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Growling and join in and help build up your town and county.- AH we need is to pull to gether, and success will be our reward. VOLUME Xll NO 36. Stationery AMD 5chool Books! If you want to buy the best and litest styles STATIONERY. School IIooK'S, Writing Pads, Ink, IVns and Holders and all kinds of Envelopes and Paper, as well as Blank Books, we keep them, Remember that we carry a full ;in0 of Toilet Articles, Perfumery, etc. at the lowest possible prices. Don't forget that you can be supplied with the purest and freshest drugs at our house. rres riptions accurately com pounded day or night, and we continue to solicit your trade. Yours truly, J. Q. HALL. RHEUMflCIDE f jj rapidly taking the place of all o' her known remedies aa a rheu matic cure, laxative, tonic and blood purifier. The reason is plain, for it CURES There is no better time to treat rtii'iinntiem than durisg the fall month". Cure yourself befure the ' -i-'ors of winter are felt. KHEU MAL'IDK costs hut $1 per botUe. jul by all druggists. Secure it aud cure your RHEUMATISM ! I I 8 (?) sold iii Oxford by F, W. Hancock and J v. STeamao. - I0S. S. HALL, Funeral Director, OXFORD. N. Full line of Burial Goods of all kinds. Wood and Metallic Cases, Caskets, Coffins and Burial Robes at almost any price you want. Prompt and satisfactory atten tion to all business in town and country. tin to IIig Lies ! Of course the ladies are .always anxious to get hold of the best Sewing Machines And all they have to do to get their wants supplied is to call on us and ;t will be promptly done. There is no bctti-r machine made than the STANDARD as they have stood tiie test. Also agent for the old re- ble MSSEN WAGON, which is numbered among the best in the world. Yours to serve at any time, sept. 28, J. S. HALL. A to Millinery Store IN OXFORD, upi up' ticij in the etore lately occnpiea Dy me ;es Kr ' iiheimer, on Main street, next door W rVili.- l...iL,er oliice. o'-'ir. fiiiniiiar with the wants of the public in T 'iiie h, this section, having for eeveral years !"i hail ( Hr-.'v rt ih Biillinprvrierrtwient of "efr-. Lohl' lirot lorn, m v ntock of Fall and Winter MILLINERY tur r ASUIONADLE NOVELTIES and :ffl'jr, i'iiiiniii-i.)ii unci New York City. M? vles were caretnlly seieciea in rai- I -'.re -t(1, i ij ....... u,,h utiH Qttrniti vp all -Ux k ii i.w, varied and attractive an tiui n( w ai.rl includes many buantifnl and Km ' "','',i'n8 in Imported and Domestic 'ieru UH a!l(1 ijoiinets that mnet be seen to 4 - api-rti ur..(l. Home of thorn perfectly lovely. ' Qtaiiy iioveltlfs among which are Golf hats K.r11 match, assorted wraps, collarettes. .tu!. .. . . .. . i . . i : it rt '.' ii.r-pty U,li..a nnvcltv rbiil'OB veil- --s. ftviv incite tllk and cloth skirts, superior 1 'A'"Xl ch. a,, and warranted, mourning veils ""x'n.iriL' ciiKf, fce.,&c. Also infanU' caps ittt ttpes ana jacKein, uitc 'ii'- indies are cordially imvited to see ,.,.) 1 u'"i winter gofKla before making their ' Ynnra tn nlease. Miss Emma Day. nil'. "'Ul a niechanical or Inventive mind 'K trip t the larii Kxpositiou, with good l i V-ti,e PlQ. should write l t'Attj,! KKCOKW. Baltimore, Md. Meres y" . li-.: OCTOBER PARAGRAPHS. SHORT-STOPS IN THE LOCAL LINE Gathered and Condensed for the Eye of the Reader. The number of students at tho Baptist University is now 200. Mr. Calvin Breedlove, of Salem, is clerking for Mr. Len Pitchford. Mr. Ben Pool, who has beem quite ill for three weeks, -is now im proving. We often wonder what "other,, sort of trouble would treuble us as much as the sort we have. The most eertain way to get rid of a bogus friend is to ask the loan of money from him or her. The small factory which has a pay roll and pays it, will help Ox ford. That is the one thing needed. Among the first that - may be said to tumble to the approach of cold weather are tke autumn leaves. If it's true money is flowing like water in Ohio's campaign the float ing vote ought to be in its element wiine Deer is nigner than is been for years less of it is being packed. Perhaps the trust needs the barrels to salt down' the profits. You will always use them, once you try them and you will reeom mend them to others. Whatf Dr, Rapport's glasses. Mr. Frank Spencer, the clever telegraph operator and Express Agent, who has been sick several days, is out again. Many of us have suffered just as much and quite as unjustly as Drey fus, but we are not offered $200, 000 for a recital of our woes. Some people who are too con scientious to lie right out haye a wonderful way of distorting the truth until it is scareely reeogniz able. rne eopper Mine interest ih Northern Gramville eentinmes to in crease and large quantities of valua ble ore is being mined day and night. 