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y... . ... , t .m - j' V. 4--' - " ' s ' "frsATLalos "Turner v- -... i . ' 1 . . ' VOL. 20. v OXFORD, N. C., FRIDAY NOVEMBER 8, 1907. NO. 51 NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. CULLED FROM THE VARIOUS PAPERS OF THE STATE. Tar Heel Items for Tar Heel Read ers Some Happenings in Old North State. Mrs. Thurman Fulghum, of Wilson, fell in the fire place Tuesday and was hurried to death. The 12-y ear-old son of John Peace was killed by a train at High Point, his' home, Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. George Hall, wife of the con victed lyncher of Salisbury, has a pe tition signed by 500 asking for the par don of her husband. Carl B. Green, the young man. who was so badly injured Monday night near Kernersville by being caught be tween the bumpers cf two box cars, while doing: some work on the air brake of his train died Tuesday. " Mr. Willis Johnson, of CI ay ton, was killed at the saw mill of W. T. Stal lings, near that place Tuesday morn ing. Mr. Johnson was starting off a gasoline engine when he fell and his head was struck by the flywheel crush ing his skull. Only Mr. Stallings saw the accident. A white man, aged 18, giving his name as Henry Sellers, of Baltimore, found the Seaboard ticket agent out at Bonsol and picked up a box con taining $200 walked out. The agent saw him in time and shot the thief, in flicting a serious wound in the hip. He caught the thief and recovered the money. Parties from Bethel township, Pitt -county, tell of a sad suicide that oc curred Wednesday morning three miles from Bethel. About sunrise Mrs. Ann Reddick, wife of Mr. J. A. Red dick, jumped in 'a well and killed her self, She was missed in a short while. The family searched for her and she was dead when found in the well. James M. Fields, maillFclerk on the Durham & Southern Railroad between Durham and Dunn, Harnett county, was arrested Nov. 3rd, together with his brother, Bascom Fields, who is uot in the employ of the mail service. The two young men were arrested by F. C. Barksdale and J. B. Robertson, gov ernment inspectors,and they are charg ed with having taken a package of some $3,000, which was being sent from Richmond to the Bank of Har nett County. According to a special from Pen land the body of William Connelly, a prosperons merchant, was found near there Wednesday with a bullet hole in the back of his head. James Heilman, another merchant, with whom Con nelly had been in a difficulty, is miss ing, and a posse is searching for him. After the quarrel the two left Connel ly's store together, and nothing was heard of either until the dead body of the latter was discovered. Mrs. Claude Shaw, a pretty widow, 24 years of age, seized a sharp knife and cut a gash across her bare throat Oct. 31st, in Charlotte, dying within a few minutes. Mrs. Shaw was hurt several years ago by walking from a Seaboard train while it was approach ing the town of Matthews, eleven miles southeast of Charlotte, and she had never fully recovered her health, hav ing suffered a severe shock and bodily injury from the accident, and this is believed to have affected her mind. Monday morning at 2 o'clock at Albemarle, fire broke out in the build ing owned by Miss Sally Blalock and occupied by Mr. J.L. Efird as a livery stable, on Second street, totally con suming it, together with everything therein. Eighteen head of horses was burned alive, with all of the vehicles feed, etc., in the building. When the fire was discovered it was so far ad vanced that saving it . was impossible. From this the nice two-story brick building of The Stanley Enterprise, just completed, caught and, despite the faithful aid to save it, it was in a mass of flames within twenty minutes. All of the presses and outfit were burned with the exception of two or three small job presses. Mr. J. D. Bivins, editor of The Enterprise, had just moved into the second floor of the building and a lot of his household furniture was burn ed before it could be removed. DeWitt's Little Early Risers are the best pills made. They do not gripe. Sold by J. G. Hall. HICKORY Wanted $8 to $12 per cord for good hickory. Before cutting come to factory and get specifi cations Southern Wheel Co. Subscribe to the Public Ledger. DURHAM AND GREENSBORO. Special and Regular Term of Courts and Change of Judges. Because of the illness of Judge Council, whose condition was reported as worse, Governor Glenn has given instructions that Judge Charles M. Cooke hold the regular term of Dur ham county court, which begins on the second of December. Judge Ferguson has been instructed to hold a special term of court for the trial of criminal cases in Guilford county to begin on the sixteenth of December, this is to relieve the crowd ed condition of the jail. Governor Glenn says that owing to the fact that all the judges in all the districts are kept busy that he is not able to assign any to the Ninth Dis trict, which has practically had no courts this fall, owing to a defect in the law, as he has no way of getting judges, as all are occupied; and there are no special judges to