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' J""1' ' T -iimniil ImHiiiHlMim ,M jg r, M .- J. .nr..inrr- . . r-"-ir Willi-- - - -.-mm. i , j. - wirwmm iimiMirn mimi, ...n-,,, jl, . ......... -..,- ... .,.,..- rn, rf , , . Yr-u:"iirrrri'ini- r -t T,rm- niimi 1 n niiiiiiMim ii iirinam. i ,.,.. SiF OH TIP. IT fT TC TH TT TT3 TTft - E 4 Wl,LTMEX-NO 4-2. OXFORD, N. C, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1897. S1.00 PF.R ANNTTAT. - ! Shake ! Y. , , shake Jack Frost or Jack Frost shake letter be ready for him 7 are so manv reas v -ou should buy winter r.ow rather than wait. :::e selection, one is the cr.c is the necessity of :wu:v for winter. You 0:v : pr:: bcir. se things. You must be hi- : fivr.: true v. : look at our Ten Dollar ey Overcoat. Tailored to finish, si 5 is its Dress Overcoats at 5; -;'-.t'.y and warm. Y:. tr.anincent line of nobby Br O.ive, Havana and other sua s of Cheviot, Cassimere Worsted Suits are pretty bev;:"..: compare, prices posi- x-S.y low while quality and fit is ;"e:.ect. should remember we are outrr.ers of Men and Boys. Shvc-, Hats, Furnishinjrs. KRONHEIMER'S, Granville's Clothier. OXFORD, N. 0. Pure Drugs, Medicines, Chemicals, Perfumery, Toilet Artices, Etc. We keep in stock all Maril Patent Mm poni'- , Chamoise Skins, Truss es, upporters and Shoulder Unices, Package Dyes and Dye Stuffs. BICYCLES ! The bet for the least mouev. They are guaranteed for twelve moLtLs, which is as long1 as you ?et a . aarantee for even where you p ,y two or three times as much. If you want the worth of your money in a wheel be sure to call before buying. Cull and see us. Your patron a?e i always appreciated, and no Clatter how small your purchases you in iv rest assured it will be ur 'uutant aim to sell you the tat '-.'"."Is that can be obtained and at reasonable prices. J. D. Brooks TO THE Front Again ! the fire I can be found acrfJ the street from my old sta"'', i:i Ilerndon Block No. 4. I Call Your Especial Attention To Many Bargains ! Too tut o am no . :i:any to mention now, and see for yourself. I ettinr in position to serve y-,u as before and will )0rk hirder than ever, so don't uy you see me for I will not undersold. Your friend, J. D. Brooks. LOTS OF NEWS Freshly Gathered, Tersely Put and Interesting in Substance. Read executors sale in another column. Rev. A. S.Caldwell preached ir Clarksville Sunday. Dr. James Powell has another young druggist at his home. Major James A. Bullock, of Bul lock, was on cur streets Wednesday. Mr. R. Broughton is building an oyster saloon in the rear of his bar room. Mr. A. A. Hicks is adding an other room to his residence on Col lege street Mr. H. M. Shaw is making some improvements to his residence on Rectory Street. Ti.e frort Cf J. D. Brinkley's Photograph Emporium, on Main street, has been repainted. Read the change in the adver tisement of Unc'e Hub Cozirt, Pro prietor of Center Warehouse, Dur ham. That noble christian gentleman, Rev. J. A. Stradley.who has been on the sick list for some days, we are very glad to know is improving. Mr. S. H. Smith and Mr. John Beasley, the bicycle dealer and bicy cle repairer, are low located next door to the Public Ledger office. The dust is now declared off and water has taken its place, along with a small amount of mud. The rains met with a hearty welcome by eyery body. Lee Caviness, of Tally Ho rolled in Friday with a load of tobacco and sold at the Johnson Warehouse and pocketed $G, 13, 26i, 40, 9, 5i. His load netted him $104 05. The State Fair was opened Tuess day by a short speech from Criminal Pardoner Russell, and if the rains do not continue a large number of our people will take it in. Messrs. W. E. Massenburg and Gus Hobgood have opened a hog bead manufacture at the old depot. They are energetic young men and we wish, them much success. The White Republicans are laughing at the negro convention called to meet in Raleigh November 3d to protest against the marvellous ly unequal division of "pie." How strange 1 We-did see a single wheel slipping along our streets yesterday. Col. Water had them resting up as they had been on constant duty for several months. While Master James Renn was