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OXF0RDN. C FRIDAY JUNE 5, 1908.
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NER SCHOOL'S 57TSI ANNI
VERSARY ENDED LAST WEEK.
ie Largest Enrollment the
Had the Greatest Number of Graduates -Fine
Essays. Military Feature was Good.
THE SCHOOL CLOSED WITH VERY PROSPEROUS YEAR
Two Companies Competed for Colors- Professor From
V. M. I. Came to Decide the Contest Which
was won by Company A.
Tbe fifty-seventh annual commence
ment of the Horner Military School
came to a close last Friday night, May
29th, withyMge final ball. This corn-
very largely attended
the different sections
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exereies. i)ur
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Broad Jump .
220 Yards Dash .
Pole Vault
Running High Jump
Mile Relay .....
13. 50 Yards Dash
Total
Wednesday evening at eight thirty,
the Franklin and Washington Literary
Societies had their speaking. These
exercises were always looked forward
to by the people in Oxford with inter
est, because the boys took so much
pride in them. Each boy who took
part in the contest received a medal
irom his society. The boy who made
kthe best oration; who made the best
Reclamation; who read the best essay
rot five towards winning the colors for
lis company. These contests were all
wvery exciting, and when the time came
i decide who was the fortunate winner.
audience could hardly keep still.
low is the list of the contestants:
rEssay A.B.Nimocks The Slaugh-
ter of the Forests.
Essay J. P. Fenner, V. A. The
Decline of the American Indian.
Oration A. H. Turn age The Pos
sibilities of the Educated Man.
Oration H. M. Stubbs, V. B.
Robert Emmett's Last Speech.
Declamation L. N. Mills. V. B.
On the Death of Lafayette.
Declamation Luke Lamb Robert
Ingersol at His Brother's Grave.
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School has Had in Years
Debate Resolved that, "Foreign
Immigration should be Prohibited."
Affirmative, A. E. Mellon; Negative,
Roland Williams, V. A.
Thursday afternoon, May 28th, was
the day on which the two companies A
End B competed for the colors, and, al
ter the company drill was over, then
came the most exciting part of the j
whole drill, the test of the best drilled
boy. Both companies were drilled
until all but three boys had fallen out,
thsn the contest was continued at the
Opera House, where the boy who
stood up the longest received the
medal for being the best drilled cadet
in Horner School. Just after the con
test was decided, tbe audience, which
was the largest that has been in the
Opera House during the whole year,
rose en masse, and it took several min
utes to restore order. The test is a
good one of a boy's ability to listen
and to keep a cool head. The winning
of the manual-ot-arms medal is consid
ered a very high honor and every boy
works hard and tries his best to be the
winner of that honor.
Thursday evening, May the 28th,
the school exercises which were held
in the Opera House, came to a close.
A very large audience went out to see
the exercises. The following is a pro
gramme: -
Class Exercises
Welcome Address Robt. W. Win
ston. Class History Augustus W. Gra
ham. Class Poem Fred H. Dunlap.
Class Prophesy A. H. Turnage.
etics, Wednesday, May 27th, 1908.
1st. Place. Time or Distance.
Winston, 1 Of seconds ...... A.
Reinhardt, V., 59 seconds .... A.
Blalock, 5 m. 45 1-10 s B.
Hemphill, 28 feet 9 inches . . . B.
Hemphill, 80 seconds B.
Johnston, 84 feet B.
Watlington, 2 m. 28 s .A.
Jones, 18 feet 7i inches ..... A.
Reinhardt, V., 23 seconds . . . B.
Horton, 8 feet 6 inches . . . . . B.
Hemphill, F., 4 feet 9 inches . . A.
Hancock, Watlington, Hardison, A.
Mills
Winston, 5 7-10 seconds . . . . . B.
B.
B.
B.
A.
A.
B.
B.
... . . 40 49
Decl aimers
1. The Negro Problem James W
Morris.
2. Muder Will Out Augustus W.
Graham.
3. The Unknown Rider Hoke
Hemphill.
