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)o Why tannoi j . . OXFORD . if Ill' m r-V VOLUME IX NO. 12. OXFORD, N. C, FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 1896. .00 PER ANNUM. 11 jij,iWiL ggjg H SETTLE FOOLS JIM BOYD. Thirdites Pet, Slippery lommie, is Still Slipping Around. A Winston Salem correspondent of Charlotte Observer says: A well informed Republican gives me some political information which he claim is straight- goods. Some time ago Thomas Settle discovered that Col. James E. Boyd, of Greensboro, was looming up as his (Settle) rival for Congress. To put the Colonel out of the way Settle induced him to be lieve that there was good gubernato rial timber in him, and that he ami Chairman Iloltou could fix things so lie could get the nomination The colonel swallowed Settle's bait and bt gau set Ting his sails for the Gov ernor's office when he discovered that Tummy had either takeu him for a j -ke or was playing the part of a trickster. The colonel's eyes were not opened until the negroes held their convention in Nash county and endorsed "My Sou Oliver" Dockery for Governor. The convention, sa my informant, was bossed by Ben Sharp, Settle's brother-in-law, and two negro preachers, Leak and Dan cey. It has since developed that Sharp, Leak, Dancey and Settle got 1,(100 miile tickets over the Southern road the same time Chairman Holtou received his. Who paid for them i. a stcret that all of the Republicans have not caught on to. - - V- r SIM MONSV k - REGULATOR GOOD FOR EVERYBODY and everyone needs it at all times of the year. Malaria is always about, and the only preventive and relief is to keep the Liver active. You must help the Liver a bit, and the test helper is the Old Friend, SIM MONS LIVER REGULATOR, the RED Z Mr. C. Himrod, of Lancaster, Ohio, says: "SIMMONS LIVER REGULATOR broke a case of Malarial Fever of three years' standing for me, and less than one bottle did the business. I shall use if n h-n in need, and recommend it." Be sure that you get it. Always look for the RED Z on the package. And don't forget the word REGULATOR. It is SIM MONS LIVER REGULATOR, and there is only one, and every one who takes it is sure to be benefited. THE BENEFIT IS ALL IN THE REMEDY. Take it also for Biliousness and Sick Headache; both are caused by a sluggish Liver. J. II. Zeilin St Co., Philadelphia. DUTCH COCOA NewYork. Yields the most in Quantity and Quality ot any Cocoa made. ou can get it at JICKJON'J. ;i5r-ALSO full Line Tenney's Fine Can dies opened to day. Bananas, Appl s, Oranges. Lemons. ,.r-Sii oking and Chewing Tobacco, Cigars and Cigarettes. Hot Chocolate and Cocoa Cola, AT JACKSON 'S Next to Dank of Granville, Oxford. N. C, We are selling goods for cash, at cut prices so that people call us "Cheap John. A full stock of Fresh Garden Seed just received. JOHN P. STEDMAN, Manufacturing Druggist. Do you Want the Best ? IF SO, GO TO- Brinkley's Photograph Gallery ! . . photographs :ire the best in North .'irM,:i. H keeps the best line of Pir t';re Fr ants and Mouldings in town. t iatnch made to older. No stairs to h'l.lj up. I arn d wn on the ground floor, t iow Hall's drug store. Look for n.y Sln J. D. BRINKLEY, n'ar,J- Oxford, N. C. . . r., :!.:.;icU to oi.r llcad- - t-. i" l..it SI., li'NlIP, ? is ., will bring you a full lir.e I s.i:n,l, s. ai.d rules for self rucibi ri n:e!:t, of our justly fa pants ; Suits, f 13.25; Oven-oats, 10.25, and up. Cut to order. Agents wanted every where. New Plymouth Rock Co. r w v- v ! ' 2 i'lM' A FEW BITES. Little Minnows of News Caught In the Stream of a Week's Happenings Miss Fannie Ellis, who has been sick several days is much improved. Mr. J. G. Shotwell, is humming on the roads in a new buggy looking for tobacco. