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PUBLIC LEDGER
THOSE WHO GO AND GOME
Messrs. Otho and Chas. Hester of
Route 5, were in Oxford Wednesday.
Mr. Will High V of Dickerson, was
in town Wednesday.
Mr. Roy Badgett of Route 1, was a
town visitor Wednesday.
Mr. L. F. Currin, of Route 4, was
in Oxford Wednesday.
Mr. Sam Cornell of Tar River, was
in Oxford Wednesday.
Mr. W. K. Long, of Route 2, was
in Oxford Thursday.
Mr. Lee Hobgopd of Route 4, was
among the town visitors Wednesday.
Messrs. E. A. Hunt and M. L. Ad
cock, of Route 5, were on the streets
Wednesday.
Messrs. Bud Wright and B. T.
Daniel, of Virgilina were in Oxford
Wednesday.
Mrs. T. G. Stem, is visiting her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Mayes, in
Stem this week.
Mr. W. B. Bragg, of Oxford Route
2, was a pleasant visitor to the Pub
lic Ledger office Thursday.
We were pleased to meet in Oxford
Thursday Messrs. Sanford and Butler
the two splendid patrolmen on the
National Highway.
Miss Hattie Wood, of Oxford, is
the guest of her sister, Mrs. Howard,
in Creedmoor.
We learn that Mr. B. L. Hester,
the faithful and obliging letter car
riers on Creedmoor Route 1, was last
week taken down with a severe case
of grip.
SOCIAL, NOTES
Mrs. Marsh Ray entertained the
young ladies Thursday Club at the
home of Mrs. C. D. Ray. Delightful
refreshments were served.
Miss Susan Graham entertained the
Thursday Bridge Club at the home
of Mrs. B. K. Lassiter. After a
pleasant game, a course of dainty re
freshments was served.
Mrs. A. H. Powell entertained at
two tables of Bridge Wednesday
morning in honor of Mrs. Stamps
Howard of Tarboro. Elegant re
freshments were served after the
games.
IT HAD THE EAR MARKS
Chief Wheeler on the Sharp Look
Out.
In order that law and order may
be preserved in the community, the
members of the police department
are sometimes forced to take what
are to them very undesirable steps.
Sometimes they are compelled to in
terrupt a sociable game of crap or
poker. Again they may be asked to
stop some Young Americans from
playing the national pastime in the
streets and occasionally they are for
ced to stop and examine trunks ar
riving: from noints in "wet States." if
they have reason to believe that the
trunks or suit cases, as the "case"
may be, contaitn whiskey, which some
citizens of the city persist in having
shipped here.
Recently, according to a story be
ing told around town, a large suspic
iousilooking trunk sat in the baggage
room at the station. Several feet of
rope were tied around it and alto
gether it was just the kind of trunk
that one would expect to find liquor
in. Chief Wheeler happened along
and spying the trunk agreed that it
looked suspicious and set about open
ing it. In a short time the rope was
taken off and the lid ready to be rift
ed, to reveal a quantity of "Old Nick"
or other well-known brands.
The best of us make mistakes.
While the officers do not make many
of them in opening trunks, they er
rored this time, for instead of hold
ing; whisky the trunk contained a
number of cans of fruit together with
some wearing apparel.
CULBRETH-YOUNG MARRIAGE
Couple Pledge Their Troth at Ex
change Hotel.
The parlors of the Exchange Hotel
was the scene of a happy marriage at
high moon Wednesday, the contract
ing parties being Miss Lizzie Cul
breth, of Bullock and Mr. Ossie
Young, of Virginlina. Justice D.
Hunt in mellow and soothing tones
pronounced them man and wife.
Among those present from out of
town were: Miss Gertrude Young, sis
ter of- the groom, and Miss Alice
Culbreth, sister of the bride; W. O.
Culbreth, J. L. Culbreth, Ernest Cul
breth, Tom Noblin and Misses Fan
nie and Grace Culbreth.
The bridal party came in on the
eleven o'clock train from Clarkesville
and returned cai the afternoon train.
