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ISEGBETflBY
Man Whd Did MiiiiiiliiSI
Noiiiination of
President j0vllie6eri
William Jennings Bryan, three ti Ties z Democratic candidate f or , the
Presidency of the-United -States -and author -of nearly .30 ipeace treaties
with the principal nations of the world, .resigned toflay as secretary Of
state :as a dramatic sequal to 'his disagreement with ' President - Wilson
over the government's policy toward . Germany;" t - v ; -" .
The resignation was accepted by the President; The, cabinet then ap-
prqvd- theresponse -whicb-had ..hwn
Liusitania, notes .Acting secretary ttooert Lansing mu sign in aocu
ment and it will be cabled to Berlh--.: v ' : ' - '
Secretary Bryan will return to
nation takes effect. . . It was learned, that he intends t to continue his poir
tical support of the President. -V r''..; -T . " ' , ' ;: . '.' :
Rather -than sign the document
draw. the, United , States into warMrBryan: submitted his resignation
in a .letter declaring , that "the issue
to remain a member "of the cabinet
would be to the cause s whichr :is
vention of war,? ; ' '.
Bryan-'s Letter of Resignation
"My dear Mr. President : .
"It ,is with sincere regret that I
have reached the rconclasion that I
should return to you the "commis
sion of secretary of - state-, with
which i. you honored . -me at the -be-,
ginning of your administration. '
"Obedient to your sense of duty
and actuated by the highest motives
you have prepared for transmission.
" to the German - government; a. .note
in which I cannot join - .without vio
lating what I deem to be an boliga--tioh
to -my country , and the issue in
volved is of such moment "that to ire
main a member of the cabinet would
be as unfair, to yba as it-would-be
to the - cause which is nearest my
heart, namely, - the prevention Of
war.
"I, therefore, respectfully tender
my resignation, to take effect when
the note is sent, unless you prefer
an earlier hour. Alike desirous of
reaching a peaceful solution of the
problems arising out of the use of
submarines against merchantmen,
we find ourselves differing irrecon
ciliably as to the methods which
should -be employed. -
"It falls to your lot to speak offi
cially for the nation; I consider it
to be none the less my duty to en
deavor as a private citizen to prO
mote- the end which . you have in
view, by means .which you do nqt feel
at liberty to use. - ; ; '
"In - severing . the estimate and
. pleasant relations which' have exist
ed between us during the past two
t years, ' permit me to acknowledge
A he-'Jurof oundsatisfaction K5hit
has given me to be associaten with
you . in' the important worklwhich
has come before the state iepart
ment. and to thank you tort the
SHAKE RAG SHAKE LETTER
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(Correspondence of the Public Ledger)
- Columbus Allsop is on a trade for
two more dawgs, to take up the sur
plus fleas at his house this summer.
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The artificial cherries on Miss
Flutie Belcher's hat have caused
quite a stir among the jaybirds of
this section the past week.
The Old Miser is getting closer
each day. He would not even loan
Dock Hocks lard enough to grease
his watch.
Several from this place will go to
Tickville next third Sunday to wit
ness the unveiling of the town
pump.
Hereafter, all who have their
shoes half-soled by Luke Mathewsla
will have to remove them from their
feet while the work is going on.
Poke Eazley is spending the week
at the postoffice watching the dirt
daubers build nests on the rafters.
This is the only job work Poke ever
witnessed without suggesting a bet
ter way to do it.
A roach crawled into Poke Eaz
ley's right ear Monday night when
he was not listening and its arrival
out the left ear is loked forward to
with much anxiety by Poke.
Ellick Hellwanger made a trip to
Bowling Mountain -this week. He
heard somebody over there had said
something about him, but when he
got there they all denied it.
Cricket Hicks, who has been at
work in the Calf Ribs community
several weeks, has returned home
with five' dollars in cash. This will
somewhat -relieve the financial situ
ation around - Shakerag, " as money
was beginning to get very scarce.
Sidney Hocks became intoxicated
Saturday evening , and - tried to drive
his yoke of steers, into -the postoffice,
but failed' on account of the door be
ing too'narrow; There have . 'been
many other complaints- recently , on
account of the " narrowness ' of the
door at the postoffice.
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The iBlind - Man of the Calf .Ribs
neighborhood was about to :be talk
ed into" buying a heating stove -from
Slim , Pickens tb,e other day, but the
trade was knocked in the head by
some of -Slim's "enemies, ? who told
the Blinid ' Man that winter was
over.
