PUBLISHED TWICE-A-WEEK WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS
OUR SL0GAN--QXFORD OFFERS OPPORTUNITIES FOR HOMES. 'SCHOOLS AND PROSPERITY7
VOTJTMB29- OXFORD, -N, G, WEDNESDAY, FBBBTJABT 18, 1914. ' - -kt g
SwWMsTEEDED. SHORT LOCAL! PI WPS THE BONDS NEGOTIATED OUR COUNTY COURT. MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE. WHOLESOME WARNING.
SUFFERING HUMANITY DE- GATHERED FROM THE TOWN MORE THAN FIVE MILES OF HARRIS GETS 15 YEARS SOME YOU KNOW AND SOME JUDGE LYOnIouNDS Kpv
WANDS IT AND COUNTY GRANOLITHIC WALKS FOR SHOOTING KERSEY YOU DO NOT KNOW NOTE or n,.p TB.fB I
The Skill and Science and
Site Are Avail
able Nearly every day in the year one
or more persons are taken from
Granville county to a distant hos
pital. In many instances the trip
is so long and tedious that the pa
tient's life is endangered thereby.
If the accommodations were nearer
at hand moie lives would be saved.
Many people languish and die in a
small room because the hospital is
so far away and the cost of reach-
ine it is so great, .tsy an means
let us have a neat comfortable hos
pital suffering humanity demands
it.
There was a time in our recol
lection when the average man did
not look upon the hospital with
favor, but in this day of enlight
enment it stands as "a rock in a
weary land. In the dark hour it
stands out in bold relief as the one
place of safety. Here wisdom and
skill is combined to save life. We
have this combination, let us have
the hospital.
Let us see if a hospital pays in
a town the size of Oxford. We
well remember the hour when
Bostain's Bridge of the Western
North Carolina Railroad near
Statesville went down, carrying
with it more than two hundred
people. Dr. Long, then a young
man had just returned to his home
from Jefferson Hospital with a
bright new set of surgical instru
ments in a case. He was sleeping
peacefully in his father's country
home overlooking the bridge when
the train plunged into the death
trap, killing forty-eight people
and wounding as many more Dr..
Long rushed to the scene of the
accident, with instruments in hand
and saved the lives of sixteen peo
ple. This was an inspiration to
him and to the good people of
Statesville. It was the foundation
stone of a hospital in Statesville
The Long Sanitarium. Dr. Long
is an eminent surgeon, as the med
ical fraternity will testify. His in
stiution is always crowded and new
additions constantly being added
If anything, Oxford is a better
field for a hospital than is States
ville. Not only would a hospital be the
means of savino manv lives nnH
mitigating suffering, but it would
also give us prestage. Situated on
one of the hills surrounding Ox
ford with our medical corps at
the ' helm, a hospital would shed its
yellow I ght over the State and pro
claim our greatness.
tAlGranvi,Ie county utands second
0 he head of the health column
1 the United States statistical re
l,1 s,eeri19 but natural that a
h spital located in Oxford would
Z att.ended with success from its
option. Suffering humanity de-
About People and Things That
Are of Interest to Our
Readers. -
Are you a pusher, a Duller or a
growler?
Contract Awarded to Con
struction Company and
Work Begins April 1.
The Spring poet was snowed un
der by the ground hog.
The cold weather put a stop to
building operations in Oxford.
Mrs. R. P. Taylor, who has been
numbered with the sick, is better.
Wanted All ofthe different fac
tions to unite to help push Oxford
along.
How about a Creamery for Gran
ville county? Have vou forgotten
all about it?
Don't fail to attend the Boston
Musical Club at Orpheum Theater
Monday night.
Chicken raisers are asked to read
the advertisement of Taylor Bros,
on the last page .
Dr. Cullum, of Wake Forest, will
occupy the pulpit of the Baptist
Church next Sunday morning and
night.
The addition to the Ice Plant was
being pushed forwarded until the
cold wave called a halt for a few
days. .
The cold wave caused a smile to
come ovor the coal dealer's face
that wont wear off until it turns
warm. .
If you are unable to see any good
Mi your neighbor try annointing
your eyes with a little milk of huT
man kindness.
As Oxford and Granville county
is constantly furnishing the, hospi
tals a large number of patients
it would pay to establish one in
Oxford.
If things are not just what you
would have in town it's not alto
gether the other fellow's fault; may
be yours in not helping to improve
conditions.
