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OXFORD, N. C., FRIDAY APRIL 22, 1910.
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METHODIST MEET HERE.
JT WAS THE RALEIGH DISTRICT,
CONFERENCE IT MEES NEXT
YEAR AT ZEBULON, N. C. I
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Eeaan Tuesdav and Lasted until
Thursday Good Attendance and a
Splendid meeting.
The Raleigh District JVtethodist Con
lerence met in Oxford last week and
in spite of the inclemency of the
weather about fifty delegates were
attendance from the district.
The next conference will meet in !
Zebulon N. C. j out of a total of 79S into, their cor-
On Tuesday morning at nine o'- j rect position,
clock the meeting began its work by j This gave him a rating of .9887
discussing the reports of the differ- j per cent, out ot a possible 100 pr
vnt churches, their spiritual and phy- cent. Little wonder that Uncle Sam;
sical condition and the growth of j mail service is the best in the tnii
1he JEp worth League was taken into verse - when it is considered that
consideration. j to "pass" the clerk must make 95
Wednesday morning at 11:30 Rev. ; per cent,
Y. A. Smith preached a sermon on !
"A Christian's Privilege"" and tliat SHERIFF CAPTURES A STILL.
night at 8:00 o'clock Rev. H. M. ;
North's subject was "Work Worthily j Large One Captured near Fellowship
the Cause to Which Ye are Called."
Thursday morning Rev. P. D. Wcod-
ie-.hed a sermon, the text of j
mi hich was
Christ.' In
"The World's Need of '
the
at eight- i
thirty Rev. .J M. Culbreth, of Smith- !
3'ield took his text from, Ephesions. ; Creedmoor. The sheriff was assifji
chapter 4-11-13. j c-d by Sam Bullock and J. II. Wheel-
Wodnesday afternoon the way and , er. The officers destroyed the
r.ieans of holding revivals was discus- : still and got abotit 1,200 gallons of
& by Rev. F. H. Sutton, of Four Oal beer.
The delegates elected to the an- j The same night of the seizure of
jnial conference were Dr. E. T. Whit j the rum making outfit, a shooting
of Oxford, B. B. Adams, of Four Oak j occurred. A negro named Pies Jack
F. B. McKenne, andW . T. Stevens i son was shot by Lucius Helfir.This
of Smithfield. It meets in Eliza- j affair was the cause of the Sher-be-th
City. iff fhidink out about the still. Al
Cook, the owner of the still made
LAUDS OUR SHERIFF. i
Mrs. Brummitt Commends that Offi
cial and Says he has Captured Fif
teen St'lls and a Great Quantity o
Beer.
Hurrah, for our very highly esteem
ed sheriff Wheeler. He has got to
he a regular smasher. Report is that
le has broken up 15 distilleries and
I don't knew how1 many more. What
fault do you find of this. Put him
back in the same place and let. him
c on with his work. This is the
Ikiud of men we need. He is the right
luan in the right place. He passes by
cur. home occasionally with old Sat
nn's fiery tools. Hurrah. Give me
n ore Wheeler power and we will tun
thie old County and State into jus
tice and righteousness.
Mrs. W. W. Brummiti
x. Gen. Royster in Casweil County.
'"GeiC B. S. Royster is in Yancey
t'Ville, Oaswell County, in attendance
"upon Caswell Superior Court. The
General will be away a few days.
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BLIND TIGERS ARE ORGANIZED.
Sentenced to Six Months on the
Roads, M. L. Winner Declares "As
sociation Number Six," to which
He Paid Regula Dues, Had Ag
reed to Protect Him.
Exchange.
Marion L. Winner, a middle-aged
white man convicted in superior
court Saturday night of selling whis
key and sentenced to sax. months on
the roads, Judge Cooke sustaining
the judgement of the recorder's! court
to-day made a sensational affidavi.
in which he made full confession and
joAiarrH Vio thpro nro morp than
Biine hundred holders of government
liquor licence in Wilmington ; that the ;
"blind tigers, . nave a tncrougn organ
ization known as "Association Num
her Six;" that he has paid regu
' larly into the coffers of the associa
tion $5 a month to be used for politi
cal purposes and otherwise; that the
members had been given to under
stand that if arrested and carried
before the recorder the severest pun
ishment would be a fine and costs;
that in case public' sentiment was
euch that it would be necessary to
give road sentences the members
were to be warned in ample time.
