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PUOLIC LEDGER SATURDAY, AUGUST 29TH, 1914. , Dr. S. RAPPORT 3 AT THE Exchange Hotel la the future I shall meet those desiring to consult me At The Exchange Hotel instead of Dr. L. V. Henderson's Dentel Office as formerly. My next visit will be Tuesday Sept. 1st for the purpose of examining eves and fitting glasses Tobacco Land For Sale! I have some of the best kind of Farms for sale. Es pecially good for tobacco. They are well located. L,et me show you now while crops can be seen. JR. el fiimce:, RaleigH, IM. C. J' GEORGE W. !( APPLE YEA Clarksville, Va. Surveyor and Architect. IJates Keasonable, Estimates Cheerfully Jiven. Send a Postal Todav will Call Tomorrow. Will care .your Rheumatism Neuralgia, Headaches, Cramps, Colic, Sprains, Bruises, Cuts and Burns, Old Sores, Stings of Insects Etc. Antiseptic Anodyne, used in ternally and externally. Price 25c. o o What I Want You Have If, Risk, What You Wast, I Rare it, Protection, Why Not Exchange? The New E n gland Mutual i Life insurance Co., 5 of Boston, Mass. with 70 years of experience can fit your case in any form of the EST contracts written by Insur- nun 1-1 f a 1 .11- . , f I today. Let z i i ! Jack Howard Show You. .1 B. S, ROYSTER, Jltety-AI-to.Otts Odd Fallows' Sldg Practices in State and Fedora! Courts. Hillsboro St., Oxford, N. C. FATHER AND THE BOYS hurry here to have us measure them for new Fall suits and Overcoats because they know and have proved OUR TAILORING SATIS-TORY. Softly tailored, neat outlines in trim fitting garments are es pecially fa,vored by young men, but we have all the New Ideas in the Colorings, Weaves, Patterns and Styles for Fall.' Brame & Hluzelc TAILORS, 32 Main Street. Phone 136A REV. WILLIAM STEPHEN HESTER - His going away after a sojourn here of eighty-two years, lingers im pressively in the memory. We dwell upon all that we saw and knew of him. In early childhood we recall that he was a preacher, with red face and hair, the husband of our mother's youngest sister, Melissa; that he was sick at grandfather's Crews', during the last illness of our sainted grand mother, and that it was discovered about the day she died that he had the small-pox; that my father slept with him at grandfather's one night before he broke out, and didn't catch it; that the prayers and the crowd at grandmother's funeral were few and short and small, and that the people hurried away. I remember that we children were sent to a different neighborhood to stay and go to school 'till it was determined whether father and others would have the dread disease. I remember that "Uncle Hester," as we all called him, recovered and that the war ended, and that in the course of the years following, peo ple were excited and fretted by re construction, Union League, Ku Klux, Free Silver, Populism and Gattis and Kilgo; but in all the fifty years following, this man kept the rudder so true to duty that he never gave offense to those with whom he dis agreed. . He must have had ideas, predilections, sympathies.on all these questions that vexed everybody else, but he wore them so modestly thaf bitter partizans respected "Air. Hes ter" none the less. And isn't that a fine example to leave to us all? He went his way so quietly that he never seemed to do any great thing all at oncej yet search and search and you will hardly find one in several coun ties, who accomplished more. He reared a large famil3r, gave them the benefit of college education; preach ed to the churches all around him throughout a long life, attended the councils of his church and was al ways interested in what it was do ing; kept out of debt; and in so far as we know, or ever heard, dis charged faithfully and well the duti es he owed to his Creator, his State, his church, and family and to himself. Hurrah for such a man! He told me once what it meant to be a christian, and it struck me so forcibly that I at once tried to adopt it.. "Be sorry for your sins and love everybody." That was forty-one years ago the fifteenth of next Oct ober. No doubt there was more of it, but that is what stuck in my mem ory. I have forgotten it many a time in the heat and passion of life, but I have tried hard to remember it. I have never seen him since without recollecting it; and I have often thanked him for it. There is more in it than that, but if one lives up to thatthe rest will come, just grow on it, and make the pure good man our friend was. I think how many times he drove slowly, about the country, more than fifty years, on Sundays after a week of hard work on the farm, to Gray Rock, the Orphan Asylum, Hebron and other places trying, to persuade the people "to be sorry