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PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY TOWN AND COUNTY 0FFER BRILLIANT OPPORTUNITIES AIL HOME PRINT.
VOLUME XXXV
OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1920
NUMBER 9
)XIOilD) FUilLIC
UJtSiJiJAlTrlivilrw
HON. C. M. STEDMAN
WILL BE A CANDIDATE
Comes Out As a Candidate to Pre-
serve Harmony in the Party.
The Greensboo Daily Record
says: "Hon. Charles M. Stedman,
of the Fifth North Carolina district,
is a candidate for re-election. The
fact simplifies political matters in
this Congressional district for vari
ous reasons.
"Major Stedmam will hardly he
LAND, LABOR AND
MOTION FOR RESUMING
THE FARM INCOME j
High Prices Will Take a Tumble
Some Day.
The Wallace Farmer, which is pub
lished at Davenport, Iowa, says that
the views of many farmers in the
corn belt are reflected in the letter
of a subsrciber who writes: "The
labor question is bothering us here.
The quality and amount of work get
poorer every year in spite of the. in-
. '.i.V
THttRATTR ON FLOOR OF S '
SENATE TO BE MADE
MCADOO AND HOOVER CALL FOR
LEADING OTHER CANDD3ATES
Bryan Feeling
oypuseu iui me omce Dy any one ; creased wages. I don't knov that it
within his party as long as he is able is much inducement for a man to trv
io qo any more than he is able to
I 3 J y. a .
to periorm me auties ot it and is
willing to retain it. Should he drop
the mantle, however, there be those
in plenty ready to offer their shoul
ders for its infolding.
manage himself, with the help of the
neighbors. In spite of this difficul
ty, land is soaring right up and is
selling at prices ranginar from $175
"The retirement of the major to $550 an acre. Where are we go
would be the signal for a number of j ing to land? Some will land in the
Democratic aspirants to rise up lis- county house when prices take a tum-
tenmg to the call to serve the people, t bio, as they are bound to."
In fact, without a vast amount of
careful adjustment of ambitions there
might be a district split over the mat
ter; a division which would give the
Republicans a chance. Major Sted
man is the standard bearer upon
which his party can place its greatest
reliance in the district."
The Public Ledger has the utmost
confidence in Mayor Stedman 's abil
ity to represent the district, but there
is no mistaking the fact that a large
Whether or net every one shares
this farmer's troubled outlook on
present conditions, , it can not be de
nied that he has some grounds for his
views.- The three big subjects of the
day are the cost of lobor, the price of
land, and the cost of living. At pres
ent there is a tremendous urge be
hind projects to raise wages still
higher, another strong tendency to
ward higher prices for land, and a
popular clamor cf unusual vigor for
S According to Notice By Senator
Walsh the Motion Will lie Made
On February 10 Proceedings of
Treaty Fight From the Beginning
Have Been Published in a Volume
of 3,000 Pages.
(Washington Special)
Notice was served by Senator Wal
sh, of Montana, one of the Democrat
ic members of the disbanded biparti
san committee, that on Tuesday Feb
ruary 10, a motion would be madj;;to
resume consideration of the treatjHn
the open senate. He spoke forpthe
Democratic senate leader, Seiato
Hitchcock, of Nebraska, who wassail
sent. ? ;
The announcement developed no
debate. A little later, however,: jthe
senate was given a concrete reminder
of the amount of oratory it already
has expended on the treaty. Senator
Smoct, Repubican, of Utah, exhibited
a 3,000 page volume containngf 7,
000,000 words on the subject spoke
in the senate last summer and fall.
VOLUNTEER NURSES j YOU MIGHT TRY THIS
TO PREVENT THE FLU
number of voters who supported him ( lowered food prices
in previous elections preier a youn
ger and more progressive representa
tive. The approaching campaign in
this district will be a very streneous
one. The Major is a good campaig
ner, but as to whether he has the
physical stamina to wage the cam
paign is the question that agitates
the mind of the voters of the district.
It is t-oor policy for Major Sted
man to enter the race merely to pre
serve harmony in the party. If the
Democratic machine in the Fifth Dis
trict would go to smash by virtue of
Major Stedman's declining to make
the race, the Public Ledger feels that
the sooner the machine is wiped from
the face of the earth the better it
will be for the party.
