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OXFORD PUBLIC T ,F,nTF,R FRTD AY. SEPTEMBER 3, 1920 RICHEST MAN IN THE WORLD j LIVES IN NORTH CAROLINA j (By Fred A. Olds.) Recently there was a meeting of a large number of physicians in Ral eizh and these were for several THE NOVELETTE. SUBSTANTIAL ANN AND ANDY (By Bertha S. Carney.) Ann Vraimen had been a week now at Cousin Allie's in the city, and hours the guests of the Central Hos- with each succeeding day Ann felt Dital for the Insane and Epileptics, i smaller and more awkward. Her which always tries' to keep closely , hair ab! situation and this master of all He wealth had to discharge him. owns the Cape Fear river and Wil mington; half of the British islands; Queen Victoria was his aunt; he owns 3,000 war vessels, all there are in touch with doctors and nurses. A feature of the visit to the hospital was a practical illustration oi va rious forms of dementia. One man, big, jolly, robust, is perhaps the happiest man in the world. He most surely is the richest. He em ployed Rockefellow and paid him $5,000 a year at first, increasing his pay until he reached $150,000. Then at some critical time Mr. Rockefel ler was not quite ready to meet a in fact, except the negligible Rus sian fleet, which is the recognized property of a fellow-lunatic. This super-Rockefeller is usually employed in the kitchen at the hos pital, but he, stopped serving long enough to meet the writer and tell of his vast wealth and possessions. He discovered Mr. Taft and made him President of these United States. When the doctors were in session at the hospital, Mr. Joseph G. Brown, one of the directors, was present. This master of most weal th said he owned a oank in Raleigh and pointing to Mr. Brown said. "I have him to manage it for me." A noted doctor after this most interest ing, practical and really useful seance and demonstration, said that if he ever became insane he' hoped nir hiri nhcnlntplv rpfncprl tn "hnh" I at her ears, city fashion; and there wrere times that , despite her efforts, her tongue would slip back into the countvy vernacular that she had spoken for the eighteen yea: j of her life. Substantial she loked, sub stantial she felt, and, besides all this, there was the terrible name of Ann for a handicap; and as fcr the nicest young man who lived upstairs, how could she ever get acquainted with him if one dared not speak? These were the tt oughts that were running through the back of little Ann's head as she threw the rugs over the piazza railing and attacked them vigorously with the carpet beater. Ann had ideas of her own, and she most certainly did not want to feel that she was not "working her keep." She niade a pretty picture there in the morning sunshine, the sleev es of her pink smock rolled up to ner elbows and her cheeks flushed with the exercise; and as she worked ah old bit of doggerel that she had learned as a child came in her head, and she sang because the morning was so bright and the young man upstairs was so hand some No! That wasn't what she had meant to think at all, but she kept time with the carpet beater. "Good morning, Jenny Wren. Will you kindly - stop your housewifely activities long enough to allow me to i V. ;T,n " -7 rthu Kineisee my way down tne stairs? Your he would be as happy as this King' Unnt'f a ki; hiS delUiOUS Bi-"' '"uis vj uuoi uu i uunuu 111 J eyes 10 everyining excepi me comeii- fuTness ! ness oi m industrious neighbor. I Ann stopped mouth open, just as she had been about to carol forth of Capitalists in . i i i. i . o And indeed who could De napyiex : i The earth is his and the thereof in his own mind. The insane are very impression able. They oftentimes react with amazing quickness. If you are well-mannered so are they: If you show fondness for them they react to it. They "sense" things, to . use a most homely word, as little chij dren and dogs do a fine quality too, this is. One of the inmates fan ninc ,, io o crhnct and she nlaved .ICO Ollt 1C Cfc ftuuuv X x . this stnr nart at her home. Once she j j the highest soprano note, and carpet beater raised. Ke was speaking to her, but he was only joking with her, for even at Irer most vigorous swings only a feeble trail of dust floated cut on the air; but the last thing he had said Ann's eyes sought ,the toes of her sensible roundtoed shoes before she looked 'across at him .shy- slipped away from a walking party w;s