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FROM THIS GRAND DISPLAY OF-
SPRING RiMD SUMMER SELECTIONS
les and SterlinP- OiTali-
Novelties consisting- of an attractive line of Silks
Whioli 'iave been srithered from the most Reliable and Popular Markets of the present day. Every visitor at once becomes interested in the collection of ZE?H?e7-al:rL.e: Strv
tiieb 111 l,lfl"tmvm,i -J v- w - i-i-c5cd "h'du whu jcdjl V cJL LX3S is tiie uommnation tnai wins your trade m our elegant assortment ol Spring- and Summer
V
Stvlish Spring Clothing !
I .:it est and newest patlerus and perfect fitting- gar
ments, and aboye all the most durable and satisfactory
niateti al, combiurd with the besl possible workmanship.
See the fine Worsted, Cheviot and Cassimere Suits
for both boys and men. The largest and best selected
t 'H-k wo ever carried.
What's In a Hat
Depends on Who Wears It !
What amount of style and good appearance it has
depends upon where yon buy it. Our knowledge of style
and knowing where to go after the fashionable ones en
ables us always to have the correct styles, so when you
buy your hats here you are assured of being in the hat
fashion.
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Or
Shoes. Shoes.
in foot wear we have all the
latest styles and makes, that carry
with them ease and comfort for both ladies and gentle
men. Be sure you examine them before vou buy.
Our Spring Millinery !
Our MISS DAY has selected a Grand Stock of
Millinery from the largest Millinery House in New York,
and comprises all the latest styles shapes and trimmings,
which are radiant with good values and sparkling with
Low Prices.
In Shirts, Neckwear, and Hosiery, we have large as
sortment, and at prices to suit all.
WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD AND IF VOU GET OUR PRICES BEFORE YOU BUY
IT wil.L BE MONEY IN YOUR POCKET.
LsGMG BfG., Main street, Oxford, TVL. C.
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Question for
Consideration !
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lr n;.'ike! no : iilVi'pnre to us whether
1 - 11 : 1 1 1
Kni'.r ( nange is goiu, Oliver or gieeunacKs,
j.Vhar we want is :
l'u) customers to buy 15o Ccok Stoves,
ranging in price from (j.5o to $25. oo.
5o customers to buy 5o Buggies, rang-
rcgui,Ung in price irom oo to .y.i.uu.
ua till . customers to buy 8 Carriages and
unies, ranging in price from .-,;.oo to
J.o .oil.
Inn customers to buy loo one and two
nrsn M Hickory Wagons, Piedmont
Wgoi.i, Nisen Wagons.
. . ... l "wl l-'a 3 1
(ju ciisinuirrs io uuy o juio .-5ianuaru
'eed Cutters. Car load just in. Each
iLhine a: ranted to give the highest
-.tisf action.
Ali the famous Cutaway Harrow, 2
rse Stark's Dixie Plows, Farmers'
j-i.-!id Plows, Oiiver Chilled Plows and
.most every imaginable kind farming
apleiiient too numerous to mention.
hen you want farming implements
an;, kitid come to our store and we can
;j iy you. 1 f no: on hand can gK them
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Written There ?
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In addition to the immense stock of all
i.-Ho of farming implements, we carry
Lf most complete line of Hardware of
trv description to be found in North
ir 'liua.
We make a specialty of Builder's Ma
ria, such as Sash, Doors, Blinds, Lime,
at-r and Cement. Any size material
lide to order on short notice.
(ur store is full of Bridal Presents
u as China Dinner Sets, Tea Bets,
Sa l Bowls, Cups aud Saucers, Plates,
Lbr ciity- the mettiest and latest de
ns, to so a large stock of handsome
!i p and Glassware, just the things
;i are looking for. If you want a
:tLday present or Bridal Present, it
il pay yon to call at our store and
iv at th- many useful goods we are
vim.'.
iJernemher if you want anything in the
krdsvare, Tinware, Crockery or Glass-
iine, e have an immense stock to
Irom,
Yours very truly,
EDWARDS
&
WINSTON,
K. '. I. H. :rItT,
Cental SSurfreon,
OXKOKI), N. C
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If it is not, don't you
think it should be ?
Surely you want to
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county news. It will
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25 cts. for 3 mos.
It's Less Than Two
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Job . .
Printing !
We do all kinds of
j Job Printing from a
visiting card to a news-
t r i 1 "
paper. we ao work in
the latest style and at
the right price.
Give us your next
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All mail orders re
ceive prompt attention.
