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THE TATTLET.
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THE TATTLER ,
Published weekly by the Athletic
Association of Oxford High
School
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Staff
Edwin Shaw Editor-in-Chief
Herbert Rountree, Ivey Allen Liter
ary Editors.
Bessie Faulkner Associate
Jack Brinkley, Annie Gray Bur
roughs School Activities.
James Webb, Clarence Burch Com
munity Activities. '
Edgar Reece, William Hunt Ath
letics. Almon Upchurch, J. D. Brooks, Jr.
Agony Column.
Madison Usry Treasurer Athletic
Association.
William S. Livingood, Mildred Har
rington Managing Editors.
MISS HARRINGTON'S BOYS PULL
CANDY
A curious stranger passing the Ly
on annex to the Methodist church
Thursday night might have wondered
at the sounds proceeding therefrom.
A peep through the kitchen window
would have explained the mystery.
Led by Miss Lewter and Miss Har
ms, specially invited guests, a jolly
bunch of smiling boys and prettily
be-aproned girls might have been
seen engaged in the time-honored
pastime of candy pulling. Upon in
quiry, the curious stranger might
learn that Miss Harrington's "100',,
attendance, all wool and a yard wide
invincibles" were holding their month
ly social meeting.
J. W.
AGONY COLUMN
Edwin Shaw: "Does your Ford rat
tle like this all the time?"
Honk : "No, only when it's running."
"Bredren, you kno's de Scriptures
sez ter skatter de grospel afore de
four winds- Well de judder day w'en
' I was out in de woods and had don'
wrote out a lone sermon a harricane
Mrs. Fleming: "Haven't you heard j gtrucken me. Dis yere harricane
how Napoleon was defeated at Water- l gkattered mah sermon in every direc
loo?" , tjon, Wat I calls fulfillin' de Scrip-
Will Mitchell: "No, ma'am, I have- j tures, gemmen."
n't had time to read a newspaper this j
week " '
Mary had a William Goat,
Eva Jones says that a brand new
'Twin irmrinc near a well:
r
Ford with closed curtains is the stuff
these winter days. Well, Eva ought.
Josh Hicks says: "Some folks is
jes' naturally born stingy. Jes' de
other day I heerd an ole codger tell
his wife to take her specs off when
she wasn't lookin' thru 'em."
Fair damson: "I saw you up town
the other day but I didn't know you."
Lover of dime novels pausing at
end of chapter: "Ah! the villain
flees!"
Second party: "I should say so.
One just bit me."
Will Mitchell says girls sometimes
catch cold from talking to boys too
long out of doors. Now, don't mis
understand us. We didn't know An
nie Lou had a cold.
The Rt. Hon. Bobbie Bradsher step
ped out Sunday night in the para
phernalia of a six footer. Hard luck,
Bobbie, Santa Claus will miss you
this year. , ,
Our old friend Joe Floyd showed'
up at Christian Endeavor Sunday
night with a brand new hat,
says he bought it to wear on
weak-end.
It ate a stick of dynamite
And blew it into little pieces
About as big as a dime.
A convict surrounded Dick Tharpe
last Friday and tapped him on the
bean. Dick was not hurt seriously.
The convict fled towards Corinne Can
nady's home and has not been seen
since. He had good taste as to di
rection anyway.
You slick-headed fellows, there is
some fresh Wesson oil at Taylor
Brothers.
Joe Floyd has stopped seeing red.
Scarlet fever has broken its ban and
allowed Joseph to come to school a
gain. Burch had a lively time eating on
ions Tuesday night. He will not tell
us.
Everybody see if they can see any
change in Edward Gill. He swallow
ed a dime.
The dog stood on the burning deck,
The flames were leaping round his
neck
"Hot Dog."
"If a Ford passes a Ford, what
time is it?"
"Tin past tin!"
A tax a day keeps normalcy away.
Samantha Myer
Started a fire
With a can of kerosene;
Bits of the stove
Fell in a grove
Samantha's not been seen.
