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VOLUME XXX.
OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23d, 1915.
NUMBER 51.
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CHURCHES OF OXFORD
INTERESTING GRADUATING ES
SAY AT OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL.
(By BUXTON TAYLOR.)
Since "religion is the chief con
cern of mortals here below," the
Oxford people may well pride
themselves upon the fact that one
of their religious institutions ante
dates the incorporation and even
the naming of the town, a circum
stance that would seem to indicate
that our forefathers were possessed
with the spirit of pitting first
things first.
The earliest church, in Oxford, the
Presbyterian, was founded in 1760;
the Methodist stands "next E& point
of age, having been established in
1821: the Episcopal third, having
been organized in 1823: hile the
Baptist is the most recently estab
lished, dating foasek to 1-81$.
In the year the eV. Gilbert
Tennent visited Oxford and estab
lished the Presbyterian 'dhurch. At
that time the town of Oxford was
unknown i&nd it was mot until about
1865 that the town wis named.
Prom 18X2 to 1817 ministers of
different denominaticHtis visited Ox
ford and beld services. In 1817,
Mi, James 3K. Burch, of Philadelph
ia, came to "Oxford 3ty the invitation
of the trustees of sfhe church. He
preached here for less than a year
"when lie resigned. No conversions
Trader the "work eff Dr. Burch are re
corded, alfhough 'doubtless his lab
ors were net in .ram.
In March of 'the following year
tfh-e Rev. Mr. IRollock, of Elizabeth
3J. J., came here and preached, and
later In the 'year the Presbyterian
church was fully organized with
sine w ten -members. Mr. Little-
3obn rand Mr. "Lean were ordained as
-elders. -Far about a year and at
naif Mr. Kollock continued to
3reach to a small flock until he tfss
offered a position as professor of
"Rhetoric at 'the University of North
Carolina.
During 'his-stay in Oxford the
church reeords show that four mew
members were added. Between
T819 . and '1821 there was no regu
lar minister in charge of the
ehurch. "But occasionally services
"were 'held by visiting ministers. In
"February of this year the Rev. Mr.
Graham came to Oxford in "behalf
f this church and preached for
'about 'a year and a half. At that
"time'the church was in a flouTisniug
condition.
In "1823, under the pastorate 'of
"Rev. rSamuel Graham, the first
'building of the Presbyterian church
was - erected. The church continued
;to 'grow until this building -was too
small to accommodate the conga'ega
'tion, so in 1891, under the uastor-
rate, of Rev. Joseph Rennie, tne
large brick church which is nowms
e"d was built. ' It was also -under his
, rpastbrate that the large pipe organ
was installed, largely thirwoh the
'efforts of .Mrs. Herder "Lanier.
There have been about twenty-three;
pastors at the Presbyterian church
since its organization, tne "present
-pastor being the Rev. Sffinroedl 7K.
Thillips. -
The Methodist church -was stab
"lished on December the twenty
fourth 1821. Mr. Thomas Uittle-
john gave a lot on Main street to
the following, as trustees of the
"Methodist church: William "Banner,
John Glenn, Thomas Booth, Nathan
iel Taylor and Joseph R. Urttle-
r'john. This lot was 45x31 ryaxds,
and was part of the land on which
"Dr. Cannady's house now stands. 'On
this little lot a smail innWmg -was
erected, which for fifteen years ser
ved as a place of worship.
In 1836 this building was sold
and a new lot was bought on the
corner of Gilliam and Spring fstreets,
the lot on which Mrs. J. G. Bunt's
.residence now stands.
This lot became the Cite of a nice;
new church, with one door and ay
few windows, which though small
were larger than those of the old
.church.
TPrayer meetings were beld every
Tuesday night, and were so arrang
ed that the different denominations
"held them in turns. Mr. Hays -wras
elected Superintendent of the Bun
day '"School and for forty years, -with
the 'exception of a period of -about
'four years which was served by Dr.
:Fort and Mr. Peace, filled this posi
tion with honor and fidelity.
A lew years later, the congrega
tion "bavinig again outgrown -rte
quarters, another new church 'was
built on Main street on the lot ad
joining the lot of Miss Lela Routon.
In :1'902 this church was sold to the
Baptists and moved about three
. miles out of town and is known as
Knott's Grove church. A lot was
.bought on College St., from Mrs. W.
