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XL 6 Pi til i If VOL. 22. OXFORD, N. C, FRIDAY MAY 20, 1910. 34 IPl !! II Ml HI" ii, III' I - A i i s 1 I! 3 'I : : ''r m. il XFORD SEMINARY CLOSES THE FIAL EXERCISES A LARGE ; f CROWp PRESENT FROM DIF FERENT SECTIONS. jBarcslaureata Sermon was Preach- ed bv Rev. J. Y. Fair, of Richmond Virgin to. . Op Sa u.rday evoniujg. May 14th in the chapi'l of Oxford Seminary. Miss Marv Lef.? Lyles gave her. graduation jvxti'tal in the School of Piano. She -w; assisted by -Mis Green and al to Miss ! Wharton. Tlie I" oj low ins program was render ed : Prelude find Fugue in Sonata ah). ."7 G MaioivBaeh. I Allegro assai. Andante c.0.11 moto. Allegro ma non troppo j Miiis Lylt s. O Goklcli Mcineait ii Mem Jeiv Open Tby Bl Prelude jop. N"C tur ne cp r,7. No. 1 Chopiai. i Polonaise op Chopin. Tll riiV twiirifv of thp nach Pre- t-..,,. mort. ! IMP M.I li T LliLUt-1 rt-n 15 lUUiii, i inm for ithe display of her clearness of technic The : Sonata Oppassionata, por laying the whole ranged emctions, j is a e.vere test o' a pianist's abili- ! ty. Ths she met. both technical ly and ii artistic comprehension. The exquisite tenderness of the Chopin prelude, the Lyric beauty of the Noel'sume, the passion and stren gth of th!e Polonaise made furthen rev Elation cf her attainments . j Her phrasing and tone-quality m ! the Sch'ubert Impromptu gave In-! tense pleasure, as did her dashing ; birllianet in the Moszkowski A-Valtz. Miss Iivles is a pianist of niKisual . -onrlse.I promise.; ; The sdnrs of Miss Green and Miss ! sen. up Eves .. Masseiictt. aiul 1U stea- ; tormation and the taciirtn&s lor com-i had the satis-tacuon of tiii-nngi a tair;sdr ueiore us. Mi Green ! tu ; muiucauou, ana laxteiiy me wiues- mumier 01 uears, une uiggesiL. aim i i iui- . ovuiuu c o ' r-hTv?ii ! all people to pass over for about a , OTefl( introduction, r,f the teleDhoue liaos the most interesting: same of ! College was in tow Miss I vie1 opem iJcv3vctv. ivgtiu j tne agricultural interests ot ine en and in r innish and Kussian is-ar-, muL aucwbhiui, ioeai iairs ui ui-e ; pared with the coiid.itioais of yeaivs -?le tiie test of H Scliupan-: I to the womai11 that shct and killied ! country are iai the hands of progres- elia, -where I have came across thir-! State is held an the street of the ago. He told them that th- Oxford " 4 ' Miss Whirtc'n ' the colored maja Joe Kinto", on' tiie si,Ve., wide-awake men wfiio are. bend-j ty-six bears altogether, and have : town. That a Fair held under such j Imprvoememt Societv was an imsutu- rromJuon 'lfl No' 3 Schuber ; Sth of May' We cant understand how ing every energy to make the best ) myself killed or caught twenty-three diisad vantages has been made a sue- i ticn- of which the towai and Cotintv Val" on' 34 X o ' Mosovvski i 11 "vvas tInlt she killd him in this j possible use of the Almighty's gifts j including six young ones. My Russian , cess simply show what pluck.determdc ; is proud and had a right to be. " " M !!?" Lvls" " ; road that leads cn near by her house ; of land and air, of rain and sun . and Finnish bear huntimg has al- : atecn amd an aroused public interest ; The Mayor made a treed speech and "Wharton! were artistically rendered j that people have their name on the j there has come to- be established in j managed- to thrust ray spear well into j acquainted with the methods;! adopted and addi d much to the enjoyment church books and so good in church j sections c-f the country the custom, of j his chest;he got ferocious and! bit vie to put other local fairs on asucce?s of the evening. ! and then some of them wilj let Sa- holding farmers' institutes, where iously at the copper coating, at the j ful footing and can be of great ser- - Th fAcltv pnri stndPiits of the!13'11, lead tnem to do murder and oth-j the men of yCKfnrd rfem.ina.rv toother with their i er meanness. .We can't see any redi- , and mingle a fripmic -Lri wPtl-wiKlierc filial the ; Slon i-n such,and God doesn't hold wil ; tually drivk P.nkt 'o-p ovfr., 111(v ; such eitlier.We must remember taat ' plans are morning. Mav l.'uh. 1H10. The occas ion, wras the delivery of the Bacca .iaireat e j Sermon. The music was f ur--iished by a chcir composed of -m-em-"oers of the facility and student body of the Seminary. The preacher of ine ccea-Hicn was Rev. -J. l.air. u a sermon of great beauty and though and expression, and ma.de a profu-.