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PUBLISHED SEME-WEEKLY - TOWN ANP COUMTY OIFTEl JIOT' (TliPPOTTTlTMTTrfR ALL MOFSE PMMT li me xxxn 0 LADIES HAVE THEIR INNINGS vrnttlVS FOUR MILLINERY 0ro!!ks 3L1KE FINE SHOWING vi'iin In Readiness For the n in'd Ovening Next Thursday and rridaj't September 20th and 21st. Ti e approach of the annual au tiimn millinery opening announced tn be held in the four millinery sa ; m Oxford next week Thurs day and Friday, September 20th and oit serves to attract the attention "f 'the" ladies who are eager to wit ness the display of the latest thing in headgear. Since returning from the north the Tiead milliners of each of the four Oxford salons have applied them selves with a view of excelling each other in artistic designs. We would mend the old saying that "all the rorld loves a lover" by substituting the world loves a milliner, pro viding she is pretty," and all of the Oxford milliners are pretty and versatile- Perkinson Green Calling on them for the informa tion ttp desired. Miss Lena Coble, the head milliner at Perkinson Gieen Company, said: "There is nothing subtle of gro tesque in the millinery this autumn that the cartoonist can use as an ex cuse for sketches showing woman's inconsistency in clothes. Hats have never been more practical or charm ins than they are this season. There are high crowns, low crowns, wide brim and brimless turbans, and the voman who attends my opening will experience some of the thrills of de limit that they have long antici pated." See their announcement on page 4. Landis& Easton. Stepping over to the glass case, Miss Satterfield, the handsome head milliner at Landis &Easton's placed upon her head what seemed to us to he a "jolly hat," remarked: "The well-gowned woman knows that her hat either makes or mars her appearance, and though she may bp a beauty, an unbecoming head covering will detract from her natur al charms, while an ugly duckling may be transformed into an attrac tive and smart woman by a chic bon net, placed at just the correct angle on her well-coffed head. "Ostrich feathers, both curled and uncurled, are shown on many ultra smart models. Pompons and tassels are al?o in vogue. But the smart ness of a hat depends on its shape f.nd the angle it is worn, rather than on decoration. Trimming when used is simple in the extreme. "Sea foam green, raven blue, rasp berry and nurple are among the new shnriU drafted for fall, although the all black hat has apparently lost none of is popularity. The Long Company. Miss Annie Coble, the pretty mili ar ?.t th Long Company, talked in terestingly of the seasons styles. "No particular style or color seems to predominate to such an extent as to wk1 itself conspicuous," said Miss Coble. N Seiinsly, all varieties and col ors are on view, and those pointed out by Miss Coble convinces one that each hat, if possible, is mohe beautiful and more attractive than the last one. "Some of the simple' little hats are the most favored by the women," re marked Miss Coble, "but the large ornate one have their devotees as well, and it is a difficult matter to make a choice between them. "Ostrich feathers seem to be corn in? into favor again. They are used DOt fmlv at: nliimoo Vint a a OflinSTS. surfacings and even bindings. With a doubt, they do give a certain air of distinction to the bonnet on which they are attached. v "Lnttice work on the crowns is al so srreatly favored. This is particu larly noticeable in regard to sport hats, none of which seems just right unless it has the lattice decoration, preferable black velvet ribbon about calf an inch wide." Cohn & Son. In our rounds we could not inter view the millinery at Cohn & Son. ne has just returned from the north is busy in getting things in read ies for the opening and she will nave a lovely display. What One Sees and Hears. One of the loviliest models dis mayed is an Odette model of black antique velvet, made with a round, nat crown, while the bandeau and acmg of the narrow brim are entir- Continued On Page Four) A Commendable Resolution 0ns i ne'S OWDL SOnS and the friPT,nd Mothers of one's own couS?! are out in the service of their ?nS fcyes' uite willing to fight h?rt Wtle f?rit why one has no divers ? t0 J?dlge in those lighter oa4? nniWmcn in Peace times are we oniV desert of work. Indeed 0frSgpatulate tne good women of edpe lL cutting out the rugged been Jeon which for years has rial Yffmque institution in the so towu s of the old aristocratic . - V ... $2,406,670,000 TOTAL EXPECTED IN WAR TAXES Revised estimates of all rev enue expected annually from the new War Revenue bill as amended, are: Income tax ....$ 842,200,000 War profits 1,060,000,000 Alcoholic bever- Jp5 218,000,000 Tobacco 56,000,000 Rail and water transportation , 141,750,000 Automobile, 'patent medicines, ... 