THE PUBLIC LEDGER,
OUR COUNTY DADDIES.
Meeliu of the Boarrt of CoiiniliJisioii
era An Monday Iast.
The Board of County Commission
ers met on Monday with E. T. White,
chairman, B. I. Breedlove J. P
Thomas, W. H. Garner and Graham
B. Royster present. As it was the
first meeting of the new board Mr.
Royster has attended on account of
sickness he took the oath of office.
Ordered that T. D. Waller be ap
pointed to act with the chairman of
Board to make settlement with A. S.
Peace.
A large portion of time was con
sumed in allowing a large number
of people to list taxes, and rebate on
property erroneously listed.
Ordered that B. F. Hester and J.
K. Wood be appointed a committee
to investigate all the irregularities
in the tax lists and tax books of the
county for 1892 and report' whether
said irregularties were made by the
list takers or late Register of Deeds.
Nat Byrd, Ibby Royster and Ann
Davis were placed on outside pauper
list at $1 per month.
A large number of accounts were
allowed.
The following is the report of the
Board of Directors of Work House
to the Board:
Board met in call session, present
S. W. Parker, J. A. Webb, M. L.
Coley, J. T. Cheatham and W. P.
Lyou.
Chairman Parker stated the object
of the meeting was to investigate
certain charges which the GrandJury
returned in their report to the Supe
rior Court at last term, to-wit:
Charging that the Workhouse was
badly kept; that the guards and con
victs gambled with each other; that
they were boisterous and disturbed
the inmates of the Home of the In
firm, and citizens of the vicinity,
whereupon the board examined wit
nesses. G. B. Daniel was requested
to be present to testify before the
board, but failed to appear. He was
one of the committee of the Grand
Jury. J. M. Hobgood of that
committee was requested to be
present and did not appear.
We beg to report that after examin
ing witnesses R. W. Lassiter, W. L,
Ragland, C. H. Parham, W. A.
Slaughter, H. L. Duncan, Z. W.
Allen and Rat Fuller we find no evi
dence to sustain the charges made
by said Grand Jury.
S. "W. Parker, Chairman.
W. P. Lyon, Secretary.
The following jurors were drawn
to serve at the April term of the Su
perior Court:
Firt Week W. B. Bullock, T. V.
Bobbitt, J. R. Daniel, L. S. Jeffries,
J. W. Williams, J. M. Ellington, Jr,
Lee Pool, C. H. Landis, A. C. Beck,
John King,"John Harris, J. D. Wil
liams, J. E. Pleasants, W. H. Greg
ory, James W. Currin, Murphey
Duke, C. C. Tunstall, J. D. Allen, J.
P. Stovall, Henry Hockadny, R. B.
Ragland, Paul Brogden, W. L. Hunt,
N. D. Hobgood, John Hunt, W. P.
Lyons H. C. Gill, Enoch Arrington,
H. H. Latta, M. B. Walter, W. L.
Mitchell, S. R. Puckett, J. B. Knott,
S. J. Bragg, Armstead Daniel, B. I.
Breedlove.
Second Week W. H. Jones, E. K.
Howard. W. J. Rogeis, R. S. Usry,
R. W. Hobgood, John Holman, J. A.
Watkins, Elijah Goss, R. H. Flem
ing,' Z. E. Lyon, B. F. Lane, D. C.
Frazier, A. A. Bryan, A. A. Lump
kins, J. A. Anderson, Herbert Greg
oryy J. H. House, A. M. Overton.
Sheriff Cozart reported amount
of "money collected for February,
$240.
.T. A . Crews reported amount
lected since last report for all pur-
poses as tollows:
State taxes,
Schooltaxes,
County taxes,
Road taxes,
$1,000 00
1,500 00
1,700 00
195 00
Total,
The dead woman
Vnnflfl onnntv: line
$4,095 00
found near
cost the tax-
payers $52 75. No clue as yet to
perpetrator oi iu i-uui mimici.
Wanted.
A live, energetic man to canvass, sell
machines and collect in Granville coun
ty We furnish a nice light running
wagon, agent to furnish horse and har
ness and make a $500 bon1. We offer a
splendid contract to a good worker.
The Singer Manufaturing Cg
G. E. Martin, District Agent,
mCh3-2t. Raleigh, N. C.
The tobacco bill.
A Imtk Number ef our Farmers Fa-
vor-l lis Passage.
The following is the part of bill
which failed to be in reputed bill
published last week and we give it
to our readers that they be fully in
formed on this important measure : .
The nroviso m section G was left
out: Provided, that it shall not be
unlawful for one person to buy on
orders for two or more manufactures
where such manufactures are them
selves separate firms and independ
Piitnf pnch other, but proof that
such manufacturers have been in un
lawful combination as defined m tins
aot shall be nresunintive evidence on
any trial that such unlawful combi
nation exists at the time otsuch trial.
