OXFORD PUBLIC LEDGER) ERIDAY, JANUARY 7, 1910.
FINANCIAL
$6,000,000,000
Represents the savings in the
banks of the United States. The
United States ranks First in the
"Savings habit" of all the nations
of the earth.
if this vast sum were divided up
each man woman and child in the
United States would get at least
$60.00.
But this money is not going to
be divided, so if you want to be
reprseented in this grand sum you
must save for yourself. No better
place to start than at the
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J. S. COBB, Vice -President.
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ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
Haring qualified as administrator
with the will annexed upon the es
tate of Elandor D. Tingen before the
Clerk of the Superior Court of Gran
ville County, notice is hereby iven
to all persons indebted to said es
tate to come forward and make imme
liate payment of same. Persons hold
ing claims against said estate will
present theni to me for payment on
or before the 10th day of December,
1910, or this notice will be plead in
bar of their recovery.
This the 10th day of December,
19v9.
Sterling H. Tingen,
Administrator with Will annexed.
A. A. Hicks, Atty. 6t
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION.
Having qualified as Administrators
of the Estate of the late W. H. Green
notice is hereby given to ail persons
having claims against said estate to
present them to us on or before the
18th day of November 1910 or this
aotice will be pleaded in bar of their
recovery. ' And all persons indebted
to sal id estate are notified to make
prompt payment to us.
This November 18th, 1909.
I ' I. T. GREEN.
A. S. GREEN.
Administrators of W. H. Green.dec'd.
Graham & Devin, Attys. 6tNov.l9
NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION.
Notice is hereby given that the 1st
day of January, 1910, the co-partnership
heretofore existing between W
J. Long, J. C. Haskins, and F. B. Bla
3oc, under the firm and style of Long
Blalock & Haskins in the conduct of
a mercantile business dn the town
ef Oxford N. C, has been dissolved
3y mutual consent, the interest own
ed by Long, Blalock, & Haskins, be
ing bought out by J. C. Haskins, J.
Li. King, F. B. Blalock, A. F. Morris,
and L. S. Farabow. who will in the
future run the business under the
firm name of The Long Company, In
corporated. All persons holding
claims against Long, Blalock & Has
kins will present them to F. B. Bla
Joxsk and all persons indebted to same
rlll present them to F. B. Blalock.
r W. J. Long,
i J. C. Haskins.
j F. B. Blalock. !
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til You Have Seen
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TE BLUE
JAPANESE VASE.
A New Year's Story.
By EDNA PLYMPTON.
ICopyrigrht, 1909, by American Press Asso
ciation. CT AGON. in shape, its rich blue
skies reflected the morning
sunlight as Mannering exam
ined his new purchase. The
yase had stood on the dusty shelf of
an auction room, and its appearance
had brought vividly before his mind's
eye a quiet New England parlor with
curious sea treasures displayed on the
high, white man
telshelf and a
pair of blue Jap
anese vases Iik?
the one in his
hand.
lie had bought
the vase because
of the recollec
tions it stirred
within him. Now
he looked it over
with the eye of a
connoisseur and
finally placed it
on a teakwood
cabinet in his
study.
A faint odor of
dried rose leaves
hovered about
him as he resum
ed his chair in
front of the fire.
PLACED IT OX A TEAK-
His newspaper
WOOD CABINET.
was dull. The work piled on his desk
had no attraction for him today.
A year before overwork bad driven
hi:n to seek rest and quiet in a Con
necticut farmhouse a farmhouse with
iu sight a-nd smell of the sound, where
many ships pass to and fro. Here in
the crisp winter weather he had met
a girl. He loved her, and. she was
promised to another.
"I am sorry you must go," she had
said evenly. "The new year begins to
morrow. I hope it will bring happi
ness to you."
"It will not bring happiness to me,"
said Mannering dully.
Then Mannering had gone away
with the dawning of the new year; and
it was as he had said. He had not
found happiness.
The sight of the blue Japanese vase
recalled the fact that tomorrow an
other new year would dawn the be
ginning of another dreary twelve
months.
At dusk he was restlessly pacing the
floor of his study. The glow of the
fire was reflected in the highly polish
ed surface of the porcelain vase, and
glittering points of flame caught his
eye."""'
He carried the vase to the fire and
sat down in his deep chair. Again the
n fl r r nf map
? Aft 1H I lpavps assailed
hi3 senses, and
he plunged his
hand deep, with
in the vase. He
brought it forth
filled with dried
and crumbling
roses and a tiny
envelope an en
velope bearing
his own name.