The examining trial of Rax Bar
low charged with detaining the
Mail Carrier by offering him a drink
of licker, was set down for .trial at
Rye Straw yesterday,- but was con
tinued on account of lack of suffici
ent - . evidence to acquit the defen
dant. '
Poke Eazley is making an ideal
husband, contrary to the predictions
made when he married' again last
year. . He has cleaned " off' a nice
place .on the -banks of the Tar for
her: to . do 'family washing, and in Order1-to
be ever near -Tier, he has pick
ed out a fishing place right. across
the stream,
Wilson;
-prepared to. the erman reply to the
private life tomorrow, when his resign
which - y; : he believed might . possibly
mvolved is of such - moment that
would be as" -unfair to you as' it
nearest my heart, namely,' the pre
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"courtesies -extended. - - -" '
. - "With the ' heartiest good wishes
for your personal : welfare . and for
the success of your administration, v: I
am; -.my dear -Mr. President, very
truly. yours,' ; . - - '. - '
1 - (Signed)' "W. J. BRYAN.".
-Wilson Accept the Resignation
" ,i "My- dear Mr Bryan: ' -' -;
; "I accept -your resignation Only
because .. you insist uppn' its accep
ance;. and I acept it, with much more
than 'deep regret with' a feeling of
personal . sorrow. -H Our two years . of
close -.association have been -very de
lightful to : me.iOur . judgments ..have
accorded in prac tically .ev.ery: .matter
of official . duty and . of publie- policy
until now; . your' support of the
work, and purposes of the adminisv
tration has been, generous anl loyal
beyond praise; your Tdevotion to the
duties of your gTeat "office and your
eagerness i to take ; advantage of
every great opportunity f or . service
it offered -has been an. example to
the rest of us ; you have earned our
affectionate admiration-and friend
ship. Even now we are not separat
ed in the object we seek.Jmt only in
the method by which we seek it.
"It is for these-reasons my feel
ing about your retirement from the
secretaryship of state goes so much
deeper than regret. I; sincerely de
plore it. Our objeects are;, the same
and we ought .'to pursue them to
gether. I yeld to your desire only
because I must and wish" Jto"" bid you
Godspeed In the parting. We shall
continue to work for; the' same, caus-
eveaiywrhensSl w jSpw nojtot4J
' "With affectionate -regard. Sin
cerely yours,
"WOODROW WILSON.'
OPENING OF BABY COTTAGE
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SPLENDID SPEAKERS LAUNCH
A SPLENDID ENTERPRISE
The formal opening of the new
Baby Cottage at the Oxford Or
phanage was attended Thurs
day morning with considerable in
terest. Disappointment was ex
pressed in the inability of Grand
Master Hobgood, of Greensboro, not
being able to attend on account of
business.
The opening address by Gen. B. S.
Royster was sublime. He likened
the little tots in the Baby Cottage
to the birth of Moses, that some of
them, too, may become great lead
ers. Other speakers were Past Grand
Master J. T. Alderman, Dr. G. T.
Lumpkin and President F. P. Hob
good. The address of Dr. Lumpkin
was beautiful. He used for his
theme the Scriptural verse: And a
little child shall lead them.
Superintendent R. L. Brown ex
plained that the Baby Cottage was
a new and untried feature in Or
phan work that lays close to the
heart of the . Masonic - fraternity.
The children are taken into the cot
tage at a tender age and as they be
come larger they pass out to- other
cottages of the institution to be edu
cated and trained.
Inspection of Baby Cottage
The cottage is a patern of the old
English type, and it sits close to the
front of the beautiful grove It is
an airy building with broad porches,
which suggests rest and comfort.
Supt. Brown drew the plans of the
building and the interior is so ar
ranged as to put every part in close
touch with the mother of -the cot
tage. There are at present fourteen
little tots in the building and they
seemed to be very much at home in
the large play room under the
watchful : care of "Miss Morton and
some of the larger , girls of the . Or
phanage. "
The early training and impression
formed by. these little tots in the
cottage is a long step : in establish
ing their character .all through life.
The cottage comes as . a God send
in .many .ways. It-, will enable the in
stitution ' : to demonstrate to the
world ; more- than ' ; ever ; before that
early environment : counts for so
much. ' What the child ; loses in
parental love is fully; and abundant
ly, supplied if .the child is commit
ted to the care Of the cottage at a
tender Jage. ' i V
A DISTINGUISHED LADY
Guest of Mrs. Alfred Sails at
"The Oaks."
Miss S. Elizabeth Brown, who has
been spending the past four months
at "The Oaks" with her friend, Mrs.
Alfred Sails, left Monday for Wash
ington, en route for Boston.
