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ENTERED AS SECOND-CLASS MATTER SEPTEMBER n, T9!t,
AT THE POSf OEFiCE AT dX^OKf>. K. C., ONDER THE ACT OF MARCH 3. 1370.
VOL. L-^NUMBER’ 37.
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OXFORD, NORTH CAROUNA.-FRIoi^MAY ^ mijj
iNDREA!
PRICE; ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR
If;
■im
lemocracy
Meetine;
THE OXFORD
SGHflOEIlOMiENOllENE
OR/lWHIllETliRNS
m
1GONFEREHCE.
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TiieideioiX-iticy of Granville,, was
herain a,,,rznLssffleet^g assembled
^^atiijday ficst tim^ wltbi^
“t ye^r^; Ib^asf a-liodj' I'epi'oseri^-'
‘ tive;(Sf tlief,(jiti?eiialui> oDthecoiiuty,
f ior'the democraey :of Granville is
rei'ft-ed^tative -of citizenship^.
* Thougii ihere was nOBld tiAie de
bate Or wrangling, ,still there' , was
dp.seorniblec-that of. earnesG
nes^-^tid - delerniin'atton.. that has
eier‘made;,.the Gi'anvilie detnoc-
racy-.a factor in the state and es
pecially in.the Fifth .District' for
wheDithepai'ty.needs majorities,it
is as.^do. what: is
wor^lfi^ahsed aiongrThe line. Hhe
‘ ^ToA'|»ut^t6 work fnd the yptemad^
' to to' the ' desired propor-
tioli^'r- , '.'V / "'.
IXie'Stiinvenfiahi. was called to
^ '.ordei- i^4©oti by D-.G-, Brummitt,
ehairiiaanof the,County Dernberatic
KxectttivB ’Oofiimittee. Thereupon
.^lessri^iCoble, Hart and Hester,
; e^itori^f the;.Oxford.. Publics Led-
^r, Tim 'Crfiedmoor News-Tmies.
>siud Th^Hran,vUle Enterprise .ret
.SpdCtiv^^ •&d' Cliariie 'Gordon
■were ask'od 'to act as '* secretarids of
'itie ^tpn'^entieiSjj, 'and ,^Geti. " B. , Sr
congratulate him upon" the enaci
ment of the Tarriff Law .and a sound
and flcxable Currency Law , and we
apijcoVe his earnest efforis to hvoid
a tjar-With Mexico; but we especial
ly.commend him for “keeping his
pp-vt'der drv.V '
Re^dolved, that ive especially com
mend his etl'orts to repeal the laws
hxempling American coastwise ves
sdls.from the payment ofPahama.ca
nal tolls
We bid him God speedin his work,
so auspiciously begun, and x>ray
the Divine Ruler to spare him for
years to come as a leader,4,to our
and a guide to the Natiohs of
the earth- • '
Resolvod, S. That the Chairman
and Secretary of this meeting be di
rected to transmit a copy of these
resolutions to the President of the
Hnited States and to have the same
published in the counts' and State
papers. . ■ ■ .r. y'f,
, The foLlowjng resolutions ehdorse-
was presented
byrp,; G. .^rummitt;
Boysfhr 'was 'i^caJIed
1* .A -.« ■-•••
. , ^ ^ to the'.ch8i;r
y- RoyfitOT. rhade a Hrery 'Brief speech.
' ''tiAep^^whtchaupon njotidu ofMr^J.,
t ‘ TL, Hfittj ‘the. temporary organiza-
I iiOtr was' nuuie jjermanent. Secre-
t j. t«r> T. i^i;-Hteiaroai|the',^U foi the
w .'tTliea call'' was
L had'Apd al/dtovtm .was jfound to be
1'■ .x>reseut, "Tn^ ddni^ilthacpn'Fention
? ' ' , .settled dqwn ' tp bjl^ness, .fwhich,
fe . 4 . ooeared ■In-.the^'fblifi^iiig orddp; j ■
Convep^tion bo, and they are, here
by instructed to cast theip vetes
for-the re-nomination of i^Hon. .Lef
S.