50,000 people attended the Dem oeratic carnival at Dallas, Texas, Oct. 3rd. W. J. Bryan attended and enthusiastically applauded. His speech was a fine one. The State Normal and Industrial College at Greensboro opened with four hundred and twenty-five stu dents. This is the largest opening in the history of the college. All through the South the cot ton mills are beginning to hum louder than ever. Of eourse thev are humming In Dixie's Land, but Oxford cannot join in the ehorus. Great Scotts, listen! One of the old frisky widowers in the edge of Vance has actually become ashamed of his gray hairs and had them dyed, believing that he will be able to fool the girls as he is flying around them at a lively rate. As we go to press, the number of students boarding in Oxford Semi nerv is 75, while there are several boarding in town with friends, mak ing a total of at least 80 boarding students. The total of boarding and day pupils is about 13o, The Truth, which is nicely gotten up with pencil and well illustrated bv Master Cary B. Taylor, is out this week and is full of ehoiee matter. It establishes his reputation as quite a srenius. and a young lad of talent which should be encouraged. The Public Ledger thanks Hon. W. W. Kitchm, the very able congressman from this district, for a copy of "Year Book of Department of Agriculture." It is a valuable Dublication and full of interest to the farmer and worth reading. Will somebodv be kind enough to point out one of those "good" trusts that Mark Hanna and Bourke Cochran have been talking of, and show in what way they are good for anybody except the promoters and stockholders? Louisburg Times. The epithet of traitor is hurled at Democrats indiscriminately by the Republican pre.?, yet Georgia, a thoroughly Democratic state, fur nished more volunteers for the war with Spain, in proportion to popu lation, than any other state in the uniom. Mr. F. W. Hancock now occu pies the Williams residene at the head of Main street which he recent ly purchased, and has made some needed improvements to the place. Mr. Sid Hunt haying rented his plaee to Sheriff S. A. Fleming has moved te the cottage vacatea Dy ir. Hancock. The Public Ledger has no sup erior in North Carolina as a loyal and effective eountv naDer. What ever can benefit Oxford, the Public Ledger champions in season and out of season, and uxtora tooacco men and all others in GraHyaile owe it a lasting debt of gratitude. News and Observer. "What is home without a news paper?" asks one exchange to which another replies: "it is a piacewnert Id hats are stuffed into oroKen win dows; where the wife looks IiKe a bag of wool with a string arouna ner the husband has a tobaeco panorama painted f on his shirt front and the neglected ehil- ren wipe their noses on their jacket sleeve." You will find Hancocks Drg 8tore nxt to Poet Office, Oxrora, wnere Dromnt and polite attention will be given rich or poor. Call in and see him. OXFORD, N. What about the shirt factory or cotton factory now? - The editor is pleased to learn that Mrs. J. W. Booth, of Tally Ho, who has been quite sick is much better. Mr. Jack Carroll has placed on our tablo a bunch of second crop of ripe blackberries. This is the first time we ever saw anything of the kind.. -. Capt. A. S. Peaee has rented and moved into the Wimbish house on College street in order that he may be nearest te his business, an the post office. We are pleased to learn from Dr. S. D. Booth that Mrs. W. A Par ham, Jr., who has been quite sick for seyeral days is better, and wish ber a rapid recovery. If your eyes are weak and need glasses remember that Dr. Rapport, the fine-optician of Durham, will be at the Osbora House next Monday and Tuesday where he will be please to have you call and see him. Consul tation free. Read his advertisement in another part of this paper. The old Minor warehouse, under the excellent management of S. W. Cooper, - is in the midst of the fight for the sale of leaf tobaeco and con tinues to mafie a nne record tor in terest