ill U
The ftill intensity
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only bv the perfectly
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discounts the capac
ity for enjoyment.
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matter how full of enjoyment it may be for
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things in a half-hearted sort of way. The
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Patent Medicines, Perfumes, Toilet Articles,
Soaps, Statier etc.t always on hand.
THE PUBLIC LEDGER.
By JOHN T. BRIT1
ISSUED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING.
OXFORD, N. C, - APRIL 17 1896.
Reed's program, if not nominated,
is first to stand on his dignity and
then leave on his ear.
The Greensboro Record says the
wife of a bank cashier at High
Point gave birth to three girl babies
Tuesday morning.
McKinley's figures at St. Louis
don't worry him. If he gets the
nomination those that are likely to
cause him trouble are the 16 to 1.
About the worst feature in a
financial straddle is that while seem
ing merely to reach across the plank
it is actually intended to take in the
the voters of the country.
Conviction-is quite general that
it's about time spring should begin
turning over a new leaf.
At Ellis, Kansas, the municipa
ticket nominated by the women and
composed ol women was elected, ex
cept the candidate for police judge.
Col. Robert G. Ingersoll is author
ity for the statement that a doctrine
implying the existence of a hel
would shock the conscience of a
hyena or of a boa-constrictor.
A member of the State Demo
cratic committee, who is conserva
tive silver man, thinks the parly in
this State will go to pieces if th
National party declares for the gold
standard.
The Republicans are making a lot
'of new flings at the Populists, say
ing they have gone too far to go
with Democrats and fear to go alon
because then there would no pie fo
the leaders.
Let the stay-at-home Democrats
crawl out of their clam like silence
and assume once more the dignity
of brave Democratic soldiers fight
ing against Douglasism and in fa
vor of our blood ruling this country.
In a speech at Brevard, Transyl
vania county, some days ago, ex
Judge Jas II. Merrimon, of Ashe
ville, declared that he would not
vote for any gold standard mau for
President or for any man w ho would
veto free coinage bill.
A big find of gold creates big ex
citement in Cabarrus county. It
was found in the Reed mine and a
nugget of the yellow metal weigh
ing 22 3-4 pounds and worth $4,S00,
and is said to be the second biggest
find in the United States.
We think a Democrat as well sup
port a straight Pop, of the most rab
id type, as to vote for a Democrat
who went on a Pop bond in order
that the enemies of good govern
ment might inaugurate negro rule
once more in North Carolina.
The contention and row between
the Russell and Dockery factions of
the Republicans attains almost the
dimensions of a fued. The Russell
men are now charging Dockery with
disloyalty to the party, with opposi
tion to fusion and with cruelty to
slaves.
The Supreme Court decides in the
cases against the directors of the
Bank of New Hanover, that they
are liable personally for the fraudu
lent statements made by the bank
officials. The failure of that bank
was one of the worst on record in
the State.
The State Democratic Executive
Committee met in Raleigh Thurs
day last with 37 members present,
and called the State Convention to
meet in Raleigh June 25. The plan
of organization was changed so as
to allow the minority representation
in all conventions, and the precinct
the unit of organization.
The free silver Democrats are vie
torious in the primaries in St. Louis.
The silver wave continues to in
crease. It is a fight hetween the
people and monopolists, combines
and trusts.
Before House Election committee
No. 1 in the contest case of Felton
vs. Maddox, from the Seventh Ga
district, the wife of the contestant
appeared as attorney for him and
took part in the investigation.
The Statesville Landmark has a
capital cut of the prospective cam
paign in the eighth district. "Old
York"" and Linncy are careering over
the country at a terriflic rate of
sped, the former on a mule, "Gine-
ral Jackson," and the latter on his
bull, "Abe Lincoln." "Old York
is half a neck ahead.
Dr. Hunter, the member of Con
gress from the Third Kentucky dis
trict, is disposed to be very much of
a fly in the Republican ointment of
that State, He promptly set up a
McKinley scheme for the National
delegates from that State and suc
ceeded in knocking Bradley out and
there is an end to Republican har
mony in Kentucky now.
The State's present bonded debt
is as follows: Four per cent, consols
3,347,750, 0 per cent. North Caro
lina construction bonds $2,720,000;
total, $0,067,740. The interest is 4
per cent., $133,910; 6 per cent.,
$163,200; total, $297,110. The in
come from the lease of North-Carolina
Railroad is $229,015, so only
$65,095 will have to be provided for
by taxation to cover the whole in
terest. There are old bonds out
standing which will require the issue
of $270,910 in 4 per cents.
