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VOLUME VII NO. 28. OXFORD, N. C, FRIDAY, JULY 13, 1894. $1.00 PER ANNUM. The Results From Life Insurance are more satisfactory for the amounts expended than any other form of investment. For example, read the following letter from a holder of a 1 online 1'olicy in the Equitable Life IHtrham, X. ('., April 5, ISM." Mr. V. J. Roddey, Manager, Hook Hill, S. C. Dear Sir .-As holder of maturing Tontine r-oiuy .o. ia,w, m tne J-Jquitable Life Assur ance Society, I beg to express my gratification at the settlement ottered. The settlement is liberal and I feel that I owe it to the coin pain to express my gratification at the results at tained. Very truly yours, A. J. TOMLIXSOX. The Tontine policy represents the highest degree of perfection iu life insurance. If you would know how much benefit there is in it for you send us 3-our age and we will send you some interesting figures. W.J. RODDEV, Manager, Depart meitt of Carolltias, ROCK HILL, S. C. Office of J. F. ROYSTER. Livery axo Feed Stabt.ks, Oxford, N. C, June 13, 1804. Mr S. II. Smith, Oxford, N. C. My Dear Sir : At your request I am willing to say for your Carolina Bug glee, that they are as good as any I have ever used and I have had quite an oppor tunity to try the different makes I hav used one in my livery for live 3 ears and it is now worth more than half of lirtt. cost. The other three are fqually as good. One of them had one wheel broken in a nmaway, and the spokes were of the best material I ever saw. 1 consider them first-class all through and have no hesitancy in saying they are the best for the money I have seen, and in every respect as good as you represented them Yours truty, J F. ROYSTER. The above testimonial explains itself. I carry these buggies in stock and have thtm made to order at, hard time prices I want your trade in Hardware, Wagons, Sash, Diors, Paints and anthing on wheels. Come to see me. Yours for business, janfi-lt S H, SMITH. RI"VETIJrG- YOUR - ATTENTION ! After we have caught your attention we want to hold it long enough to tell vou that we have JUST RECEIVED A FRESH LINE OF GR0CER1KS ! Which are unequalled in excellence and cheapness. Come right along and let us supply the wants of your table, as we guar antee to suit you. D. J. COOCH, apl2o Next door to A. Land is & Sons. GOTVvE KLONG -TO - EDWARDS & WINSTON'S -FOlt- HHRDWHRE. We carry a very large and well selected stock of HAKDWBKEof every description, and are pjepared to till the wants of those who need HARDWARE, at the lowest prices. Our line of .Builders' Hardware and Carpen ters' Tools is large, and wc are prepared to oiler Builders' Material, Doors, Windows and Blinds, Lime, Plaster, Cement, T. C. Pipe, Locke, Hinges, &c, at lower pi ices than we have ever offered. Large stock Ready-mixed Paints, Lewis Pure Linseed Oil, Roof Paints, Lewis' Lead. Varnish and Turpentine, Brushes, Harness and Axle Oils, Machine Oil, Machine Needles. Large and complete stock Farming implements, Hoes, Rakes, Forks, Shovels, Spades, Hames, Traces. &c. of all kinds Cutaway Harrows. We sell the beet Mowing Machine made the New Deering. Full stock. Tinware, Glassware, Lamps and Lamp Goods, Crockery plain and decorated. Handsome line of Chamber Sets. Wood and Willow Ware, Fishing Tackle and Sporting Goods generally. Buggies, Carriages, Surrys, one and two,horse Wagons, Rims. Hubs, Spokes, Tyres, &c. The bast one-horse Wagon on earth for the pjice, $25.00, Rubber and Leather Belting, Hose-Packing, Black and Galvanized Pipe and Fittings. .Ex celsior and New Lee Cook Stoves, and good line medium-priced Stoves. Gun and Locksmilhing, Guttering, Roofing, fec done We solicit trade, and are prepared at all times to make it to a purchaser's interest to look at ur goods and get our prices before buying. Respectfully, &c , EDWARDS & WINSTON, xacta Oxford, N, C. LOCAL LINKS. Things that Happen in Town and County Boiled Down. Strangely enough, it's the man who shoots off his mouth that bids most defiance