iteep m
0 MHliHil
.We know
0f nothing better to tear the
linii'i" or your imuui aim
luP4. 11 is better !lHn wet
feet to cause bronchitis and
rrn:monia. Only keep it
uv Ions enough and you
sueeJ in reducing yctsr
weight, losing your appetite,
bringing on a slow fever and
nuking everything exactly
right for the germs of con
sumption. top coughing and you
will get well.
n
Aprs
Cfl
cures coughs of every kind.
An ordinary cough disap
pears in a single night. The
racking coughs of bronchitis
are soon completely mas
tered. And, if not too far
along, the coughs of con
sumption are completely
cured.
Ask your druggist for one
of
Dr. Ayer's
Cherry Pectoral
Plaster.
It will aid the action of the
Cherry Pectoral.
If yon h.ire any complaint 'what
ever ami ilesire the best medical
aiivu-e you can possibly obtain,
write s freely. You will receive a
pi -..mpt reply that may be of great
v,':;tnv"U. AiMress,
I1L J.'C AVKli, Lowell, Mass
Union Female College,
Littleton, N. C.
I
Board, laucury, lull literary tuition and li
brary lieu fVii W tor the entire scholastic year.
To ttR'.-e applying in time the above charge
mav Dert-dnced to fllS.UO by one hour's work
iivt Jav in Industrial Department.
Ttie'l7:u Aunual Sessions begins September
Mti. 1
ror i itaioue, address
Kev. J. M. JRHODES, A. M.,
janti.'. President.
NEWS FROM THS PEOPL6
AS
o vjaiiicrcu y uur Lorresponaents.
KJULSLSLSLSLSiSJlJiSLSLSLSJl
innnnnnnnrraTnro
There is, Porta,
lie Buggy ManolacH
TODKY
In the South that is so much
talked about as that wonderful
Taylor Sc Cannady
It combines THREE most im
poitant factors to any article
Price
Quality
And Style.
bu
Ah there, now, buyer ! Our 1899
grsrv is certainly a thing of
beauty and a joy forever. Have
you seen one of our NEW BUG
OIKs? Without a doubt the
most UPTOxDATE buggy on
tie market. If not come to see
us; come right in and make our
acquaintance and examine our
styles. See what goes in our
work. Are you afraid to buy a
bujry, the makers of which cor
dially invite you to inspect their
plant and see just what goes into
their buggies?
A false statement has never em
"Stnated from this concern. We
pride ourselves that our buggy
ais out nn- representation to
he slightest detail.
I Remember we sell the Geo. E.
issci Wacon. "White uickory
C.J f
Wagon" and the best one horse
wagon on the market,"OXFORD"
Examine our nice line of HAR
AND SUMMER DUSTERS
South Granville SRetclm.
Elm Jay is on a visit at Stem, and
will send a few items from here also.
Miss Lizzie Hester and brother,
spent Saturday night with Miss Maie
Lawrence.
Mr. Gib Hall and sister, Miss Fan
nie, of Bennehan, were the guests
of Mrs. Joe Peed on Sunday.
Little Harry Renn has been on the
sick list for quite a while, but the
little fellow seems to be very well
now except a cough.
We have been informed that Miss
Maggie Stem, daughter of Mr. H. A.
Stem, left Wednesday to enter Ox
ford Female Seminary.
Miss Ethel Thomasson, of Beck,
has returned from a very pleasant
visit to relatives in Va. We are glad
to have her back again.
Miss Yelveton, of Freemont, has
been on an extended visit to her
friend Miss Allie Gooch, of Stem,
but returned a few days ago.
It afforded - us much pleasure re
cently to meet personally the cele
brated Qoobers and to entertain him
as our guest for a short while.
Rev. M. A. Adams will hold revi
val services at Fellowship beginning
the third Sunday in Sept. Let every
body attend and lend a hand.
Misses Luna and Annie Roberts
returned to Durham this afternoon,
after a stay in Granville. Miss Luna
has been right sick but is improving.
The many friend of Mr. Leo Bur
roughs are glad to welcome him back
at Stem, after some time in Rich
mond taking a course in bookkeep
ing.