-nd imprt-ssijo-n on the audiience. On SnndaA- evening, May loth, 3 9 "('. the annual sermon before the Young "Womans' Christian Associa tion was preached by Rev. C. L. Pow ers, pit st or of the First Baptifet Church ef High Point X. C. H's iex t was: "Consider the Lilies.'" In a thoroughly interesting and force ful way:ve drew many lessons' frcn 1 beauty; re;,.! minis-ti 01 uncoiicious mtiuence; true royal-; x:ie nnes leai growm; real cr aiaiur- ; T.y, xaat ot cnaraoter dou-oiei iinmo-rnaj i'y; real power, that of unselfish- The class of 1010 of Oxford Semi- i nary helkl its final exercises on lion- j day morning, May -sixteenth. The cc-1 casaon was one of peculiar attrac- j iiveness. its charm being due to the combined effect of the beauty of the I season, the witcherv of girlish grace! and gladness. and the resistless; appeal of youth. j With a thrill of pleasure the large j ftu'uciat; a a tne Kiie oi vv iiite-Looeu students file into the chapel. At the end of the line marched the Sen Djor class, just preceded by the Jun- j dors, who, pausing in the central ! aisle, formed a beautiful arch of daises for the Senibrs on the way to their places cn the rostrum. Ma-; my sweet ycung voices blended in the commencement hymn, "Rejoice, Ye, iPure in Heart," and this was followed by prayer led by Rev. L. S. Massey, pastor of the Methodist E piscopal Church of Oxford. The rostrum presented a view pleasing in its simplicity, for ever greens and ferns formed a beautiful back-ground from the semLcdrcle of Seniors in their black robes. Miss Kent Hodnett presided with easy grace over the exercises of the class. Tne program which fo-llbwed held the interested attention of .the audience throughout : Greetilng Ruby Pulliam, B.L. ' Air de I3aUet Chamanade. J Valleria Green. History Lydia Yates, B.L. . . Caairtique D Amour . ... ..Liszt. , Proplhecy Ruth Wharton, B.L. ' Evelyn; Howell. w '- Will Sallie Mae Snider, B. A. W; Parting Words. Mamie Royster. 13. ! A. Air de Ballet ..Moskowsfci Jewell Ballard. The musical numbers interspersed accorded, well with the charms of the occasSjoin. The Greeting of Miss "Ruby Pul liam was frankly joyous. ' 'Though merely one of a long procession of isalutatorians, she was, she said, more 3esis sincere and glad in welcoming the audience to "this ' trysting place of the past and future." XCoutinued on j?age, .4). Is. pa.-tJ)-r of Westminister Presbyte-j ue " 111 ue lMW!!S,ne" ior 11 lUiU 11 Ul" I cur, tarniers were not sharing in the ! had strength enough lerc to snap ar i , 4. we nave the utmcisc laitn in ?n ' . j " i -i- n- : df murder W-e Imnw WP'Vo dn.rlA ftnp i honfi c. T.-..ir7r.7-..i- Kv tAinor ri m i c i naW -if 1-Q cna-r -w-i.tVi on-li vin- : B.V OCdei Of tile Executive Com- I Ai"a.ii7!itin.ti rvvwl nnr- i-nl.inr -.- :! ran u..fiurcn ixicniiJC'iiU a tus suu- ux-nuio miutiii, . v t... 7 ..u , -jnui, i. . . i . v . j - -'tr. i-.