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VOL. 22.
OXFORD, N. C, FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 16. 1910.
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KILLING NEAR GRISSOM.
MARSHALS FOR THE FAIR.
SHOOTING IN OXFORD.
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iMates to
Old Subscribers Should Pay Their Subscriptions and Vote for Their Favorite Candi
date. Now is the Time for the Contestants to Show Their Metal,
25 IN GOLD GIVEN AWAY BETWEEN SEPT. 16th-29lh
To The One Turning in the Most Money on Subscriptions, Old and New Will
Count on This Offer. "Not Begging But Selling,"
XXIX-'XXX-' '
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X LIST OF PRIZES. X
J. FIRST GRAND PRIZE. j?
4 $350.00 Kohler and Campbell Pia X !
X no- On exhibition' at J. R. Woods j
. THIRD GRAND PRIZE.
V $75.00 set of Statcsvclle- Furni- X
ture. On exhbiitien at Upehurch X j
Brothers.
V THIRD GRAND PRIZE.
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X i
$70.00 Taylor Canada dy
Buggy. i
On- exh.h-tion at Horner Bros. CO
X FOURTH GRAND PRIZE. j
! ?65.G0 Cabinet Sowing Machine. I
& X
V Company; Store.
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FiPTH fiRAND PRIZE i
X Beautiful Hall Rack. On exhibi- g j
A - on at J. R. Woods. :
X
oiAi h pKit.
$10.00 In Gold
t- . ... - ,
3. $10.00 in gold will be given tne A j
r-erscn nominates winner of v
4. 1
SEVENTH PRIZE. . i
Beautiful Toi2et Set. On exhnbi- 1
Yticn at Upehurch Brothers: Store. f ,
vii imtr en-''t- ui..i.w-vU r-- Y
v j Y
vcs and examine tnese Deauuiui ,
Tpr;zes.
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Thre is iust one more week be
sides today for contestant in The j
Leader's great prize and popularity j
contt to secure subscriptions and
receive devote vote.
Tae prepesiticaa cf giving double
votes c:i ell subsciripticrs er.(ds at 8
o'clock T-nsday nM,at whici j
me iw yo: v. exit vote sv-eviLe
be reduced.
"Doubfe votes7' win not be ussuetl
On rtabsripticn after that hcur ex
Ccpt tho-:e cominj; in from cut-of-towai.
All such subscriptlcms miust
be the mal before that 3xGUr' and
bear the pest mark not laterttba-n 8
o'clock Thr.irscLaj night-
After that hour you will receive
but To per cent mere than: the reguiai
sale; the next w.?ek after' that
but 30 per cent more tihan the regu
lar scale, and the remaining time of
the contest the regulair scale of votes
will prevail.
This offer is -not comAmed to nw
subscriptions. All subscriptiors; paid
between these dates wr'JH b-e given
double votes, whether old or new.
Old subscribers are entitled to votes
by paying np arreages, should they
be behind their payments. 4
Just Think of the List ofPrizes-
llie first grand prize will be a
$350 Kohlerfe Campbell Piano, waich
will be awarded the one receiving, the
largest numebr of votes. It :s sold
and recommended by Chas. Steiff.
This niano is on exhlibiiticni at J. R
Woods Furnture Store, and is oen
for inspection, to tihe pUiblifc.
The second grand priize is a $75-0
set of StateviHe Pu.nniture pntrcnas-
ed from and on exhibitticn at UPmuch they can helip you right now,
church Eros .This will be awarded
to the one securing the second, high
est' member of votes.
The third grand prize is a $70.00
Taylcr-Cannady Buggy, purchased
from and on dieplay at Hornier Bros.
Co.T his will be awarded the one hiav
ing thiird largest number of votes.
The fourth grand prize is a $60. 00
Cabinet Standard Sewing Machine j
purchased from A. J. Kit.tr ell Agt. 1
and on exhibition at Pitdbford &
Co's Store, will be given; the one Be
curing the fourth largest nnmber of
votes.
AJfeo, fifth and sixth Prizes- a hall
rack and a beautiful toilet will be
given.
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$25.00 IN GOLD.
X The Oxford Public Ledger witly0u did- If t1hait's th'a C3'Se SJS
give away $25 00 in gold to the T ' ano make some new ones. Maniuic-
candidate turning in the largest X I ture them, for contest purposes.