The Public Ledger is not knifing
Major Stedman. If we can put him
over) again all is well and good, but
With labor high, rent or taxes high
and farm products the subject of a
price-lowering campaign, the. farmer
may well bestir himself to look after!
his own interests.
GOVERNMENT BIG LOSER
FROM TRAIN OPERATION
Not Bitter; Seme
Third Term Men.
W. G. McAdoo, former secretary of
'the treasuiy, is somewhat in the lead
for the Democratic nomination for
the presidency in the approaching
Convention at San .Francisco ac
cording to the summary of a number
of leading Metropoliton Newspapers.
A strong following for Herbert
Hoover, former United States food
administrator, is also evidenced.
There is also some opinion favorable
to senator Oscar M. Underwood, of
Alabama. It was a notable fact that
the sentiment leans largely to a con
tinuation of the policies of the Wil
son administration, andf in case of the
league of nations being a party issue
there is much strong sentiment-favoring
a third term for President Wil
son. While a few politicians are inclin
ed to think that Bryan is trying for
the nomination, the majority express
ed the opinion that Mr. Bryan simply
means to influence the party for what
he conscientiously thinks is right,
and that he would net try to capture
the nomination in San Francisco.
Please Respond to the Call As Soon
As Possible.
An urgent call is issued for volun
teer nurses in the influenza epidemic
in our midst. Any one who will help !
is earnestly requested to notify at
once Mrs. F. B. Blalock, Chairman
Nursing Committee, whose phone is
242 W.
There are quite a number of cases
in Oxford that need the watchful care
of nurses.
WAKE FOREST COLLEGE
TO THE FRONT
To
Oxford Boy Granted License
Practice Law.
Fifty-eight men. of Wake Forest
College appied to the State Board of
Examiners of North Carolina on Mon
day, January 26, for license to prac
tice law, 43 of whom made a passing
grade. '
Wake Forest College sent twenty
six men to Raleigh for the examina
tion and of this number twenty-five
made passing grades. Professors
it is going to take the strongest De- " j" " "
mocrat in the district to land the job. r. , T. '' c LUUfiiai1uldiru
iui me sjjiyiiuiu. snowing inaue Dy
Washington, Feb. 1. Operation
cf the railroads, nullman lines, ex
press companies and waterways', uni
fied under federal control, has cost
the nation approximately $700,000,
ooo. .
Figures made public by the rail
road administration revealed anet
loss of $594,200,000 from railroad
operation alone in the two year per
iod. Statistics gathered from offici
al sources as to operating costs -. of
fthe puilman lines and waterways and
OUR BOASTED ANCESTORS
There Were No Flu and Grip When
People Wore Night Caps.
According to a Paris physician. Dr.
Louis St. Maurice, in a recent article
in the Literary Digest, unprotected
craniums at night are responsible for
colds, and even for influenza. Years ;
ago, when. night caps were universal
ly worn, argues the Paris doctor, no
one ever had colds, neither in the
head nor in the chest. Literature
before the eighteenth century does
not reveal a single mention of any"
such diseases. Moreover, art and
literature of the past show that
young and old, rich and poor, men
and women, all wore night caps un
til well into the 18th century. Now
they are almost unknown. No one'
wears them. Dr. Maurice continues:'
" Investigation proves that a cold
in the head is the necessary setting
for an attack of influenza. Further
investigations shows that in an over
whelming majority of cases a cold is'
'caught during the night, while one
is in bed. Wet feet are not respon
sible for many colds, especially among ;
adults. In fast, while one is movins
If We Go Back For Enough We Will
Butt Into Old Ananias.
A few Sundays ago the Internation
al Sunday School Lesson referred to
Ananias, a familiar character in Sac
red history. Judge Devin was pres
ent at the Oxford Baptist Baraca
Class and . gave the class an insight
into the genera character of old man
Ananias.
Sinrf BvnnnnHiiior tVio Icccnn trv Tiq !
FLU SITUATION IN
OXFORD AND COUNTY
nurcnes, schools and Places of
Amusement Closed.
ine nu was making such rapid
headway iri Oxford and the County,
State Board of Health Saturday or
dered that the churches, schools and
all places of amusements here be clo- about and exercising, no matter how.
cold. He is when he is absolutely
motionless, relaxed, with the body
warm under the bedclothes and the .
head exposed to the cold jurrent of
air that comes in from the window
ana is sucicea uo tne emmnev or.
sed until the epidemic has subsided.