call upon. The case of Judge W. B. Council, who is very ill at his home in the mountains, is pathetic. It will be re called that he took the lead in the work of relieving the suffering and dying in the dreadful railroad wreck near Hamlet last year. The injuries that he received and the cold that he con tracted there that night have remained with him. Judge Council was on one of the wrecked trains and received painful injuries.but he extricated himself from the car' and went to help save others. Those who saw him wading through the water and lifting and carrjung people say that more heroic efforts wefj never made. Hour after hour he labored, doing everything that he could to alleviate pain and make the dying men and women as comfortable as possible under the circumstances. He carried wet sand and water to put out fires that started in the ruins and made himself useful in many ways, and it was not until he had gone to Lumberton and settled in his room at the hotel that he discovered that he had been seriously hurt. Those who have seen him since know that he has never had a well day. He has. held his courts, but has done so to the det riment of his health. He went until he broke completely down. His friends in this section of the State hope for his entire recovery. He is a man of fine sense, correct charac ter and pleasant manners. Charlotte Observer. Where women Vote. Women vote on equal terms with men in four States. Established iW Wyoming in 1869; in Colorado, in 1893; Utah, in 1896; and in Idaho, in 1896. In Kansas women vote on school and municipal questions and in 18 other States they have school suf frage. Montana and Iowa permit them to vote on municipal bond issues, and in 1898 Louisiana allowed women tax payers to vote on all questions submit ted to taxpayers. A woman taxpayer in New York can vote on a proposition to raise money by taxation. Killed Himself Accidentally. Mr. R. P. Taylor received a sad message over the wire Saturday night from his brother, Mr. Charles A. Tay lor, of Midland, Texas, that his son, Hays Taylor, had accidentally killed himself that day while out hunting. He was about 18 years old, and his sudden taking away was indeed a sad blow to his devoted father, brother and two sisters. This quiet and gentleman ly young man spent a month here this summer in company with his father and two siscers visiting relatives, and made many friends, who deeply regret to learn of his shocking death. His sudden taking away comes as a dark shadow in the home of our old friend and his dear children. We offer our deepest sympathy in the hour of overwhelming grief. . Death is a hard master. He would take from us our brightest and best, but he cannot ever mar memory. It will serve as a balm to our wounded hearts. When we see a precious son That we tended with such care, Rudely taken from our bosom, How our aching hearts dospair! Round his grave we linger, Till the setting sun is low, Feeling all our hopes have perished With the flower we cherished so. We shall sleep, but not forever, There wTill be a glorious dawn; We shall meet to part, no never, On the resurrection morn! SOME people say that never in their lives did they save any money until they secured a , home auxiliary steel bank. Loaned free by the Oxford Savings Bank. Subscribe to Public Ledger. CO-OPERATION THE KEYNOTE. Governors of North Carolina, Ala bama and Georgia Meet. Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 1. Thorough co-operation in methods to be pursued in the enforcement of laws regulating railroad passenger fares in the States of Georgia, Alabama and North Caro lina was agreed upon today at a con ference held in this city between the governors of those States. After a dis cussion which began at 9:30 this morn ing and which lasted until late this af ternoon, with but a brief interval foj luncheon, the three chief executives reached an agreement and the meeting was adjourned. In a statement to the Associated Press tonight, signed by the three gov ernors, it is said that not only had they arranged to "co-operate in the investi gation of facts and law connected with the duty of our states to the public and to transportation companies," but that they would also co-operate with other states which have the same prob lems. We regard the complete recognition of the right of states to regulate the interstate business of transportation companies as absolutely necessary," the statement continues. Friday's conference, which was held at the suggestion of Governor Comer, of Alabama, was participated in by Governors R. B. Glenn, of North Car olina; B. B. Comer, of Alabama, and Hoke Smith, of Georgia; W. D. Nes bitt, member of the railroad commis sion of Alabama; Judge L. D. Weak ley and Col. H. G. Selheimer, special counsel for Alabama in the pending rate litigation in that State; Attorney General John C. Hart and Special Counsel J. K. Hines and Hooper Alexander, of Georgia. The declared object of the meeting was to reach an agreement if possible in methods to be pursued in enfoicing the rate laws of the states interested, and also to decide on some rate that would apply to the