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OXFORD PUBLIC LEDGER, FRIDAY JULY TV lOll. FOR EVERYBODY CENTS igj LINE. Six Words to the Line. Cash With Order trimill advertisements will be pub lished in this column and charged for at the rate of 5 cents per line. Unless you are a regular advertiser with an account, send cash with your advertisement. If you want to buy anything.sell anything, ask for any information, advertise a business date, need la bor, want a situation, or in any way to draw the attention of the public, a small notice at an incon siderable cost will probably bring about the result you have been wanting these many days. Try This Column For Wants. Besides Building material of all kinds, we can furnish shop work, and shop jobs- Mr. Wesley Hart is with me and knows this business. C. D. Ray. DESTROYS TOBACCO WORMS. In one night. Does more and better work than ten men, It is guaran teed or your money back. Out-fit cor-iplete $1.90. Write us about it. Acme Distributing Co., Reidsville, X- C. 4t. pd. ' WANTED: Quantity of Cedar poles 25 and 30 feet long, 6 inches in diameter at top, and twelve iaches at the bottom. ' Oxford Electric Company. CALLIS' Repair Shop for rubber tires. Public School Examination. The regular examination for white teachers will be held at the court house Thursday July 13th, for color ed teachers, Friday July 14th. At the same time the high school exami nation will be held. J. F. WEBB. Farmers Union Meeting. There will be a meeting of the Farmers' Union on July 20th to dis cuss the best methods of selling the tobacco crop of 1911. There will be speakers from Kentucky or Tennesee and everybody is invited to attend. Speaking promptly at 10 o'clock. Ex ecutive session right after speaking- All lodges are requested to send delegates. V. T. Cheatham Sec'y. CALLIS , Repair Shop for rubber tires. ILL IN "OUR Copyright 1909, by C. E. B l &ocjrvV&a vv e-4 W ) ABIES grow and so does 5 money in the bank. Both growths are constant; and, taking place night and day alike, you can provide for your baby by putting money in the bank and letting it grow with him. xfoM arai iamb & Trust Company. H. G. COOPER, B. S. ROYSTER, W. T. YANCEY, President. Vice-President. Sec-Treas C IVI2iodliitilln One of the few colleges for women in the South that confers an A. B. de gree representing four years of genuine college work according to the Stan dard Colleges. Diplomas awarded In the Schools of Elocution, Art and Music. Library facilities excellent. Systematic training In Physical Education Under Director. Courts for basket ball and tennis. . M . ' Boarding Club where, by about half an hour of daily domestic service, students save from 852 to 65 a year. Students not offering the necessary units for entrance may prepare In Meredith Academy. , Believed to be the cheapest woman's college of Its grade in the South. For Catalogue, Quarterly Bulletin, or Fuller Information, Address, Raleigh, IM. C NOTICE Notice is hereby given that on I -"j uigui, Juiy xx at its regular meeting the Board of Com missioners of Oxford will receive bids for the position of Town scav engre. Any one desiring information upon which to base his bid may secure the same from the chief of police of the town. The Board of Commissioners of Oxford. (2t) NOTICE OF SALE. Under and by virtue of the pow er of sale conferred upon us by a judgment and decree of foreclosure entered at May Term, 1911, of Granville Superior Court, in an ac tion wherein The First National Bank of Dunn, North Carolina, is Plaintiff and John W. Gooch and Joseph Gooch are Defendents, we will on Monday, July 31st, 1911, offer for sale at the Court-House door in Oxford, North Carolina, to the highest bidder, for cash, the following described real estate. A one-third undivided interest in a tract of land adjoining the lands of Macon Hobgood, Mary B. Gooch and others, and bounded as fol lows: Beginning at the ford across Tar River near Gooch's Mill, and runs thence Northward with the old Mill road to where said road crosses a branch or drain about 200 yards South of Macon Hobgood's residence, thence down said branch or drain to its junction with Shel ton's Creek, thence down said Creek to its junction with Tar River, thence with said River to the beginning, containing 54 acres, more or less, together with all equities and rights of redemption which the said John W. Gooch and Joseph Gooch have in and to said land. This June 28, 1911, Time of sale 1 o'clock. P. M. D. G. Brummitt, W. A. Devin, Comissioners. Why don't hens lay at night? Be cause they are all "ROOSTERS." R oysters poultry powders makes them all lay. For sale by ALLEN & Williams. Now is the time to have your buggies repaired and painted. See CALLIS and get his prices. C. O. RAY Lumber, Sash, Doors, Blinds, etc, Plaster, Lime, Cement, Brick. All Kinds Building Material Builners Hardware, Paints, Oils, Etc. Yards Opposite Southern R. R. Station, OXFORD, - - - - - IV. C. L GROW flails- AND SO MONEY BANK fS: Zimmerman C0.