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VOL. 20.
OXFORD, N. C, FRIDAY, MAY247 1907.
NO. 28
ITEMS FROM EXCHANGES.
NEWSY, POINTED ITEMS GATH
ERED FOR OUR READERS.
Short and Seasoned, Wise, Pert, Gay
and Solemn Things Talked About
in the Merry-go-Round.
A collection of $600 was taken at
the Convention at Richmond for the
Baptist exhibit at Jamestown.
The Deleware folks who took an
airship for the Devil should under
stand that His Satanic Majesty is not
a high flyer just because some of his
victims are. Wilmington Dispatch.
It is a good sign for the awakening
of public conscience that the Union
Pacific railroad is returning to the
government several million dollars
worth of coal lands that it recently
stole in the west.
A Kansas City woman took steps to
secure a divorce twenty-four hours
after she had been married. It doesn't
take some women very long to find
out that they have been gold bricked.
Washington Post.
One Mrs. Germond wants a divorce
because her husband cannot distinguish
between right and wrong. He certain
ly must be a very poorly regulated
husband not to understand that he was
wrong. Washington Herald.
By a recent ruling of the postoffice
department, newspapers cannot now he
sent to Uanada at the pound rate, but
postage thereon at the rate of one cent
for each package of four ounces or less
to one address has to be paid the same
as to foreign countries.
At Chicago Monday Judge Landis
laid fines of $200, $2,000 and $5,000
on eleven desk and seat, manufactur
ing companies for combining and con
trolling the price of church and school
furniture he delivered a scathing re
buke to the defendants.
Snow was reported from all over
Michigan May 27. with a" veritable
winter blizzard prevailing over the
Saginaw valley. Cadillac reports that
five inches of snow fell with more com
c ing and - six inches have fallen at Pe- i
tesky.
Republican Chairman Adams made
the mistake of supposing that Marion
Butler went into the republican party
just to sit on the fence and see the pie
brigade pass by with none of his
friends in the procession. Wilming
ton Star.
We give it up that Charlotte leads
all the other cities in the State for new
adventures. Now that a Charlotte
young man wants one of the Chicka
saw Indians girls to become his bride
shows his business ability. All right,
old chappie, you win. Durham Sun.
The recent session of the Southern
Baptist convention is pronounced one
of the greatest in the convention's his
tory. After an enthusiastic presenta
tion of the laymen's missionary move
ment plans, it was decided to raise a
million dollars -for missionary work
next year.
An Ohio man has had his wife ar
rested for pointing a pistol at him and
rraking him give her all the money
she wanted. Why on earth didn't the
fool husband do like most men treat
the thing as a joke, rather than let it
get out every time there is a hold-up
in the family? Wilmington Star.
The Supreme Court decides that ex
press companies are liable for delay
in making deliveries within a reasona
ble time. The SouthernExpress Com
pany contested this case on the ground
that it was only one of several com
mon carriers. In other woids was in
volved with the railways in handling
freight.
The decision of the Supreme Court
that solicitors fees of $4 cannot be tax
ed in Scifa, and forfeiture was receiv
ed with interest. It was this matter
that raised something of a stir in Ashe
ville last fall when Solicitor Brown
(Republican) was charged ith col
lecting this fee. Mr. Brown admitted
that he was, and that other solicitors
all over the State were getting the
same. "
There was a record broken in the
Postoffice Department last week. The
Postmaster General turned into the
Treasury $22,359,120," the largest
amount for one quarter in the history
of the office. This was not so remark
able for the Department is growing all
the time and the receipts naturally in
crease. But the amount exceeded the
expenditures by $1,800,815. This is
sl record sure enough. It indicates a
good business administration and as a
financial index to the prosperity of the
country it is decidedly encouraging.
COLORED GRADED SCHOOL.
Closing Exercises Friday Night at
the Opera House.