’atoiC”*^‘" V; t ^;
: Thu following re.sblution of Dr.
;P. R-'KapdeopWas addpted;„
,,fVBereas,..our fellow countv man
WiiPajH iL Gayin was a^)pointed by
hi.s Ilidelkntf^Fitocteai fOpdig; to fill
a vacancy oft f the, Superior Court
benbh bhd whereas4he said William
A, Devin ha^ by his -erudition, his
.legal talent,'administrative, iabilily
;and'.e,m.inetjt,s|ns§;Oi|us%0jfdehspn-,
TJie Ciijf Sciiaol.Closes Onf of Tlie Most
Soccessfoib lorinsGiB”; ffs Historj,
.Fine .Spsecli liLSaaz'Weiii,
Heginuing last Wedeesday after
noonweek and ,.,c,xtending, on
through the following ‘’Friday even
ing the town jjeople ' and many from
the country -svere treated ' t >' many
rare pleasures as a result .of the
cIo.sing exerci.se;s of * the Oxford
Graded Schobi, It marked the
termination .of a very pras'peous
school year, and_Prdf. Pitts ahd hLs
excellent eoi'ps of teachers deserve
the gratitude to which ' the ''xzfeo'ple
of the town have so frequently
gb. en expression throughj‘jt the
term.- -> ^ / , , ■,
The-exereftes were begttt.aby the
little ones - of the primary 'glides
on Wednesda|‘ afteimooh aMtotteldck
in a,play title^;‘lYe . Flayp.P^i^t-
ies” In this the ehildren,"' ola^': in
the costumes of tlie days, of'“Merry
.'ib
Was fleligiited; With Trip. '
Sraifiiie to be Back’, .
A
'i-Dr]E, T.
dkl^o^ C&
wBene he' wc
tf)C Qurdreng
MDE. Ghiir
in
inotlier Fine
Says,
pilte returned from
Monday 'morning
!on the 2nd to attend
If .Conference ':df' the
South. Dr. 'Whtto
rfports a i|r*'|trip, gi-eat • both go
ing and ‘codj '
's^ie there, f
England”, did themselyesproudV
" The nejet and the ohief-.aibraption
to those hot patrons, of the sdboo!
was the ispeech of Se.nator Sawney
Mfebbitof Thnn. After an intrddue-
ticn, that only. ^oh Cooper,coui^
:a^kh,.;^r.itp;w4s.;lqli[araoterAti6'
his way of making speeches Senhj
tor Wehb went into the i >eaning
of edudatioUt telling what the |chool
.should dofor^the America,boys
.and girl^ that ft sliodid teauh.^m
to read first, last had j alwa fs. At
first we wondered whattiic"' was
in reading that could have Induced
an ex-Senator from the grea'i state
.'iVhnessee- tp., eorae,:..to iNprth.
Carolina tb talk' about %ldfhg“;'
but he had not gone far heh-re. We
begun.to'see how the sirapA.. pro
cess of..reading could be he ,dpp6d
and e3|tendcd until the wor-;,c^the
i^VUTr»fkB;A'aAK.r^rr'‘, .'*r.
®ld
^r.ning, w
lay ovc'
here he ij
be the afK
bshva^h
E'tic&J
Ks* ioie
bi Mrsi
^-and a' great time
iftft bklahomia' City
‘Thpoii a nd ^ -efeasil ph. the
(My until;- Monday
pthe exception ' of :a
pday night in Durham
jsed by just a short
I'hpeh' train, for .Oxfctf d.
•pp'he.speciall]^! grid .to
hh hiMTheard:
tyhat':^ Was; going., .dp,
. B'dt even havingra^pd
^.rhite since
a ^jitkin'td the deiibera5^i).s flf
coniereriee,; '-whicli,
‘Mly , jate'^fing, ,4^0
Ee F,® x^ledi^l
ijy. which
than 70,Oi.,.
. jS' who adtualiytook'*'padt- iii'the'
saftbuentof this .great sectjon,. the
stOT.iteof who-sehlabors'and‘hhtff-t
s’
'■ The ' Cominencernent;: Exercises
ttiis-jear were of,;an unusually
high character and infenseT.y inter
esting.'
