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Granville County Alliance, at their meeting on
July 4th, passed the following:
Whebbas, We recognize the lact that The
Public Ledger, of Oxford, is friendly to the
Alliance cause, and is outspoken in advocacy
nf ita Interests, therefore.
Rwnimci. That, we commend it as worthy the
patronage of members of the Alliance, and urge
our menauers io tive il a uucim nuyyuiu.
OXFORD, N. C
FEB. 27, 1891
EDITORI AL NOTES.
A banking; firm at Topekw, Ks.,
failed with $300,000 liabilities.
The Kansas House of Kepresenta-
tivps rfipnsidered and passed the
bill giving women the right to vote
.and hold office.
The failure of the American
Loan and Trust Company, of New
York, is one of the bisrgest breaks
we have had yet.
Mr. Stanford's Government
Land Loan bill was reported back
adverselv with a recommendation
that its consideration be indefini
tely postponed.
Senator Gorman will be in the
race for the Democratic nomina
tion for the Presidency and Mary
land will send a solid delegation
to the convention for him.
In two weeks more Congress
will adjourn and the public will
be permitted a short breathing
spell before being callen upon to
givf its exclusive attention to the
vagaries of the baseball umpires.
Mr. Ingalls had the distinguish
ed honor of presenting the creden
tials of his successor, Mr. Peffer,
to the Senate, lne papers were
placed on file, and Mr. Ingalls
looked as if he wished that Peffer
had been filed with them.
Other than Democratic Gover
nors with an eye to dark-horse
possibilities are keeping a golden
silence on the silver question.
A Democratic cotemporary notes
that Mr. Blaine lias not taken the
opportunity to express himself on
free silver coinage.
General Thomas F. Drayton of
Charlotte, the last classmate of
Jefferson Davis, died Wednesday
morning at the house of his
daughter, Mrs. Pope, in Florence,
S. C, in his 83d year. He was a
valiant soldier in the late war and
and an esteemed citizen.
PBESIDEXT TIMBER FOR 1892.
In our issue of the 15th we had
the names of Governor Pattison,
of Pennsylvania, for President,
and Zebulon B. Vance, of North
Carolina, for vice-Presi dent, which
is by far the strongest ticket the
,$i.50 Democrats can brinsr forth at this
time. If Pattison - can carry
Pennsylvania for the President as
he did for Governor, the ticket is
elected on nomination. Let us
review the situation and count up
the chances. The present electo
ral college with the new States is
410 votes. Vance would carry to
the polls the whole Southern
States, including1 Missouri, with
their 152 electoral votes solid as a
block of granite; leaving Pattison
to bring up Pennsylvania, New
Jersey and Indiana with their 54
votes making 2 majority of the
whole electoral college. If the
election is held under the new ap
portionment, which gives to the
New England States one addi
tional vote, to the Middle States
five, to the Southern States six,
and the Western eleven twenty-
three new votes. Of these New
Jersey gets one, Pensylvania two,
Indiana one, Missouri one and
the six in the Southern States is
twelve of the twentvthree new
votes making their majority three
instead of four under the old ap
portionment.
Pennsylvania is undoubtedly
the keystone State in the next
Presidential campaign no matter
who is nominated bv the Demo
crats. Blaine is the man we will
have to fight and this ticket will do
it. New lork and New York men
cannot be relied upon. The Dem
ocratic party in that State is irre
concilably divided. They are in
he hands of Piatt and Davenport
who are playing Hill against
Cleveland to their own advantage
and the destruction of the great
principles of Democracy. Six
. a 1
times consecutively nave we
trusted our cause to the demands
of New York as the Empire State
and as many times have we been
defeated, save once by an ac
cidental slip of the tongue by less
than a broken dozen of rum, ro
manism and rebellion and then he
(Cleveland) couldn't hold it for a
second term against the smallest
and weakest man that ever ran
for the office. Isn't it time we
should take council ol our expe
rience and think what we are
about, when the sword of Dama
cles in the force bill hangs over
us by a single vote, threatening
our elections into the transforma
tion of a Provost guard ?
SHORT STOPS.
ITEMS OF INTEREST GATHERED HERE
AND THERE AND BRIEFLY NOTED.
What Is Goliic on in all Section or
the Country, Personal and Other
wise as Culled from onr Exchanges.
Crisp, of Georgia, seems to be
looming up as Speaker of the
House." He is clearer headed and
less noisy than Mills. Chicago
Inter-Ocean, Rep.
The number of Indians in the
United States who can read Eng
lish is slated to be over 23,000; the
number who can read Indian j
languages is over 10,000.
