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OXFORD, N. C, FRIDAY FEBRUARY 12, 1909.
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: Schools.
As the years go by,Granville's pub
schools are increasing in efficiency
vith great rapidity. In fact the strides
? recent years are remarkable. A few
statistics pertaining thereto will be
. site interesting, though no invidious
, mparisons are intended, as the far
mers boards and teachers have done
vjite well in the past. The people
-:re becoming more interested in edu
cation and are becoming more liberal
.:ni getting more ambitious a well
Taking into consideration the in-
reused nu nber of teachers and the in
v-r-.sed lengtb of school terms the
amount of instruction has about doub
led in the last two years.
The statistics for 1898 are not as
: u 1 1 nor as thoroughly well given as
::e rig u res tor late years. The aver
?.e attendance for 1008 and 1898 are:
Whites Colored
3 --H 1441 1009
i; est. 1000 1319
It will be seen that the average at
tendance for the whites has increased,
while the colored attendance has- de
creased which was as expected forthere
're fewer colored children of school
ar-e in 1908 than in 1898.
The average terms school in days
v. ere 99 for whites and 81 for colored. I
The census of children of school age
i'jt 1898 was taken, the children in
Oxford being included. The figures
:or 1908 were taken from the county
and the children of Oxford and those
v'.thin the mile limit were not taken.
fhe tigures are:
Whites Colored
85 4400
3M8 Ox and m.l. 626 817
The w hite pupils, in Oxford were
- venly divided as to sex, there being
ii.'j boys and 313 girls. There should
therefore be no batchelors or spinsters
among the present generation. Every
body can have a chance.
The statistics as to teachurs show a
considerable gain for white schools,
aud a gain of one member for the cole-red.
Number of teachers.
Whites Colored
51 '42
75 43
Returns
One day last week Miss Hallie
Wood had the misfortune to lose near
Sizemore's Bakery her purse contain-
" ouvuiai ireennacRs an via t
t t " . . , . M"s I present a bill to the legislature
very lorrunately, however
Voted for Bonds.
History was made for Granville
county Tuesday when by a big major
ity it was decided to ask our represen
ts (in Ox.) 3774
J. V'C i out wa.
1-1 S
There seems to be a disposition to
jive the teachess better pay, which is
a it should be.
The average salaries of teacners for
he two years compared give these fig
ures: Whites Colored
198 $25 , $25
1908 $38 25
In 1908 there was spent in white
schools SI 2,360 of public school funds
and $750 special tax, and upon the
colored schools $4,867 of public fund.
There has been a remarkable growth
in the valuation of school property.
The schools of 1908 showed three
times the value of those of 1898. The
fiscal year runs from July to July.
The figures are:
July 1898 $9,765.
July 1908 $26,505
Since July 1908 there has been
pent $3,000 which will be iucluded in
thp next year's report. Another $6,
f 00 will be spent and by the end of
1909 the schocl property will have a
value of about $34,000. A part of
the big increase for the past year was
the $9,000 building at Creedmoor,?nd
a part of the increase this year will be
for another building atStem which will
cost $3,000,
It will thus be seen that Granville
is taking the right kind of steps. Eve
rything shows a continuous, healthy
growth, and no longer can a pupil say
tnat he cannot get an education.
Want to Keep Comfortable?
C. D. Ray has the right kind of
coal. Wood too. Cut ready for use
or in cord lengths. See ad in this paper.
IF YOUR watch has gone on a
f tnke and your clock has quit striking
hy bring them to W. D. Stimson
and he will adjust the matter prompt
ly and properly. Located at Paris Dry
Goods store.
1 1 ft . TV v a .
JIT. V M VV ac i X
... .i aamngtuu, Ol Otem,
came by as he was going down to take
the 4:15 train for home. He picked
up the purse and found out to whom it
belonged, but did not have the time to
return it then. Cpo-i arriving home
he phoned back to Oxford to locate
the owner, and when he came to town
again returned the property to her.
New Advertisements.
Perkinson & Green announce their
annual opening sale in an attractive
ad on another page. The sale lasts
from the 11th to the 20th. Look the
ad un.
Samuel Davis,of Clarksville,lias an
ad with the picture of Abe Lincoln in
it. Then there is a lot of talk about
fencing. You will find it on the 6th
page.
