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OTMTY OFFERS BMLUANT PPOMTOMTIIES ALL HOFJE PRHNT -i VOLUME XXXI. OXFORD, SI tTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15,1916 NUMBER 91 THE POPULAR VOTE COT NEARLY A 3IILLION MORE VOTES THAN BOTH TAFT AND ROOSEVELT IN 1912 How the Country Was Fooled Early Tuesday Night; Some Evidence That Deluge of Hughes Stuff Was Alanufactured. WASHINGTON Joseph P. Tu multy, secretary to the President, wired his chief Saturday as follows: "More complete returns show that you have received the largest vote ever cast for a candidate for the Presidency. You have received nearly a million more votes than were cast for both Taft and Roosevelt in 1912. Your gain over 1912 is three times as much as was ever gained by , a president running for re-election." Fair, Honest Fight Republicans as well as Democrats here believe that Mr. Wilson won the election. They think that he did it in a fair, honest fight, and it would not be a popular move for Chairman Wil cox to try to take it away from him. It is -not thought, however, that Mr. Hughes would stand for anything that would seem questionable. He too smart not to see what a storm, of protests would follow the announ cement of a contest if the grounds i ron which it were started wTere not absolutely sound. Pro-Hughes News Now that the situation has cleared, and the facts can. be discussed calm lv and without feeling reference .hould be made to the pro-Hughes news that swept the country off its feet Tuesday night. The flood of Hughes bulletins came with such great force that the coolest of Demo crats went down in a heap before the -Hughes landslide." Great papers like the New York World said in their early editions Wednesday that ?.Ir. Hughes had carried the country from Maine to California. The World had an editorial on Hughes' election. Republicans in Washington went so far as to insult Democratic chiefs of divisions whom they had worked for four years. ! Hughes Stuff Manufactured In the light of more recent days it look as if part of that deluge of Hughes stuff was manufactured for the effect it would have on Minnesota California, and other close Western States, which did not quit voting un til late. It is believed by Democratic campaign workers that the Hughes news printed in the East early in the evening of Tuesdayr helped to swell the Republican vote in close districts in Western States. Somebody was busy with the wires for some purpose other than to give the public accur ate information. It may be that Wall Street gamblers had a hand in L as they did in the first Cleveland t lection. Much Betting In front of a local opera house here Tuesday night a man, Republi can, in a fit of exuberance, said to a Democrat: "I will bet you $25,000 to $25 that Hughes is elected." Be ing a sport the Democrat taid: "You are on, and here is the money, you hold the stakes, that is a good bet if I lose." Wondering About Cabinet Political Washington is wondering if President Wilson will select for his Cabinet a man of potential presiden tial possibilities. There is a belief that he will name the next candidate of the Democratic party for President and speculation has begun as to whether his selection will be in train ing in the Cabinet. "William J. Bryan's friends here are certain he snd President Wilson will continue on the best of terms. They assert that Bryan was largely instrumental in i teuring the success of the President in the WTest, wThere Bryan did most of his campaign work. It has been reported that Vance McCormick democratic national chairman, would be made secretary of war. Josephus Daniels, according to all reports is certain to retain the post of secretary of the navy. Secre tary of commerce Redfield is almost certain to leave the cabinet, it is de clared. The cabinet status of postmaster General Burleson and Secretary - of State Lansing is uncertain. It is practically certain that Secretary Mc Adoo, of the Treasury, and Secretary of Interior Lane will resign. THE BROWNING SCHOOL The Best in the County, Says Miss Francis Abbitt Miss Francis Abbitt, the pretty teacher at Browning School, is not nly one of the best teachers in the county, but she is a community boost er. While in Oxford last Saturday, a gentleman, tc make sure, asked her at what school she taught. "Why, at the best school, of course," answered the young lady. "Browning?" suggested the gentle man. "Right y u are," said Miss Abbitt. OFFICIAL VOTE H w Efl O pis o j5 ccS ju s -3 w , .