X amount of money on na'd-imd- j Never have a better chance to use
Tvance subscriptions between the f ! them. Yn0 need their help right at
X dates fo Sept. 16th and Sept. 30 X thte ttime to win one of the premium
4 at 8 n. m. Now tho trims to see- V I ballots.
X every available subscrf.ption and X
.reeive douta votes and the $25
Y CO as wpII.
Not Begging, Selling.
All Oxford Leder'g contestants real
ize that everyobdy will help with a
subscription when ft is known you
are working for the Piano or on
of the other prizes.
"Jchn Brown" may turn dow,n the
man who comes to his house selling
a book, for "John Broiwn": iknowi.
the man is doing this thing for the
money he gets out of it. Buiti ".Jct-.tn
Brown," ncr all of the "John
Browns.'" that were ever made, are
not goingto give you a turn down
when he knows you are tryLiigbowCn ;
Come Out to
eefe More tor (Cai-
B)03
i(B(Eire
C!ne of the prizes ofered by the Led i
ser. i
D0 you think that "John Brown"!
lc not recall; the days of his youth !
w3len he, too, enjoyed being in the
nienry whirl for popularity and pri-'
zes. j
You bet he does. He knows the I
whoq2 thimg and he knows that it j
mcaia a lot t o you and he is ready ;
to give you his Inttleheliv while he I
may not be able to do it just now
call on Mm again and give "Jcihin j
Browa" a chance to make good He j
is gc,x:g- to make good and you want '
to think so, believe it snd live it un-
ti he shows that hp is not
r-j. . m, a-!.
Why shoulij he net do so? Did
you ever stop to think, mere is no-
reason
1U Llie iiisl lie
monCT.8 worth. If he pa
doJiar for tihe paper, does
In the first plaee he gets his
ays you one
es be not get
one dollar's worth of newspaper?
Of course, and the votes that are
giVen, lcx that dollar aire jUl3t thrown
in by Tihe Ledg.r for good measure.
iWU aTe. not asKmg" ciaarity ct Jonn,
Brown," Get that cut of yoitp head. !
If the grocerman thought that he I
-T.r-.. X Trt tx 1- 4-
v$ aiviii iur iiiuu ny wiien sent
cat the boy to tile house to take or
ders "he would not be doing busi
ness. Not cn your .life. And 110 more
T..- rn-n - v nna.r
worth of the Ledger. Now be hon
est. You ever thought of that, d-d
you? No, of course not. You simply
thought that you did not want to ask
Jc;hn. BroW for ycu thought you
were begging.
mg: Great Scott :
If
you
are begging when, you ask a man to
buy The Ledger, then the man who
se!!i3 calico, cigsrs, or what not, is
beggang. Then the man who sells
cash, registers or makes them, is1 beg-S-E-g.
Do you th;'.nk that the large
(manufacturing concerns of this count
ry, the Barge nOn, works, thi'mk th3y
are begging wSien they make an ar
ticle and send ther salesmen out
to sell it? Well, if that is begging
then they have been very successful1
beggars, and it well pay yen to get j
into line and do some of that begging
for yourselff.
The Oxford Ledger is a manufact-
ured articles, just as the cash reg
ister and carriaegs are. it is manufac
tured by the Oxford Ledger Company
and yon the candidate in this con- j
test, are the salesmen just as much j
as the men who go to the various j
sections of this country and sell the
manufactured (product, and if this is
beaming, make some more of it and
beg some mere.
Cash Promises Now.
No doubt every promise made to
you by friends earlier dim the contest J
will eb fultfi:fcedi now, show them how
plain that the rate are so much.
mere valuable now. Show them ihow
and they will try their best to give
you the subscriptions during the
"douibile vote" offer wihich, expires to
morrow night.
Don't Be Bluffed.
Whatever you do don-'t 3et the !
other fellow slip something over on
you and induce you to give up the
game by some bluff story that she j
ha- a few millicai votes in reserve,
sh,e is going to try and make you bie- j
lieve this.
Are you. going to?
The big prizes wd.I& go to the con
testants who go right and, light
their own fights and do it a little
harder than any of the others. Per
sistence telUs the story.