to the lock-jaw. Woman leads the world. She used smokeless powder for ages be fore men ever thought of adopting it. The County Alliance met at Mt. Energy yesterday. Mr. John W. Brown, of the Reformer, was in at tendance. As a rule, the young father is as wild to exploit the news of the first boy's arrival as he is afterwards to hush it up. Interesting she undoubtedly was in past years, and this season the summer girl is said to be as engag ing as ever. We thank Hon. Thos. J. Jaryis for a copy of his most excellent speech made iu the Senate on the income tax. "If money talks," said the ord man musingly, "if money talks, what wealth some of us must have in our wives A Washington man has invented a new talking machine. There is no necessity for such an invention in in Washington. Big strike in Oxford ! Twenty Thousand Slain ! For full particu lars consult Wright's advertisement in another column. In the Wake county Third party convention were negro delegates. They were in several others in the State so it is stated. By the time a man has made enough money to build a nice large house all his children begin to get married and leave him. The Supervisor, Mr. Knight, of the O. & C. Railroad we regret to learn is quite sick at the Osborn House with malarial fever. Dr. S. D. Booth placed on our table a few days ago twelve Irish po tatoes that weighed 10J pounds. They are the finest we have seen this year. Quite a number of our people from both town and country wont on the excursion to Asheville on the 11th, and we feel sure they will en joy the trip. The Executive Committee of the 5th Congressional District met at Durham on Wednesday and called the convention to meet in Durham Tuesday, August 7th, at 2 p. m. Mr. J. F. Usry informs us that he is not a candidate for any office and would not accept any from Pres ident down to constable. We take pleasure in making the correction. The interior of the Methodist church presents quite a neat appear ance now. The walls haye been nieely retinted and some of the wood work repainted. A new carpet will be put down by the Ladies' Aid So ciety at once. Weather forecast for Oxford and vicinity : We are informed by Mr. Dixie Blacknall, chief of the weath er department in the absence of Mr. W. C. Biggs, that there will be no change m the weather until Mr. Biggs returns from Asheville. Many of the office-seeking Re publicans are working to secure fu sion with the Populists, but the mass of the Republicans oppose it, and the Populists have discovered it. Hence, it is that they so earnestly disclaim any desire for fusion with Republicans. Judge Spier Whitaker has re signed as judge of the 4th judicial district, to take effect August 20th. In doing so he recommended W. R. Allen, of Wayne, as his successor; and Governor Carr appointed Mr. Allen, who will assume his jtylicial duties on the date named. Miss Fannie E. Oakley, of Per son, is canvassing in our midst for an excellent edition of the Holy Bible and other good works, at ex tremely low prices. Wo trust our people will aid this lady in trying to make a living by giving her as lib eral patronage as possible. We learn from a gentleman from Oak Hill that our friend R. A. Ad cock is somewhat disappointed on account of the Third party conven tion failing to nominate him for Sheriff. It is said, although he is quite young, that he is a genuine re former and not of the old wormy hickory nut variety and is anxious to relieve the Thirdites of office. Whether or not the coat makes the man the shoe indicates the wo man. Close observers claim thev can tell where a woman belongs and size her up quicker by her suoe than in any other way. Though a girl or young woman may be unexception able in everv other point of dress, lir shoes are likelv to "give her away." The well-bred, caiefully . . . . i i reared girl will almost always nave a neatly clad foot. One outcome of those tie-ups in Chicago is big knots of men standing round doing nothing. We learn from a gentleman from Vance that a majority