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The ;o irailiilliiEmciiS VOL. 25. MO. 12 OXFORD, N. C, FRiDAT, DECEMBER 22, 1911. Tbe undersigned has sold the Good "WiU and Subscription list of Oxford Public Ledger to Mr. J Britt, the editor and owner of the T. the Oxford Banner When the undersigned purchased the Ledger he hoped to make Ox ford, his home and give his time and entire energy to the Ledger, with the hope of making .it one of the best county papers in the State, onu:e we look cnarge we nave more than doubled our advertising patron- age, and have added more than 100 new subscribers to the list. A week ago we had a business proposition made us at our former home, Burlington, that appealed to us and we made a proposition to Mr. Britt to either buy his paper and that we would have the entire f:eld, orsell him the good will of the Ledger and let him have the en tire newspaper field of the county. Mr. Britt is an old newspaper man, and a good one- He originally started the Ledger, and made it what it is, and is the man to have it. He will give the people a good paper by reason of his having the entire field, and we wish him all kinds cf success. The people of Oxford have been very 4dnd to us since we came to the city. They have given us every encouragement that we could ask, and we have had many to ccme to us and express their sincere regrets that we were not to be a citizen of j FOUND DEAD IN HOUSE. BRANCH OF TOBACCO TRUST Mr S:"nuel Walters Dies Alone SPREADING OUT TENTACLES ao Signs cf Foul Play Found. Samuel Walters, a farmer living United Cigar Stores Company An near Hurdles -Mills in Orange county, nounces Intention of Opening a was found dead, at his homewhere Number of New Stores at Once. ' he lived alone Sunday morning. Hej New York, The. United Cigar was found by a" colored man who j Stores Company today announced iiuuccu utr ycis&iug- xxts is i tnougnt to nave been, dead for several days. inere was no evidence of violence and all the circumstances point ed to a natural death. A coroner's jury investigated the case Sunday afternoon, and,. their verdict was that the deceased came to his death from natural causes. y Meeting of Farmers Union. The members of the Farmers' Un-! ion met m the court house in this city last Monday. A large crowd was present and much business of importance was tranacted. The fol lowing officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, B. F- Dean, Vice President, C. H. Cheatham. Sec-Treas. C A . Daniel. Chaplain, C. G. Mangum, Doorkeeper, T. S- Averette, D. H. Currin.Assistant doorkeeper, Executive Committe, R. L- Bur nette, J- W. Dean, M. W. Clement. Legislative, Educational and Agri cultural Committee, C. M. Knott, N? G. Crews, and T. G. Currin. The farmers through their organi zation can do a great deal of good, and should take a interest in these organizations. By meeting and exchanging experiences, by co operating and working together ther are a hundred things that they can do to benefit themselves. Honor Roll. The following: is the Honor Roll for the second month of the Public School of District No. 6, Walnut Grove Township. First Grade. Clifton Owen, Bess Belcher, Alver Belcher. Second Grade Ray Hobgood. Fourth Grade. Rosa Pruitt, Annie uwen, naca juuu. i Fifth Grade. Bailey Owen, Roy Hobgood. ; Sixth Grade Eva Hobgood, Lois ; Hester, George Pruitt, Sam Knott. ; Miss Aima cagiana, l eacner. ; May Shoot the Shoot. mav turn thinm lonm on ' Saturday evening from 6 o'clock to ' midnight, and again on Christmas day from 5 p. m. to midnight. No crackers larger than 12 inches will ; be allowed, if it can be helped. i Mahgum-Iiongmire. On last Sunday morning Rev. J. A. Stradley officiated at the mar riage of Mr. W. J. Mangum, of Vance county to Miss. Hetties Long mire. The Trinity Glee Club The Trinity Glee Club under the auspices of the ladies of the ent were wellrepaid- v The entertain tainment in the Opera Housie last Friday night. Notwithstanding" the bad weather, a good crowd was out to hear them.and all who were pres ent, were well repaid. The ntertain ment was thoroughly enjoyed, and was one of the best ever given in this city. Card of Thanks. We wish to thank the good people of Shady Grove community for the kindness they showed towards .us during the sickness and