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OXFO-L, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 24th, 1916
NUMBER 41
OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL
ri;lVATING EXERCISES THURS
' p YL EVENING AT EIGHT
OCLOCK'
prof. Nol)le, Who Delivers the Annual
Address Will Be Introduced by
.cii. B. S. Royster Friday Evening
at 8 O'Clock.
.Program of Exercises
THURSDAY
Class 1916
Chorus Under the Greenwood Tree
Kelly
Invocation Rev. S. K. Phillips
Salutatory Elizabeth Floyd
Essay The Periods Into Which
Shakespeare's Work May be Divid
ed Ida Venable Walters.
Oration Antony's Speech from "Jul
ius Caesar" Robert Madison
Kinton.
Essay Why Shakespeare Was a
Dramatist Georgia Winston.
Chorus I Know a Bank Horn
High School Chorus
Class Exercises
History Irene Pierson
Poem Lucille Hunt
Characteristics Heairy Shaw
Gifts Helen Howard
Prophecy Georgia Winston
Will Annie Lee
Valedictory Ida Walters
Presentation of Diplomas -Mr. John
Webb.
Awarding of Davis Scholarship Medal
Awarding of "Independent" Essay
Medal.
FRIDAY 8:00 P. M.
Piano Trio Polka de la Reine Raff
Davis Smith, Agnes Cannady,
Treva Garman
Chorus The Blue Danube Strauss
High School Chorus
Introduction of Speaker Gen. B. S.
Royster.
Address Prof. M. C. S. Noble, Uni
versity of North Carolina.
Awarding of Shakespearan Declama
tion Prizes Mr. H. M. Shaw.
Presentation of Grammar School
Certificates The Superintendent.
Reading of Distinctions The Super
intendent. Scholarships to Wake Forest, Univer
sity, Trinity.
Graduating Thesis
William Shakespeare: His Life and
Times Helen Clement.
The Development of the English
Drama Elizabeth Mary Susan
Floyd.
The Character of Brutus Helen
Estelle Fuller.
Shakespeare's Early Environment
and its Influence Upon His Liter
ary Career Edith McDandiel
Howell.
The Theatre in Shakespeare's Time
Lucille Elizabeth Hunt.
Shakespeare's Julius jCaesar Annie
Hamilton Lee.
Some of Shakespeare's Contempor
aries Irene Grimsley Peirson.
Some Famous Shakespearean Actors
Bessie Pitchford.
The Periods into Which Shake
speare's Work May be Divided
Ida Venable Walters.
Why Shakespeare was a Dramatist
Georgia Winston.
Why the Farmer Should Have Birds
and Animals on His Farm Joseph
Kinsley Bryan; John Green Hall,
Jr.
How Contagious Diseases are Spread
Helen Minor Howard, Robert
Madison Kinton, Henry Marchand
Shaw, Jr.
MUCH GIVEN IN MARRIAGE
1 ''our Fair Daughters WiU Become
June Brides
It is a foregone conclusion that
tour of Oxford's fairest daughters
"w-ill wed during the month of June.
Two of them will make their home
in Oxford and two will claim hand
some estates elsewhere. It is also
rumored that one of Oxford's young
business men will go elsewhere and
claim a bride in June.
THE GRANVILLE GRAYS
Realistic Shamattle at Charlotte
Celebration
General B. S. Royster, who had
command of the entire State Guard
and visiting troops at Charlotte last
'e?k, speaks in high praise of the
Granville Grays. "They showed up
JH in the parade and acquitted
themselves nobly in the most realistic
pam battle ever fought on North
arolina soil," are some of the good
lnss fcaid of our home company.
Mrs. Nancy Chamblee of Wakefield
blee1SlUllS ter son Mr M- p- Cham-
IS THE EMPEROR
TIRED, OF WAR?
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BELIEVED THAT RECENT NOTES
TO AMERICA CONTAINED
HINTS FOR PEACE
In response to an appeal that has
reached this country from the Neth
erlands Anti-War Council, it is an
nounced that a meeting probably will
be called soon to consider a proposal
that President Wilson be urged to
promote a conference of neutral na
tions to offer meditation in the war.
Dispatches from Berlin asserted
that Americans in the German capi
tal believe the time ripe for President
Wilson to move for peace. The Ger
man official censor passed this state
ment. The apostolic delegates at Wash
ington called at the White House
with a special message from the pope
to President Wilson, reported to con
tain an appeal for peace.
