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VOLUME VI1--NO. 45.
OXFORD, N. C, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1894.
81.00 PER ANNUM.
LEDG
Jackson's Palace of Sweets
European Plan!
Ncw-
L. 1. Kaiiiii9,
I aver Kigs,
l-tes,
'"alifornia Prunes,
I'onkinir Kaisiiis,
Currants,
Citron,
"eletine.
BikcrV Chocolate,
Pot't'il M at.
lItilJ Pickles,
New
Florida Oranges,
Apples,
I.CIIIOIIS,
K:inana-,
Ki ic-k iJrapes,
Pears,
Walnut-, I'eacans,
Almonds,
Palm Nil's,
' units.
V liite rapes.
Fine
Chocolates
and
mrZ.... "Ron "P.rvns !
See out b'renoh candy at 10 cents per pound
free our California rai-ins at 10 cents per pound
JKCKSON,
Main St reet .
octiti.
Oxford, N. V.
HdRbWdRE,
BUGGIES AND WAGONS,
AT
S. H. SMITH'S.
1 have, a L-ooil stock of Sash,
Doors and linihlers Hardware.
"Farmer Girl," "Fitz Lee" and
other Cook Stoves.
"BabeoeU," "Hackney," "Kin
ston," '"Smith's Carolina'' and
other makes of Unties. Frazior
'.'art',
''Oid Hickory" and "Russell"
Wagons.
I want your trade in my line,
I appreciate past favors and so
licit your continued favors.
Very respectfully,
S. H. S7VUTH,
Com. Avenue,
Oxford, N. C.
How You Gail Save Money !
DO YOUK liUYING OF
BROOKS & CO.,
Removed to the store formerly occupied hy li
11. McOuire, second door from Bullock .V.
Mitchell's warehouse, Com. Ave.
VND OU WILL SAY E MONET! They carry
a lMiire stock of GROOKRIES and DRY
'DUDS. You can tret all you want there without
foinir to so many places.
GOOD GOODS FOR A LITTLE MONEY
is their motto. They GUARANTEE weights
and measures and FAIR dealing. They call es
petiul attention to their 75 cent '-nd $1 shoes; 50
cent and?;.sl.-J5 tiats. Pant 'loth. Calico, Gine;
Lauis, Domestics, Flour, Meat, Lard and Canned
Goods. Tobacco. SnutV, Cigarettes, Cigars and
SCORES of other things too'much to mention
ALL NEW AND AS LOW AS 7'IIE TIMES,
Don't fail to see them before you buy, AND
SAVE YOUR MONEY. The hard times soften
ers, aug 31 3m.
READ - THESE - FEW
PRICES.
We want to announce that we are anxious to
seli L'oods an i our stock is complete embracing :
The largest and most complete line of Hard
ware of every descript ion.
The largest and most complete line of Carpen
ter ' Tools.
The lurest and most complete line ol Farming
1 mplemcnts.
The largest and most complete line of House -ke
per's Goods.
he 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
et y and (iiassware.
The largest and most complete line of Guns,
l'istols, Shells, Shot and Caps.
The largest and most complete line of Hubs,
Ri ms and Spokes.
the largest, and most complete line of Steel
Tires and Iron Tires.
The largest and most complete line of Buggy
and I !ari, W heels.
The largest unci most comple e line of Cane
Mills and JC 'aporators.
The lar, est and most complete line of Paints",
Oils, Tarnishes, Turpentine, ifcc.
The largest and most complete line of Brushes
and all kind of Artist's mute-rial.
Ti e 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 comple' e Mne of Medium
Priced Stoves.
Our stock of 15utrgies are the prettiest stvles
ever shown in Granville Co. Latest styles, low
est prices consisting of makes, such as Tyson
it .lories, Columbus, Carolina and Randolph
Huskies. Nissen, White Hickory Wagons. Tin
Pooling, Guttering, Ac, done.
Galvanized Iron, Copper, Sheet Iron and
1"' lies.
Gun and Lock Rtv-iirins done. Come to see
us. Respectfully, &c,
EDWARDS & WINSTON,
mch'.t.
OXFORD, N. C.
Administrator's Notice.