Miss Brown is. one of the latter
city's first teachers, but, owing to a
nervous breakdown in December,
she was obliged to avail herself of
a leave of absence for the, remainder
of the year. - -
, Mrs. Sails much regrets that' on
account of Miss Brown's . condition
of health, she was unale to intro
duce her more generally to Oxford
society. ' ,
To' Make ComBlete fetUemenirkfifT&e Bt Poem la f ' "
ATreasurej? -oh the- 'Tweity--jenth " '
i&t June.?' ?-vi; ;:-;W
The honorable Board ;"6f ' County
Commissioners met.m Monday lastp ' . "
wnnft louowmg
Peed, H. a Floydr R. . HartZ.;W.lr Tf S ??i-zltt Co-operaon;?
B. T," Hicks, was. appointed a com -
nittee of onettp have, the, Buckhorn
oad properly "machined; each team
jf two jnujes, and idriver-pot to cost),
oyer $300 , a day and the work not
to -exceed' one day.' v : : .r "."r.','-v
The Board , accepted .the location in
the ' road; as- made - by Commissioner
Floyd, -tbe' road Known . as;, the.; Wil-
ton and Tlngen ;cyoss road. -. , -: v.-.
: ; Mrs. . AlicetPearce was . placed, on
the - oiitside ;pau'per list. !?"v ; l - -.
Frank Taylor; colored, .was plac
ed . on the : outside pauper list
County -Attorney Hicks and chair
man B. t. Breedlove were, designat-.
ed as a committee, to make complete
setlement jwith the, Treasurer by Tthe
27th instant and settlement must be
to that date. i--.,-- " : " . V ' '. ; !
- S. M. ' Wheeler . was authorized to;
place two . new. seats in the . closet in
rear of the court house. - , ' '
, The chairman -;of : the Board r " of
Educationand;. the Superintendent
of- Public l Schools , swere before the
Board, oreques'ting' sthat the school
bond . election, be withdrawn, the
.Board thereby ' declaring the said
election-withdrawn. - , ' '
- The road beginning in front of W.
F." Wheeler's, crossing his land' and
intersecting .."the-T Creedmbor. road
was declared a. public road. .
1' Will ; Walters was appointed a
committee -of one to make final
setlement with.; Sheriff Hobgood for
1914 taies. . .. -
.'i I, .H, Teabon was exempt perr
manently f rpm poll tax, and '., Ellis
was exempt from road duty. - t
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i i A" CREAMERY IN SIGHT "
Mr, Calton, - of Cal tolina , Farm, the
.;' . Moving Spirit,
' We ' had the pleasure of convers
ing with Mr. -Calton, of . the Calto
lina Farm, a few days ago. !; Caro
line Farm lays- just oyer' the Gran
ville line in Person county, . ; direct
ly, on the proposed railway line from
Oxford to Roxboro. -Mr Calton, is
originally '. from Shelby ' Cleveland
county He not only represents con
siderable wealth, but. he has a super
abundance of energy" and .there is to
be a good large ; hustling town at
Caltolina Farm. Mr; Calton says , so
and what - he says will , come true if
money and energy .will bring things
tO pass. -" ":t" . X t'- '.' ''"''-J '.
Oxford ' is - the closest railroad
all of his trading in Oxford There
fore it is a duty and a pleasure to
keep an eye on him. "There must
be a good hustling town between
Oxford and Roxboro," says Mr. Cal
ton, "and the fertile ' hills around
Caltolina Farm is the ideal .spot.";
Mr. Calton's idea is to cut his
large holdings into small farms and
stock them with thoroughbred cat
tle. He says that he has never seen
land better adopted to grass. "There
is enough natural grass on the Cal
tolina Farm to feed one thousand
herd of cattle the whole year
through," says Mr. '-Calton, "and we
must have a creamery." We be
lieve in Mr. Calton and we believe
in his . mission. We shall tell some
thing about Mr. Calton's plans in
the near future.
ADAMS-HOFFMAN
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Popular Yoimg Oxford Lady to
Wed.
Mrs. W. A. Adams announces the
engagement of her daughter, Ethel
Shelburne, to Ralph M. Hoffman of
Boston, Mass. The wedding to take
place the last of July.
The bride-to-be is a very accom
plished young lady of attractive
personality ' and pleasing manners.
The groom is a popular and suc
cessful young man of Bostori.
Miss Helen H. Sails has returned
from Rocky Mount, where she is
teacher of English Literature in the
High school.
Miss Hilliard Complimented .
(Memphis Commercial Appeal)
Miss Elizabeth Hilliard, of Oxford
N. C, was beautifully complimented
last evening by the members of the
Civic League of Germantown, who
entertained in her honor with a bril
liant reception in the home of Mr.
Roy Feilding. Though a happy oc
casion, the evening was tinged with
regret, as the affair had been plann
ed as a farewell compliment to Miss
Hilliard, who expects to leave : on
Thursday for her home in North
Carolina.