The affiant then sets out that he was
not warned and that he has been
yiade a scapegoat of by Ins former
pretended friends
In conclusion the affiant says, that
the confession and exposure of those
he says have deserted him is made
for the sole purpose of aiding him
in his effort to have his sentence
stricken out or reduced.
Winner's attorney will go before
Uudge Cooke tomorrow and ask for
a hearing of the matter. It is un
derstood that many rank prohibition
ists will give Winner their moral sup
rort of this affidavit.
Mistake of one Word Affects Es
tate of $250,000.
Exchange.
(Cincinnati, April 15. A mistake hy
which the word "her" was made to
read "my" affects the disposition
of an estate of $250,000 in Cincinna
ti. It is now in the common Pleas
Court here for .decision.
Robert Gordon, a rich colored man,
'died in 1883, leaving a will direct
ling that one-half the rents and per
sonal property should goto his wife
iKlla. during her life, ana the oth
r half to his daughter Virginia Ann
Jackson, wife of a colored attorney
here, and that after the death of
tUe wife and daughter the whole proT
lerty should go to the children of
jthe daughter, "providing, of coarse,
that the children should be those liv
ing at the time of her death." In
copying the will somebody made t?
words "her death" read "my death."
i The Title, Guarantee and Trust
Company, which is named as one ot
the executors, asks the court to de
cide it.
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( NOTICE.
Save money by having your buggy
repaired at CALLIS REPAIR SHOP.
jDxford, N. C.
MR., RAWLINS MAKES GOOD.
The People of Oxford will b6 Pleased
to Hear that Mr. Gus Rawlins has
Made a Splendid Examination.
Of hijm the Daily News say-
A. L. Rawlins, railway mail cleric
on tne Soutnern railway running De-
t.ween Greensboro and Goldsboro,
vent up for his semi-annual examina
tion yesterday, the examining offi
cer being G. R. Shultz, chief clerk
railway mail service, whose headruar
tors are in this city.
i The examination was on North Car-
! cHna posc-oifices.and in just 43 man-
ntes Mr. Rawlins "threw" 7S9 cards
Church About 12 Hundred Gallons
of. Beer Destroyed.
On the night of the 14th of A
piil Sheriff Wheeler With Andrew
WilMford captured a still near Fel-
lowship Church about four miles i
his escape, but there is a warrant
out for his arrest.
Families Move Back.
It is very pleasing to state that
three families are planning to move
back to Salem after having been a
way for some time. They want to
get the benefit of the schools.
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Miss Gregory Entertainss.
Miss Fannie Gregory entertained
the Thursday evening Bridge Club.
Those present were Mrs. Bevin.
Mrs. Rohardis, Mrs. Niles Mrs. Phelp
Mrs. Chevas, Mrs. Hillman Cannady,
and Miss Annie Taylor, Miss Jean
nette Bijggs, Miss Ervin Starke.
LETTER FROM MR. HUDSON.
Advocates the use of Harrows and
Weeders Some Remarks About the
Farm.
At this season of the year and a
little later, harrows and weeders
.-vhould play a very important part
in farm economy. As fast as land is
broken each half day's breaking
should be harrowed, to pulverize any
clods that may be present before
they dry out and become hard. Pul
verizing is easily done at the proper
time, but if clods are left to be
come hard they may be in the way
in planting and cultivating for a
considerable time. The harrowing al
so helps to keep the moisture in the
! soil and makes it mellow. The
thoughtful and observant farmer in
this section of hte country knows
that we almost invariably have a
drought during the summer, so they
Degin thus early to kfsp the mois
ture in the soil for future use. Sxnce
plants take their food only when dis
eolved in water, we know that if
there is no food there that can be
used by the plants. Of course, the
yield of the crop is cut off under
such conditions
In many cases and especially on
light soils, the weeder may be used
as effectively as the harrow after
breaking.The better time for the use
of the weeder, however, is after
the young plants are out of the
the seed are planted. Even before
the young plants are out of the
ground, weed a.nd grass seed are get
ting ready to come up with them.The
weeder djslodges these seed, destroys
litem, and at the same time helps
the corn or cotton seed to get thru.
