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OXFORD, N. C, FRIDAY, JULY 8, 1892.
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How is This ?
We have sold nearly four cars of Old Hickory
Wagons all warranted. Our repair bill has not
beeu V of one per cent. This speaks for itself.
No other wagons as a class are as good. It pays
to buy the best. However we will sell as cheap
as any one can.
We Sell
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are the best on the market and sold only on
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IQQ A1PENINGS.
THE PASSING LOCAL EVENTS OF THE
DAY.
Wlinl l Trtiiiiriiic Aronnd ami
AImmK. Vh, la Town and County
TIm Movement ami Doings of Peo
ple Yon Know. Etc.
Schemes are in process of hatch
ing" to somewhat stir up things in
Oxford.
Tobacco is frenching a little, it
is reported. Unusually fine wheat
ami corn crops.
Edwards & Winston continue to
ship large quantities of tobacco flues
to South Carolina.
There is a large number of good
Alliancemen in the county who say
they cannot support Cleveland.
About the dullest business in
town is the marriage license busi
ness, says Register of Deeds Daniel.
Judge R. W. Winstoia is contrib
uting a series of papers on "Talk
About Law" to the Biblical Recor
der. We hear of several families com
ing to Oxford to; reside this fall, so
that the children can attend our
schools.
It is strange to see people hug
ging fires on the 5th of July in this
part of the country. They did it
Tuesday..
Mr. B. H. Cosart requests us to
deny the report that he is a candi
date for the nomination of Register
of Deeds, or any other office.
The County Alliance will meet
in Oxford on Thursday, the 14th inst,
A full attendance is desired as busi
ness of importancewill be transacted.
The young Oxford boys defeated
the Fishing Creek baseball club in a
game at Demerit's Cross-roads Satur
day afternoon by a score f 20 to 13.
Mr. J. E. Jones, of Mt. Energy,
killetl a Crane a few days ago in bis
fish pond G feet G inches high, and
from tip to tip of each wing; measured
71 feet.
There was. an extremely heavy
rain in the Minor Mill neighborhood
Thursday night. It washed the lands
considerably doing some damage to
the crops.
The Granville Grays had a com
petitive drill Monday night, and the
honor of wearing the gold, medal as
the best drilled man in the company
was bestowed on A. R. TJsry.
We have received a catalogue of
the Wilson (N. C.) Collegiate Insti
tute. Miss Annie Hamme, of Gran
ville, will be in charge of the instru
mental music classes the next session,
. The Colored Orphan Asylum
will celebrate its anniversary on the
20th of. this month. Congressman
Cheatham, of the second district of
North Carolina, will deliver an ad
dress. Revenue collector White has re
ports of tlte seizure by deputy col
lector Woody, near Oak Hill, Gi'an
ville county, of an illicit distillery,
no claimants for which 'havejjbeen
discovered.
The Rev. Mr. Hudson, the cele
brated evangelist of Richmond, Va.,
will begin a series of meeting Virgi
lina, Va., on the 10th inst, under the
auspices of the Florence Avenue
Baptist at that place.
Rev. J. M. Horner read a valu
ble paper on "The Reading of
Homer1' before the Teacher's Assem
bly at Morehead Citj last. Friday. It
was a most interesting, instructive
and scholarly address a correspon
dent writes.
A subscriber tells us that our
esteemed friends W. W. Hart, of
Oak Hill, and George B. Daniel, of
WalnutGrove,have the office bee buz,
zing in their straw hats, and will not
decline the nomination for Registei
of Deeds at the hands of the dear
people.
A bear and dog fight took place
on market square Friday after
noon. Three dogs were set on the
bear, but bruin was more than a
match for them and vanquished
them with ease. A hundred or more
people looked on and howled with
dolifrht.
Miss Lillian Penick. a most
charming- and popular young lady
formerly of the Oxford Female Semi
nary and recently instructor at the
Wilson Collegiate Institute, was
married to Mr. Herbert Ronntree,of
Wilson, June 29. The marriage took
place at Culpepper,. Va.
An educational meeting will be
held at Herman Church Sativrday,
the 10th inst. The following gen
tlemen will be present ami deliver
addresses: Rev. Messrs. W. S. Black,
V. A. Sharpe and R. F. Bumpass,
and Mr. J. T. Strayhorn.
W. J. Stem, of the Meadows
Warehouse, has a very fuie bird dog
that has learned the art catching
moles. Last Friday he caught one,
Saturday two, and Sunday four. He
is the kind of do?r to have around on
a plantation.
An interesting Missionary meet
ing" was held at Shady Grove last
Saturday in connection with the 3rd
Quarterly Conference of the Oxford
Circuit. Fine addresses were made
by Rev. J. A. Civnninggim, D. D.,
and Revs. V, A. Sharpe and R. F.