--N0. 20 CoMogje. MOVING OF BUSY THRONG PEOPLE YOU KNOW AND PEO PLE YOU DON'T KNOW. The Faces of Those Caught While Coming and Going by Our Man-About-Town. Mrs. J. B. Mayes, of Stem, is vis iting her daughter, Mrs. Thad Stem. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Hays are visiting in Chase City this week- Mrs. R. T. Crews and Miss Mad eline Crews are visiting Mrs. L. W. Stark. Mr. and Mrs. E- J. Green, of Dex ter, visited town Thursday. i Mr. C. M. Knott, of Route 1, was in town Thursday. Mr. Hazell Webb, of Stem, spent Thursday in town. Mr. D. S. Howard, and daugh ter. Miss Hettie, were Oxford vis itors Saturday. Mr. L. G. O'Brien, of Route 7,was among the many visitors Sautrday Mr- Will Howard, of Route 4, was on our streets Saturday. Miss Hettie Pruitt, of Route 4, came to town Saturday. Mr. T. Y. Longmire, of Route 3, spent the day in town Saturday. Mr. G. T. Sherman,of Berea.came to town Tuesday. Mr. Ed. Newton, of Berea was on our streets Tuesday . Miss Lillian Hart, of Route 4,vis ited friends in town Wednesday. Miss Nanie Lou Adcock, of Berea, was in town shopping Wednesday. Mr. Elijah Daniel, of Route 1, was in town Wednesday. Messrs L. and B. B. Slaughter, of Berea, were in town Tuesday. Mr. T. M. Woody, of Stovall.spent the day in town Tuesday Mr. Elijah Currin, of Route 2, visited Oxford Tuesday . Little Etheleen O'Brien is visiting at the home of Mrs. E. K. Howard this week. Mr. Sam Daniel,, of Route 3, was in the city on business Tuesday Mr. Sam Morton, of Route 4, was in town Tuesday. Mr. Will Harris, of Stem, was in town Wednesday. Mrs. Pruitt, the daughter, of Mr. and Mrs. Matt Nelson, was in the city visiting friends Wednesday. Mr. Luther Oakley, of Route 6, visited Oxford Monday. Mr. Rome Averett, of Route 6, spent the day in town Monday. Messrs, Meridith and Dick Crews, of Route 6, ,were on our streets Monday. ' Mr. Tom - Walters of Route 6 spent Monday in town on business: Mr- Ira Lyon, of Creedmoor, came to Oxford the first of the week. Messrs Beverly Eakes, Joe Wheel er, Route 6, spent the day in town Monday . Messrs J. P. Mize and M- B. Hob good, of Route 1, were on our busy streets the first of the week. Miss Hallie Fuller is on an extend ed visit to relatives in Durham. Mr. S. H. Jones of Route l.came to town the first of the week. Miss Lottie Royster and father, Mr. Geo- Royster, of Route 6, were in the city shopping Wednesday. Mr. J. S. Hobgood, Route 1, was on our streets Monday . Mr. Overton, of Route 3, spent Monday in town Mr. Younger Morris, of Route 4 visited Oxford Thursday. Mr. Rufus Hobgood, of Route 4, was in town Thursday. Mr. Herbert Faucett of Bullock, was on our streets Tuesday. Mr. W. S. Gooch, of Stem, was among the visitors here Tues day. Mr. Nat Faucett, of Wilton, was in town Friday. Miss Eunice Crews of Dabney.was the guest of Mrs. J. J. Renn Satur day. Misses Alice Kimball and Myrtle Renn were guests of Miss Hattie Harris of Route 2, Saturday. Mrs. F. H. Gregory is visitig rel atives in Stoviall, N. C- Col. R. O. Gregory spent Wednes day in Raleigh. Mr. John Mayes, of Stem, was an Oxford visitor Wednesday. Mrs. B. T. Waterman and little son, of South Hill Va., are guests of Mrs. W. W. Devin. Mrs. C- D. Osborn is visiting Mrs. W. B- Mann in Raleigh. Mrs. W. H. White returned home Monday after a visit to Fayette ville, N. C- Miss Louie Mitchell is visiting friends in Louisburg. Mr. Leon Hines of the road Spent Sunday in Oxford. Mr. Walter Spratley, of Richmond Va., is the guest of Mrs. I. H. Dav is. Miss Erma Tapp, of Kinston, N C, who has been visiting Miss Mary Shotwell, returned home Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Hancock, Mis ses Mary Royall and Ethel Hancock lef tWednesday for a stay at More head City. Miss Louise Currin of Durham, N. C. is a guest at the home of Mr. J. M. Currin. Mrs. Delia Bonitz and Miss Fannit Gregory spent Monday in, Raleigh. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Cannady of Do than Ala., are guests of Mrs. M-C- Canady on College' Street. Mr. Bob Butler of Stoviall, was in town Monday. Dr. I- H. Davis returned Monday from Morehead City where he at tended the N. C. Dental Associa tion. Mrs. E. H. Sholar and Miss Fan nie returned Saturday to their home in Chattanooga Tenn. While in Ox ford they were the recipients of a great many social courtesies. Miss Jennie Frances of Baltimore Md., is the guest of her sister Mrs. William Landis. Miss Roxie Harris, an efficient member of the O. O. A. Faculty, left for her home at Stem Wednes day, after visiting friends in town for a week- Mrs. Ed. Overton, of Route 2, was in the city shopping Wednesday. Miss Hallie Moore, of Stem, and iier cousin, Mrs. O'Neal, of Durham, spent a few days in town last week visiting relatives and friends. The Oxford people are glad to hear that Mr- J. G. Hall is rapidly improving in health at Panacea Springs, where he has been for several weeks. Mrs- B. K. Hays is visiting friends in Richmond, Va. Mr. Thos. E. Hicks of Broklyn, spent several days at "Brantwood" the past week . Mrs. J. B. Powell spent) Tuesday at Chase City, Va. Mrs. Sackett of Denver Col., after a delightful visit to her sister, Mrs. W. L. Peace, left Monday for Chica go 111. Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Fitzgerald who were the guests of their sister Mrs- J. S. Rogers the past week, re turned home Friday. Mrs. Byrd and Miss Sallie Byrd of Creedmor are visiting Mrs. 'Les ter Montague. Mrs. F. M. Shamburger and Miss Myrtle Shamburger left Tuesday to visit relatives at Cleveland Ohio Misses Maggie and Annie Lou Cur rin, of Northside, are the guests of Misses Alva Lee and Lila Cur rin. Miss Kate Hays Fleming left Saturday for a stay, at Buffalo Lith ia Springs Va. Miss Annie Crews is visiting Mrs. Garland Mitchell at Kenbridge, Va- Mr. J. B. Owen, of Henderson spent Sunday in Oxford. Mr. A. A- Hicks returned Mon day from Lake Toxaway where he attended the State bar Association. Miss Maud Parham returned Sat urday from Greensboro where she visited relatives. Dr. L. V. Henderson returned Sat urday from the State Dental Asso ciation at Morehead City. - .?? JVliss Jeanett Biggs was the guest of Mrs. J. F. Coleman at Stovall Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bobbitt of Washington D. C. are the guests of Mrs. J. G. Hunt on Spring Street- Mr. R. L. Brown returned from a visit to relatives at Winston-Salem and Danville Va. Saturday. Miss Margaret Goodwin of Siler City who was the guest of Miss Lon da Shamburger the past week, re turned home Monday accompanied by Miss Londa Shamburger. Mr. S. W. Minor, of Durham spent Tuesday in Oxford. Mrs. W. H. Britt has been on the sick list this week. Mrs. R. H- Marsh and Mrs. E. M. Lewellyn and little son Frank, are visiting friends in Asheville. Mrs. D. Meadows, of Fuquay Springs, N. C-, has accepted a posi tion at the Oxford Orphanage for the summer. Misses Mary Shotwell and Julia Minn, left Wednesday for New York City when they will take special courses at Columbia College. Mrs. Selden and Miss Mary Yates, of Greensboro are guests of Mrs. M. L. Hargrove. Mr. Roger Gant, of Duke, was the guest of Mr. T. W. Winston Satur day and Sunday. Misses Katie Fleming and Frances Hays are visiting friends at Middle burg. ENGLAND'S WOMAN PROBLEM. Their Great Preponderance over Men Is Economically undesirable. Pall Mall Gazette. The census has once more recorded that there are more than 1,000,000 more women than men in England and Wales; and, ungallant as it sounds, the fact is recognized as a highly undesirable one, in view of modern conditions of life. The cur ious thing, however, is that, so far as can be ascertained, the dis parity has always been with us- The relative figures in the census of 100 years ago were 1,057 females to ev ery 1,000 - males. Today they are 1,068 females to every 1,000 males. Down to the census of 1851 a slight irregular decrease of the dis proportion was noticeable, but since 1851 the figures have steadily shown the tendency observed to-day. They explain many phenomena in our social system, and obviously shed their light on the whole of the women's rights movement. Mean while, the oversea dominions are still asking for more women. Can we not, in Lear's phrase, "shake the superflux to them?" Such coun ties as Sussex and Cardiganshire.in particular, where the majority is more than 1,200 to 1,000, should certainly be eager to promote female emigration. The fuller life and bet ter rewards that await women in the colonies, as compared with those which so many of them suf fer at home cannot be too widely made kn,owa , . . A MOMENTOUS TIME. When Thomas Jefferson Drew Up the Declaration of Independence 136 Years Ago. A group of grave, worried men gathered in a hall at Philadelphia 136 years ago July 4. They were grave because they were called up on to decide the whole future des tiny of the nation. They were wor ried because the penalty for such work as they had in hand was death They were the council called to gether from all over the country to decide whether America was to remain a downtrodden unjustly per secuted British province or should become a free independent nation. On their decision hung our5 country's fate. - During the years since America's first discovery England had little by little won from France and oth er i powers the . lion shares of con trol of the continent The thirteen English colonies scattered along the Atlantic coast had grown strong and prosperous. To these colonists rather than to the mother country itself was due England's suprema cy on the western