Thus we have the young crop ahead
of its enemies. By repeated use of
tne weeaer every tim a ram starts
noxious seed to germinate, wre ma3r j story Mr. Ashcraft said that it re
never see the much dreaded coat of j minaed hm of an occurrence, seveT-
young, vigorous grass, une worK oi
the weeder is economical. A man,
and a horse can easily cultivate teu
acres or more per day. Furthermore,
the teeth, or finges, of the wezdzr
work among the young plants and de
stroy weeds that wouli later have
to be gotten out by expensive hand
hoeing, if a side jolow had been used
steaa ot tne weeaer. un suit. Hea
vy soils, a spike-toothed harrow some
times does better work than the
weeder.
Probably the greatest caution to
observe in the use of these imple-
i monto iq r r.lln thom at tho TVTrvn-
er time. After the grass forms a
green carpet over the field, it is
then too late for the weeder. The
implement will destroy some of the
grass, but will cultivate the remain
der so that it will grow all the fas
ter. Just as soon after a rain as
the soil is dry enough to admit the
ing, the weeder should be run over
every acre that needs it. We
may thus do two or three days' work
before the soil is dry enough to ad
mit the cultivator or deeper running
implements.
Harrows and weeders are not in
tended for breaking land, hut for cul
tivating the surface of plowed soil.
When a weight has to bo placed on
the harrow to force it into the soil,
then we know the land has not been
properly broken, or that it has be
come too hard for the use of the har
row.
C. R. HUDSON," State Agent.
Farmers' Co-operative IJemonstration
Work.
Approved:
BRADFORD KNAPP, Asssitant in
Charge Administration Farmers' Co
operative Demonstration Wor.
HAPPENINGS AT HORNERS
Warrenton
Defeats the Cadets B
is the 'Victor in Baseball and
Tennis.
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What proved to be an interesting
ana exciting game of base-ban was
pulled off on the Horner diamond on
'a ? Tf 7 W,ten Warrenlori mh
School defeated the Horner cadets by
a score of four to two. . '
The Warrenton boys started the
lucnuiAs hi me very lirst innins,
when loose .playing by the horn
let in three runs and gave th
tors a lead which could not be
come.
wf(lUrth ini-g "rner Md a
beautiful chance to tie the game up,
when after already having sent two
men across the plate, she still had
two men on bases and no outs. Some
more loose playing by the hone boys
however, and a corresponding tdg.ht
euing on the part of Warrenton
dashed Horner's hopes, and the in
uing ended without further scoring.
To cinch matters Warrenton made
another tally in the eighth though
Hcrner tried Jiard, to score m her
half of the eighth and In the ninth, j
siie found iti impossible to do so,
The line-up of 1 the two teams fol- !
lows:
WARRENTON HORNER.
Horne
r.f.
Struthers. i
Gooch.
PaschalJ
Hughes
Moore
nr 11 ; n r
s.s.
3.f.
c.
1st b.
c.f.
3rd b.
Greenleaf.
Sears.
Mallett.
Grady.
Robinson
Harkins.
Harris.
i i-Uiiicuxier
Flythe
Fountain
McMulli
2nd b.
Nicholson, Rowland.
p. iia-rns.
The score by innings:
R. H. E. i
Warrenton 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 5 5. I
T T tninfrxrirLn orwf-,1
Hornre 000200000 29 7.
Umpire Mr.T. Lanier.
Fully as pretty a game, df not more
so, was the inter-company base-ball
game Monday afternoon when A wis
defeated .by B, by a score of three to
nothing.
For the first three innings neither
3;de was able to score, but in the
fourth, Sears hit for two bases, ad
vanced on Phillips's out, and came
home on a home-run drive by Harkm
In the 4ghth B sent another man
across the plate. A made an equal
number of hits, but was unable to
bunch them.
The line-up follows.
B A.
Sears c. Bullock.
Bhilfips cf. Beard.
Harkins. 2nd b. Grady.
Gooch s.s. Mallett.
Greenleaf l.f. Catilett.
Bonner 1st b. ' Watt.
Robinson p. Harris,
trutiiers r.f. Walton.
Pratt 3rd.b. Bmmett
The score by innings:
R.
H. E.
6 1.
0 0 0
B 000200001x
A 00000000
Struck out by Harris 4, by Robin
Fon 11. Stolen bases, A, 0; B, 0. Urn
pare T. C. Merchant.
Tennis.