R. Taylor for the site of the present
church. Soon after the church was
built a new pipe organ was install
ed. St. Stephens Episcopal church
was organized in 1823 as a church
of the Diocese Convention of North
Carolina but the records of it for the
first ten r fifteen years are no longer
in existence. The Rev. Mr. Vaugh
an collected a few records, such as
baptism, confirmations, arid marri
ages, but these are torn and un
readable. The vestry of St. Stephen's church
was elected in 1832 for that year;
in April the vestry met and appoint
ed a committee to look after build
ing a new church and selecting a lot
to build it on, each vestryman pledg
ing a proportionate part of the build
ing fund. This church was built
on the lot adjoining the one on
which St. Stephen's now stands.
The Rev. Mr. Mott was called as
rector, and remained for about one
year. In 1840 the Rev. Lewis
Taylor was appointed rector of the
church and served ' until 1844. In
1854 the Rev. Mr. Sutton was called
and remained until 1859; while
there he made plans to enlarge the
church. The Rev. Mr. Gilliam, was
appointed rector from 1859 until
1860. The records for the next
40 years are mere facts of repetition
with many different rectors. From
1895 to 1900 the Rev. J. F. Plum
mer was rector of St. Stephen's
church and while serving he had
many vestry meetings, planninig a
new church, the building which is
now used. The plans were made
(Continued on Second Page
COL. EL G. COOPER OPTIMISTIC
o
PREDICTS AN EARLY REVIVAL
OF BUSINESS.
Col. H. G. Cooper is among those
who believe that .the European war
will in the end be of vast benefit to
the United States. While many of
us have felt that normal conditions
depended entirely upon the cessa
tion of hostilities. Col. Cooper mak
es bold the assertion that the longer
the European nations are under
arms the better it is for the Ameri
can people. He expects the war to
continue for many years; in fact, he
thinks that the real, bitter prolong
ed war will not begin until they be
gin to divide the war zone among
the contending nations.
We had it in mind all along that
the warring nations long ago had
stipulated and agreed ameng them
selves as to their boundary lines
when Germany has. been whipped
and humiliated, but if such a com
pact does not exist, Col. Cooper's
views on a thirty ryear's war is
doubtless correct. In that event it
would be the survival of the fittist.
Col. Cooper expects a good strong
Tevival of business this fall. He
says tfcat everything is ripe for busi
ness, and 'when it .does come there
will fee no end to it.
Col. 'Cooper referred to the fact
that cotton, the commodity that 6uf
ferred most at the beginning of the
war, is elim"biflg back to normal,
with ' favorable 'prospects for still
further advance. The ' good old
sturdy lahker lias his views on the
tobacco crop. THe may be right or
he may be wrong, but he referred to
the iact that the several million
pounds of tobacco heretofore pro
duced in the beligferent countries
will - he just that much short this
year, -with ;a stronger demand than
ever toefore 'existing.
War or no war, Col. Coper figures
it wot -that the first shock of war
has passed and that the second -will
be ia. period of business activity
and tfhat "-very soon.
3SIrSS LASSITER TO WED
TChe -THarriage Ceremony Will Be
"Performed in Washington
Invitations as follows have been
issued: v
'IMt. Robert Walter, Lasslter
.Bequests the honor of your presence
:at the marriage of his daughter
Katharine Leigh
to
Mr. Berkeley Leo Simmcms
can ""Wednesday.the thirtieth of June
at twelve o'clock
.at tthe Church of the Epjpbaary
Washington, District of Colombia
'.'At home after the fifteenth of
kJtfly at 1840 Mintwood S5.ace.Wash-
ington, D. C.
Miss Katharine, the ihricte-to-be,
is the daughter of Mr. E W- ILassi-
hter, much beloved , m Gxanville
county, . ; now residing .' in cRashing-i
ton City. She has resided ,."3h Ox
ford all of her lif e, up to She time
her l father accepted a position in
the Treasury Departmeail at Wash
ington a year ago. She is am ex
ceedingly pretty young laity .and
highly cultured and is jaopralar ;in
Washington society.
.Mr. Simmons is a practicing .at
torney in Washington, wheere !he ihas
always resided, being a son coff IMr
Leo Simmons, the celebrated Wash
ington attorney by that aame.
The good people of Ottford win
reluctantly give op Miss Laseiter,
who they have known :all her life.
The maid of nonor wfQ lie IMiss
Amy Shields of Jacksonville, 3Fla.t
and R. T. Walding of Piiladelpliia
will be best man. Mrs. R. G. Lassi
ter of Oxford is to be -matron af
honor. The other attendants will Jbe
tMiss JJosephine Brown of Qsiord xjoA
R.vC.lBeer of Washington.
A TALENTED YOUNG JjAJET
.Miss Fannie Webb al Hme From
New York.
Miss Fannie Webb, the Itamdsome
and .talented daughter of Mr. anfl
Mrs. John Webb, arrived borne from
New iYork City Saturday to spend
her .vacation.
