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i I If A n.uue to the flusic .mJ Se cure P.ar- We Want to Convince Hj You That ir the Public Ledger is JS our Ad- M-rtisers the Place to m m m m Oet Print j ing Done. ' f :r. v v-n i v j-.j 11 v i i v "s ;3-awv-tew,i!sra ji 11 11 i iiii i rr r u net Print. , ' . u -r fcriirti Jtttt: Mim' V()l.lTMK X NO 20. his Thought by Many iter said to woman v it thou bring forth -.1 ;i curse was pro ' ,:t t J-y felt by every 'v first presses to Ler babe, proves the suffering lurk in the Expectant -lieuld be avoided, ;y reach the hour :. j-f her heart is to ia full vigor and I- 'Mother's Friend" so relaxes the system that the natural and necessary .. a r -s-r-' cvj . : r: ss' w s n n an fxs Nausea ..Headache. Y :' '' 7, Nervous or Foreboding t-'ying hour makes s so many hap- have experienced. "Mother's Friend" nt be deceived. M"thorV t'r:e:i,i" i the frreato?t remedy ever pi' t 'v . ll .Kim; A Co., Whitewright, Tex. ;fr r v i;:..a r, cipt of prier.fl.OO PER BOTTLE. i : : :.i"t Mother7' mailed free, con ij:V' u v i;...i te iaformatiott and voluntary The BRA0FIELO REGULATOR CO. .ATLANTA, G A. SOLO BY ALL DRUGGISTS. Xew Crop Tumi i Seeds ! J.G.Heill' Is the place to get your T-ai?Txi-p Seeds that produce the LARQE5T BE5T TURNIPS ! AH the J5KST diflerent varie ties nov in ntoek. (let noiae but tLe IIKST. Vonr friend, J.e.HRLL. ' .' . . y y y y is, y y y O Xrihbor Jones I Said I ' t' i Oii Limmrnt vaf the - i-wr li-i-d. It niur-t tie : - : ' ;t (! i ct imorial? from M.i.ntry, Im' tin- kind that ' :,,,- t(, fi hy one neighbor 'I t .' .ire talking ii'lvertise A Uiul of it will make you ..r:;-T!. In order to get it i r the United S'ate, 1 ' v rh every 4-onnce 25 cent 1 "n.-feratde certilirate, ood - ifi-criptioii to The Kouth- 1 'II K : :. '. li-..uUtsaiHl Mei hants. 1: 1 1,' our town, pend me fl.00 Z oii four hottlee and l'otir ' : .'re-", prepaid. Beware -. None treimine without my P . i : i i r.--- sC lI. (i COLEMAN, Durham, N. C. -:C ' ' ' 1 ', t i 't i 'Si ;'j c i Yi 'i V Vi O Fresh Turnip Seed ! ew Crop AT i inJ av;! ' lonoived the follow- Vi -i 1 ,urnil seeds: hL t Xoif,)1k, White Globe, Le, y'i'- Southern Prize, Am l)i.f'i v,'11 TP. White lat low . low Amberdren, Yel bar. il '5;l-a- Also Fall Cab- T 1? over an(1 s Seeds. ' " AXCOUK.Du. ggist, x! t . 1'. O., Oxford, N. O. Notice. ii - executrix of the last will '" 'he la:e J. N. Fuller, this iB to ll I,, .1,1,.... ..!!.. ...4. 41... I r '"ti oauun ULuilieb L ioj ' r " present the eame to me for v! months from this date or " 'e pleaded in bar of their recov "'' of Jmie, 18!7 SUSIE W. FULLER, Berea, N. C. try. lu: Haiicn Drug Store WEEK OF SHORT ACCOUNTS. To Transcribe Them is but the Work of a rtinute some Folks Think Protracted meeting commences at Salem on Sunday. The fflrcra 1 tinkle .1 r i. j know the intensity and the extent of A 1 f 1 . me ngnt against the public school special tax. If you are in debt to the Public Ledger please do not hypothecate nor repudiate, but effectuate and liquidate immediately. We wait with empty plate as our supply of wind has about given out. A petrified tongue two feet long has been discovered in Kansas. This is not Mrs. Lease's tongue. Her tongue is not petrified, and she does not propose to let it be petrified while she is ablebodied enough to wag it. Our good brother, Mr. D. N. Hunt, of Salem, celebrated his 3Sth birthday on the 20th inst. May he be prosperous and happy, and con tinue to "grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ." Father Worth says that at least one-half of the Sheriffs will go to the county officers' convention at More head City, and that besides them there will be no end of other county officers. Father Worth is delighted at the outlook. There has been quite a dispute in Wilson county as to who were legally the county board of educa tion. The State Superintendent de cided that Geo. W. Connor, Nathan Bass and S. W. Vick were recognized as the board until the courts order otherwise. A newspaper man in Ealeigh makes the statement that Major Brown, of Governor Russell's staff, will take a place there in the gov ernment service. Major Brown is the Populist member of the House from Jones county and is a devoted friend to Senator Pritchard. Barnes Bros., printers to the Council of State, get the Agricul tural Department printing. Barnes says they would print