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XXXI.
OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY, MAY 20th, 1916
NUMBER 40
N THE RUNNING
KINE CANDIDATES HAVE AN
NOUNCED FOR THE COUNTY
COMMISSION
The Only Sharp Contest in Granville
is the Selection of Five Good Men
for the County Board of Commis
sioners. The Public Ledger herewith pre
sents the uiames of all the County
candidates on the Democratic ticket
that have announced themselves to
date. The Republicans have put out
a full county ticket and they are
working it for all they are worth,
and while their ticket will have a
tendency to reduce the Democratic
majorities, they do mot stand a shad
ow of a chance to elect a single man.
If there are no further announce
ments for offices in the county any
one at all familiar with conditions
can take the list and figure with a
degree of certainty as to who will be
chosen at the primary on the third
of June- The Public Ledger made
two dozen copies of the entire list
of the candidates in Granville and as
prominent men about the county
came into the Public Ledger office we
gave them a slip and asked them to
run a pencil mark across the names
of all those in their opinion would be
turned down at the primaries. Out
of the sixteen slips thus marked every
one of them agreed as to the selec
tion of five candidates for the County
Commission. We also submitted
four slips to as many qualified voters
in Oxford and they tallied with the
sixteen slips marked by the farmers,
save one who scratched the name of
a man in the favored combination
and suhstituted a remote candidate.
The Candidates
The following is a complete list of
the various candidates for county of
ficers: (Continued on Page Five)
COUNTY REPUBLICAN TICKET
Mr. C. G. Royster Will Not Enter
the Race.
The Granville County Republican
Executive Committee met in the
Court House Thursday afternoon and
named a full county ticket. The ed
itor of the Public Ledger peeped in
and we are here to say that they are
a good looking set of men and are
ready for a good hot contest.
After the ticket had been named,
Br. Sikes, who presided over the
meeting, told the candidates that they
had thousands of good friends in the
county and advised them to get busy.
There was some disappointment in
the ranks when Mr. C. G. Royster
stated that he was too busy to make
the race for Commissioner, giving as
his reason that he was too much oc
cupied, to canvas the county.
The Ticket
Senate Dr. G. T. Sikes, Grissom.
House J. H. Gooch, Stem.
Sheriff W. S. Cozart.
Register Prof. A. Baker.
Treasurer W. L. Peace.
Commissioners J. R. Rogers, W.
L. Umstead, S. H. Jones, R. H.
Rogers, I. T. Green.
CHURCH PICNIC
Committee Now Looking For the
Best Place to Have It.
The Oxford Baptist Sunday School
Picnic this year will be enlarged to
take in the whole congregation.
Thursday, June 15th is day set apart
for all the Baptist in Oxford to close
their homes and take to the woods
and limber up. That is what Dr.
Lumpkin is going to do and that i3
"tfhat he suggests that the congrega
tion do.
A committee, consisting of Messrs.
Thomas, R. M. Currin, and A. P.
Hobgood, was designated to look up
the best place to hold the picnic. This
Question will be left entirely with
them, but many of the children would
Prefer to have the picnic at Lakewood
park, Durham.
NOTICE TO TEACHERS
All teachers of the county schools
having a copy of McMurry's Special
Method in the Teaching of Reading
Please notify me at once. Ar
rangements wiU De made to let any
teacher keep it longer if desired.
MARY G. SHOTWELL.
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uld they do business if the home
Merchants dvertised.
COUNTY FEDERATION OF CLUBS
WOMEN OF THE COUNTY CON
GRATULATED FOR FORWARD
MOVEMENT
There was a meeting of representa
tives rrom the Women's Clubs of
Granville County in the office of the
county Superintendent on Wednes
day, May 17, to consider the advisa
bility of forming a County Fedrea
tion of Clubs. After much discus
sion of plans it was decided to call a
second meeting on the 26th of May
to perfect the organization.
One of the first public meetings
that was considered was -one to be
held in mid-summer when all the
Women's Clubs and the organized
communities of the county meet in
an old-fashioned picnic at the Fair
grounds.
rms is maeed a forward move
ment of the women of the county and
they are to be congratulated on it.
JUDGE DEVTN IN DURHAM
Henry Nunn Will Appear Before Bar
of Justice Next Week.
(Durham Herald)
Final preparations are being made
for the criminal term of court which
will be held in the superior court
room next week and judging from the
number of cases set for trial it seems
quite probable that the major portion
of these will be disposed of. Forty
five cases appear on the docket.
