VOLUME VI NO. 3.
BRIEF LOCAL MENTIONS.
What is Transpiring Around and
About Us, in Town and County.
W. P. Fife is holding a meeting
at Staunton Va., this week.
Mr. L. A. Coulter will conduct a
meeting for men at the Y. M- C. A.
at 7:30 o'clock tonight, Thursday
Jan. 2Gth.
Furman Howard was found
guilty of the murder of Josh Canna
dy, at Durham, and was sentenced
to be hanged Friday, March 10th.
Milton Washington sometime
ago cut an oak tree down in his yard
that measured 5 ft. 9 inches through.
That is a big tree for this country.
Rev. J. A. Stradley occupied
the pulpit at the Baptist church
Sunday morning and night and
preached two most excellent ser
mons. It is said that rabbits are so
plentiful about Oak Hill that they
are being used to cancel debts with.
Well, the meat is good and the skins
will bring money.
Married, January 4th, 189o, at
the residence of Mr. W. H. Daniel,
in Salem township, by Rev. W. S.
Hester, Mr. Joseph West to Miss
Mollie WTest.
J. R. Currin, who lives some 4
or 5 miles from town, has lost three
hounds, two female black color, and
a mouse colored dog with a white
breast. The finder will be liberally
rewarded.
A. W. Graham, attorney for
Hon. A. H. A. Williams, returned
from Stokes county Friday where he
went to take depositions in the Williams-Settle
contest. He feels confi
dent that his client will be seated.
-Married, on the evening of Janu
ary 11th, at the residence of the
bride's father, Mr. Jos. W. Wheeler,
of Nash county, by Rev. G. M. Duke,
Mr. H. G. Sherman, of Granyille
county to Miss Nannie C. Wheeler.
A ladies gold watch was lost be
tween Dr. J. P. Stedman's drug
store and the residence of Dr. S. D.
Booth on Tuesday evening. The
finder will receive $5.00 reward by
returning same to J. A. Renn, chief
of police.
A brilliant marriage to place
Jan. 25th, at 7:30 o'clock at the home
of Mr. J. M. Breedlove, m Salem
Township. Miss Mattie Breedlove
and Mr. Isaac Renn being the con
tracting parties and Rev. W. S.
Hester officiating.
Keep your eye on A. Landis &
Sons space next week, as they will
have something in there that will
greatlv interest your pockets and
will be a source of comfort to you
on account of the many things you
may need in their line.
The second issue of Henderson
Herald, a new candidate for public
favor is on our table. It is semi
weekiy, well edited and neatly got:
ten up, and Democratic in principle.
We wish the publishers, Mossrs.
Newell & Thacker, abundant suc
cess. Mr. R. F. Rice, the popular
young traveling salesman, of Greens
boro, and Miss Lavinia Alston, of
Chatham county, were married last
Wednesday, Jan. IS. That night a
reception was given to Mr. and Mrs.
Rice at the Benbow House in Greens
boro.
Mr. J. J. Davis, of Stovall, cer
tainly is a winner on killing deer. A
few days ago he killed three bucks at
2 shots. He spied them not far from
his home and Mr. Ike Davis drove
them by where his brother had ta
ken his stand. The first shot killed
two and the second shot killed the
third one.
Rev. Jesse Cuninggim, Presid
ing Elder, of the Raleigh District,
preached his first quarterly sermons
in Oxford Sunday morning and
night. He is a hard working and
most efficient Presiding Elder and
his keenness of perception by which
he is able to read men with whom
he has to deal, coupled with the
high degree of preaching ability
and great readiness and business
' tact all fit him for the office of Pre
siding pider.
OXFORD,
i The "University Glee Club,"
will give a concert at the Opera
House on the night of 24th of Feb
ruary. It will be a musical treat, so
those say who have heard the Club.
They give concert in Raleigh on the
night befoie they come to Oxford.
We hope they will be welcomed by a
full house.
- Mr. E. R. Chavasse, of Hender
son, and Miss Mary DeVaga, of
Chester, S. C, who has been on a
visit to Oxford, were married last
week in Henderson, by Rev. J. E.
Ingle. Miss DeVaga is well known
in Oxford, having been a pupil at
the Granville Institute several
sessions. The counle left for
home of the bride immediately after
the ceremony.