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Bullock are now riding around in a handsome new pbreton. The cold winds mornincr put the old of Thursday winter crook back on our citizens. Each Senator has four servants at the public expense to wait upon him. Still another kind of block of five. He that advertiseth well and judiciously shall not be forgotten by the multitudes that consume his pro ducts. Having all that Congressional fuss over Secretary Morton makes it indeed looks as if our statesmanship was becoming seedy. Edwards & Winston now have car loads of bargains to offer the trade. Look in upon this live firm and secure them. Give two men the same location, the same stock, the same opportu nities, and one will make a success and the other a failure in business. Virginia is one of the few States that have no candidates for Presi dent. It's strange that the Mother of them shouldn't have a favorite son. Mr. G. A. Carter, of Richmond, Va., the man with a long bill, buz zed for a short time in our office Wednesday evening to the pleasure of the force. From McKinley's efforts at rais ing revenue it appears that one of the important money planks pre liminary to the St. Louis platform is the plank down. The narrow margin of today's profits demands merchants with broader grasp of business princi ples than the days of long ago when margins were broad. A woman never fully appreci ats the strides she has made in this century until she sits in a real black ing chair and has her boots polished in genuine man fashion. -More towns die for want of con fidence on the prt of business men and lack of public spirit, than from the rivalry of neighboring towns or adverse surroundings Durham Sun. Our buggy and wagon factories have a splendid reputation for man ufacturing good work, and we ask why cannot they be taken in hand by ou.r monied men and increase their capacity ? There are maay persons, you will fiud here and there who have a desire to "get even-' with an editor, as they express it. The way to do it is to pay him what you owe him. Durham Sun. The negro who killed the jailor at Danville, Va., while making his escape, and who was surrounded the same night in a house committed suicide just before the posse reached the room up stairs. Mr. R. W. Harris, of Wilton, was in Oxford Tuesday, and treated him self to a fine Babcock buggy. Of course Tom Winston smiled, as he delights in seeing newphtetons, bug gies and wagons rolling out of town. Bill," the great dray man at the depot, is now in his glory. He has a splendid new dray, and can pull as many pounds as the next man. "Money and the change right" has handled thousands and thousands of dollars and has proved to the people that he can be trusted. The first issue of the daily edi tion of the Burlington News reached our table on Thursday. It is a 5 col umnpaper and presents a neat appear ance. We trust Brother Hunt will reeeive a liberal patronage from the citizens of his progressive town, and no doubt the paper will be a potent fat'tor in pushing forward every in terest that tends to advance Burling ton. Tt is said that the bisf1 Virerinia - o Mosquito who is to lecture at the Opera House this, Thursday night, j- i i tvj jjP was uiscovereu ueuiuu auwatus iv Winston's store Thursday morning sharDeniner his bill on a errind stone. while Tom Winston poured the wa ter and Sim Smith turned, so it eould peueirate the sides of his hearers with such keennt-bs as to throw them nto spasms of laughter. When the Pops rose up in the and and nut their so-called princi ples aside to take up the negro to heat the Democrats, all the blue birds and a certain kind of bug dis anneared from the country. Now as there is talk of Populists fusing with Democrats another strange thing has annened. The robins have disap- rMMrtrl and will fail to nest aerain, which indicates that the Pops will ail to feather their nest witn JJem cratic votes. The Oxford tobacco market con inues to sell large quantities of the wppd. anri our Duvers nay as uij- u nn'i(.s ns nnv market in this State or Virginia, while it is a settled fact that some grades, especially wrap Kor hn.vfi tumbled to the sorrow of our farmers, yet the high price main tained on other grades compensates eornft extent the low prices re ceived for wrappers. Our market, all things considered, cannot oe ex celled week in and week out. A man without enemies is like a gun without powder. Capt. W. H. White, the insu rance agent, trayels now in a new buggy. Mr. I. Kronhemier is now the owner of Mr. James Powell's horse and phsBton. The work of repairing the store room to be occupied by Mr. F. W. Hancock, is in progress. Possibly every month can speak for itself, but none can