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i i . 1)7 i7 OXFORD PUBLIC LEDGER ,7 '.- . . " 1 1 ,' 11 ' " . iir I ' 1 . - ' ' 1 """ 1 "" 11 1 1 ' ' v- . i i i if' Hi' ft': hi Is i mi 1:7' 7' 7 I . , ' 'I lis; 7 ft f hi '.in ; ;! 7 if!' i i I I. i i i! A V . it! ; ! 1 f iii 1 ,i "i 1 M it' '4 OF INTEREST TO WOMEN -The next New7Jersey legisla ture will have two women members. Teams of English ana French gorls are soon to meet in a javelin throwing contest in Paris. ' , ... Elmora was the first college in New York state to open all its d partments to women students ' o.n the same terms with meu, -Dr. Hoashoo a graduate of the University off Edinburgh is the 'first Chinese woman physician to begin practice at Hong Kong. -Mrs. Mary Nichols, the newly elected city commissioner of Bir mingham, Ala., is the first womam in the south to hold such a position. Teaching farm women how to be healthy and how to avoid contagion when disease appears In the neigh borhood, is a department of the ex tension service of the Nebraska col lege of agriculture. A measure has been Introduced in the legislative assembly of My sore, one of the most Important of the states of India which 'will give women the right to borne of their husband's property. Mrs. Mabel Pound Le Roy of Michigan, is the first woman to be .appointed recorder of the general land office in Washington. Mrs. Le Roy has been employed in the de partment for some years and is con sidered well qualified by experience for the responsibilities or ner new position. The Winter Wonder Place. With the opening of an all-good highway between Charlotte and Pine hurst the people of this section are going to become better acquainted with the wonders that have been es tablished in that part of the sand hills. The foundation of Plnehurst as a Winter resort is an old story, but few of our home people have the remotest idea of the progrerss that has been made in its development or in its character. The reports in the newspapers from time to time have proved lamentably inacequate. The revelation comes when one drives up to the doors, ot any of the great hotels which have been opened there. One institution in particular, rivals in elegance and splendor, as it exceeds in proportions, the best of the famed Florida resort hotels. Mr. Tufts, the founder of the place, long since convinced the Northern people that ideal conditions existed at Pine hnrst and vicinity, and It was an easy matter to enlist Northern investment in golf links, lakes, clubhouses and hotels. Pinehurst is now one of the "most finely-equipped resort places in the Nation. The indoor life is one of all the taste and magnificence that can be developed by ingenuity and money. The days are spent in the open on the links, or on the drivers and footpaths, and in the evenings the lobbies and halls devel op scenes of animation with swarms of elegantly gowned women and men in full evening dress. v AH the rules of high society life prevail, . hew is no colored help. lualds and wit resses, porters and bellboys, ar4 brought from the North and give service that can come only; from the hands of the ' well-trained.., : Each hotel maintains a fine band and ail manner of . indoor entertainment is provided. Charlotte Observer. Solid Investment 7.7 Common stock of international Proprietaries. Jnc, which was listed on the New York curb November 22, has been actively, traded in since that time, and shows a rise of from 3 to 4 points, recent sai.es - having been made from. 514 to S16.5U. a share. V ' International Properietaries, lnc;, with headquarters in Atlanta, Oa., is the distributing company for Tan lac and other nationally advertised proprietary preparations. It is one of the largest concerns of its kind in' the world, with annual sales in excess of $4,000,000. 7 lV The Company is capitalized with 200,000 shares of Common stock, of no par value, with no funded debt and no liabilities, except unau dited vouchers for current months. The cash position of the company is very strong, current assets being j approximately $1,000,000. All of (the preferred stock of the company amounting to $600,00 having been been paid off this year out of earn ings. The present management, which I is responsible for the remarkable growth and successful operation of the company 'will continue arid will also be interestedthrough the owner-? ship of a substantial amount of the stock of the company. 