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rdu03 xxx. OXFORD, NORTH CABOLINA, WEDNESDAY,-DECEMBER 22,1915 - M f : m ft- T j 1 NATION'S CHIEF WEDS I "ina GALT NOW FIRST LADY OF m THE LAND Both Kneel on Aycr Rug. Bride Wears Traveling Dress and Mr, Wilson's Wedding Gfft Diamond itooch; Buffet Supper.: Follows Carriage. Now at Hot Springs. President Wilson and Mrs.. Edith filing Gait were married in Wash, Sri City at 8:30 Saturday night last. , ; A oe'iiaiinl at thfi 7 n'dock witn nis aau- ; White wc",;rward. drove to his ilL n'clocK wim bis aau- r i ?":j-D hnme. aDuui a ""V-. " gniev r:" ahnnt a mile rroi Criuc o " "cinn A cold, driving- rain fswept he ci& all dajr cleared. off which S VV , , . -nroa ca-ril A cold, driving rain w - 5 1 i Avenine was cool and sunset, -,t,. iSdent Wilson arrived at -Mrs. Some Shortly after 8 o'clock, Gait's hme .nor y time for The small crowd which the ceremony V'V crpd did not notice tne arriyai had gathered cuan , practiCally of his car, rgTarty fromwthe White House ar- riVElrvt0hin win readiness when President arrived.and the ceremony Glided without music. , Neitherthe v 1 .i;t nnr Airs tialt naa any ancim President nor Mrs . ushers or flow- rArirNeither the army, the nayyor Ti. Hinlomatic corps wasipewu.icu, Sphar wished it to be-a home W6dding Knelt on Prayer RS . L. nn the first floor of the bride's home, intwo communicating rooms, awed, 2nl bower had been arranged .with a grJud of foliage and maidenhair bacK srun flQor tQ the U1C r-- . ferns i.u.b .hotjv iceiling. uverneau mc r ii of green the form or a suen r "i with Scotch heather, in me "1t- rrnunri ana at me cxn-i , , grouno, duu rT.QTY11, with orchids and JZ lX sceneT Above the mirror 4as a sprav of orchids across a bacK .rI r-c nT1d the corners of -the rrr( 1 1 iin in 101 - - orchids. V TJoontv roses were .(innnv were v;a.ufc,- on both of the canopy, beneath which was rfravL rul, on which the President ?15 Mrs. Gait knelt during the cere- :St at the hour set for the cer'e- mony the President and his bride ap Seared at the head of the staircase, t which vas decorated with ferns, as Miaragus vines and American Beauty roses. They descended to the lower " floor, where' the guests were - grouped i about informally. 'l'S - ' The Rev. Herbert Scott Smith, rector I'cf St. Margaret's Protestant Episcopal Church, of which the bride is a com i Tnunicant, was waiting beneath the Cfcanopy to perform the ceremony, and With him, to assist, was the President's pastor, the Rev. James H. Taylor, of the Central Presbyterian Church. - Bride Given Away by Mother . : Mrs. William H. Boling, the bride's mother, gave her, away. The Presi dent stood to the right o fthe clergy mien, and the bride stood, on their left. i At once Dr. Smith began the words of -the Episcopal marriage services, the President making his responses first, j and then the bride making hers. After ithe bride promised to "love, cherish and r obey," the President placed the wed f ding rifcg-, a plain band of gold, upon I her finger, and then, after a prayer and while the couple clasped their right i hands together. Dr. Smith declared them man and wife. The brief and j simple ceremony was over. Less than ! 30 people witnessed the ceremony. The entire party then turned to the : -dining room, where a buffet supper was '.served. The decorations there were in ; pink, and on the buffets were banked igrowing ferns and pink roses. The jtables were decorated with Lady Stan ley ro.se blossoms. On a table in the center was the wedding cake a fruit icake several layers high, ornamented 'with sprays of ping orchids in the cen ter. Mrs. Wilson cut the cake without rformality, and no arrangement was made for bestowing bits of it upon oth-i-ers than those in the wedding party. At Hot Springs. ;: - v .Immediately after supper was" served I ;tne President and Mrs., Wilson motored w.Aiexanana, Va., where they took a finale car attached to a special train which took them to Hot Springs, Va. m?1 Springs, Mr .and Mrs. Wilson will live at the Homestead Hotel until aiter New dear's Day, unless some de jeiopments.should necessitate the Pres cient s early return to the capitol. :' Traveling Costume k?rinf the ceremony and at the lun :nZ ffterward, during which a string $wfis-tra Slayed. the bride wore her traveling dress, a black silk velvet lr UVfivlth ? Picture hat of black beav onV f! u trirnminTs whatever, except K ltfthQ slightly upturned on the fresfnV. At h?.r throat she wore the Jhi'itr1 ofer &own was of walk wfie;enx?th a.n.d cut on full lines. The bffi ?n iri.m .the deeP tones of royai J - 1 dehcate shades of nastel. and .ou iia.il q vcn aiV.nU a i , , eaded with -silver tine nwQT. j bS-oid Jer H.art of the waist broH'rIu.0i ine waist was em silver ne ovT. a ba.nd of bich i. , . 