do more genuine blowing than March. When a Presidential boomer makes a trip in a hopeful State the. other candidates at once tumble. Closer observation has discover ed that what is known as a "tear" is always distinguished by jaggy ends. Mr. Thos. Winston has rented the Williams homestead and will move in as soon as some repairs are made. A widow may not be much of a gardner, but she always has an idea that she can raise orange blossoms from weeds. Ordinary stones, such as are used by Spanish rioters, are hardly the kind with which to build up firm in ternational friendships. Curiosity has often been excited as to the first material of political booms. They are mostly formed of canvass filled with gas. We are sorry to learn that the measles has made its appearance at the Orphan Asylum, but thus far only one case has developed. Dr. W. O. Baskerville has sold his residence next to the Methodist church to Mr. David Parks of Hills boro, for his sister, Mrs. Lou Routon. While the Republican Senators admit they're all in the same boat, they say the silver States want to exercise too much pull with their ore. A new political organization is to be started. It is an owe nothing party, but we are afraid its members will be too small to ever win an elec tion, Gardening is now the order of the day with housekeepers, and Hall's drug store is the place to buy your seed, as he keeps the best See his advertisement. The sale of the personal proper ty of the late Mrs. Louisa Blacknall took place on (Saturday morning. There was a large turn out of peo ple and everything sold well. Merriment has already begun at tne spring poet's expense, it these jesters knew how intoxicating the joy ol writing poetry is they wouldn wonder at poets needing a lieense- Mrs. Willie Dorsey, of Fishing Creek, was cooking some eggs a f e fr days ago and broke one that had two other distinct eggs on the inside with hard shells on each. Who can beat this? We were pleased to learn that Mrs. N. B. Cannaday, who has been quite sick the past week, is improv ing. Her mother, Mrs. Jane Young, of Henderson, has been by her bed side all the week. Mr. E. H. Crenshaw, of Cren shaw & Co., left on Wednesday tor the Northern markets where he will remain some days picking up rare bargains to offer his customers when in search of goods at bed-rock prices. On account of Col. Tom Cat's orchestra, while getting everything in tune for a grand seranade at the home of Mr. John Gooch Friday night, he thought burglars were at hand and called on his neighbor's for assistance. Mr. Ben Sharp, of Greensboro, turned up in Oxford Friday for the purpose no doubt of feeling the pulse of the Reps, and Pops, as to the Republican candidate for Gov ernor, and to look after Slipping Tommies fences. Mr. Willie Dorsey, who now with his brother George, live at the old George homestead, have made many marked improvements to the residence by the use of paint inside and out. The grounds have also received good attention. The biggest windmill this coun try has yet produced is the present Congress. It is wind, and wind an i no good results accomplished. If such a thing were possible, it would be a good idea to send the whole business out along our coast borders and let them dispel the war clouds in the front. We regret very much that our excellent correspondent, at Shake Rag, Cindy Jenkins, announces that she has retired from the field, owing to the fact that she has sought pas tures new of a more lucrative and pleasant nature. Good luck to you Cindy and may you win a good hus band this year. There is a town on the Upper Snake River, in Idaho, called New Sweden. Hans Hansen is mayor of the town, Peter Petersen is clerk, and the common council is composed of Peter Hansen, Hans Petersen, Peter Hans Petersen, Hans Peter Hansen and Peter Hansen Hans Peterson. No relationship exists between these men. Mr. L. Hunter sold a few days ago the old boiler that his father used before the war to Mr. D. J. Gooch. It was bricked up and had not been used since 1862 and was in good condition. The most remark able fact about it was that tbere was a. considerable quantity of water in the boiler that had been in there all these years, and when poured out emitted no