All lovers of good music should
hear the fine Boston Musical Club
at the Orpheum Theater Monday
night, as it comes to Oxford highly
recommended. ,
When a girl finds a four-leaf
clover it is a sign that she will be
married within a year. It is strange
that some families do not hire a
farm and sow it all over with clover.
The attention of housekeepers is
directed to the advertisement of
Cannady & Alston in another col
umn. The affable Willie Alston
will be glad to fill your orders for
groceries. - ;
Wrs. Krcnheimer Dead
th!Irsa K'onheimer died at
aM ? , Z?Urham Friday
Id and V Kk ShG WaS 76
months l,fr the Past eisht
Uun ofHJo aRe and a complica-
X ,and came t0 this
lfie norm "ner living in
ov to fv?t;vh the family
thirty-fi Z vNorth Carolina , about
oxforV Ta a- Tney lived
for the nJfr-c enty years and
Kroeimer L , (n years Mra-
th4 VGd five daughters
fift(n yea B ,Her hband died
58 hZX ,as iday and he
gr0U(1 in RinK family burying
aid. hlchrond-Durham Her-
Wlth oo,l ho !e C0Untrv hor
good 1 ',ft0Ua 100 anr nf 1
fAarm- an la 4 ea,1 e for diary
to j p4'. from Oxford
Miss Kate de Lacroix is quite in
disposed with an attack of srriD.
but hopes to be well enough to
start with - Mrs. Louis de Lacroix
Saturday morning to spend a month
m the balmy air of. Florida.
The Morn ing Star welcomes davs
with longer golden, mornings and
increasing twilight in the evenings.
The gloom of the long Winter nights
is being chased away by the light
of lengthening days. We are glad.
Aren't you?
Do away with petty spite. Don't
pull apart. Let's pull together for
Oxford.- There is more in that
than anything else. While a: few
are trying to pull the chestnuts out
ofthe fire, let everybody else null
together for Oxford as there ts
more in it.;
Bs sure to see "At .the .End of
the Rainbow" Friday evening at
the Orpheum Theater. The play is
being rehearsed under the manage
ment of the accomplished Miss
Jeannette Biggs "arid promises to be
a fine success. 1 " "
Dr. Benj. K. Hays - will repre
sent the State of North Carolina at
the meeting of the Council on Edu
cation of the American Medical As
soc i at i on , wh i ch meets i n Chicago
on February 25th. Dr. Hays will
leave Oxford on next Saturday and
be absent about ten days. ... "
Monday last. was a most eventful
day in the history of Oxford. On
the evening of that day Mayor
Thad Stem called the Town Com
missioners together to consider the
question of paving the sidewalks
of the town. All the Commission
ers were present. Mr. T. S. Clem
ent, representing the Clements
Construction Company, of Memphis,
Tennessee, appeared before the
body " and placed a bid to lay
136,000 square feet of sidewalk
for $15,000.
The proposition was thoroughly
threshed over by the Commissioners
and the contract was awarded to
the Clements Construction Com
pany, the said Construction Com
pany taking up the $10,000 bond
issue of Oxford at par value: Of
this amount the Commissioners
stipulated the amount of $7,500
for the sidewalks, the other $7,500
of the $15,000 contract comes
from the assessed value of property.
The pavement will he a uniform
width of five feet and four inches
J thick, to cost $1.05 the square yard.
The crossings will be more durable
and will cost $1.20 the square yard.
This includes grades and fillings to
the depth of one foot.
Mr. Clements, the contractor,
will arrive in- Oxford with hi3
equipment on the first day of April
next. He will place forty hands
on the job and rush it to comple
tion. He calculates that it .will
take about four months to lay the
136,000 square.feet or rive and one
half miles of sidewalks.
The Clements Construction Com
pany is one of the most reliable
paving companies to be found in
the country. Their means for
handling this class of work is prac
tically unlimited. The Commission
ers are fortunate in negotiating
the bonds and awarding the con
tract to such a reliable firm at a
minimum price. v -
It was a great day's work for the
Board, but that was not all that
they did. Mr. Hillman Cannady
appeared before them and .stated
that he and Mr. F. W. Hancock
each were ready to open the new
street through their property, run
ning south from Front street.
The deeds are ready to be placed
in the hands of the Commission
ers, says Mr. Cannady, and he also
agreed to pave 1000 feet of side
walk fronting his property, one
half of the cost falling on the
town. The Commissioners agreed
to open the street as soon as possi
ble The naming of the street ia
left to Mr. F. W. Hancock.
