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Ma yilLfl Jul PUBLISHED TWICE-A-WEEK WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS. OXFORD, N; P., WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 1914 - TsTO 4.0 : n : - - - - . OF THE DOLLAR OP Keep lt at Jlome " If Yom flelp to Build Up Interest n Community. ciTmT AWAY YOU H Well enouglTfor all of us to lb nv'v lime a dollar is rem611 ihpr ill'1 1 t that much sent a. h flve men the field and all of them P ; nne at a time what becomes 1UH - f ii,p rron vou mtend- nf the neiu ui - ed to harvest . A dollar works for ,. ii- crrmp 3 , kPPD it at home it helps 0U,h 9 horse; it helps pay taxes; it build a noi . e hntlia- tt kicnav lntere on - t the minister: it helps i.ir.; minnor But when L.- fh? SChOOL leatuci r :. I If I v n awav you lose us iauur. i a "I TU taid awav enougn imu c. yCUr hands. You have stopped all Why n0L pi'f011 chant? ny L r;;r; .nnmft that it is possiuie iu Keey: Why send away for a suit of clothes, , pair of fhoes; a piece o- jeweiry, Uiipnvou have neiguuuis i.x and tax payers and town builders carrying such stocks or gooas, ana Tilling to serve you; Cheaper? Cheaper, you say. now many cents on n. Lhwt'.v vou save a few cents on the purchase of a particular article, but don't you know that n we can duiio. here in a large town that every acre 1 0f land in Granville county enhances in value because a great market is nearer that land? Don't you know that if we have a hundred stores pay ing taxes that you will have less tax to pay on your farm? Don't you know that if a town has a good trade the real estate in that town is worth much more than in a "dead town" I and that when values are high in the own the more taxes can be collected? Trade at home for your own sake. It is dollar in your pocket. If you can send North and get an article 25 per cent cheaper you are still losing money. Make your county seat the big town make ii wealthy snd your land is worth more; your taxes arj less proportionately and you have kept he South'? money in the South. BLIND TIC, Ell LOCKED UP Henry Jones, colored, is in the jail. He was captured at the South ern Railway station Saturday night with the "stuff on him." He had sold a bottle of Wind tiger whiskey to one Ciurley Whitset. colored. In order to get at the foundation of the trouble Mayor Stem at the prelimi nary trial tangled up the witnesses and by cress-questioning them it was stated that the whiskey came from a Mlorei woman who resides near the station. There was another colored man involved in the deal, but has disappeared. A warrant has been is sed for the colored woman in ques 'jcn. Henry Jones failed to secure jje 5200 bond imposed by Mayor n and was locked un for a mnro convenient season. '' Constable Poythress was the man fno made the arrest. " ' " JEATH OF TWO BROTHERS tola. . -"'"juiit,, an ygeu jon ra,e Veteran of Vane:-- county, SL aU'S HoPitalf Durham, " rday. He was one of t w -n,i ! . y wno Knew Jinn. 'i ml r"St at Herm01 bury" Masnni V, Suda' afternoon with hZ " hnors' au immense crowd vere Jlascns to attend the burial LI Raou, J. c. Horner, Noll w , M Averett C- A- Pun" T P ,?' a Breedlove ' D. n! k , ' J- Hunt W T-k Tli -r. A uul Gorman- W. A. Parham, iha m J' I lobgood. G. E. p. L n-m Bun oug'hs. a orother of PDOve . ' f'liujecL oi tne cecn,, 'U3d at his home in Nto v L laay night, and was Nidon X uesday morning at two ,ic "I" , ,burying ground. M ro.,, ; d"ea brothers were de- 'tdthn '' ' " of Hermdon church. v. wero ni..i - ' uuuul '& and 78 years t ught ;h7lt' he hither- f ius? Chan?e of D0licy for KMi.. .Just as an o,-r,.