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when the wife's extra vgance bankrupts
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Sale of Land.
Pursuant to order and decree of
the Superior Court of ' J ran ville coun
ty made In the Special proceeding
entitled". M. Burcliett.Mrs. -lunette
Burhett and others, ex parte," 1
shall on
MONDAY, SEPT. 6th, 1009,
sell t j the highest bidder, at public
a fiction, for casi, at the court house
door in OxidhI, the fo'Iowiuu; de
scribed t-act of 1 nd: S'tnated in
Tally (To Township, Granville coun
ty, adjoining the lands of Robert
i.iongmire, Tom Roberts. William
Johnson and others, and bounded
as i'oI oavs, viz: Beginning at a pint'
running thence N. ;iJV25 tlegress v.
11.64 ch ins to providence road, thence
hlong roid N. 68.50 degrees E 13 2
chains to a stake on said roa J, then e
S. 11 E. 1S.94 chains to a post ak
Jones' corner, t lie nee by Jones line
S 4 75 degrees E. 2S 40 to a ston
Jones' and Meadows' c rnerto Long
mire's line, thence by his line N 47 25
degrees W. l'J.SS chain ? to watte oak
thence N 41 degrees W. 4 chains to u
stone, thenc X. 41 d -gives E. 16.14
chains to bcginn'ng ani containing
7S acres mon or I ss. Time of sale
12 o'clock in. This Aug. 2 1909.
D. G. BRUM V11T Cora'r.
Valuable Farm for Sale by
Public Auction.
At Court House Door, Oxford. N. C,
Monday, Soot. 6th, 1909 at 12 m.
At the request of the owner, we shall on
Monday, September jth 1909 sell to the high
est bidder, by Public Auction, at the court
house door in Oxford that valuable farm
known as the R. (J. Pucket place, containing
2iS acres more or les, and adjoining the
lands of It. O. Smith, Mrs. Chewning and
others. Improvements, three room dwelling
lining room and kitchen detached, stables,
urlng brns, and pack hou3e, -one .tenant
settlement.
Tais farm is situate about three fourths of
a mile from Lewis' Station on Southern Kail,
way, and about five and one-half miles from
Oxford, and is located in a splendid farming
section and the soil is good for tobacco, corn
wheat and all general crops. If desired, the
farm can be divided In half, making two
splendid farms. The place Is well watered,
and has plenty of wood. A pasture of about
forty acres Is under fence.
Owner has moved to another county ana
desires to make prompt sile as he can use
money in othsr business. o o --4 "$H
Terms one-fourth cash, balance in 8, 16 and
24 months. The deierred payments to bear
Interest from date of sale and to be secured
by mortgage or deed of trust on the property
We shall be glad to show this property to
anyone desiring to inspect same.
Remember the date, Monday, September
6th, IWi.
GRANVILLE UK AL ESTATE fc Tit LIST CO
Oxford, N C, Aug. 16th 19J9. Agents
Sale or Property.
Pursuant to authority vested in me
by a certain mortgage executed bv
W. L. Xevins and recorded in Book
71, page27S,default having been made
in the payment of the bonds secured
thereby, I shall on
MONDAY, SEPT. 6th, 1909,
sell at Public Auction at the court
house door in the town of OxforJ to
the highest bidder for cash, the fol
lowing proderty, to-wlt: 11 head of
males, one hors, one Chase saw mill
complete, 140 horse power boiler,
Houston,N Standard and Gamble
make, 1 35 horse power engine, one
Koighta Edger,one cut off saw.three
swing cars and five lumber wagons.
Terms Cash. Tiraeeof sale 12 m. This
the 4th day of August 1909.
T: LANIER, Trustee.
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The Great Singer's Lively Debut
In an English City.
SHE DEFIED THE DIRECTORS-
Considering That She Had Been Shab-
bily Treated, Malibran Sang as Long
as She Wanted to and Had a Most
Satisfactory Rienge.
Quarrels between opera singers and
managers call to mind. an incident in
the life of Malibran. It was in 1829,
when Malibran returned to England
from New York and made her debut
at Birmingham at the music festival
as Malibran Garcia. Miss Paton had
already become a favorite there and
was allowed to choose her own songs
and- sing as many as she pleased,
whereas Malibran was compelled to
sing only what was assigned to her.
Garcia bore the indignity with such
patience as she could command until
one morning she saw the announce
ment that Miss Paton would sing six
songs that evening and that she
would sing but two. Then it was
that, realizing that much of her suc
cess for the season in England depend
ed on her having a better place in the
program, she stormed ilie directors.