A Rotterdam dispatch said it was
reported in Holland that the latest
German note was framed to induce
the United States to make peace pro
offers. British insurance brokers at Lloyd's
will wager only 1 to 3 that the war
would not end by Dec. 31. ,
Two prominent English editors in
terpreted Premier Asquith's recent
speech as extending the olive branch
to Germany. Berlin put the same in
terpretation on the speech.
Financial circles in New York re
ceived positive information that a
member of the British government
stated in a private conversation that
the war would end in a few months.
Mail advices from Berlin, passed
by the German censor, declared the
German people believe the war should
end by November and that all the
belligerents want peace before win
ter. INDIAN POTATOES IN GRANVILLE
When Dried and Pulverized is Fine
for Stock
Mr. F. H. Gregory sends the Pub
lic Ledger a wild sweet potato that
was dug up on Mr. Petrum
Eastwood's place at Stovall last
week. The specimen is about one
foot long and weighs four pounds.
It is a perfect specimen of the wild
Indian potato that grows to enormous
size in the Highlands of Scotland
and when dried and pulverized
makes fine food for stock.
It requires from three to five years
for the wild Indian potato to attain
its full growth and they have been
known to remain in the ground for
ten years in a perfect state of preser
vation. It would indeed be interesting to
know how the Indian potato found
its way to Granville and to what ex
tent it would grow in this climate.
LIBRARY EXTENSION WORK
Intereseting Prograih at the Home of
the Chairman
The Literature and Library Exten
sion Department of the Woman's
Club met Friday afternoon with Mrs.
A. H. Powell, who is chairman of this
department. After a business session,
an hour was given to an interesting
program in observance of the Ter
centenary celebration of Shakespeare.
The music was gotten up by Miss
Mary Webb, chairman of the Music
Department. First on the program
were two Shakespeare songs, "d'
Mistress Mine," S. Coleridge Taylor.
"Who is Sylvia?" Shubert, sung by
Miss Edna White.
A beautiful poem, "Stratford-on-Avon"
written by Mrs. J. D. Brooks,
one of the members of this depart
ment, was read by Miss Mary Webb.
A solo, "Blow, Blow, Thou Winter
Wind" from "As You Like It," Sar
jeant, by Miss Marguerite Jenkins of
Oxford College. A splendid and in
structive lecture "Shakespeare and
the Average Man" was given by Mr.
B. W. Parham. Last on the program
was a beautiful duet by Mrs. Ernest
Parham and Mrs. J. G. Hall. While
serving punch and wafers some beau
tiful Shakespeare records were ren
dered on the Victrola. H.W.
Garden Mart and Rose Fete
Mrs. Lassiter requests the Public
Ledger to announce that if it is rain
ing Wednesday the Garden Mart and
Rose Fete will be held Thursday af
ternoon and if it is raining Thursday
it will he held indoors.
BOOSTEREDITOFI
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FIVE THOUSAND COPIES OF A
SPECIAL EDITION OF THE
PUBLIC LEDGER
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To Be Issued Sometime During Mid
Summer as a Forerunner for a
Greater Volume of Business in
Oxford Next FaU.
Now that Oxford is blessed with as
good streets as any town in the
State, a greater volume of business is
ours for the asking. The proper
time to make a special effort to se
cure a greater volume of business is
during the midsummer, at a time
when our streets will have been clear
ed and the crops well advanced. If
we do not ask for it at that time we
miss the best opportunity of our life.
We go forth this week to interview
the business men of Oxford on the
possibility of getting them sufficiently
interested in a five thousand highly
illustrated edition of the Public Led
ger, setting forth our wonderful ad
vantages as a trading center. Every
business man in Oxford, great or
small, will be solicited to share in the
thirty-two page five thousand edition
of the Public Ledger.
It shall be the aim of the special
edition to reach beyond the border
of the county and secure that trade
that naturally belongs to us. Will it
pay to advertise our resources? Man
alive! Listen! If advertising did not
pay, every mail-order house in the
United States would be in. the re
ceivers' hands in six months. Ox
ford business houses have the means
at hand their local paper of cover
ing their trade territory with their
message to their customers at one
tenth yes one-twentieth of the
proportionate cost to the mail-order
people.
TWENTY-THREE SPECIAL TAX
DISTRICTS IN THE COUNTY
The Movement Started Ten Years
Ago With Knap of Reeds First and
it Now Covers Half of the County.
The Clark district in Oak Hill
township voted a special tax for
school on the 16th of this month.
