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tr..jKJtm I A it 'j ! VOLUME XXX OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3,' 115 NUMBER 90 c ) G:":3 ' j' " C "U ' j l " " ' ! 1 - : : LU i - . i BIG TANK OF WHISKEY WE LOST A-SUBSCRIBER FASTENED TO REAR END OF AN AUT0310Blljlii nhiof W. H. Whittaker, of Stem, i Two Bad Bold Men and wrings Them to Oxford for a Heai1- mo A Case ior rfuage Auen. An Old Tobacco Grower Changes His .Political views Last week a Granville county man who says he has voted the Democratic ticket for twenty-five years, came in to the Public Ledger office and set tled up in full and stopped his paper He stated that the hard times in this section was caused by the inability of President Wilson to properly gov- An om auiuxuuuuc a ";"f" friend what DaDer-hfl had hPn rAH a 1- " "I Aw 4- a-k V 1 . i-k Ai I . ' w - rear end of it came to grief m t-f: HL Granville last Fridajr that Ws tail had become twisted. He big. V w w Whittaker of Stem nas simply become stubborn and mor Chief W. a Whittaker of Stem. ose and we had tQ pasg Mm vere too mucu . , --x. ?We advised our old friend not to There is no te Img : just how . many jidge of conditions in the whole tes. Tfle .r"Lr.wr country because our neck of the and aownia mua -5"-,, uu: woods is not busy; that we must look all over the country and judge the whole by its active communities and not by the sections that let it be dull. The best way to find out whether there is any prosperity now is to go to a country where there are smoke- a tank at the front end of the car stacks sending carbonized vvapor into instead of the rear end where tne tne air and payrolls that make a de- easoline is supposed to be stored. He I mand on diversified agriculture. made up his mind then and there If Oxford had hundreds of factor- that something was wrong, but he lies ..and the surrounding country could be relied upon to feed the peo ple employed in them, you would not hear of hard times in this section. it is certain inai it win ucyw yaoo this way again. The Cheif Smells a Mouse Some days ago Chief Whittaker saw two men stop off and get some ppsolene for the same oia car. ie noticed that they put the gasoline ir. permitted the men and the car to mss without a critical examination. Thfi Chief came to Oxford last Friday, and lo and behold he saw the President Wilson has nothing what- same oia car wim its uuu-iuuiuug tank. The Chief stuck a big black cigar between his teeth and got ready for the chase. The whiskey car lin ered around the public sqv are a while and lit out for Durham, and so did Chief Whittaker. The whiskey tank and the two men slowed u d out beyond the Fair ever to do with the slack times in the bright tobacco belt. The reason that the sidetracks in Oxford are not crowded with cars loading with wheat, corn, hay and foodstuffs is because we don't raise enough in this section for ourselves, much less to send away for the peo ple of the world. The reason why grounds and the Chief, in order not there are no cars loading thousands to create suspicion, passed them and kept in the lead all the way to Stem. At Stem the two men called for gaso line, and while the gasolnie was be- ins: supplied , Chief Whittaker was of tons of munitions of war is that Oxford has no munitions , factories; the reason there are no cars here tak ing 4n tons of blankets, clothing, un derwear, hosiery, shoes, and other busy about the secret construction of manufactured product, is that Ox- the tank- "Consider yourself under arrest!" demanded the Chief, and the return trip to Oxfoid whs soon ar ranged. The men showed fight, but there was no use, the Chief had them covered and they soon became as docile as lambs. The Old Whiskey Tank Chief Whittaker arrived, in Oxford with his men about dusk Friday ev ening and a large crowd gathered a- bout the Court House to see the odd ly constructed whiskey car. The tank was constructed of boiler plate about one-eight of an inch thick and it contained thirty-five gallons of li quor. In the center, on top, is a two inch bunghole, which leads to a little well containing a pint of gaso line, more or less. On the lower side of the tank was another bunghole, imuusu wmcn tne wnisrey was in serted and secured with a