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Oxford eagle., 1916-05-25
Oxford Public School Closes.

The graduation exercises Of the
Oxford high school was held last
Tuesday morning at 1920 at the
opera house.
Hon. NJ. ;. Conner being the
speaker for the occasion. The
Statutory was delivered by Miss
Nellie Dunlap and the Vahdictory
by Miss Annie Walker.
There were twenty six who re
ceived diplomas and certificates
among whom were, Nellie Dunlap,
Annie Lee Walker, Myrtle Ramey.
Annie Lou Dunn, Mary Paine
Wendell, Rosa Hargis, Annie Grace
Parks, Marjorie Tankersley, Duls
Lawhorn, Elizabeth Kimmons,
Myra Hume, Julia Gattis, Gayle
Russell, Oliver Kincannon, Vic
toria Oldham. Hugh Lee Simmons,
Arthur johnson, Dewey Metts,
Watson Campbell, James Tomlin-
son, Howard Ross, Carrie Morgan,
John Lee Linder, Fred Wright,
Eunice Holcomb.
Only three of the graduates re
ceived special distinction, Misses
Nellie Dunlap Annie Lee Walker.
Myrtle Ramey.
Oxford eagle., 1916-05-25
GtT-TO-GETHfR
MOVEMENT.
Tula Gives Banquet. Many
Prominent Oxford Men
Attend

Saturday night the citizens of
Tula had a most enjoyable time.
1t Was the occasion of a "get-to-
gether meeting" and the school
building was literally packed with
people-men, women and children.
The meeting Was opened by Il
short talk from Prof. Gresham,
after which the ordnance joined in
singing America" as it was il
lustrated on the screen by slides
from a lantern machine. Then
picture slides were shown of good
reads, bad roads, good and bad
school buildings, and "Maude and
Rastus" was shown which was the
occasion of much laughter. The
picture slide machine was furnish
ed by Prof. II. T. smith, who
explained the different views as
they were shown.
Prof. C. c. Hughes then was
introduced by Hon. III. l.. Davis,
who was chosen as chairman, and
the professor made most inter.
esting talk. While Prof. Hughes
is no stranger To the people OF
Tula, that being his birth place
and where he was reared to man
hood and where he taught schoO
for Il number of years, the short
talk by him Was received with
much interest.
Prof. Chester A. McClarty,
county superintendent, was then
introduced and made a good talk,
taking for his subject The New
and the DID,"
Prof. Rogers of the University
was then introduced, who said :
great deal in q very short time
Prof. Rogers is rapid fir,
speaker, and his address was Il
the point and was well received
Those going from oxford were
Prof. Hughes, Prof. Rogers, Prof
McLarty, G.. W. Price and Prof
III. L. Smith in Mr.. Smiths bis
new car; and Mr.. Will Mize anC
others.
Lunch was served and every
one had a good time and it wa.
ii O'Clock when the meeting wa!
dismissed.
Oxford eagle., 1916-05-25
WATCH cHnD,s COUGH.

Colds, running Of nose, continued ir-
ritation Of the mucous membrane If
neglected may mean Catzrrh later.
Don't take the ehances-do something
for your ehildl Children will not take
every medicine, but they viii take DIR.
Kings New Discovery and without
bribing or teasing. Its n sweet pleas
ant Tar Syrup and so effective Just
laxative enoagh to eliminate the waste
poisons. Almost the first dose helps.
Always prepared, no mixing or fussing.
Just ask your druggist for DIR. Kings
New Discovery. It will safeguard your
child against serious ailments resulting
from colds Adv.
Oxford eagle., 1916-05-25

That poor old dove of peace
Oxford eagle., 1916-05-25

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Oxford eagle., 1916-05-25
RHEUMATIC PAIN STOPPED

The drawing of muscles, the sore
Hess, stiffness and agoniEing pain Of
Rheumatism quickly yield to Sloan's
Liniment. II stimulates circulation 10
the painful part. just apply as direct
ell to the sore spots In a short time
the pain gives way to atingiing sensa-
ton Of comfOrt and warmth Here's
proof al have mad wonderful relief
since used your Linimenr on my
knee To think one application gave
me relief. Sorry | havn't space 10
tell you the history. Thanking you
for. what your remedy has done for
me"-james > Ferguson, Philada,
Pa, Sloan's Liniment kills pain. 25c
at Druggists.
Oxford eagle., 1916-05-25
COLDS QUICKLY RELIEVED.

