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I Oxford is a Hum- mer as a Tobacco 1 Market and a Trade I Center, Push the Town Along, Support Her Industries and Read the Public Ledger. PU 'D ( VOLUME Xll NO 6 OXFORD, N. C, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23. 1899. $1.00 PER ANNUM. i & (1 8 arance 6 Beginning: FEB. 1 ST We will offer to the people of Oxford and vicinity our en tire line of Clothing for Men l Boys' Wear, OVERCOATS, UiNDER WEAll, HATS, CAPS, SHOES, SHIRTS, COL. LARS AND CUFFS, NECKWEAR, HAND KERCHIEFS, GLOVES, HOSIERY, SUSPEND ERS, Vc, AX COST FOR s Unl After the expiration of that time the special sale will cease. The reason for this unusual of fer is to reduce our entire stock preparatory to adding another department to our business this year, of which you will be notified. This is the greatest opportunity ever offered in Oxford, as our stock consists entirely of reliable merchandise suited to the wants of our people This is a money saving chance and we advise you to come early. We have anything you want in the wearing line and you will have the rare chance of buying ;tl cost. This means that much of the stock must go to make loom for our change we are to make. B. F. KRONHEIMER, Granville's Clothier. So FEBRUARY PARAGRAPHS. SHORT-STOPS IN THE LOCAL LINE Gathered and Condensed for the Eye of the Reader. How many will go in for honest denial during Lent ? Rubbers are one's soles' salva tion these days of mud. Some people are only sorry once and that is for all time. The well of Mr. John Paris caved in on Saturday afternoon. Talent teaches us what to do tact tells us what not to do. Have faith in yourself if you wish the world to believe in you. How many New Year's resolu tions are in a good state of preser vation vet ? The woman nrfr bies?d with babies always knows the most about the correct way to bring them up. Mr. Jerome Day has gone to the progressive town of Winston to learn the jewelry business under Mr. Fred Day. Don't go to your relatives for sympathy or pecuniary assistance. Strangers are universally more reli able. Monday about 12 o'clock the kitchen room of Mrs. Hunter caught fire and was put out with but little damage. With what ease we can point out the defects and imperfections in our neighbors and others, and how diffi cult it is to discoyer them in our selves. The great weight of the snow last week wrecked the large River side tobacco warehouse at Louiss burg- The damage amounts to some $10,000. Little Mamie, the oldest daugh ter of General and Mrs. B. S, Roys ter, who has been quite sick the past week with pneumonia, is rapidly im proving. Hugh McLean, Esq., of Harnett county, one of the noted twin broth ers, died on the 9ch inst in the 90th year of his age. His brother sur vives him. Mr. Louis de LaCroix has 10 Jersey Cows for sale with young calves from $15 up. Now is your time to buy a fresh milch cow if you need one, The wife of Rufus Garrett, one of our worthy colored citizens, died on Sunday morning after a linger ing illness. The burial took place Monday afternoon. Married at the Osborn House by Rev. W. T. Walker, Feb. 10th, Mr. E. E. Rainey and Miss Lucy Hazle wood, both of Lunenburg county, Va. It was a runaway match. A boiler to the cook-range in the residence of Mr. J. D. Cooper at Hen derson bursted on the 15th inst, tear ing off the corner of the cook room, and came near killing the cook. The charming and accommoda ting Miss Carrie Skinner, of the Tel ephone Exchange, is confined at home with the gripp, and wish her a rapid recoyery. Miss Fannie Greg ory is acting in her place. A museum curiosity now exhibi ting has three well developed legs. He is said to be particularly content ed and goodsnatured. Here's a hint to lots of people we know with only two legs to do less kicking. W. E. Clark and a party of three or four, all residents of East Dur ham, went out in the neighborhood of Fairntosh Friday on a rabbit hunt and returned that night with 75 they had killed during the day says the Durham Sun. Mr. Roy Curnn informs the ed itoi that 75 rabbitts were killed on his plantation last Friday. Talk about rabbitts, the Durham Sun says that a wagon from Chatham county reached that city a few days ago containing over 1,000 "old hares." Mr. Joe Turner and Miss Alice Longmire walked quietly down Wednesday night to the residence of Rev. Kenneth Holmes and he made them one. They took their friends by surprise, but wish them much happiness through the journey of life. Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning our streets were crowded with our farmer friends who were here selling tobacco. Our ware houses had large breaks of tobacco, and prices were high as our buyers were anxious for the weed to fill or ders. To the great pleasure of the Episcopal congregation Bishop Hor ner occupied the pulpit of that church on Sunday morning. His sermon was one of the ablest we ever heard this distinguished divine deliver, receiving the strictest at" tention from the intelligent congre gation. Miss Mary Bell Gregory will leaye Monday for Baltimore to purchase a spring stock of Millinery having de. cided to open an up to date millinery store in Oxford. She is an energetic young lady and well equipped for the business, and will be prepared to suit the taste of the most fastidi. ous. Bableu'8 Arnica pialve. The Best Salve in the world for Cuts Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt llheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and posi tively cures Piles, or no pay required. It taari tn irlvn rrtct satisfaction or money refunded. Price 25 cents per I When you get ready to garden bear in mind that you can get them at Hall's drug store. The weather was so cold in Kan sas last week that a prisoner who broke out of jail oyer night came back to keep trom freezing. Col. C. M. Rogers haying resign ed as a magistrate Clerk J. G. Hunt appointed Mr. J. K. Wood to fill the vacancy. A good appointment M. F. Adcock, near Creedmoor, offers for sale several milch cows, with young calves. Will exchange for beeves, but prefers to sell out right. There is no fun in selling papers unless you can get pay for them, and if you fail to receive the Public Ledger don't let it fool you that the paper is not printed. Greensboro aldermen haye pass ed a curfew ordinance. Children under 10 are prohibited from being on the streets at night unleps ac companied by parents or guardians. Secretary of War Alger was hiss ed as he rode through the streets of Boston Friday. "Yah, yah ! Beef, beef, beef !" jeered the crowd. For the Hub to give anything the prefer ence to beans is phenominal. The meanest thief on record has turned up or rather hasn't turned up in Battle Creek, Mich. He broke into the house of a colored man who had died during the day and stole the suit of clothes he was to be buried in. The Board of Supervisors of Fishing Creek will meet at Clay sta tion Saturday, March 4th, at 10 o'clock a. m., and magistrates and overseers are requested to be there and report their roads, or be dealt with according to law. W. A. Par ham, Sr., Chairman. Messrs. W. A. McFarland and Charley Howard, two iiye, energetic young men haye purchased the Ful ler stock of goods at Berea, and will continue the business They are honorable and popular young men, and Public Ledger wishes them un bounded success. -The Henry County Weekly says that at Anna, Illinois (Illinois, mind you) one day last week, a negro man had to swim a riyer and run G miles to escape a mob of infuriated white men with an assortment of ropes. The refugee hadn't done a thing, either, except to attempt to fasten his citzenship there. We call the attention of our nu merous readers to the change in the advertisement of J. K. Wood, the low price furniture man of Hillsboro street. If you want a nice baby car riage to ride the little darling around in he will sell you one low down. A new lot furniture just in, and if you contemplate buying call and get his prices. His undertaking department is stocked with handsome caskets and coffins, and all orders filled on short notice. Scotland Neck correspondent of Richmond Dispatch of the 17th says: The alarm of fire was given at Hotel Lawrence yesterday morning awhile before 1 o'clock, and it was discover ed that a lamp, which had been lighted and placed in one of the rooms for a guest to return, had ex ploded. The furniture was badly burned. Mr. W. T. Clement, of Ox ford, a tobacco buyer, rushed in fromhis room near-by and had his feet badly burned. It is given up by the farmers who haye used Oronoco Guano that it is hard to beat on producing fine tec tured tobacco as it comes up fully to the claims of the manufacturers. It has no equal on the market, and if you want to make a good crop of to bacco this year buy the Oronoco. Mr. Royster, the head of the firm, is an old Granville man and will take pleasure in furnishing the Granville farmers with high grade fertilizer. Read the advertisement in another part