- I - - Precincts " . I w J . . . a 0 - 0 p ? g 1 . : : a : - : " : 3 : s : : . ? 2 ? : : : : : I : : : : : . : 2 . '...51. . . . Dement . . . 76 34 91 19 76 35 81 30 76 32 791 77 78 77 67 31 32 37 33 30 Bell Town . 198 19 109 14 108 19 109 18 109 17 108 106 109 108 108 17 18 19 17 20 WTilton . . . . Ill 72 99 88 133 60 129 60 124 58 122 110 90 124 98 60 60 90 61 112 Grissom ... 86 50 93 42 94 42 94 24 94 42 ' 93 94 92 93 94 42 43 32 43 44 Creedmoor 104 108 94 118 112 100 -106 104 116 95 112 102 84 104 92 96 108 115 97 138 Wilkins ... 73 57 70 60 761 54 71 58 80 51 73 71 70 75 66 58 67 59 56 60 Stem . . Y. 95 114 78 134 90118 98 112 101 109 95 101 88 93 89 114 122 114 111 119 Geneva ... 95 41 84 50 94j 45 95 41 94 42 93 98 87 100 87 55 44 41. 37 41 Berea . ... 59 17 52 23 5 8 1 19 61 18 59 18 60 61 61 61 61 18 18 18 18 18 Howard . . 73 3 61 10 77 1 79 1 75 1 79 78 74 79 76 2 1 2 1 2 Buchanan . 60 15 55 21 58! 17 58 15 56 17 59 61 59 61 59 15 13 15 12 15 Oak Hill ... 68 9 67 10 69 9 68 9 69 8 66 67 69 69 69 9 8 8 8 8 Stovall . .. 83 43 83 43 78 44 83 42 80 43 83 83 83 83 80 42 42 42 42 -42 Bullock ... 40 36 40 36 40 36 40 36 42 24 39 40 40 39 39 37 36 36 37 37 Salem .... 68 22 67 23 65 23 68 22 67 22 70 70 68 70 70 22 22 24 24 23 N. Oxford . 248 18 246 17 248 17 248 18 246 18 245 242 246 249 244 18 19 21 18 20 S. Oxford . 214 19 216 20 " 2 1 5 j 22 219 17 220 17 216 212 215 216 215 19 18j 26 19 19 Totals . . 1 16646771605 7281681661 17071 64317086141692jl674 1613 17011615655672j701734 748 For President: Wilson, 1713; Huehes, 648. For man: Stedman, 1625; Grissom, 734. For Coroner: : ' ' ' J. B. POWELL The popular and efficient Register of Deeds who received the largest vote in the county. Premiums Awarded by the Granville County 1 Fair Association Live Stock Department Best Stallion, draft type, $5.00 E. N. Gooch, FrankL-nton. Best single driving horse, $8.00 Dr. Watkins, Oxford offered by the First National Bank. Second single driving horse, $4.00 Jesse Clement, Oxford. Best yearling colt, road type, $5 W. E. Loyd, Creedmoor. Second yeariing colt, $3.00 Har per Wrenn, Oxford. Best yearling colt, draft type, $5 E. N. Clement, Oxford. Second yearl'-ng colt, $3.00 E. T. Jones, Oxford. Best vearling colt, general purpose type, $5.00 C. D. Currin, Oxford. Second yearling colt, general pur pose type, $3 E. T. Jones, Oxford. Best spring colt, road type, $5.00 E. D. Gooch, Oxford. Second spring colt, $3.00 i. H. Daniel, Stem Offered by Granville Commercial Club. Best spring colt, draft type, $5.00 E. N. Gooch, Franklinton. Second spring colt, $3.00 C. H. Cheatham, Oxford. Best spring colt, genral purpose, type, $5.00 Harper Wrenn, Oxford. Second spring colt, general pur pose type, $5 E. N. Gooch, Frank linton: Best 2-year old colt, draft type, $5 E. N. Gooch, Franklinton. Second 2-year old colt, draft type, $3 E.'N. Clement, Oxford. Best 2-year old colt, general pur pose tvpe, $5 E. P. Ptoberts, Stem. Second best 2-year old colt, general purpose type, $3 C.W.Brya-n, Oxford Best spring mule colt, $5 H. Dorsey, Oxford. Best pair draft horses, $8 H. H. Eatman, Oxford. Second pair draft horses, $4 Car olina Farm Co., Oxford. Best single draft horse, $5 A. F. Dickerson, Oxford. Second single draft horse, $6 William Dunford, Oxford. Best Brood mare with horse colt, o j Gooch, Franklinton. Best pair mules, $6 M. Nelson, 0XBerst" single mule, $5 Reuben Overton, Oxford. (Continued On Page Xwo) The Cloud Somewhere the sun is shining, Somewhere the sky is blue, Somewhere that silver