The Colored Graded School of Ox
ford under the excellent principalship
of W. A. Patillo, Jr., continues to
prosper under his guidance, and the
session just closed has been the best
since the school was established. He
is assisted by painstaking teachers
who take a deep interest in their work,
which accounts for the rapid strides
the school has made under the new
management. Our colored citizens
are to be congratulated upon having
such a well managed school and should
by all means extend every possible en
couragement to the worthy Principal
and his hard working corps of teachers.
The entertainment Friday night at
the Opera House was largely attended
and the excellent manner in which the
children rendered the well prepared
program proved that they had receiv
ed good practical training. The songs,
recitations, etc., were greatly enjoyed
by the large audience, and no doubt
the parents were proud of the parts
their children took in the entertain-i
ment.
This closed the last school com menc-
ment in Oxford, and now everybody
can get right down to the summer
campaign and scratch for a living un
less they are well "healed" with the
"long green."
Elizabeth Cheatham, who stands
high as a teacher, has been added to
the faculty. For several terms she has
taught in Salem township, and given
general .satisfaction, and will no doubt
prove a good addition to the school.
AH Depends on Them.
The merchants want to see the far
mers prosper. Prosperous farmers
means more money in circulation, and
that means more goods are sold. The
doctor wants to see the farmer prosper
for it means bills easier to collect. The
bankers want to see prosperous far
mers for it means more and larger de
posits. The Medical Fraternity.
Granville will be well represented
at the', varioustmedical societies this
Dr. G. A. Coggeshall will attend the
American Medical Association at At
lantic City next week.
Dr. Benj. K. Hays will attend the
Tri-State Medical Society at Norfolk,
and will read a paper on Bright s dis
ease. Dr. Samuel D. Booth is President
of the North Carolina Medical Society
and will preside over the delibera
tions of that body at Morehead City
in June.
Dr. G. T. Sykes is a member of the
North Carolina Board of State of
Medical Examiners, and Dr. Hays is
on the Board of Examiners for train
ed nurses. Dr. Hays will also read a
paper before the state association.
Granville in Federal Court.
' It will be seen from the following
that two from Granville county were
convicted in the Federal Court at Ral
eigh: Simon Harris, of Granville county,
plead guilty to retailing, and was sen
tenced to thirty days in jail and to pay
a fine of $100 and the costs.
John Boone, a negro from Gran
ville, who had furnished the thirsty
with illicit booze, was awarded thirty
days in jail with a fine of $100 and
costs, though he had two attorneys and
a petition signed by1 a number of citi
zens of Creedmoor asking that he be
not punished, as he had appeared as a
witness against certain blind tigers and
helped to get the offenders sentenced
to terms on the roads. Two witnesses
swore to having bought liquor from
Boone and one of them used the old
trick in paying for it that of placing
the money in a horse trough in the
stable, where he was when the whiskey
was delivered. Judge Purnell allow
ed the negro to give bond until the
December term before serving his sen
tence so that he could go on making
his crop. .
IF YOUR watch has gone on a
strike and your clock has quit striking
why bring them "to W. D. Stimson
and he will adjust the matter prompt
ly and properly. Located at Paris Dry
Goods store.
INSURANCE.
We can insure farm property
(dwelling, stables, etc.) at a reasona
ble rate, in the best of companies.
Come and let us tell you about it.
J. R. Roller & Son, Agents. m.4.5t.
For teething children and Cholera
Infantum it has no equal. Teething
children should drink no other kind
during the summer months. For sale
by J. G. Hall.
QUESTION OF GOOD ROADS
COMMISSIONER FRANK GREG
ORY HEARD FROM. I
The Editor Agress With Him, and
he Should Have Used His Influ- :
ence With his Body.
Mr. Editor: Much has been said
about the road question of late, and
much has been written for and against
the bond issue, but it seems we are no
nearer the solution of this important
question than when we began its 'dis
cussion. Now.T wish to have my say on this
question which I consider the all-important
one at this time. I have always
stood for good roads, as my friends
know, and when I appeared before the
people last fall as a candidate for Coun
ty Commissioner, I pledged myself to
them, it elected to do all in my power
to give every section of Granville
county good roads. And I am de
termined that so far as in my power,
that pledge shall be redeemed. I
It seems that all of the people want
good roads, but many oppose the bond
issue. In other words we want im
proved highways, but do not wish to
pay for them. To be plain, that is the
"whole milk in the cocoa-nut.
