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VOLUME VII NO. 3G.
OXFORD, N. C, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1894.
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S. H. SMITH'S.
1 have a good stock of Sash,
Doors and Builders Hardware.
"Farmer Girl," "Fitz Lee" and
other Cook Stoves.
"Bibcock," "Hackney," "Kin
ston," ' Smith's Carolina" and
other makes of Bug-gies. Frazier
Cart?.
"Old i ickory" and "Russell"
Wagons.
I want your trade in my line,
I appreciate pa3t favors and so
licit your continued favors-
Very respectfully,
S. H. S7VYITH,
Com. Avenue, Oxford, N. C.
How Yon Can Save Money !
DO YOUR BUYING OF
BROOKS & CO.,
Main Street, Oxford, N. C , next door to the
Public Ledger oflice,
AND YOU WILL SAVE MONET! They carry
a large stock of UKOOKRIES and DKY
GOODS. You can get all you want there without
going to eo many places.
GOOD GOODS FOR ft LITTLE MONEY
is their motto. They GUARANTEE weights
and measure and FAIR dealing. They rail es
pecial attention to their 75 cent nd $1 shoes; 50
cent andt;$1.25 hats. 1'ant loth. Calico, Ging
hams, Domestics, f lour, Meat, Lard and Canned
Goods. Tobacco. Snufl. Cigarettes, Cigars and
SCORES of other things too much to mention
ALL NEW AND AS LOW AS TUB TIMES.
Don't fail to see thtm before you buy, AND
SAVE YOUR MONEY. The hard times xoften
ers. aug 31 3m.
READ - THESE - FEW
We want to announce that we are anxious to
tell goods ana our stock is complete embracing:
The largest and most complete line of Hard
ware of every description.
The largest and most complete line of Oarpcn
ter Tools.
The largest and most complete line at Farming
Implements.
The largest and most complete line of House
ke per's Goods.
The largest and most complete line of Wood
and Willow Ware.
The largest, and most complete line of Tinware.
The largest and most complete line of Crock
ery and Glassware.
The largest and most complete line of Guns,
Pistols, Shells, Shot and Caps.
The largest and most complete line of Hubs,
Rims and Spokes.
The largest and most complete line of Steel
Tires and Iron Tires.
The largest and most complete line of Buggy
and Cart Wheels.
The largest and most comple e line ot Cane
Wills aud l aporators. .
The largest and most complete line of Paints,
Oils, Tarnishes, Turpentine. &c.
The Urgent and most complete line of Brushes
and all kind of Artist's mBterial. .
Tbe largest and most complete line of Lime,
Plaster, Cement and Cow Hair.
The largest and most complete line of Excel
sior and New Lee Cook Stoves.
The largest and most complete line of Medium
Priced Stoves.
Onr stock of Buggies are the prettiest styles
ever shown in Granville Co. Latest styles, low
est prices consisting of makes, such as Tyson
& Jones, Columbus, Carolina and Randolph
Buggies. Nissen, White Hickory Wagons. Tin
Roofing, Guttering, c, done.
Galvanized Iron, Copper, Sheet Iron and
Flues.
Gun and Lock Repairing done. Come to see
ub. Respectfully, &c,
EDWARDS & WINSTON,
LOCAL LINKS.
Things that Happen in Town and
County Boiled Down.
Mrs. John W. Hunt, who has
been sick several days is much im
proved, we are pleased to learn.
Miss Mary McGuire gave a party
to her many young friends Monday
evening, which was greatly enjoyed.
The Horn3r School opened on
Tuesday with about 7i boys, and
each train has increased the number
daily.
The neat and attractive sign of
the Bank of Granville is the work of
our talented young townsman, Mr.
Thos. Smith.
How can the two chairmen of
the Republican partjT in Granville
closet themselves together unless
they be agreed?
Rev. S. S. Henderson, of Virgi
lina, vill commence a protracted
meeting at tbe First Baptist church
(col.) on Sunday next.
Mr. John W. Hays who was con
fined to his home on Saturday and
Sunday on account of sickness has
been at his office during this wfek.
Mr. R. Broughton's fine pointer,
while running through the woods a
few days ago got one of his legs
broken. He is one of the finest point
ers in this section.
Durham has organized the first
Democratic Club in the State. Can't
Oxford follow suit Let's get to
work to beat the mongrels that are
trying to bring ruin upon our State.
Mrs. Lease has also gone the
way of the Populist party. She
sajTs: "I am a physical wreck." Per
haps she stood "in the middle of the
road" and away from her husband
too long.
The two wings of the Republi
can party have practically settled
upon their ticket, and now the De
mocracy must see that it shall not
be a through ticket without being
badly punched.
