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SI Hi! ft 1 If '? OXFORD . i PHONE 54D or riLk for QUICK SERVICE J. H. Fittman Druggist Odd Fellow's Bldg. Oxford, N. C. The Newspaper In Pnlpit. (News and UDserver; , Rev. Dr. Straton is original and ef- j fective. Is anybody e"eclv lacks originality?On a recent Sunday night he took a copy of The Sunday New York Times in me yuiyiw the headlines and preached a sermon on the state of the world as recorded in that chronicle of twenty-four hours of its history, tie urge im adherence by all papers to uie ui of presenting only news nt i print." .. v rT.ii It is unfortunate uuu mc has its good sides and its bad. If we read only what the good folks are doing we would thin tnis a neaveu and never sing "I want to be an an gel." If we read only ot tne inmgb nonnip are doing we would think this a heir and torment would have no terrors for us. A newspaper s headlines carry the story ot Dotn good and bad- Let us be thanktui that most of them are good, ana mai the world is beginning to recover from the backsliding which followed the war- Aifhrmp-Vi ninetv-six ner cent of I -ti.XWJ.XV - the twenty-two thousand inhabitants nf the Aaland Islands speak bweaisn, they have formed part of Finland for more than a century. . rare. WATTS GREATEST HERO FACES BEING TURNED OUT Or HUMH1 DAVIS HE PAYS THE FREIGHT-7-15-3t tvit? RTTYER WHEN IT COMES TO Hardware, Implements, roofing, ranees, stoves, building material, gas engines, feed cutters, you can save good money by getting in tnnoh with SAMUEL DAVIS, rlarVsville Va. 7-15"3t V vvx u.w . - , Slilll .iHiMMM.MMHinimtmiiii'illiinillitfllllinillllUnniHIlHIfll Our Prescription Department Is As Good As Any In The State-- When you need medicine yu need pure medicine. Drugs, like seed, can be bought for less money by taking those that test a lit tle below standard. You don't want that kind for your life may be at stake. We don't sell that land for your life and our reputation are both at stake. Get your medicine here and you can be sure that you get the best. (GL HALL If Druggist and Seedmen Sergeant York Refuses To Com mercialize His Patriotism. (Pall Mall (Tenn.) Times) If vou were living on one of the finest farms in Tennessee Tf vmi had a wife and ' tnree- months'-old baby dependent upon you If you faced losing your farm through foreclosure ,of a $12,500 mortgage AND You were the greatest hero of the world war AND von pmiid make nossibly enough to pay off the mortgage merely by showing yourself m pudhc WOULD YOU? That is the question that Sergeant Alvin C- York has to face. His ans wer is "No." . He will not commer cialize his patriotism. His sense of obligation in his country aim ma religious scruples prevent. "I would far rather lose my farm, and go back to work upon it as a day laborer, than to commercialize the fame which was only incidental to an act of Providence," he says. How York Won Great Honor. That "act of . Providence" made tha rpd-headed sergeant famous as the war's greatest hero, not only throughout America, but in every allied, country. On October 18, 1918, in the Argonne Forest, York single- handed killed 25 Germans, put out oi commission 35 machine guns and marched into camp 132 German cap tives, including a major and three lieutenants. For his feat he won the congressional medal of honor and the Croix de Querre, pinned on by Marshal Foch himself. Spurning movie and vaudeville of fers that would have made him rich, he came back to his mother's hillside farm and took up the hoe- A short time later he married a gin of the neighborhood. Friends and admirers picked out a tarm ior him almost directly across the road from -the farm of his mother, ana paid $11,235 on it through popular subscription. For a time things moved serene ly. York, whose whole ambition naa been to own a home m his lennessee mountains, farm his own land, hunt the foxes that roamed the hills and show true hospitality to the strangers who passed his door, was wholly con tent. A little later Alvin Jr., came, and life seemed even more worth living. But such good fortune was not to last- Crop Failure Spells Disaster. Crops were a big disappointment. Farm products brought exceptional ly low prices. Taxes reached an un- recedented high figure. With the $12,500 mortgage for the balance on his farm due this fall, things went from bad to worse- A $250 grocery bill accumulated and the grocer feels unable to extend much more credit. York is toiling from "kin to kant from earliest break of day to the last lingering of light to prevent his life's dream from being shatter ed. But it looks like a vain task. "Religious faith sustained me in my danger and removed my fear, he says. "I was only a pawn, in the hands of Providence. Any credit that is due for my achievements should go to the Lord. For me to attempt to take any credit personally would be a great wrong. "But He will see me through- A royal decree has been issued in Belgium for the calling of an in ternational congress for the protec tion of children. The question of es tablishing an international office for child protection is to De aiscussea- IF ITS A BUGGY OR SURRY OR set of harness, we have them low er than you order or buy elsewhere in our opinion, and when it comes to beauty, quality and price we can show you. SAMUEL DAVIS the man who leads. 