The Webster faction of the South
Carolina Republicans, which is
chiefly composed of colored voters,
held a State Convention at Colum
bia some days ago and adopted a
platform calling for high protective
duties and a currency composed of
all kinds of money, each as good as
every other kind. It does not make
any difference for whom the dele
gates declare or instructed for as
they will be like those from North
Carolina willing to be convinced
at St. Louis who to vote for by the
amount of boodle put up.
Last week a great forest fire oc
curred in Cumberland county and
destroyed 10,000 acres of the finest
long leaf pine timber m that section
The loss is over $100,000. One
house, many barns, and miles of
fencing and many cattle are burned
Rain checked the fire which threa-
ened the town of Favetteville.
The 153d anniversary of the birth
of Thomas Jefferson, the founder of
Democracy and the author of the
Declaration of Independence, was
celebrated at Monticello, Ya., on
April 13th by his followers. Among
the speakers present were Vice
President Stevenson and Gov. Rus
sell, of Massachusetts, and many
Senators and Representatives.
An elopement in Texas has been
declared off under exceptional con
ditions. The father not only killed
his daughter and shot down the
young man who sought to take her
away, but sit down on a box of dy
namite and blew himself to atoms.
Under the circumstances there was
nothing left of the elopement, and
it was a very clean affair all the way
through.
The Wilmington Messenger says
there is a big difference in the cost
of legal prosecutions in North Caro
lina and Virginia. This State pays
its attorneys $35,000 per year, while
Virginia pays $84,500; North Caro
lina employs sixteen to do the work
which under the Virginia system re
quires 117. This is another exam
ple of the economy practiced in
North Carolina during twenty years
of Democratic control. It will be a
dreadful day for all when the State
falls in all its departments into the
hands of the incapable and vicious
men who ran the last Legislature,or
their aiders, abettors and sympathi
sers. When that day comes it will
be a good time for a great exodus of
the best people :n the State.
AN UNGRATEFUL SET. -
Senator Butler seems to be in bad
odor with the Republican just now,
but he was their Lord and King in
'94 as he gaye some of the razor
back fellows cushion seats at the
beautiful and lovely pie counter,
along with a few hungry Democrats
of the red-headed W. A. Montgom
ery stripe. They lose no opportu
nity of abusing him. Ungrateful
set, when he give them all the pie
they are eating. Senator Sigmon
says in his paper, the Hickory Press,
that Butler is the most dictatorial
boss in the United States; that he
has broken his pledge of support
of Pritchard and that a man who
breaks one pledge finds no difficulty
in breaking another; and that the
Republicans who submit to Butler's
terms will only find themselves
cheated and twitted in the end.
His soul was pure and his hands
were clean. The State has lost in
his death an honest man, a patriotic
citizen, and a Christian gentleman
and sympathizes deeply with his be
reaved family in their hour of trial
POLITICAL GOSSIP
WAY PEOPLE'S MONEY GOES.
Along with big bond issues and a
few men allowed to mass immense
fortunes at the expense of the peo
ple comes another fleece in the small
amount of $30,000, but the taxpayer
has to foot the bill, and the Senate
is responsible for it.
Of all the examples of Senatorial
gall, says the Philadelphia Times,
few have excelled the proposition
from the committee on elections to
pay three Senators from Wyoming,
Montana and Washington the sal
ary for two years before they were
elected and qualified.
These three persons were appoint
ed by the Governors of their States
to vacancies which the Governors
were not qualified to fill. So the
Senate decided. They came to Wash
ington, but they were not admitted
and they performed no service what
ever, except in the lobbies. Subse
quently they were regularly elected
and took their seats- antl have been
drawing their salaries since.
Now they want to be paid for the
time that they would have liked to
be Senators but were not, $10,000
each. Impudence could hardly go
farther.
WANT TO LiniT VETO POWER.