bad odor. There is one thing about this Cuban business. The insurgents can rely upon the hearty co-operation of the yellow fever, if they re ceive no other recognition. Last year it is reported the insurgents killed 462 Spaniard soldiers, and the yellow fever killed 3,412. All our people should be deeply interested in improved stock and hence we take pleasure in calling their attention to the advertisement cf the already celebrated Occonee chee Stock Farm, Durham, N. C. It is to be hoped that our people have at last seen the great importance of patronizing home institution, and when they want pure bred stock be sure and write to the above farm. Another one of the good old Confederate veterans has been gath ered to rest. Mr. W. E. Royster, of Oak Hill, died on Thursday in the 69th year of his age. He had been in feeble health for some months and his death was not unexpected to his family. He was a good citizen, neighbor, and mason and leave a wife and seven children to mourn the death of husband and father. The burial took place on Friday at home witnessed by a large concourse of friends. A Farmers Dream. One of our young and energetic farmers was greatly troubled a few nights ago with a dream that made some impression upon him, and con sequently he had to tell it to one of his neighbors as it was on a political order, and ran as follows: He dream ed that Col. Henry Cooper was op posing Capt. A. S, Peace, the Third party pet, for Treasurer, and as Cooper happened to be absent the dreamer took his place. When he arose to speak he told the good peo ple that it was not necessary for any one to represent Mr. Cooper as Peace was politically dead and buried and he was going to have a three-cornered monument placed over his graye and inscribed thereon: "Here lies A. S. Peace, who lived bo long and blowed fo loud, That even the Pop party at his death was proud! About this time he said he was suddenly awakened by feeling a stinging sensation about his head and espjed as he thought in his be wilderment Peace and Dalby with coon clubs in their hands ready to finish up what they deemed a staunch representative of the old Democratic party. He is Riled Again. We see it stated that "Push things Lively" is on his ear again, and spit ting gas from his 300 pound tank at plucky Caleb Green because he call ed him down on the great refawn he lately put in force in a horn. Keep perfectly cool thou mighty Marshal Carroll and don't write so many let ters lest you surpass Senator Jaryis and Judde Clark, and reform your de partment and our word for it the newspapers will commend you, but your bull-dozing game will "cut no iee in the back yard" of the average newspaper man in the btate if those crystalized gems cf fusion purity, Judge Montgomery and Major Guth rie, did shoot off their lips and say they were for sale. It would be a graceful act on their part before they make such sweeping: charges against the editors of North Carolina to take their own dilapidated politi cal linen in off the shrubbery. All in a Dream. A fellow walked into the Public Ledger office the other day and told a charming story about how he went to sleep and dreamed that he was in a town governed by women. It was scrupulously clean, and, while walk ing around, he saw three men arrest ed for spitting on the pavements. A hand-painted garbage barrel, tied with blue ribbon, was placed in front of each store. Lamp posts were dec orated with drawn-work throws and the benches in front of the court house had cushioned seats on them. Sweet-pea vines were climbing over the telephone poles, and a high painted cuspidore occupied a promi nent corner. There was no business, not a team being allowed to pass up and down the main street for fear of making dust. The town was desert ed, saye for the police women, who marched up and down to see that no one with dusty shoes stepped into town. During the dream a man was hanged in the suburbs tor being out with the boys the night before. It will not cure everything. It is not claimed that it will cure but one com plaint, that is dyspepsia. We cannot say that it will cure every case of divspepsla. ut it will cure a large majority of them Such cases as are adapted to its use will derive