cutting some wood Tuesday after noon the axe glanced and cut the top of his foot, inflicting a painful wound, but he is standing it like a little soldier. Chas. A. Dana, one of the ablest editors in America, died at his home in New York Monday. Under his leadership the New York Sun was the best newspaper in the country, but he had no use for the South. The many friends of Mrs. J. H. Horner will be glad to know that she is rapidly recovering from the painful injury she received some weeks ago that of accidentally fall ing and breaking one of her wrist. Louis Hunt, an industrious col ored farmer near Oxford, was in town Friday, and his horse became frightened, ran away and turned oyer the wagon hurting him about the head right badly but not seri ously. Ha! ha ! ! ha ! ! ! it makes us laugh to see how some of our good peo ple will be gulled by the slick, oily tongue of a strange, but if a home man ventured to have done as much, he would have been really the smallest potatoe in the hill. Mr. R. C. Woodlief, of Franklin county, paid Oxford a visit Thursday and called at this print shop, and showed the editor a piece of Nassau bacon that he drew as a part of his rations in the army of Northern Vir ginia on the 4th day of May, 1864. Rev. Dr. Talmage says: "No power on earth is so strong to build up a town as a newspaper well pat ronized and its power should be ap preciated." Newspapers build up a town in innumerable way chiefly, perhaps, by building up the enter prising trade establishments, which are the pillars of a town's "material and substantial development. The Bank of Louisburg closed its doors Tuesday, It was run by Capt. W. P. Webb with a branch at Nashville. What is the matter with the banks anyhow ? Two others re cently failed in Ashville, hut most of the reports published by the dif ferent banks make a good showing. The Bank of Granville we are sure is solid as a rock and will make a fine showing when they publish their report. Why is it some of our business men prefer to extend their patron age to those who never say a word in the behalf of Oxford, or strive to build up the town Is not the Pub lic Ledger worthy of your patron age ? It never ceases in its labors to build up the trade of Oxford, and is justly entitled to all the patron age you can bestow upon it, as in the years gone by it has contributed thousands of dollars worth of adver tising tohelp build up the best to bacco market in the State. FOR SALE One muJe 4 yeais old. Guaranteed to be sound and work any where. Apply to W. B DIXON, oct.21pd. Tar River. N. 0. THE TOBACCO RUSH. Oxford the Great Center of Heavy Breaks. For more than a week Oxford has been the great center which the farmers haye gathc ed around, and our warehouses h. e had heavy breaks of tobacco, and prices haye been good, common grades selling especially high. What little good tobacco rolls in is gobbled up at high figures. It is the general opinion that theie is but little real fine to bacco in the snort crop in this terri" tory, and when our buyers get a chance at same it sells high. Tuesday was the monster day and the town was overrun with the weed, and the sales continued until Satur day 12 o'clock. Every one we saw was pleased with prices. It was nip and tuck between the Farmers and the Meadows warehouses as to the largest breaks, but Hunt & Williams bore off the palm with 499 piles to the Meadows' 446. The Farmers could not accommodate all who came and lost several loads that went to other houses as they had the first sale. The Minor, Banner and Johnson were along with the band wagon and were full also and fought gallantly for high prices for their customers. The best grades sold for from $S to $40 Tuesday, while common stood at from $2 to $7 and many a dollar was chucked down in "my inside pocket don't you know." Tuesday was another hummer and the break was so large that it had to be concluded Wednesday morning, and the cry is still the tobacco comes to Oxford to be sold. The prices are holding up well and we truly hope they will climb higher and higher as the money is badly needed Dy our farmers. Jurors for November Term of Court. Tne following is the list of jurors