In the first tennis contest B wns
victoribus by a score ; r. 7. 3 f,
C 0. In the second B' again won by
a -score of 6 2, 6 2. In the first
match Smith W, and Ray representee
B, and in the second Smith W. and
KarMns; Company A was represent
ed iby Watt and Harris in each con
test. The Company base-ball games com
off each Tuesday, and the Company
the town people are invited to be
P seent and the games can be seen
"without money and without price."
Meadows-Spratly
Mr. and Mrs. William Walter Sprat
ley, of Richmond, Virginia, announce
the engagement and approaching
marriage of their sister, Mafrgaret
Spratley, to rM. Joseph F. Meadows,
cws, of Oxford, N. C, the ceremony
to be quietly solemnized jn the near
future in the homeof the bride.
Another Story of Rabbit Courage.
Mr. R. T. Ashcraft is far from
scoffing at the story of a rabbit chas
ing a cat in the effort to rescue one
of her offspring. In speaking of the
al years ago, on the farm, a mile
east of town, of his late father, W.
J. Ashcraft. While walking in the
woods, a short distance from his
father's home, he says he came a-
cross a chicken snake, at least four
j feet long, that had a young rabbit
in its mouth. The rabbit was piti
fully squealing and just as he arrived
on the scene a large mother rabbit
came galloping at full speed through
the woods. And Mr. Ashcraft affirms
and he is a man whose word cannot
be doubted, that that mother rab
bit did not do a tiling but jump on
the snake with both feet and bite
and scratch it untilthe reptile was
glad to release the baby rabbit, af
ter which the mother and her ba
by trotted off togetner through the
woods, and lived happily ever after
wards. Mr. Ashcraft killed the rep
tile. Wadesboro Messenger.
Why not phone 115 where you kno
you can get something good to eat.
"Bufont Lithia Ginger Ale" on ice
at all times. Taylor Bros.
Get the Bread habit Call phone
15 A.
BROWTN
of Course.
sells it. What? Bread,
If your buggy isout of running or
der, and you want prompt and first
class service., call at CALLIS' RE
PAIR SHOP,. Oxford, N. C.
-mat-ty
Phone 115 for everything fresh, in t
vegetable line.
JOHNSON RESIDENCE NOT SOLD.
Rumor Around that it had been, but
This was a mistake The Facts in
j the Case.
1 on. u n ao i tpui ia:u uutiu iiic
; Johnson re rdfinr r.niw, CTrt
near the Methodist parsonage had
; the purpose of putting up a hotel and
uftjn bom to a ureensooro iirm for
; had brought S.vnuo. Th T di- ho
f und cu ttihe facts that the prop-
, ertv was not slri snH thht thPTo wa
I ANOTHER LETTER FROM SENEX.
, .
He Tells of Man Much Talked A-
bout Says He is a Genius Speaks
of Gov. Graham.
Editors of the Ledger.
The last week'g issue of the
Ledger was good enough.
The old
e boys ! niaw. t w w o "a riiu I xrora nas oeen in existence
P VTS1- i ltiiinr ii-io m -n-V,i'l, u i ... .vt j t cl I i. C life rtll II T
ovr- Ledger to make ttis correction." i Ioc.tto7 We will cladly inforin anv i r,'- Sf.'SS? " 23?.
I i , m lm ! - T . , - - - ujw v x mat t in r vit;i v uin
man is much obliged for the space ! afternoon, April twelvth, "mid thun
o! lowed for what, if you please, we ! regularly appointed meeting,
will call letter No. 1. ; Mrs. Shaw seemed to vie with her
The next individual of whom most
was said that made his impress on
e large congregations that gahtered
from time to time at the said camn
en, a local preacher of the AT. F.
Church, South, a cooper by trade, as. '
was said, but was in fact a mill own- i
cr and an inventor of the celebrated
smut mill now much used in mills
01 the country. Ve would ?av. in
the first place of him as did Egypt's
king of the Patriarch Jacob's son Jo
seph, that he was a man in whom
iu aiwui, ui wq was as wen as a i
uan of God. He w-as not an educat- ;
ed man as was Dr. Smith, but he !
was as God made him, a genius
Hr , - , . .