'p," OI iiues, Deiow The sleev nf?Lrdle of black velvet. et fishing i.the.gown Were of black : -"hU lime CSI?,0i emb,oidered velvet, :'r colli? Ie ludown over the hand, i stan2!iaI-. which was high and ut- ,MxoZlot black lace. When sh. e Wilson "oneymoon Mrs. :-roadt?i,e er gown a fur coat mnfp with bands of YnUn bands of Yuk 'lar. match She wore a chin-chin Wnn The Gr00m XStlTi Wilson, President of thft i; Practirprt 6 x"3' nauve or virgin cal ecSiomv ailS.'-taUB5t history, polit tlcs; was p' Jurisprudence and poli rsity.fsident of Princeton Uni Mu to ifienor. f New Jersey from la: n.: ai aTe ! n or rr a - j v . wedding T,'Iment since 1913. First 'seAxBo VI' 1885' to Miss Ellen Stovaingt' ? 19aiV4anna' Ga Widow- Vil liner O-ft'lt wriTrtm--' rea. w asnington jewel p of -Virginia, daughter h. .Boiling, a" lawyer: .1896,- to Norman Gal ti ,ias lived.in washing- lage. - - - - n - 1 W t L . "V 1 FINE PROGRAM NEX3?r WEEK Coming, l"The Clemenceau' Case, : Most - Powesrf ul of Dumuas Works. V Harris & Crews announce an extra ordinary .fine program at - the ; Or pheum: every day during - Christmas week. . ' v' v" V , No more powerful sermon was ever preached; than "The ! Clemenceau Case.' No more . vivid, ' pulsating drama was ever written than "The Clemenceau Case." No more won derful photoplay than ''The Clemen ceau Case," as picturized for William Fox, president - of the Fox Film . Corporation,- aaid; starring Theda Bara, "The Vampire Woman," has ever been beheld . upon the screen. , These statements . are made without reser vation.' Liike ; a " mighty ' ; Hver the story of the drama rushes strong and swift to its cataclysmic climax. Pas sions flare arid wills clash throughout the production in a way that grips the spectator, '. holding him breathless in his chair till' the last great scene is reached and the wellnnigh - over whelming story of "The Clemenceau Case": which will be seen at the Or pheum Thursday f December 30, is brought; to its tremendous end. Every night throughout this week some one will draw a fine fat turkey at the Orpheum. ; The program for this week as pub lished on the .fourth page of this pa per is full of interest to those who de sire to see high-class pictures. THE PENSION MONEY NINTY-SEVEN SOLDIERS . FIFTY WIDOWS AND The Money is Now Being Placed Into The Hands of the Soldiers and. Widows. j uage cam Hunt, Clerk of the tJourt; faybrs the Public ledger; with this interesting news 11: "v. There are on the pension rolls 97 soldiers; and fifty widows. The money is divided as f ollows: vfe- Ctne second class, $60 Two third class, $40 . 92 fourth class, 32; Total. . . : . . ..... 52 widows, $32 .... . .$ 0.00 80.00 2,944.00 .$3,084.00 .$1,600.00 Grand total . $4684.00 I, ;D.- C. Hunt, Clerk of the' Super ior Court of Granville County, do nereDy ceruiy mat tne aoove is a true and correct estimate of the above. D. C HUNT, C. S. C. PRINTER MAKES AN ERROR Cipher Fails to Fall at the Touch of Keyboard There was a slight typographical error in the Granville county Finan cial statement as published in this pa per last week. No sooner had it been out . than some one phoned to Mr. Powell, Reg ister of Deeds, and asked him how it was that the county paid in October $2,250 interest on $10,000. We re ferred to the copy and found that the error was the fault of the printer. The amount was $100,000.00 on which the couaity paid interest. The statement will appear in our next is sue with the error corrected. Judge Devin Coming Hon. W. A. Devin and Mrs. Devin will spend a few days in Oxford next week, the guest of 'Judge Deyin's mother. - CAPTURES LARGE OPPOSSUM It Is Now Being Fattened For The Wredding Feast. " , Early last Friday mornitng Mr. Hal Holeman, of the Acme Hardware Company, heard a commotion-in