C. D. Ray has changed his ad this
week, and says he has all sorts of
lumber and building supplies, and
plenty of coal and wood. You will
find him holding down a corner of the
local page.
The local banks have issued their
statements and will be found in other
columns.
The Saving's Bank has a new argu
ment about banking this week. Look
if up and eu what you think about it.
The Grauviiie Real Estate & Trust
Company have two little bits of talk
that you ought to read. One discusses
insurance; the other, real estate. Do
you know about Ridly Park?
L. Thomas is right here with groc
er ies, feed, etc. Look up his adver
tisement on the local page.
Landis & Easton. h&Ve a little story
about dress goods and sunshiny weath
ers Look up their ad and see what
they think about it. It will be found
on another page.
to permit the Commissioners to issue
S300,000 worth of bonds, payable in
30 years, at 5 per cent.
There was a committee, headed by
B. F. Hester, Esq., Chairman, and
consisting of two members from each
township to meet with the five commis
sioners and determine what sort of
biil should be presented the legisla
ture. After polling the vote of the com
mittee and commissioners on the issue
which was carried by 19 to 4, another
vote was held permitting the visitors
m the room to participate, the vote this
time being 33 to 10.
At eleven o'clock the two committees
met in the commissioners room, the
session lasting about two hours.
The commissioners were all present,
they being:
K. W. Lassiter, Chairman
L. T. Willitord W.P.Wilkinson
T. L. Cannady Ralph Currin
The committees present from the
various townships were:
B. F. Hester, Chairman
W. W. Brummitt Fishing Creek
The Graded Schools.
Through the kindness of Superin
tendent Connelly.of the graded schools
we were enabled to get some figures
pertaining to the graded schools. Com
parisons are given for January ofl908
and 1909, and it will be seen that
there is a steady.gradual improvement.
These are the figures for the white
school:
tor January 1907
Enrollment for month
Enrollment End month
A bsences
Tardies
Average daily attendauce
Per cent attendance
For January 1909
Enrollment for month
Enrollment end month
A bsences
Tardies
Average daily attendance
Per cent attendance
It will be noticed that the number
of absences in 1808 of 391 was reduc
ed in 1909 to 222, a reduction of 169,
and the tardies of 116 during the.
313
299
391
116
276
75
V'J
314
301
222
76
287
96.87
B. R. Pitts
G. L. Allen
J. A. Morris
Z. E. Lyon
J. N. Tilley
E. N. Clement
M. Blalock
B. F. Currin
J. C. Howard
Fishing Creek
Brassfield
Brassfield
. Dutch ville
Dutch ville
Tally Ho
Tally Ho
Walnut Grove
Walnut Grove
February Term of Court Ended.
About half past one last Friday
court was adjourned. The last few
hours of the session were hurried
through with in order to allow Judge
Long to take the 2:15 afternoon train,
the failure to catch which would have
kept His Honor here 24 hours longer.
There were heard during the week
but four civil cases, the remainder be
ing continued until the April term.
The most important and largest case
was heard first and consumed three
days. In the matter of the caveat of
the will of J. M. Thorp, colored, the
jury brought in a verdict which said
that the true will had been probated,
which meant that the will stood as the
deceased had devised. Thorp who had
amassed some $7,000 or more had de
vised his property to the children of a
dead Bister, who was Amos Webb's
wife. A brother of the deceased, Win.
Thorp and others, contested the will
on the grounds that Thorp was not
capable of making a proper will.
Messrs. Graham fe Devin appeared
for the caveators, and T. T. Hicks,
Esq., of Henderson, for the propound
ers. The jury was about an hour in
coming to a decision.
In the case of W. L. Taylor vs W.
E. Butler Company.involving suit for
$600 brought ahout through a lumber
deal, the jury awarded a verdict in fa
vor of the plaintiff for $34.39. The
plaintiff wTas represented by Gen. B.S.
Royster and the defendant by A. A.
Hicks, Esq.
