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THE BENEFIT IS M l !N- THE REMEDY, lake it also Tor :-.-ss and Sick Headache: both are -sr.! ; - a sluggish Liver. .1. i!. oilin S: Vv. P.hilatlelnliia. YYV are soiling goods for cash, at cut prices so that people call us "Cheap John. A f ill stock of Fresh Garden Seed iust received. JOHN P. STEDMAN, Manufacturing Druggist. WILL A -II?KAT IF YOU FAIL TO SEE ,IAK)S DISI LAY : ; ru-ich A NO. 1 BANANAS, r. lisrro! FINEST APPLES, ilise- FANCY ORA.NGES. v: Fert of ssmv Ca-?e? filled to overflowing chi'k'fit C'aiiuie. fu.l auk i'opular lirauds Chewing and Smok- MA K INS CKACKEES iresh Direct from acr.ivv t ery weei. TENNVS FINE CANPIES in Handy Pack- TENXV S H')T t'liOCKOLATE AND COCO 01. A ON DKAI'(tHT. 9- mm, w mum. NEXT TO BANK. o One and All ! 'aris Jdvos. ave moved into Their new store Next door to Cooper's Bank Building", And have started The New Year With new zeal, 'ew energy, nrTT x I ,3 'hey want ew customers. All of their 31d customers Are invited to 3 all and see them At their new store. Fall and Winter Press Goods, apes, Wraps, &c, re going pighty cheap L"o make room for heir Spring tock. A FEW BITES. Little Minnows of News Caught in the Stream of a Week's Happenings The large Ro3ster prize house will sonu be completed. The roadway of life has never been macadamized for any man. Chief Renn's street force is at work filling up some of the holes. it is much better to have a black spot on your face than one on your character, To be a professor now-a-days all one needs is knowledge of how to cure corns. The more you puff a cigar the smaller it becomes. And that is the way with some men. The truth ot the biblical saying "Sek and you shall find" is exem plified in advertising. A love-sick woman is a greater airerra vat ion to the household than an ablebodied bedbug. Tr' von wish a delicrhtful hot drink we recommend hot chocolate to be found at Jackson's. the root ot tne railroau ware house at Stem was partly taken off during the late high winds. Be sure and read the new legal a Ivertisements in this week's issue as you may be vitally interested The rafters of the colored Sec ond Baptist church that were taken oft bv the wind are beinsr put back. An advertisement tuat rings with the good qualities of an article has for its echo the ring of the doK lar. We will still receive silver money at par tor advertising or subscrip tions. Don t be bashful about send ing it. Merit alone will not produce a sale for an article; it takes publicity if vou have a erood thing; tell the people about it. Women would not be so nervous were it not for the men. The aver a?e man is calculated to maKe a steam engine nervous. Dr. Joe Morris, of Wilton, rode out of Oxford Monday in a new buggv. He is one ot the rising young physicians of the county. Messrs. Hundley Bros, are put tinsr in a erum flooring in the Erwin Cotton Mills at Durham. Mr. A. B. Spencer has charge of the work Every reader ot newspapers in this country will regret the death of the famous humorist, Bill rye, which occurred at his home at Buck Shoals, near Asheville, a few days ago. -In the death of Hon. George Davis, at Wilmington, on Sunday mornine. aged to. the State loses one of its most eminent citizens. He was a member of the Confederate Cabinet. The ladies of the Methodist church will give a dime sociable this Friday evening at the residence of Mr. W. L. Mitchell, on Broad street, from 8 to 10. You are cordially in vited to attend. Ihe many admirers ot tne new Baptist church hope to see the plucky congregation occupying it bv Jan. 1. 1897. The progress of the work is now going on at such a rapid rate it is fully believed that it will be finished by the above date We extend our warmest con gratulations to the bright and glit tering Durham Sun on its successful battle of 7 years for its thriving and bustling citv- May it continue its good work and grow brighter with each succeeding day, week and year. The disgust of many Democrats in Oxford when they read the News and Observer containing the Smith-Peebles-Mott-Butler et. al. fusion deal business was very marked, the most of them believing in standing bv the old Democratic ship with no negro rule attachments. Marv Potter Memorial School will hold a "Demorest Contest" in tbe