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PUBLISHED TWICE-A-WEEK
WEDNESDAYS AND
. SATURDAYS
VOLUME XXX.
OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 1915.
NUMBER 26.
OUR UOLOIHAL ANCESTORS
FAMILY CONNECTIONS OF THE
LATE R. T. " CREWS TRACED
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS
SCHOOL EQUALIZATION F11I1D
MONEY IS TO PROJECT SCHOOL
THE HEW CHIEF OF POLICE
THE TOWN BOARD DROPS CHIEF
THOSE WHO GO MID COME
SOME YOU KNOW AND SOME YOU
DO NOT KNOW
THE NEW PROHIBITION BILL
THE .WAY IS MADE EASY FOR
ACTIVE OFFICIALS
I GATHERED FROM THE TOWN
AND COUNTY
TERM TO 100.2 DAYS
WDLLIFORD .'
His Ancestry on Both Sides Have Happenings That are of Interest to
Been Residents of Granville Since the Many Readers Of the Public
Granville Gets $5,099.12 Raised by
a Five Cent Levy on. Each $100
The Town Commissioners Fastens the
Personal Items About Folks and The Title of the Act is "An Act to
Their Friends Who Travel Here Restrict the Receipt and Use of
Lid Down on Vive by Electing Ex
Sheriff Wheeler Chief of Police.
ITe-ltevoluuonary Times. - Ledger.
Valuation.
and There. Intoxicating Liquors.
(By Francis B. Hays.)
w Get On The Job
Are we oh the job of making Ox
(Concluded) ford? What kind of touch has Ox
I
Now, to go up the line of our an- ford with the big forces which build
cestors is one thing and to trace all cities? -
the descendants of these ancestors is - Making Friends
quite- another. Time and space do Tart's Sanitary barbershop is mak
not permit me, and if they did I ing many friends. See adv. else
have not the reauisite knowledge, to where in this paper. Ladle's hair
name the collateral kin of the man combed and dressed
whose -recent death set in motion
this train of thought. But just to
convey some idea of the extent to
which they have aided in the populat
ing and building up of the county
I will mention a few here and there.
The numerous and influential Crews
family of Granville is well known.
The Oakland Model
It is understood that ' Mr. John
Webb is in the market for another
high grade car and that he has prac
tically decided to purchase the 1915
Oakland Model. -
Called Meeting
There will be a call meeting of
Most of its members are' descendents Stem Local Union Friday, March 19
of Gideon Crews, father of Gideon,
Jr., and grandfather of three girls
who married Manson Breedlove, John
Sears, and Solomon Cottrell. The
children of Gideon's son James, broth
er of 'Gideon, Jr., were: James A.
(father ofRobert T.), Rebecca- (mar
ried J. Cheatham and was the mother
of Theodore, Thomas, William and
the inrst .Mrs- A. C. Parham), Mary
(married W. O. Wright and went
at 2 o'clock p. m. for the benefit of
members that wish to buy guano at
that time .
Has Returned Home
Mr. J. W. Brown, who has been in
Chase City for the past two weeks,
returned home Sunday, and we are
glad to state that he is very much
improved in health.
What The Doctor Says
"I don't understand why. there
West), Martha (married Joseph Penn J should be so many cases of grip; with
Hunt and was the mother of Mrs.
Sallie Crews, Mrs. - John H. Breed
love, Mrs. B. I. Breedlove, Mrs. Ella
Fuller.D.N. Hunt and others) Thomas
(father, of -Norfleet G. Crews and
others), Edward N., Isabella (marri
ed B. W. Hicks and was the mother
of Archibald A. JHicks), Susan C.,
(the only one surviving, married
George "W. Hunt, and is the mother
of Junius Penn Hunt, the late Mrs.
Joseph Parham, Mrs. Charles F.
Crews, and . others) , and Melissa,
married Rev. W. S. Hester and was
the mother of Mrs. R. J. Aiken, Mrs.
D. N. Hunt, Mrs. J. M. Rhodes, of
Littleton, and others.)
Among the descendents of the
Earl-Watts couple are most of the
the weather so fine," said a man to
day. The good Doctor says that dust
is worse. than rain, snow or sleet.
