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a - Z,Xf-,-JcS'-...r-. " ' r;, -1v,t-rr,? . , ' VOLUME XXX. OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA November 20, 1915 NUMBER 95 ltd Jjy ll 2!l JLa JyL tSATUKDA iC? COUNTY COURT AT WORK JUDGE ALLEN AND SOLICITOR GATTIS MAKE THINGS FLY mi . . . -muse uaugnt With the "Goods" on Them Generally Get a Term on the Roads. , The most of the cases are small and uninteresting to the public. The following cases of minor importance have been disposed of: State vs. C. H. Williams and Sam Winston, had too much whiskey in their possession, drew six months each on the Franklin county roads State vs. Thomas Noble, assault; months on Person county roads. Plummer Hester, breaking in a ureedraoor store, to be farmed out 2 years. State vs. Sam Floyd and Ebner Keith, paid $100 and were dismissed State vs. William Parish, carrying concealed weapons, will be hired out 6 months. State vs. P. D. Farrington, having too much whiskey. He being in the Atlanta prison the case was contin ued. State vs. Emmit Smith, stealing horse, five months in prison. State vs. Ed Jones, breaking in Acme Hardware store, 12 months. Page Loftus, larceny, to be hired out 2 years. Eph Mangum, a white man from the Creedmoor section, was recently caught at the Southern Railway sta tion by Detective Hutchins with more than three gallons of whiskey in his valise. The judge combined the charge of whiskey with that of carry ing concealed weapons and gave him one year on the roads. The two Harris boys of Henderson, -who were captured in the county Wednesday by officer O. W. Roysttr and Grover Hobgood. with 295 pints of liqour in their buggies came inT to court and pleaded guilty. Judge Allen commended them for pleading guilty and gave them only six months each on the roads." Grand Jury's Report To His Honor Judge Oliver H. Allen, Judge Presiding: , . . We, the Grand Jury ' beg leave to make the following report: - We wish to thank His Honor, and Solicitor Gattis for their - kindness. We report all bills presented to us without fear or favor. We visited i:he jail, Register's, Clerk's and Sher iff's offices in a body. We recom mend and insist that the Commission ers add additional cells in the jail in order that the white and colored fe male prisoners can be kept separate. We find the Register's, Clerk's and Sheriff's offices well kept and in good condition. We have no recommen dations for these offices. We find the Toof of the Court House in a bad and leaky condition and recommend that the same be repaired or a new top put on at once. We have visited the County Home with a large committee. We find 36 inmates, white, male 4. females 8; colored, males 11, females 13. We find they are well taken care of and the Home in excellent condition. Will also say in addition that the prisoners in jail say they are well fed and well treated. Respectfully submitted, V. T. CHEATHAM, Foreman. AN OLD RELIC Made in Ireland in 1689 and Owned By the Walters Family Mr. Robert Walters, of Fuquay Springs, who was in Oxford this week, showed a valuable relic which was handed down from his forefath ers in Ireland dating back to 1689. The relic in the olden times was known as a money chest. It is a bout six inches long, two inches deep and about three inches wide, made out of hardwood and covered with leather both inside and out, resembl ing in its outline an old-time hair trunk. It was made in Dublin back in the sixteenth centeury and was brought to Granville county by Jack Walters, the great-grand-father of "Messrs. Conrad and Robert Walters. Mr. Robert Walters says that his fa ther used the little box for a money chest, especially for silver coin. The box bears the impress of the old Irish seal and the family prize it very highly. PERSON COUNTY TOBACCO v 3Ir. Thomas Frazier Highly Pleased With Sales. Mr. Thomas Frazier, of Surl, Per son county, sold several one-horse loads of tobacco at the Minor Ware house this week. The lot weighed 418 pounds and brought. 