The groom is a well-to-do farmer
and resides in Granville near Virgi
lina where they will make their
home. -
The Colored Firemen
A public spirited citizen informs
the Public Ledger that a movement
is on foot in Oxford to purchase a
Ford automobile and equip it for the
colored fire company. The move
ment has progressed to the extent of
a cash donation of $25.00 and pledg
es to the amount of $50.00. We are
not fully advised, but we presume
that the equipment includes a garage
and a driver and a constant watchman.
CHAPMAN'S ViGEROUS PROTEST
(Continued from pag-3 One.)
irrate farmer replied: "three hundred
arantee period. , If I am right about
dollars." The contractor immediate
ly wrote him a check for the amount.
He sent the bill to the company with
his percentage added. The bill was
paid under protest.
Assuming a large quantity of
storm sewer material for drainage
will be needed, are we asked to pay
ten per cent on its cost whether it
be bought locally or wholsesale. I
trust the commisioners can eliminate
this objectionable feature.
I should like to ask in this con
nection, does the Board propose to
pave any street in Oxford when the
property holders petition for it re
gardless of traffic or local conditions?
I trust our Board of Commissioners
will carefully scrutinize these peti
tions as they come before them in or
der to ascertain if the signers really
want the pavement. One day this
week I heard a citizen say thtat a pe
tition was presented to the proper
ty holders on King street. . A. did
not want it, but conditions were such
that he could not consistently refuse
to sign. B being approached, did
not want it but made the same state
ment. C did not want it but would
sign if his neighbors wanted it. D
did not want it but did not wish to
block it. I can, if desired give the
names of A, B, C and D.
Now in all honesty is it right that
we should be taxed for pavements on
streets that have little or no traffic,
through petitions acquired as above?
A great deal has been said about
the cost of pavements in other towns
I will give you an article on this lat
ter. Henderson is the only town,
from which I have any authentic in
formation. From the data in hand.
using a forty foot drive as a basis, it
seems we are paying nearly $4,000
mile more than Henderson paid. Al
though they allege we are getting a
slightly better grade of top. I think
if $1.53 per square yard is good en
ough for Henderson we might mana
ge to get along on the same pave
ments.
Many people are asking what it
will cost.
Taking College street as a base.
and narrowing it down to 45 feet be
tween curbs we have as follows for
a one hundred foot lot: 40 by 100 ft.
equals 444 and , four tenths square
yards, which at $1.70 per yard gives
$755.48,. one fourth of which is
$188.87. Add cost of curbing and
gutter $32.50, which gives a total for
100 feet of $221.37. So for the first
year your assessment will be with in
terest added, $35.42, second year
$4.uy and so on down for the ten
years. Of course this does not in
clude your increase in taxes, but only
covers tne assessment, which is less
than 1-4 of the cost. The three
fourths or four fifths must be paid.
Who is to pay it? Do your own fig
uring jvir. Taxpayer.
A great many people seem to think
the cost of repairs will amount to
little, I think the only opinion worthy
of note on this subject is one backed
by official datta, taken; from records
of municipalities some of which I
quote, Rochester, Washington, Buffa
lo, and Brooklyn, have kept cost of
repairs m better shape than most
other cities, for that reason their re
suits should be of value. The cost in
Brooklyn for maintaing eighteen mil
lion square yards has averaged 3.09
cents per square yard. In Rochester
the cost in 1907 was 6.08 cents per
square yard, m 1911 it was 9.17.
Attempts have been made time af
ter time to determine the life of as
phalt pavements, by the cost of re
pairs, but results obtained are so in
consistent that it is impossible to
draw accurate conclusions.
As so many conditions effect its
life, such as traffic, bad workmanship,
poor materials and carelessness re
garding its up-keep.
Cost of Repairs in Washington
Year cost ner sa. vd.
1 & 2 on 53 Sts. out of guar. . .2c
3, 4 & 5 on 86 Sts. out of guar. .4c
6 on 88 Sts. out of guar 4c
7 & 8 on 81 Sts. out of guar. . .5c
9 to 18 on 70 Sts. out of guar. . . 4 c
19 year 6c
20 to 32 year 5c
24 to 26 year 4c
28 to 29 year . 2c
Rochester, N. Y.