Mrs. Margarette Cole, mother of
Mr. J. F. Cole, died at Mr. N. D.
Morton's, near Townesville, on Tues-
nay morning, in the tOiii year or
her age. She had been m declin
ing health for some time and her
demise was not unexpected. The
iuterment took place at the old
burying ground near Satter white,
on Wednesday.
S. L. Wilson, of Brassfield, pull
ed through the snow and slush on
Tuesday and hauled up at the Alli
ance Warehouse with a load of to
bacco. When the sale was over
Booth & Hunt had obtained the fol
lowing prices for his load: $02, 45,
22, 36 and 20. It will be seen that
there is no discount on the Oxford
market, and that Booth & Hunt are
just the boys to get big prices.
Made an Assignment.
It is a matter of universal regret
in this community that the firm, of
Owen, Barbour & Smith that has
been so favorably known for its high
character and reliability has been
compelled to make an assignment.
Mr. S. H. Smith, the managing
partner in Oxford, is a model gen
tleman in point of integrity, and it
was not due to any fault of his that
the assignment has been made, and
it is one of those assignments in
which creditors will get dollar for
dollar, as it is generally believed
without any loss, and that is the
kind of a man Mr. S. H. Smith is be
lieved to be.
It was owing, we suppose, to com
plications outside of the manage
ment of the store that forced the firm
to assign. Mr. Smith will doubtless
be n his feet again soon, and has
the capacity and experience to at
tain success which every body wishes
him. r
The liabilities are about $4,000,
and assets of about $12,000 are in
the hands of the assignee, Mr. A. A.
Hicks. Mr. B S. Royster is counsel.
State Health Convention.
Dr. P. Booth, Superintendent of
Health for this county, attended the
State Health Conference held in Ral
eigh Tuesday. Quite a number of
important sanitary and health mat
ters were discussed, and a good
many additions and amendments to
our present lawrs were dratted to be
submitted to ths Legielatuee.
Every precaution is being takon to
prevent the introduction of cholera
into our State, and means devised to
prevent other dangerous diseases.
Several papers were read, among
them one on 4 'quarantine" by Dr.
Curtis, of Southport, State quaran
tine agent.
The State and counties are to be
congratulated for the, work that our
health authorities are doing, a work
which it is hard to get the layety to
appreciate. "An ounce of preven
tion" is too small a part of the loaf
to them.
J, H. Thompson, of the Third National Bank,
writes: "I jumped from a railroad car and
sprained my knee rery badly. After trying the
best remedies without relief, and expecting to
be confined to tie house for weeks, a friend sug
gested Pod's Extract. It will sound incredible
to people who hare had bad sprains, but 1 walk
ed, without pain, to business next day, a dis
tance of orer a mile. The effect was truly magi
cal." For Sale or Rent.
Some of the most valuable property in
the town of Oxford,
jinlo 4t It. W. Lassiter.
Itch on human and horsespm? all ani
mals cured in 30 minutes by Woolford's
Sanitary Lotion. This never falls. Sold
by J. G.Hall Druggist, Oxford, N. C.
N. C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1893.
DEATH OF AN OLD CITIZEN.
Mr. W. Ta. jneadows Passes Away I
With Heart lMsease,
Death has again visited and claim
ed as its victim our esteemed town-
man, W. L. Meadows, familiarly
known as "Uncle Loge." on Wed
nesday evening about 8 o'clock. He
had been afflicted with heart trouble
about two years which caused his
family great uneasiness. On Satur
day the dread disease attacked him
and continued to grow worse until
he passed over the river.
He was in his 58th year, and was
a genial, good hearted man, and a
large number of friends not alone in
Granville but in different sections
of North Carolina, will regret to
learn of his death. He was the old
est manufacturer of tobacco in the
State, having been associated with
the leading factory in Clarksville,
Va., before the war. He also had
charge of the Wilmington Tobacco
Works 5 or G years where he made a
host of friends. He established the
first leaf tobacco warehouse in Rocky
Mount which has grown to be the
leading tobacco market of Eastern
Carolina.