his chicken house, and on opening the door he pied a big possum perched on the roost. , It is not definitely known how long it takes to fatten a possum, but Mr. Holman turned it oyer to Taz,"an old colored man who was in the ; employ of the late Ferney Edwards, and. told him to f attten it up and have it. ready for the wedding feast. "Sweet po tatoes aaid possunvis-good enough for any bride and grdc. remarked Mr. Holman. - --!L". - ' t The many friends of Miss Francis. Webb, the daughter bf.Mr.; and Mrs. J ohn Webb,, will -be .pleased to know that shewill v arrive' fromNew York City to spend the holidays. A': v CHURCH NQES "WE ARE LABORERS TOGETHER C WITH GOD". Dr. R. H. Willis Arrivesand Preaches ' The Initial Sernioh . of;;His ; Four Years' Pastorate : Sunday Morning. -The Oxford Methodist -Chtlr'ch ,was crowded to. the doors ;last lunday mornkig to ;hearthe initialsernionof Dr. Willis, former. Presiding; Elder of Warrenton district; ;whct ifegeived the Oxford appointment 7 at the "hands, of the recent session of C orif erencehel d in Wilmington. - -. Dr. Willis chose for his' : theme: "We are laborers together with God." It was a strong sermon, one in: which Dr. Willis revealed to his hearers his magnificient power of speech. . v As soon as he read his; text, we saw that a mistake had been made by the Conference. The longer we listened to him the more we were convinced that Dr. Willis is a $5,000 minister preaching to a $2,000 congregation. He would grace any pulpit in the land, and we suppose the Bishop did the right thing in sending him to Ox ford, and mark this prediction, the good Methodist brethren are going to set up a little straighter in their pews than they,, have been accustomed to do. " . " Dr. Willis - possesses a splendid voice and; a. pleamsant delivery. . He and Mr. W. J. Long, so favorably known in Granville, resemble in fac ial expression arid statue. He is just the kind of a Servant that everybody is bound to admire and love. ' Christmas Tree The Baptist Sunday School , will erect a tall cedar tree in the audit orium of the church, on which Santa Claus will fasteB a gift for each mem ber. There will be brief exercises in the church at 5 o'clock on the even ing of, Chris tmas; day, at which time the presents will .be distributed, 4 - Sunday School Elects Officers - The Baptist Sunday School elected officers last Sunday morning. Some two years ago Mr: C. D. Ray, who had long been the faithful superintendent of the Sunday School, asked for a res pite, since which time Mr. W. A. Mc- Farland has been the faithful super intendent, and he declining to longer serve, the Sunday School turns to their first love amd elects Mr. Ray again. He is one of the; very best Sunday School Superintendents in the State, possessing the happy faculty of making strangers feel at home, and many have been the accessions to the church and the Sunday School by his cordial handshake and genial smile. Mr. M. P. Chamblee was chosen Mr. Ray's assistant. " Baracas Elect Officers The Baraca Class of the Oxford Baptist Church elected -officers ' last Sunday morning to serve six months, as follows: . " .. President -rT. L. Cannady. ; ; - Vice-President A. P. Hobgood. Teacher- Gen. B. S. Royster. Secretary H. H. Burroughs. ' Assistant Secretary Oscar" Murry. jThe class is in a flourishing condi tion and look forward with pleasure to the enlargement of the Sunday School room at no distant" day. . .-' TRUNK FULL OF WHISKEY - Officers Capture It At The Express - Office. One day last week the Chief of Police of Sandford was in Richmond and while waiting for the train to take him home he noticed, some com motion around the baggage car. It would seem that a trunk which had been delivered at the passenger, sta tion was intended to be sent out as baggage. The baggage man refused to accept the trunk and it was turn ed over to the express messenger. . The trunk was addressed to "A. J. joncon; Oxford, N. C." The Sanford policeman wrote to. Chief Wheeler, describing, the trunk. According to the statement of Mr. Lyon the local express agent, the trunk reached Oxford without way bill, v ; . - rl Chief Wheeler placed, a - secret guard over the trunk from Saturday evening until" Monday morning, at which time Mayor Thad G. Stem or dered