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OXFO m PUBLIC iEDGE ?C FRID AY DEC SMBER 9.19 10 6 ' v -''iV - r " fg 'TT- The few day between now and Christ-m mas will be filled with the cares of gift &e Pfootograiplhiecl fey Us uf Established 1,42 L V 6S Years Making The Slirif Piano. I'OliTY-SIX THOUSAND UOY F.V1I-MKltS. fid save "12" cares. ington 21 3 PR. JONES' LINIMENT FORMALLY BEAVER OIL CATTLE AND MORSES Lameness, Sprains, Bruises, Distemper, Cracked Heels, Sore Shoulders, Swellings or Splints. Dr. Jones' LinimenV is without a rival. Just apply it freely, and the pains and soreness will disappear immediately. SUPERIOR IN EVERY WAY. Mr. W. W. Mason R. F. D. No. 2, Wright City Mo., writes: "I have used Dr. Jones' Liniment on my cat tle and horses for sprains, lameness and other local troubles, and cannot give it too much priase for the wonderful relief it gives. It is superior in every way to any liniment I have ever used. Dn Jonefc' Liniment is equally valuable for man and beast. For sale by F. F. LYON, Price 50c per Bottle, None Genuine without the Beaver Trade Mark. The Old Year a Dying U Has the old year been good to you? Have you enjoyed its blessings, and are you financially ahead of last year? ft Then show your ap preciation by surprising your family with a FresGhi A Stieii Player. f You have been so busy with other things as to give it no thought, but don't be so foolish your family will enjoy it im mensely; so will you. jf Come and talk it over; get the makers low price and easy terms. Chas. M. Stiett, Some of the Things That Hxive been Iont By the Industrious Boys of Country. The success of the boys has ex- eeaed that of older farmers. In ,'1909 the boys in one county in .Mississippi averaged 74 bushels of t or.! u the acre.- while . the farm-t.i-A of the county, employing old methods averaged less than 20 bush els. The results in the special ca- ! ses is almost beyond belief. tiascomb Ushur. the son of a far ; nier in ordinary circumstances in Marlboro County. S. C. in 1909 j made on his acre 15 2 1-2 bushels f of corn at a cost of 3 1 c ents a bushel. His was the best showing land he won the country and State prizes wun a special prize oi a trip to Washington, offered by Dr. Knapp. His corn was sold partly for seed at ?2 a bushel. The sale of his crop and his prizes brought him $500, and he is now in college. De Witt Lundly. of Lexington, Miss, made G3 bushels without fer tilizer, and in spite of the fact that his crop was badly damaged by insect. The total cost of produc tion was $9,15. He also won country and State prizes and a trip to Wash ington as did the two following boys, i:imer Halter of Conway Ark ansas, who made 85 l-.'i bushels in spite of a bad season, and Ralph Bell wood of Manchester. Ya. who made 122 bushels at a cost of 1-1-1-2 cents a bushel. These four boys came to Wash ington on their prize trip and were presented by Secretary Wilson with ; the first certificates of merit ever . given youthful farmers by the De ' partment of Agriculture. Xext year jive certificates Id's t Remedy ion a It carried joy to the pockets of our patrons. It is undeniable evidence that we are taking the lead in Big Breaks and Top Notch Avenges, and it gladdened our heart to send our Farmer friends home with a full wal let of the "Long Green" Tobacco is made for the money that is in it and the High Average above is proof that we know how to get it out oi ft andlt isTo the direct interest of your pock book that you bring your tobacco to the (D) wemi Wsnrelnonnse As The Cream of the Market is Guaranteed on Every Load. Oxford stands at the head of the list as the steadiest and most reli able market in the State, and her buyers are men of j ability, judgment and experience, and ever ready to bid the limit on all grades of tobacco. - wl are here to stay! We hope to get a Big share of your business by o,,Dutat!on for fair