-.w..wi - - ..... . , ... iec- wasJ an Idel Vnian as Por- or tlle wcrst at au an(i " justice is i advance made bv chemistry and the lence that he made some big marks ; URLee & meeting neia m iiceiifc- always, open to it whenever ii des travc i 'b'v C'i' He ' baed the ' meted out we know our time as short allded sciences. The constant aim of : in the metal with his teeth. My j boro. X. C, May th, 1910, the Hem- , irs any work that require- t?M- s-eiV-ic'- bn he "irckient o the Svro- i 311 d our Punishment ie tad. While- . those in charge should be to-combine i friend nov came up and gave him j ocratic Congressional Convention for ; :l3ta,nce cf a newspaper. The l?.d hoenicdin vomn who caire to ' Ave r'otic'e in a great many murder I the results of practical experience coup de grace with his spear. The j the Fifth District is hereby called j of t,n.e Society are to- be c:;::-rm-rhrict be--ir hW to heal her dau- oa - s the murderer gets off very j with those of theoretical research; fight lasted about five minutes. ! t metA 111 Greensboro, -J. C July j u,atf d upon accenrplishing eo inrcli 'iiter Vleho-Vd that wcr-an fon-rd ' I?-ht- Jst a few years in the state j and the more close lv a golden mean To tackle a bear with a spear in j th, 1910, at 3 o'clock p. m. for the j f 0,r the town. Tlie seci-etary's. i e her true pk-ve in a realm of fai;h tcr th? s'ime thing to go on and :Y- is approximated in the com biina ticn. the summer time when the ground is i purpose of-nomimatuig candidate for j po.rt is a.s follows: revWnce' -ird unselfihne" It was Prlson- W-hile all cf this leaves roorr i the more valuable will the institutes have heard of Lap doing it; but 'the ! repressntative ot Ccngress, and xor . After the usu:;l prelimi:.?Jri-the ANOTHER ACCOUNT OF THE KILLING AT OAK HILL . Writer Says that the Place Where; Negro was kilJed was a Public Higl way Says that Woman had only one Child. Mv. Editor of the Public Ledger: We saw 'an. i'tem in your lat. is sue regarding the murder case near Oak Hill oil Sunday the Sth. of this month, we can't see how all of t un item could be correct. While we ain't taking any part hi it only to cor rect a part of It. We learn from wit ness that the colored man that was snot, was on lhs way to churcj.He ; his daughter and another colored girl : on the buggy with him driving along ! iJLl1 tu pabsmg uy ruau uiai l i r i i i Beethoven.!11110 UUOJ8tl fu icl Piace tnat wa i caned tne Lassater placq antl we nav j been told that this same road has j beem a -pass way leading in to p-ub-! lie roads about north and south of the old homestead Lassiter place thai ; ,1Ll".Ui"u. -V1E sti ime j hundred . 1 - iL XV4ts iJUU I L"AUUs 'x i a regular pass way. Some: people wh( ! ! reside ... she and Quarelling f?me of Kinton's cows some two men j s ago and tried to make him pay j t icr tnem and then told ; him on the back of this ilf he come an her land any more that she was going to shoot him. The item in the la at issrae of the Ledger stated that she had o or 4 little children with j her. but. we drvn'tknnw of hn one that lives with her and he is nearly i grown say anywhere from 14 to 3 8 j years old .This makes, three men that j have been shot and killed an 2 and 3 j and 6 miles of Oak Hill in about 3 years tzime and it seems the aider tne times are the nearer some People. me lu-diti sume i get. We can't understand how it its ! near this woman state tnat j beins devoted to scieiitific tailminff ! one which has- afforded me the great- uii.t.te.e dieia a meeting and inspected j which His Honor received Kinton's children had been i bv our educational authoritiesj Not est amount of enjoyment is hvmtins j several, places near town which have ! His? up-ech will h. :renn.rtui i some and that she put up to Ko beyond this knmediatie section, i the bear on skees. and I will first j been tientatiely offered for a. perman in next wieek'si issue. one man's life is as sweet to hilm as i for the instiitutes which are to he j per, and higher' up the pole he tore ; glad to have a representative present another and one child's life is as j held in Mecklenburg county this sum- out great splinters of wood. It took I from every local c-f the Farmers' Un sweet to that child as another and j mer, and Inany other counties in the all my time to hold my own against. J ion in the County." we know we live in a free country. af ; State are urging