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VOLUME XXXIV.
STUOXG CLASS GRADUATE
FROM OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL
Hon. Tasker Polk, of Warrenton,
Cham's Large Audience.
(JUNIUS COOPER.) , ,
The commencement exercises of
the Oxford Graded Schools is always
attended with interest, and the clos
ing this year was marked with in
creasing interest on the part of the
general public, pupils, parents and
teachers.
The Oration.
The address delivered by Hon. Tas
lier Pofk Tuesday night was most en
lightening. The subject of his ad
dress was "Progress," in which he
successfully portrayed man from a
primitive state to the high position
he now holds in society. The first
king the world ever knew, said the
speaker, was chosen to rule on ac
count of his personal popularity, and
while he lay upon his death-bed he
requesieu mai mo oun ub mpia
ruler of his people. By this process,
said the speaker, it was not long be
fore the kings began to feel that they
were the rulers by divine right and
hastily fortified their position with
large standing armies. Sin begat
sin. said the speaker, until God in
His infinite wisdom tore the thrones
from beneath the kings of the earth
and is now establishing a democrat
ic form of government throughout
the entire world. The speaker show
ed himself to be a deep Bible student
a master of literature and a poet.
Class Exercises.
The class exercises were held Mon
day night and were most interesting
and won much applause.
The Salutatory A very beautiful
poem written and delivered by Miss
Eunice Parham.
History Written by Sudie Crews,
who was assisted in its presentation
by Roy Upchurch, Ruth Parham,
Eunice Parham, Louise Currin,
Johnnie Peed and Sam Hall. Sudie
Crews took the form of a fairy queen
who informs an aged gentleman of
his old high school days by calling
in her subjects.
The oration The oration was de-!
livered by Samuel Hall, president of
the class, who chose- f or his subject
"America to the Rescue," in which
he showed marked ability.
Trophies Written by Lelia Cur
rin, who took the form of a mer
maid was assisted by Ernest Hunt
and the class in presentation.
Poem By Louise Currin, written
with the same meter as Longfel-i
low's "The Song of Hiawatha." I
Rites By Bettie Lee Watkins, as
sisted by the class.
The Will Johnnie Peed.
Prophecy Elizabeth O'Brien and
Junius Cooper, assisted by the class.
The success of the class exercises
was due largely to the untiring as
sistance and tal,ent of Miss Helen
Sauls. -
Presentation of Diplomas.
In reading the distinctions super
intendent Phillips announced that
the scholarship to the University of
North Carolina was a warded, to Roy
Upchurch. The Davis scholarship
medal was awarded to Zela Newton,
which was presented by Hon. D. G.
Brummitt. The diplomas were pre
sented by Mr. John Webb.
Miss Zela Newton was the very
able valedictorian.
The closing ode was composed by
Miss Eunice Parham and was sung
by the class. ,
SECRETARY DANIELS WOULD -SELL
MANY MAINE TABLETS
Secretary Josephus Daniels of the
Navy Department is asking the North
Carolina newspaper men to -give no
tice that there are 1,311 tablets
made from the old Maine which was
destroyed as a ship in 1896 and the
navy wishes to sell these memorials
They are worth $5 each and are
made wholly from the metal saved
in taking the Maine the Atlantic
waters.
EVERY MINT BUSY
MAKING CENT PIECES
A Washington special says that ev
ery mint in the United States , has
been put to work by Director Ray
Baker turning out one cent pieces in
the effort to keep pace with the enor
mous demand for the nation's least
valuable coin. The output has been
pushed to 90,000,000 cents a month.
THE PRESIDENT IS EXPECTED
BY END OF THE MONTH
Washington, June 5. President
Wilson , has little hope of leaving
for home before June 13, according
to private information received here
today. He- plans 'to visit Brussels
before his return. It therefore ap
pears likely that he will, not be back
in Washington befpi'e the end of the
month at the best.
t VbLlbUER SEMI-WEEKLY TOWW nWVVT? 1r.rrrr.,rm
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NEW AUTO LICENSE
NUMBERS MUST BE
DISPLAYED JULY 1
Every Automobile Owner'
Will Be !
