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VOLUME VII NO. 32. OXFORD, N. C, FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 1894. $1.00 PER ANNUM. Prompt Settlement of all maturing policies is one of the rules that has nuule and kept the Equitable Life the strongest and most reliable insurance company in the world. The following acknowledge ment gives you an idea of how The Equitable Life meets its obligations. IUlf.hiii, N. ('., March 16th, 1S94. W. J. Roihiky, Ksi., Kock Hill. s. C". DturSir:l am ill roooipt of your esteemed favor of ltli inst., em-losiug check fur Ten Thousand Dollars in payment of policy No. 214,565, J. M. Heck, for' which please accept the thanks of the family for prompt ami sat isfactory settlement. Herewith 1 hand you the receipt signed as indicated, together with the policy, as re quested. Yours very truly, .1. D. UOL'Slf ALL. Would' nt you feel more secure with a policy of this kind back of you with a guaranteed provision for those dependent upou you ? Let us send 3'ou figures. V. J. RODDEY, Manager, Depart nt' -nt of Carol huts, ltock II ill, S C. Whv.9 e Why not BUY your Hardware, Sash, Doors or Paints from S. H. SMITH ? He has too, a full show room of Buggie3, Carts and Wagons. Prices as low as the lowest- Ka wants vour trade and insists that you let him have a showing to sell you before you buy any thing in his line. jati5-ly. m mm eye-glasses, More Lore Eyes! MITCHELL'S EYE-SALVE A Certain Safe and Effective Remedy for SORE, WEAK and INFLAMED EYES, Prtiduriiiff Mjetnrj-Sifhtetlne.ts. ami Restoring the. Skylit of the, oltf. Cures Tear Drops, Granulation, Stye Tumors, Red Eyes, flatted Eye Lashes, , AND PRODUCING QUICK RELIEF AND PERMANENT CURE. Also, equally effiaioiis when nsfrt in cltier umlatlies, n-li as Ulcers, Fever Sort, 'In mors. Sn.lt Itheimi, JStiraiM, iile, or wherever inflammation exists, MM ill ELLAS SALVE may be used to advantage. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS AT 25 CENTS. COME SLONC -TO EDWARDS & WINSTON'S toe We carrv a vry hiro and wisll selected ptock of UAKDW liRK of every description, and are paepared to till the wants of those who nerd y A.KD WAKK, at the lowest prices. Our line of Uuildt-rs1 Hardware and Carpen ters' Tools is larte, and wc are irepared to oiler Builders' Material, Doors, Windows and iilinds, Lime, Plaster, Cement, T. V. 1'ipe, Locks, Hinges, &c, ai lower price than we have ever ottered. . . . ,, Lar"e stock Ready-mixed Paints, Lewis Pure Linseed Oil, Roof Paints, Lewis' Lead. Varnish and Turpentine, lirnshes, Harness and Axle Oils, Machine Oil, Machine Needles. Large and complete stock Farming implements, Hoes, Kakes, Forks, Shovels, Spades, Ilames, Traces. &c. of all kinds Cutaway Harrows. We sell the beet Mowing Machine made the New Deeriug. Full stock Tinware, (ilasswnre, Lamps and Lamp Goods, ('rockery plain and decorated. Handsome line of Chamber Sets, Wood and Willow Ware, Fishing Tackle and Sporting Goods generally. liuies. Carriages, Surrys, one and two.horse Wagons, Rims, Hubs, Spokes. Tyres. Ac. The bst one-horse Wagon on earth for the paice, $$5.00, Rubber and Leather Relting, Hose-Packing, black and Galvanized Pipe and Fittings. Jx celsior and New Lee Cook Stoves, and good line medium-priced Stoves. Gun and Locksmithing, (iuttering. Rooting, Ac,, done- We solicit trade, and are prepared at all times to make it to a purchaser's interest to look at our goods and get our prices before buying. Respectfully, &c, DWARXS WINSTON, mcW Oxford, N, O, LOCAL LINKS. Things that Happen in Town and County Boiled Down. Sumac has made its appearance on out market. Col. R. J. Mitchell is having his residence reshingled. All the wires and polls of the Electric Light Co. have been taken down. Mr. W. R. Montague, of Tar River, cured a fine barn of tobacco last week. The carpenters and painters are now making great improvements in the Landis stores. Democracy's first duty is to make every citizen capable of becoming a part or -Democracy. Let us all unite in Oxford and pull together for one solid purpose that of building up the town. Our old friend W. T. Hunt, of Tar River, has our warmest thanks for one of his fine watermelons. It is reported that gates will be placed at the depot to prevent pas sengers from taking the wrong train. The Public Ledger force thank Mr. T. G. Taylor for a fine waters melon. He had on the market a few days ago a lot of the finest we have seen. Quite an enjoyable ice cream supper was participated in by a goodly number of young people at the Exchange Hotel Wednesday evening. Hurrah for old Alabam ! She did not produce this year a crop of brindle corn Kolbs, but harvested as fine a crop of Oates as you ever saw. Durham Sun. 