In vain the directors endeavored to
avoid receiving her, but she made
short work of ceremony, and while
they were framing an excuse to pacify
her she broke in upon them in a mag
nificent rage. In a jiffy she asked s.he
chairman:
"Sir, have you sanctioned this pro
gram?" And, receiving a nod in the
affirmative, she sailed along further.
"I had hoped," she said, "it had
been issued without your sanction, for
it assigns me two songs, both of which
are hackneyed, while it gives my ri
val, Miss Paton, six. . She has an es
tablished reputation here. Mine is
yet to make, at least with your Eng
lish audiences, and therefore if any
preference should be given to any one
it should be to me. On my success
here depends all chance of my suc
cess in London. You forget this or
do not care. You give me no chance
of success, whereas all I want is jus
tice. I want the same opportunity for
displaying my ability as you allow
Miss Paton. Here you advertise me
for Romeo. But I performed that last
night, and the public will say, 'Romeo
on Monday, Romeo on Tuesday, Ro
meo on Wednesday Romeo, Romeo,
she can do nothing but Romeo.' I
want fair play no more, no less!"
Well, it was a great fuss. The direct
ors endeavored to soothe her, for she
had talked herself into a great pas
sion, but they made their mistake in
poiuting to the fact that the program
was printed and could not be changed.
In vain Malibran argued that she
should sing six or an equal number of
songs with Miss Paton. and finally she
went off in a great huff, declaring if
they would not right her she would
right herself.
The evening advertised came, and
the theater was crowded with the
rank, beauty and fashion 'of Birming
ham, as every one familiar with Eng
lish music festivals would expect. The
performance commenced. Some one
sang, then Braham followed, and final
ly came Miss Paton. As usual, she
was heartily received. Then Malibran
came forward amid many plaudits, un
doubtedly agitated at the applause,
and stood for a minute with her arms
folded and her eyes on the ground.
There was a piano near the foot
lights, and the music stool stood at
the back of the stage. Malibran stood
near the piano, but did not touch a
key, while in a manner until then un
known in England she warbled the
well known aria "Una voce poce fa."
Peal followed peal of applause, and
when the conductor came to lead Mali
bran away the cries of encore were so
loud as to make him retreat, and again
Malibran was in the hands of the au
dience. For some time the applause contin
ued and finally died away. When all
was silence Malibran started up sud
denly, made a pretty obeisance, hastily
ran to the back part of the stage and
brought out a piano stool. Then, mo
tioning to the orchestra not to play,
she played a preludio and then an ac
companiment to the song she had just
given. But that was not all. When
she came within a note or two of the
conclusion she paused, cast a look at
the wings, where the mystified direct
or stood, laughingly shook her head
and to the delight of the audience and
the amazement of the directors com
menced a new song. She ' had been
singing Italian; now she sang Spanish,
and when this had been applauded she
started to retire. The audience, how
ever, would not part with her, and
when the conductor came to lead her
off "pit, gallery and boxes actually
hissed the poor fellow. ,
There never was a more enthusias
tic ovation to a singer in Birmingham,
and, thus encouraged, Malibran grace
fully waved the conductor off and
again sat down to play. She passed
from Spanish to German, German to
French and finally from French to
English, and the result was that she
occupied so much, time that the nerv
ously waiting Miss Paton sang only
two songs instead of six I
There was a lively scene behind the
curtain when Malibran at length re-
tired. But to the acting director, who
fumed and cried, "Madam, you have
clayed us an astonishing trick!" she
only smiled and said, "I told you that
I would right myself if you wronged
me and I did.' New York Post.
A diamond with a flaw is better than
a common stone without any imper
fections. Chinese Proverb.
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Keeping Groll
Off the Grass.
By HENRY BERLINGOFF.
Copyrighted, 1909, by Associated
Literary Press.
Stub Reiley was willing to admit
that the "old man" was a more im
portant figure in the office than George
Fielding, but the rack itself could not
wring from him an admission that any
one else loomed as large, least of all
Douglas Groll, the junior partner.
Groll had incurred Stub's enmity the
first day the boy had come into the of
fice, and since then he had done noth
ing to cause a reversal of Stub's opin
ion. Fielding was a wholesome sort of
chap whose very capacity for making
friends had won for him a place of
authority in the office of Sommers &
Groll. Every one liked him. The
loyal Stub worshiped him and would
have gone to the end of the earth at
his order. ..
