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Ik - i 1 A Good MEDIUM TO KK VCH The Farmers THIS PAPER HAS A mo ! . Circulation IN TJIK rpoBA,o TKI.T. loitActo Jj;i.t. Low Rates TO Advertisers ! OF 'fill OH'TION 1 S kKliiON Ol' The State ! VOLUME IV NO. 33. OXFORD, N. C, FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 1891. $1.50 PER ANNUM. 1 S25 , B , Tt-ll MEEKLY J NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. M 31 nKEA,,. ntUlptCV to Paid 3 1 Dollars Dostbp.s' Bin. paid 31 dollars ci v-tor's bill lor my wiffc in one year, and ono -bottle of Bradfield's hemale Regulate- dia hor more oood than au the medioino sho hn.i tnkn before. JAMIIS T. GOTT. Carrol, 111. Have sufforod pericvlicr-lly for voars been treated by the b-st pli;, n-rnns 'without re lief - Bradfield's Female Regulator did ma mora ejooci than nil tho other remedies. Mrs. ELIZA DA VIS, Charlotte, N. O. Have ued Bradfield's Female Regulator and, can recommend it to nil my friends. Mism C. S. WthiMEYER, Denver. Col. Braokiki i Kkoulator Co., Atlanta. (",a. Sold by all Druggists. Price, Ji.oo per bottle. UNIVERSITY OF North Carolina. The Next Term J logins Sept. 3. Entrance Examinations, Sept. 2. Tuition $30 jut term. Needy vonnij men of tuleiit ami li.li':Ht r will he aided Willi scholar ship tiiul loans, liesidt-s tin- lu-ncral Courses of Miulv, which oiler a w iilc raiiL'e of elective stud ifp. there art- courses in Law, -Medicine, anil En sibtfriiii.', For Catalogue. Ac. address tin; I'l'tfSidellt, , (iEU. T. WINSTON, C'liapel Hill, N. C. FaicellB's Female Seminary, OXFOKD, N. C. Rev. T. U. PAUCKTTE, - Principals. Mrs. T. U. FAUCKTTE, S MISS ANNIE IIAM.MIE, Inst umental iMusir. M1S EM.MA K A I I'KTT li. Instrumental and Yoial -M u-i-. and Rhetoric. Particular- a- to Assistant Teacher-, .Matron tiL.l Tcrui-. Ac. will ! LMvi-n in Circular. eeloU wiil l.et'in in Jvptciiihor. Address, HEY. T. L'. r'Al'CETTK, jui--f -Jin o.fnnl, X. "'. Stovall Academy. STnVALL, N. O. A BOAKMNii AND U.W SCHOOL FOR GIRLS AN 1 U I.I. lit ) S. Se it. n ('!'!! fM-i T -iiiim-i "Jd, l.Vill. Terms Mu leratP. For particulars ad dress Mt. .1. A. Srv.Ani i.y, Frini ipal, jnh-.M Vim Oxford, N. C. Till-; VOUTI1 ( 1 A KO L 1 N A llii: j.oKTll AliOLlNA College Oi Agriculture .MECHANIC ARTS 1TILL liKlilN ITS TlllliD SESSION ON St-ptt nil'i r :inl, 1MH. with iiu-reasi'tl facili ties' ami i-(iiiiii!H-iiif in every department. The part cm ct-s-l'ul vear has en further evitlence .,1 it- practii al illne. anil its vouiil; men are al rcaitv in demand for responsible positions. Total to-t.'jMixt per veir. Each Countv Sujierinteiidenl of Education vvill examine applicants for adiuis--ioii 1 or t at aloi'iies. addrer-i AI.EX.t; 11U1.LADAY, l'resitient, jllly 111. JCalci-h, N. C 5 -a- THE EIGHTH SESSION WILL BEGIN Septcnii)cr2tl. The number of pupils last session was double that of the pret ediiiL'. ..... . . W ith a Specialist in .Music and All, the School will enter upon a higher career of uselulness and prosperity. Terms moderate Kor further information, address the Principal july 17. South Boston, Va. Littleton High School AND BUSINESS INSTITUTE! OlI.LEOE l'KKKVKATION. 1D.M M Kld'IAh CO! USE, JEN.M ANSI 111 1 r EL EO A I'l I Y, s ' 1IOUT-IIAN1) A -N" 1 rpyi'E Writlntf. ITU"- v.-rv mothrate. Lnexcelled location. Opens All-list -Jltli, 1X1. hi.r catalo'-'ue. addn s-. ,, , L. W. iiA(ILE. Principal, july 15. I.ittlfl.,H,M.C. SOUttl BOStOB F ClIO WAX r.AI'TlST FEMALE INSTITUTE. Murfreesboro, N. C. o Parties, haviu'.' voiuil' ladies to educate will do well to consider the lollowimr facte: '1 he Institution n Hers superior advantages in 1 iterature, Science, and Art Only the best tal ent is employed to eivc iii-trut i'ion in the differ ent department!. The situation is one ol remarkable beauty. J he lii-tiliile ha-twentv t i'-'ht acres of land within the corporation, but so located as to yive the si hot,! all the privacv of the country, while near ei.ouih to the town to secure any advantages it may oiler. . . 