Many people cough and cough J.
from the beginning of Fall right
through 10 Spring. Others get cold
after cold Take DR.. Kings New Dis
eovsry and you will get almost immedi-
ate relief. 1t checks your cold, stops
the raeking, rasping tissue tearing
cough, heals the Inflammation, soothes
the raw tubes Easy to take, Anti
septic and Healing Get soc. bottle
Of DR.. kings New Discovery to-day.
'sIt Is certainly great medicine and
| keep bottle OF it continually on
handn writes W. G.. Jesseman, Fran
coma, y II. Money back If not salts
fed
Oxford eagle., 1916-05-25
PILLS BEST FOR LIVER

Because they contain the bestiIiver
medicines, no matter how bitter or
nanseating for the sweet sugar coating
hides the taste. DIR. Kings New Life
Pills contain ingredients that put the
liver working, move the bowels freely
No gripe, no nausea, aid digestion.
Just try bottle of DIR. Kings New
Life Pills and notice how much better
you feel. 25c at druggists. adv.
Oxford eagle., 1916-05-25

L. E Allen, who has charge OF
the Western Union Telegraph
Office at this place, left Monday
night for McComb City. where he
goes 10 take charge of the com
panys office at that place. He is
sueoeeled by Mrs. Katye Lee, OF
Birmingham, Aha, who arrived
here sunday.
Oxford eagle., 1916-05-25

Acting Governor Russell has
issuei proclamation setting
THURSDAY. June |, as the date for
holding the special election to
choose a State Senator TO succeed
Van b. Boddie, resigned Clarion
Ledger.
Oxford eagle., 1916-05-25
tAdvertissmeno

GASOLINE ENGINE-I-2 II. P.
Gasoline engine for sale. just
the thing to run a churn or a
pump. Price $500 {. o. b. Ok
ford. Apply to the Eagle Office.
Oxford eagle., 1916-05-25

Eyerybody's winning in this
war, and everybody's lOosing.
Work it out yourself.
Oxford eagle., 1916-05-25
FRANK ANDERSON TO
HANG JULY Il.
Murdered A. H. Cage, Promi-
nent Banker. Oct. 10. 1915

Clarksdale, May 10. This is
a dIsagreeable duty the court has
to perform. You murdered
one Of the best men that ever
lived and without any cause what
>oever. If you needed help and
had gone 10 Mr.. Cage he would
have been the first man to have
come 10 your and. D" This is ter
rlble crime and you deserve no
sympathy, but | do sympathize
with you"
1t is therefore the will of the
court that the sheriff take YOU in
To custody and on July 18th, 1915,
you be hanged by the neck until
you are dead. May God have
mercy on your soul. "
Above Is the sentence passed
upon Frank Anderson by Judge
Alcorn in Circuit Court this
morning.
When asked BY the Judge if he
had anything to say in his defense,
Anderson stood with bowed head
and addressed the crowded court
room A. follows.
Gentlemen as well as ladies', |
am the man | am the man that
killed Mr.. Cage"
Il am dizzy minded, made 81
by the tight place that | have
been in, but | am going to try and
tell you all and | want everyone
To pay close attensiOn 10 what
have To say.
| Pointing to Mrs. Cage who was
seated ON front seat. he con.
tinued, There is no blemish on
her, she is as pure as the angef>
above and | want you all to know
/ il. some folks have been saying
things like | have had secrets, bat
want to say right here that
have no secrets. | am going u
| judgement to stand before a higher
Judge than this one and Jesus l.
going to see me over. | have
been living off grace since my ar
rest. That Is the reason that
am poor. | have been eating NOR
phine, that Is what makes me resi-
50 easy.
Il am telling the truth-truth
ladies and gentlemen-remembeI
that is what we all must do.
Don't forget the TRUTH.
Il want to say one thing right
here and that Is that MIR. Brewer
has treated me kind and it wenl
to my heart. He did not promise
me anything, but | knew that
was guilty and wanted To tel
Ihim the truth. That's all, ladies
and gentlemen"
II Mr.. Brewer then asked the
court the privilege of asking
| Anderson one question and hl'
request was granted.
He asked: Where is the bul
let with which you were shot,
and was told by the condemned
/ man that the bullet had droppee
Into his shoe and that later he haf
lost 1t.
II Brewer stated that all the bul
lets had been accounted for with
the exception of this one.
II This morning marked the Una
chapter of one Of the most helnou'
crimes ever committed in thr
state.
II On Oct. 10, 1915, Anderson
entered the residence of A. ii
Cage, a prominent Clarksdal'
banker, with the intention o
burglarizing and had gained hi'
entrance through a side window
and in the entering of the room
in which Mr.. and Mrs. Cage were
asleep, made a noise which a"
Iakened Mrs. Cage, who called q
her husband. Mr. Cage IumpeS
Iup and turned on the light anC
txs r. El fkroa times "a
Oxford eagle., 1916-05-25