It was estimated Monday that there
were no less than 1,000 cases of flu
in the county and the epidemic still
spreading. Carriers on the seven
rural routes from Oxford report that I around corners
1 1 I
express companies wane operaieu uy i class in looking over the records in
the government, show the addition of ,, eastern county of the state Judge
$100,000,000 to the transportation j diseoverel that th-? paternal
costs. ; j grandfather of Virginia Dare, the
first white child born on this conti
nent, was named Ananias.
Judge Devin did not impute any
wrong to the character of our boast
ed ancestor Ananias Dare, but he
chuckled goodnaturedly as the vision
of the two gay old Ananiasas stood
before him.
THE COUNTRY CHILDREN VS.
THE TOWN CHILDREN
3IARRIAGE AT OXFORD
these students.
LONG TRIP FOR
THE FAVORED FEW
Mr. Carl Howell Ragland of Ox-
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lilKle Ul HOD&rt MSa. RUOlWen. I tV,P fnlTnwin fWnrvl
Saturday afternoon at 3 o,clock at j in attendance at Wake Forest Col
the home of the bride's mother, Mrs. ! lege. In the academic school Nel
J. G. Shotwell, was solemnized a wed-, son N. Harte and Travis Chamblee.
ding beautiful in its simplicity when j In the medical school George N.
Miss Elizabeth Shotwell became j Thomas. . ' .
the bride of Robert E. Shotwell, of
Henderson.
The marriage was performed by
Rev. R..-H. Broom, of Hookerton, a
former pastor of the bride, before an
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leaf pine
al Chorus from "Lohengrin" announ
ced the wedding party, the doors of
the library were opened and found
them assembled in tableaux.
Miss Mary Shotwell, sister of the
bride, was maid of honor. Her gown
was apricct georgette and she carried
Ophelia roses. The bride wore a
dark blue tricotine suit with hat and
gloves to match and her flowers
were orchids.
Preceding and during the ceremony
a musical program was rendered by
Mrs. J. T. Parham.
Immediately after the ceremony'
Mr. and Mrs. Shotwell left amid the
congratulations of friends for Jack
sonville, Fla-, and other southern
points.
The groom is a prominent young
business man of Henderson, being the
traveling representative of the Sea
board Wholesale Grocery company.
At home after Feb- 15th, 95 Asy
lum street, Oxford.
Some folks argue that city children
are brighter than those from the
country. They argue that the city
youngsters have their wits sharpened
by constant contact with others.
City children clo acquire from the
life of the streets in which they have
to play, a certain saucy . quickness.
They learn slang first, and cart talk
back faster to cider neople4V; !
SOME OF THE SAYINGS OF
EVANGELIST CULPEPPER
entire families on their rout$ have
the flu. On Oxford Route 7 there
are five cases of measles and flu, and
three of the patients have pneumonia
and were unable to secure medical attention.
Dr. Watkins, who was spending
some time in Florida, reached homef
yesterday afternoon and within less
than one hour after his arrival he
was in the thickest of the fight The
return of Dr. Watkins is of tremend
ous importance. All of our doctors
have been on the go night and day
for mere than one week and they ad
mit that they cannot stand , the" strain
much longer.
The doctors express the hope that
mild veather for the next two or
three days would greatly improve the
situation.
Reports from the Southern portion
P 11 JL ,1 .
ui me uoumy say tnat one woman
"To cure your cold, tie a woolen
wrap around the head, well down on
the forehead and over the cranium in
back. Leave it there all night.
Drink hot lemonade and perspire
all night. In the morning the cold
in the head will be gone.
"As a preventive against the Span
ish 'flu,' there is not a better precau
tion than wearing a woolen nightcap.
Yes, and even the silk and lace boudoir-caps
that miladi wears nowadays
'are better-than nothing."
DEMOCRATS AROUND
RALEIGH HAVE HAD
A CHANGE OF HEART
; Evangelist Burke Culpepper, who i has the flu, the smallpox and pneu-
rtn ?ti radr , Tra.-rl9n T-K:t-ArmTi r(H -mvm k . i 1
exs ra-uier uia.ii lanveis. 11 uie ui
In a. few more weeks the pre-con-ntion
campaign for the Democratic
As the strains of the Brid-; nomination for the Presidency will
be m iull swing. Already the people
in some sections are beginning to
talk cf whom they will send as dele
gates to the National Convention
which meets in San Francisco in
June. Eight years ago cur county
man, Judge Graham, was elected as
a delagate to the Baltimore conven
tion which selected Woodrow Wilson
as the party's standard bearer.