the work quite as him, but by degrees he tired and lay j "a we know it is so much better to go energetically . i down at the entrance to the lair. . I j CONGRESSIONAL CONVENTION right and do right than to go wrong: The establishment of' the insti-! drew out the spear to let the blood j for the nr.rl if vo ftt n r.riin.a w.o irnnw n ,i u V. o. ! fnh- Kit li.oi ctill is grow-ing on tne necpie. as iat a-s ; time can roll owiliig to the 1,'ght pu- i nishments that is put on people tor ! their meanness. Xow when murder i is cc-aimitted what do the pecplei say ' about it? ine iitrst uii-n-g j on near is tna-t ne v,djt. o. xi. uunu. nuu hi 'arm. or she wont be hung. They will go ' Great Beyond and while we are at a j A well-known Norwegian bear hum to state prison fcr a few years and j loss to understand his being taken i ter commenting cn the use of the some will get clear. The money makes j away from us, yet we bow humbly spear when bear hunting, either whe-; the horse run and thats the end here j in submission to His will, j. pUrSiU.j,t cf a wounded bear, reccm- Now to make matters straight and i Therefore, be it resolved: mends in the latter case that the justice to all white and colored men; beCaiu.se in Law all should be punish- ed iaccordin.g to deed thev do. There Vs a big number of people that can see but a few that knows, but every j i. LtfJ 311UU1U TT-'L KJ1L J. L O J .1. UVJtLUiiJ while all is trying to plead their own ; case and to do it a big lie is often told and truth lis seldom heard with some people. COMMUNICATED. t mm , . , . Strength of the Primaries. Under the Democratic plan of Or- agnization each precinct is entitled tc one vote im the countv uonvention for every 25 Democratic votes for Go vernor last election (one vote for every mi votes) : Therefc nor part of 25 Democratic Therefore the Prcincts of Granville County are entitled to the following! stills Manufacturer of the Ar miEiber of vc.es in the County Con- dent was Nq where Q bfS Found vention.. m .-m nn i Deiment o o. BellTown 3. Wilton 7. Grissom 3. Creedmoor 6. Wilkins 4. Tally Ho 5. Geneva- 4. I3erea 2. Howard 3. Oak Hill 3. Buchanan 3. Bullock 2. Stovall 3. Salem 3. N- Oxford 9. S. Oxford 8. Total .. .. ..71 ; m Necessary to choice any fractioai over 35 1-2. An Ideal Husband is patient, even with a nagging wife, for he knows she heeds help. She may be so nervous and run-down in health that trifles annoy her. If she is melancholy, excitable, troubled by loss of appetite headache, sleepless ness, constipation or fainting and dizzy spells she needs Electric Bit ters the most wonderful remedy for ailing women. Thousands of suffer ers from female troubles, meervous troubles, backache and weak kid neys have used them and become healthy and happy- Try them. Only 50 cents . S ati sfa ction ' guar anteed by J. G. Hell, .'J, ,i..;uiiA.iii.u.i. THE FARMEHS' INSTITUTES. J i T U rvllA...;MH cr -j : :i a : ",c ru"uvs,,ia E.ui,iiai was wKen ; frorn Saturday's edition of ths r.hiri . v v . . . lotts Observer and is Very Good. " Within the last generation peo ple seem to have begun to real.ze in a peculiar degree just how funda mentally our civilization is based en the farm. A phrase coined by Colo nel I3ryan in his Chicago convention speech fourteen years ago comes: to mind; he declared that were the ci ties to be wiped out they would be quickly rebuilt, but that" She wiping out. of the fp.rivs Wirmld smoll fhp im- mediate lie3truc-tioii of tht natipns. years ago, the typical taifeiei- used tf bf thought rf . rv, wh dirt " father and grandfather dkl thes-e ! things in acertain way because', his same things after that fashion; in j other words the small farm .believed to be thie stronghold of a somewhat narrow ccanservatton. Ttie great increase in the diffusion of in nave caused a radical change iix tne , rarmer s attitude. As never oeiore j A. marxed evidence oi tnis