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WHY NOT BUiLD?
'The year 1920 has been an unus
ual one in the lumber . industry,"
sayj- the American Lumberman.
'Wnen the year opened business was
extremely active, so active indeed
that prices were rapidly mounting.
At the end of the year business is
quiet, with purchase 'less than the
considerably curtailed production
and with prices, oh the whole, 50 per
cgnt below the peak attained by
wholesale prices in the early months
of the year.
With prices 50 per cent below the
maimum of the inflation period,' the
lumber situation is certainlysuch as
to encourage building. Men of
means ought to take advantage or
the opportunity and build morej
houses for rent. Home-owners make j
the best class of population, but we!
can't banish the renters completely,
can we? And since we must have
them why should not conditions be
made as tolarable as possible fori
them?
The main' argumentagainst a more
ambitious building program has been
that the houses cannot be rented at
profit-yielding prices. That argu
ment is at least partially destroyed
by the fact as aiready cited that pric
es of lumber are 50 per cent lower
than they were a year ago- Other
nateriajl is down also.
V "Besides, if an investor is doing
fairly well, why is it necessary that
he insist always on a good-sized pro
fit? The farmer, it has been rather
' imprressively demonstrated has now
and then to take heavy losses nstead
of profits. Plain people with a few
hundred dollars savings are glad to
get a profit of 4 per cent from the
banks. Why must real estate men be
so insistent on being eternally on the
safe side?
Home-building is a most benefi
cent activity. When you have help
ed founds, home, you have helped
. serve the higher interests of human
ity. News and Observer. v
SEES EVIL UN EARLY RISING
"Day Begins Alter Breakfast," E. V
Luciife Declares.
(Manchester. Guardian.) 4 . . .
Gladstone might well figure in the
list of famous men who disliked the
practice of early rising. "I hate get
ting up in the morning," he once told
Sir Henry Lucy, "and I ,hate it the
ame every morning. But one can do
everything by habit, andwhen I have
f had my seven hours' sleep I get up."
Li Hung Chang held the same
views. At the close of his visit to
Petrograd m 1898. the Chinese
statesman wrote in his diary: "I
have learned tnat we start early to
morrow morning. This is not to my
taste. I would much prefer to be
gin the journey now and sleep on the
train. To arise so early in the morn
ing seems to be foolish Vestern prac
tice foolish especially among states
men who could so much better trans
ect their affairs at night, when all
is quiet and the mind is most alert.
But frcm all I can learn these states
men and lawgivers look for their
pleasures at night, going to banquets,
theaters and parties. To this I at
tribute much of the intrigue, known
to all these courts- Women cannot
enter the council chamber or make)
speeches in parliament, but they
work then- wiles at the parties and
operas."
E. V. Lucas has also written aga
inst early rising. "The day rightly
begins after breakfast. Now and
then, for worthy purposes, such as
bathing in a Thames backwater or
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Signature of
intercepting the postman, early ris
ing is desirable. But in the main it
leads to self-conceit, intolerance and
dulness after dinner. The old poet
was right.
When the morning riseth red,
Rise not thou, but keep thy Bed;
When the dawn is dull and gray,
Sleep is still the better way.
Beasts are up betimes! But thSn
They are breasts and we are men.
The Fertilizer Situation.
It is approaching the time when
the farmer is-to figure on his fer
tilizer supplies for his spring crop,
for he must be planning for how
much he wil use, and start it on its
way to the farm that he1 may haul it
during the dull season. Inquiry a-
mong fertilizer men points to anoth
er season of high fertilizer, which
will probably have its effect on the
acreage planted to all crops that
need fertilizer, and on the quantity
used in making the coming crop.
The chief crops of the South can
not be made to best advantage with
out a generous use of fertilizer. This
is one of the big questions that al
ways face the 'farmer. Much of his
disquiet now is brought about by the
low-priced product that he made
with high priced fertilizer. The
mills have been mixing their goods
for the spring trade and must have a
big proportion of their supplies ready
to move out soon after the holidays,
and they have put into the mixtures
high-priced goods. Much of the cot
ton seed meal on their hands and
other nitrogen ingredients, have been
bought at the higher prices that have
ruled, and potash aid acid phosphate
have been laid in at high prices for
the crop that is to be made with the
fertilizer now being sold and made.