of all farmers who sell on the Minor floor. Sol Cooper makes it a point to see that every pile reaches the top noteh and enjoys a fine pat ronage. Are you looking for shoes at and below cost ? Of course you want to buy them as low as possible, and J. L. Garrett in an advertisement in anotner column says ne nas vuu pair that can be bought at and below cost. He wants the people to take them off his hands, along with a nice line of dress trimmings. Go and see him next to Charley Landis hard ware store. Mr. John M. Morris, of Wilton, who for several years has been draiasQing tebeoee en the Oxford market, is mew with the popular warehouse firm ef Harris Gooch & Co., Hendersen, and will be glad for his friends to remember him when they start to market as his best ef forts will be used to obtain for them the cream of the market on all grades. The Owen Warehouse has step ped right into the favor of the far mers and is now enjoying a fine patronage. Rufe Knott is a worker, ana so is nis assistants, ana every possible means in used to reached the highest averages for all grades. Bob Hart is fast making a reputa m a 1 tion as an auctioneer ana you are eordially invited to try the Owen with a load. The Ladies' Aid Society of St. Stephen's Church will haye an Oys- ster bupper in the store room lately occupied by Paris Bros. Friday, Oct. 13th, from 4 to 11 o'clock p. m. In addition at 8:30 o'clock p. m. will be shown a series of song pictures. All who attend will be requested to guess the title of the songs represented, and the one guessing the largest number correctly will receive a prize. The Town Commissioners held their regular meeting Monday after noon transacting routine business, with the exception of ordering the purchase of a new 20 horse engine and boiler to run the rock crusher as tke old one has given out. The work of improvement of the streets and cemetery nnder the present Beard is marked, and hope they will open then hearts and work the side walks as some of them are almost impassible in the winter. -Attorney General Waiser was asked the question how many legal holidays there are in North Carolina. He finds, to his surprise, that there are no less than nine and ventures the prediction that in no other State are there as many. These holidays are as follows: January 1; Lee's birthday, January 19; Washington's birtLday, Febuary 22; memorial day May 10; Mecklenburg Declaration Day, May 20; July 4; Labor Day, September 4; Thanksgiving Day; Christmas day. We rise to ask if our Warehouse men and business men are going to set still and allow Durham to take their trade away from them? The Dur ham business men are born hnstlers and have gotten the raiiroads to change schedules as well as to put on extra trains and run them so farm ers can spend the day in that city.sell tobacco and do their trading. Dur ham is capturing a great deal of Ox ford's trade, and we cannot expect any better when there is no unanim ity among our people to push tor- ward and build up the town. The old reliable warehouse firm ef Bulloek & Mitchell have changed their message to the farmers in this issue of the Public Ledger and we inyite the farmers to read it and give the Banner their patronage. These gentlemen always have an eagle eye for the best interest et an wno sen tobacco on their floor. The price of tobaeco on the Oxford market has increased and our energetic reliable bayors haye inereased orders for all grades. Load up and come to Ox ford and try Bulleek Mitchell as they guarantee yen tke top ef the market. . THAT JOTFVL PIEUNB, With ihe exhilarating sense or renewed health and strength and internal eleanli- ness, which follows the use of Syrup of Figs, is unknown to the few who haye uot proer esed beyond the old-time medi cines and the cheap substitutes Bometimes offered but never accepted by the well- informed. Buy the genuine. Manufac tured by the California Fig Syrup Co , C, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1899, The Board of School Directors of. the county met in the Court House on Monday with Messrs. F. W. Han cock, Graham Royster and James H. Webb present. There was no special business transacted. The editor deeply regrets to learn of the serious illness of the greatly beloved Mrs. John W. Hays, and trust that the Great Ruler will see fit to spare her and that she may yet have many years of usefulness in our community and