USED CARS FOR SALE-One
Maxwell touring car and one Saxon
roadster. These cars are in good
running order and will be demon
stratel at any time. Ii will pay
you % see them before buying
-5-tf. JACK FALKSER.
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and receive It, This might be true II the galleries held 10000 people
Instead of 900
The four young women from Cleveland, luckhr than most VISITORS, re-
co1'd ome uckrt TO b parceied among the quartet. They were seated In the
reStnurant of the house, of representatives ut lunch planning to draw losto
see Whcho one should take the priced ticket and just rs they had settled this
point N of them shrieked aloud and jumped from her chair with II brand
new silk dress soaking with coffee.
At the I'M moment, Theodore Tfrr. president of the National Press
and veteran of the press gallery Of the house, ros with confusion covering
him from hcmd to foot lie felt, he said. as II he was about to be hanged.
other sad srectncles.
There vas n question about the dress being spoiled. Tiler had upset
n large cup Of coffee, and every bit " 1t had fallen into the young womans
Tap
Suddenly she said:
Are YOU n member of congressT'
Mr. Tiner resented the accusation.
Because If you are" continued the coneestained one, az you would get
us II ticket to the gallery today would forgive you"
She said that Representative Gordon IF Ohio had promised to get n for
her, hmt. that he had not shown up
"Tickets ire hard to get" said Tier. hut will see what I can do"
He then left the restaurant. In ten minutes Mr.. TIner appeared again
with three gallery tickets. Where he got them NJ knows, but the Indy
with the coffee in her lap is understood to have said, just before leaving
the capitol:
ooh Mr.. Ttlcr, if you get is tickets every time the president speaks,
you can pour coffee o n ne all you want"
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1916-11-02

lance OF strength bending to the tasks
Of a peasant woman She gathered
many Of the stones which | built into
the walls OF the hut; also, she turned
n deaf ear to my e~ntreaties when |
begged her TO desist. She compro
missed. however. by taking upon her.
self the lighter labors OF cooking and
gathering driftwood and moss for our
winters supply.
The hut's walls rose without difl-
Guilty, and everything went smoothly
until the problem OF q roof confronted
me.
winters used walrus skins on his
hut" I said.
There are the SEALS" she suggest.
ed.
So next day the hunting began. |
did not know how TO shoot. but | pro.
ceeded TO learn. And when | had ex.
pended some thirty shells for three
seals, ! decided that the ammunition
would be exhausted before | acquired
the necessary knowledge.
I'VE must club the seals" an.
nounced. when convinced OF my poor
Workmanship. Il have heard the
sealers talk about clubbing them"
They are so pretty" she objected.
Il cannot bear to think OF II being
done. II Is so directly brutal. you
know; SO different from shooting
them"
That roof must go on" answered
usl,.xtxs skINsAa L. AIp.-s -.~ IA
is our lives against theirs. II ia I'M.
fortunate We haven't plenty OF am.
munition, but l think. anyway. that
they suffer less from being dubbed
than from being all shot up. Besides,
! shall do the clubbing"
The upshot OF tho affair was that
she accompanied me next morning.
I rowed into the adjoining cove and
up TO the edge OF the beach. There
were seals all about rs In the water,
and the believing thousands on the
beach compelled US TO shout at each
other to make ourselves heard.
Il know men club them" | said,
trying to reassure myself and gazing
doubtfully at a large bull. lot thirty
feet away. ~upreared on his fore-nip-
pers and regarding mo intently. But
the question is. How do they club
them"
1t Just comes 20 me-" she said.
that Captain Larsen was telling me
how the men raided the rookeries.
They drive the seals, in small herds,
a short distance inland before they
kill them"
IL don't care TO undertake the herd.
ing OF n Of those harems." I OBJ
jected.
But there are the holluschickie."
shc said. The holluschickie haul out
oy themselves. and Doctor Jordan
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1916-11-02
Interesting Discoveries Made When
for Any Purpose the Soil Is Dug
Into at Some Depth.

