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: T o VOLUME VI NO. 18. BRIEF LOCAL MENTIONS. What Is Transpiring Aronnd and About ITs, in Town ami County. 11 only remain m Oxford Friday and "") - " X 7 I Saturdav. w l,., fi,0- c, n y i rade of ironore on the lands W. J. Barnett, in Oak Hill Township. i- i Capt. John A. Williams is one of the Jefferson Davis escorts through North Carolina on the 30th of May. An important change in the schedule on the O. & C. and O. & H. raihoad will take place on Sunday. Revs. R. H. Marsh and C. A. Jenkins, are in attendance upon the Southern Baptist Conyention at Nasheville, lenn. Mr. A. D. Jones, of Raleigh, was on oaiuruay a-ppuiuLtJu ".y a a. i . : a i v. I. President Cleveland as Consul Gen- eral to Shanghi, China. Rev. Mr. Benedict, the new Rector of the Episcopal church, arrived last week and preached on Sunday to the pleasure of the Con- greo-ation. v i w R a,Wp1t nf Onlr Hill nnnnthflnW man Thnrs- dav. and swapped a yarn or two. Won nnt tailed ns and went, his - i ' UCK uoin OUbme8S at Virgihna, Va., and Big Rock in -r t- m i p i i t I this county nave made an assign- a 1 ment. Mr. vv . i . iarnett, or isucn-1, anan, is the trustee. R. L. Bobbitt has been appoint- ed to take the Tax List for the cor- poration of Oxford, and can be found at the office of S. V. Ellis, Esq, in the Court House for that purpose during thp month of June. We are glad to see that Maj. H. H. Rogers, State agent, and G. C. Collins special agent o United Banking and Building Co., have organized a strong Local Board in Oxford. See notice in another column. Rev, R. C. Beaman, one of the leading ministers in the Methodist N. C. Conference, now stationed at Durham, occupied the pulpit of the Methodist church in Oxford on Sun- day, and preached an able sermon to the great delight of the large con gregation present. Read the advertisment of E. T. Rawlins elsewhere. He has just re ceived a nice line of dry goods, notions, shoes, hats, clothing, etc., which he bought low down, and we auviseyouto give mm a call. Uo and see them whether you buv or .,. n PYAPllf uargaub. Every one of our citizens should be certain to attend the meeting of Town Commissioners at the Opera House on Friday night, May 19th, to consider the light question as the Electric Light contract expires this months. It is presumed some action ton, both of Richmond, Va., mem will be taken at this meeting to make oers of Oxford Lodge, were also in arrangements to show the nroner re- spect to remains of Jefferson Davis on their passage through Oxford on the 30th instant. Hon. A. H. A. Williams. This gentleman is now receiying a number of handsome compliments in every direction for standing by his friends. He has been nearly all the time in Washington working for them. We thank those papers and cor respondents who have said such J.1 n -i T muu mings or mm. imo man in North Carolina has truer friends than Congressman Williams, A QUESTION ANSWERED. Third Party Boycott ot the IMiulic Ledger, But It is Still in the Fit; lit. I A Third nartv man who is an ex- tremist and like most extremists in I At politics, is not a good leader, asked us the other dav if we wanted all - I. 1-1V strong democrats to be eiectea oni cers or the Alliance l , We answer by telling him the Alli ance professes to discard politics, but it has chosen as its officers the strongest and most odious of the Thirdite partizans. We say emphat- ically these are not the men to build up the Alliance, and it is disagree- able to a large number of the alii- ancemen wh0 are true alliancemen in in e that guch ft get should p.rmtrol this once P-rand nrdpr whnso true principles we once gladly tried 0 to advance, out it nas tailen by the -i , I way side and its strength greatly weakened by getting into the hands of 3rd rate political demagogues who are hand in hand with leading Re- publicans when the Republican party is not in favor of any of the wild catntdo justice to the taxpayers and schemes advocated by the so-called reformers. We heard a negro poli- i tician on Monday say that at next election the Republicans will be with the Third party. This is just What we have been telling the people all i timp. and the leaders of tho ThiWI party have turned all their venom , Kat arn.ini: fh Prmr.Tn T,f.t. 7 i and boycott is on in fuU for ' Z- - v - v llf TlfiVfirthftl fiRa Wfi RnJ,n nnHn110 nrrnct lico omamo f 1 X-M. -M.