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TO ONE MOST WORTHY OF ADMIRATION The Way the Leap Year Girls Make Love. AIM alack what shall I do For want of a husband I come to you Is it to be or not to be? Marriage they say is a lottery If joy to me you want to bring Send me back a diamond ring If for me there is no hope Send me back ten yards of rope. If the writers name you cannot guess Send all your mail to the one You love best. Lovingly, A LEAF YEAR GIRL. L4V(MMLE BOOKS The International Book Review has just completed a poll to deter mine what its readers consider the ten best books published since 1900. This poll represents the composite opinion of 1,753 readers of that periodical, and it is gratifying to IJorth Carolinians that Burton Hen drick's biography of Walter Hines Page is one of the ten books receiv ing the highest vote. It is interesting to note that "The Outline of History," by H. G. WeRs, received the highest number of votes, Instead of a book of fiction though to be sure the readers of a literary re view are apt to be more serious -minded than the average everyday American. It was to be expected that O. Henry would also be includ ed in the list. Here is the list as announced by The Book Review: "The Outline of History," by H. G. Wells; "F(^ur Horsemen of the Apocalypse," by V. Ibanez; "If Win ter Comes." by A. 8. M. Hutchinson; "Americanization of Edward Bok," by Edward Bok; "The Life of Christ," by Giovanni Papini; "The Crisis," by Winston Churchill; "Short Stories," by O. Henry; "The Virginian," by Owen Wister; "Life and Letters of Walter H. Page," oy Burton J. Hendrick; "The Mind in the Making," by Janies Henry Rob inson. An interesting point in the poll is that not one of the ten best books seected by ten nationally known cri tics appears in the list selected by readers of The Book Review. Xot only that, but the books selected by the critics were of an entirely dif ferent character. First place was given by the critics to "The Dynasts," by Thomas Hardy, and practically all of the remaining ten books were either novels or poems that are little known o the general public. H BSt KIMM TM PUBLIC LEDGER LISTEN RE IT'S RIGHT WHEN YOU GET IT AT Better quality for the same money Better prices, quality considered The best service. Ycu'H profit by buying Lumber, Build ing Materia! and Coal from Oxford, X. C. Lumber Building Material Coal '! LL MVE 110 YEARS" SAYS DAN O'LEARY O'Leary expects to live to 110. For 50 years Dan O'Leary has claimed the world's walking cham pionship. He says he has stepped off 292,000 miles, experts to add considerably to that total and is in no mood to surrender his title. "I will get my full growth when I am 100," O'Leary says, "and will be up and going until I am 110. After that I am making no prom ises." Here is Dan's formula, adapted to his octogenarian habits: Eat only two meals a day, not counting two apples at bedtime. Cut down meat ration to a pound a month, but use a heavy allowance of butter. Go to bed at 9 p. m. and arise at 5. Smoke only occasionally. Walk 10 or 15 miles a day. "I never stay in one place long enough to get stale," he says. "Life is always fresh for me. That is my secret." Dan has an open challenge to any man, of any age, for a 500-milc walking race, and is willing to bet as much as $5,000 on the result. I can walk a mile in nine min utes," he claims, "and can average six miles an hour for two or three hours." The veteran scorns canes, using a lathe stick or a folded newspaper to keep his hand balanced while walk ing. and he dislikes automobiles. He's Always Been a Leader. (New Orleaus States) Premier Ramsay MacDonald is hailed as the world's greatest labor < leader, although the fact has been established that he hasn't done any , manual work since he was 20 years old. Endorse Daniels. ! With an assured membership of more than 2.000 and a potential strength of the entire Democratic vote of Lee county, Josepnus Danleis was endorsed for the Democratic : nomination for president, t ! j t i t Makes the Body Strong. Makes theB^oodRich. coc .Ff&f Dij; C^rrw, / /^/^/ /^2/^j/ Beneath the handsome body of this Nash Six Touring are significant elements of construction responsible for its superb perform ance. For example, a carburetor stove completely vaporizes the gasoline and produces an extraordi nary volume of smooth, vigorous power. The chassis framework is ruggedly bulwarked by five stalwart crossmembers; two of these are of tubular type. ?07720<&/ FOURS SIXES ' t Models range from $915 to $2190, f. o. b. factory GRANVILLE MOTOR COMPANY ! 