Miss ' Hilliard has been a teacher
in the High School in Germantown
for the past five years, and during
that time has endeared herself to
the entire community. ' " Two years
ago Miss Hilliard founded the Civic
League, the object of whose memi
bers was to make Germantown a
"city beautiful." Her work along
this line proved so successful that
other small towns have taken Ger
mantown as an example for work in
improving their own communities;
Miss Hilliard has given her ser-;
vices for one day each week as a
teacher of basketry at the Girls'
Friendly Society in this city, and al
so organized a class in Germantown.'
The beautiful baskets made by the
members of the Civic League ... in
Germantown were filled with crim
son roses, which beautifully adorii
ed the rooms thrown open to the
guests last evening, and the delici
ous refreshments were also served
on trays made by these ladies. '.',' '
Miss Hilliard's hundreds of
friends ! in Germantown and neighs
boring communities were "present at
the reception and were given." a' -cordial";,
welcome by the officers of the
Civic League. v ; t - - - c ; ) :
A beautiful feature of -the even
ing was the presentation of a hand
some engraved silver belt buckle as
a parting gift to Miss Hilliard from
the members- of the league. "
;guage-.wasi;
fc'C)urcliyaird.:' M
Lv-ion't 'Tb tb nai Vf j'.iut'H?'' 'Lai
'&&infi. i&ab
1 ' ' Good ; roads lead not only, to; iown,
J f 0faop
:. Be a live1 one and theTiown w i jiev-4
elje ;a dead one.:
- A nice front
many an: old maid
;. Why should
and not kickers?
town, plan to help the ".Mi A
'The - best plans a ..maii can - 'have ! t
the; future are houe!?p, n. '
M.jI c.- " r
i... prcn-v-i -.5Fevencea
the a to nazal . do I
i iway td jnliek,:'he4i!9 ijiL.:fir?the. pountry
jae&n.j?)tiLh te.ome;tj!rity stress .
a gooa
teryjs - tocieglT).-
A .town is like a , t rs.7-.irulator;! It
isn't ? much -good unless itl v, posheol.
r Don't'??-spend -'all youiStia:lMfirgr
what you could .-do if. yc "had-Wiue
time.,-;,,., 'v..:, jjrgt?
Be like a ball player, The t3iJng he
is always - workinfir -fo.-w-shomei-Stv. "i
Be one.or the . leaders ; c J the fown.-
if .you , can ; but, anywiy- kep upy S- .'
' If you think a cow.cit i ' laugh- for
joy, , let - sOjiebody ,i -ya ; gpod
silo.- -V vV - f. -i' 'vh' Wit '; -I :
Don't - be a grouch.: Everybocly i in
this town wishes ypjaei f jj;yenthe
doctor. - .J;".-.. -?- . 'g.iyv. $ 'iS'.Ji
y- - ' - i.'X:fi.sr
; Let's not .be : trya tO' ' :Vv some
thing . all . of. the ;tim. Lfa . . start
something.-: : ., - ;
T -A good town ' will do ' pe rto keep
the, boys at .home . than f i . advice.
" A town is like a- gi??f
ful what a little -nxinc i
her. -.'.i..- .: . . : . i -
.'3 wbnderi
.111 do for
Opportunity -'knocks ; t it; every
man's , door;- better be ;t -e, --ien r
tne laay cans. 1.v;sji-i.,.i - .
ing; - bu t' the-treet . coil
eollectioni agency v-Kf;
Don't look for' soft sn hard
snaps, are ;the' ones' that '. vj. a: gjn-
-- Don't. snfnd sn- miiie. filV iifVtne'
war. mar .you, naven't -win
t;t.stalJc-
business. . .. -v.- - -:
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- 'If you I would like ty r
working for s you.; put w ,
in-.-Jth.e-'-banki-';.., ; e
;r Ijtfteproves.the jsoj 't
tie . pepper, into it. - 5 Air
-jr - v 'y
ttf IfV you t spend: alt -r, ih
i:t
a :rn.
or
some other -.fellow -f t 4
-Plaster your, house and Csfrerhodv
wi.,;ipiiow . - your example. mijaxn. and
the world laths with .you. , - v- P;
,: You've - got to- be fccitizen .in order
to ..vote; ;but you've got to .do a good
ueai mere uiu voie to De a citizen
If you will consider-the men-in this
town who are well .off you will find
that most of them made their money
nere. - - : a- :
The big things were ot all done in
the big towns. .: The. greatest poem in
the English language as written in
a country cnurcnyaro.
There is only one' better man than
the man who gets .behind and pushes,
in an effort to improve the town, and
that's the man who goes ahead and
pulls.
-; OUR RURAL CLUBS
Out of These Clubs Will Come Men
Whose Voices Will Be Heard
-Throughout the Nation. .