Judge Lyon Has Endeared Personal Items About Folks Our Crowded Criminal Dock
Himself to the People and their Friends in et is Just Cause for
of Granville General n
- iffu m
The heavy docket of the Gran- John Rnrnott nf T?f k :
I - -""woe u , was in
ville County Superior Court is town Monday.
. . . i "
drawing to a close. The court
When a presi d i ng judge is war
ranted in annr.nnei ncr Pr-w, -u
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Elam Currin, of Route 1, was in benc that to his way of thinking
has been taxed with two murder L.fi V,"1
cases and the Judge and the bar is tuw" y-
duutless a little weary. The follow- Sam Currin, cf Stovall, was in Granv
'ino-ia'tho n.r OvfnrH ivTnnria uianviiie county as th
here is as nuch. or more, fnrmn.
tion and disregard for the law in
erc is in any
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ing is the order of business since Oxford Monday.
our last issue: K. L. Burnett nf Pnnfa 1 U,- , ' g? ,s
tate vsuprtez Hams, tor the m town Monday. Confronted with w .7aa " -VIV
nj-uuu CUII1I-
other county of . the State, it is
murder of John Kersey, come up
briday.for trial with the follow
ing jury: J.. M. Gooch, W. J.
Brummitt, "W. R. Green way, G.
C. G. Royster. of Bullock, was ual cases n the docket, embracing
in town Saturday. two long and tedious murder trials
Chrle wOQfo. ere is little wonder that Judge
W. Elliott. J. W. Wilson. . C W Oxford Monday. Z ? 0nipar,so.n; and
Allen, LLP-n, R. H. Wil- A. R. Keith, of -Northside, was
J Mn C nTS M C A,en' in Xf0rd Tuesday' WHI haVG a tendency t0 betted
Af2; "he Menct . -es T. Cozart, of Route 3,was gZV The trouble
able argument of counsel th in town on Monday. haT idii b
sides and the charge of the Judge, S. H. Beck, of Northside, was on th at vice is fastening its death-
and due deliberation returned a our streets Tuesday. like claws about the county If
ISinnS J gU Ku -be J' D- Caiinad of Creedmoor, the search and seizure law waVvig-
second degree The sentenced im- was in town Monday. . ' orodsly enforced the county jail
posed by Judge Lyon was fifteen . A , would not be large enough to ac-
years in State prison. Hicks & . H. G Ell ott, of Adoniram, was commodftta lt :hi Ji l
in in uxiora Monday. 0 " v. ;
. .. One of the most degrading fea-
bquire B. F Hester, of Route 1, tures of the present day is for the
was in town Monday. . white man to place money in the
Luther . Crews, of Route 5, was a hand3 of the co,ored people to buy
town visitor on Monday. whiskey for them and in this way
r p Ho. -p t 4- o the poor negro is made to suffer.
Hester, of Route 2, wason If the officers would turn their at
our snowy streets Monday. tention for a while from the negro
M. L. Oakley, of Route 6. was to those "higher up" it would
have a salutary effect. A "higher
up f blind 'tiger" those that'make
mr - - - A A IX VX
Stern and Judge Graham appeared
with Solicitor Gattis; D. G. Brum
mitt and John W. Hester defend
ed Harris.
State vs Luther Lucks, a w d w,
guilty; judgement suspended upon
payment of cost.
State vs John Chavis, retailing,
not guilty.
State vs Will Hockady, gambling, an Oxforu visitor Monday
i. e t 1 RlphmnnH finrman rf T.xt.KU. K .- m. - "lose l
ment. guilty; judgment suspended Miss Nett Gregory will leave to- His usual method is to employ an
unsuspecting colored man to "slip
it to them easy."
When the good people of the
upon payment of cost and taking day to visit friends in Danville
care or tne tnree children. th, , . , - .
tu j The many friends of Cant. El-
--"c i,i iiximcii uucKci was ciosea I . . I When
. , ... more were crlaA fn moaf h m ; r vv nen .
up on baturday and the civil docket ford Mond - , town and county become thorough-
I k mm nil tii f in ii "1X7 i n "! r ns .a i I n . i
ing case disposed of:
Mrs. R: L Rrnwn " onH oTM 7 ttluUBu. rta S W be
wsc uisyuscu ui; vC rtone and now to do it. there will
Gapenart v Dickerso; agreed "Jlr N much .ess crime in GranviUe
turned from an extended visit to
relatives in Richmond.