The suit brought by J. W. Davis
vs A. B. Kimball to recover $125 the
amount of a due bill, which the defen
dant declined to pay on account of a
counter claim for damaged lumber,
was settled by giving a verdict of $22
R. A. Lloyd (proxy) Oak Hill
W. L. Taylor Sassafras Fork
D A. Burwell Sassafras Fork
N. G. Crews Salem
B. I. Breedlove Salem
D. N. Hunt (proxy) Oxford
S. H. Cannady Oxford
The motion as passed and first voted
upon was; That a bill be drawn re
questing our representative (Judge A.
W. Graham, who was not present at
he meeting on account of the death of
his mother-in-law) to have a bill pass
ed authorizing the county commission
ers to issue $300,000 worth of bonds,
to run for 30 years, bearing 5 per cent,
for the permanent improvement of the
public roads of Granville county. It
was made discretionary with the com
missioners as to the disposal of the
bonds. The vote was taken and found
to be 19 yreas and 4 nays. It was then '
moved to allow the interested specta
tors to vote, which was done and the
result was found to be 33 to 10, these
being the voters.
TEAS'
R. W. Lassiser T. L. Cannady
W. P. Wilkinson Ralph Currin
L. T. Williford B. F. Hester
W. W. Brummitt R. B. Pitts
G. L. Allen
J. X. Tilley
M. Blalock
R. A. Lloyd
D A. Burwell
S. H. Cannady
A. Baker
R. I. Mulchi
Jim Webb
V. T. Cheatham
Jim Davis
T. Lanier
J. B.
Total 33 yeas.
nays:
Z. E. Lyon
N. G. Crews
Woodson Cash
I. C. Lyon
J. S. Pool
J. A. Morris
E. N. Clement
J. C. Howard
W. L. Taylor
D. N. Hunt
J. R. Walters
A. C. Parham
R. H. Pleasant
W. L. Clark
Bill Daniel
Coly Gill
W. B. Royster
Powell
B. F. Currin
B. I. Breedlove
W. S. Hester
W. C. Currin
J. Ed Duncan
Total 10 nays.
Two of the yeas, Messrs. R. A.Lloyd
and D. N. Hunt were not present in
person but were represented by proxies
under instructions to vote for good
roads.
A few of those voting nay were not
in favor of the plaintiff. A. A. Hicks, i personally opposed to the issue but
Esq., appeared for Mr. Davis, and
Messrs. Brummitt and Stem for Mr.
Kimball.
. Through his attorney, Gen. B. S.
Royster, John Bass, colored, secured a
j divorce from nis wife, Annie Bass. I the Highway Commission.
voted in deference to the sentiment in
their sections.
It was put to a vote and unanimous
ly passed that the board of county
commissioners be constituted ex-ofEcio
crease of 40. It will also
that the percentage of attendance was
increased from 93.75 in 1908 to 96.87
in 1909, This shows a gain of 3.12.
The enrollments during January of
both years were practically the same;
therefore, these figures are very signi
cant as showing the excellent improve
ment in school conditions generally.
These figures are especially creditable
when it is knownHhat a change was
made last year that caused many to
rear a decreased attendance.The school
board passed a regulation requiring
everybody outside the corporation who
patronized the schools to pay for tui
tion. It was feared that manv would
drop out. Fortunately, these fears
were groundless, and the new rule
gives the school a revenue of about
$700 per month, if the collections of
the present mouth are kept to the
same mark. Tuition to the amount
of $75.40 were collected from the
white schools, and $20 came from the
colored school, the sum total collected
during the past month being $95.50
Jail for Rent.
"Any news?" was asked Mr, Connie
Walters, the lengthy deputy Sheriff.
"No, but the jail's for rent. A nice
five room building, with nice iron bars
to peep through."
It i& a pity to let such good proper
ty go idle. There is no one to ho&se
now. The last jail bird was tunaed
out Friday.
Sheriff Wheeler in Raleigh,
Sheriff Sam Wheelor left for Ral
eigh on the 4:15 Southern Tuesday to
look after the firemen's interest in insur
ance revenues. He is one of a com
mittee of ten in the State oppointed by
James D McNeil, president of. the
State Firemen's Association to draft a
bill to present to the proper committee
m uio kjcuaio aim rzouse. lno Dili IS
to increase the fireman's revenues from
the insuranco premiums in the State.
The State Firemen's Association has
heretofore been receiving one-half of
one per cent, of the premiums paid to
foreign insurance companies. This
has amounted to $5,000 or $6,000 an
nually. The committee of 10, represnt
ing cue association wants 1 per cent,
of all premiums, both home and for
eign, which will amount to $20,000
annually.