.Miss Webb took first bojaars in
art at '.Meredith College previous to
taking Jtip -her studies at the Hew
York School of Fine and Applied
Arts ;a year ago.
Endowed with an artistic temper
ament ;and far advanced in a jp-iro-
fesshwi Yvfchere few exeeR her present
efforts, Miss Webb could easily reap
a rich reward should she desire to
(commercialize her work.
WILL (GO TO
APPOMATTOX
Mrs. Abbitt Called to Responsible
Position.
Tne Richmond Times-Dispatch
last Sunday contained the following
item of news -under Appomattox date
line of June Hf9th:
""Mrs. .Julian Abbitt has been en
gaged to act as housekeeper at the
new dormitory of the Appomattox
Agricultural Senool. Mrs. Abbitt
will assume the new duties in Sep
tember. She now lives at Oxford,
N. C."
Appomattox is the former home
of Mrs. Abbitt. General Lee's
surrender made it a by-word in his
tory. It is a fine old town on the
Norfolk and Western some miles
east of Lynchburg, but however his
torical and fine, the good people of
Oxford will regret to see Mrs. Abbitt
and her interesting family leave.
THE GERMAN NOTE.
Investigation Regarding Submarine
Warfare No Yet Begnn
It is stated in Berlin that Dr.
Anton Meyer-Gerhard whose long
report to Foreign Minister von Ja
gow,has acquainted ' the proper offi
cials fully with the status of public
opinion in the United States, will be
given an opportunity to make a sim
ilar report direct to Chancellor von
Bethmann-Hollweg . before actual
preparation of the German reply to
the United States regarding subma
rine warfare is commenced.
Whether Dr. Meyer-Gerhardj who
was . sent to Germany to Count
Bernstorfr, ambassador to the Unit
ed States, will visit headquarters
and present his facts to Emperor
William in person has not been de
cided. In any case, the German re
ply in less than ten days.
A CRUDE DRUG HOUSE
RARE
OPPORTUNITY FOR
PAYING BUSINESS.
There Are An Abundance of Medical
Plants in Granville County, We
are Told.
We are glad to see the minds of
the people being turned to an oppor
tunity of thrift and profit that has
been abundant on all sides in Gran
ville, but so far practically neglect
ed. In root, bark, flower, and leaf
ill around our people is to be found
i source of wealth that could be de
veloped with but a little patient at
ention.' A farmers Bulletin by the
United States Department of Agri
culture devoted entirely to drug
plants with which this section
abounds, giving proper directions
for their cultivation, harvesting, dis
tillation and marketing is on our
table.
It is claimed that there are many
flowers and plants in this section
that have medical virtues. Anise
is first alphabetically and in the or
der of popularity. Arnica could be
added by the garwners wno may
have a marshy plat convenient.
Where is the school boy who has not
carried a piece of calamus root
in his trousers pocket, or had
some, fun by the aid of catnip
The golden pearnyroyal is generally
regarded as of no earthly account
except to place in the head strap of
the bridle to Iceep the flies from
bothering the borse, yet in Cabarrus
county a few years ago, says the
Charlotte Observer, an untutored
negro, throogh a crude still of his
own construction supplied the drug
gists of Charlotte with oil of penny
royal, ansd through that industry
amassed a snug ifortune. That being
true, -what might be done by some
man with energy and applied intel
ligence t this industry? There
is
medicinal -virtue in almost all the
plants and flowers that grow around
us, even in belladonna, blue flag, the
common mullein, caraway, coriand
er. digitalis, dill, fennel, lavender,
larkspnr, -parsley, sage, tansey, val
erian, thyme, -snake root, pink root
and poke weed, spearmint and ser
pentaria, horehound and lobelia
Henbane may be something for
fowls to avoid, Tmt it is good for the
drug store.
The "Public "Ledger is glad to see a
growihig interest to medicinal
plants. We should like to see some
enterprising citizen establish a her
barium in Oxford. Those who wish
to "know something about the possi
oflity of crude (drugs in thes section
should write to Department of Agri
culture. Washington and ask for
Farmers' bulletin 663, which will
be sent free. ; ' "- .
DR. IttcIVER AND FAMILY
WeTI-Known .Dentist - to Settled Jn
(MaattonScotish. Chief)
It as wih cdeep. regret that we are
(compelled to chronicle the intention
off IDr. ID. 'EL.McTver to move his fam
ily to Oxford; about the first of July.
For sometime it. has been known tD
some of his friends that he was en
tertaining fa .proposition to buy the
fenisness of an Oxford dentist, but we
nad hoped :fhat:he would reconsidea'
and decide rtot to leave Max ton. But
itihe die has Jbeen cast, the trade has
-been consummated and we will have to
give him and .his good family, all of
ARhom, inclufiiijg Mrs. Iver, were bora
'here.
