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1. OXFORD, N. C.. WEDNESDAY MOENING, MAY 8, 187(>. NO. 20.
T1i3 Morning Clarion,
By WILLIAMS & ROBINSON,
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Democratic Conservative Meetiri!;
The Democratic Conservative voters of
(iranville are requested to me"t in mass con
vention, at Oxford, ^Jfonday May 29th, to
appoint delegates to the State and Congres
sional district Convention, to be held in
Raleigh the 13th and 14th days of June next,
and to transact such, business as may be
deemed necessary.
I3y order of Co. Ex : C'onimittee.
J. S. j\mis, (.''Il'm.
Aj'.ril 20th 1S75.
• DISTRICT CONVENTION.
A Convention of the Democratic-Conser-
Vfitive votei's of the Fourth Congressional
District will l)e hekl in the city r.f I'laleigh
on Tuesday the 13th-day of June next, for
the jnirpose of nominating a candidate for
(.Congress an(’ a Presidential Elector, and se
lecting two delegates to the St. Louis Con
vention. A full attendance is earnestly de
sired Each county will be entited to one
Vote for every one hundred votes and frac
tional part over fifty given fc.r Merrimon in
1S72.
By order of (he District Executive Com.
II. A. I/)Ni)ON', Ju., Chairman.
March 31st. 1876.
TOWN AND COUNTY.
HURRYGRAPHS.
How is your ej)izoot ?
Oiir inside is dated wrong.
Splendid weather for pnetimonia.
Yesterday was a disagreeble day.
Business ha; been quite dull in
town for several cays, so the mer'
cha'U', infj;-;ii u..
Corn meal at 80 cents per bushel.
CooPKR &: Williams,
Mr Geo. Hicks is very ill with
pneumonia.
Mrs. Judge Gilliam is confined to
her bed witli chills.
New sensation in Henderson—a
Jewish Priest from Palestine.
Raleigh elects a Democratic Board
! of Aldermen. ’Rah for Raleigh.
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I We regret to state that \V. A. Da-
I vis, of the 77’/rA//i;'///is (|uite unwell.
I How to be happy—be content
; with what you have and work for an
i honest living.
i _ •
Coolest weather for May we have
felt for many ) ears .May we never
see the like again.
A large lot of N. C. l^acon, Hams
and Sides just received at
[201 w] WiiJ.L'iMs Bkvan’.s.
! What did the Judge ];up.ch that
j lawyer, and that lawyer jninch the
j judge for in church last Sunday?
I A late publication is styled “'Fhe
Art of Kissing.” The book agent
may as well pa.ss Oxford in his round.
The art is fully understood here.
John 'J'. Britt will begin the pub
lication of an advertising sheet, the
size of the Clarion, at an early day.
It will be called Jiriti's Mo/ith/y.
I'he Raleigh uVi’rcs says “O come
out of your nice new calicc, you fool
ish girl, and ])ut on your plaids ;
there will be no picnic till August.” |
\'ou are mighty right. j
"'j'he colums of the Clarion are ;
open for^Ir. Cole to justify himself:
in regard to the ])oor house. As the ;
matter now stands, and judging from
tl'.e evidence, it is more of a Public j
Hotel than a poor house. '
Corn meal at 80 cents per bushel. I
C'0( pr.R \\'1LL1A.MS.
Mayor Crews Avishrs ns to state
that in h.is speech Monday he .said
“He would rather for every colored
man in town to vote against him
than Allen Hicks and AV. H. Crews,”
and for fear that some niav niisun-
derstand him, \Y. H. Crews voted
for hnn.
Norici'..—The young men that are
desirous of joining the Oxford Min
strel 'Froup, are requested to assem
ble at tlie ( LARtox office at eight
o’clock Saturday night, for the ])ur-
pose of organizing and electing offi
cers. Six men will constitute a
troup.
A young man in Rale'gh shot
i twice at a young lady and gentleman
i as they were returning from (Mnnx h
Sunday night, ^^'e would advise our
yoimg men to be warne.l and never go
with another man's sweatheart an\-
wlicre, as it is a d ing,*rous ex[>eri-
ment.
AJVOLO FiUEiXI). We are glad
r('eei\o the St.vk 8i>an(!Lkd
1>axxi;h.:uu! to Icani that this popular,
in fact tiKtinnnl family piipcr,is to (‘iir-^r
it) .laniiai-y upon its foin-l('(Mith year of
success, 'i here; arc ftnv papers that ar ■
as popular. 'I'Ik'Hanxki; is a larpc 4)
Ci)hiiim 8’pag‘])aper. illustratiM!. crowi' 1
with fli(,* I)(>,st of rc'aditig. and (‘xcryiliin ;•
to IXTKKKST and IXSTKI'CT. \\ (■ sec
also. that, its fatuous ‘•({oviics ('oriKM'”
is to ])(> kept up. and tints every swji-
(lk*r, quack, and Inuiibuir. is su;v f > ])“
(,“xpos("J and brourlit to Justice. Every
liouscliold tliis paper. \Vc )iii(! i;,
a most ])lea.satir \ isitof to our ,'^.ui-tuii).
and would not uidiiio-ly ])a:'t with ii.
For 1870 the piil)lisl!ci-s olVcr the l>ann(>;-
alone forouly v.") cents a year, or \\it)i
(dioice of r>!) sui)ui'l) pivmiuuis at a liigii-
er pritrc. We kuou oiu' ivadcrs would
at oiK*;‘ .sul)s(a'i!»!‘ (iid they know tlic
merits of tlii.s splendid i)ape.i'. It i- the
bt'St and Kiu'tdy the c.lieajiest jiaper c\cr
oiTercd, and is eutiridy indiabi '. .Ml
sliould sult^ei'ihe. Sent on t rial .'J iiiout hs
foroiilyiO cents. T.') cents a vi ar. sin
gle eo[)ies >i -ceu's, iiou" free, 'ri'v il
iu)w.aud you will t iiaiik u- for l‘lliHii-\ 011
ahoui. if .V(h!tvss Star S^a'igled I*.-n-
uer, l.'iKs ;.ih‘, X. II.