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Urs o Yfralos Turnor Feb. 208 frt if- if ' immt mm VOL. 20. OXFORD, N. C, FRIDAY, JULY 12, 1907. NO. 35 THE BOARD OF EDUCATION IMPORTANT MEETING HELD ON FIRST MONDAY. Adjourned Meeting Monday July 8th, Judge A. W. Graham Elect el Member of Board, etc. The Board of Education met in reg ular quarterly session July 1st, Dr. Meadows Chairman Protem. A delegation representing the trus tees and stockholders of Providence jcaaemy appearea oeiore me xoara 1 1 I 1? 1 T J and offered to deed the academy build ing to the county provided the Board will add another room and paint the house. This matter was referred to Chairman Meadows and Supt. Kittrell for investigation and recommendation. Committeemen Wheelous petitioned for a house in District No. 4, Brass field. The Board cannot build this year but they will look into the ad visability of reserving the money now due their districts with the hope of building next year. Messrs. X. D. Hobgood, E. T. Hus keth and W. T. Roberts petitioned for houses in their respective districts. The Board finds it impossible to build in these districts this jear Chairman Meadows was authorized to settle with Treasurer Lyon. ..The colored school in No. 6 Dulch ville by request was placed under con trol of the committee of theCreedmoor School. Acting upon the advice of State Su perintent Joyner. the Board ordered that a one room house be built near Sam Evans' store, Oak Hill, and that all children in 'reach of this house be allowed to attend school there regard less of districts. By ruling of State Superintendent the regular committee of the district in .which the Jiouse is built will have to attend to this school. The term of office of the Board elec ted for 1905-7 having expired the old Board turned matters over to their suc cessors and retired Immediately upon the adjournment of the old Board Su perior Court Clerk Crews administered the oath of office to the members of the ( new Board anc. they organized by eleo ting Dr. Meadows Chairman pro tem. Chairman T. L. Booth, on behalf of the Oxford Graded Schools, stated to the Board that the town schools will be open 9 months and cotton mill school 8 months to all children living within the "mile limit" if the County Board will pay the per capita of the children of this erea to the Town Board as for merly. The County Board agreed to this arrangement. The Board then adjourned to meet at 10 o'clock July 8, MEETING MONDAY, JULY 8TH. The Board of Education met in call ed session July 8th, Drs. Meadows and Morris being present. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. Dr. Benj. K. Hays, who had duly qualified as a member of the New Board, tendered his resignation because he found that his duties at Buffalo will make it impossible for him to attend the meetings this summer. The resignation was accepted and Judge A. W.Graham was unanimously elected a member of the Board. After a short recess- the Board re convened and effected a permanent or ganization by electing Judge Graham chairman. The Superintendent reported that the clerks of the towns of Creedmoor and Stovall had not sent the Board an itemized statement of all fines collected in the mayor's court as required by law. It was ordered by the Board that the proper officials be notified of this neglect, and that if an immediate re port is not made the matter be placed in the hands of the Solicitor as the law directs. It being represented that certain men had removed lumber and other mate rial from the school grounds, District No. 2, Oak Hill township, without the permission and knowledge of the Board and these parties seemed not disposed to pay for this material, it was ordered that due notice should be given these parties, if the representation are true, and that if a proper settlement is not then made the matter be placed in the hands of the Solicitor. The Chairman and the Superinten dent were instructed to investigate the advisably of increasing teachers' sala ries and report at the next meeting. The committee in District No. 4, Dutchville township, were requested to notify the Board what repairing will be necessary to make the old house vuuuunauic, il uciug me wish ui Lilt; Board to use both the old and the new houses this fall. Dr. Meadows was authorized to in vestigate the proposition made to ex change school sites in District No. 7, FOURTH OF JULY DEATHS. Thirty-Seven People Killed During The Celebration. Thirty-seven men, women and chil dren are dead, and 2,153 are maimed, lacerated or burned as a result of Thursday's excess of patriotism in the United States. The number of dead does not include five drowned during the day. The roster of dead is four more than last year's mortality. A year ago thirty three persons were dead on the morning after the Fourth, not includ ing five drowned. Unfortunate the death roll will