557.85 clear check. The best lugs brougnt szi. Mr. Frazier states that he broad casted manure on a strip in the mid dle of his tobacco patch, and put 200 pounds of guano to the thousand, ?x- nerimentms:. as it were, Suppose ne had broadcasted manure over his en tire crop, he would have struck it rich. SLEEPING OUT" A Good Stiff Frost Drove Them Indoors An old friend of ours was braging last summer about sleeping out on his porch all the year round. We met him again the other morning and he was as hoarse as a steam whistle, as cross as a hornet and you could actually hear his joints crack. ' What's the matter?" we enquired. "I slept out on the porch last night and got all full of cold," and with that deliverance he began to wheeze and cough. "The doctors may say what they please, but it was never intended for a person to sleep out of doors like a beast, and hereafter I propose to sleep inside of the house with moderate ventilation," "said the old man. What is one to believe, anyway. Along comes the Healtn .Bulletin and mentions several advantages to be de rived from this fresh air crusade, among which are: a greater immun ity to colds and other communicable diseases, an increased bodily vigor, need of less artificial heat for comfort and as a preventative of tuberculosis and bronchial troubles. "It stands to reason," says the bulletin, "that if fresh air is the most vital factor in the cure of consumption, that it is of the greatest value in warding off consumption." The bulletin furtber adv'ses thaf this is the ideal season of the year to form the habit of ''sleeping out." To begin it later on in the winter might be hazardous, but to begin nov, in the fall, and gradually tone up to the very cold weather will be easy and will be the means of getting the ben fits of out door 'sleeping all winter. Of course proper s'eeping garments are necessary. Large, soft, porous pajamas with plenty of double blank ets under as well as over for cover should be provided. MORTORCYCLE NOISE Preachers Must Pause Until They . Pass the Church One Sunday morning not long ago we entered an Oxford church and were shown to a seat by a polite and obliging usher. After the usual singings the" mihisterrose" "anoTTead the scriptural lesson. - It was so still in the sanctuary -you - -could. , have heard a pin drop. The congregation was deeply intei-ested in the sermon. All went well until a motorcycle be gan to tune up within forty feet of the church door. The minister cleared his throat, wrung his hands and gazed into space for a quarter of a minute. In the mean time the noise of the motorcycle increased in volume, but a final "bang!" was heard and the machine and its rider was on the highway leading to Hen derson. The rider of the motorcycle did not know that he was the means of disturbing the congregation. With the rapidly changing conditions we wonder if he cared whether or not the congregation was disturbed. Fossil bly he did, and possibly he did not. But there is such a thing as a town law, as well as a divine law "Thou shall keep the Sabbath day holy." THE OXFORD LD3RARY A Number of New and Rare Volumes On the Shelves A lot of new books have been re ceived at the Oxford Library, so come and enjoy some of the new works of such people as Mrs. Gene S. Porter, Mrs. Frances H. Burnett, Rupert Hughes, E. P. Oppenheim, Moria Daviss, Florence Barclay, David Grayson, F. Hopkinson Smith, Mary Roberts Rinehart, Carolyn Wells and many other interesting writers. The new books must not be kept out more than one week and hereafter all books on 5c subscription must not be kept more than a week, but may be renewed by paying another fee. The annual subscription is only $1.50, which is extremely cheap when you consider the number of good interest ing books you can read in a year for just what you would pay for a popu lar novel. Come and give us your help, so that we in turn mav help you. The Library is opened every morning from 10 to 12:30 o'clock, also Sat urday afternoons from 4 to 5 o'clock. MRS. ANNIE LEE LLEWELLYN, Librarian. Stores Will Close Thanksgiving This is to certify that we the un dersigned merchants of Oxford, N. C. do hereby agree. to close our respec tive stores on November 25th, same being Thanksgiving. Day, during the entire day. Taylor . Bros., Landis & Easton, Perkinson-Green Co., The Long Co., Howell Bros., Horner Bros.Co., Ox ford Hardware Co., Hughes Smaw Co., L. F. Day, J. M. Ellington, J. J. Medford, Breedlove & McFarland, Pitchford & Co., J. T. Sizemore. Lyon Winston Co., Oxford Jewelry Co., Kaplon & Co., J.