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' V. 1 is JT - THE WEEKLY ' ...a, VOLUME VI---NO. 26. BRIEF LOCAL MENTIONS. Wbat is Transpirius: Aronml ami About Uf. I" Town ami Comity. Stop growling and go fishing. Messrs. Parker & Hunt are buy ing sumac this season. The only people who live right are those who love right. We thank Mr. J. P. Mize for a basket of luscious peaches. No credit with South Carolina's State bar rooms. It's cash or no drink. Mr. D. Chappell, one of the old citizens of Creedmoor section, died on Monday. The slate roof on the new Bap tist church has been completed and presents a neat appearance. It is the photographer who. is the only man who in this financial crisis advises every man to "look cheerful." Quite a number of our people are getting ready to join the Teach ers' Assembly excursion to the World's Fair. Sunday and Monday were regu lar heaters, and many persons sought cool places but found them not- un less in an ice house. Mr. A. J. Dickerson is now the happy possessor of a young Demo crat at his home. We say Democrat because all his family are true blue. Quite a number of our 3oung men enjoyed a regular fishing frolic on the banks of Big Grassy creek this week, catching all they could e it. We are sorry to learn that Mr. Ben Hicks, father of our townsman A. A. Hicks, is quite sick at his home. We wish him a speedy resto ration to health. Dr. R. H. Marsh continues to go about making people happy. On June 28th he married Mr. Alfred S. Clark and Miss Winnie A. Yancey, daughter of Mr. Abe Yancey, of Sas safras Fork township. The infant daughter of Mr. O. Yancy, of Salem, died at the home of Mr. James Elliott, near Adoni- ram, on Friday, aged 12 months. Mrs. Elliott cared for it since the death of Mrs. Yancey last fall. Mr. Lawson Knott, one of our best farmers, remembered the editor a ft w days ago when he started from home and placed on our table an el egant box of plumbs and peaches. We thank him kindly for them. Readei, if you are one of those stingy growlers, and dead beat your county paper out of the news by sponging on those who have some pride and take the Public Ledger you should hang your head in shame and hide your cheek. M isses Mattie and Annie Mc Guvre, two sweet little maidens, in their tender little hearts, thought of the old man of the Public Ledger Monday and presented him with some large delicious plumbs, for which we thank them. The Minor warehouse was sold on Monday again to the highest bid der. It was knocked out to Mr. R. F. Knott and Mrs. Julia Minor. The damage done by the cyclone will soon be repaired and Minor ware house will be all O. K. for the new crop. During the storm Saturday night about 11 o'clock lightning struck one of the chimneys to the residence of Mr. R. T. Smith in Oxford, and run down the chimney, splitting several pieces of flooring in one room and tearing up the carpet. No other damage was done. Judge Brown will preside at the. next term of our Superior Court. Mr.' J. W. Brown has resigned as a magistrate of Granville county. Edwards & Winston ask you to especially read their advertisement in another column. The United States Marshal, for this district reports illicit distilling on the increase in Granville. The Durham Sun is progressive. It has adopted local illustrations which will prove a winning card. W. W. Jones was the only rep eesentative from Oxford at the Bi cycle Tournament at Greensboro on the 4th. S. M. Evans, at Satterwhite, ad vises all who want to save money in their pockets to call and see him as his stock is bound to go regardless of price or cost. Another boy is kicking up a racket at the house of Mr. R. P. Taylor, and will soon join the other two manly ones of this household in their sport and fun. Dr. G. A. Coggeshall was the only citizen of Oxford who displayed any patriotism on the Glorious Fourth. He had quite a fine exhibi tion of fireworks on the lawn in front of his residence that night. Mrs. Elijah Fuller, one of the good and true women of Fishing Creek, was in town Thursday, and called to see us. Mrs. Fuller is a fine gardener judging from the fine lot of cucumbers laid on our table. The Teachers' Assembly at Morehead City, bestowed quite an honor on Oxford by electing Prof. F. P. Hobgood, Sr., President, unanimously and amid applause. Col. E. G. Harrell, vas of course elected Secretary. The body of an old colored man was found near Durham on Wednes day with his head crushed in. The coroner stated that he must have been dead 10 days. The old man was not recognized by any one m the neighborhood. The Board of County Commis sioners met on Monday with all the members present with the exception of Mr. J. P. Thomas, who is sick. They will meet again on Monday, and we will publish a synopsis of the proceedings of both meetings. R. Broughton has rebuilt his store in Chase City, Va., and opened up again on Saturday last. He pro posed