lining Shines in the cloud for you. OF GRANVILLE NOVEMBER 7, 1916 Governor: Dr. W. N. Bickett, Thomas, D. C. HUNT The Clerk of the Court, who was elected two years ago to serve four years. HON. D. G. BRUMMITT The able Representative from Granville, who served on five impor tant committees duriag the last ses sion and is prominently mentioned for Speaker of the House cf Repre sentatives. REPRESENTATIVE OF PEOPLE Hon. D. G. Brummitt Asks For Views on Public Questions To the People of Granville County: I desire to use this public meajas of expressing my thanks for the elec tion to the House of Representatives accorded me last Tuesday. I also a vail myself of this opprotunity of say ing one other thing. The election carries with it an obligation that does not fall upon me alone. It rests likewise on the whole body of the people. I want your help. I want you advice. I am seeking your best thought with respect to the mat ters that concern the welfare of our common country. I am the Representative of all Democrats and Republicans alike. I want to truly represent the people. I therefore ask that between now and the assembling of the legislature the people of. the county write or see me giving me their views on public ques tions. I want all shades of opinion presented to nie so that I may con sider and give proper weight to diver gent views and desires. Let us take counsel together and determine upon what is best for our coimty and State. DENNIS G. BRUMMITT. 1 1 1702; Linney642. 1591. For Congress- SHERIFF S. C. HOBGOOD The best tax collector in the State; an efficient officer and splendid citi zen. Re-elecVed by a handsome ma jority. Granville County Superior Court Now In Session HON. FRANK A. DANIEL, GOLDSBORO, PRESIDING OF Judge Daniel a-nd Hon. S. M. Gat- ! tis, the able solicitor, arrived in Ox : ford early Monday morning and got j right down to business. A heavy j docket' confronts the Court and it j will require the full two weeks to exhaust it. ! Judge Daniel's charge to the grand , jury, covering all of the State laws, was most comprehensive and made a ; deep impression on the jury and the large crowd present to hear and see the able jurist and popular citizen. The Grand Jury J. T. Hart, foreman; W. W. Clark, Charles Averett, D. P. Cole, Z. W. Moon, H. G. Wroody, A. F. Morris, J. G. Grissom, B. D. Champion, W. H. Tillotson, R. T. Cottrell, E. V. Bob bin, C. H. Parish, Sam M. Gordon, R. L. Longmire, S. M. Cash, S. L. Mons and J. M. Grissom. R. F. Murray was appointed and sworn as officer of the grand jury. Criminal Docket - The trial of Bud Chavis, charged with the murder of Jim Bullock, will come up late this Tuesday evening or early Wednesday morning. THE LADY FROM 3IONTANA The First Lady Congressman - Has Relatives in This State The fact that Miss Jeanette Ran kin, of Missoula, Mont., will repre sent her state as a Representative-at-Large i-n the next Congress excites curiosity. The plucky little red headed suffragist is(he first of her sex to vin a seat in Congress. Some of the papers are disposed to portray her as a masculine creature, with short hair, hands in trousers pockets and acigar between her teeth, but the fact is she is not at all masculine; she has all the feminine charm usual ly to be found in the modern suffra gist. Judging by the various accounts that have reached this way, we should be inclined to rate her as an unusually attractive .and intelligent human being, who ought to do Mon tana proud. Out in Montana Miss Rankin used to campaign by delivering a speech in a dance hall and doing the fox trot with the men afterwards. The forefathers of Miss Rankin were born in Guilford county, North Carolina, not a half dozen miles from where old "Uncle Joe" Cannon saw the light of day. T3Bm 1 V Wtififlm A RbVERY OF THE COUNTRY. ROAD THE RUTS WILL BE BUT DEEPER FOR THE WINTER WEAR One fine moonlight evening, as the autumn breezes wafted down some brilliant leaves from a friendly ma ple, the road that leads to Berea had a revery: "A solemn sight and sad, the drop ping of these leaves; yet how much sadder but for that mysterious force within the tree which men call life! A few months hence these naked boughs shall feel again the impulse of the spring; and to replace the worn-out garment of today the buds shall swell into a mantle fresh and green. "But why was not this power of self-regeneration given likewise to me? Do I, too, not serve a useful pur pose? Indeed, how should men 'see the autumn beauty of this very tree, or yet enjoy its summer shade, but that I bear them hither?