Beside the president, ihe committee
is composed of:
A. H. Boyden, Salisbury; John L.
Miller, Concord; A. G. Bernard, A she
ville; C M. Xorfleet, Winston; T, X
iaylor, Greensboro; M. J. O'Neal,
same years were reduced to 76, a de-T Henderson; S. M. Wheeler, Oxford;
Leonel Weil, Goldsboro; Chas. X.
Harris, Raleigh; J. W. Thummee,
Rocky Mount.
Ridley Park.
The Granville Real Estate & Trust
Company is developing its propert
immediately south of Gen. B. S.Roys
teris home, and has divided it into fif
teen very attractive bu'lding lots. A
house, built largely after the model of
a bungalow has just been completed
and sold to a gentleman who will lo
cate here.
Honor Roll Oxford Graded School
First Grade. Bnlah Fargis, Geof
frey Horsfield, Roy Fuller, Texanna
Johnson, Edmund Harris, Zela New
ton. Gracie Currin, Roy rpchurch,
Louise Currin.
Second Grade. Luia Hunt, Juell
Thomasson, Sudie Crews, William
Webb,. Annie Bell Wheeler. Julian
Abbitt, Nina Cooper, Hattie Wheeler,
Charlotte Carroll, James Ballou.
Third Grade First Division. Joo
Bagland, George Cheatham. Hugh
Russell, Lois Wood, Pearl Bowling,
Elvis Burchett, Mary Blalack. Roy
Williford, Frank Taylor, Daisy Wil
liford. Harper Jones, Eunice Parham,
Lewis Turner.
inird Orade Second Division.
Georgia Winston, Marion Sneed, Jas.
Hunter, Edward Ballou, Hallie Pat
terson, Lily Belle Cannady, Etta
Wheeler, Edith Howell, Sarah Can
nady, Lee Hunter, Uva Newton, Henry
Shaw, Garland Hobgood.Sidney Fara
bow, Joe Parham, Ruth White, Eliz
abeth Bryan.
Fourth Grade First Division.
Fannie Buchanan, Hallie Fuller, Lila
Currin, Edward Abbitt, Laura Sted
man, Carroll Moore.
Fourth Grade Second Division.
Helen Howard, Susan Webb, William
Medford, Herman Day, Guy Wheeler,
Roland Gooch, Blount Bryan, Albert
Barnes, Annie Lee, Forest Longmire,
Lorene Peed.
Fifth Grade. Alva Lee Currin,
Eloise Cannady, Marie Meadows,J essits
Bullock, Carrie Harris, Marsh ( allis,
Jewelle Fogleman, Lillian Sizemore,
Susie Bowling, Azalia Jones, Lillian
Spencer, Graham Wheeler, Earle
A.t the point where King Street is I H unt, Josephine Ingold, Mary Cheat-
diagonally crossed by the street below
the company will maintain a little
grass plot, which is calledllidley Park.
This will be turned over to Village
Improvement Society to make into a
thing of beauty if the Society will un
dertake it; otherwise,the company will
have the work done itself.
As soon as the weather breaks suffi
ciently, another house will be put up,
ham, John Ellington Leo Cheatham.
Sixth Grade. Lillian Hart, Gracie
Critcher, Harry Renn, Ruth Shaw,
Harry Jones, Frances Abbitt, Lucile
O'Brian, Mary White.
Seventh Grade. Annie Simpson
Peirson, Julia Cooper, Virginia Car
roll, Charlie Fort.
Eighth Grade. Tazic Dean, Frank
Hancock, Lena Clones, Frances Hays,
and a granolithic pavement laid along j Edna Crews, Harvey Bullock, Estellc
King Street. j IJullock.
The company will not sell a lot ex- j xinth Grade. Oscar Ragland. irv-
cept under certain restrictions. No ; ng Royster, Marie Medford.
one can put up a cheap or undesirable
house on one of the lots.
Letter m Chinese.
The other day, a man froi the
printshop was called by Dr. A. B.
Dunaway and Prof. Hobgood and
asked to read a letter held out to him.
He failed to4o so, because the letter
was written in Chinese and folded in
an envelope sfjhat looked very like a
small paper bag with a brood band of
red running down it.
