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OXFORD PUBLIC LEDGER FRIDAY. JUNE 4. 1920
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PROBABLY EVERYONE'S RIGHT
We fully believe Qjie of the trou
bles of our day is that there are too
many opinions upon every possible
subject. Another fact, which should
work toward good, but often travels
in the opposite direction, is that all
these opinions can get axpression.
With thousands of printing presses
and hundreds of newspapers ana
magazines, almost any one with a
complaint can get into print and
add his particular kick to the gener
al collection.
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A Big Hawk. IT : : : : , ' " " '
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' In the early Middle Ages, where
entire countries could hardly boast
of more than a baker's dozen of
books there were fewer ideas to ccm
fuse4men's minds. It is quite true
that 'in the days previous to the dis
tribution of knowledge through
bcoks that civilization was not all it
ir. cracked up to be now a days. (Or
would one say that civilization is
"cracked" today?) The value of
books and many books and free tho
ught is immeasurable, but the value
of too many books and too much
free thought, is questionable.
r The only people who seem to have
definite ideas upon the problems ot
the day are the extremests in either
direction. The ordinary reader of a
newspaper would believe that ruin
was less than 24 hours away. What
we need to do today is not to be car
ried away by scarceheads and radi
cal propaganda. If we could all
steady down and do a man's share
of the work necessary to balance the
world's losses during the last five
years, we weuld not have to be writ
ing editorials, bulletins,-leaflets and
books trying to solve the disturbing
problems of the day. 1 The causes
which bring about the disturbances
would vanish with our work.
Their Good-Night Message.
One of our local citizens tells this
story, and he says it happened at a
very prominent home: It occurred
in the evening. I and several others
were calling. As we chattered in
the parlor we heard the patter of lit
tle feet at the head of the'stairs a
bove. The mother of this particu
lar home raised her hand for silence.
"Hush! The children are going to
deliver their good night .message,"
she said softly. "It always gives me
a feeling of reverence to hear them.
They are so much nearer the Creator
than we are, and they speak the love
that is in their hearts never so fully
as when the dark has come. "Lis
ten." Then there was a moment of
tense silence. Then "Mamma,"
came the message from above.
"Willie found a bedbui'!"
On a Strike.
Did you ever see the. like?
Everybody's on a strike!
Carman,
Barman,
Engineer.
Diver,
Driver,
Bank cashier.
Ash boy,
Cash boy,
Grocer's clerk.
Aviator.
Hotel waiter,
Maid of work.
Rail man,
Mail man,
Jolly tar.
Preacher,
Teacher,
Opera star. -Mail
assorter,
News reporter,
Office cat,
Printer,
Sprinter,
Baseball bat.
Butcher, baker.
Undertaker,'
Traffic man.
Proud professor,
Stern confessor,
Movie fan-.
Did you ever see me like? .
Everybody's on a strike!
Mr. R. D. Vann tells us; of 'the kill- j
ing of a monster hawk on his place j
, in Herrings township. The old fel
low had been stealing chickens, Mr.
j'Vann "thinks, for twenty years, and
1 many a time he has tried to get him
but failed. However, Mr. Marshall
Parsons had the good fortune to
bring the old fellow down one day
I'last week. Mr. Parsons was 74
f yards from the foot of the pine in
which his hawkship sat. Measured
j by Messrs. Vann and Inskip, the big
j bird was found to reach 4 feet and
'. 2 inches from tip to tip. He was so
old that he was practically white.
Sampson Democrat.
Served Him Right.
. There was a flip younk clerk at
the boarding house table, who was
always trying to show off. He sel
dem asked 'in the usual way to have
a thing passed to him but had to get
off something smart. One day when
he wanted the milk he sane out.
("Drive the cow down "this way." The
landlady who sat at the head of the
table, called the maid, saying as sho
handed her the pitcher: "Here,
Mary, lead the cow down to where
the calf is bawling." Leader.
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, The kiEg of Italy, who has vol
untarily reduced his allowance from
the state, has been, since the down
fall of the German and Austrian em
pires, the most highly paid ruler in
Europe, his yearly salary being S3,-750,000.
STOP LOOK LISTEN ACT! .
DO NOT OPERATE AN UNINSURED AU- 1
TOMOBILE. FOR YOU MIGHT SUFFER
A SEVERE PENALTY. INSURE YOUR
CAR AT ONCE AGAINST DAMAGES
AND LIABILITY. - '
IT WILL PAY YOU TO INVESTIGATE! I
GIVE US THE INFORMATION AND LET I
US SHOW YOU HOW LITTLE IT COSTS S
TO BE SAFE INSTEAD OF SORRY.
OUR SERVICE SERVES
Granville Real Estate & Trust Company
A. H. POWELL, Pres. j
REAL ESTATE, INSURANCE, INVESTMENTS BONDING
Telephone HS Main Street Oxford, N. C. B
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of a car load of Thornhill Wagons
the wagon made in the heart of the
hardwood region of tough highland oak
and hickory.
These are the long wear wagons with
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