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jjXFORD PUBLIC LEDGER FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 80; 1921 CASTOR I A For Its and ChUdrCn .Lri-0ver30Y3ars TWO MINUTES OF OPTIMISM SUBSCRIPTION PRICE OP PUBLIC LEDGER REDUCED 3 the Sigatu: bears re of WHERE BIO SALABIES PREVAIL JOT oN TRAVELER'S NERVES j rams! in Cafe Mora Than M u . a . cnerienced Tourist Could EV Comfortably Endure. bold professional voyager t notice the Ifedouin camp not af loat limb, ass, dog, camel, brat, n orW He has seen far too of them. Or, if he does glimpse pnhn it is only to remind him of nrathr curious crowd he once a I1" ran in the Upper Caucasus, or I . LJ - , it was among the Ooaa sect across FrVunH in the southern atolls XVllliu-- of the ' 1,., wUi 0tho snmp nlace. by ho hnnnpned unon the n with the lisp and the whalebone cia,pf-which is another story tte fatal word in "travel stuff' cir- , ,8 rovinciaf." And, dark as the Virion may be, it must be faced, as 1 oon as later. I am provincial. we don't do in New England r,a se:rike me as strange. When I see 6'Terv holv man eating a handful of Lddv nails, my internals protest. Havini bn brought up in a land of crade "school physiologies and home cooking I know that nails aren't good fur him. ... Or when a camel heavilv laden with cactus comes lurch ing and bubbling between the tables of'the cafe where I sit at peace with the workl-rwhen I mount the table to escape I can't help it; my provincial pulse mounts, too. Tlie episode doesn't remind me of anything. ot anything at all! In a cafeacamei with a load of cactus! At home I have known men asked to leave for seeing just thj? camel alone. No, it is strange! Wilbur Daniel Steele in Harpy's Magazine. By Herman J. Stich) Put . Your Thlnkery On the Job! Blessed is he who has found his l ao' says the Bible; but thrice hleasH ie iio i,a i t TTiiv xias luuna a machine to do it for him!" says the twentieth century. u, fte.en, hundred years before the birth of Christ there were drawn up on the tombs in Egypt pictures de picting slaves reaping witn sickles. This tool, used in the ancient Orient, is practically the same imple ment used in the United States and the rest of the world until the mid ale of the last century. omce men, Mccormick, Marsh, Appleby, Withington, Deering and other successful inventors have emancipated the farmer, made it un necessary for nearly the entire pop ulation to raise crops and yet go to bed hungry have made it possible tor 75 per cent of us to live in cities auu ejoy me superabundance of bread and victuals produced by the other 25 per cent of us. Despite the wonderful strides that have? been made in agricultural and industrial implements, the .electrical wizard of the world sponsors the claim that hardly any piece of ma chinery now manufactured is more than 10 uer cent perfect. If Edison is right and, his ques tion list notwithstanding, many great inventors agree with him- there is gold and glory, universal gratitude and gain in store for men with the skill to improve on the-old or found the new who will devise any device that will save money, save material and save labor give maximum util ity with maximum economy. The only school necessary is the school of experience. The trade you've mastered, the handicraft in which you excel, the article with whose manufacture you are thoroughly and fundamentally familiar these are the most fertile soil for your ideas and your efforts. Name, fame and fortune are wait ing round the corner for resolution and resourcefulness. Needed inventions are Open Se same in success. Put your thinkery on the job! QUEEN CHOSE PEASANT MATE One of the Favorite Stories of the Many Found in Folklore, of Bohemia. Bohemian folklore contains many interesting and inspiring stories, but all of them express the national feeling and the aspirations of a sub ject people for independence Now that the World war established Czechoslovakia as a free state, the national consciousness has redoubled the interest in Bohemian history and fiction. A favorite story is of the Princess Libussa, youngest and wisest of Princeg Krok's three daughters. She was in telligent, with perfect morals and ac tive in deeds for the welfare of hei people. Endowed as a seeress, the pele chose her to be their ruler. Libussa in return asked the people tc choose their kin,;. They waived this privilege, and the queen sent them far away