it so much cheaper than Stewart Bros, had been doing that the department could af ford to pay the new rate of postage demanded, one cent for each copy. The State Superintendent of public schools says in reply to an in quiry as to what should constitute a school district, that each public school should have at least sixty-five pupils, and that the territory over which the five school committeemen have jurisdiction must be bounded by the old township line. According to the Morganton Herald two Burke county young men haye filled a long-felt want by inventing a patented hoe by which one man can sit under the shade of a tree, turn a crank and hoe ten acres of corn in a single day. All hail to Burke ! First in peace, first in politics and first in the hearts of the Sons of Rest. Some, at least, of the Populists, are becoming sick of'their environ ments, and from some sections of this county comes the news that they are ready to aftiiliate with their old friends, the Democrats. This does not apply to any who have "pie." At the first bite of pie the world grows rose-colored, argaments have no force and all sense of direction is lost. The State Superintendent of Public Instruction received a letter from the chairman of a county board of education, asking whether the board could pay the expenses of the counfy public school examiner while the latter was preparing himself to examine! The superintendent was very angry and repHed sharply. The examiner is advised to go to school. A cloud has been cast oyer the teachers who are so warmly advocat ing the school tax by the question of the unconstitutionality of the law. It has and should have a rocky road as our people now have more taxes than they can bear. The right thing to do, is to yote against any more taxes, and we hope not a single township in Granville will be carried in favor of it. We agree with our esteemed contemporary at Charlotte, The Observer, in this: " The truth is that there is more than enough room in North Carolina for all its educa tional institutions, and after all our protestations in favor of the educa tion of the people wo should be ashamed to be found in an attitude of antagonism to any institution which educates them, whether this attitude were taken openly or secretly." OXFORD, The secret of true happiness lies in unselfishness. Mrs. Lucy Powell, who has been sick for several days, is much better. The "old man" is under obligas tions to Mr. R. T. Moss for a fine watermelon. Some of our merchants haye erected bicycle racks for the conven ience of wheelmen. A large Ibis was killed near Ox ford Fiiday. It had beautiful plum age, being white with half of the wings and tail black, Our old friend, Mr. C. R. Lewis, of Lewis', is quite happy now, as he has treated himself to a new horse, new buggy and new harness. An Illinois town is equipped with a beautiful female undertaker but there is no noticeable rush of young men to be laid out by her. The Wilmington, Newborn & Norfolk Railroad was sold last week under foreclosure of mortgage and was bought by the Atlantic Coast Line for $400,000. Rev. A. S. Caldwell is out at Geneva church this, week assisting in a meeting. Remember there will be services in the Presbyterian church Sunday next. It is reported that one of our iron clad bachelors has undergone a melting process through the tender licks inflicted by cupid, and will ere many weeks become a- benedict. Mr, Josh King has decided not to leave his many friends in Oxford, and will take pleasure in waiting on them if they will call at Long Bros., where he will be located in the future. Master Harry Lehman has laid on our table a large irish potato in the shape of a turtle. Harry is a nice little gentleman of pleasing manners and we thank him for his curiosity. Supervisor Baker, of the Public Schools of the county request us to announce that he will be at the Court House on Tuesday, July 27th to examine applicants for Peabody Scholarship. The Board of Supervisors, of Fishing Creek Township, will meet at Clays the first Saturday in August at 10 o'clock. All overseers are re quired to report their roads that day. W. A. Parham, Chairman. Granville Superior Court con venes next week, with Judge Adams presiding, and we hope to see no par- tizanship displayed in the Court in the selection of jurors, and that po litical bench warmers will be ignored. Mr. Luther