--D. Brooks, R. S. Montague, Acme Hardware Co., W. W. Alston, J. Robt. Wood. "41 TALK OF NEW MDRY YOUNG MEN. ARE LO OVER THE FIELD They Ask : "Do the People of Oxford Patronize Home Industry, All Things Being Equal?" C Again it is rumored thatloxford is soon to have an up-to-date steam laundry. Parties have been here looking over the situation. The first question the prospectors asked wast "Do the people of Oxford patronize home industry?' "Oh yes," says everbody. We trust that the young j men will locate here and give us first-class work. The people may promise: more than they are willing to fulfill. In that event we shall regret 4hat false representation was held out ,to the young men. - " -.: .-. It does look like Oxford '. would support a steam laundry, but the pro- ject nas oeen a failure nere more times than two. It is ; claimed that bad management was the cause of each and every laundry ''failure) in Ox ford. : --' ' If these young men finally decide to open up a laundry in Oxford and do good work, it is up to the. people of the community to give "them - their earnest support, v . y' MR. E. T. RAWLINS DEAD AN OLD AND HIGHLY RESPECTED CITIZEN hi Mr. E. T. Rawlins, a highly "espec ted citizen of Oxford, passed to his reward at 7 o'clock Thursdaj even ing at his home on Main stree . ; Mr. Rawlins came to Oxford from Virginia during his early, manhood and for years conducted a mercantile business here. For the past twenty years he has been on theroadt in the interest, of a Georgia manufacturing concern. He was taken sick in Geor gia last Monday and hastened home unassisted. After taking hi bed. the dreadful disease,, that of cancer of the stomach, made steady progress. and his death" ."Was only "matter , of days. . ' ' : ., r- ." Mrl Rawlins was for several, years s'uperintendenr;of thOxrrfi Sunday School. :: He was a an5MfDBr of the Baptist church when the end came. ' Mr. Rawlins is survived by a de voted wife and four children, as fol lows : Miss Gladys Rawlins, who is teaching school, at Teaches; Mr. Gus Rawlins, of Washington, D- C; Mr. George Rawlins, of Greensboro, and Master Edwin Rawlins. All were at his bedside when the end came. The funeral and burial services will take place this Saturday morn ing at 10:30 o'clock . from the Bap tist Church, conducted by the Odd Fellows. .Interment in Elmwood cem etery. CIVIL ENGINEERING Mr. Harvey R. Bullock Returns to Oxford Mr. Harvey R. Bullock, graduate in civil engineering, Columbia Uni versity, New York has located in Ox ford for a short while. Those desir ing his professional service will find him at the Exchange Hotel. Mr. Bul lock is an Oxford boy, son of the late Dudley Bullock.He is a fine young man. We hope that he will meet with sufficient encouragement to kep him "down home." See his card else where in the Public Ledger. . WILL TAKE SUBSCRDPTIONS Mr. David Moss Will Collect For The Public Ledger Mr. David Moss, of Route 2. has been engaged to solicit subscriptions and collect for the Public Ledger. He is one of Granville's finest young men of pleasant address and easy to ap proach. The tobacco growers of this and adjoining counties will find him generally on the warehouse floors. He will receipt for all money handed to him. TWO SURE THINGS Must Pay Taxes and Must Die -Most People Kick at Doing Either One Tt 1ms hPMi tmthfnllv said that .there are only two things absolutely certain j.o overtake beiaii, overcome and finallv srobble ud the entire hu man race. These two catastrophes arfi taxes and death, and it is now up to the people of Granville to read the call of Sheriff Hobgood elsewhere in the Public Ledger and hasten to call at his office and settle. TAX BOOKS OPENED The tax books are opened for col lection now. Thero will be no go round this year and all Taxes not set tled at dffice will go out for collection after Christmas. Please make set tlement