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THE OXFORD PUBLIC LEDGER.
BY JOHN T. BRITT.
ONE YEAR $1 OO
StX MONTHS 50
Entered through Oxford. X. ('., Post Office
as mail matter of the second class, in accord
ance with the Act of Congress, March 3, 1875).
Sampson is the only county seat east
of Stokes that gave a Republican ma
jority, and the Republican majority in
that county was reduced.
.
Thomas AV right, perhaps the worst
bullet-riddled soldier in the civil war.
died of old age last week in Bristol,
Term. He was wounded sixteen times
a bullet passing entirely through him
near the heart at Chiekamauga. This
ball carried a brass button nearly
through him and it remained in his
back for 15 vears.
The negroes in politics are good and
mad as the result of the recent order
of the President dismissing the colored
troops from the arm v. Thev sav the
President timed the order so it could
not have any effect on the election and
are condemning him for waiting to
make public his decision until after the
polls had closed.
Brought back to life after his heart
had stopped beating, and he was ap
parently dead, Harry Beebe, of Mill
ville, X. J , was able to tell his friends
how it felt to be dead last Wednesdav.
He was stricken with heart failure,but
later a physician noticed a faint pulsa
tion of the heart. Immediately he in
jected strong drugs and produced ar
tificial respi ration, and slowly the man
returned to life.
An unknown middle-aged white man
made an attempt Wednesday afternoon
to criminallv assault a vounjr 18-vear-old
white woman, at Hagerstown, Md.
He tore her apron to shreds and tried
her hand and foot, tilling her mouth
with earth to keep her quiet. The ap
proach of her sister scared him away.
He threatened to burn the girl if she
moved or screamed and struck several
matches to frighten Iter.
The town of Casey, Illinois, has a
population of 3,500 and it will not per
mit a negro to stay in that town over
night. The town of Casey is not in
the State of Jefferson Davis, where
negroes are protected, but in the State
of Illinois, where they are told to
"move on." The onlv town in Xorth
Carolina where negroes are not per
mitted to live is Southern Fines, set
tled and owned by Xorthern people.
It is a sad state of affairs when as
many as o, 000 people of any city are
daily users of cocaine. This is said to
be the case in Richmond, Va. The
"dope" habit also seems, to be on the
increase in Xorth Carolina. The next
Legislature could well afford to adopt
S-ringent measures against this evil.
God knows, whiskev is bad enouarh,
but there are other "dopes" that are
far worse in shattering constitutions
and wrecking human systems. Dur
ham Sun.
Mrs. Elizabeth Freeman, of Clarion,
Pa., is 113 years old, and is remarka
ble for one of her age. She still re
tains her mental faculties and physi
cal vigor, and is in excellent health.
Mrs. Freeman has lived during; the
administration of every President of
the United States. She is the mother
of 11 children, has 55 grandchildren,
20 great-grandchildren and 3 great
great-grandchildren now living. Ever
since she was a child she has smoked
a pipe, and enjoys it as much now as
she did 75 or 80 vears a:o.
The P: esid mt announces the appoint
ment of Attorney General William
Moody, of Massachusetts, as justice of
the Supreme Court of the United States
to succeed Justice Henry B. Brown,
"who retired some time ago. Mr.
Moodv has filled the office of Attorney
General since July 1, 1904. Previous
to that time he had served for more
than two years as Secretary of the
Xavy. He had also represented his
State in the 54th, 55th, 50th and 57th
Congresses. It is generally expected
that Mr. Moody will retire from the
Department of Justice the latter part
of December.
In every clime ;s colors are unfurled,
Its fame has spread from sea to sea;
Bs not surpris d If in the other world,
You hear of Rocky Mountain Tea.
J. G.Hall.
Just Deserts.
The Monroe Enquirer and the States
yille Landmark recently renewed their
allegiance to the time belief in a "sizzl
ing, old fashioned hell." Certain peo
ple, they declared, would not get their
just deserts unless they were scorched.
The Enquirer cited the case of a man
who stole a charity box full of pennies
for the orphans. Such a man, it said,
could not be properly handled except
over a slow fire. Doubtless there is all
sorts of hell in the hereafter, and the
system of weights and measures they
uSw up "hyander" may consign a good
many more people to that abundant
variety than present indications would
show.