irom uybiaiib b wnitoi .vPt intn Raleieh looking at her; and it seemed as Cl k Hl uuyilUi) " " v w j T, ,, ! so. Instead, nvan leaned aeainst the railine. fin . he ji, i i -n t ,i x . : anil rail eri on the Governor: next uiuugu n ne ieauy wibiiwi iu navi- xwent to a leading hotel, registered Bate the stairway m such a terrible nn cnat th, niP-ht and nart of the ! storm of dust there was nothing to .dav ate the best and with herhmder his doing T 7 fi r ck m a n n crc s n nprROn was all sorts of attention. Some ghost! This is a fine chance to get ac One man save the writer a note ; quainted," he said. "Fate sends me o stdto nff,iai tied with what he i out on an errand while you are on IV IV miuvv said with hair from the head of the Virgin, Mary. In the note he desig nated the official as his agent to take care of the State capitol and collect rent for the use of the build- the porch; and as we are going to be such near neighbors, it's all perfect ly proper. I'm .Andrew Leonard, Andy suits me better; and you're Ann Vraimen. I saw your name on SPARKS BIG CIRCUS COMING TO HENDERSON IS THE HAPPIEST WOMAN IN STATE OF INTEREST" TO WOMEN Boasting of countless human and innumerable wild animals Sparks Big Three, Ring Circus will come to Henderson on Monday, Sept., 13 for two exhibitions on the regular grounds. Trained wild animals pre dominate and two herds of perform ing elephants, a troupe of seals, lions and tigers not to mention the roll er skating bears, the Sparks stable of dancing horses, Woodford's pos ing horses and dogs and Caesar, Champion on highjumping horse of the WTorld are among the trained anim al features. Then there will be the daring Hatoka in' his thrill ing olido for life from the loftiest peak in the tent, to the ground, tra versing a distance of 150 feet. Then too, there is Minnie Thompson, Am erica's greatest horsewoman and Flora Bedini and Bessie Wollis, both riders of repute. Oh you! the forty clowns will all b eon hand. Will Receive Carnegie Medal. Thursday, Dqrothy Beasly, a three-year-old girl, of Milton, was rescured So Mrs. Poe Says After Tanlac Res tores Health Gains Thirty Pounds. "The results I have gotten from Tanlac are so wonderful that I feel compelled to tell everybody about it," said Mrs. John Poe, 601 Third St., Pekin, 111., "and my recovery, af ter fifteen years suffering, has made me the happiest woman in Illinois. "Why,. everything I ate caused me agony. Gas pressed up around my heart so I would faint, and when I recovered consciousness I would be limp as a rag. Lots of times my neighbors came in thinking I was going to die. I aiso suffered with rheumatism so bad I would have to sit fr days at a time with my feet on a pillow in a chair, and my elbows were so stiff and painful I could hardly sleep at all and have stayed awake many a night from pain. "My husband urged me to try Tan lac and the way it restored my health was the gladest surprise that I ever had. Whv. I have gained thirty pounds since I began taking it, nsjy In Hungary the women do not vote until they are LM, and then only if they can read and write. -Women have been granted the full rights of membership in the Ancient Order of United Workmen I Ktr Vi o crro n A In A era nf West Virginia UJI t,lV Wi-V. O w-. . . . vmw I -.-.-.-.M. Miss Dorntw n.. . has hoor, ry uuniehaw. the road contracting bVi. i. T -.vuTvarirTwi troubles have disappeared complete into wnich she had fallen, by E. B.(l aa i Foote, a first-lieutenant in the avia tion service during the war. He slid dowrn a pipe through which water was pumped, pulled the child out of the water and after binding the child to him with hs suspenders, clmbed to the top. It was thought that the child was dead, but Foote, restoring to the methods of resuscitation learned in the army, soon restored the child to life. No bones were broken in the fall. It is reported from Buncombe county that between 20 and 25 of the county, schools are without teachers and therefore cannot open for the fall term. The authorities state that they have been unable to secure teachers. A committee for the emancipa tion of women has recently formed in Egypt. ly and I feel as splendid as when I was a girl. I just feel like I owe my life to Tanlac and i only wish I had known of it long ago." Tanlac is sold in Oxford by Frank F. Lydn and in Stem by Stem Drug Co. "UUJC wno nave ir,, , cognized' as aot 10nS beP ! of life insurance will havl the field t m me annual Vlm of the National Li e r ' 0ntii September. 