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fail OXFORD PUBLIC LEDGER TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 8. 1921 si . m mm i! I ;! mi "'fie Ml ; ,i :i! r. J em mt M3im 0k . m. VI i t TJ' ai l irfr Sri 'f'-f.t : .4 S'i- lit! t ! , H' if. i ,' Pt-i- ',3 '(S If 3 5, 4 i d'.j! If 3 1 if! ' ,1" f '.lif!'1::!' I i 11 S3 S 11 ' 11 li J 1 4-fcii! 1!' 'A THE PUBLIC LEDGER PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY DAN A. COBLE Editor and Manager C. EDWARDS COBLE Advertising Manager SUBSCllIPTIOXS One Year $2.00 six MSnths 1.00 Three Month 60 Correspondence on all matters of in terest news items notes or .sugges tions for better methods of f rm or In dustrial developments, improvement of roads, schools, etc. is earnestly so Mcited. NON'-DELIVEUY OF PUBLIC LEDGER Please notify us of railure to get the Public Ledger at any time. We use the greatest caution possible in mail ing out and wish to know of failures In delivery. x works. "Theyfigedf' the paternal habit of tHe'$rfeideint'&imi!idi -The Federal Employment Service was in fact no more paternal than the WeatherBuieau or the Depart ment of Agriculture;!, But it was a convenient target. Though it repre sented the one rational effort ever made in . Washington in the line of preparedness for the days of peace, it was hooted , down. Its , appropria tions were cut away and.it was left virtually a ruin. : ill f zz II VI If i O . n cr3 mrr v . li j -?mFX& al.'.. a ,, Too Late to Qiassify. BABY CHICKS. BALLOU. ALFRED ixt! a-: H OBITUARY NOTICES Bttef neva items of deaths, immed iately after decease, of twenty to thirjy words without ,! cost. Life Life sketches (obituaries) at rate of l-2c per word. To get prompt atten tion.count the words in copy and send casa. stamps or check with the copy. Entered at the Post Office at Oxford North Carolina, as second-class mat ter. . . - . . Foreign Advertising Representative THE AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION-' LET THE LIGHT SHINE No good press agent can be expect ed to keep it dark. After hiding his light under a vice presidential bu shel for eight years, Mr. Marshall is going to let It shine before all men from the lecture platform. THE RAILWAY LABOR BOARD Just by way of simplifying the work of the . railroad labor board a few valuable though shopworn' max ims are here presented, to wit: "Look before you leap." "He who hesitates is lost." "More haste,' less speed," and "Delays are dangerous." "D7S" AND "BUTS" Forty-two years from now our sta tesmen and historians will be able to speak authoriatively concerning the wisdom on unwisdom of suggested reparations and indemnities from Germany. At the present time judg ment is trammeled by "ifs" and "buts." THE TAX RECEIPT It was a wise thing for the legis lature not to impose a fine of bne per cent on tax payers who fail to settle before May 1. As a general thing, the tax receipt under the new assess ment will in nself prove of sufficient amusement to the average taxpayer without the addition of a one per cent penalty. IWASTE Not long ago the country was shocked to learn from the statisti cians that about ' ninety-three cents out of every' dollar paid in federal taxes is spent to pay for past wars or to prepare for new ones. if it were possible to suggest in equally simple figures the degree o energy wasted through faulty, distri bution of essential commodities and the cost of lost motion in all impor tant avenues between the producer and the consumer, most people would experience a second shock almost as great as the first. Hoover's formal suggestion for a national market bureau to systema tize and simplify the distribution of food products represents the further progress of his effort to bring order out of chaos in the fundamental proc esses of our economic life. His aim, apparently, is to begin at the farms with a system of economics such as he has already suggested for the coal industry. What he wants to do is to eliminate waste and so organize the country's thinking that it will know how to get along without the gamb lers, whose profits depend on their ability to interfer with the free dis tribution of the necessities of life. CABBAGE PLANTS FOR SALE Early Jersey, 2 5 e per hundred by parcel post; J. H. Perry, Ever green Farm, Creedmoor, N. C. 2-ll-8tx. LATE NEWS NEWS IN CONDENSED FORM