dealing and expect to retain it by merit; to-wit: Sty to get you the Highest Averages for your tobacco, by cour teo treatment, and by feeling and showing our appreciation of the cdnfidence you place ius . Remember a cordial welcome awaits you at the Owen Warehouse. Yours to serve, ,, . Will H, Flemni iiiragj 1111. --v. the Secretary will to others, and Governors and State Superintendents of Education will also give certificates of merit to all i ! boys raising 75 bushels of corn on one acre at a cost not to exceed 30 cents a bushel. j The immediate effect of all this . is tremendous and the ultimate, j oars in good resultant no man can estimate! and with What mother is not looking lor fomething that will help her childrcr in the little ills of life,, some thing for the stomach trouble "and thr bowel trouble? Long ago she prob- i ably has become convinced that a i child cannot readily swallow a pill or a tablet, and that to "break them in half and crush them"-' is ;an annoy ance; that usvully liny work too drasti cally, and ai :au.st:atins and too pow erful for thfi little one'3 stomach. Anv mother who will takd the trouble f sending h.r rime and addrssa can ob tain a i'rt?t sample bottle of a remeJ.: that thousands of other mothers ara using and now paying-, for. Thl3 remedy is Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin, and the otter of a free trial bottle is opn to any mother Who has not y?t used -it.- Having- used it and convinced yourself that it is what you want, you can obtain it in the fu ture of your drurit at tir;y cnts aiv'! one dollar a bottlf;. just r,o many others are doin?. the free u?r.ple bole? simply to . onvinee you of its raerlts. It is the boat way to begin on It. Mrs. Ij. Davis of 17 W. Harrison strait. Chicago. and Mrs. IvJury Bedford. 1710 Coke street, Louisville. Ky.. both started with a free sample and notv thy wrjte that they have iivver bten without a bottle is th house since. It is mdoubt:-dly a great family rem edy, as it iA adapted to all o.a. beln? mild and ploasaat to take and yet thor oughly effective. It is especial!; th--ideal ri-mtdy for t:hsiil:-c?i and wo!:itn and old folks. 'who need sotnthini? purt. :r.i!J ind natural. It has th advantage of be inar u. thcvciish laxative and yet contains onk- prc-pi-i lies. ll.se it for the most stubborn ronstip-j-iiori; indigestion. livr trouhif, t-iek headach-. .soar sroinach 'and su.h complaints with a guarantee; that it will cure. i Dr. Caldwell personally will be please-; to Rive you an meawa! adv:ce you nviy desire f-r yourself or family p.irt;!inin V the stomach, liver, or hows!s atisohit-;! free of charge. 1 splain your oase in ;. letter and he will reply to you in dat:;l. For the free sample simply .er.d Vo'i: name and add: ess on a postol card. ;r otherwise. For either request thedoetor s address is Dr. W. B: Ca! Jwell.R.noo Cald we!l building:, Monticello, UL so my manufacturer of tobacco.also carried. on the tannery business un til the last years he had retif i and made his home with his oldes' daughter, Annie.to whom he was pt'r fectly devoted. He was a mason ii good standing for over 4 5 years- H; first belonged to the lodge at Mt Energy then moved his membershii to the Tally Ho lodge. Tlte las- nwmtli if hie 1 1 t Mm WHS V(;l'V"'c ble in health, being near y of ate- He would often remark his children "Only the departure from my children, 1 would be j hnnnv m-Ih'ti the suffering's of life would be over." Funeral services were held at Oxfo: bv Dr. Marsh, and Rev. Mr. Shan burev. His body vas then brought to the old Meadows burying grotinc and was laid beside his last wife. The services at the grave was conducted by Rev. Mr. Roberta"", his pastor and assisted by Rev- Mr. Martin. His favorite hymns were sung. "How Firm a Foundation "Pass me not O (lentle Savior". Act- imr n it'll! hvi rrs were the lowuv int! iientlemeu : Williair Ellingt' Alex Walters. William GoOch. AW I Johnson. J. V. Walters and Mr. i church. ' M. A- III V ACCCpt NO 205, East iVIa'm Sfi-eet. I lySP Other. ! DURHAM, - - - N. C. in in i. nil ii iiui. niui. in : f.