Announcement Party
Daughters Of the Confedracy Friday "evening, the, home of
Thp honntifnl Vnmr nf rl ,3 MrS. Kate White Wno fhd anona
... v.uuvJLUl- 11U111C JL IJU1, allli uvvijv
Mrs. W. B. Ballou was hospitably a delightful Valentine party, in
lviarsnai
that the bale of cotton in Question
the money be divided between the
two. -
Death of Child.
O i. 1 .1
ou oaiuraay ine grim monster, 1UiS- rauou was nospitaDiy . 's"',1"' '"uuuc y
death, entered the home of Mr. and opened Thursday evening for the n"nor of Misa Courtney
Mrs. iU. A. Freeman, of Route 6, Silver Tea'7 of the Granville rerry- Ane nan ana parlors were
and claimed their 13. monthsold Grays Chapter. The spacious hall tastefully adorned, in color scheme
daughter after a short illness. The and elegant parlors were brilliant- of pink with Valentine decorations
blessed Jesus said: "Suffer Jittle Jy lighted and large open fires Predominant. After bridge had
children to come unto me. forbid burned brightly in every room and been n 8hly enjoyed at four tables,
f hom nrf fnr- a.-iU 4-1 TV : Pnmnoloforl fha nnlnriial ICandleS With Tt i Ilk shsirliac IHQro
dom of heaven " The little bnrl the -architecture. Guests were placed on each table and four
aiLu i ice iui e. vj uca LS Were I auu iuui
was laid to rest at Enon Church on met at the door by the pretty curses ot elegant refreshments
rt j i i ' I I i rt i -n il i - I rom nrinrrln. an v it--J A?4-
C5unaay aiternoon, ana much sym
pathy is expressed for the grief
stricken parents..
brown eyed Betsy Ballou and cor
dially welcomed by Col. and Mrs.
Ballou.
Nice Entertainment.
"At the End of the Rainbow."
a fine play will be" presented by the
temptingly served. After 'which
Miss Estelle White brouo-ht. in
heart shaped, pink silk bags of
At half past eight the meetiin mints.- Miss Nette Gregory very
graceiuny iec tne cat out of the
bag." When she found in hers a
Money Refunded
Mr. Richmond Gorman, of Lvnch
burg,' who married the daughter of
the first wife of W. M. Sullivan.
came to Oxford and Paid back $75
to those who raised a like sum to
employ Judge Graham in the case
of State vs. Sam Taylor. In ad
dition' to this sum Mr. Gorman paid
$25 to Mr. John W.Hester for ap
pearing for the State.
How to Prevent Lynching
The able article of Dr. B. K.
Hays, -which appeared in the Stata
Journal of recent date, entitled
"How ,to Prevent," Lvnchine-."
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throws light 'on a subject that has j
perplexed the law abiding public
for all time. The letter was pen
ned by Dr. Hays immediately after
the lynching occurred in connection
with the shocking Wendell .affair, j
which is now . fresh in the minds
of the people of the State. The .'
was formally called to order by
Mrs W. W White, nresivl em nf
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a Fine piay win oe presented by the e tuaPter ana me numoers or tne .vt w" icveibc
nVamofi. rinl of f ua u;.u J select nrno-rflm nneneH wifh fino side of which were the oictures
School at Orpheum Theater Fridav instrumental solo by Oxford's ac- of M,ss Martha Gregory Ferebee
! night, February 20th, at 8:30 p m complished musician Miss Mary t, JS?r: ree c "layIor, June 1914
xuc uiiuc auu groom to-De are
Wehh. Then fnllnurl SI fino nancr-
t-'- "v.v-v urn. Hie JlfiLJf Will UC I - - - --"- .j-K-i I , , - -
used to buy suitable decorations for read by Mrs- C- G- Elliott on 'The both "atlvs, of Oxford, and are
the Graded School Auditorium. work of the Daughters of Confed-
Honoral odmioqinn 1 eraCV f Or 191 A . " whirh wfla ortr I w
served seats 50 cents, and on sale heard and elicited much applause,
at Lyon Drug store; school children Mr8 John Booth in most accom-
' cents. Let everybody attend Ml,aueu siyie sang ine conquered " ' uj. wxiura s
d encourage the young folks and Banner", by -Dud ley Buck's musical Popular and . successful , business
a o,;-- an.'mrokin arrangement 'Dr-. V P ' Hnhirnnd men. The guests at the interest.-.