continue to ber a blessing to her family. It is a pleasure to note that Mr. John Paris, who now occupies the Kronheimer store", is fast getting his old trade back. He has a choice stock of dry goods, notions and shoes, and extends a cordial - invita tion to you to call and examine-them before you make your purchases promising to sell your goods at the lowest possible prices. Mr. Lauriston Elliott and Miss Emma Wilborn, two popular young people of Oak Hill Township, were happily -married yesterday at the home of the bride's parents Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Wilborn, at 4 o'clock by Rey. Fountaine. Immediately after congratulation from friends the bridal party left for the home of the grooms parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Elliott,where a most sumptuous sup per was served in hour of the joyous event. The Public Ledger join a host of friends in extending warmest congratulations with the hope that peace and happiness will reign supreme around their hearthstone. The Oxford tobacco market has a regular move on it now, as to bacco has advanced. There were good breaks Friday, Saturday, Mon day, and Tuesday was hummer, as it took all day to sell all the to bacco crowded on our warehouse floors. Our streets were crowded with farmers who seemed in bet ter spirits, and our wide-awake merchants were busy selling them goods at the lowest possible prices. T71 n i . r armers or uranvuie sustain your home market as our buyers will pay you as high figures for your tobacco as any market. Red Hot From Xne Oun. Was the ball that hit G. B. Steadman of Newark, Mich., in the Civil War. It caused horrible Ulcers that no treatment helped for 20 years Then Bucklens's Arnica Salve cured him. Cures Cuts, Bruises, Burns, Boils, Felons, Corns, Skin L.ruptIons. Best File cure on earth. 25cts a box. Cure guaranteed. Sold by J. G. Hall, Druggist. We Invite your attention to our 50 cent corset. Also to our line of stationery The largest tablet In town for 5 cents at the Klondike. octl2. Oxford Behind in Progress. We notice that the wide-awake people of Durham are taking ad vantage of every opportunity to ad vance the business interest of that city. They have recently been in strumental in getting the different railroads that run in there to change their schedules or put on extra trains to run so that people along the dif ferent lines can go to Durham and spent most of the day in trading or selling tobacco. Along with this T 1 1 . .uurnam county authorities are building a fine system of roads lead ing to Durham, which is another trade drawer. So the Bull City is catching the people going and coming. Ihe question now arises what are the people of Oxford doing to try to noia tneir traae let alone increasing it? We answer nothing. It seems thai; our business men are perfectly satisfied with a splendid leaf tobacco market and are willing to stand or fall by it, while other towns all around us are entering largely into manufacturing enterprises. The Orphan Asylum Matter. At a call meeting of the Masonic Lodge of Oxford Monday night a committee was appointed to investi gate the charges we made in last week's Public Ledger relative to the employment ofa negro woman as assistant manager of the sewing room of the Orphan Asylum, and we have the report of this committee in full and regret that its length prevents its publication this week, being handed in as we are getting ready to go to press. We had had a talk with the pleasant and gentle manly Col. Hicks, in which he made the same statement which has been elicited from the witnesses examined by the committee and seems to prove to the satisfaction of the committee of the Lodge that that part ol our statement relative to the woman having been employed as an instructor was a mistake and we take pleasure in correcting that part of it. We will publish in next week's Public Ledger the full report of the committee with comments. Call and see our $1.25 pants, worth $2. See our counterpanes at $1.00. Can't be bought elsewhere for less than $1.50- See our shoes, tne tneapest ever ottered in town. In fact the Klondike is the place to buy goods because we deal exclusively with C. B. Rouss.who is headquarters for the world. We can sell you bed tick tor 14 cents. Can't be boueht for less than 16 2-3 anywhere. When in town don't fail to call at the Klondike and see our many bargains. oct.12. The