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v Lbrary J I iJl i V Oxford fixranR Colomws For .Results. 11 W t'.tgffi? : J0HN T. BRITT EDITOR aWdSOWNER, jA ii r: a-: j FOR THE UPBUILDING OP-tXFCD AND GRANVILLE COUNTY. ! "SUBSCRIPTION ONE; DOLLAR A. YEAR. ISSUED SEMI-WEEKLY OXFORDNGWEDJPSDA VOLUME 1. NO. 45. U lit 'i.s.ti i M State - " 1 ry ----- . . x 1 r 1 , m 7 , ; . . i I . t . JTTI ! J T " ' 1 T 9 11 I J " 1 .4 T 1 T . , T 4 . v I - .... .. . . ...... . , ? i ni ill -tlt Avrtise Oxford. Those who are interested in the up building of Oxford as a trading center and manufacturing town should seri ously tae nto consideratfon tye ;rtn of advertising, for the prb- of any community, is timed by th advertising umuc uj ho tuv.i-uauia, til" mi r-v r i i and business men. ine uxioru mer chants and business men have as a rule believed in newspaper advertis ing and it has paid them, but there are in Oxford now a number of mer chants and others engaged in com merce who have not given the local newspapers the support their columns deserve. A community is judged very largely by its newspapers, and if you pick up a newspaper published in some other town you scan closely the ad vertising columns to get your impres sion of what kind of town it is. i you find few advertisements you are most likely to conclude that it is a poor business town, and generally your conclusions would be correct. If on the other hand you find the adver tisements of a number of dry goods, clothing, shoes, millinery, hardware, furniture, grocery and feed stores, banks, insurance and real estate com panies, along with professional cards, you are then able to get a fair estimate of the commercial importance of the town. Do the advertising columns of Oxford's newspapers reflect its com mercial importance ? If not, then why should we longer delay in setting, up our "Beacon Lights" in the columns of our newspapers, that our town and county people will know where to do their trading, and that the outsider may get the correct impression of Ox ford's importance as a trading and business center. Advertise and keep everlastingly at it and Oxford will win. The newspa pers are not at all selfish, and every issue carries matter written for the purpose of advancing the interest of our town and county. A Slogan for Oxford. Taking r aee&toY ftiehy Tribve ments among the citizens of Oxford looking to the expansion and develop ment of the town of Oxford . it seems to us that we should have a slogan for Oxford, one that wherever and when ever mentioned will sound the "call to arms" for Oxford army of Progress.and that will by its magic inspire town spirit and pride in every man, woman and child in our town. We have all heard of Charlotte's slo gan, "Watch Charlotte Grow," and Rockingham's "Best town of All," and Wadesboro's "Watch Wadesboro Win," and those who have considered seri ously can but feel that the Slogans of these rapidly growing towns have had much to do with arousing the enthu siasm, interest and efforts which have made possible the expansion of these towns. Now that Oxford is getting up steam," and a "full head" at that, it seems that it is time for us to have a Slogan, a Rally Cry that will bring every Oxford citizen forward to do his best for his town. The Oxford Banner suggests to the Commercial Club, the Merchants Association and the new "to be named" Booster Association, that they offer a small prize for the best slogan for Oxford. We are pre paring to work for business--lets Jiaye our Slogan, and it should be on all sta tionery used by Oxford's business men. Who will be the first to suggest a.$lo-l gan for Oxford ? ; J " Entertains Art Class. Monday evening was made pleasant in the social life of the young people by a delightful party at the home of Col. and Mrs. Henry G. Cooper when- Miss Mary Cooper entertained the members of her enthusiastic art class in a pleas ing manner. The art scholars are: Misses Edna Griffith, Marie Burwell, AUene Hicks, Hixie White, Julia Cooper, Lucy Landis, Mary Shaw, Helen Paris, and Nina Cooper. Ffty guests were invited and had a joyous time. Punch was. served on the front porch by Miss Edna Griffith: The home was tastefully adorned in pink and white which color scheme was rnea out in the refreshments of cream and cakes. In the parlor dancing was enjoyed hile dice-hearts absorbed the atten- tum 01 many in the library. . Merry games on the lawn 'afforded fun and pleasure, and the occasion was an ex ceedingly pleasant one.