American corn, wheat, rve and
A New York lawyer is reported
i o have received $400,000 for hi
opinion in favor ol the Sugar
Trust. This is on the principle o
demand and supply. Favorable
opinions to the trust are o scarce
that they command the highest
figures. Opinions unfavorable to
the trust, on the other hand, are
given without charge, by
courts.
Congressman-elect Shell,
South Carolina, a Farmers' Alii
ance member, takes a conserva
tive view of.the probable attitude
of the alliance men in the nex
House, lie thinks they will not
form a group apart, but will co-
the
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harlev. "and the manufacturers 0f eraie wu" V"v or uemo
them," are to enter Brazil dutv crats according to their part pr"
free. Does the clause quoted
carry whisky and beer?
Peter Johnson, of Trenton, N.
J., wore out what little brains he
had smoking cigarettes, and a few
davs ago he shot a big hole in his
head with a handful of shot.
It is said that the farmers of
Kansas have so much enjoyed
laying Ingalls out, that they are
now loading up for Plumb, and
are going gunning for him wh3n
the time comes.
Among the latest. Georgia curi
osities is a negro, entirely uned
ucated, who speaks Greek, Latin
and French, and the people don't
know what to make ot it. We
should suppose they didn't.
The New York Press, rabid Rep.,
says ''schools make Republicans inconsistent and unreasonable
lerences. lne iarmers specia
representatives can do much good
in Congress it they will pursue a
A.
reinperate course, avoiding ex
treme measures and insisting upon
reforms which the good sense anc
patriotism of the country will ap
prove.
White Republicans in North
Carolina charge their black breth
ren with being far inferior to them
in every respect. Bywayofillus
tion they state that the black "man
and brother" has great difficulty
in discerning the fine distinctions
of "meun et tuum," and he is also
greatly given to selling his vote
for small change. Taking into
account the Republican platform
claims that the races are equal.
this sort of harsh criticism sounds
The election of James H. Kyle
United States Senator from South
Dakota, to succeed Senator Moody,
by .the Independents and Demo
crats, leaves but two more Sena
tors to be elected Florida and
Illinois. In the latter the ballot
ing goes on every day, and they
do not seem to be any nearer the
end than they were at the begin
ning.
Death is reaping in his harvest
ot oia veterans ot tne war witn a
busy hand. The flags over the
Federal buildings were hardly
placed at half mast on account of
Admiral Porter's death, before the
demise of Geneial Sherman was
announced. In a very few years
vthe last participant of the recent
war between the States will have
passed away. But unfortunately
the politician will still survive.
Mr. Powderly's attack of heart
disease while speaking in Kansas
is a warning to that energetic labor
leader that he must take the work
ot liie in a less severe and exciting,
way than he has been doing. Not
many men can affort to neglect a
a warning that the heart cannot
stand the strain that has been put
on by exhausting work. But per
haps Mi. Powderly many think it
better to die in harness than to
retire to a quiet and easy life with
bis work half done.
General Joseph E. Johnston's
service as pall-bearer at the
funeral of General Sherman was
in accordance with a promise
mutually made between himself
and the dead soldier. Some years
ago General Sherman and General
Johnston agreed that the survivor
of them would, if health permitted,
attend the funeral ol the other.
The friendship between these two
great adversaries on the field
became after the war was closed
an intimacy which is said to have
been touching in its tenderness.
Insects do deposit their eggs in decayed
fruit. What creates worms in the human
body? Think of this, and give Shriner'p
Indian Vermifuge occasionally to your
children. For sale by J. G. Hall.
THE POLITICAL ISSUE IX CANADA
Sir John MacDonald, in a pub
lished address, practically declares
the issue of the approaching Can
ida elections to be whether Can
ada shall be annexed to the United
States or not. He declares that
unrestricted reciprocity, which is
advocated by the Reform party
means discrimination against the
mother country in favor of the
UnitedStates,and will inevitably
lead to annexation if adopted.
He states the position of the Con
servative party to be on favoring
a great nation on the American
continent which shall be a part
of the British Empire, the great
est empire on earth. That it
desires the Canadian tariffs to be
fixed in Canada and not in Wash
ington. The people of the United
States will take more than ordi
nary interest in the result of these
elections since the Canadian Pre
mier has so clearly defined the
issue, for with this utterance of
the Government leader as a battle
cry the result will be significant.
It only remains for the opposi
tion to accept the issue without
reservation to get a definite ex
pression of Canadian sentiment on
the question of annexation to the
United States.
JERRY SIMPSON NOT SOCKEESS.