Opera House this Friday night, Feb. 28rh. We invite the good peo ple of Oxford to attend, especially those interested in the temperance cause. G. C. Shaw, Principal The place to trade to best ad vantage can always be determined bv a careful inspection of the ad vertising columns of your loca' pa per. Business men who have goods for sale are always represented in their local papers. When you find a man pushing his business you may put him down as the man it will pay to trade with. A Pennsylvania man recently presented his wife with a piano lamp, which she said she would call after him. On asking her the reas on, she replied "Well, dear, it has a good deal of brass about it, it is handsome to look at, it is not re markably brilliant, requires a good deal of attention, is liable to explode, flares up occasionally, is always out at bed-time, and is bound to smoke." 7 . . . . . , Fatiiei Price, ot Raleigh, closed his interesting lectures here on i? ri- . . . , -rn I day evening in the interest and de fense of false charges made against the Catholic church, and lett tor home on Saturday. We tound him a most asrreeable and intelligent gen tleman and trulv a faithful worker in the errand church he represents. It is a pleasure to us to say that he was treated with the utmost courtesy daring his stay in Oxfoid and that the members of the different denom inations attended his lectures. OXFORD, Sunday was a beautiful day and our churches were largely attended. Mr. Geo. Ferrell has been ap pointed postmaster at Hargrove. A good selection. Col. A. K. MeClure, the distin guished editor of the Philadelphia Times, will yisit the State next month. Another fire in Louisburg de stroyed 519 bales of cotton. It is thought the cotton platform was set on fire. A new young lady has arrived at the home of Mr. W. I. Wilkinson and has at once become identified with the family Mi. J. M. Sikes, Superior Court Clerk, announces in another column the different voting precincts in the county and their boundaries. Une night this weeK some one entered the postoffice at Stovall and relieved Capt. Wilkins Stovall of $104. There is yet no clue as to the thief. Let every good citizen of Oxford become an active member of the Chamber ot Commerce, as we a e forced to get a move on ourselves or we will be swallowed up by the sur rounding progressive towns. Ihe ir'opulist who said that his party and the Republicans would surely fuse and that the Populists would be allowed to name the candi date tor liovernor, is attached by a leading Republican, who says his p irty will never consent to permit me Populists to name the candidate at the head of the ticket. The dwelling house of L. Levis ter, near Prof. W. H. P. Jenkins', in rsrassneld township, occupied by a Mr. Morton, was burned on Sunday last while Mr. Morton and family were absent A part of Mr. Levis- ter's furniture was stored in one room and was also burned. The or lgin of the fire is not known. The $65,000 Grace Street Baptist church, Richmond, Va., of which Dr. Hatcher was pastor, was con sumed by fire on Tuesday along with the main building of Richmond Fe male College. The bright and at tractive Miss Nellie Currin, of Ox ford, who is attending this school, along with all the girls, sustained no injury or loss as the wing occupied as a sleeping department was not burned. Certain ladies of St- Stephen's church, well known to be expert in their several lines, wish to take or ders for work, the proceeds to go to the building fund of the new church. Orders for cake and candy, plain sewing, baby clothes, Knitting baby socks and vests, embroidery, hem stitching, drawn work and painting may be sent to either Miss Carrie Skinner, Miss Mary Belle Gregory, Committee. That -live representative of the News and Observer, F. B. Arendell, was in Oxford three days the past week in the interest of the mammoth tobacco edition to be gotten out in a few weeks. He was an agreeable visitor to this office as he is one of our old time rnends. xie intormed us that the tobacco edition bid fair to outvie the cotton edition. We are glad that Oxford will be well repre sented in the paper as it stands at the head of the list as the best all round bright tobacco market in the State. The council of State occupied the bleaching board in front of