2 MINUTE BIOGRAPHIES OF MEN WHO ARE NOW IN THE WASHINGTON SPOTLIGHT Atty. Gen. Daugherty From whose hands President Coolidge took the special investiga tion of U. S. Navy Oil Property leases. Harry Micajah Daugherty. I*. S. Attorney General, was horn at Washington Court House, Ohio, on January 26, 1860. He had a High School education and was gradu ated from the University of Michi gan with the degree of LL.B., in 1881. He began the practice of law in his native town and moved to Col umbus, Ohio, 1893. He built up one of the largest practices in the State. Always active in politics, but the only office he held was a member of the State Legislature, 1890-1894. He directed President Harding's primary campaign for President in 19 20. Lost his own State. He predicted that Harding would be nominated by a little party of bosses in a smoke-filled hotel room when 1920 Chigago Convention reach ed a deadlock. His prediction was fulfilled. He was made Attorney General of the United States on March 4, 1921. He aided in getting Morse out of the Penitentiary for a !fee. He is married and a Methodist, j (Note: Micajah is a Hebrew word and means "who is like Je ! hovah.") GAS FROM WOOD NEW : SUBSTITUTE AUTO FUEL I (London Times) ! One doliar for a hundred miles in } an automobile is the promise held out by the inventor of 'gazogene," produced by burning wood and char coal in the place of gasoline. Jean Goulet, the inventor, has been awarded a prize of 20,000 francs do rs ted by the newspaper Intran s. e.'.nt for the best substitute for gasoline. He mounted one of his wood-burn ing engines in a heavy truck and drove * exactly a hundred miles at an average speed cf fourteen miles per hour. Every two hours the chauffeur filled up the burner with wood. This was the only attention the motor needed. The fuel consumed cost 20 francs—about a dollar—compared with $4 that would have been the price of gasoline fo rthe same trip in the same type of truck. t A Reminder. . (Houston Post) The cotton goods market is on the decline. The circumstance is men tioned just as a warning to cotton farms not to permit that 30-cent price for cotton blind them to the ad visability of planting some food and feed crops this Spring. See 'Em, Ride 'Em, Buy 'Em. They! start quicker, run fast er and cheaper and stop quicker. W. LJ Currin. Mlltf Coheen Moore and Mihon SHlg (n Fiaming Youth.* ORPHEUM MOX. AXD TEES. !K \ Tneres Hea!th !n Our Good REMEMES Are you feeling sick? If so come in and get the medicine you need. It is much bet ter to take our medicine now and prevent illness than to go along feeiing wretched and perhaps have a serious attack. For medicines and drugs; for everything in drug store goods; for prompt service and reasonable prices. Come to us FIRST. Lyon Drug Co. FRANK F. LYON ROLAND L. GOOCH In Business for Your Health "Is the Place." COLLEGE STREET. : : OX COHO. (. —There are three classes of mo torists: Those who know how to use ' a horn properly, those who view a horn simply as an,ornament and those who retain their childhood at ! traction for noise and lots of it. BARGAINS We have some bargains in job iot Buggies. Come at once or you may be too iate. OXFORD BUGGY CO. —Unconfirmed reports say an Af , rican lion swallowed a flivver a few j weeks ago. He forgot to shut off I the engine, however, and shook to death in fifteen minutes. ! <f HUN^S^GUARAKTEFD ^IN DISEASE REMEDIES Ringwonn,Tetter or Tieritch tng skin diseaaea. Try thie' tr<sataae*t at our Halt, cp* - tj<. HALL. Druggist. r 0 Wonderful HORSE, you are a wonderful thir H § push, no horn to honk; you stm to slip; no spark to miss, i c iicense-buying every year, with plat : rear; no gas bills climbing up each m life away; no speed cops chugging in Horse! tg; ro buttons to :*t yourse'f, no clutch ears to strip; no o rcrew on front and "'ogling the joy of y^ur rear, yellhn'f summons in your ear. Your inner tubes are a'l O K., aad thank the Lord, they stay that way; your spark piugs never miss ^and fuss; your motor never makes us cuss. Your frame is good for many a mi)e; your body never changes style. Your wants are few and easy met; you've something on the auto yet." This "Wonderful Horse" and the celebrated "Chase" Buggy and Surrey are indespensible to the farmer, for, although he may own an automobile, the thing may be out of commission when he needs it most. They are un reliable and very expensive, in more ways than one. Get back to old Dob bin and the "Chase' Buggy and Sur rey, then you can lay by in store for a rainy day. A thing the average man in country or town cannot do, if he owns an automobile. If you are debating the question, as to whether to buy a buggy or a car "take a fool's advice" and buy an Ox ford "Chase Buggy" or Surrey, OXFORD BUGGY CO. Oxford, N. C.
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