- Stop borrowing your neighbors paper v ouuscnne for yourself. .1 . t 1 i i .i.J.ii' 1 . .' . , i I r- 11,; l . . L SHORTGRAFTS. Fix up that turnip patch, and make it rich with manure. , . ,,fy July 1st has come and the mosquito promptly presented his bill. Be vaccinated as there are two cases o smallpox at Tally Ho. true, sit tight, ! 5 i Start Think twice, and begin right. Cast your orbs on Taylor Bros, ad vertisement as it will do you good. Mrs. J. T. Griflath, who has been quite sick, we are glad to say is much better Now, right now, is the time to plant and so Y peas in aU of your stubble and other land. ! The sweet girl graduate can now put on her jattractive bathing suit and get in the swim. Are you doing anything to help build up your town ? If not don't you think you oupht to ? The youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Bryan, who has been sick for some days, is much better. :i Theiear beer saloons closed in Ox ford Friday night, the owners saying they wanted to obey the law. The jBoard of Education met Mon day and transacted routine business in connection with the schools. Nowj is the. time for civic spirit to come to the front and let us all pull together for the upbuilding of Oxford. . Whin it comes to job printing the Britt Ij'rintery is prepared to take care of your needs. Prices reasonable. Ask for samples of work. .-Soda XOOA ijyater is better jtfeaij Arewfltwfcjyg weather, but even then it wont ready help' them tio it. ;I;tV ? - ; in this! do to crowd a fellow with invitations to enjoy a mint julep. The! Hittites many pennants won In days of long ago ; They often walloped Babylon AndUbeat old Jericho. Thej first cotton blooms that we have seen jhis season come off the farm of James Mangum, the old reliable and faithful janitor of the Court House. Heaven helps us when we sigh, When we're hurt and when we're ill, With the blue peace of the sky And the green joy of the hill ! The old home place of the late Wm. Blackwell, near Wilton, was sold in front jof the Court House door Monday and was bid off by Mr. Abner Newton at $41500. Wej call the special attention of our readers to the advertisement of Osborn & Mson on the 4th page. Be sure and call and see them when you need anything in their line. This is the season when the part ridge nests and the young quail should be protected. The small boy, black and white, and the roving dog are the part ridge s worst enemies. "I'll "marry whom I please T said she, And-tossed her little head. 1 "Hurrah ! You're mine I For certainly You do please me!" Tommy said. i Oxford's merchants are evincing con siderable pride in window decoration and their display of goods show much taste. Show windows have a real edu cational value for both old and young. You needn't talk about the "kiss germ". when in the silvery moonlight a gallant young gentleman is looking his ngelic sweetheart full in the face, and there is no eye in all the world to behold. ; Don't hesitate to greet the stranger when he come to Oxford with a hearty "good morning." He may not respond sentimentally, but in his heart he will app reciate it, and think better of the tow a in which you live. Say not that life's not worth the grind Why, at our very feet we find The treasure of its sweet content, Anabver us God's firmament 1 dmong the many good hints for hot weather the first and last are, "Don't worry" Says the last one: "Keep calm and let the world take its own pape ft it & will . anow;2iwhethers yoa wotry or not." a Air. HpnryGray who resides onear-li driah.1 lastFridav nftrnoon lost' his Mdriah last Friday afternoon lost his barn and stables by fire,5-along with all his wheat aridTeed 'The 'bright of the fireinptW)wnr; J " 'M 64 ' Wr; W A. Daniel, the most excellent Superintendent-of the County Borne, sowed 16 bushels oPwheat and thresh' edhout 270 bushels. He is a good far mer and one among: 1 best superintend teiidentSrtne county ever had.' A The postal receipts for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1911, at-the -Oxford Postofiice amounted to $12,169.31 a gain over the previous year of $228.98 ! This is a splendid showing for Oxford and a great credit to Postmaster J. W. Brown and. his efficient' assistants. - : .