Protecting Criminals.
One night last week at Raleigh, a
negro, without apparent cause, attack
ed a one-arm, one-legged white man
and knocked him senseless with a rock,
endangering the sight of an eye. The
negro promptly skipped, and as the
negroes who saw the occurrence would
not tell the culprit's name, he goes un
whipped of the law. This is an in
significant incident, but it shows plain
ly the attitude of colored men toward
crime and a nes;ro criminal. These
little matters sometimes start race riots.
Instead of the criminal catching it, his
whole race is made responsible and the
good and the bad fall into deeper and
deeper condemnation. Instead of hid
ing a nesrro criminal from the law. the
best colored men and there are lots
of them ought to assist in ferreting
out the wrongdoer, thereby elevating
themselves in the scale of citizenship
and in the estimation of the white peo
ple, and at the same time shifting the
burden to where it belongs. They owe
it to themselves, their children and
the future as a race, to do this. It is
nothing more than self-defense. It would
simplify matters a lot if they would.
Dispatch.
There were many interesting features
to the result of the election, but none
more so than the Democratic loss sus
tained in States which are to elect Sen
ators. Three legislatures, which have
Democratic Senators and are to choose
their successors went X'epublican. The
Democrats who will be succeeded by
Republicans are Clark, of Montana;
Dubois, " of Idaho, and Patterson, of
Colorado. With their retirement from
public life March fourth there will not
be another Democrat in the Senate
north, of the Mason and Dixon line.
This is Democratic low water mark in
the Senate since the days of reconstruc
tion. Special from Asheville to The In
dustrial Xews, telling of Mr. Britt, the
Republican candidate for Congress in
the tenth district,conceding the election
opMr. Crawford, his Democratic com
petitor, when convinced of this, and
sending to him a cordial message of
congratulation. It was a creditable
thing for him to have done. The truth
is that Mr. Britt is an accomplished,
genteel, high-minded man, who con
ducted a dignified, argumentative cam
paign, as Mr. Crawford did, also, and
who never says or does unworthy
things. He deserves that these things
be said of him. Charlotte Observer.
Thank-Off erings to Our Orphanages
The work of the orphans' homes of
Xorth Carolina is regarded highly by
people, and these institutions are worthy
of our heartiest support. We can see
something of the good they are accom
plishing, but the far-reaching, ever
widening influence of their work we
are not now able to fully know and
measure. They are being greatly used
of God in the betterment of lives, in
the salvation of souls.
Thanksgiving Day has been adopted
by our people as a time of special effort
for and gifts to the orphanages of the
State. Can we in a better, more fit
ting way express our gratitude to the
Giver of all good than by helping in
the care and equipment for life of these
homeless children? Such a method of
expressing thanks to God appeals to
us, and, surely, it is pleasing to God.
The aid received by the orphans'
homes of North Carolina at Thanks
giving is a factor in the maintenance
and improvement of their work.
May the observance of Thanksgiv
ing Day this year be even a greater
means of honoring God and blessing
mankind.
Give ch'ldren a remedy with a pleasant
taste. Don't force unpleasant medicine
down their throats. Kennedy's Laxative
containing honey and Tar is most pleasant
to take. Children like it, and as a relief for
colds, coughs, etc., there is nothing better.
No opiates. Conforms to National Pure
Food and Drug Law. Sold J. G. Hall.
OXFORD PUBLIC LEDGER, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1906.
WHY CHEER UP?
Stop Digging Your Own Grave and
Playing Pallbearer.
Ch
eer up
Your ills are largely
photographs. Look pleasant? Of
course you have troubles; a whole lot
of things bother you, of course. You
find life a rugged road whose stones
hurt your feet. Nevertheless, cheer
up.
It may be your real disease is sel
fishness ingrown seliishness. Your
life is too self-centered. You imagine
your tribulations are worse than oth
ers bear. You feel sorry for yourself
the meanest sort of pity. Rid your
self of that, and cheer up.
What right have you to carry a pic
ture o' your woe-beg o eface and fune
ral wars about anions; your fellows,
who have troubles of their own? If
you must whine or sulk or scowl, take
to the woods or to the unfrequented
places.