tap. The Whiskey ford has no factories to produce them. It isn't because we have a Democratic administration, it is be cause of our own folly. It would be just the same with any other political party in powers because no adminis tration supports us or makes good times for us. The people support the administrations and makes good times for them, and if they fail to keep busy and produce something the administration and the whole coun try goes to the , wall. Each fellow or community must judge their prosper ity by what they are doing for them selves and not what politicsis sup posed to do for them. In every part of the entire coun try where the farmers were energetic and produced something worthwhile in the hour of Europe's tribulation, times are good were never better. It is a mistaken idea for us to judge a great big country like the United States by the fact that it is dull The tank was lifted from its bear- where the one little slender tobacco stalk does all the talking. So long as the people in this section try to exist on Chicago f atback and bread made from musty western corn, you will hear the old familiar cry. No miles of Ox ford should hear us talking about hard times, for they are busy and they would simply know that we are away behind the procession. mgs and carried into the county jail for safe keeping. We imagine that ouuge unver H. Allen will view it with great concern when he arrives in Oxford to hold the November term of court. The whiskev is th r?n. one within a "hundred 1. i .. .. " C3 I . . , r oi gutter" variety, the kind mat poisons and kills. The Trial . At the hearing Saturday morning before Justice D. Hunt, in th Com missioners room, the two men gave their names as "Lee Johnson, of S?gn, C0unty'" and "w- A. Hunter ast Clay street, Richmond, Va." t PSSIS- B"immitt and Hester appear- apir, ihe two men- Johnson acknowledged that he owned the li uor, but Hunter, who rn n ,iow ftn V, " wvi an uaj I on tne car testified that he did not tures. r ,inat tnere was a droD of whis- "I don't mind telling you," said U,L ?ard- Justice Hunt placed Mr. Breedlove, "that I am highly D L1X11 .1 Ull iiSIlM M I MlaOCU YY ltU CAA VUUU1UVU -. .v THE COUNTY ROADS They Were Never in Better" Condi tions, Than Now. We saw Chairman B. I. Breedlove on the streets Saturday and we has tened to ask him about the - broad smile that adorned his pleasant f ea- THE COURT CALENDAR WILJL ; REMAIN IN OXFORD 5 iilvAIM XLLiLihj SUPERIOR . COURT, NOVEMBER TERM Flattering Calls Have Been Extended i . to. Rev. S. Phillipsri f Those in elose touch with Rev. S. K. Phillips J learned; some days ago that he1 had under c It Being the 10th Monday, After the call to another field of labor,5 but the First Monday in Sentember. lQtS good people -of this Hon. Oliver H. Allen, Judge Pre- learn with pleasure that he will con- Mtung. , n unue nis good works amonsri us. it is the second call Mr. Philli TTS Tip h ro. Judge Allen will find a heavv dock- ceived within the Dast -vear.fi- et when he arrives to open court on Meeting Mr. ' Phillios, .e ventured Monday. November 15th. The fol- to iask him' if he would not remain 26. 8. 15. 19. 20. 44. 5. 2. 3. 40. 41. lowing cases are for his considera tion: r, Thursday, November, 18 Hicks vs. Marrow. Brooks vs. Daniel. . " . ( Jenkins vs. Critcher. Friday, November 19. Acme Hd. Co. vs. So. Ry. Green vs. S. A. L. Rv. 22. Kearney vs. Hobgood. r f Saturday, November 20 6. Mangum vs. Holloway, I 25. Daniel vs. S. A. L. Rv Evans vs. S. A. L. Ry. Monday November 21 Clement vs. S- A. L. Ry. Dillard vs. Simons. ' Dillard vs. Simons. Royster, Adm. vs. Belcher, et al. .Baagett vs. Royster, adm. Tuesday, November 22 4. Morton, et al vs. Powell, et al 6. Taylor vs. Meadows. Wednesday, November 23 16. Smith vs. Huff. S4. atocRdell-Myers vs.. Oxford Hd. Co. : , .: : - . jr Bullock vs. Jones. Howell vs. Harris. Howell vs. Harris. k . Thursday, November, 24 Cannady vs. Iincock. Nelson & Watkins vs. Dickens. Goss vs. Adcock. ;i Friday, November 25 36. Hunt. Rec. vs. Hodarin. r 37. Wolf vs. Bergen: . : 42. Hunt, Rec. vs. White et al. -43: Wolf vs. Wolf. , 46. Daniel vs. Hutchins. 47. O'Dear vs. Cahnady. Motion Docket 1. Horner Scnool vs. Rogers. Vr c 7. Nicholson vs.? Express Co J i o 11. Hall vs. International Furniture Co. ..