(.,, -'. i i The Oxford Banner hopes that the Booster Club will see to it at once that our attractive town is properly adver tisedjthat its advantages are put be fore tne p'ibtic"and'let"every one know aBd see that "Oxford is still Growing." fWe learn from the Franklin Times that Miss Frances A. Mitchell died at the home of h brother. J. L-Mitchell, near iVranklinton, last Sunday .mornV ing. j3ie was 83 ''years old and was bojn ;n Granville county . X)xford!s fine military company, the Granville Grays under command of Capt. T. Stem, are looking forward with pleas ureable anticipations to the encampment of the Third Regiment, which begins at Morehead City, on the 10th. The dry weather of the past month is having its effect on the town's water nn, nnA , u0i supply, and it is necessary that a ha.lt be called on water waste. The aver age consumer wastelconsiderable wav ter and m- the aggregate, it amounts to thousands of gallons daQy, -J "'' '-VWJ ' viC -f, 'J Wake up ! If every business man in town would earnestly set . himselfl to work developing nis business in every direction possible, keep it up for a fev , keep it up for a few years, the result mignt pe tnorougmvf, Anowind oh uswith the iniunction I surprising Qthtp himself and to every Miss , Ordrey - -Fiiller, daughter of GeorgeFiilleV, of Granville-oounty, was taken to JSt. Luke's Hospital, at Rich mond, last Thursday, where a success ful operation was performed on Satur day. Reports up to this writing were that she was doing nicely and will re turn home in about two Weeks. The County Farmers Union met in the Court House Monday about 12 o'clock and continued in session until about 4 p. m. The attendance was good a;nd a large ..amount of business in the interest of the Union was trans acted. We hope the Union will prove of lasting benefit to the farmers of this and other communities. Dice Hearts Party. Miss Londa Shamburger delightfully entertained Friday evening - in honor of her guest, Miss Margaret Goodwin, of Siler City. The guests were met at the door by .hejiostess and the guest of honor, and were served to refreshing frappe. The evening was spent in an interestuig game of dice Hearts, after which delicious, refreshments of ices and cake were served. Meeting of Veterans. Between 30 and 40 Confederate Veterans met in trie' Court House Monday about 11 o'clook with Com mander A. W, Graham presiding. Af ter! -discussing attending the -State. meeting at Wilmington in August about thirty enrolled their names for the i: trip. fr Judge 4 Graham 'was again elected Commander, of Maurice Smith Camp, and Mr. Milton Blalock, of Cul hreth, Adjutant. ; i ; ' !; Captured aN 'Possum. Mr. C. H. Parham a few nights ago heard quite a commotion out in his back yard by his dog, and hd investi gated the cause of the noise, f He found thai his bird .dog had sometWg urj in the corner of: the fence and was having quite a lot of t fuil Jumping at it, , In looking close down in the corner of the ience ne oiscoverea a largeiat opossum anof captured him? Ttie 'rinner jna4e a royal drshahdr the-faniily greatly enjoyed the feast. . ,v A-rfe'iir'i-X be closed nntil thel5thmf Jury; as ?he : . y . f- . . has gone to Asbury Park to visit rela tives. I hiS;.tA 5 Now. Is .the time . tp subscribe, to -the uxiora nanner. 44 Jt ..' btill1 Growing Friends. j)Mr., r-- i Sw in1" ipite of the wrf weather. During the past week 25 new subscrib ers baveniisted : under our banner fori- ayear.s That's 1 right friends, help the 'vfeld Man" build up a first-class' Semi Weekly paper in the county. Now, how many good . people in Oxford and Granville county, ,who arei already tlbscf ibers to the Oxford Banner are wining to encourage our enorts Dy eucu vne eeiune us a new suDScriDer at once.? 'Tkm-ti tin uuvtsuui. ouiy a pretiy luwuuui agood town. , Get out and boost it. Ifell outsiders the same ; thing. Get them to locate here, to invest their rxjoneyandee what haiidsome returns tpey will ::reahze. noVSford and te county's advcmtaesaid ,attac-. tfons, and; also let severyj farmer help to build up his county town instead of those of other counties Don t be a knocker.: but pt jyonjrQphdtdeJr to the wheel and push. Let your .slogan be: Upward and onward with Oxrord !" M Nfn Honor of Two Fair Maidens. A delightful Hearts Dice party was given last Friday morning by Misses Ruth and Esther Mitchell in honor of Misses Nell Grim sley, of Greensboro and Fannie Sholer of Chattanooga Tenn. 'The guests were cordially wel comed byf the J hostess and delicious punch was served by Missess' Frances WU1' "aui'a- ' ' wcuJuycu uy UmUy guests, after which choice and temp- r" ;. , .,. ;tptchell:displayed in every. way their jcordial hospitality icand were voted by ail rost cnarmmg hostesses; vput of our Line. jThile going the rounds the other daNSOnietiverly zealous friend very IsoStous avtouour welfare, sprung "Iffpromultulg your esoteric coginations or articulating your super ficial sentimentalities and amicable, philosophical or psychological observa tions, beware of platitudinous pon derosity.. r Let your conversational communica tions possess a clarified conciseness, a compacted comprehensibleness, coal escent consiistency. and a concatenated cogency.. Eschew all conglomerations of flatulent garrulity, jejune babble ment and affectations. Let your ex temporaneous discantings and unpre meditated expatiations have intelligi bilityarid veracious vivacity, "without rhodomontade of thrasonical, bombast. Schedulously avoid all polysyllabic pro fundity pompous prolixity, psitta ceous vacuity, ventriloquial verbsity and .vaniloquent .vapidity." Give us Signboards. :v' Granville county is lacking in sign posts. A stranger is hard put to it to find his way about in : the- country and it should not be so.