Dr. Mclver is more than an ordi
nary ; dentist, r3e; is a skilled artist in
his nrofesson and we commend Mm
.and ihis servees to the good people of
Oxford. We jean only express the
hope that he and his family may find
it to their interest to soon return to
aEhe mew 3faXtaa,ito be placed uposa
the throne in the early future. The
future queen will keep the welcoming
hand ever extended toward Oxford.
m-SIAR -BASE BALL TE AH
VISIT.OHS TVUiL EE FINK GAME
ST. JOHN'S DAY.
The :young men i about . town have
Imported the besi baseball talent
available Jor a fine. double header at
Horner iPafk on iSt. John's ; Day,
Thursday, Jane .2:4th. There are
several aall stars in the two aggra
gations and ;an interesting contest is
acsured.
First came called at 10, second
at :2 o'clock, provisions are under
way to ta&e caare Qf ;all who may
wast to witness the game. The
valine men .-say itby "have secured a
splesttdid brass band Jor the occas
ion. We 'foayite your iattention to
the announcement of the game made
elsewlaere in this paper. Horner's
Park is a fine jflace to spend a
couple of boars, especially so when
you are entertained fey a good game
of ball and a brass hand.
3IRS. SUE FliEMUKG DEAD
A Noble ?reedmoor Lady At
Rest.
Mrs. Sue Fleming, of ?Oreedmoor,
fell upon sleep at her -Jbome in
Creedmoor Sunday last, is the 68th
year of her age. She was one of
God's best women. Aetle in se
curing the new Methodist church at
Creedmoor it was her earnest pray
er that she might Ihre until it was
completed. The Lord granted her
request, and she attended the open
ing services.
The deceased was the widow of
the late Robert H. Fleming, and is
survived by two daughters and one
son, as follows: - Mrs. J. H. Tingen,
of Fuquay Springs; Mrs. D. G. Rog
ers, of Creedmoor and Mr. R. N.
Fleming, of New Jersey. .
The funeral and interment was
at Creedmoor Monday afternoon,
largely attended by the entire com
munity. FINE PROGRAM
The Orpheum Will Have Three
Changes of Pictures Thursday.
The Orpheum Theatre will open its
doors Thursday morning at nine
o'clock and remain open until eleven
at night to accommodate the large
crowd of visitors on St. John's Day.
There will be three changes of pic
tures during the afternoon and even
ing. With its half dozen big elec
tric fans, the Orpheum is the coolest
place in town.
THE GET-TOGETHER DINNER
'-4
VIRGDL.INA ICE CREAM AND
NATIONAL HIGHWAY TEA
-
We would suggest that the Mer
chant's Association, : the Granville
Commercial Club,! the bankers, the
preachers, the Civic Club and the
trades people and a whole lot of
farmers have a "Get-Together-Din-
ner,
every thing . 'on the table to be
produced in Grantille County.
Oxford is growing, but it is
growing in spite -et itself, and not
by communty effort. The dinner
should be so arranged as to knock
out the knockers, i - Everybody with
the interest of Oxford and Granville
should encourage the "Get-Together
Dinner."' It would have a tendency
to knock : the knocker so hard he
would never knock" again.
Oxford should be making more of
her extraordinary Opportunities, and
we can make more of our opportuni
ties when all the . citizens get . to
gether. -. v';":; "sji ....
, The Bill of Fare.
Everything on 'ff the ,bill of fare
must come from -.Granville and we
would suggest thej following:
Providence Celery. I. Stovall pickles
Bowling Mountain Olives
Creedmoor ' Slice Turkey.
Stem Sliced Ham.
Enon Green Peas.
Wilton Asparagus.
Dutchville Flain Cake.
Oak Hill Layer Cake.
"Virgilina Vanilla Ice Cream
Tally Ho . Cheese S ; " Oxford Wafers.
National Highway Tea.
North Oxford Coffee.
South Oxford Pure Milk
A bill of fare K like the above
would no doubt knock out a few of
the knockers. If you can get a few
knockers to serve, without knocking
the knockers. who serve, something
can be accomplished. The idea,
you will perceive, is to get the
knocker to knock the knocker, and
this can only be done on extraordi
nary occasions. U .
BUYS CONTROLLING INTEREST
MR. HILLMAN CANNADY HEADS
TAYLOR-CANNADY BUGGY CO
Mr. N. H. Cannady having pur
chased CoL W. B. IBallou's interest
in the Taylor-Cannady Buggy Com
pany, at a called meeting last Satur
day Mr. Cannady" "was elected presi
dent of the Company, succeeding
Col. Ballon. '- -1." "
Mr. H. H. Burroughs was elect
ed a. director, succeeding CoL Ballon
and secretary sacceeding Mr. N. H.