death of our dear brother, and our prayers are, that the Lord may keep and bless them all through life. Mrs. Ben T. Fuller and children- j the town and county. We appreciate ; all of these things, and we hope i that we can at some time, in some i way, show our appreciation! of the I kind words that have been spoken and cf the business encouragement we have received. , We have ma(je some warm friends j in this city and county, and shall i always remember with pleasure our grt stay here. We .wish it were , possible for us to com and make our home with these good people. Wehave a great faith in the future c Oxford and Granville county and believe that there would have been a future for us here- Mr. Britt will fill out all unexpir ed subscriptions and carry out all foreign advretisemnets. All amounts due on local advertising is to be t paid to O. F- Crowson. All subscrip tions paid in advance will be filled out by Mr. Britt and all amounts due on subscriptions must be paid to Mr. Britt. Now with good wishes to all, and sincerely -thanking the biisiness men and the citizens of Oxford and Gran ville . county for every courtesy shown us, and with the hope that we may meet again sometime, we beg to be, OGDEN F. CROWSON. Editor and Owner. A. M. GARWOOD, Business Manager. i'uo iui upeinug . a numoer or new j stores throughout the country. It Kvas . declared that contracts ' and leases tor tne new places were elos- ed prior to the decision of the Su preme Court in the American Tobacc Company, case and that the opening of them was held . up pending - the divorce, of the Cigar Stores Company from the American Tobacco combina Mou-in - ?puiacfrfieu Supreme Court decree. The separation which the court ordered will he fiwt tomorrow according to the an-j Eouncement at the United Cigar! Stores' head quraters when the Amerl ican Tobacco Company will distribut i "a iiuxmugs ill Liie uigar stores cor poration to the thousand individual common stockholders. The Cigar Si ores Company points out that the cigar store business expect to re move it from the control of the American Tobacco, "a'nd in the lan guage cf the Attorney General the United Cigar Stores Company will now be left alone to work out its own destiny in its own way." CHOSE THE EASIER WAY. A press dispatch tells of a theatri cal troupe that disbanded in an eastern) town of this state last week. The show busted and the manager ran away with the little casu that was in the treasury- The railroads took the paraphrenalia for j atiernoon, when the old woman the freight on the goods, and the i refused to let him have her daugh merabers of the troup were thrown i ter- Smith had already married upon their own resources. The ! two of Harriett Ross' daughters,both uispamn states mat tne men se- cured positions in the city. Some of them working as day laborres,oth ers cnopping wood for a living. The women of the company chose the "easier way," by leading lives of shame, selling their virtue for a liv- in& inis is a saa story, xne men acted honorably and secured work rather than beg or beat their way in the world. The women acted cowards and their end is already written in the past history of all such women- Meeting of Cora Club The members of the Boys' Corn Club held their meeting in the Court House in Oxford on Saturday, when -'the following prizes were awarded: Hugh Whitfield The Tavlor-Can- nady buggy. John Roberts Spit of clothes giv en by Landis and Easton. Herman Currin Set of harness given by Horner Bros. Co. Chas. Thaxton Plow given by Chas. Landis- Otho Hobgood Harrow given by the Acme Hardware Company. Alex Veazey Pair shoes given by 1. W. Bullock and Company. a .trZJJ on 19 C' uusnito els, the lowest oO 1-2. The aver- age was 59 and a fraction. Christmas at Stovall. The Sunbeams of Stovall, cordial ly invite the public, and especially the parents and friends of the chil dren to take part in a Christmas tree and to enjoy the little exer cise which will be rendered on the night of the 27th, of Dec-, 1911 in ! tne Dickerson Hall. 8.15 o'clock. Beginning at ' uuyc tut? youug menwiu as-' nisi in beautifying? the tree as von ' "nr 1, v . 