- How could they bring to other men the bounties of the field, or gain companionship of friends, were I not ready here to speed their treading feet or turning wheels? "Ready, said I? In spirit, yes; but in achievement far below my own ideal! When comes again the spring, these painful ruts will be but deeper for the winter's wear; I have the will, but not the power, to serve men well without their help. How often do they lack that larger vision that sel fish foresight, even which by care for me brings comfort for them selves! "I was a good road once. Men tpil ed to build me and to make my sur face hard and smooth. But since that time no slightest care have they be stowed to keep me thus. When first they used me, often did I hear them praise the ease with which I bore them onward. And now their grum blings make it seem as though they thuoght that these my wounds were self-inflicted. Why will they not de vote, to keep my surface in repair, a fraction of the energy they waste in traveling o'er these holes and bumps? "Then would a smother, happier life be mine; and to themselves would come more wealth and hope and joy in life's journey, which, sufficiently uneven as it is, needs not that neg lected roads should add to its uncer tainties." BAPTISTS CALL PASTOR Rev. J. D. Harte, of Hickory, Will Probably Accept The congregation of the Oxford Baptist church extended a call last Sunday morning to Rev. J. D. Harte, of Hickory. The committee having the matter m charge have reasonable hopes of Mr. Harte accepting the call. Mr. Harte is an interesting speaker and a good worker, as his labors in Hickory, covering several years, will testify. He has an interesting fam ily consisting of a wife, who is a splendid Christian worker, and a son about 15 years old. HUTCHINS LANDS THEIF Broke Into Dwelling; Near Dickerson Sunday Evening A stranger in this section, repre senting himself as William Hicks, broke into the home of Mr.S. T. Dickerson, at Dickerson station Sun day evening. Several parties saw him come from the house and as soon as it dawned upon them that the man was a theif. they phoned .Special Officer Hutchins. It was almost dark when Hutchins reached Dickerson, but he caught the trail across a field and into the woods. WThile crossiner a swamp near the Home for . the Aged and Infirm he spied his man nestling in the weeds and briars. He had the stolen goods with him when the officer caught him. Hutchins brought the man to Oxford and lock ed him up. At the preliminary hearing Monday morning before Jus tice Dee Hunt he was unable to give bond. The theif claims to be a white man and states that his home is in Spartanburg, S. C, but he is believ ed to be a mulatto. However, the of ficers will take a look at his back bone, which always tells the true tale in such matters. THE NEW DIME The Pretty Coin Makes Its Appear ance in Oxford The National Bank of Granville last week received a ten pound bag of the new sparkling dimes. It is the prettiest coin now in circulation. The profile of Miss Annie Williams, of Philadelphia, adorns the front of the coin. It is interesting to note that this lady was at one time teacher in the public schools of the Quaker City and she was selected by the commit tee f s having-'the most typical Amer ican head. The reverse side of the coin contains a bundle of sticks, de noting strength. I' 51 "F S 18 I if 1 P ft Hi EM' I? if I fit I I m 1 t ij J its' "1
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