Stub had even raised from the dead
his mythical grandmother to bury her
at a more auspicious moment because
Fielding had hinted that there was a
lot of work to be done even if the
"Champs" were playing a double head
er at the bairgrounds. Greater trib
ute than this no small boy can pay.
Naturally when Gertrude Vance was
looked upon with especial favor by
Fielding she became the chief goddess
in the office.
Mr. Sommers' sonorous call of "Pat
rick!" sometimes went unanswered,
but the boy fairly jumped to Miss
Vance's desk at the softest call of
"Stub!" and would sharpen her pencil
or bring her a fresh set of carbons
before he answered the increasingly
impatient call of the head of the firm.
And because Fielding cared for Gel
trade it angered Stub to notice the fa
miliarity with which the junior part
ner treated the little typewriter. Ger
trude could not very well resent these
trifling inpertinences without losing
her place, and she could not afford to
do that when she and Fielding were
saving up every penny against the
time they should find some tiny subur
ban borne suited to their modest in
come.
They were working hand in hand
toward that end, and she could only
pretend not to notice the hand that
rested caressingly on her shoulder
whenever Groll stopped at her desk
to give an order or ask a question.
Stub instinctively sensed her embar
rassment, and he gritted his teeth im
potently whenever he saw Groll mov
ing toward the typewriter's corner,
vowing with boyish intensity that he
would get even.
He watched Groll with a quiet atten
tion that permitted no move to escape,
and that resourceful business man
would have been surprised had he
realized how much Stub knew about
his personal affairs.
Stub was ever alert to get hold of
some bit of information that he could
use as a club, but Groll grew more and
more daring in his attention "with th3
knowledge that the girl feared to speak
to Fielding.
Groll always was particularly of
fensive wrhen Fielding was at the
bank. The firm had two branches up
town, and every morning the receipts
from these branches were brought
down by the trusted clerks and turned
over to the cashier, who accepted the
credit slips without . question and
passed the sealed package on to the
bank with his own deposit by Fielding.
The packages of bills were made into
brick shaped forms and sealed at ei
ther end. The messengers were trust
ed employees, and there never had
been the slightest inaccuracy.
Stub loved to watch the arrival of
the packages. It was his ambition to
be a messenger himself some day anf1
carry a revolver under license from the
police.
The bulge in the messengers' coat
pockets filled him with envy, and he
was saving his tips with the idea of
purchasing a revolver of his own
against that happy day when he should
be Intrusted with one of the leather
satchels chained to the messengers'
wrists.
Then came a day when Groll went
into the senior partner's office, and
soon he and Sommers went to the
cashier's cage. Here the two, after a
brief consultation with the latter, went
toward Fielding's desk.
"I tell you that I saw him make the
exchange," Groll was saying as they
moved toward the closed desk. "I was
in the cage for a moment and saw him
bending over his desk."
"Did Mr. Fielding go to his desk
after he left the cage?" asked Som
mers of the cashier, and the latter nod
ded an unwilling assent.
"He had- a bottle of medicine that he
wanted to put there. He had a bad
cold."
The cashier carried the bunch of
keys that were duplicates of all the
keys In the office, and they soon found
the one that fitted Fielding's desk. As
the roll top was raised to release the
catch that held the drawers locked
Stub could not refrain from drawing
near. The trio did not notice his ap
proach, so interested were they in the
investigation.
With an exclamation that sounded
very like a groan Sommers drew from"
the bottom drawer a package that was
unmistakably the deposit from the
North Side branch, and with trembling
hand he reached for the sharp envel
ope opener that lay upon the blotter.
"I've had my suspicions for some
time," - announced Groll jubilantly. "I
happen to know that Fielding is plan,
ning to marry Miss Vance, and he has
been speculating with what they call
their 'building fund' for some time,
He planned this move to get back his
losses and at the same time gain
enough to buy a home. I have been
watching him carefully, and today my
suspicions were aroused.
"The money Is not counted here in
the office, and he planned to place the
Mame on the cashier or the messenger
and go scot free."
Stub grinned at the jubilation of
Groll's voice and stood on tiptoe the
better to observe the proceedings.
Sommers had slit the wrapper that the
seals might be preserved intact,for fu
ture reference, and all three men gave
an exclamation of surprise when, in
stead of the bank notes, Sommers
drew out sheets of crisp bond paper
cut to greenback size.
"Perhaps his nerve failed him," sug
gested Groll, who was the first to
breakthe silence.
"Nerve nothin'," interrupted Stub.