4. The Sioux Chief's Daughter
Morehead Emmett.
5. An Appeal to Arms J. B.
Watlington.
6. The New South Roland Wil
liams. 7. A Scene on the Battlefield
Fred Hemphill.N
Presentation of Certificates.
Presentation of Colors
After the declamations and the
essays were over, the most exciting
part of the programme was the presen
tation of the colors. This presentation
was looked forward to with a great
deal of interest. Nobody knew which
company would get the colors and
therefore when the time came to an-'
nounce the award, the audience could
hardly keep quiet. When the captain
of A company was told to go upon the
stage and receive the colors,the assem-
bly rose in abody and it was some
minutes before quiet was restored.
Friday night, May 29th, ended the
Horner Commencement with one or
the largest dances that have been
given during the whole year. A good
ly number of -out-of-town guests were
participants in the dancing, but some
came as spectators.
flie barracks was elaborately deco
ra ted for the occasion, the ceiling, the
railing, and a number of other places
being tastefully draped.
Below is the list of those dancing:
An interesting event during the evening
was the presentation of the regalias
and rosettes of the marshals to the
younfi ladies. Chief Marshal Lamb
presented his regalia to Miss Helen
Lamb, of Henderson. The following
young ladies also received regalias:
Misses Douglas Hili, of Durham;
Elain, of Buffalo Junction; Maria
Tucker, of Henderson; Helen Jenkins,
of Gastonia. The following young
ladies vere presented with rosettes:
Misses Mary Cooper, Lucy Smith,
A ugnsta Landis, of Oxford; Amy
Winston, Mary Manning, Placide
Kramer, of Durham; Lola Jenkins,of
Gastonia.
The following couqles were present:
Miss Lamb, of Henderson, with
Cidet Lainb; Miss Tucker, of Hender
son, with " Cadet Mills; Miss Fenner,
of Halifax, with Mr. Hughes; Miss
Pierce, of Warsaw, with Cadet Wil
lioms; Miss Jordon, of Durham, with
Mr. T. Howell; Miss Jenkins, of Gas
tonia, with Mr. Lee Taylor; Miss L.
Jenkins, of Gastonia, with Mr. Whit
ney; Miss Meshon, of Durham, with
Mr. N. Cannady; Miss Amy Winston,
of Durham, with Cadet Fenner; Miss
Manning, of Durham, with Mr. Wil
liams; Miss D. Stell, of Durham, with
Cadet Reinhardt: Miss Lisle, of Mor
ven, with Mr. H6well; Miss Elarn, of
Buffalo, with Cadet Horton; Miss
Kramer, of Durham, with Mr. K.
Taylor; Miss Mary Whitaker, of
Nashville, with Mr. E. Crews; Miss
Susie Hines, of Milton, with Mr. Joe
Lassiter; Miss Daisy Minor, with Mr.
Will Taylor; Miss Antoinetts Taylor,
with Mr. Otho Lyon;Miss Julia Win
ston, with Mr. Taylor; Miss Sophie
Taylor, with Prof. Noble; Miss Lily
White, with Mr. Marshall Pin nix;
Second Place. Points.
Blalock, ......... 2 5
Wakefield, . 2 5
Mills, . . . . . 5 2
Watlington, ....... 5 2
Jones, .......... 5 2
Jones, 5 2
McGowan, 2 5
Wakefield, ....... 2 5
Winston, c 0 7
Jones .5 2
Blalock, ......... 7 0
Wakefield, Blaleek, Mc
Gowan, Hemphill, ... 0 5
Reinhardt, V., ..... 0 7
Miss Irene Hines, with Mr. B. Wil
liams; Miss Janie Booth, with Mr. G.
Rawlins; Miss Mary Cooper, with
Cadet Rob Winston; Miss Kate Hor
ner, with Major Tate; Miss Gusta
Landis, with Cadet MorrisjMiss Mary
B. Williams, with Mr, Stallings; Miss
Florence Landis, with Mr. Zollicoffer;
Miss Isabel Fleming, with Mr. Jack
Bullock; Miss Lucy Smith,with Cadet
Fergerson.
