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PA GE 2 OXFORD PUBLIC LEDGER, TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 1019. WAR LOSSES OP FRANCE PUT AT $24,000,000,000 m rv-r, of Paris. The budget committee of the chamber of deputies has .drawn up a report fixing the damages caus ed by the war in France, the total reaching $24,000,000,000. Of this amount $20,000,000,000 is entailed by direct damages and $4,000,000, 000 by indirect damage through loss of income or the impossibility of car rying on the work . fljaxecnxctt' m-&MMJSMU.m im w . 33GHDI1 enable u to eledt the LQ$b lues tor our r r Children Cry ros Fletcher's 1 ULIU.LLLUJL1 1 1 M JU n 1 1 1 0 v H 11 V The Kind You Have Always Bought, and which has been In use for over thirty years, has borne the signature of and has been made under his per 'PPj J7 sonal supervision since its infancy. (c6Cc44Z Allow no one to deceive you in this. All Counterfeits, Imitations and Just-as-good " are but Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of Infants and Children Experience against Experiment. What is CASTOR I A Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Paregoric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other narcotic substance. Its ege is its guarantee. For more than thirty years it has "been in constant use for the relief of Constipation, Flatulency, Wind Colic and Diarrhoea; allaying Feverishness arising therefrom, and by regulating the Stomach and Bowels, aids the assimilation of Food; giving healthy and natural sleep. The Children's Panacea The Mother's Friend. GENUINE CASTOR! A ALWAYS Bears the Signature of 5 Starting Housekeepers Right. A home demonstration agent in the District of Columbia obtains the names of prospective brides from the marriage license bureau and writ es each a personal invitation to join one of her home making classes. The response has indicated that nearly every girl is anxious to get her home started right, and welcomes an op portunity to obtain information on the subject. Once started to think ing about modern methods of living and saving work, she is likely to be permanently interested. n Use For Over 30 Years The Kind You Have Always Bought THE CENTAUR COM PANV, N EW YORK CITV. White and yellow corn are rais ed in about equal quantities in this country, according to the county crop reporters of the Bureau of Crop Esti mates. The mean monthly price of veal calves to producers in 1918 was' $11.18 a 100 pounds, advancing from $6.45 in 1912 and $10.47 in 1917. The price in 1918 went as high as $12.57 in September. FIAAVER OF FRANCE FREELY OFFERED FOR FREEDOM'S SAKE fRfflfofop fefiesg Soap jfi W,6tare Oat ttffoat J JJ I Six millions of the youth and chiv alry of France have 'been offered that Freedom might live. The world will ever remember this heroic sacrifice and outpouring of hte blood of its youth. It is likewise not unmindful of the great service to the world ren dered by the French peasants who have given it a perfect remedy for stomach, liver and intestinal ali ments, relieving it is said, incalcu lable suffering, saving thousands of lives and preventing innumerable surgical operations. The ingredients are imported and placed on sale in this country over the name of Mayr's Wonderful Remedy by Geo. H. Mayr, a leading Chicago chemist. It is a simple, harmless preparation that re moves the catarrhal mucus from the intestinal tract and allays the inflam mation which causes practically all stomach, liver and intestinal ail ments, including appendicitis. One dose will convince or money refund ed. Hamilton Drug Co., and drug gists everywhere. Tobacco Acreages Estimated. Seven per cent of Virginia's tobac co acreage in 1918 was devoted to sun-cured tobacco, 3 6 per cent to Virginia dark, and 56 per cent to old bright tobacco. In North Carolina old bright tobacco was on 34 per cent of the acreage and new bright on 66 per cent. In leading tobacco State, State, Kentucky, 44 per cent of the to bacco acreage was devoted to burley, 18 per cent to stemming' to bacco, 8 per cent to One-sucker, 16 per cent to the Paducah district and 13 per cent to the Clarksville and Hopkinsville district. Dr. T. L. Bray, supirentendent of the Atlantic Coast Line Hospital at Rocky Mount the past two years,, has resigned, effective April. 1. What if You Can't Get a New Car in 1919 ? 817,600 cars were "scrapped" in 1917 Mother, the old car certainly deserves the best we can do for it!" I Surely our old friend Car ought to have a new Eveready battery to carry it through the long year ahead. It will be little enough for all he has done for us. . I ' We can't any of us afford to gamble on whether the car will stand up to the work in 1919, and its got to. So I move, Mother, that we get an Eveready right now- it's guaranteed for a year and a half and I'll bet the whole family will second the motion. The Eveready Service Station has Just the size we need for the car, and they're mighty decent people at testing the battery and keeping it tip to the mark. "Make it unanimous don't let the old car think we are pikers." RA. WIGGINS, OXFORD, N. C. We . test and repair all makes of batteries Our repair work folly guaranteed J Cutting Toll of Smuts. The estimated national loss