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THE PUBLIC LEDGER. By JOHN T. BRITT, ISSUED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING. Jne Year (by Mail), Postage Paid $1-50 a k irra TTWsnTlTTTTON IN ADVANCE. M i -r Mnntha " -Advertising rates reasonable and furnished n application. We are not responsible ior the views oi' corree- . i i i i : 1 1. OXFORD, N. C, - JUNE 9, 1893. Something is the mutter with the Reidsville Review. In the hist is sue there was not a line in it against John R. Wehster and Hon. Baldy Williams, nor a line in favor of Thos. Settle. In one of his state papers Ben jamin Harrison took occasion to de nounce the frequent "lynching of colored men in the Southern States." Perhaps the ex-President will now inform the country what he thinks of the frequent lynching of white men in the Northern States of Indiana, Michigan and Kansas. Lee Stanton, an English painter, bought a leather valise at the Grand Trunk railroad sale of unclaimed baggage for $2, at Montreal. On opening it he found 107 shares in the Western Gas Improving Com pany, of Chicago, fully paid up and worth $107,000. The valise was the property of Louis ollalberstadt, who died in Brockville, Ont., in October, 1891, of alcoholism. The debt-paying power of a dollar is marvellous. When started on its rounds it soon cancels many ob ligations. All who are able, bear ing in mind the wisdom of preven tion, should pay their debts and thus enable their creditors to do the same They may be small, but if every one comes forward it will be a great help and will go a long way plainly and practically to forestall any serious feeling of depression or want of confidence. The Mills revival meetings, just ended at St. Paul, Minn., have been the greatest revival movement ever held in St. Paul. Nearly 7,000 signa tures attached to cards indicating the signers' desire to lead a Chris tian life remain as evidences of the work accomplished. All the churches have been greatly benefitted, and have admitted many members Fifty Protestant churches joined with the Rev. B. Fay Mills to make the meetings successful. The Wilmington Star says: Sena tor Vance writes a friend in this city that the quiet and rest of his mountain home, "Gombroon," is having all the good results he could expect, and he believes he will have health and strength sufficient for the important duties of the next session of Congress. It is doubt ful if any public man in North Caro lina ever occupied the place held by the Sage of Gombroom in the affec tions of her people, and they will rejoice, one and all, to hear of his improving health. The Senate, says a Washington dispatch, will be the stumbling block for the Administration. Sen ator Hill expects to square accounts with Mr. Cleveland. It is being said that Hill does not intend to stop at antagonizing the President's administration, but will carry the battle further and lead the fight against the repeal of the vicious Sherman Silver Purchase act. In this, it is stated, Mr. Hill is count ing upon having the assistance of his colleague, Mr. Murphy, but this is yery much to be doubted, Senator Murphy, it is believed, will profit by the experience of Mr. Hill in not coming out "flat footed" for sound money. Now that the Geary law has been declared constitutional, the declara tion that this is "the land of the free and the home of the brave," must seem a hollow mockery to the Chinaman. The largest man now living weighs 907 pounds. He is six feet five inches tall. His name is John Hanson Craig, has a wife and three children and lives in Danville, In diana. He is 37 years old. He weighed 77 pounds at 11 months old The Mexican Government is try ing the experiment of an income tax, beginning with the Govern ment officers and employes, and em ployes of corporations and private firms. It is intended to make the law cover all citizens earning salaries higher than the wages of mechanics aud farm laborers. Foraker was himself on Memerial day. He had a chance to be foolish and he was foolish. He had a chance to be mean and he was mean. This is all that need be said of his per formance. It was a mistake to ask him to speak at Grant's tomb. His character and qualities are in no. respect like those of the maghani mous leader of the Union armies. So Cebe Harris is the man to cap ture the Weayerite vote in the Me tropolitan District? Cebe is a re gular .ringed, streaked and striped "Radikil" of the old Holden dynasty in Kirk war blue times. Any Demo crat who could be caught voting for this bitter, wooldyed ''Radikil" would deserve a spanking at the hands of the gal Lease herself. Wil mington Messenger. A Kentucky banker recently ask ed: "Why don't the newspapers do something to restore confidence?" To this the Courier-Journal replied: "They are telling the people that there is no immediate cause for lack of confidence except the cause of the banks in hoarding their funds. Why don't the banks do something to re store confidence?" This is a com pletely happy retort. Of course Southern Democrats are in favor of a wisely constructed graduated income tax being at $4, 000 or $5,000 and going up until the entrenched and barricaded Pluto- trats are reached in their golden rooms in their palaces of marble. What else are Democrats for but to see justice done to all and equal laws extended to all classes and conditions of men? Wilmington Messenger. At the Memorial Dav exercises in Chicago General John C. Black, ex United States pension commissioner, declared that "the pension rolls are polluted with the names of cowards, deserters, and imposters. and no true soldier of 1801 to 18G5 would object to measures calculated to re move the disgrace." It is to purge the rolls of just such pollution that the recent order of the Secretary of the interior was issued. The tightness in the money market has caused a considerable depression in trade. Manufactories and mills are preparing to shut down for the summer. There may be an improvement in business be fore the summer is over, but there will certainly be no flush times un til after Congress assembles and repeals the Sherman silver coinage law. If Congress gives us the right sort of tariff bill and handles the currency question satisfactorily business will boom again this winter. In the meantime the majority of people will manage to live. . Bucklen'N Arnica Salve. The best salve in the world for cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns and all skin ruptions, and positively cures piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satis