the Court House Thursday morning. Judge A, J. Dalby was the central figure, while on the right sat Mr. J. R. Buchannan, with Capt. A. S. Peace on the left. It is not known whether the verdict was in favor of fusion with Democrats or not. Near the Market House three colored Fusionists were holding a consulta tion at the same time, and no doubt expressen themselves in strong terms against the same thing as it would shut them out from the pie counter. -The New Era Institute, under the plan of co-operation between the white and colored Baptists, will con- yene in uxroro tne urn, itn and 13th of March, 189G. These Insti tutes are not intended only for min isters and deacons but for all mem bers of the church. The public gen erally is invited to attend. We learn that these meetings are doing a great work in the Baptist churches of the State. We are glad to know that our white Baptist brethren are giv ing their aid willingly all over the State. Dr. R. H. Marsh and Rev. J. S. Hardaway, of our town, will as sist Revs. A. B. Vincent and C. S. Brown, the colored missionaries. N mystery about it. When the Shak ers offered some time aeo to give away a bottle of their Digestive Cordial to any one who might call at their New York office, mere was a great rush and a treat many people thought they were crazy. Subsequent events prove It to have been a very clever advertising transaction, for although they gave away thousands of bottles, it was in the end profitable; nearly every one that took a free bottle came back for more and paid for it with pleasure, saying they had derived better results from its use than trom any other I.... ii i medicine they naa ever uspu, t. a nnthm,r o nnifnrmW onwssa fuj in the treatment of stomach troubles v "'""'"ft " ... .j ag the Shaker Digestive Cordial, and what is better than all, it relieves at once Laxol, the new form of Castor Oil is so palatable that children lick the spoon clean. Bones Wanted. 10,000 pounds of BONES WANTED by Davis & Hunt, next door to Postoffioe. Highest Cash Prices Paid. f ebl4-4t. N. C, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1896. NATIONAL CAPITAL. NEWS OF THE WEEK DOWN. BOILED What Is doing On In and Around the Capital of the Nation. 613 6th St., N. E., Washington, Feb. 24. Since my residence in this city, of nearly three years, I have leen a correspondent of the Public Ledger, more or less r3gularly, all the time. I have never invited, or intentionally written anything to in vite a newspaper controversy. Nor do I now. I do not seek that kind of notoriety. But in the issue of the Public Ledger of the 14th, I find communication of one "Mugwump," attacking a statement I made in previous communication, and it puts my meaning in a false light before the public. Perhaps I should have been more explicit and not left my self open to this criticism, but '. thought the literature on this sub ject was so bounteous and well dis tributed, that it was not necessary to elaborate. I do not believe ''Mugwump" would misconstrue me intentionally, but he signs himself by such a detestable name to de mocracy, one that has been the cause or our undoing, tuat one -is 41 i I apt to forget the personality of the individual in the class to which he has elected to call h mself as belong ing. I certainly did not mean that Congress could call a certain amount of a metal money, because it put its stamp on it. I certainly do not pro pose to indorse wild cat money or legislation. (And here I want to say that this climate is more congenial to the growth of malaria than Pop ulism, and though I have suffered severely with the former, as yet I feel no symptons of the latter) What I meant was to give silver its due. Make it interchangeable with sold and let it seek its yalue. If Congress by an act demonetizing it could make it a commodity and of no value except as used as merchan dise, perhaps by enacting suitable laws, restoring it to its former func tions, it might eventually seek the place from which it had fallen, and be equal with the yellow metal. We all know that when it was demone tized it was the equal of gold, and the records show that in many years it was even at a premium. This also brings up the abstract Question of what caused gold to be the unit of value. Of course if gold is accepted