drawn by the county commissioners to serve at the next term of Gran ville Superior Court: First week. Ira C. Wilkins, H. Terry, K. T. Brogden, Joseph Wat kins, Hurbert Gregory, W. N. Hicks, W. L. Puryear, I. J. Young, James Currin, C. F. Freeman, R. B. Arring ton, J. F. White, W. H. Daniel, G. S. Latta, R. B. Longmire, John Johnson, R. M. Hight, G. W. New ton, Sol O'Brein, Dock Downey, Woodson Cooper, Walter Brandon, John Bullock, J. E. Jones, C. J. Ad cock, Joseph Robards, Wesley C. Cooper, Henry William?, Li. H. Moss, Aron Parham, G. T. Foster, R. O. Smith, Robt. Meadows, J. H. Lyon, J. H. Bowling, J. W. Wheeler. Second week. A. S. Haswell, J. C. Hicks, A. S. Wilkins, C. D. Currin, J. W. Lawrence, C. F. Currin, T. W. Pitchford, W. H. Hall, J. L. Parham, Sao Littlejohn, Cannon Johnson, E. A. Hunt, L. C. Wilkerson, C. A. Yancey, W. H. Lyon, R. A. Loyd, Jack Hicks, T. B. Daniel. Among the list is quite a number of colored men. Glad to See It. The editor was glad to see in the columns of the Public ledger in the last issue the names of a few Aims in Oxford that had been telling hint that advertising did not do them any good. But it is a fact it took an en tire stranger to them to make them tumble to the racket and shell out tlie spot cash for a write-up of their bus iness. We wf ited our mercliaats get all the benefit thy could out oi' the write-up and in o der to keep the work from being le in another city we published in the regular edition of the Public Ledger, along with 1,275 extra copies, without mak ng a cent of profit. If the amount paid out by our merchants had been given straight out to their county papei it would have helped out the medium that never ceases in its work to build up the town. Protracted Meeting. Rev. M. H, Tuttle commenced a protracted meeting at the Methodist church Sunday morning and the building was packed Sunday night and a large number could not get in. The singing wa led Sunday by that splendid singer. Mr. Thos. Williams, of Durham, who possesses one of the finest voices in the State. Rev. Mr. Nash, the able pastor of one of the churches in Wilmington, is assisting Rev. Mr. Tuttle in the work, and is giv ing our people the benefit of good gospel sermons. Much interest is manifested in the meeting and will be continued throughout the week. J. W. Denmark says the Farm ers' Alliance is reviving and that three new Alliances have quite late ly been formed in Wake. Once the Alliance was a great power in that district. It elected Strowd to Con gress. Years ago the Knights of Labor were a power and elected John Nichols to Congress. It isf now an order wmcn is but a memory in North Carolina. A few weeks ago the editor was taken with a very severe cold that caused him to be in a most miserable condition. It was undoubtedly a bad case of la grippe and recognizing it as dangerous he took imme- diate steps to bring about a speedy cure. For the advertisement of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and the many good recom mendations included therein, we concluded to make a first trial of the medicine. To say that it was satisfactory in its results, is putting it very mildly, indeed. It acted like magic and the result was a speedy and permanant cure. We have no hesitancy in recommending the exce'lent Cough Reme dy to anyone afflicted with a cough or cold in any form. The Banner of Liberty, Libertytown, Maryland. The 25 and 50 cent sizes for sale by J. G. Hall. "WANTED To rent a piano. Apply to Mbs. Value Page; Grjsen, oa-7-2c. Oxford, N. 0. 7 - ; - ' ' . : STRANGER IN OXFORD. Raised in i5 miles of Town and visited it the First Time Thursday. A large number of our people last Thursday had the pleasure of meet ing for the first time in Oxford Mr. S. E. Evans, of Brassfield township, Granville county. He was quite a nice looking old gentleman of sixty five summers, with bright eyes, open countenance and quite talkative. He said it was his first to his county town, although he was raised within 15 miles of Oxford and was 65 years old. - We soon found that he loved to talk about the war, and learned that he was in Stonewall Jackson's army and served throughout the war. He related