of the delegates to the county convention on the part of the Third party in that county are negroes. This shows that the Thirdites are in for negro rule, by abolishing the county gov ernment. The Durham Sun says : Mr. A. Hatchett, who has been connected with the Durham journalism hereto fore, has secured the Lynchburg Earth outfit, and will begin the issue of the Duiham Weekly Times next week. He is occupying the Globe's old office on Main street. Brother Elatchett can hew some very spicy chips, and we wish him well. Winf red Bowling, one of th? Granville colony in Franklin county, was in Oxford on Monday and it was our pleasure to meet him in our of fice. We were glad to hear from him good reports from our dear old Granville boys who had taken up their abode in good old Franklin. May they be blessed with good crops ana good health is the wish of the Public Ledger. Williams-Settle Case. In the Williams Settle case it is understood that at least two other members of the committee will vote for Mr. Williams on the floor of the House, though they declined to sign the minority report. A resolution was passed by the committee absolv ing any member of the committee who had changed his views from the obligation to support the majority report made by Mr. Paynter of Ken tucky, which upon examination was found to contain many errors of fact and law. The minority report is a strong document, and is clear and convinc ing as to Mr, Williams' right to the seat. It shows that his plurality over Mr. Settle was ISO. This has been a hard fought well contested case on each side, and our townsman, Mr. A. W. Graham is to be congratulated upon the ability displayed in the management of it on behalf of Capt. Baldy Williams. In spite of misrepresentation and abuse on the part of Mr. Settle and his advocates, he has gone quietly on with that persistency and zeal, for which he is noted, until he has convinced a majority of the Demo crats on committee of the strength of his position, and we believe he will convince a majority of the House, for it is now said Capt. Williams' claims are excellent. We have said all the time that he was elected and should have received the certificate instead of Settle. Francis Hilliard School. Granville Institute or (as it will be known in the future) The Francis Hilliard School, will begin its third year under the present management on the sixth of next September. The same teachers will be in charge each of her special department, with the addition of an experienced and ac complished instructor in the primary department. The same features that have made the school so complete and thorough in its training not only of the facul ties of the mind but also those of the body will continue throughout the next year. Class lessons in singing elocution, free hand drawing, and the Swedish and Delsarte systems of gymnastics are offered to all pupils of the school. Special lessons in drawing and painting in water col ors, oils, pastels and on china will be given by Miss Davis, artist by viitue of native talent and through training at the Cooper Union Art school, and in private studies in New York. The music, vocal and instru mental, will remain in the eminently capable hands of Miss Elizabeth Hil liard who in recognition of her mu sical ability and attainments has been elected a member of the Alum ni Association of the Peabody Con servatory of Baltimore. Miss Eliza beth is also a graduate from the School of Elocution of the Woman's College of Baltimore and will give special lessons in elocution. Lessons in Latin, French and Ger man are included in the curiculum and a knowledge of two languages is required for graduation. Every department of the school is under the charge of a specialist, and all are well and carefully taught. Two Lives Saved Mrs. Phoebe Thomas, o Junction City, 111., was told by her doctors she had con sumption and that there was no hope for her, but two bottles of Dr. King's New Discovery completely cured her and she says it saved her