Lucky indeed is the man who will
be chosen from this district to the
San Francisco convention. This will
be a nice trip and to be named as a
delegate will be no empty honor.
cycle breaks down, the country boy
will quite likely be able to make it i
run himself. He has constantly been
thrown in that way on his own re
sources. Meanwhile the smart city
kid will be taking it to the repair
shop and having the bill sent to Dad.
much success. The following is a
CYCLE THEORY IS
GIVEN BY DOCTOR
OXFORD SHOULD IL1VE
AN APPARTMENT HOUSE
PRETTY BELGIU3I BRD3E
GUEST OF RELATIVES HERE
Mr. and Mrs. Stokes, of Lynchburg,
S. C, are the guest of Mr. Stokes,
the jeweler. Mrs. Stokes is the
bride of only a few months. While
Mr. Stokes, was serving with the
American Expeditionary forces they
met for the first time in Belgium.
Friendship ripened into love and ad
oration, and after Mr. Stokes re
turned to this country and was mus
tered out of service, he returned to
Belgium where the marriage cere
mony was performed.
Mrs. Stokes is a charming person
ality, speaks good English and is
Pleased with everything American.
MISS IDA LANIER
DIED LAST FRDDAY
The Remains Were Taken to Durham
For Interment.
Miss Ida Lanier, 29 years old, died
at her home in West Oxford last Fri
day afternoon at 6:20 o'clock, follow-'
ing a short illness caused by influen
za. Her remains were taken to her
former home in East Durham Satur
day, where she had lived up to a few
months ago and where she was well
and popularly known.
The funeral services were conduct
ed Sunday afternoon . by Rev. C. G.
Smith, pastor of Edgmont Baptist
Church.
Nearly 375,000 of the half mil
lion Austro-Hungarian prisoners of
war taken by the Russians have peri
shed in Siberia from smallpox and
typhus.
A Number of Traveling Men Would
Like to Bring Their Families to
Oxford.
Raleigh's latest residential build
ing is an apartment house known as
the "Chaswill Apartments." The
building will provide 36 apartments
of three and four rooms each. Rocky
Mount is planning a similar house at
an expenditure of $400,000. A fea
ture of this apartment will be a pub
lic diningroom run on the European
plan.
Oxford has not yet grown to the
proportions of the above named citi
es but the need for an apartment
house on a smaller scale has been felt
here for sometime past. It has been
pointed out that a number of travel
ing inen would bring their families
here if suitable quarters could be
found-
Recurrence of Influenza Epidemic
In Cycle of 33 or 66 Weeks Apart.
Washington, Feb. 1. Recurrence
of influenza epidemics in cycles 33 or
66 weeks apart are discussed in a
statement issued tonight by the bu
reau of census based on a study made
by Dr. John Brownlee, an English
physician, who advanced the cycle
theory.
"It is now exactly 66 weeks since
the mortality peak of the epidemic
in Chicago," the statement said. The
same is true in New York city and
Washington. In all three of these
places influenza is epidemic.
"This recurrence of the epidemic
after 66 weeks certainly strengthens
the view that the epidemic of 1889
1890, 1918 and 19'20 all have a com
mon etiology."
few pepper pods culled from Dr. Cul-!
I pepper's pepper box:
"The dance is damning more peo
ple than liquor."
"There are some girls who never
do a thing but drink coca-cpla and
prance the streets."
"No town, State, or county is
stronger than its women."
"There is many a young husband
who has ruined his life because no
one told him he was playing the
fool."
"1 take off my hai to woniaidy in
tuition; women has the sixth sense
as sure as I am facing you this after
noon." "If you take the Church of God out
of this town, it would be so dirty in
five years that a buzzard would not
light near it."
"Don't work an ox and an ass to
gether; they can't even get up a de
cent difficulty."
GRANVILLE COUNTY PEOPLE
IN THE GOLDEN WEST
SOME TOBACCO STATISTICS
MR. BARA STBISON DEAD
RURAL SCHOOL TEACHERS
The Drain on the Country Schools Is
Poor Policy.
