OXFORD PUBLIC LEDGER TUESDAY. MAY 17. 1921
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PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY
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DAN A. COBLE
Editor and Manager
r uinWATlDS COBLE
Advertising Manager
SUBSCRIPTIONS
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Vhre- tl until
Entered at the Post Office at Oxford,
North Carolina, as second-class mat
ter. ro-rr-.-pondence on all matters of in
terestnews items notes or sugges
tions for setter methods of f rmorln
dustrial developments, improvement
.of road, schools, etc. is earnestly so
licited. .YOK-nULiTlSRY OF PUBLIC LEDGER
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Kiehst noury us ui lauuic kv
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1-TiDiic ueager ai, "rtv , .,
b srreatest caution possible In man
out and wish to know of failure
In delivery
OBITUARV NOTICES
Brief newa items of deaths, immed
latalv of tor defense of twenty to
thirty words without cost. Life
Life sketches (obituaries) at rate of
1-2C per wora. 10 get prwuyi oiu
tlon count the words in copy and send
cash, stamps or check with the copy.
TWO MINUTES OF OPTDflSM
Too Late to Classify
SCHAFFNER & MART
Another shipment just re
HORNER BROS. CO.
HART
( ' suits-ceived.
5-18-tj
YOUNG MEN WE HAVE JUST
received another shipment of Hart
Schaffner & Marx suits. Come in
and look them over.
5-1 8-t j HORNER BROS- CO.
(By Herman J. Stich)
Here's to the Dissenters!
"The- idea!. The idea! Think ot
it! Lighting a city with smoke sent
through pipes laid , in the. streets!
Fancy ligthing lamps without
wicks!"
Such was the rather warm recep
tion accorded Murdock for trying to
introduce gaslight in place of candle
light; but the pipes burnt their
smoke.
Edison had to supply electricity
free f or six months before he could
TiorH.ripnH hn si n ess men
it would work. $5 GILLETTE SAFETY RAZORS
tt coj a thinir thirtv milps fnr $2.98 while they. last. Get
nnd hnnr would atoD the circulation ; yours. HORNER BROS- CO
of the blood. I 5-18-tj
The man wuo drove the first
THE FARMER AND .GOOD
ROADS AND TAXES
REGISTERED BERKSHIRE BOAR
ready for service at my farm.
J. N. HICKS,
5-17-2tx. Oxford, Route 1.
steamboat up the Thames was so un
popular vthe London hotels refused
horn a room for the night-
Morse pleaded and begged before
ten Congresses before they believed
the telegraph was something more
than a crank's toy.
It took McCormick fourteen years
to sell his first hundred harvesters.
Every man whose idea in the head
has been worth two. in & box has been
a victim of more. J orfless conserv
atism and' ignorance," incompetence
and ridicule.
FOR SALE A FIXE FRESH MILK
mr Ann'lv tn MRS. ROSA R A Cl-
yJ V "CF'J KSJ -"""- -" - tlvlHliUUl " - .
LAND, Oxford Route 7. 5-17-2tx ; mud roads have proved a source oi
much blessing to me iariuei&
(Charlotte Observer)
The one class of people will derive
the greatest benefits, direct and in
direct, f ro4 the building of good
roads is the farmer. This has been
demonstrated on a small scale by the
results of what we have heretofore
been pleased to call good roads in
this State. The people have paid -a
heavy tax construction of these roads
of the sand clay and top soil variety,
and even at that' the farmers have
had handsome returns, with the roads
good only during good weather, and
with some of the roads in condition
of mud blockade during the Winter
months. . Not only has the farmer
benefited by facilitation in marketing
his produce, but his family has been
immeasurably benefited through the
privilege of getting away from home
on business and pleasure, trips to
tmirn and On social calls among the
neighbors. Even our undependable
PLANT SOJA BEANS WE HAVE
a good supply on hand and will
be ilad to fill your wants.
5-18-tj , HORNER BROS. CO-
STRAYED FROM MY HOME LAST
;. week a black Sheperd dog with
' white ring around neck. Answers
to Fido. Reward if returned to
Carrie Daniel, Raleigh Street. Ox
ford, N. C 5-17-2b:
Foreign Adwrtisinff Representative
n p"v PRESS A SSOCtATlOV.
A DEBATABLE REMEDY
"There are a great many benefit?
in being out of work," said Samuel
M. Vauclain. "It teaches people
the value of a dollar.