as the unit of value, and silver is to be judged by it, there being much more silver than gold, it will take more silver to buy gold, than gold to buy silver, mere is never an exchange of two articles, but what one buys the other. If North Caiolina should pass a law (which they are liable to do under a Fusion legislature) tnat corn meal should not be sold or used as bread, but only flour should be so used then the man who raises wheat would have decidedly the advantage of it. He might trade one bushel of wheat for two of corn, or more and feed the corn to his hogs, and from his hogs make the grease that, goes into his biscuit at a reduced cost. But we would say he was taking advantage of nature and using the fact that North Carolina raises little wheat and much corn to his own advantage. n fact we would say he was taking advantage of his neighbors, whether he was one ot the tew wheat rar mers or whether he was able to im port it from abroad. By surreptitious - methods, which no one has even satisraciorny ex plained, silver received the first das- ardly blow. When it was known that it was a fact, everyone asked, 'how was it done," and to this day echo answers, "how. But an en tering wedge is the main factor in sundering the knottied problem. So when the Bland-Allison bill was passed it rather counteracted some of this evil. Such astute financiers as John Sherman saw this, and when he became Secretary of the Treas ury, shortly after he hit the wedge another blow. Without any authori ty of law, or any upheaval of public sentiment, he decided that it was necessary to lay by $100,000,000 in gold in the Treasury, to uphold the public credit. He did so. A Re publican Administration succeeded him. and it was then done until Cleveland was President, the first time. Then honest Dan Manning was Secretary of the Treasury. The bankers and others thoughtit was time to raid the Treasury. They then commenced the tactics they have repeatedly used so successfully since. But he, honest an true man that he was, said to them, "Gentle men, you can draw gold out of the Treasury for all legitimate purposes, but the moment you attempt to raid the Treasury, I will pass you silver for every dollar of the indebtedness you bold against the Government. The law says your obligations are payable in coin, and I will use my option for the convenience of the Treasury and for the interest of the American people." That was enough; the raid was nipped in the bud; the gold surplus, whether placed wisely or unwisely, was intact; the cormorants could not gorge themselves, and when that ad ministration went out we had more than $200,000,000 surplus. So embarrass ing had the ques tion of government receipts become, and so fast were they piling up that the President called for tariff reform, and a lower ing of the duties on the articles of firm necessity, and to stop it. PoK itieianB say now the issue was pre-j mature and the people were not. d ucated up to it. Anyway the Demo crats lost. Harrison and his crowd came in. The question was, "how to spend it," not "how to stop its accumulation." Then that sweet scented and erudite Secretary of the Treasury, Foster, suddenly dis covered that the law meant that all obligations of the Government were "not payable in coin, at the option of the Government," but were pay able in gold. Then the billion dol lar Congress followed. Then fol lowed the camp-follower, bum, etc., pension scandal, which was the cam paign issue, and which sent the De mocrats back to power by the great est majority known m modern times. Had Mr. Carlisle followed the policy of honest Dan Manning and paid coin at the convenience of the Treas ury, we would not haye had to issue $268,000,000 bonds in time of peace, almost the exact amount of the sur plus under the first Democratic Ad ministration, and Morgan & Co., would be poorer by some 30 or 40 mil lions. Kentucky would not be divid ed on the election of a Democratic Senator, because he is a pronounced silver man, and we would not to-day have Populists element, composed, in part, of good, reliable, honest men and citizens, who know , there is something wrong, and do not know where it is, and knowing no better, expect to branch off and find it in the fanciful and corrupt principles of Populism. And above