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OXFORD PUBLIC LEDGER, FRIDAY OCTOBER 20, 1911. CHRYSANTHEMUM SHOW. Armory Hall, November, 1911 Chry santhemum) Department Pre miums Offered 1. Finest dozen Chyrsanithemuma any color, cash $10 by Taylor Can nady Buggy Co., flowers to be dona ted to the Society. 2. Second best. dozen Chrysanthe mums, cash $5, to be donated to the Society, by Oxford Wheel Co., 3. Best yellow Chrysanthemum, cash $2.50, by Mangum and Watkini 4. Best Pink Chrysanthemum, cash $2.50 by W. Z- Mitchell. 5. Best White Chrysanthemum, cash $2.50 by Oxford Buggy Co. 6. Best half-dozen Chrysanthe mums, one variety and color, cash $3, by J. F- Meadows. ! i 7. Best Growing Chrysanthemum a half ton of coal, by C. D Ray. 8. Best and greatest variety of odd types, cash $3 by Bay lis and Chappell. k Plant Department, Premiums Offered 1. Best Palm cash $2.50, by First National Bank. 2. Best SwordFern, cash $250, ty FirstNational Bank. 3. Best Fern; any other variety, cash $2.50, by J. S. Hall. 4 Best collection of Plants, cash 5, by Granville Heal Estate & Trust Company. 5. Second best collection of Plants, pair $4 shoes by, Perkinsoi Green Company. G. Best Plumaso Plant.one gallon of paint, by L. B. Turner. 7. Best Sprengeri Plant, The La dies HomeJournal,by Sizemorer Bros Needle Wor,k Department remiums Offered. 1. Best Hand Sewin, Jardinier, by C. H. Landis. 2. Best Specimen of Darning.cash $1 by Li- B. Turner. 3. Best half-dozen Buttonholes, cut glass nappy.by Hall's Drugstore 4. Best Specimen Crochet, .cash $1, by Pete Bullock. 5. Best Specimen of Embroidery, Electric Globe and Fixtures, by Mason &Osborni. 6- Best Specimen Drawn Work, tickets to moving pictures, by Mov ing Picture Company. 7. Best Collection Fancy Work, $5 pair shoes, by The Long Co. 8. Best half-dozen hand painted Score Cards donated to Society, so da water ticket by the Hamilton Drug Company. 0. Second best hand painted Score Cards donated to Society lib, Low ney's Candy,by Dames Bros. 10. Best piece Fancy Work donat ed to Society, $5 Rug, by Conn & Sons- 11. Best piece crochet donated to Society, Cut glass piece, by Oxford Jewelry Company. Housekeeping Department,Premlums Offered. 1. Best Fruit Cake, cash $5, Na tional Bank of Granville. 2- Best Layer Cake, 1-2 ton of coal, by C D. Ray. 3. Best Pound Cake, SOlbs of su gar, byLong-Winston Company. 4. Best White Loaf Cake, Elec tric disc Stove, by Oxford Water Company. 5. Best Decorated Cake, 1-4 bar rel of flour, by D. C. Hunt. 6. Best Angel Cake, 1-2 barrel flour, by Breedlove & McFarland. 7. Best Devil Cake, 1-4 barrel of flour by Montague's Grocery. . 8. Best Sponge Cake, cash $2, by W. H.Fleming. 9. Best one dozen Tea Cakes, $1 in trade at Daniel's market. 10. Best Tipsy Cake, lOlbs Cara ja coffee, by Horner Bros- 11. Best Charlotte Russe, Cut glass bowl,byAcme Hardware Co. 12. Best 2 dozen Beaten Biscuits, umbrella, by Paris Dry Goods Store- 13. Best one pound home made fancy Candy, one porch swing, by J. Robt. Wood. 14. Best 21bs of Chocolate Fudge porch chair, byUpchurch Bros- 15. Best quart jar of preserves, 1-2 dozen cabinet photographs, by F. M. Washington. 16. Best pint Jelly, 21bs best cof fee, by J- D. Brooks. 17. Best large pone oil bread made from Dunloppe's Superlative flour 1-2 barrel of Dunloppes Superlative flour by J. J. Medford. 18. Best quart cucumber Pickles. 19. Best quart of Chow-Chow,card case by Hamilton) Drug Company. The following other premiums are donated the Society. Merchandise by Messrs. Taylor Bros. L. Thomas, Allen & Williams, Len Pitchford, Printing Britt Print ery. Rules and Regulations. 1. No fee will be charged for en tering exhibits. 2. No plant or piece of fancy work having taken premiums last fall will be accepted- 3 Exhibits not personally present ing articles will attach card with name of same and class in which entry is to be made. 4. All fancy work must be done by person entering same. 5. All cake, bread, candy jelly, preserves and pickles &c, taking premiums, must be donated to the Society. Other cakes, bread, candy &c, not taking premiums, may be taken away unless owners desire to donate them. 6. No premiums will be given un less their is competition. 7. All plants and other articles must.be exhibited at the owner's risk Is Hie AVorld Growing Better? Many things go to prove that it is. The way thousands are trying to help others is proof. Among them is Mrs. W. W. Gould, of Pittsfield N. H. Finding good health by tak ing Electric Bittres, she now advis es other sufferers, evreywhere, to take them. "For, years I suffered with stomach and kidney trouble, she writes. "Every medicine I used failed till I took Electric Bitters. But this rgeat remedy helped me wonderfully." They'll help any wo man. They're the best tonic ., and finest liver and kidney remedy that', made. Try them. You'll see. 50 c. at J. G. Hall's- KING SOLOMON'S MINES. They May Have Been the Ancient Gold Workings at Rhodesia. Rhodesia, that province