life. Mr. Thos. Eggers," lay Florida ot.. San Francisco, suffered from a dreadful cold, approaching con sumption; tried without result everything else then bought one bottle of Dr. King's New Discovery and In two weeks was cured. Re is naturally thankful. It is such results, of which these are samples, that prove the wonderful efficacy of this medicine in coughs and colds. Free trial bottles at J. G. Hall's drug store Regu lar siz 50c. and $1.00. You can buy 2 boxes of matches at R. L. Pitcnford's for 1 cent. jlj 6 THIRD PARTY CONVENTION. Smsll Attendance and Not One Bit of Enthusiasm. The county convention of the Third Party met at the courthouse in Oxford on Monday last. The con vention was called to order by the retiring chairman of the Executive Committee, Dr. A. J. Dalby, who asked Rev. Moses L. Winston, to act as temporary chairman, and C. J. Roberts and J. F. Cole were made Secretaries. Upon taking the chair, Great Chairman Winston said it was not customary to open a political con vention with prayer, but in his judgment it was right to ask the benediction of our Creator upon the deliberation of the convention. He then invited Mr. John A. Waller to lead the convention in prayer, who invoked the Divine power upon the efforts of the people to effect good for the country. On motion of G. L. Allen, the temporary organization was made permanent. All the townships in county was regularly represented except Oak Hill. The following committee was an nounced : Committee on Credentials. A. S. Peace, A. H. Gregory and G. L. Al len, which reported all townships represented. The following dele gates were elected : State Convention. J. F. Usry, Fishing Creek; G. L. Allen, Brass field; J. A. Waller, Dutchville; D. C. Farrabow, Tally Ho; J. F. Cole, Walnut Grove; R. A. Gill, Oak Hill; W. J. Downey, Sassafras Fork; John R. Wilson, Salem; A. S. Peace, Ox ford; A. J. Dalby, Oxford, at large. Congressional and Judicial Con vention. John B. Elliott, Fishing Creek; W. P. Lvon, Brassfield; W. H. Lyon, Dutchville; W. S. Co zart, Tally Ho; J. T. Murry, Walnut Grove; J. S. Pool, Oak Hill; J. B V. Tunstall, Sassafras Fork; H. C. Gill, Salem; J. T. Cozart, Oxford; M. W. B, Veazey, Dutchville, at large. Senatorial Delegates. T. E. Bob bitt and A. A. Clay, Fishing Creek; R. J. Jeffreys and J. L. Adcock, Brassfield; J. H. Lyon and L. A. Wilkins, Dutchville; W. T. Farra bow and W. T. Hunt, Tally Ho; R. D. Brooks and J. M. Hobgood, Wal nut Grove; J. A. Watkins andM. S. Daniel, Oak Hill; H. W. Davis and W. B. Royster, Sassafras Fork; J. P. Patterson and H. C. Gill, Salem; A. S. Peace and C. S. Traylor, Ox ford. The Convention then nomi nated the following gentlemen to fill the various county offices : For Clerk of the Court, W. P. Lyon, of Brassfield. For Sheriff, W. S. Cozart, of Tall Ho. For Treas urer, A. S. Peace, Oxford. For Register of Deeds, E. H. Jones, Tal ly Ho. For Coroner, J W. Brown, Tally Ho. For Surveyor, James A. Bullock, Sassafras Fork. Legislative Ticket. A. H. Greg ory, of Sassafras Fork; W. H. Lyon, of Dutchville. Quite a number were placed in nomination for the various offices and arose and declined. One gen tleman nominated Mr. G. D. Pittard who arose and said "I am only a; spectator and not seeking office." Mr. J. F. Usry when put in nomina- j tion for the Legislature arose and ,said, "I am a candidate for no office j from President down to magistrate." It seems that the convention had no idea of rewarding faithful expo nents of their principles as it turned down such men as Dr. A. J. Dalby and Mr. J. W. Brown who sought the nominations for Clerk of the Court and Register of Deeds respect ively. Mr. G. L. Allen, of Brassfield, was chosen chairman of the County Exe cutive Committee in place of Dr. Dalby. The members of the Brassfield delegation, through Mr. G. L. Allen, offered the following resolutions, which were adopted, and asked that they be incorporated in the State platform : Whereas, there has been great re duction in the prices of the product of all labor, thereby