promptly. V Yours very: truly, tf S. C. HOBGOOD, Sheriff. THE COTTON FUTURE ATTORNEY Hon. A. W. Graham Will Spend Two Weeks in Oxford . Judge Graham, who is attending Granville County Superior Court, will spend two weeks, in Oxford before leaving for New Orleans. On his re turn to New York he will stop in Ox ford for a day or; two. He is not sure that his duties will be such as to permit iii mto spend Christmas at home. Judge Graham is a great home man, as a single instance well illus trates: While seated at the table last Sunday morning in his beautiful home, on Horner Heights he remark ed to Mrs. Graham what a blessing it was to sit down at a table and not be bothered with a bill of fare. Seeing Judge Graham sitting in the bar this week, an old friend asked v.s if we could inform him what were the duties of the Cotton Futures At torney. We informed him that'Judge Gra ham has a very hard job; that we doubt that he or any other-living man was capable of filling the office like it should be. The duties look simple enough from a distance, but the closer you get to them the bigger they get. Listen, there were sixteen million bales of cotton produced last year. The New York cotton brokers or to be more exact some gamblers are handling daily two hundred mil lion bales. It is Judge Graham's duty to find the eighty-four million that is floating around in the air. The tax on every million bales he finds will more than pay his salary. And he has found same. FREE RAILROAD FARE- Durham Invites Residents of This Section to Big Trade Week of Merchants The Durham Sun's big co-operation fare refunding trade week, begins in Durham, Saturday, Nov. 20, and con tinues until Saturday, Nov. 27th. Thousands of people from all parts of this section are going to be in the Bull City, as guests of the Sun and Durham's Merchants. ; Free railroad fare to and from Durham for ; the wee k, is the invita tion already tmt, that wil 1 draw peo ple from many miles surrounding .that city;.--- vr' : v Many - Durham women have invited guests from . this , section Durham ihess men, -.,have4. asked .our mer- ants o' attendwaud-witness for heir approval the riigces.t trade cai- nivaL. ever arranged, and the city of Durham has put the official stamp on invitations to our people. It is to be Trade Week in Durham. An advertisement in today's issue. explains more fully how every resi dent of our section may go to Dur haiu, and hae their railroad fare re funded at the office -of The uurnara Sun. . GRANVILLE FOR FINE CABBAGE We Will Match John Sherman, of Berea Section, With the Best Grower It reminded us of Wautauga coun ty to see Mr. John Sherman, of Berea section, unloading a lot oi nne caD bage at the store of Mr. L. Thomas one dav this week. Wautauga has the reputation of being the best cab bage county in the State, out mat was before Mr. Sherman put forth an effort. From a critical examination of the product brought to Oxford this weftk bv Mr. Sherman we are pre pared to say that no county anywhere can surpass Granville in the product ion of fine, firm cabbage. The aver age weight per head of those grown by Mr. Sherman is a fraction over seven pounds. Great is the soil or Old Granville. Death of Mr. L. Meadows Mr. L. Meadows, a highly respect ed citizen of Stem section, died at his home on Route two, last Tuesday night about nine o'clock in the 74th vear of his ase. For the past year he had been in declining health. Mr. Meadows entered the Confederate armv in 1861 and served through the entire four years of the struggle be tween the states. He was twice mar ried; the first time to Miss Katherine Bowling, of northern Granville, to whirh union four sons and four daughters survive. Messrs. Frank Meadows of Culbreth, Luther and Ulah Meadows, of Green county and Willie Meadows of Route two, Mrs. Dave MitchelK of Wake county, Mrs. Amdrew Oakley of Five Forks, Mrs. t "R. Oaklev and Mrs. Sarah Duke of Route two. His second wife, wo sur vives, was Miss Bowers Mangum, of this countv. Mr. Meadows was a strong believer in' the doctrine of grace and though not affiliated with any denomination, he lived a life of piety and upright ness. About a half an hour before he died he told those at his bedside Tint Tid was radv to eo and asked lUlwv -w -w-'w o 'that he be carried to the door so that he could look out once more. When he was again placed on the bed he ex oired without again speaking. The remains were taken to the Seth Mea dows burying ground Thursday after noon and consigned to their last rest ing place. 