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Jparks of
Public 0p")io1)'
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There Is but one Judge Shaw. It
Is to be regretted that there are not
a dozen like him. Winston Republi
can. Under a decision of a Kentucky
Judge a wife horse-whipped her hus
band for spending his money for
whiskey.
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If Mr. Rutler expects to make much
of a bluff with his populist party he
will have to first show somebody
where It is at. Durham Herald.
missed an opportunity of playing to
11 A 1 - II .1.1
tne galleries oy not puuusmuK . uis
senting opinion In that rotten-egg
decision. Durham Herald.
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Enough has been done for those
who murder. It Is time the courts
were doing something for those who
do not wish to be murdered. Chief
Justice Clark, dissenting In the Cole
case.
If (inv. Avcock decides to become
a candidate for Vice-President he will
have no trouble In securing the sup
port of all the gentlemen who want
to succeed Senator Simmons. Dur
ham Herald.
According to the Chicago law di
rectory for lOOo, just Issued, there are
4,702 attorneys in the city. In the
last year 120 attorneys left the city,
20 ceased the practice of law and P2
died. The Increase In the number of
lawyers was 320.
It is time the white people of the
South took some steps to protect
the colored man In the land of his
riends. The The Northerner and
Westerner is getting too handy with
the torch and gun. Crimes are terrl-
le, horrible, sometimes Inhuman,
but mob rule is a dangerous menace
to our very civilization.
A rural contemporary says the
sweetest sound he ever heard Is made
when one of his subscribers planks
down on the table a dollar In ad
vance. Sweet and holy as this sound
may be It is like unto a pug dog play
ing a piano when compared with the
sound made by the subscriber who
pays up five years back dues. Reflector.
In the near past the Soutli made
10,000,000 bales of cotton which was
sold at 6 cents a pound yielding $300,-
000,000. If the crop this year should
be still 10,000,000 bales and the price
should be 12 cents the crop will yield
000,000,000. An adyance of three
hundred millions dollars Is not a bad
sort of thing for the farmer If he
gets It. Charlotte Observer.
He who made this old world and
continues to have the oversight and
control of It, says that none of us
knows anything about how long it
is going to stand. The man who
spends his time guessing about how
ong the world Is going to stand
would be better employed If he were
ooking after the flour barrel and
meat box. Monroe Enquirer.
What would happen if the farmers
of the country should go on a strike?
Fills is a situation that is hardly
probable, yet it Is a possibility in
tills day and time. The very ponder
ng of such a HiiggeHtion causes one
to foresee famine, pestilence, idle
mills, motionless railroad cars and
lesolatlon generally In commercial
and industrial lines. (Jreenvllle
(Miss.) Democrat.
One gentleman in (Ireensboro found
when he went before the tax asses
sors that he was .ft 2.",000 richer than
le thought he was. There Is noth
ing like having warm friends to look
out for you. I5ut perhaps this gen
tleman may say like Dr. lienbow on
one occasion when assured by a man
that he was his best friend. "Yes,"
answered the doctor, "if I had a few
more like you I would soon be In the
poor house," Greensboro Record.
The KtateHville Landmark's sym
pathy Is with the Tennessee woman
who laid her old man out with the
rolling pin when he undertook to
correct her. The incident occurred
just across the line from Ashe county.
We trust the Tennessee courts will
find the provocation sufficient to con
stitute acaseof self-defence. . If a few
more wife beaters are struck dead
while engaged In this pastime it will
certainly have a tendency to check
this diversion of domestic life.
It may be Intemperate, but it's the
truth. The law's delay Is responsi
ble to a great extent for many of the
lynchlng8 In this country. Justmen
become outraged at the tricks of the
lawyers and the connivance of the
courts. Jurors are selected of times.
not for their knowledge and fairness,
but for their ignoranceand prejudice.
It has become an easy matter for a
criminal with money and influence to
escape the gallows, while now and
then a less prominent white man or
negro is executed by law to give
some semblance to its mandate and
' dignity. Durham Sun.
Interesting Facts Relative to the Early
History of Oxford Other Items.
BY WILLIAM H. HARRISON.
CHAPTER II.
As I mentioned In a previous arti
cle Oxford became the county seat of
Granville county in 1761). Its central
location and its extreme healthful
ness were considered In making It the
county's capital, fiver since Oxford
was first settled it has been recog
nized as one of the most healthy
places In North Carolina. The land
Is rolling just enough to give almost
perfect drainage. When kept clean
there Is no more pleasant or healthy
place to be found anywhere. Ma
laria Is practically unknown here.
Of course all towns, no matter how
unhealthy, or filthy, or unsightly,
are to those who live in them "beau
tiful and healthy," but of Oxford
this is really true, which Is attested
i by those who know its record as
well as by the longevity of its inhab
! ltants.
i I or years after Oxford became the
I county seat It remained a small vil
lage, most of the lands being owned
by large planters who did not wish
to sell any part of their magnificent
estates. Besides, owing to the fact
that the country was settled very
sparsely, there was not sufficient de
mand for trade to build up an Inland
country town. It was not until 1SU
that the town was incorporated
though It had been laid off in streets
and lots in the year 1S12. Up to the
year 1800 there were no towns or vil
lages except Oxford, Williamsboro
and Harrlsburg In the county.