Roman London lies buried about
eighteen feet below the level OF Cheap
side. In nearly all parts OF the city
there have been discovered tessellated
pavements, Roman tombs, lamps.
vases, sandals. keys. ornaments. weap'
ons, coins and statues OF the Roman
gods.
When, n little over q century ago,
deep sections were made for the sew.
ers In Lombard street, the lowest
stratum was found 10 consist OF ties.
sellated pavements. Many colored
dice we're found lying scattered about.
and above this stratum was a thick
layer Of wood ashes. suggesting the
debris Of charred wooden buildings.
While building the Exchange work.
men came upon q gravel.pit full OF
oyster shells, bones OF cattle, old san.
dals and shattered pottery. Two pave.
ments we're dug up under the French
church In Threadneedle street, and
other pavements have been cut
through In several parts OF the city.
The soil seems to have risen over Ro-
man London at the rate OF nearly a
foot a century. Still further must the
searcher dig to find the third London.
the earlier London of the Britons.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1916-11-02
ChAPTER XIV.

VI boiled the water. but II was Maud
who made the coffee. And how good
Il was! My contribution was canned
beef fried with crumbled sea biscuit
and water. The breakfast was q sue.
cess. and we sat about the fire much
longer than enterprising explorers
should have done. slipping the hot
HACK coffee and talking over our stu
alton.
! wAs confident that we should find
a station In some one OF the coves. for
| knew that the rookeries OF Boring
sea were thus guarded; but Maud ad.
vanced the theory-to prepare me for
disappointment. ! do believe. II dis.
appointment were to come-that ws
had discovered an unknown rookery.
She was In very good spirits. how.
ever. and made quite merry In accept
ing our plight as a grave ono.
III you are right" I said. then we
must prepare to winter here. Our
food will not last, but there are the
seals. They go away In the fall, so
! must soon begin TO lay In q supply
VI uhtut' iueu tueEo VIII DO uutb W
build and driftwood to gather, Also.
we shall try out seal fat for lighting
purposes. Altogether, we'll have our
hands full II we find the island Is un.
Inhabited, Which W. shall not. !
know"
But she vas right. We sailed with
a beam wind along the shore, search.
ing the W with our glasses and
landing occasionally. without finding
a sign OF human life. There were no
beaches on the southern shore. and by
early afternoon we rounded the black
promontory and completed the cir.
cumnavigation OF the island. esti.
mated It's circumference at twenty-five
miles, its width varying from two to
FIVE miles: while my most conserva-
tive calculation placed On It's beaches
two hundred thousand seals.
This brief description Is all that En-.
deavor island merits. Damp and soy
gy where II was not sharp and rocky.
buffetcd b. storm winds and dashed
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1916-11-02
SYNOPSIS.

Humphrey Van weydcn. critic md diet
tante, finds himsel aboard the sealing
echooner Ghost, Captain Wolf Larsen,
bound to Japan waters. Tho captain
makes him cabin boy 'for the good OF his
soul" Wolf hazcs "A seaman and makes
II the basis for IA philosophic discussion
with Hump. Humps intimacy with Wolf
Increases. a carnival OF brutality breaks
loose In the ship. Wolf proves himself
the master brute. Hump Is made mate
on the, holl-ship and proves that he has
learned TO stand on his own legs" Two
men desert the vessel In one OF the small
toats. 4 young woman and four men.
SURVIVORS OF "A steamer wreck, are res
cued from "a small boat. The deserters
are sighted. but Wolf stands away and
leaves them to drown. Maude Brewster.
the Rescued Rirl, sees the cook towed over
slide to give him "A bath and his foot
bitten OF by n shark as he IL hauled
aboard, She begins to realize her danger
al the hnnds Of Wolf. Van Wcyden real
ICES that he loves Mauiu. "olfs brother.
Death Larsen, comes on the sealing
grounds In the steam sealcr Macedonia,
hogs" the sea, and Wolf captures sew
eral OF his boats. The Ghost runs away
In a fog. Wolf furnishes liquor to tho
prisoners. He attacks Maudc. Van Wey-
den attempts 10 kill him and falls, Wolf
- suddenly stricken helpless by the return
OF q. binding head trouble. and with all
hands drunk and asleep Van Weyden and
Maud escape In n small boat together.
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by the sea. with the air continually
a.tremble with the believing Of two
hundred thousand amphibians, II was
a melancholy and miserable ~Boj0urn.
ing place. Maud. who had prepared
me for disappointment, and who had
been sprightly and vivacious all day.
broke down as we landed In cur own
little cove She strove bravely TO hide
II from me. but while | was kindling
another fire ! knew she was stlfing
her sobs In the blankets under the
s%ailtent.
! played tho part TO the best OF my
ability, and with such success that !
brought the laughter back into her
dear eyes and song on her lips: for
she sang to me before she went TO an
early bed. II was the first time | had
heard her sing. and | lay by the fire.
listening and transported. for she was
nothing II not al artist In everything
she did. and her voice, though not
strong. was wonderfully sweet and ex.
pressive.
! slept In the boat. and | lay awake
long that night, gazing up at the first
stars ! had see In many nights and
pondering the situation. Responsible
ity OF this sort was n new thing 10
me. Wolf Larsen had been quite
right. I had stood on my fathers legs
My lawyers and agents had taken care
of my money for me. I had had no
responsibilities at all. Then. on the
Ghost | had learned to be responsible
for myself. And now, for the frs,
time in my life, | found myself re
sponsiblc for someone else And II
was required Of me that this should
be the gravcst Of responsibilities. for
she was the one In the world
the one small woman, as | loved &c
think Of her.
No wonder we called II Endeavoi
island. For two weeks we toiled al
building n hut. Maud insisted on help
ing, and ] could have wept over hei
bruised and bleeding hands. And
still. | was proud OF her because OF Il
There was something heroic abou,
this gently bred woman enduring ouI
terrible hardship and with her pit
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1916-11-02
Kite, Saves GirI's Life.