We have been informed that
Misses Hattie Fleming and Josie
Lyon, of Creedmoor, will enter Lit
tleton College and Oxford Seminary
respectively.
Mr. W. T. Jones after spending
some time at Darlington, S. C, cur
ing tobacco has returned to his home
at Stem, and his many friends are
glad to see him. -
The accomplished Miss Halhe M.
Jones, of Stem, is spending her last
year at Louisburg Female College.
We predict for her much success as
she is very studious.
Miss Maie Lawrence will leave the
first of September for Raleigh where
she will enter school. We are glad
for her to be in school, but regret to
have her leave the vicinity.
Miss Marie Taylor, of Cheriton,
Va., has been spending a few days
with friends in Dutch ville and Creed
moor, but returned to her home on
Wednesday to the regret of her host
of friends in Granville.
Misses Lizzie, Minnie and Mamie
Boyd, Lizzie Hester and Sue Man-
gam, Messrs. Charlie Tingen, Julian
and Tommie Hester, W. A. McFar
land and Graham Man gum were as
sembled in the neighborhood recent
ly. Crops throughout the Stem com
munitv seem to be looking well.
Most of the farmers are really
Lth rough curing tobacco and are at
work on their loader. We think
they will be ready to spend a week
in the services of God beginning the
second Sunday in Sept., at Stem
Methodist church.
Master Cupid seems to be playiner
an active part in and around Stem,
and we think that ere the mother
earth is wrapped in silence deep and
white the artful little deceiver will
have sent several darts home to the
hearts of some of Stems young peo
ple. We wish for them much happi
ness and prosperity.
The revival season is nearing a
close and we wonder how many so
called Christians have been instru
mental in leading aa, erring one to
the foot of the eross. We fear many
of us will be weighed in the balance
and found wanting. If we could
only realize how necessary to work
for God. We are not ashamed of
Jesus, no mortal has ever been, but
we are ashamed of the lives we lead
before our neighbors and families,
and it is that which keeps us from
being serviceable in the yineyard of
the Lord.
Elm Jay.
Stem Stemming.
Mr. W. M. Rogers, who has been
to John Hopkins Hospital for med -ical
treatment, has returned home
Very much improved.
Mr. Editor we would be pleased to
see you any time, we think you are
entitled to a day outing. Come up
to the spring some time and spend
the day.
Perhaps the readers of the Public
Ledger has heard of the Kentucky
"Jiant," but Tally Ho township can
beat the world as we have a yery
small man who caught a tobacco
barn, that man falling and held it
until some one could prop it up. He
is curing tobacco in it now I reckon.
Among the visitors to the Duncan
Spring the past few days we noticed
Rev. J. H. Smith and J. M. Brough
ton, Raleigh, G. L. Allen and Thos.
C. Rogers, Wilton, J. Y. Paris, James
Flovd, J. B. Mayes, and J. T. Wiley,
Oxford, and W. M. Perry, Durham,
and a host of people throughout the
neighborhood.
There is something new under the
sun. We were in East Durham last
Friday night, but did not see any
one marry, for the fellow was taken
away, just a moment to soon. The
contracting parties were Mr. Scog
gins and Miss Creals. It seems that
the magistrate had taken his position
in one room of the house, ready to
perform the ceremony, and as the
young couple entered the hall from
another room Scoggins was taken
by a crowd of young men and hur
ried away from Durham. "Some
thing rotten in Denmark."
Lack Land.
fellowship facts.
satterwime sauce.
be
TAYLOR
AMD
Jrlt pays to buy a home-made
. Have your Job Print
l&g done at this offlct.
Berea Brevities.
old
and
Left Out Last Week.
Mr. J. M. Hobgood, of Townsville,
who has been on a visit to relatives,
returned home a few days ago.
There is so much fodder and to
bacco to save in this section we do
not see well how it can be done in
time.
Have travelled oyer a large portion
of the adjacent territory and find
that the crops are looking rather
poor, while around Satterwhite they
are looking well.
Mr. J. K. Wilkerson and son, of
Lewis, called on us a few days ago
and bought a good bill of goods.
He said that he had the finest crop
of corn and tobacco he ever raised.
Our farmers are in a rush curing
and cutting tobacco, and are suc
ceeding in making good cures, but
the stun! is selling so low there is
not much encouragement for the
producers.