SINCE OUR LAST ISSUE Jess Willard agrees to meet Jack Dempsey in a boxing bout on Labor day. CHEMICAL AVAR SERVICE Out of evil cometh good. Out of war, it may be, has come, knowledge of how successfully to overcome pests that menace mankind. Poison gas is being used by the army to kill rats in seaport cities, to kill locusts the Philippines, and the Chemical War Service of the army is now rea dy to begin a campaign against the boll weevil in the cotton districts. POOR MARKSMANSHD? The Navy Department reports that bombing experiments conducted re cently against the old battleship In diana have demonstrated the "im probability of a modern battleship being either destroyed or put out of action" by airplanes. Those who foresee battleships eventually super seded by aircraft will hesitate before accepting the. statement as conclu sive. It may simply mean that air plane marksmanship is still in need of development. DEAD News came from Washington that the friends of the Fordney emergency tariff bill in the Senate have given up hope of bringing it to a vote be fore adjournment. This mean3 that the bill is dead. Looked at in another way, it means that the bill never was alive. When the dust clears away it will doubtless be admitted that it was introduced merely as a sop to the farmers, and that when the House had passed it the farmers were to be told that there was so much opposition to it by the Democrats in ihe Senate that it could not be passed. NATIONALIZED MEAT It was not until the Chicago meat packers were charged with a system atic effort to get control of -other food products poultry, eggs, cereals and the like that long and more or ess formless antagonism expressed in public criticism of their methods re solved, itself into a demand for fed eral controy so insistent as to find at tention and powerful support in the. Senate. Even more significant than the meat control bill is the ' precedent which the Senate is establishing by midden wide departures from its tra ditional attitude of broad tolerance m matters of tnis kma. it meat must be nationally controlled, will not the farmers combinations have to be controlled, too; since wheat is I the first necessity of life? Are ice I and coal and medicines any less nec essary than beef and pork in thc scheme of ordinary existence? What of gasoline? Nationalizaztion is a big and com plicated game and if Congressf ven tures to play at it we shall see some interesting things. , For if the big combines are to be regulated, it wiU be necessary, of course, to regular the smaller and newer ones that nave been devout students of their me thods. Then the firsworks will real ly begin. ' "LETTING GEORGE DO IT" It is characteristic of youth to as sume that it knows more than age and to ignore the teachings of expe rience. The wisdom of the race con centrated in its proverbs means noth ing to it- So far as it is concerned, the world began yesterday. Mature men have not forgotten the wave of populism which spread over the country . thirty years ago. it started with the farmers who had failed in their business- They de manded that the government do for them what they had been unable to do for themselves, as though the government were an omnipotent pow er with unlimited resources. They said "Let George do it," meaning the George whose other name is Wash ington, D. C-, and they thought that if they could get him to do it all their troubles would be ended. They forgot that the government is only themselves acting together; that its wealth is only the combined i wealth of all of us, and that it has no financial resources save as it puts i its hand in our pockets and takes ourC savings for it3 use. We know already that war is wick ed but we are going to put a stop to it just as soon as it sufficiently soaks into us that it really doesn't pay. The house approv.es, an appro priation sufficient for an termf of only 130,000 men. The North Carolina supreme court grants license to 61 applicants for the practice of law in the state. The house passes, over the Pre sident's veto, the resolution to re duce the regular army to 175,000 men by a vote of 271 to 16. National Guardsman Lancaster was asleep on his cot wuen William Baird was lynched, according to the first defense witness. Profits as high as 200 per cent on the capital invested were made by some companies in