I
r'ifesF :ona! fervicoB to the
Tc.'Ah extrnrted withonf pain.
biest
th;s
been
eap-
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A. HICKS,
loracy at Law and Notary Pnblli
OXFORD, N. C, and
T. HICKS,
ttorney-at-Law,
HENJJEKSON, N.C.
'Trtf lice tfti'f-t Ypr in thu I rtamnrntivlIlA
j i' rank fin, ana vVarren Counties, and lnal.
r rt'iiiiiriiitrthpirifti'it uttpnl inn
'MisiiH--8 io deserve and receive a portio
i'.i iues8 oi iniBBeruon.
Mortgage Sale.
VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY
rr,ff-rrd nj,on me hy a certain mort-
nted on the 13th day of January,
tjV T. c. Currin and wife, Annie (Jur--K'.M.
-red in book of mortgages No. 35
'" '47, in the office of the Register of
'-riinvilk Lojnty, I will sell for
:,V pul.Hr auction at the courthouse
!!l 'orlur.l, on Monday, the iSth day
-V. i-'i'j, the tract of land described
m-'Uijie, to-vvit : Sitiate in Brass-
r. r. L 1 . : . - . -, . . . .
i "ranvn.e county, adjoining
ry' side, on the East side lands of W.
' dyy, on the south side by lands of
Jackson, on the west by lands of
Warner it beinir lot Nno in the. Hi.
V Oi lands ,,( U,.).rt fi a 1
acres, x mie ol sale 12 ra.
jimn?
-I a 1 v. r 1
'.'II, l St,.
M. WOODLIEF,
Mortgagee.
Sale of Land.
TY VIRTUE OF THE POWER VEST
ed in me by a mortgage executed to
me bv David Overbey and wife, Ellen H.
Overbey, on the 27th day of September,
i38i, and registered in Book B. Page 460, I
shall on Monday, the 13th day of Apiil,
1896, offer for sale to the highest bidder for
cash at public auction at the courthouse
door in Oxford, the tract of land conveyed
in said Mortgage and bounded by the lands
of Wm. Davis, Jas. A. Bullock and others,
and known as the Dr. Kvans tract, contain
ing 55 acres more or less. This March 5th,
1896. B. T. WINSTON,
mchi3-4t. Mortgagee.
Sale of Land
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PURSUANT TO AN ORDER AND DECREE
of the Superior Court of Granville county.
In the epecial proceeding entitled A. H. Greg
ory n trust for hi? Bon. Edward B. Gregory and
Edward B. Gregory by his next friend A. H.
Gregory, against Lucy B. Smith and others, I
shall on Monday, the 4th day of May, 1896, sell
to the highest bidder at the courthouse door in
Oxford, N. C the tract of land mentioned and
described in the complaint in said special pro
ceeding. Said land is in Walnnt Grove township,
Granville county, adjoining the lauds of Mrs.
Ann Morton, Dr Wm. 2Tiorp and others and con
tains 218 acres more or less, it beiner the tract
of land known as lot No. 2 of the division of the
lands of the late Peterson Thorp, Sr.
Terms of sale: One-half cash and the balance
in 12 months with interest from day of sale till
paid, the title to be retained till all the pnrrhase
money is paid. Time of salt 12 o'clock m This,
April 2nd, 18. L, C. EDWARDS,
Commissioner.
B. S. Royster, Att'y. apl.8-4t.
w Ifcja ft)
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Your atdreSi, wi.h six i.i.u
in sta.uis, i!;;.i.ed to c;.: l-t.rJ
quarteis, II ttiot St., Itostoi .
)i;iss., will bring you a foil lirv
of samples, si.d rules for
measurement, of our justiy'fa
inous 3 pants ; Suits, f,i3.2 ;
Overcoats, 10.25, and up. Cut
to order. Agents wanted every
New Plymouth Rock Co,
iff
Sold outright, no rent, no tag'-. , v.
tniiitv VillaeeorCouniry. IioIea in
ionce nml best seller on enrtli.
,ir-iittt make front S- to
One in a resi.lence means o sale to nl.
neiVhbo" Fine instruments, no toys, work
anyWtore any distance. Complete, ready f..
uh whtn ahfpped. Can be put up by 8WJt
n2v out of order.no P"er W?i e
time. Warranted. A V.JamhXo
Ayerett Antics,
Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Wilkinson
visited Mr. J. W. Gordon and family
Sunday.
Mr. Robert Daniel, of Warren Co.,
N. C, spent Easter with his sister,
Mrs. R. A. Buchanan.
Miss Sallie Garrett, has returned
from visiting her sister, Mrs. E. L.
Sizemore, at Jeffress, Va.