progres- ; sive s-oiri-t. is the attention which is j - ...... the Virginia Polytechnic Ins Blacksburg, Clemscn Colic Institute at ege in ' South fTarnlina- and tSiA (Jeoria Insti- tute of Technology in Atlanta are i standing shoulder to shoulder without fine Agricultural and Mechanical College at Raleigh in the great work of itrainliig men to be farmers. The oinmni . o- inctilninno -a'b.r n to the farm do so. not because the'r fathers were farmers but because they prefer that call ling1 to all ethers and see in it the bsst possible chance for a career of combined usefulneHs and happiness. Partially as an oi arxmiiy as an outgrowaji oi tms educational interest in our farms, the laboratory can meet vith the men) who are ac- ig the plow and bindea' already nearly complete i prove Resolutions of Respect. Whereas, Almighty God in his wise ' Providence has called- our fellow menToaie needs a cool head and a strong ' FIRST, that an, the death cf Capt. j IBrown, the Board cf Graded School Trustees of the Town cf Oxford,has lost a most valuable member, and we will greatly miss his good ad- j vice and wise counselings. ! SECOND. That we express to !his j family our deepest sympathy in tlieiir i sorrow THIRD, that these resolutions be spread upon the minutes of the Board . FOURTH. That same be published in the Oxford Public Ledger JOHN WEBB. J. P. S TED MAN, R. H. LEWIS. Committee. mm m MAKES HIS SEVENTEENTH. Sheriff Wheeler Added Another to His Increasing List of Captured Utt May iDtn .neriii w ueener aiuw Rivers I31ackley raided the county near Mr. Vasisar Peace's and. captur ed a stall. The still was. a large one, one of the largest that the sheriff has ever catpured. Besides caipturing utensils, provisions and oth er things Sheriff Wheeler raptured a sixty gallon capacity machijne. There was no one at the still art. the arri val of the Sheriff and his Deputy, consequently no arrests) .were made. Delightful Entertainment. Last Monday Mrs. W. W. Phelps entertained the S3ridge Club in hon or of Mrs. Bucou . Those present i were Mesdames: J. C. Rpbards, J. A. Nile, E. H. Crenshaw. H. G. William J.' W. Caiunady, P. H. Montgomery, A. A. .Ghapanaai.. Misse Fmnicisi Gre gory, Annie . Taylor, Mary 13. WM liiaans. - Miss Jeanette Clark, of northern part of the County wasi an Oxford viisitor this week. Mrs. IX A. Buirwell and Miss Mary Younger, of Stovall were in Oxford one day recently. Misis Jeannette Biggs hasi receiv ed a letter from. Miss, Elizabeth Hil liard, stating that Mr. Hilliard has hlad a severe fall .He was unoonscicus and was under the care of a train ed nurse. The many friends of the Hilliiardsi in Oxford regret A ery much Mr. HilHard'6! misfortune and hone tka1; will goon be all right ANOTHER MURDER IN COUNTY. r . ueceasea was a Colored man-Bad Blood in the Neiahborhood ThP. - w ... Murder was the Result of Bad Feel ing. In BrasfLeld the sixteenth of May To- the Ledger man the Mayor Xhe Mayor and 'ever-' Ci'-en- nr-sJ Green Lyon, colored, was shot o,r,d d' iviaor .id -ever., -ena prs- killed by an unknown, party. Giles ; "Yes. I think that I can safely I ent at the Meeting A Report of Parker, also colored, was arrested : ?av that the county Fair will be held- the Various Committees Work ac and held for the murder, but' proved ; ,thiSl fall.' Of course, we can't say: del j complished by the Societv. an alibi and was released. finitely what proportions it will as- j T1 oxford i-etotpiw' qn(-vtv THhere ,has bee-n bad, blood between s,ume ilU. th.is the first year cf its ex- i hoid elts re-u r -hk a viv-iuc ytj. kjl una wmiiiruui- lii,s ; "lJl; : supposed to nave grown, out of bad feeling. The party who com mil tea tne crime is stm at large ana a in3t s.a0wn that interest in the enter warrant ife out for his arrest. wise which it. had Iipph exnec-ted dio v i i n orcMno. j ' of the Methods of Killing (The Field). j During the last few years I have j