The Gastonia Gazette quotes an
old farmer who walked out of the
Alliance two years ago, and says
that when he and 75.000 other far
mers went out they left nothing
"but a smell of decrepid eggs."
Our friend S. A. Green, of Stem,
rolled in on Tuesday with some new
dip and pocketed some of our boys
big money for his tobaceo. He was
greatly pleased at the prices obtain
ed on Bulloek & Mitchell's warehouse
floor.
The Bank of Granville opened
on Saturday under very favorable
auspices. It is a strong bank and
along with the old reliable Cooper
Bank, will give ample facilities to
handle all the tobacco that may be
crowded into Oxford.
The pony of .Mr, A. A. Bryant
ran away a few days ago, and threw
Mrs. Bryant out and bruised her up
to some extent. Mr. Bryant had
helped his wife in the buggy and not
having hold of the reins the pony
ran off with the above result.
New tobacco has been sold on
our market this week that averaged
$28, 24, 20, 18, 1C, 15i. How is this
for primings? The Oxford market is
still in the lead, so bring your to
baceo right along as our buyers
scoop in all they can get. Orders
must be filled.
When you used to strike a Third
ite and talk politics with him, he
would glibly tell you "I am a Jeffer
son Democrat." Now he will have
to say "I am a galvanized Radikil
and will swallow anything Butler
says if it is such an attractiye speci
men as Bill-Crews to make laws for
me."
Mr. J. A. Turner has re-opened
his stall in Ihe market and is prepar
ed to furnish the good people of Ox
ford first-class meats at the lowest
living prices. He would bo glad to
have the public remember him and
will take pleasure in supplying their
wants. Leave your orders with him
and they will be promptly filled.
Messrs Hundley Bros. & Co.
have taken out the old spiral stair
frt"ps in the girls building at the Or
phan Home, and put in nice con
venient steps to each floor. Thus a
long felt want has been supplied and
we congratulate friend Lawrence,
the pleasant Superintendent upon
this greatly needed improvement.
It is a pleasure to us to learn that
the Home is prospering under the
excellent management of Mr. Law
rence and his good lady.
BiVy Brown, have you heard
from Arkansas? If you have not we
will tell you and Peace, Archie Greg
ory, Glaude Allen, John A. Waller,
Ruffin Buchanan, B. W. Hicks, J. T.
Cozart and other apostles of the Re
publican side show, that the Demo
crats carried Arkansas by 25,000 ma
jority. The question now is where
are you all at? Slap in the arms of
the Republican party where we said
two years ago you would go. Of
course you will cry fraud in Arkan
sas.
Major B. S. Royster has rented
the place of Mrs. Judge Gilliam and
will move in a few days.
Read advertisement of valuable
land for sale bv N. B. Cannady, at
torney, in another column.
The communication handed us
for publication, by Rev. G. C. Shaw,
was crowded out of this issue.
The Oxford Female Seminary
opened on Wednesday with a goodly
number of scholars in attendance.
Special attention is called to
the advertisement in another column
of a valuable farm for rent by Maj
N. A. Gregory, of Richmond, Va.
The county commissioners of
Wilson county refused to appoint
poll-holders from the ranks of the
Populists. They appeared before
the board and urged the appointment
of a number from that party at the
various polling places, but the com
missioners would not grant their re
quest. Our Third party friends in Gran
ville have claimed all along that they
were fighting for principle. Where
is their principle now? Gone up the
flue. Read the Republican platform
in another column and you will find
where they are at, just as we pre
dicted in the last campaign, safely
in the arms of the Republican party,
by gum
Eternal vigilance is the price of
liberty." So Democrats get to work
at once, as the enemy is at work
night and day, aided by Republican
money, and will leave no stone un
turned in order to place our govern
ment in the hands of a mongrel set
of men who have no scruples as to
the calamity they may bring upon
our people.
The campaign key-note of the
Republican combination is up with
negro rule and down with Democ
racy. We wonder if our good farm
ers who have been sold out to the
Radikils by "me old Fraud Mary
Ann" will be struck with lock-jaw
and can't nurrah for such negroes as
Bill Crews, Dave Spencer, Chip Dick
Watkins, Hugh Tilly and others?
There is little the Thirdites
would not accept at the hands of the
Republicans now, but it would be
really an affecting sight(?) to see
Archie Gregory, Glaude Allen, Ben
Hicks, A. S. Peace and the walking
apostle, uncle Ruffin Buchanan, in
the political bed with Chip Dick
Watkins, Dave Spencer and Bill
Crews since they have embraced the
Republican faith.