48,100,000 Admission to shows, - aetc V 18,000,000 Stamp tax, etc.. 22,000,000 Virgin Island pro- . ducts 20,000 TotaI $2,406,670,000 THE SCHOOLS OF GRANVILLE The Community is Known By the School it. Keeps. The schools of the county are be ginning to open in increasnig num bers every Monday. Creedmoor op ened the first Monday of the month. Corinth Tar River, and Stem start ed up the second Monday. This com ing week Wilton, Hester, Stovall, Knap of Reeds, Enon, Bullock, Con cord, Northside, and perhaps a few others will start. All those that have opened report increased atten dance and renewed interest among the people. The schools this year bid fair to go considerably above the high water mark in interest and ser vice. One of the most remarkable ten idences in the mind of the people to ward the public schools is the will ingness to pay the price to have a good schools. They are beginning to realize education is a markable commodity and is to be had in vary ing quantities and qualities just as any other commodity. (A commun ity that wants a cheap variety and is willing to put up with shortness in quantity can get it. Communi ties of this kind usually think more of the dog than they do of the chil dren. A parton of one of our schools told me this week that he was sure that his district spent two or three times as much feeding dogs as was spent on the education of all the children. On the other hand a community that pujs the higher value on the children and wants education of a high grade and enough of it to count for something can get it by putting more money in it. A community is known by the kind of school it keeps. J. F. WEBB. SHORTAGE OF MILK. Dog Was the Constant Companion of .a Cow. Mr. John A. Baker, city mail car rier, residing in the west end of Ox ford, is the owner of a very fine cow. For more than a month Mr. Baker noticed that the flow of milk from the cow was very uneven, some times getting from her as much as two or three gallons and at other times none at all. The cow had ev ery sign of being a healthy animal, and Mr. Beker could see no reason why the milk was not forth coming unless some one was milking the cow unknown to him. It was suggested to Mr. Baker that possibly a snake, which is often the case in the mountain districts, was sucking the cow's teat. Determin ing to discover the real cause, he established a constant watch over the cow during the day. Late in the af ternoon he discovered the real cause and greal was his astonishment. The little worthless dog which was the constant companion of the cow, drove her to a shady nook and pro ceeded to help himself to the good rich milk. MISS GRACE JEAN SALLS. Brings a Thrill to the Hearts of Ap preciative Audience. Although Miss Grace Jean Sallls parental home is at "The Oaks," in the suburbs of Oxford, the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Sails, Tuesday even ing last was the first opportunity an Oxford audience had to see her m dramatic work, at which time she presented to a highly cultured au dience at the Orpheum Theatre The Witching Hour," by Augustus Thom as, for the benefit of the American Red Cross fund. Miss Sails has a commanding stage appearance and her voice and ges ture are absolutely at her command She arranged before her 12 different characters and gave to each one that distinguished feature found L in a sim liar number of living beings. In her dramatic work, she never fails to brine a thrill in the climaxs. Oxfora f "fustity Proud of the gifted lady. School of Miisic- leles and mandolin. An Autumn Sign. Right soon will other signs appear That you'll no longer sizzle, ln!hfkft?hen each mom you'll hear The festive sausage sizzle. OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1917 CIVIL WAR REIGNS IN RUSSIA THINGS LOOK DARK IN THE , BLACK BEAR COUNTRY. The Fresh Outbreak at Petrograd Provides a Deplorable Semi-Anniversary of the Upheaval Which ,Overthrew Nickolas Romanoff. imperilled for many months in his control of Russia by the radical pac ifist group and by pro-German plot ters,. Premier Kerensky is now ar rayed ni crucial conflict with conser vative elements, who aim hot at making peace with the Kaiser, but at suspending or suppressing, demo cratic liberty within t Russia at least until a military victory has , been achieved. Among those idealists who recent ly opposced Kerensky from the ex treme left were many, honest lovers of Russia who suspected the Pre mier of being in sympathy with the traditional ambition of Czarist Rus sia to conquer and hold Constanti nople and dismember Austria-Hungary. Men of this type had obtain ed a large following, composed of millions- of peasants and of the ur ban working class population. The fight now made on Kerensky by Gen eral Korniloff and Prince Lvoff re veals the Premier as an unmistag able liberal and friend of the revo lution, and will insure him the sup port of millions who ' were lately among the stoutest opponents. - This fresh outburst of dissensoion at Petrograd provides a deplorable semi-anniversary of the upheaval which overthrew Nickolas Romanoff and terminated an ancient wrong. It is useless to look for effective war fare by Russia against the Central Empires as long as the struggle of classes for supremacy continues at Petrograd. Kernesky has displayed tact, firm ness and a lofty patriotism in his passionate effort to compromise the class struggle within Russia until de mocracy should be made safe in Eu rope. He is still beset by elements that are determined to sacrifice all Russia rather than abandon their own aims. And there is none to stay their mad course. Democracy is a squalling infant in Russia, and the "strong man" has yet to prove his strength. BRITISH CASUALTIES : TOTAL 26,626 IN WEEK London, September . 