due to wheat smuts in 1918 crop is 25, 500,000 bushels. The estimated national loss due 'to oat smuts in the same crop is 110, 000,000 bushels, and to barley smuts 6,000,000 bushels a total loss of 141,500,000 bushels of grain. In September, 1917, the United States Department of Agriculture be gan a campaign for the prevention of cereal smuts. Methods of seed treatment to pre vent smut were demonstrated to 113, 090 farmers in 43 states, and 21,500 'farmers were personally advised on their farms regarding smut and smut prevention. Twenty-five per cent more farmers treated seed than formerly. And the campaign has just faily begun. Most girls think they have kill ing ways some of them have. - FEELING BLUE LIVER LAZY TAKE A CALOTAB WONDERFUL HOAV YOUNG AND ENERGETIC YOU FEEL AFTER TAKING THIS DELIGHTFUL NAUSEALESS CALOMEL If you have not tried Calotabs you have a delightful surprise awaiting you. The wonderful liver-cleansing and system-purifying properties of calomel may now be enjoyed without the slightest unpleasantness, for Cal otabs are calomel with the liver benefits left in and the sting taken out. A Calotab at bedtime with a swallow of water, that's all. No taste, no nausea, no salts, nor the slightest unpleasant after-affects. You wake up in the morning feeling fine. Your liver -is clean, your sys tem is purified, your appetite hearty. Eat what you wish, no danger, and no risk of salivation. The next time you feel lazy, mean, nervous, blue or discouraged give your liver a thor ough cleansing with a Calotab. They are so delightful and effective that your druggist is authorized to refund the price as a guarantee that you will be delighted. . For your protection, Calotabs are sold only in original, sealed packag es, price thirty-five cents. At all drug stores. ( adv. ) DOCTOR SAYS WH IS THE BEST TONIC Honest Opinion Doctor Gave His Patient Bedford, Ohio. "I was in a pitiful condition, weak, nervous and run down so I cculd not do my housework. I had doctored for years and tried everything under the sun. A friend told me about Vinol. I asked my doctor about it, end he replied, 'It certainly is the best medicine that can be had today. I couldn't give yoa any better I took it, and . today I am as well and strong as any woman could wish to be, and it was Vinol that saved me." Mrs. Frank A. Hor key, Ash St., Bedford, Ohio. We guarantee this famous cod liver and iron tonic for all such conditions. J. G. HALL, Druggist. And Druggists Everywhere. New lot of Carpet Sweepers just arrived, price $5.00; and they are Bissells, the good kind. A big- lot of Linoleum just arrived and many patterns to select from. Two thousand dollars worth of Druggets, Rugs, Mat ting, etc., just arrived. Many patterns that are entirely new; you have to see them to appreciate them. Don't forget our bed room suits in the different finishes, the prices are reasonable. Parlor Suits in Mahogany are beauties; have them in 3 and 5 Piece Suits to match. - Davenports, Davenets and Couches. Upchuairclu St Cmoto Funeral Directors and Emb aimers, OXFORD, N.C. ii MHmimimmnmmummnKnnmMinmiimnnnn :" luM.iMiiiiitiHiiiiumiimi.miimiiililMl mi ll hi hi, i HALF LABRADOR'S PEOPLE DIED DURING WINTER Fifty per cent of the inhabitants or Northern Labrador perished dur ing the winter from an epidemic of influenza, smallpox and measles. The Salisbury -Post learns that Mr. Mac. Wilhelm, of Morgan town ship, Rowan county, has a five day old calf that weighs 120 pounds. The udder of the mother of the calf measured six feet around. The school board of Salisbury, has decided to increase the present term of school to nine months, there by making up some of the time lost during the epidemic. PEE SUNA THE BEST MEDICINE FOR" COUGHS AND COLDS Miss Ivy Gray, Fairview, Kentucky, writes: "I have taken Peruna, and would say that it is the best medicine for coughs and colds I ever saw. I find that it always cures a cold in a short while. It also v strengthens and builds up the system." Sold Everywhere I Ever Saw Miss Gray's letter breathes hope to the ailing-. It is sn in spiration to the sick and infirm. Liquid or Tablet Form fi ii ill ll i 11 iftii I ill JmlmmW Toopy red hags, tidy red tins, handsome pound and half-pound tin humi dor and that classy, practical pound crystal glass humidor with sponge moistsner top that keeps the tobacco in such perfect condition. PUT a pipe in your face that's filled cheerily brimful of Prince Albert, if you're on the trail of smoke peace ! For, P. A. will sing you a song of tobacco joy that will make you wish your fife job was to see how much of the national joy smoke you could get away with every twenty-four hours ! You can "carry on" with Princ& Albert through thick and thin. You'll be after laying down a smoke barrage that'll make the boys mink of me old front line in France! P. A. never tires your taste because it has the quality! And, let it slip into your think-tank that P. A. is made by our exclu sive patented process that cuts out bite and parch assurance that you can hit smoke-record-high-spots seven days out of every week without any comeback but real smoke joy ! R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Winston-Salem, N. C.
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