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T If D MS Em w U JJ La J i WW PUBLISHED TWICE-A-WEEK WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS OUR SLOGAN-'OXrORD : OFFERS FOR . HOMES. SCHOOLS AND PROSPERITY." VOLUME 29. UrKOK TUNITIOS yy-JD JXxJm IN . IL S A I R.Ti A "V- T A "vr- o a aca a 1 ThTpUBILCJCHOOLS. SHORT tflCALPKK-UPSlJUST VHEffiWE STAND iuTimstRVANT MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE. POPULAR PLAY HOUSE I I I I ... r i EDUCATIONAL MATTERS IN GATHERED FROM THE TOWN THE COUNTY AND COUNTY A QUESTION ASKED AND THE PASSING OF AN OLD- SOL1EYOU KNOW AND SOME HARRIS & CREWS MAKING midifbutu i 1 1 it j c dLMvt Ynii nn mat if haui - iw i tsUIIII The Public Ledger is in Favor About People and Things That There Must Be No Hard and George Washington Perry, Personal Items About of Increased Pay for Teachers Are of Interest to Our Readers. Fast Line Drawn Between Town and Country The question was recently asked a Faithlul Old Darkey, Falls Upon Sleep George Washington Perry, one It is gratifying to note that the We call attention to Shoe Polish ... I 1 1 A lnI..nJ.; A. 7 . nnh i? senoois or uranvnie county auveuisemeni on anotner nno-p . i,,c u .u" tiii- r , . --c- ...... are in excellent condition. This . tn .u. n r Tnr"".!.8?! 0,0, W-tlme.dMkies.of the town Th,rsdy. is attributed 'to the pains-taking -Z- "rl - - e.e ta hTto """" mun.lty- d,e? n Taesdajr. last. -- iiuiu an aiiaCtv I " Folks and Their Friends in General. S. R. Howard, of Route 4, was in Oxford All the Pictures Shown at the wuiiHuiutj, uicu uu luesuay last. I pLni, Tr A slave in ante-bellum days he rel LL f " h. was The fact is. we have never felt 7n Z "u "7: IT ,n town Thursday. ing till the end. He was Derhans Pruitt. of Route 1. wasin care of the school officials and the gfjpp teachers, ana .it was sir Lea a own Xt.:, . . that there was any need of draw to its iinai annaiysis it wouia Dei. - fi i,atu-uai DanK nas put ; a f9qf iinp fv, , X "aa FCIaps - found that they are the bulwark m new sewer connection to its fine 1a VL l11 own seventy-five years of age, and for the town Thursday. of the county, for all depends up- building. . J ;aK w,e f33 ew he gained a Iiveli- oneducation. There is not to be On Wedneedav and Th- found in the county a single teach- ford v, ' j r . " " fiT" WW14 VVU" wno canea upon him. He had been er who is not "worthy of the hire," break of tobacco. hand in hand to make a comolete Tint -foil nnnn Ann-f -... -C I 1 i I ' uwu ucai cats, till lie iiau R. C. Smith, of Route 7. was in town Wednesday. t W. C. Dixon, of Route 4, was in town Thursday. J. H. Renn, of Route 6, was in I- I m . Z,nl? in the employ of Mr. Oxford Wednesday. ..u" -V. . . . """"oui.li. u. Hunt, who called in a physi OUU8CUUer8 wnne m tne county we cian and it was found thaf wac - - aw UU Joe Newton, of Berea section, HO I moo i n Tl . T from blood poison. It Auursiay Orpheum Have an Edu- cational Value When Harris & Crews launched the new Orpheum Theatre last Spring they promised the nublip that nothing but good moral first class shows would be booked for them. In this they have made good, and another source of pleas ure to the theatre-going public is that good order is alwavs maintain. ed at the Orphoum, and in their efforts to please the proprietors have met with hearty applause. tt 0f course, in these days of the "movies," there is a large list of pictures to select from, but Harris & Crews .goes over the list vprv carefully -and unless the picture rvirtra ho 1 1 hf 11 1 corvonfa all nf thpm thev deserve better nav. . Have 7 neard any more about It is sometimes easy to endow an fne bxth Leaf Tobacco Warehouse institution, but an increase of in xfo for the coming season? -i . c i u r i-1 I r r i i --. . I sa arv ni a Lfauiiei is auuLiier uiu-i wur