Stark is now with Mr. C. C. Cooper, the hustling ware houseman, of Rocky Mount. He left on Monday to commence work, and we congratulate Mr. Cooper upon securing the services of this fine judge of tobacco. The Oxford Township School Committee, composed of Revs. Wood son Reavis and J. A. Young, col., and Messrs. Ashton Hicks, B. F. Tay lor and F. W. Hancock, met Satur day and organized. Mr. F. W. Han cock was elected chairman and Mr. Ashton Hicks, secretary. No other business was transacted. We are sorry to see so many of our colored people doing all they can to place more burdens upon the whites, who pay most of the taxes, by advocating the school tax. Let all who are opposed to increased bur dens upon us do all within their power to defeat the ends of dema gogues and their negro allies. News and Obseryer says, the ne gro politicians want the Governor to pardon negroes in the penitentiary so they can vote in the next election. The negroes in the penitentiary all want to stay till they "can hang up their stocking on Christmas. Be tween the two, the Goyernor's exer cise of the pardoning power is deli cate and difficult. Gov. Russell and his council de cided not to call the Supreme Court together to test the constitutionality of the school tax law. The Governor said "it really seems, that the matter of the school tax election is left en tirely to the comrLittees." It is a regular pie hunting scheme, and should be defeated, as we do not be lieve it would benefit the children. Drainage is not a healthy prin ciple when applied to our County Treasury, no matter how money may flow like water in the eyes of a Rep Pop. Our Commissioners must haye thought it really did flow like water from the pockets of the tax-payers when they spent $1S.3S to put up roost poles in front of the court house for loafers to sleep on. Was this put down on the piogram of re form when tho Populists and Repub licans fused for pie? N. C, THURSDAY, JULY 22. 1897. TO OUR BUSINESS MEN. Will you Encourage and Sustain the Public Ledger ? We hope eyery business man and bankers, principals of schools, and citizens of Ox ford will ive this article a careful reading. We think it concerns every merchant and every man who does bus- ness in Oxford. We may be mistaken, but we think that Oxford in a business point of ' view would be greatly improved if they would adyertise more liberally in the Public Ledger. Our sub scription list in this and adjoining territory is a good one and the paper j continues to grow in popular favor , with the farmers. We venture to say that there is not a local paper in North Carolina where the farmers and the farmers wiyes read a paper more attentively. The many cor respondents we have all over Gran ville and adjoining connties, which we have taken much pains to get, creates a particular interest in the Public Ledger. We are very thankful for the many compliments we hear all the time of the paper. These compliments come in from Populists as well as Demo crats. Among the best friends the Public Ledger now; has are the Populists who used to pitch into it because we showed up their dema gogue leaders. Editors in other parts of the State have praised the paper time and again, and we thank our brother editors for kind words of praise. Whether we deserve all that is said about us we will not pretend to say, but will say that we think we ought to get more advertising and job printing than we do from the busi ness men of" Oxford, Trade lan guishes if business men do not ad vertise, and if our neighboring towns advertise and Oxford does not it is bound to be to the disadvantage of Oxford. Our opinion is that if eyery business man, banker, schools, law yer and doctor will put .an advertise ment in the Public Ledger it would be an advantage to them aswell as the town. The large number of readers of the paper in the country reading the advertisements would often be induced to come here to trade, who otherwise would go off to Durham, Henderson, Franklinton and Rox boro, or elsewhere to do his or her trading. If the business men of Oxford would give us all their job printing and advertise with us we could often send out many extra copies (which we did some years ago) all over this and adjoining counties. We call on our business men to think this matter over carefully and at least give us a larger amount of their job printing and advertising than