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VOLUME VI NO. 29.
OXFORD, N. C, FRIDAY, JULY 28, 1893.
$1.50 PER ANNUM,
BRIEF LOCAL MENTIONS.
The venerable and highly es-
' teemed Capt. Gill, who has reached
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uis o.)lu yonu, in u-(JUip 21 ujr wilu uia
son Mr. Coley Gill, called to see
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The crops in difterent sections ot us on Wednesday. He has been one
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the county are suuering ior waui m of the foremost men of his section.
GRANVILLEE SUPERIOR COURT
PURELY PERSONAL.
uhni In Triiiirlii4r Aronnd
About ITn. Hi Town mill County
J u dure Brown lrsiiIiiigf-.l,roceeIIns-s
of I lie Court.
We were glad to see him so active siding.
Brief Mention of the Movements of
Your Friends and Acquaintances.
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Couit opened in Oxford on Wed- Mrs. Annie Sholar is now at
nesday, his honor Judge Brown pre- Nags Head.
Mr. W. D. Bryan is on a visit to
Clerk W. A. Bobbitt and assistant Washington City
1rank Wimbish were at their desk,
and Sheriff W. S. Cozart and his as
sistants Messrs. J. T. Cozart, J. W.
Brown and Leroy Elliott were at
their lespective post of duty.
The grand jury is composed of the
Capt J. A. White, of Durham,
was on our streets Wednesday.
Miss Mary Currin, has returned
from a delightful visit to Henderson.
Miss Annie Powell, of Georgia,
rain.
We extend our thanks to Dr. R. for one of his years.
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W. Hobgood tor a gallon or. cuoice Messrs. H. R. Gooch and son,
sweet cider. Walter, of Hesters. and Robert
Rev. T. U. Faucette occupied Stem, of Stem, paid us a visit on
the pulpit at the Presbyterian church Thursday. We were pleased to
Sunday night. learn from Mr. Gooch that the crops
around Hesters were exceedingly followi d citizens of Granville: is the guest of Miss Carrie Hobgood.
Sunday at the iu-st. uapusr cnurcu iu guou, ,uu iuy nan a Foreman. W. O. Bobbitt. J.K.Chan- -Mrs.S. H. Cannady is spending
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Brooklyn, In. . vveanesuay anernoon. d, E c Frazi M S.Thomas.A. the heated term at Buffalo Springs,
-Rev. A. A. Butler, of Durham, -Mr. G. D. Pittard, of Stem, and F. Smith, W. A. Sherman, J. A. Bel- Va.
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i conducting a meeting at ivnap oi Capt. VV. U. .Bobbitt, ot jnsning cher, J. K. Daniel, A. P. Harris, P. Mr. Alex. Wilkinson, of Aver
Keeds this week. Creek, called to see us Wednesday. H. Averett, J. R. Renn, R. T. Smith, ette, Va.. was on our streets Satur-
Rev. R. II. Marsh is conducting Ig discussing the news of the day Dudley S. Fuller, G. B. Hicks, J. P. day.
. f rii.oc.oT7 ciil w 1 1 f n a. rnfl.Tl hflfinmfl SO morbid I P ttrcrTi -T .T "Ptmq .T Til Pnolrof I -t-r.-t-.i - ii..
a protracieu lurpuu v " . - . . , . . . j . it. itagiand, ot r ranKlinton,
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Creek church this week. ana uiue uouuu upuu iu &uuJC.l vv . Lawrence. is on a visit to his brothers near Ox-
ATv j n. Brooks was confined politics as to call his friend and The Judge's charge to the Grand f.
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to his room part ot the past woeKr-6 " - ;f J r , , v Mrs. Leroy Elliott, of Cornwall
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pie. exposition ot tne law.
-D. E. Aycock, the pious looking solicitor rariser is on nana as
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hustled into Oxford Saturday and uai"l"c
Our hearty thanks go out to Mr.
Joe Morris for a large and luaious
water melon. It was a nice treat.
. .,i i i ii hustled in
A tSiliaru 1 arior nas oeen open- - As we p-o to uross todav Thnrsdav
Cfi : .,f while hustling around town hustled I As we go to press today, lnursda ,
eti uu xii .it ii ni:i;i. iu ouv,iy v,,. t in nvimina oe. vPt. is fino-n o'lTlr thfi
Col. R. J. Mitchell
Blacknall.
by Mr.
is visiting relatives in Oxford this
week.
Joe White, of Louisburg, spent
Sunday with his brother, Thomas
White.
Dr. Wilder, of Stedman's Drug
Store spent Sunday in Raleigh with
U o fiM'ovirl imlftft wo 1 .1 not have to I llu'i;uuuu XJL w.
,iMwnnvSfilf noting five shot reneat- The crowd in attendance upon relatives.