all this we would not have 4000 people out of 08,000,000 owning nearly three fourths the property of the country. Statistics show that cotton and wheat have ever been on a par with silver, and when silver was up, they also arose, and when silver was down they dropped their head in sympathy. Anyone who cares to take the trouble can verify this by facts and figures. The scarcity of gold has been taken advantage of to enhance the yalue of money and de crease the value ot everything which gold has to buy. The argument is used that we caunot use tbe two metals on a parity because Eagland and Germany aud France and others will not join us. As well say we would not have achieved our inde pendence because we could not get foreign countries to aid us. Eag land will never join us. She is a creditor nation and wants an ap preciated money. Her policy is to grasp everything in sight, and obtain what she can by hook or crook. We the mother of Republics, the strong est and greatest of them all, whose lullaby is ?ung over the cradle of liberty wherever it is rocked are amply able to have a policy of our own, and carry it to success, even against the frowns of England. But to do it we must be broad and liberal in our ideas. No narrowness of policy or singleness of purpose will suffice. In regard to the matter of "pro ducing a bill and have Tillman to in troduce it" I would simply say, I am not in a position to produce bills, but were I in such position, I could produce one that would stop the raid on the treasury and break up trusts, and I would very soon do it. When "Mugwump" sees as much as I have seen of the "deyiousness of finance," at the fountain head, he will agree with every word I have said. Furth er, l want to say that while not agreeing with all Tillman said, yet he told some very hard-frozen truths. Also that more copies of his speech have been bought all over THE COUNTRY, than any single speech I delivered in either House in ten years. R L. B. CUPID'S TRIUMPH. Two Lawrencevllle, Va., Popular Young People Join Hearts. The pleasant home of Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Jones Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock was the scene of an unex pected but happy uniting of two lov ing hearts made to beat in unison in life's journey. Miss Bessie Watkins, who was on a visit to her sister, Mrs. Jones, and Mr. L. H- Raney, of Lawrenceville, were united in mar riage by Itev. JWr. Jlaxey, who ac companied thb groom on his joyous errant, witnessed by several friends of the winsome bride. The bride is an intelligent and ac complished young lady and by her sweet disposition while attending the Francis Hilliard School in Oxford made many warm friends among her school mates, and they agieed that whoever should marry first the cere mony should take place in Oxford. She is the daughter of Mr. W. N. Watkins, one of the successful far-. mers of Brunswick county, Va. The groom is a high toned, christian gentleman, and a prominent mer chant of Lawrenceville. He is a son ot the widely known physician, Dr. G. M. Raney, whose name is a house hold word in Brunswick. Jt was not a runaway match, as the parents of the young lady were into the secret of the intended quiet nuptial, which proved such a great surprise to the host of friends of the popular young couple in Lawrence ville and Brunswick county. Shortly after the tieingof the gor- deon knott Mr. and Mrs. Raney left on the northbound train for Wash ington, and other large cities. They will return to their pleasant home in Lawrenceville about the 10th of March. May they ever be happy is the wish of the Public Ledger. It surprised many visitors to th Chi cago World's Fair to flad that of all the blood puriners, Ayers sarsaparuia was the only one on exhibition. -The reason is that Ayer's Sarsaparlll is a standard remedy, and not a patent medicine, or secret nostrum. THE TRAVELLERS. People That Move with the Times--They go Forward, of Course, Mr. W. J. Long visited Stovall Wednesday. Major B. S. Royster, spent Mon day in Henderson. Mr W, H. Green, of Stem, call ed to see us on Monday. Judge Graham returned Friday from holding Bertie court. Dr. I. H. Dayis visited Stovall Sunday and returned Monday. Capt. A. F. Spencer has about recovered from his late illness. Mrs. George