1. ... know the young ladies are alwav' looking out for surprises. , . , FREE No Need to Walk Whcil Needs an Aulomoiie, for Pleasure Hamilton Drug Company offers co-operation with us in 'this raaraer you get votes for subscriptions I - - ... ''-'jTH to this paper as well as. for goods Propsition: For every $1.00 -spear at the Hamilton Drug Company's ycu get lOO votes. For every.x.ou paid on the Oxford Ledger you will be given 100 votes on the cast for yourself or your friend I i shed in this paper By some' er get this handsome automobile: or help your friend to get it. We are also giving to each , of the fifteen next highest number of votes a 42 piece Dinner set of beautiful clvna Now, some one is-going to ; get and get your friends to help youv.Buy something from the Hamilton Drug Company, or take the Pfiord Public .Ledger and get the votes See COUPON elsewhere and save them. HAMILTON DRUG COMPANY, & OXFORD PUBLIC LEDGER. Meat Packers Indicted. -. f vj. The government has indicted the following members of' the. meat trust J. Ogden Armour, President of Ar" ; mour and Company. :; l 4 Louis F. Swift, President of Swift anid Company, ' , Edward F. Swift, , Vice-President of Swift, and Co. , ' H Chas. H.1 Swift, Director of Swift - and Co. ' - - ' y Edward Tilden, President of- the National Packing Co. , Edward Morris, President of Morris and Co. V" Arthur Meeker, Director of ,-xI& mour and Co. ' ; ' Frances A- Fowler, Director of Swift and Co. . ' i' Thomas J. Connors, Supt. of Ar- ,mour and Co. v T nnic XT Wfovmnn A,T ana cor ' nf TVTOT- ris and Co. ; We imagine that the above mag; nates are suffering very Jittle con cern about this indictment- as t.hey have no fears of serious 'results. Tally Ho School Nb; 'ABTQ for Friday afternoon ij --Sons- Jy Sehoolt 4vw- Recitation Ophelia . vviintora, j Recitation Minnie Humphries, ' Recitation Frankie Clayton, Recitation Ef f ie Humphries, Recitation Clifton Mangum. Dialog Effie and Bermce Hum- nhries- Items- Alma Clayton. Reading Esther Jones. Debate, by the boys: Resolved that the sports of summer are more pleasant than of winter. The judges rendered the decision in favor of the affirmative. This school closed Dec, 15th., Christmas holidays, and will begin January 1st., for spring term. NEGRO MAN KILLS WOMAN. The Woman Had Refused to Let Him Marry Her Third Daughter. Fayetteville, Calvin Smith, a ne-e-rn shot, and instantlv killed Har- i piott T? nco o nosrrn wnmnn and A - 1. JVIjUk3j . J-. . . seriouly wounded her 18-year-old daughter near Hope Mills yesterday or wnoni aiea, ana wneu ue wa te fused the third opened fire, killing instantly the mother and wounding the daughter, who was brought to Jriighsmith nospnai, mis cny, wuere it is siad,she has a chance of re- covery. Smith went to Hope Mills and sur rendered.making the statement that he "'was well satisfied." He has been brought here and placed in jail. Freight Wreck. Durham, All eastbound trains were very late today on account of a freight wreck near Haw River which derailed thirteen cars and blocked the track. Trainmen going east declared that they could not give any cause for the wreck, but that there was no body hurt. The trains hurt by the accident wereboth morning passen ger trains and one westbound- Nobody who was actually on the ground could be seen- It caused a number of people coming over from Chapel Hill to walk to Durham. Overman on Important Committee- Washington. Special.Senator Over man has beeen appointed one of a sub-committeee to consider the Cum- cover the case of thedissolution 4mM ira. nnmnv. of the American Tobacco Company Senators Root and Cummins are the other members. WILL EFFECT SMALLER MARKE One effect the disssolution of the American Tobacco Company will be the death of smaller tobacco mat kets. On account of the different branches of the company, and the different branches at each market necessity of having buyers for the uuy t?i win u uuieii iroiu lilt; euiau Mr. E N. Morris, of Norfolg, Va.,fSarah Bowden, of Providence were s visiting his sister, Mrs. M. L Mason in this city. hiljei You Can Ride. Everybody ijctey are Nice, Either or Business. you one free, and by their special - bought of the Hamilton Drug Co. automobile contest. These you can as represented by the numbers pub little.' effort on your part you can eith H:t-s:f:"::!' '- i. ware. These are worth your at- this handsome machine . Get busy Death of a Good Citizen. J Oxford has lost one