Sickness teaches people the value
of health, but that is no reason -vhy
any one should applaud the appear
ance of di?ea?e- ' It is true that a
great many people never learn to
appreciate a thing until they are left
suddenly in want of it.
i But the burden that follows upon
enforced idleness is too heavy and
too widely distributed to bo accepted
as a factor fcr social or economic re
form. It may teach, people to value a dol-r-.
T also'1 teaches children a
knowledge of . hunger.
It weighs first upon families, then
upon trhole"; communities and finally
on the state and the nation, and in
the .last analysis upon business
everywhere.
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THE DIPOSIXG CITY
The House in Washington con
tinues to be in pleasant contrast with
the Senate. The House has faith
and it has imagination and the vision
th.it. often is , consoling substitute
for temperateness of mind.
Here, for example, is Mr. Focht,
n -..flni.'croni'iMrfl fvrni Ponil5vIvrilii 1
clamoring for a- federal appropria
tion S 800.000,000 to make the city
of Washington "fairer to behold than
any city of the ancient Nile., more
imposing than Nineveh or Tyre."
That is optimism for you.
Mr. Blanton, of Texas, rising to
remark that $800,000,000 is a lot of
m.;.iia-. f-naks a truth that cannot
be doubted after mature considera
tion. The folk in the jack-rabbit
(. -nf..--. j iv pirt",n observed,
would be shocked if it were to be
fs recreate Babylon in the
heart of the United States-
We agree with Mr- Blanton, who
objcted shrilly to the Focht plan.
We agree with Mr. Fccht, who cried
that $800,000,000 is what you might
call small "change in this fair land
The expenditure of that amount
would notA-uin us.
' But isilt! Washington, in its men
tal state at least, a little too much
like Babylon already? Why create
"a new Nineveh if you are to go on
thinking in a manner, calculated to
insure its fall?
To- MirQph-Pfj ttp Vhnlfl annrcvc
a pchVnie fpr the appropriation cf
$800,000,000 to improve Washing
ton if that money vere to be ,"enl.
to improve the colic lu'.ir! : C.V
Hcuse raid the -Sen'.t?.
Vr iAnnn Vtitft olmnbt lilrcv n O W
INCVV lUCao llUil aiiuunb "" " '
shoes. I AMERICAN LEGION TO THE
Mankind never seeks novelties. It , RESCUE OF TAVO IEN
resists them. It prefers two cents
to them till it Ms forced to use them
and understand them.
We have to bCdpvenytinie before
wo will have anything ;to do with
ttrVint has hpen&jrithout bur ken al-
Saved Them From Being Lynched
and Told Them To Leave Tom).
; Mutilation of a picture of former
DmciloTif TlTilonn T-tt tirn VTTtVi ore in
t n j ii. - i i ! r..4. v. fnrmovo of Ariraiisfls are ex
j.oai, uain., rousea tue yeuyie , oc htv wpII
l what is being done ana
ng against paying their
wnt rniv hnvfi thev and their fam
ilies been able to "get about" in the
manner described, but the farmers,
aside from profiting, by more expe
ditious marketing methods, have seen
their lands increase in value at a
rate far outstripping the rise in their
taxes. Some of the Mecklenburg
farmers may have heard reference
to the Arkansas experience in build
ing an extensive system of hard-sur-f?ced
roads for that State, and it is
probable that some of them have not
heard the cause of the trouble of
the difference between the Arkansas
nlan of financing roads and the North
Carolina plan. The row about Arkan
sas i raised principally by capitalists
who had invested in Arkansas lands
n-nA i,tVi fmmrt thpmsfilves taxed un-
der the "abutting property" system.
The men who hate put more com
frrts into the avenge two-by-four
than kings used:'tp enjoy in their pal
aces and the pleasure of seeing them
selves lambasted in "carbons' and
comics.
Tf you would see the trend of pro
gress and science, read the "funny
sheets." (
Mrict p-rpst inventions and discov
eries have been ugly ducklings. It'; leave-
has taken hearts of oak and wills or
steel to transform them iiito beauti
ful swans.
The common run of us find it saf
er, more pleasurable; and far more
profitable to conform, to come into
the fold and let well enough alone
to float along with the current and
let others buck the tide.
But here's to the Dissenters the
charters of unmapped seas, the blaz
ers of untrod trails, the dreamers
who eternally seek a better way.