7-15-3t HARTFORD TIRES MANY of you car owners have learned that quantity pro duction of itself doesn't put long and satisfactory service into a tire. You find something more to your liking in the policy of the makers of Hartford Tires. They think too much of the Hartford Tire reputation to pro duce a single tire beyond the limit of careful and painstaking work manship. And more people daily appreciate the real economy in this method of tire-building. HOMU BROTHERS The cost of producing a ton of hard coal is from two and a half to three times as great as for mining a ton of bitnmious coal because the beds are deeper, thinner and gener ally inclined at steeper angles than those of the soft coal. WAGONS, WAGONS, WAGONS, anfl we have them in both two and one horse, Studebaker, Thornhill or Chase City, and at prices like old times. Write me, phohne' me o come to see me- SAMUEL DA VIS, Clarksville, Va. l-15-3t Orpheum Theatre Coming Soon o WORK OF HOMING PIGEONS LIBERATED AT SALISBURY Bird Makes Trip To New York In W Less Than ive nours. (Salisbury Evening Post) Tho TCvpninsr Post has received an official score sheet from the United xiAminf Pijrpon Concourse on tne flight of the birds liberated in Sal- isburv on the morning ot baturaay June' 11th. The report shows that v, Kirric wp.re turned loose here during cloudy weather with a light southeast wind, while at isew xorK, their destination, it was also cloudy with n lirht southeast wma. ine first bird arrived at the loft of Rob ert Crozier, 120 Clifton avenue, Clifton, N. at 4:16:39 p, m., fly ing the distance of 497.09 miles in 9 hours, 46 minutes and 39 seconds, making an average velocity of 1, 491,31 yards per minute, this being the prize winner.. There were 25 birds winning diplomas in this class, the 25 th bird making a speed of 1,334.15 pards per minute. -The slowest bird in this class made an average of 1,021.44 yadrs per min ute. These birds 122 of which fin ished the prescribed limit, were in the derby flight- There were 1.387 birds complet ing the 500-mile club and concourse honors. They left . Salisbury with cloudy weather and a southeast wind and on arrival at New York the weather was clear with northeast wind. The first bird in this class to arrive was that of F. A. Phillips, New Rochelle, reaching its roost at 7..1 .R7 n m t nnp n rlietnriPP O? 521-53 miles in 13 hours, 16. minutes . and 57 seconds, making an average vplocit.v of 1.131.88 va.rds' ner min ute- There were 31. diploma win- : ' i ni i , : ners m ims ciass. ine last in iuu class being a bird of T. Seiz, Jr., Long Island which made an average speed of 788-55 yards per minute. An army of grasshoppers is ad vancing on El Paso County, Colora do, from the southwest, destroying virtually all vegetation in its course, rlhe county farm aeent savs the on slaught of grasshoppers is the larg est in the history of that section. IF ITS A BUGGY OR SURRY OR set of harness, we have them low er than you order or buy elsewhere in our opinion, and when it comes to beauty, quality and price we can show you. SAMUEL DAVIS the man who leads. 7-15-3t Prince Albert is sold in toppy red bags, tidy red tins, handsome pound and half pound tin humidors and in the pound crystal glass humidor with sponge moistener top. I Buy a pipe and some P.A. Get the joy that's due you! We print it right here that if you don't know the "feel" and the friendship of a joy'us jimmy pipe GO GET ONE! And get some Prince Albert and bang a howdy-do on the big smoke-gong! For, Prince Albert's quality flavor coolness fragrance is in a class of its own ! You never tasted such tobacco! Why figure out what it alone means to your tongue and temper when we tell you that Prince Albert can't bite, can't parch! Our exclusive patented process fixes that! Prince Albert is a revelation in a makin's cigarette! My, but how that delightful flavor makes a dent! And, how it does answer that hankering! Prince Albert rolls easy and stays put because it is crimped cut. And, say oh, go on and get the papers or a pipe! Do it right now! Copyright 1921 by R. J. Reynold Tobacco Co. Winston-Salem. si. C. the national joy smoke air Is Cirainni Days These Hot Days are truly Ice Cream Days. There is nothing so re freshing as a glass or cone of your choice flavor of Ice Cream ana our store is the place to get it. Pure cream is used and you know that it is absolutely pure. Our plant is open to inspection and we urge that you come and inspect it. There is no use in your worrying over a freezer on Sunday morning when you can leave your order with us on Saturday and it will be delivered to your home next day at'your convenience. The majority of the Oxford people are using our cream. Stay with the crowd, they know. Mil to Wo Operated by Oxford Candy Kitchen; N.A.MAYDANIS A. G. MAYDANIS
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