The Orphans’ Friend.
I'llEDAT. OCTOBEE 5,
Published every Friday at one dollar
per annum, in advance.
COJKTRIBUTIONS
TO THK Or.lUA.N ASYLUM FOE THE
WEEK ENDING OCTCBBB 3D.
is tho best proof of good business
capacity. In fact North Caroli
na has just caui.0 to feol proud of
her sons abroad. In the future
we hope to see them staying at
home, and building up their old
homestead.
Baptist Church, Farmington 1 00
Frank Swain 1 00
White>tone Lodge, No. 166 2 70
Stonewall Lodge, No. 296 3 00
Gruber Family 3 75
Lawrence X Eoads Churcn 6 50
Gruber in Newton 2 00
Pamlico Lodge, No. 300 2 00
IN KIND.
Naomi Falls Manufacturing Company,
701| yards plaids.
Wm. Cutrin, one load woo L
S. E. Puckett, one bushel corn.
C. L. Traylor, half bushel wheat.
Moses Dean, one bu'hel wheat.
Thomas G. Dean, half bushel wheat.
G. W. Dean, half bushel wheat.
E. M. Daniel, one bushel com.
Isaac Oettinger, two boxes suntlries.
SPECIAL MENTION.
Tho editor is holding a pro
tracted meeting at Bethel, near
Oxford, this week
The singing class at the Asy
lum, un ier-the management of
MissV. V. Walton, is making
fine progress.
The finest potato we have seen
this season was sent to us last
week by Mrs. W. H. 'Wiikerson
ot Oak Hill, It measured more
than 23 inches in circumference.
It seems that all the old tobac
co in the country is not yet sold.
The Oxford warehouses are huv
mg good sales nearly every
day.
Last Wednesday morning at
tho residence of Mrs. R. L. Hunt
Dr. Dd. White and Miss Ida F.
Hunt were united in wedlock,
Rev, R. I. Devin officiating.
Mr. J. M. Page, of tho St.
James Hotel, Richmond, Va.,has
placed us under obligations to
him for courtesies. ThoSt.James
is one of the beat hotels in the
South.
Mr. B. F. Taylor, of Oxford,
and Miss Jennie Williams, of
Frauklinton w..re married lust
Thursday, 27th September. Rev,
J, 8. Hardaway, officiating.
Gov. Jarvis has appointed
Hon. A, S. Merrimon associate
Justice of the Supreme Court of
North Carohna. Vice Hon Thos.
Ruffin who resigned on account
ol his health.
The Torchlight has gotten it
self into trouble by alluding to
the late Sunday School Conven
tion held in Oxford as tho “Ne
gro” Convention. Well, what^s
in a name?
D. W. Whitaker retires from
the editorial chair or the Person
County News. It is to be pub
lished hereafter by the News
Publishing Co.
A telegram has been received
announcing the death of Mr.
Stephen C rrie, brother of Mrs.
Rev. J. T. Gibbs, of this town.
The sad event occurred at his
residence in Wilmington last
Monday morning.
A protracted meeting will be
gin at the Oxford Baptist Church,
on the 4th Sabbath in this
month. Rev. Mr. Hudson, of
Virainia, will be present and con
duct the ervices.
; Mr. Ddward Burke, thedistin-
guisbad eJitor of the New York
Tobacco Loaf has been on a visit
to tho Granville County Light
Tobacco Section, witnessing the
methods of caring fine tobacco in
Ncrth t’arolina. He expresses
himself much pleased with Ox
ford and its fulure prospect/.
Mr. Maurice Smith, the com
mission merchant of Richmond,
"Virginia, but a native of Gran
ville county, has been over-run
with business this season. This
We are indebted to Secretary
Shackelford for an invitation to
be present at the Edgecombe
Agricultural Fair, to be held at
Tarboro, October 30 and 31 and
November 1 and 2, Also to T.
C. Williams Esq., for an invita
tion to tho State Agricultural
Fair at Raleigh.
Dr. William T. Kennedy, Jun
ior Grand Warden of the Grand
Lf dge of North Carolina, died
at his home in Stonewall, Pamli
co county, North Carolina, Au
gust 2d, 1883. He was a native
of Lenoir county, and was thir •
ty-three years old at his death.
We congratulate the Postoffice
Department on the action it has
taken in regard to tho Louisiana
Lottery. Yet we cannot see the
consistency in allowing such pub
lications as the Police Gazette to
be transported over the routes.