'the health record is unsurpassed. During the Ust ten eais there have been two cases of pneumonia, one of typhoid fever, no case of dip theria, scarlet fever or measles. Chills have been -tiunjers, and billions fever almost unknown. The veraL'e of medical bills since the organiza tion of the'school. has been about 5 cents per pupil for the scholaM ic year. Tin- Institution is the unincumbert tl property of the I'.aplists. an'l it is the onb properly owned by I hem in the Slate used exclusively for the. i ihn at it. li of 'jii Is. '1 lie dormitories have been re furnished re t tMilly, ami onlv I wo pupils occupy the same room. A number of new pianos were bought tlil 1111:; the last session, and an entire rearrange ment of the miisii -department is to be made du Ti ti if the v.n a! ion. . Hoard. Literary and .Music Tuition, if paid ftrit tly in advance, are Two Hundred Hollars lor the si iiola-t ic year. '1 he Kail Se-sion begins on Wednesday, Sept. 9th. tor catalogue or additional informalion ad ttrcis JOHN B. BREWER. President. TOWN AND COUNTY. THE PASSING LOCAL EVENTS OF THE DAY. Wltat f TraiiHi!rliiir Aronutl and About ITfi, tu Town anil County The Itlovements anl lotu(rii of Peo ple Von Know. Etc. Mr. J. M. Gregory paid his mother a visit tliis week. Miss Mary Holt ia on a visit to friends in Greensboro. Mr. J. M. Currin has oommeced to cure his line crop of tolmeoo. Dr. IJattle, of the Agricultural De partmeut, spent Monday in Oxford. Dr. A. J. Dal by attended the meeting of the State Alliance at Morehead City. Capt. A. Landis lias as his guest this week Mrs. V. Thompson, of Kentucky. --Miss Alma JJeal has returned from a visit to friends at BurkeTille and Clover, Va. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Cooper and Miss lielle have returned from their mountain trip Mr. R. VV. Lassiter, Jr., and his son Ben spent Saturday and Sunday in Rich mond. The front of the Cooper bank is a beauty and the building Is an ornament to Oxford. We are pleased to note that Mr. John W. Hays, who has been sick for some days, is out again. Mr. and Mrs. Willie Howell and chil dren have returned from a pleasant trip to Georgia and Alabama. Messrs. D. C. Hunt, Caleb Osborn, Thomas Jeffreys and Thomas Winston took in Richmond the past week. We are now in the midst of dog days and there is no discount on extreme hea. Everybody this week has worked faith fully to keep cool. We were in error last week in stat ing that Dr. Cannady had purchased the restdenoe of Dr. Baskerville. The trade did not materialize. Mrs. T. T. Bt.t'bitt und (-".li'dr.-ij after several weeks visit tt. Oa ford, the quests of Mr. and Mrs. Graham Hunt, returned to Baltimore last week. Laughing Bill Hart put in an appear ance in town on Tuesday and the last time we saw him he had a grip on a milk shake trying to keep cool. We learn that Mr. J. F. Rogers will probably enter the tobacco trade in Rich mond. He is a capital business man and we wish him abundant success. The great and only Ben Thorp spent this week in Granville and Person. He returned to Richmond yesterday, where he is the life of the "Tar Heel Colony." We had a pleasant call on Monday from Mr. J. L. Wimberly, one of the prominent youm? men of Tarboro. He is spending a few days with friends in Oxford. Capt. J. C. Howard, accompanied by his daughter, Miss Mary, who have been on a visit to Messrs. B. D. and S. L. How ard, returned to their home in Atlanta Tuesday. Great complaint is made by the farm ers about The tobacco crop. The extreme wet weather has caused the bottom leaves to rot off. Nearly a'l tobacco on low places has been drowned. Jim Renn has at last got what you might term a "regular move" on him and is having the town cleaned up. Just keep wp that move unlil all the places that can possibly breed disease are done awaj' with. Dr. P. R. Hardee who has been a res ident of Hampton, this county, for the past live years has removed to Virgllina, Va. The Doctor has made many friends in Granville who regret very much his departure. Mr. S. H. Longmire comes to the front on a big plant of tobacco. He has one C feet, 2 inches high, topped at 20 leaves. It is said that this knocks the spots off of the big plant that Mr. W. A. Parham had last year. The tower of Trinity College at Dur ham tumbled down Saturday night last. It was nearly completed and had reached the height ot 100 feet. As It went down about one third of the wall of the build ing went with it. This will cause great delay. We are informed that Mr. Thomas Jf ffreya will, after the first of September, locate at Korky Mount to engage in the leaf trade. We very much regret to lose so clever and enterprising a gentleman, and we know a host of friends will wish him every possible success in his new home. We attended the tobacco sales of Messrs. Davis & Gregory in Richmond on Friday The break