many incidents of the bloody conflict. He said he had heard a great deal about Oxford and in his defining years concluded he would visit the place one time for luck and see what kind of a town it" was. He had been all around when we struck him, and he said the Court House, stores and warehouses were nice houses, and Oxford must be a good town as the people seemed powerful glad to see him. He evidently had neyer heard the wail of demagogue and calamity howler as he felt perfectly satified at home as he made everything at home to eat and to wear and did not have to go about but little. Go to Frank linton about once a month with eggs and chickens and exchange them for sugar and coffee. "In fact," said he "I have not bought anything to eat or clothing since the war, and had never drank a drop of liquor that he knew of." He also informed us that he had not been to Henderson, only ten miles from his home, since the war, Said he belonged to Captain Abner Peace's company, 23rd Regi ment, and spoke in the highest terms of the Captain. Mr. Smith after spendiner 5 or 6 hours in Oxford sight seeing left for his home in the best of humor and delighted with his visit. Home Wedding. The marriage of Miss Emily Usry, the pretty daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Usry, to Mr. Herbert Gordon, of Clarksville, Va., took place in the parlor of their splended home on the corner of College street and Penn Avenue at 11:30 o'clock Wednesday, witnessed by the family and a few friends. Rey. M. H. Tuttle perform ed the ceremony. Miss Jul ,a Usry, the youngest sister of the bride played the wedding march. There were no attendants. The parlor was hand somely decorated with flowers and rare plants, and the scene was a beautiful one. The presents were handsome and useful. The groom is a promising young business man of Clarksville, va., and is to be congratulated on win ning so fair a bride. Shortly aftbr the ceremony the newly wedded pair left on O & C. train for Clarksville, Va., followed by the best wishes of a host of friends. Died Sunday Last. Mr. Banister Royster, a fine look ing young man of Northern Gran ville. died at the home of his mother at Bullock Sunday afternoon after a lingering illness with typhoid feyer in the 26th year of his age. He was well known in the section which he lived, and Clarksville and Oxford He was engaged in the warehouse business in Clarksville, and had other interest of a paying nature. The funeral took place at Bullock on Monday afternoon and attended by a large number of relatives and friends. He leayes a mother, sisters and brother to mourn his early death just in the bloom of manhood, and to them we offer our condolence in this the sad hour of grief. Boy Shot Cowardly Act. Monday night about 9 o'clock some one went to the house of Mollie Henderson,-colored, near Minor Ware house, and asked for another woman; was told that she did not live there, and then without proyocation, it is said, deliberately shot a ball through the door. A woman named Lewis and her small son, Charley, lived there, and the boy was sitting on a line with the door with his legs cros sed and the ball entered the bottom of his raised foot going not quite through. Dr. B. K. Hays was called in cut the ball out, and the boy is doing very well so far. This was a bold bad act on the part of some unknown person, and it is to be hoped the guilty party will be found out. A Klondike in Oxford. Messrs. Hawkins Bros, two nice looking and energetic young gentle men, of Fayetteville, have rented the old Jas. T. Hunt store from Dr.E. T. White on Main street, and are quite busy having it put in good shape preparatory to opening an ex tensiye stock of dry goods, notions, shoes, novelties, etc. They propose to give the people the benefit of low prices and deal in bargain winners. They believe in printers ink and will be heard from next week through the columns of the Public Ledger, so look out for the Klondike if you want your silver wheels to go a long ways in buying goods. OXFORD TELEPHONE EXCHANGE. Notice On and after Oct. 15th, 1897, a toll of 25 cents will be charged to sub scribers for Warrenton connection. Non subscribers can get service at Central Office. Hugh L. Skinne, Superintendent. Don't fail to attend the great fire sale now in progress at CKENSHAW'3. THE BIG FIRE IN DURHAM. Seven Prize Houses and 8 Dwellings. 