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Notice,
You will please take notice that
application will be made to the next
General Assembly of North Carolina
to amend the charter of the town of
Oxford. S. AV. MINOR, Mayor.
Notice.
To whom It may concern :
This is to give notice that applica
tion will be made to the General As
sembly of North Carolina, now in
session, for a charter for the Oxford
Graded Schools.
Jan. 7, 1903.
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The principal features of the New
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FOR RENT A new, two story
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An Old Violin in Oxford.
Richmond, Ya., January S, 1903.
To the Editor of the Dispatch:
In your issue of to day theclipping
from Chicago, dated January tu
( Paullue Astor and Kocian). reminds
me that Kocian's violin can be beat
as far as age is concerned.
The instrument that I have refer
ence to Is owned by J. K. Wood, of
Oxford, N. C. The old violin was
made by a celebrated artist, whose
name I do not remember, in the year
ITil, Mr. Wood counts the old violin
as one of his priceless treasures.
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2(10 East Clay street.
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Jeffreys Jottings.
Good many farmers of this section
have exchanged homes.
J. J. Preddy spent Friday and Sat
urday In Raleigh on business.
Misses Beatrice and Allie Jenkins
have returned to school at Llttteton.
Mr. W. H M. Jenkins commenced
to teach school at Mt. Olive last
Monday.
Mr. T. E. Jeffreys has about com
pleted his house, so you may look
out j'oung girls.
Mrs. J, F. Jeffreys, of Charlotte,
will spend the winter months with
Mrs. E. A. Jeffreys.
Mrs. J. C. Handling and daughter,
of Franklin, spent Sunday with her
ruotner near Wilton.
Mr. Henry Fowler and family, of
wake, spent the holidays near Wil
ton among relatives.
Good many farmers of this section
have broken up farming and gone to
the cotton mills for better results.
Our neighborhood- has been well
blessed as to sickness, as we have
not had a single case of pneumonia.
Mrs. N. E. Faucette we are sorry
to say is quite sick at the home of
her parents, Prof, and Mrs. W. II. 1
Jenkins.
J. J. Preddy has moved his repair
shop to W. N. Harris old store
house, at old Wilton, where he will
soon be prepared to do all kinds of
work. Call on him at his new stand
TOODLES.
South Granville notes,
Mr Andrew Breedlove's child
been very ill with pneumonai.
has
Mrs. Brooks is spending sometime
with her daughter. Mrs. C. W. York.
Mr. Devere Alangutu left the 5th for
Chapel Hill, where he will attend
school,
Mrs. Eugene Parker and son, "Lit
tle Billie," are visiting Mrs. Dr. T. B.
Lawrence.
The farmers of this neighborhood
are busy preparing for the crops of
the coming year.
The beautiful and accomplished
Miss Ava Lawrence attended the
teacher's institute at Oxford Friday.
Our prosperous young friend, Air.
Marshall Lawrence, has purchased
one of the finest horses in Granville
county.
Miss Lillian Moss sprained her
ankle one day last week which
caused her to have to use crutches
for several days.
Misses Pearl Floyd and Myrtle
Harris have returned to their school
work after having spent the holidays
with their home people.
Mr. It. T. Justice wiil fill his first
appointment at Brassfields next Sun
day. Hope the church will be crowd
ed as he is an excellent preacher.
Our county commissioner, L. H.
Moss, is one worthy of praise as he
s always looking out for the good
of the county, and has been riding
around these bitter cold days look
ing after bridges.
ROSALIND.
Clay Comments
Having returned to Clay from an
enjoyable Christmas trip through
Halifax. Nash and Franklin counties,
and having met with so many warm
learted friends and relatives during
my three weeks' stay in that noted
old count jt Nash my birthplace.
your reporter is again ready and
willing to serve them and advance
their Industries, their christian insti
tutes and their political welfare as
well, and to do all in my power to
aid the Public Eedger in its grand
and noble works during the year 1003
Mr. D. W. Eakes and daughter paid
Oxiord a visit Frldav.
We rejoice to learn that Oxford has
wiped out the whiskey traffic in that
booming town. Hurrah for Oxford!
Miss Nannie Gooch. a fascinating
young Ifuly of t;lay, left Thursday
for Eilesvllle, S, C.,to visit her sister,
Mrs. Eong.
The writer enjoyed a pleasant visit
to Watkins last .Saturday with the
family of W. J. Parker, foreman for
the Seaboard Air Eine Railway.
Mr. I). E. Beacham, who has been
faithfully serving the Seaboard Air
Line for some time as a laborer, left
for his home Batesville, S. C, a. f-w
days ago.