-. ':;,;;;.;;; ,r;.v'? Hester vs. Hester; T, Key vs. Board of Education. Currin vs. Cole.; . ' vr Hicks vs. . Barnes. ; ! ; i Anderson vs: Green-Hunt Co. i Richardson vs. Hob Oakley vs. Hite.? Stewart vs. LaFayette Ins.- Co; Fort vs. Southern Railway Co. ; i Ingold vs. Inter national . Furnir ture Co. 27. 28. 35. 29. b4. 39. in Oxford, and he replied with a t?reat deal of 'feeling that after due consid eration he felt that his work ? is not as yet completed in Oxford. ' This is indeed good news to all good people in Oxford, irrespective to denomina tion.. - ' ! . ; . .:r Mr. Phillip's coming and going a mong us has been of untold benefit to the community, A follower 4 of the : Nazarene-i broad; - comprehensive and tolerant, he has strengthened his church and made friends of us all. We are indeed glad that the tinkling sound of coin in another, part of the State did not sway Mr. Phillips in his hQly, mission. "My work is not com- pleted here," is the only message that he gave to the laymen, but this lay- .mail., uaypeneu,io .Know : ipai xne can meant thousands where it only means hundreds to remain. '-": - ; To our mind the call of a minister has its serious side.; Jn every com munity the minister must see money squandered vand the' cause bf Christ suffer. He ; extends his,; hand to spread the Gospel onJy; tb find a gen eration that has 'gone wild, and we believe that ,the .holy; men will bear us out in the 1 assertion- that Oxford is no exception to the rule. We are pleased to iihow. that Mr. Phillips nor any of our. other minis ters will pick up ' , their duds ,' and leave us in the lurch the same as you. I and the other fellow would do at the sound of the coin. . .': . .' ' '. 12. 13. 14. 17. 21. 30. 31. 32. 38. 45. k crrr irl bond The road sup- was Tkl Q Odd n 4- A OP .1 -1 I A n a "U -.--n -t--r-r v . . f.v-u. tti ansa, mciuame ictu.o jx. me wuuij' CuarSfe Of Mrrrnior --r.r,1 I orvionrc; n -n J nrapcaapc nor t s i Tl 1 V Jin VP. Pons defaut of bond. Both were committed to jail "done a good job and I don't believe i nave ever seen me roaus 111. ueuci A FINE MESSENGER BOY ears a Smile That is Worth His Weight in Gold. condition. There are stretches here and there that need working and I hope to reach them at an early date but taking the roads as a whole, there is much room for rejoicing and I am very thankful for the excellent man ner in, which the road men have ac quitted themselves during the past ni Oxford l tw?e little business man in ,U tIlat has Our admiratinn XX ck of soa???? larger than a few pounds, few weeks." is an V a narcl day's work, but Play a n,afi,re,with the eagerness to aTL full part in the ereat am.. 1 llte His cominsr and P-nino- man's head, viz: resnprtUsls marked with the utmost road matters in general, Capt. D. H Now here is something we donT want Mr. Breedlove to see, for fear that it might turn the 'old gentle- In sneaking of our Coop young friend We refer to Master Junius v"0Der rvi ".ovci dumua Bank oVn enger for the National Chairman Breedlove is in tho l ville- Why, he is right Dest road men to be foi jJJe distant shouts Winslow, Governmental Engineer of the National Hilghway, said that one of the found in any of ty. , " me. way, D.Q IS right I UfcJB' u men tu ue iuuuu ixi auj vj. sa - !art t things, already and tn counties between Petersburg arid inc. saouts that ho Tiooa v ayetteviiie. "ie can mane a aonax .. " me eChna rf 1-J . . I an oe. n .rnl RrA.1y o cs n-nxr man T va. mo mg marKeiS O I I . iim iuau nuin. cio cimm.j the smilitv .ur ycunS friend wears ever sa&r," said the engineer , mat is wortli Trtia -nricr. . Mr. "RreefllovA aclrnowlede Sold. is worth his weight in Tii Xt Pays to Advertise ins ttnler ti. DlKi on the road'show rC?r title "It Pays to Ad-! v,. ine play comes this wnv Mr. Breedlove acknowledges that "Clay Hill" is a tough proposition, and we suppose there are others that will agree with him. THE OLD GUARD A Iiist of Original Subscribers to the Public Ledger. , ; -Mr. F. L. Currin, of Route- 6, has been a subscriber to the Public Led ger ever since it started thirty years ago, and he tells us that he has nev er missed an issue. J. He is one among a number of the survivors of the Torchlight, but we