This matter is one to be faced now in
short order, and many farmers are
not certain what they will do, nor
what they can do- Many have not
yet paid for the fertilizer they pat
down last year. Many are afraid cc
venture very far on a new crop with
large amounts, of expensive fertilizer,
for they are in doubt as to where
they will come out.
This is another of the subjects that
the farm meetings need to discuss
and that the Department of Agricul
ture experts can throw light on for
the benefit of the farmers between
now and fertilizer buying time, which
is not far enough away to allow any
delay. News and Observer.
Annual Migration to Florida.
Each winter the migration from
the north and middle west Florida
ward increases. This season the
southward tido promises to exceed
even that of last year which is ac
credited the largest in history.
It is a 'democratic throng which
flows into the Peninsula State the
multimillionaire, the moderately well
to-do, and even those of meager
means. vFpr Florida welcomes and
provides for ali- There are all types
of hotels from the most palatial and
expensiie to the simplest; there are
winter homes from magnificient vil
las to humble bungalows-
Lack of living accomodations to
meet the influx of visitors has led
many to own or rent winter homes
in Florida. Many people have prov
ed that with vegetables and fruit gar
dens of their own they can escape the
rigors of the northern winter and live
more comfortably and economically
in Florida.
Florida's resorts are divided geo
graphically into three main divisions
the east coast chain, those which
cluster about the interior lake and
river, region, and the west coast re
creation centers built for the most
part upon indentations of the Gulf.
Literary Digest
" Constantinople has several woman-suffrage
clubs.
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Place."
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1M
OXFORD POBLlC LEDGER
AMERICA REPLIES TO CRIME
WAVE WITH DEATH SENTENCE
One Hundred and Twenty Men and
Women Are Under .Death Sentence
One hundred and twenty men and
women under death sentence!
This is America's answer to the
crime wave.
A canvass made by the newspapers
of every state in the union shows
that sentiment is .'swinging back to
wards capital punishment
In 1918 there, were 85 legal ex-
4 tcuuons in me uniiea stales; in
j 1917 there were the same number,
j Before th war clemency was gain
j ing on vengeance, reform on punish,-
ment. -
But the tidal "wave of crime that
has swept the, nation since the wtir
I has brought swift reaction in a swing
j toward the death .penalty in the 5 :
states that invoke it.
' In 25 of these 36 states, and the
District of Columbia, from 1 to 14"ftain even a glass of water
persons are awaiting the gallows or
the electric chair, or the firing squad.
In Idaho two women are under
death sentence.
Reports from all these states are
that juries are more severe, judges'
slower to grant infrequently commut
ing sentences.
The canvass of the nation shows
the following have prisoners await
ing execution:
Alabama 2
Arkansas 14
California 4
District of Columbia 3
Georgia . 1
Idaho (two women) . . . . 3
Indiana v 2
Illinois 3
Kentucky 1
Maryland 1
Mississippi . . . T 6
Missouri 2
Montana 4
New Jersey . 4
New York 13
North Carolina 8
Ohio 8
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
South Carolina .
Tennessee .
Texas
Utah
Virginia
West Virginia
Wyoming .
There are 12. states that
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do not
have capital punishment. They
are: Arizona,' Kansas, Maine, Michi
gan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Ore
gon, Rhode Island, South Dakota,'
"Washington, Wisconsin and Iowa-
Eleven states that have capital
punishment laws, but report no ex
ecutions pending are: Colorado,
Connecticut, Delaware, Louisiana,
Massachusetts, Nebraska, Nevada,
New Hampshire, Vermont, Florida,
and New Mexico.
DO YOU CATCH COLD EASILY?
Your Vitality Is Low Resistance
' Weak.
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Rich, Red Blood Will Strengthen You
And Put You On Your Feet Able
To Resist Colds.
Your system normally healthy
should never catch cold. Your body
is adjusted to take care of sudden
changes in the weather.
It is when you are run down and
your vitality is low that your body
cannot adjust itself. Then you take
cold.