The Kansas City Times Says
Congressman elect Jerry Simp
son arrived in Kansas City yester
day. They say that I dont wear
any socks, said the new Congress
man. "That is a big lie and a
vile slander. I wear, as good
socks as any other gentleman in
Kansas. My wife is a careful
little body, and she insists upon
keeping me supplied with stock
that would do even for a "Prince
Hal'' and she don't let any holes
'hoes'' herself, and when the
holes come out she darns 'em in
i fashion that would do credit to
the first lady in the land.''
English Spavin Liniment removes all
Hard, Soft or Calloused Lumps and Blem
ishes from horses. Save $50 by use of
one bottle. Warranted the most wonder-
Iml Blemish Cure ever known. Sold by
T. Q. Hall, Druggist, Oxford.
as surely as sunsnine makes
flowers." What's the matter with
the schools at the North, then?
Have they played out?
John McKeown, an oil man, who Dem
recently died in Washington, Pa.,
worth $5,000,0000 came to this
country a poor man twenty-five
years ago, ana lound occupation
as a driller in the coal fields.
Doctors and undertakers are the
oniy proiessions nanaicappea in
Either the Republicans are slan
dering their alleged brother, or he
is unfit for a political consort
Which is it? Savannah News,
FAO
AX ANTI-TRUST CIGARETTE
TORY
Hie Border Alliance met at
Danville Va., Feb. 18, and passed
a resolution recommending- that
an anti-trust cigarette factory be
established with a capital stock
the matter of trade. They cannot of $200,000. A committee was ap
well offer any silverware or pointed to solicit stock. This
chromos to increase custom That movement is designed as an op-
certainly would look like running position to the American ToWco
the matter into the ground.
The Marquis ot Lome is writing
a novel called "From Shadow to
Sunlight.'' It has no references,
however, to the "sunlight'' which
he experienced when he got out
of the "shadow" of his royal
mother-in-law's presence.
Henry Cabot. Lodge is longing
for the time to come when he can
get out oi vvasnington and go
down to Cape Cod among the
cranberry bushes, where there
will be nobody to remind him of
what a supernal Joufce-v he has
made of himself.
A Maine newspaper announces
that S. A. Rideout, of Cumberland
Center, that State, a journeyman
carpenter, has made a box, on the
surface ot which, in mosaic, are
shown all the States of the Union,
in various woods, of proper rela
tive size and artistically grouped.
Hon. Jerry Simpson, of Kansas,
remarked to Senator-lately laid-
out-Ingalls on meeting him, ""We
great men owe a good deal to
bright newspaper men.'' Ingalls
couldn't see it, for if there hadn't
been any newspapers he would
probably continue to do some sky
scraping in the Senate.
The faithful Republican organs
call it "proper deliberation" when
the Coinage Committee of the
House holds the Silver Bill for a
month, but pronounce it to be
"U., ... 1. C I Tl 1
rushes partisan measures through
the House without debate. New
York World, Dem.
The expressions of so many
State Legislator?, to have Senators
elected by the people, instead of by
the Legislature, will only make its
adoption a question of time. The
Western Legislatures have had
picnics enough in electing so manv
millionaires. The people want a
division, even if it is long division.
Charlotte Chronicle.
Iron is King and the United
States are the King's
palace and throne
passed all rivals as a
Company, which has a monopoly
of the cigarette business in Vir
ginia and North Carolina, and
which it is alleged has greatly
depreciated the price of that
grade of leaf tobacco know as
cutters.
UNITY AMLOXO FARMERS.
Too much cannot be said of the
importance of members of the Al
liance working together. If the
business men in a town or city
work against each other or if
they each go in an opposite di
riction the result general is dis
astrous. But where there is con
cert of action and good feeling
all goes well. However, it will
not do for all people to think alike;
but where there is a difference of
opinion the matter should be in
vestigated and error found, for
somebody is in error. - Salisbury
Watchman.
What a Leading Physician says.
Dr. R. S. Gordon, a leading physician
of Mt. Carmel, 111., writes the following
under date March 10, 1890:
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physicians of Ohio and Indiana, the dis
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extent that I was almost blind. I was
then induced to take a course of Swift's
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that after taking a few bottles I was en-
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trace of the desease left. I consider
S. S. S. the best blood purifier and gen
eral health tonic to-day on the market."
uscar Wiles, Auntingburg, Ind.
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Barnes Plyler, the largest man 'In
Union county, this State, died several
days ago of the grip. He wu unusually
tall, and weighed 425 pounds, He was a
man of prominence, being one of the
largest planters in the county.
We have
producer of
ron; we long ago took the lead in
production of steel. At the eni
of the century this country will
make more iron and steel than all
the rest ot the world combined.
His voice is still for war Elliot
The people at the World's Dispensary
of Buffalo, N. Y., have a stock-taking
time once a year and what do you think
capital his tney d? Count the number of bottles
women who that Dr. Pierce's Golden
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it would do.