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Dr. S. D. Booth, is certainly a nsLnnnn ftn him.but if we had that Court is "usually small. -Mr. W. C. Thaxtoh now has the
good man for buggy manufacturers, wnnlll nftt ,iavo fHffhtened him as he ..... i pleasure of playing with a boy at
as he has purchased lo buggies in a . An formc wUll H I his home.
practice of 13 years in Oxford. ' " 1S gtiin.g iu u& tu bity wuxu Mrs J S. Brown, who was quite
We are pleased to learn that -We call specia! attenuon to e ot pta.se m oa i ot paage ma .S skk toing the past week is im
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, , t i u i -tr -i Medical uoiiege oi Virginia, iuis gent ana learneu in xue iaw
fin U Leaf, who has been nuite sick luoultH & . &. . .
for two weeks is convalecent.
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Rev. R. H. Whitaker and Drs.
E. T. White and Graham Hunt are
in attendance upon the Methodist
District Conference this week at
Franklin ton.
old, efficient and honored institution Judge George Brown we say this
is about entering on its fifty sixth without any reservation. He is con
session, and we urge upon our young fessedly one of our best Judges,
men who purpose studying for the Courtesy, firmness and justice char-
profession to patronize this home in- acterize his administration of his
stitution, whose professors and other duties.
instructors are selected from the best We had the pleasure of a personal
Everybody should be certain to petitioners in this and other States, acquaintance with Judge Brown Blalock, of Culbreth, visited Ox-
attend the Udd bellows ice bream . , whpn a. vonne- man living in ford Fndav.
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at Bethel w llson some "u years ago, anu we Daisy Britt, a fair little maiden
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M,nrM, whinh o-rew out of the fact oluuo "u"1 " cu t i ranminton, is visiting tne atue
that one of them concluded that he hesday- Wo were truly glad to shake Misses Usty.,
was the embodiment of truthfulness
proymg.
Mr. and Mrs. R. Broughton
spent several days this week at Chase
City, Va.
Junius Parker, a rising young
lawyer, of Durham, was in Oxfort
Wednesday.
Messrs. Joe Meadows and Buck
Festival at the Alliance Warehouse
., . mi i Tii x difficulty between to men
this Thursday evening. Plenty to ""j
eat and no mistake.
Messrs. J. W. Lawrence, S. M.
Goss, J. C. Hopkins, G. W. Royster,
Simpson Latta, W. T. Adams, J. B.
Elliott and R. D. Brooks dropped in
to see us on Wednesday.
In Wilton Whisperings last week
and those who did not yiew things
as he did was devoid of it. We are
sure he will find out that other peo
ple can tell the truth and have a
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rierht to their opinion and dare main
our compositor made Mrs. L. A. tain them. We refrain from men.
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Ky tne way judge irown, line , visiting Mr. and Mrs. I.
many otner aisunguisnea gentlemen, Kronheimer
attended the Horner bchool though
he has not yisited Oxford before
since his school boydays.
Royster, of Berea, visiting her fath
er Rev. J. B. Floyd, when it should
h ive read Mrs. L. J. Fuller.
The editor was remembered Fri
day by Mrs. A. B. Currin, who kindly
sent us a basket piled up with choice
grapes. They were the first we have
seen and we highly appreciated the
treat.
Messrs John and Walter Moss,
sons of Mr. J. Y. Moss and Eugine
ss, sou of Mr. Henry Moss, of
Wilton, made the distance of GO
miles to Wilson one day last week
in 0 hours.
Our foreman, Mr. E. W. Harper,
was aken sick Monday, and left for
tioning the names of the parties at
present.
Tliey Will Read If.
Although the Thirdites have
been ordered not to. take the Public
Ledger, they will read it all the
same. In the hot-bed of Thirdite-
ism in Dutch ville eight of them read
one copy that a Democrat subscribed
to and paid for. We say again that
they have great gall. At some of
the post offices in the county we her home
learn that the Thirdites are so anx
ious to read the Public Ledger the
same day it arrives that they won't
allow the Democrats to read it be
die ttt. 4- 'xr x a. fore thev want to borrow it. Some
M, """"j at vv iiriuuwju. vv irusr.
under the soothinc care and atten- of them let them have lt because
tion of his mother he will soon be they want them to read good Demo"
restorod to health, and return to his cratic doctrine
duties with us. . M
Mr. Sidney Minor has been con
ffned to his home this week on ac
count of sickness.
The Reaper Death. Lehman has return.
We are weekly reminded of the , f rom a visit to friends at Reids-
truth the old must die and the young m d Durham.
man die at any time. On July 17th . T a. ,
in the home of Mr. Dudly Howard! , w-i,i
the messenger death came and took I . ,
from earth to Heayen the little in-
fant baby of eight months. -Mr. W. H. Osborn, President or
For tight short months this little Meely institute, ureensooro, was in
darling girl had been given to the wn a Iew uav tuw w.
parents to be the pride and light of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Fishburne,
their home and joy of their hearts, Gf Waynesboro, Va., are the guests
but the Lord had need of her and Gf Col. and Mrs. J. S. Amis.
The charmming little Miss
Miss Lou Jones, of Henderson,
is the guest of Mrs. Sol. Cooper.