immediate beneht. One small bottle will be sufficient to test it. The Shaker Digestive Cordial especi ally adapted for emaciated or elderly peo ple whose food does them but little or no i?ood because it is not digested. The Cor dial contains an artificially-digested food and is a digester of food happily com bined. Read one or tne little dooks which your druggist is now giving away and learn of this wonderful remedy. A reallv nalatable Castor Oil can now be had under the name of Laxol. j When Baby was sick, we gave her C Astoria, When she was a Child, she cried for Castorla. When she became Bliss, she clung to Castorla. When she bad Children, she ffftTethem Castorla. W hen vou need a new pair of hand made shoes, or repairing done be sure to rail on Morris Bros., the shoe makers on Main street. Satisfaction guaranteed. THE TRAVELLERS. People That Move with the Times They go Forward, of Course, Mr. P. C. Graham returned from Raleigh Friday. Mr. David Parks, of Hillsboro, was on our streets Friday. Mr. W. H. Snow, of Hisrh Point, was in Oxford Thursday night. Mr. and Mrs. Pete Thorp, of Oak Hill, yisited Oxford Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Thad Parhdm. f Salem, were on our streets Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Eds-sr Crews, of Tar Riyer, spent Saturday in Oxford. Miss Susie Gooch. of f!nlhrHi section, was on our streets Saturday, j Miss Lula Hamer. of Wfl.rren ton, is the guest of Miss Viola Jones. Miss Carrie Hobgood has return d from an extended visit to Wake Forest. Messrs. Willie Landis and John Haskins attended church at Stem Sunday. The handsome Dr. F. R. Harris. of Henderson, was on our streets Monday. Little Miss Sadie Harris, of Wil ton, is visiting her grand-father, Dr. U. C White. Mr. L. Woodlief. of New Liffht. was on our streets Mondav and call ed to see us. Mr. J. A. Thomas and Mr. Yar- borough, of Louisburg, were in Ox ford Monday. Mrs. Robt. Booth and Mrs. Jno. Mays, of Stem, were in Oxford shop ping Monday. Mr. W. H. Daniel and two sons. of Tar River, spent a few hours in town Monday. Misses Carrie Kronheimer and Hannie Gooch left some days ago for Baltimore. Miss Roberts, of Knap of Reeds, visited the past week her sister, Mrs. J. C. Hundley. Dr. Atwater, of Knap of Reeds, was numbered among the visitors to Oxlord Monday. Rev. J. Ernest Thacker return ed last Thursday from a visit to Louisville, Ky. Mr. George Parham and sister, Miss Mintiie, of Salem, were on our steets Wednesday. Mr. Donald Mitchell, of Helena, Montana, is among the visitors to Oxford this week. Dr. Ike Davis and Mr. Dick Gregory enjoyed Sunday with their home folks at Stovall. Dr. J. Y. Mangum, of Wilton, has returned home from the Medi. cal College in New York City. Mrs, Herbert Gregory, of Sasa- fras Fork Township, was the guest of Mrs. Chas. Landis Tuesday. Mrs. T. D. Clement, of Tar River Academy, visited our town Saturday to the pleasure of her old friends. Mr. J. B. Stovall, of South Bos ton, was the guest of lir. E. H Crenshaw for a few days the past week. Mr. J. W. Noel, one of the edi tors of the Person County Courier, was a welcome yisitor to this office Friday. Mrs. T. B. Kingsbury, accom panied by her daughter, Mrs. W. D. Lynch, returned to Wilmington on Monday. Mrs. J. Ernest Thacker and daughter who have been on a ten days' visit to Greensboro, returned Monday. Mr. and Mrs Will Dorsey spent a few hours in town Saturday. They were accompanied by Mrs. Reams, of Durham. Mr. E. H. Crenshaw, a live bus- i i j tt: iness man, spent seyerai aays in v lr ginia the past week looking after his hr-anpli storo Master Nat and Ike Lawrence, the two smart boys of Dr. Lawrence, of Brassfield, accompanied him to town Tuesday. Mr. Sim Bullock, the live mer& chant at Knap of Reeds, was in Ox ford Friday and enjoyed a ride home in a new buggy. Messrs. S. T. Dickerson, of Fish ing Creek, and L. T. Williford, of Berea, were agreeble visitors to this office Saturday. Mr. James Floyd rolled out home Saturday afternoon on his bi cycle and spent Sunday with his pa rents in Brassfield. Mr. Hugh Parham, of Raleigh, spent several days the past week visiting his father, Mr. W. A. Par ham, of "Fishing Creek. Messrs. Willie Burwell, near town, W. P. Lyon, of