hemisphere, for they had fought her battles, explor ed and cultivated her wildernesses and swelled her revenues. In return as years passed on England had done less and less for her American colonists- She had reduced to the rank of subsidiary provinces the land their lifeblood and life work had conquered. She had sent incompetent governors to rule them. She had tried to crush them with unjust taxes. She allow ed them no voice in their own gov ernment. Men whose heroism had carved a home and an embryo nation out of a savage hostile forest land were not the sort to submit forever to such ignominy. For a long time they sought appeal in England's justice. When these appeals were vain, they tried to bring the mother country to her senses by armed re sistance. At last, however, nothing remain ed but the choice between slavery and absolute independence. Dele gates from each of the thirteen col onies met in Philadelphia in the early summer of 1776 to make that choice. And without one dissenting vote they declared for liberty Thomas Jefferson," a young lawyei and framer, drew up a paper em bodying the colonies' defiance of op pression and their intention to form a nation for themselves inde pendent of every foreign power. This paper was called the Decla ration of Independence . It was adopted on July 4, 1776. That was the birthday of the United States of America. In mem ory of that first Fourth of July the day when we ceased to be sub ordinate colonies and became a free nation we have ever since celebrated the anniversary. When one remembers all the date really means and all that it commemorates there should surely be as much room in every Ameri can heart for grattitude and patriot" ism as for mere racket and fun. UNIVERSAL GAMBLING SPIRIT. Laws Are Becoming More Strict in Regard to This Vice. Exchange. The Federal Government long ago suppressed lotteries. New York State, in common with others, has abolished race track gambling.while municipalities here and there make spasmodic attempts to close profes sional gambling places. Any attempt to revive legalized public gambling in this State will be promptly sup pressed. And there is no reason why officials charged with the re sponsibility of enforcing the laws may not enforce them successfully against gambling. Public gambling had been running wide open for a great many years in Muskogee Oklf but Commissioner Cook stopped it the other day in just fifteen min utes. The names of every man in the city known to be running a gam bling game were secured. To the invitation to call at the commission er's office every one of them re sponded, and behind closed doors he gave the professional a little talk, the begining and end of which was, "Gambling has got to stop in Muiskogee-" As the result, public gambling ceased in just fifteen min utes. But parlor gambling with an even greater taint of disgrace,goes on unchecked.Quiet, surburban Mont clair, N. J., has no gambling houses, but as a warning to bridge players Recorder Yost has caused to be pub lished the law of New Jersey, which prohibits " all Dlayin z for money or other valuable things at cards, dice, or other games." The experience of a Montclair young lady, who was a novice at social gambling, is illuminating. Af ter a pleasant afternoon at bridge, not knowing the cards were being played for money, she was amazed when her hostess took her aside and informed her that she owed to her entertainer $40- Under the in sistance of her hostess she turned over a handsome brooch as security for the payment of the gambling debt. On relating the incident to her father.he immediately telephone to his daughter's hostess that the brooch must be returned within 24 hours. Needless to say, it was re turned. The worst of this incident is that it is only indicative of a condition that is general. When our mothers and daughters cannot meet for an afternoon game of bridge without gambling it is more of a disgrace than the gambling of professionals. And what sort of i deals will the children of gambling mothers have?. Parson's Poem A Gem. From Rev H. Stubenvoll, Allison, Iowa., in praise of Dr. King's New Life Pills.: "They're such a health necessity, In every home these pills should be. If other kinds you've tried in vain, USE DR. KING'S And be well again. Only 25c at J. G. HALXt'S . : . SHORT POINTED LOCALS We are sorry to hear of the sev ere illness of Mr. Lester Montague's small child. The Rev. Mr. Horsfield will hold services in St. Saul's Church, Gosh en next Sunday at 3:30 p. m. The many friends of Miss Estelle Wilson will be glad to hear that she is rapidly iproving from a se vere operation which she underwent' some few weeks ago at a South Car olina Hospital. , Miss Ethyl Adams who has been, visiting in Goldsboro, left there oa Saturday for Morehead City, where she is a member of a house party which is being