-M. M w X V A tvV Zy jL J O V J I of reform, believing that there are enough true reformers of the Domo- cratic faith to sustain a paper, and we ask them one and all to assist us in the fight against the Thirdite-Re- nuhliean combination, whoso motto "anything to beat the Democrats." Professing to be non partizan the it. of tho AlhV Third Partr element of th Alliance haye made it smell of partizanism, and this scent will stick to it till it changes its tactics. "My own Maryann" Butler is a specimen, ne will make money out of the Third partv and it will come from the hard workiner farmers. What a pity ! Oxford Representatives to the Grand Lodge I. O. o. I The Grand Lodge of I. O. O. F. met m Raleigh Monday night. Mayor B. S, Royster is Grand Senti nel, and was at his post Tuesday morning. Oxford Lodge, No. 103, was rep- vossprntorl hv W T. Clomont Alvie AUfln L(, gtovall represented , w rr. ru, k tt w "J , V . 'V', j , wraay loage, jjaoney, represented J 7 1 J1 x Lj u n, t w tu sented by Dr. J. W. Booth. ocuicu uy uii Ui ri duuiu. i Col. W. A. Bobbitt, Grand Repre- sentative, was in attendance. He is recognized as one of the big hearted and most progressive Odd Fellows in this jurisdiction. J. F. Rogers and T. M. Washing attendance. The brethren of Raleigh gave the members a cordial reception and did all in their power to make the Grand Lodge meeting in Raleigh a bright link in the chain of Odd Fellowship. When Baby was sick, we gave ner tisvork. 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. Largest stock of Doors, Windows and Blinds at Edwards & Winston's. apr!4-tf. OXFORD, N. C, FRIDAY, MAY 12, 189'3. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. rroceetuns on tne jurat jnonaay in May. All the members of the Board were present. A large number ot people were al- lowed to list taxes at single rates, while some were allowed rebate on property erroneously listed- Several persons were placed on the outside pauper list. Ordered that hereafter this Board will not pay for coffin for any person that may die in the county unless they are on the pauper list. Ordered that B. I. Breedlove be a committee to have the roof of the jail and other repairs done to said jail and report to the board. A laige number of accounts were allowed. mi i ii xT7im nn, : : J-ue letter uj. m. x. nunc xesiu ing as County Commissioner to take effect first Monday in June was read and filed. Dr. White regretted to to do so as he wished to serve the people, but he iound that he could k alter nis private Business wnicn accounts ior nis resignation in i - j regret to lose Dr. White as anoffi eial of the county as ?he has made a splendid record m a short time Ordered, mat Hi. . wmte.and tf. v-v - "i i i t -n m ttt i . - B. Royster be appointed a commit- tee to investigate the machinery act and the tax books to seo tu amount would be sufficient levy for all pur poses for the present year. We trust thev will cut them down as " low as possible. Ordered that the Chairman and N. B. Cannady, attorney, be appoin- ted a committee to meet and make settlement with parties who haye funds in their hands due the Treas- nrer of the county, and said commit tee is authorized to send for persons and papers if necessary to aid them and papers it necessary in said settlement, and that they re Port their proceeding at next meet- ing of the Board. Ordered that the clerk of Board UUIUJ' 1111 LUO luagwurtios vl mc county to meet with the Board first Monday in June next, for the pur pose of levying the taxes and to elect a member of this Board, and such other business as may be nec essary to attend to by said commis sioners and magistrates. C. H. Parham, Superintendent of Work House, was ordered to file a $500 bond at the June meeting. Sheriff Crews, through J. A. Taylor reported the following collections since last report: otate taxes, $ 403 82 528 04 95 91 School taxes, ivuau iaAe, Totnl. .451.522 00 -f 7 - Sheriff Cozart, through J. T. Co- zart, made the following report: County taxes, State taxes, Total, $101 7S 101 78 $203 5G Death of 3Irs. T. T. Bobbitt.. The sad intelligence reached. ) Oxford this morning (Thursday) .in nouncing the death of Mrs. T. T Bobbitt in Baltimore from pneumo- nia Jast night. She spend nearly every summer m Oxtord and made many warm friends, being of a kind affectionate disposition. The sym pathies of our people go out to Mr. Bobbitt in the hour of his deep afflic tion. Mrs - M. E. Bobbitt left Thursday morning to attend the funeral which will take place on Saturday. For Sale. An Elevator and two Rachet Tobacco Screws. Apply to R. W. Laisiteb. March 15, 1893. mch!7.tf. QUI -S-VION SETTLED. The Wrigl it Man lias Been Cornered at .Last. Everybc xlv these hard times never stop until Ihey find the place where o buy go ds not only at bed rock but rock I jottom prices. INow if vou will only 1 'all in with the procession and follov i the crowd to the Wrijrht ' store whei :v you can get all kinds of dry goods, , notions, shoes, clothing, hats, etc., at regular Wright prices as Lester is known to sell cheaper than any other man. About the first of Ju ne Wright will be cornered in the old A, Max store with a still larger stock of goods at lower prices. Look ou t and keep your eye on the Wrigh t plaice and walk