the trunk to be opened, - w A ; The trunk was opened, at the Ex press office and in it were f ound 148 pints of -liquor. V, . ' . . It wasturned qver to Sheriff Hob ebbd andMayor Stem states that- af ter a aay .or-iwu r-T irito the sewer. MR. GOOCtf CHEATHAM DEAD J Recently Hurt . in Aii Automobile . ;. ' . ' Accident - Mr. Gobch Cheatham, who recently received a : shattered leg in an auto mpbiie accident in the northern part of :Granyille,; died Saturday night . of blood; " poisons ati his home near the Granville-yance, line. : : . : - Deceased was about 40 years of age ari4'Urvjed;1by;. a devoted wife and"tw-cI4reri0 - ' The remaih:ere laid to rest Sun day afteVnbont-Rehobath church. Theburiaijerenpnies ed by Rev. Williams. Friends anil relatives front the;" countryside filled the church - to dverflowirig. - TO HONOR ''nimBcsC' The Passover is to Be Known as the - "Bniminitt Crossing" -v The description of the crossover at the- head of Main street, written by Hon. D, G. Brummitt and published in the Public Ledger last week, will go down in history. No less, a person age than Mayor Stem says that an ef fort will be -made to lay a, broad ce ment crossing from the Court House to Hamilton's Drug Store. The May or and Commissioners were highly pleased with Mr. Brummitt's good na-i tured and timely effusion. InV.the event the crossing; is put in it will be named the "Brummitt Crossing." " THE FIRE CHIEF REPORTS INCREASE IN THE " RISK BUILDINGS T OF The Damage During the Year Was a Lit tie More Than 12 per Cent of . Property involvedt At the last meeting of the Board of Town Commisioners, J. Robt. Wood, Chief of the .Oxford-Fire Department made the folibwjHlSiDepKlbit fiscal year ending December 1, I9l5i I beg leave herewith to submit my report as Chief of the Fire Depart ment for the year ending December 1st, 1915. :r During the year the Companies have responded to sixteen calls. . The value of the buildings " : " involved was . . . . ... . $52,300.00 The value of the contents . 17,801.10 Total. . . ... . . . ... .,.$70,101.10 The damage to buildings $ 3,083.50 The damage to contents. . 2,746.60 Total loss; The amount of - on buildings The amount of on contents . ; . . .... . .$ 5,830.10 Insurance' , . . . . . . . .$22,100.00 Insurance ........ 10,550.00 ; Total. . . . . Increase in the " buildings and .$32,650.00 risk of contents over last year . . Decrease in losses . . . .$21,551.10 . . . .$ 1,288.15 The damage during the year; was a little more than 12 percent of amount of property involved, against .14 per cent of losses last year. ; We have inspected all companies and find them in good condition. . " The new. hose you bought for Col ored Company has been well kept and is in good condition. I also find all hydrants in good condition. . ;.. ; L. recommend that you have the Street Commissioners notify the Fire Company when you have any, street roped off, or when a street is closed in any way and that the notice' be in writing.... '; ; I further recommend that' you look after the. holes in streets before your Fire Truck arrives, as .the; present condition of ; streets is not only dan gerous but the Fire Conlpany cannot possibly riiake the speed to a fire they should. - ' ' ". !v. - "- :-. ' Respectfully submitted, -. -l J. ROBT. WOOD, -' Chief ;Oxf or d Fire DeptJ KEEPING TAB ON THE BOYS Inquiries as to How Goochjand Mea dows are Spending the Winter; " A few days ago the Public Ledger received a letter from a noted syndi cate sp ort. writer up North asking for a: few- lines on' Lee- Gooch land Lee Meadows, Oxford's ' two. famous ball players. The-writer wished to know something" about the home life of the young men and. something about Ox ford. Whatwe . told him was a plen ty and if, Oxford doesn't get on the map we snail De aisappoinieu. 