nius by
nature. We can say of him tha he
v as a natural orator, using nature's
works to illustrate his thoughts. He
would talk of the flowers seen every
where as the products of the garden
of Eden; of the birds that sing
sweet songs in the forests and oth
er things of the animal kingdom as
having been preserved in Noah's Ar'( j able hour, Mrs.Shaw served delicious
of the beams that issue from the j cream and cakes the real "old Vir
great source of light, the sun; of I sinia fruit-cake assisted by Misses
the forked lightenings and bellowing Estelle YThite, Mary and Ruth Shaw,
thunders of the vsle moon and gMt- ! veritable "flower-like" girls, who
tering stars: of high mountains and
expansive oceans, etc. His imag-
mary pow'ers were extraordinary tak- j -wrs. iitoks announced tnat uae ciuu
en all together .He was the most care- ! would meet next with Mrs. Ray, April
ful man that we had known. This sixth, and thus ended what could
man that was enthused under the i not be other than one of the most en
great Smith speech went back to Or- ! jcyable club afternoons.
ange county.and prepaaraotry school ; Reporter.
was opened the verj'- next year, 1ST49,
at his home South Lowe';, in a loe S Primarise and the Convention.
building. The first session it was j
a saiigle room, the sceond sessaon j 25th of June the c&unty convention 1
two rooms and the third year a two- j on th 2nd 'of jujy insea-d of upon
.S,.Je dates incorrectly stated in last I
oiLtj mill w LU.Ut)IllS II OIll S5Vtjrtl UIX ,
fernet counties of the Sate. A I
school was started about the same j
time seven miles north of Louisburg j
by T M Jones, who became faJmous I
a- an educator and on.e also at
Franklinitan a little later. !
At South Lowell Male Academy a
school exhibition was had in the
year 1851. Several young men with
plenty of the right sort of ambition
prepared original speeis Cor the
occasion.
W. A. Graham, an ex-Go vernor of
the State of North Carolina was. e
lected the orator of the day. He
appeared and asked "to be excused
as he hadn't had time to prepare
a-n address but by way of complimen
ting the exercises of the occasion I
he said it would have taken a con
siderable cudgelling of his brain to
have prepared anything comparable
to what he had heard. Music was
furnished by the Hillsboro Brass
Band that excelled anything this writ
er has heard since that day. The
pieces rendered were what was then
called our national air Hail Colum
bia, Chapel Hill Serenade. The Old
North State, Yankee Eoodle etc.
SENEX.
3rookland, N. C.
Happiness Depends on the Wav We
y
Look at Things.
Are your
see things
eyes so that you can
in their right light?
If not, it shows the presence of
eye strain. Let me fit you with
glasses that will relieve the strain
and see right. My experience and a
biiity, together with exceptional fa
e'lities enables me to do the best
work at the fairest prices. Dr. N.
Rosenstein.EYE SPECIALIST, will be
in Oxford Tuesday April 26th, at the
T-'Trhanffo TT-,fei frr- k r.T1Tr,o0 r,f
examining eyes and fitting glasses.
Consultation Free.
BLOCKADED.
Every Household in Oxford Should
Know How to Resist It.
The back aches because the kid
neys are blockaded.
Help the kidneys with their work.
The back will ache no more.
Lots of proof that Doan's Kidney
Pills do this.
It's the best proof, for it comes
frolm Oxford.
Ernest Harper, Orphan Asylum
Home, Oxford, N. C. says: "I can
recommend Doan's Kidney Pills in
highest terms, being fully aware of
their merit. My kidneys were disor
dered for a long time, causing con
stant, dull pains across my back. I
also had a difficulty with the kidney
secretiens. When Doan's Kidney
Pills were highly recommended to me
I procured a box at R. L. Hamilton's
Drug Store and began their use. I
was entirely relieved of tho backache
and my kidneys were restored to a
r.ormal condition. I now feel much
better in every way."
For sale by all dealers. "Price 50
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., New
York, sole agents for the Unit
ed States.
Remember the name Doan's and
take no other.
THEY LIKE GRANVILLE.
I New Englanders Who Have Made
! Their Home With Us Are Well
j Pleased.
ou u urea ii r ieiu.
I Tha cnvDMi t-,.vi-,,.t i
I now located at Oxford, Granville Co.,
j isortn Caroma, are more than peas-
ea with their new homes. They are
taking an active interest in the de
velopment of the South generally,
and Granville County especially, and
j garding bargains in that section of
j North Carolina.
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.HE WOMAN 3 LITLRARY CLUB,
"Right royal" was the welcome
awaiting the members of "the Woman'
Literary Club, as they assembled at
! ,ne home of Mrs.Shaw, on Tuesday
j former self in having all things, beau
: tiful to the eye as well as pleasing
j Spring-time had surely come,
for
: tnere were the masses of dogwood
fragrant Narcissus, set in bowls of
pure and lovely violet lifted its head
and mingled its sweetness in the
Perfumed atmosphere.