'Rah, 'rah, 'rah! Watermelon rhine! go back to Oxford and get an other nine! boom! This is what the Oxford boj's got at Roxboro when they got beat playing base ball. We want to see all the preju dices that may exist in the breasts of any of our citizens wiped out to a man, and let us join hands and go forward with the determination of building up our town. Returns from nearly all the coun ties in the State of Tennessee show hat 'Ve Temocr?,tic candidates for judges of the Supreme Court, at the recent election, defeated ne candi dates of the fusion between Populists and Republicans. All the delegates to theCongres sional. Judicial and State Conven tions have returned and report the fires of Democracy burning brightly all over the State, and the work for the cause of good government is going bravely on. Prof. F. P. Hobgood it seems was not satisfied with raising a to mato that weighed 20 ounces, but came in Saturday and laid on our table one that tipped the scales at 2 pounds, thus breaking his own rec ord. Well, we must exclaim, who can beat it? Our friend of the Granville Coun ty Reformer is an excellent editor, and a good politician; but we are not quite so sure he is a great poet. If we were he, we would stick to plain prose. We think lie began his poet teal vocation too late in life. Frank lin ton Searchlight. Mr. Eugene Currin is curing to bacco this week. He is not only a good buyer of tobacco but a capital producer of the weed. He is said to be a real chip of the old block, as Mr. J. M. Currin has long since been recognized as A 1 farmer and one of the finest judges of tobacco in the State. Marshal D. A Moore brought to Oxford on Wednesday Ned Skipper, colored, and tried him before Com missioner J. K. Wood for illicit dis tilling in the Brownesville section. He was bound over to the Federal Court and in default of same now rests quietly in Rev. W m. Royster's Hotel. Mrs. Sarah E. Harris, wife of the late Dr. W. R. Harris, who is well known in Granville, died at her home in Wake county on Saturday, the 4th inst. She was 50 years of age, a good Christian woman, kind neighbor and a consistent member of the Baptist church. She was the sister of our excellent county men, Messrs. W. T. and E. C. Allen, of Tally Ho town ship. The white Republicans who will do any talking profess to be quite puzzled about the colored vote this year. They evidently do not agree with Marion Butler, that the vote can be carried bodily for the fusion ticket. The statement by the new Republican leader, that the white Republicans and the Populists could carry the State, leaving the negro out, does not "set" well with some of the colored voters. The remark by one of the latler that "if the negroes were to vote for Democrats they would make their own selections" is also a shot at the fusion "machine." From present appearances it looks as if the farmers will have to kick against not having any "nub bins" to feed to their hogs and cows the coming season as the corn crop in Granville is the finest for many years. On Monday Rev. William Roys- ter had to get a regular move on him and dispense with a good deal of wind. He entered the jail and one of the negro prisoners jumped out by him and tried to get to the woods, but the Rev. was in good trim and overtook him in the Venable field and pulled out his persuader in the shape of a pistol and scooped the boy in and brought him back to the jail. Some white boys were playing at "hanging" in Raleigh, imitators of Orange Page, who svung from the gallows last Friday. The boys rigs ged up a gallows and each one en joyed the pleasme of being dropped through the trap. The rope was shortened for a tall one and made so short his feet did not touch. He was slowly strangling, and the frightened boys fled. Fortunately the rope broke and he was saved. Albert, the 12-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Gooch, died on Wednesday night of typhoid fever. He was a sprightly lad and made friends wherever he went, and his playmates will receive with sorrow the tidings of his death. The burial took place at Mt. Zion church Thurs day afternoon. Mr. Joe Hall, of Ox ford, was the undertaker. We deep ly sympathize with the afflicted ones in the loss of their bright son. All aboard for the train of pro gress! United we will make close connection, divided we will be side tracked, and the vestibules of Hen derson and Durham will go rushing by heavily laden with prosperity and happiness. Capt. Pluck and Capt. Energy will be in charge of the trains. Let everybody in town get a move on them and see that Oxford secures a through ticket on the through train and we will be as suc cessful as the excursion to Chapel Hill was except on a grander scale. The Two Conventions of Fifth Dis trict. The Durham Sun says of the conventions. The work of the two Democratic conventions held on Tuesday will meet with the hearty approval of every Democrat in the judicial and congressional districts. The