Theirs is the horizon that views
the dim light as it glids the moun
tain top, while we of shorter scope
and lesser vision toil on in the val
veys below.
protect the accused. A mass meet
ing, presided over by the commander
of the Legion post, found the broth
ers guilty of ?n unpatriotic act, and
crave them thirtv days in which to
- A x 1 -Mi! - 1 , A !
share for the work. A Connecticut
man who went to Aryans? s ou jeaib
?go. is sending The New York Times
an account of how the landowners
are profiting by the building of good
reads. He savs among other things:
We have been discussing Duiiamg
hid signified their
willingness to
i
set their aftrars m order-ana leave , broads in this State for several
town. It was during this interim and finally Kot started when
hn their safety v-s guaranteed, j ;;r?ces of labor and material were
Both, aftfer the verdict of the trial, i f.ih and our roads are probably
' ' . m 1 1 1 -I
costing more tnan tney wouiu cu&t
five years from now. but with the
richest land on earth we have made
up our minds that we are going to
have it protected from overflow,
drained and roads built that can be
traveled the year around. The farm
ers will save enough in the use of
good roads in time and.wear and tear
on their teams and wagons to pay the
bonds, if they receive no other bene-
3
10 cigarettes f r 10 ct
Handy and convenient; try
them. Dealers now carry
both sizes: 10 for 10 cts;
20or20;cts.
t5
fit's Toasted
In the second annual piano play
ing contest held for the high schools
of the state at the North Carolina
College for Women Saturday, Miss
representing Guilford county, was I 654:.11Na1"j ?110'552 and Jack
the successful contestant in a very sonville $b0,15b.
close and interesting contest.
Because he criticized newspap
ers which display "sensational
events." a Denver nastor published
rn "ideal newspaper" for one day.
The publishers of the Denver Post in
vited the pastor to become editor-in-chief
for Mav 5. On that date the
minister dictated hew the news j fits." i
should be displayed, determined ! u But that is not all He has some-
vPlnec directed as-nment of ! tnin" to say aDout tn Question of
news values, Girectea asnuent or t ..j am not s0 familiar." he
reporters and had complete control, j writes "with other ounties as 1 am
Frm a newspaper standpoint the j witll puiaski. but if we build every
venture was a failure. road contemplated in this county, and
Receipts at the 50 largest post- five of them have not been started.
offices, representing 54 per cent of nor the assessment made, our total
the postal business transacted in the tax for air purposes will exceed
ronntrv amounted to S'O 502 611 55 mllls wnich 1S mucn leSS than mei
countr. amounted to s.-u.&jz.bii ?avinPr jn many prosperous com
dnrmsr. April. That -"was a decrease munities in the North."
of 8-24 per cent from April a yenrt j-j say3 further: "The writer is
aso. The total receipts of the south- i president of the Arkansas land Title
ern offices for April were: Atlanta Association and president of the Lit
S214 767- New Orleans $178-20.0; I tie Rock Real Estate Bureau, and u
t.:-i j ouft ftto. it 1A0 lie nnrt ot our DUSlliess lO Keep up
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SOJA BEANS THE GREAT HAY
and meat producer. Large ship
ment received last weelc.
5-18-tj HORNER BROS. CO.
NOTICE.
Mr. W. C. WTicker, of Elon
College will give a series of
lectures for two weeks, beginning
Mav 30th, at the Masonic Hall
Hio mipstion of taxation. The
tov voffl fnr T.ittle Rook does not in-
: cude special improvement districts.
! ?s it does in Northern States, for the
i reason that we cannot issue bonds
; under our Constitution, but if our
' read program is carried out we will
i still be taxed much less than tney
I dve paving in other places.
'Seventeen pieces ct property soiu
A I
a good supply on hand and will
be glad to fill your wnt.
5-18-tj HORNER BROS. CO.
ed.
I. N. HOWARD, W. M.
I. H. DAVIS. Sec.
mum i'l'i'ii nini';M,njnMininiii-atrti;flnuiiR'"i!"i;i!!!ifil WM li iilllH''
"STEIfiZED
THE ''SLACKER LIST."
The War Department is about t:
nnhlish lists Gf co - called si&ciiori,
men who are borne en the records of
the draft boards a:, failing to re
spond to the summons for esamiii..
t.ion for military sc-.-v:ce durir.g U
war. This publication is at ills vc-
quest - of patriotic o: jranltioui:-
which hope to secuio. thr u- 'a it, the
arrest of those who have eviA.el .-
. vice without justification or excu:'
and have suffered no p-::i. Vt i ,
their evasion of military cv.iy.
The list is a long one, coii:i;viinr
it is- estimated, bet fr.-. r-e : :. t
hundred thousand names, after rnu:L
'u.iu 'r nning oy Uie department.