regret that the number grows smaller r with ; the pass ing years We hope some day 6: make out "a ist of those who subscribed to the first number of the Public Ledsrer REAL ESTATE TRAXS AUCTIONS : The Executor's Sale of the Real Es- , tate of the Late D. A. Hunt About seventy thousand , dollars worth of property was sold in Oxford Monday,? the same being, the real es tate of the late D. A. Hunt, The Hunt building on ra HnishoYtT: ; street was purchased by; ,V, ) Morton. Some of the property did ;not bring as much as it is worth. j.The follow ing i3 a list of the realty and the pur chasers: ' : 6 tenant houses, not sold, $3,500 Home place, J. C. Davis, 7,500 Herndon Hunt place, S. W, Parker, $5,000. ! ' Reives place, D. C. Hunt, $1,525 .Hines place, D. C. Hunt, $2,060. Jones place. D.' C. -Hunt, $1,050. . Pasture lot; not sold. $1,200. 2-acre vacant lot,: S. W. Parker, $450.; - Store house, S. V. Morton, $7,515, 60 acres of land, not sold, ,$6,500: 22 acres of land, W. A. Parham, $1,305. -( r . 170, acres of land, hot sold;$7,000 2 9 8 '' acres of land, not; sold; 1 $ 7 , 5 0 0 378 . acres' of land, J. . C. - Davis, $7,5oo.. ; . LAV AND ORDER LEAGUE CRIME IS ON THE INCREASE IN THE COM3IUNITY The Omcers of the Law Must Have the Moral . Support ? Vouchsafe by ... the Law, and Order League. : ; We pause just long enough to ask what has become of the Law and Order League formed in Oxford last Crime 1 is on ? the increase n in the community and unless the good peo-s pie of the town and county borne to the rescue and strengthen the arms of the officers of the law theives; rob bers, harlots and evil doers will mul-i tiply ten-fold. i : Certain happenings in Oxford during the past two weeks was enough td make the hair of all decent men, stand on its end. The officers of the law was equal to the emergency but can they hope to rule without the moral support of the community' This is an urgent call for the re-establishment , of the vanguard. .' ' A PEEP AT BETHEL SCHOOL Misses Ragland and Hester Are The Excellent Teachers ; One' day last week we had 1 th pleasure of accompanying Superinten dent J. F. Webb and Miss Mary Shotwell to Bethel School. The oc casion was the periodical visitation of Miss Shotwell, andProf. Webb, kind ly consented to take lis alonigj .On reaching : the school, we handed Miss Shotwell out and passed down the road, returning for her later in the dayi'-t i ; i f.; :4 . . It was our first visit to any: one of the excellent rural schools! of the county and it did our heart good, to see bo many bright children present fifty-two in all. : . ' ' n . ;;.f: ; - Misses Ragland and Hester are the teachers at : Bethel, kand j i- everything looked so neat and clean and com fortable ' The fnces tof the children tpld us that they, came from. excellent homes. It was a" most, pleasant hour, Prof. Webb and Miss Shotwell had heartTto-heart , talks -, r with the chil dren along practical jirics, and they eagerly absorbed every word1 that was said, u We consider; it a rare privilege to; look vupon the. good school .work at Bethel. ; , ;!, . : ' v IMPORTANT MEETING. I in "S ! . A WEHID SIGHT ! Women ' Have- Good College ' Time: - Jr The student body of. tne, ' Oxfoid Called to Discuss ; Tobacco Wilt Gaanville. There will be a few meetings held in the county this week to discuss the tobacco wilt and root knot, i and ? ro tations that, should be. grown to con trol these, diseases at the 'following places: !"' ' : , . v"-;- Thursday, November 4th : -Stem, school house, at 10 :30 a. m. Enon school house at 1 p.. m. : L; Salem school house.at 3 p. m. ' . ; j Friday, Novemher 5th - ' r . Corinth school house at. 9 a.vm , Banks school house at 10 : 30 a.nu :Brassfielo; school ' house at 12:30 p- m- 'Y:0 '-'l- : '... . Hester school house at '2:30 p. m. . Dr. 