they have done in the past. We cannot complain as to our sub scription list, but our price is so low that subscriptions don't pay us un less we get advertisements and job printing. The Public Ledger real ly stands on its merits battling to build up our town and county and has no outside aid to help sustain it. Is it not worthy of your hearty co operation and support? We believe if you will advertise more you will both tielp yourselves and help your town ana nelp suss tain an enterprise unceasing in its efforts to promote the general pros perity of the town and county as well as for good government honest ly and economically admistered. There is no method of advertising now equal to the local paper. Try it faithfully. Successful men eyery where concede the advantages of ad vertising, and many have -made for tunes in that way. For many years the Public Led ger has labored zealously and un tirely amid many disadvantages to push and upbuild any enterprise that would help Oxford or Granville. We feel that our labors have been use ful, at least in some respects, but how can we keep up the paper unless we get local patronage ? Patronage that we formerly obtained from abroad has been practically with drawn from the local papers. We know that the Public Ledger has done thousands of dollars worth of free advertising for the Oxford tobacco market upon which the bed rock of Oxford's prosperity rests. Ours is one of the best markets in the State, and we have published this again and again no doubt to the adyantage of our market. We .don't regret a line of ad vertising we have published free in favor of our market, but we do think while we thus labor in this di rection the warehousemen and busi ness men ought at least come to our support with their advertising and job printing, so that whenever they have got either to give out to pat ronize the Public Ledger, as the continuance of the paper depends on local patronage. -What we say of the tobacco market applies equally to our educational institutions. We have no outside resources on which to depend, and if it is the wish and desire of all classes of our busi ness men to have a first-class week ly paper published in Oxford they will of necessity have to extend a more liberal support to the paper. And if they will encourage us with their advertising and job printing we will give them value received for every cent they expend if possible. We might enlarge this article by showing to our business men, as par aphrased from the Wilmington Messenger, by the paper published in Oxford that the outside world would never discover from it that there was a town of any size or bus ness interests at the place of publi cation. We think this condition of things is to be regretted, and our purpose in calling attention to the business community to it is to sug gest that by a more liberal patron age of their local paper they could upbuild the town and directly con tribute to their own personal inter ests. There is an aggregate indirect advantage to come to the entire community from advertisement of individual enterprises, and this can only be done successfully through the medium of its local paper. If the various merchants, bank, ware housemen, schools and other business men were to make contracts for an advertisement in Public Ledger for one year we could issue a larger and better paper which would draw at tention to the town and county whereyer it went, enlarging our cir culation, and enlarging the useful ness of the Public Ledger which would be of benefit, more than can be counted to Oxford. Yours for Oxford and Granville co., Johst T. Britt Marriage of Mr, Joseph L. Fuller. On Wednesday evening last at 9 o'clock, at the residence of Mr. G.A. Critcher Mr. Joseph L. Fuller, one our coming young business men, and Miss Meta Eistwood, one of the fair daughters of Nash county, were joined together in the holy bonds of matrimony by Rev. M. H. Tuttle. Attendants were: Walter Averett with Lome Roberts, J. L. Garrett with Miss Emily Usry, Pete Bullock with Miss Lillian Turner, R. L. Pool with Miss Mattie Usry. As soon as the ceremony was oyer the wedding party repaired to the home of the groom, Capt. J. W. Ful ler, where an elegant luncheon was served. The editor joins a large number of friends in wishing Mr. and Mrs. Ful ler a long and happy life. Ice Cream Served at the Park. The ladies of the