Parham Bros, Co., Henderson, are offering large Inducements to cotton planters. They only charge one tw entieth ttol and 75 cents for new bagging and lesl. Medicines, patent medicines and every thing else kept in a well arranged Drug Store can be found at Hancocks,. ACROSS THE" THRESHOLD. YOU KNOW SOME, BUT NOT ALL. They Will Come and Same. Go AH the Mr. F. W. Hancock was in Ral eigh Tuesday. Rey. A. S. Caldwell is in Ashe- ville this week. Gen. W. R. Cox enjoyed Sun day with his sons in Oxford. Capt. J. A. White, of Durham spent Thursday afternoon in Oxford Our portly old friend Wm. Ful ler, of Vance, was in town Friday. Col. W. J. Hicks spent Sunday and Monday at the Orphan Asylum. Dr. G. T. Sikes, of Grissom, was on our streets a few hours Monday. The venerable John H. Webb, of btem, was on our streets Tuesday. Mr. W. H. Royster and daugh ter, of Bullock, were in Oxford Mon day, Rev. and Mrs. B. C. Aired, of Kittrell, were on our streets Satur day. Mr. James Meadows, of Kinston. was in OxforcUHSaturday and Sun day. Mr. Louis de Lacroix returned Thursday from a visit to New York City. Mr. H. A. Stem and two dangh ters, of Stem, were in Oxford Monday shopping. Mr. F. M. Woody, of Stovall, was in town Friday and called to see the editor. Mr. and Mrs. S. N. Nash, of Stovall, were on our streets Tuesday afternoon. Mr. R. L, Hamilton came from Chapel Hill Saturday and remained until today. Mrs. John B. Mayes, of Stem, joined the throng of shoppers in Ox ford Tuesday. Mr. T. C. Rogers and daughter, Mrs. Gibson, of Wilton, were in Ox ford Monday. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Cole, of Sun set, were among the shoppers in town Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Cheatham and daughters, of near Oxford, were in town p riday. Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Massenburg and daughter, ot Henderson, yisited Oxford Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. James Bradsher, of bhady Grove, was on our streets Friday afternoon. Mrs. Pete Thorp and daughter Miss Belle, of Oak Hill, were on our streets Saturday. Mr. John W. Hays, Jr., now of Pittsboro, was in Oxford a few days ago to see his mother. , Dr. and Mrs. J. F. Sanderford, of Creedmoor, were among the visi tors to Oxford Tuesday. Mr. I. T. Green, of Dexter, was on the breaks of tobacco Monday, and called on the editor. Mr. Zack Daniel, of Wakefield, was on our streets Monday shaking hands with his old friends. Dr. J. G. Hunt and Gen. B. S. Royster attended the Association at Brassfield church Wednesday. Bishop Perry and Claude Cheat ham, of Youngsville, were among the visitors to Oxford Monday. Mrs. W. C. Tyree, of Durham. spent Friday and Saturday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs, J. M. Currin. Mr. and Mrs. Nat Hobgood and two daughters, o near Oxford, were numbered among the visitors to town Friday. Mr. A. S. Hall enjoyed Sunday in Henderson with Mrs. Hall and son, who are on a visit to relatives in that town. Mr. I. J. O'Dear, of Mt. Energy, was on the break of tobacco Friday, and we had the pleasure of meeting him in our office. Miss Mary Currin and sister, Mrs. Bailey Owen, of Henderson, re turned Saturday evening from a visit to Richmond. Mr. E. T York and daughter, and Mr. and Mrs. Chas. York, of Grissom, joined the happy throng of shoppers in Oxford Tuesday. -Mrs. J. L. Hollman and three children, who have been on a visit to Mr.and Mrs. J. K.Wood, have re turned to their home in Windsor. Messrs. S. F. Coley, Jr., of Lyon, and Yancey Oakley, of Culbretb, were on the large break of tobacco Tuesday and called to see the editor. Mrs. W. A. Bass, of Monroe, ac companied by her sister Miss Fannie Wood, who has been on an extended visit to her, arrived in Oxford Tues day. Mr. Winston Rogers,, the yery efficient book-keeper at the Oxford Orphan Asylum, returned Monday from a visit to his parents in Dur ham. Misses Lucy and Fannie Clifton after a pleasant yisit to friends in the stovall section and Oxford re turned to their home in Louisburg Saturday. We are gratified to learn that Miss Eva Mmot, the highly accom plished music teacher at the Oxford Orphan Asylum, who has been con fined to her room for seyeral days, is I much better. THE FARMER'S CONDITION. What the Trust and Republican party Has brought him to. The Public Ledger has been urg ing the Oxford business men to do something to help