Pittard. of Hender son, spent Wednesday in Oxford. Col. Henry Cooper and Master Benry spent Saturday in Durham. Miss Mattie Peed, of Hargrove, is visiting Misses Viola and Eva Jones. Capt. Archie Gregory and daugh ter, of Stovall, were on our streets Wednesday. Messrs. Taylor and Abner Over ton, of Fishing Creek, called to see us Tuesday. Mrs. L. F. Smith and Miss Mat tie Smith, of Tar River, were in Ox ford Tuesday. Grand Master F. M. Moye, of Wilson, visited the Orphan Asylum on Wednesday. Mr. J. F. Edwards is suffering with a severe cold, and was confined to his room Thursday. Mis Ethel Dorsey, of Hender son, was the guest of Miss Lottie Britt a few days this week. Little Miss Eya Bobbitt returned on Tuesday from a visit to her aunt, Mrs. T. C Rogers, at Wilton. Mr. A. A. Hicks, one of our em inent barristers, attended the Su preme court in Raleigh Tuesday. Mr. J. N. Fuller, of Berea, and Capt. Jeff Daniel, of Revenue De partment, were on our streets Wed nesday. Messrs. Alex Wilkinson, of Av erett, Va., and W. T. Hunt, of Tar River, were agreeable visitors at this office Tuesday. Miss Lizzie Cutchings, who has been spending some time with Mrs. Eugene Crews, returned to her home at Suffolk, Va., last week. Gen. W. R. Cox, Secretary of the U. S. Senate, enjoyed Sunday with his two bright sons who are at tending tbe Horner School. Henry Hundley and Cortez Wright left for Durham Monday in search of work. We wish them suc cess and glory in their spunk. Mr. J. W. Adcock, of Oak Hill, and the young and sprightly Capt W. O. Bobbitt, of Fishing Creek, dropped in to see us on Thursday. Messrs. J. T. Morton, of Satter- white, and J. E. Frazier, of Whet stone, were welcome visitors to the "Old Democratic Rattle Trap" office Wednesday. Capt. Thomas Washington will return to Wilson today. During his stay in Oxford he has greatly im proved and can walk a few steps without crutches. Capt. Pryce Jones, the gallant commander of the Vance Guards and an artistic job printer, was in Oxford a short time Tuesday and dropped in to see us. Miss Fannie Allen, of Tar River Academy, was summoned by tele graph a few days ago to Rocky Mount to the bedside of her sister, Mrs. ill. Nannie Terry, who is critically The pleasant William Pleasants, of Creedmoor, smiled in upon the ugly "old man" Friday. It is always a pleasure to us to meet a man as good looking as we have the reputa. tion of being. Supt. N. M. Lawrence, of the Orphan Asylum, and Messrs. J. M. Currin and Fielding Knott attended a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Orphan Asylum at Durham Monday night. Mr. J. C. Fleming and son, Thomas, of Lyon, visited Oxford Tuesday and sold some fine tobacco. Mr. Fleming informed us that he killed seven pigs 12 and 14 months old, that averaged 323 each. Mr. S. E. Johnson, of Hampton, was a welcome visitor to our sanc turn on Saturday. He seems to look younger since leap year came in, thinking no doubt there will possibly be a chance for him to succumb to the charms of lovely woman. That shrewd politician, J. B. V. Tunstall, of Bullock, who manages always to be on the wining side, was among the welcome visitors to our sanctum on Wednesday. He was a true old cenfederate soldier, and will always have a warm corner in our heart. Our distinguished Populist friend, Josh Barnes, of Vance, was on the breaks Tuesday, and we had the pleasure of grasping his warm hand. He made a big shadow in our sanc tum when his giant frame fell in the rays of the sun. Call again, Josh, as our latch string always hangs on the outside for our friends. Milton Caldwell (colored), while on his way to the insane asylum at Goldsboro, fell over in his seat on thejrain, as if asleep, but was dead when touched. $1.00 PEE ANNUM. OXFORD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Heeting of Business rien of Oxford Thursday Evening. In response to a call signed by several of our leading merchants and other prominent citizens there came together in rear part of Hall's drug store Thursday evening last some forty of our business men. Mayor B. S. Royster was called upon to preside, and in a few well chosen words stated that the time had come for an organized move ment looking to the furthering of commercial prosperity in the com munity by the addition of a manu