-Herald.
FOR RENT Rooms and apart
ments for housekeeping at the
Frances Hi Hard school building.
Phone 49B. 2t.
COLDS & LaGRIPPE
5 or 6 doses 666 will break
any case of Chills & Fever, Colds
& LaGrippe; it acts on the liver
better than Calomel and doe3 nc
gripe or sicken. Price 25c.
SALE OF TOWN PROPERTY.
I will offer the Harriett Herndon place on the
Southside of Sycamore Street 72 feet front and
66 1-2 feet wide at tve back line, and 110 feet deep,
at the court house door in Oxford on
MONDAY. THE ISth DAY OF JANUARY, 1914
At the same time and place I will offer the Eliza
Daniei place on Taylor Street, now occupied bv
Lonnie Pettiford, Terms 1-3 cash, balance in 12
months. E. C. HARRIS, Owner.
Hicks & Stem. Attvs. Jan.3rd.3t
EXECUTOR'S NOTICE.
Letters testamentary u; on the estate of Mag
neline B. Booth having this day been issued to the
undersigned by J. G. Shot well. Esq.. Clerk of Su
perior Court of Granville County, notice is hereby
given to all persons indebted to &aid estate to
come . forward ard make immediate payment to
me, and all persons holding claims against the
estate must present them within twelve months
from this date or this notice will be plead in bar of
their recovery. This Dec 17th. 1913.
Dec. 20. 4t. SAMUEL D. BOOTH. Executcr
W. A. ULUZE&C
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THERE IS MORE THAN ONE KIND OF LUMBER AND
BUILDING MATERIALS, BUT NOT IN OUR PLACE. IF
YOU WERE IN OUR PLACE YOU WOULD :KNOW THAT
WE HAD BUT ONE KIND AND THAT IS THE RIGHT
KIND OF LUMBER.AND WE HAVE THAT AT FHE RIGHT
PRICE. IF YQU WANT ANYTHING IN OUR LINE GIVE
US A TRY AND LET US PROVE TO YOU THAT WE ARE
TELLING THE TRUTH.
G. D. RAY, Oxford, N. C.
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Statement at Close of Business on
December 6th, 1913.
RESOURES:
Loans and Investments.. . . . .$10993689
B inking house anJ Fixtures. . 3,800 00
Cash on hand and due from
Bmks. 60,58253
Total .$174.319 42
Liabilities
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nouuded " every 3 months
DIRECTORS:
J. H Perry, L T. Perry, L D. tox A. A. Lyon
H. D. Mahguji. Pre3. J. N. Tilley. Vice-Pres.
I. E Harris. C hier. S. C. Lyom. Vice-Pres.
OIP CREEDMOOR.
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