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PUBLIC LEDGER WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1914
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Our stock is so varied that you can find
something different for every one of your
friends. Bring the children in to see the
toys and dolls, they can help Santa Gaus
decide what to give them. Avoid the rush
and get your choice;: by buying early.
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NOW
IF
T, W.' Keith, of WeCville, Bun
combe county, died a few days ago
from wounds inflicted by the acciden
tal discharge of his gun while out
hunting.
At Granite Quarry, Rowan county,
one night last week, as a result of a
game of cards, Gamewej Jeffries, col
ored, was shot and killed by an un
known negro, who made his escape.
The coinmisisoners of Orange coun
ty have elected Myron Durham regis
ter of deeds to succeed John Laws,
who died recently after having held
the office continuously for 64 years.
J. H. Tuttle, a prominent Pasquo
tank county farmer made a speech
last Friday night at tfie community
service exercises at his neighborhood
school house and died immediately
after taking his seat. He was 68
years old.
Governor Craig, with the approval
of the council of state, has directed
that 25 additional convicts be furn
ished the Statesville Air Line rail
t'oad.which is being built from States
ille to Mt. Airy. This will give the
road a force of 66 convicts.
Carl Gaddy, the five-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Gaddy, of Char
lotte, whowas struck by a street car
recently, while playing in the street,
died last week, of lockjaw. The child
was so badly injured on one leg that
it was necessary to amputate the leg.
George L. Pridgen, ex-postmaster
at Kelly, Bladen county, was arrested
in Wilmington last week on a charge
of embezzlement growing out of
some alleged irregularities while he
was in office. In default of bond in
the sum of $1,000, he went to jail
to await a hearing.
The Belgian relief committee of
Durham reports that it tas collected
a total of $1,080.15 forhe fun, and
also that additional subscriptions are
expected to come in during the next
few days, which will rujtethe amount
up rather much higher "inan it is at
the present time. 2?'mdt
There are fifty-six raiTrk report
ad operating in North Carolina, ex
elusive of tram and lumber roads
These railroads cover a mileage of 4,
888.31, as shown by the assessment
of June 30, 1914, an increase of 89.23
miles over last year. The assessed
valuation is $116,301,190.
Mrs. "Stonewall" Jackson, widow
of the great Confederate general, is
desperately ill at her lyme in- Char
lotte and all hope of her recovery
has been abandoned. Mrs. Jackson is
83 years old and until a few years
ago was very active and vigorous for
one of her advanced years.
Clyde Vance 27 years old and a
recent graduate of the North Caro
Una A. & M. College, came in contact
with a live wire while at work at the
sub-station of the Carolina Power &
Light Company at Method, Wake
county, and was shocked so badly
that he died a week after the acci
dent.
Money is being solicited through
out. the state for the building of a
non-denominational chapel at the
state convict farm at Tillery, Halifax
county, where large numbers of con
victs are kept. The chapel will be
for "the use of all denominations and
will be the headquarters for reform
work on the farm.
While unloading cotton at Monroe
George Williams.a prominent Union
county farmer, was stricken with
heart failure, dying instantly. He
was in his wagon lifting one end of a
bale and a helper had the other end.
The other man felt Mr. William's
end give way and looking down in
the wagon saw him lying dead.
Herbert Locke and Rodney Chase,
young white men who recently came
to Raleigh from Masachusetts, were
convicted of forgery in Wake super
ir court last week and sentenced to
the penitentiary for 3 years each.
The young men stole check books
and bank books from several Raleigh
busines men and succeeded in pass
ing a check to which they had forged
the name of Dr. J. Jt. Rogers.
W. R. Smith, a young white man
who was convicted in Orange county
Superior court last Tuesday and sen
tenced to the roads for three years
for passing worthless checks, at
tempted to commit suicide last Tues
day night in his cell- in the jail at
Hillsboro by slashing his throat with
a pocket knife. Others in the jail
learned of his rash act and a physi
cian was called. Smith's wound is
serious but is net considered dan
gerous. -
Frank Fuller, a young white man
employed in the Raleigh city market,
has been doing a rushing business
selling whiskey under the guise of
beef liver. When a customer in
Fuller's confidence developed a thirst
he would ask the market man for a
pound of beef liver and would be
handed a -bottle of whiskey tied up
in a package to resemble liver. Fuller
was arrested and tried Saturday, be
ing sentenced to 60 days on the
roads or the payment of a fine of
$200. , '
As a train of the Southbound rail
road was nearing the Yadkin river
bridge.in Stanly county.a few nights
ago Conductor Ryan and a negro ho-
The
chest
bo engage d-ina shooting contest.
ot twice in the
g and once in the
e was attempting to
ay and when the conductor
attempted to put him off he drew his
pistol and fired several shots at him,
whereupon Mr. Ryan answered his
firing. The conductor was not injur
ed. The wounded negro was carried
to a hospital in Winston-Salem.