build up the town py tne establishment ot manufactur ing enterprises in order that the surrounding towns might not leaye her clean out of sight, but now turns its attention with sorrow to the pitiable condition of the veomanrv of Granville, the best people the snn ever shown own, and the reason why so many or tnem are forced to seek other ways of making a living. mi i. p j i . Aiie iime oi me year nas come when the farmer finds the season's work gradually diminishing, the eyeumg are Becoming longer and instead of dragging himself wearily . ore to Dea alter working m the fields until dark he has time to sit down and hold converse with his family or reaa a uttie alter the evening meal. .Naturally his mind will run to esti mating the profit he has made during tne long nustie that began with the spring plowing and will not end until the corn is husked in the crib, tooacco marketed and wheat sowed. No class of workmen know longer hours or more continual toil, or are called upon to exercise more brain work, if they hope for any return. than do the farmers, yet they are the poorest paid class of all. The Granville county farmer, who sits in nis quiet country home these October evenings and looks at his situation soberly will almost shuddei when the discouraging facts are laid bare before him. With scarcely enough wheat to begin to supply his wants and will have to buy flour, me arougnt cutting snort the corn crop, he has only to fall back on his tobacco crop, the price of which has been placed so low by the American lobacco Company that it is a mooted question as to whither it is not grown at a loss. This is the view he will have of his. own productions; the result of all the labor of his family and hirelings for a season. There is no way for his income to be increas ed one farthing. He has done his best and it has yielded him but little; now comes the dispairing work of making ends meet. With the scant surplus of grain and: one of the poorest tobacco crops he has made in years, witn tne prices in the grip of the trust which takes it at their own figures as it controls the tobac co product of this country, he will try to figure out how he can pay for the fertilizer to raise tobacco, pay taxes and buy clothing for his tarn ily to protect them from wmtei's cold blasts. Alas, for the poor farmer. He will find it a hopeless task. Just as reas onably might he try to make five by adding two and two as try to figure out a living and pay his bills this season. Everything he has used, his plow-shares, implement repairs, all necessaries in which iron is used, much of his food stuffs and "clothing. as we'l as his taxes, have increased in price, while his products have di minished. Can a more dispirting condition of affairs be imagined ? Yet it will not be an idle dream when the whole discouraging panorama passes in re view on these long fall and winter nights. The sensible farmer will shake off the horrible spell and be gin to look about him for a cause. He knows that his work, if expended in any other vocation, would have netted him something at least, and it does not take a long head to figure out that there must be something wrong with economic conditions somewhere. Takiner Census Bulletin 378 and the figures of the official statistician of the Department of Agriculture, he finds that the value of farm pro ducts for the average farm in the United States States was $538,94. Allowing 5.G4 persons to each farm, as reported by the census, dividing the $538.84 among them equally, he finds that the agricultural population receives an average annual per capita income of $93 89. Dividing this amount by the number of days in the year (duoj, ana ne discovers that for those who depend on the farm for a living an average per capita income of 25 8 cents a day is all that they haye. Further investigation of the ques tion discloses the fact that the $538.