nominations were a foregone conclusion before the conventions met, and the nominees are men of irreproachable character and well fitted for the offices for which the7 have been named. Capt. E. S. Parker, for Solicitor, has been a capable, faithful and hard-working officer and his pains taking labors are known through out the judicial district. He is en titled to the united support of this district. In A. W. Graham, for Congress, the people of this congressional dis trict have a champion that will lead them on to victory. His purity of character; loyalty to principle; steadfastness to sound business methods, and enthusiastic regard for the trusts committed to his keeping should be a gratifying inspiration to every lover of good government, and draw around him the most un bounded enthusiasm in this contest The old Fifth District has a candid ate to whom she can point with piide. Now elect him. "If all the gold in mint or bank, All earthly things that men call wealth Were mine, with every titled rank, I'd gi ve them all tor precious health " Thus in anguish wrote a laay teacher to a near friend, telling of pitiless head ache, of smarting pain, of pain in back and Io ns, of dejection, weakness and nervous, feverish unrest. The friend knew both the cause and cure and flashed back the answer, "Take Dr. Pierce's Fa vorite Prescription." The distressed teacher obeyed, was restored to perfect health, and her daily duties once more be came a daily pleasure . For lady teach ers, salesladies and others kept long standing, or broken down by exhausting work, the ''Prescription" is a most potent restorative tonic, and a certain cure for all female weakness. Guaranteed to cure in 6very case or money refunded. See printed guarantee around each bottle. Fibroid, ovarian and other tumors cured without rpsort to surgery. Book, with numerous references sent on receipt of 10 cents in stamps. World's Dispensary Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y. Milling Attention Farmers. I desire to say to the public that I have added to my mill the latest and most ap proved grain cleansing and separattng machinery, and am now better prepared to solicit your grinding than ever before. Our results out of the new wheat crop have been most satisfactory. Bring me a load; all I a9k is a trial. Come prepar ed to stay all night, if from a distance; won't keep you long; good siables on the yard. Come try me; results tell. Thank ing you for Dast patronage and assuring you that I will please you, I remain, Yours respectfully, aug 10-2t. W. D. KIMBALL. TO ALL. MUCH THANKS. Augustus Washington Graham will be our next Congressman, and old Orange and Granville counties, the former his native and the latter his adopted county, doff their hats to the sterling Democrats of the glorious old Fifth for the great honor done to our townsman, A.W. Graham, Esq, The work was well done at Dur ham on Tuesday. There was no hard feeling and no bickering, but all harmony and the Democratic loye feast was greatly enjoyed, In the words of Sheriff John K. Hughes in seconding Graham's nom ination, "no man can be thrown with Graham and fail to see that he is not above the people." His fami ly have ever been identified with the greatest and best things in North Carolina history from the time the Brevards, Alexanders and Graham's twisted the tail of the British Lion to the dark days of Reconstruction when all eyes turned to Gov. W. A. as the tower of strength upon which our blasted hopes might rest. Gus Graham is sober, upright, honest, common sense, plain, brave man, and the people love and trust him. Let the mighty hills of the' Dan start the cry, Graham, our next Congressman !" and let not the echos die away until the Occonne chee and the Sauratown have caught the refrain, "It is even so." Gus Graham is his own platform. At Washington he will always be found at his post, and the poorest citizen will find in him a friend. Bob Vance in Congress was not more kind and obliging to his ad miring mountain voters than Gus Graham will be to every man, rich or poor, white or black, Jew or Gen tile in his District. He is a charita ble man and loves humanity. The campmeetings, the old-field debates, the pic nics, the harbacue, and wherever men gather under the blue skies of God to serve their fellow man is the home of Gus Graham. He is no parlor knight, but a plain, blunt man. The times demanded him. He has been evolved by the necessity of the case. United, un- ak?rrified, strong, the grand party is -marching on to victory. The Third party Cannot afford to fight Graham, and we do not believe that it will. They must know that while Gus Graham is a true Demo crat, he is also in favor of such re forms as will accomplish good to all. The man and times have met. Our heart was cheered and our Democracy strengthened at Durham last