Any deed for real property execut
ed after Dec.l is taxed under the in
ternal revenue laws, at the rate of 50
cents for each $500 of the purchase
price, or fractional part of $500. To
illustrate : the tax on a deed for prop
erty sold at $1,100 would be $1.50.
The deed cannot be recorded until
the stamps are affixed and cancelled.
1 a BEAUTIFUL SHRUBS, $3.50
A choice assortment of Spiraeas;
brilliant bloomers that afford a won
derful beauty to your home each sea
son. Four of the best varieties; An
thony Waterer, Billardii, Van Houtte,
Thunbergii; twelve strongly rooted
plants, best stock, express paid, on
receipt of this special bargain price.
Can sell only a limited number at
this price. Order now. "The stock
I got from the Howard Nursery Co.,
has done well." Miss Dora Johnson,
Burgaw, N. C. Ask for our catalogue
and other special offers in fruit and
hade trees, ornamentals, etc. Howard
Xarsery Co., Box 110, Stovall, N. C.
LEDGER
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head are at the rate of one cent
a word each insertion. Strictly
cash with order unless advertiser
runs a regular advertising ac
count with this" paper.
IF YOU WANT TO SELL, BUY,
RENT ANYTHING OR SECURE
HELP OF ANY KIND TRY A
LEDGER WANT.
WANTED PLAIN BOARD BOOK
case or section of store shelving.
Must be cheap for cash. Lock box
220, Oxford, N. C. It
DOLLS, DOLLS, DOLLS, DOLLS,
Dolls," Dolls and Dolls at Hall's
Drug Store.
BUILD THE HOUSE AND LET US
furnish the material. Our prices
are at the, bottom. C. D. RAY &
SON. tf.
TAX PAYERS WILL PLEASE
. take notice that 2 per cent penal
ty will be added to all Town taxes
not paid before January 1, 1915.
Pay now and save this expense.
R. B. Hines, Tax Colelctor, Office
at the Court House. 3t.
FOR SALE NICE HOME MADE
preserves, jellies and canned goods
price reasonable. Phone 226B tf
FOUR ROOMS FOR RENT HAVE
four nice connecting rooms just
vacated by Mr. Albright in Mitchell
Building for rent. Apply, to J. T.
BRITT. - 4t.
TERRA COTTA DRAIN PIPE.WELL
Curbing, flue tining and fine brick
kept in stock by C. D. RAY &
Son. dec 5-tf.
TAX PAYERS OF GRANVILLE CO
unty. The schools must have mon
ey to run, and the roads and coun
ty must have funds ,t say nothing
of the States demands. I am con
tinually called upon for money.
You must pay your taxes before 1
can pay over. It is just twelve
months" between drinks". Pay now
and you will not be called upon
again in twelve months. S. C
HOBGOOD, Sheriff. tf.
BEST QUALITY PINE, CYPRESS
and tin shingles, also painted, gal
vanized and rubber roofings. C. D.
RAY & SON. tf.
CABBAGE PLANTS FOR SALE
Frost Proof, Early Selected Wake
field, Charleston or Large Wake
field and May Queen. Ready for
delivery about October 20th. Per
1,000 $1.50; 5,000 to 10,000 $1.00
per 1,000. Write for prices on
large quantities. OXFORD OR
PHAN ASYLUM. 12-9-tf.
Pigs For Sale
OXFORD ORPHAN ASYLUM
12-9-tf.
BUY COAL FROM US WE CARRY
only the best grades. It is clean
and burns clean. C. D. RAY &
SON. tf-
HORNER MILITARY SCHOOL,
Charlotte, N. C. Spring term begins
Jan. 16- New Students may enter
Jan. 5 without extra cost. Apply for
illustrated catalogue. 4t.
TERRA COTTA DRAIN PIPE.