A large tract of land, partly em
braced in the town of Oxford now,
was granted to William Willis, Esq.,
by the Earl of Grauville in 17C0, the
same year the large grant to William
Searcy mentioned In my last article
was made. The first court house
erected In Oxford stood on the tract
granted to William Searcey. The
tract granted to Mr. Willis was on I
each side of "Reedy Branch," now
known as "Foundry Branch." He
sold two hundred acres of this tract
to Samuel Benton, Esq., said lands
lying on each side of the "Sherman"
road running from Harrlsburg bridge
across the present limits of the town
toward Berea. Samuel Benton was
possessed of a good estate and was
also prominent in local politics. He
was the father of the Hon. Thomas
Hart Benton, who was among the
leading statesmen America has pro
duced. Samuel Benton lived in a
house which stood on the very spot
on which now stands the office occu
pied by the late Mr. John XV. Hays.
He was burled on the place now
owned by Mr. F. XV. Hancock. This
old house was peculiar in structure,
being built on the old Gothic style
with high lattice work In front.
Some of the lattice work in this house
Is now on the front part of the kitch
en of Dr. S. D. Booth. This house
was later owned and occupied by
Gen. McClanahau. Still later it was
left unoccupied and was in bad re
pair, being used before it was finally
torn down as a goat house; and for
that reason was known for years as
"the goat house." It Is probable
that in this house was born Thomas
H. Benton, above mentioned. It Is
true that some of his biographers
give Hillsboro as his birthplace, but,
so far as I can learn, there is no au
thority for this. He lived for some
years at Hlllsooro with his widowed
mother, and entered the University
of North Carolina while living there,
from which institution he was ex
pelled before graduation; and it is
now generally thought by the older
men who know most of his life that
he was unjustly expelled. Benton
afterwards removed with his mother
to a place near Nashville, Tenn., and
later to Missouri, which State lie so
ahy represented for many j-ears in
the United States Senate.
The first court house built in Ox
ford was an old wood building, and
was erected about the year. I7C:.
Just before the court house nOw In
use was built, this old house was
purchased by the Masons and used
as a Masonic hall, being removed to
the corner where the Baptist church
now stands. Afterwards It was pur
chased by Mr. Charles Kingsbury and
again moved, near the Presbyterian
church, and subsequently It was pur
chased by Mr. James P. Floyd. Part
of the timbers in this old house were
used in the construction of Col. W.
B. Ballou's handsome new residence.
The front part of the present brick
court house was erected in 138. The
judge's stand was almost in the mid
dle of the House now in use from
East to West and North of the centre
from North to South. The rear part
of the house together with the splen
did vaults was built in 191-2; sd
that today Granville has one of he
most convenient and commodious
court rooms in the State.
The first jail built in Oxford was
about where the large bill board be
tween the court house and opera
house now stands. It was built of
large oak logs with boards nailed
over the cracks on the outside and
was plastered inside. The pillory
was located where the opera house
stands. The log jail was burned and
was replaced by a brick jail situated
where the present jail Is located. The
latter was burned about 1842 and
shortly afterwards the present jail
was built in its stead.
Among the oldest houses in Oxford
is the Kingsbury house, now the
home of Mrs. R, I'. Hughes. This
house was built about SO years ago,
but Is of such excellent material and
is so well built that it is still In good
condition and will last for many
years. This house was built and oc
cupied by Thomas Booth, Esq.
The house occupied by Mr. F. W
Hancock, and one of the prettiest
homes in Oxford, was built shortly
after the Kingsbury place by a man
named Jones, who was much in love
with Thomas Booth's daughter, and
It Is said built this handsome resi
dence which directly fronted the
home of his sweetheart, hoping to
thereby tempt her and induce her to
marry him. But she refused to be
bought In this way, preferring rather
to marry the man she loved. Let us
hope that she lived happily, though
I am unable to trace her beyond this
sensible act.
I will now notice briefly the his
tory of the different religious denom
inations in Oxford, beginning with
the Methodist church.
The first Methodist house of wor
ship was erected in the year 1821.
This is the same building which was
remodeled and is now occupied as a
residence by Dr. J. G. Hunt, being in
the same place it was first built.
There are a few and only a few
who can remember the early work
of Methodism in Oxford its struggles
and its triumphs and the noble
work it has done In raising men to
a higher life and from duty up to God.
The lot on which the old church was
built was enclosed by a high fence.
The house at that time was a cheap,
unpainted one, with a row of small
windows on each side, and one over
behind the high box pulpit, which
the minister reached by going up two
or three steps, entering the box and
closing the door after him, like many
of the old-time pulpits were built.
There was in this church one long,
narrow aisle. All the men sat on the
left side of the aisle and the women
on the right according to the fashion
of that day. The pews were un
painted, and very high, and like
most of the pews of that day, not
built for comfort. There was no
organ and no choir, but the whole
congregation engaged in the singing
using mainly the old and most fa
miliar hymns.
Rev. Junius P. Moore and Rev. XV.
C. Gannon were the most noted of
the early pastors of this church. Revs.
Lewis K. Wiley and John York, who
were local preachers, grea tly aided
in the work.
One of the mighty forces of that
day in the church was a Mr. Fulford.
who was only a layman. He resided
in the country near Oxford, but was
prompt in all the services of the
church and did much to build up the
church, being an exhorter of rare
gifts and a man whose piety and
consecration enabled him to do much
effective personal work.
In those early days members were
received into the church on trial, or
"on probation" as it was called. If,
after the six months expired, their
walk had been circumspect they were
admitted as regular members. Dur
ing their time of probation they
were entitled to all the ordinances of
the church. This custom in the
church has long since passed away.
1 shall give more of the history of
this church In the next article.
To be continued.
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