Some" people say they oppose the
bond issue because it will tax the peo
ple so heavily. Let us see. Some of
our best and most experienced finan
ciers have figured out this question
and they claim that the people need
not be taxed for the payment of these
bonds. The funds from the dispensa
ry, improperly applied from year to
year, will liquidate these bonds. This
is the plan I favor. I also favor the
appointment of a Road Commission
and a civil engineer and such a force
as understand macadam road building.
I believe the Road Commission should
be non-political and, in my opinion,
the following men would make an ex
cellent Commission: A. W. Graham,
of Oxford; T. C. Rogers, of Brass
field; G. B. Royster, of Oak Hill; J.
H. Gooch, of Tally Ho, and -James
Flp.mincr. of Duf.fhvilif - - -
? :bel ie.vb thatr thea ahouM WisR
equal distribution of the road fund m
each section of the county; that there
should be no favoritism in any way in
the work; that there should be no "spe-
cial cuts" in the
running or tne roads
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to pass certain persons houses or to
benefit any individual or clique, but
that the general public good only
should be considered.
Now, 1 w;ant to say to the good peo
ple of the county that I am willing to
co-operate in every way with them to
secure this important public necessity.
If anybody has suggestions looking to
road improvements, let us hear them.
Now is the time to speak out, unless
you want to continue to drive m tne
mud axle deep. And in all candor I
wish to say that now is the time for
Granville's leaders (if she has any) to
come to the front. If we want to get
everything to suit everybody we will
never have any public improvements.
Just here I wish to say that I favor
spending the proceeds from the Creed
moor dispensary in that section, which
seems but fair and equitable.
Your for the public good,
FRANKLIN H. GREGORY.
The editor agrees with his friend
Grogory in his views on good roads.
But we are sorry he did not use his in
fluence as Commissioner to have the
Board define its position and place
itself on record. Such a course would
have added powerfully in carrying the
Bond issue. It is too late friend Greg
ory to "lock the stable door after the
horse is stolen."
Lippincott's for June.
Lippincott's is always an interesting
magazine, but its June number is of
exceptional merit. One of its most
attractive features is a play in verse,
"A Princess of Virginia," by Kate
Tucker Goode. As its name imports,
it is a drama of the times of Pocahon
tas, Smith and Rolfe, and while all
the characters are handled with a del
icate and skilful touch, Pocahontas
herself is invested with a simple child
like charm that makes her by far the
most fascinating study in the play.
This timely drama will doubtless be
played by many an amateur organiza
tion within the next few months, and
if the role of Pocahontas is well sus
tained it will prove a success.
A novelette, "A Tragedy of Circum
stance," is another attractive feature
of the June Lippincott's. The story
is more orginal than most,is very grace
fully told, and is altogether worth
while.
In addition, the magazine contains
eight short stories, and its department
of fun will bring the grins.
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GRANVILLE VETERANS.
150 UNDER COMMAND OF A. W.
GRAMAM.
Maurice T. Smith Gamp No. 1277
i off to Richmond and the
Exposition.
- Wednesday morning early the old
battle-scared veterans and the sons of
Veterans gathered in Oxford from dif
ferent sections of the county to go to
Richmond to attend the great Reunion
of-Confederate Veterans. For more
tnan an hour before, the meeting to
get ready for the pleasant journey most
of them assembled in front of the Court
House, and talked about the days that
tried men's souls and tested their bra
very and endurance.
, At 10:30 o'clock all met in the
Court Room, and Commander Graham
made them a very pleasant talk, and
concluded by telling them of the ar
rangements he had beeh to Richmond
and made for their comfort during
their : stay in the city on the James.
He referred to the trip to Jamestown
and the unveiling of the monument to
President Jefferson Davis at the capi
tal of the Confederacy 42 years after
the bloody conflict.