entertained at the Atlantic Hotel by Miss Emma Jef freys of Goldsboro. LEARNS TO TALK AT 25. Blow on Head Caused Man to Lose Power of Speech "and He Had to Begin Like a Child. A man learning to talk at the age of 25 years, at the same time that his infant daughter was trying to form syllables and words, seems a paradox. But such was the exper ience of Harry J. Scott, of Goshen, Orange County, New York. Moreor er, it took him five years to learn and he has only finished. Scott is a clerk in a Goshen gro cery. Five or six years ago he was a member of the Cataract Engine Company, of the Goshen Fire Depart nient. The company had bought ap paratus and was testing it in the village street when something broke and a piece of iron struck Scott on the head with such force that it depressfft! a section of his skull.and the pii of bone pressed on the brain. Scott was ur conscious for days. Dr. FraderieK. Seward Br Denis and Dr. Condit. who attended hiai, agreed there was but one chance in a thousand for him to recover- The piece of bone was re moved and then fitted into place a gain. The lacerated brain cells were treated antiseptically and re sults awaited. At the end of two weeks consciousness gradually re turned. Food was given by artific ial means for a time, but little by little strength seemed to return and the man could swallow normally. But though consciousness had re turned, the power of speech hadn't, The man could not utter a syllable. At intervals he would seem to try to speak. The doctors could find no organic impediment to speech After a few months, following some premonitary symptoms, the man's lips moved in sound- It was not a syllable or a word, but it was a sound. He was encouraged to re peat the ef fort,and one day he form : ed a syllable or two. In turn more syllables, and in time, by dint of ve ry much patience and encourage ment and effort, one-syllable worda were spoken. The doctors decided the injury had affected the side of the section, of the brain controlling the organs of speech. They say that it is known to the " medical Iraternlty - that In such a case the remaining side will in time take over little by little the functions or share of the functions belonging to the other side. Hence the man's gradual recovery of the power of speech. Rv tVnv tima "ha Ttra e ahla - farm polysyllable words and sentences, his daughter Ruth, who was born ve ry shortly after the accident to her father, began to learn to talk. It was strange to her to hear a grown man, with other faculties intact, ev en to the extent of being able to read papers and books intelligently and write normally, lisping words and phrases the same as the child. The two were inseparable, and soon learned to talk together. Progress was more rapid with the child than with the father. x After a couple of years Scott was able to resume work as a clerk in the grocery. His speaking vocabu lary was limited, but as he waited on customers and used the words he had learned , it increased. Fluency and ease of speaking came slowly There was a halting hesitation a bout every utterance. It was as if the man weVe trying to recall a forgotten something, to grasp a lost faculty. Patience and practice.how ever, made for constant, though ve ry slow improvement, and gradually fluency and ease began to come. Through the remaining months and years down to the present it has continued, but only recently has Mr- Scott's power of speech become normal. To-day he talks as easily as he ever did, and no one would ever suspect his strange experience. The little daughter that learned to talk with her father is now a bright eyed school girl New York Press. "' t4t'Z:zzzL tk Is George Henpecked? ""Uk'r Chicago Post. Some niagizine articles and sev eral Sunday newspaper feature stor ies convey the thinly veiled infor mation that King George of England is henpecked. It is not put so badly. It is simply and gracefully said that the Quean. Mary, has certain strong o- :inwais aol urini.ples. Then we are toM that George be.cngs to but one club, that he never eeu looks on at a game of cards there, and that his idea of pleasant evening is tor sit on one side of the fireplace and read while .the Queen sits on the other and sews. Year by year the rampant rule of Kings dwindles. Solomon had 300 wives and if he wasn't boss of the palace history omits any informa tion to the contrary. Caesar ignor ed his wife's warning and went and got assassinated, thus depriving" her of the chance of telling him she told him so. Napoleon was Napol eon every day of his married life. But here we have King George sit ting at home of evenings, reading the afternon papers and doubtless yawning and going to bed about 1G o'clock, after seeing that the kitch en door is locked and that the cat. has been put out. Still, the King certainly can da ' no wrong in the circumstances,