TlAVING QUALIFIED AS THE AD MINIS
I 1 trator of Mary A. Hudson, deceased, notice
is hereby given to all oersons indebted to said
estate to 'ome forward and make immediate set
tlement of the same, Persons holding claims
a;raiust said estate will present them to me for
payment on or before the 1st day of October,
1KI5. or thiri notice will be plead in bar of their
recovery, Sept. 20th, 18i)4.
J J. C. HUDSON,
Adm'r of Mary A. Hudson, ded'd.
A. A. Hicks, Att'y. eept.2S-6t.
LOCAL LINK.
Things that Happen in Town and
County Boiled Down.
Presto change seems to be the
order of the day in politics.
Rumor has it that our tall friend
Mr. Luther Russell wishes to lower
his statue by becoming a benedict.
Mr. C. H. Parharn will open up
a stock of Groceries in a few days on
Hillsboro Street in Jackson's old
stand.
We are gratified to learn that
Mr. Joe Hall is doing .veil with his
branch business iu the good old town
of Louisburg.
"Gen." Coxey, of Coxey army
fame, is elected to Congress and says
that he will walk all over that grass
when he erets there.
The person who makes the most
noise about the immorality of oth
ers is a good person to keep your
eye on. He knows how it is himself.
A folding baby carriage has
been invented. This, with the in
vention of a noiseless baby will
make life worth living for a few
more years.
There will be a meeting of the
Lend a Hand circle of King's
Daughter's at the House of Mrs. J.
Y. Paris, Saturday afternoon at
three o'clock.
"Where are we Democrats at ? We
seemed to be overcome hy a Repub
lican deluge, but we are ready to
commence the fight again for Demo
cratic principles.
We Democratic newspapers do
not seem to have up any roosters
this years. The Republican cyclone
picked everyone of our roosters clean
down, even to the pin-feathers.
The ladies of the Methodist
Church will hold a Chrysanthemum
Lunch at the YT. M. C. A. Rooms on
Saturday from 12 to G o'clock, p. m.
All who desire something real good
to eat should certainly attend.
Bullock and Roberts are again
on deck with another car load of
horses, at their stables, and all in
need of horse flesh are invited to
call and examine their stock. See
their advertisement elsewhere.
The State Chairmen, Pou, Hoi
ton and Butler, are all keeping quiet.
A prominent nominee on the fusion
ticket says they are watching each
other. It is the opinion of most per
sons that the official count will be re
quired to settle the questions.
While the country has gone Re
publican from ocean to ocean we can
see the fragments of Populism float
ing in the wreck. They have lost
ground in the House, lost Kansas,
lost Sockless Jerry, and are swallow
ed up in the bosom of Republicanism
in North Carolina.
The wife of one of our excel
lent colored citizens, Cameron Green,
died on Saturday night after a lin
gering illness with Consumption
She was a member of the Good Sa
maritan Lodge, and was buried un
der the auspices of that order. We
sympathize with our colored friend
in the loss he has sustained.
Our dear little friend, Sammy
Booth, the intelligent son of Mr. R.
E Booth, of Stem, remembered the
editor Thursday morning wThen he
left home for Oxford. On his arrival
in town with a smiling face he walk
ed in our office with 12 fine sweet po
tatoes that weighed 31 pounds. We
tip our hat to Sammy, and thank him
kindly.
The Washington Post says: '"The
stock market advanced not so much
on account of Democratic losses but
Populist defeat," showing plainly
that the great business world feared
the spread of Populist doctrine in
ttis country, as their principles are
unstable and would bring about
bankruptcy if their methods of gov
ernment were carried out.
Pearl, the 8-3'ear old daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. S. V. Ellis, died at
the residence of her uncle, Mr. W.T.
Rice, near Dexter, where she was
visiting when stricken down with ty
phoid feyer, on Thursday last
Our excellent Dexter correspondent
pays a splendid tribute to the memo
ry of the dear little girl. We extend
our warmest sympathies to the be
reaved ones.
See advertisement of land sale
elsewhere.
Oh! Democracy, where art thou?
Underneath a Republican avalanche.
Boyd's Modern Minstrels, 20
strong will appear at the Opera
House Friday night Nov. 16th.
The Populist are like Samson,
they pulled down the temple and
went with it, say an able divine.
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Jones, of
Culbreth, will celebrate their crystal
wedding on Saturday, the 10th. We
wish them continued happiness and
prosperity.
Rev. Mr. Gattis, of Durham,
Colporteur for the two Methodist
Conference, occupied the pulpit of
the Methodist Church in Oxford
Sunday morning and preached a
most excellent sermon.
