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Volume III. Number 35
OXFORD, N. C.t THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30,1890.
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Commercial Avenue, - Oxford, N, C.
NOTES OF THE DAY.
THE LOCAL HAPPENINGS SERVED
IN SHORT PARAGRAPHS.
Tlie Minor Events About the City -a
Gathered by the Alert Reporters of
The Day.
There will be a dance at Armory
Hall tonight.
The Granville County Medical So
ciety met in Oxford today.
Stock in the West Oxford Land
Company is selling rapidly.
Another sale of goods of the late
Hartman Hoff took place today.
The kind of protection the people
want is protection from the protec
tionists. ,
Miss Bettie Clark .will give a Hol
loweenParty at the Granville Institute
tomorrow night.
Speaking at the Opera House to
night at eight o'clock by Prof. Gran
dison, the colored orator.
Granville is apparently a great po
litical battle ground just now. We've
got 'em, and the desperate kicking of
the Republicans is all in vain.
Hi. Henry's Minstrells, which we are
assured are the finest now traveling
South, will be at the Opera House
next Wednesday, November 5.
The weather prophet slicks to it
that we are going to have snow within
the next few days. He says you may
look for the white flakes to come down
any moment.
The crentlemen on the road in the
interest of the $100,000 cotton factory
of the Oxford Land, Improvement and
Manufacturing Company report good
sales. It is believed that this stock
will be nlaced within a few weeks'
time, as it is a number one invest
ment.
A cold thing the speaking in the
courthouse la:t night by Tim ' Lee
His hearers did not enthuse worth i
cent. We give him credit for this
much : he advised the colored people
to allow any of their race who wanted
to vote the Democratic ticket to go to
the polls in peace and be respected.
The alarm of fire last night struck a
chill to many a heart. The weather
was very windy and favorable to great
conflagration. If it had broken out
in the business centre of the city, how
could we have fought and conquered
it ? O ! for a system of waterworks !
We must have protection against fire !
PURELY PERSONAL.
The Doings and Whereabouts of Some
People You Know.
t
Miss Smith is the guest of her aunt,
Mrs. W. W. Walker. .
Dr. T. L. Booth, of Stem, came to
the city this morning.
Thos. Gooch, of Philadelphia, is in
Oxford seeing his trade.
Bob Featherstone, of Person county,
once a resident of Oxford, is on a visit
here.
L. F. Lucas, of Lucoma, N. C, i
in the city with tobacco to sell. Mr.
Lucas is a good patron of the Oxford
market.
Mrs. I. H. Davis and daughter.
Miss Berdie, after several days spent
here, returnd to their ho.ne near Sto
vall this morning.
Dr. J. M. Blanton, of Cumberland
county, Va., once commissioner of
agriculture of Virginia, is in the city.
He is selling tobacco here.
Jno. O. Knapp, first advance agent
of Hi. Henry's Minstrels, was in the
city today, and arranged for his com
pany to perform at the Opera House
next Wednesday nightt
it
Thanks !
On behalf of the railroad company,
and personally, I desire to return
thanks to the citizens of Oxford, white
and colored, who rendered valuable
assistance in saving cotton from the
car burned last night.
J. A. White, Agent.
Guns, rifles and pistol at J. F. Edwards?'
THE VANCE DEBT.
The Supreme Court Decides that Vance
County Must Pay Us $9,000.
The Day mentioned yesterday that
in the celebrated case : of the
Commissioners of Granville coun
ty vs. Commissioners of Vance county
the State Supreme Court decided that
there was an errqr and modified the
judgment of the lower court.
When Vance county was erected it
took three townships from Granville
county, and our commissioners sued
the commissioners of the new- county
for its proportion of the old county
debt. The claim put in amounted to
something over 12,000. This decis
ion of the Supreme Court scales that
sum down to about 9,000, which our
neighbors will have to pay.
It is understood that the money
from Vance will be used in remod
elling our courthouse.
Box Cmp Burned.. , ; , .
A box car on a siding lierecaught
afire at about nine o'clock last; night.
The Oxford & Henderson locomotive
alarmed the town by loud whistling
and brought a large crowd to the
scene, but the flames had gained such
headway that they could not be check
ed. The car was full of raw cotton load
ed at Henderson yesterday, and by
hard and gallant work on thepart of a
number of colored men several bales
were saved.. The remainder of the
cotton, together with the woodwork
of the car, was entirely consumed.
