TTRPAY, JULY aand, 1916
PUBLIC LEDGER
PAGETTVC
ABOUT PEOPLE AHD THINGS
Tobacco We learn that
Cam Burnett has qured two barns
0f totacco iiiiw--
Take a Vacation -It is time to
ke a vacation. Everybody that
orks, either mentally or physically,
oeed a vacation some time during the
year-
pine Peas About the finest lot of
AVe have seen this year are those
Jn the front lawn of the Methodist
church parsonage. They are ; rich in
olor and trong and sturdy in body.
c
Vp Again Mr. Lonnie Smith, the
genial manager of the Exchange Ho
tel is able to be up after a week's in
disposition. Lonnie is not himself yet,
hut is mending fast.
Vnveiling The monument erected
to the memory of the late Elder P.
jj Fountaine at Amis' Chapel, will
be unveiled with appropriate exer
cises on Sunday, July 30th.
Make it Go a Long Way Your
money will go a long way and will
not fly fast if you get your lumber
and building stuff from Moore Lum
ber Co See ad on another page.
The County Fair Every town
man and every country man should
be interested in seeing the County
Fair a success. Where fairs are best
developed they have the hearty sup
port of the entire county. .
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Saw the Deutschland Mr. M. ,P.
Chamblee, who with his family is mo
toring to New York, went down to
the dock in Baltimore this week and
looked over the German submarine
Deutschland.
Playing Ball Although the St.
Louis team of the National League,
is second from the bottom, Lee Mea
dows, the Oxford pitcher, is doing
good work. The team has had a bad
streak of luck.
Rays of the Sun Look at the top
of the last page of this paper for a
sun that has rays that will interest
you if you need buliding material,
coal or paints. C. D. Ray and Son
have what you want.
Colored Boy in Jail Chief of Po
lice Curl, of Creedmoor, brought
Root. Swinson to Oxford and landed
him in jail Monday. The boy was
committee by Mayor Hart, of Creed
moor, on the charge of the" theft of
a bicycle. -
Oxford College A committee of
eighteen was appointed at the recent
meeting of the Flat River Association
to consider the advisability of pur
chasing Oxford College for the de
nomination and make their report at
the next session of the Association.
Popular Sale We don't know
vrhether or not the exceptional values
or the fifty dollars in gold to be given
away by Landis & Easton is respon
sible for the popularity of the special
sale now on, but they are certainly
drawing the crowd and every cus
tomer wears a smile.
Little Boy Hurt Our little friend
John Fuller, who helps his brother
Roy to deliver the Public Ledger to
subscribers in Oxford, had the mis
fortune this week to snag his knee
on a rusty nail. It was quite an
ugly wound. Dr. Tom Booth was
tailed and put eight stitches in the
severed flesh.
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The Grade Crossing The deadly
grade crossing took another toll in
xrtli Carolina Sunday afternoon
"hn a Southern Railway passenger
train running in the outskirts of Ral
egh struck an automobile, hurling a
young man, who was driving the car,
To death and painfully injuring a
Joung woman companion. There are
o many dangerous crossings and
careless drivers in Granville.
oes to Hamlet Mr. O. D. Wilson,
or many years the valuablye man
m the employ of Mr. J. Robt. Wood,
ns Purchased the undertaking and
embalming business of J. A.
emyer, at Hamlet, and has taken
ative charge of the same. His es
tablishment is the finest equipment in
ehmond county. Mr. Wilson is a
young man, and while his many
Jiends here hate to give him up, they
hirn success.
neniored Dames & Contos, pro
ctors of the Candy Kitchen and
ujt store, have moved their place
on ?!Jsiness frm the burnt building
the corner of College and Hills-
reet to the store room across
fft..strneet formerly occupied by Pitch-
Mil LoniPany. Dames & Contos
and hCCUPy the corner of the new
by t1Tan(lsome building to be erected
Hill v Hall s estate on the corner of
fall and Collese streets 'this
WOMAN SEEKS GOOCfl'S ESTATE
(Con tinned From First Page)
greement. a home and an annual in
come of $3,000, which she states she
was led to believe would be in ad
dition to the interest fixed by law
which would accrue to her as widow
and distrubutee in the event of her
surviving him. She took his promise
she states, as an evidence of his gen
erosity, and never questioned him as
to his financial standing.
Signed Paper Without Reading
"Just before the marriage cere
mony she was presented with a doc
ument by a distinguished atorney of
Richmond, and was asked to sign it.