6 LnutriterJ Our Modern Method H )ur Scientific Servi CO or. , . P 9 ds you larg. now. -it maw B I subdivide and Sell by Rasiilte Jt""w ww hundreds! est returns for your land. Your farm wi! wuugu icmeu ui x ujs it aiunuuci gives lull particulars- be worth hundreds of dollars to you. Send for it TOD Y may ATLANTIC COAST REALTY 4iTVin K7orvA Tk. t..-:C r Offices: PETERSBURG, VA. and GREENVILLE. M c References: Anv Bank a. ui vjreenvii.e keigestion ing for 100 vears, it being his prop-; your trunk in the cellar; and you're erty. These are merely samples ot!uut owcuuusu iu uueu mi&a a thousand delusions. ! v raimen. , , , , . , Ann, wno wasn i oia enougn 10 De called Miss Vraimen, found herself FIRST WIRELESS MESSAGE HEARD AROUND THE WORLD Secretary Daniels .Monday, receiv ed the first wireless message to be heard around the world. It vras sent shaking hands with Andy, who, she thought, was old enough to know better; and after that it was easy. When she had beaten back the redness, into the roses and the green- from Lafayette radio station at Bor- ness into tne Srass Ann tugged one leaux, France, and re ad: "This is the first wireless message ! cf the rugs down from the rail, and Andy dropped on his knees and be- to be heard around the world, and ! San to fcld it with deft turns of his road of marks a milestone o nthe scientific achievement." In a radio message of Secretary said. "Congratulations upon the success ful completion of the gigantic radio station named for that distinguished Frenchman whom all Americans j honor. Designed to serve a military! WTists. "Where did you learn to do that?" I A -1 i at ll. renlv the;Ana inquired. Anay was a genue- man, at least, even inougn mere nau been no formal introduction; and the warning voices of her staid country encestors for the first time in her life went unheeded. " 'Handy Andy,' that's me," he purpose it will now serve to bind clo ser the cordial relations which have always existed between Fra'nce and the United States." "On behalf of the United States, I desire to express my pleasure upon the. achievement of the Lafayette radio station in transmiting the first mesage to be heard around' the world. We are happy to recognize in this powerful signal a symbol of that force and sympathetic under standing whit which the voice of France shall be heard by its sister republic." The Lafayette station is the lar gest in the world and has just been completed by the United States navy. It will be turned over to the French government for operation. Middle West Leaning To Cox. (Richmond Journal) Reports brought back by Capt. A. G. Quarles, of Richmond, who has been traveling extensively in the Middle West States for the last six weeks, that the Cox' sentiment is set ting in strong in that section cf the country, to the complete displace ment of the earlier Harding choice, confirm private advices received by The Evening Journal. Six months ago the Republicans could have elec ted a yellow dog, so pronounced was the desire for a change of Adminis tration.This revolt was not against ihp President, but was the natural reaction of a tax-weary people, fed i good up on the war .and its consequent ev ils. But the vast sums spent by pre sidential candidates, followed by the dictation of the same senatorial cot erie at Chicago where Harding was thrust upon the convention that was responsible for the rejec tion of the Peace Treaty and League of Nations, served to act as an eme tic with the people until they have refused to stomach the arbitrary proceedings of the leaders. Many persons, otherwise vigorous and healthy, are bothered occasionally with indigestion. The effects of a disordered stomach on the system are dangerous, and prompt treatment of indiges tion is important. "The only medicine I have needed has been something to aid diges tion and clean the liver," writes Mr. Fred Ashby, a McKinney, Texas', farmer. "My medicine is M "My medicine is M S Thedford's 1 A New Melon. (Charlotte Observer) The Mooro County News carries information of the successful ven ture of Mr. Ogden Jones, . a New Yorker who has made investment in the sandhills, with a new melon ; which is called th honey dew. It is a novelty that has come across the Ocean from the Caspian Sea country and is of Persian origin. In satis faction of public curiosity The News says the new melon "looks