Wilton, and James Pleasants, of Creedmoor, called to see us Friday. The sprightly young editor of the Durham Herald, Mr. J. F. Mad dry, was in our town Tuesday on business, and we enjoyed a visit from him. ' Mr. A- H. Ellar, a young lawyer of Winston, was in Oxford Saturday and Sunday on business connected with a case in which eupid is the leading counsel. Mr. J. L. Adcock, of Halifax county, who is on a visit to relatives at Tar River, was in Oxford Monday, along with Wiley Nevils, who has also taken up his home in Halifax. Mr. Dorsey Mangum and daugh ter, of Wilton, were in Oxford Mon day. Mr. S. M. Evans, of Satterwhite, was among the visitors to Oxford Tuesday. Mr. T. V. Edmunds returned Wednesday evening from a few days visit to Danville, Va. Mr. Alfred Sherman, of Berea section, braved the keen North wind Thursday and yisited Oxford. Miss Mattie Smith, one of thn fine lookiner ladies of Tar River . tion, was on our streets Thursday. Miss Whitaker, a fascinating young lady of Littleton, is the guest of Mrs. Sol Coooer at the Venable place. Mr. Leak Landis has returned from Raleigrh and has accepted a po sition in Kronheimer's clothing es tablisment. Mr. W. J. Hicks, of Raleigh. was a visitor at the Ornhan Asvlnm Tuesday. Some preparations are being made to commence the new buildings as soon as the weather will ermit. Col. R. O. Grefforv and his as sistants, Messrs. Robt. Wood, Chas. Gregory and Liee Meadows, of Ox ford, and Mr. J. J. Davis, of Stovall. finished the State line survev on Fri day and returned home. That substantial and all-round clever farmer, Mr. T. H. Perry, of Beck, Willie Gordon, a bright young man, of Averett, Va., D. W. Adcock, ot Satterwhite, a hustling tiller of the soil, and Jesse Williford, a true cit- zen or 5erea, called to see us Tues day. Car load of Wagons. Car load of Buggies. Car lond Feed Cutters. Car load of Lime and Cement. Car load of Mowers and Binders. Car load of Plows and Castings. Car load Cook Stoves. Car load of Sheet Iron and Flues. Big lot of ugffy Harness. Prices are correct. Let us sell you. mchl3. Edwards & Winston. Tobacco Edition for Rocky Mount, The Argonaut, at Rocky Mount, came out the past week in a special tobacco edition. It is brim full of facts and figures and the write-up of that fine Eastern market shows what pluck and energy can do when busi ness men put their heads together in earnest. We notice that several old Granville-boys figure largely in the success which the market has attain ed. They are Messrs. T. B. & W E. Jeffreys, L. W. Stark. W. T. Gregory, Paul Vestal and W. E. Par rish. Eyery man that received his training on the Oxford market, the best in the State, and has cast his lot elsewhere, we are proud to say has taken a prominent stand in the tobacco trade. The sooner you begin to fight the fire the more easily it may be extinguished The sooner you begin taking Ayer's Sarsaparilla for your blood-disease, the easier will be the cure. In both cases delay is dangerous, if not fatal. Be sure you get Ayer's and no otber. Different Kinds of "Heads." The following is an extract from a small boy's essay on "heds:" "There is a lot or kind of heds; red heds, wooden heds, soft heds, cabbage heds, bawled heds and so 4th. Pa he's got one and its bawled Ma she's long heded and Pa he's bull-heded, but I'm red headed and level too. The smart end of a boy is his hed except when he gets spanked, but the smart end of a bee is not there; oh, no. Pa says if a fellow has a hed he can get a hed in this world, but 1 don't want no hed like he's got when he goes out with the boys." Mr. F. S. Royster, Tar boro, Is . C. Dear Sir: Mr. L. J. Watson, a success ful tobacco raiser, has just sold nine barns ot tobacco, raised with Orinoco liu ano, for $1,500 clear check. Or.noco has given line esults. Your sales will largely increase next season. Yours tauly, J. C. Hadlet. Wilson, N. C, Aug. 30, 1895 Just received a Car Load of Best Burn ng Oils: RED 175 Test. WHITE 175 Test. RED 160 Tst. WHITE 160 Test. r!Ian out vour Larnos and put in new wicks and we guarantee evry gallon of oil we sell mchl3. Edwards & Winston. New Beef Stall. VV TOtsh to announce to the public that we have opened stall 5 in tbe market . ... . j