for their sins and love everybody." Capt. Storm berg gives a graphic account of the receptions provided in Heaven for those who go there. It rivals in my estimation that pictured in the Ap ocalypse. But no aid is needed by the dullest imagination to enable it to see with the eye of faith that what ever is good in the" life beyond is ready for the use and enjoyment of William Stephen Hester. He worked on his farm; he toiled for his child ren; he prayed for them and the world.He went to Salem and preach ed and prayed, and taught Sunday school. He drove by that sacred place myriads of times, going to find and to teach others the light, the truth, the way. Now his old worn out body lies there, so quietly in . the bosom of his mother earth; the very spot of it most hallowed by his righteous life. His mind, his spirit led his body and the minds and bodies of others through all those long years, held down as it were in his house of clay. . On August 20, 1914, it was set free to go to its God, to all good, to all happiness.- What a blessed memory for those he left; what a cheering and helpful hope it creates, that we -may some day go and be with him. T. T. H. PAINT PUT-ON Think of paint put-on and not by the gallon. A gallon of paint in the can is of no account to anybody. Put it on Now reckon its cost and value. The secret is: one paint goes twice as far as another. A good one goes twice as far as a bad one. You have a job, say an average job. It'll take 10 gallons Devoe and 12 or 15 or 18 or 20 of middling poor very-poor and trash. You know painter's wages in your town. Put the price of a gallon of paint aiid the painter's day-wage to-gether. You can, we can't. Devoe costs less than any inferior paint; there are hundreds of them. One paint is as good as another.so long as it lasts good; one lasts months and another years; and the one that goes furthest lasts longest. DEVOE Acme Hardware Co. sells it. adv NOTICE TO COLORED TEACHERS. There will be an examination for colored teachers in the court house at Oxford, Friday, September 4th. J. F. WEBB, Superintendent. 1 BRITISH ARTILLERY m FIELD U IPope PIUS XI UllEPbOgii! lebRUSSELSKLfS NfiWS Snanslints pPe 14118 x- died after a brief illness in Rome, his death being attributed to worry over the widespread European war. The C OllapoIIUiai capital of Belgium was transferred to Antwerp from Brussels, and the former capital was reported as being captured by the Of the !iVcl Germans. The French continued the invasion of Alsace-Lorraine, capturing the city of Muelbaasen, afterward abandoning It, but taking it again. Japan, through Count Oku ma, served an ultimatum on the kaiser demanding that Germany cease activi ties in the far east. Thousands of English troops joined the French In fighting in Belgium, British artillery being particularly active in the effort to turn the Germans back. The governments interested continued a censorship th.;t prevented definite news from reaching the world. WAR TO BENEFIT THE U. S. It is Expected to Greatly Benefit the People of This Country "A direct benefit to the people of the United States from the European war will be its effect in making the people of this country realize to a greater extent the value of its miner al resources," says Franklin K. Lane, Secretary of the Interior. "Of an the food supply," says Mr. Lane, "is the supply of mineral products nec essary to meet the requirements of twentieth century civilization. One of the first effects of the war has been to make us realize the interdepen dence of nations in the matter of food supply. Most of the countries now at war are dependent upon im portations of foodstuffs, and we have cause for self-congratulation in the United States that we are able to feed ourselves. What we have possibly not so fully realized it that we are nearly as independent in the posses sion of essential mineral resources, and that the interference with manu facturing caused by interruption of the flow of importations of many nec essary raw materials, may be over come almost" wholly by development of neglected resources in our own country. "The main difficulties to be over come are in the rearrangement of the distribution system necessary to es tablishing this independence. Busi ness is established along certain well marked channels, and usually follows the line of least resistance. It has been easier, and perhaps cheaper to import mineral products and materi als from other countries than to. go to the trouble and expense of develop ing our own resources of the same nature. Forced to the latter course by the suspension of commerce with other countries, I believe that Ameri can enterprise and energy will almost at once