Furnished With Provisions of
State Law.
When the 1919 State automobile
licenses expires on June 30 of this
year, every owner of a motor driven
vehicle must have purchased the
1920 license and must display the
two numbers on July 1st. There will
'be no days "of igrace after June 30
in which owners can purchase li
cense numbers, and unless- oh July
1st every automobile owner can show
that display numbers have been
yci&uu vioiaung mis pro-!
vision of the 1919 automobile law
will be guilty of a misdemeanor.
9 Yellow Tags This Year. 1
The State will initiate a campaign
through . the office of the Secretary
of State beginning next Monday with
view 01 lurnisning every owner
with the prominent provisions of the ;
'law and getting the owner to buy his !
license at once. The license tags
"are now for sale at the office of the
Secretary of State. The tag for this
year is a yellow one with black num
bers. Thus far there have been only
a few applications for registration.
Every application must be in the of
fice by July 1. .
License Fee Almost Double.
The . law of 1919 almost doubled
the license fees. For 1919 the fees
are as follows: On machines of 26
horse power or less (N. A. C. C. rat
ing) , $10 fv above 26 to 30 horse
power, $15; above 3 0 horse power,
$20. On machines for hire the reg
ular fee is just doubled. On motor
trucks of one ton capacity or less,
$12.50; above one ton to two tons,
$25; above two tons to -three tonsr
$40; above three tons to four tons, j
$65; above four tons to fife .and one-!
half tons, $100; trailers, $10 J for.
the first ton arid $20 for each addi
tion ton capacity. j
Enforcement of the Law. ;
The enforcement of the law is(
'placed upon the police, sheriffs, and j
other local authorities in the State, ence Morris was placed on the out
Violation of the provisions to a fine side pauper list.
not -exceeding $ 50 , ajidijtmjjrisbnr; .... Jurors-Dawn.,-
ment not exceeding - thirty dfcyBPyr - -Th drawn
Dollar For Dollar. for the July term of Granville coun-
All .money received from license ty Superior Court:
fees, with the exception of that nec
essary for administering the law, is
expended on the roads of North Car
olina. The United States Govern
ment is putting up one dollar for
road building against each dollar
'collected by the State. ;
WHO ARE THESE SMART ?
AND PRETTY GIRLS?
They Live Somewhere In the Good
The Weekly News Letter, -which
Is published by the United States De
partment of Agriculture, has a circu
lation of 250,000 copies. The cur
rent issue contains the following
item in reference to three smart and
pretty Granville county sisters:
"Three sisters in Granville county,
N. C, in 1915, joined the local can-.
nmg ciuo uigamaeu uy mc uwc
demonstration agent. The first year
they planted one-fifth acre oftoma
toes. Besides using all they needed
pn the table, they filled 1,500 No. 3
cans for markets and cleared $150.
The next year a larger garden, con
taining tomatoes, corn, string beans,
and peas was planted. In addition
to 2,000 cans were sold. The pro
fits paid half the expense of a sister
in college and helped the girls' fath
er remodel and paint their home
and buy an inexpensive automobile.
In 1917 these three club members
canned and sold 2,500 large cans.
That year's proceeds sent the sister
back to college, bought new rugs,
and helped put acetylene lights in
the house and the barn. The old
machine was sold and $50 of v the
girls' canning money went toward
buying a new and better one. The
only canning last year they did was
to supply the family table. Their
brothers were in the army, and tne
1 . 1 9 it.
sisters volunteered to "carry on iue
farm work during their absence."
EVERY CITIZEN IN GRANVDLLE
SHOULD BE IMMUNIZED
Free Protection Against Typhoid
Fever.
' The State and county board of
Health has issued a circular letter
setting forth the importance of vac
cination against typhoid fever. The
treatment is free to every citizenn
Granville county. The date set for
Oxford - is June 7th, between .-. the
hours of 2and 4 o'clock in the after-
noon.
jor and love are not lessened
by suffering; rather are they deep
ened and glorified with an intensity
of tenderness which "passeth understanding-."
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OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA,
THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
HOLD TWO DAYS' SESSION
Superintendents' of Roads.