Sec. 11. No person, copartner
ship, corporation or association of
nfivsons which has or may hereafter
enter into any combination, compact
or agreement rendered unlawful by
this act, shall do business in this
State, either in buying leaf tobacco
m violation of this act or m selling
cieraretts. smoking tobacco or snuff
within the State, when the same per-
son, copartnership, corporation oi
association has entered into any
contract, combination or agreement
to suppress competition in the sale
thereof, or when such person, copart
nership, corporation or association,
or ,mv person, copartnership, cor
poration or association has entered
uito any contract, combination or
orrrppniPTit to sell or is engaged in
selling, consigning or otherwise dis-
posing of manufactured cigarettes,
smoking tobacco or snuff in such
manner and under such rules, rates
or contracts as tends to stifle compe
tition and increase the price of such
goods beyond the real value and be
yond what such goods would sell for
but for such unlawful combination;
and all contracts entered into in
violation of this act are declared to
be against public policy and void.
Anv nerson violating the provisions
oi this section shall be guilty of a
j
misdemeanor, and upon conviction
shall be fined or imprisoned, one or
both, at the discretion of the Court.
Soc. 12. This act shall be in foice
from and after the first day of May,
one thousand eight hundred and
ninety three.
This bill was an important one to
the farmers as well as the leaf deal
ers as a whole, and was a move in
the right direction. If Virginia had
moved in the same line and both
States had enacted such a law it
would have been a blessing to the
tobacco farmers. It is believed that
a large majority of the farmers fa
vored this bill. We also learn that
a majority of tobacco dealers were
for the bill, while some worked hard
against it.
Had the Legislature have taken up
this matter sooner, and had had an
opportunity to learn how it was with
the people theywould, we think,
have made it a law by a good ma
jority. The masses of our farmers are
no doubt willing to make some
sacrifices if they can thereby get rid
of trusts and combines that place
them in a state of subjection to the
money power. But level headed
men among dealers and farmers said
the bill wrould not lower prices that
the trust was compelled to have our
North Carolina cutter, and thus with
all the money to back it could not
help buying the larger portion of
their stock from our North Carolina
supply.
The trust has got such power that
many of our people are afraid of it.
In the long run a brave fight against
it bv the people will win if the people
are true to themselves, and the peo
ple must be true to themselves or they
will have to pay the penalty of their
own neglect to standby what is right
and proper.
Another thine the great Demo
cratic party is pledged against trusts
- o
col-fmirl p.ombincs as will be seen from
. e '
the following paragraph in Presi
dent Cleveland's inaugural address
delivered last Saturday out in a snow
storm :
"Tim existence of an immense ag
gregation of kindred enterprises and
bination of business interests,
formed for the purpose of limiting
nrndnction and fixine: prices is incon
sistent with a fair field which ought
to be open to every independent ac
tivity. Legitimate strife in business
should not be superseded by enforced
concession to the demands of combi
nations that have power to destroy ;
nor should the people be forced to
lrkC lif Vinn fifit of cheapness which
usually results from wholesale com
petition. These aggregations and
pnmbinfltions frequently constitute
conspiracies against the interests of
the people and in all their phases
they are unnatural and opposeu iy
our American sense of fairness. o
the extent that thev can be reached
and restrained by federal power,the
general Government should relieve
our citizens from the interference
and exactions."
THE LATEST NEWS.
Happenings of Interest Oathered
From Our Excltianses.
The Governor of Montana has
appointed Lee Mantle to be United
States Senator. Mantle- was the
last nominee of the Republi
can caucus for Senator. Two
weeks ago Mabel, invalid daughter
of Dr. R. F. Gray, of Winston, N.
C, sent a negro doll baby to Ruth
Cleveland. She received a letter
from Mrs. Cleveland thanking her
in Ruth's name.-
-Three men are
fatally wounded in a row in Tennes
see. The weapons used were knives.
The fourth murder in the last
week was committed in Wayne coun
ty, W. Va., Friday. Two men set
tled an old feud with pistols. It
would seem that the whole country
is going Democratic. Portland, Me.,
has elected a Democratic mayor.
The Republicans are so surprised
that they say it was "either a fraud
or a mistake." In Hath the citizens7
ticket was elected. Deermg elected
a Democratic mayor. The North
Carolina delegation in Congress have
decided to recommend ex-Congress
man Simmons, chairman of the State
Committee, for Collector of Internal
Revenue for the Eastern District,
and it is believed he will receive the
appointment. His willingness to ac
cept has simplified the situation.
The were nearly forty applicants.