'H. R. Fulton. of; A. & M. Col lege, Drj W. W. Garner,, of . Washings ton; D. - C.,rand Dr. ,Jv A. ; . Morris County Demonstratipn Agent will dis cuss ithese . problems. I-: hope ..as many tobacco growers and all others in the community who are interested College had a fine old, time ;Satruday and havecdntinued .with' ti! through night celebrating Hallo we After hrill -be present as there are a mnt oil. t. f Ti-i-iisjJ m i4W,w1s f wl" ut? i present d.3; mere,, are a, great y luw vB-, T VU1' lu?V: ,W wwwAy .Tr many erops that should not be grown be interesting to look over the ori- they, wrapped;, themselves in ghostly n wnf ifonf1, njT9 ; Qlco etot ginal mailing list of teOldnable white: sheets and came up: town, vis: wee4shthat ,are hpsts to this germ, documents of a printing office that is companied by members. of the faculty xaitjiy preservea. j anaf.mr' . i? ., yv jttancocK. xne youug It is possible that Mr." J. T. Britt. ladies, seemed to enjoy the' fun im- suuii uxiugs can poinx put'to'us ail-01 v .1 rn frr - . those whose name abnearisd on the I w , ' .The Same Old' Storv . . , ... iP - I ..Ji.iMilUi. . , Til.-. 1 ;-'f li'l 3:. 1 " original mailing list. - It is Our de- ,1 Tiahk of .'confidence .inbanks , has and, should ;no.tibe allowed? to .grow. J2. ix. MOSS.- Ifr .'. The; Banner, Warehouse ,;. K : Some1 good' grades .of tobacco 'are coming in now and Mr. Mitchell; pro prietor .of the ; Banner, is sending prices , up. A .ne is pulling on' some iese' davs: ' and feverv ' c.nk Ina Tight Place A Western neWsnflrcifA. ey is no longer in the trunk. A thei? the. truthfulness -of ' th folio wine took itout a few days ago rand care story? Jv'' r;;1 fuUllcwkedrthe-trunkjaftertaking a man was atraia ot a thunder- UU4 a-iBwiimmuicB:iu,iw io a. siorm ana crawiea -into a hnl Aw'lnf ociue aviiiea?uLnv,iLAi.ei.iiiic.?it The thunder rolled, the' rain; itanrkH sam: Id? story repeated tories for moneyH Joe Qrant-a Greene pleased with the checks they receive; county farmer, nas oeen Keeping, $4,T gee the ad of the I Banner elsewhere 250)ih atrunkat hpmebut.the inpnT hn: the Public ledger; ' -J).V-C Jo :; 3 iV?VO: Money Savins: Sale f , -( r- Cohri'& Son's Money Saving Sate strikes a livelier- pace this -weekiiwith many new wonderful, bargains. You will be. glad td hear that Cohn ?& Son down in torrents," and the Jog swell-1 ov-er? again? because some people per i Money; Saving Sale continues. " It ed up until the pooreiloW'Was-wedir-sisti in kreepihg their 1 say to means 'more f ; bargaii; and greater oA in fin fast tTaf Wa1 n.iivi iX I theives can eet them.n??; . i barsraitts than ever ",Nwi rnt 'nf if n- v w - .iv,"5 VUUIUOIUL IIIIJVH I - . All his sins began dassbef ore: bim and he suddenly remembered 5 that he had not paid his newspaper fiubscrib - tion Services at Tar River There will be preaching at Tar River second Sunday at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, by Rev. Eugene Usry. The public cordially invited Land Values ' In Granville T, , jy-'-.'rnr.rti f -ii.i ue increase riu,- iaqu, values . m It made ninv foel jso .small that I iiMVata -W tkt j xt he was able to crawl out of the log I Tinffle of, Pamlico at the TTniversitv throueh a knothole! f& i I ii9IW??5WrHni " . . . . sTcr 1' w. 1 puwmeif ocuooi. f Dasea on ine he ever pay that subscription? , s 'v - , ' I ?alr-?;t bnri uTa; 1 As Goc ashe,sfc?jK) Capt. Will; FlenngprOprietbT) of tne uwen w areuuuBe.fisenQing.me bargaihs. than ever. "New lots of ! up- to-date fall and winter8 goods 'have come to light all over the stores and that will help to make the continu ance of this sale a" welcome accasion. You can save motiey 'hiDrw by buying at ? C0hh & :'r Son's, -sale.0 ; They ' have mA iai4, census;and';the' totU ot tii. aok: t r. t-- -a have widely been known as the eco- iQi j . y. a k 'T?jZlzv nomy stores ror an 1 tne r people.' conn iAa t f f & Soh'bnly sell reliable ahd'depehda- : crease r-"P P9?Kft bW goods 'and cofrect In styllead , iWXSHirt jvrftl0r. . js.j.f y.iiiAiis-aii- : Cohn & Soh'advonth 'list naee of - rr farmers home' ri ; imT house is as gOQd.jsjthe ipest: We hoWers and board,of llreetora of the , !!, 1 would ask the. tp&a!c owereto AgriculturarAssoafttionnVillbeheld. ftittoffinr'of m this japeranu iry mr. iixeining ; ember? 6thj at. HI olockto , arrange this noei! - IE Bneakfffop-ttself be with yourr next, iftadiAalwJitig thf associaUoi.W sure andMook"it 11 M?-P?rham il clad to see you and he yrilX rtreaft yott stock -holders arto nrH TwA -J T. " pr 'rn. w. T. . lot I t mr n a t ; ' UUB Ul me very Desi wareuouaeiueu right m every particular. N b. M. CALDWELL, Pres. ' in th statA V t i 'i 1
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