3,500,000 Lbs of Tobacco Burned. On the 14th Durham was visited by the most destiuctive fire in its history. Seven four story wooden prize houses filled with tobacco, and eight dwellings went up in smoke in two hours. At one time the mam moth Duke Cigarette Factory was in great danger. The fire originated at 11 o'clock in the day in the roof of a building owned by H. J. Bass &Co., and spread rapidly enveloping the whole block. At 12 o'clock assistance was tele graph for Raleigh and a special fire men's train was sent out by South ern half hour later, and when they arrived the fire was under control. The principal loss was sustained by American Tobacco Co., $125,000 with $9o,000 insurance. The other losses and insurances were as fol lows: L. W. Wise five dwelHners, insu rance $2,345, valued at $3,000. W. Duke one prize house insured for $1,500, valued at $2,000. H. J. Bass & Co. stock of tobacco insured for $6,000 yalued at $10,000. W. T. Carrinerton stock of tobacco insured for $21,000,yalued at $35,000. George W. Watts two prize houses insured for $6,000, valued at $7,500. B. L. Duke two prize houses and two dwellings houses, insured for $9,94S, valued at $12,000. H. J. Bass & Co., office furniture and stables, insured for $400, yalued at $600. Manning & Morgan one prize house insured for $,500, valued at $5,000. W. Duke one dwelling house in sured for $1,000, valued at $1,500. Blackwell Durham Tobacco Co., stock of tobacco insured for $21,000, valued at $35,000. Estate of W. D. Newton one prize house insured for $1,500, valued at $2,500. James Newton two dwellings val ued $2,500, no insurance. Total loss $241 000, total insurance $196,293. 3,500,000 pounds of to bacco wera burned. The Douglas Shoe. A great many men throughout the country, including plenty of really swell fellows, haye got it into their heads, rightly or wrongly and we are by no means sura that it isn't rightly that there is no reason why any man should pay more than $3 to $5 for a pair of shoes, and to say the least, the idea has this fonn dation in reason, that excellent shoes are now made for $3. To pay $8 to $12 for a pair of shoes is simply throwing away money, and in many cases this is done to gratify a mista ken notion that none hut your favor ite shoemaker is worthy to adorn your feet. The recent improvements in shoe machinery make it possible as shown by the well known W. L. Douglass $3 shoe, to produce a shoe to-day that will compare favorably in style, wearing qualities and com fort with those offered at $6.00, $8.00 and $10.00 per pair. See the ad vertisement of the W. L. Douglas shoes which appears elsewhere in this issue. The regular meeting of the members or tne .Farmers Mutual i ire Association is to be held nxt Tuesday, October 26th, at Oxford. It is earnestly requested that every member attend the meeting as bns- tnesj 01 importance will be transacted. By order of the President. C J. COOPER, Sec'y and Treas. Oxford, N. C, Oct. 18, 1S97. Colers Coils. (Orange County.) Farmers are very busy just now sowing wheat and oats. The ground 1 11 - . . . is so ary ana nara tney are making slow progress. We regret to learn that Mr. Chas. B. Coleman is right sick. Charlie is a jolly good fellow, we hope he will soon be well. Mr. Lawrence N. Kenion snont last week in Burlinerton visitinc rI.- tiyes. Uncle "Larry" we hope you 1J1 1 A naa a pieasant time. The fourth auarterlv meeting fnr this ("the Hillsboro circuit was hld at Cedar Grove last Satnrdav nH Sunday by Rev. J. A. Cuningim. rt 11. . tie preacnea two excellent sermons. Married at the residence of the brides father on Wednesday 13, Mr. Samuel W. Wilson, by Rey. H. S. Bradshaw. The contracting parties T7ere Mr. Thomas E. Roberts, one of jittle Kivers most prosperous farm ers, to Miss Edna Wilson. Immedi ately after the nuptial knot was tied Mr. and Mrs. Roberts went home where a sumptuous supper had been prepared. We extend our congratu lations and "three cheers for Uncle