Maybe the other contestants saw
att! tihoiV friends in a week. Maybe
Time for Earnest Efforts.
If you have not accomplished an,y-
to Put forth most earnest eiiiwis,
an,d right, now is where t'he steady
systematic, consistent work will
couinit. It' will be the strong self
reliiant, purposeful candidate wno
wilji cajrry off the homorsv Don't dal
ly wiith your purpose. The one safe
serviceable remnnerative quality in
every person is the quality of atten
tion,, to that one purpose. It is th9
men and women who plod along,
tolling determinedly over the rough
places who ultimately win success.
Whats the use of putting one hand
to a thing into which yon can just
as easily throw your whole forcetui
personality? You now have anbther
the Court House
isMe tos.99
opportunity to Jay away as many
votes as you choose. That is why
tile present bonus offer is the very
best time for those who neglected
the past opportunities, a good live
wi,re type of candidate need have no
fcTf.-. a XI J l j.i 1 j . K
u-uuux LlhiJ staax vn&iz any ui'e
candidate has Or is reported to
have. A few days of honest,' ear
nest work will ou1 down the lead of
amy candidate, so that any one can
enter the conteist at this stage and
be practically on aai equal footing
with those who entier early, lyut did
not push their campaign, vigorously.
List of candidates and votes count
ed at 4:30 p. m. yesterday.
Oxford N. C.
Miss Gray Yancey 82.650
Miss Edna Earl Crews .. ..77.110
MissLillie White ..58,250
MissFannie Wyattt .. .. .. 47,900
Oxford Route 1.
Mice Fthol P.lpmpnj. I1 1Qn
b..-x,! . ...... t . . . . . . -ri,iwV
missnexiie pruitt tUf45U
OXFORD Route 2.
Mrs. W. W. Brum mitt 22,000
OXFORD, Route 3.
Miscs Hattie Harris 21,100
OXFORD, Route 4.
Miss Bailey Daniel .. ..' 20,100
Mi 5-3 Novettn Laws . .. .. ..60,150
Miss Tazzie Howard .. .. .. 17,200
OXFORD, Route 5.
Miss Jessie Cottreli .. .. ..66.250
Miss Zelma Pleasant 26,550
Mifs Afberta Aiken 19,350
Miss Florence Dement .. .. 24,130
Miss Maggie Critcher .. .. 58,200
Miss Mollie Ellis 25,250
Miss Stella O'Briant 24,600
OXFORD, Route 6.
Miss Mamie Cash 27,150
Miss Jessie Mangum .. .. ..68,150
OXFORD, Route 7.
Miss Etta Eakes 28,860
Mrs. Demis O'Briant .. .. 31,550
: Rosa Smith 24,150
Mrs. Julia Hunt 53,250
Miss Bessie Eakes 37,240
Miss Lillian Hart ..18,200
Miss Jennie A!$ocd 16,500
STEM, N. C.
Miss Ruth Wefcb 54,375
Miss Ora Crimes 460.50
STOVALL, N. C.
Mrs. T. E. Critcher 27,150
Misd Nettie Davis 64,350
Miss Lucy StovaU 56,350
CREED MOOR, N. C.
Mrs. I. E. Harris 64,050
Miss Lizzie Hester ..3,5.200
HARGROVE, N. C.
Miss Ella Thaxton 20,000
Miss Cozy Smith 22,250
DABNEY, N. C.
Mrs. RobertCritcher .. .. ..64.C25
Miss SaMie Wye he .. .. .. 16.100
WATKINS, N. C.
Miss Annie Laura Crews .. 20,270
BEREA, N. C.
Miss Ruth Fullre 55,250
MissNannie Lou Adcock 74,000
NORTHSIDE, N. C.
Miss Carrie Farthing 27,500
BULLOCK, N. C.
MissFanmie Culbreth 24,000
LYONS, N. C.
Miss EthlaVeazey 31,500
VIRGILINA ,VA.
Miss Hettie Adcock 24,000
Miss Lucy Daniel 17,250
DICKF-RSON.
Miss Ethel Dickerson 24,000
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Nice Farm for Sale.
I offeif my home and farm for sale
in Salem Township. This is a fine
farm near Saelm Church. This is one
of a few chances to get in the Salem
neighbor jhood. Aply to D. N. Hunt.