- . . . I llse n n . ' mieni. Ad- vvm " 'lirl;f'lr and your pe to "u grow - 10 see it p u may not De r more tl rW. f r0m day to day anv ... ' lilOVo i uav LU But v etanRO into a big oak lap resr!orifii. , . . .. an he iUOof or x. 1 uuy insist that ri!US. anfi .v. . tuning is in thA 1 thnt P(1(ling is the ;nificam , 1 frthermorP it t D nce adomr ifW f lhose who raPer-a,i. 1 Ptod a cnnei..,., rench. llSslg policy ww Mr. t Q town Tuesday. SHORT LOCAL PICK-UPS About People and Things That Are of Interest to The Public Iiedger Readers GATHERED FROM THE TOWN AND COUNTY Alleghany Court Jud?e W. A. Devin left Saturday for Sparta, and is presiding over Alleghany Court this week. ' Changed Places Mrs. Bonitz and Mrs. Josiah Cannady are now located at the home of Mr, R. L. Hamilton on College street. Paving Completed Mr. R. G. Las siter has completed the paving a roi;nd the Government building and it is well executed. JUet it be Moved- We suggest that the old safe now on Hillsboro street be removed as it is now numbered with the "eye sores." Will Build Home -Mr. A. S. Hall has decided-to erect his new resi dence this summer and Is- getting ready to commence work. ' , ." ' In Hands of Painters The old La nier home is now in the hands of the painters, r.nd other improvements will be made to the home. It is Coming -It is warming up by degrees, and will soon bid the cold night fgood by and everything will flourish like a "green baytree." Taken to . Hospital One day the past wek Mrs. John Ballock was taken to a Richmond hospital for treatment and we hope she will soon be well. Continues .Sick We regret to learn that Mrs. J. J. Algood, on Route 7, continues quite sick, and we trust she will soon be restored to health. . Confined at Hoine W e are sorry to learn that Mr. Hillman Cannady is confined at home on account of sickness, and we hope he will soon be well. ' Critically HI- We regret to an nounce that-Mrs. Henry Critcher is critically ill at her home in - North Oxford, and it is feared that she will not recover. " - ' Attractive Ijocation It is rumored that on the close of the Horner School in Oxford that the grounds will be cut up into lots and put on the market. . Going Ahead Contractor Camp bell is going right ahead with, the new residence of Mr. and Mrs. James W. Horner, on corner of Spring and Gilliam streets. - An At Home The faculty of Ox ford College will be at home on Fri day evening, May 8th from 8:30 to 9:T,0 Music Hall in honor of the Senior Class. '.,- . Getting Ready Our nl;e young friend, J. P. Harris, must be getting ready for the event of his life as he has purchased one of the Lanier lots on Gilliam street. ;. - A Bumper Crop Indications point to a bumper crop of apples this year. And to think that not a "drap" of brandy can be made, even though the fruit goes to waste. -To the Forefront "Al for Ox ford" in matters of civic betterment is the spirit which will Jteep Oxford to the forefront. Do your part, keep the Oxford Beautiful. .. , -- " e . Want the Showers We learn from the large number of farmers in town on Monday that, rain is needed to plant corn and set out tobacco, and hope to be visited by April showers. .'. A Happy Boy Theodore Parham, one of the bright and happy boys on Route 3, was an Oxford vLsitor Sat urday and rode out in a new Oxford Buggy bought from Lyon-Winston Company. . . ' Her Nai ural G if ts The woman who keeps the simplicity of her girl hood, and who adds to her natural gifts the enlargement of study and the experience is always at her best and never past it. Farm for Sale We call special at tention to the well equipped farm of the late J. F. Cole, which is adver tised for sale in another column of this paper. Now is your chance to secure an. improved farm. State Federation Club Mrs. A: H. Powell, Mrs. R. L. Brown and Miss Mary Shotwell are representing the Oxford Civic Club at "the meeting of the State Federation of Women's Clubs, at Fayetteville this week. Still. -: Growing larger The . sub scription list of the Twice-a-week Public Ledger continues to grow, as we added 5 8 new subscribers during the month of April. If we had got ten two more we would have average i ed two a day for the month. , . MRS.M.E.B0BB1TTDEAD Funeral and Burial Services Will Take Place This Wednesday Morning THE INTERMENT WttL BE AT BANK CHAPEL CHURCH Mrs. Mary E. Bobbitt died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. G. Hunt, on