whs a very fair one and composed entirely of new tobac co from South Carolina and Eastern Car olina. Good prices were obtained It eeemed rather odd to us not to hear Mr Davis bidding on tobacco. On Saturday these gentlemen received 5 car loads of old tobacco from Person, Granville, Nash, Pitt, and Mecklenburg county, Va. We are glad to know that they are doing well in their new home. Earmers, read the change in Davis & Gregory's advertisement in another col umn. W. A. Parham rolled in town on Tuesday and gassed a little with his friends. The theatrical season is almost here in fact, some of the initial movements are already in sight. Dr. W. D. Morton, Evangelist for the Presbyterian Synod at large, was in Ox ford on Wednesday. Our young friend D. Yancey is now one of the leaf dealers on the Richmond market. He has our lest wishes. The Cincinnati papers call people afflicted with a constitutional love for spirits "booze ft from a distance in the past." Decayed vegetables are dangerous to the public health. None but fresh should lie used. Neither should garbage be thrown on the streets. Read advertisement of S. H. Ilawes coal dealer, Richmond, Va. He handles all kinds of coal which can lie bought at the lowest possible prices. Mr. Frank Cole, accompanied by f-Mrs. Cole, Misses llattie, Birdie and Sue Daniel, anil Miss Jane Royster, and Mr. W. E. Burwell, all of Saiterwhites, left for Morehead City Tuesday. We are indebted to Dr. L. B. Grandy, of the Southern Medical College, Atlantaj Ga., for the 13th annual announcement with a list of marticulates and graduates for 1890-1891. Dr. Grandy is a member of the faculty, and is assistant Demon strator of Anatomy and Instructor in Mi croscopy. Jeff Daniel says "if Col. Cupid don't get a move on him his pockets will get empty as he only issued two marriage li censes in July." We will here state that the Colonel seems to be making slow progress in his case as his arrow has thus far failed to have any effect on the heart of this gentleman. We learn from farmers from differ ent sections of the county that the tobac co crop in Granville will not reach three fourths of a crop. On the South side the tobacco is burnins up, owing to the ex treme heat, and is suffering for rain. Of course some of our farmers have fine crops, but upon the whole the crop is late and badly diseased. A special from Greensboro to the Washington Star reports that a meeting has been arranged between Ex-Drummer Fife, the evangelist, and one of the mem bers of the Shenck family. It futher states, as we have before announced, that the matter will come before the next Guilford Court, Fife having sued Judge Shenck civally and for damages. The New York Druggists Circu lar and Chemical Gazette for August contains this paragraph; "That Nestor among pharmacists, R. J. Mitchell, of Oxford, has entirely given up his old call ing, has passed into the fifth age of man, anel with 'Eyes severe anil beard of formal cut, full of wise saws and modern in stances' he plays his part as justice." On the 28th of this mouth the Far mers' Alliance will have a big rally in this place. Jerry Simpson, Harry Skin ner and Col. L. L. Polk will be here to address the assembled crowd. A big time is expected. We hope Commis sioner Robinson will be here and tell ns what he knows about analyses and the "customs" of his department. Durham Sun. We hear in every direction of the great virtues of Panacea water. It is cur ing people all over the country after other remedies are found worthless. It is the coming spring of America. We learn that Mr. W. Barbour, of South Boston, Va., of the firm of Owen, Barbour & Smith has been in bad health for a long time, but is finding the use of the water which he is using freely while sojourn ing in Oxford is doing him a great deal of good. Mr. J. H. Gooch, a prominent citizen of Weldon died August (5, after an illness of several weeks, of a peculiar bronchial affection brought on by the grippe, which attacked him a year or more ago. He was about forty-one years of age and leaves a wife and one son. He was a native of Granvilie county, but had been living there for quite a number of years, and was thoroughly identified with that community, in which he made hosts of friends by his many admirable and manly qualities of both head and heart. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Harris, of Hen derson, who have been on a visit to Niag ara Falls, returned home by way of Ox ford on Saturday. They were in the col lision on the Westshore Railroad near Syracuse, N. Y., last week in which 12 people were killed. It was their good fortune to be in one of the rear sleepers ami escaped injury; in fact, only felt a sudden jar. "The sleeping cars," said Mr. Harris, "were onlj' detained about 30 minutes, as they were hooked on to another train and we reached Buffalo 30 minutes later. This gives you an idea of how they conduct railroads North." To the Magistrates. Mr. Jeff Daniel, Register of Deeds, has received the Laws of 1891, and is now rsidy to supply each Magistrate in the j c aunty with a copy. JEFF'S DREAM; OR THE GREAT COURT HOU5E RAT CON VENTION. The Olfl Mohh Back Rats Hold a Rr ular Pow-Wow Over the Spoils on the Register of needs' Table-It was a Harmonious Gathering. I am Register of Deeds nd I sat at my desk busily writing while the day wore away. I had a task to perform that morn ing, and the amount of monotonous work to be finished together with trying to di gest the acts passed by the last Legisla ture with sultriness of the day seemed to act as a special soporific, and with noth ing to relieve the stillness, I scarcely could keep my eyes open long enough to see how to dip my pen in the inkstand. Frequently l would start, suddenly, with a spasmodic jerk only to find the pen in my hand idle, and a sentence partly writ ten. It went on so for two or three hours and I found I was making slow progress. Perhaps the fried onions 1 liad partaken of at breakfast had something to do with it, or that my digestion was bad? How ever, be that as it may, I was awfully drow sy, I had promised my friend Tom to go with him fishing that afternoon down on Fishing Creek. Why it Is called Fish, ing I have not been able to learn, unless, as Colonel Mitchell says, a man can fish in it, but never a fish has been caught.) 1 had brought a lunch from home with me, that I might lose no time In going to dinner, and the amount or value of the fish we might catch was but a secondary consideration. I wanted relief a rest from the tiresome office work, which, for the time had induced me to become a pat ron of the art of Isaac Walton. I had placed my lunch on the tablebefore me, and while 1. was pondering as to what time I would get through with the work aud the cause of my being so sleepy I saw a large, old moss-back rat, fat and sleek as an alderman, lazily saunter ing along as In seaich of something. He came up to a vacant chair beside my desk and after sniffing once"or twice, sprang into it, and turning suddenly around, looked me squarely in the face and said : "Who in the thunder are you?" "Oh," I modestly replied, "I am Regis ter of Deeds and " "Yes, I understand, said the rodent. "Well, we Court House rats are going to hold a meeting here this afternoon as we hear they are going to commence soon to remodel our dear old home. It is time now glancing up at the clock, and we don't want any intruders." "Put him out! Put him out!'! came the cry from a chorus of voices, and as I looked in the direction from whence the sound proceeded, I saw about fifty rats all sizes filing in at the door which stood open. Just then one of them picked up a morsel upon the floor, which probably had fallen out of the paper in which my lunch was wrapped. He was immediate ly set upon by the whole gang, excepting the chief log-walker, the one whom I had been talking to, who rapped his gavel in cessantly to restore order, while a rough and tumble fight ensued under my very feet. At last the bone of contention was disposed of in no amicable manner by its sudden disappearance, and order was at last restored. "I am surprised at you!" snapped the Chief-Log-Walker, savagely. "You shall be taught to share in the spoils in a more generous and equal manner. It will not do, but eventually be the means of rup turing this whole body should the public become convinced of your hoggish greed. Come to order, every one of you rat-tailed scoundrels !" Immediately the Chief-Log-Wa 1 k e r jumped from the chair on to my desk, and one by one the rest of them followed by jumping into the chair, and then on to the desk, and taking their places assigned them, in front of me with their attention fixed upon my countenance. "I was just telling this stranger that we did not want intruders," continued he, and addressing the assembly. "Is it a secret meeting -a kind of star j chamber