"'Me own and entrancing Mary
ann, thou dictator and boss of the
Noble order," the voluble and vocif
erous Butler, has introduced a prop
osition to change the constitution
of the United States so as to limit
the veto power of the President
He would have a majority vote of
both Houses override a veto. The
constitution requires a two-thirds
vote for that purpose. The restraint
of the constitution bear hard upon
the whole herd of cranks and croak
ers of which Senator Butler is a fair
specimen and sharp enough to fea
ther his nest with boodle while his
followers sit around and growl. But
the masses love the constitution and
will stand by it if the Republican
bosses have made slaves of the ne
gro voters of this country, and have
owned them for 30 years.
A VOLUriE OF TRUTH.
Hon. Cyrus B. Watson, of Win
ston, in speaking of the free coin
age of silver grasped the situation,
and crowded a volume of truth into
the following brief statement:
"The strength of free silver is
this: The millions of the agricultu
ral classes see the great reduct ion in
values in the past few years, espe
cially in the values of farming lands
and agricultural products. The mer
chants and the manufacturers real
ize the inability of the agricultural
population to buy their products
and commodites, and they are will
ing to risk free silver, at least long
enough to see if it will restore prices
o the old figures.
The counlry requires a state of
affairs that will make property
sought after, instead of money and
interest-bearing securities. It is the
oss of confidence in property that is
cursing the conntry.".
THE CASE OF GEN. CLINGflAN.
The case of Gen. Thomas L
Clingman, of this State, knocking
at the door of the Soldiers' Home
in his venef able age, has attracted
no little attention. The Wilming
ton Messenger, in referring to it,
recalls that Col. Newcome, one of
Thackeray's noblest creations, had
to find a home at last that his coun
try provided. It continues: "It is
distressing to see Thomas L. Cling
man whom we have the pleasure of
knowing personally well, knocking
at the home that the State has pro
vided for its maimed and helpless
soldiers. Can such things be in a
State that sent some 126,000 men
to the great war?"
The Atlanta Constitution hopes
that there is some mistake about
this. It recalls that Massachusetts
and Kentucky frequently paid off the
debts of Webster and Clay, and took
care of their personal fortunes, and
adds that after the service General
Clingman has done the State "it
would speak very badly for their
patriotism and generosity if they
should allow him to go to the Sol
diers' Home as a pauper."
DEATH OF EX-GOVERNOR HOLT.
This gentleman died at his home
near Haw River Saturday afternoon
last in the 65th year of his age. He
seryed two years as Governor. He
was the largest manufacturer in
North Carolina and also one of her
wealthiest citizens.
In commenting on his death the
Charlotte Observer says: "The news
of the death of ex- Governor Thos.
M. Holt, while not unexpected and
momentarily dreaded, will neverthe
less be a shock to the people of the
State whom he loved and served so
faithfully. A successful business
man, devoted to the interests of
North Carolina, when holding the
exalted position of trust at the head
of her. affairs, the same energy and
earnestness that characterized his
management of his own business,
and North Carolina never had a bet
ter Governor. In his private and
public life, his walk was blameless.
Views of Our Leading Exchanges on
The Situation.
There is a good deal of talk abou
the appointment of John R. Web
ster as the leader of the "free silver
party's" forces in Rockingham
county. It is stated that Senator
Butler says he will in thirty days
have an active chairman of that
party in each county and that he
proposes to have 30,000 Democratic
votes for his new party.
Some Democrats think it a wise
thing to open the primaries to al
persons who will agree to act with
them in voting for the State ticket
irrespective of the national ticket
in other word, let these "aiders" on
the State ticket vote just as the)
like nationally, asking no questions
as to the latter business. The ques
tion is asked, what strength has
this new idea?
Senator Butler's papei makes this
slap: "If some members of the Peo
ple's party would giye more time
and effort to advocating the princi
ples of the party and trying to mak
converts to its principles, and give
less time to trying to fuse with one
of the goldbug parties on any terms,
they would be doing more for the
advancement of the People's party.
and the welfare of the State and
nation than thev are now doinsr."
Either Butler yields to Pritchard
on the electoral ticket or Pritchard
and the Republican party abdicate.
There is no compromise possible b
which the governorship can be
traded for the senatorship. It is de
feat for Butler if he abandons the
high pretensions made in the dis
closed circular; it is a damnation for
Pritchard and his party if thev con
sent to a silver electoral ticket.
There will be three electoral tickets
and State fusion between the late
fusionists. For the Populists will
not support the Democratic electoral
ticket unless they can dictate it,
which is unthinkable.