lrinnii prnnif Hioirnir nv i i. i .1 , .. . T r ' luc cuuiii our su user 1 oers Dy the thous-1 suerin nnitinn With the ranid strides LLonc fYs nftr a c rrhf nt..u j i . .. J. aui.enng r v.w... .. c n u giiiiiL aLini'K iiiifiiiiuunniTia.riy j.i i ... - education is making in our county sickness is again atthe seat of cus- PuhhV TZr- L .V "l .W.aa kerned advisable to amputate , Uah Pittard of Route 2, was has an educational value attached one important fact has been over- torn. - people to come to Oxiord with to it they pass it.over. Traveling Miss Helen White entertained Lthe-tobacco and do their trading him to SsSS 7 . . Mize, of Hester section, X nere. The success of evprv man j o Y rr was id town Thursday. , .ojr uusionany in FuUdi u?-n n.e his Patient there, remarking ''that B. K. Daniel, of Route 6, v' 1 w uiic UKer is whatsoever thou doest I will pav in town Wednesday. " . ."."T a."ie"u. thee." Uwing to the weakened while in reality it is the friend of condition of the Door old faithfnl looked, namely, that of increasing the pay of the teachers. In the not long ago a teacher could find pleasant and comfortable homes near their school in the country for one-half what it costs them to live the 42 club last Wednesday after noon and dainty refreshment were served. ' It would be a mean thing for places much larger than Oxford. was say that the pictures exhibited at the Urpheum far surpass any they Filmore Adcock, of Route 5, was nave seen . ejse where as to moraj Lone ana vivianess. at the present time. While there some idealist to come along and say both town and conntv Th T L condlt,OIVof the ot old , are a few teachers who may have a that "a town is no better than its t6n6fhiV?rhJi servant he succumbed to the email innnmo nr naronfa tr tialn streets." - i uuu Maiger nave uvea tion. Thus passed awav th;mMeTvVtWen.tomany We have been havin. tTf an increase of pay would be a God- weather in January and trust whn e- n th JZ VZ Bl" . P restln colored people's. bury- R.. B Thomas, of West Granville. Kted the fact that the peoole of , . WM 1 w A A UU W UU l 11. I I I 11 II HV I 1 V v . -m MW A. IT 1 1 I " I t I 1 . - , r i ni- . . i . . - - J opera- an old in Oxford Wednesdav I mi ... . I I no ranont- f-t l i. Company at the Orpheum demon- send. This matter should be March comes in she will be as quiet build a wall around thoroughly looked into by the pub lie and the teachers should have all that goes with the high calling. Along with the increase of pay of the school officials should come an increase of pay for the teachers, and the Public Ledger welcomes the as a lamb. ing ground east of town, and sa a liranvi I m I mn.i, -p r n. j i I J inaia ut caiccui iui tue aepariea a A M - m I 11. a uuuuty anu we WOU1Q Continue tO wreath nf flnIOrQ ntn Major Will Landis. whn wa rQi exist, but when you erect a wall hi rrav p sick me nrst ot the week, 13 out at luuuu vaiuiu ve wui pensn irom business again to the pleasure of the face of the earth. his host of fiiends. As in the past, the Public Led- v 0i,-j 4. il .1 er wil1 be found on the right side You are asked to note the spec al- nf .r u i. .1 ., Kt 1 . 1. : , . ioouc mau ucitaniS to ine l"e Lrue wnoi we l"f. r i"eve,rtisement upbuilding of both town and countvJ Mrs. W. T. Crews and Miss Vir teener is recogmzea in aoiiars .. uranvnie ueai estate and TnstParl ..f t, 1 ?inia Rn. nf Rinfii,i wD4. 