Tuesday, and in the results of the days good work the Public Ledger claims its just share and proud to continue at the head of our editorial page the name of A. W. Graham for Congress. Alabama Democratic. We ask the Populist if they have heard from Alabama yet They would often say "just wait until you hear from the election and the Dem ocrats will be oh ! so sick." Complete returns from all but two counties in Alabama give Col. Oates a majority of 2C,124 and the Demo crats a good majority m the Legislature- Kolb is crying fraud in great shape. The election of Oates Gov ernor over the Republican-Populist fusion is a victory in which all good citizens must rejoice. Oates is a square Democratic, with the courage of his convictions, and represents the cause of tariff reform, of honest money and of constitutional gov ernment. Kolb represents all the socialistic heresies, all the vague dis content and all the disorganizing and lawless tendencies that have ulready produced so much mischief in the South, gathered up together and united with the selfish interests of a disreputable partisan machine aided by Granny Hoar and Massachusetts Republican money. The success of Kolb would have been a national dis aster; his defeat is a long step to ward the redemption of the country from the perils of the Third party delusion and a Republican trick to break the solid South. It has been well said the Republican leaders of the North were the father of the Al liance and the Alliance was the mother of the rotten, demagogical Third party, but Captin Archie Greg ory don't think so. By the way he is the only man that ever run for an office in Granville but what some of his name would vote for him. Not a man name Greg ory will vote for the man that charges the poor children a fourth of sumac gathered from the banks of the ditches and hedge rows that run through his broad acres. No such man should be elected to represent our people. FOR REGISTER OF DEEDS I here Dy announce myself a candidate for the office of Register of Deeds for Gran ville county, subject to the action of the Democratic nominating convention. aug.10 4t. E. O, ALLEN. riOVEITENTS OF PEOPLE. Coming and Going of Friends and Strangers. Dr. J. E. Wyche has returned to his practice at Greensboro. Dr. Wm. Bullock, of Franklin ton, spent Sunday in Oxford. Mr, and Mrs. John Wilson, of Dexter, were in Oxford on Monday. Miss Anna Powell, of Wake For est, is visiting Miss Carrie Hobgood. Mrs. D. J. Gooch and daughter, Miss Susie, spent Wednesday in Ox ford. Mr. Robt. Strong, of Raleigh, spent several days in Oxford the past week. Mr. Oscar Baker, of Chase City, spent a few days in Oxford the past week. Miss Annie Bryan has returned from an extended, visit to Philadel phia. N. B. Adams, of Carlton, Vance county, dropped in to see us on Sat urday. Mrs. W. B. Mann and daughter, of Raleigh, are visiting Mrs. C. D. Osborn. Mrs. James Powell and son re turned from Stovall to Oxford on Tuesday. Mrs. W. S. Holloway returned on Saturday from a visit to relatives in Person county. Rev. and Mrs. Ernest Thaeker arrived home from their summer va cation on Thursday evening. We had the pleasure of meeting in our office Thursday Mr. J. G. New ton, of Moriah, Person county. Mrs. Geo. Knott and children re turned Tuesday from a visit to rela tives neai Buffalo Springs, Va. Misses Ola and Lela Crews, two attractive young ladies of Tar River, were on our streets Wednesday. Messrs. Nat Whitfield and Lu ther Stark have gone to Greenville to accept positions in a warehouse. Mrs. Lucy Cooper and Miss Belle Cooper returned on Friday from a visit to the Western part of the State. Mr. and Mrs. John Webb and children spent several days this week under the parental roof near Stem. Misses Ella and Bessie Royster, of Bullock, are spending some days in Oxford the guests of the Misses Usry. Misses Rebecca Purington and Cora Shields, of Scotland Neck, are the guesis of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Ran dolph. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. White and children returned on Tuesday from a pleasant visit to relatives in Guilford county. Messrs. Geo. Pittard, of Stem, J. T. Ragan, of Berea, and B. T. Winston, of Adoniram, called at this office on Monday. Miss Sadie Levy, of Richmond, Va., who has been visiting the Misses Kronheimer, returned to her home on Thursday. Mrs. D. C. Thompson and chil dren, of Warnell, FIa.,and Miss An nie Lynch, of Sanford, Fla., are vis iting at Dr. S. D. Booth's. Mr. J. P. Mize dropped in for a few minutes Tuesday and told us that he had the best tobacco aud torn crop he has had in ten years. Mr. D. T. Winston, of New Or leans, accompanied by his sister, Miss Nannie S,. Winston, of Adon iram, returned last week from an ex tended trip North and through Can ada. Mr. C. D. Ray, the efficient and