Bridges
Render
Drawn
and ciinty Home Must
Monthly Reports Jurors
For July Term of Court.
The county board of commission
ers were in session Monday and Tues
day last. All of the members were
present "and Chairman J. Ennis Da
vis presided. -
Firemen Recognized.
For faithful services performed as
guardians of the county property,
records, etc., the commissioners do
nated S100 to the Oxford Fire De-
partment
Monthly Renorts Demand!.
Upon motion of
commissioner
Peed- it. was ordered that the super-1
ifj .v.! .
intendent of the County Home, for
the Aged and Infirm, the superinten
dent of bridges and the road engi
neer shall make monthly reports 'of
all work done and all amounts re
ceived and spent.'
Road Improvement Bonds.
The Board instructed the county
attorney to have prepared for de
livery, by the 7 th day of July next the
$S 0,000 road bonds, mention of
which occurs in the advertisement
elsewhere in this paper.
Moral Character Essential.
Commissioner Averette offered the
following resolution: That the board
"of commissioners take a recess until
Tuesday, June 10, 1919, at 10 o'clock
a. m., for the purpose of passing up
on the names of all such persons as
have paid all the taxes assessed a
gainst them for the preceding year
and who are of good moral charac
ter and of suff icient intellect to con
stitute the jury list of the county for
this next two years, as isN provided
shall be done by section 19 57 of the
Revisal of 1907.
Ten Per Cent Levy.
' As provided by the Acts of 1919,
'10 cents on each $100 of property is
'hereby levied for a fund for the main
tenance of the roads, as a special
fund.
Pauper List. y '
By permission of the Board Clar-
S. M. Bailey, C. T. Blackwell, J.
P. Turner, S. J. Pleasant, Sam Webb,
A. L. Veasey, C. H. Parham, J. E.
Ford, J. E. Dean, J. W. Curl, B. G.
Allen; Kemp Culbreth, Sr., John
Vaughan, Sr, A. B. Critcher, J. T.
Oakley, C. L. Hudson, E. L.. Parham,
:W. L. Currin, J. J. Jenkins, W. A:r
Gooch, R. I. Jeffries, J. W. Pool, An
drew Lillard, K. L. Street, W. ,E.
Green, J. J. Egglestone, R. G. Las
siter; Geo. S. Carrington, J. R. Aver
ette, W. J. Overton, J. D.i Brinkley,
A. T. HarrisTsr., j: r. Cottrell, J.
D. Currin, . Sam Meadows.
Soldiers'; and Sailors' Tablet.
Commissioner Averett offered the
following resolution:
"That a committee of five, con
sisting of two gentlemen and three
ladies, be appointed to select and
h suitable bronze tablet to be
placed upon the walls of the uourt
- House ag a memorial to the soldiers
-and sailors from Granville - county
who erave their lives in the World
War, and that said tablet contain the
names of such soldiers and sailors;
that the cost of said tablet be paid
from the general county fund."
The above resolution was unani
mously adopted and the following
committee appointed:
DR. E. T. WHITE, Chmn.,
, J. ENNIS DAVIS,
MRS. T. G. STEM,
MRS. B. S. ROYSTER,
MRS. A. A. HICKS. V
IMPORTANT MEETING AT THE
COURT HOUSE TONIGHT
The citizens of Oxford are re
quested to assemble at the
Court House this Friday even
ing at 8:30 o'clock. The meet
ing is called for the purpose of
organizing a chamber of com
merce along progressive lines.
THE SUFFRAGISTS WIN
FIGHT IN CONGRESS
Senate Adopts Susan B. Anthony
Amendment By a Vote of 56
to 25, Two More Than
Necessary.
Washington, June 6. With their
fight in Congress won after nearly 40
vears of effort, advocates of woman's
' suffrage turned their attention to the
various state legislatures three
fourths of which must ratify the con
stitutional amendment before the vie
tory can be won. The adoption .by
the Senate of " the historic Susan B.
Anthony constitutional amendment
which ; was adopted in , the ; House
May 21 gives the leaders fresh
hope. The vote was 56 to 25 or two
more in favor than was necessary.
xiivx yrruttT UNITIES ALL HOME PRINT.
FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 1919.
ANARCHISTS ATTEMPT
TO ASSASSINATE MANY
PROMINENT CITIZENS
Bomb Outrages Committed in Many
Large Cities Home of Attorney
General Mitchell A." Palmer
V
H reckedAssassin Victim of His
Own Plot Police, Detectives and
Department of Justice Agents
Scouring the Country for Trace of"
the Terrorists.
In what may have been a wide
spread plot ten bombs were set off
in eight cities between 11, o'clock
.Monday night and one o'clock Tues
day morning.
TWO mpn wore
ra SMmo, ' " . . .'
an u; IntiZ . aml
an unidentified man in Washington.
The Record. ,
Washington: Home of A.
Mitchell Palmer, attorney gener
al, wrecked by a bomb; uniden
tified man killed.
New York: Home of Judge"
Charles C. Nott Jr., bombed;
special patrolman killed.
Cleveland: Home of Mayor
Harry L. Davis damaged by
bomb. '
Philadelphia: Rectory of Ca
tholic church of Our Lady of
Victory and home of Louis Jag
elki, a jeweler, bombed. Two
under arrest.
Pittsburgh: Two bomb explor
sions; six houses damaged.
Boston: Homes of State Rep
resentative Leland W. Powers
in Newtonville, and Justice Al
bert F. Hay den in Roxbury,
damaged by bombs.
Patterson, N. J.:, Two family
houses wrecked by bomb. .
Anarchist literature was discover
ed near the scene of the explosions
in Washington, Pittsburgh and Rox
bury, Mass. Two men were arrested
in Philadelphia, the police not mak
ing known their names. In some
instances, police said the infernal
machine apparently were loaded wtih
shrapnel bullets.
Chief i of Postoff ice Inspectors
Cochran, New York district, said to
day he did not know enough about
the outrages yeT to Idefdf miiie' wheth
er they were the work of the gang
that sent many bombs through the
mails, addressed to prominent men,
on May Day.
It was believed that while assas
sination of public men or big em
ployers may have been intended, the
bombs in some instances were plant-
ea at wrong nouses. i .
Reports of bomb outrages almost
. t;ftlir-: in HI Poland: New
York, Newtonville, Massachusetts,
Boston, Philadelphia, Patterson, N.
J., and Pittsburgh left no doubt in
the minds of officials here that the
plot was nation wide.
THE MERRY MONTH-OF JUNE.
Much Happiness In Store For Edwin
and Angelina.
Jraie is a month famous for its
roses, its brides and its bugs.
June roses by scattering pollen
cause sensitive persons to rush the
hay, fever season.
June brides are the old original
victims of rose fever.
Among the June bugs may be in-
cluded the t,eiief that if Edwin and
Angelina marry in june when the
moon is full they have a better
chance of happiness than if they
marry in May or July. Now and a
gain, one of these bugs manages to
survive the honeymoon.
This particular June is notewor
thy for the fact that it is, the last
time that the moon will be permitted
to get full in congenial company.
Next month he'll take his souse
alone. -
June is a warm baby much addict
ed to cooling drinks, which she sucks
through straws without regard for
the H. C. of L. or the luxury tax.
Maybe that is why His Honor the
calendar man gave her thirty days.
HOG CHOLERA IS PREVALENT
IN GRANVILLE COUNTY
County Agent Dove Urges Great
Precaution.
Since cholera among hogs has
xmade its appearance in a number of
farms in the' county, hog raisers will
do well to use every precaution pos
sible to protect their premises from
infection. Do. not permit dogs, vul
tures, or other agents capable of car
rving the germ from the carcas, or
infected areas, about the pastures or
lots. -The cholera: germ is easily
transported from the infected places
to places not infested, even ' in
streams, through the pasture, and on
one's 'feet.
Advise your neighbor of the dan
ger, announcing the maxim: "An
ounce of prevention is worth a pound
of cure." - "DOVE,"
: County Agent.