Miss Cora Sandford, of Blue Wing,
N. C, has been spending a month
with her aunt, Mrs. J. H. Gordon.
Rev G. W. Green preached a very
interesting and profitable sermon on
Sunday last, which was enjoyed by
all very much.
Mrs. John Elam and daughter, of
Smith X Roads, are visiting their
sister, Mrs. R. J. Stone, at Buffalo
Junction, Va.
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Daniel are
launching out on matrimonial bliss,
we wish them all success and hap
piness this life affords.
Messrs. Ed. Tunstal, and Charlie
Gordon, of Clav, N. C, spent Satur
day and Sunday with Mr. J. W.
Gordon and family which was great
ly enjoyed.
Annie Lou.
Tribute of Respect.
HAijii of Berea Lodge, )
No. 204, A. F. & A. M., J
April 11th, 1890. )
Whereas, we are called upon to
chronicle the death of Brother Pink-
ney Meadows which event occurred
at his home in Oxford, N. C, on
February 7th, 1S96, it being his 77th
birthdav. Brother Meadows was of
unusually strong physique, and was
possessed with an almost mdomita
ble degree of energy, always doing
with his might what his hands found
to do. Not only was he active in the
things pertaining to the advance
ment of his fortune but in the spirit
ual life, in the church and in the
Lodge he was ever to be found at
the front readv to spend and be
spent for the furtherance of God and
right. His judgement may have
erred but his heart was always right.
Just a few davs before he died he
said to a brother and others by whom
he was surrounded that he was ready
and waiting for the Master's call.
Therefore be it
Resolved, That in the death of
Brother Meadows this Lodge has lost
one of its bright and shining lights,
a faithful and wise counsellor; and
to the poor, widow and orphan, their
loss is great as his big warm heart
was always beating with a Godlike
sympathy for them, and his ready
money always accompanied his pray
ers to the feeding of the hungry and
clothing of the naked. His life was
of riuch tender, trustful, childlike
faithfulness that when the summons
came to him to come up higher he
calmly closed his eyes to the things
of this life and passed peacefullv
over the river into that celestial
odge presided over by the Grand
Master of the universe.
Resolved, That these resolutions
be spread upon the minutes of the
Lodge and a copy be sent to the
Orphans' Friend, Public Ledger
and Person County Courier with a
request that they be published.
A. t SMITH,
W. T. Allen,
B. D. Howard,
Committee.
W. A. McFarland, Sec. pro tern.
Few people know that all plants con
tain digestive principles. They cannot
absor'o their food until it is digested any
more than animals can. The Mount
Leabanon Shakers ha7e learned the art of
extracting and utilizing these digestive
principles, and it is for this reason that
their Shaker Digetive Cordial is meeting
with such phenominai success in the
treatment oT dyspepsia. The Shakers
Digestive Cordial not only contains food
already digested, but it also contains di
gestive principles which aid the diges
tion of other foods that may be eaten
with it. A single 10 cent sample bo'tle
will be sufficient to demonstrate its value,
and we suggests that every suffering dys
peptic make a trial of it. Any druggist
can supply it.
Laxol is the uest medicine for children.
Doctors recommend it in place of Castor
Oil.
FOR SALE.
A second-hand Hammond type
writer for sale cheap. Machine in
good repair and can be gotten at a
bargain. For particulars address
this office or Lock Box No. 96, Ox
ford, N. C. apl.3.
Slem .SleiiintliiifN
Miss Lucy Jones, who is teaching
in Franklin county, spent Easter
with the old folks at their home near
Stem.
In answer to Hummer's question,
"How old does a Tad Pole get be
fore he truns to a frog?" Will say,
that I have never known very much
about tad poles, but when you can
discover a shade of green on their
back, and their tails being curtail
ed, we must sappose that they are
on the very verge of froghood; but
when they are green all oyer, and
their tales growing longer and
longer, why then we give it up, and
say we don't know.
As announced in last week's Pub
lic Ledger, there was a picnic at
the "Stoney House," near Mr. H. F.
Mooris' residence. It would be fol
ly for U3 to undertake to give a true
discription of the picnic, for eyery
body present seemed delighted, with
what they saw and heard. The band
of much composed of John Daniel
with violin, Jodie Bishop with a
mouth harp. Dock Daniel with a
jews-harp and one young lady sing
ing, how could it be other than a
success? Promptly at 12 o'clock
dinner was announced, aud every
body were invited to, and partook of
a bountiful repast, presided over by
Misses C'aud Hall, Mary Parrish,
Cora Jones, and Mary Duncan. It
was and oldfashoned picnic in every
sense of the word, and will be long
remembered by some of us at least
Lack Land.