Easter Flowers
Sweet peas, violets, lily of the val
'ey and other beauties can be had by
reading the adv. ; elsewhere in this
paper of F. F. Lyon and placing your
:rder with him.
Making Friends
The bread, biscuit and cake of the
Purity Company handled exclusively
in Oxford by Taylor Brothers Sani-
fary grovers, is meeting with popular
favor- See adv. elsewhere in the
Public Ledger.
Cottages For Sa4e
We call attention to the advertise
ment of the Granville Real Estate
The State Board of Education ap
portioning the school equalizing fund
for the state Friday, distributed
$409,630.45 with which to project
the term to an average of 100.2 days.
The money . allotted the. several
counties in the state comes from what
is known as the state equalizing fund.
It was provided for by the 1913 gen
eral assembly and raised by a five
cent levy on each $100 valuation and
set aside from the state tax levy.
The term of 100.2 days lacks three
and one-tenth days of equalling the
term of last year which went 103.3
days. On its face that would carry
disappointment.but two contributnig
causes make it a source of strength
The salaries of the teachers have
been raised, and the compulsory
school law has placed so many addi
tional children in the schools that a
larger number of teachers had to be
3mployed. And while "the term has
been shortened by a half week, the
number of children put in the schools
runa into many thousands.
The number of counties that receive
nothing from this fund is striking!'
small by comparison with the whole
commonwealth divisions, but in the
light" of the modern disposition to get
everything coming in a county's di
rection, it is large. Durham, Forsyth,
Halifax,' Haywood and New Hanover
find it not necessary to call on the
state at all. Granville gets $5,099.-
12. Some of the "big counties are:
Guilford, $11,683.07; Wake $10,-
137.42; Wilkes, $12,663.70. .
FIRE RECORD
The Home of Mr. J. D. Brooks and
Mr. J. C. Howard Threatened ,
The home of Mr. J. D? Brooks, in
Ridley Park, was discovered on fire
at'10:30 last Saturday morning. A
park had ignited in the roof 'of
hfi hllildinc- hoar t'ha himnmT
tr-j' - -.i.it j -it I and Trust Comnan v elsAwhers in this . . '
vhamvuic uu awe i - - -- . uremen responded promptly an
counties. One of the Harris girls, a yaper. iwo iour-room cottages witn- ed the dwelling There was
in lour oiocKs oi me postomce are
offered, on reasonable terms.
Making the Hen Work
Many of the people of Oxford not
At a call meeting of the Town
Board of Commissioners Monday
night Ex-Sheriff Sam Wheeler was
elected Chief of Police to fill the posi
tion now held by Chief Williford. The
change of officers will take place
April 14th, the night following the
next regular meeting of the Board'
0. :
Visits Editor Hart
The following prominent people
from Creedmoor and Southern Gran
ville visited Editor Hart of the Creed
moor Times-News, Sunday afternoon
at the county jail: E. T, Cottrell, J
E. Parker, John H. Dixon, J. G. Wil-
kins, C. V. Garner, S. N. Rogers, R.
L. Curl, J. W. Chappell and family,
V. L. Wilkins, A. A. Chappell, Bynum
Hart, J. T. Chappell, A. L. Wilkins,
J. R. Parrott, E. K. Morris, K. Lyon,
J. T. Curl, J. W. Neathery, C. P. Vin
cent and Miss Irene Vincent.
Spring Goods
Spring will soon be here with all
its brightness and beauty already
the fields are putting on, their coats
Of green and the birds are chirping
heir greeting. To be in keeping
with the season, read the two adver
tisements of the Long Company in
this paper. The adv. on the editor-
al page is for big and little men, and
the announcement on the last page
will enlighten the ladies as to the
beauty and comfort that awaits them
at the Long Company. It is a pleas
ure to note that the price of the sea
son's best goods is indeed moderate,
and it always pays to buy the best.