. The organizationof county socie
ties, clubs and community associa
tions -tnrougnour uranvuie is a
movement . of far reaching impor
tance. -It means ; more than the
mere gathering, of a few citizens for
social pleasure. It marks an ad
vanced step in ; our :r intellectual de
velopment. - For the first time since
we have been a . nation North Caro
lina, v composed largely of a rural
population, . is coming into her own.
Whenever 'there , is a gathering ."Of
state or national interest - where the
deliberations of men decide matters
of; grave import1 the Individual units
in such a ; gathering must he men of
a world wide point of view! They
must bring profound knowledge and
wide experience in public, affairs to
bear upon the matter in question.
The Civil War left this ,-. State in
abject poverty. A ; sparsely settled
popfclationr rlectmatebMhe-tollsJ dt
war, without - schools and without
money.' forced to toil for -a bare sub
sistance while menaced by negro do
mination upheld by northern bayonets,-
the sons of North Carolina
could give little time to education pr
to intellectual development. - i
All of this is changed. . We now
have good - schools and almost uni
versal "education. Two railroads
run the length of the county. The
rural ; delivery, ; telephone and im
proved vroadsbring-t every . section in
to intimate communication .with ithe
outside world. Best .of all we have
a liberty loving people, a -people de
voted T to self - government ; and : cap
able of living : in peace and harmony
under its? ministrations.- ' The pro
ducer of the .-soil now? yields some
thing -more' -than a mere" existance.
and'; men have -leisure r to study, to
njeditate and to . commmeate .with
their ffellow men. i ? ; '
The. country, club-means the freer
interchange of ideas. , It teaches
men howvto eive expression' to their
Ideas; how' t6 giv and.takeand how
to use the know edgeT otained from
Others. It lifts te community
spirit ( out or rnarrownesstana .puis it
in touch with world movements.; It
sends! men "back to their-' '-homes to
read: and to think .' Out. of these
clubs will ;cdme men whose j voices
will be heard - throughout - the' na
tion, r t-t:- 1 BENJ.K. HAYS
At the -Fairy Tale Ball ' in-New-
port the guests : wore more : than
112,000,000 in jewels, the costumes
cost $60,000,-the dinner $5,000 and
the vaudeville ancther $ 5,Q0 0. ; Now
Mrs. Stuyvesa-t Flsh,iwhQ gave the
ball, is dead. la tend,,what are a
few millions n:r r. less? . , "
seeking'- t0f.omC!h
ro' .--.!Iin' is Big ' Enough to - Accom-
' f ; Big Thmg8 AllrAlone, Says
-.'lri, J.C-Afirrester, secretary of
Itti Creensboro : 'Chamber of Com-
incrtfs addressed the Grajaville .Com
nicr-lai' Club -Friday- night : on the
f vr-y important subject ; of "Com-
Thft : speaker explained . that no
ie man . was- big enough to accomplish-
g big thing by himself. . As an
nstanee - he: cited -the railroads and
t? ttlegraph systems .as an example
c cooperatioii.
; - -
r Get nr-.eood orooosition and Dre
etitl4t with force. said the speaker,
and if there is not enough capital in
tnej;coniSntinitys.to launch the ' enter
prise -seek the capital, elsewhere; it
is..no1k necessary' to :use , a base drum
ir . te proxosmpn was inviting. , Air
r oirtjer,- wblo is one i loe oesi in-
pn city
on'co-
or.vThe "" surest;. . and' ' the
iirui,.- -stt . way, in- a. community - like
Granv-.leJ he said, is to. throughly
tttitM'3i"aiid'COuntyj1 every; farm
"en.WuO trades ; in Oxford increases
. taiiojie, revalues in vGrapyille. Mr
Fdrrest'f; - Cfames" f ro'm Greensboro
and' ihpaying ,his .respects- 'to , the
.comnissionwform of -government; ot
which ;we hear.;.so niuch, " he. stated
inai ; tnai ror,m fpz government uoes
not reduce "the taie&-but you 'simply1
get more -value f or ne .money ex
. penaea. tyrr v
Mr..' Forrester -compUjnented i Ox
jford -..on ifis good' -, appearance and
splendid surroundings, f 4 .He sotted
tiat our '.schools and churches stood
uaV well; ' . these, he said,-. With our
civics beauty . and aJperfec't sanitary
condition was. a greats drawing -.card ;
th$.t these ;are ihe features that' AV-
il&cy-capital, oul ue suite. as .a geflir
era! -proposition -that -there :aCre ' very.
few; solvent -concerns ' looking,' forM
sw iwcauous. .- yhy., -t
rJ -Mr. Forrester gave it as liia,- opin
ion that the town people ; gave the
farmer too- much free:: advise and-not
enough sociability.