like a light yellowish pumpkin, averaging about as big as a big round water melon, has a hard surface like a ; watermelon, with a netting in splits! something like the xlockyford canta- j loupe. The skin is hard, and the j melon is a keeper. It can be ship-1 ped to Europe or California and back j , , 11 J A.l' again or Kept in com storage unin Thanksgiving or Chrisjias, and then sent around the wlp-ld some Aore if desired." Remarking that while the abso lute status of the honey dew melon has not yet been proven, The News says Mr. Jones has made and mark eted a crop that has brought him a big return for the acreage occupied! and has given to the fruit trade j something that is out of .the ordinary j "a rival that promises to give the j watermelon and the cantaloupe a j "hard chase for their place." j GRANVILLE REAL ESTATE & TRUST CO Oxford, N. C Local Contract Representatives n liiillliiiiii Rill IlilliMM P mil THE PEACE PLACE AT FAIRPORT mm THIS FINE HOME WITH OLD COLONIAL 200 ACRES OF LAND IS NOW OFFERED FOR SALE. A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR THE RIGHT MAN. APPLY TO E. M. Privette, of Wilson county, was shot in the abdomen and seri ously injured, -when he gave pursuit early Thursday morning to Jesse Jones, a negro, who had entered the home of T. J. Cannady, near Black Creek, escaping with a watch, rifle, wearing apparel ana a sum of mon ey. The negro was later arrested. grinned: "I lived for five years- on my uncles farm, thirty miles out." Underneath the pink smock Ann's heart gave a flutter of pure joy. Now she could own up to her eigh teen years of country existence. He wouldn't care. He didn't for on the following Sunday Andy was helping her over the stubble and exclaiming with her over the five little pigs that had just arrived at his Incle's farm. It was the third month of their friendship and they were on one cf their frequent Sunday excursions to the farm, when Ann broached the subject of changing her name to An nette, or Marion, or any other form of Ann, as long as there was trim ming enough to take away the plain ness. "Cut it out, .kiddie,' Andy advis ed. It surely was fine to.be able to boss Ann. "I like your name fine. My grandmother's name was Ann; and just look at mine Andy! But you don't catch me calling myself any fool name like Androclus, do yon?" Ann laughed. Ho-.7 could she tell him that all the time she had been planing to change it only for him? "I like Andy for a name; it's so so substantial," and then she laugh ed again, for was that not the very quality that three months ago she had most hated? "That's it." Andy nodded, "a substantial name, just like Ann. Why, I knew you could qo housework like all possessed the minute I lamped the name on your trunk." "Ann and Andy," He mused, hokU ing her close, "a good combination. Don't you think we ought to make it a substantial one, Ann, dear?" In his pocket dictionary he found the word "substantial" and pointed out to Ann its meaning "actually existing; not imaginary; true; strong. "Don't you think we could be all that together, Ann girl?" Ann's heart was so happy that she essayed just one feeble little word, which evidently nleased Andy. "Gee. honey." he whispered, "that's velvet!" for indigestion and stomach trouble of any kind. I have never found anything that touches the spot, like Black Draught. I take it in broken doses after meals. For a long time I tried pills, which grip ed, and didn't give the good results. Black-Draught liver medicine is easy to take, easy to keep, inexpensive." Get a package from your druggist today Ask for and insist upon Thedford's the only genuine. Get it today. E84 mm. life All the larger policical parties in the new republic of Szecho-Slova- ki gives the women members places j in their councils, including the .exe cutive and administrative bodies both central and local. LP 0 P ii o Ji mm I tssi Oxford, N. C. III! wmniHi'i iiii iiliiiiiiiiiii Just Received A Car Load" of rc3p 1 onqud Oku eqposqiiL? BOYS and GIRLS from to $75 DAYTON and READING STANDARD and all other stand ard makes. R. W.Brown Hillsboro Street, Oxford, N. C. WE HAVE just received a shipment, 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 many patented features. Made with the old standard track. Not the lowest priced wagons but the best and in the end the cheapest t6li.Ki) Homer Brothers Co. sun
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