in crease day by day, and even the late days of August will witness additional numbers. Tetanus, that grim after math of gunpowder wounds, claims its victims by scores and even by hun dreds for weeks after the Fourth. New York leads the cities of the United States in the numbers killed arid . injured. Thirteen persons are dead in that city, while six more are so seriously injured that it is expected that they will die in a few hours. Pittsburg, Pa., ran a close second to New York in the grim race, nine per sons yielding up their lives on the al tar of frenzied patriotism. Chicago although the second city of the union, had only two deaths. Springfield, 111., supplied three vic tims; Chatam, 111., two and Aberdeen, S. D., two. The following places fur nished one victim each: Des 4Moines, la.; Effingham, 111.; Greenup, 111.; Harrisburg, Pa.; Hartford, Conn.; Kansas City, Kan.; Montpelier, Vt.; Spokane, Wash., and Terry, N. Y. The total number of injured, 2,153, is under last year's figures, which were 2,789. The cause of the 2,153 injures show that fire works were responsible for 1, 046 cases, gunpowder for 347, and firearms for 292. Gannon added 222, while toy pistols came next with 205, and runaways caused by explosions made up the other 41 injuries on the list. Judge Graham a Member. " We consider the election of J,udge A. W. Graham a member of Board of Education very fortunate for the dear children of our good old county, as he is a most practical and capable man, and has the interest of the people al ways at heart. The J udge has always been devoted to the cause of education and in this position will render valu ble service to the public schools. As now constituted the Board will con tinue to give to the cause of education the same splendid work which has caused the schools in the county to ad vance so rapidly during the past few years. We rejoice at the progress be ing made in public education in Gran ville county. Receipts for Tickets. The Southern railway is handing out printed receipts to all purchasers of tickets for the difference between the .amount of fare charged and the rate as it would be under the rate law passed by the Legislature and restrain ed by Judge Pritchard. It is just as well for travelers to take and hold these receipts. If the reduced rate law should become effective later on the receipts will be good for the amount called for. The railroad people antic ipated Judge Pritchard. They had the receipts printed and distributed several days before he rendered his decision continuing the restraining or der. The giving of these receipts has entailed a lot of work on the ticket agents and conductors, and in addition ticket agents and conductors are liable to indictment under the State law for not giving passengers the reduced rate. IF YOUR watchi 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. FOR Sale One 12 lamp oil chan delier, original cost $125. In perfect condition, and will sell cheap. C.,A. Stacy Co. 2t. Subscribe to the Public Ledger. Tally Ho township, and to make the exchange if he deems best. All petitions and other business hav ing been attended to the Board took up the appointment of school commit teemen for the different townships. Superintendent Robt. Kittrell, who had been re-elected at a previous meet ing, but declined in order to accept work elsewhere, was requested to act as Superintendent until his successor is elected or as long as he can before leaving the county. BOARD OF EQUALIZATION. NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS ARE PASSED UPON. It Met Monday and a Hot Time was the Watchword, hut No one Hurt in word War. The tax listers and assessors having completed their work the Board of Equalization met Monday to hear com plaints. We believe the intent of the law is that all taxable property shall go on the list at a fair valuation. It has provided machinery to that end. It is not shut up to the estimate of the indi-' vidual owner of property, but can go behind his statement and compel him to tote fair, if he is Jiot so disposed. Doubtless . there are tax-dodgers in every township. Property in nany cases shrinks to half its real vaiue. The Board of Equalization is charged with the duty of moving up the valua tion or reducing it, as the equities of the case may demand. The Board of County Commission ers, E. C. Harris, Chairman, Ralph Currin, F. H. Gregory, W. L. Taylor and W. P. Wilkinson, and each list taker in county, Messrs. G. O. Pitts, T. C. Rogers, S. A. Fleming, L. L. Crews, R. W.Hobgood, J. P. Stovall, Wilkins Stovall, B. I. Breetflove, and W. Z. Mitchell, which composed the ! Board of Equalization, met in the Commissioner's room Monday morning at 10 o'clock. The 'following claims for reduction in assessment were presented: - B. E. Moss, Dutchville township, no reduction. J. F. Morton, Sassafras Fork town ship, no reduction. J. E. Duncan, Dutchville