rMortnren Europe, and have attuned : ways or these animaia Dotji m sweu- ; ways xaKen piace an- winter, out it ; has been done in various ways. The j - relate my experiences -in. that direc ition. T -hart, twiw hnr.tpd bear with smear -One one occasion the laia- was in a j I boggy country,and! we soon found the I entrance, outside which I took up my position, arjined with my bear speai w'hich is a strong ash pole ra ther more than six feet long, with a steel point of about twelve inches; in order to protect it from the teeth of the bear the lower part) of the pole as covered! wdth copper. The moment the bear appeared I tried to hit him in the throat but he pgrried with his paw and my s.pear misse j The bear came further out and I j sFne time trying, to knock the spear j vice m giving us suggestions. His ad out of my hand with his paw. j dress will be of general interest and He used his teeth with such force j that thev almost penetrated the cop- lare i a. se.rin.ns hnsi.ni?i althouah 1 ! bear is us lithe as a cat and uses his- paws, with' surprising rapM0ty and ! fnrre Kven in winter, whui snow ! SOmetimes hinders his3 movements i spear should 0e so carried that it I rt-.raii.q on, the ernund with the bottom i end and the point held a littlq behin o,r.e's Hndv. When the hear rushes at I tne hunter the latter steps,hack one j tcteT amrl the bear snlit itsl-f on ! thA r,pfl.r AVhich with it. othp.r end finjs support on. the ground. It is more especially in Northern Norway that the spear is used at bear hunts, and such spears are often i ftantorJ down from father to son i through several generations,the same ! spear often having been the death ethe spear which, with it. other end both great coolness and adroitness, and now that, both magazine rifle, ant j revolver are used in bear hunitng the ! use of the spear is less frequent ! than formerly. A member of the re- j cent Danish Literary Expedition re lates how the polar Eskimo hunts the ice bear with a spear considering it below the diignlty cf a bear hunter to use firearms. Mrs. Capehart Entertains. Mrs. Armistead Capehart enter tainc ed at Euchre on Saturday Afternoon, were dainty and delicicus, consisting and charmed her friend? by her gen erous hospitality. The refreshment? She made a most gracious host ess of a salad course, followed by ices, cake and bon bans. The prizes were handsome, Mrs. Caldwell, Mis Burwell and Mrs. Henry Hunt cutting for the hand-painted roe jar, while Mir. E3vln won the other prize a flan. Theset were present: Mesdames: Die la Croix. Caldwell, Josiah Canna dy, : J. A. Nile, W. A. Devtrt, Kate White, T. N. Burwell, W. H. Hunt. Misses Fannie, Nette and Janet Gregory, Jane Caldwell, Minnie Gray, Maud Parhaui, Emma Burwell. ' m m m Winston-Webb. The following ha been received: Mr. and Mr. Robert Watson iWilnsrton request the homor of your ' presence at the marriage of their daughter GERTRUDE to MR. FRANK I3LOUNT WEBB . on the evening of Wednesday, the first of June at nine o'clock, at CHRIST CHURCH. Ralei'gh, North Carolina mm w m " Mr. J. W. Daniel, of Rotite 7, was in town .T?iursday. MAYOR 3RUMMITT INTERVIEWEE Savs He Believes that Coun.tv Fair w;n mih p h!1 nnphts! ..... t... wv---.w the Expediency of being too ambi tious this Year. isneace. Personally i aouLt me vvis- dom of ? attempting a.nytfemg of a , Very ambitious nature this year. The leading farmers cf the County have tnat tney would evince, the pu&nc mil,ati must be educated to aai appreci ation of the value of a Count y Fair, If tlle Fair is made, a success Ois small scale, it can then: be extend-i ed and its proportions enlarged in ; of the A. & M. n last Saturday : caiueu our aueauon to- xne Brt rlir '"em ax nicKwy. i ins one 01 i Several days ago the Location Coin , ent location lor the lair grounds. I take it tthat this Comimtteei will be pe reaay to report the results of its iarvestigatiens to the