to find a young peasant, whe would he plowing in a field with twe oxen, whose spots the queen described. The messengers brought back this man and he became king. Together Libussa and her husband founded Prague (Praha), the queen prophesying the city would become vwlrl famous. The peasant king de. fined its limits by throwing up a fur row with his plow. His shoes were worn by kings for generations as a pledge that they would protect the interests of the peasants. Appreciation Of Frank Page. (Moore County News) Frank Page is handling millions of dollars, and in doing it he is tilling in new fields. He is undertaking a gigantic task in which he has mighty little to guide him, for road building on a modern scale in a mod ern industry. He is doing it to the satisfaction of the people, and what is far better yet, he is doing, it with the confidence of the people that he is doing it right, and in strictly fair fashion. I have not yet heard a word of suspicion against either his thought ability or his absolute integ rity. That is a pleasaing tning to be able to say of a man of our own com munity holding what is probably the most important place in the employ of the State. Panama Hats. Most of the so-called Panama hats" are made in Ecuador. The material is called paja toquilla and comes from a palm two or three meters high. The leaves are cut just as they are about to unfold, the veins taken out and the fiber remaining is dipped for a few minutes in boiling water to which a httle lemon juice is added for bleach es purposes. Each leaf has approxi mately 30 strands about 55 centime ters in length, although the best grade reaches 80 centimeters. The hats can je woven only during the part of the when the humidltf is greatest, slnee the straw of the best quality is Jot dampened. A man working six tours a day completes an ordinary hat in six or seven days, but on a very line one he spends a month and a half; " is the labor, therefore, which makes hats expensive. The most famous are those of Monte Cristi; they sur l'a!?s all others ft fineness, lightness and perfection. The daughter of Charles Dick ens placed in the British Museuti documents with the instruction that i they were not to be opened until 1925. Lord Haig has filed com ments in the museum labeled, "Not to be opened before 1940." Advance Wiih the Year. To find life easy you must develop Tm habits that make life automatic. Jten .who develop right attitudes to ar toil soon become unconscious Jtel'ts in things burdensome to others. erfe's real joy in being able to sur pas3 thse who would be your com petitors. After all it's just a matter or being on the job. The normal man dreads the day he will not be rated at his best. 18 foolIsh to imagine that you will tur rrgrW old That's Part na J!r The way to enter the older stage thl v embarrassment is to rise with business to where you won't have vnn! the physical tasks that require :hUDg shoulders. Let youth hustle w merchandise, you rise to the point filing them where to put it Grit Oft 493tK J. N. PITTMAN Oxford, N. C. Even a Fountain Syrings Can Look Good But Be Poor A fountain syringe is an impor tant item of rubber and here serviceability must be assured or the value is never apparent. A fountain syringe can look as good and yet be of poor qual ity. So the proper course to follow is to buy the kind that's guaranteed, the kind that your eyes at the same time tell yjou looks good, and the kind the feel of your fingers tells you is flexible. WE HAVE FOUNTAIN SYRINGES GUARANTED FOR TWO YEARS AT VERY REAS ONABLE PRICES. J.G.HALL The Rexall Store. TO MEET EMERGENCY 6f SCANT CROP YEAR In order to rnet our subscribershalf way; we have decided to re duce the subscription price of the Public Ledger from $2.00 to $1.50 per year. There has not been a sufficient reduction in newsprint paper and other materials to justify reduction to pre-war basis, but "evertheless it is our desire to share with our many readers in a year of scant crops. SIX MONTHS ONE DOLLAR. As stated above, the price of th Public Ledger is $1.50 per year on and after this date. But there are a classof subscribers in the free deliverey zone of O&ford who are servM by the city carriers. On all these papers thus served there must be a oe cent stamp affixed there to, as fully Explained in the following postal law: 'Newspapers other than weeklies, not exceeding 2 ounces in weight mailed by