The letter was sent to Dr.Dunaway,
and written by the Rev. R.H. Groves
an American missionary wiho has been
living in China for 50 years. Dr.
Groves wrote a transfer of .Membership
from the church in Canton to the
church in Oxford for Miss Valeria
Green, who is at present a student at
the Oxford Seminary. Miss Green is
the daughter of the Rev, and Mrs.
George W. Green, who are at present
in Canton, though their mem
bership still remains with the Oxford
church. Miss Green, desiring to affil
iate with the same church as her par
ents,had her old pastor in China write
the communication referred to.
The Rev. Mr. Green, who is a grad
uate of Wake Forest College, is quite
well known in Granville, as he has
been in the past a resident of Oxford
for two or three years.
A translation was forwarded with
the letter.
FARMERS
Try C. D. Ray's platform scales
when you have feed or cattle to weigh.
They are accurate. See ad in the paper.
Play at Seminary.
The young ladies of Oxford Semi
nary have the following programme,
which we are requested to publish:
The Girls of 1776
Synopsis:
Act I Philadelphia In ye garden at
Madam May field's. 'Tis afternoon
late in ye month of May,
Act II Scene I At ye old cabin
Sunset tiirs-e July Fourth. Seerw
II Ye foome of Betsy Ross A
morning of early autumn.
Act III Trenton Ye hall of ye ball
room Christmas night.
Presented by the junior -class of Ox
ford Seminary on Monday, February
22nd, 1909, at 8 p. ra. Admission
50 cents.
Are You Going to Build?
C. D. Ray can furnish you the ma
terial from foundation to finish See
ad in this paper.
Last Call for J908 Taxes!
The last go-round will be made in
accordance with the requirements of
law. You are expected to meet me
on the following days and settle 1908
taxes in full.
Dexter Monday. March" 1st
Dk.'kerson Tuesday, March 2nd.
Grissom Wednesday, March 3rd.
Wilton Thursday, March 4th.
Croedmoor Friday, March 5th
Creedmoor Saturday, March 6th.
Stem Tuesday, March 9th
Walnut Grove Wednesday 10th
Wilbourns Store- Thursday 11th.
Bullock Friday, March 12th.
Stovall Saturday, March 13th.
The books will be kept open at Ox
ford on the above days also.
All persons owing taxes are request
ed to settle the same promptly.
On March 15th the books will go
and collection by distress and lev
ies will be made in all cases where the
tax is not paid.
This the 10th day of Feb., 1909.
S. C. HOBGOOD,
Tax Collector.
T. JOHN S 'I I A l'KL
Hubert Avery, Laura A very,.
Johnnie Burtchett, Mack Long.Davitu
Long, Tommie Spencer, Geneva Ross,,
Lonnie Wilson, Graham Oakley, Nona
Saunders, Sallie Saunders, Charlie
Lynch. Ava Weaver, Lonnie Kerney3..
Ola Cutts.
Old Batchelor in Town..
That jovial batchelor and good fef--low,
J. Ed. Duncan, Esq., ofe Stemf,
presidect of the batchelor's club, was in
town Monday, and came around to see '
the boys and have a chat. He andl
the devil are old acquaintances, ancX
the genial gentleman from Stem began:
to tell things that had happened in the
dark and mysterious past of the deviL
We have been laboring under the im
pression that the devil was a1 very nice
sort of chap, until Mr. Duncan and
he began to tell on each other. Now,
we suspect them both only, of course
where the girls are concerned.
Mr. Duncan says that things arcr
running along merrily at Stem, and
that the valuation of property is or,
the increase.
Plot for Monument.
The city fathers, with Mayor Devin
in the chair, met Monday night, but
no matters of any consequence were?
brought forward, except the giving of
a plot of ground to the Confederate
Monument committee. A number of
ladies appeared before the body, ask
ing assistance for the monument. The?
commissioners gave a plot of ground
at the intersection of Hillsboro and
Main streets. It was appraised at
750 and is circular in form, the dia
meter being 15 feet The ladies hope
to get a contribution of $750, from th
county when steps will be taken to
raise the monument.
Rhode Island Red pullets and hen
of the best strain. Apply to J. P.
S ted man.