- A few sign posts at the forks of roads and cross roads would make it possible for any one to find his way about the county without any , trouble. Ine law makes it mighty plain ajto the pet&pns e spbnsible for this Clack-of traveling di rections. Section 2722 qf the Reyisal of 190 says: tttOvVrseers, shall causae to be set up, at the forks of their re spective roads, a post or posts, with arms pointing the way of each road, with plain and durable directions to thet most public places to which they lead! aid with the number of miles from that place as near as can be com puted; and every overseer who shall after ten day notice, after his appoint ment, neglect to do : so and keep same in repair, shall forfeit and pay for every such neglect ten dollars.",- This is as plain as can be and should Jbe enforced to the letter. Pnly" one county in the state Buncombe has carried out the law. The county commissioners should see to itJMattSe overseers have the proper Mstrudtiohs. Condition TobjacO Crop. From every section of the North Car olina tobacco belt there comes reports of a veiryshort crdpTahd' considerable deterioration going oh now in several It lStthoughtto-bepossiblethatnot lir 6, - f y-'niu more than half an average crop-will be grown, and if the seasons from now on are not very favorable the ' crop may I fall to 40 .per .cent., The Eastern Car- onna ana outa arouna crop is poor. . i - - Mil Mr. T. C. Rogers, of Wilton, was in town-Monday. 4 Mr. WB.4 Belcher of Route 4, was in.town Saturday. i: ! " Mr.Meridith Crews, of Route 6, was in town Saturday. s A MrrW. T. Lyon returned from Pana cea Springs Friday. . Mr. Thomas Longmire, of Dickerson,1 was in town Saturday.1 ? . - .... -1 Miss Nell Grimsley, of Greensboro, is visiting Mrs. T. L. Booth., P Mr. E. G, Moss, of Creedmoor sec tion, was in Oxford Friday. . Mr. R. L. Brown returned Saturday from a visit to Winston-Salem. ! - Mr. George Fletcher, of Buchanan usection, was in Oxford Monday. n Judge A. W. Graham was in Norfolk Thursday and Friday on business. Mr. and Mrs. TG. Stem spent the week end with relatives at Stem. Mr. G. W. Flliott, of Route 3, was among the Oxford visitors Saturday. Mr. J. W. Adcock, of Route 4, was in town Monday and called on the editor. Miss Jeannette Biggs spent Satur day With Mrs. J. F. Coleman at Stovall. I Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Perkinson are spending the week with relatives at Stovall. ... i Mr. A. A. Hicks attended the meet ing of Bar Association at Toxaway last week. - i Miss Maud Parham returned home Saturday after a visit to friends in Greensboro. ; f Rev.. W.S,. HefiteFkf Route- B. ws V.:llJ'Sl llVV. ua uur suetJiB muuuay ouu caucu id see the editor. I Mr. J. C. Winters, of Stem section, was-in Oxford Monday and called on the "old man". s - Mr. and, Mrs. J. P. Currin and son, B. F.' Currin, 'of Route 7, were1 Oxford visitors Monday. . Mrs, Graham Roberts and, son have returned from a protracted visit to Eastern Carolina. ' Mr. C. M. Lawrence, of Creedmoor, was in town Monday and called at this office on business. Miss Dixie Hester, of Route 1, was the guest of Mrs. C. D. Osborn Satur day and Sunday. f Miss Myrtle Barnette, who has been visiting Miss Annie Bryan returned to her home at Roxboro Monday. Mr, and Mrs. Edward Cannady, of Dothan, Ala., are visiting their mother, Mrs. Mary Cannady, on College street. Mr. "T" Alston, of Warrenton, was in Oxford Saturday and Sunday visit ifig Mr. Luther Stark on College street. j Miss Carrie O'Neal, of Durham and Miss Halhe Moore, of Stem, were the Quests of Mrs. S. M. Clark the past week. Mrs, F. M. Shamburger vand daiigh ter. Miss Myrtle, .leaye today for a. month's visit to relatives in creyeland, Ohio, 3 Messrs. H. W- Davis, of Bullock, and L. M, Thomas, of Skipwith, Va., were in Oxford Monday and. call on the editor. g Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Fitzgeraldwho have been yisiting; their sister, Mrs. J. S. Rogers, left