Cannady. .
Mr. W. J. Eraajs -Was elected man
ager of the' maanif actaring -. depart
ment. ? t
The ifoHowiwg ir solutions, of ap
preciation were . i""" -the
Board.1- , 7 " "
Resolved 3. st. That 'acting . upon
the rerwest of arour letter of resigna
tion,, and in consideration of the ad
ditixEaal 'duties "imposed upon you
tb.TO.ugh your ntCher business connec
tions, -your resnafian is accord img-
iy accepted.
2nd. That tQae "Board take this
occasion to express appreciation Jfor
your loyal and mhtiring service, a;nd
for your wise ajounsel during your
connection wiQi the - company.
3rd. Tin at ;as a further tribute
amd expression nf 'the present boracrd,
and to jjnstly bonor ;you a copy of
these resolutions ' be spread upon the
ttaociks -of the secretary.
.SigneS :
. Signed: N. m. CANNADY, Wires
flCAPTTALISTS 'VISIT OXFOED
Fnr Mansfacturwrs From the JSorth
Loelk rin TTjnon Oxof rd.
JSessrs. J. T. WariDeven, Harri
scm, Slew .Jersey; t'G. .A. Van Hprer,
send J. A. "Dawson, ."Newark, JHew
Jersey, ;anfl Jdwin Selvage, Brodk-
lym, 3. Y., spent tne -week end -with,
Mr. Steven 51. Jones.
The -gentlemen made the trip;
from JNew Tork City to vOxford an an
autocar in Sive days. They came
dowjn through Delaware and the-
Eastern .-Shore cof "Maryland and Via
St. Charles and iNorfdlk.
Theae -gentfemen represent hj-
E&derahle -wealth and it is a pleasure
to bave -them 3ook in upon us. Tbey
are large manufacturers, Mr. Daw
son being interested in an automo
bile 3laiKt.
StKaigbtt :a .-a Ramrod and as Active
-as -a iuirrel.
Enign A. iLandis, naviaig gradu
ated with !kigh bojaors at the Naval
Academy, :j .at bome lor ten days.
He is a toroEber of JMajor Will Lan-
dis. He is as straight as a ramrod.
as active as a squirrel and there is
not a pound 0f surplus flesh about
him all muscle and &one and ready
for duty.
Ensign jLaaadxs is attached to the
United Slates Ship Utalx, now at an
chor in New York harbor. Me will
go abroad early in July, if not soon
er, and it ib procaine xnax ms snip
will put in at some of iiie Mexican
ports at an early date. That of
course depends upon eventualities-
Ensign Landis is familiar with all
the ports aiong xoe Atlantic sea
board from Maine to South Ameri
ca, having frequently made the sum
mer cruise on the cadetship.
Ensign Landis has his views
about naval warfare, hut bis lips
are sealed and any, information
along that line most come from a
superior officer. ,
OPPOSED
TO
MARINES
Entire Force Under His Command
Would be Used if Necessary
Gov. Jose Maytorena, of Nogales,
Sonora, Sunday, authorized the
statement that the entire forces un
der his command would be used if
necessary to resist me xanaing ot
American marines on the west coast
to protect foreign sellers in the Ya
qui Valley.
A detachment of nearly 1,000
troops sent to the Yaqui Valley, he
said, was dispatched ' primarily to
protect settlers and their crops from
the Indians, but they had orders to
resist any landing of American mili
tary forces.
THE MUSHROOM CITY
MEN AND BOYS ARE LEAVING
THE COUNTY.
But In Due Season Many of Them
Will Return to Their Dear Old
Granville.
A conservative estimate places
the number of men and boys who
have deserted Granville county for
the magic city at the juncture of the
James and the Appomattox at not
less than one hundred. It is stated
that no person who inquires for
work is denied employment at a liv
ing wage. That all may be so, and
it is so in the harvest fields of the
West, but it is of short duration.
It is all right for the unemployed
men about town to go in search of
temporary work, but it is all wrong
for the farm lad to drop everything
at the sound of the drum. Their
strong fort is on the fertile hills of
Granville, and he who deserts is
not wise. The seeds of corruption
that are sown broadcast in the "big
boom towns" is freighted with so
much evil, it places it beyond the
bounds of any one who has access to
the verdant hills of Granville.
No artist could paint a true pic
ture of a "big boom town." There
is no paint sufficiently tinted to por
tray the dives, blood and corruption
of a muchroom city.