She read the first paragraph, she
states, and was satisfied that it was
only a written agreement, carrying
out the verbal promise. No asper
sion is cast on the lawyer, it is ex
pressly said, since he was but carry
ing out the orders of his client.
"But the bill of complaint goes on
toecite, letters and papers found on
Gooch, after he had died showed that
the wife had been deceived with the
respect to the provision made to the
provision made for her by the mar
riage agreement. She found, she al
leges, that the marriage contract was
fraudulent on the part of Gooch; that
it was drawn up so as to
procure from her all rights1
of ' : dower, in consideration
of the payment to the Old Dominion
Trust Company of $50,000, to be held
in trust for her as long as she re
mained unmarried. In effect, she
was to receive the stated sum and
have no share, no dower right, in the
estate. As Gooch died interstate
his property went to his daughter by
his first wifM, Mrs. Annie Wayne.
Suhor, against whom and her hus
band, George Suhor, and the Old Do
minion Trust Company, the suit is
brought.
Seeks to Recover on Dower Right
"Accompanying the bill of com
plaint filed by Mrs. Gooch are copies
of letters between hereself and her
husband, and between her husband
and her mother. They relate to the
quarrel over other women. Some are
of renunciation, in which Mrs. Gooch
gives up her lover and promises to
give back to him his presents and the
money he had given her. Others are
filled with adoration and love.
"The answer of the Old Dominion
Trust Company and Mrs. Suhor state
that Mrs. Gooch was fully aware of
the consents of the agreement she
signed and that she has no cause for
action."
The case is being tried in special
session before Judge "J. C. Pochard,'
sitting for Judge Edmund Waddill.
Don't Trifle With Your Eyes
When your eyes need attention you
cannot afford to wait until you are
about to go blind. The best and
safest way for your eyes is to see an
Eye Specialist of reputation. Don't
try to experiment. Dr. N. Rosen
stein will be in. Oxford .Tuesday,
July 25th, stopping at the Exchange
Hotel for the purpose of examining
eyes and fitting glasses. adv
Cool Bargains J. Robt. Wood,
the furniture man is offering some
ccol summer speical in his ad this
week that interest every housekeeper
in Granville. Look his ad up.
RESOLUTION ORDERING CURB AND
GUTTER ON RECTORY STREET
FROM COLLEGE STREET TO NEW
COLLEGE STREET.
WHEREAS, it appears to the Board
of Commissioners of Oxford by peti7
tion signed by the property owners
hereinafter enumerated, that a major
ity of said property owners, representing-
a majority of frontage of property
on Rectory Street fronx College Street
to New Colle&s Street have petitioned
for concrete curb and gutter on said
Rectory Street from College Street to
New College Street, said petition having-
been duly refered to the Clerk of
the Board of Commissioners of Oxford
for his investigation as to the suffi
ciency thereof, and the same having
been found by him to be sufficient, as
per his report filed with this Board,
said property owners on the said street
being as follows:
Rectory Street Prom College Street to
New College Street.
South Side
Property Owners Ftg-Pet.
H. O. Furman ,. 173173
Mrs. M. E. Fuller 83 1 83
L. F. & Jessie Perkinson . . 82 j 82
L. J. Steed 80l 80
Mrs. M. W. Parham 76
W. L.Peace 94 1 4
J. P. Floyd 75 1
North Side.
Episcopal Rectory 240
H. M. & Bessie B. Shaw 175175
A. P. Hobgood 72j 72
L. J. Montague 170l
The total frontage is 1320 feet, the
total represented by petition is 759 ft.,
a majority of 399 feet.