to the commissioners just after the fire that if they would re fund his tax money he would not open again, and they refused. Mr. D. H. Chandler died near Oxford on Friday at the ripe old age of 86. He was well known in Oxford. He had been in a helpless condition for some time. His wife preceded him to the grave two years ago, aged 82, they having shared each other's joys and sorrows 65 years. Forty years ago July 1st, Rev. R. H. Whitaker, pastor of Oxford Methodist church, began editorial work in Raleigh. He published the first daily paper ever issued at the capital, in 1860. Prior to that time Mr. Gales had published a daily, but only during the sessions of the Leg lature. Fred Smith, a bright, intelligent colored boy 10 or 12 years old, has a white pig some 2 months old that follows him wherever he goes like a dog. Whenever the boy lays down on the grass the pig will walk up, lick him on the face and will quietly join him in a rest. If any one at tempts to interfere with the boy he will show fight. OXFORD, N. G., FRIDAY, JULY 7, 1893. Everline, the 6 year old daugh-J ter of Mr. and Mrs, W. I. Howell was in her happiest mood on Tues day afternoon. She was surrounded by a bevy of sweet little maidens to celebrate her birthday. - The old folks at home did everything that could be done to make the occasion an enjoyable one. The Alliance warehouse at Hen derson has closed up and will not be opened again for the sale of leaf to bacco. Thus one by one the insti tutions run by the Alliance cease to exist. The Third party has killed not only the Alliance, but wrecked nearly every business in which Alli ance rnone' was placed. Mr. L. A. Royster, the enter prising merchant at Adoniram, was in Oxford Monday on business, and we had a pleasant talk with him in our office. He is not only a good merchant but a good farmer. One of his neighbors informed us that he had oats 6i feet high, in fact one of the finest fields in that section. The Granville County Advisory Board of Pensions, of which Capt. John A. Williams is chairman, met with the Board of County Commis sioners on Monday to investigate the list of Pensions in the county. Wil liam Arrington and Nancy . Wilkms had died since last meeting of the Board. The number of male pen sioners in the county is and the number of widow pensioners is While the other markets are slow about buying tobacco Oxford is still right side up with care and our bujTers scoop in all offered by our farmers. We have always said that Oxford was the leading market on all grades and paid the highest av erages the year round. Hurrah for our market as we have not been forced to issue a circular and ask the farmers not to bring tobacco to Oxford but buy all that comes. The Business Agency of the Alliance, better known as the Third machine, authorizes the statement that in past four years its business amounted to $1,490,000. The busi ness for last year was $339,000, be ing a falling off of $150,000 from the previous year. We guess the enter- ance of the Alliance into the Third party causedthe slump. Even with all this when an Allianceman calls for the money he has in the Agency he only gets 85 cents on the dollar. Great success to the University says the Wilmington Messenger. Let it be liberally sustained. A larger endowment is needed. Its last year was the most successful by much odds since the war. It has come up in two years from 198 to 310 stu dents. The endowment has increas ed by gifts $87,000. The trustees clearly made no mistake in sticking to North Carolina for its President. Its three last Presidents were all loyal, true, able North Carolinians Swain, Battle, Winston, Arouse Democrats. There are reasons why every Dem ocrat who has the prosperity and happiness of the Southern people at heart should rally to the support of Democratic journals. If th Demo crats of the State were half as zeal ous in propagating Democratic liter ature as the Third party men are in circulating their nostrums, the task of tearing down and removing the Thirdite rubbish which accumu lates in the minds of innocent peo ple while Democrats are asleep, would be less difficult during the short and heated campaigns that precede elections. ' PURELY PERSONAL. Brief Mention of the Movements of Your Friends autl Acquaintances. G. L. Allen, of Wilton, was on our streets Saturday. Mr. Graham Hunt was sick sev eral days the past week, Jimmie Brogden, of Richmond, Va., is on a visit to his parents. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Cannady, of Wilton, spent Tuesday in Oxford. Major T. B. Venable is out again to the pleasure of his many friends. J. W. Adcock, of Berea, was in Oxford Tuesday after two week's sickness.- Blunt, the photographer, was at Tar River Friday and Creedmoor Saturday. Major B. F. Bullock, of Frank linton, spent two days in Oxford the past week. Mr. C. D. Osborn is back from a most pleasant visit to relatives in New York City. W. L. Hunt and his son Mel ville, of Tar River, visited this office several days ago. Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Shotwell, of Berea, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Zack Lyon Monday. Misses Spratley and Marks, of Richmond, Va., are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Boykin. Rev. TMward Benedict left on Monday to visit the World's Fair, and will be absent two weeks. Judge Winston and family re turned from several week's .stay at Morehead Thursday night last. Mr. J. E. Kronheimer, of New York, spent seyeral days with the dear old folks at home this week. S. M. Smith, of Rouutree, Pitt county, spent several days last week with his father, Mr. W. H. Smith. Mr. L. L. Crews, accompanied by his two manly boys, were among the visitors to our sanctum Tuesday Miss Nannie Jeffreys, of Creed moor, was in Oxford Monday en route to Rocky Mount to spend some time with her brothers. Miss Nannie Lyon, of Dutch- ville township, is now numbered among the excellent corps of teach ers at the Orphan Asylum. That true and tried citizen, Mr. John A. Webb, of Stem, passed a few pleasant words with the editor on Monday, We would be glad to see him at any time. Our esteemed friend and county man, W. M. Blackwell, of Wilton, came to town on Saturdaj', and greatly enjoyed the company of his many Oxford friends. Mr. J. P. Thomas, a member of the Board of County Commissioners, and one of our best citizens, has been confined at home the past week on account of sickness. -Mr. J. N. Fuller, of Berea, was in our office Tuesday and we were sorry to learn from him of the sick ness of Mrs. Simpson Latta. Mr. W. C. Allen and Capt. W. O. Bob- bitt also called to see us. Mr. and Mrs. R. W. DownejT, of Buchanan, were on our streets Fri day. We had the pleasure of shak ing hands with Mr. Downey, who by the way, is another one of Northern Granville's fine farmers. A. F. Smith, of Tar River Acad emy, was on our streets a few days ago, and we hardly recognized him as he had joined the no whisker club. He presented a youthful appearance, but is old in the Democratic cause j and growing stronger daily, $1.50 PER ANNUM. Sheriff W. S. Cozart was on our streets Tuesday. - Mr and Mrs. Bailey Owen, of Henderson, spent the 4th in Oxford. Mr. J. W. Knott, and daughter, of Stovall, weie in Oxford Wednes day. Mr. C. A. Cooke, of Warrenton, United States District Attorney, was in Oxford Wednesdaj Prof. W. H. P. Jenkins, the chil dren's friend in Granville, honored us with a visit Tuesday. Mr. J., J. Brooks, 'of Person county, was in Oxford Wednesday, on visit to his son, Mr. J. D. Brooks. Mrs. R. R. Best, and the little boy of Mr. Geo. Knott, who have been quite sick several days, in im proving. Dr. N. M. Ferrebee arrived ?at Hampton Roads from Nicarauga, on Wednesday. He is principal sur geon of the Cruiser Atlanta. Mr. R. L. Bobbitt left on Thurs day for Washington City to accept a position to which he was recently appointed in the proof room of the Government printing office. Messrs. Iverson Skinner, buyer on the Danville, Va., market and George Harrison, buyer for the American Tobacco Co., at Rocky Mount, are in Oxford on a visit. Mr. John W. Jenkins, a talent ed young gentleman and nephew of our esteemed' countyman, Prof. W. H. P. Jenkins, now has the honor cf being associate editor of Christian Advocate. Mr. Gowan Dusenbery, the po lite and accommodating R. & D. agent, spent a few days in Concord this week. Mrs. Dusenbery, who has been spending some time there, returned home with him on Wednes day. We had the pleasure of meeting in our office Saturday for the first time, Mr. Chas. Gordon, although in his teens he is a staunch Democrat. All we have to say to him is not to allow the calamity howlers to over awe and bull-doze him in his early advocacy of good government. Summer Excursion Rates. i Summer excursion tickets are now on sale by the Richmond & Danville Kail road Company to resorts in the Virginias ind Carolinas. Tickets will remain n sale until Sept. 30th, inclusive, good returning until Oct. 31st, 1893. Stop overs allowed in either tlire3tion within the final limit. Below find rates irom Oxford to a few of the principal points and others may be obtained upon applica tion to Mr. G. Dusenbery, Agent West Point; Va , $8.35; Chase City, Va., $2 10; Farmville, Va.. $4.85; Old Point Comfort, Va., $8,00; Buffalo LIthia Springs, Va., $3 25; Asheville, N. C, $11.15; Hickory, N. C, $7 90; Morgan ton, N. C, $8.05; Lenoir, N. C, $8.C0; Waynesville, N. C, $12.25; Blacksburg, S. C. $9 50; Spartanburg, S. C, $10 30; Morehead City, N. C, $9 30; Mount Airy, N. C, $8.05; Wilkesboro, N. C, $7 85. JIbsolaieJy Pure A cream of tartar bakinz powder. Highest of all in leavening strength. Latest U. S. Govern mcnt Food Keport. Royal Baking Powdor Co, lOGWall St., New York;
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