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SATURDAY, JANUARY 5TH, 1918 PUBLIC LEDGER PA v ECKMANS HOT SALE OX COIiI DAY. OFF THE TRACK f I - I 3 1 I . t i f '. 1 j J: FOR THROAT AKD LUUQS A Calcium compound that will bring re lief in many rente and chranic cases. Provfdes in handiest form, a basic rem edy highly recommended "by science. Con tains no harmful dn gs. Try them "today. SO cents a box, including war tax For sale by all dnigrgista Kx-kman laboratory, Philadelphia frm W IUI in THAT the year 1918 may be one of great pleasure, prosperity and peace to you and yours. We appreciate very highly the business that you gave us during the year 1917 and assure you that it will be our pleas ure to be of service to you during the year 1918 1 IANK F. LYON DRUGGIST College St., Oxford, N. C. FOR WEDDINGS A SPECIALTY Vallies, Sweet peas, Roses and Catenations arranged in the latest artistic styles. Also our arrange ments of Floral designs, Casket rovers and Sprays are unsurpass by none. u tr&co. GREENHOUSE PHONE 149, STORE 47 RALEIGh', N. G. We give prompt attention to mail, Phone and telegraph orders. DR. D. C. McIVER DENTIST office in the Brown buildinf for merly occupied by Dr. L. V. Hen derson. OXFORD, X. C. F. HARRIS Notary Public YOUR FRIENDS caD ou.v .nvttiinfe you can give then except your photograph. Why put it off? Bring or send me your Kodak films if you want them finished right. " T. BRINIiLE x - Orfency for u !k Soneca Cameras M DR. S. RAPPORT vill be at the Oxford Jewelry store every first Tuesday in each month to examine eye's and fit glasses. Glasses that are easy anri restful to the eyes. Head ache relieved' when caused by eye strain. Stovall Working For the Comfort of the Soldiesr Boys. Qn December the 27th in the year of our Lord Nineteen Hundred and Seventeen, the Stovall Branch of The Granville County Chapter of Red Cross placed one of the most in teresting and business-like Auction sales before its patriotic people ever conducted on the North Hem ishere. The little village has only about three hundred inhabitants; but if you could have witnessed the buying you .would have come away with the idea that everybody thought the market a Bull one and it yas the only wise thing to go long of wares and merchandise. From every nook and cranny within the little village men, women and chil dren brought their goods and placed them in the hands of the Auction eer. The Boy Scouts and Camp Fire Girls aided in soliciting goods for sale and what they did not get is not worth talking about. Sharp at 3 o'clock the Auctioneer announced to the eager bystanders that the sale of goods, wares and merchandise for the benefit of the Local Branch of the Red Cross was on. A ten dollar bill was first of fered and after crying the bid for one minute was knocked out o a buyer for the sum of $1L00. Then, next in order came canned fruits, vegetables, chickens, butter, pota toes, corn, sugar (mind you sugar) flour and turkeys, all of which brought handsome prices. Many other articles were offered and one might say; that every thing from a side saddle to a jew's harp was of fered to the public at this most fa mous auction sale. The bidding was hot and lively and the coldness of the weather only tended to stir the people to take advantage of the bargains such as $10 bills going at $11. Men, women and children split their pocketbooks wide into, and each buyer was confronted with pikers. There were no by-bidders but none were needed for every ar ticle brought a full and fair price. In all, $160.00 was the total amount of the sale. It was a common cry to hear a pound of sugar going at 50. 51, 52, 53, 54 and 55 cents a pound. Cakes were thought to be cheap at $5 a piece and were bid off to that amount without hesitation. In short, it was one red-hot sale pulled off on one ice-cold day but was One of the most inspiring and enjoyable occasions ever attended Ly its liberty loving and self-sacrificing citizenship. The income from this sale is to be used in purchasing materials for band knitted articles and so forth for our boys. The good la dies of Stovall Branch of The Gran ville Chapter of Red Cross will com mence immediately to work this raw material into the necessary articles for the comfort of the soldier boys. If you wish to know how to put on one of the real hot auction sales on an ice cold, day just write to our Chapter and the answer will be forthcoming. "Go and do thou likewise." (From an Old Clipping.) So goes humanity. Yonder is the boy and his schedule was too slow and began running faster and fast er. He must make time along side of another. First it is the little things, then pthers, and still worse things. Down the grade he rushes. Then there is the crash, the crowd stops a minute and looks, the news boys carry their latest edition. It was suicide. The friends murmur. "We never thought it." Then the crowd moves on the vacant place is filled by another and the world forgets that a young man was Off the track! 4 Morses '.'and Mes 'M Maybe the mother was too slow the girl thought so. These are rec ord breaking times and "old fo gies" must not find fault with the .young folk of this hurry age. Moth er is good but just a "little old fashioned." The girl goes where mother would not have gone. Her company is not so select as moth er would have it. The bloom is brushed from the fruit. 1 Brutal ap-r-etities lust after the dainty deli cate life and- . One day a brazen, drunken, shrieking cursing creature is loaded -into the police patrol. Again the crowd stops a minute, it laughs and sneers, and passes on. The world forgets the woman who is : Off the track!" SUBSCRIBE TO PUBLIC LEDGER. WE HAVE IX OUR STABLES FORTY YOUNG, SOUND AND WELL BROKEN HORSES AND MULES ;,s UNLOADING A BIG CAR LOAD TODAY. IF YOU WHIi NEED A HORSE OR MULE NEXT YEAR, WE THINK IT WILL PAY YOU TO BUY NOW. fflormer -Brothers Company MAY YOURS BE A Jappv aid MEW TEAM Carolina Power & Light Co. Oxford, R. C. in The Coming Draft. (Asheville Times) Within a few months, the second call to the colors will be made. Throughout the length and breadth of the land the young men are pre paring themselves for the order to report. It is a tribute to the soli darity of the nation in support of the war that there is practically no protest, complaint or panic. The new arrangement, under which the eligible men will be divided into five classes and the call made by classes is a great improvement over the earlier plan. In addition, the more definite information it gives, draft eligibles as to the likelihood of their time of service is a distinct advan tage. The first class will probably be called early in the year and the other classes will follow later. 3C Car Load Just Received. 1918 models, five pass senger, fours and sixes. The Buick Slogan true until now-"When Better Cars Are Built, Buick Will Build them." Look better, last longer, freer from troubles. Nothing in their class for near the price, ask any owner or conscientious garageman. Another Car Load of Fords Expected to Arrive Soon. r 1 E E CRENSHAW. FOES SUBSCRIBIS TO PUBLIC LEDGER. THAT ANNOYING, PERSISTENT COUGH may lead""-to chronic lungr trouble, or mean that the chronic stag already la reached. In. either qase. try ECKMAN'S ALTERATIVE This tonic and tissue-repairer sup plies the acknoVledged benefits of Cal cium treatment without disturbing the -stomach. Contains no Alcohol. Nar cotic r Habit-Forming: Drug. $2 size, now $1.50." $1 size, now 80c. Price Includes war tax. All druggists. Eckmaa Laboratory. Philadelphia UGGIES AND WAGONS We have had record sales this fall on buggies and wag ons. The prices are some higher, but not as high as they will be later. We Sell - Taylor-Cannady Buggies. ckney Buggies. We Sell Geo. E. Nissen Wagons. Thornhill Wagons. These Hakes Spell SATISFACTION. Buy How and SAVE HONEY. Oxford, N. C. ii ii mi M Jft1: .7 St PI
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