S2.M per Year. -IIow I.oblo, tl.c Man nn.ous noble Men, wl.o fears not to „ly a tru(l.-teUin« Feu.-’ Single copy 2 CtS OXFORD, N. C., SATURDAY MORNING,-AIAY 27, 1876. NO. 41. Th3 Morning Clarion, By WILLIAMS & ROBINSON, (OKl'ICK IN rilKSl’IAN IfALI, lU'lLDlNc; ) Is jTuhlisIied every Moniiny (Sunday ex- cepled) at (lie foll(i\vin^ rales ; I C'()])y one ^^’eek, - _ _ I Ct)py one Mor.lh, - - I Co])y 2 Months, - _ _ 1 (.'opy three Month, I Copy six Montlis, - _ _ 1 (.'ojiy one I'car, - _ J[^“'Lil)eral inducenients to chiLs. .■Ithu’iilsinx' A'it/i's : I S(|uare I insertion, 1 “ I week, coiunin I month I2.’cts 6octs 8oets $1.50 52. :;o Democratic Conservative Meeting. ^ The Democratic Conservative voters of (Granville are reijuested to meet in mass con vention, at Oxford, 3Ionday May 29th, to api>oint delegates to the State and Congres sional district Convention, to Ije Iieid in Raleigh the 13th and 14th days of June next, and to transact such^ business as may be deemed necessary. i5y order of Co. l-Ix ; Cc'nimittee. J. S. Amis, Cli’m. A])ril 2ot]i 1875. Cooper & Williams are offering- some of the greatest bargains in Dry (ioo^ls ever offered in North Caroli na. J column I month - Local Notices 20 cents a line each tion. 5JClS .00 32.ou yS-I.OO •$7.00 .'J 12.00 inser- NKW A DMORTISKMENTS. lUST received Ladies trim- J med Hats. Nvw style Colliircttcs, b 'uiilil'ul Sc;n-i's. Liiicii (.-'olhirs, LIihmi ('nils. Hmxiiiiis ill s‘vci-al (l(‘]);ii-tniouls of Dry (roods. Co()i»i:ii & VViia.iAAts. I DISTRICT CONVENTION. I A (Convention of tlie Deuioeratic-Conser. j vative voters of the Fourth C.'ongressional I District will be held in the city of Raleigh I on Tuesday the 13th day of June next, for i the ])uri)ose of nominating a candidate for I (Jo)igress an(* a Presidential IClector, and se lecting two delegates lo tlie .St, l^ouis C.'on- , vention. A full attendance is earnestly de- ; sired Kach counly will he entiled to’ one ; vote for every one hundred votes and frac- I tional pait over lifi\' gis-en for .^^el■rimo^ in I 1872. J5y order of the District Kxeculive Com. II. -\. London, Ik., (,'hairman. March 31st. 1876. Few sijle.s of 15oots that li;iv2 I V l)i‘cn oil lianil stnci'al s‘ii.S(.)iis Hint V iiiiist be sol 1. Cooper A \\ iillaiiis rpriiiniiiii«i-s for ladies ll.-its and l!on- iii'ts. such as 'rni'(jiioise Silks, (Jros- ,i;r;iiu Kiljboiis, Mowers and (Jrnainent at (JRAXDV c'c JHIO. ^piU'^ME.N'DOlJS Stock of New Hoots -1-aii(i Slio(*s just ree.eived ;it Janies '1'. Hunts. Hurts Cityniad(* a,si)(;chility. I !■' you want Good (Joods at low down -l!)rioeso() to .fames 'i'. Hunts cheai) Stores. ' Cjaslnnere N(>t and Laees. .Scarfs. 'HnH's, IJulliini*-, U( Its, K’hl (iloycs at OiJANDY c'c, 15IJ0. ^yAVERLY HOTEL, cu].fep]':r, va. ]\rorrow l^rotl lers, Managers and Proprietors. JO//JY T/IYLOE, Ass/s/a;!/. A FIRST-CLASS HOUSE. John 'I'ayloe, late editor Lexington, 2V. C. Cc’nlral, now Assistant at Waverly Hotel, will be jile.ased to sec liis Ao.th ('aiolina friends. [no29-iy 1AR(;K Slock Hacon, Flour, F.ard, J.M('al, I'isli, and all kind of (;i'occri('s, ('onslanlly r(“c(‘i\iiiii'at .las. '1'. Hunts. I LOCAL & STATE SQUIBS. 1 imes dull and weather wartn. Snakes are .selling for one dollar a piccf. ^Ve- ne\-er indulge, thank you. Mrs. 1‘rank I’rown of Afinneapo- ; lis is on a visit to her parents, Mr. j and Mrs. j. T. J.ittlejohn, of this { place. I I he meanest and niost contempt- j able of all tilings—backbiting. Jt is , even a bulton-hole or two below I backsliding. II 'I 'oo proud to beg ; 'r()0 honest to stc..l, ! 'I'oo lazy to work i In the corn field. , We have no patienc-e with that i young man whose fother and mother , are at home hard at work, while he is loafing on the street corners, and wasting the golden morn ot life in I idl'Miess. ']'() such a young man the Juture must be dark anti gloomy. Idleness is the worst of tyrants, and ^ the hardest of pav-mnster.-'. '‘Up in thk PicTUKKs.”—rhe])ic- ture man has been on ?. visit to our j town. He did a driving business. , If you w’ant to get a fight on hand I just say Mr. what did you pay for I those elegant pictures. Some [)to- I pie love to be htnnbngged and they get mad about it. 'lake it coolly gentlemen and learn better sense next time. 'J'hI': Mketixi; os Mom».\v. —Fel low Democrats ! Remember the meeting on Monday next, and come prc])ared to act harmoniously on questions of party policy. e are gratified to state that ('apt. J. J- J>avis has consented to allow his name togo before thi^ nominating convention, which makes it sure that he ■will agaiii be otu‘ staiulard bearer. Capt. Davis is a friend of the]x^)- ple, and is the favorite of the ])cople. 'I'he people delight to honor. He lias the haj)[)y gratification of nni— ning ahead of his partv. As the racers say Capt. Davis beats his own shadow, THE MORNING STAR, ]^iih!ishal daily in U'ihn/ii^/oii, X. ('. n\ BKRNAHD& lIARlilS. One copy 1 year ^7 ; C mont hs $4. I> 1LVD\_-.>L\.I)E Ciotiiiiig- on hand J-«^.in(l daily arriving whi(di will be soM low L.r cash. (;iv' me a trial as I make clotliing a speciality, .fames'1'. ilunr. ^ents, Ladies, .Missesand Cliiithvi.s M Shoes Jicady-macki clot:.ino- for men and boys at (JfLVNDV c^- 'ufo. JIST TO Horsecollars audllames. Plow l.incs and H.ame strings. l>k.us and I ho ^ I oinls lor s.'ile by C,