Oxford N. C.
FOR SALE: 4 room Cottage nxt
doer", to Dr. J. A. Stradl;ey Apply
to W. L. Peace.
WANTED: a 15 horse power engine
Apply Ledger Office.
The Lash of a Fiend.
would have been' about as wisicorna tc
A Cooper of Oswego, N. Y.,as a mer
ciless lung-racking cough that defied
all remediSes for years. "It was most
triouibliesome at night," he writes,
"nothing helped me until I used Dr.
King's New Discovery which cured
me completely. I never cough at
might now." Millions know its match
less merit for stubborn colds, obsti
nate coughs, sore lungs, Iagriippe, as
thma, hemorrhage, croup, whooping
cough, or hayfever. It relieves qui
ckly and never fails to satisfy.
A trial convinces. 50c, $1.00. Trial
bottle free. It's positively guaranteed
by J. G. Hall.
To-Night And
Braxton Eragg WasShct and Killed
By Lawerence Davis Beth were
Drinkina.
Lawererce Bivis was visiting at;ottIu; Edward Crews; Oscar Pat- j Robert Peac,. 2 colored :nsrchant,
th home of Elias Allen when Brax- i tercsi; Neediam Hart; Ricnard -Hai- Alex Pt..?t.t , vell tz C j colc'.'cd
ton Brag-, noted bullv around .Grls- jris; at Bruin mitt; -Me-rtaith P- man were ex '.mini - anlvev Johroa
son scation decided that Tiavk was ! ews; B. R. Patts; J. E. Knott; D- thirty-two cri:tfr 'ux tho stor of
net wanted and proceeded to order
him out of t.h hr.us.o riavis. wcMd
EOt then eby the ordsrs of Bragg.
tsotn went awaj to get scale wine
and came back in a maudlin state
and Bragg told Davis to go but lie
wcuidn't. Davis flired, killing Bragg
instantly. It is not known whethes
tn,e deceased &nct cr not, as one
chamber wasemipty when he was) picl
ed up. Bivis was foumd out in
the front yard in a drunken sleep.
Tihe whole crowd present had been
drinking- and holes were ehct in the
house by pistols fired by hands of
the druniks. It is said but not
known that bad feelings existed be
tween the two men. Prom what
can be ascertained, the shooting re
sulted from the results of mean whis
key. Both men! were notorious. They
were known as bullies and have bor
ne an unsavory reputation ever:
since they were men.
Cauht on the Fly.
Mrs. .Susan C. Hunt, Mrs. Lottie
Parker, Mrs. R. J. Aiken and Miss
Alberta Aiken, all attended1 a mission
ary meeting at Banks this county, j names -a, the Ledger will be the cnV
last Saturday and Sunday. Mrs. pai ; notification gien marshals of thejr
ker made such an impression that . appointment. The Marshals appointed
she received many invitations to ad-1 above should notify the Chief Mar
dr,ss societies at other places, ; chal, at Oxford not later than Sept.
Ir. George Y. Parham of Salem
was bitten, by a highland moccasin j
at the barn one night last week. He
went in haste to see Dr. Booth and
the Pe. came to seehim the next
day, his arm and sho-nidea were badly
swolen, but he is much better and j
and will soon be alight again. Well
did he kill the snake? Yes.
D Nf .K.
Hart-Til ley.
Mr. .Hallie Tiley of Oxford and
Miss Cecil Hart of Route 5, w,;i"e ma
rled by Rev. Mr. Thompson in the
Presbyterian Church iin Oxford Aast
Sunday at 2; 15 o'clock p. m.
itne briae and grocpa iett on Jion -
nSU a Ur S. Xf k S2.n
points to spend the honey moon.