reducing the price of labor, and Whereas, by the reduction m prices, all salaries and fees have been about doubled to the payer and greatly enhanced to the receiver and that the purchasing power of dollar has been so increased, and Whereas, a large per cent of all salaries and fees are paid by agri cultural and laboring people, there fore be it, Resolved, That in the interest of the toiling masses we demand a just and equitable reduction in all sala ries and fees from the President of the United States down to township constables. English Spavin Liniment removes all Hard, Soft or Calloused Lumps and Blemishes from horses, Blood Spavins, Curbs, Splints, Sweeney, Ring-Bone, Stifles, Sprains, all Swollen Throats, bottle. Warranted the most wonderful Blemish Cure ever known. Sold by J . G. Hall, druggist, Oxford, N. C. Tf vnn wish to nurehase a Monument or Tombstone write to R. I. Rogers, Dur-j ham, N. C, for price list. jly6-2m. flOVEriENTS OF PEOPLE. Coming and Going of Friends and Strangers. " Mr. Tionnifi Hunt is snprwlinc a w - t o few days in Oxford. Mr. S. M. Bobbitt returned to Wilson on Monday. Miss Maria Routon is visiting relatives in Hillsboro. Capt. John A. Williams visited Durham on Wednesday. Mr. Willie Osborn, of Greens boro, was in town Friday. Mr. T. T. Hicks, of Henderson, was on our streets Tuesday. Dr. E. T. White spent a few days in Richmond this week. Mrs. G. D. Pittard, of Stem, is the guest of Mrs. John W. Hunt. Mr. Andrew Williford,of Berea, took in the excursion to Asheville. Capt. Rufus Amis, of the Virgi- lina Silver Dollar, was on our streets Tuesday. Mr. J. L. W. Pegram, of Rocky Mount, made a flying visit to Oxford this week. Dr. and Mrs. P. Booth and Rev. and Mrs. Ernest Thacker are at Morehead. Miss Daisv Hunt, of Fishiner Creek, is the guest of Miss Mamie Holloway. Mr. R. B. Hines, of Milton, is spending a few days with his family y v n i in uxroru. Mr. and Mrs. J. Y. Paris are spending the week at Buffalo Litbia Springs, Va. Miss Lavenia . Berry, of Balti more, is on a visit, to her sister, Mrs J, D. Brinkley. Prcf. W. H. P. Jenkins struck town Thursday and paid the "old man" a pop call. Mr. Tho3. Southerland, the drug tourist, is spending a tew days with his family in Oxtord. Misses Bettie and Janie Tillery, of Scotland Neck, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. John Randolph. Messrs. S. C. Hobgood, of Enon, andO. D. Pittard, of Stem, dropped in to see us on Wednesday. Messrs. J. T. Booth and T. B. Brinkley, of Green, were in Oxford Saturday and called to see us. Mrs. Birdie Lehman, who has beeen on a protracted visit to Reids ville, returned to Oxford Friday. The many friends of Mr. Charley Thomas, of Winston, were glad to meet him in Oxford the past week. Mr. John H. Dillard, Jr., one of the leading members of the Greens boro bar, was in Oxford Wednesday. Miss Pearl Tuck, one of the at-' tractive young ladies of Northern Granville,, was on our streets Tues day. Mr. Joe Hall, our undertaker, furnished the coffins for the two Coley boys to be hung at Louisburg today. Col. and Mrs. J. S. Amis left last w- ek for a visit to their daugh ter, Mrs. J. A. Fishburne, at Waynes boro, Va. Miss Alice Longmire has re turned from a visit to Henderson, accompanied by her little niece, Eva Hight. Mr. Willie Bryan, of Washing ton City, arrived home Saturday to spend a few days among relatives and friends. Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Bobbitt, of Watkius and Rev. and Mrs. Thales Turner, of Wilton, visited our town on Tuesday. Miss Jessie Willis, of Keysville, Va., is visiting her brother, Mr. A. E. Willis, of the Richmond & Dan ville office force. Mr- D. O. Winston, of New Orleans, is on a visit to his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. B. T. Win ston, of Adoniram. On Tuesday Messrs. L. L. Crews, R. W. Adcock, R. W. Stark, L. T. Williford, H. E. Overton and Zack Burnett called to see us. Mr. Robt. W. Lass iter repre sented Granville on the Congression al Executive Committee