of British Africa lying between the Zambezi and the Limpopo rivers, has considerable deposits of gold. ' The ancients mined and carried away enormous quantities of the precious metal, but under the scientific mining systems of the pres ent day their operations will be greatly surpassed. It has been thought that Rhodesia was the ancient land of Ophir, the land of the mysterious "King Solomon's mines," but this theory is strongly combated by some investigators. The ancient gold workings are the basis of modern workings. For every ten square miles of Rhodesia, it is stated there was one ancient mine that is, there are 75,000 old workings which means that a stupendous wealth was dug out of the earth before the days of Cecil Rhodes. Much of this wealth must have gone to the north and east. It was probably wrought Into the crown of the Queen of Sheba and filled the coffers of Solomon. The ancient smelting furnaces are said still to be of easy recognition. They are sunk into the "floor." The furnace blowpipes are made of the finest granite powder cement, and the nozzles of the blowpipes are covered with splashes of gold. The linings of the holes are covered with specks of gold. When the first lining became worn by the heat a fresh lining of ce ment of an excellent quality, which has outlasted time, was smeared round on top of the old lining. It is said that one can take an old lining, split off the layers with a knife and find gold splashes in abundance. The tools of the ancient workers which have so far been discovered in clude a small soapstone hammer and burnishing stones of water worn rock, to which gold still adheres. There are evidences that the ancients carried on an extensive industry in the manufac ture of gold ornaments and utensils. NORMANDY NUGGETS. Stones That Find Their Way Into tho Mouths of Many People It is a far cry from "the lonely stretches of the wave kissed shore" to false teeth, but by unexpected paths we often descend abruptly from the sublime to the utilitarian. Many a man calmly chewing an indestrucible steak in America little dreams that the picturesque coast of Normandy has been sacrificed to provide him with molars. Such is the painful fact, how ever. If you walk along the southern shore of the English channel between Dieppe and Havre you will see men and boys searching for stones of a certain size and shape from a varied collection of rocks which form the beach. These are put into sacks and shipped to America, where they are converted Into porcelain. The industry for such is the term used to designate this invigorating oc cupation has grown to considerable proportions in the past few years. Its simplicity l& perhaps its greatest charm. Having once learned the kind of stone you are looking, for, all that is required of you Is to pick it up. If you do this steadily and uncom plainingly for several hours you will be sure to fill a sack. Then all you have to do is to fling it jauntily over your shoulder, run across the bowlders to the superintendent and demand 1 franc. With this wealth In your pocket you can then sit down and look dreamily over the water while you allow your imagination full play. You seem to see the stones after a long voyage across the Atlantic being slowly rescued from their rude state. Bit by bit they are dragged from their primi tive nothingness up to the heights of twentieth century porcelain. They are then shaped, polished, mounted on a gold pivot but why go into it? It is too painful. Minneapolis Bellman. Riddle of Gravitation. Nearly 250 years ago one of the great est intellects connected with science turned his attention to gravitation. In that 250 years physical science has made rapid advances. A boy who has completed a year's work in elementary physics could entertain Newton in elec tricity were it possible for the great philosopher to return to earth. After learning of the great progress in elec tricity I can imagine him in his eager desire for knowledge turning to the boy and expecting some light on gravi tation. Alas, not only the high school boy, but not even the most learned, can give any definite information on gravitation. The problem is about where Newton left it Popular Science Monthly. Deserted at the End. William the Conqueror was a man of very gross habit of body and at the siege of Mantes was hurt by the rear ing of his horse, the pommel of the saddle striking the king in the abdo men and causing injuries from which he died in a- few days. Before his death he was deserted by all his at tendants, who stole and carried off even the coverings of the bed on which he lay. The body remained on the floor of the room in which the king died for two days before it was buried by char itable monks from a neighboring mon astery. A Vague Impression. "What is your idea of the character of Lady Macbeth?" "Really," replied Mrs. Cumrox, "there Ss so much gossip about people con nected with the stage that one scarce ly knows what to believe." Washing