township, $230 reduction. - - C. F. Burnett, Dutchville township, no reduction. Mrs. L, E. Wright, Oxford,' no re duction. Mrs. Ed Beck, Dutchville township, $200 reduction. P American Tobacco Co,, Oxford, no RrfRogers-D nn rpdnrtinn - Sam Lyon, Dutchville township, no reduction. J. L. Erwin, Oxford, $1,000 re duction. Oxford Cotton Mill, $5,000 reduc tion. Dr. J. F. Sanderford, Dutchville township, no reduction. Mrs. Sue Fleming, Dutchville town ship, increased from $3,000 to $4,000 after receiving further information, as to entailed property. The Register of Deeds was granted power to list property until September 1, 1907. - Orders were issued paying the As sessors and list takers for the good work they had put in on what might be termed a thankless job. Mr. S. C. Lyon, of Creedmoor, proved to be the greatest kicker in the bunch ontaccount of the assessment of his valuable property in prosperous Creedmoor. In putting his claims be fore the Equalization Board he sharp ly criticized the assessors, and in their reply gave him some hot shot on a sizzing day, but no harm was done. Woodmen of World had big Time. A large crowd attended the unveil ing exercises of the Woodmen of the World -Sunday afternoon at Maple wood Cemetery. There were nearly 200 in the parade that marched to the cemetery, the chief speakers were gen eral B. S. Royster, of Oxford and E. D. Lewis, of Kinston. The , services were very impressive and there were about 2,000 out at the cemetery. The Oxlord Woodmen ran a special train which carried in all about 200 people. Durham Sun. Fatal Accident on Seaboard. In a wreck Sunday afternoon on the Seaboard Air Line, 2h miles from Kittrell, Mrs. C. E. Harris, of Ab erdeen, was instantly killed, by being crushed between the rear Pullman car and the side of a low cut on a curve. The train was 41, southbound, and its speed was about 45 miles an hour. In the rear one of the two Pullmans were Mrs. Harris, her husband and 8-year-old daughter. - Suddenly Mr. Harris heard a sort of popping noise under the car and in stantly the rear trucks left the rails and the car turned over. Sirs. Harris was thrown out of an open window. She had grasped the hand of her little girl when the shock came. Conductor Cain and the train crew and passengers smashed windows in order to get some of the passengers out. Mrs. Harris' head and body were mangled in a hor rible manner. FALLEN ASLEEP IN JESUS. DEATH OF A GOOD WOMAN IN : OXFORD MONDAY. Mrs. Virginia C. Pell passes Away , Age 73 Years She was a Great Teacher. This good and greatly beloved lady passed away Monday morning at the home, of her son-in-law, Rev. W. H. Puckett, on High street, after an illness-of five weeks. She was 73 years cfage, and was the widow of the late Rev. AVilliam E. Pell, who for thirty years was a minister of the Methodist church in North Carolina and later ed itor of the Raleigh Sentinel. She was a woman of great intelli gence, her remarkable faith in God, througliwhose loving kindness she was enabled, though left a widow 37 years ago, to educate six children all of whom Avere left mere infants, giving to each a college education, is an inspira tion to every woman in North Carolina. She wasrborn in Raleigh in 1034 and in 1870 her husband was suddenly ta ken from her. During her widowhood she ' tauglit in Davenport Female Col lege, Thomasville Female College and Greensboro Female College, and rit is estimated that oyer 13,000 girls in North Caroiipa have come within range of her influence. She.leaves six children, Dr. Robert P. Pell, president of Converse College, Spartanburg, S. C; Dn Ed ward L. Pell, of Richmond, Va.; Geo. P. Pell, Esq., of Winston; Mrs. W.H. Puckett, of Oxford; Mrs. J. B. Gun ners, of Reidsville; Mrs. T. R. Rouse, of .LaG range, and two- step-children, Misses Kate and Sallie Pell of Cary. 'rj- Tlie remains accompanied by seve ral; members of the family, Rev. F. M. fc-hamberger, Messrs. C. F. Crews and WII. Upchurch were taken to Ral eigh ruesday morning over the Sea board Road and interred in the old cemetery. 4)' . Encourage the Young Man..- :Tt s with muoh pleasure that we !.:attenti-.in-to the card of Dr. James among ms own peopie io practice ins profession in Northern Granville. Dr. Hobgood is. most thoroughly equipped as he took a two years course in med icine at the State University, and two years' course at the famous old Jeffer son College of Medicine at Philadel phia. He is the youngest son of Prof, and Ms. F. P. Hobgood, and will be sure to attain prominence in the prac tice of medicine. He will make his headquarters at Mr. Graham B. Roys ter,' near Buchanan. The Public Led ger wishes him great success. Indict Them, Says Judge Long. Judge Long in his charge to the jury in the Wake Superior Court Mon day dwelt almost entirely upon the du ties of solicitors and grand juries to in dict and prosecute