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Volume 6. NVmher 74.
OXFORD, N. C.;. MONDAY. -JUNE 20, 1892
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RECEIVED TODAY AT
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GINGER SNAPS.
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Spray, Cream Chocolate, Celery Phosphate,
Lemen Sherbet.
J. G. HALL,
Main St,
Druggist.
-yOU THINK
About this time of discard
ing your heavy weight gar
ments, and putting on light
er clothing. Comfort is your
first thonght; next you want
something neat and becom
ing and perfect fitting and
stylish.
WE KNOW
That we have just what you
need and are looking for.
Our eroods are from the best
manufacturers the pick of
their stocks. For durabili
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can supply you.
KR0NHE1MER,
Clothing and Men's Furnishings.
Webster's Dictionery !
(ORIGINAL EDITION)
j 1443 pages including 1500 illus
trations. Given away with G lbs.
of Green or Mixed Tea. Only
$1.00.
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JOB OSBORN,
Merchandise - Brokerage.
THE TALK OF THE TOWN.-
WARM DISH OF LACONIC LOCALS.
The I njre silent are Fraah. and Clean
and PalatwUIe -Spiced but not
Highly Spiced.
-A Georgia watermelon was seen
here a day or two ago.
Good rains yesterday on the
Southside are reported.
The Granville Grays will have
their usual drill tonight.
St. John's Day celebration Fri
day. A large crowd expected.
This is the last day to list taxes.
The books will be closed at sundown.
Miss Cora Taylor rendered very
sweetly two solos at St. Stephen's
church last evening.
The Granville Iron Mining Com
pany has filed for registration a num
ber of leases on land in Walnut
Grove township.
There will be a meeting of the
Ladies Auxiliary of the World's Fair
held at the residence of Mrs. Dr. G.
A. Coggeshall at 9:30 a, m. tomor
row. It is thought that as' the R. & D.
system got into trouble because it
was not earning sufficient to meet its
obligations, that the receivers will
raise the freight rates.
John Boone, a colored lunatic,
left today in charge of Constable
Crews for the Insane Asylum at
Goldsboro. John lost his mental
balance trying to solve great relig
ious problems.
T. T. Thaine is making plans
and estimates for a new Episcopal
church to be built on the corner lot
just above tlie present building. It
is hoped that work on the new build
ing will be commenced this summer.
Those who go on the Bonanza
Excursion No. 6 to Norfolk on June
27, will have a chance to see the
launching of the warship Texas at
the Portsmouth Navy Yard June 2b.
The fare from Diokerson's crossing
on the D. & N. for round trip will
be $2.25.
A small cottage on Sycamore
street, immediately in the rear of the
Methodist church, was sold under
the hammer at noon today. It was
held by L. C. Crator and wife, col
ored, and was under mortgage.
Messrs. Parham & Dorsey, mortga
gees, were the purchasers at $500.
NoWthen, it is off again ! The
rock-crusher was started to work
this morning, after a rest of neaily
six months. Sufficient stone has
been hauled to last several weeks.
The part of Penn avenue, between
Broad street and the passenger sta
tion.will be the first to receive a
dressing of macadam this season.
Later the business portion of the
town will receive attention.
ABOUT PEOPLE.
The Coming and Goingof '.Oxonians and
Some Others.
R. Broughton went to Virginia
last night. !
A. S. Thonias, of Durham, spent
yesterday in Oxford. '
j. W. Harris, o.f Wilton, was in
Oxford today on a business trip.
A. Max came over from Durham
to spend Sunday with his family.
Capt. W. T. Clement left last
night f.or a visit to Richmond, Ya.
Rev. W. W. Walker will be at
the Convocation at Louisburg from
tomorrow until Friday.
Miss Page Morton, who was here
some months the guest of Mrs. W. J.
Boykin, left last night for her home
in Virginia.
Mrs. T. T. Bobbitt and children,
of Baltimore, arrived in Oxford Sat
urday night and are the guests of
Dr. and Mrs. J. G. Hunt.
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Sunday School Convention,
U. & White, of Durham, who was
on a 4sit to Oxford in the interest of
the S ate Sunday school work, called
a mejtiug of thepastors and Sunday,
school superintendents or uxioru, ai
the Presbyterian church Saturday.
The object of this meeting was to
awaken an interest in the Sunday
school work throughout the county,
and to revive the Granville county
Sunday school association.
Arrangements were made tor a
convention of delegates from all the
Sunday schools in the county of all
denominations, to be held in Oxford
in October next, the day to be here
after announced.
An executive committee, consist
ing of all the Sunday school super
intendents of Oxford, was appointed;
also a committee on program con
sisting of all the pastors and bunday
school superintendents of Oxtord.
D.N. Hunt and F. P. Hobgood
were appointed a committee on ad
vertising. It is intended to arrange for a large
and interesting convention in Octo
ber, and to establish a permanent
and active organization for Granville
county that shall facilitate and in
crease the Sunday school work in
the county and bring it into co-operation
with the State Sunday School
Association.
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Talk to the Children.
Rev. W. W. Walker talked to
the children at the Oxford Orphan
Asylum yesterday afternoon on the
subject of "Hands," taking as his
text the 24 Psalm, part of 4th verse.
Beginning with the idea that hands
indicated character he gave them ad
vice about mischievous hands, idle
hands, cruel hands and dishonest
hands, and urged them to have clean
hands in the Bible sense of that
term.
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