Mr. Eddie Tunstall, of Corinth sec
tion, moved into our town last Sat
urday. Mr. Tunstall is a very indus
trious young farmer and stands high
in the estimation of his people.
I notice there have been some
changes and happenings since mv
last writing the wheels of changing
homes have been turning. Mr. Char
ley Tunstall has moved over In the
Beaver Dam section, ;md Mr. D. S.
Gooch will occupy the W. A. Bragg
place hear by. Mr. J. H. Boyd, who
has been living in Henderson for
sometime as salesman for the firm of
Lehman & Co., will reside with us
this year. We welcome you, Mr.
Boyd, into our midst.
NASH.
marriage at Oak Rill.
At the residence of the bride's
mother, Mrs. It. S. Eakes, December
23, 1902, Miss Corinna Eakes and Mr.
It. O. Currin were happily United in
the bonds of matrimony. There was
a large crowd gathered to witness
the ceremony. The attending cou
ples were : Miss Ella Currin with C.
H. Eakes, Miss Leila Eakes with W.
T. Wilkerson, Miss Alice Eakes with
R. L. Eakes, Miss Ada Curi-in with
W. It. Seat, Miss Annie B. Wilkerson
with A. T. Williams, Miss Mattie
Eakes with B. F. Blackwell. After
the ceremony was over the bride and
groom with a train of nineteen busr-
glesand many on horseback went to
the home of Mr. Currin. where there
was a sumptuous supper awaiting
xnem, wnicn was neartuy enjoyed by
a- it. W, W.
Satterwbite Sauce.
People can now very well complain
of bad roads and cold weather.
Quite a number of people visited
this community during the holidays.
We are, along with most of the
farmers,one year ahead on rashlons.
Farmers begin to pull themselves
together and make ready for another
crop.
Pig killing time Is on hand now
and our farmers will kill and have
killed some fine ones.
Owing to the great decline in the
price of tobacco we think much less
will be planted In this section unless
it should advance again.
During the past two months the
fox, deer, bird and rabbit hunters
had a real big time, and now it Is
time for them to close in and go to
work.
Miss Corinna Eakes and Mr. Rich
ard Currin were made one In each
other's love during the holidays.
They were married at Mountain
Creek church. Mr. S. R. "Williams
and Miss Grace Royster and Mr.
Charley West and Miss Sarah Puck
ett were also married during the
joyous holidays, and we wish them
all great happiness. It is an old say
ing when you see so many people
getting married there is generally a
tight year.
HAMMER.
gulbretb Cullinqs.
Another year with its duties and
possibilities, pleasures and sorrows,
joys and gladness, and. sadness and
disappointments is now before us.
A few days before Christmas a
negro boy called Will Allen and his
little brother were out hunting when
Will shot at his brother for fun but
did not hit him. Serious accidents
might occur from such foolish fun.
Mr. R. H. O'Briant, one of the fine
looking young men of our place, went
all the way to South Carolina to
spend his Christmas and is now
forced to content himself with the
pleasant memories. Sic transit gloria
mundi.
Mr. J. M. O'Briant, of the Enon
section, moved to Mr. Sol O'Briant's
place before the Christmas tree yield
ed its beautiful fruit about the time
that the wintry blast gave cold
weather curve to the shoulders of
the sturdy countryman.
Owners of breech-loading guns and
setter and 'possum dogs seem to
think that this old world was made
and is kept in existence for their es
pecial benefit. Eike the rich man
of old they are bent on the best thing
of this world.
Miss Joanna O'Briant killed three
pigs one year old, the heaviest one
weighing 412 pounds. The three to
gether weighed 1,159 pounds. Mr. J,
H. Adcock killed three pigs, the lot
making 1,002 pounds of pork. Mr.
R. H. Currin killed two 1 years old,
the heaviest tipping the beam at 490
and the runt pulled down the beam
at 3S0 pounds. ,
LITTLE.
Dexter Dots.
Dexter has increased in population
considerably lately.
Mr. Ollie T. Barker and family,
from Vance, are now residents of our
town.
Miss Alma Wilson, of 1. F College,
spent the holidays with her parents
at this place
Our farmers start to work with
but little encouragement so far as
tobacco is concerned.
Mr. Walter Wilkerson has had two
or three cases of pneumonia in his
family but we hear all are better
now.
Mr. Cary Wilson and family, from
Vance or near Hermon, now occupy
a nice new dwelling on Huntsboro
street.
Rev. Harkless Hicks has purchased
a lot just outside the corporation
and has erected a nice and comfort
able house on his own lot.