all railways and their agents who arex violating the law fixing two and a quarter cents as a maximum rate per mile on all North Carolina railways over 60 miles in length. The judge said it was the duty of the jury to indict each and every agent selling tickets at -a higher rate than that fixed by the new law. He gave a very clear and strong statement as to the State's right of eminent do main and showed how great is the power of the Commonwealth in this particular; what extensive rights and powers it has conferred ifpon the rail ways and how many privileges it has granted them, and yet how complete and thorough is its own power of su pervision and regulation. No clearer statement of the great question of emi nent domain was ever heard from the bench. Death of Mrs. Mary Lyon. Mrs. Mary O. Lyon died at the home of her son-in-law, Mr. Alpheus Cooke, in Henderson about 5 o'clock p. m., Sunday, June 30th, aged 77 years. She had been here on a visit four or five weeks, and was sick but a short while. Mrs. Lyon had been a sufferer from heart trouble a longtime but her death came somewhat as a surprise to her family and friends. Mrs. -Lyon was the widow of James W. Lyon who died in 1895. Her home was at Dutchville, Granville county. Six children, five sons and one daughter survive her beside a large number of other relatives. She was a devout Christian, member of the Methodist Episcopal church a great many years, holding her membership with Cavalry church, at Knap of Reeds. The body was taken to Granville county and buried at the old home pi ace Tuesd ay af te rn oon. H en de r son Gold Leaf. OUR WORKING FIRE BOYS. They Want to be Equal to the Best I in the State. The Twelfth Annual Convention and -Tournament of the North Carolina State Fireman's Association will meet in Wilmington, August 6th-9th, and naturally our fire boys want to go.and as is generally the case with such things when the funds have to come from the public, there is some objection. Some claim that the fire company will not be benefitted by such a trip, and it will amount to the town going to the expense of giving a lot of men a pleas ure trip to Wilmington. It is very natural to suppose that there is a great deal of pleasure in such a trip, but to go there and enter the races requires hard practice, practice every day, or even twice a day not only in running but in the handling of the apparatus; practice they would never get if it were not for that desire of every fireman to have the name of his department go down on the records of the Association as a winner at the Tournament. This should be sufficient reason for attend ing, but there is another even stronger. Every profession or trade has its As sociation for the purpose of exchanging ideas, -so have the firemen. There are a number of valuable papers of interest to every fireman to be read, and fire men from the various departments make talks as to their success with the different ways of handling dangerous fires. The doctors derive good from their conventions, so do the lawyers from their Bar Association, and so it is with every organization of this nature. Why then should not the firemen de rive benefit from their Association in the same measure? When it is con sidered that the cost of this trip amounts to $150 to $200 it may appear, when casually considered a big expense for the public, but let it be considered from another view point. The men who compose the fire fighters quickly, zealously and fearlessly respond to every call for the protection of the property in Oxford. If there is danger which is inevitable at times at the risk of life and limb ttio'eneountei' it mght or day, cold o;q hot the fire boys are there. " Not only is this true but they often sustain con siderable personal loss in injury ordis truction of clothing. What remuner ation is there for these things? There is none, nor do they ask any. It is true that many citizens are willing to lend any possible aid to extinguish fires which threaten distruction to a neighbors property but for effective work there must be the apparatus with which to do this, and to use this ap paratus to any advantage there must be an organized body trained to use it. Now why shouldn't the public be will ing to defray the expenses of sending the boys to Wilmington to learn to be more efficient fire fighters, even if they do enjoy the trip. A Gird. We take this method of thanking our many relatives, neighbors and friends for the many kindnesses shown us in our recent sickness and bereave ment. May God's rich blessings rest on them all and may they never want a friend in the hour of need. Lucius M. Jones and wife. Don't Profit by Them. Did you ever stand in the golden sunlight of a warm day with yonr eyes turned upon a sheet of fly paper? If so you may have noticed how when one fiy adheres to the sticky surface,its companions, instead of profiting