7 irust Co. on another page. hine between the people of the spent the week-end with'their sis- We are pleased to learn that Mrs. town and the county the Public ter Mrs. . J. R. Sneed on Broad Local and Personal Items C, L. Bowling, "of Tar River. was in Oxford Wednesday. J. B. Hobgood and son, of Berea, were in Oxford Wednesday. J. T.' Bobbitt, -of Route 2, was on our streets Wednesday. J. W. Bullock, of Creedmoor, was a town visitor Wednesday. Oxford appreciate a good play at popular prices. Good order and moral pictures and shows is the slogan of Harris & Crews, and in this is found the basis of the pnenomenal success v of the play house. Little Girl Hurt. new and cents. Will they Pass Through Here? " I xt t XT- j . . I r j ill . ! a 1 As a preliminary step towards ft5 . j very wouja oe tne very hrst to e mnrovempnt and maintanon "uyioviujf, wnicn will good news to her friends. be batter down such a wall existed. mnrninfv 4-kiiw P.i-m 1 I rY -Via f aUaaaa 1 a. Hi i mi i , , . muiuiug iuui wetieuuuses nave U,J tuuaccu mallet inursaav. mi ...... . i mih r i f-1 m ri aiinmrr rxim ova i . . - . . I . " rne i5ritt Printery as usual is ; Vu. ::rr:r, ;TCIV " Soa breaks of tobacco and the right on the job ready to do your tnVt". ! TJPJ weed is selling as high as $50 per Phone in your or- k:::","0. u .'Tc "iai wc uvuui jjic-c in i. lie 1 1. ileal la, the improvement and maintenance of the first through road under the supervision of the United States Government, a scouting party com posed of officials of the Office of job printing. PuhllV Pnnrla fho A TJ:U Mora xitVi inU mili ;x.j ttsurnfo earn of the ittSSa-SSSS tSS fttKerACrGr. .,Lne5?fi '?,'! ? .y appreciate early in Fehrnnrv .vjroii ai ui nome in uaK ill ii cne many recent compliments paid The Office uf Public Road atrrppH """""" "V c win recover, u e xwice-a-weeK ruoiic ledger, ree of the ablest engineers - H- Day of Durham county, which encourages us. to redouble if . one As we go to press this Friday Little Francis, the sweet daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. R. L." Hamil- ton on rirtlloara otroof UnA 4-U r rp tji i , , - I ""--) iiea III IS- V Blackwell. of Cornwall, fortune to fall from a pile of lum- ber while playing in the rear of their home Thursday morning, sus taining painful bruises, and hope she will soon recover. L. B. Parham, of Route 7. was an Oxford visitor Wednesday. R. T. Blackwell. of Corns was a town visitor Wednesday. J. m. uurrin, of Route 7. was Mrs. W. L. Ragland, of Route 1, was an Oxford visitor Thursday. Watson Currin, of Virginia, was to put thr of the office in charge of the 850 so. a Ioa( of tobacco Wednesday "...v- oiiclcii, provided the Ampr . ",UI i'icuhuk ai aiz.ou. ZD. can Highway Association would 20-50 32.50, 50, 27.50 and 20.50 Salin ?:Sr;ti0n uf. l0Cal Your attention is- called to sale Z flll , States whlch are t0 land advertised in another column w traversed. u xju4. t r ujr uciucii Ajyoii, oommjssioner, with Hick & Stem as attorneys. There Will Be Sweet Music , Two car loads of hich orad on the tobacco market Wednesday, pianos will be offered to the people Mr. and Mr Ro'i 2.? 0xJord at greatly, reduced prices. o " " ""XT "A Afte uregory Company are headed toward Oxford rwith the most mod ern line of pianos and when thpv Misses Annie and Lottip. -Tohnsann R. L. Gill and Koht. our efforts in furnishing our pat- of the Oxford College and Miss Jvisited relatives in Chase City this Pce all they ask is that you come The attention of our farmers is directed to the advertisement of the Old Buck Guano on another page, as it ranks among the best Route 2, were on our streets Thurs fertilizers made. day. . rons with the best county papers Mary White spent the week-end week. in tne&tate. with Missps Pattio nnri ma hk good near Buffalo. r . . in the SCOlltinor narfw tVavn ,:il 1 vjr , mcic Will oe Lapt. P. St. J. Wil son Aooiof. ant Director and several engineers ""m "e uihceof Public Roads; 'vir. lufts and Mr bnrl , ... . . J ""v-'vv-1 Cu v ,us state highway officials An Honor tn Hie Mama J . Iha nira nam oairlni i! If TX7 U..J iL. 1 i. .. - -""" ""-v icoiucuw Ul IVir. wT uau uie Pleasure oi meeting and Mra. Oscar Breedlove on CHerrv George W. Royster, of Bullock, was in Oxford Wednesday selling tobacco. J. C. Satter white, 4- U 1 1 117. 