facturing plant to the other indus tries flourishing amonjr us. Dr. E. T. White at the request of the chairman drew an iati-ie.stiiig sketch of the commercial situation at the South taking a broad view of the subject. He told of the many new buildings erected for manufac turing purposes in towns in this and neighboring States recently visited as bearing substantial testimony to renewed energy, aud everywhere awakening enterprise. Mr- Louis de Lacroix followed, who dwelt on the attractions, advan tages and resources of Oxford, which are too well and widely known to need repetition here. At the suggestion of the editor the new organization was christened the Chamber of Commerce. Mayor B. S. Royster was elected President; Messrs. John P. Stedman and James Y. Paris, Vice Presidents; John T. Britt, Secretary and Treas urer. An executive committee consist ing of Mr. Louis de Lacroix, Judge A. W. Graham, Drs. E. T. White and John G. Hall, Messrs. R. S. Usry and Gowan Dusenbery were appointed. President Royster named Mr. J. Crawford Biggs, Drs. B. K. Hays and S. H. Cannady to draw up a constitution and by-laws, tho same being approved by the Chamber were requested to report at the next meeting to be held at the Opera House on Monday evening, 24th. The movement described above is the direct outcome of a feeling long prevalent that our people should take a direct and active interest in the development of the South and be in a position to give exact informa tion to inyestors and others seeking to locate in our midst. We cannot too strongly express our confidence in the results to be attained by fcuch earnest ana concerted action as was witnessed last Thurday night. MEETING MONDAY NIGHT. The Chamber of Commerce met again Monday night at the Opera House to still further perfect the or ganization. There was an increased attendance of our business men, and the meeting was an enthusiastic one. President Royster presided with his usual ease and grace. The committee on by-laws, through their chairman J. Crawford Biggs, made a report, and the bylaws were submitted to the Chamber, and after some discussion adopted. It was found necessary to have a corresponding Secretary, aud Mr. Louis de Lacroix, ouo of our hust ling, wide-awake citizens, was by a unanimous vote elected to that re sponsible position. The following committees wore up pointed: On Membship J. C. Randolph, G. T. Patton, Willie Landis. On Printing John T. Britt, II. M. Shaw, Judge W. T. Clement. On Finance C. J. Cooper, John Webb, Col. W. B. Ballou. On Insurance T. V. Edmunds, A. S. Hall, John Webb. On Reception Capt. John A. Wil liams, Drs. E. T. White, J. G. Hunt, S. D. Booth. Just the mere organization of the Chamber of Commerce has put our people in better spirits, and all the men are ready to jjin in and help push forward enterpiist-s that will be of great benefit to the town. Let us all keep the ball rolling, not slack en our energies until we have suc ceeded in establishing some manu facturing enterprises in Oxford. We must and will go forward if we will do as our neighbors have done, put our shoulders to the wheel and keep pushing until we reach the summit of the hill of prosperity. Uocky Mount, N. C, Jan. 10, H.)H. V. S. ROYSTER, Ueak Str : Y u can enter my order for 40 tons of your Orinoco Tobicco Gu ano, I think I will need fifty tons for my own use. I have used Orinoco for to seasons past md I like it. It's a splen did tobacco guano. Kespeetfuily, It II. KICKS. Mr. Ricks has made a large fortune raising fine tobacco. His commendation f a Fertilizer is worth something, as he knows what he is talking about. feb'll. PKA.S fOlt .HALK. I have for sale 40 bushe's d t ie Wonj derful Peas. They are very pro'ific, yielding two ur three times as many as the ordinary I'ea. lhey are a'so exc -i- lent for table use. Price $1.00 per bushel. E. N. CHcWS, feb21 4t. Dabncy, N. C. The decrease in the valuation of all property in the State as com pared with the last assessment is $5,050,000. Wake county now has sixtv-fivf? convicts at work on the public roads. They have built over twenty miles of macadam. The temperature last week at points in the Western parts of the State was as low as 7 degrees below zero. At Wilkesboro it was 3 below.
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