j . , v i r D.OU88 vnere wui oe rounu irt-ta ueei, pork, lamb and fish and solicit a share ov" your putronage. win ao our Debt to please our customers. rtespectiuuy, PETER PUILAN, mch62t. L R COUSINS. A oBpnnd ban d Steel Centennial Corn Planter with Fertilizer Attachment for sale. A b irgain. mchlS. Edwards & Winston. PEAK FOR SALE. I hav for sale 40 busheis of the Won- riprfnl Peas. Thev are very pro ific, yielding two or three times as many as the ordinary Pea. They are also excel lent lor table use. Price $1.00 per ushel. E. JS. CKEWS, feb21-4t. Dabney, N. C. Itih on human, mange on horses, dogs and all stock cured in 80 minutes by Woolford's Sanitary Lotion. Th-is never fails. Sold by J. Q. Hall, druggist, Ox ford, N. a FLAT RIVER UNION MEETINQ To be Held With Mt. Zlon Baptist Church, Granville Co. Saturday, March 2Sth, at 10:30 o'clock devotional exercises, led bv E, J. Montague. After organization at eleven a dis cussion of the questions: 1. How does the Holy Spirit help us in our daily life? M. P. Davis. J. J. Lansdell. 2. What are the duties of a dea con? B. F. Hester, J. A. Beam. d. What is our duty to our home mission board? T. B. Hill, J. S. Hardaway. Sunday at 11 a. m. missionarv ser- m on by J. A. Sinitb; P. H. Fontaine. alternate. H. T. Williams. G. T. W ATKINS, ' T. H. Street, Committee. JTOTICE TO THE TAXPAYERS OF OXFORD TOWXNIIIP. You will come forward at once aud set tle your taxes for 1895. Di.n't ask for iurther indulgence as it wi 1 not be grant ed. I shall proceed t levy on and spII your property after the 20th of this month, and will advertise your ral es tate on the 1st of April. This 14th day of March, 1896. W. S. COZAKT. Sheriff. By J. T. Cozart, Deputy Sheriff. Nun set Sifting. Mr. G. W. Currin, of this section, is quite sick. Mr. J. B. Pruitt, of Sunset, has another fine boy. Mr. C. A. Hunt, of the Enon sec tion, is quite ill. Mr. J. F. Puckett is all smiles. It is a 12-pound boy. People are aboat through prepar ing their plant land. Mrs. H. H. Hobgood, who has been quite ill, does not improve much. Mrs. Sallie Satterwhite. of Satter white, is visiting Dr. IIobood and family this week. Dr. R. W. Hobgood, of Sunset, had the misfortuue to have a fine mare snagged very badly last week. Mr. J. L. Hobgood returned home Friday from Eastern Carolina and will make Sunset his future home. We welcome him back. Miss Leora Hobgood, accompanied by her brother, Maderson, was a pleasant visitor in this section last week. We sympathize with one of our boys very much since she has returned to her home in Vance. Bill Easlt. Too Heavily Loaded. Lexington Leader: Old Brother Wilkins was up before the church for getting drunk. It was a rare thing for Brother Wilkins to have such a charge against him, and he was the picture of humiliation as he arose to "fess up." "Brethern," he began, "I am shorely sorry for what I have done. I admit that I had more than I could carry, and deeply regret that I didn't make two loads of it instead of one." BiiKKSIlIKF.S t A few very fine pigs ot the above well known breed, strictly thorougbred. Also an assortment or oti er kinda that will make the very best of stock hogs; same are offered for sale by Louis dk Lackoix, mchl3 2t. Oxford, N. C. U. S. Official Postal Guide, 1896, Just Issued. Very few of our business men know what the Post Office Depart ment at Washington issues in Jan uary of each year, complete Postal Guide containing 1000 pages, and complete lists of Post Offices in the U. S., arranged alphabetically, all rules and regulations, money order offices and rulings ot the department on postal matters, time ot arrival and departure of foreign mails, and much valuable information tor the public on postal matters. The book is exceedingly valuable to those using the mails. It is the Guide for every Postmaster in the country and is business men by the published f eo. t . .Lasher, 147 N. 10th St., Pniladelphia, Pa., in cloth cover, $2.50 or paper cover, $2.00. Can beokdered through our postmaster and eyery business man should secure a copy. Absolutely Pure. A cream of tartar bakins Dowder. Highest o all In leavening strength. Latest U. S. Govern mem n 00a Keport. Royal Caking Powder Co., 100 Wall St.. Mew Yoxte. I