1 l -r uu luuaa-o oieas weanesoay J. U. Hill . whioh ha hppn in ua ua' " K . 1"- - coumy, was an Uxford Polly of the Circus, one of the late beloved friend. Cant, fipnr 2 Jl"" r "!T 'A ul,ieteP ana Thursday. t-w l TT . , lii . w-jr . "Ml DUUI1 v.uiiiiucuv;c IlOU Daniel, of Route 4, and son of our of tne painters, i best things oh the road, is coming Daniel. He owns the old home place keeping to the Orpheum Theater soon, so and may he marn tain it with the watch out for the date, and don't honor and dignity of his beloved forefathers. of Wake visitor ise- ho wil hp mvu i.i miss it. ij iltll lilt its I. MM TlHTTv 1 . Jra h . Meetin3 are being Graham Smith, one of the good Jo ln the various towns men of Tar River, was accidentally ial f rUte at which local offi- thrown off a Ioad of- wood a few mv! 10 t0 discus3 with the ays ago, skinning his face in sev- overnment party the question of eral places. v urning nvpr f j j , fcionev that a e Wonder if ine wuuiu orainari y be nhvc:i fPent upon th f u f. Physical 'the government en , n IT L roads inning into Oxford has died luty it will be trgp"npn WhSe out? Jt wouId Prove a reat bene Ln 1 ut? to exnend p.vprv n i . i . ... 0,,ar to the best advanto Zu' 111 lo our osmess interests. - nm, . " ""S- bUC . . -Hnunity affected, eliminating! The Public Ledger would be gTkd - BOX Party waste in exnpnditn. f i t have a cnrrpsnnnHpnt. frnm f!nr?nf V . . -cuiar rad i.pVt funds! Tar R.ver and Pdenio thZ U onrl hnna arrvik rtf fki 1 ,1 " : j " "-Yon-Winston Hnmn "n, r T,4.!!! Party given at Tar River school THa T tit. wu.,,H,, . .UICI1 . uuu ttuu Laoieis : rroiii, TTrt 4-,u: ti --v. Mjw.wirc!tA r''-: 'a. 1 1 i i iu .io'ij -,uu luvyiiBiiiu. Aliere r i ' i 1 1 n i.i ii ,ii it I i,n n ti . -i it riirur n fii ann fYAr n t. i . Directors Meet The Board of Directors of the Southern Wheel Company held their annual meeting on Thursday and la aA all ll nffi....'. mi the question of the RrtQrr1 moa ww Mn nU n i i 5?? connection of the tworail :r?.r T V;" me icjjuii ui ucuciai xuanager n. M-. Shaw, as it proved that the busi ness was in a prosperous condition. m and hear them olav. Wp pall attention to the half page adv. of the Gregory Company elsewhere in this paper. The New County Home. The splendid and beautifully lo cated new County Home is about completed and. Contractor Campbell las done his work well. It is said that it is the intention of our ex cellent Board of Commissioners to invite the able Gen. B. S. Royster ergoes a chvv, inH iv,.. uia"ge in ill -a - ww a a i u under thp r A. t Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Averette, of Rnntp fi noro r-f.J ..::i. TT T , , 1 I v, -iV VXA J1 VJ. VIB1 LUIS . J. Brummitt and son Nat, of ThnroHav Fishing Creek township, were on V ? tobacco breaks Wednesday and sold w- R. Adcock and son, of Buch- a load of tobacco at Owen ware- anan, were on our tobacco market to make a speech the day on which house for $18.50, 24.50, 27.50, 50,' Wednesday. the building is transferred to them 25 and 20. Benton Jones, of Brassfield town- ln7K T a the C0Unty The Bank of Stem is another one ship, was on our tobacco market e cordially invited, of Granville's prosperous financial Wednesday. An Informal Supper institutions and is safely and con- Mrs. T. F. New and son.of Chase Mr. and Mrs. Frank C. Spencer servatively managed by W.R. Man- City, visited relatives in Oxford were at name "to a number of their gum the cashier as will be seen the past week. gentlemen friends Thursdav even- 7a rrrriement PUbl,Sh- F, Mi Timh,r.fltp nf n ;n eight to eleven, the oc uu auuwiici jac. "' I - , vu iii township, was on the tobacco !rated ngernent. e in name It is now incor inston r.n on bought the Wge holdings of G Gho,! SOmeUme a and" Mr." noison. a vn. Ps'ness mnn "K essive anaer. m7 mes general ains with LT5- Wlnston re- Lilt? I nrumn.. " il vuuiuaiiy in ine secretary-treasurer S Well knoTiro 41 1. LJianviiu "uuiiuuKu. 