The Canvasing Board was or
ganized on Thursday to canvass the
returns of the respective precincts,
with Mr. Herbert Faucette as chair
man, and Mr. W. T. Clement, secre
tary. As we go to press this Friday
afternoon, the board is still in ses
sion. Mr. John A. Waller has sniffed
the breeze of the Republican land
slide and ordered us to stop his pa
per. Good-bye friend Waller and
may you get an office some day, and
may j our lines fall in pleasant places.
We are glad to say that by the same
mail Mr. Waller's noiification come
to stop his paper we received a new
subscriber.
Dr. D. S. Harman, Consulting
Optician and Master of Optics, has
arrived in Oxford and is quartered
at the Meadows House. He stands
so high in his profession that it is
useless for us to add one word of
praise. Our people who have any
trouble whatever with their eyes
had better call on Dr. Harman while
he is in Oxford. He makes no
charge for examining eyes. Read
his advertisement elsewhere.
The Charlotte Observer says:
This is no time for crimination and
re-crimination among Democrats. It
doesn't matter now who, if anybody,
is responsible for the result of Tues
day's election. The thing for Dem
ocrats to do is to pull themselves to
gether and get ready for the fight of
1S9G forgetting those things that
are behind, and looking forward to
those that are before, to press for
ward toward the mark of the prize.
An Excellent Paper.
The Oxford (N. C.)Ledger, we re
peat, should be well supported. It
is an exceptionally well conducted,
clean paper first-class in papei and
clear print, a credit to Oxford and a
power for the people and a home
paper to be appreciated, to keep
trade and people at home and to bring
them to you. Merchants and me
chanics and all in business should
make themselves known in their
home paper. We are glad to see the
Oxford Warehouses advertising in
the Public Ledger; they, above all
others, should make it their main
medium for advertising. Southern
Tobacconist.
Two Plucky Drummers.
On Saturday morning the drum
mers of the respective warehouses
started out to look up the weed, and
Messrs. Henry Knott, Robt. S. Wil
liams and J. Bowling made for the
South side of Tar river. Friday night
it rained very hard and Hatchett's
run was running in torrents, and
when Henry Knott, who was in the
lead, reached the stream he drove
right in and his horse had to swim,
consequently the water run up to the
top of the seat of the buggy. Of
course he got wet. Mr. Williams
seeing what he had to do to keep up
with Knott pulled off entirely from
his body down and tied the clothes
around his neck and plunged his
horse in and landed on the other
side all right, when he redressed
himself and went on his way rejoic
ing. Mr. Bowling concluded he
would not ventuie and returned to
town. It will be seen that "Jumbo"
of Wilkinson's warehouse, and Henry
Knott, of the Minor warehouse, are
true blue and never allow small ob
stacles to come in their way when
seeking trade.
nOVEHENTS OF PEOPLE.
Coming and oing of Friends and
Strangers.
Mr. H. M. Lanier spent several
days in town this week.
Mr. R. P. Taylor and family are
now residents of "Smith Hill."
Mrs. Louis Amis, of Stovall, is
visiting Col. and Mrs. J. S. Amis.
James Turner, who is now a res
ident of Louisburg, was in town this
week.
Miss Pansy R. Cheek, of Hen
derson is the guest of Miss Annie
Booth.
Col. Buck Meadows, the clever
tobacco tourist, was in Oxford the
pastrweek.
The genial Will Black has turn
ed up from a visit to several plaees
in the State.
Robt. Marsh, a fine Democratic
boy is hurrahing at the home of Mr.
J. E. Callis.
Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Smith, of
Tar River Academy, were on our
streets to-day.
Capt. W. B. Shaw and Mr. T. T.
Hicks, of Henderson, are in Oxford
on legal business.
T. D. Neal, a prominent tobac
conist of Richmond, Va., was on our
breaks Friday last.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Wilkinson, of
Averett, Va., are visiting their sou,
Mr. W. I. Wilkinson.
Mr. Robt. Strong, a rising young
lawyer of Raleigh, was in Oxford
several days last week.
Dr. R. H. Marsh visited Burling
ton last weektwhere he preached to
the good people of that town.
Misses Lonie and Fannie Kron
heimer have returned from an ex
tended visit to Richmond, Ya.