of this paper and be sure to try the Oronoco this season. Durham Sun receives informas tion that a hog belonging to Editor Noell, of the Roxboro Courier froze to death during the severe weather. It was fifteen months old and weigh ed about 27 pounds he states. We sympathize with him deeply in his loss, for it is seldom that an editor of a newspaper is lucky enough to own a hog. it is to be hoped that the good people will see that he does not suffer for bacon. The Kinston Free Press says the trouble in Green county is not yet over. Friday when Mr. Dixon, the fusion Sheriff, went to Goldsboro Mr. B. W. Edwards, the Democratic sheriff, with about ten men broke in the jail and took possession and com polled Mr. W. E. Murphey, the fu sion register of deeds, who had his office in the jail to get out. The door of the jail was broken open with axes and sledge hammers. "Last Monday morning."remark ed the man from Scuffleton, "our cook spilled a bucket of water in the centre of the kitchen floor. Some fell on her right foot and the rest on the floor, but it all fell in a lump and was frozen when it hit the floor. We had to take off the cook's shoes before we could release her. Since then during the cold wave we kept a red hot fire in the stove, but that lump of frigidity hasn't showed a single sign of melting. In fact " "You're good," interrupted the man from Reavisville. "What'll you have ?" And the man from Scuffleton got away with a torn and jerry. Educate Your Bowels Wlti Cascarets. Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever. 10c, 25c. If C. C. C. fail, druggists refund money. Taylor & Cannady has just built a, high grade delivery wagon for J. S. Brown, the grocer. Read sale of lands under mort gage by A. J. Feild, trustee, and Durham Fertilizer Co., Mortgagee. Take your hat off to the ground hog. He knew his business when h went back in his hole on the second of February. Our warehouses enjoyed heavy breaks of tobacco Tuesday, the old oonnson rasing the lead as to quan tity and Zack Lyon was happy. Mrs. A. A. Hicks was the only person in town that we know ot that recognized Washington's birthday. She had her front porch decorated with old glory. In speaking of the big snow in 1857 Dr. Kingsbury says it snowed in Oxford five consecutive Sundays, was 20 inches deep on a "dead leyel" and we saw snow on the ground in April f that year. Messrs. Bullock & Mitchell, of the Banner Warehouse, lead in pounds at Tuesday's big break of tobacco, as they sold over 40,000 pounds. On Wednesday there was another good break in Oxford. During the extreme cold weather the honorable firm of Parker and H unt did not refuse to fill any order for wood or coal, nor did they take advantage of the necessities of the people by raising prices on coal and wood. This is quite commendable in this firm. Another one of the dear old wo -men of Granville has been gathered to the House of Many Mansions in the bright world above, as she served her Master faithfully for over sixty years and is now resting under the shadow of the Great White Throne. Mrs. Nancy E. Hicks died Monday evening at the home of Mr. J. N. Faucett, in Fishing Creek township. She was about 80 years of age and had been a member of the Baptist Church for GO years, and possessed a warm heart and ever ready to aid the distressed. She was the aunt of of our most highly esteemed town man, Dr. S. H. Cannady. The in terment took place Tuesday morning at the old family graveyard near Cannady's mill. Will say to Legislature that the East is entitled to one of the Railroad Commissioners and no truer, better or more upright man can be found with in the borders of our grand old State than Capt. Thomas W. Slocumb, of tfoldsboro. Me is an old Confeder ate soldier, bearing sears of gallant service rendered in defense of our Southland. Ever since the war he has been in Railroad business and is thoroughly conversant with all the details as to freights and passenger traffic, and the members of the Leg islature would find him one of the best equipped men in North Carolina for Railroad Commissioner. Capt. Slo cumb is a high toned christian gen tleman, and a greatly beloved citizen ot Goldsboro, as well as a staunch and uncompromising Democrat. DEATH OF nR. R. S. VVILLIAHS. A Popular Warehouseman Passes Away Sunday. The editor is pained to announce the death of another one of our popular business men, Mr. R. S. Williams, which occurred at the home of Mr. Addieus Morris, near Wilton, Sunday evening after