by the horrible warning, immediately buzz down and go to destruction in the some manner,and in a little time there are hundreds in the throes of death. They are fools to be sure, and so are men. Men see their associates caught in the nets of vice. There are ex amples and warnings all about human beings, but they treat them as lightly as do flies and step down to death just as insanely. Stimulation without Irration. That is the watchword. That is what Orino Laxativs Fruit SYrup does Cleanse and stimulates the bowels withcut irrita tion in any form. WOULD you buy a nice monument or headstone? Doubtless you would if you knew what low prices I am making just now. During the last 8 years I have sold 95 per cent of all the monumental work furnished in Oxford. Why is this? Good work aud reasonable prices is the answer. It matters not where you are, if you will write me or see my agent, Robert Wood, we will give the matter all at tention. Yours for low prices and fair deal ings, T. O. SHARP, Durham, N. C. 2t. 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. Mrs. Carrie Nation has shed her hatched, but still retains her chin. There is no law but the written law. The unwritten law is anarchy. New York Herald. More than a million woman are us ing the typewriter, and in the number are several who can spell. The paying teller of a New York trust company has stuffed a matter of $97,000 in a suit case and "banished." It looks like the combines will never get th rough sticking people. Now comes the pin trust. Wilmington Dispatch. Boston has put up the price of pie, but nothing can stop codfish and beans from going down in that town. Wash ington Post. A Wisconsin bank cashier has con fessed to the embezzlement of $40,000 speculating in wheat. So he reaped the harvest of thistles. The mayor of Baltimore wants to restrict bachelors to a diet of bread.. And yet we are taught that it is not good for man to live on bread alone. Snake bite is said to kill some 22, 000 persons in India every year. I11 this country millions resort to the cure before they are bitten. Washington Post. At any rate, the Virginia jury didn't monkey with brainstorms and "de mentia Americana." They came out squarely in favor of holnicide as a means of cooling the temper. -Louisville Courier-Journal. It looks a little unfair for people to pay for the "privilege" of doin a law ful thing, when others can proceed to do unlawful things without taxation or other form or molestation. Think about that." Newbern Journal. The New Jersey wife 'who informed a recorder that hanging was too good for her husband, is reminded of the fact that hanging has been found to stop many a man from being bad in this world. -Wilmington Dispatch. Public love making in Russia is rather costly pastime. A kiss on the streets is penalized by a fine of S3. 75, and on a street oar by a fine of $5.25. Declaration of love on a post card sub jects the sender to a fine of $2.50. The Louisville Courier-Journal says in discussing the great Treasury bal ance: "While- the handsome excess of receipts will be a matter of boasting it ought to be remembered that it is reached by taking large sums from the people and not by any economy in ex penditure. Senator Marion Butler has declined to discuss the removal of his brother, Lester Butler, as assistant postmaster in Raleigh. Undoubtedly the removal will stand, for the fact has been de monstrated that RepublicanStateChair man Adams rules the Republican roost in North Carolina from Wash ington. Those who have yet to learn the hardness and thickness of the Afro American skull may got some idea on the subject from a homicide at Dar lington, S. C, Thursday night, when a bullet glanced harmless from its hu man target's head and penetrated the brain of a white man near by. Char lotte Observer. The best thing for the railroads to do, if they have an eye to their future welfare in North Carolina, is to adjust freight rates so that North Carolina towns shall not be discriminated against As long as these discriminations con tinue the railroads are going to be far more unpopular than they should be. Winston-Sentinel. It is gratifying to learn that the Vir gina newspapers are almost unanimous ly denouncing the Loving trial, and that the judge who presided at tha trial is not spared in the criticism. It the newspapers do their duty in tha cause of right and justice such traves ties on justice as the Loving trial wilt be few. Statesville Landmark. The citizen soldiery who so often disgrace their uniforms and the name of soldiers, were in evidence at tha Jamestown exposition Wednesday night, when a number from South Carolina and Kentucky engaged in rioting. The toughs who go off to en campments to engage in lawless con duct have but onej'propcr place and that is on a chain gang. Statcsvillo Landmark.
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