LOVE'S YOUNG DREAM.
she
Salem Saying's.
Should have appeared last week.
Any news that would interest the
public, will be thankfully received
from our friends.
Subscribe to the Public Ledger,
and see what is going on in differ
ent parts of the country.
There will be at least one hustler
on the jury the next court and he
will be from about Culbreth.
At the quarterly meeting at Shady
Grove last Saturday, our Stewards
made a fine report, they having col
lected a nice amount during the last
quarter.
We call on the Editor to tell us
who gave the correct answer to
Elm Jay's questions which had ref
erence to the Bible, number of chap
ters, verses, etc.
At an entertainment at Dexter last
Monday night Miss Charlie Belie
Rice was justly awarded a silver
mug for being the prettiest young
lady in the audience.
Girls, when you have a fellow
right down on the ground and you
can stand up over him and tell him
what he may depend upon. You've
got him, and don't you forget it.
There is nothing nicer than to
awake at the midnight hour and hear
sweet music out in the poarch. Many
thanks boys. Although it was dark,
we knew you were good looking and
big hearted.
Boys when you go to see the girls
and it is necessary for you to corn
your own horse, don't lock the door
and carry the crib key with you
home, I wouldn't do that, they might
want some corn before you come
again.
Nicholas.
The Bride Had a Rude Awakening:, bat It
Was All a Mistake.
Ho fca-.l just returned from Chicago,
where he had been called upon urgent
business. The honeymoon was scarcely
over, and besides it was his first ab
sence from her side since they were
made one. The three days of his absence
had seemed to both like three long
years, but now he had returned, and she
was in his arms once more. Promise
after promise had been renewed and
vows of eternal fidelity exchanged.
"And you will never drink?"
murmured.
"Dearest, you know I have never
done so, ' ' he replied in injured tones.
"And you will never gamble, either,
will you, dear?" she asked.
"Precious, I have never gambled. "
"And you will never, never use to
bacco again, my idol?"
"Never, never again, my dear, since
you wish it so. "
And she believed him, in her wom
an's way, and "all was merry as a
marriage, bell. ' '
But he mentioned his valise and a
little struggle ensued. He would go and
get the valise, he said.
No, no. He was tired ; she would get
it.
No, no
But, yes, yes. Was she going to let
him walk across the room for a nasty
old valise, and he so tired? How could
he think her so cruel? No, indeed! She
would go and get it herself and open it
for him, too, and so there.
When she said "so there," he knew
there was nothing else for him but to
submit gracefully, and he submitted.
But alas for what followed!
She opened the valise! What was in
it? One large empty flask, one meer
schaum pipe, one pack playing cards,
new; three packs, ditto, old; a few
poker chips, sundries.
That was all.
One of those scenes which "baffle all
description" followed, but finally the
porter came up and explained that he
had sent up the wrong valise.
Both are slowly
York World.
'Dr,
Miles'
TV
Nervine
Worth Its Weight in Gold.
recovering. New
Moral Rights of Witnesses.
The Beaufort Herald, whose edi
tor is himself a practicing attorney,
and knows whereof he speaks, in
discussing the present system of
court trials and their abuses, speaks
as follows upon one line along which
attorneys too frequently run to excess:
"It might, too, help jurors to a
better knowledge of facts if witness
es were protected from the insolence
and abuse of attorneys. It is a
crime against all good morals to
force a man or woman upon the
stand to give testimony and then al
low them to be insulted and yilified
by counsel with no protection or re
dress. If the law compels a man to
appear and bear witness it ought
also to compel lawyers to treat him
with courtesy and fairness. A man
ha no more right to call another a
liar in the court house than he has
in the street. A man's professional
position ought not to allow him to
insult one of his peers with impuni
ty. Judges ought to protect witnesses."
His Grand Stand Play.
"I will ask three or four persons in
the audience to draw cards at random
from this pack, ' ' said the professor of
magic, stepping down from the platform
and walking through the aisle. "Then
replace them in the pack, first noticing
carefully, however, the card you draw,
so that you cannot be mistaken when I
shuffle them up, place them in a glass
tumbler, ask you the name of each card
and cause it to rise up from the pack
without touching it myself. Young
man, what was the card you drew?' '
The young lawyer with the slightly
bald head, who had accompanied the
daughter of the clergyman to the hall,
turned to her and .said in a hurried
whisper :
"What was it? I don't know one card
from another. ' '
"I I think it was the ace of spades,"
she replied hesitatingly.
