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THE NOVELETTE.
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Mate MecEanisi
Despite its scope Swift &
Company is a business of in
finite details, requiring infinite
attention. v ;
Experiencedmen must know
livestock buying with a knowl
edge of weight, price, the amount
and quality of meat the live
animals will yield.
Each manufacturing operation must
be done with expert skill and scientific
precision. A highly perishable product
must be handled with speed and care
to avoid loss.
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Chemists, engineers, , accountants,
and other specialists are required to
take care of our intricate problems.
Alert wisdom and judgment must
be used in getting stocks of goods into
the open channels of demand through
our four hundred branch houses.
Branch " house organizations must
show activity and energy to sell at the
market in the face-of acute competi
tion from other large packers,' and
hundreds of small ones.
All these requirements of intelligence,
loyalty, devotion to the task, are met
. in the personnel of Swift & Company
Yet the profit is only a fraction of a cent
per pound with costs at minimum.
How can the workings of this deli
cate human mechanism be improved
upon? ( r ;
Do you believe that Government v
direction would add to our efficiency
or improve the service rendered the
1 producer and consumer?
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Let us send ; you a Swift "Dollar".
It will interest you.
Address Swift & Company, ,
Union Stock Yards, Cnicago, HI.
Swift & Company, U. S. A.
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M Q , THE AVERAGE DOLL A'.-.-. i f
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SsSS it 17 Qfit 7 Oil I - AND BY PRODUCTS ' '
Yf?J? 85 i I CCNTS IS PAID TOR THE I r
teTr ,B.W' LIVE ANIMAL I
ToStoch Raiser g cents for,- labor .
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Tobacco.
Tobacco thanks will rise to high
heaven is going to stand safe' a
gainst the assaults of the extrem
ists. For some weeks past there
have come reports that a movement
is to be started whose end will be
to send tobacco after liquor, but
that would be to make the world al
together too good. The "campaign"
had its start and its end the same
day in the smoke-fogged atmosphere
of Pittsburgh, where a number or
"nroiiiinent church people and min
isters" presented a petition for char
acter of the No-Tobacco Corporation
It happened that the paper was pre
sented to a judge who was. fortified
wljtti an ordinary degree of common
sense and , who. promptly refused to
grant the charter. These overly
pious people would stop" everybody
form and incidentally would kill an
industry out of which the- Nation se
cures its main support. . As a mat
ter of course the , anticipated cam
paign against tobacco " will never
gain headway,' at that serious , at
tempt is being -made to have it start
ed suggests the question as to where
the "reformers" 46t the morals ana
customs of the people would stop?
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ON AUGUST 4TH, AT 12 O'CLOCK
At the Court House ddbr in Oxford, I shall offer at public auction
to tha highest bidder the farm belonging to Miss Mary B. Gooch
and others, same being sold for a division. : .,
; Situated on the west side, of tire road running from the Cul
breth to the Berea road, and on the west of the beginning qf a
new road running' into the Enon road to Oxford, and lying on the
waters of Shelton Creek and Tar River. Containing -156 acres
more. or less. v 7 i ' N'"...
About 60 acres in cultivation and , the -balance In wood and
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timber, good tobacco, corn and grain lands, with good low grounds.
Good neighborhood, schodls and churches near by, with dwelling
and needed out-buildings, 8 miles west of Oxford. , ,
One man with three small; boys ; payed between $400. 00 and
$500.00 renl last year. Terms of sale one-third cash and the bal
ance in one and two years. , ' '. ' f
For other information apply, to
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OXFOBD, N. C.
The nest time
you buy calomel
ask for
The purified arid refined
calomel tablets that are
nausealess, safe and sure
Medicinal virtues retain
ed and improved. Sold
only in sealed packages
Price 35c. -
If they could succeed in clearing the
country' of tobacco, who would doubt'
the next step ? It would te in sup
pression of coffee and tea, the estab-:
lishment of regulations of clothing
the men and women shall wear, the
prescribing of diversions and amuse-
meiks and s the establishments of fix
ed rules of daily conduct. The move
ment on tobacco by Jong-haired
agents of help bring the people to
their senses more surely than- any
ogitation that has yet been attempt
ed and one thing on which we are
placing our faith on salvation is the
coming of a sensible womanhood
with the ballot: Charlotte Obser
ver '-4 7
AN OBITUARY.