They commenced Sunday morn-
ing, May 25th, with the .Baccalaur-
‘•eate Sermon by Rev. John Jeter
Hurt of Durhrm, A'. C. tind in the
evening, Rey'. G. .S. Lumpkin, Ox-
ford,^,.C,y ,.preached the sermon
before the‘Y. W, C."A. Both of
these gentlemen were ■ at their best
and the Baptist Church was pack
ed at each service. The music was
furnishdd .by the College girls as-
sistedMy Hie churchfehoir. %
,, On Monday; .morning; ay eleven
o’clock in the Ooliege ■ C hapel 6c-
cured Class Day Exercises: •
.. Few scenes could have been more
beautiful or' impres.sive. The Jun
iors and'Sophomores formed a line
on either side of the aisle each car-
,»5'|ng.a'beautiful floral design made
(n'''tl^'form'Of a half circle. These
:Wet:p held sb as to make a perfect
'under whioli the nineteen
iSenibra ttiarehed on their way to
-the Tos|fnm,:;> Then came the fol-
Bawing^rogram:
Salutatory
irr^lstvBlefascination, /He had the
'Seeing men who* ^p|pt
tht# w years in that c6dhM.X
'i ug put.^'the^e being'few
I.Ml efetjary
li'Sin'.' 'And' 'not a few .of these
pedplo, from this seotibii. He
a;,an old GraAvillo !x>y. Jim
'who was rabed just below
'h- 'or who,'?© people Hr. Whito'sT
. Myrtle Nowell
Elizabeth Gibson
Sc®g of the Vikiags
Theltna Alien
-Janie Lane Bry'an
. .. Thelma Allen
Minnie Warner
Garden
vtSi
‘-V i Tv^c ,V.liV**ic;yfn'
Jlistorj
Chorus
Hrophec}'
Poet
False. Godard
Mill
Neidlinger A Rose in the
{Quintette.A Cajiellaj'
Soloi'^ .. ; Floroneo Frazier
Orator: Katie Alone Maynard
\ aledictory ’Myrtle i'agan
Al!,of these papers were care-
|lul!y pre]>ared..-and shcji-ed ihofjght
Elizabeth Gibson,GussieLee Gouch,
Mary Ray Green, Foy Hester,
Myra Esther - i lunte r, Je.ssie , Lee
Horn,‘ Effie ’' Lfe/ Martin, Minnie
Warner. - .
GRADUATES IN PIANO .
Martha Josephine Ellen, ' Annie
Lou Ellen.
GRADUATES iN FOICE
, YiuloriaCamiiie.Jones. . Elizabeth
Hdheock. ‘ '
; GRADUATES IN A'OICE
Mary Ray Green. Mary Royal Han-
cotik. Lily IFalton PennjL • ‘ , ,
CERTIFICATE IN FULL BUSI-
.NES.S'..COURSE, '■
if-Lillian Tayloiy Blanche Lathani.,
CERTIFICATE', IN, STENOGRA-
PHY AND TYPEWRITING
Mary White, Hallie Meadows. : ,
CERTIFICATE IN BOOK-KEEP
ING'
Grace IVarriek.
CERTIPlCAtES IN TEACHER’S
,--v ■'- COURSE
, Neta. Sizemore, •Lucy ■ Tunstall,
Ruloj’Thaxton. - '
President Hobgood spoke strong
parting words to the Class, calling
special attentiontotheapiim'tuni-
ties presented in our day for tlie
educated womanr-
At the conclusion of" these-, 'd-vew -
cise|i^Mhe aanual address yiwtis/ de
livered by the Hon. T. tl^^ickett,
Atty, Gen. of the State %6 met *
fully the high esi>ectations of thoa|i
who heard him, #
/ "iThe Annual Concert ocMir^- as . '
Usual Tuesday afternoon■ '
o’clock and proyed ai|j-aet4 treat *
for all tnasi'e lovers. ,
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