All tha we can say about City
Point, the projective point of many
Granville people, is that it was a
steamboat landing at the juncture
of two rivers a few months ago. We
have seen the weeping willows that
graced the banks of the James, but
these have made way for dancing
pavilions and the revelry is as long
as the night and the day. We
notice that extra trains and steam
boats have been added to carry the
hell-bent population from Peters
burg and Richmond and on Satur
day nights and Sunday the floating
population is nearly fifty thousand.
This was all brought about by the
expenditure of a few million dollars
by the DuPont Powder Company. It
is a city, all right, but it was not a
city one year ago. It came on the
map because the Du Pont Powder
Company decided to locate a branch
factory theTe and its population has
been drawn there for that reason.
Work on the big plant "was started
six months ago. Although not com
pleted, it now gives employment to
18,000 people. The figures we have
of the population arc several days
old; so the number is now probably
considerably in excess of 25,000. It
is referred to as the magic city.
As.the business of this big powder
manufacturing concern grows, Du
Pont City, will grow. Other factori
es, stores, banks and - the usual en
terprises of a city-of that size will
come. A year, from now . DuPont
City will be bigger than any city in
No inland" town - can become a
city these days unless it has manu
facturing enterprises or great re
sources. Oxford -will be but little
bigger ten years 'from now than it
is today -unless we bring manufac
turing aiterprises here. We bave
the locations and the resources for
enterprises that will employ people
if we "will "but "bring such concerns
here or, "better, still .organize them
ourselves. "But there are those
among -us who "have no desire to
start .a 9oom. A big boom m 'Ox
ford would mean the tearing down
of buildings, straightening out the
streets, a general stampeed and
many funerals. . It -would Temind
one of the 'German army in action,
submarine 'and ;all.
As IStr. Torrester stated act the
Granvilte . Commercial Club a. few
nights go, the best thing Jer the
people v Granville to do is to get
together and develop our ;resources
on safe and "legitimate lines.
THE DXTOND BAPTIST CHURCH
MADE "SUBSTANTIAL GATS DQTJR-
JNG YEAR.
The statistical report of the Ox
ford Baptist Church for the -past
year, as Tead :and adopted last Sun
day morning, shows substantial
gains along -all "lines. The chureh
has a seating .capacity of 750. The
church rproperty, including the ipar
sonage is conservatively estimated
to be -worth rSZ2 ,"500. There was a
total gain in membersTiip of X01
durinig the :year. Some of the In
teresting total if oHows :
Membership.
By baptism . . .. JT8
3EJy ltt'feiir 30
Restoration .............................. C3
Lost by death .. - -.6
Present membership ....... "591
Contributions.
By the church .... $4851.05
By W. Mis. Soc. 4 62.85 d
By Y. L. Mis. Soc 61.21
By Sunbeams :3u.70
By Sunday School ', 740.02
. The Sunday SchooL
Membership . . . . 4S1
Teachers 23
Volums in Library 161
Quarterlies and papers Taken I $,'7 00
Average attendance 259
Baptisms from S. School . . . Z"Z
The Woman's Missionary Society
has 70 members. The Young Ladi
es Missionary Society has 25 mem
bers, and there are 50 Sunbeams.
PRISONER CAPTURED
Escaped From Granville County
Jail Last October.
Alex Ray, colored, who escaped
from the Granville county jail last
October, was last week captured in
South Boston and brought to Oxford
and lodged in jail. He made his
spectacular escape by secreting him
self in the corridor of the jail, and
when Deputy Sheriff Booth opened
the main door of the jail the prison
er broke for liberty.' The shade of
evening was rapidly approaching
and it was practically impossible to
trail him. -
Ray is charged with aiding and
abeting in the theft of twenty
five pistols from Chappell's store in
Creedmoor last summer, for which
offense he was never tried. His
escape added to his former offense
will have a tendency to fix him for
while.
YOUNG
-
SALTS
THEY STRUCK A ROCK IN ROA
NOKE RAPIDS.
(By An Eyewittness. )
The voyage of the four sailors
down Roanoke river came to a sud
den close Thursday when the boat
was turned over in the midst of the
Rapids near Roanoke Junction, a
few miles short of Weldon, the in
tended destination. John Stedman,
a pilot, having run the boat at a
high rate of speed straight into a
rock fifteen feet high, the other offi
cers covered themselves with glory;
Edward Ballou, Captain, deserting
the ship and being the first to get
to land; Basil Horsfield, steward,
opening a can of sardines for dinner
upon the bank; and Elliott Cooper,
Commisseur, stating that no more
supplies would be "kneaded."