He leaves a wife and four chil
dren, Mrs. W. Z. Mitchell, of Ox
ford, W. T. Meadows, f Durham,
and two younger sons to mourn the
departure of husband and father,
but the one to whom this dispensa
tion of providence comes with the
most crushing effect is the widow,
who is now sick the partner of his
bosom, who had shared his sorrows
and joys for years; rejoiced with him
in prosperity, cherished him in ad
versity, nursed him in sickness, and
smiled with him in health. May
God comfort her along with her
children during the remaining days
of their life here, and finally reunite
them in the better life above, where
there shall be no' parting. ''When
her summons comes to join the in-
numberable caravan which moves to
that mysterious realm" may she be
granted on abundant entrance into
the pearly gates of the New Jerusa
lem, until which time may she be
cheered by the lines of the beautiful
old hymn.
"In Heaven alone, where sorrow's knowm,
There'll be no parting there."
To his wife and children we extend
our deepest heartfelt sympathies.
The funeral services were held
from his late home on Main Street,
Thursday afternoon, conducted by
Kev. J. S. Hardaway, of the Baptist
Church, and the remains were con
signed to the tomb in Elmwood Cem
etery in the presence of a large num
ber or sorrowing relative and friends.
Tlie Wny to Ciet Warm.
During a conversation upon the
weather yesterday one gentleman
remarked that he had known a man,
when his feet were cold, to take off
his boots, pull off his stockings and
again put on his boots without the
stockings for the purpose of warm
ing his feet. Another had seen men
in the woods in the winter pull off
their boots and stockings and stick
the:i "eet in the snow to warm them
and sti'l another told of a man he
knew wdio is in the habit of taking
a bath in the river every morning,
summer and winter, cutting a hole
in the ice for the purpose when nec
essary to get at the water.
XV toy ilie Sleigh Bells?
A subscriber writes to know why
bells are attacned to horses drawing
sleighs.
We have all read of the music of
the sleigh bells and the general im
pression is that they are used for the
music and the novelty. Such is not
the reason. In Russia and other
cold countries there is a law requir
ing that every sleigh carry a bell,
for the reason that the sleigh run
ning oyer snow makes no noise and
the bell is to give notice of its ap
proach. For Rent.
The Kingsbury place lately occupied
by CW. Vestbrook. Apply to
John W. Hay:.
December 22, 1892. tf.
For Sale.
I have an ElectroDoise which has been
used a short time which I will sell cheap.
See me at once.
jan27 G. W. Brooks.
TIES OF LOVE.
Marriage of Mr. C 1). Kay ami Mrs.
Lizzie M. Currin.
Last Wednesday morning at 11
o'clock, at the Baptist church, Mr.
C. D. Ray and Mrs. Lizzie M. Cur
rin, daughter of Dr. R. H. Marsh,
were married by Rev. J. S. Harda
way. The attendants were Mr. Roy j
M. Currin and Miss Annie Bryant,
Mr. W. B. Ballou and Miss Louie
Currin. Messrs. D. C. Hunt, G.
Dusenbury, C. J. Gregory and Wil
lie Landis were ushers.
Miss Marvin, the accomplished
music teacher at the Oxford Female
Seminary presided at the organ,
rendering the wedding march as the
wedding party entered the church.
A large number of friends wit
nessed the beautiful ceremony, after
which the bridal party entered car
riages and drove to the O. & C.
depot where Mr. and Mrs. Ray took
the train for a northern tour, going
as far as Isiiagara Falls.
The groom is very popular in Ox
ford and is the efficient book keeper
of the American Tobacco Co., and
the bride is the only daughter of Dr.
and Mrs. R. H. Marsh, and is ad
mired by all who know her for her
lovely traits of character.
The Public Ledger extends con
gratulations with the hope that the
Ray of sunshine may ever brighten
their hearthstone.
Oranville County Alliance.
This body met in Oxford Thursday
of last week with about 20 members.
Before the. Thirdites assumed con
trol of it 80 would attend. Well
A. H. Gregory, the present Presi
dent and A. J. Dalby, has seen the
fruits of their labor come to a sudden
culmination, and have the extreme
satisfaction of knowing that Peace
was elected treasurer and they have
the honor of being represented in
the Legislature by two negroes, but
we take it that suits them as some
of them said they preferred negroes
to Democrats.