railroads of these States, the rates'at present being widely divergent. Just what concrete plan was decided upon . the governors, xefused tp state, nor would they give out any of the details of the conference beyond the statement that it was most satisfactory. Tobacco Selling well in Oxford. Tobacco is bringing better prices at this time than for five years. The bid ding inspirited and the buyers show a disposition to take everything offered. Every sale is largely attended and from conversation with many, we learn that the leaf is bringing as much or more than they expected. There is no kick on the price, for it is known that there is money in the crop. To prove to our farmer friends that Oxford is the particular place just now to reap top notch prices on all grades of tobacco, we inform them that the Owen Warehouse sold a break of tobacco Friday that averaged $14.40, and again Tuesday that crawled up higher, and averaged $lo. o. How is that? Among those who sold there were Willie Fuller, who was greatly pleased at receiving $8J, 10, 19, 40, 30, 15, 10. Ed Williams $12f, 15 20, 40, 20, 15. GIVES A PERFECT SKIN. Sulphur in Liquid Form Adds to the Beauty of Women. "Beauty is only skin deep," but you can not be beautitul if you have any Skin Dis ease or a bad complexion. Hancocks Liquid Sulphur quickly cures eczema,tetter, sores, eruptions, blotches, and all skin diseases. Apply Hancocks Liquid Sulphur Ointment to the face just as you 20 to bed, and it will soon giTe jou a smooth velvty skin. Taken internally. Hancocks Liquid Sul phur purifies the blood and clears up the complexion., A few spooufuls in hot water makes the finest of sulphur baths. All druggists sell it. Sulphur Booklet fre, if vou write Hancocks Liquid Sulphur Co., Baltimore. Dr. W. W. Leake, of Orlando, Fla., who was cured savs: ''It is the most wodderful remedy for eczema I have ever known." FINE Mules For Sale I have a pair of fine young mules for sale. Taylor Hobgood. 2t pd m V ANTED Local representative for Oxford and vicinity to look after renewals and increase subscription list of a prominent monthly magazine, on a salary or. commission basis. Ex perience desirable, but not necessary. Good opportunity for right person. Ad dress Publisher, Box, 59, Station O., New York. DO IT NOW Send in your heat ers and coal stoves to be repaired be fore cold weather conies and avoid the rush. J. F. Edwards. 2m WANTED Second hand bags and burlap; any kind, any quantity, any where; we pay freight. Richmond Bag Co., Richmond, Va: nov.l, lOt. WHAT IT HAS COST. State Has Paid Out $4,039.60 in Rate Controversy. It is of interest to note that up to Oct. 29th, there has been paid out of the State treasury in expenses by the State in the railroad passenger rate litigation 4,039.60. This is nothing like the actual cost to the State- to date since someiof the State's attorneys haye not yet drawn any fees whatever. It is estiniated that the final cost of the liti gation to the State, no matter how spe8C''ly the whole matter is settled, will Cj not less than $15,000. 'The following are the payments made in the case to date: Charles B, Aycoek, $500; E. J. Justice, $500; MerVimon & Mernmon, $2ol); b. U. Ryan, $250;Attorney General Gilmer, expenses to Asheville, $23; E. J. Jus tice, expenses in Washington first week of hearing, $250;Seeman Printing Co., $35; C. B. Aycoek, expenses in Wash ington, $75; Edwards & Broughton, for printing briefs, $25; J. E. Shepherd, expenses as counsel, $276; W. S. Hymes, clerk united States ' court, $225.45; E. J, Best, for copies of rec ord, $60; E. A. Woodward, expenses in "rate case, $264.95; E. J. Justice, professional services, $500; Manuel for copying evidenee, $184.50; Com mercial Printing; Co., $19.50; C. B. Aycoek, professional services, $500. Humorous Lecture at Opera House. On Tuesday night the well known humorist and poet, Fred Emerson Brooks, of California, will Lecture at the Opera House and you should not it. Reserved seats on sale at Hamil ton's drug store Saturday morning. In speaking of Mr. Brooks the De troit Free Press says: He is an enter tainer of a very high order, and his selections, all original, evinced the keen sense of humor and pathos, of their author. Brooks is an orator as well as wit, and his delightful pantomine and mimicry kept his audience in the best of humor throughout. Notes from the Election. : In New York Tuesday Edward Bart&tt and "Williard Bartlett, who' ran jointly on the Republican and the Democratic ticket, are elected as judges of the Court of Appeals over candi date of Independent League. In New York City the Tammany candidates beat the Independents by a large ma jority. In Massachusetts Gov. Guild, he publican, elected by 100,000 majority. Nebraska goes Republican. In New Jersey the returns indicate the election of Katzenbach, Demo cratic candidate for Governor, by some 10,000 majority. In Maryland Crothers, Democrat, is elected Governor, and ex-Gov. Smith defeats Gov. Warfield for the Senator ship. , Married on Top of Mountain. Rev. Hubert Powell, of Inman, S. C. and Miss Maggie Hague, of Mill Spring, were married recently. There was