. - Mr: Forrester stated ,as a positive
fact-that one bushel of cor n : in G rnr
vtlle" county was worth as . much ; as
two. hushels "in Iowa, and5 that fully
as much corn, could'" be produced to
the acre in Granville as is produced
per .acre ; in ; ine oo-caiMsu cora. siaics
He stated that it . is hard to con
vince a northern or a vwestern man
t- 't-'the' climate , of : the ' South is-in-v.Jzg;
that they:. are afraid of race
riots. . ; These conditions, , he - said
musfif be1 overcome by advertising or
education.. - . .. - . -
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The lub 1 amended -- Its cbnstitu
tli.tdamit; ridfents oUtsIdeU
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' The r club, endorsed the' proposition
to tour - the " county in automobiles
I and get in close touch with the peo
ple rand the conditions.
Mr. Bert Taylor, Chairman of the
committee to organize a silver cor
net band,'-reported progress.
::, On motion, the Club voted the use
of the Commercial Club rooms to
the Flat River Association, which
will meet in Oxford July 13th
THE OXFORD CATS
They Roam the Streets and Set Up
-Awful Squalls in Backyards.
In Oxford as in every other city
or town or hamlet there are cats in
profusion and of many kinds. Dur
ing the . day they are quiescent and
are not to be seen but as soon as the
old town assumes a look of peace
after the late callers have gone-to
their homes and all is calm and se
rene then tome forth cats. They
roam the streets, they set up awful
squalls in backyards to disturb the
slumbers of those who have earned
a night of rest after a day of toil.
Cats toil not neither do they have
to be bothered with the petty prob
lem of making a living. While the
sun shines and the world is at work
they bask themselves on front por
ches and rest m the yards in order
to be able, to prowl and . seek what
they may devour - after - a self-re
specting -world is seeking repose.
We have great respect for the cat
that sleeps in the barn, the cat that
catches rats, the cat that Is friendly
andvrespectable, but the hoard of
cats that rise up in their might at
the mid-night hour and rend the
air with their pitiful squalls
never. ' .
Of lall the cats in the world, the
ijMord cats take the plum for van
ity. Not long, ' since we walked
briskly . down Hillsboro street and
saw two 'cats-in the niddle of the
street just preparing to engage in
what seemed to be a fight to the
finish and we stopped to see the fur
fly. The cats raised an awful squall
and rent the air with their shrieks
It seemed that , a fight was imminent
but' when the crucial test came they
reminded us of some men we know
who make a great noise wherever
they think- anybody is around and
speedily become quiet as lambs
when the opportunity for a "grand
stand play is over.
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THE RALEIGH CREAMERY
Turns Out Eight-Hundred
Pounds
- of Butter.
The creamery opened in Raleigh
May 11 and being ' operated by the
use of the dairy equipment in the
agricultural building, of the A. &. M.
college, is paning out most satis
factorily, - according to a. statement
just made by the management in the
News and Observer. It opened un
der the special auspices of the Ral
eigh, chamber of commerce. The
business done during, the three
weeks of May amounted to $225 in
the value of products. Now routes
for the gathering -Up of the cream
for the operation of the creamery,
are being, extended Into Nash , coun
ty. . The creamery .turned out' 800
pounds of -butter which was sold on
the Richmond and Norfolk markets.
Mr. R. L Furgeson, editor of the
Blaek Mountain Eagle, . was the
guest of his sister, Mrs. Leak Peace,
this week.
TIIE LIST OF PREMIUMS
THE THREE DAY'S -EVENT .IN
. : " x- . OCTOBER.
Each of the Three Days f this Year
. : Are ' to Be Made Big Feature
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The premium list of the sixth "an
nual Granville. County Fair has
reached our desk and t is a neat
pamphlet of 40 pages, from the
press of the Oxford Arphanage.
. Officers.
B. M. Caldwell, Pres.. Oxford.
W. T. Yancey, Treas. ..... .Oxford
E. T. Crews. Sec Oxford
Vice-Presidents
E. T. White E. C. Harris.
Board of Directors.
B. S. Royster
E. A. Hunt.
A; H.; Powell
J. F. Webb
E G. Moss v
W. '6. Gooch
W. Landis
C, G. Daniel
B. F. Dean
P. W. Knott
E. T. White
E. C. Harris
E. P. Roberts
S- M. Wheeler
Dr. J. A. -Morris
J. W. Horner .
A. W. Graham
L. T. Williford
Dr. G. T. Sykes
Dr. John Bullock
B. M. Caldwell.
J. Robt. Wood
C. 'H. Cheatham
F. P. Hobgood
Announcement.