Spring street Monday afternoon after more than a year of feeble health, and her passing away was not unexpected by her loved ones She had reached the ripe old age of 8 5 years and was numbered among the pure in heart, and her life has been a benediction. Mrs. Bobbitt has made her home in Oxford for many years and was truly a consecrated member of the Methodist church, and attended upon its ordinances as long as her strength would permit. To every one she was kind, good and Christ like. To her church she was ever loyal and true and in sheltering her in itr. arms it held one, who, like Bethany's Mary of old, went out to meet the Master whenever she heard him calling her. Her life, her work, her influence in the church she loved, wiir be a puri fying influence for many years to come. Her character was one of pure gold, her life was that which made the world brighter and brighter for "Every soul that touched hers. Thought it was the slightest contact got there from some .good. Some little grace, one kindly thought One aspiration yet unfelt One bit of courage for the darkening sky, One gleam . of faith to brave the thickening ills of life. One glimpse of brighter ; skies be yond the gathering mists, To make this life worth while And heaven a surer heritage.". She smiled when the sunshine was playing around her, she smiled when the shadows were lurking around her heart. Her hand was one ever ready to administer to others. Those who were in joy and happiness re-, ceived her sympathy, and with those who trod ..sorrow's pathway her heart beat in unison, for she had drank deep of the cup of sorrow, having lost her husband and three sons; Messrs. Theodore "Bobbitt, Sid ney Bobbitt, and Ruf us Bobbitt, all bright and intelligent men. She leaves behind two daughters, Mrs. T. C. Rogers, and Mrs. J. G. Hunt, and one son, Col. William A. Bobbitt, of Kinston. The funeral will take place this Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock at the Methodist church conducted by Dr. A. P. Tyer, and the remains will be conveyed to Bank Chapel .and intered by the side of her husband, who died many years ago. PLExlSING PROGRAM It is earnestly hoped that the town authorities will have weeds cut in the Elmwood Cemetery this week, as most of the Confederate Soldiers graves are -in this cemetery, which is now in a neglected state and should be attended to immediately. A pleasing program of songs and recitations has been arranged for the evening of May 11th when Rev. Lumpkin will deliver an address. The decoration of Soldiers -graves will be Saturday afternoon. May 9th as the decoration date occurs on Sun day next. THE LAW IN DISREPUTE A well known business man of OxT ford is responsible for the assertion that he saw in an intoxicated colored man a couple of Sundays ago driv ing rapidly through one of the prin ciple streets of Oxford; that he call ed Chief W illifords' attention to the incident -and gave him the name of the violator and urged the Chief to arrest the man for violation of the law; that the chief promised to do so ; that he later met the chief and asked him why , he had not made the arrest, to which Williford replied that he had no witness. Again the business man urged the chief to make the arrest and promising him to be a witness against the violator. To cap the climax and close the incident the "chief eyed the business man carefully from head to foot and intimated that inasmuch as he is now on a salary basis he did not care to trouble himself about the matter. This is a. terrible state of affairs. Where are we drifting? There is entirely too much disregard of the law in Oxford j and it is ?p to the Mayor and Commissioners to estab lish normal conditions. 5 " It is an open secret that the law co ering the fast driving or automo biles is violated every day. ' Mrs L. G.