Judge W. A. Devin, of Oxford, will
preside over the term which will con
tinue for one week.
One murder case is on the docket.
Henry Nunn, charged with the mur
der of Gene Ruffin, will be given a
trial. One noticeable feature in con
nection with the approaching crim
inal term is the small number of
liquor cases scheduled for trial. Only
three defendants will appear in an
swer to the charge of relailing.
THE "STREET WORK
Penn Street Will Be Paved From
College Street to Southern
Railway Station
A majority of the property holders
on Penn street having signed the
petition the said street will be
paved from College street to the Sou
thern Railway passenger station.
A majority of the property owners
on Broad street between Hillsboro
and Penn street having signed a pe
tition, said street will be paved.
The only important streets in Ox
ford not yet signed up is Littlejohn
from Main to Gilliam, and Gilliam
from Williamsboro street to Spring
street. The paving of Littlejohn
street depends entirely on the atti
tude of the Seaboard Railway Com
pany, and it is thought that inasmuch
as a paved street leads to the South
ern station the Seaboard will sign a
petition to pave Littlejohn.
THE TOWN BOARD
Mr. W. T. Yancey Pressed Into
Service
The Town Commisioners this week
elected Mr. W. T. Yancey to fill out
the unexpired term of Mr. R. S.
Usry, who recently resigned from the
Board.
The Board recognized in Mr.
Yancey a superior fitness to carry on
the work inaugurated. He proved
his worth to the town while serving
as Commissioner at a time when five
miles of granolithic sidewalks were
laid.
Now that Mr. Yancey has accepted
the call to service, he enjoys the dis
tinction of having served on two of
the most progressive boards in the
history of Oxford.
THE GRANVILLE GRAYS
Off Fop Charlotte, Will Return
Sunday.
The Granville Grays, Oxford's
crack military company, embarked at
the Seaboard station for Charlotte at
six o'clock this Friday morning. The
block ticket for about fortyTfive men
read via Raleigh and Hamlet.
The practice drill for the past
month will enable our soldier boys
to make a good impression along the
line of march. Capt. Fuller, com
manding, stated to the Public Ledger
that he would back his men against
the whole National Guard as to be
havior and the manly qualities bear
ing upon the soldiers.
Master Frank Lawrence Skinner
and Miss Jeane Able, of Smithfield,
are the guests of Miss Charlotte Eas-ton.
CLAC : V. AtnCISES
t&oRD HIGH SCHOOL, THURS
DAY AND FRIDAY, MAY 25-26
The Exercises Will Take the Shape
of a Shakespearean Melody Dr.
Noble Will Deliver the Annual Ad
dress Presentation of Diplomas
and Medals and Scholarships to
Colleges Awarded.
The class day exercises of the Ox
ford High School, which will be held
in the school auditorium at the hour
of eight on the evening of May 25,
promise to be of unusual interest.
The exercises will take the form of a
Shakespearean melody, the various
parts being adapted from several of
the plays. The "Prologue" or Saluta
tory will be an adaptation from "The
Merchant of Venice;" the Will, from
"King Lear;" the Class History from
"As You Like It;" the Prophecy,
from the witches' scene in "Mac
beth;" the Oration, from "Julius
Caesar." The "Characteristics" will
consist of apt quotations from differ
ent plays, while the "Epilogue" or
valedictory, will very appropriately
be taken from "All's Well That Ends
Well."
The two essays which will be read
on that occasion are the two receiv
ing the highest number of votes in
the "Independent" contest, "Why
Shakespeare was a Dramatist," by
Georgia Winston, and "The Periods
into Which Shakespeare's Plays may
be Grouped," by Ida Walters.
These exercises are being prepared
under the direction of Mrs. Paris.
Another pleasing feature of the en
tertainment will be the repetition of
the two charming Shakespearean
choruses so beautifully trained for
the Ter-Centenary celebration by
Mrs. Booth.
Still another feature of the even
ing will be the awarding of the Davis
Scholarship medal -and "Inde
pendent" medal, the last named be
ing given for the best essay on
"Shakespeare and his Works."
On the evening of Friday, May 26,
the annual address to the Senior
Class will be delivered by Professor
Marcus Cicero Stephens Noble of
Chapel Hill.
