Mu-
iioysrer was OHllt'd to the ' chalf
.'s ty‘iTiiK>{‘'.V!’y uhairniHti. Goii.
Koya^r n»ttd| § very brief speech.
, iv/U'.E yehh’h, ipon.t^otion
'f, Britt, this ■ tethrsirarv orjT'tnita-
tioin was' omde .pei’juaaent.; Secre
tary TiO. Stem rea^ the s*Il for the
, yj^^eption.^.'^hen.
ptesapt, .Thiii il(iaet|ihfCpnveatipn
sf5UleA djijw'tt' to busuibiss, .'w
pcyu red io the ’,‘lSl tp-yinng order. ‘
Whereas, .GrtiiivlJle County, if apt
. the tirst, wos-amoag thp Very first
chhntlcs in -■ North Caiitdina to in
struct her delegate to the fifth Con-
gressionarCohyCntionsdud the State
TConvention, to use. , all honorable
means to secure delegates to the
National Democratic ,(invention,
pledged to support :'Woodrow
, ■\Vilsoh as a candidate, for-pre.'^ident
of the United States; '
And' whereas the delegatesitroin
tiie; Bif^h .O^n'gressional Districts
wereiinstruofed, and' those’ from
ttie State at large were requested to.
vote for ,Wohdrbw Wilson, for Bres-
identr ; i. ■’ .N. / ■:
And, whereas, a.large aiaXorityqf
1.11 ilie delegates from North Car
olina to the National llemocratte
Convention i-esponded to the sen-i
timent and ‘wishes of . toe, people
and did vote- for Woodrow AVilsoh,
■,vho -was triumphantly elected Pres
ident of the United States: And
■ IVh.erees, in fourteen months.
..since he was inducted into’ office,
.and IhetDemoeratic Party has beep
in - fuiii eoptrol of the aflfeirs of the
Unison, he was fnll.y redeemed
evei'y. pledge in our platfoi'm and
fully justified our faith in him, and.
has reflected groat credit upon him
self and the Democratic Party:
'Now,therefore, belt. ,
Re-solve, 1. That we, the Dem
ocratic Party of Granville county,
in massmeeting assembled, con
gratulate fthe county of GranTille'
and the State of North Carolina up
on the wisdom of our choice for the
Presidency, and efforts of our del
egates to the National Democratic
Convention in canning out our in
structions to accomplish the nomi-«
nation of Woodrow Wilson;
Resolve second. Thaf we sent
h.-iartiest greetingstc>.Woodrow Wil
son, President of the United States,
the E.Kemplar of true Democracy in
our union, and congratulate him
. upon, his achievements within the
'short time, in which he. has been at
^’^r» l^nlr-n r»f • scT>-»r« J‘t) 1 tr ^a rvo
j jnstrueteCt io |as£; lueit'r yote^
M' the' rhtootniliatiQn :# Hon, Deb
S. Overman jas . Uhttod't State; Sen
ator.' .> - 1-.
The fol|oWiBg resolution pr D.re
P. R, Hai*9e0 .iwas adopted;
.whereas, our fellow couutv man
William A. Deyin was .apiwinted by
ht@ |lxoe||enoO, -Dpeke vOi-aig to fill
a 'vacancy Oh ' the , Superior Court
bench and whereas thesaid W|lliam
A. Devin has by his erUditloq, his
legal tarent, adniihistratlve ■ aljgUfy
or’s i^oioe^hd has^wori the- plaudits
alike of the.-=; bar and the: peoiMe.'.