MASKED BANDITS KNOCK
STEM MAN UNCONSCIOUS
He Was Walking Along the National
Highway When TlieySprang Fi'om
The Bushes and Down Him.
(W. R. MANGUM.)
Stem, N. C., June 4. Mr. Jeff
Tackett, of our town, had a thrilling
ana nerve-racking experience last
Monday night which he will never
forget and which very nearly cost
him his life. For the past few weeks
he has engaged in-'well drilling with
his brother-in-law, Mr. E. A. Ingold,
a well known citizen of Stem, and at
work on well Monday for Mr. Bur
nett near Oxford. Monday night he
boarded the train which leaves Ox
ford for Durham shortly before nine
o'clock and got off at Providence to
n eet his brother-in-law there, and
not finding him started to Stem on
foot, and came as far as Mr. C. H.
Piper's in company with Mr. Lucius
Bullock continuing the trip by him
self .. He had reached the point in
the road about a quarter of a mile
this side of the Dudley Wheeler
place, just opposite the old saw mill
site, and as he stepped off the bridge
a man came out from the bushes on
ina right side of the road, wearing
a mask and said:-
"Tackett, aren't you afraid to be
out at night by yourself?"
"No", replied Tackett.
"Can you run?" inquired the man
with the mask.
"I don't feel like running," replied
Tackett.
At this' juncture the strange man
pulled out a revolver and fired. Tack
ett caught him by . " the - wrist and
struck him in the face. In the scuf
fie the pistol was fired again, whent?nes were Present when she entered
two men-came running down the hill
and seized Tackett, put a niask over
his face and threw him into the ditch
on the left side of the road. One of
them remarked, "Leave him here,"
Another said, , "Carry him and leave J
him in the yard."
About eleven o'clock Mrs. E. A.
Ingold and her mother, who had re
tired, heard groans on-her porch and
opening the door, found Tackett in 1
an unconscious condition. She r.at
Once . called" Df .'Hardee, who found
that his heart had almost complete-ly-
given away, and , if medical at
tention had been deferred he would
have died in a short while. About
three o'clock the next morning he
regained consciousness and told the
doctor what he could remember as
to how it occurred.
He does not know how he was
brought to Stem, but the supposition
is that an auto was used. It is
thought that the deed was perpetrat
ed by parties who ' were well ac
quainted with him, but as yet no clue
to the guilty parties has been dis
covered . , .iuki''
Mr. Buck Roberts of Route 3, re
turned home Sunday from overseas
and was engaged in the thickest, hot
test part of the fighting.
Mr, and Mrs. J. H. Gooch and
daughter, Miss Janie Gold, left last
Sunday for an extended visit to New
Jersey, New York City and other
points. During their stay they will
attend a Primitive Baptist Associa
tion at Ocean Grove, N. J.
Mr, S. M. Washington, a prominent
business man of Louisburg, was the
guest of his brother Mr. C. H. Wash
ington of Tally Ho, Sunday.
We are sorry to note the illnesa of
Mr. C. H. Washington, of Tally Ho,
and hope he will speedily recover.
, Mr. Ajax Walters continues very
ill, Mrs. G. T. Walters his sister-in-law,
of Oxford, spent Monday and
Tuesday at his bedside.
SHERIFF HUNT CAPTURES STJLL
Over In the
Hills Back
of Shoo
: - - ' Fly.
Sheriff Hunt Went over to the
mountains back of Shoo Fly Monday l.
and returned, with a 100-gallon cop
per still. He knew that a still had
been operating in that section for
some time, but on scouring the re
gions on two former occasions he
found nothing but rattlesnakes, one
of which was a yard long and had 18
rattlers.
The indications were that the still
had been in the present hocation for
only a few days. The fermenters
showed unmistakable signs of long
Use, but the surroundings seemed to
imply that it-was a new location, se
lected especially on account of the
cool, sparkling spring and that they?
intended to camp there ail summer if
the sheriff had not upset their plans.