a short illness of congestion of the brain, when his spirit took its etern al flight from the things of time and sense and passed to be with God. Everything that loving hands could do or medical science suggest was done to restore him; the end came as peacefully and as silently as an infant slumbers, and the watchers knew that all was well. He was a devoted methodist and loved to sing praises to the Lord, and must haye joined the Heavenly Choir as he stepped on "The Beauti ful Shore." "Bob" Williams, as he as famili arly.called, was a member of the warehouse firm of Hunt & Williams, and was very popular with the peo ple, being honest, straight forward, e7er striving to do right, as he was a christian gentleman. He was in the prime of vigorous manhood, of commanding presence with a life of usefulness before him, but "the sum mons came for him to join that countless caravan which moyes to those mysterious realms where each shall take his chamber in the silent halls of death." The Tobacco Board of Trade, of which he was a popular member, held a meeting Monday morning and made arrangements to attend the funeral, and passed resolutions of respect which we will publish next week. Mr. Williams was greatly esteemed in Oxford and Wilton sec tion where he was best known, and we deeply sympathize with his rela tives in the death of such a good man. He was a native of Harnett county and was 44 years of age. Monday afternoon the funeral took place at Bank's Methodist church attended by a large number of people from Oxford and that sec tion of the county, Rev. M. H. Tut tle, of Oxford, preached a feeling sermon and stricken friends laid him in the grave among the mounds of loved ones who had gone before where their kindred dust shall sleep until the ressuriection morn. For La Orippe. Thomas Whitefield & Co., 240 Wabash siv., corner Jackton-st., one of Chicago's oldest and most prominent druggists, re commend Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for la grippe, as It not only gives a prompt and complete relief, but also counteracts any tendency of la grippe to result in pneumonia. For sale byJ.G. Hall, Druggist. MOVEMENTS OF PEOPLE. YOU KNOW SOME, BUT NOT ALL. They Will Come and Go All the Same. Mr. Willie Crews, of Durham. visited Oxford Tuesday. Robert G. Elliott is on a visit to his sister at Chase City. Mr. Hillman Cannady returned trom a buisness trip Friday. Mr. A. S. Davis, of Henderson, was on our Streets Tuesday. Sheriff Sam Fleming, nf TTsrr was on our streets Tuesday. Thursday's News and Ohserver had a good picture of Senator Hicks. Mr. Sam Watkins, of Danville, Va., was an Oxford visitor Sunday. ExJudge Winston, of Durham- was in Oxford yesterday alternoon. Mr. and Mrs. B. Hawkins left Friday for their new home at John son City, Tenn. Mr. Dabnev. of Richmond. Va.. visited his sister at Mr. Geo. Pattons the past week. Messrs. J. A. Taylor, R. P. Tay lor and John Gooch. knie-hts nf rha road, spent last week in Oxford. Mr. Alf Hobgood, who has been suffering for the past ten days with the gripp, is much improved. Superintendent Toepleman, of the Henderson Telephone Company was on our streets Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Price, of Lynch burg, Va., were the guest of Mr. and Mrs. McCarty the past week. We are glad to learn that Mr. I. H. Stegall, who has been quite sick several days, is much better. Messrs. S. M. Green, of Dabney, and B. T. Fuller, of near Oxford, dropped in to see the editor Satur day. -Mr. J. W. Floyd, of Wilton, and Mr. A. H. Owen, of near Oxford, were in town yesterday and called to see the editor. Messrs. Joe and Louis Kron heimer, of New York City, and H. W. Kronheimer, of Winston, return ed to their respective homes Friday. Messrs. R. W. Hobgood and J. C. Puckett, of Sunset, John Adcock, of Culbreth, and J. C. Currin, of Berea, were in Oxford Monday and called to see the editor. Messrs. Eugene Usry, of Wilton, W. W. Hart, of Oak Hill, S. D. Mc Farland, of Centre Grove, W. A. Parham, Sr., and Hart Overton, of Fishing Creek, and L. T. Fuller and son, of Vance, were Oxford yisitors Tuesday and called to see editor. Mr. Charley Taylor, after spend ing three weeks in Oxford yisiting his father and mother, sister and brothers returned to Midland, Texas, Tuesday. He was accompanied by Miss Lena Taylor, the oldest daugh ter ol Mr. and Mrs. J. A. laylor. Tlie juoilern Way Commends itself to the well-informed, to do pleasantly and effectually what was formerly done in the cruaest