Episcopal church served ice cream and cake at the de Lacroix Cycle Park Wednes day night. Besides the moonlight Japanese lanterns added to the beauty of the surroundings. Be tween 50 and 75 wheelmen were out and the ladies and gentlemen spent a most delightful evening. There were also a large number out in bug gies and carriages. Mr. de Lacroix did all in his power to make the oc casion an enjoyable one and received many thanks for courtesies extended. Money to Burn. A drummer was inaOxford a few days ago, and asked a merchant "what were the steps in front of the Court House built for ? " The mer chant replied, "why to go .up one side, and down on the other, and for loafers to while the weary hours away." well says the travelling man, "I have traveled nearly all over the country and never saw such things in front of a Court House be fore, for the benefit of loafers and tramps. Your county muct haye money to burn." Hates Democrats. QClaude 'Bernard, of Greenville, a frothing at-the-mouthsRepublican must really have pie. He aims high. and wants $4,000 district attorney ship, an office with little work and big pay.. Bernard has a record as hating a Democrat worse than any other man in North Carolina, with, the exception of J. M. Sikes, Clerk of the Superior Court, of Granville, who told a Court House full of ne groes during the last campaign that he prayed for the "Damnation of every Democrat." GOING AND COfllNG RECORD. Those who are On the Go and in the Whirl of Time. " Miss Emma Day left Saturday for Baltimore. Mr. W. C. Reed is on a business trip to England. Ex-Judge Graham was in Wash ington City Friday. Mrs. E. H. Sholer returned Fri day from Nags Head. Rev. W. C. Tyree, of Durham, spent Friday in Oxford. I Mr. Geo. Harrison, of Green ville, is visiting Oxford. Miss Lena Hawks, of Baltimore, is visiting friends in Oxford. Miss Eliza Pool, of Raleigh, is on a visit to Mrs. J. A. Taylor. Miss Emily Usry is on a visit to relatives and friends at Bullock. Miss Fannie Gregory spent ra few days at Stovall the past week. Mr. Cog Hampton, of Hampton, was an Oxford visitor Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. G. Wilson, of Sto yall, were on our streets Wednesday. Mr. Frank Gregory left Wed nesday for a business trip to Enfield. Mrs. C. J. Cooper and children are visiting Mr. Herbert Faucett at Bullock. Miss Belle Cooper is on a visit to her sister, Mis. C. G. Elliott, at Nor folk, Va. Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Ray and son, of Roxboro, are visiting Dr, and Mrs. R. H. Marsh. Mr. E. C. Hackney, of Durham, was in Oxford Wednesday and called at this print shop. Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Ferebee, of Stonewall, are visiting the family of Mr. J. T. Cheatham. Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Bowling re turned Wednesday from a visit to relatives in Durham county. . The charming little Julia Win ston is spending the summer with her grand-mother at Selma. Mr. W. P. Liyon, of Wilton, was numbered among the visitors to the Public Ledger Wednesday. Wade H. Britt returned Thurs day from a pleasant visit to Mr Willie Carrington near Bullock. Mr. R. L. Davie, of Center Grove, yisited Oxford Monday and called to see the Public Ledger. Miss Ethel Dorsey, who has been yisiting Miss Charlotte Britt, return ed to her home in Henderson Friday Mr. Clyde Dunn, one of the handsome young men of Kinston was in Oxford a few days last week Mr. Harvy B. Pool, of Halifax Va., spent a short while with his cousin, Mr, R. L. Pool, the past week Mr. Frank Floyd, of Kaoxville Tenn., is on a visitito his parents near Wilton. He was in Oxford Fri day. Mr. E. W. Jones returned Mon day from a visit to Boydton, Va and his mother accompanied him home. Misses Eva and Annie Cheat ham two of Granvill's fair Maidons will leave to day to visit friends in Shelby. Messrs. N. Y. Gully, of Wake Forest, and T. T. Hicks, of Hender son, were in Oxford Saturday on legal business. Ex-Judge Winston returned from Buffalo Springs Tuesday joining his family who are visiting Oxford Mr. Will Devin, of Greensboro, was in Oxford Friday on a visit to his honored and most highly esteem ed parents, Rev. and. Mrs. R. I. Devin. Mr. Phil Hawkins, one of the very efficient clerks at the Southern depot, has recovered from his recent sickness and returned to his post of duty Friday. Mr. Geo. W. Knott left