-miss Jnettie aged 14 or aoout io
and daughter of Mr. G. Wash currim
cf Route 5, wa3 married Jast Satur-
day night to Mr. Fred Boyd of Route
N- 3.
neuie is notnmg uut a caud ana
in due- t?me Ike the Prcdical Son, she
will see the ejiror of her way, and
will repent
n". Boo parn,am, liv-
:reek Church ran
A daughter of Mc
"ng near Tahb Cr?
away and maried a Mr. Critcher last
Bunaay. u. xN.riuuu f dom theater, went to a drug store.
aa when they arrived at the corner of
Oxford Orphanage. Ncrth Elm. an(1 chjreh streets front
Rev w S Hester filled his res- j c-f the residence of C. M. Vangtory,
ular appointment arid made a good j hi3 face became drawn, and be stag
talk to the ch:Mdrn, last Sunday. ' gered and fell torwnad, fcemg upneld
Our teachers and children have re-! by Mrs. Fisher,
turned from their vacation and tns Mr- R-j-ster is a prominent citizen
regular school wcrk has begun in ; of Oxford, is a cousin of Generfcl B
earnest. We note bright new3 and i S. Royst?r, and is well known throug
cheerfuiness in every countenance ! hout the state. Greensboro Daily
and it onljy means better work both j News,
by teadheiis- and children after tak- j ,
ing a vacatiion. There is a treat j . j ironin? blaze caused two
store for t,he Orphans and teachers -lT'yJ rinilcrs
as well as the missionary workers m
Oxford. wnen Mrs Lottie Barnes
Parker, a missionary direct l-kim
Cuba, will lsctu.re or talk at the
Orphanage one night next week, on
the lives and customs c-f the peo
ple in Cuba. Find out the time
and be there, or you will miss a,
treat.
Visitor.
grin
The Stem High School.
The stem Hih School opened
Monday last. There was a, lange atten
dance consisting of about 94 pupils,
of whom 19 are in the High Schol
room, and aboutl4 are in the assis
tants room, which has just been ad
ded. We now have five t9achers
in this school,.
The opening exercises were held
in the auditoriam of the Stem High
School, lasting about two hoars.
We have made good progress ii
school work, this year the advanta
ges seems to be far superior, to
those of the two previous years, "we
seem to have a better set of boys
and girls this year,. Our boys say
they a,re going to get u.pa good ball j
team and a good debating society,
So we can challenge the leading
schools of Granville, which are our
intention now.
P. H.
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TO OUR FRIENDS IN OXFORD ANC
COMMUNITY.
We, the wife, mother, brothers' and
sisters of Luther S. FarUbow wish to
express our heartfelt thanks to our
many friends for ther numberless'
marks cf kinidsess during hfs -last
illnes.. .
All during his illness and espe
cially the few days just before his
death, the neighbors did all they
couJd to relieve the anxious loved
ones, and after his death thsir ex
pressions of love and sympathy con
tinued until his dear form was commi
tted to the grfaae.
These kindnesses shown when our5
hearty were wrung with sorrow wall
never be fcalgotten.
We take this opportunity of thank
ing you all through the columns of
The Public Ledgen
Hear Mafor Stedman. Ladles
Chief : Ben K. Lac-siter, Chief Aides. :
j Assistant Marshals.
i E. T. Crews; E. A. Huat; Fv8d i
j ri warren, to. A. j? lem-n-s, Jr., ubx
I Meets; L. A. V-easey; Jchn Kooeris,
WaTter Fleming; Wade H. Jenkiias-; J
; W1U Ulcere JenKns; k. u. raijoi, j
S. M. Bailey; Euene Moss; L. E-
j Adcock; Richard Gocch; Cleveland
j Bragg; Otho Daniel; Meivm Majet.;
U-ecrge unvctieid; KODert urs;
Y. urewg; v. k. jvisuoau; itoy cau-,tlie
gett; Royal Daniel; Lucious Slaugh
ter; Hamilton Hester; Elam Cumn;
A. W. Cannady; Roy Howard; Will
iam Thorpe; J. C. Howard; W. B.
Currin; R. H. Butler; Dr. W. L. Tay
lor; Herbet Gregcry; Fletchi- Nor
wood; W. M. Wood; D. T. Winston;
J. S. Watkins; J. W. Right; H. Tay
lor Jackson; Roy B. Wrghiit; John
G. Morton; I. W. M3ngum; w. W.
Crews; Le onrad Mitch&; Roger
Gant; A. G. Howell; Jack Bullock;
Bert Taylor; E. G. Grewls; John B"ch
anan; E. L. Parham; S. H. Hobood;
Lee Taylor; Elliis Cannady; cra'dy
Harris; Marshall Pin-nix; D. K. Tay
lor. Proabbly others well be appointed
at a l!ate,r date. Mr. Lassite-r, the
Chief Marshall wi? appoint his ch'ef
aides later. The publication of these
; 25th of the'r acceptance as the above
list is subject to be-cng revised 01
supplimented later.