It is a settled fact that Thirdism,
Weaverism, Leaseism and Republi
canism has just about swallowed the
Alliance in this county and runs the
'machine" to suit itself. After the
experience of the year just past no
good Democrat can afford to allow
this Third party machine to grind
any more money out of his pocket.
As long as any Democrat remains in
the Alliance and blows in his dues,
the Third party will continue its or
ganization and fight against good
government, as well as in the inter
est of the Republican party in Gran
ville county.
The State Alliance is a regular
Third party machine and we ask
every Democrat to come out of it,
and if they wish to perpetuate the
principles of the order as it stood
before the Third party captured it,
why reorganize it on a truly non
partisan basis.
From the Lenoir Topic we learn
that there was not a Democrat in the
county Alliance meeting in Lenoir
last Thursday. Delegates wTere pres
ent from only four townships and
not over twenty m all were present.
Democrats are finding this Third
party machine a good thing to let
alone.
The Frigid Weather.
The frigid we have had for the
past few days is calculated to convey
in a mild degree the experiences of
the people of Northern Europe. In
Russia, say the reports, the mercury
fell to G9 degrees below zero, centi
grade, while m Siberia it fell to 72
degrees below and in St. Petersburg
wood fires are kept burning in the
streets for the benefit of wayfares.
In Hungary the thermometer has
registered 52 degrees below zero and
in Constantinople tram cars and cabs
had to stop running and travel in
the suburbs is blocked by the cold
and the debth of the snow.
When Baby was sick, we gave iier usvtrta.
When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria.
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria.
Car Oats at Brooks & Co's. jar.27-4t.
$1.50 PER ANNUM.
PURELY PERSONAL.
Brief Mention of the Movements of
Your Friends and Acquaintances.
Prof. JVC. Horner spent Tues
day in Durham.
Miss Clegg, of Franklinton is
visiting Miss Mary Lynch.
W. E. Owen, of South Boston,
va., was in Oxford Wednesday.
B. I. Breedlove county commis
sioner, was on our streets Wednesday,
D. Y. Hunt has removed his
family back to his farm in the coun-try-
H. L. Davis, of Richmond, Va.,
visited Oxford Monday and Tues
day. J. P. Royster, of Creedmoor, has
located at Penola, S. C, for this
year.
Dr. C. D. Fort is at his office
again after two weeks' sickness at
home.
Our old friend Pinkney Mead
ows enjoyed sleigh riding along with
the boys.
Messrs R. T. CrewTs and Abner
Newton, of Tar River yisited us on
Monday.
H. T. Watkins, of Henderson,
was in Oxford Monday on legal
business.
Messrs O. C. Currin, S. H. Moss
and J. C. Satterwhite and James
L. Cay visited our sanctum Thurf
day.; R. W. Clay, merchant at Clay,
and J. D. Williams, merchant at Fair
port were in Oxford Tuesday.
The infant child of Mr. and Mrs.
S. W. Cooper, who has been real
sick for some days, is greatly im
proved. Mr. and Mrs. Bailey Owen, of
Henderson, spent Sunday in Oxford,
the guest of Mr. and Mrs. J. M.
Currin.
W. W. Hart, of Oak Hill, and
A. C. Parham and M. B. Hobgood,
near Oxford, were on our streets
Monday.
T. M. Washington, of Richmond,
Va., spent several days in Oxford
last week the guest of Col. W. A.
Bobbitt.
Messrs. A. S. Carrington, J. E.
Callis, J. R. Currin and W. O. Bob
bitt honored us with visits on Wed
nesday. The oldest daughter of Capt. &
Mrs. B. S. Royster, who has been on
the sick list some days, is rapidly
improving.
Messrs. E. N. Crews, A. Brad
sher, W. W. Knott, W. T. Lump
kins and J. M. Phipps called on the
editor Tuesday.
Mr. McHenry, tho polite and
popular agent of the Manly B.
Ramos & Co., the leading music
house, of Richmond, Va., called to
see us on Tuesday.
R. J. Daniel, the real true bell
weather of Democracy, returned to
Oxford Tuesday. He is now spend
ing a part of his time at the home of
his father, near Berea.
Miss Stella Fleming, of Middle
burg was the guest of the Misses
Holloway, on Raleigh street, this
week. She left today to visit her
brother, Mr. Geo. P. Fleming, at
Clarksville, Va.
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