The Seaboard road furnished two
nice comfortable cars for the veterans,1
on the sides of one car was placed the
name of the camp.
Judge Graham was quite a busy
man ilp to time of the departure of the
train at, 11 :55 looking after every thing
connected with the trip, as he takes a
deep interest in the veterans. v
About 150 were in the party and
left with the bright anticipation of hav
ing a g rand time at the' reunion and at
Jamestown. .
. The following 'are the names of offi
cers and "men pf Maurice Smith Camp
along with the sons. of veterans who
left on the train: .
A. W: Graham, Commander.
A. D. Peace, 1st .Lieut. Comman
der.
:M. Bla'-
ck 2nd Lieut. Commander.
J; ?. K. , Wood, Adjutant, v
Unw
ii.steT, ls .Sergeant.
J. IL Cozart, 2nd Sergeant,
J. R. Fowler, 3rd Sergeant
W. C. Peed, 4th Sergeant.
D. Y. Hunt, 5th Sergeant.
B. I. Breedlove, Color Sergeant.
Thos. D. Royster, Color Guard.
Jno. T. Murray, Color Guard. -
J. L. Ferguson, Commissary.
Rev. A. B. Dunaway, Chaplain.
' Delegates to Reunion: B. P. Thorp,
N. D. Morton, A. S. Carrington, M.
Blalock.
Alternates: J. M. B. Hunt, E. E.
Lyon, G. B. Daniel, W. A. Blackley.
Members: Jas. W. Adcock, W. J.
Barnett, R. B. Beasley, W. A. Black
ley, M. Blalock, B. I. Breedlove, D.
B. Burchett, J. W. Cash, A. S. Car
rington, G. W. Gatlett, James Clark,
H. F. Cole, W. D. Cawthorn, W. R.
Cox, J. H. Cozart, Robt. T. Crews,
John. B. Currin, R. S. Currin, Sam
uel J. Currin, J. K. Chandler, Geo.
B. Daniel, G. S. Daniel, Howard Dor
sey, Zach Daniel, W. H. Daniel, L.
C. Daniel, Amos Dean, W. F. Dement,
S. T. Dickerson, Rev. A. B. Dunaway,
H. H. Eatman, L. S. Elliott, Mat
Eakes, James Estes, J. L. Ferguson,
E. C. Frazier, J. R. Fowler, P. P.
Guerraht, Roland Goss, Duck Haswell,
J. P. Harris, J. P. Hayden, Jno. M.
Hester, H. H. Howard, J. S. Hob
good, D. Y. Hunt, J. M. B. Hunt,
Jno. W. Hunt, L. Hunter, W. G.
Johnson, Benton Jones, John Jones,
Lawson Knott,. J. W. Knott, E. E.
Lyon, J. Y. Longmire, J. T. McDon
ough, James Merritt, N. D. Morton,
L. H. Moss, J. T. Murray, J. G. Nor
wood, S. R. O'Bryant, W. V. T. Over
ton, Abner D. Peace, W. C. Peed, S.
R. Puckett, Thos. Ragan, J. V. Renn,
W. L. Robards, Thos. D. Royster,
Wm. B. Royster, J. A. Shotwell, W.
P. Slaughter, Jas. T. Stark, Wilkin
Stovall, Geo. Stroud, W. C. Stroud,
Ike Stegall, Chas. .R. ThomassDn, J.
Monroe Thomasson, B. P. Thorp, G.
W. Twisdale, D. W. Usry, Thos. D.
Waller, Thos. Walker, Jas. K. Wil
kerson, Jas. Wilkerson, Jno. D. Wil
liams, J. K. Wood, F. M. Woody, R.
J. Woody.
Sons of Veterans: R. A. Adcock,
W. B. Adcock, A. Baker, W. T.
Blackwell, F. O. Bumpass, Wiley
Bumpass, A. S. Carrington, B. F.
Currin, L. F. Currin Lonnie G. Dan
iel, Chas. L. Daniel, R. I. Daniel,
Robt. Dixon, Jas. B. Elliott, D. W.