Bumpass. The regular protracted
meeting is beingr there this week.
Ouk Ilitlge Institute.
This institution has just closed its
40th year having had an enrollment
of 300 students. This school has had
a phenominal growth, probably be
cause it was the first school in the
State that combined with a thorough
classical course of study a practical
business department. In point of
building's and appliances it is the
best equipped school of its kind in
the South. See advertisement else
where. HiS Irian Potatoes.
Mr. S. V. Ellis has come to the
front with big average on Irish po
tatoes. He has laid on our table five
all from one vine, that weighed ilb
each. J. E. Duncan stepped in and
remarked that he gathered enough
from one hill to feed eight people.
About this time Jessie Pitchford ap
peared upon the scene and added
that he could eat. atone meal all the
potatoes from any nine vines in the
county. Old "Red Fox" was; stand
ing near by straightened himself up,
at the same stroking his beard, ex
claimed: "You would have a big job
on hand unless they were planted the
wrong time of the moon and had no
potatoes on them."
When it comes to raising- big Irish
potatoes, however, . W. J. Stem
claims the honors, and it looks that
way. He surprised us Wednesday
morning' by bringing us G averaging
9s ounces each in weight. All came
from the same vine, and besides the
hill contained 12 smaller ones rang
ing in size from a hickory nut down.
Buck as a farmer and as a ware
houseman is at the front.
Ex-Congressman F. M. Simmons
was elected Wednesday chairman of
the Democratic State executive committee.
PERSONAL SAYINGS.
OF PEOPLE IN AND OUT OF THE
TOWN.
Brief Mention of the Movements of
You Friends and Aequaiutauees
wlio Visited You anil Whom You
aire Visiting-.
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Ad cock, of
Tar River, were in town Monday.
John H. Webb and daughters, of
Stem, were the guests of John Webb
on Sunday.
Mrs. J. A. White, of Durham,
spent Sunday in Oxford the guest of
Mrs. J. C. Horner.
Misses Mary Bell and Nannie
Gregory have returned from a trip
to Asheville, N. C.
R. W. Harris and family, of
Wilton, spent Saturday and Sunday
with Dr. I). C. White.
Judge R. W. Winston and Prof.
J. C. Horner are spending several
days at Buffalo Springs.
Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Brooks, ac
companied by their two daughters,
visited this office on Wednesday.
Mrs. N. M. Ferrebee and chil
dren are at M. A. Gregory's, near
Stovall, to spend the heated term.
W. T. Meadows and Frank Reams,
of Durham, John W. Stovall and J.
J. Davis, of Stovall, spent the 4th in
Oxford.
Messrs. John Morgan, of Vance,
and W. O. Bobbitt and D. G. Hob
good dropped in Saturday to discuss
politics.
Rev. J. M. Horner left Mon
day to spend several weeks, at More
head City, Atlanta, Saratoga and
other places.
W. S. Hundley, who has been
absent several months looking after
his saw mill near Petersburg, Va., is
home again.
Mrs. A. H. A. Williams and
daughter, Miss Lucy, spent Sunday
in town, and returned to their sum
mer home near Stovall on Monday.
A. B. Spencer, who . has been
Hundley Bros, several years, has
found employment at Newport News,
Va., and will spend some time there.
Mr. Manly B. Jones, who has
been a resident of Oxford for over 25
years, left with his family Tuesday
for Winston where they wTill make
their home.
Dr. G. A. Coggeshall, W. C.
Reed and W. J. Boykin left Monday
morning for Morehead City, to rep
resent Oxford at the meeting of the
North Carolina Tobacco Association.
Dr. J. E. Wyche returned Sat
urday from Morehead City, and he
brought back with him the shell of
the big turtle caught by his party.
The turtle, it turn out, weighed 200
pounds instead of J03 as first repor
ted.
Warren Overby, Jr., of Hunt
ington, W. Va., is the welcome guest
of Mr. and Mrs. Allen E. Willis for
several days. It has been three years
since he was in Oxford, and his
friends no doubt are pleased to have
him with them again.
Mr. and Mrs. Ira T. Green, of
Dexter, were in Oxford Monday, and
we enjoyed a short visit from Mi .
Green. He is one of the thrifty far
mers of Vance. He informed us that
he had thrashed out his wheat and
made twelve bushels to each one
seeded.
A battle at Homestead, Pa., be
tween the Carnegie Mills strikers
and Pinkerton detectives occurred
Wednesday, resulting in the killing
of 11 workmen and 9 detectives. 18
detectives and 21 workmen were
badly wounded.
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