"The ace of spades, "he called out
in a loud, confident tone. Chicago Trib
une. A Yankee "Jingo."
The English language is capable of
many queer twists and turns. An
American and an Englishman were once
discussing the history of their respective
countries. The American boasted that
his people had repeatedly beaten the
English in war.
"What! The English beaten? I would
have you understand, sir, that the Eng
lish are the cream of all the fighters in
the world!" answered the Englishman.
"Whipped cream, then, I guess!"
said the Yankee. Youth's Companion.
MISS RATHBURN.
R. M1LHS' NERVINE RESTORES HEALTH. When the nerves are
worn and weak, and vitality is at a low ebb. The brain force is
j JJ weakened and the intellectual powers dulled. Courage is lost,
The digestive organs fail to fully perform their functions, the heart's action
is painful and irregular, the blood becomes thin and watery and the entire
system is threatened with collapse. Under these conditions there is nothing
like Dr. fliles Nervine to restore health.
"I feel it my duty to inform you what your Nervine has done for me. I
have been an invalid and doctoring for nine years. I lost my deax
mother last March, and just after I was taken down with a very severe ner
vous trouble, which gradually grew worse, notwithstanding I was undei
the care of a physician. I finally became discouraged and gave up, thinking
I never would be better. I cannot tell you how great a sufferer I was. I had
hysterical fits, sometimes two or three a day, an oppressed feeling through
ruy chest. 1 was troubled with palpitation, and could scarcely stand on my
feet, and was totally unable to walk alone. Not even the lightest kind oi
food would digest. My nerves were in such condition that I could not write,
and I was reduced to but the ghost of my former self.
I saw an advertisement and purchased a bottle of Dr. Miles' Restorative
Nervine and from the first I noticed a change for the better. In a month's
time there was a great improvement, in my looks as well as my feelings. The
oppressed feeling in my chest entirely disappeared, my food digested much
better and I could walk a short distance. It is over two months now and I
can walk a half mile, and I am happy to say I am better than I have been
for two years and am just beginning to feel like my old self; and I owe all
this to you for Dr. Miles' Restorative Nervine. It is my best friend. I often
make the remark that it is worth its weight in gold."
96 Plainfleld St., Olneyville, R. I., Nov. 27, '94. Anna E. Rathburn.
Dr. Miles' Nervine
Restores
Health
At It Again.
"Eph, the colored boy who does the
rough work in the kitchen, is -justtoo
happy," said Airs. Hammond. "He
won over $100 in some way or another
yesterday. ' '
' 'They will have him at the zoo next,
I suppose, " said As bury Peppers.
"Really! Why?"
"Isnrt he a buck with a little dough?"
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Medical Whiskers.
Dr. Emdee Don't be discouraged.
Your son will be a successful physician
before you know it.
Graduate's Father What indica
tions of this have you observed?
Dr. Emdee He has just the face for
hothouse whiskers. New York World.
In cases where dandruff, scalp diseases,
falling and grayness of the hair appear,
do not neglect them, but apply a proper
remedy and tonic like Hall's Hair Re-newer.
w. B. SHAW,
Henderson, jn. v.
H. Al. SHAW,
Oxford. N. C.
(IIAW A SHAW,
Attorneys and Counselors at Law,
Offer their services to the people of Granville
Vanct, Person, Frank'in and Warren counties
and hope by carelnl and diligent attention to
-ii .... t .n l'I i.H r thom tn rn r i t. And re-
Ull lUablCID (-"1.1 " L ... ... "
ceive a portion of the law business of the above
named counties.
N. B. W.B.Shaw, tne senior memDer, win
i.- .- Vi,h HVRRV TTTRSDAY. and
UC 111 1A Villi--. m I " ,
at ench other times as his especial presence may
De flesireu. X Uimua ueguuaicu. l"iu J
5FR1NQ.
CLOTHE5 !
JNO. W. GRAHAM, PAUL C. GRAHAM,
Hilleboro, N. C. Oxford, N. O.
G
RAHAM A ORAIIAM,
Attorneys at Law,
oxfokd, ar. v.
Practise in State and Federal Courts. All
business entrusted to their care will be prompt
ly attended to. mdm
Now is the time
To Place Your Order!
I have received a splendid line of fttmlpt of
all gra'tes and cordially invite you to call and
examine them aud get prices on Pants and
Suits. Will do all 1 can to pleaae you.
Thanking the people for the liberal patron
age extended mein the past and seeking a con
tinuance of the future, I am yours to serve,
W. H. SMITH,
XFORD, N. C.
feb!4
THE TAILOR
vi. r, Harrison