competent book-keeper for the Amer ican Tobacco Co., has been by that company assigned to Roxboro mar ket as buyer for the coming season. The promotion is well deseryed as Mr. Ray has proved himself in every way worthy of the confidence of the company. He is a Christian gentle man and we regret to lose him from our town, and can say to the people of Roxboro that they will find in Mr. Ray a gentleman worthy of their confidence and a valuable citizen. Presbyterians ! There will be a congregational meeting at the church next Sunday morning at 11 o'clock to see about some important business. Please every member from the youngest to the oldest, try if possible, to be present. There will be no preach ing service until the third Sunday. J. Ernest Thacker, Pastor. Books for Sale. The law and miscellaneous books of the late Maj. T. B. Venable are for sale at the telegraph office, next door to the postoffice. Many of these books are rare and valuable. Mrs. Delia Venable. John W, Hays. Att'y. aug.lO-lt. R. Broughton is now open at the same old stand, redv and wllllnsr to serve those who wish pure and unadulterated 'liquors. Jlv2Ttf. A Shooting Affray. About 10 o'clock Thursday morn ing a crowd of colored boys were assembled near Mr. R. W. Day's livery stable, when Buck Allen, aged about 19 and Tom Burwell, aged about IS, bacame involved in a quarrel about some money. They used different epithets to wards each other and Allen became enraged and jerked a pistol out of his pocket and fired on Tom Burwell, the ball entering his face on the right side of his nose. When Allen saw Burwell fall he took to his heels with Grant Foster right after him, but as Grant had so much weight to carry, weighing about 250 pounds, he could not overtake Allen. Chief Renn with several assistants put out to overtake Allen, but up to tne present have not overtaken him. Drs. Williams and Tavlor were summoned to the side of the wound ed boy and probed for the ball but not succeed in finding it. It is thought that Burwell's wound is considered dansrerous. but he is doing very well at this time. The Bank of Granville. Such is the .name of the bank to be opened here Sept. 1. The capital stock is twenty thousand dollars with liberty to increase to one hundred thousand. The stock has been sub scribed and is to be fully paid in. Those interested are among our best and most successful and substantial business men. Its board of directors and officers are a guarantee to the public of that fidelity so essential to institutions of its kind. They are men of affairs, and know how to at tend to business. We congratulate the town 4 and county upon the organization of this substantial institution, and we are encouraged in the belief that an era of prosperity is dawning upon us. With ample means at their command its officers are determined to see that the best results are attained. Our Tobacco Market, already strong, will take new inspiration and our farmer friends are urged to stand by their home market, the best in the State. The Directors are : J. H, Bullock, Fielding Knott, J. S. Brown, J. G. Hall, J. M. Currin, G. B. Royster, Dr. E. T. White and W. B.Ballou. Dr. E. T. White has been elected president and J. B. Roller cashier. We commend the "Bank of Gran ville" to our people. 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, 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. Summer Marriage Bells. On Wednesday afternoon at 5:30 o'clock at the Methodist church was a scene of beaut' and we hope the result of the occasion will be a joy forever. It was on account of the marriage of two of our most popular young people. The contracting parties were Mr. A. A. Hicks, ex Maj'or of Oxford and prominent young lawyer, and Miss Hettie Minor, one of our fairest and most accomplished young ladies. The church was beautifully dec orated with flowers and evergreens arranged in an attractive manner. At the sound of the organ presided over by Mrs. Kate Fleming the eyes of the large audience present turned to see the wedding party enter as follows: Mr. Willie Landis and Miss Eva Minor, and the grocm leaning on the arm of his best man, his brother Mr. T. T Hicks, of Henderson, and the bride leaning on the arm of her brother Mr. Sidney Minor. The bride and groom joined hands at the alter and Rev. J. B. Hurley, is a most pleasant manner made them one in the flesh. The ushers were Messrs Will Black, John Hall, Claude Cheatham and C. II. Easton. Immediately after the ceremony the happy pair left on the Durham train for Asheville and other resorts followed by the best wishes of a host of friends. Bzthincc powder Absolutely Pure A cream of tartar baking powder. Highest of all in leavening strength. Latest U. 8. Govern ment Food Report. Royal Baking Powder Co, 100 Wall.St., New York,
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