affair?" I ventured to ask. "Well, yes; so far as the general out side public is concerned; but I wish to ask you one question," he continued, as I arose to go. "What do you consider the safest business rule to be guided by through life?" "Get all you can and hold 1o what you have got," I promptly replied. "That's my sentiments," replied one whom they called lawyer Knowem, and I move the gentlemen be allowed the lib erty of the building. "Second the motion," responded No curtail who squealed as his caudle ap pendage was stepped on by lawyer Skiu ner. "It is moved and seconded," said the Chief Lop-walker, "that the gentleman be allowed to retain his seat. All in favor say aye opposed no." "Ayes" was fairly screamed. Curious to know something of their doings I again sat down. "We can trust you," said the chief. "You see, our object in this meeting is to thoroughly understand each other to combine more closely. There has been some complaint of late among certain of our members about the perquisites, and some of the little fellows have been threatening to squeal. Their services could easily be dispensed with, but for one thing. It would break the ring, ad be the death of all of us, as those ousted would go about squealing to the people." ."How is your ring formed ?" I asked, hardly knowing what to say. "Let me illustrate," said he. "When the name of any person, place or thing" "It's a noun," says I. "Yes," said he, "it's known no more. It's ours, and we form a ring in this manner," and each rat grabbed the tail of another in his mouth with the chief in front until all were in line fine, when the rat tail end of the tile, or the file end of the rat tail, or the end tail of the rat file was grabbed by the chief as it swung around my lunch 'You thieving wretches," cried I, af 1 started to my feet. I awoke! My lunch was still there. "How very like and real Is my dream," I thought, as I eat my lunch instanter, as a preventive of some real calamity. Very Important. Rock crushers cost about $900.00. The necessity of good roads is admitted by all. The farmers who haul their produce to market, the merchants, mechanics and all classes who are mostly dependent on the farmers are all interested in good roads There is no chance for getting good roads in Granville without a rock crusher. A crusher would cost $900. Of this sum the town of Oxford could pay $400, Ox ford township $1C0 and the county $400. The plan suggested by A. W. Graham was for the county to control It and it strikes us the tax-pay eis would be doubly compensated by the saving of time and to wagons and teams. A Biff Hani. Mr. W. R. Currin, who resides near Providence, discovered that his chicken were disappearing, and he concluded he would try and find out where they went to. He discovered tracks around the chicken house hncl followed them to a hole in the ground not far from his dwelling. He investigated said bole and found an opo&sum and pulled htm out and fastened it, and made another dive and hauled out another and continued until he had pulled out 13. It was not a good day for opossums either. Mr. Cur rin has got them up in a box to fatten, and when sweet potatoes come in will have a big dinner. .Secured Room, Capt. J. B. Hunter, Manager of Gran vllle Exhibit at the Southern Exposition at llaleigh called to see us on Monday. Since his election he has not been idle and informed us that he had secured space in the Exposition Building for our big lay out. It is nearly opposite the main entrance to the grounds and is 58x8 feet. Shelves, counters, etc., will have to be erected at the expense of the count'. To show the products to advantage it will be necessary to call in the services of an artist, which will be an additional cost of $50 without or $75 with bunting. Condition of Crops in the State. Raleigh, N. C, Aug. 8 The follow ing is the weekly weather crop bulletin for the week ending August 7th 1891 : The reports of correspondents of the weekly weather crop bulletin, issued by the North Carolina Experiment station and State weather service, for the week ending August 7th, 1891, show that thel wheather continued very uniavoraDie up to the past three or four days, when it be J came quite favorable, the excessive rains having ceased and the crops in all sec tions getting more sunshine. The tem perature, the early part of the week, con tinued slightly below the average, but has reached 90 degrees and over