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STRICKEN SUDDENLY.
Mr. J. F. Royster of Oxford, Has Hen
orrhage of Brain.
J. F. Royster, of Oxford a man 62
years of age, whi walking along
Ncrt& Elm srteet last ijight about
11 o'clock with Mrs. A. A. Fisher and
Miss Sadie Royctcr, was stricken with
hemorrhage of the train and would
have fallen if Mrs. Fisihc,r had not
supported him. Fase-rsby. renderea
! a3sitance, an ambulance was quickly
1 called- ad unconsc-ors man was
caiTied to St. Leo's nospuai, wuere
h received medical attention. At
; 2 0-cj3ck thi3 mcrni.n,? his condition
. .g rportd to be critical,
; Mr Royster came to Gresi-sbcrfO'
i lt evening cn the: Goidetcrc train
tQ visit or several days with th-
; f ,a-ly of G h Royster at 434 church
; st.re. He was in the' best cf -spirit
: and was very jelly. bo;
. 9 0clock accomi:a;ned bv 3
andMis3 Royeter, h.3 w
and was very jelly. Shortly after
Mrs. Fisn-
ent . up
: town, ar.d after going to the Sky-
, damage tQ th& buildings and adjoin-
in tenement houses in New lork,
r,i three fireman narrowly escaped
death.
The heavy rains around Feyette
vMJh last week flooded the country
around that section end swe!lied the
streams so that some were impass
able and other counties especially in
Iredell, a good deal of damage
was done.
The colored fireman association
that met in Vinston-Salem gare an
exhibition to the citizens of that
town and President' McNeal was so
pleased width their wcrk that he
wrote the col'ered men a letter i'n
which he commended them very high
ly. Major Stedman's Appointments. Dem
ocratic. Hon. Chas. M. Stedman, candidate
for Congress wiK addrfcss the voters
of this district at the following times
and places:
Oxford. Thursday niffht. September
j 15th at 8 o'clock p. m. Creedmocr,
! Saturday, September 17th at 2; 30
; o'clock p. m. Burlington, Monday,
September 19th at S o ck p. uj.
Mebane, Tuesday, September 21st at
i c o'.-inr'v n m Hillsbcro. Wed
nesday, September 21st at 8 o'clock
. tti 1 1 rr-i 1 .
p. m. Cnapei mu, umisuay,
emb.rr 22nd at 8 o"c!cck p. m. W-nit
Cross Fridav. September 23rd at
o'clock p. ra. Roxbcro, Tuesday, Sept,
27th at 1 o'clock p. m. Hurdle's
M'MAs. Wednesday, September 2Sth
at lo'clcck p. m. Durham, Thursday,
September 29th at 8 o'clock p. m.
Yanc9yvile, Tuesday, October 18th
at 11; 30 o'clock A. M.
A. Wayland Cooke,
Chairman Democratic CongreSsiona.
Exeuctive Committee, Fifth Dist.
Rafd Mfiriftin for Children.
Folev's Honey and Tar is a safe an
effective medicine for children as it
does not contain opiates or harmful
drugs. Get only the genuine Foley's
Honev and Tar in the yellow pack-
age Sold by all Druggists.
It Occurred Last Saturday Morning
About Ten O'clock wss an Acci-
dent.
RoL,-(rt pe.3Ce. v.rev the
revolver fird ih luillrt hittlnc
Alex ' in abejt' the sixth rib. Robert
C1ed tiie. gVn It h;,irijeUeCi this
way. Alex, had gone in Robert's
store on business and clurii:ig tJio
t3lk, the tiuesticn ot a pistol came
J-!u,p and Alex showed a de.s're for
weapon. Robert was snowing t
to the would-be-PL'r'c-hasr, whtn he
tcsld Alex that he was' go'r.g upstairs
to see Dr. Boeder, a colcrc-d physi
cian, but before going he took out
the five bullets in the chamber and
Robert said he tela Alex, and w.2r.-Jn-ed
him that he had taken them out.