On .Sunday, Aug. 27th, an
colored women by the name of
eindy Wilkerson dropped dead,
was setting out in . the yard
remarked that her feet was getting
cold and sent in the house after her
shoes and died about the time they
reached her. She was 60 years of
age.
Mr. R. T. Smith, a hustling
bacco drummer, who travels for
F. Knott & Co. called to see us
few days ago. He says Rufe is
right now and is selling the farmers
tobacco right along in the new
Owen Warehouse. Mr. Smith is a
mover on wheels, and can lay the
Oxford & Henderson train in the
shade.
On last 4th Sunday we attended
preaching at old Goshen Chapel, and
found a large congregation present.
The house was crowded from the
pulpit to the door, with quite a num
ber seeking admission. We met
with many old friends that we had
not seen for a long time. While
there we spied standing near the
church a jackleg mormon elder, he
bad on a long black jim crow coat
and a high-crowned crumpled drum
mer hat and broad black shoes on
his feet. He looked dusty and care
worn.
P.M.
to-R.
a
all
Left out Last Week.
Our farmers are in full force now
curing tobacco and pulling fodder;
when one gets a spare day he takes
a load of primings to market.
Mr. Charlie Howard .took in Tar
River Academy Sunday afternoon
and we don't know where he took
supper, in fact don't know whether
he got any or not.
Mr. I. N. Day, of Oxford, and son
Fred, of Winston, were here on yes,
terday. Mr. Day and Squire G. S.
Latta are putting up a first class
roller mill near here.
It was our great pleasure on Sat
urday and Sunday to be at the hos
pitable home of Mr. R. P.Jones over
in Wake county. There we met for
the first time the gifted "Elm Jay."
She needs no recommendation to the
Public Ledger readers, as we
"Judge a tree by the fruit it bears."
On Sunday we attended church at
Fellowship, and also met for the first
time the following pencil pushers
Hard Times, Magnolia, Mama's Pet,
and of course Elm Jay was on hand,
and done the introducing. We never
spent a day more pleasantly and
hope to hear from each correspond
ent we met regularly through our
county paper.
Goobers
You will find Hancocks Drug Store
next to Post Office, Oxford, where
prompt and polite attention will be given
rich or poor. Call In and see him.
$Mto Eowcll SprinKIings.
Miss Marv Russell is at Crisp,
Edgecombe county, attending school.
Mrs. Li. L. Barnes is at home again
after a. visit of several weeks to
Henderson.
Mr. and Mrs. Young, of near Cary,
have been visiting their daughter,
Mrs. T. Y. Monk.
Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Liyon, of
Lyon, visited the family of Mrs. M.
L. Cannady not long since.
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Guess and little
Miss Estelfe, of Durhasa, are with
her parents, Mr, and Mrs. Harris.
Mrs. T. A. N oel and ehild-ren, of
Helena, have resumed home after a
pleasant visit 1;o her aunt, Mrs. LY.
L. Leathers.
Miss Lucy Roberts, eldest daugh
ter of Mr. W illiam Roberts, died of
Typhoid fever Sunday at 2 a. m.
Her death was a most triumphant
one.
Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Ellis, of Bur
lington, came down for their little
girls, who staid with their grand
mother while Mrs. Ellis was away at
the springs.
Mrs. W. E. Cannadv and little
girls, of Wilton, after spending
week quite -pleasantly with her
mother, has returned home accom
panied by her sister, Miss Mary Can
nady.
Mrs. Thomas Lee died of erysipe
las at the home of her parents. Mr
an A Mr -Tr Mflnfc in Durham. Her
death .was very unexpected and sad,
and by it four little children ver
made motherless.
JJEANPOriE.
Left out Last Week.
Miss Ethel Thomasson is visiting
relatives near Skipwith, Va.
We are now enjoying some pretty
weather after the cold snap of last
week.
Mr. Lester Cozart with his mother
and Miss Annie Hall visited us re
cently. Boys take warning and do not go
to sleep in the presence of ladies or
some of them may throw a knife or
a song book at you.
The lovely "Estelle" left us some
weeks ago for parts unknown. Should
she chance to read this we hope she
will let us hear from her.