-Burress and. two inter esting children, of Richmond, ar. spending a few days with her brother Rev: S. K. Phillips. , " NANCY HALL A ON YAM Pptatoe slips rea your order now. Oxford. N- C. J r. 5; -Bookj HOWELL - 2tpd i NV NvRl dV May 3 SUPERIOR COURT MEETS Called to Order Monday Morning, Judge Lyon, of Bladen County Presiding ABOUT THIRTY CRIINAIi CASES ON DOCKET The May term of Granville County Superior Court convened at ten o'clock Monday morning with Judge C. C. Lyon, of Bladen, , presiding. Solicitor Gattis and all the court offi cials were present. The following Grand Jury was drawn: W. S. Gooch, Foreman; R. B. Briggs, J. T. Overton, J. T. Fuller, C. D. Brummitt, Zeb Y. Cheatham, S. L. Wilson, Fred Adcock, W. C. Allen, J. S. Rogers, W. T. Harris, W. J. Ellis, O. W. Clement, A. E. Averet, Thomas W. Bowling, H. N. Green, T. G. Currin, O. B. Wilson. Thia is the second term of Court held by Judge Lyon - in Granville. His charge to the. Grand Jury, cover ed the State laws and was distinctly "stated. The forenoon of Monday was con sumed in organizing the Court for work and the Judge's able charge to the Grand Jury. There are some thing like thirty cases on the crim inal docket, none of which are df such importance as to attract more than unusual interest. With the good old reliable and pains-taking Solicitor at his post of duty things are moving along in a systematic business like manner. The following cases have been dis posed of up to this Tuesday morning: State vs. Gus Thorp and Jim Har ris, affray; guilty, judgment suspend ed upon payment of cost. v State vs. Abbie Burling, larceny, guilty, 12 months in State .Prison. State vs. Monk Royster, retailing, guilty; sentenced to roads. State vs. Roy McAdden, carrying concealed weapon guilty. State vs. Louis Heflin, assault, guilty; judgment-suspended upon payment of cost. - State vs.. Raymond Spencer, carry ing concealed weapons, guilty. State vs. Elbert Parker, carrying concealed weapon, guilty. State vs. Langford Bowie, larceny; guilty. DEEP WELL Mrs. G. J. Day and her attractive daughter, Miss Annie, of tern section, paid the Public Ledger office a pleasant visit Saturday. Mrs. Day is delighted with a new 85 foot well which was sunk at her home last week. The water is as clear as a crystal and as cold as ice, and the volume is great, they say. NEW TELEPHONE DIRECTORY A new . and handsome telephone directory has just been- issued by Mr. W. D. Reaves, local manager of the Home Telephone Company. The Company has installed an informa tion operator who will look UP and give you any number not listed in the directory, It is urged that the public will use numbers and not names when calling. " IMMORTAL DRAMA The announcement that Tolstoy's immortal drama, "Resurection," would be presented at the Orpheum Theatre last Saturday night put in evidence the fact that Oxford is a patron of the best in the dramatic art that it has the playhouse and it has the people to support the finest product of the stage. It further shows that Oxford is discriminating in taste and may be depended upon when appreciation is jto be reason ably expected. There is no show too good for Oxford people, and that is the reason Harris & Crews are so careful in their selection. - WELL-BALMGED PLAY The presentation of "Captain Jan uary" at the Orpheum Theatre last Friday night by the Senior Class of Oxford College was beautifully stag ed, and artistically presented. The young ladies were under the direc tion of Mrs. Woodall, of the Voice and Expression School, from first to last and she assigned to no one big individual parts that towered above the rest. The play was well balanc ed and each of the characters repre sented a human trait virtue, "vice, youth and old age", beauty- and mod-isty- conscience and -flatery, truth and love, bluff and stuff, charity and vanity. Every one done their work remarkably well." - The following were the cast of characters; Captain January ..v. . . Bettie Taylor Captain" Nazro . , . . . . . . Foy Hester Mr. Morton . .". . : . - Myrtle Nowell Minister . . . . . . , . .Thelma . Allen Star Bright . . . . .... . .Valeria Jbnes Mrs,. Morton. . . . . . Annie ' Allen Appearing in - the : after-thought were : Kate Maynard, Edith Woody, Josie Allen, Minnie Warner, Myra Hunter,, Jane Bryan, Mary Green Leona Lamb, Carolyn Booth.. The fairies ; were : Eloise Horner, Daisy Copper, Sue Bryan, Katherlne Hunt, Mary. Taylor, ...Elizabeth Hunt, Francis Horner, Elizabeth Lumpkin. ft10VEMENT0F PEOPLE. Personal Items About Fojks and Their Friends Who Travel Here and There SOME YOU KNOW AND SOME YOU DO NOT KNOW Mr. B. Y. Hunt, of Route 3, was in town Saturday. Mr. T. J. Smith, of Route 6, was in town Monday. Mr. T. B. Hill, of Virgilinawas in Oxford Monday. ; Miss Ida Fuller, of Berea, was in Oxford Saturday. Mr. J. N. Watkins, of Cornwall, was in town Monday. . Capt. T. D. Clement, of Route 1, was in Oxford Monday. Mr. T. Alston, of Warrenton, was in Oxford baturday. Mis.s Bepsie Kearney, ol Wilton, was in town Saturday. Mrs. P. G. Pruitt, of Ro.ite 4, was on our streets Saturday. - Miss Dora Overton, of Gray Rock, was in town Saturday. . . Mr. M. B. Blalock, of Culbreth, was in town Monday. Mr. J. T. Chappell, of Creedmoor, was in Oxford Monday. Mi Ed Bobbitt, of Wilton, was in town Monday. Mr. W- W. Adcock, of Route 4, was in town Monday, Mr. J. T. Morton, of Route 4, was in town Monday. Mr. Thomas Fleming, of Lyon, was in town Monday. Mr. Sam Jones, of Culbreth, was in town Monday. Mr. Frank Gregory, of Stovall, was in town Saturday; Mr. "Matt Wheelous, of Grissom, was in Oxford Monday. Mr. I. H. Bullock, of Cieedmoor, was in Oxford Monday. Mr. S. C. Lyon, of Creedmoor, was on our streets Monday. . Mr. A: S. Carrington, of Tally Ho, was in town Monday. Mr. John Roycroft, of Northside, was in Oxford Monday. Mr. T. C. Rogers, of Wilton, was in Oxford Monday. y Mr; and Mrs. J. A. Hunt, of Route 3, were in town Saturday. - Mrs. R. D. Holeman, of Stem, was on our streets Saturday. Mr. V. R. Fleming, of Northside, was in Oxford Monday. Mr. W. B. Bragg, of Route 2, was in Oxford Saturday. Mr. W. R. Farabow, of Stem, was an Oxford visitor Saturday. Misi Mary Brown spent the week end with relatives in Henderson. Mr. andMrs. Sam Conneli, of Tar River, were in town Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Lucius Currin, of Wilton, were in town Sunday. Mr. Robt. Adcock, of Oak Hill township, was in Oxford Monday. Mr. Nat Cannady, of Cannady's Mill, was in Oxford Mondaj. Gen. B. S. Royster spent Sunday with Mrs. Royster in Richmond. Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Bobbitt, of Route 2, were in town Saturday. Mr. Geo. Cannady, of Dunn, was among the Oxford visitors Monday. Mrs. Frank Bullock, of Stem was among the throng in town Saturday. Mr. W. R. Suit and sister, of Wil ton, section, were in town Saturday. Dr. and Mrs. Battle Ballock, of Hester, were Oxford visitors Mon day. Mr. Frank Lyon spent Sunday in Oxford and returned to Raleigh Mon day morning. - Messrs. J. H. King and Mr. Ellis King, of Route 1, were in town. Mon day. - Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Frazier, of Route 2, were town visit-srs Satur day.; . ' . j Mr. W. H. Washington, of Stem j was among the Oxford visitors Sat- urday. Mrs: Monroe Bullock and daughter, of Stem, w ere in town Saturday shop ping. Miss Addie Breedlove, of Willon, was among the shoppers in town Sat urday. Mr. and Mrs. Will. Howard, of Route 4, were town visiters Satur day. - Mr. Aired and family, of Smith-, field, visited Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Renn the first of the week- , ' Mr. Sam Howard, of Grassy Creek section, was among the Oxford visit ors Monday. - - Mr, and Mra. T. K. Daniel, of Route 1, were among the Oxford shoppers Saturday. . , ' . ; Mr. and Mrs. Herbert . Lyon, of Lyon, were shoppers in Oxford Sat urday. . - - ; - Mr. and Mrs.; J. B. Pruitt, of Route 4, .was among,: the, Oxford visitors Saturday. r 1 . COMMISSIONERS MEET. The Affairs of The County Taken Up, Discussed and Passed Upon " ' MR. B. I. BREEDFjOVTiI ELECTED CHAIRMAN The Board of County Commission ers met on Monday with all the mem bers present, Chairman B. I. Breed love, H. C. Floyd. J. N. Tilley, Z. W. Allen. Mr. J. B. Powell, the efficient clerk, read the minutes of the last meeting, j which were approved. Commissioner B. J.