This makes the 23d special tax dis
trict in the county. There will be
99 white teachers in the county next
year and 59 of these will teach in
special tax districts, while only 40
will be in non-special tax districts.
This may change before the opening
of the term, as another election is
pending and several other districts
are contemplating calling elections
The amount of special tax paid in the
county is a little over $10,000.
T'Via rnrQi confirms nro nAPnnn l n P"
to realize, as the cities did years ago,
that in order to have better schools
they have to supplement the county
and state funds with local tax. This
movement started about ten years
ago and has spread until it now cov
ers over half of the county. Knap
of Reeds was the first district to vote
in 1904.
One of the most convincing argu
ments for local tax is that whenever
this step is taken there appears at
once a greater interest in the schools
and n much better attendance. For
example last year the average attend
ance in the local tax districts was
1083 as against 79 7 in the other dis
tricts. But one of the most remark
able things is the fact that in the
special tax districts the voluntary
contributions are very much larger
than in the other districts. In the
year just closed these contributions
amounted to $693.26 in the special
tax districts and $2 51.08 in the non
tax districts. If anything it would
be expected that the amounts would
be reversed in as much as the people
in those districts where a local tax is
paid might feel that they were al
ready contributing enough. In short
in addition to paying $10,000 extra
tax for their schools these people gave
voluntarily three times as much to
their schools as those who paid no
extra tax. It does not seem to be
such a burden after all.
The Pine State Butter'
Taylor Brothers the sanitary gro
cers, have secured the exclusive
agency for the "Pine State Butter,"
made by the Experiment Station
Creamery, Raleigh. Made from the
best selcted cream and churned every
day, puts it in the high class. See an
nouncement on last page of this
paper.
EDUCATIONAL
DR. SMOOT TO
OXFORD SENIORS
RICHMOND DIVINE CHARMS
LARGE CONGREGATION AT
OXFORD BAPTIST
Rev. C. A. Smoot, D.D., pastor of
Centenary Methodist Church, Rich
mond, and one of the most prominent
clergymen of the historic city, faced
an audience of splendid personnel at
the Oxford Baptist Church last Sun
day morning when he preached a bac
calaureate sermon that will long be
remembered for its simplicity, purity,
directness, practicallity and compre
hensiveness. All Oxford churches united to give
him this audience, an important ele
ment in which was the entire student
body and faculty of Oxford College.
The seniors in cap and gown occupied
the front rows, and behind these the
undergraduates, arrayed in white,
completed a charming picture of
youth and beauty. Behind these ex
tended the congregation which overflowed-into
the wings of the church.
In the absence of Dr. Lumpkin,
pastor of the Oxford Baptist Church,
Dr. Willis, pastor of the Oxford Meth
odist Church, presided over the ser
vice and offered' prayer.
Dr. Smoot, who is near on to ripen
ing years, is a man of delightful per
sonality, his voice is rich, his man
ner natural. His congregation was
captivated by him.
"My text," said Dr. Smoot, "occurs
in the second chapter of Daniel and
a part of the twenty-seventh and
twenty-eighth verses."
Y. W. C. A. Sermon
At the evening hour, Dr. Smoot de
livered the Annual Sermon before the
Young Woman's Christian Associa
tion of Oxford College. Like the
morning sermon, it was full of wis
dom. "What will you take home with?"
asked Dr. Smoot. "There will be a
residue of wisdom gained in the class
room that will abide with you, and
the question is 'What will you do
with it?' Truth, wisdom is of no value
unless it can be translated into actual
service."
The music was an interesting fea
ture of both the morning and even
ing services. The young ladies of the
College made up the choir and were
assisted by select male voices.
Other Exercises
Monday was crowded full of inter
esting events The morning con
cert came off at eleven o'clock. The
Alumnae Association at five o'clock
was well attended.
Tuesday, the Closing Day
The graduating exercises will take
place at eleven o'clock this Tuesday
morning. Hon. J. Bryan Grimes,
Secretary of State, will deliver the
Annual Address. The Art reception
will be held at 4:30. The Annual
Concert will take place at 5:45 this
Tuesday afternoon.
A LITTLE WORLD
It Crowns the Hill Overlooking Ox
ford.
Frequently prominent people from
all parts of the State visit the Ox
ford Orphanage and depart without
making themselves known to the peo
ple down town. Among the recent vis
itors to the Institution were: Maj.
B. T. Bullock, of Franklinton, Mr. C.
B. Williams, of the Agriculture De
partment, Raleigh: Prof. C. A.