12 Ca salities in the British ranks re ported during the week ending today contain 26,626 oflicers and men, as follows: Officers killed and died of wounds, 184; men, 4,183. Officers wounded or missing 581; men 21,672. NORTH CAROLINA HOME OF THE COMMUNITY FAIR In a recent issue of 'School and Society," published at Lancaster, Pa. S. G. Rubinow, telling of "The Com munity Fair a Factor in Rural Ed ucation," pays special tribut to that institution as it is know in North Carolina and singles out the fair held last Fall at Moss Hill and Sharon as typical. Mr. Rubinow refers to these places as "two farming neighbor hoods in one of the State's best ag ricultural counties"- Lenior, of course. 'They "feaster the eye, de lighted the heart, inspired the mind and drove home the desire to de scribe," he declares. "The schoolhouses" in which the fairs were held "were dressed up in their very best." Platforms in them were patriotically decorated and "es thetically beautified with ferns and mosses." He tells of perfect weath er, player-pianos, fine exhibits of ag riculal products, poultry, livestock, home products, etc., and of the country dinned which is a feture of the North Carolina community fair. "Human colds and frosts melt before the thawing approach of congenial conversation," and the dinner is al ways a success. He describes the pa rades and the gaity of the crowds and the apparent tremendous good i mat is aone uy mcisc 6ci.i,iu6-w6v Ier eventSi . "What an educational blessing, it nas oeen to tne iui.& ui luuu" j side!" STATE GETS $342,556 FOR ROADS Fourteen Million of Government Funds Apportioned for Construc tion and Maintenance. Apportionment of $14,550,000 to the States from government funds to aid in the construction and mainten ance of rural post roads in accor dance with the federal aid roads law has been announced by Secretary Houston, of the department of agri culture for the year ending June 30, 1919 The law calls for apportion ment of $20,000,000 for 1920 and $25,000,000 for 1921. North Carolina gets $342,556. This is the third apportionment un der the act, $4,850,000 having been apportioned for 1917, and $9,700, 000 for 1918. 208,668 PERSONS HIT BY INCOME TAX, ESTIMATE An estimate of the number of persons affected by the new tax incomes is as follows: $5,000 to $10,000 120,402 $10,000 to $15,000 24,102 $15,000 to $20,000. $20,000 to $25,000. $25,000 to $30,000. $30,000 to $40,000. 16,475 9,707 6,196 7,005 4,100 4,791 2,066 1,793 724 386 216 254 122 209 120 $40,000 to $50,000 $50,000 to $75,000. . . $75,000 to $100,000 . . $100,000 to $150,000. $150,000 to $200,000. $200,000 to $250,000. $250,000 to $300,000. $300,000 to $400,000. $400,000 to $500,000 $500,000 to 1,000,000 $1,000,000 and over. . Total ....208,668 : THE DARLING OF PARIS. Theda Bara At the Orpheum .in Re fining Episode Musical Comedy Coming. Theda Bara will be seen at the Orpheum Theatre next Monday, mat inee and night, in "The Darling of Paris." In this extremely moral. and refining episode, The Boston Globe says: ("There are some large and excit ing scenes in "The Darling of Paris." There are more than a thousand people shown in some of them. This production will go down to history as one of the most absorbing in which Miss Theda Bara has ever been indentified. Many of the ep isodes are strong, forceful and grip ping of tne cnaracter tnat maKes patrons rise from their seats when witnessing it. The scenes are all lo cated in Paris. The story upon which the production is based was written by one of the most illustri ous writers of France. It has a con spicuous place in French literature. There is not a scene in it that is not filled with" great dramatic action." The managers of the Orpheum are to be congratulated on securing the greatest musical comedy in America in years, "Very Good Eddie," for their patrons. This dainty musical comedy ran one solid year at the Princess Theatre, New York and was a tremendous hit in Boston and Chi cago. Coming to the Orpheum Thurs day, September 20. The scenic production of "Very Good Eddie" is said to be very elab orate. Act one shows the deck of the Hundson River boat, the Cats kill on a summer afternoon, and Act two shows the interior of the famous Rip Van Winkle Inn. This act was designed and executed under the direction of Miss Elsie De Wolf, the well-known interior deco artor. . JOIN AMBULANCE CORPSj. Three Oxford Boys Will Go to France Soon. Mr. Frank Furman, a nephey of Dr. B. K. Hays; Mr. C. D. Fort, son of Dr. Fort, and Mr. Henry A. Tay lor, son of Commissioner Thomas G. Taylor, have jointed the Richmond Ambulance Corps, of which Dr. Mc Guire is the head. The young men are members of the same company and will go in training at Camp Lee, Petersburg, at an early date. The Richmond Times-Dispatch states that Dr. McGuire will go to France in November and prepare for the reception of his corps. ; : ORDER OF THE DAY AT THE SOUTHERN CAMPS. Following is the official "order of the day at the Southern camps: A. M. Fist Call . . 