The total number of property owners
is 11, the number signing the petition
NOW THEREFORE, be is resolved
by the Board of Commissioners of Ox-
fThat said petition is hereby deter
mined to be sufficient and to be in full
sonformity with the provisions of
Chapter 56 of the Public Laws of 1915,
ratified February 27, 1915; . :
That R. G. Lassiter, Contractor, be
ond 4ie..is hereby directed .to procee4
with the putting- down of concrete curb
and gutter on Rectory street from Col
lege street to jsTew College street, ac
cording" to the specifications for such
concrete curb and gutter contained in
his proposal dated January 24, 1916,
and as set out in his contract
with the ' City of It a l ei gh
and under the terms and conditions of
said contract, which said contract and
the terms and conditions thereof, are
adopted by the Board of Commissioners
of Oxford as specifying the character
of pavement and other street improve
ments to be done on the said street un
der and by virtue of this Resolution;
and
That one-half of the costs of said
pavement and street improvement be
assessed against the owners of the pro
perty abutting onthe said street pro
portionately as prescrbed by said
Chapter 56 of the Public Lawsof 1915;
and that the assessment herein pro
vided for shall be payable in ten equal
annual installments on the date on
which taxes are due and payable, be
ginning in the year 1916, and ending
in the year 1926; and
That the owners of the property ab
butting on said Rectory Street from
College Street to New College
Street, shall connect their sev
eral premises with ' watermains, gas
and sewer pipes, located in the street
adjacent to their several premises, on
or. before the 15th day of July 1916, and
'that unless such owners shall, cause
such connection to be made on or be
fore said 15th day of July 1916, then
fthe Board of Commissioners' of the
Town of Oxford will cause the--said
connections to be made and the entire
cost of such connections ,if made by
the said Board of Commissioners of
Oxford, shall be specially assessed a
gainst the particular lot or parcel of
land for or in connection with which it
was made, as provided by said Chap
ter 56 of the Public Laws of 1915.
That notice of assessment so made
against said property owners be given,
when such assessment has been made,
as required by said Chapter 56 of the
Public Laws of 1915; and
That this notice be published as re
quired by said Act in the Public Led
ger, a newspaper published in the town
of Oxford.
The foregoing resolution was adopt
ed by a vote of five commissioners vot
ing in favor of the same, and no com
missioner voting against the same.
The Commissioners voting in the af
firmative were: Messrs. Powell, Hunt,
Yancey, Parham and McFarland and
the commissioner voting in the nega
tive was none.
A true copy.
This 11th day of July, 1916.
R. B. HINES,
Clerk of the Board of Commissioners
of Oxford.
The Ambon of Str Stephen's Parish
Tlfe Amboninas referred to the open Church, the fact . sug
gests theEnglish Parish Church before the Reformation,' as a place
of refuge for those in trouble. The Church was then a real home
if dispcsezsedjthrougIi poverty, families lived in the Church tower
and fed, and clothed there; if a criminal found refuge in the Chan
cel, he was safe until the Church received a legal guarantee of a
fair trial; often has the Holy Eucharist been offered with a refugee
kneeling nearxthe officiating Priest. The simple Churchyard pro
vided a free, and .seemly place of burial for all.
Tuesday is St.. James' the Apostle's Day."
St. James the Great, brother of St. John, the Evangelist, and
cousin, once removed, of our Blessed Lcrd. Observance of Day is
traced to fifth century. First Apostolic Martry, and only one
whose death is recorded in New Testament: Acts 12:2.
SERVICES
Saturday Woman's Auxiliary, St. John's Church, Williams
boro: 11 a. m.
V. Sunday after Trinity Holy Eucharist, 7:30 a. m. Sunday-
School, Men's Bible Class, and Young Woman's Bible Class,
9:45 a. m. Morning Service and Sermon, 11 o'clock. Evening
Prayer, 6 o'clock.
Tuesday St. James the Apostle's Day, Holy Eucharist,
7:30 a. m. Wednesday Litany, 11 a. m.
Monday, Marguerite Snow
w j. o yi With the talanted dramatic actor
July 4 PAUL GILMORE
PLAYED AT THE ORPHEUm IN "HAVOC"
IN
EMAMY"
5 acts of delightful romance, quaint, humor and
thrilling incident.
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Thursday, A Gold Rooster
ITiilhr Orr Play In ,5 Acts.
lit UJly & d FEATURING
Howard Estabrook and Bliss Milford, in
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1M.
The Story Adopted from Henry C. Rowlands
Famous, jiovel.
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OFFERED just at a time when you need them
most. There are yet many warm days to come
and you would get your money's worth yet this sum
mer, even at old prices, but we need some cash as
well as the room for our Fall stock which will soon be
coming in. So I have decided to offer
All
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At
Big
Everybody Knows What That Means At My
Store, It Means That All
SWINGS, REFRIGERATORS,
GO-CARTS, PORCH ROCKERS,
HAMMOCKS, ETC.
will be sold at remarkably low prices. It will pay
you to call at our store and look these articles over as
it will save you dollars. Come early is the best ad
vice we can give you.
The Reduced Prices Will Be Hade For CASH ONLY,
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