ton Star. Valor consists in the power of self recovery. Emerson. TALES OF SPOOKS i The Deputy Death Sent to the Second Lord Lyttleton. WARNED HIM AND VANISHED. And Just When Ho Thought Ho Had "Jockeyed the Ghost" the Prediction Became a Fact to ry of a Specter Dog and the Legend of Lady Howard. Belief in specters, phantoms and ap paritions still lingers in many parts of England. We scoff at ghost stories as fctuff that is "considered ridiculous by all persons of sound education and common sense," and yet mixed in with the legends of wraiths and hellhounds are some true tales that are ' hard to explain from the standpoint of natural cause and effect. A strange story is that told of the no torious second Lord Lyttleton, who is said to have been as evil as his father was the reverse. He died when In his prime under the following well attest ed circumstances: A few days before his death Lord Lyttleton saw enter his room a woman who told him that on the third day after her appearance he would die. He was very much fright ened and extremely depressed by the occurrence, but on the morning of the third day his fears bad abated some what, and he had to breakfast with him a party which included Lady Flood, Lord Fortescue and two of the Misses Amphlett, to whom he said, "If I live over tonight I shall have Jock eyed the ghost, for this is the third day." In the forenoon the party set out to Pit Place, Lord Lyttleton's coun try seat near Epsom, and were not long arrived when his lordship had a suffocating fit, but recovered suffi ciently to dine with his friends at 5 o'clock. By what is described as "a friendly trick" the watches and clocks through out the house were advanced half an hour. The evening passed, and Lord Lyttleton's spirits recovered their usual gayety. At half past , 11 he retired, and, according to his valet's report, "he kept every now and then looking at his watch. Within a min ute or two of 12 by his watch he asked to look at mine. His lordship then put both to his ear to make certain that they went. When it was near the real hour of 12 he said: 'Come; I'll wait no longer. Get me my medicine. I'll take it and try to sleep.' " It appears that the valet stirred the draft with a toothpick, and this angered Lord Lyttleton, who sent him for a spoon. When the man returned he found his master in a fit. Instead of attempting to relieve him he ran for help, and when he returned with the alarmed guests Lord Lyttle ton was dead. A peculiar class of apparition in which many persons believed is that of specter dogs, which are again di vided into three kinds: (1) Black dogs that are fiends in disguise; (2) evil spirits that hunt souls in this guise; (3) spirits of the wicked departed made to take this shape for their sins. These black dogs are of all sorts and sizes, big dogs and little dogs, long haired dogs and short haired dogs, meek dogs and fierce dogs, but as a rule the standard specter hound Is huge, most ferocious looking and shaggy like a wolf, and, we are told, packs of these hellhounds have been seen, sometimes hunted by a hunts man whose description much resem bles the popular conception of .the devil. ! A famous story is told of a goblin hound which used to inhabit an old "mansion at Lyme Regis, in Dorset, that had been partly demolished and turned into a farmhouse, in which lived an old drunken farmer. Having been urged to drive out the black dog by his com panions, he seized the poker and rush ed at the dog,, which sprang up instant ly and rushed upstairs, followed by the tipsy farmer. It fled Into an attic and, hey presto, jumped clean through the ceiling. The angry farmer struck at the- place, when, to his amazement, down fell from the hole he had made an old fashioned money box, which proved to be full of gold and silver coins of the reign of Charles L The dog was never again seen In the house, but it is said to haunt a lane which leads to it, where it can be seen at midnight and which bears the name of "Dog lane," while a local inn dis plays the sign "The Black Dog Inn." Lady Howard, who lived in the reign of the first James and was as famous for her wit as for her beauty and her ( wealth, was also possessed of a good many bad qualities. She had four hus , bands, whom she killed off rather rap ' Idly, and was very cruel to her only daughter. For her sins she was trans formed when she died so the story i runs into a black dog, and at midnight she runs between Fitzford, her one time residence, and Oakhampton park in order to carry to the place from (Which she started a single blade of grass. This she is doomed to do until she has removed every blade of grass ; from the park". London Globe. ! Easy Mark For Charley. ; Mrs. Green I tell you it's nice to have a husband who isn't afraid to praise you up to people. Why, only yesterday I heard Charley telling Mrs. Jones that I was getting to be a regu lar Xantippe. , . Mrs. Wise A Xantippe! Do you know who she was? Mrs.