Wright, Superintendent of Wilkes
county schools.
Col. Fred Olds, of Raleigh, is a
frequent visitor to the Orphanage,
and no one but the management and
his little sweethearts on the hill are
aware of his presence in Oxford. The
Orphanage plant is a mighty nice
little world all of its own, and those
who desire may visit it at any time
and they are sure to receive a most
cordial greeting.
FINAL REDUCTION SALE
Rare Bargains Offered by Landis &
Easton.
Landis & Easton have put on a
sale that means much to the buying
public. The sale is put on with the
idea of closing the suit stock, millin
ery, ladies' muslin underwear and
readv-made tailored skirts are some
of the needed things included in the
sale. Figures tell the tale in the an
nouncement on the eighth page of
this paper.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Harris and their
four interesting children, of Wake
field, were the week-end guests or
Mrs. Harris brother, Mr. M. P.
Chamblee.
PRESIDENT AT CHARLOTTE
HIS SPEECH IS OF SIGNIFICANCE
AND IS LEADING TOWARD
PEACE PROJECT
One Hundred Thousand People Hear
President at Mecklenburg Event
Processes of War Stand Stand Still,
He Declares and When You Cannot
Overcome You Must Take Counsel.
President Wilson, speaking on
world peace before a crowd of one
hundred thousand people in Charlotte
Saturday, declared that "it is an in
teresting circumstance that the pro
cesses of the war stand still" and
that "these hot things that are in
contact with each other do not make
much progress against each other."
He added that "when you cannot
overcome, you must take counsel."
The President plainly spoke guard
edly when mentioning peace in Eu
rope, but most of his hearers saw a
plain suggestion in his words. He
intimated plainly that not much pro
gress was being made, and that ob
jects being sought by the European
nations could be achieved better
through peaceful means.
The President's words on peace
were given significance by his hearers
in view of the recent discussion of the
possibility of ending the European
war. He said that "here in America
we have tried to set the example of
bringing all the world together upon
terms of liberty and co-operation and
peace, and in that great experience
that we have been going through
America h,s been a sort of prophetic
sample of man kind."
Troops in Review
Thousands from all over the state
packed the streets and gave the pres
ident a great demonstration. At the
reviewing stand he was welcomed by
Governor Craig, of North Carolina,
Governor Manning, of South Carolina
and their staffs. The procession,
headed by the North Carolina nation
al guard, 2,500 strong, took fully an
hour to pass the point where the pres
ident stood. Mr. Wilson was intro
duced by Governor Craig, who spoke
of Mr. Wilson as one of the greatest
men the nation has ever seen.
Mrs. Wilson
Mrs. Wilson, the, first lady of the
land, captivated Charlotte with her
gracious manner, her winning, smile,
her manifest interest and pleasure in
everything that transpired during the
rather trying ordeal of the parade
and review. Charlotte had heard
much about Mrs. Wilson and a bat
tery of tens of thousands of eyes were
turned on her whenever she appeared
and from every angle of vision. And
the estimate was enthusastically fav
orable from every one. The acclaim
of the multitude was accepted by the
President with quiet appreciation but
there were many hew phases and an
gles with Mrs. Wilson. She was aglow
for the unusual and missed little of
what was passing. Thus, for instan
ce, when the industrial floats were
slowly winding their way by the stand
she evinced the keenest interest in
everything; leaning forward to see
the better. She is equally as hand
some as her photographs indicate
and gives the appearance of youth
and robust health. She was strikingly
handsome as she faced the great
throng in a gown of black Georgette
crepe over white taffeta. She wore a
white fur boa and large black hat
trimmed in black feathers shade to
white.
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER
Yielding to the request of quite a
large number fo voters, Mr. E. C.
Harris of Fishing Creek Township
has consented to be a candidate for
the office of County Commissioner.
Subject to the action of the Demo
cratic Primary. We heartily endorse
his candidacy. Mr. Harris is well
known as a careful, conservative busi
ness man. The people of Granville
county will do well if they nominate
and elect him Commissioner.
H. H. HICKS,
A. J. DICKERSON,
P. H. DAVIS,
W. S. HOWELL,
Executive Committee, Dement Pre
cinct, Fishing Creek Township.
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER
At the solicitation of many voters,
Mr. Wyatt E. Cannady has consented
to go before the Democratic primary
for the office of County Commission
er. He is a man of sound judgment,
ability and will serve the best inter
ests of the county. We take pleasure
in endorsing him. I. H. DAVIS,
R. S. USRY
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