Superintendents of city schools
have always felt at liberty when they
needed a teacher, to make a raid on
the nearby rural schools and lure
away the country teachers by higher
salaries. You couldn't blame the
teacher, for leaving, but some school
authorities are seeing that this drain
on the count., schools is poor public
policy.
The school superintendent of a
Pennsylvania city said a few days ago
at a teachers' convention, that rural
teachers ought .to te paid even more
than itv teachers, so they would stay
in the country where they are most
needed. It would of course take
state and national aid to help the
country schools pay this level of sala
ries. But if the experienced teachers
could be kept in the country schools
they would be leaders of community
progress, and help raise rural life to
new levels of progress.
Was The Oldest Citizen In This Com
munity. Mr. Bara J. Stimson, 82 years of
ure. fied at his home on Front Street
last Sunday morning. On account of
infirmity brought on by age, he kept
close to his home for the past few
years.
Mr. Stimson was perhaps the old
est citizen of Oxford when, the sum
mons came. He retained his facul
ties up to the last moment.
He was a member of St. Stephen's
Episcopal Church, and is rurvived by
o. devoted wife and one son, Mr. W. D.
Stimson, of Oxford.
The funeral will be conducted from
the home this morning at eleven o,
clock by Dr. Horsefield.
The pallbearers as announced are:
T. B. Rose, Richard Crews, W. H.
Hunt, Cam Easton, J. G. Hall. . The
interment will be in Elmwood cemetery.
AGRICULTURE BILL
IS NOW READY
The Sum of $21,000,000 Decided Up
on For Annual Agricultural Ap
propriation. (Washington Special)
Carrying ,$21,000,000, approxi
mately $7,0.00,000 less than the. de
partment's estimate, the annual ag
ricultural appropriation bill was or
dained favorably reported to the
house Saturday by the agricultural
committee. The total is $3,000,000
less than the appropriation for this
year. .
Will H. Hays, chairman of the
Republican national committee, mak
es public his announcement to the
advisory committee on policies and
platforms, consisting of 171 members
19 of whom are women. The North
Carolina members are Judge W. P.
Bynum and Jno. M. Morehead.
What Tobacco Production Has Done
For This Region In the Last Three
Years. s
The following tobacco facts appli
es to this region and the entire na
tion for the years 1919, 1918, and
1917, respectively:
Acreage 554,000; 468,000; 380,
000.
Yield per acre 560 lbs.; 705 lbs;
630. lbs.-'
Total pounds 310,240,000; 329,
940,000; 239,400,000.
Average price Dec .153.6; 35.1;
31.5.
Value Dec. 1 $166,289;000; $115
809,000; $75,41,000.1. f
Value per acre $300.16; $247.46
$198.45.
In the United States the figures
show:
.Acreage 1,901,200; 1,647,100; 1,
517, 800. .
Yield per acre 730-8 lbs.; 873.7
lbs; 823.1 lbs.
Total pounds 1,389,458,000; 1,
439,071,000; 1,249,276,000.
Average price Dec. 139.0; 28.0;
24.0-
Value, Dec 1 $5,42,547,000; 402
204,000; 300,449,000.
As will be seen, North Carilina's
production amounted to nearly one
third of the nation's output. Ken
tucky, alone exceeded North Caro
lina's total, and that only by a small
margin. , .
GRANVILLE COUNTY SUPERIOR
COURT NEXT WEEK
On the 29 th of last December, Mr.
S. P. Pool boarded the train at -Vir-gilina
for Fresno, Cal., accompanied
by his sister, Mrs. Sallie Sanford, ot
Durham, who has four children in
California. In a letter .to the Public
Ledger Mr. Pool says that they pass
ed through Atlanta, Montgomery and
reached New Orleans just as the bells
were sounding the death of the old
and the advent of the New Year.
After a stay of twenty hours in New
Orleans they resumed the journey
via the Southern Paciffic, passing
throughUhe sulphur mine district of
Louisana, Houston, San Antonia and
El Passo, Texas, crossing Devil River,
Arizona, 360 feet above the water,
and at sunrise on Monday morning,
January 6th, they were passing
through the orange groves of Califor
nia, which were ladened with preci
ous golden fruit, "which charmed us
Carolinians to see so early in Jan
uary." '
Mr. Pool says that Fresno is a
beautiful city of 50,000 inhabitants,
situated amid the vinyards.