In such a setting a-s this began the
study of Ibsen and seme of his dram
uitt-uue, uu mn u, ji ouil x-w
eration, which convenes m Henderson
Mrs. A. A. Hicks, Mrs. John Webb, !
land Mrs. k,l. Brown, witn Airs. E. 1.1
Wli :e as alternate.
1 T . J 1. J t I
ieiore ine program svas xaicen f fi - 1,,,. hat ,vp cannot
. ; the rollowing delegates were elected unnfxmnV hoo vXr xuithf 1
'to represent the club at the coming ! .t. c,lr. pnr-rutm. r
Z v : r T, "their responsibility of the work as
' fe ISd characteriStlCs of Ib- signed to them, and let them deter
Sen Mrs . bnaw , mine to fill their places to the ut-
f 2'rDR.?f dls by the CIub The Mas most of their ability.
ter Buiider i We sbould fee encouraged that the-
jriay casxana eanea, .Mrs najs ,
At the conclusion of this very enjoj
hitted to and tro w-ith trays of bon
bons, tempting and of every variety.
Thn nrimon- -ami fci th i
o-oct',, T jcror :
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AFFAIRS AT THE UNIVERSITY.
The Carolina oaseDaii team
leave Thursday of this week on her
northern trip. The colleges to be (
played are Davidson, Virginia, Wash
ington and Lee, Georgetown and the
Navy. At the close of thetrip Caro
lina plays wakeForest at Raleigh and
Chapel Hill. Half a dozen other ga- 1 Yes, our record during the past
mes will close the bad season. The j year Js certainly one to be proud of.
defeats by Virginia were unexpected j One reform after another has been
and disappointing. In the second j suggested, investigated, and carried
game Carolina was decidedly off : out. Instead of decreasing in inter
and in fact has not regained her I est our Society has grown in inter-
fast pace of two weeks back. It is t
hoped that the team will get over j
V -dull ujaiftjcu oqi uo cump an. and most successiui uivic sw:ieue.J
victory over Virginia at Charlottes- i -xt the State. For while we feel that
ville w-ill take away much of the we have failed in much that we
sting of the former defeats. The i have aspired to do, our efforts and
axil puiuaq sb st Xpoq luapnjs ; enthusiasm have gone out into the
team and expects a good record for j county and other towns cf the State
the remainder of theseason. j Your president has received many
The Carolina track team has a meet j communications from ladies in oth
aturdav with V. P. I. at Blacks-burg, er towns asking for information in
Va. Carolina won some days ago fron j regard to the work we are doing,.
Wae Forest ankd is working hard to ! with a view to organizing like so
trim the Virginia Techs. Other j cieties in their towns.
i meets are arranged with Washington
i and Lee and Guilford College.
! imovement is on foot to have a state
t meet at Raleigh.
; ThA cifudAnt .volunteer mission band
I received into membership last week
I ee F Turlington of the senior class. ) ed railway stations, parKs or cmiareit
Turlington makes the seventh mem- j play grounds. We have placed a
ber of the band. The other volun- bout the streets neat trash cans. A
teers are E. E. Burnett. A. R. Morgan. "Clean-up Week" was suggested by
w T, Con.ner J W Freeman. C. E. our Society, and endorsed by the
Norman, and H. R. Totten. The vol-
unteer band is doing a great work.
Besides keeping alive the spirit of
! niissions among tne sxuuenis wey uu
Sn effective deputation work in the
i surrounding country m co-opeiauuu
with the twenty students engaged in
tie rural Sunday School extension
work
Carolina has a clean sheet of deba-
ting victories for this collegiate
ear. Last fall Bennett and High -
smith won from Pennsylvania; this
spring, Cox and Mcintosh from Georg
and Edmonds and Stacy from Washin
and Lee.
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Capt. Wood Resigns Commission.
Captain J. Robert Wood has for
mally handed .i'n his resignation as
commanding officer of the Granville
Grays, a posity'ton which he has held
With great credit for a number of
years. "Captain Bob" as the boys
called him, was very popular and the
resignation w'as handed in this
week.
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Leaves for the West
Mr James L. Booth has accepted
position with. Mr. A. A. Chapman and
has gone to take up his duties.