. .Aunt Peg, we thank you for your
kind inquiry about ns. We are still
in the land of the living but we are
very busy just now. Please give us
a few items when you get home and
tell us about that monstrous "Rose
mound." Oh the unspeakable sadness which
fell like a pall o'er the hearts of all
her friends when the news was scat
tered abroad that death with a nois
less, muffled tread had entered the
home of Mr. June Beck and embrac
ed in his cold icy arms his mother
who was eighty four years of age.
Dear family weep not for her. We
know that no words can describe the
sadness you felt when it was whis
pered from one to another, she is
dead. The stars go down to shine
upon some distant shore and thus it
is with your mother. She is not dead
but sleepeth; it is not your mother
but only her lifeless form that silent
ly rests beneath the sod. We know
there is a vacant chair by the fire
side and an aching void in your
hearts that this world can never fill,
but try to remember that is all for
the best. Truly a good woman has
gone to her reward. She will be
sadly missed in her community espe
cially by those who have always
lived near her. Her husband pre
ceded her to the spirit land fourteen
years ago, but she leaves four sons
and one daughter to mourn their
loss. To these we would say, we
know it is heart rending to part with
your mother but may God in his in
finite wisdom teach you that he
has only taken her to himself. Oh,
the sorrow that fills your hearts as
you look down a vista of years and
can see no mother to comfort you in
the time of trouble. But she is gone
on before only crossed over the riyer
and is waiting on the other shore to
be the first to greet you when you
go. To tne aaugnter wno is oowea
in grief we can only extend the
feeble hand of sympathy, but this
we do and point her thoughts to that
home above where in a few short
years she will find her mother and
rest in the shade of the heavenly
trees where sickness, sorrow, death
and parting are no more. May the
loving heavenly Father bathe each
troubled heart and may his eternal
spirit ever hover over the bereaved
ones, trod grant mat eacn one may
be able to say although hard it may
seem, "Thy will not mine be done."
Magnolia.
Clears, cigarettes and smoking and
chewing tobacco at Hancock Drug store.
Clay Comments.
Farmers in this section are quite
busy curing tobacco and pulling
fodder. y
Miss Hattie Currin, of Mountain
Creek, is visiting her sister, Mrs.
Alice Elliott, of Clay.
Miss Mvrtie Jeffres. a charming
young lady of Virginia, is visiting
Miss Belle naiiott. i Know onoe
Pegs is all smiles.
Messrs. E. A. Tunstall, R. M. Tun-
stall and Arther ' Pitts returned
home last week from Greene county
to the delight of many friends.
Mrs. J. R. Cunningham, of Ral
eigh, and her son, Mr. Ousby Cun
ningham, returned home Friday
after a long visit to her parents Mr.
and Mrs. R. A. Tunstall.
Mr. E. Y. Pool filled bis regular
appointment at Corinth last second
Sunday, and preached an excellent
sermon. Protracted meeting will
commence at Corinth the second
Sunday m September.
Rose Bud.
Fruit jars, j-jlly glasses, prt serving :ket
tie at Edwards & Winston', J w
Over burdened
Women.
Many a man sees his wife bend and
tug at burdens that strain tne DacE ana
the heart aline, wunoui any iura ui "
outrage. Children - follow in too quick
succession to allow the mother time to
recuperate. The womanly organs become
displaced, tnerc-are cuiiiia.uugi uioogict
ui Ar-airta with the added uain of in-
I flamed or ulcerated parts. In this condi-
-t it fnAs to rnrrv lipr
lion tnt w wiiirt.ii 1 1 j w-w , -
inail afraid to take the rest she
uuuanwi" - ,
needs lest a meal will be late. No wonder
she is pale, weak, wretched, surly of tem-
Eer and snappish of tongue. She would
e false to nature if she were anything else.
jso persons tieeu neip hiuvaa wiano
c iie wrma is the tvne. And for
UI VVllom " -J tr
such women no help is so sure, so wonder
ful, as that given Dy ur. .rierc-e ravumc
Precr-rintinn It restores all the womanly
organs to perfect health. It establishes
regularity in iuen iuuiuuu -
the strained and shattered nervous system.