Fair organiza tion at its next meeting A meeting of the stockholders has been called for -next Monday. ?,Iajy 23rd, at 11:30 o'clock to be held in the Court House. Prof. Schaub' ha? kindly consented to be present at this imeetimg and deliver an address I tions were anything but conducive Every stockholder should .be preset to health. Those tlat v.ere di.ner at this- meeting. Prof. Schaub is ous. were notified to take the propel deeply interested in work for the im- precautions. provement of Aguiiculturai; conditions I in North CarolLna; he has traveled ; extensively throughout the State, is the public is cordially invited to be present. Especially would w,e be 'Li-aiifixtcuns sucn ouitr uu smis I may properly come before the Con-j venidon. In the Convention each county m th -s district is entitled to oie dele- sate and one alternate for every tit- j ty Democratic votes, and one dele- ; gate and one alternate tor fractions j of over twenty-five Demccrat:b votes cast therein tor Governor at -the last ji t i cu ill's guuci ii!ai.vi icti nci u delegates i-nd alternates to be elcjclet ' tn :- rtepec-tiv ' onnty conventions 111 each county; and none out deie- sates and alternates: so electsd.sha e entitled to seats in the said Con- vention T. C. HOTLE, Cha'rman. G- H. HASTINGS, Se'cy i May 10th, 1&10. Thanks for Kindness. We the undersigned take this rce- i thod of returnine our sincere thanks j to the many people, who so kindly he : ed us to relieve the sufferings of cur mother, the late Mrs. Sarah R. El liott, while flick, and so- tenderly laid her remains in their list res-ting place after her death. We will try to ever kindly remejmber them and wish that happiness may be be stowed upon them all. Robt. G. Elliott. Mrs. D. A. Moore. Mrs. Hettie Sizemore. mm a m Prizes for the Corn Contest. I wish to call the attention of the boys cf the county to the) following opportunities open' to them for priz es im corn raising. FIRST: The county and township prizes in which might be included the $75.00 offered by the Granville Commercial Club to be open to any one in the County, regardless of age or sex. SECOND: The State prize of $50 to- each District. THIRD: $1,500 offered by the; Pro gressive Farmer open to the Southern States.. FOURTH: The State Fair prize $175 for best exhibit of 20 ears in 3 j premiums: $100, $50,. and $25. ! FIFTH: Daville Fair prize $100. j SIXTH: Granville County Fair prize the amount to be announced later. SEVENTH: Trip to Washington by State iDispartment of Agriculture. EIGHTH: Certificate given by the Governor of the State None of these chances dn. any way conflict with iany of the others. Those wishing to join the State contest which also enrolls them as candidates for the certificates and trip to Washington, should write to . me or T. B. Parker, Raleigh, for a blank; for the Progressive Farmer prize to Clarence H. Pou, Raleigh; Danville Fair, Secretary of Fair Asso ciation, Danville, Va. Those who have sent their names to me are enrolled for the County prizes) only. AN INTERESTING MEETING nYcrton imdda.bml-mt ,nrlc-rx VX I VflL I in r n U V fc ITI I OVVIL. I I MEETS IN THE COMMERCIAL CLUB ROOMS. e rooms cf the Granville Ccmmtrci Club with a:i unusuallv large number of members .preser.t Tite flavor. Mr j Koht XVood, reprseentmg the- Mer- chant's association, Chief of Police Luther Roberts, Dr. T. L. Booth, and a representative of the Ledger were invited to attend the meeing aul ex poses opinic'U as to what was ne cessary for the tow.ii from a hygi en- well as an aesthetic stand- no.!int Mayor I3rum-mitt made a splend'd talk to the ladies cf the Society, telling t.hem that he would do nit ho ron.lrl 1 1 asskt them 1 to R.iw).lrri C-f what a change had taken place as, to the status cf women as com I t.lie ladies, nreseiii shnwiPfl that thv enjoyed his talk bv the a-anlause full Dr. Tom Booth talked on the sub- ject of health, lie