And how many do you think they have
to count. One in ten? Not one in five
hundred!
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to invade Dixie, his daughter ad-
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manners, her fine appearance, and
an entire disregard of some of her
ather's most frenzied editorials.
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B1
Mortgage
VIRTUE
ale.
Y VIRTUE OB TWO MORTGAGES EXE-
cuted bv Mula!:hi t ri'f.-intii;, t fie lirst record
ed on page 825. book 28, the second recorded on
pages 50 and 57, book Z'-', of the morfgne records
in the office of the Register of Deeds of Granville
county, I will t?ell to t he hi-rhest bidder, for cash,
at thecourt houe door in the town of Oxford, on
the 2nd day of JVIarch, is'.tl, a tract of land in said
county of Granville, on l edge of Ifocks creek,
adjoining the lands of Edward Cash, Benjamin
Wheeler, Thomas Hall and others, containing
seventy-one acres, more or lens. This, Jan. 20,
1891, E 3. FOKBISH,
Mortgagee and assignee of John L Markham,
Mortgagee. j jan. 23 4 w
Notice !
H
AVING THIS DAY QUALIFIED AS EXEC-
utors ol the last tvili apd testament ot
William llockadav, deceased, hotice is hereby
given to all persons having claims against the
said estate to present them to n'r.on or before the
10th day of February, 1 Hit J, or tljfe notice will be
pleaded in har ol tneir recotiisry; all persons
indedttd to said estate are requested to make
immediate settlement. Feb 5, THtl.
W. T. itOCKADAY,
W. R. jrOCKADAY,
GEO. 1. WALL,
feb 6-C w Executors otJ'tV. Ilockaday.
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Administrator'! Notice.
HAVING THIS DAY QUALIFIED BEFORE
the Clerk of the Superior CJijnrt of Granville
conntv noon the estate of D. L. 'Moss, deceased.
notice is hereby given to all per-ims indebted to
the estate ot said deceased to -iiake immediate
payment, and to those holding claims against
said estate to present them fur! payment on or
before the 5th day of February,! iS'.2, or this no
ticewillbe pleaded in bar of said claims, this
2nd of February, 1S91 . j
JAMES L. ADCOCK,
feb6 6wpd Adm'r of D. li loee, deceased,
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A. LANDIS & SONS' AD vTSRTISEMENT.
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WHAT WE PROPOSE TO DO HEREAFTER
FOR
1st. To offer to the public fifty thousand dol
lars worth of Dry Goods, Millinery, Ready-made
Clothing, Notions, Furniture, Gents' Furnishing
Goods, Glass and Crockeryware, Carpets, &c,
at such prices that will satisfy you.
2nd. We shall sell this stock cheaper than
ever goods were offered at in this place. We
shall endeavor to undersell everybody.
3rd. We shall sell no one. friend or foe, ex
cept as follows: All accounts must be settled in
full on the first of every month. If an account
is made on the 30th or 31st it must be settled on
the first day of the next month.
We Invite Special Attention
TO THE
Ann 11
Which have advanced at least 20 per cent, but
which we shall offer at a
SMALL ADVANCE ON C0ST12
$10,000 worth of Ready-made Underwear;
Shirts, Shoes, Hosiery, etc.
$10,000 worth of Ready-made Clothing.
A very and unusually large stock of Glass
ware, Crockery, Tea and Dinner Sets, Tinware,
ate.
Will close out a very large stock of Furniture,
consisting of Bed Room Sets, Parlor Suites, Bu
reaus, Wash Stands, Chairs, Tables, Lounges,
Bed Springs, Mattrasses. A first rate Bed Stead
at two, three and a half, four and a half and five
dollars. .
A big bargain will be offered in Carpetings.
Will close out our Parlor Suites at cost.
10 per ' cent, reduction will be made on all
shoes for cash only.
5,000 yards best Calico at 5 cents
1,000 yards best Ginghams at 6 and 8 cents
1,000 yards best style Sicillian Cloths.
1,000 yards Fancy Silks, all colors, at 60 cents
per yard ; cost from 75 cents to $1.
100 Pictures at 75 cents, worth $1.25.
50 Pictures at 1.25, worth 2.
25 extra large fine Frames at 3.76, worth 6.
25 at 4.75, worth 7.50.
25 Boys' Wagons at 1, 1.50, 2 and 2.50, worth:
1.50, 2, 3 and 3.50.
1,000 pieces Ribbon at reduced prices.
Feathers at less than New York Cost.
In fact our entire stock will be offered at much.
less prices than can be bought elsewhere. Don't
fail to call and ask for what you want.
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