We herewith submit the sixth an
nual -premium list of the Granville
County Fair ,the most liberal
premium list offered by any Fair of
its class in the South. Already dur
ling, its brief; existence the Granville
Agricultural Association - has paid
out; ot the farmers of Granville
County over $5,000 in prizes besides
other articles of value. '
,We approach the sixth fair held
by..purassociation with greater conJ
fidence and expectation than ever
before, We have added several new
departments this year and ' in re
sponse v to a continued demand have
decided, to . have a thre day fair and
with the active help of our friends
,'we hope to- make this the. best fair
of the six.,-
'. Bela and prepare and exhibit.
hoOsf 'the. fair all the time, come
AMU o , ma n,c cam uaj ui luc tu&
a feature; day. '
an exhij&u of ' the Blue Ribbon win
ners at our fair (with their permis
sion ), 'take same to Raleigh Fair-as
exhibit frgm Granville County, and
show thee State what a . grand old
county- "Granville is.' " -
?S?f'-,'; '':E.JP.f' CREWS, '. ;
'. - Secretary f or : th - Association ;
:f:4iA-OOJ:: V ''.-',
l?he &tih will he i held Wednesday,
Thursday and ; Friday,' 1 i October 13,
14 and IS, ldl5. . Secretary Crews
is sending the premium list broad
cas : tand it Is important that every
body- in Granville county secure a
copy andieonsulti the handsome list
of..'pr'fniin.j--:-j;.;
sioner' of - Agriculture and Dr. B. W.
Kilgore, of Raleigh, visited the Test
Farm Saturday. -.
SACRED CANTATA AT ORPHEUM
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SUPERB LOCAL TALENT ASSIST -
ED BY PROF. POTEAT.
"Esther,' a sacred Cantata by W.
B. Bradbury, will be presented at
the Orpheum Theatre this Friday
evening ; by superb local talent, as
sisted by Prof. Poteat, of Wake For
est. This is an effort of the Tues
day Evening Music Club to establish
itself in our midst. It is a most
worthy undertaking and deserves
the earnest and hearty support of
the entire community. Rev. S. K.
Phillips, a fine tenor, is the director
of the organization and Miss Mary
E. Webb, a most accomplished musi
cian, is the pianist. Thos taking
part in the Cantata "Esther" are:
Sopranos Mesdames. E, Parham,
R. Herring, E. Cannady, W. Adams,
Phillips; Misses Royster, A. Crews,
E. White, H. Howell, H. Webb, M.
R. Hancock, J. Minor.
Altos Mesdames Henderson,
Street; Misses L. Webb, E. Howell,
A. Brown, E. L. Howell.
Tenor V. W. Critcher, F. M.
Pinnix, A. H. Taylor, W. A. Adams,
George Moore, S. K. Phillips.
Basses G.' T. Lumpkin, T. C.
Howell, K. L. Street, James White,
Jno. R. Hall.
Synopsis. -Esther
was a Jewish orphan. She
was adopted by her cousin Mordecai,
who recognizing her great beauty,
had her trained in the highest ac
complishments of womanhood. She
was chosen by the Persian : King,
Ahasuerus, to be his queen. She did
not disclose her nationality. Ha
inan was the King's Premier and
favorite. He hated old Mordecai be
cause he wouia not bow aown to
him as the Premier. To get revenge
Haman obtained a decree from the
King to destroy all Jews in the
Kingdom. Mordecai discovered the
plot and charged Esther to go even
at the peril of her life and ask the
salvation of her people. She did so
and won the King. Haman. had
built a gallows on which : he had
planned to hang Mordecai; but the
King ordered that Haman - himself
be hung thereon. Mordecai then be
comes Premier and the people break
forth into rejoicing.
THE CANNING CLUB
The Work in Granville is Gratifying
Says Mrs. McKimmon.
Mrs. Charles 'McKimmon, in charge
of the girls' canning club and gen
eral demonstration work for the
rural homes of the state under the
auspices of the state board of agri
culture, says that nearly all the
members of the canning clubs have
sold off practically all their products
for last season and there are great
preparations under way for greatly
increased "effort . in this direction by
the farm girls and house wives the
coming season. She says the Ala
mance club3 turned out oyer 50,000
cans of fruits - and vegetables last
season, all of which has been sold to
consumers. There are many coun
ties in which , the .activities, along the
lines .' of her work are "especially
gratifying. These Include,". among
others, Alamance,' Anson,' Moore,
Granville, Lee, .Vance, Guilford,
Edgecombe and Sampson.
FISH IN THE STREAMS
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SHAD IN THE TAR AND ROA
: NUKE RI VERS.
One of the Most Important Pieces
of Legislation of te Recent
Legislature. :. ; ' .