President Winston, of the Uni
versity, was in Oxford Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Harris and
children are visiting Mr. and Mrs,S.
Cooper.
M isses Alice and Maud Kings
bury and Miss Alice Carter, of Wil
mington, are on a visit to Oxford.
Mr. Joe Paris, of Newbern, was
in Oxford Friday. He was at one
ime editor of the La Grange Spec
ator. Mr. E. R. Amis, the live real
estate agent of Winston, is spending
a few days with the dear old folks at
home.
Misses Wissnell, of Washington,
N. C, and Mrs. Thomas Davis, of
Wilson, are on-a visit to Mrs. J. H.
Cordon
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. White and
son, spent some days with Mr. J. F.
Hobgood near Buffalo Springs the
past week.
Mr. Thos. Smith took a trip last
week to South Boston, Va., on his
bicycle. He made the trip, 40 miles,
iu four hours and thirty minutes.
Rev. Edward Benedict returned
from the World's Fair on Friday and
occupied his pulpit on Sunday morn
ing and night.
W. B. Adcock, J. B. Adcock, J.
W. Adcock, J. T. Bailey and W. B.
Wilkerson, all of Oak Hill, dropped
in to see us Tuesday. 1
Mrs. A. H. A. Williams and
daughter, Miss Annie, joined Hon.
Baldy in Washington on Thursday,
and will remain for some time.
Willie Taylor, the pleasant
clerk at E. T. Rawlins, who has been
confined to his room some days is
about well and will be out in a few
days.
M. D. Oakley, of Berea, is now
behind the counter at Brooks & Co.'s
store, He will be glad to serve all
his friends with goods at the lowest
panic prices.
Messrs. A. S. Carrington, of
Hampton, M. Blalock, of Culbreth,
W. L. Hunt, of Tar River, J. H.
Morris, of Sunset, and J. Y. Long
mire, of Fishing Creek, called to see
us Monday.
Mr. T. M. Washington has sev-'
ered his connection with Silas Shel
burn, of Richmond, Va., and is
spending a few days in Oxford be
fore going to Wilson sto enter the
warehouse business.
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uur uoq doetn an xmngh wen, Nellie Currin has returned from
though we can not see his provi
dence we should look up through our
tears and say thy will be done. The
home may be sad without the little
babe's voice, butXnere s a new
rm.T-Viinri thp nnrpnts hearts to the
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pleasant visit to Henderson.
Miss Mary McGuire has returned
home from a visit to relatives in
Edgecombe and Nash counties.
Miss Maggie Mayer, of Char-
ble them to say, "The Lord gaye and
teachei at the Orphan Asylum.
There was a Lawn Party criven Whv is it that Mr. J. T. Cozart the Lord hath taken away, blessed Prof. F. P. Hobgood attended a
at Kittrells Tuesday night for the makes its a point whenever he has be the name of the Lord." Friend, meeting of the Board of Directors ol
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uetit ot the - Methodist church, to summons jurors to summons 3rd wanted. Tnomasville urpuanage tins wees.
1 uere was . lnr fffl JlttPlI ll il n nek nmAn I 1 1 TJ Vvl n ct n o It- I o man I . 1 l ! .. 1.1 . f-i. tlPollnirnn" M T.TTrn arl TTrfinlr
" --'""tuJv, M,Liajjig I) ;i 1 ly liUU. XVtjpUUllOOUa Utoixcivi. at utttu A gOOU rtillJlUlO ItJULCI i in xjcAaovuo 1 mcooio. at. wu muv
wnoui was several of our attractive in the Court House Thursday? We a four horse farm in north Granviile. Meadows left on Monday for Pitt
young ladies and manly young men can easily answer that question. Be- APPJy to county to engage in curing tobacco.
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. v. v. . nonoo HO Ilfl M Tl fVH Ml UllSlIieSS lltJ MtrtTrol lllTlf.. I'M. I J.. I tit T O i. ..1.
" - - - - l v , v; v, ' we emoyeu a visit uu oaiuruav
wants to help out his Tnirdite "pard" ur joi. j. o auiis, wauiu, . .
Sheriff uext time as J. T. has got the
target
practice of the
At the
Granville Grays on Monday, Mr.
Willie Bryan captured the medal
with a score of 1G. After the con
test Dr. E. T. White, who was pres
ent, concluded he would try his hand,
and he beat the medalist 2 points,
making 18.
I have more than a car load of Old
i,t. T wnnld like to ex-
bee buzzing good fashion in his hat , anffe jor wheat and allow the highest
and that other fellow will have to market prices for good clean wheat. I
come off tbe fence or he will get X' Oven,
there as Rev. William Royster is Trrwmr fe Smith.
still with him. july28 tf S. H. Smith.
from J. H. Daniel, one of the live
young farmers of the Wilton section.
Mr. Tom Lawrence continues to
improve and will soon recover from
his severe attack of rheumatism. His
many friends will rejoice to have
him mingle with them again.
When Baby was sick, we gave ner tisvtfk.
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.
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