Rev. S. S. Henderson, one of
the able colored preachers of the
county, called to see ns Tuesday.
The many friends of Miss Mary
Bell Gregory, will be glad to learn
that she has recovered fiom a spell
of fever.
Mr. C. D. Osborn, who has be
come one of the leading drummers
in the State for Furniture, came
home to yote.
Judge R. W. Winston is dis
pensing justice in Rutherford coun
ty this week. There are several
murder cases on the docket.
Our talented young friend, Da
rius Eatman, of the State University
came home to vote, and assist in
maintaing good government.
- Mrs. John Paris, after a month's
visit to friends in Richmond, Va., is
at home to the pleasure of her many
friends and the old man especially.
Mr. W. H. Floyd, one of the
progressive young farmers of Wilton
section, and our friend S. N. Goss,
of Lyon, dropped in to see the "old
man" Friday.
The genial and clever Nat
Whitfield, now of Greenville, drop
ped in on Monday preporatorj' to
being on hand Tuesday to cast his
vote for Democracy.
We had the pleasure of meeting
in our town on Tuesday, our esteem
ed friend, Mr. G. D. Ellsworth, who
holds an important position in the
Treasury Department at Washing
ton. Messrs T. M. Washington and
Sid Bobbitt, of Wilson spent several
days in Oxford this week. We are
pleased to learn that they ave doing
well in the warehouse business in
that progressive town.
Tlioroustibrel Duro"-Jeroy Pijjs.
A good breed naturally turns what is gnod
for it to profit and keeps it nature is for
it. A pig cannot help but be honest
if well bred. He takes life easy, but all his
time and all he eats is for bis owner's
profit. They say he pa s the rent in Ire
land. In this wasteful country of ours
his making is daily thrown away.
If you want a thoroughbred Duroc-Jer-sev
pig to improve your stock, or to raise
cheap meat I can supply you from very
fine litters, Eeither Sex. Also a choice
lot of cross-breeds on very fine stock.
Call on me at D J. Gooch's store, or
write me to Oxford, N. C, for further
particulars on Durocs
Yours respectfully,
novl 4t THOS. G. TAYLOR.
1 have a fi.st-class line ot driving har
ness. Bought too much. Will sell low.
sep7 S. H. Smith.
PAY YOUR LITTLE BILLS.
The Baltimore Sun Suggests a Reme
dy for Hard Times.
nancial stringency is to keep money
in circulation by the payment of lit
tle bills. To "pay as youi go" is al
ways best, but some persons are oc
casionally compelled by circum
stances to ask for credit. It is wise
to pay bills at short intervals for
many reasons. The creditor may
have a great number of small bills
outstanding and may be seriously
embarrassed by their non payment.
The longer a bill remains unpaid the
harder it is to pay. To the man in
receipt of an income which is no
more than his necessary expenses re
quire, it may be easy to pay a small
bill, but if he allows it to go unpaid,
other bills may be added to it and
the aggregate will be a serious bur
den. A fails to pay what he owes B
and the latter is thereby unable to
pay C, and so on. By prompt pay
ments a small sum of money can be
made to cancel a large sum of inj
debtedness. A ten dollar bill, by
passing from hand to hand, proba
bly often pays debts amounting to a
hundred dollars inside of a week.
The most frequent excuse heard for
the non-payment of bills by peisons
who are asked payment is that they
collect no money. In most instances
this excuse is probably an honest
one, and a little reflection will con
vince any man of the wisdom of thus
keeping money in circulation.
Wanted to Burn Him Out.
Durham Sun of the 8th says: J. L.
Bennett, who lives about four miles
from town near the celebrated "Ben
nett Place," is building a tenant
house, aud it is not quite finished.
Last night some miscreants went
there and piled up a stack of brush
at one corner and set it on fire with
the intention of burning the house
up. Fortunately the lumber was
green and did not burn readily. It
went out, but not until one corner
was burned and also a pile of shin
gles. There seems to be some politi
cal spite against Mr. Bennett on ac
count of his working at the polls last
Tuesday in the interest of the Demo
cratic ticket. Such a spirit shows
the anarchism in the hearts of those
who fought against Democracy.
L. E. Wright is selling grown
ladies shoes atSOcts., 75cts. and $1.
A. A.aWThite cloth at G cents. Mens'
Bay State'Shoes just come in at $1,
$1.35, $1.75, warranted. Ail wool
dress goods at half price. octl2-lm.