The running works were but slightly
injured. A spark from the O. & H.
locomotive, or from the locomotive of
the eight o'clock freight from Durham,
is thought to Have caused the fire. -
We could not obtain irom the, rail
road people any information of $e
amount of loss or ownership of the
cotton.
... Services7 ac" Baptist Church.
j Last night at the Baptist church,
Rev. J. L. White discussed "The Sec
ond Coming of Christ" in his own
forcible manner. "Are. you ready for
His coming ?" was the pointed ques
tion asked, and with the power of the
Holy Spirit did it take hold of his
hearers.
Much interest was manifested, es
pecially in the after-meeting. Every
body is cordially invited. Services
every evening at 3 o'clock, and at 7:30
o'clock.
Speaking Tonight.
Prof. Grandison, of Greensboro, the
colored orator, will speak in the Opera
House tonight. White ladies and
gentlemen, as well as the colored peo
- 1 . w
pie, are invitea to near mm. tie is a
fine speaker, very nearly approaching
the eloquent Price.
He will have a large crowd.
At Stem Saturday.
Capt.. A. 11. A. Williams will speak
at Stem Saturday, November 1, instead
of Friday, October 31, as was erron
eously printed in The Day yesterday.
Without doubt there will be a big
crowd to meet him and hear him dis
cuss the live, political issues.
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'Samples of Carpet.
I will have on exhibit for ten days a large
and beautiful assortment of samples of car
pet, from one of the largest manufacturers.
Prices way down. Buy now, for carpets
will be higher. t Jos. A. Webb.
Turner's N. C. Almanacs
Book Store.
at the Oxford
Three or four boarders wanted. Three
dollars ,a week. Rooms furnished. Ap
ply to ; L. E. Wright.
AT WILTON TODAY.
J. M. BROWER COMES TO GRAN
VILLE COUNTY TO SPEAK, .
And Ex-Speaker JT. R. Webster Is on
Hand to Answer Him--County Dem
ocratic Candidates are There. Too.
Congressman John M. Brower, the
Republican candidate, is at Wilton,
this county, today. Although Capt.
A. H. A. Williams, our noble standard
bearer, is at the other end of the dis
trict, Mr. Brower is not having things
his own way by a long shot. Ex
Speaker John R. Webster, of Reids
vine, is on nana to prevent mm mis
leading the people, to answer him and
show up his unsavory record. The
Mt. Airy statesman has a hard road to
travel, but then transgressors cannot
expect anything else.
The Democratic candidates for the
legislative and county offices, with
Hon. A4W. Graham and A. A. Iicks
are also at Wilton to ' preach true
Democracy, non -sectional, legislation
and honest government. ' .
Mr. Brower will come to Oxford to
spend the night, and it is said that he
will speak in the courthouse at eight
o'clock, p. m. He may get a few peo
pie to near him, but the big m?jonty
will go to the Opera House and listen
to Prof. Grandison.
FRESH FROM THE PRESS.
Hapuentnes In North Carolina and
Elsewhere from Today's Papers.
In Henderson yesterday George A.
Ross and Miss Martha L. Perry were
married.
The Durham Sun says: Durham
does not intend to be lett benind on
the matrimonial question. Five this
week and more to follow.
The postmaster at Fort Wayne,
Ind., excluded from the mails a local
morning paper that published a list of
the winners of prizes at a church fair.
Barum's circus train was wrecked at
Murder Creek, on the Macon & Cov
ington road, at six o'clock yesterday
morning, while enroute to Athens,Ga.
Five persons were killed.
In Philadelphia yesterday afternoon,
before Magistrate O'Brien in the libel
case of ex-Gcv. Pattison against Clay
ton McMichael, proprietor and editor
of the Norih American, McMichael
waived a hearing and was held in $1,
500 bail to answer at court.
Arrangements are making for the
laying of a, double pneumatic tube
line between New York and Phila
delphia. Between these two and all
intermediate points it is expected that
letters, newspapers and small pack
ages will be whirled at the rate of four
miles a minute.
Tom Woolfolk was hanged at Perry,
Ga., yesterday at 1:30 p. m. for mur
der, August 6 1887, of Capt. Richard
F. Woolfolk, Sr., his wife, Mattie
Woolfolk, and their children, Richard
F. Jr., aged 20; Susan Pearl 17, An
nie 10, Rosebud 7, Charlie 5, Mattie
18 months, and Mrs. Temple West 84.