turn to the development of the native resources, rather than per mit production to lag and supply to be diminished in any industrjr." MANY, TROOPS IN FIELD Exertions and Sacrifices Beyond Any Which Have Hitherto Been De manded May be Required From the Whole. Nation and Empire OXFORD PROOF Should Convince Every Oxford Reader The frank statement of a neighbor, telling the merits of a remedy, Bids you pause and believe. The same endorsement By some stranger far-away Commands no belief at all. Here's an Oxford case. An Oxford citizen testifies. Read and be convinced. D. S. Fuller, grocer, Broad street, Oxford, N. C, says: "I knew that my kidneys were disordered, for the kid ney secretions were unnatural and deposited sediment. I had a dull pain in my back and sham, shooting 1 twinges in my kidneys. I rested poorly and all these troubles caused my health to become run down. When I heard about Doan's Kidney Pills, I got a supply at Hamilton's Drug Store and it didn't take them long to drive away the aches and pains. I willingly confirm my form er endorsement of Doan's Kidney Pills." Price 50c. at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy get Doan's Kidney Pills the same that Mr. Fuller had. Foster-Milburn Co., Props., Buffalo, N. Y. advt. (London Cable, August 25) Lord Kitchener made his first speech as minister of war in the house of lords today. He said war undoubtedly would strain the forces of the empire and entail big sacrifices. He laid emphasis on the fact that his position in the cabinet involved adherence to neith er party. He said: "The terms on which I am serving are the same as those under which some of the finest portions of our manhood, now so willingly stepping forward to join the colors, are en gaging. That is to say, my term of office is for the.duration of that war or for three years if the war should last longer than that. "It has been asked why this period has been limited. It is because if this disastrous war be prolonged and no one can foretell for a certainty its duration, that after three years of war others will take our places and see this matter through. "There will be serious conflicts which undoubtedly will strain the forces of our empire and undoubted ly considerable sacrifice to our peo ple will be entailed. These will will ingly ;be borne for our honor and for the preservation of our position in the world, and they will be shared by our dominion who are now sending contingents and giving assistance of every kind to the mother country. "Our expeditionary force has tak en the field on the French northwest frontier and advanced in the neigh borhood of Mons(in Belgium). Our troops already have been for 3 6 hours in contact with the superior forces of the German invader. Dur ing that time they maintained the best traditions of the British soldier and behaved with the utmost gallan try. The movements they have been called upon to execute have been these which demanded the greatest steadiness of a soldier and skill in the commanders." TWO CAR LOADS CHOICE TIMO thy Hay. Car load best oats at Lyon-Winston Co. 2t. L. C. WILKERSON, THE JEWELER at Stovall, has an up-to-date line of jewelry. Diamond rings, wedding rings, wedding presents, cut glass, and in fact any thing in the jewel ry line. His stock is bran new and the prices are right- He in vites close inspection. CALOMEL MAY HURT YOUR LIVER Every time you take this wonder ful drug you are in danger. Take Dodson's Liver Tone instead. Calo mel is made from mercury.and while mercury has many valuable uses, it is a dangerous thing to swallow. If calomel stays in the system very long it salivates. Even when it works nat urally, its after-effects are often bad. J. G. Hall will sell you Dodson's Liver Tone, which is positively guar anteed to take the place of calomel. Liver Tone stimulates the liver just enough to start it working, and does not make you sicker than ever as calomel often does. You feel good after taking Dodson's and it won't force you to stop eating or working after taking it. It is as beneficial for children as for adults. Try a large bottle for fifty cents under the guarantee that your money will be given back cheerfully if you're not satisfied. adv. FARMER'S CONVENTION SCHOOL OPENS SHORTLY. DON'T fail to have your childrens eyes examined before they go back and have glasses fitted to help them in their school work. Dr. Rapport will be at Oxford, at the Exchange Hotel, Tuesday, September 1st. Consultation Free. out Europe.Maj. W. A. Graham, com missioner of agriculture, also wel comed the farmers and paid tribute to the agricultural progress in this state that has been so very marked in recent years. President S. H. Hobbs, of