Exeept for the fact that it rained
two nights out of the three, the trip
was very enjoyable and each mem
ber of the crew prover a hero. Ed
ward Ballou tried to do the sleep
ing for the whole crowd. He col
lected all the rain coats together
and left his companions shivering
by the fire all night while he him
self slept soundly. John Stedman
went to sleep several times at the
wheel, thereby causing much incon
venience to the rocks and sand bars.
Elliott Cooper showed that he
could get along with as little work
as possible so long, as the others
pitched camp, made the fires, and
rowed the boat. Basil Horsfield
clearly demonstrated that he had a
large capacity for food. He devou
ed spoiled sardines and cold baked
beans with such a relish that the
others went without food just to see
the pleasure it gave him to eat.
OUR SILVER CORNET . BAND
IT WILL BE FIRST JCLASS
NONE AT ALL .
OR
Mr. Bert Taylor, the man behind
the movement to establish a brass
band in Oxford, is in communication
with a first-class band instructor in
a nearby city with a view of secur
ing his professional service. Mr.
Taylor says that it may be some time
before the boys are ready to .."blow"
in public.
We rather admire Mr. Taylor's
determination to establish a high
class band the equal of the North
Carolina Third Regiment Band. Old
Salem long enjoyed the reputation
of having the best band in the State.
Three of its members caught the
Texas fever along about 1880 and
the honor went to Salisbury. The
Rowan boys held the honor for
three years, finally giving away to
Newbern. They had eighteen men
and every one of them was a cracker-jack
musician. Their neat uni
form of blue and handsome silver
instruments attracted - much atten
tion; .TbeymadAr a-r tr ip-4.0, theNew,
Orleans Exposition and other places
out of the State and wherever they
went they . received long and loud
applause. We were at Morehead
City on one occasion when the
Greensboro band, seated in the
dancing pavilion, played "Silver
Threads Among the Gold." . It was
a simple piece of music and the boys
puffed away without putting on any
of the frills. When they had finish
ed, the Newbern band tried their
hand at the same piece. Every man
had memorized the piece, and the
variations, and trills fbey employed
had never been heard of before in
that section . of the State. No
amount of money , would induce the
Greensboro boys to play again while
the Newbern band was at More
head City.
"I have no faith in a snide
band," says Mr. Taylor. "The Ox
ford band "will be first class or none
at all."
Expressions from numbers of
people of Oxford in favor of having
the town Itself give aid to the band
have been heard, and the Public
Ledger is of the opinion that the
money invested to help maintain
the organization would be money
well spent. We are hot advised as
to Chairman Taylor's plans to raise
the money to buy the instruments,
but should theTe be any hitch at that
juncture we believe that the citizens
generally would respond. A first
class nana, ana Mr. Taylor says
there will be no other kind, will be
a credit to the community. A good
band carries prestage, and to our
way of thinking Oxford is an ideal
place for a splendid band.
SURL NEWS NOTES
Good Corn and Irish Potato Crops
m Sight.
(Correspondence of the Public Ledger)
There is a good crop of Irish
potatoes in this section.
Wheat "harvest and dew berries
always did come in at the same
time.
Mr. Green Taylor is confined to
nis bed by sickness.
their corn. It begins to look as if
there is a good crop in sight.s
Mr. Tom Clayton, of Moriah, had
a norse to die Sunday,
' Squirrels in this section are plen
tiful. Some of the boys go out in the
morning in a short time and bring
back three or four,
We are having a wet June in this
section. That much insures us that
we win have to cure tobacco in
August-
Miss Martha Frazier had a horse
1 sick several days last week, which
died Monday night.
Mr. John Blalock lost year sold
four hame for $22.10. He sold
four more Tuesday of last week for
the same amount. He received the
cash for them.
If they have ten thousand people
m oxford on St. John's Day, June
24th. that means that the merchants
must get a move on themselves,
sellinig the needed things.
THOMAS FRAZIER. I
iii n; IMPRISONMENT '
Tolran T7I , 1 A I
rovrcu, rrora nuouut w bw
T -r . . , . . I
rrravu m? arm. I
Litsu. ca.. r rans, uc Atlanta iaciory
superintendent charged with the
murder of Mary Phagan on April 26,
1913, sentenced to be hanged June
22nd, was commuted to life imprison
ment by Gov. Slaton Monday. Frank
was secretly taken to the State pris
on farm at Mtllegeville.
THE JOLLY
THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY
TOURISTS PLEASED WITH THE
PATRIOTIC COLORS
Land V alues More Than Doubled in
Many Places on the Popular
Thoroughfare. The National Highway is progress
ing in a very encouraging manner,
according to Captain Winslow'e
statement, and he is well pleased
with the hearty cooperation he is
receiving all along his division be
tween Rchmond and Fayettevilfe
New roads, he says, is constantly
eing built into the main highway,
xnd will be more and more so, andi
:ourists will incline to torn into
these new roads, especially if they
are well constructed, for the inclina
tion is naturally to think the best
looking road is the one that has the.
government's sanction. The blaz
ing of the Highway with patriotic
colors is placed with a view of en
abling the toursts to stay on the
track without difficulty.