Wo are sure that vicious litera
ture. of which this is a fair spec
imen, is doing about as much to
demoralize the world as any of
the Lotteries. Down with such
trash !
CoL. George Wortham, died
in Oxford last Thursday, 27th
September in tho 60th year of
his age. Col. Wortham was a
graduate of the State University,
and was licensed t^^ practice law
when 21 years of age. He en
tered the late war as Captain of
the Granville Grays, and was
promoted to Colonel of the 60th
regiment North Carolina troops.
Since the war he has practiced
law in Oxford, He was gener
ous and brave. Peace to his
CLIPPIN&S.
Tbe highest point on the
Northern Pacific is 1,200 feet low
er than the maxim an height of
the Central Pacific.
The lutematiODal and North
ern Telegraph Company, capital
$5,000,000 was incorporated at
Albany, New York,Thursday.
It is reported that a vessel with
four locomotives from the United
States for the Southern railway in
Peru has been lost.
Street begging has become such
a nuisance at New Orleans that the
police have been ordered to arrest
every mendicant they can find.
The miserable wretches have been
sent to the almshouse.
The English language is won
derful in aptness of expression.
When a number ot men and wo
men get together, and look at each
other from the sides of the room,
that’s called a sociable. When a
hungry crowd calls upon a half-
paid minister, aud eats him out of
house and home, that’s called
donatioD'party.
I have often noticed that gallant
young men walking with their
sweethearts offer the left arm,
while devoted married men with
their wives offer the right arm.
W’hyisthis? Edith: “The left’aim
is nearest tbe heart; the right arm
is nearest tbe pocket-book.”
In a certain little city ot the
blue grass section of Virginia, it is
said, they have the toughest beet
in the State, while fine cattle are
raised in that section. The best
are sent to Baltimore, and the
meanest kept for home comsump-
tion. We have observed that some
saints have a surplus ot sanctity
for exportation, aud retain a shab
by assortment for individual use.—
Exchange.
Capt. Wm. Biggs died at his
residence in this town latt Sat
urday night. For nearly twenty
years ho was one of the leading
political editors of the Stato,and
we can confidently say that I?his
death will be deeply regretted
by the State Press, He was as
uncompromising as he was zeal-
o s in the cause he espoused. He
was a captain in tlie 17th North
Carolina regiment. He leaves a
wife an I four children to mourn
his loss; to them we tender our
sincere sympathy. Ho was about
47 years of age.
New Advertisements.
We call special attention this week
to the following new advertisements :
C. F. Johnston, Eichmond, Va.: Pi
anos, organs, music, books, stationery,
tfcc. Also wants Confederate bonds.
J. L, H. Missilller, Henderson, N, C.:
General hardware, paints, shot guns,
cutlery, sheet iron, tobacco flues, &c,
Tappey & Steel, Petersburg, Va.:
Tobacco and cotton presses, engines
and boilers, and all kinds of machinery,
. W, Winston, attorney for F. E.
Gregory, mortgagee : Land'f.w sale.
No one can fail to see the attractive
advertisement of A, Landis, Jr, Capt.
Landis is a model merchant, and he has
so completely mastered his business
that his name has become a household
word in Granville county. Our space
is too limited to call attention to liis
specialties in this issue. We refer you
to Ills advertisement, believing that
you .will profit by reading it.
The details of the awful
earthquake in the island of
Java a e slow in reaching us
It is, so to speak, at the other
end of the world, and t e
means of communication are
not reliable or rapid. But it
is known that the first reports
of tbe loss of life fell far short
of reality. It is now thought
may have perished. Two iri'-
habitfcd islands sank under
water, and the sea swept over
large towns and a long line of
coast. There will, no doubt,
be intense suffering among
the survivors, whose cultiva
ted lands have bo-3Q devasta
ted either by tho action of
file or water, or both.
“Idiot,” from the Greek idiotes,
originally meant tho private citi
zen, in distinction from the one
who held official position. Then it
was applied to him who, owing to
his ignorance, was allowed no part
in public affairs. From this sec
ondary meaning it easily came to
signify a person entirely destitute
of intellect—a natural fool.
Dr, Brown Sequard, it is said,
has discovered a new amesthetic
which destroys sensibility, but not
consciousness or physical activity,
for an entire day or more. When
it is administered to a man by the
hypodermic injection process, he is
not incapacitated for work or eii.
joymeut, yet he can submit to hav
ing his flesh cut without feeling
iug pain. It is obviously a mar
velous gain tor medical ecienc-
It is some form of carbonic acid.