Sampson county, delivered his annual address, discussing conditions that confront the farmers and the necessity there is for united effort for the betterment of conditions and averting possible disaster from the unsettled war con ditions. He congratulated the farm ers on the evidences there are that the state and national administra tions and the business men of the country are united in determination to conserve the interests of the farm ers, thereby promoting their own in terests in sustaining business condi tions on the best possible basis. Prof. C. L. Newman, of the A. and M. College, discussed the question: "Do Soils Wear Out?" giving import ant valuable advice as to soil conser vation. R. W. Scott, of Alamance, told in a most interesting way "How to Bring Up an Old Field." C. R. Hudson and T. B. Parker followed with valuable talks on the use of green manure and D. T. Gray and A. L. French of soil improvement by cattle raising. C. B. Williams by the use of commercial fertilizers. "The Resting of Land and Its Val ue," was discussed by Dr. J. A. Morris. This was followed by a tramp ove rthe college farm in field demonstration work under the direc tion of Prof. C. L. Newman. There were addresses by Prof. M. L. Fisher, of Purdue University, of Indiana and by Porf. L. C. Corbitt, of the bureau of plant industry, of Washington, D. C. Mr. Eugene Moss, of Oxford, gov ernment expert on tobacco, led a dis cussion on tobacco culture and was listened to with earnest attention. RICHARD THORP The Livery Stable Man Can furnish you a nice turnout DAY OR NIGHT J. T. Criteher's Old Stand. CALL TELEPHONE 60 B IWiles Galbreth, Oxford, N. C. Plaster, Cement and Calcium work done on short notice. Work guaranteed. Give me a tria Call Phone No. 201A Speaking of the prospective phe nomenal apple crop, there are por tions of New Jersey where it is ex pected to yield 60 gallons to the or chard. Washington Post. Dr. T. T. Frazier ...DENTIST... Office hours from 8:30 a. m. to 1:30 p. m. d ail v except Monday, Office in Mitchell Bldg. Oxford, : : N. Carolina. r LITTLETON " COLLEGE n A well established, well-equipped and very prosperous schol for girls and young women. Fall term begins Sept. 16, 1914. For catalogue, address (S.24.3m.) J. M. Rhodii Littleton, N.C. FOR GLASSES THAT WILL fIT SEE 1 At Oxford every Fourth Tuesday in facti Month at Exchange Hotel. eirtoaos Loss by Fore Was sustained by two Oxford Citizens this week, the family clothinf. Household goods and Furniture having been almost entirely destroyed. A Fire Insurance Policy protecting thern from loss would have cost them only a small amount Don't Wait for The F"ire Oell to Ring INSURE TODAY Information cheerfully given and Prompt. Efficient and Satifuctoiy Service Rendered. GRANVILLE REAL ESTATE & TRUST CO. A. H. POWELL, President. REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE. Eirst National Bank Building. Telephone No. 68 FOR RENT TWO COTTAGES ON Williamsboro Street. Good loca tion. Apply to E. T. Cooper. 3t. The Twelfth Annual Convention Marked With Enthusiasm The 12th annual session of the North Carolina State Farmers Con vention opened in Raleigh Tuesday morning at 10.30 o'clock with an ex ceptionally large attendance for three days' session to be devoted to practi cal agricultural topics and demon strations in which the splendid agri cultural equipment of the A. and M. I College where the convention is be ing held will prove most valuable. There was a cordial greeting for the visiting farmers by Dr. D. H. Hill, president of the college. Gov ernor Craig also extended a welcome on the part of the state, congratulat ing the farmers on the splendid pro gress being made along agricultural lines and the nobility of the agricul tural calling, "soldiers of progress" adding the wealth and stability of their country in contrast with mili-' tary operations that are now spread-i ing death and destruction through- Dinwiddie County Farm Lands Can furnish ideal Farm Property at $15 to $40 per acre according to location and improve ments. Our land-j are peculiarly adapted to the growth of CORN, WHEAT, OATS, GRASSES, A LEA LEA. Schools and churches are conveniently located, and nearly all of the-e lands border on an improved sand clay road. For further information write to .J. C Bell & Co., McKenney, Va. Lt AST CAROLINA TEACHERS TRAINING SCHOOL A State School to train teachers for the pubiic schools of North Carolina. Every energy is directed to this one purpose. Tuition free to all who agree to teach., Fali term begins September 22nd. 1914. For Catalogue and Other Information Address ROBT. H. WRIGHT,Pres.,Greenville.N.C
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