of her oldest and, most prominent citizens im the death of ' Mr. J. M. Currin, who died at - his-home in this city on last Monday, after an illness of some months The funeral was conducted .from the home on High street last Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock,and the interment was in the city ceme tery. Rev- J, B. Weatherspoon, as sisted by Revs. R. H. Marsh and J. A; Stradley conducted the funeral services. : One of the largest con cpurses ever assembled gathered at the home to follow the remains to their last - resting place and to show their great .love and respect to the dead:-- . .The ceremony at the grave' was conducted by the Masons cl'sriich" he. was a prominent mem ;tj"' :? ?Theifl6ral offerings were pro J" . jSnd beautiful entirely bank- eve. - a cti ve V pall-bearers " we're B. t V . t xterWmv Landis.W. H Hunt, V - U ilitebell. W B. Ballou, R - L-Zr-Ttn? Rottu Wood W. J. ; Long; X ifjYeksiDr JT, L Booth:;: Xheiv to&oraray ; KSillr Bearers werei Dr. S. H. Cannady, A. W. Graham, - - " - ' j " - , R. W. Lassiter, John Webb, H- G Cooper, J. A Ni.les, W. W. Phelps, C. S. Easton, J. B. Powell, C- W. Bryan, and deacons of the church as follows: F. P. Hobgood, F- W. Hancock, B. F. Taylor.C. D. Ray, Sam W.- Parker, W. H. Upchurch, J. F. Meadows, W. A. Devin, W- -A McFarland. Mr- Currin leaves a widow, two sons, Eugene Currin of Durham and William Currin, of Oxford and three daughters, Mrs. W. C. Tyree, or Hign I'oint, Mrs. a. t- i-oweii, and Mrs. R. G. lassiter, ot uxiora a en(j in the United States Circuit He was 65 years of age and a j cOUrt yerterday when Judge J. C, brave confederate soldier. He was pritchard of the Westerm District a native of Granville county and had j o North Carolina, entered three, or been identified with the best busi-; ders dismissing the suits the Stafe ness interests of the city and coun-of North Carolina had instituted a ty. Until his ill health he was j gainst hte Southern, the Atlantic buyer for the American Tobacco coast Line and the Seaborad Air Company, and was held in very Line raiiroads in 1907. high esteem and numbered as his j The -decree held that as the law personal friends the leading men in : liafl not Deen enforced and had sub- this big corporation. i He was a member of theBaptist j church, and was a man who loved j ' his church and supported its institu ii l a prni ri n ;i r ii m iiiiimii i-ii s i iim i i.ii- 1 tions. Truly a goodman has gone. A ; thft ! man who -will be missed in home, in the business affairs of the town and in his church. Up for Selling Whiskey. We see that Oxford is having her troubles with the Blind tigers as well as other towns- In fact they do say there are places where he can get the O'Be Joyful. Last week Albert Sides and N- B. Nor ton white and Taze Hargrove, col ored were brought before Mayor Brummitt by Chief of police Willi ford, charged with selling booze. They were bound over to court and in default of bond were sent to jail. Fire In The Ledger Office. On last Tuesday night about 8 o ciock tne aiarm ot tire was given and it was found that some paper in the business office of the Ox ford Ledger was on fire. The young man who works in the office at tempted to start a fire with gaso line, mistaking it for kerosene,with The usual result. No damage was done as there were several people on the street and rush ed up and helped extinguish the flames. The fire company was on hand before the gasoline finished spluttering but their services were not needed. This came very near being a case of the old cook. Fare yo well, little cookie- Your dear face I'll ne'r see any more, You've gone up to heaven, (I hope) For pouring oil in the cook stove door t Mr. Crawford Overton and. Miss umiea m marriage at tne home of Rev. Mr. Tyre in this city last Thursday. Otiriaam Sun: in Hands of Receiver The Durham Evening Sun which has been having a Monkey . and Parrot time has been placed in the hands of receivers. ' The following is the notice by the receivers: TO THE PUBLIC. . The undersigned, having been ap pointed by the court" as receiver of the Durham Sun Publishing Com pany, desires to announce ihat the publication of the daily paper. "The Durham Sun," heretofore published fcy said company, will be continued and that all contracts with ' adver