Pretty Millinery Parlor
The ladies of Oxford and Granville
will be pleased tpj learn that Mrs. T
Lanier will have her millinery open
ing Tuesday, March 23d. Her cozy
TheJLpflors are being beautified for the
savj asiuniidtnr-yBry latest: word-in
Mr. J. W. Brummitt. of Route 2. This -act makes it unlawful for
was an Oxford visitor Saturday. any railroad or express company to
;Mr. S. T. Burnett, of Houte 2, was bring into the State or deliver more
in town Saturday. than one quart of liquor in a single
Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Crews, of Tar package and makes it unlawful for
River, were in town Monday. any person to bring in more than a
Mrs. P. C. Parham, of Route 3, was quart for any other person or for any
an Oxford visitor Monday. person- to receive more than one
Mrs. S- Tom Hunt, of Route 3, was quart of liquor in 15 days, " whether
in Oxford Monday.. . -, in one or more ways. It is made uh-
Mr. J. R. Burnett, of Route 3 was lawful for any person to use another's
an Oxford Visitor Monday. .. name in ordering or for any, person
Mr. Robert Clay, of Route 3, was to allow the use of his name in order
in town Monday. ing liquor. It is also unlawful to
Messrs. Perry Rowland and Grover serve any kind of liquors -with
Grissom, of Henderson, spent Sunday moals where a charge is made for
in Oxford with friends. the meal or for the service. It is
Miss Nellie Daniel, of Henderson, unlawful for any drug store to sell
spent the week end with her brother, ox dispose of, for gain, any liquors.
Mr. Russ Daniel on High street. Therefore, it will be seen that this
Three fine young ladies, Misses act comes much nearer to absolute
Alma Ragland, Murtie and Mollie prohibition than any law ever passed
Dickerson, of Route 3, visited the and will go a long way toward stop-
Public Ledger Saturday. " Ping blind tigers from selling liquor
Mrs. J. N. Pittman and daughter, and people living in North Carolina
Sallie Sue, have returned home from from using liquor.
a visit to relatives and friends at In addition to the anti-shipping
Louisburg and Clayton. law, the passage of an act which
Mrs. Ike Newton, of Lyon," stopped makes it unlawful to manufacture
off in Oxford Monday on her way to Pr to seH malt and which requires
visit her sick sister. Mrs. Geore'e railroads and express companies
Hedgepeth, of Route 2.
Mrs. Julia Minor, who has been in
"" 1 J 1 m , m
a aaiumore nospuai ror a few days
for treatment, will return home to
day, accompanied by her daughter.
to keep, subject to inspection, a re
cord of all receipts of malt. Since
blockaders cannot make whiskey
without malt, this act will help to
break up the blockade business in
Mrs. A. A. Hicks, much improved in tne state. Where they get their
health. malt over the railroads it will en
able any officer to find out who Is
Young People Wed receiving malt in his section, and as
A pretty marriage was solemnized malt 1S used only f or tne manufac-
Sunday last by "Dr. R. H. Marsh at
the home of Nat. D. Hobgood, when
Miss Ruby Hart, became the bride of
Mr. Graham Currin.
ure of liquor, the officer will know
that the receiver of the malt is either
blockading liquor or is assisting some
other one to do si.
granddaughter of this couple.married
Abner Hicks and became the grand
mother of Archibald A. Hicks. An
other married Dr. Samuel Duty, at
one time pastor of Grassy Creek Bap- P11.1 raise their own vegetables, but home of Mr. Jack Howard, on Cherry
nady'sT Mill, last Satrirtfajir - liikht
a hole the season's styles will be on exhibi-4whn Mrs. Trnr Qwir
oknnt V, (.A V.1 l i. , I i.: . m il I " " """"
uuui' '"c one ui a, ucu uictiiu.eL uui ii- i iiuu. j. ue Lyis are very-, prttiiy mis
ed in the roof. vear and Mrs. Lanier has t.h cream
Again in the afternoon," at 3:30, of the market both in expensive and
the alarm sounded, this time at the unexpensive patterns.
tist church. He had no sons, but
thirteen daughters several of whom
married and brought up large famili
es in Granville and elsewhere The
only one of the daughters who has
lived in Oxford during the memory
of the present generation was the
late Mrs. Sally Duty Hays.
Mourning Hunt who was, as we
have just seen, the great-great-grand
mother of Robert T. Crews, married
twice, her second marriage having
been to William Hicks.. It is in the
Hunt rather than the Hicks line that
we are interested just now John Hunt
as above mentioned, married Frances
Penn. da.ns'htor nf TWnrv TavTor Pont
daughter of John Taylor. This John' Tue!day and Friday afternoons.