Six men were killed on Monday
in the Crawford mine while woiking
in an pen cut by the falling in of
the walls of the cut. The Crawford
mine is owned and worked by the
Crozier Iron Company and is situated
on the "Betty-Baker" branch of the
Cripple-Creek Division of the Nor
folk and Western railroad. Sev
eral men working in a field near Mt.
Juliet Tenn., were attracted by
screams from two women working
in an adjoining field. They found
Mrs. John C. Jones and her 19-year-old
daughter burning to death.
Their clothing had caught fire from
a burning brush heap, and despite
all the efforts of the men the women
received such injuries that they died
within a few minutes. The cabi
net was sent into the senate and
confirmed with unprecedented quick
ness. Not the slightest suggestion
of opposition or eyen displeasure
was exhibited in commending and
approving the new cabinet. The
republicans joined with almost equal
ardor with the democrats. Both
parties alike recognized the honesty,
ability, fearlessness and patriotism
of President Cleveland and those
whom he has selected as his advisers.
The Sultan of Zanzibar is dead.
His son attempted to seize the throne,
but the British officers with soldiers
entered the palace and placedHamid,
the designated heir on the thorne
under British protectorate.- Ex
President Harrison has returned to
Indianapolis. He received a warm
reception. Thirty-six nomina
tions were sent to the Senate by
President Hanison during the last
session of Congress that were not
confirmed. The most important of
these was the appointment of Han
chett to be the successor of Judge
Jackson. The list included three
Southern postmasters. President
Cleveland sent to the Senate his
appointments of his Cabinet officers
and they were all immediately con
firmed. The South Carolina rail
road tax cases have been transferred
to the Federal Supreme court by the
the State's Attoney General applying
for writs of habeas corpus on behalf
of the Sheriffs who have been ad
judged guilty of contempt of the
Circuit court. -The Federal Su
preme court has issued a mandamus
to Judge Paul of the Federal court
of Virginia to remand to the State
court the indictment against H. Car-
rico. a revenue Officer, indicted for
the murder of James Nelson.
President Cleveland held a public
reception Monday and it is estimated
that he had 8,000 callers. He spent
nearly the whole day seeing1 callers
and shaking hands with the vast
crowd that streamed through the
East room. In Wheeling, W. Va.,
Mrs. Conrad Scheller hanged her
self, fohe was demented and com
mitted suicide on hearing she was to
be sent to an asylum. In the same
town, on the same day Thomas
Richards blew out his own brains.
At Lincolnsville, S. C, twenty
miles from Charleston, a man. and
his wife were murdered in their store
Saturday night. The murderers are
1 W
not known. benator Morgan is
improving. He will be able to go
to London in a day or two. The
Jersey Legislative Assembly has re
fused to establish quarantine against
cholera infected ports on the ground
that quarantine is not a preventive
of cholera. Over 300 families
were made destitute in Lauderdale
county, Miss., by Friday's cyclone.
lhey are without food or clothing,
and many of the farmers had all
their horses and mules killed and
twenty-nine deaths have resulted.
The Federal Supreme court has
granted the petition of the South
Carolina sheriffs for writs of habeas
corpus. In the Democratic Sena
torial caucus the Populists Senators
were ignored. Senator Martin, of
Kansas, was invited to attend the
caucus. There was a discussion
among many Senators to proceed at
this session to a reorganization of
the elective offices. There was also
disposition shown not to admit the
Senators recently appointed by Gov
ernors. A committee was appointed
to look into the matters discussed.
Local Briefs.
J. P. Stedman, the plain matter
of fact druggist of College street,
now has in stock a splendid assort
ment of all kinds of garden seeds
needed by gardeners as sowing time
is at hand. Read his advertisement.
Z. W. Lyon is at the old home
stead, near Berea, looking after his
good father, Mr. W. S. Lyon, who
is quite sick brought about by a
horse kicking him on one of his legs.
We are glad to learn he is improving.
We are sorry our esteemed young
friend, Ed. Landis, failed to come up
to the exceedingly rigid physical
standard as a cadet at West
Point, but pleased to learn that
he passed a fine examination in his
studies, Plato Durham is the alter
nate and will no doubt pass the
test as he is finely built and very
intelligent.
Read, ponder and reflect is just
exactly what A. Landis & Sons want
you to do with their new advertis
meni on another page, and come
along and get the many bargains now
offiered over their counters. It will
be to your interest to take advan
tage of low prices. They are mak
ing a specialty of a bargain Counter
which is laden with a choice line of
goods.
The Banner Warehouse, Durham
run by B. H. Cozart, Sons & Co., is
a regular winner on high prices as
will be seen by reference to our ad
vertising columns. When you go to
that market remember that " Uncle
Hub" will be sure to get yov top
notch prices for all grades. His hand
some boys will make you feel at home
and will do all in their honor to
please you.