durin the last lew days. vahwu, mruufjut w e"- weed and does not fruit well; tobacco is damaged considerably, in some localities while in others it is doing well; Pd corn is fine, but in low lands it is injured by rain, corn crop generally good Pre. by rain, corn crop generally good sent condition of crops: Cotton, 74; cornel 84 ; tobacco, 86- The following total rain falls fur week have been reported : Wel don, 2.96; Wilmington, 5.32; Goldsboro 3.18 ; New Berne, 3.14 ; Lumberton, 4.21 ; Southern Pines, 1.34; Southfield, 4.60: Raleigh, 3.32; Wadesboro, 1.44; Chapel Hill, 3 06; Oak Ridge, 1.36; Salisbury, 1.33; Charlotte, 0 87; Statesville, 1.3;$ Asheville, 1.78; Bat Cave, 2 00. Averag rainfall for the Stato this week, 2.5( inches; nominal rainfall for correspond ing week of August, 1.52 inches (170 re ports received representing 64 counties.) A Little GirlXExperleHce In a Light house. Mr. aud Mrs. Loren-Trescott are keep ers of the Gov. Lighthouse at Sand Beach, Mich., and are blessed with a daughter four years old. Last April she was taken down with Measles, followed with a dreadful Cough and turning into Fever. Doctors at home aud at Detroit treated her, but in vain ; she grew worse rapidly, until she was a mere ' handful of bones." Then she tried Dr. King's New Discovery and after the use of two and a half bot tles, was completely cured. They say Dr King's New Discovery is worth its weight iu gold, yet you may get a trial bottle free at J. G. Hall's drug store. FOR SALE One twelve horse boiler and engine as good as new. Apply at this office OUR OPPORTUNITY AK THE EXPOSITION TO BE HELD IN f'i RALEIGH THIS FALL. be the BigKest Thine Ever Had in ithe State, and a Grand Opportunity for Granville County to Show Her Many Advantages. North Carolina has had her State Fair Kalelgh for several years and has had tlie Exposition, all of which have been in tlmeasure more or less successful. While a say this much, of course what we have tZ&d in the past, however creditable and Commendable, has been on a small scale tompareu with what we will have in the Exposition commencing October 1st and lading December 1st of this year. The loming Exposition is a big thing it Is jp a grand scale. It is not a North Caro lina institution merely, but it is an Expo sition of the Southern States and thous ands and thousaLds of people who never iAW Raleigh will be in attendance ; indeed, thousands of people who never saw l!oith Carolina will attend. It will be the biggest thing In ihe way of an ex hibit that will perhaps ever again be held Vu the Old North State during the pres ent generation. The question has arisen will Raleigh be equal to the demand oi accommodating them ? She says that she can do it, but she will have to go to work in earnest and put forth the supreme ef fort of her life. One relief, however, for the huge crowd will be found in accom modations at some of the adjoining rail way towns. The people will attend in large numbers from all parts of the com pass and this will give a chance for th 3iate to show her resources. Each coun ty of spirit and enterprise will be put ou pier best metal and that Granville will be n hand to make a good showing we ear nestly desire and anxiously hope. It will e a glorious thing if her people will go o work with activity and euergy and show to the world what she has as a re gion highly favored of Heaven. This is fjo ordinary affair. It is highly impor tant. A meeting was held here the other iay of the Granville committee to take teps on this subject. Rev. M. L. Wir- ,,ton was chosen to preside over the meet ing of the committee and CJ. x . Crews fvas appointed secretary. Capt. J. Bev ftrly Hunter was appointed to take charge ff the Granville exhibit and to remain in Rareigh during the Exposition to super intend same and talk up the resources of Granville. We urge all of our readers to do what they can in the line of making old Gran ville stand foremost among the counties of the State. Death of a Prominent Young Ulan. Another life has been taken from among us which we trust will shine with brightness in the Heavenly world. Another household has been made deso late and wife, children, parents, brothers and sisters mourn the loss of a loved one. On BMday afternoon the soul of Mr. A. P. Fleming burst its earthly fetters and passed away. He was stricken down two weeks ago with lever, and being of a weak constitution was unable to comba' with the