McAdoo's Stock Bounds Upward
Since News Came. From Washing
ton. Raleigh, Feb. 2. Political dis
cussion at the state capital is cen
tering on which of the various can
didates for presidential nomination
will get the Democratic nomination
and sentiment among officials
rather evenly divided between Her-;
bert Hoover and William Gibbs Mc
Adoo, with the latter in the lead so
far the present sentiment can be
guaged. Until recently Uttle was
heard about Mr. McAdoo for the
nomination. The former food ad
ministrator had it in North Carolina
by long odds.
Since the news came out from
Washington that a number of the
congressional delegations did not
warm up the candidacy of Mr. Hoov
er, there has been more talk of Mc
Adoo. Whether or not there was
an actual change in sentiment after
the Washington office-holders sent
out their suggestion that Mr. Hoov
er was not a Democratic ,war-horse
cannoa be said. It is a fact, howev
er, and an, interesting one, that the
McAdoo sentiment has taken a good
lead over what it was since the
Washington statements were given
to the press.
MRS. JOHN W. BROWN DEAD
WHAT CANNOT BE DONE
UNDER THE DRY LAW
This
Funeral From the Residence
Afternoon.
The entire community was grieved
Monday morning to learn that Mrs.
John W. Brown had passed away at
her home on Broad Street just as the
sun made its appearance in the east
ern sky. . ,
The deceased is survived by a de
voted husband and three children,
the youngest being only three or f our
days old.
The funeral will be held from the
residence on Broad Street this after
noon at 3:30 o'clock, conducted by
Dr. R. C. Craven, the beloved pastor
of the deseased. The interment
will be at Elmwood Cemetery.
MRS. LONIE EVANS DEAD
Judge Calvent, of Raleigh, WiU
Preside. S
The February term of Granville
County Superior Court will .concene
next Monday morning for a two
week's term.
Hon. J. H. Calvent, one of the
strong judges of the state, will pre
side. '.:
The discovery of another new
star was announced at Cambridge,
Mass., by the Harvard Colege Obser
vatory, the Nova being discovered in
the course of examination of plates
taken nearly two years ago.
Interment At Island Creek Church
This Afternoon
Mrs. Lonie Evans, aged about 50
years, died at her home in the Hil
liard apartments Monday morning.
Flu and pneumonia was the cause of
her death.
The deceased is survived by a de
voted husband and two children of
the last union.
After funeral services from . the
home the remains will be conveyed
to Island Creek Church for interment.
GOOD LOAD OF TOBACCO
Sold At the Farmers Warehouse Mon
day For $2,000.
To see a big fine load of tobacco
on the warehouse floor at this sea
son of the year reminds one of a bolt
of lightning from a clear sky.
Mr. E. E. Hoghtlin was the gentle
man that caused the excitement. He
drove in at the Farmers Warehouse
Monday morning and spread one load
of tobacco on the floor. The buyers
were hungry for some good tobacco
and the load brought $2,000.
Under constitutional y.rohibition it
is unlawful:
To try 'or sell a drink anywhere
'except for sacramental or medicinal
purposes.
To give or take a drink anywhere
except in the home of the man who
owns it.
To keep any liquor in storage any
where but in your own home.
To try to get such reserves out of
storage.
To carry a pocket flask.
To have more than two drinking
residences one in the country and
one in the city. '
i To restock your home supply when
it runs out.
To manufacture anything ?bove
one-half of one per cent in your
home.
To move your home supply from
one house to another without obtain
ing a permit. To get this you must
prove that you camo by the supply
before July 1, 1919.
To display any liquor signs or ad
vertisements on your premises.
To bvy, sell or use a home still or
any other device for rial .ing liquor
in the home.
To buy or sell any formulas or
recipes for home-made liquor.
The Ground Hog
The ground hogs in this section
that crawled out of their holes Mon
day did not see their shadow at the
noon hour. This implies that the
backbone of winter has been broken
here. If the ground hogs on the
south side of Tar River, or up in
Northern Granville, saw their shad
ow, they went back for six weeks, and
there is that length of bad weather in
store for those sections of the county.
Got His Man
Capt Hutchins, of the revenue de
partment, is spending a few days in
Oxford. A moonshiner in Martin
County last week peppered him with :
a load of bird-shot. Hutchins retali
ated with a load of buck-shot and the,
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