Fowler, Dr. T. B. Lawrence, L. A.
Longmire, Matt Nelson, A. D. New
ton, J. M. Phipps, E. H. Pruitt,
Wade H. Smith, S. M. Wheeler,
Luther .Wilkerson and H. S. Wil
liams. A bushel of fun is sometimes follow
ed by a peck of trouble.
LIFE AND ITS OPPORTUNITIES.
Work and Progress the Order of
Creation.
Life is a gift of inestimable value,
and fraught with interest which in
their effect are as lasting as eternity.
Life is given us for a grand purpose,
the improvement of ourselves, and
helping to better the condition of our
fellow men. How important it is that
we make a proper use of our time and
talents. Work and progress are the
order of creation. Among the busy
toilers in life's harvest fields there is
no place for idlers; neither should we
spend all our time digging in the earth
after the perishable riches of this
world. Man was formed for a nobler
purpose. He lives for eternity, where
silver will not be needed, where gold
will be of no value. Life is far too
short and uncertain, the future one too
near and real, that we should risk all
on the one pursuit for earthly treas
ure. Opportunities for usefulness, are
many. Along every pathway in' life
are weary, toil-worn pilgrims, longing
for a cheering word, for a helping
hand. Shall our lives be one of pas
sivencss who the present calls so loud
ly for action? Can we fold our hands
in idleness, murmuring that there is
nothing for us to do? Can we deny
light and help to those who are adrift
on life's stormy sea? They who have
the brightest light should hold it up
highest, that its rays may flash out
the farther in the surrounding dark
ness. If life and its many opportuni
ties have been well improved, how
grand will be the reflection when we
come to stand on the farther shore of
life, and look backward, to know that
our great object in life was to help our
fellow men up to a fairer land.
The Indian Maidens.
North Carolina girls don't blame
those Oklahoma Indian maidens who
ithave written to North- Carolina CoK
lege of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
to request a few husbands from among
the students who 6 finish the course.
However, the Tar Tied girls will con
sider that 'the A; & M." College hasn't
done its duty if it hasn't educated the
boj.tolihe :fjrisjk" im portanci.? o?-. first
supplying the home demand. North
Carolinians for North- Carolinianesses.
Wilmington Star. -
Could have Saved $400 or $500.
From the best information we can
gather from different sections of the
county there will be less than 200 votes
cast in favor of the road bond issuo.
Pity but what the County Commis
sioners when they refused to take action
as to appointment of a Highway Com
mission, and also to assure the people
that no partiality would be shown in
the distribution of the road fund, had
called off the election which would
have saved the county between 400
and $500.
Girl Killed by Lightning.
An electrical storm, accompanied by
a severe wind and hail, did much dam
age to crops near Rutherfordton May
27th. The wind blew off a large por
tion of the roof of Rutherford hospital
and carried it some distance away. A
small building close by, which is used
for colored patients was moved ten or
fifteen feet from its foundation.
During the storm Miss Lola Green
was killed by lighffcing. The young
lady was standing on . the front porch
at her home when she received the fa
tal stroke.
Death of an Aged Lady.
Mrs. Harriet Newman Wilson died
at her home near Dexter Friday last
and the remains were buried Saturday
at the Nelson graveyard.
She' was in the 86th year of her
age, and was in perfect health up to
10 months ago. She was for'45 years
a consistent member of Island Creek
Baptist church, and greatly beloved
by all who knew her. She was a
widow 45 years and leaves behind one
daughter, Mrs. J. H. Hicks to mourn
her demise. Her long and useful life
has ended and her spirit is forever at
rest.
List Your Taxes,
The books will be open at the
Court House June 3rd for listing the
corporation taxes for the town of Ox
ford. R. B..HINES, Listtaker
Flat River Association.
The Clerks of all the churches are
requested to send the letters to the As
sociation, to the Clerk of the Associa
tion, J. C. Howard, Oxford, N. C. R.
F. D. 6, two weeks before the meeting
of the Association, July 16th, 1907.