Old citizens tell us that good
large shad used to frequent the
waters of Tar River as high up as
where the Providence bridge, in
Granville, spars the stream. We
are told that fine shad were plenti
Ifu in Dan river above. Clarksville
some twenty , odd years ago.
The passing by the Legislature of '
new regulations governing the fish
ing Industry of eastern North Caro
lina was a matter that did not at-"
tract much .public attention, yet
Governor Craig regarded it as one
of the most important pieces of leg
silation of the entire session. The
experience of the next few years is
going to prove this to be the case.
The practical disappearance of the
shad from the up-country waters- is
a ease in point. The shad industry
has been killed by the obstruction
of the lower river stretches by. nets
and traps, and these are to the shad
what the trap, is to the partridge.
Wherever there is a river or con
siderable stream, all the communi- '
ties bordering on It are concerned,
hut their interests are not the same
as are those of the sounders and the
people living on streams near tl?e
ocean. Down on the coast, for in
stance they get the first chance at
shad, while the interior gets none If
they catch all the fish by some of the
methods used on the sounds and
lower stretches of the rivers. How
far. up the Cape Fear, the Neuse,
the Roanoke and the Tar Rivers is
there any considerable catch of shad
or other migratory fish these latter
years?" Less, than . a . , dozen years
ago,' shad fishing near Weldon was
a profitable business. In the recent
past, a shad became a rare object as
far up the Roanoke as Clarksville.
The shad -industry in the two. rivers
touching. Granville has been destroy
ed. ' : ., ;';.;; - .
- Under the -new fishery laws, ' this
industry is going to be -restored.
This particular result may be taken
as an incident of the wholesome
benefit the laws will be to the State
at large through the protection of
the eastern waterways.
Sti John's ; payThursday,' June
24th is the one ay of the. year
when all the . good 'people- of Gran
ville and , the surrounding counties
should forget - their cares and -worries,
and come' together for 'a good
time and enjOy seeing ... friends of
long years and,, meeting new ones.
Much profit' as well as pleasure is
had " by the . annual ; '. gatherings that
brings the'. best jelement of the coun
ty . to gether. : . . -
Caldwell's
Hond -Local ; " sports
tell, us that they are catching some
fine fish out of Caldwell's pond.
BEST EVER HEARD IN OXEORD
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REFINED AUDIENCE GREETS
THE RENOWNED PIANIST
John Powell, America's greatest
pianist has come and gone. A select
audience greeted the great master
at the Orpheum last Tuesday night.
The universal verdict in this com
munity Is that he is without a peer.
Those who failed to hear him has
something to regret. Unlike Rub
enstein and the other great pianists,
he is a most elegant gentleman,
young and handsome. He was the
guest of Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Powell
while in Oxford. We shall always
feel that Oxford has been honored
by the coming of the renowned John
Powell. . a , .m
AN IMPORTANT DISCOVERY
Mr. Herbert Crews Reduce the;
Potato Bugs to a Minimum.
Mr. Herbert Crews, one of Gran
ville's most substantial farmers, has:
made an important discovery. He
hit upon the scheme of using a
strong tea made of cedar. He gath
ered short green sprigs and placed
them in a pot and boiled them until
the '" essence was extracted from
them and late in the evening sprink
led the potato vines liberally with
the tea.' On going to the patch the
following morning there was not a
potatoe bug to be found anywhere.
This is one of the most inexpensive
remedies for the extermination of
potato bugs yet discovered.
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Communicable Pisease. J"
Editor Public Ledger:
Under date of June 2, regarding
"Communicable Disease," you say
"The Public Ledger is informed that
there is no law, State or local, re
quiring quarantine or placarding of
a house, where whooping cough ex
ists." If you will refer to the Public
Ledger of Feb. 17th, 1915, you will
find the following "The diseases
which must be reported to the coun
ty Health Officer (and this in writ-r
ing and within twenty four hour
after the presence of the disease is
known) are diphtheria, scarlet fev
er, measles, typhoid fever, whooping
cough, tuberculosis and small pox.
This report is required not only of
the physician in attendance but of
the householder where the disease
exists. Should any of the above
named diseases exist in a home the
head thereof will be subject to fine
and imprisonment, even though no
physician be in attendance, should
the disease not be reported."
The law regarding quarantine In
whooping cough is too long to pub
lish in full, but it is very strict, and
a copy of the same is immediately
placed in the hands of the house
holder when whooping cough Is re
ported. A placard is also placed
upon the house.
BEN J. K. HAYS, Health Officer.
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Letter Boxes-Assistant Postmas
ter Critcher is in receipt of a letter
from the Post Office Department au
thorizing him to call for bids for
letter boxes in Oxford. There will
be ten boxes placed at convenient
points throughout the town.
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