If you keep your blood in good con
dition, with plenty of red corpuscles,
you will be strong and your body will
easily adjust itself to sudden chang
es You will throw off the cold
germs that go flying into the air when
someone with a cold sneezes-
Red-blooded men, women and chil
dren eat well. They have plenty'' of
energy- They go along witn a, smile
because they feel right.
Try Pepto-Mangan, the successful
ionic. It is a wonderful, blood builder-
Take it for awhile till you feel
Pepto-Mangan is widely and hear
tily endorsed by physicians. It is ef
fpptive and easy to take. It is pre
pared in both liquid and tablet form-1
The medicinal properties are tne
Sold at any drug store- But be
sure you get- the genuine Pepto
Mangan "Gude's-" Ask for it by
name, and be sure the full name.
"Gude's Pepto-Mangan," is on the
package. Advertisement.
v
The Unemployed Soldier, i
(Philadelphia Record)
Among the growing ranks of the
army of the unemployed there are
unfortunately many who served faith
fully in that other army in France.
This should bring the blush of shame
to the faces of numberless men who
consider themselves good . citizens.
The inggratitude of Republics is no
new story, and the great war hasn't
charged selfish human . nature. It
may be commendable in most of us to
try to forget the war, with all its
horrors, but none of us who remained
comfortably at (home should forget
our obligations to the fighters; and
those of us who are employers have
a special duty to see that no man,
once in our employ, who answered
his country's cailhould now be com
pelled to walk the streets looking for
a job-
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The readejs of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
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that is catarrh. . Catarrh being greatly
influenced by constitutional conditions
requires constitutional treatment. Hall's
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acts thru the Blood on the Mucous Sur
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work. The proprietors have so much
ituLii in me curauve power or Hall's
Catarrh Medicine that they offer One
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to cure. Send for list of testimonials.
Address F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo
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FRIDAY. JANUARY
17 YEAR OLD BOY HAS
GAINED 20 POUNDS
-Tfamiv Mother Savs She Felt LiKe
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"Shouting For Joy "
"When 1 saw that my son's health
had been fully restored by Taniac and
that he had actually gained twenty
pounds in weight I just felt like
shouting tor joy," said Mrs. O- D.
Flaherty, of 1SB5 Grace St., Lynch
burg, Va.
"Samuel, who is now seventeen
years old, had always been a healthy
boy until one day in October, 1918,
he came home from school sick, and
from then. on he went down in health
rapidly. After every meal he suffer
ed terribly from, severe pains,, palpi
tation and shortness of breath and
had awful headaches. The most de
licate' dilhes I could fix failed to
tempt him to eat, and at times he be:
came so nauseated he couldn't re-
"He was terribly nervous and for
six months I don't think he slept well
a single night. He fell off until he
was almost a skeleton and I could
hardly stand to see how weak and bad
he was looking.
. "But he had only been taking Tan
lac a short time when his appetite
came back, and it was just wonder
ful to see how rapidly he was build
mcr ud. His troubles all soon left
him, his strength and color came back
and he has been feeling line ever
since. He is working now every day
and is in as good health as he ever
was in his life. I just can't find
words to fully express my gratitude
for Taniac."
i Taniac is sold in Oxford by Frank
F. Lyon and in Stem by Stem Drug
Co.
)
The Yam, the Ytun-Yurn Yam
(Collier's Weekly)
"Florida gave in the color of its
orange; Georgia, the lumnessof its
peach; Louisiana, the sweetness of
its sugar cane; Mississippi, the
breath and balm of its pines; Ten
nessee, the milk and starch df its
corn; Arkansas, the richness of its
rice; and Texas, the nourishment of
Western beef."
They gave these to what? To the
yam!
Did you ever taste one? No? That
catalogue of virtues makes yams
seem quite appetizing, doesn't it?
Your imagination begins to sit up
and take notice, amazed at having
missed this treat all its life. j And
there's .more. At the same poetic
pen puts it: "The Southern sunset
was the solvent, and the yellow yam
had being. It is the palate's own
partner the yum-'yum Ndelight . in
comparable pastry, porridge, and
pie in one."
The author of this is4quite annar
ehtly convinced of the glory of his
caused He is whole-heartedly enlist
ed when he starts to enlist you.