for their home in Keys yille Friday. .: Mr. and Mrs. Hamlin Cheatham, of Route 3, were in Oxford Sunday after noon visiting Mr. and Mrs Ira Howard pn Broad street, ,:- . f Mr. Roger Gant, of Duke, spent a Jew days iD Oxford last week with T; were glad to see him. : a I Miss Londa Shamburger left Mon day for Siler City to visit Miss Mar garet Goodwin,'-who" has3 been her guest for the past week. Mr. and , Mrs. T. E. Hicks returned o NeWiYork City Tuesday after iwit iaessing the , final completion . . of their handsome and convenient country home. THOSEiuWHO, .XRAyEL. lfl kiss Fannie Webb is visiting friends in Wadesboro. ." ". iiimds Clyde Morris, of JDurham, is the guest of Miss Pearl Taylor. v 1 MrsJX R. B6nit2 andMMiss Frances Gregory spent Monday in Raleigh.' ( Miss Jennie Frances, of Baltimore, is visiting her sister, Mrs. . William Landis. Mr. Cam Hunt returned from Pana cea Springs onday. and we are pleased to leartrfipnim'thatvMrs. Hunt continues to imprbve'in health. 1 Mr. W. E. torsey. of Route 3, was in town Saturday, and the editor was pleased to learn that he was about to get well of a serious attabk of rheuma tism. i',LcH. vKK M Mr. and Mrs. Fred.Bobbitt, of Wash ington City visited-their grand mother and aunt, Mrs. M. A.-Bobbitt, and Mrs. J. G. Hunt on , Spring- street the first of the week. .."."- Mr. Jonah Veasey, the hustling saw mill man, was in 'town Saturday and we were much pleased to learn from him that he has orders for all the lumber he will be able to cut in several months. ' ' ' The editor was much, pleased to re ceive a visit from Mr-, M. M. Person, one of Franklin county's nice young men on Friday, who, was visiting rela tives in Oxford. , He said, "I like the Oxford Banner, and here is one dollar, send it to me for.' one' year." Pension Hoard Meets. The Pension Board composed of Dr. S. D. Booth, Milton Blalock and B. I. Breedlove with Mr. J.. G. Shotwell as Clerk, met Monday in the Clerk's office and passed upon-14 new applications for State Pension. The , death roll for the year number nine, which show, how rapidly the ? brave, and self sacri-y ficing Confederate j , Veterans . are an swering the final jroll call, of the Cap tain of their vSalvation. The Board adjourned to nieet on - - - i jme Monaaytne Autnm,; a Old Citizen .Gathered to Rest. Another one of our, old citizens has obeyed the summons of the Master and . quietly sleeps beneath . the . .sod. Mr. Thomas D. Waller after an illness of more than a month died at the home of his brother, Mr. M. B;-. Waller, in Dur ham Saturday morning,' where he had gone from Raleigh. ? i , - ; ; He was the son of late Calvin Waller and leaves behind two brothers,Messrs. S. W.c Waller, of Knap of Reeds, and M. B. Waller, of Durham, and other relan tives to mourn his death. He was 66 years of age, and was an old Confeder- ate Soldier, being a : member of Co. I, 63rd Regiment and was wounded in the leg in battle. He was Adjutant of Maurice Smith Camp of, Confederate Veterans. He merchandised at Knap of Reeds about: five years and also en- , gaged in farming.- Some time after his election as Chairman of Board of Com missioners he became a citizen of Ox ford and lived among us for more than 20 years. He served the county faith fully and well for eight years as Chair man of Board, of Commissioners, and was the best posted man on county af- ' fairs in Granville. He was careful and painstaking in all. business entrusted to his care, and made a most excellent magistrate, iu'' 'I He never identified himself with any church, but was. an exemplary man, a staunch friend, a sober, peaceful citi zen, and is at rest in the Great Beyond. Thus has gone one more Confederate soldier and worthy citizen1 whose ear nest fidelity of purpose? and "quiet life might be emulated " - . -, The remains were brought from Dur ham Sunday afternoon and were con signed, to the tomb m the Waller grave yard, where four generations are buried, in the presence of a large assemblage of sorrowing relatives and friends. May he rest in sweet peace.;; y r -1 Those who attendedthe funeral from Oxford were; Mr. and Mrs. L.F. Smith, She4ff Wheeler. J.. E. Howell, Thos. H. Jones L. Hunter,, J. G, Shotwell, J. F. Webb andTnomas ..Waller, j WARNING HN0CTOrrIIRi-Tom Bass hnving left my employment with out cause this is to warn all persons hot to hire: or harbor said Tom Bass under the penalty of the law; - ,2t' . -J. T. Cole. 1 LAND FOR SALE-I have for sale, sixty-eight :acred of land about 2 1-2 miles from Oxford. Prices reasonable. Terms easy, . , , . T. Lanier.
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