publishers for local delivery by letter carriers shall be chalrgd with postage at the rate Of oe cent per copy, to be prepaid by ordinary stamp affixed." All those who have boxes at the postbffice, or prefer to call at the general delivery for their paper can get the Public Ledger one year for $1.50, the same as those -who have boxes. Anyone sending us a list of cash subscribers for $1.50 each will receive the Public Ledger one year free. i (Charlotte Observer) Mr. Richard H. Edmonds and Mr. wwuu uavnuu v.v iiuauia arc uuw warming up the Federal-. Reserve Bank of New York on the score of ex travagance in sakries. Mr. Wil liams is furnishing the figures and Mr. Edmonds is doing the rest. Wil- j liams is not so sure of the accuracy or the list he supplies, but he be lieves that if it is incorrect in any particular it is in under-statemsnt. Also, he says, if there are errors, they can be readily corrected by-the Federal Reserve officials. The point is made of extraordinary increases in salaries. In the Reserve Bank of New York, the salary of Benjamin Strong was raised from $30,000 to $50,000; Perry Jay's from $16,000 to $30.000 and so on down the list of a couple dozen names. No official in that bank draws a salary lower than that of a United Staates Sena tor. One draws as much as six Se nators. Williams calls attention to the fact that these : salaries have been increased in numerous cases from 100 to 500 per cent. Mr. Wil liams has been told that 60 per cent of these "officers" never received over $1,500 to $2,500 before they came to tht tleserve Bank, but they are now drawing salaries as high as those paid to Cabinet officers. The salaries paid to about 30 "officers" by the New York Federal Reserve Bank, exclusive of the salaries other employes, amount to about s much: as the combined salaries of one-half of the members of the United States Senate, plus the. sala ries of the President arid Vice Pre sident of the United States. . The Observer has always defended the Federal Reserve Bank System as the one .mstituion that saved the country in the days of war emergen cy and it still defends ,t It on that score. Furthermore, we maintain that this System is yet operating as the mainstay of fhe Nation, but in the case of the New York branch it would seem that a score of extrava- gance has been brought against it ' which merits investigation. Econ omy, instead of extravagance, should be the watchword at the headquar ters of every bank in the Federal Re serve System and it would surely ap pear that the country is sot now in' condition to bear the burden of fan--cy salaries such as Mr. Williams has indicated prevail in the New York Bank. We are not in sympathy with the prejudiced and partisan attacks which the Federal Reserve Board has been subjected in recent months, but it should deliver its friends from defense off Williams' arraingment in extravagance in the salaried list. 666 cures Malaria, Chills and Fever, Bilious Fever, Colds and La GriDue. or money re- 01 ! funded. r -fttf. Jest this Gasoline irj for Yourself, on the Koaidl !if HOWEVER sincere one mo torist's statement may be, his experiences with his car cannot be applied exactly to your operation of your car. Most drivers know that indi vidual cars have peculiarities. We do not ask you to use the improved "Standard" MotoiS Gasoline simply because you have heard that .it is the best on the market. Wc want you to try it for yourself, accord ing to your own requirements. On a basis of results, alone, we would gladly have you de cide whether or not you should use it regularly. "Standard" Motor Gasoline is a light, volatile fuel which enables your car to start easier and run more smoothly. It has extra pulling power. The recent . improvements in the product, made possible by the work of our Development De partment, have made "Stand ard" Motor Gasoline the best obtainable. But remember that the final test of gasoline quality is how it performs in your motor. Try "Standard" Motor Gas oline for yourself under vary ing road and weather condi tions. It will pay you to begin at once. A great combination is "Stand ard" Motor Gasoline for power and Polarine for lubrication STANDARD OIL COMPANY (New Jersey) STANDARD IMPROVED GASOLINE SOLD IN OXFORD BY Giranavnl Meta3 Ceinapsinny Get Gas Books arid save 5 percent or lc per gallon. SCIUBfc to PUBLIC L V
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