Therefore, w« the people 'of Gran-
Y-ille C^Untj^ in . jVIals .Meeting as-
setnble'do express * Our appr|tia-
tion of the recognition tjie wm-th
and sterling‘integrity'- of our county
man and friend, and we do ^ereby
instruct our cielegates to thb Con-i,
Ventfon of the 10th Judicial DisJ
|inct to use all honorable means to
secure his nomination as candidate
for Judge of the l^th-Ju^iei^l Dis
trict of North Carolina. ' '..f
The. following!: reao|utfoni^was
offered hy B. E, tassiteis
* Whereas* C harleO Manly Stedman
Eas been eVer faithful and trUe^ in
every position in life, from the time
he was a farmers boy on the hills of
Cheatham, until he answered, the
c^ll of his State and wfis one of the
first at Bethel and never hesitated
in- his defense ' until,' in obedii^cO
to the order of hi.s great comman
der, he-lay down his arms at Ap
pomattox and returned to his native
State, whereby his sterling inte
grity, untiring energy and devotion
to duty, he has done much towards
building up our waste places, un
til North Carolina has become one
of the foremost States of the South.
Since his election to Congress: he
has become one-of the most efficient,
influential representatives in that
body and reflected much honor on
our district and State.
Now therefore be it resolved,
That we do hereby instruct our
representatives in the Congression
al Convention to use all honorable
means to secure his re-nominatiott
as our candidate from the Fifth
Congressional District to succeed
himself.
The following is a list of delegates
to the State Convention to be held
in Raleigh Wednesday, June 4;
Dement—D. G. Brummitt.
Bell Town—T. G. Currin, W, W.
Brummitt.
Wilton—A. E. Bobb.tt, E. . J.
Jenkins, B. W. Allen.
, of eduoatioa, teyihg;ty hat the school
should do for . the Aiaeiican; boys
and. gu'ls, that it-^ioBld teach, t^ih
ib read first-, test and- Always.At
fifstwe wonderbd* JVfet there was
in reading that ckiuld have induced
an ex-f^natbr from the groat state
of Tennessee to coroe^ to Nortfe
Cawlinak-to talk about. Veadingjt'
but he had not gone far * before w®
h^Bn;]^*|e.how the simple pro--,
beSs t^ reading oquld be developCd-
extended until the work c^' thn
fesoivei
StselJ.fin'to',
-■OJ. reading. Not
/'r>AT> f I ' 1 f-\r\ Jyof'-V Tvr>',-viv^
stopping there, the Weaker showed
that- the further training of the
individual;.was noth ipg niore of less
than ihat of feading, that thO: man,
however well he may have been
trained in youth, had to .edntihue
this course.of reading,-or later the
college that reared him would bfe
ashamed of him. ^ ' ; N
The exercises p£ the commence
yent c^sed Friday evening. with
the Graduation exerdfses.
Col. Cooper i a presenting diplo
mas to th^;. graduates spoke ,as
follows:,
,, -I. would,, tfea^ tile..; boy^ to rely
on their: rhphtatloa;.tor honesty, in
tegrity and abilit-^^' when - in busi
ness to demand loans, on that asset.
Do not try to fix up q statement.
I would teach the'girlstto .i-ely on
tlipir homes: .- Whife 'just at Jthi(^
time the sympathy of the Whole
country goes, out to the homes of
the sailors who fell at. .Vera .‘Cruz.
I voice the sympathy of the Trus
tees, the teachers and scholars of
the Oxford Graded ; School with
their parents,X:at this r’loaely,/; hoito,
Nothing can take their; boy's place:
yet I hope it cheers a little .to know
the country’s ;^nipa.thy;;i trust
you will deem it ton “e
ts say this as I have a soilor boy
now carring the flag of his country
in the uttermost x->arts of the worid-
Under thi s flag he . feels strong
enough to face the woVld in battle.
I would have the girls of the gradu
ating class to fe^lf the - same ■ confi-
decne in their hoipes, : that the boys
should have in the'flag. :,There are
storms and floods and-, temptations
that try girls hearts and wring
their souls. If ho strong tie binds
then failure and disgrace follow.
Home is to you what the flag of his
country is to my sailor boy; when
danger arises his only hotie is in
his flag. Lot your home be the re
fuge of vour hope under stress.