This makes the twenty-fifth still
Sheriff - Hunt has put out of commis
sion since he came into office six
months ago. There is quite a selec
tion of stills and parts of stills gath
ered by him and housed in the coun
ty jail. "V Some of thorn are fashioned
out of copper, tin, :nnc and wooden
bottoms covered with galvanized ir
on. ,
NTJMBER 45
MRS. M. P. CHAMBLEE
DIED WEDNESDAY EVENING
Funeral and Interment In Raleigh
This Morning.
After a lingering illness of several
j weeks, Mrs. M. P. Chamblee passed
tb her reward alst Wednesday even
ing at seven o'clock. Two or three
weeks ago the doctors advised the
family that she could live only a
few days, but her sunny disposition
and wonderful vitality served to
keep her alive longer- than it was
thought possible. She retained her
faculties almost to the moment of
her death.
s Mrs. Chamblee was a remarkable
woman kind and considerate, and
her happiest hours were when she
could bestow a favor and brighten
the lives of others. She had a sun
ny disposition, and despite the fact
that she was aware many weeks ago
that the end was near, she was never
heard to complain of her sufferings.
In setting he house ready, with the
inevitable end in view, she frequent
ly said: "It is hard to depart from
the loved ones, but it is God's will
and I must become reconciled to
Him." A few .minutes before her
death she raised her hand and said
"Blessed Jesus." These were her
last words, and as tier soul took its
flight the .marks of pain and suffer
ing departed from her brow and her
face became radiant in death. It
was . a glorious ending of one , who
had tsuff erfcd, knowing the hour and
awaited her Savior to come and lead
her gently through the Valley of the
Shadow." ' '
The immediate family, and father,
mother and sister and other loved
into a cairn Bleep.
Mrs. Chamblee was
a member of
the Oxford Baptist church. It was
her expressed wish that her remains
he taken to the home of her parents
in Raleigh, that the funeral services
be held from the First Baptist church
and the interment be in Oakwood
Cemetery. Mrs. Chamblee spent her
childhood days in Raleigh and she
joined the First Baptist church m
that city when she was quite young.
Mrs. -Chamblee 'is survived by a
devoted husband, Mr. M. P. Cham
blee, and two bright sons, Mr, Travis
and C. B. Chamblee, the latter being
of tender years; father, mother and
sister, Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Edwards,
and Miss Flora Edwards, of Raleigh,
and a devoted cousin, Mrs. D. A.
Coble, of Oxford.
The remainswere expressed to
Raleigh on the noon Seaboard train
Thursday. The pallbearers from the
residence to the train were:
D. "A. Coble, W. T. Yancey, L. F.
Perkinson, B. F. Taylor, R. H. Lewis,
E. L. Smith, J. M Baird, Hal Hole
man. ------
AMERICANS FAVOR SOME PLEAS
MADE IN GERMAN ANSWER
Objections to the Financial Terms
Find Some Champions Among
United States Delegation.
Paris, June 5. President. Wilson
favors the proposed modifications of
the economic section of-tne Germany
treaty. The suggested changes were
outlined authoratively to the United
Press as follows: .
First Fixing of a definite sum
which Germany must pay in repara
tion to be $25,000,000,000 to $30,
t)00,000,000. Second Clarifying off the clause
regarding powers of the reparations
commission as to issuing decrees
governing Germany industrial factor
Three Allowing four years in
stead of two for payment of the first
;'$5,000,000,000, of reparation.
Fourth Making provisions en
' abling Germany to acquire merch
'ant shipping by lease, charter or
otherwise.
All these suggested changes are
in line with the policies the Ameri
can delegates have" been pursuing
since the . opening of the peace con
ference. TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE
RESTORED TO PRIVATE OWNERS
There Will Be No Reduction In Tolls
For the Present at Lest.
Washington, June 6. The tele
graph and telephone systems of the
country were restored to their pri
vate owners yesterday. The gov
ernment, however, retains control of
the properties pending action by con-
gress providing for the complete re-
turns of the systems.
FAILING TO LIST TAXES.
Notice is, hereby given that all par
ties without exception, failing to list
their taxes during the months of May
and June wilPbe charged with 25 per
cent added to their taxes as prescrib
ed by law. By order of the county
board of commissioners.
" . J. ENNIS DAVIS, Chmn.
June 30-19. ,