Taylor , had a large family. ' Oner of
his children, Edward-was the father
of Lewis, who "was the great-grand-
fathor rf T CI Twin Mre n Tk XT
Fort, Mrsl R. B. Hines J. ArSh? Tay
lor, Richard P. Taylor, and others, in
cluding Susan and Robert Pelhanr,
who changed their name from Potter,
their father having been the brilliant,
fiery and notorious Robert Potter.
Another of John Taylor's daugh
ters, Catherine, married Moses Penn
These were the parents of John Penn
who became immortal by signing the
Declaration of Independence. He
was a Granville county man although
born in Virginia. In a Fourth of
July oration delivered in the Orphan
Asylum chapel in 1876, the late Dr.
Theodore B. Kingsbury made the er
ror of stating that the Hunt family
was descended from John Penn, the
signer, and this error has been re
peated many times and in various
places. It appears in the- obituary
notices of some of the Hunts who
died while Dr. Kingsbury was doing
newspaper work here in Oxford. In an
editorial in the WJilmington Messen
ger twenty years later Dr. Kingsbury
admitted that he , might have been
wrong in saying that John Penn was
the ancestor of the Hunts of Gran
ville. Still another of the Taylo
sisters married a Bullock and was the
great-grandmother of the late James
A. Bullock, Mrs. Lucy O Gregory and
J. M. B. Hunt, all people well known
in this county not'so many years ago.
Through the Taylors Mr. Crews was
related also to the Thorps, the Lewis
es, the Robards and other old Gran
ville families. 1
But this is "a digression from the
Hunt line. John Hunt and his wife,
'Frances Penn, had eleven children -seven
girls and four boys. One of the
girls married Randal Minor, an early
member of the well-known . Granville
chickens as well. They are now get
ting eggs for home consumption This
is perhaps one reason why the price
of eggs is not now so high on the lo
cal market.
A Full Supply
The live firm of Lyon-Winston
Company are handling Zells and Pa-
tapsco Guano; all the needed imple
ments on the farm, the famous Mag
nolia flour, etc. See the two quarter
page adv. of this firm elsewhere in
the Public Ledger.
Good Boy Wanted
lhe Public Ledger wants a good
boy to help deliver the semi-weekly
3dition to Oxford subscribers on
A
fOod boy, with a wheel, knowing
wTnere everybody in town lives, pre-
"erred-
Mayor Stem's Candidacy
TTJll , TA . i i .
rim- ii appears mat there was a
leak at the joint of the gas pipe. On
testing the leak with a match the gas
ignited and melted the sodering,
causing an explosion. The damage
was light
Fine weather for fires. Everything Oxford
is dry and a stiff wind does the busi
ness. Be careful.
FIRE IX HENDERSON"
THE CROP OUTLOOK GOOD
Several Oxford People Go Over in
" Automobile.
On learning that a fire was raging
in Henderson Friday night: several
people went over in autos,
some of them making, the trip in 30
minutes. The -fire was caused by the
explosion of a large gasoline tank in
the buggy ' factory, destroying the
Smerden bueerv factorv and renair
x armers Are Busy Laying the Foun- shop: a three-story building, Bea-
aations tor crops corn's livery stable and four horses,
Farmers generally say that thei the home of Mr. W. H. Hart, a color-
crop outlook in Granville county for ed hotel and two other small build-
uie coming year is already bright, ings near by, entailing a loss esti-
With favorable weather, of which mated at' above twenty-five thousand
there has. been a reasonable amount dollars.
so tar, the yield this year.they say is An onlooker was heard to say that
oing to be a big one. Most farmers the Henderson fire brieade don't
' Sudden Death
Mr. P. B. Turner, " a well-known
farmer- of Brassfield township, died
suddenly . at his home near Can-
CLE AN-UP-D A YS
morning she discovered that her hus
band was cold in death. The deceas
ed was accustomed, to come to Ox
ford several times a week with but
ter, chickens and eggs for sale, and
he was just as honest as the days
were long. He made many friends
by his strict integrity and fair deal
ings. He was a follower of the Mas
ter and was patiently awaiting the
summons. The funeral and burial
took place from Banks Chappel Mon
day. Besides a widow, the deceased
is survived by the following children:
Mrs. W. L. Craven, Pittsboro; Mrs.