Tommie." Joab. Those who believe chronic diarrhoea to be incurable should read what Mr. P. E. Grisham, of Gaars Mills, La. has to savon the subject, viz.: "I have been a sufferer from chronic diarrhoea ever Mnce the war and have tried all kinds of medicines for it. At last I found a remedy that effected a cure and that was Chamberlain's Col:c, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy." This medicine can always be depended upon for colic, cholera morbus, dysentery and diar rhoea, it is pleasant to take and never fails to effect a cure. 25 and 50 cent sizes lor sale by J. Lr. hi all. WANTED To sell in the next 10 days a pair of good bay horses 5 or 6 years old, well mated and nne style; one light open bujrgy, good as new; one light buggy pole and good set driving hauess; one second hand Colt's double-barrel breech loadine 12 bore gun, coi $65. If you want a bar gain rrake me an offer. oct.21. S. H.SMITH. 1 1 um.ini.uiiii.paiigH.iuui' .j immiwimii n hiihiiii!miiii.wii.iii TTinrrrT-H-- T" OF A PERSONAL NATURE. A Great Deal is Included Under This Head See for Yourself. Mr. J. M. Sikes was in Raleigh Wednesday. Mr. W. E. Gary, of Henderson, was on onr streets Friday. Mr. R. E. Rogers, of Mt. Energy, dropped in to see us Tuesday. Mrs. George Cheatham, of Wat kins, was on our streets Friday. Mrs. T. H. Jones returned Tues day from a visit to Blackstone, Va. Mr. Roy Badgett is on a visit to his brother in Chesterfield county, Va. Mr. Amos Dean and daughter. of Wakefield, visited our town Fri day. Mr. W. J. Rogers and two bright sons, of Mt. Energy, were in Oxford r riday. Mr. and Mrs. James Bradsher, of Shady Grove, were in town Sat urday. The venerable Dr. Jack Booth, of Tally Ho, was on our streets Tuesday. The accomplished Miss Grace Wilson, of Stovall, graced our streets Saturday. Mr. and Mrs.. Chas. York, of Grissom, were in town a short time Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. D. G. Crews, of Tar River, were in Oxford Saturday shopping. Mr. E. C. Averett, of Danville, Va., took m oar break of tobacco Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. R. V. Wade and Misses Webb, of Stem, were in Ox ford Friday. Mr. J. T. Ragan, of Youngsville spent Sunday and Monday with his family in Oxford. Miss Burwell, of Vance, was the guest of Miss Lula Biggs, several days the past week. Mr. Graham Royster and Miss Edmondson, oi Buchanan, were on our streets Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Chapman, now of Ridgeway, were in Oxford a few days the past week. Mi. C. F. Kingsbury was in town a few days during the week. He is now a knight of the grip. Mr. T. T, Bobbitt, of Baltimore, spent Sunday and Monday with his mother and sister in Oxford. Dr. A. S. Atwater, of Knap of Reeds, was in town Iriday and call ed on business at this office. Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Gooch, of Hester, visited Oxford Thursday and honored the editor with a visit. Mrs. Judge Winston, of Dur ham, visited her mother, Mrs. J. H. Horner a few days the past week. We had the pleasure of grasp ing the warm hand of our old friend E. T. lork, of Grissom, in Oxford Tuesday. The attractive Miss Lucy Far rabow,Mr. and Mrs. W. Farrabow.of Stem, were on our streets a few hours Saturday. Mrs. Andrew Bryan, of Tennes see, who has been on a visit to Mr. and Mrs. D. T. Cheatham, returned to her home Saturday. Dr. John Sweaney, of Leaks ville, was in Oxford a few days the past week. We were glad to learn from him that he was doing well m his new home. Mr. J. C. Patterson and family, of Boston, Mass., arriyed in Oxford Saturday to spend the winter. They are now the guests of Dr. and Mrs. G. A. Coggeshall. Mr. G. A. Critcher has returned to Oxford and located in the old Lynch Jewelry Store, on Main St., and would be glad to serve those in need of his services. . Mrs. Jennie Cary and nephew, G. Thomasson, and Miss Lucy Stem and Mr. H. R. Stem, all of Stem, were in Oxford shopping Saturday and visited this ofhee. Mr. W. A. Malone and his pret ty and accomplished daughter, Miss Cora, of Moriah, Person county, were in Oxford shopping Saturday and called on the Public Ledger. Mr. and Mrs. O. M. Royster, of