Friday and Tuesday were good
days for our farmers who had new
tobacco on our market. The weed
on Friday reached up to the $50
mark per hundred. There will be
nothing short about our market this
year, as our farmers have made a
good average crop and our ware
housemen and buyers have the hard
cold stuff for every load that may
be. brought to Oxford,
The Henderson and Oxford boys
crossed bats again on Friday and
there was no mistake about the game
this time, as the game stood at the
end of the ninth inning 17 to 7 in
favor of Oxford. There was quite a
crowd out to witness the game, and
long and loud were the cheers for the
Oxford nine. Our Henderson friends
took their defeat good naturedly and
left for home not at all crest fallen.
Come again hoys.
Burlesques on Honesty.
From the way the Thirdites cry
fraud in elections it seems that they
are still in a jumping-jack attitude
and honest elections is to be their
war cry. But as they have fused
with the Radikils, while some of the
Republican leaders in prospect of be
ing successful in the coming elections
are boasting that if they can capture
the Legislature they will fix the elec
tion laws so that it will be impossi
ble for the Demacrats ever again to
get hold of the government, make
their cry for honest elections a lot of
bosh and a burlesque on honesty.
The Thirdites are perfectly.willing to
place the State in the hands of de
signing,unscrupulous pilfering white
and ignorant negroes in order to
send Boss Butler to the Senate. He
will not there.
Death of Mrs. Jeffreys.
We deeply regret to chronicle the
death of Mrs. W. H. Jeffreys, of
Hansford, Va., which sad event oc
curred on Wednesday, August 29th.,
of congestive chill. She was the
sister of Mrs. G. L. Allen, of Wilton,
and was 28 years of -age.
Mrs. Jeffreys was a kind and affec
tionate wife and mother and gener
ous neighbor, and withal a Chris
tian, having given her heart to God
at the age of 13. She joined the Bap
tist church and never faltered in her
devotion to the cause ot Christ.
Mrs. Allen left three small chil
dren, one of whom is only four weeks
old. To the deeply bereaved hus
band and family we extend our sin
cere sympathy.
No discount on the pure and unadul
terated corn whiskey at K. Broughton's at
$1.50 a gallon. Try it. jl27.tf
OBEYING ORDERS.
Butler's Henchmen in Oxford Mon
day With List of PoIIholders.
In the last three yeais we have
heard a vast amount of rot from the
Thirdites about political machines in
connection with the Democratic
party, but there has never been a
more effective political machine than
that run by "Maryander" Butler
the dictator of the Republican annex.
It not only slates candidates, makes
platforms, goes into conventions with
everything cut and dried, and dele
gates selected by the machine simply
vote to ratify what the bosses have
commanded them to do.
Boss Butler is head machinist. A
few days ago he issued an order to
his now Republican allies in each
county to appear before Boards of
County Commissioners in the State
on Monday last and demand that they
have men appointed who would see
that a fair election was held and that
the Republican annex had represent
tives to help conduct a fair election.
The order of Butler was a direct in
suit to every Board of Commissions
ers in the grand old State of North
Carolina, and we trust each Board
did or will hurl the insult back in
teeth of his henchmen, who appear
ed with a list of the men they con
sidered honest enough to hold fair
elections at the command of such a
traitor to the cause of good govern
ment, and did not or will not appoint
a single man represented by them
and their Republican allies.
Our Board Commissioners met on
Monday, and Butler's tools began to
roll in town early in the morning.
The first man on the ground was Su
mac Gregory, of Stovall, with a
weary, down cast look, and he was
soon joined by the "walking apostle"
Ruffin Buchanan, of Fishing Creek.
Next man to step up was the Great
Head of the "Order," Glaude Allen,
of Wilton, with a bearing that was
calculated to create the admiration
of the colored brigade that were
occupying the bleach boards in front
of the Court House. The tall form
of J. T. Murray, of Berea, was the
next to loom up in big shape, and there
is nothing small about him except
his politic. Just at this juncture a
figure with head creaned to one side
was spied wearily wending its way
up the street, as if burdened with the
care of trying to solve the problem
how the Thirdites will look in the po
litical bed of Radicalism with "Chip
Dick" Watkins, Gran Hunt and Bill
Crews keeping flies off of them. Of
course it was our friend A. S. Peace
who is violently opposed at this par
ticular time to the negroes pulling
him out of the black mud that he had
to wade through to get the treasu
rer's office. When he reached the
Court House door he was joined by
the smiling J. T. Cozart. About this
this time John A. Waller, of Knap
of Reeds, with two bees keeping up
a terrible racket in the top of his nice
hat they were Senatorial and
eupid's bees walked up in his usual
dignified way. We were a little dis
appointed at not seeing the familiar
form of the "cheerman" of many
conventions and the pliant Billy
Brown hovering over this great ga
laxyjof statesmen telling them how to
paralyze Tom Waller and the other
members of the Board. This com
pleted the list so far as we are aware
of, but doubtless there were more
answered to roll call when they as
sembled in the wigwam at Thirdite
AfricosRepublico headquarters over
Dalby & Pitchford's store. J
In a short time they held a caucus
and Capt. Rutledge Hughes was the
central figure upon which they re
volved around as usual whenever the
faithful strike town. Of course we
do not blame them as he is the brains
of the party in Granville, with the
exception of Geo. Parker, who knows
it all.