manner ana disagreeably as well. To cleanse the system and break up colds, headaches, and fevers without unpleasant after ef fects, use the delightful liquid laxative remedy, Syrup of Figs. Made by Cali fornia Fig riyruo Co. JUDGE SHAW STIRS THINGS. Grand Juror Fined County Commis sioners Presented. Judge Shaw stirred things in Iredell superior court Friday. His first pass was at a grand juror who so far forgot the dignity and respon sibility of his position as to get drunk. A. C. Feimster, of Olin, a f rhtt crand iurv tanked up on Tursday. Friday morning he was arraigned before Judge Shaw, fined $50 and dismissed from the grand jury. The line was pam. uaiur m tho ,1qv Wilhnrn Steele was drunk and disorderly in the court room and was sent to jail in default of a fine of $10. Later some of his friends paid the fine and Steele was released. These facts are evidence that his honor doesn't take any nonsense in his court. Than rnn. on Friday Judge bhaw gave the commissioners an overhaul ing. It came to his notice that there was no room in which the juries could retire to make up their ver dicts and that they had to take to tu. nnon n.ir. notwithstanding the zero weather. Thereupon his honor instructed the grand jury to present the commissioners for failure to pro- vide a jury room ana aiso ior iauure 4 ttw! n p.rturt room large enough for the convenience of those who are compelled to attend court, and the grand jury presented the corns missioners accorumg iu mauuwuo. In the course of his remarks Judge Shaw expresse that so great a county no Trfldell had no better court house. Statesville Landmark. ram rrwin arrive dally. Odds and ends in every department go for a song at Crenshaw's. feb.9. CASTOR I A For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of IMPROVE OXFORD & GRANVILLE. Cannot Something be Done to Push them Forward? In point of intelligence, refinement and educational advantages Oxford is unsurpassed by any town in the State, but in enterprise and matprinl prosperity she lags behind. She has a good tobacco market, and that fur nishes about all the business life the town has. It is passingly strange that there is no spirit of enterprise developing: itsself in the establishment of facto ries. If other towns find factories beneficial to their growth and pros perity why should Oxford remain in different to their establishment ? The conditions are very favorable for the establishment of factories. The town has two outlets by railroad and the road bed of the" third is graded. There are several large brick buildings that could easily be convertedinto structures suitable for machinery. It would pay the owners of some of these buildings to donate them to some enterprising manufac turing companies. Some of these buildings are unoccupied and yield ing no profit to their owners. If fac tories were established in them then the adjacent lots would be in de mand and would sell for remunera tive prices. ' A cotton factory adds about 50o persons to a town or commu nity. Suppose Oxford had three or four factories of different kinds then a thousand or more people would be added to the town, and would pay cash for their supplies. This would greatly increase the business of the town and would create a demand for snch supplies as farmers raise for market. The superior educational advan tages of the town would be a great inducement to factory men to come here in order t educate their chil dren. But where would the money come from to start factories ? The great scarcity ot money that has prevailed for the past several years has taught the people how to economize. Far mers have learned to make their sup plies at home, and by doing this a goodly number of them have saved money, and would no doubt be glad to invest in some safe business that would yield them some returns. Tobacco will probably never again be a money making crop. It is main ly a luxury, and might therefore cease to be made. But cotton, tho' now not a mon y making crop, is a necessity and must therefore con tinue to be made. If the growth of cotton must continue then cotton factories must continue. If this be true it would seem to bo safe to in vest in cotton factories. All the cot ton factories of the South seem to be doing a profitable business. Many in this State paying a dividend from 8 to 12 per cent. Will not some enterprising men of the town get a moye on them and not confine all their money to bank stock and tobacco, and see what can be done along the lines indicated