Ixave of it checks and guard.s every
turn in the way. There are only
fV, f .J,T*l,o.
sior of-whose?;labor i- dud-har:^'*
Snif i wfe'itav/&o,^ofleh read,with a
obm oiling .Interest and jp'WeUni^
irrc; Lsfiy&fasginatibfl. ^ had-^hp
pfeai II .seeil^’, men Who', .Sp|pi
tfieii first feW years’ In tliat'pcKin;^ry
thoye being too; few
tree: to lumish ei’Ch the 'omnary
Wi^f pitoplp'&6m thlp'sbofldhi . Ho
ran i u old'Grahvilid W, Jim
Bail, who- %as raised just belop'
Wilt >n, ^whj|ep«opi-Dr, Whito’s
luiatory
'History
Chorus
Prophecy
Poet’^
Valse, Godard
Wiill
, > Gibson
f^n^bJ .Vikibgs
."-i^feipia Alien.
; Jape Bryan
: ’ Theliha Aijen-
. ; Minnie Warnei*
hieidlinger A Rose in the Garden
•, (Quintette C^pella) ■ - ■
SbldLsl'’;'i
Orator* ^
PlorencbPraiier;
Katie Alene Maynard
V'aledi(Jtory , „' ' Myrtle Pagan
All*of those papers were • care-
&Uip prqi)^rcdjj.aud sthojvpddhough
nower.'Ahd^lihflii
IbiAn oi^{
,v adjgjtpd statddf;Oklao£i^.
.,>;'Wme says ,tpat this^ection
adit hhi'd fwXfee p#.t year'
0/ >he drouth of last year
thenroi!^ a failure,;, bht; true'
to.;j|ie‘,e^CTi^’ aiid pluck; oharacte.r-
wf thj^toount^ its peopJe ave
iupdlWj und;,:fcday' they are
ainplbnd hap* in the prospect
.;e largest wheat'crop in years:
predieting; .^feil'ien bi^iel
In the 'v^patbelt . alone.
I. thm jncrea.se* ytold in ^eir
pif^ji'p*; thpney crop ■ vHI b come a
b fi^general prosperity.,,and
P'is;|bis prospect
t^eous smi^pf t(^ay as
Sosed .to the ■ griraT clett®iined
a.s s
|e, ^d
Jrneys
Inboard
t : y ear'
iicationsi
oojof ,si.y^o#thnago. .Evej^where
ti bf tie Mississippi t^Ve has
.piet:#y.:f rain,:. in many, places
Piiatich; IrhUe evidences of drouth
a ger.lrial need of rr in is- notiee-
in as. one i-e.aches . this
e need increases as one
to-wards to Atlantic
tes. With the.-J¥est
,fhe lean year,: but the
that' this will belts
year, tv^le the East has a lean
thinks|Dr. White. .
^ All in all^it was a great trip,.the
^eatest thl.t'“he has ever; taken,
sAySj^^Dr, IV^ite; but with it all, -M
£&. glad to 'oe home again. I want
ed, .to kno'v what is going on here,
vf hat Col, ,Badiou, Jno. Webb, Hatn
^atkins, ,W||I Mitchell and-’the
bri boys areidoing, some of whoin
underatand, are gettingi-. .very
i^ucy .since Hhdy have, improved
®eir toesbisofibcomotioi’ ’ said Dr.
.^hitp-jAnd are glad to have him
ii®ck,;iod. . % i :
Glory of God, The pres.-rvation of
chb hbine and honor oi the flag.
One-of the, nicest thbigs worth
living for is a well earn„‘d diploma
:r:5 'V; from the
Avr/ooTt crrr’TT Qr rrwv^r
educated;woman. y
At the Conclusion ofi'tbeso' ■’exe;
cises,.;dlie, annual address’. was do;^, ,■ ^ ^
livertid hy the Hon. T. W^ickett,’ t ^
Atty.,G«in,.-Of the Stata met | f
fuil.y the high expectations of thosj^
wjjo heard him, 5,p; J' #
' 'The Annual Goheert ocrii^ as
dsual l&i^sday t^t^negrt*
o’clock and pressed’
for allllbusic lovers. '"
n ■-
f
,n)#.|RplURER*
is player •w^||?jgj'e|j.ly;l,fnj.pyed
by:aU pres.ent. -
The music also deserves special
mention. Both vocal and instru-
nientiil'^efleo'fed 'great chedit upOh:
teachersqnd pux>ils.'