disease. He came to Oxford 8 years ago from Warren county and en tered the gr cory buslnets, which he con tinued until the past winter, when he closed out and commenced buying tobac co. He married Miss Katie Hays, the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Hays, and was an affectionate husband f&th er. He possessed many good- qualities, and by his kindly disposition had made many warm friends in the com m unity. He was a member of Oxford Lodge, No. 103, I. O. O. F., and of the Methodist church. The burial took place on Saturnay afternoon. Services were conducted by Rev. R. F. Bumpass at the residence, and the remains were interred in the new cemetery under the auspices of the odd Fellows in the presence of a ,arge Qumber of 8ympatbizing friends. Tq lovejJ OQes we caQ on,y gay be comforted tllOUgh His scythe seem to cut th tenderest cord know it is by this di . , . . Qn t,,;Q vine behest alone well" and "loves whom he chastens." Say then that hardest of things "Farewell, then, my beloved, I'll patiently wait till I hear, 'Tis enough, come up higher' first among the seraphs of paradise, may thy voice bid me welcome at the beautiful gate!" The Tobacco Crop. It can be briefly summond up: To date the tobacco crop of Virginia and Ni rth Carolina is doing well, with no little irregularity in the stand, with consider able late tobacco looking well, however. The rains at present are doing more harm than good. If there are more fillers made than last year, thej' will be muchly needed ; there are too few, and those too kigh now for those who work hrlghts exj clusively, and it would be a disadvantage to have our manufacturers, forced by such scarcity, to use substitutes and lower or foreign grades of tobacco. Ex. The Ladies I)ell-hted. The pleasant effect and the perfect safety with which ladies may use the liquid fruit laxative, Syrup of Figs, under all conditions make it their favorite rem edy. It Is pleasing to the eye and to the taste, gentle, yet effectual in acting on the kidneys, liver and bowels. MISCELLANEOUS. Absolutely Pure. A cream ol tartar baking powder. Highest f'f all in leavening strength. Latest V. S. Govern ment Food Report. Work for the Killer oi High Prices ! NiW SEISE! NiWSTSiiK! WE HAVE OPKNED VV IN THE COOl IiU old stand, corner of Ilillsboro ami Alain streets, with a full line of General-:-Merchandise, CONSISTING OF DRY AND FANCY GOODS, Notions, Shoes and Hats. MY STOCK IS NEW AND CLEAN ! IPKOl'OSE TO SELL AS LOW AS A MAN can afford to do, and 1 menu to do a leyil i mate, square business. All 1 ask the people in to give me a trial. 1 shall make f,'ood all 1 prom ise. We Don't Credit You DOKS NOT IMPLY LACK OF CONl'IDKNCU ill your honesty, but we know the one ju ice cash system is rijjht, anil best for all. We ear nestly extend to all who pay tvish for their j'oods to trade with us anil enjoy tin; lienclils of our system. A lot of people buy on time throiu'h hahit. To all such we invite you to ijive us a trial, feeling assured you will be ampiy paid for breaking loose from such habits. VfJtirs anxious to please, mch27. L. E. WliKiHT & CO. DAVIS SCHOOL A MILITARY INSTITUTE FOR BOYS and YOUIiG M. Full College Course of Study. Complete) preparatory eourse. ThoroiiKh Course ill Civil Fn Klneerliij;. Full Commercial Course. Resident Surgeons. No char ire lor medieii) attention. Cadet cornkt Band. Instruction in Slusi and Art. Practical course iu Telegraphy. VEIIY LOW RATKS. For Keiristur. with terms ami particulars, address I.OCATIOK Famous Q0, A. C. DAVIS, Supt., FOB c . utt am Health.? VIT:n. . c. j IC -FROM- H Balolgh Plate Ice Factory IS THE REST, PUREST AND COLDEST ICK made by nature or art, whole-ale and retail at rock bottom prices by Jones Sc Powell, RALEIGH, N. C, WHOLESALE DEALERS IN GRAIN. FORAGE, SHINGLES. LATHS, COAL, WOOD, M1LLFEED, Ac. THOSE WHO WISH TO BUY WILL PLEASE write for prices. Those w ho wish to sell please state quantity and prices. may s H T poUNCIT o n( f VounciJU V.jo9 OXFORD, N. C, Cabinet Makers -AND- UPHOLSTERERS ! HAVE JUST RECEIVED A NICE line of pictures and picture mould ings. Also carrv a li one in need of anything of the kind we would be pleased to have you call and see us. We will guarantee prices as low aa any one. apr.17 line, i h ! 1
Oxford Public Ledger (Oxford, N.C.)
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Aug. 14, 1891, edition 1
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