O. B. Moss and N. R. Turner, of Rich
mond; T. R. and L. G. Turner, Chase
City; J. C. Turner, Newport News; C.
M. Turner, Oxford; J. N. and N. G-
Turner, of Granville county.
DOUBLE MURDER
Wife and Child of Joe Perry Killed!
and Bodies Burned to Crisp
The wife . and one child of Joe
.We call attention to the letter of are husy at the present time laying fight quite so fast and systematic as Perry, colored, were-shot and killed
viator mau vx. siem eisewnere in
his paper, announcing himself as a
candidate for re-election, and thank
ng the good people for the kind
things said of him.
The Gas Range
There are so many gas stoves used
'n Oxford we are reminded to tell
the ladies that the best thing to re
move the grease and dirt which col-
ects on the stove, is to rub the stove
the foundation for good crops, and
unless the, weather during the next
few weeks turns against them, the re
suits of their efforts in this particu
lar field of endeavor will be most
gratifying, it is thought. The sunny
weather has furnished ample oppor
tunity to the farmers to get in some
ood work in their fields, and,, the in
dications now are that the financial
depression of the past six. months will
the Oxford boys.
Ill Hands and Everybody Else. Get
IleadyFor the Great Event .
desire tocall the "attention : to
3very citizen of Oxford to the f act
that; the eight day's, 7darch- 22nd to
30th, inclusive, are hereby designed
md set apart as Clean-UpDays. This
Ls only a few days off,'andT urge you,,
to begin to make preparation. We
tfant. to give the town a thorough
2leaning, and for this work we need
all the teams and wagons we can get.
It occurs to me that there must be
several public spirited citizens, who
vill be glad to furnish teams and
wagon, or either, kindly notify me.
The town will be divided into dis
ricts, and the trash from each dis
trict will be hauled away on the day
or days allotted to the respective dis
tricts as follows : -
District No. 1. North Oxford, West
of College Street on March 22rid and
23d.
District No. 2. North Oxford, East
of College Street on March 24th and
25th.
'District No. 3. South Oxford, West
of Main and Hancock streets on
March 26th and 27th.
District No. 4. South Oxford, East
of Main and Hancock streets on
THE COUNTY COMMENCEMENT
and their bodies burned to a crisp
when their home was destroyed by a March 29th and 30th.
fire started by unknown persons early I Please keep these
Friday morning, in Vance county,
just over the Granville line, in the
; fork of Ruin run and Tabbs creek.
The incident occurred about 3
The family
There WiU Be a Street Parade, Exhi
bition of School Work, Athletic
Events, Etc..
Much interest is being manifested o'clock Friday morning.
in the approaching commencement of was aroused by the attack, but had tion of the trash and rubbish on your
the county schools, which will take no time to resist the invaders. I lot can easily be burned, and I sug-
piace in Oxford March 26. Granville A man shoved the door partly! est that you dispose of as much of it
days in mind
and have your, trash raked up and
ready to be moved on day set apart
cor your District.
"When you begin the cleaning pro-
ess you will find that a large por-
over with a cloth dipped in turpen- llmost entirely disappear during the county- has much to be . thankful for open, threw in a -.large quantity of " possible in this way, provided the
tine. coming summer and autumn. in the way of educational - achieve- kerosene oil, and' then began firing; same is done in the daytime. : Place
Organ Recital
(Continued on last page)
Dr. Minor C- Baldwin will give an
-rgan recital at the Methodist church
Thursday and Friday nights of this
week. He plays under the auspices
Df the Baracas. Dr. Baldwin is one
of the celebrated organists of the
world. A silver offering will be tak
on at the door.
Foot Mashed
While unloading a freight car in
Raleigh last Friday, Mr. W. J. Hoi
man, a Granville county boy, sustain
ed'a badly mashed foot. His bro
tner, Mr. Hoiman, hastened to his
bedside, and from him we learn that
the wounded man is" getting along
nicely.
. Will Lecture
Dr. L. B. McBrayer, of the Tuber
cular Sanatorium at Montrose, will
be -in Oxford Wednesday
March 31, and will deliver a lecture
in the Court House . at 8: 45 p.. m.