faction, or money refunded. Trice 25 cents per box. For sale by J. G. Hall. mch,4-ly THE NORTH CAROLINA TEACHERS' ASSEMBLY. Former sessions of the Teachers' Assembly have demonstrated the usefulness and value of this institu tion to the teachers of the State. The Assembly meets this year at Morehead City, June 20th, and con tinues until July 3rd. The low rate of one and a half cents a mile each way has been fixed by the railroads for members, while the Atlantic Hotel gives a uniform rate of $1 per day. There will be full and free pre sentation and discussion of such methods of teaching as are adapted to the peculiar conditions of our educational sjstems, public- and private. Teachers cannot be too strong urged to be present who desire to become more efficient in their work. THE PRESENT STRENGENCY. The Journal of Commerce, speak ing of the effect of the present stringency upon legitimate busi ness, remarks: The future has in it little peril for the men engaged in an honest calling or legitimate business of any description, who will attend to it carefully and leave all outside specu lation alone. It may not be safe to buy shares in an industrial enter prise worth fifteen millions and capitalized at fifty millions, or which has been built in similar proportions on a smaller scale. A trust has a name which according to Webster, gives an "assured resting of the mind, but it is not always to be trusted, and those who have any other calling will do wrell to give these undertaking a wide berth. We do not think the world is com ing to an end because reckless spe culators have met with disaster, thus reaching the finish of a career that could terminate in no other way. There is good work yet to be done in all the channels of trade and industry for stout hearts and will ing hands, .and a little more courage just now would be both timely and becoming in those who can look their conditions squarety in the face." JUS1 TAX. While some of the New York newspapers are down on the proposed federal income tax, we are glad to see the World stoutty contending for it. -sl The World is right. No more equitable tax than one on incomes could be devised. The World puts the matter briefly but forcibly, a follows: It is a fundamental principle of taxation that all taxes should be levied with a view to the ability of the citizen to pay. Our internal taxes on spirits and tobacco though, good as a means of obtaining revenue, are not equitable. The poor man and the rich man who consume an equal amount of tobacco, spirits or beer, pay the same amount towards the support of the govern ment. This may be and often is a hardship to the poor man, while the rich man does not feel it. Tariff duties on necessaries oper ate in the same way. The poor are burdened. The rich fell no weight. A graded tax on incomes of $10, 000 or more would tend to correct these inequalities. It would be paid only by those to whom pay ment would be no hardship. It would he a small tithing from sup erfluity. It would lighten some of the burdens of the poor. Unnecessary taxation is unjust taxation . Taxation that takes no account of the ability of the citizen to pay is unequal taxation. English Spavin Liniment removes all Hard, Soft or Calloused Lumps and Blemishes from horses, Blood Spavins, Curbs, Splints, Svveenev, Ring-Bone, Stifles, Sprains, all Swollen Throats, Coughs, etc. Save $50 by use of one bottle. Warranted the most wonderful Blemish Cure ever known. Sold by J. G. Hall, druggist, Oxford, N. C. A. LANDIS & SONS' : ' , , DRY - GOODS - STORES I j Dress G-oodLs., TrimTn :ng;s 3 In anticipation of an enlarged trade, we have selected wiili more than usual care a choice selection of Dress Fabrics and Trimmings embracing, everything necessary to a ladies toilet. We absolutely guarantee prices, and by this we mean that the same quality cannot be procured cheaper elsewhere. We are anx ious to please and if articles sod do not suit and are not kept out too long we will cheerfully ex change for other goods. Dress Fabrics. 3G inch Cheviot in all the new and popular styles, 30 cents. 32 inch Beige in tans and grays at 15 cents per yard richly worth 25 cents , 3G inch Flannel Suiting in Spring colors of all shades at GO cents. 38 inch Whip Cords in all the new and popular shades. 3S inch Poplins, new and pretty styles and effects. Sifrs. 22 inch Faille silk at 75 cents. 22 inch Faille silk at $1 00. 20 inch Armure silk at $1.00. 21 inch Poie de Soie silk at $1.25, 32 inch China silk, black, white cream, pink, blue in- fact all shades at 75 cents. A full and complete line of print ed China silks, Changeable silks, India silks, Bengalines, etc. Dress Trimmings. Complete assortment of dress trimmings. All the leading colors and at as low prices as they can be bought in any city. In the leading makes and styles. Ziegler Bros., Bay State, Har risburg Shoe and Leather Co. and other leading brands. Ladies Oxford Ties from $1,00 to 8.50, in all colors. Opera Slippers 75 cts. to 2.25, Ladies Dongola Kid Buttons from $1 50 to $5.00. We also have a larere number of Shoes and Slippers carried over from last season which we will sell at and below cost. Our lines of Tennis goods cannot be surpassed by any house in the State. We invite the ladies to call and see our stock trouble for us to show goods. MAIN STREET, 6 I f ION fil X. Li A Landis ADVERTISEMENT. ES9 Gloves for Spring. PARAGON. This glove is a 5 button kid, every pair guaran teed, in tans, browns, grays and old rose at $1 per pair. Undressed kids in 5 button length in assorted tans. A splen did glove for 75 cents. Undressed kids in all the new and popular shades in 6 button length, $1.25. White wash kids, 6 button length at $1 00. A full and complete assortment of Mitts in all shades and at all prices. Wash Goods. We mention the different styles and guarantee prices as low as the lowest. Ginghams, Pongees, Fou lards Llama Cloths, Satteens Zephyr Gingham, Cotton China Silks, Irish Lawns, Scotch Cam brics, Calicoes, Bedford Cords, Organdies, India Linens, Challies and numerous other styles. Millinery Department. This department, as usual, is one of the leading features of our business. Miss May Francis, as sisted by Miss Carrie Francis, of Baltimore, have charge and are both ladies of exceptional taste and skill. All the new shapes and styles are shown in hats. Every kind and style of flower and at every price. We guarantee to please you or no sale. before buying eiewnere. it is no oris, OXFORD, N. 0.
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