He had never
seen her hand
writing, but per
haps it might
have bee n
Slowly he tore it
open and read
the few lines
with dazed eyes.
So she had
AN E-WELOPE BEAR- oved him after
ING HIS OWN NAME. all But wby
had she not sent the note? Was she
married? Of course she was now.
Outside the snow spat against the
window panes and the wind howled
around the corners and rattled the
doors. Presently the knob turned, and
Johnson intruded a sleek head.
"A lady to see you. sir," he said.
Mannering got upon his feet and
placed the vase on the mantelshelf.
"A lady!" he repeated dully.
"Yes, sir. She says she will only de
tain you a moment, sir."
"Very well.",
Again the knob turned, and a girl
entered, slender and bronze haired and
gowned in clinging black.
She -shrank back against the door as
Mannering came across the room.
"You wished to see me," he inquired.
"Yes," she said in a low tone. "You
oougut a vase at,
the auction rooms
this morning
they directed me
here it belonged
to ray family:
Something was
placed in it for
safekeeping and
forgotten. I want
it."
Something i n
her low toned,
voice stirred
Mannering
strangely. He
peered nearsight
edly at per close
ly veiled face
and then stepped
to the shelf and
i?eld the vase to
ward her. "STAT, ESTHER," SAID
Reluctantly she maxxerixg.
came forward uuder the blaze of the
chandelier. She took the vase and
thrust one gloved hand within. It
came out empty.
"It is gone," sh? said nervously. She.
m jm&mmm. y fev Mi. Mil vmmmmmmmm
mmm wju ww w visa '&mmmmsm nn
mmssmm i n a hi mj mmmmm n0r did
m?Mmmmm 1 m as - mm ij i eyaiHi' .
msmmmi 11 M 7 mm mxm wwL
imilH IS f fiv
Ml '&M?mmS: .
bent her head toward him. "Thank
you for permitting me to examine it."
She moved rapidly toward the door.
"Stay, Esther," said Mannering.
"Why you oh, 1 did not recognize
3'ou!" she cried.
"I found something in the vase,
Esther a' note from you saying you
loved me and could not marry any one
haninir nvar hat en I ot1 tt nnnrv "J
"I did write it I did mean it. , 1
gave it to little Tom to mail. He has
just told- me that he -forgot to mail it,
and long afterward he hid it there be
cause he was afraid to tell rae." I
wanted to be sure that you had pot re
ceived it. because 1 wanted to remem
ber that you were not false, and so 1
traced the vase to your house. But I
did not know your name, only the
house number, and I did not know I
was coming to you." She was crying
quietly into her handkerchief, and now
Mannering drew her hands away from
her face.
"And you would have gone away
from me again," he said slowly.
"We have had death and disaster,
and tomorrow 1 was starting forth to
take a situation as governess."
"But now you will not go," he said
firmly. "You will stay and try to
make me happy. A new year dawns
tomorrow. You are my New Year's
gift, a year belated, but none the less
precious."
And so the Japanese vase found a
place on Esther Mannering's mantel
shelf once more.
The Jap's New Year's Breakfast.
The New Year's breakfast is a pe
culiar meal in Japan and includes the
tea and toso for drink aud for food
the mochi. potatoes, fish, . turnips,
greens, soup, each served separately
or all mingled in a fragrant olla po
drida called zori. Salt tunny fish,
known as luri. is a favorite dish among
the better classes. On that festal day
the bow ls and plates, made, of wood
and lacquered with red and gold in
side and black outside, are brought
forward bearing the family crest in
gold, while the ordinary crockery ware
is put aside on this festive day. The
bowls of the children are decorated
with golden cranes on the covers fly
ing among the golden reeds and golden
turtles swimming amid the waves.
Sad Days For Sammy.
"Mamma, is it true that; the way
you act on New Year's day you'll act
all the year?" asked the angel child.
"Well, my dearie, I have heard that
said, and it may be true. So you. are
going to act today just as your little
heart would have you act every day In
the year, my precious?"
"You bet! I'm goin' right out an lick
Sammy Smith, an if this tnlf holds
good the' won't be notbin'iteftio' him
by next New Year's." t
At the Desk In the Dining Room.
"The old year's passing." wrote the bard.