J. A. STRADLEY, Moderator.
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NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
CULLED FROM THE VARIOUS
PAPERS OF THE STATE.
Tar Heel Items for Tar Heel Read-j
ers Some Happenings in
Old North State.
Mr. John Paul Lucas, editor of tha
Winston-Salem Journal, and Miss
Alice Craft, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
A. C. Craft, of Wilmington, will ha
married next month.
A premature explosion occurred oct
the line of the Sunburst railroad, neat
Canton, Haywood county, Tuesday,
which injured four men, all of them
foreigners, two of whom may die.
Jack White, a negro livsing fiva
miles from Concord, C'arrabus county,
killed his child and brutally attacked
his wife with a knife, but she escaped
fatal injuries. White was believed to
be crazy suddenly. The child's throat
was cut from 'ear to ear.
Bob Murphy shot and badly wound
ed Dune Thompson, also colored, near
Kowland Wednesday afternoon. He
was carried to Lumberton and placed
in jail by Sheriff Highly. Murphy
eloped with a colored damsel, and
Thompson went after them to take the
girl away, and a fight ensued with
above result.
The traditional enmity between the
serpent a.nd the woman was well illus
trated a' few days ago in the conflict
between Mrs. J. A. Green and a verv
larg6 adder. After she managed to
cut off its head the body crawled about
twenty feet while the head rolled over
several times, winking its eyes ind
shooting out its forked tongue in a
wicked manner. Lillington News.
Albert Robbins, a young white man
from Franklin county has been sen
tenced by Judge Purnell in the federal
court to two years in Atlanta'prison
for blockading. He aso shot Dep
uty United i States Marshal Jordan
from . ambush j ust before . he was a r-
rcstcd. J ordan s lace was pc ; pe red
with': shot but the .'wounds'. -were, not, so-
''rl.O'
us.?w Hy "mM not triod fo f the s'icot
ing.
The longest term imposed so far du
ring the present term of Federal Court
dealt out Thursday morning to a yojng
man from Franklin county by the
name of Albert Robbins. His repu
tation is somewhat bad for making
blockade liquor and has made it hard
er for him than it otherwise would
have been. He was given two years
in the penitentiary and fined $200 ancf
the costs.
It will be ten days before the anal)r
sis of the stomachs of David Rowland
and Engineer Strange are completed.
Another lawyer, S. G. Hyan, has been
added to the three already employed
to represent Dr. Rowland and Mrs.
Rowlarrd. One of these attorneys took
Mrs. Rowland to Henderson, where
she now is, near her husband. All
the lawyers have been paid handsome
retaining fees.
A horrible accident occurred at the
farm residence of A. G. Jones, in Har
nett county, six miles from Angiers.
Miss Amantha Jones, the nineteen-
year-old daughter of Mr. Jones, was so
badly burned that she died a few hours
later in the evening, Thursday. Miss
Jones was building a fire in a cook
stove with wood saturated with kerosene
oil and when a match was applied the
flash set fire to her clothing.
We learn on good authority that
Burwell Dewar, colored, who lives
just across the river in Hector's Creek
township, is the happy father of a boy
with three arms, the usual complement
in the usual places, and an extra one
on the back. The extra one is rather
small and is attached to the skin and
flesh only. There are other peculiar-,
ities about the child that make it a
very interesting specimen. It is several
weeks old and is reported to be doing
well. Just think of the possibilities
of three arms and three "razzahs" at
"de festibul." He can rake 'em "gwino
and comiu'." Lillington News.
There are perhaps very few in
stances in which father and son served
in the Confederacy and both still live,
but there is one such case in Harnett
county. Mr. Jacob Holder and his
son, Mr. Ripley, entered, in Company
H. 50th Regiment N. C. Troops. One
of them enlisted in 1 862, the other in
1863, and both live and are on the
pension roll. Mr. Jacob Holder is
quite feeble, being near 90 years old.
There were several such instances in
this county two years ago, but there is
only one now. One by one they aro
passing over, steadly the eternal camp
is growing. Ere long taps and all
will be asleep. Lillington News.