Capt. Winslow is having all of
the brushes and trees cut and re
moved from the inside curves along,
the road, thus giving a plain view so
that danger of drivers runninig into
each other is materially reduced.
For each nine miles he has under
his charge a patrolman whose duty
it is to drag the roads after every
rain, remove the botles, tin cans and
whatever barrier there may be, and"
to keep the road in good repair. An
accurate report is kept daily of each; .
patrolman, and also a report of the
progress and sanitation of the coun
try. Within the last eighteen,
month's twenty nine new buildings
have been erected in Brunswick
county, Virgina, along the National
Highway. x In many places land val
ues have more than doubled. Meck
lenburg county, to the north of us,,
has a record of twenty new build
ings and thirty painted buildings in
the last year.
Some of Capt. Winslow's patrol
men have removed as many as 200
tin cans and botles in a single day;
one patrolman has removed over
800 tin cans and 600 bottles alongr
his ' division since Capt. Winslow
has taken charge of the road.
Capt. Winslow is giving lectures;
all along the line and his idea is to
create public spirit and impress ujy
on the people the importance of
this road. The people are becom-,
ing very much enthused over -his
work and lectures, and are giving
considerable aid in the maintenance;
of the National Highway. His idea,
is to work up a spirit of public pride
in the children as well as the old
people in cutting down the old hedg
es along the roadside, clearing up
the front .yards and beautifying
their homes in general.
He further stated that garagesv '
gasoline and water tanks were now
fee nvnieBtl)t situated -on th$: Nation -. :;
ai Mignway, , ana tms aione was a.
great inducement for the tourists tcv
travel this route. This division of
the National Highway is the. only
road in the United States that the
government has a road engineer in
charge, and that it is the grave In-
tention to make this a sample road
which would be a guide for the peo
ple to build and maintain other
thoroughfares.
The work now being done by Capt
Winslow is very creditable work
and the people are well pleased with"
the results of his efforts and within
a short while he will have our roads,,
in excellent condition.
HEALTH NOTES.
(By B. K. Hays, Health Officer.)'
Persons desiring to avail them
selves of the States offer to give free
vaccination for the prevention of
typhoid fever can obtain the same,
by visiting my effice on Saturday
afternoons. The treatment con
sists of three injectiona given one)
week apart.
A prominent physician in Oxfbrdf
says that the number of cases1. t!
summer diseases of infants in the
town have been greatly reduced in
recent years, and expresses the
opinion that the use of fly screens
is largely responsible for the. re
duction, x
The health .story of Roanoke'
Rapids reads like a novel. A physi
cian is employed to do the work of
four factories. A few years ago hae
was kept at work , for fifteen t!o
twenty hours a day through the--summer
looking after the sfcfe
About four thousand dollars were
raised and spent upon the sanitary
improvement of the town.. Nowr t&e
physician does all the practice for"
the same people in three or foar
hours a day. The heads of the fac
tories say that the increased effici--ency
-of the help more.1: than. repaidU
the expenditures during: the firsts
summer.
The amount of timeo and'thoutit
that intelligent . people- are now giv
ing to the prevention) of disease in-
cates that the great importance or
this work Is being; realized The-,
reducing of the death rate at Pana
ma from two hundred and fifty- tc
five per thousand of population is;
causing people to ask why the im
proved sanitary conditions at Pana
ma are not introduced! into the cities
and towns of the United. States.
Health work in a city and - in the
country is a very different matter.
In the city a man must be protected1.
against his neighbor- In. the coun
try he needs only to be protected
aganist his own family. Ihr the;
city it is largely a matetr of.'leglsla
tion. In the country It is, entirely a.
mater of education. And the edu
cated country boys of this genera-1--tion
will be the intelligent eity mem
of the next generation. They will!
be in control of affairs and will re
quire no persuasion to make therm
pass wise sanitary laws.
e rranos j. aoot. wood fias
I received a new and excellent line or
pianos." - See ad elsewhere in. the
Piih1if T.fHfr and nail an1 Tat nr..
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Wo0fl demonstrate their superior-
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THE GENUINE CERTAIN TET
Rubber Roofing, the best made at
Samuel Davis, the Hardware mam
at prices guaranteed as low as
jobbers price. There Is no roof
ing of this kind made to take the:
place of Certainted.
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