His subject will be Public. Health.
Dr. McBrayer has given his life's
work to this cause. He is a most
gifted speaker, and we trust will be
met by a large audience. He comes
at the earnest request of the Civic
League, which is . anxious to see
health conditions improved in our
town.
FRIENDLY RIVALRY
ments and the gratitude that is Be- almost every shot hitting its mark, he balance of your trash where it can
ing felt should be given expression on I Je 'Perry's wife and one child were De conveniently reached by a cart or
the occasion of " the Rommflnffiment killed outright. . and their hodiflp I wagon, and if In snv inetmo i
The Creedmoor High School Out for Everybody interested in the educa- burned in the. building. Joe Perry should be necessary for you to collect
tne cnampionsnip. tional- welfare of the community threw .his youngest child out the t at a place where it cannot h soo
News reaches Oxford that the should resolve to make it a day of window, and -then jumped himself, crom the street be siir to n,,t n -
Creedmoor High School expects to rejoicing. There will be an exhibi- He was shot as, he leaned out the card or notice, which nnn Ho
make some team work to win the tion of school work, a parade, athlet- ppehing. : The baby was'unhurt. signifying that you have trash to he
championship of Granville county at ic events and other interesting fea- Survivors say the hand that :was I moved. Iff addition to that keen a
the County Commencement on March tures
26th. She does not expect it to be so
easy either, for all the contestants are
at work
The Schloss Bros. &. Co's. Master
Tailors wilt be at the Long Co. March
19 and 20. - '
poked in at the door was that of 1 'ook-out for the waeons.
either a mulatto or a white man. I I sincerely trust that overv
I ' " J XX
The only possible clue to the of Oxford wil take, a deen interest in
Local Union 3Ieeting
There will be a joint meeting of
the Tar River Acadamy, Currin and
ProvMence lccal unions held at Tar-
identity of , the perpetrators, accord
ing to information, is the rumor that
the Perry negroes had a fight Thurs
day with other negroes at Dickerson's
saw mill, near the Perry home, and
it is believed that some light may be
this work, and do all in his or her
power to- give our town a thorough
cleaning. "Respectfully, -
T. G. STEM, Mayor.
Praises the Old Home Town
With the closing of the Oxford to-
To the Citizens of Oxford
I desire to give notice of the fact
that I again offer myself as a candi
River Acadamy Friday, March 19th date for nomination for the office of thrown on the incident by this occur
at 2 o'clock D. m. All members of Mavnr nf rwfnrH in rence. Officers are dilligently search- Ko i i
v - , ..- " - ...0 -. ia,vw uiaiaci idol. Yvceu., major S1Q-
tiiebo umuns mai may oe interested beg to make public, acknowledgment w iuiui or muraerers. ney B. Betts. who made manv frfona
uiBML, m ouying iercnizer win please be on or every kind thing that has' been here during the past season left for
nuna. - mere are otner matters that said in the columns of this paper, or . u ugjy uasn his home in Richmond. Mr. Betts
ciaim me attention or tnese lodges, elsewhere, relative to my . candidacy, While he and a companion were is an old Oxford boy, and is number
and I hope that We may have a full I all nf which T sitirorolv annrwafo anH I chOTininEr loe'R. -. Mr flraham RonVor I cA omnnw fhnc,. t
. I I mv uwiv QWUU WUl
oy which I have been largely lnfluenc- son or Mr. w. J5. Beoker, Route .3, into the world and made eood W
attendance from all three of them.
OTHO D. DANIEL.
LOST BETWEEN FIRE DEPART-
ment and Mr. J. C. Howard's resi
dence Saturday one pair pliers,
led in making this decision. , r
'Respectfully,
T- G. STEM, i
was badly cut in the hand last Fri-1 consider him one of the best friends
day afternoon. The young men were I the Oxford market ever had, and
severing; a log when- the axe in his wherever you find him he is praioinp-
companions hand glanced off andj he old home town and the good peo
struck Graham in the ball, of the Hie of Cmnvnio w e'
The Schloss Bros. & Co's. Master
wrench and round file. Finder will Tailors will be at the Long Co, March hand, inflicting a!T ugly and painful Major Betts will return' to us next -
return to W. H. BRITT.
iy and 20. nesn wound. season.