The holidays are over and things
are getting quiet and some are get
ting down to work. Our merchants
all enjoyed fine trade during the fall
season.
Mr. Presley Dixon died on the night
of Dec. 1G. He had many friends and
relatives. A large number of people
met to pay the last tribute of re
spect. The burial service was con
ducted by D. N. Hunt.
Our public roads are in a dreadful
condition now. You can scarcely
get over them at all. If the bond is
sue could come to a test now at the
ballot box we think it would be car
ried by as large a majority as it was
defeated at the last election. Judge
Graham Is back to make laws for us
again bonds or no bonds. Every cit
izen should be proud that we have
such men as A. AV. Graham and A.
A. Hicks to look after making our
laws. Our interests are safe in their
hands.
D. N. H.
Salem Sayings.
We had a fine fox chase on the 23rd
and 25th of December. The fox was
turned loose 011 the 25th but did not
run long before It was caught.
We had a family reunion at Rev.
W. S. Hester's on Dec. 2Gth. At the
same time and place we celebrated
tne nmeteentn anniversary 01 our
marriage.
It wras our pleasure on the fourth
Sunday in December to dine with our
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NORFOLK,
friend Squire B. I. Breedlove. A fine
turkey was nicely prepared and great
ly enjoyed by all.
Supervisors and overseers, take
notice that our regular road meeting
will be held at Salem the first Satur
day in February at about 1 o'clock.
A full attendance desired, and you
must come out and. don't you forget
it.
An advertisement in the last Pub
lic Ledger deserves credit and men
tion. He wants to employ a young
man to work at the cabinet trade,
but says if you use whiskey or cigar
ettes you need not apply. There is a
discount on whisky drinkers and ci
garette smokers in every walk of life.
The merchant and the business man
do not need them in their business.
Marrying has been going on at the
rate of two couples to the family in
one day. On the fourth Sunday
morn in December the writer united
in marriage Mr. Ernest Tillotson, of
Culbreth, and Miss Carrie Green, of
Dexter. On the same day the oldest
brother of Miss Green and Miss Wil
son, both of Dexter, were married by
Squire W. L. Taylor. On the same
day and in the same neighborhood
our dentist and justice, Dr. It. O.
Smith, spoke the words that made
Mr. Tommy Cottrell and Miss Puck
ett husband and wife and sent them
on their way rejoicing. We extend
congratulations and best wishes.
Others to travel the same road now
soon.
We rejoice to see the stand the
commissioners have taken against
whiskey. It is high time for some
thing to be done. Nonsense and tom
foolery to say that it is best to have
it. If the old and middle-aged will
and must have it let them get It
where they can, but let us do some
thing to at least save the boys and
children from this great and awful
sin. We have thought for a long
while that the people of our town
had but little interest in men's souls,
but it seems that their eyes are be
ginning to open. We congratulate
our doctors for their notice in last
week's paper. The writer was at
Oxford twice the past week and
some said that every day looked like
Sunday. Two men were near to
gether and one said to the other I
cannot find anything to wet my lips.
While the temperance cause is gain
ing ground almost everywhere, last
year was the greatest year for drink-
ng and drunkenness in the history
of our town. On St. John's day of
ast year boys and young men were
well drunk before ten o'clock In the
morning. This writer feeling that
t was unsafe to be on the streets
with children left town for home
about the time the exercises begun
at the Asylum. This is a serious
question. If the public schools of
Granville county are dependent on
the whiskey license for support, let
them go by the board a nd be a thing
of the past. NICHOLAS.
The Proposed Liquor Law.
The bill introduced in the lower
house of the Legislature Thursday,
following the recommendation of
Governor Aycock's messsage, to re
strict the manufacture and sale of
liquor to incorporated towns, has
merit In it. The distillers will of
course object to it energetically, and
if it puts a great many of them out
of business, so much the better for
them as well as for the rural com
munities in which they operate, for
the distillation of liquor, as the bus
iness is carried on in North Carolina,
demoralizes the men engaged in it
as well as- those who consume the
product. Another good effect of the
enactment of such a law would be
the reduction of the numbers of reve
nue officers, who are so perniciously
active In all campaigns, and their re
turn to productive employments.
There is no class of men, distillers or
drinkers who are more debauched by
these distilleries than the revenue of
ficers, especially the store-keepers and
gaugers, many of these young men,
who must often wink at violations
of law in order to hold their jobs.
That this bill, or one substantially
like it.willpassis a pretty safe proph
ecy, for the distillers and revenue of
ficers probably have very few iriends
in the Legislature. The methods by
which these two classes conduct their
business, and their campaign conduct
have been such as to alienate such
sympathy as they might otherwise
haye had, and there will be few to
mourn when one loses its occupation
and the other its office. Charlotte
Observer.