the Pocahontas field last year. The annual report of Miss Anne Pierce, librarian, shows that more than 91,000 persons used the Carne gie library in Charlotte the past year. Addressing the N. C- legislature. Secretary Daniels endorses the pro gram of Governor Morrison, with but few exemptions. Andre Tardieu says, "There can be no capitalization, mobilization or discounting of the German debt un til the United States is a party to the agreement." Hearings on all the road bills thus far introduced in the legislature begin before a joint committee; tne Doughton-Connos bill seems the fa vorite. The osteopathic bill was voted unfavorable by 15 to 0 by a commit tee in the House Tuesday. The bill would give the ostepaths the privi leges and right of practicing physicians. BOUGHT TILL IT HURT ; The dean of the New York Univer sity School of Commerce says that since Liberty Bonds are liabilities of ' the government, t he association oi the whole people, and the liability ; is shared by all he is quite willing to 'join others in burning his bonds, which would mean "a great saving in wear and tear and taxes and such . things-" ? Here and there are those wlio might join him in feeding the bonfire if it were not for the sneak ing suspicion that the politicians and the profiteers rather than the people fat large would be the beneficiaries. Also, wouldn't it be a little hard on those who bought "till it hurt?" REPUBLICANS DID IT ' The most difficult and disturbing factor in the general problem of un employment is represented by the vast number of workers dislocated by the war the men drawn from farms and small communities to in dustrial cities by the magnetic force of wartime wages. Most of them are iftill unable to find a way back to normal or to readjust themselves to a 'changed condition. Observe now how dangerous a thing blind prejudice may be. About the first thing that Congress set a bout to do when the war was safely over was to attackr cripple and finaU Iy starve out the Federal Employ ment Service. In the reaction of irressional opinion ''against Mr. "Wilson the House and the Senate a The common sense optimist of to day is one who congratulates himself that he has an income to tax. Because for the first time a womau has been appointed a member of the Ocean City, N. J., Board of Education a man, who has always opposed wo man suffrage has resigned. If all men took the same notion the women would soon be running things. Hoover needs a lot of money to mill, the corn donated by farmers of the Middle West for starving Europe and to ship it to its destination. With the gift the farmers handed him a migh ty big job. . Bute-ihe bigger the job the better he likes it. j Sooner or later ttfre races of the world will see the necessity of keep-1! ing within their? own borders, so that their own countries may not be over run with other races. Alien land laws are merely a. Step, in that direc tion. . like seemed willing to destroy all his ' his fact. In Miami, Fla., Bob Sttcle, a worl war vetran minus legs, saved the lif? of a baby by pushing his wheeled nlatform in front of a motorcar and throwing the little one out of dangerf! Which goes tershow that heroism xsr of the. heart and mind and physical disabilities are negligible. f The chaplafkSf Milmbia Universi ty says the, story of Adam and Eve is merely,-a. T)fcrable designed to prove,. that produgtive work is necessary to happiness. If this is true it will have to be admitted that the story-teller had a backff&fflMjMj ..Sd-.'.'itij Graham White, negro, convicted of killing Grover Henderson last September, is sentenced to death in the electric cnair, by ' Judge Hara ing, in Mecklenburg superior court. The senate Saturday adopted an amendment to the sturdy civil appro priation bill appropriating $10,000, 000 for contining construction of the dam and power site at Muscle Shoals, Alabama, the vote being 36 to 27. Fifty million for roads, with out any ad valorem tax, but a system of state maintenance and control, ap pears to be the best guess on the work of the legislature on the roads question. President Obregon, of Mexico, wants William G. McAdoo to operate the nation's railroad system as direc tor general and direct the finances of the country at a salary of $50,000 a year according, to a dispatch from Mexico city. The state school for the blind gave