("Please pass the butter." said his wife.)
"He shrieks he gasps he's dying hard!"
("Now. James, we've fottts don't use
your knife.
"The New Year comes, a tripping youth."
("Say. paw. lick Jim; he gripped me up.")
"Now let us feed on love fend truth."
f 'Now, Jimmy, 53 Qd,ad the ?up."i
CURE FOR THE
SWEAR-OFF HABIT.
1 5 Simon Jones had the swear-off habit.
This means that he had approximately
all the vices and resolved to lead a
tjfetter life, at least once a year.
T: On some New Year's 'days he swore
'off from all his vices, or all that he
could remember, and, again, centered
' his good resolutions on one special and
particular meanness.
But it mattered not whether he in
dulged in an omnibus oath and took
his bad habits broadside or went at
them single file the dismal result was
the same. Before the day was over
his vow was in fragments and Simon
was making up for the few hours lost
by indulging in all, his vices at once.
In fact, he knew he would break the
vow when he made it, but such is hu
man nature. Such, at least. Is the
Simon Jones brand of human nature.
Perhaps he made his good resolutions
to glory in shattering them. Anyway,
he did glorv in it, which amounted to
the same thing.
In this manner Simon swore off from
smoking, from looking on the wine
when it is red or green, amber, dark
brown or any other old color from
telling white lies, from procrastination,
from playing poker at - the club and
telling his wife that he had been held
at the office, from flirting, from taking
a flier in stocks, from betting on the
ponies, from, fishing on Sunday, from
saying naughty swear words and from
other peccadillos that would make a
dictionary of vice to mention. He even
swore off from swearing off. Then he
resolved to quit breaking his resolu
tions. All in vain! Every one of his
vows was splintered as speedily as an
expensive dish in the hands of the
hired girl.
At last Simon Jones struck a novel
expedient. He resolved to stop all his
transgressions and then vowed to
1
break his resolution. Strange to say,
the natural perversity, of his nature
kept him straight for two days in
place of one.
If you know any Simon Joneses sug
gest to them this plan.
JOHN INGLIS.
The Chinese New Year'.
New Year's is an important holiday
witlf the Chinese. They are supposed
to bury all hatred and to pay all their
debts, it Is a disgrace to begin the
new year in debt, and for weeks be
forehand the almond eyed residents of
American cities skirmish for funds
with which to meet their obligations.
During the continuation of the cele
bration every Chinaman in town keeps
open house and is visited by all the
other immigrants from his native land.
They eat birds' nests and other equal
ly questionable dishes and drink quan
tities of the oily stuff which serves
the same purpose as American whisky.
The houses, of the Chinese are decorat
ed with lanterns, paper flowers and .lit
tie josses, and discordant noises evoked
from their musical instruments rend
tht air flurirtf th niirht liOUrS.
Mew
Year's
NCE I made a resolution
That I'd be an eremite;
Tried to pore o'er pond'rous
volumes
until the morning: light;
nee from foolish fondness
And the lighter side of life,
Sternly looking; toward the glory
Of the soul's seraphic strife.
Banished all were wine and roses.
St. Stylites on his perch
even
1 in en 1 r.naTieen ti ttipct. ikt nrnitnncr
And she smiled- well, what's the
use?
My fine New Year's resolution
Galloped madly to theideaee.
NUMBER 1910.
By FRANK H. SWEET.
Copyright, 1909, by American Press As so-,
ciation.l
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Dingle, dong, dong! With merry din
Nineteen hundred and ten steams in,
And off the' train with iugh and
cheer
There steps the jolly, glad New
Year.
His haggage after him they throw,
Twelve big boxes in a row.
Twelve big boxes, wide and deep.
Oh, for jnst a single peep
Jnst a single peep to see
What's inside for you and me.
One thing, though, I know is true
There are valentines in number two.
Number seven's marked, "With
care !"
I believe there's powder there.
Five and six are labeled "Flowers."
Four a placard has with "Showers."
There's snow in some, and nuts for
fall,
And birthdays scattered through
them all.
Those boxes hold a goodly lot,
But only time can tell us what.
But, little folks, one fact I know
They came here full, and full they'll
And every cranny, chink and crack
Well do the best we can to pack.
What we put in without a doubt
We never, never can take out.
Be careful, then, what each one
brings.
Let's fill them full of pleasant things
That when the Kew Year waxes eld
His boxes may be full of gold.
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