Wright in and you. will be sure to get the Wright kin.d of bargains at Lester Wright's bee ause he is just the Wright man, 'to trade with if you want to buy a big lot of goods with a little money- Fe3 lence Iturnctl. On Monday- morning about 3:00 o'clock, Mr, 'W. L. Ragland, who lives about 4 .miles from town was awakened fron i his slumbers by a roaring sound. He soon found out that his kiteln sn attached to the house was on fire. Mr. Ragland's first thought is of his dear wife and children, ai id after he had awoke them and got tfciem safely out of the house with a i&w clothing, he turned his. attention to trying to save some of his. furniture, but only succeeded in saving but very little of it as the flames made such -rapid headway. Mr, Ragland thinks he did well to save his famUy, and is at a loss to kiMw how th e fire originated. Mr. R acrland is a member of the firm of ! W. L. & R. B. Ragland, who are wrkTKlnr-.tTTijr a nrosnfirous mercantile Wness near Oxford, and we deeply 'i - , , , sympatmze wilii uliu as ue uau out small insurance on his furniture and dwelling. He Just Could Not Do It. Handy Lewis, colored, concluded Tuesday he would have a good time along with the boys who were full of corn juice and in order to catch up with them commenced letting the stuff flow down by the wholesale. He first took two drinks which did not seem to satisfy him. One of his pards told him he would pay for all he could drink, so Handy called for a pint of "corn licker" and it glided down his throat like water. Not feel ing satisfied concluded he would mix it and called for a pint of rye which quickly found a resting place in Handy's elastic tank. It was suggested to him that he could stand a glass of beer and accordingly a glass went downward and with it Handy. It took hard work to save his life as he was near death's door, and is slowly recovering. We are frank in saying that the bar keeper who sells whisky un der such circumstances and stand by and allow a man to drink it down his licence should be cancelled at once. I Scream. J; The ladies of the Baptist church ordiallv invited the citizens of Oxford to attend an ice Cream sup per at the Alliance Warehouse on K Monday evening commenceing at 5 o'clock and continueing until 11 o'clock. Now is the time to keep I eool as well as aid the ladies in building their new church. Itch on human and horsegprre all ani mals cured in 30 minutes by Woolford's Sanitarv Lotion. This never fails. SoJd jby J. GK Hall Druggist, Oxford, N. C- $1.50 PER ANNUM. PURELY PERSONAL. Brief Mention of the Movements of Your Friends ami Acquaintances. Mr. J. C. Hundley, was in Ralegh, on Friday. J. M. Currin has set out 70,000 tobacco plants. A. W. Graham visited Birming ham, Ala,, this week. Rev. W. C. Tyree, of Durham, was in Oxford Saturday. S. H. Smith, spent a few hours in Henderson on Monday. Capt. J. A. White, of Durham, was on our street Wednesday. Miss Fannie Cozart, of Dur ham, is visiting friends in Oxford. Mrs. F. P. Puryear and children, of Nashville, Tenn., are on a visit to Oxford. ' Miss Agness Faucette who has been on a visit to Durham, returned on Wednesday. M iss Octavia Holloway, who has been quite sick for the past week, is much improyed. Silas Shelbnrn, the big tobacco man, of Richmond, Va., was in Oxford Saturday. L. S. Russell, the pleasant clerk at Fj. T. Rawlins, spent Sunday with his mother at Berea. Miss Annie Beasley, after spend ing the week visiting Mrs. W. R. Bullock, at Greens, is at home. Mr. and Mrs. Nat Daniel, of Satterwhite were in Oxford Tuesday. Mr. Daniel called in to see us. Rev. J. R. Griffith, of Chester, Va., spent several days in Oxford this week. We enjoyed a visit from him. Messrs J. F. Rogers and T. M. Washington, of Richmond, Va. spent several days this week in Oxford. Mr. Geo. W. Brooks, who has been with his brother Mr. J. D. Brooks, for some months took his departure on Monday for his home in Person county. W. A. Parham, of Watkins; J. F. Cole, of Satterwhite; L. Wood lief, of Grissoms, and S. H Currin, of Sunset, called to see us Wednes day. Dr. J. M. Hays and Dr. S. D. Booth, attended the Medical Con vention at Raleigh this week. Dr. Hays read an elaborate paper enti tled "a plea for a more general use of the microscope in every day prac tice." Messrs J. L. Pittard and B. T. Winston, of Adonirom; M. S. Daniel, J. R. Hart, of Cornwall; Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Wilson, of Watkins, W. T. Hunt, of Tar River; John H. Webb, of Stem; T. W. Adcock, of Oak Hill, and W. R. Walters, of Wilton, were in Oxford Friday and it was our pleasure to meet them in our office. n Absolutely Pure. A cream ot tartar baking powder. Highest all In leavening strength. Latest U. ti. Govern ment Food Keiiort. OYAL BAKIN3 FoWDBB COMPAJf r. Wftll.3tM N,
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