tisers, subscribers and patrons will be carried out and fulfiiled.and tv business of said company will in all respects be conducted and carried on to the best interest of all con cerned, as directed and authorize by the court. The continued sup port and co-operation of the pat rons and friends of the paper are earnestly desired and solicited- " This the 18th day of December, 1911. W. J. GRISWOLD, Receiver of Durham Sun Publishing Company. Ten Killed in AVreck. Odessa, Minn-, Ten are dead and nearly a score are more or less se riously injured as the result of a silk 'train on the Chicago, Milwau kee and St. Paul road, which was v running as section No. 2 of the "Columbian flyer" crashing into the rear sleeper of the flyer at the sta tion here early today. The engine of the slik special ploughed for five feet into the sleeper, but the greatest loss cf life was in the front end of the sleeper which was telescoped by the dining car just a head. ry Although both the diner and sleep er were of steel, the fromer shear ed the upper portion of the sleep er from the door as if it had been cardboarded. In some manner the diner's floor became elevated slight ly above that of the sleeper at the impact and with the force of see tion . 2's engine behind, the sleeper was jamemd along for fully 25 feet, while the, diher,as a gigantic knife cut away the upper structure and did its work of destruction. Responsibility for the wreck is said: to f res. between .the operator at Ortonvule Junction, . who it is as serted4,; should not have- permitted the ; silk., tram to enter rtne diock in w b-fefhthAifc-.'-irf&cViir. trn in -the? "oner- f illl Lilt? Mgllill 1U1 -i7 4-- w , and the flaerman of the flyer, who it is claimed failed to protect the rear of his train immediately fol lowing its stopping at the block- All of the occupants of the sleep er but two escaped without in- -- l -1 A 11.. nVt jury- immeaiateiy aner ui tiasu tne uninjured hastened the work of rescue and many teats oi neroism were performed. Passenger Rate Case. The lonc-foueht North Carolina . raiiroad passenger rate case came to seauenitly teen repealed by the. General Assembly of North Carolina,; the railroad companies are not ha-; .i.- rv,tu koi wn nio inr cuii iiiii w 1111,11 iiclu uvvij. - ble for the coupons which had been given as a rebate for one and one-; half cents per mile on ticKets pur- chased at the three and one-halt cents uer mile rate. The orders will be sent to Wilmington, Raleigh and Asheville to be entered, on record- x Competitive Contest 1 The second competitive contest ml declamalicn by the speakers of Hor- ners fcchool took Place in the chapel of the barracks Friday evening Company A was represented by Ca-! det Josepheus Daniels, Jr., of Ral- j eigh, and Cadet Anderson, of Flor- j ida Company B was represented bji Cadet Cottoingham, of Maxton and ; Cadet Richard Lanier, of Warrenton i who won the points for his companj by rendering in very dramatic style "The Polish Boy." Married in Oxford. On) last Monday Mr. S- C. Humph ries of Person county was united in marriage to Mrs. Ella Gooch ot this county, Rev. J.A. Stradley ficiating. The best wishes of Ledger go with these people. of the Fish Convention. A Fish Convention was held last week at New Bern, and as a re sult it is hoped to have men as delegates representing the com mercial fisheries of the sea-coast and tidewater North Carolina, and that the conveniton will result in harmonizing the various individ ual interests along the coast so that the good of the Stake as a whole will be served rather than some particular section at the ex pense of other sections of the State. Hon. W- A. Graham of this city, -was chosen chairman of the conven tion. One car ThornhiU wagons (35; wagons In car) received by Horner Bros. Co., this week. SKATr.D OVER DYNAMITE. People WTio Unknowingly Lived for AVceks Over Enough Nitroglyce rine to Have-'Blown' Tliem All Into Etteinity.