-,.-o 1 1 1 Ij) 0pp. Court House. Phone 652. j,.1' ... . . M 111 III (tTi A ITMTTrtW PTT R TTt nPTTTrMTUTiflCd II S ran 1 - in I I II io me r araiers x y I Sold at an II Ii AT THE I WEN WAREHOUSE, J , OXFORD, - - - N. C. I From Oct 1st to Nov 1st 1910 Forty-six thousand boys are now re- i seem that there ceiving training in scientific farm- ! desirable in the ing under Dr. Knapp's methods, and the number is increasing rapidly. The tide that has long flowed to the cities is sweeping back, and twenty years from : now the back woods farm will wield a power un dreamed of in all its past history By that time it is doubtful, wheth er ".here will be such a thing in the United States as a poor back-v-cods farm, for the. Knapp idea is becoming an obsession wherever it fined to our cities, in the wide open country. The It. F..D. and the telephones have been in use for our rural communities water and light it would understood. From 'Making Good Farmers Out of Poor Ones," by Pendleton Chiles, in the Arner- Reviews of Reviews for Xovem- SIvl.N Al SCALP TIlOl BLUS YIELD TO ZliLMo TRKATMKXT Kxteinal Use. J. G. Hall's Drug Store is so con tident that ZEMO and ZEMO soap used together will rid the skin or call) of infant or grown person of j pimples, blackheads, dandruff, ecze- ma, prickly heat, rashes, hives, ivy : poison or any other form of skin or scalp eruption, that they will give your money back if you are not entirely satisfied with the results obtained from the use of ZEMO and the soap. The first application will give prompt relief and show an improve ment and in every instance where used persistently, will destroy the germ life, leaving the skin in a clean healthy condition. Sold and guaranteed by evervwhore and in Oxford Hall". Let us show you proof remarkable cures made b and give you a :12 page how to preserve the skin. J. G. Hall's Drug Stort druggists bv .1. G. is really nothing way of physical j equipment- that our farmers may I not enjoy. ' it takes money to ! bring these comforts of course, but jour farmers have become our mon- led men, as they ought to be. Schools can be established where there is money to pay the teachers iiu vigorous churches can be main tained -where progressive and intel ligent pastor are employed, nl fact country life in North Carolina is just now coming into the dawn of its glory. The state cartoon repre senting the one gallus hayseed with the rake on his shoulder, has ser ved its littVe day. The embellishment and elegance of oar city home is fast spreading throughout the countrv. We dare say that in no other direction will our progress be so marked within the next ten years as in the uplift of country life in our State We. look back to the ante-bellum pe riod as the flood tide or our social life, when the landlord moved like a king among his slaves, and when the "big house" dispensed a hospitality not surpassed in the history of the race, but the new order of things, while it will not be crowned with the gentility and culture that splendid leisure afford will have a better basis than slave ry on which to rest. As the States ville Landmark well says; "Why anybody should want to leave North Carolina, especially this section of the State, to go West, or to go anywhere, the Landmark is unable to comprehend. The young man who has a farm in this part of the coun try would do well to hold on to it. MATFJMONY LONDON. Jiu Favorite Age for Girls to .Marry in London is 21 Years. llaltimore Sun. Some interesting facts about lif- in. Loudon, particularly t hose deal ing with marriage, are given in the latest issue of London Statistics even though ovviiiji to the labor' tonnccted with its complication .the Look deals only with figures rela t in ! the year lit OS. From this bulky tome one learns that the 1am :,,n bachelor nuirries five years ear lier than the' bachelors of Herlin or "'aris; but the women of these c-ciitinental cities marry at an ear iier age than do those of Loudon. Out of 33,000 London marriages recorded in 1908. 