thus materially aiding the whole commu nity and making money themselves ? Why should we remain still when our sister towns are driving ahead? And why should Granville county languish ? In variety of soil, timber, natural resources and gooi citizen ship she compares well with any other county. The county needs bet ter roads. There will be but little improvement until she gets them, and as for Oxford it loses money now on account of bad roads. Let us haye good roads and then hold out induce ments to enterprising settlers to come amongst us, and they will come, and a higher degree of prosperity will come with them. Citizen. Tally Ho Tips. Miss Ruth Webb who has been quite sick for some time is much im proved to the delight of her many friends. Mr. Ed. Caviness, son of Mr. Lee Caviness, we are glad to note is up from a long spell of sickness. Mrs. Nannie Meadows is quite sick this week. Dr. J. W. Booth, of this place, has not stopped traveling a single day for the snow. The candy party at Mr. Charlie Davis' was greatly enjoyed by all that were present. Mr. James Webb, of this place, has returned home from Durham county where he has been teaching school for some time. HENDERSON TELEPHONE CO. Rates Effective on and After Febru ary 15, i899 FROM OXFORD TO Axtell 20 cents; Brookston 20; Cen treville 30; Churchill 35; Dabney 10; Enfield 50; Franklinton 23; Gillburg 20; Henderson ir; Halifax 43: Kit trell 20; Laurel 30; Littleton 35; Lou isburg 30; Macon 30; Manson 25; Middleburg 20; Oakville 35; Ridge way, N., 25; Ridgeway, S., 25; Roa noke Rapids 40; Vaughan 35; Warren Plains 30; Warrenton 30; Weldon 40; Wise 30; Youngsville 30. F. C. Toepleman, Gen'l Supt, 200 barrels "Dan Valley," "Desot.a" "Oak Ridge," "Elmwood" and "Cedar Cliff" flours bought before the recent ad vance. We have sold these flours exclu sively for past two years. Built up an enormous trade on them. Out of several thousand barrels have never heard a com plaint. Our flour trade has grown; so have the people who bought at Cren shaw's. feb.9. Baking Powder Made from pure cream of tartar. Safeguards the food against alurru Alum baking powders are the greatest menacers to health of the present day. ROYAL BAKINQ POWQEB CO., HEW YORK. Stovall Short Stops. Mr. Sim Carrine'ton to Danville Monday. Mr. John T. W. Clav. of f!h City, is visiting his parents. Mrs. Fannie Dver has returned home after yisiting friends at this place. Mr. II. Patterson has returned to Clarksville after visiting his wife and daughter in this place. Dr. I. II. Davis passed through our city Saturday. Dr. R. If. Marsh also passed throuerh the same day. Messrs. J. A, Wilson and M. Munn had a big deer hunt recently. Got all the horns but no meat. Mr. iluna killed a mad dog after an awful scare. MI Ml Ask your physician this ques tion, "What is the one great remedy for consumption?" He will answer, "Cod-liver oil." Nine out of ten will answer the same way. Yet when persons have consumption they loathe all fatty foods, yet fat is neces sary for their recovery and they cannot take plain cod liver oil. The plain oil dis turbs the stomach and takes away the appetite. The dis agreeable fishy odor and taste make it almost unen durable. What is to be done ? This question was ans wered when we first made SCOTT'S I of Cod-Liver Oil with Hypo- 1 phosphites. Although that j was nearly twenty-five years 1 ago, yet it stands alone to- day the one great remedy tor all affections or tne throat and lungs. The bad taste and odor have been taken away, the oil itself has been partly digested, and the most sen- I sitive stomach objects to it rarely, f Not one in ten can taKe ana digest the plain oil. Nine out of ten can take SCOTTS EMULSION and di gest it. That's why it cures so manv cases of earlv consumption. Even in advanced cases it brings x m II 1 m comtort ana greauy prolongs me. 50c. and fi.oo, all druggists. SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists, New York. i J Oxford, N. C. Pure Drugs, Medicines, Chemicals, Perfumery, Toilet Articles, Etc. We keep in stock all Hard Patent Meiioes, Sponges, Chamoiso Skins, Truss es, bupporters and Shoulder Braces, Package Dyes and Dye Stuffs. Early Garden Seeds ! Gardening time is near at hand, and we are recognized headquar ters for all kinds of Garden and Field Seeds, pure and fresh, which we sell at lowest possible prices. When you get ready to plant call at Hall's drug store to buy your seeds. UVVlVViy L1MV
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