(Luke McLuke. )
Oswald Fish is dead. Oswald was
merely a goldfish, but he was Luke's
friend and' companion. For nine
;years he swam around in a large
b.owl and kept us in good humor by
his antics. He was the ' last of : a
family of 10. All of hfs , brothers
and sisters died off some seven, years
ago, and Oswald liyed alpne-. He
wasn't a fancy goldhsh. He was a
bout half sucker minnow and half
sardine, but he was a cheerful cuss,
a boon companion and a faithful
friend. He never complained until
the last,, and took things as they
came like a real optimist Prohi
bition kliled Oswald. One' da some
six years ago Luke accidentally slop
ped a little beer out of a glass while
standing, over Oswald's, bowl. Os
wald dashed up to the surf ac and
tasted the .beer. He sucked every
drop -he could find and hunted eag;
erly for more. We -gave him. a lit;
tie more. Oswald' drank it Then
he pulled-off a three-ring circus all
by himself. He looped the loopi
stood" on his head, stood on his tail
and threw., triple somersaults. Ev
ery day after that we saw that Os
wald received his daily ration of
beer. And Oswald displayed his
gratitude by pulling off his three
ring circus. But prohibition put an
end to beer, and two' weeks ago. we
gave Oswald his last drink. Every
day since he has tried to attract our
attention so that we would give .him
his beer, but we had none to give
him Pnhr Oswald sulked at the
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bottom of the bowl for days at a
time and would not be comforted.
Jjeiwould not eat, and he wouldnt
drink water. Yesterday morning we
ound him dead. The - water in the
bowl had turned into salt and Os-
wjild was incasett in tne sail, nu
had wept so much thaV his tears
urned the water, into brine and this
caused his death. He died ot thirst.
ONE DAY
? (By Eleanor C. Kehyor..) 7 v
'What, late, "again this morning,
Miss Curtis; it does seem as if with
a -little exertion bn your prt that
you mightarrive, on time." , This was
the chilling greeting that accosted
Rosamond- Curtis as she appeared in
the millinery section of one of our
large emporiums. .
am i really very sorry, Mr.
White, but my tardiness was . una
voidable this "morning. I rl " But
the sentence was not completed, as
a - lump arose in. Jier ' throat as she
thought of the little sick -mother who
demanded a great deal of her time
and attention. , ' ?
"Always an excuse' grunted the
floorwalker as he turned away per
haps his hawk-like eyes j perceived
something which; in his estimation
needed a reprimand. - : v '
Lunch time' was slow7 in arriving
and wheri it came Rosamond's turn
it was with a Reeling of gratitude to
the clock, whose h?.nds were respon
sible ? for the respite. Wending her
way to one of the better restaurants,
where the quietness .would have a
tendency to refresh her and make
her fit for the duties of the afternoon
she selected a table by one of the
windows, where a, feast of scenery
was spread before her. And devling
in . the thought that "Nature never
does things by halves," she watched
the little squirrels darting here and
there and now and then the sweet
tones of . the feathered " songsters
reached her ears. So absorbed was
she in the sweet reflection that she
"was brought back to "earth by the
neatly attired waitress with her or
der. , . '
The thought .'of her mother lying
so ill was always the thought upper
most,' and after partaking of. the
dainty lunch: she reluctantly rose to
weather again the possible hardships
of the morning from the. querulous
and exacting customers. -
On arriving at the department the
floor 'walker quickly V approached.
The scowl on his' face of the morn
ing had given away to one of great
importance as he, drew himself up to
his full height and his, brusquences
of manner was cleverly concealed
under mask of suavity as he said:
"Miss Curtis, this way please'
A charming little person," accom-
I panied by. a good-looking wholesome
chap, arpse quickly at her approach.
"Is thi& Miss Curtis?" And on reply
in the affirmative continued. "I am
Evelyn Carter, of Amsterdam, arid
a peronal friend, of your cousin,
Harietr Miss Curtis, I want you to
meet my brother ..Jack,"' turning to
her escort ) -.
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While- retail dealers throughout
the country are advising consumers
that they have difficulty In, obtain
ing normal stocks of sugar, the gov
ernment has forecast a domestic crop
for this year far above the average
for the last six'years:'.:'C'.. .
ALFALFA
1 Alfalfa hay makes the best and
most nutritious feed for horses,
cattle and all live stock. Fall
is the proper time for sowing.