More Tobacco and Brighter Tobacco.
Well, we have fought a political
battle and the smoke is clearing
away and naturally we will turn our
attention to other matters, and our
tobacco market is one of the impor
tant things we want to impress upon
the members of all the political par
ties. It stands at the head of the
procession and gets better and bet
ter every day. It must be so as W.
I. W'ilkinson says so. He is one of
our live warehousemen, and is a
winner on prices' Lyon and Walk
er landed at his house last Friday
and pulled the purse strings of the
buyers and walked off with $10, 25,
12, 30 and 45.
E. Cash was the next man to roll
in under the Wilkinson shed and hit
the boys right and they paid him
$15, 15, 8, 15, 30, 45. A. H. Tiugen
was right behind him and struck a
little higher and captured $4, 15, 32,
1G, 55, averaged 40. The next man
who felt the pulse of the market
was N. C. Lyon and scooped in $12
27, 29, 20, 12, 45. He was followed
by Winston & Co., who pocketed
$4,10, 19, 17, 29, 13, 44. L. F. Wil
kins was on hand and got $4, 9, 17,
25, 13, 40, 10. Ralph Currin was the
hummer though, and struck the
boys square m their pockets and
made them shell out to the tune
of $G, 20, 43, 59, 20, 12, 7, 9, 22, 12,
$59ir. Amount of check was $532 GO.
FOR SALK.
I have two young muies, a good horse,
fine cow, 2 horse wagon and harness and
engine and boiler, which I am anxious to
sell. B. S. ROYSTER,
octl9. Oxford, N. C.
You can save money by buying
fine ladies and childrens shoes of L.
E. Wright as he is overstocked with
that kind.
DEFEAT OF A. V. GRAHAM, ESQ.
He Made a Noble Fight for Democ
racy. We pen with regret the defeat of
our highly esteemed conntyman, the
Hon. A. W. Graham, by Hon. Thom
as Settle. We are glad to know
that it is no fault of our candidate
that he failed of success. He has
made and actiye and able campaign.
He has conducted the canvass with
a zeal, energy and ability that has
fully satisfied his friends and made
his enemies feel the weight of the
blows he struck on his competitor
whose political dodges he exposed,
as well as whose dodging while iu
Congress he pointed out with a pow
er that made the record of his oppo
nent show how shamefully he had
neglected his duties and misrepre
sented his constituents. It is grati
fying to know that our gallant and
noble Graham was defeated not by
any fault of his on the stump or in
the conduct of his canvass. It was
a general landslide all over the
country and A, W. Graham suffered
defeat by reason of the peculiar cir
cumstances that brought general des
feat to the Democratic banner. We
wonder what the true Republicans
of the State, those who are Republi
cans from principle, think of Set
tle's position when ho proclaimed
from the stump that it would suit
him exactly for the Legislature to
elect Marion Butler as one of our U.
S. Senators, who is the leading Pop
ulist in North Carolina, and who ad
vocates all of its wild schemes of
ownership of railroads, sub-treasury
and the issuing of money by the gov
ernment at the rate of fifty dollars
per capita without any security ex
cept the credit of the government to
back this large inundation of paper
money.
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OXFORD & HENDERSON R R. CO.
Ollif-e of Secretatv,
Raleigh, N. C , Oirt 20, 1B9I.
The regular annual meeting of the
slockhoMers of thv Oxford & Henderson
Railroad (Jimp:m will b held at the
station of the Southern Railway Company
in the town of Oxfqnl, N. O., at 12 o'clock,
noon November 2(ith, 1894, in accordance
with the by-law s. Jl . W. M I LEER,
nov9. Secretary.
Death of Dr. Oscar Gregory.
This gentleman who came to Ox
ford a few years ago from Halifax
county, N-, C, for the purpose of
practicing medicine, died on Thuis
day evening after a lingering illness
of two years. He had something
like an attack of paralysis which in
capacitated him from the practice
of medicine, indeed so greatly weak
ened him that he has for over twelve
months been confined to his bed.
As lie was an intelligent physician,
and of much kindness of heart, and
of courteous disposition he had made
some warm friends who sympathized
with him very much during his con
tinued illness. He leaves behind
an affectionate and devoted wife
and four children to whom we offer
tender words of sympathy in the
hour of their bereavement.
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