- 94 is the gros3 income of the average farm; not the profits. -"It includes that portion consumed on the farm as well as that portion sold. Out of this amount the farmer must pay his taxes, insurance, interest, the cost ot seed, hired help, wear and tear of farm imphments, reparing of fences and buildings, and feed for his teams for one year while cultivating the crops All these items must be paid out of the $ob 94 before the tarmer can have anything for himself ana amilv. The question then is, how much will the average farmer and his family have for their own sup port after paying all these items ? Will they have fifteen cents a day A TTFM1 Mt 1 per capital jno. win tney nave ten ? Possibly yes, it is a question. For argument's sake, however, we will admit that our agricultural pop ulation receives a per capita income of ten cents a day, with which to buy food and clothing, educate the children, and pay incidental ex penses." Here is the bald truth confronting him and it is little wonder that the farmer knits his brow in amazement. Here are facts -and figures taken from the most reliable source possi ble to obtain them. The farmer is figuring and thinking in his own home. He is not being confused by political distortions, but is where his judgment is cool and undisturbed and he is looking at the matter $1.00 PER ANNUM. Baking Powder Made from pure cream of tartar.1 Safeguards the food against alum Alum baking powders arc the greatest menacers to health of the present day. : BOVL BAKINO POWDER CO.. HEW VOBK. squarely and fairly for himself. Shall he sit in indifference or con clude that he is well enough off when sach appalling facts and figures stand staring him in the face from the pages of the open Census Report ? Or shall he make up his mind to join forces with those who are striking to readjust our national economic, and financial systems to that the farmer shall be called to bear only his equitable share of the burdens of citizenship and that he will be protected against the rapacity of trust greed, that leeches upon him whether his crops be boun tiful or a failure. He will realize that all he need do is to rally with -his fellow husband man at the ballot box ana the buraen will be lifted. But he must strike and strike desperately against the party that is in power and permits such an iniquitious system to exist, that permits the exemption of cor porations, bloated bond holders and millionaries from just taxation in order to curry their favor in elec tions; that permits the people to be robbed that useless officials may be retained; that permits the increase of taxation on those least able to bear it. The interest of the farmer is cer tainly not with the Republican party now, and never has been, even if some of them under the leadership of Marion Butler did fuse with that party three years ago and turned North Carolina over to the negroes. Working Night ami Day. The busiest and mightiest little thing that ever was made is Dr . King's New Life Pills. Every pill Is a sugar-coated globule of health, that changes weakness into strength, listlessness into energy, brain-fog into mental power. They're wonderful in building up the health. Only 25c per box. Sold by J. G. Hall Druggist. Mr. Albert B. Cannadyf of Mt Energy, has located in Greensboro for the practice of law. He is asso ciated with Messrs. Boyd & Brooks, and our best wishes attend him in his new home and that he may be come one amone the ablest lawyers in North Carolina. Chills and a torpid liver go hand in hand. You will never be rid of chills until you get your liver and Dowels right. Stedman's 5-Cent Blood and Liver Pills Do the work Take the pills and afterwards quinine or chill tonics. Get well ! Groping in the Dark Wisdom cornea by experience not always. He who a;oes year after year with defective glansee, who picus his "specs" from off a coun ter or from the hands of some peddler will some day find that he is ' gropine; in the dark" guilty of neglect that may eventually be the cause of his groping in the dark in a literal sense. When we tit you with glai ses we give you good c?e service, n e five you just what your eyes need becanse we have studied their needs. No guess work done here. I will be at Oxford Oct. the 16th and 17th. Monday and Tuesday, and will stop at the Os born Hotel. Examination free. De. 8. RAPPORT, Eye Specialist. Shoes! Shoes! AT AND BELOW COST, I have over 700 pairs of Men's, Ladies1 and Children's shoes which I am now offering at and below cost. This is no catch game and ail you have to do is to call on J. L. Garrett next to Joe Hall's and see for yourself. - Remember also that we can supply your wants in groceries. Dress trimmings almost at your own price. Come along ladies and get, them as they must go at some price. Yours for bargains, J. L. Garrett 7 OXFORD, N. 0. ! 3 4 , i : ! fi
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