The list of pollholders were made
up in accordance no doubt with in
struction from Chairman Hughes,
and not by his first lieutenant G. L.
Allen.
The commissioners did not appoint
pollholders, but did appoint Regis
trars. They will appoint pollholders
at the next meeting, and we take it
will only recognize the two old par
ties in selecting them, and will see
that competent Democrats and Re
publicans are selected, ignoring in
toto Boss Butler's list.
Cannot Fool the People.
We really give Capt. Peace credit
for haying more brains than he ex
hibited in his editorial in this week's
issue of the Republican Reformer on
the present tariff bill. He says the
bill will take more money out of the
people than the McKinley bill did.
The present bill is the lowest tariff
rate bill, really in the interest of the
people, -we have had since the war.
Oh ! come off you weary calamitist
and retire into innocuous desuetude,
but you can say you had a howling
time for the last three years in try
ing to deceive the people before you
dropped into the black slot of Re
publicanism. I want to exchange a carriage for a
good young work horse. b. H. Smith.
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nOVEflENTS OF PEOPLE.
Coming and Going of Friends and
Strangers.
H. T. Beasley spent last week in
Pitt county.
Mr. D. C. Hunt is on a business
tiip to Louisburg.
Dr. B. K. Hays spent a few days
in Oxford this week.
Mr. Robt. C. Strong, of Raleigh,
is visiting Oxford this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Osborn, of Dab
ney, spent Sunday in Oxford.
Mr. Thos. Southerland is spend
ing the week with his family.
Cooper Hicks, of Richmond,
spent Wednesday in our town.
Mrs., James W. Jones, of Har
grove, spent Wednesday in Oxford.
Mis. F. P. Hobcrood returned on
Saturday from a visit to Wake For
est. Mr. and Mrs. John Paris return
ed from a visit to La Grange on Sat
urday. On Saturday Messrs. J. E. Callis
and D. N. Hunt paid their respects
to the editor.
Miss Mary Holt has returned
from spending the summer in the
Old Dominion.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Reed after
a month's stay in flichmond return
ed to Oxford Monday.
Miss Carrie Kronheimer is North
selecting a beautiful line of milli
nery for the fall trade.
Mr. B. F. Kronheimer returned
home on Saturday from laying in a
fine line of clothing, &c.
Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Bullock
and child left Monday for a two
weeks' visit to Greenville.
Nat Whitfield spent Saturday
and Sunday with his children, return
ing to Greenville Monday.
Mr. James Paris, of Paris Bros.,
left on Wednesday to buy a fall
and winter stock of goods.
Mrs. Kate Fleming returned
Tuesday from a visit to her brother,
Dr. J. M. Hays, at Greensboro.
We are glad to learn that Mr.
Oscar Gregory, who has been quite
sick, continues to improve slowly.
Col. R. J. Mitchell and Mrs. John
T. Britt returned Saturday from a
visit to relatives in Durham and
Chapel Hill.
Mr. Frank Hays, of the Drug
gists Circular, New York City, is in
Oxford shaking hands with his old
time friends.
Master Jerome Day, the son of
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Day, who has
been quite sick for two weeks, is rap
illy improving.
Mr. arid Mrs. A. A. Hicks re
turned Saturday from a pleasant so
journ of a month in the mountains
of North Carolina.
Miss Helen Cannady, in compa
ny with Miss Mattie Rountree, left
on Tuesday to enter the Danville
Female Seminary.
Miss Mary Wimbish, of Meck
lenburg county, Va., was the guest
of Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Wimbish sev
eral days the past week.
Mr. A. W. Graham has secured
the services of Mr. W. J. Woods, of
Richmond, an expert stenographer,
to assist him in his work.
Mr. F. W. Hancock is attending
the Pharmaceutical Convention now
in session at Asheville. He is Sec
retary of the Convention.
Capt. Holden, of the Wilkesboro
road, is running in place of Capt. R.