Epitaph for an Editor He spent
a long and useful life making reputa
tions for other people, and was con
tent with a quiet corner and a cheroot
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
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urueeisis reiuno ine money u it rang to cure,
E. W. Grove's signature is on each box. 25c,
to Make a Bale of Cotton to the Acre.
GUANO CO.,
VIRGINIA.
The Bill to Regulate Liquor Traffic.
A bill to be entitled "An Act to
Regulate the Manufacture and Sale
of Linuors in North Carolina" was
introduced by Mr. Watts, of Iredell,
as follows :
That it shall be unlawful for ary
person or persons, firm or corpora
tion to .manufacture, sell or other
wise dispose of for gain, any spirit
uous, vinous or malt liquors or in
toxicating bitters within the State
of North Carolina except in incorpor
porated cities and towns wherein
the sale or manufacture of liquor is
not or may not hereafter be prohib
ited by law. Provided, this act shall
not be construed to forbid the sale of
such spirituous, vinous or malt
liquors by druggists for sickness
upon the written prescription of a
regular practicing physician having
such sick person under his charge.
Provided, further, that this act shall
not be so construed as to apply to
wine or cider manufactured from
grapes, berries or fruits raised on the
lands of the person so manufactur
ing, or purchased by the manufac
turer from the growers thereof.
Section 2. That it shall be unlaw
ful for any person, perso ns, firm o
corporation to manufacture or sell
or otherwise dispose of for gain any
spirituous, viuoun or malt liquors or
Intoxicating bitters except as herein
before provided in any incorporated
city or town without first obtain-
ing,as provided by la w,a license there
for both from the board of commis
sioners of the county in which said
city or town is situated and from
the board of aldermen or city coun
cilmen, or the governing authorities
by whatever name called of said city
or town.
Section 3. That any person violat
ing the provisions of this act with
reference to the sale, or disposition
for gain, of spirituous, vinous or
malt liquors or Intoxicating bitters,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and
upon conviction shall be imprisoned
not exceeding six months or fined not
exceeding $200, or both, In the dis
cretion of the court.
Section 4. That any person violat
ing the provisions of this act with
reference to the manufacture of spir
ituous, vinous or malt liquors or In
toxicating bitters, shall be guilty of
a felony and shall upon conviction
be imprisoned not less than four
months or more than two years or
fined not less than $200 nor more
than $1,000, or both in thediscretion
of the court.
Section 5. That any physician who
shall make any prescription except
in case of sickness for the purpose of
aiding or abetting any person or per
sons who are not bona fide under his
charge to purchase any intoxicating
liquors contrary to the provisions of
this act and any druggist who shall
duplicate the prescription of a phy
sician for Intoxicating liquors for
any person or persons not both bona
fide under his charge, without the
written direction of the physician
who gave the same, shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor and upon convic
tion Hhall be fined or imprisoned for
each and every offense or both in the
discretion of the court. And all drug
gists selling intoxicating liquors by
prescription as aforesaid, shall keep
a record thereof which shall be sub
ject at all times to the Inspection of
the solicitor of the district and of the
mayor and police officers of the city
or town in which said druggist's
business is located and any such
druggist failing to keep the record
aforesaid or refusing to permit ex
amination of such record by the offi
cers named, shall be guilty of a mis
demeanor and fined or imprisoned or
both in the discretion of the court.
Section G. That all laws and clauses
of laws in conflict with the act are
hereby repealed.
Section 7. That this act shall be in
force from and after July 1st, 1903.
Another bill was also introduced
by Mr. Justice to regulate the manu
facture and sale of liquor in the State.
This Imposes a minimum State,
county and town license of $500 and
prohibits the business in towns of
less than 500 people.
Col. W. A. Bobbitt taken for Senator
Pritchard.
One of the prominent visitors here
in the Interest of a senatorial candi
date was Col. Buck Bobbitt. An amus
ing incident was furnished by. the
Colonel. When he entered the Yar
boro the smiling clerk handed him a
pen with the hearty greeting, "Glad
to see you here, Senator Pritchard
A few minutes after he walked in the
barber shop and the chorus greeted
him, "This chair, Senator, ' "Shoe
shine, Senator?" was next fired at
j him; then, "Nice carriage here, Sena
tor ritchard, screamed several
hackmen. The Colonel bore his honors
smilingly until he reached the capltol
and a Republican Senator lead him
j aside to ask lad vice on the minority
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Judge Graham Redeems His Pledges.