6ur sympathy is with the bereaved ones. W. BLACK LEG IN GRANVILLE IT CAN BE ERADICATED BY PROMPT ACTION Veternarians Describe the Disease .and Advise What Should be Done Immediately. Word has reached the Public Led ger office that black leg among cattle has broken out in Granville. Sever al cases have been reported to State Veterian Flower, who after investiga tion, finds it necessary to vaccinate some herds of cattle. Symptoms ;The symptoms of black leg are such that it is not hard to determine, and while we advise every stock owner to write the State Veternarian Department for bulletin, we point to a few symptoms of this disease: Cattle from four months to two years old are most liable to contract black leg. You will first note the animal limping on one of the rear quarters. Upon pressing the skin on quarter you will note a cracking sound, as if rubbing paper, which is caused by a formation of air under the skin, and there is also a high fe ver. If, after the cattle dies, you will skin a part of the affected parts 11 J J 1 1 f k !1 1 1 ju win una il D-iacK, as ui n naa sen pounded and bruised with a stick. These are the symptoms of black leg and we advise the farmers to watch the cattle, closely. This dis ease can be killed out in the county by burying all dead animals so that the buzzards cannot spread the dis ease, and by vaccinating cattle be tween four months and two years old Also be careful in buying cattle out side of the county. Mr. J. II. Gooch Qualifies Mr. J. H Gooch, of Stem, has Qualified as administrator of the es tate of the late Wayne1 Gooch, whose death was reported from Texas last Monday and who was laid to rest at Stem Thursday last. The daughter of the deceased-waved her-rights in appointing Mr. J. H. Gooch adminis trator of her father's estate. . J WiSjtorm - A servere Vind and rain storm passed over this section Thursday night. The only damage reported in Oxford was the cupola of the uaa Fellows temDle. which was lifted by the wind and carried back on top of the building. County Road Men The Road supervisors of Brassfield township will meet at Wilton last Saturday in November to receive re Dorts of the Road Overseers. The road overseers are requested to "be present. . Remember This Saturdav at noon the old Gregory Homestead adjoining the lands of B. M. Caldwell will be sold to the highest bidder at the court house door in Oxford. Now is the chance of a life time. Farmers Taking Heart We invite attention to the ad of the Owen Warehouse. Twenty-nine cents for cutters is going some. Capt. Fleming is sending the farmers home happy. Good Day's Sale ; The Banner Warehouse on Tues day sold 2 7,280 pounds of tobacco. It brought $4,157.81. The average was $15.22. Misses Bell Cooper and Nina Coop er accompanied Mrs. W. H. White to Raleigh last week to see the "Birth of a Nation." Mrs. White thinks the press is rather severe in its criticism of tho play, which embraces the as sassination of President Lincoln and the KuKlux Clan. We were pleased to meet in Ox ford Thursday morning Repersenta tive R. G. Kittrell, of Vance county. He was at one time superintendent of the Oxford Graded school and has many friends among our people. Do Your Eyes Trouble You? If you have eye trouble or head aches, don't fail to consult Dr. N. Rosenstein, the Optometrist of Dur ham, next Tuesday, Novembebr 23rd, stopping at the Exchange Hotel in Oxford for the purpose of examining eyes and fitting glasses. adv TAX PAYERS Take notice that you get a dis count of 1 per cent if you pay your taxes in November. There is no dis count in December and on all not paid by January 1st, 1916 2 per cent penalty will be added. Nov. 15, 1915. R. B. HINES, Tax Collector. 17-4t. h 'ft- 'ft
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