Cheer up? Your ills are largely
imaginary. If you were really on the
brink of bankruptcy, or if there were
no thoroughfare through your sorrows,
you would clear your brow, set your
teeth, and make the best of it.
Cheer up? You are making a hy
pothetical case out of your troubles and
suffering from a self-inflicted verdict.
You are borrowing trouble and paying
a high rate of interest.
Cheer up? Why, in a ten-minute
walk you may see a score of people
worse off than you. And here you are
digging your own grave, and playing
pallbearer into the bargain. Smile
even though it be through your tears
which speedily dry. And cheer up.
R. F. D. NEWS.
To the Patrons of Rural Routes and
the Postoffice.
Eleven million pieces of mail go to
the dead letter office annually. This
is due to improper address. Always
put your own name and address on up
per left hand corner of a letter, then
if it cannot be delivered it will return
to you. The only exception is sweet
heart writing. Xow winter is approach
ing we insist that our patrons buy
stamped envelopes or stamps; it is
quite a hardship on a carrier to have
to pull pennies out of the cracks in the
boxes with cold or wet fingers. Please
keep a small tin or wooden box about
the size of an ink bottle in your mail
box to put your monev in.
If vou appreciate the service vouare
w nnlv w vrm J
jv.. r-WOAbout the most reliable on the market, bold
mail box in a irood and invenitr.c
place but you will work the path or
road that conies by your house. Mail
boxes should be to the carrier's right,
as far as possible and the box should
extend two feet from the post so front
and back wheels will pass directly un
der the mail box.
Orders have been received that on
Xov. 10th Route Xo. 5 will change.
Beginning at Mrs. S. C. Hunts it will
will go east by G. Y. Par hams, J. Ii.
Fowlers, thence to Rev. W. S. Hester's
residence. Then north to 11. J. Aikens,
then back to the present route at AY.
X. Critchers. All parties concerned
will please take notice and put these
plantation paths in good order all the
way and have boxes ready to put up
when carrier makes his first round.
Overseers of the Public Roads who
totally, or in part disregards the law
may expect to answer to the charge at
the next term of court. Superior courts
should see that the roads are worked
as the law requires and at the proper
time. Vance county takes the cake
for doing nothing to the public roads.
I have been traveling the Vance coun
ty roads daily for three years and I
could not find an overseer with a search
warrant. Bro. Taylor and commis
sioners you must do better than this.
CARRIER XO 5.
Death of Mr. Cutis.
Mr. Uriah Cutts died Xov. 5th 1906,
at the home of his son, W. H. Cutts,
near Stovall, having reached the ripe
old age of 80 years. Bro. Cutts in ear
ly life consecrated his young manhood
to Jesus Christ, and became his loving
disciple. He was baptized into the
fellowship of old Grassy Creek Baptist
Church. Later he transfered his mem
bership to Island Creek Church, where
he remained an honored and useful
member for many years. Enfeebled
by age, he broke up housekeeping and
lived with his children, moving his
church membership to churches most
convenient to him. Bro. Cutts was a
quiet, honorable and industrious man.
He was faithful to his church and
christian duties. In his home he was
an affectionate husband and father,
and it was the joy of his heart to see
his children become christians.
At his grave we tenderly sang,
"Asleep in Jesus, blessed sleep' feel
ing that he had entered into that sweet
sleep, "Whose waking ,is supremely
blest." J. A
Had a Close Call
"A dangerous surgical operation, involv
ing the removal of a malignant cancer, as
large as my hand from my daughter's hip,
was prevented by the application of Buck
len's Arnica Salve," says A. C. Stickel, of
Miletus, W.Va. "Persistent use ol the salve
completely cured it." Cures cut, burns
and injuries. 25cts at Hamilton's drug
store.
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ROUTES.
Important Circulars Issued by The
Postoffice Department.
Postmaster Peace has received a cir
cular from the Postoffice Department
concerning Rural Routes from which
we take the following:
A report on a general inspection of
the rural delivery service from your
office indicates that rural routes Xos.