2 to 4 year out of guarantee. . .2c
8 year out of guarantee 64c
8 to 1 6 -year out of guarantee ... 7c
Which gradually increased up to
the 20th year when it reached 17 c
In Brooklyn and Buffalo, it ranged
from lc the first year to 8c the
tenth year. Buffalo ranged from 4c
in the second year from 4c to 13c in
the twentieth year.
Quoting from an authority: "The
figures for Brooklyn, Buffalo and
Rochester are consistent but the re
markable part of the Washington re
cord is the cost never exceeds 6c per
yard per year."
In the Borough of Manhattan. N.
Y., in 1911, 140,99 5 square yards of
asphalt was re-laid which had an av
erage life of 13.08 years. The cost of
keeping this in repair for the last 3
years had been 26c per yard. - In
1908, 22c in 1909, and 34c in 1910.
The average age of the streets sur
faced in 1912 was 14.02 years.
Mr. Commissioner, what do you
figure the cost of our repairs will be?
I estimate not less than 4c per
square yard. Assuming that it does
and assuming our streets are 45
feet between curbs, this would give
us an annual cost of about $1,000
per mile per year after the 5 year
guarantee period.
The life of our pavement here and
cost of repairs depends largely on
the contract between the Town and
the contractor, as to what condition
it is to be on delivery from the-gu-the
maintainence of the pavement,
will- some one explain where we are
to obtain money to keep it in repair.
Assuming we spend $100,000 to cov
er first cost, we are then practically
at our Constitutional Limit and call
issue no more bonds, we can levy no
more tax as we have, reached the
limit. Some have said we save so
much in the way of patching which
we have to do at present, I think the
parties using this argument overlook
the fact that a team and driver will
be needed to sweep these streets in
addition to the regular carts which
come behind the sweepers, wont this
offset our present street expense?
Are the Commissioners to lay this ex
pensive pavement over the sewer
system, in its present condition which
they must know exists. To wit: The
pipes have been allowed to clog with
roots, they may be able to cut these
out from time tovtime but can they
arrest that compressed band of roots
lying between the spigot and belle
ends of the pipe which of necessity
will ultimately break the pipe which
of course necessitates cutting into the
streets. In a later issue of the pa
per I will give a relative value of
Warrenite Amesete and various other
forms of pavements and their cost.
ASHTON A. CHAPMAN.
W, A. Hilderbrand, for 15 years
editor of the Asheville Gazette-News
and president of the Evening News
Publishing Company, has sold his in
terest in the Asnevine uazette-News
to United States Marshal Charles A.
Webb, Postmaster Gudger of Ashe
ville and others. The new owners
took charge Monday. Mr. Hildebrand
will devote himself to the Greensboro
News, of which he is editor.
Austin Dunston, a negro who had
been messenger injthe Governor's of
fice in Raleigh since 1876, with the
exception of a short period during the
Russell administration; died a few
days ago. The council of State pass
ed resolutions of regret and apprecia
tion for his long and faithful services,
State officers sent flowers and the
Governor and council attended his
funeral in a body.
Tuesday, February 29th at Oxford
Dr. N. Rosenstein, the Optometrist
of Durham, will be in Oxford Tues
day, February 29 th, stopping at the
Exchange Hotel for the purpose of
examining eyes and fitting glasses. If
you need the services of a Specialist,
De sure and see Dr. Rosenstein. adv
Sensational charges against the
Army Aviation Service, with a de
mand for immediate investigation by
Congress, have been made before the
Senate military committee by Sena
tor Robinson of Arkansas. He declar
ed that the service was "contempti
bly inefficient" and its head, Lieuten
ent Colonel Samuel Reber, not only
was making no effort to improve it
but deliberately was preventing the
facts from reaching his superiors.
The charges are being investigated.
ORPHEUM THEAT
Saturday, February 26
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ANNOUNCEMENT
Dr. Jj. T. BUCHANAN is now lo
cated in the Brown Building for the
Practice of Medicine and Surgery.
Office Phone 82-J Residence 210-J
Office hours lO to 12 A. M.; 2 to 4
P. M.; 8 to 9 P. M.
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what we had already bought is deliv
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have had to pay an advance, and some goods
not able to get at all. Come early while we
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