which met at Durham on Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Parham, of Salem, and Mr. W. A. Parham and daughter, of Watkins, were on our streets Saturday afternoon. Messrs Leroy Elliott, William Washington, W. P. Lyon and H. A. Stem, son and nephew dropped in to see the "old man" Monday. Messrs. W. W. Kitchen, of Rox boro, and J. S. Manning, of Durham, were in Oxford Wednesday arguing a case before Judge R. W. Winston. Mr. James Powell, who has been spending a few weeks at Stovall, is again at his post in Hall's drug store and is all smiles now as it is a boy. Mr. W. A. Adams visited the Twin-City this week. Miss Ada Grissom, of Kittrell, was in Oxford Thursday. Mr. John Meadows was among the tobacco men of Richmond during last week. Mr. and Mrs. D. Mitchell and daughter returned from New York on Monday. Mr. A. W. Graham left yester day for Washington City on legal business. Capt. A. F. Spencer, who has been sick several days the past week is much improved. Misses Helen Cannady and Marv and Nellie Currin, who have been on a visit to Miss Mattie Rountree at Kinston, ret urned to Oxford Satur day. W. L. Hunt, of Tar River, H. Suit, of Berea, J. P. Cannady, of Tar River Academy, and Amos Jones, of Health Seat, were among the visitors to this office during the past week. We were delighted to meet in our office on Thursday, our old friend Mr. Eppa Grissom, for the first time in about 15 years. He informed us that he had not felt the hard times, as he always made plenty at home. It was a pleasure to us to meet in our sanctum this week Mr. H. W. Kronheimer, of Winston, who has charge of the editorial department of the Southern Tobacco Journal. He has made many improvements in the general make-up of the paper since he was added to the staff. Mr. and Mrs. I. Kronheimer were made happy on Monday by a reunion of the family. Messrs. Joe and Lewis, of New York, and Mr. H. W., of Winston, the absent sons, gathered under the parental roof to the great joy of all. They all as sembled at the art gallery of Mr. J. D. Brinkley and sit for a family pic ture. The old couple may well feel proud of their sons and daughters as they are iatelligent, thrifty and an honor to any community. Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Hicks and child, of Jacksonville, Fla., Mr. Os car Hicks and son, of Athens, Ga., and Eugene Hicks, of the Norfolk & Western Railroad, are all in Oxford attending at the bedside of a dear Christian mother who is seriously ill. Mrs. Hicks is numbered among one of the truest women that ever lived among us and we trust that she will be yet restored to health and con tinue the Christian woik in which she has been so long greatly inter ested and so zealously performed. Knap of Reeds Knots. Mr. G. K. Hundley, of Oxford, is visiting relatives here. Mr. J. A. Waller, has just return ed from a trip to Norfolk and Wash ington City. Miss Lucy Roberts, of Bahama, who spent last week around here, re turned home last Sunday. Mr. W. L. Huston, who been as sisting in putting in the roller mill, left Tuesday for Washington City. Miss Verna Peed, of Tar Riyer, after spending a few weeks with rel atiyes at this place, returned home last Friday. The roller mill at this place is in operation and is turning out nice flour. They have employed Mr. B. Tilley, of Durham county, to keep the mill. Rev. II. II, Marshburne, of Wake Forest, is spending his vacation in this neighborhood. He seems to be having a big time attending fish fries, sociables, picnics and prayer meetings. The crops of wheat are being threshed. The average is not very good. There was not a full crop of tobacco planted around here on ac count of the scarcity of plants and dry weather. The crops are very ir regular, but are improving after the rain. Good Times. Msoafely Pure A cream of tartar baking powder. Highest of all in leavening strength. Latest U. a. Uovern- ment Food Report. Royal Baking Powder Co.j 106 Wall St., New YoTfe,
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