24.000 were 1 hosts of people between the ages and 25 years. "Out it, i married 2,2i7 years. One of the ages of 2 0 of the total num were girls nude" them was undt hus- H 2 ! ,soo in the of of some ZEMO booklet ber 21 the age of lt' years and her ii;-.!' vas a boy of 20 years. The best marrying age for London girl would seem to be vears for no fewer than 11, gills of that age were married l:'i'S. After a woman reaches as- 17, years her prospects ti.arruige appear to decline, and at ." vears a spinister's chances are almost ni' In 1D0S only 118 of that age were married in London. Widows: however, seem to bo more in favor, loity-three young widows of 2 1 years of age were married to bache lors most of whom were under 30 ea:s of ag;:. The best remarrying age for a. v. U.--V is 35 years. A tourth o t:i-se wild remarried were of .that age. The youngest widower who re married was a b . of 1 1 years, a nd he married, a sinister. The youngesl widower who married a widow was a young man oi' 21 years, who mar ried a woman ''of 25 years. (- r- r.' n.? r n su I rj n J A IYI C tVbni uivimiiiui I MAKE MONEY ON VIOLETS. Girl Have a in Kaisinii rtiein for a Piof-Vio-Lie- Two New York ifable Liusiness lets and Selling liliootl. Baltimore Sun. Two thousand dollars was the gratifying profit two New York girls cl cared out of a violet raising last year. They had no experience in this form of floriculture before and the whole thing was done with a capital of less than $50 and about r as little experience as girls who j have lived in the country all their lives could have about growing in the ground," of them the other day. "Our first investment ungiazed hotbed sashes at 7 0 cents a sash. By whole lot ourselves the and he who has none can make no better investment."--Charity and Children. Bad Back is Alvays Worse in the Morning Oxford People are Find ing Relief . A hack that achns nlldayand cavs- se th a.s discomfort emorniiig at m ,'orse. t sh Can't cure a bad cure the kidneys. PLUs cure sic idm Captain A. II. Ilragg D-ad. It will be with great throughout Granville county many friends will learn of death of Captain Aiexandei ton Bragg, ty's oldest Bragg died morn ing ot 1 it loot i ht ter.M rs. J had go ne regret that the I lamp- one' of Granville eoun-;-.nd best citizens, ("apt. in Oxford N. C. on the the 17th of November, residence of his dangh T. Critehor. where he on a visit. Since the better, work better, sleep better . Pcrmaiient the mreit of J L. Fril; r. N. C, sajs I loan's Kidney I'ht i n rn. 11 in ?.Ial:cs you u el y.t at all back until you Dean's iKdii'-y ys make you 2' rest bett -r and in Oxford pro', Wii !i th t ca !. I Bonn's. ;, Asyh!i:i str el , Oxford s: "1 can reeomm nd PiiV. to anyone ai'ihi. y troiibie, iavii:g u.- the hi st. of results a grer.t deal by Ij; i acro:-'ii my kidm-ys upon arising, n.y hacic was and lame and it was r-.ome !i' !ue before 1 ould get abeu kid i ed them with 1 v.as bothered ache aiul pair Morn; i w. ak ; wit; , liV anything said one was in 12 5 by 0 feet glazing the cost came to death of his wife and the mstriiage of his children he has made his hor, ie with his oldest daughter. An nie now Mrs. W. D. Thomasson. Captain Bragg was the -;n of N-w- man and Mary Bragg, boim ne, tcr in 1831 . lie was the last of his three brothers to die much cannot be said of him was thorough a Christian gent ! lie was an earnest. ber ofB ullocks r H os one Too, as he " rfialt and devoted inein Met .hodist Ch urch, a p'.-ty ssion when m:'.n. and reniained .?c:ree of freedom. Aft using Bean'iv idm :' fills, r.iocur from Jl. L. Ilamilton'.s lrt'.g St.n the backache and pains in n.y lei iicj s s'oon ceased. 