"I was wise to your game. I had the
switchboard when the girl was out to
lunch, and I was rubberin' on the wire
w'hen you told Mr. Beekman to fix the
package today like the one he gave
you. You was trying to get Mr. Field
ing out of the office so you could
break off the engagement, and maybe
Miss Vance would go to lunch when
you asked her.
"Piggy Moran up to the branch goes
to th' same choich I go to. I got him
th' job, an' he found out that there
was a lot of cut paper in Mr. Beek
man's wastebasket last night. I see
you bring in the package, this morning,
kn' I see you and Mr. Beekman in
Brown's last night when he give it to
you.
"I was wise. I swapped packages on
you, an' it ain't your fault that Mr.
Fielding ai.i't coin in' back from the
bank telliii' that the North Side pack
age was a fake.- You didn't see me
switch it; you didn't even know 1 was
in th' cage, but I was there all right,
and that's how it is that you got back
the same package you thought yon
was givin' Mr. Fielding. I'm there,
too, when it comes to handin' lemons
and quinces."
"Telephone Mr. Beekman and your
friend Moran to come down hero at
once," commanded Sommers. "Groll.
you know best whether or not to make
arrangements to sell out your interest
in the business."
"You needn't send for Beekman,'
said Groll sullenly as he laid a heavy
and detaining hand upon Stub's shoui
der. "You can let Vannerson buy me
out if you want to. This devilish kid
is too smart for his own good. If you
let a word out about this I'll kill you,"
he added as his nervous fingers tight
ened their grip on Stub's shoulder un
til the boy winced with pain.
"Forgit it," admonished Stub. "I put
a 'keep off the grass' sign on Miss
Vance, an' that's all I was after. I
guess that goes."
At a sign from Sommers, Groll re
leased the boy and followed his part
ner into the private office to arrange
the details of the sale of his interest.
None of the others had noticed the
little group, and asStub hitched off t
his desk he looked at the trim figure
of Gertrude Vance seated at her ma
chine.
"I wisht I was big enough to marry
her meself," he mused, "but it's the
next best thing to see her marry Mr
Fielding. Anyhow, I jest had to keep
Mr. Groll offen the grass. He's too
fresh that guy."
His Noble Works at Home.
"Don't you think, Minerva," sa3d
her husband anxiously as he tied the
kitchen apron firmly around his waist
and tucked his whiskers behind the
bib to keep them out of the dishwater
"don't you think that we are carry
ing this idea of co-operation in domes
tic matters to extremes? I have been
washing dishes for a week now, and
between times I have been doing a
little Scriptural reading, and I cannot
find in the Bible any authority for
men's doing kitchen work, but women
are frequently spoken of in this con
nection. " 'She looked well to the ways of her
household.' 'She worketh willingly
with her hands.' 'She riseth while it
Is yet night and giveth meat to her
household.' These quotations, Miner
va, would seem to warrant the con
clusion that -household duties should
properly be assigned to J:he woman."
"My dear," replied his wife, "if you
will pursue your studies you will find
in II Kings xxi, 13, these words: 'I
will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth
a dish, wiping it and turning it upside
down.' This proves that you are nobly
doing the work designed for you by
Providence. When you are through
be sure to wash the towels clean,
shake them and hang them straight
on the rack. Death, you know, lurks
in the dishcloth,. I am now going out
to attend a meeting of the Society For
the Extinction of the Microbe by
Means of Electricity." Ladies' Home
Journal.
Comedy of the' Post Card.
- A. man In an obscure town, whose
literary efforts had failed to find favor,
sent this leter to an editor:
Dear Sir This is a small place where I
live, and whenever a story of mine comes
back the whole village knows it. Now, I
know you don't want the inclosed manu
script, but I am sending it along just the
same, together with a post card, which I
beg you to repost to me. The postmis
tress will read It, of course, and I need
not tell you that within three hours the
news of what Is on it will be all over the
town. I shall know when It comes, that
my manuscript Is rejected, and you need
never return it to me.' But please post
the card to me and win my everlasting
gratitude. t .
The post card had been carefully
typewritten and self addressed. It
bore these words;
Dear Sir Tour manuscript received and
accepted. Will write you fully regarding
It as soon as possible. Is 100 a satisfac
tory price? Yours truly,
EDITOR OP LETEMALLCOME,
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The Many Uses of a Good Sewing Machia
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(3 Every woman takes pride in having theso
things, but if they be her own handiwork,
the satisfaction is complete, because her
own personality is reflected in every seam.!
9 The woman who uses a Singer may have
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she is better dressed at much less costj!
her children are clothed according to hesj
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dainty underwear.
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