On this occasion the certificates for
entrance to the High School, the dis
tinctions in the several grades and
the scholarships to the colleges will
be awarded. Special music will also
be rendered.
A FRIEND IN TROUBLE
Exceeded the Speed Limit and the
Judge Hands Him Four Months
The fact that Capt . George H.
Coble, a brother of the editor of the
Public Ledger, one of the conductors
in charge of the Southenrn Railway's
New York-New Orleans Limited, cov
ering the road from Washington
City to Charlotte, we became aquaint
ed with Engineer Tangersley, who on
the night of November 24, 1915, in
the yards at Salisbury, dashed into
the rear of the Richmond football
special train, killing two and injuring
twenty-two passengers. For this act
he was indicted and this week found
quilty of manslaughter. The court,
after pronouncing sentence, granted
the county solicitor permission to
hire out Mr. Tankersley. But he had
a lot of friends and some money and
he was set at liberty on $1,000 bail,
his council having given notice of ap
peal to the State Supreme Court.
The trouble with Mr. Tangersley
was that he is color-blind; that is he
cannot distinguish the colors of the
signals. He did not know that there
was anything wrong with his vision,
nor did the railroad company sus
pect that all light looked alike to
Tangerley. Mr. Tangersley is a good
moral man, and he never drank a
pint of whiskey in his life. Poor old
fellow, he is in deep trouble and we
feel for him.
Now, if they graD up our old inena
Tangersley and give him a four
month's sentence for exceeding the
speed limit on a trunk line railway,
we would not be surprised to hear at
any time that some of our friends
dash headlong into the rear end of a
car on the National Highway and
share the same fate.
While we feel for Mr. Tangersley,
we have no doubt that his sentence
will have a salitary effect on the rail
way employees ifli general. They
should at least test their eyesight be
fore venturing out with a fast train
loaded with humanity. There is too
much carelessness in the world any
way.
GARDEN HART AND ROSE FETE
TO BE HELD WEDNESDAY, MAY
TWENTY-FOURTH
The Forestry and Garden Depart
ment of the Woman's Club will hold
their annual Garden Mart and Rose
Fete in the garden of Mrs. Robert
G. Lassiter, Wednesday afternoon,
May twenty-fourth at four thirty
o'clock.
Plants and flower seed will be giv
en away and premiums awarded to
the finest roses exhibited in the fol
lowing colors: white, pink, red, yel
low, and American Beauty. There
will also be a premium for the best
sweet peas.
All persons having plants and seed
to contribute, and roses and sweet
peas to exhibit are requested to send
them to the home of Mrs. Lassiter
by 10:30 on the morning of Wednes
day. Tea and sandwiches will be sold for
the benefit of the Department.
The public is cordially invited the
admission is free!
THE TIME IS SHORT
If You Do Not Register on or Before
May 20 You Lose Your Vote
A few days ago I wrote, urging all
Democrats to register for the Pri
mary in order that there might be a
full expression of preferences for can
didates June 3d and that no one
might be deprived of his right to vote
for want of registration.
You cannot vote unless your name
is there, and I urge you to register
before the time is out. Every good
citizen is interested in the affairs of
the nation, his State, and County, and
the best citizens are always on the
alert, never failing to be in a position
to exercise their constitutional rights
to vote for the candidates of their
choice.
I urge you in the interest of good
citizenship and good government not
to fail to register and to vote in the
Primary.
There is an old adage which has
much force: "If you want anything
done, send somebody to do it, but if
you want anything done well, do it
yourself." Can you afford to allow
someone else to nominate your can
didate?
Saturday, the 20 th is the last day
in which you can register, unless you
become of age between that date and
the day of the Primary.
A. A. HICKS, County Ch'm.
THE HOME MARKET
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Should Encourage Home-Raised
Food Products
The Granville Commercial Club
will do well to keep in mind the nec
essity for the establishment of local
markets for the encouragement of
home-raised food products. The
prices in Oxford for living necessities
'are out of proportion when compared
to other localities, when the fact that
Oxford is an agricultural section is
taken into consideration. The estab
lishment of local markets for such
necessities will not only reduce prices
and thus relieve the consumer, but
will be the means of stimulating the
producers and make their efforts
worth while.
"A County Fair"
On account of the sickness of one
of the leading characters in "Mer
chant of Venice", the play must be
postponed. Instead of this play to
have been presented under auspices
of Daughters of Confederacy a beau
tiful comedy will be given on Friday
evening, June 2nd, entitled, "A
County Fair."