Chaperones-Col.and Mrs. J.C.Horner,
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Massenburg.Mr.
and Mrs. J. C. Robards.
Apropos of thedance, we will allude
briefly to a salient feature of the Hor
ner School to the social opportunities
afforded the cadets.
That the institution11' stands for the
highest m the way of intellectual train
ing goes without telling; that it pays
due attention to. the student's physical
development is also well known; but it
does not stop there. It takes the boy
who has had perhaps little or no social
training and gives him a knowledge of
those conventions of polite society, an
ignorance of which, a man.be he never
so brainy, never fails to feel keenly in
FRANCIS BILLIARD SCHOOL
PROGRAM WAS WELL RENDER
ED AND ENJOYED BY ALL.
Recitation by Master Willie Hicks
Was Very Good and Evoked
Great Applause.
The sixteenth annual recital of the
Francis Hilliard School was held in
the school chapel on last Thursday af
ternoon at 8:30 o'clock when the fol
lowing program was admirably ren
dered by the pupils of the school:
PART I.
Chorus: May -German-Folk song;
Recitation: The Owl and the Pussy
Cat MasW Will Hicks.
Piano: Village FestivalSchmall
Miss lone Hilliard.
Recitation: Jimmie Trescott's Speech
--Miss Martha Parker Brinkley.
Piano; Barcarolle Hackh-Miss Isa
bel Gibbs.
Recitation: The Candy PnllMiss
Elizabeth Hicks.
Piano: Little Bo-peep Miss Daisy
Williford.
Recitation: Yussouf Miss Effie Mur
ray Piano: May Breezes Krug Miss
Hilliard, Miss Grace Ransom.
Song and Pantomime: The Death of
Minnehaha Longfellow Longfel
low Class.
Piano Serenade:-Engel Miss Lizzie
Jones.
Recitation: Three Little Chestnuts
Miss Sallie Burwell,
Motion Song: The Little Sailors.
Recitation: Editha and the Burglar
Burnet -Miss Alleine Hicks.
" PART II.
Duet: Atlaque des Ulans Bohm- -
Miss Hilliard, Miss Lizzie Jones.
6ohif Sinfnile, Slumber Gonnod---'Miss
.Pear Jones
Piano: Silver Stars Bohm --Miss Kate
Credle.
Recitation: Courting under Difficul
ties Missel a ry Willie Allen.
Piano: Polka Rubrezza C. Schubert
Miss Mary Renn.
Song: Two Little Chafers Truhn
Miss Jones, Miss Credle, Miss Ran
som, Mr, Broad us Callis.
Piano: The Hunting Song Mendel
ssohn Miss Jones.
Recitation: The Little Revenge- Ten
nysonMiss Annie Thorpe
Duet: Alia 'Marcia Scharwenka
Miss Jones, Miss Hilliard.
Chorus: Cradle Song Brahms.
Song: The First Song Gumbert.
Miss Hilliard. r
Pantomime: Nearer, My God, to Thee
The recitations were varied and
well selected, and rendered with clear
and correct enunciation and appro
priate gesture and expression.
The piano selections were given with
clearness and precision and the chorus
and songs with sweetness and grace.
The whole programme was enthu
siastically received by a large and ap
preciative audience which packed the
room to its utmost capacity and over
flowed to the hall and piazza. H.
LOST. I will pay $5 reward for
the return of my gold watch, lost May
21st, between Oxford and Dextei. In
scription, "Brotherhood of Locomotive
Firemen and Engineers," black fob
and gold buckle. Return to me, or
Mr. D. N. Hunt, of Oxford. Charlie
Evans, Williamsboro, is. C. 2t.pd.
PARIS Green at half price, over
stocked. Horner iBros. Co.
IF YOUR watch nas gone on a
strike and your clock has quit striking
why bring them to W. D. Stimson
and he will adjust the matter prompt
ly and properly. Located at Paris Dry
Goods store.