Whire he was upstairs the victim
was still examining th? gun ai:d put
the balls back jn the chamber. Pres
ently Robert came and tock up ihe
pistol. Alex said that :t was no
:ood and in attempting to focplain
to him about the we3pcii, llcbert
was snapipng it, when it went -off
striking Alex. The victim fell- and
Robert remained with him until ihe
was cstiriied tc the home of h:.a bro
i'her. The concensus of c-pin'on among the
white and color c-d people was that
it was an accident. The convetrs-a"
tion the writer! heard between the
wo men proved conclusively that it
wa3 accidental. When he ac,;ved' on
;he scene, which was within five
minutes after the occurence happen;
ed, Alex, was lying on the floor with
his head in the lap of Robert Peace
and they were talking together, Ro
bert saying to Alex, 'you are the best
friend I got' and the vict;.m replied,
but co-ufa not be distinctly heard.
Alex, seemed to have suffered a
5,Teat deal. He thought he wc?s go-
. m Y
i mg to die and sent tor tfenerai noys-
t"r, to make his wiUl. No cue was
present, at the shooting exeert Rob
"ct and Aliex.
Alex is getting on alright and is
believed that he wrill get well.
Late Summer Echoes From the Wo
man's Literary C'b.
At the last meeting cf thr. Wom
an's Literary Club c-f the y-,rl909
10, we s- suggested by one cf iarm
bcr,3 that the Club m?-t. mv; and
then during the Summer' and read to
gether Rostand's World fanxd l'lay,
Chanticler it seemed Ions; to bavo
to wait till September fca inofher
meeting This suggestion v.a glad
ly received by the Club and
MVk. Powell at once extended c cor
dial invitation tc the m'mberf- to
meet with her, which was gl'.aly
accepted.
It' was one of those rare -lne
mornings whem the appoir.ttd 'lay
rolled around, and as each one enter
ed the lovely horn? and received the
always ccrdi?! welcome, tcok her
place among the group. Tfco&c lines
frcm Tennyson nvn-sc have been sug
ested by the surroundings:
"VVr!hat',s so rare as a day in June.
Then if ever come perfect days.".
The day this time was the setting
for just such a meeting.
The Play Chanticler was! called
by Mrs. Hays the cast having been
made. So thoroughly did every one
enter into the spirit of the P&y,
and so enjoyable was at all, that
"all too soon" the hour for adjourn
ment was at hand.
Mrs. Powell was too hospitable
to, have a feast for the niind
flone, for just at thistime trays
-2 the most tempting and del'cious
refreshments, are passed again, and
sain. The President rises to take
l:ave so the Cl.'.b adjeurrd to meet
with Mrs. Webb. Mrs. Tyree . was
guest of honor.
When, the day for Mrs. Webb's meet
ing arrived verymany members of
the Club were cut of towu, still it
was a "jewel" of a meeting, always
so at this hospitable home. Refresh
ments were justwhat every one liked!
best, so at the close of this charm
ing reading the Club adjourned to
meet next with Mrs. Hicks.
Owning to different and many rea
sons this meeting was only held n
September twelfth. Miss -Julia Mi
nor cast and called Chanticler and
juding from th emerry peals of lau
ghter Chanticler was still entertain
ing the Clubz in a delightful way.
Mrs. J. c. Horner, who has read
the part of Chanticler. h?.s done it
so clearl, and, been so successful in
interpreting his speeches, that &
Treat deal of the pleasure has been
given by her. This is not the ' r.d
but tbe hour for adjournment hs
come, but the thoughtfully ts Cf the
hostess detairs the Club by serving
refreshments, ard elegant, as well
a3 a delicious sai'3d coarse, w.oicu
lsne and Elizabeth Hicks.
HARRIS SHOOTS CURRIN.
Ths Two Quarreled and then Went
Out in The Road to Settle it..
The shooting affair between Mr. Leo
Hsrris ard Lucius Currin can not
be found cut. All that we can ascer
tain, is that Mr. Harrisshot Cuirrill
and they both were fihting. The
row started about sometmi:tg t"iu
I . - - , rrV. fo ri in
; w-as said aDout, uuinn. xu a
the case are very meager,
j
! The best country meal made trom
select home-grown cornalways onj
hand. L. THOMAS.
Specially Invited.