Miss Annie Bock, an experienced
trainer in plays was in Oxford Wed
nesday and made arrangements to
train the actors in this comedy. There
will be one hundred in the cast and
a very attractive entertainment will
be the result of the rehearsals which
will begin next Monday. The play
will be given in the Orpheum
Theatre.
Through the courtesy of the mana
gement the rehearsals will b'e held
every morning and afternoon, except
Saturday in the Orpheum Theatre.
Henderson's Big Fine Store
On the eighth page of this paper
will be found a most interesting an
nouncement of the Anchor Stor, Hen
derson. The Anchor Store is one of
the largest within a radius of fifty
miles and is known for its elegant
stock and fair and courteous deal
ings. Mr. and Mrs. John Webb have re
turned from New York.
COMMENCEMENT
FINALS AT OXFORD COLLEGE
. SUNDAY, MONDAY, AND TUES
DAY, irtA f 21-23
Dr. Smoot, of Richmond, Will Preach
the Baccalaureate Sermon at the
Oxford Baptist Church Next Sun
day Morning.
Everything is in readiness for the
Sixty-sixth Annual Commencement at
Oxford College. Dr. Smoot, a noted
divine of Richmond, will arrive in
Oxford Saturday and preach the bac
calaureate sermon at the Oxford
Baptist church at 11 o'clock Sunday
morning. Dr. Smoot will be the
guest of President Hobgood while in
Oxford.
Monday
There will be a concert in the Col
lege Chapel at 11 o'clock Monday
morning; meeting of the Alumnae
Association at five o'clock, and at 8
o'clock the Senior Class and School
of Expression will present "Twelfth
Night" on the College Campus.
Tuesday
The graduating exercises will take
place at 11 o'clock Tuesday morning.
Hon. J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of
State will deliver the Annual Addref.-.
The Art reception will be held at 4:30
amd the Annual Concert will take
place at 5:45.
VAST NUMBER TICKETS
Will Require One Million for Coming
Primary.
Raleigh The State Board of Elec
tions is sending out a vast number of
tickets to be used in the primary
June 3.
It will require about 1,000,000,
allowing four tickets to each vote
actually cast and in the generosity of
the board this margin is being figur
ed upon a basis of about 150,000 and
the Republicans at 100,000.
In the Sixth District five congres
sional candidates are running and
one-fifth of these tickets will be led
off by some candidates whose name
is not alphabetically placed. For
the State office of Attorney General
four men are running and three each
for Secretary of State and Commis
sioner of Agriculture.
The Republicans have no State
contests, but their presidential vote
must be recorded.
DANCING LESSONS
Young Ladies Open Select School in
the Armory.
Miss Edna Griffith and Miss Es
telle White are conducting a select
dancing class in the new canter waltz,
one-step and Foxtrot. Their instruc
tor in Richmond was a pupil of the
celebrated Mr. and Mrs. Vernon
Castle. Only the latest steps will be
taught. There will be a soree every
Friday night, to which the ladies are
invited free, but a nominal admission
fee will be made for gentlemen.
Gas is the Modern Fuel
No ashes, no excessive heat, no
smoke, no soot, absolutely sanitary.
Before you buy a new cooking appli
ance see the Gas Company. Inter
esting announcement on the fourth
page of this paper.
Bankrupt Sale
The Kaplon & Co., stock of goods
was purchased by Mr. Victor Kaplon,
of Roxboro. The stock consists of
dry goods, notions, shoes, clothing
and millinery. The sale is now going
on and the goods must be closed out
in 30 days. See adv. on second page
of the Public Ledger.
Funny Night
Friday night is devoted to fun at
the Orpheum Theatre. There is a
fine bill for this Friday night and it
is worth the price of admission to
hear the little people laugh.
Providence Wants Postoflfice
The Public Ledger is informed that
the people of Providence are circu
lating a petition with a view of se
curing a postoffice. Here's hoping
that they will get it.
Former Oxford Lady Dead
Mrs. Elizabeth Cooper, the relect of
the late Sandy Cooper, father of Mr.
D. Y. Cooper, Henderson, died in
Asheville Monday and was buried in
Warrenton Wednesday. Mr. and
Mrs. Sandy Cooper formerly lived on
College street, Oxford.
Mrs. R. G. Lassiter has returned
from Florida.
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