Republicans and Populists con
fess that their parties are all to
pieces and say they must wait until
matters untangle. Populists say
that Harry Skinner, in the First
district, truckles to the Republicans
in order that he may get what he
covets above ail else that is, re
election to the House of Represen
tatives. The Republicans, aided, no
doubt, by some of the Populists, are
setting themselves to the task of
breaking Senator Butler down.
This news comes straight. There is
no question of its truth. Butler
has advices which lead him to feel
sure he can rally enough silver mm
to beat and disorganize both the old
parties. This accounts for what the
Republicans term his "crazy do
ings.
The Republicans now concede to
the Pops the Governor, it is said, for
which they in turn will get other
places, among them places on the
ticket for the Congressman in the
Sixth and the one in the Seventh
districts. In this deal Dockery is to
have the place in the sixth to allay
the gubnatorial sore, and in seventh
to Windy Billy Henderson, of Lex
ington, as a reward for valued ser
vices rendered the party all along
since the birth of Republicanism in
North Carolina. It has been said,
"lookout for Guthrie." Butler will
get about all he demands up to date,
and a majority of the Republi
cans fear that he may not be
satisfied with even that but de
mand more. It is known that he
has his weather eye on the other
Senator, and may conclued to giye
the electoral ticket for Pritchard's
seat. Republicans will agree to
this if Col.-Boyd and Holton can be
taken care of. In this event what
will become of the Pops free silver
horse they have been riding for so
many years ? Why trade him for
spoils, become monopolists, and
straddle a goldbug fast trodder.
As baldness makes one i ok premature
ly old, so a full bead of hair givss to ma
ture life the appearance of youth. To
secure this and prefent the former,
Ayer's Hair Vigor is confidently recom
mended. Both ladies and gentlemen
prefer it to any other dressing.
V
Car load of Wagons.
Car load of Buggies.
Car load Feed Cutters.
Car load of Lime and Cement.
Car load of Mowers and Binders.
Car load of Flows and Castings.
Car load Cook Stoves.
Car load of Sheet Iron and Flues.
Big lot of Kuggy Harness.
Prices are correct. Let us sell you.
mchl3. Edwards & Winston.
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Housekeeping Cares. Hi
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and Children. It contains neither Opium, Morphine iim
other Narcotic substance. It is a harmless substitute
for Paregoric, Drops, Soothing Syrups, and Cantor Oil. f
It is Pleasant. Its guarantee is thirty years use j)V
Millions of Mothers. Castoria destroys Worms and al!as i
fieverishness. Castoria prevents vomiting Sour Curd, !
cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic. Castoria reliefs
teething troubles, cures constipation and flatulency.
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good effeet upon their children."
Dr. G. C. Osgood,
Lowell, Mass.
" Castoria is the best remedy for children of
which I am acquainted. I hope the day is not
far distant when mothers will consider the
real interest of their children, and use Castoria
instead of the various quack nostrums which
are destroying- their loved ones, by forcing
opium, morphine, soothing syrup and other
hurtful agents down their throats, thereby
sending them to premature graves."
Dr. J. F. Kixcheloe,
Conway, Ark.
Castoria.
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although we only have a!r,,'
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Season's Importations nf
Mohair Suitings, Silk and Wiml,
and Pansy Woolen eiTW-ls for
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Showing Toffetu China and Indias in Persian and Dre-.I-'ii
Styles at prices lower than they have ever sold before. j'"ni.'
and make your selections before the stock is broken. iv
carrying the largest stock in town in this class of goods ;ui
and we are going to sell them if prices will move them.
wash o;oods
ERE never prettier 1 We are showing double the
tity of this class of goods of any other store in
section of the country. The Linen Colors an
things for this Season and we have them in every gra
Wash Goods produced this season. Look at them and
will agre with us.
We have banks of White Goods, Embroideries
Laces at your own price. In Shoes for Gents, Ladi
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As our ambition has been to get the prettiest and no
line of Oxford Ties to be found in the State and we hav
ceeded. We make this statement without fear of cent
tion, and you will back us up when you see them. The
ty, workmanship and prices are right. Every pair warn
Rugs and Mattings are just in. Something new in
to go on Mattings. They have never been shown on
market before. A 36x72 inch Rug for 81.
The prices on Brown and Bleached Domestics have
broken. Come and get what you want while they are c
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