- Breedlove, who has so acceptably acted as' chairman during the sickness of Mr. j. . P. Stedman, and owing to the vacancy created on account of his death, was unanimously elected chairman. Geo. Daniel, colored, was exempted frcm polltax, and also granted rebate on polltax for 1913. Miss Sallie Thomasson was grant ed admission to the Countv Home. Chairman Breedlove was appointed committee to meet the supervisors in Oak Hill township to investigate. the Holloway mine road. The following road is hereby de clared a public road leading from J. D. Williams to Fairport, provided it is to be no cost to the county for road bed or for any damages. - J. M. Tillotson was exempted from road duty for one year from date. Mack Tanner, colored, was allowed a rebate for $2.75 for 1913 G. E. Rogers was exempted from polltax for one year. Engineer Kiker was instructed by the Board to locate the road leading from Hester toor near E. B. Rober son's pack barn. It was ordered that the road known as the Shoo Fly road be built under the supervision of Engineer Kiker, the road to be built on force account, . and if this method of construction is unsatisfactory the county can discon tinue said work. The clerk was ordered, to settle with the estate of R. T. Moss for road bed damages and soil at $28.50. Mr. W. L. Spoon, the National Highway Engineer, appeared before the Board in the interest of the link of National Highway which will pass through Granville, and rrade some admirable suggestions to the Board along good roads line, and was list ened to with pleasure by the Board. Mr. Spoon takes an abiding interest in Granville and wishes her to have some of the good things in the roads line while they are going.. CLEAN UP ELMWOOD I beg to say to the citizens of Ox ford that the 7th, 8th and 9th days of May, the same being Thursday, Friday and Saturday of tho present week, have been set apart and are hereby designated as clean-up days for the old and new cemeteries. You have, no doubt, noticed that these cemeteries are in bad condition that the weeds and broom-sedge have taken possession and have rendered these places unsightly. I hereby call upon every owner of a plot in either cemetery to go or send someone on the days set apart and clean up his or her plot. Cut the weeds and put the same in good repair. The town carts will haul away the rubbish. I know that you will be glad to do this and that this notice is all that will be necessary. I not onlycall the owners of plots to clean them up, but I earnestly re quest every citizen of Oxford, who can possibly do so, to aid in this work by going or sending someone to help put these places in proper condition. T. G. STEM. Mayor. CONFEDERATE RE-UNION The following old soldiers and sons of soldiers, accompanied by two ladi es left Oxford on the noon train Monday for the Confederate Reunion now in session at Jacksonville, Fla: Veterans, J. W. Adcock, D. Y. Hunt, R. T. Slaughter, Peterson Slaughter, D. G. Crews, R. T. Thorp. . Sons, Mat Hobgood and Charley"-;: Ilobgood. Ladies, Misses Bessie and; Annie Morton, all of Granville county Adjutant W. H. White also accompa nied the veterans. The party went from Oxford to Durham, where they caught a special through train for Jacksonville. The organization was called together at noon this Tuesday morning and the session, will end Friday noon. A FINE RECEPTICAL To the Citizens of Oxford: Several citizens have expressed a desire for a trash can similar to the ones we - recently placed on the streets. If as many as one dozen are desired I will order thorn. You . can get one of these trash cans for . about $3.00, or at actual cost. Would you like to have one or more.' If so, let me know at once. : T. G. STEM, Mayor. EARLY CABBAGE ANTS FOR sale by Lee P per hundred. ' at 15 cents 2tpd. Pt, rTcTrcd 1 " U i , - 1 il
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