no magnificently' lighted ami dec orated church, no elaborate wedding gown, no strains of Mendelssohn, no vast concourse of admiring or curious spectators only the mountains peaks , all around, and canopy of blue sky above and to the right and left of them the crimson and gold of the autumn foliage. It was amid these surround ings, in the presence of their Maker and one or two witnesses, that this young couple pledged their lives "for better or for worse until death us do part," and in the solemn silence of the deep woods the vow was recorded by a faint echo from the- nearer peaks. Standing on Sunset Rock, in Spring Mountain Park, Polk county, three thousand feet above the sea level, fac irfg the west and looking into a chasm a thousand feet below, toward peaks rising to the north in silent grandeur, kissed by fleecy cumulus clouds, and arched by the blue vault of heaven; to the east the pink and gold tints of fad ing light, and westward to the golden sun as His Majesty slowly sank be hind the rugged peaks, enveloping them in a blaze of glory, this young couple was made man and wife, and commended to each others care, with the hope that their happiness would be as permanent as the everlasting hills. Mr. Powell was formerly from Polk county and is now pastor of the Meth odist church at Inman, S. C, and Miss Hague is one of Polk county's popu lar school teachers, and a host of friends will wish them all of life's richest blessings; WHY pay from two to three prices for fruit trees and all kinds of nursery stock? Tho Continental Plant Co., (O. W. Blacknall), Kittrell, N. C, sells direct to the people at wholesale rates. Write for free catalogue and buy direct from the nursery. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MEET. School Election Ordered-Bridges, Settlement with Treasurer. The Board of County Commission ers met on Monday with JVIessrs. F.H. Gregory, YV. L. Taylor, Ralph Currin and W. P. Wilkinson present. In the absence of Chairman E.. C. Harris Mr. Gregory acted as chairman. Mr. Ralph Currin was "appointed a committe to have bridge across Ledge of Rock Creek repaired or rebuilt. Ordered. that sheriff Howard sum mons a jury of thiee to assess damage to land taken for road purposes from town limit to Mountain Creek bridge. 'Dr. -S. D. Booth, health officer, made his monthly Teport, With, the exception of one case of scarlet fever near Knap of Reeds the county is in an unusually healthy condition. Jailor Walters was allowed 37 1 cents per daywfor the board of each prisoner. Commissioner Ralph Currin was ap pointed a committee with power to act in investigating bridge at Tar River station. The bridge over Tar River at Prov idence was ordered repairod. Commissioners Taylor, Currin and Harris were appointed a committee to see Mr. Kimball about the convicts macadamizing the Kimball road and repert to the7 Commissioners at next meeting. Sheriff Howard reported the follow ing taxes' collected for the month of October: State, $203.20; School,$167; General County, $146; Road, $156; Railroad, $12Speciai School, $21.60. total $707.80. The committee appointed to make settlement with County Treasurer re ports the amount on hand to the credit of General County, Railroad and Pau per fund up to Oct. 25th $3,90,34. The balance road fund was due $82.34. Upon petition from a number of citizens in School District No. 2 Fish ing Creek township, an election was ordered for the levying of special tax on the 17th of December. The dis trict is as follows: Beginning at Peace's old mill seat where District No. 2 touches Vanca coucty line, thence along said county line southward to the county road leading to Kittrell, thence along said road -westward to Fairport, thence down branch to Gibbs Creek to its mouth, thence down said creek to mouth of Howell's branch, thence up said branch to the public road at John Howell's place, thence west to Hobgood's old mill seat on Fishing Creek, thence up said creek to Dickerson's bridge, thence along line ofTDistrict No. 2 to starting point. After allowing a number of claims against the county the Board ad journed. The South all Right. The banks of the South, and all classes of business are in the safest and most prosperous condition than ever be fore. Granville county particularly is in a most flourishing condition. Our banks are rated by the Bank Report ers as ol the highest credit and finan cial standing. It would be utterly foolish for any of our people to become frightened about that so called "Wall Street Panic." That merely effects the deal-, ers in stocks in Wall street. Our peo ple or banks have no connection what ever with that business. Our banks are among the best in the State or any other State. Let no man get foolish on account of the Wall Street business. It is none of our bus iness and has not the least connection with the prospects now in the South. Our people have too much sense to be "turned about" by every little report of a "Wall Street Panic." To whom it May Concern. Bullock, N. C, Nov. 4th, 1907. To Oxford Public Ledger: Because of certain very defamatory and slanderous reports that are being1 told and