Services at Presbyterian Church.
A series of meeting for several
days have been in progress at the
Presbyterian church conducted by
Rev. Dr. Rose, of Fayetteville.
These sermons have been able, im
pressive and instructive. He is evi
dently well versed in theological
knowledge and speaks with a power
and force that have made a profound
impression on his hearers. There is
no sensational display in his procla
mations of the truth. He always
leaves a good lesson for his auditors
to ponderfover and profit by. He
has made a fine impression on the
Oxford people, and we anticipate the
best of results from his labors in this
community.
IS
jlPy The Time
To Strike the Durham Market !
B3?B. H. Cozart, Sons & Co. are making things lively and don't you forget it.
Examine carefully some of their sales below. Durham is undoubtedly the strong
est and most regular market in the State. Our buyers want' it the whole year
round and are willing to pay for it. EgCome on friends and give us a showing
is all we ask. ,
X!LISTEN TO THIS !E
J. C. Nichols. $85, $76, $70, $55, $47, $37.50, $25, $
aging $43.25.
J. 5. Keel fc Co,, $08. $54. $47, $8, $21.50 and $12 5(
W. H. Shaw, $60, $40, $21, $11.75, $13.25 and $5 90,"
J. C. Nichols. $85, $76, $70, $55, $47,
John Roberson, $45, $40. $34 50, $20
N. A Fuller, $51, $35, $20, $14, $13.75 nd $11.75.
Griffin Gates, $30, $21, $20.50, $16 and $13 25.
Apollus Jeffreys, $49, $37 50, $18 50. $17 25, $10.50 and $10.15.
Will Gates. $31, $28 50, $17.75, $l 75 and $11 75.
Cannady & Carr, $58, $47, $36, $30, $28, $27 50, $15, $11.50, &c.
Look to: your interest and send your next lot of tobacco to
jnchl04t.
Harrison has stepped
down and out ! Cleve
land has stepped up
and in ! Democracy is
happy, tout it is no hap
pier than the hustling
proprietors of the MI
NOR Warehouse, Ox-
i
fordN. C, where they
get the biggest prices
for Tobacco raised toy
Democrats, Third Par
ty men, Republicans,
colored or white.
We make it our busi
ness to please all, re
gardless of politics or
previous conditions.
If you want the big
gest prices come right
along to the MINOR.
Yours to satisfy,
R. F. KNOTT HO.,
HUSTLERS
For HIGH Prices.
mchlO -3m.
Notice.
British and American Mortgage
Company, (limited). l'lamtins,
AOAIivST
Francis P. Mitchell, John Mitch
ell and Nancy his wife, J. W.
Brown and Fannie his wife,
W. II. Boldcn and Hannah his
wife, J. P. Mangum and Har
riett his wife, 0. L. Eastwood.
Meet a Eastwood, Walker
Eastwood, William Latta and
Mattie his wife, J, E. Tyler
and Mary his wifet Defen
dants. Service of
Summons lyj
Publication.
The Defendants above named are hereby noti
fied that the above entitled action has this day
been instituted in the Superior Court of Gran
ville county, that the said action is a proceeding
on the part of the Plaintift'to foreclose a certain
mortgage executed by the late S. W. Mitchell
nd wife Francis P. Mitchell to one W. F. Mel
len and now held by said Plaintiff, wherein is
conveyed a certain tract of land in Granville
countv, which said mortgage can be fonnd re
corded in book 25, at page 243, in the office of the
Register of Deeds of said county.
And let the said Defendants above named take
notice further that they are hereby required to
appear at the courthouse oi" said county in Ox
ford on the seventh Monday after the first Mon
day in March, 1893, to-wit, on the 24th day of
April, 1893, and answer or demur to the com
plaint to be filed in this action. This the 9th
day of March, 1893
W. A. BOP.F. ITT, Clerk
Superior Court of Grai.ville County.
Plaintiffs Attorney: Alex. J. Feild.
mchl0-4t.
Administrator's Notice.
THE UNDERSIGNED HAVING THIS DAY
qualified as administratrix of E. II. Jones
deceased, hereby gives notice to all per
sons indebted to said estate to make immediate
payment and to those holding claims against
said estate present them for payment on or be
fore the 7th day of March, 1894, or this no
tice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery.
INDIA JONES. Administratrix.
March 7, 1893. mchlfi-Gtpd
$37.50, $25, $17.50 and $14.75.
Aver-
)0.
and $10.50.
B. H. COZART, SONS & CO.,
Proprietors Banner Warehouse, Durham, N. C,