STRAW hats, ladies and children's
Oxford's, prices greatly reduced to
close line. Horner Bros. Co.
later life. Many a deserving aspirant,
as every body knows, has failed to at
tain the object of his ambition polit
ical and otherwise for lack of the
social qualities befitting the situation.
We regard the attention paid to social
culture as one among the many great
recommendations of the Horner School.
WORK OF THE CHILDREN.
HONOR ROLL FOR NINTH MONTH
OF GRADED SCHOOL.
Bright Boys and Girls Who Study
and Make Good Progress in
Different Grades.
First Grade Charley Dames, Har
ley Stacv, Otto Gardner, Hert Lee
Hancock. Sylvia Hearst, Sudie Crews,
Emmie Cooper Medford.Rob farham,
Daisy Smith, Lewis- Smith, Frances
Mitchell, Edward Rawlins, Viola Hes
ter, Gus Landis, Carl Sizembre, Wil
lie! mina Stacy, Jessie White, Hattie
Wheeler, Mary Day, Margaret Pen
dleton, Texanna Johnston, Louise
Sizemore.
Second Grade Georgia Winston,
Clyde Gooch, Sallie Yancey, Lois
Wood, Frank Taylor,Sarah Cannady,
Marion Sneed, Etta Wheeler, Ben
Garrett, Sidney Currin, Lewis Turner,
Daisy Willeford, Ruth White, Mary
Lily Blalock, Elvis Burchett, Harper
Jones, Irving Hearst.
Third Grade Fannie Buchanan,
Susan Webb, Kathleen Gardner, Lo
rene Peed, William Med ford, Sudie
Adcock, Bessie Pitchford, Willie
Adcock, Easton Parham, Carroll
Moore, Thelma Averett, Li!a Currin,
Annie Lee, Jennings Walters,Lindsey
Taylor, Archie Johnson, William
Bryan, Charles Ellis, John Hall.
Fourth Grade Marie Meadows,
Jewelle Fogleman, Annie E. Worth
am, Ruby Adcock, Joseph Blalock,
Elohe Cannady, Susie Meadows,
Marsh Callis, Sallie Hanime, Carrie
Harris, Earle Hunt, Edith Parhrm,
John Mitchell.Frank Furman, George
Elliott, Lillian Spencer, Lillian Size
more, Viola Johnson, Josephine In
gold. ;
Fifth Grade Mary White, Harry
Renn, Ruth Shaw, Harry Jones, Er
nest Hart, Lucy Belle Day, Tempie
Gee, Kennon Taylor, Eva Hester,
Mamie Moore, Madeline Crews.
Sixth Grade Annie S. Peirson,
Littie Hester, John Roller, Virginia
Carroll, Esther Mitchell, David Moss,
Marie Stark, Charlie Fort, Lois Perk
inson, Dallas Buchanan, Beasley Tay
lor. Seventh Grade Mabel Hart, Frank
Hancock, Wilbur Smith; Marguerite
Cannady, Tazzie Dean, Jim Taylor,
Estelle Bullock, Edna Crews, Ruth
Taylor.
Eighth Grade Oscar Ragland,
Irving Royster, Marie Medford.
Ninth Grade Alma Ragland, Al
leine Minor, Isabel Fleming, Josephine
Brown.
Oxford Graded School Scholaiship
Distinctions of each grade for the year
are as follows:
First Grade Charley Dames.Nma
Cooper.
Second Grade Georgia Winston,
George Cheatham.
Third Grade Susan Webb Fanny
Buchanan.
Fourth Grade- Marie Meadows,
Alva Lea Currin.
Fifth Grade Ruth Shaw, Julia
Royster.
Sixth Grade Annir Peirson, Littie
Hester.
Seventh Grade Frank Hancock,
Mabel Hart.
Eighth Grade Oscar Ragland,
Irving Royster;
Ninth' Grade Alma Ragland, Al
leine Minoa.