Well Curbing, Flue Lining and
Fire Brick. C. D. RAY & SON. tf
How to Treat
Croup Externally
Rub Vick's "Vap-O-Rub" Croup cud
Pneumonia Salve well over tLe throat
and chest for a few minutes and then
cover with a warm flannei cloth. Leave
the covering loose around the neck so
that the vapors inhaled may loosen th
choking phlegm and open the air pas
sages. Usually one treatment relieves in
fifteen minutes. One application at bed
time will prevent a night attack. Vick'a
will be found better than internal medi
cines for all inflammation of the air pas
sages from head colds and catarrh down
to bronchitis and incipient pneumonia.
Three sizes 25c, 50c, and $1.00.
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SANTA CLAUS CAN GET PURE
candies at Hall's Drug Store.
PAY YOUR TAXES
Shireff Hobgood is anxious that all
delinquents will settle their taxes
before Christmas and etart the
New Year rlht. 12-12-lt
WHAT'S THE USE
To bother your head try
ing to think what to
get for
CHRISTMAS PRESENTS
Don't do it-Go to
B R IN K L E Y
and get a dozen good
Photographs. Some
thing any friend will ap
preciate. Dead easy,
isn't it?
DR. BEN J. K. HAYS
May be found in lite ollice from 10 a.
in. to 1 p. m. daily except Sunday.
FOR GLASSES THAT WILL FIT SEE
At Oxferd every Fourth
&da in t acfi Monti? at Exdisnsc Hstsi.
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
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Attorneys-at-Law.
OXFORD. - - N. CAROLINA.
Practice ir Stat
and Federal Courts.
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Your patronage solicited and appreciated
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Dr. T. . Frazier
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Office hcurs from 8:31 a m t 1:3 p. in.
daily except Monday.
Office in Mitchell Bldcr.
Oxford, : : N. Carolina.
THERE IS ONLY
ONE STANDARD FOR DRUGS
AND WE MAINTAIN IT
Each drug your doctor
prescribes plays an im
portani part and they
will do their work as they
should when they are
fresh and properly mixed
Our drugs are fresh and
we are experts in com
pounding medicines.
i Lyon Drug Store
"Is the Place."
I College St. Oxford, N.C.
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SALE OF STOCKS.
By virtue of the power of salo
me vested, by the last will and testa
ment of Mrs. Kate II. Devin.
ed, I shall on
3Ionday, January U, ioi5f
at 12 o'clock sell to the hieWt
Diaaer, uy yuunu auction, for cash
at the Court House door in Oxfnr i'
the following described stocks- s
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suares ui me capuai stock of Oxford
Buggy Company of the par value of
$100.00 per share; 7 shares of the
capital stock of Oxford Savings Bank
& Trust Co., of the par value of $iqo
per share; 25 shares of the capital
stock of the National Bank of Gran
ville, of the par value of $100.00 per
share. This December 8, 1914. r '
B. S. Royster, Executor of
Kate H. Devin, Deceased.
TRUSTEE'S SALE OF LAND
By virtue of a Deed in Trust ex,., .
- i in riu- 1 1 v .i mi'iim vtfirTin r ,i
tttt- 4th day of October, 1910, a!l l"
registered in the office of the 1 y
of Deeds of Granville county in p V
9 at nacre 1S1. default hoi V
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made in the navment rf uai.i .1 .
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will sell for cash by public auction 0
MONDAY, JANUARY 4th, 1015 "
the two lots of land described in K;i
Deed-in-Trust. to wit: Begin at jar!,,
l'arham's. Southwest corner on (in.
Montague's alley and run alon
alley to a point 8 feet from Green .Mon
tague's front, a stake, thence 'in
northerly direction about 210 ft to
Robert Parham's line, thence aiori
Jtobert Parham and Early Meadows'
line 100 ft. to Jack Parham and Early
Meadows' corner, thence along Jack
Parham's line a southwesterly cour.se
to the beginning containing near half
an acre. Second tract: Begin on Pearl
street in Alexandria, Jim Downey's
corner, thence along Pearl street loo
ft. to Peter Itoyster's corner, thence
along his line 100 ft. to Itoyster's form
erly CrewB' corner, thence along Crews'
line 100 ft. to Jjm Downey's corner
thence along Downey's line 100 ft. to
the begininng and known as the
Elijah Clement lot. Time of sale 12 M
at the Court House door in Oxford
12-9-4W A. A. HICKS, Trustee
TIIUSTEE'S SALE OF LAND
Under and by virtue of the power of
sale contained in a certain Deed of
Trust executed to me by Charlie Roys
ter and wife, Martha Royster, default
having been made in payment of the
bond and the interest thereon, I shall
on
SATURDAY, JANUARY 9TII, 1915
sell for cash by public auction in front
of the Court House door at Oxford, N.