Mayor King, of Philadel
phia, is making a vigorous
war on the pool rooms in that
city He has closed them up,
and says they must remain
closed unless the courts de
cide otherwise. Mayor King
regards pool rooms as “nui
sances which should be bro
ken up," and he proposes to
fight it out on that line.
Committees on Orphan Asylum
The “Bon Tonft” of Oxford are buy
ing the New Hartford sewing Machine
right along. It has that. Ball Bearing
Balance wheel and is first class.
C. F. JOHNSTON,
EICHMOND, VA.,
Keeps Pianos, Organs and all kinds
of Musical Instruments, Sheet Music,
Books, Stationery, &c. Send for cata
logue of 5 cent, music.
Wanted—Confederate coupon bonds
and confederate postage stamps.
J. L. H, MSSSILLIER,
Dealer in
Genera] Hardware,
STOVES, SASH. BLINDS, DOOES,
PAINTS, OILS, VAENISHES,
BREECH-LOADING SHOT
GUNS, CROCKERY,
CUTLERY.&c
Manufacturers of
Sheet Iron and Tin Ware.
TOBACCO FLUES A SPECIALTV.
HENDEESON, N.C.
TOBACCO AND COTTON
IPx*esses,
ELEVATORS
For Warehouses, Factories and Stores.
[li
New and Second-Hand.
Grist anti Saw Mill Irons
and
Machinery Generally,
Manufactured by
TAFPEY & STEEL,
OC5-ly
PKTEESBUEG, VA.
Mortgage Sale.
By virtue of the power conferaed up
on me by Alexander Satterwhite and
Amy his wife, in a certain mortgage
deed to be found recorded in Book 13,
page 426, of the Book of Mortgages of
Granville county, which mortgage was
given to secure an indebtedness of
about ninety dollars to F. E. Gregory,
by whom the same was transferred on
3J day of July, 1882, to Stephen Sat
terwhite, the undersigned will, on Sat
urday, the 27(hdayof October, 1883,
sell to the highest bidder for cash at tl i**
court house door in the town of Oxf ird
at 12 o’clock m., tiie following real es
tate, to-wit: about 100 acres lying in
said county and State, adjoining the
lands of Stephen Currin, deceased, W.
0. Gregory and Herbert Gregory.
Terms cash. F. E. GEEGOEY,
Mortgagee
E. W, WiNSfON, Att’y.
Oxford,N.C,, Sept. 27,1883. oc6-4t
Just north of El Paso, Texas,
there is a bold and picturesque
mountain. On the day of the
lava disaster a gentleman on this
mountain heard rumblings in its
recesses, and felt a number of se
vere shocks.
A MODEL STORE-
Very bright is the interior of W. II.&
E.S.Tucker’s Store now. Showy goods
in|profusion,busy clerks,throngs oi cus
tomers, all lend their aid toward mak
ing the place gay. The goods are very
beautiful. Twenty years, even ten
years ago, what would have been
thought of so varied a stock in a place
of tins size. The firm realizes the fact
that the cultivated taste of the
people demands fine goods, even the
finest. Hence the really beautiful ex
hibit of silks, satins, brocades, &c. I'he
place is almost like a ^azar. The ef
fects of the'dress goods as they are_tas-
tily displayed and are very pretty; "vel
vet damasse with beautiful trimmings
at $2.50 to $10 a yard; brocades whicli
are heavy with ornamentation; all im
aginable styles of velvet ribbons, again
so fashionable; silk and satin ribbons,
all styles, colors aud widths. Then
there are cloaks, the Newmarket, as-
tranehan trimmed and plain; the Lang
try in Eiiglish web; Eussian circulars
&c. These cloaks are in many cases
adorned with the latest agony,
BEV. F. S. STABBETTE,
Lately in chp.rge of Eichmond Acad
emy, at Rockingham, has bought out
Branson’s Book Store, and become the
successor of Rev. L. Branson in the
Book Business. Special attention given
to all orders for books or news. A full
supply of sheet music. Polite Clerks—
Tommie Williams and Charlie Alexan
der. sep28-6m
Si mss & CO ,
NORFOLK, Va.
FURNITURE,
CARPETS,
Window Shades,
Lace Curtains,
Lily Valley Lodge, No. 252—John
R. Hill, William H. Kiddick, Eras-
tus Ba/ley.
Eureka Lodge, No. 283—G. A. .1.
Sechler, S. G. Patterson, Charles \V.
Alexander.