Salesman on S. A. L.: "Is this train
fast?"
Conductor Kirkpatrick: "Certainly,
sir."
Salesman: "Thanks. Would you
mind telling me what it is fast to?"
Miss Allen: "Dorothy, were the
men who were in Congress in 1848 a
very old set?"
Dorothy: "Yes'm, I remember Cal
houn as being very old."
O Henry Literary Society program:
The girls participating in the duo
decim solo will be led by Miss Frances
Jackson.
Someone suggested that we require
"Pop" Hilliard not to hang up his
own stocking or Santa Claus won't
be able to get to us before daylight.
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hi'
MRS. WOODALL AND MRS. BARN
HART GIVL CONCERT
ftverytHie enjoyeuTo wietmosrihe
splendid entertainment given by
Mrs. Woodall and Mrs. Barnhart at
West Oxford schoolhouse last Thurs
day evening. Despite the rain, the
house was filled with an expectant
and appreciative audience long be
fore the ladies arrived. If hearty
applause means anything, each song
and reading was thoroughly enjoyed.
Almon Upchurch
It may be false,
But so 'tis said,
Cynthia Dorsey's dafTy
In her head
Over chap ,
Whoe hair i rd!
I J. D. Brooks says he once hm a
dog that swallowed a tape line. Ev ,
erybody thought the poor thing would j
die by inches, but it went around the j
house and died by the yard. ''
WHO'S YOUR DRUGGIST ?
Does he give you a square deal on every transaction?
WE STAND BACK OF ALL THE GOODS WE SELL
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Odd Fellows Building
SO
STUDENTS
IS REECE RIGHT?
This is an age of specialization.
Men learn to do one thing and to do
it right. They go to grammar and
high school to learn what to do, and
go to college to learn how to do that
thing. The better and longer you
prepare for your life's work, the bet
ter you can do it. You can learn tc
be a loafer in a few minutes but it
takes years to learn to be a lawyer.
Christ prepared himself thirty years
and did only three years' work, but
in those three years he accomplish
ed more than any one else has ever
accomplished in a hundred years.
Find out what you should and would
like to do and prepare yourself to do
it. In the McNeill Literary Society,
Friday, we decided that our 'motto
should be, "That which is obtained
without effort, is worth only what it
costs." This means that the harder
a fellow tries -in school and college
to accomplish his purpose the better
he can do it.
The conclusion of the whole mat
ter is this: The more you put into a
thing the more you get out of it. It's
ancient dope but it's correct.
Edgar Reece
The editors have been notified that
Miss Tate has been sporting three
diamonds of late. We are at a loss
to know whether Miss Tate is a Mor
mon or merely a professional heart-breaker.
Mr. Corntassel: "John, why didn't
you get the mail this morning?"
"I was settin' the clock for grand
ma!" "How about you, Joe?"
"I was in the loft settin a rat
trap."
"And you, Thomas?"
"I was settin' a hen for ma."
"And what were you doing, Zeke?"
"I was settin' the table."
"Now, James, how about you?"
"I was settin' some tomato plants."
And you, R. M., I am listening?"
"I was on the steps settin' still."
When Ivey Allen went to see his
girl Sunday night he found her hold
ing a poodle dog in her arms and
kissing it. He instantly became jeal
ous.
"Say!" he cried, "why don't you
kiss me like you do that dog?"
Afflicted one: "Well, you see, I
don't kiss every little puppy that
comes along."
"Rastus," stormed the judge,
"where did you get these chickens?"
"Now, jedge, yo' wouldn't have mi
ter give away my trade secret, would
you?"
Shawbones: "Had a little excite
ment at my social last evenin'."
Bad Eye: "Sho nuff, tell me."
Shawbones: "Some gentleman had
a little difficulty over a disagreement
Tjout a misunderstanding."
Bad Eye: "Cut up some lively ca
pers, huh?"
Shawbones: "No, sah, niggahs, nig-gahs."
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