C, the following described tract of
land: Beginning at a stake on the east
side of the Oxford and Clarksville
railroad, in White and Peace's line,
thence along railroad right of way 40
feet from center of track S. 3-4 W.
four chains and 9 links to a stake;
thence S. t'J 1-4 E. 21 chains, 59 links
to a stake in Hester's line; thence in
3-4 E. 40 chains and 42 links to a stake
and pointers formerly a locust, Hes
ter's corner; thence N. 89 1-4 W. along
said W. R. Taylor's line to right-of-way
of Southern Railway Company; thenc
along said Railroad right-of-way to
the beginning containing 86 acres more
or less. TIME OP SALE 12 O'CLOCK.
This December 7th. 1914,
W. L. TAYLOR, Trustee.
B. K. LASSITER, Atty.
SALE OF REAL ESTATE
By virtue of authority vested in "mi?"
by a certain deed of trust made by
Banister Roberson and wife, default
having been made in the payment of
the debt secured thereby and being
requested so to do by the holder f
said debt, I shall on
JANUARY 4TII, 1915
expose to public sale at the court houe
door in the town of Oxford, to the
highest bidder for cash the following
described real estate.
Situate near the cotton mill switch,
Joining the lands of S. V. Morton, Mrs.
Bob Taylor, Josiah Cannady, Charlie
Turner and others and having a front
age of fifty feet and a depth of about
140 feet.
, F. H. GREGORY.Trustee.
T. LANIER, Attorney.
LAND SALE
By virtue of an order of the Superior
Court of Granville County to me direct
ed in the Special Proceeding entitled
B. F. Frazier and others vs Tazzie
Frazier, I will sell to the highest bid
der, at public auction, at the Court
House door in the town of Oxford on
Monday, January 4, 1915
that tract of land in Sassafras Fork
Township, bounded on the north by Al
fred Frazierr J. S. Eakes and others,
on the East by Ollie Eakes and A. L.
Elliott, on the South by other lands of
the late E. C. Frazier, on the West by
H. E. Hart, H. E. Frazier and others,
containing 180 acres more or less; be
ing the home place of the late Elijah
C. Frazier. I will take pleasure in
showing the land to any prospective
purchaser. Terms, one third cash, bal
ance in 12 months, interest from day of
sale. This Dec. 1, 1914.
HENRY E. FRAZIER, Commissioner
SALE OF LAND
Pursuant to an Order of Sale made
by the Superior Court of Granville
County in the Special Proceeding.there
in pending, entitled, "J. B. Davis and
wife Nettie L. Davis and others, ex
parte,-' I shall on
MONDAY, JANUARY, 4, 1915
at 12 o'clock M., the same being the
first Monday in January, 1915, sell to
the highest bidder, by public auctlen.
at the Court House door in Oxford, the
following described tract of land:
Lying and being situate in Sassafras
Ferk Township, Granville County, ad
Joining the lands of Tom Watkins and
Frank Royster on the North, the Pub
lic Road from Stovall to Royster's old
store on the East, and the lands of G.
H. Faucett on the South and West,
containing 309 acres, more or less.
Terms of Sale: One third of the
purchase price cash, and the balance in
one and two years, with interest on the
deferred payments from date of "J
the title to be retained until the pur
chase price is paid in full. This Dec
ember 1, 1914.
B. S. ROYSTER, Commissioner.
SALE OF LAND.
Pursuant to an order and decree of
sale made by the Superior Court of
Granville County, in the Special Pro
ceeding therein pending, entitled "W.
B. Dixon and wife vs. L. B. Dixon and
wife," I shall on
v MN AT JANUARY 4TM, 1915
the same being the first Monday In Jan
uary. 1915, sell to the highest bidder,
by public auction for cash, at the Court
house door in-Oxford. N. C. at the hour
cf 12 o'clock M.. the following describ
ed tract of land:
Lying and being situate In Tally Ho
township. Granville County, adjoining
ihe lands of W. S. Cozart. A. S. Carring-
ton, Jr., Broadie Cozart and others, con
taining 105 acres, more or less, and
being known an "Broadie Cozart
Place." This November 25, 1914.
B. S. ROYSTER. Commissioner.