Pulton Lodge, No. 99—\ Parker,
W. W, Taylor, J. Samuel McCub-
bins.
Mount Energy Lodge, No. 140—
Henry Haley, Job i Knight, H. E.
Parrett.
lliram Lodge, No. 40—George M.
Smedes, Theodore Joseph, John
Nichols.
Evergreen Lodge,' No. 303—M,
Morrison, H. P. Harman, L. j\IcN.
McDonald,
Fellowship Lodge, No. 84.—.lo-
sepli Parker, C. S, Powell, John T.
Cobb.
Wayne Lodge, No. 112,—E. A
Wright, Augustus Edward, E, Y
Cox.
Cumberland Lodge, 364—Rev. A
R. Pittman,
Salem Lodge, N). 289—J. W
Hunter, C. A. T'ogle, Ghas. Hauser.
Cobarie Lodge, No. 379—A. J.
Butler, J. t), 0. Culbreth and R. V\.
Howard.
Winston Lodge, No. 167—J. Q,
A. Bar' am, W. H. I'.illor, E. B.
"Whitsell.
Berea Lodge, No. 204.—Dr. J.W.
Booth, A. S. Carrington, Jolin
Mitcliell, J, J. Meadows,
St. John’s Lodge, No. 1.—Wil
liam M. Poison, John W. Perdew,
Z. E. Murrell.
GRAND LEOTURBli—Dr. 0.
D. Rice, Raleigh, N C.
River Bank Academy,
BEREA, N. C.
The Fourth Sessio: of this School
will begin October loth, and continue
eight months.
The location, healthy; comniouity
moral, thrifty and'intelligent; Church
and Sunday Sahool privileges, ample.
Board in good families at $8 per moi itli.
Terras as heretofore. For further par-
tieulars, apply to
W. T. LYON, Principal.
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NORFOLK COLLEGE,
rOB YOUNG LADIES
Offers more ad/vantages than any other College
for young ladies in the SotUh.
Modern in all its appointment^, line
grounds, new and elegant buildings,
&c. Under Protestant influence, hut
undenominational. Full collegiate
course of study. Special provisions for
best instruction In Music, Art, Ancuutt
and Modern Languages; conversaiion
in French and German daily. Tliroe
hundred and thirteen punils last ses
sion. Charges very low when superior
advantages are considered. For c ihi-
logue containing full information, ad
dress R.ILWynxe, Secretary,
or Rev. R. M. Saunders,
Principal,
sep2l-2m Norfolk. Va
W H & U lUCKEIl I CO'S
GREAT SPECIALTY,
Dress Goods,
Now offer the la-gest and best assort
ed stock of English, French and Amer
ican Dress Goods to be found In the
State.
V V EEE L
V V E L
V V EE L
VV E L
V VEEETTTSSS
V V E T S
V V EE T SS
VV E
EEE LLL V EEE T SSS
Plushes, Silks and;Brocades.
A magnificent variety of Laces, Vade
up L'ice Goods, TJuen Collars, Gloves
and Hosiery. SQTMerino Underwear
and Gents’ Furnishing Goods..Vn
immense stock of
STTOHIS
possible' that 60,000jpersSns
Langtry at $20 is a beauty and fits lik
a glove, or as Mr. Dobbin remarked to
the modest reporter, “like a corset.”
There are beautiful styles of goods for
baby wear, such as eiderdown flannel
in all the pretty colors, as light as a
feather. The stock of Jerseys is com
plete, prices ranging from $2 to IT.ei,
the latter for imported. These are
graceful and comfortable garments,and
as many as seventy-five a day are sold.
Mr. Dobbin, who purchased the beau
tiful stock of goods which entirely fills
the store, deserves much credit for his
good taste in selection.
For twenty years we have stood at
the head of our business, and this sea
son onr assortment exceeds in volume
and variety any former display.
8®“Our immense warerooms contain
an area of over 30,000 square feet.°'@a
Wo import and buy fcotu FIRST
HANDS, and for CASH DOWN. No
concera in this country possesses su
perior facilities to ourselves, ami we
guarantee to sell as low as any house
in tlie Nortli.
Our assorttneut of PIANOS AND
ORGANS is the
LARGEST m THE SOUTH,
am? we sell at
Lowest Factory Prices
Out Agency e ubraces the very finest
and best Pianos manufactured. We
are sole agent for—
STEIN WAY & SONS,
CHICKEEING &SOnS,
HENRY F. MILLER,
EMERSON PIANO CO.