- Green Oh, yes; I told Charley Td overheard him, and he explained ' that Xantippe was the goddess of lyouth and beauty. Boston Transcript. The unspoken word never does harm. I Kossuth. A Physician's Report on Tuberculosis RTecLeine "Have used Eckman's ' AI tern tire la several cnses of tubercular g la ncls of the neck, with excellent results every time. In one case it cost me S50. for the girl was put on it only until she could ar range to be operated, and in a short time an operation was not needed. I suppose your records are just as fine as of old. You know my faith in it." Eckman's Alterative is effective in oth er forms. Read, what Mrs. Garvin says: Idaho Falls. Idaho. "Gentlemen: I have gained twenty-two pounds since last February and my baby is in perfect health. She is now four months old. I have been waiting since she was born to see how I would get along. I am now doing all my work, have been ever since she was four weeks old, and I am steadily gaining. I do not cough or raise anything at all. I believe my lung trouble is cured." (Signed Affidavit MRS. M. H. GARVIN. Note Mr.s. Garvin is the mother of sev en children " - Eckman's Alterative is effective in Bron chitis, Asthma. Hay Fever; Throat and Lung Troubles, and in upbuilding the system. Does not contain poisons, opiates or habit-forming drugs. Ask for booklet of cured cases and write; to Eckman Laboratory, Philadelphia,' Pa.,-for more evi dence. For sale by all leading druggists anf J- G. IIAXJj, Oxford. X. O. ACT OF ENGLISH OFFICER- A Royal - Woman's Wiles Caused the Annihiliation of the City and Saved Portsmouth, N. H., For Which Portland's Fate Had Been Planned. One of the causes of the Revolu tionary war, and quite as important one as the stamp act, was the want ton destruction of the city of Port land, Me., then part of the town of Falmouth. It was said that the patriots might have forgiven Lexington and Con cord, but that the raising of this town, which had been peacefully In clined until then, incensed the col onies beyond measure. One prompt result was the immediate formation of a Maine regiment which was ad ded to the meager forces Of the Cor tinental army. Not so generally known, however, is the tradition that it was due to the fascinations of a beautiful wo man that Portland was destroyed and another town preserved. When) the Briish commander, Cap tain Mowatt, on board his flagship, the Canceau, anchored with his fleet in Portland's inner harbor.he did not reveal to her citizens that the unscrupulous little god of love had been his pilot. Instead, on a bright October morning im 1775, he ran up the royal ensign on his feet and at 9 o'clock began a bombard ment that lasted unterruptedly un til 6 o'clock at night. Portland was unprepared for such a visitation.and there was no attempt at defense, the inhabitants simply swarming the streets with their ox carts and hors es and attempting to seek safety by fli,nt to the open country back from the water front. So close did the assailing vessels approach that under cover of the bombardment they landed sailors who pervaded the town, setting fire to such buildings as had escaped damage from hot shot and explod ing bombs. Before Captain Mowatt (D)1U We are pleased with the liberal patronage the peo ple have given us since opening our new stores. ft Hi Tl The best and largest line of Carriages, Surries and Buggies. We can suit you. Largest line of Harness; many new styles. Robes, Whips, etc. No better Wagon sold in this county than the White Hickory, they are warranted to run light and give satisfaction. Large line wagon Harness and Harness Accessories. Large stock Groceries, Flour Meal, Meat, Sugar, Coffee, Corn, Oats, Hay, Red Dog Shipstnff, Regular Shipstuff, Bran, and many other items too numerous to mention. Farming Implements and Machinery. Just received second car load Horses and Mules suitable for all purposes. C01E TO SEE US I HOT AND WILL GIVE As. Scmnnaiipce Make our Store L(D)liWfilll(13)l (C had completed the' sacrifice he de sired to lay before love's: shrine three-quarters of the town was to tally destroyed, including the munici pal buildings, churches,public libra ry, fire entgine houses, warehouses, wharfs, and shipping. All that he left was a handful of the poorer hovels.every residence of importance being 'bombarded or set on fire and 5,000 inhabitants left shelterless at the approach! of winter. To make it practically cer tain that aid would not come to the seaport by water he destroyed all but one wharf and took 'with him on his departure all the ves sels anchored in the harbor that had been spared from the torch. Truly he had a glorious bonfire and in explanation he exhibited in structions which read: "Come oppo site the town with all possible ex pedition, and there burn, sink and destroy," but the gossips of the time said that these orders original ly related to Portsmouth, N. J., and that it was due to a woman that they were not carried out as writ ten. Captain Mowatt and his fleet