reported in the community regarding Mr. E. N. Dickerson, I am constrained, as much through indigna tion (which every -honorable, fair- minded citizen should feel) as through my desire to accord Mr. Dickerson's character that protection in this com munity to which his life among us has entitled him, to proclaim the statements as entirely ungrounded and false, and to denounce such traducers of the man in his absence in a foreign country in search of better health as appar ently being actuated by malice and the lowest moral perversion. My denounce ment of the slander is based on actual knowledge of its falsity. Mr. Dicker son is, I am warranted" in saying, as ignorant of the slander as he is inno cent of the charge. Acting entirely on my own initiative and responsibility, I am, , Respectfully, G. H. FAUCETTE. ANSWERS LASTVROLL CALL DEATH OF SQUIEE J. K. WOOD SATURDAY. Burial from Methodist Church on Monday Afternoon and Was Largely Attended. James Knight Wood, sen of James M. Wood and Mary Mescoe Sowers, his wife, was born in Oxford on tho 31st day of July, 1844, and spent his entire life in this community except the four years he gave to the defense of his country. He was educated in common schools of the county and was a man of excellent ability, and served the town as member of the Board of Commissioners and the county as jus tice of the peace for many years. Ha took deep interest in all matters that tended to uplift the community and al ways advocated public improvement, whether in the shape of railroads or good county roads and for many years was a member of the Board of Road. Supervisors of Oxford township. Mr. Wood wa3 a man of a genial, social nature and was a member of many so cia'Tind benevolent organization and societies, but his chief love was ma sonry. He had been a menherrf Ox ford Lodge for more than 42 years, in fact, he was, with the exception of tho venerable Dr. L. C. Taylor, the oldest member of the lodge in Oxford. His long service as justice of tho peace had given him an extensive knowledge of the law and his judg ment was singularly accurate for a non professional man. Next to Masonry tho cause that most enlisted his sympathy and called forth his love and devotion was that of tho Confederate yeteran. Mr. Wood en tered the service when very young, and was assigned to the Confederate Navy. He was on the "North Caro lina" and took an active part in the operations around Newbern and other places in Eastern North Carolina. Ho also saw service on the James River, and when Gen. Lee retired from Pe tersburg Mi .Wood was one of thoso detailed to spike t he cannon . and de stroy the supplies at Drewry's Bluff. He always cherished the memories ( f the Lost Cause and was one x)f tho most faithful members of Maurice T. Smith Camp, No. 1278, United Con federate Veterans and served for many years as Adjutant. He derived great pleasure from the Reunions and many of us can remember hissupreme joy at the great reunion in Richmond last June when the monuments of Gen. J. E. B. Stuart and President Davis wcro unveiled. His loss will surely be felt by the Camp, for ho did most efficient work for it, and to keep up the inter est of the members in the good cause. On the 17th day of October, 18(",. Mr. Wood was united in marriage to Miss Fannie J. Leonard, of Cherler field, Va., and of this union there wero 11 children, of whom three are dead and eight survive, Mrs. Blanche wife of L. F. Pearce, of Windsor, Mrs. Mollie wife of W. A. Bass, of Branch ville, S. C; Mrs. Eva wife of J. L.. Holleman, Suffolk, Va.; J. Robert Wood, of Oxford; William Wood, of Granville county; Mrs; Fannie wife of C. M. Simpson, Jr., of Monroe; Mrs. Josephine wife of Herbert Gambette. of Charleston, S. C, and Archibald Wood, of Oxford Mr. Wood was taken sick two weeks or more ago, but no one thought ho was dangerously ill until Friday, tho I first day of November, when his con dition changed for the worse and 111 spite of the loving ministrations of his family andthe skill of his physicians he gradually sank until Saturday af ternoon when his eyes closed in death and life's fitful fever was over. The funeral took place Monday af ternoon from the Methodist church, of which he had long been an hum bio member, under the auspices of the Ma sonic Fraternity. In the absence of Rev. F. M. Shamberger, the pastor, Rev. A. J3. Dunaway, pastor of the Baptist church, officiated. The fune ral cortege was a long one made up of the Masons, the family and a largo number of friends from the county and town. At the grave the Masonic rites were conducted by Gen. B. S. Royster and Mr. Preston Farabow, and alL that was mortal of a good husband and father, a faithful friend, a patriot and' humble christian was laid to rest witlf the prayer that, we may all meet with him in that beautiful land "where tho wicked cease from troubling and the weary are at rest." A. W. G. IF YOUR watch has gone on at strike and your clock has quit striking; why bring them to W. D. Stimsorx and he will adjust the matter prompt ly and "properly. Located at Paris Dr, Goods store'.
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