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If you want something good to eat,
Phone 115.
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Now is the time to buy Gar
den Seed and HALL'S is the place
to buy them. We keep the best.
J. G. HALL.
The Best and Cheapest Stationary
st Lyon's Drug Store Stedman's
old stand. . . , J.;
SOCIETY'S SPLENDID WORK
MRS. A. H. POWELL SPEAKS OF
THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN DON
INSTITUTION HAS DONE WELL.
What) the Oxford Improvement So
ciety is Doing The Grcwth and In
fluence The Good it Has Done the
Town.
The Village Improvement Society
he at-
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t siffl
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be organized, and there were toler-
les and propnesies"that it was,
ng more than a fad among a fe-v
'whose intersct would soon die out."
j They did not appreciate the fact
i tbat xford women had received
! f?me f thsnthusia.s-m and inspira-
mini uie ft r eat woria JiHivenu'iiL
among women and that they were de
termilned to accomplish for Oxtoid,
what other women of the State are
doing for other towns.
Right here, your -''resident desires,
to congratulate the members ot"
this Society upon the work accom
plished during the past and to make
acknowledgement of the hearty sup
port of the members, and would haver
hem know that through their co-operation
and interest the duties ot
this Office have been . made lighter.
It is hoped that even more loyal and
more unanimous support will be forth
conning to the succeeding ad minis-
,r1l pvprv m(imi)pr lrfi j would
mLr. tf i'.m--
fv to renewed tcfort tor aroth
p, Let officer and ev-
TtUblic pve kag been UTK)I1 our UOrk,
and that the tolerant smiles and
prophesies of failure have giveir
place to applause and kind words,,
and that the public at large apprec
iate our Society as a wonderful a-
srenev tor t.He iu development oi
omTT1,initv interest. Let us make it
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a special point to have the PubMc-
bettre understand out attitude, that
we do not seek to dictate, nor to
direct, nor to take woman anywhere
out of her sphere. Make plain to
I them that we feel that there is a.
' womanly work in the uplifting and
j betterment of the community, and
that. w as women and house-keeners
may uphold and enforce the ordman-
ces for Civic cleanliness along all
lines of health and beauty.
I would urge that eemy
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better understand us, that we may
have their support in the work we?
have so much at heart. Our Glut
can make itself a power for the de-
velopmeiit of Oxford and surrouna-
jng counrty, if we. can hut set oursel-
Ves right before the Public, and let.
them know that our aim is only to
uplift and to encourage, and to aid
in bringing about the conditions that.
rcake for an ideal city.
est, sentiment and numbers, until to-
day we have one of the best Trnowu
The reiorms so earnestly sought
'i-r are fresh in the minds of the
Public; we have urged and worked lot
; better care of vacant lots, alley-ways,
cleaner streets and side-walks.
j more cleanly public buildings, i'mprov
J Mayor, the work beginning on the
10 th of March, which is National
Civic Day, and lasting through th
week, and with the hearty support
and co-operation of our progressive
Mayer, the Chief of Police and tho
board ot Aldermen a most .norougu
j cleaning oi paiune uuiiuiug-. juib.
uiiu ane-wa s. t nee us ctuu iwui j"u
i was accomplished. Right here 1
; would thank these gentlemen for
! their unfailing courtesy and sympathy
tic responsiveness to our aims. To
the Health, Sanitation and Civic Im
provement Committee of the Com
mercial Club, we also would extend
thanks for their helpful recognition
cf the work we have begun. And ta
ttle ."Public Ledger" for continually
Keeping this matter before tKe Pub
lic, we are under many obligat.ons.
The colored people have shown a
great interest in the clean town
idea" and much good work has been
ione by them this spring. The work-
about their premises seems to have
been thorough and complete and they
are to be commended for their inter
est in the beautifying of Oxford. We
hope that the leaders among the Col
ored people will continue to keep
the matter before them,and arouse
their pride and spirit along Knes-
of health and beauty. Last August
at the request of the Civic CJub.so
that the Citizens might not be igno
rant of the menace to the health
of the town, that the careless keep
ing of back lots, stables, etc., has
proven, Dr. B. Kc Hays delivered a.
most interesting and instructive lec
ture at the Court House on Hygiene.
As an encouragement to the cultiva
riontion of flowers, and also to add
to out fund, a flower sale was given
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