At the.conclusion of this program
the entire .'jaudienoe -withdrew to
Jhe^.CEwnpitoi, where Mi.ss .Katie
Mallard, Orator of the Day,,- pre^
s^tod in a%iix>st appropriate and
graceful manner on behalf of .the
S^niiT; Class, their parting gift to
to the^College, a handsome stone
gate f^ich had .been erected.at. the
entrafi^;, to the Administration
1 « e the year and names
.^efetivitv.alongrqll of the: Class out
■ts IBiis Prosnect tnat, hoBetst;.; ■-■ to-
.Hiereon. ’ FresKleiit Hobgood .rM
Sponded to'-.; Miss Maynard in a*
impressive manner which showed
his deep ai>preciation of this effort
on the part of the . Class to show.
':tbe,ip^usto' fer their- Alma Mater-. . ;
On nionday afternoon came the
Art Reception. The work on exhibit
elicited highesjwordsof commendal
tion from all who saw it. The col
lections:? ‘ of Misses Mary- .Royall
Han|pck, Mary Ray .Green, Lillie
Penny'iAd lmmogene Cannady dp-
serve special mention. These col
lections consisted in cast drawings
in charcoal, work from nature and
stilt life in pastel, wrtercolors and
oils, sketches, of posted figures,
tapestry and china.
The Alumnae Banquet, served
Monday evening at 9 o’clock by the
Domestic Science Glass in the Col
lege'dining room, was a marked
success and much enjoyed by those
present.
'Commencement Day Exercises
took plaoe Tuesday morning in Col
lege Chapel. At eleven o’clock
oocured the graduating exercises
when diplomas and certificates were
awarded to the following young
ladies; ; --
- BACHELOR OP ARTS
Jane;Lane Bryan, Elizabeth Greg
ory McPherson, Katis Alene May
nard, Myrtle Nowell.
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
date- Traasu^' of GrahvfUe
Couift5q%ub|ect.to the actiorf of tli*
prinferiOs; ;; And should my friends'^
see prA'®*' to tobTinate and elect me, ^ ♦
I willtoromise to give my -iiersonal ^
services to the duties of th^off'ica *
with the a^uranee tbat evejw thing ;
in my power shall Ijn done ror the
good pi the county and satisfaction •;
of the pu'falio,: : -
Henry J. Robards.
PBOSRAM FOR THE UNiON. MEETIN6
AT STOVALU MAT 31
11:00 a, ro.—Hraiso-service, E.'A, .i.f'''
Howard. ,
11:15 a: to;—Or^nization of
Union. ' ' ‘' 'rf'
11:20 a. m. Welcome address, E. M.- .
Hart.. .
11:30 a. m. Baraca quartet from the
, First Baptist church of Oxford.
iJ'40d; m. Theadvantageisof a coun
ty field, Rev. C. A. Upchurch.
Dinner
1:30 j). m,. Praise service, J. W.
Dean. ■
1:40 p. m. Baraca quartet. ‘ '
1:50 p. m. The necessitj’^ of Co-oper'i'
ation'Ben. B. S. Royster, Oxford. ‘ ;
N. 0. 2;20 p, m. How to main
tain and develop the country field,
Rev. 0. A. Upehurch, Raleigh, N.
C. 2:45 p.m. Miscellaneous. 3:00
p. m. Adjournment for the Commit
tee'. :-
G. T. Tunstali,
!•
■■f I
ANNOUNCEMENT
: Ihereby announce myself a cand
idate for the Senate fromthis district.
T. G. . Currin.
ANNOUNCEMENT
I hereby announce myself a can
didate for the office of County Treas
urer subject to the action of the
democratic primaries. If elected
’had' it should become necessary for
me to farm out the office, I will re
sign for the good of; the o.ffice and
the Democratic party.**