There is no doubt but that our
Populist and Dependent Republican
are greatly disappointed at the fact
that Judge Graham has thus early
redeemed his pledge to the people ns
the first act passed by the Legisla
ture was the bill to repeal the (iran
ville County Itoad Haw. Judge Gra
ham has also introduced a bill to au
thorize the County Treasurer to pay
Miss Li. Lee Kills $17.25 balance due
for teaching; a bill to restore Chart.
R. Thomasson, private Co. K, 4i;tii
Reg,, to the pension rolls; a bill to
amend the law authorizing the Sec
retary of State to appoint a clerk to
index the laws; a bill to put Mrs.
Maria S. Jones, widow of James S.
Jones, private Co. D, 12th Reg., on
the pension rolls; a bill to amend the
pension law so as to put widows of
Confederate soldiers, who married
before Jan. 1, lsfts, on the pension
list. The law now states that only
those married before April 1, l(j5r
shall receive pensions. This cute out
the girl who engaged herself to a sol
dier and did not marry him until
after the war and maybe until after
he had languished in prison for
months or years. Those women
went through the days of poverty
and reconstruction with their hus
bands and ought to be put on the
rolls too; a bill to require the Treas
urer to pay all the pensioners t he
difference between what they received
in 1901 and 1902, as last year the
fourth class received only $14.50.
Judge Graham also introduced a
resolution calling on the State Treas
urer and Superintendent State Pris
on for information as to the actual
cost of the building and permanent
plant of the penitentiary and the
number of persons now confined there
and the capacity of the building.
The speaker has appointed him on
the following committees: Rules,
Chairman; Education, Chairman;.! u
dicary, Finance, Pensions, Mines fc
Miningjltailroads and Railroad Com
mission. Crime in 1902.
The Chicago Tribune, which makeef
a specialty of chronicling statistics
of casualties, crime, etc., at the end
of eacluyear, has not completed its
final tabulation for 1902, but It prints
a preliminary, approximate state
ment, which shows that the year
which has just passed Into history
has been prolific In homicides, suicides
and executions.
In 1901 there were "N52 homicides
in this country, and the number in
the year just ended has been nearly
a thousand larger. More highway
men, thieves and burglars appeared
in 1902, and they committed 30:) mur
ders, as against 193 in the previous
year. Altogether crime of the mur
derous sort was very prevalent in
the old year.
There have been, too, about a thous-
and more suicides in 1902 than there
were in 1901. Over IS000 persons killed
themselves, of whom 5000 were men
and 8000 women. The number of wo
men suicides is constantly rising.
Of legal executions 141 have been
recorded in 1902 as agalnstllNinlOOl.
The discrepancy between noinieides
and executions is very great. Al
though the homicides of the old year
will foot up nearly 9000, only 141 mur
derers were hung. One murderer
was hung while about sixty escaped
punishment.
WANTED A first class buggy
body maker, correspond with
Mir.rcs fc Corky, Washington, N. C.
NOTICE.
Application will be made to the
General Assembly of North Carolina,
session 1903, to charter the "Oxford
Savings Bank and Trust Company.
I his, J anuary . 1903.
II. G. COOPER,
J. G. HUNT,
E. T. WHITE,
J. S. BltOWN,
J. G. HALL,
It. S. RO VST Kit.
Notice.
Notice is hereby given that appli
cation will be made to the Legisla
ture of North Carolina for 1903 to
pass an act for the establishment of
a dispensary at Oxford, N. C.
Oxford, N. C., Jan. (5, 1N03.
Sale of Land
By virtue of a deed in trust executed by M
B. Waller and wife and S. W. Waller and wifu
to John W, llays on the 3d day of September,
1894, and duly rec "rded on page 234 book 42 of
the Kecord of Mortgage of tiranville county, 1
will sell to the hixneft bidder for cash at public
auction at the Court House door in Oxford on
FKIDAY THE Cth DAY OF FEB. VMS,
that lot or parcel of land sl'uated on the waters
of Knap of Reeds c eek in Dutchvilie Township
county of Granville adjoining the land of said
M B. and s. w. Walier and known as the old
Waller-Nance mill property and i- desc ibed by
metes and bounds in a deed from Calvin IFaller
to said M B ar d S W Waller regietered in Deed
Book 46 page 215 on the Record of Peeda of
Granville county containing three acres more or
less, which is in good condition with all machi
nery necessary for making fliur by the Roller
Process. This Janua-y 3rd, 1903.
B. K.liAYS, Administrator of
John W, Haye, dee'd, Trustee
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