'flnVJnnl0n Comy a le firm wil, tr1l-Stand him well. p8Kies. carri. nUG t0 nand,e rc mr. D r hu I uu muies. ent elSpn',u!- .ho,son's announce- re m this paper. r- Gholson ; ka. " was a large crowd in attendance and The people of Oxford will be glad all had a good time. The re- to learn that they are not out of ceiDts amounted to. $35.' -which' will reach of the pleasant Capt. Charles be used for. the library and repairs .bimore as he is running on the lo- on building. cal passenger train on the Raleigh Division of the Seaboard Road. ; "Here's your: Mule' and horses, too! Where? At Horner Bro3. Co, and you are invited to call and ex amine them - before you buy, as they are sound andv all right. Read what this reliable firm has to say on another page.: Mrs. Will Landis, who always proves a charming hostess, delight fully entertained a number of her friends Saturday afternoon last in honor of her pleasant sister, Miss Sermon on Missions Rev. P. H. Fontaine, the zealous pastor of Mountain Creek Baptist Church, occupied his pulpit last Sunday morning and gave the large congregation the benefit of a very strong and well delivereu sermon on missions,with telling effect, as a collection of $100 was taken up after the sermon to help sustain a missionary in a foreign field. r OR SALE 1-2-3-4 shares or 10 market Thursday. shares in a lump; Union Bank Stock, earned 5 per cent first year. No reasonable offer refused. W. L. Peace. casion being an annual opossum supper and good cheer. Miss Lilli an Spencer, the attracti VP. duno-h tar J. W. Morton, one of the, good of the hostj and hostess, nmat men of Route 4, was an Oxford by her attractive friend 'Mi i visitor Wednesday. W A MTPn A Lii - i - v -wwiwtc iimtRBWUe, ".U"K wniL,e 8,ngie Va., was in the county this week visiting relatives. Wade Smith, Elijah Currin and man to farm with me on shares or work for wages. A good oppor tunity. R. C. Smith, Route 7. Oxford. ; 2t pd. - FOR farm wagons and farmer's implements we . have them the good kind The Chattanooga Teyel running Francis Wyatt, received the guests at the front door. The following was the three course menu, which was greatly enjoyed: 1. Turkev. onnssnm nnm oran. " 'VataW V a UA Wft AJ a I JQ 1X66 Miss Mamie Cash, one of Tally 2- Chicken salid, beaten biscuit, no's attractive young ladies, was PePPer sandwiches, olives. plow satisfies. Prices an Od visitor Wednesday. 3. Fruit jello, cake, fruit. right.. Long-Winston Cot DON 'T TRIFLE WITH your eyes. When your eyes need attention you cannot afford to wait until you ars were: Messrs. M. Farris, Roy FOR RENT My country home, plenty good land, good houses, one Francis, of Baltimore, and choice ! mile from Oxford' Apply to J. C refreshments were served. Davis. Yancey Oakley and W. D. Oaklev. 7r Of Stem section. WPrP nmnnc "a."ls! J- farmer; in Oxford Wednesdav: 2I1'& 'AU W,,liaml Pi H- - vier, vapi. nurst, A. Williford, Mrs. Dan Hmes and arttactive D. A. Coble. about to go blind. The best and nt son of Milton, is visiting at The evening was pleasantly spent safest way for your eyes is to see the home of R. B. Hines on Raleigh in telling of hunting and trapping an eye specialist of reputation. y . . game, etc. , and coon songs by Don't try to experiment. Dr. N: W. H. B. Satterwhite of Nash- Messrs- Watkins a&d Wright, Rosenstein wi 11 be at Oxford, Tues- villa, Tennessee; and J. B. Satter- JUST RECEI VRD-T Wrf J. G. day. January 27th and also at Creed- white, of Danville. Va are visit hr,.. tT w T 63 2t pd, moor Wednesday-January 28th. 1 J ing iWT UrCo:
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