I cfiuu ait cujujrauic cvcillUK aiSU. .
There are 20 of our fine girls and addressed the audience in very, in- J."? Partv ere M,ss Ferebee, Mr.
f u. . L. C Tavlnr.. Misa . Ann e WaIa
uovs in ine cast ann rnev nre-73ii wiv,onii6iciuiiiii)v,cm,ca ui tuc war. . " iwuic,
. i . - - rnA fn --;u.-.t- rui. m nf Selrnn Mr sinrl Mre 1,T o . i r
irainen y i ra'u uuc inuuic iu vjeu. rnjuerc rj. i manuii v
' " Lee. Richard Lanier rendered a
HAVE lUUFAIi) YOUK TAXES? fine declamation. Colonel H. G.
most favoiably known in this com
munity. Miss Ferebee is .accom
plished and beautiful and a favor
ite in the social life of the town.
Mr. Taylor is one of Oxford's:
Taylor, Miss Josephine Brown, Miss'
Mary B." Williams and Miss Nettie
Gegorry, Messrs. Eugene Crews
ThfJ lliiolf a- wi 1 1 "ha nl C T"l 1 TYTi 51 n ' 1 n rrtroof 1 or vom oln
hands of Deputies within a short Mrs. H. G. Cooper, at all times B- K- Lassiter, Paul Venable, Baldy
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time with instructions to collect the resourcetui and entertaining de-U" lll,1,,a Diny iviucn2ii.
first go-aound, and not pass any lighted the audience by singing in
one or show special favors. I must beautiful manner, "The Merry
nave your taxes rviuw to meet de- prown inrusn, ana also an en
maims oeing maue upon me oy tne LUIC
State, Schools and? County.
article is necessarily lengthy, but
it is one of the most comprehensive
letters, from a scientific standpoint
that we have read in a long time.
There are three classes of persons
who commit crime, says Dr. Hays.,
1, Those with homicidal; mania; 2,
those under the influence of drugs
and whiskev: 3. r unemDloyed; It !
is readily seen that the most ofthe
crimes are traceable ta the causes 1
elucidated by Dr. Haj& - i
A Gentle Reminder
In thfl natural run r . . r I,
iss bona White rendered 1 s.-rintinn Knta t k .
TWio in sweetest manner n snn "PrAnv -si.s" . - -n.
- 1?' ttt -""to iviu luuie nuosciipnons railing aue at
is your last chance to pay. in the the Waters of the Sky Blue Lake." ' this ner-inrf nf fho fh
officer Yours very truly, Miss Leonora Lamb sang sweetly other time. But H is jrratifvino-
febl8 S. C. Hoobgood. Sheriff: Tosti's "Good Bye." The recita- f .nnto'ft.f i.ti"?
J . ... : I - - ..vuw lliUb IlUt d ilif K Mil I INIT 1 IIMT"
4-: k n iT7 j.ii-- ii I.- .
i-T A" rt -T"."'. .accom- m arrears is dishonest, and we feel
FOR SALE Hay.' fodder nd "wnil' . "-v"- "reara isdishonest, and we feel
shucks at market price at Oxford Met I ' ereatto X ?r: ?e,tect safe '" carrying them as
Orphan Asylam. 3t: " ! l X, ihl a"c- far as thejiostal:' regulations will
. - a tail i . it i fin rv u a a - i .
.. j , V penmi. . inese suoscriptions are
WANTED I wish to buy two !JPS rendered. a pleasing solo. Mrs scattered over the countv ar,d it
good cows, fresh in milk. j ,rar Mrs. t Phil lips andMiss I is not always convenient for the
A. W. GRAHAM, vveoo were accompanists. farmers to reach town. Without
- I- At the ClOSe ' hf the rtrnnrom 1 a C vj- , v ' . , t
Minf datd ' i i . , , - , 1 evib'"" uii-iu; iiaait: we wotriQ suggest tnat
NICE PAIR of mules weicrhmc nnnp.h. cakes nn Am in fa nro , . i' - . , ,.& ;
i (inn nnn .!, ia rp, V m7 V . , "WC-BCIW.. you nna a strange dollar around
M00 pounds each for sale. They ed by Mrs -J. C. Robards. Miss your premises send him home ten
afe seven year? old ; good workers. Jeannette Biggs and Miss Mary B. derly f or he art ours Consult
" I 7 fill i ana Qnrl ci kmrrr vtaii cif-r.ns-J f