It clears up the complexion, rounds out
the form and makes life a daily happiness.
"Pavorite Prescription" contains no alco
hol or whisky. It is the best medicine for
women in ot rung can ue jui Suuu
as the best. Tell the dealer so if he offers
a substitute '
" I have long thought it my duty to write you
a few lines to let you know what your ' Favorite
Prescription has done for me." writes Mrs.
Euphemia Falconer, of Trent, Muskegon Co.,
Mich " I am twenty-seven years old; have been
married ten years. I am the mother of four chil
dren My first two babies were still-born, and I
suffered every thing but death. My friends all
thought I could never recover. I was reduced to
ioq pounds. When I was three months along
for mv third child I was taken with hemorrhage
or floodinjf and came near having a miscarriage
from female weakness. For two months I was
under the care of our doctor but was getting
weaker all the time until one day I happened to
come across one of your little books and I read
it through, and the next day I sent and got three
bottles of ' Favorite Prescription ' and one bottle
of ' Pellets ' I improved so fast I continued to
take vour medicine until baby was born, and he
is healthy and all right. He is four years old.
Myblby girl is two years old. My health has
bei.n gobfever since. I now weigh 165 pounds'
Dr Pierce's Pellets- increase the effi
ciency of "Favorite Prescription" where
1 a Jaxaiisw is required.
Knot Bill Knotting. '
Mr. Charly Moss and family nf
Wilson, have returned homafrmn
visiting at Mr. S. H. Moss'.
Messrs. Eddie Overton and Hrn
don Moss.of Hargroye, spent Sunday
at tne nome ot tne writer.
Mr. H. E. Overton is tho fi rat rtno
Of our farmers to get through curing.
tobaCCn S.n1 Slvinc f rrl dm- arA io
about ready to take the field bir cling.
Mr. A. H. Overton, of Grissom.
spent Wednesday night with his
brother H. E. Overton. He sas
that the recent storm did considera
ble damage to the croos in his sec
tion but says thev have a lar&re cror
of birds and wild turkeys left.
Mrs. S. A. Overton after spending
five weeks with her children on the
south side has returned home to the
great pleasure of her family. She
is quite a remarkable lady she has
lved beyond her four score years
and is as hale and hearty as she
was twenty years ago. She has lived
to see her fourth generation. She
has forty living giand children and
nine great grand children. She can
rememrer when nearly every Presi
dent was in office. She is the oldest
ady Hying in Fishing Creek Town
ship today, if not the oldest person.
She is a great admirer of the Public
Ledger.- Papa takes several papers
yet the Public Ledger is her
favorite, when he gets home on Fri
day the first thing she asked him is.
have you the Public Ledger? She
takes it and sets down and scans its
pages until she has read every thing
in it from Dan to Bersheba. Mr. Ed.
I verily believe if you were running
or office that she would want to vote
or you. It certainly is interestinfir
and also instructive to a little erirl
ike me to hear her tell of her vouner
days. She remembers well when the
Raleigh and Gaston railroad was
built, she also remembers when peo
ple did not have mowing machines
or scythe blades to cut their errain
with but they had to cut it with reap
hooks neither did they have steam
threshers or horse powers to thresh
their wheat with, but they had to
thresh it witn hand gins and sep
arate the wheat from the chaff with
the wind in those days. Girls did not
dress as they do now neither did they
lace themselves as they do now until
their waist looked like the waist of a
dirt dauber, but they dressed in cot
ton goods spun and woye with their
own hands and made them plain and
neat, and went just as God made
them in his own image. When the
boys went to take the girls to church
then thev did not have any H. M. T.,
to carry them in, they either went
afoot or horse back. In those days
when a young man went a sparking
he had to spark his girl in the pres
ence of her papa and. mama;they did
not have one room in a house that
was too good for their papa and
mama as they do now. In those
days when they were going to have
a revival their preachers did not
have to send off and get a preacher
from some where else to make apol
ogies for the Bible but they took the
word of God and preached repen
tance and faith and the new birth
and when a sinner found the Savior
he found Him through his heart and
not his hand as now. In those days we
had mighty fewD. D's. and LL. D's.,
neither did their ministers wear their
lone ministerial robes and walk with
silver headed canes as now but dress
ed plainly as our Savior did.