a demonstration Tuesday night of their work to the members of the general assembly who with their friends filled the auditorium. The demonstration included orchestra, violin and vocal selecticis. I THE EXPRESS COMPANY HELPS EUROPEAN RELIEF Among the numerous agencies throughout the country cooperating4 with Herbert Hoover, Chairman of the European Relief Council, in his effort to raise $33,000,000 by means of a national collection for the re lief of incipient starvation among 3,500,000 children! in the war stricken countries of Central and Eastern Europe are the American Express Company and the American Railway Express Company. Through the authorization of G. C Taylor, president of both organiza tions, "INVISIBLE, GUEST" certi ficates, certifying that the purchas er has salvaged the life of one or more of the little war victims, have been placed on sale at 25,000 of the company's offices throughout the United States. The cost of saving one child until the acute condition has been relieved by the next Euro pean harvest is $10-00, but donations of smaller sums are welcome, and a contribution of only $1,00, under the econominal administration of the Council, will keep life inattltf body for a month. See Mr. Jennings WaU ters, the local agent. ; f - 7 As Clear As Mud. ' The man bad just informed the Pullman Agent that hfi'wanted a Pullman berth- ! "Upper or lower?" asked the a gent. "What's the difference?" asked the man., "A difference of 50 cents in this case" replied the agent "The low er is higher than the upper. The higher price-is for the lower. If vosuiwant JtJower, you'll have to go higher. W fsell the upper lower than the lower. In other words, the higher the lower- Most people don t like the upper, although it is lower on account of being higher. When you occupy all ; upper you ! have to get up to go to bed and get down when you get up. You can have the lower if you " pay higher. The upper is lower than the lower be cause it is higher. If you are will ing to go higher, it will be lower." But th poor 'man had tainted Special SUGAR White Granulated per lb Ship-Stuff, per bag ........ . . . ; . Sweet Feed per bag Beet Pulp, per bag ....... Occoneechee Flour per bbl. . . . . , . . 1-4 bbl. sack . ....... . . . . . . . 1-8 bbl. sack ....... ..... . . . .... . JPeerless Flour per bbl. . . . . . . ' 1-4 bbl. sack . . . . ... . . . .... . 1-8 bbl. sack . . Lard comp. per lb . . . . ... . 81b.bucket 4 lb. bucket . . . . ... . . . ........ Pure lard . ......... . . . . . ........ 5 lb. bucket 31b. bucket . . .... ...8c . . . . $230 . . . . 29t) .... 2.75 . . . . . ...$11.50 .... 2.95 .... 1.50 $11.25 ... 2.90 .... 1.45 .....$ .15 1.30 .68 .....$ .20 1.05 .70 Pat Back Meat per lb. . . . ... 16c Rib side per lb . .Vic Canned Goods No. 2 Maine style Sugar Corn ..... 13c two for 25c No. 3 Tomatoes, per can 13c two for 25c No. 2 Ex. Sifted June Peas ........ 18c two for 35 No. '2 Ex. Heavy Syrup Peaches. 35c three for $1 No. 2 Royal Anne Cherries .... .35c three for 1 No. 2 Grated Pineapple Gold Bar . 35c three for $1 No. 1 Tall Chum Salmon .13 two for 25c No. 1 Roast Beef 35c three for C1 No. 1 Corned Beef 35c three for SI No. 2 Tripe .35c three for $1 No. Viena Sausage 9c three for 25c Kellogg's Corn Flakes .13c two for25c Oat Meal 13c two for 25c Rice .... 10c three for 25c Grits per package 13c two for 25c Maccaroni per package 10c three for 25c Spaghetta per package 10c three for 25c Pork and Beans, big cans, per can . 13c two for 25c Tomato Soup (Campbell's) . . 13c two for 25c Jell-0 per package 11c two for 20c Coffee Loose Ground per pound Arbuckle ground, per pound Carolina Bell per pound . . . . . Lord Calvert ; . . . ..... ..... . Pilot Knob .................. .......14c ..22c 35c .......40c .......22c Syrup and Molasses Blue Label Karo 51b bucket 40c Blue Label Karo 101b bucket 75c Mary Jane Molasses 51b bucket 40c fry Jane Molasses 101b. bucket 75c Snk Velvet Syrup 51b. bucket .......... . . .40c Silk Velvet Syrup 101b. bucket 75c White Crystal Flake 51b. bucket ....40c White Crystal Flake 101b bucket ......... ... 75c Corn Meal per peck . . . Irish Potatoes per peck Cabbage per pound . . . ...35c 40c ...3c DELIVERED ANY PLACE IN THE CITY. r3 o Phone 283-J ID) JJXiO LWOE5 -1- . .. I I Ir hi 1 I 1 f: f I Oxford, N. C. L
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