When planted the verid of Au
gust or 'during September. Al
falfa will yield full crops and
make ... ider favorable conditions
four, c five - cuttings of nutri?
tious hay the' following season.
, Wood's Alfalfa Seed is Ameri
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CLOVER
Crimson Clover is the best of
soil-improving and forage crops
for Fall seeding.- Makes on,e of
the best Winter cover crops, fur
nishes excellent grazing and the
earliest green feed or a good
hajr crop. Get tne best by order.
WOOD'S SEEDS
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mation ana also tells about the
best CSED OATS, SITCD BYE,
SSSD 7nBAT,for Fa. i sowing.
Write for Catalog and prices
of any Seeds required.,
T.V. WOOD & SONS,
happiness, mentally thanked
Sam for paving the way.
Lashed and soaked by a- driving ':
rainstorm a thousand ' Czechoslovak !,
Uncle man. government for goods, received
at York, Pa., was for 6,000,000 to
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suffrage
pa- amendment. Thirteen sta tP5 Will
raded Pennsylvania avenue, Wash- necessary to defeat the amendment
ington, Friday, and were reviewed;
frpm the portico oi the White House ' J- Erman Dierkes, formerly one
by President Wilson, who' delivered of Cincinnati's prominent Democrat
s'- chort address congratulating them
on, their achievements. ' :
-The first"
order from
'X'-': r
the Ger-
ic leaders, who was convicted of
having violated the espionage act,
has been 'sentenced to five years ia
the Federal penitentiary at Atlanta.
DC
note
"And
Rosamond blushed under his ad
miring gaze as shs gracefully ac
knowledged the introduction, and af
ter a few minutes delightfully spent
in. inquiring after her relatives, Eve
lyn burst but with "Miss Curtis, do j
you suppose you can -find me a hat
that would be becoming?" she ask
ed with a roguish smile. "Yousee
Uncle . Sam has taught our boy(s
many! things and has developed them
wonderfully in k unheard of things." I
really Relieve that my big brother
has taken a course in millinery, he
has become such a critic."
Jack smiled indulgently during
this recital. . "We are going to be
here for a few days and Jack has in
sisted that I must have a new hat
and L am going to let him do the
choosing." ' . V
The next day brought a
from Evelyn, delivery by Jack.
please say yes, Miss Curtis' he said
as she. held the unread note in her
hand. Eagerly she scanned the invi
tation. The picture of her mother
danced before her eyes, and she said
with a 'struggle: "I would like to,
but I am afraid I must not accept."
And as she saw! the look of disap
pointment that stole; over Jack's
face, continued:' "Mother, has been
very ill and needs me. You see, we
cannot; afford to , hire a nurse, and I
manage to have some one stay with
her,' until I get home." Then she ad
ded sadly: "Please thank Miss Carter
for me, and tell her if she can find
it convenient perhaps she would call
some evening ' and - bring her big
brother." . . ' '
: "l will speak for him," .he laugh
ingly rejoined : "and ' I guess I ; may
speak for Evelyn also' 1 1 ,
- The next erening, after receiving
directions from Rosamond, found
them at the littld flat, where they
were - .received "nlost cordially.- v Eve
lyn "devoted herself to the ' invalid,
her deft fingers smoothing the pil
lows, and by. her ready v sympathy
and words - of encouragement won
completely the heart of Mrs. Curtis.
All too quickly the . hours : sped.
"Goodnights" and "good-bys" were
spoken, but, not bef ore jack had ask
ed permission to ' coispoiid with
llosamond, to which , query she gave
a ready assent, t
li waa. surprising how many ttfps
to the city Jack wan obliged to make
and how many hats he thought were
necessary to complete a young ladYsl
wardrobe. - ' it s
y . Some months later a double wed
ding, on which Evelyn insisted took
place, the Stars and , Stripes occupy
ing an important, position in the,'de(S
orations Evelyn and Rpsamond, sti
premely happy ''in' their new-found
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And-save money if quality and price count,
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Office 30 College Street Oxford, N.C.
Phone 159.
EAST CAROLEJA TEACHERS TRA1
SCHOOL
1 ! A State school to train teachers for the
public schools of North Carolina. Every
energy is directed to this:'one purpose: Tui
tion freeto all who-agree to teach. Fall
term begins September 24, 1919. .
For catalogue and-other information
address., ; ': '. -'
:ROBT;"H. WRIGHT, President,
Greenville, N. C.