Little black Eyes.
CASTOR I A
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature of
iiI Hi.i-ii. 1.1111 ,tTT. 7ZA frfV mvJXLtiff,
1
ARE THE MOST FATAL OF ALL DIO-
EASEO.
FOLEY'S KIDNEY CURE
Is a guaranteed remedy for all KIDNEY and
BLADDER Diseases.
4i
. a
FOLEY'S BANNER SALVE is a Healing Wonder.
FOK SALE BY OXFOKD DRUGGIbTB
The Kind You Have Always Bought, and which' has been
in use for over 30 years, lias borne the signature of
r and has been made under his per
sonal supervision since its infancy.
Allow no one to deceive you in this.
All Counterfeits, Imitations and Substitutes are but Ex
periments that trifle with and endanger the health of
Infants and Children Experience against Experiment.
What is CASTORIA
Castoria is a substitute for Castor Oil, Paregoric, Drops
and Soothing- Syrups. It is Harmless and Pleasant. It
contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic
substance.- Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms
and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and "Wind
Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation
and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the
Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep.
The Children's Panacea Tho Mother's Friend.
GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS
Bears the Signature of
The Kind You Have Always Bought
In Use For Over 30 Years.
THE CENTAUR COMPANY. T7 MURRAY STREET, NEW YORK CITY.
Barbour, Hackney and Tyson &
Jones
Studebaker, Spach and
Russell
BUGGIES,
WAGONS,
Sfec3hde BICYCLES s-b-smith'
OXFORD, N. O.
Each line we have are the very best in their class, Our prices are right. We will
appreciate your trade and give as much for your money as any one can.
AM
ON'S
Pepsin
Chill Tonic
The largest and best five cent pencil.
writing tablets can be. found at Hancock
Drug btore.
Is Tasteless and Guaranteed to Cure Chills and
Fever and all Malarial Troubles.
roes Not Contain Quinine Nor Othor Poison.
Uaes IvJt injure me raomacn nor r-iueci me iicuniiK.
V. A. lio.Larty & Son, uinxe, Cox, 'i'ex., s;iy: "Ramon's Pepsin Chill Tonic is tho
S oot, v.' m I1.1.VK ever r.anaien. mv sou preacnoes it in nis uraciico, aim iiyH h 11
4 he --ui Chill TVnic which a child can take without injury to the stomach."
P.i-.i i-O.'. ilUOW.V Ml"itH)., Prop'rs. Urwnovillw, Tftm.
FOR SALE BY JOHN P. STEDMAN.
PR
HID FOR YOUR PRIMINGS !
RAMMERS WAREHOUSE,
OXFORD, N. C,
S - m m If Hi iff IPtip
W fi " 1 1 1 1 ' 1 V".! I II. 1 1 1 rTTTTTT-iTm TVr"--,-- i -- y ;i3$S i .
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HUNT & MEADOWS,
Proprietors.
t - AaiA fo,r tii t. tr.A Farmers Warehouse is truly the farmers friend in obtaining the
cream of the market for all grades of tobacco. : We want you to know that our buyers are primed with
orders for your primings and are already selling well on our floor, in fact better than last year.
Bear the fact in mind that our Dr.vJ. G. Hunt will be on each sale and continue his best efforts to
reach top-notch prices on all grades of tobacco for his farmer friends. Why should you sell your to
bacco at the Farmers' Warehouse: . ' . ... . ., " . ,
BECAUSE Oxford stands at the head of the list as a leaf market in this territory, and has achieved
the reputation of obtaing the highest averages for grades of tobacco - BECAUSE the Farmers Ware
house is recognized as the best house for the sale of tobacco. BECAUSE Hunt & Meadows have had
long experience, and never turn a pile loose until the higest price is reached. BECAUSE we shall
have but few drummers which will be to the farmers advantage in obtaing higher averages for tobacco.
Why should not the Farmers' Warehouse lead in sale of tobacco this season ? Be on guard and make
no mistake. Bring us primings and cut tobacco, and if hard and honest work on our part for your in-
terest is worth anything you wili continue 10 sen wun us. uui iui vmao.
aug.3.
HUNT & MEADOWS,