told how un.hea.l- tihy the flies made things and that they should be entirely exterminat ed. He said that this could be done by only systefmatic wovk.and he dLs cussied health conditions in general. He and Chief Roberts inspected the various places where meat was sold and both reported that condi- The Ledger man was very mron .im presp&ed with the business-like man- ner with which the meeting was con ducted and with the seriousness and dignity of the members. Everything sar'd or done was in ai perfectly etisy way and business was dispatched as well as any organization of wtr'ch the writer knows. We believe t Kir. the Oxford Improvemeait. SocV-iy w'll accompliish worders in keei ing : r tewm healthy aid clean and pr-t'y, and with the 'heort3r co-operatic'.) the citizens, this- c'ty cught to -al .r. :. make a good appeoranee. Wit ' ' the support c-f the poejile the a-XK-i .y c?.n do nothiiiig. rmcrts of Stand 112 Committee- wa.s agked for For ti,e Library CToin.rn.it- tte Mrs. Ray reported that 4t0 vol- nTnp inch: dire the verv l'e t and iateSt fid-icn, had been put in 1ho Library Rooms in the Mltchf il build- ns; tiiat for the present a s.ibserip- tion w,0,:id cost o.r.e dollar a year for a family, only one boc-k at a time f) b.3 allowed out on c ell suhsenp- t io r;;. Those desiring subscript!'---: con Id! ' apply to Dr. Henderson or iv.vy mem : her of the Librai Commiit e. Mrs. I Ray asked t.at!t. n embers u-Id lac-e j current magazines' which thr-y had fir i ;shed with uion the table in the ; Reading Room. Mrs. Fri:.'-n, chair- ni,in, made a report, for ihe Rail i vvay Committee. For the Vvaj'Hi n::'l I M'-uns C'omimtree Mrs. Ellictt, eh;.s...' j':n.';ri, reported that she had r-een th i Mayor and handed in to hin the iro'nifit of th'1 Society to have the mauket regulaticrs mere rigidly en forced and to instruct the health of ficer to make an investigation with the Chief cf Police, of all the mar ket places: soda, fountain-:?, ice-creanl parlors and report the conditions, of the same to him. and tint, the May or assured her that he would gladly comply with her request in regard' to the market regulations; and prompt af ! temtion to same, but that he would I have to bring the matter cf soda-l'oun j tain and ice cream parlrrs before ': the I3card of Commissioners! before? any action in regard to their inspec tion could be taken. The President then, pave a Kihort .report of the proceed 'nfTs of the meet ing of the North Carolina Federa tion of Women's Clubs so recently held in Henderson. Mrs. Powell em phasized the importance of the work, the Health Depart me rt is do'ir.g in North Carolina. The address of Dr. Rantkin, of the State Beard of Health telling how to prevent such diseases a tuberculcsis and typhoid fever;' the remarks of Mrs. W. H. Hutt, of Raleiigh describing lower a County? Society for the Prevention of Dis ease should he : organized and riie good it might do and hte ' italka made by Mr: Raotzabu, of the Na tional Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis wer ehte main fea tures of Mrs. Powell 'si re pert. The Mayor of Oxford ve& then re quested to addressv the .Society At the close of Mr. Brumm-itt's sad dress Dr. T. L. Booth, rscerJtly leleotl ed CSJty Health Officer, after con gratulating the Society upon changes it had wrought ita public sentinuewt during its two years of public life, assured the Society that althougli his authority was limited, he would help im any way he could. He report ed conditions far from good in our markethouse and recommended that theSociiety demand the use of fly .sxjreefn and the daily use of a dfci- iinfeotant on counters and tablet. Ho -Coutiriaied cn page 4 -j.. S. i r ... bi t' 1" v t I n .'; ;, ; ' -t t I t'S .1
Oxford Public Ledger (Oxford, N.C.)
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May 20, 1910, edition 1
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