Out In California a kitten saved a
little twelve-year-old girl from proba'
BILE death. The girl and the kitten
went for a walk. After a short time
the kitten returned alone and kept
walking up and down In front OF the
girls mother crying pltifully. 1t Was
trying to attract the attention OF the
mother. and every time II thought II
succeeded Il would walk of and, not
seeing the mother follow. would n
turn and cry all the harder,
Finally the mother noticed the per-
Torrance and decided to follow the lit.
tie creature the ext time II repeated
the affair. as she thought Il strange
It should act 30.
The kitten led the way to the end
OF a recreation pier. where the child
was found hanging head downward
from a large spike In a pile. She had
fallen from the pier and her clothing
had caught on the spike.
Her mother Immediately rescued
her, but she a barely conscious
Had she remained In that position Ave
minutes longer she would have been
dead.-Our Dumb Animals.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1916-11-02

says that paths are left between the
barems, and that as long as the hol'
iGschickie keep strictly to the path
they are unmolested by tie masters
Of the harem."
There's one now" ' said, pointing
to a young bull In the water. Let's
watch him. and follow him II he hauls
out"
He swan directly to tho beach and
clambered II into n small opening
between two haroms, the masters OF
which made warning noises but did
not attack him. We watched him
travel slowly inward, threading about
among the harems along what must
have been the path.
A quarter of a mile inland we cane
upon the Observation-Disclosures yoLng
bulls. living out the loneliness OF their
bachelorhood and gathering strength
against the day when they would light
their way into the ranks Of the bene'
diets.
Everything now went smoothly. |
seemed to know just what to do and
how to do il. Shouting, making
threatening gestures with my club.
and even p~roddi"g the lazy mes. |
quickly cut out a score OF the young
bachelors from their companions.
Whenever one made an attempt to
break back toward the water, | head
cd II OF. Maud took an active part
in the drive. and with her cries and
tiourishings Of the broken oar was Of
considerable assistance. noticed.
though. that whenever n looked
tired and Jagged. she let 1t slip past
But | noticed. also. whenever one
with a show of fight. tried to break
past. that her eyes glintod and showed
bright, and she raped II smartly with
her club
My, It's exciting." she cried. paus.
ing from sheer W. akness. u think
I'll sit down..
drove the littlo herd "a dozen
strong, now. what OF the escapes she
had permitted) a hundred yards far
ther on: and by the time she Joined
me | had finished the slaughter and
was beginning to skin. An hour later
we went proudly back along the path
between the harems. And twice again
we came down the path burdened
with skins. till thought we had
enough to roof the hut. | set the sail,
laid one tack out of the cove. n on
the other tack made our own little in
ner cove.
It's Just like Homecoming Maud
said, as | ran the boat ashore.
heard her words with a responsive
thrill, Il was all so dearly intimate
and natural. and | said:
1T seems as though have lived
this life always. The world OF books
and bookish folk is very vague, more
like a dream memory than an actual
ity. | surely have hunted and forayed
and fought all the days Of my life
And you, too, seem a part OF It. Yot
are" was on the verge OF saying
my woman, my mate" but glib,
changed It Outstanding the hardship
we'll"
But her ear had caught the flaw
She recognized a flight that m!dmos
broke. She gave me a quick look.
Not that. You were saying"
THAT the American Mrs. Meynel
was living the life Of a savage ant
living II quite successfully" | sale
easily.
,TO BE CONTINUED