6 and 7 do not receive the patronage
necessary for the successful operation
of rural delivery; and steps looking to
a remedy of this condition must be ta-1
ken at once. I
You will therefore notify such fam-
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nitss as aiB nui jiuw avaiiiui; lAieuistri v es j
of the service that the Department ex
pects them to manifest their apprecia- j
tion by erecting boxes and beeoming !
regular patrons of the routes and that
it will be necessary, unless a marked
improvement is shown v both in the
number of families using the service and
in the amount of mail hand led, to reduce
the frequency of delivery from daily to
three times a week.
It is desired that you make an earn
est effort to arouse a substantial interest
in the service on the part of those who
are now apparently indifferent to its
benefits and that you urge those who
desire a continuance of daily delivery
to assist you in building up the routes
so that they will reach the necessary
standard in the particulars mentioned.
"For years I starved then I bought a 50
cents bottle of Koaol Dyspepsia Cure and
what thai bottle benefitted me all the gold
n Georgia could not buv. I kept on taking
it and in two months I went back to my
work as n ac'iinisi. In three months I was
as well and h arty as I ever was I still u2e
a little occasionally as I fird it a fine tloo.l
purifier and a good toric. May you live
iong and vrospe.." C. N. Cornell, Roding,
Ga., Aug. 27, 1906. Kool is sold here bv
J. G. Hall. - k
It is said that 011 the 21st inst.,State
Superintendent Joyner will in all prob
ability be tendered the position of pres
ident of the State Xormal & Industrial
College at Greensboro.
Good for everything a salve is- used for
and especially recommended f r piles That
is what we say of OeVVitt's Witch Hazel
Salve. On the market for years and a
standby in thousands of families. Get De
Witt's. So d by J. G. Hall.
Miss Mary Tarlton, 60 years old,
was caujrht bv a switch train at a street
crossing in Salisbury Friday
noon and instantly killed.
after-!
Need a good cathartic? A pill is best.
Say a pill like De Wilt's Little Early Risers
by J. G. Hall.
Death of Miss Hazel E. Currin.
On Oct. 27th, 1906, the angel of
death came into the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Matt Currin, taking their oldest
daughter Hazel, a sweet and loving
voting lady of eighteen vears. She
was a member of Mountain Creek
Baptist church, and was a regular at
tendant of both church and Sunday
school, and has lived a christian life.
She always had a cheerful word and
pleasant smile for every one. She will
be greatly missed bv all who knew
her. We all loved her so much.
The ' remains were laid to rest in
Mountain Creek cemetery by a large
concourse of sorrowing friends. May
God comfort and strengthen the bereav
ed family.
The angels came on Saturday
Morning on purest wings of love
And took our dear Hazel,
And carried her home above.
We loved our dear Hazel,
But Jesus loved her best,
He put his arms around her
And took her home to rest.
Oh how we miss you dear Hazel;
She was ever kind and loving;
In the grave she is sleeping
Beside her sister we are weeping sad
ly weeping,
On your grave I have dropped a tear,
But your example while here on earth
Doth give our hearts comfort and cheer
When we think of dear Hazel
Whom we all love so dear,
She was ever sweet and loving
Always, ready to lend a helping hand. ;
How my heart aches for dear Hazel
Some day I hope to meet her in the
promise land,
She has gone to the sweet home of joy I
She has joined the angel band
She walks the golden streets today :
With her sister hand in hand,
'Tis the Lord who hath bereft ns, .
He can for all our sorrow care,
She will sleep, but not forever
In the lone and silent grave j
Blessed be the lord that taketh, ,
Blessed be the lord that gave: j
Farewell dear Hazel a long farewell,
Your bright smile on earth
I'll see more but hope to meet you j
On that Heavenly shore. i
JULIA HUXT, I
MIXXIE HOBGOOD. !
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Most Goods lor Least
7VT.ONEY
iVe are mashing clown high prices yet.
We have the largtst stock of pawn brokers
clothing and shoes in Oxford and the small
est prices, clothing at half value.
We call special attention to our 3 and
$3.50 shoes. Big values in hats, caps, pants
cloth, dom sties, calicoes, flannetts and no
tions,
GROCERIES.
In fact almost everything. Two of the Larg
est Stores in Oxford fu l to overflowing.
Come now and get the bargains before they
are picked over: J. D. BROOKS.
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