'f, . mm X J - ' The big ieageues Keep : arjaose watch' 0BL4 their men dur jng-.yacation arid5 one of the unpardonable pffenses is to playiball on airuriprpfesjiionat .team. Teyamajr play , against; un- prof essioitalIayers,' but . never wun thein. PnEPAREDTORTIIERUSIl I THE POSTAL AND ; EXPRESS BUSI- :ness-- . ' -y ; Preparation Perfected for. the Hand ling . Quickly of a Great Chnstnias -Businessl- r : ' ' With the approach ' bf . the Christ mas season and the. attendant iri-; crease in the demand.1 for prompt -ser- ; vice,- Postmistress Osborn has - made arrangeinents to. haridiejtfie business' with dispatch. With that end in yiew " she has employed a wagon; and addit- " tional. help to . handle -the -town deT';. livery The indications are tnat the -local f orce-will be taxed to their full capicty until after the' holidays The incoming parcel post business has be : gun in earnest and - the outgoing r ;i; - ' mail is now "very heavyT i We -'.are" .V'v.' informed that the people, of Oxford -"cr ; generally wait until the very last mo ment to send their presents. "' Weeks : before- Christmas they secure sched-v ? ;; . ; ules of trains to all parts "of the Con- . . tinent and , time their gifts to reacbTl :, , destination ori Christmas Eve. Hrej; C Is where Jthey make.a mistake It is?-" their privilege , to send a - package : KT ;t ? either by mail or express a few. days C.'.t --5;'; in' advance and mark on it the date'- ,' -' ;T. they wish-it delivered! Packages thus . marked are laid aside and given at- v'. . t- -i terition at the proper time;;"? It would seem that the parcel post ' .; . has cut into-the express business' en--" c. ormousluy, 'but-the local agent in-; ri -Xf forms us' that the Oxford office is do- xL )i : . ;; irig a splendidrbusiness?: -,.;--: '. 'J. ' It is evident that the express busi- ; : . -; riess season will be unusually; heavy ; ', and extra-forces are being 'employodj and trained already,, so that" the . pro-., per efficiency may be attained before : lha height jb "fthe Christmas shippirig; isreachedf and in this way the full- . -beneflts, bL the service throughout the- rush. r , Th ft 1 ocal . nflifrthfi nf hntli'.' tho -nra- . tal sfrvicbnatlie(ex will be shown ery possible cburtesyr CHRISTMAS SAVING CLUB An Easy Way to Get Your Christmas '' . 7 3Ioney. ; : The' National Bank of Granville anV nounces a Christmas Club which" is. open' for membership ' for. . every resident ; of .Granville : .County arid "which cannot help but prove of great advantage to those -who- joiri. :. ' Briefly," the purpose of this Club is to afford the people"o,fthe commuri ity a plan whereby they may build up; a substantial fund. for use in buying Christmas gifts for next year .or for meeting payments of any kind . such as insurance, taxes,-, etc., - by deposit ing only very small amounts -at a time. . - - ;. " : .. . - - "' The Club is divided into lc; 2c, 5c, 1 0 c 2 5 c . or; 5 0 c arid $ 1 classes. In the. lc ; class" you deposit la the first week, 2c the second and so on, ' in- ;, creasing the amount one cent each .week for fifty .weeks giving you a to-' tal of $ 1 2. So: for which the bank will send you a check "together with the 4 , per cent -interest two weeks before next -Christmas. In the 5c class you deposit 5c the first week, .10c ; the . second and so on increasing the am ount five cents each week and giving, r youa total of 6375 plus interest. In the , 25c, 50c, and $1 classes you de- posit 2 5c, 50c and $ 1 every; week and :A you. will. have $12.50 $25 or $50 iri;: addition to the,: interest , paid . by the . bank.; , . - " : .- ':'; -- Those who wish to take advantage of 'this opportunity should join the Savirigs Club at' once. The enroll ment may . be made, and 1 the money sent for all deposits by mail just as - conveniently and safely as by coming to' the bank in persori.. , ; -ir-. - Great success has attended. ; these Clubs wherever they have been or-" ganized and that the citizens of this - community will take aavamage : 01 the opportunity off ered by the Nation al Bank of Granville is a foregoae conclusion. ' - w t T" The officers of; the National Bank of Granville will gladly 'give :yo'u any further mformatiQirf" regarding the plan of the: Chriitmasl Club - which you "may wish, if you - will call to see them, wrlte or telephone. See par ticulalrs on the last page of this paper.. 7 - Christmas Candy JGi Hatlls having a heavy run on : Christmas' Candy,- They v have ajl: kinds of the better grades; And- we . notice elsewhere in -this paper that- you can ' get - five pounds of the - best-- in a fancy box for' $1.50.- - - iS. r i i-i 4,", s'y) .1 1 1 I 'T .... -V, . :. f ,. , .j " - p- - 0 ': '0 : v. , f
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