Those who have been neither absent
nor tardv the entire year:
First Orade Margaret Pendleton,
Jeesie White.
Second Grade Ruth White.
Third Grade-William Medford,
Carroll Moore, Susan Webb.
Fourth Grade ?usie Meadows.
Fifth Grade John Graham Webb.
Seventh Grade Clyde Cannady.
Eighth Grade Fanny. Hays, Ar
thur Landis.
Ninth Grade Alleine Minor.
Those whose deportment is 100 for
the entire year:
First Grade Sudie Crews, Charley
Dames.
DR. JOHN G. HUNT DEAD.
EXPIRED TUESDAY NIGHT AT
FIVE MINUTES TO NINE.
Had Been Sick a Long Time Was
Getting Better Apparently Had
Stomach Trouble.
Dr. John Graham Hunt died at
his home Tuesday night at 9 o'clock
Dr. Hunt had been sick for a long
time, but for a while it was thought
that he was getting better. He was
well enough about a month or so ago
to be able to be on the streets again,
but hadn't been up a week before he
had to go to bed.
Dr. Hunt spent some time at Chase
City, hoping to find some relief, but
his trouble became worse instead of
better. He was brought home and
has been here ever since. His friends
thought that he was improving but
were mistaken, He died without a
struggle.
Dr. Hunt was one of the most pop
ular men in Granville county. Every
body knew and liked him. He had
a prepossessing apje ra ice wlrch won
many friends.
He was a membeT of most all the
lodges in the town and they will have
ceremonies at his home and at the
grave. His sister, Mrs R 15 Parker,
is the near relative that survives him.
The funeral service will take place at
the Methodist church on Thursday at
eleven o'clock.
Dr.Hunt was a member of the Odd
Fellows, Masons, Royal Arcanum and
was a leading banker.
The Civic Improvement
organization held a meeting in the
graded school building. Tuesday
afternoon. A large and very enthus-
iastic attendance was noted. I
Hani I ton Powell presided most 2?w
fully. ' Mrs. B, K. Hays, secretary,
Mrs. C. J. Elliott, vice-president, and
Mrs. S. II. Smith, treasurer, were
present. Committes' were appointed
to meet with the town commissioners
and decide upon a day for general
town cleaning. The society adjouaned
to meet next Tuesday in the graded
school building at 5 o'clock.
BIG stock buggies, surrys and har
ness. Can please you in Taylor & Can
nady, Oxford. Hackney and other
standard makes. Prices right. Horner
Bros. Co.
Oxford Manufacturing Candy Kitchen
Wholesale and Retail, L A.
Dames. Proprietor.
Fine Confectionery, Chocolate Boa
Bons, Foreign and Domestic Fruits
Cigars and Tobacco. All kinds of
Vegetables. If you want as much as
three gallons of cream I will let you
have them $1.25 per gallon; Brick
cream at $1.75 per gallon.
A POSTAL WILL DO IT.
A postal to Samuel Davis, Clarks
ville, Va., will enlighten you on where
to buy the best tin shingle, for the
least money.
STRAW hats, ladies and children's
Oxford's, price greatly reduced to
close line. Horner Bros. Co.
INVESTIGATE THE MATTER
Its the price that counts, and the
quality that talks, and this is what I
claim to give you when your orders
are sent me. Samuel Davis.
BIG stock buggies, surrys and har
ness. Can please you in TayloE& Can
nady, Oxford, Hackney and other
standard makes. Prices right. Horner
Bros. Co,
Second Grade Edward Ballou,
Hubert Currin, Sidney Farabow,.
Marion Sneed.
Third Grade Lila Currin, Willie
Hester, Carroll Moore, Fanny Buch
an an.
.Fourth Grade Alva Lea Currin,
Imogen Cannadv, Carrie Harris.
Fifth Grade Sarah Callis, Lucy
Belle Day, Eva Hester.
Sixth Grade Littie Hester, Annie
S. Peirson. t
Eighth Grade Oscar Ragland.
Ninth Grade Alleine Minor.Alma
Ragland.
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