5:45 March - 5:50 Reveille . . . : . 5:55 Assembly . . 6:00 Breakfast 6:15 ! Fatigue 6:45 I Sick call . . . 7:00 Drill 7:5U Recall i 11:30 First sergeant's call . . . . . . .11:55 .P. M. Mess ....12:15 Drill. . . 1:32 Recall 4:30 Guard Mounting First call &:40 Assembly 5:15 Retreat A Fist call 5:45 Assembly 5:45 Mess J:2x Tatoo 9:00 Call to quaters . f":i Taps 10:30 Snndav. reveille and breakfast one hour later than on week days. Church call 9 A. The Coal Situation. Winter isxoming upon us, and many of us have made no arrange ments for coaL Coal can now be had, but in the dead of winter there will possibly he a shortage. See the an nouncement of C. D. Ray & Son in the Business Local column of this paper. .. NUMBER 74 PREMIUM LIST ABOUT READY MORE PREMIUMS OFFERED AND MORE ENTRIES OPEN TO ' PUBLIC Good, Wholesome Amusement Fea turesAn Areoplane Fight Will Probably Be One of the Leading. Amusement Features. Mr. F. W. Hancock, Jr., Seer etary of the Granville county Fair, stated today that a most attractive pre'm ium list consisting of about 40 pages has just been completed and will soon be ready for distribution. More premiums have been offered for prizes this year than heretofore and more entires open to the public. Besides the prospects for -a big ger and better fair from the exhibit side of the proposition, said Secre tary Hancock, the management is making plans to have delightful en tertainments given by the different schools of the county. Prof. Hob good has promised us his highly treasured group of young women on one of the fair days and we may all expect to .enjoy some kind of enter tainment from them. It may take the shape of a concert or it may be a play. Whatever the case may be, we are all warranted in anticipating a real treat from the Oxford College girls. The merry-go-round with its facinating horses for the boys and chariots for the girls will go hum ming all day and take you round the world for a jit. You will also have the privilege of taking a joy-ride among the trees in an -up-to-date ferris wheel. We are purposing, if possible, to have a wild animal show on the grounds, a feature which will be not only exceedingly entertain ing but will aslo be instructive edu cationally The Secretary is doing his utmost to make arrangements to have an areoplane like the ones used in observation work and inactive fighting in the European War to fly over from Raleigh on the first day of the fair and alight, after making several flights around town, on the grounds just beyond the main build ing. This feature in itself would be well worth the time and expense of every individual in this county which would be . entailed in coming to the fair. By hearty cooperation, said Mr. Hancock, a big time awaits you. Be gin today getting your duds in a row to be on hand October the 24th bright and early. ) , "PRINCESS CH RYSANTHEMUM" Wards of the Odd Fellow's Please Large Audience. A delightful entertainment entit led, "Princess Chrysanthemum," a Japanese Operetta, was given by the singing class of the Odd Fellows' Orphanage of Goldsboro in the Or pheum Theatre Wednesday night. The play house was litterally packed from pit to dome and the audience thoroughly enjoyed the presentation and greeted the children with loud applause at every turn. The singing class is composed of fourteen handsome boys and girls, denoting the excellent care the Odd Fellows of the State are bestowing upon their wards. . The Odd Fellows are justly proud of them and the children realize and appreciate what their foster parents are doing for them. The home at Goldsboro is a fine estate, owned and supported by the Odd Fellows of the State. The late A. H. A Williams, of Oxford, intro duced a resolution in the Grand Lodge 26 years ago that cleared the way for this magnificient institu tion. OPPORTUNITIES IN ARMY CAMP Drafted Men Permitted to Apply For Service in Branch They Prefer. Announcements by the War De partment again serve to call atten tion to the opportunities offered the men who will shortly go into con scription camps. At the start all the drafted men will receive training as infantrymen. The men will be per mitted to apply for service in the branch which they prefer, and for which they feel they are best fitted, with the probabilities that their de sires will be gratified. Thus the sol dier will have a chance in whatever branch that, through special quali fication or liking for, he is most like ly to succeed in. To aid such ambi tious men it is now proposed to es tablish an aflScers' school at each of the division training camps. Announcement is also made that thousands of non-commissioned of ficers will be taken from the best qualified men. A sergeant or a cor poral is in an office of responsibility and importance that sometimes car ries more influence with the men, as West Point graduates point out, than a lieutenancv or captaincy. From these "non-coms" will be chosen the commissioned officers that will be needed as the war progresses.