a few days ago for Kinston where he will enter the tobacco business, and will probably make that thriving town on the Neuse his future home. Prof. Frank Parham, of Mont- pomerv. Ala., is on a visit to the dear old homestead near Oxford. It is a pleasure to the editor to know he is prospering in his new home. Mrs. Susan 'Williams, who now lives in Richmond, has rented the Meadows House and will return with her family to her old home, Oxford. The many friends of the family will welcome their return. The Public Ledger received a pleasant visit from Mr. J. W. Mor ton, ot Satterwhite, Tuesday. He is one of the substantial and progres sive farmers of Northern Granville, and belieyes in raising everything at home. .00 PER ANNUM. Mrs. Ed White and children left Friday to spend some time at Chase City. The following farmers were in Oxford Saturday: Messrs, W. H. Washington, James Parrott and M. L. Winston, of Dutchville; W. A. Blackley, of Wilton; S. T. and A. J. Dickerson, of Fishing Creek; B. F. Hester, of Walnut Grove; Claude Cheatham and A. C. Parham, of near Oxford. Regards it as Dead. Tom Watson evidently regards the People's paity as dead, for in a recent issue of his paper he said: "In the breaking up of the People's party, which Mr. Butler has done so much to bring about, many other old-time Republicans will be found doing just what Dunning did. If we cannot ar rest the falling to pieces of our party, those who were once Democrats will be Democrats again, and those who were Republicans will be Republic cans again. Fusion is dissolving Populism back into its original ele ments." Of Course There Will Be. The Pittsboro Record says: We have been asked the question wheth er or not there would be any schools in those townships which vote against this special tax ? Of course there would be, and just the same as heretofore. The object of this elec tion is not to take away any school cr decrease their length, but to let the people vott an exti a tax so as to have longer terms for their schools. And if any township votes for this special tax, it cannot be repealed for three years, but must be levied and paid in that township every year for three years. "Last summer one of our grad-children was sick with a severe bowel truble," says Mrs. E. G. Gregory, of Frederickstown, Mo. "Our doctor's remedies, had failed, then we tried Chamberlains's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, which gave very speedy relief." For sale by J. G. Hall. Vegetables for sale at the Rectory for benefit of the iiuildinsc Fund of 8t. Ste phen's (Episcopal) Church. july 15 2t. Pie for the Ring. Rev. J. A. Fuller, one of the political colored preachers and henchman of the Court House ring dominated over by negro Bill Roys ter, and Robt. L. Sikes are the ones designated to make out the taxlist of Granville county. Fuller is a mem ber of the political board of educa tion of the county, and is down on the slate for pie. The question now arises will they be able to get the work done in the time specified by law, make out the book and turn it over to the sheriff. Why don't they distribute the pie around to some of the faithful outside of the members of the Court House ring ? Lyman A. Cotten while at the Horner School, Oxford, N. C, won his appoint ment to Annapolis in competitive exami nation. He stands among the first in a large class in which are many college graduates. Negro Messengers Discharged. Raleigh correspondent Charlotte Observer says: Of the capitol offi cials, it has been asserted that only the Secretary of State was so bold " as to appoint his own negro messen- w . j! a i- ger. It was saia mat some myste rious power caused the appointment of the messengers in the other de partments, and ousted the faithful fellows who had been there so long. Father Worth gave out this fiery story and figuratively wept as it was told. But the Secretasy of State is more prosaic, and says that each man appointed his own messenger; that there was no secret power at all. The new men were simply Re publican workers that is all, and were put in the places of other col ored Republicans. Absolute! Pure. Celebrated for ita great leavening strength and healthfulness. Assures the food against alum and all forms of adulteration common to the cheap brands. ROYAL BA KING POWDER CO., NEW YOBJt mm ,Lfu
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