had anchored off Portsmouth harbor some time previously to his as sault upon Portland.and while there he had gone quietly on shore and secretly , visited the family of the royalist (or Tory, as the colonists called them), Nathaniel Sparhawk Nathaniel had a daughter, girl of eighteen, famed the country round for her beauty as her father was famed for his obnoxious loyalty tc King George, and when the sailor captain saw her he proved an easy conquest (like most sailors where pretty women are concerned), and he found it necessary to be rowed from his ship many times in order to spend the evenings with attract ive Mary Sparhawk. Her wit, beauty and brilliancy! of conversation fascinated him and through her influence, it is said, the intention of bombarding Ports mouth was abandoned.and Portland suffered in the stead of the town which held the charming royalists. So what one historian termed 'a wanton, indefensible assault up on an undefended and peaceful city' came about through a woman's smil and every volley from the fifty gunt of Mowair& fleet doubtless carried his thoughts back to the lass who had won his heart. The smolder ing wharfs and the flaming houses were his burnt offering toNhis la dy love- The Sparhawk house, where the captain lost his heart still stands; but alas, the romance ended as so many romances do.for after the Res olution was over the fair and fasci nating belle married a physician anc a patriot. Detroit I'r-v Press. Good Farms For-Sale. Located int prosperous section, three to four miles of Wendell, N. C- Any size from 50 to 30(T acres. Fine tobacco, cotton and corn land on each. Well watered and good houses. Sell at a bargaim, terms reasonable. Address Coley Bros. (3t) Wendell, N. C. W Mm hit G Your Headquarters when In Oxford. 7 gamplo COoFpo s Frail Uomcn So many women arc dragging out weary lives just because their diges tive organs are weak. The result is poor circulation, nervousness and the verge of invalidism. It is often verjj unnecessary and the woman's own fault. The first thing to do Is to look to the welfare of your bowels. There the trou ble usually lies. All physicians know that a large percentage of women are habitually constipated, and from this re sults indigestion, piles, weariness, etc., that women constantly complain ot. But there is no use taking "female rem edies" and things of that kind until yoa have started your bowels to moving.. You will find that when the bowels mov regularly once or twice a day all yout petty ills will disappear. Take a good, mild laxative tonic like Dr. Caldwell Syrup Pepsin for awhile and you win find yourself rapidly getting better and stronger, your bowels will regulate them selves and work at stated times, and then your headaches and dizziness will disappear. Don't take strong cathartlo pills or salts, but just such a mild and pleasant-tasting remedy as Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin. You can obtain a bottle of your drug gist for fifty cents or one dollar, and either size may be enough to perma nently cure you. Thousands of women keep It regularly in the house and will no longer be without it. as it cured them and can be used with safety by every member of the family, down to th youngest child, but if you have never used it take the advice of Mrs. Earl S. Cox. 409 Twenty-fifth street. Mollne. m.. and Mrs. Ellen Dungan, Muncie, Ind., and send to Dr. Caldwell for a free trial bot tle, as they did. and learn for yourself what it will do In your own case. That tt will cure you, as it did them, there ia no doubt. Dr. Caldwell personally will be pleased to give you any medical advice you may desire for yourself or family pertaining to the stomach, liver or bowels absolutely free of charge. Explain your case in a letter and he will reply to you In detail. For the free sample simply send your name and address on a postal card or otherwise. For either request the doctor address is Dr. W. B. Caldwell, R.600 Cald well bunding, MonticeUo, I1L For sale by J. G. Hall. "Gentleman' Defined. An exact definition of a gentleman has been tried many times, never, perhaps, with entirely satisfactory results. Little Sadie had never heard of any of the various defini tions, but she managed to throw gleam of light on the subject, al biet one touched with unconscious cynicism. The words , was in the spelling lesson and I said: - "'Sadie, what is a gentleman?" "Please ma'am," she said, "a gen tleman's a man you dom't know very well." Oakland Enquirer. Nelson and Watkins have just re ceived a car load of fine horses and mules. Those who want to have fine stock can find one to suit from the well selected drove. Sheriff Wheeler must have your tax by the 10th. of November. Beware of letting the 10-, of No vember pass without seeing your tax paid. Tax time has come around, again and Sheriff Sam Wheeler wan.ts you to settle with him promptly. s 81 The III Pro. TRADE YOU J OcBcSiIl
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