It is , obviously imperfect. Despite
rtViaiTHncr rnrl reoVieokins' names are
,UVUuo ' " ' t-J
included in it of men who actually
served honorably and in ma'ny cases
voluntarily, some oi tnem seizing 1113
first opportunity offered to join the
Army or Navy.
Plainly, the publication of the geu-
emi list -would be in these circum
stances a grave injustice to those
who are wrongly included. The War
;7ic r!rtp-ient. has urged all Vvho may
have reason to think that their
names are included to make certain
nf plpnrano.e of the record bv Der-
sonal application and proof of rcr
vice: This, however, puts the bur
. den upon the individual, where it
.v.smi11 nnt rpet.' The reoorHs of lhe
0UV vi
War and Navy departments are as
suredly available to those who are
nreDaring or have prepared the lists,
' to make these corrections. If the
meters of men in the two servics
are so incomplete that they will no
: . serve now to cneci: tne siacKer nr-'t
rnKHfntinn should be undertak
UU v i
The Public Ledger will not print
this list of those who are recorded as
' "slackers" within the local jurisdic
, tion- It feels that the possibility of
performing a valuable service by
such a publication is not as great
as the possibility of doing a grave
injustice to many men in announc
ing them aa eraders of-service-when.
' in fact, they discharged their full
duty in the Army or the Nary during
the war.
1 MarmxA
oniv ;;j per cem- 1 uiu iuua. Dciuii
: i'iecc- of prooerty, for cash, which
is assessed at 21 per cent of the price
for which it is selling. I am also to-c-ay
paying the taxes on eighty acres
of as fine bottom land as there is m
the State, which would probably sell
nt this time, with cotton as low as
it is. at $100 per acre, and it is assess-
Capatiyatmg New Styles m White Pumps
and Oxfords, Absolutely the Smartest Made,
they Fit Perf eetly, A Variety of Instep-Strap-Effects
Pumps jdth Baby Louis and
Louis IV- heels. - - -
As for
r 1"
1JU
i ed at $20 per acre."
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President Harding is expected to
send to the senate this week the nom
ination of Judge Edmund Waddiil.
of Richmond, to be'eircuit judge 011
ill; the fourth circuit, succeeding the late
Si! 'Judge Jeter C Pritchard. Judge
Waddiil is now on the district bench.
Mh 1 HART SCHAFFNER & MAUX
suits. Another shipment 3ust re
ceived. HORNER BROS. CO.
No More Dandruff
A leading hair dresser s.ys ' shr
found nothing Jtn good Pari-i;-'.'
Sage to banish dll dandruff and nal"
to j the hair wavy, thick 'and lustrous. J.
jG. Hall sells it cn money back plari.'
I We can f ranklv sav: "WE HAVE TI
. SHOES NEARLY EVERYBODY IS LOOK-
I ING FOR." Your Inspection is Invited.
I Men's Oxfords at new prices.
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Shoe Departntent, Nest DGor to Oxford
Jewelry Co., Oxford, N. C.
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PUBLIC LEDGER. WANT ADS.
c& Our lee Cret
ie 1' urest to.be Found.
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to Tr- T" . try
Our Home Made Candy Is the Most Delicious jj
to be Found Iii Oxford. g
All Kinds o Fruit at the Lowest Prices In jj
own. ' . ' ; j
Let Us Furnish the Ice Cream For Your j
Party. We Will Deliver to Your Door in m
Any Quantity,
1
1 ml-mjssk.
Your griddle does itself
proud
uxiora
itcnen '
Oxford, N. C, : ; ' 1
Henderison-Oxf ord: Candy
Kitchen
Henderson, N. C. g
Every sack of "
Occo nee - chee
Flour carries this
Indian Head -
YOU never turned a finer hot cake than the light,
tender kind that Occo-nee-chee Flour" makes. It
makes your griddle perform as it never did "before.
Crisp, fluffy biscuits and waffles are so easy to bake
with Occo-nee-chee Self-Rising Flout. You just mix it
with water or milk, add shortening and your batter is
ready for the griddle or oven.
No worry about -measuring baking powder, salt' or
soda; they are already mixed with the flour in exactly
the right proportions and cost less this- way. Good
baking is simply a matter of a good fire with Occo-nee-chee
Flour.
Put Occo-nee-chee Fiour on your next grocery order.
It comes in the plump, well-filled sack with the Indian
Head.
AUSTIN-HEATON COMPANY
Durham, N. C.
OCGO
NEE
Self -Rising Flour
When you want .
xeelUnt plain'
TJ!ur Taies the Guess out of Baking and Saves youManey