When you believe with all yout
j soul in the thing you are doing,
(whether it is buttering parsnips or
gathering moss, you are bound to
get somewhere. The editor, of Facts
and Figures, a Southern trade maga
zine, preaches the development of the
Southern sweet potato the yellow
yam and if he keeps up the pace of
liis present propaganda canned yams
will be as common in Northern kitch
ens as any other food delight that
now comes in that form.' Which is
his intention.
Some people send off hundreds
of miles to buy articles at mail-order
houses, and then they are mad
because local stores do not carry
missing parts when the thing breaks
down. Holly (Colo.) Chieftain.
Money back .without question
if HUNT'S Salve Calls in the
treatment of ITCH, ECZEMA,
BIN Q WORM, TETTER or
other itching skin diseases.
Try 25 cent box at our risk.
J. ji. HALL, Druggist.
SOUR STOMACH
NDIGESHQN
Theiford'sy Black-Draught HigHjf
Recommended by a Tennessee
Grocer for Troubles Re
sulting from Torpid
Liver.
East Nashville, Tenn. The effic
iency of Thedford's Black-Draught, the
genuine, herb, liver medicine, is
vouched for by Mr. TT. N. Parsons, a
grocer of this city. "It is. without
doubt the best liver rrrdicine, and I
don't believe I could c along without
it I take it for sourstomach,' head
ache, bad liver, indigestion, and all
other troubles that are the result ol
a torpid liver. '
"I have kndwn and used it for years,
and can and do highly, recommend it
to every one. V- won't go to bed with
out it in the house. It will do all it
claims to do. I can't say enough for
it"
Many other men and women through
out the country have found Black
Draught just as Mr Parsons describes
valuable in Tegulating the liver to
its normal functions, and in cleansing
the bowels of inntirltf m
UBilw?BB 01 imPnues.
Thedford's Black-Draught liver medt
due Is the original and only genuine.
Acceptxno imitations or substitutes,
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Aiwaya asx lor ineaioras, p
14. 1921
AN. OXFORD CITIZEN y
COMES TO THE FRONT
Tells His Friends and Neighbors Of
His Experience.
'Every Oxford, resident should
read what a neighbor says- His tes
timony can be relied upon. Here are
his own words: y
C- H. Piper, farmer, Route 6. says:
"'I was troubled with my , kidneys a- J
bout three years ago. I had pains a
cross the small of myjback, my nerv
es were all upset-and the least thing
would irritate, me. I was also trou
bled with dizzy spells aim blacK
specks would blurr my sight. My
kidneys didn't act properly and a
tried different remedies with no re
sults. Finally I began taking Doan's
Kidney Pills and when I had taken
them a short time, my back felt a
whole lot better. Continued use
made me feel like a different person."
Price 60 c, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney, remedy
get Doan's Kidney Pills the same
that Mr. Piper had. Foster-Milburn
Co., Mfrs., Buffalo, N- Y.
From present indications we be
lieve that the designers of ladies
clothes are doing their best to make
both ends meet and we shudder for
fear that they may succeed. Rich
mond (la.) Clarion. (
Possum dog out in Dallas coun
ty treed eighteen quarts of moon
shine liquor. Fellow over . in Shel
by county wants to know the price
of the dog. Carthage (Tex ) Register.
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Federal Income Tax Returns
Since these returns are so complex in their nature it
is quite difficult to prepare them according to the
law except by advice of trained experts. My ex
perience of six years as Chief of the Income Tax
Bivisioa for the Eastern District of North Carolina
enables me to give this advice and sec that the tax
payer takes advantage of ev.ery allowance granted u
der tho law.
See or write me about your returns before March
15, 1921.
All communications treated confidentially.
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a doctor can order; we do not imitate or substitute. We give you
god drugs and good service.
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v Some of the children of the peo
ple who used to attend spelling
schools are making their living writ
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newspapersCabool (Mo.) Enterprise-Press.
Many a man who in his time
shucked 100 bushels of corn in a day
now has a son who finds it mighty
hard to bite the grain off a roastir
ear. Rochester (Ind.) Sun.
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