Don’t fail f" con:c ami p(‘e us or write
to us if needing anything in our line.
S. A. STEVENS & 00.,
NORFOLK, VIRGINIA,
For Ladies, Misses, Children, Men and
Boys. Tliroughout every Department
new goods fo FALL AND WINTER
are displayed in sufficient quantity and
variety of styles to please the fancy and
satisfy the desires of all, and to give
disappointment to none.
W. H. & R. S. TUCKER & CO.
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Notice to Tax-Payers.
I will attend at the following times
and niaces for the purpose of collecting
the State and County TaxeSi for the
year 1883:
Hobgood & Tippett’s Store, Friday
October 5th, 1883.
Wilton, Saturday, October 6, 18^3.
Dutchville, Monday, “ 8, 1883.
Tally Ho, Tuesday, “ 9, 1883.
Berea, Wednesday, “ 10, 1883.
Oak Hill, Thursday, , “ 11,1883.
James A. Royster’s Store, Friday.
October 12th, 1883.
Oxford, Saturday, October 12, 1883.
All persons owing taxes must come
forward and settle, as I intend to col
lect the taxes according to law.
L. H. BULLOCK, Sherill'
sep28 Granville County.
J. C. S. LUMSDEN’S
Stove and Hardware House,
TIN, SHEE T IRON, COPPER-
WARE, LAMPS aud OILS,
House Furnishing Goods Etc.
Scales, Weights and Measures
Already Sealed.
Tin Roofing a Specialty.
Fayetteville St. opp. Market Square,
RALEIGH, N. C.,
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W. H. HUGHES,
China, Crockery
QLASS-^VARE,
TABLE CUTLERY,
PLATED WARE,
TEA/l’RAYS, LAMPS, &C.
309 Fayetteville Street,
RALEIGH, N. C.,
Opposite Post-Office,
aud
67 High Street, Portsmouth, Va.
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BRANSON HOUSE,
RALElGil, N. C.
Good transient board by the day,
week or month, at re.asonabIe rates.
Omnibuses and carriages meet all the
trains.
A good porter and attentive dining
room servants always on hand-
This House is located near the Capi
tol Square.
WHAT IS THIS ?
The name of “Weed” seems to l>e
destined to flourish perenially in Amer
ica as the Synonym for success in one
field or another of glorious acliieve-
ment. Capt. Columbus Weed, who
came over in the “Mayflower in 1620.”
and settled in Granville County, North
Carolina, and fell fighting gallantly
hand to hand with the famous Indian
Chief, Lord Wellingtim, at King’s
Mountain, was tlie famous marksman
of half a century ago, of whom it is
told that a Coon at which lie was aiming
came down, and surrendered at discre
tion. Just as the shoddy,, rehuilt, and
old-stjle fancy-price Sewing JMachines
do when the “New Hartford Hachiue,”
with that Ball-Bearing Balance U'heel
gets after tliem. Now, as if to prove,
tliat Peace hath its victories no less re
nowned than war, tlie name of “Weed”
is imperishably associated with the
latest, most perfect, and most popular
Sewing Maeliitie yet developed on this
Continent. The World's Eiglith won
der, ihe ‘ New Harlford” in the hands
of the World’s toiling millions will
“buzz” his name from age to age down
the centuries. See this machine before
you buy.
A. M. Jones, Agent,
Oxford, N. C.
R, P. Richardson & Co.,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
CARPETINGS,
OIL ULOTHS, OUBTAIN MATERIALS,
IWINDOW SHADES, CANTON
AND COCOA MATOINGS,
No. 809, East Main St., Pace “Block,
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA,
aug 31-ly
Farming Implements.
EDWARDS&R0GERS
GENERAL
HartaHams
OXFORD, N. C
Will supply Flue Iron
or Tobacco Flues
prepared, ready
for use, ai
LOW RATES.
We keep on liaiul a well scleeto.l
stock of HARDWARE of every do#
criptlon, embracing
CROCKERY AND GLASS-WARE,
COOKING AND HEATING
STO*VHlS,
POCKET AND TABLE CUTLERY,
WOODEN AND WILLOW-WAR
Guns and Pistols,
Cartridges,
Ammunition
AND SPORTING GOODS.
We invite attention to our stock of
SEWING! MACHINES.
OILS,
NEEDLES AND ATTACUMENm
We also carry a heavy stock of.
Paints ^^’Oils,
BRUSHES AND VARNISHES.
Lamps anilLampHoodi