H. Powell on the O. & H. road who
is off on leave of absence.
Col. and Mrs. J. S. Amis return
ed Friday from a two months' visit
to their daughter, Mrs. J. A, Fish
burne, at Waynesboro, Va.
Col. Bruce Crump returned Fri
day from his summer outing greatly
refreshed and has gotten down to
business with W. A. Adams.
Jim Meadows is now with Silas
Shelburne, of Richmond, Va. Jim
is a hustler and will prove quite an
acquisition to the warehouse force.
Capt. and Mrs. C. G. Elliott, of
Norfolk, Va., who have been spend
ing two weeks in Oxford with rela
tives, returned to their home on
Tuesday.
Mr. Willie Green, of Stem, vis
ited our oflice on Wednesday, and
we regretted to learn that his mother,
Mrs. Nannie Green, was quite sick
at her home.
Mr. H. M. Shaw will have charge
of the commercial law class at the
Horner School. He is a graduate of
Wake Forest and a young man of
high attainments.
Two of our talented young gentle
men, Messrs. Darius Eatman and
Willis Peace, left for Chapel Hill
(Tuesday. We wish them great suc
cess in their studies.
Thornton Lanier is at home from
a protracted stay at Asheville.
Hon. A. H. A. Williams returned
to Washington City several days ago.
Wade H. Britt left on Wednes
day to enter Davis School at Win
ston. Mrs. Hight and children, of Hen
derson, are visiting Mr. S. H. Long
mire. Miss Annie Cheatham left on
Wednesday to enter Salem Female
Academy.
Capt. Rufus Amis, Independent
Republican candidate for Congress
in this district, was on our streets
Wednesday.
Mr. T. W. Walker, of the firm of
Walker & Green, merchants at Lyon,
was on our streets Wednesday and
found his way into the Publtc Led
ger office.
The pleasant Miss Lizzie Cutch
ins, who has been spending some
time with Mr. and Mrs. Eugene
Crews, returned to her home in Suf
folk Thursday.
Mrs. J. D. Brinkley and sister,
Miss Laviuia Berrv, left last week
for Baltimore. Old man Brinkley is
now having a big time keeping house
as he is all alone in his glory.
Messrs. D. W. Adcock, of Sats
terwhite, R. W.' Adcock, of Oak
Hill; J. C- Usry, of Wilton, J. D.
Wortham, of Hargrove, aud I. T.
Harris, of Fairport, visited our of
fice Friday.
The familiar face of Mr. Buck
Robards, of Greens, was seen on our
streets Tuesday. He naturally found
his way to our oflice, and we were
glad to learn that he was in luck this
year having made a most excellent
corn and tobacco crop.
Messrs. John A. Waller, of Knap
of Reeds, and G. L. Allen, of Wil
ton, were pleasant visitors at our of
fice on Monday. While we differ
with these gentlemen greatly in po
litical matters, we are always glad
to meet them in our sanctum.
Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Ray and
child left us on Monday for Roxboro,
their future home. Mr. Ray goes
as buyer on that market for the
American Tobacco Co. We regret
to lose such a splendid family from
our midst, but it is Roxboro's gain,
and the best wishes of a host of
friends go with them to their new
home. Mr. Ray is succeeded in Ox
ford by Mr. Henry Buell, of Warren
renton, who stands high as a young
business man as well as a clever gen
tleman, and we welcome him to Ox
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Will They do It?
We wonder if such good men as
E. E. Lyon, Kinch Roycroft, Milton
Washington, W. H. Jones, Duncan
Ferrabow, William Ferrabow, John
A. Waller, Woodson Cash, J. T. Mur
ray, M. B. Waller, M. W. B. Veazy,
John A. Watkins, J. C. Fleming, S.
W. Waller, N. T. Green, J. L. Ad
cock, J. R. Wilson, J. F. Usry, J.
Monroe Hays, A. A. Clav, John El
liott, A. A. Overton, A. E. Bobbitt,
Philo White, W. P. Lyon, C. N.
Floyd, E. B. Parrott, L. T. Turner,
J. W. Lawrence, J. C. Cawshorn, E.
G. Morris, W. T. Hunt, J. F. Cole,
D. G. Hobgood, J. M. Hobgood, J.
W. Lyon, J. H. Lyon, W. H. Lyon,
Newton Hobcrood, R. A. Gill, B. F.
Taylor, and the walking apostle,
Ruffin Buchanan, will vote in favor
of abolishing our sjTstem of county
government as enunciated b3r the
platform adopted. by the Republican
Thirdite convention at Raleigh,
which will place old Granville in the
clutches ot negro domination again?
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