Hickory, who are on a visit to Mr. Graham Royster, near Buchanan, spent a few hours in Oxford Thurs day to the great pleasure of their old friends. Our esteemed friends, Milton Blalock and W. A. Daniel, of Berea, and R. W. Hobgood, of Sunset, were on our streets a short time Friday and found their way to the Public Ledger office. Miss Eva Whitfield, accompan ied by the little Misses Whitfield, hid their manv friends in Oxford good bye Saturday, and left for Greenville where they will make their futurehome. Messrs. W. H. Parrott, of Vance; Y. Allen, of Grissom; R. J. Woody, of Stovall; Spencer O'Brien, of Berea; were among tne visitors to Oxford Thursday, and paid their re spects to tne ruBLic ijedgek. rvl TK. S. Rovster. is one of the counsel for the railroad commission ;r foioni-anh cfisfl. and has been in Raleigh several days looking after the matter. It is a pleasure to the editor to know that he is rising so . .a A 3 - rapidly in his proression, ana gam ing a State reputation. . Royal mates fie food pare, wholesome and delicious. POlTOEii Absolutely Puro ROYAL BAKING POWBER CO., NEW VORK. Mr. Charley Joues, of Kinston. spent Sunday in Oxford with his brother, W. W. Jones. Prof, and Mrs. A. Baker, of Fairport, were in Oxford a few hours Thursday. Messrs. R. Broughton and Jack Carroll left for Richmond Wednes day to spend a few days. Capt. A. S. Webb, of Warren county, spent several days the past week in Oxford visiting his daughter Mrs. J. N. Fuller. Messrs. H. O. Furman, J. A. Taylor and R. P. Taylor, successful commercial tourist, spend nearly every Sunday with their families in Oxford. The familiar figure of our highly esteemed friend, Capt. John A. Wil liams, is again seen on our streets. He has almost recovered from his recent sickness. Mrs. Julia Strong Gordon, of Columbus, Miss., is on a visit to Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Hunt and hr father-in-law, Major Gordon. We feel sure that Mrs. Gordon's visit to Oxford will be a pleasant one. Mr. W. A. Hoberood, a thrifty young farmer of the Moriah section, Person county, was in our town Friday, and called and subscribed to the Public Ledger. He said he was like a host of Granville people, could not do without the paper. Mr. R. J. Daniel, who is now at Northside for awhile, passed through Oxford Saturday on his way home at Berea, and we had the pleasure of meeting him in our office. He said he had to go up and look after bach elor John as he did not have back bone enough to ask some matured lady to share his joys and sorrows in this life. Cannady Cracking. Miss Allie Pool, of Henderson, spent the second Sunday m this sec tion. The protracted dry weather has dried up nearly all of the streams so that all of the mills haye had to stop grinding. Miss Julia Bragg who has been spending some time with Misses Melissa and Annie Brummitt has re turned home. The public school in this district is being taught by Mr. Joe Peace Jinkins, of Grove Hill section. From what we have heard, we suppose he is a very good teacher. The protracted meeting which commenced at Gray Rock the first Sunday m this mouth was a very good one. Rev. Mr." Perry was as sisted by Rev. Mr. Tuttle, of Oxford, who preached some very able ser mons. Blue Eves. W.L. DOUGLAS CLI f C Best in 3d OnUC the World. For 14 years this shoe, by merit alone, has distanced all competitors. W. L. Douglas S3.0, 84. OO and SS.OO shoes are the productions of skilled workmen, from the best material nssihle at these prices. Also SS.SO and Ktt.OO shoes for men. $8.50, SS.OO and tgil.?. for boys and youth. W. L. Douglas shoes are Indorsed by over l.ftu.ouo wearers as the best in style, fit and durability of any shoe ever offered at the jirlces. They are made in all the latest shapes and styles, aud of every vari ety of leather. If dealer cannot supply you, write for cata logue to W. L. Douglas, Brockton, Mass. bold by Rawlins Dry Goods and Shoe Co., OXFORD, N. C. Y VV. GRAHAM, Attorney at Law, OXFORD. N. C. Practices in State ard Federal Courts. All business entrusted to my care will be promptly Attended to. j u ; vsy . mm. -CN
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