7 7 The business has been profitably conducted since its organization , in 1915; profits for 1920 being $915, 921 before Federal Taxes. For the first ten months of this year the pro fits were $577,806 before Federal Taxes, which is at the rate of $693, -667 per year, or over $3.46 per share at the present market. It is under stood that the gross sales of ths company for the mon ens or October and November have been very large; being in excess of over $800,000. ' ..... i A 7 7, ' . U i-Ti.. K-:ns . m 7' - mv rv ;A - PmB - V fTl Ml IMIH Jl Mil II III! I Ml I! " - 1 v . - k 1 7. v A Lift Off with Identified as a former governor of Idaho, a man recently died at the county poor farm in Jfopeka, Kansas. He was formerly a miner in Idaho until elected ; lieutenant governor in 1892. When the governor resigned to accept a" Federal position, the lieu tenant governor filled out the term. WANTED AT ONCE a well broken Bird Dog must not be under 15 ear sold; also one 8 guage, 36-inch doublie barrel hammisrless shot gun in good condition. J. M. BLALOCK, Ox ford, N. C. 1 doesn't hurt a, bit! prop a little "Freezone" on an aching corn, in stantly that corn stops hurting, then shortly you lift it rrght off with fin gers. Truly! Your druggist. sells tiny bottle of "Freezone" for a few ents, suf ficient to remove every hard corn, soft corn, or corn between the toes; and the calluses, without soreness or irritation. Regulating the operations of airplanes in interstate and foreign commerce is the object of a bill now before the United States Senate com mittee on commerce. Forty serious accidents were recorded the first six months of the present year, nearly all of them in the avoidable class. It is planned to create a bureau of civil aeronautics in the Department of Commerce. COMMISSIONER'S SALE OF LAND Under and by virtue of the autho rity conferred upon me7 by an order and decree of the Superior Court of Granville County at the November term, 1921 in the action therein pending and entitled "Pat Chavis Vs Sallie Overby, Guardian of Jemima Gill and S. M. Watkins, Administra tor of Joshua GillM shall on MONDAY, JANUARY 9TH, 1922 at 12 o'clock noon sell to the highest bidder by Public Auction, for cash, in front of theCourt House Door at Oxford, N. C, the following de scribed property: -A certain house Uhd" lot lying and being situate on the north side of the Henderson Road, just outside the corporate limits of the town of Ox ford and being the same piece of property conveyed to Joshua Gill and Jemima Gill as tenants in common by R. Morton Townes, widower, by deed dated December 29th, 1909 and duly recorded in deed book 62 at page 572 of the Office of the Register of Deeds of Granville County.' For more accurate description of. said property see deed from J.-A. JVIarable and wife to R. M. Townes 'in book 42 at page 295, and deed from J. C. Cooper, Trustee, to said R. M. Townes, book 42 at page 361 of the Registry of Granville County. This November 28th, 1921. , F. W. HANCOCK. JR., Commissioner paid A substantial reduction in the price of Exide Batteries for automobile starting: and lighting is announced, effective December In making this announcement, we wish to state emjphatically that none of 7 the V well Mbwn' qualities whjjimye always charac terized Exide Batteries v1U - be sacrificed to make this reduction possible. ' ' - ' j .- r. .' : " - '' n '. . . 7 - ;. - ... . ." ' ' ' - - " -7 The same materm same high- grade workmanship which you have always associated mth Exide Batteries will contin ue to feature their construction. ; Let us install in your car, tVei best suited to its requirements. Let us Ex plain its lasting power and carefree service. b 1. - Mi WW (BAinrEDSD'E Do Located at Jack Ceharf s lessirig, Club. Hillsboro Street. :-: :-: Oxford, N. C. l ' ; "77 7 -:, ; -,., 7 . c V MM V cii V. (Dot WE TOO WILL MAKE DECIDED REDUCTIONS ON ALL CLASSES OF MERCHANDISE AND BEFORE BUYING, COME AND SEE WHAT LANDIS & EASTON HAVE TO OFFE R AND IF WE ARE NOT CHEAPER THEN GO TO THE OTHER PLACE. o ( y - Blankets j This sale of Blankets will top any Sale we have ever had; A big cotton blanket for $2.75, worth $3.50. A big plaid cotton blanket :?4.50, worth $6.00. y N A big Jot of Leaksville seconds, as good as any first at a big reduc tion and no more from the mill this season. This is the last lot. , The biggest or best thing ever shown or offered in Oxford is one Kg shipment just received of seconds from a big blanket mill and we are going to offer them at $1.00 per pound. Come look them ov er and if not thecheapest thing in Blankets ever shown, pass them Bed Spreads 1 ot is gone no more to be had. 100 Another bio; offer and when this 1 Spreads Crinkled Demity at $2.00; elsewhere 2.50: 4 : 1 Lot ot m UAVju-mcnes excra ptg ior ; TV 7T Tl 11 0 ..Vtillinery All Millinery at 1-2 price ,ahd in the finex grades we will sell for less than one- Coat suits & Dresses loaks, Ready-to-Wear, Dresses and Coat Suits will be sold at a big reduction and to prove we will sell at less than anyone else. Come and spp whnf; wp havfi In nffpr r ; ( ul ' ! Shoes -- Shoes All fine Shoes in stock for Ladies will be sold at 1-2 price and the cheaper grades will be sold at a decided ?! reduction from former prices. ?v; . 77-: 7 ;7 7; f. ... t ' A '1 f 'f 'S rr r : ! 7 f
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