- Testify at India i.ajwjlis. Indianapolis, Imd. People who for weeks unknowingly lived near enough dynamite to blow up the neighborhood and whose children skated over the floors of a house in which nitroglycerine had been spilled.testified in the Government's investigation of the dynamite con spiracy before the Federal grand jury today. v Witnesses from Muncie, Ind, wer questioned concerning what they knew of the renting of a house in Muncie to Ortie McManigal iri De cember 1909. After paying rent for several months in advance McManigf stored it with boes and saw dust in which he packed nitroglycerine. The fact that the rent had been paid and the house always in dark ness, and was visited periodically bj a stranger, created an element of mystery, which still was unsolved; when, after the place,' ' again ' desert ed, was thrown open and school children! skated over- the floors up on which appeared, grease spots Later it was found that spots were caused by nitroglycreine and ex perts were called to destroy thfeir explosive power. Among the wit nesses from Muncie were Mrs. Eli zabeth Hiner, Isaac Grant and a manufacturer who sold boes to' McManigal.- Close on the Trail of Co-canspirator? The evidence wae traced by the ir estigatcrs not only to confirm Mc- Manigal's confession, which impli cates John J. and James B. McNam ara, but also to bring out, who, if any, assisted them. Other epressions of horror at dis covery that they had been living near expolsives came from members of the family of D. Jones, a iarnier near Indianapolis. For a lcn time prior to his arrest on April 22, 191 J . J. J. McNamara, secretary-tresurer of the Intermtaional Association of Bridge andStructural Iron Workers, on pretext that he was storing old records, kept in Jones' barn a piano, box filled with dynamite, from whicl McManigal replenished his supplj when going on dynamiting expedi tions. . The piano box still had 25 pounds o? dynamite in it when Jones dig- -g'ng on his farm, was apprised off the fact by detectives who visited the place the day John J. McNamar ra was av rested. ?tliiBs;.nirds. Some.. ' vi ': ' v v'vH f-W I . ' t-.- ''Tti'i'rtitf Ti krr went out hunting the . other, day and came back with a glad smile.He had 45 shots and killed two birds. One of the birds flew against a tree and killed itself and the: oth er was frightened to death by friend Smith's heavy artillery. Broths er Smith clakns the record as a. successful shot- Mrs. J. W. Rainey died at Dab ney on last Tuesday and was bur ied on Wednesday in the city cem- etcrv. She leaves a husband and 1 three children Mrs. L- S. Skinner and little daughter, Elizabeth, of GreenvilU N. C, are visiting her mother, Mrs. J. B. Minor. Mrs. Lee Davidson, of Washing ton, D. C. is visiting relatives in the city. riiss Margaret Horsefield of tho Salem Female College is spending the holidays at the rectory Hester of Henderson Mr- ""J. e!j,ej r' S " oS Juiiite u. killed three hogs. one weiahed 238. one 257, and the big one weighed 536. Sheriff Hobgood of Vance county, was in the city Tuesday. , Mr. Harris, the tobaccoi warehous--man is very ill with appendicitis. His many friends hope for his early; recovery. till it A a niimhiii' nr rf vrl hnntAKd fr.nrn , .,, t killin& birds. birds seem te fce lentiful and th t fi r We had the pleasure of visiting the Oxford Orphanage last Tuesday and we felt very proud of this great institution. We have been a Mason a long time, and have always been proud of this fact, but as we saw j the great work that is being done, we felt prouder than at any time that we were a Mason. Mrs. Wallace Phelps and daughter left Monday for Henderson where they will visit relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Judge Horace Fou shee were in the city last week looking at some of our handsome residences to get some suggestion as to the design of their new home to be erected soon at Durham. yThe Big Tarheel Textile tfuits. Greensboro, N. C, The sceae of litigation involving the American Warehouse . Company and it subsi diary companies shifted from , the State, to the Federal Courts today when application was made by cer tain creditors for an, order of adjudi cation in bankruptcy and the ap pointment of a Federal receiver. Judge Boyd allowed the defendant company until December 27 to ap pear before him and show cause . why bankruptcy papers should not bet signed and asked that J. L. Clement the receiver appointed -by the State' " Court appear before him tomorrow and make a statement of the; affairs. It is understood Mr. Clement will be the receiver Court- of the Federal
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