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iTiTflDAY, OCTOBER 7th, 1916
,t Thad MOOre. Who lives nenr
rrAeenvillef Pitt county, lost his gin
i nne a lot of cotton and five barns
Uu ,' hv firt last Prirlov nil,
t oss $5,000 or more, partially cover-
PUBLIC LEDGER
-ed by
insurance
Satisfied
Customers
MEANS THAT THOSE THAT
COME BACK TO US AGAIN
XD AGAIN TO BUY AFTER
THEY'VE MADE THEIR
FIRST PURCHASE AT OUR
STORE ALWAYS RECEIVE
SATISFACTORY SERVICE.
THEY KNOW THAT WHAT
EVER WE SELL THEM IS
THOROUGHLY RELIABLE.
THEY KNOW WE DO NOT
SK MORE THAN FAIR
PROFIT ON OUR SALES.
THEY KNOW THAT THEY
CN RELY ON OUR ADVICE
-If RUTH IS OUR STAND-BY.
THEY KNOW THAT CARE
FULNESS, HONESTY, COUR
TESY CLEANLINESS AND
PROMPTNESS ARE OUR
MOTTO.
FRANK F. LYON'S
"Is the Place."
College St. Oacford, IM.C
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PAGE THREE
DON'T
FORGET TO
BUY
YOUR
A L
AMLY
Oxford Ice Co.
Dr. S. Rapport
OF DURHAM, X. C.
Will be
AT OXFORD
AT THE EXCHANGE HOTEL
Tuesday, Nov. 7th
For the purpose of examining
eyes and fitting glasses. Remem
ber that you pay nothing for the
examination of your eyes in buy
ng glasses of me and I furnish
only the best quality at a moder
ate price.
STOVALL NEWS ITEMS
(Correspondence Public Ledger)
Protracted Meeting
The protracted meeting began
nere at the Rar.tist oV n -,-!,.
3 p. m. Rev. Upchurch is a splendid I
--.v.v,Ji ciiiu uuu l ian to near mm
expound the gospel, starting Wednes
day there will be three services per
day one at. 11 a. m., 1 and 7 p. m.
You are cordially invited to attend
each service.
First Visit Since 1876
Mr. and Mrs. William Cole and
son, B. F. Cole, all of New York are
the pleasant guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Sam Howard this week. Mr. William
Cole has been connected with the
New York Times for 34 years. He
visited the town of Oxford in the
year of 1876, when he reaches the
old town this time he will be pleas
antly surprised when he sees the pro
gress it has made since he last visited
it, for the writer thinks she is on a
boom and I know it. Mr. Cole is a
brother of Mr. Frank and Charlie
Cole, the sons of Dr. Cole who used
to live at Berea. Mr. Cole also told
me that when he was here last our
good old faithful J. T. Britt was ham
mering on the Public Ledger and I
told him the paper was still printed
by Mr. D. A. Coble, also a faithful
servant of the people of the good old
county and State.
Personals.
Mr. H. L. Hancock of Henderson,
is the. pleasant guest of his cousin
this week.
Capt. J. T. Spicer deserves much
credit as he has put crushed rock a
round the depot. Now we will have no
mud there.
There were quite a number of peo
ple from here that motored to Bul
lock Sunday to hear Dr. Marsh
preach, as there were no services here
till afternoon. He preached on Judg
ment Day and he handled his subject
well.
Mrs. A. T. Younger has returned
from a two week's visit at Townsville
where she visited relatives.
Miss Linville Younger has accept
ed the Principal's place at Bullock
school.
Miss Dollie Hicks of Bullock was
the pleasant guest of Miss Lillie Wil
kerson Sunday.
Mrs. Flutcher Norwood left Wed
nesday for a short visit to relatives
in Keysville.
Mr. Taylor Vaughn has returned
from Canada where he has been for
some time. He says crops are not as
good as years before owing to the
dry weather.
Sorry to note the little son of Mr.
J. P. Williams has pneumonia, hope
he will soon recover.
Mrs. J. J. Davis who has been on
the sick list for past three weeks is
out again to the pleasure of her
many friends.
At Spray, Rockingham county, the
8-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul
F. Baron, stepped on the covering of
the well at his home, a decayed plank
gave way and the boy fell in the well
and was drowned.
John C. Drewry of Raleigh is dead.
He was secretary of the grand lodge
of Masons, had served in the Legis
lature and was formerly publisher of
the Raleigh Times.
Two negroes accused of being im
plicated in the killing of Deputy
Sheriff James Gibson, during a jail
delivery at Nowata, Okla., were tak
en from the jail and lynched in front
of the court house.
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DON'T FORGET
rham (County Fair
Durham, N. C.
ctober 1(0) -13 Inclusive
igger and Better Than
Ever Before.
Meet Your Friends There
and Enjoy the Show.
Like getting back home
for Thanksgiving
they satisfy !
Thanksgiving with the old folks at home it does
satisfy I For your smoking, Chesterfields do the
same thing they satisfy !
But Chesterfields are MILD, too that's the
wonder of it.
Don't expect this new cigarette enjoyment satisfy,
yet mild) from any cigarette but Chesterfields, be
cause no cigarette maker can copy the Chesterfield
blend an entirely new combination of tobaccos and
the biggest discovery in cigarette making in 20 years.
"Give me a package of those cigarettes that SA TISFY. 99
1 M BUS T T IS 5
10 for 5c
Also packed 20 for 1 Oc
GLEANINGS FROM HESTER
(Correspondence Public Ledger)
:
Mrs. Joe Renn from Durham is
visiting at the home of her parents
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Parrott.
Misses Sallie and Ethel Roberts,
and Messrs. Zeb Roberts and Eugene
Whitaker were the guests of Mrs.
Earnest Creks Sunday.
Mr. Henry Bullock went to Dur
ham Sunday.
Miss Camillia Pittard went to Ox
ford Saturday on business.
Miss Margaret Fagan, spent the
week-end with friends in Creedmoor.
Mrs. W. L. Peace and Miss Mar
guerite Cannady spent the week end
at their homes in Oxford.
Dr. and Mrs. Bullock had a de
lightful trip through the country to
Hillsboro last week.
The ice cream supper which was
held at Hester school Friday night
for the benefit of the piano fund
proved to be quite a success.
There were quite a number of dis
appointed people in Hester Friday
when the Durham Booster failed to
pass through.
Mr. S. A. Fleming spent last week
in Raleigh.
Mr. and Mrs. John Hester of Ox
ford and Mr. and Mrs. Isam King
from Durham' spent the week end
with Mr. W. A. Hester.
There will be a meeting of the
Community Life Club at the schol
house Friday afternoon October 6 at
3: 30. Everyone is urged to be present.
At North Wilkesboro Wednesday
night the Jenkins hardware store
was entered and about 10 revolvers,
25 to 30 knives, two breech-loading
and one automatic shotgun, a Rem
ington rifle and a quantity of ammu
nition stolen. The same night the
garage of Clem Wrenn was broken
open and his touring car stolen.
Sandford Express: Mr. E. P. Wick
er has sent an ear of popcorn to this
office on which much of the corn was
popped open as if it had been over a
hot fire. This corn poped open on
the stalk during the very hot weath
er several weeks ago.
T3
. Judge Boyd has been ill with rheu
matism at Asheville and his condi
tion is improved.
3o
must
Fu3iirimituiir aumdl
Uiradeirt&Miru
ictrolas
aid
Piaios
The Big Store on Main St.
Oxford!, JM. .