1 fetd very gr.i: It 1 1 U) Doan's idiu y Pills lor tt; li. i' they have ali'- rded me For Sale by Ati Healers. P-rit cents. Fostor-Milbnrn Co.. York, solo agents for the ed States. Remember the name Ptan's take no other. ' d re :.) Unit- $1 it. "It began. was m the autumn that we ! where he made i he was :i voting in the same was of that type of manhood which 'makes and holds friends. He was church until death. He 1 1 rri Ml A ii -Fire broke out n. oil hr a ' f, oVlcok in the M Thompson Furniture Company's btore oil Main Street and bun just about this season. While j a warm hearted genial sunny spirit- the glazing wr.s going on we de- r,,- man whom voted our evening to study up . va- ' rieties. We learned the popular va ; rieties and in March we invested S10 in cuttings and began work in earnest. "Only a few days ago we had a fine offer for our greenhouse and I our orders. It was from a violet ! grower who wished to increase his : business. He said it would be cheap : er for him to buy us out than to i build and begin at the bottom as ; we had done. My sister and 1 de ' cided that as it was cheaper for might also be cheaper tor us 11 let his keep his money ana continue the business. We ,auch better than ottice work and certainly we make mort it." it was a pleasure to . In all his dealings honorable, sympathetic. efficient He never door, MORE ATTKAt TIVE. liy Need For MUiu to Old North Carolina nci?s Spreading to i him II We II In toi n i III No II Hi ; U II I x II W y V V X telling us about who are in and electric It is prac- he was tender and turned the stranger from his As he ever remembered the ment of his master, that th were ever witn us ;uiu no om; was more wining to neip us mau he to do his duty towards his fam ily and his fellow man. He was quiet in his social life, and always enjoyed his friends. His home lite was a beaytiful one, he was an ai fectionate husband and a devoted and loving father. Capt- Bragg was twice married, his first wife was Emma Meadows daughter of Will iam and Rebecca Meadows, of Tally Ho-Of his first marriage were born to them, two children, one died in infancy the other is Mrs. . Annie Thomasson, with .whom he has made his home. After the death of his first wife, he again married Susan Frances Meadows the dauhter oi Elijah and Sallie Meadows near Tar River.Of his last marriage were born eight children of whom only two survive him, Mrs. J. T. Critcher and Elijah Hamilton Bragg. He left three children, fifteen grand- tiftfn and seven great grana-cnu briskly for quite awhile until fire boys conquered it. The I is? a very heavy one on the bu' ing and stock, running up into , thousands. The house was liter. packed with goods and lie must have been ?b.no or .' The firm carries insurance, but correspondent, does not know amount. W. B. Hay more loses !. ilv bv water and smoke, also Bowman & Son. K. .Merrm is t - lg d i r -iH l- , ie :iy ss d). ,;i r t he av- G. lard .The ritt- ware Company and G. C. Welch firr.. tvnc nonlinrrl to the M Thompson building, but it required hard work to stop it in that store. Sales of tobacco wen; heavy last it-uot' f.n iUr. lnr;t market and Jri ces were good. You Can Cure That Backache. Pain alons the back, dizziness, head ache and general Lansuor.Get a pack age of Mother Gray's AUSTRALIAN LEAF. the pleasant root and hot?. cure for all Kidney, Bladder and U:-i-narv troubles. When you feed u!l nm fliwn. tired weak and witVrd energy, use this remarkable combinal tion of natures ncrus anu roo: As a regulator it has no cqua1. Mother - Gray's AUSTRLlAN-LEAi I snid hv druggists or sent by mail fnr Suets. Sample sent Ply I Address,. The Mother Gray Co., LA 4 - r v hese luxuries dreri besides a host of friends to oeen -scon- mourn hla loss. He was by profess N.Y. ....
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