All were killed by blows on the head
with a butt of an axe, except in the
case of the little boy whose head was
cloven with an axe.
A Card.
A circular is being spread, signed by
John M. Brower, stating that I said to
J. R. Pted, of Person county, that the
Democrats of the district hired C H.
Moore to run for Congress and paid
him one thousand dollars, of which
amount Capt. A. H. A. Williams con
tributed one hundred dollars.
I denounce this statement as a most
willful and infamous LIE. I never
told Peed c.t anyone else anything of
me Kina. it is a l.ik out of rat
WHOLE CLOTH. J. H. LONG.
Democratic newspapers in the Fifth
District will please copy.
Large stock spotting goods at J. F. Ed
wards'.
HI. HENRY'S MINSTRELS.
A Fine Company at the Opera House
Next Wednesday Night.
The managers of the Oper House
are fortunate in securing a date with
Hi. Henry's Minstrels. This fine
company will appear here next Wed
nesday night, November 5.
There are thirty people in the troupe,
artists of reputation, and a splendid
brass band. They travel in their-own
private parlor car, which is decorated
in gold and interiorized with carved
woods and costly plate mirrors, private
baths, electric bells and all modern
improvements.
It is a first-class attraction in every
respect, and their performance is of
high merit, free from vulgarity and
shorn of chestnuts. The Greenville,
S. C., Neivs says :
The largest Saturday night audience
ever in the Opera House and by far
the largest and most appreciative of
this season, greeted Hi. Henry's Min
strels last night. ' The curtain went up
on the most gorgeous scene a Green-
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vine auuiencc nas-nau uic . pleasure in
in seeing in many days. The stage
was bedecked in damask drapery and
the minstrels were dressed in elegant
costumes of silk and other fine textures.
The music and singing was far superior
to the average minstrel troupe and the
encores were frequent. George Deck
er, the bass soloist, and Burt Winters,
the tenor, were both heartily applaud
ed by the audience after their solos.
Will G. Mack, in "Southern Life, or
Scenes on the Levee,' impersonated
the old negro to perfection, and was
supported in his songs and dances by
a good corps. Billy Benson was so
great in his female impersonations that
many thought he was a woman. Hi.
Henry and his cornet were special
features of the evening and Mr. Henry
was warmly applauded. The perform
ance, which wps considered equal to
any of George Wilson's; concluded
with the transformation clog, , some
thing entirely new and altogether sen
sational. One night only. Admission : Gal
lery 25 cents; lower floor 50 cents; re
served seats 75 cents. Box sheet now
open at J. G. Hall's drugstore.
Reduced Rates for Darnnm ' Circus,
at Raleigh, N. C.
For those wishing to attend Bar
num's show, the Richmond & Danville .
Railroad will sell tickets to Raleigh
and return at the following rates lor
round trip from points named. Tick
ets on sale from' points on the 0. & C.
and O. & H. Railroads and points be
tween Auburn and Goldsboro, inclu-
sive, evening 01 inov. 5m ana oin;
from all other points on Nov. 6th.
All tickets limited, good returning
Nov. 7th, 1800: Mebane S2.00:
Chapel Hill, $1.80; Hillsboro, $1.65;
Durham, $1.10: Cary, 35 cents; Au
burn, 35 cents; Clayton, 60 cents; Sel-
ma, '1.15; Princeton, $1.50; Golds
boro, 1.95; Wilkins, $1.70; Stems,
$1.95; Oxford,'$2.25; Stovall, 2.70;
Dabney, 2.25.
Chewing Tobacco
"Matinee" You all know the brand.
Five boxes received today at
j ne uxiora lrug oiore.
, John P. Stedman.
N t wood Cigars,
all brands, at J. R.
Couch's drugstore.
Parties wishing to purchase Iron Safe
will save money by calling on J. F. Ed
wards. He is agent for Macneal & Ur
band's Iron Sales.
Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria.
When Baby was rick, we gTe her Castor!. .
When she vu a Child, she cried for Castoria,
When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria,
When she had Children. he r-are theia Castoria.
Bananas, Apples, Oranges, Grapes, fee,
at Couch's drugstore.
Buy the Excelsior Cook Stove,
in use, at J. P. Edwards'
The best
Mrs. Wood's Infaliablt Salve at J. R.
.Couch's drugstore. Best in the World.